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C apitalJUoiirnal Circulation Dally trcrftff d tat rib u- Uoo for tht Uontb ot rtbruary- IW 9.984 Attract dally art paid lit Member Audit Bureau oX Circulation City Edition Pair tonight and Thuraday; moderate ttmptraturt; change -abi wind. Local: Mas 69, mln. M; rain 0. river 0. Clear, northerly wind. 4Gth YEAR, No. 69 Enttrtd m econd class matter at Btlem, Oregon SALEM, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, MARCH 21, 1934 PRICE THREE CENTS JltfWfZ'' ALL OFF 0 to M NOWMI STRIKE BASKETBALL PRNMNT IN FULL BLAST Perfect Weather and Large Crowds Greet Players of State Salem To Play Pendleton Tonight and Silverton Klamath Falls TODAY'S S( OltE Coquille 37, Mitchell 21. WEDNESDAY NIGHT GAMES 1:30 Silverton vs. Klamath falls. 8:30 Salem vs. Pendleton. 9:30 McMinnvllle vs. Frank lin. Perfect weather, first class teams and enthusiastic crowds joined Wed. nesday afternoon and night in mak ing the opening of the 15th annual Oregon High School Athletic asso ciation basketball tournament at Willamette university one of the most auspicious in the long list of similar events. With no particular quint basking in the limelight of po pular esteem, this year's tournament Is considered "anybody's race" and until the first shake-down is con cluded about 10:30 Wednesday night the dopesters will have little infor mation on which to write their tick ets. Salem high, defending champion from last year. will encounter their (Concluded on pne 0." column 3j" E MAY GO FREE Paris. March 21 IP Robert and alarjorie Switz, young Americans held as principals In the greatest espionage plot ever uncovered, may escape prosecution because of their revelation of the ring's activities in France, England and the United ESt-ates, it was learned today. A law, passed in 1886, makes It possible to grant pardons to su spected spies who confess and im plicate others before they are brought to trial. Andre Moise, chief counsel for Vie young married couple, told the United Press he had advised them to talk frankly. Their talk, as announced offi cially. Implicated many others In the ring. It led to five arrests Im mediately, and counter espionage aces of the secret service hoped to make additional arrests today. The Switzes awoke in their soli tary cells at separate prisons con siderably relieved today at the pos sibility they might be released after the trial of their score of fellow suspects probably In July. Secret service men found five cult cases and two brief cases filled with documents at the homes of two men Implicated by the Ameri cansColonel Du Moulin, grand of ficer of the Legion of Honor, and a man named Aubry, an engineer attached to the army powder serv ice. REFl'SED PASSPORT Athens, Mar. 21 LP) The French consulate refused today to grant a passport visa to Mrs. Samuel Insull. She will be unable to visit Paris this week, as she had planned. Oregon Congressmen Hopeful Of Reelection As Primaries Near Washington, March 21 (P) out a doubt, are extremely changing picture in which they are actors some of them stars but most of them find a lew moments to discuss "back home polities during the day. Some are reluctant to make pre dictions, but others, like Represen tative Martin of Oregon, who Is seeking the democratic nomination as governor of his state, will fore cart victory. Marching a person cant help marching when swine ing along with the white-haired Oregonian. a re tired major-general through the ubway from the capltol to the new house office building, Martin pre dicted "we have a good chance to make It a clean sweep next fall.' "But I may get the pants licked Off of me," he mused as he reflect Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Torajl Onishi, (Home Cooking) Ben, for years one of Salem's great restaurant men, who recently left for Japan to spend a vacation, Is getting the Salem water out of his system. He has settled down by a large lake In Japan, as evidenced by pictures on the backs of postcards sent to members of our favorite newspaper staff. To one he says, "I can say much. How are you get ting long? Here Is cold water. I'm not go out stay home and drunk every day morning and night about H gallon day." To the otner ne savs. "I can't sav much. I was liv ing time. Your are kindness. 1 thank you. Very much here Is very cold water." Very pleased mucfc Ben to hear from you boys in Sa lem are. They too drinking about half gallon a day morning and night but not cold water very. Corvallis, says the Gazette-Times, leads all towns In the state in per centage of students who enter col lege. We'd like to see the figures as to the percentage of those who finish. And also as to how many of the Corvallis students who enter college over there ever wind up on the farm. Pat Johnson, manager of the Sa lem Navigation company, who's missing from his oflios hasn't dis appeared for good, say his friends he's merely reported to be laid up with tooth trouble. To wnat ex tent has not been learned but the report has caused great excitement in F. T. & B. A- circles. CRIME NOTE Deputy Sheriff Newell Williams laid off chasing chicken thieves for 10 minutes this morning to help Grant Boyer draw a jury list for the April term of circuit court. Newell had better look out or the chicken thieves will be getting out of hand. THE LOWDOWN ON THE SACKETTS (By Sheldon F. Sackett in Coos Bay Times) "The advent of spring Is a uni versal tonic. You plan the garden and work in the flowers. If one is a housewife, the urge is for new curtains and a thoroughly cleaned house with the interior made to look new by re-arrangement of the fur niture. The spring outm may De only a new shirt or a fedohe hat but the change in apparel is made and the wearer has a better feel ing because the garb of winter has been altered. Nature daily is pro viding a more glorious scene; the trees budding, the flowers in vari colored bloom. The newness of life quickens the blood, the dank days of winter are forgotten, eternal spring is in one's heart." The new stream line train of the Union Pacific to be here on exhibi tion Saturday is only a stream line train. The air flow as far as this train is concerned merely accom panies the advance publicity. The calendar says it's the first day of spring. But from the wea ther we've been having you can't convince most people It isn't the middle of summer. 1000 JAPANESE DIE IN HAKADOTE FIRE Tokyo, March 21 OPyt The Rengo (Japanese news agency correspon dent at Hakodate reported today that 1000 persons are feared to have died in a fire which destroyed the greater part of Hakodate, The conflagration was said to have originated when chimneys fell during a severe wind storm Up to a late hour tonight build ings were reported still burmng, with the blaze spreading to subur ban areas. Members of congress, with busy participating in the ever- ed on the May and November elec tions. On the other hand, Oregon's re publican, Mott, won't concede I thing as he seeks to return to his seat In the lower house of congress. 'The democrats are going to make a real bid for ail elective offices at home," he said. Former Governor Pierce, Oregon's third representative In congress. Is making no predictions and no prom ises, but he "can't see how Oregon could turn away from the admin istration. With two exceptions. Washing' ton's democrat- admit thy will be (Concluded en p?ut . column ii MITCHELL FOR U.S. CONTROL ALLEVIATION Former Army Air Chief Says Money Lenders Must Be Eliminated Favors Continuance of Subsidies Blames Bone Headedness Washintgon. March 21 (IP) Con trol of all aviation under one fed eral agency was urged by Brig. Gen. William Mitchell today as es sential If aviation development "is to be taken out of the hands of the money lenders." "If the government is going to spend money on aviation in the in terest of private lines in part it should see to It that real results are obtained and that the money is not used for gambling by spec ulators," Mitchell said. He testified before the house post office committee considering per manent airmail legislation and ad mitted he favored, under strict fed cral control, continuance of airmail subsidies to private lines. Mitchell, chief of the A.E.P. air force, said, however, that "there is a question in my mind whether the airmail shouldn't be carried by the government." He blamed "boneheadedness" by war department officials for what he termed the inefficiency of air corns flying equipment. Mitchell asserted that since 1926 aviation development had been In the hands of "various nolding com panies" which were not Interested (Concluded on pi-ge 8, column 7) DAIRY OUTPUT TO BE SLASHED Washington, March 21 VTi Ches ter C. Davis, farm administrator. today announced details of the pro posed production control program for dairy farmers. The chief features Include: re duction by individual farmers of 15 per cent of their milk and but tcrfat production from their 1W2 1933 total and appropriation of W, 000,000 for relief distribution of sur plus milk to underfed children in cities. Other provisions were transfer of healthy cows from surplus areas to farm families In deficit areas, and use of a $5,000,000 fund for the eradication of tubercular and bang diseased cattle. The program was estimated to cost between $165,000,000 and $300, 000.000 depending on adoption of pending legislation in congress. A processing tax starting at one cent per pound on butter fat and advancing to five cents per pound was proposed to finance the pro gram. Farmers would be paid benefit payments at the rate of about 40 cents for each pound of butter fat which they reduced below their 1032-33 production. This is equiv alent to about $1.50 per hundred pounds of fluid milk. CICERO GARDNER PUT ON THE SPOT Chicago. March 21 (IP) An auto mobile load of shotgun marksmen found J. George Zeigler, 39, land scape gardener, on a typical gang land "spot" today and he died In a hail of leaden slugs. Zeigler stood in front of a Cicero tavern where police said he had been visiting with an attractive wai tress. As he lit a match and held It to his cigarette the killers swung their automobile to the curbing and discharged four shotguns at him. ZeiKler died as they drove away. Police seeking a motive for the killing found cards identifying Zeig ler with several exclusive clubs. A $1000 bill and a fake reporter's card were found In his wallet. MAN AND WIFE FIGHT IN AUTO Portland, March 21 (flv-While his wife stood on the running board of his automobile trying to gain possession of their 4-year-old child. Harry R. Nat tress, 39, crashed into another machine and was sent to Jail on a hit-and-run charge. Po lice said he did not stop after the accident. Mrs. Nattress said her husband, from whom she is separ ated, grabbed the child from her in the downtown section, and started away. Police turned the child over to her despite Nattress' protest. Cherrians Plan Blossom Day Tours Sunday With cherries, prunes and tulips all in full bloom at the same time, the Salem Cherrians are making additional efforts to celebrate the affair this year and In addition to sponsoring the annual blossom day tour of the orchard districts, it was decided Tuesday night at a meeting of the council of nobles to hold a blossom day dance Saturday night at the Marion hotel. The event, which Is strictly Informal, will be open to the public. King Bing George Arbuckle an nounced his committee appoint ments with Donald E. Pritchett chairman of the dance committee. assisted by Deryl Myers, Willis Clark, Clayton E. Foreman, Charles Claggett and James Clark. Blossom (Concluded on page 9, column 4 MOVIES TO BAN DILLJNGER FILM New York, March 21 WW The action of Will Hays, president of the Motion Picture Producers and Distributors of America, banning any film production based on the life of John Dillineer. notorious In diana outlaw, may make a new- era In gang pictures. It was called today "the most definite action ever taken against pictures delineating criminal ex ploits" by J. J. McCarthy, chairman of the advertising advisory council of the Hays organization. "It undoubtedly will tend to de crease the production of criminal pictures," McCarthy said. Hays' action, announced yester day, not only prohibited the mak ing of a DUllnger picture by com panies In his organization, but also banned their distribution or ex hibit of such a film. "It means," McCarthy said, "that if some company ' outside this or ganization makes a Dillingcr film, they would have no place to show it." The Hays organization represents 90 per cent of the industry, McCar thy said. The board of directors of the as sociation supported Hays in his de cision, made, McCarthy said, after announcements of a Dillineer film appeared in papers on the west coast. The ban was In consideration of "the best public interests," Hays said. FAVOR TAX ON CAPITAL STOCK Washington, March 21 WW A $300,000,000 tax bill was approved today by the senate finance com mittee and Chairman Harrison, Mississippi democrat, said he ex pected the senate would take it up early next week. After approving a capital stock and excess profits levy to take ef fect July 1. 1935, and estimated to bring in $95,000,000 a year, the com mittee voted 8 to 7 to broaden the house provision for a tax on Im ported cocoanut or sesame oil by including palm, unslower, fish, and whale oils, but the levy was reduced from 5 to 3 cents a pound. Secretaries Hull and Morgcnthau opposed the vegetable oil taxes. These oils are imported principally from the Philippines and are used largely in the manufacture of soap. The committee eliminated the excise tax on clocks, which brings in about $100,000 a year. An amendment by Senator Clark (D., Mo.), to eliminate the tariffs on copper, coal, lumber and oil was rejected. SPIES' DOCUMENTS SEIZED BY POLICE Paris, March 21 (LPWlmportant documents and films, revealing how details of French fortifications had been obtained by spies operating in France, Britain and the United States, were seized today by police. Acting on information given by Robert and Marjorie Swltz, young Americans held as principals In one of the greatest spy plots uncovered In modern times, police seized a mass of evidence in boxes In the basement of the home of M. Aubry. an engineer attached to the army powder service. The films included motion pic tures of fortified areas taken by a tourist camera, police seized every thing in Aubry'a explosives labora tory. In the Colle De France. The seized documents already fill five cases In the magistrate's office. LIFE FOR 11 CENTS Austin, Texas, March 21 (LP) Frank Pueblo must serve 69 years in the penitentiary for theft of 11 cents and a suit of clothes from a negro, the court of criminal appeals declared here today. JAPAN OFFERS OLIVE BRANCH TOJMERICA Exchange of Notes Mut ually Pledging Peace Effected Hirota Says Japan Has No Intention of Making Trouble Washington, March 21 (P The United States and Japan today "shook hands across the Pacific" in a significant exchange of notes mutually pledging peace. Hokl Hirota, foreign minister of Japan, in a formal note to Roose velt administration diplomatic chiefs here asserted the Nippon government "has no intention whatever to provoke and make trouble with any other power." Secretary Hull, evidently scan ning reported war clouds in the far east, based on strained relations between Japan and Soviet Russia, replied: "I received this statement with special gratification "I am glad to take this oppor tunity to state categorically that the United States on its part has no desire to create any Issues and no intention to Initiate any conflict In Its relations with other coun tries." The Hirota-Hull exchange was the flirt such passage of good will notes since President Roosevelt took office more than a year ago. In their messages, the diplomatic chiefs of the two nations uttered definite agreements, us.ng the words ox Hiroia, that: "No question exists between our (Concluded on paw 8, column 5) NEW DEAL BY LLOYD GEORGE London, March 21 (LP) David Lloyd George, veteran liberal leader and war time premier, praising president Koosevelts economic ac tion, was sponsor today for a pro gram as bold in its way for Great Britain. He urged a plan for ab sorption of 1,000,000 surplus work ers in a great agricultural expan sion plan. Lloyd George said the president had been compelled to take the action he did to "save his country irom revolution." Dismissing the disarmament sit' uation with the comment that na- Lions seemed to have abandoned hope and in sheer despair were increasing their armaments, Lloyd tieorge turned to economics. "There can be no recovery with out reconstruction," he said. "When necessary we must pull down, then reconstruct and rebuild on solid foundations with carefully thought out plans and sound material. "We should do It in the bold and courageous spirit displayed by Pre' ident Roosevelt but without await ing the terrible crash which com pelled him to take such drastic ac tion to save his country from revo lutlon. Maloney Reports Increase In Taxes Portland, March 21 OP) This years federal income tax collec tion in Oregon amounted to $511,947, as of March 20, an increase of $188,- 536 over the corresponding period last year, it was announced by J. W. Maloney, collector of internal revenue. Survey To Find Out Leslie Scott's Chances For Governorship By HARKy'n. CRAIX With Willard Marks of Albany, former president of the state senate and seemingly popular choice of the "regular" republicans for that party's gubernatorial nominee, continu ing to sit on tne lence, renewed ac- tivtty is being shown by the champ ions of Leslie M. Scott, chairman of the state highway commission. Reports from various parts of the state, including Salem, tell of a house-to-house canvass during the past few days to determine In a measure what the public reaction would be to an announcement b Scott that he would seek the re publican nomination. The idea is to compile the results of this In formal canvass as a cross-section of public sentiment and present It to Scott with a request that he become a candidate at the close of tlic FAILURE TO CANCEL DRUNKEN DRIVERS' LICENSES SERIOUS Law Requires Offenders To Be Turned In To State Department for Revocation; Examin ation Of Records Shows Dangerous Opera tors Still Run Automobiles About Salem By STEPHEN A. STOXE The fact that the state department does not have in its files a single conviction report for revocation of an automobile driver's license is the most serious angle of the failure law in this city. The court, in these articles, Is allowed some discretion In the matter of suspension of sentences. "When It shall appear that the best interests of the public as well as of the de fendant will be subserved thereby," the law says. But no discretion is allowed the court relative to turn ing In convictions to the secretary of state for revocation of license. Until the 1933 legislative session the court could not even recom mend reinstatement of a driver, but an amendment of that session gives the court that authority, though the state department may use its own Judgment about complying. The law relating to reinstate ments now reads as follows: "Any person whose license Is re voked under this act shall not be (Concluded on p:itre 8. column 7) LUMBER CODE HEARING SET Washington, March 21 (JP The national recovery administration has called a public hearing here March 27 on recent amendments to the lumber code. The amendments, 49 to 67 inclusive, embody prac tically all of the code changes ap proved by the code authority at re cent meetings. A statement by the code author ity said export trade is particularly affected by amendments 49 and 54, the former permitting the divisions and subdivisions to establish cost- protection prices for export sales and to revise and modify such schedules upon 48 hours' notice. The other amendment would give the administrative agency three options for relaxing production control in otder to encourage cut ting for export. The first option provides that no person would be considered to have exceeded his al lotment for any period if the excess did not exceed 50 per cent of his proven exports. The second would give any operator, willing to forego a specified proportion of his regu lar allotment, an export allotment twice the size of the domestic re duction. The third method would be the destination by administra tive agencies of certain qualities or items of lumber and timber products for export with permission to oper ators to produce these items In ex cess of allotments, provided satis factory evidence was submit led that they have actually been exported. ROOSEVELT BARS POLITICAL LINES Washington, March 21 (LP) Pres ident Roosevelt is heartily in fav or of the Norris amendment to the home owners' loan corporation guar antee bill which would eliminate politics In selection of men for posts in the corporation. Mr. Roosevelt, after reading the amendment, it was explained today, has recommended to Chairman Henry B. Steatrall of the house banking and currency committee. that the Norris amendment be re tained by the house. highway commission meeting in Portland tomorrow. For months friends of Scott have been urging him to run, but out ol a aerute of obligation to Governor Meier, who appointed him, the highway commKson chairman haf consistently refused to even con sider the proposal. Now, with Meier voluntarily elminatlng himself from the race, Scott's admirers contend that he has no valid reason for not running. By reason of his con sistent opposition to the efforts ot Portland to "hot--' state highway (Concluded on p'tfe 8. column 8) from the Salem police court to enforce the drunken driving as has twice been conceded BROWN FLAYED BY WINKLE Washington, March 21 iTFi Fur ther Indication that democrats are willing to accept the airmail con tract cancellation as a political Is sue if it Is presented as such, was given by Representative Bulwinkle D., N. C), defending cancellation as the "only thrng" that could have been done. Bulwinkle's speech to the house followed Postmaster General Far ley's defense of cancellation last night at a Delaware political rally, and denunciation in the senate yes terday by Robinson D., Ark.), of the tactics of a firm in which the Pittsburgh Mellons, republican lead ers, were interested. Replying to criticism of the can cellation, Bulwinkle termed the ad ministration of former Postmaster General Walter F. Brown a "putrid mass of petrifaction" likened only to the "frauds and collusion' of the Teapot Dome scandals. Turning to cancellation of the contracts without first giving the air mail companies a hearing, he argued that "any contract or agree ment between two or more parlies always has been and always will be vitiated by fraud. He said lie had "calmly and dis passionately" studied "all of tlie facts" In the air mail case and to support his argument that fraud was evident he reviewed much of the testimony brought out by the investigating committee headed by Senator Black n.. Ala.). BORAH URGES CODE REVISIONS Washington, March 21 (LP) Tm mediate revision of the steel code and restoration of the anti-trust laws to protect consumers, labor and small business men were de manded by Senator William E. Borah, Repn., Idaho, today on the grounds I hey were needed to coun teract the wave of labor unrest threatening the country. Borah's remarks were inspired by findings of the federal trade com mission which held the steel code permitted restoration of once for bidden pract ices including the Pittsburgh plus system of prices. "If the steel companies are en gaged in these practices under the codes there is no doubt in my mind that many other businesses are do ing likewise," Borah said, speaking Irom the floor. "It seems to me it should be matter of supreme concern to those engaged in making a success of the recovery program to see how these things can be done away with." "There Is a restlessness through out the entire labor world today and I am convinced that it will manifest Itself more generally as time goes along. "These combines, trusts and monopolies manage to take away from labor every advance in wages that Is gained. Almost everything utilized In food, in clothing and In home building is subject to these monopolistic practices and mono polistic control." NEW AUTOPSY ON STAVISKY ORDERED Paris. March 21 W Tlie govern ment today ordered a new autopsy performed on the body of Serge ' Handsome Alex" Stavisky to de termine whether he committed sui cide or was killed January 9. The order followed a showing of motion pictures of tlie death scene before the parliamentary Investigat ing committee which seeks to de termine the story behind the no torious Stavisky swindles. The police, ever since they sur rounded the deserted Villa at Cha monix where Stavisky was in hiding have contended that Handsome Al ex shot himself to avoid arrest. Just what appeared in the mo tion picture film to cause some dep uties to believe Stavisky did not commit suicide was not dicled Neither nas It revealed Immediately when the autopsy is to be performed. PROPOSAL OF ARBITRATION AGREED UPON Managers and Employes Accept Eastman As Ar biter of Wage Dispute Roosevelt In Conference With Auto Makers To Avert Strike Washington, March 21 (VP) Rail way managers and employes agreed today to submit their wage dispute to arbitration by Joseph B. Eastman, federal railroad coordinator, as pro posed by President Roosevelt. Eastman immediately made Diana for opening conferences tomorrow on the controversy. Tins was made known shortly af ter Mr. Roosevelt bean a confer ence with automobile manulacturera in an effort to avert the strike threatened in that industry. Temporary solution of the railway wage controversy was reported to President Roosevelt by representa tives of the two groups. A. F. Whitney, chairman of the Railway Executive association, ear lier had accepted the services of Eastman after rejecting suggestions for a continuation of the existing 10 percent pay cut agreement. A few hours later W. F. Thiehoff, chairman of the conference com- tConcluded on puge 8, column 6) DEADLOCK ON ECONOMY BILL Washington, March 21 (LP) Con ferees on the veterans' and govern ment workers' pay cut sections of the independent offices bill today broke up in disagreement on these two Items, sending tlie measure back to the house for further action. House conferees. Senator James F. Byrnes, democrat of South Car olina, said, took tlie position that they could not recede as the counter proposal they had to offer to the senate proposal to write huge in creases into these two sections had been voted by the house. Senate conferees took the posi tion they also had been instructed to stand by their guns and could not recede. All other sections of the bill were agreed to by the conferees with the house receding, leaving but the two sections in controversy. The breakup left the future of the legislation in doubt. President Roosevelt has indicated that he will veto tlie measure if tlie additional $:i&o,ooo.ooo written into the bill by the senate for pay and benefit In creases are kept. Martin Bill Would Be Aid to Research Washington. March 21 (At A bin appropriating $4,000 for salvaging Indian remains of scientific Im portance in OroRon was Introduced Tuesday by Representative Martin of Oregon. Tlie purpose Is to pre vent loss In the area to be flooded by the Bonneville dam. The bu reau of American ethnology, Smith sonian Institute, would do the sal vaging. The Meaning of 1000 Names The study of names Is fasci nating and entertaining. The Capital Journal service booklet OIVEN NAMKS Is unique In scope and authenticity. You will be surprised what you leam about your first name, and the names of your friends and rela tives. Tins booklet contains 1000 first names. It gives the history ol ?ach and quotes the rich legend ary material behind every popu lar name. Enclose 10 cents to cover cost and postage. The Capital Journal Information Bureau, rYederlc J. Haskin, Director, Washington, D. C. I enclose herewith TEN CENTS In coin (carefully wrapped! for a copy of the booklu GIVEN NAMES. Name Street City State (Mall to Washington, D. C.)
