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'PAGE TWO Tfaa OREGON STATESMAN, Baton, . Oregon, Thursday Morning March 16. 1933 CilF 0 CASH ' : ... " Local Banks all Open, one is On Restricted Basis; . Awaiting Word (Continued from pas 1) at tho itat banking department: 1. Banks nnd.tr restriction mar shortly fee llcenaed to reopen, de lar being needed tor farther checking of assets. 1, Wow capital may be pat Into bank,-either br present owners or new shareholders, thai permitting total reopening:.. 3. Reorganisation mar be car ried on with a scaling down of de positor claims. i. Merger of the bank with a otber institution In the city or as a branch bank mar be possible. Only as a last resort will liqui dation of, tbe restricted banks be carried on. Meanwhile all new de posits will be held in cash or in government bonds and strict sup ervision of the banks assets and costs where on a limited basis will be conducted by the state banking; J ?artment. A list of regulations for re stricted banks was prepared yes terday by A. A. Schramm,, state tanking superintendent, and sent to all closed of restricted banks. Banks under restriction In the state bank group included: Albany State Bank, Albany; nnv ir imi Amttv inm.iiiin Stat Bank. AunrnTillft! Cranft Oat Rinlr Hnna In vnlnntir I iinnMftnn v.. diiiiRmt Katacada: 'Kffi(wr narnenter Bank, . Fossil; Glen dale -State Bank. Glendale: State Savines Bank. HIHsboro: Mauoin State Bank, moratorium on all with- flrawila? Bank at Navnort. Naw- port; MontaTilla Sayings Bank, Portland; . First Bank of Reeds- port, Roedsport; Riddle State Bank, Riddle; TJmpqua Valley Bank, Roseburg; Eastern Oregon Banking company, Sanlko; Cool Id and McClalne Bank, Silver- ton; First State Bank of Suther- lis.'Sutheriln; Turner State Bank, Turner; Bank of Woodburn, woodburn. Toll Heavy for Bank in Oregon: Last 12 Yean Fatalities in tbe banking bus iness have been extremely heavy in Oregon the last 12 years, state and national records reveal. June 30, 1921, there were 287 banks in operation in Oregon. 189 be- In-; state Institutions and 98 na tional. Yesterday when reopening be- gan there were only 64 national banks in Oregon and 82 state banks. Of the latter, 60 opened without restrictions. 19 with re- a frictions and three were closed for reorganization or liquidation Ojt the 44 national banks, a num ber were on a restricted basis yes tarday. ; Millions of dollars in cash, in secured notes, in liquid securities and in first-mortgages were pour ed into the state and national banks of Oregon during the last 96: hours, bankers said. The sac rifices of hundreds of sharehold ers who were Insistent their banks reopen will never be fully tew. bank examiner said. : Numerous bank owners and of fleers, when notified of the re !SB ZIUlZl0t lflr ' a cent a pound, and small institutions, pledged their entire ri.om i VL" i&tSF??1" th "ol- vency of their banks. All banks whch reopened with- out restrictions had their assets wn .i- I ;:r:r:ivi.. ,r:v.."rr values and their capital stock un impaired. SILVERTON, March 15 Sil rerton people who were rather Skeptical as to Just what this banking holiday would do to things, smiled broadly Wednesday morning when the Coolidge & Mc Clalne bank doors opened for bus iness. Half the country-side came into Sllverton Wednesday morn ing to ' see, become convinced, and return to their homes" satis fied that things were going on again as In ' the good old days." Moore Sentenced rjy T 'X A 1 1 O Lilte. AttaCK n 1 Near KOSeOUrg ROSEBURG, Ore- March (AP) Robert A. Moore, recently arrested at 8an Francisco, charg ed with assault and robbery while armed with a dangerous weapon, was today sentenced by Circuit Judg eJ. W. Hamiltoa to lite 1m- prisonment In the Oregon penl- .lM2r tri Pe oty w aiwcrag a. ssacomeer, xra- Tr: v" . .... 'Bn Cisco. jTBDruarv z b. wn int two were on a trip from Roseburg to Keedsport In Macombers car Freewater Baby Burns to Death YREEWATER, Ore.. March 15 (AP) Glenn Cheever, 14-months-old son of Mr. and Mrs. m mm . , Lowell Cheever living two miles i worn ournea io ueam ioaay waen nts doming eaught fir from the kltchea stove. It was believed that while the mother was momentarily ab- eat innin aucnen, me naoy. just learangto wane, puled open Man Murdered on Street at Chelan - CHELAN, Wash., March It ( AP-W, J Widener, 45, -was shot and killed' on a business 'street late today as tbs aftermath of a ouarrel. authorities said, - growing out t a recent stabbing affray. - : On tie. evidence of witnesses, vhey added, they want to the bom of Fred Parker and" placed him under arrest. - 742 Banks in 12th District In Operation SAN F1.ANCISCO. March 15 -(AP) Jie twelfth Federal Be serre dtttrlct had 742 banks In operation today, including: Member banks, S48. Non-members, 394. Members licensed today 283, several in ore to be added). - Non-meiabers licensed today, 312. - Member banks unlicensed 87, (this will be reduced tomorrow). Non-member banks unlicensed, 143, (Includes many under con sideration). Conservators appointed, 18 In California. Member banks licensed, in ad dition to the foregoing, Alaska 4, Hawaii. States la district, 12. (California. Oregon, Washington, Idaho, Utah, Korean an I Anion a.) (Continued from paa 1) sale of the issue might be effect ed. Representatives of several bond ho)s met with the com mission to discuss the situation. Contracts Awarded Are. Listed by Commission tonir.cin uea luuay ,i lOW! S. N. Newall company, Port- land. 330.250, 1.5 miles Rice hill section of Pacific highway, road- bed construction. Lindstrom & Feigenson, Port land, 314.255. grading ana taring annroachee to Santiam river bridge on pacific highway at Jef ferson, J. F. Johnston, Newberg, 2,- 690, bridgo over Crooked creek 4 miles northwest of Chiioquin on The Dalles-California highway, Schmeer ft Williams, Portland, $9,850, furnishing maintenance materials for Ironslde-Brogan section of John Day highway. E. O. Gurber. Oregon City, 37,530, furnishing maintenance materials for Hot-Lake-North Ponder section of old Oregon Trail. The first three named contracts are in the federal emergency program. The commission announced that . in Its secondary highway maintenance program it is ready tn taV. n-wcr thns mart vhern it wag agreeable to the counties, and where not. then in 90 days tMi in th new ntt law. Th commission's next meetinr la scheduled to be held here April 19. (Continued from pas 1) lng in copper, future quotations were boosted 8-1 0s of a cent a wtrtn i A T3 m t t s a f 4m am a Im4 "taples as raw silk, sugar, -fa .,. ,vk 'n .CT'v.- 1-" I ""J. " bonds scarcely bespoke Incip- inflation, tor the effect of m- flation upon the fixed income se- curities is academically regarded as adverse, brokers reported that the speculative public was unde niably imbued with the idea of rising staple prices, either through inflation, or a lifting of pressuro by the restoration of fi nancial confidence, and the ban ishment of panic psychology. City Treasurer. Pays Out $5582 Bond Interest I nreanesaaj-, ine aay oi Dana reopenlngs, proved a paying out WT. J . . . . . 1 . I raner man a receiving aay at me ty treasurer's office. While few oelved. Treasurer C. O. Rice made out vouchers paying interest on Improvement and sewer bonds totaling 15582. The largest single payment was 31100, interest on 350,000 block of city bonds. Meeting W HoUSC ChamnPr IS DpniPn J i vi wiwv Wednesday denied tbe request of C. W. Cody and H. E. Jackson, president and secretary respec tively of. the Reconstruction league, to use the house of re presentatives or senate chamber I In the statehouse, for holding meetings of the organization. Governor Meier and Hal s. Hoss, secretary of state, voted te reject the application. Rufus C. Hohnan, state treasurer, was I UV SS VS3QUW rat VUTJ SUVlU. UUU- quarters ot the -league are ta not present at the meeting. Head- Portland, END DEATH PENALTY SACRAMENTO, March 15 todar the assemblv nassed a bill Un ahAit.h o.nit.i MMm.l. The vote was 48 ayes. 21 noes. ABOUT YOUR EYES Oe net aegkei I de se eaves headache liseemfart. Oar epUeal serr- f?f if. nine wik fob ROAD HORTH GOES ON PRICES WHEN MKT RESUMED Si! Salem Stays in Running by Spectacular' Work : of Pair of Forwards fCoethMMd from pas t) But Kelley and Wlntermute were the "hottest" they had been all season, and this circumstance palled Salem's chestnuts out , of the fire; Benson scored more freely than was pleasing to Salens fans fa the first half, but the two shcrpshootlng forwards kept Sa lem ahead; and In the second half the" defense tightened, allowing the Portlandera but three 'field goals. Benson could do nothing from farther away than the foul line, but Weichnrann, veteran cen ter, was hard to stop on close-in Shots. Tillamook Recognized As Title Prospect Tillamook and Silrerton waged a nip-end-tuck battle in the first half but the oddly-assorted boys from the cheese metropolis pulled away in the second half to win 38 to 29. The margin was wider than that prior to a neat rally by the Silver Foxes at the end. In which Scott was the outstanding performer. The combination of two mon strous men, each effective at one end of the court, and three small er speedy ones, with little Baum gartner right on the ball all the time and scoring from all posi tions, brought Tillamook into the limelight as one more certain con tender for the title. Little Athena, with but 55 stu dents from which to draw a bas ketball team, loomed as a threat to the bigger towns when it rolled up a 42 to 18 victory over La Grande. Athena scored 11 points before La Grande collected one. All of Athena's regulars seemed able to connect from any distance, with Gelssel, Leland Jen kins and Weber carrying most of the scoring lead. Summaries of night games: Benson Salem Brenner 1 F 11 Kellev Courtney 5 F 10 Wlntermute Welchmann 10 C Thomas Bums 1 G 2 Engel uourtney 2 O DeJardin 8 4 Morley Referee, Coleman; umpire, mrencn. SUvertoa Tillamook Scott 11 F.6 Kinnamon Kolln 5 F 15 Baumgrfnr rettyjohn T . C io Vogt Orfen 1 G Burckard Marx 3 G 5 Hediger Hoblltt 1 s 2 Thoeni Re'eree, French; umpire Pil uso. m At&ena La Grande lel. Jenkins F f Lyman Gelssel 15 F 2 Baxter Weber 8 C 2 Woodell Lio. Jenkins 7 O Corey ricxett s G 7 DeBoie S 1 Webb Referee, Piluso; umpire, Cole man. TEH 111 BY MEIER IN CLEANUP (Continued from pax 1) the public Interest is best served by refusing my assent thereto." The veto ax also fell on Sena tor Corbett's bill prohibiting the sale on the Oregon market of cer tain goods, wares or merchandise manufactured or rained, wholly or In part, by convicts or prison ers. Governor Meier held that the operation of this act would inter fere with or prohibit a contin uance of the state flax plant. The governor also disapproved Senate Bill 194. by Corbett, re lieving counties of the responsibil ity of paying for the care and support of the non-violent insane. "The effect of this act is to transfer from the various counties to the state the obligation of car ing for the non -"violent insane where their relatives are not able to do so," the veto message read. The state has no budget allow ance and has made no levy from which this payment could be made. To approve this act would throw out of balance both the state finances and the county fin ances." POSTAGE MAY BE CUT WASHINGTON. March 15. (AP) An Intensive effort to wipe out the postal deficit, which may possibly Include restoration t the two-cent stamp rate, was promised today by Postmaster General Farley, BOLlYUOOlJ 15c 25c Tin 7 After T with Lorettav Yowng, Erio Lin dew. Altae MacMaho. Cicada Farrell will give yew sua expert tew In ttvtnf as aww ss life Itself! COMING FRIDAY A SATURDAY 5'i- H The Call Board By OLIVE M. DOAK THB GRAND Today Joan Blondell la "Big City Blues". Friday Buck Jones in "Mb- Knna of th Mnnatiul" r WARXKR BROS. KL8IXORE Today Kate Smith in "Hel- lo. Everybody." Friday "Cohens and Kellys In Trnnhla." Pliarlaa Uio. ray and George- Sidney." WARNER BROS. CAPITOL Today Nancy Carroll in "The Woman Accused". HOLLYWOOD Today Lorettar Young in "Life Begins." Friday Laurel and Hardy in "Pack Up Your Troubles". It took 10. authors two months to write the Paramount-Liberty Magazine all-star story, "The Wo man Accused." which Is at the Capitol theatre today. The manuscript of the story started with Rupert Hughea in Hollywood and ended up with Sophie Kerr in Hollywood, mean while crossing the continent six times during the 60-day period. and going successively to Vickii Baum, Zane Grey, Vina Delmar, Irvin S. Cobb, Gertrude Atherton, J. P. McEvoy, Ursula Parrott and Polan Banks In various cities throughout the country. When blonde and peppy Joan Blondell, star of Warner Bros.' Big City Blues," at the Grand today, wants to shed a few pounds, she goes on a three - day diet of skimmed milk and baked potatoes. Although Joan, who is five feet four inches and weighs 118 pounds, is one of the busiest players on tbe Warner Bros, lot, she finds it necessary to watch the Blondell avoirdupois with a practical eye. Fannie Hurst knew what she was about when she wrote the story that is now being produced as "Hello, Everybody'" with Kate Smith playing tho lead. Miss Hurst wrote the story for Miss Smith so it should At her personality and It does. Although the American public knows Miss Smith as a singer, especially as a radio singer, yet in the play she does excellent acting and presents a story with homespun appeal of a hard tight for a country family to make good, save their home from financial reverses, and gives time for romance, too. In the course of thstory Kate does sing, but she sings as a radio entertain er in order to make the much needed money. Her success over the radio will be your success as you watch the picture's plot un fold at the Elslnore theatre today Laurel and Hardy will be seen in their latest feature-length com edy. "Pack Up Your Troubles." at the Hollywood 'theatre Friday. The popular comedians portray entirely new characterizations. As a couple of vagrants they are kidded Into joining the army, and when once In olive drab they find themselves involved in numerous predicaments. BEER BILL PASSAGE IS WEEK PL1ID (Continued from pax 1) measures are pending in legisla tures or await approval by gover nors to legalize and regulate the sale of beer. Orders for barrels, bottles. cases, caps and grain have been placed, additional orders await word from Washington. An offi cial of one of New York city's largest breweries estimated such orders for Immediate delivery would total more than 1100,- 000,000. With production, the survey Indicated, upward of 50,000 men will be returned to permanent employment In breweries alone. KIDNAP HOUSE FOUND CHAMBERLAIN. 8. D.. March H (AP) Charles Boetteher second, wealthy Denver broker. visited tho Verne Sankey ranch house near here today and said ho believed It was the one in which ho was held nearly IT days by kidnapers. Joan Blondell Erie linden Evalyn Knapp Guy Kibbee in IIG CITY BLUES I BRING THIS COUPON PAL TICKET Admit eee whoa presented with dm 25 paid adnrdssfoa Good Toaright Only-Mar. ! GliAND TUEA1IIC .. ? I l l Brinr I J th r - S below J , , i -tin ii -j 1 vk m. ' ii 1 n i e SUPPlfIS PERCE Earthquake no Joke, Finds Son of Mrs. J. A. Mills, Housemother Here "Twenty seconds is all it takes to tarn a peaceful place into one of terror,' Is the way Harry L Mills of Beverly Hills, Calif., characterises an earthquake, la a letter received here Wednesday by his mother. Mrs. J. A. Hills, house mother at Lausanne hall. Mr. Mills Is employed at Los An geles as a pip eorganlst. "Never again will I hoot when someone mentions an earth quake," he says . . . "Fortunately I was home when the quake came. We had just sat down to dinner when the most terrific rumbling and shaking came. The lights went out and the dishes dances around, the table. The big clock was swaying back and forth to ward the table." Mr. Mills, his wife and their son and daughter, grabbed no coats and rushed out of doors, where they saw the automobile In the driveway "rocking back and forth about a foot each direction". When they returned to the din ner table, "try as we would we coaldn't get interested In food and Just then the second shock came. It was not as bad as the first but by that time we had begun to re alise what a quake really meant so we were more terrified than at the first one. After that there was no more peace in the house that night. Each time a shock would come all would start for the door but by the time we got there it would be over." Mr. Mills describes the night of terror. In which they got little sleep, continually startled by re curring temblors. Next morning when he went to work he found comparatively few persons at their jobs. Heavy shocks coming that night and Sunday heightened the nervousness of everyone. Fearful of further quakes Mon day while writing the letter. Mr. Mills said he refused to go to his office on the 11th floor. "Here at the store," be writes. a lot of cracks developed and on some of the floors lots of plaster feu off but structurally the build lng withstood It very well." His home, he said, was not damaged 'The awful uncertainty of the thing is worse than the actual quakes. Not knowing how long It will last or when to expect the next one," he concludes. Measles Subside Gradually but InSuenza Gains The mild epidemic of measles in Marlon county Is subsiding, though not as rapidly as the new state department ot health bulle tin indicates, according to Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, county health officer. The bulletin listed new oases last week at 45, a decrease of 18 over the previous week. A majority of the measles eases are occurring In Salem. New influenza cases reported In the county last week Jumped frrn 2 to a total of 21. Other communicable disease eases were: Pneumonia seven, and tuberculo sis four. 600 Apply for CM.T.C. Camp; 9 Marion County VANCOUVER BARRACKS, Wash., Mar. 15 (Special) In dicating another capacity attend- COSTLIER TOBACCOS DO TASTE BETTER anev aaore than 60 appMeaUons are already oa file here tar the 1121 citixens MUitarr Training camp to be- held at this post be ginning; June 22, it was announc ed today, and among theat -art nine from Marlon, county. The camp, which will ran for four weeks, is free to able-bodied young men between the ages of IT and about 24. Applicants mar communicate directly with C. M. T. C. head quarters at Vancouver Barracks, or with enrollment committee members in their counties. Prompt action on the sari of aay pros pective applicants In Marion county who have not yet sought admission is advised, since the re sponse has been hearty over the camp area, as a whole so far. QU AGIST NEW YORK. March 15 (AP) Professor Albert Einstein an nonnced himself as a voluntary exile for the present from Ger many when he arrived here today from California. His announcement was made in a note answering a written ques tion of newspapermen. How long he will remain out of Germany, Einstein's message said he does not know. But he "Will not put foot on German soil as long as conditions in Ger many are as at present. " He sails Saturday for Antwerp, there intending to decide his fu ture course. "I am no nationalist," he said tohight at a dinner in his honor attended by some of the foremost American scientists and leaders in finance, education, art and let ters. "The meaning of a people, in my opinion," he went on, "is that It accomplishes something for hu manlty." Without mentioning Germany he referred to "the prevailing dis ease of an exaggerated national ism." Yakima Sheriff Kills Escaped Check Larcenist YAKIMA, Wash., March 15 (AP) George A. Smith, former M a b t o n resident, was shot through the head by Thornton Macey, Mabton deputy sheriff shortly after noon today near Al derdale and died 15 minutes later Sheriff Lew Evans of Yakima re ported tonight after investigating the case. Smith was arrested near Grand- view a month ago on a. check lar ceny charge by Sheriff J. K. Me- Farland ot Prosser, and escaped after receiving permission to drive his car to Prosser. Macey told Evans that as ha urea no stumbled over a sage brush and the bullet struck Smith in the head. Medical Society Commends F.R Resolutions commending Presi dent Roosevelt for his insistence on broad powers to reduce pay ments to veterans were sent east yesterday by tbe Marion County Medical association. Agreement to send the resolutions was msde by the doctors at a meeting here Monday. Medical men generally have felt that veterans have re ceived too much free service and compensation from the govern ment. Private hospitals have been severely handicapped by the growth of government subsidised veterans' hospitals. ' sv v' L HITLER MOVEr.iErjT Cr-p rrli. - 1 Art- 'in '- -i - i i .i, in. .-..rf -r- -1 - rf r-T ii The national 'Red Cross has called upon the Willamette chap- tor hero for a 250t contribution, if possible, to go for relief and re habilitation In the earthquake stricken area of southern Calif ornia, Judge. George Rossman. chairman, wag notified by tele gram Yesterday. A relief fund of 250,010 has been appropriated by tho national organisation. "The Willamette valley and es pecially the section that surrounds Salem has been particularly for tunate, Stated Judge Rossman. "We have suffered no disaster ot this kind. Many people in Salem will, without doubt, desire to make a contribution, to tho above- mentioned fund. Anyone desiring to do se may make his contribu tion te Mr. Harold E. Eakin. vice- president of tho First National bank; to Mr. Lynn Smith, cashier ot the United States National bank, t or to Mr. H. V. Compcon, rice president of Ladd Bush bank. I hope the response will be generous." E DALLAS, Attorneys for Charles F. Longacre. 50. held on a statu tory charge, this week filed a mo tion tor dismissal of the case on grounds of Insufficient evidence. Longacre was arrested last week at his home near Polk station by Sheriff T. B. Hooker. Complaints filed here Tuesday were: Frank Bell vs. M. H. Gen- temann and the First National bank of Independence seeking a Judgment for 22500 on a note and foreclosure. The other complaint was that of the Union Central Life Insur ance company vs. Willie E. Car son, et al. The plaintiff seeks a Judgment for a total ot 26471. TO with Interest, and also foreclosure of a mortgage. 3 Per Cent Sales Tax Up, Illinois SPRINGFIELD. 111., March 15 (AP) A three per cent sales tax, designed to produce 60 mil lion dollars a year for unemploy ment relief, was voted In the house today. The bill now goes to the senate for concurrency in some minor amendments, and then to Governor Henry Horner, its sponsor. McMnna At the residence on route 8 Salem, March 15, Mrs. Susan F. McMunn, aged 85 years. Survtv ed by three daughters, Mrs. Jen nie Croteau of Canada, Florence Matthes of Salem, Ella McMunn ot Salem; granddaughter, Mrs. Frank Matthes ot Salem. Funeral services from the chapel of the Clough-Barriek company, Friday, March 17, at 2:20 p.m. Inter ment Hayesville cemetery. siuply vonn 0DT? Take Lydia E. PlnUuutk'a Vegetable Compound tXta TC. FtakfMSs Vtfteable Coo wni awiayeo. ita tomie ecttaawm m wbwiI acraoetav, mm 4 wuie terov. OS eat ef mrr 1W uwmi wto n mm ear the otrm liMiSfa br Millrim Bay a bottM from year drag- aw voomr ana wmxca too nwin. i ' ' lOBE SEEKING DISMISSAL WG hnenhnld tfetlaa? Y fy no Omtm te be aftc&t , , . rw sra dfW , elites F Elf ACTIVITIES AO P mm Tho activities of Max Ferrar, ringleader in demonstrations' ot the unemployed. Is arousing the ire ot somn local citizens, it was noted in expressions about the city yesterday. Ferrar is out on ball pending trial for tho assault on S. Ellis Purvine in January which resulted in Purvlne's suf fering a severe stroke of paraly sis. ; Heading many; of tho demon strations, such as that at the Oregon-Washington Water Ser vice company office Tuesday, has been Ferrar, who before his ar rest last month claimed ho had been sent i here from "national headquarters. His latest activity is "organizing the men on coun ty employment projects to fight for a 1 2 cash wage . instead ot 60 cents cash and f 1 in groceries. T. AST TISIES TODAY AiMHn'vi- Beloved Qneem of Badie, in a Hamas Drama by Fannie Harsc In "Hellb Everybody" ! with R-iXDOLPH SCOTT SALLY SLAVE Tomorrow & Saturday St Patrick' t Day Treat For You . They're fighting again or yet . . . and they're funnier than ever. V AND ClOHILYS m TROV3LE 99 with GEORGE SIDNEY CHARLIE MURRAY MAUREEN O SULLIVAN LB1 rPfM el h rfil 1 3 Today and Tomorrow The WOMAN ASSHJ3EID The Flaming Romance of a Girl Trapped by Passion and Freed by Love! ... ... - . with Nancy Carroll Cary Grant John Halliday By ten world-famous authors Rupert Hnghes Vickl Baum ' Zane Grey Vina Delmar Irvln 8. Cobb G'rtr'de Atherton J. P. McEvoy Tfrsnla Parrott Polaa Bank Sophie Kerr EXTRA FOR LAUGHS Louise Fazenda in "Hunting Trouble" ! News . Events 25c ALWAYS t r"" " ' 1 - V I1 I "ST 't"'w " Paramount- Libert7; my m Magazine! J All-SUr : ll) ftm Story !