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CTrt NkESvLr K .4nJA TU-V V AAA VAAX LITTLE MERCHANTS '" t - ' All Statesman carriers are charged for all paper , they deliver. ricase notify office when?-! changing ad dress. . 1 THE WEATHER Probably . cloudy today, fair Thursday ; normal tem perature; Mar. Temp. Tdes day 81," Mln. 44, river 3.5 feet, southerly wind. WA J FOUNDED 1651 ElliUl Y-t-IKSI YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, August 26, 1931 No. 130 flu nmvu "j LINDBERGHS AT EiJD OF FLIGHT GIVEN OVATlDIi Arrive at Kasumigaura to Continue Journey by . Train to Tokyo Complete" 7132-Mile Trip By Air; Crowds 'Give Them big Cheer : ? KASCMIGURA, . Japan. - Aug.1 28 (Wednesday) (AP) Col.' and Mrs. Charles A." Lindbergh alighted at the naval base here at 2:09 p. m., today 12: 09 a. m.. E-S.T.) completing a 7,132 mile vacation flight from New fork. Following ceremonies here the couple was to entrain for Tokyo, 50 miles distant, -where a tre mendous reception awaited them and where their Journey officially ends. The Lindberghs flew here from Nemnro, In-northern Japan,. they negotiated . the C 13 miles of the last leg of their long and danger oil Journey in fire hours and 48 minutes. Thunderous cheers and "ban sals" greeted the fliers as they stepped ashore,: after slipping their plane to a graceful landing In the lagoon of the naval base. The crowds pushed forward, seeking to gain a .better Tiew of the famous pair, but scores of sailors, acting as guards, held them back. 7 ' NEUCRO, Japan. Aug. 26 (AP) (Wednesday) On the last lap of their flight from New York. CoL and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh started for Kasmurl gaura airport near Tokyo at 8:21 a. m., today (3:21 p. m., P. S. T.) Tuesday. . , ; The Lindberghs were expected to make the C13 - mile flight to Kasumigagura in about seven hours. Their course most of the way lay over the Pacific ocean. In ac cordance with the request of the Japanese communications depart ment and that they- avoid flying over fortified areas. They- were expected to -. skirt the , eastern coasts of ' Hokkaido -island, on which Nemnro is located and Or hondo, main island of Japan, un til approaching the Kasumiguara landing field. - BUTLER APPOINTED STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Aug. 25. (AP) Jonathan A. Butler of Chicago today was ap pointed commissioner of athletics of the Pacific coast conference, a position to be filled for the first time in the 16 years existence of the organization. Butler was named for a one year term. His sole duties for the time being will be to make a study of athletic conditions in the various member institutions. For the last six years, Butler has been affiliated with the Big Ten conference, as assistant to Major John L. Griffith. He will take office September 15. ' - Appointment of the new com missioner was announced by Pro fessor William B. Owen, Stanford faculty athletic representative and president of the conference. A committee of three. Professor Owen, Professor J. E O'Brien of Washington and Dean Earl Miller of the University of California at Los Angeles, selected Butler for the position and their recommen- , dation was unanimously accepted BRAKEMAN IXJUKID PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 25 (AP) One man was Injured when Oregon electric train No. j0, inbound from Tualatin, was derailed on Corbet street. The train ploughed up both lines of track for some distance. E. C. Kirkendahl. 50. S. P. & S. conductor acting as brakeman on the train, suffered loss of the ends of three fingers on his right hand. He was the only person in jured. - fy v Cause of the accident was not determined Immediately. First reports . charged it to a broken axle. ONE LAD BADLY HURT - THE DALLES, Ore., Aug.' 23 (AP) Too heavy traffic, to the swimming hole at the edge of the Columbia river here put Gordon Leffler, 14, In a hospit- al today with concussion of the brain. ' Gordon dived from a spring board Jus, aa : Billie . Leforge, ' IS, was coming to the surface. They collided head-on. Leforge was merely stunned for m time. DENY ACCUSATION MEDFORD, Ore., Aug. 25. (AP) Publication by the Daily News of a statement charging members of the Medford typo- srranhleal union with offering a FJ Chinese Fight for Food in Desperate scene nuch as this are being enacted in ilankow, China, as thousands of starvinc Chinese sruirgle to obtain food Tor themselves and their loved ones. This picture wu taken when a British commissary opened In Hankow during the revolution of several years ago Thousands are reported dead due to present floods In the- Yangtze river valley. IFIf SAYS DEAL WILL GOT Tells .Farm Board Members Terms not Important Factor in Crisis Senator Charles L. McNary de clared late yesterday that advices he had received Indicated a deal would probably be completed suc cessfully whereby China . would purchase for relief purposes 15 to 25 million bushels of surplus wheat from the United States. The senator said again that he was emphatically in favor of the sale. He pointed out that the large surplus now held by the rovernment was a load on specu lation and weaken the price of all wheat. McNary indicated he bad been In - telephonic - communication with members of the- federal farm j board urging them to pay little attention to terms, both as to time for payment and interest. The Im portant duty of the board is to sell the grain, he stated. Will Have Effect Beyond Presents i -In the proposed sale to China, McNary saw more than elimina tion of . a. price depressant.; "It will have an important effect in helping supplant rice with wheat In the diet of the Chinese," he said. I believe the same might be accomplished in India. Thus it would benefit the farmer in the future, creating a new ui. He characterized ne v ana (Turn to page 2, col. I) Grass Blaze Is Extinguished By Silverton Men v i . SILVERTON. Aug. 2 . The Silverton fire department answer ed a call tonight to the C. E Johnson place about two miles east on the Sllverton-Scotts Mills A tr fleht a fire which had evidently been caused by a cigar ette tossed from the car of a pass ing ' motorist. . Th. tire had burned grass fence posts and telephone poles for a distance of 100 yards along the . road. For a time the fire i anm .concern, when It inmn ithtt fence and burned a small patch in a stjbble field, but it was soon put under control by the men from siivenon. ROUGH Oregon Electric Derailed Swim Hole Traffic Heavy Printers Angry at Banks Sexton Dies Beside Grave ! man IQ0 to Jimmy luwuinc- . - - . . mi i . .VI r in tha News plant nrougnc vig orous answer today from union members. , They' called on L. A. Banks. publisher of the News, to. name the "man who is willing to make an affidavit that he was offered 100 to- do the job. Last week a strike of the News mechanical force followed Banks posting of a notice of wage re ductions. HEART DISEASE BLAMED ASHLAND, Ore., Aug. 25. (AP) M. H. Olson, J. cemetery sexton, 1 died here today beside a grave he was digging. A doctor taid he bad been dead about 20 minutes when his body was -found. Death was attributed to heart disease. FOG HALTS FLIGHT ASTORIA, Ore.. Aug. 25. (AP)-FIvo naval airplanes, en route from Seattle to San Diego, were forced down here this aft ernoon br heavy fog. Lieutenant Commander V. H. Ragsdale Is in command of the squadron which is made up of planes carrying five men and pilot. , Most of the men were lodged for the night aboard the coast guard f cutter Redwwing. .They plan to continue south tomorrow morning. ; t , V r V ... k Lad Decides Cops Aren't Bad Fellows ."A policeman down there told me you don't do anything to little boys, and then I come in all the time." a little boy who said his name was Keith Morris naively told Chief of Police Frank Minto at the station . yesterday after noon. And he demanded, "You come down and get my kitty, some girls took It and won't give it back. They take it all the time and just make It meow and meow. You come down and get it for. me, will you?" When he was asked what was his papa's name, "Just Morris." he said, "and my mamma's Just Morris, too." After telling that his kitty was little and black and white and re peating his request for an offi cer's .assistance, the youngster wandered outside. But he was not long In returning. And then the questions began, to pour out: "What you got that telephone for?" "Hey, whatta you stay here for?" "I saw the jail in there. Is anyone in 'there? You gonna put those kids in there, aren t you?" "What's In there?" the chief's office. "That's where we put little boys," Minto answered. "Oh, then you'll put those kids In there that took my kitty, won't you? And uiue neun waiaea out again, probably to go to tne Court Street Dairy store, where his papa was and from where the girls took his beloved Kitty. BELLE PLAINE. Kant.. Aug 25 (AP) Authorities of south central Kansas looked to hospit als and doctors tonight for a clue to the whereabouts of four men, two of whom were wounded in a gun fight with vigilantes follow ing the 1890 robbery or tne vai ley State bank here today. As the bandits attempted to loek Faye Skinner, assistant cashier, in the vault, they unwit tingly sounded the burglar alarm in closing the door. Virgil Elder and "Buster" Lawless responded. "firing upon the bandits. Lawless was credited with hooting one bandit while Elder was believed to have wounded an- other. The bandits caught J. Bry an Cain, editor of The Belle Plaine News, in the fire, slightly woundinr him. One bandit fell under the fire. but his companions dragged him into the automobile and they es caped. Baker Declares City Will Talk Over Franchise PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 25. (AP) Mayor George L. Baker declared today that city council and the Pacific Northwest Public Service company would "get around the ' table and talk tur key" In the matter of a new f ran chlse Just as soon as a decision is reached In the 7-cent fare case now in court. At the close of yesterday's ses sion of the hearing on the1 com pany's suit for an Injunction against the 7-cent fare ordered by State Utilities Commissioner Thomas. Franklin T. Griffith, president of the company, said the only solution to the city's streetcar troubles would be a new franchise. i HANKERS WILL AID NEW YORK, Aug. 25 (AP) A group ot New York bankers meeting today to lay plans to aid the -Jobless, promised their full cooperation to Walter S. Gilford head of President Hoovers or ganisation of unemployment r lief. , WOUNDED Bill lb SOUGHT 111 KB Hankow nuus FOR LEGI0HI JOBS MADE rl McSherry Only Member So far Mentioned for Post Commander As was generally Dredlcted. Irl McSherry'was nominated for the office ot commander of Capital Post No. 9, American Legion; at the regular meeting last night. Further nominations may be made at the next session, September 8. and election will take place on September 22. Other nominations were as fol lows: vice-commander, J. T. De- laney; adjutant. William Bllven and L. A. Hamilton who now holds that office; finance officer, no nominations: sergeant-at-arms. George Averett; historian. Joe Marcroft, candidate for reelec tion; chaplain,- -BrasUr Small: quartermaster, George Fellows. Fiie men were nominated for the position of members ot the exe cutive committee, of which there are five to be elected: M. Clifford Moynlhan. Oliver Huston, L. P. (Turn to page 2, eol. 4) -' TORT ANGELES, Aug. 25 (AP) A two day celebration marking completion of seven years work In building a 330 mile loop highway around the Olympic peninsula began here to night with a banquet and speech ee by prominent northwest offi cials and citizens. Tomorrow an automobile car avan will leave here for Kalalock, where Gov. Roland H. Hartley will cut a silken ribbon, formally opening the last 15 mile link of the loop' to traffic. Another car avan will start from Aberdeen, joining the Port Angeles party at Kalalock. A program of Indian games, canoe sports and religious dances will be seen by several thousand visitors at the little settlement on the Pacific. The road opening is one of the important events In development of. the northwest, opening up a great area which has been prac tically an untrammelled wilder ness since Its discovery by white men. Hazardous engineering feats were perrmed in building the road, over raging streams and canyons and treacherous swamp land. The heaviest rainfall in the United States falls on the west ern slope of the Olympics. Notice Given Ot Dredging Plans PORTLAND, OTe., Aug. 25. (AP) Application to dredge gravel from the Willamette river near Wilsonville has been filed with the United States engineers here by the Dayton Sand ft Grav el company ot Dayton, Ore. The engineers office, announced that any objection from the standpoint of navigation must be tiled by September 4. Late Sports : MILWAUKEE, Aug. 25. (AP) In the feature event if an elim ination tournament sponsored by the National Boxing association to determine a world's middle weight champion, Tait Littman, 1(0, Cudahy. Wis., tonight was awarded the Judges decision over Ham Jenkins,, 15 Denver ne gro. The first of the three 10-round eliminations was awarded Clyde Chastain. 159 H. Dallas who out pointed Rudy Marshall, 153 4, Greenwich. Conn. In the semi-final affair. Gorilla Jones. 149 tt, Akron, decisioned Tige Thomas, 159. Lelperrille, urn CELEBRATION Pa. ; BRITAIN'S. Dl JET FACES Government of Individuals And not a Coalition, Says MacDonald Personnel is Presented to King and Approved; Needs are Told LONDON, Aug. 25. (AP) Great 'Britain's new "government of Individuals' took over power tonight and plunged Into the task of pulling the nation through Its financial crisis. --' The new cabinet, composed of only 10 members, was presented by Prime Minister Ramsay Mae- Donald to King George this after noon and received the approval ot the. throne. Tomorrow the mem bers of Mr. MacDonald's old labor government will hand in their seals of office and the new na tional government, headed by Mr. MacDonald and participated in by laborltes, liberals and conserva tives, will hold Its first meeting. Cabinet Approved ' By King George The cabinet personnel, wnicn MacDonald presented to King George this afternoon and which has been approved by the throne, follows: Mr. MacDonald (labor), prime minister and first lord ot the treasury. Stanley Baldwin (conservative), president of the council. Philip - Snowden (labor), chan cellor of the exchequer. Sir Herbert Samuel (liberal), home secretary. Lord Sankey (labor),, lord chancellor. Lord Reading (liberal), foreign secretary. Sir Samuel Hoare (conserva tive), secretary for India. J. H. Thomas (labor), secre tary for dominions and colonies. (Turn to page 2, coL ) HOLDOUT JUROR IS -BOFilD PLOTTABGET LOS ANGELES. Aug. 25. (AP) The maker of a dynamite bomb frustrated his own plot to day to blow up the home of Wil liam E. Weller, . 73-year-old war veteran whose vote for conviction prevented a Jury In the murder trial of David H. Clark from re turning a verdict of acquittal. The fuse in the bomb, an eight Inch length ol gas pipe stuffed with a mixture ot dynamite and sand and tossed on Weller's porch some time - Monday night, had gone out almost as it reached, the percussion cap. It had been stifled by tape bound too .tightly about the mouth of the pipe. . Mrs. Weller fotmd it this morn ing wrapped In a-newspaper as she swept the porch. A guard Im mediately was placed about the home. - Authorities viewed the work as that of a "crank" angered be cause Weller had refused to free Clark, former deputy district at torney accused ot slaying Charles Crawford, wealthy politician, and Herbert Spencer, political editor and former newspaperman. The jury was dismissed on Sunday, deadlocked on a ballot of 11 to 1 for acquittal. - Game Conserving , Committees Will Arrive Thursday PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 25 Members of the senate committee o wild life conservation will meet here Thursday . with the state game commission to discuss game preservation laws for the Pacific northwest. The group Includes Senators Walcott, Connecticut, . Norbeck. South Dakota; Hawes, Missouri; PIttman, Nevada; and Paul G. Reddington, chief ot the United States biological surrey, and Carl Shoemaker, committee secretary. Walcott. arrived here yesterday. Senator Charles I McNary who introduced -the resolution creating the commjttee, will wel come the members to Oregon. Convict Escapes With But Short Period To Serve , Frank ' O'Brien, 2t, who received at the Oregon state pen itentiary here November 15, 1930 to serve 'a term of -one year for larceny in Umatilla county. Tues day afternoon escaped from a gun gang at the Institution an nex. O'Brien had served as a trusty tor several months. More than 20 guards were sent from he main prison to search for the fugitive. CHARGES ASSAULT PORTLAND, Ore., Ang. 25 (AP) Louis Tasker, taxi drlvr was bound over to the grand Jury here today in municipal court on a 'charge of assault and battery with an automobile- GAB EMU G ILLS Two Fire Fighters . Darned Fctdly in IdaKb Blaze Area : BOISE, Ida Aug. 25 (AP) Two fight fighters were bnrned to death to night on the ridge between Ploneerrille and the south fork of too Payette river. . ' The men were trapped be tween the main wall of flame and a spot fire which ' broke behind the fire lines. Their plight waa not known antli the bodies were found." - The victims later were ' identified as Nolan Warner, 28, ' Fillmore. . Utah, . and -Howard Harvey, Boise. Identification was made from portions of hunting li censes found a the bodies. FIRE BREAKSOVER Driven by HigkWind, Leaps Natural Break Despite Efforts Of Crews . BOISE, Ida.. Aug. 25 (AP) Forest fires with unabated fury broke through the strongest lines so far ' established In the Boise basin area and drove fire fighters before them on both sides of the bridge separating the Boise and Payette river drain ages. 1 The blaze was one of the most discouraging blows in the battle since the destruction of Quartz- burg and Granite creek. A well constructed fire line was established from Centerville through Grimes Pass . to the south fork of the Payette river. , Today the flames driven by a high wind, leaped the fire line between Grimes Pass and south fork and on the Boise side In the vicinity of the Golden Age mine. Fire fighters were massed in front of the breaks for a count er attack but the timber was so heaw little effect was annarent. A new line of resistenee will be worked out - overnight while the fire is quiet but it will not be assisted by the natural barrier provided by Grimes creek on the south side - of the ridge and a smaller creek on the other, v Fire lines continued to hold on the front of Grimes-Pass but fires were loosed on both sides of It. DEPUTY IS KILLED MEXICO CITY, Aug. 25 (AP) Deputy Amuel H. Ruis of Jalis co, was shot dead and two other congressmen were wounded to night when a discussion in the chamber of deputies ended In a shooting fray. In which more than 60 shots were tired. - Police Intervened and restored order after several minutes - ot fighting. Ruis had sought to defend the governor of Jalisco against charges brought by other . con gressmen .with a Tiew to having the governor deposed. Shouts greeted thedeputy's . efforts to make himself heard and the pre sident of the chamber ordered the session enaed. At this point Ruiz made himself heard, shouting that the attempt to cut the meeting short was "cowardice." This led to the shooting and Ruiz fell with eight bullets in his body. Deputy Sebastian AUende was so gravely injured It was feared he would die and Deputy Esteban Garcia Alba was wounded in the hand. . " Colonel Hoier On Flight East With Grandson PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 25 (AP) With his 19-year-old grandson. Robert Hofer, as pilot. Colonel E. Hofer, 76. veteran Oregon publisher, took off from the Tex Rankin airport here to day to fly to Cleveland, Ohio, to see the national air races. -i. They planned to make, the trip in easy stages and were to stop tonight at The Dalles. Robert Hofer has 140 hours of solo fly ing and Is piloting his own plane. FIGHTERS FJ ID SHOOTING Pendleton Roundup Due - To Open; Crowds Gather PENDLETON. Ore., Aug. 25. .(AP) First arrivals for the round-un began to trickle into Pendleton today and the first erowds are expected to aescena on the city tomorrow. -While Happy Canyon has been open to provide entertainment since. Monday night, the real show will start tomorrow night "with the annual premiere of the page ant depicting the coming ot the white man. Today, the cowgirl gr eaters troop was kept busy clattering to meet the visitors. When entrv hooks for the I ronnd-np were opened this after noon top nanaa . Known zar ana wide for prowess In bull-dogging, roping, bucking horse riding and racing started putting down their names. Highlights L of - Budget Session . ' Disapproved payment of about f 9,000 for snperri-' skm. ' - Balanced bnCget " by add lag 19,000 to emergency Hem on motion of -Director Frank Neer. S Passed resolution asking local legislators to work to rescind teachers tenure law. Voted down resolution for four school polling places af ter costs considered. ' - Withdrew objections to transportation item, when Chairman H. H. Olinger ex plained not a cent for It is paid by Salem taxpayers. Passed motion asking the school board, to call general taxpayers meeting in future before budget items settled. E Trades . and Labor Council Points out way to aid , Local Unemployed Salem people are to - be urged strongly to buy only locally made bakery goods and locally produc ed dairy products', and reject sup plies ot these eommodies which are being shipped here In great quantities by Portland concerns. particularly by non-union com panies, members of the Salem trades and labor council decided at their regular meeting last night. Ten thousand loaves of bread a day and one-third ot the butter used here are being sent la from esUiae.-Investigators reported. If Salem people can be persuaded to stick to home products In these lines, at least 30 more local work men can be employed here. It was pointed out. The council hopes, at the same time it - brings more business to Salem concerns, to annex' -them and their employes to union ranks., .. ; : To carry out this educational program, a committee of . three men was appointed : Frank . Mar shall, Clarence Townsend and Chris -Hampshire. RAIN FALLS HERE Bain fell in tiny but numerous drops for a short time starting about 8:30 otlock Tuesday night, then stopped and the clouds dis appeared. The forecast for today is for more cloudy weather. - As far as most Salem residents know there had been no rain since June 30, but early risers and the weather recorder knew there was a light rain just a week pre viously, on. August 18. early in the morning. ' t . - , :: PORTLAND, Ore.,. Aug. 25- (AP) A shower visited Port land tonight' interrupting. drought lasting since June -29, the longest dry spell on record since 1925. Portland's rainfall deficiency, since September 1, beginning- of the weather year. Is 9.92 inches. . , , ' Lausanne Fire Is Only Trash Three' fire trucks, ladder, pump er and chemical, were driven hur riedly to the vicinity of. Lausanne hall, on Winter street, shortly at ter S o'clock, last night when an alarm was telephoned In saying there- appeared to be a large tire there. .Firemen found a large pile of ties and . brush burning near the railroad track. The Georger Drumheller string of Agna Callente and Tia Juana race horses entered the barns to day finding its rival, the McCar ry snd Elliott string from Chug water, Wyo., already there. Since Sunday the, white cones ot Indian teepees have been ris ing In increasing number at the Indian Tillage on the round-up grounds. -Today the village con tained nearly 1000 Umatilla. Hannock, Nes Perce, Cayuse and Taklma. Round-up officials say they expect. 2 00 Q there by Thurs day afternoon when the round-up program opens. " - : ' Mail order seat sales were a lit tle ahead of those for last year, the management said, and the minimum attendance predicted Is even with last year's. - CE 0 HOM PRODUCTS IS URGED FOR FEW MINUTES 00. is Sans Same Amount Added to Emergency Fund For Schools Heated Discussion cn Economies Marks Annual Meet Rejection of the 19.000 Hmi for supervision in the Salem 1931-32 school budget won only a short-lived victory for taxpayers assembled at the hndrst rm(. ing last night. -Scoring the coup d'etat of a two-hour session packed with ver bal thrusts and connter-thrast. '. .tuuui director. moved to amend the emergency Itemto include an additional 9.- " 000. Neer's motion nmsi Chairman J. Lincoln Ellis voted favorably on a 15 to 15 tie. The bulk of the attack on tho budget was directed at thA t n school supervisors, and as soon as tnis was finished several st the nearly 60 taxpayer present left. The budget, as a whole was adopted, leaving the estimated ex- penauures at slightly more than 1420,000. Cannot Cut Out I .Supervision Now The action to do way with supervision through erasing the salaries cannot affect the system wis year, as the meeting was called simply to discuss the bud get, members of the school Ksvr4 explained. Only in case the board uaa attempted to make a special levy beyond the lx per cent limi tation WOUld the Vflf ft tn j.nt itnwa on items be obligatory upon tho ooaru, members said. Leading the taxnavers' battle. which marked the first appear ance of such a group before too board In more .than 12 years were John W. Hunt, former real estate man: Josenh Ben musician and postal employe: Mrs. Necia Buck, nrominent 1 the W. a T. U.; Sam Hughes, contractor. Roy V. Ohmart. cashier at tae woolen mills offered a resolution asking for at least four voting places. Director Frank Neer objected to the resolution on rround fear places would provide no check on voters unless all funds for regis tration were Included in the bud get. He declared most of the peo ple who i voted were downtown anyway. ' Sam Hughes took exceDtion: "Only a small percentage of the voters go to the polls; the four places would mean more expense. but they would also rive more men and women a- chance to vote." At this noint Banner Inter posed, and from that point on dis cussion was free and pointed. This Is a -typical taxDavers gathering," he declared: "We meet together to talk low ering of costs, and spend the whole evening making them greater. If we aren't going to lower thenr let's 'go home and bemean the school board forever after. Let's get at the 39.000 en supervision; I'd like to see it cut In-two." In short order the resolution for four Toting booths was- voted down and tne group was consid ering the budget item on super vision of instruction, in which falls the 9,000 target ef the meeting. - Hunt was insistent that this 9,000 was the chief bone of contention, and. said "personally, five teachers have talked to mo about supervisors. They don't want them and don't like them." Hug TeUs Theory 0 KnTWPvlslAn Mrs. Buck demanded an ex planation of the supervisory sys tem, to which. Supt. George Hug responded. He pointed out that (Turn to page 2. col.. 1) FJERlTlitTOil PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 25 (AP) Bearing letters of greet ing and invitations to the 1932 Rose festival from Governor Meier to Governor White of Ohio and from Mayor Baker to mayors of a number ot cities. Rolls L. Sim mons will take off from the Port- land airport August SI In a plane piloted by Lee U. Eyerly, manager of the Salem municipal airport. The fliers destination wiU bo Cleveland ari the national air races, but a number of stops are planned on the way. rThe purpose is to make the trip a sort of ad vertising junket for the state. Stops planned are Baker, Ore.: Boise and Pocatello, Ida.; Chey enne, Wyo.;' North Platte and Omaha, Neb.; Council Bluffs. Dea Moines and Davenport, la.; Can ton. Peoria and Chicago, I1L; In dianapolis, Ind., and Cincinnati, Colnmbns. Cleveland. Tnlede anil Greenfield, Ohio. , GOODWILL JAUriT ' f ' ' - -- -
