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'VWw 4 . PAGE TWO WEDDED WDlfj'S woaiupiEo Hollywood Club has Diver gent Views; , Free Texts Also Debate Subject Employment of married wom en formed the topic for. some aaarp discussion at the meeting of the Hollywood community -elub last' night. Both sides were i. presented In the progress of the - Informal debate. but no resolu--tlon waa adopted, by the club to express - its conclusion In the -matter. v Ray-8tumbo waa -named chair- - tnaa of .a committee- to organise a bey scout troop for Hollywood. Immediate work -will be began on -waiting- station to be erect ' ed -by the people of the Holly wood community at the Intersec tion of Fairgrounds road and 44orth Capitol street. It was det initelr 'decided last night.. This .station is being ballt to fill 'lone felt seed by the people of the- community in connection ', with the has serrlee. Christmas festoons and trees will also be placed on and over 'the Hollywood streets according to the dab's decision Tuesday night. The- Question of free text 'books for Oregon school chil dren - was laid on the table for further Investigation before any action shall be taken. The next meeting, of the club will take up the discussion of i six-hour day which would, if car ried out, allow for the employ ment of one fourth more men and thus aid in rellering the un employment situation. The Salem Symphony orches tra obaerred the birth of Ludvlg Tan- Beethoven at its practice In the social room of the T. M. C. A. Tuesday night. Beethoven was born ICO years ago. Prof. R. W. Hans Seitz pointed out., in an in formal talk following; the or chestra's presentation of the first movement of Beethoven's C Ma jor sonata No. 1, that when the great master wrote such compo sitions he was correct in saying, He who can enter into the spir it of my music will be beyond the reach of the world's misery Eight symphonies, string Quar tet compositions, besides many more compositions made up the massive output of the life work of the great musiclon who died in Vienna March. 1827. Following the inspiring talk by Prof. Seits the f 5 members of tha orchestra out of the 74 which makes up its membership, and a few additional guests were serv ed with refreshments, a birth day party in compliment to the great master. The orchestra played one selection- following the refreshment .hour and It was a ' revelation to observe the intent, serious work of thou ti people who sat under vthe baton of Prof. Seitx. Intense pleasure- and commendable work was evident. Boy Scouts to Help to Guard State Highways The first Boy Scout (patrol in Marion and Polk county council which has resolved Itself into a highway patrol la connection with -the state-wide safety cam paign of the A. A. A. and state traffic department. Is from Aumsvllle. reports O. P. West, scout executive. The highway patrol formed of ' Boy Scouts is captained by . Les ter Pernr. 5 Alfred Fleber Is lieu tenant The patrol will guard the highways in front of the Aums vllle school : building. - The boy .-patrolmen will wear ' the Sam Brown belts and other Insignia which is being distributed in connection with the safety ! cam paign; - Girls to Give Programs at 'Y' Two Christmas programs will be given at tho T. W. C. A. lobby late this week, one Thursday night and one Friday, both com mencing at 7: SO o'clock. Parrish junior high girls will present The Virgin Tree' Thursday eve ning; and the Leslie girls will give The King's Christmas" Friday night. Dress rehearsals for both productions were held yesterday afternoon. Both pro grams are open to the public without charge. Rickreall Grange Plang, Christmas RICKREALL. Dec. 1C. At their last regular meeting on Friday tho Rickreall ? grange made plans for a Christmas tree and program to be given on their next meeting date. Decem ber 2. At the same time the lucky number will be drawn for the quilt made by the ladles of tho Homo Economics elub this fall. A supper of hot clam soup war- served : at the close of the meeting. ; ORCnlK BEETHDVEil'S WORK CERKAN BEATS KONZE SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 18 (AP) Pete Cerkan, Portland light heavyweight, knocked out Al Konxe of Seattle la the third ; round of a scheduled ten round ; bout hero tonight. Konze fought on oven terms with Cerkan until tho third 'when tho Portland - slugger, opened'up with a vicious attack, flooring the Seattle boy : four times. LEAVE IT They Wfll Help Needy Children With Food BOXING BOUT RESULTS From sponsoring bridge teas to managing boxing matches is the accomplishment of the mod ern woman If she be a member of the American Legion auxiliary and Is interested in seeing that money is obtained which give aid to 4ft to 5ft children of ex-ser vice men lacking employment. In talking to Mrs. If. J. Mel ehior, chairman of the child wel fare committee of the American Legion auxiliary the question was asked. How did yon come to take on -tho. management of boxing matehf 'Wall.- laughed Mrs. Melchtor, the money needed and some. of the- members of the boxing- commission . know lng of the work we were doing and realizing how much money wo- needed were kind enough to offer us a very , fine c nance in this match, so we-took it.' Tonight at the armory all those- who go to see the . match, SIU'l ARMY n FALLS SHORT CCantlnced from 0tt L) It goes! The gllt-bralded officers shar ing, to some extent, the general excitement, give orders for the lowering of the boats; the crew is likewise doing its utmost. What a contrast between such efforts ' to save one man from drowning, and the slow, measur ed, calculating : doings and undo ings of those who face such an appeal as the Salvation Army is now making on behalf of those poor, needy ones who race a worse winter than for many years. It may be because folks can plainly see a drowning man and can hear his agonizing cries for help, whereas the scenes of pov erty and Buffering and the cries of discouragraent and despair of our needy neighbors In distress are often only realized by a very few in the community. It is lit erally true -that one-half of the world does not know how the oth er half lives. If each of us could only accom pany the Army workers, as they go about their work: could see the crying baby at the breast of its undernourished mother, the look of longing and hope In the questioning eves of the children as they crowd around the Army workers, and could hear of the desperate efforts being . made to make both ends meet; of the daily, fruitless - search for em ployment, sometimes when the body is racked with pain, we would with one voice ana one heart cry out "My God, we must each do our part. The 'Good-Will" fund is far short of what it should be at this date. Have you mailed in YOUR check T Or are you merely look- ng on, discussing the "hard times." and hoping . that some body- will do ; some tiling: for the poor, dear people wniio you continue to enjoy yourself In com fort and plenty? The names of donors to the Salvation Army's Christmas fund is a roll of honor. Has your name appeared there? Land Board Says Blue Lake Safe For the People The bed of Blue Lake, in Mult nomah county, will not pass into the eontrol of a corporation known as . "Blue Lake." incorpor ated, or any other corporation or Individual, according to action taken recently by the state land board. - Application to purchase the bed of the lake was filed with the state land board recently by S. H. Roberts, representing "Bine Lake.- Incorporated, with the re sult that a public hearing was held In the executive department. Protests against the sale were received from 20 or more persons owning property adjacent to- the lake. Another protest was filed with the state land board by the state fish commission, Texas Producer Scores U. S. as Cotton Buyer WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 (AP) A congressional investiga tion ; to determine the economic effect of the agricultural market ing act upon the .domestic cotton situation was asked of the house appropriation committee today by representatives of the. American Cotton Shippers association. J. W. O arrow. Houston. Texas, chairman of tho economics com mittee of the association, said the entrance of the government "into business through the medium of the farm board- was a contribut ing factor in the general econom- M . . Hanzen Arrives To Help Julius Henry Hanzen, Portland news paperman, who Is to act as execu tive secretary for JuUus L Meier governor-elect, has moved to Sa lem where he has leased an apartment. Hanzen will devote the next two weeks to obtaining data to be used in Governor-elect Meier's message to the 1931 leg islature. Hansen previously was located in Salem where he acted as capitol correspondent for a Portland newspaper. TOO LATB Try CLASSIFY SEND JSe for "Electrtelfv mtdma- and.SSo for "Stat Own4 Power nd tic for Oregon Statia- tk-s" to E. C. rUanJ. Jim. 487, Ch. oi Com, tos Anselea, CaL The TO WOMEN! wuctt win include 32 ronnds o: fast boxing, will be contributing to. a fund : tho net proceeds of which will go to - the child wel fare committee of the legion aux iliary.' . - -. . .- . , And what will tho auxiliary do with It? Well there is tho family which had - only three sotateea between It and starvation: there were- children and there , was un- happlness somebody might buy a ticket to tho match that that family may have a little milk to giro the kiddles. Then there are the poor little tads w4io have not been able to go to school because they had no shoes; a few tickets to the match would fix theen up so that they might trudge off to school in the morning -and forget the trouble at homo- for a tew hoars., . - ''" .' Or -a tew- tickets to the -match tonight: might' buy aorae warm underwear for some of tho game little - scamps - who are braving the cold winds without a .stitch of wool : between them and their summer shirts. It hardly seems possible." said - Mrs. Melchfor. that right here in Salem there are children who are suffering from the cold for- want of proper underwear but It certainly is the. truth. Jost how do the committee members find out these facts? They receive- calls and someone is sent to answer the call and Inves tigate. Whoever . goes out,' sits and talks a while with the Broth er or father, or both. The family spirit is - uaually low and there is a dark blue melancholy about the- rooms. This must be dispell ea. rer often circumstances are not as bad as they seem to peo ple who are proud and hate to feel tho bitter fangs of poverty and hate worse to let the world know about it. - STOCKS VERY ILL AS SALES GO HIGH NEW YORK, Dec 1 (AP) -Pronounced weakness of stocks, heaviness of many com modities and" only scattering im provement in the highest grade bonds today 'pictured the state of sentiment in- the financial mar kets. Cotton made a technical re covery: otherwise it was at day of decii: nes. Many important stocks lost 2 to 5 points net and the pressure was hardest against - several of the pivotal shares. Once - more the market essayed a morning rally, rising 1 to I points, only to crumble under 'an afternoon deluge of liquidation. Sales' to taled 4.1SS.110 - shares, the largest turnover since November 10. . . i .. There was nothing in the news to nourish tho early advance In stocks. Tigard School i In Flames; Loss Held at $8000 PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec It (AP) Fire of unknown origin destroyed St. Anthony's- school on the outskirts of Tigard. Ore., tonight. The loss was estimated at about $8000. . The fire was said to have started near the roof of the three story frame building. Fire de partment engines from Newberg and Portland responded te . the alarm but were too late to save the structure. The building had been used for many years. The St. Anthony parish. St. Anthony's church and a 'private residence., on either side of the school, were scorched slightly. . Wildcats Jury Hangs After 20 Hours of Debate PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 16 (AP) Unable-to agree after 20 hours of deliberation the circuit court jury which heard criminal libel charges against Robert Gordon Duncan, self-styled "Ore gon Wildcat", was discharged tonight. '' j ;! The case was returned to the trial docket to be reset for trial. Duncan was indicted by - the grand jury on a charge of print ing . libellous, matter about Rob ert M. - Mount, Portland better business bureau manager, in his periodical, .-Duncan's Trade Reg ister. ' - , - J Moving - Storing - Crating Laririer Transfer & Storage . We also handle Fuel Oil and Coal . . OREGON STATES31AN. Salem. Oregon Wednesday Morning, December 17, 1930 150 QKHI OUT Over 150. more men regis tered at the county courthouse yesterday for work under the state - highway commission's un employment relief program. This brings the total number of men who hare applied for work to bet ter than 50. - ' - "Men who are registering In this eounty will be sent to brush cut ting jobs on the state highways in Marion county. However, since so many are seeking the work.' tn- structlons har been Issued to the local county , court members . to pick out the men who -seem most in need -of -jobs -'and to send this ust to- the state highway -cepart- ment. from headquarterm of which notification will be sent to the men as soon as work opens up. Tho county eonrt . yestarday called la Enaiga. WiUiama of the Salvation - Army and "Bob- - Cole of tho Elks cheer committee and asked-these men to- held in going over the Usta-of registered men to pick the-most needy.' While both men agreed to help to extent i possible, and will meet with the court -again today for mac purpose., cole suggested that this could be done most effective ly by hiring tour or five men and assigning to make actual investi gations in certain districts of the county; . v .- This plan. Cole argued., would not only alve additional people employment at this time, but will serve as a definite check on whe ther or-not the men are really in need of work. Williams suggested that the same work be accomplished by telephone. No action on the sug gestions was taken. DEBATES OTJ RELIEF (CoatinseS from pars 1) as fiA saw fit Th AtTiar Kv fim. tor r.nnan MnnMinii utohu ran. wonhl reantre that local Ja- bor bo employed at the highest nrevaillar vim scsJa. Hoover Kttiim present I sitnAHon Rmrdin Wnnd I Replying to tho resolution of Senator Shlpstead. farmer-labor. of Minnesota, which the senate adopted early in the lesslon, President Hoover said mltteo has made no report on un- employment. I have received notes a uv yioBwra oauvz&vuvj wut- i and verbal suggestions from CoL. Arthur Woods from time to time and from the departments in the government on this subject. These were confined to guidance In for mulation .of the recommendations which I have laready laid before congress, Such notes are neces sarily passing and tentative and they represent' that confidential relation of , the president with government officers which should be preserved.' D (CaUss tm est XV amendment to -bo -valid. "The . traditional method Of adopting amendments to United - States constitution. the he wrote, -is challenged. Upon the outcome of the challenge ae- pends the disposition of the case bar. Even lz this opinion meets with a cold reception in the appelate courts we hope it will at least hare the effect of focusing the country's thought upon the neglected 1 method of considering , the constitutional amendments la convention.- Judge Clark presented. . at length his theory that the United I States frame of rovernment Is a problem in political science, to I be solved as far as possible ac-1 oordtnr ti scientific nrlnclnlea. TO EEI il ' 01 CfDSSKlT RV tl CAME BY ERROR IS OPMIOil "Political science.- he wrote, oyivia iweenen. recorumg secro can give only one answer tothetr: Mary Lovett, financial aee- Ouestlon presenetd by the alter-1 prescribed by article tiro (of the United SUtes constitution.) If United SUtes power heretofore reserved to the states, or if there are any inch, to tho people, that answer must be in favor of the convention method. -This -follows from the charac ter of such amendment and from tho character ot tho delegates to. and deliberations In. a constitu tional convention as compared eoPottfeatLZOO Vhi HOTEL CONGRESS P OUT LAUD, OREGOtl lots B. Boon. iiei VJnV3 Xli -ill nit i Sakm .High Students in , JNanonai in Win Places on Output The Gall Board Bjr OLIVE AL DOAK , " Tho Slslnore Today George Bancroft In "Derelict," TJunsday Charles Far- reU in LtUom- with, which is being co-featured the "Boy Scouts Jamboree at Birkea- head. England." Both pic- . tares betng sponsored by lo-. "cai uoy scouts. , . Bligh's Ciapttel Today Dorothr MaekaUl la The Office Wife.- - Of e : i The'HoIlyweod -Today llexaader Gray In Friday Richard Arlen in Sea God.- - ': ; -The Grand Today Bebe Daniels In "Lawful Larceny.-. Friday George O'Brien In "Last of the Duanes." . with the corresponding character or the personnel of state legisla tures and their deliberations." it Cherry" James Estate Filed: Death Mystery Letters of administration in estate of E. W. "Cherry" James were filed in probate eonrt here yesterday, thus indicating that relatives of James, who was lost in the -Douglas county mountains early in the fall, believe him to be dead. The estate is rained at 12000, and although It is stated ha lett wlu 11 WM not fUed Tea txeraay. -James, well known here and for years a Salem police-officer, dls pv " "i par- a group oi oaiem men. no traco of him was found, although w ""wa to wr oayi. mm mm mp V QjlQV Lteaflllfk Z7 . . ut isowiers is To be Considered Revival of the old WiUamette Valley Traveling league of bowl ing teams is promised within the next few weeks, if plans to be- made at a meeting valley representatives at Albany next 8unday pan out. Activity In this league ceased about the time the old Salem bowling alleys over Adolph's cigar store,- corner of ..State and Commercial streets. .were taken out some three years ago. If the reorganization is ef fected, teams from Salem, Cor vallis, Albany and Eugene will meet every Sunday at some one of these cities for tournament play. Reconditioning of the old Moose alleys at Albany by D. Henzler of Eugene will make possible league bowline there. Women's Benefit Elect Officers MILL CITY. Dec IS. Election of officers and a social time were the features ot tho meeting of the Women's Benefit association on Thursday evening. During the-so- Iclal part of the evening a lunch eon was served. Plans were made for a cooked food sale to be held on Saturday. Officers elected for the coming year were Sadie Flook. president; Juuciuo preston. vice-president: i,"1' ' - . mwia'. w-wrer. Jnf ' ?Sr 2f2fiS and UUj T r..t" 7 J' s Women's Pumps, Ties, Oxfords Farm Shoes and Old Ladies' Comfort Shoes i Values a0d.f) 0 Sizes 2Yi to 8 AAAto D in this lot. The greatest assortment at this price any store has $ver shown. In this lot. there are satins, suedes, patents and kid leathers. Some wonderful shoes for farm wear. Sizes 3 to 8. Comfort Shoes with turn soles. ' . S3 J STATE STREET Salem's Christmas, Slipper Store ews contest, .DE3 MOINES, la., . Dee. If (AP) Five Oregon high schoo; students won places In contests re cently conducted throughout the national in editorial writing, news judgment and news writing by Quill and Scroll, national honor ary high school journalism so ciety. . - The Oregon winners in editorla writing-were Howard Clemmeons. Hood River; Eddie Seeberg, As toria; Jack McCuIIough. -Salem. and Mildred- Wright. Hood. River. Valmer. Klampe of -Salem won fourth place in the Pacific coast division in news writing. "I'm so .pleased with ; news that Salem high, school students hare placed in the national' competi tion - Miss Leah Ross, high school instructor who conducted the con test here, ideclared -last night whoa lnxormed that -McCouohca and TDampa had placed. It Is the first time wo have ever tried 'to enter-the QaQl and. Scroll com petition,-, aha added. The places-made by the two lo cal boys is the more .Interesting In. rlew of the fact that no jour nalism, classes are taught at the high echooL Work on the. high: school paper;, and' anneal is the only practice, which students have The contest, held here several weeks ago waa conducted practic ally without forewarning to the students, but despite this Quite a bit of interest was evident. Mc CuIIough and KUmpe's entriea were the ones-judged -best and were the only ones entered In the national contest by Salem high. Both boys are juniors. POLIfiB SPEAKS TO BRUSH COLLEGE. Dec. If Between SO and 60 were present at the recent meeting of the Brush College Community elub which was held at the Brush Col lege schoolhouse December 12. The main address of the even ing was given by Dr. D. V. Poling ot Oregon State college. "Hap piness and Success" was his sub ject. Unison singing was led by Dr. Poling who Is at his best when acting in this capacity. "Billy" Utley, young singer . of Brush College pleased very much with vocal numbers. He waa accom panied by his mother, Mrs. A. E. Utley. At the close of the meet ing Mm. George Meier and Mrs. Barbara Focht served refresh ments. At the next meeting the entire evening will be devoted to working on benches and tables for tne downstairs kitchenette in the school house. Hein Out With Bad Foot But Will be Back in B--s-sa-a--waH PULLMAN, Wash., Dec II (AP) New faces apepared in the Washington State college football lineup today as Coach O. E, Holllngbery worked on an of fensive combination which he hopes-will defeat Alabama in the New Year's game at Pasadena. Morgan served at center In place of Mel Hein, regular, who s out ot uniform with an Injured foot. Hollingerby made it plain, however, that Hein would be In condition to start in the Rose Bowl classic Wallulls, a sopho more who had some varsity ex perience, teamed with ' Ahlskog at tackle, and Jones, a reserve, at half back with ElUngsen. j YOU ARE READING THIS LITTLE AD Decease the Dollar Sign caaght yoar eye. By the same tokea the purchase of -Scrip", the Ideal Gift for Christmas, will catch your eye, and will save yon money. f2.BO Books 2.gS, 5UH Books 14-50 $10.00 Books $0.00 Ask at Box Office " BLIGHTS CAPITOL THE EXSINORB Pciirs to $7.50 1 Iffl U VH1P LOOKS m HOLLY HERE Following: orders issued out of office of the state horticulture board. Coantr Fruit Inspector S H. Van Tmmp spent yesterday inspecting hoHy that Is to be shipped out of here. The order. issued generally ever the state, declares that all holly bound for California. Arlsona and New Max- loo must be inspected for a scale which is said to be prevalent Taa Trump said he examined a good lot ot holly here yesterday. but that there was not a sign et the scale astleloetus britannicus told of in the report from the state board. In fact. Van Trump said he could not even traeo aaeh a scale aa being associated .with hony.V. The Inspector says a great deal of nolly is being shipped out of Salem this season, both as gifts and as commercial product. He seed a stnmber -of certlflcatea yesterday. -Ktstletoe .ahlpatettta do not need to be examined for disease. be said. CLEOII'S FEES 10 PW OFFICE COST Connt-r f!lfrlr TT CI Ratap aa member of the legislative com mittee nf the Oriron eonntr clerks and recorders who were in session in Portland last week, says legislation will be Introduced to increase clerk's fees to figure which will make these offices self- supporting. Boyer, in addition to rvf n r on th Ivlilut It mm. mlttee. was elected vice president oi mo siate group. The association will miVa an attemnt to have th tnlnl mum charge on any piece of recording set at one dollar, instead of the 2 5 centa wlifoh nnw nrmlli l. gfm v . mMM some instances. Amoar other things which the rani Today j I 'V4 Thurs. I i "s'-. si Fri. J II M Qrtik fl&Cl II DOROTHY ITI I 1VIACKAILLL4JJ1 LEWIS T Z I I STONE C fjF 9 w V rnrmtdmmi 11 Z A UiUkm Wives Have I Asked This Qvestioat I What goes oa la the I office after hoars T II .hp an n njr added 1. 0 U . Ml U T3 THURSDAY FRIDAY I I ;:v,-..-1 also PICTURES OF THE INTERNATIONAL BOY SCOUT JM1BOREE Taken at Birkenhead, England clerks may propose in legislation are: providing for printing only half the number of sample ballots as official ballots; providing for annual Instead of semi-annual re ports of officers; and providing for publication of reports of levy lag bodies an optional rather than mandatory matter; cutting tfce delinquent dog tax In two; pro vision for counting boards to start work at 1 o'clock instead of 10 o'clock in the morning; closing pells at' 7 o'clock instead of t o'clock. The Marlon connty clerk's of fice Is self-supporting at present, Boyer pointed out. but this is due largely to the fsct that salaries are low. Annual Choice Of Scout Heads Is up Thursday Annual election of officers for the executive board of the Cas cade Area Council. Bor Scouts- of America, will be- held- Thursday night at the chamber ot- com- erce. beginning at 8 o'clock. Re port of the nominating commit tee will be made at that time. - " Walter I. Hayword. regional officer front Seattle,, will be hers for that meeting, and win remain until the end ot the week to meet with the "new officers snd Instruct them in the duties which fall to members of the executive board. Girl From Shaw . Active in College ALBANY COLLEGE, Albany. Dec IS (Special) Sylvia Keen, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. T. W. Keen of Shaw. Ore., has been prominently active. In student af fairs the- past term. Miss Keen is a member of the Girls' Glee club, and secretary and treasurer ot the sophomore class, and secre tary of the Alpha Gamma sorority ot which she Is an active mem ber.- Miss Keen is majoring in chemistry. ' HOLLYVOOD Dome of 25c Talkies Today and Thursday Tonight is Radio y Night Bring Your Tickets MASTERPIECE OF MIItTII and MELODY Never such comedy. Nev er each Spec tacle! Never , each cast of stars! 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