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Day -Christmas
: THE WEATHER .
Unsettled with occasional
rain today and Saturday;.
Max. Temp. Thursday 55,
lln. 40, rirer 12 feet, rain
Ut3 Inch, southerly wind. " '
FOUMDOP 1651
EIGHTY-FOURTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, . Friday. Morning, December 21, 1934
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Secretary of Agriculture
Hafe Yet to Give Nod on
State Allocation
WiH Almost; Finance Grade
- ' r)a!iit - Umli. .
u nemcuHiiiy ocwuun
Says Commissioner
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec 20.-JF)
The state highway commission
Way partitioned 11,010,000 to
eight forest highway projects in
the state, and submitted the allo
cations to the secretary of agricul
ture for final disposition.
At the conclusion of an all-day
meeting here the commission also
warded contracts on three pro
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Jects and referred fire others toor(jered to .reyeal pay, profits of
the state highway engineer wun
power to award if he decided the
bids were low enough.
Forest highway, allocations fa
vored were: Willamette 1 2 25,000
plus 85,000 state funds; Salmon
rirer $175,000: Tooth Rock tun-
Bel $150,000; Santiam and North
Santiam $125,000 each; . Tiller-
Trail $100,000; Canyon City-
Burns $80,000, and McMInnville-
Tillamook $30,000
The largest award was for Im
provement of 11 miles on the Fre
mont and Warner highways in
Lake county. Contract was award
ed to Dunn and Baker of Klamath
Falls who was low bidder at $86,
179.50. , : 4. . i V:- .
Contract for surfacing about
nine miles of the Nehalem high
way in f ashington and Columbia
counties was awarded to Edlefson
and Weygandt. low at $38,153.50.
Old Oregon Trail ; V f
Improvement Wanted S t
Construction of the Tualatin
river overflow bridge in Washing
ton county went to R. H. Jones on
a bid of $5.944.60..
Jacobsen and Jensen were low
bidders on three projects referred
to the engineer with power to
award. They bid $18,437.50 on a
Pacific highway project at Grants
Pass; $18,312.50 on m paving pro
ject for the north Medford section
f the Pacific highway, and $11,-
902.50 for a small paving job in
uorvauis on me uorvauis-wewpori.
highway. - ' . . '" ' -f
State Senator Fred Kiddle was
spokesman for a delegation rec-
mmendlng improvements to
make the Old Oregon Trail high
way safer and faster.
Roy Melson. county commis
sioner, expressed pleasure yester
day afternoon at receipt of word
that $150,000 was being tentative
ly apportioned to work on the
North Santiam highway next sum
mer. The figure was reduced to
$125,000 In the final draft, Mel
son said that amount of money
-would very nearly cover grading.
costs on the section of the road
through which a grade has not yet
been run. Clearing of jtbe route
was completed this yearf
Melson returned to Salem 'ear
lier In the day that Commissioner
James E. Smith and County Judge
Slegmund who attended the after- I
noon session of the highway com
mission held Thursday in Port
land. Yesterday's session marked
the close of the three-day annual
convention of commissioners and
county judges. "
DENVER, Dec 2 Q.-PyA. pair
nf nrlautneN ' rrn -h it ir m) Tat fcr
.nr.nt f th w7 f .
world, todav atenned cineerlv In
tn trAnm -wnn Yit nerpsHf niir
LIFERS FREED FDR
1SSISTIH6 SCIENCE
demonstrating an antl-tuberculos- Ue was knocked down by an auto
la ftpriim at th Bern nf their Htm. 1 mobile while he was walking
nnv& SiiitTitit Kt vnnnrMt
the two life-termers, came back
n rwnvaiii hv .ntntYfnhiia fmm tha
Canyon City prison, awed by the
hiintllnr vara of a citv of E00.-
000 he had left IS years before
Carl Erickson, 8-year-old con
victed wife slayer, preferred a
train to carry him toward a min
ing claim he believes will yield
pay dirt, : : . " '. .
"It's -too big, too busy." ex
claimed Schmidt as he caught his
tint glimpse of the city he once
called home.
"A ranch for me. I have a
: ranch friend. I want to go there,"
he continued in the halting sen
. tence he used to tell his story.
Adolphson Will
Hea d Fratermsv?i Ml,
A. L. Adolphson Will assume I nAdAtrlan to ha Inlnred on Salem
the presidency of Fraternis club streets in two days.
at the next dinner meeting. city police, after investigation
Thursday night, December 37," at and - Interviewing George Kelly,
the Gray Belle restaurant, as a Winter and D, witness to the accl-
result of the semi-annual elec- dent, arrested Schmidt on a
tlon held by the group there last charge of reckless driving. They
night. Other new officers are: declared he had 'cut the corner.
Vice President, A. Don Apperson; Schmidt stopped his car before it
secretary, William Crawford; ran over Blevlns. called the Salem
treasurer, Carl McMahan; direc- I ambulance and ordered him sent
tors, Richard Stoltz, Luke 8. to the hospital. Blevlns chief in
Shields, A. Warren Jones, Dr. I jury was a severe leg bruise.
John , J. Griffith, and Kenneth j At the same hospital A. Dick
Perry,
r Shannon Hogue is the retiring J street, pedestrian who was said
executive.' ' " - , -it t;" ,to have run Into an automobile at
Two Crippled Vessels
Toss in Raging Storm
U pon A ngry A tlani ic
Freighter! Severance Lacks Rudder, Trawler
Calls for Help ; Biggest Liners Delayed
as Exceptional Storm Continues :
TWTEW YORK. Dec. 20 (AP)
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the angry Atlantic delayed great liners and pounded out its
fury on the shores.
ine jposton irexgnier oeverance, wim x aDoara, was ;
World News at
a Glance
(By the Associated Press)
Domestic:
WASHINGTON Big business
Headers. I
INDIANAPOL1S Four-day-old
baby recovered, alleged kidnaper
arrested three hours after" abduc
tion, i
PHILADELPHIA Bandit gang
vanished
loot.
with
$48,000 hold-up
WASHINGTON DuPont made
Quarter billion net war profit, mu
1 nitlons probersltoldJ
SHELBYVILLE. Tenn. Bus
iness men from! vigilante group to
squelch additional race riots aft
er three are killed, r v
WASHINGTON FDR vputs ex
perts to work on troubelous dou
ble taxation question. j
NEW YORK Two more ships
crippled by " storm; liners days
late.: ""' " ! ;
WASHINGTON Business chief
tains stand by recovery platform
despite official potshots.
: Foreign:
LONDON American spokes
man says Japan most consent to
Washington treaty naval ratio or
face U. S.-British pact. j
LIMA Peruvian cabinet quits
over treasury-congress row.
AMSTERDAM D U t c h pilots
poised for desert dash In search of
"flying hotel" and seven pawen
gers. i
GENEVA British protest al
leged violation of Chaco arms em"
bargo; Bolivians flay Paraguayan
.tA
F JOBLESS FIZZLE
PORTLAND, Dec. 20. -( -A
demonstration by unemployed de
manding cash Christmas presents
fizzled here today as did the re
cent "Santa Clans' strike of re
lief workers at Klamath 'Falls.
The demonstrators carried clr
culars demanding 11. 50 cash for
single workers. 12.50 for a man
and his wife, and S1.25 additional
for each dependent. .
When about 75 demonstrators
gathered. -at the courthouse Sher
iff Martin Pratt said a committee
of five would be admitted. The
demonstrators asked to send In
eight and when their request was
denied they soon disbanded.
At Klamath Falls an unsuccess
ful attempt . was made to have
emergency relief workers strike
for larger cash bonuses tor Christ
mas. Third Portland
Traffic Death
Oi Year Listed
w PORTLAND. Ore., Dec 20. -UP)
- -D. C. PhilUpough, 70, died to-
I night from injuries received when
nf I across a street
Albert Brozites, 24, driver of
I the machine, was arrested on a
charge of Involuntary manslaugh-
Iter,
Phillanough's skull was frac
tured. This was the third traffic
accident fatality of the fiscal year,
beginning December 1.-
GIFI 11
Two Pedestrians SI ruck by
Cars A re in
Robert A, Blevlns. 2, of 1045
North Church strteet, was taken
to Deaconess hospital last nlghf
for treatment of apparently minor
injuries received when ' he was
(mAlr ' dsvarn at TXTIntor and T
Winter street- He was the second
erson. 85. of 151 - West Miller
-Two criDDled shiDS. one a
limping toward New York barbor
nnder her own power from
point 25 miles south of Fire
Island fnlet. under the convoy
of the coast guard cutter Cham
plain.
Abont 10ft miles east of Bos-
ton. the fishing trawler Widgeon, Pwe' l J ePjce lecta municl
earrylng 22 hands, wirelessed for P officials, levy a general man-
a tow and coast guard stations
sent out calls ror immediate as-1
ststance. The Widgeon, out of
Brooklyn, was fighting the wind
and sea with the double handi
cap of engine trouble and a, brok
en air pump. I
Three steel hawsers. lashed
to the Severance by the cutter In
an attempt to get her under tow.
snapped as the rudderleess: craft
wallowed in 40-foot waves that
at times hid her from view.
Finally the Severance decid
ed to try for port with her own
engines, and the Champlaln was
accompanying her. Lieut. Com
mander Robert C. Saratte,
eom-1
manding the cutter, reported an
other attempt would be made to
tow the freighter at daybreak.
BRITISMU
PACT IS FORECAST
I .
Be Negotiated After
. oi t
Dan'S RefUSal iS
Will
Japan's Refusal
Made Official
(Copvriirht, 19S4 by Associated press)
. LONDON, Dec. 20 Japan must
consent to continue the 5-5-1 na
val ratio . provided In the 192S
wasnmgion ireaxy or
United States and Great Britain
ma. iur . B 'v '
ment, an American spokesman
said today. ,
As the trl-power naval negotia
tions closed here after two months
of futile efforts to devise some
thing to replace the treaty Japan
means to denounce before 1 this
year's end, the spokesman . said
flatly an Anglo-American accord
was likely. '
- .Such an agreement has not yet
been discussed, he emphasized,
and probably will not be consid
ered before Tokyo's abrogation of
the Washington pact, which lim
ited the three powers' navies to
their relative strength at that
time, takes effect December 31,
1936.
The American delegates to the
conversations. Norman H. Davis
and Admiral William H. Standley,
believe the Japanese delegation
fully realizes the situation facing was not the fault of the Salem I ! West on Donald Ogaen btew
Jaoan as result of her Insistence I Lions club, which was host to (art; "Viva Villa," by Ben Hecht;
on naval rarity, the spokesman
said, but naval treaties are such
n1(fla1 tnnthalia In JnnAn ! that
t, , , r." V7..i
ue vuuuuk wi umn
taUon Is highly uncertain.
Miss Hurtienne I
Released From
TCidnT ChareS
XiiUJiafyxia5vu
OKLAHOMA CITY, Dec. 20.-
(ff) - Miss Margaret Hurtienne,
sef.?!SL 2tl2!i
was maiciea 4U , r. '
in the Charles r. Vtadd U
lnr. was released from the county
iau todav. ! t
wifTRrntt Mrs Clara Feldman Mndd' reading by Doris Un
wlth Scott, Mm. Ja.m" rub and nresentaUon of mem-
'."ITa-K SL;:""
. No true
bill .was returned
against Miss Hurtienne and It was
expected here she would return to
her home In Oregon, whence she
was brought with the other three.
Same Hos
Ume had partly regained con-
sciousness last night.. His condi-
r,?!.', . .7
hospital attendants said. He sus-
pital
talned a severe skull fracture, col-1 his brother, Samuel, and his em
larbone fracture, and lacerations. Iphatic denial that he ever divert-
A 85 fine was paid In municipal
Mart vesterdav bv Vlrtil J.r Hack.
325 North 23d street, whose auto-
mobile police said was reported to
have run Into two other machines
and struck a Southern Pacific pas -
senzer train early yesterday morn-
ing. He pleaded guilty to a charge
of failing to stop and render aid
following an accident. j ' :
vuv wa vuv avaawwe " -
. int KAinnaHn., T. R j nit. dii atnrfchfridera. Samuel InsulL
One of the automobiles Hack
parked at Liberty and Chemeketa night to lend moral aupport to hU
tata Af ondAv on Wark'a ear I brother, won acoulttal along with
-
was curled back when he lilt the I his son, Samuel Jr., and 18 others j ball team to a 88 to 84 victory
train aaania arannii . a rnrnAT la Mnnth ara on mail fraud char- over the Turn Verein , team in 1
'Turn to page I, coL 1)
SESSION ENDED
Every Wish Granted Though
One Bill Defeated and
Then Reconsidered
Solons Kick Out Mayor and!
- 4 . AU.. lift
UOUncil-OT Uliy wnere
Huey Was Egged
BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 20
HHney. .p Lo.n5 to?11 h.ad
tightened his dictatorial reins
over Louisiana by grasping.
nrKn a submissive legislature.
uwurn mn .eiect ia
.wv wiwvi Km..
Before permitting his lawmak
ers to go home, the "kingf Ish"
compelled them to. "pass" a bill
they had "defeated" a few min
utes previously, and wound up
the third special session within
the past four months with his
every wish granted. t .
Dictator Long twice encount
ered opposition. He out-maneuvered
his thin opposition to
clothe himself with control over
the state's pedagogues, then
blasted through a minor bill
which had ". received an nnfavor-
ablevsenate vote.
Long's smashing blow was de
Uvered shortly before the session
adjourned sine die at noon and
recorded entry of a new gov
ernmental era for Louisiana.
With little dissension, . Long
slammed through the two houses
a bill ejecting from office the
mayor and councllmen of the city
of Alexandria where he was "rot
ten egged" a year ago while de
livering a political harangue.
Two other measures were n-
acted to establish his "seat of
empire." by direcUng appoint-
ment to hli subordinate. Cover-
ment to his subordinate. Gover
nor O. K. Allen, of officials to
cancel the will of ballot-chosen
local officers of the parish ot
East Baton Rouge,
othr .m. .Moi. .nt t
rovernor's desk where their an-
.r'J,T aSSS SC
proTal , M8nred. authorlxe his
appointment of enough police
la tQe Et Baton Roge
Parish to offset the number elect-
ed, thus clinching the . "king
fish" control of that parish's af
fairs. That, Long explained, was the
first step toward his establish
ment of a small "District of Co
lumbia' from which he Intends
to rule the state.
LIONS GIVE JOY TO
If 16 children, whose Christ
mas mlrht hare been bare, did
not bare pains in their tummies
from overeatlntr last nlrht. It
I tTi.m at that irranliatfnn'a anrtn-
ai Christmas party. The clubmen
I &i i. j iil
lprDT,aeu luesB cuuureu wllu
mntMiaadaA clothlnr and .snoes
I well .eeinr to it that they
had all the candy, oranges and
nuts they wanted and toys for
each.
After the party, held at the
trlon hotel, Dr. Carl W. Em -
Marion
m rtrt f .1 rTi inoMf . anilfrnan
announced seven more children
.imHarlv cared for be-
aia Tnaarlav
malnedf after the cnlldreil had
uWToV,
of cards. The program included
vocal number. P o! the : Salem
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w 'XTTl
fj. Ab6 . L
bership buttons by Herman Laf-
r- , " ' ' SIT . r.i- i
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Schulze and Glenn Gregg. L
J IBSIILL
vmuA w.
given to a Jury In criminal court
at 12:50 o'clock this morning.,
CROUP CIO FJ
JURORS RET CASE
; x.d, -JlV.r,Ztion. , ;
I count his career as a satellite of
i ed a cent of company tunas to nis
I own nse.
I Prosecutor John O'Hora in nis
I final plea said the stock transfer
I Insull made to bolster his person-
I al brokerage account constituted
I "theft and fraud" and was for the
"protection
nnl t
of, Martin XnsulT
. w ' jm ; .
On a defense plea similar
Martin's, that he acted to protect
hn m tirpfsent in court last
Ua In federal court. .
Top Figures in
: Bridge Battle
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vince-t Bound, of aeveUad,
ton, has announced his fates-1
uon to rue suit against nay
CulbertsoB, faset, P. Hal Sims
and the Americaa Bridge
iene for f200,ooo because
the Bound bridge system did
not appear on the approved
list systems at a New York
STpSert eJS wTSe
league to throttle his system.
SIX BEST STORIES
IS
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"It Happened One Night" is
T' clTl:rt t-ru;
Top Selection, Mhin
Man" Comes Next
HOLLYWOOD. Cal.. Dec 20.-1
W)-The Screen Writers Guild to-
nlnt nnounced 1U annual selee-
tlon of the six outstanding motion
picture stories of 1934.
First place.: the result of ballot-
ine nartlclnated In bv 19 mem-1
bers of the guUd, went to "It Hap-
pened One Night," written by
Robert Rlskln.
TOTill fin twari ara mad
slx stories were .announced be-
Mniatntlui fnr fifth nlar.
ivaraannnnnoai wra'
- " av
PICKED
eAini 1 "ri Thin Manlrirht to niird Itself aralnBt A-
screen play written by Albert
Hackett and Frances Goodrich.
from novel by Dashlel Hammett.
Third "The House of Roths -
chili,'' by Nunnally Johnson.,
Fourth "One Night of Love.'
by S.' K. Lauren, James Gow and
Edmund North.
Fifth (tie) "The Gay Divor
cee," by George Marion, Jr., Doro
thy Yost and Edward Kaufman;
and "Of Human Bondage," by Les
ter Cohen.
"The Barrets of Wimpole
Street," by Ernest Vajda, Claud-
I "Twentieth Century." by Ben
I Hecht and Charles MacArthur;
"Na flraatatv tilnrr rvv In Rvan
I --rrnty. I t-.
I uuj, "u viiu niuiuui r
alon." by Ben Hecht and Charles
MacArthur.
AWOld GralapD
1 mw - .
ivew La uranae
$2rhnr1 T .(Zif(T
VJllJJL - UCUUbl
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JSrTn. JK
1. -7.7. V.v --ni
Gt &tt j&t EvTn.
I succeed the late Herbert Evans
" Superintendent of La Grande
Public hools
Gralapp, who will take over
I his new duties January 1. was
elected unanimously at a special
I meeting of the La Granae school
board last night.
Gralapp Is a graduate of WU-1
lamette university. .
I Late Sports
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20-(ff
Tn - iramK1tnr .hvnfaitnaa and
- tomeUmes ludicrous battle of
unl BuckaroM stood eaeli other
la . tmn overtime sea-
i A crowd of somewhat over
4000 persons . witnessed one of
the weirdest and most nnaccounU
able games within the memory
tha old timera. . i ,
ALBANY. Ore. Dee. 10-tfV
The . bullet-passing Mount Tngel
haakktbaii tea turnaff m 'a
;
buslness-Uke 80 to 1 3 victory
over Albany college here last
to i bisbw
1 .
a 5 -fc . trt . 4 a sm
I , PORTLAND, Ore Dee. 19-UFl
I -Jim Burrell. mbber-legged for-
ward, scored 17 points la leading
I the Columbia university basket-
a slzzUng game here tonight.
BIS
1 3 Points of Modification
and Adaptation Listed
S by F. R. Adviser
"Qualified Scrapping"
; I Price' Fixing Included
5 in Changes Listed
of
: NEW , YORK. Dec 20P)-A
thirteen point recovery program.
including conditional abandon
ment of several phases of the new
deal experiment, was urged to
night by Senator Wagner (D-NY)
one of President Roosevelt s leg
islative advisers.
"Certain portions of the - new
deal must beeome embodied in
permanent Jaw and crystalixed In
public sentiment, Wagner told a
meeting at the Catholic club then
at another point he said:
r "Other types of our program
TcVrnTmTun?
are more susceptible to modlflc
mentation is an essential element I
ox aomesuc government, wo mtb
not sought the pretended finality
of a dictatorial state with all the
mock certainty of Its glorified
blueprints.
"Whatever may be. the case in
other lands. I do not beii eve that
TSX diSd S
Umlted SUtea. On the contrary,
they have been re-tested and re
confirmed during the past 20
months." '
Wagner advocated the follow
ing program:
. 1. A qualified scrapping of
price fixing under the NRA.
2. Ending of NRA's production
limitation phase.
S. Reduction - of "widespread
Ceaeral) expenditures to sUmu-
iau industry whn industry is
completely revived and prepared
to sund enUrely on its own f eet
4. Extend federal control over
some public utilities..
:
5. Continue to regulate mini
mum waxes"
. "Excessively
long' - hours
shall remain proscribed.
7. Sweat shops to 1
be kept
I closed.
8. Child labor to remain ban
ned.
f . Continued protection afford-
led the small bank depositors and
investors. .
I 10. F.mnlnTM Khali h "unto-
guarded" In their right tOsprgan-
Hi. and harr&in collectivelr.
I .
I 11 ' Business shall hiTa thn
I sirucuve competition 01 tne trier
1 ater and gangster.
I commning the share work
1 iaea oia age pensions.
113. Compulsory unemployment
insurance.
T
Todav Is nlav-dav at the hi eh
hnol with hnniAMtnlrr fnr that
.rada ore-Christmas programs.
I . . . . . ,. .
I giving 01 lootoau awaras to me
v. nlBTfra and nrpanntatlnn nt
I nins to the QuIU and Scroll so-
ciety.. '
Alumni able to be present are
urged to attend at 2:40 this at-
ternoon. There will be official pre-
senUtlon to the grads of the stu-
dents.
Th A Rntknoh sociefT baa arranr-
I 6 a skit, directed by Miss Leila
I T,.rt mr,A wrlttan fc TWtHa rpa-
sidy and Jane Keith which will be
I niMn tod In tha andltnrtnm dnts.
Kri.n, "Z
I -Kenneth Allen, grad, will sing
,n on of the
i,. wm(am .,.- wfii.m.
r?:' '".1,
ette student, will speak. '
The continuation school in the
win Af th htrh BihnAi hniid.
Ing on the ground floor la having
its own rrosram.
Willamette's strinr trio.' John
SnelL Orland Wallace and Alex -
ander Melovldof f, will be the high
point in the specialty numbers.
HOMECOMING DM A
Tl
Anna Takayama Winner in
Break fas t
T .nit. f 4V. Viii.w ftiatinaa
nlimbr ofexceilent breakfast
a6"" a'' print them next
week. The first prize winner who
I wm receive 81 In cash la Anna
Takayama. route 2 Y box 252:
""y ; ' . J . .i
cf " " nfc r" TV.,
nia Brown, route 4, box 272;
and the other 50 cent prize to
H!" ?T?rS pUn-.1i!5 Fd
?rty- mJJL obu!ted
by calling at The Statesman of-
Metw"
The topic for the -week after
Christmas and New Year's will
be announced next weekend.
Following are the winners:
Cold Weather Breakfast
Oranxa Juice . Rolled Oats
Kidney Stew -Crisp
Cora Bread . - Coffee
- Anna Takayama
Route. 2, Box
158.
PiDEHSEv
W'BEFtOODE
Water Stands at 12 Feet at. Midnight After : Climbing
Six Feet During Day; Floor . Stage Still Distant
but Reports of Swelling Flow Up-River Forecast.
Additional ' Advance for Today V
Pacific Highway Flooded North and South of Eugene;
Cars Splash Through Running-Board-Deep Water,
Detours Will Be Necessary; Levees Holding on
Control Project East of Salem "
fa
oaiem wmea ia.au iiiiit
rapiaiy. ai miamgni it naa reacxiea me 1-1001 rmrK,
eight feet below flood stage, and was stiH rising,
0 of.- i :v. v.
. State police here were notified early last night that
flood waters were flowing across the Pacific highway in
two places between Eugene and Junction City. Highway
department crews were marking the roadway with stake
and preparing to direct traffic to detours if that became
necessary. , . ' . ,
ine river nere sweuea at
hour from early yesterday to
above the mdrning reading and Sy2 feet above the Wed
nesday mark. The swirling, muddy waters were swiftly
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In-Ill I Nh IS HrHr
ULHULIIIL lU 1 LI L
uuiuliiiw iw .it.iia.
I Entry May Be Made at Any
Time Up to Midnight;
Entries Flock in . -
It's here the final day for en
tering, the Christmas outdoor il
lumination contest sponsored by
the Salem Advertising ciuo. i or
those who have been too busy or
I for other reason nave just put 011
I thl business Of writing Or tele-
phoning, to the club, the zero hour
I has been nnsned to ine limits-
1 . .
I mlanient tonisnt.
The ludging will begin tomor-
row night at 8 o'clock. This leaves
two full days and a night to rum
mage in the attie for those last
year lights or dash to town after
aome of the bargains on' display
at local stores. ;
The .entries continued to - come
in through the mails yesterday;
Many of them were from residents
i new to the contest with the larger
proportion coming from former
entrants. Practically all the prize
winners of the last lighting con
test In 1932 are back In the 1934
race.
Every - night during the past
! week has seen new bright spots
' flare up in all corners of the city.
I iK.ni... v.
hn M for mora than a and
7. "
I will continue until .New Year's.
I tiM& v vfll v..
mmniAt .Mnr Hrttin dta.
(plays the Advertising club offers
I a few suggestions which may add
a simple but effective- touch to
I home entrances:
I Place wreaths and colored lights
I in the1 windows. Substitute a co 1-
I nred Uc-ht for tha- hlt nna nn
I the porch. Set your lighted Christ-
I mnm tram noav fha. lnn
I a-t . . '
hsrate employes
rn 'A - rn v
1 O LHTOI 1 Olia VI
-
I Statehouse employee will pre -
I sent " tneir- annual program or
i ennstmaa earoia around a iai
I tide tree In the rotunda of the
i capitoi tms arternoon.
I - Becretary or state BUdeiman
1 has sent a letter to all sUte de-l
I partments asxmg . that tneir em-
-1 pioyes participate.
Menu G oniest
Menu
, Grapefruit
Carta!
Buttarcd Toast
Puffy TXM Nest
. HIV VraUW
auia or l'oun
Puffy Erc Nest
teaapoon butter
ut ana pepper 10 wia
Separate yolks from the white.
Beat thVwhltee stiff and pile In
the shape of a nest on a sllee of
toast, SUp the yolk and the but-
1
men
ter in tae center or tne nest, mhi jnig profit arises from the dif
and pepper to taste. Set In oren(erence priC0 the treasury
until una. mis is very aurao -
tlva.
. Lavlnia Brown
Route 4, Box 271
. v ' e ., -
Hearty Breakfast
'.." - Half of Qrapefratt
TMh of Cream of 'Wheat
Bacon and Errs Buna butter and Jam
CuUee aad Cream -
. - Mrs. George Esplin
- -J 1106 SV Liberty
the lowlands above and below
as tue y uuuneiie nver ,rus
ine rate 01 xour incnes an
midnight. It was six feet
spreading out over a wide eowrse.
.Southern Pacific- train service.
had not yet been delayed by the
high water, it was reported at
the x ticket office here.
The abrupt rise in the river
was attributed to the sudden ar
rival of warmer weather wnich.
melted mountain snows, and to.
heavy rains.
Unsettled weather with occa
sional rains is predicted for to
day and Friday by the- United
States weather bureau.
Exactly a year ago the rivet
began a - rampage that took It .
to the 21-foot level. Train ser
vice was Impaired, many coun
try roads in this vicinity were .
flooded and lowland prepertF
generally Inundated.
A rapid rise in the level of
Mill creek east of Salem Tester
uay aept scni crews o uw
I i m - M M
jooiobi ior oreaas m um lreua.
I levees but at dark they were
still holding satisfactorily, ao-
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MONMOUTH, Dec. 20-(Speclal)
-Mrs. Henrietta Hewitt, 93. died
at her home here last night. She
had lived 'nearly all her life in
Oregon and spent the last aeerter
I Century in this Vicinity.
I " She was born March'21. 1851,
In Illinois. She came with her par
ents to Oregon in 1851 and eet-
tled at Wheatland in Yamhill
county. She was married to Dan
iel M. Hewitt in September, 17 6.
They moved to a farm ea the
Luckiamute river five miles from
town and in 1908 moved lato
town, which had been their home
since.
Mr. Hewitt died 21 years ago.
Mrs. Hewitt was a llf etime
member of the Evangelical church.
She la survived by two sons, Guy
H. of RIckreall and E. E. of Eu-
I gene, ana oy wrw innuswin mu
. . .t j ja
three great-grandsons.
1 Funeral services will beheld at
1 1:30 Sundar. Decemher zj, ra tne
I aivangeiicai cnurcn nere iim n.
w. a. uiiii oiuciaung.
1 will be at the city cemetery.
B0KPRFL1
WASHINGTON. Dec. lHV
Two soldiers bonus payment al
ternatives were proposed today cy .
senate and house members.
Senator Stelwer (R-Ore) put
forward a plan which inelnded
in onarterlv install
I .
ments over a two-year period. This
was necessary, the Oregon senator
HENRIETTA HEWITT
DIES: WAS PliEFJ
SKRHBES
8iT.e S??"..'
I funds needed.
1 Representative., bcrugnam
1 isr anatAd thn nroHt from
'e. seigniorage might be
Qsej to pay the adjusted "servica
certificates. ' ' -
1 payi for tha metal and the 81.39
an ounce .value given to it oa
treasury books. , ; ."
COLLINS ACQUITTED
ALBANY, Ore,, Dec 20.H5V-A:
circuit court Jury tonight acquit
ted Sam Collins, charged with as
sault with Intent to kill Lynn
Hammond in an argument Involve
; Ing Collins housekeeper. -