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Newspaper Page TextWeather: Fair ftL A. A MJk twmw- mm, Home Edition LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. TODAY'S NEWS TODAY EUGENE, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 21, 1939v ON STREETS 3c; NEWS STANDS 5o NO. 80 powers Groping for Way to 'Halt Hitler' f Ownership Hecords Goal fEugene teolution Criticizes te Department Present rviernoa ItBOluUon directed to the sec lf'i'of state regarding the ln Sicience caused by failure of Lio receive prompt reports on Mobile ownership records will Rented to the city council for Km-al Monday night, it was an fced Tuesday by Mayor Ehsha Je and City Recorder Cal B!: M ..n,, ha n. Hie counu iFfi"" - .. . will Vio for- K tne Em to the secretary of state Lto other cities in an attempt to ij option on the Dart of fa municipalities in the hope tesituation can oe impiuvcu, mc But officials said. Eyor Large and Recorder Bry--iiid Eugene does not receive Jsids of the ownership of auto m nromritlv enough to en- tlt'city police to determine the mes of many car owners wno Bragged and who fail to respond fa traffic UCKets. Records Incomplete . i.o m-pspnt. with well over IftMO license plates issued in the 0. Eugene nas ownersnip rec fisonly up to 200,000. Therefore, in any car with a license num kr over 200,000 is tagged, the B u-av officials can determine (I name of the owner is to write ttse secretary of state s office in lien- So far this year almost a Efari letters have been written tie Salem office for this pur- K, Recorder Bryan said, 'failure to have these owner 4i records sent to the cities taptly causes considerable ex- ti work in the city offices and Bit cause much extra work at the imtarv of state's office in an- m:ing the letters from the vari- ts cities," Recorder Bryan de toi. "When a car is tagged, we SEE EUGENE STORY PAGE 2 Hedge Nominated :or New Court Spot WASHINGTON, March 21 OP) Wiley Blount Rutledee. Jr.. te of the University of Iowa J Khool. was nominated by rodent Roosevelt today to be Jisociate justice of the United fete court of appeals at the feet of Columbia. jl is a new position created til last concress. My mentioned for the vacancy Mfce United States supreme Rt to which William O. Doug- ra.irman of the securities mf- ...... a iiuiiiuidieu .yea- m ...... .... . .. proiessor, only 44 W Old Viae Knnn J . U- Hity law school since 1935. Mgft of Cloverport, Ky., he S at tne universities of Wis- Indiana and Colorado. fa Captures Lane Math Of Sunshine u ..ere. sure, wnat s TT ii average tu- li... to asK as ne IF? to daffodils, hyacinths, lr'. violet., and many other ir!- in bloom, blossoming fruit Ik-, freshly-mown I F'snt gardens, and Chilli- 5:-paH,- 1. , Id "":ta wim liying h?.J' ,hc father higher . to make the gesture for Er., V. as ,ne "rst clay March 21. Ite-'-rf''"' f'er the early i?g had "Wed, the day K-Aher of balm blue feonGermans removal Of Kin,; pi From Bay City !6m? LtS' March 21 a -L u?and Americanized Swim """nod their action titv , lhc sentiments of a hiralteed Germans 'Soosevln '''paneled of Presi- S , , tcrgress today if i v. ' v-dP'- rritz Wiede- general of aIJ?idpT'ande1 that lm- .A!mcnc'in bund for its - ""icican activities. . ft NGELO ERNEST M1SSIO, second cousin of Pope Plus XII, works as a stonemason at Briceburg, Cal. He's the only relative of the pontiff living in the. United States. Wilsons Ghost Is Vanished By Nazis PRAGUE, March 21. (U. Woodrow Wilson square at Ol muetz has been rechristened Her mann Goering platz for Adolf Hitler's No. 2 Nazi, it was announc ed today. Masarylc Square, named for Czechoslovakia's first president, was named Adolf Hitler platz. The boulevard October 28 for the day of Czech independence was re named boulevard March 15, the day of the Nazi march. President's Son Sees Garner As Possible Democratic Nominee FORT WORTH, Tex., March 21. (P) Elliott Roosevelt, son of the president, says Vice President John N. Garner is "In the driver's seat right now" as a likely demo cratic candidate for the presidency in 1940. In a radio broadcast, young Roosevelt said last night "there is little room to doubt Mr. Garner and the president of the United Slates have traveled separate roads since the winter of 1937. Reports have it the vice president became so incensed over the ad ministration's handling of the sit- down strike situation that he quit Washington and returnea 10 Uvalde for a six-month vacation. Sinm his return, his opinions have been at variance with the presi dent's as to the path being taken by the democratic party. Huntington Named To Racing Body C. A. "Shy" Huntington, chair man of the Lane county republi can central committee, was ap pointed to the state racing com mission, succeeding J. N. McFad den, Corvallis, Tuesday. Mr. Huntington is the second Lane county man to receive a state appointment from Governor Charles A. Sprague. Elmo Chase having been named to the state tyilwmette River Basin commis sion last Saturday. The state racing commission has jurisdiction over horse and dog races, regulating these events and administering the state law. The commission issues permits and sets dates for the races. Mr. Chase left Eugene Tuesday to attend a meeting of the newly appointed commission in Salem at which time the group will con fer with the state budget director and with the governor. Election of a chairman of the commission may take place at Tuesday's meeting. Act Regulating Peddlers Discussed Alfred Smith Found Not Guilty by Jury Albert T. Smith, local druggist, ,.itA Uu n inrv in the was atquiiicva uj c j . - - , circuit court late Monday of the i charge of practicing m.u. The trial was WlUlUUt a begun Saturday morning and last ed until noon jHonni. The case of u. x. Lnnsicu.-,c.. t 5 suit to re- againsi ijt-e ru- , cover money, was on trial lues day and the jury was expected to retire some time in the afternoon. The personnel of the jury: Howard W Dunn, Alfred Beidler. Henry L. Hilliard. Aurora Pollock Harry Kirk, Maude Wallace, Ethel B. Smeed. Mertie Conger, Henry E. Walker, Ada Wright, Frank Moody and Frederick Hieoei. Deputy District Attorney John Pennington Tuesday mcu " to resubmit the case of the state against Curtis Lee Goodwin and Robert Mann, charged with lar ceny, to the grand Jury, It was al leged that new evidence m tne case had been uncovered. fnncirlpratinn nf an ordinance I designed to curtail soliciting and peddling in tne city oi tugene win feature a meeting of the mer chants' division of the Eugene chamber of commerce, scheduled to be held at the chamber Wednes. day night at 7:30 o'clock. The meeting was called by Roy Morse, chairman. It is expected a sample ordinance will be dis cussed and if the committee ap proves, it will be submitted to the city council. The ordinance Is one based on that passed by Green River, Wyo., and copied widely in cities in the west. Several Oregon cities al ready have adopted similar meas ures. It provides that peddling from house to house is declared a nuisance. rack m RACK MELBOURNE. Australia, March 21 flUD Premier J. A. Lyons announced today that the cabinet had fully reviewed the interna tional situation and has assured the British government that Aus tralia will co-operate in its en deavors to deal with It. Hitler Prods For Attitude Ambassador Seeks Italian Understanding On Czech Absorption BERLIN. March 2 1 . (A Adolf Hitler made doubly sure today his Italian axis partner, Premier Mus solini, understands developments of last week when Germany ab sorbed parts of Czechoslovakia. The reichsfuehrer gave Italian Ambassador Bernardo D. Attolice a personal letter to Mussolini, per sons close to the Italian embassy said, before the envoy left last night, for Rome to report to II Duce. He was expected back in a few days. It was believed the next expan sionist move would be from Mcmel this week-end. Goering Leaves Field Marshal Hermann Goering and his wife left for San Remo, Italy, this afternoon to resume their vacation, interrupted last week when he was called back to Berlin. Later Goering is to see Mussolini and possibly also Mar shal Halo B ilbo, governor of Lib ya, in Africa. Japan sent Hitler congratula tions on the Nazi absorption of Bohemia-Moravia, but the absence of similar felicitations from Rome was interpreted as a possible indi cation Mussolini did not approve of it. Foreign observers felt Hitler's SEE HITLER STORY PAGE 2 Uneasiness Grips Rumanian Officiats By FERDINAND C. M. JAHN BUCHAREST, Rumania, March 21 (U.R) Nervousness increased rapidly In Bucharest today as King Carol engaged in a series of urgent conferences with cabi net, political and military lead ers. Hoarding of food and other commodities intensified and many persons withdrew bank holdings in fear of international conflict. It was announced that the sign ing of a commercial agreement With Germany, set for yesterday, had been postponed "for a day or two." There were persistent reports that King Carol had received a personal message from King George VI of Great Britain in re sponse to a secret message which Carol sent George. Sir Reginald Hoare. the Brit ish minister, had a long confer ence with King Carol yesterday. Hoare also visited Foreign Min ister Gregor Gafencu. Location Of Horse Pavilion Decided The big horse show pavilion and riding ring to be erected on the county fair grounds under a WPA project will be located just north of the present horse exhibit barn, it was announced after a meeting of the county fair board Monday afternoon. Several locations on the grounds were considered and a great deal of time was spent in going over the advantages of the several sug gested. The location decided upon will be convenient to all activities on the grounds. Britain Discourages Russian Plan, Suggests United Action Against Nazis After Next Expansion of Nazi Machine French President Visits In London As Crisis Grows Tills quiet little street in Mcmel will probably be returned to the German relch Saturday when the diet meets to vote on the question. After the world war, this region on the Baltic sea was taken from Ger many and put under the rule of the League of Nations. In recent years, however, the Nazis have been vir tual rulers of Memcl. Germans Smashed To West 21 Years Ago May Eat Meal Of Raw Meat By UNITED PRESS Germany's march to the East reminded historians that just 21 years aRo today Germany launch ed the great offensive on the west ern front by which she hoped to break the Allies' lines and win 8 decisive victory before the Ameri can re-inforcements could go into action. At 4:30 a. m. on March 21, 191R, the crash of R.000 German guns heralded the mighty push. It marked the first offensive of A. E. F. troops, the first division under Major General Lee Billiard re lieving two French divisions in the Picardy section. The Gentian lino ran west of Montidier, forming a small salient. U. S. Note Slams German Occupation WASHINGTON, March 21. (A1) A United States note to Ger many, released by the state de partment today, said this gov ernment "does not recognize any legal basis exists" for Germany's protectorate over Bohemia and Moravia. Enclosed with the note was a copy of the statement Acting Sec retary of State Welles made last Friday containiny this country's "condemnation" of what were des cribed as Germany's "acts of wanton lawlessness and of arbi trary force." "The government of the United States," the American note said, "has observed that the provinces referred to are now under the de facto administration of the Gor man authorlties The government of the United States does not recognize that any legal basis ex ists for the status so indicated," Sprague SALEM, March 21. () Gov ernor Sprague took cheerfully today the news that he would have to cat-raw meat in Grants Pass tomorrow night. "T ate a lot of raw meat dur ing the legislature," he said laughingly when newsmen told him the Grants Pass Cavemen said he would have it. on his menu at a chamber of commerce ban quet. "You might ask them, though, whether the raw meat will be salmon eggs." The governor has the state's fly fishermen on his neck because he vetoed a bill which would have prevented fishing with salmon eggs In the upper McKenzie river, having Bald in his veto message that the salmon egg fishermen de served a break and that it was getting so that no one could fish unless he had a degree from a fly costing school. Oregon-Oklahoma Title Basketball Broadcast Over KEX And KGO OBJECTION CALCUTTA, India, March 21. (U.R) The Czech consul today re fused to hand over the Czecho sovak consulate to the German consul. DROWNED SALEM, March 21. OP) R. H. Hamilton, Salem, was feared drowned in the Little North Fork of the Santiam river yesterday when a cable broke and the boat in which he and Frank Weddle of Portland were ferrying the stream capsized. Weddle reached shore. Hamilton could not swim. PORTLAND, March 21. OP) The Oregon-Oklahoma weatertl area National Collegiate Athletic association championship basket ball game will be broadcast Tues day night over radio stations KEX ( 1 ISO kilo) Portland, and KGO (7D0 kilo) San Francisco. The broadcast will come direct from Treasure Island coliseum, San Francisco. Starting time has been set at approximately 9 p. m. Egyptions Protest Fortification Of Libyan Frontier CAIRO, March 21 (UP)-Pre-mier Mohamad Mahmud Pasha has protested to Italian Ambassador Count Serafino Mazzolini against Italian troop reinforcements on the Egypt-Libya frontier and advised him that if they continue, Egypt and Great Britain will take ade quate measures to protect, the frontier. Douglas Thought Due for Confirmation Spanish Thought Beginning Peace Move PARIS. March 21-(UP)--Offi-cial dispatches to the French gov ernment from San Sebastian today reported that peace negotiations have begun actively between the Burgos and Madrid governments, hinting at the possibility of an early end of the Spanish war by surrender of the Republican army. WASHINGTON. March 21. President Roosevelt's nomina- William O. DouBlaS to SUC- ' ceed Justice Louis D. Brandeis on the supreme court appeared head ed today for speedy and over- ! whelming senate confirmation. Although most western senators expressed disappointment some one from their region was not chosen, none said specifically he would oppose the sandy-haired, 40-year-old chairman of the se curities commission. Republican Leader McNary joined Democratic Leader Barkley in predicting quick approval. Representative Rankin (D-Miss) said the appointment probably would mean Douglas' nominataion for president on the democratic ticket next year. j Speculation arose over the choice of a new SEC head. The remaining commissioners are un derstood to feel that on this selec- tion will depend to a great extent j whether the agency will continue Sts active course in stock regula j tion and regional reorganization of utilities holding companies or ' whether, as one administration ad ! viser put it, there will be a trend I "to the right." Some well-informed persons said i Commissioner Jerome Frank, who j was reported planning to resign, might be persuaded to stay on and become chairman. These men also proposed filling the vacancy on j the commission from the present ; staff. Among SEC officials mentioned as possibilities are Samuel O. Clark, Jr., head of the reorgan ization division; David Schenker, special counsel for the investment trust study; Chester Lane, genera! counsel, and Abe Fortas, assistant director of the utilities division. Mr. Roosevelt sent Douglas' nomination to the senate yester day. The Brandeis seat had been vacant since Feb. 13, when the renowned jurist retired at the age of 82. The new appointee is an admirer of Brandeis, whose pic ture hangs beside his desk at the SEC. The appointment lowers the av erage age of the nine Justices to 62 years. Less than two years ago, just before Mr. Roosevelt made his first court appointment, it was a little under 72 years. Capitol politicians gave to Scn- itor Borah (R-Idaho) credit for much of the spade work that re sulted in a favorable reception for Douglas' nomination. Administration leaders argued that to some extent the president had heeded the pleas of western senators to select a westerner. Douglas, born in Minnesota, spent his formative years in Washington state. He came east for his school ing in law and became professor of law at Yale before he was ap pointed to the SEC in 1936. Since 1928, his legal residence has been Connecticut, and Sen ator Adams fD-Colo), comment ing on the nomination, called Douglas "a western man from Connecticut." He dosci ihed west erners generally as being "greatly disappointed." Transfer Of Memel Expected Any Time BULLETIN KAUNAS (Kovno) Lithu ania, Marcli 21 U,R) A state of emergency was expected to be proclaimed in Lithu ania tonight as parliament met in emergency session, with Mcmcl delegates ab sent, to discuss the possibil ity of a Nazi attempt to tee over Memel. England, France Waiting Word of Russia On New Proposal KAUNAS, Lithuania, March 21 (A1) Dr. Ernst Neumann, Nazi leader In Memel, announced to day he expected "Lithuania to surrender the Memel territory in the near future." The statement came as Lithu anian officials were relaibly re ported to be moving their fam ilies out of the little Baltic dis trict which was German before the World war and now is under Lithuanian sovereignty. A wide spread belief was held Memel's return to Germany was Imminent. Dr. Neumann declared the con tinued association of Lithuania and Memcl was "economically and culturally impossible." In return for annexation to Germany, he said, Memcl was p r e p a r e d to grant Lithuania harbor rights. LONDON, March 21 (UP) -Great Britain submitted to France, Russia and Poland to day the draft o a declara tion which would obligate the four powers "immediately to consult in the event of any further political aggression." Britain took the lead in promot irg a Pan-European front against expansion by the dictatorships after rejecting a more involved Russian proposal for a nine-power conference in which Rumania, Jugoslavia, Bulgaria, Greece and Turkey would have been included. France was understood to have assented tentatively to the new British formula when Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet visited the foreign office and had a long talk with Viscount Halifax, for eign secretary. French President Visits Bonnet came here with Presi dent Albert Lebrun on his official visit will taka the opportunity to consolidate British-French mil itary and political cooporaUon. It was reported Poland might raise difficulties to the British pro posal because she desires a con crete military convention, rather than mere consultations. The first indication of Russla'i attitude was awaited. Lebrun, French Foreign Minis ter Georges Bonnet and Uieir of ficial party arrived at Victoria sta tion in mid-afternoon and were greeted by tho king, Queen Eliza beth and high government officials as a demonstration of British Freni'h solidarity In Europe. With France calling reserves and Italy emphasizing plans for Pre mier Benito Mussolini to announce Spinach Popularity Found Increasing By MARIAN LOWRY Just how dressy a dish spinach may become you never know un lit you try a few recipes. Evi dently, Lane county cooks know all the variations. Here arc just a few of the sug gestions already in spinach cro quettes, spinach salad, spinach souffle, spinach loaf, spinach deviled, spinach casserole, creamed spinach, spinach with mushrooms, spinach and noodles, spinach with cheese, spinach puff, spinach cus tard, spinach soup. It's going to be an Interesting session for Miss Ann Chaney, water board home economics spe cialist; U hen she conducts the jurlring. All entries for this contest on "Recipes Using Spinach" must be at the Register-Guard office by 6 p. m., Wednesday. Five prizes are being offered, an one-dollar certificate good in trade at any of the .grocery stores advertising in the Register-Guard, to each of the winners for the best five spinach recipes. Winners will be announced on Friday when a new contest will be started. SEE CRISIS STORY PAGE 2 . Jerome Frank Seen As New SEC Chieftain Group Defers Action On Secretary Perkins WASHINGTON, March 21. OP) The house judiciary com mittee deferred action again to day on a resolution calling for the possible impeachment of Sec retary Perkins. The delay was occasioned by failure of a subcommittee to com plete preparation of a report sug gesting Miss Perkins be exon erated, but be criticized for some labor department actions in the Harry Bridges case. WASHINGTON, March 21 -(UP)--Securities and Exchange Commissioner Jerome Frank prob ably will succeed William O. Doug las as SEC chairman, informed sources said today. They indicated the former "brain truster" has the unqualified backing of several administration officials who believe Frank Best qualified to continue the policies established by Douglas, who has been nominated to the supreme court. Friends say that Douglas would he pleased by the elevation of Frank to the chairmanship. RUMOR FIGHTING VIENNA, March 21 (U.R) Re ports from Carpatho-Ukrainia in dicated today that members of the separatist guards were con ducting incessant guerilla warfare against Hungarian occupation forces. Weather News Fog drifting over Eugene dur ing the early morning practically lost its fight by noon, as sunshine found its way through. The fore cast is: OREGON: Fair tonight and Wednesday, but considerable val ley fog west portion, moderate temperature; gentle variable wind off the coast. AIRPORT BUREAU RECORD: Minimum temperature. Tues day, 37.9 degrees; maximum tem perature, Monday, 56.8 degrees; wind, at noon, Tuesday, northwest. RIVER BUREAU RECORD: Stage of Willamette river in Eu gene at 7 a. m. Tuesday. 5.3 feet. SIUSLAW TIDES Thuriday Hleh. 1:37 n. in. 3:1 1 p. m. Low. 8:14 i m. 8:06 p. m. rrMhy lllnh. 2:00 a, m. J:32 p. m. Low, . fl sa A. m. 8;3S a, m. Saturday lllgh 2:41 a. m. 2:52 . m. Low, 9:34 a. m. fl:10 p. m.