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Follow the Games " Whether you can attend the- state basketball tourna meat or not, follow th games la The Statesman for expert reports. Interesting descriptions. Weather Cloudy with rain today h-owera Friday; little) change In temperature. Max temp. Wednesday 6.5, min. 87. River 4.9 ft. South wind. 1651 EIGHTY-NINTH YEAH Salem, Orecjon, Thursday Morning, March 14, 1940 Price 3c; Newsstands 5c No. 309 1 o lEMSLEKQl ope uo save inciiepeiiciieiice .KfoMs . IE : P 6- Salem, LebanonAstoria And Strangler at Asylum Takes His Own Life Killer of Three Inmates Identified by Jury as Wiley Hill Crowded Conditions Are Emphasized by Evans in Testimony A county coroner's Jury yes terday found Wiley Hill. 29. In mate at the Oregon State hos pital here, responsible for the deatha by strangulation of three other patients Sunday night, a few hours after Hill himself died from hemorrhage resulting from an apparent attempt at self-emasculation. An occupant with the three murdered men. Jack Leavy, 21, Aurora: Sol Green, 23, formerly of Portland, and Levi Haggren, Portland, of a nine-man demen tia praecox ward dormitory. Hill had been removed to solitary con finement in another part of the hospital following disclosure of the slaylngs early Monday morn ing. SO-Minute Watch Kept by Attendants Attendants yesterday said that they had visited Hill at 30 minute intervals during Tuesday night, and that he had appeared to be entirely normal until Hom er Wylam, an attendant, called for him to get up at about S a m. yesterday morning - The patient moved as though to comply with the request, but when Wylam returned a few minutes later he found Hill sit ting on the bed, slouched for ward aa though preparing to (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) Hore-Belisha Raps British Inaction Revolt at Chamberlain Government Threatened, House of Commons LONDON. March 1 3-P)-Form-er War Secretary Hore-Belisha angrily challenged the allied "excuse for inaction' In the dis patch of large-scale aid to Fin land daring a stormy session today of the house of commons which showed the makings of a full-fledged parliamentary rebel lion against Neville Chamber lain's government. In the dismal light of the Finnish-Russian peace, the volatile minister whom Chamberlain fired on January 5 demanded a review of the government's "whole con duct of the war" with Germany, and denounced as a "pure tech nicality" the allied stand that troops, although ready could not be sent to Finland until Finland formally asked for them. The troops never were sent; Finland made peace Instead. Whlte-maned David Lloyd George added somber warning to Hore-Bellaha's cutting criticism, and disgruntled conservatives and liberals appeared to be unit ing with opposition labor around the two statesmen. The commons approved 192 to 2 a request for 700.000.000 ($2,800,000,000) for war purposes. American Interests in Near East Fear new Battle Front WASHINGTON, March Um American interests in the Near East sector,-where large military forces are betas; collected for the possible purpose of forming a new battle front, are so considerable that officials here are watching developments with minute atten tion. Some analysts feel that the end of the Russo-Flnnlsh war makes the likelihood of war In the Near East more acute. Great Brit ain., they think, has become more and more reconciled to seeing Russia definitely lined up with Germany, tiring Hitler all the assistance possible. Great Britain and France made known recently that they were ready to lend Finland much ad ditional help, which might have kept Russia occupied in the north and interfered with assistance to Germany. But now that the Rosso-Finnish conflict is over, the analyst think, war may break' oat In the south. The allies hare concentrated a strong force In the Near East, estimated at around $ 00.00ft men. Ashland Hospital Inmate Commits Suicide Wiley Hill, state hospital inmate, who fatally injured himself in his cell yesterday while a cor oner's Jury was attributing; to him the strangling of three fellow inmates M"o n d a y. Statesman staff photo. En One Ear . . Paul Hauser Column We went out to a mushroom farm yesterday and found Mrs. Roland West, who runs the mush- Sroom farm with fhoi. Yi ii h m n A building a rock garden and a jrish pond in her Uai & J va . Mrs. West took us in tow, chased a pea cock named Ne buchad n e z z a r out of the way, and took us into Fni H. Hsnier. Jr. one of the rooms where the the mushrooms grow. The rooms (there are three of them) are in a low shed and they are about 60 feet long and 20 feet wide. The mushrooms are growing away there In a temperature of about 60 degrees, which must be kept fairly constant all the time with heating in winter and cool ing in summer. Right away we could see that this mushroom (Turn to Page 2, Col. S) Dam Job Resumes; Guardsmen Watch DISNEK, Okla., March 13-(JPy- Three Oklahoma national guard officers clamped martial law on the Grand River dam tonight but work on the $20,000,000 hydro electric project was permitted to continue. Seventy national guardsmen re mained at Wagoner, south of here, prepared to move into the dam area under the martial law decree issued by Governor Leon C. Phillips. Phillips expressed determln atlon that state roads and bridges In the 52,000-acre reservoir in northeastern Oklahoma shall not be flooded until the public works administration puts up the cost or posts bond for relocation ex pense. (Turn to page 2, col. I) They hare Turkey as an ally. They may, it is thought here, seek to invade the Russian oil fields at Baku and Batum, from which petroleum is exported across the Black sea to the Danube and up to Germany. But Russia herself, released of preoccupation on the Finnish front, is more free to more in other sectors If he wishes against Turkey or Iran (formerly Persia) and the allied forces are in the Near East also to pro tect their own great oil Inter ests in Iran, Iras and Mesopo tamia. The state department lists 12,500 Americans as living in the Near East area embraced In Turkey, Syria, Palestin. Iraq, Iran, Bahrein, Saudi Arabia, Palestine and Trans-Jordan. American business interests, particularly oiL in that area, run into scores of millions of dollars. There are heavy American invest ments also In the British and French oil companies operating there. i - ft ' : m i ! . ) . --'" i ' ' v - i I.' . . -1 Victors Berrypickers' Victory First Tourney Upset University High Trounced 42-29; Chemawa Falls as Jandreau Stars Salem-Baker Contest, B' Title Game on Sked This Afternoon YESTERDAY'S RESULTS Monroe 19, Helix 17. Butte Falls 30, Westport 28. Baker 2 7, Klamath Falls 26. Salem 37, North Bend 84. Pendleton 26, Tillamook 22. Ashland 30, Chemawa 22. Lebanon 4 2, University 29. Astoria 40, Oregon City 17. GAMES TODAY Championship Flight t p. m. Monroe vs. Butte Falls (for B title). 4 p. m. Baker vs. Salem. 7:30 p. m. Pendleton vs. Ash land. 8:30 p. m. Lebanon vs. As toria, Consolation Bracket 9 a. m. Helix vs. Westport. 10 a. m. Klamath Falls vs. North Bend. 11 a. m. Tillamook vs. Che mawa. 2 p. m. University vs. Oregon City. By RON GEMMELL Some of the closest first-round tiring in the 21 years of the Ore gon State high school basketball tournament marked yesterday's eight-game parade that left In championship contention Monroe and Butte Falls of the B's and Baker, Salem, Pendleton, Ashland, Lebanon and Oregon City of the A's. The first five tilts saw a maxi mum of four points separate any two antagonists. Only in last night's final two frays were walk aways staged, and one of those was by the strawberry - backed Berrypickers of Lebanon, who sprang a surprise 42 to 29 trounc ing of University high of Eu gene's Golden Tide, a team rated in pre-tourney dope as an outside favorite. Astoria's Flying Fishermen contributed the other severe past (Turn to page 2, col. 6 CHEMAWA, UNIVERSITY HIGH V i LAI Cr. - M-i Ashland high school's sure-shot Jandreau proved too much for these Chemawa Indian school district champions in one of last night's state basketball tournament games. The Indians shown are, front row. left to riant: Arthur Van Pelt, Tony Hhoal derblade, Stanley Williams, John Youngman, Fred Bird, Louis Goodluck. Back row, cloud, Mel via Woundedeye, Mason Twocrows, Glen Black, student y) ' - " " "' iit' i . I Victims of the first big surprise of the state basketball tournament were these University high school players, who were felled by the Lebanon squad. The losers are, front row, left to right: D. Plath, C. DeAutrexnont, J. Trunnell, M. Goddard, J. Bergman, T. Gatlin, D. Adklson, A. Plath. Back row, left to right: W. Stomp, W. Olney, D. Lawson, K. Craigher, C. Allnmbangh, D. Harbcrt, R, Shape, Hay Hendrlckson, coach. Assassin Hits British-India Chiefs, London Ex - Lieutenant Governor of Punjab Is Dead, 3 Others Grazed Indian Fires Pistol In East India Welfare Conference Hall LONDON, March 13-()-A re tired British Indian administrator was shot and killed tonight and the secretary for India and two other British prominent in gov erning the turbulent sub-contin ent were wounded by a single assassin. At a crowded meeting to dls cuss Indian questions, a thick-set Indian pulled out a pistol and fired shots which projected the problem of independence for In dia's millions into a new lime light. Names Linked With Empire History He aimed at men on the plat form in Caxton hall whose names have been knitted into Indian his tory of the last half century. Sir Michael O'Dwyer, former lieutenant governor of the Pun Jab, fell dead with two bullets in his chest. Lord Zetland, secretary of state for India, was grazed by a bullet. Sir Louis Dane and Lord Lamington, both former British administrators of Indian provin ces, were wounded in the arm. Police overpowered the assassin end later an Indian named Mo- named Singh Azad was charged with murder in connection with the affair. The shooting occurred at the close of a meeting of the East India association, which "seeks the welfare xt the people of In dia by lectures, discussions and social contact." Sir Michael had Just sat down after a speech of reminiscences that had kept the audience In good humor when the Indian In the audience fired four shots. Gunman Seized And Disarmed The Indian shouted "m a k e way," then dashed down the crowded aisle toward the door, but he was seized and disarmed. Sir Michael fell bleeding from (Turn to Page 2, Col. 6) Baltic States Confer LONDON, March 14-(Thursday) Reuters, British news agen cy, quoted a Rome radio broad cast saying that the foreign min isters of Lithuania, Latvia and Es tonia would meet at Riga today to review the International situation in 1 1 g h t of the Finnish-Russian peace. hmm md: left to right: Jerry Gastlneau, coach; Warren Garipee, George Bear- Roosevelt Warns Russia to Let .Remnant of Little Nation Alone Says Right to Live in Peace Must Be Given Moral Embargoes Against Russia to Continue, Washington Says $20,000,000 Loan to Be Kept Available for Reconstruction WASHINGTON, March 1S-(JP)-Presldent Roosevelt served notice, in effect, today that Russia should let what remains of Finland live in peace and not try to swallow it up now that its defenses are weak ened. In a formal statement, the president said that the people of the Baltic republic "have won the moral right to live in everlasting peace and Independence in the land they have so bravely de fended." The president also said that "the ending of this war does not yet clarify the Inherent right of small nations to the maintenance of their integrity against attack by superior force." Some observers believed the word "yet" in this sentence Indi cated a belief on the president's part that later developments in struggling Europe might clarify the right of which he spoke. Whether it was intended to signi fy that some day Finland's losses would probably be restored was not stated, however. His reniavk -About the right to live in peace created the impres slon among some officials that he was worried lest the Finns should again be called upon to defend themselves in the weaker strategic position in which the treaty of peace with Russia leaves them. The chief executive said the people and government of Fin land "have again increased the re spect and warm regard in which they are held by the people and government of the United States even though it is clear that by virtue of an attack by a neighbor many times stronger they have been compelled to yield territory and to accept a material weaken ing of their own future defense of their Independence." Some officials feared that the peace settlement might be like (Turn to Page 2, Col. 8.) DEFEATED W4 K r- m& manager. Viipuri Captured in Closing Hour of War, Russ Army Announces Important Economic as Well as Military Gains Are Achieved by Soviet From Peace Terms With Finland; Copper Mines Acquired MOSCOW, March 14. (Thursday) (AP) The Rus sian military command early today announced its troops, in a two-hour assault just before yesterday's armistice, had captured the city of Viipuri, which goes to Russia anyway by the peace treaty with Finland. The soviet people and press hailed the peace treaty as a great triumpn for Joseph stalin'ss policy of peace and a shattering blow to British and French "im perialist" plans to spread the war over all of Europe. Not only did the soviet gain greatly in territorial and military advantage by Its treaty with Fin land, but also secured economic gains of great significance Observers were impressed by the Soviet's gain of extensive tran sit rights through the Petsamo district to Norway, and the pro posed Joint Russian-Finnish con struction of a railway directly linking the Russian Murmansk line with Sweden. These communications, it was pointed out, may give Russia her most Important economic corridor to Scandinavia and the Atlantic Other observers noted that cop per mines near Ladoga fall to the Soviet union. While the nickel mines In the Petsamo area remain Finnish, the Soviet is expected to make a successful bid for part of the nickel exports The distance from Leningrad to the frontier has been Increased from 20 to 90 miles, while the distance from the Murmansk rail way at Kandalaska to the front ier has been increased irom 40 to 75 miles Outer Mongolian Fighting Resumes SHANGHAI, March 14-(Thurs- dayj--Resumptlon of fighting between soviet Russian and Jap anese troops on the Nomonhan front on the border of Outer Mon golia was reported here today in unconfirmed advices from Man- choukuo. Fighting in that area was ended last September by an armistice. The reports said the Soviets had advanced five miles and were moving troops and equipment eastward on the trans-Siberian railway. Chinese returning from Hailar said rail traffic there consisted mostly of military movement to ward Nomonhan, and similar in formation came from Dalren. Observers linked the reports of Increased soviet pressure on Man- choukuo with cessation of Russian-Finnish hostilities. The Russians were reported to be increasingly adamant concern ing negotiations of the border de marcation commission begun aft er the end of last summer's fight ing but which ended when the so viet delegates walked out. Washington PUD Ready HILLSBORO, Ore., March 13.- (P)-Washington county will vote on a proposed public utility dis trict in the May primary. The county clerk certified 1189 names on PUD petitions today, assuring the proposal a place on the ballot. Finland Has Paid Its Debt To West, Declares General HELSINKI, March 1 4-(Thurs day )-yP)-Field Marshal Baron Carl Gustaf Mannerhelm In a final order of the day declared bitterly early today that Finland has "paid to the very last penny any debt we may have owed to the west." The aged leader, who esti mated that 200,000 Russians and 15,000 Finns were slain in the 105-day ending yesterday, said however: "We are proudly conscious of the historic duty which we will continue to ful fill: Defense of that western civilization which has been oar heritage for centuries (Baron Mannerhelm apparent ly meant that Finland had held the fort for the western democ racies for three and a half months despite the fact that no large-scale military help came from the west. Although he was not specific. It Is also to be recalled that Finland, alone of America's World war debtors, al ways has kept up its payments.) "Our fate is hard now tnat wa arc compelled to give up to Hop Pact Hearing Opens Here Today Discussions on Markets Agreement Will Last Until Friday Hearing on the proposed hop marketing agreement for 1940-41 will start this morning at 9:30 at the Marion hotel and is expected to last until Friday night. Testimony as to the general ef fect of the agreement will open the hearing. Discussion of each item of the proposed contract will follow. The new agreement shows the following major changes: Extension of the area to in clude Idaho as well aa Washing ton, Oregon and California. Provision that vrop estimates shall be made after the harvest starts. Members of the growers allo cations committee cannot submit individual crop estimates to the secretary of agriculture. Purchasing, selling or contract ing of hops prior to August 1 pre ceding production of the hops constitutes unfair trade practice and unfair competition. Neil Brooks of the solicitor's office of the department of agri culture is conducting the hearing. He completed a similar hearing in Yakima Tuesday and will next move on to Santa Rosa, Calif., for a hearing to start March 18. C. W. Paulus, managing direct or of the hop control board, who attended the session in Yakima, said yesterday a large number of those Interested In the Industry are expected to be present at to day's hearing. Russian-Rumanian Discussion Looms BUCHAREST, March 13.-(yP)- Plans for a non-aggression pact between Russia and Rumania are under discussion in Berlin, it was reported tonight in diplomatic circles. Official circles refused to com ment, but It was learned on high authority that a military commis sion composed of high ranking Rumanian army officers now Is in Berlin. For more than a week govern ment officials here have denied reports that a Russian delegation was coming to discuss a non-aggression pact. Meanwhile, a Rumanian mili tary delegation departed for Ber lin under the cloak of great secre cy, it was reported rejiiably. an alien race, a race with a life philosophy and moral values dif ferent from ours, the ground which for centuries we have cultivated in labor and sweat," his message said. "Yet we must put our should ers to the wheel in order that we may prepare on the soli left to us a home for those rendered homeless and an Improved live lihood for all, and as before we must be ready to defend our di minished fatherland with the same resolution and same fire with which we defended onr un divided fatherland." Referring to the "exacting peace which has ceded to soviet Russia nearly every battlefield on which you have shed your blood on behalf of everything we hold dear and sacred," Manner helm told hie soldiers: "Yon did not want war. You asked peace, work and progress: but yon were forced into a strug gle in which you hare done grent deeds, deeds which will shine for centuries in the pages of history. (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4) Defense Pact With Norway Sweden Talked "We Are too Small," Says Finnish Minister in Explaining Truce Ratification of "Peace' hy Diet may Extend Beyond Deadline By LYNN HEINZERLINO HELSINKI, March 13-(P)-Fin land, mourning its peace with th grief of the vanquished, was given hope tonight of saving its inde pendence and protecting its staor borders through the prospect of m defensive pact with Sweden an Norway and was exhorted by it government to rise from its "state" of mutilation" through unity. Foreign Minister Valno Tanner, after a national broadcast to the people, told the foreign press tbat conversations looking to a defen sive alliance with the two large Scandinavian states, already ar ranged but halted by the war, would be started soon. The initia tive in this, he said, came front Finland. "Unwillingness" of Neighbor to Aid Cited Earlier, with their mourning etched black against a background of softly falling snow, the Flnna had heard Tanner declare tbat Finland's defense against Rmmfta had foundered on the "unwilling ness or Inability" of Sweden aa Norway, (and behind them th western allies,) to send troop er allow troops to cross their soil. "All that can be said against us," he added, sadly, "is tbat as a nation we are too small." The defensive alliance, if it ie effected, would be intended te boundaries of Sweden, Norwae and Finland from aggresnloi manly, it is presumed, Russian ef German. Denies Pressure From Western Powers Tanner, to the newspapermen, denied that the western powera had pressed Finland to contiao the war, gave.them thanka fr, "large quantities" of war material ' "although they had no obllgatie to Finland" and expressed gratt tude to the United States for seen etary aid and for the volunteers' who have come from America. Asked if he thought today' peace was an interlude! he re plied: "I can't answer." He disclosed, however, that this "unhappy peace" was ma4 without consultation with the army command. "Peace," he explained, "Is political question. We did not mas) the army headquarters about tt The only thing we asked was the position on the front." IMct Given Three Days to Act Despite the treaty stipulation for ratification by the Finnish diet within three days, Tanner -said this might take two week. After the hour of the arrntettce at 11 a. m. (la. m. Pacific StaneV ard time), it became known that some of the fiercest fighting- et the war took place in the fiai hours before peace. When the fighting ceased sud denly, the men who a few mim utes before bad been in the midst of battle were stunned by tft quiet. In the 74 hours between- signing of the peace treaty the armistice the Russians Finns were attacking and count- (Turn to Page 2, Col. 5) Want Dividends? 'Shop Salem 1st' Say Merchants Salem shoppers are finding ffc pays to "Shop Salem First," im ac cordance with the elght-weh cam paiga wm being conductee) by local ascs chants to sltow the benefits sT trading at homew Sh o p p e r -at home find Sa XL-LSZs lem merchant v y Mmbbmbmmm are pleased, net only . to have their trade, but also to return earned dividends ta customers whose consistent ronage makes tor more rap!4 turnover of stocks. And quicker turnovers, tb merchants point out, mean snore np-to-the minute goods trot which to select. , Cooperating la this "Shop Sa lem First' campaign. The Oregos v Statesman today carries the third) of a series of full-page advertise ments high-spotting the values t d& Ka Anti 9 1 wa GalavM . . "
