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4 i . ; SERVICE ,We guarantee our carrier servlcev If roar- paper does not arrive by 6:15, call 0101 and a copy will be delivered at once. . t WEATHER ; Fair todaV and Satardav.' no change in temperature;. Maxi i Tempv Thursday 70 Mia. 45, ; rtrer -1.8 feet, clear, north winds. ; EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR Salem, Oregon, Friday Morning, July 28, 1933 No. 106 I, 5 .. J r. V 1 I i 1 1: K " v if . BEAUTY SHOPS DRAW IIP CODE "FORflMIIY Wage Minimunr $15, Prices Of Service Determined t Night Gathering" Shoe Shine 15 Cents, Agree Operators; Milk Dealers ; Pick Representative Carrying out provisions of the national recovery act as far as possibly with present scanty in formation, Salem business and professional groups are swiftly as sembling, discussing fair, prac tices and drawing up codes, to be submitted to Tresident Roosevelt. More detailed information is ex pected here soon to enable the start ojt the "We do 'pur part mass movement. ' ' ; The ' bootblack shop, beatuy shop and milk plant proprietors and employes met separately at the chamber of commerce last night, and valley photographers in the afternoon. At 8 p. m. tonight drygoods, shoe. Jewelry, men's wear and ready to wear mer chants will meet Jointly to discuss hours and wages. Each line of business will organize later. Prices and Minimum Wages iAgreed I'pon Advised and directed by M Clifford Moynihan, attorney, the cosmeticians agreed on a mini mum wage of $15 per week and decided to follow shop hours adopted by the state board. They set ud the following minimum price list, effective August 1: remanent wave $5, marcel $1 with 50 cents for resetting with in three days, finger wave 76 cents, short hair s shampoo 50 cents up. long hair shampoo 75 cents up, facials $1.50 up, mani cure 75 cents, touch up bleach $2.50, one set dying $4 up, eye lash and eyebrow dying 75 cents single and $1 double, hot ail or tonic shampoo $1.5 up, rinse 25 cents, henna pack $1.50, eyebrow arch 6Q cents, spiral waving $10, combination waving $7.50, scalp treatment $1, dry shampoo $1. No seryice charge is to be below 25 cents excepting for neck shave or cllpi 15 cents. Moynihan advised all employes as well as employers in beauty shops to sign the code at his of fice, 209 Oregon building, before noon Saturday. The group of 40 persons at last night's meeting, he said, was representative of the trade here. The 15 cent shoe shine will be come universal here if the boot blacks'! code is approved. At pres ent some shops charge 10 cents. The group agreed on open hours of 7:30 a. m. to 8 p. m. week days, 7:30 a. m. to 9 p. m. Satur days and 9 a. m. to 2 p. m. Sun days, substantially as at present. All bootblacks were represented. Later they will form an organiza tion. I Slilk pealers Send Envoy to Portland No decisions were reached by the milk dealers other than to ap point A. D. Hurley to represent them at code meetings now going on ln lPortland. The local operat ors, coming under the agrlcultur al adjustment act, will follow the blanket code on practices and em ployment drawn up by the presl dent of the International Associa tion of Milk Dealers. The photographers committee completed a report to be submit ted Saturday night la Portland at a general meeting. The committee included Miss Kathryn Gunnell, Salemi, Mr. and Mrs. Wilcox, Port land, land W. M. Ball, Corrallis Howard D. Trover, ! J. O. Brown and A. M. Eby of Salem assisted. The mass campaign to put over the si. N. A. idea to the general public will begin Monday night . with ' a meeting at the chamber of commerce of one representative from each of the following or ganizations: Rotary, Klwanla, Lions, Business Men's league, Cherrlans, Central Labor council. City of Salem, Women's club. Business and Professional Wo men's club, American Legion, Sa lem Realtors. Ministerial assocla Hon. Ad club. Garden club and chamber of commerce. America Trades Arms ior Naval KaSe o3 VS japan r ToWo. July 28-('Friday)- (APJ Assertions that the United States navy had made a deal to ac quire a naval base on Tungshan Island, southwest of Amoy. China, werei published In all morning vernacular newspapers today, ap parently Inspired by an Identical source. "Reports reaching certain quar- trs !in TnkvQ stronxlvindlcate. according to the vernaculalr ator-; les, that the United states navy had agreed with Chinese naval authorities of Fuklen province to deliver before January 1, 1934, two Submarines, six airplanes, and 15 anti-aircraft guns with 5000 rounds of ammunition In exchange tot Tungshan. The six airplanes Sere said tq laclude two bombers. i ... Seven Die as Army Bomber Crashes f!"-'f"T t'M, i.j PW..UWIM uwiii ,', .'11 . , , n .11 ,'i.M V" X - - " Ayvrjfe,, :,i - low;. Seven bodies were taken from the crashed at the southeastern city listed men were Instantly killed. service mission for Rockwell Field, San Diego, CaL Eye witnesses said they heard aa explosion a moment before the wing parted from the fuselage. The falling plane narrowly missed striking a house. The bodies of all aboard were drenched wi th gasoline.- International Illustrated News Photo. IE HUTS RETURNED IN FOLK Morals Charges Specified In ! Most Cases; Three Bills are Secret . DALLAS, July 27. (Special) The grand Jury In session here today j returned nine indictments, six open and three secret. Most of the indictments were on mor als charges. Roy Stalnaker of Independence was held in Jail on a statutory charge; bail was set at $2000. Ed Forrette, for contributing to the delinquency of a minor was held in jail under a $500 bond. Joe Gelsler of West Salem, ar rested I early Thursday on a sta tutory! charge, was held in jail for $2000 bond. W. B. Bramtley, formerly proprietor of the Model Meat market in Dallas, was like wise In Jail for contributing to the delinquency of a minor; his ball was set at $500. Arthur Fudes and C o y e 1 1 e Bowling of Independence were indicted for burglary of the Oak Knoll service station on July 1. Their bail was $1500 apiece; they have been serving a jail sentence on a petty "larceny charge. Ted Bailey, barber, arrested Thursday, was held in jail on a statutory charge; his ball was fixed at $2000. GRANTS PASS. July 27 (AP) Testifying before an army en gineering board headed by Lieut. Colonel H. A. Finch assisted by two captains and a stenographer in his department, delegations from Grants Pass and Medford yesterday brought up to date the data on this interior sections plea for a tidewater outlet to open up in the Rogue and Klamath valleys a producing area the size of an ordinary state as the army engineers were told. Authorized by a recent congres sional committee act, the hearing was held simultaneously with Washington, D. C- Consideration of an application to the R. F. C, for a $5,000,000 fund for rail construction from here to the Crescent City harbor, and to the I. C. C. for a certificate permit ting work to begin. Prospects that harbor authorization and con struction might proceed In con cert with rail laying were voiced by delegates returning from the coast hearing today. GHANTS PISS ASKS mm OUTLET Portland Backs Recovei y 1 xT til t I driving a truck, nnaiiy stoppec Scheme; Wains Slackersv'ajooka'umttTw PORTLAND, Ore., July 27 (AP) More than 4,000 Portland employers, crowding into the civ ic auditorium to attend a mass meeting called to consider the Na tional Industrial Recovery pro- Pram, today pledged themselves I tn arinnt PrAstdant Roosevelt's r. lJJTJ SJH his agreement designed to bring new life to business and industry. Acting speedily and with no ap parent: dissension, the employers also approved, creation of a vigil ante ! committee of 100, whose duty jit will be to check on any local "slackers" in the nation wide recovery program. Anyone displaying th Bin Eagle emblem who Is found to be not living up to the fair wage and hours con ditions that emblem Implies, will be deprived by th vigilante com mittee of the "emblem, it was agreed. . . President Roosevelt if as noti fied tonight by wire of the action, which came through a meeting called by the Portland chamber tlons throughout the country." wreckage of an army bombing plane which dropped a wins and limits of Ocean side. CaL, at noon, The huge twin-motored bomber Tusko Bones Sale Forbid, Court Order SEATTLE, July 27. (AP) new blast of litigation today rattled the bones of Tusko, huge elephant now dead a month and half, when Judges James B. Kinne signed an order prevent ing the sheriff from selling the bones Saturday morning. The order was granted on the motion of a law firm represent ing H. C. Barber, of Kirkland, who owned the animal, and wants the bones. They are now subject to a chattel lien by John Van Lam merman. Van Lammerman moved them from the Woodland Park zoo after Tusko'a trumpetings were stilled last June 11, and also cured the skin. Barber claimed that Van Lam merman had been paid In full tor his work. EARLY OPERATIONS EXPECTED. BREWERY Machinery for the brewery on South Commercial and Trade streets. Is now being Installed and early operation is anticipated by Frank Schmidt, manager. Schmidt said yesterday that be Intends to operate the plant night and day when production begins. His jiians call for a six-hour day with four shifts working, 40 men on each of two shifts and six to eight on each of the two others. In addition an office and sales force will be required. Schmidt Indicated his financ ing plans were progressing satis factorily although held back by the election last week. Meter Method Of Taxing Beer Deemed Likely WASHINGTON, 1 July 27 (AP) The federal government soon may tax beer en the basis of meter readings, thus .saving the expense of having an agent on hand each time a batch Is run from the brewery vats to the bottling rooms. Dr.. James M. Moran, commis sioner of Industrial alcohol, said today the meter system had prov ed successful in experiments at several western breweries, and that he would recommend Its gen eral adoption by the Internal rev enue bureau. of commerce at the suggestion of Governor Julius L. Meier. We want him to know." Am edee M. Smith, president of the chamber, said, referring to the wire sent to. President Roosevelt, "that Portland is on-the job and loyal." To th motion of Walter W. R- May manager of the chamber. that the gathering adopt a res- olutlon signifying support of the president s program, a great chor us, welling to the proportions of a cheer, shouted almost In unison. "I second thatl" The resolution, unanimously adopted, read that th Portland employers "do adopt the pres ident's re-employment agreement and do urge that all business and Industry , proceed at once to come within the provisions of the Na tional Recovery 'Act and affiliate with' th national recovery admin istration with the feeling and con fidence that by so doing we will restore normal economic condi- July 25. One officer and six en left March Field. CaL. bound on a Tl Marion Gets $373,731, Bait For Reducing Acreage; Program is Told WASHINGTON, D. CM July 27 (AP) Wheat allotments by counties for Oregon include: Marlon, $332,731; Linn, $253, 403; Polk, $205393. WASHINGTON, July 27 (AP) The Roosevelt administra tion decided today to go ahead with its domestic wheat program without waiting for an Interna tional grain agreement. Simultaneously with the recess of the London wheat conference. Secretary Wallace announced the amounts mat each state an countywould be allotted to grow next year of the 456,198.588 bu shels of wheat that has been esti mated as the amount needed for domestic consumption. Wallace said that within 10 days he would proclaim the per centage of acreage reduction to be required of fanners in order to qualify for benefit payments of up to $186,000,000 under the volun tary domestic allotment plan. Previously, he had announced he would require an acreage re duction up to a maximum of 20 per cent with the final figure to await the outcome of the London wheat conference. DEATH. AUTO BLAZE OAKLAND, Cal July 27. (AP) Two baby sisters were fatally burned and their parents and five-year-old brother severe ly scorched as a gasoline explo sion turned their automobile into a blazing wreck on the Dublin Canyon road east of here today. The Infants, Esther Smith, 18 months, and Emily, two years, died In a Hayward hospital. Merlin Smith, 29, the father, his wife, Esther, 25, and their son. Merlin, Jr., S, were treated for severe burns about the face, hands and body. Physicians said they will recover. Smith said the explosion occur red as be turned In the front seat and lit a match to see If the two babies, riding in back, were all right. The match ignited a can of gasoline on the floor of the back seat. The father pulled the children from the blazing car and, while it burned, attempted to hall pass ing motorists. He said a number passed by despite the- screams of the children, the flaming ear and his frantic cries. Herbert Cast, driving a truck, finally stopped Jllirtrkicf T onrfar lillinOlS JUeaUGi Calls Parley to Fight Kidnapings SPRINGFIELD, HU July 1T (AP) Aroused by kldnapings and other crimes throughout the state, Governor Horner has call- ed a conference her tomorrow of all sheriffs and state's attor neys In Illinois to plan a unified battle. 1 The governor had hoped to keep his plans secret and even today refused to admit that suen a conference had been called. Nu merous sheriffs and state's attor neys, however, made known they had received Invitations. " It was understood " th meet ing would b private. No Infor mation as to what plans th gov ernor had to present to the con ference was : obtainable either from th 'governor or' af his of fice. - v " ' - 1 HTS FOR COUNTIES TOLD HANTS BURNED TO 1 25 C.G.C. BOYS DESERT; Clil FOOD MOD New York Lads String Along Ro au lU Oduiaiiiciuu. Fear Expressed Trouble Laid to Minority Of. Agitators; Army to Offer new Chance SACRAMENTO, July 27 (AP) California's first major civilian conservation corps desertion oc curred today when 125 members of the Bear River camp, located 50 miles above Jackson, walked out after demands for better food. The 125 youths, leaving in groups, headed toward Sacramen to, but late tonight, none had been reported here, or even in Jackson. The desertion accounts for more than half the camp, as some 240 men were stationed there. Approximately 100 of the youths left the camp under intimidation of the other 25, who were de scribed as "agitators" by officers In charge of the camp, which is part of the Sacramento area. The agitators, it was said in tel ephonic communication with the camp, threatened to "beat up" those who would not Join them in the wholesale walkout. Trucks to Return Any Who So Desire Immediately after the walk-out started, headquarters here were notified. Major R. E. McQuillan, who is next lir command of the area under Col. L- E. Starkey, left Sacramento with a truck, to pick up such deserters as desired to return to the camp. It was announced at headquar ters that all the "deserters" would be permitted to return if they desired. Virtually all the (Turn to page 2,- col. 1) II EASTQN, Pa., July 27 (AP) A general strike in the silk in dustry was ordered by the execu tive committee of the American federation of silk workers tonight. Union officials said 70.000 workers affiliated with the United Textile Workers of America would be affectefl. Russet D. Wood, of Easton, pre sident of the American Federation of silk workers, asserted the strike had been called for the day before a public hearing on the adoption of the silk Industry's code. The hearing date has been set tentatively for August 2. Wood said the strike was call ed in protest against the adoption of any textile code now being con sidered or In force. The committee also went on re cord as objecting to the adoption of any code such as the cotton or wool code by the silk Industry, demanding a separate code for silk workers. The strike, the executive com mittee's resolution states, will re main In force "until a living wage for all silk workers is procured." Recovery Seems To be Starting -m yy t TOW. U rOUnCl UP PORTLAND, July 27. (AP) This national recovery plan being shaped by the administration ap pears to be applicable ,'frozn the ground up." Portland's bootblacks, got to gether and decided to abolish the nickle shine. It's a dime a Job now In all Portland shops, Including the chain owned by the bootblack who introduced the five cent shine to Portland a couple of years ago and precipitated what members of the trade described as a price war. Now, each bootblack gets a 100 per cent increase In wages. That is, he gets a nickel for each shine as against two and one-halt cents under the five-cent price. Late Sports SAN FRANCISCO. July IT (AP) Strangler Lewis, 288 pounds, Glendale, defeated Martin Plestina, 240. Poland. In a wres tling match her tonight. SPOKANE, Wash-, July 17. (AP) Frank Van He, II J, Bremerton, knocked out Ford Smith, 111. Kalispell, MonW In th fifth round of a featured bout In tonight's outdoor boxing show her. SAN FRANCISCO, July IT CAP) Buddy Baer, 245-pound "little" brother Of Max Baer, eon tender for the heavyweight box ing . championship, displayed ' a wallop au his own as he knocked out Chuck Strtnrari, IIS, Detroit. in.tha first round of an amataur bout here tonight, ulS. - GENERAL STRIKE IN Dave Dodges Wild Volley Gt Henfruit HOLLYWOOD' July 17 (2) In bis ' first night appearance behind Hollywood .footlights, -Ha-vid L..Hutton, ex-choir leader of Ansel us temple, became the tar set for a voller of exes, thrown r man in the audience to- UI(UU Hutton. who is suing the tem ple pastor; Aimee Semple McPher son Hutton for divorce, was not struck by any ofthe four eggs good eggs, too and the woman was arrested by a detective sit ting, near her- . At the police station, where she gave her name as Jane Jones, 27, she was booked on charges of disturbing the peace. Police said she was not a member of the tem ple congregation. Hutton had just started his act when the egg tossing started. He retreated as the eggs went wild into the wings. The portly singer, who began a stage career Just before he filed his divorce suit, came to Holly wood today for a week. At his matinee appearance this after noon, he was accorded generous rounds of applause. McGee, Once Convict Here, Example to Discourage Further Abductions KANSAS CITY, July 27 (AP) A smash at the kidnaping rack et the first death verdict was delivered here today by a Mis souri Jury which convicted Wal ter McGee, confessed leader in the $30,000 ransom kidnaping of Miss Mary McElroy. The 25 -year -old victim, her father, City Manager H. F. Mc Elroy, Attorney General Cum mings in Washington and other officials engaged in the nation wide crusade to stamp out kid naping and racketeering, hailed the verdict as one that would put a cneck on abductions. "I hope this will help to prevent future kldnapings," said Miss Mc Elroy, who had Identified McGee m "the witness stand. "This is the first verdict In the United States of death in a kid naping case," County Prosecutor T. A. Mastin commented. "It will be a wonderful benefit not only to Jackson county but to every state in the union that Is made a prey or kidnapers' McGee, an ex-convict from Ore gon, heard the verdict without emotion. He was returned to jail to await action on a request for , (Turn to page 2, col. 6) HERE IS APPROVED PORTLAND, Ore., July 27 (AP) W. H. Lynch, district army engineer, today was advised In a telegram from the special board of public works In Wash lngton, D- C, that the program of highway construction in Oregon he recently prepared has been ap proved. The program Involves the expenditure of $3,000,000 in 26 counties. The telegram gave Lynch au thority to advertise for bids on the Individual projects which have unquestioned priority. Lynch said his staff will pre- i par speciiicaiions soon ior wai- vldual Jobs included In th pro- contractors. About 40 projects will be in cluded In the program, all nation al highway projects In the Oregon federal highway system outside the municipalities. Vocational HT EN M HIGHWAY PROGRAM Pleases Chemawa Leader Unofficial Information that President Roosevelt has promised an additional $50,000 for voca tional training of 800 Indian stu dents at Chemawa brought ex pression of pleasure from Supt. James T. Ryan of the Indian school. , "I am pleased. The whole thing Is a test to find out whether voca tional education training Is a good plan for Indian children, and X feel th outcome will be satisfac tory, to view of last year's exper ience here." Supt. Ryan sal a. "The past year we were able to place B0 graduates In work, and In another year It would seem conditions would be better." 1 Senator McNary yesterday wired the chamber of commerce that "Today President Roosevelt prom lsed m that he would make avail abl $50,000 tor vocational and polytechnic training of 800 Indian students at Chemawa. At the re quest of the eommisslonar of In dian affairs, I am submitting memorandum setting .forth the natur of our conference so that It may be submitted to the direct or of th budget.' In light of this telegram, lupL 1 Ryan anticipates that the plan . .T accept no pupils, or at Amedee M. Smith and Senator Staples, Recognized Drys, Are on Commission Along With Mrs. David Honeyman, William S. Knox, Dr. Ralph Fenton, Frank Peterson,.--Mrs. Gordon Voorhies and Senator Upton Findings With Respect to Future Regulation of Uquor Traffic Will be Embodied in Later Message Planned by Governor for Legislative Consideration, but no Hint of Early Special Session is Given y . EXECUTING a promise made before the special election July 21. Governor Julius L. Meier yesterday appointed 11 Oregon citizens members of and charged the group with ways and means of regulating in event the 18th amendment act abolished. The governor charged the sibility of beginning at once a survey of liquor systems plan ned in various states of the union as well as control fts- ems in operation throughout soon as the studies were completed, that the commission O ASK LUMBER WADE ,T Differential i in Favor of South Insufficient is View of Officials WASHINGTON, J u4y 27. (AP) The lumber industry 1b studying the. possibility of in creasing northwestern wage rates In its proposed code from 4Z'i cents to 47 M cents to meet the desires of the recovery adminis tration. The emergency national com mittee of the Industry, which has charge of re-drafting the code. met today and discussed the situ ation In general. A thorough re vision of the code Is In prospect. The administration Is under stood to be asking that north western wages be Increased by at least 5 cents an hour. As the code was originally submitted It provided for t 42H cent scale in the west with a 40-hour week in mills and 48 hours In logging camps. (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Coolidge Widow Visits Tomb of WES BOOSTED Late Presidentl: wtir PLYMOUTH. VL, July 27 CAP) Mrs. Calvin Coolidge to day came to this little green mountain hamlet made famous by her husband, to view a granite headstone set up earlier in the day on the grave of the former president. Mrs. Coolidge visited the quiet little cemetery and then returned to the old Coolidge homestead where she planned to remain for several days. The stone Is simply Inscribed. It bears the eoat of arms of the United States and the Inscription, "Calvin Coolidge, 1872-1133." liaining Idea I least very few, under the age of If years; and that a weeding out will have to be done In accord anc with vocational Interests and capacities of the children. With the $50,000 promised by the president, It Is supposed $125,000 will be available for Chemawa. as $75,000 was Includ ed In the regular appropriation which passed. The 800 students will be less than 50 per cent of those enrolled last year, when slightly more than $200,000 was expended on the schooL All or most of the vocational departments taught th past year at the school will b continued, Mr: Ryan now believes. Under the strictly vocational plans, credits In high school subjects will be given but all subjects will, as far as possible, be related to voca tional instruction. Credits will be granted by subjects rather than by years. . Th superintendent yesterday mailed circulars to all old . stu- dents, asking information regard lag their school interests:, wheth er principally college preparatory. high school or vocational. En roUment for this fall will be based i as far as possible on Interests th children. a liquor control commission the responsibility of studying intoxicating liquor in this state is repealed-and the Volstead commission with the respon the world. He requested as outline its own proposal for a sat isfactory system of liquor control In Oregon. As indicated earlier this week. the governor appointed several members of the committee wbo have stood consistently as "drys". the chief executive indicating that he wished the committee to rep resent different phases of public opinion on the liquor control question. Members of the board are: Dr. William S. Knox. Mrs. David Hon eyman, John A. Lalng. Rosco C. Nelson, John J. Beckraan, Ame dee M. Smith, Dr. Ralph Featoir, Senator Isaac Staples and Frank Peterson, all of Portland; Mrs. Gordon Voorhies of Medford and Senator Jay J. Upton of Bend. Several Drys on Board Kerognixed Amedee M Smith, president of the board of trustees of Willa mette university and a former Multnomah county commissioner, has been known as a prohlmflon- lst as has Senator Isaac Staples, who in the 1933 session of the legislature violently opposed any relaxing of Orejon's liquor taws. The governor did not announce whether or not he would call a special session of the legislature to act upon the commission's findings. He did say he weald make the report the basis tor a message to the legislature at some future time. The state voted almost two to one July 21 for repeal of, ft own constitutional amendment provid ing for prohibition. At th same election It voted In almost tb same ratio for repeal of the ISth amendment to the federal const!- yicBcvw iiuiv lucre mtw wiu five state laws dealing with Itaaor. They provide no distillery t in toxicating liquor used for beer ages can operate in the state, that driving while intoxicating Is ille gal, that intoxicating liquor ess not be sold to minors, that lioaot can not be transported into cities or counties where liquor s ssie Is prohibited and that liquor cannot be consumed in a public place. LUMBER PLANTS AT KLAMATH ARE IDLE KLAMATH FALLS. Ore- July 27 (AP) Seven lumber com panies In Klamath county had ceased operations today In face ef continued labor agitations. Lumbermen and employers. however, agreed that Weyerhan auser Timber company, seen- f th first walkout last Saturday, was th only firm where actual strike conditions existed. The six other companies vofcrV tarily terminated operations tooVy when they said agitators contacted and - Intimidated workers. The mills' were closed immediately to prevent violence. Th source of the trouble has not been deQartety traced tor unions last night agreed to return to work today. A general strike was to s called next week If demands for 25 per cent pay Increase were not accepted. Jewel Box Fire Put Out Quickley Caught at the start, a blase that , - 1 started .In .building paper aXs 178 North Liberty stree last night, was quickly extingaishad by city firemen. Th cause of the fir was not determined Tner' of J was no damage, - r -v i x