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"3! PAGE TWO " ThsT OBZGOIf 2?ZSMAN. Satan. OrsigonV Saturday Morning, March' 2 1MCJ Crisis Is Past In Calif ornia Death Toll 5; Meridian Ii Latest Town to I ' Suffer Torrent t, (Continued from page 1) The woman's husband, saved toy another motorist, bad tent, the eeue party out to search for -his -family. The breaking of the lore at -iferidtaa took the pressure oft tbo rtrer at Colasa, nearby, where the it nation was becoming clrUcaL Tonight 'he Sacramento river and Ita tributaries were dropping lowly bat steadily. Other dike were hlghe than the flood dancer taark and appeared to be holding safely. - PIomc Roads Opened, UT Rrnum Serifac Most major highway in tbo flood area hare been reopened , as swollen streams receded. High way 99E was open today all the way between Sacramento and the Oregon line, although some water flowed over it between Chico and Red Bluff. Highway 99 W was un obstructed. The Southern Pacific said it would resume serTice by bus round the remaining slides snd washouts. Got. Culbert L. Olson said the legislature might be recalled into special session to take emergency action on flool relief, depending oa the need and other factors. Unofficial estimates of damage la the Colusa-Sutter area were Ln the neighborhood of fl, 009.000. All roads leading to Colusa and Meridian were under two to four feet of water. The Hed Cross director at Mer idian appealed to the coast guard 1a San Francisco for aid. and two ower boats were trucked into the flood-washed area. Farmers in the Katomas and Eikhorn districts, about 15 miles from Sacramento, were ordered to report for levee patrol today f r water began eeeping through 4be levee. A break wonld sub anerge thousands of acres of fer tile farms. PORTLAND. March l-(JP-GMla battered Oregon's coast today as February's rains, lapsing briefly yestercay, continued into March The wind reached a Telocity of '40 miles an hoar at the month of tbo Columbia river and 4t miles at Tillamook. Small craft warn fags were displayed along the Ore gon coast, .giving way to southeast atorm wsrnlngs from the mouth of the Colombia north. Nearly two laches of rain fell at Tillamook although the precip itation was light in most other ectlons of the state. Eastern Ore gon generally was dry. ' Mlr.or slides were cleared from the coat highway, including one between Barriew and Watseco. The middle and lower Willam ette rtrer rose slightly today, bnt th federal weather bureau said It would Call at all stations except la the Portland harbor by Satur day night. . Both the Willamette at Portland and the Columbia will eontlsue to rise somewhat for the -next two days. Western Oregon will get rain Aatnrday, the weather bureau predicted, with rain or snow ln tbo eastern portion and snow orer -the Cascade mountains. Fresh to ertroag southerly winds will con un so ou me coast. Serenades Mark Frosh Glee Sins f Continued from Pago 1) she winning songs are presented oy ue losers. .cadges for the event are: Ren- sution, Tlaknam Gilbert, Mrs. r. L. Utter and Tommy Hoxle: words. Dr. E. C. Richards. Martha Jaao Hottel and Ada Ross; music, "Prof. T. 3. Roberts, Dean Melrta ueist and Mrs. Kenneth 8. Rich rresiey Mcwatn of Salem Is cresnmaa glee manager. Schedule of Taf t Speeches Listed Radio programs in which Sen ator Robert Taft, republican pres- wMtui eanoraaje, will partici pate are- pointed oat by Oliver B, tiaaxon or saiem. a fellow-ahim us f Taft at YU nlverftv. - The first of these programs h at 11 a. m. today. Salem time, a fo of. "Fovoiga Pollcias la Je 1940 ClecUoa," over the NBC rod network; the second is Mon day night at 7:36 over th tmn la network. Senator Taft'g de- wiwiin senator Scbwellenbach t- Washington: a third wlU be yjJ?" nlAt t 7:15 over aui. ana in cotambla network a the subject "Government by . or Government by Bureaus.'' Reading Ability r'anV From 9 to i9 Years in f" Tests Given at LeslU "sutuoca completed yesterday concerning a readings test given to 1 Leslie Junior high school sta denU. daring the first ibwwed a raagt of reading abil ities from. that of a 1 9-year-old lo'ioai or a s-rear-ol.. "Tna aeveatb grade bad 47ta . dents .with better than average ability. 12 at their grade level and IT: below. The eighth grade had M above grade. level, if at nor- caal level and 17 below. In ne ninta grade C4 were above. SO at meir graae level and 10 below. - ' ' ;- Suspended Sentence I b ' Given Father of Youth ; . Who Drove Death Car '. PORTLAND. ' Jf arci i-t-Ar- thar Wright, Portland, was given a six-month- suspended Jail - sen tence today for permitting hie 15-yesr-bld son, Artlrnr Lerey Wright. . to drive an auiomobilo without an Operator's permit,, . Tounj Wrti-ht was exonerated at a coroner's inquest after, bis car struck and kiltad: Oscar Shel ton, TS, on February 10. Badgett Quadruplets Submit to , rcn pi rri,,j r v -a - f ".; .Ul(tji':.lCiW I " -' ' i f ; i r r I - h "jJ f ,v- m) A wi i- jiQ-;t$-v r.- ! I - ' c Qa The Badgett quads, youngest in priaiius d- ir. ivs 101 nmiT ternal qnaa. Joan appearea Teachers to Take Up Reading Tests Series of Meetings Planned in County; Committee Lists Schedule Marion county teachers will hold a series of local meetings to discuss the results of reading tests held ln grades from the fourth through the ninth recently ln al most all county schools as a means of Improving instruction methods in that subject. In a letter sent yesterday to teachers. County Superintendent Agnes C. Booth and members of her reading committee said: "These tests have involved mnch work and expense to give and if we do not follow up these results, the test Is valueless. " Each teacher is to be responsi ble for the presentation of one reading case from her school at the local meetings. Such cases are to include information on the background, physical condition and evidences of deficiency of the subject. local meetings will be held at Jefferson on March 6; Woodburn. March 7; Mill city, March 12; Sublimity. March 14; Mt. Angel, March 19; and Salem Heights, March 20. The Salem city schools will arrasge a separate remedial program based oa the results of the tests. In addition to Mrs. Booth, the reading committee comprises Mil ton Gralapp, Grace Sehon, Mar garet Barqnist, Marie Zora, Ma t Hilda Glues, Ira Dueltgen and Jack Kennedy. Battle Over FCA Headed by Demos (Continued from Page 1.) FCA followed what Its officers contended was strict banking pro cedure. Black said recently that in the future the agency would take "a broad social view" and exercise extreme leniency ln cases where farmer borrowers were deemed to bare a chance of even tually meeting their obligations. "Most of the friction has come from an attempt to mix oil and water." Senator Gillette said. Farm groups protest that the secretary wants to mix rural re lief with a credit reservoir, or public relief funds with private tn- vestmeaU." The"fam credit administration waa set up to provide loans for farmers on a cooperative basis from treasury-backed bonds sold to the public. Farmers who bor row from land banks and credit associations must take part of their loans in stock and so now have several hundred million dol lars invested in agencies under the FCA. Jimmy's Wife to V. 1 V Mrs. Betsy Cashing Koosevelt, wife of James Koooevett, the presi dent m soa. Is shown as she arrived in Los Angeles te testify tn her piasms ror Oivwree. Wltat Iter New Torn; attorney, Basil O'Cosnsor (left). the nation, are shown at Galveston, oi siajior umyrrsiiy 10 ae terrain Dorea wnne J examine, Jeanette and 24 Schools Registered for Speech Tourney at Willamette March 8, 9 The sixth annual high school speech tournament to be held on the Willamette university campus has been set for March 8 and f. Twenty four high schools have signed ip to enter the contest, which will include for the first time a division in debate. Other divisions are oratory, extempor- Loss in Aberdeen Fire Is $800,000 (Continued from Page 1.) burned structure. The company tentatively listed only two men missing; Arne Llndquist, 15, and Charles Grebas, 29. Eight of their trapped compan ions were saved when Patrolmen Al Martinson cut a hole in the west wall and pulled them ont. Witnesses said the blaze spread with almost explosive speed through the plant, which covered 360,000 square feet. At 3:30 a. m. the main boiler exploded, hurl ing firebrands a mile away. Carpenters' Plea Held Impossible The state highway commission will not be able to comply with a resolution adopted recently by the Astoria Carpenters' onion. urging mat local people be em ployed on all state highway de partment Jobs and that they be hired through local employment agencies. Officials pointed out yesterday that 80 per cent of the highway commission Jobs are federal-aid projects and are subject to fed eral regulations. Highway department officials also said that the plan suggested by the Astoria anion was used during the height of the depres sion, and resulted in higher bids for state work. Leon R. Yankwich Visits WiUamette Judge Leon R. Tankwich. Judge of the United States district court at Los Angeles, and Mrs. Yankwich stopped briefly at Wil lamette university yesterday to visit with Dr. Bruce Baxter. Judge Tankwich. who received his bachelor of laws degree from Willamette law school ln 10. was returning to Los Angeles af ter presiding over the federal court at Tacoma. It was his first visit to the campus since his graduation. Judge Tankwich was formerly president of the Southern Califor nla Willamette Alumni aasoci. tion. Press Complaint II V 1 ber Is Her brother. Hear JL. 1TT1 J'' at a ;F f VI Fingerprinting Texas, as they sabmltted to flneer- wnetner tbey are Identical or fra Joyce paid close attention. aneous, serious and humorous in terpretations. A trophy wiU be riven the win nlng school in each division and meaais wiu be awarded first and second place individual winners. The tournament will be divided into Junior and senior divisions until the final rounds, when the two win oe merged. Dr. Herbert E. Rahe la director of forensics at Willamette. Regis tration will start at 8: SO Friday morning ana linai speeches will oe maae Saturday afternoon. Registered so far are Amity, ueaverton, canny, ChUoquln. Cor vallls. Dallas. Franklin. Gresham Hillsboro. Independence. Lapine naarsnxieia. McMlnnvUle. Med rora, Molalla. Oreron Citr. Park dale, Pendleton. Parkrose. Rose- ourg, saiem. Sheridan, Taft and west L.inn high schools. Divorcee's Right To Secrecy Gted (Continued from Page 1.) that millions of Americans make no objections to disclosing their income wnen they fill out In come tax blanks. But Tobey was unaDDeased Stormlly, he announced he was taking the Issue to the country. "I have Just began to fight." he shouted. "I have talked to the people and I am going to talk to tnem again. Before God. am." tear that the census might become "notoriously polltlcsl" unless demands for elimination of the Income questions were satisfied was expressed by Sena tor Maioney co-Conn.) Late Sports (Continued from Page 1.) blood flowing from It handicapped him all the way. Armstrong's left eye wss closed nearly tight from the fourth round on. PORTLAND, Ore., March l-(4) Maurie Stremich of Commerce high school scored 19 points to night, increasing the Portland laterseholastle cage league sea son scoring record to 223. Com merce defeated Edison, 60-15. Stremich broke the old record last week. Other results: Broad way 10, Washington 2 (2 over time periods); Jefferson 41, Lin coln 32; Roosevelt 40, Franklin 24. ' PORTLAND, Ore., March 1-iJP) Rubenstein's Oregonlans of Eu gene had a close call In the Ore gon AAU basketball semi-finals tonight bat scraped ont a 63-61 victory over Signal Oil of Port land. Johansen got If points. The Multnomah club quintet defeated the Sherman Paekards in the other semi-final, SI to 43, In the B division, McKee's Ba kers, Springfield, defeated Equip ment Sales of Corvallla, 31-30, and CIO of Portland walloped the Scappoose Packers, 43-11, to reach the finals. OREGON cm, Ore.. March 1 -(-Oregon City high captured the district four Jasketball cham plonship tonight for the second consecutive year, with a 26-11 win over Columbia Prep of Port land. The victory carried with it a place in the state prep tourna ment. High School Basketball Cottage Grove SI, Eugene 30. Springfield 22, Junction City is. University high (Eugene) 42. St. Mary's (Eugene) 28. Uedford 29, Ashland JJ. EUGENE. Ore. Mfereh l.-SJPV- Lowell and Cobarg high schools qualified for the District If tour nament tonight by reaching; the finals of the Lane county B tour nament. Lowell 'eliminated the state "B" titlehokler. Oakridge, 20-22. and Coburg shaded Thurs ton, 16-34. SACRAMENTO. March 1WJV Tomboy Romero of Sacramento won a technical knockout orer Hal Hoshino, Seattle, here to night in Memorial KSdltorlum bo- fore 3000 persona. Ro mere weighed 122 pounds. Hoshino 12$. MIWAUK2E. Marsh. 1.-UPW Sammy Angott of Louisville, rated No. 2 ehallenrer fev the NBA In the lightweight division, cored a clear-cut decision over Quentin Baby Face" Breeze, Manhattan, Kaa,.- in a slow 10- ronnd windap oa the Flaalik r. lief boxing card tonight. St. Paul Bank Robber Named Alleged Bandit, Wife to Face. Federal Counts -First, Says Page (Continued from Page 1) yesterday that Fred Miller. Clack amas county district attorney, bad agreed to turn ber orer to fed eral marshal should Marion coun ty take that step with respect to ber husband. The local district attorney de clared "thai the charge against Jones weald be held in this coun ty, .and not dropped pending the outcome of the federal arraign ment. There la no charge against Mrs. Jones in Marion county. Jefferson Fanner Also Indicted In addition to the Jones indict ment, the grand lory also re turaed an indictment against Will iam F. Weddle, charging him with assault while being armed with a dangerous weapon on Al bert Costellow last January 19. The district attorney's office reported- that trial date would be set for Weddle as soon as pos sible. Bail of 31000 has been post ed by the defendant since the date of the alleged assault. Another true bill charged Pearl Crosby with uttering a forged bank check for $37.60 to L. R. Reeves'. Bail was set at 3500. A not true bill exonerated Low ell Lacey of a charge of receiving stolen property. The jury was ordered to recon vene next Wednesday. W.M. Smith Dies; Funeral Is Today Christian Science services for Walter M. Smith, formerly a lead er ln education in Oregon, who died Friday at the age of f 4 years, will be held today at p.m. from the Clough-Barrlck chapel. Bur ial will be at Belcrest Memorial park. Mr. 8mlth was born in Marion county and spent 45 years in edu cational work within the county and state, as teacher, county sup erintendent and assistant state superintendent. His residence at the time of his death was at 1486 Center street, He was a member of Pacific lodge No. 60, AF Mt AM, and was twice Worthy Patron of Chadwick chapter No. 37, Order of the East ern Star. Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Estella Smith: daughter. Mrs. Margaret Sterett; sister, Mrs. Alfa Hubbs, all of Salem, and grand children Miriam. Elaine and Don na Melis, all of Helena, Mont., and Robert Sterett of Salem. California Relief Fund Ordered, FR ABOARD ROOSEVELT TRAIN EN ROUTE TO WASHINGTON. March l-iAPresldent Roosevelt tonight signed an authorisation for John Carmody, federal works administrator, to nse $130,000 for work relief for persons ln need because of floods in northern Cal ifornia. He also signed a resolution ap propriating an additional $1,500,- ooo for expenditure before June 30 in paying claims rescuing from the desth or disability of persons employed on emergency relief project. The $3,200,000 original ly appropriated for the purpose for the current fiscal year was in sufficient. The authorization and resolu tion were flown from Washington to Pensaeola. Fla.. where Mr. Roosevelt concluded a 15-day cruise today and boarded a special train for the capital. Beckman Entitled To Bonneville Job Say Party Chiefs PORTLAND. March 1-0P-Ap pointment of John J. Beckman, Portland attorney, as Bonneville's new general counsel was demand ed today by state democratic lead ers. Howard Latourette, Oregon democratic national committee man, and Frank Tiers ey, state chairman, telegraphed James Far ley that Beck man's service to the party entitled, him to primary con sideration. Herbert 8. Marks, former Ten nessee Tf yey authority assistant general counsel, resigned the post yesterday, effective,. April 1. Beck man is chairman of the Multno mah county democratic central committee. Strike Vote Is Taken SEATTLE, March 1-OPV-Inter- national Woodworkers of America (CIO) are taking a strike vote in all Weyerhaeuser logging camps which supply the compa ny's ivongnew mill. President Harold pritcnett said here to night.. He said the union contends four men were discharged for un ion activities. f . T. Last 0 O Caaa. D Herbal remedies for ailments of stomach, liver, kidney, skin, blood, glands. Mt arlnary sys tem of men Mt women. 22 years ia service. Naturopathic Physi cians. Ask your neighbors t bout CHAN LAM. DLL CHAII IsAII CHINESE MEDICINE CO. 292 H Court St, corner Liber ty. Office open Tuesday Mt Sal tirday only. If a.m. to 1 pjn.. I to 7 pan. Consultation, blood pressure -urine tests are free f charge. News Behind - ' -" - - Bt PAP! WASHINGTON, March 1 Hen ry Wallace, the heavy sugar daddy ln the new deal, has left a trail of his favorite commodity across the rioor or the senate. It dribbled from an inside hole In his pocket while he tras lobbying there for the Hull reciprocal trade program. Now ft may be too much to say that tbo secretary of agriculture eat the hole ln his pocket deliber ately to catch the eyes, and noses of the western beet sugar sen ators, center of the Hall opposi tion, it wonld certainly be too much for anyone to charge there was a deal ln which Mr. Wallace's sugar activities helped nersuade the 'western opposition not to fili buster the Tital Hull program or that he picked p a few voters thereby. Bat he certainly sweet ened the kitty. He definitely cast a candy red herring across the trail upon which the opposition was panning Mr. Hull. HERE'S HOW: On the very day the house renewed the Hull program for three years and delivered It to the mercies of -a wrathful sen ate opposition. Mr. Wallace de cided the foreign import quotas oa sugar needed revising. He had proclaimed such figures . only two months before. 4 At that time he had computed American consumption at 6,700, 000. tons and arranged quotas for the year on that basis. But on February 23 he decided he had been hasty and rearranged his estimates so as to cut down for eign Importations by 93,872 tons, thereby causing rejoicing in the domestic beet sugar belt which will profit from the rearrange ment through expected Increased prices and greater allocations. The timing was unusual. Last ear Mr. Wallace made a revision of the previous December esti mates but not until July. His haste this year is ascribed, within his department, to the fact that his experts hurriedly composed the December estimates in order to meet a January 1 deadline and were faulty in their figuring. Everyone involved seems satis fled now, particularly Mr. Hull. A group of the biggest and beet bankers of New York stepped into town this week in the raiment of the Invisible man. They arranged and held a meeting with the top fiscal of cicials of the administration, headed by Treasury Secretary M org en than and Chairman Ec cles of the federal reserve board. Not only their presence but the subject matter of their consulta tion has remained invisible even to the secondary officials ln the treasury and FRB. It is under stood to hare concerned the amount of government bonds held by the nation's banks and the In creasing percentage of federal housing administration foreclo sures. The bankers apparently would like to have the government coop erate' in passing on to public in vestors some of the government securities they now hold. Also they wanted to Interest the gov ernment in losses they are suffer ing In connection with FHA. Gov ernment now guarantees 80 to 90 per cent of FHA loans, but after foreclosure the banks hare found themselves unable to resell selxed i """ 'lM-gnsawawawsww Sit-liii Win Shorter Shopping Hours And Greater Savings Statesman Want Ads have made sit-down shopping fashionable and profitable. Thousands of people are waiting to read your ad in tomorrow Statesman. The fact that such a great mass of people reljr exclusively on Statesman Want Ads enables yon to rent, sell, hire help, etc quickly and at lowest advertising cost, through this news paper. v Today's News MALLOH : " properties at 'a satisfactory price. - There were 762 foreclosures last year, a small number, but it was twice as many as in the en tire previous 3-year history of .FHA. Naturally the number is in creasing. The subjects may remain Invis ible indefinitely as government of ficials took them under advise ment. Stato departsaeat is quietly to tighten sip ost onr tin, mbber and copper leaks to filer many throogh Russia. Shortly after fh latest British protest was received, a state depart ment official reqnested the New York commodities exchange to include la Its form contracts a provision req airing each sale to be approved by the war mater ials board. New York commoditlsts are holding back fearing auch a re straint of trade would make them liable under the anti-trust law. SAMPLES: An anti-Roosevelt democrat who observed Paul Mc NuttV four-speech tour in Okla homa has reported back to his colleagues here that the deflated heir apparent is the best new deal tpeaker now on the stump. It Is probably too late now .... These 300 American ships being sold abroad are bring only about $50 per ton, where as the price got up to $350-375 per ton ln the last war. US maritime commission thinks they are good deals never theless, as they are mostly old bottoms and may cause renovation of the American merchant marine , . Charles Edison has really sup planted President Roosevelt as of the navy. He has taken hold bold ly despite the grumbling of ad mirals and is reorganizing and modernizing the entire adminis trative setup from ships to shore stations .... Jv st to show the world what yo-ing blood can do. Chief Justice Hughes personally wrote three of the 12 decisions de livered two days after he observed his tenth anniversary as chief Jus tice at 77. ... It seems Ironical that the only places ln the world where real fighting is going on are countries in which the state department says no state of war exists. ( Distributed by Kins reatnri Syndi eat. Ine. Reproduction ia whole or ia part "strictly prohibited.) Holdup Men Take 3 Diamond Rings MIAMI, Fla.. March l.-(P- i wo roDDers, masked and arm ed, held up a party of New Jer sey winter visitors today and, in a wild 10-block automobile ride, took from them three dia mond rings valued at $7000. Mr. and Mrs. Walter Martin and Mrs. Lawrence Kaine of Spring Lake, N. J., returning with their chauffeur from the races at Hialeah, reported their car was forced to the curb on a busy suburban street. Two young men, wearing hand kerchief masks, jumped in the back seat with the two women, took their rings and I 0 in caah. Martin, ln the front, saved bis diamond ring by keeping his hands crossed. Tax Points Given To Realty Board Consider Laws Before Sal Is Made, Commission : Agent Advises , Complications of the stato and; federal income tax laws as they; affect owners of and dealers in! real estate were discussed by Jamas-Button, auditor for the state tax commission, at the Sa lem Realty board luncheon Fri day noon. Although he cleared up a number of technical points, tho . speaker advised brokers to consult an auditor in preparing Income tax returns in order tor take such advantage of the law as they legally may. e The tax laws shonld be. con sidered before a sale Is concluded, Dutton pointed out, for If it Is desirable to pay the tax on an In stallment basis the down payment may not exceed 2 0 per cent of the purchase price. Realtors should also keep advised concerning a case In the supreme court Involv ing deductibility of property taxes levied before, but payable after, tho property is purchased. Federal 1 a w , Dutton pointed out, differentiates between short term and long term profits on real estate whereas the Oregon law does not. Depreciation of improvements Is deductible on in come property but not on the tax payer's own home. Marion Wins in Safety Contest Marlon. Jackson, Wasco and Gilliam counties were declared winners ln the four divisions of the 1929 counties' traffic safety contest, sponsored by Secretary of State Earl Snell. as a part of his state-wide traffic safety cam paign, he announced yesterday. Top place winners in the four divisions were: t Division 1, Marlon first: City of --Portland, second: Benton. third. Division I. Jackson first: Hood River, second: Tillamook, third. Division 2, Wasco, first; Uma tilla, second; Union, third. Division 4. Gilliam, first: Grant, second; Jefferson, third. Counties were segregated In accordance with population den sity and rankings were based on the relative Improvement ln their traffic accident record for each month of 1S compared to the corresponding month of 1928. Brand, Winiberly Seek Reelection Two candidates for circuit' judge of the second Judicial dis trict filed for reelection In the state department here yesterday. Judge James T. Brand, Marsh- field, filed for position No. 2. while Judge Carl Wlmberly, Rose- burg, filed for position No. 2. The district comprises Benton, Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lane and Lincoln eountles. Orval J. Millard, Grants Pass, has filed for the republican nomi nation for district attorney of Jo sephine county. IMS