Image provided by: University of Oregon Libraries; Eugene, OR
About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Jan. 1, 1930)
The Puhlic lQ Iripited Co Attend Boyss Achieve Y. M. C, A. Today Without Chargs- - . CIRCULATION ; : . month tndiag Noveabw SO, 1J2 .6,656 ATtrmw daily iH pi e.105 f; This Issue 36 PAGES; 3 SECTIONS Telling the story of Salem's progress for 1929 mm Audit Binu ( Cirenlatfoaa. FOUNDED - t831 SEVENTY-NINTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, January 1, 1930 1 1 . . w - 4 X X. II KB W . B No. 21t) 1 ;lltlooh Governrnent . Officials Make Predictions for New Year Economic Records Are Cited for Past 12 Months' Period By CLINTON COFFIN Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON. Dec. 31 (AP) Economic records of 1929 com pleted tonight revealed a year in which the national . government through manifold agencies was drawn to more intimate associa tion with and participation in the nation's industrial, commercial, and agricultural life activity than has ever been effected any peace time era. Higher officials who responded to the customary call for New ,Year's statements on' outlook for American prosperity in 1930 spoke in the light of 12 months of unusually close and persistent experience with developments of the business world, .and found reason for basic optimism. Pessimism Not Justified -Declares Secretary Mellon Secretary Mellon, prefacing' his statement with a mention of the Inevitable hazards of economic prophesy, declared that he could "see nothing in the present situ ation that is either menacing or warrants pessimism." Some sea sonal slackness In winter months might be possible In trade and Commerce, he said, but hardly more than ordinary. "I hare every confidence that there will be a revival of activity in the spring and that during the coming year the country will make feteady progress," he continued. iIn the credit situation the 4read ef money rates Is downward. There Is - plenty- of credit avail able and we have reason to ex fcect that the rates for hew capi tal in building construction and expansion will be such as to fa cilitate the promotion and accom- Sliihment of . new undertakings, he government's finances are in sound condition which warrants the cut in taxes and the govern ment, useii, is in a position 10 ao Its part in helping the country to gneet and solve problems which are ahead." -i Continuance of Prosperity predicted by Lamont Secretary Lamont said the "na ture of the economic development bf the United States Is such that tone may confidently predict, for the long run, a continuance of tl m t t v ( lata reached higher levels than ever before, notwithstanding recessions In" some lines in later months," r added. "Measure 1 by Quanti ties, the output of our" manufac turing Industries broke" all previ ous records. A new high level was established in mineral production. Emnlovment in manufacturing in dustry and wage payments were . . . B A A notn consiaeraoiy greater in than in the preceding year. Ex jwrts of American manufactured (roods reached the huge total of Concluded on Page 3, Column t.) Kttvtrt0 on tim 2 Robbers Obtain 3 ' EUGENE, Ore.. Dec. 31 (AP) 4 -Falling in. their efforts to elicit from Maurice Thomson, furnace tender In a local rooming house, information as to the hiding place of a turn of money a roomer was reputed to have, hidden in one of the rooms,1 two unidentified rob bers today bound, gagged and rob bed him ,of 3. ; Money Given State -The state land department turn ad over to the state treasury de partment during the month of December $13 7,0 57.9 1. according to a report prepared here Tuesday fey George G. Brown, clerk of the atate land board. i. Suicide Try Falls . PORTLAND, Ore.. Dee. 11 tf '(AP) Schedule of liabilities and assets of William Ooldblatt, do? Jng business as the Dlamon Shop In this city, who filed a voluntary petition In bankruptcy in federal district court December 4, were tiled today and listed total liabil ities as l1.023. and assets as flO.eift. The bankruptcy "peti tion was filed shortly after Gold fclatt was t found" offering from asserted self-inflicted ' wounds In ja room at a local club. ' i Dryness Seta Record! -r-; . PORTLAND, Ore., Dee. SI '(AP) Edward L Wells, govern ment meteorologist here, declared tonight that' unless torrential tain ahAnM fall before midnight. - (his eity- win have experienced lhe driest year in the history local weather bureau. Briefs Meet. J.N "Sam" Chambers Who In 1930 Is to Be Chamber Head .. :' X ..l 4V v.. ' "J "Playing host successfully to 11 conventions was the biggest oeomp lishment In 1929," said Chambers Tuesday.! '"rhe coming year should be marked by special effort to get more farmers on laud about Salem. I believe it la possible to double some of our crops with intelligent summer irrigation." j Rousing Greets Neu) Year Noisemakers Merry as 1 929 Gives Place to Young 1930 "I'm niakin' whoopee Are you makln' whoopee? Ton gotta make whoopee 'Cause it's New Tear's now!" Bells, auto horns, mill whis tles, train whistles, sirens, bagpipes, drums, patent noise makers and vocal cords con spired to make the instant of midnight the noisiest that Sa lem has experienced in sev eral years, as Baby 1930 was ushered into the world. At 11:59 Tuesday night all was quiet and the streets seemed prac tically deserted; one minute later or a tew minutes sooner for not all watches are synchronized pandemonium broke loose, as if by magic 'the streets became crowded with raucous automo biles, and Salem devoted Itself to the single task of drowning out the death gasps of good old 1929 and letting the new year know he (Concluded on Page 3. Column 1.) Thmr fist 3 From Vie- : PorilcnA Passti Driest Year on Record; Still Barns up Causing Embarrassment Student Very Young EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 31 (AP) After spending but eight years and one summer school session at studies in elementary and high school ; grades. Reging Saxon Brooks, 15. has successfully com pleted her first term' as a student at the University-of Oregon, offi cials announced here today. , Still Starts Fire PORTULND. Ore.. Dec SI API A still, which became too hot. started a fire today in an east side residence. The fire was ex- tlnrnished after considerable damare bnt no arrests were made. Deputy sheriffs said the occupants of the residence fled when, the fire broke out. v Orangemen Win; CHICO. CaL, Dec. 31 (AP) Oregon State's - basketballers swamped the Chico, State Teach ers college quintet, 42-24,1 in a practice game here tonignu Cnrl r Nelson Elected -"v ' ' UNIVERSITY OT OREGON, Eugene, Dec." 31 (AP)-r-Homer AngeL prominent Foruana attor ney, representative la . the state legislature, has been elected pre sident for II 10 ct the UniTersIty of Oregon Alumni association. It wa annnnneed tonicht" by Miss Yeanette Calkins,: alumni seere- Vice presidents elected areolae n Klntrr. Rnrene. a teacher in Eugene high school; and Carl Nel son a Salem, business man. :'--S,"-J5.--i Welcome Extra Cent Aided To Gasoline Levy Far Car Operator Oregon's new additional 1-ccnt per gallon tax on gas oline became effective at midnight last night, and will make a j total of 4 cents a gallon that is paid in taxes on gasoline by Oregon mo torists. It is estimated that this will yield 97,000,000 a year. The new 1-cent tax alone is calculated to yield f 1,750,000. The 10 29 - legislature adopted this tax as a com panion measure to the act reducing hf about 25 per cent the license fees of mo tor vehicles. The purpose -was to prevent a reduction in the state highway fund receipts each year that oth erwise Would result from the reduced license fees. Coincident with the Issuance of 10 marriage licenses at the county clerks' office yesterday, the last dar of the old rear. Circuit Judge L. IL McMahan signed divorce de crees separating nine couples, in addition to the nine newly made divorce decrees there were two divorce comnlalnts filed. . Mae Blevins asking separation from Lee F. Blevins and Eva J. Payne a divorce from Rov K. Parne. Following are tne couples grant ed divorces through the circuit court mill here Tuesday: Maude I. Broyles from Bert Oliver Broyles; Fred Ulmer from Hilda B. Ulmer; Ethelyn Kelt from Wil liam H. Keif; Charles F. Ellison from Lucille V. Ellison; Francis Herbert Bentley from Olive Alex andrine Bentley; James A. Brown from Cora L. Brown; Pearl Free from James Leo . : Free ;; ; Elsie Campbell from' Byron A. Camp bell; and Henry W. Lewis from Almina Lewis; -: ' . :" Infidelity,; cruelty, non-support and desertion were : causes for most of the actions, i h National Meet i Of Students to Get Under Way ;;. : -,.f;: m-,' - - j - PALO JULTO; CaLir Dee. 31. I APl-Deleratea from. universities and colleges throughout the Unit ed States tomorrow wilj open the fifth annual congress of the Na tional Student Federation of the United 8tates of America at Stan ford university. The congress will continue through January: 4. -Problems to come before the congress Include athletics and na tional eligibility rules,- fraternl H mi sororities. , relationships of tnrient to the eltv in which the college is located and other phases of student activities. IE SMTIOUS GRMJTED IN COURT Remainder of Programs Will Be Presented Free to General Public First List of Prize Winners Announced by Judges in Y. M.C. A. Event Attendance at the Boys Achievement exposition Tuesday was much heavier, than on Mon day, and in the natural course of events It would be still heavier today. But It became apparent Tues day that even though the admis sion price was. small, it would keep some folk from seeing the exposition; and therefore ar rangements were made by the Ro tary and KJwanis clubs to under write any remaining deficit on the expenses of the exposition, and so This afternoon and tonight. from 1 to 9 p.m.. the exposition will be open to the public, without charge, and all Salem is Invited by the Rotary and Klwanls clubs to attend and see the remarkable Work which has been done by lo cal boys in pursuit of their hob bies. No Charge Made For Program Tonight It Is also announced that there will be no charge for the program at 7:30 tonight. It will feature numbers by the school band and br Dr. H. C. Epley's juvenile chor us, violin solos by pupils of Miss Elizabeth Levy, a Boy Scout ex hibition and a Y. M. C. A. gym nasium exhibition. The program Tuesday night was well attended. Not all of the various classes of exhibits had been judged np to a late hour Tuesday night, and the men In charge of the exposition were able to announce only an incomplete list of prize winners. Some of the divisions which had been judged resulted as fol lows: Section I. Woodwork. Emil Otjen, one first, two third places;' Rennie Otjen, one first, two sec onds; Paul Silke. two firsts; Ned Hale, one first; Loren Benjamin, one second; Tom EarL one first; Bob Wlens. one third; Oscar Beckman, one first, one third; R. Turgess, one first; Harold La Duke, one second; Billy Sehon, one third; Charles Alley, one sec ond; Fred Blatchford, one second. Section II. Natural history col lections. Class A, juniors David Thompson first, Harry Mosher second. Robert Ross third. Class B. seniors Earl Gfriepentrog first. Don Duncan second, Frank Chllds third. Section IV. Miscellaneous. Class A. First, exhibit uniden tified; Douglas McKay, Jr., sec ond. Mllner Sanford thlrdv Class B. George Causey first, Kenneth Klein second, Irvin Ulver third. Section "V. Curios and relics. Collections of relics Waldo Mills (Concluded on Page , Column 8.) i -II.- rasa-'.- i . ii - --i i j. 'fr Health Leader Ends Job Here f 4 . - - Dr. fisteUa Ford Warner who, with the close of the year 1929, ends her career as director of the Marion county child health demonstration. 5PEI6HTIHE Prosecution Expected to Be Pushed Against Former Salem Resident Prosecution of a charge of man slaughter will be pushed against Edward "Scotty" Speight, who was indicted by the Marlon county grand jury on that charge last summer, Is predicted Inasmuch as Speight has been apprehended by county officials after sending a warrant for hjs arrest to Rose- burg where it was learned that Speight was in hiding. District At torney John Carson has intimated that the state will not waste any time in prosecuting Speight now that he has been caught. Speight was Indicted by the (Concluded on Page 3, Column C) Judge Refuses To Give Pardon To Check Artist EUGENE, Ore., Dec 31. (AP) Waiving grand Jury in vestigation, Frank C. Hillgrove entered a plea of guilty In circuit court today to a charge of obtain ing money under false pretenses. A strong plea for a parole was made by Hillgrove's attorney, but Judge Sklpworth denied it. Sen tence will be pronounced Thurs day. Hillgrove, who had been em ployed at the Southern Pacific shops here as car inspector from May 123 to last October, became addicted to gambling, he told- the court today. He cashed worthless ehecks to pay his debts. Hill grove's attorney, in urging a par ole, declared American Legion members here had made up S 200 In Hillgrove's outstanding checks. f vC UJ PROGRAM ENDS IN THIS COUNTY Official of Commonwealth Fund Turns Clinic Over To Local Staff Dr. Vernon A. Douglas Will Take Charge of Unit This Morning - The county child health demon stration ended its official exist ence Tuesday, marking the close of the five-year program In be half of Marion county children es tablished and largely supported by the Commonwealth Fund of New York City. With the end of the demonstra tion! Dt Estel,a Ford Warner who has i directed the activities since the summer of 1928 and who Is one of the original staff mem bers, terminates Jher official serv ice. ; She will remain on until June 1 to make the fire-year re port of demonstration findings and accomplishments to the Com monwealth Fund. , The "finis" written yesterday to the health demonstration but ushers in with the first day of jl930 the Marion county health unit, the name under which pub lie work in Marion county will henceforth be conducted and known. At the head of the coun ty health unit will be the county health officer. Dr. , Vernon A. Douglas. Dr. Douglas has been a member of the health demonstration staff since early in Its existence and has been county health officer ever since that office was included in the demonstration tie-up to make nw s nivsa saffljtfAnr tisaal ti ava u iuvi v ciuvivub uvmvu a a v gram in the county. Save for a 312,000 subsidy from the Commonwealth Fund, the county, the city of 8alem and the Salem schools will bear the brunt of the expense of maintain ing and enlarging : the public I health program In this and future years. Policy of the health unit will be determined by the county health unit executive board, mem bers of which will be the same as those who directed the' demonstra tion activities, with the exception of Dr. Warner, who steps out with the end of the demonstration. A member of the medical profession will be named by the executive committee to fill the vacancy and keep a five-member board. The executive committee includes: County Judge J. C. Siegmund; El lis Purvine, member of the city council; Frank Neer, representing the Salem school board; T. M. Hicks, of the Marion county pub lic health association; Dr. Doug las as conuty health officer also sits with the group. Weather Unsettled today and Thursday. Not much change in temperature. Max. temperature, Tuesday 48; min. 82. Rain .18; river 8; wind south. Joins Hunt For Missing Flyers 8. ShetsakoT, pilot of the Rus sian plane "Land of the Sovi ets" in the recent flight from Moscow to New York, will be a member of the Russian expe dition to aid In the search for Carl Ben Eielson and Earl Bor land, missing for six weeks near North Cape, Alaska. The American fliers went to the aid of a disabled fur steamer and haven't been heard from since. Disaster Held Worst of Its Kind in Great Britain Since Year 1883 PAISLEY, Scotland, Dec. 31.- iar seventy iwo small giris and boys died In the blind panic that followed outbreak of a-small fire In the Glen moving picture theatre late today. The fJareup In the projection room changed the New Tear cele bration of .this Scottish mill town to mourning, la which the nation Joined. Eighty others of the audi ence were injured but more than half of them had recovered suffi ciently tonight to go to their homes. The operator and manager pre vented a holocaust by carrying the single blazing roll of film out of the building at the cost of ser iousness to themselves. This kept down the fire damage to a neg ligible amount but the fumes from the burning film dropped the struggling children in great num bers while others piled up In Jams in doorways and at the foot of stairways. It was the most serious disaster of its kind in Great Britain since 1883. The children, mostly from working class families, had crowd ed Into the 750 seat theatre sing ing and dancing in excitement over the prospect of thus spending their "hogma-nay", the tradition al Scottish New Year's treat, which outshines . Christmas north of the tWeed. Bearcat Frosh And West Linn Hoopers Clash The Willamette u n 1 v e r s i ty freshman basketball team and the West Linn high school quintet played a practice game on the Willamette floor Tuesday after noon1. Each coach was short a cou ple of regular players and ised some- who were not eligible, so no score was kept officially, al though it was reported that the first year men scored a few more points than the visitors. - 520 if) ; A 72 GIRLS Ml BOYS ARE KILLED IH PANIC Couples In Year? Separations 200 With the addition of 10 mar riage licenses Issued yesterday. the total number of maerlage li censes granted by the county clerk here during the year 1929 reached a total of 620. This figure showed an increase of 42 over the pre vious year, 1928, when 47$ cou ples were given wedding permits. Divorce suits filed in 1929 num bered 200 and -this r item. : also showed an Increase over 19)8 when - only 17$ : divorce .actions were started. The months of June 'and Aug ust lead In the monthly compila tion, of marriage licenses, aheck made at the county clerk's office revealed Tuesday. During Jane 78 were issued while August follow ed next with ft. November cinch ed third with $3 while July was fourth with an -wren $t. Divorces were checked by nar- terQehe months of January, Feb ruary and March showing that 4$ divorce actions were started In the courts here. April, "May . and June found 54 separation actions listed but the largest total was found to have been Clad during Oregon's Progress Is Great Substantial Advance b Made by This State in Past Year Outlook for Corning 12 Months Is Declared Encouraging (By the jAssoeiated Preen) While the close of the 1329 may have found the eastern part of theiTnited States hnldta its head In "morning after" fash Ion as a result of the collapse of" the artificial Wall street boom, found Oregon with a record ot distinct accomplishments for the year and looking forward t even greater things for 1930. In general business, in shlDnis . In public works, in land settle ment and agriculture and in most lines of endeavor even- in sports the state found, in look ing back upon the 12-month per iod, that its record was good. . Railway Coinpanie Show Expansion Railroads made many great ad vances during 1929 in this see- " tion. New extensions were coss- pleted and others announced or ordered. Bank clearing aenerallv" shew ed great gains over the previous year. Postal receipts in most eitien. and particularly In Portland, went greater for 1929. Industry saw Drorresa In in creased volume of products, im number of plants in extension and expansion. Public utilities linen t millloM of dollars in augmenting their fa cilities to care tor a rapidly grew- Ing population, and announced that millions more would be. spent in the state during the new rear. Sporting Titles Are Brought to Oregon Oregon men excelled in sports. A Portland man won the Pacific northwest amateur title, another won the western -amateur crown and a third came within ee bracket of caoturinr the national amateur title vacated by. Boeey (Concluded en Pace S, Column 1.) BUILDING RECORDS BUT MO SHORT Building construction records for Salem in 1929 fell only about $4000 shvrt of the 1923 mark, it was disclosed when the final figures were in Tuesday night. The December total was $22, 302, which brought the figure for the year up to $1,601,849 as compared to $1,605,643 for 192a. In the total given for the year Just ended, however, all building construction inside the city lim its is included, and not merely the building permits. , The figures used are those an nounced from month to month by the building Inspector. Earl V. Bushnell, with the addition of the postoffice annex, which he did. not include. He did add la ' the cost of penitentiary and other atate construction for which, ae permits were issued. . TAere was more building in 1929 than in 1928. but t his does not show in the figures given be cause under' the new building code, the cost of electrical and plumbing . installation Is not it eluded In the estimates. Separate permits are Issued for these items, and estimates of cost are not re quired. Here July, August and September when 89 suits were-listad. The lat three months of the year,-Including the month Just past, showed 41 .cases. .... Following are the eouples who obtained marria-flcenses at the " lonrt houseTuesday: John C. Broady. Jr., Silrertom and Laura M. White, Roberts ' apartment?. Salem; Paul H. Jaeger, Condon, and Mable A. Miller, Aurora; Mar tin J. Doerfler, Silverton, and Jes sie M. Hartley Silverton;? Letlfe W. Morris, route 3, Salem, and Margaret F, Gilmer. 333 North 19 th, Sarem; Joseph W. Vasek, Jefferson, and Minnie Neuenscn- wander, route 4, Salem; Loren w, Hall, Grants 'Pass, and . Bunah Powell also of Grants Pass; David M. Hackett, route . Salem; and AnneHa. Brodk, also of routers, . Salem; Austin B. Frands,Part-. land, and Mary Sweet. Twin Falls, Idaho? -M." G. Rombo, Mill City, -and Goldle" Champ, $15" South 22, . Salem; and JSdward' JT. Bumtlde, 4 4 S Market street, . Salem - and Frieda Wbittiagtoa, 944 Jonn Cottage. Salexo. ,. Marry a-w 4l T' I 1' . . ? ..