The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Saturday Morning. July 13, 1929
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Fluttering of Tail Group is
I Reason for Finish of
Record Flight
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174 Lours, 59 seconds, made by
Bvron K. Xewcomb and Roy L.
Mitchell, of Cleveland, recently. '
Not long before that Reg Rob- i
bins and James Kelly at Fort j
Worjh established a record of j
172 Hours, 32 minutes and one j
second. It was early In January
that the United States army set I
a mark to shoot at, when the army ;
trl-motored monoplane "Quesion
mark, at Metropolitan airport,
near . Ias Argeles, remained aloft
for 150 hours, 40 minutes and 15
seconds.
The Angeleno flight started here
nnauiIciously in the mornins of
July . Paul Whittier. millionaire
filer, had ts.Jcen Mendell- and
Reinhart to Dallas, Texas,. some
time previous, to pick up a couple
ot.old night mail planes. The Frort
Worth fliers were preparing to
break the Questlonmarks record.
Words Exchanged
In Cafe at Juarez
In a Juraez cafe, Mendell. who
knew Robbins of the Fort Worth
duo. exclaimed:
"If nS Puts up anything to
shoot at. we'll smash it with these j
crates." referrine to the ancient
second hand mail planes.
They flew tie two ship to L03
Angeles and at Fort Worth Rob
bins made his record. But they
found the mail shipa too uncer
tain, aftd the secondhand Buhl
aircedan was provided with co
operation of V.'H'uam Gibbs Mc
Adoo and his son Win. O. Mc
Adoo Jr.. A. E. McManus. Culver
City airport manager and Paul
Whittier.
-W. E. Thomas, Wright aeronau
tical expert here, went over the
secondhand Wright whirlwind mo
tor, which already had done 450
hours work and, was supposed to
be eligible for retirement, and
thus the boy set out.
First Three Day
Prove Hard Ones
Not much attention was attract
ed at first. The Initial three days
were hard ones. Three time-3 they
were almost forced down by miss
ing refueling contacts. Once, only
the third day, they were down to
a few minutes of gasoline supply.
In a heavy fog blanketing the air
port and at night. They awaken
ed a Hollywood hillside resident
by awoplng over his house and
dropped 'a note to phone the air
port they mu3t have gasoline Im
mediately. Under the fog, which was al
most to the earth, the ground crew
was frantic, the ancient refueling
plane's motor would not respond.
So F. M. Duree. with a tiny little
monocoupe, called Paul Whittier.
and they sailed into the fog with
a five gallon can 3f gasolfire.
In the fog the two machines
met, and the can was lowered to
the Angeleno. Mendell tore the
top of the can and pored the pre
cious fluid; Into the tank just as
tha engine, started to sputter.
Missing high tension wires by
lnchee, ther Angeleno soared" al'oft
again.
At another time they had only
4 5 minutes supply of gasoline
aboard. I
After the third day their spirits
soared high and the flippant notes
they dropped to earth, and their
cheerly wavea to the thousands at
the airport as they zoomed d'own in
greeting after each refueling, re
vealed that the going was easier.
. They slept Jn four hour shifts,
some times doing a longer spell
for each other. Here their war
service training was a handy one,
for Reinhart had served on a de
stroyer and Mendell In the light-er-than-air
forces and they were
habituated t'o little sleep and
hardships.
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ed he was going to Sew York.
He
headed westward from the flying
ti plies met
moss mm,
field in what by that time was
b. ad daylight.
The Poles had 45 mln eg start
. but the "Question Mark" was
much faster and if both, were go
ing the s me way Coste should
pass them quickly.
, The element of a race however
was still quite plausible inasmuch
as skill in cro82lpg the shorter and
less windswept route could bring
the Poles to the .American sea
board first. '
The Poles were so deeply intent
at their Job of getting into the air
with their enormous burden of
petrol that thT.did not even sup
plement the goodbres said on the
' ground with waves of their hands
from their plane.
F nchmen Are More
Spectacular la Takeoff
' Coste and Bellent . more accus
tomed to spectacular starts, held
ct:' their armsr the parting' hand
shake of airmen. They smiled at
those below them and were off on
their great adventure.
The Poles Intended ti adapt
their route to t e circumstances,
Rourhly the . distance between
New York and Paris is about 3.
22 miles, bnt variations because
of the wind, or in choosing- a
northerly or southerly course,
ould run that either higher or
lower. It waa probable they would
ndi fix their direction definitely
until they reach-d the open sea.
Th.a if the wf-i w.as moderate
ly favorable they probably would
strike straight west but IX It was
too much against - them they in
tended to take the road on which
'"they pioneered -and failed last
fyear?, flying Jurt north of the
Asores and then veering norther
ly toward Halifax.
LE BOURGET. July 13. (AP)
Act Boy Chosen to Go After Edison Hoitors
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c es&or-to Thomas A. Ediscn, Is shown here looking through his fath
er's telescope and it work in. the laboratory at his Venice home.
(Saturday) M. LaCoste, mak
er ofXosie's Hkpaqp motor and
M. Breguet, builder of the plane,
announced shortly after Coste's
start that the Question Mark
j would attempt to cross the North
I Atlantic, setting at rest doubt ari
1 ing from previou3 announcements
it was goin? to Tokyo.
LEADBETTER LAUDS
(Continued from Page 1.)
partially been met through U3e of
river transportation.
Asked if he still was consider
ing removal of the- paper mill
from Salem, a step mentioned by
him last fall, Mr. Leadbetter said
such a step would be contrary to
his own wishes except for the fact
that good business might dictate
such a step as an economic one.
Salem sis favorably located In
the senseSthat it provides excel
lent living teonditions, for work
men, Mt. eadbetter. remarked,
and it la in tha center of a val
ley which has great natural tim
ber resources for paper manufac
turing. Given lower water and
an improved tax situation, paper
manufacturing here could be made
much more advantageous than at
the present time, he said.
Asked about his new venture
in Olympla, Mr. Leadbetter salt
that this property could be used
la connection with their new kratt
pulp mill at Vancouver, B. C. The
pulp Will be turned out at Van
couver and moved by barges up
sound, to Olympia, wohere it will
be turned into kraft paper. The
Olympia property is the recon
verted Olympia Brewing company
plant. It has a paper machine, but
no sulphite plant, so the proper
ty will fit in satisfactorily with
the kraft enterprise In British
Columbia.
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TuesdayX at which indictments
cgainst the three Chinese would
be requested.
Foon appeared i.t the commis
sioner's office later in the day, ex
pressing surprise rnd consterna
tion at his arrest. He too, was re
leased on a $10,000 bond, and will
appear Wednesday with the Kaos
to face the opium smuggling
charges.
If convicted the three Chines
have five year terms of imprison
ment, $10,000 fines, and deporta
tion. Mrs. Kao told newgpapirmen
I her husband was not in any way
connected with the opium, and de
clared she wis innocent of any
wrong-doing. She claimed the
contraband was brought here in
trunks as "presents" for friends
of acquaintances she' knew in
China. She refused to reveal
their: names, on the grounds that
they would kill her if they were
brought into the case.
MANCHESTER. England. July
12 (AP) A big lockout in the
cotton manufacturing industry,
possibly affecting a half million
workers, was expected tonight to
result from the decision today of
the federation of master cotton
spinners to enforce a reduction of
12.82 per cent in wages from July
29. 1
The balloting of the federation
was overwhelmingly In favor of
reduction
The, weaving side of the indus
try already bad decided without a
ballet to apply the reduction.. AH
the workers unions have agreed
to reject the demands of the em
ployres) i
-There seemed little, hope of
reaching any compromise before
July 29, unlessthe minister of la
bor Intervenes He may do this
if the parties themselves are un
able to arrive at a settlement.
This Is the first big labor dis
pute since the labor government
came Into office. The workers
are firmly opposed to the idea of
compromise. They argue that
the serious conditio in which the
industry now Is. really is due to
its over-capitalisation during the
boom period after the war. They
think It' behooves tha employers
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order.
The Cowon Spinners and Mariu
facturer Association today sent
out noices of the reduction in
wagesamounting to two shillings
and6ix pense in the pound ster-
or about sixty cents in fire
4
ars.
The cotton spinners claim that
the poor condition of the indus
try necessitated sthe reduction.
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The elaborate Fanchon and Mar
co stagft "Ideas which has been
offered to Salem theatre-goers for
the past few years, and which re
cently were abandoned, will again
be resumed, according to an an
nouncement made by George B.
Guthrie, owner and manager of
the Elsinore.
The Fanchon and Marco "Ideas"
will be offered every Wednesday.
and in them will be seen the cream
of the' theatrical world. Inasmuch
as Marco Woir, head or.tne iamous
stage producing team, has Just re
turned from an eastern trip, where
he signed up some of the best tal
ent obtainable. .
"I am Indeed very happy to be
able to present agatn'to local theatre-goers
the beautiful and artis
tic Fanchon and Marco shows,"
stated Mr. Guthrie. They are un
excelled in stage entertainment,
and are now proving very popular
with audiences In the big eastern
cities, as in the? West."
The inaugural show under this
policy will be the spectacular and
elaborate "California C a p e r s
Idea." featuring the 16 Sunkist
Beauties." This stage presentation
was personally selected by Harold
B. Franklin, president of the huge
Fox-West Coast theatres string, to
Open the new $5, 000,000 Fox the
atre in San Francisco, a few
weeks ago.
This show will be offered to Sa
lem theatre-goers, Wednesday,
July 17th. with a big Fanchon and
Marco "Idea."; following every
Wednesday thereafter.
PORTLAND, Ore., July 12
Policy holders of the Oregon
Life Insurance company, meeting
here today, voted to mutualize the
company, according to a state
ment issued from the iffice of C.
F. Adams, president. The state
ment says, in part:
"The action 'taken at the meet
ing will make Oregon Life the on
ly mutual life insurance company
west of the Rocky mountains. The
company's capital Stock of S10Q,
000 will be retired at par.
"Oregon Life wa3 founded in
1906 by the late L. Samuel. The
company has ; made substantial
gains and at the close ofVbusi.
ness June 30. Shad insurance out-
SnaTofi ' V
3 "The institution will heri4
be known as the Oregon Mutual
Life Insurance company. The
business of the company will con
tinue to be conducted on the le
gal reserve old line plan as here
tofore and there will be no
change in the general plan of op
eration. Theire will not be any
changes in tb epersonnel of the
management of the company."
CLOVER SEED U
CORVALLIS, Ore.. JulV 12.
(AP) Federal and state special
ists and over a hundred Oregon
growers and dealers In clover ceed
gathered al Qregon State college
today in a conference aimed, at de
vising some means" of saving the
industry,, which annually returns
some $1,500,000 to the state. Dr.
A. J.' Peters, a specialist from
Washington. D. C. reported that
eastern markets were against Ore
gon seed at present because of Its
failure to yield well under con4
ditlons, where hardiness and dis
ease resistance is required.
Plans for changing Oregon pro
duction to more desirable strains
were outlined by H. A. Schoth
and G. R. Hylsop. crop specialists
of the Oregon experiment station;
and the conference named a com
mittee to organize a representative
seed council I to assist fa putting
the plan inte effect. The commit
tee consists of A. M. Hand, Port
land; Vernon Burilngham, Forest
their financial houses In - j , 7n&v 1
Hn, or about sixty cents in fire I - ' " 1
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A disease resistant strain had
been tested out at the experiment
stEation and has been found suit
able for Oregon's climate. Seed of
this strain is being increased as
rapidly as possible, and other sour
ces of hardy seed are being sought.
A plan of seed certification is un
der consideration for use in the
future.
CENTRAL KANSAS IS
swept, irons
TOPEKA, Kas., July 12. (AP)
Two flood choked streams, run
ning wide over their' banks, to
night Were pouring their waters
into central Kansas cities, Hutch
inson and Salina. Large areas in
the residential sections of both
cities were being inundated.
Governor Clyde M. Reed, at the
request of Hutchinson city offi
cials, instructed Brig. Gen. Milton
R. McLean, adjutant general, to
order out members of national
guard units stationed at Hutchin
son tb protect life and property.
Tonight a sheet of water borne
southward by Cow creek had en
tered the north end of Hutchin
son, covering to a depth of three
feet an area 18 'blocks long and
two blocks wide. While the flood
was advancing rapidly toward the
business section, a series of east
and west bridges were expected to
prevent excessive flooding. Mer
chants earlier in .the day had
moved' their 6tocks from lower
floors.
Salina tonight was confronted
with a new menace, when Dry
creek broke over the Missouri Pa
cific railroad embankment in the
west edge of the city flooding
many streets in the residential
district near Che Union station.
Water from the northwest earlier
had flooded an area extending
from the north and south city
limits between Dry creek and the
Missouri Pacific tracks.
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SEATTLE, July 12 (AP)
Captain John Of Berry, .63. com
mander of the northern division
of the United States coast guard
and . well known among shipping
men over the entire nation, died
here early today.
The end "came after a brief ill
ness. He was stricken with apo
plexy, Wednesday night. - After
graduating from the naval aca
demy at Annapolis in 1886. Cap-
tain-fierrjr sen
served more than 40
navy and coast
guard. He served la every coast
guard station fa the United States
and passed 22 years in sea duty.
His achievements won tor him
the decorations of three govern
ments. Including the navy cross of
the United States, the knight of
the- crown jof lttaly, conferred up
on him by the king and" the
knight of the order of Avis of
Portugal.
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CULVER CITY, Cal., Julr 12.
(AP) Dr. Frederick Rhodes of
the Culver City hospital, who ex
amined Loren W. Mendell and
Roland B. Reinhart, record break
ing endurance fliers, when they
landed today after 246 hours, 43
minutes and 32 seconds aloft, re
ported their physical condition
"much better than might have
been expected."
"The temperature, blood pres
sure and pulse of each was about
that which a person Would show
sifter violent exercise under ord
inary conditions, with the excep
tion that the return toward nor
mal was slower," Dr. Rhodes said.
In reporting the physical con
dition of the fliers, Dr. Rhodes
declined to differentiate between
them in the statistics he an
nounced. The temperature of one
man, he said, was 98, and of the
other 97.9 lis tenths of a de
gree to eight tenths of a dogree
betow normal. The blood pressure
of one of them was 120, dropping
to 96 in half an hour, and of the
other 16a, dropping to 140 in half
an hour. Dr. Rhodes found the
pulse of one to be 10S, dropping
to 9 2 within half an hour.
and other other 136, slacking to
120 in- 30 miputes.
Mendell and Reinhart. both
complained of slight deafness and
roaring in their ears when tl:y
first stepped out of their plane.
When they reached the hospital,
however, this appeared to have
cleared away in large, part, and
they conversed with newspaper
men and answered questions asked
in ordinary tones of voice with
no difficulty.
A circumstance which seemed
most to surprise both fliers was
weakness in their legs when they
attempted to walk after more than
10 days in the cramped cabin of
their plane. Mendell discovered -it
before he took many steps, and
did not essay to walk about urtll
his leg muscles had again accus
tomed themselves to bearing his
weight Reinhart, however, trlfe
to step briskly away from the
plane when he reached the
ground, and would have fallen
had not W. G. McAdoo, Jr., one
of the backers of the flight and
W. E. Thomas, motor expert,
caught him in their arms, and
supported him.
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LAUDED or BID COP
CULVER CITY, Cal., July 12.
(AP) "There's no secret why
those lads shot the record to pie
ces" remarked a burly traffic of
ficer, who had motorcycled back
to the airport for duty after lock
ing up an autoist for driving
while intoxicated.
"You see, they were used to
Jumping out and getting things.
Pete Reinhart was a traffic cop
on the Oregon State force, and a
real go-getter there; and Loren
Mendell why, didn't he come out
here from a Job of chasing boot
leggers in Florida on the prohibi
tion air force.
"They're Just regular go-getters
that's all."
McClain
July 12 at her late home in Sa
lem. Heights, Julia Ann McClain
age 72 years. Survived by her
husband, John A. McClain; three
sons, Leonard F., J. D both of
Albany, and Arthur E. of Pres
cott, Ariz.; one daughter, Mrs.
Oral Gosson of Klondike, Ore.,
and one sister Mrs. S. Mason of
GraybulL "Wyoming; also 13
grandchildren. Remains in care
of Terwilllger Funeral home.
Funeral announcements later.
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Now in iu second year on Broadway
Comedy of Home Life, Love and Politics
Chautauqua Tent
Tonight 8.15 p.m.
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Full of laughs from beginning to end
The Gloom Chaser
.ALL STAR CAST
JESS PUGH, "The Wifl Rodgcrs of ChautauquaT
Monday night, 8:15
RUSSIANS NOW
REMTO FIGHT
Forces Advance to Frontier
of Eastern Siberia as
War Threatens
(Continued from Paee 1.)
footing, which had moved to the
very frontier. , '
Invasion of Russian
Territory Anticipated
According to the same reports
Russian white guard detachments
which the Manchurian comman
ders intend to send forth on Rus
sian territory were lined up with
the Manchurian troops facing the
frontier.
"Tho report adds that the Chi
nese have arrested 4 0 Soviet rail
way workers. Lui Chun Chan ord
ered Yemshanov, manager of the
Chinese eastern railway, to hand
over the management to Chinese
appointees. Yerashanov on his re
fusal to grant the request v.-as re
moved together with his aid and
replaced by Chinese officials."
TOKYO. July .12 (AP) Ad
vices from Harbiu state that In !
view of the probability of a tie-up J
on the Chinese eastern railway in
Manchuria, the Harbin consular
body is considering mediation to j
seek a peaceable settlement.
Rnssi.ans Depart.
For Siberia, Word j
Dispatches to the Japanese news
agency Rcngo, say that the former i
Russian manager and assistant j
manager of the Chinese eastern, i
left for Siberia tonight with their j
families and other Soviet officials i
in compliance with the Chinese
order for their deportation. !
Chang Ching-Hui, governor of
the Harbin district, lias forbid
den public meetings under rigid
penalties and the city' is heavily
policed, being virtually under j
martial law. Two Chinese gun-j
boats are anchored Jn the San
gari riler fflsar aHrbirs j
A Moscow dispatch received at j
the Chinese eastern headquarters
in Harbin says that the Soviet j
government has appointed L. B. j
Serebriakov, a member of the rail- !
way commissariat, as pleni-poten- j
tiary to proceed to Harbin to seek
a diplomatic settlement of the
problem. He was stated t'j have
left Moscow for Manchuria today.
Ministry Studying
Situation Closely
The new Japanese liberal min
istry, which replaced the conserv
atives on a Manchurian Issue, the
assassination of Marshall Chang
Tso-Lin', followed developments of
the Russo-Manchurian situation
with intense application, because
of the repercussions It might have
on Japanese foreign and domestic
policy.
Premier Hamagucht summoned
a meeting of the cabinet to discuss
the affair today, and the general
staff likewise considered 4t. Their
deliberations were kept secret.
A government spokesman point
ed out that Japan might be ob
lige dto send troops to Harbin to
protect the important inerests of
its nation, even if the trouble be
tween Russia and China should
not Involve the. Japanese-owned
South Manchurian railway.
Tokyo considered the situation
a grave one, but It wa3 felt that
Russia would hardly risk armed
intervention in Manchuria for fear
of complications with other pow
ers. Japanese sympathy, although
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not very warm toward Russia in
general, was this time rather on
Russia side. The Manchurian
methods were sot cdnsiderjed as
setting, a good precedent or as be
ing those approved by internation
al politics. '
WORK PROGRESS!
SALEM
AIRPORT
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gion. In connection with the
le-
gion s state convention,
best airport will be in-
Oregon's
excellent
condition for the landing of any
' plane that lues. other improve
ments including hangars, repair
shops, other buildings and bea
cons, will come later.
- Few Salem residents other than
those who have some official con
nection with the airport develop
ment, have gone out to view the
rap.id progress that is being made4
on its improvement although the
field is easily found, either by
driving out Turner Road or oat
State street and turning onto the
road -.which goes directly sou'th
niriu Kill? ucUHCUitai V . i
Preliminary grading of" the
I three runways .which converge at
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At Tonight's Performance
Pathe Sound Talking News
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Showing
of the Famous
Pilots -- Pete jKeinhart
arid L. W. Mendell
g in Their "Angeleno"
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SEE AND HEAR, j
The Popular Dix at His Best
Packed with Action .... His
First All-Talking Drama . !. .
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With '
Beautlf uf ESTHER
and O, PIEGGIEi
Next
Sunday
For
One Week
TAU1IK3
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Play
ing Sa
lem at
Regular
Prices.
Shows Start
at 2:00, 4:20,
6:40, 9:00. Cob
tianous Shows
Daily.
The greaaf Blusical
Success of the stage
brought to the screen
la its entirety, Never
has there been any
thing so 'marvelous I
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Vltaphone Acts, 4Talkl News
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rprojeeie'd buildings. Is near com
pletion. Tne longest extends 480 0
feet from the northwest corner of
the field to the southeast cotfaer;
A second. 3500 feet long, bisects
this at right angles, and the short
est runway, 3300 feet, runs north
and south. Along the far side,
crossing the short runway at right
angles, is the 3800 foot runway.
Thpy are so arranged that a
flyer will be able to "land under
ideal" wind conditions no matter
what; the wind direction. This one
feature causes the Salem airport
to rate higher that that at Swan
Island.' Portland, which has but
one runway. .
Elkinore to Show
Talkies of Flight
, Soiund movie3 of the world-famous
endurance flight Just com
pleted by Reinhart and Mendell
are being rushed to Salfni hv
- airP1g;ne today and, will be .shown
for tShe first time at Elsinore to
night. Announcement of this ex
tra feature- was made late Friday
afternoon by George "B;" Guthr'e-.
owiwr of the theater. Mr. Guthrie
! i3 hopefull that the rrktunps will
include views
of the fliers ; after
1 they I landed
LAST TIMES TODAY
Adventure!
- On a Romantic
Southern Coast . . .
Belasco's Great Play
Now a Film Sensation
Fan
chon &
"Califor-
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Capers"
Idea
with
16 Sunkist
Beauties
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Starts
Next
Sunday
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Days
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