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...... . .... , i - ... . . . KEY VIEWS. Z -TL!s U a little daily f eal taw - f -The- Statesman; , views of Salem people on current topics; -youH enjoy it on the editorial page. - f TUE VYEATUER . Fair today aa4 Thursdar. : :' rlLag w temperatore;- -JIax. temperature Tuesday: ' 63, ; Slia. 43, rirer -I foot, part-' ly cloudy, aorth wind. I FOUNtPJGD 1651 EIGHTY-FIRST YE AK Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning May 27, 1931 I J U V Mill vYl llli . - t 1 I " t lllfflt I 1 ' i .1111- . - :-: IS j N7. TEfflEnSlE EltClED; FEU CllfflGES SEEi! t Sixteen - FlamesLef t off of ; UstApproved Mostly. 4 j i i : tottcr?bf J)e!ay i jj-.- i . f Gsdist Committee is-Nametf I To ; Consider: ;Levy-; for z: L The -Ccmirtf Year " ' .. ' i - " " v . i Name ot 18 Salem chooi tefen er were omkted - from the; rolls when the .'school board, elected teach era-for 131-3 2. at: its meet, lns Ust nIhUiTwoofglhe gronp - hare resigned . and & . few., .will probably be- gWea opportunity: to resign," but in most ot the instan om mii tr&cts will be aimed later when eertaln matter , are ironedM out. ..,..'," r-: '.,";' Transfers to otber scbobls or departments, were stipulated loir a few of the teachers elected. Res ignation of Margaret. Pro as so cial science teacher at Parrisa was accepted- last 'night. ; :, . : R.' W. " Tarenner and Carlotta Crowley were reelected "to posi tions as supervisors.. Tarenner. In addition to directing Junior high school work, senres also as Tiee- . principal of the high school. Hearing Directed ":. .To Be Set June 1 - The board apprered report of Supt. George Hug relative to his steps taken in arranging for hear ing for a, teacher against whom there is complaint, and directed him to arrange hearing for Mon day night, June 1. Whether the hearing will be public or private has not been definitely decided, the board awaiting the pleasure of the'teaeher in this matter.1 . In connection with the hearing, one member of the board report ed, that a woman had come to her requesting that her written com plaint against the teacher under fire be withdrawn, as it was made only at request of and to accom modate 'the principal of; the school. '.' ':: Budget Committee j Of Five Announced The board appointed the fol lowing budget committee of fire . and alternates ""te -meet - with it June to consider the budget, for the new year: D. W. Eyre, W. D. Evans, WilUam Gahlsdorf, H." L. CUrk, E. B. Millard, W. H. Dan ey, Fred Williams and H. D. Wat son. Following were the teachers elected: Senior high school Wolf. Fred.1 D., principal; Anderson. Gertrude: Barquist, Carmelita E.; Bartholo mew. Vivian C; Bowman, Walter; Brautl, Rath Marie; Burroughs. Margaret: Christenson, Marjorie; Christenson. Mildred; Clark, Ola X.: Creech, Eula S.; Davis. Lilian; Davis, Merritt; Derry, E. JL;, Dot son, U. S.; Edmundson, Helen R.; Eyre, Mary E.; Fellows, Frances; Derry, Agnes; ' Fisher, Ellen A.; Gertb, Claud ine; Gilbert, Katherine A.; Gil more, Vernon; Guderiaa, C. A.; Hale, Laura V.T Cranor. Garnee; Hockett, Grace Tyler; Jtoss. Ada; Hoag, Elizabeth M.; Hogue, Shan non; Holt, Beryl; Huntington, Hollls W.; Jonson. Leilla; Mickey. Rena; Murton, Ethelwynne; Nel son. J. C; Philpott, June; Plank. Claudia; Robertson, Mabel P.; Roseman,. E. D.; Ross, Leah; Shisler, Ger- " trude; Siegmund, : Floyd 1 L.; Smith, Gertrude R.; Smith, Mary B.; Smith, Ruth; Tartar, Lena Belle; .Wilson, Muriel; Wolga mott, Grace S.; Wolgimott, Tom; ' Parrish Junior high Durham. H. L., principal; Beaver, Myrtle J.; Beutler, Gene; Boentje. Ann; Boylan, Elizabeth; Brown, Frank; Carr, Mildred J.; Douglas, Fan nie L.; Fellows, Lois; Ferguson. Esther; Garrison, Louise; Gunn. Helen; Hank, Harold; Hills, Joy; Humphrey. Gladys; Knapp, Mar garet; Kron, Florencej (Turn to page 2. coL 1) PLANK TAKES DIVE ' PORTLAND. May 25. (AP) Roy IL Scheffel, 33, Portland, res taurant proprietor, was killed In stantly today when his monoplane went into a nose dive and plung ed to earth on the West Hills golf course here. ' f: -". ! . Three players on the golf course said the motor stopped and the plane made three wide circles as it dropped toward the fairway, ap parently unler perfect control. At an altitude ot about 190 feet, they said, the plane nosedived and hit the ground upside down. -The mo tor was burled a foot and a half in the sod and Scheffel was pin ned underneath the plane. He was dead when extricated. - ' . LINGERS 8 DAYS BAKER. May ZC (AP) Elmo FlnJey, of LaGrande, struck: last Saturday night by a hit-and-run driver, died here to day. Finlsy was repairing an automobile, tiro at the roadside when he was hit. His Chst was crushed and one hip broken. . FOUTt BORN IX NEST -ALBANT, May 2. (AP) Two' weeks ago a cat chose a hen's 1 1 . . 1 ' . - I i . : : . g . . ; : : ; Gambling Dictator In Los Angeles Murder Case c m ..... i : ; ,W i ii,. mi i.Mac-tfaMitwU ,. Above. are pictured Herbert Spoicer (left) , : rctn aewtpspemiaa ; smd editor, and Charles Crawford, mllllojmirc pollUclaa and real , tor, who were slain in Crawford's office In. Los Angeles last Wed t ; nesday. David XL Clark, former deputy district attorney is held on : . as charge of murdering both, but search into the, possible causes of. the alleged crime leads to Inveatigation of Guy McAfee, said te be a gambling boss" s - ; y ; J. x . '- , -. DELZELL MEMORIAL Details of Program at the Armory! are Announced; Schools get Talks Details of 1 the annual . Memor ial : day . program at the armory were announced yesterday by the Federated Patriotic orders of Sa lem, in charge of the program and also of distribution of apeak ers to the various schools of the city. W. A. Delzell will deliver the Memorial address at the arm ory. This program .will begin immediately after dlsbandment ot the parade, or about 3 o'clock. , - The program for the armory will be as .foUowsrJ."';--:, . Song. "America, audience; in vocation, : Colonel W. O. D. Mer cer; song, Sons of Veterans quar tet; General Logan's orders, read by Mabel Lock wood; solo. A. B. Hansen: Lincoln's Gettysburg ad dress, Dewitt Adams; . duet, American Legion auxiliary mem- Spantfed Banner, r audience. ' 0. . . . . ; Speakers Assigned To Local Schools Speakers assigned ' to the va rious schools and orders which they will represent follow:' American, Legion Irl McSher (Turn to page 2, coi, S) . PORTLAND, Ore., May J (AP) -The United States senate committee ion Indian affairs will meet at Chlloquin, Oregon, Thursday to study the adminis tration on the Klamath Indian reservation.- - A second hearing will be held at the Warm Springs Indian agency Friday and a third will be held at Salem Saturday on the af fairs at the Chemawa Indian SChool. ... J . . The committee members who will . participate In the Oregon bearings are Senators Frailer, North Daota. Thomas ot Oklaho ma, and Wheeler of Montana. Senator Frederick Steiwer, Ore gon, left tonight for Klamath Falls to meet the committee. He will attend some of the hearings. DAY SPEAKER HERE . - I ' . ; IJDIflTi: COMMITTEE TO COME SATURDAY Portland Flier Killed I Hit-run Crash la Fatal " ; Hen Tends Baby Kittens Angry Bull Gores man nest on the F. H. Hughson farm near here as the birthplace for a litter of four kittens. Hughson reported today a hen had taken over the duties of car ing for the kittens and that it is only at meal times that the moth er cat is needed at the nest. RIBS, SHOULDER BROKEN ASTORIA, May 28. (AP) Fred Renaud was in a hospital here today, waiting for a fractured shoulder bone and several broken ribs to mend. He was gored yesterday by an angry bull which attacked him while he was working on the Wil liam KeUy ranch near JewelL SMALL LAD KILLED PORTLAND, May 2$. (AP) . Bobby White. , was killed In stantly and his brother, Billy, 4, and their; mother, Mrs. Clark White, were injured seriously In an automobile accident here to day. . ' The automobile in "which the Whites were riding, driven by Gar land Oddy, Marsbfield. collided with one driven by Morgan Cor bet t. Sweet Home. : Neither driver was held. Now Eyed HV EE IS FIGURE ; IN MURDER E Asserted Gambling Chief fs Recalled, as ; Conspic- i uous at Fatal Hour t LOS ANGELES. May (APH Guy McAfee, said by police to be a Los 'Angeles gambling dicta tor, . whose name has been con nected, indirectly but persistently with circumstances surrounding the slayingTast Wednesday of Charles H. Crawford, : political boss, and Herbert Spencer, former newspaper man, entered the case again late today. , ; ; W. Joseph Ford, special prose cutor of David H. Clark, munici pal judgeship candidate held : In jail for the shooting,, announced that McAfee is in technical custody and 'will be questioned to determ ine whether he had a hidden rea son for being . prominently pres ent about the hall ot Justice ; at the time of the double slaying. ; Move is Eyed aa - , . ' Aimed at AUbi , ' I ! "We know that McAfee was there when Crawford and Spen cer were shot," said investigator Blarney F. Mathews of the district attorney's office. "He spent two hours in the hallways talking with friends . about inconsequential things. We hare several impor tant questions to direct at him," Following an interrogation to day In Ford's office, the special prosecutor said George, Crawford, brother and bodyguard of the slain politician, had stated defin itely that Clark was one : of the principals In the shooting, which occurred in Crawford's- private of fice at a real estate firm In Holly wood. . v. . ; ... Fish , Hatchery At Clackamas To be Enlarged PORTLAND, Ore., May (AP) -Federal authorities said today extensive : improvements now under way at the federal fish hatchery at Clackamas. 10 miles southeast of 'Portland, eventually will make . the hatchery rival in size and Importance . the Bonne ville hatchery, said to be the larg est in the world. The Clackamas hatchery will be used for extensive experiments in food for small salmon aad trout and in diseases of fish. Kirkland Founds Guilty Assault But Not Murder - VALPARAISO, Ind.,' May 2f (AP) Virgil Kirkland, 20-year-old Gary steel mill worker, was convicted tonight of assault and battery in an attempt to at tack Arlene Draves, for whose death the : state , sought to send him to the electric chair. The Jury returned the verdlet after three -.-hours deliberation and recommended he be. sen tenced to from one to ten years in prison. ' " ; Daredevil Dies : With Pneumonia ' NEW YORK. May J- (AP) Robert Merrill, a 1 six-footer who- in his 79 yea,rs climbed flag poles before. sitting on them be came a fad, leaped in parachutes before there were airplanes and at other odd moment harpooned whales and descended to the bot tom of the sea, died of pneumon ia today, in a Coney Island hos pital. , B GiLElUS ibt: ITIu OF, AX f, Governor ' Indicates - Early Action by Remark "on" Reorganization ; Preludice!." Against . ; Court 1 Admitted by. Executive ; ; In Talking Issues rv. -c. ., -j ;,f.;.-:; ) OovenTor Meier's "ax "is lifted over the , bowed head of Carle Ab rams, secretary of the board, of control, and State Treasurer Ru fus Holman -is willing; and ready to help the governor wlthathe ex ecution the moment the hour , of decapitation la at hand. V I This situation Was plainly , evi dent at the state, board ot control meeting yesterday afternoon when the governor aald he" was working on a plan of reorganiza tion for the atate purchasing de partment which he would submit to the board next week. After the board meeting the governor indi cated ha would- have his recom mendations ready before the end of this week."' - ' Holman said, when the matter of present state purchasing board efficiency was raised, that he would stand with the governor in any reorganization of the board which the latter proposed to make. k . Hon Objects to Retaining Wing 1 ' The proposed removal of Ab- rami came up following a discus sion over the retention of Ben Wing of Portland to handle col lection of support - money from relatives and estates of persons In the state hospitals of Oregon and in the state home' for feeble minded. Secretary of State Hoss object ed to Wing's retention at 3225 a month on the grounds that the money could be collected by the present secretary of the board of control with the addition of a stenographer to the present of fice force. " "If we are going to employ an additional man .he should relieve the secretary of the board of de tail work." aald Hoss. ; ' The board then entered into a discussion whether the present employes of the state purchasing (Turn to page 2, col. 7) - WIDOW WILL FACE POlSOFJfNB CHARGE CHICAGO. May 26 (AP) Portly, middle-aged widow was lodged in county jail tonight, ac cused of poisoning four members of her household who had made her beneficiary of their life in surance policies. A coroner's jury recommended Mrs. Margaret Summers, 47, be held to the grand Jury on four charges of murder and the state's attorney said an - indictment would be sought immediately. The woman testified voluntar ily before the Jury. She admitted having paid most ot. the premi ums on 13 insurance policies which brought her a total of St,- 284 on the deaths of -her hus band ' Thomas, last August, her nephew Thomas Meyers, 17, and two lodgers at her home, William Reiman and Thomas Lanagan. - All four came to their deaths by poison, - Dr. Clarence Muehl- berger, "Coroner's chemist, ' testi fied'--.- . '- Speedway Takes -Toll of Death Prior id Race INDIANAPOLIS, May 28. (AP) A driver and his mechan ic were dashed to death today but their fate laued to retard the speed ot a score of others seeking to qualify their cars for the annual 600-mile -Memorial day race at Indianapolis speed- : Two Pennsylvanlans, Joe Cac- cla, 3Z, Bryn Mawr, ana Clarence Grover, 23, Haverford, . were those who met death in a prac tice spin. ' Water Case is Slated June 22 Hearing ot the case of Hender son vs. City of Salem was post poned until June 22 in the su preme court yesterday on motion of Walter E. Keyee, representing the plaintiff. The suit Involves the legality of the city charter amendment of May 18, 1930, which provided for the purchase of a; water system by the city of Salem.' .. " i 8ELIG3IAN SIGNED HAVANA. May 2S (AP) President Machado today signed a decree contracting the services of Professor Edward R. Sellg man, noted economist of Colum bia university, to diagnose uuna's financial ills and try to find a remedy for them. ' 5 PEOPLE. iL . . .who are news I r . By KIRKE SIMPSON ' Copyright,' lfS 1, By AssocUt'ed I ,--. ; 'press) ' J-i. "Ifyf TASHINGTON, t May! i C. J" J ( AP ) Life-long . cavalry- jfack? Pershing finds,- his ; great est pleasure in exercise afoot. " Hie pair. of fine mounts,-Kld- ron; - presented by - France,' and : JOHN J. PERSHING Jeff, the gift of friends at home, wax sleek and lazy in the cavalry stables at Fort Myer. Like their master, they live in honorable retirement. 1 ' Almost every morning, when General Pershing is in Washing ton, he strides downtown slde jj: (Turn to page 2, col. f) E II PARIS, May 26. (AP) May ors of ,,1 5. American cities, or their representatives who arrived at MontParnashe station tonight during; thunderstorm, were wel comed to Paris by Gaston Gerard, undersecretary of public works, ana -- by count - Jean da Castel lane, president of the Paris mu nieipal council. Count- de Castellane, speaking perfect English, invited' the may ors to a luncheon at the Hotel De Ville tomorrow "in behalf of the town of Paris." . Mayor George L. Baker ' of Portland, Ore., responded in be- naii oi me Americans. Kerernng to Count de Castellane's remark about the "town" of Paris, he said : "If Paris is Just a town I want to see one. of your cities.". CHICAGO, May 2. (AP) The "Blue Streak," a giant tandem-motored tailess airplane own ed by the Chicago Dally News, fell into a field north of Wheaton, 111., today, killing four members of its crew. , j The Mead: - . - i Shirley J. Short, chief pilot, former air mall pilot and winner, of the 1926 Harmon international trophy for safe flying. .- - Richard K. Peck.-co-pllot, mem ber of two - scientific air expedi tions to New Guinea. , Lewis S. . Rice, radio operator and technician for station, WMAQ. ' Robert GoTmley, mechanic for merly in government service on the Mexican border . and in the World war - v--t.; , Gormley was alive when taken from the wreckage, but he never regained consciousness. . - He died en route to a hospital. The "Blue Streak" was. making a combination . ' speed-endurance flight under, supervision . of the National Aeronautical association over a measured course. -The big plane, carrying a load .of 2000 kilograms,- had . enough 'fuel to travel 2000 kilometers. Stores to Close ' On Memorial Day Salem stores will close' Me morial day according to an an nouncement Tuesday.: Many folk will take advantage ot the two day holiday afforded and leave the city. Memorial day . services will be conducted in Salem in the morning and many local peo ple will attend the dedication of the veterans memorial building at Albany in the afternoon. , RedfFlag Waves : Over Memorial ITHACA, N. Y., May 26. (AP) A red flag and a 'placard bearing the name of Hans Wag ner. Cornell student killed In ac tion with the German forces was hoisted on the flagstaff at Cor nell university's new World War memorial today, resulting in the arrest of three students on charg es of disorderly conduct. . 5 1SS1ET0W BPAPEO PLANE PLUNGES. FOUR DIE IS LllSlfi BALLOT TITLE Kowitz :and Ross Appear, in Rival . j Appeals "as to v. Police law Vote ' - First- Signed.; PetiUons", are -Tiled in - Pprtiarid - by " H-lavYsi. Opponents '-.rJ-vi An opinion is-expected today or without y fall Thursday from the supreme court on ballot titles pre pared, by : Attorney General .Van' Winkle on two referendum meas ures attacking the state police de partment law. The court, heard arguments on the two titles here yesterday. ' The arguments In the appeal taken by Chris Kowitz, Salem at torney, -on behalf of Ed Averlll. sponsor for the referendum meas ure.' were cut short when Kowitz declared .that.be had no. objec tion to the ballot title other than having Its validity passed upon by the supreme court. After reading- the ballot title prepared by Attorney General Van Winkle, . and . reviewing briefly some of the matter contained in his petition, Kowitz was asked by the court to read the ballot title that he would substitute for the one prepared by the attorney general. '. ' "I admit," Kowits said, "that the ballot title I have prepared probably is no better than the one proposed by the attorney gen eral." Doesn't Know if Objection Real A member of the court then asked If there was a case at issue objecting to the ballot title. He referred to the appeal filed Mon day by Custer Ross, Salem law yer, on behalf of J. J. McDonald of Marion county. "I don't .know whether there Is any real objection to the bal lot title vor whether there is a desire lo delay action by the court on this question until it is too late to circulate the referen dum petitions," Kowits replied. -The supreme court . recessed after hearing the Kowitz appeal until afternoon when arguments were heard In the appeal filed by McDonald Attorney Ross, re presenting McDonald, charged that the ballot title was mislead lng, confusing and did not set out the true contents of the referen dum, measure " j The attorney general's office defended the ballot title in both cases. The appeal filed by Kow its was in the nature of a friendly proceeding. , . PORTLAND. Ore., May 26 (AP) Ed F. Averlll. leader of a group sponsoring a' referendum on the state police bill, today filed with the Multnomah county clerk the first completed petition calling for a popular vote on he measure? The completed petitions, with a total of 10,680 certified names, must be filed with the secretary of state not later than June 5. Prof. Matthews Asked to Speak At Graduation Prof. James T. Matthews ot Willamette University will be ex tended - invitation to deliver: the commencement address - for - the graduation exercises of Salem high school Friday .morning. June S. Announcement to that ef fect was made yesterday by Prln clpal Fred Wolf and Mrs. Ellen Fisher, advisor to the graduating class. . . :-v-- - The ceremonies will be held in the Elslnore theatre. Final plans for the program are nearlng com pletion. . Poppy Sale ' "Legion poppies" by the Amer ican Legion auxiliary and "Bud dy poppies" by the auxiliary, to the Veterans of Foreign wars will be sold Thursday and perhaps Friday of this week in observa tion of "Poppy" day. For -the first time In a long time the two organizations are combining the day of their sale in order not to demand too much of the time of the buying public. All of the popples are made in Oregon by veterans in hospi tals, according to members ot the two organizations, and all but a very small part of the money taken in on the day ot the same will be used in Oregon for the benefit of needy men or their families. . Cooperating with the sale are the American War Mothers and young women from - the high schools and-other schools of Sa lem. "' '"' Mrs. Blanche Fournler is chair man of the sale for the auxiliary to Veterans of Foreign Wars and Mrs. Lois Moorman is her as sistant. All the members of. the auxiliary are acting as a commit tee of the whole in the sale. Miss Georgia Nash wlirhead a 'mgionAlsti Cap HogaiiWillA Face Charge of ; I Poppy Peddling MARSltFLELD, Ore.; May 26--( AP)--Tte trtal of Captain Cicero Hoganj; stale commander-of Vet erans of iForelgn - Wars, . charged Jointlyrwth two others of violatt. ing a municipal orainance loraia ding : pedillng, was postponed to day until June S. i i CaptaliJ Hogan. Mrs. . Carman Thompson, Portland,' state head ef thef auxiliary of ..Veterans .of Foreign Wars, and - Mrs., Floyd Smith, ;-Portland, - were made de fendants i on the peddling charge after a dispute over whether Vet erans of ! Foreign " Wars or the American Legion auxiliary, have the right to. sell poppies on Marshfield streets. EffiE 10 BIIVS pCelfyi Jenkins, Giistrap kef Over Holdings Of Bruce Dennis ( KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. May 2.8 (APj Bruce. Dennis, owner and publisher ot the Evening Her ald and the Morning News, Klam ath Falls- dally newspapers, an nounced !today he had sold these properties to Eugene S. Kelty and his associates, Frank Jenkins and Ernest R. Giistrap, all of the Southern Oregon Publishing com pany. ! - - - - v- . I Kelty Will be the active publish er and manager ot the News and the Herald. He is well .known in the Oregon newspaper. world. To gether with his father, Paul Kel ty, executive news eddtor of the Portland Oregonlan, he owned and operated j the Eugene Guard tor three; years. Until recently Jen kins and Giistrap owned and oper ated the j Eugene Morning Register.- j ij : The Southern Oregon Publish ing company also owns and oper- ates the Roseburg News-Review. The purdhase price of the Klam ath Falls! publications was not an- nounced.1 Rancher Shoots ToWh Marshal; Death Expected : ii i . . YAKIMA. Wash.. Mar 26. f AP)U Althonrh rjhvsiclans here said Marshal George warring oi Mabton, shot twice when be at tempted ito arrest Byron Miller, a rancher todav. could not recov er, he Was still a)lve early to- 'I'dillerj who investigating offi cers said had 'been drinking for several days, was brought to the Yakima county jail. He was be ing held in connection with the shooting J The rancher would make.; nd statement. .... mveaenment ot Governor Asked KJABWVTT.T.T5 Tnn.. Mav 2 f AT. a committee or lire mem bers for fL the Tennessee nouse oi zepreaentatives, appointed late today! by Speaker - Walter M. Haynes. will report not later than Thurjulajr whether it considers impeachment proceedings against GSv. Henry II. Horton Justified. Buddy on group of It high school girls Who Will ' assist the auxiliary to Veteran and there will be repre sentatives from Sacred Heart academy; St. Vincent de Paul, and Parrish Junior high school who win assist. ' The American War Mothers will also assist. Mrs. Matk Skiff, state president, has Issued the j following proc lamation: '' . I "I (heartily endorse the Buddy Poppy plan of the Veterans of Foreign Wars ot the U. S. in its 131 !aEe and urge everyone to wear a Veterans ot Foreign Wars Buddy Poppy on Memorial jiay, thus expressing to the needy ex service men and their families, pur appreciation of their service to our beloved country and their loyalty to the Ideals ef the.found ers of our-natlon." J.Mrs. A. i A. Lee, president of the local chapter of the American War Ii Mothers, also gives her chapter's enthusiastic endorse ment! to the annual Buddy Poppy sale tor 1931 and its best wishes. ! Mrs. H. M. Baker will enter tain !a committee at her home this afternoon to complete ' final arran cement for the Veterans' auxiliary sale. 2 KLAMATH PAPERS ii i --, 3 Thursday Hi Seek I not Record ; Lcp ; In. ; a Balloon but ..: Data on Ray a &at6spher Will -Successful r. AUGSBURG; Germany; May 27 -( Wedneda 1 4 t n x i tor the snacei of th nrtnk.,. : 60,000 feet above the earth; la spaces never before reached by -man, Professor Auguste Piccard ' took off at 3:65 this morning- in " "Usui aluminum bail attach ed to a huge hydrogen balloom. With tirof asiiaf Pixrar v r m swa u CUP bgissy ' physicist, Charles Kipfer. A previous attempt last Sep- ' tember failed because of unfavor able weather conditions,, It was said. The balloon did not rise en that occasion. Only a few dozen i spectators watched the Inflation of the huge balloon. . , ' j . - - Prolonged calm weather, of the kind said by Professor Piccard to be essential for the success et aia experiment, prompted the decision to start -this morning. Occupants Sealed In Aluminum Ball The aluminum ball, which la the vehicle for thin Tnrar nf Aim covery, is seven feet in diameter. The balloon Is 100 feet in eflme ter. with a gas capacity of Ef ?,00 cubic' feet, more than six dmea that of Gordon Bennett's balloon race contender. - i ' Hermetically sealed h thla spherical aluminum nrlT artificial supply of oxygen, Profes-' or i-iccara ana his assistant ex pect to be reasonably comfortable at an altitude which would meaa certain death to the ordinary bal loonist. ... j . ; Their primary purpose is not an altitude, record, however,; but ex ploration of the stratosphere and particularly the obtaining of aew data on the origin of cosmle rays, which were discovered by the Am erican professor, Robert Millikan, several years ago. ; May Demonstrate i Poeslbilitiea ' I Their venture is also looked an on as interesting because of the possibility that It might f demon strate that human beings can trav el at an altitude of 60,000 feet without harm, which would be ne cessary for the success othe pro posed rocket plane, Intended to hurtle through the stratosphere at fantastic speeds made possible by absence ot air resistance. Hitherto all stratosphere flying projects hare beep in the realm of pure theory, because no. man has ever been that high. - Helen McCusker Elected Head of Graduate Nurses - . ,i EUGENE, Ore., May 26 (AP) Miss Helen McCusker, superin tendent of dressing rooms at St. Vincent's hospital, Portland was elected president of the Oregon State Graduate . Nurses' associa tion here, today. The annual con vention, of the association closed today. Other officers elected were: Mrs. Mlnnett-Johnsoa Twist, state public health association, first vice-president; Miss Edith Burgqulst, Portland, second vice president; Mrs. Louise Hagea Clirf, Portland, secretary; Miss Harriet Osburne, Portland, treas urer, y The 1932 convention will b held in Portland. NEGRO CONVICTED - ELBERTON, Ga., May 26 (AP) John Downer; negro, was convicted tonight of attacking a white woman and was sentenced to die ia the electric chair at Mil ledgevllle, Ga., June i 15. ( Coming Nextj Sunday As a Sp'edcl j Statesman Feature! . .' i j Hunday, The Statesman begin a new feature for its readers in its four-page, two-color comic section. Nationally known charac ters in the comic world will be featured ... and if the record of . these performers for other readers ia cri terion, - they'll soon capture the Interest of Uie readers of The Statesman; Polly and . Her Pals will appear, as will Elmer and His Ma and Pa,. while the pugilistic Popeye of ThlmJble Theatre will be welcomed. Toots and Casper and their family will be the fonrth member of the quartet. The Statesman,! home-da llvered. Is 45 centa a month, effective June l.j and this includes the four-page eosnie on Sunday! . ! - t