f i f : JTHE WEATHER Air today and Saturday, no change la temperature; Mai. Thursday 86, Ilia. 47, Tiv&r .2.6 feet, clear, north wind; : VACATION TIME Have The Statesman fol low wWIe on.yonr Taxation. Mailed to any .address 23 . cents "for two weeks. J ait telephone 0101. i FOUNDED IBS! ' EIGHT Y-riRST YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday; Morning:, July 24," 1531 No. 102 PRAY REVEALS : PERSOi'iJEL OF fOBESIBUlZES orary HOAR THROUG roved by Nations i . - 7 , Fall Enters Prison Create fiflfJK (JOfJ E T IS WHIG IE". Alexander to be- Retained As Head of Investi v gation Bureau f 'Commissioned Officers and Sergeants are Listed : By Superintendents' . Retention of George Alexander, for four years state prohibition di rector, was announced here yes terday when Charles P. Pray, su 1 perintendent of the new state po lice organization, announced . the commissioned personnel and ser - geants of - the new department. The' new police law becomes op erative August 1. Alexander win be in chart; of the bureaa of Identification and investigation with the rank of captain. . Captain Harry M. Niles of the Portland police department has been appointed deputy superin tendent of the state constabulary. . ad has been assigned to the task of establishing a standard system of reports and records. He also will give a course of Instruction in ' police work to all members ef the state police department and as sist, generally, - In organization work. Mr. Nlles wilL remain with : the state police department only - three months. -I The state highway patrols will be divided Into , three districts. Headquarters of district No. 1. comprising the northwest section of the state. . will be located in Portland. The commissioned per sonnel and sergeants of this" dla- 5 trlet will inelude Vayne M. Gur dane, captain, Portland; R. C. Williams, lieutenant, --Portland; William H. MeClaln. lieutenant, Salem; A. G. Dunn, sergeant, Ore gon City; Walter Lansing. Salem; William H. Ellensburg. - Eugene; Frank N. Grimm, The Dalles, and Charles Devin, Bend. . Gurdane previously .-was em ployed as deputy sheriff in Uma tilla county, and has had other po lice experience,. 1 The headquarters of district No. 2, comprising " the " southwest section of the state, will be at Medford. Lee M. Brown, now erring as deputy sheriff of Lane county, has been appointed cap tain for this district- Olin O. Nichols, lieutenant, will be sta tioned at Klamath Falls, and (Turn to page 2, coL 1) FLOYD BENNETT AIRPORT, New York. iJuly, 23 (AP) Completing a round trip speed flight from New York to Havana. Captain Frank M. Hawks landed bere tonight at S:03 p. m. (EST) establishing new, records . In both directions. . - - His elapsed time for the north ward flight was seven hours '30 minutes and his flying time six hours 89 minutes. - -. He thus beat his own' old rec ord for the Havana-New York trip by one hour 14 minutes. - On the southward flight this morning, he knocked 27 minutes from the time- of James' Goodwin Hall, flying broker, who -last Sat urday beat Hawks' record for the New York-Havana hop. : Captain Hawks left Floyd Ben nett field at 3 o'clock this morn ing and was away from New York only 16 hours 2 minutes. He spent 14 hours 35 minutes of that time In the air. - -" - - " Portland Seeks ' Fund PORTLAND, Ore.. July '23. (AP) A group of Portland busi ness men, meeting with- the city council today, decided to exert every effort to obtain for Port land the 1932 national conven tion of the American Legion and pledged themselves to raise $100. 000 to $125,000 necessary to un derwrite the coaveptlon expenses. . A. E. Clark, of the legion con vention commission, said probab ly not more than 20 per cent of the amount of money would be needed. A committee . to Uke charge of the drive was ap pointed. LIXDAS DISAPPEARS f ! OREGON. CITY, Ore., July 23 (AP) Ben - F.- Lindas, former - Portland and Oregon City attor ney, disappeared . today after he had been brought to Oregon City1 by his bondsman. Lindas fs un der indictment' here for larceny by bailee. Edwin Moser.-Portland bonds man,' brought Lindas here and i then, permitted him to go to a restaurant unescorted. He did not return. Moser had . posted $1000 bond for Lindas appear ance and Lindas was to go on trial next Tuesday. Moser said he wanted to surrender' Lindas .because he had received reports he might leave. the state. IIS SETS II, GOTHAM TO MB j Within ihe gray walls of 'New Mexico state prison at Sante Fe, pictured above, Albert B. Fall Is being; ; gradually accustomed to the routine of prison life gradually because his health, is precarious. He was eentenced to serve m year and day for accepting a "bribe of SI 00,000 from Edward L. Dobeny, while secretary of the interior. Iroay enters Into the ease because Fall was one of the leaders In plan ning this prison. , t am ir i lillAIHblAltii 8 I ' - SWELTERING AGAIN Freak I Storms Accompany ing Heat in Kansas; new Marks Established KANSAS CITY, July 22 (AP) -Wilting heat sent temperatures rocketing above the century mark again tftday from the Rocky mountain states southeasterward Into Oklahoma. In Kansas freak storms accom panied high ; temperatures. A hot; wind coaxed the mercury to the 100 mark at 5 p.m., today at Emporia, Kas., while a few miles distant a. tornado whirled through the sky, but did not come to earth j I. Thunderstorms which produced no rain (visited southern Kansas, one of them launching a bolt of lightning which fired a 5 8,000 barrel oil tank at Humboldt. Temperatures were only slight ly lower In the more than a score of cities of the state which re ported marks ranging from 100 to 111 yesterday. . In Montana, where records or fifty years were surpassed by tem peratures ranging to 104, in Col orado and Utah no marked relief was felti i Government weather observers professed to see possibility of tem porary respite late tonight. They expected drier and cooler air to sweep across the sweltering south west. . ! . . The respite, however, will be only temporary, they warned. Brother Feltes Damages Plane BUFFALO, July 23 (AP) Brother. George Feltes,. S. J., known throughout the 400,000 square miles of his Alaskan par ish as the flying missionary dam aged his plane slightly. here today as he was coming down at the municipal airport. . - Brother Feltes was not mjured and hersaid the damage to. the plane could be repaired In a few hours. . f - - - - Want Legion Convention Indicted Merlin Lawyer Missing Fire is Serious Flying Buzz saw Wound SPREADING RAPIDLY GRANTS PASS. Ore., July 23 (AP) State Fire Warden A. L. McCarty late today organized for est rangers t and i ranchers to fight a) small but da'ngerous fire in the vicinity of Merlin, a Tillage eight miles northwest of - here., .Driven by a strong west wind the fire leaped into the-tree tops and- la 1 two hours had covered 150 acres, i ; Several farmers whose homes were id the path of the flames were sajd to have packed as much of thelf goods as possible and left tbe vlcjnity. , VICTIM SMALL BOY ft 3 Aa CiUCUU MsmM: a a. as v Roeebanr, was critically In Jurcd 'today when struck by a flying buxa saw. The boy was - on - his grandfather's . farm ' on Soathf Deer creek watching wood rotters when the circular - saw flew off the mandreL He 'was seriously rut on the face, - arms and legs. BUCKLES GETS JOB THE 'DALLES, Ore., Jay 23 (AP) Ward M. Buckles, former ly with the Intermediate Credit bank of the Federal Reserve sys tem, Spokane, became vice-president Of the Citizens' National bank here today. He succeeded H. E. Greene, resigned. " i - ' " Afc&utr aJFAfcrs Hev Mexico Mrs.Lindy ; i Radio Touch j Awaits Test NEW YORK, July 23 (AP)- There Is only one more major step to be taken In preparation for the Lindberghs' vacation flight to the orient, due to begin next week, and that is to be tak en by Mrs. Lindbergh. The big low wing monoplane rides at anchor at North Beach, its flight capabilities with the floats twhich have replaced Its wheels 'fully tested; its compass swung, its navigation . Instru ments checked and its radio In stalled. But still the powerful radio must prove beyond all doubt that It can reach out from the vast wild places of the north and whis per to a waiting world that all is well with the nation's aero nautical idol and his wife. Engineers have tested the ra dio and found it good, but they have a ! technical expertness J it would be foolish to expect in any one who has only recently taken up radio. Now it must be tested by the fingers of the one who will use It in actual flight across the Arctic circle. Cleaning Fluid Ignites, Woman Burned Fatally : i ' :' - REDLANDS, Calif., July 23 - (AP) Mrs. Claude B. Sedgwick, 41. wife of a prominent automo bile dealer here was burned fa tally today after a can of clean ing fluid with which she was cleaning eartalns was Ignited and exploded. Her son, .William 19. was ser iously burned In his efforts to smother the flames In his moth er's clothing. He is In a hospital In. a grave condition. Mrs. Sedgwick had an elec tric Iron in use and it Is believed that a spark may have come from some of ; wiring In the connec tions. Igniting the inflammable fluid. . TwoSilverton : Churches Agree To Join Forcesf u . - SILVERTON. July 23 Mem bers of the Ebeneser Lutheran Free church' and Evangelical Free church here have voted to merge Into one congregation j to be known as the Calvary Luther an church. They will become af filiated with the Luthern Free church. ' ' " The Rev. E. . Peterson of Fer gus Falls, Minnesota, has been asked to become pastor of the new church. Ho would succeed the Rev. E. L. Relsem, who ten dered his resignation as pastor of the Evangelical Free church two weeks ago. ' : The new congregation will In clude about 200 members. Heavy Apricot Harvest Ended THE DALLES, OreJ, July 23. (AP) Sixty-five carloads of ap ricots were harvested In this dis trict this year. Final shipments were made Saturday. ; , Although the market has been sagging growers said they expect ed to gross between $40 and $50 a ton. - . Harvesting of the local peach crop is Just starting. . FIRES CONTROLLED DEADWOOD, S. D., July 23 (AP) Forest fires burning east and 'southeast of hare in the Black Hills since Wednesday were brought under control late today after having flared up and threat ened new territory earlier in the day. -. - -" :-; i s I: J" State Psurow t Santa F&. ROBINSON RELATES Meets Strange Folk While On World Circuit In 32-Foot Ketch VILLEFRANCHE, France. July 23 (AP) Pirates, head hunters and a sultan were among the hosts of William Albert Robinson of Boston, on a world tour In his 3 2-foot ketch, Svaap, which sailed Into Vlllefranche harbor today. His grandmother, Mrs. Ida Knlffler of Milwaukee was wait ing for him with a basket of sandwiches when he arrived at 4:22 p.m., Just 12 minutes behind his schedule, after having left New London, Conn., in June, 1928." "Albert," his grandmother said, "I've never known you to be so late. Where hare yon been?" And this, while on the way to a bath, was the story Robinson told: Fifteen days out from India, the mariner landed at Makalla at the end of the Mohammedan feast of Ramadan. There he saw charg ing mobs with silver scimitars be ing stopped by the Sultan's guards Just before death blows were about to be struck. The sultan gave the Boston boy 150 rupees "in order to cement cordial relations with the United States." ' . Robinson twice was captured by pirates In Arabian ports. He sailed up the Seplk river in New Guinea 300 miles In order to see canlbals and friendly tribes of headhunters who were forced to get a head a day in order to retail their tribal status. Novelist Loans Nobel Medal to History Society MONTPELIER, Vt., July 2$. (AP) Sinclair Lewis, novelist, deposited the Nobel' prize medal in literature awarded, him last year, with the Vermont historical society today as a permanent loan. The medal will be kept on display In the society's rooms at the .state building here. Lewis wrote "I hope the gift may serve to Indicate my affec tion for this, my adopted state," when he transmitted the medal today from his home at Barnard. It was presented he said "with the understanding that If I should not - by the time of my death, have withdrawn It, It shall become the outright property of the society." - . Pair Executed . In N. Y: Prison - - . j ' OSSINING. N. Y.. July 23 (AP) -Andrew Meteleskl. 21. Buffalo, and Herbert Johnson,' negro, 19, Chicago, were executed in the eectrie chair at Sing Sing tonight. 'Meteleskl was put to death for killing Edward Feist In a holdup in Buffalo, a crime of which he persistently maintained his Inno cence. , c' - - ' Johnson shot and killed Sher iff Henry Steadman of Schohalre county. - ? ' Free Coal For Needy Assured i i HELENA, Mont.. July 23. (AP) Free coal next winter for drouth sufferers In Montana was assured today .through action taken by Governor Erlckson on behalf of the state land board. - The chief executive authorised needy farmers to take coal for private nse from the . numerous outcropplngs on state land not under lease. - .. . ,.- -L n E A Haights Recently From 5 Arizona, : President - of j. 7 First : National Bahcorporation Affiliat ion ! Ends; Changes Made in ; Directors Board - SILVERTON, July 23 Con trolling interest In the First Na tional bank here has been' pur chased, by E. A. Halght of Flag staff, Arizona.: It was announced today, following . a .board of dl rectors' , meeting last night. . At the same time, it -was announced that the local bank had severed its connections with the Pacific Baneorporatlon, retaining,' how ever. Its affiliation with the Fed era! Reserve . system, and the American National bank of Port land. Halght succeeds T. P. Rlstelgen of Portland as president. - Rlstel gen, who lived here many years and was actively connected with the bank, has also resigned as vice-president of the . American National bank, Portland, a posi tion he has held since the forma tion of the 'Pacific Baneorpora tlon In October, 1929, It Is un derstood. ' Halght assumed his new duties today. Director. Change Also Announced . The new order of the board of directors will Include Ralph A Cowden. retired lumberman, chair man; E. A. Halght. president: Juius Aim, John C. Goplerud and I. D. Worden, Knute Digerness, merchant, who succeeded his late father. Nels Digerness, as a di rector,- retired from his position on the board. Ed R. -Adams, cashier, has been retained in that position. The new president of the First National bank has been actively engaged in banking business In Missouri, California and Arixona for nearly 80 years. For 18 years he was Identified with the Mississippi Valley Trust company of St. Louis, Mo.. 'two years with the Federal Reserve bank of Los Angeles, and for nine years as executive - vice-president of the Arizona Central bank at Flag staff. Mr. Halght and his family have leased the Rlstelgen home on West Main street. BERLIN SATISFIED IT PABLEY RESULT BERLIN, July 23 (AP) Three of the principal moderate newspapers In the morning field prominently captioned tonight a sentence from Chancellor Bmen lng's closing statement to German newspapermen in London today as follows: "It has been a satisfactory con ference (the London conference called to relieve Germany's finan cial stress) inasmuch as It holds out hope for the future." ' -All three. Vossische . Zeltung, Tageblatt, Boersencourier. agreed, however, that whatever was the result reached, it was only in the nature of a stop-gap. Tageblatt added: "The confer ence Is ended, but It might be said with eqnal Justice that it is only a beginning and so one needs not yet seek for an answer to the dif ficult and somewhat painful ques tion: "What has really been ac complished?" Cameron Admits Forgery Charge; Is Held in Jail , . .... : : Maynard 'Cameron entered a plea of guilty to a charge of ut tering a forged instrument when he appeared in Justice court on Thursday and was bound over to the grand Jury under bail j of $750. Failing- to furnish this he was committed to JalL ' According to Cameron's story he found a check - made out to Gen Vanderhoff and signed by G rover Hillman as president and manager of the Cherry City Bak ing company. Cameron Indorsed Vanderhoff's name on the back of thecheck and cashed it. Murray Invokes I Martial LaW in, , Bridge Quarrel OKLAHOMA CITY, July 23 (AP) Governor W. H. (Alfalfa Bill) Murray late today declared martial law on a strip of land comprising the approach to the toll bridge over the Red river be tween Durant. Okla., and. Denl son, Texasri which has been the seat of a controversy recently. The' governor's Intention, as outlined in his proclamation, was to forestall any contemplated ac tion to remove obstructions lead ing to-the Oklahoma entrance to the toll bridge of the Red River Bridge .Co, j -t -; vf4 ; Most of Money; to Renew Credits Comes From : America,.. Stimsork Says; Bruening .. j r : Not Certain of Support LONDON, July 23 (AP) conference ended today urea to revive world confidence in Germany's financial and economic future. j V r . ... , . . These palliatives were confined to a three months ex tension of the $100)00,000 loan from the central banEs ojf of the world powers, to concerted measures in all countries to main tain existing credits in Germany and to - recommend a program dealing ' with Germany's 'future needs. . -. , . A financial plenary session at the foreign - office - in , Downing street ended at noon with felic itous farewells, stressed the in ter-dependence- of nations and welcomed the participation of the United States through Secretaries Stlnrson and Mellon. " Secretary Stimson pointed out In . a statement that the govern ments of all accredited countries have agreed to use their influence and leadership In allaying the panic which was causing with drawal of German credit. "Most of the money," Secre- . . (Turn to page 2, coL 6) Of 180-Degree Circuit 1s Made First Time in History By Crewless Ship SAN DIEGO, July 23 (AP) A destroyer, the U. S. S. Stod- dert, traveling at a little more than 2 knots while under radio control at sea today made a 180 degree turn. It was the most startling maneuver ever accom plished by a crewless craft. During the maneuver. Lieuten ant Commander Boyd R. Alexan der, commander of the Stoddert. stood with Lieutenant Command er Earl H. Quinlan, commander of the U. S. S. Perry on the bridge of the control ship and marveled. He had Just spoken to a sea man who was standing before a little box with eight typewriter keys sticking from its side: "One hundred eighty degrees right" And the sailor answered "one hundred eighty degrees right. sir," while tapping on the keys. At the ethereal command the Stodders veered from the straight course . it had 1 maintained for miles and swung around sharply without slowing down. Commander Alexander smiled, and, turned to Commander' Quin lan. Pride was in his voice. "That's the first time that ever has been done, he said. "There's a lot of . machinery operating It self over there,'' Students Behind ; Barricade Plead For Free Chile SANTIAGO. Chile. July 23 (AP) After issutsrg- an ultima tum . to demonstrating - students that they would be fired upon un less they vacated-buildings of the University of Chile by 10 p.m., the government tonight reconsidered and extended the ultimatum for several hours. The extension was -granted by President Ibanex, 'with- whom it was reported a spokesman for the barricaded students talked ' by telephone. . . I It was understood that ; over the telephone the students prom ised to withdraw peacefully If Pre sident Ibanes guaranteed Chile a free government and restoration of all personal liberties. t BULL MONTANA THROWN SAN FRANCISCO, July 23. (AP Renatt Gardinl. Italian wrestler,, tonight threw "Bull" Montana, Los 'Angeles, . twice In 2$ 'minutes to win the main event of a wrestling card here. H THiED RADIO MOL Wall Street is Hopeful But Markets Stand Still NEW YORK. July 23 (AP) Prominent Wall street banking circles were Inclined to feel the seven-Dower conference conclud ed in London today, had accom plished all that could hare been expeeted, but financial markets were decidedly nnenthusiastlc. The stock market virtually stood still. Only. 7 0,630 shares wer traded in -j the ' stock ex change compared with Monday's low volume of 718,440 shares. German bonds, were rather heav ily sold-for a time, but recovered partly before tne maraec eioseo. Stocks were Inclined to sag in the morninr.- but -Recovered enough to' end. the session virtually un changed. The price average of 90 leading shares ended the day at the same level of the previous close. . - . . .i ' , The seven power Internationa j after talcing temporary measf O FURTHER 11.8:1 Stimson to Take up. Matter ; On Weekend Visit irj Berlin, Reported f ' " ! - i - LONDON, July 23 (Alp The question of further financial aid to Germany by the Unjted States, It was learned : tonight, will be taken VP by Secretary of State Stimson, during his week end visit to Berlin, where con versations begun at a dinner-party tonight left off. I , The " American delegation to the seven-power conference ?ere guests of the German delegation at the dinner given by Chancellor Helnrich Bruening. ... f : The significance attributed by both delegations to . Secgstary Stimsoh's , hurried visit to the j German capital was that Ajtneri ca wants Germany to knowf that j she is with her in her hoar of need. ' f Both Secretaries ' Stimson -and Mellon were told tonight, once more, by Chancellor Bnening and Foreign Minister CurUtis of Germany, that while President Hoover's help as it has mater ialized' In ' the seven-poweni con ference. Is tremendously appreci ated by Germany, yet thfis can only be the beginning of financial and economic aid. to the Rjeich IBK Ml KILS FIVE 0111 E MERCER. Pa.. July 23-4-(AP) rFlre persons . were slain and mree wounaea. toaay ny n in sane man afflicted with an ob session that he should kill all the residents of the little mining village at mine number two of tne snaron Joai ana Limestone company, where he lived. On a nospital bed with 5a bul let in his hip, inflicted by I a res ident of the town to halt his mad attacks Marko de MofonlL 4(. told authorities he was was driv en Insane by a poLsonoaf Sub stance given mm oy me nnsbana of one of his victims. : - i I De Mof ontL armed with a 1 re volver, a shotgun and' ai knife, killed his wife, "and her i sister, Mrs. - Alfonso Fastettl, . inj their home,- and then march edi down the' village street to kill for fa taly wound three others "-end in jure three. . J - ; Mrs. Pete Cecilia a and; a I ten year old. son died later in' a hos pital. .-: . . Mrs. Frank Takela and Gart ano Berilag.ua were shot to death as they stood in their dooiryards. Mrs.: Mike Bana and a rj year old daughter were wounded with the madman's knife.- - 3 De MofonU's attack was. halt ed when George Masters, village storekeeper, shot him la tie hip. He probably will recover. ; ' ? Child Drowned In Rogue River - - i GRANTS PASS, Ore,, Jury 23 (AP) Billy Cook 9, $on of Mr. and Mrs. Aid a Cook, Medford, was drowned in the Rogue River today. . - - - The body was discovered by Jimmy Gould, 13, who say it ly ing in a pool in the watr. An inhalator was used for thre hours in an effort to resuscitate the boy. : Banking circles could not in the main be described as partic ularly disappointed over; re suits of the conference,' for somi of the leading bankers have been9 saying most of the week that there was little to be accomplished I by the ministers save an agreement to keep In force -the present emer gency measures. Some promin ent bankers however, had hoped for distinctly.-. more positive and tangible results. JVall street ' Is particularly concerned over the success which the Bruening government will have In keeping things $n hand in Germany daring the next tew weeks. ' " . . i -The. regular weekly - directors meeting was held at the federal reserve bank, but no announce ments were made. .... J 1 i . TOGERMArJY EYED Upwards of 50,000 Acres In Devastated Region; : . Spread Gaining Yellowstone Park Hard hit But Fire There is now Checked, Report -' - ' , - i i-i - ii - t CHEYENNE. Wyo., July 23 (AP) With - the loss mounting ' hourly above 50.000 acres, forest fires roared unabated In north eastern Wyoming and in Grail Teton national forest todar. Flames were checked in the heart of the Dubois dude ranch country and In Yellowstone national park. Two of the largest ranches in the Black hills of north-easterm' Wyoming were threatened by flames that were fought by a na tional guard troop and volunteers. Colonel R. L. Emsay. who was in charge of the national guards men, sent out calls for additional equipment but said he-had little hope of checking the blaze until rain fell. Approximately 3.600 acres of timber was burned. in Yellowstone About 20,000 Acre Losser in other sections were estimated at approximately 20. 000 acres In Yellowstone; S.OflO acres In Grand Teton national for est; 7,000 acres in the Washakie national forest and on private lands near Dubois and 75 square miles of timber and prairie grass near Rocky Point in north-eastern Wyoming. The loss at Yellowstone at first set at 25.000 acres but Rog er W. Toll, superintendent, said when a check vws made by an airplane observer yesterday it was found less timber had been burned than was at first estimated. Rains checked the fires in Yel lowstone and at Dubois, the C. M, dude ranch having been threaten ed momentarily near the latter place. Approximately 1,000 dade ranch guests; ranch hands, forest rangers and volunteers were still fighting the fire but it was believ ed under control. . Flames had spread into parts of South Dakota not far from where former President Calvin Ccolidge spent a vacation several years ago. The flames near Rocky Point were under control but several ranch buildings had been destroy ed. The loss was estimated at 250,000 by county officials. Recent Husband 1 . Of Ma Kennedy Now -Fugitive LOS ANGELES. July 23 (AP) The law officially applied the name of fugitive tonight to Guy Edward Hudson, whose mar riage to Mrs. Minnie Kennedy, mother of Evangelist Aimeo Sem ' pie McPherson, was annulled here today on the ground he al ready had a wife. When . two deputies reported they were, unable in an alt-day search to locate the man . who went through a romantic Lake side marriage ceremony with Mrs. Kennedy near Longview, Wash., June 28, the district at torney's office issued a fugitive warrant to back the bigamy com plaint received from Washington. Hop For Turkey , Delayed Due to Reports of Fog NEW YORK. July 23 (AP) Last minute preparations Includ ing a final conference with Dr. James II. Kimball, xneterologist, caused Russell Board man and John Polando to delay the start of their projected non-stop flight to Istanbul, Turkey, until several hours past midnight, . Dr. Kimball advised the fliers that foggy weather1 obtained over parts of Newfoundland and they decided to alter their course and strike across the sea from Hali fax. N. S. Star mer Damage Action on Trial Taking of testimony in the case of, S. W. S tanner against the Cherry City, Baking company was scheduled to start this morn ing In circuit court here. The plaintiff seeks 120,000 for dam ages received In an auto. accident at Halsey. Yesterday the Jury was taken to the scene of the ac cident. Starmer claims the bak ing company's truck ran into him because It failed to stop when it came onto; the Pacific , highway from the road leading to the highway from Brownsville. INGRAM RECOVERS SAN FRANCISCO. July 23 (AP) Coach William A. "Navy Bill" Ingram of the University of California was "fine- after an emergency appendicitis operation performed early- today. Dr. Alan- son Weeks, his surgeon, declared, ''