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t I' 1" : NOW; IS THE TIME Subscribe now, The Ore f. con Btatesman bargain per ,t iodi now on. To any address ' la Oregon, f3 per year by mall only. THE WEATHER - , Fair today' aad Tboraday, -: Tuesday 78, Mia. 87, rlTer " r-3 feet, aontbwest. wind, partly ckindy. , FOUNDCD 1051 EIGHTY-THIRD YEAR Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, October 4, 1933 U; it ; r - 1 1 . v" . ' -.- ' . ! i :' i.'u- i ' l ' ' " - - -y -r- - ; .., :a ; PEDERALFUNDS 'FOR EDUCATION' HEREPROISED Jobless Teachers to Teach .. Other Jobless.- Adults,' ? Is Plan Broached ' Practical - Courses - Will be : Offered;' 1 Exact . Total ; Allowed Umjecided f . Authorization - for toe expends tare of federal emergency Teller funds In "h lxl n f unemployed ! teachers ; .professional persons, . tradesmen,' technicians and skill-. I ed workmen as toaehra --of spe- - clal, classes, for unemployed snlts "was recelred yesterday by , the Tocational department of the Salem public schools. A budget ct possible expendi tures from these funds for em ployment relief is being prepared and will be presented with an ap-t plication for the necessary mon eys to InlUate the work here. - T. T. Mackenzie, local director ; for Tocational training, said yes terday that while the budget has not been completed It will prob ably call for 1000 for the first ; three months ending : December 31. Budget will be made only on the three-months basis with? a .new one submitted each quartir - that the work continues, j, -.74 Funds for the work are .Jo ..M administered by the sUte board for vocational education through the local school : district The - lo cal relief committee's" approval will be required for all those em ployed as teachers. ?' Any worthy person Is Qualified to teach who can thow a sufficient knowledge of a trade, profession or t sub- , Ject," Jiackenxie sys,;but appii cants must be abler to ji rote -their need for work. : i Instruction Free ; ' To All Unemployed ? . . Instruction under this plan will be offered free to r unemployed persons of all ages and will be designed to be of the most tan gible benefit to those enrolled.' Almost any subject may be taught it a qualified instructor can be found and a worthy class enrolled. Double benefits of .the new re lief scheme were pointed out by Mackenzie, who is enthusiastic over Its possibilities; employing capable persons thrown out of work by the depression to make "persons who have lacked their (Turn to Page I. Col. 1) H. Y. Collins, district. manager " "for tbe Pacific Telephone andjTel i erriDh comoanvhere. last night - was elected president -of the ad- ; visory committee for the local ' SalvaUon Army post. Carl Gabriel- son was named vice-president, w. . L. Phillips secretary and E. B. Millard, treasurer. - After the meeting Collins an-, nounced that the advisory com mittee for the coming year would consist of 70 members, all pledged to active service in promoting the welfare work of the Army. Ca,p ; tain MeAllen is officer in charge of the post. "We will establish the Salvation f Army here on a fully organfced f basis, recognizing the spiritual values of Its serrlce as well as .material relief,' Mr. Collins stated. "The Army has existed for many years and has reached jm element never reached by any other or ganisation. It gives a personalized service and will be made "an ac tive agency in Salem's community life.- , .- "-': The committee will meet again next Tuesday nlght.- Radio Helps in 28 Arrests by Salem's Police ' Twenty-eight arrests" were ef fected by use of the police radio station here lastnonth, Radio Op erator Donald Poujade announced yesterday. City officers handled 258 cases by radio and averaged 9.3 minutes each In clearing them. State police were given 25 radio calls and county sheriffs men ten vll. - Altotref aer 1JS8 calls j- were broadcast during the month, 1632 for i renewal Information, 'the 25ft for specific cases and 50- for test purposes. - . The station-Is ndw operating en average of ten hours dally, begin ning In the lata afternoon and continuing until 3 a: nu six days sjid 4 a. m. Sundays. PRESIDENT fcAHO- '4 ' 4 U1AH If rrr An example of the speed with which The Statesman is furnished spot pictures of news events la this photo of the Chicago stadium crowd of 30,000 American Legion members listening to President Franklin D. Roosevelt' address to the national convention. Arrow Indicate the president. The ad- . dress was delivered Monday, and the picture was received by The Statesman within 24 hours after It was taken. This was possible in the past through teelphoto transmission, but now direct repro ductions from the original picture are sent out and appear In the papers almost as soon after the event occurs. Development of high speed air mail service Is the answer, along with alertness and speed on the part of the news picture companies. International Illustrated News which serves The Statesman daily, effected this rapid delivery which Is characteristic of its present day dispatch in covering big events. F neis Fii Minimum Wage, Limitation Of Machine Hours are Points at Issue WASHINGTON, Oct. 3 (AP) Deputy,, Administrator Pickard of the national recovery adminis tration said today manufacturers and labor representatives would meet here Friday to attempt reaching a final agreement on the pulp and paper Industry code. The question of a minimum wage and limitation of machine hours, which were protested at the recent public hearing by labor representatives, was expected to be the biggest problem to be set tled. Manufacturers appeared at the hearing substantially agreed on other provisions, and labor spokesmen said they would not protest the 40-hour week provided in the code. NRA officials, saying they ex pected little dispute to delay ap proval of the : code prophesied manufacturers and labor leaders would compromise on the mini mum wage provisions. The code provided a minimum of 35 cents per hour for men and 30 cents for women in the north, 32.5 and 27.5 cents respectively in the central states, and .30 and 25 cents in the south. Matthew J Burns, president of. the Interna' tjonal brotherhood of paper mak ers, asked a minimum of 42 and 38 cents in the north, 40 and 36 cents in the central zone and 38 and 34 cents in the eoutb. Denver Cops Had Kelly Month Ago DENVER.. Oct. 3. AP) Po lice here learned today tbey had George "Machine Gun" Keiley in their custody at police headquar ters September 6, while se was being hunted throughout the na tion, and had let him go. - He was quizzed in connection with an auto theft investigation and "talked himself out of ar rest," It was disclosed today. ' . CITT POWER ISSUJJP . ROSEBURO, Oct. (AP) Residents of Roseburg are expect ed to vote at a special election November 20 on a charter amend ment that would authorize the cltv council to negotiate for the construction, purchase or condem nation of a plant for generating and distributing electricity. ' The city council last night adopted" an ordinance providing for the election. Should amend ment pass, the residents would vote again before any final con tract for a power plant could be signed and bonds issued. TUPPER DEFENDANT MEDFORD, Oct. i. (AP) A jury was selected in federal court here -today for the trial of Benjamin Topper, Klamath, res ervation Indian, on a charge of second degree murder in connec tion with the slaying last Jue of Eben Murdock. , ... . , -The trial was one of the first IP CODE ADDRESSES LEGION HOSTS to School District To Call $32,645 Sum of Warrants Preparations for a substantial redemption of Salem school dis trict warrants were being made at the school clerk's office yester day following the receipt of $32,- 645.48 in tuition and $14,775.54 in transportation tax funds from the county treasurer. The "entire tuition amount will be used to Call in warrants. Notification, of the warrants to beredeemed prob ably will be ready today - Several thousand dollars of the transportation tax turnover will accrue to the district since the school board last year advanced moneyto the McClean Transporta tion company which operates the school busses here. The Polk county transportation tax money due the district is yet to be re ceived. UP SALEM PROJECT The proposed widening of the Pacific highway entrance to Salem via North Capitol street will be considered by the utate highway commission at a meeting tenta tively scheduled for October 25 if plans and specifications can be completed and federal approval of the project obtained by that date, it was announced yesterday. The project would include a new, wider bridge across North Mill creek. The only estimate of cost made to date by the highway depart ment is a rough one of $68,500 The city engineer's estimate of cost of widening is $45,000. The money would cbme from the state's federal allotment for road work, of which 25 per cent Is to be apent i within cities. No action his yet been taken by the city in tegard to right of way other than), the council's ap propriation of $150 obtaining right, of way And paying Initial expenses. The Drooosed widenlnr would encroach 'on priTate prop erty to a "small! extent at three corners along the route. loseburg to Vote Soon Murder Tria 1 to Start j Rancher Win! Acquittal ' Fall at Crater is Fatal cases at the annual session for the southern Oregon term of fed eral court, which started today with Judge James A. Fee presid ing. .. . , - ' SELF DEFENSE PLEA MEDFORD, Oct. 8. i AP) Fred Wolf, Birdseye Creek ranch er, was acquitted by a, -circuit court Jury here today of charge of manslaughter in connection with the death last May of Bill Sheldon. Wolfs defense was based upon self defense, " MISS GILLETTE YICTTJI KLAMATH FALLS, Oct. 8. CAP) Elsie Gillette, 27. of Longview. Wash., died here last night from Injuries suffered Sat urday -when' she' tell from a nar row .path at crater Lake pars and rolled down a S 0-foot slope. He skull was fractured. The girl had been employed near the park as a bookkeeper tor s - construc BOARD TAKES tion company. ... GROUND IS I0KFJI FOil COLUMBIA DAM Two Crews Start Work on Test Pits to Learn Nature of Rock BONNEVILLE, Ore., Oct. . (AP) First ground for the $31,- 000,000 -dam across the Columbia river at Bonneville was broken here today. Last Friday, the day the 72- foot dam, designed to develop power and Improve navigation, was formally approved in Wash ington, D. C, by the public works administration, surveyors staked out the places for the digging of test pits. Today two crews of men went to work on two of the pits, one on the south bank of the river opposite the head of Bradford is land and the other at the south channel dam. uninng ana blasting were found necessary on the first pit, which is in rock. The other was being sunk by means of pick and shovel. The crew working on the powerhouse side had recahed the stage by noon where timber was required, and this will be installed tomorrow. The purpose of the test holes is to determine the nature of the rock on the site of the dam and power house structures. Supplementing this work, test holes will be bored with diamond drills along the entire length of the dam. Bids for this work will be opened October 9 at San Fran cisco in the office of Colonel T, m. Robins, divisional United States army .engineer. An Initial allotment of $20. 000.000 was made by the public works administration last Friday This amount is estimated to carry on the work for two years, when tne remaining Sll.000,000 will be made available. - Irvine Asserts ' Even Education Needs Harmony CORVALLIS, Ore., Oct S (AP) A statewide program of fellowship, cooperation and bar mony extending from civic endea vor in the smallest community even to "harmony in hleher edu cation ' was advocated here today by B. F. Irvine, editor of the Ore gon Journal In an Informal ad dress at the Corrallis chamber of commerce luncheon. Irvine, himself a member of the state board of higher education, said it is a "pitiable thin?' that the board has set such an exam ple itself when "majestic co-op eration is needed." He added, however, that - he hopes to see communities and institutions Join the board in bringing about real coordination of all people in Ore gon interested In education. Railroad Bridge as Franchise Given ' 'ASTORIA, Oct SWAP) The city council at a meeting here last night granted e 99-year franchise to .the Rivers Improvement cor" poratlon of Astoria tor. . an ap proach to a proposed trans-Colum bia river bridge here that .would connect the Oregon and Washing ton coast highways.. stEoSe DOWN DRY LAW .4- Wets Win Nearly 2. to 1 in Second Commonwealth : : .Voting ProWbitibnn Four More Needed, Decision Likely November 7 With Ratification Dec. 6 - RICHMOND, Va., Oct. 3. (AP) Virginia with 1246 out of 1690 precincts reported tonight had voted 10,742 for the repeal t the 18th amendment with 50, 886 votes east in opposition. With a slightly smaller number of precincts tabulated the v b t e stood 86,941 for a state liquor. control system as, against 47,124 for continuance of state prohibi tion. RICHMOND, Va.i Oct. $. (AP) Returns from more than one-half of the precincts in the state, including rural as well as the heavy voting urban centers, indicated tonight that Virginia, second state to ratify the 18th amendment, had become the 32nd to join the repeal parade. With 1061 of the state's 1690 precincts reported in today's elec tion, the. vote was 81,548 tor re peal to 44,513 against. Advocates of a liquor control plan to re place statewide prohibition were ahead by about the same margin. Huge repeal majorities were counted In Richmond, Norfolk, Roanoke. Newport News, Lynch burg and the thickly populated area adjacent to Washington, while many of the counties were piling up . substantial margins against prohibition, state and na tional. Early returns showed the dry sentiment centered in the south western section of the state with a number of the counties in that section in the prohibition column. WASHINGTON, Oct 8. (AP) Seven more states have prohi bition elections scheduled this year. Only four need Join repeal's unbroken column of 32 to end the eighteenth amendment Florida votes October 10. Then on November 7, six more ballot: Kentucky, North Carolina, Ohio, Pennsylvania, South Carolina and Utah. If the anti-prohibition trend continues, ratification of the 21st amendment should occur Decem ber 6, the date of the 36th ratify ing convention. , Record Receipts Are Reported at Postotfice Here Largest quarterly receipts In the history of the Salem postof- fiee were totaled yesterday by Postmaster John H. Farrar la a report of the period ending Sep tember 30 with $68,281.63 re corded as compared with $66, 799.95 in the quarter ending March 31, 1929, former record, The summer quarter's receipts exceeded. by more than $7000 these, of the same period last year, which were $80,741.46." The. galas were made In Jaly and September, with August fall ing slightly short of last year's mark. Receipts for September, 1933, were $21,663.66 wh i 1 e those for September, 1932, were only $20,226.22. Receipts report ed in Farrars report are gross receipts and bear no relation to the cut of approximately 25 per cent in running expenses at the local postoffice during the sum mer quarter. . Arrest Deadman Oyer Slaying of Son in Quarrel LAKEVIEW, ' Ore., Oct 3 (AP) Jeff Deadman, living near Silver Lake, was held in county jail here today for questioning in connection with the fatal shooting of bis son,' Bliss Deadman, 43, last night ' - v 1 . -'Police said Jeff Deadman shot his son because of a Quarrel about a fence around a water hole. Af ter the shooting, the officers said, the elder Deadman - went to a neighbor's ranch and gave him self up. Washington Wet Vote is Official OLTMPIA, Wash., Oct . CAP), By a Tote of 94 to 4, del egates elected August 21 today ratified for Washington state the 21st amendment to the federal constitution, repealing the 18th amendment, une of the "wet" del' egates was absent " First-Round Bridge Tourney is Success; WWinMirs Mm Mr.; and Mrs.- Ercel Kay High in one Division, Graham Sharkey and William Einzig top (; List Among North-South Players SALENS first contract bridge tournament drew scores of ..card enthusiasts to the Marion .hotels last night for the first of dght.Tueaday evenings of tournament play, i Under , the auspices of Mrs. William H; Quiim and Miss Bette Harrfld, associates, and The Oregon Statesman, play ers experienced and novices uniformly enjoyed an evening . " - ..-Q which to many ' was the first BU WAR DEBT DELEGAW COMES Lump sum Offer for Final v Settlements Expected; Maybe 10 per Cent WASHINGTON, Oct 3. (AP) Bearing what officials confi dently expect to be a lump sum offer for settlement of the British war debt, representatives of the London government arrived to night to seek a reduction of the amounts due the United States. While Sir Frederick Leith Ross, chief spokesman for the British treasury, remained in New York with friends, his associates, T. K. Bewley, declined to discuss the sum in contemplation, although rumor has placed it at about ten per cent of the principal still un paid, or, roughly $300,000,000. Sir Ronald Lindsay, ambassa dor to the United States, said he would like to have it emphasised that debt represented only actual war expenditures by the British. Definite arrangements for the conferences had still to be made, with indications they would not begin until early next week at the soonest. Sir Frederick Is tentatively scheduled to call upon President Roosevelt Thursday and his ap pointment at the treasury prob ably will be arranged soon after ward. For the United States, the spokesman will be Under-Secretary Acheson of the treasury and -fir. Frederick Livesley, assistant eco nomic advisor of the state depart ment. ED CHICAGO, Oct. 3. (AP) Like a moving human spectrum, dazzling In flashing color, awe-in spiring in magnitude, the Ameri can Legion marched down board Michigan boulevard today. For 10 unbroken hours 160, 000 men and women, united In common memory strode In metlcu Ions formation between walls of spectators, massed solidly should er to shoulder, and scores-deep on both sies of the four - mile line of march. There has been , nothing like this parade of the Legion at its fifteenth annual . conrention, of ficials declared. It likewise was unrivalled in" this city's century of history. The processon started shortly after 10 o'clock from the city's near north side and paced down the avenue to Soldier field in Grant park. As evening fell the nlatoons were still passing the Judges' stand. 10 hs ni FOB LEGION PAH T ropic Storm Added to Political Woes of Cuba HAVANA, Oct S. (AP) In a driving rain whipped by cy clonic winds, 21 victims of yester day's batUe carnage were burled tonight at Colon cemetery.. The city was. free or violence once more, but citizens prepared tor an onslaught from the elements as a tropical storm entered cen tral Cuba. . .. Soldiers meantime searched me home of ex-President Mario G, MenocaL who returned to Cuba after Machado'a deposition. One ot their number said his arrest had been ordered but they coma not find him. Machine guns were trained on his house. A 'spokesman tor tne oincers who surrendered yesterday at the National; - hotel after a day-long seiga of artillery and machine gun fire, charged they were tricked Into flying the white flag when told American marines were ready to land. - The off lcW said his companions wished to save the country from American Intervention. ever, played on duplicate boards. Not' until nearly midnight was play completed and awards de termined. Winners In section one were Mr.' and- Mrs. Ercel Kay, who totaled 3730 points at the north and 'south position. At the .east and west position first place win ners were Graham Sharkey and William Einzig who scored 3620 points. Second place, north and south, first section, went to Dr. and Mrs. Prince Byrd with 1210 points while second place east and west, first section, went to Mr. and Mrs. Clayton V. Bern hard with 2800 points. In the second section of play, Mrs. Jack Callaghan and Mrs. Roy Simmons won first place playing north and south with 3650 points while second place, north and south, went to Mrs. F. T. Munger and Miss Dorothea Steusloff with 1690 points. First place, east and west, second section, was won by Don and Lucille Madison with 3?20 points, while second place, east and west, was taken by Mrs. Max Rogers and Mrs. Ruskin Blatchford who won a total net scone- of 2060. Other scores in the first sec tion were: Third: Dr. and Mrs. W. W. Baum, (north and south) 1110 points; Mr. and Mrs. Oliver B. Huston,' (east and west) 1520 points. - (Turn to Page 2, Col. 4j GRAZEDJ3Y BULLET Would-be Assassin Deemed Nazi by Some Papers; Others Deny it VIENNA. Oct, 3. (AP)- Wieldlng a dainty pearl handled revolver, the step-grandson of an emperor's dentist came within an ace today of killing Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss and plunging the Austrian and European poll tics into new and more danger ous confusion, i As it was, the two bullets from the gun of Rudolf Dertil, a for mer corporal In the Austrian army, only grazed the chancel lor's left breast and wounded him slightly in the left arm. Doll fuss, after receiving treatment at a hospital, went home within an hour. The question immediately ask ed: MWas he a' .Nazi?" still was not definitely answered tonight. Socialist newspapers headlined the accusation that Dertil was a Hitlerite, while on the other hand the pro-Dollfnss newspaper Weltblatt Identified him as a member of the Schutzbund, the dissolved socialist military organ ization. Police late tonight again em phasized that the prisoner's poli tical affiliation had not yet been determined, adding that the for mer corporal had voluntarily re signed from the army after three years of service. o- The army was still trying to check the number of yesterday's casualties. An Independent check showed S3 dead and approximate ly 200 wounded. Estimates rang ed as high as 100 killed. Details At soldiers searched thoroughly' through the cemetery before tonight's burial ceremony and during the brief services held their rifles ready to prevent dis orders. The rest of the victims were to be burled later. U It was revealed for the first time today that S O shots were tir ed last night at an armored ear carrying President Ramon Grau San Martin in an attempt to as sassinate him. A government spokesman was authoritytor the Information. - . Persons visiting Cabana . fort ress .today revealed approximately ISO officers . imprisoned there. AH of them denied rumors that some of their number had been executed either at the fortress or en route. . The officers said they were be ing well treated. . - - . BI N PREMIER 35 Known Dead, 1 50 Injurecl As Inexperienced Crew ; Sent to Blaze Scene .f Jobless men. County Relief Crew, Sent to Blaze; Panic is Fatal LOS ANGELES, Oct. 4- (AP) R. C Huston, assist ant superintendent of eouaty charities, said early this morn ing that between 20 and 25 more bodies had "been found in s canyon in Griffith park, from Which 36 bodies already have been recovered. .Huston, in making a report 1 to Coroner Frank Nance, said the exact number of bodies found could not be determined until daylight and that it would be impossible to remove them until ropes could be lowered Into the area.. Subsequently Coroner Nance said that on the basis of this information he anticipated the final death list would run be tween 70 and 80. LOS ANGELES, Oct. ,3. (AP) Thirty-five men, workers on a county unemployment relief pro ject, and possibly twenty more, died in agony late today in a! box-like canyon, turned into a tomb of cremation apparently by a cigarette tossed into a tinder of brush by one of their number. Between 150 and 200 other men were injured, some of tbem probably fatally. Most of them were burned and a number suf fered fractures of arms and legs and the backs of a few were bro ken as they fell in a frantle flight to safety. ' The charred bodies of 35, the: Identity erased by flames, we; ere taken to a .temporary morgue, and fire officials, advised that others were in the area, express ed tear that possibly 18 addi tional men had been cremated. Coroner Frank Nance announ ced he had been told that 18 more bodies had been 'found in another section of the canyon but he had not been able to confprm the report Tragedy Occurs in Recreation Center The tragedy, "hell b r o k e a loose" as one smoke - blackened survivor described the scene-, of horror, occurred in the eastern end of the low-lying Santa Moni , (Turn to Page 3, Col. 1) - Local merchants and employers" are warned to request the creden tials of any person claiming to, be an Investigator for the NRA and seeking to pry into their affairs. Several reports have been made to NRA headquarters during the last ten days that individuals cla.'mlng v to be investigators for the local NRA ; committee : nave nailed on local employers Seeking detailed Information on wages and hours and other similar matters. Neither the local NRA commit tee nor the local compliance board -are engaged in snooping activ ities. Should It he necessary to Ob tain information Trom employers. thv will Tia kail tn rill at tW- locaj NRA office, or the Informa tion will be requested by a mem ber of the board, the office man ager or , other1 representative the local committee, who will be properly identified. It employers ask to see the credentials of is dlyiduals seeking information; ' under the guise of NRA inveat gators the local committee and local employers will be saved eoa ' siderable embarrassment. ' ; , WadkathonPlan Isn't Abandoned ; Aldermen Learn 'While the ordinance passed 12 EMPLOYERS wllED III IMPEftSONATOHS to 1 by the city council Monday ; night " forbidding eonductof walkathons in the city i remained ' unsigned yesterday, it was re- . ported sponsors of the undertak- -ing, rather than ; admitting de feat were urging city aldermen' to reverse their -stand . ' on the matter. Mayor Douglas McKay 7 had not received : the ordinance. It . was believed In view of the 7 strong- council, vote he would not - -vetoJthe bill. , f 1 . - Plans for a walkathon - hers) -have been In progress for sev eral : weeks, : according to Alder " -man Watson Townsend, author of -the ordinance. :.v- - r 'If '"4,