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State Director? Adjured to . Keep Pontics, Special Favors Out of .it (Continued from pan 11 of the country, Including practi cally all industries.' With Frank C. Walker, nation al director of the emergency council, at his aide, Mr. Roose velt atreased to the directors the necessity for keeping the cam paign free f rom the selfish and those who would use It for poll' tlcal purposes. "Where we hare fallen down these past months I would say in about 90 per cent of the cases," ne onservea, me iaumg uuwu has been caused quite frankly by Individuals who tried to get eith er personal or political credit out let something that ought not to hare either of those factors in the work In any shape, manner or form. "This work has nothing to do at all." he added. "A great many of yon are republicans, a good many are . democrats quite a number do not belong regularly to one party or the other. We are not the least bit Interested In the partisan side of this pic lure." PLOT TO DISFIGURE IE WEST HINTED LOS ANGELES. Feb. 2.-;P)- Yague rumors of a plot to dis figure with caustic acid the at tracts face of Mae West reach ed the ears of detectives tonight while a superior court jury under took to determine the fate of Ed ward Friedman, accused of rob bing the moTie actress of f 20,000 In jewels and cash. The report that "underworld mobmen" might attempt to hurl acid Into Miss West's face, there by wreaking revenge on her for her testimony during the Fried man trial was received by Detec tives Jack Chriss and Jack South ard. They said the report came from a Hollywood film studio. Al though the actress has been well guarded during the progress of the robbery trial, Chriss and Southard said they had posted ad ditional men about her apartment honse pending the conclusion of the case. ' Detectives attributed the "acid plot" to Chicagoans, known to have arrived in Los Angeles soon after the Friedman trial started. Ah Nertz Fined in Lottery Case PORTLAND, Feb. 2.-Jff-"Ah Nertx," said the judge, "twenty dollars fine." The defendant didn't snicker. He was a Chinese charged with possession of lottery equipment. He gave the name of Ah Nertz. Quake Frightens Lima's Populace - LIMA, Peru, Feb. 2-(ff)-An earthquake, longer and stronger than one felt earlier today, struck the city at :30 pm.and sent a panic-stricken populace scurrying for the streets and open places. f 3 Last Day 2-11 P.M. 2 to 3 15c Thrilling Action Story of a War Ace Richard Dix , "Ace of Aces" Sunday - Monday Two Features 1 it'--' t UL3uU ViZ AAA n7Z I smart cm miw snngxs tart fonts And Bit No. 2 Action ! Adventure ! "POLICE CALL" 4 Mile. 'Mj? " au minnte fflf J3 1 Wed Doug. Jr., uWithin Month?" r Si -Mil vis' i'; J s ! . 'Z, h t vl f rl iT , - Although the actress, herself, refuses to confirm or deny the reports, London friends of Gertrude Lawrence, British stage actress, insist that she wiH marry Douglas Fairbanks, Jr. (inset) within the month. They ay that the ring worn by Miss Lawrence was placed there by Fairbanks. The Call Board . . . ELSINORE Today B I n g Crosby In "Going Hollywood." GRAND Today Heather Angel "Orient Express". in CAPITOL Today Richard "Ace of Aces". Dix in HOLLYWOOD Today Richard Arlen in "Golden Harvest". Mid night matinee Leslie How ard in "Berkeley Square". STATE TnAav nnlv Pat O'Rripn in "The Final Edition" midnight preview, first run of Charles Langhton in "The Private Life of Hen ry VIII". HI PUTS T (Continued from pan 1) bats were predicting winter was over anyway. E. C. Miller of Henderson Bay said thousands of geese passed overhead near Tacoma, on the way to Alaska, and that further. three bats came out, and It's well known that bats prefer chimneys hot ones, when the cold winds howl. Indian legends say it Is ex tremely lucky to catch a rock thrown by the thunderbird, that mythological, fierce northwest tribal god, but no rocks were re ported today, and though the skies generally were overcast, it didn't even thunder, so local be lievers Inclined to the belief that the bird had frightened the woodchucks, just as the legend said. There doesn't seem to be any Today Only! . "Final Edition" with Pat O'Briea Preview Tonight 11:15 P.M. "HENRY VHT Come Along It's Great! 6 WIVES for HENRY e 600LAFFS FOR you in Natural Colors! 'Noah's Ark" Liberty Gave It 4 Stars! 6 f -Jf-Zr t.J w e,uj3:ito:3X - ;' ' ' v wwifcmvii'rhr' doubt that the groundhog would have Been his shadow in Salem if there had been a groundhog in the vicinity. There was plenty of sunshine Friday. As a result, the tradition that sunshine on February 2 means six weeks mora of bad weather, will be tested out for the second suc cessive year. Last year it proved true. AT (CooitantA fro pi ptft 1) franc). It fell off 28 centimes Thursday. From France 120,000,000 francs of gold 27,656,000 at a quotation of 6:38 cents were ship ped to the United States. Two hundred million more missed a boat and will go February 10. In a week 280.000,000 francs nave been sent to America. Much more is expected to be sent soon. Confidence was expressed at the bank of France that the In stitution could withstand any drain of gold, but the French fi nance minister, 'Francois Pietri, watched the situation closely. 2 County Firms Cut Phone Charge Reduced rate schedules for two Marion county telephone com panies were filed yesterday with the public service commissioner's office here. The Aurora Mutual Telephone company, serving Au rora and Donald, reduced rates 20 to 21 per cent. Private and party business phones were re duced from $2.00 to $1.50 a month and private and party resi dential phones were reduced from $1.60 to $1.25 a month. The Interurban Telephone com pany at Sllverton filed an amendment suspending Installa tion charges until June 30 In an effort to attract new business. ' j . SOLDRUSHOCCURS mm AliWEY laughing, IM with Gene RAYMOND) Ends Today Orient Express with Heather Angel Preetoa Foster Ralph Morgan Herbert Mnndin ,r?? j Contmuou Shout Drily It IS DICED DALLAS, Feb. 1. The high school honor roll for the first semester, which ended January 2 6 was announced this week by Superintendent R. B. Turner. This honor roll li composed of those who bare placed oa the quarterly honor roll during the entire semester. " Freshmen Ara Baldwin, BeT erlv Bales, Bernlce Buhler, Lil lian Clanfield, Jeanne Hartman, Verda Henderson, Mildred Lange, Beryl Nye, Mary Regehr, Irvfn Voth, Elolse Wagner, Harry Wat son. Sophomores Genevieve Blake, Helen Elle, Ivan Ickes, Albert Klassen, Violet Larson, Kenneth McCubblns, Fred McFetridge, Esther Neufeldt, Dorothy Palmer, Doris Riggs, Marguerite Weigant, Jean Foster. Juniors James Allgood, Vir ginia Brown, Howard Campbell, Evelyn Carpenter, Clark DeHa ren, Bernice Elle, William Fos ter, Walter Friesen, Joe Guthrie, Robert Hartman, Gladys May, Ruth Plummer, Nile Robinson, Mildred Schneider, Marw Staats, Myra Starbuck, Arlene Voth. Seniors Ormond Aebi, Dor othy June Bates, Carl Black, Edna Bollman, Bill Dalton, Sam Dashle", William Fischer, Lydia Hiebert, Harrison Locklong, Ly dia Neufeldt, Maria Neufeldt, Paul Palmer, Marianna Peters, Kenneth Plummer, Eula Smith. Post graduates Orra Aebi, Robert Allgood, Verne Arstlll, Porter Frizzell, Alma Kashlund, Hazel Plummer. IE DENIED CREDIT WASHINGTON, Feb. 2-JP)-Elghteen foreign governments wholly or portly in default on their war and post-war debts to the United States learned from senate action today that they must pay np or go without future pri vate credit from this country. Without a roll call and after only frief discussion, the bill of Senator Johnson. (R., Calif.), pro hibiting new financial dealings with the defaulters, was repassed and sent to the house. Amend ments making the measure satis factory to the administration were approved. House sentiment was described by democratic leaders as equal to the senate's in favor of the retal iatory proposal. Russia owes the United States, as of January 1, $337,000,000, re presenting borrowings during the war by the czarlstic and Kerensky governments. As passed in amended form, the bill fixes a maximum penalty of $10,000 and five years' imprison ment for any person or private corporation who buys or sells any new issues of securities of default ing countries or lends money to them or their political subdivi sions. Ornithologist Takes Own Life TACOMA, Feb. .-)-Widely known throughout the Pacific northwest as an ornithologist, J. Hooper Bowles, 59, took his own life by shooting here today. Friends blamed the act on nervous breakdown brought on by sleep lessness due to the Incessant noise of pumps which the city had kept running near his apartment dur ing the recent floods to carry off excess water. DEHiEMTlS TOMORROW 3 SONG HITS! GOR. FJ?"?.GiASIAMAZ. ino KUFPfcT SHOWI nKSLA"SHS WON D FOCI II tudiiici ULUUl dancing, tinging d romancino . . 1 u fox picnmx f ?r. 3 ii- rm ns -1 p. m. to II p. nu I Oregon, Saturday Morning, Shake on Cuban Recognition A happy moment In current Cuban history is recorded by the camera as Jefferson Caffery (left). U. 8. Ajnbaasador-designat to Cuba shakes bands with Cosme De La Torrienta, Cuban Secretary of SUte, after notifying him of official recognition of Cuba bj the United States. At right, Manuel Marques Sterling;, new Cuban Ambassador to U. S. Mickey Mouse NOTES Well, well, well, I want to thank you for all the letters com ing in the past couple weeks re ferring to my singing. I guess now I know not to sing anymore. M M C And here I thought all the time that I wai another Bing Crosby or Morton Downey. M M C Well, Columbus took a chance. By the way, "Boots" Is back from his vacation and he'll be with us this Saturday so henceforth plenty of merriment. M M C Wouldn't you like to be on our programs T I knew you'd say yes. Well, then come down any Thurs day at 4:30, to the Elsinore. M M C The special feature today is Will Rogers in "Ambassador Bill" and chapter ten of Buck Jones in "Gordon of Ghost City." The regu lar feature Is Bing Crosby In "Go ing Hollywood." M M C The winners in the second week of the eontest were Edith Thomas, Leone Goff and Pauline Zoe Chambers. Others on the program were Jimmy McNeil, Shirley and Dorothy Johnson, The saxophone rats, Jane Lee, Alva Raffetty, Marie Statesman and the "Rat" orchestra. Members of the official Mickey Mouse Gang are barred from the contest. M M C A multitude of Joy today see you at 1. So long, ZOLLIE. MfETTESBS Mrs. Annette Showers, 84, for the past six years a resident of Salem, died at the home of her daughter. Mrs. George Rossman, early Friday. Surviving are her daughter and two sisters. Mrs. Showers was born in Ban gor, Maine. With her husband, the late William Showers, she came to Oregon in 1880 settling In Portland. The husband died In Portland 80 years ago. He was at one time a member. of the board OLLYVOOU SEfi ES Mllilf Special Matinee Today 2 P. M. 10c RICHARD ARLEN CHESTER MORRIS GENEVIEVE TOBIN Rosco A tea - Julie Haydoa Taxie Boys Comedy, News, Car toon Comedy and "Fighting with Kit CarsoB" SUNDAY, MONDAY AND TUESDAY Coatlanoas Performance Sand ay 2 to 11 Two Fine Feature ealng Jwne . . , Tantouxina Girls . . . Hollywood's Prettiest Girls! And Our Second hV?iU Mhuitt Mm X IT ar -i HI wo" ? i t . rev ;w a February 3 1934 4 of county commissioners and also served as county treasurer. For many years Mrs. Showers was a director of the children's home in Portland. She served in a similar capacity for the women's union, an organization which had for its nurnose the prorlding of homes for working girls. She was a member of the First congrega tional church of Portland for half a century. Funeral services will be held at the Rossman residence, Monday, February 5, at 1:30 p. n., with Rer. J. Rupert Simonds of the First Congregational church offi ciating. Interment' will follow in the Rivervlew cemetery. Port land, under the direction of Clough-Barrlck company. If ORDERED IN PROBE WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. -Defiance of a senate committee tonight had brought William P. MacCracken, an aeronautics offi cial of the Hoover administra tion. Into the line of those who have been summoned before the bar of the senate. Arrested tonight, he was or dered to appear Monday and al lowed to go his way until then. Airmail correspondence which he had refused to give the commit tee will be produced then. But Chairman Black (D.-Ala.) of the committee believes some of it will not. He told the senate some of It had been destroyed. MacCracken's agreement to ap pear and produce records sum moned by the senate, however, will have considerable to do with whether a threat to cite him for contempt Is dissolved. What the senate will do about the records taken from his files after they were subpoenaed by the commit tee ha yet to be determined. Inc. ffJtMrt Dm Ploy Producer TONITE "Listen to Leon" GIGGLES - LAUGHS - ROARS Nelson or Liberty at Auditorium mDC Chemeketa "Curtain 8:15" Nite Prices 15c Attend Oar 11:15 p.m. Mid nite Matinee f Tonite IUC r LESLIE HOWARD HEATHER ANGEL Berkeley A &r SOUAREI L, Production V Ht V Feature Picture of rtxfaytfct ftafto ParroU with EVALVN KNAPP y Added News and Cartooa -Comedy 1TB lTZ IWJT Hi STREET BATTLE 9iw iNTftMTO Ter- Feb.2-fln Three carloads of gunmen whom officers sought to question aooui the $24,000 robbery of the First National bank of Coleman staged a fight with Texas rangers on the streets of Blanca tonight, eluded nmrsners and later disappeared between Johnson City and Drip ping: Springs. Ranger Captain James Bobbins and two men met the caravan wiifi drlvlnr from Blanco to Johnson City. The officers turn Ad hack and followed the cars into Blanco, where they headed them and opened lire witn mac nine guns oa the main street. The ban dits wheeled around and. in a hail of ballets, sped toward Johnson City, outdistancing the orncers. A woman drtvinar a coune which answered the description of one of the bandit cars was picked up at Cedar valley and taken to Aus tin by rangers for identification and questioning. ! Columbia Gorge Recreation Plan is CWA Project PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. Recreatlonal and scenic zoning of the Columbia river gorge from Troutdale to The Dalles will be undertaken as a civil works ad ministration project. Marshall N. Dana, regional ad viser of the public works admin istration said the survey was pro moted by Dr. J. C. Merriam, mem ber of .the national planning board. The gorge will be zoned with Mickey Mouse Matinee Today 1 p.m. Feature Will Rogers in "Ambassador Bill" Back Jones Serial Stage Acts 2 sm Midnite Show Tonite 11:30 and Sunday - Monday - Tuesday Laughter from start to finish Built for entertain ment and how with 10 great laugh stars! &n m$ kk& w Application For Insurance (Age limit IS to 69) THE OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon. You are hereby authorised to enter my subscription to The Oregon Statesman for one year from date. It la under stood that The Oregon Statesman is to be delivered to my ad dress regularly each day by your authorised carrier and I shall pay him for the same at the regular established rata. I am not now a subscriber to The Oregon 'Statesman ( ) I am no-7 a subscriber to The Oregon Statesman ( ) ( J Reaew Policy .( ) New Policy NAME Age. ADDRESS crrr state;. OCCUPATION ... , ......... PHONE BENEFICIARY -a.................. RELATIONSHIP .'. 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