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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, Jong 27, 1929 PAGE THREE i Children's Home Dropped s Training School for Monmouth The board of regents of state normal schools, which was abol ished by the last legislature through, the creation of a state board of higher education, held its final meeting in the executive of fices Wednesday. On July 1 the board of higher education will as sume control of lthe normal schools and other Institutions of higher education. The regents voted at the meet ing to drop the children's farm home, near Corvallis, as one of the teachers training centers for the Monmouth normal school. The action was recommended by J. S. Landers, president of the normal school. ' Lack of Harmony, llwd It was reported to the board that there had been lack of har mony between the superintendent of the children's home and the normal school officials. Frank Miller of Albany, a member of the board, protested against dropping the children's home as a training center. The Greenwood school In Polk county was accepted as a train ing center In lieu of the Corvallis Institution. A diploma from the Monmouth normal school was awarded to William Lee McCaleb of Heppser. who was a student at the Institu tion 30 years ago, but was p re Tented from graduating by ill nets. InTeatorte Ordered The board ordered inventories of the property of the three nor mal schools, which will be present ed to the state board of higher ed ucation when it meets here Fri day. Letters will be prepared by the presidents of the three normal schools asking the members of the board of higher education to ltspect their institutions. Normal school building plans adopted by the board cf regents, but not completed, will be turn ed over to the new board with the request that they be given consideration. DROWNED AT JETTY ; PORTLAND. Ore., June 25 (AP) Charies H. Buckley, Port land fireman, was drowned at Bar View jetty, near Rockaway, yes terday, when a huge wave swept him off the Jetty, according to a message received today -by' the Portland fire chief. HAMMOND CONSIDERED WASHINGTON. June 25 (AP) Reappointment of Major General Creed I. Hammond, of Oregon, as chief of the militia bu reau of the army, is being consid ered by Secretary Good. Travel. Traffic, and Automobile Insurance, all for $1 per year if taken through the Oregon States man. Don't leave on your vaca tion without the Insurance or the Statesman. BROOKS CHURCH HIS ns aim cine Beardsley's Grove Chosen for Affair; Many Peo ple Attend BROOKS. June 2. The Brooks Community Methodist Sunday school held its annual picnic, Sun day afternoon in Beardsley's Grove near the Willamette river. A basket dinnner was served at two o'clock and the afternoon was spent visiting. Present were: Mr. and Mrs. Benson. Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Blanton, Sr., Mr. and Mrs. H. H. Bosch, Mrs. John Ton kin. Mrs. William Schaffer, Mrs. John Dunlavy, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Harris, Mr. O. O. Epley. Rev. D. George Cole, Otis Johnsberg,. Miss Cora Tonkin, Miss Marie Dunlavy, Miss Emmaline Sears. Miss Kath ryn Blanton, Miss Gladys Otto, Miss eBssie Asplnwall, Miss Ver da Schaefer, Miss Beatrice Wil son. Miss Marie Bosch. Miss Mary Wilson, Miss Jeanette Evans, Miss Mae Wilson, Miss Jennivere Sny der, Miss LaVone Harris, Miss Beulah Otto, Miss Katherine Ward, Miss Sylvia Casida, Lloyd Tonkin, Clarence Wilson, Theo dore Lowery, Jack Bosch, Mitchel Lowery. Glenn Blanton, Albert Harris, and Bobbie Ramp. Visit From South Dakota Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Rasmussen have as their guests Mr. Rasmus- sen's brother, Mr. and Mrs. Peter Rasmussen and three children. from Sooth Dakota. Or. and Mrs. L W. Lewis of Sa lem were Sunday guest at the home of Mr. and Mrs. Sylvester Harris and family. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. Heatwole and children, Ross, Ralph and Ethel Heatwole of Newton, Kansas, were recent guests at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John Lesher and family. The Heatwoles are on their way to California. Other guest at the Lesher home were Mr. E. Burk holder of Molalla, Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Macklebain. and their grand children Jean Marie and Janice Lee Myers, of Salem, daughters of; Dur Burton Myers of Salem, and Mrs. eLsher'a mother, who will spend several weeks as guests of the Lesher family. Cochran Leaves 35 Millions to Many Relatives WHITE PLAINS. N. Y., June 25. (AP) Alexander Smith Cochran, wealthy Yonkers carpet manufacturer, and former hus band of Ganna Walska, left the bulk of his $35,000,000 estate to 90 relatives, friends, employes and servants, his will, filed today showed. Nearly two million was left to charity, $1,000,000 of which was bequeathed to the chapter of the national cathedral. Lashington, as an endowment fund for the col lege of preachers. Mr. Cochran's eldest nephew, Thomas Ewing, Jr., the chief beneficiary, will re ceive the residuary estate, valued at $10,000,000. BAGPIPE BAfJD PUTS IIP bill PHDH Ml Scotch Picnic Has Races Which Draws Cheers From Crowd Salems first bagpipe band made its appearance at the Scotch pic nic at the state fair grounds Wed nesday. Under the leader, John Charge, the band, consisting of Arthur AutcfeesvmT and. Andy ew Henderson, pipers, James McGil chrlst, baas drum. - and Loyal Henderson, snare drum, led the parade from the city to the fair grounds. John Marr was general chair man of the day, while Frank Brown, of Carlton, had charge of the sports. Races for boys and girls, men and women proved ex citing and the winners claimed their prides amid much cheering from the spectators. "Aunt Sally" Popular The popular Ecotrh game of "Aunt Sally" was in charge of Robert Hutcheson of Salem. The Scotch reel was danced by four young girls from Carlton, Doro thy Nicholson, Betty Searon, Jeanette Smith and Barabar Rob ertson, assisted by Mrs. John Robertson. John Charge acted as piper for the dancers. Special music was furnished by the pipers band, by William Mc Gilchrist, Sr., with his concertina, and by John Mcintosh, of Carl ton with his Scotch melodian. - After the dinner music and dancing lasted until a late hour. I TALK IS did nciioss ocn HADLEY FIELD, N. J.,' June 25. (AP) Telephone conversa tions from an airplane over Amer ica to an office in Europe showed today that the boundaries of sci ence are ever widening but that human nature remains just about the same.' , Three reporters In a plane above New Jersey talked with three re porters on the ground In London, the first public tests of such com munication. It was the sort of occasion referred to by press agents as "historic" or "epoch making." And what did the participants In this great experiment discuss with each other, to be perfectly frank, they talkd largely about the weather. Some of the conversations were fairly satisfactory as. two way communication, satisfactory enough certainly so that the ex periment could be called a suc cess as an experiment, but local static and a clouded costal in the transmitting set on the plane played havoc with much of the talk. The crystal wnt "haywire" very shortly after the Associated Press reporter in the plane had called "Hello, girl friend," across 3,000 miles of land and water to Martha DalrympI ef the A. P. London staff, and had heard her reply, "Hellot Bill." Read the Classified Ads. When you leave on your vaca tion, remember the Statesman Travel Accident Insurance policy protect you during all kinds of tratel. Be sure to take one before you leave. on your Wacalion Trip! Piloting a car overcrowded highways at vacation season is work. We pay experienced driven real money to do it. 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