WEATHER : f
Fair and mild today and
Saturday, changeable winds;
Max. Temp. Thursday 82,
Mia. go, river 5.6 feet,
northwest winds.. ,
EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR
Ealem, Oregon, Friday Morning, May 6, 1932
No. MS
SESSIONS
Present Empire President
Says Details of Firm's
Acts Kept From him
Some of Records are Gone
He Declares; Efforts
! To Restore Told
DALLAS, Ore.. May 5. (Spe
cial) Dr. R. W. Clancy, presi
dent and former secretary of the
Empire Holding corporation, was
the principal state witness during
the fourth da7 of the trial of
Judge O. P. Coshow on charges
of dlvlslng a scheme to defraud.
At the close of the sesions today,
the state had presented 25 wit
nesses including stock purchasers
and lormer salesmen of the Em
pire company.
Dr. Clancy, on direct examina
tion, told of becoming Interested
In the Empire Holding corpora
tion and giving up his practice
In Medford to enter the I'oruana
offices because of his faith in Er.
"W. R. Adams. He went to Port
land In April, 1931, on condition
that he would be permitted to
attend all meetings and "know
what was going on." Prior; to go
ing to Portland he had subscribed
for 200 shares of Empire stock
and: had paid $5000 down. He
had been promised a position as
assistant medical director for the
life insurance company and an
other as treasurer of one of the
subsidiaries which were to be
formed later.
Clancy stated that at the first
directors' meeting after he went
to Portland he was allowed to
sit outside 'or over an hour and
not invited to attend. He got
somewhat "peeved" at this treat
ment and was going to return to
Medford but George Robison per
suaded him to tsay. Soon after
this he was elected secretary and
allowed to attend the meetings of
the executive board. At these
board meetings, Clancy said. Co
show, Fetty, Adams, and Stock
man had full sway and he mere
ly kept the minutes. He later
learned that this board was hold
ing secret meetings from' Which
himself, Frank Keller and George
Robison were excluded.
Thought Officers
Had Paid in Cash
Clancy stated that prior to May,
1931, he thought the officers had
each paid 25 per cent down on
their subscriptions as he had
done and that he did not learn
until June or July that salaries
were being paid.
In June, 1931, the corporatau
wa threatened with a financial
shortage and Clancy advanced
$4000 of his own funds In order
that it might continue in busi
ness. He later learned that I. H.
Fetty had drawn $800 of this ad
vance for his own 4ise and it was
at this time that CUtncy began to
Investigate the affairs of the com
pany. He found that Adams had
not paid anything into the com
pany but at Clancy's request Ad-
ams paid $2000..
.' Clancy said bOad beeu Sven
a salary contract but it was def
initely stated this that no
money would be paid until sub
sidiary companies were earning.
He learned of the salary con
tracts of the other officers and
that; they were taking credit on
their notes of $3000 for commis
' sions. Clancy suggested that all
contracts be torn up and Adims,
Keller and himself were, agree
able. Adams suggested that they
reduce all salaries to $5000 as a
compromise but Coshow said "I
won't take a cent less. I'm going
to stand on my contract." At this
time an agreement was made that
no money would bo drawn but
credits on their notes would be
taken Instead; however, some
cash wa3 drawn after this agree
ment Declares Letters
Gone From Files
The witness said that some let
ters were missing from the files
of the corporation and no trace of
these could be found. A letter
from Clancy to Judge Coshow
about these missing letters and
Coshow's answer were introduced
as evidence. The Coshow letter
stated that carbon copies had
leen taken from the files but
that these were not in his pos
session. Later the state Introduc
ed the cards, whic'i had been
Placed in the files to show that
letters had been removed, as evi
dence. Under cross- examination by
Oscar Hayter, Dr. Clancy stated
that he does not clalra that Judge
Coshow ever made any misrepre
sentations to him and that he had
never talked to Judge Coshow
about salaries or other company
business prior to the meetings in
June or July. Clancy was non
committal when questioned close
ly about some of the missing let
ters and attempts made to find
these and also a boat some of the
letters be wrote. -.-m " f-.s';
tt ata ttut h had visited
his cousin. Dr. R. L Clancy ot
Toronto, Canada; on two ; occa-
alnna ta rot adrlca and to Interest
aim in the company. He wished to
find a man suitable to neaa sncn
a nnnTHttn mnt f arrt OB Its
i ln!naa nian auM ha thontht
i be bad reached the end 'of his
1 rone . In attemntlne to make a
access of the Empire company
mm
AVERS
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McMdhan vs ; Carson
Sniping BreaUut
InioOp eh Warfare
Circuit JucJge Reveals Asserted Findings of
Grand Jury That Didn't Report; Charges
HurlecLand Sharp Retort Follows
TERBAL sniping between Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan
Y on the one hand and District Attorney John H. Carson
along with his brother Allan Carson who is a candidate for
district attorney on the other, swelled into open warfare
Thursday. The occasion was a lengthy statement from the
judge, based upon findings of a grand jury which never re-
-OPOrted, having been dismissed on
nriinrir mrm III
nut i-nttu in
HUM CASE
Claims he Didn't Know of
Crash; Jury Remains
Out 20 Minutes '
Verdict of not guilty was re
turned In 20 minutes yesterday
by the jury In Justice court which
heard the case against Paul P.
Bendele of Drain, charged with
failing to stop and give aid in an
automobile accident.
Bendele was arrested following
an accident which occurred on the
highway near the Labish school
April 25, when car driven by Mrs.
G. H. HLbarger was crowded from
the highway and both Mr. and
Mrs. Hibarger were injured. She
is still In the hospital here.
On the Jury returning the ver
dict were Newell Williams, Aug
ust Kerberger, Otto Timm, H. J.
Barham, H. Marsters and Silas
Fletcher.
Bendele, en route from Port
land to Drain at time of the ac
cident, declared on the witness
stand that he had no idea his car
touched the Hibarger car as he
was passing it, though he admit
ted he turned slightly to the right
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SALEM IMI IS
HELD AFTEfl CRASH
PORTLAND, May 5. (AP)
Mrs. Jane Howell of Salem was
arrested here today on a charge
of reckless driving after her au
tomobile had struck an automo
bile at the east end of the Burnr
side bridge and then crashed into
another automobile at the west
end of the bridge, injuring one
of the persons riding with Mrs.
Howell. Her bail was set at
1000.
"Drinking but notdrunk," was
the description police gave of
Mrs. Howell. . .
Arnold Pittman, of Portland;
Mrs. Arnold Pittman and O. J.
Leffingwell, of Salem, passengers
with Mrs. Howell, were all ar
rested and charged with being
drunk. Pittman suffered severe
scalp wounds and a possible frac
tured skull. Tbe others received
minor bruises.
Occupants of the two cars
struck by Mrs. Howell's machine
were not Injured. All three cars
were damaged.
Rivers, Harbors
Fund For State
Near 2 Millions
PORTLAND, Ore., May 5
AP) A special Washington dis
patch to the Oregonlan says Ore
gon items in the rivers and har
bors section of the war depart
ment supply bill, which was intro
duced today, total fi.a&z.zau.
ExceDt 1381.750, designated
for improvement of the Columbia
and lower Willamette rivers, the
entire amount is for maintenance
work. -
Piano Ensemble Program
Spectacular
By OLIVE M. DOAK
A brilliant display of musical ,
talent . and technical perfection
was presented before a lament
ably small audience Thursday
night at tbe Salem armory by the
Salem Piano ensemble as its trib
ute to national Mustek week.
Six pianos playing in splendid
unison with, two pianists at each
made a spectacular display as
well as an excellent technical feat
In mechanics of music and in the
molded unity of feeling on tbe
part of the It artists at the in
struments. I " '
Miss Elma Weller bas been the
director and chairman of ' this
croup which was organized last
year and! which presented its first
program ion tbe 1931 Music -week
program.? The program of Thurs
day ttlgbt represented months ot
bard work, diligent practice and
study ' on the part of tbe - musi
elana." :.v:
-Although splendid perfection of
presentation was apparent In each
number the concluding number,
Frans Schubert's ' "Unfinished
Symphonic was a brilliant and
beatrtlf ul climax to the program,
me ground tnat It was illegally
continued from term to term.
In this statement sharp criti
cism Is made of various state and
county officers, among them the
district attorney. Apprised of
what the statement contained.
District attorney Carson replied
with a briefer but pointed decla
ration which styles tbe Judge's
attack as "malicious' and "in
competent drivel" and contains
an answer to the charges made.
Judge McMahan's statement, in
full, follows:
"I instructed a grand Jury to in
vestigate county and state records
in the matter of the expenditure
of public funds. A technical objec
tion to the grand Jury was made
upon the ground that no order
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IS
Salem is to have another out
door flower show, and this time
It will be held June 4 and S in
Willson park. Such was the de
cision of the committee which had
been appointed by Miss Edith
Scbryver, "president of the gar
den club, and whlchmet Wednes
day night to make definite ar
rangements for the show.
The first outdoor dhow to be
held in Salem was last year in
the gardens of Miss Sally Bush.
The results were so satisfying
and the effect so beautiful that
it was decided to repeat the idea,
which altbougb new to Salem is
old in European countries.
Garden clubs from the valley
towns and from Portland are be
ing invited and already several
including Portland have signified
an Intention to be represented.
Another committee meeting will
be held Tuesday night.
Those meeting Wednesday night
were Miss Edith Schryver. presl
dent of the club, and committee
heads, -Mrs. W. H. Dancy, Mrs
George Bayne, Chester Cox, J.
Baxter, Mrs. W. W. Rosebraugb,
Mrs. E. M. Hoffness, W. r.
Franklin, Mrs. W. E. Anderson,
Mr. Walter Smith, Miss Myrpah
Blair and Mrs. W. B. Johnston.
Turns on Gas to
End Life, Faces
Assault Charge
LOS ANGELES, Cal., May S.
(AP) Police records tonight
revealed this sequence of events:
H. M. Hellyer. 50, turned on
the gas in his room and prepared
to die. Two friends, Leo Elliott
and I. Cooper, entered. They
found the room dark and one of
them struck a match. The re
sultant explosion blew out win
dows, set tbe rooming house afire
and burned Cooper and Elliott so
seriously that they were taken to
a hosnital.
Hellyer ran from the place un
hurt.
But be was arrested on a charge
of assaulting Elliott and Cooper
with a deadly weapon.
LOMSKI, BYRNE DRAW
MARSHFIELD. Ore.. May 5-
f AP1 Leo Lomski of Portland
and Jimmie Byrne en4sd 1I even
after a torrid ten round fight here
tonight.
Music Event
and the audience attested with
warm applause.
The pity is that the crowd was
not large enough. The Salem mu
sie teachers through their com
mittee headed by Mrs. Walter A.
Denton, have been at large ex
pense for .the Music week pro
gram. The expense of the armory
and pianos alone mount into mon
tey. saiem public saouia support
them In the work that they are
doing by making Music jweek in
Salem one of tbe finest in tbe
northwest. !
Up to date the programs have
been well attended, but they have
all been without charge. In or
der to seat all that would appro-"
date the programs inch as that
of Thursday night and again that
of Saturday night It Is necessary
to have a building such as the
armory, and additional seats, thus
the expense which has to be met
It Is to be hoped that the huge
program to be given Saturday
night ' as a community , program
will be supported loyally. There
are to be 800 performers on this
program. Of this number S00 will
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OUTDOOfi
FLOWER
MED
FEST11Y
Philharmonic Choir Will be
Featured at Elsinore
In Night Event
raditional Breakfast, May
Dances, Track Meet. and
Play set Saturday
TODAY'S PROGRAM
1:00 p-m. Welcoming
of
guest, sight seeing tours.
3:00 p.nu -Baseball came at
HcMinnyllle between Willam
ette and Iiinfleld.
7:00 pun. Screen feature
at Elsinore theatre.
8:50 p.m. Phil harmonic
choir and stringed quartet at
Elsinore theatre.
SATURDAY'S PROGRAM
7:30 to 9:30 a.ra. May
morning; breakfast at Chresto
cottage, all invited.
0:80 a.m. -Tennis meet with
LJnfield college on W. U.
courts.
11:00 a.m. to 1:00 pan.
Coronation of q e e n. May
dances and pageant, Robin
Hood.
1:15 p.m. Fellowship lunch- '
eon.
2:00 p.m. Track meet be
tween Willamette Bearcats and
Iinfield college on Sweetland
field.
4:15 p.m-Annual freshman
sophomore tug-o'-war over mill
stream.
8:15 p.m. Junior play "Mln-
nich" at Salem hieh auditorium.
A large number of alumni and
other guests will come to Willam-
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TO BEAT DEADLINE
Hundreds of Marlon county tax
payers paid the first halt ot their
1931 property taxes at the court
house yesterday as the final date
passed during which no Interest
charge can be made. Beginning
today Oscar D. Bower, sheriff,
must add two-thirds of one per
cent interest for each month or
fraction of a month the tax is de
linquent. While the number of
taxpayers was large, there was no
confusion at the tax collection of
fice where the payments were
made.
To avoid confusion, many tax
payers made their payments by
mail. Sheriff Bower having an
nounced that all payments post
marked before midnight Thurs
day would be accepted without in
terest being charged.
The Portland General Electric
company has sent a check of $30,-
144.05 to the Marion county sher
iff, covering its tax payment here
for the first half of 1131 on real
and personal property. The total
tax bill of the county In Marion
county for 1931, is $80,238.10.
The company pays $580,000 taxes
annually in the state.
This tax bill does not include
many special municipal taxes and
miscellaneous levies.
ACTIONS OF HOUSE
WASHINGTON, May 5-(AP)
Arraigning the house of repre
sentatives In stinging terms. Pre
sident Hoover addressed to con
gress late today a special message
demanding a "definite and conclu
sive program for balancing the
budget."
"It would go far to restore busi
ness,- employment and agriculture
alike,' 'he declared after decrying
uncertainty as 'disastrous."
The pronouncement, coming as
It did when the senate finance
committee had just lifted income
taxes to still higher levels and af
ter an Impassioned speech by Sen
ator Borah of Idaho on the need
for drastic international action to
combat disaster, climaxed a day
fraught with evidence ot the
troubled times.
No sooner had the senate listen
ed to the message than the demo
cratic leader, Robthson of Arkan
sas, rose to blame "unaccountable
errors" by the administration in
estimating the money needed to
run the government for the situ
ation In which congress finds it
self. In the house, Representative
Ralney leader for tbe democratic
majority termed - the Hoover
message "the first speech in his
campaign for re-election." .
Blaze in Dairy-
Plant Put Out
Fire in an overheated electric
motor in the basement of the Sa
lem Sanitary Milk company plant,
1835 State street, yesterday after
noon fine dthe place with smoke.
It" was extinguished with sand.
Firemen were called out from tbe
east station, a block away, and
from central station. -
If
mas
CRITICIZES
County Pioneer
To be Honored
f -,- "
-
Mrs. Emma Smith Terrell, resi
dent in Marlon county since
1858, who died Wednesday la
Portland. Funeral serrlces will
be held today at the Cloagh
Barrick chapel at a p.m. Mrs.
Terrell was the widow of Jadge
TerrelL one-time head of the
county court here. She came to
Oregon as girl of 12 by way
of the Isthmus of Panama. She
wa 86 years old at the time of
her death.
HILL FBI SET
Members of bar From Both
Counties to Attend; no
Word on Successor
Funeral services for the late
Gale S. Hill, circuit judge of the
third Oregon judicial district, will
be held Saturday at 2:30 p.m. at
the Fortmlller Funeral home in
Albany. Judge Hill died Wednes
day night in Portland after an ex
tended illness.
Rev. W. H. Lee, member of the
Albany college faculty, will offi
ciate at the services, assisted by
Rev. J. R. Turnbull, "pastor of the
Baptist church at Albany. Inter
ment will be made In the Albany
Masonic cemetery. Rites at the
grave will be tbe Masonic service
in charge of the Knights Templar
lodge of -which Judge Hill was
member.
Members of the bar from Mar
ion and Linn counties are to at
tend in a body while other lawyers
from all parts of the state are ex
pected. As many members of the
state supreme court as are In the
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HITCH-HIKERS ARE
Hitch-hiking from Louisiana to
Oregon, some 4000 miles, failed
to provide a family of four with
jobs but a news story in The
Statesman turned the trick.
Almost as soon as the free em
ployment office was opened for
the day Thursday, a woman who
formerly lived in Louisiana was
on the telephone, stating she was
Interested in tbe family men
tioned in that morning's States
man. She promised work for them
and opportunity to wash their
clothing after the long trip, and
Indicated that she would provide
further for them if they proved
worthy.
Records of all persons provided
with work through the free em
ployment agency are to be kept
under a system just Inaugurated,
so that if an individual applies
again, the employment agent will
be able to learn whether they
have been satisfactory in previous
employment.
Seattle Dentist
Is Convicted of
Slaying Mother
SEATTLE, May 5 (AP) A
lew days more than two months
after Dr. Albert G. - McKeown,
middle aged dentist, beat bis aged
mother to death in the basement
ot bis home here a jury today
convicted him of second degree
murder. They tempered their ver
dict with a recommendation of
leniency. -:
One of his attorneys, Henry
Clay Agnew, announced tonight
that If a-new trial is denied Dr
McKeown his case will be appeal
ed to the supreme court.
Election Plans
', Are Being Made
'Preparation for the semi-an
nual primary election Is going
forward rapidly at the office of
County-Clerk Boyer at the court
house. Poll books, ballots and
other material , for use In each
precinct . are being prepared - by
tbe regular deputies and1 several
extra workers employed to help
during tbe election rush. Alt the
materials for tbe election will be
handed to Sheriff Oscar Bower at
least a week before the election
1 n order that each precinct board
may have tbe materials In ample
time tot the vote Friday, May 20.
STUD
ft R NY
Lunui
GIVEN AID QUICKLY
4-ft CLUB FAIR
AllDS LISTEi
Will be Open to Public at
Chamber of Commerce
Building Today
Judging Difficult Because
Of Excellent Work in
All of Divisions
Judging of exhibits for annual
4-H boys' and girls club fair was
completed late yesterday, and to
day and tomorrow the displays in
the chamber ot commerce build
ing will be open to the public'
Tbe exhibit will be open tonight,
but not Saturday night.
Because articles admitted this
year are the pick of the work in
each of the many clubs scattered
over the county, judging was no
easy task, according to Wayne
Harding, county club leader who
has organized tbe show with as
sistance of Mrs. Mary L. Fulker
son, county school superinten
dent. Two hundred and seventy-four
entries were made, which la
slightly lower than last year, due
to the earlier selective process.
However, what the exhibit lacks
in number It more than makes up
in quality. As predicted, wood
work bas come materially to the
fore this year, and one of the
largest exhibits Is In this division.
Cooking Entries
In Greatest Number
Of the total exhibits, the segre
gation by class Is: cooking one,
57 entries; cooking two, 27;
cooking three; 10; camp cooking
30; handwork, 20; sewing one.
34; sewing two, 25; sewing three,
10; bachelor sewing, seven;
homemaklng, five; handicraft.
31; art one, eight; aft two, nine;
and room Improvement, one.
In each division, five cash prixes
and five honorable mentions were
awarded. The decision of the jud
ges' follows:
Sewing, division three first,
Clara Schmidt ot North Howell;
second, Delphlne Ebner of Mt- An
gel; third, Ida May Summers of
North Howell; fourth, Helen
Foremel of MU Angel; fifth, Mary
Terusaki, Keiter; honorable men
tions in order: Evelyn Lenora
Bole of Bethel, Anna Bigler of
Mt.' Angel, Tsuuko Usui of Rob
erts, Gertrude Froellch of Bethel
and Fred Ditchen of North How
ell. Bachelor sewing first, Milton
Hartwell of Auburn; second,
George Smith ot Auburn; third.
Herbert Hall ot Woodburn;
fourth, Morris Biers of Wood-
burn; fifth, Clarence Frey of
Woodburn.
Home making first, Mary Jane
Shaw of Woodburn; second, Bar
bara Espey of Woodburn; third,
Genevieve Larson of Marlon;
fourth, Floris Nelson of Wood
burn; and fifth, Katherlne Smith
of Marlon.
Cooking I first, Willard Be
gin, ML Angel; second, Robert
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Dr. Robinson Spencer, the new
head librarian ot Willamette uni
versity, arrived on the campus
Thursday and is prepared to take
over his duties at once.
Tbe new department bead has a
cordial smile for all and states
that he likes the country and sur
roundings and believes he will like
his work here.
Dr. Spencer comes from Roches
ter univrslty where he has been
re-catologulng the liberal arts and
medical libraries. He is reported
to be 50 years of age and unmar
ried.
His predecessor. Dr. F. G.
Franklin, asked to be relieved
from full duties because ot bis
health.
HEW LIBRARIAN OF
WILLAMETTE HERE
Half of Garfield Pupils
Are Heralds of Health
One hundred, or nearly half, of
the pupils at Garfield school hare
earned the title ot "Heralds of
Health" this year.. To earn this
honorary title, the child must ob
serve proper health habits, , be
have properly In school, b fro
of physical defects, have the prop
er food and be immune to diph
theria and smallpox.
Heralds ot health In the other
Salem grade schools will be an
nounced from day to day.
Those at Garfield.
First grade Helen Mse Ann
strong. Miriam Becke, Neal Blu
mensteln. tylvla Brixey, . Cycel
Creeon, Ruth Edge, Agnus Erwin,
Norma Fischer, Vivian i luuais,
Janice Lemmon, Alvln . Rutsch,
Ruth Saffron and Lorins ' Scho
fleld. t - :
Second grade Bobble Barns.
Billy Close, Goldie Coehn, Lois
Fischer. Janice Nelson, Lorraine
Overguard. James Paris. Robert
Preston; Grace Reaney, Alan Rob
ertson. Robert Scbunke, Verne
Scott, Ian Thompson, Betty Van-
figiressin
Cfonsolidating Higher
Schools is lade fee
-o
Took $100,000 From Wom
an as Lindy Ransom
Fund, Charged in Court
WASHINGTON, May 5 (AP)
The world wide search for the
kidnaped Lindbergh baby was
echoed dramatically today in the
arrest of Gaston B. Means on a
charge ot obtaining $100,000 on
fake representation that he could
obtain the child from his abduct
ors.
Department of justice agents
arrested the former justice de
partment Investigator after a se
cret inquiry into allegations that
he had been paid the money by
Mrs. Edward B. McLean, wife ot
the publisher of the Washington
Post.
Mrs. McLean said in a state
ment through her attorney, Al
bert W. Fox, that Colonel Charles
A. Lindbergh, father ot the kid
naped child, knew ot her activ
ities but that they were kept se
cret from her closest friends.
The weird negotiations con
ducted by Mrs. McLean, her at
torney said, led to Aiken, 8. C
where she met Means and a rough
looking Individual armed with
guns who represented himself to
be one of .the kidnaping gang.
A demand was made upon
Means to return $100,000, Fox
added, and he was given until
last Wednesday to do so. Upon
his failure, attorneys tor Mrs. Mc
Lean went to the department of
Justice and told the story. Fox
said. Arraigned before a United
States commissioner late today
Means, who served more than
three years in the Atlanta peni
tentiary for accepting a bribe and
tor conspiracy to violate the na
tional prohibition act, pleaded not
guilty.
STATE POLICE HIT
TOLEDO, Ore., May 5 (AP)
District Attorney Earl P. Con
rad reported today that tbe Lin
coln county grand jury had inves
tigated the Jail break and liquor
hi-jacklng here March 21 and
found that there was no complic
ity between the offenders and
Lincoln eounty officers.
The grand Jury report said,
however, that the "grand Jury is
of the opinion that . . . the wreck
ing of the Lincoln county jail
might have been prevented bad
the state police acted more expe
ditiously or bad they notified of
ficers of Lincoln county of the In
formation concerning the possible
Jail delivery; that the sheriff ot
Lincoln county was not notified
until approximately 4 hours
after the state police had ob
tained this Information, and, un
der these circumstances, it Is the
opinion of the grand Jury that the
local officers were not given the
proper opportunity to protect tbe
Lincoln county Jail and the liquor
held in said Jail and the prisoners
confined therein at the time."
L17THKRAXS ELECT
SPOKANE, Wah., May 5.
(AP) Tbe Rev. N. William An
derson of Spokane was elected
preldent of the Columbia Luther
an conference at the closing ses
sion of the 40th annual meeting
here today.
derwark, Roger Wagner, Jeanette
Wleder and Billie-Woodruff.
Third rrade Donald Barck-
ley, Bobbie Blumensteln, Barbara
Blrtchet, Barbara Cherry, Glynn
Clark, Helen Frederiekson, Clar
lta Fuller. Richard Gablsdorf,
Charles Jackson. Jay Johnson,
Ada Jean Lama, Dorothy Mott,
Juanita Needham, Reed. Nelson,
Hlsakl Tsukamoto, and Ralph To
com. Fourth grade Erie Bartruff,
Leland BIrtchett, Eugene Boise,
Patricia Byrd. Patricia Carson,
Louisa Close, Esther Condra, Bob
by Ferguson. Elynor Fuller, Cecil
H annum, Shirley Huntington. Hel
en - Hutchinson, Valerto Karr,
Leonard Nelson, Dorothy Preston,
Tommy Rowland. Raymond Stein
ke, Betty Jan Thomas and Marx
Van Arery. -
Fifth - grade Holmer Barry.
Vernon Buckner, Dean Byrd, Bill
Carroll, ' Billy Cross, Donald
Doughton, Iralene Follett, Bill
Forge. ' Donald Harms, Robert
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RACKETEER
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loveior
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Initiative Measuro
Nearly Ready for
Ballot Title
One Institution Will be
At Corvallis, is
League Plan
Progress which within a -week
may make possible the procure
ment of a ballot title for an Ini
tiative measure to consolidate the
University of Oregon and Oregon
State college into one Institution
at Corvallis was reported )&
Thursday night when the execu
tive committee of the Marfan
County Tax Equalization and Re
duction league adjourned here.
The gathering held at the cham
ber of commerce rooms and pre
sided over by Henry Zorn, leagee
president, was for the purpose of
consulting with lawyers repre
senting the league in drafting of
the proposed Initiative measure.
The executive committee mem
bers stated that almost all moot
ed points in the measure bad
been cleared up. Soon it will be
submitted to the attorney gen
eral's office for a ballot title and
Initiative petitions will be secured
through the office of the secre
tary of state. Six hundred peti
tions are to be put into circula
tion, the local tax league and oth
er tax reduction bodies, cert&h
business organizations and farm
groups being utilized to circulate
the petitions. Representatives of
the tax league said here last
night that 18,000 names would be
secured on the petitions which
would make possible a vote next
November on tbe consolidation
plan.
Institution Would
Be at Corvallis
Salient provisions of the Initia
tive measure , being prepared by
the league are:
1. Consolidation of the univer
sity and the state college at Cor
vallis. 2. Creation of an all-state nor
mal school using the present uni
versity buildings at Eugene.
3. Abolition of the Mon month
Normal school and abandonment
of the buildings there.
4. Conversion ot the Ashland
and La Grande normal schools
Into Junior colleges.
5. Elimination of the eolleee ef
law from the state university cur
riculum and merging ' of this
branch with the law school at
Willamette university.
. Elimination of the education
offices at Salem and centralize
tlon of executive control over th
all-state normal school and tb
all-state university In tbe presi
dent or chancellor's office at Cor
vallis. T. Continuation ot the present
plan of a board of nine for the
general administration of the
state's higher educational affairs.
Initial Draft of
Initialing Prepared
The firm of Ridgeway, John
son and Kendall has prepared tbe
first draft of the initiative meas
ure and the first two members ef
the firm were here last night te
confer with the tax leaguers en
the various provisions ot the pro-,
posed plan.
Hector McPherson, avowed op
ponent of the present board of
higher education, was called hero
by the league which seeks his
support tor its plan. McPherson
has been advocated the substitu
tion of a board of five for the
present board of nine In control
of higher education. Members of
the league said after last night's
meeting that McPherson was In
accord with the major items of
their program.
McPherson, Interviewed while
the meeting was in progress, said
be Intended to keep on with his
fight against the present board of
higher education Irrespective of
the plan for consolidation of the
college and university as pro
posed by the tax leaguers. He
said be would carry bis message
to tax leagues in the state, te
chambers ot commerce and to the
granges.
Initiative Move
To Curb Trucks
Will be Offered
PORTLAND. Mav 5. (AP)
Oswald West, formerly governor:'
of Oregon and now president et
tbe Highway Protective associa
tion, said today his organisation
has drafted-an Initiative measure
to give tbe people a chance to
vote heavy freight truck trailers
off the highways, to bring eon-,
tract carrier - operations under
regulation of the utilities commis
sioner and Impose on them a fee
ot 1H mills per ton mile and to
Increase to 1 mills tbe ton mile
fee for commercial freight com
mon carriers. . v - ; - .
The measure has been sent ts
tbe secretary of state with a re
quest for a ballot title. West said.