Lesionnaires Will Gather in Salem Monday Honoring the Visit bf the National Commander With a G&ahiin Parade and Mentin
tr
The Government .Is to Take Moving Pictures of Our FlaxInahi;Frdhtti
fT AVeather forecast! Fair; frosts over the
FIVE SECTIONS
THIRTY-FOUR PAGES
east portion; . moderate feast wiuas; iow
humidity west portion.' Maximum tem
.perature yesterday 66, minimum 37, riv
er 7.5, rainfall none, atmosphere clear.
. wind north.
JEVENTY-EIGHTH YEAR
SALEM, OREGON, SUNDAY MORNING, APRIL 8, 1928
PRICE FIVE CENTS
I
1 -
I FARM AID BILL
CREATES FIGHT
PIN WASHINGTON
i-u -
vC6o!idge and Senator Mc
Nary At Odds Over Equal-
ization Fee Clause
VETO KNIFE BRANDISHED
Passage of Measure Predicted b
: Sponsors Working In Upper
Honse of Congress; Coafer
' With President
:rASHINQTONV' Apr. 7. (AP)
. if j M.t lam
rtwiucut .
in nnrr annarentlv are
....n. i 'fwiiinvH Haiti mm u.
..still at odd on farm relief and de-J
spite a significant ; conference to-i
- day between th r president and
Senator McNary, author of the
pending senate : measure, those
close to the White House belleTc
another veto inevitable if the con
i troveralal equalization fee is re
vtalned In the legislation.
' However there were aome today
3? who belieTed Mr. Coolidge would
give his approTal to most of the
other provisions of the pending
legislation and, if he returned an
other McNary-Haugen bill, he
would do so with the suggestion
that it be repassed without the
equalization fee. v
Passage of the "pending agricul
ture measure with the equallza
tion fee Is confidently predicted
by its sponsors. : Furthermore
Senator McNary announced attei
the White House parley that h
was "standing pat" on the bill
provision. What luck he had li
his conTersation with the presi
dent about the bill was, not re
vealed.
i Coolidge, Hoover Coafer '
Earlier Mr. Coolidge conferred
also with Secretary Hoorerbui
whether '"the controversial farm
problem was, the subject of thu
discussion was not revealed. Th
legislation has broken into the
epreconveatio:PoUOcal row .wit I
f iftwo republican presidential candi
it dates- standing directly opposed tc
lthe administration on the equal-
Station fee Frank Lowden of H
' llnois and Senator Watson of In.
diana. ti- t- - ',
V' Friends -ojtt.be president believ
he cannotgo behind the ruling o'
Attorney General Sargent last
year that the equalisation fee l
unconstitutional. The modtried
McNary-Haugen bill now befon
both the senate and house stll
would resort to this fee as an al
ternatlve proposition for raisini
funds by a tax on commodities tc
(Continued on pf 10
L W. U. LAW SCHOOL
r 1 "ACQUIRING BOOKS
RECEIVES 1900 FROM W1L,
MAMS COLLECTION'
Iliphi Progress Made Toward
Library Needed For
J Standardization
Th iw library being collected
t ti wiumette university law
school Is rapidly nearlng the pro
portions set by the requirements
for the standardization of the
school. This week more than
1800 volumes from the library of
the former Senator It. Williams,
were given to the law library by
his grandson,- R. C. Williams.
Senator Williams attended Wil
lamette University, preparing him
self to serve Oregon as an attorney-and
congressman, and has al
ways been interested in seeing thr
school prosper. Another large
collection recently added to the
library as 3 gift of Merton De
Long, a Willamette graduate and
prominent attorney of Portland.
Mr De Long has also given Dean
Hewitt, of the Willamette law
school, a great deal of aid in the
collection of other books for the
library from Portland.
Although Willamette law stu
dents have always been privileged
to use the Oregon Supreme Court
ithrarv- nn of the best of its
kind on the Pacific coast, the
u.mni htn constantly been handl-
ff capped because It has no library
of 7500 volumes of Its own. a re
ouirement for recognition as a
' ---.4r4 law arhrtnl
; . TTpob assuming his duties at the
Willamette university last fall.
' Dean R. R. Hewitt, undertook to
change this condition by. starting
the collection of a library. Large
. iy through his efforts the school
lia already acquired over 4000
Tolumes. Among them are found
the late encyclopedias of law and
procedure, a large collection of
state and federal .court Teports,
. treaties on special phases of the
. Jaw. valuable text books and a
number of rare old volumes par
ticularly valued because they are
Lrow out of print. - ?
M Other bookjLhave- been received
' - from the libraries of the late Jua-
ilea George H. Burnett, as a gift
-f rom Jndge Harry Belt of J the
Orecon Supreme court; also front
30.- A. Endleott of ftalem. Rodney
T'l,. Gllsan. W. C. Brlstal. floyd D.
-Moore, Roy L. - Shield Rlharrt
Montague. Jamea B. Ken. V. J.
Skulaaon John w. Reynolds, Jo
seph Simon, John F. Logan, and
RABBITS PRIZES
IN EASTER HUNT
i
REAL LIVE ONES FOR CHIL
DREN GETTING RIGHT EGGS
Muatn't Hunt in Flower- Beds,
Warning; Scout, to Gather
at 12:30
Real live rabbits a number o.
them presumably the same rab
bits that laid the Easter eggs, will
be among the prizes wbicb boys
and girls In Salem who find the
paper wrapped eggs hidden in the
grass at Willson Park today, may
obtain if they happen to find the
packages that also contain slips
entitling them to thee prizes.
. Among the other prizes will be
special assortment, of Eastei
eggs, flower vases, and other ar
ticles of value.
One word o: warning was given
out by the Lons club, which' is
sponsoring the Easter egg hunt,
last night. There will be no eggs
hidden In the flower beds, and in
order to avoid damaging these the
children are asked not to hunt in
them.
The signal-for the children tc
swarm out over the lawn in search
of Easter eggs will not be given
until 2:30 p. mVbut In order to
have, everything in readiness. Boy
Scout officials have issued a call
urging the Scouts to gather at the
band stand at 12:30 o'clock fn
uniform: and the additional warn
ing-is given that unless they are
n uniform, they will not be per
mitted to assist in patrolling the
grounds.
The Lions have been asked tc
report at the same place at 1
o'clock, and the Camn Fire Glrfr
will be there at the same time, it
!s planned. . . ; ,
CHICAGO COLD KEEPS UP
fester Day Chilly Proposition In
Illinois City
CHICAGO. Apr. 7. (AP)
Rough going tomorrow for Easter
'ninnies and boulevard paraders.
jolder, cloudy skies, some snow
ind more rain, said predictions for
'.he central west. . , l.
- The heavy mantle of snow that
'solated more than SO Nebraska
?ities was dropped today on lows
from six to 10 Inches depth. Gen
tle rains thoroughly soaked other
parts of the mlddlewest, turning
to snow toward evenrsa as reports
were received of forest fires in .the
last, induced by the hot dry. wea
ther.;.-1" -'v'--y
; ffear freezing temperatures and
itrong northwest winds were ex
pected to add to the discomfort of
the Easter procession. :
AVIATRIX TO CROSS SEA
Fraulein Thea Raarhe Refuses to
Dirulge Complete Plan
BERLIN. April 7. (AP).
Fraulein Thea Rasche. Germany's
famed avlatrix. today said that
she still intends to make a trans
Atlantic flight and expects to
reach America bv the latter nart
of April or the early part of May.
5ne aeclined, however, to divulge
any plants. Frqaulein Rasche has
arrived her r an exhibition
flight Monday, her first In Ger
many since her return from the
United States. .
The Associated Pres. learns
from a reliable source that the
German aviatrix has ordered the
construction of a plane for a non
stop trans-Atlantic flight from a
Detroit firm. . '
LEAPS OUT BUS WINDOW
Coquille Man Jumps Off Jefferson
Bridge Into River
ALBANY. Ore.. Apr. 7. (AP)
M. R. Boyd. 33. of. Coquille.
crashed through the side window
3t an Oregon stage today with ap
parently suicidal Intent, and
leaped to his death in the Santiam
river. The act .was committed as
ihe stage waa crossing the Jeffer
son bridge. Boyd was drowned.
His body was recovered nearly
an hour later by railroad section
crew.
Normal Schools Report
Increasing Enrollment
Standards Raised In Order To
Being Granted Cerrtificates; Series of Special
Tests To Be Inatigttwrted, Next Year
Substantial increases in enroll
ment have been enjoyed - at both
the Monmouth normal school and
the Southern Normal school at
Ashland in the past year, accord
ing to reports filed with the board
of normal regents at a meeting
held in the executive department
at the state house Saturday. -
The report of J. A. Churchill,
president of the Southern Oregon
normal school, showed that the en
rollment at that lnstituion for
128 was f S3, or 29 per cent over
the enrollment of the years lilt
and im. :; civ-
Under a new plan adopted by
Mr. Churchill, close check is being
kept on all graduates of the South
ern 'Oregon normal school sifter
graduation to determine whether
their work is satisfactory. This
check la made by meaas of reports
received "by Mxr Churchill from
county school superintendents aad
eity school authorities.-These re
ports ars regarded as confidential
by-Mr. Churchill.: .
"for the most part," read Mr: ;
WORK STARTED
LARGE ADDITION
TO PAPER MILL
New Pulp Digester and Two
Blow Pits To Be Installed
At Plant Here
ESTIMATED COST $30,000
Second Important Industrial Con
struct Ion Project Under Way
Is New Bottling Plant For
Stolz Company
Work started yesterday on the
construction and Installation of a
new wood pulp digester and two
new blow pits at the Oregon Pulp
and Paper company plant here at
an estimated cost of $30,050. This
will enlarge the dally capacity of
the plant considerably. There are
now four digesters in the plant,
this being the fifth. Each one will
hold 21 cords of ground up wood
Dr. 11 tons, at one time, having a
diameter of 15x49 feet.
The digester is mad of heavy
boiler plate, one and one-fourth
Inches thick. , The fining of the
boiler is made up of six inch tiling,
The new outfit will be In opera
tion In the near future, as work
will be rushed when the weather
clears up.""
Build Bottling Plant
Another Important construction
project that has just been started
m Salem is a two story reinforced
concrete building at the Gideon
3 tolt Cider and Vinegar company
- (Continued on par 10)
CHICKEN THIEVES TAKEN
Albany Police Nab two WHUm
- ette Valley Operators
ALBANY.: Ore.. April 7- ( AP)
Two men who say they areTHarry
Williams and Sam -Godsey were ar
rested here toda . "charged by po
lice with being implicated in
thefts of poultry In " Linn, Lane
and Benton counties over a per
iod of several months. Officers
believed they had broken up a
ring of chicken thieves that have
stolen hundreds of dollars worth
of poultry from farmers.
Williams was said by police to
have confessed his part in the
crimes and to have revealed that
he and others had been "working
in this territory since early last
month. Two other men are being
sought.
Police say most of ihe stolen
chickens were disposed of to
Front street jobbers in Portland.
LUNATIC DRIVES ENGINE
Man Clad Only In Pajamas Finally
Overtaken by Keepers "
STON1NGTON. Conn.. April 7
(AP). Residents of this town
thought they were wttneesing the
filming of a movie comedy today
when a fire, engine driven by a
man clad only in pajamas roared
through the central streets pur
sued by halt azen uniformed
men -on motorcycles. They
thought diflerently however.
when, as the fire engine slowed
to a halt in heavy traffic, one of
the uniformed men Jumped from
his machine onto the fire engine
climbed up in the driver's seat
and "clasped handcuffs on the
driver.
It developed that the pajama
clad driver was an inmate of a
state Insane asylum at Norwich
and had run off with the hospi
tal's fire truck.
Prevent Unqualified Teachers
Churchill's report to the regents,
"we were highly gratified by the
reports we have received. A large
majority of the reports gave ns as
surance .that the graduates of our
school were giving a very success
ful service. A few of the reports,
however, indicated, a partial or
complete failure.
"To guard, insofar as possible,
against a poor, quality of work In
the class room, we have, adopted
the rule that any student falling to
average a .grade of three in .his
different courses for the first year
must drop out of schooL This is
necessary because such a pupil
will , not be permitted to take up
practice, teaching at the beginning
of the second year. Furthermore,
o jupli will be allowed to gradu
ate who does not earn. an. average
of -three in his practice teaching.
"It would be absurd to assume
that, all entering students are suit
able material for teaching or that
all who are graduated are to be
" - " (OoaUaM a 10) " ,
275 DETECTIVES
SEARCH FOR a-AD
LOS AXGELES TO BE COMBED
-FOR KIDNAPERS " : t
Officers Who Failed to Captara-
HV-kmaa to Try Hand at
Finding Ex-Convicts
LOS ANGELES. Apr. 7 (AP)
Chief of Detectives Herman Ciine
today issued orders for 275 men
to report to central station Mon
day morning to begin an exhaus
tive search for 9-year-old Walter
Collins, believed . kidnaped on
March 10. . , ..
Cllne said: "That boy is either
dead or alive, and I intend to find
him." He said that he would
wait until Monday before calling
out the men In hope that some
thing msy turn np between now
and then whieh would give him a
clue. ... -V
No trace of the two' recently re
leased convicts, wanted in connee?
tlon with the lad's disappearance,
has been discovered In spit of the
rigorous search for them through
out the southwest aad the Pacific
coast. The men are believed to
have kidnaped the boy in an ef
fort to revenge themselves on the
father of Walter, a convict in Fol
iom penitentiary, who reported
them to prison authorities for an
infraction of rules.
No ransom has been demanded;
no notes of any sort received by
the boy's mother. Only two facts
In the case are certain: Walter
Collins has vanished and no trace
of him" has been found since
March 10.
OBJECT TO PEACE PUY
Anonymous Telephone Message
Received as Protest
A mysterious telephone message!
from a - man who refused to di
vulge' his name and who nrota.
foed against the presentation of
"xne xerriDie Meek' a play given
oy inree tumhau college students,
was received this week by Miss.
Mary MrKeo, who directed the
play and has a part in .it. ' - ?
"There is a group of ns who do
not wish this play put on an?
more." the voice told Miss MeKee.
No reason was given. ' :3 - .
Tha; Terrible Meek." 'as the
name lmnliea. la non-mlUfrr
in lt general Idea and Mist Me
Kee i expraaaegvth uspieiin.t
Il ia for .this reason that the ob
jection was registered. ' "
The play will be presented at
the Presbyterian church here to
night. . It has . already been put
on at several other churches in
the cityr
POUR 'REAL SCOTCH' OUT
Hundreds of Gallons of Confiscat
ed Stuff Destroyed
TOLEDO. Ore.. Apr. 7. (AP)
Seven hundred gallons , of li
quor which. If faith may be plac
ed In labels, was of the "genuine
Imported Scotch" varieties, was de
stroyed by many .sheriffs here to
day after it had been confiscated
at Whale Cove on the Newport
coast.
- Estimated valuations on the li
quor ranged from 110.000 to $20.
000 the sheriff said. He believed
it was the property of Seattle op
erators who had landed It on the
Lincoln county coast for later dis
tribution. BLOSSOM DAY PLANNED
Cherrlans Will Discuss Details at
Meeting Monday Eve
The Salem Cherrlans will dis
cuss plans for Blossom day, which
has been tentatively set for next
Sunday. April 15, at their regular
meeting Monday night at 6:16 at
the chamber of commerce rooms.
Other prospective activities that
will be discussed, according to the
announcement of King Blng P. D.
Qulsenberry, are the reception of
the Redw,ood highway caravan
April SO, and entering the drill
team In the Rose Festival at
Portland. , -
WILL CALL ON GOVERNOR
Eagle Scouts to Present Hand
book; Supreme Court Too
Eagle Scouts of the Salem and
neighboring Boy Scout areas will
present Governor I.. L. Patterson
with a scout handbook, Monday
morning at 9 o'clock, aa nearly as
possible at the same time that
Eagle Scouts In Washington. D.
C, are presenting a similar volume
td President Coolidge.
At 11 o'clock the Eagle Scouts
here will take copies of the scout
handbook to the supreme court
room and present them to the Jus
tices. This is in line with a pro
gram that is being carried out In
nearly every state of the nation.
FORBES RESIGNS OFFICE
Public Service Commission Secre
tary's Withdrawal Accepted
Members of th J nubile service
commission Saturday accepted the
resignation of Ben F. Forbes who
haa acted f as secretary of the de
partment for the past four years.
Tha eommtgcloners were quoted
as saying they had requested the
resignation , but they would give
no reason for thsly action.
Forbes has been connected witft
he commission for the past n'ne
vears. He refused to discuss hi'
retirenaent from the commis-'-
"f Is successor has not yet bce
lppointed. " - - - : - --
RURAL WRITERS
GIVEN pOIl
SPECIAL COURSE OFFERED BY
COIJUEGE IXPIJUXED
Correspondents of .Several Mart-
on County Papers Attend
1 . Meeting
H0Wf and also vhr m nr. a nri
better rural ni
,for the newspapers of Marlon coun
ty, was aiscussed at a meeting of
tursi correspondents with Pro
fessor C. J. MrTntoah rt t risk 4 An
nallsm department at the Oregon
state Agricultural college and rep
resentatives of a number of the
newSDanSra ' In lb. niv ' Satur
day forenoon at the Salem cham-
oer oi commerce rooms.
Professor Mcintosh explained
tha nature and purposes of the
special correspondence course, for
rural newswrlters which he Is of
fering, and the newspapermen told
their countri representatives
some of the "kinds of news they
fflte to print." The meeting was
presided over by Irt S. McSherry.
managing editor of The Statesman.
Speakers in addition to Profes
sor Mcintosh, were Jack O'Day of
the 8alem World. R. J. Hendricks
and Ralph Curtis' of The States
man. H. D. Mara of the Jefferson
Review and Fv B.i Rowley of the
Turner Tribune, . , -
Other persona present included
Mrs. H. D: Mars and Mrs. D. E.
Blinston of Jefferson. Mrs. H. L.
Earl of Turper. Mrs. W. N. Craw
ford of Zeaa. Mrs. M. M. Magee
of Salem route 5r Mrs. Dwlght A.
Koag of Salem, Mrs. O. N. Thomp
son of Salem route S, Alice L, Bar
nett of Gerraie route 1. Mrs. H.
B, Carpenter of Salem route S.
Mrs. Ralph Sturgls of Brooks.
Miss Ella McMunn of Salem route
8. M. S. Powell of Dallas, Anna
Elder of Monmouth, Ormel Trick
Of Rosed ale, Lloyd Girod of Fruit
land, and Florence Matthea of
Perkins. -i-V---- i
- After the discussion meeting,
the group went to the Oregon
theater where movies showing the
making of a newspaper were pre
sented, and later were guests at
toe Eistnors.
MASQUERADES ;60 YEARS
Woman Posee All He LUVaa Jfaa
,vf IOWA. CITTrla.. Aprrli AP)
-J-After successfully hiding her sex
behind men's clothing for sixty
years, Mary Miller, who had been
known as "George" Miller was un
masked today when taken to a
hospital 111 with pneumonia.
Miss Miller for many years had
worked In Johnson county as s
farm .hand, night watchman and
at other jobs. Previously she had
worked as a section laborer and
traveled with a circus as a trapeze
performer while playing the part
of a man.
She smokes a corncob pipe but
never bought a razor. She began
her masquerade when 18 years
old.
WEDDING KEPT "SECRET
North Santiam Girl Married to
. Navy Man; Visits Home
NORTH SANTIAM, April 7
Miss Leona Griffin, who went to
SanDiego, Cal., several monthf.
ago, returned home Tuesday and
greatly surprised all her friends
and relatives with the announce
ment of her marriage, in San
Diego, February 1. to C. H. Chal-
rout of the U. S. Navy.
Mr. Chalfout expects to. sail
from San Diego Easter day. bound
for Honolulu. Mrs. Chalfout will
remain with her mother, Mrs.
Nannie Griffin, until July, when
the term on her husband's enlist
ment expires.
SPAFFORD AT MEDFORD
National Commander of American
Legion on. Way
RENO. Ner . Avr 7 I API
Edward E. Snaffard of Nw Ynrk.
national commander of the Ameri
can Legion, will leave here tomor
row In ah army plane bound for
Med ford. Ore., his next destina
tion. The plane will be piloted
ot ipiam k. o. Breene ox the
United States army.
From .Medford Commander
Spafford will go to Salem where
he will recetve' the official wel
come of the state.
Index of Today's
News
Section One
General News 1, 4. 5. 12
Theaters a, 3
Editorial .
City New-:.. 7
Society g, 9
Classified .., ....10. 11
Section Two
Automotive 1, 2, I,
Better : Homes "; . . ....... . I
4 i'i :v BectloW-Oliree
sports .: r. . .Z'. . . . . .. . . 1,1
Radio . .......
Featiirea . i.. "....a, 4
Veterana Column .. , . . . 4
Music Department ; . . ..... 4
Section Four
Farm and r;
- Industrial . . : . . .1, 1. 1,7 1
Editorial. Slogan .... ..... 2
Poultry v,. .............. 3
; Slogan. Bllos ...... . . . . . . 4-S
Section Five
Comics
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NATIONAL HEAD
OF LEGION DUE
MONDAY NIGHT
Monster Reception Planned
for E. E. Spafford; Ban
quet At 6 o'clock
PARADE STARTS AT 7:15
Highest Veterans' Official Will
Speak at Meeting of Legion
naires and Auxiliary at Ar
mory; Dam-e Follows
Representatives of every Amer
ican Legion post in the Willamette
valley will be In Salem Monday to
..-x'-::U-;.:V
wietiaCiy wrd-1S. Spafford. ' na
tional commander or the Legion.
Mr." Spafford, accompanied by
state officers of the let-ion. will
arrive at Silverton by airplane at
(Coatiaacd on paf 10)
ARREST THEFT SUSPECT
E. Criss Taken; Alleged Stolen Ar
ticles Found in Car
E. Criss, who gave his address
as Eadam s camp grounds. West
Salem, was arrested near the pub
lic market in this city last night
by Officer Edwards, and after In
vestigation it was found that the
car which he was operating con
tained several articles which had
been reported as stolen from cars
parked on the streets In the past
two weeks. Criss denied that he
had stolen any of the articles.
Several flash lights, overcoats,
jumpers, ladies' hats, a valuable
mirror, pillows and several other
articled were found In the car.
When arrested. Criss was ac
companied by his wife, who also
denied the charges. Both were
taken to the police station where
they were grilled by Inspector Ol
son. They are both being held in
the city jail.
Arthur Knox, E01 North Winter
street, reported that his Chevrolet
roadster, which was parked on
State street bad been stolen last
night. H. Gilson also reported his
car as missing, which was parked
on Church street, this being a
Ford roadster.
Don Klmple, 857 South 12th
street, was arrested by Officer
Thomas for having uu light on .'it
bicycle after dark. Herbert Crels
1125 Waller street, was' arrested
on the same charge.
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Question Of Insurance
Pal icy Causes Delays
Irish Colonel Who Is To Accompany- German Flyers on Plane
Bremen Making Strenuous Attempts to Provide for
Wife and Family in Event He Loses Life
BALDONNEL. April 7, (AP).
On a mere matter of Colonel
James C. Fitzmaurice's life insur
ance, seemed to hang tonight the
chances for a take-off either later
tonight or tomorrow of the Ger
man plane Bremen with its German-Irish
crew on a -nonstop
flight to America attempt.
Tha weather was auspicious for
the flights beginning early today,
but became - unfavorable after
noon and by nightfall It appeared
that the Insurance matter, an en
tirely new hitch In their plans,
might prevent taking oft if there
should be a turn for the better.
't Lloyds will not apes, for busi
ness following upon tha Esster
holidays antU Monday morning
and until then it did not look to
night as if Colonel Fltamaurles
would find anyone willing to fcelp
him keep his premise to the Irish
Free State government to provide
for tha future- of his wife and
child before attempting the flight
One race track "bookie" offer
ed to help and was willing to give
MISHAP REVEALS
AIRPORT NEEDED
PLAN E SMASH KS BOTH LOWER
WINGS IN LANDING
Crash Caused by Trying to Come
Down In Cross Wind;- In- ,
juries Slight
Vivid testimony to the effect
that Salem needs a better airport
than is now available here, was
furnished at the fairgrounds land
ing field Saturday afternoon at
3:30 o'clock, when R. K. Payne,
one of three flyers who had taken
Shell Oil company representatives
on an air tour of the Willamette
valley, smashed both of the bot
torn wings of his Waco No. 9 bi
plane in attempting to land.
Because of the limited area of
the landing field, Payne was
forced to come down at right an-
Igles to the wind, and as, a result.
one side of his plane dipped down
and the wing on that side was
crumpled; then it rocked back the
other way. and the other wing met
the same fate.
Payne was jammed against the
cowling, and suffered a painful
bruise over his right eye, but was
otherwise unhurt. Ills two pas
sengers escaped without any in
juries. Lee Eyerly. one of the other pi
lots in the caravan, landed in the
aame hazardous fashion, but his
plane was not damaged. The
-third pilot, "Scout" Haielwood,
managed to land without mishap.
With an adequate airport, acci
dents of this nature would not
occur, it was explained, as there
would be runways in two direc
tions and the flyer could approach
so as to face the wind in nlnand
lng. 1
The tour made by the Shell
company representatives in lhee
three planes yesterday covered
practically all of the middle Wil
lamette., valley, first circling over
Salem and then traveling over
Dallas, Monmouth annd Independ
ence. From .there they headed
north and passed over Ores ham.
landing at Oregon City.
The return trip was made by
way of Silverton. Imitation Shell
oil cans containing candy and Ic
some cases orders for oil and gas
oline, were dropped at various
places along the route, j ;. " v
Ala EXPRESS EXTENDED
Salem Misses Out On Another
Transport Feat are
MEDFORD, April 7. (AP)
W. E. Campbell, superintendent
of the American Railway Express
company,, with headquarters in
San Francisco, announced here to
day that the air express service oi
the company would be extended
April. 15 from San Francisco tc
Seattle, and designated Medford
and Portland as the official points
of landings In Oregon. The serv
ice now extends from Boston tc
San Francsico. arid was estab
lished last September. -
On the April 15 extension oi
service, planes of the Pacific Alt
Transport company were named
as carriers.
FLYERS HOP OVER CHINA
Costes ami Lrbrix On Way from
Tokyo to Indo-Cliina
TOKYO. April 8. (Sunday)
(XP) The French aviators. Cos
tes and Lebrlx. hopped off at 7:25
this morning ten an attempted
non stop flight to Hanoi, capita
of French Indo-China.
The distance from Tokyo to
Hanoi Is approximately 2.500'
miles. An airline between the
two cities would take the two
aviators southwestward the full
'ength of the Japanese archipela
go, across the east China sea and
town the east coast of China to
he Prench colony. Less than
lalf of the flight should be over
vater.
a policy worth 2,000 for 400,
but even he withdrew his offer
with mature consideration, ex
plaining that It looked as If he
were laying odda of 2,000 to
400 against the success the sue
cess of the flight and he did not
like to do that where human. Ufa
was involved. C -
What effect the Impatience of
the two Germans, : Baron " Von
Huenefeld and Captain Hermann
KoehL will hare on Fitxmaurlce in
the event better weather does pre
vail before Monday morning was
the subject ot discussion among
his friends, some of whom point
ed out that his daring amounted
almost to recklessness at : times
and that ha might .hold himself
released from his promise In the
event weather conditions cleared.
In the event a hop-off -should
be decided on. everything is ready
the plana needs Jnt to be trun
dled from tha haagaf and oato the
runway. Its tasks are filled and
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HOOVER TAKES
HONORS A1Y
FROM L01EF
Secretary of Commerce Gen
erally Conceded Big Lead
At Convention
DELEGATES NUMBER Ity
Former Governor of llllaor
Erllpsed In Race for Repub
lican Nomination; Al Sim ilk
. Ueatl Bourbons
WASHINGTON. April 7. -AP
The political "cross winds ot
April are sweeping away sobm at
the clouds that hare made tt dif
ficult to slie up the trend of th
presidential campaigns, but con
ditions still are too unsettled for
accurate June forecasts.
Convention delegates are aelaa
chosen at such a clip that a poli
tician, to qualify as an expert
must have a had foi figures a
well as know something about
campaign strategy. At that, t w
thirds of the republicans wha lU
hold credential at Kansas Clt
aine weeks hence and 75 per t-ea!
3f delegates to the Houston -,
mention two weeks later remaia t
e selected and this factor add
o the uncertainty of the tlay
ahead. x
Hoover Far la Iead
As It stands now among repub
lican contenders Hoover M out
thead with 164 instructed an.
claimed delegaty. Lowdea.i ix
the lead until this week, ha at
Jven 100, Curtis 23 and Nerrle.
16, with tbo preference of M la
doubt.
Ot the democrats. Smith is ta
to-the front with ISC Instruct,
and claimed convention
Reed : of Missouri has 38 aa.
Seorga of Georgia haa 28 with 1?
.n doubt. ir, ?
GenerallyK is agreed that bar
ring upsets :Hoovi will go tau
the republican ' convention with
the most delegates, and that the
New York governor will be In ta
iame position at Houston.
Whether either will muster Ik
strength to be nominated. tiaM
will tell.
Whole Field Opposes
Both Hoover and Smith t:m.
(Contlaa4 par 10)
FLAX INDUSTRY
WILL BE FILMED
i
SENATOR McNARY ARRATVTC
FOR PICTURES
Department of Argricaltur Tv
Include This with Prune
Crop Hcenen
Moving pictures showing ah
phases of the flax Industry will
je taken this summer, accorelar
o a telegram received yesterda
ifternooh by the Salem chain be;
jf commerce.
Senator Charles L. McXar;
wired the chamber as follows:
'This morning I urged the bureau
jf economics of the department
.if agriculture to take new pic
tures might be taken at period!
retting of flax.
"The chief of the bureayi prom
ised to make arrangements for
(his picture and expressed tb
hope that the flax and prune pic
tures of the pulling, scutching sal
not far apart. ,.
The moving pictures takei. t?
ihe department of agriculture art
distributed throughout the Unite
Jtates by agricultural colleges aa
other agencies, the films beta;
oaned upon request.
By means of these films, bc
only the long fibre flax Industry
"f the Wlllamettte valley will bt
well advertised throughout thi
country, but also the Italian prua
industry. f'
A month or so ago the chan;b?
of commerce brought to the at
tention of Senator McNary tht
fact the department of agricul
ture, In taking Its moving plcturt
of farm scenes, was entirely ever
looking Oregon.
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Advertising .;
Brings Best Results
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A local merchant ran an ad-
rertlsement In all three Saieia
papers last . week. ' The adver- j
tlsemeat : contained a : cocron. i
With this coupon the custo"r j
could make a purchase at a big '
saving, v Up to eight o'clock
last. evening 170 coupons bad
been turned la. 107 or tajs
number being clipped from The
Statesman, and IS from the
other two papers, listed as.folr-
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Journal i ..... . ft!
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