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r-. - . I'Atifi TWO The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon, Friday Morning. December 29. 1933 - - r rid'coBt EBBS MP AT mi DEAL Will Widen and Pave Dallas ' - Road to BrunkV Corners .. . ... 'Cofitbimd from nan 1) lug. "I have yet to hear a single economist 'explain the basis of a fair price for any ;iven commod ity, with proofs." aaamnaw BMMBMBM . .1 ' , ' 1 1 The PresidenWithHis?New Deal" Cabinet , COjVIPUTE LOSSES ll Stales Mother I : y ;' " ' 1 AS WATEBS BEGEDE IP' " i " - - - - 1 : i . ,! - - - : , 1 H '?!;;.. 22 Lives Lost; $15,000,000 j : - . Property Damage, Toll I (Coatlaa trmm para 1 bridge on the Alsea-Deadwood secondary highway. 17.107.; " Liodstrom A: FttMnuia. i Port. land,- construction of' a : bridge over ue ciaisiania river, on tne Colamhia rirer highway at Clat skaale, $21,404.60. '... , j Torn" Lillebo, Reedsport. - con struction of tour .bridge between . , KernvIUe and Toledo on the SI1- et secondary highway, vS35. 206.- ' '-Northwest Roads company. Portland,, was the low bidder on . the Canby-Molalla section paring , of the Pacific highway, with S3M3C The bid will be award ed inter. Fred H. Slate "of Portland was low-bidder at $95,954 oa the grading of the Mill, City-Gates section of the North San tiara sec ondary, highway. The award was held- for investigation. - Cartiss Gardner of . Portland ; was awarded the contract to con struct bridges at a cost of 110,- 920 on the Central Oregon high way near Drewsey. . The hearing on the MUwankie sector right-of-way is scheduled .. to bo held tomorrow. The commission gave approval to the purchase of two power shovels costing $18,000 and a "bull doxer" costing $1500. " '. The commission - set January 4 as the date when it will meet i In Eugene to discuss the propos ed Eugene-Mapleton short cut. Its next regular meeting will be January 18. : DALLAS, Dec. 28 Condem nation action was started here today by the Polk county court to secure land from Thomas W. Brunk and Clara E. Brunk which will be used in straighten 3 and widening the Dallas-Salem high way. The complaint filed in the clerk's office stated that the two parties coul not reach an agree ment on the value of thn 1 ftnH and asked that the land be con demned. The rew land required for the road Is slightly more than S acres. Continued from pass ments were responsible for pub- oiiea canaras ana provocations because of a fear that the United States, the Soviet Union and Chi aa would cooperate In the far oct -4 In, opening his address with re COMMISSAR HAILS U. S. BECOONfTlON mar on .domestic affairs, the premier declared the successes of the first year of the second five y.year plan Included a rise of 11 - per, cent In the output of heavy Industry and a crop unprecedented la Russian history. An Increase of 20,000,000 tons this year over 1932 figures was , Indicated In crop estimates, he , eatd. 'Outlining the 1934 program, the speaker forecast an increase ef 21 per cent in the output of all Important branches of indus try and also a great improvement In railway transport, which he characterised as the weakest branch of the national economic aet-np. r . An indication of a policy ca tering more to the needs of con sumers was seen In a -decision to increase manufactured goods for general consumption by 15 per cent, although the general in crease in light Industry was-only 10 per cent. Culley is Chosen Eugene Secretary V EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 28 (JP) H. i. uauy, iormer secretary of the Roseburr chamber . of and recently associated with the United States National bank ot , Portland, was today appointed secretary-manager of the Eugene ' chamber of commerce. He suc- . ceeds E. G. Harlan, who resigned to administer the new state xailk atlHty. " . -Mr. Cully will assume his new i duties Jiere Tuesday. January 2, 1 Stanley T. Stevenson, president, announced. -; Prior to coming to Oregon ten years ago. Mr. Cully was associat- ' ed With Industrial aaanciatlnna In ; Hamilton, Ohio, and Port Wayne, Indiana. For Congress Mrs. Marian Clarke, of Fraser, N. i who has beep, nominated by tht Republican Party to succeed her late husband, Congressman fohn D. Clarke, for the 84th New xork District. Congressman Qarke , eras serring; his fifth term when he vfru killed w an auto accident last . . month. Minium, ll J. i.i.iiiib r J' ' , v X 1 Jf I fir: i v- ) f 'i7 ',...' ";'Z rWidaat Rovit and the tea Matters mi kia Cabiaat an aUwa grPM areaad th PreaMeat's dk in the Exeeative o&cm M this first photo jr m4 of lb Cabinet ad aatioa's Umdw tataer. , L. t r. Oeatei 3eretaryaef War George Dent Secretary ef State Cerdall tialli PmMeat Franklin D. Jtoesevelt; Secretary of the Treasvry WilCaai LEAVES GRDOM AT TELEPHONE ALTAR DORADO, Ark., Dec. 28. ($) Benjamin Lebowitz was left waiting at the "altar" in his scheduled trans-Atlantic telephone wedding today. He grew impatient as he sat in a law office here waiting for a telephone call to be put through to tne bnd-to-re. Miss Hermina Weisz in Czechoslovakia. The hour for the wedding came and the call was not completed. Then came a matter of fact an nouncement for the telephone op erator that Prague wouldn't ac cept the call. I Lebowitz couldn't understand that. It wasn't a "collect" call. He got on the line himself and insisted upon talking with Pra gue. Presently the call was put through to the American consul general there, and Circuit Judge L. S. Britt, who was to have per formed the novel ceremony at this end. talked. "What's tht. difficulty?" In quired Judge Britt. "Mi3s Weisz has gone back to Munkac," replied the consul gen eral. Munkac is 20 hours by train fijom Prague. ' This was a shock to Lebowitz and all concerned but 'here fol lowed quickly the explanation, absolving the bride - to - be ot blame. It developed at the last min ute that the ceremony would not be performed In the American consulate at Prague unless proof was at hand that one or both parties were citizens of the United States, and that a mar riage would be legal in both countries. So the weddinr was nostnoned until Lebowitz could get proof to the American consul general in Prague of his naturalization in Chicago. Scarlet Fever In West Salem While two cases of scarlet fev er have been reported In West Salem, none has been discovered in Marlon county, Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, coutny health officer. stated last nisht. The communic able disease situation in this county, he said, has been un usually quiet the past week. The flurry of whoopingcaugh that broke out at several Marion county points .including south Sa lem and the Hayesville district, has subsided, alleviating fears tnat with children away from school and health nurses' observa tion the disease might spread rapidly. BECKE IS LIQUIDATOR TURNER. Dec. 26 At a meet lng ot the stockholders of the Turner State bank. Tuesdar night the resignation ot E. T. Pierce as liquidating agent of the bank was accepted and Karl Becke of Salem was elected to fill the vacancy. Jefferson Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Colgan entertained rela tives from a distance at their home on Second street orer the Christmas holidays. They arrived from California, December 23. to helfl Mrs. Colran rnlehrat birthday anniversary. Those pres ent were Mr. and Mrs. Roy Mur ray, and Leslie Beamish of .Via. alia. California; and Mr. and Mrs. A. J. Sunzarl of Santa. and Mr. and Mrs. Raymond Col gan and dauchter RarW Christmas day the group were guests or tneir parents, Mr. and Mrs. t, w. Beamish, at Salem. TODAY AND FRIDAY The THRILLING v 1 -RADIO MYSTERY rTTTTIfiTlriT The Phantom Broadcast" with Ralph Forbes yy ptroe anytime j3r 01 Late Sports PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 28. VP Making their first appearance or tne season on a Portland floor, the University of Oregon Web foots were defeated by the Union Oil quintet of Portland, 20 to 27, in their basketball game here to night. It was a close fieht from start to finish, however, with the scored tied twice in each half. Oregon led at half time, 17 to 14. Ed Lewis, star center on the Oregon State coast championship team last season, was the leading scorer, accounting for 13 of the Oilers' points. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 28. (JP) Roosevelt hizh school of Portland defeated Pendleton high, 82 to 27, in their basket ball game here tonight. The Pendleton players lost to Com merce high, 26 to 18, here last night. The visitors Jed at half tinae tonight, 13 to 10, but the Roosevelt five . came back strong to take the lead in the second half. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 28. (JP) The University of California gave the . Santa Tiara Broncos a severe trouncing in a basketball game by a score of 48 to 26 here tonight. It was the first win for Califor nia team over Santa Clara in sev eral years. ELLEXSBURG, Wash., Dec. 28. Jp) Showing a big- Im provement over their form last week when beaten twice by the University of Washington five, the Ellensburg normal team to- mgnc aereated the Washington State college varsity, 80 to 26. Ellensburg led at the half, 16 io is. HOUSTON, Tex., Dec. 28. (JP) Jackie Westrope, the ranking jockey of turfdom, reached his goal of 300 winners this year wnen ne booted in outbound in the third race at Epsom Downs today, then went on to chalk'np his 301st winner by riding Gallop aiong io victory in the sixth. Suspended five days ago for rough riding, the Montana 9. came back early on today's pro gram io reacn a mark unsurpass ed since Vincent Powers races In 1908. The all-time rec- ora or 388 winners was set by W. Aimer m 19U6. Lebanon Woman Ends Her Life ALBANY, Ore.. Dec. 28 UPV Mrs. Mildred Webber, 52 of Leb anon, last night wrote a check for 1600 made navahla tn c tttv ber, from whom she was divorced last October, enclosed it in a note which, directed that Webber be given the money contained In her purse, and then took poison, po nce aia. sne aiea today. RECOVER BOY'S BODY CLATSRTANIE, Ore., Dec. 28 (JP) The body of Donald Allen, 9. was recovered today from the de bris near the Allen home which was wrecked Christmas day by a landslide. DrinaM'a f)h. .a . f his brothers also lost their uvea in tne tragedy. Today & Sat. YOU WONT! YOU CANT! believe such things could happen! ' "WILD BOYS OF THE ROAD" The Picture 1933 Compelled -Hollywood ,r To Make! ' ALL STAR ; CAST Extra ' . "CHIC" SALE U "THE OLD BUGLER" DOORS OPEN TONIGHT ( BOO , I t Malm t Scat IOC I Floor ZUC Woodin and Attoraev Cnml Hmh 5rsUr:, Aaricaitare Heary HareM lekaat Secretary ef the Nary Claud Swaaamai Poataaaater Gea. era! Janaa A. farleyt Secretary ef Coauaerce Daaiel Roper and Secre tary of Labor Frances Perkias. URGES BOYCOTT ON GERMAN GOODS WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. (JP) William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, said tonight the federation had called an all of Its subordinate organizations to 'enforce the boy cott the organization had voted against German made goods. Green gave a lenethv renort of alleged acts of violence by Ger man officials against the German Trade Union association and its members and leaders. In conclusion, he said: "I ask the officer and m em bers Of organizations chartered by the American Federation of Liabor to take such stens n msv seem necessarv in ordor tn mav the boycott of German goods and uerman service as ordered by the convention effective. "I suggest that commlttepa ha annointed to deal with til a nrnh- lem in accordance with the eco nomic, social and bnal no,, re quirements of each communitv. Let these CnmmlttPM nnlta with other committees created for the same nnrnosA runroMntin. other groups of people whose opinions are In harmonv with the action of the convention of the i American ederatlon of Labor. If the boycott ordered by the convention can be made effective, the Interests of the German work ers, the protection of German trade unions, and the enjoyment of the rights and privileges to which the Jewish people are en titled in Germany, may be safe guarded." i (Continued from paga l) bills, the liquor measures and ad journ early in May." Ralney's program excluded the mucn aiscussea permanent legis lation to regulate railroads and stock exchanges, along with at- lempia io amend the recovery program that was ennrteA in th. special session last spring. Senator Connally of Texas, a democratic member nf thA committee, assured the president of support for his dollar devalua tion monetary program. itainey said there vn n strong sentiment on Capitol Hill ior aaaiuonai aid for the silver industry and predicted some ac tion "if afiv eiicoitriir.mont from the president." Orchard Heights. The dif ferent branches ot the McDowell family enjoyed their Christina dinner together Mnnria . iginal McDowell homestead, now the home of Mr. and7 Mrs. W. W. McDowell. Present were Mr. and Mrs. Guy McDowell, Mrand Mrs. arry jncjDoweu and children Ora and Ross. Mr. mil t. Dowell and sons Armon and James Herman, Mr. and Mrs. naroia vogt, Mr. and Mrs. Ches ter Baker and ann mlia . o lem. Anytime con ESS LEADERS SKssion IJUOUYl-iOWICp A tJ V NEW PRICE POLICY JLtSV TODAY AND SATURDAY Special Matinee Today, (Friday) 2 P.' M 10c All Boy Scouts tn Fall Uniform Admitted Free urn. Ara.s- with. ..-. Yt?'U.:. ! .-' 1 JUNI03 COGHLAH biBoy5dlrooBKZ oi twuywooaw Added--Onr Gang tn "Kid From Borneo" News, Fables, comedy and M3 Hnskateers" FREK PAR? r0n THEATRE PATRONS,' BIO FIVE PUMP ASSOCIATED GAS STATION" m L. to r. taadUg) WalUeet Secretary of ' th latrii. The Call Board . . . EXSINORE Today Louisa M. Alcott's "Little Women" with Kath- arine Hepburn. GRAND Today El Brendel in "Olsen's Tile Moment " CAPITOL Today Frankie Darro In "Wild Boys of the Road." STATK Today Ralph Forbes In "The Phantom Broadcast." HOLLYWOOD Today Ken Maynard In "Drum Taps." IS E Despondent after three years of comparative inactivity forced by an apparently incurable disease, Louis Plett, 74, resident of 493 North 19th street, committed sui cide early yesterday morning by hanging himself from a post in the back yard ot a neighbor's home. Still wearing a hat. the body was discovered at 7:40 a. m. hanging from the clothesline post back of the G. A. Ostrin resi dence at 477 North 19th street, by Fred and R. E3. Westphal, other neighbors. Coroner L. E. Barrick, arriving a short time later, said Plett had probably been dead two hours. He had apparently backed np a small stepladder, placed one end of the rope about his neck and the other end over the pole and kicked the ladder away. Pin ned to his coat was a brief note of farewell. Surviving him are his widow, Alena Plett; a daughter, Mrs. Glen Roberts of Elkton; brothers, Charles, Gus and William Plett of Iowa, and one sister, Lizzie Plett, also living in Iowa. The Plett family moved here from Silverton five rears asro. Funeral services will be held Sat urday at 1 p. m. from RIgdon's with Rev. Trick officiating. In terment will be in the Silverton cemetery. A fine record was made by the University of Tamna in It ftrat year of intercollegiate football. coached by Nash Hinins. the team tied Howard, the Dixie eon. ference champion. Jhtn nu. RAwacsni PRESENT "THE ROCK" Benefit Performance Tonight Adm. 25c Curtain 8:15 Anytime ftNADO OF w w TUDII t e ACTION ROMANCE DESPONDENCY MR IF SIIIO PORTLAND ' fVpa Tw. tit. Although rain fell steadily here saw ioaay, rivers tnroughont the Pacific northwest eonti nnaA a a. cede and thonsands ot relief work ers Joined in the task of rehabili tating areas from northern Idaho tO the Coastlina, nf Orarnn ,ml Waahington where havofc was m mt a a l V . '. m . . . . vau"v vj serious ttooa conautons. SOfflA AhflAnrort hara Mf awt today; that the total property dam o cauaea oy tne storm, which coai zj lives, will" approximate 115.000.000. Tha Rmdf n'iio... Idaho. district alnna losses aggregating f 1,000,00 and ftt COWlitt countv Waeh hA damage was estimated at 1 3,0 00,- Ail main hizhware In tha t.l fie northwest were open tonight' wu me exception of a stretch of the Pacific htrnwa Ul.... Woodland and Kelso, Wash. Kaiiroad and bus service was reported hack to normal. PORT ANGELES, Wash., Dec z W) ueorge Hudson, 50, died here todar from inlnriea ed when his beach home was de stroyed by a huge earthsllde last wees;. The man was crushed and thrown into the bay by the force or tne suae, ho was born In Jef ferson county, Ohio, and has lived here for the past 26 years, work ing in logging camps. The bodr of Maurice Slnre. IK who drowned Sunday when he ac cidentally rode his blcyycle off a dock at Dungeness, was also re covered today. BOISE. Idaho. Dec. 28 f&i Just by way of being versatile, the floods around Wallace pre sented Idabo with several river- less bridges. J. H. Stemmer, director of high ways, said today several bridges which once had a river to span now have none because the stream moved over to the other side of the valley during the flood. Stemmer said damage to high ways in the flood district prob acy would exceed $250,000. He expressed some doubt whether federal money could be obtained tor yie repairs, as much damage comes under the head of main tenance, for which the state must pay. He has taken np the question with the federal bureau of public roads. JUNEAU, Alaska, Dec28 endangering several years work. the terrific gales of last week bat tered and tore at the salvage barge Grlffson, which is anchor ed over and chained to the wreck ed steamer Islander, word receiv ed here today said. A 34-foot tender, the Undine, which was attached to the barge, was blown ashore and smashed np on the south end ot Douglas Isl and. The barge itself, and the wreck, which went down with 7 persons and an nnestlmated amount of gold aboard near the end of the last century, however, were little damaged. A new tender has been sent out from here, with foer men to add to the crew of the Griffson, and her anchor will be strength ened. CHILDREN GET TREAT Between 150 and 200 children received candy and toys at the Salvation Army Christmas pro- J gram at the army hall last night. according to Captain Lewis Mc- E , ' J J U . .1 J 1W i m i aw i r a -i ENDS SATURDAY NTTE THEY LEAP FROM THE riBOOK AND WE!.. bt America's It ttt lovtd romtnett arine HEPBURN 1 XIT1XE WOMEN LOUISA MAY ALCOTT wtdt JOAN IENNETT AUt tUKAS rtANCES OCE JEAN PAIKEK DMA MAT OUVZI Mickey Mouse Matinee Saturday, 1 pan. BUCK JONES in Chapter No. 6 "BLAZING, PRAIRIES" (Sala New Year's Ere AUdnite Stage Show . Sunday Night : Vandeville and Tlnnt Grant' Band ' Feature, "xjuue Mast Lover ' r aV vaaaaM -M yTBtaria Xs X SUNDAY-X ,4 Marx BrotX V C "Duck Soup" XI X Midnight Preview ;X X Sat. Night X They're . "'. X Looae 1 .' X411! 1 1 HI mt I The ' flrat rwTraff m. ' itnMi.li.il of Madame Ekaterina DxngaahviU. aged mother of Josef Stalin, dicta tor of the-Soviet Union. The photo was made by Margaret Bourke- nnite, woria-xamous woman pho tographer, at the "home of Mme. Dzwrashrili at Tiflis, U. S. S.R. Allan. Before the gifts were dis tributed, there was a program of music and recitations. Wood's Bory is Taken From Lake KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Dec. 28. (ff) The body of Walter Wood, 3, formerly of Bend and Salem, was taken from Agency lake late yesterday. Wood and Earnest Nitschelm were drowned while on a duck hunting trip on December 13. Nitschelm's body hast nt been recovered. Saturday Night "Boots" Grant and his 10-PIECE ORCHESTRA ADDED ATTRACTION Haywire Orchestra Salem's most popular com edy entertainers. Those who haven't heard them don't misa it. Those who have heard them won't miss it. Admission 35c NEW "yEART! isms, Mellow Moon I (Sac IBi?nPiTioeii ALWAYS at Larmer Transfer & Storage Tofte. SASH STEADY HEAT fewer colds .... ask your doctor! 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(JP) Economists and government of ficials Joined today in oratorical battle orer President Roosevelt's monetary and industrial recovery programs, with seventeen ot the authorities of finance by resolu tion calling on the government to abandon "monetary experimenta tion" immediately. . . .( "Efforts to depreciate the value of the U. S. dollaf by manipula tion should be stopped," said a resolution adopted by the execu tive committee of the economists' national committee on monetary policy. "A definite policy of re turn to the gold standard should be adopted Immediately. "Announcement of the adontlon of this poller would tend to dis sipate the widespread fear of in flation and Teduce the financial demoralization now retarding re covery." HEAD IS CUT Theodore, Snyder, whose ad dress police did not learn, suf fered a severe head laceration as the result of a collision be tween his coupe and a sedan driven by Mark Iwans, at 17th and Center streets last night. 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