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Weather Cloudy tonight, with snow or rain Wednesday. Moderate southeast wind. C apital JlJoiimal "Judge Puffle" by Jean Ahern In Board and Room Is a cream. "Hen ry" the smartest kid that ever lived, "Beck's Cartoons" are full of human Interest. Read them daily In the Capital Journal. Yesterday: Max. 61, mm. 35. Rain 0. River 4.6 ft. Cloudy, light south wind. 49th YEAR, No. 34 Entered u second Out matter at Salem, Oregon SALEM, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 9, 1937 2 DTJICl? TUIJT?!? rl?XTTC! ON TRAINS AND NKW1 STANDS FIVE CKNXi K 6T Uft Mdfl O ft Comics and Features map sure i HEARING SET ON LABOR BILL ON THURSDAY Proposed Wagner Rela tion Bill for State En actment to be Talked Other Labor Bills Sleep In Committee Senate Defeats Racial Bill A concerted drive to get the much debated labor bills out of house and senate committees materialized In the legislature today a plans were being made for the public hearing next Thursday night on the pro posed Wagner labor relations meas ure for state enactment. The measure requiring registra tions of all labor unions with the corporation commissioner was held up bp suggested amendments which would meet some of the objections of union leaders, while the other three, exclusive of the Wagner pro posal, were lying in committees pending definite action. These would require 30-day arbitration, 11 legaltze sympathetic strikes, and eliminate picketing where no dis pute was involved. Two controversial senate meas ures met defeat in the legislature (Concluded on jrage 9, column 8) I sssk aa ai V FIN-BALL BAN - LIFTEDJN LINN Albany, Ore., Feb. 9 (fF) Circuit Judge L. O. Le welling Issued a tem porary restraining order today pre venting District Attorney J. K- Wea therford and Sheriff Herbert She 1 ton from enforcing a ban on pin-ball machines In Linn county. The Judge said an appeal now be fore the state supreme court will de termine the character of the ma chines. The order favored Hugh Hammerly, whose pinball machines have been inoperative since the ban went into effect on February 1. "To take a different course here," the Judge remarked in referring to similar restraining orders in two other counties, "would mean the dis trict attorney would institute crim inal proceedings which would be of considerable expense to the taxpay ers. Nothing would be gained in view of the contention of the plaintiff in his suit that operation of the 4, machines In this county does not Violate any statute." The machines are licensed by a tlty ordinance. The pinball machines were declar ed lotteries in a Marion county case beard in the Multnomah county cir cuit court. The decision has been appealed to the supreme court. "Criminal prosecution would nec essarily require another appeal to the supreme court and it seems to me -. there is no good purpose to be served by permitting expenditure of public funds for the prosecution of those alleged to have violated the law when the same matter will soon be heard, by the supreme court," said Judge Lewelllng, " LABOR BOARD LOSES IN CIRCUIT COURT Kansas City, Feb. 9 (P) Judge Klmbrough Stone of the U. 8. cir cuit court of appeals refused today to vacate an order enjoining the national labor relations board from Investigating alleged unfair labor practices at the General Motors corporation unit in St. Louis. - An advance announcement of the ruling was wired last night to the labor board at Washington. The order, which affect the Fisher Body and Chevrolet assem bly plant at St. Louis was Issued In federal district court at 8L Loins last July. Judge Stone's order binds the federal board to take no part in the dispute between the company and Its 1,000 workers at 8t. Louts. Townsend Funeral In Portland Today 1 Portland, Feb. W Final rites will be held here today for Tnad- deus Stevens Townsend, pioneer Oregon ereameryman who died at Corvallts. Townsend, 69, was bom . tai Indiana and came to Oregon 64 years ago. He formerly was In bust' nesa her and in Hermlstoo. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN We're pleased to announce that our early prediction there'd be spring weather here before the leg islature adjourned has come true as any legislator can confirm if he cares to step outside away from his legislative duties. Also E. E. Taylor of Sllverton has started wearing a straw hat which about cinches it and gives strong support to Charley Wilson's conten tion that winter-time Is always spring-time here, even If snow is still drifted about in places. The latest of all time boxing rec ord book has come out and is sup posed to record the great boxers and incidentally list the great sport ing editors of all time. However, we lost interest when we failed to find the names of either Frank Rlggi or Fred Zimmerman listed. "How the heck could your wheels spin with your emergency brake on?" asks Marlon Draper in a query. "I doubt your word but you must have a very strange car. What kind is it?" This Is similar to the report we had yesterday and print ed from a local genius who said he'd reported our case to the police de partment. But to us the interesting fact is we forgot to append the name of yesterday's letter writer and can't remember his name. We put this along In the same class with our failure to release the emer gency brake. For absent mlndedness we should have been born a college professor. The typographical error works strange tricks occasionally, even when recorded on the typewriter. Awlfile " back Justice Overton at Woodburn socked E. H. Ellis of Sa lem 97.50 because Ellis' boy had a faulty tail light. Ellis asked time to pay. Snow Interfered with his mak ing the payment and finally when he did go down he couldn't find the Justice and left a note. So Judge Hi wrote Ellis a letter upbraiding him for not sending the line in the mall. In his letter he said, Incidentally "I have been trying to make penalties imposed by me as inconvenient for people aa I can. but too many are not caring whether they abuse the trust." As we said, the typographical error, even on a typewriter, is some times embarrassing. The Marion county delegation, we're informed, has voted down a proposal to have the clerk's office kept open here during the noon hour. The day the vote was taken, some IS people kicked their heels around the courthouse lobby during the noon hour waiting for that of fice to open. This is by no means an unusual occurrence. If the delega tion wants to serve an impatient public here is a good chance to do it, reconsider their vote and give the people a chance. It Just happens that because of his Job your corres pondent has probably spent more time around the courthouse during the noon hour the past 25 years or so than any other man In Marlon county, so we happen to have some first hand knowledge of how these people feel whether our represen tatives in the legislature know or not. In fact, we've kicked a couples tons of plaster from the courthouse walls ourselves waiting with count less thousands of others the opening of courthouse offices at countless 1 p. m.'s. Going up chamber of commerce luncheons hereafter will cost pa trons 40 cents instead of 35 cents due to advancing costs of foodstuffs. German Ambassador Gives Nazi Salute at King George's Levee London, Feb. 9 (JP) German Ambassador Joachim von Ribbentrop raised his hand. in the nazi salute to King George. VI again today at the new monarch's first levee. Ignoring the furore last week over his first salute, he stretched his arm straight out when he presented 16 members of his staff In the beautiful throne room of St. Jame's palace, but his subordinates did not follow his ex ample. The salute passed almost un noticed. Hi ambassadors werei presented to the king In order of their seniority and von Ribben trop. recent appointee, was among the last. The others bowed according to custom, as did the ministers and charges d'affaires, diplomat of low MODIFICATION OF JUDICIARY BILL PROBABLE Robinson, Democratic Leader, Favors Retire ment at Age of 75 House Committee Ap proves Plan for Appeal Of Adverse Decisions Washington, Feb. 9 (fP) The house Judiciary committee approv ed today a measure to authorize the attorney general to participate in lower court cases between private parties where a constitutional ques tion is involved. 1 The bill, sponsored by Chairman Sumners (D., Tex.), of the com mittee, embodies one of the princi pal proposals in President Roose velt's broad court reorganization program. No action was taken on the oth er proposals. Senator Robinson, democratic leader, advocated today a change in the retirement age of Judges under the president's program from 70 to 75 years. Emphasizing that he was speak ing for himself only, and not for the administration, Robinson told newspapermen "I am Inclined to (Concluded on pugg 3, column 1) MAINE SENATE HITS PRESIDENT Augusta, Me., Feb. 9 U.R The Maine senate today passed a me morial to congress which said it re garded President Roosevelt's pro posed court reform legislation ' as a "covert attack" upon the federal constitution. The measure was passed on strictly party lines, 23 republicans favoring it, and four democrats op posing it, and was sent to the house for concurrence. It set forth that the "covert at tack" was a movement "whereby certain laws, the principles of which heretofore held to be in conflict with the great document, later may be enacted into the law by indirec tion through the control" of the su preme court by the president. Congress was urged to "uphold the constitution and to protect the su preme court of the United States and the federal Judiciary from legis lative and executive Interference and control." "Only by so doing," it continued, "will the liberties of our citizens be safeguarded and the perils of per sonal government and dictatorship, abhorrent to all free men and wo men, be avoided." 20 Students Injured In Wilno Rioting Wilno, Poland, Feb. 9 WP Twenty Jewish students were injured today in a new outbreak of snt I -Semitic rioting at the University of Wilno. The university only recently was re opened on condition non-Jewish students would cease their attacks. Trouble developed when non-Jewish students tried tc bar others from a building on the campus. er rank, who followed the German envoy. Later, authorities said the BrI tlsh government did not take i serious view of von Ribbentrop' penchant for saluting In the nail manner at formal occasion, hold ing precedent has established an envoy may adhere to the customs of the country he represent. Von Ribbentrop first saluted the king In the naat fashion last Thurs day, at a diplomatic reception. Some newspapers criticised him sharply. His majesty, wearing the uniform (Concluded oo page 4, eoluma f i Chief Clerk 111 1 JOHN P. HUNT veteran clerk of the senate, who Is suffering- in a Portland hos pital from ulcers of the stom ach, Is reported much better today. NOT GUILTY PLEA BY TOWNSEND Washington, Feb. 9 (flV-Dr. Fran cis E. Townsend pleaded innocent today in federal district court to a charge of contempt of the house. His trial was set for February 23. The charge was placed against the old age pension organization head because he walked out of a house hearing on pensions last year and refused to return and resume his testimony. His arraign mailt took only "a Tew minutes. He stepped to the bar of the court, entered his not guilty plea and departed after arranging for continuance of his $1,000 bond. Townsend was in a gay mood. As he left the court room he told re porters: "Well, I may have to transfer my work to a cell in jail, but I don't know but what that would be an improvement because I certainty would have fewer interruptions." Two of Townsend 's former aides, Clinton B. Wunder and John Kief- er, were let off yesterday with sus pended sentences after they pleaded guilty to contempt of the house. The sentences suspended were one year in Jail and $1,000 fine each. Wunder and Kiefer were placed on probation for a year. RELIEF MEASURE SIGNED BY FDR Washington. Feb. a (UP) Presi dent' Roosevelt today signed the 1949.000.000 deficiency relief bill, providing $790,000,000 to continue the government's work relief and flood rehabilitation program until June 30. Washington, Feb. 11 (UK A 98, 000.000 relief deficiency bill, forced through congress as a compromise to prevent drastic curtailment of WPA work, today was sent to Pres' ident Roosevelt for approval. The measure, object of . several weeks of bickering between house and senate, was approved by both houses last night after" WPA had started closing down project dur ing the day. WPA Administrator Harry L. Hopkins said further de lay might have cut off activities of 150.000 WPA workers engaged In flood rehabilitation. Controversy between house and senate over use of government em ploye by congressional Investigat ing committees delayed passage of the bill carrying (790.000.000 to fi nance relief from February 1 to June 30, end of the fiscal year. The measure, as finally approved, provided that 30 days after enact ment Investigating committees no longer can use relief workers. The restriction, similar to the original house proposal, will affect two senate Inquiries railroad finance and clvu liberties. Conscription Bill Has Chance to Pass Portland, Feb. S ff The propos al for universal conscription, back ed by the American Legion a I mean of preserving national peace. nas a good chance of passage at the current congressional session, Mrs. James H. Turnout!, national Legion auxiliary commltteewoman, said here on her return from Washing ton. The measure provides for the drafting of capital and Industry, as weu a men, m urn of war. FASCISTS CUT MADRID FROM VALENCIA ROAD Main Artery for Supplies For Capital Seized by Insurgents Franco Says with Malaga Occupied, It's Begin ning of the End (Br the Aatoclmted Preu) Fascism's offensive in Spain, mi red for more than three months, marched across two fronts today and seemingly took two long strides' toward the domination of Spain. Fascists said it was the beginning of, the end. No sooner had a scarcely-resisted seaboard army seized complete con trol of Malaga, second seaport of the land, than from the Madrid front came the announcement the Madrid-Valencia road had been cut. a few miles south of Madrid. That severed the main artery of supplies for Madrid and stopped di rect communication between the be sieged capital and Valencia, war time seat of socialist government. Again, It advanced the slow and dif ficult fascist encirclement of Mad rid. Capture of Malaga is of consider able strategic importance. It is of even greater importance for moral effect on the troops of Fascist Die tator Franco, on the men who are defending the socialist government against' him) on the world powers (Concluded on page 8, column S) MALAGO JOYOUS OVER CAPTURE Malaga, Feb. 7 WP Laughing Malagan girls and victorious fas cist soldiers danced In gay abandon today through the sacked and burned districts of this Mediterran ean city while armed "clean-up squads of military police brought order after three weeks of terror The city's 400.000 Inhabitants quickly recovered from their weeks of tension during the insurgent southern army's victorious advance and the ravages of anarchist oands which the fascist officers said lefc the city "in a horrible state' VThe entry of the insurgent col umns yesterday seemed the signal for a Joyous fete day. Malaga's population staged huge demonstrations in the streets of the city and the suburbs to greet the army which occupied the last im portant government teaport on the southern coast virtually without resistance from Its socialist defend ers. Young klrls' dresses made a col' orful spectacle as they draped themselves with the insurgent ban ners of red and gqja and whirled before the smiling men at a.inc. CLOUDINESS WITH OCCASIONAL RAIN Portland, Feb. W) Tempera tures dipped In the northwest today. Light snow flurries and shower fell in the Columbia River gorge coun try. Baker reported a minimum of 6 degrees above zero, Lakevlew and Bend 14. Portland recorded 37 de grees and the weather observer fore, cast continued cloudiness with oc casional rain and snow. Temperatures along the coast were comparatively warm. Rainfall wu slight. The low reading was 36 degrees at Roseburg and 30 at Mcdlord. BONNEVILLE BILL BEFORE PRESIDENT Washington, Feb. t (U.R) Presi dent Roosevelt met today with mem bers of his new national power pol icy board to complete work on measure to provide for sale of pow er from the federal Bonneville dam. The measure, to be presented soon to congress, will outline the admin Istratlon'a plan for administering Its big hydro-electric project built with work relief money. "We met with the president to get light on one or two point." Pub lic Works Administrator Harold Ickes said. He la chairman of the board. $20,000 KITTY FOR GAMBLING LOBBY REPORTED RAISED Slot Machine and Pin-Board Interests Seek To Maintain the Status Quo While Mer ' chants Seek Legalization by Statute; Bills Being Held Up Upon Protests By HARRY CRAIN With reports emanatinir from Portland that S2(Vfinn has been raised by slot machine, pin-ball and Chinese lottery op erators to finance legislative activities incident to the pro- icuiiuii aim perpeiuauon oi ineir gamonng operations, mem bers of the senate and house began to look at their "hole cans'' and cast Inquiring g1- r es in other directions. Generally, the consensus Is that the report is exaggerated In view of the fact that various gambling Interests are widely at variance as to what action they desire the le gislature to take. The slot machine and punch board Interests seemingly are bent upon seeing that the status quo Is maintained, Inasmuch a they thrive upon the business of pro viding, protecting and operating il legal devices on a "take" basis. Le galization of their contrivances through a constitutional amend (Concluded on page 9. column e RAIN INCREASES BRITISH FLOODS London, Feb. 9 (P) The worst floods in a quarter of a century were predicted today as steadily rising rivers, spurred by unceasing rains, submerged wirier section of England and France. More heavy rains were forecast In both countries. Swollen rivers drove Inhabitants from their homes In lowlands, and, In some "places, flood tides rose In city streets to the rooftops of dwellings. Parts of 13 counties in southern England were flooded. Thousands of acres of farming land were In undated and large numbers of householders were forced to flee their homes along several stretches of the Thames river. Flood waters from the Thames, a mile wide at Runnymede, near Windsor, and almost as wide at Eton, continued to spread. Eton college boys fed swans from upper windows in their school buildings. Northern France and Normandy were hardest hit. Lille, Bethuen and Hazebrouck were invaded by floods. The Seine river recorded crests eight feet above normal and rose persistently. The possibility grew that Paris, where the flood stage of the Seine is 14 feet, might be endangered un less the downpours abated. The river through the capital Is confined by stone walled bank which are rarely overflowed and officials said the situation was not acute. DETECTIYE PARKER PLEADS NOT GUILTY Newark, N. J., Feb. 9 0J.PJ EllU H. Parker, of Mount Holly, chief detec tive of Burlington county, and his son, Ellis H. Parker, Jr., pleaded not guilty when they were arraigned to day on an Indictment charging them with conspiracy to kidnap Paul H. Wendel, former Trenton attorney. Federal Judge William Clark set the trial date for April 19. They will be tried on federal charges under the "Lindbergh law." Owner of Automobile Not Driver Responsible For Accident Damages The state supreme court affirmed judgment of damages against the owner of an automobile, not the driver, alleged sustained In a traffic accident. The opinion, written by Jus tice John L. Rand, held Alfred J Thompson liable for injuries to Mrs. Lena Storm In the amount of $4,000 resulting from a highway crash on the Warrenton highway December 7, 1934. The opinion ruled with the lower court presided over by Judge H. K. Zimmerman. Referring to the guest law sta tute Justice Rand stated "It con tains no definition of what consti tutes gross negligence In the oper ation of an automobile under this statute before liability can ex ist upon the part of defendant, there must be some substantial evi dence tending to show that either FLOOD'S CREST MOVES SOUTH Memphis, Term . Feb. 9 U.R The crest of the "super flood" moved slowly down the Mississippi river from here today while a dozen valley sectors cnecicea damage xrora tor nadic winds which added to the suf. ferlng in parts of Arkansas, Missouri, Indiana and Kentucky as a prelude to colder weather. At Evansvlile, lnd already strick en by the Ohio river s outpouring, 45-mlle-an-hour winds demolished sev eral small structures and damaged homes in an ll-block area. Fagus, Mo., near the Arkansas line, suffered damage to nearly all of Its building. The Frisco railroad station was moved about 40 feet, a church was virtually demolished and tops were lifted from a number of homes. Telephone lines were blown down and communications .disrupted. At New Madrid, Mo., a severe wind whipped across the areawhile coroner's Jury was investigating the drowning of 24 levee workers on i government barge January 30. Win dow panes were (broken and com munication lines broken. At Paducah, Ky., inundated by Ohio river flood water, fifty rescue boats were threatened and electric power cut off temporarily. Cold weather followed the storm, Abatement of the wind eased wave lapping dangers against the main line Mississippi levees, which were reported still holding. WINDSOR SEEKS HUNGARY HOME Vienna, Feb. 9 (A1) The Duke ol Windsor has indicated a desire to purchase an estate in Hungary into which he can move during May, Vienna real estate agent said today. (Authoritative reports yesterday said the former British monarch was considering marrying Mrs. Wallls Simpson in Hungary because the Hungarian attitude toward divorce and remarriage is more liberal than In Austria. Mrs. Simpson has been divorced twice. (Previous reports said the mar riage date likely would be April 27 the exact day Mrs. Simpson's di vorce from Ernest Aldrlch Simpson probably will become final.) The duke, seeking a permanent home, showed Interest In estates near the Austrian border, the agent declared. He said Edward wanted a place with hunting and golfing facilities. On the duke's schedule today was a meeting of his guests his sister. Princess Royal Mary and her hus band, the Earl of Harewood and President Wtlhelm Nlklas of Aus trla at the British legation. he was grossly negligent In the op eration of the car or that the auto mobile was being operated In I manner or at a rate of speed Indi cating a reckless disregard upon his part of the rights of plaintiff. In this case there was no evidence showing that the accident was caus ed intentionally or that any of the parties In the car was Intoxicated. The opinion stated the defendant occupied the front seat of the car but his brother-in-law was driving at the time of the accident, while the plaintiff and her husband were (Concluded on page 4, eoluma I) FINGERPRINTS SENT TACOMA BY AIRLINER Pictures of Poracki, Held In Minnesota in Matt son Case, Arrive FBI Agents Take Evi dence and Show Photo To Slain Child's Family Tacoma, Wash., Feb. 9 (U.P& A United Airlines plane believed car rying fingerprints and pictures of Stanislaus Poracki, Mattson kldnap murder suspect, held in Noyce, Minn., arrived at Tacoma airport at wan m. m. today. FBI agents were to take the evi dence and show the pictures to Wil liam Mattson, Jr., and Muriel Matt- son, brother and sister of the slain Charles Mattson, for identification. The pair saw the bearded kidnaper when he snatched the 10-year-old boy from the Mattson home Decem ber 27, 1936. Poracki was held by Minnesota, authorities awaiting the outcome of the attempted identification. Fin gerprints will be available for com- -parison with any which may have been found at the Mattson home or about the boy's frozen body when it (Concluded on page 9, column 4 WAGNER LABOR ACT IN COURT (Copyrlfht by United Frew) Washington, Feb. 9 (U.ftJ The Wagner labor relations act came be fore the supreme court for argu ment today with speculation aris ing whether the present or a new tribunal will hand down the final decision. With argument on tne vital Wag ner act tests scheduled to start this afternoon, it was regarded as a strong possibility the court may hold up any decision pending con gressional acceptance or re lection of President Roosevelt's sweeping ju dicial plans. This course of action, it was) pointed out, will allow a new court to present the final ruling should such a tribunal be constituted as result of Mr. Roosevelt's sugges tions. It was strongly believed on basis of small but apparently significant Indications that the nine Justlcoa of the court have arrived at some agreement to control their course In the Immediate end hazardous future, A delay In the Wagner act deci sion, it was believed, might do much to preserve the prestige of the court both now and In the future. Pres ents tf on of this prestige is known to be close to the heart of Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes. ELIHU ROOT'S BODY RESTS IN CEMETERY Clinton. N.Y., Feb. 9 m The body of Elihu Root, statesman and diplomat, was laid to rest In an ev ergreen shaded cemetery on the Hamilton college campus today. Only close friends of the family, college students and a few represen tatives of the world of government and diplomacy., attended the simple Episcopal funeral services. A cold, drizzling rain beat down during the entire ceremony. Chief among the few widely known persons who attended tha services was Henry L. Stlmson, sec retary of state under President Hoo ver. Hoover himself, who originally planned to attend, members of the family said, was not present, EUGENE RESTORES PAY FOR TEACHERS Eugene, Feb. 9 (Restoration of a flv per cent pay reduction for approximately 130 Eugene school teachers was authorized by the cit, school board last night. Pay checks on March 1 will contain the first Increases. The total Increase will amount to around 15.000, It was said. The ac tion provides for an Increase oter the base salaries paid before the depression.