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PAGE TWO WAGE CUT FOR CITY PROPOSED Budget Slasli Comes up for Discussion by , Ways V Means Committee i (Continued from page 1) partment tax ba retained,, some thing OTer SSBWO I in mnej going to complete payment for a new fire engine and 17000 going to buy tire hose and otner ur fighting materials needed by the department. Dancy thought both of these expenditures would come wlthla the, autnoruy a",-. the people when the two-mill levy was voted. Monthly Water mil rvitlrtiwd ; y. m.mku discussion was .... 4 n.tlnr over, a $2.50 ,Tmp4 monthly by the city . . rtr. Hvitrmt. At- or r.,-v"ur Pointed out 71, Tti i was the charge proTld- aW"? The franchise granted Af i!.tiiff2SS company w -. ,4 ..mninT in 111 was aeciaea to. the city. Ohiectlo. was . raised to me V..,.. expended annual "rz ""r:: 'tt.m tlmt a DOW COtwaci. jWow being negoi v . . . - . a with THAI Portland uenerai . . pany. ' " . Dr. H. - uungwt, member of the committee w JITS-. 5R .".v.: tSJSSSS SSZ - . . ..AAIV unit in their 1922 budget . iw budget makers last nignt leu item of $8000 undisturbed irom thA last year as the 1952 city ap propriation for county health work. - . The budget win com dlscuRsion br the 14 aiaermea ! mm their f 4 aoDOlnted adrisors at the next council meeting. October ia i Whlle not alMtems in me duo-i .i -.r ronsldered last nlgnt.i items discussed and the tentatiTe fisure arrived at for 19-z. as arrived ; at for compared to 1931. were: . 1931 Annual audit ..$ 470 1932 $ " 350 Band - 1.&00 Baild'g Inspector 3200 Comfort station 1.S65 Engineer office : 2,900 Health service i 8.000 Incld't'l expense 1.750 Public printing . 300 MmIc an. 1.000 2,250 1,500 : 2.650 j 8.000 1.750 300 1all exnense . 1.190 800 library ....... 13.214 13.000 City Lights .... 28.000 25.000 Parks 6.635 4,500 Lighting, toning! 250 150 Playgrounds ... 1.200 1.000 Police expense . 6.650 5.000 City hall fuel .. 650 500 Recorder 1 ..... 2.400 2,400 Uecorder'a help I 3.300 3,300 Airport .. ,. 1.200 1.000 Sanitary lnsp'fr 2.100 2.100 Street rleanin J 12.500 12.500 Street commis'r i 2.400 2.400 f Treasurer office I 2.400 1.800 STploym't bureau 300 ; 300 Water filings . J 3.000 1,000 i Tb Items for- fire department and police department salaries were not listed la the tentative1 budget and the committee agreed . t4at salary Items la the list first ' made might readily be altered. Deadline Nears, i Increase Noted i In Tax Receipts i " ! )' : - Tax receipts at the county sher iff's office are beginning to In- HOLLYWOOD- 25c Dome of uwi. Talkies - 'A IIOME-OWXKD THEATRE - LAST TIMES TODAY Man Can I Aiwa ys Find REFUGE In! Some Wont- an'a HEART! PAUL LU K AS I Also Cartoon Comedy 1 Paramount Comedy and News Coming Friday and Satmrday PETER B. KYNE'S Neuer'Twdn ShallMeet GRAND V-iST.? fit ttrSaTOi wi-t of the second half of although litigation on iu ...J. mt citizens are starting w s am. n :; " nvvco I! The Call Board i By OUVE M. DOAK KLSlNOKK Today. -William Haines and Ireae! Purcell in "Just a Gigolo." Friday "Penrod and Sam." CAPITOL Fridav-lWllliam Boyd, Lil- yaa Tashmaa la "Murder by the Clock." Friday Leo Carrillo la "The Homicide Squad." h; - j GRAND -Today Janet Gaynor "Daddy Long Legs." In HOLLYWOOD Today Paul Lukas in Women Lore Once Friday Leslie Howard In "Never the Twala Shall Meet crease la volume dally. Sheriff Oscar Bowe reports. Witn than a month remaining until vember . which is the lt , Bowe reoorts. Witn less NO- Ivamhtr b. wniCB IS a lSfc un :r. " ".-t.-itn tx otali- them'held by the countv.- i More than tt.f 06.009 of Uxes nlACMl on the 1130 roll for i . i-nm. it. ... bear 8 per cent interest In lV . mw . - teA ot i ner cent a month as was formerly the law Saem. Hubbard ' WomenOScers rt risA T nAcra vi KJldllU. juiw.& PORTLAND. Ore.. Oct. 7, j (Ap)The three-day conclb of the Knignts oi ryinias. gr.uu (lodge ot Oregon, ana lae someu iubiiee-of the organisation ciosea here todar. Pythian Sisters, meeting here at the same time, ei&ciea -Mrs. sei- tie Hardesty. I'omana. bbu chief for Oregon, and airs. Mamie Bennett, of Bend, grand senior. other officers "elected were Mrs. Marjorie Cole, vernonia. grand junior; Mrs. Nora camp bell. Wallowa, manager; Mrs. Rose Farrington. Portland, grand mistress of records and corres Dondence: Mrs. Mabel Erickson, Salem, grand mistress of finance; Mrs. Barbara Graves, iortiana, grnd protector; Mrs. Coble de Lespinasse. Hubbard, grand guard. Few New Cases Oi Disease Are Noted in Week New cases of - communicable disease In Marion county were unusually scarce during the week ending October 3. according to a bulletin Just released by tne state department f health. Three cases, influenza,, malaria and trachma were reported, in addi tion to fire cases of tuberculosis received at the state tuberculosis hospital. Diseases throughout the state were reported as follows: influ enza 18, cbickenpoi 15, mumps 13, scarlet fever and pneumonia 11' each, tuberculosis eight, whooping cough six. measles four, typhoid and smallpox three each.1 j Radio Privilege Denial Cause oi Riots in Prison LEAVENWORTH. Kas., Oct. 8 f Thursday ( AP ) Prisoners in. Leavenworth prison, declared bv Warden T. B. White to be re bellious because of curtailment' of radio privileges, rioted la their cells early today. All were report- m . a . . .1 7 ea saieiy iucmi ui. The warden, declining to com ment at length on the situation, said the disturbance was not ser ious and that prisoners were con tenting themselves with Jeers and catcalls. It was not learned Just what radio restrictions were In voked or taken. . why the action was Noted Sculptor Called by Death M - STOCKB RIDGE, Mass., Oct. T (AP) Daniel Chester French, 81, one of the world's leading sculptors,! died today at his sum mer home.! Although In falling health for several months French had continued towork. Fame came to French at an early age. Oa the day before his 25th birthday bis bronxe statue of The Minute Man" was un veiled at! Concord bridge, scene of - the first setback to British arms in 1775. Suicides Alter Guilty Verdict LOS ANGELES. Oct. 7 (AP) H. 8. McCormaclc, financier and clubman of Olendale, Cal., shot himself through the heart and died Instantly tonight la Super lor Judge Elliot Craig's court room Just las (a jury found htm guilty of fifteen counts of mis handling funds la trust eoxnpaa- Till Sunday DADDY LONG LEGS maraaAnti- The BOOTH on I Van Duzer Resigns; Large Issues Face 1 Meeting Slated for Today (Continued from: page 1) movement whch brought the pres ent Improved highway system to Oregon and for tne last reur years has served as president (of the Oregon Good Roads association. succeeding the late John B. Yeon in that posltioa. r -1 Bore of pioneer parents nearly all of Mr. Ainsworth's life has been sseat la Portland. Ia 189 B he became president of the Alns- worth National bank, founded by his father, and on the merger of that institution with the United States National bank continued as active head of the institution. The highway commission today faces a heavy schedule qf bus iness. Routine matters from two previous meetings have bein car ried over and the matter of the shortcut road to the eoast Is pend ing. Delegations from southern Oregon opposing the road are coming, asking In turn that the Pacific highway he widened to 40 feet from Portland to tne state line. An eastern Oregon - delega tion la likewise expected to op pose any new roads being placed oa the state map until existing projects are completed. Aj Lane county, delegation Is expected to" ask that its projects be completed by the commission as promised. At 2 p. m. this afternoon the highway commission is to! meet federal forest road officials to map out a building program ior 1932. State Highway Engineer Klein said yesterday he thought the commission a meeting might be continued over until Friday to enable all the work to be finished. WJW WILLI Ml S s (Continued from ptxge 1)1 cific Coast Electric bureau at San Francisco, making the address. An open forum on subjects con cerning the electrical code fea- ured the afternoon program. Wives of engineers attending the gathering were entertained at an afternoon theatre party. I The convention attendants ex pressed much appreciation to the Salem chamber of commerce for the hospitality Its members I had provided. Many of the engineers haracterized the Salem conven tion as the best the northwest; sec tion had ever held. Local arrange ments were handled by William Hamilton, division manager of the Portland General Electric company. Good Response To Statements Of Debt Noted Prompt response from the ma- ority of citizens who owe money on city improvements against their property has marked I the sending of statements to them within the last month. It was re ported yesterday at the eltyj at torney's office. i l Of the first 31 letters sent 'out. 28 brought responses from prop erty owners who either paid ! the assessments in cash or elected to use the Bancroft bonding act; A report of an auditor to jthe council a month ago showed that $110,000 in claims was outstand ing and due the city, neither have been paid nor placed under the Bancroft bonding act. Hail of Bullets Fails to Avert Thieves' Escape Two automobile thieves es caped In a shower of bullets from the pistol of Officer Leo Strong of the Salem police force about 3 o'clock yesterday morning.; ' , Officer Lou Burgess, who gave chase when he noticed the men's 1 BOARD IHCJO mn cooT8Pxn:sm m LAST TI5IE3 TODAY "JUST A GIGOLO" wltk' WILLI ASI HAINES IRENE PURCELL OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. Thursday Morning, car - bore no license , plates, , wa rat eft, from them by a freight train at ' Church and Trad streets.: Officer Strong who hap pened to be on the -opposite aide of the track took up tne pursuit an! caught up i with the machine at 15th and Million, streets where 1 had been rua onto the curbing and a rear tire burated. The two men jumped out and ran as the officer fired at them.' The car was reported stolen from Portland. , SHOWBf HERE Salem stores are being "hook ed" by more dishonest customers now than la some time, judging from reports made at the session of the Salem Retail Credit as sociation, held yesterday at the Gray Belle, i M A number of representatives ot local stores reported taking checks that proved to be unsup ported br accounts In the banks on which they were drawn. Sev eral n.s.f checks: were reported. As a surmise to the secretary. Miss Erma L. Wilcox, whose birth day It was, the association pre sented her with a large cake, dee orated with lighted candles. The cake was cut In $1 pieces, there belag that many members present. Mrs. R. Simpson, Oregon Native Dies in Salem MONMOUTH, I Oct. 7 Mrs. Rhuben Simpson;, 7$, died Tues day! at a Salem hospital after a long Illness. Miriam A. Herren was born January 1. 1858. near wens station in Benton county, the daughter of James and Hester Ann Simpson, early pioneers of Benton county. She was married about 55 years ago to Rhuben Simpson who died In 1814. They came to Mon mouth to educate heir children 30 years ago. One son survives. Jesse Simpson of Boise. Idaho; and there are S grandchildren. Mrs. Simpson has been' a member of the Monmouth Christian church for many years where funeral eervlcesl will be held Thursday afternoon at 2 o'clock directed by Smith's funeral cha pel. Rev. Victor P. Morris will of ficiate. Burial in Odd Fellows cemetery at Independence. TAYLOR. Neb., Oct. 7 (AP) L. F. Ruppell. 89, Nebraska department commander of the O. A. R.. died at his home near here yesterday. I "MURDER BY THE CLOCK" Last Times Today. Starts Tomorrow! - A Story of a Woman's Might! They Called Her Calamity Jane Bee Richard Arlen "CAUGHT" with Louisa Dresser Frances Dee Roscos A tea Comedy 0 A3 MORE BAD CDS i 'lis wi I 1 I Hx : T T f 1 TtttX M I I II M STARTS TOMORROW! f Mickey Bis Mat. Sac. 1 PJH. AB- Foe. ball Oartooa JCewf j EWEHGCUll President Confers on Need - Of Helping Building In Similar way (Continued from page 1) , Tokyo stock markets rallied. On the New -York and New Orleans markets cotton advanced materi ally in the early hours of tmdlng. but declined on hedging. Grain prices were slightly off.- a Tron , Age" said ! prospective purchasing ot automobile materi als, rails and pipe line gave an indication ot some recovery for the steel Industry in the last quar ter of 1831. v Ia Germany, the resignation of the cabinet was followed by the issuance of emergency decrees giv ing the government far reaching powers ia dealing with the na tion's financial and ; economic problems. i ' Byers Hearing Set November 6 By State Board Hearing ot the appeal of David Lee Brers. 8uthertla school prin cipal, whose certificate to teach in Oregon, recently was revoked by C. A, Howard, state superin tendent of public instruction, has been set for November before the state education board. ' "mmmmmmm - - - ry I A. j j Ax I f' . . li ' r ; " ' ' " : v ii iii iji . iii niri iii i :i r i - if- - i-acJg T-if -SMf-Twrarsaag-sjTswpTsawisjaMaa , un iji rsJV" i tsjassssMssaBssBisssaBsssusMissmssejaessssi . Pop m mdM Exacted by jk Do you know tftot ony bosolln you may buy other than violet colored Vloler Ray may contain ncphthenlc end sulphur-bearino acids without your knowing It? Do you know that these acids corrode the carburetor needle valve, the pistons and piston rings, the valves, the cylin der walls, the bearings, the crankcaso all metal whh which they contact? 5XIt,E?.JlS?NER ,CMi WSDITHIS PA1ENTED fETHOD WITHSUT SPECIAL LICENSE FROM GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION Your on tur pror.ctlon agatntr lh poutbltily of putting add oa.ollno In : V October 8, 1931' t i Members of the board are Govt ernor Meier, Secretary, of State Hose and 'Mr. Howard. Brers - was 1 charged by Mrs. Edith Ackert, Douglas county school superintendent, of j being too friendly with his teachers Byers will retain his posltioa In the Sutherlta school pending the outcome of the appeal. j , I : Howard said he had received wnrd that Governor Meier would return to Salem before the date of the hearing. . t PORTLAND. Oct. 7 (Aj i A man who gave , his name as Jack Valentine Colman was ar rested here tonight at the re quest of authorities in Sanf Fran cisco, San Diego and Coronado.1 The charge, police said, was forg ery and Colman waived extradition.- . - - , J ; Colman told detectives he was personally acquainted with many public officials. Including Govern or Rolph of California. He had with him newspaper clippings which revealed he had been con nected with an "uplift" move ment in San Diego. He told po lice he was instrumental In ob taining the appointment of Ivan J. Smith as Coronade police chief. - - ! , Detectives said Colman admit ted -passing -a $1000 check and two $500 checks in San Francis co but that, he declared he got nothing of it "except a wonderful time." The checks, . pojUce said he told them, were to pay tor "wild" parties which ; were at tended by high public officials. your motor u llPUFTER HELD Oil FOH CHS y. - - - 1 violet color is the cerentso el t5dsno thct Itss!n9 no in lwrlow eddi. Even tho fecst trcb cf edd wctld dcroy ih vicUj color cf Violet Ray cescSso ctS tsra ll bcx to wh!. The procJ that It is edd-trco b richt bztsro yc D b t:o procf cf Sdsncsb COSTS NO MOttD ?AM 17HITD OAOOLIHa GENERAL PETROLEUM CORPORATION VtOUT IAY Cr;nu OASOUN1 IwOusu cnuo f. POTATO PRODUCED IIEOE IS WHOPPER Golden Nugget i Variety is Result of f Experiment By W. C. Polka ; ! i A potato which weighs a pound and a half, and whicli was .propa gated and grown by W. C. Pol ka, 234$ Myrtle avenue, was shown yesterday by Jir. Polka. It is said this is i the first potato propagated In this county. Mr. Polka has called hia potato the Golden Nugget, - because of the color, which closely resembles gold. .1 '; i -Polka, who is a carpenter and who has lived here 25 years, first started experimenting ! with this potato six years ago, and has been at it ever since. He started it from seed, ordered front the. Mis sissippi valley, about the size of a pin head. 1 He has worked on about 15 varieties, this one being the most successful. -L Ipf iiiil'S'd , A The largest bill of Golden Nug gets which he has harvested this season weighed Just eight pounds. He has about 25 bushels on two lots. Hot weather made some In roads into the plantings; he says. He exhibited eight spuds, rang ing from medium aised ones to the extra Urge one. i They tilled small basket. ! The smaller ones were' grown after the 1 third sprouts had been pulled from the seed potato. -: j K - ml ' - r . ' :.f'p i - Colman said he was an auditor but had been unable to ' obtain work during the five months has been in i Portland. " - he v Do you know that this corrosion is largely responsible for many of your costly repair; end overhauling fobs; for the constantly declining performance cf your motor and the decreasing mile age of your car es If grows older? i I Why continue to pay his penelryf Seven U. S. patents protect the Violet Hay process of refining which elimW nates these damaglhii adds to vtm onlr ' 1 '4 I '').' ; : rnm toccMT er&rajcr OASotms MiAfRrti ftAss Lindberghs Off On Return Trip By Boat, Rails SHANGHAI, Oct. 84ThHrs! dT) (AP) . Colonel fcnd Mrs Charles A. Lindbergh began a hasty return trip to the United! States at 9 a. ra. today (8 p. m. Wednesday E.S.T.). saglng on the steamer; Shanghai , Maru for Nagasaki. Japan. : if i Only half a dozen persons were at the pier to bid them froodbye. Including American Coi&ul-Gen-erar and Mrs. Cunningham. From Nagasaki the Lindberghs will proceed to Yokohama, Japan, by train. They sail from Yoko hama October U on tie liner President -Jefferson, arriving at Seattle tea days later. I . Decision to return to Umerlca ?v . aad tnier instead of in their monoplane followed the re cenTTdeath of Mrs. Lindbergh's n Bi 4aited States fScnato Dwight W. Morrow. 1 i "T T" 4 ' -M! Irate Husbaw M Kills Soldikr, Gives Sem I up MARIPOSA, Cat. Oct.! T ' (AP) Shot fa the back, iorf icera said, as he fled front the lusband of-the woman he had brought from San Francisco to her home ' at Indian camp on the Yoeemlte-1 highway, James Harriaonj 22, U S. Army private stationed at the Presidio, ! San Francisco, was kllU ed near here last night. 1 I John W. Hunt, painter, Employ ed by the Yosemlte national pars service, and a world war i eteran surrendered" to Sheriff John T Castagnetto who was called to in vestigate, h i,j . 11 k: ;; ji " i , . ..; -i j toon saoroa uS 1 ' .f -!i !f J!-iiHSi;