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i'T-C'Sa -it kFI c - "CIRCULATION WEATHER Average ' ' 1! 7072 ) i3 " - Fair " toilay and loaday. isurcnomion : little chag-ia-tetaff tww r Max Temp. patnrdayt T7, Mia. 49, river '.2.5 feet,;' ' Mrtb winds, clear. - - .-, . ,:!fet paid, daily, Sunday 6S82 ' . MEMBER a. B. 0. a" V -Ti FOUNDED I0S1? 4 .1 EIGHTY-SECOND YEAR Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning. August 14,-1932 i'No. 12Q -1 fir 'n 1 1 i t ti ii I! 1 1 1 an ' .... . " .-' " - ''"'" -' - I ' '1. . - . . -i . ' - . .. - V DEBATE 1EIT IQL FATE GOES ON Tax Savers say Corvallis ' Business men Started Entire Movement Cite Asserted Parley With Eugene Group Seeking Different Setup Another chapter was added to the higher education merger de bate Saturday when P. H. Yoang, actinr chairman ot the School Tax" Baring association, addressed k letter to C. S. Whiteside, presi dent of the Corvallia chamber of commerce, in which it was alleg ed that Corvallis men, member of th chamber had been the first mover In the merger proposal, and that their first steps bad been efforts at a "deal" with Eugene Interests. The original plan, says Young, was a measure which would re turn the school of commerce to Corrallis along with some other " courses, more the law school to Salem and concentrate the normal school werk on the Eugene cam- Young a letter is an answer w Whiteside's recent declaration that the Corrallis chamber had no part in sponsoring the merger measure, but considered it a good bilk and would support It. Eugene Men Were Appointed, Claim Young's letter said, in part: Yon write that your "under- tndinr wu that the bill's "In- EStottZZSr SrSar1onacount7eanI ttat business Mted In tax reductionswere to help them. Let ns Inform you ot this fact: The initiation of this ruinous bill was under consider- ... k . rronn of Corval- li business men and members or it ,. ftnth. be- JoreHry'zoTn. president of the Marion-county league, or Hector! Wacpherson. alleged co-author 01 ed on the matter. "For thrreon that you ay vou do not know who rthese men" were, we refer yon to Dr. John- son, Bankers Wilson and Porter, J. N. McFadden, one ot your Big gest property owners; Mr. Claude -Ingalls, your postmaster and edl- tor of the Gasette Times and Mr. ' E. It, Zets, Ford dealer, and lor 12 vears a resident ol your city. They are all members of the Cor vallis chamber of commerce, ana Gets and Ingalls are directors. Return of School Of Commerce Asked "Approximately a month before the Zorn-MacPherson bill snowea Itself nublicly. these Corrallis men asked, for and secured a private meeting at Eugene with four prominent citizens ot Eugene. The Corvallis men demanded the meet ing in the Interest of 'hajrmoniza- tion. But. when they got there, Mr. Ingalls suggested, that it would be a good thing tor Corval- (Turn to Page 3, Col. 1) OFFICIAL OF AUTO CHATHAM. Ont.. Aug. 13 (AP) Ray A. Graham.ifecre- tary-treasurer of the GtJham- Faigo motor company, 01 weirott, 'drowned today in McGregor s creea. , His brother, Robert, who came ... vrsw 1.LaM .mm 4 ZltiOTmJiOXt: iron 7wr A ' company eBcuuve uau B.erTOn." br!k.w.n..ni W n wrT b. eS 1o iake a ret cure. This" afternoon Mr. Graham went to church with the Rev. C. A. Shine, who also had come here 'with him. Together they returned to the hotel and went up to Mr. Graham's room. The clergyman said Mr. Gra ham asked - him ', to go in .first. He did so, hat when he turned around Mr. Graham was gone. He had run down stairs, through the lobby, across the street and Jumped into the creek. A crowd of downtown shoppers saw, the leap. He was 4 S years old. w Prosecution in , Egan Case Tries :To Show Motive SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. IS. (AP)-a-Around a widow's former home, the prosecution, in the mur - der trial of Frank J. Egan, ousted Baa Francisco public defender, cast, its chain ' of evidence here today in support of the contention HIGHER SUICIDE "trlckery and fear of exposure 1 winter executive meeting. Senti motivated the alleged slaying of I ment here today appeared to be Mrs. Jessie Scott Hiighes. j for . Eugene. From Rlehatd IliKaxaka, for- mer real estate: dealer, Proseeu- tor I. M. Golden drew testimony the ome was deeded to him by Mrs.-Hughes for one dollar and! othe valuable t considerations. Evidence was then presented to jot McMinnvllle, assessor of Yam chow Kazaka and Egan mortgaged I hill county, as their president. the home for f 17M. - - WiU Not Play Second Fiddle ADOLPH HITLER TEXAS GALE CK OF 25 Houses are Destroyed By Wind; Hangars and 12 Planes Wrecked HOUSTON, Tex.. Aug. 14 (AP) (Sunday) Twenty five houses la the village ot Stafford, -me lowest of her. and ' S still wMweVpi I stroyed by the gale. HOUSTON, Tex.. Aug. 14 Sunday) (AP) The heaviest "own carnage causea in any one -"" '.o . v V rowed about Houston early today was the deatruction of f hangar and the partial destruction ot two others at the-Houston airport. Ia" the . .-.municipal hangar, f "bed by the storm r 1 ir- planes were damaged. Airport, at taches and newspapermen at 1:30 m - co1 n Tldence of damage to planes in any one of the other hangars. It was impos sible, however, to thoroughly in- MreaUpte. because the wind veloc- ity at that hour was 70-miles-an- hour and sheets of tin. were being tossed about. Expect Dr. Zook Will Visit Here Monday Morning Dr. George Frederick Zook, president of Akron university, at Akron. Ohio, who arrived In Ore gon recently to inspect the sever al institutions of higher learning. is expected to spend an hour in Salem Monday. He probably will confer with Dr. Carl- Gregg Doney, president of Willamette university. Dr. Zook was Invited to come to Oregon in connection with the election of a chancellor for the higher educational system. Petty cord Will Be Park Speaker tj vr,-n utt.J- t. t. pMtor of rrjt Evangencai church J hern, will AnUvtr tha. wrmnn at ' , I U"ivu oti w las f iliovu JJO.S ss. 3:30 o'clock this afternoon: His subject will be "Christian Citl ..t. .tiv i RlTen bytls son Paul, noted trom- bonlst f7 Hollywood, CaliCand i a quartet. r. 1 . - eqon . JONES 15 REELECTED SEASIDE:, Ore., Aug. 13 (AP) Delegates of the Oregon State Elks association, - holding their final - business session ot the annual convention here today. elected T. E. Duffy, Bend, pre sident. Other officers elected follow: a Van Nuys, Corvallis, first vice president; B. C. Lamb. Tilla mook, second vice president; Harold N. Heldman. Pendleton, third vice president; A. , W. i Jones, Salem, re-elected treas- 1 urer; J. L. Tucker. Portland. I Perry O. DeLap, Klamath Falls, i ana is. H. jonee, Baker, trustees, j - Selection ot next year's conven- I tlon city was left to the mld- ' mcmixavillb SEXT J "- COQUILLE, Ore., Aug. IS I AP) Concluding their annual meeting here, Oregon assessors i last night elected W. S. Osborn lv Other officers chosen were G. , - I j . V " ' ' " v ' - " ,. $ ' 2 - " " " V' T " 1 I : ic 1 r ( f t n JfVSa raw a . . I HITLER BALKED . .- no RULE GER1IY Hindenburg Offers him Vice Chancellorship, Nazi Leader Refuses Nation Excited Over Belief Fascist Storm Troops Will Seize Power By itoUTS P. LOCHNER BERLIN, Aug. 13. (AP) i The towering figure of Germany's "grand old man. President Paul von Hindenburg, again blocked today a seizure of power attempt ed 1y the meteorically rising chief tain of the national socialists, Adolf Hitler. To the self-confident demand of Hitler, Austrian-born former corporal and pa per hanger, for all or none of the country's govern- j lag authority, the, venerable field marshal-president f h-mly and with dignity posed his 'Never." Hitler had been offered the post of vtae-chancellor, a post which would be created especially for him and would include the office of premier of Prussia, which had been vacant since the national government imposed a virtual dic tatorship in Russia. Hitler rejected that. Chancellor Frans von Papen next offered cab inet posts to some of Hitler's lieu tenants. Hitler refused that. Presides Cites Dnty to People To Hitler's claim that his par- ty's size entitled him to exclusive power in other words, the right T.i.rtir n.-Sllv-rr President ten Hindenburg then (Turn to Page 3, Col. f) SAYS LAW IS OKEH gEATTLK, Aug. 13 (AP) I Maurice smith, federal prohlbi- I tien administrator tor Oregon. Washington, Montana. Idaho and I Alaska, told the women s Chris- tUn Temperance union here today I hope the 18th amendment is never changed in any respect." He added that if It was amend ed, he hoped the amendments would strengthen It. ' The importance of local govern ment In lav enforcement was em phasised by the administrator. He declared there is no government so important as that ot city, state and county. Racketeering is not a result of prohibition," he asserted, eiting lawlessness in building trades, cleaning and dyeing establish ments and other businesses as proof that it was not confined to liquor alono. "Prohibition can be enforced," he insisted. As to present enforcement, he said the government obtains con victions in nine out of 10 cases. and asked what better results could be demanded Endurance Hop Fails; Second Try Will Wait VALLEY STREAM. N. Y.. Aug. 11 A "Pi TfiA aartvifl attsT-int AW W ovuu V hau Y k WUiUCU B truuurauca lUIUl - f ja Mtt-t-t. record was delayed Indefinitely tonight by Frances Marsalis and Louise Thaden. DRY ADMINISTRATOR The two women landed for re- starr. actress, and Virginia Ham pairs today after spending 17 mond ware wltnenses hours in the air. Their breakfast bucket struck a wing of the plane and tore the fabric. They had hoped to take off again late today. but announced tonight the flight ' was off until tomorrow-and m- oe longer. - Tim Duffy Heads EUcs Assessors Pick Osborn Lad of Eight is Hero Westport Youth KiDed W. Spleer, Clatsop county, vice president: George M. Know, Hood River, secretary-treasurer. McMinnvllle was selected the19 S3 convention city. . -ttitrca inrn vnroa Anw -WoZ'tZt Kenneth' Hatch, 8. son' ot Mr. m J 1 , tJ" . n.i.v . mn uv mis. Awiaviu szaicB qx a tor - AIM Mthl twA VAimnfM. EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 13 (APjlS"' w. nwwaru, o ia- owipps - from drowning within the Bsttygf Will MaiSC ' First, he saved 8-year-old Bruce Girard after the tot had fallen from a beat into Allison lake. A couple of days later he rescued his sister Betty, 7, who had fal- len.la the Sluslaw 'river near the North Fork bridge at Florencev - AtJTO OVERTURNS , ASTORIA, Ore.. Aug. IS - (AP) Aug. . 13 (AP) Orrille Hudson, 20, of Westport. died to day, from Injuries suffered when the car. la which he was riding skidded on the Lower Columbia river highway and overturned. " George Hays, 29, of Westport, Monaco hosplUl of double pneu - whoraa drivlnr thm rar ' n ar.lmotila hUti tot in aftap an oik. iously injured. . 1, . DrySupporting Hoover's Stand 4 4 ... v EDWIN C, DINWIDDIE DllilODIE PRAISES 'S E Has not Yielded to Mob's Demands; Constructive Attitude Pleases WASHINGTON. Aug. 13 (AP) Speaking for himself and .v" ::.!iu.v.v.- ii.. . i . i i " ' .Xv" board of strategy of which he ",7ffj .JZ' '.iT p.m..I Hoover's reelection "is favored because he follows a constructive and hot destructive course" on the dry laws. . Declaring Governor, Roosevelt "yielded" to the wet clamor" of the "gallery mob" at the Chi cago convention and endorsed outright repeal, while President Hoover "braved the mob's dls-l pleasure and refused to take this blind leap back to old evils," Dr. t r.. M. 4 ttr itnattn. tT.aii ita K.,fHn rvnrn .11 ...1.. Hnnnr1, MiHn t ttTAnH because ef his desire to reach a satisfactory solution of this prob i-m hwuM h fniinwa a mn. structive and not destructive course; because be has shown himself above mob Influence, and because of his high conceptions of his duties as president which nave impelled him to place duty as be sees it aoove mere expedi- ency. DIVORCED 01 DAY r --- HARRISON, N. T.. Aug 13 (AP) Within 34 hours after being 'divorced from Ralph Forbes, Ruth Chatterton, actress. married George Brent, motion picture actor, today. William Willing, town clerk ln whose office the ceremony a.i 41... ... iook piace, saia tney were "tne finest couple I ever saw come in nere. - Miss Chatterton gave her age as 34. her home at Beverly Hills. kAw vrv m. .VI .. uai., ana saia sne was corn in siTifi tisiin anal wa riftfn mi I .av . 7 .... . - " SS. Ma hlrthnTaM aa Tralanit and 1 ' " Ii idilnM Hn tvaaI H. alan ha kaB dlvord. justice of the Peace Winfred n Allen nffiriatad. VrancA Miss Chatterton returned from abroad earlier in the week with the statement she -had been out of reach of -newspapers and was not sure whether she had been 17 1 TjRt nlrht In Naw Tork she said Forbes who is aa actor, had notified her he had been granted 1 - a a..t.1 a divorce on grounds of mental cruelty and divergence . ef tastes. Bonuseer Ouster Complaint Filed WASHINGTON. Aug. 18 (AP) A complaint against the se of federal troops In evicting tne oonus army, signed oy yusuoa uiubuiok ur. jo on 1 """Wt w ion eauciior, UV In. n. a .a . a Howard newspaper,, ha. heen I h?T. l wnite ' House em- I uaig. I ) Campaign Funds CLEVELAND. 0 Aug. 18 (AP) Executive eommanders of n -Crwton, national prohibl- toL "Pl 01ttiwtIor BJrJI decided to conduct a 8800,000 "victorv fund" campaign to aid their fight against the 18th I amendment. I NOTED AUTHOR DIES MONTE CARLO. Monaco. Aur. I li f API H Nelson Oav Am- I erlcan author, died today in the! HOOVER RUTH WEDS DRENT; . I oration. He was 82 years old., rest of the tour. - LAD KILLED BY CONTACT WITH ELECTRIC WIRE Robert ; Stewart, 7, son - of Local Pastor, Victim At Quinaby Park 11,000 Volt Charge Fatal Carried -through Tree ; "". Says one Report Contacting an 11,000-volt pow er line while he was climbing a Jir tree,. Robert Stewart, 7 son of Rev. and 'Mrs. J. R. Stewart ot 1230 North Winter street, was Instantly killed near Quinaby park early last night. Roland, his -younger brother, was stunned and badly burned about the hands and feet. A third boy with them was not hurt. All three fell from the tree. When efforts of a trained nurse failed to revive the lad, a call for an inhalatorxwas sent to the Salem fire department The firemen responded and attempted artificial resuscitation, unavall- lngly. . . Didn't Touch Wire, Says One Report J. Dale Taylor, deputy coroner, who investisated. reoorted he was I informed the tragedy came about from the tree limb toucning the power wire. Firemen were told that Robert had touched the, wire, while Roland was holding his The brief short circuit did not "ct powor service. Kev. scewarc is pastor i mei Methodist ehurch here. in aaauion to me parents ana 1 er:,irlJ' 1 three sisters, Helen, Ruth and Muriel, all ot Salem. The body is in charge ot W. T. Rigdon ft Son. PORTLAND, Aug. 18 (AP)- V.?V.' 7 u w " "itae iuna. Tne tommmea .proi-1 iZ 'IV ".V!I5r " 251 " ""C ,Z7.."Z.'1Z on a rock in Gladstone park. LEADERS TO ME HYDE PARK. N. T., Aug. 13 (API Governor Roosevelt. spending the last weekend at his Hudson river home before enter ing upon a two months Invasion of Republican territory, tomor row will entertain his running mate on the democratic national M-'i Dy" u-. " " ffisSSf54 leXU. 1 . back on the pleasant country homa and It- Svlvan settlnsr. un - tll thm middle of October. Revolt "wl? '.t. Tli. mat tma vastrMili Ml. a Ai- - .m.ww ' tnat generally are republican in national elections, Ohio. Ne Jer- mai eiecuons, unio. e-r -r- IZ learned tiat the bir wtog of the T Roosevelt I uia ""'4. ... . . -mn,-Ti that win take the can didate to the Pacific oast, will at. V..Sfw 7s Tt will and start September 13. It will end October 3 at Buffalo, where It ia Understood the New York demo- 2 w aom lBC,r wu a.i -a. a. TWUOD. The following weekend, Mr. Roosevelt will -be in tennessee and Kentucky. WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 f 1V1 PfMnt TTAnxrar'a mm. fitment for a chance in prohlbi - I 9 . . itnn h.. ,u hnt monooalised the Uoiitfcal forum, with these asso ciated with dry organisations spilt on his stand and the democrats getting ready fpr further attack and defense. Determination, of how decisive ly this issue is to be drawn be tween him and Franklin D. Roose velt must wait. until the stir he cnged dies down. Also awaited h. -h.t tba Kaw York rovarnor will say as to Mr. Hoover'a eon i tantlon that aa damor.ratle BianK f Ia antrlrlit mmiI ihmii ritnni i . jof He saloon system" over large whUe the lesser HghU of both names certainir wui go to k tne more, now tnat both nominees have spoken, the real ehryital lisatlon may.be expected to be de ferred at least until after the Roosevelt speech next Saturday at Columbus. . oris - PORTLAND. Aug. 18 (AP) The House ot David baseball team defeated West Side, 7 to.O, in ram a here tonlrht. The bearded I aenUemen DQed their aeven runs in the first - two innings. Charles, relieving Tedd as West 1 Side hurler in the third, held the I Hons of David men scoreless the DEMOCRAT TICKET PROHIBIT! ISSUE SEIZES LIMELIGHT Lat Sp Bqhuseer Leader is Pol it ically Neutral But Against Ho over Stinging r Criticism of . .Address .at Meeting Here - Attended , , By Oyer 1 500; Group Leaving A VOWING absolute non-partisanship in political affairs xjl of this country, but in almost the same breath declaring "We don't ask you to vote for Roosevelt but please don'tvote for Herbert Hoover", Bonuseer gathered in WiDson park for the bonus army . Sunset di- ' ovislon's program and speeches. II ICKfFlS WILL RECEIVE LESS PAY OA U.,J-J l n-:- I ou vein nunuicu i rnw; AgreeoMJpon; inLine With Other Areas Hop pickers in this region will receive 80 cents a hundred, or IS iAnf a nlnA-bnahal box. this vear. ga,em district members of the Oregon Hop Growers association decided at a meeting held at the the nnrnese of aettlns tne ware This miHi vara n hnn. Idred is 10 cents lower than that I 0 iut. . - I Yard help will be paid from I $1.50 to $3, depending on the na-1 ture of their work. Last year they I were paid from 33.50 to $3. These i wages are no lower and In some cases hlfher than will be Dald in 1 other narts of the state. Salem rrowers were the last of the ss- goclatlon members to decide on th t,ea80n- Planning to take an active part In the coming election,the grow ers recommended that their execu tive eommlttee assess each mem ber five cents per bale to raise campaign funds. It Is estimated woaw piae arouna wW m.eet t0 conider tD "Bt ter Tuesoay. Growers were warned by J. R. I Linn, speaker for the meeting, to make up more even bales this year. In the past, some ot the I English trade has been lost local ly because the bales were variable in slie and poorly made. II OF I FIRE DALLAS. Aug. 13 (Special) Kenneth Skae and Harold Mary I V-. atavMna- tria. fnromt I .... T1. V DAiV SSSasa 1 vt, nain in jnarica or mi rnca was held in Justice of the Peace ' I n.... ..n- rtV. ntatrlt lt.1 1 w T "".Vr - - I ftflA.TiAV Tti.v rar. l.lAain AH1 SS? ZY bail to be sentenced later. Karl Rohre was arrested by . ... . MarIo coanty for obtaining money under false pre- tenses and .was taken to Salem vesterdav afternoon. yesterday afternoon. B. K. Hart of Salem was "eStd " fin61 5 011 m" ,ln1atiAn hra tor violation charge. P. W. Edigar of Dallas had his alAla-i In Cfllom lsl fr TllsT ht i vaa bivicu vvia. M.a and reported it here this morn- I nrwAM aw mU.fo. 1tktA9 M Mr ing. Twenty minutes later his car was found near Hubbard. Child Injured in Fall From Roof Loretta Deacon. 8, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Harold M. Deacon ot 1870 South Church street, sui- fared a dislocated elbow when ahe fell oft the garage root in her back yard yesterday evenng. She was taken to a hospital to nave 1 the Joint relocated and set Is a I ...A Afk aiaa Ka Va,aa V east, then back home. ' - : Mr Deacon is employed on the city police force. WY Returning Prosperity is Many Sided, Reports Say NEW YORK. Aug. 13 (AP) The Pennsylvania railroad has daMitad to annTv to the recoa- I itniotlnn ftntnra rornn ration for I - r . Z I a 83.000.000 loan, the funds to bo used in constructing 1800 all steel box cart. Seven hundred men would have employment tor six months. ' BISMARCK. N. D Aug. 13 on construction of North Dako ta's new 13,000.000 state eapitoL This will give employment to many workers for 18 months. . NEW YORK. Aug. 18 (AP) I America's stock of monetary I gold increased 83,878.100 today I through importations and release a lot metal from, foreign earmark. I : CHICAGO. Ana-' 13 AP) I Boone MancaTl ot New York told (the Independent Theatre Supply l Dealers association convention I that the motion cleture business will do a $100, 001,000 business Administration . Marks Commander B. R. Green last I .Occasional spirited rapt at Hoo ver and a- progressive auction "to help defray the expenses of the bonus army featured the pro gram, otherwise given to speeches relating the purpose of the bonus army, and to dance and song en tertainment features. The few flashes of anti-Hoover pro pagan- u waw pans 91 xne entertainment, were cheered by the crowd. Green also struck at Wall street, the international bankers and Tammany, whom he declared dominated Washington and con gress. He characterised the bonus army, both the one . which left Washington and the new one 300,900 strong that expects to be in or near Washington in another . five or six weeks, as a congres- slonal obb -If the e "If the constitution gives the presideni the power to use force against our lobby, then why does not the president exercise the same power to 'drive out those other lobbyists the International bankers T he demanded. He stated the primary cause of (Turn to Page 8, CoU I) PENDLETON STRIKE IS BACKED D. . Dil . ucuo o cuiu Diwucas IliCIl Assist; Discounting Practice Eyed PENDLETON, Aug. 13. (AP) Pendleton wheat ranchers. bankers and el vie leaders gath ered here tonight, heartily en dorsed a plan for holding wheat until It reached a price satisfac tory to the growers. Those meet ing also favored an Investigation of grain trade practices in grad ing, smutting and discounting wheat, a process which now caus es the rancher considerable loss. While telegrams from various congressmen of Oregon; Washing- ton and-Idaho were received fa I riot far nrloH f. An araaom a n T t I Ttntlav T nr. aa V. SSffiSa j Butler declared expansion of nniu. Xuiauii v.t.iA n .v. -a currency u one way 01 re- 1 luruiug m nauon 10 prosperity . t.l. . . j-. a iciogrnui iruiu .uu ueainar. state argicuuurai airector, ex pressed displeasure with present ;f7" .-- . tIns, discount and grading. Grow ,r, nere TOted to work wltn sUtery I. Harriman. president of the I nfftMaia iTi.Mnii i.a.H... ihmbr of eommerct f th Cnit- officials lnxpressing an lnvestlga - tlon. D. H. Nelson, Pendleton, and a committee to be selected will start action on this Monday. Miners Oppose Wage Contract. Vote to Strike Springfield, Ills., Aug.' 13 (AP) About three thousand sat I ners, opposed to the .IS daily wage I contract, voted at a mass meeting I today to strike. . Virtually , all lo - cals ot the Springfield sub-district I were represented. 11 l The locals also decided to lona I delegations to. a meeting tomor- I aa.. as klaV ssmmI Inaaatsi twa I row at which several locals in J southern Illinois will be rere - sented. in the next season. He said evi dences ' of business recovery are many, and. that theatres will be among the first enterprises to benefit by Improved conditions. SIOUX FALLS, B. D., Aug. IS -MAP) The construction com pany holding the contract an- nounced work rill be started f soon on three sUto highway pro- an alleged friend of Alma Alv Jeeta providing work for 199 man. paroled receiver of stolen men. ... . V CHICAGO.' An. - 18 (AP) Haaanal tradlna- t aettVitT With steadily increasing prices for the week was recorded on the Chica- go hid futures market. Gains oC nearly ' of aeent per.pound were recorded both hero and in New York. - - w (AP) Steel - mill operations the Youngstown area will la crease about ono nar cent next week," It. was esUmated today. The mills will , bo operating .at 14 per cent ot normal. REAL ESTATE'S UPWARD TREi S Inquiry for Land Gaining With, Small Acreage In ; Greatest Demand - v rah . FIm! art "Mnmpi-oiK Outsiders Looking; to Valley for Homes REAL ESTATE TRENDS 1. Business improving. 2. Inquiry better. , 8. Small acreage in demand. . Outsiders erclnr WfllaJB- ette valley. " 5. Cash appears In deals. - O. Investors leaning toward real estate. By STEPHEN C. MERGLER A baek-to-tbe-farm movement by cash -buyers and traders com ing to the Willamette valley is jtiring local real estate men some thing real to be optimistic aboutv This conclusion was drawn .yes terday as the result of a survey in which 14 real estate agents, a representative group from the Salem field, were questioned. Nine of the 14 agents said their business Is improving, some that it is even lively. Others empha sised the fact that the general feeling of the public Is much bet ter, than during any time since the happier years before 1129. AH Say Inqairies Galain Steadily Of .the five agents who were not finding their business much better, four remarked especially that inquiries as to properties available are numerous. General Interest in Willamette valley farm . lands seems to be growing stead ily. A demand is evident for small , suburban and country acreages. and also for large farms. A considerable number of cash . buyers are appearing is the mar ket, reported six ot the 14 agents. Stated one: "There is more easheln sales than la the old days." Another said he was finding a number ot buyers willing to pay so per cent or more in casn. Many California, Washington and midwest states residents are looking in this direction tor large and small acreages, and agents report msny transactions with outsiders. The only drawback Is , that many ot them have property - to trade for Willamette valley (Turn to Page 3, Col. 3) ITIOil CHAMBER IN FAVOR OF DEEH WASHINGTON, Aug. 18 (AP) Immediate changing of the Volstead act to permit the manufacture and sale of "non-Intoxicating beer' and modification or repeal of the 18th amendment was recommended tonight by Hen- 1 chamber of commerce ot the Unlt- I ed States. in a radio address made public by the chamber, Harriman said he "most heartily" welcomed. the attitude of the democratic and re publican parties on prohibition and looked upon their stand as one that "foreshadows the doom of the 18th amendment." "I trust that its modification or repeal will come soon." he added, "and that we may adopt the Brit ish policy of Ugh taxation and strict regulation, permitting such states as desire prohibition . to I continue it." I "Tnls. he said, "will advance. 1 the cause ot temperance and I from - billion to' a billion && a halt dollars will accrue to i 0Br various governmental units. pending the-repeal or modlfica- I . . . . . a a. a 1 M a I ttm wa mtrhr with advantage. 1 immediately change the Volstead act to permit the manufacture, transportation and sale of non-in toxicating beer, taxing! It at the rate ot 88 per barrel. This worn brine annually into the federal treasury a sum approximating t400.000.000." REPORTED ISSUl Melvin Davis, youth who Friday . I propwi, yci.oiu7 oiwiiy... a a . a . a a - II si a. i rrom WO City, it was oeuvrea if I na gone to. inenos u 1 City. El haa taxeu TSIUge as po. lleo hsadquarters Friday night. ; . As far as noliee knew, no acUoe was to ho taken against Davis as- taflahf, a nun named Matthews, otherwise known as Patttecl. Portland Italian. Matthews .was I said by Davis 10 nave Binngiuwn from a track occupied by Alsman. victim o ymm in I aad struek him In the face three - - 1 times. - - - - t r 1 Poiieo saw way naa ae-o I Atma and . Marion Alsman, nor I Them Miller, the trio involved in ue utuo rrenca anop oirjj; VI - v