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Newspaper Page Textapit atmJoiiraal FACTS! The veiling newspaper is a pre dominant factor in newspaper dom. . . When the day's work is done. . , You'll appreciate the in teresting news and features in the Capital Journal. Weather Fair tonight and Sunday, colder tonight. Northwest wind. Yesterday: Max. 69 min. 34. Rain 0. Rtv. 1.8 ft. Clear, north wind. AQh V17 IP Mn 7fl entered m econd claw SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, MARCH 21, 1936 Two Scctions-20 pages PRICE THREE CENTS rvTc'SSS uji-ii., iu matter at Salem, OrcoB riyjILlLiyJuu - SALEM LOSES TO BENSON BY . SC0RE31-28 Astoria Stages Brilliant Rally to Defeat Tilla mook for Fourth Place Corvallis and Franklin in Finals for Champion ship Tonight SATURDAY NIGHT Third Place Game 7 :30 Bell fountain vs. Mc Loughlln Championship 8:30 Corvallis vs. Franklin FRIDAY MORNING Fourth Place Astoria 43. Tillamook 36 Fifth Place Benson 31, Salem 38 The Astoria Fishermen, staging one of the most brilliant rallies in the history of the state high schooi basketball tournament won fourth place in this year's show when they defeated Tillamook 43 to 36 before crowd which rocked the gymna sium to its foundations by its up roar. Benson of Portland placed fifth when the Techmen nosed out Salem high in another rip-roaring contest. The climax of the four days ot play will come tonight at 8:30 when "(Colicluded "on pko 12rcolumnt) GALlOWSLOSES YOUNG SLAYERS Walla Walla, March 21 W Saved from the gallows by last minute ac tion of Gov. Clarence D. Martin in commuting their death sentences to life Imprisonment. Mcnitt Hunt er, Jr., 21, and Carl Patterson, x20, were prepared today to leave the death cells in condemned row of the state penitentiary to begin the regular prison routine. The two youths, who had develop ed an unusual friendship during their confinement, will be assigned to work In the license plate mill within a week, Warden J. M. Mc Cauley said. While the two youths expressed pleasure at the governor's action and their parents voiced apprecia tion for the executive's act of len iency there was bitterness in one home today. S. Kanda, Mud Bay oysterman and father of Lillian Kanda, for whose death Hunter was blamed, was dis appointed at the news. "Hunter should have been hang td," he said, "He will never be any good anyway." Patterson killed William Simpson, a Yakima farmer. FLOOD SUBMERGES CANADIAN TOWNS Montreal, March 21 (IP) Rescue squads pushed slowly through the devastated areas of Quebec and New Brunswick provinces today Flood waters from melting snow fields receded, leaving reports of many dead and property damage in the millions. Great ice chunks blocked high ways and rivers still were too dan gerous for boats. The rescue work ers, laboriously advancing into the stricken districts, reported no signs of life In the district between Mau gerville and Sheffield, below Fred eric ton, N. B. Water rose to within a few Inches of the roof of many houses. The New Brunswick gov trnment planned to send airplanes today to speed relief. Greatest disaster lay in the wake of the receding St. Francis river. Sherbrooke, Richmond, Lennoxviltc and many other towns in the valley were still under water although the water had subsided several feet dur ing the past 24 hours. CARLSON TO HEAD OREGON CHURCHES Portland, Ore., March 21 fFV-The Rev. Frank B. Carlson of Pocatcllo. Idaho, will become superintendent of the Oregon Congregational confer ence April 1, succeeding Dr. C. H. Harrison, who has reached the re tirement age and wni resign, church officials announced today. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Selection of Percy Locey as dean of men over at Oregon State col lege sure brought a lot of roustn? cheers from the sporting fraternity and bon vivants of the Salem boule vards. Percy Is the chap who last rail kept Johnny Oravec out of the East-West football game and sub stituted for him one from Denver who proceeded to lose the game for the westerners. Percy by this act implanted in the hearts of Salem ites such an everlasting love he can expect to find bent safety pirn in his chair whenever he comes over here to dean it around hi thee parts for the men. John Honey, who lives out on on route 1, Salem, Is about the sweetest chap we know in these parts. Sounds like a fertile field for the hives. There are some objections thai can be registered around here to the Prof. Laughlin chloroform pro gram which haven't been brought up yet by the scientists, psycholo gists and other highbrows who have dissected the plan with a half way wonderment In back of their heads as to whether they might or might not have been eligible had it been in force. For instance, there's our own Batty Cooper, city sanitary inspect or. Here's a chap who's been Batty since he was a day or so old and If there's anything In a name highly eligible for the Laughlin system of extermination. Batty, In addition to keeping mosquitoes, yellow fever and other disagreeable things our. of Salem is also champion high bi cycle rider of the capital city. Any one who has seen Batty on a higl bike leading a Labor day parade can realize what a blow It would have been had he been submitted to the Laughlin plan. Then there's the Looney clan around Jefferson. Members of that clan have all been Looney since in fancy yet have grown up into the most staunch and respectable and law abiding citizens you'll find any where. But what would the Laugh lin plan have done to a ban of un suspecting Looney infants? (Oregonian) Dr. E. T. Hedlund, Portland post master, received a letter yesterday just seven months and five days alter It was posted In Salem, Or., on August 16, 1935. The Portland post master, in a vast quandary, said he wondered whether he should take it up with Washington. Or, on second thought, he might just write i snarky letter to the Salem post master. It seems as to foregoing that Dr Hedlund had better write a snarky letter to himself as apparently thf piece of mail went out of the Salem postofflec on time but it took the Portland postmaster seven months and five days to deliver It to him self after it got there. There are few of the visiting bas ketball teams that played the Salcin team that can complain of the hos pitable way in which they were treated by the Salem basketballers. It seems the local boys went out of their way to send any visitors they contacted home happy. They sure showed real sportsmanship this tournament. But, gosh, the things the Salem team will do next yearl Cherrians are beginning to think about getting their whit panties to the cleaners so you won t be able to tell a Cherrian from a prune or- (Conciuded on page 10, column 6) To Rebate $5 License Fees on All Pick-up Trucks Used on Farms Circuit Judge McMahan this morning signed the order for a peremptory writ of mandamus to the secretary of state in the case of W. S. Boatman against Earl Snell, secretary of state, which fixes a $5 license fee on all pick-up farm trucks. Sec retary of State Snell said Immedi ately after the signing of the writ that no appeal will be taken by him and rebates will be made to owners of farm pick-up trucks who have paid the extra license fee of $10 or $7.50. The secretary stated that It was his understanding the writ applied to pick-up trucks used for farm pur. poses only and not to those engag ed In other lines of business. In asmuch as the licensing office does not have these truck applications and licenses segregated as to wes LEAGUE AWAITS REACTIONS OF NAZI LEADERS Germany Stunned and Embittered by Propo sal of Buffer Zone Hitler Likely to Attempt To Negotiate Away Sharpest Points (By the Associated Press) The Locarno powers awaited re action from Berlin today to the elaborate set of proposals formu lated with the intent of assurmi the lasting European peace and settling the Rhlneland problem. Germany wa by turns stunned and embittered. Chancellor Adolf Hitlers own newspaper, Voelkischer Beobachter, called the suggestions "Shy lock's pound" and "collective brazenness." From London flew Joachim von Ribbentrop, Hitler's personal emis sary, to obtain from the Reichs fuehrer the answer to proposals that a "buffer" zone be created in the Rlitneland, policed by an in ternational force, pending deter mination of questions created by remilitarization. Ribbentrop was expected to re turn Monday to London, scene of (Concluded on pnpe 12, column 6) 28 PERCENT GAIN INCOME TAXES Washington, March 21 (PI In come tax collections of $389,694,381 for the first 20 days of March were reported by the treasury today, rep resenting an increase of 28 per cent over the comparable period of last year. "Recelpta are conforming very closely with the department s esti mates," was the only comment from treasury officials. The -statistics were telegraphed from collectors at the various dis tricts. All of the money In the total has not yet been paid in to treasury vaults. Collections for the calendar year 1936 through March 20, have amount ed to $469,363,339, an increase of 30 per cent 'over the same period of last year. The treasury comment that collec tions were holding close to estim- mates was considered by some ob servers a notice that President Roosevelt's $792,000,000 tax program should not be curtailed. There have been expressions of opposition in congressional quarters to levying processing taxes in an election year. MALONEY SHOWS HEAVY INCREASE Portland, Ore., March 21 &) A report to James W. Maloney, in ternal revenue collector, showed to day Individual federal income tax receipts in Oregon increased 48 per cent, and corporation receipts 46 per cent as compared with the corres ponding period a year ago. Maloney said Oregon residents will pay $753,465.54 and corporations $435,503.75. Last year's individual federal income taxes totaled $508. 629.56 and corporation taxes $208, 474.73. the only way that the rebate can be made will be to base It on affi davit of owners of such trucks as to their use and thus the rebate can be limited to pick-up trucks de voted exclusively to farm use and to no others. The law was declared unconsti tutional by the lower court in Its aplication where a pick-up truck of over 4000 pounds paid a license fee of $5 while those under 4.000 pounds paid more. Boatman, who instituted the suit, is a Tillamook countv farmer and (Concluded on pagt 11. column It Quint Parents View Film of Dionne Babes New York, March 21 (Pj Proud and a little sad was Elzlre Dionne, plump mother of the Dionne quin tuplets, today after seeing her five babies perform on the screen for the first time in "The Country Doctor." Here with her husband, Oliva, on a special trip to see the picture, Mamma Dionne voiced a mild ob jection to only one scene. "Why, It wasn't like that at all!" She exclaimed in French on seeing Hollywood's portrayal of the man ner in which one baby after an other was carried into the room and (Concluded on page 10, column 4) SEEK RETENTION OF CCC CAMPS Washington, March 21 (P) Turn ed down on their request that Pres ident Roosevelt revoke an order to close hundreds of CCC camps, 75 rebellious house members today forced a democratic caucus on the issue. A petition carrying 34 signatures. nine more than necessary, was filed with Chairman Taylor (D.-Colo.) ot the democratic caucus, demanding a meeting Tuesday. Party rule; make It mandatory for Taylor to call the caucus. Representative Johnson (D. Okla.l, said: "The president turned us down mighty cold." Chairman Nichols (D.-Okla.) of the bloc of revolters said a com mittee would be named immediate lv to prepare legislation to author ize -an appropriation --v to1 ---coralmm the present 2,158 CCC camps. He wanted to obtain house passage be fore April I. Nichols said a presidential execu tive order would eliminate about 700 camps on that date. He estimated $7,000,000 would be needed to keeo the present number of camps go ing until July 1 and about $150,- 000,000 in addition to $246,000,000 now In the budget, to maintain the entire 2,158 through the next fiscal year. Once the authorization bill Is act ed upon, he said, an effort will br made to obtain a deficiency appro priation of $157,000,000. Present plans of the group cail for reducing the $1,500,000,000 rellet appropriation requested by the president by that amount If the CCC appropriation goes through. BROUN JAILED FOR STRIKE RIOT Milwaukee, March 21 (VP) Hey wood Broun, New York columnist and president of the American Newspaper Guild, and six others were arrested on disorderly conduct today during two street demonstra tions in behalf of striking editorial workers of the Wisconsin News. Broun, another sympathizer and two strikers were taken into custody after demonstrators i urged against the doors of the newspaper plant when police opened a lane in their picket lines to permit passage of a non-union employe. Three more sympathizers were ar rested when a crowd massed at the east door of the police station and shouted "We want Broun." Later a delegation of strikers of fered to put up $35 cash bail for Broun's release so that he could ad dress a mass meeting in a nearby hall, but he was re: used freedom until bond was provided for his fel low prisoners. The delegation went out to find the money At that time, Broun had been in custody about two hours. After disturbance at the police station was quieted, the demon strators produced an undertaker's rough box labelled "Hearst's own funeral." From It they produced an effigy of William Randolph Hearst. owner of the News, and burned it in front of the police station. VALLEY GOBBLES UP BIG NEW TERRITORY Walla Walla, Wash., March 21 (LP) The chamber of commerce today glared at the following letter, re ceived from Wisconsin: "Please send me any Information and pictures which you may have on the Willamette valley. I believe this w famous for the apples that are grown there. This region ztn extends Into Idaho, doesn't it? "Any information you may have to send me will be appreciated. Re I shall use In teaching geography this very mate rial." PLAN ATTACK ON TESTIMONY OF DR. CONDON Hauptmann Attorneys Confident of Saving Him from Electrocution Affidavit of Florida Kid naper Expected to Shed Light on Crime Trenton, N. J., March 21 &) Bruno Richard Hauptmann's law yers, showing increased confidence ot saving him from electrocution, hurried preparations today for an attack on the testimony of Dr. John F. (Jafsle) Condon, a principal state's witness at the condemned man's trial for the Lindbergh baby kidnap-slaying. Hauptmann was pictured as feel ing certain he will escape the pen alty. He is under sentence to die March 31, The defense hopes were buoyed by reports that Robert W. Hicks, a special investigator, had obtained an important affidavit- from Sam Uel W. Gareltck, serving a kidnap ing sentence in the Florida state prison at Raiford, which he said "will clear up satisfactorily some in teresting points in the Lindbergh case." Hicks said he would seek further data in Miami during his check-up on an interview Dr. Condon had with -0,nrcltck in Dade-county -in 1934. Oarelick was sentenced from Dade county for participating in the (Concluded oh page 9, column 4) LOGGERS BALK AT PEACE PACT Astoria, Ore., Mar. 21 (PjMur- murings among the rank and file of workers at the Crown-Willamette Logging company indicated opposi tion in some quarters today to a proposed settlement of the union jurisdictional dispute which culmin ated in a fatal riot March 7. Officials of the sulphite union, which now holds jurisdiction, would not be quoted. However, some of the workers objected to the suggestion that the workers take out a local charter in the sawmi'i and timber workers union. The matter will be discussed officially next week. Pickets attacked the camp and in the ensuing riot two were killed. More than half a year of bickering and beat-ups preceded the fatal clash. Fifty-three have been arrested, and most were hela in Jail. The county grand jury considering the case adjourned late yesterday until Monday morning. The district attorney and offic ers, who have been biisy night and day, apparently decincd to ease up over the week-end. No more arrests were made. The grand jury is considering cas es of three men bound over follow ing a preliminary court hearing. USES AXE ON BANK DIES OF COLLAPSE Bayonne, N. J., March 21 fP William Feehan, 55, walked into the Mechanics Trust company today, an axe in his hand. The few depositors In the bank were startled as Feehan attacked two doors, smashing the wood and glass to pieces, then, swinging wild ly, he hacked at the cages of the tellers, breaking more glass and pounding at the marble and metal work. Someone in the street shouted "Holdup" and three policemen came on the run. They entered the bank with guns drawn, but Feehan, or. the verge of exhaustion from hi. efforts, surrendered the axe to a patrolman and then collapsed. He was rushed to the hospital whetc he was pronounced dead of heart failure. The bank has been operating on a restricted basis since January 1, 1934. Police said Feehan had about $200 on deposit. SNOW AT MT. HOOD Government Camp. Ore,, March 21 (,t Bnow fell at Ml Hood today Skiing remained fair at Govern ment Camp and at timber line, for est rangers reported. Motorists vis iting the winter resort this week end were advised to use chains. SAM BROWN SEEKS SCALP OF M'NARY IN SAME OLD FORD Gcrvais Fanner Backed Power" Progressives and Bidding Openly For Townsend Support, Declares Candi- "dacy for United States Senator ' . By HARRY N. CRAIN Boastincr of Dossession nf t.hp "nir nu liwi l-mi n r)if ferent $40," Sam H. Brown, the Gervais farmer and former state senator from Marion county who was jockeyed out of the republican nomination for governor two years ago by political horse-trading, is tuning up the old Lizzie for an- other endurance time, at the confessed solicitation -f the United Progressive society which recently endorsed him at a meet ing in Portland, Brown will vie with Charles L. McNary, incumbent, for the republican nomination for United States senator. Assurance that McNary will be at least one of Brown's opponents was contained in press dispatches from Washington today, announcing that the republican floor leader in the senate has mailed his declaration of candidacy to the secretary of state here and will ask re-election on the pledge to "continue faithfully to render public service.' The only words to follow Mo (Conciuded bhpage9. column 5 $43,000,000 FOR FLOOD WORK Washington, Mar. 21 W Presi dent Roosevelt today allocated $43, 000,000 to the works progress admin istration for repairs and replace ments In the flood stricken areas. This sum includes an emergency allotment of $18,411,6:13 on February 20 and a new allotment of $25,000, 000. Mr. Roosevelt gave the works pro gress administration "blanket auth ority to restore roads streets, bridg es, sewers, water and electric power plants, and other damaged public properties." Harry L. Hopkins, WPA adminis trator, informed the president he could put 250,000 WPA workers on the rehabilitation job in the 10 states where property losses are heaviest Maine, Massachusetts, Vermont, New Hampshire, Connecti cut, New York, Pennsylvania, Mary land, West Virginia and Ohio. The president announced that emergency projects would be given preference in all cases. LAMSON JURY ASKS FOR MORE EXHIBITS San Jose. Calif., March 21 (JP) The jury deliberating the fate of David A. Lamson, charged with slaying his young wife, asked for more exhibits of the trial today. Drawings of the bathroom in which Mrs. Allene Thorpe Lamson's body was found on May 30, 1933, sketches of her fatal head injur ies, and testimony of Dr. Milton Saier, autopsy surgeon, were given to the Jury. Superior Judge J. J. Trabucco ex pressed hope a verdict would be reached and announced he will keep the jury out over the week-end if none is forthcoming. CRUSHERS MAY QUIT Newberg. Ore., March 21 P C. R. Boatwright, WPA resident en gineer, said the rock crushers at Etzwiler, employing 30 men, will be shut down unless a requested allot ment of $2235 is made available immediately. Dayton Trio Confess To Theft of 171 Sheep In Willamette Valley State Dolicc and an operative from the state department of agriculture yeaterday announced the arrest and confes sion of John, Harold and Robert Anderson of Dayton on charges of stealing about 171 head of sheep. The three men are brotn era and their operations were In the central Willamette valley. Robert Anderson was taken into custody Thursday and the other two were lodged In Jail late last night. They were nabbed at Amity. Among the thefts cleared up by the arrests are the following: Fred Goffin, Macleay, 10 head ol sherp March 4 and 6; C. F. Merrick. Zena, 15 head, December 30; O. 8 Lam cry, Fairfield, 35 head, January Harry L. Riches, Marion countv agent, Silver ton, 35 head, March 1. by Remnants of "Free NEW FLOODS IN NEW ENGLAND (Copyright, 1938, by United Pre&s) Boston, March 21 LP Northeast Massachusetts and Maine experien ced catastrophic new floods today. Heavy rains fell over a wide area, adding volume to rivers already over their banks and flooding or threat ening 15 cities and towns. Famine and disease were grave menaces. The Merrimack river rose higher over parts of Lowell and Haverhill, Mass. At Nashua, N. H., it drove more refugees from homes to relief camps. In Maine the Androscoggin, Ken nebec, Saco and Penobscot rivers still were rising. ' All other New England rivers were stationary at a high flood level or beginning to recede. The heavy rains that had swept the southern half of New England during the night ceased in most places early today, but more rain was predicted in flooded sections for today. The New England death toll stood at 36 known dead and seven more missing and feared dead. After an all night emergency ses sion, the Massachusetts legislature appropriated $750,000 for Immediate flood relief. The senate had want ed an $8,000,000 bond issue but Its difference with the house was set tled by compromise. Gov. Curley is expected to approve the appro priation immediately. WINDFALLTAX BEING SCANNED Washington, Mar. 21 (& Chair man Doughton (D., N C.) announc ed today that house ways and means committee would start open hear ings a week from Mor.day on Presi dent Roosevelt's $762,000,000 tax program. He said the committee probably would start off with the proposed levy on undistributed corporation income, with treasury officials as the first witnesses. The sub-committee, which has been wrestling with thf tax program for two weeks and a half, is to file a report to the full committee as the basis for the heatings. Doughton said no decision had been reached on new processing taxes of a "windfall levy. There was no Immeolate comment by the tax drafters on treasury fig ures that income tax collection in the first 20 days of March totaled $380,604,391, a 28 percent increase over that period last year. The windfall tax occupied the sub committee this morning, but Chair man Samuel B. Hill asserted "we haven't come to any decision as to rates or on any pha. of the situa tion at all." These thefts total 104. Theft of 07 other animals is held against the brothers. Some of the thefts wen near Corvallis and Halscy The prisoners admit that they took the sheep to Portland by truck and say they were sold at the Union stock yards. The thieves are said to have used two trucks and a roadster. It was a tip given the officers by Ooflin th.u led to the arrest, although the offi cers hnd been working on the cat for many weeks. The arrests might have come sooner, said the officers. if farmers who lost shwp had re (Concluded on png 10, column 7 DEATH TOLL 167 WITH HOMELESS LISTED 300,000 Snowstorms Intensify Sufferings of Refugees In Flooded Area Connecticut River Reach es Crest, Ohio Spreads Out Over Plains (Copyright, 1036. by Auocltted Pren) ' Storm warnings were flying along the north Atlantic coast and snow Intensified the suffering over th Pittsburgh - Johnstown - Wheeling areas as the Connecticut river wrought its most wide-spread havoc today. It surged, with devastating fury over the populous business and Industrial cities of Hartford and Middletown. The death list stood at 167; but as rescue and rehabilitation work wax rushed in 11 eastern states after the worst floods in history in many localities officials feared the toll would mount. The number of homeless ap proached 300,00 persons. The dam age estimated hovered about the $300,000,000 mark. The 55-foot flood crest of the Ohio (Concludedon pRge12,""column 1). WATER SPREADS OVER HARTFORD fCopyrleht, 193. by United Preail Hartford, Conn., Mar. 21 (IP)-?-Inch by Inch the Connecticut river .spread Itself over this beleagured city today. Nine persons were miss ing and believed dead. More than 30,000 persons were homeless, shel tered in public buildings and under every available roof. The city was Antlrolv Ho fir alootrtr Mwnr hnvintr failed. Several hundred persons were marooned on roof tops and in upper floors in the half of the city inun dated. At 6 a.m. the Connecticut stood at 39.8 feet, 20 feet above flood stage, and was rising at the rate of an inch an hour. A heaw rain that had fallen during the earlv night resum ed at 4 a.m., and added a deluge from the skies to that pouring down the river valley from the north. City authorities toor more string ent steps to guard aealnst the pos sibility of an outbreak of disease. A new health measure ordered that all milk, in addition to water, should be boiled before being used. All through the night weary res cue crews piled their boats through the water filled street of East Hart ford taking men and women from roofs and upper floors of Inundated houses. HEALTH UNIT EYED Klamath Falls, Ore., March 31 (Pi The Klamath county court named a citizens' committee to make an investigation of the county health unit. Dr. Frederick Strieker, stat health officer, recently suggested the Klamath unit adopt a unified program with federal aid. Large Colored Map of Africa Are you following the war news from Ethiopia? Will this crisis eventually engulf the great European powers? To aid readers in keeping abreast of today's momentous events, the Capital Journal offers a new map of Africa. A large col ored Inset shows Ethiopia In minute detail cities, towns, and villages; mountains, railroads, strategic lakes anc water routes. Size 21x28 Inches. The Capital Journal Information Bureau. Frederic J, Haskin. Director, Washington, D. C. I enclose herewith TEN CENTS in coin (carefully wrapped) for a copy of the new MAP OF AF RICA. Name Street City State (Mall Ut Washlnrltm, D. C.)