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the OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, September 15, 1929
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BATTLE SCENES P
IE ENACTED -r
Graphic Scenes Exhibited of
I Actual Fighting by
A Yankees
f ? America Under Fire" which
eomes to the Capitol theatre
Wednesday. Thursday and Friday,
September IS, U and 20. brings
Corporal Bob Ingleston as leetarer.
- Thus Car these pictures hare never
.before been shown before local
audience. Sectors held by local
troons and other soldiers from tie
state are shown fn countless flash
es of France. Corporal Bob Ingle
ston. the lecturer speaks the lang
uage of a doughboy. The stirring
realism of these pictures cannot
M equal. Every interesting aetau
f pointed out. Battle scenes will
be recognised by the local boys,
icnampaigne, the Argonne, St.
lUhll. and Cnateau Thierry battles
' snowing the efforts of the Tanks
which brought the conflict to a
Meclose are prominent on the screen.
The pictures are close-ups and
graphics showing actual battles.
Red Cross nurses are very prom
inent, regiments are shown going
directly in trout of gas attacks,
dpugh boys not faltering in the
face of gun fire, and treachnes In
all their terrible realism.
As an added attraction the Capi
tal will present an all-talking pie
tute. "The Flying Foot," starring
V$Ham Boyd. The story otSITb
Flying Fool is that of stoat
. flier-who lives Just for the thrill
tot life. He takes bis fun where be
finds It and women, to him, were
created purely for entertainmant
purposes. The one love of his lite
is his kid brother and Boyd's J-ril-may-care
existence is interrupt
ed when ho decides to save his
brother from what he believes to
be a designing cabaret dancer and
sljiger. Instead of saying his broth
er Bill falls in lore himself and
then things begin to happen. The7 :
happen fast until the story reaches
a tremendous climax in the air,
which it is said will thrill the moat
blase of fans. Tltaphone vaude
ville acts ant the Fox Movlo
tonews will complete this great
double bill attraction.
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truthful, terrible, and oddly un
Iversal." Hugh Walpole.
It has certain of the marks at gen
ius, which transcend nationality.
Herr Remarque is unodoubtedly
i great writer. The London
.Times.
It:is the most wonderful and ter
rible book that has eome out of
the war. Here Is no glamour, no
glory. At last the epic of the
lowly soldier in the line, the
true story of the world's great
est nightmare. The London
Sunday Chronicle.
Not until this year has the writ
ten word communicated the di
rect. Immediate experience of
the War itself. Surely the great
est of all war books. what
v makes it all the more impress
ive is the simplicity, the integ
rity and the strength of charac
. ter that are It foundation. The
Manchester Guardian.
"All Quiet on the Western Front"
should be awarded the Nobel
Peace Price for the next ten
years in succession. General
Sir Ian Hamilton.
William Allen White, of Emporia.
Kansas, says: " I read from a
dozen to 20 books a month fair
ly carefully. 'All Quiet on the
Western Front' stands out
among less than a half a dozen
that I hare read in a year as a
distinctive important story. It
was worth waiting ten years af
ter the war to get the war writ
ten in perspective, truthfully.
powerfully, beautifully.
-It's wonderful." H. G. Wells.
"Surely the greatest of all War
books." Manchester Guard
lan." "Dwarfs even sueh novels as 'The
- Case of Sergeant Grischa. "
North American Review.
The end of all war's glamor in
one volume." Boston Tran
script, ILL CLOSE Tl
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Tftappy vaudeville and acrobatic
atfti will entertain (he grandtsand
t crowd between the races. Out
standing "of these will be the Asaw
elephant act, one of the finest acts
of ilia kind. The elephants nit the
stage on the run and keep up a
speedy performance to the end.
When It comes to shimmying,
eome of the animals are reported
to, make Gilda Gry look like an
1 amateur. , .
The clowns of Lester, Bell ft
Griffin, will provide the laughs,
while the Ateno Brothers, famous
- European acrobats, will perform
: breath-taking feats on two poles
t feet in the air.
Music ta the grandstand will -be
: tarnished by the Salem Municipal
toband. and the veteran's Fie and
- Drum Corps, Portland, will appear
WR SEIL OF
VJORLD WAR eiVEII
LIVESTOCK EOTIS
Wmld War Film Shown Upon Siwez
Talkie
p.-
tSTalter fTuatm and OmoSt&tB
Paramount Picture.
at the fair for the eighth time.
All those who hare heard them say
that they know their music. Great
er Oregonian's Well-known Jazs
orchestra of Cole McElroy, Port
land, will proTide the- muele for
the nightly dances held in the
hall abore the Automobile pavilion.
Community club day is sched
uled for Monday, Sept, 23. thd
opening day, with Dr. P. O. Riley.
Hubbard in charge of the pro
gram. The new grandstand will
also be dediected on this day. and
the program, atartlnj at 1:30 In
the afternoon,' will be announced
in the near future. Notables of
Oregon will take part.
Tuesday will be devoted to the
State . .Grange,, while ; Wednesday
wui m paiem aay. ah sales wm
cI6se its doors and 4epart to the
fairgrounds, there to witness the
Governor's Derby, the highlight of
the racing program. Portland day,
is Thursday, which also will be
devoted to the G. A. R. Friday is
Press day, and Saturday is Chil
dren's day, whoa children from all
over the state will come to the
fair at special rates on the rail
roads and bus lines.
Race and show horses are al
ready arriving, and are being giv
en workouts on the track and
arena. Thursday night the horses.
IS of them, which Aaron M.
Frank, of Portland, will enter in
the horse show came in, as well
as those of Mrs. Winslow Ander
son, Santa Rosa. Others are ex
pected to arrive daily.
Elaborate preparation for the
horse show are being made for
the horse show by Manager A. p.
Fleming and Ringmaster A. Mouel-
Fenton, both veterans in the busi
ness. AU those who have entries to
make in the fair are urged by Sec
retary Mrs. Ella S. Wilson, to
make them as early as possible,
so that office work can be facil
itated. POT TO ni
Walter C. Winslow, Salem at
torney, and Chief of Police Frank
Minto were relieved of further fire
fighting duties in Douglas county
Saturday upon orders from F. A.
Elliott, state forester, it was sta
ted at the capitol. This action was
taken after Mr. Winslow had con
ferred with Governor Patterson
by telephone, it was said, but the
governor would make no state
ment. The state forester said the
governor had left the decision to
him.
Specific orders to draft mem
bers of the Winslow party as f lro
fighters, were issued by the state
forester because Mr. Winslow had
been a leader in the fight against
postponing the opening of the deer
season in times of great flrehax
ard in past years.
Fire fighting .experiences, per
sonal and imagined ones of Chief
Frank Minto and Wslter Wins
low, hare been the standby fox
conversation around the ' police
station since Minto and Winslow
Joined a fire fighting crew in the
Rogue forest.
Not to be out done by his chief.
Officer Charles Ruykendall got to
narrating his experiences in Ida
ho forests. The story went thus-
ly:
"There were hundreds of us out
there working day and night with
the fire dosing In on all sides,
It was so hot that It singed the
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nnouncement
We have several Essex Demonstrators
and Courtesy Cars that we will sell at
a substantial Discount; All are 1930
.models. and carry our regular new car "
guarantee. Some , of these cars have
only run a few hundred miles and can
not be told from new.
CTATE rJOTODG, lac
IJjgh and Chcmeketa
Hudson and Essex Distributor
Marion and Polk Counties
Open Nights and Sundays
Coming
Colbert in M i
firoci tts"
The Lady lee
whiskers off your face. The ani
mals fleeing from the fire were
getting so thick that X had to
kick several bears right out of
my way to dig trenches.
"Just then a got so hot that I
grabbed a bear by the ears and
rode out of there' chlped in Ser
geant Walt Thompson, rudely In
terrupting and ending Kuykes
dall's narrative.
Everything from a million dol
lars to "ten years of my life" hare
been offered for a "talkie" of the
Salem police chief and lawyer
"doing their stuff." Newell
Williams, although he expresses
sympathy "for the men in their
one day of battling the raging
flames. Is equally demonstrative
lUiWr regie that-, he cf-fcld bo
MEIER PURCHASES
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significant financial develop
ments in Portland in the last dec
ade. The new president of the Ban-
corporation, Hinsdale, Is- presl
dent of the First National bank
of Gardiner and vice president of
the United States National bank
of Eugene, both members of the
Pacific Bancorporation group. He
Is a member of the Hinsdale fam
ily group which has extensive
holdings in the Gardiner and
Reedsport sections. Including the
Gardiner mill company "and the
townslte of Gardiner. His present
home Is In Eugene, but he expects
to transfer his residence to Port
land la the near future.
Thompson Connected
With Pendleton Bank
Thompson was the founder of
the American National bank of
Pendleton and for a number of
years served as president of that
bank. Later, becoming: interested
in various western Oregon enter
prises, including the Columbia
River Packers' association, he
disposed of his Pendleton interests
and moved to Portland, he became
a vice-president and director of
the First National bank in It If,
resigning two years ago to devote
his time to other business.
Roman, was one of the found
ers of the National Bank of Com
merce of Astoria. It was establish
ed oa June IS. ltl with total
resources of 399,697, which have
been increased to about 11,500.
000. It'was originally the Bank of
Commerce, but received a nation
al charter last July.
Atlantic Phone
Service Placed
Upon New Basis
Trans-Atlantic telephone serv
ice had been nnt on a 24-hrrar has
te, according to word received in
saiem by C. C. Aller. manager of
the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph company. A rapidly Increas
ing overseas traffic is responsible
for the fll services.
The new service extends to all
points in Europe now connected
to all points in Europe now con
nected to America by the over
seas telephone 21 foreign coun
tries in all. For the past year the
daily service period has been
from S:30 a. m. to 7:00 p. m..
Pacific time.
FOREST BLAZES CURBED
MEDFORD, Oto., Sept, 14.
(AP) No forest fires are burning
within the confines of Jackson
county, tho forestry bureau here
Announced. A heavy pall of smoke
from upstate blazes hung over the
Rogue river valley, however, dim
ming the sun and annuaiing tho
work of forest service lookouts.
Phone 1000
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f e cBe s
Air Collision Above Chicago
Causes Four Deaths;
Woman Slain
CCUmiW (ram Pas U
forts to save taeir Uvea.
The tip of the lower wing of
Krone's plana brushed the top
wing of Meyer's ship and the two
Started to drop.
Locked wing to wLag, the two
ships began to turn over slowly
like a beautifully executed "fall
ing leaf" of the stunt fliers. They
straightened out and for -the
slightest Instant levelled off, then
dropped like a plummet.
Investigation Of Crash
Is Launched At Once
Highway police and attaches of
the coroner's office "were sent to
the scene to conduct an investiga
tion and Major Rogue, Chicago's
first air policeman, began an in
quiry of hie own. Both planes
were wrecked.
Krone's machine was a biplane
powered by a wartime motor. Mey
ers was piloting a late model
plane owned by Albert E. Lour, a
Chicago business man.
Accounts of the accident dif
fered, but some witnesses said
that Krone's plane was laboring to
attain altitude and was handi
capped by a pronounced wiggle in.
Its fn mala n . , ,
i ;Fpr Bereralnpnths, attaches at
aiitrpfcrt nfeixjthe aceao said
Rxfthfe'st plane - had been stored; id
a shed oa a nearby farm. Today
Krone went over it and made ad
justments which permitted him to
get It off the ground. The plane
was not licensed.
BUFFALO, N. T., Sept. 14
(AP) Six Dersons. including
Iwo women and two children, were
burned to death shortly after
o'clock tonight after a monoplane
belonging ta Skyway, Ltd., of Tor
onto, crashed in a field between
Merrlton and Thorold, Oat.
The plane caught fire after the
crash and ipl occupants were
burned beyond recognition. The
pilot was Frank M. Bradfield. of
Toronto. The names of the other
occupants of the plane had not
been learned early tonight.
The bodies were removed to St.
Catharines. Ont,
Chief of Poliee Frank Collins,
of Thorold, who visited the place
of the wreck and who said he
telped to remove the charred
bodies of two women, two children
and two mea, from he debris, said
the accident happened about 6:10
p. m.
OAKLAND, Calif.. Sept. 14
(AP) Two men were instantly
killed when the airplane fn whleh
they were riding over Berkeley
fell Into a tall spin, took fire in
the air, and crashed into the resi
dence of C. E. GiUman, Berkeley.
The pilot was believed to be
Robert B. Widman, private pilot,
and resident of San Francisco,
who had rented an airplane at
Oakland airport belonging to
Major Livingston Irving, well
known coast filer. The passenger
was net Identified.
Officials at the Oakland air
port said the plane had been in
the air approximately an hour
when too fatal crash occurred. Ob
servers said the pilot was attempt-t
ing a loop at low altitude when the
plane fell Into a tall spin,
Widman was also said to be a
student aviator. He was wctf
known in college circles, and ja
member of the Phi Kappa frater
Vttaphens Pictures Thai
TODAY
I Vvy A Fes tXevletoao
nrJsxCtrjsV $
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WEDNESDAY
Capital root He. t, Isnerlcaa Letiea benefit show far
Of ficial War Pictures
Of Oregva Ti pa TJader Fwo, with
Corp. B H, Ingksten, rhotographer la Person
Vrsnaas Boyd in m
THE FLYING POOL
nity.
OUlman'a residence, and a
neighboring house were set afire
In the crash. The damiga oaa boy
been estimated at a late hour to-
mia-h.
MINNEAPOLIS. SODX. 14 (
AMelr(a Clark. SL Paul, was
instantly killed near Wold-Cham
berlain firing field fcore late to
day when ha lost control of his
ship and mads an unsuccessful
parachute jump. Witnesses told
Coroner Gilbert Seashore that
Clarke was flying at a great
heia-ht. nrobablr SO 00 feet, when
his plane appeared to go into a
tall spin.
CLEVELAND. Sept 14-(AP)
Daniel Ahern. 2S, shot down
here threo hours after his arrival
from New York, was the victim
of gambling resort operators
whom he tried to "shake down,"
Emmete J. Potts, aetiag chief of
detectives said tonightr
.Potts" believed; the reputed
gangster, who was reported in a
critical condition tonight placed
himself "on the spot" through his
connection with New Yorkers who
have been preying on gamblers
here.
Poliee had two widely diver
gent accounts of the shooting.
Soma witnesses said Ahrea was
shot from an automobile aa ho
was crossing a street with three
New, York, companions, while oth-
rs aalW Y witam tne
range at $ Erunraan-plants U the
Ticlalty.
Ahern's relatives in New York
said he was related to a court of
ficial prominent in politics, but re
fused to reveal hts identity. Po
liee also were investigating re
ports that Ahren gained promin
ence , in New York seven years
ago when ho inherited $200,000
which he spent in high living and
frequent trips to Cleveland night
tlubs.
His three companions were un
der arrest while their bertillion
measurements were being check
ed by New York police. Ail of
them denied seeing the shooting
or knowing Its cause.
Ahern was shot a tew hours af
ter Alfred L. Tully, said by his
wife to bo a paid federal prohibi
tion informer, was shot. Detec
tives believed he was the victim
of the same band who killed Leo
Klein, a federal informer, lazt
August.
Miss Warinner
Passes Away in
Portland Friday
Miss Florence Warinner, former
resident of this city, died in Port
land Friday, according to word
received here Saturday. Funeral
services will bo held in Portland
Monday morning at 11. o'clock In
the Miller and Tracey parlors, fol
lowing which the body will be
brought to Salem, where brief
services will be held at tho grate
in the I. O. O. F. cemetery at 2: SO
o'clock.
Mrs. Warinner la survived by
one sister, Mrs. May M. Moore cf
Portland, and seven nieces and
nephews. She was a sister of the
late Eugenia GilUsgham.. Miss
Warinner was an early pioneer,
having crossed the plains with her
parents in 185$, and wfll be re
membered by many residents of
Salem.
Talk Like living reepie
& THURSDAY
Suing
SKIHST
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FIRE SITUATION
HELD IMPROVED
Blaze in Mount Hood Nation
al Forest Only One
Out of Control
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Medtord today, causing severe in-
Jury to its pilot although the only
passenger, L. V. Rex, ot this city,
escaped unhurt, was credited in
directly to forest (Ires. Heavy
smoke was said to have blinded
H. W. Muirhead, the pilot, causing
him to fly i&to power lines and
nosedive Into a pasture. Muirhead
was taken to a hospital at Med
tord.
Forest officials here said the
fire sltatlon in Washington was
unchanged tonight. The Ducka
bush fire In the Olympic national
forest had spread over 7S00 acres
whfle the Dole fire in the upper
Little Washougal district of Clark
county was slchrly but surely be
ing controlled.
VET DISJOINTED
"Fair, lower humidity." That
was the , unwelcome; news - bread-
NajsfJto deer hunters; jand timber
owners ra uregon r ifle weather
bureau Saturday night. The deer
season was scheduled to opes this
morning, but tt didn't open be
cause the governor ruled other
wise la riew of the extreme fire
hasard.
Even without tho governor's
proclamation, there couldn't have
been much deer hunting, for the
national forests, where most- of
tho deer are to bo found, are all
closed to campers and other visit
ors except in established camp
grounds and along highways, for
the same reason.
But if recent history repeats It
self, the delay will not be pro
tracted.
Last year, when the season was
to open September 10, similar
provisions were in effect But .40
laches of rain fell September 11
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rasi Lompany
with Jack Oaklo
An All Talkie Comedy
DEER
Tf i ON THO h
STARTS MONDAY TILL WEDNESDAY
CHARLES RUGGLES e ReporlCT Gcnt,en of the Prc8S' 1
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Now
Playing
at the
Portland
PubUx
Theatre
with
Great
Success!
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Hill iitmMdfJtodMMMkmlD
Sunday Your Last Opportunity
Screen
and .tt September 12, and that
day the restrictions were with
drawn. While hunters and lumbermen
are praying for rain, there is an
other class of citizens who are
dreadtag Its arrival. The prune
growers would Ilka to see several
weeks, more of drouth, for a heavy
ralu at this time would practically
ruin their crop.
Student Chapel
To Be Built at
Monmouth Soon
MONMOUTH, Sept. 15. A
contract was awarded this week
to Comstock and Poole, Mon
mouth, for construction of the new
Lutheran student chapel at Mon
mouth, which will be built on
Knox street north of the Mon
mouth hotel. The building will
contain an assembly room, a living-room,
dwelling accommoda
tions for the custodian, and large
basement for diversified uses.
Home of 25 c Talkies
Today - Monday, Tuesday
Continuous Performance Today, 2-11 p. m.
LAST TIMES TONIGHT
Fanchoa
FAST... SPEED.
with
"the sunkist beauties" d
PARKER and MACK
BLACK CAT FOUR
flOOB MM-
With
WALTER HUSTO
CLADBSITE COLDER?
A. 100?; TaBdng. Production ;
AT THE ORGAlf PARAMOUNT
TO SEE THE
H.''IHIS)Efl
That CkS. Hamilton Furniture
So Beautifully Furnished
Located In
yurnisliings and Arrangements by 5
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319 Court Street
Tho Lutheran Student Service
association has maintained quar
ters for several years in the Post
Offica block, and hat been con
templating permanent location for
some time.
Workv will be commenced Sep
tember: 1$ under superrision of
Ernest. Kroner. Portland arch
itect, and is to be completed in
90 days, The cost of the building
and equipment Is estimated at
$5090. .
Albany Attorney
Talks to Kiwanis
"The Constitution of the United
States" is the subject of the ad
dress to be given Tuesday noon at
the Salem Kiwanis club by Mark
Weatherford, Albany lawyer, The
meeting will be In keeping with
constitution week being observed
throughout the United States.
Ralph Hamilton, Kiwanian, has
been selected to give tho atten
dance prize that day.
The ir GlrPi
First AO
Talking Picture
And what a
Picture!
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Helen Burke
Others
Love ... Hate
Passion.
An
These elements
are part
of this
' love-stirring
romance!,
KEWS OTHER FEATURES,
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