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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Sept. 26, 1933)
1 Tf f ICO HARD HIT By STORM Report Says 5000 Killed in Hurricane; Official f " News is Lacking ; . , , (Con tinned from pag t) -.. PotosL 17S miles Inland, said the win reached a Telocity of 125 biles an hour and the elrll hos pital, railroad station and the customs honse were levelled. ' Another report said nearly rery building In the city was either destroyed or unroofed. It was - feared hundreds had been buried alive when their homes collapsed. Flood waters from the Panuco and Tamest i river tnvad ed the city, causing, additional deaths and damage. Cardenas itself was hard bit. A telephone call from there said 2? persons were known to hare drewned and It was feared addi tional residents perished when the railroad dam collapsed, flood ing the city. A stream of mud six fee" deep poured into the outlying sections, preventing search for additional victims. i- The National railways estimat ed damage to their lines in the vicinity-t Tampioo at nearly $1, 00,000. ? A relief brigade under the dl T" reetian- of Vasconcelos boarded a . special train for the stricken city tonight." The- detail carried food and relief supplies. Governor Turribiates of San Luis Potosl was directing relief work in Cardenas. Tanrplco, with 36,000 popula tion, la a very old city of Aztec origin on the Mexican coast, ap proximately ISO miles south of Brownsville, Texas. It is situat ed in the southeastern corner of the state of Tamaulipas, at the mouth of the Panuco river. The city Is built in a low, unhealth ful locality, surfounded hy marshes and lagogns. Its development In recent years was due largely toHhe finding of 'petroleum nearby land the tank ers of several large oil companies frequently make it a port of call." It is the terminus of two rail roads and is the commercial out let for all of the northeastern Mexican states. T (Continued from pf 1) manager and trust officer; D. S. Adolph will also be assistant man ager. Other officials will include Arthur B. Bates, in charge of sate deposit service and drafts; C. A. Suing In charge of notes; L. C. Jackson In charge of savings. Tell ers are to be Edward Zahara and Clarence Grelg. Bookkeepers will bo Esther Brock and Duane Crif fith. Mrs. Lora Hauk is to be sten ographer and John Meredith, messenger boy." j Included in the visitors at the bank yesterday were C.'C. Colt, executive vice president of the First National in Portland, Vice President Mackie, and Henry Freedman, cashier of the Portland bank. Lt.EEflDIES JT ftJLL 2 YEARS CContlnnad from page I) Ton Know Me, Al," .with base ball also as its background. He wrote for a weekly maga Elne 'until within recent weeks. Soon latter he became seriously 111 In 131 his doctor permitted him the use of his typewriter "because he isn't happy unless he's working." Bat while he commented whimsically from his Long Island retreat on the actors and radio performers of today his condition in recent years barred him from one place that he enjoyed beyond all others- the world's series press box. Grand Jur to Remain Active Another Month An order continuing the grand Jury through the October term of court opening Monday was is sued yesterday by , Circuit Judge L. H. MeMaban. Regular motion days of the court, ordinarily on schedule this Friday and Satur day, will go over and be held on October z, the opening day of the October term, ' it was also an nounced. Department No. 2 wot circuit court was officially tor the Oc tober term - opened yesterday by Judge McMahan in the absence of Judge L. O. Levelling; no business was transacted. ; General Fang's Revolting Army N earing Peiping PIEPINO. Sat. SB. fA1 After turning down a Japanese ul timatum that he withdraw f from the North China demilitarised tone, the irregular troops of Gen eral Fang Chen-Wu were reported tonight within 20 miles of Plep- . ug. f - ; vj.i; GeneraTFang. whose adherents are variously estimated to number from 1,000 to 1 0,00 .announced his intention to "free north China of the tyranny of the Nanking government." i :, - - , . Too Late to Classify AjT r " . iivumwt lilt . OomL Tat list. Oar. weodahed. tsnfc, sleeping porch. TBM' MONK Father of Thirty at Eighty . i , 1 ' t i rw4ooee '.. ':.. I V-v? -: - John T. Nails, of Bectortown, Va, pictured with his wife and five of their younger children. Nails, eighty years old, is the proud father of thirty children. His latest child, born six weeks ago, has been named in honor of the President. FrankHn Delano Roosevelt Nails. . SEHDOFF PL1IED , (Continued from pac 1) ing for new bugles. The corps' drums have been completely over hauled by local men. Thursday night at 7:30 o'clock the corps and trio will leave for Portland . where they will board the American Legion section of the Portland Rose. J. T. Delaney, state drum corps chairman, has made arrangements for public ap pearances of the organization at main Union Pacific stops enroute to Chicago. The Salem legionnaires will be housed at the 122nd F. A. armory. Chicago, through arrangements made by the Hyde Park post. Four main appearances will be made by the Salem corps, one in the ail American corps including similar organizations from Miami and Frankfort at the Pantheon at the Century of Progress exposition, in the convention parade, at the fair on Tuesday, Oregon day, and in the finals competition Wednesday night. Departing from Chicago a week from next Friday, the corps will return home by the southern ronte through California via the South ern Pacific. HLISTEJ! DIES RESIGNATION PUN (Continued from pf 1) The committee on interim ap pointments originally was com posed of six senators but Linn Jones of Clackamas later resigned. The remaining members are Sen ators Strayer of Baker, Dunn of Jackson, Williamson of Linn. Booth and Linn of Lane, and Dun can ot Grant, Harney and Mal heur, The affirmative votes of tour members of the committee will be required to confirm one or both of the appointments. Two members of the committee, including Senator Strayer, previ ously had suggested that ratifica tion of the appointments be de ferred until the special legislative session. , Other legislators declared that such a delay would retard the ac tivities of the board of hlcher ed ucation and prevent organization. IMINI Gas war was waged on Imag inary criminals, madmen and riot ers on the Salem' Gun club grounds for two hours yesterday afternoon tor the benefit and ed ucation ot over 50 peace officers from Linn, Benton, Polk and Mar lon counties. An agent for a com pany specializing in police weap ons put on the demonstration. Barrages of tear gas, which set many, of, the officers a-weeping, were thrown by all the latest means grenades, gas-loaded billy clubs, pistols and larger gas guns. One gun demonstrated pro jected a gas bomb a distance of 150 yards. Use of a sub-machine gun borrowed from the racks of Salem district Btate police head quarters here, also was shown. Among the officers present were Sheriffs A. C. Burk, Marlon county; E. J. Newton, Benton; Herbert Shelton, Linn; and T. B. Hooker, Polk. Deputy aherif fs, state and Salem police completed the party. Archer d Asks for Delay, Execution Of Pen Sentence ' , ' - .. .; y Further DostnonAmant ta execution of the three-year sen tence aralnit' chariM ir. former Salem warehouseman, has been asked of the state supreme court by Archerd's counsel who has filed a motion asking that the FOR DRUM CORPS DEMONSTRATE GAS IB ON CRIMINALS The V : - j -I . court's mandate be stayed until papers can be prepared to appeal the case to the federal courts. Archerd was found guilty of converting warehoused goods to his own use, in circuit court. In the state supreme court, his .ap peal was thrown out. His attorney now hopes that a federal question Is raised in the case, so an appeal can be taken but of the Oregon courts' Jurisdictions. If L (Continoed from pic 1) president. The high dam would cost about $44,000,000. "This high dam In the lower reaches of the Columbia would be a great aid to navigation and would give opportunity for flood control and prevention of boII ero sion," McNary said. "There is a real need for the project and coming at this time it would aid employment appreci ably." Both McNary and Representa tive Martin (Dem. Ore.) said there is a good market for the power which would be developed at Bonneville and that it would have no effect on the Grand Cou lee dam project, up the Columbia river from Wenatchee, Wash., for which an allocation of $63,000, 000 has already been approved by the president. EfiSITY WILL SEATTLE. Sept. 25. (AP) While, on the shores of Lake Washington the state university prepared for a new term under new leadership, Dr. Henry Suz zallo, president of the Carnegie foundation for the advancement of teaching, and president ot the university from 1915 to 192 S, died today of heart trouble. He was 58. - In accordance with his wishes, there will be no funeral aervfeA. The body probably will be ere- a a m . maiea tomorrow. - Meanwhile a movement w started to name one ot the new buildings on the campus, possib ly the library, which he had visualized as the 'miiI' nt th university, after him. k was during his Incumbency that the brick buildings of Gothic design began to dot the campus. DRUNKENNESS CHARGED A man rivinv thm nim. n -am liam E. Weaver was Jailed by city police last night on -a charge of ocwg urunK. He was the sixth man arrested Vtn Afa ihi. Saturday. 1 . . M Arrow Owned "Theater T OBJeVvyoou Last Times Today JOAN CRAUUFOI2H jarvcOOPSI2 ALSO ' , ., - Laurel & Hardy "TWICE TWO" And News WEDNESDAY A THURSDAY ARE DIME KITES ' 'Dssrn'jmon With Pat O'Brien, Ralph Bel lam?, Alan Bale, Betty Comp son, BnsseU Hoptoa, Tom Brown MM HOPES FOR POMAPPH 1 DON SUMO OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Tuesday MorningSeptember 26, 1935 uriR Dues Urschel "Jailor" Declares He had Taken no Part; Cites Bates, Kelly (Contl&aed from page 1) ' tight lips of the. 64-year-old man. "But Mr. Bates was away from your home for tour days?" f " "Yes " "And you didn't call officers to arrest him?" "No. I did not." : : The government's contention throughout has been that Shannon did not fear the actual kidnapers, but had aided them knowingly and conspired In the abduction and subsequent Imprisonment. As Laska quit. James H. Ma thers, lawyer-for Bailey, shot a halt dozen rapid questions at the 54-year-old farmer. "Do- you believe Harvey Bailey had anything to do with the kid naping?" he asked. . "No, X don't think he did," said Shannon. Through a long day of question ing hy his own lawyer. M. W. Burch, Fort Worth, Shannon-had torn at the defense of Bailey, re vealing the leader of the Memorial day break of eleven convicts fromJ the Kansas state prison had been at the farm home most of the time Urschel was held there. BENEFIT DANCE IS PLANNED Br LIONS The committee in charge of the Lions club benefit d a n e e which is to be held this Friday night at Crystal Gardens met last evening to discuss plans for the event. The feature of the evenlnar will be the entertainment by the Hay wire orchestra. Barkley A. New man, chairman of the Lions club committee states that the enter tainment alone will be worth the price ot admission and that old time as well as modern dancing will be the program ot the eve ning. The Lions club has for the past several years taken care of fam ilies around Christmas time and helped them enjoy a little ot the Christmas spirit. This year they are anxious to extend this work and help make Christmas in Sa lem a little brighter, than ever before. All the -profits from this benefit dance will go into the Lions Christmas cheer fund. Members of the committee who attended the meeting last eve ning were chairman Barkley A. Newman, Leslie Springer, Monroe Cheek, J. G. Marr, Marion Curry, Virgil T. Golden, O. D. Olson, Dr. Carl Emmons, Stanford C. Sparks, Merrill Ohling and Ralph Kletzing. Otto Klett, owner of the Cry stal Gardens is furnishing the hall and the orchestra to the Lions for this dance at a low figure In order to assist them in their charity work. Death Suddenly Takes Governor Of New Mexico ALBUQUERQUE. N. M.. Sept 25. (AP) Suddenly ill after ad dressing a meeting of the New Mexico State Bankers association of which he was a member, Gov ernor Arthur Sellgman of New Mexico died here today. The sixty-year-old governor, ap parently in the best of health, motored here from Santa Fe this morning, to address the bankers. He had just completed his address and was listening to another speech when he complained of feeling HI. Failing Chosen Head Northwest Ad Association H. R. Failing, advertising man ager of the Oregon Journal at Portland, was elected president of the Pacific Northwest Newspaper Advertising Executives' associa tion at Its annual meeting In Ta coma, Saturday. C. B. Lindeman, of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, was elected secretary-treasurer of the organization.' B H. Kletslng, advertising Bttr Ketatas Part aet gavad Today & Wednesday one of the year's beet pictures . . Walter Huston -i " -In - ' with Fat O'Brien . Constant. Ccmmings S'f PATHE NEWS CARTOON FABLE COMEDY Tr t 77.i iaaian i The G all Board;;: ' ' GRAND ' Today -Norman Foster in 'Pilgrimage' V; Friday Buck J Jones 'Via.. "Treason. I . 7 KLSINORB " " . Today Edward O. Robin- son in "I "Loved a Woman." 5 Wednesday -Laurel and, Hardy In fThe Devil's Bro- ther." V- ' Friday Constance Bennett In "Bed of Roses." - ' CAPITOL - " Saturday and Sunday Double bUL ,"Ann Carver Profession" and "Eagle and The Hawk." ..... STATE . Today Walter Huston In "American Madness." Thursday only "Goona Goona," the Love Powder Friday Boot Gibson In "A Man's Land." HOLLYWOOD . Today Joan Crawford In "Today We Live." Wednesday Ralph Bellar my in "Destination Unknown" Friday Walter Huston in "Gabriel Over the White House." . . 'a a manager of The Statesman and member- of the group, attended and reported an excellent meeting with 25 leading newspapers ot British Columbia, Alberta, Wash ington, Oregon, Montana and Idaho represented. Speakers on the program, which centered about problems and plans In news paper advertising in the north west, were Failing, Lew Snyder of the Seattle Times, Lindeman, W. C. Russell of the Vancouver Pro vince, Harry Marshall of the Se attle Star. M. M. Gardner of the Wenatchee World and Russell B. Mack of the Aberdeen World. Mott Looks at Lands Desired By McMinnville Inspection of the McMinnville watershed occupied most of yes terday morning tor Congressman James W. Mott, who viewed the territory near the Yamhill county seat preparatory to the considera tion of a bill In congress this winter making provision tor the purchase of federal lands by the city of McMinnville in the Inter ests ot Its water supply. Mott also addressed the Lin field college students at chapel hour Monday morning. Last night he spoke before the Sheridan chamber of commerce. Second Shift to Aid in Handling Of Public Works WASHINGTON. Sept. 25. (AP) Day and night shifts for the public works administration were ordered tonight by Secretary Ickes, the administrator, to put new speed Into the drive for more rapid spending of the $1,600,000. 000 allotted so far for Job-giving projects. An announcement said the day, night and Sunday work on a single shift basis which has been in effect for weeks "was exhaust ing the staff." has M taw?"" . l Pil l j A Thtaattsan'iWgassf rhria...atked about by t&A vryoaa who's see it ... cwd wn wva toe. U t W . 0"b"a R. A W- ; O)elwrat0 W0forwrdsfo cftsaibBasw , II Miss Henrietta Hoy set, 45. Portland school teacher commit ted suicide by hanging herself in an old building on the farm ot her parents, Mr. and Mrs. George M. Hoyser, six miles south- of here on the river road, searchers discov ered Sunday after" she. had been mlnin ss)nearly 24 hours. The search was. begun when ' the mother found a note stating that Miss Hoyser was "going a w f 7 where . I will be nappy." Funeral services will be held at 2 p. m. toda7 at the Clough Barriek chapel with. Rev. F. Brit- ton Ross officiating.', Interment will be in City View cemetery. . Miss Hoyser came here . from Portland Friday to visit her par ents. She had taught at the At kinson ' school, Portland for the last eight years.' Following a ner vous breakdown last spring, she returned to her duties last Mon day but became ill Friday and took 1 e i t e of -absence to come here. Surviving In addition ' to the parents are a sister, Mrs. Lillian Erlckson of Spokane, Wash.; a brother, Milton Hoyser of Salem; an aunt, Mrs. Richard Warner of Albany; a cousin, Mrsi Winona Savage Howell of Salerno nephew, Robert Clark Hoyser, and niece, Emily Hoyser, both of Salem. "" " Traffic over the west side Pa cific highway near Helmlck park, south of Monmouth, was tempor arily paralyzed, and slowed down many hours afterwards, by a river of gasoline that flowed down the hill from an overturned trailer tanker. Fearing a danger ous explosion, Btate police stop ped traffic tor a time, then per mitted cars to coast over the near quarter mile stretch of gaso line covered pavement with en gines shut off. When the trailer, believed de fective, broke away from the main truck, Charles Worth, dri ver for Inman Transportation company of Portland, pushed the throttle to the floor to get away from the runaway tank, which rolled against an embankment and upset. Thirty-one hundred and 50 gallons of motor fuel spilled out. At a late hour a crew of flag men from the state highway de partment was still at the scene, warning motorists ot the danger. PORTLAND, Sept. 25. (AP) A. W. Jones of Salem vn Wt. ed twesldent of the Oreron tt Elks association at the opening of uie iwo-aay meeting here today. He will succeed T. E. J. Duff of Bend. Tomorrow afternoon, following the final business session, the con vention delegates will officially greet Walter F. Meier, national grand exalter ruler. Other officers elected today In clude: F. D. McMillan of Klamath Falls, secretary ; William M. Hart ford of Portland, first vice-president; J. L. Tucker of Astoria and -Ota" FLOOD OF GASOLINE . SPILLS ON HIGHWAY MH JONES TO HEAD OREGON ELKS HOW tvjllt !! " - NX' atw leodsr In MeHasJ rktvra Intertalnment. N Positively Ends Thursdav O-SC . . Continuous Show Daily , yr NSs. lp.tollpjn. J. R. Guynes of Oregon City, trus tees;. H. L. Towner ot McMinn ville treasurer; I. W. Campbell of Portland, tiler; S. C. -Friendly of Portland, sergeant-at-arms; Wil liam M. Briggs 'of Ashland, third vice-president; O. L. .McDonald of Salem, district deputy for. Oregon south, and C. C. Bradley of Port land, district deputy tor Oregon north. . - ON WATER PUZZLE Services of United States Sen ator McNary were sought by city officials yesterday. In speeding the receipt of information throwing light on the conditions of the re cent PWA allotment of $1,500, 900 for a municipal water sys tem In Salem. City Attorney Chria J. Kowits, who is handling the negotiations with the PWA, -late in the afternoon telegraphed-Mc Nary, stating: "City of Salem has not receiv ed official notice of allotment of loan for water system nor in structions , with - reference there to. Can you ascertain for us the cause ot the delay and urge the public works administration to advise us of the necessary pro cedure to -consummate loan." Kowits said he had been be sieged with .. personal and tele phone calls, askjng what was be ing done to hurry the construc tion plans along. He replied that holding meetings was useless since what the PWA loan could be used for and on what condi tions, was still officially un known here. Howard Talks at School Institute "Policies of the StAta Ttenart- ment" were discussed at a gather inr Of 200 teachers for th TTnfnn county Institute held at LaGrande last Saturday by C. A. Howard, baiem, state superintendent of Public Instruction. Mr. Howard explained the effects ot new legis lation on the schools and also dis cussed the NRA and reconstruc tion finance corporation, adding that few schools are in position to receive federal financial aid. Pair Injured in Crash Improving Condition of both Mr. and Mm Thomas Meinberg. Milwaukee res idents seriously injured In an au tomobile accident near JeffarMn Saturday night, was Improving last nignt, it was reported at Sa- lem General hospital. Saturday night Mrs. Meienberr was in crit ical condition from shock, frac tures and lacerations. Mr. Melen berg appeared not so seriously in- jurea. Willie Dunn. Los Anreles Ath letic club golf pro, uses A two headed driver to teach the proper backswThg of a club in tee shots. HELP FOR TIRED WIVES Take Lydia E. FinUiam'a Vegetable Compound WhM M W.t iwlnJ 11. . . . Mm Thaw am Mm - - - Im - - - thahiardaoa atha family Wh tba hla pay anmkiaa . . . It ia tba arSTwa moat atnaggle tloM ead owka the baat af tbiaa. 2f Vvtf ajfy tiaaal . . . aaaraj aajC MaCiwnannajil. What fom ad tt m took: that will gtra yea she atratdi t cany SS an af avarv laS mm, t as aar at cha? ara aaaStad hr thai aawHrtna. Bay m bottto tram yaor 4n. fac tadar . . . an watch. thaLraaoita. w. ar .ajaaav C . ..... . EIIGETE ESTATE PROBATED .Eugene Eckerlin, Sr., well known Salem resident, who died here September 18 at the age of 7tf, left an estate valued at 1141, 000 of which $16,000 Is personal property and $125,000 real prop erty, according to letters of pro bate filed here Monday. The Ladd and Bosh Trust company is to be executor, uf the will. A major beneficiary under the will is Alice Kaiser Eckerlen, 63, the widow to-whom, all the per sonal effects o the deceased, the family home and a monthly in come of $240 are left. In addition she Is to be granted additional money by the trustees for Illness expenses. All the bequests to her, however, are to cease In case of her remarriage. Bertha Eckerlen, 44, a daugh ter, receives a monthly bequest of $50, which also ceases In event of her marriage. The will nrovldes that a rnrm on the Pacific highway, three mnes north of Salem, is to be di vided, Matilda Cornell of Lot, An geles, Marv Welch of Seattle and Berths Eckerlen of Salem acquir ing, the property, share and share alike, on the east side of the high way. The nropertv on the -arAsf side is to be divided equally be tween Leondine Nadon, 39, Port land, and Eugene Eckerlen, Jr., 38, Salem. The will provides for a bequest, of $50 to St. Joseph's church here for masses and $500 for a tomb stone. Eugene Nadon, a grandson, 15 years old, receives a $500 be quest. Children's Colds Yield quicker to double action of VapoRuo w i ll 11 1 J J vpMwaaanaMv saaaaaaaaaaaaaaaBaaa .jaa) ah aj a 1 1 111 Horry! Don't Miss It! LAST TIMES TODAY The greatest scandal of the age was a monument to their passion! RC 1 Tomorrow & Thursday A featare- lngth musical comedy ro mance! By public de mand! Laurel and Hardy ia a Bother fall length feature comedy! 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