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CmCULATION Distribution Average Nov. 33 7622 THE ..WEATHER , Unsettled Thursday and ' PHdjiy; : ralas in west por tloa. v Wedaesday .Max. 49; ula. ZSi rala .29 la.j rtrer v iSft. if , Net paid, dally, 8nnday,7232 r EIGHTY-THIIID YEAR 771 i'l Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, December 14, 1933 No, 225 Quits Post ;"vt ' 2 i - ! inn nnnnr nripnii, . ........ i FIVE BILLIONS 0HHEGTS (b0 FOR NEXT YEAR V : 4. A ppr oval Received' Last Night; Work to Starts I At Once : Many Skilled iWorkerii Will l:'Get"CkiI::onlNewf At least 700 more men ttiroagh out Marion county will find em ployment by the end of this week on new. CWA projects,. J.- N. Chambers, county CWA adminis trator, announced late Wednes day following word from state CWA headquarters that 44 more projects in the county : had been annzoved. . t - ri. " "NBySaturday night the number ln I i - A. V. jiar to the total Quota of 1411 cttowed to this county under "the CWA program. Menalready em- ployed now reach 700. Selection of the men "began last nignt at the Marion county re employment office on. Court street ' here under the direction of E. T. v Barnes, manager. Today and to morrow .hundreds of placement blanks will be d I h t ri b u t e d throughout the county assigning men to their work. Scores of skilled workmen will lie needed In the new jobs al though 'the bulk of the laborers ' will be common workmen. With a minimum pay check for each ' work of 1 15 a week for 30 hours' employment assured, CWA offic ials estimated last night that the average pay disbursement" per man per week would be $17.50 bringing the weekly pay checks issued here to 24,692 by the end of next week. ' J Approval of the projects was learned by Chambers through a , telegram received from Burton E. Palmer, assistant state CWA- ad- mintetrator. . The projects are scattered wide ly throughout the county. Moneys will go for road improvement, for school repair, lor citvater-and sewer work and for -recreational y projects. "- ;' ' ' Under late orders from Port land, all men now employed will be taxen through the reemploy ment office here. Care will be ex ercised In seeing , that men placed ' are uniformly in need of relief. , Selection of men, however, will by no means be confined to men who hare been on the county re lief rolls heretofore. Inasmuch as the first quota -of men placed came entirely, from these relief , rolls, it is expected that the bulk of new placements will -be from Workers now ? unemployed and needing work but to date able to maintain themselves without di rect relief. ' CWA official here Jast night were highly pleased With . the prompt acceptance of their work projects. Employment workers will do their best to place the men by this weekend although it was not certain last night that all the placements could be made because ' of the magnitude of the task. It seemed certain that all the work- ers would be on next week's pay roll, . - Additional projects , approved for the county are: - , No. 24; Repairing city hall and grading streets. Sublimity. No. 25 : Grading streets. Scotts ' Mills.' i; -V v No.28; Cros street relief sew ' er. Salem, v - 1 No. 27; Improvements to school - plant, district seven, Sublimity. N? No. 2 8 ; Improving Qerrai Donald county road. No. 29: South Mill creek deep-SBlBg,Slera-- . - i' -i ',"J-yv: sic : rorin aim wjr enlsr.. Salem. - -,nKo. 31: Cloverdale Gap Par- rish road lmprovementa. : : . No. .52: Gerrals draining, and diuhing work. ' -.; ' "No." 23: Improving' grounds Oregon tuberculosis hospital. " No. S4: Turner school recrea tional project. ' No. 25: Flooring and heating system for Salem armory. . 1 700 materials to be furnished locally. No. 8C: Mt. Angel school dis trict 1, rebuilding schoolhouse. o. 27: AumsTille street pro- No. St: Improving West Stay (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1) BUY CHRISTMAS SEALS (Hi SHOPPING DASTS jf TO CHRISXAIAS .T ! ' Jyry.W'i"ri''iii..ji. . --''i'l . . .5 - ?4 s tW'm'Wiwiii-T-r--1ir.nr.. - , (.in----nn-n ,,,m mm , mnniiiwiwm. -I -;ux t - ' s : - I , ' ' 1 - -,- - v ' - s ' . , , s !. '. I - i" ' J""'" fS' ' "HZ. ''4':'.''- tr. f ." ' I 7lfej ,..rT.T-.-.-... : r SEATTLE POLICE Luke May Nabs Plotter Be fore Be Seizes Victim; ' Schools Cooperate SEATTLE, Dec. 13. () A plot to kidnap John von Herberg, 18-year-old son of J. von Herberg, Pacific northwest thgatre mag nate, and hold him for 150,000 ransom was frustrated today with the arrest of one of the plotters and his confession. Chief of De tective Luke S. May announced tonight. May made the announcement in the midst of a conference with representatives of the department of justice and Snohomish county peace officers, all of whom, he said, assisted in thwarting the plot and bringing about the arrest of thel suspected ringleader. . Further .arrests, possibly two or three, are expected momentar ily, he declared. The name of the suspect, who was being held in custody In a secret hiding place, was withheld. May declared, however, that he is a former newspaper managing editor who came to the Pacific northwest recently, and is about 60 years old. He has confessed, May said, the complete details of the plot, going so. far as to point out the lonely shack on the waterfront near Ev erett, 28 miles north of here, where It was planned to imprison young von Herberg until the ran som was paid. The man was arrested by Sno homish County Sheriff W. E. Faulkner and Deputies Ray Ryan and ' Mel : Knudson on Monday night, 'May said, on a description broadcast throughout the Pacific northwest. Alertness of students and teach ers at the Franklin high school here, which the youth attends, the detective chief said, was respon sible for the speedy breaking up of the planned abduction. .' The students said that the man had appeared in the vicinity "of the high school on Monday and made inquiries regarding the cus tomary movements of the von Herberg youth, ia coming to. and leaving the school. Ther reported promptly- to their teachers. May said, In ac cordance with plans worked out a few months ago here by him self with Worth McClnre, super intendent of schools, to combat any kidnaping plans. , "We lost, no time getting Into action, he said. . (Turn to Page 5, Col. i). CATCH in Tran stents Are W il I i ng i To Work, Says Boardman "The average transient who comes through here is willing to work." This is the declaration of R. R. "Bob" ' Boardman, Salem transient relief supervisor for the federal government, a declaration quite contrary to the usual asser tions of the "man on the street" who has a job.' . Since Boardman took over su pervision of Hotel de Minto here a few weeks ago he has Inter viewed probably more than a thousand transient men, ascertain ing their reasons for being "oh the road, their normal . occupa tions and ' their 1 destinations, If any. On is authority, boys and young men are being sent back to their own homes or those of relatives,- or listed for placement in concentration camps. , i - ;-.. . The first of these camps will be opened soon' at -MoIaUa with ac commodations f orover 50 tran sient boys. T hero they will be housed, clothed, fed and given work to do throughout 'the win ter. Five boys are staying at Hotel de Minto now awaiting opening of this camp. - A similar permanent camp for men is to be set up sear Portland, Senorita Whispers To Welles MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 13. () To an accompaniment of cheers from a crowd of several hundred per sons, most of them Cubans, Sum ner Welles, retiring ambassador to Cuba, returned to the states late today to resume his former poet as assistant secretary of state at Washington. - Carrying a cane, the tall, slen der diplomat was almost swept off his feet when several score Cubans, most of them in exile here, edged through a group of Americans as he walked off the field on arrirlag here by airplane from Havana. One pretty black eyed senorita threw her arms around -Mr. Welles neck and said something to him in Spanish, which was not heard ' by others because of the cheering. . Blushing, the retiring ambassador smiled and thanked her. Mr. Welles is being succeeded at the Havana post shortly by Jef ferson Cafferty of the state de partment. IT PASADENA, Cel., Dec 13. () Drenched from an all night rain, the bullet torn body of Di. Leonard Siever, 45, dentist, so cialite and art patron, was dis covered today by an early morn ing milkman near the Scottish Rite cathedral. Siever, whose professional cards carried the phrase "aesthetics In dentistry." and played soft mu sic on a phonograph while he worked on his socially prominent patients, was shot down from am bush, police said, as he started to enter his automobile. Admitting they were seeking a redheaded Hollywood woman known to have been Dr. Siever's companion on many occasions, au thorities delved into the past life of the dentist who enjoyed a pro fessional and social - reputation along Pasadena's -"millionaire row." He had been shot twice, once through the base of the skull and again through the heart. - His. pockets had been rifled and his watch and wallet .were missing, but ' authorities said they believed this vas to disguise the motive. while overnight quarters are to be operated at Oregon City and Med ford. At Hotel de Minto around 70 transient men are cared for each day, at Klamath Falls 200 to 300 daily. "V Boardman's policy at Hotel de Minto now is "ETery man works." Wood is cut, the floor swept daily and scrubbed twice weekly,- and permanent Improvements made by these men. Cooking, dishwashing and serving is done by a staff of five men recruited from tran sients' ranks. - . - "They're pretty well ; behaved, too," B o a r d m a n commented. "We've not had a bit of trouble since I've been here. - 1-; Ten young men have been sent home by train since supervision of Hotel de Minta was in part taken over by the federal agency. Board man said. One: was sent to Penn sylvania, otben to California, Washington and Oregon points. Yesterday arrangements were made -to tend one young man home who had Just received word of the death of a brother. . . Everything possible is being done to make the transients' ouar "(Tuxa to Page 5, CoL 3) PASADENA DENT S SHOT FROM AMBUSH With work on the Tennessee Talley project, key stone of the Public Works program, being pushed forward, worker . beliere in strengthenlns; tlieir bridges before they cross them. Above, a bridge of ancient vintage, neag Knorville, Tenn., is nn dergolng rigid reconstruction to enable it to safely bear the heavy tracks going to and from Wheeler dam site. At left; dredging barges are shown at work on the site of the coffer dam that win be more than a mile long and will form a lake of more than 10O square miles. 1 ENT MAY E Study Program to Unify Ra dio, Telegraph and Telephone WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (4) a piace was tentatively reserved toaay on the administration s leg islative program for a statute which would unify communica tlon agencies radio, telephone ana telegraph under the strict control of a new governmental unit. President Roosevelt Is studying tne preliminary report of an in terdepartmental committee which indicated it might be best to give tne communication systems virtu al monopolies and then regulate them through . a federal commis sion. ; v, The chief executive has come to no decision and Secretary Roper who headed the committee, told reporters his group would draft no recommendations or tentative legislation until it had conferred again with Chairman Dill of the senate Interstate commerce com mittee and Chairman Raybura of the house commerce committee. These committees would steer legislation affecting communica tions ft the administration feels the time has come to draft a per manent federal policy. Both1 Senator Dill and Repre sentative Rayburn are' members of the Roper committee but they left Washington before the pre liminary report was completed. Roper said the report would not be made 'public until they had been acquainted with Its details. He agreed, with the ,Whlte House that an assembling of the evidence gathered would show that almost every one of the 11 committee memoera ravorea a trend toward monopoly subjected to strict federal superlvsion. The other alternatives listed in the report to Mr. Roosevelt were continuation of the present ar rangement, or outright govern ment ownership. It was indicated the facts gathered wonld show that a change was needed but the change should not put the gorern- ment in the communications business. Lock Up Wisdom In Kansas Pen - LANSING, Kas Dee. IS (JP) The Identity of Jack. Wisdom, 2-year old cowboy triple slayer, was swallowed op In the routine of penitentiary life here todsy while at .Cedarville Mr. and Mrs. Harry Prltchard, two of his Tie tims, were buried. Sentenced to life Imprisonment for the slaying of Prltchard, who had threatened Wisdom with pro secution on a forged check charge, the new prisoner said he had "no regrets" and ex pressed a willingness "to do my best here." Wisdom also . confessed he killed Emery J. Large, a fellow worker on the Levitt Johnson ranch In Meade county, during a quarrel over a card game. Melson Pleased, CWA Workers " Roy S. Melson,' Marlon county commissioner, expressed gratifi cation yesterday over Ihe way CWA projects were going in the county. - ."The men are -digging In and working like troopers," he said. "They are getting much valuable work accomplished. . Uniformly. I find, Ion a tour of inspection, that the men are eager to work and anxious to do well so they can hold their positions.' They under stand that failure to do their work means that some worthy man will take their place." Melson' said the county court was pleased to be able to get so much .- needed road work done with such liberal federal help. 1 Ml Administration to Ask Coh gress for $5,375, 1 000,000 To Continue Civil Works Until Next Spring WASmNGTON, Dec. 13. OH The administration will ask con gress for appropriations of at least $5,375,000,000 at the com ing session of congress. - This became apparent today as President Roosevelt's aides add ed up minimum estimates for em ergency expenditures and found they totaled $2,775,000,000 with out figuring in a cent for the Re construction corporation, whose requirements cannot be forecast at this time. To that sum they added $2,600,000,000 of budget bureau estimates for the ordinary governmental operating expenses the next fiscal year. "One of the items figuring In the budget was brought promin ently to the fore today by the dis closure by President Roosevelt that he Intended to continue the work of the civil works adminis tration until next spring, grad ually tapering off the work be tween March 1 and May 1. By that . time, the administration hopes that the public works pro gram will be able to absorb grad ually those now cared for by the civil works plan. Acting Secretary Morgenthau of the. treasury, disturbed at con tinuing newspaper dispatches of dissension between himself and subordinates, called reporters to his office for a special press con ference. He praised the work of Walter J. Cummings, chairman of the Bank- Deposit Insurance corporation, and expressed the hope he would stay with treasury as long as he himself , continues as Its chief. Cummings is planning to retire soon after January 1 to assume an important post with a Chicago ITurn to Page 2, CoL 3) PROTEST TO PWA WASHINGTON, Dec. 13 (IP) Senator McNary (R-Ore) and Re presentative Martin (R-Ore) pro tested to the public works admin-. Istration today against charging to Oregon most of the expenses of the Bonneville dam on the Co lumbia river. In an Interview with Deputy Administrator Henry M. Waite, they tiled a similar complaint against charges for the Owyhee and Vale dams, built for irriga tion work in Idaho, Oregon and Nevada, being made against Ore gon funds. Costs of the Bonneville dam. Martin declared, should be as- sesslon against all states which will be benefitted and not in a large measure from Oregon "just because the river flows by our door." Under present plans Oregon Is being assessed from rivers and harbors funds for five-sixths of the total cost of the project, the remainder coming from Washing ton's rivers and harbors funds. Originally the costs were divid ed equally between the two states but protests of Representative Smith (Wash.) because Jobs were not prorated in the same manner brought the change. M t Angel Pair Get too Frisky W. A. Worley, Mt, Angel drug store proprietor, last night swore out a eomplaint against George Meyer and Joseph Schmidt of that city charging them with be ing drunk and disorderly. The two are alleged to have shoved a penny scales through thejilate glass door of Worley 'a store. State police, dispatched by Sa lem police radio, went to Mt. Angel and arrested Meyer and were hunting for Schmidt. Mey er was - brought to the county jail here. Burning Ship Was Jap Fishing Boat MONTEREY, Calif., Dec 13 UP) The mystery of a burning ship off Point Plaos, near, here during a storm last night, was Solved to day when .It became - known the vessel involved was a 48-foot Jap anese-owned abalone fishing boat that had caught fire and sunk. Its crew of four escaped In a motor tender and came ashore.. Reports that several large ships were in the vicinity at the time caused anxiety in shipping circles I lor several hoars. TWO 1 G1H Henry Broere, president of the Bowery Savings Bank of New . York, who has relinquished his post aa credit and banking ex- .. pert for the Roosevelt adminis tration, Brnere is the author of the plan to release frozen cre dits in closed banks throughout the country. 0 HI BID LIST Mills City-Gates Section in Call for Bids by High way Board Contracts for nine important road projects in the Salem terri tory will probably be let at the state highway commission meet ing in Portland, December 28 and 29, it was announced Wednesday by the highway department here. Five of the projects are in this county, and Include four bridges on major roads in the county. Outstanding in importance is to be the awarding of a grading con tract for 4.4 miles of work on the Mill City-Gates section of the North Santiam secondary highway in this county. This project like the others which are to be let, will be financed from federal moneys available under the na tional recovery act. Four bridges are to be let on construction bids In this county. One will be the bridge over North Mill creek on the North Capitol street entrance to Salem. The second will be a bridge' over the Abiqua river on the Cascade sec ondary highway north of Silver- ton. A third will be a bridge over Butte creek on the Woodburn-Mt Hood secondary highway near Woodburn and a fourth will be a (Turn to Page S, Col. 3) Pear Pack Shows Increase Since Depression Began MEDFORD, Ore.; Dec. IS. (JP) There has been an increase in the pear pack ot the Pacific north west since 1929 "despite the de pression," J. W. Mayo, general manager ot the North Pacific Canner and Packers, told dele gates to the 48 th annual meet ing of the Oregon State Horticul tural society here today. "Oregon pears and prunes," Mayo stated, "have bean given parity with California apricots and peaches la eastern store ad vertising." Per capita consumption of can ned pears, he said, has steadily increased, and European markets for the fruit are improving. Can ned pears will be included in com modities considered by the British in the forthcoming trade relation treaty. . Mayo predicted a "healthy con dition for the pear and the prune pack next year and stabilised re lations between producers - and packers." Dr. W. W. Manville of Portland stated that a survey showed pears contain mineral salfs, vitamins and non - fattening sugar of dietetic value. Howard Says Only Hope The sales or privilege tax is the only way open for saving hun dreds Of Oregon school districts from financial disaster, Charles A. Howard, state superintendent of public instruction, declared in a statement issued Wednesday. - "I believe I am right in this contention regardless of the vary ing theories ot taxationor the de sirability of using . other sources of revenue, Howara continued. Howard said the sales tax was approved by the legislature after all other proposals had failed, and was : an , emergency measure de signed - to keep , the children In school and to prevent many school districts from crumbling under their burden of warrant indebted ness. He continued that heavy tax delinquencies had played havoc with the schools and would con tinue to do so until property was relieved of some of the tax bur dens it now "carries." - . "Ot the 34,000,000 which It was estimated the school relief bill WEST SALEM RDAD Liquor CdrttFoI Act - v 'C " STOnMY WEATHER UES QUID Western Washington Recov ering; Bridge Span - . Drops in River (By the Associated Press) Furious gales swept the British Isles Wednesday and sent to de struction a cargo steamer with all, hands while a lifeboat fought through the surf of the East Suf folk coast in a futile effort to reach the ship. A dozen lives were thought to have been lost. On this side of the Atlantic a gale pounded the Nora Scotia shore, and heavy loss -to fisher men's gear was feared. While most of the United States reported normal winter tempera tures, the northeastern seaboard was frozen with. temperatures as low as 10 degrees below aero in Maine. Along the northwestern states fringing Canada the mer cury hovered just above zero. More than three Inches, of rain fell In parts of southern Califor nia, Los Angeles suffering floods four feet deep in some sections. Long Beach saw flurries of snow for the first time in two years. San Jose, farther north, felt a touch of earthquake 1 windows were rattled, but no damage was reported. Fog forced down a plane In the great smokies of Tennessee. (Turn to Page 5, Col. 4) BOLD BOBBERS USE CHICAGO. Dee. IS. (ff) Wire less equipped, seven armed men today Invaded the Unity Trust and Savings bank, overpowered and blindfolded five persons, smashed their way through $9 of its 335 safety deposit boxes and escaped with several thousand dollars worth of loot. Officials of the bank, now in receivership but kept open for convenience of customers having boxes, said they were unable to ascertain the amount of securi ties, jewelry and cash taken but feared it would exceed $50,000. Police said apparently the dar ing daylight raid was accomplish ed by a band of professional safe cracksmen who had an "inside confederate. Those held prisoner said they heard the robbers in the vault from time to time fall out the name ot the owner of the box to be battered next. Meanwhile, one of the gang, with a low wave wireless receiver tuned in on po lice calls to prevent the mob being surprised in the event alarm was given. COALGATE, Okla., Dec. 13. (jp) - Three machine gun bandits flee ing with more than S3 000 in loot from the First National Bank of Coalgate escaped by motor car In the densely wooded hill country northwest of this city tonight. Wilbur Underbill, fugitive con vict, was sought as their leader. The car used by the robbers cor responded with descriptions of one purchased in Okemah, Okla., by a woman reported married here re cently to UnderhilL He has been at large since escaping with ten other convicts from tbe Kansas state prison last Memorial day. Two bank officers, Oliver Browning, cashier, and Mrs. Lil lian O'Connell, assistant cashier, aiid three customers were kidnap ed by the robbers, but ail were re leased unharmed a few miles from town. . Sales Tax For Relief would iroduce, ' 7$ per cent, or S3,Qv,000 win go airecuy w wo school districts," Howard's state ment read. "Each district will re ceive approximately 3400 per year for each classroom in operation. "For example, a one -teacher school district will receive 3300. a two-teacher school C strict 3800, a fire-teacher district 320 00 and so on. The amount each district la to receive will be eliminated from the school property of each district by the county assessor. ; "The remaining .36! per cent of the revenues aggregating $1,000, 000 will go into the county school funds of the counties ' and "the county assessor of each county is required . to reduce 'the e o u n t y school fund levy .by the amount of money received from the sales tax fund. ' 'This. means approximately a one mill reduction .in county lev ies. The revenues this bill pro rides would breatheXthe breath of (Torn to page fi.XoL 3) , 10 0 SJFffl McMorran of Eugene; Ban-y,PortIaiid ;Burns, Condon, are Choice Commission Will Meet Today to Organize Under Knox Plan Governor Julius L. Meier late Wednesday announced in Pert- land the appointment of Oregon's first liquor control commission whose terms will begin when the Knox liquor control measure be comes law. Signature of the bill, now enrolled and before the ex- .- ecutive for final approval, is ex pected today. For the commission the gover nor chose: George H. McMorran, Eugene, first congressional district; James D. Burns of Condon, second con gressional district; Alex G. Barry of Portland, third congressional district. Each man has been notified ot his appointment and will serve. the governor announced. Commis sions will not be sent the men un til the Knox act is signed. The commission was slated to meet today with the governor to outline its course of action. Mr. McMorran and Judge Burns are both merchants of extensive experience. McMorran recently sold his interest in the McMorran and Washburne department store at Eugene to his long-time bus iness acsoclate, Carl G. Wash burne. himself a member of the state highway commission. Re cently McMorran has served as chairman of the NRA board for Lane county. He is highly regard ed in the Eugene business com munity, - w .... Judge Burns is well-known in Gilliam county., but the appoint ment of yesterday marks his first statewide service. He is a demo crat. The other members of the commission are republicans. Mr. Barry, an attorney in Port land, has been prominent for years in ftate legion affairs. He served recently as state command- . er. During the past year be has been a member ot the relief com mittee In Multnomah county and is highly regarded by 'Raymond Wilcox, state relief chairman. The governor has not yet des ignated the chairman although it is expected that McMorran will be named to the position. Head-" quarters of the liquor control board will be in Salem under the legislative enactment. Report here yesterday was that George Neuner might be named legal counsel for the commission although the report could not be verified. It was known he was considered as a member of the commission as was Dr. William S. Knox but each man is reported to haye desired not to undertake the heavy duties incumbent upon the commission at the time of its organization. Senator Ashby Dickson,' chair man ot the senate alcoholic con trol committee, announced Wed nesday in Portland that he thought a fair-sized chain of state liquor stores would be establish ed within the next two or three weeks in Portland. Governor Meier, commenting briefly on the new developments, said last night that the operation ot liquor stores in Oregon "Is a new business and must be set np in a business-like way. He ex- " pecta to meat with the commis sion today before leaving the lat ter part of this week for San Francisco. , Who will administer the state liquor system is not known. Frank A. Spencer ot Portland is talked although it is known ob jecttos to his appointment have arisen. MOSCOW, Dec. 13. UP) Six teen years of official Isolation be tween the - United States and soviet Russia were broken today when William C. Bullitt present--ed his ambassadorial credentials; to Mikhail Kalinin. The ceremony, was accompanied" by; more than an -ordinary cordial exchange- be-.-tween the president of the gener al executive committee and the American envoy and was marked f by the emphasis of. both men vn the tact- thatwhile the United ; States and the soviet .union rep- resent' two widely divergent poll tlcal and social systems this in itself presents no bar to their successful cooperation-. ; , -.' Both pledged their respective governments to lorward v "not ' merely - normal hut "genuinely : friendly . relations'! between the countries, BECEIMlLin . 1 - m f-. 1 i 'i I