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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
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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
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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.
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.
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.