RECIPES
Hundreds of choice re
cipes available without cost
to housewives in The States-''
man's semi annual recipe
section to appear In August.
THE WEATHER
Partly cloudy todayj be
coming unsettled; rains
probable j 5 Max. yesterday
78; ilia. 42; dear In day;
northerly winds.
FOUMDEP 1631
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EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Wednesday Morning, July 10, 1935
No. 90
SITE PUSHES
Griffith Promises Action on
eliei Work ' Within Week
UNION PUK
KEHED Of 4TH
1mm
Weyerhaeuser is-Bashful as
Testifies; Federal Of ficer
Principal Witness
Accused Woman Nervous;
Keeps Eyes on Father
" of Stolen Lad
FEDERAL COURTROOM. Ta
coma. Wash., July t.-Vrhe
first day ol the Margaret 'Thulin
Waley kidnap trial ended this eve
ning with much of the foundation
of the government's case laid and
the defense winner in the only
two contests over evidence laid
before Judge E. E. Cushman.
Due to the defense's failure to
nesses the prosecution was able
to psesent 14 witnesses today,
including J. P. Weyerhaeuser,-jr.,
boyish blushing father of nine-year-old
George Weyerhaeuser
who was kidnaped May 24 and
released June 1 on payment of
200,000 ransom.
Most of the afternoon session
was devoted to a droning recital
of statements, which E. J. Con
nelly, special agent in charge for
the department of justice, testi
fied were taken from Mrs. Waley
following her arrest in Salt Lake
City for passing ransom money.
Kneads Green Kerchief;
Holds Head in Hands
During most of the testimony,
Mrs. Waley sat staring at the ta
ble top, kneading her green-edged
handkerchief and now and then
resting her broad forehead against
the back of one of her plump
hands. j
She sat forward in her seat
and stared intently at Weyerhaeu
ser who kept his crowd-embarrassed
gaze mostly on his inquisi
tor, District Attorney J, Charles
Dennis. And she sat forward, too,
but never changed her usual stol
id facial expression when her
chief defense counsel, ex-Mayor
John F. Dore of Seat t ley von two
arguments from Dennis 'and pre
vented introduction ot a Toad
map on whichthe government
said Mrs. Waley's husband. Har
mon Metz Waley, 24, marked the
towns through which the Waleys
passed with George and their co
defendant, the fugitive William
Dainard alias Mahan, alias Davis,
in the Idaho Panhandle.
She showed no outward signs
of Joy either when Dore shortly
afterward gained the judge's as
sent to barring as evidence a
statement taken from Waley re
garding the interstate journey
with the kidnaped boy, a Journey
which brings- the case within the
Lindbergh law.
Dore contended successfully
that both Waleys were in custody
when the map was marked and
that Waley's statement could not
be introduced against his wife
since federal law prohibits a hus
band being called as a witness
against his wife.
Waley to Be Her Only
Defendant on Stand
Waley, serving a 45-year sen
tence in McNeil Island federal
prison after pleading guilty to the
kidnaping and trying to exoner
ate his wife in a statement pre
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II
LONDON, July 9. - ) - The
house of . commons upheld the
government's policies for fighting
the depression by an overwhelm
ing vote tonight after Prime Min
ister Stanley Baldwin had criti
cised features of President Roose
velt's new deal.
A labor motion to censure the
government for its reputedly in
adequate plans to relieve unem
ployment was rejected, 450 to
76.
Baldwin, making his first im
portant speech in commons since
he became prime minister for the
third time, said Washington's
program had failed "up to the
present to bring about -& natural
v recovery of trade.
Taking a firm standi against
lavish outlays for public works,
which he admitted are advocated
by many members of commons,
Baldwin -asserted: 'W have al
ways doubted whether : state ex
penditures would bring about a
: revival of industry. We are of
the opinion that if it did not
such an expenditure : would be
disastrous." ?
In what was generally Inter
preted as a tap at Lloyd George's
"new deal" American recovery
program, Baldwin said, If there
, is a. Vord which has been ridden
to death today it is the word
. 'plan.' 1 have seen nothing of
. planning by any foreign country
. which would lead me to think it
Vis.a universal panacea!
LOGGER KILLED
CAMAS, Wash., July 9.-(AV
Harry railing, 25,, was crushed
to death beneath a log which roll
ed from a truck he was unload
ing Jiero tonight. He waa work
ing, for Tony Fantini, logging con
tractor,. v
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WORK
M
F.R. Asks Passage of
Entire Program During
This Session, Congress
Byrns Hopes for Windup by Middle of August
After Night Conference at White House;
Smooth Out Conflict With Majority
WASHINGTON, July 9. (AP) President Roosevelt'
reiterated to house democratic leaders tonight his re
quest for consideration of his entire legislative program at
the current session.
Despite the volume of business awaiting, Speaker Byrns
expressed hope for adjournment
ESTIMATE
Tl FIX IP S
L
Changes in High Building to
Make it Adequate for 10
Years, Board Told
Enlargement and fireproofing
of the Salem high school to make
it adequate and safe for the ex
pected increased enrpllmenf with
in the next 10 years will cost at
least 1252,000, the school direct
ors learned from an estimate sub
mitted at last night's board meet
ing. The estimate was merely a
guide to direct them in deciding
how to meet the enrollment gain
and no action was taken.
At this cost it was estimated an
auditorium - gymnasium wing
could be added, an outside central
steam heating plant built replac
ing the present hot air system,
and the stairways and halls of the
present structure inclosed with
fireproof materials. Director
Frank Neer. however, thought the
estimate at least $25,000 too
low.
Suggest McKinley School
For South Salem High
Percy R. Cupper, new director,
suggested that the McKinley
grade building might be utilized
for a South Salem senicrt high
school" and Lincoln school rejmilt
to accommodate the grade ptpils
now attending the former, acbool.
The directors moved toward
the earliest completion of budget
action in recent years when they
authorized the clerk to advertise
the annual budget meeting within
the next few weeks. No date for
this meeting, at which the tax
payers may recommend changes in
tne budget, was set. Twentr-one
days ,must elapse between the
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II
LIFT MARTIAL LAW
NEW ORLEANS. July 9.-(JF)-Apparently
well satisfied with af
fairs in Louisiana. Senator Huey
P. Long today switched his atten
tion to the national arena after
having his political ally. Governor
O. K. Allen, lift the martial law
edict under which the state's capi
tal has existed for nearly six
months.
The Louisiana "dictator" plan
ned to return to Washington to
night to pick up his fight against
President Roosevelt where he left
off last Wednesday.
That the senator has no Inten
tion of softening his attack on
the president was indicated last
night during a verbal blast at the
new deal in which he called - the
chief executive a "liar and a
taker," and charged the president
was insincere in his tax program
and old age pension law.
Martial law In Baton Rouge
was invoked last January. Today
the last detachment of national
guardsmen evacuated the capital.
For the first time since Jan
uary 25 the right of assembly
and unrestricted speech, banned
by the governor's proclamation,
were returned to citizens of East
Baton Rouge parish.
Martial law was proclaimed af
ter Senator Long charged a plot
had been fostered to assassinate
him.
Long returned to New Orleans
late yesterday after directing en
actment of 25 personally drafted
bills giving him control over the
expenditure of state funds, mak
ing politicalization of federal
funds a misdemeanor punishable
by jail sentence, and stripping his
political enemies of their local
patronage.
Courtly Oiling
On Roads
Marion county's road oiling
program got under Way yesterday
morning after a three-hour delay
while the tracking contacts be
tween the "asphalt, retort at the
county shops here and the scene
first operations, on the Turner-Marion
road were being re
arranged. The only difficulty ex?
perienced waa In. ascertaining the
proper amount of heat applied
to the asphalt. Commissioner Roy
Melson reported.
"If favorable weather contin
ues we will progress rapidly," the
commissioner said. VI think It
COO
HlfiHVI
before August 15.
At the conference which lasted
two and a half hours it was re
liably reported that members of
the house group canvassed with
Mr. Roosevelt differences which
have arisen between the White
House and the house majority
group. These were climaxed in
house rejection of the president's
requested abolition of "unneces
sary" utility holding companies.
Byrns emphasized the house
was going through with the tax
bill on the limited basis proposed
by the president In . his recom
mendations to congress.
No New Measures to Be
Started This Session
The speaker said he expected
no new legislation to be propos
ed during the remainder of the
session.
"I hope we substantially speed
ed the day for adjournment,"
said Byrns as he emerged from
the conference.
He said there was no talk of
abandoning any of the adminis
tration program.
The call of the meeting came
at the end of a day which saw
administration legislative efforts
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CHINESE REFUGEES
ED BY FIRE
Flood-trapped Thousands in
Yangtse Region Facing
Famine Threat
HANKOW, China, July 1&.-JP)
-(Wednesday) -Official Chinese
dispatches early today said dikes
along thenorth bank of the rag
ing Yangtse river collapsed 150
miles above Hankow early today,
letting the waters boil over low
lands toward the Han river.
The city of Keinll near where
the breach in the dikes occurred
was submerged, the dispatches
said, as was the equally important
nearby city of Meian and several
dozen villages lying along the
river In that area.
(Copyright. 1935, by Associated Press)
CHANGTEH, Hunan Province,
China, July 9.-(jip)-Fire followed
flood as central China's rain-swollen
rivers raged down to the sea
today, and famine, stalked after;
sure to claim its share of the dead.
With 25,000,000 persons in the
patch of the great Yangtse and its
toll of lives already counted in
the hundreds, flood waters from
the Yuan river and the Tung Ting
lake besieging this city reached
disaster stage.
AU Dikes Collapse r
But One; Many Trapped
Hundreds of thousands were
trapped within the city as every
dike, save one, collapsed. A few
American missionaries, struggling
heroically, did what they could to
lessen Suffering, but their efforts
could not measure up to the pro
portions of the catastrophe, in
which 100,000 Changteh homes
already were submerged.
Fire broke out fn various parti
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Right to Worship
Defense of Army
Captain in Suit
A demurrer to the city's com
plaint against Captain Lewis Mc
Allan, charging him with con
ducting a meeting in a restricted
area, was filed In municipal court
yesterday by his attorney. The
demurrer avers the ordinance un
der which McAllan was arrested
conflicts with the due process of
law amendment to the federal
constitution and . with two sec
tions of the Oregon constitution
dealing with freedom of worship
and religious opinion.
McAllan's trial is slated for 2
p. m. Friday before Municipal
Judge Jones.
Program .
Well Started
will be a success In every way
Melson said yesterday trial op
eration indicated the schedule of
three-Quarters mile of oiling a
day could be followed.' It this
pace is kept np- on the Turner
Marion section, that Job will be
completed late next week and the
30-man crew can more to the
three-mile strip east of Monitor
on the road toward Silverton. .
G ravel roads are out of the
picture with present fast, heavy
traffic," Melson Btated. 'An oiled
road kept in repair is better than
the old blacktop pavement and
has better aonskid qualities." -
Plans for Resuming Normal
Operations at 3 Others
are Reported Afoot
Muir ActiorT Against Rebel
Longview Union Handed
Superior's Sanction
PORTLAND. Ore., July 9.-;p)-
wmiam wedel, president of the
Portland local of Sawmill and
Timber Workers union, tonight
announced the Multnomah Lum
ber & Box company will reopen
Thursday with union sanction.
Plans are afoot to start normal
operations at three other Port
land sawmills, Wedel said, but he
didn't name them.
The Multnomah company, nor
mally employing 250 men in its
sawmill, plywood and box depart
ments, will resume under terms
similar to those under which the
Inman-Poulaen mill opened a
week ago, Wedel said.
3 Union, 1 Non-Union
Mills Reopening
This would be the fourth Port
land sawmill to reopen since the
shutdown May 6. Two reopened
under arrangements with the un
ion while the southeast Portland
mill which never had more than a
handful of union members, re
opened without any union agree
ment, but with increased wages.
The Multnomah settlement, like
that of Inman-Poulsen, is based
on an increase in basic pay, with a
50-cent minimum in the sawmill
and 40-cent minimum in the box
division, 40-hour week and rec
ognition of the principle of col
lective bargaining with plant em
ployes. The old pay-scale was 45
and 35-cents an hour.
The Eastern & Western, Clark
& Wilson and West Oregon mills
here have been carrying on
"ghosf operations for two weeks
with, non-union help.
No attempt to reopen with non
union help has been made by the
Multnomah mill, the Portland
lumber mills or the Jones com
pany. CHARTER REVOKED
LONGVIEW, Wash., July 9.
(flVCharter No. 2504 of the in
surgent local of the Sawmill and
Timber Workers' union never will
be restored, according to a tele
gram today from William L. Hut-
cheson of Indianapolis, interna
tional president of the Brother
hood of Carpenters and Joiners,
parent union.
Many members and officers
contended that A. W. Muir, vice
president of the brotherhood, had
no authority for revoking the lo
cal charter some time ago and or
dering new charters issued.
While those aligning themselves
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AT
E
E
OREGON CITY, July 9.-(P)-Severe
criticism of Governor
Charles H. Martin and Multnomah
county public officials for using
state police and other law enforce
ment officers "in an attempt to
abrogate the right of striking la
bor to picket," was voiced today
by delegates to the first annual
state convention of the National
Economics Welfare federation
The group also demanded an
unconditional pardon for Walter
Baer, ex-convict who served his
sentence, to prevent his deporta
tion to Germany.
W. K. Patrick of Portland,
state president, presided at all
sessions which started yesterday
with 50 In attendance.
The group refused to seat at the
convention four delegates repre
senting the Central Federation
Against Unemployment, an assert
ed communistic organization.
Wright House Is
Burned; Firemen
Check Any Spread
SALEM HEIGHTS. July t. -(Special)
Fire tonight destroyed
the Joseph Wright residence here,
a two-story frame house, while
the family; was away. None of the
furnishings were saved. :
The structure was doomed be
fore a ; Salem fire deaprtment
truck arrived. The firemen used
chemicals 1 and water from the
truck's pressure tank to fight the
threatened spread of the flames
to nearby buildings. "
The Wright house was the first
one west of the Salem Heights
school. -;
6 PLANES AT ASTORIA
ASTORIA, Ore., : July
Six United States naval seaplanes
landed at 1 Tongae Point late to
day after la flight from Califor
nia. After refueling here the
planes will leave tomorrow morn
ing for an unannounced destina
tion, believed to be Seattle. -
Nil RAPPED
W ELF,', R
UU
They Take Lead in Paying Entire Debt of Post;
Reserve Set Up from Profits on 4th Celebration
Expressions of relief showed on the faces of Capital Post Xo. O executive committeemen here Monday
afternoon after they had handed Commander Verden E. Hockett a f 900 check with which to pay off
the.last of the debt incurred in sending the Salem lmerican Legion drum corps to Chicago in 1033.
The $2100 profit from last week's July 4 celebration left the post with a substantial cash balance.
Left to right in the photo are O. E. "Mose" Palma teer, Harry Holt, Leslie Wadsworth, Adjutant Wil
liam Bliven, Vice-Commander Bert Victor, Celebration Chairman R. H. Bassett, Dr. Hockett and
Claude McKenney.
Photo by Clastic.
ASSESSED 1 OF
STATE GOES
Variety of-Reasons Shrinks
Rolls $1,000,000; Water
Plant Soon Off Roll
A sizeable decrease in Marion
county's assessment roll, to be
turned over to the sheriff early
next spring, is probable. County
Assessor Shelton announced yes
terday, predicting the present roll t
of $43,873,000 would drop at
least $1,000,000.
A number of reasons contrib
ute to the decline, Shelton aver
red. Decrease in land values, cut
ting of timber, lack of new build
ing and steady depreciation of
present structures, all have tend
ed to reduce assessed values. Ac
quisition of farm and city prop
erty by the world war veterans'
commission and holding of the
property, pending sale, as assets
not subject to taxation, an addi
tional reason assessed value has
decreased, Shelton said.
He predicted some decline in
utility valuation made by the state
tax commission on property in the
county.
A sizeable dent in the county's
roll will also be made when the
Oregon-Washington Water Serv
ice company's plant is removed
from the assessment roll, Shel
ton said it was carried at approx
imately $540,000 on his lists.
When the plant is owned by Salem
it will not be subject to taxa
tion. Shelton said he thought anoth
er year would see some stiffening
in assessments if property values
went up and if new construction
was undertaken.
Dies Charges His
Bill Is Unfairly
Hit by McCormack
WASHINGTON, July 9.-WP)-Representative
Dies (D., Tex.)
today charged. Colon el D. W. Mc
Cormack, immigration commis
sioner, with "flooding the coun
try with misleading propaganda"
against his alien deportation bill.
"Colonel McCormack has In
spired .propaganda designed to
raise religious and racial preju
dice in an effort to defeat my
bill," Dies told newspapermen: in
an Interview. "In what appears
to me to be a direct violation of
law, Coolnel McCormack is hav
ing immigration inspectors, go to
local newspapers to get his false
propaganda distributed."
Farmer, Gunman
Both Are Killed
SPRINGFIELD, Mo. July
() Rondo Ellison,. 2 2-year-old
Douglas county farmer, end an
unidentified gunman one of
three who,, of leers . said, raided
the Ellison home were killed
in an exchange' of shots late to
night. Investigators reported the
gunman carried a chauffeur's li
cense bearing the name of w u.
Morefield, 28, Oklahoma Citj.
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Ethiopia Flight Begun
By Refugees; 1 1 Dace
Creates New Divisions
Italian Dictator Says He Can Put 900,000 Men
in Field; Class of 1 91 2 is Called; King George
Said to Be Trying to Stop Outbreak in Africa
LONDON, July 10 (Wednesday) (AP) The Daily Ex
press correspondent at Addis Ababa reported today the
first train load of American, British and Italian refugees,
who believe war may break out at any moment, has left the
Ethiopian capital.
The train included three cars full of girls born of Ethio-
' pian fathers and Italian mothers,
MINE
COLORADO KILLS 3
TRINIDAD, Colo., July 9.-(P)-The
bodies of three miners kill
ed by explosions jrhich rocked
the Bear Canon coal mine near
here late today were discovered
early tonight shortly after res
cue workers moved into the
smoke clogged shaft.
Those found dead were:
Charles Smith, about 40.
Leo Martinez, about 27.
Joe Medina, about 42.
The squad of expert rescue
workers pushed onward in an at
tempt to find Jim McKeown. su
perintendent of the mine. He was
believed to have been much far
ther down the slope than the
three others.
Rescue workers would not
speculate npon chances of finding
him alive.
Medina's torn body was brought
to the entrance about a halt hour
after the squad entered. It was
discovered about 1000 feet from
the mouth of the mine.
The bodies of Martines and
Smith were farther in the tunnel.
TRAGEDY FOLLOWS PICNIC
PRESTON, Idaho, July 9.-flV-A
church picnic ended in tragedy
near here today when Lois
Hawkes, 11, and Elam Hollings
worth, Preston business man,
drowned in the treacherous Bear
river.
Ex-Head, De MintorHolel,
Admits Theft of Jewelry
A Jeweler's shop and a down
town confectionery were burglar
ized sometime Monday night, city
police reported, and the man who
entered the former apprehended
at 6:38 a. m. From the Theatre
cafe, 154 South High street, an
unknown quantity of cigarettes'
and candy and $10 in cash were
taken and from the Sol Polinov
sky Jewelry shop, 291 North Com
mercial street, $22.50 worth of
loot consisting of two wrist watch
es and a necklace ?-:, :,r?
WUliam -BiU'Mtigley, who a
few years ago served as one of
the managers of Hotel de Minto
when it was being ran by the po
lice department, was arrested for
the Jewelry burglary and yester
wno are under the ''are of nuns,
the dispatch said.
It said most foreign firms rep
resented in Addis Ababa have
ceased to grant credit, resulting
in a paralysis of business.
The state department in Wash
ington last Saturday a d v i s e d
Americans living in Ethiopia to
leave. Most of the 125 United
States citizens there are mission
aries and their families.
ROME. July 9. - JP) - Premier
Mussolini, as minister of war.
Will create two new troop divi
sions, it was learned tonight fol
lowing the apparent collapse of
negotiations in The Netherlands
of an Italo-Ethiopian conciliation
commission.
One will be a regular array di
vision, to be known as "Slla." The
other will be a blackshirt divi
sion under the command of Gen
eral Attllio Teruztf, chief of staff
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Chinch Bug Out;
Rains Beat Him
DES MOINES, la., July 9.-()-Midwestern
entomologists conced
ed today that the weather was the
definite victor in the "battle ef
the chinch bug," to save corn and
small grain crops. . Heavy rains,
which brought floods damaging
thousands, of acres of corn and
small grain, also smashed the bug
threat. ,
day afternoon pleaded guilty to
a burglary charge before Circuit
Judge L. H.'McMahan. The case
was continued for sentence. Rig
ley waived preliminary and rand
Jury hearing. . " ,
r Police ' said they had hunted
RIgley up to question him 'con
cerning a watch he had tried to
sell, and found the two watches
and the necklace in his t posses
sion. He has been living at Church
and Center streets. ; t -: '
: Entry to the Jewelry shop was
gained by : breaking a aide . win
dow. How the burglar .ot into
the confectionery was a mystery
unless it was through a door lead
ing from the Elsinore theatre, po
lice Indicated. - , ' - . -
HOPE RENEWED
II. S. GASH
Dana Says $1140 Limit Per
Man Doesn't Apply to
PWA's Projects
Hopkins Bubbles Over; Says
He Wants Action; Jobs,
Not Dole, His Goal
PORTLAND, Ore.. July 9.-(JP
While E. J. Griffith, federal
works progress administrator far
Oregon, announced that "next
week will see action," and that
bis organization was practically
complete, Marshall N. Dana,
chairman of the Pacific northwest
national resources board, brought
back word from ' Washington. D.
C, today that President Roose
velt is looking to the Pacifie
northwest for work, action, pro
gress and results.
DN STATEHOUSl
Dana quoted Harry Hopkins,
national progress administrator,
as having declared, "I want ac
tion and I want it now. I don't
give a whoop for rules and re
strictions. I want men at work.
I want them off relief rolls. I
want them on payrolls.
"I want state projects fitted
to the particular needs of a state.
If one project costs more per
man-year than another, then' all
can be averaged in with the to
tal amount available to any state.
I don't want delay. But I want
every project tested, not only tor
employment but for permanent
value."
Griffith Says He Is
Inspired by News
To this, Progress Administra
tor Griffith said: "I am encour
aged and inspired by this infor
mation from President Roosevelt
and Administrator Hopkins. That
fits in exactly with my own de
sire. We will set up a projects
plan for Oregon fitted to the
needs of this state, prompt in
employment and permanent in
value."
In response to a query Dana
said that in event the state of
Oregon negotiates a loan for a
new capitol building at Salem to
replace that destroyed by fire in
April, it is expected the money
will be available on the custom- I
ary 45 per cent grant - 55 percent
loan basis.
Dana said that the amount of
money "per man-yecr" spent on
any project varks with the na
ture of the project: that PWA
jobs are not under the works
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VETS WANT SAM TO
KEEP OUT OF WIS
NEWPORT, Ore., July J.-Ph
Proposals designed to prevent the
United States from becoming m-.
broiled in " another " world ' war -were
forwarded here today by
Oregon's Veterans of Foreign
Wars at their annual , encamp
ment. A resolution introduced on the
convention floor proposed censor
ship of propaganda, prohibiting
sale of munitions, preventing mer
chant and other ships of belliger
ent nations from entering United
States ports, prohibition of re-j
crniting in the United States by. ;
belligerent nations, passage of
federal laws regardingr the activW
ties of American merchant ships
in time' of war and regulation ct
loans of .money to warring nations
and sale of bonds by warring
countries.
The resolution was sent to com
mittee for redrafting, but the tone
of opinion expressed in discussion
indicated much support for th
proposals.
The veterans paraded today,
with Miss Margaret Harvig of
Newport chosen queen of the
grand Jamboree.
.Restoration of veterans' com
pensation to the basis of 1925
was recommended in a resolution
adopted by the convention.
Propp Resigns as
YoungDemo Head,
' John Propp, who has moved to
Portland, submitted his resigna
tion as president of the ; Young
Democratic league of M a r t e n ,
county f at the picnic at Haiti
Green attended by 50 young boar
bona last night. At the same time
he appointed Alvin Knrts. Clai
Brabee and E. L. Crawford as a
committee to make nominations
for a new nresident to be elected
at the league's next meeting, Aug- x
ttst 12.