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W . PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Wednesday- Morning, September 2, 1931 f BANK ROBBERY SUSPECT HELD Man Says he was Forced to ; Aid Bandits' Escape; , Story is 'Doubted (Continued from page I) window as the men escaped from th bank building. The First National bank i-AiwnAii'W obIt a few months ago, moving from Canby end oc cupying the -Banding r wnicn honsed the old Aurora State bank, nnw defnnct. I: ,r - Intense excitement and high. feeling tor the town eariy tn year when the doors of the Au rora state bank were closed fol lowing a ran after salt! was filed ' Against the Willamette Valley the old State bank were also of ficer! of the loan association. "H.'B. Evans, cashier; of the new. bank, was out ot town1 this afternoon. . I' J Sheriff O. Dv Bower of Marion county declared late last night that he had had no report from Aurora on a bank robbery there, and that none of his deputies had bee sent to that place. Sheriff ! Bower said he heard rumors late in the afternoon that the bank had been robbed, bat i that when no official word came : to put no credence In itj especial ! ly in view of the fact the report i said 15,000 hadbeen taken. - -j The: suspect arrested by a state officer was brought to te police j station at about midnight by i Wayne Gurdane, ;captain; In - the i state police organization.! The oi 1 fleers , who had been working on i the bank robbery case declined to ! discuss what leads , they may hare had as to the whereabouts of the other men involved PUNB MIL 1. CLOSE H SOON (Continued from page 1$ judge of the baaketry. I Fifteen points fowaTd playground honors were- awarded to the winner of first place 10 to second :and fire to third. i -:! " -.-. - The girls' croa.net champion ship at lfth street was won this week by" Theodora Boatflenr. Der is Marston fraa. runner-up., Other girls competing were Opal ile wcrt. Janeti,Fryer, Helen Wilson, Winona Robinette and Rachel: Yo com. 1 ' i . 1 ' I . i The city playground program has been superrised this; summer by Mrs. Grace Wolgamott, super Tisor of physical education for city schoolSt-The directors at 14th '. street are Mrs. Vivian Bartholo mew. Harold Hault and Esther Ar nold. Mrs. Margaret E; ; Nelson had -charge of the Lincoln field nntit the advent of the boo- pick ing season, when she took over the recreational program at Lake brook. Miss Maybelle Bnxeh ihas been director there for the past three -weeks. " - -j" -; - SIXTEEN LOOMS Fi USD MILL BOUGHT ! - . : 5"-' : ' - t ' . ' -" ., (Continued, from page; 1) : Gilbralth, continues to manage, Is operating full time and has an or der book 111 for several ; months, carrying through the winter. ' Considerable time was spent;by Mr. GUbrattn on his trip as selling -tot a flair Industry - nrodueU. Customers called for samples ana 1 shipped. One possible ouyer said he would, take all of a certain : grade it the Quality was satlsiac i toryw Russian competition; is keen- It felt in the fibre end of the flax J: business, saidH Gilbralth. The Russians are seiUng at any price, ifor cash, to use in providing for I eign exchange. iThis forces down I ward resdjustment ot American prices.. ; ESCKIG PATIEFJT PLUtlGES TO DEATH - "WVL. Blanchard. 65,1 a pa tient at the Oregon state hospital, tell to his death - early Tuesday while attempting to escape from the Institution. A sheet; ladder, by which Blanchard was lowering himself from the third floor f the hospital, broke. Of flciala ! said that-Blanchard's death was instan taneous. Hospital attendants said: that Blanchard had evidently picked a lock pa the door ot his ward, while an entertainment for the patients was in progress! on the tirat Door. j-; t ;. - Blanchard was received at the hospital for the second jtlme on December 26. 1925, from i Multno mah county. His widow, VI r. Lu cile Blanchard lives in Portland. ! Principal Will Be on Duty at Leslie School ! : To register new students and plan for the year's work. Princi pal LaMoine R. Clark will return to her office at Leslie Junior high school today. AH children intend ing to enter either of the three high schools this month, who have not already signed up, are being urged to do so this week or early nett, In order that there may be as little last minute confusion as possible. i-J . Superintendent George Hug an jounced .yesterday that the of- f Ices of the- three secondary schools will be open for registra tion every afternoon, " O- HEIRESS TO MILLIONS WpDS j . rs,. j . . - - -r -r 1"- , f . . ; : . :: . ; ....... 'fi Heiress to the flfty-one-miUion-dollar utilities maenate. Miss Marv Sue with Whipple Van Ness Jones, Harvard student, from Oconomowoc, Wis., te Waukecran. llL. where they Jones is just eighteen, and her anown, above have knewn each other since childhood, having spent their Summers at the Wisconsin resort for years. SeoSks (Continued from page 1): lice said,1 followed eloe!y the stories of the shooting told by Becker, Mrs. Carter and the two Carter children, Olice, 16, and James, 9. t 1 1 Almost the, only deviation was in regard to the amount et mon ey Carter owed Becker for the room i in tee latter s loagtag house.: Ooe said it was 2.70 and the other, J 2. 80. The amount didn't matter, po lice said. Carter was dead. Becker, said he was. insistent over the room rent- payment be cause the Carters had their bags all packed and he figured they were i planning to leave right away. He had heard, he said, that they had left another place without paying rent. The landlord also made a self- defense plea, with the declaration that Carter drew a knife during their argument in the hallway. According to the ; stories told police by the Carters, .Becker and neighbors, the shooting happened outside the house after Becker, being refused payment, had lock ed the family in the-room. Carter dropped the family, lug gage out the window and follow ed to the ground. .Then police were told. Becker fired two shots, one of which -was fatal. The Carters had'recently mov ed to Portland from Oregon City in search of employment. PLEA FOR LOWER OIL HATES HEARD Testimony in connection with the i proposed - new i tariff of the Oregon railroads, providing - for material reductions in freight rates on petroleum and petroleum products, . was taken by C. M. Thomas, i public utilities commis sioner,; at a hearing held here Tuesday.: ' ' The new tariff, filed more than a month ago, was suspended by the utilities commissioner at the reuest i ot truck operators. These operators alleged that the new rates were a hoax, , and were sought: for the purpose of destroy ing truck competition. The -railroad companies con tended! that the newf rates were Justified : as a result of the ex isting huslness depression. Virtually all of the railroads and truck operators engaged In hauling petroleum and petroleum products i . were represented at Tuesday's hearing. 1 Thomas indicated that it would require . at least two j weeks to prepare an order in the case. Breiihaupi in . New Location, 1 State Street The- ci F. Brelthaupt florai shop has' been opened In the western half of the salesroom oc cupied by the Vlbbert and Todd, electrical supply dealers, atr 468 State atreet. Breithapt new lo cation gives him .an attractive display window and entrance, and a long: floor and shelf space for Inside - showing of flowers and receptacles. In addition he has enough room In the base ment 'of ! the building to accom modate the greater jpart of the equipment he uses In r making floral pieces, f .J ;'!-' The transfer of hit stock from the old shop! at al 2 State street was accomplished without loss of business hours. O'Leary Again UInRestaurani Business Here ' Richard J. OXearytwho opera ted a restaurant at 563 Court street fcere until a year and a half ago, took over the New Salem ho tel restaurant yesterday with the nlan of runninc it nn th t niw fctvle nlan. as ha did ht (alviaMiM tt. . . ... i i ZLl 1L lr marked Zf zs, Rockereller, Kvsrett, mer lecarion. He-reported the flrstTVash. Reward. cH ti. . J J estate of the late: John L. Besra. McCullourh. ol St. Louis. elooed were named. ! The new Mrs. husband twenty-two. j The couple, day's business was gratifying. The new name of eating place lis O'Leary's New Salem restaurant. O'Leary's sudden disappearance from Salem a year and a half ago, occasioned considerable1 comment. He was later discovered in Cali fornia and returned here by cre ditors who caused . bis arrest, which resulted In his imprison ment for 87 days in the county Jail. After his j release several months ago, . he ran the Home stead inn on the: Mt. Hood loop highway. I ; : Second Dividend ' For Depositors Oi Aurora Bank A second dividend for commer cial and savings depositors in the Aurora -State bank, now in A. A, Scramm'i, state j bank ! superin tendent's hands, was ordered yes terday In circuit court here. Each group of depositors will receive 10 per cent on deposits, bring the total now paid to depisitors to 40 per cent for savings depositors and 35 per cent for commercial depositors. The second distribu tion ordered by (the., court totals $17,281 for commercial 'claimants and $9029 for savings claimants. A number of small claims which have appeared since May 1 5 are to share and share alike with those appearing before May 15. Distribution on these 'will amount to S3 29 for commercial depositors and $6.55 for sayings depositors. Bier on Visit Goes to I Attend Arizona School :-y ..-! ,;,. , Mi -Charles Bier, formerly of Salem and a graduate lot Salem high school, has been visiting here for the past few days with his moth er, Mrs. Leila G. Bier He will leave this morning for Tucson, Ariz., where he will attend the University of Arizona this winter During the past two months young Bier has been with Archie Holt as an assistant 1 in Medf ord theatre work. Bier was associated wfth Holt in the Capitol theatre two years ago. j; j Jersey Cattle Club Will Meet Here Saturday - . ; --hi- i ' The Marion county, Jersey Cat tle club will meet at the chamber ot commerce rooms here Saturday afternoon, September! 5, at 1:30 o'clock, according to, announce ment of Victor .3, Mad sen, presi dent. . ' ! ' Important items which will be considered at this 'meeting will Include the formation of a county cow testing association and or ganizing a county herd - for j the state fair. All members are urged to attend. - ; : t 4 Claims Husband "Very Penurious --I ilk- u -Impossible to please and pen urious was Newton A. McNabb, his wife, Lois M. McNabb alleges la a suit for divorce begun yes terday In circuit court. The cou ple was married in Idaho Novem ber 30. 1929. McNabb went io far aa$o secure and sell wedding pres ent hla bride received, aproprl ating the receipts for his own use, she claims.' She asks the restora tion of her maiden name of Lois M. McGowan. : . !' 'jjH . Banfield Talked For Jobs Board PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 1. (AP) The White House held a long ; distance conference : with Senator Frederick W. Stelwer to day on the advisability: of appoint ing T; Harry Banfield Portland, on the national advisory commit tee oh unemployment. Banfield haa served for Nearly a year as chairman of the Portland civic emergency; committee dealing with local unemployment. Too Late to Classify I LOST Brown English bulldog. Col- rasPHie Wet Claim Is Inconsistent Declares ex-Congress Member Upshaw . .-. i- . :.: (Continued from page 1) wake up .and protect their chll d re n from the ' debaucheries broueht on b-r boa tie a- llauof." TTtw shaw declared. "There's ! some thing wrong when parents, pot the coiKiren, oring oa armxing There is something wronsr whenlllauor drinking begins In - the homes, i We'd protect our domestic an imals from drinking poison; why not our children?? j In the fflnrsn of hl addrsa the former. Georgia cengressmaa paid a glowing tribute to his colleague la congress for eight years, Hon. w. c Hawiey, saying : . , i , "it is not only a peculiar pleas ure but a positive Inspiration to be-walking iB the footprints; ot my honored friend and MllMrn. Congressman Hawley, In his home city, and finding the flowers blooming everywhere he steps. 'Honored in congress by repub licans as well as democrats be cause of his high character and. commanding ability, w. c.f Haw ley's name Is the synonym , in Washington of everything that is high and noble and he always votes on the right side of! every moral question. There Is one thing certain he voted dry every time I did and that's going some.' i "I was delighted to see in the papers last week that Mr. Hawley had Judgment enough and con stitutional loyalty enough to come out singularly against that pro posed piece of governmental folly, known as 'prohibition referen dum. -i ! FEW 8T0DEBTS TO REVISE SCHEDULES '. Due to school officials getting the majority of senior high school students registered for the com ing year's work last spring, only 75 to SO pupils who signed up for courses' will have to change their lineup of studies because of con flicts. Principal Fred Wolf re ports. These few students are be ing notified today and will j be re quired to come to the high school not later than early next wieek, to arrange for dropping one of the conflicting classes and substitut ing another subject. j The conflicts are not the result of an inadequate schedule of clas ses but of students attempting to take up subjects outside the reg ular courses prescribed for! their particular year in school, j Wolf says. It is the aim of the admin istration to have every student satisfied If possible and his pro gram completed before the start of school, in order that the confu sion of last minute changes after classes begin may be avoided. He has been working several hours a day the j past month at arranging the schedules' and enrollments of .classes. J ' : .1 Oregon Electric j Otters Special 1 Labor Day Rate The Oregon Electric railway, state subsidiary of the. Spokane, Portland 4c Seattle railway,! Is an nouncing unusually low rates for Labor day traffic. Among the rates quoted here yesterday by E. F. Roberts, city passenger and ticket agent, were: Portland, 90c; Seaside, $3.35; Astoria, $2.95; Eugene, $1.40; Spokane, $$; Se attle, $4.S5; Taeoma, $4.05; Hel ena. $16.75; Boise, $11.55; Butte, $16.75; Salt Lake City. $20.05; Pendleton, $5.60; Walla Walla, $6.15; Vancouver, B.! C $816. STARTS TODAY! Intense Courageous Gripping Shot with the Brilliance of THREE GREAT STARS! j :: : ' Y--:y'" " - Mosterfd Drama 'Vi ,f-S' , FRANCIS " I PAUL I'iW l CAVA1IACH ! , . X W I J RICARDO i ! Cyjl Hie Call Board By OUVE U. DOAK - ELSIXOKR - .. Today :. Kay Francis and Ricardo Cortes In "Trans- gression." ;h - ' i- - Friday Sylvia Sidney aad Phillips Holmes la "Centes- slons of a Co-Ed.' ii, . GRAND :-.T ; Today! ; ; Mary Astor and Robert Ames In "Behind Office Doors' Friday Sally Eilers and George O'Brien in "A Holy Tvttot." : ; -h:- 1 f HOLLYWOOD 1 : Today Lupe Velei and Lewis Ayres in "East Is West".' . : I .' i Friday Myrna Loy and Raymond Hatton in "Rogue of the Rio Grande." There will be a rush of the wo men of Salem to see Transgres sion" which opens at Warner Bros.i Elslnore theatre today when they learn that there Is shown la this picture a trans formation of aa "ugly duckling" into a lovely vampire. Beautiful Kay Francis is trans formed from a lovely, quiet little. English housewife Into a ravish ing beauty. Not a detail of the in triguing operation r is omitted, from the tinting of fingernails te the plucking of brows. One even sees how the beauty scientists of France beautify ears . , . they paint them. The replica used Is a replica of a famous Parisian beauty salon.. The. plot Is a story eften en countered in life. The entangling circumstances of the play Involve Kay Francis, "Paul Cavanaugh, Ricardo Cortes, Nance O'Neil, John St. Polls, Adrienne d'Am- bricourt. Cissy Fitzgerald, Doris Lloyd, Augustlno Borgato. EMS 1 IKE COAST IP Labor day . weekend will be the occasion for another of the Cher meketans' open outings. The hik ers and their friends will go to Tachats and from there make side trips to Waldport and scenic Cape Perpetua. The party will leave the Y. M. C. A. building Saturday afternoon at 2 o'clock and return some time Monday. Headquarters for the outing will he established at Tachats and meals will be served there be ginning Saturday night and in cluding breakfast Monday morn lng. J. Burton Crary, Cnemeke- tan chef, will: again preside over the kettles and griddles. For those person who like rugged and plcturesue coastlines, the trip wilt be ideal, it Is pointed out. The return trip may be made via the free ferries across Alsea and- Taqutna bays to Newport and from: there to Salem by way of Corvallis or the Klnsa Valley cut off.: .. ';.! 1 1 . Anyone Interested in the trip Is invited to go and all persons planning on participating' in the outing are requestted to register at tho Y. M. C. A. as early as possible. : Paint Store to j Be Opened Here By McGilchrist r : : ' j A wall paper and paint store will be opened today at 325 North Commercial by Gordon McGil christ, tot six I years j with ; the Hutcheon paint shop here. McGilchrist wHl handle a com plete line of materials for a store of this kind. Open house will be held at the store today, with light refreshments to: be seryed during the afternoon. ) y The Henry Lee Sign shop will share the i location. j n I ' :! ty-y '',. " , : i .. Special Attraction , ,; "Ungliini With i Medbcry in Reno" ! WJJ. Varieties i News LO SETTLEfM i , t' i . ; i. ." J i I PLAT! FOR JOBLESS How to assist the unemployed during the fall and winter months is the subject that will be dis cussed at ,a meeting of the exe cutive beards of the Oregon state grange and the state federation of labor In Portland, September 8. Themeeting was announced by C. H. Gram, state labor commission- er, : yyy hr. y i Gram said ' he probably would hare a -definite program to offer at the session. A survey; conduct ed recently: by Mr. Gram indicated that there are now 150,000 acres of .logged off land in the various Oregon counties, which I could1 be improved ajnd sold to prospective home-owners Jit a low cost. This plan, Grami said, would n.ot only provide homes for a large number of nnemplyed persons, but also would, restore the . lands on the tax rolls. I I r Under ' Gram's proposal the lands would be sold on liberal terms and would ' be improved with' funds derived from: a bond issue. These bond would run ifor a long period ot tir.e, and would be secured by the lands under im provement. i' j j??' Gram said the unemployed sit uation is serious at the : present time, aad will become more acute during the winter months, j - (Continued from page 1) ' -tlflclal silka' is wide. The artifi cial product substitutes machin ery for the v silk worm;! the ma chines . translating the natural foods of the worm.; mainly cellu lose, directly into fibre, j 'I The new synthetic process takes lifeless matter and builds it. di rectly into something resembling both cellulose and silk, but Whieh Is neither. The starting sub stances are ethylene glycol, the antl-f reeze, and sudecic acid, which may pe produced by fusing castor oil under heat, with an ai kalal. -i. With these the synthetic chem ists build up a substance they name : heKadecamethylenedicar bcrrylicacld. This material is con verted by treatment and machin ery into dress fibre. I :? I 1 ' Violating Labor Law Is Charged Fines of $25 each "were given upon Chris Cambratas : : and. Pete Gelta and each man paid yester day afternoon when Miller B- Justice of the peace. guilty of working women In their Coney Island res taurant here longer than allowed under state labor laws. State La bor Commissioner Gram; made the G R A N D A HOME-OWNED THEATRE WEDS. - THUItS. OFFICE A ' DOORS I KURTASTOn i noecRTAMts V. HOLLYVOOPi Home of aWl, Talkies A HOME OWNED THEATRE ,y Today and Thursday j - Tonight is Radio or Davenport Night f THERE IS NO EAST,1 k THERE IIS NO WEST WHEN LOVE COMES! LUPE VELEZ LEWIS AYRES ED. G. : ROBINSON 0 Lac Also - Comedy, News and yy: Parazaoont Act r sync LIRFSS GOODS HO I fly V yy i.; with';.;: ''" J-'uA. V VI 1 I v-1 I CLIMBS PEAK V 1 ft . s. a : K y u Just to ncove that her seven t-ir hi years ao not handicap her, Mrs. M L. Chase (aboriK of Atlanta Joined a party of eleven in an at f tempt to; climb Stone MouaUiai Georgia's treat boulder. Five f in-w ished the arduous lournev. and you can bet Mrs Chase was included.-'i complaint; Inf defending them selves, Cambratas and Gelta rntro- duced the testimoay .ot a waitress I who;; held; she had wed!' tat set-1 tlngji dowh r the ftime. eafchi, girl worked.- j r ry $;-'-y "-.j r Paper Cotnpany Sued by Minto; HTL2Ll -tf JMUlSanCe Ulaim Damages of; $2,650 and a per manent injunction restraining the Oregon Pulp 4k j Paper Company from dumping jwaste pulp land pa per Into Mlnto's iough is sought in a circuit court action filed yes terday byf D. C. Minto. He names the papen company as defendant. I Minto jsays that the! wastes dumped into the- slough accumu late In hish water upon his prop erty.! As a, result four acres of bis land Is rendered nafi't for.farming, he cjaimsj In S addition the water with; the" paper mill waste, comes around his home and the! 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IL am encloslnr a payment ot llOO Policy zee, I am to I receive a S20.OQf.uO Travel" Accident Insurance Policy issued I by the North American Accident caro. Illinois: BIai Subscriptions Must 11 - i is faced1 mfciVy Two avenues are open to the city council to obtain for park ing space" a part ot the total of 25 city blocks now taken up by filling- station driveways, Hugh Rogers, city engineer, announced yesterday;: ? The alderman may either: repair j the stations to close and re-curb a portion of their driveways: or it may require them to pay retrt on what space they do use, which in j Itself would probably She equivalent to the first proposal. j Rogera'p department has Just completed la survey of the gas sta tion situation to determine how vital a factor it I in he con gesed parking condition in Salem. His report shows that 1.41 miles, or 25 blocks, of curb space art taken up "by the filling stations: using up parking areas: This fig ure does riot include the remain- aer-oi tne 135 property pumps which do;-not. cut down on the motorists'afrhitching posts." The census shows 14' parUng pumps and 2$ cutb pumps A city ordinance is proposed to regulate aftd restrict the use of street curbs for filling station driveways; ;as done liji other cities. 0IS1CT PASTORS yPT P "f'i -. km TH - vv I unuer tne leadership of Dr. m. nA. Marcy, district superintendent,. Methodist ' Episcopal j pastors met Ichurch her yesterday to discuss fthe churcb program for the com- World service ana evangelism fewere among -the main subjects (considered. & at this sub-district reeting. : . Dr. Marty was host to the min sters at lancheon at the Spa esterday. p . ': j !; : Those otesent were: B. Earl' barker. Sajem First !M. E.: C. L. park, West Salem; I S. 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