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THE WEATHER
Fair, today and Sunday,
cloudy on roast, thunder
storm in mountains; Mas.
Temp. Friday 85, Mln. 45,
river -J2 foot.
FOUMD.EP 1651
EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, April 21, 1934
HUH SEATED
Dr. Heinrich Identifies 4
Bullets Figuring In Trial
Of Manning
Time of Shooting Appears
As Important Point;
f Witnesses Agree
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., ApriJ
25.-(ff)-TeBtImony to show that
State Representative Ralph W.
Horan was shot through the heart
while Bitting down was given by
Dtv E. O. Heinrich, Berkeley,
Cat., criminologist, here today in
the trial of Horace M. Manning
who is charged with first degree
murder.
Dr. Heinrich identified four
ballets fired in Manning' office
the night of the killing? February
11. He said two -were' fired from
an Iver-Johnson revolver and two
from a Smith & Wesson revolver.
la minute detail he described
the dent made in the back of
the ebalr where be said Horan
eat when a bullet went through
bis heart, struck the chair and
dropped to the floor. He exam
ined the splintered hole and
found particles of lead and tiny
threads of black woolen fiber.
He said the fiber still was
there and members of the jury
looked through the microscope at
the bole.
'Before Dr. Heinrich was called
to-the stand a number of the
state's witnesses testified that
they beard shots near Manning's
office shortly before 6 o'clock.
Yesterday a 15-year-old school
girl, Geraldine Houston, testified
she beard two shots between 5:50
and 6:55 o'clock the-afternjoon of
the shooting. .She and her mother
were Intent on getting home be
fore 8 o'clock for dinner, she
said.
Robert Stevens testified he was
taking his wife home for dinner
and heard two shots about -the
same time. Mrs. Mary Mistesky,
a farm woman of Malin, Ore.,
and her hired man, Albert Bishop,
said they were in a grocery store
buying food for their evening
meal and heard Jtwo shots about
6:55. They said they were im
patient to get home and bad
noted the time.
Other witnesses also testified
and maintained under cross exam
ination that they heard shots at
the same time.
Presence of a third man in Man
ning's office the afternoon of the
shooting was sworn to by Mrs.
Robert Stevens, the only witness
yet summoned who said she heard
shots both before and after 6
o'clock.
- She told of seeing Howard Per
rln, brother-in-law of Manning,
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CORVALLIS, OreiPTtt 20.
(JP)lt musical contests were
scored like track meets, Eugene
high school would be the winner
In the solo contest which opened
the eleventh annual Oregon State
high school band tournament at
MJ CONTEST IT
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Oregon State college toaay.
The - Eugene musicians won
three firsts and two seconds com
pared with four firsts by West
Linn and two firsts, two seconds
and a third for Jefferson high of
Portland.
" Oregon City was next in line,
followed by Benson of Portland,
Corvallis, Milwaukie, W o o d r ow
WilBon and Roosevelt junior high
schools ot Eugene; Grant of Port
land. Beaverton, La Grande. Es-
tacada and HilUMllitary of Port
land. ' .
f The band contests proper start
tomorrow morning with a record
entry of 25 competing organiza
tions. Fourteen class B and C
bands will play in the forenoon
and 11 class A bands in the aft
ernoon. Jefferson of Portland, Sil
Tertoa and Hill Military re pres
ent class champions.
McKay Ready to
Go East if Need
Found, He Avers
'- Mayor Douglas McKay is ready
to o to Washington, D. C on
shcrt notice to help the cltygets
Its municipal water system, he ad
vised eouncilmen yesterday, add
ing that he thought It probably
wise to delay his trip until the
PWA contract with Salem could
reach here and be examined. PWA
authorities have notified the city
this contract would be in the
mails not later than April 23.
V "i want to help out In this wa
ter plant development and am
willing to go east,- McKay said.
rHowerer, I see no use to spend
the tlma and the money until w
know as nearly as possible where
we stand wltb PWA."
UcKay was in Portland yester
day and conferred there with C;
C. Hockley, state engineer for
PWA.
Rail Unions
To Reject Proposals;
Will Demand Increase
Insistence Upon 5 Per Cent Boost July 1 and
Equal Raise First of Year Forecast
As Spokesmen Await Meeting
WASHINGTON, AprU 20. (AP) Members of the rail
road unions probably will reject President Roosevelt's
proposal for a continuation of the 10 per cent reduction un
der basic wages when they meet here tomorrow with Joseph
B. Eastman, coordinator of transportation.
This was authoritatively forecast tonight with an ac-
ocompanying statement that the
BOM ED UPON
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Fugitive From Oregon State
Hospital Presumably
Won't Return
MeALESTER. Okla., April 20.
-;P)-William Bowen, upon whose
person more than 1700 In alleged
ly counterfeit travelers' checks
were found, was bound over to
federal court here today under
Dyer act charges, by Commission
er John Lay den, following a plea
of guilty.
Known also under the alias of
"Walker R. Fullerton" of Emer
son, Neb., the prisoner was de
scribed in the November Issue of
the American Banker as the
"king-pin of travelers check forg
ers." A forgery charge was being
prepared by arresting officers.
They said the automobile he was
driving wah stolen at Wichita,
Kas.
Bowen has a long record of
imprisonment and escapes, said
officers. Records show he escap
ed from the Bremerton, Wash.,
prison in 1910; the state hos
pital for the insane at Lincoln,
Neb., in 1931; the state hospi
tal at Steilacoom, Wash., in
March, 1932; county Jail, Iowa
City, Iowa., September 13, 1933,
and the state hospital at Salem,
Ore., in October, 1933. Officers
said he admitted slugging guards
in all the escapes.
GWE WHITE IS
RESCUE OF WOMAN
McMINNVILLE, Ore., April 20
-(P-In a critical condition from
burns on her back, face and chest,
Mrs. A. M. Harris, 49, of Rickreall
was in a hospital here tonight
where she was rushed by General
George A. White and Colonel Jo
seph Shur of Salem who found
her by her blazing cottage at Wil
lamlna last night.
The two officers were return
ing to Salem from Camp Clatsop
when they saw the flaming build
ing and found Mrs. Harris who
was severely burned when she at
tempted to recover her belong-
ings. She is a school teacher.
It was believed that a lamp by
which she was reading either ex
ploded or was knocked over. Ig
niting the room. Her lungs were
badly Irritated by smoke and heat.
Organization of
SERA Work Will
Delay First Jobs
No SERA work relief will be
under way in Salem until the end
of the month, it appeared prob
able here yesterday. While most
potential workers on the relief
rolls have been interviewed and
their budgets determined, the
task of selecting work projects, of
getting these approved at Port
land and of choosing the men to
work on them is not completed.
Local relief authorities were in
former yesterday that the county
relief committee would pick the
SERA work projects, subject to
approval at Portland.
AUTOTHEFT CDLIN
Biblical Passages Used in
Di Hinge r Message, Belief
COLUMBUS, O., April 0.-jiP)-Warden
Preston E. Thomas of
Ohio state penitentiary said to
night be believed he had thwarted
an attempt of John DiUinger to
communicate with his erstwhile
henchman Harry Pierpont
through letters containing mark
ed biblical passages.
Pierpont and Charles Makley,
lieutenant of the old DiUinger
gang, are under heavy guard
awaiting death for theh murder of
Jess Sacber of Lima, who was
Iain when DiUinger was liberated
from Jail at Lima last October 12.
Russell Clark, a third DiUinger
gangster, is serving a life sen
tence for that crime.
The biblical passages were In
the Gospels. The first intercepted
communication contained a pam
phlet of St. John's Gospel with
certain sentences marked and
lines underscored. It was received
a week ago.
The second, mailed in Chicago
Expected
only possibility of an agreement
at this time, unless some unfore
seen change occurs, is for the
railroads to agree to restore 5
per cent of the deduction on July
1 and the remaining five per cent
on January 1.
At the same time it would be
necessary for the carriers to
agree to President Roosevelt's
statement that some provision
must be made for helping the
employes in the lower paid brack
et who have suffered from fur
loughs, part time payment and
demotions.
The union workers feel that
they cannot depend on statements
of railroad managements that in
creasing earnings will be used for
making up deferred maintenance
and employing more workers.
They assert that two years ago
when the workers consented to
10 per cent of their monthly pay
checks being deducted it was on
a promise of the railroads that
they would devote the money thus
saved to Increasing employment-
This it was claimed has not been
done.
Doris Harrington of Salem
First in Essay Event;
Awards Are Told
PORTLAND, Ore., April 20.-(iP)-Mary
Elizabeth Kells of Sa
lem won first place in the con
tralto group of the Oregon vocal
contest here today. Betty Brogan
of Portland placed first in the so
prano group.
The group Included those from
16 to 18 years of age. Members of
the San Arlo Grand Opera com
pany were Judges for the contest
which opened the state meet spon
sored yearly by the Oregon Fed
eration of Music clubs.
Doris Harrington of Salem won
first place in the class A contest
for essays on Mozart. Cathrine
Sorenson of Albany and Marjorie
Sammons of Portland tied for
first place in the class A hymn
contest. Children from 9 to 11
years of age are included in
class A.
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Convention Will
Be Represented
in Pulpits Here
Leaders of the golden Jubilee
state Christian Endeavor conven
tion here this weekend will speak
in at least eight Salem pulpits to
morrow, a committee from the
convention announced last night.
Dr. Dan Poling, international
president of the C. E. organiza
tion, will deliver the morning ser
mon at the First Evangelical
church where his father. Dr. C. C.
Poling, for many years served as
pastor.
Dr. Paul C. Brown will speak
at the First Presbyterian church;
Dr. Walter L. Myers at the First
Christian church; Rev. Len B.
Fishback at the Court street
Christian church; Rev. Earl L.
Soward at the Knight Memorial
Congregational; Rev. R. L. Dunn
at South Salem Friends: O. P.
Harnish at the Englewood United
Brethren church; Rev. W. L. Kil
lian at Leslie Methodist, while
Rev. Claude Neely will address
the Chemawa Indian school serv
ice. last Monday, contained this quota
tion, which the warden regarded
significant:
"Have no fear; Jesus has come
once, he will come again."
The Scriptural pamphlet, badly
thumbed, had a page turned down
and a chapter marked with a
parenthesis in blue ink. It read:
"Let not your heart be troubl
ed: ye believe In God, believe also
in me.
"In my father's house are many
mansions; if it were not so, 1
would have told you. I go to pre
pare a place for you." "
Included in the marked passage,
but not underlined, were these:
"And if I go and prepare a
place for-you, I wUl come again
and receive you unto myself; that
where I am there shall ye be also.
"And whither I go ye know and
the way ye know.
The warden, admitting he was
suspicious of the missives, ordered
them withheld from Pierpont,
M KELTS WINS
III VOCAL CONTEST
GURRY DUSTED
AS LEADER OF
Tl
Action Unprecedented; Plea
For Support Unavailing
As Committee Acts
Support of Walker One of
"Blunders" Ascribed to
Political Chieftain
NEW YORK. April 20. - W -
Tammany hall for the first time
in history tonight deposed its
leader, the suave and imperturb
able John F. Curry.
Purrv. whose oDDonents had
dubbed him "the man of blund
er. " was voted out of the post
he had held for five years, 14 1-3
to 10 1-6. at a closed meeting of
the wigwam's executive commit
tee. A triumvirate Is expected to be
named by the committee to oper
ate Tammanv hall, a nolicy which
sometimes has been followed in
periods of stress.
The gray haired leader made an
impassioned plea for support, de
fending bis record and asserting
h had riven the 13 5-vear-old In
stitution the best service he could
command.
He refused an appeal by Char
lea W. Culkin. a district leader,
that he resign. Then the vote was,
taken.
f!nrrv who ormosed President
Roosevelt's nomination and who
stood by ex-Mayor James J. Walk
er to the end of the latter's poli
tical career, emerged from the
committee room smiling. With
him was ex-Mayor John P.
O'Brien.
"Well," Curry said to the squat,
bald, former mayor, a trace of a
smile crossing his face, "it's just
another thing in our lives."
During all of his regime, Curry
was said never to have had the
wholehearted backing of Alfred E.
Smith, who was reported to have
favored the selection five years
ago of Edward J. Ahearn. The lat
ter led the revolt against Curry.
STREETS 15 FATAL
LINCOLN, Neb., April 20.-(JP)-
A spectacular running fight be
tween police and gunmen on Lin
coln's main street today cost the
life of one desperado and the
wounding of a 14 year old spec
tator and a - gunman.
Hundreds witnessed the battle
as the desperadoes' automobile
and a police cruiser flashed
through traffic and 10 miles into
the country where the gunmen's
car overturned. Police Officers
Frank Robbins and Volcott Con
dit pursued them and when one
of the gunmen refused to drop his
weapon after their car was wreck
ed, the man fell dead, a bullet
wound in his heart.
His identity was not establish
ed immediately. His companions,
Walter Dean and Sam Rivett, said
he might be "Pretty Boy Floyd
for all we know."
En route home from school af
ter lunch, Luceen Marshall, 14,
son of Walter Marshall, was
struck in the abdomen by a stray
bullet. Little hope was held by
physicians for the youth's recov
ery. His twin sister, Lois, was with
him when he fell. Witnesses said
a bullet from the gunmen's car
struck the youth.
Market Control
Bill Has Enough
Teeth, Declared
WASHINGTON, April SO.-P)-The
stock market control bill
emerged from the state banking
committee today with enough
"teeth" left to satisfy its friends,
but still facing a battery of
would-be dentists on the senate
floor.
The vote by which the com
mittee reported the bill, 11 to 8,
though close, indicated the mea
sure in its present form would
have ample support in the senate.
With President Roosevelt's sup
port, it was expected to sail
through with only ihe conserva
tive wing of the republican side
and a few democrat, opposed.
Forest Fires in
n Washington are
Fought by CCC
OLYMPIA, Wash., April 20.-)
More than 300 state forestry
employes and CCC workers are
battling a score of small forest
and brush fires scattered through
western and northeast Washing
ton, T. S. Goodyear, state for
estry supervisor, said today.
The fires have not yet resulted
in any substantial losses, be said,
but humidity yesterday and today
was as low as it is in the dryest
of summer seasons.
III HALL
BATTLE HI LINCOLN
Confers With
School Board
if
Silas Gaiser, newly elected super
intendent of Salem schools,
here yesterday and today for a
conference with the school
board.
Superintendent - Elect Here
For Conference With
School Directors
Informal discussion ot the
1934-1935 Salem school budget,
preparatory to its formulation by
the budget committee, featured
an executive session of the school
board here last night. Silas
Gaiser, newly elected superinten
dent, was here to confer with the
board on its budget problems as
well as other phases of school
administration.
Board members last night said
the question of Increasing teach
ers' salaries had been discussed
but declared that no decision had
been reached. If advances are
granted, teachers will probably
have restored to them the last
ten per cent reduction made in
their salary schedule.
Gaiser this morning will con
fer with Principal F. D. Wolf
of the high school and R. W.
Tavenner, associate principal, and
later in the day will leave for
Milton-Freewater.
Gaiser said his work there
would not be completed until
June. He will move here about
July 1 when his contract with
the Salem board begins.
The new superintendent ex
pressed himself yesterday as de
lighted with the appearance of
Salem. He said he felt as though
he was coming home, recalling
that he attended the Washington
grade school here years ago.
FACES COURT MOVE
PORTLAND, Ore., April 20-;P)
-Suit to enjoin the Oregon liquor
control commission from prohibit
ing circulation of petitions for a
home rule liquor amendment at
places licensed by the commission
to sell beer and wine was filed in
circuit court here today by A. J.
ToIIt.
Circuit Judge L. P. Hewitt cit
ed the liquor commission to show
cause Wednesday why a tempor
ary injunction should not be is
sued In the case pending decision
on a permanent injunction.
Tally, a candidate for Multno
mah county commissioner, alleged
In his complaint that liquor ad
ministrator George L. Sammis has
prohibited circulation of the home
rule petitions In beer and wine
establishments under threat that
licenses would be revoked.
This action of the liquor com
mission has been made on the
grounds that circulation ot the
petitions in such establishments
was a violation ot a provision of
the state liquor law which prohi
bits such places from making any
contribution to a political meas
ure, It was pointed out.
Reperl Possibly
Causes Wiseman
to Face Prison
PORTLAND, Ore., April 20.
(iVPerhaps if the national pro
hibition law had not been re
pealed Clifford Wiseman ot Sa
lem, Ore., would not now face a
prison sentence for violating it.
Wiseman was convicted of vio
lating the prohibition law and
paroled from a prison sentence.
Mason Dillard, assistant United
States attorney, reported to the
court today that since the return
ot legalized liquor Wiseman broke
parole and served a jaU sentence
at Salem for drunk and disorderly
conduct.
DISTRICT GETS LOAN
WASHINGTON, April .-)-
Senator Steiwer (R-Ore.) was no
tified today that the Eagle. Point
irrigation district, near Medford.
Ore., bad been granted a loan of
$93,000 by the reconstruction fi
nance corporation.
BUDGET DISCUSSED
IT BOARD SESSION
LIQUOR COMMISSI
IIIL SAVING
IS ASSURED AS
BIDS ARE READ
Range Down to 17 Cents
a Mile as Compared to
45-Cent Maximum
Eight Revamped Firms Are
Aspirants; Aviation
Bill is Studied
WASHINGTON, April 20.-P)-A
"considerable saving to the gov
ernment" was predicted tonight
by Postmaster General Farley as
the result on the new bids for the
temporary airmail contracts just
received.
Competition was "keen and
bona fide," he added, and all the
bids received were at a lower
rate than was paid for the same
routes and the same service under
the contracts that were annulled
on February 19.
Forty-three bids for 21 routes
were opened at noon and dis
closed offers ranging from 17
cents a mile all the way to 39.94.
by comparison with the 4-45 cent
maximum imposed by the post
office department.
The senate meanwhile devoted
a full day to the administration
aviation bill, with Fess of Ohio, a
persistent critic of Roosevelt air
mail policy, holding the floor
throughout the session. He an
nounced he would continue his
speech Monday.
A house committee investiga
tion of the awards ot naval air
plane business was Interrupted by
a set-to between a spectator and
a member. C. J. H. MacKenzie
Kennedy, a British subject chal
lenged Representative Delaney
(D-NY) to disprove his conten
tion that American naval aviation
is inferior.
So low were some of the bids,
by comparison with the 41-45-cent
maximum Imposed by the
post office department, that they
evoked gasps from a large crowd
of Intently Interested spectators at
a ceremonious opening of the pro
posals. Postmaster General Farley and
his aides tonight were poring over
the 43 bids received for service on
21 airmail routes. Forty-five act
ually were submitted, but two
were rejected.
Among the bidders were eight
companies, revamped since Farley
decreed that no concern whose
airmail contracts had been an
nulled or who had representa
tives at the much-disoussed con
ference of 1930 could be eligible.
Child Aged Two
Burns to Death
Farm Blaze
in
MEDFORD, Ore., April 20-(P)-Dolores
Jane Everhard, two years
of age, was burned to death In a
fire that destroyed the Henry Ev
erbard home near here today.
Two other children escaped.
The tragedy occurred while the
mother visited a mall-box a quar
ter of a mile away. When she
turned from the mall box and
started home she saw the small
frame house in flames.
State police said the fire may
have been caused by the children
playing . with . matches. . The
charred body of the child was re
covered from the ruins.
Athletic Field
Has SERA Aid
ASTORIA, Ore., April 20.-()-The
first state emergency relief
administration work in this dis
trict started today when work
men were placed on the Job of
completing the Gyro athletic field
project. The work was started
by the CWA but part of it re
mained to be completed when
CWA activities ceased.
Joe Dunne Seizes an Issue,
Resigns N on
PORTLAND, April 20.-(tfV-Joe
E. Dunne, republican candidate
for governor, today resigned as
state senator and a member of the
Port oZ Portland commission, and
branded the practice of campaign
ers for an office holding another
political office.
"No man can administer the af
fairs of an office free from poli
ties, and at the same time be con
ducting a campaign for another
office," Dunne said In his letter of
resignation to Governor Meier.
"I am prompted to take this ac
tion for the reason that I am now
a candidate for the republican
nomination for governor and am a
firm believer In the policy that
when a man becomes a candidate
for. any office, except to succeed
himself, that he should resign
from any and all other political
offices be may occupy.
"These are non - salaried of
fices, ft Is true, and when I first
entered the campaign for the gov
C.E. Convention Sets
Record in Attendance;
Parade Feature Today
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World News at
G!
ance
(By the Associated Press)
Domestic:
NEW YORK. Tammany ousts
John F. Curry as leader.
WASHINGTON. Postmaster
General Farley predicts savings
through new airmail bids.
WASHINGTON. Internation
al, not national, action sought for
silver.
SAN FRANCISCO. Governor
Rolph sued for $1, SOS, 000 by
widow of lynching victim.
WASHINGTON. President
Roosevelt supports bill to estab
lish federal land for loans to in
dustry. SPRINGFIELD, O. Banker
slain by bandit he defied.
Foreign:
PARIS. Police and commun
ists, embittered by government
pay cuts, clash, 940 arrested, 200
injured.
TOKYO. International fears
aroused by Japanese stand on
China.
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VIE1DJ1USLY
Tokyo Fears Loss of Ground
In Relations With U. S.;
Washington Silent
(By the Associated press)
Japanese warnings against as
sistance to China that might lead
to political meddling brought
forth these" reactions in world
capitals Friday:
Tokyo High sources believed
the manifesto, described by diplo
mats as "audacious" and "a Jap
anese Monroe doctrine," might
check efforts to further American-Japanese
relations.
London High authorities said
Great Britain's far eastern policy
will be cautious and that the
United State must take the ini
tiative if she wished a united
front of western powers against
the Japanese move.
Geneva League of Nations de
clared the only political aspect of
a league project of getting tech
nical, economic, and financial ad
vice to China lay in its attempt
to make China stronger and more
united.
Paris The foreign office was
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FIRE DI6ER SEEK
PORTLAND, Ore., April 20.-(p)-A
sultry atmosphere accom
panied the hottest day of the year
as the thermometer registered 90
degrees here today.
At Roseburg the thermometer
also reached 90 degrees. All-time
heat records fell at Albany, Ore.,
when 87 degrees was reached.
Fire 'danger lurks in sparsely
covered forest land of the San
tiam section, M. J. Nye, represen
tative of the Hill timber Interests,
reported. Heavily timbered areas
are still damp, he said.
Salem's temperature rose in
conformity to Portland's holding
the same advantage that prevail
ed on the cooler side Wednesday.
The official maximum here Friday
was 85 degrees.
- Salaried Jobs
ernorship I did not think they bad
much bearing on the situation.
But I have come to the belief that
should an emergency arise, such
as a special session of the legis
lature or a crisis In the affairs of
the port commission, they could
conceivably have such a bearing.
Inasmuch as 1 want to be tree
from even the taint of suspicion,
I am taking this action."
Under a new. law passed by the
last special session of the legisla
ture any vacancies in that body
are to be filled by the county
court or county courts of the
counties affected. As state sen
ator, Dunne represented Clackamas,-
Columbia and Multnomah
counties. .-'. -
The law requires that the sec
retary of state call a meeting of
the county courts and designate
a temporary chairman for the
election meeting. However, those
who hare studied the law say no
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MERCURY RISES
1623 Registered Last
Night, More Will
Arrive Today
AH Delegates Slated
To March; Poling
Will Speak
All attendance records for
Christian Endeavor conventions in.
Oregon were broken yesterday
when 1623 delegates had regis
tered by the end of the afternoon
meeting, 200 more than were In,
attendance a year ago in Portland
for the largest conclave held nrior
to the 60th anniversary meeting
now in session in Oregon.
There was likelihood that there
would be several hundred more
delegates and attendants today
with Dr. Dan A. Polinr. nrenidAnt
of the - International Society of
Christian Endeavor, scheduled to
arrive late this afternoon and to
deliver three addresses: one to
night and ' two tomorrow at the
closing sessions of the gathering.
JJr. Pollng's address tonight at
the Willamette university gymna
sium, will be the climax to a busy
day of meetings, starting with
group quiet hours, beginning at
8:45 a. m. These will be followed
at 9:35 a. m. today by a series of
departmentalized conferences on
Christian Endeavor methods.
Convention Parade
Is Featured Today
The convention parade, with
Col. Carle Abrams as marshal,
will wind through the downtown
district shortly after 10:30 o'clock
Saturday morning, with the var
ious union delegations assigned
this order:' Tillamook, Grand
Ronde, Myrtle, Klamath - Lake,
Yamhill, Mt. Hood, Polk, Doug
las, Wlldwood, Lane, Central,
Clackamas, . Columbia, Crater
Lake, Portland, Washington, Wil
lamette and Marlon. The parade
will end at the capital grounds,
where the convention picture will
be taken.
A feature of this afternoon's
meeting will be the annual young
people's oratorical contest. Miss
Rosa Bates presiding. Later in
the afternoon denomination
al meetings will be held while,
three departmentalized banquets
will be held tonight, beginning
promptly at 5:30 o'clock.
"Comrades of the Race" will
be Dr. Pollng's topic tonight. Ha
has crossed the continent this
week from his home In New
York City to attend the confer
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No official action has been tak
en by the state board of higher
education looking toward the se
lection of a successor to Dr. Wil
liam J. Kerr as chancellor. The
Statesman was advised yesterday.
Board members are being ap
proached by many candidates for
the job. The matter will officially
come before the board at its June
meeting. A committee to secure
a chancellor may be secured then
or the matter may remain tor the
entire board to consider.
Members of the board say they
will not act' hastily In selecting
chancellor but will deliberate on
the selection. Whether a man
will be secured tor the 1934-19 3
term is uncertain.
The board ot higher education,
it is understood, has used all of
Its cash reserves in the coming
year's budget. If the 1935 legis
lature continues the millage di
version now in eiiect, tne nigner
educational system In 1935-1938
will have to abandon all of its ex
tension services. Certain mem
bers of the board think it would,
be unfair to invite a new chan
cellor to the state until the legis
lature's policies for the next tw
years are determined.
Valley Offices
Lead in Number
of Men at Jobs
The Willamette valley re-em-,
ployment offices, covering six
counties, led the entire state In
the week ending April S in num
ber of persons. pla:ed In prtvate
employment, D. D. Dotson, mana
ger of the Marion county office,
was advised yesterday. In the-
weeka period IS persons were
placed on privately operated Jobs,
SO of which were handled by the
local office. The Portland district
comprising Multnomah and fire
other counties, handled only 84
placements In the week.
The local office in the last two
days hat placed about 25 mem on
the pWA-finaneed North Santtan
road work near Mm City. T
Job has been under contract tor-
several months.
M LACKING
CU R CHOICE