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Salenv Oregon, Friday Morning, September 29, 1933
No. 160
M
Various Taxes Proposed to
Raise State's Portion
Of Relief Fund
Unemployed in Demonstra
tion for More, Liberal Re
lief; Delegation Heard
PORTLAND, Sept. 28. (AP)
A group of revenue raising
measures, the largest of which
would be a tax on liquor in the
event the 18th amendment Is re
pealed, was recommended by the
state relief committee of 32 as
the means of raising the state's
share of $8,000,000, the sum
agreed upon as needed for un
employment relief in Oregon
through 1934.
The relief committee, meeting
here today, adopted a report rec
ommending these i measures and
this sum for the consideration of
the state legislature in the event
Governor Julius L. Meier calls it
into special session. The report
will be placed in the hands of the
governor.!
The final deliberations of the
relief committee were carried on
while outside the hotel where the
meeting was held, about 600 un
employed gathered in the street to
demand liberal relief allowances.
A delegation of the unemployed
appeared before the relief com
mittee to list the demands.
The principal point of debate
at today's meeting was about the
amount of money needed to sus
tain an adequate relief program.
A majority of the special commit
tee named to study these needs
had recommended a total of $17,-
705,400 of 'state and federal
money. Minority had suggested
the $8,000,000 figure.
A motion that the minority re
port be substituted for the major
ity report was favored by a vote
of IS to 8. : v
Capital Tax ,
Is Defeated
In the extended debate preced
ing the vote, one group urged that
relief in the past had been inade
quate and that the need was in
creasing rather than decreasing,
and .that the patience of the un
employed was becoming exhaust
ed. Another presented the threat
of opposition from upstate rep
resentatives in the state legisla
ture to Page 2, Col. 3)
PWA BOARD WILL
T
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 28.
(AP) A special dispatch to the
Oregonian from Washington, D.
C, tonight said the dam across
the Columbia river! at Bonneville
will be "officially announced as a
project by the public works board
Friday." !
The project Is that of a 72
foot dam for navigation, flood
control, and power, to cost $31,-
000,000. The dispatch said the
public works board today agreed
to allocate immediately $20,000,
000, the amount estimated to bo
needed for the next two years
Members of the board gave their
"hearty approval" of the Bonne
ville project, the dispatch said,
when they were Informed Presi
dent Roosevelt is in favor of it.
"The previous argument against
Bonneville that the Pacific coast
already has received many mil
lions was disregarded," the dis
patch stated, "and the board felt
better when members" understood
that Bonneville is not a mere lo
cal or state promotion but con
cerns the states of Washington
and Oregon intimately and Idaho
and Montana in lesser, degrees.
FACES CHARGES
BOISE. Idaho. Sent. 28. (AP)
Mrs. An tela Hooper, daughter
of a famous Idaho pioneer fam
ily, was ordered today to tace
nreliminarv hearing October 9 on
a charge of embezzling city 'spe
cial improvement oismci iunas
whtln h acting as ritv clerk.
She was dismissed last night
by Mayor J. J. McCue' no ex
Dressed ills mar at the disclosures
TnnAn K an accountant, and SS-
sorted be had always considered
her an exemplary .public servant.
The accountant, Clarence Van
reiiRii. lanr an aconalntanee of
the family, declared, "This Is the
crudest case I have ever naa any
contact with In my $5 yean as
auditor" ' ; . '
He advised the city council late
last night- of the disclosures and
Mra. Hnmser. summoned to ex
plain, was said by Mayor McCue
to have admitted the defalcations
but was unable to estimate ' the
taiounVShe declined," the mayor
scid. to give any reason for taking
APPROVE DAM
w m i
At Reich Trial
p J p j .
Arthur Garfield Hays, famous
American lawyer, pictured in
London, en route to Leipzig,
Germany, to offer his services
as defense aid in the trial of the
five men accused of firing
Reichstag building. Ernest Tor-
gler, accused communist leader,
refused Hays offer to defend
him.
GUARD TRIAL HALL
LEIPZIG, Germany, Sept. 28.
(AP) A squad of storm troopers
waited in the marble lobby below
thejsupreme court room today as
Paul Zachow, a laborer, made a
terrified denial that he ever In
cited Marinus Van der Lubbe to
set the series of fires culminating
in the reichstag blaze, for which
the Dutchman and four others are
on trial here.
The storm troopers escorted 14
witnesses here from Berlin to tes
tify in the court's attempt to probe
an alleged communist plot behind
the reichstag fire. Van der Lubbe
begrudgingly admitted earlier this
week he had "smoked rags in gas
oline and fired three places in
Berlin before the parliament
building blaze.
Zachow, apparently scared, told
the court: "I am a good German.
I have suffered enough."
The laborer had been accused
by Ernest Pankin, a nationalist
laborer, whose charges were cited
by prosecutor as showing a
"bridge to Moscow."
Two witnesses brought here are
communists being detained in a
concentration camp.
TA
LONDON. Sept. 28. (AP)
Russia again flatly refused today
to be drawn into the world wheat
agreement despite an offer by the
United States and Canada to let
the soviet union share with them
any possible extension during the
next year of the limit now set for
world exports.
The North American countries
already had been promised by the
other exporters that any boost In
the world total, now set at 660,-
000,000 bushels, wnich migm do
provided would not Imperil the
price limiting program Included in
the agreement reached incident to
the world economic session.
Canada and America met Rus
sia's demand that Bhe must have
at least 75,000,000 bushels of the
export Quota double her, allot
ment by offering her 8,000,000
more in tho even such an increase
was found feasible.
Russia's decision, made known
after the closed meeting, meant
at least the. temporary breakdown
of the negotiations at this newly
established world wheat capital.
It was considered likely the scene
of discussions with the Russians
might be shifted to the United
States.
Bankers to Study
Deposit Insurance
, Offices were opened la the state
canltol building Thursday by A. J
Cooke, who will be in charge of
all examinations in Oregon for
membership In theJederal depo
sit Insurance corporation.
Mr. Cooke announced thaths
had arranged a meeting here for
next Monday when state bankers
will have the opportunity to dis
cuss various ; matters concerning
entrance to the deposit Insurance
corporation. Information will be
fnrnished hr Mr. Cooke, R. B.
West of the Federal Reserve bank,
Walter; I. Schults of the Recon
struction Finance corporation, and
TROOPERS
DEMANDS
BIG WHEAT QUO
EXTRA SESSION
IS NOT LIKELY
FOR EARLY DATE
Upstate. Bloc Hostile to
Multnomah County's
Drive for Funds
Experience With Special
Session Early This Year
Unsatisfactory
By SHELDON P. SACKETT
.While much speculation has
been carried on over the definite
date the special session of the
legislature would convene, that
date is not yet determined by
Governor Julius L. Meier nor is
it likely that tho session will be
convened at an extremely early
date.' Such information was made
available yesterday at the capltol.
Several circumstances have
arisen to mako the governor re
luctant to be hurried into a spe
cial session. One is the marked
divergence of view on ways of
levying taxes for relief funds and
even more- controversial, tho di
versity of methods for allocating
the moneys to the various coun
ties when funds are provided.
Of late this problem has blend
ed Into the fight Portland is
making against the state highway
commission's allocation of fed
eral road funds. This is known
to have created an almost solid
antl-Multnomah bloc among up
state legislators with the prob
able result of strong antagonism
to any relief, tax or highway plan
Multnomah county might present
at the special session.
The greatest single reason
which makes Governor Meier re
luctant to hurry the legislators
to Salem is the experience with
the first special session- this year.
Believing a sales tax necessary to
relieve the financial distress of
the state's subdivisions, the ex
ecutive summoned tho legislature
to Salem one week ahead of the
stated meeting time only to find
much criticism, the legislature
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STRIKERS SEIZE
HAVANA, Sept. 28. (AP)
Renewed disorders flared in Mat
anzas province today to plague
the Grau San Martin government
as striking workers seized Yumuri
match and cigarette factory at
Matanzas City.
More trouble was reported at
San Jose de los Remos, where
armed bandits were reported sack
ing farmers' homes. The mayor of
the town sent out a call for
troops.
In Colon three communist lead
ers were arrested following upon
an attempt to burn a Roman Cath
olic church. Authorities said they
had seized literature at commun
ist headquarters.
Strikers refused to let anyone
enter the match company prop
erty at Matanzas. The seizure cli
maxed several days of disorders
at the plant during which one girl
worker was wounded and fourteen
were stripped of their clothing by
male workers.
HUMAN TORCH SCORCHED ,
ALBANY, Sept. 28. (AP )
For years Matthew Harcourt, car
nival worker, has earned his liv
ing chiefly aa the "human torch."
He would soak his clothes with an
an Inflammable liquid, ignite it,
and leap from a diving tower into
a pool of water. Never had he
been burned.
He was driving his truck here
en route from Puyallup, Wash.,
yesterday when he discovered the
interior was ablaze. He attacked
the flames' bare-handed and was
treated at a- Hospital here for
severe burns to his arms.
GRENFELL IS PRESIDENT
PORTLAND, Sept. 28. (AP)
Edward Grenfell; chief of the
Portland- fire department, .was
elected president of the Pacific
Coast Association of Fire Chiefs
at the concluding . session of the
organization's annual meeting
here today.
Pasadena, Cal., waa selected as
the site for the 1934 convention,
the dates "of which will, bo an
nounced later.
. other officers elected were:
W. P. Cooper, Richmond, Cal.,
first Tice-preeident: E. J. Trees,
Raymond, Wash., second Yice-
president: Jay W. Stevens, San
Francisco, California state tire
marshal, secretary; E. SUinbau-
er. Redding, CaL, treasurer, and
J. F. McDill, San Francs oo, as
sistant secretary.
i POUIi PLAY FEARED
KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. 28
(AP) The theory that Mrs.
Stella Mang, 63, of Klamath Falls
1 FACTORIES
Sheriff Heeds
Mother's Plea
For Lamson
. SAN JOSE, Cal., Sept. 28. 3
(AP) A tearful plea by Mrs.
Genevieve Lamson caused Sheriff
William J. Emig today to post
pone until Wednesday the taking
of her son, David A. Lamson, to
San Quentin prison where ho is
to be hanged December 15 on
conviction of wife murder.
"Please, please, let my boy stay
here as long as you can," Mrs.
Lamson begged. "If he goes to
San Quentin I may never see him
again."
The sheriff then agreed to keep
Lamson in tho county Jail here
until expiration of the time limit
allowed by law in such cases.
Earlier the delayed inquest into
the death of Mrs. All en e Thorpe
Lamson in the bathroom of her
Stanford campus home May 30
was held, and resulted in an open
verdict by a coroner's jury which
held she had come to her death
"due to a violent force applied
to the back of the head, result
ing in tractures to the skull.'
Neither Lamson nor his attor
neys were present but the defense
contended the verdict was fa
vorable to the defense in that
it did not hold tho Stanford uni
versity press representative re
sponsible for his wife's death.
An appeal has been taken in
the case.
Chester Plant Shut Down;
Strikers Threaten Tie-up
Of Ford Works
DETROIT. Sept. 28. (AP)
A five-day, 40-hour week, with a
complete shutdown several days
each month to bring the weekly
working hours of its 50,000 em
ployes down to the 35 prescribed
by tho NRA auto code, today sup
planted the Ford Motor company's
original announcement of a four
day, 32-hour week.
Labor troubles in its Edge
water, N. J., plant, and the clos
ing of the assembly plant at Ches
ter, Pa., brought no comment
from company officials, however.
The Ford plant, under a plan
begun this week, operated four
days of eight hours each, or 32
hours a week. Officials said it
was planned to step the work
week up to 4 0 hours as produc
tion increased, then level off to
average 35 hours over a yearly
period, in conformance with the
NRA code which Henry Ford has
not signed.
At that time it was stated that
"Mr. Ford intends to observe tho
provisions of tho NRA code" as
to working hours and wages. The
absolute minimum wage received
by the lowest-paid Ford worker,
officials stated, was 60 cents an
hour, although increases had been
granted to all production work
ers which placed their minimum
at 60 cents.
Registration of World war vet
erans for 6000 jobs offered by
the Ford company was suspended
today until October 16, after it
was stated that 2800 men had
been recommended to the Ford
employment offices.
EDGEWATER, N.J., Sept. 28.
(AP) A move designed by its
leaders to tie up all the Ford
plants in the east gained Impetus
today when a walkout began at
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WILL
HK
PLANT WORK WEEK
Foul Play Feared
Grenfell isv President
Human Torch Scorched
News Worker Dies
was being investigated here to
day by police. Mrs. Mang died
last night.
Everett Cummings. S3, of
Beaver Marsh was held In county
jail here for questioning In con
nection with Mrs. Mang's death
She was his aunt.
Meanwhile, Dr. George Adler,
county coronoer. ordered an au
topsy. Police said the contents of
the woman's stomach would be
sent to Portland to be analyzed
for poison.
NEWS WORKER DIES
PORTLAND, Sept. 28. (AP)
Lew Havermale, 65, veteran
city hall 'reported for the Jour
nal, died In a hospital here to
night. He was the father of Hazel
Havemale, San Francisco short
story writer, whose husband is
John Bruce, city editor of the San
Francisco Call-Bulletin. ,-
Havermale waa ooxn In Le
Harpe, I1L, May 10, 18C8. For
several years he operated news
papers In various cities of Kan
sas, then with the development of
the Imperial Talley In California.
he went west and started a news
paper at El Centro. Ho was on the
staff of the Loa Angeles Times for
several years, and was sent by
that paper to San Franeicso at
the time of the earthquake as cor
respondent and to assist in relief
work. Later, he was on the staff
of the San Francisco Post. He
joined the Journal staff -shortly
after the world war. .-
Besides his daughter, he Js sur
vived by his wfdow,- Mrs. Minnie
Havermale of Portland, and a
son. Homer Havermale, advertis
CONVICTION'
5
U. S. Attorney in Final Argu
ment Urges Jury to Strike
Blow at Kidnaping
Expect to Move Machine
Gun Kelly to Oklahoma
City Saturday
OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla., Sept.
28. (AP) A decisive blow at
crime through conviction of all
10 defendants in the Charles F.
Urschel kidnaping conspiracy 'trial
was demanded of tho1 Jury today
in the government's first attempt
to Invoke the "Lindbergh" law.
Joseph B. Keenan. assistant
U. S. attorney general, declared
in a final argument to the jurors
that "the time has come to de
cide whether we are to have a
government of law and order or
abdicate in favor of machine gun
gangsters."
If this government cannot
protect its citizens then we had
better frankly turn it over to the
Kellys. the Bateses. the Baileys
and the others of the underworld
and pay tribute to them through
taxes," he said.
Keenan swept rapidly into an
exposition of the case against Al
bert Bates, Harvey Bailey and the
three Shannons from Wise coun
ty, Texas. He touched only light
ly upon the five defendants from
Minneapolis and St. Paul, leaving
them to be dealt with by D. E.
Hodges, assistant district attor
ney, later.
Kidnaping has become a mod
ern art," Keenan declared. "The
plotters lay their vicious plans,
bold strona armed men carry out
the abduction, hirelings stand
guard and later, when ransom
has been paid, the money chang
ers arrange for its dissemination
through underworld channels
In this case the government
has shown you the whole picture
SOUGHT FOR ALL
IN KIDNAP CASE
of how this heinous scheme was I Oregon - Idaho district NRA re
conceived and carried out. covery board at their organization
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PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 28.
(AP) A protest against the ef
forts of Portland and Multnomah
county to obtain a larger alloca-
tion or federal lunds tnan tnat
granted them by the Oregon State
Highway commission was lodged
with the federal bureau of public
MOT
JUDGES
OPPOSE PORT
Li
works her today by the associa- Idaho; George C. Blakely or ine
tion of county judges and com- Dalles, and R. J. Hendricks of Sa
missioners. lem. Frank Messenger, district
Wasco ConntT Jndire TT L.
PhiDM of The Dalles. vice-Dresi-
Aant At iha aesnotatlnn In a tola.
s-ram addressed tn th nn hllcl
works bureau, declared that any secretary of the.iaano siaio re
delay in tho highway commission's covery board, attended as an n-
program would "causa confusion
n a i .
U UCiaj m cmyiwmcuw.
The action came a day arter
ahinrtn d!RnatMM aatrf favnr
Washington dispatches said Mayor
Joseph Carson of Portland had
visited the bureau of public works
to ask that Portland and Multno
mah county be given a larger
share of federal funds on the
grounds that a largo part of the
state s unemployed live there.
The telegram, sent over the
signature of Crook County Judge
M. R. Biggs of Prinevilie, presi
dent of the association, was ad
dressed to T. H. MacDonald of the
bureau of public works in Wash-
ington, D, C.
Oregon Woman
Gets Univ. Job
At Kansas City
PORTLAND. Sept. 28. (AP)
-Dr. Dorothy Reed, affiliated
-.it w t
tnomah county, a federal govern-
ment agency, today received no-
"JIU xauiii, iucm. wuio w
(IM ' hi. .nnvlnrm&nt aa
wo v .kkv.m.u.. f -
fessor of sociology at the Univer -
sity of Kansas City. -
jsxpressmg surprise at tne ap-
pointment. -Dr. Reea saia:'
I An Bnt a-Tfow how I mm to
be selected, as I had made no alM " " V"hTr
Un.d h tho auditor In his recent
oiuo say y iwiesraui. nuwoi t ,
i nave aecenieo, and win ay io
Km... CltkaturdaT-nlrht."
Dr. Reed, after attending the
m
went to Mills college where sh
graduated. She has engaged in
social work In the Panama canal
zone, Costa Rica and Europe,
EX-CONGRESSMAN DIES
WASHINGTON, 8 p t. 28.
(AP) James W. Collier, member
of Jhe. tariff commission and a
former representative In congress
from Mississippi, died of a heart
attack at, his home here today bn
his eist birthday. He served 12
terms in the House, declining to
run again last fall because of a
controversy in his state over whe
ther candidates should seek elec
tion at largo or by districts.
Trip Money is Raised
Drum Corps Entrains
For Chicago Contest
Auxiliary Quartet Accompanies Drum Corps
To National Convention; Mix-up in
Spotting Cars Causes Confusion
With their backers' strenuous
last-minute financing campaign
pronounced successful, the Capital
post drum corps entrained at toe
Southern Pacific station here last
night waved goodbye to a crowd
of over 1000 well-wishers and
headed for Chicago to defend its
national title at the American Le
gion convention. Legion officials
declared little over $100 remained
to be raised to complete the fund
to pay for the trip.
The auxiliary trio, proclaimed
national champions at last year's
LegIon conTentIon. and the auxil
ianr quartet accompanied the
corps, riding In compartments in
the corps' two special cars.
Several hundred persons were
prevented from witnessing the de
parture when plans were unex
pectedly changed and the special
cars were not switched to Trade
and Liberty streets as scheduled.
Irl S. McSherry awaited the cars'
arrival there until Just before
train time, carrying the corps'
dining car tickets in his pockets
Mildred Wyatt member of
the trio, barely caught the train
at the depot, after waiting at the
supposed downtown assembling
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IET81T BAKER
Oregon and Idaho Represen
tatives Plan - Further
Work Under NRA
BAKER, Ore., Sept. 28. (AD
The report that "we have sold
the Blue Eagle to the employers
waa made by members of the
mpotlnr her a today
Thft members, nresent from an
narts of the two states, expressed
the opinion t!"t if the NRA pro
gram accompnsnea noming more
than It has accompnsnea u
would be a success." Hundreds
havft already been put back to
work in the district through the
NRA program, and more will re
turn as employers comply wnn
re - employment agreements, the
members observed.
W. C. Ruemiitz of Portland
president of the Loyal Legion of
irrni and Lumbermen, was
elected chairman of tho district
board and Will Simons of tsoise,
Idaho, was named vice-chairman
other nresent for the meeting
inrlnded John Hood of Pocatello,
I mannerer for the department or
commerce and ex-officio of the
I AUtrtat hoard. WES OnO of the
sneakers. L. F. Parsons Of Boise,
oiriciai ooserrer.
I Momners OI I no uoaru. agicu
I . . . . , .tor. In
mat Beil, , " TiX At
the program is the formation oi
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HOSS OVER AUDIT
chancellor W. J. Kerr yester
dar conferred with Secretary of
State Hal E. HOSS Wlin reiereu
to the criticisms and suggestions
included in tho general audit of
th hieher educational institu
tions completed some time ago.
The chancellor sought the assis
tance of tho auditing division of
the secretary of state's office in
correcting accounting deficiencies
at any of the Institutions.
- ji. tna Ai-vfatan are now
I " 1 ot rnllpire. and
I l,m"T.Z .V,., that they
sec, nu m' " . . -
I , 11 . V. ... VlT n Tn WOIIUIK
" matters which they
' m-, Bnbiect to criticism.
. r
,,-rrr- continue xno worn si
L . T.w"-r rh of the
"V . . V chancellor
m MAMn. nromnt-
mi'ZZ .. .nntaner meth-
" r-.7.
i iMati ww w inn mill iw
- " . ,,
' " V ,. MVared the
The general audit covered tne
year ending June sv. q
I anditnra nave now i,u
wo cra w ,Yii The Tl982
ending June ""l.JJ1 JJ Zf
report was tiled theer p art or
May. Becent publicity has dealt
ehlefly-wlth a special report cor
ering the department f buildings
.4 4.m. afatA oUeze wnien waa
made last February.
l TO HHUS MORE MEN
NEW YORK, . Sept.
1.CV xt vrv central railroad
knight announced a tentative
jinndene on business
conditions, calling for -P10
of 9550 men; in Oetober, an in
crease oM cent oter Sep
tember.
DISTRICT
K
CONFERS WITH
T DEIS
TRUCK UW REPRe
E
Drivers Arrested may Post
Bail Pending Final De
cision on Appeal
The state supreme court in an
oral opinion handed down Thurs
day denied a motion filed by
Percy Cupper, representing the
Oregon Truck Owners and Farm
ers Protective association, that
the officers be restrained from
enforcing those provisions of the
1933 bus' and truck law which
were declared invalid by Judge
Lewelling of the Marion county
circuit court.
The provisions of the act which
Judge Lewelling held invalid re
lated to the regulation of con
tract and private carriers.
A large number of arrests have
been made by the state police for
violation of the truck law but in
most cases the defendants have
been allowed to post bail pend
ing a final decision by the state
supreme court. Briefs already
have been filed in the -supreme
court by the attorney general
and attorneys for tho truck own
ers announced that they would
complete their briefs not later
than Friday noon. It is likelr
that the case will be argued next
Tuesday or Wednesday.
The suit attacking the consti-
utionality of the bus and truck
law originally was filed by A. C.
Anderson, president of the Ore
gon Truck Owners and Farmers
Protective association. He charged
that the provisions of the act
were unfair and if enforced
would deprive between 15,000
and 20,000 trucks of the use of
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111 A ESCAPES
STILL JT
E
CHESTERON. Ind., Sept. 28
(AP) Ten desperadoes who last
Tuesday shot their way out of the
Indiana state prison at Michigan
City, today had apparently reach
ed hide-outs or had succeeded in
placing much distance between
them and the prisou bars.
Reports of the appearance of
groups of the convict band came
from scattered points one as far
west as Lincoln, Net). Police Chief
W. C. Condit said a Lincoln gar
bage man had identified pictures
of Russell Clark, and William
Dietrich, two of the fugitives, as
the pair who had stopped at his
establishment yesterday.
Each of the men drove a car
with Illinois license plates. Con
dit said an abandoned automobile
found in a cornfield near Lincoln
was apparently the one in which
six armed men were riding last
night when tho commandeered an
automobile on a Lincoln street.
Another report of the fleeing
prisoners came from Ottawa, 111.
Sheriff E. J. Welter said two men
he believed were Clark and Diet
rich stopped at a filling station
there last night.
All roads leading from Chicago
were watched for a possible reap
pearance of four men whose auto
mobile out distanced a Hammond
police squad car last night and
slipped into the city.
Captain Matthew Leach, direct
ing a large force of state highway
police which have been searching
northern Indiana regions, said he
believed the felons had killed
Sheriff Charles Neel of Corydon,
Ind., whom they kidnaped as they
fled from the prison.
Yeggs Blunder;
Find no Loot
In Closed Bank
SHUBERT, Neb., Sept 28.
(AP) Yeggs cracked the safe
of a closed bank here last , night
by mistake and got no loot.
The burglars entered the Farm
ers State bank and at their lei
sure cut through the top of a
safe. Finding it empty they open
ed another in which were paper
notes and M In currency. They
overlooked the cash.
Painters Form
Trade Group Here
A Painting Contractors organ
ization for compliance with the
national NRA code for the trade
was formed at the chamber of J
commerce last night with the
election of Conrad Forgard as
president and; Ralph Warnock as
secretary. The national painters'
code has been submitted bat not
yet approved at Washington, D.
C. The dew organization here will
meet again at the chamber next
Friday night.
STRIKES SPREAD
ST
Steel Workers Idle m West
Virginia; Claim Code
Violation
NRA Board Mediates Strike
In Motor Centers; Some
Disputes Settled
. By tho Associated Press
A total of strikers mounting to
ward 100.000 men hampered,
work in the coal, steel, automo
bile silk, and leather industries
yesterday.
Ten thousand steel workers
were idle along the West Virginia.
"Panhandle" as the Clarksburg,
and- Weirton, W. Va., and the
Steubenville, O., plants of tho
Weirton Steel company shut down
because of a dispute between the
company's union and the Amalga
mated Association of iron, steel
and tin workers.
George Dunn, president of the
Steubenville local of the associa
tion, said the company forced
men to work more than 40 hours
a week 'in violation of the NRA
code.
Pittsburgh officers said they
feared trouble if a third march of
striking coal miners is directed
against the Clairton, Pa., plant of
the Carnegie Steel company. More
than 70,000 miners were away
from the shafts, many spreading
strike doctrine northward isto
Mercer and Venango counties.
Two employes of the Shamrock
Coal company were beateh by
strikers fl Fayette county, Pa.,
and two 'strikers arrested. Other
strikers, numbering loo, pumniel
ed a mine foreman because, their
water supplies were cut off. The
home of Edwin Martin, former
mine dpaty from the II. C. Frick
Coke company, was dynamited
while his family slppt.
XRA Board
Mediating Dispute ' a
Striking tool and die makers of
Detroit. Pontiac and Flint, Mich.,
demanded a 25 per cent increase
in all wages and a 40-hour week.
William S. Knudsen, president of
the Chevrolet and Pontiac Motor
Car companies, said he would'
abide by the decision of the De
troit NRA compliance board
which Is mediating the difficulty.
Philadelphia police yesterday
arrested fve strikers on charges
of Inciting to riot at the J. H.
White Leather Manufacturing
plant. Company officials denied
the strike was called to protest
violations of the XRA minimum
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TEAMS EVEN IIP
E-
PORTLAND. Sept. 28. (AP)
Portland and Seattle split a
double header here tonight, Port
land taking the second game, 3
to 2, after Seattle had won the
first, 3 to 1.
The! Beavers scored two runs
In the-fourth inning of the sec
ond gfme when Parker walked.
Mulligan Eingled, Parker came in
on Loane's double and Mulligan
crossed the "plate on Radonits'
wild pitch. The Suds tied the
score Jn the sixth inning when
Cascafart and Spadefore singled
and Burns, batting for Bangia
vinni.f doubled. The Beavers put
over the winning run in the sev
enth and final inning when Mul
ligan singled, stole second and
scored on Blackerby's double.
In the first game Seattle scored
a run in the first inning on
singles, by Ellsworth, Welch and
Walters, another in the seventh
when Cascarart scored on Palml
sano's passed bail, and a third
in the ninth when Cascarart and
Spadefore singled and Bongla
vinni doubled. Portland scored its
lone run , in the fourth inning
when Reeves singled and came
In on Palmisano's double.
Tickets Now on Sale
For Bridge Classes
And for Tournament
Tickets ' are now oa sale
at the Marion hotel for the
bridge classes and tourna
ment to be conducted each
Tuesday, starting October 8,
for eight weeks.
Classes in contract bridge
play for beginners will start
promptly at a p. m. aadt,
tor advanced players at
S:ftO p. m. : " -
Tournament play begins
each Tuesday evenjag at 8
o'clock. ' i
Ticket may, be parchased
singly or In pairs audi may
be had for any one or more
classes or for one or more
evenings in the tournament.
Early reservations wBl
assist Mrs. William II.
Qolnn, Miss Bctte Harrtld
and The Oregon Statesman,
sponsors, In arranging in
advance for conduct of the
classes and the tournament.
RIES,
QUIT
GOAL IN
HEADER
the money, J
Theodore P. Cramer, jr..
might have met with foul play.
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