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fie (SB) No Substitute! mimm Weather Partly ciondy today cloeuty with light rain Wed nesday j M thi tem perature. Mai. temp. lion, day M, ad. 41. Illver 13 feet. South wind. You'll find no newspaper ui sire more real satisfac- Won than your LOCAL MORNING PAPER, with its WORLD NEWS and HOME COMMUNITY NEWS. POUNDOO 16SI EIGHTY-NINTH YEAR Salem Oregon, Tuesday Morning, March 5, 1940 Price 3c; Newsstands So No. 295 in ine Ear . . Paul Hauser's Column The boys and girls In the state agricultural department are buy ing a cow by bits, one of our scouts whispers It appears that a farmer in these parts had a cow which was sick unto death. The farmer didn't know what was w.-i-onc with It as" - tbe s y m p t oms fitted no cow ail ment he had run into in his ex perience. So he panl H. SUoser, r. called in the experts of the de partment of agriculture. In a spirit of pure science and charity the department's cow dis ease experts went and took a look at the cow. They didn't have to flash their stallside manner long before they knew the bossy was suffering from a nearly always fa tal malady with a polysyllabic name we won't even attempt to spell. Come to think of it, our scout couldn't even remember it. The disease the cow had could be treated, but only in the heroic manner. The cow would either get well right now and be as con tented as you'd please or it would keel over, right now, too. It was strictly kill or cure. Well, the d. of a. cow doctors consulted and decided to give the cow the works. Unfortunately they neglected to tell the farmer that it was either cured cow or dead beef. They stuck the syringe in a vulnerable spot on the cow and (Turn to Page 3. Col. 5) West Salem Asks Bonneville Offer Revised Agreement Taken; Inquiry on Night Bus Service Ordered The West Salem city council last night authorized city offi cials to sign an agreement with the Bonneville administration permitting the administration to determine what power service it could render the city. The agreement is similar to one signed several weeks ago but wording is changed to make it uniform with a similar agree ment signed y&h .MeTouth. The council has In the past month heard representatives from both the Bonneville admin istration and private power com panies and it was announced that no further action will be taken until Bonneville can pre pare the estimate on rates and services. Most of the council's time was taken up with a consideration of street work in progress. Leigh ton A. Dashiell, representing resi dents on Plaza street, asked how much of the driveway and re taining wall work would be paid (fur nto Page 3, Col. 8) Bludgeoned Girl Dies of Inj uries TACOMA, March 4-(;p)-Vir-ginla Riffle, 26-year-old confec tionery clerk brutally buldgeoned here February 20, died at Ta coraa general hospital late to day. Her condition had been critical since the attack despite two brain operations. Held on a first degree assault charge is the girl's former suit or, James Hampson, 33, Fife milkman. He has denied any knowledge of the crime. Miss Riffle had a $7500 personal in jury suit pending against Hamp son. The girl was struck three times over the head with s heavy, blunt instrument as she entered the yard of her home. She suffered multiple skull fractures and a broken left hand. Although conscious at interval, the young woman was unable to peak because one of tbe blows damaged her brain. Miss Riffle's damage suit was the ontgrowth of an attack Hampson made on her last Sep tember 15. He was found ghilty of assault In Justice court and fined $25. Valsetz Getting Dusty; February Rain 31 Inches i i Receiving "only 31.41" laches of rain during Febru ary, the little lumbering com munity of Valsets is "afraid of a water shortage next sum mer," H. F. Thomas, superin-. tendent of the Cobbs & Mitchell mill there, advised The States- man yesterday. Thomas explained that this' wettest town In northern Ore gon In December, 1937, record ed 23 Inches of rain In only Jour days. Speaking of ' last month's downpours, Thomas added: "While this much rain might have drowned California, Portland or Salem, it caused - nor Inconvenience at Valsets other than causing the saw mill an hour delay, due to wet fuel,, from the outdoor stor age yard." .... Th9 town's rainfall on March tl. was 1.8 Inches, showing that the month "started off fair ly well. Thomas reported. k; i Heaviest single day's pre-; . elpitatlen at Valsets last month waslS inches, on the sixth. . Council Tables City Electr A- . System ? !y Delay Until Ax. junty PUD Election Advised by Utility Group Street Widening Dropped for Time ; Airport Is Leased to Eyerly No immediate action on con sideration of possibility of acquir ing a municipal power system for Salem was recommended to the city council last night in a report of its utilities committee. The report, made after utility committee members conferred with representatives of the Port land General Electric company the Bonneville administration and private engineers, was laid on the table for further consideration on motion of Alderman David O'Hara. O'Hara, who introduced a reso lution calling for consideration of the matter, asked after hearing the report, "Does that mean that the committee advises nothing be done until after the November election?" "That's right," responded Al derman FraDk Marshall, utilities committee chairman, "except for Investigation." PCiE Will Complete Its Survey Soon The report stated that the Port land General Electric company will have completed its survey of its Salem properties, as requested by the council some time ago, not later than June 1. It also referred to a hearing slated this month by the state hydroelectric commis sion on the advisability of a Marion county people's utility dis trict and stated that action by the city was not advisable until after voting on the proposal for a county PUD. The council also laid on the table a report of the street com mittee on plans for widening High street between Court and Ferry, Liberty street between State and Ferry and Liberty between Court and Chemeketa. The committee recommended that the streets be left the present width, but that parking be changed from parallel to diagonal without widening the streets. Highway Department Report 19 Awaited Alderman Chandler Brown ob jected to immediate action, sta ting he had requested the state highway department for a survey to compare the incidence of acci dents between parallel and diag onal parking. The council approved action of the airport committee in accept ing the offer of Lee U. Eyerly of $300 per year for lease of the municipal airport, of which he will be manager. An ordinance which would pro vide funds for publicity and main tenance of the municipal band by levying a tax of one-eighth of a mill was introduced. A proposal for a bond issue for the same purpose was defeated at the last election. The state highway department will be requested to make 12th street from Court to the southern city limits a secondary highway by terms of a resolution the coun cil adopted. The resolution point ed out that 12th street is subject to increasingly heavy traffic from (Turn to page 2, col. 8) New Block Draws Farmer Hardware The Ray L. Farmer Hardware company will become one of the tenants of the new building which is to rise soon on the south west corner of State and Com mercial streets, Clifford E. Farm er, proprietor, said yesterday In confirming reports heard at the time construction of the new business block was announced. The Farmer firm, long in busi ness at the northeast corner of Commercial and Court streets, will have a 24-foot frontage from the south of the new build ing on the Commercial street side. Its store space will ex tend back 82 feet and In addi tion have a 25-foot deep mez zanine floor. Farmer said he expected to be able to more In about five months. Human Skins Case Pondered By District' Attorney Page Whether charges will be brought sgalnst Orin C. McDow ell, Jr., young Salem butcher whose desire to have two pieces of human skin made into gloves or a billfold made news Saturday, will be decided sometime today. District Attorney Lyle J. Page said last night after conferring with state police. The two pieces of skin, which caused a furor when a Napa. Calif, tanner opened the package in which they were sent to him to be tanned, were traced to a refuse container in the anatomy lab oratory of the North Pacific Den tal college in Portland. McDowell told Sergeant Farley Mogan of the state police that a Student at the dental college fur ntshed the skins. The dental stu dent vbQs nam ku uot beta Argue New Deal on Anniversary Above, Senator Warren R. Austin of Vermont, who on the anni versary of President Roose velt's administration yesterday In the senate retorted to the 'valedictory'' in its praise by Senator Alben W. Berkley, be low. Austin Replies to Barkley's Speech New Deal Is Praised and Assailed Upon Its 7th Birthday WASHINGTON, March The seventh anniversary of President Roosevelt's first in auguration evoked from Senator Barkley (D-Ky) today a speech extolling the administration's record and a reply from Senator Austin (R-Vt) accusing the new deal of spreading the doctrine that "democracy will not work any longer." Austin said that if Barkley'a oration was a "valedictory" for the new deal, the next adminis tration should "assume that this republic is competent to govern itself." Barkley reviewed the new deal record at length while a half dozen republican senators, and perhaps twice as many demo crats sat listening. There was nothing approaching a give-and-take debate. He delivered his address and then Austin made his reply, each without interruption from anyone. As on the- day of his first in auguration, Mr. Roosevelt at tended services at St. John's Pro testant Episcopal church. There, he heard Dr. Endicott Peabody, his headmaster at Groton school, (Turn to Page 3, CqI. 2) Monkey Business Abounds At Interstate Terminal; Five Escape, 2 Still F ree PORTLAND, March i-(JPy-The Interstate terminal was the scene of much monkey business yester day as five monkeys on the Brit ish motorship Silverguava escaped after a heavy block smashed their crate. Two were captured, a third drowned in the Willamette river and the remaining two still ruled the docks today. The monkeys were part ef a shipment of S00. revealed, told state police that he took the remnants of skin from the laboratory refuse pail and gave them to McDowell as a gift and has no further interest in them. The Portland student's name has been withheld in order that he would not be dismissed from the dental school, where he is an honor student. College authori ties have agreed that he may con tinue In school if there is no ar rest. Dr. Horace C. Miller, dental college president, laughed the matter off. "It's no crime," he said. "When I was in medical school E0 years ago the most popular joke was to remove an occasional finger or hand from the dissecting room and slip it into somebody's pocket." I " A " 1 I ' ' East Seaboard Snow and Ice Damage Heavy Property Loss Exceedin That of '38 Storm ' in Some Areas Several Deaths Reported as Power Lines Break, Flash Floods Occur (By The Associated Press) Wind-borne ice and snow weighed heavily Monday night on the north Atlantic seabord states with a cost in property destruction greater in some sections than that of the disastrous New England hurricane of September, 1938. The most apparent damage was in northern New Jersey, New York City and suburban West chester county areas which were on the fringe of the 1500,000,000 storm of 1938, the greatest in the history of the nation. Rain freezing as it fell sheath ed farmlands and cities from northeastern Pennsylvania to Bos ton with a glassy crust ruinous to orchards, shrubbery and utili ties networks. Large trees were split wide open by the icy bur dens. Power lines snapped, leaving many communities witnoui neat. light or telephone service. The spreading ice, tracing fragile pat terns of bewildering but expen sive beauty, crushed hundreds of thousands of trees and bushes and left a tracery of death over heav ily traveled highways. Traffic was blocked on many roads and city streets. Many rural schools closed. The rapid freeze removed an Incipient flood threat, however, in upstate New York. A sleet storm halted many Con necticut industries. Broken util ity lines caused factor wheels to stop in Waterbury, New Britain, Norwalk, Naugatuck, Seymour, Wolcott and several other towns. At Norwalk an observed said "one in every three" trees in the city had been felled by tons of ice film. Scores of storm accidents were reported over the area. A fire menace was created in the Bronx, in New York city, when $00 fire alarm boxes went out of commission. Some 7,85 6 Bronx telephones also were out of order and thousands of homes were without lights. Police roped off the 50-story General Electric building in Manhattan because of an accumu lation of ice at the top. Four persons died in Ohio "flash" floods. Fifty one roads were reported under water in that state, and high water forced a number of families from their homes and marooned 100 others. Streets were blocked by water in Akron, Canton, Newark and Massillon. Marietta merchants moved stock from basements, fearing an Ohio river crest Wednesday of 35 feet, within a foot of flood stage. At least three deaths two traffic fatalities in New Jersey Sunday night and a Pennsylvania man who touched a live wire blown down by the storm were reported. Besides, there were many traffic accidents and mis haps involving pedestrians who found the going difficult. Death Toll Is Ten As Floods Recede COLUSA, Calif., March 4-(JF)-Flood water receded slowly to night in northern California leav ing 10 dead, an estimated $15,- 000,000 damage and a threat of epidemic disease. The death toll mounted to 10 with reports four men were drowned yesterday in Trinity riv er, In Trinity county. Three men were listed as lost when a row boat capsized as they were return ing from work on a dredge near Lewiston. They were Ludwig M. Anderson, 49, Oroville; Cecil R. Lloyd, 34, Redding, and Arthur H. Greeley, 33, Oroville. The fourth victim was Ray Trimble, 45, who drowned near Douglas City. Unofficial damage estimates from 18 northern California coun ties placed a third or more of the loss in Colusa county. H. M. King will, county agricultural commis sioner, said crops, orchards, roads, homes and levees in the area had suffered between 15, 000.000 and $7,000,000 loss. Ro bert Klam, farm advisor, placed loss In adjacent Sutter county at around $4,000,000. Funeral Is Held For 2 Belk Boys, Victims of Fire PORTLAND, March 4.-(JP)-Eight firemen in dress uniform carried coffins containing the bodies of Donald Belk. 8, and his brother Robert, t, as funeral ser vices for last week's Portland tourist cabin fire Tictlms were held today. The parents, Mr. and Mrs. James R. Belk, both confined to a hospital, were unable to attend. The father is recovering from burns and the mother , whose fifth son was born the day after the tragic blaze, is convalescing. Tbe fire started when gasoline the father was heating as paint I thinner exploded. Bonneville Policy Aired; Fund IT? H "ft 7" r r7777 jt or uommg Big M otorship Sunk by Nazis But Crew Safe Second British Cabinet Shakeup Is Hinted; 2 May Be Dropped II Duce Protests Coal Embargo; Russ Claim Additional Gains LONDON, March 5-(Tuesday)- (JP)-Sinklng of the British , 7 17 ton motorship Pacific Reliance by "enemy action" off the west coast was announced early today after the entire crew of 63 landed dur ing the night. Although badly holed, the ship remained afloat for a considerable time, it was said, enabling the crew to escape. Four lifeboats were guided to the shore by a Royal air force plane. Occupants of two other boats were picked up by another vessel and landed in Cornwall. (By The Associated Press) Predictions of another shakeup in Britain's war cabinet stirred London today while the British held their diplomatic ground in a danger-filled coal embargo dis pute with Italy. Elsewhere, Finland reported the repulse of new Russian as saults on battle-torn Vlipuri, key Finnish city, the British air ministry announced the probable sinking of a German U-boat in a German area, shipping suirerea more blows and fresh German di visions were reported taking sta tions along the western front. Russia, for the first time since the war with Finland began, re ported the occupation of towns on the Finnish mainland west or Vilpuri. The red amy ald three towns on the coast of Vilpuri bay had been taken, including Vilalokl. 15 miles from Vilpuri. The Russians also reported the capture of the fortress of Trong- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6 J Werner, Rice to Seek Melson Job Farmer, Ex-Storekeeper Put Five Candidacies out for Commissioner Four candidates were definitely committed yesterday to seek the lone Marion county commissioner ship to be filled at the 1940 elec tion and at least three other can didacies were in prospect. Latest to announce they would run for this office, both as repub licans, were Henry Werner, 64 year old native Howell Prairie farmer, and Roy, Rice, former Roberts station storekeeper who is now in business in Salem. Werner said he would base his campaign on opposition to "all Il legal and unnecessary expendi tures" and on "conduct of the county's business in the same careful and prudent manner in which I have always endeavored to conduct my own business." He lives on the Salem-Silverton high way near Central Howell school, of which he was for 18 years a director. He has owned and oper ated his farm there for 32 years. Rice is a member of the county non-high school district board and of the county fair board. Other candidacies that may de velop for the commissionership are those of Roy S. Melson, in cumbent. Homer M. Smith, from the southern part of the county, and Joseph Prange. Other candidates who have an nounced they would seek this of fice are C. M. Crittenden and Ralph A. Glrod, republicans, and D. C. Bloom, democrat. Death of L. Bond Believed Murder BAKER, Ore., March 4.-JP)-Dlstrict Attorney C. T. Godwin said today be believed Leonard Bond, reported as a suicide vic tim last week, was murdered. Godwin said he would file a John Doe complaint for first-degree murder. Dr. Joseph Beeman, director of Oregon's scientific crime labora tory, reported there were no pow der burns around the bullet hole in bond's head, the district attor ney said. Late Sports VANCOUVER, March 4-JP)-Vanconver Lions - defeated Port land Buckaroos 4-3 in overtime here tonight to assure themselves a first place berth in the Pacific Coast Hockey league playoffs. The game was marked by a flareup on the part of Big Jean Pusie, Lions' ideienseman. Opponents of "Snoop Questions Win First Round, Congress Fight . - ; vi4 ;jT,fcr'-6 r- y ij 7 'i'K, 7 . ' Above, left, William L. Anstin. di rector of the reusns; right. Sen A tor Charles W. Tobey of New Hampshire who like Congress man Daniel A. Reed of New York, below. Is bitter oppo nent of the more personal ques Lions on the census blanks. A senate commerce subcommittee upheld their viewpoint In a res olution adopted Monday. UN photos. Seal Convoy Will Be Started Soon ASTORIA, Ore., March Lt. Commander Frank D. Hlgbee of the Astoria coastguard cutter Onondaga is ready to put to sea momentarily to start annual con voy duty for the Pacific coast's huge seal migration. He disclosed today he had been ordered to go along with the mi gration to Cape Flattery. The Red wing of Port Angeles will take the seals in tow, so to speak, at that point and watch over them until Alaskan cutters take over and pa trol the herds uplil they r e a c h their summering place on Pribllof island. Hlgbee said an estimated 1,000, 000 seals migrate north about this time of year from winter quarters along Oregon, California and Mex ican coastlines. Coastguardsmen protest them from poachers. I ' ' w Shenandoah Caves in Upon Old Mines; Damage Million SHENANDOAH, Pa., March 4 CP) Dangerously cracked public buildings In one-fourth of Shen andoah were locked tonight by state Inspectors as mining experts warned that cave-Ins which split the walls of homes and business places today might continue at least two weeks. Damage was estimated at II, 000,000 by Borough Councilman William Maxlmonis. No one of the 2000 persons who fled their cracking homes was injured. All morning the sinking contin ued slowly, as buildings in a 16 block area settled Into cave-ins of old anthracite diggings that hon eycomb the mountain below the town. Acting within a few hours after a "terrible rumbling" and the warning shriek of the town fire siren sent residents scurry lag from sagging homes, two state agencies and borough council started a program for safety and rebuilding. These steps were taken: 1. Borough council called a meeting to hire an engineer for a urver cf what buildings must.be Rear ui million Resolution Hits ' Income Question Tobey'i Stand Is Upheld in Subcommittee by Vote of 3 to 2 WASHINGTON, March 4-(JP-A resolution designed to forestall census-takers from asking people how much money they make was approved today by a senate com merce subcommittee. It would express tbe "sense of the senate" that the questions re garding personal income should be deleted from the census. Sen ator Tobey (R-NH) the author, said he was confident tbe census bureau would strike out the ques tions lr the senate adopted the resolution, although lt would not have to comply. The full commerce committee is scheduled to vote next on the resolution. If it approves, Tobey will seek senate consideration this week. The subcommittee bad set to (Turn to Page 3, Col. 7) Charles Haselton Found not Guilty DALLAS, March 4. Charles Haselton, 4 6, was found Innocent of a charge of contributing to the delinquency of a minor, by a Jury which heard the case in Polk county circuit court. The case went to the Jury at 2:50 p. m. Haselton was tbe second to be tried of five West Salem men In dicted on similar charges. Last Tuesday Harry Hart, 63, was found guilty and later Edward Brock, 82, entered a plea of guilty. Brock was paroled to Wal ter Gerth of West Salem. Hart has not yet been sentenced by Judge Arlle G. Walker. Trials yet to be held are those of Ira E. Spencer and Charles William Wallace. Perfume Replaces Odor Of Over-Ripe Smelt in Detectives Quarters PORTLAND, March 4-Jp-An odor of perfume was detectable on detectives here today. The reason: A package of smelt was left too long in Detective Paul Mumpow er's. desk. Perfume was sprsyed throughout the office as a cure. condemned or rebuilt. 2. The state department of labor and industry closed public buildings where cracks an inch to a foot wide split the walls. t. Governor Arthur H. James, native of the hard coal section, and state mining inspectors came from Harrlsburg to check on safety measures In the network of old diggings beneath the noon- tain-frinred town. 4. a committee of townspeo-ltne pie demanded that all mining operations near the city be halted. Miners stopped operations at once. Homes were hardest hit. Walls of several hundred were cracked, roofs sagged, walls bulgd, doors Jammed n n 1 1 1 residents had to climb through windows. Borough and state police roped off the area, affected and volun teer patrols guarded against fires. Water was shut off because. the pumping plant is In the section that sunk. . . The noise continued intermit tently for four hours. . The set tllng; went on slowly from X sun, - (Turn to Page 1, CoL 7) - Carl Thompson Activity Cited; Raver Defends Eight Million AVailablo for Next Fiscal Year Committee State Idaho Doesn't Want Any; Eugene Propaganda Cains Attention WASHINGTON, March -av The house appropriations com mittee reported today that though ft had cut funds for the Bonneville (Ore.) de velopment from $6,000,000 te $6,000,000 for the next fiscal year, there actually would he approximately $8,000,000 to spend. The committee said at the end of the present year the project would have a little less than $2 000,000 left from former con struction appropriations of $27 250.000. This with the $6,000. 000, It continued, would be ample for the work. The bill provided for combining maintenance, operation and construction work under one authority, the Bonne- vile power administration. Representative White (K-Ohlo) and Paul J. Kaver. administrat or of the project, clashed deriag neanngs on the bill, over the em ployment of Dr. Carl D. Thomp son, secretary of tbe public own ership league and editor of Its magaxlne. White said he had been told Thompson was a so cialist and said letters Thomp son had written snd speeches he had made violated tbe Hatch act forbidding political activity of federal employees and of statutes forbidding publicity work with the 'intention of influencing elections. Thompson's Letter, Speeches Are filed White cited a letter Thompson wrote suggesting Bonneville In tended transmitting power Into Idaho, speeches he had made and a clipping from the Eugene, Ore.. News on the "pro" and "con" of public ownership. He said the local power company probably had supplied the "con" srgu- a w 111. t a "tbe pro" column. "May I state for the record," Raver said, "that we have no In tention of going Into Idaho and invading Idaho's power supply. We do not have the power fa cilities to go Into Idaho. Our market study shows that there Is a market for 1.170.000 kilo-. watts of power in this region. Wo ' only have half a million at Bonneville anyway. We could not go Into Idaho If we wanted to." Ray McKaig, legislative com mitteeman of the Idaho grange wrote the committee that "masy of us feel this Invasion of power Into our state would destroy our chances of supplemental water needed so much by' our Ir rigation districts." Employment Ended Before Haver Appointed Rarer asserted he did not think there was anything In the record to show violation ef tbe Hatch act. It was brought out Thompson was eemployed for six months from November 21. 12$. st a salary of $5,600 for the time he worked. That was before Haver became administrator. Charges that construction ef power lines by Bonneville for transmission of eletcrlcal energy from Its plant to private distribu tors was a useless expense dupli cating existing private power sys tems were made and denied. Raver defended the plan to spend approximately $100,000 for construction of transmission Usee during the coming year. Klnsey M. Robinson, preaideavt ' of the Washington 'Water Power company of Spokane said the Bo ncvllle ' program provided for e "superimposed system of trans mission lines in Oregon and Wash ington' which is now to be car ried forward without regard te the present transmission capacity In that area." He appealed to the committee to Insist upon pro gram of "coordination and coop eration' between Bonneville and private utilities. ' "Tbe appropriation of $6,620. 000 as propoeed la the budget of - the Bonneville administration for liacsi year iu, is unneces sary and can be eliminated with out disturbing In any way tbe transmission of Bonneville power to areas Into which tbe proposed lines are to be built," Robinson said. "The present program of duplication inevitably reeults la competition wasting capital In vestment and operating expenses.' Power shortage Is Indicated hj Kaver Raver said events of the last six months Indicated a possibility of a power shortage In the terri tory and the need for carrying on the program of generator in stallation and construction of transmission lines. ' This region has been waiting ; . (Turn to Page 1, CoL X) -