Bid You Enow That Salem, First and Eistori. Apple Center of Oregon Country; Will Ever Be Apple (Os;zc:
clem Has Many Things to Be Tlianlcful ' For; in .Material Tilings, More Tlian Ever Before, In Spirtiual Idoi
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Weather forecast: Rains In west, rains
and raowi in east portions; normal tempera
ture; strong southerly winds on ' tbe ' coast,
becoWfcg (ales by night. Maximum temper
ature yesterday 60. minimum -43,-river 7.2,
rata fail .16. atmosphere cloudy, wind southeast.
One statistician estimates that 204 tons of
hair, hare been shorn from American women
since the bobbins craze started. 'And still
the price of mattresses hasn't gone down any. 1
SEVENTY-SEVENTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, THURSDAY MORNING; NOVEMBER 24, 1927
PRICE FIVE CENTS
-STOCKHOLDERS
t?r r i inirni nRt
Oi UUU fill
BAPTIST PULPIT-
AGAIN AT ISSUE
MEETING OP CONGREGATION
CALLED FOR TONIGHT
CALL
fcj.- Wfe. ulww
MEETI1
New; Charges Said Facing Rer.'
Payne, Including War Record
- if .i Question .'.F
Statement of Financial Sit
uation and Present Oper
' ation - Ran Asked
OUTLOOK ENCOURAGING
President T. B. K7 and Other
Of flcrs Will Report at- la
formal Session, Next Wed-'
inesday Evening Hera ' :
' ; By Ralph Curtia i: ".
In order that exact conditions
. In connection with the .financing
o Oregon Linen, MIUs, Inc., may
.be learned, several stockholders
. last night agreed to call meet
-Ing which -all of the stockholders
. ' -will be inrlted to attend, at which
. v officers of the corporation will be
asked to : deecifbe iri detall'the
" situation with regard to finance.
- i and also the manner In which the
SitX plant Is being operated at present,
The meeting will be next Wednes-
I day evening at 7:30 at the cham
C ber ot commerce room,' "!
I This decision wss reached fol-
t lowing a meeting called by the
I board of 'directors' of the Salem
chamber of commerce,- at which
State Treasurer 'Thomas B. Kay,
president Of Oregon Linen Mills,
Inc., told the directors; many of
the.tfcjo.B which the stockholders
are interested la learning.-
t Prospect Encouraging ? : .' .
Distinctly .encouraging was Mr
Kay's report that of the $75,000
tn bonds which must be subscribed
before Any bond are sold under
the plan recently adopted, ' only
about Jl&,00fl-OT.less remains, to
be pledged. Issue of $100,000 in
., bonds was . authorized, but ; the
-tAl? ""will be - successful tf . only
$75,000 Is subscribed. C"?
. So-' far,' these bonds are "being
offered only to stockholders, who
are "being urged to take an amount
equal to SO per cent of their
stock, these bonds constituting
first lien so that they are in ef-
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PROFITS ACCRUE
TO WASHINGTON
OREGON TO GET LITTLE REV
ENCE FROM RIVER SANb
Practically all Business Done on
Northern fild of Rlrer,
Announcement,
In
Although the stales' of Oregon
and Washington . have agreed to
an equal dirision of any , Royalty
that; Is collected on sand removed
from the Columbia rlTer during
the past seren years, rirtually all
future revenues from this source
will, accrue to tbe state of Wash
lngton. . ,
' Thia-wM announced here Wed
nesday by a member of the Oregon
state land board, who has made a
careful study of the sand and
grarel operations on the Columbia
rirer, - He said that Tirtually all
of the' sand remored from the
stream in N recent : years had " been
obtained from the Washington
side, and that there was no reason
to beliere that "the operators
wouM ' shift" their dredges to" the
Oregon side of the channel In the
fotore.
" v The state of Washington, while
V 'igreelng to a dlrision of the royaw
, ty receiTed. oa . sand taken from
. the Columbia rlrer during the past
seren years, has refused to oper
ate under such an agreement
" the f utnra.'T' -? .(-:-
Officials said - that any future
' royalties would-be paid to .;. the
; - states of Oregon and .Washington
based' on the amount of sand tak
, en. and the location of the opera
tions. If tha sand la taken- from
the Washington side of the chan
nel th royalty wCI ha demanded
by that state. The state of Ore
' goa will demand royalty on any
sand taken from the Oregon aide
of the stream-'-'t,:"';;-:5 -4';"''
A report submitted to the Ore-.-."Tiand
board here "Tuesday
Looks Like
Good House for
Edward Johnson
The ticket sale for the Elsi
nore j theater "for "' tomorrow
night 14 foltsg-forward nicely
Balem and ; the towns ; and
country of this district will
ghre Edward Johnson, .the
greatest tenor In the , world, a
full house. That -will -be
worthy tribute; and a most en
thusiastic audience.
The ranks of. the First Baptist
church congregation are again
split and Thanksgiving promises
to' be . anything but quiet tonight
when.: the church ! members- meet
to discuss whether or not Rer
Robert I. Payne shall remain as
supply minlster( j
Less than a ; month . ago, Rer.
Payne was chosen to serre In-that
capacity after he had successfully
answered charges that he had left
unpaid bills in Warrensbnrg, Mis
souri, prior i to his arrival : in Sa
lem. It . was stimulated that he
was to serve three months, until
committee, appointed for . that
purpose, selected - a permanent
minister, either Rev. Payne or
someone else. ;" i ,' -
In spite of the fact that the
three months period was less than
one-third gone, a group of congre
gation members met last week and
elected i Rer. Payne to serve as
minister for an Indefinite tlme.
This action caused a -number of
prominent members So lessen their
support" to "the church; " andS at
leasf one,; Judge O. P. Coshow.to
withdraw his membership. " -
Opponents of Rev. Payne now
have new: charges against the min
ister, said to-concern smong -other
things his war record which 1
claimed to be unsatisfactory, and
the meeting has been failed to
night vf or the purpose of airing
these charges. . Proponents of
Rer.v Payne1 state that they, are
ready to prove the new charges
false. : J , ' .
Just . why , Thanksgivings night
was chosen as a time for tbe meet
Ing Is not known.- Several people
yesterday asked that It be post
poned, but no "action to that end
baa yet been taken. The first In
timatlon of the meeting came last
Sunday when It was announced
from 'the; .piUplt4 .-1- 4-.v--.-J;;".
EiDCOiro
HOWEXGLUSiW
OBECflfJIEif,
Mountain States Honey As
sociation Recognizes :
New Salem Concern f-
LABISH CELERY
GRACES TABLES
TUANKSGFVING CPPLV SlilPv
' FED OUT BY GROWERS .
. 1 ' - ' SU ;
GILES t CENSORED
BY PLANE OWNER
PROTECTIOFJ AfFORDED
Largest Honey Handling Combine
in World Linked Up; Will Go
Long "Way Toward Stab-'
Wzing Indnstry Here ' ,
LABOR - M EfiT SUSPEN DED
The-Mead Honey company. Sa
lem. Oregon, has been given-a
high place In , the merchandising
of the honey supply of this coun
try. . it has been made ; the sole
Oregon agent : for the Mountain
States - Producers association, the
largest honey handling association
In the world. if
This came about' at the state
convention of : the Oregon State
Beekeepers association at Herm-
Iston on .Thursday, Friday and
Saturday .- of .last week, 1 attended
by-H. M: Meadof the Mead Honey
company as a delegate. ;, At that
meeting J. D. .Harrahl of Her mis
ton was made president of the as
sociation, and Mr. Keiser of the
same place rice president, . . and
Prof. H. A. Scullen of the Oregon
Agricultural college; 1 secretary-
treasurer, - . '?-,.:- f;-
Principal speakers were Dr.
Webster of the Washington State
college, Floyd Bucjc of Walla
Walla; Prpf. Besse of the O. A; C,
and R. H. Kipp of the Portland
Chamber of Commerce. It was a
fine and profitable meeting.'' :
r ' The Mead Honey Deal rt
Miy Stark, president of the
Mountain . States association, was
present, also Mr. KJosness, BbUe,
Idaho, manager of that associa
tion. The head office is at Boise,
ahdMr. -Stark also' lives there.
Manager KJosnesa'; came to the
"lt'2!
407 Carloads Supplied This Tear;
FiveT More to go, . Will Set I.,,
Fresh crisp,; and "tender to the
Thanksgiving .tables of Oregon,
California; the middle west, 'and
east goes celery from Labish Mea
dows., :;;: ' :
Four hundred ninety-seven car
loads ; of the tender " starts, with
out wnicn no Tnanksgmng . can'
ner is 'complete, have , been - ship
ped out this season by the Labish
Meadows celery union, lve car
loads are yet to go, setting a new
production total. L . t ..f
Last year, a total of only; $64
carloads were shipped. - but the
celery was of such a superior Qua
lity that the demand for the Mar
ion county grown product has' be
come measurably greater. Ronald
J en es, sales manager for the cel
ery union. Is now 'In the east tak
ing orders. . . . . ; r
? .7 The . celery Is produced , on the
fertile land of the old lake bottom
by about SO Japanese growers.
renting land from local .owners.
Crating, Is done In the fields, alt
er which the crates are taken to
Warehouses at Quinaby and Brooks
thoroughly inspected, and then
loaded into iced ears. --
Twice, Labish Meadows celery
has taken the blue ribbon at the
Indianapolis vegetable shows, and
it is; generally acknowledged th' t
it Is much superior to that grown
at Kalamazoo, the home of cel
ery. 4 - '- -r' ' - -
A well stocked market has low
ered the price considerably this
year, but the crop produced Is
fgreater and of a finer Quality than
any previously produced.
WILLIAM ? H. :rr ROSENWABNE
SENDS FLYER NASTY WIRE -
Friction Becomes Apparent ; Be
tween Two Men sis Charge of
Strong Words Flnng Back .and
Fonrtb in British Pariament '
LONDON. Nor. 23 (AP)
Several 1 laborites were suspended
In the house of cdmmons tonight
to the accompaniment, of a wild
uproar and the hurling of bald
Anglo-Saxon epithets, traditionally
classed as "unparliamentary."
The business of the house at
the time, wa a discussion in the
committee of thewhole of the un
employment insurance bll. . The
trouble; began when" the minister
of labor,- Sir Arthur Steele-Malt-land,
moved closure on a clause of
the bill which bad ; been debated
ipr three hours." - . .
The I 'laborlte ' back-benchers
should ',gag, gag,", and James
Maxton, labor member' for Glas
gow", demanded that certain manu
script amendments should be. dis
cussed : The chairman, -" James
FItzalan I Hope refused." and Max
ton retorted that It was "damned
unfair."; At .this the laborites
cheered rigorously, and the - min
isterialists angrily protested. ;
(Conttnae4 o pr T.)
VEGETABLES COMING IN
Canning of these ; i Commodities
- Win Begin tn Few Bays
Large quantities Of , vegetables
carrots, parsnips,; beets and on
ions were coming in to' the Sa
lem canneries this week, and can
ning of these products will com
mence soon, packers' reported yes
terday. Otherwise,' the canneries
are quiet. ; - :, ; ; .:
The fruits market is quiet but
there is a shortage In California, of
smaller sizes of prunes at , the
same time there are plenty of 40-
50s and 50-608. :: ' j-
Prices are raisins, figs and dried
apples- and apricots tire higher, In
dicating a condition favorable to
better demand for dried prunes.
MARION
COUNTY MODEL
Other ! Places In Northwest Copy
- C Health Work Done nere -
. - - i
. Counties in both, Washington
and Oregon are looking to Marlon
county for methods of organi-dng
in the ; Interest of publio health.
according to Miss Elnora Thomp
son, of the Marion, county -health
demonstration; who returned to
Salem Tuesday evening alter rlslts
In Bellinghsm." Seattle, and Tn-
gene. - vj;: ;'.. -'"'' J;;: .'
1 The2 Interest: everywhere Is In
creasing and the success of the
demonstration' here is arousing
comment-' "
Miss: Thompson addressed
meeting of the newly organised
visiting nurses' association at Bel-
llnghara on Ihe subject, "Evolu
tion of rlsiting nursing.' ' At Se-
aUle she' consulted .prominent
health work specialists and at Eu
gene Monday night, she addressed
a meeting of the Mother's club.
KRESGE, JR. ARRESTED
Son of Anti-Saloesi Leagwe
- - netd a Runs Runner
Man
DETROIT. Nor. IS (AP)
An automobile containing a load
pt whiskey and bearing : the 11
cense number of a plate issued to
Howard Kresge, . son - o f - S. S
Exesze, multt-mUUonaire. fire and
ten cent s tore owner, and antl-sa
loon league ; philanthropist, .was
seized by customs authorities here
tonight.
A. youth; giving the name cf U
C. Kress was released - on hia
recognisance by the t authorltie
after claiming ownership of the
car and liauor.
HARD MEN? YES INDEED
Little Thing Like Automobile
; ; Wreck Boesn't Bother Em l
Poor Sport Flung
t
- DETROIT, Nor, 23--(AF).-:A
sharp telegram of r jcensure In
which he was ordered to . get his
ship "ready to go" instead f per
forming ; for ."cheap- and- rulgar
publicity.", was dispatched tonight
to Captain Frederick A. Giles, Bri
tlsh airman, who proposes to fly
to Australia, by William H. Rosen-
warne, backer of the flight.-
Mr. Rosenwarne's telegrams,
made public through the 'Associat
ed Press, was the first Intimation
of friction between the air man
and his backers. In commenting
on- the matter, Rosenwarne said
he. was puzzled ; as to how Giles
could have lost his navigation in
struments without losing the ' in
strument' board of the machine.
He also Intimated that the filer
was guilty of. poor sportsmanship,
. The' telegram follows: :
" "Your controversy with officials
ft the weather bureau, I consider
unfortunate. This Is not to the In
teresta of good sportsmanehip; 1
resent my name being used as 'not
olayinsr . the game.' Get back ' to
'Frisco, check her" over and1 get
ready to go again. Reports here
state you lost your, navigation in
struments. Inthat case you must
have lost your instrument board.
Performance in place of cheap and
vulgar publicity is the goal of true
sportsmanship. . ,i ;
(Signed) "W, H. Rosenwarne.
ICaptain Giles. 'Thoroughly
Disgusted" With U. S.
- Weather Officials ;
FLYER RETAINS
FIRST ACCOUNT
OF PACIFIC HOP
ARRIVES SAN FRANCISCO
Government . Forecasters Brand
' British Ace' as Counterfeit
Without' Experience, in ' '
Night Navigation -
PLOTTERS SHOT S
IN MEXICO CITY
FOTJBx. 11EN .KILLED : FOR AS-
VSASSINATION ATTEMPT V
Catholic Priest First of Quartet to,
:0Mei Beath, at Hands ,pijS
Firing Bqoad . " " J.
DAT
PASS SAID STILL OPEN
Road through McKenzie Can Still
Be Traveled, Report
PORTLAND, Nqy;ztAP
Five hardy loggers, en route' to
Portland, today gave, ample proof
of - hardiness when thaTlt6nf6Blle
in which they were traveling at a
fast rate of speed left the Beaver
ton highway near Fairvale, crash
ed into a ditch and turned over. :
-The five hardy loggers crawled
out of the badly wrecked, machine,
passea a snuii box ana, waited
placidly until a stage arrived, then
continued their Journey into the
city. ":';' - ",:; ;:: . ;
PREMIER BRATIAN0 DIES
Fails T;-Recover .After Throat
-'" Operation" "TV',
'l BUCHAREST, Not 2 4 ( AP).
-Ionel Bratiano, premier of Ru
mania, generally, regarded as the
country's uncrowned king, died
today. A complication of diseases
proved fatal after an operation
yesterday for an abscess of the
throat, t The premier,; who was 64
years old, was active almost until'
his death. " ;- -
l Despite that 14 inches of snow
has fallen at tbe summit of the
McKenzie Pass, between : Eugene
and .Bend,..the road is open for
trarel 5, This , was announced .at
the .offices- of the state highwisy
commUsUm Wednesday. 1 - Snow
plows and other equipment used
In clearing the highways are now
In operation.
The Oregon Stages, which oper
ate a fleet of carriers between
Bend and Eugne, .has . announced
that it will discontinue service for
the winter late this month. . , ; ;. .
PENDER TRIAL DATE SET
Pardoned Murderer to Face Seri
ous Charge at . Portland ; '
PORTLAND, Nor. 23. (A?)
kJobn A. Pender, pardoned murder
Ur, now a county Jail prisoner,5, will
go on trial In the circuit court
here on December 12. Tfie charge
against him' is contained in a
grand Jury ' Indictment accusing
him of assaulting a -high school
girl here October 28 with intent
to commit a criminal offense. He
was trapped by city police. r
SAN FRANCISCO, Nor. 23.
(AP) Captain Frederick A.
Giles, British aviator, arrived here
tonight t from San Simeon, Cat.
and. despite the assertion of wea
ther officials that his story- was
"impossible" reiterated .bis claim
that "foul weather" upset anj
damaged his '' biplane 480 miles
west of San Francisco Tuesday.
forcing him to speed - back to a
safe landing in San; Luis Obispo
county.- '
In an interview with the Asso
ciated" Press Captain Giles said:
i Explains Stand
'i "I can't understand all this
controversy, over my accident. In
the first place I never described
the foul ' weather conditions , en
countered at sea as a storm in the
sense 'one usually refers to a
storm. The air conditions that
caused my plane to upset would
not be observed by ships nor could
they be charted on any weather
map. I did not fall in a squall.''
. "You can quote me as saying
that as a foreigner to this country
I am thoroughly disgusted with
the action of local weather bureau
officals, who tpday took -advantage
of my absence from San Francis
co, by Issuing statements in which
they declared that the atmospher
ic conditions that forced me back
were "simply impossible." ;
Clouds Said Present
In ,; reply to t Major Bowie and
Reed's remarks Giles declared:
; "Didn't the report given ,by the
steamer Manoa, which I was sup-
M EXICO CITT, Nov. 2 5 ( AP)
-Four men were marched out to
their death today within the walls
of the; Mexico City prison. They
were executed for alleged conepir
acy In the recent attempt against
the life " of General Alvaro Obre-
gon,' former president of the 're
public and now sole remaining
presidential candidate. -
The first to "face ' the firing
squad was Miguel Agustln Pro
juares, described - as a Roman
Catholic priest. ; He met his ;f ate
calmly; kneeling ' with clasped
hands for a brief prayer, then
standing and extending hie arms
In blessing.- He crumpled over as
the ;1 bullets passed; through his
body." , 'r-: "i; '-V
- A moment later the second man.
Luis Segura Vilchis, an electrical
engineer, was led from his cell.
He walked across the court yard
with" steady step, glanced with
firm, set face at the body of the
priest, but said no word. When he
reached the wall be turned and
faced the squad, gazing straight
at his executioners, and fell be
fore their ; bullets. without
sound. .'v:"';-.'-
In their cells, the two others
could hear "tbe volley of the rifle
fire and the shot of the sergeant's
pistol, which told of the fate they
were to meet within a few min
utes. '"":" '- ' -' - '-
Outside, a crowd of sereral
thousand ?. had gathered; - they
peered through the " Iron . grating
of the rreat rates, some even at
tempted to scale the wall, but un
successfully. The people could
not see the execution bus they
massed around the entrances sll
ently listening for the ehots that
. ' . 1 ( Continued on Pf . ,
.OFTHKS:'
OBSER10I!EP,
APPHBPRlflTELV
Union Service of Dovhtcv. :i
Congregations At Prcs-
bytertan Church .
(Continued pc S)
PROBE GREENE'S DEATH
Robert Green Bound ' Over
- Grand Jury at Marshfleld
to
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? MARSHFIELD, Ore.. Nor. 23
(AP)- Robert Green was ordered
held to the grand jury today, by
a coroner's jury investigating the
death Monday of Caleb Greene
who died after he had been struck
on the head with a baseball bat at
least eight times..- At the hearing
today clothing belonging , to Ro
bert Green was exhibited., A few
spots,' believed by officers to be
bloodstains; were pointed out on
the garments.
- - An autopsy . held by i. Dr. . Dean
Osborn. and Dr. Russell Kelzer in
dicated ' a fracture of the i lower
skull from ear to ear. The mur
dered man had been struck eight
times on the head, -the scalp was
cut in long gashes, and on . the
face, cuts to the bone were found.
i 1 J. B. Bcdlngfleld, district attor
ney, who conducted . the . inquiry
today, said he would file a charge
of first degree murder against
Robert Green,
9 BOBS DOG'S WHISKERS
Little Girl at Independence' Com
pares Them With Cat's
INDEPENDENCE, Nor.. 23.
(Special.)' It wasn't merely the
cat's whiskers, but the dog's whis
kers as well,: that were taken tp a
trimming by , the three year old
daughter of Mr. Swltzer, W. M. of
Lyon Lodge. A. F. A A. M.. . In
dependence. . .
The other day Mrs. Swltser no
ticed that the baby was very quiet.
for some unknown -reason. She
found the little girl and asked
what she was doing, j: -
"I've got doggie's whiskers
bobbed closer' than kitty's," was
the answer.
NEEDY ; NOT FORGOTTEN
Baskets of Edibles Distributed ty
- Salvation Army; Football
" Game and Special Theater
Attractions Listed
CELEBRATE TURKEY DAY
American 4 Society In London Has
Stuff Not Allowed Here j
LONDON, Nor. 23. (A P)
An old fashioned American. Thanks
giving dinner of turkey.,, cranber
ry and pumpkin pie, sandwiched
between the caviare and demitasse
of the : modern . festal board .will
feature the-annual observance of
Thanksgiving in London tomor
row night by r the ' American soci
ety. v.-"', .' i::.;';'' ."V:.. ; .
, Several hundred American res
idents of London and their guests
will gather at the Abraham Lin
coin room of the Savoy hotel for
the banquet which will be presid
ed over by; Campbell Lee; chair
man of the society, with John Bu
chan,; English, novelist and histor
ian, as guest of honor. '--'.2:
An entertainment and: ball will
take place after the banquet.
Americans who do not attend
the American society feast mostly
will observe the day with dinner
parties at their homes. v;
QUEEN HONORARY. HEAD
. This is the sixty-third consec
utive national day of thanksglv
ing for the United States, and ba
le m folk will recount, their many
blessings as they consider, their
favored condition compared .with
people of other lands and devas
tated . sections of their -own na-r
tion. . ' '
Although Thanksgiving day
was observed by the pilgrims" La
1621. It did not oecome the gen
eral custom until President Abra
ham' Lincoln's proclamation in
1864. Since that time, the fourth
Thursday ln Norember has
set aside' annually as '"the day for
citizens - to paure and reflect oa
their fortune of the past year, a
they gather . about bountifully
spread dinner tables.
: ; Needy : Foils Aidrd
The under-privileged of the city
have not been forgotten. Aided br
a collection taken at down town
churches last. Sunday, .the Salva
tion Army ye3'.er day distributed
baskets of food to a number of
needy families. Dinner will . b
served today for the homeless wbo
apply, to; that organization. Other
groups have given time and. mon
ey, to see that no one goes hung
ry today. ' ' '"";
Special church services In the
morning," a football game in tht
afternoon, and special offerings
at'the theaters this evening, will
make up 'the Thanksgiving day
program In Salem. .
Plan Union Service
The down town churches
center their observance . at
First Presbyterian church whero
Rer. W. C. Kantner will deliver
the sermon". The service will start
at 10 o'clock. Churches In outly
ing sections of the city also will
hold services.
Practically all churches in tfca
outlying sections of the city wUI
have appropriate services eithe.
at 10 or eleven o'clock in tho
morning. -
Public school children will en
joy a two day holiday. Willam
ette university likewise will be
closed for two days, many of the
students leaving the city for their
homes in various parts of Oregou
and Washington.
Special dinners ; s nd musical
programmes will feature the cb-
Highway to Be Beautified From
;;r. 'Boundary to Boundary ' ...
PORTLAND. Nov."23-(AP)
Samnel Hill of Seattle and Mary-
hill, announced here tonight that
Queen Marie of , Rumania has
agreed to accept honorary presi
dency of an association proposed
by, him, having as 1U object, the
beautifying of the Pacific high
way from ! Vancouver, B. C; to
Mexico. " ,"J '
- ' The ; Memory Gardens associa
tion is to. be the name of the or
ganization.; Mr. Hill said. Prizes
will be offered to units and Indi
viduals accomplishing superior re
sults in horticultural decoration
of the Pacific highway. The presi
dent of the association' will be
Mrs. R. P. Butchart of Victoria.
R. C. who planned and developed
the Butchart gardens there said to
be one of the finest exhibits of
flo sal 'culture la America.
Mr. Hill has been here for sev
eral days forming plans for the
proposed association, he said.
NEW Y0RIC WARMED UP
Thanksgiving Temperature High
est In Many. Year.
NEW YORK, Nor. 23. AP
Instead of tha crisp, cold weather
of the Pilgrim Fathers - Thanks
giving, New York today experien
ced the warmest; Tbsuksglvtng
eve In the annals of the weather
bureau.
- Heavy coats were discarded a
the official thermometer -touched
70 degrees at i;oclockv . topping
by one degree the previous h'&h
record made in . 19 U . Tomor
row's prediction readi: "Fair and
DAVIS FUNERAL: STAGED
Late Corporation - Oommlsaioner
' Buried With Fit Rite y
Fnneral services for " the late
George E;-Davis, state corporation
commissioner, were held from Rlg-
don's mortuary here Wednesday
afternoon.: . Interment of the body
followed - in the City View, ceme
tery. Services were In charge of
the; Knights Templar. Most .;; of
the state departments closed dur
ing the funeral hour.
ill
the
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MATINEE OFFER
J'lVlADE"'CHlLbREI-:
COUPON BELOWWILL ADMIT
FRIDAY AFTERNOON
To "Uncle Tom's Cabin at Kollir.
wood; World Fantous
Book, and Play
-The management of the Holly
wood theater will present tomor
row the. world's famous play and
book. "Uncle Tom's Cabin," which
is now appearing 4n motion pic
tures. ; -
This wonderful picture is en
dorsed by. the clergy, the press an 2
educators everywhere. No Amer
ican play has been so enthusiasti
cally received. -
The picture is far more realist! 2
than the actual play on the etaxs
as there are-blood hounds in ac
tion, steamboat races and Tc; :
and Eva.
The entire production la very
high class entertainment and a
fine cast. was need in makisg t'
picture. It is replete with cc. i
edy and pathos.
On v Friday. ' -afterncc::i ' ti 4
o'clock there will be a cLl'.-'re .'
matinee which Las beta s r r .
through the coojerst: : s cf 1 :
Statesman and the Ildlywcc ' V -ater.
" All children ur.dcr t
years of age will be' 8,1--.:.' r
fir cents If they rrt:U t! a t .
pon below at thQ hex cf.';;;.
Statcsrnan-Hollywood CHldrcn's F.I
. -r priclay Aftcmccn at 4 o'clsc!:
All children under 12 years admitted for tirj c .-:
eenting this coupon at the box office of the II.'.Ijtvc
for the showing of "Uncla Tom's Cabta."