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; SERVICE ; -.' We guarantee" oar carrier" service. If your paper does not arrive by : 15, call blOl" and a copy will be delivered , at once. ;'". :.,;;;- ... THE . WEATHER1 U v Rain today and Friday, f- not change la temperature; UMaxTemp." Wed, S3, Mia. 42; rain' 4 .3 laches, river : 1.3 feet,' tooth winds. MM EIGHTY.TflIRD YEAR 1 j j r m mob r r isaiA i mi mMMStMsii , ' ' r l ,y . FOUNDED 1051 : ; y 1 ,. ' 1 ' - - . ' " i CI-. n mi i t-- i m ion n - - - - ' - - " - . - f v v - -kt am a C t P" ; II - - ... , . , . 1 1 - i t -i. i i . v i - 'V . T V; a -I .1 t r - I ' .' i 1 x mm ill William , P. , Smith, 22, of ; Sheridan, Harold Fleming, : 24, Arrested, Plead Guilty, v Taken to Prison Police Act Swiftly, Find Daue Kidnapers With Car Stolen., From . Wyoming City Saturday Less than 20 hours after thev kidnaped and- robbed Mr. and Mrs. Clifford O. Dane at the South Salem pharmacy, 1069 South Commercial street, Tues day night, two youths, one from Sheridan, heard Oregon peniten tiary doors clang shut, to hem them in for the next ten years if they serve out their full senten ces. Acting on information obtained early "yesterday morning, city and state police here went to Sheridan and at 1:45 p. m. arrested Wil liam Patrick Smith, 22, whose parents live on Sheridan- route one. and Harold C. Fleming, 24. of Detroit. Mich., on charges of assault and robbery. The pair did not admit committing the crime until they had been grilled for around half an hour on their ar rival in Salem with the officers. Authorities Act Swiftly la Conrt Police and District Attorney William H. Trindle acted swiftly, filing criminal Information with Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan shortly after 4 p. m. When the two young men pleaded" guilty. Judge McMahan sentenced them to serve ten years each in the pen itentiary. They were "dressed in" shortly after 5 p. m. When arrested. Smith and Fleming, police said, had about $25 worth of clothing purchased yesterday with the money stolen from .Daue. The remaining $25 of the loot also was recovered. Robbers Had Stolen Wyoming Car, Said Charges of car theft and taking of a stolen car over a state line (Turn to Page 3, CoL 4) PSESM FORMS PUBLICITY CHI WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 An executive order by President Roosevelt today created the na tional emergency council whose chief purpose was described as keeping the country informed on recovery steps and providing ac curate answers to the many ques tions on governmental activities. The council will establish in Washington a eentral Information bureau -which was said to be de signed to give the public "all fac tual information" on the activities of the various governmental agen :ies. V:-- '. .. Officials. said this was not a itep toward censorship but meant the creation of an agency which would provide much needed Infor mation not readily accessible now through a lack of coordination be tween the various governmental publicity aetups. r The council, . in addition to frank , Walker, acting executive director, is composed of Secretar ies Ickes, Wallace, Roper and Per kins; George N. Peek, farm ad ministrator: Hugh S. Johnson, NRA administrator: Harry L. Hopkins, relief administrator; the head of the Home Owners Loan corporation; Governor Myers of the farm credit administration and a representative of the consumers council, f : ,: BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS 1 5 SHOPPING DA3TS TO CHRISTMAS i JLindy and Anne Fly 1875 Miles in -. -.; ; r 16 Hours to Reach Natal "Brazil - r -i The above sketch shows the expanse of ocean Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh spanned In their homeward dash after a tonr of Europe. This flight from Bathnrst, Gambia, on the coast of aorthwestern Africa to Natal, on the northeastern tip of Brazil, was the longest over-water of their aerial survey tour. Mrs. Lindbergh First Aviatrix to Fly Route Pair to Decide Today on Departure from Natal; Flying Conditions on Long Trip are Favorable; One Ship Seen NATAL, Brazil, Dec. 6 AP) Col. Charles A. Lind bergh and his wireless-operatinsr wife, the former Anne Morrow, alighted on the harbor here at 3:10 p.m. Brazilian time (1:10 p.m. E. S. T.) today after flying from Bathurst, Gambia, Africa, 1875 miles It was the longest over-water flight of their aerial sur- oTy tour. IHHD0F4.3 IIS IS SO HERE S.P. Track Washed out; Mrs. Meier Gives Warning; Roads Flooded Salem and the Willamette val ley Joined the "wet parade" lit erally yesterday when all records of rainfall for the past 42 years were broken with a 4.3 inch pre cipitation in 24 hours. Last night the Willamette river had come up 1.3 feet and was still rising rapid ly. While local residents In lower portions of the city baled out their basements or resignedly aonnea (Turn to Page 8, Col. 5) JURY PANEL READY First testimony was taken late yesterday as the state opened pro secution of involuntary man slaughter charges lodged against Aubrey C. Crawford for the death of Rot Gilbert, watchman, in an automobile accident here last May. Members of the Jury, who will receive the testimony, were se lected shortly after the afternoon session opened. Judge L. H. Mc Mahan is presiding. The jury panel includes u. u. EDley. D. V. Ballweber, Alice B. Smith Alex Doetfler, Josle Mires, John Korb, D. E. Blinston, Min nie Earan. J. A. Colgan, A. J. Buy- serles. Elvin R. English and Nora M. Gardner. The case is being prosecuted by District Attorney William H. Trindle and Lyle Page, deputy, witfi Guy O. Smith and Fred Wil liams, defending. t . IIV CRAWFORO TDIAL Chamber Proposes 8 More C WA Jobs, Eight additional Salem city nmiorti. two at least of Which look to giving work to unem ployed worxen, will oe presented to local representatives of the Civil Works administration as re sult of projects suggested at a meeting last night called by the chamber of commerce. A ninth project which would seek PWA fnnds, was recom mended by the committee, this 1iilnr far additional SChOOl build- lags and improvements to exist ing buildings. Committees were named for each of the eight CWA proposals, these committees to make an im mediate study of , the individual projects and to give estimates of costs, details of work and num ber to be-employed to the county CWA board at once. J. N. Cham bers i' chairman of the CWA board in this area, with H, E. " away in 16 hours, 10 minutes. The whole population of Natal, its stores and offices closed for the fiesta of welcome, its Btreets decorated, racked the water front. At 2:50 p.m. a keen-eyed watcher caught the first glimpse of the great red monoplane as it headed in from the Atlantic. Launch whistles blared and from tbe crowd arose a mighty roar of "viva!" With the alighting of the ship. Mrs. Lindbergh became the first woman ever to fly in an airplane across the south Atlantic. A .relcomer called her atten tion to the fact and Mrs. Lind bergh replied: "I hope not to be the last." Tbe Americans said they were too tired to partake of the fes tivities which the generous Bra zilians had planned for them. In stead they went in an automobile directly from the docks to the home of the English consul, A. B. Scotchbrook, who was one of the first to gTeet them when their plane was anchored. When they came ashore, both the fliers wore their air outfits. Mrs. Lindbergh wore breeches; the colonel was In shirt sleeves and wore a wide-brimmed hat He told the Associated Press be would inspect his plane to morrow and decide then on a date of departure from. Natal. Replying to questions about the flight he said: ' ' "We had the most favorable flying conditions. There was no (Turn to Page 3, Col. 3) $12,000 in U.S. Bonds are Found KANSAS CITY, Dec. I. (P) Twelve thousand dollars in gov ernment bonds believed by police to be part of loot taken from' the Commerce State Bank of Circle vllle, Kas., in 1923, were found today by Edward C. Pierce, half buried in a pasture near his home. He reported tbe discovery to fed eral reserve bank officials. The bonds were registered. Two for Women Eakin,; Harry Levy, members of the county court and M. G. Gun derson of Silrerton other mem bers., Land, Street and Stream Improvement Sought Fire of the six projects pro posed seek improvement of lands- streets and streams; one would cooperate with the county health unit in providing; nurse and den tal service. ' : v , ; A seventh projosal, contingent probably upon recommendation that the downtown : parkng per od be extended to two hoars and held rlgidl. to that, would em ploy women to tag ears, thus re leasing the two to four police men now engaged in this duty for their regular , work. The commit tee named to work out this pro posal includes- Mayer Douglas Mc Kay, B E. Sisson, and members (Torn to Page 3, Col. 3) President Indirectly Rebukes Governor Rolph, Calls For Quick Justice Churches, Government Seek Same Goal, Says; Time Of Gain is Near WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. President Roosevelt in an address tonight called lynching a "vile form of collective murder." The president also indirectly rebuked Governor James Rolph of California, who recently ex pressed approval of mob action in San Jose, Calif., which resulted in the death of two men. "We do not excuse those in high places or tn low who condone lynch law," Mr. Roosevelt said. He did not, however, in his speech before the Federal -Council of Churches of Christ of Amer ica directly refer to the California lynching or to similar incidents recently in Missouri and Mary land. Mr. Roosevelt expressed faith In the "new generation" as a pre liminary to his strong condemna tion of mob violence. Protection of Prisoner Adjunct to Justice, Rays "This new generation, for ex ample," he said, "is not content with preaching against that vile form of collective murder lynch law which has broken out In this country. Lynching is murder and a deliberate and definite disobedience of the commandant, thou shalt not kill.' We do not excuse thoue in high places or In low who condone lynch law. "But a thinking America goes further. It seeks a government of Its own that will be sufficiently strong to protect the prisoner and at the same time crystallize a public opinion so clear that gov ernment of all kinds will be com pelled to practice a more certain Justice. Courts Most Protect Individual, Holds "The Judicial function of the government is the protection of the individual and of the com munity through quick and cer tain Justice. That function in many places has fallen intq a sad ate of disrepair. It must be a part of our program to reestab lish it." ' In his first public utterance since returning from Warm (Turn to Page 8, Col. 3) T The Joint ways and means com mittee Wednesday night voted to report out unfavorably a house bill providing for the remission of state taxes to Tillamook county covering a period of three years. It was estimated that these taxes would total aproximately $135,- 000. Similar action was taken on a bill appropriating $15,000 for a survey of Tillamook county to determine its financial status. Both of these bills were introduc ed as a result of the recent for est fire which resulted In the des truction of a large body of timber in Tillamook county. Approval was given a bill ap propriating $45,000 to take care of the costs of tbe special legisla tive session. The committee also voted to recommend passage of a bill veto ed by Governor Meier, following the regular 1933 legislature which included approximately 23 sep arate claims. The largest of these was a claim of approximately $7000 from the Penn Mutual Life Insurance company. Docket Empty, No Grand Jury Needed, Albany ALBANY, Or., Dee. 6. (JP, Discovering that no criminal cases are pending for Investigation, Dis trict Attorney Shanks today an nounced that he would not call a grand jury session. Veteran. em ployes at the Linn county court house said it was the first time they could remember that a grand jury session has not been called as a preliminary to a circuit court term. ' Drinkers Urged to Strike, Low Price WASHINGTON, Dee. . Representative coenran (D.-mo.i today urged a drinkers strike in an-effort to keep whisky prices down. He charged holders of warehouse receipts were gouging the publie sd said "$7 a quart for whisky ao' matter how old -is outrageous' V. " TAX DIED T WOOK COUNTY Death SEATTLE,, Dee. Two wrecked , fishing , boats 'were ashore on the west coast of Van couver island today, and, a third was missing, with only .slight hope felt for the safety of their crews, raising to possibly eight the number of deaths In the Pa cific northwest's first severe win ter storm. Thj E. 6. 1629 was found in the surf smashed to pieces and the. Bella was ashore, with her uper structure carried away. Tbe S. K., operated by Soren Knutsen, was still missing. . No trace had been found of Ole Hansen, owner of the Bella, or Elnard Oksvik of the E. O. 1629. It was pointed ont a;so by fish ermen at Victoria that both of the men had undoubtedly been accompanied by another fisher man, and that the S. K. un doubtedly had two men aboard. The Dovre, operated by Alfred Anderson, was the only one of the :ieet of four which left Vic toria for the fishlEg grounds off Bamfield, B. C, to reach its des tination. Anderson also said he under stood that two other small trawl ers had left Victoria abont 2 p.m., on Monday, and that he had seen no sign of them during the extremely rough trip. The two other storm deaths were in Washington state. Elmer L. Wilson, 72, Burlington, Wash., Banker, was killed by a motorist (Turn to Page 8, Col. 2) COLUSilffiTO C. R. Moen of Woodburn Not Seriously Hurt; Crash Occurs Near Rrooks Robert McBride, Portland steamship agent and official of the Salem Navigation company, died in a local hospital a short time after being brought here yes terday afternoon for treatment of Injuries received in an automobile Collision on the Pacific highway near Brooks. McBride, driving north, collided head-on with an approaching car driven By C. R. Moen of Wood barn. McBride suffered a broken leg and internal injuries. Moen and Leo McGinnis of Metzger, were painfully Injured but were said to be not in a seri ous condition. The McBride car was demolished. PORTLAND, Dec. 6. (JP) Rob ert McBride, 43, fatally injured when his automobile collided with another on the Pacific highway near Salem, was foreign freight agent at Portland for the McCor mick Steamship company and manager of the Salem Navigation company. State police who investigated the accident said that the drivers were evidently blinded by a heavy rain storm. McBride, active in Oregon ship ping circles for several years, was on his way to Portland on busi ness when the accident occurred. Born in Kansas, the McCormick agent lived for awhile in Montana before coming to Oregon. He was manager of the Astoria Shipping company of Astoria and later was associated with the Columbia Pa cific Shipping company of Port land before entering the service of the McCormick Steamship com pany. He is survived by his widow. Mrs. Ruth Handley McBride, and a six-year-bid daughter. TIJUANA. Mex., Dec. . UP) Bartenders doffed their white aprons, put on their black Sun day suits and officiated as pall bearers at the funeral of Old John Barleycorn here last night. Most of Old John's friends stay ed away from the funeral to cele brate the birth of American re peal. While glasses clinked legal ly across the border In San Diego, Tijuana went into eclipse as the No. 1 western oasis. Severar big hot-spots the Midnight Follies cabaret, San Francisco Bar and Vick's place already were closed, and those surviving tbe return of beer In California were almost de serted. The Log Cabin and Tun nel bars burned recently and have not been rebuilt. . Tijuana and Ensenada officially became free ports today. Import duties were lifted on almost every thing except liquor, gasoline and tobacco. The tax on Imported It quor will be 1 1 f t e d. after six months, it was reported. House Imposes ; Gag Regulations .Gag rale for house debates In the closing 72 hours of the session was agreed upon by reso lution in the lower assembly late Wednesday. Main speeches will be limited to ten minutes, rebut tal talks to fire minutes. Explan ation of votes will also be lim ited In an attempt to expedite business. M BR DEN EAR HERE TMUA1 BURT BARLElCOl TRUCK litSUR Now Goes to Senate Roads, Highways- Committee, Headed by Dunne Ryan Pleads for New Law But , Loses; Bonding Clause Eliminated The; house of . representatives washed its hands of its long-discussed brain child: HB 86 oQ busses and trucks, and passed the measure late Wednesday after noon after Representative Don Ryan had tried without success to put the committee into commit tee of tbe whole to amend the measure. On the final vote, the bill went through with a huge majority, 53 men voting aye, five no and two being absent. The measure. Introduced in the opening days of the session, goes now to the senate roads and high ways committee headed by Sen ator Joe Dunne. Winslow Continues Defense of Bill Representative Winslow, re suming his Tuesday's speech for the bus and truck bill, restated his arguments for the bill's pas sage. He said the pending meas ure, HB 86, had eliminated many features of the 1933 law which had proved objectionable. Includ ed in the eliminations were pro visions for bonding the carriers. Winslow held that the emergency clause II the legislation did not mean a court test and subsequent unconstitutionality since Attorney J. M. Devers of the state highway commission had upheld - the clause. Representative Ryan took up a plea for changing the law on the grounds that publicly owned trucks should be exempted and that certain schedules should be revised. He contended Oregon truckmen were in rebellion over the truck situation. He admitted the contract and the common car riers should pay the same rate but he advocated a better rate for pri vate carriers. Referendum Impends Ryan Asserts Ryan suggested that amend ments be treated as a new bill. coincident with repeal of the 1933 iruca enactment, ne said that a referendum impended against HB (Turn to Page 3, Col. 1) SENTENCED TO DIE DECATUR, Ala.. Dec 6. tJPi j V ' visreuce morris, negro, was con victed today of participating in a mass attack on two white wo men hoboes and, with Heywood Patterson, was sentenced to die February 2. There executions were auto matically stayed, however, by no tice of appeal by Samuel S. Lei- bowitz, chief of defense counsel for both negroes who announced their cases will be taken to the United States supreme, court if necessary. Patterson and Norris were con victed of taking part in an alleg ed attack by nine negroes on Mrs. Victoria Price and Ruby Bates aboard a freight train in northern Alabama in 1931. Seven were convicted, but tbe United States supreme court set the convictions aside on the grounds they did not have ade quate counsel. . Macon Flight is Postponed, Later SUNNYVALE, Calif., Dec. . UP) Projected training flight of the navy dirigible Macon, scheduled to start from her base here tomor row, was postponed late today un til Monday because of weather conditions along the coast north of here. The ship plans to go as far north as Seattle on a two-day flight, but officers said they had not yet arranged the itinerary. Br 53 TO 5 VOTE 2SC0TTSBM County Elementary School Tax Shows Elementary schools of Marion county are asking but $4094.62 more for operation next year than last year, according to budget es timates reported ... yesterday by Mary Fulkerson, county school superintendent. The school levy, which is the second largest item in the tax roll aggregates $442, 480.1S . - fe-:, With the school budget hut slightly higher, the 1934 tax roll will aggregate $1,576,166.28. showing an Increase of $135, 758.32 over the tax roll of this year. The increase is caused hy the addition of the state, tax and the transportation and tuition illpKiddleDecree; Saleslax Gets Approval i o Quake Menace to , 5 Schools; PWA Loan is Sought BERKELEY, Cal., Dec! . UP) On the report of the state de partment of architecture that five school buildings here might col lapse in a severe earthquake and cause heavy loss of life, the Ber keley board of education today condemned the structures named and decided to apply to the public works administration to Inaugur ate a $4,000,000 building pro gram. The condemned buildings were ordered closed beginning tomor row. Willamette Students at Poll Follow "Handwriting"; . Gift Jeopardized The recent "handwriting on the wall" at Willamette univer sity, when students at the in stitution inaugurated their cam paign for the abolition of the "no dancing" rule, was transpos ed to the ballots, according to tbe official count of the campus poll, announced last night. i On one question, that of "do you favor dancing?", the propo sition carried by a ten to one margin. Only one of the ten pro positions fell below ; five to one average. By striking boldly for the abolition of the regulation which bans dancing, the students placed In jeopardy the reported $20,- 000 gift to the university, which was to be made by a Salem wom an. The gift was to be made with the understanding the university continue its no dancing policy. "If they would rather have dancing than my gift, that is up to them," the potential donor in formed The Statesman recently. "The university authorities know how I teel on the subject." The name of the Salem donor was withheld by The Statesman In respect to her- wishes. Results of the poll tabulated yesterday w.il be placed before a committee of the board of trus tees probably within the next ten days. Amedee Smith, of Port land, president of the board of trustees, at present is in Califor nia attending a chamber of com merce conference. His absence delayed the meeting tentatively set for this weekend. Following are the decisive re sults of the campus poll which was taken by the committee. Ac cording to the records, 438 of the 477 eligible students cast their ballots on the proposition. (Turn to Page 3, Col. 5) PASSED BY SENATE The senate, by a vote of 1$ to 11, late Wednesday afternoon ap proved Senator Ireland's bill pro viding for the creation of a milk control commission and regulating the milk Industry. Price fixing and power to" dispose of surplus milk, also were authorized in the mea sure. Senator Spaulding eharged that the bin was unfair and discrimin atory and would operate in the in terests of tbe distributors rather than the producers. The measure also was opposed by Senator Brown on the ground that it was not fair to the milk in dustry as a whole and would cost the producers approximately $15,- 000 a year. Senator Dunne led the fight for the bill. He said its passage would stabilize the milk industry in Ore gon and save thousands of dairy- 1 men from financial ruin. $4094 Increase fund for non - high school dis tricts. The addition of these two items offset the savings made in many of the other budgets.. , Many of the school districts did not file a budget for tax levy for next year as estimated receipts are greater than estimated expendi tures'. Included In the lists which did not file budgets are districts 2, T, 9, 10, 13, 16, 18, 22, 25, 26, 27, 32, 34, 36, 41, 43, J, 46.' 49. 54, 56. 60, 67, 70, 80, 81, 82. 84, 85, 86, 91. 95, 7, 100, 104, 105. 106, J09, 112, 113, 119. 130. 135 and 144. Following is a list of the school (Turn to Page l. Col. Z DAB 5 FAVORED CAMS MILK COHTROL BILL Key Committees Labor Until Midnight to Hurry Session Group Vote on Knox Plan Hangs on Home Rule Opinion, View Committees of the house and senate continued in session Wed nesday until nearly midnight in a' determined effort to place before the special legislative assembly fi nal report on two major unsolved problems: that of liquor control and that of school relief. When the alcoholic eontral committee of the Benate commit tee adjourned the status of the liquor control plan was: 1. Senate President Kiddle had excused the committee's members from senate attendance until their report is ready. 2. A night session of the senate was assured for tonight to con sider the committee's report. 3. The committee, reconvening at 9 a. m., today, was tentative ly agreed on a 4 to 1 majority approval of the Knox plan provid ed the attorney-general today de clared the measure was not In es-' sential conflict with the home rule provision of the state consti tution. If the measure is declared to conflict with this rule. Senator Upton, Bynon and Strayer indir cated they would support a sub stitute plan. 4. In either event, Senator Up ton will support a report that ho tels, restaurants, grocery stores and druggists be allowed the ex clusive sale of hard liquor in Oregon. 5. Final debate on the main measure will probably be up Fri day in the senate. Combination of Two Tax Bills for Schools Laboring until an equally late hour, the house committee on tax ation and revenue finally agreed to favor a relief plan for schools embodying the features of HB 110 I by McPhillips and the so- called Meier privilege tax. Chair man McCormack of the house committee today will designate two members of, his committee to frame one or two amended or substitute bills including the feat ures of these two privilege taxes. Committee members were still undecided last night what the ex act rate of the privilege tax would be and whether service charges would be included. The latter would Include charges on ntilitiea and on financial institutions. Whatever report is finally agTeed upon, members of the eosa mittee agreed the measure would be sent to the house today. It waa also agreed that any tax levied would be in lien of present prop erty taxes, would go entirely for elementary school relief and would be passed to tbe consumer. Tax to Be Passed to Consumer is Decision Members of the taxation and revenue committee were obvious ly doubtful if such a measure would be carried by the people, although the majority agreed that school relief was necessary and that a privilege or sales tax was the most feasible action to take. Meanwhile a spirited rebuttal to (Turn to Page 3, CoL 1) tyorlci N ews at a Glance (By the Associated Press Domestic: WASHINGTON Alcohol eea trol commission seeks lower li quor prices by increasing impor tations. . WASHINGTON R o o s e v t it speaks to federal council of churches of Christ in America. DECATUR, Ala. Seeond ' Scottsboro defendant convicted J and sentenced to death. WASHINGTON $35,000,000 taxes proposed on gambling and property sales in 1 wealthy fam ilies. !. ; BATON ROUGE, La. Mrs. "B, E. Kemp offers to cancel congres-t sional victory and enter primary. NEW YORK Police commis sioner orders speakeasies to close within week. -' WASHINGTON NRA asks trade commission and justice de partment to aid code enforce ment. . .WASHINGTON Treasury of fers $950,000,000 indebtedness certificates to meet obligations. Foreign : N ATA L.V Brazil Lindberghs cross south Atlantic in 16 hour nonstop flight. -' , . ROMErNew : program launch- ed for radical reorganization of League of Nations.' r . V u s MONTEVIDEO, Uruguay See ' retary Hull moves to study re quests for observers at Pan-American conference. - 5! 4 ' - ft K I. 11 V Vl . 1 . ':. ; "I A i