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, V.i Sessloa Newt The " Statesman la ' giving thorough . news coverage ot each day's events at the leg islator. Follow the sessloa la The- Statesman. ' THE WEATHER ; 7 Increasing "cloud I a e s s, possibly rain today, rain Friday; Max. Temp. Wed., 46; Min 24; rain O, river 2 feet,' southwest winds. FOUNDED 1051 EIGHTY.THIRD YEAR Salem, Oregon, Thursday Mcniing, November 30,' 1933 No. 213 Nation Dines Today in Spirit qt. ' Uiryis 1 v rvi f" , J, s S, , " , ' 1 'Siii ana Against West 4 Knox BHI due In , House Iri J, MorningTruck and Bus- . Debate on Albnday J . ; t CommitteV Shifts 'Uquor r Commission to Salem, -, ! Cuts Content 14 " .The 'shortness of time before the special -legislative session ends did not keep Its 9 0 members from home and turkey, the -senate adjourning shortly before : noon Wednesday, and the house at 12:50 p. m". with a "general scramble ensuing for the first conveyance homeward. Resump tion of legislative deliberations will come tomorrow: the house opening at 10 a. m. and the sen ate halt an hour later. Eight strenuous, legislative days are ahead with virtually all the floor debates in the offing. Work of committees on the major bills is almost completed. Beginning Friday morning when : the Knox o'clock In the house on a majority-minority report, the ensuing days will see no lack of oratori cal effort and forensic clash. Truck Bill Being Put in Final Form . By Monday the house will be ready to consider the bus and truck bill which was rounded out by the joint committee, on roads and highways yesterday and 1 s now being put into final form for assembly consideration. Relief a third major consider ation of the session will be closely tied to the liquor bill with the prospect likely that about 13, 000,000 will be appropriated with out great debate. The majority report on H. B. 1, the Knox plan, favors a bill lit tle changed' from ' that proposed by the Knox commission. Hotel Wines Lowered , To 14 Per Cent j - A last mlnnte revision ; by the majority of the committee reduc ed the alcoholic top limit pf wines served in restaurants and hotels from 22 to 14 percent The com mittee also provided that Salem, Instead of Portland, would be the headquarters of the state liquor commission. The latter change was made at thec: request ot the Salem chamber ; of commerce which pointed out clearly to the house alcoholic committee that the proposed use of the secretary of state's and treasurer's offices necessitated that the commission have headquarters in Salem. The majority report on the bill Is signed by Representative John son, MHller, Scott, Belton and Walker with Representatives Beckman and Hall dissenting. In their minority report they ask that wines, beers., and mixed drinks to a maximum alcoholic content of 22 per cent be author ized for service by hotels and res taurants. ! Druggists Liquor gale Restricted The committee in its revised bill exclude all sale ot hard li quor, except t for medicinal pur poses by druggists. Financing of the state operated liquor stores will be made through a S400.000 appropriation ! from the general fund, repayable out of the first net proceeds of the liquor com mission's Income. (Turn to page 3, eof. 8) World News at a Glance (By;The Associated Press) j Domestic Princess i Anne, Md. Fonr , lynching suspects freed by judge ; on r "Insufficient evidence" as crowd cheers. BL Joseph, Mo. State seeks to fix lynching blame; governor says mob had "no Justification." Washington Treasury offici als consider:?! new . offering of bonds; Roosevelt gold policy pushed. - ' Detroit Man found slain ten tatively identified as Verne Mil ler, suspect in shooting In Kan sas City union station. . Warm Springs, Ga. Roose velt names Joseph H. Choate, Jr., .New York attorney, to direct li enor code. ( .-' 1 Chicago Dr. Alice Wynekoop Indicted for slaying of daughter-in-law; renounces "Confession." Decatur, Ala. Attorneys close irgumentsIn "Scottsboro case." Detroit Father Coughlin reit erates assertion that Alfred E. Smith visited J. P. Morgan office to arrange for Joan. : Washington Foreign trade I agreements proposed to exchange liquor market for surplus and In dustrial products.'.' . r ' Foreign -, Paris -Government decides. to float loan of 1,600,000,000 franca to meet December bills. ; :j Berlin Protestant church cab inet resigns as climax to' contro rersy over biblical adherence. l ! Dakar, Senegal Lindberghs reported planning to leave .Cape Verde Islands for Bathurst, Gam bia; early Thursday. - ' ' London Engineer, claiming to be illegitimate son of king's bro ther, accused of blackmailing monarch. - - Salem will Join with the nation today la observing the dav Ion? mirn a fitting time of thanks for what wuuwnt mmM rcsiuenc, win oe erans; employed! family heads be expressed in sermons and KANSAS CITY SLAYER Body Tentatively Identified As Verne Miller; Pair Who Aided Sentenced DETROIT, Not. 29. (JP) Detroit police tonight said that fingerprint comparisons had established that a nnde body found 1b a suburban roadside ditch here today was that of Verne Miller, notorious gang ster. DETROIT, Nov. 29. (JP) De troit police announced tonight that the nude body of a man found in a ditch on the city out skirts had been tentatively iden tified as that of Verne Miller, 37, a suspect in the shooting of a group of officers and their pris oner at the Kansas City union sta tion last summer. KANSAS CITY, Not. 29. VP) Verne Miller, tentatively identifi ed as tbe man whose body was fet T r tn rKa Aiitolrlrta TatKnlT FOUND DEAD was wanted here as one of the"h"onf r.aed In. amounti from ring-leaders in the killing of four officers and their prisoner, Frank Nash, convict, in front of the union station last June 17. Miller, former Huron, S. D., sheriff and world war veteran, was said by federal authorities to have manned one of the machine guns at the station during an ef fort to free Nash from his cap tors who were taking him back to the Leavenworth, Kas., federal penitentiary froift which he had (Turn to page 3, coL ) C. C. C. Program To Continue, is Roosevelt Word WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Not. 29. President Roosevelt an nounced today an Intention to continue for another year the civ ilian conservation corps and to ask additional fnnds for his Job-making-public works program. In- planning ahead for continu ation of the - public works . pro gram, Mr. Roosevelt has. asked Secretary Iclres to prepare him a report.. showing how much, of the total allotment is being spent for. wages and materials, how much will be-spent during the new fis cal year and how much will be needed for the next fiscal -year. On the basis of this report, he will decide how much to ask of congress in the way e continuing the vast public works program. P WA Loan Means 50,000 Acres Put Allocation of $1,750,000 of PWA money to the flax Industry in Oregon, as announced yester day In Portland by Public Works Advisor Marshall N. Dana, will bring as high as 50,000 acres in the, Willamette Talley under fflax production and will place several hundred persons on a y ear-around payroll In a central manufactur ing plant presumably to be lo cated In Salem. ' The huge sum granted for the United States National Linen In dustries, Inc., for manufacturing of flax fiber In Oregon, Is the out growth of many months ot work on the part of WilL Lipman, for mer Portland merchant, who started the project and earried It before groups up and l down the Talley In an effort to get financial support to send him to Washing ton to further the plan. - -L. L. Laws, in charge ot the prison flax plant, Ust night re it r 7T v!v: I'M:-"- -s ' J of good the past year has brought Douauiuuy provided for br Hotel hare their larders stocked; spiritual music la the churches. 64 Per Cent Gain Shown In Building November has proved an up grade building month here, build ing permit figures compiled at the city building inspector's office last night reveal. The total cost of construction for which permits have been Issued this month, 1930S, represents a gain of 64 per cent over November, 1932, and 15 per cent over November, 1931. This record is enhanced by comparisons witn October per mits, which showed a 20 percent gain over 1932 but sharp decreas es from 1931 and previous totals. Of the 41 permits Issued in Sa lem this month, ten have been for new construction to cost 36795. Four of these went to Dr. G. E. Prime who is have four 31000 du plex bungalows built at 837-867 South Commercial street. The other large permit, Issued to Mrs. B. L. Steeves, was for a $2000 service station being erected at 656 North High street. Permits for repairs and alter 310 to $350 each. WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. VP) War debt bargaining continued today with an offer of 3150,000 by Czechoslovakia on an install ment of $1,682,812 due Demeber 15. William Phillips, acting secre tary of state, held out for $180, 000 the amount Czechoslovakia gave last June as a token payment on $1,500,000 then due. Great Britain's token payment of $7,500,000 on a total due of $117,680,765 was approved ' by the president on November! ?. Since Czechoslovakia's offer Is relatively much higher than the British payment and since silver will not be accepted next month as it was last June the Czechoslov- axian minister urged mat ms oi fer be approved. Italy has made a token offer ot $1,000,000 on $2,133,955 due De cember 15. This has not yet re ceived President Roosevelt's ap proval. . State department officials also have debt conversation with rep resentatlves of Finland Latvia and several other lesser debtors. The total amount due Decem ber 15 from 12 foreign powers Is $153,024,327. to Flax, Say called the meeting here some months ago at which Lipman out lined his plan to a few merchants and bankers. Laws says the new Industry will have no tie-in with the state flax plant, which now utilises Cax from .about 2,500 acres. As Mr. Laws recalls, the Lip man proposals call for construc tion of a. large flax mill in Sa lem, with several scutching plants to be located at strategic points over the .valley, thus saving to flax growers the cost ot , long hauls. The Willamette valley Is the only district on the -coast that successfully grows flax, and with 50,000 acres here suitable tor flax production, the loan from the PWA may .result in giving this valley a virtual monopoly on the flax industry in the United States. Lipman is thought to . be - In (Turn to page 2, coL I) m 16II6I DEBTS CONTINUIN mm mMa hv Im THlvHm VathoM forth. Here today the needy, both de Mlnto and Um AwmcUtod Vd. significance of the occasion will 38 Cent Wage, 40 Hour Established; Rehearing On Wages Planned PORTLAND, Ore.. Not. 29. UPi The NRA code of fair competi tion for the paper and pulp indus try was received from Washing ton. D. C. todav br Frank Mes senger, Oregon-Idaho compliance director, and went into immedi ate effect. Minimum wages for the indus try were established at 38 cents an hour, and the maximum work week is 40 hours. President Roosevelt signed the code, it was said, contingent on a rehearing on the adequacy of wages. The hearing I3 to be held within 90 days. Under provisions ot the code watchmen may be employed 56 hours weekly, and truck drivers, chauffeurs, switching crews, en gineers, firemen. hydroelectric operators and filter-plant employ es are limited to 10 hours a day and not more than 168 hours in four consecutive weeks. Other workers will be permit ted to work more than the speci fied maximum number of hours if relief workers are not avail able to avoid a plant shutdown. Outside salesmen, executives and their personal secretaries are exempt from the hours and wages provisions. The minimum wage for women is 33 cents an hour. Mercury Records Broken, Chicago And Kansas City CHICAGO, Nov. 29 UP) The mercury hereabouts warmed up to 66 today, a record for November 29. The weather bureau prophesied that tomorrow, if this lasts, will be the warmest TnanKsgiving uay since Chicago began celebrating. be the warmest Thanksgiving day KANSAS CITY, Nov. 29 UP) A new all-time November heat re cord for Kansas City was estab lished with 77 degrees at t p.m. today. The highest previous No vember 29 reading was 66 de grees in 1889. NEWFOUNDLAND ROYAL ST. JOHN'S, Nfld., Not. 29. UP) The legislative council tonight unanimously passed a resolution from the lower chamber approv ing, the royal commission's rec ommendation for relinquishing rights ot a dominion and submit ting to government by a commis sion until the Island is again self supporting. Watch Statesman. For Football News; Coverage Complete Friday's edition of The Oregon Statesman will bring to sports fans foil reports of football contests of Interest here. The Salem Washington high school Shrine benefit contest at Portland will be vividly described by The Statesman sport a writer who will be 1m the press box there. - From Wall Walla, Wash., . will come special Associated - Press story- on the - Willamette oalversity-Whltman- college game. Likewise this edition will contain stories of the Ore gon State Nebraska and Oregon -St. Mary's classics at Lincoln and San Fran cisco, respectively. Taxi ConimissidnT & a s e s WordQn. ho;Arriation -'ChangesiSCaie 1 934 Leyy Over 3 Mills, or $3,139,422.68; Bonus Costs Cause Rise The state of Oregon will be !ht free within the next two years in case there are no reduc tions, or increases in existing ap propriations, members of the state tax. commission announcea yesterday In connection with mak ing the state tax levy fof the year 1934. The state property tax for 1934 will be $3,139,422.68. as com pared with 12,975,837.92 this year, and property will be slightly in excess ot three mills for state purposes, as against a flat three miu raie mis year The current levy Is 1 1,3 4 8,9 50.- 43 lnBide the six per cent limita tion allowed by law and $1,790, 950.43 outside the limitation. The increase was said to be due par tially to $479,374 leTied for state soldiers' bonus payments. $113897,006 Requirements For Present Biennlvm A statement issued by the tax commission showed that the total state requirements for the 1931 32 biennium were $15,399,246.32 as compared to $11,897,606 for the present biennium. A large part of this saving was due to salary reductions affecting state officials and employes. It was es timated that income taxes would produce $1,900,000 as against $1,400,000 collected in 1933. This increase will be due to lower ex emptions, and increased rates im- posed by the legislature. Miscellaneous receipts for 1934 were estimated at $1,500,000 as (Turn to page 2, coL 6) WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Not. 29 (JP) President Roosevelt today Bet un the federal machine for control ot liquor after repeal of national prohibition next week and named Joseph H. Choate, Jr., of New York to direct the task. Choate with an advisory board of four government experts will administer the newly signed li quor code seeking a control of production and the protection of dry states. The president expects the li quor Industry to take the Ini tiative with the federal govern ment exercising principally veto and supervisory powers. His liquor control plan was de scribed as having a threefold ob jective: 1. Full authority for tne Btates to name theI? own methoda of sale 2. Assurance of good liquor at reasonable prices without flood ing the market, and elimination of bootlegging, and, 3. Protection of dry states. r c tlltCll IS OCCn W Ruling on Ford WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. UP) Ford Motor company products to day were again ruled eligible for federal contracts but in his opin ion, J. R. McCarl, the comptroller general, included a view that might nullify pending bids of Ford and rival dealers. McCarl ruled' for the agriculture depart ment that whether the Northwest Motors company of Bethesda, Md., a Ford dealer, violated the retail motor code was "for Jndl cial determination" and not for the ' purchasing officer to decide. Late Sports PORTLAND, Ore., Not. 29. UP) Ira Dern, 210, of Salt Lake City, defeated Pat Reilly, 202kof Boston, taking two falls out of three In the main event on to night's wrestling program here. Reilly took the first fall in 13 minutes with a body scissors. Dern came back to take the sec ond in 6 minutes with an airplane spin and the deciding fan In four minutes with a body slam after Reilly had refused to accept the decision on a foul. Jack Forseren, 220, Vancou ver, B. C, won "the semi-wlndup when his opponent Jack Kogut. 208, Dea Moines, was unable to return to the mat after each had taken a falL . ' Bunny Martin, 162, Tulsa, and Leo Jensen, 160, Vancouver, B. C, wrestled three rounds to a draw. George Bennet, 147, Tulsa, and Noel Franklin, 150, Portland, were . also given a draw in the three-round opener. Rblph Continues Receiving 'Criticisiri;; Praist?,1 t?Nq Justification" Says GpyemQr Park;; -4 Marylanders Arrested, Releasee! : SAN FRANCISCO, Nov.; 29. (AP)Tbe mine of former President Herbert Hoover wats among those signed to a statement issued here today deploring the San Jose lynch ing of Thomas H: Thurmond and John M. Holmes and "the laudation of the deedby Governor James Rolph, Jr., of Cali fornia. . . ' The statement was Issued " , , ' . tnrough tne oillce ot J. w. Mail Hard, Jr., president of the' San Francisco chamber of commerce, who was among the signers.. (By the Associated Press) Missouri moved yesterday to fix responsibility, for the lynch ing of a negro, at St. Joseph, as four men, suspected of partici pating in a Maryland lynching, were released in Princess Anne on writs of habeas corpus. The body was held tonight in an un dertaking establishment. Governor Guy B. Park of Mis souri dispatched an assistant at torney general to St. Joseph to investigate the hanging of Lloyd (Turn to page 2, col. 1) T F. it 174 men on School Projects Cheer President for Giving Them Work Joyous shouts sent skyward yesterday at Olinger, Englewood and Leslie school playgrounds sig nified that this Thanksgiving day there would be the sincerest ot thanks in the hearts of hundreds of men in this vicinity. For this Thanksgiving season has brought to them the most vital gifts they could ask jobs, wages with which -to provide for their wives and children. These men, 174 in number, bois terously greeted Dr. B. F. Pound, school director and chairman of the Salem Community and Park project committee, when he vis ited these three grounds where CWA crews were working, to view progress of the work and ascer tain if the men were satisfied with their jobs. While Dr. Pound was talking (Turn to page 3, col. 3) Thomas Charges McKee Evading Utility Issues Charges that Paul McKee, pres ident of the Northwestern Elec trie company and Portland Gas & Coke company, has evaded the Is sue involving the financial status of the companies he represents. were contained in a statement Is sued here yesterday by Charles M. Thomas, state utility commis sioner. "The public Is not interested in either personalities or smoke screen evasions," Thomas said, "What they want are the facts." Thomas declared that McKee, in his first communication, made the assertion that since 1913 the rates of his utilities have been closely regulated by the state pub lic service commission, and that under the law they have not been allowed to make excessive profits or more than a fair return upon the fair value of their property. HEADS WESTERN GROUP BOISE, Idaho. Nov. 29 UP) Charles E. Stricklin, Oregon state engineer, today was elected pre sident ot the Western Association of State Engineers to succeed George F. Knapp, chief engineer of the division of water resources in Kansas. T. H. Humphreys, Utah state engineer, was elected vice presi dent and Knapp was chosen the third member of tbe excutive com mittee. Engineers of seven states were present or represented. AUTOMOBILE MISSES CURVE BEND, Ore., Nov. 29 UP) J. W. Littlefield, rancher of tbe Bend district, was killed today when his automobile failed to negotiate a curve on The Dalles-California highway north ot here and over turned. Littlefield, riding alone from Bend to his ranch home, was thrown from, the machine as It overturned. The car righted itself and continued down the highway for some: distance before coming to a stop. UPTURN CAUSES OPTDWSM PORTLAND, Nov. 29. UP) Exports moving from this port in November were valued at f 1,775,734, ; compared with f V 11 DIG ffipiters s E Ulrich Reports $25,000 in Mortgages Ready to Be Refinanced '.First group of home loans, about ten in number, in this coun ty under the Home Owners' Loan corporation provisions will b e closed Friday, December 1, J. F Ulrich, appraiser, announced yes terday. On this group the mortgages that will be taken up with bonds total $24,105.20. The amount of cash expended for , street assess ments, taxes and repair of prop erties on this lot will reach $4,- 848.49. About 150 applications from Marion county have gone into the Portland office of the corporation since opening of applications some months ago. The Home Loan office at Port' land recently requested Mr. Ul rich to take charge of closing of the applications which have al ready been made, and this he will do as fast as possible. The ap praising has been in Mr. Ulrich's hands. Tbe corporation officials .have also asked Mr. Ulrich to receive applications for loans at his ot fice at 325 State, and any further information will be furnished by him there. Willamette Trio On Probation for Staying Out Late Willamette university students, anxious to return home for the Thanksgiving holiday, yesterday failed to cast their ballots in the poll to determine the stand on the heated "no dancing" regula tion, and tabulation of the ballots will not be completed until Mon day. It was reported however the "no dancing" edlc'. is being de feated by a S to 1 margin. University authorities announc ed last night the placing of three girls on probation for returning to the campus "after hours" fol lowing the governor's ball last Friday night. Earthquake Felt In Montana but Damage is Slight VIRGINIA CITY, Mont., Nov 29. UP) An earthquake, distinct ly felt but causing little or no damage, occurred in this south western Montana city at 10 a. m today. The Bhock was also felt at En nis and Laurin but not at Sheri dan and Twin Bridges, also i n Madison county. Available re ports Indicated the area affected was small. 01 LOAN Engineers Pick Stricklin Portland Exports Gaining Professors Begin Inquiry Bend Rancher is Killed 450,092 fat October and $1,411, 729 In November, 1032, statis tics compiled by the Portland merchants' exchange today showed. . The exchange pointed ont that the upturn In foreign trade was cause for optimism beeaose It came about through Increases la the movement of general commodities Instead of any particular, commodity, - WORK KEPT SECRET EUGENE, Not. 29. UPS The American Association of Univer sity Professors investigation of the higher education situation in Oregon got under way here today at the University of Oregon. The inquiry Is being conducted by C B. Taylor, Stanford biolog ist; George P. Adams, California university philosopher, and F. M. Paddleford, dean of the graduate school of the University ot Wash ington. . The Investigators' said they were interviewing members ot the university faculty .and others but declined to disclose the names of those interviewed. - Tho conferred yesterday with Chancellor W. J. Kerr, but no statement was Issued following the meeting. -, - mm Huntington Reports Lineup In Good Condition to go Against Colonials Today For Championship Odds Vary; 3000 Salemites Expected, Portland; Train Leaves at 9 a.m.; Weath er not to Hinder, Said Salem high school grldders, un defeated in the season's play, will carry the challenge of the Wil lamette Talley into Multnomah stadium at, Portland this after noon, opposing the Washington Colonials, winners of the Portland Interscholastic league title, in the annual Thanksgiving day Shrine benefit battle. Coach Hollls Huntington's charges, attired in new, black Jer seys, will be cheered on by a con tingent ot Salem tans, eetimatea at 2000 strong, when they take the field at 1 o'clock this after noon. Every district in the Wil lamette valley, strongly favoring the Salem aggregation, is expected to be represented in the stands. Train to Depart From 12th Street Depot The Thanksgiving day attrac tion took a pageant celebration air in Salem last night as final plans were perfected for the trans portation of the team and fans, by special train to Portland. The train will leave the 12th street passenger depot at 9 o'clock this morning. Indications from ad vance ticket sales were that the special would be crowded. The special will leave for the return trip to Salem at 4 p. m., arriviBg here shortly before 6 o'clock to night The Washington Colonials, be cause of the familiarity with the Multnomah stadium field and a slight weight advantage, hare been made the pre-game favorites but the Salem aggregation is not being taken lightly by Coah El don Jenne of the Portland! insti tution. Jenne Revamping Defense Formations Coach Jenne revamped his de fense formations this week t o curb the slashing charges of Jim my Nicholson, backfield ace of the Huntington machine. Nicholson has been prominently mentioned for all-high school team selection and is heralded as one of the out standing ball packers of the last several years. The Huntington machine, how ever, does not depend alone o a Nicholson as Salstrom, Winter mute. Knight and SherriU all are effective behind the line.- Knight, especially, after the retirement ot Nicholson in the Corvallis game, carried the brunt of the attack and defense in high style. The center of the Salem line Is ex pected to turn aside the thrusts of the Colonials as it has in every, other game this year. Moody,' Drager, Grabenhorst, Yada, Hal Torsen and Hastings have turned. In fine performances during the (Turn to page 3, coL 6) Business Bright Spots farm produce moved up one Pftint in the month preceding1 mid-November the Bureau ot Agricultur al Economics said today. Tbe price lauei ior products me iarm er purchased also advanced mn point. The Not. 15 index tor farm prices stood at 71, a 22 point sain over the low point for the year reached In February and a 17 point gain over the correspond ing period last year. ' NEW YORK. Not. t9. UP) "Iron Age" today said iron and steel releases, usually down at this period of the year, are shew ing a slight gain reflected in mill operations. Production schedules at the start of the week were re ported 26.8 per cent, but actual operations "are again" ranning somewhat ahead of schedules, av eraging close to 28 per cent as compared with 17 a week ago,"- BIRMINGHAM, Ala.,' Nov. 29. UP) Robert Gregg, head of t h Tennessee Coal, Iron and Rail road company, today said mora than 2600 persons would be re employed a within tho next two weeks as the result ot resumption -of . operations ot f- various . steel plants nelonging to the company CHICAGO, Not. 2 J. UP) Tho Milwaukee road today reported carloadmgs for the period Nor. I 28 totaled 91,019 compared with 8.C2 for the same period last, year. . ' . . " :