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Salem, Oregon, -Wednesday Morning, January 31, 1934
No. 266
University Economist is Among
: Defendants in Big RacketiTrial
CWA Worker is
' Held for Graft
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Heavy Guard Features Last
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Fairly Complete Confession
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CROWN POINT.; Ind., Jai. 30.
-yfj-John. DillJnger,- notorious
cutlaw, was thrust into a cell lere
tonight, after harried airplane
trip from Tucson.'Arli., where tie
and a group of his henchmen
were arrested'last Thursday. -
Flanked hy officers on the air
trip, chained to his eav Dlllinger
was Quietly surrounded by a large
police detail at the airport and
.rushed here in an uneyentful trip
by automobile caravan of nearly
20 cars. . -IV'' .
Every light In theXake county
Jail gleamed as Dlllinger took tho
few steps from his automobile. to
the Inside of the jail.
Armed deputies swarmed about
the car and deputies even stood
atop the Jail as the prisoner,
handcuffed to . Sergeant Frank
Reynolds of the Chicago detec
tive force, and other officers,
climbed out.
Reports that some of the gang
ster's friends, who once liberated
him from an Ohio jail after kill
ing a sheriff, were on their, way
to attempt a delivery failed to ma
terialize, r . ;
Mrs. Lillian Holley, sheriff,
typically feminine la appearance,
without a weapon on her, express
ed every, confidence- that she
would be able to keep the prison
er safe until after his trial. Al
ready Dlllinger has, been Indicted
for the killing and two policemen
have identified him 1 as the man
who fired the shots that killed
an officer In East Chicago, Ind.
As the door of the solitary jail
cell clanked behind the Indiana
bad man, Proeesutor Robert C.
Estill of Lake county said he liad
obtained a- "broad ; confession"
from Dlllinger Involving .bank
robberies totaling over a quarter
of a million dollars.
"I have managed to get out of
him a pretty broad ' confession,"
Estill said, "concerning a number
of crimes. He has come clean with
relation to bank robberies total
ing over a quarter of a million
dollars and has made no effort to
hide anything: about these
crimes."
"I am sure we will have no
difficulty. in getting out of Dll
linger a full and complete story of
everything that he" has been up to
since he .got out of the peniten
tiary." . ,, - :
BEND, Ore., Jan. SO--Grand
jury action today appeared, as a
probable-result of Sunday's rent
eviction tragedy la which Thomas
Jarrard was killed near Terre
bonne. A coroner's Jury was found that
Jarrard'a death was caused, by a
gunshot wound from a shotgun in
the hands of 82-year-old Thomas
Alderdyce.: -:i
Alderdyce volunteered the in
formation that he shot Jarrard-an
seeing him struggling with Mrs.
Alderdyce. She was In a hysteri
cal condition and enable to testi
fy at the inauest; "VTJtnesses said
her face - Was bruised and
scratched." , r:: -.' -t V" - . '
Mrs.' Jarrard declared Alder
dyce, hidden In a bedroom,' fired
after his wife had slapped Jar
rard. '- - V- ; ' - i '
Alderdyce was formerly a res
ident of the Independence vicin
ity. , .
f BAT OF WHALES, Antarctica,
Jan. S0P)(Vla MaCka Radio)
Forty-four ri men k . marooned at
Pressure camp, and cut off from
the flagship of Admiral Bird's
Antarctica expedition, tattled to
day for their lives and the ex
peditlon's snpplies against
crumbling ice and howling winds.
The ice front of this hay, where
Admiral Byrd ' is trying: to land
stores for the winter camp,; ap
peared to .be collapsing.' with
wide crevasses yawning in the en
tire barrier. 't
A' crack opened this afternoon
behind the halfway relay depot a
mils and a half from Pressure
camp, a temporary unloading base
four miles from the water,
t Fear was expressed by the lead
er that the outpost and its tons
of stores, cached there for trans
port to the permanent base, at
little America, might be lost in
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Most interesting of defendants in Chicago's great racket trial is Dr.
Benjamin F. Squires, former economist of Chicago university,
whom state accuses of complicity in terroristic plot to control Chi
cago's industries. Similarly accused are Aaron Sapiro, New York
attorney, who once sued Henry Ford for alleged defamation of
Jewish race; Alderman Oscar Nelson, of Chicago, Al Capone, now
serving 11 -year-sentence in federal penitentiary at Atlanta, and 12
officials of .various labor anions and trade associations. The state
went to bat without its star witness, Edward J. Brands ge, former
attorney general of Illinois, who committed suicide on eve of the
trial opening.
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Dozen Buildings in Nevada
Town Suffer tut Injury
to Humans Lacking
M1NA, Nev., Jan. 30. (JP) A
severe earthquake damaged a
dozen buildings here today and
the shocks were felt over a wide
area, extending from Salt Lake
City, through Nevada and into
northern California as far south
as Bakersfield.
The major quake occurred here
at 11:24 a. m. (P. S. T.) and
within an hour SO shocks, of de
creasing intensity, were felt They
were continuing at intervals of
every few minutes.
The Palace garage building, a
brick structure, was damaged bad
ly and stores suffered heavily,
the stocks being hurled, to the
floors. A number of chimneys top
pled from homes.
Describing , the shock as a
"good, sharp quake," Dr. Perry
Byerly of the University of Cal
ifornia . seismology department,
said the disturbance centered
about 300 miles away from Berke
ley and greatly resembled those
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Water Company
Files Demurrer
The Oregon-Washington Water
Service company yesterday filed a
demurrer to the city's complaint
in the latter's recently filed con
demnation suit by which the mu
nicipality seeks to acquire the lo
cal plants. The water company's
demurrer declares that the city's
complaint fails to state causes
sufficient for a suit. The demur
rer is tiled under protest, counsel
for the defendant company hold
ing the suit should be transferred
to federal court in Portland.
Judge L. IL McMahan last week
denied such a transfer.
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Liquor Stor.e Setup Mere
May be Known by Tonight
Definite arrangements for the
opening of the Salem liquor store,
including the signing of the lease
for tfca buildis and the' selection
of the personnel, are scheduled to
be mad , here today wnen i k.
Hickam, supervisor: for this dis
trict, arrives ' la Salem, ;
- Unofficial reports received here
Rnrinr the last several days have
placed the location of the liquor
store in several different sections
of the business district. Employes
of the: local of nee declared xney
had not been- informed of any se
lection as yet! i - ' .
rf-ATI if tha reanired forms are
now beint printed and the issu
ance of licenses to persons eligible
to handle beverages limited to 14
per cent alcoholic content probably
will get under way - early next
week, local officials helleve. Ev
ery effort is to be made to have
all the liquor; stores In towns of
SO 00 - or more, population under
lease and In operation by Febru
ary 10, employes declared. - They
said liquor already was available
to stock the stores.
Printed applications for indi
E. J. BRUNDAGE
World News at
a Glance
(By the Associated Press)
Domestic:
The United States celebrates
President Roosevelt's 52ndtlrth
day. ' , " '
TAMPA, Fla. U. S. district
court holds AAA unconstitution
al. CROWN POINT. Ind. John
Dlllinger, bank robber and killer,
carried by plane from Tucson,
Ariz., for trial for policeman's
murder.
MIAMI Frank Nelson Double
day, book publisher, dies.
Foreign:
, VIENNA Great excitement In
tense Tyrol as customs inspector
reported killed at Austro-Oerman
border,'
PARIS Daladlers new "clean
up" cabinet faces political diffi
culties. ANTARCTICA Forty-tour of
Admiral Byrd's expedition crew
battle for lives against crumbling
ice.
Hal Hoss Quite
111; Unable to
Take Food Now
Hal E. Hoss, secretary, of state,
was reported yesterday to he fail
ing markedly in his long battle
for health at his - home here.
Friends of Hoss said he had
taken but little nourishment
since Saturday -and-was able to
speak only at Intervals. -.
The ill health of Mr.' Hoss last
summer caused him -to undergo
observation at the state ; tubercu
losis hospital at The Dalles. After
a number of weeks there he re
turned to his home In Salem. He
has been at his office only infre
quently since that time. Since
the turn of the. year, Mr. Hoss
has not been at the statehouse.
vidual permits, to be Issued by th
state liquor commission under the
Knox liquor control act' were re
ceived at the Salem offices last
night In addition to tilling in his
or her name, age and residence,
the applicant attests to the follow
lng: , . .
"Being of full age of 21 years,
I hereby apply for a permit to pur
cahse liquor in accordance 'With
provisions of the Oregon liquor
control act and the regulations
thereunder.'
The applicant also must sign the
Individual liquor permit v which
reads as follows: 1-
This is to ; certify that the
above named applicant la entitled
to purchase alcoholic Honor for
beverage or personal purposes. In
original package, not tor resale. In
accordance. with Ihe provisions of
the Oregon liquor control act, and
the regulations " promulgated .' by
the commission thereunder..!
t On- the reverse side of the per
mit are "spaces for the date of the
salef,j store number, 'sales check
and purchase price. The cost of the
permit is IV " v
Three Serious Charges are
Brought in Kentucky but
Details are Withheld
Others are Isolated; General
Complaints Viewed by
PWA Officials '
(Copyright, 1954, by the -Associated
Press)
- WASHINGTON, Jan. lO.HJfy
Criminal prosecutions in six cases
involving complaints of graft in
the civil works administration
were -ordered tonight by the divi
sion of investigation of the public
works administration.
At the request of Harry L.. Hop
kins, civil works administrator,
the division has taken over the
task of investigating complaints
claiming labor preferences or
graft in connection with civil
works.
Of the six cases the division in
structed its local investigators to
place in the hands of United
States attorneys, three are Ken
tucky, one in Maryland, one In
Arkansas and one in Indiana.
The division is investigating
more than 175 complaints with
regard to civil works in 45 states.
When the civil works originally
asked the public works unit to in
vestigate the charges, they em
braced all states except Maine,
New Hampshire and Vermont, and
it was said tonight there were
still no complaints from these
three states.
Officials of the division of in
vestigation declined to discuss the
nature of the charges in which
prosecution will be pressed in
Kentucky, beyond saying they
were "of a serious nature."
The case in Maryland involved
the misuse of . a civil works ad
ministration requisition which
was presented to a liquor dealer
and liquor obtained with it.
The ease In Arkansas involved
an official of the civil works who
was said to be obtaining part of
a worker's pay.
The Indiana case Involved pay
roll Irregularities.
Officials said they could not
disclose further details In the
cases in view of the fact that
when turned over to the United
States attorneys with the full data
resulting- from investigations, the
cases were In those officials'
hands.
CLUE IS INDICATED
SAN FRANCISCO, Jan; SO.-iff)
-Police professed to see a, possi
ble connection with the kidnaping
of Edward G. Bremer, St. Paul
banker, in the report of a woman
here tonight 'that at the request
of a strange man she had address
ed a letter for him to Bremer's
father, Adolph Bremer, wealthy
brewer.
Mrs. S. S.-Ritchie said she was
sitting at a writing desk in a lo
cal hotel when a man opposite her
excused himself and asked her to
address the letter.
"I remembered later," she said,
"that Adolph Bremer was the fa
ther of the Mr. Bremer who was
kidnaped."
Mrs. Ritchie described the man
as about 40 years old, feet tall,
weighing 170 pounds, medium
complexion, brown hair, and
wearing a dark suit and gray fe
dora hat. He spoke with a foreign
accent which Mrs. Ritchie said re
sembled Italian or French.
Crossan Dies of
Injury Suffered
in 20 Foot Fall
Russell Crossan, 36, of 877
Oak street, died at his residence
last night as the result of Injur
ies suffered the night of January
20 when he fell from a stairway
at 170 South Liberty street A se
vere spinal Injury from the 20
foot fall .was believed the imme
diate cause of .death.
Surviving are the widow, Eva
Crossan; two" children, . Donald
and Kenneth of .Salem; his moth
er, Mrs. Jessie Crossan; three sis
ters,' Mrs. Gertrude Shearer of
Dorena, Ore., Mrs. Marguerite
Crossan and Mrs. Norma Lakey
of Salem: a brother. Merle Cros
san of Salem.
Funeral arrangements are be
ing made at the Terwllllger Fu
neral home.. , . . :;
Behd Man Hurt
in Queer Crash
l SPOKANE, Wash Jan. SOP)
-Arthur 8. Roe, 28, of Bend," Ore.,
was. bruised and received a frac
tured right arm when a truck: in
which he was riding- crashed into
a service station -west of here in a
I dense fog .tonight u
The driver of the truck, H. W.
Hope, -was uninjured Jn the crash.
BREMER
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O.UOUMM A, Archer, 47-year-old
district supervisor for the CWA
in the Washington area, shown
after his arrest on a charge of
extorting bribes from employes
under him.
Confirms Previous Hint at
Candidacy; Won't Give
Up Ball Interests
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 30.-()
-Thomas L. Turner, former base
ball scout for the Philadelphia
Athletics and present owner of
the Portland baseball club of the
Pacific coast league, has thrown
his hat into Oregon's gubernator
ial race, but will retain his base
ball derby.
Turner told the Associated
Press tonight that he would prob
ably file his candidacy for gover
nor in about two weeks.
Declaring he was not a poll
tician, Turner announced a plat
form of "economy and laws for
the working man." First mention
of his candidacy was treated
lightly, but Turner maintains he
is serious and will announce more
of his platform later.
"Lots of funny things happen
in baseball and politics," he said
when asked if he took his can
didacy seriously.
Although his campaign has not
been definitely charted yet. Tur
ner believes in contacts with
voters.
"The more contacts the better
It is going to be a battle that will
make the race between the Sen
ators and Yankees look like the
washout in comparison. Any guy
in the race against me will know
he has been in a battle."
Turner is a republican, but par
ty politics are not always topmost
in Oregon s governorship cam
paigns. Governor Julius L. Meier,
a republican, was elected on an
Independent ticket at the last
election. He has not announced
yet whether he would be a candi
date to succeed himself.
But it will take more than pol
itics to pry Turner from base
ball. He now owns the bulk of the
stock in the Portland baseball
club.
Doubling Power
of Police Radio
Here Permitted
Through the assistance of
United States Senator McNary.
the Salem police department yes
terday received telegraphic per
mission from the federal radio
commission to double the power
of the local police radio station.
KGZR, Chief Frank Minto an
nounced last night. The station
will be closed down soon, probab
ly Friday, for one day in which
the necessary changes will be
made.
Although at night the station
has regularly been heard as far
away as Coquile, Astoria and
Bend, Its daytime range on its
present 25 watts power has been
limited. Chief Minto hopes that
with 50 watts power it will en
able him to contact Portland and
other police departments at all
hours.
Late Sports
PORTLAND, Ore,, Jan. 80.-ff-
Franklin high school humbled Lin
coln high, defending Portland
league champions, in a ll-to-14
unset here tonight
Benson gat away to a good start
br damning commerce 32 to 14.
Jefferson beat Grant 2 to 11 In a
rough game Washington defeated
Roosevelt 24 to 20.
PORTLAND, Ore. Jan. lOi-flP)
rranue Monroe ox juamain u
threw too many gloves, and too
fat. tnr Tonne Harrv "Wills Of
Longview. and took a six-round
decision In a main event bout here
totilrnt. EmV weizhed 12T. r
Sleepy Blunt 1 St, Spokane,'
Wash... hammered a four-rouno
decision from Young-Birky, 127,
miiVnl n Jna Raider. 122.
Seattle, took a four-round decision
fMM TninVia nilnfM. Portland.
' Paul Karen, 154, Portsmouth,
took a decision from maun jaex
Crim. 158, Chiloauln. in four
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FOR GHHIP
founds, '
Armory jammed by Dancing
Throng at President's
Birthday . Ball
Affair is Colorful; Around
$350 Will Be Sent as
Resort Benefit
Nearly 1000 Salem people paid
homage to the 52nd birthday of
Franklin Delano Roosevelt in a.
colorful ball held in the newly re
finished armory last night.
Thousands more listened in at
IS o'clock to the president's
gracious message of appreciation
for the financial help for paraly
tic children, moneys which will be
received from the net proceeds of
the dances, 6000 of which were
held throughout the nation.
Official returns at midnight
showed that 400 couples had paid
admission to the event, which of
ficials of the dance estimated
would mean $350 would be for
warded from Salem to the home
in Georgia whose chief sponsor
is the president. .
Governor and Mrs. Julius L.
Meier were guests of honor here,
coming shortly after 9 o'clock to
lead the grand march in which
hundreds of couples participated.
The march closed with Cole Mc
Elroy's orchestra playing the na
tional anthem.
The dance music furnished by
the visiting group was nicely in
terspersed with several feature
numbers, headed by two violin
solos played by Miss Mary Schulz
of this city and accompanied by
Miss Ruth Bedford. Members of
the McElroy organization provid
ed several variety numbers.
The armory was resplendent in
draped bunting, gold fringed flags
and a huge national emblem for a
ceiling. Palms and flags formed
the background for the orchestra
and the patrons' corner glowed
with soft light from floor lamps
Tapestries on the walls and deep-
pile rugs on the floor together
with over-stuffed furniture made
the corner the most attractive
place in the ball room.
TO Sffl TEN DAYS
ATHENS. Jan. 30-flVOn his
plea that he is too ill to travel,
the Greek government decided to
day that . Samuel Insull may stay
here ten days longer before seek
ing another haven.
His government permit was to
have expired at midnight tomor
row, when, government officials
had previously said, he would be
expelled.
The former Chicago utilities
operator, whose return to the
United States has twice been
sought in connection with the
collapse of the Insull utilities,
was granted the extension after
the Greek premier and Interior
minister considered a doctor's re
port on the aged man's condition.
Two government physicians ex
amined Insull and found his
heart was able to stand travel,
but reported that he nas diabetes.
VINES WINS AGAIN
PASADENA, Cal., Jan. S0-OP)
-Ellsworth Vines Jr., playing in
his "own home town" tonight
defeated - Bill Tilden, national
professional tennis champion, 6-2,
4-6, 7-5 in a hard driving match.
Vines now holds eight victories
to his opponent's four tor the
present tour.
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Harry Riches is Selected
As Marion Courtly Agent
Harry Riches, Waldo Hills
farmer, today is emergency conn-1
ty agent of Marion county. He
was selected yesterday by the
members of the county court
The successful candidate for
the : post, f a ; relative of George
Riches, recently named cashier of.
the Ladd and Bush bank, was one
of two men selected by the; Ore
gon State College representatives,
it is understood.' The second can
didate, although fully qualified
tor the position, was unable to
aocept the post because of lack of
time, it waa reported. ?V i- .
Riches is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Charles R: Riches,- and
grandson of George P. S. Riches,
who , took : up a '.donation land
claim in the Waldo Hills section
In- 184? after coming to Oregon
by ox team. The old claim today
la fanned by the, new . county
agent ,-:'s1r ,' - - :
After his graduation from Ore-,
gon State college. Riches Increas
ed his holdings in the Waldo Hills
section by ' -renter u properties
near the old donation claim. He
la primarily a grain farmer, spe
The Washington
Spotlight
(By the Associated Press)
President Roosevelt signed the
dollar devaluation bill, shared
his 62nd birthday cake with old
friends and thanked the nation
for its gifts.
The . house overwhelmingly
passed the Vinson bill authoriz
ing 102 new. warships and 1184
additional planes for the navy.
Postmaster-General Farley and
his predecessor, Walter F. Brown,
shared the .limelight at the sen
ate's air mail inquiry.
Anne Lindbergh was awarded
the Hubbard gold medal by the
National Geographic society for
"brilliant accomplishments."
Senate banking committeemen
proposed to investigate and regu
late stock market at this session
of congress.
Legislation against bootleggers
was turned over to Attorney
General Cummings for study.
Chairman Jones of the recon
struction corporation sought au
thority to make loans for ten
years instead of three.
Senator Robinson (D-Ark),
said speech of Ogden L. Mills,
Hoover treasury secretary, indi
cated he was a candidate for pre
sident Criminal prosecutions in six
cases of alleged civil works graft
were ordered by the public works
investigation division.
Salem .contract bridge enthusi
asts will be given an opportunity
Thursday night to particiuate in
the third annual Olympic bridge
tournament which will be in 'play
in 63 different countries. Mrs.
William H. Quinn, Culbertson as
sociate, having been appointed
game captain here, will conduct
the Salem tournament at the
Marlon hotel at 8 o'clock that
night
Play wil qonsist of 16 hands
set by bridge experts and Identical
wherever the tournament is par
ticipated in. Mrs. Quinn states
that these hands will be a test
for experts and identical wherev
er the tournament is participated
In. Mrs. Quinn states that these
hands will be a test for expert,
average and beginner players
alike. The winners will be those
who approach nearest to par
score, which consists of the cor
rect final contract and result
Roy Lamb One of
Several Talked
for Coaching Job
ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., Jan.
30 (fP) The names of four coach
es were mentioned here today aa
possible successors to Coach
Charles Riley, head football
coach at the University of New
Mexico.
They were Harold HobbsM Ad
ams, former University of South
ern California grid star; Victor.
Hurt, football coach at Oklahoma
Baptist university; Roy Lamb,
former assistant coach at Oregon
State, and Dutch Smith, assistant
coach at Texas Tech.
cializing in wheat and oats hut he
also has .handled herds of regis
tered stock and has had consid
erable dairy farming experience.
Although - the expense of ap
pointing a county agent will not
revert to the taxpayers, the coun
ty, according to the federal pro
gram, must underwrite the $2,(00
project It is understood that the
county is to be "reimbursed by the
government through the payment
of $1,000 eacli. from the wheat
production control committee and
the bog and corn control commit
tees and J50 from the dairy con
trol wnen it is organised, :-, Ji--i
Riches .will have as his imme
diate work the task of completing
the program ef the wheat control
group and organising the hog and
corn control committee inaddlr
tloa to tne general county agent
projects. The expense of the op
eration of the three committees
will be greatly reduced , by plac
ing! them under the direction of
the -county agent, county off Icials
pointed .out, 'J,- ' .;:..:... .
Riches la SI years old and cap
tain of - the Silverton national
guard company, -
OLYMPIC TOURNEY
IN BRIDGE K
Result of Gold Move is
Uncertain; Advance
Booms are Cited
Receipts of Benefit
Ball Believed to
Exceed Million
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30.-AV
President Roosevelt observed ate
birth anniversary today by ar
ranging to take at least two fifths
of the gold out of the dollar.
Other persons over the lead
danced and drank a toast to hie
health in celebrations designed to
send funds to the health resort at
Warm Springs, Ga., in which Mr.
Roosevelt is interested.
He had his own private party,
but preceded it with a brief cere
mony at the White House offices
in which he signed the money bill
and set in motion machinery for
reducing the gold content of the
dollar and setting up a stabilisa
tion fund to deal in foreign ex
change. What the effect of the dollar
trimming operation will be, InsoA
lar as tne rverage "citizen Is con
cerned, was a moot question. Some
students of finance said advance
word of the forthcoming action al
ready had sent prices upward to a
degree almost sufficient' to bal
ance the lightened dollar. They ar
gued that the trend would con
tinue to lead prices npward but
that the climb would not be pre
cipitate. (By the Associated Press)
The nation danced last night
that crippled children might walk
and so honored Franklin D.
Roosevelt, who discovered that the
soothing waters of Warm Springs.
Ga., would help bring relief tor
limbs twisted by infantile paraly
sis. It was the president's 52d birth
day and the celebrations and
dances were given as a tribute to
him but the funds went to estab
lish a long hoped-for endowment
at his "Georgia home."
The high and the humble par
ticipated from a glittering array
of society's overlords at Palm
Beach, to negro waiters and bus
boys from the Georgia state hos
pital at MilledgeviHe but aone
realized more, what all the fuss
was to mean than the patient at
Warm Springs, who whirled their
wheel chairs about In figures, mt
the old-fashioned square dance
and cut a huge cake for the man
who contributed toward startingr
them back to health.
The president talked to then .
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PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 30-VI5) --Department
of Justice agents
have been consulted in the mys
terious home burning here early
today, directing particular atten
tion to threatening letters receiv
ed by the owner.
Peter Vran, owner, told polke
he was awakened by an explosion
which almost Jarred him from
bed. A double shotgun volley was
his answer to two 'figures fee.
reported 'were : lurking In-. aJa
yard and orchard. Then he real
ised his house was afire, and had
time to save only a few articles.
Neighbors , arrived and kept
the -flames from' spreading to
other -buildings. '
Vran had consulted the sher
iffs office after receiving the
threatening notes, one mailed ( t
from Portland and the other
from Vancouver, Wash. - Tho
spelling, of both obviously waa '
made to appear that of an u medi
cated foreigner, deputies v
mised. -.."if-
.- The house, Valued r at, 2
0.00, was. Insured for $3000 . awl
foreclosure suit on a mortgage
for the latter amount was sched
uled for hearing today. ?";
Devaluation Hits ':
Church Missions:
Walkei
PORTLAND,. Jan. io.-(ffV-Am-erican
dollar devaluation is finan
cially -cramping 'foreign aUssiea
Wor kv Dr.5 Raymond B. Walker,
pastor of the First Congregational
church here, reported today.
Dr. Walker attended a meetiag .
of the American board of eeinmto-1
sioners for- foreign missions .la
Evanston- I1L He -said it " waa
pointed out there that the ratio :
of money In one foreign nation to j
the dollar in the United State had j
decreased from 120 to 1. to 136 to ,
1 the. past few months. "
"r As American money will bay J , ?
creasingly less in the foreiga field, ;
budgets will have to increase hero j.
in order to support the miasleaa,
he said. r:---.r , , ,4,