TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning April 25, 1933 EDuraniK ' EYED BY CHURCHILL Rapid Advancement of High Schools is Outlined at , .. P.-T. Joint Meet . ' Tee tour parent-teacher asso ciations of Salem, Leslie, Lincoln, McKinley and senior high, held a combined meeting at the Leslie Junior high school last night, with an address on changes In methods ot edneattoa by President J. Churchill ot Monmouth normal the program feature, k . Professor Chnrchlll contrasted to some extent high - schools ot their early day to the present. In 19SJ there are nearly 400 high schools in Oregon; In 1913, there were only St. He recalled serving as principal of the Baker high school la 1891 for $81 per month, at which time Portland teachers were getting 60, and many rural peJasoguea got only 825 or $80. Wa alan annlrai of rhfin'M tn colleges and nnlrersltlcs In the state, Relative to Monmouth, he said the Oregon normal Is rated firth on entry qualifications ot a long list ot schools. Criticism that MDnmouth buildings are old Is not entirely Just, h indicated. Seven faculty mea on that campus hold doctor's degrees. .Mrs. 3D.- J. McLellan, president ol Leslie P. T, A., presided at the Joint session, and also gave a re port of Leslie activities. Presi dents Charles McElhlniyr of the 'iigh school group and F. A. J. Boehrlnger of Lincoln told ot work of their units, and Miss Dor othy Taylor reported for Mc KInley. . A suggestion by Mrs. R. L. Wright that the four groups form a city P..T. A. council for study of problems tor the entire system met with approval and will be further considered. - Other program numbers includ ed songs by the high school girls quarter: Ila Hofferd, Eve Coch ran, Joyce Phelps, Jean McElhin oy, Rachel Pemberton, accompan ist; accordion solo by Mrs. Wayne Greenwood; vocal solo by Mrs. Harry Harms. Nominations for officers of the Leslie P. T. A. for the new year vere reported as follows: . For president, Ralph H. KleU ing; vice-president, Mrs. Harry Miller; treasurer, Walter Minier; secretary, Mies Vivian Carr. I0TCIFI IVITII U. S. LEiDEF! (Continued from paga 1) after hanging fire more than a year. With Norman H. Davis coming from Geneva to represent the United States, and with the other major powers represented on the organizing committee, the foreign secretary" Is expected not to allow the committeemen to leave Lon don nnttl a date for convening the conference has been set. Ex pectations are he will de this un der direct orders from Prime Minister MacDonald Whether the opening can be before early July depends on whether Japan will insist npon two months notice of the date ot the first session. Sir Joha Simon will preside at 1 the organising committee session iu Downing street Saturday. Daniels Becomes save V bw ) I Envoy to Mexico MEXICO CITT, April 24 (AP) Josephus Daniels became the new United States ambassador to Mexico late today when he pre- a JS2Jl2ta Pve!ldt bassadorial hall of the national palace. Both Mr. Daniels and the pres ldent stressed friendship and co operation between Mexico and the United States in their speeches. So. HI Srnopi; at Annual Statement of The Traveler Iadaaaity ComBanr cf Hart ford, ia It fcttata ol Conaaetieat, oa the ! thirtr-first day ol Deeeabar. 1932, made to (ha Inraranea Comniiuonar ol tkt I Htata ol UTcfoa, aanaaet to lav: . .1 CAPITA!. .Vaiouct tapitaJ itock paid p, 3,- VUU.BVU.VV.- . . . IXCOXB Nat prfaiarat racairad ' duriaf tlia Tar. .10.840.7171. - latrraat, dmdanda aad teats received dariaa tka year, S5aS.S2S.04. laeaaoa Iroaa otaor aaareaa raeetved dormr the rear, 3,0178. Total Ucoaie, f 10,661,957 9 1 niDnaa.uvuir, Mat toeae aaid darin taa rear lohid biS adjsrtaiaat ezpaase. 5,02.65t.t4. Uiidanda paid am capital etoek d ar ia r the year. S420.OOO.OO. . CoaiauaaioBB and ealariet aid ' iarinc the year. Sa.778.045.00. Taxes. Ileanaaa and faaB nmlff eTnrtnff tt year. 4343.417.60. i lseesaia' S Totai einenditnrea. .11.712.483.08. v , assets T.r..7V TttW KmKr Value of atocki aad bond. ke. Tahia), sia.o.i.898.00. ,irf',,Mle,,rw,',e-' Ca'ta in, baaVa aad oa aaad. SLT.t. tOO.li. . rSuSSmTJ2 tsaaiau' cotaodities, were seen at brok ssisa! ' ers- off ices and some commltt- ..iVr1!. iwita 4a and aearaed. ww..,. s Total adautted au. 2o,o.U4.. i . KuaiWTitas d8ioY.oo " "4J"p5, V Aaaaat ef aaoaned prenlaaia aS 'v'?dint .. - (T.tI7.21, ,. Centinffy Keaorra .l,37,t9.0O. apociai aveaatra, fl,141,B6s.9t. : All other liabilities. .873.344 OR ' Total HaoiUtiea, azeept capiul, $15,. CaniUI Mil ta Si 6oA ho ft M - Sarolaa am .n liaMUBM .4 5ao . 107.SO. Total fin,150,4.4. BCSINE8M IN OUTGO YOa , THE TXAa i Net premiunn rooaived dorinf the year, $7,494r .. .... . : . jj- rl,lf tto year, ?5.e0t.- ! liOtaea Ucatred. dorivf tie year, 0. Kaaao at Cuaipaay aa TraTlara la. Seonity Oompaay. ' , - - ," ! Preaideat and Xii5SnT L. cumnna aener. . - : Naaio of Soeretert, YrA 8. Garriaoa. . ' Btatatory, raaideat attorney toe aerr-, tea. . - - -' ..V'Seafe of-valMttaa U aoaritW it tk Fatinaal CoTiTention o( lasuraaeo. Coot SiHeioaera Tlatioa. " : Attorney General May Yet Prosecute Albert Peirce CPS Cases, Revealed Here While the attorney general's office here does not propose to take the lead In prosecuting the Albert E. Peirce company for al leged llue-sky law violations con nected with the sale of Central Public Service, stock, there is no necessity for the statement that the district attorney's office in Portland is the sole agency for making such a prosecution. Such was the view -held at the capitol yesterday after a letter from At torney General Van Winkle to Charles M. Thomas, utilities com missioner, pointed out that "his authority to initiate and carry on criminal prosecutions was with drawn by Governor Meier March t," -. .:.;.. ,'.4i'V.?,-:.-.v-;v.-- The office of Governor Meier indicated yesterday that the let ter of March. 9 referred solely to the continued employment of Barnett H. Goldstein as special prosecutor by the attorney gen eral's office to conduct cases in Portland involving alleged ille galities la savings and loan or ganizations. - Should Commissioner Thomas or -Corporation Commissioner Carey wish to proceed against the Central Public Service com Arguments were heard by the state supreise court Monday in a mandamus proceeding filed by Charles H. Wleder and E. B. Hall, to compel Hal E. Hoss, sec retary of state, to accept peti tions for the referendum of a law enacted by the 1933 legisla ture creating a state power com mission and authorizing the sale of bonds. Hoss previously refused to ac cept the petitions after Attorney General Van Winkle had held that the law was not subject to referendum for the reason that it carried the emergency clause. i. v ncu vuo cuicjftcui. nauao. intervenors in tne proceeding included Ray W. Gill, master of the Oregon state grange, and Morton Tompkins, ex-member of tne state legislature. Plaintiffs alleged that the leg- islature exceeded its authority when it affixed an emergency clause to the power measure. I W. S. TJ'Ren. Portland attor-1 ney and father of the initiative j and referendum law, appeared I for the plaintiffs. Attorney Gen- eral Van Winkle represented Hoss, while Roy R. Hewitt an- peered for the intervenors. 10CESE0IE Ifl BITTER BUTTLE (Contloued from page 1) killed Friday and Saturday in the fighting below Kupeikow. Losses for .Sunday and Monday were ea- timeted at about the same. TIENTSIN. China, April 24 ( AP) - The Chinese launched a counter-off enBlve on the upper Lwaa river today, ostensibly to prevent occupation ot Feiping and Tientsin by Japanese zorces. Appa r e a 1 1 j weU-e.tabli.hed Apsse- a v u t i - WuSiS move Japanese pro-! poaal that Manchukuoan troops . .v- k l,.f AXnr from the club set out to help ob be permitted peacefully to occupy ... thm tnnn .M i... the two cities. The Japanese and Mahehukuoans were Bald to have given the Chinese one week to ae- cept this proposal. 8 'Continued from rag 1) tney Had received a teiepnone call Saturday, shortly after noon, from a man who said he was Morris Silverman, orotner oz inei man held, giving tne address where the car might be found and requesting the change of tires, Brokerage Firms Do Big Business A &ain ?pnnrir?f XigdIII, lCpUl 4.CU 4 Several loeal business men. in Portland yesterday, came home tp 1 report that crowds were to be teen lie the brokers offices in the fla- aiKial district of the city. "It looked like 1929." one maa commented. "Ia contrait to the dull days which have prevailed I f yra, many persons, apparent- I U 1narict In hnrlnr atarVt md I menta were made. The best information we could t u that inflation of the cur- i rency was more a matter or taxa thaa ef 'reality, one broker re- 1 Porting that the administration 1 hoped to obtain the good effects i of inflation and price increases. iwunout actually resorting to de valuation of the dollar." It Never Pays To Neglect , YOUR EYES It's the poorest possible eoon- mnv to nut off visitine tout vl ocnUst parUeularly when i voor eves can be tested and r: lasses supplied for. so little. CE SLR MS SOI NEW ANGLE pany or its brokers, power to prosecute would undoubtedly be given the attorney general's of fice, the executive's headquarters hero indicated. Thomas, has Indicated he would like action taken against the Peirce organization. In tie letter to Van Winkle last November when he submitted the results of his findings on Central Public Service's maneuvers, Thomas characterized " its stock selling practices as "a piratical, ratb- less campaign for the marketing of questionable, securities, shot through with reprehensible prac- tlcea, misrepresentation and de-I eeit, which cost, thousands their life savings. I " "Prior to June 25, 1980, no I permit was issued by the corpor-1 atlon commissioner authorizing I the sale er exchange of the Cen-1 tral Public Service corporation I stock , la.: this state," Thomas pointed cut "Between March 80, 1930, when the campaign open ed, and June 2 5 1930. when a permit was first issued, stock was sold or exchanged to the amount of about $7,000,000, In plain violation of the blue iky law. Hans! WOODBURN, April 24 Wood- j burn's Portland Valley League team came through with its sec ond straight win of the season Sunday afternoon when the locals took a game from the Vancouver team by a 6-3 score. The game was played at Vancouver. Schwab and L. Glrod put the game in the bag by scoring a run each in the last frame after the score had been tied at three-all in the eighth. Johnny Beck, Woodburn's pitcher, showed up well again SK!!! Vancouver 8 plichvr" 7.1! M2 j twQ Both OUtfitS SCO red flT hlta. Woodhnrn eenraA two In the second, one in the fourth, and two in the ninth. Vancouver got one run in the sixth and two in the eighth canto. Next Sunday the Woodbura team plays Sandy here, Lineups: Woodbura Vancouver L. Glrod ....... Sb . . Fitzgerald (geraia I Dewey Bomhoff cf , Hughes ss...... Hardin r I Brossel. ....... rf . . . . . Jmim D. Manning lb Hunter Gearin.... 2b..... Hnntiir I Norton... c....... Grant Beck p...... Gallant Lnts. ......... m. . .. . Latferty Schwab It Marrs m White m Lorenzo I Hughes ss Harding Umpire, Newton. - LIS TO SUPPORT I Taking up the cause ot Boy 1 Scout work in Salem, directors ot ! Lions club who met yesterday I their organlsaUon's support ot the ? Sm Into the field after the funds needed to raise the scout budget. tain the $3000 needed to complete this year's budget, which is tor S3600, a reduction ot $2000 from last year. In addition to raising the 193$ budget, scout workers are faced with paying oft a $3000 deficit. the holdover of Cascade council from the last several years. Crashes Engine But Isrfi Hurt l. B. Gilbertson. 1909 South Hiith streeL escaoed without in jUry other than cuts on the left hand when his sedan ran head on into a Southern Pacific switch ea- giQ in the 309 block of South 12th street. at 10:48 o'cloek last nleht. The sedan was badlv dam aged. AMITY DROPS OPENER AXTTTY Anrfl 1 "Ta Imlt, I DeD11 te,ua lotst lta tint league t Sheridan. Prtdav after game to Sheridan, Friday after noon at 8heridaa. T to S. Ver non Stephens pitched and Johnnie fl fl AHonhrndTl&arer f IAJ0B,I.Y1700 Last Times Today silver Hnar Kl wltb Edw. G. Robdraman Bob Damiels ' IV Coming wedavesday Thnrsday 'THOSE WE LOVE" Mary Astor, Lllyan Tash J maa and Kenneth Mac- f Kenna . V TrVedaeedaiy Thunday Z are Diane Kites . eTTTrWtwT5IS!Tiscatr taf r coMraa stjsday - V nijyjjjTniOTOcsT mm n SCOUT 1 1 35,01 mm TO mi BLOSSOMS Police - Needed for Trafflo .Control as 'big Crowds Make Loop Tours Tmrty-nve inousand persona are estimated to hare made the! annuel tour through the orchard districts adjacent to Salem oa Blossom day Sunday. Frank O. Deck e bach, Jr., King Bias ot the sponsoring Cherrlan organization, was highly pleased yesterday with the turnout, which he thought waa as large as at any time in Blossom day history. Visitors to Salem came early Sunday morning front Portland and were accommodated by the arrangements made at the cham- j her of commerce where cars took 400 persons through the orchard districts during the day. Some I visitors came from as far as Ta- coma and Seattle, wash. City police were needed to handle traffic on Commercial street during mid-afternoon when 1009 cars aa hour were counted colar over the Willamette river bridge. Orchards were in fine bloom for. the day and weather was cloudless and without wind. Large numbers ot visitors went to the Franklin tulip farms in l West Salem as well aa to the no-1 morons private gardens opened for inspection. Seven hundred and fifty visitors Inspected- the state eapitol which was opea for the day. Route signs indicating the path to be taken aided visitors on their tour. DOG LICENSES WILL BE COOU TOPIC ! Dog licenses wlllrbe among, the subjects to be discussed from the floor at the city council meeting next Monday night, it is expected. At the last meeting. Alderman H. Vandevort spoke sharply of tne aog dui enaciea oy ine imi legislature and providing that iuuas coneciea oj iub couaiy ivi licenses on dogs owned in cities shall revert to the various city treasuries. Sheep owners, Vandevort de clared, decry the new law because it takes money out of the county iuna irom. wuicu uej uiwu reimbursed for sheep killed by fund from which sheep men are dors. nr stout 94000 collected here I this year for dog licenses, about rm -hnlf win m to tbe cltv of Sa- lem. It Is estimated that by the end of the year $1000 will have been taken in. At direction of the council. City Attorney-Kowits fa prepanaa a ummarr of leaialatlon auecessful hy sponsored by the League of Oreeoa Cities. Elf KEIHPEB IS CALLED SEASIDE. Ore.. April 24 (AP) Mrs. Ines Eugenia Parker. ST, nt.-.. rhl VT'XZ .TZT i. the Pacific northwest, died at her home here Saturday. Born in Galesburg, 111., October 18, 1845, she crossed the plains when she was only S years old, with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. William Adams. Mrs. Parker, who witnessed the growth of Oregon from a wilder ness to a state, was well acquaint ed with many of the persons fig ured In this state's history, in cluding Dr. John McLoughlin. The family settled on a dona tion land claim near McMlnnville, 1 but nine years later moved to! Oregon City where Adams edited 1 the Argus. Mrs. Parker, then It, was said to be the first wo man, to set type In the Oregon country. Abraham Lincoln was one of the paper's subscribers. Adams was 1 later collector of customs at As- I tori a DITIDB GAMES TURNER, April 24. Jeffer son and Turner high school base ball teams played here Friday afternoon. Turner girls wea 36-6: Turner boys lost 7-1 1. This is the 1 second league game played, the girls winning twice. Desperate Chances! Murderous Crooks! THEY MET THEM BLUFFED THEM 'BLACK SHADOW See this Thrillinjr Mystery Drama Opens Wednesday Nlxht PRESENTED BY NELSOirAUDITOIUUll Oiemeketa et Liberty ENDS TnURS. & . MaUlnee 23c ' KljCht WS3C. : X CWIdren lOc won 2r&& 111 1 nwui a i t i II ST II A BM wlr la i fi T KING BING i I T. O. DECKEBACH. JR. The Call Board. . By OLIVE M. DOAE KLSINOfeK Today Robert Armstrong and Fay Wray la "King Kong. Thursday Kay Francis and George Brent la "Key Hole" and Joyn Wayne in Telegraph Trail." THE GRAND Today Noel Coward's "Cav alcade" with 40 featured players. Friday William Collier. Jr.. and Sally Blane la "Phan tom Express. , THE HOLLYWOOD Today E. O. Robinson in "Silver Dollar.", Wednesday Mary Astor and Lllyan Tashman in "Those We Love." Friday Ken Maynard In "Come on Tartan" and "Payment Deferred. tti . ft ji CiSt6H6 1 BViOX Awarded $20J)00 LOS ANOELES, April 24. (AP) For injuries received la an automobile accident early , , . . . Christmas morning. 1981, a Jury lonigai mwaraea minw xs-yior. film actress 120,000 from Frank Joyce, theatrical agent, and his cuauueur mow a, ocoiu The actress, former wife of the former heavyweight champion. Jack Dempsey, had asked $10, 000. Hurry! See Is: bae mind with FAY WRAY ROBT. ARAISTRONG BRUCE CABOT Story by EDGAR WALLA CB "BL(KKi)03g(l r.1 jaw a i NEXT ATTRACTION TWO FEATURES Geo. Brent I Joha Wayne tat Kay Francis I Teiecnplx in -Key HoU" Trmfl- IN ONE EMERGENCY YOUR TELEPHONE MAY BE WORTH MORE TO YOU THAN IT COSTS IN A LIFETIME Your txlephoite extends jour powers and capio ities. Tour range. Your effectirenesa in business. At borne it keeps you in touch with friends. Unifies the family. Spells hospitality. Saras the nickels and dimes otherwise con sumed in countless household errands. . Nothint in oiHcsj or home, ffl does so much for so httla. every dtrectionL ' Tns PAanc TtLirnoNE and TbxcBira Cottpaxt Baslneas fflce, 740 State Street, Phone 3101 . 1IBILLE BEATEN. BfSTMIKES STATION. April 14.-Staytoa high won both games of a double header oa the home grounds from Anmsvtile' Friday afternoon, the score of the girls game being 37- 1$, and the boys game 19-0. Don Champ, Stayton nurier. pitched steadily through the game and was never in hot water. Not aa Aumsville player got past sec ond base. Staytoa hit Amos. Aumsville slabsmaa, freely, finally , driving him to the bench after "Sharker Drleache poled out a triple with the bases loaded. Morgan, his suc cessor, fared little better. 'Butch Shelton. Stayton rlgnt fielder, sprained an ankle in a col lision with the Aumsville catcher in the early innings of the game. and will probably be out ot. the lineup for 'a week or two. MIST DAY UEtll Seven Marlon county commun- j ity clubs will vie in elimination contests in Salem -high school au ditorium at 8 o'clock tomorrow night. E. L. Moor, president ot the federated community clubs, announced yesterday. Competition will ha by type of program: Glee MIDDLE AGE HAS NO TERRORS NOV Woman Finds Relief After Taking Ljdla E. Pinkham'a Vegetable Compound Ji t I 5: lass the a gkMri Umud tw day at a tkmm. I frit as K X hd faM kat my bmM. X ttti imnl aadldaM bat fait mm bttar. Thaa I triad IUaLRnkkMn's mtd eh h7t he SMedaclMe m a lax I-1, It Today! mm CLUBS mttm A Picture Destined to Startle the World Things ne Imesasi eye r nuavaMJt seeat . . of maa iwgteed f aes . els.be, orchestra and pablle speak- . . tag. : ..... Aumsville, Turner and Liberty cltthe will try- out ta the glee club work. Orchestras win be entered by Sllverton ' Hills. Turner and West Stayton. Lablih Center. Lib erty, Sllverton Hills and Turner will enter contests la the public speaking competition. . Winner in each division will win the right to participate la the final program at the Elslnore the atre. - ' . Seniors 'Flunk Without Mishap Stealing out ef the city 8unday night and -early yesterday, Wil lamette university seniors made a successful get-away for their an nual "flunk day". In recent years underclassmen hare been accus tomed to clashing with the sen iors, capturing; them when possi ble and taking their supplies of food.. 'This year the upper class employed a caterer to furnish their meals. The day was spent at a beach resort. Co mmeFoa Grocery (Next to MaeDoweWs Meat Market) 171 S. E!"n t? ri5' I Phone n Wa hart A- delirerlea Com I dally. I 753o (Ooaety Warrants db Local Currenry Accepted IT err) SALE 2 2 2 Grocery values Salem has never before experienced are yours for three big days, Tuesday, Wednesday & Thursday, April 25. 26 & 27th. TOMATOES Southern California to matoes, full of color LarseNo. 1H o . )C Cans )for Wt CLAMS F. A. B. Fancy Minced Butter Clams ad Cana for 27c OATS, large Quaker 2 Pkgs. : 25C PEARLS OF WHEAT SHRIMP Americano Beauty.. I cans 19c 15c CRYSTAL WHITE 10,OT 25c CORN, Golden' Bantam, so o 90 size O cans aCreJC SUGAR 10 Lbs 41c MILK Golden Rey or Armours 4 Cans 17C IMJflMBIIIE PUT ON YOUR SHOES wmmi Womers Soles C5c3 Men's Sole3 ffiLCfrfo Boy's Soles Children's Soles according to slz We use only the finest leathers and there can be no finer work produced in any ahop SOPIIOMESWE SMIIOIIS TESTS - What's a hashish? - I a fire dog aa animal or is it a piece of fireplace equipment? If your vo cabulary does not "include these and other equally Interesting bits your chances' ot rating high in the comprehensive examinations administered Monday to members ot the Willamette university sophomore class would be all. For three hours the second year students labored with the first dose at the teste' which will oc cupy three afternoon this week. Given as a means of measuring the lntelelectual prowess of sophomores in colleges all over the United States, information gathered through these examina tions win form aa educational survey unusually thorough. In a similar testing last year Willam ette placed among: the- upper third ot schools tested. I SNOWDRIFT 6 Lb. Can -.l. 75C All 2 Ounce SPICES Ecyat Mace, Cream Tartar, Powder 2 for 15c SALMON, Alaska Pink 3 Cans 25C RAISINS Full 15 ox. O 1 C . Pkgs. s-for IDC SUPER SUDS 2 pkjr. 15c LARD or SHORTENING 3 Los 19c Green or Black TEA 15c ib. SOAP White Wonder 10 Bar. 19c "r 57,,;.;,-;.:, r. A .. ...... A J v t y - :