-..or
"KENT OF THE SUN"
You'll want to read Kent
-dally la The Statesman; bis
Washington observations are
among the most pointed
written from the nation's
capital.
THE WEATHER
Local showers followed
by clearing weather today,
Friday fair with rising tem
perature; Max. Temp. Wed.
66, Mln. 46, rain .08 inch,
river 1.2 feet.
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FOUMDEP 1631
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, May 30, 1935
No. 55
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educators ask
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Committee Which Visited on
Survey in 1933 Releases
Report at Washington
Recommendations Withheld
Last Year When Kerr's
Retirement Loomed
Declaring that the University
of Oregon "cannot have a. healthy
and normal life" until Chancellor
W. J. Kerr retires, a special com
mittee of the American Associa
tion of University Professors yes
terday recommended that a new
chancellor be appointed by the
state board of higher education.
The report, officially released
at Washington- D. C, declared
the committee of the association
had taken this position a year
ago. but withheld its recommen
dations because it was under
stood Chancellor Kerr would re
tire Immediately upon the ap
pointment of a new chancellor.
His resignation has been in the
bands of the board since April
16, 1934.
"The committee assumed at
that time," the report said, that
steps would be taken in the im
mediate future by the board to
relieve Chancellor Kerr of his re
sponsibilities and proceed to the
appointment of a new chancellor.
listrust, Despair Said
Noted at University
"Whatever steps the board may
have taken to secure a new chan
cellor, the fact remains that now,
a year after the chancellor's re
signation, a new chancellor has
not been secured and that the
situation within the University of
Oregon has not improved. Indeed,
the attitudes of distrust and even
of despair appear to be even more
strikingly in evfdence.
"The committee sees no ground
for altering the findings contain
ed in its report of a year ago, and
continues to believe that the uni
versity can not have a healthy
and normal life until the chancel
lor retires."
Members of the committee rep
resenting the American Associa
tion of University Professors were
G. P. Adams, University of Cal
ifornia; F. M. Padelford, Univer
sity of Washington; C. V. Taylor,
Stanford university. They came to
Oregon in December, 1933, when
discontent in higher educational
affairs In Oregon was at its height
and when members of the faculty
at the University of Oregon had
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SENATE Til
UTILITY Bl BILL
WASHINGTON, May M -&)'-Brushing
aside shouts of uncon
stitutionality, the senate voted
today to take up the administra
tion's bill to abolish "unneces
sary" public utility holding com
panies. Pleas for delay, so as to meas
ure the bill by constitutional
standards set in the NRA deci
sion, failed to check its imme
diate consideration. But at once
the controversial legislation ran
into vigorous debate and Senator
Hastings (R-Del) warned of a
later effort to return the bill to
committee.
"It is unconstitutional," Hast
ings asserted on the floor.
In reply, Senator Wheeler (D
Mont) Introduced a brief which,
be contended, dispelled any doubt
of the "authority of the govern-r
ment to regulate and control
holding companies.
Fire-Safe Lock
System Arranged
For County Jail
Installation of a new locking
system for the county Jail is being
arranged for by the county court
as a result of the conference of
25 leaders throughout the county
held here recently Estimates of
the cost of the new system are
being submitted to the court pre
paratory to a call for bids. At
the present time each Jail cell is
opened by individual lock. Under
the new plan sliding lock will
open the doors on a tier of cells
and permit rapid evacuation of the
Jail in case of fire.
The court has already added
a night watchman to the . staff
taking care of the Jail In order to
minimize risk of the loss of life by
fire.
Pay Bonus From
Relief Fund Asked
WASHINGTON, May 2 .-(-.
resolution providing for full cash
payment of the bonus out of work
relief and public works "appropri
ations was offered In the house
today by Representative Fish (R.
N.Y.) Payment would be made out of
the $4,000,000,000 work relief
fund and $1,000,000,000 yet un
expended of the old publie works
appropriation,
Nine Answer to Roll
Call, Sedgwick Post
Of G rand A rmy Today
Two Charter Members Survive; None Able to
Take Active Part in Memorial Day
Exercises; Trust Fund Planned
By GENEVIEVE MORGAN
SALEM'S almost completely thinned ranks of the Grand
Army of the Republic will have no active part, as such,
in the Memorial activities today. Although needless to say,
the thoughts arid prayers of the nine remaining members of
Sedgwick Post No. 10, G. A. R., will be with those more than
500 other member comrades who have passed on into that
World News at
a Glance
(By the Associated Press)
, The NRA Situation:
1 Washington President Roo
sevelt, scores of advisers, study
reaction to NRA demise, seek to
establish procedure. President ap
proves Richberg's plea for vol
untary compliance with code
standards.
General Hugh S. Johnson,
counted as strong adviser on for
mation of new NRA, says "one
explosive thunder" from supreme
court meant loss of huge gains.
Asks "beneficiaries" of NRA to
inform congressmen they want
benefits continued.
Farm program leaders ponder
hasty precautionary measures to
save AAA from NRA fate.
New York Corporations,
trade associations, renew prom
ise to stick with NRA standards,
but some digressions occur.
Eloomington, Tjl. Republi
cans celebrated 74th anniversary
of party's founding, hail NRA de
cision death blow to new deal.
Domestic: ,
Tacoma Crucial "deadline"
reached in death threats against
kidnaped Weyerhaeuser child.
Source close to family says no
payment of $200,006 ransom de
mand has been made?.
Canton, O. Steel plant offi
cials, strike leaders reach "peace
ful picketing," pact in labor dis
putes marked by violence.
Washington Owen D. Young,
industrialist, assails omnibus
banking bill; tells congress it
should go home.
Washington Senate votes to
take up administration bill to
abolish "unnecessary" public
Utility holding companies.
Auburn, Va. Patrick Hurley,
former war secretary, says "de
magogues" have attempted to de
stroy Americanism.
Foreign :
Par,i3 Premier Flandin suf
fers first setback in fight for d';
tatorial financial powers; steady
stream of gold leaves France.
Tokyo Dispatches foresha
dow Japanese military domina
tion of all north China.
At Sea Normandie sails from
Le Havre for New York, seeking
record.
Vienna Austrian chancellor
reiterates nation's demands for
arms equality.
Havana John Barrymore
ays divorce turn in marital af
fairs i.. "strange.
London Friends of American-born
Lady Astor urge she be
given education portfolio in re
vised British cabinet.
Farmers' Hopes
Rise as Rain is
Predicted Today
While clearing skies late yes
terday brought pleasure to per
sons who wish to spend today at
the cemetery, the beach or the
golf course, the promise for rain
today was a distinct disappoint
ment to them. But to farmers it
was good news.
Many farm crops, particularly
strawberries and grains in some
sections, are sadly in need of a
good soaking rain, and the gentle
fall Tuesday night and Wednes
day morning and early afternoon
was not enough to satisfy these
growers.
Third Man Held For Part
I n Redmond Bank Robbery
REDMOND, Ore., May 2 9. -()-Ellery
Thomas Holbrook, 43, to
night was arrested as an accom
plice of two robbers who held up
the dairymen's bank here at noon
today and were captured less than
two hours later with their loot of
11900.
. Holbrook, who was unarmed,
declared he was' Innocent, hut
State Police Officer Art Tuck said
Holbrook drove his automobile on
one lap of the flight
Frank Watson, 38. of San Fran
else, and Earl Davis, 33, of Oak
land, Cal., were arrested In Hoi
brook's house as the money was
being .counted upon a bed up
stairs, Tuck said.
About 20 minutes after the
prisoners were started tor the
county Jail Holbrook came home
and was arrested by State Police
man Joe Miller who had remained.
Deep snows which blocked all
but the main pass from eantral
Oregon aided the officers In eor
raling the fugitives The robbers
endless tile of the Blue and the
Gray for which there Is only life
eternal.
Commander Gideon Stoli of
Sedgwick post, one of the two liv
ing charter members, yesterday
called the roll of the post com
rades left today:
James R. Gwyn, Deaconess hos
pital, Salem; Marcus L. Latham,
Silverton; Henry Steuernagel,
Fifth and Market, Salem; Ethan
H. Cowles, senior vice-commander,
Woodburn; Fred R. Smith,
now with a son In Nebraska; J. H.
Brabour, Roseburg; Edward G.
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II
Awkward Situation Feared
by Sammons, Result of
Committee Report
PORTLAND, Ore.. May 29.-(JF)
E. C. Sammons of Portland to
night expressed regret that the
A.A.U.P. committee report recom
mending immediate retirement of
Chancellor W. J. Kerr was given
just when "substantial progress"
was being made toward selecting
a successor.
"I hope no awkward situation
will result from it," said Sam
ffltfhs, chairman of the board of
higher education's committee to
find a new chancellor of higher
education.
"As a matter of fact, the board
of higher education has had only
the last CO days in which to seek
a chancellor to succeed Dr. Kerr,
whose resignation has been on
file since last summer.
Financial Problems
Forced Delay
"We were in no position to In
vite a high-type educator to come
here and look over the Oregon
field. We simply did not know
whether the schools would be able
to get the money to remain open.
"A decided damper was put on
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40 FISHERMEN DIE
0 BANKS, FEARED
(By the Associated Press)
The loss of 40 fishermen on
the French schooner Marechal de
Luxemburg was feared last night
after a French naval cruiser
searched the Grand banks, off
Newfoundland, for the boat which
was reported In distress May 18.
The steamship Point Lobos, of
the Gulf Pacific mail lines, was
reported hard aground, but with
little damage, on Epsom point.
Tormanby island, 25 miles south
of Powell river, British Columbia,
and a salvage tug was believed to
be standing by.
The Marechal de Luxemburg,
out of St. Malo, France, had been
reported leaking and trying to
make St. John's, N. F. The captain
of a French trawler brought news
of her distress to St. John's.
The bare hope of survival of
her crew lay in a belief the men
might have taken to small boats
and have been picked up by a ship
without wireless to report their
safety.
forced George Rice, president of
the bank, his daughter, Henrietta,
and Ruth Roberts, to accompany
them as hostages. They were re
leased a few miles from town, and
later identified the men captured
as the robbers. Tuck said, t
Lumberman Forced
To Lie on Floor
The robbers forced L. E. Smith,
a Redmond lumberman, to He on
the floor as they scooped all cash
in sight into a flour sack. 'Soon
they abandoned their tan sedan
which was stolen in Bend last
Saturday, and resumed their
flight In another car.
When commanded to come from
the upstairs of the "Holbrook
home, the men had their hands in
the air and left their weapons be
hind. The Holbrook place Is on a
side road a short way from The
Dalles-California highway 12
miles south of Redmond.
All were, being Questioned to
night at the county jail.
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HONOR
TS
Stores, Offices Closed to
Permit Attendance at
Memorial Exercises
Parade to Start at 2 P. M.
Followed by Patriotic
Armory Services
MEMORIAL DAY, SALM
All mercantile establish
ments, public offices and
schools closed for the day.
Woman's Relief corps rit
ual at G. A. R. circle. City
View cemetery, lo a. m.
Decoration of graves of
veterans and of other citi
zens by friends and families
throughout the morning.
Woman's Relief corps din
ner at Argo hotel at noon.
Soldier - marine - aviator
memorial on Willamette riv
er bridge, 1:30 p. m.
Parade through downtown
district, forming at J: SO
p. ni., starting at 2 p. ni.
Review of parade by Gov
ernor Charles H. Martin and
party at 2:15 p. in.
Armory service at 2:25
p. m., C. A. Sprague, speak
er, on "The New Sectional
ism." Business and governmental af
fairs will suspend today as Salem
pays honor to its dead.
Memorial day for solders of
American wars and for the other
dead who rest in hallowed spots
of this city, will be formally ob
served with exercises downtown
and at the cemeteries.
From early this morning until
late today there will be individual
journeys to family plots where lie
loved ones of yesteryear.
All stores will be closed today,
schools are suspended and court
house and statehouse will not
open.
The Woman's Relief corps at
10 o'clock this morning will hold
a ritual service at the G.A.R. circle
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WASHINGTON, May 29-(tf)-President
and populace will join
tomorrow in the most sweeping
capital Memorial day observance
for many years.
From immense stands built In
front of the White House by the
on-coming Shriners, President
Roosevelt will review a Memorial
day parade of veterans of this
country's wars.
Each of the 43,000 graves In
Arlington national cemetery will
be decorated. A six-foot anchor
of poppies will be cast into the
Potomac for those buried at sea.
Special services will be held in
many cemeteries.
The Memorial day parade will
Include the surviving Civil war
veterans, riding in automobiles;
Spanish war veterans. World war
veterans, veterans of foreign
wars, boy-scouts and girl scouts.
Its line of march will end at
the tomb of the unknown soldier.
In flower-sprinkled Arlington ce
metery. There, wreaths will be
laid by all the organizations in
the procession.
PARIS AFTER VOTE
(Copyright, 1933, by AsiocUted Prest)
PARIS, May 29 A steady gold
en stream, uninterrupted despite
strenuous efforts to halt the flight
from the franc, flowed out from
the Bank of France's vaults today
as Premier Pierre-Etienne Flan
din suffered the first major set
back in his battle for dictatorial
financial powers.
The chamber of deputies fi
nance committee voted 25 to 15
against his bill requesting far
reaching authority to balance the
budget, and defend the franc, em
phasizing open hostility develop
ing in parliament to the govern
ment's program. Some quarters
said they believed Flandin might
have to resign.
Unimpressed, however, Flandin
said he would carry his appeal di
rectly to the chamber tomorrow.
Hauptmann Sister
Enters Arguments
NEW YORK, May 29.-SVAn-other
sharp rift developed tonight
in the Bruno Richard Hauptmann
defense with Mrs. Emma Gloeck
ner of Los Angeles, sister of the
condemned man, Insisting her at
torney, Vincent A. Marco of Holly
wood, would participate in the ap
peal proceedings despite contrary
assertions by Hauptmann's New
Jersey attorneys.
m
TODAY
1T1JL CAPITAL
OBSERVANCE READY
FROM
Uncle's Efforts
Fail to Get Lad
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Efforts of F. A. Titcomb, above,
assistant general manager of
the Weyerhaeuser Timer com
pany and an uncle of O-year-old
George Weyerhaeuser, in his
role of go-between apparently
f had failed to regain the boy
from his kidnapers as the zero
hour passed last night. -International
Illustrated News photo.
2ER0 HOUR PASSES,
LAD 1TJETURBED
Police Believe Weyerhaueser
Abduction Work of Local
Criminals, Revealed
TACOMA. May 29-(P)-Contact
men reported named and the
"zero hour" passed, parents of
the kidnaped George Weyer
haeuser waited through agoniz
ing hours tonight for word from
the kidnapers of their son, held
for $200,000 ransom.
Although John P. Weyerhaeu
ser, the father, did not depart
from his role of silence, sources
close to the family indicated two
close friends would handle nego
tiations with the abductors.
New theories arose meanwhile
concerning the fate of the curly
haired, nine-year-old boy, who
was seized Friday noon as he
walked home from school.
Dr. A. C. Stuart, prominent Ta
coma psychiatrist, said he believ
ed at least three professional
criminals had a hand in writing
the ransom note. He termed them
"constitutional psycopaths," after
viewing the note, and described
them as capable of executing
thinly-veiled threats to kill their
captive if terms were not met.
A police source gave the opin
ion that the kidnaping was the
work of abductors who live in this
region and that the boy may be
held nearby.
JOHNSON APPEALS
WASHINGTON, May 29.-()-Warning
that in the wake of de
struction of NRA codes "decent
living standards for labor are
running out like sand in an hour
glass," Hugh S. Johnson took to
the radio tonight with an appeal
for the agency launched under
his hand.
Speaking a few hours after he
had conferred with President
Roosevelt, Johnson told bis audi
ence it should communicate to
congress a "demand that every
thing left by the court's decision
be saved."
The gains under NRA, he said,
had been lost through "one ex
plosive thunder" from the su
preme court.
"Price slashing In every direc
tion has begun," said Johnson.
"The New York office of NRA
has had more telephone calls than
in its palmiest day." said the
former NRA chief, "all asking it
it is perfectly safe now to cut
wages and extend hours of labor.
Spot news from the wole coun
try Is to the same effect. Decent
living standards for labor are
running out like sand In an hour
glass."
R U M BOARD TO GET
VI WILE REPLY
Attorney-General Van Winkle
promised an answer yesterday to
charges by the state liquor com
mission that the services of his
department had been dilatory
"In case I receive a letter from the
commission I will reply," he said.
"Thus far I bare had no Informa
tion except what I bare read In
newspapers.
The attorney-general indicated
he would refute the charges of the
commission.
Austin Flegel, prominent demo
crat and a leader in the Martin
campaign, has been named as at
torney for the commission at a
salary of 1125 a month.
During the legislative session,
the administration sought legis
lation forbidding departments and
commissions from hiring any at
torneys and confining all state
legal business to the attorney gen
eral's office.
0
000 ILL IN
VOTE, BACK TO
Accept 50 Cents an Hour as
Compromise, 9-1; May
Return on Monday
NRA Scrapping May Prevent
Agreement Signatures;
4-L Not Affected
PORTLAND, Ore., May 29.-(Jp)
-The compromise plan calling for
minimum wages of 50 cents an
hour was accepted by a 9 to 1
margin tonight by 1000 union
mill workers at Longview, Wash.,
as ramifications in the Pacific
northwest strike picture followed
collapse of the NRA.
J. D. Tennant, vice-president
and general manager of the Long
Bell lumber plant, told the Associ
ated Press the original compro
mise offer of the operators was
withdrawn May 9 when the saw
mill and timber workers voted it
down.
About 2600 men working In the
Weyerhaeuser and Long-Bell mills
and an additional 400 employed
by smaller plants of the vicinity
were affected by the decision to
end the strike and return to work
Monday.
Operators May Not
Sign With A. F. of L.
But there were rumblings that
since collapse of the NRA, whose
section 7-A guaranteed collective
bargaining, that operators might
hesitate to sign any agreement
with the sawmill and timber
workers' union, an American Fed
eration of Labor affiliate.
Tennant said he did not know
if his mill would reopen Monday.
Also at Longview last night 200
M. & M. woodworking company
employes voted 9 to 1 to reject
a plan similar to the one approv
ed by the sawmill and timber
workers.
Reports from Seattle were that
conferences between employes and
employers were under way or ar
ranged all along the Washington
strike front where the tieup has
been most serious.
Dee Planing Plant
Resumes Wednesday
The Oregon Lumber company
planing mill at Dee, Ore., resum
ed operations today, a Hood River
report said. The plant was closed
when outside pickets appeared.
W. C. Ruegnitz, 4-L president,
today declared from headquarters
at Portland that scrapping of NRA
would not affect the 4-L.
"Long before NIRA was even
thought of the 4-L had Its own
voluntary code as to hours, wages
and other working conditions," he
said. "This code, which has been
and still Is a collective bargain
ing agreement between employes
and employers, ha3 been in force
since 191S."
He said more than 20,000 men
in 4-L plants would receive the
wage increases of from five to 10
cents an hour, effective June 1.
Sunny State May
Try to Exclude
Indigent Tourist
SACRAMENTO, May 29--California,
with the experiences
of the bitter gubernatorial cam
paign of 193 4 still fresh in mind,
took steps today to close its bor
ders against the migrations of
paupers and vagabonds from
eastern states.
The state assembly, by a vote
of 43 to 32, approved the Red-
wine-Jones bill, which would ex
elude indigents from the state
and set up along California bor
ders an Immigration patrol au
thorized to inspect all who at
tempt to enter the state. It goes to
the senate for concurrence.
LDNGVIEW JOBS
Industry's Ads With NRA
Gone Most Important--F.R.
WASHINGTON, May li.-iJPf
Presldent Roosevelt closely scru
tinized the reaction of industry
and the public tonight as, with
scores of advisers, he strove to
reduce the chaotic aftermath of
NRA's destruction to an orderly
plan of procedure.
Breaking his silence for the
first time since the supreme court
killed the blue eagle, he told
newspaper correspondents that
far more important than what is
happening in Washington were
the immediate consequences of
the decision throughout Ameri
can industry.
On his desk, he said, were nu
merous assertions by various code
groups and trade associations of
an intention to stick by the codes
until new legislation could be
formulated. He added, howeTer,
that cutthroat tactics by a minor
ity in those industries could dis
rupt the whole scheme.
Of more than 75 business men,
lawyers and editors, whom the
president said he had consulted,
one of the outstanding figures
was General Hugh S. Johnson, or-
UglnsUL leader t NRA., whose vig
13,500,000 FOR
NEW (HI IS
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Board Approves Salem as Location if Suitable Site is
Available; None Mentioned but Present Block Held
Too Narrow; Bush Pasture Favored by Some, Knows;
45 Per Cent Grant to Be Asked of PWA, Advise
Urge Immediate Application to PWA to Gain Priority
List; Special Session Probably to Await Mapping of
Complete Building Program; Willamette Valley Flood
Control and Irrigation Report Approved
PORTLAND, Ore., May 29. (AP) Recommendation
that Oregon at once apply for $3,500,000 PWA funds to
build a "capitol group" to replace the statehouse destroyed
by fire in Salem, was made today by the governor's planning
board.
The board, which met here with Governor Charles H.
Martin, announced the request would be for a 45 per cent out
right grant and an additional loan of 55 per cent.
The application for a $1,575,000 gift and a $1,925,000
loan would be contingent upon later legislative approval".
However, it was agreed application should be made imme
diately so Oregon may have a front rank on the public works
priority list.
A "capitol group" was specified, the planning board ex-
OPlained, because it might be found
CAPITOL COLUMNS
NOT WORTH SAVING
Three Pulled Down Easily by
Truck; Lack Steel Core;
Appeal Note Filed
Hope of saving for posterity any
of the 12 stately columns at the
porticoes of the old capitol van
ished yesterday when razing of
three of the pillars showed the
impossibility of their preserva
tion. The columns came down quick
ly when a strong cable, attached
to a truck, toppled them, one by
one, and as they fell they were
smashed into scores of pieces.
No supporting 6teel core sup
ported the 50-foot pillars which
had been erected of brick and
surfaced with plaster. F. G. Leary.
in charge of the wreckers, said
time and exposure to the ele
ments had weakened the brick in
the columns and made any hope
of salvaging the columns a vain
one.
While the razing work proceed
ed at the statehouse, opponents of
wrecking the old walls continued
their legal fight.
Board to Await
Outcome of Appeal
Late yesterday in circuit court
here was filed notice of appeal in
the case of Henry Zorn and others
against the state board of control.
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Idleman Head of
Chess Club Here
Dr. C. M. Idleman, dentist at
Fairview home, was elected pres
ident of the Salem Chess club at
the closing meeting of the year
Monday night. He succeeds Al
Noth. Rev. George H. Swift was
reelected secretary-treasurer.
The clnb hopes to increase its
membership and activity next
year. Rev. H. W. Gross was high
man In scoring during the last
year.
orous tactics and biting epithets
pushed the blue eagle agency to
its former high place in popular
prestige.
Johnson hurried to Washington
with, it was understood, a plan
for a voluntary system of codes
with the federal trade commission
empowered to lift anti-trust law
restrictions in certain cases.
Constitutional Amendment
Gathers Backing
In addition to the plan attri
buted to Johnson, similar in some
respects to one advanced by Chair
man Harrison of the senate fin
ance committee, there was grow
ing speculation on the possibility
that strong forces would get he
hind a constitutional amendment,
removing the reefs on which NRA
foundered.
Mr. Roosevelt said this had
been suggested to him together
with many other proposals rang
ing from the abolishment of the
supreme court to the abolishment
of congress and even, he added
with a chuckle, the elimination of
the president himself.
ERS EDICT
that several smaller structures
would be preferable to a single
capitol building.
The "brain trust. "-as the gov
ernor's advisory and planning
council is called, did not indicate
what divisions of government a
"group" would house, but it was
presumed a legislative hall would
be separate and some larger de
partments would be put in other
structures.
The board approved location of
the capital at Salem if a suitable
site can be obtained. There were
expressions that the present cap
itol grounds are too narrow from
north to south.
In arriving at the $3,500,000
figure, the board surveyed the
cost of capitols in other states on
a population basis.
Change in Constitution
To be-Required
A change in the state constitu
tion is necessary before the state
may incur any debt exceeding
$50,000. Governor Martin did not
indicate when a special session of
the legislature would be called.
But'it was presumed not until a
complete building program is
mapped.
The board did not mention any
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FORECAST IS IDEAL
FDD SPEED RECORD
INDIANAPOLIS. May 29.-UP)-The
multitude massed tonight for
the annual speed spectacle In the
Indianapolis motor speedway, a
modern counterpart of Rome's
Circus Maximns.
Thrill seekers came in throngs
for the 500-mile automobile race
which, unless rain prevents, will
Btart at 10 a. m. (Central Stan
dard time) tomorrow in the huge
hippodrome that holds 150.000
spectators.
By airplane, by train and by
motor they came to watch 33
drivers, goggled, helmeted, daro
death in a dash for fame and
prize money totaling $106,000.
Three men two drivers and a
mechanic died in preparation
for the event, bringing the death
toll of the 26-year-old course to
a total of 30.
The forecast was for cloudy
and cool weather, ideal condition
for establishing a new record.
The present mark is 104.S63
miles per hour, made last year by
"Wild Bill" Cummings of Indian
apolis. Cummings will try again
tomorrow for another victory.
More Time Given;
Recipe Deadline
Is Set Back Day
The deadline for the Re
cipe Round Table contest
this week is being extended
one day because of Memorial
day. All contributions must
be In the hands of the food
editor bj noon, Friday, if
they are to be Judged.
Prizes for the beet veal
recipes wfU be awarded Sat
urday morning. One dollar
in caih is the first prise and
two completely equipped
wooden tecipe boxes will be
given for the two second best
recipes. Everyone is invited
to eater the contest. Just jot
down your favorite method
of preparing veal and eendl
it to The Statesman today- or
bring it in tomorrow morn
ing. It mar win a prize.