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A Capita First in News Photos With the Associated Press et elusive Tele-Mat service, the Capi tal Journal U enabled to preaent photos of , world events within (ew hours of their occurrence. Weather Unsettled tonight and Tuesday, with local showers. Continued cold. Moderate changeable wind. Sunday: Max. 44. mln. 31. Rain .13 In. River 166 iU South wind. Cloudy. 50th Year, No. 68 En tor -d u second claw matter at 8alm, Oregon Salem, Oregon, Monday, March 21, 1938 Price Three Cents On Train and ttewi Stand Fit Cant Ml 111 Passed by House Dotm ar in siva a VV TT Bill Pol D Baltic State Grange Officials Reply To R.W. Perry Gill and Tompkins Deny ' Charges Friesen Re peats Boycott Threat Reports to Salem police by R. W. Perry, of Hood River, and a candidate for master of k-the state grange, that his ' room in a local hotel had been ransacked and that money and papers dealing with his candidacy had been stolen, to day brought formal state ments from Kay W. Gill and Morton Tompkins, incumbent grange officials, concerning Perry's reported allegations. To Perry's report that one of the papers stolen was a statement of his policy as a candidate for grange master, which, he declared, had been refused publication In the Oregon Grange Bulletin by Gill, the latter replied that his refusal to ac cept the Perry statement for pub lication had been based on Grange law forbidding the application in the bulletin of statements by candi dates dealing in "personalities," and that Perry had been given a chance to appeal to the grange executive committee but had declined the of fer. Denies Boycott Threat Tompkins' slatcirK'nt today was a denial of the contents of an affida vit reputedly made by John 8. Frie sen, proprietor of the burned Salem Box company plant. In which Tompkins was charged with threat ening the box company with a boy cott by grange members unless its employes Joined the union. Perry had listed the Friesen affi davit as one of the papers stolen from his room. Commenting upon Friesen 's al leged charge that Tompkins had advised him during the time prior to the fire when the box factory was being picketed by the union to "line up with the union," and that if he (Concluded on page 9, column 7) , By Bombing Vvashlngton. March 1. (11.18 Sec retary of State Cordell Hull today voiced the "sense of horror" of the entire American people over the slaughter of Spanish civilians In Barcelona by nationalist bombing planes. 8peaklng Independently of action taken by any European government, Hull said the disastrous raids on Spanish non-combatants In Barce lona had prompted him again to voice the disapproval and horror of this government and of the Amerl. can people at such wanton des. miction of non-combatant life. Hull's statement followed an nouncement from London that the British government was expressing similar views directly to the Franco nationalist government. Hull said this government had taken no such action, but that Its views on bomb' lng of civilian populations had been stated definitely before and were well known. He said that this government hoped that civilian centers of popu latlon In the future would not be e-made the objectives of bombings irom we air. Widows' Pension Bill Passes House Washington, March 31 UJ.Pl The house today passed and sent to the enate a bill extending pensions for veterans' widows and orphans to more than 7100 additional families at a cost of $1,651,000 for the first year. There was only one "no" on the voice vote which apparently ended a drive for general pensions to fanv tiles of veterans, regardless of the cause of death. The bill passed under suspension of rulrs. The measure, introduced by Chair man John E- Rankin D. Miss.) of the house veterans committee, pro- vldts pensions for widows and chil dren of veterans who are at least 10 percent disabled from war wounds at death, but regardless of the cause of death. The required disability is now 30 percent. War Scare Subsides Morgan Defies Ultimatum By Roosevelt TVA Head Refuses to Resign and Challenges Attempt to Remove Washington, March 21 () Dr. Arthur E. Morgan re fused today to resign as chair man of the Tennessee Valley Authority and bluntly chal lenged President Roosevelt's power to remove him from of fice. Senator Norris said the president's right to discharge Chairman Morgan was in dis pute and that there was a le gal question involved. Senator Bridges (R.-N.H.) said that if Morgan were removed by the president he would introduce a resolution to remove the other two TVA directors. Given Ultimatum Washington, March 21 WV-Presi dent Roosevelt gave Chairman Ar thur E. Morgan of the Tennessee valley authority today the alterna tive of withdrawing his charges ag ainst his TVA colleagues or tender ing his resignation. The president, at the third White House hearing on TVA internal controversies, gave Morgan until 2:30 p.m. tomorrow to state any rea son he thought the president should not take executive action. (Some congressmen have con tended the president is without pow er to remove the directors of the Tennetsee valley authority, con tending this right Is reserved by the act of congress.) Threatens Ousting The president. White House of ficials said, told Morgan that If he failed to comply with his request he would move for his Immediate suspension, or removal by execu tive order. Secretary Marvin H. Mclntyre, who attended today's hearing In the president's office In the absence of Stephen Early, press secretary, made the announcement of the president's blunt orders to Chair man Morgan while the official transcript of the hearing was being prepared for the press. Chairman Morgan, who, the presi dent says, has charged his col leagues with dishonesty, malfea sance and bad faith and who has insisted upon a congressional In vestigation, left the White House at 3:40 pjn., but refused to say what took place at the third meet ing with the president. Coos County Coal Of Good Quality Coqullle, Ore., March 21 0P Earl K. Nixon, director of the state min ing and geology bureau, described Coos county coal as one of the most important mineral resources of Ore gon. Nixon, who left for the Rogue river country to inspect the effect of plac er mining of fishing conditions, said the southwestern Oregon coal was equal In quality to the Rocky moun tain production. Mott a Candidate Washington, March 31 (Pi Repre sentative Mott (R-Ore) announced today his candidacy for a fourth term. Mexico Tries to Operate Oil Fields Mexico City, March 21 (PyA petroleum board jointly representing the Cardenas government and labor ventured today into operation of Mexico's nationalized oil industry. The board assufhed responsibility for producing gasoline and other crude oil products to supply the country's needs on the same scale as when the oil industry was con trolled by 17 British and American companies. The problem of maintaining for eign markets loomed large on the changing Mexican economic horizon as President Lazaro Cardenas' so cialistic government and Its union allies undertook operation of the In dustry. ' The petroleum board was organ ized with representatives of the treasury department, secretary of national economy and the oU work ers' ayndicai. . Y Poland's War Chiel Marshal Edward Smlgly-Rydz (above), 52, Inspector general of the Pol ish army, had his forces poised at the Lithuanian border, ready to Invade had Lithuania reject ed Poland's ultimatum. His title does not express the immense authority vested In him under Poland's governmental form. Associated Press Photo. Lithuanians Resign Office Kaunas, Lithuania. March 21 (PH- Foreign Minister Stasys Lazoraltis and Minister of Justice Stisys Silln- gas have tendered their resignations to President Antanas Smetuna but it could not be learned today whether they were accepted. There were reports that Lazoraltis offered his resignation five days ago before a show of Polish arms forc ed Lithuania to bow to demands for "normalization" of Polish -Lithuan ian commercial and diplomatic rela tions, but that the president would not accept it. Throughout last week's tension Lazoraltis favored reconcil iation with Poland. Saturday's compliance with Pol and's army-backed ultimatum, how ever, affected the foreign minister's political position and caused coun trywide bitterness. Lithuanian student associations to day declared a ten-day period of mourning to protest the nation's ca pltulation to Poland. The association members decided to wear black crepe on their caps until March 31, the date when Lith uania agreed to exchange diplomatic envoys with Poland, as demanded in the Polish note of last week. There was a brief flurry last night at the state opera when a leftist newspaperman tried to read a state ment demanding the government re sign. Police hustled him off. but the audience cheered him wiidly. Colonel Lee to Succeed Robins Washington. March 21 (4V-The army engineers announced today ap pointment of Lieut. Colonel John C H. Lee as district engineer at Port land, Ore. Lee, district engineer at Philadel phia, will succeed Colonel T. M. Ro bins, who will assume command of the engineer school and post at Fort Belvotr, Va. Officials said Major Charles W Burlln, assisnrd to the Philadelphia office, would become acting district engineer. A two-year controversy between foreign oil companies and the Indus try's 18.000 union Isborera brought about nationalization of the Indus try under a presidential decree last Friday. The companies, already paying their workers the highest wages in Mexico, had protested they were un able to continue operation If they met Increases granted by an arbi tral board and approved by the su preme court. It was estimated these Increases would boost labor costs to the Industry between 17,200,000 and 113,000,000. Plan to Fixup Railroad Line To Kaunas Poland and Lithuania Resume Friendly Com munications, Relations Warsaw, Poland, March 21 (P) Poland and Lithuania, deciding not to go to war, made plans today to fix up an old railway line so they could resume friendly communica tion. The Polish railways ordered work begun at once on repair ing the right-of-way of the Wilno-Kaunas line. The turn from war to peace was accomplished on Satur day by Lithuania's acceptance of Polish demands that communica tions be resumed and that the two countries exchange diplomatic en voys. War Scare Over An exposition of the tasks ahead was expected from Foreign Minister Joseph Beck when he addresses the Polish parliament on Wednesday. Meanwhile, Polish newspapers re- ported that Marian Kosclalkowskl, Polish minister of social welfare, would be named minister to Kau nas, Lithuania, as part of the friendship agreement. He is a Lith uanian by birth.- -. - The war scare over, most newspa per comment centered around Jews, who were blamed for rioting on Sat urday because they assertedly start ed a run on banks. After the Jews The students' association of War saw by resolution demanded that all persons who withdrew their savings should be deprived of citizenship and that 'the frontier should be closed to Jewish refugees from Austria. The association's youthful chair man, Boleslaw Jablonskl, and 28 other students were taken into cus tody Sunday for Inciting anti-Semitic feeling. Two persons were killed and more than 100 Injured during disorders Saturday. Bombs Rain on Spanish Towns hendaye, Franco-Spanish Fron tier, March 21 U PJ While insurgent Infantry advanced toward Oand esa and the sea against fierce re sistance, nationalist air forces show ered bombs on east coast towns between Tortosa and Alcala de Chivert today. Hardly a house has escaped dam age or destruction In the towns of Vinaroz, Benlcarlo, Alcanlr, Perello and San Carlos de la Raplta. This sector appeared to have been des Ignated as the final objective for a foothold on the eastern coast. Infantry combat occurred at the fork of the roads to Oandesa and Morel la at Raimunda and Valdeal Gore a where the nationalists cap tured hills along the Oandesa road east of Raimundo. opening up the advance toward Oandesa. The nationalist attack began shortly after dawn with prolonged aviation bombardment, under cover of which ground forces moved up light artillery and went Into ac tion. Moroccan Legionnaires fought their way up the hills, engaging the enemy in hand to hand en counters. The sector towards which Gen eralissimo Francisco Franco appar ently Is driving Includes the delta of the Ebro river and a seaplane base in the harbor of San Carlos de la Replta. Barcelona was given a respite from air raids and reports spread that the nationalists might be awaiting a decision of some sort by the loyalist government. Peace Justices Not Non-Partisan Portland. March 21 if Justices of the peace, under an opinion from State Attorney Oeneral I. H. Van Winkle, have no place on the non partisan Judicial ballot. The non-partisan Judicial act, the opinion said, provides for listing of candidates for the supreme court, circuit courts and district courts only. Circuit Judge James W. Crawford of Multnomah county announced he would seek re-election. Threatens to Stop Columbia Hatchery Work No Money from Govern ment Until Fishing Above Bonneville Stopped Washington, March 21 () Frank T. Bell, fisheries commissioner, accused the Oregon fishing industry to day of balking the govern ment s salmon conservation program on the Columbia riv er above Bonneville dam. Until commercial fishermen in that area agreed to curtail operations, Bell said he could see no earthly good in spending more money for sal mon propagation on the Uppen Co lumbia. Washington fishermen, he added. were prohibited by law from operat ing commercially above Bonneville. Not to Aid Cannery "The government, he said, "did not spend between $3,000,000 and $4,000,000 for fish ladders at Bonne ville dam merely to accommodate one salmon cannery above the dam. We built those ladders to help the salmon reach spawning grounds and to perpetuate the runs on the Columbia for the entire fish ing Industry. Unrestricted opera tions of Oregon fishermen In the pool above Bonneville Is defeating this purpose." Up to Oregon "If this Is the case with the hatch ery, there can be no doubt but what natural sptuvning is. being severely damaged by the wholesale opera tions of Oregon fishermen," Bell said. He added If Oregon did not wish to prohibit commercial fishing above the dam, the state should use its own resources to propagate fish rather than look to the federal gov ernment. Chinese Block Japanese Push Shanghai, March 21 (P) Japanese shock troops failed to crack Chinese defenses today in a bloody battle along the ancient Orand Canal Despite terrific artillery shelling, the Chinese clung lo their trench lines on the south bank of the canal 18 miles north of Suchow. An advance guard of Japanese cavalry which swam the river was driven back by Chinese machine gun and rifle fire. The Japanese were fighting des perately to effect a crossing and continue their advance down the Tientsln-Pukow railway line to Su chow, where the line crosses the east-west Lunghal railway. Hanchwang. on the southern bor der of Shantung province where the Tientsin-Pukow line crosses 'the canal, fell into Japanese hands. Japanese were assaulting Taierch wang. 25 miles to the east. Both sides admitted heavy losses. The fighting has been going on in cessantly since the Japanese started their new drive down the Tientsln Pukow railway more than a week ago. A Japanese flanking force swung to the east and occupied Yihsien In the push on Talerchwang. Three American women missionaries were reported to be at Yihsien. The Chinese said they had push ed back the Japanese at all points long the Yellow river on the west ern border of 8hansl province, re moving danger of invasion of Shensi province. 3 of Crew Washed Overboard at Sea London, March 31 IJP Three members of the crew of the Ameri can steamer Aquarius were mashed overboard during an Atlantic storm, Lloyds was advised today when the vessel docked at Cobh. Ireland. The Aquarius, a 6094-ton ship listed by Lloyds as owned by the Lykea Brothers Ripley Steamship, 8undgv n)Knt ,nd rWng to lit feet company and registered from Hous-; lt 7 30 oclock 1 morning, ton. Texas, reported her tallshaftl coupling bolt were broken In the I Rainfall over Sunday wis record storm. rd at 13 Inches with 03 Inches being The Aquarlous. carrying a general dded for the previous 24-hour per cargo from New Orleans to Liver- lod ending at 7 oclock yesterday pool, was off the Orand Banks when morning, giving .It Inchea for the a freak storm caught her. week-end. Added to the 5 25 Inches A mountainous wave swept herce the previous Saturday when boatswain and three seamen from 'he current rainy period started, the the forward deck, but the boatswain I precipitation to date adds up to 6 41. seized a rope and hauled himself, Because water had cut In back of back aboard. War Clouds Over Europe Lighten Powerful Forces Working Another Sarajevo Creates Don't Want Conflict at Present Time By Ed L. Keen (Copyright by United Pnu) Paris, March 21 (U.R) Patches of silver lining are visible today through war clouds that have darkened Europe for the last week and caused more fright than at any time since the World war. Europe enters a new week with powerful forces working to prolong peace. Unless there is another Sarajevo, another spark like the one that started the 1914 holocaust, war can I be averted for months, even years. The important fact today is that governments are calmer than their peoples. Among civilian populations in England and on the continent there is panic. Many of my English friends have withdrawn their sons from continental schools and are preparing to send them to America. Hoarding of canned goods has start ed. Austrian Jews have the choice of fleeing or submitting to the per secution of the swastika. Czechs wonder whether the nazis are pre paring for another thrust to the east and If so when. Lithuanians grumble over their government's capitulation to Poland. No One Wants It But governments, not peoples, de clare wars and nowhere in Europe is there a government Uiat wants war now. England does not want it until her rearmament program, particularly the expansion of her air force, Is completed. France, seeking to stabilize an un certain internal situation, does not want It, Soviet Russia, busy consolidating the Stalin regime through liquida tion of many old-time Bolshevists, does not want it. None of those three great powers seeks territory. What they do seek, and seek desperately, Is preservation of the status quo. To keep peace, England, France and Russia are willing to endure almost any provo cation except direct attack. Hitler to Rest For example, the best information is that Soviet Russia would not have resorted to military interven tion if Poland had Invaded Lithuan ia. It is uncertain whether ranee would attack Germany if Adolf Hit ler should attempt to absorb 3,500, 000 Germans in Czechoslovakia. But Informed persons believe Hit ler probably will refrain from fur ther Balkan adventures until he consolidates his position in Austria. The bite that Germany took out of middle Europe when she absorbed Austria seems to have appeased tem porarily the nazi hunger for land. War Profits Fought By Mr. Doherfy Portland, March 21 (UP) Daniel J. Doherty, national commander of the American Legion, said today the legion Is advocating "equal service for all" in time of war to take pri vate profit out of international arm ed conflicts. Doherty arrived en route to Los Angeles where he will aid in the for mation of plans for the 19:t8 Ameri can Legion convention. He will be honored by Oregon Legionnaires with a full program today. The commander said the legion was aUo concerned with the trend In Industry to "shelve men who have attained 40." "We plan to sit down with the in dustrial and commercial leaders and see if we can bring to them a better understanding, in the practical terms of dollars and cents, of the fallacy of Junking a man in the prime of his life." River Starts to Fall From 18.7 Foot Crest Checked by lowered temperatures and only .16 inches of rain over the entire week-end, the predicted 21-foot flood stage of the Willamette river failed to materialize Sunday, the best depth being reached at 117 feet Sunday morning at 7 o'clock. The river has remained practically stationary since Saturday night, i ,,.,. , ... hv , .-.lock abutemtnts, three city bridge were to Prolong Peace Unless Crisis Governments Vienna Actor Commits Suicide Vienna. March 21 (U.R) Egon Prle- dell, 60-year old Jewish writer, play wright and actor, committed suicide today. Priedell, whose "History of World Culture" was published In England and the United States, took his life by Jumping from a fourth floor win dow. The arrival at Llnz today of Dr. Hjalmar Schacht. president of the German relchsbank. waa believed to be tire forerunner of economic con ferences on the union of Austria and Germany. A big portrait of the Duke of Windsor, formerly displayed In most prominent place In the main sitting room of the Bristol hotel, where he has often stayed, has been removed to a less conspicuous place in favor of a picture of Adolf Hitler. There were indications that Aus tria was becoming ancestor-con' scious. Many persons were tracing their family trees in order to prove if necessary, that they were of pure Aryan stock. These people were pre paring for a possible extentlon of the German nazl race-purity laws to Austria. School Boy Patrol Starts First appearance of the school boy patrol sponsored by the police department in cooperation with the Hl-Y club was made at the Parrish Junior high school this morning under the supervision of Louis Bur gess, city traffic officer. Members of the patrol at present belong to the club and these alternate during various periods. On duty this morn ing were Ralph Yocum, Stewart Charprich, Reed Nelson, James Smith, Dick Gahlsdorf and Cameron McDonald. The patrol Is on duty prior to the start of school In the morning, dur ing the noon Intermission and Im mediately after school closes in the afternoons Complete equipment has not yet been received but the boys are wearing the easily recognized hats used by members of the state highway department in similar work and loaned by the department, to gether with two caution signs. Belts and badges will be added In the near future. To serve on the patrol a boy must first obtain the written content of his parents. It Is planned by Officer Burgess to extend'the patrol system to other schools where such Is deemed nec essary. The McKinley grade school at the south end of High street has had Its own patrol for some time. Want loop Openrd Hood River. March 21 A The chamber of commerce petitioned the highway commission today to open the Mount Hood loop highway between Government Camp and Cooper Spur. The stretch Is blocked by snow. ,. ordered closed Saturday. Several feet of fill were washed out back of the South Winter street bridge when Sheldon ditch was running strong Friday and Saturday. The other bridges ordered closed as a precau tionary move were the Ford and South 25th street sturctures. Beyond a slight settling little damage oc curred to the bridges and the paw men was cut to permit dumping gravel and boulders Into the breach Just above the South Winter street bridge the water cut out a clump of five cottonwood trees. The municipal street crew dragged these from the stream to prevent possible damming and consequent damage. Construction Of 46 Warships Authorized 3 Battleships, 2 Carriers, 9 Cruisers, 23 Destroy ers, 9 Subs Provided for Washington, March 21 (IP) The house approved over whelmingly today by a vote of 292 to 100 the administra tion's billion-dollar naval ex pansion bill. Final passage came alter defeat of a republican at tempt to send the bill back to the House Naval committee with instructions to eliminate the nrovision for three new battleships. The bill now goes to the senate. The measure authorizes con struction of 48 new warships, 22 auxiliary vessels and 850 airplanes which President Roosevelt said wera needed "specifically and solely be cause of the piling up of additional land and sea armaments in otner countries." The recommittal motion, offered by Representative Church (R.-HO, a member of the naval committee who has opposed the program since Its Introduction, was defeated by a vote announced by Speaker Bank head as 276 to 114. The new warships, estimated to cost 1731.085,000, Include three bat tleships, two aircraft carriers, nine cruisers, 23 destroyers and nine sub marines. The 22 auxiliary vessels, lncluida five destroyer" tenders, three ,u marlne tenders, 11 seaplane tenders and three repair ships. They would cost approximately 246.4M,000. Officials estimated the 950 air planes, which would give the navy minimum of 3000 planes, would cost tl06.000.000. The bill also authorizes the navy to spend $30,000,000 on experimenta tion with small, swift "mystery" ships, aircraft, bombs, torpedoes and other devices of war. A fund of 63,. 000.000 was earmarked for construc tion of an airship to replace the Los Angeles and with which the navy would be able to experiment with dirigibles as aircraft carriers. ' $1 50r000Fire In Fairbanks Fairbanks, Alaska, March 31 Firemen, sheathed in Ice after the temperature fell 22 degrees M 20 below zero, early today controlled a fire which started after midnight In the Mcintosh block, heart of the business district, and spread to the adjoining structures. Three firemen were taken to a hospital. About a dozen persons, living in upper floor apartments, escaped the flames In scant attire and were given reluge from the in tense cold. They lost all their be longings. Preliminary fire department es timates put the half block loss at $160,000 with the probability sev eral of the damaged structures would have to be razed. Several merchants savrd most of their storks of goods. The Mcintosh building, the Co met barber shop owned by Max Bchlkc, and the Hollywood shop building, occupied by Lipman Sampson, were fire swept inside. The Nevada bar building and Mc Ii.tosh Kubon drug store were bad ly damaged. The First National bank, a con crete structure also housing the Medical & Dm Lai clinic; the old Fairbanks Newsmlncr and the Bre dlle shoe shop buildings, in the same block, were saved. Jury Convicts Joe Mazurosky Medford, March 2t iP A Jury at a special term of the United States district court convicted Joe Mazur osky, Portland pawnbroker. Satur day of one count charging use of the mails to defraud and two counts charging conspiracy to use the malls to defraud. Judge Jamrs A. Fee sentenced him to five years in a federal prison and fined him 11000 on the fraud charge. He received two-year terms and flneJ of 15000 on each of the other counts, the sentences to run concurrently, thus Imposing a total sentence of seven years and an 111.000 fine. The pawnbroker was accused In connection with an alleged fake ey cure for aged persons In Oregon. Washington and Colorado.
