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Salcn, Qresoiv Wednesday Moniing, March 23, 1932
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THI l( -STIRS IIP Zo
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IBOFPSflFST
Max Buren Says Directors
r Mot Trying to Save on
Cost to Taxpayer r
Ratcliff; and King Speak Before Meeting at
. ; , Silverton; Another Session Will be
Held at North Howell Soon
DEATH TOLL III
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TO 775 FIKIIRF
TelhPlahFoi
om
1 2500 More, are Injured or
Homeless; Rescue Work
Will be Hastened T
CJILVERTON, March 22 The Marion county Tax League,
K3 in session here today, made its first actual endorsement
But Refuses to Serve Upon candidates for the legislature in the coming elections Belated News : Still Adding
CommitteerGrourfor-- Total; Jlulck Relief
. ; Zorn, president of the league, has not yet filed papers
I Task is Selected
Measures Planned
"" A regalar seboot board meeting
i rlowiBg along smoothly last night
I with, directors talking of possible
, budget redactions suddenly wheel
ed about face and became a con
fllcti Hostilities began when Max
O. Buren. former director and one
of nine citizens attending the ses
sion, hurled a cannon cracker ac
cusation at the whole board.
1 "Tou'lw i- Just - stalling, you
throw out a lot of L talk, then
, youll not do anything." boomed
the "cracker ' t!'
- To ' this accusation ' the- fboard
' members objected. -'
Citizens haT the rtsht to Ulk
without being called down," re
torted Buren. He told of . being a
; school director in 191 and claim
ed the bonded Indebtedness of-the
; ! whole district at that Ume was
lio.eoo.
Den Accaraey of
, Bond Fignree Ghren -
.Superintendent George .Hug
and Dr. H. H. Olinger, chairman,
both denied the correctness of this
statement. During Buna's regime,
they said, an old $100,000 bond
; lBsne ; was refunded with ., a new
.1 issue. ; ;-
1 j i"We're here trying to run. this
i- district ihe same as yon did." Dr.
Ollnger; said. to Buren. "Your
110 H SHERIFF
FILE:
declaring his candidacy.
Charles , Ratcliff, of Morning
side, and H. E. King of BUrer
ton spoke before the group today
by inTitation
G1D1TES
Joe Williams, Battery man
Asks Republican Choice;
Burk First Bourbon
BIRMINGHAM, Ala.. March 22
(AP) Fire southern states to
night counted a total of 275 per
sons killed, more than 2.500 oth-
Whether the Wfffcne will adont rs injured and made homeless.
f nil lerifiiAtire ticket win be and Tiewed unestimated Pronertr !
decided at a meeUng at North aamaga wrought by spring torna-
Howell Monday night, however 1 aoes ast mgnt ana eariy toaay.
discussion today to that end was The storm struck with Its
rery favorable. greatest fury In Alabama, leaT-
Members representing the fol- tag- 220 dead In this state alone,
lowing districts were present: I In Georgia 24 persons were killed.
S. Lambert and J. F. Richardson, Tennessee had IT dead, Kentucky
Stayton, R. C Day, Salem, Joe and South Carolina two each.
GHIfJESECHIEFI
1KB! liiiiiiii
V UV ViUlflUUaUaCJVU
'I:
Chiang Says Japanese who
Heads Delegation not
His Equal in Rank
Neutral j Ministers aid . in i
Conference , to - Draft
. Final Truce" Plan Pv
SMANdHAI." Mari 22 (Wed-
M : I neadaTl (AP)-The first formal
,;111 1 narley to arrange definite Slno-I
.TTTti - ni r,V7 . irtir UmA . I Japanese armisuea in tne snang
graaduncle of the mining iUaO-1 wrt tiA aen
Slide Covering
Railroad Above
Mill City, Word
Trustees Vote to tid
Finances; Group is.
Chosen for' job . 4 7:
- RaQ transportation- above Mill
City was 'Interrupted Tuesday as j
the. result of a slide. Work ef
clearing the slide was In progress
last night, and train service prob-1
ably win be resumed early to-
Two additional candidacies for
the post of sheriff in Marion coun
ty appeared yesterday, one seek
ing nomination on the republican
ticket and one on the democratic
ticket. Joe Williams, local Wil-
lard battery man. added his name
to the list of four candidates, in
cluding Sheriff Oscar D. Bower,
incumbent, already out for the
sheriff's post on the republican
ticket. A. C. Burk of Salem' will
run on the democratic ticket and
Is thus far uncontested.
Williams' slogan is "A fighter
for right economy and efficiency."
He promises to work for "a con
servative, economical and efficient
Berndt, Mt. Angel, J. R. Remage,
Woodburn, Henry Zorn, Aurora,
A. A. Geer and W. A. Jones, Ma
eleay, W. H. Stevens, North
Howell, - G. W. Farris, Turner;
and E. S. Porter, Silverton.
The league voted thanks to the
city council here for use of the
council room.
OSCAR
VICTOR
IS
CALLED SUDDENLY
From remote sections where
communication lines had fallen
and strewn wreckage had Isolated
entire communities, belated news
raised the death list tonight. Many
of the Injured died during the
any. -
The twisting, - roaring winds
struck first at Marion, Ala., then
at Northport, both In the west
central portion of the state. Twenty-nine
were killed at Northport,
whOe 18 died at Marlon.
Central Part of
Alabama Hit Hard
From ' Demopolls, tornadie
winds swept Into Faunsdale and
Linden, all In the same area. La
ter the central part of the state
Brigadier-General Jay J.
v I mornv. Althonch the slide cor-
bergh baby. Is toe "or at ue i n7n ".T Cfilx7 Koanr-NaL thelred part of the highway be-
iTLT; e3 chief Chinese "delegate, walked tween MU1 City and Breitenbnsh
smeiyrrn ito uv saswj w
wiiTtoe teaid the commander-in-chief of the
!Jiraaded route army which defended
?Tttt-L Shanghai, although General Tsal
General Chiang objected to
Lieutenant General Kenklch! TJy-
a4a mm Vas aVla TenaikaaA A m m er t m
Mondays Hereafter; Doug
SLTin rtnx 7and insisting that McKay Resigns Place
All K of Liberal,: Art
: ; Facnully j Retained
For Next Year
LFGinrj to
they wish aa go-between.
r;iGIIT OF MEETING
HIGH SCHOOL COST
SSE&SErS EKE: Dies while on Duty; WiU .S-J?
te-a. ffS-,,,?.,,-??WM Be Buried Thursday;
here trying to crimp . the taxpay
ers. Ton must be talking from
conditions that - prevailed when
you were on the - board. Do you
i realise that Salem . represents the
lowest paid school on the coast on
teachers' salaries?" --
4 the warm discussion 'contin
ued. Director F. E. Near queried:
"Max, did your come here to help
'us or to kick us in the pantst"
"Kick yon . Sn tha -paatl.T re-
plied Bnren.-' f:7sTT'""'
The superintendent announced
that the tentative . new ; . budget
would entail a five per-cent cut.
"Including a little increase Jn
bond Interest. Mr. Buren, do yon
appreciate the fact that we are
operating the high school with
one teacher less and 200 more
students?" ' "
I "I don't know," was the reply.;
t Following this fray was a dis
cussion - of ways to cut down
. school expenses, among them that
at ail times."
Williams Is a naUve "of Mis
souri, and lived in Kansas and
Washington before removing to
Oregon. He was in the bicycle
business and then In the electrical
and battery business in Raymond.
While there he served a year and
a half as deputy sheriff of Pacific
county, having full charge of the
office. Since . 1123 Williams has
been a resident ef Salem, engaged
- (Turn to page 2, col. 1)
and Thornsby f elt the lash of the
storm.
PER PUPIL IS CUT
Teacher Load is Increased
To 25.1, Report Made
By Wolf Reveals
Marfced- saYiiass have been in-
stituted in the operation of Salem
Mourned by Many
Scores of Salem people yester
day grieved over the passing of
a beloved policeman, Oscar F.
Victor, - (6, who died suddenly
while on duty on -his railroad
yards beat early yesterday morn
ing. Everywhere were heard ex
pressions of Officer victor's kind-
General Yoshlnort r Shlrakawn,
the Japanese eonunander-tn-ehlef.
should assume leadership of the
Japanese delegation.
Says Namlag Ved
Basalt to Cblaa
Since the meeting bad not yet!
been organised. It was not publie
knowledxe that the chief Japan-
ese delegate would be uyeda, but
General Chiang said he would be
and Insisted that his designation
constituted an insult to China.
The group collected at the con
sulate Included foreign neutral
Upon Committee
At the meeting" of Capitol post
No. .American Legion, Tuesday
night; Douglas McKay tendered
his resignation - as a member of
the executive committee.
As the reason for his resigna
tion, Mr. McKay stated that he
thought It best, due to his being
a candidate . for the office of
mayor of Salem. He wished not to
be officially connected with the
Legion daring his candidacy. He
At the same time anotner tor- nign J "I mit & China and military was formerly post commander.
nAila AfniMA fnln m. fcalf Aim fin Tan-1 Prindnal Fred D. Wolf and hl as-1 ly'.a w. . !t ZZZ, I T .-- - ,v
w w 1" rnKiii "L,- ittiela. and ther fnllT exnected
nessee communmes. At uiasu "fjf.n;n orHn report- to Uke np the final work of mak
flve member were killed under perintendent George ug reporvi A.mTtm vv amnrin.
the wreckage of their home. At led to the school ooara M JtTifjaZ
-.v vitva MUt in 9 Hu nnm wu - - - -
ese forces and solving the admin
istration of the area around
Cleveland a baby was snatched by
the wind from Its mother's arms!
and dropped Into a well where It
drowned. -
In the northeastern and north-
night's meeting. His report was
based on a comprehensive survey
recently - made by -Tavenner and
weif. V
In three years, the number of
In accordance with an amended
constitution clause enacted last
night, the post announces that Its
meetings In the future will he on
the first and third Monday nights
The Willamette university col
lege of law wm be continued and -made
to meet the reanlressents
of standard law schools Just aa
early as possible. A committee
consisting of Judge J. W. "Cw
ford, Amedee M. 8mlth and Me
ton DeLong. of Portland, an
Harold Eakln and Paul B. Wal
lace of Salem was named by the
trustees' In session here Tuesday
to. consider plans for financing
the operation of a. standard law
school at Willamette, to report
at the June meeting. The dedsion
made by the .trustees meeting ta
Salem . was unanimous after
lengthy discussion of the states
of the law school with relation
to the university.
Elections of the faculty were
held and an faeulty members ta
the college of liberal arte and
the law school were re-elected,
except Prof. W. W. Graham wha
has been doing pert time In
struction In the school of muale,
Dean R. R. Hewitt of the law
school, who Is a candidate far
Justice of the supreme court he
fore the May primaries, submit
ted his resignation: but It wan
accepted, being referred to the.
law school committee which re
ports tn June, following the elec
tion. .
Some ehangea tn the faculty
may occur however through
Shanghai evacuated by them.
of the month at Fraternal temple.
This puts the next meeting on the I soiiaauons ef work, or through
night of April 4. At this time, I resignations rrom me start, rres-
westarn sections of Georgia. 24 I ataAmta enrolled has increased by
ly manner and pleasing relations I person were Jdlled in the rlcinPj jo d while the number Of teachers
ESTATE TAX BOOST
FORCED ON HOUSE
WASHINGTON. March 22
(AP) Unrelenting anti-sales tax
AvAfia tnln nnvloil mrAP h All RA
of combinlngMcKlnler and Lta- rtleXder. d.y and raised to SXald ttehuSii I ptoS
coin grade schooU in the Lincoln, V'a n-tt, th u tax nro- fzir nf Jvi?n:-!L
with the public as a peace officer.
Victor reported to Sergeant J.
L. Cutler, night headquarters of
ficer, shortly after midnight, bnt
failed to call his home at 2
o'clock as was his custom. In
quiry was made by his family
and a search launched. His body
was found in the offices of the
cooperative prune packing plant.
ISth and Howard streets, by Ser
geant Cutler and Bert Victor, his
son. Victor had taken off his
overcoat, uniform blouse, gun.
ties of Rome, Dalton, Cartersville
(Turn to page 2, col. 1)
MCE FUES SHIP
building.. It was pointed out that
slate laws require the directors
to make many heavy expenditures.
To get to work at once on the
tentative budget- being prepared
by Superintendent Hug, the direc-
' tors designated next Tuesday
night as the meeting time for the
. board and five taxpayers, com
prising a budget committee, to dig
Into the district's financial prob-
. lems. - .'
j Dr. Ollnger urged Buren to ac
cept as his appointee to this, com
mittee. This Buren refused, de
claring that his suggestions would
be overruled and therefore that
: it wonld be futile for him to hope
to accomplish any reductions in
record heights the estate tax pro
vision of the new revenue bill.
Confident "they could defeat the
2.2 5 -per cent sales levy that forms
the base of the $1,096,000,000
bill, the bi-partisan foes unsuc
cessfully attempted to keep the
house In session when It was pro
posed that a decision be post
poned until Thursday.
Intense feeling ran through the
membership on the crowded floor.
By carefully executed strategy the I
... a m a1
opposition xorcea ine teaaers mj
take up the controverted estate
and sales tax provisions for quick
them on a table, as though he
had sensed an approaching heart
(Turn to page 2, col. 3)
111 n
has decreased by one and one-
half. Since 1223 the ratio of pn
plls to one teacher has been In
creased from 21 to as.i.
Enrollment in the school In
1923 was 80. It reached 1114 In
1928. 1160 in 1930. 1283 In 1921
and this year is 1403. During
the same period the number of
teachers rose from 39 to 57
In 1930, decreased to. 61 In!
1931 and this year to S3.
SAM Tttfean. Pal- March it If the 1923 ratio of pupils to
t API Corporal HLmer N. Tomer I teachers prevailed today; it would
of the marine corps made one of 1 mean four more teachers.
the strangest rescues In the an-1 Teacher cost per stuaem mis
nalsof aviation today. lyear Is the lowest In nine years,
Flying as a passenger with staff I according to the report, in iszs
Sergeant Oria S. Hofer In a train-Jit was 167.10; In 1931, 268. This
tag plane, the corporal, who was year it is itz.io
nirti nrnin
U
rv rnM
WHET P LOT FAINTS
STATE GUIIE DID
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 22.-r
(AP) Marshall N. Dana today
resigned from the Oregon state
game commission to which he was
appointed by Governor Meier
about a year ago.
Dana, associate editor of the
there will be a special program
with an out-of-town speaker who
will be announced later, special
music, and a "feed" following. All
ex-service men of the world war
are urged to be present
The membership committee of
the post announced that member
ship now .tands at 48S. Mrs. M. J.
Melcholr. president of the auxil
iary organisation, was present and
Introduced the four visitors who
accompanied by Mrs. Lillian Chin,
speaker of the .evening.
Dmncan Outlines
Membership Plans
George Duncan of Stayton, dis
trict commander of the Legion,
Oregon Journal and candidate for
the democratic nomination for I ATniatn n Tnmiwfcln nians I snnnortinr the school.
MY FACE RECALL
a novice in the air. took oft from
North Island. Circling over Camp
Kearny a few minutes later at an
elevation of several thousand feet,
Sergeant Hofer tainted.
Cornoral Tomer watched tne
plane begin its crasy descent, and
then crawled out or nia eocapu,
pulled the unconscious sergeant
The payroll In 1923 was 255,-
000. By 1930, it was 387,000,
where It has remained. If the pay
roll had been Increased In accord
ance with the growing enrollment,
it now would be 396,600.
The credit for bringing about
the comparative reductions In
teachlnr staff and payroll are
away from the controls, and took I largely due to reorganization ef-
PORTLAND, Ore., Mar. 22
(AP) The threat of a recall ac
tion which Mayor Georee L. Ba-I
UUVU9U1UU. f u .uv xvu.vu wr mu u wuum weituuic mcw .vi. n h. nnuriiti! mm nwiiitMiiiif iinr mnnnflM v
A .An.MAMfnn tha vi- TM...I.. i T - ihuij wix i. umi if- -
uunug m wwo.wb.ww - -limn, uuviki auviucf . uniu i fnr ntlnt'B license but nevenne
bill they struck hard at the weal- Langley. and two city commission- iS It wal effective enough to
thy and compelled the agitated crs today as a group known as brtB-the plane out of a spin, car-
w , -7lT iiiTtv- -nrim 10 143. I their removal.- w nT1 the wrong runway at the
United States senator, said In a I
letter to Governor Meier he was
resigning his post so the adminis
tration and game i commission
would not be embarrassed by "any
suggestion of political exploitation
of his appointment.'
. Accompanying his resignation
was a recommendation that the
game commission again be given
charge of game wardens. The war
den service is now in charge of
the department of police.
Governor Meier tonight said he
probably would name a successor
to Dana Wednesday or Thursday.
ident Doner Indicated. - No elec
tion of registrar was made pend
ing recommendations from the--admlnlstratlve
staff. t
Spend Most of Day
Over Law School
The trustees who met at the
university In an adjourned ses
sion for-consideration of the re
port on the committee Investi
gating the law school problem
spent most of the day In discuss
ing the proper thing to de.
Friends, of the law school, led
by Harold Eakin and Judge Artie
Walker of MeMlnnville. argued
for Its retention and presented
numerous resolutions and letters
AH whe
(Turn to page 2, col. 5)
1DEBTSIS1B
AGIST ILK Fll
Slayers of Deer
Lincoln Ellis, John Hunt, William I
oanisaori, is.; b. Miuara ana i.- . i - m -. . , rr t j
?Ted" Chambers, with W. H. Dan-Ij2aiaTlS Held S
ey and D. w. Eyre as auernaies.
As' an initial reduction move,
1 the board voted Superintendent
; Hug's recommendation ""that the
i sneclal" rooms at Grant and
Richmond grade and Parrish Jun
ior high schools be discontinued.
I The number of problem pupils la
the schools, who are piacea in
these rooms, has decreased In the
past two years, the superintendent
stated. Dispensing with the rooms
Will savo the district 8S400. -
Possible reductions in salaries
r inatractora and the supervisor
In the vocational education de
partment were explained by the
superintendent. - The directors
were Inclined to favor elimination
of at least one of these positions.
They directed Superintendent Hng
to confer with O. D. Adams, direc
tor of the state board for voca
tional education, relative to the
The accusation of lncompeten
ey in office .was the keystone of
charges contained in the petitions,
; work upon which was completed
i today. ;
The two Portland commission
ers under fire are John M. Mann
and Earl Riley.
The Rev. BJorn Johannson,
leader of the "cittsens commit
tee", said today his group will try
to get 36,000 signers to the petl-
f THE DALLES, Ore., March 22
(AP) -State police- today ar
rested John Palmer,. Alex Tohet
and Joe McClrkel, Warm' Springs
Indians, with the carcasses of 14
deer. The Indians were allowed
tn return to the reservation vend-1 tions. which are required to carry
tag a hearing In Justice court. I the signatures of 16,714 qualified
The meat will be distributed J voters.' It may be necessary to
among' poor families -of The I hire paid -workers to push the pe-
Dalles. uuons, tne minister saia.
ly on the wrong runway
army flying field.
Stumbo Hero as
Theatre Patrons
BATTLE 01) SOVIET
BORDER REPORTED
Continuing Relief Work:
On Roads Problem Here1.
CHANGCHUN. Manchuria.
Uaral, (WRMlllTl 1 AP)
fTZme Flat -Another batUe In the wide-
X' J1IU a as .pread revolt In Kirin. soviet bor-
- . dtf province of Manchuria, was
Pre-season April -Fool (reported today In whleh five Jap-
sters naa meir uuv " lanese soldiers and 43 Chinese ir-
wood Tuesday night when a dos- rerTlUrl wer0 gum. -
en or more patrons i iu" 1 This was the fourth encounter
wood theatre departed from the I reported In 24 hours In a new ser-
snow to lino yam " w i leg of uprisings anegeaiy tnspirea
let out of their automobil tires. I by T HaL anti-Japanese war
Manager Ray Stumbo or ne hor and occurred at TaochUtun,
theatre came, to the rescue and I gUtion on the South Manehurian
arranged to have a man pump np Jranway 25 miles ' southwest of
the tires, ana even proTiuea ow I Changchun.
Students Shot
As Aftermath
Oi 'Kidnaping
COLUMBIA, Mo., Mar. 22
(AP) Three engineering stu
dents were shot, one seriously,
tonight as the outgrowth of the
"kidnaping" Saturday of Miss
Marty Butterfleld, who had been
chosen queen for an engineering
school dance.
Four students in the school of
engineering were required yester
day to give $100 peace bonds fol
lowing the -kidnaping" of Miss
Butterfleld. The request that they
be required to . give bonds was
made to Justice of the peace by
four law students, i .
Holding that there was a con
tract stroulatlnr the price the
milk company wonld pay the
plaintiff tor milk, Judge Miller
Hayden yesterday found for
plaintiff In the civil case of L. D.
Roberts vs. a H. Ostrin and oth
ers of the Salem Sanitary Milk
company.
The case has been before
Jndge Hayden tor some time In
piece-meal bearings, and was
completed yesterday afternoon.
Roberts, suing, for himself and
five others, alleged Ostrin haa
contracted to buy milk at $1.75,
and sought to obtain the differ
ence from that figure and fl.BV,
to which the company dropped In
Jnly. , '
The court's decision carries
findings tor the amount sought
for all-the plaintiff except E.
Folk, whose ease went out on
non-suit early In the hearings.
Folk -sought to recover $14.64.
The 'Other sums ranged - from
$10.93 to $38.15. Roberts sought
to recover $19.05. for himself.
talked favored continuing '- the
school but some pointed out the
problem of Increased cost through
meeting the requirements of the
American bar association recom
mendations. After general discus-, -sion
a resolution was unanimous
ly adopted committing the trus
tees to the continuance of the
law department 'with the'defiatte
understanding that the school be
brought to the standard require- -meets
within a reasonable time.
Already much .progress has
been made In building up the
library and strengthening the law
faculty to qualify the school, una
more full-time instructor Is re
quired and 1600 more books to .
meet the conditions effective next
September. , . .
valve stems where they were j
Without any state aid.
effect this move would have on ap-1 mueh relief road work can Mar
propriations to the district from ion county afford In the winter of
the Smith-uugnea iuu. .
1932-1933 If business conditions
have-not sufficiently Improved to
eliminate this type ot help? This
question : has been asked about
tnwn thta WMk - follOWinX the
TiJ y 1rh state highway commission's Port-
rvCLll excx j I i.nd announcement that no more
bonds would be issued for nnem
nlovment relief road work. - .
Thus far the couniy coun na
Jones Runs For
how take over the state's relief work.
How large this relief program ot
the : state has been ,In Marlon
county Is shown by records at the
highway department. An average
of 69 Marion county men - have
been employed dally since Sep
tember 1, 1931, the records show.
' 1 Third to enter the race for posl
nn Af eltr recorder Is Lester
Jones, 350 Belmont treet, who j oniy two statements on the
yesterday filed his declaration ox I - rirst. road 7 work from
candidacy with Mark Pouisen, m-1 f w0l be conUnued
cumbent. Jones formerly was an i berfl for att indefinite period,
andltor la the fflce-p the. iec-1 BMhtAlT ionrer than the three to
retary of itate. - y four-week period which wlU dose
1 Harry 8. Bosshard; ex-state guw relief program next
. mJt TJAIlllill Tit IBS Otn I . . a . I.
prtxikvi, wu - ... mostiL. 'inis means a
a m j a avriaa w m.
er two canaiaaies iw i henditare from the county oi up
wards ot $200 since nearly $100
. m a a. n m a
., nimvo oitiTi I men are neing empioyeu "7
asMA? OreT March 2 $$. On rainy daya, however, no
-ASTORIA, oro. ork j. done The court isUmatea
a .a Jtijt vnm Dnnii raw I xaii. i nmm ftinuw w.w
. - fail intn I S3060 a month.
runkM "hwateV;.-Astoria j The court'..econd .Utement
mr int-... , r , I has been that ft Jacks funds to
Flood Petil is
Past Lowering
.Japanese reports said' the Chi
nese .- forces retreated after the,
encounter. Other engagements
have occurred at Nan Ha Ton,
Huang Nl-Ho, and Patun, result
ing in 150 or mora deaths. v. - ' .
(Education Best Hope for
World Peace, Says Alley
The wage paid was $3 bnt the cost tag snow in the mountains, the
of renting machinery and of pro-1 flood menace Is over for the time
riding foremen averaged $1.50 a I being in saiem. , - ; -
day per man, bringing the cosUI Roads, are clear lor irameana
per man to $4.50. On ttis basis I the o'ciock measurement ot u
the department figures show, an j Willamette river In Salem showed
expenditure; during the winter of i a decrease rronr ze.s we aon-
SSS.SOa in Marion county. These I day nignt to xs.e mesaay mgau
men were not ' all -employed on
Jobs in this county since much of
the relief work tn this area has
heen carried on In Polk county.
but .the workers are rail Marlon
county men. -V;S. '". i
Estimating the total eounty ex
penditure tor relief at $18,000. or
cfx months at $3000 and the
Oi Wer Notedly Infured as I
r - Car Quits Rails
Unless unanticipated heavy
rains occur and hasten the melt-.
HtimKellefs
$ & Illness Worse jp the track. -
ASTORIA, Ora, March 22
(AP) Two loggers were Injured,
one seriously, in an accident at
the Tidewater logging camp near
here today. . .
Kick Malvin. '46. suffered a
crushed toot and broken leg, and
Ernest Gardner. 21. was severely
bruised about tha body. A llalll-
- - A a a
ran car the' two vrere noing
: IEASLES SnDBOO
J - NEW YORK. Mar. 22 (AP)
Miss Helen Keller.-blind lecturer
wha la. suffering from an af fllc-
sUte's at $33,500. continuation otluon of tha gall bladder, was said
by the county would cost $51,500.1 well" as yesterday but to be rest- puplla at tha Captain Robert Gray
While sentiment in the county tag comfortably. She has -cancel- Junior high school were 111 with
,21. onnosed to any led her engagements nntUmext measles." strict-quarantine has
- v (Turn to page $Y eoL t) --. IfalL . - ' been ordered
' ASTORIA." Ore- 'March
(AP) Astorlavaehool officials an
nouneed today that more than 70
The best single means toward
the goal of .lasting world peace Is
education. It was"- declared py
Prof. Alden Alley, who la profes
sor ot history in Dana college
when not lecturing as a represen
tative of the League of Nations
association, in aa address before
an audience of is at tne nrst
Methodist church Tuesday night.
He explained that. there are
hundred, of factors In the Inter
national problem ot which tne av
erage Individual Is completely ig
norant, which most become com
mon knowledge before ine work
ing of tha league may Become
efficient, i - ' ' v
Russia eooperatea now ana
stain in the work of the League
In order to secure the financial as
sistance necessary for develop
ment of the "Five Tear" plan, ac
cording to tha noted student, but
tha chief desire In the heart ot ev
ery communist, he feels. Is to ov
erthrow, capitalism by revolution
and - then establish - communism
:. tha . world over,- tf the nations
wm get together around a com
mon council . table sueh as tha
League of Nations, the speaker as
serted, and work out their trou
bles through conference,- this re
volution secretly hoped for could
not -be brouxht about. -
ProL-Alley said: "It U easy to
put out a spark as long aa It Is a
spark" but -when it becomes a
flame then there are such trage
dies as tha World war with 100
000 young men of America: lying
In their graves. And the profes
sor warned that an appalling num
ber of Americans do not seem to
HOOVER DELEGATES
SELECTED in n
; DES MOINES, Iowa, Mar. 21
(AP) The state republican
convention today elected 25 Hoo
ver delegates to the National con- ,
vention and pledges the support
of Iowa republicanism to the re
election of Its native son as pres--ident.
. r
It assured a delegation pledged
to Hoover in three ways by vot
ing to Instruct Its seven dale'
gates at large, through the in
struction of delegates by district
caucuses, and by adopting a res
olution pledging the entire, dele
gation. . Resolutions adopted at thay
closing session also "pledged, the j
loyal and energetic support "ell
tha republicans of Iowa to tha
president, who wasreferred te .
as "that great statesman and)
leader who was born on the prai
ries of Iowa
Claim Lindbergh
Child Held Upon r
i Colombia Island-
BOGOTA, Colombia, March.
(AP) The newspaper El Pals ta
have learned from that .example, j night received a report from Man
and would blindly stagger into the
same embroilment.
: Woodrow Wilson, scored mueh
greater good than resultant avfl
from tha Treaty ef Versailles ac
cording to Prof. Alley, who sug-
lsales that a "reliable authority
there knows the kidnaped Lis- :
bergh child is being held on as
Island' near the coast eity- et -Buenavantura,
Colombia.
The Manlxales correspondent
rested that Wilson felt that to I did not disclose tha name ef tha
get the nations' about a common Island nor the authority supposed -council
table would in time iron to have evidence In tha mattery
out the CI Involved In tha treaty, bnt tha report originated from tha
The speaker, Tuesday night point- reputable newspaper Vos da Caiv
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