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.... I . , : ;; ..-';.-: ;-.. - . . " ';.:;....'.' ..:; .r , - ' ( - . - ...'.''.". ..- . -- . v,-- .-.. t r : . . : , , ' . : -. ., , -. . .. ."-'';' ! ' - - ' ' " . ! .1 .'. " : SOON, NOW I - Sunday win bring a THE WEATHER ' Unsettled and mild todaj and Friday, probably rains today; Max. Temp. Wednes day - 71, Mln. 40, clear, south wind, river J3 foot. character to Statesman read ers. His ' escapade 'have won national renown. Yon'll want to know Fop Eye. EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR i - - - - 1 i i ; ; ; - ' ' - i 19 t FRIARS Gill THEY ARE HOT Hope to"; Stop Trouble, get Candidate Back Upon: nominees List New Group Advanced After Principal Cuts off Atl but six Deletions from the list of first nominations for Salem' high stu dent body offioes were announced yesterday by - Principal Fred Wolf, bnt there was no resultant bombshell, tor students were well aware that - the . principal would make bis" cuts. Eren before the .list was re leased, students had submitted petitions placing In the running new candidates all or wnom will be subject to the secret so ciety clearance of the .principal. The alleged frat members seemed to be taking the matter with fairly good , feeling. . and their sames were more prominent than those of "barbarians" on the many petitions that were circu lated. V: V Claim one ftoclety Member Left on Students pointed out, how- approTed list one nominee whom Wolf declares Is not a frat man but whom students declare to be a real good hush-hush club mem ber. - . A few students who were In . the know were laughing at the jumor that the Friars, supposed to be one of the oldsst secret groups at the school but now blossoming out as a- "town" club, would get their candidate, John Bone, basketball player, on the ticket yet. His name has been pencilled. Bone Is after Job of athletic manager. f . Friars outside of school are f said to hare approached Mr. Wolf and asked if Bone might un tor office . If the Friars -proTed that theirs Is a town club and not a high school secret society. Wolf Is said to hare as sented. - . -Constitution has Bees Changed, Word ' ' It Is . said the Friar constitu tion wair changed, sometime ago to make It a town club, and that both alumni and high school boys belong. It Is said not to -mention the words high school. Members propose, it is said, to take the document before, a no tary public and bare him swear that the organization is not one of the banned societies. r Commenting upon the reported Friar action, one prominent frat member said: "I guess we might all do that, too." The six students left on the original list, one of them subject to further investigation, are: Es ther GIbbard, Tice president; Margaret Rosebraugh, secretary; Kenneth Morgan and Earle Relff wald. Clarion manager; , and Mark Sachtler and Dan McCar thy, athletic manager. More Nominating; Speeches Today . . .4 . " Students nominated by petition are: for president: Dan McCar thy (who resigned nomination for athletic manager), Lewis Mel son, Bob Bishop. Waldo ; Mills, Jimmle Shepherd. Edgar King. Don Collins and Fred Wolf; sec retary, Beth Billings; yell "leader, Howard Mills and Zollie Vol chok; song leader, Peggy Wag staff; Clarion annual . manager, Robert Johnson, Ingrard Hansen, Jack Poulln and Paul Hauser; forensic manager, Bob Good fel low, Ewald Frange and James Sehon; sergeant-at-arms. Junior Lindstrom and Ned Hale. No Clarion annual and newspaper j editor, as society members were said to be the only plausible per sons for the 'positions. . Nominating speeches will be made at. an' assembly today and elections ylll be held Friday dar ing the home room period. . &HIBE CLAIMS f lOO.OOO PORTLAND, May 20v (AP) . Salt for payment of a f lOO. OOO note was filed In circuit court here today against the Portland baseball dob and naming C T. Diamond, P. T. Alnge and the West Side golf practice course, an Oregon cor poration, as co-defendants. - The suit was filed by Charles J. Swindells, attorney, on be ' half of Thomas S. 8 hi be, riiila ' delpbia, brother ef John D. Shi be, reputedly one of the principal owners of the club. PRAISES POLICE BILL EUGENE, May 20. (AP) (AP) Major-General Smedley D. Butler. Interviewed upon his ar rival here tonight, branded oppo sition to the state police bill -"political flab-dub." A state police, Butler said, la superior to municipal police or ganizations because it is free from political corruption. He praised Governor Meier tor instituting the -state police system In. Oregon. I S. SOGIETY I I . - - .- I " 1 : 1 1 PEOPLE. . .Lwho are news By ALEXANDER HENDERSON (CopyrUbt, ItSX. By Associated Press) - NEW YORK, May 20 (AP) The world at large thinks of James A. Farreli. president of the United States Steel corpora tion, as a steelmaster, one of the greatest in the world. By inheritance, however, he has a profound Interest in the sea. His JAMES A. FARRELI t 1 . - ' great grandfather organized the first line operating regularly be tween Holyhead and Dublin. His grandfather continued to operate the same line. Capt. John O. Far reli, father of James A., immi grated to the United States, but followed the family tradition. Be fore he was fifteen James A. Far reli had made two voyages with bis parent, one of which carried him around Cape Horn. WITH that background It is easy to see why the Interest of the steelmaster in marl time affairs has no academic lim itations. One of the very few re maining clipper ships, the Tusitala (Samoan for tale bearer), is oper ated by James A. Farreli. Every day on the ton of the pile of papers and correspondence, the perusal of which starts the day's work, Js a message from the captain of that vessel of 1624 net tons reporting her position at noon, the previous day and the progress made since the previous, report, i The operation of one ship does not make a shipping magnate. But as president of : United States Steel, Mr. Farreli oversees the op eration of thirty-one deep sea steamships as well as the ' com pany's seventy-six vessels on the great lakes. No other Farreli is associated with the steel business, bat two of his sons- are , shipping men. - .- : . MR. FAR ELL hafJ assiduous interest in a' closely related . . . I A. J Buujeci luiei&u 1 r a a v, which Impelled him to take a leading part In the organization of the national foreign trade council. ! Many years ago when he was In charge of the New York office of the Oliver Steel and Wire company he insisted that orders from foreign custo mers should be delivered prompt ly, an attitude which stood the company in good stead, for Its mills continued busy when the do mestic demand Blackened. Some fifty years ago his father started on a voyage and sever returned. No word was ever heard of master, shin or crew. The Farreli family lived then In New Haven, Conn. - The boy. James, who was "hot yet fifteen, had "noticed a sort of stringency" in his mother's affairs. On the way to school he stopped at a wire mill and got a Job grabbing hot rods with pinchers for twelve hours a day at 12.50 a week. At the age of 19 he moved to Pittsburgh where he became night foreman over 1,800 men. He has been an avid reader all his life and education Is his third avocation. PLUMBERS TO MEET BEND. 'Ore.'. War !0iPi The annual convention of the Ore gon state master plumbers asso ciation win be held in Bend Fri day and Saturday of this week. About 150 delegates are expected. --j j v - ' :-"vs .. y - - ' Portland Ball Club Sued "Politics" Says Butler Clatsop j Talking Recall Baker Record Gives up i COURT UNDER FIRE ' ASTORIA, May 20. (AP) Threats of recall were heard to day when a large group of farm ers and dairymen called on the county court and demanded that R. J. F. Rankin, veterinarian, be re-instated as county herd Inspec tor. ' .$ i '-'-'--'' : Dr. Rankin recently was remov ed by action of the county court, which eharged he was "out of step" with 1U program. Subse quently petitions, signed by a large majority of farmers in the county, were' submitted to the court asking 'Dr.- Rankin's re-ln-statement. - The court disregarded the petitions. , . . r- DEBTS TOTAL f20,00O . BAKER. Ore., May 20. (AP) The Baker Daily Record,' pub lished as a morning paper here since March 20, suspended pub lication today. . r; : Announcement was made the paper would be sold by creditors at a sheriff's sale. Claims were said to aggregate about 120.000. REFERENDUM'S FRIENDS START GOITER DUE Chris Kowitz Preparing - to File Friendly Appeal On Ballot Title f ! Will Counteract a Possible - Attack After Petition Cl Names' Gathered r't PORTLAND, Ore, May 20. (AP) Sponsors of the proposed referendum ' on the ' state - police bill today laid plans to beat op ponents of the referendum at their own game. a . Ed T. AverllL to whom a ref erendum ballot title was Issued Monday, said Chris Kowitz, Sa lem attorney, today was prepar ing papers necessary, to filing an appeal with the state supreme court from the title as prepared and issued by Attorney-General Van Winkle. Similar action was said to have heen planned by J, J. McDonald, Salem, In an effort to halt the referendum move ment. - . Bring Question to Head, la Purpose A verill said such an appeal would bring the question to a head immediately and cause the court to pass on the wording of the title. . , He .. pointed out any opponent ' of : the referendum might take such an appeal ; any time within 20 days if the spon sors of the referendum did not take precautionary action. The "friendly" appeal probab ly will be filed Thursday, Averill said. It may delay circulation of the petitions for a few days but the sponsors of the referen dum regard it as the proper step. If an appeal were taken by opponents of the referendum and so much as a single word were changed in the . title, all signa tures that mifht have been af fixed to the petitions would be voided, Averill said. REBEKflH ASSEMBLY OF OUl ELECTS CORVALLIS, Ore., May 20. fAP) Mm Ethel Meldram. Mil- waukle, was elected president of the Rebekah ' assembly at its tnMtrrnr hern todav durine the Odd Fellows annual grand lodge session. Mrs. Meldram succeeded Mrs. Leona Thiel, Astoria. Mrs. Esther Bond. HalseT. was elected to the position of warden. Other officers elected were: Maude Rodgers, Enterprise, vice president: Ora L. Cosper, Danas, secretarv : Eda Jacobs. Portland. treasurer; Cora Heaton, Hills- boro, marshal; Grace Taylor, Mill City, conductor; Alice Tay inr. Portland., chanlaln: Mabel Gilbert, Bend, Inside guard; Del- phlne Lazarus, Burns, . outside guard; Luciele Harris, Freewa ter, musician; Leona Thiel, As toria, renresentatlve . to . the as sociation of Rebekah assemblies. War Birds Ready To Demonstrate Chicago Def ense CHICAGO. May 20 (AP) Hundreds of army warbirds clus tered about Chicago tonight ready j to show the city and Its environs what they could do if the city ; were threatened by a hostile ar my. - More than 65 0 planes new in from Dayton and Cleveland, Ohio, today, most of them in formation, and there' was not a serious mis hap despite the soggy condition of several Chicago fields. Precau tions were takes. In landing, with the formations breaking up and filtering slowly to the ground. t School Building, Teacher, Pupils Lost Says Supt. BEND. Ore.. May 20. (AP) Lost: One school building, in cluding teacher, pupils and equip-, ment. That was Superintendent S. W. Agers report to the Bend school district board toaay. ue explained that ; the scnooi naa hn located In a lor zln r camn. When the camp was moved to another district recently. me school was loaded on a flat car and taken to the new location. McNamee's Wife Asks Separation NEW YORK. May 20. (AP) Graham McNamee, widely known radio announcer, said to day he had been served In a suit for . separation by his wife, Che former Josephine Garrett. Mrs. McNamee tiled the action several weeks ago, McNamee said. He added that he did not know 1 where his wife . was, but that the separation was not by mutual consent. 1 ; vreg on tteceptioms . Pleasing to Butler; ; Gets StrdwberHes Never saw Finer Ones Ke Observes When Meier Presents Marion County. Product; His Itinerary Busy one r was a "dee-lifhted" General Butler who received a bas ket of Marion county strawberries from Governor Meier late yesterday afternoon as the two met on the Pacific hisrhway five miles north of Salem.- The governor was en routajto his ranch near Portland; the general was" going south to Eugene, with George Joseph", Jr. Luke May, Seat- e 1 rains 400 Delegates to Attend; Entertainment Plans Are Made Locally Plans are complete for the tenth annual convention of the Oregon Federation - of Business and Professional Women's clubs for which Salem will be hostess Friday, Saturday and Sunday. Approximately s400 women from the 22 clubs of the state are expected to attend and at least two national officers will be present. Miss Julia K. Webster-of Salem Is chairman. of the program committee and Miss Martha Gasch, president of the state organization will preside. "Know Your Oregon Luncheon Feature A feature of the convention will be the "Know Your Oregon" luncheon on Saturday when each of the clubs will give a short stunt advertising the resources of the community in which the clnb Is located. One of the ma jor activities .of the Forward committee of which Miss Dora Sexton of The Dalles is chairman. has been the acquainting of club members with the resources of Oregon. Miss Sexton will preside at the luncheon on Saturday which is planned to be a climax for the year's activities of her committee. The convention will open with two luncheons on Friday, one tor members of the .- executive board" and another tor conven tion members and delegates. Fol lowing these the business session will convene at the Salem cham ber of commerce rooms and from then on the program will be a full one. The last event will be the Em blem breakfast at Hazel Green park on Sunday morning when the two new clubs, Hood River and Heppner, will be received Into the state federation. Dr. W. C. Kantner of Salem will deliver the morning address. Conrad Suffers Skull Fracture Result of Crash Further examination of John Conrad, 78, who walked Into -the side of the tire department's small chemical truck at corner of State and Winter streets Tues day evening, revealed the elderly man was suffering from a bad skull fracture and a, surgical operation was performed last night. At a late hour he was reported as "doing nicely" but was not fully out of danger. Dr. George R- Vehrs, the attending surgeon, intimated. Reports of the accident tended to absolve truck driver from blame for Conrad's Injury. It was said the machine was swerv ed and stopped in attempt to miss the man but that Conrad became confused and walked against the truck before It could be brought to a complete halt. Turnesa &Low By Good Margin LEEDS, England, May 20 (AP) By equaling the record round of 09 he shot over the Sand Moor links yesterday, Joe Turn esa, American professional head ed the list of 22 qualifiers today for the thousand guineas profes sional golf tournament. - R. E. Ballantine, British pro who also shot a 69 today, finish ed second to Tnrneea's 138 with a SC-bole total of 141. Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., May 20. (AP) Ira Dern. Salt Lake City heavyweight, defeated Ted Thye, I Portland, two falls out of three in wrestling boot here tonight. Dem won the first fall In 21 minutes with a "double stepover toehold, and the third In three minutes with a cross-body hold. Thye scored his lone fall In 11 minutes with an arm bar., WENATCHEB, Wash., May 20.- (AP) Bob Kruse, 200, Port land, threw , Stanislaus Zbyssko, 230, veteran pole, from the ring In the fifth round of a wrestling exhibition tonight and Zbyssko was unable to return. The match was awarded to Kruse. CO ffin LOOMS A ' i IT i ' i ouev ana- saajor vutton accom panying him. , --T never saw any larger or better colored strawberries In my life,' beamed the general, and nary an expletive did he nse. Governor Meier also presented the general of the marines with an ash tray on which reposed a miniature frog, official emblem of the . governor's campaign In 1930. General Butler assured the chief executive the ash tray would occupy a prominent place on his desk at West Chester, Penn. I. j, . -s Is Pleased With Hospitality Here On the way from the scene of the presentation to Salem Gen eral Butler lauded Oregon's hos pitality, and spoke feelingly of the reception he had received earlier In the day in Portland. "There must have been more than 800 people at the lunch eon,". General Butler said, "and I never spoke before a more ap preciative crowd." General But ler was due to arrive, in Eugene early last night where he had a dinner engagement. He wiU speak at a breakfast at Eugene today, and then will go to Cor vallls where he will be honor guest at a luncheon at noon. General Butler expressed a desire to return to Portland early this afternoon, where he has a num ber of appointments. A part of Friday will be de voted to a trip down the Colum bia river in Governor Meier's launch. : This win be followed by a conference at Governor Meier's country home near Corbett. Late Friday or early Saturday, Gen eral Butler, as a guest of Govern or Meier, .will leave for Grants Pass to attend the dedication of the Rogue . River bridge. Start Return to East Saturday " General Butler will return to Portland late in the afternoon by airplane : and leave shortly after 9 o'clock at night for Chicago. Daring a brief stop in Salem yesterday General Butler received a letter from a marine who had served under him abroad. "It is letters like this one that make you happy," General But ler said as he read it two or three times. The letter, while covering only a few lines, expressed1 apprecia tion for the general's visit to Oregon, and wished him God speed. ,! '' -'-, "It Is great to have friends," continued General Butler. 'Ev erywhere I go I meet some of the men who I know personally or by reputation. My reception in Oregon has been exceptionally fine." Stone Age Cave Yields Body of Marine Officer ,TOUr Fance, May 20. (AP) Ruins of the stone age cavern in which he perished In a futile endeavor to save the life of a peasant woman today gave up the body of Brigadier General Robert H. Dunlap, of the United States marine corps. After, almost 24 hours of dig ging, rescue workers headed by French army engineers came upon the mangled form of the Ameri can officer where he was trapped yesterday by an avalanche which engulfed the cave near Cinq Mars, where the . woman and her hus band made their home. The body of Denis Brlant, hus band of the woman, who rushed with Brigadier General Dunlap ' to save her as the fall of rock and stone started, was recovered also. Mme. Briant was rescued alive bat badly injured. . - Certnak Doesn't Want Butler to Aid in Chicago CHICAGO. May 20. (AP) Major-General Smedley D. Butler may be interested only In coming with the Chicago police, but Chi cago's mayor isn't , interested at all.- -.j' .-J'. Mayor Cermak said today he had received a wire from Port land, " Ore., which quoted Butler as saying "The only; police job that would interest me Is Chicago."- : :- r "I haven't solicited Mr. But ler, I don't Intend to answer the telegram, and I'm not interest ed," Cermak remarked. . " TIMBER TRACT SOLD -1 KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., May 20 -(AP) J. R. Shaw, president of the Shaw-Bertram Lumber company of Klamath Falls, an nounced today his company had purchased about 24,000 acres of timber from the Pickering Lum ber company. WET C1PII Association Against - Prohf . Seeking to Stop Funds ? For Enforcement . " ,. " Newspaper Dupes In Giving Liquor Side, Declared r At Mission Meet Cautioning r the prohibition workers of Oregon to be . on their guard against moves to wipe the law from the books. Miss Ada Townsend of Chicago, citi zenship secretary of the Home Missionary society of Chicago, brought the principal message be fore last , night's session i of the annual convention, of the Wom an's Home Missionary society of the Oregon conference. She spoke on "Brewers and Billionaires." j "Perhaps you think Oregon Is safe, but it Isn't forever; not as long as the association against prohibition lasts or as long as it has any hope left that the prohi bition law can be nullified," Miss Townsend declared. . j Cat Off Support i Claims Effort to j She charged the association against prohibition also, with working to create a wet congress in order that appropriations to. the prohibition unit might be cut off; with hopingto see In power a wet supreme court, and also In some states wet superintendents of public instruction. She asserted that Oregon pro hibitionists should be on the alert to see that more adequate instruc tion regarding deleterious effects of alcohol be incorporated Into the school books of Oregon. She said she had checked with an edu cator In southern Oregon on this matter, and that textboks are ap parently lacking In this matter. Miss Townsend devoted some time to decrying propaganda which the wets get into the news papers and magazines of the country, and declared that the newspapers are dupes, conscious or otherwise, of conspiracy of the drys. 8he cited the senate invest!-j gations of a year ago as first fair revelation of what the anti-prohis j are doing, and declared in effect that 1 even this was cushioned by most of the press. Devotions last night were con ducted by Mrs. Matthew Humes of Portland and the program Includ ed also demonstrations by mem bers from the children's,; young people's and Wesleyan Guild de partments, all depicting the good. that Is spread through the W. H. M. 8. The convention will come to a close today, with elections and reports to be the ; main business of the morning. Addresses and Installation of officers will occu py the afternoon. f Mrs. Benjamin Young of Port land Is conference president. Prises for .missionary education work were presented yesterday to Mrs. Durkeimer of Salem and Mrs. H. Peterson of Portland. Blast Fatal to I Noted Inventor Of Radio Field PHILADELPHIA, May 20 (AP) Charles Erastus Vawter, widelr known Inventor of more than 200 radio and electric de vices, died today of burns receiv-; ed in an explosion at his labora tory In his home in the German town section of the city. - The explosion occurred : while Vawter, a former professor of: physics at Virginia polytechnic: institute, was experimenting with a high-tension Ignition system for airplanes on Tuesday. His death followed 24 hours later. ' : Agriculture Head Opens Office, L6(lk$ or Aides Vm Oehlhar. newly appointed superintendent of the state agri-j cultural department, nas esiao Hshnd offices In the state capltoi mi Knn thn arduous duty of se-t lectins the subalterns for his de4 partment. Yesterday he announe-r ed that he had already received. 1C0 applications for men -wno want jobs In the new department. He estimates he will receive a to tal of 200 applications before July 1 when the law becomes effective.; ThA arrlcnltnral department win nhsorh the duties of approxi mately 16 existing state agencies,: exclusive of having juruKuuuj over a large numoer m inspectors. The department win. inrtiKl fiva divisions. 1 10 do known as administration, plant in-; n.trr animal industry, xoouk and dairies and markets, grades; mi BtAttflarda. i The law provides tnav ue si Ami-n nd food I commissioner shall be retained at the head ofj the foods and dairies division. Gehlhar. under the law, will be" in charge of the administration department, and will appoint thei four directors of the other bu4 reaus. subject to the confirmation of Governor Meier. Mr. Gehlhar will receive an annual saiary 01 8 SO 00 a year, while the salaries of the four directors shall be fixed by Mr. Gehlhar and the goyenor. 4 Spring Road Job Outlook WASHINGTON. May 20 (AP) r-fReports for April to the labor department -showed spring road construction ' absorbing thousands Of unemployed although curtailed schedules . continued In . many establishments. , - j.-j Meanwhile, the metals trades department of the American Fed eration of Labor 'urged local councils to seek additional mem bers I "to make nse of collective action it general wage reductions are proposed." . : Atj tne same time Matthew Wol4 a vice-president of the fed eration, said In an address before the National Association of Mu tual f Savings Banks that "Ameri can )abor is probably In for the tight of Its life." ' I "The demand for the cutting of Wares." he said, "Is a part of a campaign which is now only be ginning again and which has been planned as a part of the program t$r he International control of capital, of manufacture, of mar kets; of prices and of labor, by those who would master the world m the Interests of the few." GLUES 116 Id truckman Killed in Blast Leaves two Notes but Officers Puzzled rilLLSBORO. Ore., May 20 (TAPl No tangible clue to the BUDDOsed bomb murder of John huher, 88-year-old truck driver, badl been discovered tonight by polite and sheriff's officers Inves tigating his death. I Ifjuber was killed late last night )n a .trucking company's' garage her.- One shoulder and his neck had; been virtually torn away by the force of the blast. Authori ties i expressed the opinion the in juries could not have been self- inflicted. , j A tamlly living across the 'strefet from the garage told auth orities they had heard the explo sion but saw no one near . tne garige. Leaves Note gating Police WU1 Know ! Two notes left by Huber.shed little light on his death. Sheriff J. W. Cohnell said. One note, found In Huber's socks, said two unidentified men- had followed jhlm; all day and suggested . that police would know who were re sponsible vin case anything hap pened to him. Another note, found in the garage and written In German, the sheriff said, read: f'l hate to do this sort of thing, but I'm getting lota of money for Jt." ? . I Owners of the garage said no explosives had been kept In the garage. - .-. .; Authorities advanced no motive for h possible attack upon Huber. Question Youths As to Activities Monday Night Six boys, between ages of 13 and; 16. were before the county juvenile officers yesterday after noob to undergo questioning as to their movements, particularly Monday night when young Walter Waterman was seriously burned when a can of gasoline was acci dentally Ignited. . - ' The boys are said to be mem ber! of a , neighborhood gang working In the south end of town, and! It Is largely to warn them against depredations that they were brought before the officers yesterday. 1 . "We want to keep these boys fro$i getting Into serious trouble," commented Mrs. Nona White, county juvenile officer. In order that 'there may be the closest contact between the, de partment and the practical agri cultural problems, the law also created a state board of agricul ture which shall consist of seven members to be appointed by Gov ernor Meier. 1 ' Interests to be represented' on the board Include horticulture, dallying, animal Industry other than dairying, poultry Industry and field crops. The agricultural marketing agencies shall be re presented on the board by two members. - Terms of the board members will range from two to six years. Members of the board wilfnot receive any compensation forthelr services, bat shall be re imbursed for actual and necessary expenses. I order to eliminate duplica tion and unnecessary expense, there shall be the tallest coopera tion between the Oregon State col lege and the agricultural depart ment. The college shall continue with full authority and responsi bility for resident Instruction In all 'branches of agriculture. The coltego also shall be 1 responsible for research and experimentation in ail branches and phases of ag ricaltare a t forth In the fed eral and state laws creating, maintaining and defining the work of experiment stations. f -1 r . Work Aidincr USD 0 MURDER Veteran Hews man who Cava Racket Details is S!a5ri Along With Politician in ; Hollywood Office j Good Description of Slayer Available; Safety Deposit Box may Yield. Clues io Cause of Attack I LOS ANGELES, May 20 (AP)1 A gunman believed by police) on a mission of revenge shot and killed Herbert i Spencer, j veteran Los Angeles newspaperman, late today and mortally wounded Charles Crawford, real estate ex ecutive and politician, as they sat In Crawford's office on Sunset boulevard In Hollywood. The gunman entered the office and after a conversation of about an hour's duration he shot the two men and escaped In an auto mobile. Spencer was killed almost Instantly and Crawford died three hours afterward, following an emergency operation. To the last, he refused to reveal Identity of the slayer. j 1 Spencer, for many years a po lice reporter here and later city editor of the Los Angeles Evenlag Express, was editor of a magazine which had campaigned vigorous ly against a pang accused by the publication of vice and .gamblisg activities. , ' . An hour before he died. Spen cer left bis office and told an as sociate "I'm going out to get some more underworld stuff." Safety Deposit Box Slay Yield Clues . The gun man 1 was ushered Into Crawford's office after he had asked Ray J. Iladke, secretary, to let him see Crawford. Radke said Crawford, Spencer and the man talked together for some momenta and Crawford then came out to Inquire about some "minor mat ter." He rejoined the two men and Radke said a moment later ; two shots rang out. The door burst open and the gunman raced through the office, leaped in tse automobile and disappeared. An excellent description of him was given to police. . A series of articles recently had been written by Spencer for the magazine in which he named a former police officer as "the Al Capone of Los Angeles" and" at tempted to reveal gang activitiee here. In one article. Spencer said his life had been threatened and wrote that It anything happened there would be found in a safety deposit box "in a certain bank" the names of those whom he had warred against. Police began a " search for the box in hope that it might reveal the Identity of the slayer. i Davis Cup Play With Canada is To Start Today MONTREAL, May 20 (AP) The United State and Canada will' open their Davis cup battle for the final honors in the North American zone tomorrow with two young New Yorkers opposing a veteran pair of Canadians la singles. . I '' Demon S.: Prentice, non-plsy-lng captain of .the United States team, selected Frank X. ; Shields and Sydney B. Wood, Jr., white Alan C. - Dunlop, who holds the same position on the Canadian team, chose Dr. Jack A. Wrirht of Toronto and Marcel Ralnville of Montreal. The draw for tomor row's two matches sends Shields against Canada's No. 1 player. Dr. Wright, and Wood ! against Ralnville. M.I 1 Ten Minutes is All Jury Needs To Free Beauty NICE. France, May 20 (AP A French Jury required only ten minutes this evening to aa quit Mrs. Charlotte JNash Nixon Nlrdllnger, beauty contest win ner, formerly of SL Louis, of the Slaying of her husband. The Jury upheld her contention that she shot her husband. Fred O. Nlxon-Nirdllnger. wealthy Phil adelphia theatre operator, in self defense, after he had; attacked her in a Jealous frenzy last March. . Montreal Ajgain Crowns Champ MONTREAL, May 20 (AP) Pete Sanstol, Norwegian boxer who makes his home here, won recognition of the Montreal ath letic commission as world's ban tamweight champion by defea ng Archie Bell of New York In a fast 10-round tight at the Forum to- n ahL 4
