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SLOW TIME; TO
BUCK FOG SOON
Weather Favorable Until
: Aleutians Reached, Bu
reau Reports
Pangborn . and Herndon up
. Over. Ocean; no News
Of Moyle Allen
SEATTLE, Oct. 3 (AP) The
weather i bureau tonight reporfed
that Clyde Pangborn and Hugh
Herndoii, fliers who bopped from
Japan today for the United States
will find excellent weather facing
them until they reach" the Aleu
tian chain. -
- From slightly west of . the tip
of the "Aleutians, however, to a
point between Dutch harbor and
-Kodiak.on the Alaskan coast, a
barometer depression of moderate
intensity;, indicating cloudy weath
er and possible fogs, will be met.
TOKYO, Oct. 4 (Sunday)
( AP) The jOchiishi radio station
at Nemuro s reported that Clyde
Pangborn and Hugh Herndon, Jr.,
bound from Japan to the United
States on an attempted non-stop
trans-Pacific . flight, flew oyer
Cape Erimo, about 100 miles
northaast of. Samushiro beach,
their starting place, at 8:12 a. m.,
today (6:12 .p.m. Saturday E.
S. T.)
This wou,ld indicate the fliers
were averaging less than 100
miles per hour, since they took off
at 7:01 a. m. today (5:01 p. m.
Saturday EL S. T.)
SAMUSHIRO. Japan, Oct. 4.
(Sunday) (AP) Hurtling Itheir
monoplane down the beach run
way at 70 miles, an iour, Clyde
Pangborn and Hugh Herndon,
American barnstorming aviators
took off on a nonstop flight of
4 465 miles to Seattle or vicinity
at 7:01 a. m. today (2:01 p. m.
Saturday P. S. T.)
If sufficient: gasoline remained
In the plane's tanks, they hoped
to soar jpasfc Seattle to Wenatchee,
WashJlwhere Pangborn's mother
and brother live, and possibly con
tinue on to Boise and Salt Lake
City for a world's record ot 5,205
'miles'. ! 1. '.
Herndon and Pangborn arrived
at the Samushiro beach at 5:30
a. m., and tuned up their erigine.
The weather here was favprable.
A small crowd of Japanese gather
ed to witness the takeoff. ; .
The great plane started; taxiing
from "the northern" end jot the
beach, rushed : down a wooden
ramp, gained momentum 1 on- the
natural sandy runway and rose
after a run of 1,500 meters.
The plane circled over .Samush
iro, then headed .'northeast over
the Pacific ocean. In eleven min
utes it had disappeared in mist as
It headed toward the Kurlle isl
ands, first landfall in the long
journey, ii. '.. .
VANCOUVER, B. C, Oct. 3.
(AP) No word bad, been re
ceived here tonight from; the Yu
kon territory or northern British
Columbia of Don Moyle and Cecil
Allen, California aviators, who
hopped from Fairbanks,; Alaska,
at noon for White Horsey 1 . T.
The flight of approximately 500
miles should have been made in
five hours.
No direct communication had
been received from White Horse
since early In the afternoon, how
ever, with the telegrapa office
there closing early for the night.
Shoup to Favor
ModiSed Raise
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MEDFORD, Ore,, Oct. 3
(AP)' Piul Shoup, president of
the Southern Pacific irfilroad,
said today that in event the 15
percent . freight rate t increase,
asked by the railroads, is granted
by the Interstate Commerce com
mission, it should be modified to
suit various i Industries; so the
burden would be equalised. He
aid he also favored abolishment
of ahort selling In Wall street
ln time of economic stress.
Footballs Will Blossom
For W.
: Salem streets will blossom out
tomorrow with the flowers1 of the
Willamette university season
red, and yellow footballs and win
dow ' cards announcing .' the , Bear
cats first night home game, to be
played on Friday, October 1.
This game, in which Bearcats
and Columbia university, i Port
land, Irishman will tangle, is be
ing promoted by the "Cascade
Area council,- Boy Scouts et Amer
ica, in an effort to rally unprece
dented - support from Salem and
the surrounding towns in both
Marion and Polk counties. The
eouncllmen will meet for the third
time at the chamber of commerce
"building tomorrow night; to dis
cuss further plans for the under-
; taking. i-. j . t
The comprehensive program of
printed and person-to-person ad
vertising planned by Gardner
Knapp, executive secretary tor the
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When Pepper Martin Got Going
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3?
The big star of the World Series is shown sliding Into second base in the second inning of the second
game at SU Louis Friday, stretching his hit to a double, shortly before he. scored the run that really
decided the game. He scored the only ther run of the day on similar speedy baM running. Tele photo
from St, lui to San Francisco. - - j ; j ill.; ' ' ) Z.
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ADDITIONAL IB
Bomb Chinese Concentration
North of Mukden, Report
From Trouble Zone
.SHANGHAI. Oct. 3 (AP)
Occupation of Newchwang, Man
churian commercial center, by
Japanese troops and bombing of a
Chinese concentration some miles
northeast of Mukden by Japanese
army planes, were reported today
by Japanese and Chinese sources.
The dispatches agreed with the
contention of Chinese official cir
cles that Japan is not lopsening
her grip on southern Manchuria
Reuters news agency said 60
bombs were dropped on a Chinese
barracks at Paishan-Chengtse.
some . hundred miles from Muk
den, Manchuria capital until Jap
anese forces were sent there for
the announced purpose of pro
tecting Japanese lives and Invest
ments. Chinese news sources said ; the
men bombed were Chinese sol
diers. Japanese news sources call
ed them bandits.; Reuters refer
red to them as "Chinese troops"
numbering ,000, and said there
were 200 casualties.
The bombing apparents was in
retaliation for the recent shooting
down of a Japanese military
plane.
The expedition which occupied
Newchwang was explained by the
Japanese dispatches as necessita
ted by "widespread lawlessness.'
B
One hundred members of the
northwest section of the Interna
tional Association of Electrical In
spectors are expected here today
and tomorrow for their sixth an
nual convention. Registration is to
open at 6 p. m. tonight in the
chamber of commerce rooms. An
executive committee meeting at 8
p. m. at the Marion hotel will fol
low. The program tomorrow includes
addresses of welcome by Mayor
P. M. Gregory and W. H. Hamil
ton,, division manager of the P.
G. E. Co., and responses by offi
cials of the electrical association.
The I principal address of the
morning is to be ''Adequate Wir
ring by Arthur L. Abbott of New
York city.
Reports of committees will be
featured at the afternoon session
and at 4 p. m. sightseeing trips to
the flax and linen mills will be
eaJoyed.
Tuesday . the, convention will
consider a variety of subjects of
Interest to electrical engineers and
in the afternoon the men will en
joy, a golf tournament and the
women a bridge party..
HERS
COM NG
MEETING
U.-Columbia Tilt
promotion of the game, will. In
clude the yellow football signs
hanging, from, downtown lamp
posts, . . window cards, bumper
strips, use of a broadcast ear, and
talks before prominent citizen
groups of the various towns by
members of Cascade council.
Knapp and 0. P. West, scout . ex
ecutive, will confer with scout
committees at Silverton on Tue
day night, Dallas on Wednesday,
Woodburn on Thursday and Stay-
ton o Friday.
Tickets . for the Willamette-Co
lumbia contest will go on tale
here on, Tuesday and in the other
cities on the day-after Knapp and
West meet with the local scout
committeemen.- '
The eouncllmen are seeking to
sell tickets "enough to exceed by
far the record attendance at
Sweetland field of S300 which
was set at the Willamette-Whitman
college game last November,
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Ball Classic
Is Moved to
1a
PHILADELPHIA, I Oct. 3
(AP) Transformed overnight
from the uninspiring spectacle of
a big fellow thrashing a little one
into a dramatic struggle where all
forces suddenly were -recognized
as equal, the world series moved
Into Philadelphia today to rest
until play is called for the third
duel of the world champion Ath
letics and the St. Louis Cardinals
in Shibe park, Monday afternoon.
The freethitting and debonair
speed of one young man, broad-
shouldered i'Pepper' Martin, plus
me Diiuiant pucmngjor me sum
left-hander. (Wild Bill Hallahan
have brought about the shift In
the tide of smart opinion.
Baseball hten who conceded the
Athletics a .jwalkaway in four
straight gam&s after Lefty Grove
conquered the Cards In the open
ing game in St. Louis now have
revised their versions.
HAY FUGITIVE
SHOOTS PAL. SELF
ENID. Okia.. Oct.! 3 (AP)
On the brink of arrest following a
downtown gunflght here, a fugi
tive apparently chose death . by
gunfire for himself and his young
er companion .today. .
The older 'man died almost at
once and his name still was un
known tonight, as was the reason
for the strange affray1. The young
er mumbled before he succumbed
to wounds that he was Tom Gog
gin, of Junction City, Has., and
nodded his head when officers
asked him if his companion shot
him and then turned his pistol on
himself. He gave no j more infor
mation. ! ;
The gunflght followed two un
successful attempts I by Elmer
Hutchinson, j deputy , sheriff, to
question the men because they
looked' suspicious. Half a hundred
pedestrians dodged for cover as a
score or more shots were fired.
Three miles from town the two
abandoned their motor ear, flee
ing on foot for - several miles. A
posse was drawing near wnen
three shots rang out. The men
were found on the ground, dying.
Edison i Weaker
But no Serious
Changes Noted
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WEST ORANGE, N. J., Oct. 3.
(AP) -A steady decline in the
condition of Thomas A. Edison,
aged and ill Inventor, has been no
ted by members of his family and
by Dr. Hubert W. Howe, his per
sonal physician. j ;
The man who for years worked
long hours daily and prescribed
work for longevity j appears to
have lost Interest la the world
about him. From a chair ; in the
second floor living room he looks
out on the i grounds ot i "Olen-
mont," but care not to tour them
in an automobile as Is his custom.
Charles Edison said his father had
shown a r growing
tendency to
avoid physical exertion.
Girl is Charged
With Car Thett
PORTLAND, Orel, Oct. 3
(AP) A young woman who said
she was Evelyn Lee, 20, of Gas
ton, Ore., was arrested by state
police today; while driving a stol
en car near McM Inn vllle. Police
said she had confessed to stealing
the ear in Portland September 20.
' POIXCARE VERY ILL
PAH5S, Oct. 4 .(Sunday)
(AP) The! Paris edition of the
Chicago Tribune reported this
morning that former - Premier
Poincare Is dangerously III.
Philadelph
-r. r'ri
SFIIHL
TO BE WEDNESDAY
Estate may be Modest due
To Large Sums Spent
On Yacht Efforts
LONDON, Oct. 3-(AP) In
accordance with his frequently ex
pressed wish, Sir Thomas Lipton.
grand old man of yachting who
died yesterday, will be buried be
side members ot his family J in
Glasgow. Funeral services will
be Wednesday afternoon. Simul
taneously services will be held in
Saint Columbus church, London.
Belief was expressed today that
his estate would be comparatively
small because of the immense
sums he spent in charity and in
his repeated attempts to recap
ture for England the America's
cup, symbol of world yachting su
premacy. 'The report that year ago he
had set up a large sum to be used
for the construction of more
yachts with which to try for the
"elusive old mug" was revived.
Ambassador Charles G. Dawes
today conveyed President Hoov
er's sympathy on the death of a
"distinguished British subject
whose spirit of true sportsman
ship and whose friendship with
the United States won the whole
hearted respect of the American
people."
BUG HID LOAN
ASSOCIATION MEETS
ROSEBURG, Ore.. Oct, 3
(AP) Systematic savings and
purchase of real estate and real
estate securities hare paved the
way to financial independence for
many average American work
men during the past century, Mor
ton Bodflsb, executive manager of
the United States Building and
Loan league, told delegates to the
Oregon league of . Building and
Loan and Savings and Loan as
sociations, meeting in annual con
vention here today.
"Capital which sustained the
country's business during the past
hundred years resulted from sys
tematic saving." Bodfish said.
"The year 1933 offers the same
opportunities to the working man
to reach the status of the well-to-do.
; Baying power creates wealth
for the average eitisen only Inso
far as It goes into building a com
munity whose prosperity he
shares.
Bodfish . emphasised the secur
ity of Building and Loan and Sav
ings and Loan systems In periods
ot depression. He said associa
tion! affiliated with the United
States, league continued to pay
dividends during 17 major -depressions
since 1831.;
Missing O.S.C
Student Sought
CORYALLIS, Ore., Oct. 3.
(AP) Law officers throughout
the state have been asked to look
out for John Reed, Jr., 20,: who
disappeared from the Oregon
State college campus two days
after registering as a freshman.
Reed and his brother came here
from Stockton, Calif. Neither his
brother nor his family have heard
from him for "more than a week.
Parcels of Land
To be Auctioned
VALE, Ore., Oct. 3. -f AP)
Two hundred fifty parcels of county-owned
land' will be auctioned
oft at a sheriffs sale here October
31.1 The parcels vary in size bnt
an effort has been made to include
In each enough land for a ranch.
Some of the parcels are to be
sold at. 31.25 an acre.
LlPTLirj
UMATILLA LAD
I. L. Patterson cup Goes to
Stanley, Green;; Good
- Record Recited
Salem Kiwanis Award won
By Kenneth Dahl of This
County 2 Others
A Umatilla county boy, Stanley
Green, carried off the L L. Pat
terson trophy, presented by Mrs.
Patterson in honor of the late
governor to the 4-H club member
outstanding In leadership and
achievement during, the 1931 fair.
Hundreds of 4-H members
gathered in the grandstand at the
fair yesterday morning for the an
nual style revue, parade of club
livestock and announcement of
the many and varied club awards.
Young Green has been In club
work for six years, starting with
one pig. , Now he Is carrying six
projects, ranging from dairy to
handcraft. He owns 25 head of
sheep, five ot dairy cattle and
some hogs, leads two livestock
clubs and a handicraft club. ,
Coaches Livestock
Judging Teams
He has spent a great deal of
time coaching demonstration and
livestock Judging teams and has
explained 4-H work before a num
ber of organizations In his own
county. He has exhibited in east
ern Oregon and at the Pacific In
ternational. V
In the bankers' nrlzes for sen
ior club members, Clifford Con
rad, Union county, placed first
with hogs, cattle, sheep and al
falfa projects; Clackamas county
went second; Joe Rogers t Jr., Mc
Coy, Polk county, placed third
with hogs and corn; P. F. Jette,
Aurora, Marion county, placed
seventh with a hog project.
In the cookery demonstration
contest, results of which were giv
en yesterday, James1 SJovangen
and Zelma Satrum of Silverton
won fourth place for Marion
county; Clara Lund and Mar
tha Hennigen, Lane county, won
first place.
Firsts in the homemaklng dem
onstration contest was the Port
land team, Helen Mitchell and
Olive Steen.. First In the mis
cellaneous demonstration contest
was theodore Kirsch and Ralph
Kaiser, Wasco county. In the
sewing demonstration, Helen and
Jnne Clark, Multnomah county.
were first. In canning demon-1
stration, Lane county , placed top
with Merna Laird and Agnes Wal
lace. Marlon and Polk failed to
place in the last four mentioned
contests. '
Mount Angel Calf
Won by Joesey
Donald Jossey of Washington
county won the Mount Angel col
lege stock farm calf valued at
-150. while Hans Luthold of Tilla
mook county received the $150
Guernsey calf offered by H. B.
Howell of Grants Pass.4
Clayton Fox of Union county
found himself eliminated from all
further competition In the boys'
and girls' club department, when
it was announced that he was the
winner in three classes of sheep.
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MADISON, Wis., Oct. 3. (AP)
Governor Philip F. LaFoIlette's
executive council today approved
a plan submitted by the chief ex
ecutive for organised and coopera
tive restriction of lumber output
In Wisconsin until next July to
aid stabilization of the lumber In
dustry in the state.
In presenting the arrangement
to the council. Governor LaFol
lette said the state-and, the lum
bermen had agreed upon a con
tract whereby production of each
plant will be set at 28 per cent
of the average' arfnual output for
the years 1937, 1938 and 1929,
which were all years of large pro
duction. . - ; , J :
- The governor's statement did
not say how many lumbermen had
signed the contract but Indicated
all ; the large producers have
agreed to cooperate.
Liberals Flight
Great Britain
H Election Move
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LONDON.' Oct. ! 3 (AP) -The
liberals this evening struck a se
vere blow at Prime Minister Ram
say iMacDonald's prospects; of
keeping the present national gov
ernment together in the event of
a general election. ' i !
1 A Joint meeting of the executive
committee of three important; lib
eral organizations passed a 'resolu
tion utterly condemning the plan
for an election this month- and
rigorously reaffirming the; liberal
belief in free trade. I j
-The organisations are the ; na
tional liberal federation, the wom--n's
national liberal federation
and the national league of young
liberals. . .. -.1 ,. j ; .
HER
OTP
APPROVED
Revive! of 'Legi? j
Stage is Attempt of !
Young Dramatists
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NEW YORK,! Oct. 9.
(AP) Fifteen ambitions
youths with an ridea" have
taken over an old tradition-.
filled theater on the fringe
of Broadway and) are staking
their all on a motto of "snr.
k cess or starvation.
Tftey plan to. get plays
written about youth and. by
youth, produce them with a
youthful cast, youthful di
rectors and under the man
agement of their own very
youthful organization. , -i;
, . Not one of the IS collab
orators Is 29. Their average
age Ur 23. Some 'recently
have " ' come - from college
dram schools, j . : -
POPE PLEADS FOB
Crusade of Mercy is Urged
In Encyclical Issued
At Vatican City -
VATICAN CITY.! Oct 3 (AP)
Pope Plus XI tonight Issued an
encyclical In which he called on
the world to Join In a new crusade
of mercy for the relief of unem
ployed millions wno, ne said, are
the victims of, economic distress
primarily caused In part by "the
unbridled race of armaments.?!
The encyclical. ! called "Nova
Impendet" new things are upon
us was written by the pope yes
terday, the day on which I the
church celebrates the ' feast of
guardian angels.
Hunger, want and the menac
ing "plague" of Idleness., the holy
father said, are caused largely by
the armament race inspired by na
tional, rivalries : and resulting' In
the dissipation of enormous
wealth. . , ' tii-
He Instructed the bishops ; and
other church authorities to organ
ize relief, and directed all men to
contribute to the support of this
charitable endeavor!
SIX CENTS QUART
E
PORTLAND, i Ore. 1 Oct. 3,1
(AP)--Nearly a Portland milk
distributors are selling milk
wholesale at six; cents a quart, of
ficials of the RIvervIew-Damascus
Milk company charged today after
announcing a similar price In a
tariff filed with the city. f ii
The city council recently adopt
ed an ordinance requiring all milk
distributors to file a iprice sched
ule in order to stop: rebates; and
other forms of price . cutting. ; ;
River-Damascus company offi
cials declared they had no inten
tion of starting a milk war ! and
that as soon as "we find out re
bates of various kinds have been
eliminated, we are willing to go
back to a fair price.' They added
that they had "been robbed right
and left and now were meeting
the lowest prices. j j 1 !
Under the city ordinance It Is
unlawful: to announce one price
and sell at another.
Rabbi Henry J. Bertowlts, nillk
arbiter, when Informed of the: tar
iff 'filed today, said j be expected
"some exciting times in the next
few days." The city ordinance
provides that when a price i has
been announced It must be main
tained for two weeks. : ;
Weekfe Meeting
Ot Chamber to
Resume Monday
. ' ' i a ;; it
Chamber . of commerce meet
ings fori the winter will be re
sumed tomorrow at noon when
Victor H. Tousley j of 1 Chicago,
speaks on 1 "Fire Prevention
Throuerh the National Electrical
Code." A display mada by elec
trical engineers in session here
will be shown to chamber mem
bers to t the ante-room of - the
group's rooms. .;
'The chamber of commerce yesi
terday announced that the an
nual convention ot Oregon den
tlsts had been secured -for Salem
In 1932. V
EP
NG
Carroll Cook Horseshoe
Pitching Champ of N. W.
Young" Carroll Cook,! 18-year-old
Eugene lad, was yesterday
crowned champion of northwest
horseshoe pitchers, when he i won
from a field of 13 .men who
played in the tournament at the
fairground. ' Hllmar Pell, Pen
dleton, was runner-up. '
. Pitching of joung Cook has
been one of the big attractions
of the preliminaries held each
day during the fair and leading
up to the state and northwest
matches Friday and Saturday.!
L. Jenkins of Prospect jtook
the state championship In- the
pitch-off yesterday with Hllmar
Pell. The two tied in the state
tournament Friday. : .
In the northwest matches, two
groups of eight men each played,
winners, ot each playing 'to de
termine the champ. . ; M
At a business meeting of the
State Fair
looay; iSacred iisic
4Concertis
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Missing Cartoqny
Artist is Found:
Wife Visits Here
SEATTLE, Oct.
(AI!)
John Evans, Z3, . mlseing ear-
toonist from a Peoria, Ills., -pa-j
, per. who has been -sought for
. several weeks ".was found here
today by a policeman who sin
gled hint out of a crowd.
His mother ' Mrs. Ralph P.'
Evans, who fame west to pearch
for him after leter had told
of j his j Whereabouts was s at j Sa
lem, Ore. She left on a train! for
this city, i 1 ; t j
Evans said b.16 wanderings
began when he was unable to
repay 'a loan of. $350 made to
him by his uncle, ?.
He was picked out of a crowd
at
the
postoffice by PatroUnen
W,
G.
Uriggs. 1 S
OF HORSES CLOSED
Excellent Entertainment is
Afforded This Year With
j Big Features
i Bv OLIVE M. DOAK
iAtod the horse show came,- and
haying come moved On-, leaving
behind jit, with Saturday,! night 3
performance,' a splendid record of
performance, showmanship; and
animals j for the annals .; of the
1931 night horse show; of the
Oregon state fair. ? The people
behind the scents, mainly A. C.
Fleming;! Max Gehlhar and Mrs.
Ella! Wilson should, like the poll
ticians, be able i to . "point with
pride" to the results of this ex
cellent i entertainment. I
The j six-ln-hand ' heavy- draft
horse driving competition' was
brought to a spectacular close
Saturday .night with the third ap
pearance; in a series of three for
the 3 10 00 First National bank of
Salem stake with first place go
ing to "Jim" Huston, driving for
Carnaton Co.; Second to A. C.
Ruby, l Jr., : driving for!; Ruby
Stock farm; third to Robert
Thornburn of Vancouver who
drove his own entry; fourth to
D. F. Burge of Albany, also driv
ing ibis own entry; fifth to Ruby
Golf Links, with A. Cr Ruby, Sr.,
driving,! and sixth to A. Schab of
Albany, who drove his own entry.
A second event which held the
large audience in its place until
the; very last minute ot the show
was the Grafton broad jump. Hat
boxes In I rows . until the spread
equalled at the last Jump about
2&-!feet itnade the base for the
Jump..; j k! . . vf3s :. ,;" - x'
First! In this Jump was Tom
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PLANS PRESENTED
WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (AP)
' A gigantic railroad merger,. Involving-
billions of dollars: and af
fecting a, huge sector of the na
tion's map, was ; proposed today
before ; the interstate commerce
commission, i : V;i f . t
! Four great I eastern carriers
the! Pennsylvania, New York Cen
tral.. Baltimore and Ohio and the
Van Swerlngen interests ad
vanced their plan for consolida
tion' or eastern roads into four
trunk-lines...' - '." & '
4'. They objected to the consolida
tion plan woraea out ny tne com
mission in 1929. ." Its proposal for
a five ""system merger they term
ed .impractical and asked ; that It
be amended to Include their own
plan.- . i .. . j '
state pitchers' association, D. E.
Janzen of Salem was elected pres
ident; I LeRoy Bryant, Portland,
was reelected secretary; and O.
A. Johnson, Portland, was named
treasurer.; , ' - . r .. :
ForJthe first time in 'history,
a Pacific Coast Horseshoe Pitch
ers association , was organised
following the matches yesterday
afternoon, W. H. Brown, Seat
tle, was f chosen president; and
C.1 0. 1 Klttllsen, Yakima, secretary-treasurer..
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" The Pacific Coast association,
with about AS charter . members,
will comprise Oregon Washing
ton', Idaho, Montana, Nevada and
California. ' - i -
: ''The tournament this year has
been, a big success, and; crowds
enthusiastic ' Secretary r Bryant
said last night. In announcing
that a similar tournament Will be
repeated next year.' - ;
BRILLIANT PAGEANT
RAILROAD
MERGER
to C
lose
.Feafesreil
Massed Choirs to Sins
: TTL? J a i.
inis Attenioon at
3 in Stadium
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Exhibits, Concessions
, Are Held for Last
Day of Display
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The curtain rnila 4
night on Oregon's 1931 state fair,
but even thoueh tnria ,U
day of the longest show yet givea.
j..v.,,l.iUJ,s are an set to enter
tain a crowd equal to those of the
rirst two days of the fair. Attend
ance was itood tii.. k.. .
Wednesday Salem day. stiu'holds
the record by a long. leap.
singing of: massed choirs from
uunuu, buverton,; Albany. Sa
lem and PorvnlUa .ft it v. '
highlight of today's program, thi
to ,be started nrnmnfl , o
0'Ci0-Ck ln the horse show stadium.
t u concen nas oeen arrangetl
by- the i Portland rnnnu .
churches in
Oregon Federation of-Music Clubs
which miroauced an innovation
this year lh the form if
of four dally concerts, featuring
ouusianamg uregon artists. The
complete program for the sacred
music today annam oloAwhor,. ,
the paper, 'g -
Yesterday the MacDowell club
chorus of Portland Appeared un
der conductorshlp of W. H. Boyer,
and the Franklin' high school
chorus, directed by Robert Walsh,
ng a group, or numbers. Both
programs ; were well: received, as
was alsp : the Mmeit ,Minne Pels
Chorus: Portland ta tha inde
pendent j Merchants Glee club.
ui um-ui-tuwn arusia present-
ed solos.1 1 fi ' ' : HsB. ' .- -
All Exhibits Will :
Remain in Place p' .'i . ;
Exhibitors have ben issued or
ders to hold their xhlhltc imrii .
late tonight, permitting all who
auena today to view the same ex-
hibits that have been on hand riiir.
in g the- week. ;;??i . ; ;
.. Editors and Elks held sway a
the grounds yesterday, the. latter
conspicuous throurh the la rtra
Antlers band No. 142 of Portland,
directed by George C. Lederer.-
ine annual rail dinner of the
! (Turn to page 12, col, 1) .
UP IT wmn
WASHINGTON. Oct. 1UP
Politics stepped lively this week
and tonight brought signs of more,
liveliness to come.
A plan was revealed whrhv
each of the 25 democratic gover
nors is to get a chance to come to
Washington to tell the world .
whatever he cares to. The fornnx
will be a series of dinners by t he
woman's: national democrat io
club. ' r ? .
Next Friday Governor Ritchie,
r T 31 f . . . . . .
mai v utnu a : oreaiaentiai noKaiNiia.
lty, will start, Ohio's executive,
ueorge White, probably will fol
low. The Jefferson day date of
April 13 is being saved for Gov
ernor uooseveit. of 'ew Tork.
Republican headquarters show-
m.A l.t..J . 1. . ...
j Autcuu v in use oi 1 u w
article by former President Cool
Idge, copyrighted by the Saturday
Evening Post, in which he . h?.v
Just removed himself as a possible
opponent to a HoOyer renomiiis.
tlon. Robert ;H." Lucas, director"
for the national, committee, In a ;
radio: speech quoted . that part in
which the last White House occu
pant said nothing should be done :
"to break down the; authority of
the presidential bffjee."
Labor Leaders
r Gathering For
Annual Parley
VANCOUVER. B. C. Oct. 3.
(AP). Trains, boats and automi
biles brought America's la oor
leaders to Vancouver tonight to
attend, what many of them regard
as 'the most, important convention
of, the American Federation of
Labor In a number of years:
Delegates representlag the
building, metal and union label
trades departments of the federa
tion already- have held prelimin
ary session! and the program of
the convention haw ben. tn a.
large extent; forecast by speakers
at departmental conventions.
Ariii-Mussolini
Circulars Drop
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ROME..' Oct. S.-( AP) Govern
ment military airplanes.: were
scouring Italian territory tonight
searching ; for a mystery place
which 1 flew-- low over Garlbal.ll
bridge. In. the center of the city;
at 9 p. m. and dropped a large
number of anti-fascist circulars
addressed to King Victor Emm&n-
nel and the Italian people.. .v
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