A Growing Newspaper The Oregon 8tatewman la a steadily growing news paper. Its readers know the reasons: It's reliable, com plete, lively and always In teresting. Weather Occasional rain today and Thursday ( snow at high rU e vat ions; no change la trm pcraturej strong; southerly wind and occasional galea off coast. Max. temp. Taea. OS, Mia. 49, river 1.7 ft. OOUNOD 1651 EIGHTY -NINTH YEAR Salem. Oregon Wednesday Morning, March 27. 1940 Price 3ci Newsstands So No. 313 fW III II XV N. I ifi I III 111 II II II II I I 1 I Mr En One Paul Hauser$ Column It's spring vacation at "Wil lamette and Salem high school. We learned that yesterday when b r a h 1 y walked into the halls of WlHam-f ette and at-; tempted to yank: open the door of Dr. Baxter's of fice only to find it sealed solidly as a tomb. It struck us a little more when we walked into several down- Paul H Baoaet. it town spots ut of the down pour and found a sprinkling of Willamette and high school stu dents and a few high school ath letic coaches standing around glumly looking out at the rain. There was some hint of dissatis faction with the world In gen eral in their attitude. The other schools in the state all had their spring vacations last week and the heavens, smil ing on the majority, stayed clear and bright most of the week. No such luck for Salem. Too wet for golf and the water in the streets isn't running high enough for swimming. "That's the kind of a vara- tion we get," we overhead one solemn student saying, "one that ends on April Fool's day." They are doing qnite a bit of checking of names in the county clerk's office, our court house agent informs us, what with elections and all. The other day, It seems, one of the clerk's clerks went thumbing; through city directories, tele phone books and other refer ence works. She was appar ently having difficulties and finally with exasperation 6he looked up and said, "I give up. I can't find this John Doe per son listed anywhere." CHUMP'S GARDEN OP VERSES When spring's pangs begin to poke us And the rains come on and soak us Mother Nature's hocus-pocus First of all brings up the crocus. A scout tells us that the tele phone operator at the county welfare commission is getting a conditioned reflex. Every morn ing exactly at 9:30 she reaches for the telephone and every morn ing exactly at i:30 the same voice asks why he hasn't got, his old age assistance : check yet. , Seems the' ' applicant applied some time ago, but the welfare commission, by state orders, has not been permitted to approve new applications so far this year. That's all explained every morning at 9:30, but it all has to be gone through again the next morning at 9:30. MARITIME NOTE Stripped of her luxurious fit tings, the Wheatland Ferry has departed on a mystery voyage. Her goal, informed sources be lieve, is Champoeg, which she will reach by a devious route through the Sargasso Sea via the Eola bar. Belief that she is pre pared for a long Toyage is based on the fact that before departure the commander took aboard du plicate sets of Chinese checkers for every crew member. The chamber of commerce, which rejected Dick Neuberg er's topic, "Why I Am a Liberal,", apparently isn't Inter ested in a liberal education. Offshore Torpedo Boat Given Tsts NEW ORLEANS, March 2.-(iP)-Tn PT-6, Uncle Sam's new est type torpedo boat for offshore defense work, thundered along at 4 6 miles an hour today in its first speed test, and then was prepared for gruelling trials at sea. Naval experts who watched the heavily-powered 81-foot craft slash across Lake Pontchartrain termed its performance "satisfac tory" and hinted the boat might be superior to anything used by foreign powers. It was explained the new mo tors were not broken in and no attempt was made to reach theo retical maximum speed of CO miles. The PT-6 will get more ex haustive tests In three days on the open Gulf of Mexico. Barlow Bomb Proves Power In Unofficial Public Tests By DALE CLARK BALTIMORE, March 26.-G35)-Lester Barlow's liquid oxygen-carbon explosive, so powerful an eight-ounce charge sent a 40-foot telephone pole flying skyward withstood a public trial of shock and fire today and the inventor announced tonight he was ready for government tests. He said he would send his pro posal for official trials to the sen ate military affairs committee to morrow and predicted the first would be held within three weeks. They were ordered after a meet ing last week of congressional war and naval committees. Before aearly 75 reporters and photographers, Barlow conducted a series of tests to prove the sta bility of this explosive he claims Is the deadliest ever devised by man a crushing power that can wipe out all life within a 1000-foot ra dios. . . , . The "detonating wayes which he says are the killing iorces mat will result Irom . . 1 0 0 0-pound Carson Enters GOP Race f & 3 J5 Seat in H o 44 Tad" Shelton In, s in His Name for Return as Assessor Here Mrs. Chester Cox Asking Republican Vote for County Recorder Allan G. Carson, Salem attor ney, bowed into the Marion coun ty republican primary spotlight yesterday afternoon when he filed for the party's nomination for state representative. Known to be a potential legis lative candidate since before the formation of the "good govern ment' group, which endorsed his candidacy along with three others last month, Carson declared in his notice to the secretary of state that he was "for integrity, intel ligence and independence in gov ernment." He promised to "faith fully and diligently perform the duties of such office, to the best of my ability." Carson Long-Time Resident of Salem Carson is a "native son" of Sa lem. He was born here 43 years ago and save for time spent with the United States army during the World war, in study at the Uni versity of Oregon and in two years' residence in Corvallis, he has lived in Salem. Following his graduation from Willamette uni versity college of law, he entered the law practice and has followed that profession since 1922. Two republican candidates filed for county offices yesterday, R Tad Shelton for assessor, and Mrs. Chester M. Cox, 262 West Lincoln street, h a i e m, lor re corder. Shelton has been connected with the assessor's office for many (Turn to page 2, col. S) Court Says Labor Chief Must Serve Conviction on Perjury Charge of Reynolds Is Upheld The state supreme court yes terday upheld the conviction of Hugh Reynolds, ex-secretary of the Eugene AFL teamsters union on a charge of perjury. Reynolds is under three years' penitentiary sentence. Reynolds was convicted of giv ing false testimony at his trial1 on a charge of breaking windows in a non-union barber shop at Eu gene. He was sentenced to a year in the Lane county jail on the window-breaking charge but the supreme court later reversed this conviction and directed a new trial. The opinion was written by Jus tice George Rossman who upheld Circuit Judge Carl E. Wimberly of Rosebnrg. Justice Rossman said there was no cause for a re versal of the perjury conviction. "It is our opinion," Justice Ross man wrote, "that the defendant's acquittal in the first case was no bar to his prosecution on the per jury indictment." Other opinions Tuesday: Nellie and Riach M. Black vs. R. C. Stlth and John L. White, appelants. Appeal from Marion county. Suit to recover damages for personal Injuries received in an automobile accident. Opinion by Justice Belt. Judge L. H. Mc Mahan affirmed. Sadie Fain vs. Virgil Amend, appelant. Appeal from Multnomah eounty. Suit for 3 00 for sale of property. Opinion by Justice Kel ly. Judge James P. Stapleton re versed and case remanded. Mine Near Baker Closes; Freight Rates too High BAKER, March 26.-;P)-The Cougar-Independence Gold mine, which has employed 0 men the last six months, closed today be cause freight rates to Tacoma and, Salt Lake City smelters were too high, G. P. Lilley of Baker an nounced. charge were not evidenced today. A five-pound charge, the largest demonstrated, was set off in a dngout rimmed with sandbags. With a tremendous roar the bags flew into the air and the force was clearly felt 1000 feet away. But, Barlow emphasised, to day's tests were only to refute some critics' claims that liquid oxygen bombs are too delicate for military use. He sent a telephone pole 50 feet into the air with the eight-ounce charge and the pole split asunder, sending smaller chunks 150 feet high. To show its immunity to fire he set another eight-ounce charge ablate with an excelsior torch. It flared, but did not explode. He tired a high-powered rifle through a pound and a half bag of the explosive, known as g Unite, and it didn't detonate. "' Then, while the spectators hud dled behind a sandbag barricade on the banks of ' wind-whipped Tum to page 2, eoL J J. Renounces Honor SO ? Oi Favorite Son BENNETT CHAMP CLARK Champ Clark not Active Candidate Receptive to Presidential Choice, Doesn't Want Delegation Bound WASHINGTON, March 26-P) Senator Clark (D-Mo), who has been looked upon as a potential dark horse presidential candidate, said tonight that he did not de sire the "empty honor" of a favor ite son designation. Announcing he would be a can- didate-at-large to the national convention and chairman of the Missouri group, Clark pledged himself to see that his state's vote was not "traded off" for the vice presidential nomination or the promise of a cabinet portfolio or any other office. He said he would not have the vice presidency or a cabinet job "as a gift." The senator did not close the door entirely to his consideration as a presidential nominee, but he wrote George K. Williams, a vet eran party worker at Farmington, Mo., that he had neither the or ganization nor financial backing to make a national campaign be fore the convention. Although Clark did not men tion the third-term issue, two oth er senators said they thought the time had come for the president to make known his Intentions. Senator Overton (D-La), who has supported new deal legisla tion, said he was afraid that if the president runs again "he may bring disaster to himself and his party." Senator Smith (D-SC), who previously had called on the pres ident to announce his plans, said he had become convinced that Mr. Roosevelt would not run again. US Can't Control Fisheries, Verdict ASTORIA, Ore., March 26-UP- Charles E. Jackson, acting com missioner, US bureau of fisheries, advised the Columbia River Fish ermen's Protective union today that transfer of jurisdiction of Columbia river fishing to the fed eral bureau would be unconstitu tional. Jackson wrote that "congress has no power over fisheries with in territorial waters" and that any attempt by congress to divert states of authority over fisheries in the Columbia river would be "clearly unconstitutional." The union favored the transfer. Jackson warned that the gov ernment's $500,000 development Program "win necessarily fail in attaining its real objective unless the commercial fishery Is regulat ed to permit sufficient number of adult salmon to escape cap ture and reach spawning grounds." STERN HALF K:X r "s " , fTT A l - ,t J . , v si . , - v' ; ? J'-:y? V 5 ' 1 4 aW r ut w..vw MMt .vvjMci'Sw-SSIsanlltsaBHa Liberal Sweep Backs Canada Policy on War MacKenzie King Regime Handed Near-Record House Majority Opposition Leader Goes Down Along With His Principal Aides OTTAWA, March 27.-(Wed- nesday )-?) Canada s liberal par ty government approached a rec ord majority in the house of com mons today as returns from yes terday's national election piled up an overwhelming vote of confi dence in its war policies. Latest returns showed liberal candidates as the winners of 166 of the 245 seats In the house, with six Independent winners also num bered among supporters of Prin Minister W. L. Mackenzie King s government. The national government group, headed by the conservative Dr. Robert J. Manion, had won only 34 seats. There was a handful of successful candidates from lesser parties. A score of places remained In doubt, but liberals were ahead in a number of them, with a strong chance to better the majority of 169 they held when parliament was dissolved last Jan. 25. The long march of liberal suc cesses began in the maritime pro vinces, swept through Quebec with increasing force and kept up the pace as western ballots were counted. ... . Dr. Manion met personal defeat in his home city of Fort William. Ont., by a liberal, Don Mclvor. Dr. Manion also saw several of his chief lieutenants defeated. In the parliament which was dissolved when Mackenzie King appealed to the dominion for en (Turn to page 2, col. 7) Delzell Proposes PEP Elimination Saving in Operating Cost Is Declared Possible; Hearing Continue PORTLAND. Ore.. March 16.- (iiP)-Tbomas W. Delzell, independ ent trustee, testified at a bank ruptcy hearing today that he doubts "very much if any purpose would be served by the continua tion of the corporate existence" of the Portland Electric rower company. He said he believed $25,000 could be saved annually by elim ination of the company, holding concern for the Portland General Electric and the Portland Traction company. Oneratina; expenses of the hold ing company could be cut $638,- 300 annually through reorganiza tion under the federal bankruptcy law, Delzell testified. He added "It is quite likely" another $200, 000 could be saved in capital stock. Guaranty Trust company or New York, trustee of defaulted PEPCO collateral trust Income bonds, intervened to oppose inclu sion of the subsidiaries in the re organization. Arguments Heard In Winslow Case The state supreme court yester day heard arguments In the case of Frank Winslow, ex-Salem po lice officer who is seeking rein statement as a member of the lo cal police department. Winslow was discharged by Chief of Police Frank Minto in September, 1938, for alleged bru tality in making an arrest. Circuit Judge Arlie Walker held that Winslow should have re ceived a hearing prior to being discharged and directed his rein statement. Minto later appealed to the supreme court. OF TORPEDOED Back half of the 8000 to British tanker Imperial Transport la pic tared beached safely "somewhere on the coast of Scotland after taking ten days to crawl across J07 miles of pertlowa aeaa. The Tea- ' eel was literally cot la two by a German torpedo and the bow half went to the bottom. The crew, which had abandoned ship, returned , to the stern half and took It to safety under the ship's own power. ON photo. Franco - Strained Nine Are Dead As Warehouse Floor Crashes More Itinerants May Be Victims; Quest Still on Amid Wreckage Tons of Prunes Fall on Group Seeking Refuge From Rain Storm SANTA ROSA, Calif., March 26 -(jP)-At least nine itinerants, two ot them women, were crusnea lo death beneath tons of prunes to day in the collapse of a warehouse floor under which tney sougnt shelter from a drivings rainstorm. Authorities, struggling to clear away debris before the buckling walls of the structure gave way, said they did not know how many more victims might be trapped. No httman-sounds emanated from the wreckage. Eifcht of the nine recovered bodies were Identified as those of Indians of the Pomo tribe from this region. The ninth victim was a white man. The only clue to his identity were the initials "CHB," tatooed on his arm. The sheriff's office said the In dians were Bertha Taylor, also known as Mrs. Bertha Taylor Maze: Millard Taylor, 36, broth er of Bertha; John Oliver; Ernest Scott; Joseph Crux 65; H. Arn old: Charles Samuels, 48, and a woman believed to be Annie Gon zales of Ukiah. Rescue workers strung flood lights in preparation for continu ing the hunt for more victims to night. The walls of the building. severely Jarred when the floor suddenly gave way, threatened to collapse. Sheriff Andrew Wllkie, Deputy Coroner Frank Welti, and local authorities united efforts to di recting removal of tlrs bodies and the search for more victims. " The exact number of dead could not be learned until rescuers had removed the sacked, dried prunes from the building and then searched under the collapsed flooring. Other Itinerants who had sought escape from the tnree-aay rain under nearby warehouses and a railway loading platform, agreed at least five men were under the fallen section of the building. It was raised two and a half feet from the ground on post foundations. Under the strain of the stored prunes and weakening of the ground by the rain; Wilkle said, the warehouse floor crashed. The side walls and the roof re mained standing. They were shak ing when rescuers arrived. Late Sports LOS ANGELES, March 26-P)-Ounning for a shot at the world's middleweight title, Turkey Thompson, 166, Los Angeles, won a 10-round decision tonight over the former champion of the divi sion, Teddy Yarosz, 170, of Pitts burgh. BALTIMORE, March lt.-(JP)-Harry Jeffra of Baltimore and Joey Archibald, world's feather weight title-holder, signed today for a 15-round title bout here may 20 Baltimore's first champion ship fight in 17 years. BEND, Ore., March tt-ypy-The Bend school board elected James W. Bushong, Nyssa, high school principal today, to succeed Har old R. Johnson, resigned. The board also announced the resignation of Eldon Cone as ath letic coach. No successor has been named. TANKER CRAWLS Soviet Relations Waterfront Employers Accept General Terms, Three- Year Peace Plan Seven Fundamental Conditions Are Agreed Upon, Some "Issues" not yet Revealed; Penalty for Violation May Be Decided Upon SAN FRANCISCO, March 26. (AP) Waterfront employers agreed today to accept a seven-point proposal of fered by Harry Bridges as the basis of a new Pacific coast longshore work contract intended to keep peace on the water fronts for the next three to five years. We welcome your proposal for an extended period of Rainfall Is Heavy And More Coming About 2 Inches in Salem Since Monday Morning; Snow Falls, Hood Approximately 1M Inches of rain had fallen in Salem since 7:30 Monday morning until 11:30 last night, coming as part of the change in weather following the vernal equinox of last Wednes day. More rain is predicted for today and Thursday, according to the weather bureau. The temperatures ranged yes terday from 49 to 68 degrees at the airport and little change is ex pected for today. A forecast was made of snow for the higher ele vations. PORTLAND, March J6.-6IP)-A spring storm swept in from the (Turn to page 2, col. 8) NYA Gets Funds Despite Attacks WASHINGTON, March 6-P)-Despite cries that Aubrey Wll lams, National Youth administra tor, is a '"pink," the house lndl cated by a top-heavy vote today that it would approve funds to continue the NYA for another year. It voted 860 to 10 in favor of a special rule designed to fore stall elimination, on a point of or der, or an 885,000,000 appropria tion for NYA. Rep. Taber (R-NY) bad served notice that he would raise such a point or order if the appropriation were brought be fore the house in the usual way. During the debate, Rep. Fish (R-NY) called Williams "one of the pinkest men In the country." He criticized Williams for lending NYA assistance to a proposed good-will tour ot Latin-America by an all-American Youth orches tra. Leopold Stokowskl, conduc tor of the orchestra, was attacked by Rep. Cox (D-Ga) as an "admit ted communist." Both Williams and Stokowskl were condemned as radicals unfit to lead youth. Forest Office Is Moved, Corvallis PORTLAND, March tt.-ifl-The transfer of the Sluslaw na tional forest headquarters from Eugene to Corvallis was con firmed today by Regional Forest er Lyle Watts. Corvallis, he said, has better forest telephone facilities, fire control conditions are superior and the cooperation of the Oregon State college school of forestry is available. Fifteen persons will remain In the Eugene office, while nine will transfer to Corvallis. TO SAFETY . ,""t,"n;''v- ; Envoy Is Recalled Opeace on the waterfront and the discontinuance of job action quicsie strikes ana violation o our contract." J. P. Foisie, preal dent of the Waterfront Employers association of the Pacific coast wrote to Bridges, president of District No. 1, International Long' shoremen's and Warehousemen's union (CIO). The seven fundamental condi tlons to which the employers agreed provide for a six-hour day as written into the former con tract, union hiring hall, prefer ence of employment for anion members and other provisions. Foisle's letter to Bridges, after saying that employers welcomed the longshore leader's proposal for an extended waterfront peace, declared: "As the price of such a peace, you ask that seven enumerated fundamentals be Incorporated In a new contract in the same form as they appear in our present agreement. To this we readily agree. "In your letter you mention that there are other Issues. How other questions will be disposed of cannot be determined until they have been disclosed and con sidered in negotiations. "permanent peace under any new contract requires that there be provided appropriate clauses guaranteeing the payment of dam ages or penalties by either party for non-performance of the con tract or the failure of the anion to require that its members do a fair day's work. Such an agree ment will secure the peace which you promise. "Please let us know whether you agree." White House Aids Hull Policy Fight WASHINGTON, March tt.-UPl President Roosevelt's personal influence was thrown Into the senate's close fight over the trade agreements act today in an effort to defeat the current move to give the senate a controlling voice In the tariff-making system. With a vote approaching on an amendment by Senator Plttman (D-Nev) to require senate ratifi cation of the agreements. Chair man Harrison (D-MIss) of the senate finance committee laid the situation before the chief execu tive and left the White House saying: "The president is of course In tensely anxious that the Plttman amendment and all others be de feated." Meanwhile, western support for the plttman proposal welled up In speeches by Senator McCarran (D-Nev) and Senator O'Maboney (D-Wyo) questioning the consti tutionality of the trade agree ments act unless senate ratifica tion is added. 1075 Receive Jobs PORTLAND. Ore., March 26-UPy-A total of 1075 Portlanders got Jobs through the local office of the state employment service this month. Earl R. Lovell, man ager, said today. Tough General With Handful Of Men Nips Bolivian Revolt LA PAZ, Bolivia, March 26-OP) A hard-fisted army general to day took two machine guns and handful of loyal officers and smashed a budding military re volt which government sources said was aimed at the assassina tion of provisional President Carlos Qulntanilla and tbree other high officials and the cap ture of President-Elect Enrique Penaranda. Chief of Staff General Antenor Ichaio, almost alone, nipped the dawn uprising. Ho- halted 2,000 of - Bollrlas 12.000 soldiers as they marched on the palace. His bold action was followed quickly by a proclamation ot a state of siege by Qulntanilla, who Is to turn the presidency over to pen aranda on April 16. Not a shot was fired. The general swung Into action after rejecting an offer tendered before dawn to take over the leadership of the rebellion. - Government authorities said that hi addition to Qulntanilla. the Blotters bad planned to as sassinate Colonel Mellton Brllto. A re No Successor Likely; Break Is Advocated Statements in Telegram Declared Reason He's not Acceptable Premier Reynaud States Policy Is "Make War in Every Field1 By HENRY C. CAS8IDY PARIS, March 2 7-(Wednesday ) -restrained relations be tween Russia and France appear ed early today to have reached thm breaking point, with semi-official dispatches from Moscow stating that the Soviet ambassador le France, Jakob Snrlts, had been "freed from his functions as So viet ambassador In France." The dispatches said the French government had declared his pres ence In Paris no longer was de sirable. French officials refused to con firm or deny Immediately that the government had formally request ed Moscow to recall Surlts, who has been in Paris since April ef 1S7. Several newspapers In Paris are urging the government to close the Soviet embassy here and the campaign to break off diplo matic relations with Russia ta gaining headway. "Treason of Hovieta" Remark Is Basis The newspapers were prompted by Premier Paul Raynaud's decla ration In the chamber of deputies last Friday that Germany has been "aided by the treason ef the Soviets." Surlts, who has stuck to ale pott despite the rising r rear a feeling against Russia, Is expect ed to leave quickly for Moscow. Informed sources considered It unlikely that the French govern ment would approve the nomls ation of any Soviet envoy as suc cessor to the recalled ambaasador. Paul Naggiar, the French am bassador to Russia, already has left his post, having returned to Paris ostensibly on mirk Earlier today. Premier Paul Reynaud In a fighting speech pre-' sented his cabinet to the nation aa purely a "war government" with but one goal: "Beat the enemy." 'It Is to makewar and make It in every field, the 6 1-year-old premier said In a radio talk, lite first since taking over the raise of government from Edouard Da ladler last week. He emphasised that Prance to day after seven months of war against Germany was "neither Is vaded. surprised nor uncovered. Reynaud said that his inner war cabinet" of nine members. all heads of ministries directly re sponsible for national defense, had been set up to push France and her British allies to victory, come what may. Avoidance of Long Crisis ProolUous He said that in forming his gov ernment he had hoped to get un animous support from all partita. At least, he asserted, the rapid formation of the cabinet robbed (Turn to page 2, col. f ) Fern Ridge Work Will Start Soon PORTLAND. March 1-0TV- Construction of the Fern Ridge dam, first unit of the Willamette River Basin project, will begin within 10 days. Major C. R. Moore, Portland district army engineer. said today. Morrlson-Knudsea Construction company of Boise will do t h work. the presidents military aide; Major Emlllo Cejas, director-general of Bolivian police, and Police Chief Luis Orlhuela of La Pas. The disappearance of a section of tanks after the revoiters were arretted led to the belief at first that the rebellion might flare up elsewhere, but the government announced tonight that one cap tain, pretending to Join the plot ters, took the tanks away to aid loyal army units. Colonel Celestlno Pinto, bead of the presidential palace guard and named by government offi cials as the brains of the revolt, surrendered at : the presidential palace tonight. ' Among others seemed of par ticipation In the plot. Lieutenant ailberto Cam per o .. took refuge during the day In the national . military academy, beaded by bis brother. Colonel Antonio Cam per bat disappeared later. - "Let them eome and get m , If they have enough meal" the lieutenant announced at first. He tool to bis heels, however, when (Tarn to page X. coL J) '