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ElCJllTY-rlRST YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, August 9, 1931
No. ne
CHIlGERliT
BOTH HEED U. S.
WHEftTSUHPLUS
Appear for Supply to Avert
Starvation of Flood
Sufferers Made
Advance to Permit Sale, of
Home Supply Proposed .
In Berlin Offer
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SHANGHAI, August I (AP)
An" appeal- for surplus -wheat or
the United States to save 10,008.
000 Chinese Hood sufferers "who
bo said' may die of starvation bo
fore spring unless aided was made
today; by 'John Earl Baker,- Amer
ican' authority on disasters in
'Cbica. ! : '
Baker said the flood which
still continued in sixteen provin
ces was the- most terrible disast
er in China in 30 years.
At least S00, 00 0.000 damage
has been done, he estimated, bat
he would not even guess at the
number of deaths, which the
"corpses recovery society assert
ed were not less than 8.000 in the
flooded Yangtse valley alone.
Hundreds of bodies were being
taken from the waters by the so
ciety. ,:
Baker believed a minimum of
S, 000.000 bushels of. American
wheat would h needed for at
least six months. ; This wheat, he
said, could bo- supplied under
credit arrangements between the
American and Chinese govern
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BERLIN. August 8 r(AP)
The bulk of the American farm
board wheat holdings would be
nsed to feed Germany from next
spring Until harvest time permit
ting German farmers to sell part
of the present crop to secure
money that is urgently needed,
under a plan presented by Ger
many to American negotiators
today.. ., - - . -
Contemplating the purchase of
600,000 tons of wheat (roughly
22,000,000 bushels)1 Germany
suggested delivery in 1JS2, if
terms can be arranged. ", "r
Simultaneously; the government
announced an emergency measure
through the German farm board
under which farmers seeking to
hold grain off the market may
store it with the government, re
ceiving negotiable warehouse re
ceipts in exchange. I
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auto sisuur
Tour persons were critically In
jured about 11 o'clock last night
when a car driven by George Gar
rick of Mehama smashed into the
rear of a parked truck om a road
near Turner.
Those in the light car were
Carries, suffering from a broken
leg and severe face lacerations;
Sam Lamberton. Meha: - a, possible
Internal injuries; Millie King. Ly
ons, serious cuts about the face
and leg broken in several places,
and Leila Conklin. Mill City, bad
tace wounds.
According to Garrick, the truck
was without lights of any kind
and the accident was unavoidable
on his part. No witnesses have
been located and no one is being
held.
400 Are Killed '
When Hospital
Wing Collapses
HANKOW, China. Augri
(Sunday) (AP) Four hundred
patients and attendants perished
today when a wing of the Han
kow Union Mission hospital col
lapsed as the result of floods. -
The i hospital is maintained In
a native section of ..Hankow by
the London . missionary society
and the Wesieyan Methodist Mis
slonary society, both British or
ganizations. ;
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"Robbers' Roost" Lava
Hideout is Discovered
The only difference between
the fiction Tariety of western stor
ies and the official report ot Tom
R HI1L member ot the livestock
and poultry theft prevention ser
vice of the department of agri
culture la that - Hill's report la
true." '"-r : " "
. Hill was In Salem Thursday
and told Max Gehlhar, depart
ment director, of finding what has
been until now the mysterious
and unlocated "robbers' roost" of
central Oregon's livestock indus
try. Hill 4s a cattleman and for
the last 18 months has been one
of the state's "gasoline cowboys",
officially- an assistant commis
sioner of the service.
Finding "robbers roost was
no weekend jaunt. It represented
weeks of patient work; veiled in
quiry, miles of work on foot in
a hot sun, relentless effort in
combing almost Impassible scrub
ridden lava beds. :
- By a process of elimination
Hill hsd narrowed his search to a
Rum Runner
Is Sunk and
Men Caught
WOODSHOLE, Mass., Aug. 8
(AP)-i-Coast . guardsmen , of the
Woodshole base tonight said they
had captured the crew of seven
of the rum runner Eaglet out of
Providence and that the craft
burned and sank ten miles west
southwest of .Vineyard light ves
sel.- , . . -.
Coastguardsmen . said they
caught the boat after a fifteen
minute chase and after they bad
fired many J rounds of machine
gun bullets. J One member of the
crew was wounded in the hand.
The boat caught fire shortly be
fore the rum chaser hove to its
side. The fire .was thought to
have been! started from gasoline
leaking from punctured tanks on
to hoi exhaust pipes. -
Coastguardsmea. said the. Ea
glet carried 1800 cases of liquor
ten - of which were salvaged as
evidence before it sank.
The coast guard boat C. G SIS
made thecapture and took 'the
crew to" the " Woods hole base
where they were held. The Eaglet
was an 80-foot craft, s' "S
First reports of the case came
from the steamer Muneove which
reported sighting a craft- on fire
with another smaller boat tiring
at it with machine guns or rock
ets. Coast guard boats were im
mediately dispatched to the scene.
MIMES
FirJALLY GO PLACES
Make Nonstop Flight From
Edmonton to Texas;
Reacri Fort Worth
FT. WORTH, Tex., Aug. 8
(AP) Reg L. Robblns and Har
old . Jones landed their white
monoplane "Fort Worth" at the
airport here f at 7:50 p. m., to
night bringing: to a conclusion a
chapter of disappointments in
their two attempts -to make a
non-stop , refueling flight from
Seattle to Tokyo, Japan.
The two Texas aviators flew to
Fort -Worth- non-stop today from:
Edmonton, Albrta. where they
were forced to land 'yesterday in
their Journey homeward from
Fairbanks. Alaska, t
Twice they had attempted the
hazardous- hop from Seattle to
Tokyo but each time were turned
back by squally weather over the
Bering Sea, after they had been
refuelled over ; Nome and Fair
banks. Alaska, by the auxiliary
fuel ship manned by Jimmy Mat-
tern and Nick Greener.
After the first attempt, July 8,
when stormy weather made .a
last refuelling contact impossi
ble, Bobbins brought the plane
back to Seattle and installed a
more powerful motor.
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Astoria Bridge
Tender Held Up
By Masked Pair
ASTORIA.! Ore- Aug. 8 (AP)
-Two armed ! and masked ban
dits last night bald up M. F. Be
lan, aged bridge tender on the
Lewis and Clark river bridge on
-the Astoria-Seaside highway, and
escaped with 1 1.0.
The robbers tied Belan to his
bed in the bridge tender's house
at the center of the bridge while
a heavy stream of traffic passed
by. 1 They threatened to return if
he reported the matter and Belan
did not report the incident until
early this morning. He gave the
sheriff a description of the men.
Fish Lake Fire
Under Control
MEDFORD. ; Ore., Aug. 8
(AP) The forest-fire at . the
north end of? Fish lake, in Crater
national frest, was brought under
control this I afternoon after
threatening buildings along- the
lake shore and burning two acres
of merchantable timber. The fire
at Aspen Butte also was brought
under control today.
A
wide area near the old Stone cab
in built by early-day soldiers In
the "sink" region ot northern
Lake county.; 65 miles from Bead
and SO front Was on , Tire. , Bat
when it came actually to finding
the hideout that had concealed
stolen herds of valuable horses
and cattle he struck, a tough Jeb.
Settlers of the region still remem
ber vividly the disappearance of
honest old "Singing Bill some 18
months ago. Bill's heed was raid
ed by rustlers, and the old man
got a check on their movements
before informing state officers.
In revenge the. rustlers -took
his life.' His body-has never been
found, though 10 days after he
"informed", his friends joined in
a search and found -his wagon and
team In a lonely spot on the des
ert where he I had , camped to
watch the remnant of his grazing
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Combing the range for the trail
to the hideout Hill came . to a
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EAST SIDE Li
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Leveerr, 14 and Small, is
Nemesis to Hopes of
Marion Juniors
'Iron Man' Perrine Given
Phenomenal Support;
1 Score is 5 to 4
By RALPJI CURTIS 1
CORYALL1S. Air. 8. I Hand-
cuffed by the innocent-appearing
buf deceptive curve ball of, little
14-year-old Elmr'"LTn. : ii.rv
horse barter , sent. Into', the ' final
game by Coach' Garbaiino of East
Side Comerclal eJnb. the Marlon
County Juniors went down fight-SJ
mar in me intra came of the tm.t
American Legion Junior baseball
series here today by a score of
S to 4. and the East Side boys
won the right to represent Oregon,
in the northwest series at Butte.
Mont. . ..... ... , .. ;
Leveen's personal triumph in
holding the .Marion Juniors to
seven hits, and keeolna them hit-
less In the last tour Innings, is all
the more remarkable because of
the circumstances jander which he
went into the box" ,
Even close followers ot junior
baU hardly knew East Slue had a
pitcher named Leveen. Those who
did, figured he might possUsly.be
used as a relief harler f of an in
ning or two. He had premise, but
waa too young and too small to
go the route.
Hoped He'd Last '
Conple of Innings '
Facing the final game with his
chief hurler, Todd, weary from
pitching one game and relief hurl
nig in the next, Garbarino. -it is
reliably reported, decided to send
Leveen in to see if he could last
two or three Innings before Todd
had to take up the burden again.
There were moments when it
seemed those "two. or three in
nings" were over with, but after
some trouble in the second and
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JOB IBS IS
Scrutiny of , Unemployment
Problem Being Madej
I At Rapidan Camp
LURAY. Va., Aug. I (AP) -
President Hoover today continued
at Rapidan camp his scrutiny of
the unemployment problem, pay
ing particular attention to unem
ployment insurance. " r. i
Senator Herbert, .republican,
Rhode Island; gave him first hand
details of a recent study of that
subject in Europe, made by him
as chairman of the special senate
committee appointed at the last
session to inquire Into Its possi
bilities. . i
Senators Walcott, republican.
Conn., and. Wagner, democrat.
New York, are the other members
of the committee appointed under
a resolution introduced la the
senate by Senator Wagner. No
information was available ; from
the camp as to the nature of
Senator Herbert's findings.,
The president before leaving
the White House yesterdsy for
mally placed the administration
on record as favoring the hand
ling of unemployment relief next
winter by local communities and
states. In past public statements
he has unequivocally taken the
position that the government
should take no part In unemploy
ment relief except in an advisory
capacity..
e Duncan
Named District
Head Of Legion
BTATTON Anr. S- tW Rtm-r-
ton defecation of 40 from Post
No.' ti returned from tha Amer
ican Legion convention in Corval-
us proud and happy because one
of their member. George R. Dun
can has been elected commander
of district number 2 ot tha Amer
ican . Legion. This district com
prises - Marion. Polk. Yamhill.
Washington and Tillamook coun
ties. This is the first time that
the office baa been gives to - a
man from Marion county. .
Mr. Duncaa has been active at
the Stayton cost for the nast
three and one-half years, was one
or tne sponsors of the post, and
Is a charter member.
Mr. Duhcan la an attorn- at
Stayton.
Farmer Market
Is Opened Here
Yesterday saw the opening of
the new farmers market, or bet
ter known as the Court street
market, located at 250 Court
street. Mr. Kruger, manager, said
yesterday was a good day. with
most of the stalls occupied and
nearly all of the produce which
was - offered, for sale finding a
ready market. -
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Salem Corps Champ jon9 : May Enter National Again
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TO Wlie ADDRESS
Garage, Barn Bum, Nearby
Homes
Threatened as
Result of Delay
When llremen of the East Sa
lem station . answered a call to
17th and Oak: streets at 9 o'clock
last night, they found the fire was
four blocks! south and across a
dry creek bed, so that laying a
hose line was delayed several
minutes. As a result the barn, at
17th street between Lee and Mis
sion, a double garage and wood
shed were burned to the ground
and all fire: Jen could do was pro
tect surrounding residences.
The flames from tc 2 by SO
foot barn attracted hundreds of
motorists and for half an hour the
streets surrounding 17th and Oak
and the fire were Jammed with
traffic. . : V
Mr. and Mrs. A. H. Barker,
whose residence adjoined the barn
and whose garage was razed, saw
the glow of the blaze from North
Salem and drove hurriedly home
in time to see their small bnlld
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BROTHER OF LOCAL
RACE RIDER KILLED
OREGON CITY. Ore., Aug. 8
(AP) Archie Efans. 24. of
St. Helens, was injured fatally
and Herbert Yeager, SO, also St
Helens, was cut and bruised
when the motorcycle on which
they were riding tandem crashed
Into the side of an automobile
here today.
Evans, who was operating the
motorcycle, attempted to pass an
automobile driven by Thomas J.
Simpson, Portland. As he turned
out he saw another car approach
ing from the opposite direction.
He attempted to slow down, and
swing behind Simpson's car
again but lost control of his. ma
chine and crashed into ' the side
of Simpson's , ear. . Both he and
Yeager were thrown across the
highway and landed on a heap of
rocks. Evans died without regain
ing consciousness.
Kvans' mother, a Mrs. Stewart
of Salem, came here to take
charge ot the body. He is alsof
survived try- a married sister in
Salem, and f three brothers, Wil
liam, of St. Helens, Cody, of Van
couver, B. C, and Clifford, ot Sa
lem. : :.. '
Yeager said the motorcycle
was traveling- at high speed.
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Stayton Bridge
Will Be Opened
By Find Oi Week
Completion ot work on the Inter-county
bridge at Stayton is
expected the end ot this week.
Prank Johnson, roadmaster, stat
ed Saturday. Philip Fisher has
been In charge of the job. Costs
will be met jointly by Linn and
Marion counties.
New approaches, new railings,
new stringers and new decking
have been placed on the bridge.
Lumber used on the job amounts
to 170,000 feet.
CHECK UP PLATES
MEDFORD, - Ore., Aug. i.
(AP) State Police Captain Lee
Brown' announced today a sys
tematic check-up of all autpmo
biles la Jackson county bearing
foreign license ' plates will be
started next. week.
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Top The Salem drum corps which for the second year in succession
won the Clifford W. Brovns trophy for the best all-around drum
corps of the Oregon American Legion. Below, at left National
Commander Ralph T. O'Neill of the American Legion presenting
tbe trophy for the best drum major to Charlea Whittemore, Salem,
ft being the third time Whittem or baa won the honor. At right
Earl S. Dutro, Portland, elected grand chef de gar of the 40 et 8
.organization.
Ul W GUILT
iTONEHATIOfl'S
CLEVELAND, Ohio,. Aug. 8.
(AP) The Young Men's Chris
tian association -world conference
tonight adopted a resolution ab
solving ''any one nation" of guilt
in precipitating the World war.
, After more . than an hour ot
solemn deliberation, with the del
egation from Germany taking lit
tle part in, the dramatic tcene,
the delegates, by a standing rote
showing 201- for and 2 against,
passed a pronouncement stating
the feeling of the conference that
sole responsibility for the war
should not rest with any single
nation..-" . i
The action came several hours
after President Hoover in a radio
address to the conference, praised
the Y. M. C. A., as a molder of
international good will.
The German delegaUoa - took
no part in the discussion and did
not vote. ' j
Smokers Blamed
For Many Fires;
136 incendiary
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. t
(AP) C J. Buck, regional for
ester. In a statement Issued today,
blamed careless smokers for 17
forest fires in Oregon and Wash
ington during the first seven
months of this year.
One hundred fires were started
by careless campers, IS S were of
Incendiary origin and IS 5 were
started by , lightning, the state
ment said. Forest service reports
showed only 23 fires started by
Incendiaries last year.
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PIGEONS RELEASED
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AKRON. O., Aug. 8. (AP) A
new queen . ot tha skies was
launched upon the ; world's air
ways today..
;The TJ. S-'S. Akron, christened
nnder the hand of Mrs. Herbert
Hoover, floated upward in its "air
birth" In symbolic gesture of Its
future service under the ensign
of the United States navy.
A craft of superlative features,
its christening today signalised
the advent of the United States
as a leader la the field ot lighter
thannUr ships.
Before 100,000 persons the
first lady of the land released 48
pigeons from the nose ot the ship.
Following the ceremony, which
lasted half an hour, squadrons of
airplanes from army and navy
bases wheeled overhead in salute
to the great airship.
Seattle Junior
Team Champion
Of Washington
STJNNYSDDB, Wash., Aug 8
(AP) The Rainier noble post
junior baseball team- of Seattle
today outclassed the Sunny side
nine in the deciding game ot the
American Legion title aeries for
the state championship and won.
8 to 1. .
; The visitors hit Johnson's of
ferings -freely for 10 hits and
were aided by the home .team :
six errors.
Partch, first man up for Su
nyslde In the first inning, seort
his team's only run.
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AUMSf IE ROAD
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. A sew road to Aumsrllle, one
which will shorten the existing
route through Turner by one
mile, will be read tor public use
within the next two weeks, Frank
Johnson, roadmaster. announced
yesterday. The new road is a six
mile, stretch leading from the
asylum farm acros the hills to
Aumsvllle.. Traffie using the
road will go straight ahead up
the hill back ot the farm Instead
of turning to the right and going
past the state- tuberculosis farm
where the present road leads.
William Mcllwaln has been in
charge of -construction n the 'road
which la to be a part of the mar
ket road system of the county.
No crushed rock will he placed
on the road until September. It
will be obtained from the Quarry
hear the farm. Drilling has been
going on there for a week pre
liminary to e? large blast which
will loosen sufficient rock for the
crusher, which is to be moved into
the Quarry after work at Battle
Creek is completed.
PIT CAVE-LV FATAL
WHEELER. Ore August 8
A.P) The body of Lynn A.
Wood. 43, of Portland, was re
covered tonight from a pit he and
his father, Charles Wood. 88. had
dag en" the beach between Man
aanita aad Neah-Kah-Nie in
search, of treasure.
. The body of the elder nan, also
believed trapped when the sand
caved In. had not been recovered
late tonight. -
Legend says valuable treasure
is buried somewhere en Neah-Kah-Nie
mountain or beach. -
AT BEACON ROCK
PORTLAND. Ore August 8
(AP) H. B. Van Duxer, chair
man of the state highwsy, com
mission, said today Beacon Rock,
ne ef the outstanding scenic at
actions on the Washington side
-the Columbia river, has been
re red to the commission as a
lie park. The offer was made by
y owner, Henry J. Biddle. -Washington
state has rejected
. similar offer. It wss said.
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SALEM'S CORPS
IS VOTED FUOD
FOR TRIP HI
State Legion Treasury to
Put up $2500, Hair of
Necessary Amount
Alex Barry of Portland Xi
' Chosen' Commander of
; 'Oregon Department
CORVALLIS. Ore., Aug." 8
(AP) The annual three-day eon
ventlon of the American Legion.
department of - Oregon, closed
here today with the election et
officers and the final grand nar
ade. - -
Alex C. Barry, commander 'of
Portland post. No. 1. was elected
state commander. -
Other officers chosen were:
Hugh Brady. LaGrande.t vice
commanditr T n m Hnn.itn
Portland financial officer: the
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nor. JL. Jr. ncjuoiui, Mcaiinnvuie. -
chaplain; Sid George, Eugene, na-
Jack Biggs, ot Hermlston. retir
ing commander, automatically
became past commander en the
state executive body.
Delegates to the national con
vention at Detroit are:
First - congressional district:
Ben Do iris, Eugene: - George
Love, Eugene; Otto Holder, Sher
idan; the Rev. Duncan Cameron,
Cottage Grove; John Flurry.
Roseburg; Dr. R. M. Hoskins. As
toria, Second district: Otis Palmer,
La Grande; R. J. McKinney,
Bend; Jack Barron. Pendleton:
C. M. Dire, Hood River.
Third district: James Caseell,
Allan Bynon; Ed Elvers and Joe
Carson, all of Portland.
George Dsncao of
Stayton is Honored
District . commanders announ
ced by caucuses today, and rati
fied by the convention are: No.1,
Mike Cosovlch, Astoria; Ho. 2.
George Duncan, Stayton; No. S,
Robert Fronn, Cottage Grove;
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No. 5. W. W. Belcher, The
Dalles;. No. . Jack Barron. Pen
dleton, No. 7. Don Graham, On
tario. ' The convention voted expendi
ture of $2500 to help finance the
trip , of the Salem drum corps to
the national convention in De
troit this year. Salem has twice
won' the state championship.
The convention did not discuss
the matter of a location for the
proposed northwest division of
the national soldiers home i t
Resolutions adopted, asked mora
pay for uniformed and retired
soldiers; endorsed a highway
safety nrorram nnnnuii'fnHiiA
adjustment compensation certif
icate legislation; endorsed a cam
paign for Oregon prod acta; rec
ommended the national conven
tion next year, if awarded to
Portland, be regarded as a north
west project.
Prfnevine Woman
Heads Auxiliary
Mrs. La Docla Cobb. Prlne-
ville; was elected president of tie
legion auxiliary. She succeeds
Mrs. Otto Heider. of Sheridan.
Other new. officers are: Mrs.
Sidney S. George, Eugene, vice
president; Mrs. Heider. national
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Mercury Rises
To 94 Degrees
Here Saturday
When the old men of the sky
and sea connived yesterday and
boosted the heat and humidity.
Salem sweltered. The official
temperature for the day was 94
d e g r e e s, registered at 4:30
O'clock. The minimum was 45.
This was the hottest day since
the .previous Saturday when the
1 thermometer bubbled at 97. Fri
day was only a lake warm day
in comparison, with 8 S showing
on the -scale, and Thursday, act
ually chilly, at 75. .
Treasure Seeker Killed
State Park Site Offered
Bartlett Pears go Sooth
Kingsley Seeking- Stay
The Oregon highway commis
sion has asked Attorney General
Van "Winkle for an opinion on the
proposal. .
400 CARLOADS SOLD
: MEDFORD, Ore.. Aagast 8 '
(AP) Four hand red carloads ot
Bartlett pears, sold to California
canneries, are to he hauled from
the Rogue river valley next week
at prices ranging from 822.50 to
117.50 a ton. The eastern more-"
meet of Bartletts also is sched
uled to ret undei way next week.
Drought la the Talent "district
and heat has caused a consider
able reduction la the estimated
tonnage of pears, growers say. "
REHEARING ASKED
MEDFORD, Ore., August
(AP) Attorneys for James E.
KIngsley, , convicted and con
fessed slayer of Sam O. Preseott,
Ashland policeman, said today a
motion for a rehearing will be
filed with the supreme court Mon
day. The action will automatical
ly stay resentencing of KIngsley.