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The OREGON STATES21AN. SalesOreguiu lTrursday Morning, February 8, 1931 t'AUlS iWU GOUfin COURT IfJ QUArJDARY Fear to Start Courthouse Job as Money Uncer- . " tain (Continued from cX. t working steadily from March 1 to Mar I ud the former date la the earliest county officials think the work could be started, not more than one-third, of the project would be under way. That would mean that $55,000 of labor outlay-remained. . "V It CWA continued into : tha , summer, the lob could be- wound up -by September 1, and the coun ty would be out only for mater ials. But tf CWA ceased abruptly May 1, the county court would ba a one-third completed re modeling Job on its hands. Its of fices would be farmed out in tem porary quarters and rentals and ineonrenience would demand haste In finish lag the job. . Nor could the court await CWA funds in the winter of 1934-1935 be cause the construction job, once undertaken, would hare to move steadily to completion. So the court would be compell ed to dig into its pockets for $53.- ; 000 additional dollars. It has no t outlay in its budget for court- j house Improvement. Its road fund ; wnicn used to run as nign as $590,000 has been cut down to a fraction of that amount. The sit uation May 1 with CWA funds cut off would be more than embarass ing; It .would be serious and alarming for the county court. The delegation to Portland yes terday came home with wrinkled brows and a serious mien. The new plans look fine; the court is ready to put up its share of the material costs. But to gamble so much on that unknown Quantity -the date CWA will terminate is a chance the court dislikes to take. The order for the next few days is to see what turns up at Washington and Portland and meanwhile the court will ponder long and carefully over what to do with its nearly completed set of courthouse remodeling plans. MOB IT RENEWED f Continued from pas It Mobs ..were hurled back from (he president's palace by gunfire - and the vicious club play of po- lice and then, surged toward the ' Boulevard Des Capucines. In another sector also the fight ing, flared with increased venge ance. The bridgehead barricade ' near the Place de la" Concorde, scene of the fiercest fighting last eight, was repeatedly assaulted by the mobs. Police declared they had with held their fire, under orders, and that all shots had come from the rioters. Fire hyrants were opened and the manif estants deluged byj auge geysers oi water. There seemed to be little inclin ation to charge the empty cham ber of deputies, the focal point of yesterday's disorders. Sporadic firing, however, con tinued along the boulevards until 11:30 p. m. At least 60 were known -to be wounded. Most of these suffered cracked heads from - police clubs and were treated at the Cafe Weber. "ascists Get Grip In Parts Austria VIENNA. Feb. 7. -(-Several provincial sections of Austria were under virtual fascist con trol tonight, with fascist troops "armed with drastic demands on the populace occupying strategic positions. Innsbruck and Llns were occu pied by fascist troops earlier In the day, to give emphasis to a list of seven demands enforced in the Tyrol when It was taken over by the fascists Sunday night. Chief among the demands was one calling for the formation of a fascist commission to "advise" the elected provincial govern ment. - Tonight fascist patriotic organ izations presented similar de mands In the provinces of Burgen land and Stjria. ' EXHIBIT TO CLOSE . The exhibit of paintings by members of the Society of Ore gon Artists wilt be removed from 1 the second floor studio at the city T. building Saturday afternoon following more than three weeks' showing. It was announced last . night. It will be -c pen to the public from 2:30 to 5 and from 7:30 to I p.m. today and tomor- row.; ; 8NOW0P ROGRAM AT T. A lecture illustrated by mo tion pictures taken on and near Mt. Hood, including some show " ing winter sports, will be given .In this Friday Bight's lobby pro gram at the city Y. M. C. A. Kr Conway of Portland, presi dent of the Oregon Motor asso ciation, has arranged the show ing. SEATTLE MAN IN LINE WASHINGTON, Feb. 7HHt was predicted In reliable circles today that President Roosevelt would appoint Fred CaUett, Se attle lawyer and republican, as a member of the federal home loan bank board to till the vacancy caused by the death of Russell Hawkins. Portland, Ore. BUSHMAN TO WED CHICAGO, Feb. 7.-ff)-Francis 3L Bushman, movie matinee idol of more than a. decade ago. late today obtained a marriage license to wed Caraela Ponselle, a so prano of the. Metropolitan- Opera company and a sister of the opera 'Cello Charmer L, Talent and beauty combine in the person of Mile. Lucienne Kadisse, noted French 'cellist, who is shown arriving: at New York on the liner He de France. She is scheduled to make a concert tour of American music centers. TO Silt HOSPITAL (Cos tinned from MS I) of J. C. Cummlngs, manager of the Tacoma General hospital, to work out a program to make the Institution self-supporting, Mr Dancy told the gathering. Cum mlngs, a former banker, did a not able job of rehabilitating the Ta coma hospital and recently did a reconstruction job for the Belling ham hospital. He will come to Salem without payment of any salary by the hospital here. Dr. W. B. Morse said the hos pital had suffered financially be cause a large amount of Its work was done without payment being made. He said the public should accept some responsibility through its general tax funds to pay for cases which the hospital was forced to take but could not col lect for. William McGilchrlst. Jr. said Salem citizens who had raised more than $100,600 for the con struction of the hospital as a civic enterprise could not now afford to let the project go into the bondholders' hands. He expressed the conviction that the needed in terest moneys could be raised and that the service of Mr. Cummlngs would be extremely beneficial in placing the hospital on a more sound financial basis. Figures read at the meeting show the operating Income of the hospital has ranged from $55,000 to $70,000 annually, collections having tightened and gross busi ness having gone down in recent years. Wrestling Match Ends in Fight; Purses Held Up PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 7-)-Purses were held up until Inves tigation could be made of a wrestling match here tonight in which Ted Cox, of Lodi, Calif., taped sheet metal to his hands and used it effectively to win from Howard Cantonwine, Des Moines, la. The incident might have passed unnoticed had not the two contestants engaged in a post-boat battle in the ring. Police separated them and some one discovered the metal wrap ping under the tape. Referee Verne Harrington refused to al ter his decision awarding the bout to Cox. However James Carroll, secre tary of the boxing commission, announced the purees of both wrestlers would , be held , up by the commission until it could meet lamorrow and make a de cision. , Cantonwine, 230, took the first fall in 'seven minutes 40 seconds with a body press. In six minutes and 15 seconds Cox ev ened with a body press and left the ring moaning over bis hand which apparently he had hurt in hitting cantonwine. With his hand taped, light blows were sufficient to stunn bis opponent and Cox took the deciding fall in 2:50. Ted Thye, 200, Portland, threw Jack Kogut, 198, Montreal, from the ring to win their bout In the seend round. Kogut landed on bis head and didn't .return to the ring. Heine Olsen, 165, Portland, used an airplane spin to take a one-fall match from Leo Chase, 165, Bellingham, Wash. SUGAR CONTRACT UP WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. President Roosevelt tonight pre pared a' statement on the govern ments sugar control policy and Is expected to make it publie tomor row." It will propose quotas on im ports and establish domestic con trol by making sugar a baaicom modify under the agriculture ad justment act,;. ssras Jblia Oira Roy Producers HELD OVER "Listen to Leon" GIGGLES - LAUGHS - BOARS Nelson r? Liberty at Auditorium Lo C Chemeketa "Carta! 8:15n mien win v m via, z ' CITY DICKERS 10 SELL BO JDS Bond House Men Conferring on Deal to Supply Purchase Money CConttaned from pas 1) -is thought, and the city would not secure the 4 Interest rate of fered by the federal government nor the 30 grant. Counsel tor the bond houses In San Francisco wish city- obliga tions without too long a time for principal payment, -five to 20-year securities being preferred.' Mem bers of the-city group conferring with PWA officials will secure la formation from PWA headquar ters at Washington at once to see it the federal government would take 20 to 30-year maturities tor its security on the 70 loan. At no time has the water com pany made a contractual offer to sell Its plant here for $950,000. Members of the city group con ferring on the proposed new deal, however, have been reliably in formed that an offer for .that amount would not be rejected by the company or the trustee for the bonds issued against the plant here. While new negotiations looking towards possible sale of bonds and outright purchase of the local plant have been carried on this week, no commitments have been made by the conference group pending reference of the entire matter to the city council which is entrusted, under the December 15. 1931, charter amendment with the acquisition of the local plant. That a b6nd sale at 90 of the par value of the city's securities can be legally made was assured at the last special session of the legislature when a bill was Intro duced by Representative Abrams permitting cities to sell securities at less than 95 of par In order to secure PWA moneys. Attorneys for the city mean while are pressing the condemna tion proceedings in circuit court here, against which demurrers have been filed by the parties de fendant. (Continued from pi 1) team of I. M. Doughton. whe re signed, Kuhn made a successful race for a four-year team on his own. He is chairman of Mayor Douglas McKay's special commit tee which is formulating the man agerial plan for Salem, la nresi- dent of the Salem and the Oregon Shoe Repairers' association and a member of the national NRA code committee for the Pacific coast section. He attended Washington State college, Pullman, Wash. There are now four candidates out for aldermanic positions. Ald erman F.' E. Needham, third ward, was first to file. The only candidate who has filed for the position of city re corder is Dr. O. A. Olson, but Mark Poulsen, incumbent, expects to seek re-election. City Treasurer C. O. Rice is at present unopposed, aa far as known, in his plans to run for election for his 11th term. Expect to Pass CWA Bill Today WASHINGTON, Feb. 7.-() -The momentum which swept the $950,000,000 appropriation bill for relief and civil works through the house blew itself out in the senate today before a demand for liberalization of the measure. A day of inconclusive debate be gan even before the bill was for mally brought before the senate with republican charges of "graft" and "pork barrel." but administra tion leaders predicted the measure would reach: a vote tomorrow. There appeared to be no doubt about its' passage as even the most severs critics would not commit themselves against it. Board Opposes School Petition SILVERTON. Feb. 7. At its regular meeting here tonight the school board went on record as op posed to the petition which has been filed with the county court asking that the portion of the Sil verton school district, Marion number four, north of the Hobart road be set aside as a separate dis trict Hearing on the petition is scheduled for 1 p. m. Friday. Cathaleene Cuddy was elected to fill the unexpired term of E. Moore Neave. grade school teach er who died here recently. . . LIGHTS CAUSE MISHAP William Gahladorf, 325 Court street, In reporting an automobile accident to city police last night stated that lights from a third car blinded him, making it Impossible to see the car with which his ma chine collided. Damage to his car and to that of the other motor ist, Mark J. Wilbur, 265 North Liberty, was slight, he said. The mishap occurred at the mouth of an alley on Chemeketa street, GLASSES Double Your Efficiency They relieve you of the ner- tous tension caused by eye strain and abolish headaches front the same source. Yonr efficiency and energy win be doubled with corrected TlslOn. , 5 . Mil 1 FILES 11 The Call Board . . . ELSINORE Today Robert Mont ' gomery in "Fugitive Lov ers". Friday H. O. Wells' "Invis ible Man" with Gloria Stu art, GRAND Today "Sleepers East' Wynne Gibson. with CAPITOL Today Double bill, "Ma dame Spy with Fay Wray and "Bedside" with War ren William. STATE Today Charles Laughton in "The Private Life of Henry VIII." plus Silly Symphony in color, "Noah's Ark". Friday First run. Ken May- nard in "Gun Justice." ttOTrv-srnon Today Double bill. Con- rad Nagel in "The Constant Woman" and Neil HamU- ton In "The Silk Express". Friday John Wayne in "Tel- egraph Trail". Saturday midnight matinee. Mary Brian in "Song of the Eagle". ON INDEBTEDNESS WASHINGTON. Feb. T-flF)-President Roosevelt's call for a general lowering of interest rates on the $250,000,000,000 of pub lic and private debts in this coun try wes expected tonight to re sult in a concerted move to that end both In an out of the gov ernment. Mr. Roosevelt's views that many creditors would have more assurance of getting their prin cipal if they reduced the inter est charge may provide the need ed impetus to pass pending legis lation. Bills before the senate which have house approval already would enable corporations and municipalities ' or other political subdivisions of states to scale down the principal and interest of their debts through an agree ment with the majoritr of their creditors. Legislation is already in effect which enables the Individual to rearrange his debt and Interest rates through a pact with the majority of those he owes and to give Bimilar help to railroads. There have been complaints that these laws have not been parti cularly effective and that they need strengthening. Screenland May Share Profits HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Feb. 7.- (JP)-A. profit-sharing policy for leading - actors and actresses of the screen within the near future was forecast today by Adolph Zu- kor, president of Paramount who has been in Hollywood for the past several weeks. The film pro ducer said he believed the plan would settle the salary problems for outstanding stars. "When a star becomes valuable to a company through actually bringing people to theatres to see him or her in a picture," said Zu- kor, "it becomes impossible to de termine just what he is worth in terms of salary. The only fair method of paying him in propor tion to his value then lies in a share of his picture's profits." Zukor said he believed the con tinual development of new per sonalities is the life blood of the film industry. KIT-IEK. IS mMMTTTrcn LOS ANGELES, Feb. T-(JP) Adjudged Insane, Clarence Wal ter, 41, who on Monday ran amuck in a radio station recep tion room with a knife, today was committed to the state hos pital for the insane at Patton. SIDNEY HALL TO SPEAK SILVERTON, Feb. 7. The Rev. Sidney Hall, former pastor of the Methodist church here, will address the congregation here February 18. Rev. Hall was at Silverton from 1921 to 1925, and is now at Ashland. Tonite is - -f f Dime Nite ...... JLUC TWO FEATURES First Showing Salem Conrad Nagel Leila Hyams Claire Windsor Tommy Conlon from. Play by Eugene O'Neill AND SECUND FEATURE Coming Friday and Saturday WIT IN SPEED MIM: Mi ike ioi:;;s Delays that hare stretched out Into months are soon to be elim inated in the home loan set-up in Marion county and relief pro vided the long-suffering appli cants, statements made yesterday by John Bayne, HOLC attorney for the county, and J. P. TJlrich, official HOLC appraiser. Indicate. Mr. Bayne- announced he had 12 applications in shape- to close the loans Friday and four more expected to be xeady next week. After a conference with an HOLC field agent, he Intimated that he hoped to make loans more rapid ly from now on. A man from the Oregon Home Owners' Loan corporation offices in Portland also has been de signated to take up the task of closing loans for this county here starting today, Mr. Ulrlch report ed be was advised while in Port land Tuesday. "I was told this man would remain in Salem until all loans now ready for closing were clos ed," Ulrlch said. "Plana are now that when all old applications have bee . cleared, we shall keep up with new ones as fast as they come in." Mr. Ulrlch, from information gleaned in the Portland offices, gave hope to applicants that hereafter less than 60 days would would be required to obtain loans in deserving cases. Since local HOLC officers were appointed last fall but eight loans have been completed. Of the more than 400 appli cations filed in Marlon county, 50 to 60 are now reedy for final action, TJlrich estimated. Delays that ha bogged down the loan machinery here, he ex plained, have been caused in part by the filing of applications by unauthorized agents Using ob solete application blanks and by bidders for repairing properties, on which loans have been asked, failing to file their bids in the prescribed manner. ' Ulrich's staff will be glad to advise any person whose appli cation Is of long standing, he said. Capitol Bridge Starts March 1 Construction of the new bridge over Mill creek on North Capitol street will be started March 1, George Skeels, who will bo super intendent on the job, informed Manager E. T. Barnes of the na tional reemployment agency here yesterday. The delay is occasioned, he said, by the fact that opera tions must await treatment of the timbers for the understructure. The decking will be of concrete. Settergren Bros, of Portland hold the contract with the state highway department which Is pay ing for the bridge out of national recovery funds. Only a few men at a time will be employed on the project. Brooks Couple Golden Wedding s Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Harris of Brooks yesterday observed their 50th wedding anniversary. A public reception planned for them has been postponed until Febru ary 20 on account of the mild ep idemic of scarlet fever In prog ress in that vicinity. The Harrises were married at Pipestone, Minn., February 7, 1884. In 1910 they came to Ore gon and have since resided on their farm at Brooks. Both ara active although Mr. Harris is 80 and Mrs. Harris 69 years old. Their one child, S. A. Harris lives on the same farm with Mrs. S. A. Harris and their two child ren, LaVonne and Albert E. Har ris Jr. SOPHOMORES MEET First-year students who enter ed Salem high school at the be ginning of the second semester held their first assembly yester day afternoon with Bob Brownell, president- of the student body presiding. Principal Fred Wolf outlined to them some of the school's requirements for new? comers. 7V 250 Mystery, Suspense, " " I o frui i a, rLSLSlf-lSL PRESTON FOSTER MONA ARRIS HARVEY STEPHENS murder' , COULD HOT SEAL ? HER UPS dviill.V!VlII mm BfiSW- I -1 Snow Queen 4 f . ' - The subjects of this "Queen of the Snows," who in private life is Miss Cecils Ladoueer, are the 6,000 dele gates to the International Snow shoe Convention, held at Manches ter, N. H. Miss Ladoueer was se lected as Queen as climax to three days of snow events, feature of which was snowshoe race. HE SEEK POST Two new applications and one Inquiry concerning the position of city school superintendent were received at Clerk W. H. Burg hardt's office yesterday, bringing the total of applicants to ten. The new applicants: D. E. Wiedman of Bellingham, Wash., who served in the schools there 13 years, recently as super intendent; former president of the Inland Empire association; grad uate of Colorado State Normal school and Colorado State Teach ers' college; graduate student at Northwestern and Stanford uni versities; age 50. - F. H. Connelly of LIgonier, Pa., supervising principal of schools; holder of doctor's degree in edu cation at University of Pitts burgh; legionnaire; age 38. Recommendations have beeu received for C. F. Dienst, Boise, Idaho. Other applicants to date are: Robert Goetz, Silverton super intendent; R. W. Tavenner, sec ondary supervisor here; DeGaris Reeves, Vancouver, Wash.; Fred erick M. Lash, University of Washington; Franklin Edward, Evanston, Wyo.; Frank B. Ben nett, Tillamook; John M. Kinney, Morton, Wash., and John F. Cra mer, Grants Pass. Sues to Protect Policy Holders A suit designed to secure re turns for Oregon creditors of the Independence Indemnity com pany, reinsured with the Interna tional Reinsurance corporation, the latter in receivership, was filed here late Wednesday by A. H. Averill, state Insurance com missioner. Averill named Rufus C. Holman, state treasurer, as de fendant, Holman holding $25,000 In federal government bonds for the insurance company from the time it entered the Oregon surety field in 1923. In his complaint Averill asked that Oregon credi tors, under a 1933 enactment, be given prior claims on the full amount of the state treasurer's deposit and that the remainder of the funds, if any, be returned to the company. Don't Mist It Folks! It's Without a Doubt the Best Show of the Year! The Crowds Hare Proved It! 7hdlkrti - ALSO WALT DISNEY'S Techal-Color Cartoon -NOAH'S ARK" Ken Maynard in His Newest Picture "GUN JUSTICE" (S HEAD B DIETS 11 OEn-FI (Continued from peg 1) mlttees todar stories of free trips taken by officials of the postof flce department in the Hoover ad ministration, aboard, vessels o f shipping lines interested la ocean mail bids, and of a lack of thor ough scrutiny given by naval ex aminers to the profits of concerns holding plana building contracts. Postmaster General Farley was saying la the meantime that a study of the airmail contracts held by the government was be ing made and that prompt action would be taken on the findings. While the army contract situa tion was being studied try a grand jury, Harry Woodring. assistant secretary of war who has charge ef the contract branch of the de--partment, was called to the White House to explain a magaxine ar ticle from which the inference was drawn that the Civilian Con servation Corps was a military unit. He informed Stephen Early, a secretary to the president, that he had no Intention of Intimating that the conservation corps was a part of the army. Other developments of the day: Government emergency expendi tures for this fiscal year crossed the two billion, dollar mark. The president signed an order removing a million acres of pub He lands from grazing. The ways and means committee revised the revenue bill to lighten the taxes on Incomes between $8000 and $25,000. Assistant Secretary Roosevelt told Secretary Roper the navy would cooperate with the com merce department in building air ships for commercial operation if the public works administration would supply the funds. Secretary Ickes agreed to drop the suit against the Standard Oil Company of New Jersey charging violations of the oil code for pro moting a boys' club headed by Babe Ruth. Chairman Black of the senate airmail Investigating committee said ex-Postmaster General Brown vould not be called to testify un less he waived immunity to p02v cution. President Roosevelt started the chairman of congressional com mittees to work on stock exchange regulating legislation. WIXLOCK, Wash.. Feb. 7.-P) -John Robinson, 7S, a farmer, was killed at Evaline today when he attempted to flag a north- Two fighting words that turned a whip' ped than into a wildcat! iam nr?rfr?r?r 11 Tonite, Friday, Saturday 500 Good Seats 15c TWO FEATURES j "xX" ' Who was thisV ..C-C, i f mysterious enemy T w , ' f-7 Fay Wray - Nils Asther Z S 1 if wmMu 1 i? SmJ 1 1 in ! I - f.Li9 FATA L T O WO MEN?! m mm m v-v....... v j w a m mm IF IE WITH MEN'S Soles....... $1 Leather Heels . 50c Rubber Heels . . 25c Children's Soles . . 50c to 65c Boys9 Soles .......... 75c to $1.00 Patches . . ...... .'. . 10c to 25c mOQjr w bound passenger train and was hit by a southbound freight. His wife, an Invalid was -not expect ed to survive the shock, Damage Case To Reach Jury With- the motion-ef the attor ney for Sales ft Service, Inc., for a directed verdict for his client, the $3150 damage suit of Walter F. Miller against the concern and E. A. Erskine was taken under advisement by Judge It. H. 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