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Cascade Locks, Ore.
g"M
ruling,
formar
1‘re.lilelit HrrIeTt Hoover demand-
eil re eatahllalnnent of the gold
M a ta rá
in I k s
t’ nlleil Minien ni
the only way "to re
alore conflilence In
mir ctirrency." Thl«
coiihl only he done
—
-w r-
m
by making ths dollar
■ InirneJIatelv
“ con-
" ' I vertible a! the pres-
P
ft! r,', •*’® ' enta of g..' I
— the mmiera met li­
mi of »perle i«iy-
ment "
Herbert
The only living
Hoover
e\ I’reahlent a n I 4
Ihm »neh nrflun would put more of
the i2.nMy.tssi unemployed men hack
to work thnn any other step. The
t'nlteil Stale» »houli! take the lend
In returning to the standard, he
• aid. declaring that, "There I« no
need to wait for foreign nation*
et.ire « e re e.tvhllah the gold
• titular! ned retore confidence In
• >nr currency. Ttier would he hound
■n follow »..m e 'Ime, They are more
nfrnld of »nr doing but thl* than
■tiev nrc o' anv \mcrlcan 'managed
■ urrency.' ”
of wugi-» and hours was practical
and neci-saury.
Answering recent protests o f la­
bor, he snld: '"The rights o f em-
ploy ce* fr.-.-ly to organize for the
purpose of collective htirgnlnltig
should he fully protected."
He urged more strli-| applh-ntloii
of nntl-trust law*, condemned mo
nopolle* nnd private price fixing,
opposed htndraui-i-s to fnlr cotupe
tltlon, Hinl proposed further jwotec
tlon of stnnll enterprise* against
dlscrlinluutlon and oppression.
Ills suggesthms, If adopted, would
keep code violators from behind the
bar». “ The wny to enforce law*,
ciwlcs nnd regulations relating to
Industrial practice* Is not to seek to
put people In Jnll," he snld.
Admitting »nine mlatakeo, the
president » I t s well antlsned that
the XRA had done n good Job con
sidering Its short existence.
“ Only cnrplng critic» and thoae
w-lio m«ek political advantage nnd
the right again to Indulge In unfair
practice» nr exploitation of lahor or
consumer* deliberately seek toqunr-
re| over the oltrlous fact that a
great code o f law, of order and of
decent hrslneos cannot I»* created
In a dm or n year," Mr. Roosevelt
declared.
All d' tails of the legislation were
left to congress. While this Is In
progrès«, tlie senate finance commit­
tee propose* to conduct the Nye-
MrCsrmn Investigation of the XRA
administration and codes.
The
Judiciary subcommittee reported no
funds available, hut the Imjulry.
which ha* the President's approval,
will be attempted without money.
* p IIItTY ONE Inmates »hot nnd
1 klllr I a guard In a *|iectartilar
lirmh fr«m the nklntiomn state pris­
on at Granite the only male penal
Institution admlnlrtered by a wom­
an warden. Thirteen »e r e enptured \ f >RE thnn list men were report
I shortly afterward amt a mnn-hunt
* ed killed or «on : ded In a *kir
la on for the other*. The fugitives ml*h In the "demilitarized’* zone
used two guns which had l»ecn which lie* between Mniiehukun nnd
smuggled to them, forced a "trusty" China north of Tientsin. The clash
turnkey to open up for them, cor­ was between the recently formed
ralled 20 visitor* In the visitors' Pence Preservation corps nnd the
room and. ualng them for a shield, l.wsnchow militia. The Peace Pres
made their e*--npe. Her prison al­ ervatloo corps, which hn* the np
ready the subject of Investigation provul of the Chinese government,
Into It* nmral and mnnagerlul was receiving money nnd arms
standards, the warden. Mrs. O. A. from the Japanese. It was alleged.
| "Mother" IValter*, wn* ordered re- The tullltln I* sup|>orted hy lnont
placed hy a mnn. Oov. E. \V. Mnr- • Chinese Interests.
While the bat­
land declaring that a woman “ tn*t tle was raging. Wang Chlng-wet
can't manage" a prison Hctlanfly. premier of the Chinese Nationalist
she refused to clear out until com­ government, nnd Kokl Hlrota, Jsp
pleted Investigations had vindicated nnese foreign minister, expressed
themselves ns desirous of peace be
her.
tween the two nations.
ealm
lead er
h it l e r
re­
r u n o r ic h a r d H a u p t m a n n
fused to exercise hi* preroga­
escaped the electric chair at
tive of mercy and two Merlin so-
rlety women were beheaded by the least temporarily when a writ of
error filed by defense attorneys
official executioner for divulging mill
tnr> secret*. Another womnn nnd earned him a stay of execution
a I'ollah nobleman were sentenced sentence which was to be carried
to life Imprisonment at hnrd work. out nt Trenton. N. J.. March IS
The execution of the two women The Bronx carpenter's life Is safe
was carried ont at dawn with such at least until September or October
»orrery that It wn* hour* before since a further appeal can he made
their exact fate could be learned. to the court o f pardons If the court
The two women went to their o f errors nnd appeals fnlls to up
death with a calm courage that hold the writ. I.loyd C. Fisher and
should be nn example for the Frederick A. Pope presented the
strongest men. nn eye witness re- npivenl after n battle with Chief Ho
porhM. Tin* aen»«tlnnnl publicity fense Counsel Kdwsrd J. Reilly, who
awakened by the execution was ex- subsequently threatened thst either
he or Fisher would have to with­
ported to Induce Hitler to com­
draw from the Hauptmann defense.
mute the sentence* of two men spies
The hearing will probably tnke
sc h e d u le d to t>e beheaded In the
place at the next session o f the
same manner soon.
court, which begins May 21.
R
ALSO
O T K P H to curb the Inroad* of
Japan«*»« land hold er» In the rich
hemp growing provinces of l>arao
are being taken by the Philip­
pine government. Strict implication
of Insulur lawa governing land
holding by aliéna will lie made, ac­
cording to Euloglo Rodriguez, secre­
tary of agrlcnliore, who schemes a
w h o l e s a l e cancellation of subleases
of public lamia, which he maintain*
are Illegal. A recent survey. Ro­
drigues aaaerta show* the Japa­
nese control 120.000 seres In the
province, and thni lenses to 04.372
acres are Illegally held.
The unitoli il recovery net termi'
haie» June 1« tilla )enr. **Atml<>n
tuent »"U h l tie unthinkable." he
■aid. naming the net na "the blggeat
factur In giving re employment to
approtlnintely 4.<»»U**t people,"
Me anlil congruas mint maintain
the fumlameiiiiil prlnrlplea of the
art to evtnbllah ni lenii a minimum
fair Irmte practice nini labor rela­
tion* alnmlnril. pleading that chlhl
Inleir must etny out atnl that flxlng
T in : Iteci» of the Supreme
P IC K A R D
Union
liinre effective eufiircelnetrt o f Citile*
unci the granting o f “ unque*tlotie<]
power" tn (lie feilem ! guter innen t,
Were itrgei] by the president In a
melange In congre**.
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A w lih c ia r li'' it mi of policies,
CA N AD IA N « ’ M AM t*
Ray
vs.
LAMPMAN
I w o M o re Y earn .
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Wildcat vs. Cowboy
JOHNSON
GRAHAM
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MAIN EVENT
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FISHWAYS ™ BE
B U IL T DESPITE
lo ss OF FUNDS
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President R oosevelt's action In
'titlin g $1,100,000 o ff the sum »1-
locsted by the federal governm ent
lot the (onstructlon o f the fish­
ways at Uonr.e'/llle dam w ill not
In nny way effe-1 the completed
work so far.
Th e drastic cut w ill, how ever,
mean that there w ill he no fish
lifts on the W ashington shore o f
the dam. and that one o f the gra v­
ity ways, which one has not yet
been decided, w ill be narrowed to
almost half If Its original dim en­
sions.
W ork on the ways from Brad­
ford Island, through the pow er­
house and Into the ship canal Is
better than half completed. The
17-foot passageway from the ship
canal to the powerhouse, tdasted
through solid rock 80 feet high.
Is down to almost exact measure­
ments.
With the 20-foot square fo r the
fish elevators finished, contrac­
tors will start building forma this
week, preparatory to pouring con­
crete the follow in g week.
The 50-foot steel and concrete
strip across the dow n-river side
o f the powerhouse is well under
construction, as Is the excavation
fo r the w a ys'fro m the north end
o f the powerhouse across Brad­
ford Island to the cofferdam .
CONTRACT TO BE
AWARDED SOON
FOR DROP LOGS
The Cnlted States engineers w ill
open bids March 12 fo r the pur­
chase of 23 stop-log* and a sta­
tionary derrick with which to set
them In place on the locks. It is
estimated that the 804.000 pounds
o f nickel steel and the
4 5.000
pounds o f structural steel in the
logs, and derrick, w ill cost $160.-
000.
Th e stop-logs are part o f the
equipment needed fo r
the
sea
locks
They only are brought in­
to use In case o f em ergency acci­
dents.
Each log is 80 feet long. 10
feet wide, four feet high. Ten w ill
be needed fo r the east end o f the
locks. 13 fo r th west end.
The
derrick can swing them Into place
In 12 hours.
W hen not In use
they w ill ho stacked up beside the
locks. Chief purpose of the logs
centers about their use on those
occasions when the
governm ent
wants to clean out the chamber
In the locks.
FINE DANCING PARTY
HELD BY EN G IN EERS
Hanclng In the spacious double
ballroom o f Simmon's tavern at
Multnomah Falls, the government
railroad engineers staged
their
third consecutive successful
in­
form al party Thursday night.
Fu lly 100 couples had been en­
tertained before the music was
brought to a close by a Portland
orchestra at 1 o'clock. Th e suc­
cess o f the affair led to open dis­
cussion almost im m ediately on the
desirability o f
holding
another
party within the next month.
Though few realised It. the hon­
or guests were Mr. and Mrs. Syl­
vester Johnson.
“ Si", as he Is
known, is a veteran pitcher fo r the
ClncJunattl Reds In the National
league, and w ill leave fo r train­
ing camp this week to start hls
13th season In the majors.
A N D RE W JOHNSON H U R T
Andrew E. Johnson, o f W arren ,
dale, General-Shea em ployee, suf­
fered serious internal Injuries and
a broken pelvis Friday morning,
when. In attem pting to catch
a
block tossed by another worker,
he slipped from hls sash brace on
pier 3 o f the powerhouse and fell
20 feet to a pile o f timbers be­
low.
He was rushed to St. V in ­
cent's hospital In Portland.
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