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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 22, 1931)
I i LESS TIIAN lc DAILY ' ' The StatsmM'i m...! ; 1 the weatiie:: :; ; Fair today, and WcI ics .:. day, slowly rising tern; t tore. Max. Temp. Monlajr ; C3f Min. 89, river -2.8 feet. bargain period is on. For " ; es man a cent caily yon may have this paper, deliv ,: erect ; by mall . In Oregon. Subscribe now: $3. . r , ,. FOUribnp 1831 KHjHTY-frlKST YEAR j- DOLLAR STflYSi STAB LE Oil IT, LIRT IKilLIES W o r g a n . States" British 1 Lapse From Gold Hope . i' ful Event ! Bankers Assert Climax of ; Crisis Past and Prog ress now Possible TI r.T.KT!TVt A. JAfiflT:R, Associated Press Financial Writer tCoityrlgnt; il93l. by Associatea - . ATess) - .1 KKW YORK. Sent; 21. fAP) -Tho tumble of the British pound sterling lett tbe aonar tno worm s principal stable - currency today. ad wail street, tinaer me leaaer shin of its most powerful and conr tiAnlrprft. rallied to aeon it JItseit or its ! new - responsiDiinies. Officials of the New York Stock Kxehange opened the market in th face of strong opposition from many quarters both at home knit ohi-nnrl I Th well Sustained market for seenritiea gare cour age to a worm sunering irom par alysis of much of lta important u nancial machinery. ; i Of other important world mar fcu nni tha Paris Bourse oven ed. Tho Bourse opened after trans- Atlantie teiepnone conyeraaiiuuu netweexi New Yori and Paris hvi in which New York bankers" urged that this action be taken. Stocks Stase Rally i stnv in New York "were t er ratic, but made a Tigorous rally it4.iT ia mHiito of the day. nu- 1 J o V" - - - merous prominent Issues selling about-11 to f a snare aooe urdays final leTels. The list sank back fa the late trading, and; fi nal prices found " a "sprinkling of net gains of Ji to a nre. among numerous losses ranging from a few penis to in pry1" lnent issues." ' j l The bond market was hardest hit, recording numerous losses of $10 to .9110 per bond Of S1000 par Taluo ia. foreign issues, and . iA .w iii!ni9 in domestic is sues,' The bond trading was the most active 1 in more man two , years; but the turnover in stock was only 3,400,000 shares, which has been exceeded as recently as ' last June, ' The Paris ; market was weaker than New York, showing general declines of 10 per cent. It was to ustend trading ia London issues listed in that mar ket. . Ban Short Selling I The mest drastic action, taken vt Vn.v fitm-v Fifhante officials was tba announcement before the opening or. a Tirmw ban n short selling. How impor tant a factor this may have been - v. ...nnrt Bnrd(d to Stocks was a matter of considerable dif ference of opinion., one oi most prominent of Wall Street leaders said no effort was made to drive shorts to cover their com mitments, but that a retreat of the bears "was the proper techni cal reaction to the situation, which had certainly been reatly discount- ! Several bankers regarded the British lapse from tne goia sw.au ard as a constructive measure, and the statement of J. P. Mor an to the Associated Press in Lon don that it was "a hopeful and not a discouraging event" was widely quoted. ' i Some prominent bankers assert ed this crisis was probabkly the last highly disturbing development in the current depression, and now real progress toward rehabilita tion can be made. ; , Close Visitors' Gallery t Tie stock exchange closed th visitors' gallery, a measure that 'has been taken several times in the past, but .signs of excitement Jn Wall Street were completely lacking. -! Rumors of banking support in the market were widely heard in the financial district,, but impor tant bankers denied emphatically that any banking' pool had been formed. ,' .- .': WASHINGTON, Sept. 21. (AP) A calm watchfulness for the results which will attend Great Britain's temporary suspen sion of the gold standard Is ap parent in Washington. No alarm Is felt as to the ef. feet on the United States. Expres sions in treasury quarters today were to the contrary. It was point ed out England has been on a gold basis for only six of the last 17 years. , - Secretary Mellon and Undersec retary Mills, of the treasury, both were out of the city. ; While not deprecating the situ ation in the British Isles that re suited In-the drastic action, the feeling among government offi cials and members of congress generally was that it would re sult in a stimulation of business for the empire. The raising of the rediscount rate from 4 to 6 per cent was Viewed as a step to attract foreign business, and moBey and wag con. sidered by some as a move to In flate British money., .,Gi0Terninent experts suggested andonment of the gold S"4 11 ?is tlme would not 5 ir VOll11 haTe dttrlns a period Mates 9 converned. they noted I Turn to page 2, col. 7) - Brands New Routed ; Horseback Survey Highway. Commissioner-Spaulding Declares Wolf Creek Route Never Viewed by Klein r Or Clark; Reiterates Stand for 2 Roads I v SALEM, Ore.; Sept. 21 (AP) Charles K. Spaiildin?, Salem member of the State Highway commission, in a state ment issued here today voiced severe criticism of the "horseback survey" on which he alleged the highway engi neering department based its recommendations for construc tion of the Wolf Creek road from Portland to the sea. - Revealing that ; he feels "the time has mow arrived when the public should receive a few plain facts concerning this highway controversy," Spaulding continues:-"" ; O "The report of the highway CIVIL SERVICE FOil Council Won't Object, it Assures men; School . . ; Plan 7s Offered The question . of civil . service for Salem's firemen came up be fore the city council Monday night and the council voted its assurance to the members of the fire department that the city gov ernment would not object if the firemen, on their own time and not during working hours, should Initiate a charter amendment providing for a civil -service sys tem of employing and promoting firemen. The vote was taken on motion of Alderman Kowitz, who stated the firemen were . considering such a more, but feared the council which now is empowered to employ or discharge firemen, might object. - Some objection was voiced by Alderman Hughes, who said he feared run der a civil service- the chief would not have the proper control over his men. ' The matter came up in con nection with plans for a fire men's school here, or instruction of the Salem firemen through the Fjr College" conducted by the Portland .department. . Captain Hicks of the .Portland department was present to ' explain the course and to, assure the alder men that it would be offered to Salem at no cost If the men went to Portland to take It, or at bare cost if; Instructors were brought here, j Captain Hicks mentioned that such, a school would work better in connection with a civil service system. . r FAVORSiH PORTLAND, Sept. 21 (AP) -Federal Judge Fee today ' - Bued a preliminary Injunction re straining Lane county officials and others from including South ern Pacific property In a pro posed (water ; district in the vi cinity of Oakrldge. The injunction . was directed against C. .P. Barnard, county judge; i Clinton Hurd and O. E. Crowed county commissioners; and W. B. Dillard, county clerk, all - of Lane county; and Henry Cook, II. M. Harklns, John Kim ball, JJ H. Paddock and A. Wood. An order to show cause why such an injunction should not be Issued 4 was signed' last week by judge Fee and made returnable today. None of the defendants appeared. v - The. I Southern . Pacific opposed the organization of the water district, on the grounds Its prop- erty, located within the proposed district, had three times the value - of all other property In cluded.' ; Under the law a prop- eriy organizeu uisinci ca uu row money; and Issue bonis which - become a Hen upon the property. . PROPOSED TEMPORARY ORDER Tornadoes, Rain Break. Heat Wave; Five Killed (By- the Associated Press) Tornadoes swept through scat- taroA Mtions of the middle west last night, In he waka of rains that broke- an abnormal heat wave and drought. - t af TPnorta Indicated that five lives were lost In wind and elec tric storms, which previously were credited witn a tou . wnntYii!Til over crippled ten ephone lines near Janesvllle, Wis., at first Indicated eigfet persons .... vtiiAA hv tornado which - " covered an area of approximately SO square mues, out omcer denied any lives were lost. Two were killed ia soutneasieru Kansas 'by a heavy wind-storm. The victims were a high school football nlayer, struck by a flying timber, and a farmer crushed un der a fallen tree. i i mait tnmadn In lured a stu dent and caused damage estimated at 110, COO to University or wis-' souri building at ColumDia. A woman suffered proDaoiy ia- tal injuries in a tornado that did nnrnTlmatAlr 110.000 worth Of damage is. the vicinity of Water- engineering department adto cates the construction of tho Wil son river road as a commercial highway and, as between the so called Wolf Creek route and the Scappose-Vernonia I route; i t b e former route is advocated. Al though the state proposes to ex pend millions of dollars in the construction of this short route to the sea I have been informed that neither Roy A. Klein, state highway engineer, : nor Wj I D. Clark, division engineer, fhave been . over either route..-. I "From informatlvh that have been able to gather the engineer ing .reports favoring the , Wolf Creek route was prepared by H. N. Hackett, a subordinate engi neer. Think of .it! The state of Oregon proposes to construct one of its most expensive highways on the report of a mere subordi nate." ; Spaulding said he. was In formed the only help Hackett re- (Turn to page 2, col. 4) I E DRill H FOB FULL OPEB ... -t " 1 """ 111 1 -3- -, r; s Long List of Merchants Co operating to Make Event Big Success : , , ,j" , j ! ' A few more days i to wait i until Salem merchants display to the citizens of the capltol city Just what is correct style for j fall. Especially elaborate plans are be ing made for the windows which will be unveiled Thursday even ing at 7:30 o'clock,: the hour an nounced as usual with the shrill blast of the city hall siren; j Treasure tickets will be dis tributed and prizes will be ' of fered for these if ji you hold a corresponding ticket to those on display in the windows." And there will be a program which is being developed in a new fashion this year. The same program will be i given ! eight times; that is it will be given twice in the same iblock at dif ferent places in the block and there will be four ! blocks which will be given over ; to the - fall opening crowds. i, ' J John Graber, manager of the Salem Municipal band, is quoted as assuring the appearance; of the band for specia) music. Both the men's and worn-en's glee club of Willamette university , will sing; . Prof. W. C. Jones will speak through a loud speaker on the subject of "What Willamette means to Salem" and the Arm strong twins will appear in per son. . . The Kiltie band! will give a demonstration and serenade the public In its best Scotch manner. The personnel of the band is Mickie i Kilster, Walter Irmus, John Charge, Arthur Hutcheon, Andy Henderson, and James Mc Gllchrist. ' i In addition to these attrac tions thWe will be the talent which jwon distinction in the Pendleton roundup and which is to appear in the state lair rodeo. Those from this group appearing on the Ad club fall; opening pro gram will be Frank Studnleka, world champion rider of bucking horses; Lloyd Saunders, ; sail around cowboy champion of the world; Rose Smith,. champion ; (Turn tj page 2, col. 7) lool. la. - .? ; Three men were killed by light ning near Clinton, Okla. i-. ,-. l JANESVILLE, Wis., SepL 21. (AP) Sheriff J. : S. Fessenden feral deputies returning from a re- portea stons area in noci county were unable to find; traces of any persons dead. Previous unconfirm ed reports said that ; eight persons were killed in a severe storm of cyclonic Intensity, ! . OSWEGO, Kas., Sept. 21 (AP) Two persons were - killed and several Injured by a wind storm which caused severe prop erty damage in ; southeastern Kansas late today. Clinton MeNickle, a farmer, was caught and fatally Injured under a falling tree.' , James Holt, 17, was killed by flying , timber from; ; a collapsed grandstand at the , county " fair grounds here - and I three other members of the Oswego , high school football squad were In jured. r J4 I . tEGIOD R Taxing - the Rich Will . not -Solve Problem of Deficit; : conomy Needed I President - Accepts Offer of Help to Provide Employ ment During Winter ; i- DETROIT, Sept. 21 ,(AP) President Hoover told: the Ameri can Legion today that It must op pose for the present all Increased governmental expenditures, in cluding those arising from Veter ans legislation. r At the opening session of the national Legion convention In Olympic arena the president was greeted by roars of applause for three minutes. ; The crowds In the arena sweltered and perspiration poured down' the president's face asi he spoke.. r - Without mentioning the bonus by name, Mr. Hoover drew ' ap plause from the Legionnaires when he called on them for "de termined opposition" to addition al demands. on the nation "until we have won this war against world depression." I am not speaking alone," he said, "of Veterans' legislation which has been urged for action at this convention, but I am speaking equally of demands for every other project proposed In the country which would require increased federal expenditures." Group Asks For Beer ' As Mr. Hoover walked from the platform ' after finishing his 15 minute address, a chant from a nearby group rose above the ap plause: . ' ii ..- : ' "We want beer. We want beer." i I The president smiled as he glanced toward the jovial crowd. The chanters wore the regulation Legion overseas caps, i Describing the depression as an outgrowth of the world war "in which your service brought bloodshed to an end,"! Mr. Hoov er, declared that "the American people are digging themselves out with Industry and courage." - -i "We have the self-containment, the, resources, .the manhood and the Intelligence, and by united ac tion we will lead the world in re covery," he said.- i 1 Big Deficit Faced i , Pointing out that the treasury faced a "large deficit,' Mr. Hoov er warned that . taxing j the rich would not be the sole solution, i (Turn to page 2, col. 3) RATE INCREASE WASHINGTON, Sept. 21 (AP) Freight rates adequate for the railroads ' to maintain their lines properly and jneet fixed charges were demanded - of the Interstate commerce commission today by railroad counsel. j Clyde Brown of New. i York, at torney for the New York Central and head of the legal staff present ing the railroads' side of the 15 per cent rate Increase, argued the nation's shippers owed i the rail road rates high enough to earn a "fair return" on their invest ment. He contended the commis sion had no alternative but to grant the rates that would give the carriers the legal fair return on their Investments.: j He said, however, the roads were not ask ing what they considered the full fair retturn at this time because of the serious economic situation of the country. i' While the arguments here were proceeding, rails led one of the best rallies in weeks on the New York stock markt. These advances were attributed to vague rumors that the Interstate commerce com mission would grant a freight rate increase soon. BOOK PEDDLERS TO PAY LICENSE FEES Licensing and regulation .. of book and magazine peddlers was Toted by city council ! when It passed an ordinance! Monday night, one of a series outlined by a special . committee on addl inoie ASKS tlomal city revenue, headed by Al derman Watson Townsend. . . This ordinance provides, a li cense of f 1 for one day and rang ing upward to 1S for ; a .year, and in addition requires - that prospective book and magazine salesmen furnish ' suitable refer-1 encea as to their Integrity. " Several other ordinances along the same line are . coming up, Townsend said, one a i general peddlers' license ordinance, t an other increasing the license for handbill dlstrlbu-tprs and adding to the restrictions as to where handbills may be placed. This bill also takes' away from local business houses the right to dis tribute their own advertising matter, which. If the measure is passed; must be handled through the licensed distributors. , 1 ' - , m League Acts When China in - GENEVA, -Switzerland. Sept. 21 ,-(AP) China , formally - called on the Leagu6 of Nations today to take action in tbe Manehurlan affair In order to ''safeguard the peace of the nations." r- Responding' Immediately, the League,' through '; its - secretary general; convoked a special ses sion of the council for tomorrow morning to deal with the Chinese request, ' The Chinese note of appeal, de livered by Alfred Sze, Chinese minister to London, on behalf of the ' Nankins' government, de clared a more serious situation than at first believed now ex ists at Mukden and other Man ehurlan centers taken over, by the Japanese. - -", . John Graber Victim of Tran sients who are Quick- -ly Caught ; " Less than 24 hours after they assaulted and robbed John Gra ber, 1 proprietor ' i of the Cold Springs camp ground, located four miles south of Salem-on the Pacific highway, Sunday evening, the three robbers,! Roy Clayborn, Dale Selleck and Ted Olson, tran sients, were taken to the state penitentiary yesterday afternoon, to start serving three-year gen. tenees meted out to them by Judge L. H. McMahan, when they plead ed guilty to the offense. ; Their loot consisted of 128. - ' Two women, giving their names as Virginia Clayborn and Mrs. Lester Smith, ' each carrying a cniid, one three and the other two years old, who were arrested In Albany yesterday afternoon along with Key Clayborn, were brought to Salem and cited to appear in Juvenile court at 2 o'clock today to confer concerning the children. (Turn to'page 2, coL ) TBDOPS ABE CALLED AGAINST FARMERS DES MOINES, Iowa. Sept. 21 CAP)- Orders were Issued to night by Adjutant Governor W. H. Bailey for the mobilization of between 1,500 and 2,000 troops, who will be sent; to Cedar-county where farmers today resisted vet erinarians' attempts to test cat tle for tuberculosis. The adjutant governor's ac tion came after a sheriff's force of f65 men which today was pre vented by a band of more than 200 aroused farmers from test ing cattle at the i farm of Jacob Lenker, near Tipton, la. I ; The farmers threw mud; on the deputies' automobiles and .smash ed the windows of two cars be fore .the force returned to Tipton without attempting to round up cattle for testing, ' j HUDSON COUPLE . BOili FOR DESERT LONE PINE, Cal., Sept.! 21. (AP) - The Guy Edward Hud sons . arrived here late today on their second honeymoon. - Fresh from a spectacular sec ond marriage ceremony, perform ed a platform a ; thousand - feet above the muddy torrent of the Colorado river, Mrs. Minnie "Ma" Kennedy .and her husband were given the bridal suite at the local inn. : ; : ' . !. - : - -r . '" ; r. Mrs. Hudson announced they would start tomorrow morning for Death valley and the famous mystery castle" as guests or Wal ter Scott, known as "Death Valley Scotty." " . ' ' Jack Poor Sport Estelle Ignores His Reno Divorce CHICAGO, Septl 21 (AP)-U Estella Taylor accused Jack Dempsey of "poor sportsmanship" tonight, and said she would not recognize the divorce be obtained from her today In Reno, i "I'm sorry Jack should do any thing ' so "unsportsmanlike, said the former-' heavyweight, cham pion's actress wife, who'! la ap pearing at a theater here; ; - - "Jack may feel very free at this moment,, but until the California courts, where we both "maintain residence, declare me free, I shall still declare myself Mrs. Jack Dempsey." ; ASSAULT 1MB, THREE III PRI1I LOS ANGELES, Sept. 21. (AP) Joseph Scott, attorney for Estelle Taylor tonight declared that the black haired motion pic ture actress will disregard entire ly the divorce) decree obtained by Jack Dempsey at Reno, Nev., to day and will proceed .in Los An geles with her own -divorce and property division i action - against the , former heavyweight cham pion. " . . ".; '!.; 4 - : '! "! ORE FLIERS Float 148 Hours in Atlantic ' Before Motcrship Picks ; inem; up i , 5 i Believed Plane; Struck Blind Spot and Flew in Circles Til! gas Gone HALIFAX, N. S Sept, 21. (AP) Picked np after floating 148 hours on the wreckage of their Lisbon to New York plane,! three foreign filers were safe l today aboard the small Norwegian mo torship Belmolra. 1 The rescue of , the daring pair of German airmen and a Portu guese sportsman who had; been given np for dead,' was reported, to the outside world by wireless Just one week after they were due in New York, f r'1 , ' I I First came a terse message from the Belmolra saying the wreckage of a plane had been sighted about eight miles off ! Cape Pine, u a treacherous section of the! New foundland coast. i 1 ' i Later advices told of tho find ing of Willy Rody and Christian Johanssen, the German fliers, and their Portuguese companion Fer nando Costa VIega. Still later Johanssen messaged the Junkers airplane works in Dessau, Germany, of the abandon ment of tbe plane and subsequent rescue. ' I ' Hours after reporting , the res cue, the Belmolra gave a few! scant details. " ', I 1 " U-M Filers In Good Helth ' i.The fliers all were in good health, the motorship wirelessed, but Dacosta Viega was suffering from an injured leg. ' ,j The airmen were picked up not SO miles from the position in which they were sighted at; 1:40 p. m. ,(E. S. T.) last Monday by the steamer Pennland, about SO miles off Cape Race, Newfound land. ." i From ' thlirmeager. Information it was believed here the trio had struck aviation's "blind . ', spot" where the metallic deposits of Bell Island are believed to influence the instruments of trans-Atlantic air men. This, it was said, probably caused them to fly in circles until their fuel was exhausted, i The trio set out Sundayj Sep tember 14, from Juncal do Sol, (Turn to page 2, col.' 3) ' 14 TOKYO,: Sept. 21 (AP Ja pan was shaken today by another severe earthquake which caused 14 deaths and injuries to 60 In Saitama and Gumma, prefectures alone. . , - ' ' j In Saitama prefecture! 159 buildings collapsed, including the famous temple of Hikama in Ku magal. j ! Landslides Interrupted 1 rail travel and 17 trunk telegraph and telephone lines were put out of commission, cutting off commun ication with "Kobe, Dairen, Kuma moto and Hakodate. Thirty-two other trunk lines gave way In the metropolitan area. , Seismologists said the quake was the most severe this :: year. The shocks were felt over ai wide area through the Kanto and Kan sal districts, although the ; dam age was concentrated.' , Several tall chimneys toppled. Roads were cracked. Here and in Yokohama ..thousands. 1! were frightened by the shocks, rushing into the streets in near panic. Due to Interruption of com munications, no : estimates of property damage were; available tonight. " I : . i , VI Shlnlcnl Munitomi, ; seismolo gist at the central observatory. predicted further shocks . within the next few days. ; V ARE KILLED j 1 EARTHQUAKE Enroll ment-in Schools Shows Large Increase FIRST DAY FIGURES Years , Total H. S. 1131 ' ..4443 1157 1930 .....4042 1 918 1929 3900 - 842 1928 ...4135 : 890 : Enrollment In the Salem pub lic schools yesterday, totalled 4,- 443. 401 above the .1930 figure and 308 higher than the previous first-day record of 4,135, set in 1928. An error was discovered in the count at the Leslie junior high school afternoon; with the result that the figure, was low ered by 50. " J Toe Increase came in tne sen ior high, which yesterday regis tered 1,157 -students, 1 239 more than last year and 267 more than in 1928; and in the junior highs, which registered 1,198 pupils. 104 over 1930 and 30 over 1928. '. Registration in ' 'the trade schools yesterday reached 2,080, 86 more than in 1930 and 50 less than In the banner year. 1928. The grade school i yesterday was as follows: -Garfield. 204; Engle wood. 316, Grant, 261, Highland 303, McKenzle 176, Park : 224, W1 n . TTft T mmm km A SFiiesi Dei Sidewalk Holes Pointed Out as Danger Points " Numerous holes- and other de fects in Salem's downtown side walks were pointed lout In a re port made to the- city .council Monday night by E. C. Bushnell, building inspector, who had been instructed to make a .survey of this situation. v,- The matter .was referred back to Bushnell' and City Attorney Trindle to work out a means of correcting the situa tion. , Holes caused by tbe breaking of skylights in the sidewalks, lack of or defects In gas, and electricity sbutoff covers and detests in steel door plates were specified in a number of i locations, ; In tbe re Port. 4 , HI HEAR PLEAS FOR UMATILLA DAM Montana: Representative Says Income Should Go to Government PORTLAND, Or., Sept. 21. ( AP ) Proponents of the Uma tllla rapids project in the Col urn bia river told members of the con gressional committee on Irrigation at an informal heating here today development of the Columbia river for Irrigation, power ana i naviga tion should follow practical and reasnnsble lines. ; i i f Leaders of tbe TJmatjUa Rapids association said a bill for construe turn of the nroiect would be re-In troduced at . the next session ef congress. The bill ; previously re ceived strong support j irom me reclamation senrice and! was re- ported favorably by the commit tee. K , ; h i .St"' f4ij l 1 S" '' Speakers ', urged that ; congress should not wait far the develop ment of a super-project but should entertain some more modest pro posal which would.unlock enough of the reat resources of the river tor nresent dav needs and, uses. Among members or tne commit- ion hints were nassea mat tne army engineers' report on the pro ject, while not casting reflections on tbe Umatilla rapids project, proposed a development at pelilo falls that would "drown out" the Umatilla ropids with a huge lake which would be created behind a great dam. ! Scott LeaVitt,, representative from Montana, declared! lands un der' irrigation ' projects should be helped by power idevelopment to gain the benefits or tne water out not to build up a profitable power enterprise from which they would profit. After a project Is paid for. he said, the Income from the pow er should revert to the reclama tion fund for use in .other develop ment. , ';, . ': ,1' -'' j-uillj " - Police Seeking ? Whereabouts pf j Katherine Fox Portland. Sent; 21k (AP) i Police today were asked!, to help locate Katherlne Fox, 15, who has been .missing from her liome si n re September 14.- Her . parents, Mr. and Mrs.' G. B, For, told police they believed their daughter had been seized by members of a gang and was . being ; ield . against her Will. 'I - - WV IQ'Vd j -' The girl was last seen a week ago when she left school, presum ably to return to her home. Today a torn paper bag containing some of the girl's school effects was I found in the yard at the Fox home. Richmond 211, Lincoln 207 and Washington 188. . Yesterday's .sessions lasted only until noon.1 Today the high school students will: attend five 30-mlnute classes r during , the morning . and be let out. for the afternoon to ; purchase their books. The grade ' schools . will continue Into the afternoon. as usual. - . .,i"'J;iii;";- hf-1 - , j The . increase ' In j! the -high school, ' according t to Superin tendent George Hug, Ms ' caused chiefly by the facts that many students are this year continuing their education instead of drop ping out after the sophomore year and that more students are entering from outside the school district. Although' a number of students will undoubtedly regis ter during the remainder of this week and next;? the predicted peak of ,1.300 props bly will not be reached, he stated. " '' No record was set' In. the num ber of children entering the first grades of the city schools for the first time. Two hundred and six- ; (Turn te page 2; col. 8) " , .'it i . aiIed;,ii!o)S3i'j.: Vote 7 to 3 in Favcr , f Of Popular Ballot; ; ! Dancy Switches : "? -. 1 - M n j i y:& ' i !; i . : . ' " - ' 'I-; -1 t - ' ' : ' !i ! ' j :: Majority is Lacldng b i j Margin of one; 4 If Not Present ! That old scrlmnm e-n-Kattait fallback Municipal Water smash ed; the line Mondav nfc-fet k city council meeting and got clear across the goal, but was called back because there were only sev en of his team mates on the line of scrimmage! when there should havo been -e,igbt. Consequently t6 ?? vota a Salen on 8.500,000 worth of water bonds November 3. J s The council had passed uaau tmously an ordinance calling the 1 special election and another pro viding for a vote on another char ter amendment, permitting use of tire department mlllage fund to I be, expended for operation of tbe f department, and It appeared that I?"? Wa?,cIeaf fJeI4 ahcad tot ' Municipal Water. . i 3 Then the bond issue charter ! amendment Ordinance was amend ed in committee of the whole, the changes omitting a requirement that the council start proceedings ! under the amendment as soon as it j should be; adopted by the voters Thus it came up for final adoption byj the council. Four Favor It Against Person Feelings t - i ; Discussion prior to the vote re vealed that Aldermen Dancy, Av- 1 erett, Townsend and Patton plan ned to vote. ,for submitting the amendment, but ail four were per sonally opposed to the Idea of bringing, in Santlam river water at j such a copt, holding that It would not be really "mountain water" and: hot sufficient Im provement over Willamette river water. Previously H. L. Clark, a private citizen, bad I talked at length on the merits t of a well 1 water system.j i t;. J When the vote was taken, only ! Aldermen , Hendricks and Ncd roted "no." Dancy alonr I j (Turn to page 2rcol. J) 1 - NANKING, Sept. 21 (AP) . Cninas flood horror was spread: today before the eyes of Colonel and Mrs. Charles A, Lindbergh- I as they flew their . black mono plane over northern TCiana prA vlnce on the first of a series of survey iiignts l they volunteered to make to aid the ! flood rMr commission. i - ' ; Broken cities, obliterated farms, ruined villages appeared beneath their Plane in Rtirh num. bers that Coloael Lindbergh afU erward commented it was "hard to say", where the disaster had struck its fiercest blow. in four hours 40 minutes nf flying the Lindberghs obtained data which a! representative of the! relief commission said was of i"the utmost value." Thpi offer to make) the! survey flights naq Deen accepted promptly by President TJhleng Kai-Shek and Finance Minister T. Vi Soong: Anne Lindbergh did the Pilot ing and the colonel occupied him self taking pictures and making exhaustive. annotations on a map of the area, s They covered thai part of the province lying east of the Grand jCanal one of th world's famous waterways. To morrow they plan to fly over the section west of the canal. , No where, the Llndberahs said. did they see any Indication that cue flood waters, which have.' ravaged the province more than a month, might be subsiding. Oregon Invites Legion For '32 ; Only formal Bid DETROIT. I Sept. til f API Oregon presented its Invitation to the - American ! Legion to meet la Portland in 1932 to the conven tion's committee on time and place today. No other city made ' a formal bid for the meeting and it was generally believed Portland will be the- mnanlmous choice when the matter comes before th convention Wednesday. . I The Invitation was presented by Alex G. Barry, Oregon department commander. who deposited a check for 325,000 as evidence of tbe i city's' financial . preparedness. 1 Chicago's bid for the 1933 meet ing; was received by the commit tee. Miami, Fla., extended an in vitation for 1934. and Legion naires living; in Italy asked that consideration be given to holding a convention In that 'country Jn the future, possibly In 1937. umeirssEE h CUE'S 11010,1