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Tfie OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, r6regoiyVe!nesday Morning, January 21, 1931 PAGE TWO FASTER PUCE 1 ITALIAN ACE BROADCASTS FROM RIO DE JANEIRO f T Colonel Pablo Itlccerl of Argen tine is of solid silver and gold. It U truly sn exsmple of the sil versmith's art. Since It has been presented only two countries have held It That small republic of Switzerland, noted for Us marks men since the days of William Tell, and the United States. 1 EPIC FLIGHT X L1KEL! SOBf, FOR DR1T ' v sc.-. :. .-: . JUDGE WALKER EPi HOLDS Li ; Bills Tinkling Into House Hopoer at Accelerated !" Rate This Week With the grange! power- bll i lone discussed and much I de layed, apparently sure to bo i placed In the legislative hopper i todar. the house together with i te senate look for butler days i ahead, j Governor Meter announced I reeterday that he was holdln j back hU measure on utility regulation and hydro-electric i power development, until every I detail could be caretull worked : out with a Tlew of cutting down the time for I considering both ; measures In the two houses. Me aid ho in no way wished to de la lerlalatlon and indicated the ! measure would conrm closely i tn th recommendations of nis ; laau sural address. The house in two short sea sons, saw 21 bills Introduced I the majority of them of section 1 interest or amending existing Haws. Chief in size of the Intro duced bills was an extensive miniitnrT act concerning the ex'atinr commercial fishing code iiMt tmnnrtant was a measure ! nravidlnr i for free text dooks the bill bearing the name of 11 aerators and IS representatives. Requests for appropriations for new armories at nlamatn Falls and Astoria were included In two hone measures intro duced, the state being asked to matcb 140.000 in each town pro- Tided by the respective commun Itr and county. i No intangibles tax legislation Is to be introduced into the boue or senate until the su preme court disposes of a peti tion lor a reneanng 01 me wt in which the 1929 intangibles tax law was declared unconsti tutional, it was decided at a joint meeting of the house and. senate committees i on taxation and -assessments. The petition for the rehearing is now before the cupreme court. The joint committee has 1 'fore It a meas ure with a retroactive clause to forestall a refund of taxes paid nnrter the 1929 act. ' Several ether measures are being prepared. ; One of these would provide means for col lecting wages, I sponsored by the committees on I labor and indus tries;, another Is an anti-lobbyist measure, sponsored by the inde pendent political league: one would permit cities and towns to levy assessments j for the main tenance of ba "s and musical or ganizations: still another favors non-Part tsan judiciary as spon sored by - the state bar and va rious county bar ; associations. TEXTBOOK BILL IS i WELL SPONSORED (Continued from page 1) first class district and through the state board of education by diatricts of the second and third clan. In the former case prices paid shall not exceed those paid by the state board. The bill pro rides that the superintendent of M mm ft aMak IWMAW ! 1 Afl BS A - lUsiiuvtivu uj m v. aueasw a uius ens regulations for districts of the second. and third class, subject to the-approval of the state board. The bill is sponsored jointly by Senators, Hall, Crawford, Wood ward, Kiddle, Miller, Bailey, Joe Dunne, Jones, Kuek,Moser, and -Upton and : Representatives Lee. Anderson. Bill. Shell, Chindgren, Gordon. Andrews, Keasey. Bron augh, Mott. Angel!, Bynon, Gill, Shaupp and J. II. E. Scott. lOlOEOKie :i irr nmpirri 111 ulllUlVLIl The jury sitting in case of Syl vester HOyt vs. Joseph Lokiager yesterday afternoon returned a verdict for the defendant. The case, in which Hoyt sought 7, 100' damages from Lokinger tor Injuries sustained when he was shot in the- leg by Lokinger, at tracted considerable attention. j Lokinger alleged that the In cident, which happened In De cember. 1929, occurred when Hoyt had entered defendant's chicken yard after nightfall to steal some of the fowls and that he shot to scare the thief away, rather than to Injure him. ; Hoyt said ha and two others, Helger Helgereon and Earl Hay, went with him to the Lokinger home to buy wine. The other two, according to Hoyt, went to the house armed with Jugs and Hoyt stayed In the car, Helger son and Hay as witnesses said that when they went Into the home a signal attached to the chicken coop sounded, and Lok inger rushed out with gun la hand, n Hoyt, injured, was sear the coop, i t ! ; Ti case was heard -before Cir cuit Judge L. H. McMahan whose Instructions indicated that the jury should find for the plain tiff. Legion's Chiefs Will Gather lor r Bonus Discussion i Vtctor MacKensie, national American legion committeeman from Oregon, received word by wire last night that the executive committee of the- legion would meet In Washington Sunday, January 25. The matter to be considered will be the proposal that veterans certificates of ad justed compensation be paid now ia cash through congressional en actment. . . - . , McKen'zie expects to leave at c-nce for the east to attend the S r' 3 Hearing General ' IUlo Balbo broadcast story of flight ef his armada of Italian war planes over the -South Atlantic from Rio de Janeiro immediately af ter his arrival there at the com- Sletion ef hi flight across the outh Atlantic, lie broadcast. son ME Other Divorce Details are Handled by. Judge Hill Here on Tuesday Six dirorces were granted yes terday by Judge Gale S. H1U of circuit court department two, and other divorce matters, beard on previous motion days, were re corded with the county clerk. The six divorces were as follows: M. M. Duagan was given di vorce" from Leah Dungan, a pa tient at the state hospital, and ho was also given custory of a minor child. They were married In 1905 at Dallas. I ! Grace Zak was granted freedom from John F. Zak. Jr.. to whom she was married in In Salem In April, 1929. ' She was granted costs and attorney'i fees totaling S 100. and restored her maiden name. Grace Smith. She charged desertion. ! J N. D. Schmalts was given di vorce from Carolln r. Schmalts and custody of their two children, whom she may visit on reasonable occasions. They were married at Oregon City in February, 1921. Ie charged she became interested in other men.; Phoebe UcDannel was granted divorce from Dale McDannel and custody of their two children, also $30 a month support money. They were msrried In South Dakota in September. 1924. He deserted; her in November. 1928. ' In case of , Ruth A. roner ts kAHan T. Porter, she was glren tara of the minor child and szii a month support, but cannot taae the child out of the state without consent of the court. She wss also given $100 attorney fees. They were married In Corrallts In Feb ruary. 1925. ' ' ' ! Edith Cooper was granted di vorce from C. W. Cooper and cus- todr of their f lve-year-oid cniiu. Cooper was given custody of, the other child, age three. They were married in Vancouver la August. i23. She complained that no kicked her, used profano lan guage, refused to support her and otherwise mistreated her. Daisy Poage, seeking divorce from J. T. Poage. will receire from defendant $101.65 for costs, the judge ordered. Other divorce mai.iera going through the court were: In case of August Kiecnei ts. Clara Riechel; motion for attor ney's fees was denied on grounds the motion was premature. iouon may be renewed. Lola M. Brown la granted di vorce from Oscar W. i Brown and care and eustody of their cnlia. The, court his ordered Oscar Zeller to pay to Lelle Marie Zel- er, plaintiff in divorce action, 75 for suit, money and attorneys fees. . i Motion of Doris N. Tarnell for modification of the decree hand ed down last April granting Earl Tarnell divorce was denied by the court. Doris N. Tarnell sought custody of the two children, whose ears tho court put Into hands of Tarnell. r No Canvass for Red Cross Fund Planned Locally While, no I house-to-house or downtown business caavass is being mad here this week for Red : Cross relief for needy drought victims, the call for as sistance is none the less urgent, said Miss Thora Boesen, Red Cross worker la charge of the local campaign, yesterday. Miss Boesen said the decision to con duct the campaign through sub scriptions seat to local headquar ters or paid to local banks afl through the use of the news papers had boss determined up on by the local Red Cross com mittee, i . Five thousand- dollars has been set as the quota for Mar lon ! county with Salem furnish ing $2600. First gifts .were re ported this week. " NO RNOW FOUND MONMOUTn, Jan. 10 Mr. and Mrs. J. C. Wilson who hare returned from a vacation trip Into eastern Oregon and east to Boise, Idaho, i report surprisingly little anow en ronte. On New Years' day about t laches of snow fell at Boise, th first-of any conse quence this year.) Traffic was not Impeded, as that region is well prepared for such exigencies of winter.; The Wilsons visited rel atives while away. meeting. National 0N!U will preside, Commander 6IiTED I COURT , , i. r- ' ' T arranged "by Hearst Radio Ser vice m cooperation witn turn na tional Broadcastinr Company, was heard on a nation-wide net work; Listening; ia in New York aro (left to right) : C. W. Horn, General Engineer of NBC; Wil-; liaza Burke Miller, Eastern Dl- u ; ; ; : The Call Board . By OLIVE M. DOAE j , .! j HOLLYWOOD ! Today - William Pow- ell in ''Shadow of the Law." T j : GRAXD Today Constance Ben- netts in "Common Clay." Friday Warner Baxter In "Renegades." . WARNER'S CAPITOL Today . Eddie Qulllan In "Night Work." i . r , WARNER'S ELSINORE : Today -Barbara j Stanwyck ia 'Illicit." "An! International Symposiam Is the title of the program at the Y. M. iC. A. to be given Friday night at 8 o'clock in the lobby. Mrs. Roy M. Lockenour Is in charge; of the affair. In addition to talks and addresses on various Jhases;ot the international ; prob em, some songs and verses will be presented. i-.... ji An introductory skit heads the program. It will be "America for Americans" and the players are the members of an intermediate group of young people. i x II A reading. "The Invincible Leader" will be presented by Miss Margaret Ann Kells. H "The Contribution Indian Youth Makes ) to American Civilisation" is the subject of an address by Miss Gertrude Eakin, who Is the T. M. C. A. representative at the Chemawa school, i Edward Schunke of the Model food market will give an address tin a hobby of his, "World Mar keting." This talk will show lis teners s the dependence of each country on the others for Its ex istence. The program will be concluded tiy an appeal address. "At Nation al Cross Roads," by the chairman. Mrs. Roy M. Lockenour. eat Growers I Agree Upon 40 ! Per Cent Crop ' i r i AMARILLO, Texas, Jan. 20- (APIWheat farmers of the nianhandie In a mass meetinar here today agreed to a plan of euttlne 1 acre&ra eO nereent this year and pledged themselves to back ft similar movement throughout the wheat producing states. ! ; !i Going on record that the Issue confronting the wheat producer is wai oi over-proa ucuon and that prices will not be higher un til the - surplus Is removed, sev eral hundred farmers voted un animously to reduce their ! acre age. - Gideons Provide Hospital Bibles h Th Oregon Gideons will place bibles in the rooms at the Deacon ess hospital next Sunday . after noon, according to the announce ment of L. Van Dellnder. Ill Market street, who Is state pre sident. The services will stsrt at three) o'clock. Dr. W. IL Robins of the First Baptist church will be the speaker tor the occasion. fTod Late to Classify " "" ......... yyiivxiuijuiJ 31 t5lmcMa ana z downtown. EkMcra iStw rvoelpc Liberal reward. m mm KWWWWWMW x oun w - mi9L .mm. saineri. ia aiM, 8T0crr and auto supplies Tyw ifi work. lUrm car. Box &s. iStatMinaa. - t i : t fOX MOVUTONb DRAMA) I with Constanct BENNETT AM I PROGRAM FRIDAY Wh . H i i i i i I M i I ' 1 rector of Special Events, NBCf -Clark Klnnaird, Eastern DIree-. tor Hearst Badio . Service, and W. A. R. Brown, Asaistaat De i relopment Engineer, NBC This : was the first broadcast frona Brazil to the United States. I f )I0 llf 1 0 UlllS . VARY ' WIDELY III VIEWS (Continued from page 1) It Is an Incompleted experiment and no satisfactory substitute has been presented." William 8." Kenyont "Enforceability deserve ft fur ther trial and If demonstrated prohibition! can not be enforced any better than in the past, then the amendment should be modi fied to empower congress to deal with the subject. Meanwhile, a referendum, on i repeal should be held." I . Monte M. Lcmanni "Support; of; public and law agencies of; the states and cities, essential to enforcement, is lack ing as is sufficient reason to be lieve it can be obtained, io re peal Is the only alternative. Meanwhile, : continuance of ef forts to enforce is a duty." Frank J, Locscht "Effective enforcement of the present amendment is unattain able, so revision should be un dertaken, to ctnplower congress to control liquor traffic" Kenneth Macintosh t . L "It further efforts are not pr ductive of j reasonable enforce ment and observance and private and state cooperation, revision of the 18th amendment should give congress power to meet changing conditions and differing situa tions in different localities." Paul J. McCorniick: "An opportunity should now be given for a fair trial of the prohibition experiment, if condi tions are not improved within a reasonable time the amendment should be revised to empower congress to deal with the prob lem. The Question of repeal should be put up immediately to the public through state conven tions." Itoscoe Pound t "The dry amendment should be revised to preserve federal control and provide ft check against return of the saloon; and to allow an effective control ad apted to local conditions in places where, as things are at least. It If futile to seek a na tionally enforced total abstin ence." Salem Doesn' Need This One V CHCAGO. Jan. 20 (AP) Make America pumpkin-minded I Such was . the slogan adopted today by National Caauers asso ciation, i Pumpkin Ice cream, puddings, soups, preserves, : and griddle cakes were a few of the tidbits suggested. CARPENTER MISSING SHERWOOD, Ore., Jan. 20. (AP) James Carson, 40, Sher wood carpenter, has been miss ing for nearly six weeks, reports here today said, i pOLLYWQODJS ' Home of 25c Talkies TODAY A THURSDAY and Stat. Kach Day 9 P. M. TONIGHT IS RADIO NIGHT; BRING YOUR TICKETS VIUIAM-.i.-D mm "Shadow. the Law c? Also Comedy U Review and Cartoon ; Comedy Radio at 9 oidock lit RULING UPHELD Signers Denied Withdrawal i Right. After Petition : Is Actually Filed The state supreme court yes terday upheld Judge Artie O. Walker. 1b his opinion that sign ers of a petition requesting or ganization of a union high school have bo authority to withdraw their names from inch a petition after It is filed and notice of or ganization is given. The decision of the higher court was written by! Justice Campbell, the first one be nas banded down since be took oioce tnu montn. THe case concerned the forma tion of a anion high school dis trict at Forest Grove land ! was considered vital to that commun lty. The case was known as the one of the state of Oregon ex rel Dethlefs and F. Shields, . appel- laau, ts. Omar Fendall and oth era . -:- Other opinions handed down bv me supreme court Monday reiiow; Raymond I Manning,, ad minis trator of the esUte of Louis S Manning, appellant, deceased, vs. Frederick O. Helbock and others; appeal from Multnomah county: suit to recover damages. Opinion by Justice ' BelU Judge D. R. Parker reversed and case remand ed.! : v, I ; Martin Larson, appellant.: vs. late industrial accident commis sion,; appeal from Clatsop coun ty;: suit to enforce claim against commission.' Opinion by Justice Rand. Judge II, K. Zimmerman ainrmed. E. A. Pearson, appellant, vs. Oregon . Washington Railroad A Navigation company; appeal from MBitnoman county; suit to 1 en fprce contract. Opinion by Jus tic Brown. Judge Robert Tuck er arnrmed. i Petitions for rehearing denied in Keacock vs. Weatherford and in Michelin Tire Company vs. Wil liams.: Motion to dismiss appeal in es tate of Nlcolaus Mickel allowed. State ex rel Johnson n.i Loom li dismissed on stipalation. Motion to dismiss appeal denied in McIIigh vs. Prudential Barings and Loan association; Motion to dismiss appeal allow ed in Brugger vs. Wagner. iiEiiK" i ; (Continued from page 1) regimes of the past three years andwhatever '' the outcome the 'benefits derived lindtr , th drr laws should be retained. For the immediate futur it recom mended increased appropriation and i Personnel for enforcement and various : statutes to improve conditions. I Chairman tCTckersham. IT ad Ar al ; Judge William Orubb of Birmingham, Ala., and Kenneth Mackintosh, former chief Jus tice of the Washington state su preme court, stood for both a further trial and improved en forcement of the present system. Anderson, however, went con siderably beyond other members In i recommendtnr m. rfftntt tern ! tor government liquor con trol to replace absolute prohibi tions i .- . DRi LAW PROPOSED GREATER PROSPERITY MONTH'S BIGGEST SHOW VjALUE! liiATrnNEE ill1 Piiir 2 Come Early r Show Starts 2 Pj M. General Loges h 9 y 1 Evening Price FRIDAY 'CAPTAIN THUNDER WARNER . A I? 0 i . ! nri 0ne Grcal BI Eddie U I , nrrr QUILLAN LAFF l J i NUI lit i 'Alrrr- r-ir-y II I ..llff t ' M . : ' - iiVWWJ' I Miff and Tomorrovf fl 1.1 IsMSBIW Maurice Collins, ! darin youcr glider pilot, seated-in his craft Just after completlni: the first flifht by rlider from a mountain range sum mit to a licensed city airport. Piloting the world's largest glider en Its maiden voyage, Collins flew from the . top of the Verdugo Mountains te the Grand Central Air Terminal In Glendale, Cat. It would be based In part upon the Swedish system, setting up a national liquor control commts slon, and! a corporation to make and sell liquor with sister organ izations la the various states to dispense it under a license sys tern. Fire of the ; commissioners urged this- proposal be given con elderation. They were Kenyon Mccormick, Mackintosh, Leoscb and Pound, the first two doing so with reservations. Oppose Concurrent Enforcenuent Plan : - s Even in its majority report however, the commission looked with apparent favor upon revi slon of i the 18 th' am&ndment. likewise. It praised-the Swedish system. N "It would seem wise," the main report asserted, "to elimln ate the i provision for concurrent state and national j Jurisdiction over enforcement I contained in the second section as the amend ment stands. Virtually all were united in the statement; that If such revision should Uke place, the form of the amendment : to replace the 18th amendment : should read substantially as follows: "The congress shall have pow er to regulate or to pronimc iui manufacture, trafflo In or trans portation lot Intoxicating liquors within, : toe Importations thereof Into and i the exnortatlon there of from the JJnited States and all terrltoritles subject to the juris diction thereof for beverage pur poses." ; PAGEANT ENJOYED MONMOUTH. Jan. tO The W. W. O. O. of the' Baptist church presented an appealing pageant depictinsr lfe In foreign missions. at the church hour Sunday morn ing. Girls participating were: Shirley Wlllett, Pauline Monlan, Jnsta Johnson, June Craven, Ed na Jensen, Jane Parrish and Ju dith Sieverson, under direction of Miss Edith Clark. Friends and members of the church gathered Immediately af ter; the service for a dinner in the chttrch gathered immediately al ter the service for ! a dinner In the church dining-room. Aiarge attendance enjoyed 1 the social event. ' Admission Kiddies 10c Adults 40c wrth SALLY STAOn FRANCES UPTOII You'll miss lobs of laoghs- If yo tntae -Night Wataf? . .. TonTl 'never lasurh again as heartily f as yon will at this brtU llant work of comicality and romance. . . It's clean, rollicking fan . . i end en- , tertainment for the whole fam ily. . .1 I BROS r (o) 1 I', :. I I -- I I i i i Recommendation Sent Forth Jo Congress; Hoover Is in Agreement - enHaaMBBeawsasp K ',. (Continued from pas 1) te give concurrent power to the stats and nation would be wise. ! lis reviewed the : general ' re commendations for improvement of the enforcement, machinerf and said: i! "The commission by a large majority does not favor repeal of the 18th amendment as a method of cure for the Inherent abuses of the liquor traffic. ii "I am la accord with this view. Opposes Baggestion For Ijaw's Itevlsion I , ii "t do, however,; see serious ob jections to, and therefore must fiot be understood as Tecommend ng the commission's proposed re vision of tne 18th amendment which Is suggested by them for possible consideration at some fu ture time if the continued effore at enforcement should not prove successful. My own duty and that of all executive officers Is clear- to enforce tne law with all the means at our disposal i without equivocation or reservation." . ! Of the commissioners, two ad vocated outright repeal of the 18th amendment, four urged revi sion of the constitutional clause and the remaining ! five favored further trial and strict enforce ment. All of the commission ex cept one, however. Joined in pro basing strengthening of enforce ment agencies. j - -"it- A team of American riflemen representing the United States at Antwerp, Belgium, this year has again achieved worldwide distinc tion by winning the world's free rifle cbamplonsbip trophy In competition with the best shots of Switzerland, Finland, Italy, Den mark, France, Holland and Bel gium. ! The shooting members of the team this year were. Sergeant Joe B. Sharp, gth U. 8. Infantry. D. 8.jArmy; Sergeant Morris Fisher, U. S. Marine Corps; Dr. Emmett Bwanson, Minneapolis, Harry E. Rensbaw, Arizona, and Russell F. Seitilnger, Pennsylvania. The team captain was Major j. K. Boles, F. A., U. S. Army. ! The tetm scored. on DOint un der, the present world's record. Seitslnger won the ! individual competition, and he broke the world record. Renshaw was sec ond in the Individual record. The beautiful cup,; n gift of 9W She! DfiGGHD' miv Let's keep from marriage as ' m long as we can. t I'marraiJofU ) ml'vt seen mar- riages wreck so many of my friends.. why not try my I wayJfLthe V woman, do not ask tor mar rtagc. why should you, the man? IULD CHAMPIONS 11 am And y minute np the )(. 1 SHIVERING Smith shakes while Gun KIst Caser shoots us you will shake and shout In the dlpplest, cizaest, dar In Brest darned laush thriller yoo ever saw! ""..j .V- With ; HARRY LANGDON . SUlttlERVILLD BESSIE LOVE 1 I J Silver Services Set for Thursday Funeral services for Mrs. Es ther Silver of Salem route elsht, who was accidentally killed near DeLake, . Sunday, will I be held Thursday at 2 p. m, from the chapel of the Clougn-Barrlck company, with Iter. 8. Darlow Johnson officiating. The dough Derrick ojiartet will sing, ""he body will be forwarded Thursday night to Webster City,! la., for Interment. ' wpy wish for Slimmer? vacation NOW in mm You don't rcallf hire to wale the turn of the calen dar for your vaca.tioa.Take it now, when you need it inost. Board a Southern Pacific train to California. ' To San Francisco, Los . Aneclcs, Hollywood I. . perhaps to Agtu Callentt or Palm Springs. Some where down South you'll . find the carefree funj you I need to fit you for the year fhead. Any Southern Pacific gent will help you plan , " the trip. j. ! l ": ' j : - City Ticket Office! 188 X. Liberty Tel. SO Passenger Depot ' 13th A Oak I Tel. 4 aawt I " California 0 h- J j mm IFIHIDlDSir Cull die laughing one while jour hair stands rxtl Tomorrow Friday Saturday Directed by L WIlUA3f J.1BLC3 CRAFT i ii It !: !