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(5) NEW 'NUMBER - For classified, display ad .Vertlsing. subscription!, newt Information, : dftl , 9101 THE WEATHER : Fair today and Thursday, possibly frost at nigLt; Max. Temp. Tuesday B0, Mln. 42, rain .O, rim 4.0, wind oath. - m - - w m -m - . . m l - r ., w m j -m : " v FOUNDED tasi - " ; EIGHTY-FIRST YEAtt Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morulas, April 15, 1S31 ELEIIEt! MS ARE KILLED BY 1EBELS, m Mostly Employe of" Fruit Company;" Englishmen Also are Victims -v Marines; are Authorized to l Land After. Reports of Earlier Attacks NEW-ORLEANS, April 14.-4 (AP) Standard Fruit and Steam ship company officials said to night - they haJ received report from Nicaragua indicating It Americana , and an undetermined number of British subjects hare been killed by Insurgents who were .reported 'moving on Puerto Cabezaa. . . ,.i--.,"l.:.VL iThe Americans killed were mostly, employes or the. frtit com pany and Its subsidiary, the Brag man's Bluff Lumber company, the officials said. They were working In the Interior, they explained, and Americana at Puerto Cabezaa were in no danger as the United States gunboat Aihrille and two of the Standard - Fruit and V Stoamship company boats were standing by ready to offer refuge.' : The officials said the Insurgents were not molesting native Nlcsr arguans but were centerlr g their antagonism against Amertaan and British residents., . ; V WASHINGTON, April 14. (AP) Marines from the TJ. S. S. Asheville were authorised today by the state department to land In Nicaragua to protect American cltliena after receipt of informa tion tour had - been killed and three were missing as. a result of insurgent attacks during the last 41 hours. ' ; PEHIME'S EFFORTS Old-age pensions shoukl AOt be confused with a dole. Frank Da vis told an audience of 50 who heard him speak on the plans of the pension league at a meeting In the sUtehouse last night. The pension system Is rather an effi cient and Christian mear.s of ef ficiently taking care of old-age, he declared. . - , Davis said that although the old-age pension bill had been de feated at the 1S31 legislative ses sion, progress had been made In securtag legislation calling for a blennlum Investigation of old-age pensions. ' Davis said poor farms were a " disgrace to the state. He said that men and women should be allowed to spend their declining years in their own homes with sotie equit able assistance from the govern ment. Scouts? 'Cycles Found Damaged; Gang is Blamed . Five of the six bicyel. which were stolen from LeslU Junior high school grounds Monday night while Boy Scouts were folding a session were recovered yesterday. All but one were pretty well de molished. Two of ." the wheels were found in Mill creek and oth ers were found In that neighbor hood. '"' ' - , - Although exact Identity of the group of boys prowling around the schoolhouse at the Ume and who are believed to have taken the bicycles Is not known, but they are thought to be memberw of the lzth street gang." - The thefts were made sometime between 7 and o'clock, and were discovered as the scouts dis banded.' Pleads Guilty to Theft of Fowls Raymond Norton, charged with theft of chickens from the Edward Treuter ranch, yester day entered plea of guilty when brought before Judge L. H. Mc Mahan. L. E. Darklns and Lau rence N. Reed, both charge with theft of articles from the John Algulre store, also entered pleas of guilty. All three will be sen tenced at 5 o'clock Friday atter- Catalonia Will Join With Spain BARCELONA. Spain, April IB. -(AP) (Wednesday) Francis co Macia, provisional president of the Catalonlan republic, early to day Issued a declaration that he had "assumed office provisionally tinder Alcala Zanora as head ' of the Federated Spanish republic," and that the Catalonlan republic would be" an integral state with in the Spanish federation. ; ADOPT 6-nOUR DAT NEW YORK. April 14--(AP) The six-hour workinc dav will be adopted as a permanent oper ating poller by the Kellogg com pany, cereal manufacturers of Uattle Creek, Mich. ., .. Financial Of School Di strict Told at Board Meet Most Everything Can't be . Done" Because of : ;;liack ci Moneys Prediction Made Warrants be Necessary in six Months Time r -1' - i ! or with a salarv Increase offered I by Willamette university for his services as supervisor of Willam ette practice teachers,' the board members diligently sidestepped the matter last night,' Delegations from the Highland and Englewood ' districts ? ap peared before the board to ask that the matter of building ad ditions to-these buildings be re opened, but after the chairman made a full presentation of the board's financial situation there was no move on part of members to throw the matter open for action. ! : ; ' Delegation , from , the Leslie ; Y (Turn, to page J, coL 6) 5 IIZE "POLICE Governor Meier yesterday ap pointed a committee of five prom inent Oregon men to work out the preliminary organization ground work for the new state police de partment created under an act of the 1931 legislature. The committee consists of Ma jor General White and Brigadier General Rllea, senior officers of the Oregon national guard; Colo nel A. E. Qark, Portland attor ney; Roy R, Hewitt, dean of the law school at , Willamette univer sity, and Luke May, Se-M crim inologist. The function of the -' e, the governor said, will pre-, pare the structural or,i.aarton work, under a plan which he 'will outline to the committee.- This plan will conform to the require ments of the new state police law. -The -committee - will prepare rules and regulations and work out the machinery by which the law will function when it becomes operative in August. Selection of the .Working staff under the law wiU be deferred until the super intendent of state police is .ap pointed. Confessionsoi1 Jobelmann and Woman Claimed SAN DIEGO. April 14. (AP) Leslie T. i White, an investiga tor, testified today at the pre liminary hearing of Alexander Pantages. wealthy showman, and four others on charges of Immor ality, that he obtained confessions from two of the defendants, Mrs. Olive Clark Day and WJJUam Jo belmann. , J ; White, a member of the district attorney's staff In Los Angeles, said Mrs. Day and Jobelmann vol untarily admitted to him they bad supplied two 17-year-old girls for a party here last October at which Pantages, Jesse Shreve and John P. Mills, formet business associ ates of the showman, are-alleged to have disponed them, . - BOARD PESSIMISTIC WASHINGTON. April 14. (AP) Th wheat advisory: eonl mitteemittee believes 1931 wheat, prices will -sink to levels far be low production costs if the crop Is average, f . NO EARLY REMOVALS PORTLAND, Ore, April 14 (AP) Despite the fact the Oregon game commission has asked for the resignation of -' all its employee within 13 days the resignations will not become effective sratil - they are acted npon by the commission. This was explained by L E. Vlnlng, Ashland, at a meeting of the board here today. Mar shall N. Dana, chairman of the commission, said he would be away for the next three wrecks and the other members of the commission said they did not wish to meet again nntil his return, tndicatins: that bo lm- mediate action will be taken on the resignations. ; : ; - PHOTOS IN CABIN ASHLAND, Ore.. April 14 (AP) Authorities tonight bellev-i ed they had in their possession evidence that might lead to the arrest of an unidentified man who escaped yesterday ; after his com panion. J. 'R. Albright, had been shot and kUled - following the Ashland atat hank robberr. Posses searching for the fugi tive discovered in the Dead Indian mountain district a cabin which No' No- We Won't" waa the tinklino; theme s son of the Salem school board at its session last night.' Then there was an of t repeated chorus that went like this: "We would, if we could, but we haven't the money?. , .. -.- .. Despite request two weeks asro that the board make a definite answer one. way, or the other- on retention of R. W; Tavenner as secondary superrls- C? i . " .. GROUP CIIO EN JO ORBAT i r . r Problem o - ' - , F. GETS PAROLE JOB Office Vacant Since Early In Patterson's Term Is Filled Again . Charles F. pray of Oswego, for merly employed in the federal de partment of justice, was appoint ed by Governor Meier to take the long-vacant post of state parole officer . for the penitentiary. . Ap pointment -was made after the governor had obtained the hoard of control's sanction to fill this Office." ; , i The parole officer- will receive a salary of 1260 a month, and will make - his headquarters In Port land. He will work In close co operation with the state parole board. Governor Meier said the appointment of this official would make It possible to parole more convicts than has been the prac tice In the past.' , The office has been vacant since early In the ad ministration of the late Governor Patterson. : ; Power Plant tor ' Institution Talked . The board approved a sugges tion by Governor Meier that M. H. McGulre of McMinnvllle be lnvit (Turn to page 2, col. 3) RIVER ENTHUSIASTS PlllPFHIDlY A boat trip down the Willam ette from Oregon City to .Portland is one of the features of the eom lng meeting of the Willamette riv er waterways association at Port land on April 17. . - The steamer Claire will leave from the boat landing at the locks at West Linn across the river from Oregon City at 9:45 a.m. docking at the Stark street dock In Port land. The meeting is to be held at the Multnomah hotel when the Lions club will turn over their , whole program for the discussion of the improvement of the river. The boat trip is expected to give those who take It a better Idea of the possibilities of river naviga tion above Portland. . . Refugees " From Spain in Flight HENDATE. Franco-S panlih Frontier, - April 14 (AP) Po litical refugees again started til ing across the frontier from Spain today, but this time they were . aristocrats of the monar chist party Instead , of republi cans and socialists as was the ease in the past.: .... . ; ' PORTLAXDER ' LOSES JOPLIN, Mo., April 14 (AP) Everett Marshall, 220-pound wrestler of LaJunta, Colo., de feated Billy Burns of Portland, Ore., in two straight falls here to night. - - v DIES r Game Shakeup Will Wait Clue Found in Yegg Case ' Tooze-Brown Case Goes on The Dalles Paper Is Sold was well stocked with provisions, arms and ammunltitlon. They al so found a picture of Albright and another picture f they believed might be that of his companion. AGENT TESTIFIES PORTLAND, Ore., April 14 (AP) Accounts of numerous li quor deliveries for an alleged man ufacturing and distributing organ iation were related here today be fore a federal court Jury by L. L Moon, federal prohibition agent, and government witness in the TOose-Brown liquor : conspiracy trial. ' , DRIVER IS KILLED ROSEBURG, Ore.. April 14 (AP) Lloyd Goff. 24, of Sutherland, was kUled InstanUy tonight when he drove his auto mobile into a truck that had broken down and had been left standing on the highway at Wilbnr, abowt right miles north of here.-. ' ' OPTDOST SOLD 5 THE .DALLES, Ore.. April 14 CAP) George Flagg, publish er of The Dalles Optimist, weekly newspaper,-announced today the Optimist bad been sold to Ralph B. Bennett, Hood River. r , PRISON'S CHIEF HI Governor's ; Attempt to ask Resignation . Opposed ; By Kay and Hossr Asserts Meyers, has Acted Ini High-Handedway; : ' Management Poor : S A public 'hearing on charges against Henry t Meyers, superin tendent of the state prison, will be held before the board of con trol Friday. v This was the upshot of an at tempt on Governor Meier's part Tuesday to . demand Meyers' res ignation. Secretary of State Hoss and Treasurer Kay declined to second ' . the governor's - motion whereupon the hearing was call ed.. The governor was .also down on his proposal to dismiss Immediately Col. W. B. Barium, supervisor of prison Industries, who has resigned effective Msy 1. The governor's proposal . was not to supplant Meyers with some other official but to dispense with the office" of superintendent. Claims Meyers Set Self Up As Court The governor charged that Mey errs had set himself up as a court wunin tna prison, tnat the state flax Industry had been mlsman- (Turn to page 2, col. 3) GFIML HOSPITAL Constructive activity on the part of the Salem general hospi tal auxiliary .was demonstrated Tuesday morning when $175 was turned over to Mrs. Mildred Le noir, superintendent, and It was reported that 18 hot water bot tle covers have been completed by members of the auxiliary for hospital use. while many more are . being completed and many other articles were reported in process of - wakings - . me money wui ne usea ior needed hospital supplies. - It was announced at the Tuesday morn ing meeting that old table cloths, hot dish covers, linens from which tray cloths might be made, old magazines not' too old for the amusement of the patients, were all - acceptable donations to the auxiliary, which organization would put the articles into con dition for the hospital use. Plans are being made for - the annual rummage sale April 30. May 1-2 and a cooked food sale May 2. Mrs. Dan Fry. Jr.. Is In charge of the arrangements for these affairs. Convict Has to Have License to Drive Highways A convict in the Oregon state penitentiary who drives an auto mobile on the highways Is requir ed to have an operator's license, according to an opinion handed down by Attorney General. Van Winkle Tuesday. "A convict is no exception to the operator's license require ment, read the opinion. - The opinion was requested by . Secre tary of State Hoss. , Estelle to Ask ' DivorceMaybe LOS ANGELES, "April 14. (AP) Estelle Taylor - said to night that -her mind was made up and that she would file a suit tor divorce from Jack Demp sey in the Los Angeles superior court "very soon. . , , v She left herself a loophole, however, as she claimed the fem inine prerogatire--jpermlasion to change her mlnd ; Japan Royalty Go to Capital NEW YORK, April 14 (AP) The Prince and Princess Tak amatsu enjoyed a parting look at New York today. The imperial Japanese couple, stiU on their . honeymoon a year after their marriage, leave tomor row for Washington. Brutal Slayer Drops Defense - SAN FRANCISCO. April' 14 r (AP) Unexpectely withdrawing pleas of not guilty and not guilty by reason of insanity, Charles A. Simpson 19, pleaded guilty In su perior court here today to - the charge of murdering Mrs. Alblna Voorhies, S 5-year-old storekeeper.' Finland Raises Beer's Content HELSINGF0R5. April 14. (AP) "he Finnish parliament today amended the prohibition law Increasing the legal aleoholie con tent of beer from l.S to 2.25 per cent, , i-. BEFOR AUXILIARY AII1G Jay AUta, Knovxi in Sdtsi, Reporting ck ' ;- la Madrid : to report tlie srertXirow of . the . Spanish. ' manarchy yeterday . was' Jay -C. Allen, Jr'm former Ore-T getiiaa, whose wife, Itatla-' Anatfa AHea, was raised in Weodbstr and is -well' known la Salens. Itra, Allen attended Willamette mntver" tdty.bere In 191S-19) and af ter graduation from the Uni versity of Oregon la 19)22, worked for several years as society editor oa the Capital Journal nere. . - The Aliens . went to "Ma . Arid recently from Paris, ' where Mr Allen. Jiad . been itationed for a Bomber ' of rears repreeentlnsj the Chi cago Tribwne. - He represents ; ed that paper and Its affil iated newspapers la coveriagt . .the recent political situation ha the Spanish capitaL H IS USED TO DH BUDGET Governor's Advisor Named In Place of Formed; r State Secretary r Governor Julius L. Meier shook up his official family, again yes terday when he announced the re signation of Sam A. Koxer, state budget director, and at the aame time tendered the office to Henry M. Hansen, former Portland news paper man, who accepted it as of April 18. Hansen, political ad Tisor to the late George W. Joseph and to the governor, will receive an annual salary of $4800, the salary having been cut from 34000 at Kozer'a own recommen dation this year. Kozer. twice secretary of state, and appointed budget director in 1027 by the late Governor Patter son, said yesterday he bad made no plans for the future but de clared he would probably remain in Salem. Friends of Kozer Indi cated he would probably toss his hat in the race for state treasurer In the republican primary election In 1S32. Formerly Worked On Salem Papers . . v Mr. Hanzen was born in Idaho where he attended the public (Turn to page 2, col. 8) Egg Barrage is Fun; Boys Must Tell the Judge Five senior and junior high school hoys Indulged- in egg throwing battle, with a certain north Salem man the target, and as a Tesult will tell their tales to the county Juvenile court officers Saturday. . The affair Jiad a pre liminary hearing Monday after-J noon. Besides ringing the door bell at one home and then attempting to pelt the man with eggs only one other target, parrlsh junior kigh school, was used.- Boys for whom warrants were Issued Include: Fred Baxter, Jlmmie Nicholson, Douglas Drager, Austin Mack and Emery Hobbs. Three other boys at first thought Involved were re leased after It was proved they dropped their eggs on the side walk and ran away before the throwing started. Secession Move In Canada Said Serious Threat OTTAWA, Ont., April 1 4. (AP) Rumblings of secession in western Canada must not be taken too lightly, the house of commons was warned today by William Irvine, TJ. F. A. member for Wetasklwln. He told of having attended a meeting of the United Farmers of Alberta at which a secession resolution ' was moved. Grieving Widow Attempts Death CHICAGO, April 14 (AP) Determined to die in the blazing Laflin street tunnel in which her fireman husband perished, Mrs. Edward Pratt, bride of two months, fought' vainly today to reach the shaft. It took : tlx policemen to sub due her. . - , , Overton Seems Primary Winner ALEXANDRIA, La., April 14. ( AP) John H. Overton, Alex andria attorney, appeared tonight to - have defeated Dr. Claybrook Cottlnham In the eighth district democratic primary election for a successor to the late Represen tative James B. Aswell. Brazilians Flee ; As River Rises DIO DB JANEIRO. 'Brazil, April 14-(AP) Heavy rains have caused tributaries of the Amazon river to flood lowlands for many miles, driving Inhabi tants to flee to . higher ground. Refugees are ' said to be suffer ROYALTY FLEES HilTIOil i.;1DE REPUBLIC President jZanor Vary .at l Close of Epochal day, : Avoids Ceremony 1 s: Terms Under Which Alfonso I Gave! up .Throne to be , : . Made Public' Soon r (CopyrlghV 1031, by; The Asso " . elated Press.)" f MADRID. April 1$. (Wed nesday) (AP) Niceto Alcala Zanora, - first- president of the new Spanish -republic signed his name to the first republican de cree as dawn broke over Madrid today, and went to bed too weary to go through -the formality of an official inauguration.. Alfonso XII, no longer a king, accompanied by the Infante Al fonso, heir .to the throne, and the Duke of Miranda, raced across the country to Cartagena where they arrived at 4 a. m., today. They went aboard the cruiser Principe .Alfonso. :. His queen Is leaving today. The terms under which , he relinquished his throne will not be known until . he la safely out- of the country. Presumably. theXspanlslT war ship .will carry him. to his ulti mata destination. It was said - (Tarn to page i, col. SDCTEEfJ Sie III ': BIG BLAZE CHICAGO, April 14 (AP) An underground inferno of flame and fumes snuffed out . eleven lives today, but valiant effort won freedom from a blazing tomb for 10 other men. With stunning swiftness the flames licked at the sawdust tin der and dry timbers lining the new concrete tubing of a sanitary district sewerage , tunnel under find street. Workmen and firemen were stifled by poisonous gases In the subterranean trap. Sixteen lock ed -themselves In a 3 0-foot air chamber and waited through . a night of horror for the chance of escape that came after 11 hours. Fifty-one workers and firemen. were treated at hospitals tor burns. Injuries, exhaustion and the perilous effects of Inhaled smoke. All were expected to re cover. A twelfth life was lost on the street above. Harry Fielder, a po liceman directing traffic near the scene, was struck down by one of the fleet of ambulances that carried the Injured away. Salem Dentist Now Appointed On State Board Dr. Estill L. Brunk of this city was yesterday named a member of the state board of dental ex aminers along with- two other new appointees to the board which is composed of five doe tors. Brunk succeeds Dr. . E. L. Matschan of Portland. Dr. Law rence Rosenthal of Portland was named to succeed Dr. R. F. Mur phy of La Grande and Dr. C H. Jenkins of Hood River to suc ceed Dr. Robert ;F. Bennett of Portland Dr. J. H. Carter of Klamath falls was reappointed and Dr. L. R. Andrews of Astoria, whose term expires April 1, 1933, was retained, on the board. . . . Changes to be Few Says Owen ' There will be no immediate changes In the personnel of the working staff of the world war veterans state aid commission, ac cording to announcement made here Tuesday by Jerrold Owen. recently elected secretary of the commission. Owens was la Salem yesterday conferring with Frank Moore, the retiring secretary. Virtually all of the appraisers and county attorneys also will be retained, Owen said. . HOW TAX DOLLAR NOW BEING PAID BY SALEM RESIDENTS IS" SPENT i Purpose ' School District S4 Salem -city ' ,. State (Includes 2-niIll elementary school levy; 1- mill market levy) .... ,. , County , 7. County school and library '. . &JL 'SCHOOLS '' J'-f - " School District 24, 1X9 Mills ' County school and library XUS mills , State elementary school fond 9 mills . Higher education imllage 3.04 mills Higher education millage 2.04 mills , COUNTY : - C V Total budget requirement . , Market road retorned to eoanty Net to state , CITY. , ,V,;, ,,. : ;,, These ere Herd Days . For Sovereigns; 12. ; ;'. Left in Ucjcr Crozp (By the Associated Press) .The - roster of' sovereign -ralers grows shorter. With . the abdlcatloa of Alfonso. , king of Spain, the work to , day, has bat 13 left In -the major groop'They are: -'- George V.' of England. ' Victor Emnuael of lUly. .v Albert of Belglam. , Custaf Of Sweden. tV " " Haakon ef Norway, ' " Cbrlstlaa of Denmark. ' - - Wirbelmlna of The Nrth- t erlanda.-.' ' : Carol of Rnmanla Hirohlto of Japan. , y5 Doris of Bulgaria. : ; ' . Prajadhipok ef Slant. - V Bas Tafari of Abysstnla; ! i 1 OuLY HIE CEIIFS GOffi IHSTATE TAX Forty Cents of tax Dollar For Education, Shown : lii Levy Analysis : WTien Salem taxpayers pungle up their 1930 tax payments to Sheriff Oscar Bower this month, only three cents of every dollar wUl go to the state for Its pur poses during this year's expendi tures. This fact is shown in an analysis of the millage levies as shown on the 1930 receipt. On the other hand 40 cents of each tax dollar paid will go into school funds for local or higher education Institutions and 42 cents of eaeh tax dollar will be claimed by the city of Salem for Its operation. . -The millage of 62.8 levied for the 1930 tax represents a slight total decrease from a year ago. Part of State Tax Retnrns to County While the levy for so-called state purposes Is 0.5 mills of the total of 52.8 levied on Salem property. In actuality three mills Is returned directly to the county for Its use. One of these mills Is diverted to the market road fund divided among the . , counties on their assessed value and match ed by the counties In funds raised directly by them. Two of these mills comes back to the county through the elemen tary school fund which Is distri . (Turn to page 2, col. 1) ' PORTLAND, Ore., April 14 (AP) Rejection of the proposal that all advanced Instruction In the pure sciences be transferred from the University of Oregon to Oregon State college, as suggest ed in the recent report ef the federal survey commission, was urged by a group of prominent Portland men In an open letter to the board of higher education today. The proposed transfer would fce educationally unsound and would be a severe blow to the university for "no university . . . can maintain Its dignity and hold the respect of its constituents with its curricula beheaded In this manner." , The letter was signed by Rich ard W. Montague and Charles H. Carey, Portland attorneys: Rab bi Henry J. Berkowlts. Temple Beth Israel; Dr. Ralph A. Fen ton; PhUlip L. Jackson, news paper publisher; and J. C. Stev ens, engineer : and former mem ber of the board of higher curri cula. They represent themselves simply as a. group of Interested citizens.- ' Belgian Prince 1 Gotham Visitor NEW YORK, April 14 (AP) A king's son came to New York today but no cannons boom ed and no top hats glistened. Just a humble tourist here to see America, was the way Prince Charles of Belgium described himself to reporters as he stood on the deck of the liner Penn land. stealing amazed glances at the towers of Gotham. VETO IS OPPOSED SPRINGFIELD. I1L. April 14. (AP) Wets In the state legisla ture banded tonight in defiance to Governor Louis L. Emmerson's veto of the dry law repeal bill. Mills Cts. on Dol. .134 2oc 42c 12c .22. 13c 7C .214 40 lSc 2e So 42c 1 -1.4 PROPOSALS DEEM EDUCATION SUICIDE mil n jo Robert Hatch, 4 Year cJ - -J w eT Son : of Local Minister, Dies After two Wheels cf. Truck Pass Over him Driver, H. T. Hoke, Held cn ; Recklessness Charge; his r Brakes Faulty, Reported; , Hearing is Today Robert Wilbur Hatch, four-year old son of the Rev. and Mrs. C W. Hatch. 1348 Broadway street, died yesterday afternoon at 4:80 p. m. shortly after he was struck by a truck as he started to cross the street to his parent's home. H. T. Hoke, 827 North Liberty street, driver of the truck, was booked at police headquarters later In the afternoon and will appear this morning on charges of reckless driving. ' The lad apparently did not see the truck which was going north on Broadway. According to K.E. Hinges who witnessed the acci dent, the boy's brother, Evahbelle Hatch, and Martha Rettig who worked In the Hatch home, had gone across Broadway street to place some groceries in the Hatch home before taking the lad for a walk. The boy stepped suddenly out from the curb and two wheels of the truck passed over him. Truck Stops But Then Goes On He was unconscious when tak en to his home and died before a physician reached him. The truck, half loaded with wood, stopped within 15 feet from the place the boy was struck but went on before Hinges came from the house following; the youth's death. He notified the Sa lem police who picked up the driver about eight blocks from the scene of the accident. . Police aald last night that the brakes en the truck were apparently defect ive. The boy's body was at tbe Sa lem Mortuary last night but fun eral plans had not been com pleted. The mother was prostrated bv her grief. Rev. Hatch came to Salem in the summer of 1929 to take the pastorate of the First Church of ClflA aarna as? 1Taa4 . Jk na,. ,wn uvi VI, smUU VUIU(V streets, prior to residence here the family bad lived in Indiana. Legion Arranges Contest to Get More Members At the American Legion meet ing Tuesday night, plans were made for a membership drive with -six past commanders each heading teams of 10 to carry on the drive. Lyle Dummoor offered a fish basket to the Individual securing the largest toumber of new mem bers. . Vice-commander Irl Me Sherry presided in the absence of Commander Page. ' . Jerry Owen, the pew head of the bonus commission, was pres ent and stated his intention of transferring his : membership to the Salem post. Regular busi ness . was conducted and reports of ' committees were heard at the meeting. Levey's Damage Claim is Denied Secretary of State Hoss and State Treasurer - Kay. majority members of the state board of control, yesterday refused to sup port a , suggestion by Governor Meier that Abraham Levey of Portland, be paid $500 as the re sult of burns suffered by his son. Vernon Levey, while the latter was an inmate of the state train ing school for boys near Wood burn. . Fears Officers, Takes Own Life . SPOKANE. Wash., April 14. (AP) Jesse M. Foley, 31. suf fering from a mental derangement that caused him to fear detectives, saw two officers approaching his house today, so he shot and killed himself. Police said Foley was afraid railroad 1 detectives were pursuing him constantly, intend ing to harm him. Blaze Destroys Famous Palace BERLIN, April 14 (API Fire tonight almost destroyed the famous Blueeherr'palace on TJnter Den Linden which was purchased by the American govern meat last year as its embassy. ing from shortage of food. , : - - ' ' .."1 ........ j. A. - ... . .v-