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PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN. Safest. Oregon, Wednesday Morning, October 23, 1931 ) nnr IlIL Investigations Will not bs Duplicated, Stated by Chairman McKay p (Contlaucd from page t) - ' iVhan an emergency case cornea In, either the Army or Charities will tmnlr na a reauisltion on Community Serrice to draw sup ply food and check to see that no duplication win i made latere Organization WOl " Co Perfected Boon !.No money is at present arail- abla for use, but within two weess rVtmmnisJtr Serrice will bo organ ised aad functioning. The meeting yfesterday was eerotea largely 10 perfecting a working organization, j The executire committee which Jmi V.oJU th 11ihurtmmt of f inda la: Douglas McKay. EMs Pttrrlne, w. W. Moore, t. m. Hicks, Harry Lory and "Waldo. lilla. The group includes repre sentatires of the Saltation Army, the Associated Charities, Ameri can Legion and the easiness men. - ' : Mr, McKar said relative to the work of the Red Cross, that that - body will work, through its train d secretary, simply as a eonflden tal agency for all charity. , , ; An attempt to organize a con fidential agency or clearing house was made last year, hut was not luccersful. - ; Last year Community Serrice raised f 343ft for relief, ail soiici htttnn htnr liaodlcd br ' mail. This year It Is expected a larger lum will be dlstnoutea. BRDSWCODlffiAT i HIS BOOK'S LOCALE , Continued from oac 1) it Tho Salesman. He was keenly interested la meeting A. N. Bash, t son of The, Statesman's founder thd on of the outstanding bank- ers of the state, i In a simple narratire style re plete with facts "and garnished with Interesting sidelights Prof. Brosaaa sketched the life story sf Jason Lee before a good-sixed audience at the Jason Lee church last night. Incidents not oora monly known about him were re lated, parttcularly regarding his early life. Born in Quebec Just . north ef tho Vermont line (the early settlers thinking they were fn Vermont) Lee- grew, up with out church i or religious instruc tion. He was eonrerted at the age of 22 by Richard Pope, an Itinerant Wesleyan preacher. This conversion was for Jason Lee a dee and lasting experience which altered, the whole current , of his ,.: life. ! ! "'-'-r- ' Lee entered Wilbraham aca- demy la Massachusetts at the ago f 2$ and there came in contact with one of the great leaders of Methodism, Dr. Wilbur Flak, prin cipal ef the; academy. In 1832 Mrs. Fisk read to Dr. Fisk tho memorable passage in the Chris tian Adrocate of the trip of tho Inrtfaata tn fit T nn la and ' their need ef the gospel Dr. Fisk in stantly picked Jason Lee for the task. That was how Lee became the first missionary to tho Oregon country. Ho Joined the expedi tion of Nathaniel Wyeth in 1834, and shipped some of his equip ment on Wyeth's boat the May paere, and with Wyeth and party crossed the plains orer what was to become the Oregon trail. At Fort Hall in Idaho Jason Leo con ducted tho first religious serrice - Wield in the great northwest. : - Prof. Brosnan told more about Lee's meeting Dr. John McLough. lia, his founding the mission sts jLloa. his marriage and tho death of his first wife, his trip east, re- Sarrtage and later the death of io second Mrs. Lee, his contacts with the Whitmans, his founding Oregon Institute, and his death at I the age of 41 while at his' old -home. ; CHUM! i; life sine ill . Ralph E. Carlson, field repre sentatlre for the Pacific branch t f the Red Cross, arrived la Sa lem yesterday for a four day pro gram ef promoting first aid and lite earing classes in this district. At 6: SO o'clock today ho will confer with members of tho girls' and boys' Junior life saring corps aad tho Black Dragons, senior group, at tho Y. M. C. A. relatiro to their plans for the winter months. Present plans arc to or ganise a first aid class tor these organisations. - r While in this district Mr.' Carl eon will visit sereral towns in the county to promote interest in his type of work. Arrangements are being made to hare him speak at the high school and possibly be fore the serrice clubs. SO'JIET THUS Oil Drain HE SI CCeatlaued from psgs l) lag Japanese interests on the Ta-onan-Anganchi railway, the dis patches said. . a eonei government, through Jts war commissar, Klementi Vor oshilov, denied recent reports that - soviet troops were being mobilized On the Manchurlan border. . A dispatch from Pelplng to the London Express last week said, howerer, that soviet authorities, fearing Russia might bs Involved ia the Manchurlan troubles be tween China and Japan, had con centrated tanks on the border and were making precautionary prep arations for the transportation of troops. EXPIIJED TAGS ON GRUESOME TRUNKS I J r These baggage tags directed the shipment of two oioody trunxs, mica, with the mutilated bodies of Mrs. Agnes Leroi and Hedwig Sam nelson, from Phoenix, Aria., to Los Angeles. Their gruesome contents were discovered when a btmttmu refused to release the trunks to Mrs. Winnie Ruth Jodi and her brother, when ho noticed blood dripping from tho shipment. - ' war ARMISTICE IS (Continued from page ! i accepted at faco ralue at all fea tures of the celebration program Including the theatres. Tho tick ets will 'sell for 10 cents each. A portion lof the proceeds, will go Into the Legion treasury. j In an effort to bring in resi dents of Marion and Polk coun ties for the twO-day celebration, the publicity v-ommlttee is distrib uting bttmper strips and window cards announcing the event, as widely as possible. The large attendance at" last nf p-l.t'a full hnmtr mMtinr emmA-A ed McCornack hall to capacity. Be sides celebration announcements at the brief business session, Wal do Mills, chairman of the service committee, reported that his group was working to . aid unemployed veterans. Oae of their main actiri-i ties at present is arranging for the veterans to obtain potatoes by digging them on tho share plan. ; Commander Xrl S. McSherry was presented with a gavel bound with copper from the historic Frigate Constitution "Old Ironsides" and brass from a speaking tube off the Battleship Oregon. Done gan R. Wiggins and Joseph W. Marcroft made the presentation. ! Th matter of a post-season Willamette university f o o t b a II game to be sponsored by the post was referred to committee. I Because the next regular meet ing of Capital Post No. 1 would fall on November 10. tho begin ning time of the celebration, the legionnaires voted to postpone it until the second meeting of the month. November 24. Following tho 'business session, the legionnaires were entertained by the 8eotch Kiltie band consist ing of Wallace Inns. John Charge and Arthur Hutcheon and Andrew Henderson. Robert Hutcheon serv ed as master of ceremonies and sang several solosRefreshments concluded the evening program. FlflMi ISSUES VIEIVEO! 8 V BOARD (Continued from pas 1) ritory lncludd In tho district Dr. Agnes Barrows.! of the federal office of education, with whom ho conferred at ; Portland last Friday, claimed tho district could actually save money by scrapping all of its present grade buildings and constructing throe new cen tral ones. - - . - Classes la . tnewritinr a rain will be offered by tho Opportun ity school this year as tho result of the board's nction last night. upendituro for this purpose of '-AMiafe!- 4 , . STARTS DAY PP.0 ISED YOU'LL LEARN STARTLING THINGS when you see end hear j society's secrets beared : . by jzst a j . pertczd ! mssd! i nancy it Personal Tnaid" with pat 'mm t. Jlltl J ' 48 for tho first 12-weeks term of classes which will begin next month and of 170 for the second 16-weeks term was authorised. Tho contract for furnishing hard wood to be nsed In manual training classes was - awarded 1 to the Gabriel Supply company. Tho bid of $389.55 was considerably lower than last year's figure, h -After considering routine bills. tho board adjourned. , i . Continued from nags 1) " a three year term for burglary committed In Jackson county. She made her escape early that morning by slipping between tho bars of a ' window ' in the women's ward on tho third floor over tho administration building, sliding down to the roof orer the entrance porch with th aid of a blanket. From this roof she Jumped to the ground on the outside , of the - prison enclosure. She was able to escape through the bars because of her unusual ly slight build. ? Mrs. Pleeek was received - at the penitentiary on February 14. 1930. but in October of that year she was transferred to the Ore gon state hospital, from which institution she escaped three times. She was returned to the penitentiary In July of this year. Her escape was witnessed by three inmates ' of the women' ward, who notified the night ma tron. Cascade Limited Carrier Day Car " For Short Trips '- i y To furnish additional service in the Willamette ralley for local passengers, A. A. Mickei, district freight and passenger agent for the Southern Pacific - here, an nounced that the crack Cascade Limited la now carrying a regu lar day coach between Eugene, Salem knd Portland. . I ; Heretofore this train was a sol id all-Pullman ear train, and wai not: available for th use of local passengers except upon payment of a Pullman eeat fare. Under the new arrangement, passengers may leave Salem on the limited Sat 1:2) p.m. and arrive In Portland at 3:20 p.m. Returning, tho train leaves Portland at 9:50 p.m. ar riving Salem at 11:35 p.m. Reserve Officer Group Will Meet Reserve officers of the- Mar ion-Polk counties area will meet at The Spa at 7 o'clock this eve ning for their regular session and election of officers. Major Tierney, of tho Reser-e officers headquarters . at Eugene, . will speak on Mobilization". , ; k TODAY r 1 i oxsie:i Mffll FUGITIVE LIS BROUGHT BUCK jSs r r- V UMMf: )) I I -I Tint smm uepoiit, siuiiiE Other Interesting Books Among new Arrivals . At City : Library : Tax reform enthusiasts will be Interested tn a new book Just re ceived at tho eity library, tho 1931 report ef tho Multnomah county tax cupervtslng end con servation commission. From the list of 25 new book placed on the shelves, during the past week may be found writings on lobbying In congress, hobbles, drato and other forms of litera ture, philosophy and education. Two ef tho important reference works added to the library col lection is the 15th edition of Dyke's automobile and gasoline engine encyclopedia and the 1939 Oregon eode. " . The list of new books In cludes: Aldrieh. "A. Whito Bird Fly ing": Banm, "Martin's 8a na me r; Collins, "Vanity Under tho Sun"; Fletcher, ."Perns of the Cherry-Trees"; Walpole, "The Silver Thorn. i Oregon. "Oregon Code, 1939"; Dyke, "Automobile and Gasoline Engine Encyclopedia.; 15th '. edi tion; Hyde, Tho Five : Great Philosophies of Lire ; Carnegie hero fund commission Publica tion for 1931; Muller 'Lobbying In Congress' Multnomah Co., Oregon Tax supervising and -i Conservation Commission. Annual report 1931. Hodgson. "Trends in University Education"; Bowles, "Homespun Handicrafts"; Jessup. 'Represen tative Modern Short Stories Williams, "Do Ton Enow Eng lish Literature?"; Corning, "The Mountain in the Sky"; Fuller, "White Peaks and Green"; Hedges, "Desert Poems'; Jeff ers. "Dear Judas . i Canfield, "Plays of the Irish Renaissance ; - Carpenter, "A Book of i Dramas": Bolitho. Camera Obscufa"; Priestley, The Banconninny"; Dorsey, "Man's Own Show: Civilization"; Cowan, "Range Rider". , STATE HOSPITAL'S SURPLUS IS LARGE A report of Dr. R. E. Lee Steiner, superintendent of the Oregon state hospital, shows that on September 39 of this year, the institution had a surplus Of 160,- 993.97. steiner estimated that the surplus at tho end of the bt ennlum would exceed 3109,609. The report was referred to Gov ernor Meier by Henry M. Hansen, state budget director. "This large saving was duo to economies Introduced Into the ad ministration of th, institution." the report read. "This particularly was true with relation to buying." The reduction in tho costs of conducting the state hospital was said to be rn lino with Governor Meters letter or March 25 nrging the superintendents of all state institutions to cut their expenses at least ten pee cent. WATCH OUR ADS FOR ANNOUNCEMENT OF OUR FIRST STARTS TODAY i ivmv mm mm t &, I u u. Also PoUy- Elorxn end -. - - I .N" K:. Tlie Call-Board Cj OLJY2 M. DOAK If ARXJ2R BROS. EL8IXORS Wednesday Lionel Barry- more In "Guilty Hands.- Friday Mae Clark In "War- terloo Bridge." . wAnausn buos. -capitol Wednesday - Nancy Carrol in "Personal Maid."" Friday Evelyn Brent . in "Traveling Husbands." TBI? GRAND rV 17cdnday Lewis Stone in "Father's Son." . Friday Joo E. Brown in v Broad Minded." THE HOLLYWOOD Wednesday Nancy Carroll in The Night AngeL" Friday Ken' Maynard In "Arixona Terror." ' Just imagine all the Mickey Mico4ro having a Hallowe'en par ty at Warner. Bros. Eismore, Sat urday afternoon at tun. Mickey Mouse matinee. Don't know : If they wilL nave old witches made of cheese or not. but I wlU nnd out, for I have been invited to go and was assured that there had been plenty of food planned for all. Most people are paid for what they know, but a personal maid is paid for what she knows how to keep quiet. about, says Grace Perkins, tho ', sensational - new. writer who has delved behind the modern scenes to bring; 'Ex-Mis tress, "Night -Nurse" and, now. "Personal Maid" to the reading and movie-going public "Personal Maid," the third of her sensational and - revealing stories, will be seen today at War ner Bros .CapitoL with Nancy Car roll in tho role of the red-headed Nora Ryan. Miss Carroll in this. her first starring, picture since "Night Angel," is nbly supported by Pat O'Brien, brilliant young stage actor; Gene Raymond. known to Broadway as Raymond Guion; the Jolly old character player. George FSwcett, and Mary Beland. 1 Monta Bell returned to the Par amount studio after a long ab sence to make "Personal Maid.' Young Man of . Manhattan" was his last previous Paramount pic ture.:. .-'; r.;.;, ,i : "Personal Maid1 tells tho in timate story ef a young girl, trans ported from an East Side tene ment homo to a ritxy New York apartment. It deals with what aho sees and hears in the world of wealth, loose morals, high living. and what effect it has on her char acter. Remember Robert' Warwick, Ethel Clayton. Alice Brady. Mon tagu Love, Harold Lock wood mad Crane Wilbur? They wero stars of the public favor when Madge Evans began her film career with the old World Film company when she was six years eld. - ; Todar Madge is grown us ana regular leading lady, playing her CAN THERE BE A PERFECT CRIME? M lit itti lit li t . 2 GDJJO DF KDS I,' GOOY IL'iTEO Caterpillars all fn Shed; Six Rock CrushersJarfj Still in Operation ' Marion county's road grading program for 1931 is formally at an end with . tho return of th last of the four CO-horsepower cat erpillar tractors owned by the county to the machine sheds here. Three more weeks of rocking the roads remains, Frank, Johnson, county roadmaster, said yesterday. Ten thousand yards of crushed reck remain to be placed on a number of projects yet .unfinished. Six crushers are stiii operating in the county. They include one at Victor Point which is crushing work for the Silver Falls- road; one at Silverton getting out rock for the Ablquam road; one at the Looney . place preparing rock for tho Aumsville road and. one at Oder Point preparing rock to be used on the road being construct ed north to the Silver Falls area. Two county owned and operat ed crushers are still aetlve. one at Stayton- and one at Marion, rodk going on the Stayton to Sublimity road. -? : -: ,.; i The 1931 road program n earing completion Is one of tho largest ever undertaken by the county. Johnson said. -1 Just how much wlnter work will be afforded by the county Johnson was unable to state yes terday. He indicated that most of tho work would bo provided by the state highway - commission? The North Santiam clearing proj ect, seven miles' to bo made ready tor grading aouth of tho White water creek Junction,, will employ some men, Johnson said, although the work will be under supervis ion of tho federal forest road of ficials. In tho county some brush will be cut along -roads and there win be soma miscellaneous ditch ing ef roads already built. Building PJans 'Will be Talked A special committee of direc tors of tho Oregon Pulp & Paper company will meet as soon as cer- latest role with Lionel Barrymore in ? Guilty -Hands." which will open today at Warner Bros El- slnore. ; W. 3. Van Dyke directed the new feature for , Metro-Gold wyn Mayer from Bayard Veillcr's latest mystery drama, written directly for tho talkie screen. 1 Included In tho cast are Kay Francis, William BakewelL C. Au brey Smith, Polly Moran and Alan Mowbray. Weds. Xhaars. Friday 8atwrday 'Bjvadmtndod witk JOE E. BROWN A HOME-OWNED THEATRE By Mail I I COM I I tffSa ... M The Oregon Statesman, ! Salem, Oregon i C ) New Subscriber L ( ) Old Subscriber Find enclosed IS.CO to corer my subscription Oregon Statesman. . Kama Addreat Please find ( ) Renewal roller ' tain data, is ready to consider the question ef addition to tne paper mil! plant hero. Attorney Walter v. vrwm id veaterdav. This com mittee, authorised at a meeting of the director Friday, memoes Keyes, Dr. B. L Steeves and Dr. M. a Flndley. - - " ; - .- GEGEH5 OBJECT Tfl TAX VftLUATIOn " Revaluation, for . tar purposes, of all property in Klamath county. was urged by a group of promin ent grangers of that district wno appeared before the state tax com mission Monday. The grangers alleged that the present valuations were unequal, and that real property, .was carry ing the brunt of the tax burden. A petition presented to the tax com mission charged that the valua tions of timber, lumber,' lumber products and mills had beep re duced more than 15,000400 dur ing the past few years, while dur ing tho same period the taxable raluatton of other classes of prop erty, has. been increased. It also was alleged that the county assessor. In placing the true cash value-: upon timber for taxation-purposes, , has resisted using a timber cruise certified to him by the "county court, and has not properly 'nor correctly calculated the. amount of lumber, logs and shocks on hand In tho-mill yards. The petitioners advised the tax commission that neither the coun ty; assessor nor tho county board of equalization requires or, has re quired milling cdmpanies.. to pro duce any books, records, papers or documents, whereby the true cash value of their mill might be determined. .. i Ice Cream Made Here Second For . Northwest Prize In competition with 24 entries from four states, tho three-gallon sample of ice cream submitted by the Deluxe Ice Cream company of Salem Monday won second award in the dairy products show at the Pacific International Livestock Exposition In Portland. The local concern's entry was only 0.5 of on point.below the winner, Mead- owmoor Ice - Cream company of Everett, Wash., which Scored 99. The Deluxe company! is owned and operated by. tho Salem Maid Ico Cream company. H. E. Duke Is superintendent of the plant. Creamery concerns representing Oregon, Washington, California and Utah entered the competition. Oa Ue dally nntil New 15. lVtom limit 14 days. Similar low fares to all - mala llae points between Portland and Booebar;. ;1 PCtiOuS 71 IN OREGON ONLY M V ORDER NOW RENEW NOW Cut This Oat and Mail With Tour a- for Accident Policy. ( ) New Policy. tTct good after Oct. Slat CliniSTB SEAL INSTITUTE LOOuiS Mrs. Saidie Orr Dunbar to Be Principal Speaker Here cn Thursday ; Mrs. Saidie Orr "Dunbar, execn tiro secretary, will be tho mala speaker at tho Christmas sesl in stitute, October 29, at jthe cham ber of commerce. Homer Cham berlain, director of public infor mation, will alsov speak. Among the features of the program will be a luncheon at tho Gray Belle, followed by a newsreel which will be shown shown at the Capitol theatre. Fire counties will be In cluded In the - meeting: Lane, Linn, Polk, Benton and Marlon. All organizations or persons interested-in health work are cor dially Inrited to attend. The following program ha been arranged: 9:20 Registration. 10.:00 Round Table and Dem onstrations. Topics 1. Planning the 1921 Seal Sale, , 2." Exhibit of 1921 materials. ' - Publicity , . ' Motion Pictures S. Mall Sie Letter. ,; i:o --r--v--;. ., -.. ; . ; 1. The Story of the Tuberculo sis Christmas Seal. 7 2. Twenty-fire Tears of Publle Health Work. L 3. Tho 1939 Goal. P.UR COXVIOTED BALTIMORE, Oct. 2T (AP) Dale Lambert, 19, and Herman. W. Duker, 4l, the latter scion of a prominent Baltimore family today, were found guilty of first degree murder In he slaying last April of John W. Anderson, milk com pany collector, during a holdup attempt. ; I ' HOLLYWOOD Home of A O C Talkie - A HOME-OWNED THEATRE Today and Thursday , Wednesday NigM is Radio or Davenport Night .aaaw mm- Also Comedy. News, and ;: y I f JiOTtlty ft (t ; f? PerYeap 1 Check for one year to Tha Box. - r 1 MOKE DAYS