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FOUMD.OD 1831
EIGHTIETH YEAR
Sales, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, December 31, 1939
No. 233
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COUOTY COURT
ADDSB2100TO
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Health Department Receives
$2000 More as Agreed;
Ad Fund Raised
Corvallis W. C. T. U. Home
Js Turned Down as is,
; Wayeriy Home v
Tha countveourt : altered Its
' 1331 budget but 2100 frdm the
original estimate when the annu
al budget meeting was neld yes
terday morning. - As promised
- earlier, the court matched the
city's more in adopting the same
figure for the county department
- of - health as appropriated last
year.. The court had previously
cut from 13500 to 6500, and
yesterday went back to the f,500
figure.-' ,
The other $100 item on the
budget was also a raise,- and
went into the county advertising
fund which had been cut from.
If 00 to $400 and which was yes
terday placed at $500. C P;
Bishop, a large taxpayer, and C.
E. Wilson, secretary of the cham
ber of commerce, were on hand
to argue for a raise in the- adver
Using budget.
- Even with the two raises made
yesterday, the court " still . main
. tains a cut of better than $100-
ooo over the 133 budget.
Bereral Requests for - ' '-'
Money Are Tred Down - - -
In keeping with its announced
poller to do everything possible
to r keep taxes down, the court
" turned aside requests made again
yesterday for appropriations for
several oatslde organisations.
Miss Mattlo Beatty appeared at
the meeting to ask for a sum fee
the W. C T. JJ: home at Corvallis
and Lrda" Schriner of Portland
was present to ask the court to
- make an appropriation for the
Warerly baby home in Portland.
While granting that these were
worthy canses. the court held
that it should not sidestep-Us
previous promise to hold taxes
Requests for $12$ -additional
to bring that appropriation to
1300 was made by FIza -Warden
Ferguson of the Mart onlka
mas tiro association. This was
turned down also, the court hold
ing that its appropriation of $350
already made tor this purpose was
sufficient. Ferguson said Clacka
mas county gave $1000 to this
'fund 'to combat fires in forests
joining timber lands.
Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, county
health officer, appeared to - tell
the . group ' of the county health
department's work and to urge
that the $2,000 be restored to tha
budget, as did also ' Miss Agnes
Campbell, nursing superrisor who
recently resigned to take a po-.-
sitlon in Eureka. Calif.. - ;
v Douglas Bays Most Work ,
' Of Health Group Preventative
- . Dr. Douglas showed that - work
of the public health department is
. mostly preventative, and told
specifically along what lines this
work is conducted, '- -
A few farmers from the Fruit-,
land section made some protest
to giving any funds at all for
public health work, spokesmen -declaring
that there was some
thing wrong with mothers . who
don't know when their babies are
not well. This section has pre
viously filed a petition with the
court asking that no county funds
go for the health work. v.
SeverevHebrew
, Rites at Grave
. Of Noted Lord
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r LONDON,: Dec - 30, (AP)
Amid the solemnity of Hebraic
- mourning ritual , as old as the
granite of his tomb. Lord Mel
chett was buried today In St.
Pancras cemetery. ;
. Few men of such Importance
In the empire hare gone to their
graves so unostentatiously. Sym
bolical of hla love for the land
of 1 Zlon, a small bit of earth
from there rested in the coffin
under the head of the dead In
dustrialist. : . ,
; A synagogue memorial serr
lce attended by diplomats, .busl-
, ness associates and friends ' as
, well as the new Lord , Melchett
and members - of th - Melchett
family was held this afternoon.
8 KILLED IN CLASH
BOGOTA. Colombia, Dec 1 0.
(AP) Eight-persons were re
ported killed and 11 wounded in
a political clash at Capltanejo.
small Tillage in the Prorlnce of
; lantander.
Statesmen Green
: The Statesman special
green adrertlslnjc section
win appear la Friday morn
ing's issne this week. - As
Thursday is a holiday with
bo rural mail delivery, the
green will not appear est
that day, but on tha day fol
lowing. : . '
. Watch for the green. It
carries the price news on
foodstuffs in Salem's lead
ing groceries.. Do your mar
keting by the Statesman
green section.
Joffre Lies
Count Hours
PARIS. Dec. 8 U (Wednes
day) AP) Tho heart of Mar-
snai jotrre, which has - resisted
SO amszlnclr dnrfnr fcU tn
days critical illness showed signs
or yieiaing t early ; today and
death seemed not far away.
Dr. Fontaine, of the attending
physicians, at IMS a. m., said
the marshal was gradually grow
ing weaker , and that the heart
was beginning to giro way. The
physicians believed. however.
deatn would not ' come for at
least three hours.
Indications of a critical tnra
came earlier when General Is-
sally, chief ot staff to the mar
shal, was summoned to' the hos
pital by telephone.
Other members of tha ' staff.
ail the attending officials and
memoers ot ; tne marsnai a zam
lly were at the bedside.
lillSitii
HELD GREAT U
Teachers at Portland Meet
Urged to Obtain Good
Life Philosophy
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec SO.
( AP) The Oregon State Teach
ers association, in convention
here today, gave its attention to
character building In the schools
rather than to the subject mat
ter la textbooks.
Dr. Boyd . H. Bode, of Ohio
State university, said it was Im
possible to have a sound "edu
cational theory without a' sound
philosophy of life". i
Dr. Bode said the outstanding
question facing- educators today
is "what are we - going to do
with education"? V : -
"Not that yon have the young
stevs up on their toes, where are
fon going - to . lead them?" , he
asked. - " ' -
Dr. Willis A." Sutton, superin
tendent of schools ' in - Atlanta.
Ga:, president of , the National
Education - association, said . if
dneatlAD . falls "It will ha be
cause . teachers .Ihlnk that teach
ing Is imparting subject matter
.when- its purpose is making ,
man and building a woman". He
said modern ? education was too
easy. ., He urged teachers to give
their pupils an" idea of growing
and developing.' --4 v - r
Discussing f physical education
C. R. Holloway, assistant super
intendent' of Portland schools,
said: J. a
The athletic contest will have
to be justified on some' other
basis than" as part of 'physical
education". Athletic contests,
he .. ssid-. have "a "very ? remote
bearing on our physical educa
tion, program". Z I
STOClSFK 00
UP AS 1LS FIRM
NEW YORK, Dec SO -(AP)
Although this was railroad , day
in the security markets, tne car
rier equities and liens unselfish
ly shared the legacy of good cheer
made in their favor by the con
solidation agreement and stocks
generally Improved.
On the share market, the net
advances of 1 to nearly points
the average rise for SO issues was
2.7 points was the best since the
big upturn on December 17. It
was also the most active session
since that date. -k:k Tr. : ;;
The appearance of some good
news affecting the long, suffering
rails found that group well ' li
quidated and harboring a falr-
slxed short interest. ..'
Texas Farmers: i
Claim Gambling
-. Done . by Board
DALLAS, Tex4 Dec. 10 (API
Charges that the federal farm
board had "gambled" in farm
products on a large-scale were
made In resolutions adopted by a
mass meeting of farmers today
sponsored by the Farmers Mar
keting association of. America
and the Farmers anion of Texas.
The declaration alleged that
the farm board had engaged in
collective . selling" , instead of
co-operating marketing" and
demanded that cotton purchased
by the farm board not be sold on
call, but that it be stored in ware
houses "where, it actually can be
seen.,.' -'. t'-' -w
"The board and its allies have
entered the futures markets and
speculated and gambled in farm
products on a large scale, calling
it cooperative marketing, the re
solution said. . .: ;
W. B Teary of Dallas, secre
tary-treasurer of the ' Farmers
Marketing association of America.
charged the farm board purpose
ly had held, down prices on farm
products i; . :
BALDWIN'! WISH CLEVETt -LONDON.
Dec, 30. (AP)
Stanley Baldwin's "best and most
cheerful political New Year -wish
for. 1931" is "May the-present
government come to a speedy snd
unlamented end." lie expressed
the wish tnday in a 1931 message
ot greeting to the English people.
HOOVER OKEVS
HUGE RAILROAD
POOL FOR 1ST
0nly Major Systems Un
der Consolidation; Plan is
Up
to Commission
Larger Opportunity to aid
Business 5 in new Setup,
Declares Chief
WASHINGTON. Dee. JO (AP)
.Called together by President
Hoover, ' rail executives . have
agreed upon a plan for. the con
solidation of all eastern railroads
except New England into tour
systems.-''' ' -r'
The president in making. this
known today said he had initiated
the negotiations to speed up the
policy enunciated by congress in
1920 and to contribute to the re
covery of business by enlarging
ODoortunitr for emnlorment.
Details of the plans were hot
made public, i It la now up to the
interstate commerce commission
to determine if it is in the public
interest. - - '
Nickel Plate, Central,,'
Pennsylvania, B. Ms O. Agree '
' The agreement was reached by
executives of the Nickel Piste,
New York Central, Pennsylvania
and Baltimore and Ohio railroads,
and only a "minor pofnt" was said
to stand between them now. This,
the president said, was left to ar
bitration. What this point is was
not made known.
The chief executive added that
many Improvements have been re
tarded by uncertainty as to the
position particular roads were to
occupy in the permanent grouping
as Outlined a year ago by the in
terstate commerce commission. :
The fate of the plan when It
reaehes the interstate commerce
(Turn to psge 2, coL $)
FORTUNES IN
1930 PROVE GOOD
PORTLAND. Ore-Dec. 80 -
f API The monthly- report, on
wholesale and retail trade condi
tions in the twelfth federal re
serve district today said the dol
lar value of department store
sales in Portland during the first
eleven months ot It 30 was only
0.7 per cent under the record
figures for?lt2. - '
The report was Issued by uaac
B. Newton, chairman of the board
and federal reserve agent. Federal
Reserve bank of San Francisco.
Portland's showing is far ahead
of that of any other important
city In Che district with the ex
ception of Oakland, Calif., where
. increase ot 9T per cent was
made. The report- pointed out
that in order to equal the dollar
value of the last years sales, mer
chants had to sell a much greater
volume of goods In 1930 because
of the-general reduction in prices.
Declines in sales wss reportea
from other Important cities in
the district . included: Phoenix,
14.tper cent; Los Angeles 0.9
per cent; San Francisco, . 5.7 per
cent: Seattle, 7.1 per cent, rand
Salt Lake City, 10.7 per cent. ;
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Stay West'i is U
Advice to Young
Lien of Portland
PORTLAND. Ore.; Dec. - JO
(AP) Cameron' Beck, personnel
director of -the New York stock
exchange, in an address here to
day advised Stay t west; young
man, stay west.-- - ; 1
The Pacific coast offers greater
opportunities to American youth
than the east. Beck said. He said
unemployment was acute in the
east, but he believed it had reach
ed its height. He blamed , over
production for unemployment, -
Beck said three qualities are
necessary for success: :, purpose,
perseverance and' a passion for
right living. . i
SKJPWOIXTH HEARS CASE
CORVALLIS, Dec 30 (AP-)
The trial of William Henderson,
accused of the murder of E. B.
Mills .here the night of November
29, today was set for Monday
January 5, Sefore Circuit Judge
O. S. Skipworth. Henderson was
Indicted for first degree murder
less than a week after the slaying,
lie is now in the Benton county
JalL- -- f -: "i.- -Mills
wss shot down In front ot
a local theater as tha result of an
alleged bootlegers' feud. ..
I- ALBANY TO BE HELPED
POr.TLAND, Dec SO. (AP)
Claude R. Lester, engineer for,
tho state highway .commission,
said today a committee of Qre
engineers baa 'prepared recom
mendations for sua ander-grade -,
separation between the highway
. and . the Southern Pacific and .
Oregon Electric railroad tracks
at the grade crossing one mile;
nortli cf Albany. -. r I
Sounds Very
Simple;Now
GoMakePar
; IOWA CITY, Iowa, Dec. J 0
f AP) -Tn same sense of muscu
lar activity that leads - a golfer
to dub his shots can make the
college athlete the' scholastic
champion ot his class. Dr. Herbert
S. Lanf eld of Princeton univer
sity, told the American Psycholo
gical association tonight. -
Dr. Langfeld, resident- of the
association, said - the difference
between the duffer and the ath
letic-thinker lies in the balance
between brain and muscle, v
Ultimate perfection In golf, as
in all learning and doing, he said,
comes from so training the mus
cles that one can forget all about
them. . .
The secret In golf, as In type
writing, learning to read, or in
doing anything, comes from being
clearly , conscious of the thing to
be done, and not the way to do it-
Thinking about yourself and your
muscles makes you a -poor golfer.
nr. Langfeld said.
Great Britain Alarmed by
: Dispute Which Involves
r 353,000 Workers
LONDON. Dec. 30 (AP) The
prospect that 1931 would begin in
Great Britain with great strikes
in two leading industries, coal
and cotton, involving approxi
mately J 5 3,0 00 workers, loomed
large tonight.
South Waleswhere the agree
ment under which miners have
been .working expires tomorrow.
is the center ot the coal crisis as
it has been often before. ' Falling
some last minute developments on
lines which none could foresee to
night, stoppage of work, with
IS 3.0 00 men thrown idle on New
Tear s day seem inevitable. ;
. Protest Added Work: -
At Manchester spokesmen for
200,000 workers in the cotton
weaving Industry threatened a
general strike in the industry for
Januarr 5 unless employers aban
don their plan for doubling tne
number ot looms for each worker.
The ultimatum came after long
and fruitless negotiations during
which the employers stood their
ground firmly for the "more loom
per worker plan.' : ; -
The coal dispute arose over, a
disagreement on hours and days
ot work and three main plans tor
its settlement were discussed to
dsy, all of them being rejected.
The first was the owners pro
posal of 37 hours of work spread
over a fortnight with no work on
alternate Saturdays. This was flat
ly turned down by the miners.
The second proposal, originat
ing with the miners, of five days
of 7 -hours and a Saturday or
04 : hours was refused "by the op
erators. . ,
NorbladNot to
Get Dutch Job)
May Get Another
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec ; J.
(AP) A special dispatch from
the Oregonlan's Washington cor
respondent says Governor Nor
blad will not be appointed min
ister to 'i the Netherlands. It
adds, however, the governor may
be appointed to some other post.
The dispatch says President
Hoover intends to appoint per
sonal friend of exceptional qual
ification to the posiUon at The
Hague. "Hgf:?-r:r :-f '"'-- .
3 DieinTfain
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Crash at Pomona
POMONA. Cat. Dec. JO (API
Three persons-were fatally In
jured at - a crossing' here today
when their automobile was struck
by an .electric train. The three
died an hour after being taken to
a hospitaL , , .. . -
GOAL U U
STRIKES LOOM IIP
Morder Triai Set :
' 1 New Crossinsr; Plan " 4
Lost Ranger Songht
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' ; J. - Chinese: Change -Date
.NEW NEW YEAR'S TAKEN -PORTLAND,
Dec JO. (AP)
Portland Chinese will celebrate
New Year's January J. Instead of
February 17, as has been the usu
al custom, members of the colony
said tonight. When the national
Chinese - government was - estab
lished 19 years ago the Chinese
New Year was changed to Janu
ary 1. The government changed
the date to. correspond with the
calendar ot the other nations. De
spite -this many Chines have con
tinued to celebrate February .17.
- r LOST SINCE DEC 18 '
COVE, Dec 80. (AP) Six
mem left today for the Cascade '
mountains . to. search for Nan :
ford Alexander, forest ranger
who has not been seen since De
cember 18. Alexander left here v
to - go to the Catherine creek
ranger station and news of his
. failure to arrive was not receiv
ed here until last niht.' :
ROAD LEAD EDS
PUBIC
31
$1,700,000 Soon Available
From Uncle. Sam to put
On State Project
Major Jobs Advanced From
Program of '32; Many
Sections Helped ,
; PORTLAND. Ore., Dec JO
(AP) The state highway com
mission and representatives of tne
United States forest service and ot
the bureau ot public roads formu
lated tentative' plans " today tor
the expenditure of about J1,?00
000 In anticipated emergency for
est and - federal aid highway
funds. ...., ' , "
- These funds will become avail
able under; congressional appro
priations. -
The: following, four projects,
totalling about 3520,000 in esti
mating cost, were advanced zrom
the 1932 program and made a
part of the emergency program:
the Willamette highway, the Slus-
law highway. North Santlam high
way, and the Heppner-Sprsy road.
The allowances for each were:
completion of tha " Willamette
highway into Oakridge, S85.000:
the Siaslaw highway from Maple-
ton to. Florence, 910,000; North
Santlam highway, $100,000; and
the Heppner-Spray road.
MCany Projects Approved
For Damediata Help
The highway commission sp-'
proved the following projects for
federal aid for Immediate con
struction:
Green Springs highway. Keen
Creek west, grade widening. 1
Oregon - Washington highway.
Pilot Rock-Nye section, grade
widening. . - -
Pacific highway. Green . Creek
division, Josephine county; sa-
lem-Gervais, widening pavement;
Phoenlx-Ashland, widening pave
ment.,- -
Salmon H!vr hfrhwsr. Vallev
junction-Grand Ronde, grading.
Dalles- California highway.
Klamath Falls north, grading;
Sherman : eountr llne-Shanlko,
grade widening.
TJmpaua highway, tunnel and
grading IVES miles; Three Bridges
at Elk "Creek; and Weather ly
Creek bridge
West Side Pacific highway.
change at Monroe.
OF
OF WE WED
CHICAGO. Dec 30. (API-
Further federal restrictions on
grain speculation may cause the
Chicago board of trade to close
its doors, an eventuality which,
according' to Peter B. Carey, a
vice president, the board of di
rectors has contemplated.
"We might as well: few trad
ers are doing any business; the
government' agencies are' doing
most of the trading," Carey ob
served today. Outside his door
had died the : day's tumult and
uproar of the "pit". . unchecked
in three-quarters of a century.
During the world war the free
trading was suspended but the pit
operated to acquire wheat for be-
leagured Europe The board cf
trade determined to close its doors
during the depression of 1873 but
Marshall field and Levi Z. Loiter
dramatically shouted ' against it
from the trading floor and the
doors: remained open.- -
The present. home of the board
of trade, a 112,000,000 peak of 44
stories, crowned with a gigantic
statue of Ceres, rising COS feet
above LaSalle street, has been
open only a year., : -r
rit's time we fight , back at
those who have tried to make the
board of trade the goat in this
farm relief business," Carey said.
"Wove gone alobg .with the
farm board; given them our sup
port and kept still when Secretary
of Agriculture Hyde introduced
his Russian menace and Chair
man Legge of the farm board
found so - much fault with our
practices. I don't think we ought
to keep still any longer; nor do
most of the traders." r-;
Tilden ieti f 5
To Take Job in
; Movie Studio
NEW" YORK, Dec. 80w (AP)
William T. Tilden,. 2nd, Tet
eran , Davis cup star, today an
nounced . his ' retirement from
amateur tennis , competition to
enter the movies.- - -:
Tilden said he hid signed a
contract to - appear in short
films; on tennis subjects, tor the
Metro - Goldwyn - Mayer corpora
tion. - Since the films will be de
voted to tennis, Tilden automat
ically is disqualified from com
peting under the - rules govern
ing amateurs. . -
Tilden now 37 years old, gen
erally has been rated' as the
greatest player -the game of ten
nis has ever produced. He has
dominated American tennis for a
decade and been a . prime factor
in America's success . in Davis
cuo competition " .
CASH
0 G
BOARD
Wide Variety Events
To - Mark Birth, New
Year in Salem To wn
Society's Party Dances; Special Services at the
Churches, Midnight Matinees and Home
Celebrations are Arranged
- -'- A brilliant society affair, any number of lesser dances,
midnight matinees at the theatres, numerous church watch
parties, radio celebrations at private homes, and just Dad
and Ma at. home waiting for the kids to come in and hoping
the new year will be as good or better than the old
Guardian is Asked :
? " For Defendant, 79,
V In Love Balm Salt
. Petition to have 'guard
ian appointed for Ole K.
Qvale of Silverton, who was
recently named defendant in
a breach of promise salt
started by Gnnhlld Guillen,
was filed with the county
court yesterday by Mary Ek
innd and Anna Anderson.
The petition states " that
Ovale la 79 years old, and
that by reason of his ad
vanced age and physical and
mental Infirmities he is in
capable of looking after and
handling bis business affairs
or his estate, probable value
of which is S2500. It sets
forth that he is Involved In
the law suit for breach of
promise , of marriage, and
that -it is necessary a guard
ian be appointed to look af
ter the defense In the action
and to conserve his proper
ty. 'Petitioners are the
daughters of Qvale. .
Qvale has been cited to
appear at the courthouse on
Tuesday, January S, to show
cause why gnardiasi should
not be appointed. .
LOSERS IN COURT
High Body Refuses to Touch
Jrustees;j :Petitioners -Held
on Poor Basis '
The state 'supreme court, in an
opinion written by Chief Justice
Coshow, yesterdsy adhered to its
previous decree Involving dispo
sition of the K. Henry Wemme
estate, ! and dismissed a suit
brought by August Wemme, Jul
ius. Wemme and Pauline Groh
mann, heirs of S3. Henry Wemme,
asking that the trustees appoint
ed by the supreme court be re
moved because of their failure to
carry out - the terms ; of the '.
Henry Wemma will.
The original will of E. Henry
Wemme provided that a part of
his estate should go 'to the Chris
tian Science churches of Portland
for the establishment of a home
for wayward girls. The supreme
court. In a subsequent opinion,
held that the Christian Science
ehurches had failed to comply
with the terms of the will, and
established a new trust. Trustees
appointed by the supreme court
included Allen P. Noyes, Edgar
H. sensenlch, ' Irene Gerlinger,
Oscar C. Bortsmeyer - and Ben
Selling.
White Shield Borne
Untouched by Decision of Oorirt
In addition to asking that the
(Turn to page 3, colvD
China Town Will :
Have January 1:
As Its New Year
SAN FRANCISCO. Dec JO.
(AP) Head men of San Fran
cisco's China town notified Chief
ot Police William J. Qulnn today
the Chinese would observe -New
Year on January . 1 Instead ot
waiting until February as usuaL
Although no explanation was
given it was understood the
change was made in line with
the policy of the new regime In
Chicago which Jias modernised
many customs. -
Turner Men
ean; Ask
Resenting the complaint In the
petition signed by S3 Turner peo
ple against renewal ot his dance
hall license, Lee C Ball of Ball
Brothers, Turner, appeared . be
fore the county court Tuesday
and filed his application for a li
cense. The court took the mat
ter under, advisement. Mr. Ball
stated they had conducted dances
in the hall on the second floor of
their garage, bOUdlnr for" it
years, that they ran clean dances
and had never had complaints
from eounty.or'towrt authorities.-
"Our dances are eommnnltr
dances, attended by many mar
ried people, many of whom bring
their8 children, said Mr. BelL
We have tried to supply whole
some amusement. We tolerate no
drunkenness nir rowdyism ' and
put off the floor any one not con
ducting himself properly. There
has not been a drunken person on
the floor this year. .
HUE
HEIRS
ME
Such will be among the cross
sections of Salem life tonight,
when the 2 M00 inhabitants bid
farewell, " regretful or , otherwise,
to Aged 1930, and plant a wel
coming "caress on the rosy brow
of Infsnt 1931. x
Some there will be who will
stop to take stock of the 305
dsys just closed; some who will
be Jotted down as old fashioned
enough to have made . roseate
resolutions for the new year,
But in the mainJudging from
the variety of - amusement of
fered; Salem folk .will simply
make it . a gala event in closing
the old ' and opening . the, new
year. .Many, will attend the in
vitational dance of the Subscrip
tion elub; others ''will trip the
light fantastic at the Illlhee
country club, or at other popular
oances. '
Theatresall to Have
Special Entertainments
The Capitol, Elslnore and Hol
lywood theatres have all planned
special events for tonight and
extra attractive feature shows
for New , Year's day.
Nearly. . every church ' In - the
city will hold -some service and
social hour - tonight, and in
few services ' will be held Thurs
day, notably at the First Chris
tian, where the annual fellow
ship 1 dinner and business meet
ing will occur New Year's dsy.
New Year's day will see the
last of the 'holiday season, and
wnat with an the business hous
es and offices in town closed and
other work ceased, full advant
age will be taken ot the day to
use is as one of play or rest.
. It won't be long . after Thurs
day until children . will be back
in school, for the annual vaca
tion comes to a. close Monday
morning,
mutual LOArrco.
LEASES BID
A deal -was closed Tuesday
morning whereby the Prudential
Baneorporatlon leases the ground
floor room in the Patton . block
on State street, now occupied by
Shei's clothing. store, for the ten
ancy of the Mutual Savings and
Loan association, which was re
cently purchased by the Pruden
tial organisation. The lease is for
a substantial amount and covers a
ten year term starting February
I, 131.
Considerable remodeling will
fui Hah, h tfiA ham. Imim, 1.
Mutual Savings and Loan w.111
move from its old location on
South Liberty as soon as the room
is ready for occupancy. .
The Prudential Baneorporatlon
Is the holding company for a
group of savings and loan asso
ciations headed by the Pruden
tial Federal Union of Portland,
which has recently moved to new
quarters on Sixth street In Port
land. Total assets are said to be
In excess of f f.000,000.
, The new location will put the
Mutual in the heart of the city's
rstali and banking district.
Negotiations for the lease be
tween Hal patton ''and tha Pru
dential organisation were handled
by rich eiman, realtor.: ;
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Modern Teacher
Is Robot, View
DES MOINES, owa. Dee. . 10
(AP) The modern .teacher is a
robot, teaching not students but
subjects, said J. Murray Hill of
Bowling Green. Ky today at the
national commercial teachers fed
eration convention. Hill, treas
urer of the federation said teach
ers lack "inspirational power.
Claim Dances
New License
The complaint is largely the
agitation of one church in Tur
ner whose pastor and members I
have Invited to attend and see
the kind of danee we are con
ducting. Not7 a single one of the
signers has ever come to view our
dances. The other Turner church
is taking no sides In the matter.
" "Our .firm is one of the sub
stantial, firms of Turner, operat
ing the leading garage business.
We own our own homes. Our own
families . attend our dances. . We
could not afford to tolerate any
thing Improper or indecent; and
we resent the imputation in the
petition that our dances . are a
nuisance. We dose promptly at
midnight and there is no disorder
nor disturbance. ' v
"We, hope the county court
will .renew our license. It it does
not we intend to form a club and
continue, the dances, no license
being required for a dab dance.
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First - Degree Murder
Is Charged Against
Pbrtland Pair
"Deliberate, Premedi
tated Malice," is
Statement
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec
SO. (AP) The Multnomah
county grand jury tonight
returned an indictment -against
Nelson C. Bowles,
Portland millionaire, and
Irma G. Loucks, his former
secretary, rharo-inc ih
with the first deprree murder
of Mrs. Leone C. Bowles. ,
The indictment, returned
after several weeks of inves
tigation, charged the alleged
murder was "of deliberated
and premediated malice.
Mrs. Bowles, S3, prominent In
Portland society, wss stabbed to
death November 13 in Miss
Loucks' apartment. Bowles and
Miss Loucks told police they
were In the apartment at tbe
time and that Mrs. Bowles sts fa
bed herself.
Dr. Cooper Changes
Original Testimony
Ten dsys after the tragedy Dr.
Paul Cooper, called to attend
Mrs. Bowles after she was
wounded, allegedly admitted te
police .he had been false In vital
parts 'of his testimony. District
Attorney Stanley Myers imme
diately filed first degree murder
charges sgainst Bowles and Miss
Loucks. A few dsys later a cor
oner's Jury found Mrs. Bowles! .
came to her death at thm hanri
of Bowles, or. Miss Loucks, or
The defendants ara in
Jail without ball. . .
Among witnesses called before
the grand Jury today were Mrs.
H. W. Howsrd, Portland, said to
be one of the state's most lm.
portant witnesses, and Mrs.
Emma L. Glover, Yakima, sister
of the late Mrs. Bowles. Mrs.
Glover had anneared hsfora thm
grand Jory earlier In Its inves
tigation. .
Mrs. Howard Is Kept v .
Under Constant Guard
Mrs. Howard, who warn at.
tacked and severely beaten by
an unidentified man early this
month. wan earnrtAri in ha
grand Jury room under police,
protection. Police have been."
stationed at. her home day an&
night since the attack upon her.
Her r assailant warned hr tn
keep quiet - about - the Bowles
case. - - ,
The crand lurr lnvestimltn
the case met on 13. days and
called 40 witnesses.
Alleged Errors
Pointed Out in
t Shepard Appeal
TOPEKA. Kss.. Dee. 3 0 I A Pi
Charrlnr - ; riretndlelil tatrv.
ments to the trial Judge, miscon
duct to the district attorney and,
numerous errors - in conducting
the trial of Major Charles A.
Shepard, his counsel today filed
motions asking arrest of Jadr
men t on his conviction ot wife
murder, and a new trial.
A motion for arrest ot Judg
ment which counsel asked trt h
heard first, stated "there waa in-
suincient evidence to support or
sustain a verdict of guilty.4
LOAN FIRM FALLS
The United States Building snS
Loan aasortstinn nf Tia iti.cia.
a Callfornlfbanklng Institution In
no way connected wun stale or
federal government, was placed in
receivership by federal court to
day on a netltion In eanlt-r f"-1
by a creditor company. -
Getting Reedy J
For Nets Year's
; " ZZlllzn cf Pcr
THE SUtesman rrew U
busy preparing material
for its big New Year's
annual number which t?
pears on Thursday morel.-,-',
January 1, 1031. This nam.
ber will featare a review cf
tbe year in Halera and n
forecast for 1031.
Orders are being rrcel?pii
for extra copies at 10c eat'i
to be sent poatpaid to t . J
address in the United Ktalt a.
Present orders total 12" :X A
rood way to snd yonr I,'ew
Year's greeting Is to mail
your frlenvls a copy of 1':
Statesman's New Year's c l
ition. '
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