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4' 1 1 I It i t I t in ? u n 11 Iu i f n SEIBCH FOR ITALIA Aviator Returns to Base Without Having Seen Missing Dirigible Copyright 1028 by the Associated Prrs KINGS BAY, Spitzbergen, June! 6. (AP) Reports from the Beal - er Hobby today in a lea ted tnat tne first alrplarle flight In search of the missing dirigible Italia has proven unsuccessful. Yesterday Lieutenant Luetzow Holm,' Norwegian aria tor, flew from Biscaya hook, the west point of the entrance to Broad bay, a shallow indentation on the north coast of West Spitzbergen. around the island following the coast line. ' Nothing was seen of the Italia, however, and the presumption is the search must be conducted far ther east. Today a heavy fog is believed to have prevented further flying, al though a base had been eatab lisbed at Grey Point between Wood and Widge bays. With the' fog was a heavy northwest wind' which would have, made flying j dangerous. i Efforts to establish a base at Virgo bay and Danish island, failed on account of ice. Captain Hjalmer Riteer-Larsen. Norway, with his plane, is expect ed to arrive here tomorrow after noon. The Hobby previously bad re ported it explored the distrirt between Amsterdam island and Wijde fjord without finding any trace of the airship. REPAIR BlflLOiniSS SCHCXH, ALTKRATIONS BKING MAUK BY JANITORS Vacation time at the Sulem schools means a busy time for the Jtroup who will repair, paint and make other alterations to the nine grade school building, the two jan itor highs and the senior high. Seven men commenced work this week, with painting at McKinley and the senior high school, locker construction at Parrish, and clean ing and repairing at Leslie as the f.rst objectives. G. W. Smalley, head janitor, said yesterday. This work, as well as caring for the four lawns, at Parrish. Leslie, Highland and senior high, will be doTie by the school janitors. Changes and needed repairs will course, work being heavier some weeks than others. Before school closed, each build ing principal submitted to the city superintendent a complete ac count of the repairs and aJtera tions needed in his or her school, and the summer's work is being planned with these reports as a basis. First Methodist Church Choir Feted at Dinner On Tuesday -evening the board of trustees and the Ladies' Aid of the First M. E. church were hosts at a dinner for the choir and Prof. E. W. Hobson. director. Instead of practicing at the usual hour, the choir assembled at five o'clock and practiced before the dinner at six. About 40 members of the choir were present. Following the dinner. Dr. F. C Taylor, pastor. spok in appreci Willamette Forensic Festival With cordial .Thanks to the People of Salem for their loyal support daring the school year, we take this opportunity to in- a a lie you WILLAMETTE'S FORENSIC FESTIVAL To be given in WALLER HALL, FRIDAY iHK 8th, 8 O'CLOCK P. M. Come and enjoy an excellent program for only 25 rents gToday - Fri. - Sat. d rJadge p Bellamy n o D g'Silk Legs A DMdj Comedy mm SUCCESS Ill i I D n a SEE AND HEAR Movietone News CHIC SALE FAMOUS COMEDY ! i . of O. Co-ed. Honored . j'.H Edith Dodge, of Ashland, was tots year awarded the Gerlingcr cup, pre sented annually to the woman stu dent of the junior class at the Uni versity of Oregon who has shown the greatest development in char acter scholarship and personality during her eollege career. Miss Dodge has been active in many cam- rs affairs, and has just been elected president of the Woman's league, Sh. was also ehosen a member of i Mortar Board, senior honor society, ation of the work of the choir. xad bid a farewell to those- who are members of the graduating class it Willamette university. Other words of appreciation were given by A. A. Lee. Dr. and Mrs. B. L. teeves..and Mrs. H. H. Vandevort Responses were made by Margaret rnoId, Josephine Bross. Protes tor T. S. Roberts, organist, and Professor E. W. Hobson, director. THEATRE ROMANCE THRILLING FILM The remarkable photography in "Laugh, Clown. Laugh," Lon Chaney's new Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer vehicle at the Elsinore the ater, is due to a Chinese lens ar tist. The cameraman was James Wong Howe, the only Chinese -ameraman of the screen, and creator, of "soft focus" effects. The new picture, .adapted from the famous stage play, is a gra phic romance of the theater, with Chaney as the tragic clown played by Lionel Barrymore. Herbert Brenon directed the spectacular film. COOLIDGE VETO OF FARM AID BILL HIT (Continued from page 1.) Columbia river from Rainier. The executive committees of the WasMngton. Oregon. Idaho and California state granges will meet here June 9. v The Oregon state grange at Rainier today ratified the follow ing officers elected at the refer endum vote: George A. Palmiter, Hood Riv er, master; Matt C. Glover. Clack amas, county overseer; Bertha J. Beck, secretary; Minnie E. Bond, lecturer: C. P. Bailey, Ray W. Gill and W. P. Geckler, executive committee. Conservatives have won de mands at Foochow. China, that women continue to sit in separate sections at public gatherings. New Ideas 1 r -:----: Mat ' " -; 7 ) ( j.'X m JUNE BRIDES - BEAUTY, CHARM AND COMFORT AT LOW COST Come and see these suites and pieces examine every detail and you will realize what remarkable values they are. Everything in our display represents QUALITY -regardless of how low the price is. Living room suites that will enhance the beauty of any home. Finished in rich Mo hair, Jacquard Vetour, or Tapestry covers to suit your own individual taste at the price you want to pay. FREE, A Nice Wedding Gift for , Every Bride E Open your Account Today 467 Court BETTER VARIETY OF STRIVE The Hunt for It in Polk Coun ty; the Cherry Fruit Fly Warnings The production of the best var lety of strawberry for market 3e mands Is always a problem. For cannlne purposes the Etterburg has proven outstanding-, bat is only suited to certain soil types. In attempting to secure an excel lent canning berry that can be grown on more general soil types, County Agent -J. R. Beck of Polk county, in cooperation with local growers, has several varieties out for trial. Next Tuesday afternoon! at 2 o'clock all people interested in the production of strawberries are invited to attend a meeting at the G. W. Logan farm adjacent to Falls City for the purpose of look ing over these trials, and in ad dition the Young's dewberry plants which were recently intro duced. In addition to looking over these things on the Logan farm, everyone will be invited to go to the place of W. V. Sample, where more plants of the same varieties are being tried on a dif ferent soil. ' 1 Mr. Beck was up to look these plantss over a few days ago. and he states that they are giving real promise in offering an improved variety for canning purposes, and interested growers can not well afford to miss this opportunity to look them over. The Cherry Fruit Fly Cherry growers will be inter ested in knowing that the obser vation cages for checking up on the cherry fruit fly have been in stalled, so that the emergence of this pest can be watched, and County Agent J. R. Beck states that everything is in readiness to send out notices warning cherry growers of the proper time to put on their cover spray. As it is ex- temely important that the cover spray go on promptly, every grow er should provide himself with the necessary material so as to be in readiness when the time comes. The formula will bo the same as in past years atid consists of pound lead arsenate, 2 quarts of syrup or molasses and 8 gallons of water. Polk county growers have had excellent results in con trolling this pest, but no one should attempt to rest on his oars, because a bad reputation for an infestation of this in fruit shipped out might seriously endanger our market and price. The first notices to put on a cover spray for the codling moth were sent ont two weeks earlier this year than In 1927. according to Mr. Beck, so ft is very probable that the cherry fruit fly will make its appearance earlier this yeax. Critics for the grade summer school in Salem have been select ed by President J. S. Landers of the Oregon Normal school at Mon mouth which is sponsoring the vacation classes. Miss Margaret Cosper, of the Garfield school, was named principal of the ses sions here several weeks ago. Summer classes will be held at '.he Park and Grant school for an- RRIES SUMMED SESSION TEACHERS ra In Home Furnishings For f iPmiinnilinmiP CM iiuiuiiuuuuiinniinBrmmuimiiiiufiuiiitininitiinnuiiiiuiiiiitniitmniaiiiiii U. of O. Chapter Highest V"- 'v' ' v. d H Is! i VuivcMity of Oregon, Eugene.- The W. F. G. Thaeher chapter of Alpha Delta Sigma, national adver ting fraternity, at the University of Oregon, received the plaque awarded to tbe outstanding chapter of tan country in 1927, Above is tbe plaque, held by Professor Thaeher. for whom the chapter is named. proximately six weeks beginning Monday, June 18. They will con vene at 8:30 in the morning and last until noon. Students from the first to the eighth grades, inclusive, who have missed considerable school this year, who have failed or made low marks, and those who desire to work advanced credit will all pro fit by the term of work. The teachera at Grant will be: Mrs. M. V. Duncan, first and sec ond grades; Mrs. Bess Skog, third and fourth grades; Vera Johnson, fifth and sixth; Julia Spooner, seventh and eighth. Leila Howe has been named to handle the overflow of students at this school. The Park school will have the following critics: Elizabeth Perry, first and second grades; Naomi Hagensen. third and fourth; Grace Bridges, fifth arid sixth: Stusie Bonner, seventh and eighth; extra. Mildred Daly of the High land school. ATTORNEYS IN STEWART CASE ARGUE ON MOTION WASHINGTON. June 6 (AP After counsel had spent the greater part of the day. arguing on a motion to strike out testi mony relative to the senators in attendance at the senate commit tee meetings when Robert W. Stewart refused to answer ques tions, the motion was withdrawn with the understanding that Ing ham Mack, a committee clerk, would take the stand tomorrow and produce the official minutes of the meetings. The legality of the meetings had been questioned by Frank J. Hogan, counsel for Stewart, who is chairman of the Standard Oil company of Indiana and is stand ing trial for refusing to answer questions propounded to him in the senate inquiry about activities of the Continental Trading com pany. Hogan contended that the evidence showed only three sena tors to have been present when Stewart's alleged misdemeanor occurred, in connection with the defense claim that a quorum of the committee was necessary be fore business could be legally transacted. Diets on the Brain Within the heads of some of my patients, said the old physi cian, there is a jumble of half knowledge and fallacies and fads and fancies stored away In the sec- ion labeled diet. Woman's Home Companion. Terms . No Interest Tel. Ilia f " L - Jhu h u 1 "MOT" HILL IT An outstanding event of the present season Is the showing to day and Friday at the Oregon theater of "Man Craxy," the First National picture featuring Doro thy Mackaill and Jack Mulhall. "Man Crazy" has been ac claimed the best vehicle that this popular team has ever -had, and with an exceptional cast, beautiful photography and many comedy touches, this drama of New Eng land is one that should amuse and entertain everyone. "Man Craxy" is adapted from the Saturday Evening Post story. "Clarissa and the Post Road." by Grace Sartwell Mason. It deals with the daughter of an aristo cratic old New England family, who horrifies her sedate grand mother by starting a "hot dog" stand along the old Post road, and then falling in love with tbe driver of a truck. "Man Craxy" was directed by John Francis Dillon and produced for First National release by Charles R. Rogers. The capable caat includes Walter McGrail, Edythe Chapman, Phillips Smal ley, Ray Hallor and many others. The popularity of both of the featured players in this clever ro mance will increase with this pic ture, it is predicted, as both have ideal roles and do excellent work in them. "Man Craxy" will no doubt be voted one of the high spots in the present theatrical season. PRUNE OUTLOOK IS MUCH BETTER THAN EXPECTED (Continued from pf 1.) not be nearly as many as last year. But they do not know how long they will last. It will depend on the weather. All warm, dry weather from now on would make the berries begin to run small very soon. They are generally running large and fine now. As to Royal Ann cherries, the canners say there will be about half a crop. There will be a lot of raspber ries and loganberries. These, with the cherries, will begin to come in to th epacking houses and can neries in volume week after next perhaps cfew dribbles the last of next week. More and Still More Libby, McNeill & Libby are re ceiving canning strawberries for their Portland cannery at the King's plant in Salem, and at Brooks. Gerrals, Woodburn and Hubbard, and they will Feoeive 'oganberries at Liberty. The vol ume of strawberries coming in is big now. They are being trucked to Portland. Up to this year, all these berries were trucked to the cannery of this concern at The Dalles. Strawberries in volume, truck load after truck load, are coming to the cold storage plants in Sa lem. Coming from all over the Willamette valley. This is largely High SHOW ON At Special Prices. A few dollars spent for ice means a great saving in foods. They are priced from A Few Specials . FOR WEEK END SELLING This week end Friday and Saturday we offer you four fine values featuring High Grade Merchandise for less: LOT NO. 1 Another assortment of Razor Blades, Gillette, Everready, Gem, Durham Duplex, Auto Strop, Endlers, and Fax. Take any package for only 30c Limit 4 to a customer. Abo we offer FREE to the first 100 Razor Blade customers a sample packrije of Rubie Blades for Gillette. LOT NO. 2 12 qt. IX Plate Tin Milk Pails. Good weight and well made. They have heavy bails and raised bottoms. While they last. Only 45c each Worth Double We sell all sizes of Coleman HARDWARE) " ; business for Salam, om a count of the new plant of tha Ter minal Ice and Cold Storage com pany on North Front street, that has capacity for the equivalent of 20,000 barrels of strawberries; 450 pound barrels, and makes 25 tons of Ice a day, for Icing cars, and for the wholesale trade. A large proportion of the strawberries for cold storage are coming in one pound cartons, and in IS, 30 and 50 pound cans. The rest in 450 pound barrels. OF FLIGHT RELATED Epochal Flight of Southern Cross Supported by Cali fornia Man LOS ANGELES. June . (AP). A story of how details for backing the epochal flight of the monoplane Southern Cross over the vast South Seas were worked out while the four aviators labor ed as able-bodied seamen was told today by a representative of G". Allen Hancock, financier, backer of the flight. Confirmation of rumors that the air project was financed local ly was received by an attorney for the millionaire oil man, now in Mazatlan, Sonora. Seemingly insurmountable ob stacles faced Flight Commander Charles Kingsford-Smith and his three associates, the attorney said, when Hancock came to his assistance. The only asset of the four was the Southern Cross it self. At a meeting arranged by a lo cal banker, Hancock decided to be a passenger on a short flight in the big tri-niotored plane. Im pressed with the ability and seri ousness of the men. Hancock In vited them 1o go on a trip aboard the yacht Oaxaca for a month's voyage in Mexican waters. The aviators shipped forthwith as able seamen aboard the yacht and during the trip all financial details for the great air adventure were arranged. When the Southern Crof had dropped in Hawaii at the end of the first leg of her projected flight to Australia, Charles Ulm, relief pilot, wired his attorney. Raymond W. Stephens as follows: "Please convey to Captain Han cock our sincere appreciation for his magnificent help and confi dence in us. From despair his help lifted us to success on the first stage." FORGKTTIXG SUCCESS TTie less a man thinks about success and his personal advance ment thinks a scholar writing in Farm and Fireside, the more cer tain he is to succeed beyond his wildest dreams. ACID TESTS FOR IDEAS We do not any longer adopt a new idea unless it has been proved y thorough tests. Woman't Home Companion. IN BUCKING LET US SHOW YOU OUR LINE OF Grade stoves. Let as show you O aLLadO MACHINERY PAINT 256 N(immerdal SU FlflAL REPORT IDE Fl Net Income of $238,542,508 Remains Over Appropri ations of Year WASHINGTON, June 6. (AP) Appropriations made by the ses sion of congress just closed to meet expenses of the government during the next fiscal year showed a net income of S238. 542508 over appropriations voted by congress last year. A detailed report of the appro priations made public today by Chairman Warren of the senate appropriations committee recorded the total of funds voted at this session as $4,628,045,035.09. This compares with- 14.149,502.526.65 appropriated by congress a year ago. However, of this year's ap propriations $120,000,000 was in the first deficiency bill which car ried funds to meet governmental expenses during the last year that congress failed to appropriate when the deficiency bill of the 1927 session was lost. This change made thee net increase accounted for by Senator Warren. The veteran senate committee chairman in his report called at tention that congress at this ses sion as in the past appropriated less than was proposed by the bud get bureau, showing a reduction of the budget estimates of $9,331, 779 for this session. During the last seven years the appropria tions have been $368,525,211 less than the budget estimates. he added. "Everything oensidered." de TOO LATE TO CLASSIFY O O LOST A DIAMOND DINNER KING. Kwrl. Call 2662. GOOSEBKRKY PICKERS WANTKI) AT once. Pttone 17K6. J. W. Sinunom. C0NSS ins pras 7e OREGON 15c A ? AH the boys say Salem ,i, Girls are Going to See . "MAN CRAZY" , f I I let.au se every fellow wants his best girl to sea i I this comtMly-romanre that almost sent 1 , 1 Cupid Cuckoo! Ri ( Dorothy Jack J A Mackaill and Mulhall J . added jfy Nil COKING . Saturday Art Refrigerator LOT NO. 3 We never expected to get another lot of those Reed Self Basting Roasters to sell for $1.00. They have inner tray and hold 7 lb. roast. Only 50 to sell this time and just think of them for only $1.00 each LOT NO. 4 Fine Imported Clothes Baskets. They come in Three sizes 24", 25", and 27 We have never seen nicer bas kets and offer them for week . end selling Choice only $1.00 why they are better, PLUMBING I .... II II II LA -ah !! .1 i clared the .senator, "by a carefu survey of the whole field, this se.-,-slon of congress has made a splen did record for saving public mon ey. Prosperity and good times do mand increased as well as new governmental functions." Robert Coe, University of Wi consin student in 1860, kept diary' in Latin. The state histor. cal society has it. LON CHANEY la his Latest Production "Laugh, Clown, Laugh" Don't Miss This IUg Side Show of Real Life . Comedy News IN PERSON AND OK THE SCREEN 1 toUsc four Hours Easy- -ol courte it has always been easy to finish things with Kyinizc. Now it's not only easy but quick. 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