BIGLfflflL TO BE tt IF LipmarL Wires That Entire -.Development Will Be Close to Soured r Three Million and Half Not Appropriated Yet Says Story From East .Denial .that i Salem has been. passed orer as location for the prospective1 linen mill to he erect ed by the United States National Linen Industries with the assist ance of government " financing was made in "a "telegram" received Friday by the chamber of com merce from Will Lipman who is in Washington in the interest, of his project. Lipman's .wire is as follows: : ; "Press -announcement of Port land :- factory : absolutely wrong not only the mill but 1 air activ ities of eyerykindV growing, bet- In the Willamette valley and around Salem. This is one project la which all funds will be expend ed in our agricultural common Ities for farmers- crops and la bor." . 'a... Previous press reports were to the effect' thatjthe ;mlll would be located "lit r or near? Portland. This made the Salem f interests apprehensive since this thy has pioneered in flax development and now has two mills located .here. " ' -y j ' ( . The chamber J of commerce di rectors meeting; Iaif .night dis cussed the! sIiuationt.hfit. lacking adequate Information, did nothing except to authorize a telegram of encouragement to Mr, Lipman, stressing the Importance of build lng on the experience and invest ment of Salem in the Industry. , Congressman James W. Mott who was present stated he would endeavor to ascertain from Wash ington just what the status of the proposed $1J5O,0 00 grant Is. Yesterday's Washington dis patches on the 13,500,000 flax in- daatrv Irian -tttr thi rnn- firmed , local suspicions that the - announcement made In mid-week wag premature and not backed by verified facts. -. - Instead of confirming Initial re ports that the United States Ka. tional Linen, Industries, inc., or Portland, had been allocated 33, 600,00.0, PWA announced off icl- lly: it was considering the pro ject hut had not yet acted on the corporation's . application which was presented by William P. Lip man of Portland. It specif ically, declared that Lipman's application raised new points for which poli cies had not been laid down. ' Security behind the linen loan, the question of repayment of the advance, the question of initial capital to back to project as well as legal details still must be sat isfactorily determined, PWA offi cials said, before the loan can be made. The Washington announcement Friday cleared the air J here and relieved the tension of chamber of commerce and stato capitol of ficials. - - ! Officials Aghast -At First Beports . . The latter f croup ' were frank- IT aghast wnen tne news oi mo .ilnTuo tr TJnmin Came from Washington..: No state otO . elaln-who are well acquainted with " production, and processing of flax had ' been consulted on the ad vance. No attempt had been made to ti the nroiect.to ihe- state'l big flax industry nor to the priv at tnneervs lOneratlnff here. No Tia.it PWA consulted Its re . glonal headquarters on the ad ; vance.' . Marshall Dana said , i n Portland the granting of the loan was all news to him anduanas position was the same as that of ' n.rt ir. Wane v. chairman of the (Turn to page 3, col. 0) . - : . HIJV CHRISTMAS SEALS SHOPPING DA3TS TO CHRISTMAS cm to Buy Foreclosure oh 1923 fPark But ; County is Owner Doesii'h Realize it Salem's Acquisition is Overlooked by Both Parties Until This Week i - - SALEM officials are about to "buy back" the Salem city sauta park. Although the name of the park has not been changed and city off icial continue to collect funds from the rental of the cabins, Clarion property. . The switch in ownership, without the knowledge of either county or city officials, TEN LOANS CLOSED i coi Home Owners' Corporation Speeding Up Program : Ulrich Reports .Ten Marion county home own ers yesterday .directly, received benefits of a federal administra tion relief program when officials from Portland, spending the aft ernoon here, closed ten loans through , the Oregon Home Own ers' Loan corporation, J. P. Ul rich, who is in charge for the county, j announced. - Delays that have characterized this type of relief in Marion coun ty since Its inception late in the summer will now be largely elim inated, Mr. Ulrich declared. Here after, he stated, groups of loans will be closed every two weeks. At the next closing 25 to 30 loans wUl be cleared, he promised. Of the ISC loan applications on file, 90 per cent arc likely to be granted, Mr. Ulrica estimated. The majority of the applications are carefully investigated before being sent in to the head office at Portland. In all of yesterday's deals the mortgagees accepted bonds of the federal corporation. Loans al together amounted to 324,105.20 in bonds and 34848.49 In cash for payment of taxes and improve ment Hens. Two of the loans were made to Silverton residents, one to a Scotts Mills citizen and the oth era to Salem home owners. Applications for $ese loans may still be filed at Mr. Ulrich's office, 325 State street. LOMKMN By unanimous vote of the 100 members of the organization meet- ins; in the chamber of commerce rooms last night, Salem local No. Truck Owners and Farmers' Protective association, decided to ally itself with 31 other organiza tions of truck owners in the Coun cil of Commercial Vehicle Opera tors which last night , opened Its campaign In. Portland with peti tions asking an initiative measure to repeal chapter 429 of the Ore gon laws. . ia The measure anaer lire, oerxer known as the "bus and truck, li censing law,'' was passed at the last regular session of the legisla ture and Is now-under process of amendment in the special session. Initiative petitions were expected to be placed In circulation on ba lem streets today. " . Pofisibilitv of aiimaung wun a similar organization in Washing ton state wmcn is ugnuug ue measure there were also discussed at last night's meeting. w n Willamette Gets $20,000 If Students Dont Dance Dancing activities of Willam-, ette university students, may cost the institution a WyiesC report ed, to approximate $20,000. The donor, an elderly Salem woman, wuo neueves; wmKmeue students should find their danc ing at places other than the un iversity, reported last night the gift h&d not been definitely de cided, i "It they would rather have their dancing than my gift that Is up to them," she said. "They know at the university how I feel tiont dancinie and there . Is - no need for further comment. The conditions of the reported $20,000 bequest .came to light re cently with tne campaign oi me tn dents to Include dancing In their social activities. The stu dents believe, according to lead ers, that the ban against dancing Back Auto Taxes Levied Prior to county holds the title to the came last spring with the- fore closure of several delinquent tax liens. The foreclosure on the auto park was not noticed until re cently and City Attorney Chris Kowitz is making preparations to buy back" the property. - According to the records the foreclosure was made oh 1923 takes, which were, delinquent be fore the city purchased the site from the J. H. Albert estate. When the property was taken over by the city, it automatically was erased from the tax books. "I was notified by county of ficials yesterday that In foreclos ing on several delinquent tax liens, the county bought an auto park," Mayor Douglas McKay said lust night "On investigation we found the auto park which the county bought, belonged, to the city. We are going to buy it back immediately." ' EXPECT i iCTIi ON SLOT MACHINES Bill Probably Will Not Be Reported Out; Problem Here Undiminished Little hope for strengthened legislation to aid in curbing the operation of slot machines was being held out here today by county authorities. Officials did not- believe the proposed bill which would stamp the machines as contraband and permit the authorities to confiscate them. would be reported out of commit tee during the special session of the legislature. Meanwhile slot machines con tinued to be operated In scores of locations in the county. Sev eral score of the machines were reported within" the city limits of Salem while many others are un derstood to be operating In other sections of the county. , Aarice irom uiame Mccora, Woodburn city attorney, indicates officials of that community have been able to rid the district of the machines under the present law. Prosecutions under the sta tute, which forbids the operation of the devices, are made at Wood- burn in such manner that opera tion of the machines has been halted. The "racket" is consider- . (Turn to page 3, coL 6) Postal Receipts Set New Record ; ; Cause Uncertain Receipts last month at the Sa lem postofflce were the highest November receipts In history, Postmaster John H. Parrar said yesterday when he announced gross receipts of $21,835.95 for November, 1933. Last year's re ceipts for the eleventh month were $31,273.91. ", Postal officials were unable to explain the gain. Extra services entailed by the special session of the legislature were thought to no' more than balance the extra heavy pre-election business early m November, 1932. . should be lifted, in Fas much as "bootleg" dances are being staged by campus organizations. A poll of the campus, which Is under way at the present. time shows, leaders reported, that the proposition to include dancing in the social life of the university Is carrying by a 5to, 1 ratio. The exact figures on the returns will not be available until the first of next week. r It was the intent of the student committee to ascertain the exact number of the student body de siring the lifting' of the.no danc ing ban, to place before m com mittee of the board of trustees when the Question will be Ironed out sometime this month. The de cision of the. trustee and the stu dent committees , will be placed before the board of trustees at the next - regular meeting, next month. - , " RH 0 RTA LITY 0 F UIEIWS WurdP.P. Suicide. Two Lona ' ' I Prison Sentences are Listed This Week noome Tax Evasion, Bribe Offering are Charges Bringing Terms CHICAGO, Dec. 1. (jP) Death and the courts this week ended the careers of some of the under world's leading figures. Verne Miller, notorious outlaw and termed the "most hunted man in America," was dead. . James "Fur" Sammons, killer and desperado, began a life sen tence at the Michigan City, Ind., penitentiary after a lifetime spent in evadin gand breaking the law. Willie Sharkey, alleged "strong- ana" man of the Teuny gang and accused of sundry kldnaplngs and bank robberies, was dead. Waxey Gordon; New Jersey beer baron, was awaiting transfer to federal penitentiary to begin- a 10-year sentence. Miller's death Wednesday add ed another slaying to the long list of cansland's supposed retriDu ment ot the underworld s code. His denuded body was found near Detroit, Mich. His death came within only a few weeks of that of Gus Winkler, another hoodlum leader. , Sammons. who throughout a ong criminal life bad escaped fall penalty for his alleged crimes heard the prison gates siam De- hind him, perhaps for tne last time, because he got drunk in a small Indiana community and then "tried tff '1rTl)etway- of an arrest. Sbarkey took his own- life, in St. Paul, Minn. He had been ac quitted a few days before of the kidnaping of William Hamm, Jr., Minnesota brewer, but faced tri al in Chicago for the kidnaping of John Factor. Gordon's conviction in a New York federal court was for in come tax evasion. He was sen tenced to 10 years in the North eastern penitentiary at Lewlsburg, Pa., after government revenue agents had worked several years assembling evidence against him. The removal of these four speeded the parade to the grave or the penitentiary of criminals who rose to affluence during the prohibition era and whose down fall began with the sentencing of Al Capone, long a leading figure in Chicago gangland, to Atlanta penitentiary in 1931. BANKER FACES 61 fl EMPORIA, Kas., Dee. 1. (JP) Warren W. Finney, 60, banker, whose son, Ronald, is accused In the Kansas million dollar bond forgery scandal, was sentenced in district court late today to from 36 to 600 years imprisonment for embezzlement. Finney was convicted, on 13 counts, the embezzlements charg ed totalling approximately 363,- 000. He was sentenced by Judge I Lon McCarty to from three to 50 years on each count, the terms to run consecutively. . . v. The sentence folrowed a denial of a motion lor a new trial. Fin ney made arrangements to pro vide 325,000 bond for his release pending an appeal but encounter ed difficulties. He Is the president of hanks ! here and at Neosho Falls, both! closed in connection with the bond scandal, and Is manager of three telephone companies. Til! NEW YORK. Dee. 1. flP) Gene Tunney, retired king of fis tiana, chuckled today when -the 1334 social register showed he still was in retirement from the who's who of the blue bloods. : The former heavyweight cham pion got his name in the register when he married Polly Lauder. Bnt he was not listed last year and the latest edition skipped his aame again. - - , If either party in a prominent marriage la listed In the book at the time : of the marriage, it is customary for the book .to pub lish both parties' v names- in its iext edition. After .that de cision is made on ' whether the names shall remain In subsequent years. - - - " . - REGISTER Ford WiWner As Cdnttsictt Award Givetf . WASHINGTON, , Dec.; .v (JP A decision for Henry Ford' In 'his latest controversy t with General Hugh S. Johnson was rendered tonignt through the award of a federal contract ' for 700 trucks to a Bethesda, Md., Pord dealer. rrU v. j u v.u u uui uvea utsiu ujf tor weeks pending settlement of the eligibility of Ford dealers to bid on government contracts be cause of the failure of the Ford Motor company to sign the na tional recovery, administration's automobile co. The Northwest Motor company, of Bethesda, headed by R. L. Sa bine, was the low bidder on 700 trucks for the civilian conserva tion corps at the first opening of offers but even after Comptroller General McCarl had ruled' Ford dealers were, eligible other com plications arose. Secretary Wallace tonight, how ever, apparently put an end to the -passages back and forth by holding the company was entitled to the contract. Wallace said the award was made with the con currence of Johnson, administra tor of the national recovery act. 1 Committee Seeks Approval For New Projects but Outlook Uncertain Members of the Marion county CWA committee, fighting tor ap proval of as many projects as pos-J sible to reduce the unemployment figure In this djstrict, are to meet Monday night to further plans for the hastening of additional relief programs . here. Tne . committee metlasf "nTlTaiouswere busy preparing the first payroll for the 576 men who were employed on the opening projects last week. At the meeting last night, the committee members disenssed available projects, but without word from the state committee it was not known here how many projects would be accepted nor the number of men affected. . "We are unable to formulate any plans until we are advised what to do by the state commit tee." one of the members said last night "We want to have every thing In shape, however, so that we will be In position to go. ahead when that word arrives." The first payday will "lignten the load" for more than 600 men who formed the first contingent .of the CWA workers on Marlon eounty projects. The office em ployes worked nntil early hours this morning, preparing the checks for the first reauests. The committee also is faced with the problem of passing the remaining 620 jobs among tne 3000 registered applicants.. The work so far has not been rotated and what plan will be adopted eventually 1 to pass the relief around as much as possible, was not Indicated. BALLOTS SET AFIRE TO H ELECT! BATON ROUGE, La.. Dec. A. (JP) In spite of the burning of ballots today at St. Franelsville, Senator Huey P. Long announced tonight from hU New Orleans headquarters that the election called for Tuesday to name Mrs. Bolivar E. Kemp as sixth district renresentative would be held "f alrlv and honorably and the good manhood and - womanhood will be protected in expressing their choice." That election will be held,' declared Senator Long and he add d. "I understand . that ballots have been reprinted," for the West Feliciana parish election where citizens obtained the bal lots todav from the county clerk's office and' burned them on the courthouse square. , . About the time the "senator was sneaking;, resorts were received that other citizens in East . Feli ciana parish had broken into the clerk's office at Clinton and there also lighted a torch to .the bal lots to be used next Tuesday in that parish; one of the 13 parishes in the sixth district Poisoner of Four To Face Gallows ; BENTON', Ark.Dec 1. CP) Mark II. Shank, Akron, O., attor ney, late tonight .was convicted of the poison murder of Alvin Colley, who with three other members of his family died, near here in a pic nic tragedy last August 15; Shank was being tried .only on charges of murdering Colley. The verdict car ries the death penalty. H KSfi ME HE U. S. National Making Loans While Others Continue To Redeem at Par - Mounting Debt and Bill to Permit Unlimited Bond Sale are Reasons Cashing of Salem city warrants passed, under a cloud yesterday when the United States. National bank adopted the policy of mak ing a loan on warrants presented rather than handing out the cash. No change was announced at Ladd and Bush which has been accepting the warrants at par. J. E. Roman, manager of the First National bank said his in stitution had the matter under consideration but was not ready to state what its policy would be. The reason attributed for sus pension of cash payment is the mounting warrant debt of the city, which how amounts to around $180,000. Warrants now run tor a year before being called tor payment. In an effort to save the situ ation Mayor McKay and city offi cials conferred With bankers Wed nesday when the bankers express ed fears that the pending bill to allow cities to sell bonds with no minimum price fixed by law. would endanger the city's credit. Thereupon the city officials agreed to have the bill which had passed the house of representa tives, killed. While there was no definite "trade" as to future pol icy of accepting warrants, when one bank adopted the new policy Friday, the city officials were no tified. Mayor McKay announced Friday that since the expectation of cashing the city warrants was not being realized, at least In full, the Abrams bill so far as he was concerned should be held as pending for passage in the senate and not killed through infanticide of its parents, the city council The method adopted at the United States National is to make a loan of 90 per cent of the face value of the warrant, deducting its Interest on the. loan at the time It Is made. Thus If a person has a sivu warrant, ne wouia receive 390 less $5.40 Interest now, or (Turn to page 3, col. 8) BANK DEBITS SHOW BUSINESS INCREASE Judged by the volume of its bank debits, Salem's business in creased 33 per cent last month over November, 1932. Banks in the community last month report-, ed a volume of 310,709,323 in bank debits. In November, 1932, the total was 18,782,812. The bank debits In November of this year exceeded those of any month during 1932 and were the second highest in 1933 for Salem . - ' " ' f, These debit items ; the total charges ' against accounts in Sa lem's three banks are consid ered by the Babson service and others as an exceedingly accurate index of business Factors cited by business lead ers as explanation tor the upturn included the general business re-, vivai In the country, the local Buy Now campaign, the augment ing of business by the special ses sion and the generally higner prices now prevailing on commod ities and retail lines ; ols- Plight is At Legislative Plight of the Milwaukle Union hixh school, which, according to a Urge citizen group, win oe forced1 to close unless additional revenue Is obtained, was pictured to the members of the taxation committee of the house at a hear ing in the capitol last night, 1 The group of cltlxens, primarily seeking immediate relief from the financial, predicament ei tne school, asked the enactment of a retail sales tax lor the scaoois to assure the operation of the insti tutions in the state at least dar ing the remainder of the school vear. V. Tne group was iea ey rea xx, CottelL who reported the teachers in that district, as in many , sec tions; were unable to pay the costs of' llvinr. f .r - - "We are urging the legislature to discover some method of Tev- enne to assure the school district an income," Cottell reported. "We have a bond issue which we can mm f k I..-..; All Amendments Fail Klamath Mayor Says Home Rule Still in Effect KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Dec. 1. (AP) Declaring that the Knox measure for state control of li quor, which passed the house of the Oregon legislature today is "a .weird scheme of racketeer ing," Mayor W. E. Mahoney of Klamath Falls today issued a statement warning that ' this city will take "whatever steps are necessary under the law" to as sume control of liquor when the repeal of the Eighteenth amendment- is effected. "We will stand on our consti tutional rights." Mayor Mahoney stated. ."We demand t h a t the state keep Its agents out of Klam ath Falls, and from meddling, in our local affairs. If any attempt is made to set up a state liquor store in Klamath '.Falls, we will take any necessary steps under the law to prevent It" The mayor declared that the home rule section of the etate constitution Is still in effect as regards liquor control. S HERE NOT CERTAIN Salem Still Dry if "Home Rule" --Applies; - Test Cases Assured Salem city officials are totally "up in the air" as to what the status of "bard" liquor and state liquor stores may be here in case the Knox plan of eontrol, passed by the lower house of the legis lature Friday, becomes law. Test cases in several districts. nrobablv the first at Klamath Falls, to determine the right of the various sections to control 11- nnor as they see tit under the old home rule charters, are ex nected to reach the courts soon Reports ' received here Indicated Klamath Falls residents already are circulating petitions for the establishment of Honor stores in that center. City Attorney Chris Kowitz be lieves Salem still Is dry and will remain so nntil a vote of the peo ple changes the statutes. Attor neys in other sections differ with this view, however, . Kowitz re ported. The entire proposition Is a legal Jumble which will not be (Turn to page 3, cou 4j State Insurance Office Guarded; Probe Impending BISMARCK. N. D., Dec. 1. (JP) Three national guardsmen to night were stationed at the state Insurance department oiiiees in the downtown district with or ders to, sennit no one to enter or leave the Place. Governor William Langer said the men would remain on duty throughout the night. He declined to say why they were placed on ruard. but it was learned from a reliable source that the move was to protect the department's records and prevent any possibil ity of tampering with the books durinn- the night. It was reported an investigation was being made of the department. mg not sell and we feel that the school district, is lh a very seri ous situation. ' r "We art paying our teachers in warrants and there is so money with which to cash them. In the past, we have opposed jhe sales tax but the district went on re cord last week favoring a retail sales tax tor schools as the only saltation for the Institutions. "If some revenue is not raised immediately, schools of the state will degenerate to such a point it will cost us 10 times as much money to raise them to their pres ent levelV . -a- He was supported In his re marks) by C. C McLaughlin, clerk of the school hoard and E. W. Klrkpatrick. of Milwaukle. Members of the executive com mittee of the grange are draft ing a hilt how . which would cre ate a revolving fund for the pur pose of loaning to teachers- CO per (Torn to page a, col zj TITUS OF LIQUOR fti: " J -r - Advertising Clause is Moot Point; Group Speeds Action Marion Delegation in Favor of Measure; Debate is Long The Oregon house of represea-. tatives, refusing to be swerved. Friday from a final vote on the. Knox liquor control! plan, gave the bill enacting it hearty approval . at 5 p. m., 50 members voting aye and 10 no. Final vote on the measure. - which now goes to. the senate for consideration, came after a day long debate, . marked by the dog-. ged . determination . of the lower house to get the measure off it calendar and senate bound by , night . . First the house refused, 41 to 19, to adopt the minority report.' of its alcoholic committee by which the sale of liquors, up to zz per cent alcoholic in content. would have been allowed in hotels and restaurants. Early Friday afternoon Repre sentative Beckman, leading the fight for the plan, spiked unani-. mous consent amendments when he refused to allow Representa tive Nichols to strike out the ad vertising clause of H. B. 1. Then the house membership re buffed a prolonged debate on amendments by voting against go ing Into committee of the whole to consider the bill.. The last proposed delay came when Representative John Hall, urging, that druggists, not the state, sell hard liquor, found his motion to go Into committee of the whole ruled out of order. All Members Vote; Explanations Few A crowded house gallery which had listened throughout the day heard the roll call. Every house member was present. Five repre sentatives explained their votes. The vote: For the Knox plan: Aye: Abrams, Beckman, Belton, Beat, Brockway, Childs, Chrismama, Clarke, Cooter, Dammasch, Deles, Dickson, Duerst Eckley, Gouley, Graham, Herman, Herron, pill, Horan, Huntington, Johnson, Judd, Keasy, Lang, Lonergan, Lynch, Martin, McAlear, McCer nack, McPhlllips, Miller, Oakes, Oleen, Paulus, Price, Ryan, Scott, Semon, Snedecor, Snider, Staples, Taylor, Turner, Walker. Weather ford. Wells, Wihslow, Wyers, Speaker Snell. . Against the Knox plan: Nayt Allen, Bennett, Gordon, Hall, Hil ton, Lewis, McCloskey, Nichols, Paget,. Stock dale. The senate alcoholic committee will consider the K ox bill Men day night, it announced Friday, and declared it would probably be ready to report wlthia 24 hours from that time. Members of the senate - committee sat in (Turn to page 3, coL 3) World News a Glance (By the Associated Press) Domestic: DECATUR, Ala. Heywood Pat terson convicted in ' Scottshoro case; death penalty recommended. WASHINGTON. Hugh S. JesJ- son, NRA administrator, sag if necessary he will "Impose", labef regulations on telephone and aluminum Industries. WASHINGTON. Nearly 1.258., 000 jobless found work by Noccsn ber 23 under civil works pro gxajn, . says director in reply to Alfred S, Smith's criticism. NEW YORK. Waxey Gordon. ' New Jersey beer baron, convicted of income - tax evasion and sen fenced to 10 years imnxlsosmest. WASHINGTON. - Government , plans to permit Importation et 4,000,000 gallons of foreign liquor in two months after repeal. WASHINGTON. RFC boosts gold price to 334.01 an . ounce; Roosevelt4 may answer monetary critics. . " CHICAGO. Arraignment of Earle Wynekoop on charge of be ing accessory in wiie muruer contlnued to December 12. - , Forefgnt ' .-'- '.BERLIN. ' Hitler adds two trusted co-workers to cabinet as ministers without portfolio. - turned with clear majority in par liamentary election. ' BERLIN. Hitler tells national and state government sot to in terfere in church controversy