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Circulation Daily average distribution for the Month of January, 1835 10,510 Average dally net paid 9798 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations 47th YEAR, No. 28 PENSION PLAN NOT COCKEYED SAYS AUTHOR Dr. Townsend Pleads for $200 a Month for Peo ple Over 60 Quotes Brain - Stormer As Saying Country Could Stand Drain Washington, Feb. 1 (JF) Sixty eight year old Doctor Prank E. 'Townsend left a hospital bed today to deny that his pension' plan was "cock-eyed" and to warn members of congress that "millions of people are watching your action on this bill and will be guided accordingly' Appearing before the house ways and means committee, the author of the $200 a month pension plan for persons over 60 asserted that "much has been written and said that is false and misleading about this plan, Including testimony before this committee." "I refer particularly to the asser tion that it is 'cock-eyed,'" the Long (Concluded on page 12, column 2) ANGLO FRENCH PACT DRAWN London, Feb. 1 UP) French circles reported today a. communique has been drafted reaffirming" Germany right to arms equality within a sys tem of general security, and will be Issued at the conclusion of the An glo-French ministerial conference tomorrow. The British foreign office declined to comment. The British Intimated, however, that an official statement may be expected tomorrow Indicating how the British and French intend to proceed in their efforts to ease the tension in Europe. It was understood also that Ne ville Chamberlain, chancellor of the exchequer, and Pierre-Itienne Flan- din. French premier, will have an opportunity to discuss stabilization at a week-end party given by Sir uomer Berry, London publisher. The premiers and foreign mints- ters closeted themselves at number 10 Downing street today for a con ference the British hope will make an Important contribution to the stability of Europe. MRS. SACKETT TO QUIT AS SECRETARY Beatrice Walton Sackett, secretary to Governors Patterson, Norblad, Meier and for the past few weeks to Governor Martin, will retire from that office tomorrow noon, she an nounced here today. Mrs. Sackett has been in the governor's office eight years and prior to that time was secretary to the superintendent of publlo In struction. She was recently ap pointed a member of the state board of higher education by Gov ernor Meier and her appointment was confirmed by the senate. "COMMUNIST GETS 2 YEARS PRISON Portland, Ore., Feb. 1 VP) Ed ward R. Denny, avowed communist, was today sentenced to two years in prison lor violating Oregon's crim lnal syndicalism larw. "If you were smarter I would give you a severe sentence," Circuit Judge Stapleton declared. Denny was convicted of conduct ing a meeting of communists here on July 27. GERMAN AIRPLANE CRASH KILLS ' Berlin, Feb. 1 VP) Eleven persons were lulled when ft passenger air- plane crashed last night at Foder Juch, near Berlin. The dead are the plane's crew of three and eight passengers, all Germans. The ship was a low winged plane of the German-Russian airways, enroute from Koenigsberg to Ber lln. Fog and rain clouds forced the pilot to fly low. Close to the Stet tin airdrome the radio operator announced the plane's altitude at too feet. . Ten minutes later the plane ran full speed into a hill 450 fett high. Hi Cap Entered as second claw matter at Salem, Oregon Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Tomorrow is the fateful ground hog day and it this morning was any criterion the little beast is bound to see his shadow and there won't be any chance for the Softball league to start up for six weeks at least. It's been so balmy cthat some of the fans like Doc Voight, Fred Wil liams, Jim Nick and others have been urging immediate opening of the league which makes us think they are a bit balmy themselves. But the weather around here has been about right to establish a spring training camp In these parts right now. Anvway. It's only 28 days to the first of March when we'll find out whether it's going to be a lion or a lamb. Our special stntehouse operative Is a little late with this one. But he discovered that Senator Hess got a tough break for the president's ball. He'd entrusted his little brother, Leonard, with the duty of bringing the senator's best girl up to the ball and Leonard forgot all about It in his haste to bring his own girl. It merely goes to show that not always is It true that to him who Hess shall be given. A tunnel under the Siskiyous Is proposed with Hornibrook on the California end. That should have been done right after Oregon went dry 18 or 20 years ago. The time Is about here for the first robins to begin showing up on lawns in east, west, north and south Salem to say nothing of the state. house, courthouse and Willson park lawns. First robin reports have been very backward so far this early spring which gives us hope the tail est hollyhock crop will also be cut down next summer. Fred Zimmerman, the town's lead' lng mushroom hunter, had a sort of sea green look about the gills this a.m., having read where a couple mistook toadstools for mushrooms. It is expected tonight a lot of can ned mushrooms will be tossed into the creek behind Fred's house. Since the police traffio viola tton drive got under full swing we notice people are stopping at the atop sign, quite regularly. They are expeeted to keep doing this for at least two weeks after the drive goes into a lull. One other effect is that a lot of the boys who got up five minutes before It was time to get to work and went to work at 50 miles an hour have to get up 10 minutes be fore it's time to get to work to make it at 25 miles an hour. This hardship is making a lot of them look pretty haggard, ft has also forced some of them to go out on the highways to see if their new cars will really do uu mues as advertised. Ralph Swartz, who two weeks ago was caught in the act of drinking coca cola, Is now reported to have convalesced to where he can take on strong lemonade. Ralph worked for 16 or 18 years to bring about repeal of prohibition and now he's celebrating. CARLOADINGS DOWN Washington, Feb. 1 (IP) The As sociation of American Railroads an nounced today that carloadlngs of revenue freight ior the week ended January 26 totaled 555,768 cars, a decrease of 7187 below the preceding week and 7332 below the correspond ing week in 1831. Message from Martin Urges Legislation on Forest Conservation Removal of obstacles now in tho WAV flf flllof Ql'narl lrfAl4 forest management in an ambitious program of forest con servation was requested of the state legislature today in a Martin Six definite proposals which will tend "to convert the vast timber resources of our state into a per manent asset of sustained yield, in stead of one to be wastefully liqui dated without regard to the future of our state," was outlined by the executive in his message. The executive recommended a de ferred timber tax plan, formation of sustained yield forest units, state authority for federal acquisition, forest zoning proposal, continuation of agreement similar to CCO camps, and acquisition of county-owned TIKI GREEN STATES LABOR SPURNS MOTOMODE Federation Chief Says Renewed Auto Code Unacceptable Ballot Shows 90 Per Cent Of Workers Opposed To A F of L Affiliation Washington, Feb. 1 William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, announced to-, day organized labor would "not ac cept" the automobile code extended by President Roosevelt last night until June 16. He made the statement to a sen ate judiciary subcommittee consld ing the black 30 hour week bill in these words: "We protest against this code. We will not accept It, not recognize it, not yield to it." Green said the code had "abso lutely failed" to spread work "be cause under it the workers are com pelled or required to work almost unlimited hours at the discretion of the automobile manufacturers." A recent ballot conducted among automobile workers by the National (Concluded on page 12, column fi) FLETCHER GRILLS RELIEF PLANS New York, Feb. 1 (IP) Henry P. Fletcher, chairman of the republi can national committee, attacked the new deal's $4,880,000,000 relief program and President Roosevelt in a speech last night. He described the appropriation measure now before congress as "probably the most astounding sin gle piece of legislation In the annals of American history." He charged that terms of the appropriation ran contrary to the decision of the U. 8. supreme court, which held a sec tion of the national industrial re covery act unconstitutional. "I strongly suspect," Fletcher said, "that one purpose back of the un precedented drive for this appropriation,- under the whip, spur and gag, is that the president Is shrewd enough to know what a tremendous Influence the control of this fund will have, not only In securing the legislation he desires, but in influ encing the election In 1936." The republican party, Fletcher said, was not defeated last Novem ber upon policies or principles, but by "the shameless use of public mo ney and the subtly spread fear of want and privation" BRITISH WRITER DIES AT DORKING Dorking, England, Feb. 1 (P) J. S. Fletcher, 72, widely known British novelist, died at his home here Wed nesday. His death was announced yesterday. Fletcher was one of Great Brit ain's best known writers of mys tery fiction. His works also Included history, travel, novels and verse. "Who's Who" lists more than 60 of his books published between 1892 and 1934. forests. The governor cited excerpts of a letter he received from President Roosevelt hi which the chief ex ecutive urged forest conservation program be included in the lumber code and recommended states enact legislation making possible a closer cooperation between the state and federal governments. Governor Martin declared that "up until the present time we have treated our forests largely as a mine to be 'high-graded' and wasted In stead of a renewable resource wnien (Concluded pa page 13, column X), itamJoiaraal SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1,1935 Jtt Relief Funds Nearly Gone Says Hopkins Washington, Feb. 1 UP) Emer- cencv Relief Administrator Harry L. Hopkins warned today the fed eral government must cease allot ments after Feb. 10 to care for the nation's unemployed unless con gress appropriates more money. He said he was distributing his last $50,000,000, only one third of the estimated amount needed this month, on a "day-to-day" and "week-to-week" basis. That sum must take care of the 20,000,000 estimated- on rolls at the start ol this month. There will be no allotments for the entire month. The $50,000,000 (Concluded on page 10, column 3) KELSO CHILDREN IN PIRATE FIGHT Honekone. Feb. 1 (P) Two Rus sian guards aboard the B. S. Tung- chow, carrying 75 American, jsruun and Scandinavian school children, were killed by pirates according to a report today to the China Navi gation company agents in Shanghai. All the children were reported safe, The British second engineer of the ship, which is under British regis try, K. McDonald, was reported wounded. Hie casualties were pre sumed to have occurred during the battle for possession of the ship. The British naval intelligence in Shanghai was advised that the ves sel headed for Junk bay, Hongkong, after its release and was due to ar rive late tonight. The Shanghai agents for the Chi na Navigation company, owners of the.' Tungohow;' refused to divulge any Information concerning the ves sel's seizure, but aserted that all the passengers on board were unharmed. Word of the steamer's safety came while British war vessels combed the China coastal waters In search of the craft, 36 hours overdue at Ohe- foo, Its destination. The children on board were re turning to the foreign mission school at Chefoo after a seven-weeks' holi day. The passengers aboard the Tung- chow included the following Ameri can children: Ted, David and John, the sons of Mr. and Mrs, Q. H. Harris of Kelso, Wash. The children were not ac companied by their parents, all of whom are missionaries. RELIEF PROJECT FOR COLD HILL Portland, Feb. 1 P) The little town of Gold Hill, one of the most famous of Oregon's early-day min ing communities, was successful today in obtaining from the state emergency relief administration an appropriation for fire protection. Last summer a serious fire got out of control and for a time threat ened to destroy the entire town. The relief committee today ap proved a work relief project to overcome an existing fire hazard by creation of a fire guard to be 24 feet wide and one and one-half miles long circling within and around the north city limits. Other work approved today in cluded: relocation of grade of main canal in Rogue river irrigation district in Jackson county; widen ing and straightening 3 miles of main irrigation canal of Gold Hill irrigation district; money for op eration of furniture and household repair and construction shop for relief families in Marion county; more money for public education and library work in Jackson coun ty; additional cash for sewing unit for women at Ashland, and clear ing and grubbing mile of road near Eimira in Lane county. ICE MAROONED COUPLE RESCUED Washington, Feb. 1 (IP) The coast guard cutter Apache, slicing Its way through heavy Ice, today rescued two persons marooned for "days on bleak Holland Island in the mouth of the Potomac river." Radio reports to coast guard headquarters told of the rescue of the men, Cornelius Wallace and J. E. Sneade. Wallace, a department of agrl culture agent, had gone to the tiny Isolated island to study winter con ditions among game birds there. Se vere storms and zero weather trap ped him with only three days' food. Presence of the second man on the Island had not been known until coast guard airplane dropped food to them yesterday, . EXPERT DENIES BRUNO WROTE RANSOM MOTES First of Defense Hand Writing Specialists Disputes State - Hauptmann's Attorney Disclaims That Fisch Wrote Missives fCotwrlffht. 193S. by Associated PresB) Flemington, N. J., Feb. 1 (vP) A defense witness in the trial of Bru no Richard Hauptmann today iden tified pictures of a man and t woman whom he said he saw with a blonde baby on the night Baby Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., was kid naped and slain, and the defense announced the pictures he identi fied were of isador Fisch and Violet Sharpe. The witness was Peter H. Som mer, who said he was a fingerprint expert, now employed in the public welfare department of the city of New York, (Copyright. 193S, by Associated Press) Flemington, N. J., Feb. 1 tfP) The combined opinion of eight state ex perts that Bruno Richard Haupt mann wrote the Lindbergh ransom notes was disputed today by John M. Trendley, first defense expert, and Hauptmann's attorneys form ally disclaimed part of the so call ed "Fisch. myth.'i , , Trendley declared It his opinion the Important first ransom note, known as the nursery note, "was written by a left-handed man try ing to disguise his handwriting." He charged, moreover, the chart prepared by Albert S. Osborn, chief handwriting expert for the state, (Concluded on page 10, column 7) CONGRESSMAN ATTACKS HUEY Washington, Feb. 1 (IP) Demo- cratlo government in Louisiana is being replaced by the "Asiatic conception" of an all-powerful chief executive, Rep. J. Y. Banders, D., La., said In the house today in an attack on Sen. Huey Long and his political allies. Sanders, one of Louisiana's "old guard", and an opponent of Long, charged that "there has been no such concentration of power in the hands of any American executive since the signing of the declaration of independence" as there Is now In his state. "The dominant faction in the state, under the leadership of the spokesman for that faction, has shown a steadily increasing distrust of and contempt for democratic In stitutions and for the processes of democratic government," Sanders said. Charges by Long of "plots" to as sassinate him and get him out of the way were decried by Sanders. "It is to be noted that 'plotters' are never brought to trial," he said. KINGFISH ASSAULTS AGED LEGISLATOR Baton Rouge, La., Feb. 1 (LP) Hu ey P. Long's wrath at his opposition was expended on a memDcr oi tne Louisiana legislature today with a physical attack upon Representative George M. Lester in tne loDoy oi a downtown hotel. Lester, 64, was standing In front of the clerk's desk when Long em erged from the elevator surrounded by militiamen ani plain clothes po lice. The senator was enroute to the "murder plot" hearing at the state capitol, -f As Long approached Lester he thrust out his arm and struck the gray haired legislator on the chest. Lester reeled off balance Into the clerk's desk. "Get out of the way," Long shout ed, and then rushed out of the ho tel. Lester was not injured. Hazen and Fuller Die In Auto Crash Lakeview, Ore., Feb. 1 (LP) Robert Hazen, Lakeview, and C. E. Fuller, Plush, were killed when their au tomobile collided with a Southern Pacific engine at a grade crossing here. Tom Mulkey and Myrtle Fouts, both of Lakeview, and an unidenti fied woman, were seriously Injured. EEK5V HUEY GOVERNOR PLANNING BOARD OF OLD MEMBERS Those Serving On Unofficial Board Selected With D. O. Henny, Portland Engineer, As Chairman; Measure Carries Emergency Clause; Tentative Budget Being Prepared By HARRY N. CRAIN Governor Charles H. Martin today signed his first ad ministration measure House Bill No. 83 allowing him to create a state planning.board and immediately reappointed the nine men he chose as members of a temporary board last November. With the emergency clause attached, the bill signed it. The planning board- measure was the first of the ad ministration's four measures to pass both houses. "The act passed differs In text from the bill 1 originally recom mended to the legislature," Gover nor Martin said, "but gives the gov ernor all the power which I ever sought. I am perfectly pleased with the M1! passed." The new board !r.f,inbers are Dr. Philip A. Parsons of the University of Oregon; W. A. Schoenfeld of Oregon State college; (Concluded on page 10, column 4) KREBS SENT TO STATE SCHOOL Eugene Krebs, 17 year old West Salem youth, was committed to the Oregon state training school by County Judge Slegmund for his confessed attempt to extort $2500 from O. E. Schmidt, proprietor of the Grand theater here. His hear ing in Juvenile court was brief. Krebs had confessed to police of ficers his attempt at extortion. Only his age saved him from appearing in circuit court for a possible pen itentiary sentence. The commitment which sent him to the reform school cites that he shall remain there until he attains his age of majority. He was sent as delinquent the petition being signed by Officer O. G. Corey and recited, however, that Krebs had attempted to extort money from Schmidt to his own pecuniary ad vantage. The offense for which Krebs was committed took place January 23 when he wrote a letter to Schmidt and used the name DeMondago Threatening damage to the theater unless his wishes were acceded to, the writer demanded (2500 and told how it was to be delivered to a taxi driver who in turn would deliver It to the writer. With a taxlcab, a driver and a fake package of bills for decoys the police apprehended Krebs at Fir and Lefelle streets at 10 o'clock on the night of January 25. The cab waited for half an hour or so at the corner before Krebs sauntered up and asked the driver for a match. An officer in the car and others planted in the dark appre hended Krebs and soon after he confessed to the police to the ex tortion attempt. AUTO LABOR BOARD ANNOUNCES VOTE Detroit, Feb. 1 (P) A new tabula tion of- ffgures on the voting in au tomotive plants for collective bar gaining representatives were given out today by the national automo bile labor board showing that of a total of 4(3,211 voting. 39,172 workers recorded themselves as not affiliat ed with any labor organizations. The vote was cast In elections in 10 plants Shipbuilders Asked For Election Funds To Aid Democrats Washington, Feb. 1 (VP) Conies of letters sent from democratic headquarters in the fall of 1932 asking shipbuild ers to contribute to the Roosevelt campaign fund to put "oth er tnan a pacifist in tne white House" were introduced In evidence today at the senata munitions com mittee hearings. The letters bore the typed name of Arthur P. Homer, Washington marine architect, who yesterday was described variously as a paint sales man and a close friend of President Roosevelt. He was said by a committee in vestigator to have once ststed he was associated with the president in the lobster business. The letters were Introduced by Senator Vandenberg (R, Mich,), PRICE THREE CENTS PICKS ADOLF HITLER AIDS ACTRESS Berlin, Feb. 1 UP) Relschfuehrer Hitler personally came to the aid of Pola Negri, Polish motion picture star, today, overruling the propa ganda ministry's order prohibiting the actress from working in Germ any on the grounds that she was suspected of having Jewish blood. Hitler ruled that Miss Negri could enter Germany and act in a new German film In which she Is to be starred. The actress ' had applied personally, several days ago, to Jo seph Goebbels, minister of propa ganda, for permission to make the picture but her application had been refused. The official communique Issued today on the matter said: "An In vestigation Instituted by the relchs fuehrer established that she Is Po lish and therefore aryan." The communique continued that the "accusations" brought against' her "are false." Motion picture people here com mented that the actress was bene fitted by the recent German-Polish pact of friendship. Accusations that Miss Negri was anti-German were also described as false. TROOPS SEIZE STOLEN CARS Manchester, Ky., Feb. 1 (LP) Na tional guardsmen scouting through brush filled valleys and secluded hamlets of the rolling Cumberlands extended military rule today over all tne uiay county leud country. Fifteen stolen motor cars recov ered and held in a military com pound testified to the efficacy of Governor Ruby Laffoon's coup d etat yesterday against local offi cers accused of "lack of cooperation" and worse. Civil authorities were stripped of power, despite insistence of Brig. Gen. Ellerbe Carter, in command of 150 cavalry and infantry troops, that the county technically is not unaer martial law. The general curtly refused to permit Sheriff T. O. McDaniel to arrest a state police man on a warrant obtained after tho officer was indicted by a county grand Jury for housebreaking. Car ter said the policeman, Clyde Jones. was seeking a stolen motor car at the time of his alleged offense. Adjt. Gen. Henry H. Dcnhardt said at Frankfort "the troops will stay until they have cleaned up an auto theft gangs headed by a prom inent official." COLD WAVE STOPS CLOCK Philadelphia, Feb. 1 (Pi The cold wave set a new low for January 31 and actually stopped a clock. With the temperature at 7 above zero, the hands on the large clock In the tow er of the city hall stopped yesterday nnd repairmen who blamed the cold for affecting the mechanism worked two hours to get It started. sole committee member present at the time. Vandenberg listed Homer as head of the "marine division of the dem ocratic national campaign commit tee, Blltmore hotel, New York City." Barely were the letters Introduced than Charles Langell, chief estlmat. or of the New York Shipbuilding company, testified that while mater ial and labor costs on cruiser con structlon increased about 800,000 from 1927 to 1934, the contract price charged by the ct-mpanles mounted .(Concluded on pug. 10, column it Weather Cloudy tonight and Saturday with occasional rains, moderate temper ature. Southeast wind. Local: Max, 85, mln, S3. Bain 0, River S3 ft. Partly cloudy, westerly wind.' ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS SQUARE DEAL CHIEF GRABBED IN HIS OFFICE Kingfish Returns To Con tinue Prosecution of Revolting Citizens - Cameraman Blackjacked By Bodyguard As Long Applauds ; Baton Rouge, La., Feb; 1 (IP) In an atmosphere of intrigue and re bellion suggesting the days of the Czar of Russia, Huey Long today reopened his Judicial Investigation into the "assassination plot" on his life. The city of Baton Rouge seethed with war-like excitement. Ernest Bourgeois, president of the Square Dealers, militant anti-Long organ lzation, was held under arrest, in communicado, as Long and his aides began the court hearing. Colncldentaliy, another urgent "please act" appeal was dispatched to President Franklin D. Roosevelt by Mrs. J. S. Roussel, president of the women's division of the square dealers, who charged Long's secret agents threatened to "shoot her." 'Plainclothes men in office rnuia- lng of Square Dealers threaten our (Concluded on page 10, oolumn ) JANUARY SHY OF RAINFALL Lacking 1.38 Inches of rainfall to bring the month up to the mean average of 5.37, January also proved to be the driest of any In the pre vious four years. Rainfall for the month was 4.39 Inches as compared with 6.40 Inches in 1934 ; 9.26 inches in 1933; 6.08 in 1932; 6.79 In 1931, and 3.8 Inches in 1930. The wettest January on record was in 1895 when 13.72 Inches were recorded, fouowed by 11.09 Inches in 1694 and 10.17 inches in 1923. Only twice has the precipitation dropped below the 3- lnch mark. There were only 1.30 Inches in 1917 and 1.48 Inches In 1902. Rain fen on 16 of the 31 days, the greatest amount In any one 24 hour period being .78 Inch on the 7th. There was .65 Inch on the 16th, ,58 inch on the I7tn, and .52 inch on the 6th. The month brought the first snow in two years, nearly two inches covering the ground. There was a corresponding drop In temperature, the low reading being 16 degrees for the month. v. HUNGER STRIKERS READY FOR PARLEY Pecs, Hungary, Feb. 1 (A5) Ex hausted from hunger and cold af ter 35 hours of self-imposed im prisonment in the dark depths of a coal mine, the remaining 625 hunger-striking miners who went below ground yesterday emerged from the pits at 2:30 p. m. today and declared themselves ready to negotiate with the mine owners. The exit of the 825 cleared the pits of strikers for 73 of the num ber who went below ground pre vlously had emerged. When the last group came tip they released the 40 socialist coal miners whom they had held ft hostages, At the same time it was rumored that the mine owners were expec ted to grant ft 10 percent lncreas . in salaries. i NEW LIQUOR BOARD ACTS ON SATURDAY Portland. Feb. 1 UP Organization of the new state liquor control commission will be perfected at a meeting of the three commission ers here Saturday morning. In addition to selection of a chair man the commission will appoint an administrator to succeed George L, Sammis, resigned. Frank A. Spen cer of Portland has been most gen erally mentioned for this post. Judge James D. Burns of Condon la the only member holding over. The new commissioners are Stanley G. Jewctt of Portland and A. K. McMahan of Albany. The Albany man la expected to M made chairman.