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C apita Comics Journal Weather Cloudy tonight and Saturday, probably with light showers. Moder ate westerly wind. Thursday: Max. 2, mln. 40. Rain 0. River I t tt. North, northeast wind, clear. Ifi feet there an mora ml heart; laughs to a aquar Inch of th "Henry" strip than In any ether comic. Read It dally along with othen on the feature pace of the Capital Journal. J Ui IT I fa 5 1st Year, No. 95 X?L,,ZSZ'ZL Two Section-16 Pages Salem, Oregon IrM ll rfl Friday, April 21, 1939 SVS Price Three Cents I I I Hearing Ordeiredl on Bridges' jpoirtafcooini House Passes Bill Extending FDR's Authority Power to Devalue Dollar, Pay Silver Subsidies and Stabilization Continued Washington, April 21 The house passed and sent to the senate today a bill extend ing for two years the presi dent's authority to devalue the dollar again, the treas ury's $2,000,000,000 stabiliza tion fund and its right to pay subsidies on newly mined do mestic silver. The bill passed on a voice vote. Just before final passage the house defeated by a 35 to 158 roll call vote, an amendment which would have abolished the presi dent's devaluation power. Bitter Contest Approval of the Mil climaxed i bitter lnter-party scrap over admin istration monetary powers. In which the weight of the democratic major ity crushed republican attempts to amend the measure and kill some of Its KEX provisions. The monetary powers would ex pire June 30 unless congress renews them. Republicans centered their fight principally on the devaluation pro vision, existence of which they con tended, creates fear and uncertainty among business men. By a standing vote of 153 to 84 the house turned down an amend ment by Representative Luce R. Mass.) to bring thechief. executive's devaluation Dower to an end. Before a hushed house, Luce walk' ed down Into the well to tell his col leagues that: By Party Vote "The question is will you use at this moment an opportunity to allay the fears of the business world. "This amendment will appease them. The only problem here Is one of psychology It's not of finance.' By a 3 to 1 margin on a strict party vote, the republicans went down to defeat In their Initial at tempt to change the monetary mea sure. Representative Reed (R.-H1.) proposed the amendment, to require an audit of the stabilisation fund by th general accounting office. It was bowled over by a standing vote of 180 to 87. Continuing to bombard the bill with amendments, republicans lined up behind a proposal of Rep, August H .Andresen (R.-Mlnn.) to earmark $14.33 the difference between the . old and present price of gold per ounce for the purchase of Ameri can farm and manufactured pro ducts. The amendment was tossed aside, however, when democrats raised parliamentary objection. French Warships Leave Gibralfer Gibraltar, April 31 (ff) Eight French warships left Gibraltar steaming eastward today. Several British warships are ex pected to arrive here from Malta Sunday. Since early this- week French warships have been patroll ing the water in the vicinity of this British stronghold at the gate way to the Mediterranean. (German warships are en route to the neighborhood for maneuvers off the Spanish coast.) (VII JL" 17 o o n a Lindbergh Talks With President Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh was preceded by a White House policeman as he left the execu tive mansion after conferring with President Roosevelt for 35 minutes. The flying colonel, who has been called to active duty with the Army Air Corps, had to wait 35 minutes In an ante room before seeing the president. Later he refused to reveal the nature of their conversation. The policeman Is Paul W. Proctor. Asso ciated Press Photo. Borah Asserts Neutrality Now Impossible American Opinion Has Crystalized and Aggres sors Named by Officials Lindbergh for Quality Planes Washington, April 21 (fP) President Roosevelt said to day he had talked about the world military plane situation wim Colonel Charles A.-Jjindbergrrr-H would not go into de tail on the conversation he had yesterday with the famous flier who has been called to active duty to survey the army's aviation research facilities. When asked about it at a press conference Foreman Faces Senate Fight Washington, April 31 UP) Opposi tion to the appointment of Clark Foreman of Atlanta, Ga., as Bon neville dam administrator and Im pending reorganisation of several government agencies were said to day to have caused Secretary Ickes to postpone indefinitely the selec tion of a successor to the late J. D. Ross. An Informed person said pub lished reports that Foreman, chief of the public works administration power division, was In line for the 110,000 a year position had brought many protests from congressional and Oregon and Washington groups. He said they were extremely crit ical of Foreman's background as "a new dealer" and of his participa tion in the administration's efforts to unseat Senator Oeorge (D., Ga.) last year. He added that congressional op ponents. Including several Pacific northwest members and Senator George, were determined to avert senate confirmation of Foreman if he were nominated. Contributing to the delay in the selection of Ross successor, he said was the Impending reshuffling of several Important government agencies. Including the rural electri fication administration which might be placed directly under Secretary Ickes. If this happened. It was be lieved, he said. Administrator John M. Carmody of the REA could be prevailed upon to accept the Bon neville poet. Another Attempt to Free Rosser on Bail Another attempt to free Al Rosser, former AFL team ster secretary for Oregon who was sentenced to 12 years in prison for arson, was made today when his attorneys, John and George Mowry of Portland, ask- ed the supreme court to admit nun to ball pending his appeal. Ralph B. Moody, state co-ordlnat-or, and Bruce Spauldlng, Polk coun ty district attorney, said they would fight the application. The high court probably will hear the appeal about June 1. The court would haw authority to free Rosser only as far as the Polk county arson charge Is concerned. If Rosser were admitted to ball, he still would have to contend with the Multnomah and Washington county circuit courts since he Is under In dictment In those counties. Rosser tendered 186.000 in bonds, in the three counties to obtain free dom, but all these bonds were can-. celed after the supreme court re fused to allow Rosser to appeal. But when the high court reversed Itself to permit Roster? appeal, Ros aers attorneys asked Circuit Judge Ar lie O. Walker of Polk county to admit Rosser to ball. Judge Walker refused two weeks ago to accept Jur isdiction, asserting It was up to the supreme court. The bond In Polk county original ly was 1100,000, but after Hosier's conviction. Judge Walker reduced It to 135.000. Rosser. now In the Multnomah county Jail, has been In Jail 14 month. He was convicted of com pUdty m burning the West Salem Box factory. the chief executive replied he had talked about the general plane situa tion all over the world. He said the discussion was about military planes only. It had been reported Lindbergh stressed both In his conferences with the president and with the national advisory committee for aeronautics the desirability of producing super ior planes rather than emphasizing mass production. The president said he had received no reply from Chancellor Hitler or Premier Mussolini to his appeal to them for a ten-year peace pledge. The noted filer told the national advisory committee for aeronautics emphasis should be placed on qual ity Instead of quantity In plane de velopment. The committee has rec ommended a 110,000,000 research station at Sunnyvale, Calif., which was rejected by the house. Slovaks Attack Hungarians Budapest, April 31 VP) Hungarian military authorities reported Slovak artillery bombarded the Hungarian village of Sarosremltx, near Ung var, last night and this morning. The authorities said Hungarian artillerymen and Infantry returned the fire but apparently neither side crossed the newly established bor der between Hungary and Slovakia. Slovakia, nominally Independent following the final dismemberment of the Czecho-Slovak republic oi March 15, Is under German protec tion. Hungarians said they were com pletely surprised by the revival of border fighting such as followed the collapse of Csecho-Slovakla after Hungary occupied Carpatho-Ukraine (Ru taenia). (In the occupation of Carpatho- Ukraine the Hungarians pressed ag ainst the Slovak frontier for a fur ther adjustment of the border and fighting. Including aerial opera tions, ensued. On March 31 a Slovak Hungarian commission agreed on delimitation of the border) The Budapest foreign office charg ed that two days ago two Hungarian soldiers were wounded and captur ed on the border. Unverified reports reaching here said they died m Slo vak hospitals. Grntnan Gets Contract Washington, April 31. VP) The navy awarded a gl.006.478 contract Thursday for airplanes and parts to the Orumman Aircraft Engineer ing corporation, Bethpage, Long Island. Details were not announ ced. The same concern was award ed a 8466303 contract for planes and parta on Tuesday. Washington, April 21 P Mrs. Helen Taft Manning, sis ter of Senator Taft (R.-Ohio), today accused the administra tion of making "bullying threats" which imperiled world peace. Our present un-neutral na tional policy," she testified be fore the Senate Foreign Rela tions committee, "may bring things to a head far more rap idly on the continent of Eu rope than any other course we could pursure." Mrs. Manning, daughter of the late President Taft, Is dean of Bryn Mawr College. She urged strengthening of the present neutrality act and Its ap plication to the undeclared war in China. Neutrality Gone Senator Borah (R-Idaho) during committee questioning of Mrs. Man ning, declared that "In the state of mind now prevailing In this coun try" It was well-nigh impossible "to come to any decision that might be regarded at all from a neutral standpoint." "The world already Is at war," he said. "Already things have taken place which make other nations look on us as an un-neutral. Do you think we can write permanent legis lation at this timer...,. ,.,c-:s - Mrs. Manning replied she believed some revision of the law would Be wise. "There Is no neutrality at this time, owing to conditions through out the world," Borah persisted. "We have practically made up our minds whose side we are on. We have practically named the aggressor na tions," Signed-Up for War Appearing before the house for eign affairs committee, Laurence Dennis, New York economist and former member of the diplomatic service, asserted utterances of Pre sident Roosevelt and others In the administration indicated "we are already signed up for war." Testifying at that committee's hearings on neutrality legislation, he said this country was being pro pelled toward war both by Interests demanding maintenance of an in ternational status quo and by those favoring a spread of world com munism. "We have got to make It a basis of declared American policy," Den nis asserted, "that It Is none of our business what takes place in Eu rope and China." While Dennis advocated reten tion of the present neutrality law, Dr. Esther Caukln Brunauer, of the American Association of University Women, backed the Thomas-Geyer bill to embargo trade with nations which violate treaties with the United States. Rumanian Envoy Stops at Brussels Brussels, April 31 VP) Grigore Gafencu, foreign minister of Ru mania, arrived from Berlin today on his way to an official mission In London, and was received In an au dience by King Leopold this morn ing. Belgian officials and Rumania, Yugoslav, Oreek, Turkish and Po lish envoys were at the railroad station. In Berlin Gafencu held long con venations with Chancellor Hitler and Foreign Minister Joachim von Ribbentrop. Sprague to Inspect Highways in South Governor Sprague and the state highway commission will leave Sa lem tomorrow on a four day In spection trip of southern Oregon highways. They will go down the coast to Gold Beach, spend Sunday going up the Rogue river, and attend the semi-annual meeting of the Oregon Coast Highway association at Oold Beach on Monday. On Monday afternoon the party will leave for Rose burg via Coqullle. spending Monday night In Roseburg and returning to Salem Tuesday, a. KVX1 . v. I -,1 4 2 V ' .-a Perkins Finally Takes Action on Labor Leader To Ascertain Whether Alien Was a Communist When Action Started Monster Military Parade Staged For Hitler A monster military review was staged In Berlin in honor of Adolf Hitler's 50th birthday. It took four and one-half hours for the units to pass the Chancellor's re viewing stand, and was described as Berlin's biggest. The display of armed might obviously was In tended to Impress a nervous world of the vastness of Nazi preparedness. These big guns (above) -were the features of the parade, being new types of long range air defense artillery. This picture was radioed from Berlin to New York. Associated Press Photo. , Russia to Join Allied Bloc London, April 31 JP) Soviet Rus sia has proposed resurrection of the Anglo-French-Russian triple entente of the World war, a highly authori tative source said today, as a bul wark against possible future aggres sion by Germany, Italy or Japan. Such a recommendation of a flat reciprocal military alliance was said to have been made by Foreign Com missar Maxim Lttvlnoff to Sir Wil liam Seeds-," British ambassador In Moscow. Both Britain and France, this informant said, have the pro posal under serious consideration. No official indication was given of the Anglo-French reply, but Bri tain, although favoring a less bind ing agreement, was believed to be ready to accept such a military alli ance rather than lose Russia's support. Moscow, having In mind the pos sibility of. attack both by Germany In the west and Japan In the east, was said to have demanded full military support from Britain and France in return for her adhesion to the bloc of nations they are form ing. . Duce Pledges Solidity of Axis Berlin, April 21 (") Messages published today showed Chancellor Hitler and Premier Mussolini exchanged assur ances on the reichsf uehrer's 50th birthday yesterday that the friendship between their two countries could not be disturbed by enemies of their Rome-Berlin axis. They were disclosed while Hitler turned from his birth- day festivities to the drafting o' the 45 Hour Week For French Labor Paris, April 31 VP) Minister of Finance Paul Reynaud announced tonight the French government had established a flat 45 hour work week and a new one per cent sales tax In an effort to strengthen national de fense. Reynaud said the government ex pected to realize 16 billion francs (1396,000,000) from the new series of decree laws establishing new tax measures and slashing ordinary government expenses In favor of In creased armaments. Two billons of the 15, however. Reynaud. said, would be used to pay the deficit of the national wheat office for surplus stocks from the 1038 harvest purchased by the gov ernment. He declared the time had come for French citizens to consent to Immense sacrilices" resulting from the European armament race. The new measures were voted to meet two pressing needs: 1. Additional revenue to pay for mobilizing hundreds of thousands of reservists now called to the col ors and for precautionary measures during the International tension. 3. For new revenue to pay for rising costs of armaments, includ ing new equipment for the army, navy and air force. They were accompanied by offi cial notice of a new national de fense bond Issue, which the com munique said would be for two years. It failed to state the amount of the loan. At the end of the decrees was one designed to Impose official super vision over foreign propaganda In France paid for by funds sent from outside. relchstag speech with whlcn ha will reply ona week from today to Presi dent Roosevelt's non-aggression pro posals. In a lengthy telegram, Premier Mussolini told his axis partner the friendship between Rome and Ber lin "which has withstood many tests cannot be disturbed by the recurring ridiculous attempts of our enemies." Some time they will have to convince themselves," II Duce tele graphed, "that they are following a false course because fascism and national socialism (nazlam) are the way of Justice and peace." Hitler Responds The fuehrer thanked Mussolini and added: "With thanks I bring anew the assurances of my Indestructible friendly ties with you and tlie fas cist Italy created by you as well as my best wishes. Lights bumed late last night at the new chancellery where Hitler spent the evening In company with close collaborators while Joyous crowds thronged the spacious, flood lighted WUhelmplata, At the old chancellery building several rooms were piled with valu able and sentimental birthday gifts. Including layettes for distribution to expectant mothers, historical doc uments, objects of art and food delicacies. The official news agen cy, said there were twice as many gilts as last year. The youngest among Hitler's call ers yesterday was 10-months-old Edda Goering, daughter of Field Marshal Hermann Wllhelm Ooer Ing, who was brought by her mother and nurse to see the fuehrer, her godfather. McNary Hop Bill Passed by Senate Washington, April 31. (U P) The senate Thursday passed a bill by Sen. Charles L. McNary, R . Ore., to extend to September 1, 1043, the time during which orders and mar keting agreements under the agri cultural adjustment act may be ap plicable to bops. Dutch in Fear Of Aggression Paris, April 31 0J.F9 The Dutch government was understood In diplomatic sources today to have ex pressed concern over Its future se curity in reply to a German canvass of small European nations regard ing whether they felt fear of a nazl attack. Adolf Hitler, preparing to reply to President Roosevelt's peace mes sage next Friday, asked the smaller nations whether they felt their se curity menaced by the totalitarian powers as Intimated by Mr. Roose velt. Yugoslavia was understood to have replied In the negative to her big and heavily-armed neighbor. Diplomatic sources described the Dutch reply as "courageous" under the circumstances. In effect, the Dutch government told Germany that It did not at present feel Itself menaced. But, It was added, the Dutch government feels that It lacks the "certainty" that the present "sense of security will persist Indefinitely." German War Fleet Through Channel All Six Bandits Now in Portland Portland, April 31 MV-Five of the six alleged auto bandits captured Monday at Boise, Idaho, after a lawleses Jaunt across four states, were returned to Portland last night under police guard for arraignment lata today on charges o( robbery and assault. The five were Edward Klaus, 34; Vera Jensen, 34, Edna Malespin. Cleone Alyea and Jewell Smith, all 17. The sixth, Don Bailey, 37, was In Multnomah county hospital with a gunshot wound suffered In a gun battle with Portland police last week. He was flown here from Boise Wednesday. Chief Criminal Deputy Sheriff Holger Chrlatofferson said the pri soners were docile on the trip, which was delayed twice by tire blowouts. The prisoners were returned In a police auto and In the maroon sedan they admitted taking at Vancouver, Wash., after burning one car and abandoning another here. Win Honor Shakespeare Ashland, Ore., April 31 (U. Ash land will celebrate the birthday of William Shakespeare Saturday, The Southern Oregon Normal college of education will conduct a Shake spearean reading festival. London, April 31 VP) Screened for the most part by darkness and mist, the German fleet enrouto to maneuvers off 8 pain's Atlantic coast passed through the English channel last night and today. The last ship reported sighted was a destroyer bearing the number 33 on her hull. She passed Dover, head ing westward, at 0:15 a. m. Green wich mean time (13:15 a. m., EST) Two battleships came Into view there last night. The German battleship Admiral Scheer was seen passing St. Cath erine'a point. Isle of Wight, last night while two cruisers and two destroyers were sighted off Beachy Head, 55 miles southwest of Dover Washington, April 21 (JP) Secretary of Labor Perking said today she had ordered the immigration service to pro ceed with a hearing of depor tation charges against Harry Bridges, west coast CIO director. The charges include one that Bridges is a member of the communist party. The secretary told a press conference that the hearing would determine whether Bridges was a member of the communist party in the light of the supreme court's recent decision that previous membership was not grounds for deportation. Reason Grim Asked how the supreme court's ruling would affect the pending de portation case against Bridges, Miss Perkins said, "We dont think It would be futile to continue with the Bridges' case, but the evidence has to be examined at a hearing." The specific question was whe ther Mtss Perkins thought continu ation of the Bridges case would be tutUe, after the court ruling in th other deportation ease. The Bridges case, which started In March 1938. when the Australian born CIO leader waa served with a deportation warren In Baltimore, has been suspender pending the su preme court rulirg In the Joseph a. Strecker case. In the Strecker case, the labor department endeav ored to deport Strecker even though he claimed to have resigned from the party. Assemble Evidence Strecker was prosecuted under IBIS law providing for deportation of any alien who advocated th overthrow of the government by force and violence. Before a date for a hearing In th Bridges case can be fixed, the sec retary said, the Immigration ser vice must assemble its evidence from several scattered offices and de termine what affidavits and infor mation will be usable. "The hearing wlU determine whe ther Bridges Is a member of th communist party," Miss Perkins said. Bridges, who Is an alien, has de nied membership In the party. Ml&s Perkins expressed the opin ion In the light of the supreme court ruling, th labor department "would have to prove Bridges was a member of the party at the tun the warrant of his arrest was Is sued." She noted there was no evidence to Indicate Bridges advocated over throw of the government by fore and violence, and explained It would be necessary for the department to show the communist party advo cated overthrow of the government. Blue Mountains Considered Safe Pendleton, Ore., April 21. 0JJO U. S. forest officials today declared the Blue mountains safe from acute fire hazard despite unusually warm April weather. Pendleton weather charts reveal ed that Tuesday's high of 04 de grees was the warmest early April day since 1936 and on of the 13 high marks In the past 60 years. Snow remaining In the high mountains was considered one of the best checks to a summer fir hazard. Heavy Fog Aid to Oregon Fire Fighters A light morning fog and showers predicted for tonight and tomorrow relieved the western Washington and Oregon forest and brush fire situation today. Maj. C. S. McCowan of the Washington Forest Fire asso- elation at Seattle, received reports of 14 new fires but said the situa tion was much better. "Rain must come before the dan ger Is over," he said. "But this morning's fog Is a great relief." Numerous brush and timber fires continued to burn throughout Ore gon and Washington but forestry officials believed they had the sit uation In hand. In Oregon, which passed the 30th day without rain yesterday, the state's longest recorded drought, ob servers said two more weeks without substantial rain would result In heavy losses through the state's wheat belt. The Oregon department of agri culture said farm damage had not yet been great. Although 20 new fires were re ported In Washington state yester day the fire situation In that Stat was Improved today. Two of the most serious blazes In King county (Seat tle) ware under control.
