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Vacation time is - travel
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cident . Insurance Policy,
per year.
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THE WEATHER
Fair today and Friday bat
overcast at night; Max.
Temp. , Wednesday 75, Min.
, river -S-2 feet, nortber
ly winds.
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FOUNDED IS31
liitntTY-iansT, y ear
Salem, Orecn, Thursday Morning, "Auffust 6, 1931 -
Lindberghs Bidding Farewell v r U
- To Relatives Before Takeoff
Penney Speaker
In Salem Today
1
SET 100 FIRES
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POINT BARROW
f ITING FOOD
lie mm
SECRET HllTS
SEEK fill ID
dSjeSSI
Village out of; Staples Jarid
. U. S. Cutter is Delayed
; By Arctic ice Pack tCIj
May , Miss" Fliers- Also,' as
Their Gasoline Supply .
. Is on Same Boat
POINT BARROW. Alaska, Aug
ust 6 (AP) Point Barrowa'
handful of whites, and several
hundred Esklmoes wants Its cof
fee, potatoes, tobacco, eggs and
other staples, hut most of all It
wants to have an opportunity to
welcome Colonel and Mrs. Charles
A. Lindbergh to .the top of the
world. -
The same ship that Is bringing
aviation gasoline and oil for the
Lindbergh, the U. S. coast guard
cutter .Northland, is bringing sup
plies to.the settlement which la Is
olated from the outside world
most or the year by the Arctic lee
pack. The village ran out ' of
staples more than a week ago. al
though there Is plenty of native
food. -
The Northland wirelessed this
morning that the Arctic Ice pack
had blocked further progress to
ward Barrow at Icy . Cape. 150
miles south and west: Several days
off-shore winds will be necessary
to clear a lane along the coast.
Mild off-shore winds were blowing
today, but they were not regard
ed as strong enough to clear the
coast line In time to get the
Northland to Barrow in time for
the Lindberghs. ' t . .
AKLAVIK, Northwest Territor
ies, August 5 (AP) Canada's
'metropolis of the Arctic" was
host to America's most distin
guished flying con piethe Lindr
berghs today as they rested here
on their 7006-mils aerial Tacatlon
Jaunt to the Orient.'
Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh
set his glistening low-wing mono
plane on the Xalm waters of Peel
channel, in the delta ef the great
MacKhnzIe river here at -ft OK a.
m., (E.S.T.) after - an overnight
flight from Baker Lake. 1100
miles away over some of the most
treatcherous - and - uninhabited
country on the continent.-' '
. The next point on the Lind
bergh itinerary is Point Barrow,
636 miles west and;, north; hut
there was some question whether
the flying vacationers would stop
there. Inasmuch as the U. S coast
guard cutter Northland, carrying
a gasoline supply for their plane,
was blocked by the Arctle ice
pack near Icy Cape, 150 miles be
yond Barrow.
Illegal Entrz Of
Forests Charged
Sixteen offenders under the
state law which closed areas in
the federal government forest In
the North Santiam and other dis
tricts to all trespassing, will be
up before Justice Miller. B. Hay
den. Arrests were made by federal
forest officials. The minimum fine
Is 25 and the maximum fine is
1100. Hayden has not as yet ex
ercised his power of parole but it
Is known that the offenders, most
of whom were weefc-end vacation
ists, will seek clemency.
FIRST IS 15 YEARS
THE DALLES, Ore.. August i
(AP) The river steamer, Um
atilla left The Dalles fpr Portland
today wHn 2.S50 ot QU1113?
county grain, the first shipment
to Portland by water In 15 years,
with the exception' of the cargo
aboard the steamer Cowiits which
overturned and sank in the river
last month with 100 tons of grain.
Ten thousand bsgs of grain axe
available tor shipment and trucks
will continue to deliver the grain
to the docks here for shipment to
Portland. j ,;
CONVENTION OPENS ,
CORVALLIS, Ore-. August
(AP) Delegates to the an
nual Oregon American Legion
. convention, . which opens here"
tomorrow, began' arriving; here
"' .today..
Various pre-coavention com
- mlttee meetings were held to
: . day. , . i
McNART FAVORABLE
PORTLAND. OrejLugust 5
(AP) Resolutions asking regis
tration of all aliens entering the
United States and revision ot the
existing laws to permit deporta
tion of aliens convicted of felon
ies were presented to United
States Senator McNary today by
the Oregon state Americanization
commission and ' the' Portland
Americanization council. .
Senator McNary, who appeared
to favor legislation ' proposed In
the resolutions, explained the pro
cedure necessary te effect the sug
gested revisions ef the Immigra
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Taking; time oat from the baslneM of their lone flight to the Orient.
CoL. Charles A. Lindbergh and him wife paid flytna- visit to the
4 summer borne of Mrs. Lindbergh's parent at North Haven, Maine.
Photo abqve shows, left to right, CoL Lindbergh, Mrs. Lindbergh.
Mrs. Dwight Morrow and Senator Morrow. The family posed Just
before thevLlndbersh's took off on the next stage of their flight to
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MURDER 1
IS
II
Widows Testify; Each Side
Wins one Point Over
- v Conduct of Case
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. S (AP)
Two widows, dressed in mourn
ing black, and . the sixteen-year-old
son of Herbert Spencer, a
blonde curly-headed youth, testi
fied today in the murder trial, ef
David HL Clark about incidents
lnthe Uvea ef , Herbert Spencer
and Charlee Crawford shortly be
fore they were ihot to death last
May, 20. '.j-.-' -.! -
Through l them. - Joseph t ora,
special prosecutor, sought to
show that the day Crawford, the
politician, and Spencer, political
writer, gathered in the Holly
wood real estate offices of Craw
ford, they carried no weapons.
The testimony was ofiered as
the first evidence to support the
statement made by Ford ' In his
opening address that the deaths
of the two men could - not have
been a tragedy of murder and su
icide. ; '
Russian puying
Here increases
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WASHINGTON; Aug. 5 (AP)
Soviet Russia more than 'dou
bled her purchases from the
United States in June. China
bought a little more than usual
and Asia increased her shipments
to this eouatry.
Otherwise American foreign
trade, in the grip of the world
wide depression, continued to de
cline. j
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OPETiED
Grain Goes by Steamer
Legion men Gathering ;
Flier's liodj is Found
. ' Ask Alien. law Changes
tion laws at the next session, of
congress. r " '
The resolutions said that under
existing laws many "criminal and
undesirable aliens- have been able
to evade deportation." : v
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PARTLY IDENTIFIED
MARSHFIELD, Ore. Aug. S
(AP) A body picked up near
here today by the government
dredge Mlchie has, been identified
tentatively as that of ,W. C. Mc
Lagan, who was flying with Rex
Brattaln. local aviator, when their
machine plunged into the ocean
July 28. ,iu J.. ' -.j
The body was badly mutilated
by the dredge shovel, which also
brought up part of the plant f usel
age. ,Blue cloth was clinging to
parts ot the body. McLagan was
wearing a blue suit when-he was
last seen, i
Search for Brattaln's body was
renewed.; ! . - t
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GALLOWAk 8PEAKER .
PENDLETON. Ore.. Aug. S.
(AP) Th blame for excessive
taxes In Oregon was laid in large
measure to tmrestricteoTliome rule
privileges of local tax . levying
bodies, by Charles Galloway, ot
the' state tax commission, in an
address here today, before - the
Umatilla county tax equalization
league. i
"Instead , of paying we go on
and try to pay afterwards," he
said. !
Reduction must Ye based on In
telligent Investigation of tax levy
ing districts as to needs and man
ner ot expending the money. Gal
loway Informed the Umatilla
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AS CIRCUIT JUDGE
Young State Senator Given
Position . Vacated ! by
Morrow's Death
. James W. Crawford, Portland
attorney, yesterday was appointed
by Governor Meter as circuit Judge
ot Multnomah county, to fill the
vacancy created by the death of
the late Robert Morrow. Judge
Morrow, died in Portland last Frl-4ay---
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Mr. Crawford has been practic
ing law la Portland for scleral
years, and is prominent la legal
circles. He is a member ef the
state senate, and was an ardent
supporter of , Governor . Meier's
program during the last legisla
tive session. . j
The appointment was an
nounced following a conference
between Governor Meier and
prominent members of the Mult
nomah county bar association. ,
Is Former Salem ,
Man, W. U. Grad
The appointee -Is a former Sa
lem resident, son of the late A. M.
Crawford, attorney general from
190S to 1915, and a graduate of
Willamette university, class - of
1911. Except for a year spent in
the east, he served as a deputy in
his father's office until the latter
retired from the attorney general
ship. At that time they opened
the office In Portland. . ,
Under O. P. Hoff, Crawford
served as deputy state treasurer
until 1921. He then resigned; to
become reporter for the state su
preme court, which position he
held until the spring of 1930. He
has since carried on his practice
at Portland. ' :
He was two years president ef
the Multnomah county bar associ
ation and was last . year elected
vice president of the state bar as
sociation. He Is 42 years old. -
WEI ITE AliD KB
STILL wwi m
JACKSON, Mlse Aug. 8.
(AP) With returns tonight run
ning above the 200,000 mark, the
four candidates for governor la
yesterday' . democratic primary
remained on the tabulation sheets
In the same order ot the early re
turns Hugh White.. 72.045;
Mike Conner 01,115; Paul John
son 26,688; George L. , Mitchell
15,324. .. t ' ' i e ' f-i ;i ?
As the ballots indicated more
and more that White and Conner
would enter a runoff primary, in
terest centered on whether , the
defeated candidates and Gov. T.
O. Bilbo would throw their sup;
port...' i r -. r. "j.
Gov. Bilbo, who supported Mit
chell actively, declined ' late to
day, to say what he would do in
the seeond primary. "
The governorship race -eclipsed
all others in interest and returns
front the lesser state'otflces were
held back until the governor fig
ures were moved out. "
Highway? Board
Not To Gather
L Roy E. Klein, secretary of the
state njgnway- commission, hss
announced that the , commission
will not meet today as had been
planned due to the inability of a
member of the commission to attend.-
The next meeting at which
a number, of important highway
matters are scheduled to come up
will be subject to the call of H. B.
VanDuier, chairman.
W CISEfl
Join Smoke Chasers In Hope
Of Finding Firebugs; k
Lines Tightened ;
Score of Careless Campers
j and Incendiarists . are :
- Already Arrested
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SPOKANE. Aug. I (AP)
Secret agents ef the federal for
est service went Into the blazing
timberlands of the northwest to
day to try to catch Incendiaries
who set at least 100 tires.
Joining the 2500 men fighting
along the fire lines of Idaho,
western Montana and eastern
Washington, the secret emissar
ies of. the forest headquarters ex
pect to work . like ordinary
"smoke chasers' until persons
suspected of being ."fire bugs"
are found. " -
Meanwhile fire lines werfe-tlght-ened
today, in all forests, forest
ers being optimistic. Airplanes
roared ceaselessly over the con
flagrations, spotting and charting
fires, and estimates were that the
worst of them could be controlled
by the first of next week unless
the weather became more dan
gerous. "
Million Dollars
Damage Exceeded
To date more than 11,000,000
damage has been caused by
flames; between 25 and SO homes
and many buildings were burned;
more than 200 head of cattle
were killed; a score of ranches
were ruined and several hundred
thousand acres of timber were
destroyed.
Two Uvea were lost fighting
fires, and six were Injured. Ar
thur McDermott. on the fire lines
of the Marble creek blaze In north
Idaho, dropped dead from over
exertion today, reports to the
sheriff of Shoshone county said.
Another man .was killed on the
Deer creek fire by a falling tree.
Major Evan Kelly said there
was Indisputable evidence that
Incendiaries were . starting new
fires. skiUtally placed so as te do
the greatest possible damage, as
fast as foresters subdued them.
Every possible penalty will be
Invoked against those found re
sponsible, he said. A score of fire
bugs and careless smokers and
campers have been arrested al
ready.
FIB' MARKET
TO
'A new farmers market will be
opened Saturday at 250 Court
street. Just west of Busick's store,
with 18 stalls where farmers may
deal directly with the consumi
public, it is announced by E. C.
Kruger, who will be manager of
the market.
The building, formerly occu
pied by Fleming's stove works. Is
being put in shape for the new
venture and stalls will be in
stalled today. - All of the spaces
have been spoken for by farmers
but the deals have not been
closed in all cases.
A full quarter of a .block Is
available for expansion if the de
mand calls for It, Kruger says.
Two stalls will be conducted on a
commission basis for the conveni
ence of farmers who bring in
small amounts of produce which
would prevent their staying all
day to dispose of them. "
Another feature is the reserva
tion of one stall on Saturdays,
for free use by churches or wel
fare . organizations in holding
cooked food sales. No denomina
tion or organization is barred
from the use ot this space, it Is
emphasised.
Deer Hunter
Tells Story
OfWildRide
SANTA ROSA, CaL. Aug. 5
(AP) The deer hunting stories
look, like they're going, to rival
the fish stories pretty soon.
At least, John H. Mays, service
station proprietor, has one he
elaima la the fanciest deer hunt
ing story ever turned out, and he
vouches for Its authenticity.
Mays, It seems, went hunting,
shot and wounded a buck, which
charged him. Instead ot running.
the doughty .Mays, seised the
buck .by the horns, swung to its
back, and galloped - oft through
the underbrush.'
Just as things were getting
ticklish, the 'horn broke,. Mays
fell off and the deer dropped
dead.
- Skinned and dressed, the deer
weighed 18S pounds.
ALIEN PERMITS SOLD -WASHINGTON,
Aug. 5 (AP)
Arrest ot ten men and the
breaking up of a New York ring
illegally selling returns permits
to aliens barred from entering
this eon n try was announced today
by Secretary Doak. 1 . -
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I. C." Penney, who will speak this
. , noon at an informal no-host
luncheon at the Marion hotel.
Ho will discus Jmsiness condi
tions as he finds them in the
United States..
IS VISITOR HERE
J.-C- Penney to Speakjoday
At no-Host Luncheon
At Marion Hotel
A modest, genial ' man' with
pleasant eyes came to. Salem yes
terday. His hair is gray and thin
but he stands erect, his smile
cuts through few wrinkles and
his Interest in all phases ot life
(s keen. His name Is J. C Penney.
On his way to open .the largest
store in the Penney chain of 1500
retail concerns a store to start
business August 12 in Seattle
Mr. Penney was guest here yes
terday of D. B. Jarman and J. N.
Chambers.! At noon today he will
address . an informal meeting of
business men of the city . on
Working Our Way Back." The
gathering -will be held at the
Marion: Mitel-and will be a no-
host affair. Mr. Penney has been
making a . tour throughout the
United States, - speaking to busi
ness organizations along his route,
and his grasp on business today
and its future has been widely ac-.
claimed along the line ot his
travel. ' -
Yesterday afternoon Mr. Pen
ney was concerned as much with
farming business as with mer
chandising. En . route, from Al
bany to Salem he stopped at the
Jarman farm to Inspect Mr. Jar
man's herd and before the visit
had been ended Mr. Jarman was
the owner of a bull from Mr. Pen
ney's herd ln&Iissouri.
Likes Guernseys
For Dairy Herd . u
; "I like the Guernsey cow be
cause she is sturdy, because her
temperament is well adopted to
dairy purposes and because I have
found her an efficient producer,"
Mr. Penney remarked. "Other
farmers have their favorites but
give me the Guernsey."" y
Asked if he would display his
stock at the Pacific. International
as he has done In previous years.
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IN SUIT OVER LAND
THE DALLES, Ore., Aug. 5
(AP) Charles B. Rugg. assistant
United States attorney general,
Washington, D. C. will be here
tomorrow to Join Francis V. Gal
loway, The Dalles attorney, and
William 8. Lewis, San Francisco,
who will take depositions from
Warm Springs Indians Saturday
in their suit against the federal
government to recover '. $5,000,
000. ' r . ; " .
The suit was filed last spring
following the congressional enab
ling act which was introduced by
Representative Robert R. Butler.
The Indiana alleged they had lost
valuable lands ' which were In
cluded in the treaty designating
the original reservation. ' These
lands, the Indians declared, were
settled by white ranchers: and
timber owners. .
The Indians. If their suit is
successful, will use the funds
collected for rehabilitation and
educational work. - . .
Mr. and Mrs. Rugg are com
ing here enroute - home from
Alaska.- . ...
Muehl Estate's -'Appraisal
Filed
The estate ot Esther E. Muehl.
deceased, has a value ot 870.978
according : ttr an. appraisal filed
here yesterday In probate court.
The largest item of property con
sists of three notes of a total
value of : 868,000 including - ac
crued Interest.. The notes are se
cured by real property in Lincoln
county. Portland real property
is listed at 821.500 and cash in
banks at 84400. The appraisers
were Manzanta Tentell, Bessie
M. Elefaon, Mildred Judson,
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Millions Threatened- Also
By Famine and Disease
' Due to Inundation
Yangtse and Yellow Rivers
- Overflow Banks, tally
j Of Dead Impossible
HANKOW, China. Aug. '
(AP) Floods rolled over six
teen provinces of China today and
uncounted thousands -were report
ed drowned. . Hundreds of thou
sands were homeless, threatened
by famine and disease.
- All central China sent stories
of distress and appeals for aid.
Fifty mllhon people, the govern
ment's relief committee estimat
ed, were afflicted or soon would
be by the national flood catas
trophe, China's great rivers, the yang
tse and the Yellow, fed by swol
len - tributaries after torrential
rains, overflowed their banks and
spread over wide expanses of
country.
Many cities were inundated.
Unable to bury their dead in sub
merged cemeteries, the Chinese
allowed them to .float down
stream. -
No tally of victims was possi
ble, but the Chinese press re
ported "several thousand" drown
ed vln sister cities ot Hankow.
Wuchang and Hanyang and their
environs. Those cities, with total
populations of 1,300.000, Includ
ing 1,200 white foreigners, were
partly Inundated and fighting to
keep back the Yangtse and Han
rivers which -were pouring
throngs, broken dykes.- j
Nearly all of Hankow was un
der water, but' 200,000 refugees
clung, to higher -places. Thirty
thousand more' were swarmed
over railway embankments and
highways to Join them. - With
pestilential conditions In refugee
camps, ' It . was feared disease
would strike heavily. .
Scores of thousands of Hankow
homeless were taken across the
two-mile wide Yangtse to Wu
chang in hundreds of amall boats.
They hoped to shelter and safety
in hills behind Wuchang.
CHS PASS EIRE
IS HELD IN CHECK
GRANTS PASS. Ore... Aug. 5.
(AP) Fire fighters 'today were
holding- the fire that last night
threatened the outlying districts
of the city. The fire has been
burning for three days. .
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 5.
(AP) The regional forest office
here received a report today a fire
in the Crater national forest had
burned over 2500 aeres. A large
crew of men were fighting the
blaze. '
" ROSEBURG, Ore., Aug. 5. .
(AP) Twelve sheep were burned
to death In a stubble field fire on
the John Busenbark ranch in the
Days Creek district yesterday.
The fire was said to have start
ed from sparks from the chimney
of the farm residence.
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Cherry" James
Estate Is Filed
- The estate of B. W. "Cherry"
James,- who was lost last October
in forests out ot. Roseburg. was
sdmitted to probate here yesterday-
. Jimct' body was never re
covered. He left a real estate
equity estimated to have a value
of $1200. Other property consist
ed of $70 In cash, an auto valued
at $200 and two guns worth $35.
James was a valued member of
thelocal police department.
Fliers Who Raced Across
Atlantic May Try Pacific
. SEATTLE. Aug. 5. (AP)
From far away Turkey a message
came today from Russell Board
man. New York-Ins tanbul flier.
Inquiring about prises for a non-stom-Sesttle-Tokyo
flight, several
hours after a similar inquiry was
made in behalf of . Clyde Pang
born and Hugh Herndon. .
Both messages were sent to
W. W. Conner. Washington gov
ernor for the National Aeronau-I
tleal association. The message
from Pant born came from R. D.
Heebner. New Tork. who said he
represented the men who last
week left New Tork on a proposed
round the world flight. .
Conner said he sent messages
in reply hat a $25,000 prise has
been posted here and that a sim
ilar award baa been offered in
Tokyo for the first non-stop flight
between the cities. '
Conditions for the Seattle prise
require a takeoff within 60 miles
of Tokyo or 10 miles ot Seattle.
TOKYO, Aug. $. (Thursday)
(AP) Apparently definitely
abandoning their race around the
top of the world in favor of a
fllxhi from Tokyo, Jo. .Seattle,
i FIRM IN ,ll '
Biggest Distributor in Portland Area Gives up After Cut
: - side Supplies Curtailed by "new Ordinance. Passed Q
. City Council; Price Compromise of; $2.nAgrc::K
Upon; Contracts to be Signed Today
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Curly's Dairy Here Still Holdout, Will get Opportunity
To Sign up Today; Others Already in Agreement Vitll
Cooperative; Meeting at Oregon City Reveals General
Sympathy With Herd Owners 1
the Carnation company, bigeest distributors of
milk in Portland agreed to sign a contract to pur
chase mill from the Dairy Cooperative, the big: milk war
which has raged in the Portland-Salem area for nearly a
week, terminated." The concession of the! Carnation com
pany and other hold-out distributors came after the Port
land city council passed an ordinance prohibiting: the shipping-
in of other than Grade.. B milk. -
s In order to qualify as Grade B milk the dairy from
which it cornea must be inspected and passed, and since the
Carnation company was forced to rely on imports from out
side the. Portland milk-shed it was faced with lack of sup
plies unless it met the terms of the dairy cooperative. The
price of the milk was compromised at $2.17 Vfc per cwt. in-
' o stead ot 82.25 at which the asso
W CELEBRATES
END OF W WAR
Parade at Hillsb oro Marks
Victory of cow owners
i j Against Retailers
HTLLSBORO. August 5 (AP)
The end of the milk war was
celebrated here tonight by three
thousand farmers and residents of
Hinsboro.
An impromptu parade,' led by
the Hillsboro fire department and
the Boy Scout drum corps, moved
through the streets.
One "float" was a truck on
which was a box bearing a young
goat. Each Bide of the box bore
the. legend: "Mr. Mann and Mr.
Work."
- The procession disbanded at
the courthouse where Arthur Ire
land, chairman of the Washington
county unit of the dairy co-oper
ative association, explained the
new agreement between the dis
tributors and the producers.
PORTLAND, Ore.. August 5
(AP) Striking Oregon and
Washington dairymen returned
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Will Rogers To
Attend Roundup
; If Not Too Busy
Will Rogers, humorist, will at
tend this year's Pendleton round
up, . unless' prevente 1 , from doing
so by a business engagement.
This wss announced .in a tele
gram received at the executive de
partment yesterday.
Governor Meier recently sent a
telegram to Rogers urging him to
attend the roundup, and later
spend a few days la Portland.
- "I sere thank you for the invi
tation," Roger's telegram read.
That Is one place I Lave always
wanted to go, but It looks like I
will be right in the midst of a
movie at that time. If not I win
be there." ., .. . . . . 1
Hugh Herndon, Jr.. and Clyde
Pangborn took off from Khabar
ovsk. Siberia, at :5f a. m. today
(4:5f p. m. Wednesday, E-S.T.)
for : Tachikawa airdrome, near
here. :!' - . -.
They, were expected to land
here about 5 p. m. (Sam., E.S.T)
News ot the fliers departure
from .Khabarovsk, flashed to the
Rengo news agency, was the first
definite word . of Pangborn and
Herndon since Tuesday. Siaee that
time conflicting reports cloaked
their "activities in shadow..
Pangborn wired the Japan
Times. English language newspa
per, here today that they were
coming to Tokyo to attempt the
Seattle . tllght. He asked the
Times to telegraph him the loca
tion and direction of Tachikawa
airdrome from Tokyo, emohasix
Ing that he had no maps ef Japan.
Fears that the fliars micht en
counter some difficulty here be
cause of their failure to obtain a
permit to land in Japan were dis
sipated -when the American em
bassy arranged to file a landing
application in behalf of the avia
tors with the government aviation
Bursa's,
ciation demanded. -
While the actual signing of tke
contracts did not occur yesterday
afternoon, the agreement " was
made and it Is expected the sign
ing will be done today. R VT.
Clark, vice- president, attended
the conferences in Portland.
Salem Situation
Is not Altered
There was no change in the
Salem situation. Four distribut
ors have signed up. Opportunity
is to be given to the one, dairy
which has held out. Curly's dairy,
to accept the terms which tke
Portland distributors have agreed
to. ; : " .j..-;.;
A meeting was held in Oregon
City yesterday on the call of te
Oregon City chamber of com
merce. This was attended by W.
B. Hansen and C. E. Wilson ef
the Salem chamber. The gather
ing was strongly favorable' to tse
producers side of the controversy
and adopted resolutions to that
effect. - - , .
Confusion Over '
Names Noted Here
There has been some confusion
locally on the use "of the term
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II IS iSOUITED
AFTER CLOUDBURST
TUCSON, Ariz., Aug. 5 (AP)
A storm of cloudburst propor
tions struck Continental. 28 miles
south of here -on the Tucson-No-gales
highway, tonight, entirely
isolating the little town and its
two score inhabitants, it was re
ported here. :.
Before telephonic communica
tions failed altogether, the South
ern Pacific dispatcher at Tuscen
received a report that rallroas
tracks in the town were covered
with IS inches of water. Tfce
roadbed, through Continental, is
considerably higher than the ret
of the town. -
It - was notv known whether
there had been any loss of life,
the dispatcher said. .
. It also waa"reported to South
ern Pacific officers that several
sect'ons of track on the railroad
near Continental were washed
away. . ...
Repair crews were dispatched
to the scene, but encountered dif
ficulties -ta reaching it. doe te
high water for several miles
north of Continental.
Luke May Sends
BiU
A bill for $21C as additional
payment to Luke 'May, SeattVs
criminologist, for his services ra
connection with the Iverson mur
der ease, has been preeented te .
the Marion county court for pay
ment. .The court heretofore has
authorised payment of $500 to
May, its half of the 60-50 pay
ment on $1000 guaranteed May
by the court and the city of in
vert on. Commissioner Porter is
ascertaining if a similar bill was
presented to Silverton. "Member
of the court indicated yesterday
they did cot propose. to pay the
bill as under their agreement
May's $1000 was to cover tie
costs of all his assistants.
MARQCIS TO WED
" LONDON, Aug. 6 (AP) The
Marquis of Reading, former Vice
roy of India and for twenty years
an eminent figure in British po'l
ties, and Stella Charnaud kno n
as tthe most remarkable woman
la London, will be marriei Xo
xiorrow". . - - - - "