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A omrnal Weather First in News Photos With th. Associated Praw eluslv. Tele-Mat service, th Cspl Ul Journal la enabled to preaent photoa of world eventa within lew houra of their occurrence. Unsettled tonight and Tuesday with oecaalonal light rains. UUI change In temperature. Moderate southerly winds. Sunday: Max. 48 9, mln. 40.4. River t feet. Rain 21 In. Southeast wind. Cloudy. 50th Year, No. 44 Inter ard u Moonrj elaas matter at Salem, Oregon Salem, Oregon, Monday, February 21, 1938 Price Three Cents JceST Fuehrer Jars World with Thii fW s o ar m OA : A U TT Anglo-Italian JUeadoiPGE Offers Support To Bonneville Move for Seven-County Utility District Consid ered Unsound Cooperation by his com pany with the federal govern ment in the distribution of oower from Bonneville was j pi edged by Franklin T. Grif fith, president of the Portland General Electric company, in an address today before the Salem Chamber of Commerce, He was unable to consider as sound, however, any of the arguments in favor of crea tion of the proposed North west Oregon Bonneville Public util ity district of which the people of the greater part of seven counties are to vote on April 8. The counties are Clackamas, Washington, Yam hill, Polk, Columbia, Clatsop and Lincoln. "In Its recent Investigation of rates and rate structures," said Mr. Griffith, "the federal power com mission reports that the lowest rates In the entire country prevail In Ore gon, Washington and Idaho, and that Portland Is one of the five cit ies of America having the lowest domestic rates. This is a fact of pe- ( Concluded on par 4, column S) J Seattle Voting," On Mayoralty Seattle, Feb. 31 WV-Seattle'a al most 900.000 registered voters began their trek to voting booths this morning to climax a bitter cam paign In the city primaries. Two candidates for mayor will be named to contest In the March 8 run-off balloting. Mayor John F. Dore, candidate for re-election, and Lieut. Gov. Victor A. Meyers, dapper ex-band leader. . took the spotlight by exchanging personal abuse as the campaign closed. Dore Is strongly backed by the powerful A PL Teamsters' union. He has publicly stated his allegiance to Dave Beck, northwest Teamsters' chief. Matt Meehan, secretary of the 4 CIO Longshoremen's and Ware housemen's union, spoke In favor of Meyers. Meyers, a member of the AFL Musicians' union for 21 years, has strong CIO support and In ad dition claims a large bloc of Com monwealth Federation, Workers' Al liance and WPA votes. There are nine candidates for mayor. In all, thirty men and three wo men are listed on the ballot for mayor, councilmen, city comptroller and treasurer. How-de-Do! By Don Upjohn Sips for Supper A quiet movement Is being started to write In the name of Governor Martin on the ballot In the repub lican primary and from the number of republicans who are for him it might be possible he could grab off v. both the nominations. A lot worse J things could hsppen to the state. Dr. W. B. Morse and Mr. and Mrs. Pink Patterson who started south by motor two weeks ago for a va cation In Death Valley have now reached a point as close to their destination as Cotton, Calif., and don't know yet when they'll get any farther. Floods, torrential rains and heavy snows have kept them bottled up In the Golden State where the climate Is always supposed to be summer. Salem folk who were at Mt. Hood yesterday had the distinguished honor of matching ski expertlng with none other than Oene Tunney. former heavyweight champion of the world, but reported by those re turning as not even a featherweight ski champion. Little Miss Jeanette Welder who was essaying her first attempt at the slipping and sliding art said she spent a good deal of time on the same hill as the tremen dous Mr. Tunney but was on her tfeet more than he. It seems that ene was down a number of times J' (Concluded on pass 10. col a ma I) Pact i 4211 I I llawfaP li I mal a aa aWaeeHeHeaweaaeHiiaeMU Agree On Pact Neville Chamberlain, (left), premier of Qreat Britain and Dlno Grand! (right), Italian foreign minister. Eden Tells Reason For Resigning London, Feb. 21 (U.R) Capt. Anthony Eden told a crowd ed, attentive House of Commons today that he had resigned as foreign secretary because he could not agree that Italy's attitude makes it advisable to hold a conference on better re lations between Italy and Britain at present. Eden implied that he feels Italy and Germany , are violating International agree- ments. "We are in the presence of the progressive, deterioration of respect i or international obUghtlona," he declared. Before the house met. Prime Min ister Neville Chamberlain, who split with Eden, talked with Ambassador Dino Grand! of Italy and was un derstood to have arranged for Im mediate conversations between the two countries, In which Britain would make concessions on Spain and recognize the Italian conquest of Ethiopia. Eden, speaking earnestly and de liberately, told the house: "Recent months, recent weeks and even recent days have seen sue cesslve violations of International agreements and attempts to secure political decisions by forcible means. "Agreement that are worthwhile are never made on the basis of threats." (Conrlud) onpfln 10, column ft) FDR Scanning Hitler Reaction Hyde Park. N. Y., Feb. 21 WV- Presldent Roosevelt scanned world reaction to Adolf Hitler's "iron and steel" Reichstag address today he continued study of International happenings and official reports on the domestic business situation. For the most part, though, he de voted the third of his four-day re spite from Washington conferences to rest and the companionship of the reunited Roosevelt family. With the temperature down to 30 and several Inches of snow on the ground, the chief executive, with his wife and mother, and James Roose velt and his wife, drove to the fam ily cottage at Val-Klll yesterday for lunch and an old-time get-together, After several hours at the little white-frame house, they returned to the larger estate for a vestry meet ing of old St. James Episcopal church. The president Is senior war den and James is a vestryman. Geiman and Italian Plans Told by Dodd Washington, Feb. 21 (U.R) United States foreign policy, based primarily on low-tariff economies and "good neighbor" relationships but dominated just now by a big navy defense program, stanoa uncnangea toaayv by apectacular Kuropean political events. Officials do not care to com ment beyond that on the big diplo matic week-end. Reichsfuehrar Adolf Hitler's re statement of nasi expansion ertma should not, however, have surprised the state department In view of re port understood to have been sub mitted by William E. Dodd before he resigned as United States ambas sador to Oermany. Dodd's appraisal of Oennan alms became public today through a member of the house foreign af fairs committee before which the former ambassador to Oermany re 4 Injured in Fire on Ship San Francisco, Feb. 21 (P) Four firemen were injured, one seriously. when fire swept the forward hold of the British steamer Silverguava at pier 23 early today. The fire fighters were caught un der heavy sacks of flour when the vessel suddenly listed from thous ands of gallons of water poured into the hold. Lieutenant George Vi vian suffered a brain concussion. His condition was reported as seri ous, but not critical. Raymond Landinl, Timothy Holland and Roy Wornell suffered bruises and con tuslons. Discovery of the fire was made by longshoremen unloading the ves sel. Two alarms sent nearly a score of fire equipment to the scene, Including a flreboat Customs agents were stationed around the ship during the fire. The ship's crew included 34 Chin ese. Gunny sacks, hemp and flour were destroyed. The flour was load ed last week at Portland, Ore. Sllver-Java-Paclflc line officials said principal damage was to the hemp and flour, and that the ves sel would sail for San Pedro, Calif., probably Wednesday, after the damaged cargo was discharged. Foremen estimated the loss at about 110.000. Russia Ignores Hitler's Harangue Moscow, Feb. 31 (PI Chancellor Hitler's momentous speech to the German Reichstag was completely ignored In the government controlled Soviet Press today. Newspapers failed to even men tlon It and officials refrained from comment. The resignation of Great Brl tains' foreign secretary, Anthony Eden, was reported, but without comment. - cently appeared in secret session. The member, who requested that his name not be revealed, told the United Press that Dodd had des crlbed a plan by which Oermany and Italy plan to carva out a new "Holy Roman empire" on the con Unent and In North Africa. Dodd la quoted aa having said that ha aaw maps In Berlin outlin ing the territories Involved and purportedly Including the Nether lands, Switserland. Czechoslovakia and the Polish corridor for Oer many In addition to Auatrla. where Nasi Influence now Is being exert ed with unprecedented force. Italy (Caeraded en page II, column 1) Looms Negotiations To be Started Immediately Chamberlain Declares That to Rebuff Italy Might Mean War London, Feb. 21 (P) Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain tonight won the endorsement of his own dominant conserv ative party for his bold aban donment of Anthony Eden's foreign policy in favor of his own approach to accord with Italy and general appease ment throughout Europe which will give us peace. A largely attended meeting of conservative members of both houses of parliament gave un qualified support to the prime min ister after he flatly told commons he was atriklng out on a new path to avoid war. The opposition labor party an nounced, however. It would move a vote of censure against the govern ment tomorrow. London. Feb. 21 (P Prime Minis ter Neville Chamberlain, In an amazing verbal struggle with hut retiring foreign secretary, Anthony Eden, told a turbulent House of Commons today that Britain had agreed to start negotiations for a new Anglo-Italian . understanding 'Immediately" In Rome. -Chamberlain declared that for Britain to rebuff Italy's desires for such conversations would bring re lations to a point "at which ulti mately war between us might be come Inevitable." The prime minister accused Eden, whom critics charged he had sacri ficed to satisfy Europe's dictators. of being "unfair," Implying that he (Chamberlain) had succumbed to Italian "now or never" threats. Frequently Interrupted by Jeers from noisy opposition members, who (Concluded onpsse 10, column 4) Anti-Lynching Filibuster Ends Washington, Feb. 11 in - The senate shelved the antl-lynchlng bill today to take up the $350,000,000 emergency relief appropriation measure. The action, taken on a motion by democratic Leader Barkley of Ken tucky, ended a filibuster which had consumed 39 days of this session. Jubilant southerners who had fought the measure said they re garded the senate's action as assur ance the bill would not be brought up again this session. Before the vote, proponents of the bill, headed by Senator Wagner (D.- N.Y.), had sought unsuccessfully to amend the motion so as to provide for later consideration of the bin. The relief measure, previously passed by the house. Is designed to Increase WPA rolls to a total of 3, 500.000 persons. In asking that the antl-lynching bill be laid aside, Barkley explained that there appeared to him to be no chance of obtaining unanimous con sent to limit the antl-lynching de bate and said he had done "all I could" to get a vote on it. He noted, also, that two motions to Invoke cloture, limiting each sen' ator's argument to one hour, bad been defeated. The vote on laying the bill aside waa 58 to 33. Davis Court Unit Destroyed by Fire . Turner, Or., Feb. 31 Fire of un known origin completely destroyed one of the six units of the Corne lia Davis court of the Turner Me morial home shortly after 3 o'clock this morning. The dwelling, occu pied by Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Kendall, was erected about two years ago at a cost Of 11300. Mrs. Kendall, who was 111, was carried from the burning building and la now at the Turner Memorial home. Kendall, slightly burned. Is in a Salem hospital. Both are eld erly people. No contents were saved from the building. Insurance amounted to I860. The board of trustees of the Memorial home will meet Tuesday night to discuss plans for rebuilding. Middle Road Policy for Business Men State Association Hears Racketeering Methods Of Labor Denounced The task of formulating a "middle - of - the - road" labor policy today faced leaders of the Oregon Merchants' Asso ciation convention, which opened this morning at the Marion hotel with a bitter at tack launched against alleged racketeering methods used by union organizers in this state. Spokesmen for the conserv ative element were working toward a "fair" statement of policy In regard to union labor. Daniel Hay, acting state manager of the association, called attention to the fact that labor disputes dally grow more frequent, more bitter, therefore more menacing to Indus trial peace. To deal effectively with labor problems becomes more Im portant as It becomes more diffi cult. To resist the labor movement, even if It were advisable, la no long er profitable. Already It Is too deep ly rooted In our Industrial soil to be dislodged by hostile efforts to de nounce and perhaps misrepresent it will neither check Its progress or abate Its vigor. On the other hand, business can not Justly claim to be virtuous. The charge of unfair labor practice is not always wholly unfounded. If elfish greed may be laid at labor's door, buslnesa,iBAy feava to accept (Concluded on page t, column ) Vienna Jews Fear Program Vienna, Feb. 31 (U.PJ Panic spread among Vienna Jews today as nazis and antl-nazls clashed In front of the university. Numerous wealthy Jews made ar rangements to leave the country, seeking temporary refuge. Borne Jewish real estate owners began hastily trying to sell properties. Nations of the Danubian basin alternated between hope and fear as to their own position under Eu rope's diplomatic new deal. The first real clash here between Nazis and non-nazis was of poten tially serious character. At first there were minor fights. Police sought to disperse the rioters then outsiders joined nasi students and girl students joined with boys. Shouting as they went Into the uni versity, they took possession and be gan shouting: "Jidah, jump the twig! Go hang yourselves. "When Jewish blood drips from our knives everything will go welll" Police were hard pressed. They contented themselves, for a time, with keeping traffic moving and separating such clashing groups as they could reach. Mann Says Austria Salvation for Hitler New York, Feb. 31 MV-Dr. Tho mas Mann, exiled German author. said today on his arrival from Eur ope the Nazi victory In Austria was "salvation" for Reichsfuehrer Hitler. "For Hitler, said the Nobel prize winner. "Austria was the last op portunity. Austria was the Ethio pia of Hitler. It was his salva tion and ha needed the victory at the time, just as Mussolini needed the victory In Ethiopia." As for a comparison of Nazlslm and communism. Dr. Mann said: "Both are children of the same epoch. Nszlslm Is a certain form of bolshevlsm. It Is pure bolshevtsm in lis economic relations. The Ger man capitalists are not happy. They say that the only difference between the Soviet union and Ger many is that 'Russia Is colder. " Salem Typos Vote For C. M.Baker The vote of the Capital Typo graphical union No. 310. of Salem, was cast yesterday In favor of C. M. Baker of San Francisco for the presidency of the International Ty pographical union. Baker received 30 votes to four cast for the Incum bent, Charles P. Howard of Chicago The vote was taken at a meeting called st Salem Labor temple. Schaeffer Held To Grand Jury I Former Teamster Official Battery for Attack on Salem Brewery Pickets Witness Describes Fracas Implicating Others After a preliminary hearing in justice court today Leon ard Schaeffer of Salem, charged with assault and battery in connection with an attack on pickets at the Salem Brewery last month, was bound over to the grand jury. His bail was continued at (500 which he has furnished. The part that A. N. Banks and Clarence Adams alleged- ly had In the trouble was told by1 Fred R. Russell. The arrest of Schaeffer by the state police was one of the long ser ies of arrests in Portland, Salem and other Oregon cities recently in volving labor war offenses that In clude assault and battery, window breaking, truck bombing and arson. All witnesses In Schaeffer's hear ing today were callea by the state. Rudy Butte, who was changing his picket shift with Albert Lieske when the trouble started at the brewery, testuied that Schaeffer was lirst to approach the picket line, that he signalled others to (Concluded on pane 11, column 1) More Alleged Goons in Toils Portland. Ore.. Feb. 31 (U.R) Ar rest In Eugene of Jack Lyons, or ganizer for the retail clerks' union, who has been sought by authorities for some time for questioning re garding labor goon activities, high lighted today's activities In the po lice war against terrorists. State police were returning Ly on nert for questioning. Also on the goon list today was Jack Esta brook, secretary of the warehousemen's union and so-called "lieutenant" of Al Rosser, team ster bce held in jail in Dallas on an arson Indictment. Police said Estabrook was Impli cated In confessions of other goons in at least one bombing In the 1935 beer war. He was booked as a fugitive from Washington county end was held wiu.out bail for ques tioning by the district attorney. Al Johnson, official of the garage and service station men's union, voluntarily surrendered, and was held for questioning. Rosser was said to have been further Implicated In the beer bombing in 1935 In a confession assertedly made Sunday at Steven son, Wash., by Jake Mlnsky, team ster, held for the attempted bomb ing of a truck there. Minsky's con fession, police said, substantiated one made Saturday by James R. Scott, business agent of the ware housemen's union, that all bombings at that Ume were "ok d" by Ros. ser before they were committed. China Protests Hitler's Remarks Hankow, Feb. 31 fflV-The Chinese government strongly protested today against German recognition of Man choukuo. the Japanese-dominated state carved out of China's Manch urian provinces in 1931-33. The government especially resent ed Reichsfuehrer Hitler's remark that the Chinese were unfitted men tally to resist any Bolshevist attack on them and that a Japanese vic tory in the far east would be better than a Bolshevist victory- Re-Indictments for Salem Mill Fire Dallas. Feb. 21 Arraigned before Circuit Judge Arlie G. Walker early this afternoon Al Rosser, Portland, secretary of the Teamsters' union, and Leslie "Slim" Henry, business agent for the Salem Building Trades'' council, asked for further time in which to enter pleas to indictments returned by the grand jury earlier In the day. Rosser waa Indicted for arson and Henry for attempting to compel a person to Join a labor union. James E. Baker and Mau rice Farrell, both charged with grand larceny, entered pleas of guilty but no time for passing sen tence was set by the court pending physical examination of Farrell. Dallas. Ore. Feb. 31 The Polk county grand Jury, re-convened this morning at the request of District Attorney Bruce Spauldlng, dismissed previously reported indictment ag ainst Leslie L. Henry on arson char ges growing out of the burning of the West Salem box factory on No vember 30 and returned two new In dictments Involving the three. Ros ser and Adams are charged Jointly in a new indictment with arson In Accused of Assault and 25,000 Flee Arkansas Floods Little Rock. Ark., Feb. 31 0J.I More than 35,000 men, women and children, routed from their lowland homes by Icy flood waters, were scat tered among refugee camps In south western Arkansas and southeastern Oklahoma today, many of them ex posed to cold weather and endan gered by pneumonia. Red Cross disaster workers were rushed from Washington to the stricken areas of Arkansas, where 5000 families, representing 32,000 persons, were homeless. , National guardsmen were out In Oklahoma directing airplanes, mo tor boats and ambulances along the deluged sections of the Arkansas and Red river bottoms, where other thousands had been forced to aban don their homes. There was a forecast for rain and snow In southeastern Oklahoma to day. P. K. Betts. Red Cross director from St. Louis, was In charge of re llef work at Idabel, Ok la., where 300 persons were quartered In the na tional guard armory and health au thorities were fighting against an outbreak of pneumonia. From Washington, the Red Cross sent Albert Evans and 18 assistants to Little Rock to organize relief on a state-wide basis. U. S. army engineers were direct ing repair work on the levees below Newport, Ark., and a company of militiamen was standing by. The Stephen-Keel levee gave way 13 miles south of Newport and 35.000 acres were flooded. The Maybe try levee, protecting the towns of Auv- ergne, W e 1 d o n and Tupelo, was threatened by seepage. Japan Seeks Mexican Base Washington, Feb. 31 Members of the senate and house foreign re 1st ions committees showed Interest today in reports that the Mexican government Is contemplating giving permission for Japan to deepen and modernize the west coast port of Mazatlan, Chairman McReynolds (D-Tenn) of the house committee said he also had heard that Japan was nego tiating for Iron mining rights In western Mexico. He said he understood the reports came from an American business man living in Mexico. There was no confirmation, but Representative Scott (D-Calif) said he had been told by business men that Japanese shrimp fishermen already had been accorded special privileges at Mazat lan. At Mexico City, the newspaper Ex celsior quoted unnamed foreign sources as saying the negotiations for harbor improvement were in progress. connection with the alleged Incen diary fire and Henry is charged with an attempt to compel another, Fred Rawllngs, to Join a labor or ganization on October 30 in con nectlon with the picketing of the West Salem Box factory' Under the new indictments Judge Arlie O. Walker fixed bail for Ros ser at $100,000 and Adams at $50, 000. the same as they were being held under. The original Indictment against Henry was dismissed for lack of sufficient evidence to Justify prose cutlon. Henry's ball was reduced from 150.000 to $1000 and his at torneys were making effort to lalse that amount today. The Rosser and Adams indict ments were combined In order to en able the state to try the charges against them at one Ume and save the state the expense of separaf trials, according to District Atfrw (Concloded on pace column 4 Hitler Demands Restoration 01 Colonies Promises Interference in Danubian Nations and Defies World to Stop It Berlin. Feb. 21 (flV-Chan cellor Adolf Hitler gave Eu rope s uneasy capitals no hint today of his next move as leader of a rearming Germany he declared was "entitled to equal rights" with other powers. His momentous Reichstag speech yesterday demanding return of colonies Germany . held before the World war and threatening possible arm ed force to protect German minori ties on the Reich's borders failed to give the answer. Europe's burning question, "What will Hitler do next?" resounded in foreign capitals with undiminished menace. Anxiety grew In Prague, when Hitler's Indirect reference to Ger man minorities In Czechoslovakia was resented at challenging the sov-' erelgnty of that state, the home of . some 3.000.000 pro-nazi Germans. In his three-hour Reichstag ad dress, der fuehrer touched point edly on most phases of the Reich's foreign policy. He warned bordering nations with German minorities to quit "in- ( Concluded on pane le, column ) Fuehrer Speech Warns Czechs Berlin. Feb. 21 U.R Adolf Hitler's declaration of Germany's Intent to protect German minorities In other countries waa Interpreted In official circles today as a warning to Cze choslovakia to guard against any ac tion which der fuehrer would con sider a violation of the rights of minorities. Although Hitler did not mention Czechoslovakia he left no doubt of his Implication, and it Was believed that he meant that In the future he will take more positive action If In his opinion the 3.500,000 Germans there are mistreated. Czechoslovakia borders Germany. Much of It lies In between Germany and Austria. Official circles professed not to know whether the pronouncement presaged new activity by Czechoslo vaklan Germans. These quarters said they believed that Individual cases of Infringement against tht German minorities would be treated separately. Meanwhile Germans awaited over tures from Oreat Britain that would break the Increasingly sharp division between the totalitarian and the democratic nations of Europe. Valley Project Report Completed Washington, Feb. 21 (Pi Th. board of army engineers disclosed today it had completed Its report on the proposed t55.O0O.00O Willamette valley. Oregon, flood control project. It declined however, to discuss the nature of 'ts findings. The report will be released by th. secretary of war In due time," on. board member explained. Novelties In the News (By th. AttoelitcA Pr,M Duly Informed High Point. N. C Thieves who raided th chicken house of Saul. Hearndon wanted to break the newi gently. They left a big-lettered sign on the building. "Your chickens ar. gone. Bum Steer Tucson, Ariz. Famed cowboy ar Ust Jack Van Ryder Is a leading candidate for the 25 prise aa th. most tinforunat. performer In th. La Fiesta De Los Vaquerca rodeo. In th. team tying contest, he missed his iteer entirely. Mail Goes Throuv Kansas City Special delivery messenger Donald Proper had Just (Concluded an page 10, comma 4)
