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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,
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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
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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-
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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. . :. . -
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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 ;
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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 $500 ! reward for sarrest: and
conviction of the kidnaper. : An
other Reward of S100 Was put: up
for recovery of .the child. Search
for. him went bn all lasnlght and
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fill
Part of Gorp$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-
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to Advertise
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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.
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OF LITTLE ii I
TO:SD"iRCIIE.;
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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)
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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 :
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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,
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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
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