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THE WEATHER
Average .
Distribution
June, '31 .
: Flr today, and Friday, .
bo change in temperature
or humidity; Max. Temp.
Wednesday 78, Jlin. SO,
rirer -2.4, wind north.
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Salem,- Oregon, Thursday 'Morning, July 16, 1931
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CLEAR MYSTERY
Body Found in Stump Near
North Silver. Fall;
Is Identified
Believed Death by Suicide
" Following Torture of .
' Injured Foot . :
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.The mystery of the d 1 1 appear
ance from Sllverton on June; 7 of
Herman Grundmann was . solved
yesterday" when two berry pickers,
Orwald Hlrte and Paul Brace, dis
covered the body of the J 2-year
old German partially hanged by
a suspender In a hollow stump
'In rough country. four miles. east
of the north falls of Sllrer creek. -
' : The body, badly . decomposed,
was in a slumped posture, . with
the suspender ahont the neckv In
the stump six feet in diameter and
soma four feet high. Scattered
around It were shreds of a denim
coat, a heavy leather shoe, knife
slashed; two open jaeknlTes. a
watch . with the "works" -strewn
about; and a six Inch square mir
ror. William Brinkmeyer, SilTerton
farmer, and uncle of the young
man. Identified his nephew by the
shoe, the knives and the watch.
The mirror remains unexplained.
Taylor Believe .
Teath Explained
When the two berryplckers re
ported their discovery In Silver
ton, J. Dale Taylor, deputy coron
er, Oscar Bower, sheriff, and
Ernst Ekman, Sllverton undertak
er, drove to the falls and walked
in to the scene or the suicide to
make official investigation.
; Although variant rumors , and
stories floated about Sllverton yes
terday concerning the fate of
Grundmann, J. Dale Taylor de
clared last night he believed his
party had solved the reason for
the young man's act of suicide.
He offered the theory that
Grundmann, walking in the mountainous,-burned,
logged-off coun
try, in some manner Injured his
ankle and, possiblyM tegv' The
-shoe aff so cut about- thv heels,
vamp and toe, as to point to
Grundmann attempting to make
It wearable, after his ankle had
swelled from an Jnjury. One
trouser leg was cut open In two
places and strips of the shredded
coat near, as though the man had
sought to bind his leg. .
Strangled Self
To End Suffering
; Taylor stated that, considering
these signs of injury, Grundmann
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WASHINGTON, July 15. (AP)
The laws under which Warren
K. Billings and Thomas J. Moon
ey, imprisoned years ago for the
San Francisco Preparedness day
bombing of 1918. have been bar
red from a new trial were assail
ed today by the Wlckersham com
mission. -
The commission embedded Its
first mention of the famous case
deep in a report on criminal pro
cedure. In it 10 of the 11 mem
bers criticized the nation's infer
ior courts, asserting s continuing
breath of "scandal" hangs about
them. V 1 -
The report recomraeuaed prin
cipally the need of a complete div
orce between politics and the ad
ministration of Justice and laid at
the door of an unnamed gTOup of
"incompetent, weak and politics
ridden Judges" the blame- for
much of the general complaint
against the country's criminal
methods. J '
City Policeman - ;
Catches State
Ward, Fugitive
Don Nicholson, city police offi
... i t t ihA man he want
ed yesterday noon when he
picked up Hermit Stewart on sus
picion, but when Stewart talked
and acted aueerly, Nicholson de-
. . . an A. n (1 In.
ciueu oe musi do " wifcvi
mat of the- state hospital for
i.nni tti hnnch was risbt.
He took Stewart to the hospl
talat the end of Center street.
and was iniormea tna me
v ii'Vmi tnor foil walked
away from the grounds sometime
during the morning.
Senator Jones
To Recommend
Vancouver Site
YAKIMA. Wash.. July 15.-
IAFJ senator weeiey u. juneo
will urge veterans bureau offi
cials to select Vancouver, Wash.,
aa t Via mUm ftf tfca. nArthwSt SOl-
dlers home, E. S. Llndley, secre
tary OI me Vancouver cuiuwi
Senator Jones will use his In
fluence to bring veterans' bureau
officials to Vancouver on an In
spection tour, Lindley said after
M01MLLE
HUB ASSAILED
conference wun tne senaiur.
Protest
on
JiiniorBall
Presents
Trip 'Will be Made to Alsea Today in an Effort
to Learn True Date of Peek Boys: .
! Birth; Hillsboro Active
PORTLAND. Ore. July
against; the, SalerA American
team was Drought before a
ecutives and junior baseball leaders here tonight by repre
sentatives from Hillsboro. .: . , - , . , f .: N
' -The Salem f earn, -vrhich
eligible to represent district' twoO
in the . Oregon . state f inau, ' has
been the subject of a long eligi
bility controversy.
Tomorrow Roy S, Keene, state
chairman of junior baseball, Paul
I.; Patterson, . assistant district
attorney I of . Washington county,
and an unnamed Salem man, will
go to Alsea in an effort to learn
the birth date of Victor Jessee
Peek and Vern . Meredith - Peek,
twin - brothers, and - members of
the Salem, team. The boys .are
known 1 by the name DeJardin.
The scheduled game between Ore
gon City and Salem will be per
mitted (to be played v at Oregon
City today as ; scheduled.
Statements made at the meet
ings here tonight said Salem had
produced, birth certificates to
prove the two t boys were born
July 24. 1914. HiUsboro claimed
to have evidence saying they were
born June 24, 1914. Should the
latter day prove to be correct,
the boys will be declared ineligi
ble, being six days too old.
Patterson presented an affidav
it from H. L. Mack. Benton coun
ty: clerk, which said the boys'
birth date was June 24. Patter
son also said he could prove ln-
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BERLIN, July 15 (AP) The
Relcbsbank today pried tbe 40
per cent goia coverage iia on
Germany's currency, thereby re
leasing millions of marks to help
the nation's Industry over the
mid-month payrolls and ease the
general credit, situation created
by i the colossal foreign credit
withdrawals of recent weeks.
Simultaneously, In order to hold
the expanded currency down to
the actual needs of the critical
situation and the forestall repeti
tion of the disastrous Inflation of
the early post-war years, the
Relcbsbank Jacked up its dis
count rate from seven to ten per
cent and hoisted the rate on loans
against 'collateral from eight to
15 per cent.
This action was taken shortly
after President Paul Von Hlnden-
burr returned to Berlin from his
summer place In Neudeck, to take
band i In helping tbe Helen
through tbe crisis.
The ! measures resorted to by
the Relcbsbank were in accord
ance with provisions in its char
ter, for. -just such emergencies as
the present.
Finance Marts
iimpy; Watch
German Crisis
NEW. YORK. July 15 -(AP)
World financial, markets were
acutely settled, and foreign ex-
change trading partly disrupted,
as Germany took drastic measures
to! deal with her banking crisis
today, i
Wall street markets recovered
substantially after a sharp decline
in; the earlier hours of trading.
and banking circles were Inclined
to take a hopeful view of the
efforts of ..the' Relcbsbank to meet
mldmonth payroll -disbursements
at; the banks tomorrow.
BEICHAM MOVES
to provide i;e
Credit Executives From
galley CitieslarDihed
inradit policies and Droblems as
rc-voftlcvl at the recent meetlnr of
the National Retail Credit asso
ciation' were discussed at tbe din
ner flTen by the Salem. associa
tion at the. Gray Belie last mini
when Grant Bra man. credit man
ager of Bedell's; Bernard Cantor,
manager of the adjustment - ae
nartmAnt. and John Keeler. mana
ger of the credit reporting depart
ment of the Portland Ketau ureait
association were the principal
speakers.' ' -
Sir. Keeler told of the Youngs
town, O., plan of charging Interest
on overdue aecounta and a spirit
ed discussion of the merits of the
plan was entered Into by the
group. According to the Youngs
town plan a delinquent account is
one 60 days past due and the
merchaats have entered into an
air-tight agreement whereby such
accounts draw interest equivalent
to' per cent per annum.
;An interesting repo t of the
status of proposed changes in the
federal bankruptcy law was made.
The report was augmented by a
list prepared by Roy Wassam of
Knim ; ahowine . the petitions in
bankrupty which have been filed
Salehi-s
Tossers
New Angle
15 AP) Formal protest
Legion junior league baseball
group of American Legion ex
a few days ago was declared
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IMAGE CAUSES RIOT
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Officials Think f Reflection
From Street Lamp but ,
Can't Find Source
CHICAGO. July 15. (AP)
A crowd of more than 50.000 per-
sons excited by what: it thought
was an image of the Madonna and
Child on a building In the South
Ashland Svenue Italian district,
became unmanageable toaight.
necessitating calls for police re
serves.
The crowd was so dense street
car and bus traffic had to be re
routed out of the district. A de
mand by police that they disperse
was Ignored. Many persons were
overcome by the intense heat and
the crush.
Thousands, drawn into the dis
trict by reports concerning the
apparition" bad stood reverently
In front of the building through
out the day. h ' ,
As the crush about the building
became serious, police reserves ar
rived and attempted to keep spec
tators moving. At midnight, how
ever, the gathering had shown no
signs of diminishing. Police said
they feared it would be necessary
to use physical force to clear the
streets. " . i
Meantime,' officials who took no
stock In the "apparition story,
scoured about the neighborhood
to find the cause of tbe outline.
They were of the opinion it was
caused by tbe reflection of street
lights but were unable to discover,
the Source. ,
BOLD STAR MOTHER
ILL LEAVE T
Salem will have one represen
tative on the Gold Star pilgrim
age which will start from New
York City July 22. This will be
Mrs. Mary Mohr, whose son,
Charle Melvin Mohr, died In ac
tion July 15, 1917 and was burled
in tbe Ainse-Marne cemetery near
Belleau Wood, France. Mohr was
a member of the 38th engineers
and enlisted from Florida. Mrs.
Mohr will leave today for New
York City. i ,
Last summer a large number
of mothers of sons who died in
service during the World war were
taken to France as guests of tbe
United States government and
were taken to the scenes of battle
and the graves of 1 their sons in
those cases where the graves were
identified. Mrs. Mary Walling of
Salem was among the last to re
turn from such a tour last sum
mer. .. n
Mrs. Mohr will leave New York
on the S. S. President Roosevelt,
along with a large number of
Gold Star mothers from all over
the United States. Tbe party af
ter visiting extensively in France
will leave for fhe United States
August 13. . 1 :
Mrs. Mohr, expects to visit In
Pensyivania, her home until
three years ago when she came to
Oregon, before returning to Sa
lem. I . . I , : ; T ! :
In Oregon during tbe first six
months of 1931. This list was
typewritten, single spaced, and
covered a paper eight and one-half
feet long. More than two million
seven hundred and and fifty thou
sand dollars was involved. . The
proposed amendments in the. law
which have been given the offi
cial sanction of the national asso
ciation were explained . by . Mr.
Cantor. ; . '
Mr. Cantor urged as an alterna
tive for bankruptcy a system-In
use In Portland whereby assets
are pooled for liquidation and de
clared that the plan had saved
mere than $130,000 for Portland
merchants during the : first six
months of this year.; .
Mr. Bra man declared that un
controlled credit has been the
chief cause of business depression
He also discussed the returned
goods evil aad told of methods tn
use for controlling ' this practice
which causes thousands of dollars
of loss to merchants each year.
Phillip Holmes, president of the
local association, presided at the
meeting and guests were present
not only from Salem bat from all
RIOTS QUELLED
IGERllAS
IS
hot
Finance Minister j Appeals
By Radio for People
To Keep Nerve' 1 ,
Banks to Reopen, Limiting
Business io Handling :
. Regular Payrolls - U-
BERLIN. July 15 (AP)i-To
the"" accompaniment of news ' of
communist rioting In many sec
tions - of Germany, ' Chancellor
Bruenlng's government tonight
broadcast a series of decrees by
radio opening the banks and
clamping down - drastic " regula
tions on traffic In foreign curren
cies. . , ;
The news that , riots had brok
en In a number ef cities where
quiet had reigned throughout the
day began to arrive in; Berlin by
telegraph at the same time that
Finance Minister Dietrich was
rigorously 'appealing by radio to
the people to keep their nerve, to
"use common sense'" and to
stand behind the country's ' lead
ers in their task of restoring fi
nancial and industrial equilib
rium. Although police were forced to
resort to the use of firearms in
Dresden, Lelpsis and Karlsruhe
reports received midnight indica
ted they were able to control the
situation everywhere.
Banks to Reopen
Business Limited
AH banks In tbe country will
be reopened tomorrow, the gov-
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STATE CLAIM FOR
As far as he has Investigated
Secretary of State Hal E. Hobs'
attempt to collect from the city
of Salem the sum of 13125 re
ceived by the city for fin es for
violation of the traffic laws, Mark
Ponlsen, city recorder, ! said yes
terday afternoon that he found
the arrests in question to be cases
which state trsjfle patrolmen di
rected to the municipal court, be
cause justice courts were not
openPoulsen added that he had
not yet been able to complete per
usal of tbe records of the eases,
which all occurred daring; the
years 1923. 1924 and 1925.
Hoss informed Poulsen by let
ter yesterday that the eases
should have been tried in the
state courts and the money turn
ed Into the state funds. There Is
tbe question to be answered, of
tne costs to tbe city court in
handling- the cases.
Poulsen said he would refer
the letter to the city council for
instructions. i
Peace Resolve
Voted by C E
At Big Meeting
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15
(AP) Peace because "war Inter
feres with the progress of the
race, tearing down all tbe high
principles and best living ef its
day" was advocated today by the
14,000 delegates to the conven
tion here of the International so
ciety of Christian Endeavor.
Dr. Walter W. Van Kirk of
New York, associate secretary of
the Federal Council ef Churches
of Christ in America, told the
delegates "young people have
done their full share of. the
world's shooting and pillage un
der the orders of their elders.
Rifle bearing and bayonet plung
ing must go." f ' 1
No-Hit, No-Run:
Game ;s Hurled
Pitcher Fox of the Courthouse
team turned in a no-hit, no-run
game Wednesday night as his
team defeated the Salem Iron
Works tossers 10 to 0. Hill's Can
dy and the Elks will play a post
poned Commercial league game
tonight. I
HONOLULU. July 15 (AP)
Clarence "Buster" Crabbe, Hono
lulu natator who swims ' under
the Los Angeles A. C. banner, es
tablished a new world's . record
for the 3 90 meter medley In the
national A. A. U. outdoor swim
mlng championships here tonight,
paddling tbe distance in4:05 4-5.
The old record was 4: Of 4-5.
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PORTLAND,. Ore., July 15
(AP) Abe Kaplan Chicago
heavyweight,-defeated Pat McKay.
Memphis, Tenn., two falls out of
three In a wrestling bout , here
tontrfct . ' .
Kaplan won the first fall ia 31
minutes with a series of flying
wlnglocks and the third in 4 min
utes with the same hold.' McKay
won the second In 5 minutes with
a backward body slam and body
scissors. - - j-
FINES
CONSIDERED
Late Sports
G. O.P Leader
; Visits Hawley
JOHN Q. TILSON "5.
III USE VISITOR
Hawley and Tilson Confer
On Caucus; Date set
Late in November
Job Q.'-Tllson, New Haven,
Connecticut, republican majority
leader in congress, stopped in Sa
lem a short time Wednesday to
confer with Congressman W. C.
Hawley, Oregon, chairman of the
house ways and means committee.
The republican conference of
the house to select a speaker in
the event the republicans retain a
majority in the house at the neit
session, will be held sometime af
ter November 20, Hawley said,
after his conference with Tilson.
Hawley is chairman of the repub
lican caucus of the house. The
eiact date of the meeting- will be
announced following an agree
ment among leaders in congress.
Discussion of several important
national issues between ' Hawley
and Tilson was reported, includ
ing a proposal to Increase the
bonded indebtedness rather than
an increase In taxation; and the
congressional ratification of Pre
sident Hoover's proposals for a
moratorium on world war debts of
foreign nations.
TllsonV who 'was 'accompanied
by Mrs. Tilson, son and two
daughters, has been making a tour
of the west in company with the
appropriations sub-committee. He
was enthusiastic In his comments
upon 'Oregon scenery, climate and
potentialities.
CLUB COURT ISSUE
The town of Brooks ilmntt
moved Into circuit court here yes
terday when the case of Dollle
RlfflD. Mrr Matt haws anri T.ll.
11a n Rasmuasen Fuller against the
officers of the Brooks community
club was tried before Judge Gall
mil. The plaintiffs alleged the de
tending officers had In their pos
session 3469 of the club's funds.
Judre Hill decided aeainst the
plaintiffs and dismissed the case.
noiaing tne original organisation
had gone out of existence and its
officers dismissed. Because the
officers were only ex-officers of a
non-existent club they are no
longer responsible, the court held.
The courtroom was crowded
with listeners who were interested
in the trial ofa community dis
pute.
Conference on
German Crisis
Set For Today
PARIS, July 15 (AP) The
German ; financial crisis will be
faced as a. world problem at a
"conference of six" which will
take place here at 11 a. m to
morrow, f presided over by Pre
mier Pierre LaraL " i .
Present at the conference will
be Secretary of State Henry L.
St In son.' Foreign Secretary. Ar
thur Henderson of Great Britain,
Foreign Minister ArUtlde Briand,
Finance Minister Etlenne Flandln
and American Ambassador Walt
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Lightning Hits
Capitol Twice;
Blaze Started
1 WASHINGTON, July l&WAPJ
Lightning struck twice today
on government grounds. One bolt
destroyed a large hickory tree on
the White House grounds, the
other started a fire In a census
bureau building. - '
The fire In the attic of the cen
sus bureau building, a ramshackle
structure hurriedly thrown up In
World war days, was promptly
discovered aad extlngul shed.
None ef the important agricul
tural and census records stored
tn It were damaged.
" - AIMER FTJIR CHXEF
VANCOUVER. Wash.. July 15
(AP) Mrs. Almee Semple Mc
Pherson, Los Angeles evangelist,
became - honorary chief of the
Vancouver , fire department here
today. ' : . , .
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MAJORITY LEADER
STATUS OF BROOKS
Iw SQUABBLE
YETIIKTTLED
AFTER PARLEYS
Factions ; Representatives
. Still Closeted , Oyer -
Contract Details
it.
Difficulty now Arises Over
:;'tfMak(t4rPrice7to'ib,es!:'-
. Paid Outsiders.:
IK
.' The produceivdlslributor . milk
controversy continued at ' an i Im
passe at a late hour last night aft
er : several - days . of conference.
Representatives of the two!; fac
tions with their lawyers, were in
session most of the day yesterday
and -until after midnight with
out reaching: an agreement. H .
' Reports from the conference
room indicated that although
some points of difference 1: had
been settled - final agreement was
doubtful. - :
Producers agreed several days
ago to accept a price of 32.10 per
hundred offered by the distrib
utors Instead of the 32 JO first
asked by the producers. However
the acceptance of this price was
contingent upon the distributors
agreement to psy an equalization
fee ror ail milk received from non-
members of the cooperative: or
ganization. This fee to be paid to
the producers organization.
Price to be Paid iil
Non-Members Issue
Some time ago the distributors
signed up a heavy tonnage of milk
from non-members on a contract
agreeing to pay the "market
price." The question now is in
regard to this "market price'' and
who is to pay the stabilization
fee, which varies according to tbe
amount of surplus ilk. l
The, distributors also asked
that producers agree to a truce
on signing new members until
after January 1, 1332.
Another meeting .will be called
today in an attempt to reach a
final agreement. ,'
Chapter number two of the Ore
gon Building congress came to life
officially here last night, when
the Salem group representing- the
Duuamg trades professions ;: and
Industries adopted its constitution
and elected a board of nine direc
tors. Twenty-one men attended
the meeting In the chamber of
commerce auditorium.
This executive board will meet
Monday night to elect a president,
secretary, treasurer and corres
ponding- secretary and lay out a
program of activities. I
Tbe directors elected last night
are Clay Larkins, representing the
plasterers, lathers and hod 1 car
riers: Pete DeWltt, representing
the carpenters: Fred Lelsl, repre
senting the plumpers: Robert
Hutcheon of the painters: Archie
Fleener, electriclUons; Tred Erlx
on, general contractors: Carl
Armpriest, sheet metal workers:
Ed Gabriel, building- material
dealers, and Lyle Bartholomew,
architects.
Hines Starts on
Trip to Inspect
Hospital Sites
WASHINGTON. July 15 aP)
Potential hospital sites and ex
isting; veterans institutions lit five
western states will be visited byl
tbe administrator of veterans af
fairs on- a tour beginning next
week. I '
Starting with a hearing Tuesday
in Des Moines, General Hines will
make a swing through Nebraska,
Wyoming, Oregon and California
before returning to Washington.
He is to stop at Omaha, Cheyenne,
Portland, San Francisco and Los
Angeles as well as at other yet
undetermined points.
No definite date has been set
for his arrival at various cities.
He probably will leave Washing
ton on Sunday. -
Change in
Of Health
BUILDING CONGRESS
DIRECTORS CHOSEN
i. t '
Urging revision of the' pro
gram of dental work In the coun
ty health department, a committee
of dentists waited on the control
board of the eounty department of
health at Its monthly meeting: last
night. - ' ' T ' .
Dr. B. F. Pound as chairman of
the committee presented their rec
ommendations whieh Included
provision for a full time dentist
Instead of a part time dentist as
at present: making- the major por
tion of his fork educational rath
er than eorrfcfctive: arranging with
local dentists to carry on the cor
rective work which they were wil
ling to do for indigent children.
The matter was discussed and Dr.
Douglas was instructed to bring
in a report on the subject at the
next meeting. !
Miss Nova Lynes. who has been
a student nurse here the past
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Minto Will Not
Arrest Drivers '
Unless Ordered
.' Queried concerning " bis . stand
on-' the new - auto ' license- plate
question,1- Frank Minto,' chief of
police, last night ' stated that un
less he, received instructions from
the mayor or city council to help
enforce the legal requirement for
new plates, he would concur with
Governor Julius L. Meier In his
decision to give motorists ..lee
way until August l.' -
Minto mentioned . eases - in
which automobile owners needed
the' use of their cars bat could
not now - purchase the license.
and1 -said it was his opinion it
was best to be lenient to such
persons. --..-
RATES TO CONE
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Committee ''of Shippers to
Meet Here Today and :
Plan for Campaign
Consideration , of ' plans for
Oregon's protest of the 15 per
cent freight rate increase as pro
posed by railroads, will 'be con
tinued here today, when the
members of the executive . com
mittee will arrive, from various
parts of the state to confer, with
Charles M.' Thomas. Public Util
ities commissioner and president
of the state-wide move in opposi
tion to this increase. ;t
The officers started work on
methods of procedure here Wed
nesday, but ' the representatives
of all shipping' interests were not
expected to arrive -nntfl tomor
row for further activity.; Ail
shipping Interests- are represent
ed on the state-wide committee.
The organization will request the
Interstate Commerce commission
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HUB! FLIERS
E
E
LONDON. July 1 (Thurs
dsy) (AP) The Daily Mail re
ceived a wireless message from
the master of the steamer Kenne
bec this morning saying the Hun
garian filers had given their -position
at 1:37 a. nL. (8:37 p. m.
Wednesday E.S.T.) as 700 miles
west of Fastnet, southwest Ire
land and stated all was well.
Two men were on their way
across the Atlantic by air today
and. a wonah waited at the east
ern seaboard to follow them as
soon as .preparations were com
preted. Alexander Magyar and
George Endres took off from Har
bor Grace. N. F., at 11:18 E.S.T.
-yesterday morning on a projected
non-stop flight to Budapest. They
left in . the face of reports that
low "Clouds and rain covered their
course. Wind was favorable.'
Laura In galls arrived at New
York at 2:45 p. m., (E.S.T.) from
St. Louis, on the last leg of her
flight from the west coast to the
starting point of her flight to
France. '
City Employes?
Salaries Down
. PENDLETON, Ore., July 15.
(AP) A 15 per cent cut in the
salaries of several city employes,
effective August 1, was voted by
the Pendleton idty council today.
The council also adopted a res
olution pledging Itself not to sell
more than- 315,000 worth of
bonds this year. - - -
FIGHT II HQ
APPROACH
UP.OP
Dental Work
Unit Talked
month has been appointed to a
regular position as nurse, her
work to start September 1.- She
took her training at the Univer
sity of Washington. - - -
The communicable diseases re
ported for June were: Chicken
pox 37, diphtheria 3, measles 32,
mumps 33, scarlet fever 5, whoop
ing cough 1. Influenza 2. pneu
monia 5, venereal diseases 10.
Vincents agina 1.
The deaths in this group were
diphtheria 1, scarlet fever -1,
pneumonia 2, tuberculosis 3, ven
ereal 1. -
Total births in the eounty for
the month were 82 divided evenly
between males and females. There
were 61 deaths, including four in
fants under one year. Heart dis
ease accounted . for the largest
number of deaths, 12; kidney dis
ease 8, cancer, and apoplexy 5 each.
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Three In Each County
On Group of 114
? For bigr Talk
Lachrnund, Ross, Zcrrf
-. Will Rcpreserjt
i r Marion .
One hundred and fourteen eith
sens from all counties in the stats .
were named yesterday afternoon
by Governor Julius I Meier &
his permanent, 1 state-wide tax
conservation committee to forsa
the nucleus of the recently org
ized Oregon Tax Conservation as
Equalization association. Tbe ap
pointments grow out of the meet
lng held last Wednesday here. A
meeting- ef the newly, named
members is expected here erig
next 'week to consider a tax re,
d action program new being out
lined in Portland by Leslie Scott,
president of the gToup.
Marion county's members on
the permanent organization era
Louis Lachmund and Custer Ros
of Salem - and Henry Zorn o
Champoeg. Lachmund, a promin
ent hop grower, is a former may
or of Salem and state senator.
Ross is', a well-known lawyer,
practicing in Salem while Zorn is
an outstanding farmer and prenw
inent In the move for tax- reduc
tion and equalization. Zorn is
now bead of the Taxpayers Equal
ization league of Marion county. .
Executive Board
To Frame Program
The governor said the executive
committee at its meeting sched
uled In Portland next Saturday,
will draw up its program oftax
reduction as proposed by the -initial
state-wide group of 5 here
last Wednesday, and will prepare
for its presentation- to the coax
mittee of a whole at a later date.
Need for a special session ot
the lej,.lature will be considered
both at the meeting of the execu
tive committee and. the state com
mittee. Governor. Meier said. The
decision of the governor to call
such a session to provide ma
chinery for possible tax relief, u
the extent of 20 percent as sug
gested In the resolution passed
Will be based upon the f indiag
at the two meetings, he indicated
Committees Will
Organize Counties
. i The three citizens of the coun
ties selected by the governor wilt
serve as organizers of local tax
payers equalization and conser
vation leagues in their counties.
The resolution further provides
that these county units shall
elect officers and assist all tax
levying bodies within the coun
ties. The committee of 114 waa an
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CE DIES n
L DEMOS
WASHINGTON, July 15 (AP);
America drew aloof tonight
from all political considerations
in connection with the German fi
nancial situation.
'Acting Secretary Castle of the
state department said the United
States would not allow itself to be
involved la any political situation
in the extension of economic as
sistance to Germany. -
The French government, be
added, has contended it did net
ask directly for political consid
erations in connection with finan
cial aid asked by Germsny. Press
dispatches from Europe earlier la
the week said France has made,
political demands on Germany'
through Hans Luther, head of tbe)
Relcbsbank when he talked with
French officials in Paris.
Railroads Claim
Investments of
Many in Danger
WASHINGTON. July 15 (APy
A plea that the investments cZ
thousands of insurance policy
holders and savings bank deposi
tors are endangered by declining;
railroad revenues was laid before)
the interstate commerce commis
sion today to support the demands
of the carriers for, a general IS
per cent Increase in freight rates.
In addition this situation was
pictured as threatening to deprive)
the roads of one of their major
sources of financing. Unless earn
ings increase, the commission was .
told, the banks and insurance
companies must decline to pur
chase any more ; railroad securi
ties. -
MUSIC PUBLISHER DIES
DETROIT, July 15. (AP)
Jerome H. Remlck. for many
years head of Jerome IL Remlck
& Co., music publishers, died at
his Grosse Polnte farm home to
day. He was C2 years old. Funerv
al i services will be held Friiaj
here.
POLITICA
paf ts of the valley, i
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