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No Substitute ! YonH find no newspaper Ma give more reaTsaUsfao tion than your LOCAL MORX1SG PAPER, with Its WORLD NEWS and HOME CXMMUNtIT NEWS. Weather Rain today and Saturday, moderate temp. Max temp. Than. AO; Min. 45. River 1S.0 ft. South wind. nouNoao i65l EIGHTY-NINTH YEAH Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, February 9, 1940 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 174 Pageant Program Is Tentatively Listed; Start Underwriting Pout Uauier'$ Column Up betimes and away to the office, where we Idled an hoar and read the funnies twice over. 1 e 1 1 we never! should recap ture that first fine careless; rapture. Off and away after wan deiing up State street and no ting that C Parker Is re in o d e 1 ing his sportery a little Up the street and found our- Fnl H BMMt.it selres standing In front of Will amette university where we met Bud Johns on his way to the law rookery, the postoffice de partment's gift to WD which Prof. Willy Jones calls Farley Hall. Strolled past the loafing sun dial and into the inner sanctum, where Dr. Baxter's secretary. Miss Charlotte Kalander, told us the good doctor is in southern California to make fiTe speeches and we observed that, generally speaking, the good doctor is gen erally speaking. Fine day for secretaries, so Dean Erickson's secretary, Irma Oehler wined us up on the latest outcomes of the silly season, such as "What is the theme song of the Mohican hitch-hiker" and the answer Is "Indian Thumber." Over to the governor's office. which Ernie Fa Hand will take over today as Governor Pro Tem. and found the staff busy turning out 250 copies of Governor Sprague's Lincoln day address for Seattle. Nosed out the east wing of the capitol, stopping to exchange pleasantries with Tom Hoxie. who is a department of stater now. The Breakfast club he is Interested in has its first ses sion Feb. 19. Toured the Supreme Court building and found all quiet. Dropped in to see Arthur Ben son's new quarters, where the state library used to be. Ar thur took tie Into the vault and ehowedw as the bonnd opinions ef the court way back to ancient history and where the first typewriter was used la October, 1802, in the case of Philomath college vs. Mor tis. Motored, as the society sec tions say, to the new fire sta tion on State street and found the fire laddies well and happy. Discovered the firehouse has one of the best bathhouses in the city. None of the showers have been used yet. though, but it's not the firemen's, fault. Proceeded to the ball park and noted the fence Is nearly up. We are happy to report that there are plenty of knot boles. Old fire horse that we are. down we went to the central fire station and saw a fire eater. It was Professor Fir eating Sam, a negro boy. who was entertaining the smoke eaters at the fire hall by sticking lighted gasoline torches in his mouth and licking up the flame with avidity. While we were there he also crushed up a light globe and gobbled up the pieces with relish (no mus tard, however). He crunched up the glassware and it sounded for all the world like a good piece of celery. Swallowed it, too. He admitted later that he did cut his tongue a little. Makes a mistake once in s while, he said. We neglected to ask him what wattage la the most ap petizing. Ny e Takes Borah Committee Place WASHINGTON, Feb. fbe senate approved today ap pointment of Senator Nye (R-ND) to the foreign relations committee to succeed Senator Borah (R Idaho). At the same time Senator Taft (R-Ohio) was given a place on the judiciary committee, while Senator Bridges (R-NH) went off the postoffice committee and on to the labor eommittee. Senator Thomas (R-Idaho) who succeeded Borah In the senate, was appointed to the irrigation, military postoffice and public lands committees. Nye .was relieved, from further duty on the military eommittee and Senator Town send (D-Del) left the irrigation committee. GOP Convention Invited to Texas WASHINGTON, Teh. g.-VA democrat today offered the re publicans $200,000 to hold their 1J40 convention la Texas. i Jesse H. Jones, federal loan administrator, who pot' up a check for htat amount In an un successful effort to obtain the democratic convention for Hous ton, sald: . .. "The republicans sn have the eheck If they want Mt might do !cm good to get down there. . I I I Five Days Will Bf Taken up; MnT . Croups WprFj? to $30,000 Estimates Cost; Local Aid Is Solicited Work of soliciting underwriting for Salem's centennial pageant, which the finance committee es timates will cost about 130,000, will begin immediately, the cen tennial executive committee voted last night at a meeting at the chamber of commerce. Adopting a tentative program for the five day celebration, the committee cleared decks for ac tlonand anticipates heavy work in planning the fete from now on. A coordinating committee to direct the activities of 37 suggest ed sub-committees was named by Mayor W. W. Chad wick to get action under way. The commit tee consists of the original plan ning committee of Irl McSherry, Mrs. George R. K. Moorhead, Dr. Bruce Baxter and Eugene Van deneynde plus Senator Douglas McKay. Basing its estimate on the fi nancial figures of Eugene's trien nial Oregon Trail pageant, the fi nance committee reported that Salem could expect to spend about 130.000 for its celebration and that probably $6000 would have to be borne by business and pro fessional men and other contribu tors. Eugene's pageant in its first year cost its underwriters approx imately that much, or about nine percent of the underwritten amounts, the finance committee reported. Won Id Start July 91 With "Warm-Hp" Day The tentative program ap proved last night calls for a warm-up day on July 31 during which Salem people would put (Turn to Page 3. Col. 4) Big Flood Control Budget Advocated Nott Asks 206 Million Be Appropriated, Valley Project $7,406,000 WASHINGTON, Feb. 8 - (JP) -Flood control advocates insistent ly demanded today appropriations sharply higher than recommended by President Roosevelt. House members organized a bloc favoring inclusion of flood control in the national defense program and officials of com munities in the Ohio and Missis sippi valleys urged a house appro priations subcommittee to in crease to at least $133,000,000 (the amount provided for the cur rent fiscal year) the $70,000,000 recommended in the president's budget. Chairman Whittington (D. Miss.) of the house flood control committee will preside tomorrow at a meeting arranged by Repre sentative Secrest (D, Ohio) to de mand allocation of $50,000,000 In defense funds for flood con trol during fiscal 1941. Appropriation of $133,000,000 was urged by several house mem be rs including Representative Mott (R, Ore.). Secrest said "We should not spend an unreasonable amount for military equipment which might be obsolete in the course of a few months. One such flood as we experienced in the Ohio valley In 198 7 could paralyse in dustry and transportation for two or three months. If this happens during the crisis of a great war, no one could predict what disas trous consequences might follow." Representative Mott, m e a n- whlie, urged the non-military ap-J propriatlons subcommittee of the house to allot the full amount. $208,624,000, requested by the army engineers for flood control next year so the huge Willamette development in Oregon could be allotted $7,406,000. The Willam ette program, which contemplates (Turn to Page 7, Col. 1) Lincoln Would Today Says Banquet Speaker Truths Abraham Lincoln would have recognised if he were living today are the only means to solve the political problems of the day, Charles Walker told Marlon coun ty republicans at the annual Lin coln day banquet at the Marlon hotel last night. Walker, president of the North western School of Commerce in Portland and prominent in the McNary for president campaign, was introduced by Dr. B. F. Pound. Dr. P. O. Riley was toastmaster. Governor Charles A. Spragne also brought greetings to the group of about 125 republicans present. Hitting at new deal spending. Walker said that Lincoln would have recognized the truth that spending without replenishing leads inevitably to bankruptcy. He advised republicans to main tain, a middle course, saying that Auditor Tells How Shortage Is Covered up ".'- . to ftecord Dates ' rants Were Paid .'r Is Declared Key : .ethod of Rolling Over Year-End Outlined, Drager Trial The fact that County Treas urer David O. Drager failed to mark warrants returned to him for payment as to date paid, and then was able to lump payment for them into single sums with out recording exactly which war rants were included enabled him and his former deputy, W. Y. Richardson, to conceal growing sh- rtages in county funds over a period of years, Floyd Bowers, witness for the state in the trial of the county treasurer for lar ceny of $23,520 in county funds, testified yesterday. In statements answering care ful questions by Special Prosecu tor Francis E. Marsh, the audi tor, who was in large part re sponsible for the discovery of shortages in the treasurer's office in 1938, described fully the methods allegedly used by Drager and his former deputy in keep ing secret the growing deficits. Says No Record Made Of Warrant Payment After explaining how warrants on county funds are Issued by the county clerk to the payee, and then presented to banks or to the treasurer for payment, Bowers declared, "The county treasurer did not in any way list each warrant as it was paid Many were not even stamped as paid, so that it would not he possible to tell even by month just what warrants were and what were not paid. Declaring that a certain record book was evidently Intended to show payment of warrants, the witness stated that' all checks issued by the treasurer were paid to "cash," and not to individual payees in return for warrants. "The warrants were paid in a lump sum," be declared, "with no record as to individual war rants, and none as to their num bers or amounts. When the checks used to pay warrants were added bp, the total was much greater than the warrants marked paid And turned over to the county clerk." Padding of Flgnres Charged by Aaditor The state let fire one of Its heaviest salvos when the witness was asked to explain how the treasurer could conceal the dif ference In the amount of checks used to pay warrants and the (Turn to Page 3, Col. 1) Cooke Stationery Company to Move Large Location on State Street to Be Occupied in March, Is Plan Removal of the Cooke Station ery company, descendant of one of Salem's pioneer businesses, to a new and larger State -street loca tion was announced yesterday by James L. Cooke, proprietor. The change, frcm 340 to 370 State street, will be made between March 15 and April 1 after the new quarters, in the Adolph build ing, have been modernized, re fin ished and a new facade construct ed. Primary reason for the move, Cooke said, was to obtain much needed additional sales and dls- (Turn to Page 7, Col. 5) Hand of Charity Bitten; Diamond Ring I Mined After Beggar Given Meal John. J. Lucas, 1290 North Winter street, isn't so sure about the benefits of charity today. He reported to police yester day that Tuesday he invited a transient, described as about 20 years old, in for a free meal. Yesterday, Lucas reported to police, Mrs. Lucas discovered her diamond ring missing from its usual resting place in a kitchen window. Know Answer extremes always lead to the same result and hinting that he believes the course taken by the present national administration has served to set factions against each other. In a brief reference to the na tion's labor troubles Walker said, "Cooperation vanishes In the pres ence of coercion." Other truths enumerated by the speaker were: Work Is necessary; to develop Americanism we must get our Americans to work. Men who have climbed higher can see farther; men of experience must be chosen as leaders. Parasites do nothing but destroy. Justice flees before tyranny. "Republicans have been sitting for seven years waiting for some thing to happen," Walker said in conclusion. "Now Is the time for us to arise and walk." WPA Worker Is Bigamy Suspect F: -- r.i - ii ' - ' 1 i f I """" " ' ' 1 I " -f I J"" 'V'" -V , ''; r i Vx t" , I f l l -Sa J Z f ' j v 5-. v ? L "ir'' """s v V1 v 1 I W v9ai Thomas J. Wilson (top), Greeley, Colo., WPA worker with a monthly income of $61.10 was In Jail on a bigamy charge. Wil son told Sheriff Gus Anderson he divided his income between Mrs. Oslo Wilson, wife No. 1, and Mrs. Fay Wilson (lower), wife No. 2, with whom he lived i a trailer. AP Telephoto. Youth Congress Is Accused Anew Wisconsin and Illinois to Afford Battleground for Early Tussle WASHINGTON. Feb. 8 The American Youth congress, which President Roosevelt is scheduled to address Saturday, was accused of "communstic lean ings" in a statement tonight signed with the names of Gene Tunney and four other prominent persons. Murray Plavner, who identified himself as a founder of the con gress and an organizer of an "anti - communistic bloc" which walked out of the congress last summer, released the statement. He announced that the former heavyweight champion signed it along with Homer L. Chaillaux, David Hinshaw, Victor F. Ridder and John M. Schiff. Tunney is a director of the Catholic Youth, Boy Scouts and Boys' Club of America. Ridder, New York newspaper publisher, is a director of the same three or ganizations. Chaillaux is promi nent in the American Legion, Schiff is president of the Henry Street settlement in New York and Hinshaw is director of the Roosevelt Memorial association. The statement declared that "we are convinced" that the con gress "is unduly influenced by the communists, and seeks to lead American youth into unconscious alliance with the communist unit ed front. "We find that its alms and pro grams have always been in accord with the varying 'party line' of the communist international in Moscow, and that many of its leaders are communists or fellow travelers." The statement made an appeal to "those organizations and indi viduals listed by the American Youth congress as its supporters and sponsors to repudiate this Junior front of the communist Trojan horse movement which permits communists and their fel low travelers to 'bore from with in'." Los Angeles Bank Robbed of $1000 LOS ANGELES, Feb. 8-AV Three men wearing dark glasses held up II persons today, robbed a Security - First National bank branch on West Melrose avenue of 11000 and escaped in a sedan bearing New York license nh'tes. The robbers forced the bank manager, E. T. Sink, four em ployes and 10 customers into the vault. One of the trio said: "It's sudden death for any body that, doesn't obey orders." The vault was not locked. Heater Choice Of Group for County Judge Crittenden Is to Have Backing for Other Court Position District Attorney Page Okehed; Butler Gets Treasurer Nod By STEPHEN C. MERGLER .The; pot came to a boil in the self-named "good government" group of Marion county farmers and businessmen at their fourth meeting here last night and served for the Interest of the vot ers was a nearly complete list of recommendations tor county and legislative offices. The group, grown to 45 from the 26 present at last week's ses sion, voted these choices, report edly without consulting the se lectees: For county Judge W. A. "Adolph" Heater. Silverton Hills strawberry grower and ex-logging operator. For county commissioner C. M. Crittenden, Hubbard real es tate operator, farmer and retired school teacher. For district attorney Lyle J. Page, only Incumbent in a county office recommended to date. For county treasurer Sam J. Butler, a republican who served as cashier In the county tax of fice under Sheriffs W. I. Need ham and Oscar D. Bower, repub licans, and A. C. Burk, democrat. For state representative Allan G. Carson, Salem attorney, and Rudolph J. Berning, president of the Mt. Angel Cooperative cream ery. The group had voted at its last meeting also to support George R. Duncan, incumbent, of Stay ton, and Eugene Finlay, Jeffer son farmer, for the other two legislative seats, and Karl Stel wer for sheriff. Stelwer announced his candidacy before the "good government" organization was formed. Next move will be to Invite to the next meeting, at 7:30 p. m., February 22, at the Salem cham ber of commerce "all people in terested in good government in Marion county," William McGil christ, lr., chairman, announced. Exclusively composed of men to date, the group also will welcome the presence of women of like interests, he said. Last night's selections were in large part made from lists of six to eight names proposed for each pcsitlon, It was understood. McGllchrist, who said the group directed him to release publicity concerning the meeting, reiterat ed assertions he made last week that "this Is a group of taxpay ers having no axes to grind, in terested solely in good govern ment." Only offices within the present scope of the group's intended field yet to be voted upon are those of county clerk, assessor and school superintendent. Test votes at last week's meeting gave the Incumbents in all three offices large majorities. Lord Tweedsmuir Reported Weaker OTTAWA, Feb. 8.--Lord Tweedsmuir, Canada's 64-year-old governor general, who suf fered a brain concussion in a fall Tuesday, grew increasingly weaker tonight, arousing "grave anxiety" amongst his doctors. An official bulletin signed by the governor - general's personal physician and an attending specialist from Montreal, also said Lord Tweedsmuir had spent a "restless night." Another bulletin tonight said the governor general "has spent a restful afternoon and there is no essential change in his con dition." Lord Tweedsmuir was injured in a fall in his dressing room, and was unconscious for an hour after the accident. Sale of Baby for 25 Cents Related PRESTONBURO, Ky., Feb. 8. 0P)-The sale of an unmarried woman's baby son for 25 cents was disclosed today by Dr. Mar vin Ransdell, head of the Floyd county health department. Dr. Ransdell said Mrs. Martha Burchett, department nurse, re ported the six weeks old baby was "bought", by the wife of a coal miner at Garrett, nearby coal mining community. The - nurse said the miner's wife, who already has two chil dren, heard the baby, was not wanted and went to the mother's home. There, the nurse contin ued, the woman was asked what she would pay for the baby and replied: "All I hare Is 25 cents.' The offer was accepted, the nurse said. The baby was born Christmas day and Is to be adopted by his foster parents, the nurse said. Multnomah in Lead PORTLAND, Feb. 8.-W-Mult-nomah college took the lead In the northwest Junior college, bas ketball conference tonight by de feating Yakima Jayceea. 40-27. Reds Claim Capture Finns Say Line Is Being Held; Turks Seize Krupp Shipyards Swedish Woman First Volunteer Ms i I " ' - ' -v.-.- Hillevi Lagerjrren (above), de scribed in the Finnish censor approved caption as the first Swedish woman to go to Fin land as a volunteer, writes a letter to the home folks in her quarters in Finland. Her duties In Finland? She takes care of army horses. AP Telephoto. Pellev Admits He Planned big Coup Would Held Nation by now ii Successful, Tells Committee WASHINGTON, Feb. &.-JP)-Wlth a trace of wistfulness, Wil liam Dudley Pelley, the leader of the Silver Shirts, told the Dies committee today that if his organ ization had succeeded in its pur pose he "probably" would be in charge of the government now. And in that case, he continued, he "probably" would have put into effect something resembling Adolf Hitler's policies with respect to the Jews, although he said he did not endorse Hitler's exact meth ods. For the rest, the Silver Shirt leader in day-long testimony rubbed his stubby goatee and poured out in fervent words, again and again, his newly acquired ad miration for the committee and its activities, expressions which the committee found highly un welcome. They were unwelcome, for one reason, because the committee has just emerged unscathed from a furious controversy over charges (Turn to Page 7, Col. 2) First of Economy Bills Reaches FR WASHINGTON, Feb. 8.-(P)-President Roosevelt received from congress today the first major measure to feel the heavy econ omy axe being swung at the cap itol this session, a 8251,822,588 appropriation for national de fense 119,658,747 under his re quest. Congressional action on the bill was completed when the house ac cepted senate cuts of 812,270,000 without a record vote. The mea sure carries funds for extra ex penses, such as the neutrality pa trol, due to the European war. V' y 1 9) 1 . Burglaries Believed Cleared Up by Arrests at Corvallis Between 12 and 15 Salem bur glaries were cleared up, police believe, by the arrest of Orville Williams and Larry Mathis, both 21. at Corvallis Wednesday night, and recovery of a roomful of loot. Salem and Corvallis police co operated on the arrest of the two youthful burglars, who admitted thefts in Eugene, McMinnville, Portland, Corvallis and Salem. Radio Patrolman Hobart Klg gins returned from Corvallis yes terday with a earful of loot be lieved to have been stolen from Salem . homes In the several months the pair said they lived at 842 Marlon street. The two were arrested by Chief of Police Charles Devlin of Cor vallis on a telephoned warrant, which was Issued by the Salem justice, court. Williams became a suspect when Salem police were given a Up by the Corvallis de partment that a radio he had sold in Corvallis may hare been 13 Steel and Concrete Strongholds Figure in Moscow Dispatch; Saboteurs Said Landed Finns Report Enemy Is Beaten Back, Four Main Points; France Shows Defensive Power, Near East MOSCOW, Feb. 8. ( AP) Soviet Russia's red army tonight reported its attack on Finland's Mannerheim line had resulted in the capture of 13 steel and concrete forts. The Leningrad military headquarters night communique said eight of the forts were taken in the fortified area of Hot inen, in the Sumraa district, near the western terminus of the line. Summa, theater of some of the heaviest fighting on the Karelian isthmus, is about 20 miles south of Viipuri, ancient Finnish city on the Gulf of Finland and major objective of the Russians. The other five forts were reported captured on the south- Mount Hood Loop Highway Blocked Traffic on Oregon Trail Slowed ; Willamette Drops at Eugene PORTLAND, Feb. 8-;p)-Snow blocked one Oregon highway to day as swollen streams receded and rain slackened. Fluffy snow closed the Mount Hood loop highway between Coo per's Spur and' Wapinitia cutoff for the first time this season. Traffic on the Old Oregon Trail between LaGrande and Pendleton was slowed by snow in the Blue mountains. A six-inch fall was reported at Kamela and a foot on the summit between Tollgate and Elgin. The latter raised the season's total to four and a half feet. The Bennett pass section also reported deep snow. The federal weather bureau said seasonal showers will con tinue west of the Cascades Fri day and more snow will fall on the mountains. Temperatures will remain virtually unchanged. Rain measuring .12 of an inch fell here in 24 hours ending at 7 a.m. The Willamette river reached a crest at Portland and fell considerably at Eugene. Small craft warnings fluttered at the mouth of the Columbia river and along the Oregon coast. Although most western Ore gon temperatures were well above freezing, eastern Oregon read ings were several degrees below Precipitation measurements in eluded Engene .28, Medford Newport .43, North Bend Pendleton .06, Roseburg Siskiyou Summit .06. .02. .44, .09, Japanese Fearful Of Attack by US TOKYO, Feb. 9- ( Friday )-P)-Japan "must be prepared for the worst, because American pressure will continue and reports that the Americans', ultimate object is a resort to force" to prevent a new order in China, the newspaper Asahl declared in an editorial to day. The paper noted that Premier Admiral Mitsumasa Yonal bad told the diet that "Japan is fully prepared to cope with any situa tion which may arise in case the United States increases pressure." It said tha United States already was exercising the threat of armed and economic force against Japan, and therefore the Japanese should "give up depending on America." Yakichiro Suma, foreign office spokesman, said at a press con ference that Yonal had assured the diet Japan was preparing to meet any decline in American-Jap-snese relations, but refused to say whether this included military preparations. stolen from Salem. Investigation revealed that it had and the war rant was Issued. Nearly 8 10 00 worth of loot, ranging from radios to canned foods, was found In the apartment which Williams shared with Mathis. The two men, who said they lived in Salem from -shortly after Thanksgiving until January 2, al so admitted 12 or 20 burglaries in Corvallis, where they were pos ing as special students at' Oregon State college. They were enrolled in a color photography class only. Mathis and Williams, whose homo town Is The Dalles, former ly conducted a photographic stu dio there. Offlcerf said .that among their loot were camera, photographic equipment, books and college laboratory supplies. The stolen radio, sale of which resulted In the arrest of the pair, was Identified as stolen from the (Turn to Page 7, CoL 8) of Forts, Veast flank of the line between Lake Ladoga and Suvasljarvl (near Suva lake). The red army has denied the existence of any large-scale offen sive on the Karelian isthmus and tonight's communique said the forts fell during "clashes of ad vance infantry units which took place in the last few days." HELSINKI, Feb. S-JP)-For the seventh successive day Finland's defenders today beat back Rus sian soldiers a quarter of a mil lion strong attacking at four main points along a 500-mile ice-bound front in the biggest offensive of the war, Finnish army reports stated. Declaring the Russians appar ently were using every possible weapon, the Finns said that Rus sian saboteurs, disguised in Finn ish uniforms, bad been dropped from airplanes by parachute be hind the Finnish lines. Several were captured, the Finns said. Finns acknowledged that these parachute saboteurs have done considerable 'damage. They have, tried to cut Finnish lines of eon muncation, determine the location of Finnish troop concentrations and stir up discontent among the Finnish population. They carry sticks of dynamite and hand grenades. (By The Associated Press) Southeastern Europe, possibly a battleground by spring, ad vanced sharply to the fore in tse troubled international picture Thursday as the western allies permitted a glimpse of prepara tions against a German or Rus sian thrust in that direction acd Turkey seized the great German Krupp works on the Golden Horn. While the allies and neutrals alike sped help to Russian troops, these developments shifted inter est to the other side of Europe and the near east: France declared she had 275, 000 troops in the near east as a precaution against the possibility of military action by Russia oi Germany there or through the Balkans. A British dispatch said the allied strength totalled 600, 000 men but the British censor cancelled this after it had been sent. Turkey, non-belligerent ally ef Britain and France and guardian of the strategic Dardanelles, de livered a blow to German prestige In the southeast by seizing the huge German-owned Krapp ship (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Sierra Valley Has Quake, no Damage GRASS VALLEY, Calif., Feb. s.-iflVBrlef alarm spread over the Sierra side of the Sacramento valley shortly after midnight to day as a sharp earthquake frightened householders out ef their beds and Into the streets. The quake, felt throughout the north Sierra country and far Into thu Sacramento valley, was de scribed by Prof. Perry Byerly, University or California seis mologist, as the most severe la this section of the country In the last 15 years. It occurred en a geologic fault extending from Grass Valley north. Between 188 1 and 1890, several severe 'shocks occurred along this line. . There was no report of dam age, and after the momentary fear caused by being shaken out of sleep, the residents of com munities in the circle of the quake found the disturbance had done little more than stop clocks and shake windows, cupboard and furniture. 7 - The shock started at 10:85 a. m. - j' f :.; Labor Leader Dies WASHINGTON. Feb. .aVWV Jobn coef field, 70, reteran head of the United Associated Plumb er and Steamfltters, and known to thousands in . labor organiza tions by the nickname of the "honest plumber," died today-'