The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980, July 27, 1933, Page 1, Image 1

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Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, July 27, 1933
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Harry V. Reed Installed as
Cbmmarider; his Family' .
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financial Report : Is Good;
Resolutions Declare
Tor Vets' Relief .
Closing their annual encamp
ment here yesterday afternoon,
members of the Oregon depart
ment, United Spanish War Veter
ans, installed Harry V. Reed,
Portland, as department comman
der, while his wife, Elizabeth
Reed, was lndncted as department
president of the auxiliary. Their
daughter, Myrtle Reed, was in
stalled as department correspond
ing secretary for the- auxiliary.
, The financial report- showed
that the Oregon department is
now operating on a cash basis.
This was the first encampment
held under the plan of assessing
all members 25 cents per, year for
encampment expenses, it ras vot
ed to continue the plan Indefinite
ly. legislative Program
Adopted as Framed
- The legislative program of the
department, approved by resolu
tion, follows:
Restoration of benefits in effect
prior to last March when the fed
eral economy act was enacted,
preference of veterans for federal
employment, permanent medical
corps and establishment of hos
pitals In centers of disabled mili
tary population regardless of state
lines, opening of new . soldiers'
home at Roseburg and opposing
any attempt to closo veterans hos-i
pltal In Portland, maintenance of
an adequate national djstens OD
position to commuliIsWrinorsp
port of candidates in sympathy
with veterans' legislation, restora
. tion of the 100 burial expense
for veterans.
Another .resolution provides
that only the Incoming command
er of the veterans department
will have his expenses paid to the
national convention. 1 ,
Other resolutions suspend the
per capita assessment of 10 cents
for the support of the Roosevelt
Memorial association nntil June
30, 1934, and Cjeat a congres
sional committee to study veter
ans' pensions.
Delegates observed a moment
of silence out of respect for El
wood E. Clark of Bend, past com
mander, who -died since the last
annual encampment.
All officers nominated at Tues
day's sessions were elected.
Appointment of Officers
Of Department listed
Offices filled by appointment of
the new commander were: Sam
Starmer, Roseburg, chief of staff;
G. O. Keeney, Portland, adjutant;
Roy Doble, Portland, quartermas
ter; George F. A. "Walker, assist
ant adjutant and quartermaster,
retained; Leon V. Hyde, Astoria,
surgeon; Sam Hansen, Portland,
chaplain; Col. T. Hamer, Port
land, Judge advocate; Seneca
Founts, Portland, liaison officer.
retained, and Tom Bodley, Port
land, graves registration officer.
The grand lair ot the Military
Order of the Serpent, the fun or
der of the veterans, elected J. G.
Henry, La Grande, to succeed Ed
ward S. Hawker as grand gugu.
Dave Hayes, Eugene, was named
grand datto; W. L. Goodwin, La
Grande, T. I. I. G. G.; E. H. Col
lldee, L. H. K. S. A.: George Carr,
Jr., Portland; Jack Klingensmith,
Portland: J. Simmons, Klamath
Falls, and T. G. Bants of La
Grande, slick and sllmey keepers
ot the ophidian.
More than 600 delegates at
tended this year'a encampment.
Delegates said la was probably
the most interesting encampment
held in recent years.
Needham Beaten
But Walt Cline
Still Competing
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 28
(AP)-i-Bill Langley ot Portland
defeated Bert French . in the
morning round and Albert Drake
in the second round her today to
enter the semi-finals ot the Ore
gon State Golf association Junior
tournament Jamea Hunt won
from Bob Ingalia to make the
iemi-finalt., w-
Bob Clarke, who reached the
seml-flnals, was tetrad to be over
the age limit His three defeated
opponents will meet tomorrow in
e special threesome to determine
who will eater semi-finals against
Bill Castleman, who earn through
successfully today. .
In the second fllrbt Win field
Needham of Salem, lost to Fred
Ehelable of Portland, who came
in l np. !. - .
Walter Cline, ot Salem, playing
in me tnird flight defeated Wil
Jard Clinton of Portland, 5 and 4.
Heroic Pair of
. Bandit Killers
y - $ ""mow
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Isaac McCarthy and his wifo are
heroes to all Kansas, following
their nerve-racking experience
with bank robbers at Altainont.
31cCarthy shot two bandits
wnlle one was holding Mrs. Mc
Carthy as a shield.
BOARD FOB PUBLIC
Hockley, Haney, Stanfield
Selected; Dana Ready
To Begin his Task
PORTLAND. July 26 (AP
While congratulations were com
ing in to Marshall N. Dana, Port
iana newspaperman, on his ap
pointment as regional adviser for
the fifth district ot the public
works administration, Dana today
advised President Roosevelt, 1
am honored to accept the appoint
ment, and I am ready for duty and
await directions."
Headquarters for the district
wntcn includes Oregon, Washing
ton, idano and Montana, trill be
in Portland.
The duties of the northwest re
gional adviser, who has been as
sociate editor of the Oregon Jour
nal since 1909, will be largely of
supervisory nature. He said
today he expects to spend most of
his time traveling throughout the
district In order to keep closely
advised of tbe progress of the va
rious public works projects under
taken.
The appointment, which carries
an annual salary of 96,000, was a
surprise to Dana.
Dana had not been a candidate
for the appointment, and state
leaders had recommended C. C.
Hockley of Portland for the post
word was received here today
mat Hockley, Bert Haney of Port
land and Robert X. Stanfield of
Baker have been appointed as
members of the Oregon advisory
Doard.
Mayor Douglas McKay yester
day signed tho beer tax ordinance
passed by the council Monday
night, saying that the measure
could be changed if necessary,
The license committee, he explain
ed, had agreed to initiate
change in whatever of the meas
ure s provisions did not prove fair
to the various types of beer deal
ers.
With the ordinance now going
into effect August 3, it is expected
the city recorder's office will be
flooded with applications lor li
censes. These will be referred to
the city council at the regular
meeting August 7, unless a spe
cial session is called prior to that
date, then given the license com
mittee for recommendation. Ap
plication blanks were received by
the recorder yesterday.
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APPOINTED
mm ens bill
FOR TAX ON H
Fe hi Removed Seals of
Ballot Pouches, Claim
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., July
26 (AP) Against the conten
tion of the state today that Earl
H. Fehl, ' Jackson county Jndge,
waa Instrumental in the theXi ot
several thousand ballots from the
Jackson county court house last
February, defense counsel declar
ed that Judge Fehl had nothing
to do irith the ballot theft or any
Interest In a recount
The state's declaration and the
reply by defense counsel were
made .in. the eourse of opening
statements today. In the trial in
circuit court here of Judge rem
on a charge of complicity in the
theft of the ballots, which occur
red on the eve of the recount of
votes to determine the legality ot
the election of Gordon Schermer
horn as sheriff. .-
The opening statements com
pleted, the state moved swiftly to
put on its witnesses. Harley R.
Brower .of Ashland, testified he
had heard a conversation between
Judge. Fehl and, T. L. Brecheen,
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75 Merchants of Polk and
Marion Counties , Meet,
. Agree on Ethics .
Premiums, Secret Rebates
Forbidden; Uniform
Prices Required
Rallying enthusiastically to
President Roosevelt's recovery
program, 75 retail meat dealers
from representative Marlon and
Polk county towns met at the
chamber of commerce here last
night discussed the code of fair
business competition promulgated
by the Oregon Retail Meat Deal
ers association -and generally ex
pressed willingness to sign up to
observe its provisions.
Vice President Everett C. Walk
er of the association predicted af
ter the meeting that the meat men
in these two counties would ac
cept the code 100 per cent Last
night's was the largest meeting of
meat dealers ever assembled in
this region, he said.
Purpose and meaning of the
code, which was adopted July 16
when the state association was
formed at Eugene, were outlined
by Harold F. Allen, Eugene, state
president, and E. O. Harlan, Eu
gene, state secretary.
Unfair Practices
Defined in Code
The code defines "retail meat
market," specifying certain facil
ities as necessary and forbids as
unfair practices the following:
Making of misleading state
ments concerning meat goods, de
faming of competitors, giving of
premiums, granting of secret re
bates or unusual discounts, selling
at less than cost, selling of meats
other than by tbe pound unless
otherwise required by federal re
gulation and selling of any pro-
duet' below- a universally adver
tised price in one or more units of
a multiple system of stores.
The grower, producer and deal
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Charging that Perry H. Wal-
brldge ot Salem alienated the af
fections ot his wife, Robert R.
Laughlin of Portland late Wed
nesday tiled ault for 635,000 dam
ages from Walbrldge in circuit
court here.
Laughlin alleges that the de
fendant "wrongfully and malici
ously debauched" the affections of
Mrs. Laughlin during a period ex
tending from 1928 to 1933. He
asks 610,000 general damages and
625,000 punitive damages.
The Laugllns were married
April 15, 1925, at Kelso and lived
there several years. The plaintiff
alleges that Walbrldge first de
voted his attentions to Mrs. Laugh
lin while the latter made her home
In Chehalls, Wash.
Walbrldge is district manager
of a life Insurance company here.
Einzig May Have
To Pay Part of
Trip's Expenses
In event William Elnilg, state
purchasing agent, expends more
than 8350 on his trip to New York
City in an effort to sell 875,000
worth of flax products now in
storage at the Oregon state peni
tentiary, he will be compelled to
assume personally any excess. En
fns C Holman, state treasurer,
declared Wednesday.
"I approved Einsig's estimate
ot $350," Holman said, "but I do
not propose to sanction any aaai
tional expense."
Einzig leaves Salem today for
the east and will be In New York
City for 10 days.
also Indicted for complicity In the
ballot theft case, in which, he de
clared. Fehl described how he
removed the seals from ballot
Douches. -
'They thought this tampering
would prevent a recount. Brower
testified, "but I was a member ot
the election ' board and didn't
think this would be enough to
nalt a recount . ;
In the state's opening state
ment Ralph E. Moody, prosecutor,
contended that Judge Fehl tam
pered with, the seals before the
ballots were stolen.
M. O. Wllkins, one of the at
torneys for ' Llewellyn A. .Banks
former. Medford editor, and or
chardlst eonvicted In Eugene sev
eral weeks ago of slaying a Med
ford constable. - George Prescott
testified that Be had discussed the
recount with FehL v He said that
the Jackson county judge had
wanted to know if a- recount
would, tau It the balioU were
missing.
35111 SOUGHT Oil
AUFJAU
Survey Fund
-For Disposal
Plan Sought!
r McMINNVILLE. Ore,. July 26-
AP) A fnnd ot $10,000 for a
survey of the sewage disposal j
problem In the Willamette -valley!
outside of Portland will be sought
from the federal government.
Burton E. Palmer, executive sec
retary of the state reconstruction
advisory committee, stated here
today. Resolutions will be sought
from; the .several city; councils
within the next few days asking
Governor Meier, to request the
government to advance the sum,
to be distributed among the cities
on a basis ot population.
Sums allotted would include:
Salem 62,350, Aurora 50. Inde
pendence 6120, Monmouth 690,
Mount Angel 680, SUverton 200,
and woodourn 140.
MEDICAL CARE FOR
Communicable Diseases on
Wane, Says Semi-Annual
Report by Douglas
An extreme increase in the de
mand for medical care for indi
gent families and a satisfactory
decrease in the occurrence of
communicable diseases with the
exception of measles are high
lights of a report Dr. Vernon A.
Douglas, Marlon county health
officer, made to the health de
partment executive committee
yesterday for the first six months
of 1933. Few unfavorable trends
were noted in health conditions.
During the six months period
the health department received
592 office visits from Indigents
and paid 212 visits to Indigent
homes, on a total of 505 cases,
Only 95 visits were made on 89
cases during the same period last
year,
The communicable disease re
port for the half-year showed one
case of diphtheri
la reported as
year, none of
against 10 last
smallpox as against
t 4 last year, IS
of tuberculosis as against 28 last
year, one of malaria the same as
last year and 10 of scarlet fever
ai against 18 last year. Measles
cases this year, due to the winter
epidemic, increased to 281 from
88 last Deaths from tuberculosis
declined from 12 to seven.
The department managed to
keep np its immunization work
satisfactorily, the report Indi
cates. There were 683 vaccina
tions for smallpox prevention ad
ministered, an -Increase of 235
over 1932, and 16 diphtheria
immunizations, a decrease ot 67
The department gave tuberculin
rar ibaw
tests to 2779 persons during thehan conservation corps members,
1933 half-year, 2711 more than hardened bv several weeks of out-
ln 1932. Of the 2779 tested this
year. SSI reacted positively and
were given nnroscopic examina-
tlons.
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Commercial printers of Linn,
Benton, Polk and Marlon coun
ties were called to a meeting of
here Saturday night. July 29. in
an announcement sent all employ
ers yesterday by N.D . Elliott,
vi inniuai uj alas . uuivkvi I
vice-president of the Oregon asso-
clatlon. The meeting will con-
vene at the Marlon hotel at :30
p. m.
The district meeting follows a
statewide meeting held last Sat
urday in Eugene. A tentative code
will be discussed and hours.
wages, working conditions, a code
of ethics and standards of prices
will be discussed.
Elliott said last night 48 em
ploying printers in the four coun
ties had been summoned to the
conference.
Paint and Paper
Dealers Parley
Practices Code
Eight local paint and wallpaper
dealers met at the chamber of
commerce last night to consider
what they should do under the
national recovery act but were
unable to report progress because
ot lack ot information on the re
quirements,
They said farther data was ex
pected here today and that they
would assemble again In the near
future In the hope of deciding on
a code ot fair bnsiness practice.
There are six strictly paint and
wallpaper store In the city., with
3 other store, carrying these ma-
terlals as a side Una,
"Nira" Selected
As Name Because
T?i r. rM t
nattier (jets 00
PHILADELPHIA July Iff
fAPi PrMMMit TtAMtavAlt aam
not know It, but he 1 responsible
for the naming of the baby girl
born today to Mr. and Mr. Chris
topher J. Collins.
-We shall call her Nira after
the president's national. Industrial
recovery act. the mother, Adele, I
S3, announced.
R H TO MEET
ID
DISCUSS
Told to ."Clean House" at
OnceTbr; Government
, Will Take Over '
Four Recommendations are
Made but Acceptance
Isn't Obligatory
WASHINGTON. July 26 (AP)
Quick Submission by grain ex
changes of codes of operation
aimed at stabilizing grain prices
and limiting speculation is expect
ed by farm administrators in re
sponse to their ultimatum "to
clean house" or "the government
will do it for you."
They said today the exchanges
will be given a "reasonable" time
in which to draft and submit their
program voluntarily incorporating
reforms in grain trading pras
tices wTtich administrators hope
rill' prevent sharp up and down
swings In prices.
Asked to define a "reasonable"
time, administrators said "about
10 days, but it is no arbitrary
matter."
George N. Peek, chief adminis
trator, who called the conference
ot representatives of exchanges
this week which resulted in four
recommendations for handling
trading, made it clear today that
administrators are not bound to
approve or disapprove the pro
posed changes in rules.
Administrators desire to remain
free to add other provisions if
they believe they are necessary
and wilt not commit themselves
In advance of a public hearing on
the code.
Alter hearing, sereLrj Wl-
?f. Jai2i?ir5 wS I
the code, exempting " from I
under the antl - trust laws,
but he has power to reject any ot
its original proposals, to amend
them or to.preerIbe entirely new
one It he sees fit.
C.C.C. BOYS FIGHT
BI6 FOREST FIRES
OLTMPIA, Wash., July S
1 AP) Five hundred ronnr elvil-
door work, were thrown into first
Un trenches today to carry the
brunt of the state forestry divi-
sion's battle against seasonable
forest fires.
The most. serious blazes. were a
700-acre fire near Beckler river,
three miles above Skyomish, in
northeastern King county, which
was speeding forward under a stiff
northeast wlnd.one in the Skoko
mish district 20 miles north of
Shelton, and three in Grays Har
bor county, near Melbourne, an
other in the Wlshkah valley and
another three miles east of Aber
deen.
The Beckler river tire was rag-
ta 2? "7Ll?ttll
weather," with the humidity ex
cessively low, Assistant Forest Su-
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Pervlsor C. J. Conover of the Sno-
UIU." wr'r2S
It had spread from 800 to 700
acres during the day, and 22 sets
of "fallen," to cut trees to fight
It, were being rushed into the
area tonight.
SHELL KILLS FAMILY
LOS ANDES, Chile, July 2S
(AP) An entire family of seven
persons was killed today when an
artillery shell they were examin
ing exploded.
Late Sports
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 2C
(AP) Howard Caperton, 48, of
La Cruces, N. M., died in a hos
pital here tonight from Injuries
suffered yesterday at Gresham,
Ore., racetrack when
the horse he was
third race, stumbled
then partly rolled over him. Ca
perton suffered fractured rib
and a punctured lung.
KANSAS CITY, July 28 (AP)
Barney Ross,, ot Chicago, the
lightweight champion, put his
other and less celebrated crown,
th. Junior welterweight title, at
ner wnigni. using wonnny
rarr, cieveiana, as a puncning
v ln . A f-,vi,, w-Jw-
oag to win on a technical knock -
out In six round.
PORTLAND. Ore-. July 21
(AP) Howard Cantonwin -- ot
1 Peruana aereatea George Nelson
ptoto, uuh. two tau out t
I n mam even o 10 -
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I ou siukina. Z09, japan, ana
wong buck Cheung, an, eweago
Chinese, wrestled five round to
draw .in the seml-wudup.- each I rection sheet telling how to pre
getting a faU." " ; - j pare produce for canning and nec-
Benny iMarun, its, sagewater,
Okia defeated Dick LeFevre,
1 5 4.. Portland, taking one-fall la
the opener. :
Blue Eagle Will be Insignia i pi
, Cooperators Under Recovery Act
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Canvass Planned to
Aid Recovery Drive
HoUSe-tO-HoUSe Qampaign is Planned by U. S.
Administrator; Employers Will be
Visited, Urged to Sign up
VXTASHINGTON, July 26-
In h emintrv liiirinir
oonae" wmlcers under the insignia of the National Recovery
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uuuiuanouuu u'ue ja
ican in the economic uplift campaign.
This was disclosed tonight as the administration out
lined publicly for the first time
ilt widespread plans for giving 1
the people full information of
President Roosevelt's emergency
re-employment drive which Hugh
8. Johnson, the administrator, ex
pects to put at least 5,000,000
Jobless back to work by Labor
day.
As outlined, the campaign "eon-
templates getting the story ot the
president's plan home to every
person in the United States, en
couraging employers to adopt the
recovery program, enlisting sup
port from buyers for those bus
iness concerns which are cooper
ating with the president, and also
coupling an employment survey
i with the educational work."
To accomplish this at least one
week of house to house canvass
ing by organizations set up In
I each community is Intended, with
13,000 organizations already pled
ged to aid.
The local organizations will
range downward from tbe gover
nor of each state. He will appoint
state chairmen for both men's and
women's organizations. The re
maining members will be selected
regionally by the chairmen of
I committees representing the chief
cities-
Jury Considers
Fate of McGee
In Kidnap Case
KANSAS CITY, July 26 (AP)
The ease ot Walter H. McGee,
charged with kidnaping Miss Mary
McElroy, 25, daughter of the city
manager, was given over to a cir
cuit court Jury late today. The
state demanded a death penalty.
A demurrer to the state s evl
dence. nromptly overruled, and an
hour of argument constituted the
only defense offered after the
stat closed It evidence.
At 10:19 tonight the Jury had
not reached a verdict and was
locked up until tomorrow morn
ing when deliberations will be re
sumed.
"Itinerary tor Poi table
Cannery Announced Hei e
I The Red Cross cooperative can-
I nery will go into operation August
7 ., it. first stand : in Salem,
rr ctroim .
Vr : The
ri hT. been
1 Hr.iiT .V .ru
mad out to coincide aa nearly a
1 ..IV, mn
possible with the ripening of crops
In - the 1 0 eommuniue ineiuaea.
Fuel is to be provided by the re
lief committees la ch center and
preliminary arrangement mad
there. ' Registration ot needy fam
ilies desiring to use the portable
1 cannery will ba started turouga-
out the county today.
Ulss Boesen aetlmated that orO-
auce st0m 1000 family garden
a I would be canned- thi season. Dl-
i essary supplies win be dlstrioutea
I within the next few weeks, v
i '-The itinerary and boors of reg-
Istratlon will bj a tollpw, sub-
1
t- ThU la the' ig being tsewed to ail
", etuplojers who lgm tao .code
T prescribed by the. government.
-f- - ander tbtr "A'atlonali Recov cry i '
it ; pi " mvj ui mrfyc
tbat all cltixena purchaae'only I
at. abopa and from firms die-
puyi-g thi. .fg. after Amgau i.
(AP) -To virtually every door
hp next fiVA nr -six wppku will
0111 iu ui nuiw-
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The organization of a -campaign
committee as requested by Gen
eral Hugh Johnson in charge ot
industrial recovery, will be made
next Monday night at the cham
ber of commerce when one repre
sentative from each of the civic
and business and labor organiza
tions of the city will be present.
The chamber of commerce Is mak
ing the call for the meeting to
launch the local campaign. After
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the organization is formed it will Marshall N. Dana, Portland,
direct the local activities under nljr eppolnted regional admta
advice from government officials. Istrator under the federal public
C. E. Wilson, manager of the W"V"' ?FtIgZ
chamber, received a wire yester- V; J "JSS
day from Charles E. Horner ot !2
the bureau of publie relations nn- PPUcaUon for 2.000,000 to con
dor General Johnson advising the
chart of amnaira u beln
mailed that day. Publicity book.
advertising and speakers' mate
rial will be mailed Friday.
The Monday night meeting will
not be a general meeting but a
representative meeting so that or
ganizations will have their voice
through duly appointed delegates.
Meantime individual business
groups are proceeding to work out
their own agreement for dottg
business. Tonight the beauty shop
operators will meet. The retail
grocers are scheduled to meet An-
gust 1.
Brisk Breeze is
Welcomed Here
A brisk breeze blowing frem the
northwest brought cooler weather
to Salem yesterday after a spell of
87-degree maximum temperatures
maintained daily slnee last Sat
urday. The. maximum yesterday
was 84 and the minimum 48 de
grees. No change in temperature
Is predicted by the weather bureau
for today.
Ject to change where advisable:
galem -AUgUSt T to IS, resll -
tratlon 7 a. m. to S p. m.
Brooks August 14, 8 a. m. to
S p. m..
Oervais August 15, 8 a. m. to
I p. m.
Woodburn August 18, IT and
18, t a. m. to 4 p.. m. first day,
7 a. m. to 4 p. m. second and third
day.
Donald August 19, 8 a. m. to
I p. m. .
SiTverton August 21, 22, 2S
and 24, 12 noon to 1p.m. first
aay. T a. m. to i p. m. secona ana
third days, 1 a. m. . to 1 p. m.
fourth, day. :." ' - -
. AumsvUle August 28 and 27,
8 a. m. to S p. m. first day, 7 a. m.
to noon second day. -
TurnerAugust 18, 7 a. m. t
S pm. ; :
Stayton August 29, SO and 21,
noon to 4 p. m. first day, 7 a. m.
to 8p. m, econd and third dan.
M ra E OF
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interpretations of C o d
Made by Johnson cn
Two Provisions v'
Exceptions are Permitted
. With Employer Gaining -7
Credit for Signing"
By JAMES P. SELVAGE
WASHINGTON, July 26 (AP)
New interpretations of President
Roosevelt's blanket agreement et
wages and hours tor industry we
in the making tonight by the na
tional recovery administration o
the eve of the widespread appeal
to 5,000.000 employers to restore
purchasing power
To meet difficulties which ha
arisen about some sections ot tb
agreement which the chief execu
tive Is asking all employers to.
make with him, starting toner
row, Hugh S. Johnson, the admin
istrator, and his legal staff begaa
clarification to meet objections of
some Industries.
In seeking to clarify interpreta
tions of the blanket agreement.
Johnson aimed particularly at
two sections to which there hayw
been some protests.
The first reads: i The employer
agrees) "Not to reduce the com
pensation for employment now la
excess ot the minimum wage
hereby agreed to (notwithstasa-
8Uch employmentUmay 'beereS
SBdJS?jBrtmw f aU WT
The second reads: "It is aSred
that any person who wishes to
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his part in the president s reea-
agreement, but who asserts that
.n,paIcnl,proT,i,sl0
because of peculiar clrcumstanow.
wlu create great ai
and unavoidable
hardship, may obtain the benefit
hereof by signing bis agreement
and putting it into effect and
then, in a petition approved by a
representative trade, association
ot his Industry, or other represen
tative organization designed by
N. R. A., may apply for a stay f
such provision pending a sum
mary investigation by N. R. A-. If
he agrees In such application to
abide by the decision of such in
vestigation. ,
3
FOB H IS FIRST
Salem's was the first applica
tion for a grant and loan filed
. nouniam wnier
" Presented to Dana yesterday
morning by the mayor. Alderman!
S. A. JInghes, chairman of tba
council utilities committee, and
City .Attorney Kowitz.
"Mr. Dana had not yet received
instructions as to procedure," Mc
Kay said, "but I feel somewhat op
timistic because he showed a
thorough acquaintance with water
watershed conditions here."
The simple application filed
yesterday will be supplemented by
the more comprehensive one sect
to Washington, D. C, recently.
Child Aged Five
Is Gravely Hurt
In Farm Mishap
PORTLAND. Ore., Jaly 2C
(AP) Theresa Semolke, 5-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Paal
Semolke, living on a farm near
Wood burn, was brought to a Port
land hospital tonight suffering
from critical injuries.
Attendants said they were told
the little girl was caught in a
mowing machine at the Semolke
farm today and suffered the lose
of both ot her feet. Volunteers t
give blood trantusion were hur
riedly sought, and four Portland
firemen quickly responded. Os
was selected . and transitu Um
were made In an effort to save tbe
girl's lite. Because ot loss of blood
and bock, however, hospital at-
1 duui seta uiu uoiw ivr iki
recovery
Many Do Honor
To Wa Hong as
Services Held
A throng of Chines and whit
men and women yesterday paid,
final tribute to Wa Hong. 88. the
Chinaman - who came to . Sateen
many years ago and won his way
Into the hearts ot the native by
hi kindly and honest wsys. Last
SALEM P CHI
rites were said at the Clongh-Bar-ick
chapel. Dressed in the orien
tal costume he wore on entering
the United State and girded with '
hi wedding sash, the late elder
Chinese ot .Salem,: .victim of aa
automobile accident, waa buried
in Odd Fellow cemetery hero.