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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (Dec. 22, 1934)
17AUU TWO -ce Pftfcrpur STAxx.ajiAxt, tgmn orcgon. raaturaay maming; iTecexnoer rz. 153 an m cu DECiSlOrJ 0 WATER McKay Returns From East, . Says Auto U en Expect Big 1935 Business Mayor Douglas McKay wis back fn town late yesterday, ready to pick up the-strands in the pattern the city council had been wearing during his absence In city water plant negotiation, hut admitting that his thoughts the last 12 days had been, on au tomobiles and new country - he had seen rather than the pro longed negotiation in which Sa lem has engaged orer Its water system. The mayor said Immediately that he was - quite content with the manner In which Acting Mayor Kuhn and the council had handled the water matter during bis absence. As to comments on the next step the city proposes to take, -McKay expressed a wish . to secure more data on the coun cil's recent steps betore express ing an opinion. Whereupon the. conversation drifted to cars. Auto men in the east are Tery optimistic about 1935 busi ness." he reported. - "Chevrolet has produced a finer, larger, more modern car than ever be fore In Its models, some of which will be here by January 1. McKay said he though senti ment generally was much better than he observed it while east last August. Trains are running special sections. Reservations for trarel must be secured in ad vance. In Los Angeles' and San Francisco, ; through which he came on his return, downtown stores were thronged with shop pers. -. The" mayor spent Sunday in New Orleans, a day too late to make the football game between Oregon and Louisiana State uni versity. Huey Long Is. "klngtish In every respect In his home state, McKay observed. Popular with working people and farmers. Long Is disliked by business in terests in New Orleans, he said. Nevertheless all factions agree that for the moment Long has the state "sewed up." 'FOn KIDS' IHV1TED TO PARTY (Contlnud'rrotn page 1) Asked why he was willing to spend two full weeks each pre , Christmas' season preparing for the children's party. Cole simply replied. It's such a lot of sat isfaction to see those. boys and girls made happy." "1. probably know more chil dren" than any other man In town. he added. Cole has been chairman of the. club's cheer committee for the last nine of the IS years he has bea a member - of this group. This year he is again being as sisted by Lou Thomas, four-year man on - the committee. . Continuous Performance with William Cagney, Eddie Nugent and Jane Collyer . ' - Added r VALT DfSNEYS SILLY syap.:q;iy , 1 jl"-5-j-ll"TJ "Ths Wise Little Hen" NBMBNMBMSaSMe. let?1 w ' "' ifi 11 - I 11 1 ... Sunday, Uonday' & Tuesday iQiuiioa renorsnaaee trmlay v a to 11 P. ML - 1 by a a i mm, K CEDlUUUIk'LJ I J' 'f','.j),lrenHenry Little Millionaire Poetess -": .-- a i V f. i r 4 , J Just 14, Edith Kicgdon Gould is already becoming renowned for her poetry, a volume of her verses- having- been printed for family friends. The little poetess is a great-granddaughter of the late Jay Gould of Wall Street fame. : ns For: m TO HALT RIOTING SHELBTVTLLE, Ten Dec. 21.-Cfly-Formation of a vigilante committee to aid In maintaining order in 'this riot-torn town was proposed late today in a mass meeting of business men. Meanwhile, . a third death re sulted from the outbreak follow ing upon an attempt to seize a negro prisoner, which brought 600 national guardsmen here to restore order. Gilford Freeman, 45. was the third victim of the clashes be tween a mob and national guardsmen and officers. He died of an abdominal wound. The plan is designed to pre vent any further outburst of race hatred even after the with drawal of the national guard troops now stationed here. ui in FREED OF CHARGE f Continued from page 1) nel, Jr., and 18 co-defendants were freed in federal court on November -24 after a lone trial on charges of fraudulent use of man in pushing the sale of their securities at a time when the far flung ntilltv domain was erum ri ling. Marshall E. Sampsell, for mer president of the Centrl Il linois Public Service company and first of the Insull chieftains to eo on trial, was acquitted last Aug ust in a state court on an em bezzlement count. QT5 He Trapped Crooks While Cupid Trapped Him!... Oai uttrCOu' wHh BRUCE CABOT JUDITH ALLEN Word CondOic. Scbin A COLUMBIA PICTURE o . llil : TWO FEATURES 15c Today, 2 to 5 P. M.- 10c Officially Endorsed! by the Boy Scouts of America Added OUR GANG COMEDY 41 The First Roundup" And Pathe News m . Added LAUREL and HARDY in urvu. Lr ail-ill. a try 8 BRASH OF "FLYI06 : HOTEL" UNSOLVED BAGHDAD. Dec. 22.- (Satur day )-(Jpy-A salvage party return ed today from the scene of the disaster which befell the giant Dutch airplane "TJIver, convinced the craft caught fire after the crash fatal to its seven occupants, and net during the flight in a lightning storm. The secret of the disaster nev ertheless remained in the charred ruins of the "flying hotel." Members of the salvage party found the liner upside down, com pletely wrecked and burned out. The sides appeared to hare been smashed before the burst of the flames. . Most of the 51,000 letters sent in the Christmas mail were re covered, but many had been strewn hundreds of yards away by the wind. The bodies of an the victims were identifiable. 0SB0U1E HELD TO FACE GB - ! - (Continued from page 1) Police Detective Dana E. Jew ell said it was determined the in trude cut his band on the window of the rear room through which admission was gained to the Misa house, lie said Os bourne was ques tioned after it was learned he bad a cut hand. Detective W. E. Williams said that under persistent grill lag Os bourne admitted visiting Mi&h at his home and having a few drinks, but denied he assanlted the elder ly man whose house became a ren dezvous of revelry following the death of his wife fire years ago. A number of articles Identified as stolen in the residential dis trict for which Osbourne was spe cial night watchman were found in bis room, Detective Captain Jack Keegan announced. Tax Collections Exceed Tax Roll In Baker County BAKER. Ore., Dec ll.-A)-Tax collections here this year have been more than 100 per cent the amount of taxes due on the cur rent roll. However, much of the collec tions was of delinquent taxes from previous years. The collections on 1933 taxes, due In 1931, were 70.9 per cent. Collections since January 1 have reached 1683.048.08, or 1.1 per cent more than the current roll. Fred Bannister Found Wounded KANSAS CITT, Dec 11-T-Frederiek J. Bannister, IS. for mer president of the Long-Bell Lumber company, was taken to a hospital tonight, suffering from a bullet wound in his abdomen Miss Kate NeVioua, a sister-in-law, told police ahe heard a shot and went upstairs to find him lying on the floor, a small revolver nearby. d Dob - TODAY ONLY also PQPEYE CARTOON "ISggg 11- OUMED BY MEIER (Continued from page 1) adopted by the last session. -With the view of relieving the financial situation of the state, the last legislature divert ed IS 07,0 00 from ; the mlllage levies of the higher Institutions of learning to the general fund, and. also reduced the continuing appropriations for experiment stations and; research work 84, S50.M. . - . Building Program, Draws No Comment "The , mlllage levies and con tinuing appropriations have been approved : less these reductions. A supplemental building pro gram . calling . for expenditure of 31.174.72S was submitted in the budget without recommendation. Governor Meier will make two recommendations in ' connection with the state budget department to the forthcoming legislative as sembly. - . One Is that all . departments and Institutions be required to submit to the governor In his capacity as budget commissioner a statement at the close of each quarter on expenditures, an es timate of expenditures for the ensuing quarter and that the governor; as budget commission er, be authorised to eliminate any proposed expenditures con sidered unnecessary. - The other recommendation Is for legislation requiring all self sustaining departments to jus tify their proposed expenditures before the ways and means com mittee and providing that the budget fixed by the legislature shall be as binding legally as the budget fixed for regular appro priation departments. POLICE III SEATTLE SEATTLE, Dec ll.-Mayor Charles L. Smith today removed Chief of Police George H. Corn stock and took over the job him self. , Smith appointed Comatock July 21 after Countock directed the gas bombing of hundreds of pick eters in the lonrsboreman' trik To do this the mayor displaced uapt. George F. Howard, whose handling of the strike situation was unsatisfactory to Smith. The mayor advised Comatock only that his services were "un satisfactory". A short time be fore Comatock had taken tht lead fa defeating the mayor's pro posal to me city council thai the oldest officers la the pot' de partment be retired to a say ing off younger men as an econ omy measure. The miTor s&ld h wonM di vide his time between police neaaquarters and the city Ball, un til he chooses a new chief. Comatock. who revert tn Ma old rank of captain, declined to comment on the mayor's act. say ing ne was more Interested . in "shooting ducks". Bus Lines Seek New Order Upon' Oregon License The National Bus Lines, Inc. yesterday asked Judge L. O. Lew elilng to Issue a supplementary order restraining Charles H. Thomas, state utility commission er, from proceeding with a sec ond investigation of Its opera tions. Hearing on the application was set for December 24. Thomas previously revoked the company's permit to operate inter-state through Oregon, where upon the bus line officials obtain ed an order temporarily restrain ing enforcement of the revocation. Thomas alleged that the company had not complied with the fed eral bus code and had violated the provisions of the state transporta tion act. Mystery Man's Burial Planned The body of aa unknowa man. discovered a week ago la an Ore gon Electric empty boxcar here, remaned at a local mortuary yes terday and arrangements were be ing made for burial by the county. While city and state police have utilized all available sources of Identification,-the name of the dead man, remains unknowa. The coroner's, office hoped for 4ays that the man's Identityjwo'uld be come known through some Ore gon dentist who would report that he had recently done an extrac tion job for the man. all ef whose upper teeth had recently beem re moved. - - - Steele fa Aee ef Cowboys 11 SS THE HGHTIINTG CHAMP." SUNDAY! PREVIEW TONITE SHIRLEY TEMPLE CHARLES BICKFORD , also - Matt and Jeff Cartoon! Business Bright Spots fRr Thm 1 vAnM Ba WASTTIVP.TnV ri r r more money in circulation, be cause Of Christmas anonrHmar the federal reserve board, cash in xf 1 . . . cucuuuob. in, tne weeK ended Dec. IB totilftd IK ton nn a mf. than a year ago and 155,000,000 more han a week ago. LONDON In Enrland hr was more money circulating than aey iime since boom cays of is; oanx notes totaling 401, 9 1 0.74 S f about Sz.om flse oaai running 12.000,000 higher than a; year. .ago. WASHINGTON. D. "fi L Tail ings of revenue freight In the weea enaed-Dee. IS were 570. 93S cars; up 28.924 from the preceding week, 20.511 above 1J3 and (4,1 SI above 1922. BrNGHAMTON,"N. T. -Depression is definitely over, said President Thomas J. Watson of International Business Machines Corp., announcing a 27 per cent increase in minimum wages for 7000 employes and opening a new million dollar plant, TOUNGSTOWN. O. Steel mills la this district will take only a one or two day Christmas holi day, and production will move up to 45 per cent of capacity, high er than In 1929. PHILADELPHIA, Pa. Fels Naptha Soap Co. distributed a Christmas bonus of 12 to 25 per cent of annual salaries. NEW YORK U. S. Smelting and Mining company estimates net "earnings for 1934 after re serves and preferred dividends at 14,402,000 compared with 13v 522.057 la 1922. NEW YORK Dun and Brad street's weekly review showed re tail trade at new peaks in the last week, with preliminary estimates of Christmas sales in some cen ters surpassed before the final week opened. John Car kin Is Reappointed on Tax Commission John H. Carkin was reappoint ed a member of the state tax com mission by the state board of con trol. - Governor Meier and P. J. Stadel man, secretary of state, signed the commission and It was Indi cated that State Treasurer Hol man might add his name when he returns to Salem next Wednes day. Carkin was re-appointed for the term ending January 1. 1929. Carkin first was appointed a member of the state tax commis sloh during the Patterson admin istration and later was re-appointed during the time that A. W. Norblad of Astoria served as gov ernor. The Call Board . . . GRAND Today "Men of the Night" with Bruce Cabot. KLSINORB Today Guy Kibbe la "Blg- Hearted Herbert. CAPITOL Today Double bill. "Strange Wives" with Rog- er Pryor, and Kay Francis la "Keyhole". HOLLYWOOD Today Double feature, William Cagney in "Lost fa the Stratosphere and Toung Eagles". STATE Today Bob Steele la "The Fighting Champ", TOXTGIIT ON THE STAGE - 8:80 ' MICKEY BARBARA BARNES tSSay MICKEY MOUSE 52? XMAS JREVUE i 25 Pcoplo The year best-eeller- be c n c a mighty photo play that will challenge yoer heart . . . and storm your CBBOtlOJlSl v ;, . v . . ,1 ,1 With Baby Janelan Hole and many others! I'M SEEKS PIT FOD PAST SERVICE n. S. Wimsr went to ranrt fim yesterday with a complaint filed against Leah Lonli Rmits dow of the late Dr. E. A. C Smith. wuom wimpy claims : owes htr ibuo in nack wages. Plaintiff allezea that h Av. ed as chauffeur and man servant at the defendant's drug store at 19 92 North Canitol iirosf tn t months and that he was furnish ed lodging, hoard, clothes and some spending money. Wimpy claims, however, that he deserved additional compensation and that while there was no agree ment on how mnch hi nv to be, neither was there any agree ment mat what he did receive was to be full compensation. Wimpy alleges la his complaint that 50 a month was fair pay ment for his work, that the board, room and Incidentals ha received should be an offset of 2145 and inat an old car he was allowed to take was worth 271 more mm an offset. He therefore asks for the difference between his total wage claim and the offsets whtrh he sets out to be the net sum of 1(00. FEDElMilTIiS WASHINGTON. Dec 21.-P)-The war department opposed gov ernmental ownership of the arms and ammunition Industry today in a prepared statement submitted to the senate munitions commit tee, several of whose members have proposed such a course. "Such a policy would fall in war and therefore does not appear logical In peace," the department said, asserting nevertheless that it "does not oppose in any way a pro gram' of licensing the muni tions industry." The statement was presented by Lieutenant Colonel C. T. Harris as the committee brought its hear ings to a holiday recess, after a dissection of plans for Industrial mobilisation in the next war which brought out that abroga tion of Section 7-A of the na tional industrial , recovery act. which sets forth labor's right to collective bargaining, was In con templation for the next conflict, William Green, president of the American Federation of Labor, immediately commented elsewhere that "labor certainly would resist with all the power It possesses scrapping 7-A, war or no war." Lad Drowns in Shallow Water .a . THE DALLES. Ore. Dec 21 -CtfVRaymond Miller, 21. The Dalles, drowned la less than three feet of water last night when an automobile he was driv ing skidded over a 50-foot em bankment Into Buck Hollow creek near Fargher. Miller was trying the automo bile out with the Idea ef pur chasing It. Remorse Causes Suicide Attempt STJDBTJRY, Ont.. Dec. 21-flV A 15-year-old boy, "Sulo Ranta, shot himself In the head today, police said, after a bullet from his rifle accidentally killed his four-year-old sister, Lillian. The boy was expected to recov er, although is condition was serious. - GIFTS Colorful Flower Gifts That Typify the Real Spirit ef Christmas JAY MORRIS, Florist Phone t(ST 500 Scats With WARREN WJUIAM ROCHELLt HUDSON NwdSparks HeruyArmetto Mil IS OPPOSED 25c Miclccy Mouse Club Notes 1 M.M.C. For weeks I've been urging you to write any sort of a poem and let me put it in this column and I've received almost one poem well anyway It was a promise of one. Now loo'cl Do me a favor, during- the Xmas holidays and write a. poem either four or more lines and I'll see that each one handing In a poem will receive a prize for doing so. . M.M.C. ' And while we're on the sub ject of Christmas vacation come to. the Elsinore next Friday aft ernoon at 4:20. and tryout for the stage ' programs anything goes., . ... ' M.M.C. : Lest I forget Marry Xmas, "RatT. - M.M.C. - ' - Kids! Tell your folks that to night is Mothers' and Dads night at the Eliinore. The Barbara Barnes School of Dancing and the Mickey Mouse club will present a special Christmas program. la it are: Charlotte Bohle, Peggy Meyers, Dorothy Dixon, Lois Rob inson, Betty. Robinson, Corlna Haskins, Peggy Waters. Faye Mat tox. Joan Kay Breanan, Miriam Cooley, Lucille Shannon, Flora Jane Johnson, Jean Adams, Glor ia Ann and Barbara Lee MeClln tock. Colleen Kroner, Jean Bates, Bloria Meyers, Donald Farnum, Pauline oZe Chambers. v Muriel Kaator, Alice Ann Wlrtz, Jean Hurley, Claire Hurley, Dorothy Smblth, Gretchen Gamer and Ag nes Bowne. It starts at 2:30. MJJ.C. The special stuff today in cludes a yuletlde stage program chapter six of "Tallipln Tom my" Jack Oakle la "Madison Square Garden" and Aline Me Mahon. Hugh Herbert In the laff riot, "Big Hearted Herbert".. The broadcast program last Saturday Included: Harriet Coons, Myrtle and Gertrude Meyer, Bll lie Smith, Jeanette Arehart, the Bohle sisters from Lebanon, Dean Arehart, Art Stubberfleld. Chuck Bier, Frank Talasek, . Priseilla Simpkins, Jeannle Lunsford. Curt WillUms, and the "Rats" orches tra, M.M.C. . - Join la the Christmas spirit this aff at one.: ' So Long. -ZOLLIE. Flood in Rogue River Receding GRANTS PASS. Ore., Dec. 21 -iTKThe Rogue river, , which reached a new high mark for the season at 7.2 feet, was re ceding tonight. The rise was attributed to rains higher fa the valley which turned the stream Into a wild, yellow torrent. Last Times Today 2 Features ' Edith Whartoa'e "Strange Wires- Kay Francis la 'KEYHOLE 3 Days Starting: Sunday TWO FEATURES QA MINUTES OF 3J LAUGHTER V fie picturlxaUon of r -- ' -TK III LT) CHARLOTTE HENRY, Tom Tyler in "Deadwood Pas' 15c Till 5 pjn. Old Reliable Method Brings Health to -the Sick Wltbowt . Opcratlea S. B. Fong; herb specialist, has had eight years practice tn China. No matter with what you are suf fering, don't give up yourself, ur wonderful heTbs will positively remedy disorders of the blad der, kidney, stomach, constipa tion, appendicitis, piles, and throat, heart, lung, liver, asth ma, catarrh, tumors, diabetes, rheumatism, headache and blood poison, skin -diseases ef children and male or female all ailments. CHARLIE CHAN Chinese Medicine A Herb Co. 123 It. Commercial SC. Salem Dally Office Hoars Otoe p. n. Sam. and! Wed. 9 ot 20:SO a. m. A: -Mi, J BRITII 111 HOLD By OSCAR LEADING Britain will stage its own arms inquiry but just how all-embracing It will be only the national government knows. A royal commission will be giv en the task of investigating the arms Industry. Prime Minister Ramsay . MaeDonald told tiie house of commons just before It rose for the Christmas holidays. . He gave no Indication, howev er, how large, or how small that task would be, parrying warily eager questions from the floor as to the powers to be vested in the royal commission. Questioners were' referred to the declaration Sir John Simon, foreign secretary,' made before the commons November 22. which the house accepted. In which Sir John declared the government would oppose any "fishing Inquiry" deal ing with rumors concerning the conduct of the arms trade. . Aside from that reference the prime minister gave only on de finite hint as to what the com mission might do. TS State troopers participated in 46 arrests for larceny during the month of November with convic tions resulting in sentences of 14- years in the state penitentiary and fines ot 1 4 5, according to a report filed Friday by Charles P. Pray, superintendent ot state po lice. The state police reported 112 arrests under the general law di vision, with sentences aggregat ing SS years and tinea of 21CS6. There were 127 arrests ia the fish aid game division with fines of $2600. Twenty-one arrests were made for hunting betore sunrise and after sunset. Selling food fish without licenses resulted In fines of 1298. Arrests In the motor vehicle di vision numbered 400, with fines of $5125 and fees collected la the amount ot $1101. Warnings were Issued to 11,290 motorists, the re port revealed. PROTECT VISION At work or play, eye fatigue and faulty vlaioa are handi caps aot so easily overcome. Consult eur optica special ist. I' '. YOU don't need Don's bahy , carriage any more 6o why not xnalie . it buy that arm chair for niece Netty? Adver tise in our Classified Columns and youTJ turn ' baby carriage Jnto cash m . then cash into arm chair! It's smart to Christmas shop through the Classified Columns. PRE II US 555