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Newspaper Page Text-j; f f I. V ' f S. " .n r : ; the veatul'i: : Clondy aiul uuettled to- iatkower today; Max.1 Temp. , ! Tbnnday 73, lln. 40,' riw !-J, wI4S. W. I I L r Q U .! : i 1 v v FOUNOPP f laSI ElKHTY-mtST YEAR . Salem; Oregon. Friday Morning. September 11, 1931 No. H i ; I ;- circulation : ; CI?- . B 7070 i -WJ MM VBJHBWMJ EBUOTIES HEED WOT PAY STATE itllTES'KEEP Control Board Waives law In That Respect WHen Meier Recommends Double Taxation Protests : Deemed Meritorious; V - Relatives to pay . Marion count? in conjunction with 35 other counties in the state will not hare to pay in 1931 the state board of control $20 a month for - each non-riolent , insane - pa tient Icared for br the state front this county, it developed yesterday when the board of control took action to this effect subject to any legal restrictions; to be point ed out by the attorney general. , County Judge John Siegmuhd said yesterday the decision met ith his full approval because the court here felt that payment of any sum to the state for the malnten . ance of Insane patients fras a dou ble assessment inasmuch , as the county had already paid for this service In Its 1931 tax payment to the state. The judge said the county had no money with rhieh to pay an additional sum which he estimated would ' 7 have I been 115,000. Action Suggested - V By CSovernor Meier f The action was taken by the board following receipt of a let ter from Governor Meier,' who al leged that many counties had pro tested against application of the law daring the current; year, ij A number of counties recently re fused to make the 'payments on the grounds that the act was un constitutional and resulted I In double taxation. ' i - The law provides that counties shall contribute. to .the state a maximum of $20 per;, month .to ward the care and support of non violent Insane committed, to state hospitals, where their estate or close, relatives are. unable to pay such charge or part thereof. "The protests made by , the counties against ih Jmposftlon of these charges, upon them daring the current year have, In my mind, (Turn to page 2, col. 1) HOUSEKEEPER SAYS PORTLAND. Ore., Sept. 10 (AP) Deputy: sheriffs here to-, night were questioning James Co fad, 65, hoping to throw more, light on the story of his house-; keeper,1 Mrs. Anna Hederman, 66 j that she bad been beaten,- bound and robbed of $1400, her life's savings. , ... ' Cozad was held on an open: charge on - Mrs. Hederman's- ac cusation. She told officers she had palled her attacker's mask down far enough to be convinced he was her employer. ; The money, obtained from the sale of property, was carried in a small bag attached to a belt under her clothing she said. Officers said they thought the robbery must have been committed by someone -who knew of the prop erty sale and was familiar , with her habits, v :p " :'T'1 The assailant struck Mrs. He derman several times and threat ened her life, she said. ? . Cozad told t a story of having been set upon by. a neighbor. He said he was left bound and dazed, but managed to free himself an hour or so later. The neighbor was held as a material witness. MAY CANCEI CONTRACT . PORTLAND, Ore., Sept 10. (AP) Gresham school district No. 4 today filed" suit In circuit court here to. annul the contract Of Jeanette M.N Null, formerly Jeanette M. MUler. The suit -charged that she was married after signing a-contract to teach In the district single woman. fhe complaint said she obtain ed employment while cognizant of a school board ruling giving pref erence to i unmarried women as -,. teachers. . ' ' v DISLIKE NEW TEACHER V JUNCTION CITY, Ore.,- Sept. io (AP) When Miss Lei a Parks, teacher at dUtrlct No l7 school west of here, rang the bell today for the first day's classes, only one "of about 30. children gathered outside would enter. The one was the daughter of one of the school directors who resigned recently following dls - charge of Mrs. Maud Frady,i the . former teacher. :i f -47 r . STALLARD AGAIN ; v " PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 10. ' - (AP) Circulation of - initia tive petitions' tor a. l sntonM . bile license, fee will be placed on the streets here tomorrow, II.. II.' Stallard, veteran petition ' fclrctilator, announced today. mum ROBBER .fj!ffi:.-f:-".ftVr:?rk!. .. , . . . , ? i ,i;;s"!; " ' : if:-. I... , " 1 ' .1 . . - r 's , -ri i :.';: ' . i ; . . - .'"-. y - : ' J : ' - : ' - , . s . . tr x .; . . ' . . : .: J : : s ' : - f . ! . vs ' i . .': - -o ,.' - - I ' i V . " . , ' ' 4 " ' I 1; : : : ' ' - , 5 " " -!'" V. . . .v-.. i , 'J , - . - - - I - ' !--; ' ' ' ' - - - - - - TtWWi i in mi i " ill- "in T - " Anne Undbergh stepping ashore at Kasomlganra, Japan, the actual termination of their long eventful I flight from Washington, D. C, to Tokyo. Col. Lindbergh Is seen following her while. navy men from : ,the airport prepare to bring the monoplane ashore. Kaaumigaora is SO mile from Tokyo and! the nearest landing point for seaplanes to the capital city. , 1 ' :. - i FALL OPENING DATE SEPTEMBER 24 HOW More Opportune Before Fait is Time Just Reason Stated For Change, Postponement of !the date for FalT Opening and the beginning of ! window display) week from September 17, jto Thursday even lngy September; 24, was announ ced yesterday by Ralph H. Kletz Ing, chairman of the event, which is sponsored annually by the Sa lem. Ad club. .The liter date was requested - by Salefai merchants who believe that with school un der way tand the state fair only two days distant the-. evening of the 24th will be the most oppor tune time for the Introduction of the newest in fall merchandise to Salem people. I ' Changing of the dajte will not necessitate changing of any oth er plans for the evening of , fall opening. Old time and modern dances, under' the direction of OttoiKlett, manager of Crystal Gardens, will attract many. Arrangements are being made rrdrf the presentation , of a street program of an unusua. type. vy aldermen will today be asked for peitmission to. rope 4ff several tiks In the-j downtown district fofl this feature of thei entertain ment.- - - -. Xot least among th plans be- (Turn to page 2, ieol. ) . : '- x i Planes Heading East to Smash Distance Mark LB BOTJRGET. Frhace, Sept. 114 (AP) (Frlda Two French airplanes, one of them the trans-Atlantic ship of Dieu donne Coste, took; off within a space of nine minutes jat dawn to day for Tokyo in an effort to wrest the world's non-stop dis tance ribbon from Ruisell Board man and John Poland4, New York to Istanbul fliers. : ' - The Hyphen II witbj Joseph Le brix, former i flying partner of Coste, and Rene Meinln at the controls, was the first to go, leav ing the ground .at 6:06 (12:05 E.tS.'-TO.r-r v.- Jacques ' Cados and Sergeant Rheboida took to the fir In Coste's Question Mark nine minutes later. Oppose Married Teacher K Pupils Refuse to go in License Petitions. Ready " (Metolius Area Reopened 1 ,The bill wonld be a consti tutional amendment! making the , fee reduction effectlfe July 1, 133. : 'I ;! ! " ' ' "! i RAIN HELPS FOREST I BEND, Ore., Sept. 10 (AP) The lower Metolious river coun try, a popular angling: ground. was re-opened by the forest sea vice to visitors today mit system. It had since early? summer fire hazards. - ? t One-day permits under a per- been closed because of are being granted, Cam pf ires ate prohibited in blow-down areas and no smok ing orders prevail while the vis- Itor Is moving. . : Crane prairie basin was also opened,' but ' the Deschutes river remains closed from North Canal company dam to Snow creek. I ' '8AILBOATS TO TIE '4 PORTLAND; Ore.t Sept. 10. (AP) Fourteen sailboats are ex pected, to enter; the Portland yacht club - regatta Saturday at the club's moorage on Columbia riv er, official said today. Entrants will come, from Seattle Vancou ver, Wash., St. Helens, Oswego, Astoria. Eugene and Portland, i The race will be run over a tri angular - course under American yachting association rules. It will be the first held here since the war. 1 . :-:4-" ...v'; ofjthe EindbCTgKslight Lindys Osaka Flight On Saturday TOKYO, Sept. I 11 (AP)r (Friday) Colonel . Charles A. Lindbergh, spending an aerial va cation here with his wife, an nounced today he and Mrs. Lind bergh would take off tomorrow morning In their monoplane for Osaka, metropolitan center of western: Japan 4 4 "- li . They plan to spend several days seeing the sights In the Yyoto dis trict, he said, and then will con tinue with their projected journey to China. . :. . - ftl IS LONDON, Sept. 10 (AP) Philip Snowden. chancellor of the exchequer, searched the pockets of his countrymen today,' taxing rich and poor -alike -with f 202,- 500,000 in new levies to balance the 1931-1932 budget and restore world confidence In British fi nance. ;.'':. SH;-H t i r 7 ' His emergency budget, present ed to the house of commons, bris tled with drastic assessments. The Income tax standard rate,: for in stance, was boosted by six pence (12 cents) which means that ev ery payer of the tax must turn one-fourth of his Income over to the government. The commons adjourned after agreeing to- the tax Increase res olutions without a vote, and next Thursday was set for the -debate on the budget. The acceptance of the budget resolutions on the first night Is. according to. custom. The general rule .is that government budget proposals are given imme diate effect when they are made and challenged: and debated later. If at all.' ' The exemption limit : for mar ried men will be reduced from $1125 to $750 and for single men from $ 6 7 5 to $500. Allowances for children will be cut from $300 to $250 for the first child and from $250 to 1200 for others. S HELO CHIEF NEED GENEVA, Sept. 10 (AP) -Something must be done now not next year- to switch on the current of international confi dence and set ' the machinery of economic reconstruction In mo tion, Lord Cecil, British spokes man, told the League of Nations assembly tday.il;; : And tha$. something, he said, Is a positive move toward Franco- German reconciliation. ? - The dominant need of the mo ment, said Lord Cecil, . la to' re vive international investment. This must be done, he said, "Not in a period i of years, but of months, o reven weeks,"; else one country after ' another ; will be forced into some; form or other of extended raoratoria which may endanged the whole system on which Ihe world's . economic . life is based and will be driven again Into the chaof which results from demoralized -countries.? , Mexican Moves To Oust Chinese P Said Abandoned MEXICO CITY, Sept 10 (AP) Dispatches from . Hermo- slllo today, said that. the national 1st committee in ' charge of the state antl-Chlnese campaign has declared he campaign suspended. ' The committee had received reports that almost air the" Chi nese In the state of Sonora have abandoned their businesses, .leav ing . Mexican : merchants ; free! 0: what was called ruinous compe tuion. j ; DRASTIC WTO M PROPOSED r-r-rTirwiiiinrTTTriiir-Mwwiiwiisi iw i mmmtmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmm ' """"'""" "" "J'"" '" "' " f -1 ' ' J'J' 1 - " - 1 ' : v J " t"trr,'T'''"'"M''ti"'""'"'"" '"! T- " 'Tt ! 1T ROBBED W BOXCIIR BHIT Guilty man got .off train Here, is Report; Popr Descnption Given Two young men In a group of transients who sought lodging at police headquarters early yester day morning told police that a man ! had held up and robbed a group of men who were riding In Southern Pacific boxcar j be tween ' Albany and Salem. They said I the robber got off the train here. The only description v they could give of him was that he wore a blue sweater and overalls, "but we don't know for sure, he didn't, hold us up," they declared when Questioned. PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. JOl (API Marvin .Mullins. 19. re ported jto local police today that he and: a group of transients rid ing a box car were held up and robbed between Albany and Sa lem". Ore., last night. He' lost $17.50 to the robber, Mullins said. The group was lined up against one side of the car, Mullins': story continued. The hold-up man told them he was a brakeman. - In the group was an 11-year- old boy and the robber struck him on the shoulder. Mullins said he believed the boy's shoulder was broken f but he refused to seek medical attention in Salem; Mullins said 'his home was In Kentucky and he was on his way to Seattle. DEMPSEf PLAYFUL. TAf!nWA. Wash SAnttlA . (AP)-f-Jack Dempsey, former heavyweight champion of the world,! boxed five rounds against four northwest heavyweights here tonight, failing, to score a knock down or knockout as he played with his opponents. r . , Marine Raneiri, Tacoma heavy weight, came out of retirement somewhat portly and overweight, but lasted the opening round with the former champion as he cover ed up and failed to : offer ' any counter - opposition to - Dempsey. George RIckard, also. of Taco ma, boxed two rounds with Demp sey and was shaken up three or four times by lefts and rights to the head but managed to survive the two rounds. :i Cyclone" Thompson, Yakima. ana Wayne Pitts, Tacoma, boxed one round each with Dempsey and showed some aggressiveness but little effectiveness. The crowd at the stadium was estimated at 6,000 persons, and the program -was staged :; under auspices of the Junior league for weir ! rnuit fund. ; , Four Injured as Streetcars iHit PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept.; 10 ( AP ) , , . Four persons were In- Jured here today when one 'Street car slid Into . the rear end of an other.. Most seriously Injured was Mrs. H. Bertolotto. 26. who suffered a possible fracture of the right! shoulder and back Injuries. Other injuries were slight. ' Company officials said the ac cident was .caused -by grease on the rails, ' - r f Henderson Held : On Beer Charge : R H. Henderson was arrested last night by city police at his residence,- 1375 -Waller street, on it charge of possession and sale of beer. The officers took a gallon jug and two an art bottles of alleg ed beer as evidence.' Henderson was lodged In the city JaiLr- - scores 1 mm my FAILS TO I IfiOICTCilPDilE, : IS DISCHARGED Trie to Report progress But Judge Refuses to : tRead Communique v f ' - -Efforts to Bring Some of - 5000 1 dry law Counts ! ' I Into. Court Ended , v ' CHICAGO, Sept. 10. (AP) The government's effort to rein dict the millionaire public enemy. "Scarf ace Al" Capone,' on some of the 5000 prohibition law offenses charged against him went by the boards . today. A grand jury re port, I containing no indictments, was destroyed. 1 ; The federal grand jury Instruct-! ed by U. 3. District Judge James H. .WJikeraon to look over the evidence "and see if it might specf fr more serious charges aralnst the gangster was discharged with out returning an Indictment- j The Jurors offered to report progress of their Investigation,' but Judge Wilkerson refused, to hear It. v - i I am not Interested In reports! only-1 In indictments." . said -the udga, explaining ' later federal courts may receive no written, re ports from grand Juries. - I What I was in the report was not disclosed. ;. ; Firstl Indictment Is Still in Force The original Indictments alleg ing Capone conspired to violate the prohibition act with 6000 of fenses over a decade still stands. subject to call on five days notice.' Judge Wilkerson allowed Capone to cban go his plea to not guilty last Tuesday and placed on the docket for future consideration Turn to page 2. col, 7) About Same;! MILI CITY, Sept. 10 C. Ward Butler, t Independence Insurance manj was Injured seriously about 11 o'clock Thursday morning when his car rolled over, a 100 foot I embankment on the .Detroit road three miles, east of Gates. The par landed in the yard of Al bert j Millsap. who Immediately summoned help and Dr. W. W. Allen of Mill City. I Butler, about 55, suffered frac- turelof the left side of the skull, paralysis of the right side of body and punetured. left temple.T"He was unconscious and little hope was jheld that he would live until the ambulance- reached the Salem hospital. . ; , j Marks-showed the car had trav eled! along the edge of the road ror about 7 & ieei oeiore 11 plung ed down the bank. Dr. Allen ex pressed - the opinion that Butler had suffered a cerebral hemorr hage or attack of dizziness prior to the I accident. His machine, completely demolished, was load ed with camping equipment. ( It Is thought he was on the way to Brelitenbusb. for a rest. f Butler: is a brother of J. B. V. Butler, 5 Tice-president of the-Oregon normal school at Monmouth. Two) other brothers live in jort- lana. - . CI Ward Butler was brought to the Salem hospital, late yesterday afternoon by the Salem Taxi com pany. His condition at midnight was reported unchanged. Militarv Planes Much Too Slow Hawks Declares NEW YORK, Sept, 10(AP) Commercial flying in the (Unit ed States stepped up Its speed about 35 miles an hour- In the last year, Capt. Frank M. Hawks said today in summarizing his ob servations at last week's Cleye- land air 'races. f . ''As a; result," he said, ."Tlying for business and pleasure has far outstripped military aviation's pace in this country." - J Capt. Hawks, who has flown 75,000 miles at- an average of 193 miles an hour In his last 400 hours in the air, expressed the opinion, speed would be the de cisive factor in aerial combat in the! event' of . future wars. litFiledio Test Validity : Of Betting Law fcnwfrAWT . Sent ! 1 ft (AP)--Suit- to-test the validity of betting on horse races unaer a mutual ; system, " as allegedly i-nrHmA i nn ": at' the Mnltnomah county fair at Gresham, was filed In) circuit court there today by Frjink Lonergan, John jo. npes and E. B. Seabrook, attorneys, r r The action names District At tornevS Lotus L. Langley and RTihriff T- M. Hnrlhiirz-" defend ants and asks a judgment declar ing the method of conducting ine rajes not a- violation ot Oregon statutes. - i -- . Injured Man Hop&Sbght Gregory: Disregards : : :LegatOpim dn&ivzip Up oiyMedlttrMudiget Refusal to Sign l Warrants in Direct JOppositiqh ' To Advice of Trindle,4Acqorclirig to S .'! :; Letter Dated August 2Q I, 9 m- fi rTj 'K 111-: a f I rpHAT Maycnr nL Gregory aetedTin direct opposition' to X the advice of City Attorney Trindle when he announced Tuesday night - he- would sign no more warrants 1 for,; the count health unit after $6000 had been drawn on the city treasury . this ' year,? was!; revealed." yesterday : when ? a, letter written by Trindle to the mayor; August 20 was released at i " '. ' "'. Io th city recorder's office, Trindle BLOOD IMSFUSII MAY SAVE PATliEItt Schoolmates aid Ted Parker V. Who is Critically J II At llocal Hospital; Ted Parker, son of Rev. and Mrs. B. E. Parker, was given a blood transfusion Thursday at the Salem General hospital iq an effort to bolster his vitality and aid his condition which was de clared critical. Heart trouble has bothered him most of the summer and kept:! him confined. if v Wednesday night it: was 'neces sary to move him from the! Meth odist parsonage to the Salem Gen eral hospital. Thursday morning 15 of ; Ted's schoolmates 1 1 from Willamette university r offered to give i. blood transfusions.5.; :Gus Moore, a fraternity; brother of Ted, proved to be one whose Mood could be, used and a pint ;0 his was transfused 'to Ted.; ThIs morning it is likely that a; trans fusion will be made from one of the other volunteers. ; Ij Ted entered Willamette last fall and was an outstandings stu dent and activities' man. He was a member of the Alpha Psl Delta fraternity, worked on the; hews staff of the Willamette Collegian, and wrote the words to the fresh man class ' song for Freshman Glee' Ust spring. L i , H! " His condition seemed Improved Thursday i night "..following H the transfusion of blood and he1 was resting better. W?en brought to the hospital he was so weak: that it was decided that he could prob ably not pull through Ion hia own strength. His many friend i are hoping for his speedy recovery and a number of his! fellow stu dents stand ready, to offer 'their blood to help him in his battle. ? BY SEVERE STORM WASHINGTON, Sept. ll-(AP) -(Friday) The navy depart ment was advised early today that a storm of hurricane, proportions had struck and damaged San Juan, Porto Rico. mI flf 7 A message received t 1;17 a. m., from tne naval radio station at San Juan said the-: station had been damaged and that there was much water in al buildings.) The regular-radio station was placed out of commission by the storm and the message was sent over the emergency station at Cayey. It said that there was not enough electricity In the iicity to operate ? the emergency station there. ; . .. '1 ..p W: "Apparently considerable dam age in San Juan and vicinity," the message said. '. -: ' - II Cayey Is a remote control sta tion in the hills above San Juan, and several miles from. the radio station near theeity. p'; . RECKLESS, CHARGC City Traffic Officer - Charlton last night arrested Ben Smith. Salem, on a charge of reckless driving. Smith was released and cited to appear in 'municipal court.. .';. v::; x Drum Corps At a special meeting of Capital Post drum corps. Wednesday night Tom Delaney; manager of the Oregon-Washington t Water Service company, was elected as publicity representative rand fi nance officer of the corps on its trip to the national legion; con vention . In Detroit, Thii an nouncemen. was " made by Mai Page, post commander, Thursday. The corps wIHi leave Salem Sep tember -. 1 and wm retarn Sep tember J9. ' -- " " i. H ; " Publicity stnnta i to- -i advertise Oregon are being planned for by the corps: and will be presented In several public appearances In Detroit Aside from taking part in the national drum corps com petition, the corps t has I planned several publicity, stunts to adver Use Oregon - which will ; be pre sented in , public appearances in Detroit. Literature will be hand ed out as well and other public ity measures will be carried on t by the corps. '; . i --In an. Interview with! Delaney W M MB Oregon declares in the letter, which fol lows in full.stbtt the I suml lof $8000 was legally appropriated by the city for the eouhty health unit and that the mayor is not empowered i to bold , up f Its pay ment, j : . i U- ': ; ;' The letter reads: i ',U H I h ''Complylngswith your request for an opinion as to the legality of j the appropriation made i for the Marion County Health 'de partment In the annual : budget orpine city or saiem for 1931, I have the . following report; - . Section 2 of the bndret 1a r de fines" the levying board ; to mean "Common Couhfill.?' f. -i.iil Sections 14 ?and 1 15 provide for the appointment! of a budget com mittee to meet ;rwlth the levying board and work; out an estimate of expenses fori he next ensuing (Turn to page 2, col.. 4) NOT l( JOBLESS MEN Eli Lad of Three Enticed Away By two Puppies Spends - ! Night in the Woods 1 KLAMATH FALLS, OreJ, Sept 10.' (AP) Tired, hungry and frightened,! three - year old Dale Price sobbed ou his misery in the woods near here this ' afternoon. and the sound of his s crying 'at tracted a I posse that f had ; been searchin g for him 24 hours.; :: - The child was brought back to his mother. Mrs. Milton Price, cold and famished and very eager for maternal -comfort but appar ently suffering- no effects from t a night's vigil with i only I two pup pies for company.' The mother, prostrated by fear tor her son, bad been under physicians Jcare. i Dale told how he and his two puppies wandered away !jj from home " and. j got lost. When dark ness came i the three dug a: hole, he said and curled np. in it. . ' - Asked If , he had slept, he an swered, "No, Ii was' too scared. He was bewildered by all the fuss made over him . - L ; ; Fearing the child had been kid naped, Klamath county had offer ed a $500 ! reward for sarrest: and conviction of the kidnaper. : An other Reward of S100 Was put: up for recovery of .the child. Search for. him went bn all lasnlght and (Turn to page 2t fpl. 3) ft fill Part of Gorp$e i i Reported Found In MUrder Case vlBAKER. Oi'ei. Sept.! 10. (AP)- -Parts ot the ashes and bones of Joe Blessing, Granite, Ore., sheep camp tender, were recovered; yes terday, Captain H. . Lee INoe, state here from bis Investigation of. the alleged marder; ; ,:i .L :- :.-J , I The? find was made, Noe laid. Where Ed McLaughlin, Blessing's companion tender, J confessed to placing thei burned body. State officers announced yesterday that McLaughlin i zhad : confessed; : to shooting Blessing and burning his body. : The i reason j glvia was that Blessing ! ihad been ftealinf. his socks; and tobacco. 1 1 5 1 k McLaughlin 4 Is In the ; Canyon City Jail waiting grand Jury action on der, a charge of first degree inur- El?'',! t-6 i to Advertise 9-1 ipcuice isiTphigjht late Thursday afternoon he slated he bad received! woyd that? the drum, corps Would be the j guest of the Chicago National baseball league September. 19 and Would give an exhibition drill in the park before the game between Brooklyn aDd the Cubs. L-There will be a ' concerted : at tempt on ; th part if the dele jgates: from Oregon aid the drum corps to bring the next national convention to Portland Ox '4932. This ..will , mean at least 80,000 visitors to Oregon , from' all 5 over the United States and? as Detroit expects 100,000 people at ita con vention there would; likely be more than 50,000 for Oregon. .' I. Reports- from the; ticket i sale for the big benefit dance at the Airport tonight Indicate that Sa lem and vicinity wish to see the drum corps represented in De- There will be a free barbecue dinner v which will begin to be served at o:30 ociock tonignu Dancing will follow; the dinner. 5 Ik II IRS PfiO'-E OF LITTLE ii I TO:SD"iRCIIE.; 1 Airplane Possibly that cf Alien and f.!oyIe Seen Far Toward North i Steamer Also RadiosWcrd Passengers saw PIar.2 Wednesday Morn SEATTLE. 8ent: 1fl fAT Forty-four hundred miles of ocean ana iana between here and Japan today still held the secret of the whereabouts of Don Moyle and C. A. Allen, missing tfans-Pacifle fU ers. - : - f - i Reports that an nirintifUui : plane had been sighted or hTd In widely separated parts of the north Pacific region mv-tM.i searchers,: whe were at a loss to-know-where to beln to look for the lost California aviators, r The latest report came from White Horse, Yukon territory, where it. was reported a plane un known In the : Tegion a had been sighted 'flying southward over Carmacks, )200 mfles i north of White Horse at t;30 a.m. if it' was the miss in r imonoDlana. r.la- sina Madgej it was far afield from us cnartetl course from Japan to Seattle. ' ;:!: a.- -: i Steamer Report : : ; Sight of Airplane j Several hours earlier the naval radio station at Dutch Harbor for warded a report from the steaa-er. Arthur J. Baldwin; that four pas sengers nad heard a plane la the rog neaaea northeast ? yesterday morning. J This was 45 hours af ter the take-off frm Japan. ; Both reports eonld have been authentic,! but aviation circle here were pessimistic, partly be cause of the flood of such reports which always follow airplane dis appearances. ;". .V. .1. If the plane .seen above Car- . (Turn to pagj 2. col. 4) I' ;l ' , ) "V:.'--, E BELIEVED SOLVED ' :: ' Ml - : ; ' PORTLAND, lOye.,' Sept. 10. (AP)- Nine holups were be lieved cleared up here tonight -with police announcement ; that questioning had brought confes sions from- FraiiS E. Blackabee, Frank Bennett ahd Donald , Cor win, arrested last ; night on charges: of assault and robbery. One burglary as charged to Blackabee, in addition. I Several : hold-J victims? had picked the men opt of police line ups, police said, jl) ; . ' Bennett: had een? connected with only one hold-up, the an nouncement' eaid. ' h . i Miss Betty Fagan today picked : Jaaes S. Smith, 28, out of a, line up of ieven men In the county jail as!one of the two men whe held her 'up and robbed her of 12.50 the night of September 2, officers; said. - i ; ! " Smith was arrested In the apart ment from which Albert Gould, 38, later shot fatally by a denty; sheriff, escaped under a pistol volley. Smith was recently parol ed front the Oregon state penltenr tlary. i a : t-'t MYSTERY i STAB B lu B PROVE Fill WAVERLET.-Wash., Sept, 10 (AP) Stabbed I half a dosea ! times by an unidentified assailant : as he ran to thei assistance, of a ' companion he believed In danger, : Thomas Ryan, : 20, of Cheney, j Wash.,, was in -a critical condi tion here tonight. : The attack occurred last night, but Ryan believed his wouifli were not serious and did not tll his patents until today. , f i , ; Ryah, with Royal Ilolman and two sisters. Alma and Leon a Euall, investigating officers were ;-( told,' returned from a dance. At the girls' home-; Ryan went into .- the house with Alma as Leoea and Royal remained la the car. In a few minbtes, ,the officers were, told, Leon a rushed Into the house screaming1 that Royal was going to be killed. Ryan ran out side, meeting- a young man at the gate. : ,f ' i ' t ' . You're the one we want," the man T cried, and attacked : Ryan with a knife. ?i . '-' -i ' As Ryan' fell, Leona said, tfce . assailant kicked the prostrate youth saying: ''What', are y bleeding for, kid?" then he fld. GMoflSKilld '. Her Stepfather, ;'--! - - - . !. POTOSI, Ma.,,Sept. 10. (AP) Beatrice Baldridge, 18-ypar-oid hleh: school glrlj today shot aad killed i her stepfather. Ed vard Crump, 65, as he vu aaleop. The girl told a eoron.VgiJwry he .was abusive to her sister and mother, and had threatened to kill thea, -f HOLD S R -3 If