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;gElgHTYFIRST YEAR - - - , . . -; ; Salem, Oregon. Thgraday Moraing, Mirch"24. 1932 f.:- ."y,-?. .K.8U , i&IIREECDra DOZEN YOUTHS pH GEORGIA CASTS bllt ntCTDIM? i TO. RDBBEHY OF $0WBm FACING ABREST r H SBItlG VOTE DTOUlWllw.l : Walve Hearing. Plead Guilty And Will be. Sentenced r -Today for Crime v Told They, majr Land in Jail for "Research in Eastern Kentucky; 40 From New York Start Trek Into Trouble Zone - XTEW YORK, Mar; 23 (AP) Warned at a mass meeting 11 to "1 Have Been Entering Houses And Taking Liquor, Is State Police Word hpwflrt nf Kpntur.kv rfiivalrv." 40 New York stu- Schlag. Kubin; i Brundidge dents, Including 12 women climbed into busses today and Names Withheld; Extent of However, Deny Part in BJ'LLZ 35? - - 13 ol Depredations Queried, A request for police protection telegraphed ahead to O County Attorney waiter B. mun at rineTiiie, K.y.. Droasnt repiy Other 'Robberies Outcome in Doubt nn Three you ns men who were at tested on Tuesday for. the .holdup and. robbery, ol John Meredith -on a side road near the fair grounds on the night of last O tober 10, will go before CIrtuit Judge L. H, McMahan at 2 o'clock this after noon for sentence. ''-. . They admitted the erlme to po- llrA tr1iv. lvut' : KAth tiro- limlnary and grand Jury hearings Mechanical - MindedneSS Of ana, wnen , arrsjgnea.. .pieaaea guilty to assault, armed with a dangerous weapon; - : - The trio: : Benny Schlag 24, . route three: Virgil Kobin, 20, route two, and Clyde Brandrldge, 14 th and Mill streets. Information of their arrest Tuesday was with- . held pending further "inrestiga- II nciii TOID BY SHELDOil America has Retarded Progress, Claims Education until about 25 years ago strongly reflected the me chanical trend of all Americans. Dr. H. E. Sheldon, dean of de- tlon. They denied harlng commit-j partment of edncation, UnWersity ted other local .crimes , of which of Oregon, remarked in an aa they were suspected. ; 4 I dress before the. teachers et Sa Orey Coffey Given y $'i T v llen assembled for the annual Credlr aa Sleuth .. . ry - v -1 snrlnr banauet at the . Marion ureait yesieraartwas oemg gir I hotel weanesaay nignt. en Officer Orey. Coffey of the! The desire in the heart otmost city police for solving the crime. 1 Americans is to invent a fool- Although the affair had been kept that his "advice to these ratUe brained eoUege 'students is for them to stay out of eastern -Ken tucky." Allen Taub, counsel for the In ternational labor defense, ad dressing the mass meeting on the Columbia university . e a m p n s. warned the group to beware of "Kentucky chivalry," and re minded them that Waldo Frank, writer, was beaten and ejected from the state. Forest Bailey, counsel for the Civil Liberties union, told them (Turn to page 2, col.. 2) REPORTS 1HD Arrest hangs over the heads ef a dosen senior and Junior high school boys here for pranks they have been committing In the be-" lief, they say, that they were not breaking the laws. . The pranks, which have continued ta Salem over a peprlod of several years. consisted of breaking Into houses and taking liquors. ATI day yesterday Officer George Thomason with other ef the state police force Questioned the boys singly and tn groups to determine exactly the nature and the frequency of the crimes they considered only as pranks. At 10 o'clock. last night all were re leased: until time for further questioning. ' ; In the meantime Officer Tho mason. who for the past three months has been seeking to Iden tify the . perpetrators of the thefts, expects to 'question still other boys on the same matters. N. Y. Governor. Runs 10 to 1 Over Judge Howard, Garner Adherent No 'Such Landslide Ever In State - Says Democratic V- Committeeman Cohen John N, Garner, of Texas,' speak er of the house, derived no aid from, the Georgia primary la whatever presidential hope be " may have. Governor Roosevelt of New York waa far ahead! f 1. C Howard of Atlanta, na tive son who Intended to tmra ! his delegate over to Garner. Director's Department Store, MacMarr Grocery, Byrne's Practically; Wiped out; Entire Fighting Force 0f,Gty Battles to Prevent Spread to Hamilton's as Flames Roar Skyward; Walls Left Standing Probable Total Damage $100,000; no Lives Thought Lost Though Several Persons Sleeping in Buildings si ths Time; Structures -Owned by Heirs of Breyman Brothers And Were Built Many Years ago 511011 SEEKS SENATE PRESIDENCY in mind since last Octoher.not un til a week ago could n'tlrfgle due be obtained. Officer Cofey with cooperation ot Lieutenant Walter Lansing, and others- h stile police followed up a tip he glean ed from sources be prefers not to reveal. - The arrests and confes sions were the result.: - At time of the holdup, Meredith was sitting in his parked automo : bile with a woman friend, -when an old coach - type - car stopped alongside and; two men v armed with revolvers' accosted him. One r (Turn to page 2, col. 1) During the past week he obtained SUpDOlt 0T Administration I t mm I InTnriniTinn IPsln in W Tfl rnn insiu .- ma m m m. machine, continued -the nptjinance Reouinna Moves Mr af ;hVnr.k.uVa-7 Recaiiea: Joe uunne. PROPHET p n BITTEfl: IS RieUT m. w I A t LOS ANGELES, March 22 - fAP) Ambulances whined up to the door, of Dr. Kenneth E. Cas person, police surgeon, twice tc v day,' and he had cause to remem ber some solemn public warnings which he spoke at the first ot " March. - . " .Then he said March is one of the worst months ot the year for dog bites and advised citlxens to be careful of both',peU and strays. 1: Being a food poisoning expert, he , also bespoke care In eating certain foods daring the month,-especially v. some kinds of rea food. - 4 ' Shortly after lunch today, -Dr. . Casperson was rushed to the hos- pltal - f or stomaeh pumping. He had been poisoned by eating fish of a certain kind and condition. - He was returned home, weak but 'Two hours later, the ambulance returned and Dr-Casperson was taken to the operating room for a emergency treatment. - " V; - j 'Started : to play : with . my P.t pvhiM and the brute bit me: ha moaned.'. MWell, I was right, nroof dean, and this desire has ieaaea into ' the. school systems. ! This mechanical background for in struction has come partly because of the untrained teaching force with which the schools " were manned until within the past 30 years, was thje opinion of Dr. Sheldon. In , the past if a good mechanical set-up was established in. school systems then teachers who planned that it their luck was good they - would ' teach no longer than three, years at most, could do the minimum of .harm. With . this mechanical outlook tests, measurements and research became predominant, and the school became a place where the natural curiosity and motor mindedness of a child was not appreciated, the . Dean told audience.''-". - "Education Is the development of Individuals" Dean Sheldon told his listeners, and the success ot education depends upon pro- - (Turn to page 2, col. 1) To be Registered Plan Before Credit men Action on Gas Bids to Delayed PORTLAND. March 23 (AP) The state board of control In session in Portland today, again postponed action on the annual gasoline contract - award - when Governor! Julius L. Meier request- j Paulus, ed time for further study of the bid prices and conditions-under which bids were made. The meet ing was called in Portland preced ing the governors cepanure zor San Francisco tonight, Bids on the million gallons of gasoline for state : consumption were opened at Salem March 14, in which the majority of compan ies bid 12.9 cents a gallon maxi mum price on: bulk gasoline. The Texaco company put in a -lower ,bH- for 12.5 maximum. ' - - An ordinance requiring trans fer companies to report to the police-all addresses from which and to which household goods are moved -may be Introduced before the city council shortly as result ot discussion before the- Salem Re tail Credit association yesterday. A similar ordinance In effect In New Orleans was discussed, and the credit men asked that a com mittee be named for further study and to report back next Wedne- day. City Attorney W. H. Trindle, a guest at the meeting yesterday, ' was asked to draft such an ordln- blglance for Salem, and agreed to do so. The ordinance . would make It mandatory for all transfer com panies in the elty to tile reports of removals Immediately with the city police, and this information would be open to use of the pub lic - ",, -Such aa ordinance would be of material ' benefit to -. business houses and all creditors in cases where shifts. In residence, either In nr without th'm. rttr. vera made in I to evade payment of debts, It was argued. . ,. Committee Named To View Proposal ? On the committee which will confer with City Attorney Trindle and which will report back at the next association meeting are Otto Ed Schunke and Law rence Simon. - ' - In discussion relative - to ' the (Turn to page 2, eoL'2) - ' No arrests have been made and names of the boys Involved are being withheld by the officers until It Is decided whether or not It will be necessary to take action against them. s "We hardly know what to do with the boys, said Officer Tho mason last night. They say they didn't realise they were iommit- ting crimes. They will probably be our leading citizens In a few years. . We hope we can bring hem to see the seriousness of the offenses so that they will not have a blot on their future." Parents of the boys, at request of the police, attended the ques- ionings. Kiddle Opponents iff Li Sam ..Brawn. Marlon, county's holdover senator, will be a candi date for . president of the upper house in the 1933 session, he an nouneed while In Salem yesterday. Brown Is a prominent farmer liv ing near Gervais. In the last session he was a strong supporter of the admini stration. In prior sessions he had worked In harmony with George W. -Joseph. So strong was his at tachment to the late senator, that he refused in 1231 to be sworn Into office by any member of the state supreme court. Joe E. Dunne, Multnomah coun ty senator, Is reported from Wash ington, D. C, where he has been visiting, as a candidate for senate president The candidacy ot Sena tor B. L. Eddy of Roseburg blooms perennially while Fred B. Kiddle of LaGrande made a pre- ' ATLANTA. March IS (AP) Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt won a smashtnr victorr In tha Georgia presidential preference primary today over Judge G." H. Howard of Atlanta, who was run ning with the avowed Intention of lining np his state's votes at Chi cago for Speaker John N. Garner. The returns late tonight placed 398 of the 410 county unit votes la the Roosevelt column with five counties missing. Governor Roosevelt had a lead , of almost 10 to-1 In the popular rote over Howard. The vote so far reported wast s 1,4 9 8 for Roosevelt TTuRE which started at midnight In the basement of th ..a MacMarr Grocery store No. 79, 174 North Commercial tllJi?Tj!& street, swept through both stories and basements of the it rose as u returns piled ta Breyman and the White buildings in the early hours this from an parts ot the state. morning, gutting both buildings and virtually destroying the M.?toaimJ!LSW..?lfS stocks and equipment of the varied business and profession Vl,r"!!mtVL al establishments located in both these structures. York governor congratulations. I No lives are thought to have been lost in the fire aW m all of Georgia's political though several people were sleeping in the two buildings history no candidate has ever be-1 t.AM ti,. k,.. tv. I fore received suck a sma.hlnc ma- iT. unLr JT' . Jority in all sections as being re-1 uiruugu na uiucu ux mc wwv uuuiuujjs u was uui. ui xuuitca iported tor yon at this time," the I and routed at least three people who were unaware, that the structures were aiiame. v- major's telegram said. BROCCOLI RACKET IS BEING CHECKED ROSEBURG, Ore., March 23 (AP) Notice was received here today that the state department of agriculture will take steps to enforce grade and standard rul ings to stop the activities ot "broc coli bootleggers." J. Roland Parker, county fruit inspector, and Charles A. Cole, ehlet of the division of plant in dustry, will be In charge of the work. The state department alleged that peddlers are buying direct from the field and trucking the ibh is in liPOIl C1E BHD limlnary bid for the Job at the I ""..A,;. t' Medford, Marshfield, Eugene and The senate presidency, carrying --51 -ZllZZ.7Zi with it the duties of Ueutenant- "m t VLt.nVr. gorernor. is regained as the most m-ked braQd Bum.l able. The race for the position is unusually keen. FIIICIIOT is ira T against him. . , : Lafferty IS CULLED iriTO PLIY The city's new vagrancy ordi nance, passed- recently by . the council at the behest of business and credit men, was brought into play by the police yesterday for the first time. . B.-J. Ryan was arrested and Jailed on a charge of giving worthless checks, which under the ordinance constitutes vagrancy. He will be arraigned I before Municipal Judge Mark Poulsen today. - ' . .The ordinance provides that any person Issuing a cheek which the' banks refuse to honor shall be notified by the drawee or a police officer and given 48 hours In which to restore the sum of tha check. If the amount of the check la hot refunded at - this I in the legislature from this coas tline the writer Is liable to ar- ty .were placed in circulation yes- rest oa charge of vagrancy as I leraay. s-nenoa oi ira m i v. rwliaa and aoon aa a second nroteat la filed Eauallsatloa and ReducUon lea- " . -V.- Damages to the two buildings were estimated at 240.000 while stocks and equipment loss was es timated to run between 840,001 and 380,000. The flames licked through both buildings while the entire tire fighting force of the city and every piece of equipment was nressed into use. Between 1 and ?, .-tY? tnriate"d, Burns man Formerly Here and the large stock ot furniture on the three stories and base ment where the Hamilton Fur niture company is located. Hamilton Baildlns; Greatly Imperiled - v Concentrating their defense at the Joint wall between the White and Hamilton buildings, mem bers of the fire department were (Tarn to page 2, coL 3) Takes Dana's Place On Commission RESORT PzSpKere Petitions asking that the name of Henry' Zorn be placed ' on the May republican primary ballot tor nomination as representative Inspectors at all markets will be notified to confiscate all broc coli not conforming to the grade marked oa the crates and to cause the arrest ot peddlers selling broc coli not In keeping wita state standards. . Siadelman For Treasurer, New Politick ... A - new name brought forward in Portland for candidate for state treasurer Is that ot P. J. Stadel- BY BOMB Ninety Five Boys Given '-m - 'nr -L ' JL nomination for president Awards at. Honor cCAumqssssg- PORTLAND, Ore., March 23. (AP) An informal invitation to Governor Gilford PInchot of Penn sylvania to enter his name In the I Oregon primary for the republican nomination for president was teie- flve- times mayor, of that city. Eastarn Oregon has had no rep resentation oa the board of con trol for about 40 years, and this Is urged la his favor. : . . Stadelman , has made no deel ton In, resnonsa to urging that SaimisWrd &aSLars to put nis nam on u oaiiou i t. tit:,.-. ,m in. WJ1 Zora said it was not his tnten- f' PortUnd. Theaame laweii- Breaks Record, Reed of gu which he heads, were circulat ing the petitions. " ' " Zorn, la town yesterday oa bus iness, said he would not make aa aetive race but would ni tor rep- resenUUve la the -petition circu lators were successful." One hun-l PORTLAND. March 23. (AP) An alleged, gambling room la a downtown business buildings was damaged by a bomb explosion early today. No one was Injured. . Windows were shattered, and plaster was dislodged. A large felt-covered table was wrecked. Plaster fell from the eeiliag of a Jewelry store directly, below . the rOOm.' :,-' . ; .. A shattered leather ' dice cup was found on the floor together with a small section of dynamite fuse. Police expressed the opinion the die cup had contained the bomb. - - Patrolman OH. Teomans, who heard the., explosion from three blocks away, was the first, to reach the scans. He saw no one. PORTLAND, March 23 (AP)' Dr. L. E. Hibbard, Burns, was appointed a member of the atate game commission tonight by Gov ernor Julius L. Meier. Hibbard. will succeed . Marshall N. Deaa, i--cbafrman of the commission for. the past year, who resigned yes terday. Dana is a candidate for the democratic nomination for ' United State senator. Hibbard has long been aetive la sportsmen's activities, the gover nor said, and has been a supporter I of the large Malheur lake gas ; : preserve proposal. The state game commission 'at its next meeting will elect its V chairman to Teplaee Dana. Hie (Turn to page 2, CoL 4)z 4 V ; Give Lansing Prope For Oratory One of the largest boy scout , honor courts ever known In Cas cade area was held at DaUas last night. Ninety-five bays appeared for awards which varied from sec ond class badges to life, star, and ,tive-year awards i Judge George Rossman, assocl-ate-JusUce of the state suprem addressed the boys, and Judge H. H. Belt, associate Jus tice, presided. T. C. Roake was clerk of court, - . - "m ' The five-year service award was presented to Paul H. Hauseras? sistant scoutmaster oi djmui trAA l. hv XL . "Max" Page. sta awards went -to - Robert Rmith Salem trooo 12. and Wil Uanf - Tommlson. Silverton troop 23, and a life award to Claire Jar vis, Silverton troop 20. -: other awards were -as follows: ' - First class merit badges Gen Tnf Tom Gabriel. Edwin c- , . Wain, Tom Earls, Roger Kellogg, ; - Richard Hlday. Cleave Bartlett. rranda Lott. Paul Barger. Gor don Black. Bob Smith, Walter Bailey and Gerald Newtou of Sa lem; Scoutmaster Harry R. Lar gon. Assistant Scoutmaster Roy A. senator from Multnomah county. and Pe- i Lyle ter Zimmerman, formerly state j from Yamhill county. Petty; Douglas Brady, Soecht. Phillip Hlmmell. Harland I senator Anderson. Jack Meyers, Ronald I signed the telegram which read: Asboe. Wesley Williams, Harold I - "Many people la Oregon feel Odman, Norris Bauangrua, Koo-iyou snouia permit your name to i swimming ana cinng enampion ert Nelson. Melvln Hewitt, ciair i to be filed lor tne prestaency. you snips, nere. Jarvls, Boyd . Williams, wmiam i can win easily, it may ieaa to Tommlson, Glenn WahU Werner i your a elecuon. No cost to you. ChUberg and Commissioner kpj i Many letters souowing. Brady f ot Silverton; Kaymona Johnston. Burton 'McKibbon and Gerald-Vlnton of Dallas; snn mc Greevy and Frank Adams et Falls City; Richard Snider and Russell Sbeon of Monmoutn. , Second class Jnem Daagea uHan. John v van orsuoi. rani nr.CT V - I Uon to run for tin house until from the old mark. Paul Latf erty. members l Multnomah Athletic club. Port- rl'Vl known In the valley because his son was a famed footban. center at Oregoa. c V . Recognizing the oratorical abil ities of Lieutenant Walter Las sing ot the state police and desir ing to show their esteem for hiss. . ltw itMtM tiv (Thief TruV Wttliam Summers. Jttor. Mlat0f terdsy sent him what they deem proper attire rer aa of fleer appearing oa the'pablie platform. ' 1 Lieutenant Lansins- lately aa been engaged la a program eC edu cational addresses eoneeraiag and his son. Norman, who were sleeping on the same floor, told . police they did aot hear the blast. Summers told poliee he had rent ed the room In -which the oomn exploded to one C F. Howard. He land, set a new northwest record tor - the men's loo-yard breast stroke swim of 1:11.0 tonight In the annual : Paelfle northwest' Kenneth Lawrence Portland Natatorium, was second, and Charles Reed,alem, third. ' ; date and agreed that Zorn was the man to run.' At a meeting in Sil- verton Monday the league also en- orsed the candidacy of W. C. Pettyjohn Of this dty. Zora has been president of the tax league since Its formr tion In this county. Older Boys ' Conference To Open Here Tomorro w had been paid In advance, he said. I Wgnway safety and relattoa f the pouee aad the puuc I Frank Marshall Files Petitions mWith 52 Nanies Late Sp orts Jones,. Robert Taylor, .Lawrence " PORTLAND, Ore.. March 22 (AP) Robin Reed ot Reedsport, I Ore- claimant t the worw I Opening . at 4, o'clock tomorrow afternoon will be the 11th annual Marion-Folk ' counties older hoys Governor Azam at thr. m. d a. at that time. -t .7 i 5. I club legders will meeT at o'clock-! PORTLAND. Ore.Marv;23 d ta enure poap'wm gauer mm - - - uieiet is Away; ipard, Marks (AP) Governor Julius L. Meier I at :S0 o'clock for the conference and Mrs. Meier left tonight for I banquet. - - ' V : Ttanmrartner. IKlrk : BeiL, rerry i me iarKes( numoer 01 aiRB-1 - "t. -Ttr A .T: . I ..v" -i. vk n.fi. VMtrd&T. T smith Elmer Smith. Hares yet obtained on a petition I aroppea two iau out wrw iu nouasys witn ueir aaugniero ana i - Thrapp, Leosmun, timer bmiwi. i c ""uf" ",Ti 1 tt jaum t Prova. Utah .here .! f.miiu. v Jn.nh Ehr.lC A. Kells. Salem T general se- weight Umlt, however, aad what-hiext Monday, iiii,: Jtaat .aroaad.TS hers wm attend -?.t -O -Amm n lt1 I Tn. V .M.MAA',ltuu tkt tWO-daT CO U I ST CSC S. . ThlS IS were not at sUke. Jones weighed j from the sUte WUUrd L. Marks Ismtller than in other years. Mel 140 pounds. Reed, 144 2-4. - of Albsny. president of the senate, via Kelly or Udependenee, .eon- n.A VA flnt fait In iMl.tl1 ait ,n,,ranr- ttnt-' It U I ferenca Bresldent. Said thSS T IS lth a crabhold. Jones was the stated here the governor did not j boys would come from theretbe second In 4:7 with a flying head expect 5 It necessary . for ? him i to largest single delegation expeeted. scissors and the last-la 5:4 with a whip wrlstloek. . '. rAAmn .nit TVtnll SaWver 1 Marshall, candidate, for the second I. cn.tn--.irimnath Blanchard. I ward position. His petitions bore Theodore Coon. Elbert Hawkins. 1 2 signatures. Msrshalllias come tr2Cr T.t r...,Pn. lia out in favor of a municipal water Johnston, Harry Watson and Har- system and a balanced budget. . liT ALZL.: Vk.li.- . . . -. ; I , Elmer A. Daue tiled a petition "nd-claisadgw Steve fofthe thirard posiUon bear, .r5r ri -n.nm-lfnr iQ names. His slogan is: "En- , s tarn to page u"" , come to' the 'capital during the I H.; E. ToMe, supenntenaent ot brief absence, . . -1 SUytoa: schools, wiu, serr Whea the lieutenant the rostrum hereafter, he can. 12 : he wishes, wear the "proper at- . Ure: Maek cutaway coat, vet ta accompany. ''If he does net Pw sess the black or striped grx trousers ta complete the aasenv- toastmastar at the banquet.: The j ble, the local police, they say, wOT welcome will be given by Everett 1 gladly provide these aiso. ; . - Clark, president ot the Salem T. , Many a cnuexi ;waa nw Junior board, and the response by about the police headquarter yee- Donald Lehman, student body pre- ter day afternoon over, tb "MginT, sident of Silverton: high- school, to the JoviaL popular state Be-. Addresses relating to the confer-1 tenant. A monkey suit" wt wr enc theme, Taxing the rutur i enhance nu tau Dgurs. Together,' wlU be made by C. A. I said. . ' i. K , public .Instruction, and Professor. J delegated the honor ot deUverlag - Carl W. Salser Of Oregoa state i tno speakers awww w icku college.1--? - v 1 Lansing at stite poUce heagaar-. Devotions, discussion groups iter in tn eapiiou it w"cor and recreetloa will b the order (cholson's chagrin. Superintendent oa Saturday, - At noon tne a tie-1 cs anea rray nuwa w "" gaUs will b guesU et a group ef I girt ror nis assistant wo r Salem but in ess men. in the arise- ana to tax w w nooa th main athleU event ! la persoa. As the lieutenant was the conference, a basketball gasse busy giving ; dictation, OtHcer between the boys and their slab Nicholson was spared immediate leaders, will b played. Oeaeh baekCr or -wit from on who la . Harold C Davis of Sllvertoa wiU known la police circles to be a direct recreational activities. .. master ta the art." " .'