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EI G HTY - FIRST YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, September 17, 1931
No. 143
COMING UP AT
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SESSION
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JOR ISSUES
Hurricane Takes Terrific Toll .f ;i-1
SCHDOLTAWGLE
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Forty -Resolutions f due for
. f ' Vote; Liquor ana power
:: : To Provoke i. Debate 1 j
Married eacher-Ouestton
Brings Semblance of t
; " .: Riot Wednesday ) J:t
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.Today's " sessions ; of .the state
.labor: convention promise to' be
the. most lively of the meeting, of
ficials of the organization .said
. late yesterday. : Forty resolution
Introduced in the, first three day$
of the gathering will be op for
discussion : and i disposition, ! at
least two of them being sure to
provoke warm" debate.- Thesa , are
the resolutions ; demanding modi
fication of the ' Volstead act , and
another relating to hydro-electric
development. . . I ;! ; ii
Election " of officers Is also
scheduled for today, but It is
doubtful If the convention . can
dispose of Its resolutions in time
for this business and William
Cooper, president, indicated he
would hold -the convention over
for another day if the routine was
not cleaned up by late this "after-
- noon. ' - '
Last night the visiting dele
gates, more than. 200 in number,
were entertained at a banquet af
ter spending the afternoon on a
visit to Silver Creek Falls. ;;
Married Teachers
Issue Causes Row
Highlights at the session yes
terday Included a demand that
force account be used in construc
tion of state highways and a heat
ed debate on a report of the edu
cational committee that qualifica
tions and ability be given first
consideration in i the employment
of teachers In public schools. ; -.
Delegates representing several
Portland unions took the floor
and demanded that some action
be taken by the convention that
would tend to discourage the em
ployment of married women,
whose -husbands already are at
work. These delegates rgodit ,
the report of the SiiSJt 1
mittee be TevisedJHK w 3 argued
tnee delegates that the em
ployment of married women add-
Ml IO lac ineuiyiujiutu -
and should not longer be condqn-
'dAt times the debate threatened
a miniature stampede, and there
were cries of "sit down." Presi
dent Cooper, calm and deliberate
in his rulings, succeeded in hold
ing the delegates in check. : .
Ben T. Osborne, executive se
cretary of the federation, warned
against discrimination of sex ? in
employment.: He declared that
the national federation always
had recognized ability and quali
fications of workers of prime Im
portance. : . i
"Conslderlng the views of the
national organization with rela
tion to employment of both men
and womerf, this federation
' should not take any action that
would be interpreted as discrim
inatory Osborne said. . j :
Women delegates who partici
pated in the debate demanded the
most efficient Instructors for
their children. ;
The committee's recommenda
tion, involving the employment of
teachers, was then segregated
from the regular report and vot
ed on by the delegates. The con
vention went on record against
discrimination of sex, and for the
adoption of the original motion.
Resolutions providing for the
establishment of kindergarten
schools, In cooperation with the
national , kindergarten field asso
ciation, and opposition to Increas
ed loads on teachers as a detri
ment to education, were approved
as a part of the report of the ed
ucational committee.
The resolution requesting that
(Turn to page 2, coU 3)
Enrollment of Freshmen
At Willamette is Heavy
Enrollment of 510 j freshmen
yesterday, a gain. of 42 over the
168 first-day mark of 1930, was
recorded yesterday at Willamette
university when the neophytes
made their first appearance on
the campus. While this does not
constitute a record first-day en
rollment it is one of the largest
beginning classes ever on the
campus according to Dean Erick
iton,i. !" ;: r i.J ji:'- ",-
Applications of 270. freshmen
have been approved-and today
and Friday a . number of these
are expected to arrive, bringing
the freshman class mark to at
least 250 students. Difficulty Sn
securing needed - finances " has
prevented the . attendance of
many students.
Of the Incoming students,
light majority are boys. This la
in contrast to recent jfears when
girls have predominated. .
Registrar H. M. Tennant said
yesterday that more, applicants
probably "" would bo admitted to
the first-year class If they eame
from outside of Salem. The
Quota for Salem ; students h
been tilled, he. Indicated. s
Many of the newcomers came
from far distances to the univer
sity here. Two enrolled from
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Above, street scenet in Bellae, British Honduras, showing not a single
house standing, refugees amid ruins searching for belongings and
lost ones. TeJephoto submitted over Bell system to Saa Fraaclsco,
firs pictures to reach United States. Below, general view of Be
lize before the disaster. . ! j
SIXTEEN RECEIVE
Court of Honor Session is
Held Wednesday Night;
; Many Badges won
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Sixteen boys were given awards
at the first fall court of honor for
Cascade area. Boy Scouts of Am
erica, held last night at the coun
ty court room and presided over
by' Justice H, H. Belt. One life
award; eight merit badges, four
first ;and four second class pins
were presented to the boys, before
an audience of over 40 persons.
The examining commission for
(Turn to page 2, col. 5)
Earthquake Hits
Tokyo But Small
Damage Results
TOKYO, Sept. 16 (AP) An
earthquake, the third felt in three
weeks, shook "this city and vicin
ity at 9:45 o'clock tonight (7:45
a. m. E. S. T.) although It was
sharp enough to cause alarm,
there was no reports of j damage.
The , earthquake appeared to
have its center in the region of
Fujiyama.; famous snowcapped
peak which risen 12,80 feet
above the sea 60 miles southwest
of Tokyo.
Several towns on the Izu pen
insula, 'south of F-ujiyama, were
shaken so badly that people ran
from their houses. In that region
253 persons lost their lives in the
quake of November 2 last year.
Some windows were broken at At
ami tonight.
Jvr,- Yfj'-l: .state, several irom
California, two from Idaho, one
from Canada, three from Alaska
and .a jlarg number from Wash
ington, ! i ' . , .
' Today's program of the f resn
man week in which the newcom
ers are participating is:
i 9:00-i-GeneraI Aptitude Test
Eaton HallJ
10:S0--Meetlng with Dean Erick
son and Dean j. Dahl
- Chapel.
11:00- Informal Conference witn
j Faculty Members.
l:15lAptitude Test Reading
. j Eaton Hall. I
i:45IInformal Conference with
j Faculty Members.
245 Meeting oft women with
Dean Dahl Chapel.
I:45-i-Meetlng of Man i' with
Prof. Sparks And Coach
S Keene Gymnasium.
1-3 -Introduction to the Cam
j pus Chapel. 1
g: 00 Reception by the Facul
...... j ty -Lausanne Hall. . .
yesterday the students en roll
ed with the registrar at 12:20 P.
m. The English classifying ex
amination sUrted at 2:1 P
and at 8 o'clock last night Pres
ent Carl 1G. W;fJiijnt
the newcomer on "Thej Spirit oi
Willamette,
BOY SCOUT I OB
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TAX BOARD TO AID
Experts Will be Sent out
To aid Committees in
Viewing Budgets
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Every possible assistance to va
rious county tax conservation
committees will be extended by
the state tax commission accord
ing to a statement Issued at the
executive department here yester
day. The statement followed a
conference held In i Portland be
tween Governor Meier, Leslie
Scott, chairman of the - Oregon
Taxpayers Equalization and Con
servation league, and C. V. Gal
loway, state tax commissioner. ;
i "Mr. Scott reported that excep
tionally strong organizations had
been perfected, the executive de
partment read. "He Indicated,
however, that! these ? committees
were In need of advice and as
sistance. It was decided that the
tax commission and its staff
should confer with the committees
and give any assistance that
might be needed. "
"It also was decided that ,if
necessary the executive commit
tee would place a number of tax
experts in the field under the
Jurisdiction of the commission. It
would be the duty of these ex
perts to sit in with the various
local committees and aid them in
going : over the various local
budgets.
! "Governor Meier pointed out at
the meeting that since the levy
must be filed with the tax assess
ors by December 1, only two
months were left in which to cover
the field." j i
Duncan Cameron
Is Charged With
Cruelty by Wife
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 17.
(AP) Charges of cruelty were
made against the Revi Duncan P.
Cameron, pastor of the first Pres
byterian church of Cottage GroyeT
Ore., in a divorce suit filed here
today by his wife, Virginia Hunt
Cameron. ' A , S
Mrs. Cameron alleged that
"notwithstanding bis duties as a
minister" Cameron s u rrep t 1
tiously sought the company and
association ofj other women," did
not receive hist mail at I home, har
rassed her with praises of his for
mer wife, threatened her parents
with lawsuits land physically mis
treated her.'
. They were marriedj the ' com
plaint said, September 30, 1920J
Ex-Postmaster
Pleads Guilty
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PORTLAND, Ore.; Sept. 29
(AP) Victor! B. Greenslade, 8,
formerly postmaster: at Hunting
ton, Ore., pleaded guilty ; in fed
eral court here today to an in
dictment charging embezzlement
of $9324.75 in postal I funds. He
will be sentenced later. ;
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CONSERVATION
PLAN
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HUNDREDS TURN DU
FOR COOPS SEHFF
Musicians-Parade, Play for
Crowd at Station and
Start for Detroit !
Hundreds of Salem people as
sembled at the Southern Pacific
depot last night to! see the Capi
tal post No. 9 American Legion
drum corps off for Detroit, Mich.,
and the national competition
which will be held there next
week. All available narklnr anace
on the railway cdmnanv'a nroncr
tyr was filled with cars and the
machines lined both sides of
South 12th street for three blocks
and more.
After parading the downtown
streets for half an hour the corps
members rode to the depot and
there, Just before tha train rolled
in at 8:20 o'clock, they lined up
and played their lively 1931 Nov
elty number.
As soon as the special Pullman
and club cars were coupled to the
Shasta, the drummers and buglers
entrained. The leave-takings were
Jovial despite the fact the men
wm be away from their families
for tha next week and a half. As
the train pulled out thacorpsj
members snouted goodbyes and
the crowd waved and cheered'
back.
Contest Will be
Heard Over Radio ;
Salem radio listeners will be
able to hear the Capital post corps
play next Wednesday night, pro
vided It wins In the preliminaries
during the day, it became known
yesterday. KOIN, Portlan T, will
broadcast the national event. The
competition program nrobablv
will start at S o'clock. Pacific
standard time, and last for abont
three hours.
The drum corps men were hlgh
(Turn to page 2, col. 3)
LINDBERGHS START
OSAKA, Japan; ! Sept. 17
(Thursday) (AP) CoL and
Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh took
off from the Harbor here at
12:58 p.m. today (10:58 p.m.
Wednesday E. S. T.) for Fukuo
ka, slightly more than 300 miles
distant in southwestern Japan.
The fliers, continuing a vaca
tion flight from the eastern Unit
ed States, hoped to reach Fukno
ka in about three hours, remain
ing there tonight and hopping for
Nanking, the capital of China,
early. Friday. !
Beyond Nanking: their itinerary
was not announced.
Their route today lay along the
inland 'sea, whose scenery is world
renowned. ,
Colonel Lindbergh and his
wife, the former Anne Morrow,
spent several days sightseeing in
the vicinity of Osaka. They
spent yesterday at Nara.
The Lindberghs came here
from the Kasumigaura airport,
near Tokyo, where they spent
more than tworweeks.
KISS NOT WORTH IT
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 1.
UAP) A district court Jury de
cided here today Mra. Vera Jllbert
was not entitled to $1000 dam
ages from E. R. Wilson, who, Mrs.
Jllbert alleged, had forcibly kissed
her on two separate occasions.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 1.
(AP) Joe SavoldL a comparative
novice at wrestling, polished off
a seasoned main eventer In the
person of Dr. Karl Sarpolls la
straight' falls tonight In 11 min
utes 3 C seconds, and ( minutes
40 seconds, respectively. Savoldl
weighed 2 OS, Sarpolls, of Phila
delphia, 212.
SEATTLE, Sept. Is. (AP)
Battering his opponent to the
canvaf four times, Sammy San
tos, los Angeies iightvelght. was
awarded a technical knockout over
Leslie "Wildcat" Carter, Seattle
negro, in the fifth round of a
scheduled six-round- boxing bout
here tonight. Santos weighed
1 13 8 tt pounds and Carter 140. . -
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Late Sports
turner District ObjectV;to
Asserted Invasion i by t
, Stayton Transport '"
AttorneyrGeneraJ Asked j to
Rule on Power Given f
Boundary Board
! , A controversy; which- involves
the high schools at Turner. Aums
vflle and Stayton in Marion coun
ty and the schools at Sclo and Al
bany in Linn county is now before
the attorney-general for a ruling
on the power of district boundary
boards. It became known here to
day. ;
The crux of the matter was
reached in the so-called "inva
sion" of . Turner high , , school's
territory by Stayton high ' shool
which is said ltd have taken 10
students ' into its fold, transport
ing them by bus to S- Stayton,
whereas Turner claims the stu
dents on the basis of the current
year's allocation of territory by
the Marion: county boundary
board. ! '
Stayton maintains that a recent
ruling from the attorney general's
office gives the county boundary
board power to "regulate" ' bus
routes but not to change them
once they have been named. The
ten students now claimed by Stay
ton were given to Turner during
the past year.
Bight to Alter
Routes Claimed J "
The boundary board which con
sists of the county court and the
county school superintendent,
claims it has a right to alter bus
transportation districts ' and un
der this right, has stated it will
now allow the Stayton claim for
ransportation when it Is present
ed. Inasmuch as this claim is us
(Turn to page 2, col. 5)
F
CAUSES SHI
THE DALLES, Ore., Sept. 1
(AP) Levi Van Pelt, 19-year-old
Umatilla Indian, was shot and
wounded tonight while fishing at
Celilo Falls from property owned
by W. T. Downes. Harry Issel,
employe of Downes, was arrested
and police said he admitted the
shooting. " v
Van Pelt's condition was not
serious, hospital attendants said.
Several other Indians and M. B.
Haish, San Francisco, told author
ities they witnessed the shooting.
They said Issel and Van Pelt had
quarreled, that Issel struck the
Indian and shot him without pro
vocation. Issel, however, alleged
h) shot in self defense, t
Issel was arrested and convict
ed of assault In 1929 as the result
of an altercation with sportsmen
fishing In the Columbia river
from the Downes property. The
state board brought suit against
Downes, seeking to evict him
from the property on the grounds
the land was between high and
low water marks. The court, how
ever, ruled In favor of Downes.
LIBH CANON Oil
DIVORCE OPPOSED
DENVER, Sept. 18. (AP)
The 50th convention of the Protes
tant Episcopal ehurch, opening
here today, heard definite views
against modification of the canons
affecting marriage and divorce
viced by ML, Rev. Michael Bolton
Furse, lord bishop of St. Albans.
London, England, who delivered
the sermon at the opening as
sembly. , j i
Bishop -Furse , echoed v views
voiced Sunday by Presiding Bish
op James De Wolf Perry, of
Rhode Island,! in taking a stand
against making the church laws
against divorce more liberal.
Bishop Fnrse's denunciation of
a growing divorce menace came
while a Joint commission of the
convention was preparing to place
before the- house of . bishops and
the house of deputies a proposed
canon liberalizing the rules re
garding the remarriage of divorc
ed persons. . -- :
Respira tor Fails
To Save Life of
Seattle Doctor
i PORTLAND, Ore,; Sept. 1 s''
(AP) Dr. Harry " C. Olmstead.
Seattle, who was brought to
Portland and placed In an auto-;
ma tie respirator in an effort to
save his life, died here today.
M Drz Olmstead contracted infan
tile paralysis from a child he was
treating for the disease. The dis
ease settled In his diaphragm,
causing him to lose the ability to
breathe. -. -. A ' i - . 'l A- ; j ; ;-'
tHe Is survived by his widow, a
daughter, and his parents, all of
Seattle, :
SUING
QUARREL
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1 Wlien this picture: was snapped at
Seattle the other! day Frances
Bresson of Los Angeles, ! fiancee
of Don Moylevland John Buf
felan, backer of Moyle and C. A.
Allen la; their f trans-Pacific
flight, were . not feeling so
cheerful, but they're happy now
that the fliers have been; re
ported, safe. , ' j -"f- i ' j r
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Mrs.
Pierce Asserts
Legal
Counsel not to' aid in
Conducting? Quiz
Taking of testimony in the
pending Investigation of the Ore
gon Normal school at Monmouth
and the administration of .Presi
dent J. S. Landers is to be resum
ed here this morning at 10 o'clock
at the state capltol. The hearing
will follow the first investigation
which was held Wednesday, Sep
tember 9, here. The hearing; room
on the third floor of thei capltol
bunding will be used.- ; j j .
Mrs.; Walter M. Pierce l ot La-
Grande, chairman: of; the commit-
ree-of Investigation and - a ; mem
ber of the board of higher educa
tion, arrived here yesterday! to
confer with E. E. Lindsay, execu
tive secretary of the boards prior
to the hearing.. She said i C. L.
Starr of Portland and Aubrey
Burch bf Medford, both members
of the board of higher education,
would be here to attend' the! hear
ing, jl : j:-; dyt
Mrs. Pierce Indicated that , tes
timony would be presented to the
board sitting as a committee 1 of
investigation with the aid of legal
counsel which would question
witnesses as they were called on
special charges made by Governor
Meier In his recent letter to the
board.' President Landers' has or
ganized a defense case,' it is un
derstood, which will be: presented
to the board. . ;
Grand Army of
Republic Holds
Annual Parade
-. DES MOINES. Ia., Sept.? 16
( AP) 'Veterans of the : Grand
Army ot the Republic; today pa
raded triumphantly in the; 65th
grand review; of the organization.
' A crowd of 60,000 greeted the
1800 civil war veterans more
with reverence than with cheers,
for the re-enactment! of : the fan
fare after Lee's j surrender today
probably meant! for many: of the
marchers their last parade.; ;
Huss and
;r Revive
Dwlght Huss came back to Sa
lem yesterday In his "merry Olds-
mobile"-the same ."Old Scout"
which had taken him safely across
the continent 28 years before; In
the fastest time then ever, achieved
by an automobile on j a ; cross
country tour, -ilVf -I ' :
,-. It was the same Huss, only 128
years older, r and : thej same jOld
Scout, which came to.Salfm yes
terday but -I the party came In
over a well-paved road leading
north from Eugene and ' the! ac
companying automobiles were of
a size, smoothness and : power
which presented j wonderful con
trast to the tiller-steered, single
cylinder, seven-horse powered car
which Huss again drove through
the streets of Salem, j : j ; . 1 1
Mayor P. M. Gregory met Hubs
at the south city limits and rode
with him yesterday through .the
downtown dUtrict, the: one-cylinder
ear running along 'smoothly
at 30 miles an hour while state
police, motorcycle equipped,' pr e
ceded the ear with a siren warn
ing. .In the party, following Huss
were some of the men-; who had
met him 28 years ago. Then the
party, en route to the 'Lewis
Clarke fair in Portland, came in
from Lebanon by way of Turner
and was met at the state peniten
tiary by a cheering crowd which
eame on Into town with Huss and
Wigle, masters of the Old Scout
which -was days ahead of "Old
I Steady,"- the other automobile In
QW
DETROIT GANGLAND .
Three Members of "Purple"
Mob U Slain;! Believed
t Decoyed to "Spot
DETROIT : Sept, 16-(AP)-
Three
members oC Detroit's once
notorious purple gane who. bo-
lice say, refused to heed a gang
land; warning, were shot to death
in a quiet apartment house this
afternoon? In what police fear Is a
new, outbreak of underworld war
fare, 1 -ii ; ' i ', ,; ;'.
Fifteen shots were filed by the
killers. believedT-tb number four,
who then fled down' a rear stair
war and escaped In a sedan which
awaited them in the alley.
' The victims were identified by
police: as Herman : Paul, 31, Joe
Lebold, alias Lebovitz, alias Jew
ell, 31, 'and Isaac Sutker,S28. Po
lice said they; were operators of a
handbook agency v and were at
tempting to ! Invade . the', liquor
racket. All had police records.
- Each was shot 1 through the
back of the head. The bodies were
found,! face down, one in the bath
room, lone In the hallway, and the
third in a bedroom, as if they had
attempted desperately to; escape
after the first shots were? fired.
Police were checking a theory
that the three Victims Sand a
fourth
known
killers
man whose identity Is not
' had been picked up by the
elsewhere and taken to the
apartment,, possibly under the
ruse; of . a conference. '. - f::
The I fourth man, ' according to
this theory, either talked his way
out: of the fate: which his compan
ions met or was a decoy 4n the
confidence of the killers. I
Clutched lnlthe hands! of the
dead men were freshly lighted ci
gars, giving added support to the
theory that a conference had been
begun. A phonograph had stopped
in the Middle of a "blues' record.
Ti
T PLANE
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OAKLAND; ! Cal., Septf 16
(AP) A pilot land three passen
gers were killel today- when a
Pacific Air Transport mail plane
plunged into, San Francispo bay
shortly) after it bad taken off
from the, Oakland airport for
Portland,1 . Ore., and Seattle,
The- pilot was Ray Boudreaux,
Medford, Ore., former army flier,
and the " passengers were? Kirk
Herre, Seattle, news papery man;
Colonel W. H. 'Bissell, San Fran
cisco and F. 1. Sheahan, Sa Francisco.-
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The crash occurred about 4 a.
m. Boudreaux ww flying" about
over Berkeley; Ini a fog.J Ie had
informed the 111 airport by radio
telephone that Jhe had only a COD
foot cellingihbui that "all is O. K."
Within fiyeiiiib Indies alcrash was
heard andlpitjlplahe had; dived
into the tide flats of the bay. . j
Reports i of some eyewitnesses
said: the plane ; had burst Into
flames before: filling but this was
denied in an bffleial statement of
the Pacifld Air. Transport which
said the plane broke, into flames
after it; struiSythe water.
i j in , j,il.-M,1i
oimmut
ft
Memories
hMitll't,;:'
the classic
a
! across the contl-
nent.
wm.
PlHi; ;!
f In the greetlngfparty yesterday
were Otto Wilsons ete and John
Graher! and DrJ W B. Morse, who
met Huss 28 ytrs ago and all of
whom at that,time;were owners of
Oldsmobiles. Wilson and Huss en
joyed meetineaxaM and recalling
khat they hdiiioiirfk allnfght on
the car to get lit In Shape to go on
to Portland. Other one-time own
ers of the early Oidsmobile cars
to greet Huss were J. H. Albert
and Paul Stegel ,i : ; '. ...
i Yesterday as on!'; the day in
1905 when Huss arrived here, .the
recollection of the South Santlam
pass oyer the Cascades was fresh
in mind.: "I tel youj It's the most
Wonderful country) I've ever seen
in the United States," Huss said.
"It's elegant. If I lived out here
In Oregon ' I'd : go there several
times a year. I've re membered It
all these years not alone because
of the hard time we had coming
down Seven-Mflei mountain.
"That country, Hussisaid, has
a road! which Is boulevard now
compared with its: condition when
Huss drove the first anto ever to
cross the Cascades down the pass.
Boulders were 6! large then the
car had to be Jacked j up in some
places to surmount them. kH. O.
White recalled when he met Huss
yesterday that he, in a fishing
party, had helped Huss down the
mountain. A tree was tied behind
(Turn to page 3, coL 7)
NSPO
CRASHES
n
Moyle iand Allen Cfo
After jGiven up fc?
Dead a Week aco i
Soviet Boat Sets T&x
5 .. Ashore at Miano
After Rescue !
Sept. 16 (AP) The naval radio
station tonight received a mewu
from the Russian steamship Bur.
and C. A. Alien.htrans-P, Jm
flier, 'found today u after Wng
missed since September 7. laaded
aTr,4lsland A tno eern
coast of Siberia when their faI '
faJeU!Jnthe,r atempt to spaa
Seattle? if,Cfcean f50m JP to
. The Buriat reported that neith
er the ifiiers nor he plane ws
hurt when they landed and that
the district as soon as a stormTnow
raInS the vicinity; subsides,, ;
r .The Buriat said the huge mono
plane had been refaeled and w
ready to be' flown. A ' -I
The message received here was
vague as to destination. saying
the fliers might start for Seattle
flying straight over the Bering
Bea and passing in the vicinity of
this Jsland, .but later ; saying ty
might go back to Tokyo. , .
- SEATTLE, Sept. 16 (AP
Safe in the little village of Ml
jno, Tilgino Island,;' off tha Si
berian coast, Don Moyle and C
A. Allen, Would-be? Transpacific
fliers; missing since September 7,
tonight rested after being rescwed'
from an uninhabited1 island where
they, were forced down by lack of
fuel and motor oil. i
; Reports received by the Brem
erton naval radio station via Ccr
dora and St. Paul and the coast
guard : cutters, which have beeu
searching the waters in the vicin
ity of the tAleutian Islands, to
night confirmed earlier messages
which told 6t the fliers' safety.
, Tonight's 1 message, received
from the Russian steamer Piaity
Krabolov, said the filers were sec
ashore at Miano by the steam
Buriat, which took j them of f the
uninhabited .island ! feaVlfer In the
day.! The message said the Bur
iat was bound from Petropav
lovsk to Kariganski Island with
a load of explosives, but gave na
reason for J setting the alrm
ashore. ' . S.
Re porta pail to Tell
If Plane Wrecked 1
! ...It. was not disclosed whether !
the huge pionoplane "Clasiaa
Madge" was wrecked la the
1 (Turn to page I, col. )
i LONDON, I Sept. ; 18 (AP)
Mahatma Gandhi stalked Into the
"mother of parliaments" tonight
and pleaded for the British labor
party's support of India's straggle
for independence, i vj s
He had been invited to address
labor members of the hoase of
commons privately , regarding In
dia's claims. :
! He said his case was complete
independence. for India, the aaaie
as that enjoyed by Great Britain.
He would accept no compromise,
be said. , pA - r "
i Afterward! he answered the
questions of various labor mem
bers.!' ' lA i v
- Earlier in; the day the federal
structures committee of the sec
ond roundtable- conference ; was
asked to give even the. lowlitat
taxpayer of India representation,
in the legislature of the projected
Indian federation. tA
; A. BangaswamI i Iyengar, a
friend of Gandhi, and a former
secretary of the all-India national
congress, pleaded - that i there
"no taxation I without representa
tion," one of tlfe significant
phrases ot the American revola-;
Uonary period. , "
P.E. o! Efforts f
j To Assist Girls
1 Told at Session
! PORTLAND, OreJ Sept. 16..
(AP) The educational fund of
the PE. O. Sisterhood has helped
3641 girls In their efforts to ob
tain a higher education. Mi's.
Maude M. Henry, of Nebraska,
chairman of the fund reported
at today's session of the biennial
convention ot the supreme -chapter
of the order.
The fund, Mrs. Hendy reported.
has been accumulating .for 23
years and now amounts to $6S4.
000. Maintenance of the f and id
the major project of the sister
hood. The organization has lost
only fSOOO through death an.J
$1400 through failure of borrow
ers to repay jheir loans. -
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