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50th Year, No. 109 SZZVL&T
Salem, Oregon, Saturday, May 7, 1938
Two Section.--' es Price Three Cents 08UdC.dn"
AngloFrehch Help ProfferedTto. Czechs
Dictators Agreed on
Seek fo Include
Valley Project
In 1938BHI
, Mott Reports Chances
Good for Willamette
Flood Control Funds
Efforts of the Oregon dele
gation in congress, relative to
the Willamette volley project,
are being stressed on having
the project included in the
1938 flood control bill among
about 8300,000,000 worth of
projects to be selected out of
$900,000,000 worth that have
been approved by the board
ef army engineers. This infor
mation reached the Salem
Chamber of Commerce today
In a letter from Representative
James W. Mott.
"As you probably know." says the
Mott letter, dated May 2. "there
has been an understanding between
the chairman of the house flood
control committee and the presi
dent that no more than $300,000,000
worth of flood control projects shall
be Included in the 1938 bill. The
cost of the approved projects now
before the flood control committee
amounts to something more than
$900,000,000. It is obvious, there
fore, that two-thirds of the approv
ed projects will have to be ellmin
i ated from the bill which is shortly
to be reported from the flood con
trol committee to the house. You
'(nay be assured we will leave noth
ing undone in the way of persuad
ing the flood control committee
that the Willamette valley project
should be Included in the preferred
one-third of the flood control pro
jects which are to be reported to
the house this session for consider
ation.'' Representative Mott says that for
the last several days the flood con
trol committee of the house has
been holding executive sessions on
the 1938 bill. ' A complete case for
the Willamette valley project, he
believes, has been presented the
committee.
The letter says that under Re pa
rate cover the letter of the secre
tary of war to congress transmitting
the favorable report of the board
of army engineers. This has not
yet been received.
Relief to Cost
Three Billions
Washington, May 7 (U.B Works
progress administrator Harry X,.
Hopkins told a house sub-committee
that federal relief will cost 'about
a3.000.000.000 for the fiscal year 1939
with relief rolls of about 3,100.000
persons next winter, It was revealed
today. Relief rolls now list about
2.600.000 persons, Hopkins said,
increase to 3.100.000 would exceed
the previous WPA peak of 3,036,000
on February 29, 1938.
Hopkins gave his testimony before
the house appropriations deficiency
sub-committee during hearings on
President Roosevelt's relief recovery
bill. In which 11.230.000.000 was re.
quested for the works progress ad
ministration for the first seven
months of fiscal 1939.
Hopkins was asked by Chairman
Clifton A. Woodrum to project the
program for the full fiscal year.
"If you project It on the basis It
would mean another billion dollars,"
he replied.
"That would be t3J5O.0O0.OO0 for
the whole year?" asked Woodrum.
"In round figures," said Hopkins,
"It would be (3 .000.000.000 for addi
tional work expenditures for the full
year, which Is two billion dollars over
the budget estimate. If you are pro
jecting it ror a full year."
Shanghai Editor
Kills Self for Love
Shanghai. May T - Henry
Hufner, city editor of the Shanghai
Evening Post, plunged to his death
early today from the sixth floor of
the navy Y.M.C.A, leaving a self-
written obituary for his paper.
Hufner's death came leu than 24
hours after that of his 23 year old
(lancee. Violet Ethel Thompson,
ho died yesterday after dental
operation.
In his obituary. Hufner said he
desired to be "with the one girl he
ever loved" and requested their
bodies be burled together.
Guerillas
Wage War on
Wide Front
Attack Japs Throughout
Central and Northern
China, Cutting Railroads
Shanghai, May 7 U.R Chi
nese guerrillas, their numbers
running into the hundreds of
thousands, attacked Japanese
throughout central and north
ern China today with wea
pons ranging from medieval
big swords and speaks to ma
chine guns.
Guerrillas operating with
the famous eighth route army
under Gen. Chu Teh, "Red
Napoleon" of the one-time
Chinese communist army, attack
ed Japanese on three sides of Peip-
ing.
They threatened to cut the rail
road between Pelplng and Tientsin,
near the coast perhaps the most
Important road, to the Japanese, in
China.
In Shansl province, in western
China, guerrillas took the offensive
over an area of hundreds of miles
and threatened to wipe out Jap
anese garrisons heavily outnum
bered and Isolated from their bas
esat a dozen points.
It was reported, though not con
firmed, that Chinese guerrillas pen
etrated Into Nanking, capital of
the Japanese sponsored "provision
al government for central China."
and fought the big Japanese gar
rison there for two hours before
retiring.
According to Chinese communi
ques, Chinese reoccupied Yungho,
in western Shansl, and besieged
Puhslen. They reported that Jap
anese were abandoning their out
posts and centering their defense
on the railways lines. It was Indi
cated that the Japanese were with
drawing from considerable areas In
southeastern Shansl.
Relief Crisis
At Cleveland
Cleveland, May 7 (IP) Indigent
Clevelanders, facing prospects of a
week-end with gaping larders, be
sieged relief offices today as offi
cials considered emergency action
in an unprecedented local welfare
crisis.
"While there are no funds avail
able, no one will starve." said May.
or Harold H. Burton, who summon
ed his council Into conference.
Relief executives said a 190.000
stop-gap appropriation by the city
council would be exhausted Mon
day. This sum was earmarked for
only the aged and families with In
fants or beset by Illness.
"We want food I " demanded men
and women, some with children In
arms, at three relief stations where
sit-down protests have been main
talned since Thursday.
Municipal Relief Commissioner
Frank E. Bubna said more than
300.00 out of 1.200,000 residents of
Cleveland and Its suburbs receive
some form of public aid. Bubna
said about 87,000 were on direct re
lief while the others were depen
dent upon WPA Jobs or other
sources.
Drop Shown in
High Salary List
Washington, May 7 (U.R) Securities and exchange conv
mission report revealed today
William a. Knudsen, Oeneral
other General Motors officials.
The salary figures were presented
in annual reports filed with the
SEC by the corporations. In most
cases, aside from General Motors,
the reports indicated an upward
trend In corporate compensation.
The General Motors' report allow
ed that Knudsen, who was execu
tive vice president part of 1937, re
ceived 8140.380, compared with
3907.M3 In 1938. Charles T. Ketter
ing, vie president, drew 895,120 In
1937, a reduction of 8258.835 from
1938. Both officials received a share
of profits In 138 but only aalarles
in 1937.
Sonja Henie, blonde Swedish skat
ing star and film actress, received
9210.729 from Twentieth Century
Fox Film corporation. The only oth
er movie performer who ratal men
r
Octavlan Gogo
Anti-Semitic
Leader Dies
Bucharest, Rumania, May 7 W)
Octavlan Ooga. 57, who headed a
nationalist, antl-semitlc Rumanian
government for a few turbulent
weeks early this year, died today.
Gog a. who suffered a heart ailment
after his resignation as premier, Fe
bruary 10. had a stroke this week.
King Carol commissioned Ooga,
thrice previously a cabinet minister,
to form a new government Decem
ber 28, 1937. In the six weeks that It
lasted, his administration Imposed
drastic strictures on Jews and laid
the basis for a broad antl-semitlc
and fascist program.
The county was sharply divided
over the fascist issues and business
suffered heavily. In the end, with
the natlon'a economy endangered.
King Carol summond Dr. Miron
Cristea to form another government.
Italians Lead
Rebel Advance
Hendaye, France (at the Spanish
frontier), May 7 (P) Oaliclan and
Italian troops broke through Span
ish government defenses today at a
dozen points along the zlg-zaggtng
line running eastward from Teruel
to the Mediterranean.
General Miguel Aranda, comman
der of the Insurgent army driving on
Valencia, started a general offens
ive all along the battlefront His or
ders were to "fight, rain or no rain."
Insurgent dispatches said the Ini
tial advance penetrated government
defenses to a depth of more than
six miles in some sectors.
The greatest gains were made on
the Aliaga-Mordla front, where
General Aranda has been making
particular efforts to remove the
"hump" from the Teruel-Alcala De
Chisvert line. Oaliclans forded the
Seca river and captured the village
of Cinctorres.
Another unit left Villarroya, south
of Allaga, crossed the Villergue riv
er near Its mouth and then struck
government defenses In the strategic
Altos De Canada one of the gov.
ernment's key defenses.
Continued heavy rains made It im
possible for insurgents to use air
plane squadrons in the Allaga-Mo-
rella operations but General Aranda
decided to push ahead unsupported.
Rather than give General Jose Mia-
Ja, government commander, time to
build up stronger resistance.
a sharp drop in 1937 salaries of
Motors Corp., president 'and
tion among the top salaries report
ed so far was Warner Baxter, an
other Twentieth-Century-Fox atar,
who received 9225,961, compared
with 9284434 last year. Darryl F.
Zanuck, vlct president In charge of
production, was paid 8280.000, the
same as In 1936.
Oen. Hugh Johnson, first admin
istrator of the NRA, and now
newspaper columnist, was In the
SEC'a high salary list In the role of
labor relations adviser to the Radio
Corporation of America. He received
840.000 in fees.
General Electric company's report
disclosed that Owen D. Young,
chairman, received 8235.000, an 688.-
50 Oboost over the previous year.
Oerard Swope, president received a
similar salary and Increase.
Plans
Czechs Traded
For Spain by
Mussolini
Germany to Get Free
Hand in Czechoslovakia
And Italy in Spain.
Rome, May 7 (fP) Premier
Mussolini, according to Ger
man sources, has agreed to
give Germany a free hand in
Czechoslovakia, so far as
Italy is concerned.
Mussolini was said to have
promised to bring diplomatic
pressure to bear upon the Cze
choslovak government to be
"reasonable" in meeting Ger
man demands.
The German sources said
Mussolini agreed that Italy was a
distlnterested party in Czechoslova
kia, and that the Sudeten German
problem was one which concerned
only the Germans and Czechoslo
vakia. Four Power Pact
Mussolini was reported to have
expressed hope Germany would be
able to solve the problem "on her
own strength." He also was quoted
as having expressed the conviction
that a solution of the German prob
lem in Czechoslovakia would con
tribute to the stabilisation -of- Euro
pean peace.
After the dictators had talked in
private for an hour, the German
foreign minister, Joachim von Rib-
bentrop. and Italy's Count Galeazzp
Clano. were called in and the con
versations continued for another
hour.
Mussolini's pet project rejuve
ation of a four-power pact was re
ported to have been the chief topic.
Poles Ignored
Hitler, according to German sour
ces. Indicated willingness to Join In
such a pact (Involving France,
Great Britain, Italy and Germany,
but left no doubt that he considered
it essential that Italo-French and
German British understandings
precede such an agreement.
Ironing out French and Italian
differences a, project interrupted
by Hitler's visit would take at least
a year, German spokesmen believe,
and conversations between Britain
and Germany might require even
more time.
Questioned as to Poland's desire
to be In one a pact of the major
powers, the spokesman counter
questioned: "Didn't you notice that Mussolini
did not Invite the Poles to be at the
railway station when Hitler ar
rived?'
Rain today gave guest and host
much more time together than they
had expected.
Twisters Sweep
West Oklahoma
Oklahoma City, May 7 (Fi Hail
storms, drenching rains and twist
ers sweeping over southern and
eastern Oklahoma left at least two
persons Injured and heavy prop
erty damage today.
Five frame buildings were smash
ed at the Oklahoma training school
for boys at Pauls Valley. A wind
storm destroyed two bams and
caused crop damage near Alton.
Insurance men estimated 850,000
damage was done to property at
Law ton when a roaring hall storm
struck, splintering roofs and pound
ing crops into the mud.
Lefty Gomez Offers
Cash Settlement
New York, May 7 (U.B June
O'Dea. former musical comedy atar,
was offered a "cash settlement" to
day by her estranged husband. Ver
non (Lefty) Oomes, provided she
would withdraw her separation suit
by Monday.
The New York Yankees' pitcher
was understood to feel that with
drawal of the suit would "vindi
cate him" In the eyes of the base
ball fans of the country-
Justice Aaron. J. Levy said that
the temperament of both had magni
fied trifles out of all proportion and
Indicated he would decide the ault
on Monday, probably without the
taking of further testimony.
Willamette University's new 8100,000 library which was dedicated this forenoon. The building Is com
pletely furnished with new equipment and is capable of seating 250 students, more than general li
brary usage requires. Although dedicated today the library will not be placed in service for a week or
10 days. The building Is completely fireproof with concrete walls, red brick facing and slate roof.
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Willamette 's New
Library Dedicated
With the admonition that knowledge must come with
independent thinking and not by parroting," and that the
need for "finer brains balanced by a greater sensitivity" is
greater than at any tther time, Dr. Lawrence J. Zillman, of
the department of English, University of Washington, closed
a brilliant dedicatory r address In
Waller hall today, just prior to the
throwing open of Willamette unl
versity's new library. Immediately
thereafter the key to the new
structure waft passed from the hand
of Pletro Belluschl, architect, to
Paul B. Wallace, president of the
board of trustees and thence to
Robinson Spencer, librarian, who
unlocked the front door of the
building which will house Willam
ette's volumes. To Mel Vlken,
chairman of the student library
committee, went the honor of hav
ing the first book charged against
his name. The volume was "The
Life of Jason Lee."
Townsfolk and students comfort
ably filled Waller hall for the dedi
catory services which were In
charge of President Bruce B. Bax
ter. Upon the rostrum were per
sons prominent In library work, in
academic life and in the business
world. Governor Charles H. Mar
tin for the state, congratulated Wil
lamette upon its achievements as
did Mayor V. E. Kuhn, speaking
for the city.
Paying a compliment to the
building committee of the univer
sity, for their spirit of cooperation.
Architect Belluschl said the new li
brary was outstanding In three par
ticulars from an utilitarian stand
point: accessibility to all parts,
good circulation which avoids con
jee Hon of students, and the ease
with which it can be supervised.
Unique features of structure in
clude a room set aside for historic
books and another where students
may compile their notes on type
writers without annoying readers In
the library proper, Balluschl said
the architects had tried to capture
some of the spirit of Waller hall
which he described as a fine
ample of beauty and fine lines in
a public building
In addition to Governor Martin
and Mayor Kuhn, greetings were
received from Miss Harriet C. Long,
state librarian ; Talbot Bennett,
president of the associated stu
dents; Dr. Prank M. Eric It son, dean
of the university; Clarence S. Em
mons, president of the Alumni as
sociation, and C. A. fiprague. chair
man of the building committee of
the board of trustees.
The dedication was a feature of
the May day festivities which were
continued throughout the afternoon
by the crowning of Queen Irma I
and the pageant "Alice in Wonder
land," presented under the direc
tion of Miss Gale Curry. While the
library will not be In use for 10
days or two weeks, the dedication
was held today because of the
presence on the campus of many
former students.
May day festivities will be
brought to a close tonight at Les
lie Junior high school with the pre
sentation of the play "Stage Door.'
Sunday night the fit, Cecelia Mass
will be sung by the Willamette
Philharmonic choir at the First
Methodist church.
The Dallm Gets 138,000
Portland, Ore.. May 7 (UP) Presi
dent Roosevelt yesterday approved
allocation of 438000 of WPA funds
for street improvements in The
Dalles. Rep. Walter Pierce told the
Journal s Washington correspondent
today,
linn
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tiJ Vis.,
Seek to Speed
Wage-Hour Bill
Washington, May 7 (P House
proponents of wage-hour legislation,
jubilant over the success of their
petition to take the bill from the
rules committee, demanded today
that the house be allowed to con
sider the measure without further
delay.
They asserted the unprecedented
demonstration when 318 members, a
majority of the house, signed the
petition In little more than two
hours after it was filed yesterday.
should be accepted as a mandate for
the rules committee to give the bill
preferential status.
Under house rules. May 23 Is the
earliest date the bill could be con
sidered under the petition.
There was considerable doubt,
however, even among the bill's sup
porters, that the rules committee
would yield. The committee voted
8 to 6 last week to pigeon-hole the
bill, resulting in Its supporters re
sorting to the petition method of
bringing It to the floor.
Behind the sentiment for hasten
ing consideration of the bill was
the possibility of prolonged senate
debate against the measure.
Most house members are anxious
to get home and at work on political
fence-mending for the forthcoming
election campaign. They fear south
ern senators will use every possible
parliamentary strategem to delay
the wage-hour measure If It Is ap
proved by the house and. conse
quently, delay adjournment.
James M'Donald
British Consul
Portland, Ore.. May 7 (U.R) James
McDonald, wheat and lumber ex
porter, has been named British con
sul for Oregon.
The city had been without an Eng
lish trade representative smce 1931
Mayer Confesses
To Slaying Bassett
Walla Walla, Wash., May 7 (U.R) The steely conscience
of Dccasto Earl Mayer, 42, collapsed after 10 years today
and he confessed to state penitentiary authorities he bludg
eoned James Eugene Bassett, 35, to
death with a hammer,
Mayer's confession:
After a discussion with Warden
J. M. McCauley and after eerloualy
considering the situation. I have de
cided to plead guilty to the murder
of Bassett.
"I will disclose the details to the
proper authorities.
"(Signed)
"D. E. Mayer."
The confession was witnessed by
Warden McCauley and his secretary,
P. E. Mahoney.
Mayer said the details of the crime
wera tubsunUally as told by his mo
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Believed Dead,
Much Alive
Seattle. May 7 .WV-John Kook
World war veteran believed dead
for more than 11 years since his es-1
cape from the American Lake hos
pital for veterans, Is very much alive,
Superior Court Judge John A. Pra
ter learned yesterday.
The Seattle Trust and Savings
bank, guardian of Kook. was about
to have him legally declared dead
when the U. S. veterans' adminis
tration found him last fall In the
Eastern Oregon state hospital at
Pendleton, Ore.
A woman named beneficiary in
Kook's adjusted service certificate'
had sought to collect his $4,200 es- i
tate. It was found he was sent to
the state hospital at Salem. Ore.,
a month after his escape In 1926
and later transferred to the Pen
dleton Institution.
Judge Prater signed an order yes
terday allowing and approving the
guradlan's biennial report.
5 Ships Idle
Seattle Port
Seattle, May 7 (U.R) Five ships
lay idle In the Port of Seattle to
day, the result of an embargo the
Sailors Union of the Pacific and
other maritime unions placed on
cargo diverted from Tacoma's closed
port.
SUP. crews of the freighters
Matthew Luckenbach and Makiki
and the steam schooner Point San
Peblom walked off their ships and
began picketing them to block hand
ling of their cargoes.
Operators of the Lake Frances
and Lurllne Burns, small coastal
freighters, let cargo consigned to
Tacoma remain In their holds, fear
ing action by unions if they attempt
ed to remove it.
The Timber Rush, center of the
dispute that resulted In the water
front employers' association sus
pending relations with the Tacoma
Interntalonal Longshoremen's as
sociation a week ago, was still pick
eted In Tacoma. She was the only
large vessel in port.
Chetco Hearing
Portland, May 7 tJPt The war de
partment Issued a notice today of a
hearing at Brookings on June 2 to
consider Improvements for the
channel of the Chetco river.
ther. Mrs. Mary Eleanor Smith, ear
lier In the week.
Mayer said he was confesslnit "to
take some of the pressure off my
mother." Mrs. Smith was taken from
the prison after she confessed she
helped her son dispose of the body.
She Is held in the Seattle city Jail
in near hysterical condition.
Mrs. 8m!th also charged her son
with three other alaylngs in she
early 1920 s In Montana. Asked if
he wanted to plead guilty to these,
Mayer said: "I wouldn't Rive a damn
if I pleaded guilty to the whole
works,
Powers Act to
Treat Europe's
War Jitters
Berlin and Praha Warn-
Against Violence in Set
tling Nazi Claims
Paris, May 7 (P) French
and British diplomats, bound
together like their two war
machines by last week's talks
in London, took action today
to treat Europe's war jitters.
The first step was instruc
tions to ambassadors of the
two countries to deliver notes
to Germany and Czechoslova
kia, cautioning them against
violence in settling the clamor
of Nazi Germans in Czecho
slovakia for Increased political priv
ileges. The warning carried the Infer
ence that "rough handling" by Ger
many of the issue of the 3,500,000
German residents In Czechoslovakia
almost certainly would cause war.
2 Pointed Effort
The Anglo-French effort was two
pointed, with diplomats hoping
first to get Czechoslovakia to do
everything possible for its German
nazi minority, and second to make
clear to both the concern lest there
be violence.
Another chapter of the Anglo-
French collaboration, intensified by
last week's London conversations
between Prime Ministers Chamber
lain and Daladier, dealt with fur
ther appeasement of Italy.
An effort was under way to
smooth the path to recognition of
Italy's conquest of Ethiopia by the
League of Nations Council which
meets Monday.
Berlin Informed
Berlin, May 7 P The British
ambassador was reported to have
called at the Wilhelmstrasse today
to Inform the German foreign of
fice of the Joint step taken by
British and French ministers at
Praha to meet the political situa
tion in Czechoslovakia.
The British ambassador. Sir Ne
ville Meyrick Henderson, waa re
ceived by Dr. Ernst Woermann, un
der secretary of state, at present In
charge of the department. A num
ber of high officials are in Rome
with Relchsfuehrer Hitler on his
official visit to Premier Mussolini.
Prague, May 7 U.R The British
and French ministers Informed Pre
mier Kamll Krafts today that their
countries are ready to aid Czecho
slovakia In solving the German mi
nority question, it was announced
officially.
Court House
Fight Renewed
Albany. Ore.. May 7 MJi Linn
county appeared headed today to
ward another election to determine
whether It should build a new court
house. The voters who approved a new
courthouse last fall may have to
state themselves once more as a re
sult of the presentation of a peti
tion by J. O. Reed, Lebanon, de
manding an election.
Reed's petition, which must be
checked agaiait registration lists
and assessment rolls to determine
whether signers arc all property tax
payers, as required by law, was of
fered at a public hearing upon a
proposal to use a surplus of county
funds for the courthouse project.
The county's tangled courthouse,
situation grew out of the fact that
when the first election was held
the county was expecting a PWA
grant of 1128 000 to match Its con
tribution of 1154,000 from a surplus.
The condition was Inserted in the
election that the surplus be used
with the grant.
The grant never materialized and
County Judge J. J. Barrett, explain
ing the matter at the hearing to
day, said the election accordingly
was nullified. Now the county's sur
plus has grown to 238.560, nearly
sufficient to pay the entire cost of
the original project, and the hear
ing was aimed at getting consent to
go ahead without the grant.
Unlawful Fixing
Of Prices Charged
Washington, May 7 (41 Seventeen
manufacturers of paper, pulp and
wooden dishes or trays were charged
yesterday with unlawful fixing of
uniform prices and discounts in a
complaint Issued by the federal trade
commission. Included were the Pa
per Specialty Corporation of Port
land. Ore., and the Standard Carton
company of Tacoma, Wash.