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? 1 ;. SERVICE 1 .W guarantee , our carrier im tec. If your paper does not arrive by 6:30 call 0101 nil a ropy will be delivered promptly. ... WEATHER . :.,. Fair today and Monday; slowly rlsinc : temperature. Mar.' . Temp. Saturday, 8, Mia. 43, river 4 feet, rain OSS .14 1 inch. FOUNDED 1651 EIGHTY-FIRST YEAR , Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, May 22, 1932 No. 362 NECKAND-NECK RAGES FEATURE STATE PRIMARY strong dry Sentiment Here ! Significant; hop Men's Ticket not Strong This Issue Partly Accounts For Trindle Victory For Prosecutor By SHELDON F.'SACKETT Seldom baa an election in the feonnty or state seen such close contests as the one which finished Friday at 8 p.m. Olcott's and Hall's race for governor and Me Narys tight for the state supreme court were recalled as the hours of Saturday wore on and Hawley and Mott kept shoulder to shoulder In a district-wide race for the re publican nomination for congress which remained anybody's victory Until late Saturday night. The close race was not confined to a statewide contest. In Marion county the battle for the district attorney's position, and the race for county commissioner were nip and tuck contests with the win tiers Indicated, but not certain, un til the final precincts were count ed. The race for Marlon county's four delegates to the state legis lature found a field of ten candi dates fairly evenly divided al though as the early returas were augmented early Saturday morn ing the field of four leaders be came apparent Hop Men's Ticket Fares Not so Well Most significant in the county returns was the upset of the Hop growers' league ticket which with few exceptions was defeated, by the smaller number of candidates endorsed by the Christian Federa tion of Marlon county. The latter organization, coming out with a ticket the closing week of election, undoubtedly brought a number of "double-shot" votes Into the race for the legislature. Carle Abrams and Hannah Martin, being the only candidates endorsed by this "dry" league, won a concentrated support while the Hopgrowers en dorsements spread over a field of five divided the strength of the "wets" and made Romeo Oouley, Incumbent, a decided fourth In ..he rape for state representative. Alan Carson's defeat for district attorney was attributed by many observers to the endorsement of the "dry" vote for Trindle togeth er with the strength of the Judge L. H. McMahan vote throughout the county. Carson's men had freely predicted victory over Wil liam H. Trindle, city attorney. Melson's Strength Surprise to Many Roy Melson's successful race for the county commissionership, while not unexpected, was a sur prise to many persons who thought Melson would run high In Salem but would be badly behind In the rural districts.. The race was thought to lie between Melson, Heater and Porter. H. E. Kin. endorsed by the "dry" ticket was another case of a strongly organ ized group exerting a dominant In fluence. Throughout early Satur day morning King was leading the commissioner's race with Melson and Heater close behind. As the belated Salem precincts were com pleted, Melson forged to the fore and was a substantial victor over King and Heater. Melson to a de gree represents a new type of eounty commissioner In the fact that he has spent most of bis time In this city and in business. Com missioners usually have been farmers and have resided outside of Salem. L. E. Barrlek surprised many persons by his strong and suc cessful race against Lloyd RIgdon for coroner. Barrlek worked ar dently for three solid months on ibis campaign 'and was able to combine strong support la the i City with equally strong support In the rural districts. -j As 4 had been predicted, the fight for the county sheriff's Job waa between C. A. Ratcliff and Oscar Bower and Bower, with the asset or experience and a divided field, won a substantial plurality over his nearest rival. Jkfott's Showing In County Significant I James Mott's strength over W . C. Hawley in Marlon county was marked, it equalled the ratio run up by W. A. Delsell in the gener al elections In 1930 in his fight gainst the incumbent. The pro test against Hawley which had been growing for years, seemed to have reached its head in the Hawley-Smoot tariff bill which has been very unpopular and which made Hawley the subject of . much political attack. Mott : jwas strongly . supported by the i Hopgrowers' league, he had the support of the pro-bonus men. the anti-property tax and larger federal benefits citizens and In addition ha capitalized his per sonal abilities as a speaker and campaigner in a vigorous 45-day race. .Hawley's defeat, which ap peared certain at midnight, will make national news - in view of Its significance in the forthcom ing national elections. - W. A. Delzell'a tight-race with Harver " Starkweather for the democratic nomination came as a i distinct surprise here when Del sell was thought to be a two-to- - one winner according to pre-elec- . i tion predictions. Delzell's close . t (Turn to page t, col. 8) Meet Marion County Nominees For State .wmVitjtfrtff- Shi i ti f ifufc 4 OREeON VOTES I By D. HAROLD OLIVER WASHINGTON, May 21 (AP) Oregon and Nevada delegations got behind the Roosevelt band wagon today and rolled it 16 votes nearer the democratic presiden tial nomination. At forecast by state party lead ers, Roosevelt won the Oregon primary easily and added 10 votes to his column. Nevada gave him c more by convention action and boosted his week's delegate winnings to 106 and his total pledged and claimed strength to 468, exclusive of 105 his managers say he will get from New York and Pennsylvania. If the 105 are Included, the New Yorker tonight would have only 5 less than a majority 578 and he is conceded a good chance to Increase this out of the 194 delegates yet to be selected. including 72 next week. But with 77fi, or two-thirds, needed to nominate in the demo cratic convention next month, the antl-Roosevelt - forces claim they will have enough votes to throw the nomination to someone else. This may turn out to be the case, but a counter claim is that fa vorite on state votes, once the trend is noted on the first ballot, will swing to Roosevelt In suffi cient numbers to put him over. Several World Records Set by Amelia Putnam NEW! YORK, May 21 (AP)- Amelia Earhart-Putnam is: , , . 1, The first woman ever to fly by plane across the Atlantic 2. The first woman to make a solo airplane flight across the Atlantic. 3. The first person, man or wo man, to make two plane flights across the ocean. Also, she apparently set a trans-Atlantte time record when she brought her plane down in a field in Ireland today. She made the crossing in 14 hours, 54 nun utes. Ay Y' ROOSEVELT STATUS Canneries Will Start on Gooseberries This Week First -packing of, the 1932 sea- a,, . son in saiem canneries win oe started this week, with a short pack on gooseberries. A small quantity of gooseberries Is already on "the market here, and by the first of next week picking will start for canneries. Hunt Bros, will probably start the pack early in the week, with Starr Fruit Products to open Its 10-day run Thursday. Producers' Cooperative plant will handle some gooseberries as will also Paulus Brothers. No gooseberries are contracted for. and packers indicate that they have already bought virtually all such berries they win nanaio. Neither acreage nor pack of goose berries is large la this section. Price paid ! for gooseberries by one packer is almost up to last year's figure of between three and four cents, wane anotner piani which makes one of tha heavier runs on this berry has bought all it needs at around two cents. Possibly becausa tha yield Is limited gooseberries will bring better returns to tha grower this spring than pther berries. Tha strawberry situation has been re peatedly characterised as Just plain "rotten." particularly on tha Marshall deal; and loganberries, Legislature Posts V 1 - Sj" These four candidates were nom inated by the republicans for Marion county places la the state legislature, and since there were no democratic candidate, they are virtually elected. Up per left, Mrs. Hannah Martial upper right, Otto K. Paulas ; lower left. Col. Carle Abrams; lower right, Romeo Oouley. rnnviin r RnmTi wa fv- ored for the 'democratic nomina- tion by Marlon county partisans by a five-to-one vote, a complete check in the 79 precincts in the county showed Saturday. His vote was 2456 against 632 for "Alfal fa" Bill Murray of Oklahoma. Walter B. Gleason of Portland won the democratic nomination for United States senator. He polled 11 S votes to 995 for Mar shall Dana, runner-up and 886 for Elton Watkins, third. W. A. Delzell won a strong vic tory in the county over Harvey Starkweather, his opponent for the congressional nomination. Del zell had received a total of 2195 to Starkweather's 694 when the final returns were in. Body of Infant PrtJinrJ in PfVPr r Olinu 111 rvlvcr PORTLAND, Ore., May 21 (AP) The body of a new born baby was found floating la tha Willamette river here today. The coroner reported tha body. that of L f1'1' water "c"- " w" cioiueu ua om aa uwnu ua over the mouth and nostrils, ap parently smothering tha baby, the coroner said. while better than strawberries, do 0.VftPwfr0m PrlC viewpoint as last year. Contracts on strawberries are as hard to find this year as gold at the end of tha rainbow, and tan ners who find themselves stuck with contracts executed In 1920 and 1921 for six cents scarcely conceal the fact that they wish IZS?" One of tha larger packers, talk- lack of market, indicated that his berries for under - tha contract figure, but said ha would not say that his company will sot do ao If satisfactory agreement can be reached with growers. Added to tha fact that there is a good holdover of last year'a ber ry pack, tha yield this year prom ises to make available about twice as many berries as last year. A huge Quantity of Marshals will go to waste in this territory, as tar as tha canners are concerned. Etterberg growers f aca condi tions slightly mors favorable than the Marshall men, however, as one packer put It: - r " - - "Even if there were only halt tha available berries that there . : Turn to page 9, coL 1) vjv - . , , - t $ - - i : ' 1 ROOSEVELT BACKED B BOURBONS EE MELSON KEEPS LEAD AS LAST VOTES TALLIED Paulus, Martin, Abrams and Gouiet in Legislative Race are Winners Trindle and Barrlek Among Those Prevailing Over Office Incumbents HOW THE COUNTY RACES ENDED 70 Republican Precincts Complete France 0085 Hoover 1700 Stelwer 4264 Stanfleld 8587 Clark 8050 Harlan 583 Duncan 418 Mott 8311 Hawley 8688 Hulet 1881 Howard 548 Hose 708O Palmlter 8542 Holman 6109 Scherptng 4000 Tan Winkle 8167 Bronaugh 8477 Paulus 5344 Martin 5285 Abrams 5002 Oouley 4571 Bettlemeier 4811 Jones 4218 Davey 8028 Pugh 8000 Pettyjohn 8088 Harris 8160 Trindle 5654 Oarson 5880 Melson 2950 King 2721 Heater 2342 Porter 1007 Jory 1725 ( Bower 5310 Ratcliff 8005 Williams 683 Gearin 1041 Steelhammer 6530 Morley 2054 West 2830 Brooks 7462 Zinser 8627 Barrlek 6583 RIgdon 4667 Marlon county had a real re- publican race Friday, the reports which came in slowly throughout the early hours of Saturday re vealed, and not until the day had worn along were several cioseiy contested fights determined. With 79 precincts complete in the county, returns showed that the county had voted to replace I James W. Mott as republican nominee for congres Instead of W. C. Hawley, incumbent. Roy (Turn to page 9, col. 6) OIITllKTlTOBS I! The canning and hop growing season from present appearances will absorb tha sarplus of local U-w n n. notion, assistant labor. D. D. Dotson. assistant Employment office here, a'nnoun- csa yesteraay. At present, oow- srar. tha oversunnlr of labor con tinues. Farm workers, woodcutters. . - T"2 SSK. lanfflSrw 1 4 "v. 7hTar Wrh th. nftica, I -" " " iiiiMAffikA rean ana mnsi ltt far woman. tJ7.,.- -Z- i w. 5 MUCH IMPROVED tha houl rttVSSt ttoa 21 to"" Woods, more than two mile. ti cents on city Jobs and from 20 or r.-m. TrAuf. .nttM mmIt ti f K m onril with 2 , rV T .ffrv.tv tin mam tM nop growers and berry .,V1, ,- ..Mt asking that they harvest! ,v, m.nnm ... .A'.vU meir crops ir at au possiaie, con- slderlng prices, in order to pro- Strawberry picking is expected to start around June 1. Cop Pulls Mean f Inn on .xniO7ior DrixAC Otrrn far Is It tha "cons" who have tha reputation, or Just their automo- DUesT Tha latter apparently was tha answer for George Miltonberger, 920 Tamarack street, who waa ar retted yesterday afternoon on a charge of speeding. I didn't think It was yon." ha said to tha arresting city traffic officer. Where's your green roadster I On his way to work, tha officer was driving his own ear Instead of tha city's green roadster. Mil- tonberger was cited to appear in municipal court tomorrow after - noon. . , . New Faces For County Offices " r '" ; : : . -v- - x . ' '-' -.... . .' .; ... f - f .. " ": . . ' : -"IK t - j vj ft j At top, Roy Melson, nominated for county commissioner to suc ceed John Porter. Below, It. E. Barrlek, nominated to succeed Lloyd T. RIgdon as coroner. CULM ORE, Ulster, North Ire land. May 21 (AP) Amelia Earhart Putnam, the first woman ever to fly the Atlantic alone. landed this afternoon in a field In this green countryside after a hazardous flight in which she con quered fog and storm and the even more dangerous menace of fire. Four hours after she put out yesterday afternoon from Harbor Grace, Newfoundland, she saw flames spitting from her exhaust. But she didn't turn back "I thought It safer to go ahead" she said. Tonight she slept in the farm house of Robert Gallagher, owner of the field in which she landed. Tomorrow she will go on to Croy don, England, In a. borrowed air- plane, leaving her own red and gold monoplane to be crated up and shipped back home. Flying on the fifth anniver sary of the successful conclusion of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh's New York-PalCs hop, she put her name just under his on the roll of transatlantic honors, for Col onel Lindbergh is the only other person in the world who has made a solo transatlantic flight. J finnim inr 111111111 DUUIlU AUt l lJIJIliJ medfokd, ore., aiay zi UP) The bodies of Mr. ana Mrs. m. n vrwn hnm..titr af lTdUn-'dT.Uici;VhO dh appeared during a bllzsard last I T.....n mr-rm. fnnnA tnriiv w w I LUI uwivm, vu.u Vvu on a mountain near tha Lake o' a I JJrown, , ana m wn, mi I l" "' I to go .to their own cabin about "V wuvv mnmj. Angeles, I i n j - , iJKOaClSlCie tSeaUty Campaign Opens ALBANY. Ore., May 21 (AP) Tha state federation of garden clubs, In' convention here today, voted to sponsor a state council for preservation of roadside beau ty. Tha council will be organised la Portland October 27. I Mrs. H. D. Pierson of McM inn- was elected president of tha teaerauon. Chain is Carved From One Match r SILVERTON. May 21 The carving, of. a 2 2-link chain from U single match has attracted much I attention at Sllrerton this f past J week. Tha work was dona by Mil j ton Torresdahl. tha son of Mr. 1 and Mrs. K. N. TorresdahL Milton (did the carving with his ordinary a a. il ' - - - CONQUERS TERRORS VICTIMS tnimiu i i i iiti n n n7V-n- 1'KAf ELECTED BY MARGIN OF OVERTHOUSAND Carries 18" Precincts With in Most Opposition North Salem Marked Change in Council Setup is Forecast For Next Year Salem turned out more than a 60 per cent vote Friday to Peoure the election of Douglas McKay as mayor, returns completed Satur day morning revealed. McKay s total for the 24 precincts in the city was 4229 to 3245 for Greg ory, a lead for the former or 1054 votes. Gregory's count was within ten of the total he received in 1930 when he barely defeated Ed ward Rostein while McKay had increased slightly more than one thousand vote over Gregory's op ponent In the former election. Mc Kay will take office January 1 of next year. In the race for mayor, McKay carried 18 precincts, Gregory win ning in the six precincts in the north part of Salem where he re sides and where his platform for municipal ownership of the water system and a mountain water source of supply was sponsored. Odtjly enough, McKay stands for municipal ownership and a moun tain water source of supply al though at a lower cost than favor ed by Gregory. McKay's campaign, backed by downtown business leaders, prom inent American legion men and other groups of energetic, pro gressive leaders In the community was won In the face of determined opposition In north -Salem to any move to upset Gregory while he was part way in his program for municipal water. Incumbents Win Salaried Offices C. O. Rice was elected city treas urer over Howard M. Perry, tak ing 4391 votes to the latter's 2, 649. While Mark Poulsen won more support than any other can didate for city recorder, he did not receive a majority and this must be in the runoff election next November. The count for recorder was: Poulsen 3333, Boss hard 3654; Jones 1369. In a number of the seven coun cilman wards, upsets were noticed and new men were named to take office. Several of them were back ed by the same supporters who had urged the re-election of May or Gregory. Henry Vandevort won a plur- lity for ward one but he will have to run in the November fin als against L. C. Parmenter who (Turn to page 9, col. 1) ARE CHOICES HERE Henry J. Bean and Roy R. Hew itt were the first and second choices of Marlon county voters tor position two in the state su preme court, returns from 78 out of 79 precincts showed late Satur day. John McCulloch of Portland came third with a total of 20ZS rotes to 1717 tor James T. Brand. fourth. Bean and Hewitt will be tha run-off candidates next No vember. Judge Bean has been on the circuit and supreme court benches for If years. In the race for tha third posi tion on the supreme court bench Marlon county in 78 out of 79 pre cincts gave a plurality to George M. Brown. Incumbent, J. O. Bailey of Portland was second and Loyal Graham of Forest Grove third. Tha count: Brown 258; Bailey 4809 Graham 2041. Curtiss BEAM AND HEWITT Polk Commissioner Races DALLAS, May 21 (Special) Unofficial totals from the 35 pre cincts in Polk county show that tha percentage of registered vot ers who voted runs slightly less than S9 per cent. There are 7130 registered voters In Polk county. According to figures taken from tha vote on United States senator, there were 442C votes east. In Dallas there were 15S7 voters registered and til votes cast, making tha percentage slightly over II. Joseph Irwin Prance received the support of tha Polk eounty ra puUiaons la his campaign for tha presidential nomination with 1198 votes to fits for Herbert Hoover. Franklin D. Roosevelt proved to be tha democratle nominee with 1000 votes to 251 for Vllllam H. Murray, and 10 for Al Smith, i -On tha republican ballot, Stel wer held tha lead la the' race for senator with 123fi votes. Stanfleld received 117; Clark. It; Harlan II 1 1 and Duncan. 120. For rep resentative, Mott received 122 1 votes: Hawley. 1082; Hulet 117: and Howard. 211. r- : On the democratic ballot. Wat kins led tha 'contest for senator with 478. votes. Gleason had 442 land Dana S 21. For representative. Wffins Twenty Five Years' Service in Congress by Local man To Terminate; With 23 Precincts Left to Report Corpo ration Commissioner, Also Salem man, Holds Appar ently Safe Margin Delzell and Starkweather Virtually Tied, Portland-man Eight Ahead; Gleason and Watkins Also Have Close Race With "wet" Less Than 200 to Good; Hewitt Nominated for Justice PORTLAND, Ore., May 21 (AP) Republicans of the First Congressional district of Oreiron have chosen James W. Mott, state corporation commissioner, rather than the veteran congressman, Willis C. Hawley, to represent them in congress. With only 23 precincts unreported tonight. Mott held a lead of more than 700 over Hawley in the votes cast in Fri day s primary election and it was not expected that the re turns yet to come would materially change the standing. Votes tabulated from 779 precincts out of the 802 in the dis trict gave Mott, 30,753, Hawley, 30,020. From the very first the Hawlev Near End of Long Public Role Willis Chatman Hawley. defeat ed Friday by James W. Mott, has served continuously in congress for 25 years. Prior to election there he had served as president of .Willamette university from 1893 to 1902 and then for five years as professor of history and economics. In the spring of 1907 Hawley first went to congress and be has never failed to be returned to that office until the election Fri day. In biany campaigns he has been unopposed in either party. Hawley served as ranking mem ber of the ways and means com mittee In the house at the last session and because of the chair manship, the tariff bill passed by the congress was called by his name and that of Senator Reed Smoot. During the past week press dispatches carried the re port that Hawley's painting in oiH had been placed In the com mittee room of the ways and means committee of the house. RUM RU1EB CLUE IN LINDY MYSTERY HOPEWELL. N. J., May 21 (AP) The Lindbergh murder In vestigation turned tonight into a concerted hunt for a Jersey rum runner, who two days before the famous bahy's boay was iouna. told that he knows several of the band who perpetrated the fiend ish kidnaping and killing. As new light was thrown on this "mysterious gangster, now sought throughout the east, John Hughes Curtis, "hoax negotiator." conferr ed In his Jail cell at Flemington with an attorney, and "Jafsie.' tha ransome-payer, went dashing through New England on an unex plained mission. and-Gardner Win o Delsell received 708 and Stark weather 468. Results on the republican ballot tor state ' of flees were: secretary of state Hal E. Hoss, 1912; George A. Palmlter. 822. State treasurer Rnfu C. Holman, 1,- 881; Milt Scherplng, 188. Attor ney general L H. Van Winkle, 2050: Earl C. Bronaugh, Jr., fz. Senator tor ninth senatorial dis trict George W. Denmaa, 1741; Claude Buchanan, 210. Represen tative for tenth representative district. Dean H. Walker. 1288; Stella J. Henry. 854; W. J. Stock holm, 7XZ. Results la the primaries for Polk eounty offices were: County commissioner republi can: Q. W. Curtiss 1242; Harris on H. Brant 1220. Democrat. C. C. Gardner 722; George H. Hurra 219. Elbert L. Parrtsh 185. Sheriff ; ' Republican, T. B. Hooker 1814 T. Grover .McDonald III, Wiley A. Carpenter 200. Ezra E. Hart 111: H. 8. 2Ummerman'121. Democrat, Robert H. Walker 887, a XL Stewart 452. County Clerk . Republican. Carl 8. Graves 1585. J. O. Mcintosh 1213. - (Tarn to page I. coL 7) - race between the two was close 0nd the lead changed hands sev eral times. It was not until late today that Mott finally took a definite lead. A second close race was that between Walter Gleason and El ton Watkins, candidates for the democratic nomination for United States senator. With 1597 pre cincts out of the 1783 In the state counted. Gleason held a slight lead 19.458 to .19.249. William Delzell and Harvey G. Starkweather, candidates for the democratic nomination for repre sentative from the first district, were virtually tied on returns from 697 precincts. The count was Delzell, 10,955, Starkweath er. 10.963. Associated Press tabulations at 12:15 a. m. (Sunday) In the va rious contests were: Republican president 1559 precincts out of 1782 in the state. France 61.844 Hoover 16.591 Republican senator 1704 precincts Stanfleld 36.751 Clark 31.493 Harlan 13.575 Duncan 11.220 Rppublican representative (first) 779 precincts Hawley 30.020 v Howard 5689 Hulet 9S93 Mott 30.753 Republican representative (2d) 420 precincts Butler 16.509 Richards 7952 Republican secretary state 1677 precincts Hoss 103.210 Palmlter 54.101 Republican state .'treasurer Holman 107.980 Scherplng 41,148 Republican attorney general Bronaugh 80.821 Van Winkle 88,917 ':l 1602 precincts Democratle president Roosevelt 44.811 Murray, 10,573 Smith 207 Democratic senator 1813 precincts Dana 15.142 Gleason 19.629 Watkins 19.449 704 precincts Democratic representative (1st) Delsell 11.022 Starkweather 11.052 Democratic representative (2d) 400 precincts i Galloway 1112 Pierce tllO 16& precincts Supreme court, position 2 Bean 71.573 Brand 23.512 Hewitt 41.699 McCallouch 29,524 Supreme eourt, position 2 Bailey 1 1.2 5 5 Brown 51.489 Graham 22.898 (By the Associated Press) Central America was shaken yesterday by severe earth trem ors which apparently ware most serious .at Zaeateeoluea City in Hi. SHAKEN BY QUAKES tha republic of Salvador, where six persons were reported dead and1 many Injured. .? Tha earthquake . shocks were felt in Nicaragua. Hondnrae and -. Guatemala, as well as la El Sal vador, where most of tha buildings ; la Zaeateeoluea City , were damagb ed. The town of San Juan in that country also reported casualties. The people of Tegucigalpa, Hon-" duras. and Managua,' Nicaragua, where tha shocks were felt la the early morning, were alannedVbnt , no damage was reported there I"