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SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR, NO. 10
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, April 7, 1929
PRICE FIVE CENTS
GAS PRICE YET
28 GENTS HERE
DEALERS AVER
Stampede Averted.as Result
of Strenuous Efforts
by Organization1
Six Cent Margin Defended by
Clifford Townsend, Head
:. of Salem" Group
Gasoline prices .in Salem re
mained at 25c a gallon late Sat
urday afternoon despite tbe' flank
attack of several dealers who cut
the retail mark to 22c and har
assed the association of .retailers
- which has consistently urged local
stations not to reduce prices to
a dog-eat-dog basis. ;
Resentful at so-called attacks
made on the gasoline dealers , by
Salem newspapers, Clifford Town-
send, president, of the retailers
group, said Saturday that no deal
ers were making more profit than
an amount sufficient to maintain
their businesses as a going con
cern. Wholesalers Blamed
For High Gas Rates
Townsend declared that as long
as wholesale prices remained up
. dealers would be forced to keep
the price here at 25c but he said
he would welcome a drop in
wholsesale prices which would en
able dealers to give the public a
low price.
"In the last month there have
been 15Q failures in the retail gas
oline business in Portland," Town
send said... "That is the situation
tf o SLfS f r y i n g to prevent here. A
gasoline war means that every
one loses. Portland's renewed fight
will simply cause more casualties
in the retail game for it is a cer
tainty that you cannot pump gas
oline for less money than it costs
and still come out ahead."
Efforts Made To
Keep Dealers In Line
Townsend declared that he had
been spending a large part of hi3
time keeping local dealers in line
to prevent a reopening of hostili
ties here in a manner that would
bring disaster to many stations.
Some dealers here are making
. a profit of six cents a gallon on
retail sales while a favored few
with contracts for .volume sales
are making seven cents. While
this margin is higher than the
"profit at one time existing la the
gasoline business, Townsend said
TOlume that a larger margin was
Imperative; "v
Townsend said all dealers
would welcome a return of 18
cent gasoline as a selling price In
asmuch as volume would be ma
terially Increased and every dealer
would profit. Under existing cir
cumstances the volume sold by the
stations in Salem has been mater
ially reduced.
NEW YOltK. April 6. (AP)
Captain Sir Hubert Wilkins, polar
explorer, has decided to postpone
from this summen to next his pro
posed submarine trip across the
Arctic seas, an announcement by
a representative today said. I
George Palmer Puntman, Sir
Hubert's publisher who has been
making some of the arrangements
for the voyage, said the explorer
had communicated with him from
Los Angeles asking him to make
the announcement. I
Mr." Putna msaid the explorers
decision was prompted solely by
the time element. He said that the
submarine defender would have
to be ready to depart Junel, if
the Toyage were to take place this
year and that Sir Hubert decided
that a longer period was needed
for reconditioning and testing the
vessel, providing a final decision
was made to use Simon Lake's
craft. ' " v- j- '
LAD ESCAPES SCHOOL
Ralph Tremaine. 16, escaped
the state training school for bays
at Woodburn Saturday night, lo
cal police were notified. . . He had
escaped previously and had been
recaptured.
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Salem Prepares to Fete
1500 Christian Endeavor
Members Here This MdhtK
More than 1500 persona are el
ected to attend the , thirty-ninth
annual Oregon Christian' Endeavor
convention . in Salem April 1 8 to
21. The theme of the wnrentlon
Is expressed by the phrase ,M vie-.
- tortoua with Christ" and the foun
dation Terse is" I Cor.,15:57 -'
Speakers on the program will
include Gov. I. L. Paterson, Mayor
. T. A; LlTesley, the Her. C. ! B.
Ward of Salem, James CL, Hender
son, Portland, president of, the
Oregon Christian Endeavor anion;
Ross Guiley. Portland, field sec
retary of the union, and Mrs. Gal
ley; Paul C. Brown, Pacific coast
secretary of the International So
ciety of the Christian Endeavor;
the Rer. Norman K. Tally, of Sa
lem: Walter L. Myers; Portland,
pastor counselor of the O, C. EL U;
Prof. Claude Neely of Eugene; the
rt. Luther E. Stein of San Fran
cisco: the Rer. C. C: Haworth of
Salem: the Rer. W. Earl Cochran
Mexican Battle Is Found
Easy-Going Affair with
Soldiers Hurling Kisses
Strident Note of Army " Bugle Competes .With
-Whine of Bullets; Yellow, Pup Yelps
With Glee as Noise is Heard
. By JOHN VHOMAS BURNS
Associated Press Staff Protographer
jS THE FIRING LINE, Naco, Sonora, Mexico, April 6,
J (AP) Dawn broke with
long awaited battle of Naco
news camera man, had ringside seats on the federal firing
line. We stood within fifty
trenches between two parted
American observers..
Bullets whizzed about in
was a vein of comedy in this
ican soldiers were yeiling and
Mexican women,' one young,
two others elderly, kept run
ning from a house to the
trencnes near us carrying
food.
Bogle Call Mean
Nothing To Soldiers
Spasmodically a strident bugle
call rose above the clamor. The
soldiers in trenches fingered their
noses at the approaching rebels.
Some threw kisses. Another
bugle call, for what we did not
know, and the troops in trenches
seemed to care less.
. The rebel air raid accompany
ing the infantry advance attract
ed no attention In the trenches.
The dug-in federals kept plugging
away, firing over the plain in any
direction that caught" the Individ
ual's fancy.
Then came a rebel tank. The
federal troops went into wild
spasms of yelling. All rifles and
carbines pointed toward It, sput
tering steel-jacketed bullets. The
tank backed up, then came for
ward again, like a dog in attack
Again the bugle call and another
rattle of musketry at the tank.
Tiny Yellow Dog
Takes Loud Part
And a little yellow pup of a dog
Joined the fray, it stood up on the
earthworks barking like mad. Ev
ery time It noticed a bullet spat
tering the earth near it dashed
out barking shrilly, and digging
and -biting at the spot where the
bullet raised dust. It was busy
chasing them.
A band of wild horses was
grazing near the entrenchments.
They went wild when the firing
started, dashing about with tails
high and finally running madly
off into the plains. .
With red flag flying the at
tacking rebels approached within
200 yards of the trenches. There
were no dead in the trenches, but
several .rebel cavalrymen fell off
their horses.
The entrenched federals laugh
ed and hollered at us as we shot
pictures. With my pictures I
walked back to Naco, Arizona,
bullets whizzing by. At the bor
der, behind a building where a
group of Americans, soldiers, bor
der officials, residents. One buck
private shouted:
-."You'd better get outta here or
you'll be shooting pictures of an
gels." They showed me a steel
jacketed bullet which pierced a
wall near them. All around, tbe
American town people stood be
hind walls, peeking around cor
ners to glimps the battle.
Constance Morrow
On Way to Boston
BROWNSVILLE, Tex.. April fi.
(AP) Miss Constance Morrow,
daughter of the American ambas
sador to Mexico, left by train at
8:45 p. m. tonight for Boston. She
was accompanied by her chaperone
Mrs. J. F. Crame. Miss Morrow
landed here at 12:55 p. m., today
after a flight from Mexico Ctty in
a tri-motored mail and passenger
plane.
Referendum Upon
Prohi Laws Asked
JEFFERSON CITY, Mo April
. (AP) State Representative
Albert A. Huber, of St. Louis, an
nounced today he would circulate
a, petition among members of the
legislature next week, to Instruct
Governor Henry S. Caulfleld, to
ask congress for a national refer
endum on repeal of the eighteenth
amendment. --"
of Salem; the Rev. F. C. Taylor
of Salem; and the ReT. C P.
Gates of Portland. ,"
. Thursday night 5:00, pre-convention
prayer service, James Hen
derson in charge: 7:15, pre-pray.
er service, Mrs. Ross Guiley in
charge; 7: 30; song service; offi
cial opening of the convention;
8:00, ded icatory prayer, Walter
Myers ; addresses of welcome, for
the state Got. L L. Patterson, for
the city. Mayor T. A. Livesley, for
the churches the Rer. C. E. Ward;
response, James C. Henderson:
appointment of committees, James
C. Henderson: announcement,
Ross Galley; offering: special mu
sic; S: 45, address, "Our Victor
ious Christ Leading Oar Crusade.;
the ReT. ' Stein; crusaders cove
nant hoar, Paul Brown.
Friday morning 1:00. Bible
studies; t: 40 assembly and alng-
CTurn to Pace S. Column 2.)
a rattle of musketry and the
was on. Four of us, American
yards of the end of the federal
box cars, closer than any other
-
an unrelenting stream. There
tragedy of battle. Federal Mex
whistling like wild men. Three
REBEL ATTACK 1
Insurrectionists Rest Easily
After Failing to Oust
Federal Forces
By RALPH O. BROWN
Associated Press Staff Writer
NACO, Sonora. April 6. (AP
Beaten off with as yet unde
termined losses In their first con
certed attempt to wrest Naco from
federal domination. 1,500 rebel
troops tonight were resting among
tne mesquite and cactus.
On a purely sporting basis they
were engaging in more or less
wholehearted sniping with the
federals in Naco trenches.
The camp fires of Generals To-
pete, Yucupicio and Cantu glowed
in a sullen semi-circle around
Naco tonight.
Federal losses during today's
scorcmng three-hour battle were
checked officially tonight as two
wounded and none killed. En
trenched behind earthen breast
works, the federals were oblired
to expose themselves little in re.
pulsing the rebel charges.
Rebel Bodies Lie
In No Man's Land
Rebel dead and wounded, in
numbers unknown, lay outside the
trenches between the opposing
forces, ; crossed continually by a
humming enfilade of snipers bul
let." '
Today's heavy fighting finding
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PROSECUTOR OF BOY
AURORA, 111., April 6. (AP)
Forces in Kane county tonight
were lining up for a fight on who
Is to prosecute Deputy Roy Smith,
who shot and killed Mrs. Lillian
De King during a dry raid, and
Eugene Boyd Fairchild who swore
be bought liquor at the De King
home.
Following the refusal of Attor
ney General Carlstrom to take
charge of the case, state's ator
neyG eorge D. Carbary announced
he would do his duty "without
fear or favor" and would direct
the entire investigation before the
grand jury.
Attorneys and friends of Joseph
De King, who lost his wife as a re
sult of the raid, do not want Mr.
Carbary, however.
"It shows too much inconsient-
ency on the state's attorney's part
to appeal to, be relieved of the
case one day and then announce
the next he will resume investi
gation," said Attorney Albert J.
Kelley, representing De - King.
"We believe a fair and impar-
tlaLhandling of this ease requires
special prosecutor."
The matter will probably be set
tled Monday when a dite will be
set for recalling the grand jury
to begin the investigation. . - '
Fairchild was back at his home
in Odell, I1L, today after making
11,500 continuance bond pending
appearance Monday on a charge of
perjury. . ;
$50,000 Worth
Of Radium Lost
Search Started
SASKATOON, Sask., April .
(APJ City police, university re
search workers and representa
tives of a local insurance company
are conducting an ' Intensive
search for f 50,000 worth ot ra
dium lost by a doctor . who " was
carrying it from a hospital to his
office. .
i University authorities are mak
ing use of the electroscopev-aa in
strument .which responds readily
to radio activity and also a read
ing microscope. z
- Carelessly handled, the radium
constitutes a danger to human be
ings as it may cause incurable
burnt.
12 Hours Is Cut
From Flying Time
CHICAGO. April . (AP)
Inauguration ot 31 hoar air mall
service between the Atlantic and
Pacific coasts, efective May .. 1.
was i announced today by the
American Air Transport associa
tion, . - .. i
H HIED BACK
SMITH NOW SOUGHT
REBELS WOUND
FOUR YANKEES
Insurgents Attack Naco and
are Pushed Back After
Some Casualties
American Cavalryman Shot
in Chest After Troops
Find Grenades
GALVESTON, Texas, April
(AP) Twelve planes from the
third attack group took, off at
1:30 p. m. today for Fort Hua
chuca, near Naco, Arix., under or
ders irom tne corps area com
mander. They expected to reach
JS1 Paso by sundown, but planned
to stop overnight at MaTfa If de
layed.
jsacn carried a pilot and one
man and was loaded to capacity
with ammunition for the five ma
chine guns taken as equipment.
Captain H. N. Helsen is in com
mand.
seven omcers and fifty men
from Fort Crockett will leave by
train to join the aviators.
Rebels Obtain Temporary
Foothold In .Old Cemetery
Rebel attacks on Naco, strad
dling the Arizona-Sonora border,
yesterday resulted in the wound
ing. of four persons north of the
international line. The inaurg
ents gained a temporary foothold
in a cemetery on the edge of the
Mexican town but at a reputed
cost of many casualties.
Those on American soil wound
ed included a United States cav
ern to Pace t, Column 1.)
MEET IT Sim
Third and Last County Insti
tute of School Year is
Held Saturday
Approximately 70 Marion coun
ty teachers attended the third and
last local teachers' Institute held
at Stayton Saturday. County Su
perintendent Mary L. FulkerBon
reported upon her return from the
meet. Dean Frank M. Erlckson of
Willamette University gave the
principal address in which he de
clared the teacher has not accom
plished her job as an educator un
less there is a real response from
her pupils, rather than an assum
ed attentativeness.
H. E. Toble, principal of the
Stayton school, and his teachers
had charge of the program, in
which some especially interesting
reading was done by the grammar
pupils of Mr. and Mrs. II. C. Egel
ston; and effective presentation ot
the poem, "One, Two, Three" by
three pupils of Miss Frances Lillis
grade; and a cantata, "A Day in
the Woods" under direction of
Mrs. Zoa M. Goode.
The teachers decided to conduct
a teachers exchange with head
quarters In the county school su
perintendent's office. In this way,
methods of teaching, examination
questions and other teacher helps
will be traded about. The exchange
will be opened immediately. The
superintendent has maintained a
desk with similar aids for the
teachers for some time.
Among Salem teachers present
were Miss Rita Reid, Miss Ver
ne ita Herron, Miss Lett a Wallace,
R. W. Tarenner, and W. W. Fox,
rural supervisor.
THREE MORE CITIES
HANKOW. China. April $.
(AP) General Chiange Kai-Shek
this afternoon formally took 'over
in the name of the Nationalist
government the Wuhan cities of
Hankow.' Wuhancr nd Hanyang.
He set up headquarters here and
established military control of the
district.
Steamers landed an additional
20,000 Nanking troops for bis
support. General Chaing received
a tremendous welcome from the
populace. Firecrackers snapped
briskly despite the heavy rain. The
newspapers also welcome the gen
eral, who has Indicated that the
provincial government is slated
for reorganization. -
The Wuhan garrison command
er has fled to southern Hunan.
Orchardisis Are
Relieved When i
Weather Clears
MEDFORD. Ore April .
(AP) Orchard's ts of the Rogue
river Talley heaved a aiged 'of re
lief tonight when the official fore
cast ot government expert Floyd
Young, Issued at 7 o'clock, pre
dicted a temperature of 30 de
grees for tomorrow morning. An
other heavy frost had been feared
but clouds late this afternoon roll
ed In from the Pacific and brought
warmer weather. This thawed the
light snow In the foothills. Thirty
two degrees Is the smudging point.
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TEACHERS TTB1
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OVER
SENATE HEARS
FULL CHARGES
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House of Representatives
Votes to Impeach Louisi
ana Governor
Indictment Asserts Chief of
State Tried to Attack
Freedom of Press
BATON ROUGE, La., April
(AP) HueyP. Long, youthful
governor, was impeached today by
the Louisiana house of represen
tatives amid a scene of disorder.
The senate was notified formal
ly, and late today the upper body
resolved Itself into a court of Im
peachment to bring the governor
to trial.
The governor was Indicted by
the house on one ot the nineteen
charges in a new impeachment
resolution and the house planned
to continue its consideration next
week of the other charges.
- By a vote of 58 to 40, the house
hinded down an indictment charg
ing the governor with attempting
to suppress the freedom of the
press, specifically Dy tnreatening
Charles P. Manshlp, Baton Rouge
publisher,- with public exposure of
the fact that the publisher's bro
ther was an inmate in the Insane
asylum unless he stopped an edi
torial attack upon the governor's
proposed tax on oil.
Pandemonium Reigns
On Floor of House
Tbe vote was taken during a
storm on the floor where the gov
ernor's supporters sought to push
back the inevitable impeachment.
They yelled and pushed about, re
sorted to all sorts of legislative
maneuvers to prevent the vote but
advocates of impeachment had the
situation In hand and forced over-"
the roll call.
Durinr the riotous session of
the house. Governor Long sat with
few close friends in his office
directly under the house chamber
and to an inquiry sent back the
message:
"I have nothing to say."
He had directed the battle from
the office and his cohorts went
down to defeat fighting to tne
very last. After the vote, one of
the floor leaders. Representative
McCalanahan, of Caldwell, songht
to do his fighting with his fists,
(Turn to Page 1, Column 4.)
FIRST III MEET H
Salem high school typists easily
took first honors and the local
bookkeepers placed a poor .second
to Silverton in the second annual
county typing and bookkeeping
contest held Saturday at the sen
ior high school under auspices or
the high school chamber of com
merce, of which Miss Muriel Wil
son Is faculty advisor.
In the tyrnng event, directed oy
Miss Rebecca Potts or tne
Behnke-Walker business college,
Portland, the Salem Btndents took
first honors with an average of 58
words per minuter Mill City was
second in the entire contest and
first In division two. for smaller
schools, with 44 words. Silverton
averaged 41 words and Aumsville
was fourth In the entire contest
or second in division two with
40 words.
Dorothy McCracken
Wins High Honors
Dorothy McCracken of the Sa
lem senior grouping won indlvod-
ual honors in both accuracy and
speed, with but six errors and a
rate of 70 words per minute. Lou-
rine Brietzke of Salem was second
in the senior Individuals, writing
an average of more than 5 and
third words with elgnt errors.
and Rose K. Smith ot Mills City
was third. Individual junior rec
ords went to Dorothy Kloepping,
Salem, with 50 words per minute
and seven errors, and second to
Mary Louise Fontaine of Jeffer
son with 49 words and 19 errors.
Ia the bookkeeping contest.
given by W. C. Hyatt, district rpe-
resentative of the southwestern
Publishing company of Seattle,
Phyllis Waldner of Silverton , was
first: Emelyn Fraser, Silverton,
second; Mildred Darr, Salem,
third: Willard Bear, Turner,
fourth, and Jozy Conrad, Wood
burn, fifth. '
Trophies Offered .
For 1030 Contest
No tronhy was offered for con
test winners this year, but at the
close of the contests .W. I. Staley
of the Capital Business College,
Salem, announced that he was of
fering two trophy cups for the
typing contests next year, one for
class A and. one for class ;B. The
cups are .to become tbe perman
ent possession of. any school win
ning mem tnree successive years.
Schools entering the contest
Saturday were: class-A, alem,
Silverton and Jefferson; Class B,
Aumsville. Turner, Gervaia, Wood-
bum, Stayton and MiUf City. The
latter two did not have full teams.
REBELS MASS FORCES
JUAREZ. Chihauhau, April I.
(AP) Five rebel troop trains
loaded with soldiers, horses and
automobile trucks, had reached
Juarez tonight, - and nine other
trainloads . were reported on their
way in what is taken here as an
indication that the rebel army
will he massed hera -
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LONG
M TYPISTS WIN
As DeKktg Boy Told Story
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'A remarkable photo, top, of
told a coroner's jury at Geneva,
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shot and killed his mother, following a dry raid on the DeKing home
at Aurora, 111. Below, scene in the courtroom showing Gerald at
extreme right, sittimr beside his
knocked unconscious by Smith Just before Mrs. DeKing was miea.
Smith has been held to the grand jury on a charge of manslaughter.
NORRIS VERY WORRIED
Solon Asks That Mrs.
ISSUE DECLARED VITAL
WASHINGTON, April .
(AP) Secretary ot State
Stimson was asked in a letter
today by Senator Norriff, repub
lican, Nebraska, either to an
nounce a decision on where
Mrs. Edward Everett Gann, sis
ter and hostess of Vice Presi
dent Curtis, shall sit at offi
cial dinners or refer the prob
lem to the world court.
Senator Norris is recognized
in the senate as a master of wit
and humor and his jocular let
ter today to the state secretary
injected a light touch in the
perplexing situation confront
ing capital society over wheth
er Mrs. Gann is to be accord
ed the recognition demanded
by her brother.
Stimson Is Still
Puzzling On Issue
Mr. Stimson remaiqs closeted
with his problem. Mr. Curtis
has declared he'does not regard
the ruling powers of former
Secretary Kellogg that Mrs.
Gann ranks below the wives of
foreign diplomats at official
dinners as final. His protest is
before the secretary of state.
Washington is waiting anxious
ly for the decision and there are
reports of betting on what the
answer will be.
"I most earnestly urge you,"
Senator Norris wrote Mr. Stim
sen, "to hurry up your decision
on the extremely important
question that has been submit
ted to you regarding'the posi
tion at the dinner table ot the
sister, of tbe vice president of
the United States.
Question Is Held '
Very Vital One
"Unless this decision Is expe-
University Gets
$1000 Cash Gift
From Fraternity
EUGENE, April 6 (AP) A
gift of fl.000 in cash, for the
Fine Arts building fond of the
University of Oregon was voted
here today by members' of Delta
Gamma, national, fraternity for
women. The gift, makes up the
final $80,000 in cash needed by
the Fine Arts fund in order, to se
cure a loan of this amount and has
been accepted by Mrs. Irene Ger
linger, member of. the board of
regents and vice president of the
university alumni holding com
pany. . . ...
This gift makes possible imme
diate construction ot the ' Fine
Arts building to be erected as a
memorial to the late president
Penetrating Wind
Sweeps This City
Cold winds of the penetrating
sort ' made outdoor activity un
pleasant, in Salem Saturday, and
were accompanied for brief per
iods by light falls of sleet, ' Re
ports reached this city that three
inchee'of now fell in the Sllrer
ton hills, and nearly an inch in
Silverton although thera ft melt
ed quickly. In Salem, the temper
ature dropped slightly below the
freezing point Saturday morning,
and was headed in' the same direc
tion that night
Ml
'w:-::ikv.w..
12-year-old Gerald DeKing, as he
m., how Deputy Sheriff Roy Smith
father. Joseph DeKing, who was
Gann Be Allowed to Eat
dited, very serious Interference
will result in many important
social activities. Until it is
known definitely where, the vice
president's sister is going to sit,
it will be Impossible for many socially-minded
WMhlngtonians - to
properly shine in, society, in ac
cordance with their social and
financial ambitions. Many so
cial functions are waiting anx
iously and breathlessly for your
decision. It is extremely im
portant that society know with
out delay. Whether the vice
president's sister shall sit next
to the vlark-skinned official
from Liberia or whether she
shall be on the right or the left
of the slant-eyed statesman
from Shanghai.
(Turn to Fage 2, Column 1.)
DALLAS, April . Trial of
Harold G. Cook of Salem charged
with moral perversity will be be
gun here Monday morning In cir
cuit court. Judge Arlie G. Walker
presiding.
Cook was Indicted on two
counts by the Polk county, grand
jury Friday. He was lodged in
jail more than a month ago. char
ged with improper relations with
a West Salem boy. Cook is a grad
uate in law from Willamette uni
versity and has served as an as
sistant in the attorney general's
office.
A third indictment was returned
by the grand jury against Elmer
Jamieson charged with larceny of
the J. H." Quiring car which was
stolen last week. Quiring was
found asleep In the car. Date for
trial has not been set.
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AT DALLAS MONDAY
Burst of Speed in Legion
Drive is Expected to Put "
Local Post Over Top Soon
The membership total of Cap
ital Post No. 9. American Legion,
advanced to 1018 Saturday, leav
ing 95 more members to be signed
up this week in order to go "over
the top." Since last week's. gain
was approximately 70, the pace
will hare to be accelerated some
what in order to reach the desired
figure.
But that Is Just what is going to
happen, according to Adjutant
Raymond H. Bassett and his co
horts. Several men possibly as
many as a dozen will be out so
liciting members all week,' mostly
KNOW A WORLD WAR VETERAN?
Help CAPITAL POST NO t, American Legion, by writ
ing his name and address here:
and mailing this coupon to R.
80S Bank of Commerce Bldgn
STORM'S TOLL
BP
Wisconsin Hardest Hit Wfth
14 Killed; List of Dead
Mounting Steadily
Red, Cross Representatives
Begin Investigation to
Fix Relief Needed
MONROE. Wis.. April 6 (API
Between five and ten persons wn
reported to have been killed lata
today by a tornado which swept
over the northern part of Lafay
ette ounty in southeastern Wis
consin. MINNEAPOLIS. April (AP
Fanciful spring storms that
blew up from nowhere and skip
ped through Minnesota and Wis
consin late yesterday, tonight had
built up a total of 20 fatalities
and more than 100 injuries be
sides destroying property valued
at millions of dollars.
Besides Minnesota and Wiscon
sin, Iowa also felt the winds' force
and listed one dead, a farmer at
Little Rock. In addition several
persons were reported injured in
the northern part of the state, just
across the Minnesota line.
But Wisconsin was the chief
sufferer, 14 persons losing their
lives and scores ef others suffer
ing injuries ranging from scratch
es and bruises to fractured boaes
and internal hurts. Five of the
total number of dead were report
ed in Minnesota, two near Minne
apolis and one each near FoiVst
Lake, LIndstrom and Taylor's
Falls.
Exeland Section Is
Hardest Hit of All
In Wisconsin the district near
Exeland appeared hardest hit with
Reeves a close second. Near Exe
land four deaths were reported.
Three were listed. at Reeve when
three children were ktlled on tbe
farm of Mr. and Mrs. Richard PKt
maiy two were killed near Rica
Lake, two near Barron and one
keach at Clayton, Glennwood City
ana wausau. Tne aeatn near wau
sau was that of Edwin Erdman, 32
struck by lightening.
Early reports from Rice Lake
today said that three persons were
missing after the storm had pass
ed near that city but a later cheek
disclosed, that everyone had been
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BID WINS MEET
CORVALLIS, Ore., April 6.
(AP) Jefferson high of Portland,
won first place In class A and the
sweepstakes trophy in the seventh
annual band contest which drew
ten bands and 250 high school mu
sicians to Oregon State college to
day. This marked the largest at
tendance In the history of the con
test and bespoke the tremendous
interest manifested in it.
The Seaside girls band led by
A. W. Utizinger, won first in cJasa
B, composed of high schools of
less than 400 students.
Jefferson, by winning first, was
given a score of 92.61 while Cor
vallis, early favorite for first hon
ors, was second with 91.44.
Medford, holder of first place
for two years, slipped to fourth
with La .Grande, third. Grant and
Franklin, both of Portland, were
last in class B. Marshfleld was
the only other contestant although
Roosevelt of Portland and Bead
played and were judged, but Sea
side topped the field by a wid
margin.
Judges. J. L. Walin, Portland;
Ward V. Croft, Ashland and N. W.
Frisbie, McMinrrville, deliberated
more than an hour before reaching
their decision.
in the rural districts, which have
not been covered at all adequately
so far in the campaign.
Publicity Brings
Ia New Members)
Publicity given the post's ef
fort to surpass . its membership
records of former years. Is having
its efefct, many of the member
ships obtained in the past week
being offered. Toluntarily. An in
teresting sidelight-has been the
fact that a number of wires of
World war Teterans brought in
their husbands' dues, saying, the
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H. Bassett, Post Adjutant, at
Salem, Oregon.
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