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slowly, rising temperature ;
Max. Temp. . Thursday OO,
Kin. 46, river -3.S , feet,
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EUiHTY-KIILST YEAR
SEIflPJILtlfld:
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August Gain in Employment
" .- Only Seasonal Says -Federation
Head
Shorter; H ours, Dividing up
; Jobs; Only .Solution
: " Green Declares!
WASHINGTON. Aug. 27 (AP)
An' estimate that the unemploy
ment total will reach 7,600.000
this winter came today from Pres
ident William Green of the Amer
ican federation of labor as Wal
ter S. Glf ford, national relief di
rector, went ahead with plans to
- prevent distress.
Green said August had seen a
.light, gain in employment, but
..that this. was only a seasonal im
provement which would "net les
sen our. winter problem." He esti
' mated there were 5,100.000 Job
lesron August i. ' '.- -
"Even allowing for the tempor
ary fall gain in employment," he
said, "we will hare some 2,000,
000 more to provide for 'in addi
tion to the fire million now out of
. work. '
"There Is only one way to less
en this number of unemployed:
for industry to keep men at work
by shortening work hours and di
viding arallable jobs among all.
This with a guarantee of work to
the minimum force In each plant,
would be an immense bulwark
against business depression this
winter.- .
.Green said f. 8.4 ;per eent of
the federation's membership was
, (Turn to page 8. col. 2)
GETAWAY
Mill BIB PAYROLL
' SEATTLB, Aug."?X (AP)
Fire shots fired in an automobile
chase down First avenue late to
day failed to halt two young men
who held up and robbed two
' messengers of the $6,000 payroll
of the Puget - Sound Navigation
company. . j " .
One snatched a sack from Ov
erhonse, containing the payroll.
$4,000 cash and $2,000 in checks,
which he was carrying Trom Col
man dock to a bank. The other,
brandishing a gnn. ordered Over
house and Mock to "standstill or
we'll blow your brains out,"
while they fled down an alley.
Patrolman J. B. Sherry saw the
' fleeing pair, commandeered an
automobile and gave chase, stand
ing on the running board, he fired
five shots and said he believed one
truck the driver of the wildly
careening car.
Ambles Across
English Channel
On 'Water Skis9
DOVER, England, Aug. 27.
' (AP) Karl Naumestnlk walked
across the English channel today.'
He did lton "water skis" canoe-like
devices equipped with
cross pieces and capable of, being
operated backwards or forward by
a standing or sitting ski-walker.
Naumestnlk started " from Cape
Griz Nez. France, at daybreaK
with' a fishlnr "boat, at Convoy,
and stepped on the English shore
taa. eft.i A. it m the first
person ever to walk the channel,
s
ogdn
tiers
S
HOOD FAMILY lUXHCRT
ALBANY. Ore., Aug. 27 (AP)
Hurled from their beds thia
morning by a ylolent explosion,
Mr. and Mrs. Irvln L. Hood dis
covered that a dynamite charge
had been set off In a woodpile in
. their basement. . . . - - -1
No member of the family was
injured, but the basement was
wrecked and windows, dishes and
- glassware on the first and second
floors were broken. The building
Itself suffered little damage.
Only clues found by police were
three pieces of blackened fuse.
Hood aald ha had no known enl
emles and he was Inclined to be
lieve the incident a youthful
prank. . . . . - -
WILL ACT NEXT WEEK
PORTLAND, Ore.; Aug". 27
(AP) A special dispatch to the
Morning . Oregocian . tonight - said
the Job of selection a site for the
northwest soldiers' home in Ore
gon wai "so hot" the hospitalism
tion board had postponed actios
until next week. ...:.-..--.
A great accumulation of data
regarding the Eugene and Rose
burg sites is to bo digested,' re
quiring many hours of the board,
the dispatch said. After executive
sessions Tuesday and today, the
board concluded to postpone ac
tion so as not to hold up action
on other matters. . .
; Failure of the board to dispose
of the problem promptly was
VCkX.
fere yZohePdt roiled
Tp BalkFireb ugh in
Efforts 16-Rekindle
Flames. Sweeping' Toward Lowman, Guards
i . '. - .nf I K mvm fn Pranar Dfanaa 'i
'' Situation
BOISE, Idaho, An. 27. (AP) Soldiers armed with
ipicks and shovels anjd . their officers with, pistols pa
trolled a 25-mile front along ' the Fayette river tonight,
wutchio? for "firebugs'? suspected of attempts to keep going
the. conflagration -that has held 600 to, 1000,. men on the
f ire lin for the pjist week. ; '-'r ?. ( ; . ;
. ' . " ' ,'i '. ' ' 'i.q I One man was hunted down and
BABBI BERKOWITZ -1:
UiiED MILK CZAR
Will, be Arbiter in Salem,
; Portland,' Vancouver
;.v Areas, Says Kerr
PORTLAND,' Ore., Aug. 27.
(AP) Facing his responsibility
as "an opportunity for pnblle ser
vice." Rabbi Henry; J. Berkowlts.
leader of Temple Beth Israel,' to
day accepted appointment as arbi
ter for the milk industry in -the
Portland, Salem ' and Vancouver
areas. : '
Berkowlts said that, being in a
position entirely neutrsl, he would
be bound only by his desire for
complete Justice.
Dr. W. J. Kerr,' president of
Oregon 1 State college, announced
the appointment today. The Job
of choosing the milk czar was
placed upon him -by a committee
representing both producers and
distributors. Of Berkowlts, . he
said: j
"It la gratifying to know that
he meets with the 'approval-of
both producers and distributors,
and I believe his selection will go
far toward further harmonizing
&e interests of the great Industry
involved." .
The rabbi headed the committee
which brought contending factors
together during the recent milk
war, with a truce- as the-result.
The agreement provided for price
arrangements between the distrib
utors and the Dairymen's Cooper
ative association covering a three-year-period
? and also called for
naming of a permanent arbiter, i
DO-X FiTDS JAUNT
OF U00 MILES
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NEW YORK, Aug. 2.7. -(AP)
A giant of the sky and sea. the
112-passenger DO-X, alighted ort
the tip of Manhattan today to
the accompaniment of a roaring
welcome that for once drowned
out the drone of Its 12 motors.
The" big craft had been nine
months and ,22 days on Its way
from Switzerland to New York.
It completed the S0-000-mIle
circultont flight despite delays
circuitous flight despite delay
trouble, gales, official red tape,
damns from waves, court Injunc
tions and the seizure of Its fuel
supply by Portuguese revels.
"We- learned things explain
ed Lieutenant , C. H. Schildhauer
of Philadelphia, who brought the
giant flying boat down on the
choppy: waves of the harbor to
day. "We have contributed to
aviation by discovering new facts
about the effects on planes of
erosion and humidity. The flight
was a great success."
lit predicted that in five years
New York would see flylntr boats
twice the elf e of the DO-X.
Albany Home Dynamited ;
Site Selection is Delayed !
County Court Cuts Pay '
Railroad Grading: Ended
seen as an indication or tnat
unanimity of opinion was lacking.
Major General nines is to leave
tomorrow for Kansas City and the
board is expected to take no ac
tion before his return.
ALL EMPLOYES HIT
BEND, Ore Aug. 27 (AP)
A 15. per evt redaction In
salaries of all clerks, deputies
and road ; crew members haa
been ordered by the Deschutes
county court. The court also
cut down Uie mileage allow
ance for the county school su
perintendent and water master
to. sevca cents av mile. Salary
cuts are effective September l.
STEEL BEING LAID
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Aug.
27 (Ap) Grading of the Great
Northern extension " from Klam
ath Falls 93 miles south of Bie
ber, Calif., has been completed,
Johnson - brothers, construction
company officials, announced
here today. The company held the
grading contract.
Within two weeks, the an
nouncement ' said, steel will bo
laid to Bleber where the line Is to
connect with the Western Pacific.
The i . Johnson - company will
move in a few days to Bend where
it holds contract for grading the
imnroved right of . way of the
r.reat Northern 24 miles .to the
south,: : t .. . . -
is Critical - 1 ' rT-
arrested near. Ceatervllle on sus
picion of ' starting fires" back of
the lines and attempts ,to start
others. ' His name was' given as
John Posche, transient. A dozen
"undesirables" were ordered out
of the fire area,
; The extra vigilance was inaug
urated as part of a gtgantl : effort
to atop, the flames before -they
reached Lowman. now ten miles
or lees from the -.head of flames
sweeping np the south fork of
the Payette river. ? '
Forest officials said the situa
tion 'was critical. A ' troop of
guardsmejt - was - dispatched early
in the day to Lowman to prepare
to defend the tow'. Several large
crews of men were planted six
(Turn. to page 8, coL 1)
RELIEF WORK HERE
Br ARMY 1S T
Large Amount is Handled by
Salvationists; Meals
Given Total 7500
Food, clothing and cash to the
amount of $1802.39 were handled
by the Salvation army in its re
lief work the past year. It was "re
vealed In the annnal report made
at a "meeting of tho advisory
board last night at the Gray Belle
silver grille. While the larger
part of the work was done for the
local needy families, the Army
provided 7600 meals In Its soup
kitchen and gave overnight sleep
ing accommodations to 1102 per
sons, most of whom were transi
ents. The total cash expended
was $J430.
The 12 members of the board,
of which Douglas McKay is chair
man, expect to continue their re
lief work the coming winter on an
even larger scale. Its scope, they
say, irTll be limited only in pro
portion to the support they can
rally f rorn Salem citizens. '
This year's financial campaign
for the Army is to be altered from
that of previous years, the board
members have decided- The drive
(Turn to page 8, col. 2)
Lynch Freed By :
Kidnapers, Will s
, File No Charge
CHICAGO, Aug. 27(AP) A
gang of kidnapers released John
J. Lynch early today after hold
ing him for a week, leaving offi
cials to guess at their Identity
and whether their ransom de
mands had been met. " : . f . "
, Lynch, part owner In a horse
race information bureau, disap
peared last Thursday while en
route from his Chicago office to
his summer i home in Lake Gene
va, Wis. He drove up to the house
at 4:30 a. m., today in his own
automobile, with a seven day
growth of beard and a ravenous
appetite. ,
"f am not folng to make a
complaint to anyone," he said af
ter a brief rest, ar gulag that ran
som demands of $250,000 had
been refused. .
Gladys Admits
Maybe Handicap
A Bit Generous
BARTLESVILLE. Ok'la.. Aug.
27 (AP) Two versions of why
girl filers are leading the Santa
Monica-Cleveland handicap air
derby were available tonight af
ter the contestants had landed at
this control point after a flight
from Amarillo. Texas. - ;
Mrs. Gladys O'Donnell, Long
Beach, CaL, avlatrrx who led the
racers today, attributed the better
score ofthe women to wrong cal
culations. She asserted the han
dicaps for. some of the planes had
not been computed correctly.
Derby officials did not share
Mrs. O'Donnell's opinion. '
"Some of the girls hare been
doing the better flying." said J.
A. Woodward, an official. "That'a
all there Is to It." ' -
Roosevelt Gives
Bourbons Chance
To Make Demand
' ALBANY. N. Y.. Aug.- 27
(AP) Got. Roosevelt today gave
Tammany Hall its chance to make
& demand , on the legislature for
an investigation into the corrup
tion the democrats claim exists In
upstate republican stockholds '
In a special message to the ex
traordinary session of the legls
ture the governbr said it had be
come his duty to transmit the de
mand from the democrats ' J -
Sale a, Oregon, Friday Morning, August 28, 1931
Charge', Banking Interests
Caused Downfall of 1
-Recent Regime1-.
Fight oh Economy Program
To.be Waged; StimsorY
Arid Premier Talk X
LONDON, Aug. 21 (AP)
Ramsay MacDonaldY'ikew nation
al government was repudiated this
afternoon by the British organised
labor movement but continued to
grapple with the national finan
cial crisis throughout a crowded
day. - :- '
The prime minister breakfast
ed, with Secretary of State Henry
L. Stlmson at. 10 Downing' street.
The breakfast-was Interpreted In
government circles as a gestureof
Anglo-American friendship.
No good will was forthcoming
for the MacDonald ministry from
labor ranks, however. Late today
in a .bitter manifesto denounced
the national government In
strong terms and charged that
private banking interests precip
itated Britain's crisis and caused
the change in government.
The manifesto, -which Is an
open declaration, of war on the
national government's economy
program that is aimed at saving
the country from a $400,000,000
budget deficit, was Issued Jointly
by the trades union congress gen
eral council, the national execu
tive committee of the labor party
and the consulatlve committee of
the parliamentary labor party.'
SEflJflLOliFE
COMMITTEE VISITS
Senator Charles L. McNiry was
In Portland yesterday to confer
with a committee of United States
senators who are making a - nation-wide
trip to study wild lite
resources for a report to congress.
Senator Frederick C. Walcott,
committee chairman, of Connecti
cut, was a luncheon guest at the
McNary homo Wednesday and
Senators Kay Pittman of Nevada
and Harry B. Hawea of Missouri
will be entertained there this af
ternoon. Senator McNary and
Senator Peter Norbeck of South
Dakota are the other members of
the committee.
This group recently returned
from Alaska, a part of their itin
erary. They are scheduled to In
spect the state game farm at Eu
gene this weekend.
There is a move on foot to form
a new federal department to deal
with the conservation of wild life
and the report of this committee
Is expected to have a bearing upon
the subject. Although It Is saidl
that it will be two years before
this eommlttee will hake its final
report to congress, an announce
ment concerning its activities is
expected to be made within the
next few days.
Third Story To
Be Erected On
1 Inman Building
..-.- -
. SILVERTON. Aug. 27. A
third story will be added to. the
Inman building on the corner of
First and Oak streets, It was an
nounced by Lee Inman, owner, to
day. The new addition will be de
voted to apartments, with work
starting In the very near -future.'
Plans have already been complet
ed, and S. M. McClang, local con
tractor, has been engaged to take
charge of the work.
Mr. ind Mrs. Inman recently re
turned here to make their home
after an absence of several years,
having lived In Salem, Springfield
and Portland. Since Quitting the
plumbing business here - Inman
has turned to aviation, being as
sociated with Lee Eyerly in Sa
lem for awhile.- He holds an air
plane pilot's license.
Twelve Rescued
After Big Plane
: Plunges in Sea
GLOUCESTER, Mass.. Aug. 27
(AP) Twelve persons were
rescued from the foggy waters off
Gloucester early tonight after a
12-passenger Pan-American Air
ways amphibian plane, bound
from Halifax to Boston, plunged
into the sen. and sank before their
eyes. ' One passeffger, , Edward
Ban well, about 70. was missing.
He had boarded the plane, at Hal
ifax. . -.-i
A fishing schooner feeling Its
way into port, came upon the
nine passengers and three mem
bers of the crew as they clung to
a pontoon, the . only part of the
huge ship to stay afloat. , .
PRINCIPAL RESIGNS f
- SEATTLE. Aug. 27. (API
Leonard Case, Hoqulam' school
principal arrested- here on the
complaint of one of his teachers
of "unwelcome attentions,", late
today submitted . his resignation
to Hoqulam school authorities.
Berger Becomes
'Lieutenant Now
ARM IN E. BERGER
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Named First Lieutenant and
Will be Personal Aide
To General Rilea
- Staff Sergeant Artnln E. Berger
of Salem became first lieuten
ant of Infantry Thursday, accord
ing to orders Issued by Major
General George A. White, com
mander of the Oregon national
guard.
Coincident with - the appoint
ment Brigadier-General Thomas
E. Rilea announced the. assign
ment of Lieutenant Berger as his
aide-de-amp, succeeding Harry L.
Riches, who recently was promot
ed to captain and assigned to
the command of Company I, 102d
Infantry, at Sllverton. , "
In commenting upon the selec
tion of Lieutenant Berger for as
signment as his personal aide
General Rilea said: "Lieutenant
Berger was one of the outstand
ing noncommissioned officers In
the service and I consider his
promotion, well merited. Last year
he attended -one of the service
schools In the east and graduated
attthe head of-bis class. At that
time he was awarded a gold med
al for being the most outstanding
and' efficient noncommissioned
officer Including both the regu
lar army and national guard In
attendance at the sehooL 1
Lieutenant Berger la 31 years
old and has been a member of
the Oregon - national guard ap
proximately seven years. He Is a
graduate of Salem high . school,
the North Pacific Dental college
and the Medical Field Service
school.. He Is married and la a
practicing dentist.
Immediate, Work
On Short Route
To Ocean Urged
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 27
(AP) Immediate construction of
two short routes from Portland
to the sea the Wilson river road
to Tillamook and the Vernonia
Hamlet routed was indorsed here
tonight by delegates from . the
four northwest counties. Uptown
Portland association called the
meeting and its president. Wil
liam F. Woodward, acted as chair
man. : -
It was decided that a committee
consisting of one representative
each from .Clatsop, Tillamook.
Columbia, Washington and Mult
nomah counties and the president
and secretary of the uptown or
ganlsatlon .would be appointed to
submit the demand for construc
tion of the two roads to the- state
highway commission. :
Lindy Works Qn .
Plane, Plans to
Fly Over China
TOKYO, Aug. 27. (AP)
Stealing away from receptions and
demonstrations. ' Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh today Inspected the
seaplane in which he and his wife
flew from New York, and ordered
it overhauled for continuance of
their t& cation flight.
- Aside from their announced in
tention to Tiilt China, the future
flight plans of the Lindberghs
were a mystery. Reports they
would go to Australia and would
make a world flight were met with
the smiling responaa that plans
were indefinite. -
Police Abandon
Probe of Price
g Death, Announce
; . '
- SAN 'FRANCISCO, Aug. 17
(AP) Although San , Francisco
police - had abandoned Efforts to
solve the mysterious death of Mrs.
Daisy Price, who plunged from a
window to her death after a par
ty; here early Sunday' morning,
navy officials . today were contin
uing their investigation. , -" "
Mrs. Price was the wife of
Lieutenant Commander George D.
Price, naval at iator. He was en
roate to West Virginia- with his
wife'a body tonight, -
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DEATH TOLL OF
0 ESCAPE
1
Four Convicts. Shoot Selves
- After Falling Jo -set h
Away at-Manquette c
fhsician : and Trusty;, are
1 j Other -Fatalities;; in ; r
; : Delivery Attempt v
MARQUETTE. Mich- Aug.
27.
(AP) Six men were dead
to-
night as the result of an attempt
by. four long term convicts to es
cape from the Michigan ' branch
prison here today.'
The sixth, Frank Oligschlager,
a trusty, died shortly before mid
night. The prisoners shot and killed
the- acting prison physician,
wounded Ogllschlager. .another
trusty, and a guard and then end
ed their own lives when they jr ere
cornered. -
Warden James P. Corgan pre
vented a general prison riot, or
dering all the convicts to their
cells after three of the four who
planned the escape barricaded
themselves in the industrial build
ing shortly after 8 a. m.. carrying
two guards as hostages and de
manded they be allowed to go
free. y
The physician, slain at the out
set of the escape attempt, was Dr.
A. W. Hornbogen, consulting-surgeon
and acting prison doctor. .
The four prisoners who. shot
themselves were Andro . (Tony)
Germano, Toledo, sentenced to 35
to $0 yeara for wounding a Bir
mingham, Mich., patrolman: -Leo
Duver. Detroit, serving a life term
tor robbery; Frank Hohfer. De
troit, serving 20 to 60 years for
kidnaping, and Charles Roseburg.
Detroit, serving -20 to 40 yeara
tor robbery.
JHTI-SITH FIDS
OF CJB'J TRACED
WASHINGTON. . Ang. 27
(AP) The senate campaign
funds committee listened today to
the story of how Edwin C Jame
son, New York capitalist, gave
fa.300 to Bishop-Jamea Cannon.
Jr.. as head of the anti-Smith
democratic committee in the 1928
campaign and to the report of its
expert. Basil Manly, of what hap
pened to most of that sum.
The committee room was
thronged as Manly testified . the
records showed Bishop Cannon
opened six new banking accounts
during the campaign and - from
one of these in which he put more
than $48,000 in "political funds"
he withdrew on his own checks
$23,278.
Manly said that of this $28.
278 the checks were traced to
show that $17,450 was put In the
bishop's personal account to the
American National bank of Rich
mond. He said $528 was used to
curtail a note - on a bank at
Blackstone, Va.; $5,000 was
spent for a certificate of deposit
in the Citizens Bank and Trust
company, Blackstone; and $5,300
for another interest bearing cer
tificate from the bank of Crewe,
Va.
Beer Man Says
; Fate Is Crtiel
PORTLAND, Ore.i Aug. 27.
(AP) John Gafner feels that
things are go.lng Jujt a little bit
too badly with him. f
First he was jailed for manu
facturing beer..
Then, while he was In jail,
someone broke into his house and
stole three of his best 10-gallon
crocks and 200 beer bottles.
a He reported the theft today.
KELSO MAN, DROWNS I
LONGVHCW. Wash., Aug. 17.
(AP) Mike Reardon, 30. of
Kelso, fell into the Kalama river
while on a fishing trip late today
and. drowned. His body was re
covered within 45 minutes. : j
EFFOR
X
Six of Star Scratchers
At Pendleton Bite Dust
PENDLETON, Ore.. Aug. 27
(AP) Out of ten top riders- who
mounted outlaws here today to
try for world's bucking champion
ship honors, six gra'ibed hand
fuls of corral dust, while the other
four made rides that brlught the
spectators to. their feet. And that
was the way all the first day's pro
gram of the twenty-second Pen
dleton round-up went. . Tough
horses and steers, . were pitted
against some 'of the best-knowp
contesting cowboys, r -
'Promised rivalry between star
ropers developed at the outset
when both Jack McClure, New
Mexico,- who has one leg up on
the Sam Jackson trophy and Boh
Crosby, also ef New Mexico, own
er of the Roosevelt trophy, drop
ped for down the timers lists. -
lk Dude, Montana, roped.
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Borax Smith of
Mining FamIsif
tDead of Injury
OAKLAND. Cal.i An av- 27
(API i Frande M." "Bofax"
kmithr arlr dir-California min-
ring. and ireal estate magnate- who
made a fortune almost overnight
when he dlscoYC-ed borax - in
Death valley, died at an Oakland
hospital today of injuries recelred
In a fall at his &ome hero three
days ago.
Smith, who was $4, was once
possessor of a xortune estunatea
at $200,000,000. Although he
had Invested In real estate, trac
tion companies, and Nevada min
ing properties. Smith was report
ed to have only a small portion of
his fortune left when he died.
F
BY GASOLINE BLAST
Big Storage Plant. Burns as
Additional Disaster in
Hankow Region
HANKOW. China. Aug. 27'
(AP) (Delayed in transmis
sion) The Texas OH company's
big plant here in which company
officials estimated' was stored
gasoline and kerosene worthT$l,-
000.000 Mexican (IZQO.ouo goia)
caught tiro early this afternoon
and tonight was burning spectac
ularly. I
Tin containers and steel drums
were blasted to xreat heights.
Because o! the flood situation
fire f iahters were helpless.
Conditions in the native city of
Hankow, which - the Associated
Press correspondent toured to
day in a boat, still are horrible.
There are vast areas of unbroken
water where last5" week stood
rickety bnlldings. The structures
hare subsided beneath the flood
waters. ..
Nevertheless, hundreds of roof
dwellers cling . precariously to
their insecure perches, becoming
dally more emanciated and miser
able. . Doctors are waging a strenuous
battle to save these unfortunates,
' (Turn to page 3, coL 2)
NEW YORK. AugiCJ7 (AP)
Leonard Wood. Jr., son of .the
distinguished Major General,
whose 39 years encompassed a
series of tragic incidents that led
him to polishing brass rails on a
harbor boat, died In a hospital
today. , -
The son- of the late MajorGen-
eral Leonard Wood, former gov
ernor general of the Philippines,
succumbed to a sudden onset of
labor pneumonia in Bellevue hoe-
puai. .
; In a comparatively short . life,
Wood experienced the first warm
glow of success as a writer and
then plunged into bankruptcy.
Only a few months ago friends
found him polishing' brass rails
on a harbor boat. He was penni
less and discouraged. The death
of his father in 1927 had moved
him deeply, friends said.
Six Hour Day Is
PlanFor Mills
SILVERTON. Aug. 27. A new
working schedule will go Into ef
fect at the Silver Falls mill here
September 1, It was announced
by officials today. The working
hours will be shortened from
eight to six tor six days a week.
The mill has been -running on a
48-hour week schedule since July
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"busted and tied his longhorn in
17.2 seconds for the beat time. Ev
erett Bowman, Arizona, and Billy
Wilkinson, Wyoming, tied for first
in calf-roping with 1J.Z seconds.
- In the bulldogglng, Frank Mc
Carroll, Idaho, was away out Jq
front? with 17.1 seconds. " .-
Freddie Hunt, .riding the Me
Carty and Elliott string, Chagwa
ter, Wyo., won the day's cowboy
relay heat. V; - -
Reba RobertsPuyallup, Wash',
was first In the cowgirls pony
race. - : . ,
, The management set at about
2200 the number of Indians who
paraded ln their feature- of the
program, They . are camped in
tepees on . the grounds. Semi
finals in arena events will held
tomorrow and finals Saturday.
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Norlkern Idaho Fired.,
Again Roar Out
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MISSOULA, Mont, Aug. 17
(AP) Regional headquarter
was advised the bodies of feun
forest tire fighters were disc
ered late today near' Waldro
creek, west of Choteau. "
The bodies were not imme
diately Identified but they were
presumed to be those of four et
the five men reported missing
from the - crew in the Lewis and
Clark national forest. ,
The men who had been missies;
were Charles Allen of Pittsburgh
Fa,, Herbert Novotny, Harry Gun
nerson. Ted Bierchen and Frank
Williams, all of Great Falls. They;
apparently had been cut off Tue
day by circling flames.
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SPOKANE. Aug. 27 (AP) .
The vast Mage forest fire in thtf
Coenr d'AIene region of Idabof
took on a "political" aspect to
day as 1100 men battled unsue
cessfully to check It. "
Before winds it roared ove
Wilson creek to Taft creek, aft
denuding President and- Vic
President creeks. Debs creek
next will be reached, fighter
said. , '
Two spot fires near Mica hay ca
Lake Couer d'AIene, in the sama
region, had spread to between
and 1,000 acres tonight.
The yraak river fire, which
started more than a month ago en
Deer creek in northeastern Idaho,
was roaring with renewed fury to-,
night with 1.500 discouraged men
battling lf
; ST. LOUIS. Aug. 28. (Friday)'
(AP) A bomb which exploded
with terrific force after appar
ently having been .thrown front
a passing automobile, rocked tha
downtown district of St. Louie
early today. s
It tore a hole a foot in diam
eter In the sidewalk-In front ot
a cigar store and Tacing hand
book office, and broke scores of
windows.
Police reported that William'
Bommarlto, who was' walking
nearby when the blast' occurred
was critically injured by nytnat '
glass. A passing "automobile was
badly damaged but the driver
escaped uninjured. "
! CHICAGO, Aug. 27. (AP)
Three small outlying theaters, in
volved in difficulties with the mo
tion picture operators union and
employing operators from eastern.
cities, were bombed late tonight
Gandhi Off for
London Parley
In Dust Croud
SIMLA, India, Aug. 27 (API
Wearing his cobwebby shawl
and loin cloth, Mahatma Gandhi
entered a small American auto
mobile tonight and made a wild
dash from his- little shanty on
the slopes of the Himalayas
through 100 miles of -twisting,
dangerous roads to" the railroad
station at Kalka.
With only a few minutes to
spare he caught the frontier ex
press which will tske him to Bom
bay, where he will embark Satur
day an his way to the round tansa
conference at London .
An understanding with Vlcerey
Lord Willlngdon on the points at
Issue between the government and
the nationalists resulted in his de
cision to go to London, and result
ed also in that breakneck ri&3
down the mountainside.
Paper Company
Notes Increase
In Its Prof its
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 27.
CAP), A gain in earnings of
Crown Willamette Paper company
was reported today. The nt for
the quarter ended July 21 was
$890,148 or $4.48 a share on
200.000 shares of first preferred
cumulative - stock outstanding.
This compared with $439,353 or
$3.20 a share in the like quarter
of last year."
The gain In net Income amount
ed to more than 40 per cent prof
it before depreciation.' depletion.
bond interest and -Income tares
totaled $2,239,013-for the July
quarter this year. This Is 22 r
cent better than the $1,840,44 3
la the Ilka 1930 quarter.
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