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it 4 :;!f rW 7 r Accident Insurance ,r ; ..Vacation tint Is . travel . tlm. - Investigate The Ore gon Statesman's TraTel Ac cident Insurance Policy, . fl.OO per year. THE WEATIIER .' Fair today, Saturday and Sunday, normal " tempera tare Bfax. Temp; Thursday 75, Mia. 48, river feet, - clear,-north wind. I EIGHT Yrlf'IRST: YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, August 7, 1931" No. 114 ; 7711 i h iwT n T7rT a At: mm ROnD JUi'CTIOIl TRIP POSitESOi Construction Wjl!- Reach to : Forest : Trail : "Joining : lYilUnn Route ;-- Then Only 1 1 - Wiley gap to ' Eastern : ; Oregon : end; V .t; More Work Likely' ; r 1 ' .... ' - :. . By fate- fall -. motoriat . can take" Ms car. as far .on the North Sentlam highway as 'the Junction . in - Una' county." with 'the South Santiam road. - When he reaches this point he wilKhe only.ll mile - from the eastern Oregon portion f - the -new road which will be ni west to the summit of the Cascades by late this falL Hedda Swartx, county engineer, said yesterday that such a trip voali be possible by utilizing the county road to Detroit, the new 10 miles of trade from Detroit to "Whitewater creek and then the forest trail through the Bis; Mead ows country to the Junction. Be cause the forest sex-rice is allowed -only $250 a mile for its trails toe road south tor 22 miles to the Junction will be WtUe more thas a trail but It will be passable with a car. - . -. - More Building May - Start TTni Fall " ' Possibility tbat the North San tiam grade- would he protected several miles beyond the White water creek terminus where the wntraet was left to this spring looms . this fall alnee the federal bureau of publle roads will hare some residue from the $200,000 jointly ralied by the federal gov ernment and Marion county. The 10 miles of grading calls for $158,828 according to the con ' tract let this spring to the W. H. Pnekett company. Two bridges must be constructed out of the re mainder of ' funds: one over Whitewater creek at an estimated cost of $20,000 and one orer Boulder creek at a cost ranging - from $5000 tK$10.000. . These, expenditures will leave a balance of about M ,00ft fer ex tension of the road beyond White water creek. Under the terms of 'the present construction contract the road can be pushed on by the same contractors without calling for new bids, the grading to be at the same price per yard as the 10 miles now -under construction. Lynch Replies to t -.t Recent Criticism 1 '.' During the week word came from W. H, Lynch, district engin eer for the bureau of publle roads. - to Senator Charles L. McNary, re- gardln the criticisms of the labor supply being used on the North . Santiam road..- . .. '- "The contractor has assured us that he will do everything pos sible to relieve the unemployment situation in Detroit, but of course, he cannot be expected to replace men on skilled work with Inex perienced men." " . ; ' Lynch added: ' . ' . : -'.The local labor available In a lumbering locality such as Detroit Is generally very satisfactory for clearing work, but not so adapt able to grading operations with the type of equipment that is now nsedw.The contractor used-Jocal labor practically exclusively dur ing the clearing, and has given them preference since whenever possible. Almost the entire male population of Detroit hss been, on the -contractor's payroll .at one ; (Turn to page 2, col. 4) - I AUTOS IN COLLISION v TWIN FALLS, Idaho. August C . (AP) Mrs. Anna Jines. 70, and her 'brother, Dr. J. A. Lang. " both of McMinnvIlle. Ore., were "fa a hospital here tonight, suffer ing from injuries received in an automobile collision on the high way 2J miles east of here today. Mrs. Jones received a puncture la upper lip and cuts about her faee and her right wrist. She also was suffering from ahock. Dr. Lang suffered a broken left arm ' and injuries to his nose. They reported D. 21. Woodman, Twin Falls, tailed to stop on en tering the highway from a aide road and his car. collided with theirs. Woodman's car was dam aged but he . was unhurt Dr. Lang's conpe was almost demol ished. ; Mrs. Jones and Dr. Lang-were returning to Oregon. . OWN RIFLE IS CAUSE MEDFORD. Ore., Auust, (AP) Guido BardelH, known to fight fans -throughout the north west as "Young rirpo". Is U , a hospital here with a bullet wound ia his left forearm. The wound Is ' sot serious and physicians said It would not handicap the tighter. ; The accident happened In the mountains some distaste from here late yesterday. Flrpo said his automatic rifle was discharged when he picked" it up to place It on a shelf In his car. He said he knew the gun was loaded. . : Flrpo, whose home is In Burke, Ids, - drove his ' own . ear to Medf ord to seek medical at tention. - , Man Who Salem Visit Maurice Smith Returns First Time Since 1 902 , . - When he Brought Body of Desperate 1 : ; ' i Outlaw and Prison Fugitive . . ! I j, y ' - - ' y- .. . : ..t ."""i TYTEKTY-liiSE years from the day of his battle with the famous outlaw Harry-Tracy." MauriceSmith, now assistant, administrator of the prohibition bureau for this district, with headquarters in Seattle, made his first visit to Salem since August 9, 1902, when he arrived with the body ,f the dead outlaw. He was ; here . to confer with '''"" O Charles , Pray, superintendent of MCE FREIGHT . . . ,- FUJI IS UDED Fruitgrowers and Airmen Decide S to Organize Pioneer Venture . Launching ; the first airplane freight line to be operated, in the United States for profit was begun last sight when a group of in terested fruitgrowers and . ofll- iclals ofthe.Eyerly Aircraft cor poration decided to organise a stock company of growers and airmen to ship fruit, young poul try and sea-foods by alrto the midwest, as far as the MiMtasipp! river. Test t of... the- feaslbiUty of the , project) was made last June when 00 pounds of cherries were flown to Denver. Colo., and sold for iSc poand. ' : Under the plan decided upon, local fruitgrowers and hatchery men will be solicited within the next tew weeks to 'contribute small sums for shares In the com-, pasy. One hundred stockholders. Investing around $40 each, will be sought. The funds thur received will be used In purchase of a small plane of 1500-pound pay load capacity, of which a number of good second-hand, machines are said to be 1 available. The plane will be remodeled tor the freight purposes and put Into service In time te haul the fall crop of green. prunesrif, the plans materialise. ' Would Carry All . ' -. . J Perishable Goods -' All kinds of freight requiring fast dispatch will be carried, in eludlsr rreen orur.es. loganber ries, cherries, fish and crabs.' chicks and day-old turks, aceord- (Turn to page 2, coL 7) EAST Lllffl CUM FIRE IS SPREADINB ALBANY, Ore.. Aug. C (AP) An eastern Linn county forest fire tonight was said to be spreading from an old burn and threatening privately owned green timber. . The old burn cov ered 7000 acres and the new fire is - said to have covered more than 3000 acres. Twohundred fifty, men axe flghtlngOe- blase.- MEDFORD, Orev Aug. , (AP) Reports ! received at the forest service office here said the Aspen Butte forest fire was still burning rapidly tonight.' ' The blase, winch already has spread over, SO 00 acres, is hard to fight because it Is in an isolated mountain region. . McMinnrilJe Pair Hurt Torms:Frpo,, Wounded . Ashland Youth is Hurt -. Bull Attacks Rancher : BULLET REACHES BRAIN T - ASRLAND. Ore:,' August -Hiram WUbur, 11-year-old son of Mrs.-Nettie Wilbur, is In.' a hos piuUl here with a .22 calibre rifle bullet in the back of his brain. Physicians tonight held little hope for his recovery." The boy was wouffded - when his rifle was discharged acciden tally. The- ballet entered his left part of the thumb, entered his hand, passed tbrouh the fleshy cheek at the right side of the nose and ranged upward into his brain. riXJURT XOT SERIOUS ALBANY, Ore., August Mi Van Buskbfc northern ben ; toat coonty farmer, wae brovgnt to a laoepital here today for treatment of injuries received when a bull attacked htm. His . injuries were - mot believed , serlonti. ;: . . ; -- AUTO CRAf5II IS FATAL : PORTLAND. Ore.. Angust C (AP) Beatrice Feet. 3. died at si hospital here tonight, two hours after she and her, mother, Mrs. Clara Feetwen (truck , by . an automobile dri ven . by '.. George Reichleln, 19. of Linaton. . Mrs. Fest,' at the same hospital, was reported to have suffered a fractured skull. Reichleln ! told Traffic Investi gator Boscovlch Mrs Fest and her daughter were hidden from his view by another sutomobUe, Both were knocked to the pavement and were taken to a hospital Im mediately.. --. ?: v . v- -. -r.i . - Reichleln wsiijiot held at the time of -the accident. . . vercame - the lute poliee, and -while here visited the - penitentiary . ; and looked again at the grave . of Traey. " - ---?.'. Smith was then a young attor ney at Creston,. Washington. Later he moved to 8pokane where he served five and a half years as city commissioner, and . prac ticed law until he. accepted a po sition in the enforcement work, of the prohibition bureau, i He ; is reluctant to tell of the stirring battle of 29 - years ago, . seeking no pubUcIty himself, yet - when drawn out his account shows that the events of the two days were stamped Indelibly upon his mind. Tracy, proba'bly the most des perate outlaw the west ever had. murderer of some ten people, had the v entire northwest terrorised on his escape from' the Oregon state penitentiary June 9, 1902. when he and his brother-in-law, David Merrill, killed ' three guards, Frank B. Ferreil. S. R. T, Jones, and B. F. Tiffany. They made their way Into Washington where" Tracy killed Merrill, Then Tracy went up by Seattle, killed a man or two In Snohomish county, crossed : the mountains, (Turn to page' 2. col. S) MILK TROUBLE IS : DEFINITELY ET.DEO Hofstetter, Last Holdout DistributorjSignsl up!!; With Association Hans Hofstetter, proprietor of Curley's dairy. Capitulated to the demands of the Dairy Co-operative and Thursday morning signed the contract by which he meets the terms of the organized milk producers of the district. His was the last concern to sign the conT tract here, the fous other distrib utors having previously signed up: As a consequence - the milk war is definitely over . and .. the terms are settled for the remain der of the year. - The Salem ccntract wUl comply with the terms of the, Portland contract. ; The basic price is $2.17 per hundred pounds of grade B raw milk. This price pre vails until January 1, 1932. The agreement continues for a term of three years, however, "the - price being changed by agreement be tween the two . parties, or by an arbiter In case the parties do not agree. - - . .; ' : , WhUe ' distributors under 4 the contract are permitted to buy from independent producers until their contracts run ' out, after wards they must buy from the co-operative. Under the plan, psy ' (Turn to page 2, coL 4) ' Nonstop Ocean : Race Proposed A By Two Groups TOKYO, "Aug. (AP)--Los ers ' in an attempt to, "break the record for an ' airplane Journey aronnd the world, 1 Clyde f Pang born and Hugh Herndon,' Jr., American fliers, announced their Jnteatlon-today, to compete with- two other Americans to make the first nonstop flight across the Pa cific. A prise ef $25,000 was of fered by a-Japanese-newspaper. ;; The other competitors are Don Moyle and C. A. Allen, California pilots, who arrived here by steam ship. They plan to use "the mono plane City of Tacoma, which tailed to carry Harold Bromley and Harold Gatty last' year, and also failed to bear Thomas' Ash.' Jr.. on the same mission tkl year. Doolittle Again ! Takes Up Racing CLEVELAND.- Aug. ( AP ) "Jimmy Doolittle is at it again. Thus did they herald the -reentry of Major James H. Doolittle into air racing today. r ' i Major Doolittle. who once "re tired from the dangers and rig ors of speed competition,,' an nounced his entry In the Thomp son trophy race, and the Ameri can air classic at the national air races here Angust 29 to Sep tember'!. ' ; - GLIDES THREE IIOURA ELMIRA, N. Y., Aug. (AP) Martin cbeaipp, . Pittsburgh pilot,' today made the best sus tained flight to date in the sec ond annual national gliding and soaring contest -here. Schempp soared above the Sills and val leys near Elm Ira fr three hours. EOT OF- it RELIGIOUS Spanish Constitution Group - Proposes , Confiscation ' it 'Of Church Property 1 Catholics - Launch -Vigorous Counter Movement r at ; ' s 1 ' sr i -; w ora 01 - uecision , . : i; vf ':i "' ' - '..i !,'(, ,.. MADRID, Attr." (AP)-Tho political parliamentary commis sion - which Is studying . Spain's proposed - new constitution decid ed tonight' to present a bill to the Cortes caning for expulsion of re ligions orders from the . country and confiscation by the state of church wealth. . The decision of the constitu tional commission followed' npon agitation by the radical socialist minority which expects to present a measure to the assembly pro viding for the definite expulsion of religious groups which fled from Alicante during the burning or religious houses. The commission also' deter mined to ask that the Spanish re public be constitutionally de- tinedas a democratic republic. The decision followed upon sharp contest, many of the mem bers wishing to have the-name "democratic republic of labor." Three Wounded ava ' Parade Disrupted ' Three persona were wounded when police charged a commun ist group which attempted to par ade In the downtown section aft er the meeting. Catholic Spain tonight prep arid to launch a vigorous campaign for the defeat of the proposal of tne assembly's constitutional committee, under which religious orders would be constitutionally dissolved. - . . , . . The decision would mean that church property, representing millions of dollars, would be na tionalized. The news of the decision of the committee, which observed entire secrecy concerning its recommen dations , became known only" late lomgni ; ana as - a consequence government officials, parliamen tary leaders and, others generally were . unaware of its proposal. - FOREST OFFICIALS SPOKANE. Aug. (AP) Forest officials tonight reported most of tire 300 northwest forest fires "Quiet" meaning they were fairly - well controlled by S000 smoke eaters - . The Priest river conflagration alone, fanned by high winds. Jumped the ' Ore lines held by IS 00 men, who held desperately at all points -except the north end of the line, where flames menaced the Federal forest experiment sta tion. . - R. F.- Hammatt, ' assistant re gional forester, said the -men were "making tire fighting his tory," despite ' the many lneen diary fires, which are virtually new to the northwest. As fast as a large fire has been' con trolled it has been ignited again by firebugs, it was said by Major Evan Kelly, forest chief for dis trict one. - Tons ".of , suppUes . were . sent from Spokane to Newport, for re- shipment by pack, mule train to the fire lines and airplanes were spotting fires 'with better results today, although-columns of smoke still dimmed the sun. -, City Crimeless or Three Days ' Midnight came and went' last night and the "blotter", on which arrests are entered at city police headquarters' remained blank' for the 84 th1 hour or three and one half days. Although the patrol men and ' prowlers - hare . been combing the elty as nsual," the "slow spell In lawbreaklng con tinued, if arrest are a criterion. Late Sports. VANCOUVER, B. C4 Ang, 0 (AP) Joe Stecber, 218, Iowa, former helder of the world's -heavyweight wrestUngs, championship, took two oat of -three falls to defeat Bob Xrase 198. Portland, In a aaaln event wrestling; match here tonlg-ht. ' , SACRAMENTO, Aug. I (AP) Fidel LaBarba, of Los Angeles, former flyweight champion of the world, battled his way to an easy ten-round - decision ever Santiago Zorrilla before the largest tight house In the history of Sacramen to here tonight." While nearly 4.000 fans looked on LaBarba be gan the "comeback. . that . he hopes will wind up in victory over "Bat., Battallno. the cham plon', in the east this fall by. tak Ing eight" out of the ten stansa from his formidable Panama en ponent. BID REPORT ALL QUIET BadWeather Keeps tindy ; Myihg --. ,.r :: : AXLAV1K, N. W. T'Ang. (AP)-S-(VJa Point Barrew.-Alas ka) Held to the . ground here by bad weather : reported between here and Point Barrow and down the . northwest 'Alaska coast -to Nome,. Cooael. and Mrs.- Charles A.-Lindbergh today were fretting at -the delay In their-plans for their oriental vacation hop. . : The' flying pair, -who' arrived here yesterday after' an all' night hop from Baker laXp,' were rest ed ' and anxiohs to ; be on Ilhelr way toward Point 'Barrow, . the northernmost settlement in Alaska. ;- ;-7"- --;" y ; We are in a hurry "to hopi" but are undecided which way we'sh$4 go, Colonel Lindbergh aaid. It . . . A . . lAl.. . ' The original plans of the Lind berghs called for a hop along the Arctic coast to Point Barrow, bnt if weather conditions do not im prove .In that vicinity-they might strike over 'central Alaska, fol lowing the Yukon river and stop ping at Fairbanks on the Tanana or going directly to Nome. ... riconc peddler 'SPHEIf Tells of Fleeing Bullets With Child in Arms When 5 Wounded NEW YORK, Aug. (AP) Tony Trobino. a shifty-e y e d young man, who confessed he was a narcotic racketeer, admitted, to police today the shotgun slugs that killed one child and wound ed four other children in , Har lem's Little Italy recently, were aimed at him. Treblno told them, they said, that he snatched up a little child and crawled into a hallway to get out of the line of fire : ' ' ' ' , And then, they said, he related that, after the gnnmeji'a car had sped away leaving five wounded Children lying, on the sidewalk, he leaped unhurt, into his .own car and- escaped. ? - 1 1 - There were two versions of Troblno's story of the battle. One, given out by a detective, was that Trobino used the -child as a human shield, as he crawled to safety. The other, by a high police official, was. that Trobino drarsred the child into the hall way not to escape injury himself but to save the little one from harm. - "Let's give the devil his due," the official said. Recognized Anto Used by Gunmen The automobile used by. the gunmen, Trobino said,, belonged to Nicholas Martello, known as "Bulldog" Martello, of Astoria Queens. .He did nOt 'see the gun men, he said, but admitted he had been in the narcotic racket In the Bronx, working for a man named "Rock" and for Vincent Coll, said to be an enemy of Dutch Sennits," Bronx , beer dis tributor. . . . i ' Coll and , Rock split, detectives said he told them, and " Rock moved down Into Harlem, taking! Trobino and several men' with him. Thereupon, he said, word went out to "get Rock and his gang.' Trobino admitted his pres ence at the Harlem street battle after more than .10 hours ques tioning by. the police, .who had picked.' him up "on a robbery charge. , - It was said unofficially the po lice know who the men were who were' to have been put on the spot with Trobino and -were hunting for them. 1 - '. - 1 ; 1 Sirteenth Night Despite Threap ; ASHLAND, . Wis.. Aug. t (AP) Poking fun at Sheriff El mer Sander a crowd of nearly sixty Marengo valley residents promised tonight to carry their Karathon--charivari into Its - slx. enth night to celebrate the mar riage of Mf andMrs. ArvO" Ju ronL . ; Threats of the sheriff to make wholesale arrests have not caused participants to desist. . '"'Arrest usT Go ahead. Tour Jail's- not big enough, to hold ps alL And besides, you've got to feed us. That's better than we can do on our farms." Convict Bridges- Oi Bomb Murder BIRMINGHAM. Ala., Aug. t-1 (AP) R. A. Bridgea was con victed' by a Jury her today or first degree murder in connection with the bombing of the Pure Milk company plant July 1$. in which two person. were auiea. His ' punishment fixed t Uf tm" prisonment. Authorities attributed t n e bombing to a "milk, price war." i SETS NEW RECORD CROYDON, En g Aug. f. (AP)--A young Scottish airman. Tames A. Mollison. landed at 3rovdon airdrome tonight . after having cut more than two days :rom the Australia to England record. - " - - . " ws IB SEGRETARV OF LECIOfl PAHLEV Swoops-: Down in Tri-Motor r Plane; - Convention is f J-v Goirig OverStrdng Rose " City; Singers. Sweep : Auxiliary , Contests; y ?: :w Corps : to Contest s7 , v-.-- - , i CORVALLIS'Ore., Aug..eC (AP) - An unexpected visit, by Secretary-of War Patrick J. Hur ley let- this- afternoon .'climaxed what '. Legion officials ' ssid was probably the most s'necessfal first day session. In the history of Ore gon American Legion conventions. Senator Frederick Stelwer com municated with Secretary. Hurley at Spokane and Induced him to fly here In his tri-motored army, plane. The war secretary was met here By Senator Stelwer and Com mander -. Jack ' Biggs and other Legion officials. . -' -. Hurley arrived here Just after, the end ' of - the -Legion '-Junior baseball' game and 'was unable to address the Legionnaires. ; He was taken for a trip through the city,' however, and met many of the delegates to the Legion con vention. His plane left here at C o'clock, bound for Portland. Rose City Auxiliary Mukitni Winner The Rose City unit of the Le gion auxiliary . swept all first places in the annual state music contest which accepted the atten tion of the women while the men attended the ball game. The Rose City group of 12 singers won first place for glee club, quartet and trio, thereby winning the Etude.' Horsefall and Sherman Clay tro phies as well as - several cash prizes. . The Judges were Mrs. Gene" vleve Baum Gasklns. CorralHs: William H. Boyer. Portland, and Mrs. J. L. Gault, Corvallls. 1 , Newberg and McMinnvIlle won second and third place, respec tively. In the glee club eon test. McMinnvIlle won second place In the quartet division while Albany placed third. In the trio contest McMinnvIlle. was second - and Gresham third. Fourteen organ isations competed.. .. - Inapromtn. Parades . . Already Started Impromptu parades and street stunts. filled in the few gaps left by the official program.' The fea ture parade .was that presented by the 40 and;. 8 preceding the annual "wreck" of that organisa tion. , . Tomorrow morning, the chief attraction .will be the Joint ses sion of the Legion and auxiliary to hear National Commander Dyke O'Nell . and Nationals .Vice Commander Mrs. Beth Lanbaugh, of the auxiliary. . The afternoon will be given over to the second game of the Junior league base ball series and the annual drum corps contest will be held In the evening.. '- - Dykes Collapse And Wider Area In China Floods . . . ,1 HANKOW, China. August 7 (Fridsy) (AP) Additional dykes collapsed today at Hankow, extending the flooded area to the environs of the city. No estimate of additional casualties was avail able. 1 . - -. , 1 - Citizens of Wuchang.' near Han kow, continued a desperate bat tle today to save their weakening dykes and prevent the swollen Yangtze river from inundating the city. UpTtver reports Indicated the Wuhan area,. comprising the cities of . Hankow,-. Wuchang and - Han yang, must expect a further rise of the river. - r x ; . .. : A police census today revealed that Hankow's refugee army tot aled a quarter million people who are living in - dangerous hygenfc conditions. - The ' Kuomln News agency said scores ot victims were being claimed among the refugees dally by starvation. Chemeke tans Ready for Start of Annual Outing A trnckload of camp equipment and dunnage sent ' speeding to ward Mt. Rainier national ?ark last night heralded the near be ginning of the Cbemeketans stel lar activity ot the year, their an nual outing. Richard H. Upjohn t Pnrtnn c?rarv were to pilot Lhe load to the park and freight It into the hikers' renacsvoua, -dlan Henry'a huiitlng grounds, by packhorse today. The main party will - leare here Sunday momlag in private cars. ' Although the main event of the camp period will be the ascent of Mt. Rainier, -Angust 14 toll, the weeks before -and after will he niM with outdoor hiking, explor- ..i mim. tries orer the xlaelers and climbs to tne minor . ew m' peaks thereaDouts. me cawy mu run from next Sunday to August 2J. The site, a special one re served for the v Chemeketans b,y park rangers. Is located ' four miles from the end of the road. : .C. W. Noble was elected last ar aa rorernor for this outing. jntertainmeut and campflre pro Edwin Stroud is Winner in C0ne Division, Doris HvV. Marston Other ; - - Dolls dressed and model 'boats built by the children themselves held the spotllg&j. : at the 14 th street - playgrounds yesterday, when the '20 projects were Judged and" prises awarded.- - Doris Marston won first plae In the doll contest. Janice Collier was adjudged second and Dorothy MeCulley, third. Honorable men tion was made of the. work of Marjory Eeithley and Helen Wil son. The -premiums- consisted of points toward - the playground prizes which wUl be awarded, at the end of the ' season. A " first place nets the winner 20 points, second and third 15. and honor able mention. 10 each. Edwin Stroud was winner of the smaller boys' mdoel boat mod el exhibit. Qnentln Ruecker was second and Eldon MeCulley, third. David Collier received honorable mention. As - only one entry was made in the older boys division, the builder Mack Serdots, " re ceired the first premium. The same point system applies-to the boys', work. . '- The Judges were Mrs. - Earl Bnrch and Tom MeKenxle." ' The following boys and girls entered the competition; Bernlce Stroud. Polly. Anna Schinkl. Ruth AHee Faut, Elisa beth Fauf, Edna Curtiss, Betty Anunsen, -Barbara CauseyrTorls Chanel. Helen Jean -Newman, and Erna Rettlg, -Robert Allen Seder-strom.- Amos Jahn, Burson Ire land. Freddy . Anunign. John Thompson, LelanA HeVltt, and the. prize winners. , - - LOS ANGELES, Aug. 0- (AP) Eugene. V. Brewster, former millionaire New York magazine publisher, filed a voluntary pe tition in bankruptcy In federal court" today.. !They used to Joke me about Brewester'a Millions. " said Brewster, "but I haven't found it difficult to get rid ot my money, as the fiction Brewster did." For some time he has lived In a small H0llywooa oungaiow on the rear of a lot and all hut hid den "by a larger house on the street. Hia wife is Corliss Pal mer, actress, who entered motion pictures by winning a national beauty contest conducted by one of his magazines. Brewster -listed his . assets at $500,. and hj liabilities at 1 17. Sit. - v - German Chiefs Due To Arrive In Rome Today ROME. . Aug. - . ( AP) The thousand-mile dash of Chancellor Bruening and-Foreign Minister Curtius for a "visit ef courtesy" to Premier Mussolini at a time when : their ' own internal affairs are ia a grave state -Trill be concluded- tomorrow when" they - ar rive In Rome for a two-day stay. : Italian ' government circles frankly hope for big possibilities from this renewal of close rela tions with Italy's pre-war allies. However, the word "allance" - Is scoff ed at. - ' . ; grams will be In charge of Gladys Miller: Richard Upjohn is to plan the trips and J. Burton Crary will man the camp kitchen. Other of ficials will be appointed by the governor. . . . . i Fourteen persons hare regis tered to spend the entire twe weeks at - Rainier, eight .will par ticipate in only the last week of the outing and three will be away Just long enough to make the big climb.;-- - . Those who plan to spend the full time at the camp are Mr. and Mrs. C W. - Noble, J.- Barton Crary.! Walter Robinson. Augusta NotdnrftJOitlchard Upjohn. Gladys Miller. Bessie Smith. Florence Faut. Lillian Black. George Lew- lis, sirs.- jtooerc. i-o, ir. . tu I - - m Ta Me swa k Pern berton. and Margaret Crossan: for one. week,-W.- M. Hamilton, Boh ' Donaldson, Miss Comstock, Anna Peters, Edith Wei born. Lot tie Robblns, " Catherine - Gaylord.. and Mr.' and Mrs. Albert Julian; for the ascent period. Harry. Bar ley, W. L MeCloud and - Art Boesehen, r , - ONCE MILLIONAIRE ISUiBliPT Wei 12-t(0) Tri- li'ISIil iia. j Get big; Break in CZx When two Oppoiiax ; Pliyir- Collida 1 Oiitbit East Side fc: Perrine . 't Support :et Factor ' 1 By RALPH CURTIS CORVALLIS Aug. Accur ate and. often spectacular field ing enabled the Marlon County Juniors to overcome the strong I East Side Commercial dub teasa of Portland 12 to S la the open ing game of the Oregon finals ef American Legion Junior baseball here today, before a crowd con servatively estimated at SOee. The second game will be flared -here Friday at 2:30 p. m. - The Marion Juniors did some keavy and timely hltUng, but so did East Side, and It wss defen sive work, that tipped the scales In Marlon's favor In a game that lacked some of the elements ef - f?l$ bscb4ll lut replete with thrills which kept that monster crowd keyed up at all times. -. Adrance publicity as to the prowess of Jack Todd, lanky fire ball hurler of the Portland crew, railed to impress -the Marlon county, players and they sailed into his offerings to- make the first Inning their biggest, scorinr ltUD-lJVln5le" y DeJardin. ebr. Vie Peek and Mason, eoa- tT. T ? " error n-wlld pitch, a hit batsman and a cleanup two bagger by Perrine. East Sid Comes Back, Ties Count - East Side had scored one un earned run in the first Inning, and pounded Perrine for three that were earned in the second and one more In the third to tie the score. It was even once more after-Marion had scored, one in ' foutrtn with the help of a bobble, and East Side had re taliated in the first of the fifth. Hits by Ramp and Schwab fig ured in Marion's fourth inlB Thus the stage was set for the big "break- that came Marionl way in the last of th fifth. That remarkable inning opened tame ly enough with Perrine popping ont to the first baseman. Nichol son walking and then a single by DeJardln, .who Incidentally was the big sticker of the day with four tingles and two walks for perfect average. Keber came up and lined a long nr to the territory between left and center. Both fielders went ?.n,er the blU1 nd Eatch, left fielder, snagged it. An instant later he and Anderson collided with terrific impact and both .re coiled and lay prone. Eatch heav ed the . ball desperately in jtne general direction of the infield and, then lay there writhing ta agony.. Anderson lay stUL Ball Heaved Away Asd Two Cone in , - Somebody, retrieved the hall and! In the general excitement 1 overthrew the plate;.' somebedy- (Turn to page 2, coL l) Cramer Scouts Airplane Route Through Arctic r CLEVELAND. Aug. 0 (AP) : Biasing a trail for a possihle. air mall, passenger and .exnreaa. route- f rom Detroit to Copenha-. sen, jjenmarrc, through Canada and the Arctic wastelands. Pars er D. "Shorty" Cramer of Clar ion, Pa., was In the far north to-! night on the final stages of a 4. 3iS mile flight. The flight was started July 27 from Detroit to survey the route, for the trans-Atlantic American Air Lines corporation of Cleve- land? " - - " Although Cramer's Diesel now-. ered Belianea monoplane u eauipped with radio receiver and' " iransmitter and he endeavored to keep in eommunlcaUon. with the trane-Americaa airllnea sta tion at Detroit. offliia Af Hnes did not receive all hia xnea sages. 4 -. . ... Government In Liquor Racket j' 1 Reed Declares - NEW YORK. An. . Yam - Former Senator James A. Roui of Missouri., writing in the Sep-" lemser issue or the international--Cosmopolitan magazine, charges ' the federal government with set. ' ting up speakeasies to entrap vto- 1 inters sad tnns hecomlag itself a Doouegger. ... In addition. Reed charred the government with ah "indeflslhle 220,000.000 subsidy to California grape growers and grape concen trate manufacturers, and with instructing federal dry agents to - cooperate - with state officials in -- making raids on. warrants that-C would be . illegal under fed era? . - law, . - . . ... A.