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PAGE TWO Th OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, December 29, 1933 lIFOi SALES TAX DISCUSSED Details not Worked out at Conference Here but Progress Made (Continued from pes 1) and expenditure for labor for a period of 21 months. No exemp tion! are provided lm the proposal nor would there be an Increase In tli tax on selective goods. This proposal will be on of several, it as declared, which will be pre sented to the special session of the Oregon legislator. Neighboring SUtee Jtao Hard Pressed Parsons and Commissioner Die findorf both stated that Idaho was strongly considering a sales tax enactment at the coming ses sion, while Yantis declared Wash ington was forced to seek some new revenue because of the ad va lorem tax limitation of 40 mills. Parsons said he sun;ested the con ference In order that some uni form plan may be adopted to pro tect industries and business of their state r. veil as Oref.on smi ' Washington i.gainst "bootlegging" from E neighboring stale which d'd not have a similar tax. Parsons declared Tdaho hart to look to new revenue to the extent i: about a million dollars because efficient fjnds could not be raised by the ad valorem tax. Difc t'endorf told the ronference that Idaho was strongly considering the enactment of some sales tax and a thorough study of the pro posed Oregon plan would be mad?. Yantis dtclai-d Washington's mblem had been set out by the r-eent act limiting the levy on property to 4 0 mills, where pre viously in some places it had ex ceeded 70 mills. This, he said, aiade it necessary to raise $12. (00,000 above too 40 mills to care Tor the amount taken oft the prop erty tax. This amount would be reduced however by economic :neasureg as well, he said. He ex pected the highway appropria tions for Washington would be drastically reduced, making it un necessary for new measures to oring In tho total amount now ap varing necessary. mm TEC10CRACV ICE! (Cor.il .jE frurr phs t) iid machii.es. have multiplied a.an's ability to produce good3 aai do useful work for himself by 75 to 100 fold.. Therefore technocracy believe that "enerKy hours," the meas ure of work accomplished by machines, will replace "man hours," the amount of work a tiiau can do with his hands un aided by machines. The results of th's chance, he thinks, will be profound. Man will labor fewer and few er hours, but may produce more and more in the shorter time. Therefore industrial planning of the future must be, he said, quite different from any existing in the past. Police Query is Nearly Finished Committee Says Investigation of charges recent ly made against the police depart ment Is nearly completed, Dr. O. A. Olson, chairman of the special c'ty council committee, stated yesterday. Members of the com trhtee, which includes F. E. Need- ham and David O'Hara, are ques tioning persons whose names were brought up St the hearing two weeks ago. Whether or not the committee w ill hare its report ready by the nxt counci'i session, Tuesday night. Alderman Olson was unable ta say. Scouts Called on To Assist Friday In Solicitation All boy Kiouts who can help in tbe collection of old clothing from Salem residences tomor row are asked to be on hand at Stat and Front streets at 8:30 o'clock tomorrow morning, ac cording to Executive O. P. West. At least two trucks will be avail able to haul the boys to their respective districts and transport the clothing to Community Ser vice warehouse. Julia M. Sorenson Dies as Result of Paralytic Stroke EVANS VALLEY. Dec. 28. Mrs. Julia Matilda Sorenson, 67, died at her home here Tuesday night, following & stroke of par alysis on Sinday. Had she lived until Jan. 1 she would have been 6?. Funeral arrangements, in charge of E'kman of Silverton, had not been completed this morning Mrs. Sorenson is survived by her widower, O. E. M. Sorenson, a sister, Mrs. Sophia Leslie, brother, Ed Olsen, two nieces. Mrs. Oscar Johnson and Mrs. O. A Solie and one great niece. Mrs Fred Mehl, all of Silverton and a sister, Mr. Mary Bjerke of Hat ton, North Dakota, and three ne phews, Chester, Ernest and Law- renc Bjerke of Portland. Bunkers Emptied, No One Knows How, But Some Get Job LYONS. Dec. 28 The rock crusher started operations again Tuesday after shutting down over the weekend and Monday. Last Friday evening an unusual thing The Call Board By OLIVE M. DOAR Warner Bros. Elslnore Today Jack Holt in "Sport- lng Age". Friday Loretta Young In "Life Begins". Warner Bros. Capitol Today Nancy Carrol In "Hot Saturday". Friday Slim SnmmerTille, Zasa Pitts In "They Just Had to Get Married". Grand Today Clara Bow In Call Her garage . Friday Janet Gaynor and Charles Fsrrell in "First Year". Holljwood Today Gloria Swanson in "Tonight or Never". Friday Reginald Denny in "Iron Master". bunks, which were filled with crushed rock, were in some way ' unloaded on the ground b?neath4 As tho crew had finished work for the day and leTt the plant it is not known what occurred to cause the bins to be emptied. However the several yards of rock had to he removed by hand labor as it was not possible to get at it with machinery. me FIDS DEPLETED (Continued from pas 1) increased, the county might speed ily be on a warrant basis. This situation would be espec ially true if the state passes no substitute for the three-mill tax it has planned to lvq on all prop- Lerty for 1933 expenses. This sum will raise $145,476 in Marion county and must be paid in cash, half on Way 5. 1933 and half on November 5, 1933. The annual public budget meet ing is set for tomorrow, Decem ber 30, and will convene at 10 a. m. in the circuit court rooms, department one, at the court house. If the room will not ac comodate the crowd, the court will probably adjourn the meeting to a downtown room, probably the chamber of commerce rooms on North Liberty street. IT JURY'S ACTION (Continued from page 1) ance was cut to SO cents a day and more recently the charge has been only 65 cents daily. While the Oregon law provides 65 cents daily for prisoners; $5 a week for the first four in Jail and $4.50 a week' for other prisoners after this number; the court found It impossible to feed prisoners for this amount when high prices pre vailed for foods. It sought legal advice and secured approval of a higher allowance in order to per mit prisoners to be fed properly. McSherry to Head Scout Council at Election Tonight Irl S. McSherry, 1931-32 com mander of Capital Post, Ameri can Legion, is slated for election as president of Cascade Area council, Boy Scouts of America, at a meeting of the courrcll exe cutive board to be held at the chamber of commerce here at 45 o'clock tonight. He will sue ceed J. T. Delaney. Reelection of W. L. Phillips as commissioner, the ranking posi tlon In the area, is certain. Wil lis Clark is expected to be named treasurer. Several vice presidents will be selected. Peirce Answers Recovery Suit Of Sarah Hewitt Answers to a recovery suit re cently brought by Sarah M. Hew itt against the Portland General Electric company and Its holding companies, were filed here Wed nesday by the Central Public Ser vice company and the A. E Peirce company. The defendants admit William M. Hewitt, hus band of the plaintiff, purchased 2981 in preferred stock of the Central Public Service company in 1931 but deny that he bought the stock under misrepresents tlons and deny that he did not know it was preferred stock, not a bond. Too Late to Classify Wanted to rent furn. house close In, at least 4 bedrooms. Phone 5497. 39 AiioOwncdTdtte ti OLIYWOOP Home of 25c Talkies Make Reservations Now for New Year's Eve Midnight Matinee BIO VAUDEVILLE STAGE SHOW Dancing Girls, Acrobatic Danc ing. Tap Dancing, Singing, Pretty Girls and Master of Ceremonies, All Girl Show ALL SEATS Q C RESERVED OOC .and Ob the Screen Comedies, Acts A Novelties COURT raCBWDff Mt. Angel Enterprise Wins Plaudits; Dairying In dustry Praised (Continued from pax I dinner was tarred. The 100 pa trons were serred In groups of 450 each. Local business men acted as waiters. Gehlhar ud Hoes Among Speakers At the afternoon session. Win Gehlhar, state agriculture direc tor, spoke of the advancement of dairying. Hal B. Hoss, secretary of State, spoke, telling something of plans for the special legisla tive session and the proposed au to tax. Chris Orr voiced an ap preciation of the work of th di rector of th creamery, and ask ed a rising vote of think for them. Martin Ro3Vold, vice president, spoke of the possibilities of the new creamery, and Alex Schar bacb, In the name of the town, congratulated the farmers as he acclaimed the creamery as the main industry of Mt. Angel. Dean William A. Schoenfeld of O. 3. C. sail "Mt. Angel Is a demon stration to other communities of what cooperative organization can do without going into debt." The Academy girls entertained with a beautiful rendition of Neapolitan Nights and King Cole and His Fiddlers. The state corporation commis sion Wednesday filed its petition to the Jregon supreme court for a .rehearing In the case df the state against John A. Charles worth, involving sale of corpor ate sejur'ties without a permit. Charlesworth, chairman of the board of directors of the Paci fic National syndicate, was con victed by the Multnomah circuit court of a charge of selling cor porate securities without a per mit and sentenced to two and a half years in the penitentiary and fined $1000. He appealed and the supreme court several weeks ago reversed the decree,, freeing him. The court held the letter suspending his permit was not an order of suspension. In the petition for rehearing, James W. Mott, corporation commission er, charged the supreme court had e: 3d in holding no order of suspension had been filed. Two More Lindy Suspects Freed; Jafsie Says "No JERSEY CITY, N. J., Dec. 28. (AP) Two more suspects in he Lindbergh kidnaping investi gation were added today to the long list of those absolved of any connection with the crime. Dr. John F. Condon, New York professor who gained fame as the Jafsie" of ransom negotiations. scanned two lineups and failed to recognize anyone who looked like the man to whom he gave 250,- 000 in the hope of gaining the re turn of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., later round slain. Later, Hollister Demo, of Staten sland, and John "Lucky" Miller, of Jersey City, were released. "I am positive that neither of these men Is the man to whom I paid crer the money," Dr. Con don said. Hitch Hikes to Defend Self on Dry Law Charge PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 2t (AP) Mrs. Ruby Nickels, the mother of two small children, hitch-hiked all the way from We natchee. Wash., to answer to a charge in federal court here today of conspiracy to violata the fed eral prohibition law. The woman vas sentenced to six months In the connty jail, then placed on probation. Her husband on a similar charge was sentenced December IS to serve a year and a day in the federal prison at Mc Neil Island. Mystery Drama is Slated For Sunday By Epworth League INDEPENDENCE, Dec. 28 "The Starflower 1 a Christmas mystery drama by Ann Hayden, will be presented by the Epworth league of the Methodist church AtaOwcdTneatfe ti OLlYVJOOlJ Home of 25c Talkies LAST TIMES TODAY SAMUEl QOitWiHroM -jaiEwrfin? Coming Friday A Saturday REHEARING ASKED Olf CH1ESIMTH r 9 vmmmnm I CiSi I Tjx taixan' l'Cfcv-Tl VtL Wr Men nasi tnaday night faring th aharsa fcemr. The plr li being dl reeUA ty Margaret Eddy, end Blanche Baker. In the east ere: Joye Johnson, Pa ml Carey, Marine Carey, Itan eee Haley, Virgil Keller, Frances Banna, Orae Raymond. Eleine Cestoa, Lathe, CoquUletta, YlTlaa Sod an. Beryl KUr. Iseae Ash croft, Dorothy Coatee, Charles Carey, Everett Soden, M4rta KL ley. Rath Wilson, Irene Hurley, Lore Bnrch and Audrey Adams. 1E- 1 8ILVERTON, Dee. II Th annual Orlnde-Bentson clan ga thering will he held here at the Knight of Pythias hall on Mon day, Janaary S. Th gathering ha bee held on New Year's day for th past several years and members of the family cam from all parts of th stat to attend. Last year there were around 100 present. Mrs. O. B. Bentson of Silverton Is president. Asslting for the program which follows the noonday dinner, are Mrs. Rudd Bentson, Mrs. Walter Fry, Julius Odell of Portland and Mrs. J. J. Seoley. The group remains for an evening supper and this is follow ed by an old-time dance with members of the group furnishing the music. Rudd Bentson, a member of the clan, Is known throughout the Willamette valley for his ability to furnish old-time music and has several times taken part in Port land and Corvallls radio pro grams. SERVICE IS HELD WOODBURN. Dec. 28 Funeral services were held here Tuesday morning at SL Luke's church for Charles Demacon, 38. who died December 22 at Corvallls. Father J. E. Rubis was in charge of the rites, with music by the senior choir. Pallbearers were Bert Browles, Willard Branigar, Clyde Whitman, Pete DeGuire. Joe Rich ards and Walter Schooler, all ex servicemen. Mr. Demacon, a native of Wood burn, was a World war veteran, serving with honor overseas. He was twice wounded. Surviving are: Mrs. M. C. De macon of Crow, his mother; and the following brothers and sis ters: Mrs. Ed Satter, Miss Louise Demacon and Miss Rose Demacon of Salem; Gilbert Demacon. of Lowell and Joseph Demacon of Oregon City. Interment was in St. Luke's cemetery. California Pack Dates Received By M. J. Bowers WEST SALEM, Dec. 26 Among Christmas gifts received by Mr. and Mrs. M. J. Bowers, 1018 Sixth street, are a box of dates packed and sent by their son-in-law and daughter, Mr. and Mrs. Woods, of Indio, Calif. In dio is In the date-raising sec tion. Mr. and Mrs. Woods before moving to California on account of Mrs. Woods' health, had charge of the Roberts apartments in Salem. Another gift received by the Bowers is a box of Starks Deli cious apples, sent by Mr. and Mrs. P .s, of Brewster, Calif., son-in-law and daughter, respec tively. Pardo Mrs. Julia Pardo at 'the rest dence, Rt. 4, box 9AA, Salem, Monday, Dec. 28 at the age of 72 years. Survived by two sons Joseph H. Pardo and William E. Pardo, bot'i of Salem, and four grandchildren. Services will be held from th ehapel of Clough- Barrick company, Thursday, Dec. 29, at 1:80 p.m. CLftn GATHERS SOON CHARLES ICON If llMr.iv' a vfc . " v & PROPERTY LEVY FAVORED Dallas Official Suggests Franchise Fees go to Support Schools fOnt1ntil from pig 1) franchise, license, inheritance, dog and gross sales taxes. In ad dition to a state-wide property tax. Oregon's 2,200 school districts, nder the council's recommenda tion, would be reorganized into 100. "It is evident that the greatest single extravagance in Oregon's educational organization Is the district system. The 2,200 separ ate and almost independent school districts In the state, with over lapping and duplicating functions and staffs, with small schools maintained for few pupils, with 2,200 separate business manage ments and purchasing agencies. all mean unnecessarily high costs with no corresponding education al return. The only solution for this problem is larger nnits of ad ministration and greater state support," said J. F. Cramer, su perintendent of schools at Grants Pass, in his committee's report. The general assembly of the Teachers' association will open to morrow morning. 8UNNY8IDE, Dec. 28 Th Sunnysid Fox farm, the Pember ton company proprietors, hav finished the pelting of this rear's increase and have put on the mar. ket 73 pelts. Owing to the poor market price, a smaller amount of breeding stock has been kept for future operations. The flu has been quite preval ent In this community with meas les also prostrating entire famil ies. Mrs. C. R. Gregg who has been at the Willamette Sanitar ium for a major operation, was brought home Christmas dav and is now convalescing. Miss Helene Gregg, teacher at Glendale, has spent the holidays at the home of her parents. Mr. and Mrs. Glen Barnett of Corvallls. are home for the holi days. Thinking It not best to serv a big banquet at this time with so much flu the young set sponsored a Soupee supper, Monday night, at the Taylor home. Sixteen were present. LIVELY DAY IN 90S Keminiscences of an excitinz uav in aaiem in me 90s were recalled yesterday by Henry Por ter, well-known Aumsvllle farm er and republican, when he was a Salem on business. Porter re counted how C. B. Irvine, then writing editorials for the States man, Beared property owners here when he wrote an editorial Indicating many of the largest Dunamgs had been reduced to ashes. Irvine closed the editorial with the proviso that this situa tion would be true If Salem did not provide a better water sup- Ply. Hasty readers interpreted the supposition as news. Word was II I RICH CIIIS FOX IMBED RELATED ran II LAST TIMES TODAY! - rry MoJer Gkl wM mdtrrtmJ Tafc Torrid story of Mo starts ii cssoPiFovy 8 StinLSUbUlMl Jr2 rw"f. X IW;Sk:V ThosereonrX i y unn,a$t fec,, in th a screen's most hilarious zt comedy! s 1 rag t , J HAD WW MARRIED) FUNNIER THAN "UNEXPECTED FATHER" relayed to Mehama where some Salem property ownrs were va cationing. Affrighted, taey har nessed their horses to baggies and hurried t town as fast as possible. They were chagrined and an gered waent hey found that Ir vine's statement was imaginary and that not a building had been destroyed. Mr. Porter said yesterday he would probably visit ft few day at th legislature. "Those fellows are mostly new men and have a hard Job" h commented. He predicted a lively session. Funeral services for Grant Lyle Warren, wh died at a local hos pital Christmas day, were held from th ehapel of W. T. Rlgdon and Son Wednesday afternoon. Rev. W. H. Caldwell of the Al- lience Goepel tabernacle officiat ed. Interment took place at the I. O. O. F. cemetery at Indepen dence. Warren was born In Linn coun ty. Oregon, In 18 8 7 and moved with his parents to Polk county when a young man. He was mar ried to Laura Wiederkebr in 1906. The couple made their home in Independence until 1912 when tbey moved to a farm near Hayes- viile. He Is survived by his widow; son, Floyd, and daughter. Mrs. Lumina Haynes of Salem; mother. Mrs. Emma Warren; sister, Mrs. Lena Townsend of Salem; brother. Wtex Warren of Twin Falls, Idaho; grandson, Darlene Haynes. Warren was a member of the Alliance Gospel tabernacle in Sa lem for tbe past 10 years. DOG LICENSE FEES Dog license fees in Marlon county will drop from 33 Vi to SO per cent January 1, according to a ruling made here yesterday by the county court. License for male dogs thereafter will be 21; for fe males $2. Heretofore licenses for male dogs were 22 annually and for female dogs 83. Penalty for payment after March IS was 2 for either a male or a female; this was cut to a flat 21 by the court's order of yesterday. Revenue from the dog license goes first to defray cost to sheep owners for all sheep killed by dogs. Thereafter all receipts go to the dog license fund and at the end of each year, sums in excess of 22000 go to the general fund. County Clerk Boyer said approxi mately 28000 would be in the dog license fund December 31. 1932. and Indicated 86000 would be turned into the general fund Janu ary 1. Lamp Falls and Mary Pickford Slightly Hurt LOS ANGELES, Dee. 28 (AP) A heavy lamp fell on Mary Pickford. motion picture actress, while she was filming a picture today and she was knock ed unconscious and suffered a bruise above her right eye. Her husband, Douglas Fair banks, lifted the heavy stage lamp from her. A physician was summoned and Miss Pickford re sumed her work. toJayt WARDEN FUNERAL S HELD ON WEDNESDAY WILL BE REDUCED CARY GIUl NT NANCY CAtftOU tANDOtfH SCOT UUJAN BOND A Poroommt Ptcturt IPBTTTi faro you. laughing?) Roland Toons Fifi D'Orsy o n CONFESS If. iNCEL CRIME Earl Lee and Earl Riley To Plead Guilty in Circuit Court After waiving preliminary hear ing in justice coart yesterday, Earl Riley and Earl Lee, ex-eon-victs of Portland Charged with burglary of the Frank Wilde pool hall at Mt. Angel December It. were expected to waive grand jury investigation and plead guilty be fore Circuit Judge -L. H. McMahan today. They would have done so yesterday had the judge been in tbe city, state police indicated. Arrest of the pair in Portland by state police December 20 was the result of a tip given by Night r Marshal Paul Bucahols of ML An gel. After questioning the two men the night of the burglary, Bucbbols jotted down the num ber of the coupe they drove away in. With this information, state police traced the car to a neigh bor of Riley's and found that the latter had borrowed the machine th weekend of the burglary. Not before being grilled at length did Riley and Lee admit the crime, state police stated. Their arrest was not announced because of further investigations being conducted which lasted un til last Tuesday. State police recovered a part of the loot, which consisted of cigars, cigarettes and tobacco, at the Ri ley home. The remainder they said was sold la Portland. Riley's criminal record Includes eight years In the state training school, three terms la the Oregon penitentiary, one In the Nevada penitentiary and on at Leaven worth. Lee Is a three-time loser. Their crimes were automobile thefts and burglaries. A tale of attempted reform was told police by Riley. He said that a year ago Thanksgiving he mar ried a Portland stenographer, telling her of his past record. He claims to have evaded crime until this month. Several Gatherings Of Size Mark Yule Events, Sublimity SUBLIMITY, Dec. 28 Mr. and Mrs. S. J. Starr entertained with a 6:31 dinner on Christmas day. Those present were Mr. and Mrs. Peter Welter; Mr. and Mrs. Irvin Schumacher of Jordon; II LAST TIMES TODAY! A'ifvN p" -mmrM mmLS ADDED: It HuadL to coume Drama as old as mankind, but new to the screen. Re vealing the price woman pays . . not for her sins . . but tor her virtues. mm mm is Life, .no more . no less .compressed to motion picture length. Life B is joy and sorrow. . pain and sacrifice, reality in all its humble glory. is a picture you'll think about, talk about for years. Every Mm, Every Woman Slwdd See "Life Begins" Jfot Recommended for Children! New Year's Eve to to to Saturday Night at 11:30 P. M. STAGE VODVIL Noisemakers - Novelties - Fun Misses Teresa and Irene Starr of Salem, Dorothy and Helen Starr, Mable Schumacher, and Mr. aad Mrs. S. J. Starr and family: Mr. and Mrs, Leroy Rehorst and family of Washougal. Wash, and Miss Lucille Ruettgers of Portland spent Christmas at the home of their parents, Mr. and Mrs. Chris Ruettgers and family. Mrs. Marie Winden and Gudell Mack of Washongal. spent Christ mas, at the home of Mrs. Men den's mother, Mrs. Margaret Mickels and family. Mr. and Mrs. Leo Plaster and family of Portland spent th Christmas holidays at the bom of her parents. Mr. aad Mrs. Theo dore Minden end family. TOOTH DEFECTS ARE Of 1582 pupils examined re cently at Parrish, Highland, Grant and Englewood schools, 1001 or nearly 65 per cent were found to have minor dental defects, Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, county health officer, announced yesterday. In most cases, the defects were easily remediable. The examinations were conduct ed through cooperation of four Salem dentists. Dr. O. A. Olson, Dr. C. W. Davis. Dr. B. F. Pound and Dr. A. E. Berger. Miss Juani ta Johnson, health department nurse, assisted. Parents were notified if their children had dental defects. The examinations were made as part of an educational campaign for prevention of dental troubles be ing conducted in the schools. Results by schools were as fol lows: Corrrc- School Pupil D'fct. tlons Highland 255 1S Englewood 2S8 254 Parrish 751 T04 Grant 23T 2!l 81 54 431 24 TEACHER VERY ILL CLOVERDALE, Dec. 28 Miss Melba Berg, teacher of Cloverdale school became very 111 with the flu Friday evening at the home of Mr. and Mrs. John McKInney. She was moved to the home of her mo ther in Portland Sunday. Choct Colds Best treated without "dosing Vapohub Fred Dorothy Stone ta "Shave It With Mnsie" i to l to to to to NM SCHOOLS r3 &J a3& I happened at the crusher when the