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Salem, Oregon. Wednesday Morning, May 25, 1932
No. 364
AIRSHIP PLAYS :
Early Risers See Big Dirigible
fli SEEK:
TESTIMONY ON mmm mm FARMERS UNION
-SftLES TALK TO; Iff lipifl' SITE SESSION
;? nr:-rifrinniTTrn Fofes are Reported mmrihniS
TO T
TIZEI1S
J
t , . mmmmr
Declarations Vof Salesmen
, ; Of EmpireJCorporaUon V
1 .1 ? Deemelf Material r
Vollmer Present Secretary
Of Firm Takes Stand,
Tells of Deals.
DiJXAS; May-24 (SpedajJ
Jado Walker ruled this afternoon
thai , testimony' regarding the
statements' ' and , declarations - of
salesmen and agents of the Empire
Holding corporation would he ad
mitted in the trial of Jay Stock
man as it had been in the two
previous trials of the Empire
cases. This ruling came after the
entire . morning session had been
taken up by arguments, of the
attorneys regarding this particu
lar J testimony. In ruling on the
matter. Judge "Walker stated that
he was of the same opinion now
as tn the previous trials and that
his former ruling would apply in
this case.
Joseph Vollmer of Portland,
successor to Dr. R. W. Clancy as
secretary of the Empire Holding
corporation, was the state witness
called when the testimony was re
sumed. C. T. Brixy, Gerrais farm
er, was on the stand yesterday
when the question regarding; the
statements of salesmen -was
brought up but was not called this
afternoon when the state resumed
its case.
Vollmer told of talking with J
C Roblson, a salesman, and Frank
Keller, Jr., about the Empire com
pany and of becoming an investor
In this concern. He said that the
men told him that the officers
were coming in on the same basis
as everybody else and that they
paid 25 per cent down on their
stock subscriptions. Vollmer was
permitted to' subscribe for the
stock and gire notes for the entire
amount. He took 200 shares of
. Empire stock and gave two notes
for this, one for f 5000 and the
other for 115,009, but -aover paid
anything on either of these notes.
Westerner Issue '
Brought op Again
Daring Vollmer 's testimony, the
state tried to Introduce testimony
regarding the Westerner stock but
the defense objected to this and
the witness was excused but will'
be recalled later. All Vollmer
could say about the Westerner
deal was that he had talked with
Stockman about this at one time
and that Stockman had refused to
show him the contract for the sale
ef Westerner stock. Testimony re
garding tne Westerner was barred
to the Coshow trial.
Al Perkins, cattle buyer from
Gardiner... told about being ap
proahed by S. E. Howard, a sales
man, and being asked to Introduce
Howard to his friends. Perkins
stated that be had lived in Gard
iner , practically all his life and
knew everybody around there. Be
fore agreeing to accompany How
ard tn making sales,. Perkins talk-
. J. (Turn to page 2, col. 1)
DELEGATE
' VOTE IS REPORTED
PORTLAND, Ore., May
. K Afj Tbe , voting on the ten
democratic delegates to the na
tional convention gave the follow
ing figures, "with 1,1 19 precincts
complete in the state. Four are to
be elected from the state at large.
and two from each of the three
congressional districts:
. Delegates at large:
Wood, 21,419.- -
" Langley, 20,3(5.
I Moses, 20,104.
: Miller, 29.945.
i Flegel, 23.221;
; Etrayer, 17,858.
First district western Oregon:
;T Tinier, 11.215.
; Black, 9,962.'
f Goss, 7,037. " . v
-Second districteastern Ore
gon: -r
r Duncan,' 3,618.
1 Titsgerald. 3,659.
Stilllngs, 2,296. -t
Haley, 2,849.
Blackaby, 2,214.
Hughes, 2,102. -
Third district-M altnomaa
pounty:
: Morrow 15,362. -A
Carson, 12,969. .
i Dalrymple, 9,806.
Esp
ee Finishes
12YearsWith
NoLives
r EAN: FRANCISCO, May J4.
X AP) A 1 2-year record of oper
ations on lt Uses in six western
states without the' loss of a pas
senger In steam , train accidents
was claimed today by the South
ern Pacific railroad. . - v - .
- J. H. Dyer, vice-president la
charge of operations, said South
ern Pacific trains 'had carried
484,727,440 passengers for an
Jeeumulated distance of 18,6 47,
(2,435 miles, r f i
mm
Republican Margin Swells to 1 74 but :Bourton
Race Decided by OnlyJO, Recount niay
Be Demanded in Both. Cases
"PORTLAND, Ore., May 24-
Jl James W. Mott, state corporation" commissioner, main-
tained his lead over Representative Willis c. Hawiey, veteran
congressman from Oregon, today as official returns in Fri
day spnmary election werehecked.
Mott, whose wet policy and
CITYMGHOID
STAFF IS CHDSEfJ
Large Savings With Service
Undiminished Planned
For This Summer
Thirty-three per cent savings In
cost without reduction in service
was planned by the city play
ground board yesterday afternoon
for the 1932 summer playground
program. The city council bud
geted $1060 for this year, 130
less than spent last year. The
board decided it could operate the
playgrounds at Olinger field and
Lincoln school for around 2700.
This year's playground direct
ors, appointed two montns ago
but unannounced because of un
certainty over funds to be avail
able, were named yesterday. Mar
garet E. Nelson will direct activ
ities at Lincoln, Vivian Bartholo
mew at -Olinger. Esther Arnold
and Gus Moore will have charge
of swimming at Olinger. Mrs. Nel
son, Mrs. Bartholomew and Miss
Arnold all served at the same
posts last summer.
Grace S. Wolgamott, director of
girls' physical education at Salem
high sohool, volunteered to Berve
as playground supervisor this year
without remuneration. 'She held
the same position last year. Other
savings will be effected through
(Turn to page 2, col. 2)
G. 0. P. DELEGATE
1 LISTED
PORTLAND, Ore., May 24
(APl-VThe 4 p.m. tabulation by
the Associated Press cave the fol-
lowing votes from 1489 precincts
for delegates to the national re-
nnblcan . convention. Seven dele
gates are. elected from the state
at large, .and two from each of the
three congressional delegates. The
votes: . .
Delegates at large
Hawkins 96,236
Thompson 88,605
Myers 83,005
: Carter '82,819
-Welch 79,424
Henderson. 77,784.
Cook 70,677
Koehen .66,712
Gross 61.716
Sigurdson 56,022.
First district: western Oregon-
Myers . 30,644
Derby 22,023.
Second district eastern Oregon-
Peterson 10,197
DeArmond 9.543.
Third district: Multnomah county
Sandblast 37,170
Klepper 35,661
Runyan 27,255.
Street Work ft
iV. Commercial
Bridge Started
Construction of the roadway
over the new North' Commercial
street bridge over North Mill ereek
got under way yesterday. The city
engineer's crew was setting forms
for the curbing. The bridge is 99
feet across, with 20-foot sidewalks
land 59-foot roadway
Completion of the project will
reaulre more than the usual
amount of time because attempt
will be made to keep a 20-foot
roadway open during the " con-
itrucUon, City Engineer Hugh Ro
gers said yesterday.
Patriotic Orders Making -
Plans tor
Memorial day will , be f ltUngly
observed by a program sponsored
through ' the Federated Patriotic
Orders ot Salem. Speakers have
beenassigned to speak at r both
public and private schools'Friday,
May ; 27, throughout the city, as
well as the outlying districts, f
A parade under the command
of Colonel Abrama wUl take place
on Memorial , day and will term
at Marion; square at 2 o'clock
Monday, May 30. All yeterahs are
urged to be present to take part
in the parade and the, meeting
at the armory, as well as decora
Uon of graves later. -t
i The American Legion has as
signed Rot. George Swift to speak
at Willamette university, Dr. B.
F. Pound at Sacred Heart acad
emy; Judge M. B. HaydsM ct the
AP) The youthful, dynamic
his energetic attack on Haw-
ohy s( tariff measures and propos
als won him a tremendous follow
ing of republican voters through
out the first Oregon district, had
a lead of but 174 out of a total of
(1,654 rotes cast. He polled 30,-
914,' and Hawiey received 20,740
votes.
The democrats staged even a
closer battle in the first district
in attempting to nominate a can
didate to oppose the winner of the
Mott-Hawley flight, and with ev-ias
ery precinct complete, but an of
ficial count awaited to . actually
determine the winner, William A.
Delzell had 12.077 votes and Har
vey Starkweather had 12,047, a
lead for Delzell of but SO votes.
Seldom has even the oldest in
habitant of the state seen two
contests so bitterly waged. It was
a foregone conclusion the loser
in both instances will demand a
recount Complete returns were
of little value in attempting to
determine the winner, and only
when official returns are avail
able will the election be definite
ly settled.
fir KktlftP flf Everett Gets
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Presidency for Another
Term of two Years
Flnal business sessions and re-
commendatlons tor JthSMsew year's
program will feature today and
tomorrows session or tne azna
annual conference ot the Pacific
Synod, in assembly since Monday
night at the American Lutheran
chnrch here.
Dr. D. D. Kistler of Everett,
Wash., was yesterday elected pre
sldent of the conference for anoth
er two-year term. Other elections
and resolutions will come up today
and tomorrow. This afternoon the
Lutheran Brotherhood of Pacific
will- conduct the program, and to
night the conference banquet will
be held in the basement of tne
church. Max Gehlhar is chairman
tor the banquet.
Dr. Alvln E. Bell, president of
the American Board of Missions
with headquarters in Toledo, Ohio,
delivered an address last night on
Stilling Our Economic and Spir
itual Fears," during the course of
which he pointed to the 12-period
economic cycle to point to the In
crease In spiritual Interest as
economic welfare lags. . .
Dr. Bell stated that the Ameri
can Board of Missions is not de
pressed over present spiritual and
economic conditions, but declared
rather that the outlook is bright
(Turn to page 2, col. 2)
SEWHE BILLS
. DALLAS, May 24 -The grand
Jury today reported to Judge
Walker, returning five secret in
dictments,' two open indictments
and two not true bills. ,
. . The open , Indictments were
against Lewis Fox on. two differ
ent charges of larceny not In a
dwelling.
Two indictments were returned
against Frances Bowler for bur
glary not In a dwelling. Both
Bowler and Fox are in jail here.
The two not true bills were
J? ?T ' chared wltb.
sni!.T.lta dangerous weapon,
and William Smith, charged with
contributing to delinquency of a
minor. v .-, " , '
PUC Sill TO
VJIIJO IIP SESSIONS
POLK JURY BRINGS
Memorial Day
Chemawa Indian school, Irl S.
McSherrv al Rilam i. ..v.t
and O. D. Adams at Parrish Jun -
. www.. . -..(- , .
renresentatlva rronn anch tk.l
aaiem municipal , band, the Ore
gon national guard units of 6a-
lem ' th Bo RMnta Rl.MAn
Army, high school hand, and ner
haps the Chemawa Indian band,
in addition to patriotic orders of
Salem and other groups to be an
nounced later. -.' " V- -
I The line of march will Include
a halt" at Marlon square where
wreaths : will be : placed on . the
statue there. - : ; T
The program at the armory is
Marching in the parade will befnounced by thr secretary ot state.!
rapidly being completed in plaalad Day plant. Page and Son, and
.Ja n r..inA mn.i nf ad. I Laffertv and Wood warehouses.
dress bT Dean R. R. Hewitt Of
WM.V '
Willamette university law school.
Max Gehlhar Slated to Give
Opening Address; Many
; Delegations Come
Practical and General Farm
Topics to be Discussed;
Will Close Friday
Delegates from Oregon Farm
ers Union locals over the state will
gather at the chamber" of com
merce auditorium this morning at
10 o'clock for the opening session
of the 'annual convention, which
will continue through Thursday
and Friday. The convention ban
quet will be held Thursday night
at the Masonic temple.
President L. H. McBee of Dal-
will call the convention to or-
der this morning t J. D. MIckle will
lead the assembly In song; H. R.
Richards will deliver the Invoca
tion, following which Mayor P. M.
Gregory will welcome the farmer
group to Salem. A. R. Shumway
will respond.
Max Gehlhar, head of the de
partment of agriculture, will gie
the opening
address on "Tne
Value of the Farmer Union to the
Department ot Agriculture."
Jesse Vetter of Washington will
bring greetings from the Farmer
Union of that state, following
which committee appointments
will be announced.
State Officers to
Present Reports
A closed session will be held
this afternoon, beginning at 1:30
a'oIiwiV arV an atntA nfftfAra will hit
elected' and installed, musical
numoers wm te inrnisnea oy me
orchestra of the Marlon local,
Marlon county, with A. F. Latky.
director.
Thursday afternoon reports of
the committees on livestock agen
icy, aairying ana legisiauon win
occupy the convention ; and Friday
. . . . . . . ...
morning committees will tell
what they have been doing and
plan to do on marketing lnforma-
tlon, cooperative purchasing, pub-
He utilities and cooperative mar-
keting.
HOPEWELL, N. J., May 24.
(AP) The strange coterie of In
termediaries, who once buoyed
false hope for the return of the
slain Lindbergh baby, monopo
lized the murder hunt today one
in a Jail cell; another before a
grand jury and a third sponsoring
an appeal to the ransom re
ceiver.
Anthony. M. Hauck, Jr., Hun
terdon county prosecutor announ
ced he planned to lay the Curtis
case before the grand jury at
Flemlngton, N. J. Thursday.
Morros Rosner, undercover man
for Col. Lindbergh, was taken be
fore the Bronx (New York City)
grand jury, which has been pur
suing an Inquiry Into - the futile
payment of 250,000 ransom by
Dr. John F. Condon. Rosner sign
ed a waiver of Immunity.
From a summer cottage at
Becket, Mass.. Dr. Condon heard
of the formal posting of a 225
000 reward by Governor A. Har
ry Moore and dictated this ap
peal: ,
"John: money I gave you Is
useless. Ton can't get rid of it.
Return to Colonel Lindbergh in
time. Get your 225,000 reward.
(Signed) JAF81E."
County Canvass
Oi Vote -Starts
At Courthouse
The official canvassing board,
composed ot two members' of the
the , democratic parties, was at
work 6aterdaT at tba mntv
clerk's office going over the vote
in the 78 precincts of the county.
Each tally sheet will be checked
and the totals will : be checked
against the extensions made on
the report sheets."
When' the. canvass has bees
made locally the count .will be
sent to the secretary, of state's of
fice where an official recheck of
the additions will be made. Not
; until all counties have . made
their reports to the state offices
land the reports have been cheek-
a w r w u .ftj.v v&jv v Vk, Era- a
.
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TX7. A.,n
aiCXiVUOCd at
Odell Burn up
HOOD RIVER, Ore., May 24
(AP) Fire believed to have been
of . incendiary origin ' destroyed
four warehouses at Odell early to -
day. Those burned were the Da -
ren port Packing plant, the Egobel
I . . . .
I Tne osa was esumaiea ai a rout
I xao.vev coverea y tnsufaacvk
DEVELOPMENTS II)
LIIUDY CASE MIR
Salem residents who got up before
city. Thousands of people heard
ture doesn't snow much of tne Akron, but does so ow how tne nve
The stunt was demonstrated at
the hooking apparatus.
Andy Peterson to Pitch one
Game, but Will Leave
Soon for Orient
This morning at 7 o'clock
Coach "Spec" Keene and his Wil
lamette Bearcats will leave Salem
I by automobile for Walla Walla to
I engage Whitman college Thurs-
day, Friday - and Saturday In
three game baseball series for the
northwest conference , baseball i
chamDionshln. -
Tbe Haareats are the defendinc
champions, having won for the
past two seasons. Whitman has
already won the conference foot
ball and basketball championships
and the Bearcats are going to try
to snap that championship habit
Borleske's men are trying to as
similate. Andy Peterson will pitch in the
opening game and play outfield in
the second contest, but will" not
be there for the third game as he
was last year.
Saturday morning Andy Is
leaving from Seattle on the
steamer President Tart, sailing
for Japan where he will spend the
summer.
Andy has had several offers to
sign np with big league baseball
clubs, -but has chosen to remain
an amateur and to return to
school In the fall. He will spend
the summer In Japan and will re-
turn by way of the Hawaiian Isl-
ands where' he will remain one
week before returning to Willam
ette university. . He will pitch and
(Turn to page 2, col. 4)
SUFFICIENT VOTES
By the Associated Press)
While President Hoover' dis
cussed prohibition and other mat
ters connected with the approach
ing national convention with
three party leaders late yesterday,
he gained the Indisputable pledge
of sufficient delegates for renom-
lnatlon.
Texas, Instructing its delega
tion of 49 for him, sent Mr. Hoo
ver's total of pledged delegates to
21, or 42 more than the major
ity of 578 needed for the nomina
tion. . - "...
In addition, local party leaders
in 14. states claim 423 more dele
gates for the Hoover column for a
grand total of 1,044 out of the
1,030 selected to date. Joseph l.
France, of Maryland, the only
avowed opponent of . Mr. Hoover
for. the nomination, disputes this
claim.' , , . , r
Democrats selected 62. dele
gates yesterday, .Texas giving Its
41 to Speaker- Garner, and . Dela
ware instructing six for Franklin
D Roosevelt. - -
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l .4 , - r . t
i Jmtrr c PanC
ill "fw-
Of TOKVO B light
V 1 .TO :
w25J?wW3
soua facuiB iuuisw muku ir
than C. Browne.- who plans to fly
I non-stop from here to Tokyo, to
decde to remain here an til at least
I after an 11 a.m. report is received
1 tomorrow.
1 He had made. final preparations
I for a takeoff soon after dawn be-
fore word was received of storms
I in the vicinity of .the: Aleutian
. 1 - & Kf T 1
i isianas ua wwi v m iwnun
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11 DEPART
0 WALLA WALLA
HOOVER M DAS
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5:80 Tuesday morning saw" the Akron, giant dirigible, soar over the
she waa coming back Tuesday night
Sunnyvale a few days ago. In the
New Planet
D i s covered
Near Earth
HEIDELBERG, Germany, May
24 (AP) The Heidelberg ob
ervatory announced tonight the
dlcovery of a new planet, which it
tentatively named "Nineteen Thir
ty-Two, ' and which can attain a
proximity ot seven million kilo
meters to the earth.
(This Is approximately 4,250,-
000 miles).
Although Investigation at the
observatory had not been corn-
pleted, all accounts ot an object
discovered by Dr. Karl Relnmutn,
said he had spotted what he
thought was tne new planet alter
long and
research.
painstaking telescopic
He tagged his discovery
'Nine-
teen Thirty-Two H. A."
The object travels an elliptical
orbit between that of the earth
and Venus, Its course bringing it
remarkably close to the earth. The
new planet crosses the earth's
orbit south of the ellipse, thus the
timorous need not fear a colli
sion. .E.
ATLANTIC CITY. N. J- May 24
(AP)-r-The attitude of the
Methodist Episcopal church to-
ward divorce was liberalized to-
night by the general conference
which sanctioned as grounds for
dissolution "vicious- conditions
which through mental or physical
cruelty or physical peril" inval
ldate the marriage vow.
The change from adultery as
the sole grounds, the second In al
most a century and a half, was
approved in the face of weak op
position which urged the confer
ence to follow other denomlna
Uons in adopting more stringent
regulations and "to go back to the
new testament" for guidance on
divorce.
The conference also deleted
from the burial service the phrase
'ashes to ashes, dust to dust,
and - from "the sacrament of the
Lord's Supper the "wine" in ev
ery Instance except the prayer ot
consecration.
OWYHEE GETS. FUNDS .
PORTLAND, - Ore., May 24
(AP) A special Washington dls
patch to the Oregon! an today said
Commissioner Mead, of the recU'
matiaa bureau, had notified Rep
resentative Butler that beginning
July 1 $1,000,000 win be avail
able for the Owyhee project.
ATTITUDE ON
1
Widening Project Starts
Contractors
Work oa the2117,455 pave
ment widening And straightening
project from'. Salem - north to
Brooks will start, within a short
time. It was learned here yester
day when members, of the West
Contract company, successful bid
ders, were In the. city to make ar
rangements tor sub-contracts and
materials."? r r' '
Under ' the contract awarded
i - : -- - ---
land, the work must be completed
by September 15 so the road re
construction will not- Interfere
with traffic to the state fair.' '
-.The grading and paving Job is
to commence just north of. the
Southern Pacific crossing. The
present 12-foot pavement lstd be
widened to 20 feet by the addition
of a two-foot pavement block to
each aide. Then the present three-
- UTTiriiMi i a-.. ,.-.-.
but were disappointed. This pic
airplanes she carries nook oa.
background Is a second plane with
REINSTATEMENT OF
Delbert Graber is Accorded
Special Recognition
For Shop Work
Mention of reinstatement of the
seven expelled Salem high school
boys was not msde at last night's
nr ipLnrw th,.. thir
at the end of 45 minutes.
On Superintendent Huggs rec
ommendation, the board voted
tor presentation ef a special cer
tificate to Delbert Graber, high
school industrial shop student for
the past four and one-half years.
Young Graber. the superintendent
said. Is highly talented In shop
work, particularly at drafting and
drawing. The certificate will state
that he has taken all the Indus
trial work offered by the school.
The Disabled American War
Veterans, Salem chapter No. C,
were given permission to bring
a carnival to Olinger field next
month. The chapter is to receive
a percentage of the receipts, with
2400 guaranteed. Their earnings
from this enterprise will be used
In aiding unemployed, needy dis
abled veterans.
No comment was made on a
letter from the Lincoln Parent-
Teacher association requesting the
retention next year of present
instructors at Lincoln school. The
letter stated that It was partly
a matter ot expressing apprecia
tion of the -teachers' work. The
board also waa thanked for hav
ing the lawn put In front of the
school.
Clerk W. H. Burghardt's rec
ommendation that the board hire
an appraisal company at 1100 to
re-evaluate school . district prop
erties In order to obtain decreases
In Insurance rates, was adopted.
Coach Gurnee Fleshers request
for permission to have a dirt ten
nis court' constructed at Leslie
Junior high school was referred
to the building and grounds com
mittee.
Newport Man is
LADS NMHD
Thought Drowned?r
MARSH FIELD, Ore.. May 24.
(AP). Harry Reed, employe ot
the Coast Fisheries at Newport,
today ! was believed drowned In
an attempt to beach his craft
near the Umpqua Jetties during
a storm last week -
- Reed, was a widower with two
daughters, one living in Florence.
.Ore., and one In Riverside, CaL
State
foot sho'ulders on. each side will
be replaced 'by 'six-foot shoulders
which will be sufficiently wide te
permit a car to park off the. pave
ment.
In widening the existing pave-
t ihW.V7Mt
J&-!?2EL:
Qcationa-. call: tor. reducing, . the
crown et two and one-halt. Inches
la 'the present' pavement to one
and-. one-halt inches . The entire
20-foot surface, four of new pave
ment and 1C of old,-will be resur-
faced Vwith ! asphaltle. J concrete
which wlQ be mnchrless subject
to skidding than the present aur- for the work, it was-reported yes
facing. v '' t : ' Itardsy. The walks may be paid
In - several plsces ' along the
nresent seven-mue stretcb -tneier as soon as' completed or tney
grade is to be changed to ellm -
inste small dips la the road. At
the Lake Lablsh service " station
and through the lake bottom, a
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Visits When Most :Asleepi
c Fails to Show When -;
' V Expected Later V
Rumors fly . but Akron G6t4
South by Ocean Route; -:
. ; Sky is Watched :
SAlf FRANCISCO, May Se. ' ,
. (AP) The TJ. 8. navy radia
statlosi here reported receipi f -a.
message tonight from th
navy dirigible Akron, la wfaJcat
the airship was reported--13
miles west of Taqalaa ha4
Oregon, heading Roothwardt to
ward Sunnyvale, CaL. where the
ship was expected to moor aft
sunrise tomorrow. The dirigible
has kept well to sea thus far
oa its return flight.
By STEPHEN C. MERGLER
The United States navy's larg
est airship afloat and the largest
man-operated body of matter ever
to fly through space yesterday
twice disappointed thousands N et
Salem and Willamette valley ferk
the first time, because it passesV
overhead while they were not
ready for it, and the second time.
because they were rady and ft
didn't pass over.
All Salem seemed looking as
last night. Everywhere oa the
streets heads were upturned, scae
nlng the misty skies for a glimpse
of the giant flying machine.
Rnmors ran wild. One police
officer was informed by a servic
station operator that the Akro
had passed over Oregon City "five)
kIQte,.ago - ,'Al TeKOn c
suaie ponce saia mey Knew noiir
Ing ot It.
Planet Mistaken
For Akron's light
A brilliantly glowing planet la
the west blinked "on" and "off"
by moving clouds, was many times
taken to be the Akron.
The Statesman received one
telephone message stating that the
Willamette river. But it was f on fid
to be not there.
Hundreds ef telephoned inquir
ies poured Into the offices ot The
Statesman last night, to ascertain
whether the Akron would fly ever
Salem. Rumors had . apparent
ly spread throughout the city
that the arrival of the dirig
ible was Imminent. An Associated
Press dispatch brought the net
that the Akron was going south
along the eoast and would not be
seen In the interior. The number
of telephone inquiries for two
hours equalled or exceeded those
received on election nights.
Early Risers Get
Worth While View
While the Interested thonsaads
last night were sot to be enter
tained and awed with a view et .
the sky-tilling Akron, hundreds ef "
early risers, all-night watcher. J ' c
and light sleepers yesterday men- .x,-'
(Turn to page 2, coL 5)
PORTLAND, Ore., May 24
(AP) The retail price of gaso
line was Increased 1 cents a
gallon here today. The new price
Is II tt cents a gallon, including
four cents tax. "
The division manager of one ef
the larger oil companies said his
company had . made a similar la-
crease in price throughout the
state.
f
After a few days of lt-cent
gasoline prices, the - motor fuel
was boosted in retail
cents a gallon by
four distributing companies. At
least two other companies con
tinued to let their product be sold
for 13 cents, while some of. the
larger service stations, drawing
on their storage tanks, also qaot
ed the lower figure.
Local operators do not proxa)
by the increase, it was said. Ths
distributors raised the wholesale
price to 14 cents. . . .
While Salem gasoline was sell
ing at top tor. 17 cents. Port
land motor fuel sold at lt
cents, an Increase of 1 cent e
gauon. , n , . -
Sideiralk:Bids;:,
Are Called by '
City Recorder,
Bids for construction et.42.t0t
feet ot sidewalk ia Sale
ecVwin.be. called for, by Re
corder Mark Poalsen. The lobs
I comprise chiefly scattered short
sections. The work will be superb
: vised b7" City Engineer Hugh
Rogers." - '
Some confusion' has artsea
I afaionr nroaertv owners alone the
w.ik lines involved as to paying
for directly by the property owa
jmay be bonded under the Baa-
I croft act if the cost exceeds 92s.
Under this act. the assessment Is
said eft at the rata ot 10 per cant
Iper year plu Interest. -