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Newspaper Page TextEIGHTY.FI FTH- YEAR Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning-, July 13, 1935 No. S3 R SYSTEM Valuation I in Condemnation : i Suit Officially Fixed at : Million Dollars Amount of 'Attorneys Fees ;; Not Settled and Must : Be Decided Later - PORTLAND, Ore. July U-JP) The Salem water works system, bek-lng to the Oregon-Wasji-ington Water Service company, was rained at 11,000,000 hy tea eral court stipulation here today. The action waa a part of the legal efforts by the city of Salem to condemn .and acquire" the sys tem. : '' Federal Judge ' James Alger Fee gave a preliminary Judgment, based on the stipulation of the parties, who also waived a jury trial. Testimony was given today by John W. Cunningham, cirir en gineer, and by Herbert K. Grif fith, Tlce president 01 tne ure-eon-Washlngton Water Serrice company. ; No more than half an hour's time and a handful of stipulations were required yesterday to bring to a close before Federal Judge Fee the condemnation suit which the City of Salem started in cir cuit court here January t, 1934, City Attorney Chris J. Kowits re .ported oTu his return here last night. After taking the case un der advisement while he read the Judgment order, prepared by at torneys on both sides of the case, Judge Fee signed it yesterday aft ernoon, j Payment of Counsel f Still Undetermined' - While the long-disputed matter of the price the city will pay for the water system Is now,' settled, exception costs ,f of supplies and improvements t since j September 27, 1934, thereyetrepiains to be determined how! .the iamaunt of fees for special counsel shall? be arrived at. Judge Fee declined to assume this responsibility, which had been requested of him after the special water committee had canceled the oral contract to pay W. C. Winslow 150 a day for legal work' and $100 per day in court. Judge Fee was reported to have suggested that Estes Snedecor, who had been named as auditor referee to hear the condemnation testimony before the city agreed last May on the $1,000,000 evalu ation might accept the task of : deciding wnat would De a iair iee ; for Winslow, Custer Ross and Roy Shields of Portland for their legal services to the city. Snedecor was undecided as to whether or not he would do this. The attorney fee question, rais ed by Judge Fee's refusal to settle it, will be resubmitted to the spe cial water committee in the near future,- Alderman Walter Fuhrer, chairman, indicated last night. Cancels. Snedccor's Status as Referee A supplementary order by Judge- Fee yesterday canceled Snedecor's appointment as referee auditor. If the latter seeks any pay for his preliminary investiga tion of the case, the court will fix the amount and it will be paid 50-50 by the city and the water company,' Kowits said.' . .' ' The final step in turning the waterworks here Into a municipal system will be the payment of the $1,000,000 by the city to the com pany n federal court, scheduled lor August 1. It is planned to make the payment before Federal Judge John H. .McNary if Judge Fee U unable to be la Portland on that date. ' - Both Cunningham, and Griffin were witnesses for the city - in yesterday's brief "trial". The former, testified as to the local - water system's usefulness and the (Turn to page 2, coL 1) II PICKETK CASE GRESHAM, Ore, July MMft Artnro Gimene today became the second .union man convicted Jfy I ; Justice court Jury re on cnarN ges of disorderly Conduct for picketing the Bridal Yell timber company plant ; in defiance of a sheriff's order halting picketing therec . - Andy Martines,, first mi n con victed.: -was cot at his trial and is .missing. Officers arrested' 237 pickets who 'con tinned to step Into picket lines. as th, r fellow strik ers were arrested. - ; - ' Annuals Indicated .... , . Sheriff Martlin Pratt declared" the picketing ceased to be peace ful, when a company truck was overturned 20 miles from the mill by a beat-up gang whose mem bers were not definitely Identi fied. B. A. Green, union attorney, announced, he will petition the i circuit court for ; writof re vlew In both convictions. No im ' mediate prosecution of the other 235 eases is planned, the prose cution announced v. . ; . ITE IISSrt WP A Off ices Will be Established Here and Project Start Rushed Jim Smith Director for Eight Counties; Seeks Headquarters Site; Eakin, Metcalf and Two Engineers Already on Staff TJEADSUARTERS for district three of the state works MLA progress administration will be set up and. the first ap- Piicaiions receivea as speeuiiy , A J 3-1 yesterday appointed director for tral of f ices in Salem, returned with that word. : , T - Restaurant Man Called to Rest . TroTer Phots, WILLIAMP. GEORGE BITES SET MONODY Proprietor of White House Restaurant For Many Years Passes on Death came yesterday after noon to William P, George, 79, who for 35 years operated the White House restaurant at 362 State street. He died at his home, 340 East Washington street, fol lowing a prolonged illness. Mr. George was born May 11, 1856, at Redfield, la., the son of Aden and Isobelle George. On September 22. 1893, he married Laura A. Williams at Medical Lake, Wash., and in 1894 moved to Salem from the Coeur d'Alene mining district in Idaho. He ac quired the White House restau rant a short time later. The George family severed Its connec tion with this business in 1932 Funeral is Monday Surviving are the widow, Lau ra; four sons. Chalmer Lee George of New York, Jesse R and John D. George of Salem and William P. George of Albany; two daughters, Mrs. Haiel Davis and Isobel F. George of Salem: three grandchildren, Chalmer Lee George, jr., and John R. George, both of New York, and Sharon Lee George, of Salem;, three bro thers, Lee T. George. William George's twin, and Jesse of Sa lem; Edwin of Wsaming; three listers, Hannah Snfth of MIssou ri, Anna McKinney of Oklahoma and Liszle Wilson of Arkansas. Funeral services will be held Monday at 3 p.m. from the chapel of the W. T. Rigdon com pany. , - t - A. i , L WILLIAM P. GEORGE Direct Appropriation For New Capitol Favored Here Construction of a new state r&n- itol building b direct legislative appropriation rather than with funds raised by a begid? Issue, was decided definitely a fa conference, between members of the state Planning board and the state board of control here Friday, v; Other conclusions were; - , Location of the capitol on the site of. the old building, with the possible, acquisition of additional Construction of 1 1 fireproof structure of sufficient size to take care of future expansion" of the state business. . . ' .These conclusions, together with other data, will he contained in the state's application. for , 45 per cent federal grant to be filed with the government within the next two weeks. Governor Martin' urged ihat the application he filed prior to the re turn of Senator McNary, who will 1 e i t e Washington Immediately upon adjournment .of congress. Under the proposed setup S650, 000 would be appropriated at a special legislative session to be held later this year while the re mainder of the S2.000.000 to be raised by the state would be ap propriated at the regular legisla tive session in 1937. The federal I T 171 tr as possiuie. tiamea j. ouutu, i the eight counties with cen- from Portland late last night ; t; ? 1 "The first thing we will need ern, and with from 12 to 15 rooms. Just tell anyone who has such a building to get in touch with us at once," Smith comment ed. He said he had no building in mind. The office force at first will range from 25 to 40 per sons, as the headquarters oirice for district three will take oyer all work handled in Tillamook, Polk, Lincoln, Benton,- Lane, Linn, Tamhill and Marlon coun ties. WPA will oversee everything except the unemployables," Smith said.' He announced that four mem bers of his staff hare already been chosen and approved by E. J. Griffith, head of the state WPA. These four are: Harold E. "SI" Eakin, finance officer. D. G. Metcalf, ) who has been placement officer-here nnder the SERA and who will have a simi lar post with WPA. Tom Sheridan, i engineer now employed on SERA in one of the counties in the district John J. Karstetter, also an en gineer already employed on a gov- eminent setup. . Other assistants and staff mem bers will be chosen to give repre sentatives from all sections of the district, and will be named only after approved by the state head, Griffith The SERA headquarters here In the Chambers building are out of the picture as a place for the WPA setup, Smith reported, as he had instructions to get an en tirely different location. The WPA setup will last for j at least 18 months, until the end of the Roosevelt term, or possib- ly longer. It is now estimated. Only a small amount or prim- ed matter and only a few copies of Instructions to WPA workers have reached the state headquar- 8:30 o'clock last night had re ters yet. Smith reported, but such turned the supply to normal. De- materials will be here before ais- (Turn to jiage 2, col. 7) UTILITY DISTRICT Group in County Seeks to Take Advantage of Low Bonneville Rates Permanent organization for a Marion county utility development program, designed to place people of the county in a position to take advantage of reduced rates as soon as power from Bonneville is ready for transmission, . was per fected at the chamber of com merce last nlghrfollowlng pre liminary meetings of committees from the county Farmers union and the grange. Harley Llbby, of Jefferson was named president and Herman E. Lafky, Salem, sec retary. . Officers were Instructed to se lect a number of sponsors over the connty to assist in the. work of perfecting original petitions and carrying forward under the hydro-electrie commission law (Turn to page 2, col. 4) grant would aggregate approxi mately XI, 500,000. . . - - "While X have favored a bond Issue for construction purposes, I can see the danger of such a pro posal"1. Governor Martin said. He referred specifically to the" fact IS PROPOSED HERE that such a measure might be de- I en; trustees, Floyd Bachman, Jo feated by the voters. Martin said Iseph Young, Kenneth Lee, Glenn It also was possible that a leirisla- live appropriation would be sub- Jected to referendum.' ? We hare a lot of people In Ore- gon who desire to prevent prog- ress", .Martin continued. The direct appropriation. If an - thorixed by the legislature, would eoter a period of four or five years and would sot make it see- essary to lery a new tax. Such proposal also would eliminate the 'necessity of a spe cial, election and heavy Interest costs. f The application for the grant will be signed by the state board ox control. - -- : Governor Martin read a tele gram from Senator McNary In which he said there would be no restrictions on the federal grant. "it we were subjected to the usual ieaerai restrictions on the grant I would be opposed to It," Governor Martin said. The gover- (Turn to page 2, coL 5) CENTURY MARK 100.8 is Maximum; Aquatic Relief Sought by 2000 In Municipal Pools unrt0Cr inr a tati Fair w. .ww . ... . , upening uay Last I ear. Records Indicate HOURIjY TEIPERATCRE9 4:42 a. m. . .52 2:42 p. m.. . 97 5:42 a. m.. .58 3:42 p. m...l00 6:42 a. m.. .66 7:42 a. m...70 8:42 a. m.. .74 4:42 p. m.. 99 5:42 p. m.. , 6:42 p. m.. 7:42 p. m.. , 8:42 p. m.. 9:42 p. m.. , 10:42 p. m.. 11:42 p. m.. , 89 94 80 80 73 71 68 9:42 a. m...77 10:42 a. m...82 11:42 a. m.. .87 12:42 p. m.. .91 1:42 p. m.. .95 Old Sol applied his heat so di rectly upon Salem yesterday that the weather bureau thermometer zipped to the 100 degree mark by 3:42 p. m. and a few minutes lat er teetered at 100.8, the highest temperature recorded here since last September 2, first day of the state fair, when tne mercury touched the 101 point. The slow decline in tempera ture which followed the day's peak left the night warm and prospects for another hot day to- dav. Continuation of high temp- -ratures. low humidity and clear gjes were predicted by the weath- er Dureau ior ioaay ana sunaaj. Morning clouds were forecast for the sea beaches. Capacity of Water System Is Taxed The heat wave brought sucn a sudden demand on the city water system early last night that for a time the pressure fell to25 pounds and Fairmount hill resi dents found their faucets dry. The shortage was an extraordin- ary occurrence, caused by the fact that rebuilding of one of the two filter beds on Minto's island could not be finished In time to supply the heavy demand for wa ter, Manager J. T. Delaney of the Oregon -Washington Water Ser vice company reported. water was turned onio tne fresh layer of filter sand in this bed yesterday afternoon and by laney said. While venders of cooling drinks and foods did a land office business, large crowds flocked to the city swimming pools dur ing the day and to last night's concert by the Salem Municipal band. The concert crowd was one of the largest In Wlllson park ever had by the band. It was be lieved. Over 2000 Obtain Relief by Swimming Well over 2000 persons took advantage of the swimming pools to cool off. Between 10 a.m. and 6 p.m., 1100 boys and girls, and many men and women, bad fro licked and splashed in Olinger pool and before closing time 243 more had cometor an evening's dip. More than 900 were reported (Turn to page 2, col. 3) PATTERSON HEADS Pat Patterson was elected Pre sident of the Salem 20-30 club at. the regular meeting pt the group held last night at the Quelle res- taurant Patterson with the otb er officers will be Inducted into office at Installation, ceremonies at the Fraternal Temple ,oa Aug ust 3. the club's charter night. Representatives of 29-30 clubs throughout Oregon, Washington and California are expected to be present. ' ; r..- Patterson succeeds Fioya uacn- man, who was elected to tne board of trustees. Other new of ficers are: Vice president, Russ Woodry: 1st tlce president. Vera Mathls; 2nd rice president, Ro bert Sears: treasurer; Pat Em mons; secretary; Francis Ernest; f sergeant-at-arms, Robert Kitch- I Nash and F. Ernest, I Frances Brier, president of the I Junior 'Woman's eruh, was a I guest at the 'meeting and spoke I to the club. Ray Shannon, pre- I sident of the DeLake 20-30 club. 1 was also guest, This club was I converted from the Ocean Beach j young men's development club j into a 29-30 group through: the 1 efforts of the Salem organization. SERA Payroll ' Increase Noted Marion county's , SERA payroll to relief workmen gained this week for 'the first time In more than a month. It trorides for payment' ot . total of $3879.05 I to 3(0 .emnloves. Administrator I Glenn' C. Niles announced yester day. Last' week's payroll amount ed to $3274.36 divided among 20-30 CLUB B 326 workers. . -,- ' TO DECIDE: MRS- WALEY'S FATE TODAY ' The Jury of tea men and two women which today will be given th cstsc of Mrs. Blargares Waley, ac cused of participation In the kidnaping of George Weyerhaeuser, f oDowing trial under the "Lind bergh" law In federal court at Tacoma. . - I . HEr MSE GOES TO JURORS TODAY Instructions Only Detail Remaining; Pleas Are Made by Counsel FEDERAL COURTROOM, Ta coma, Wash., July 12.- - The Jury trying Mrs. Margaret Thulin Waley for the George Weyer- haeuser kidnaping heard her de- vision permitting banks to under scribed as a "remorseless woman" write securities predicted; Roose- by United States District Attorney J. Charles Dennis as he closed the government's case today. I Dennis said she had done noth- Ing "to make life easier" for the nine-year-old Tacoma boy while I to outlaw gold clause suits; sen he was in the kidnapers' hands ate group awaits testimony on cre- and "that not once during the, trial had she shown any indica- tion of remorse or regret. Will Instruct Today When Dennis finished, Judge Kilvirn R. rnshtnitn. hMori vhom the tftsjl is being tried, adjourned court mimi iu a. m. tomorrow ai whkjj'time he will deliver his InstrucHona to the Jury. Joha F. Dore, enter defense counsel.'i pleaded for the acquit- tal Jf. Ufa. Waley, giving as rea- sonsi her age, the conditions un- def whTcft she was reared, the asserted threats by William Dain- ara, nnaer maictment m tne siu- naping, and the Influence ol her husband. Harmon Metz waiey, i serving 45 years in McNeil Island ieaerai pen11.ea1.1ar7 aner yieau- mg gumy to me amnaping. Dore told the jury Mrs. wa- ley s meniamy was less man mai of the nine-year-old Tacoma Doy for whose kidnaping May 24 she is being tried. DBEYFUSS CASE IS BY PARIS. July 12.-TVDeath to night wrote the final chapter in tha fnmd. fantastic "Drevfuss case. Though nightmares of the tour tortured years he spent on Devil's Island for alleged treason to France harried him in his last months.. Lieutenant Colonel Al fred Drey fuss died peacefully, members of his family about him. He was 75 years old. The bitter, world-wide contro versy tnat JJreyiuss imprison ment stirred at the turn of the century was in sharp contrast with the almost nermii-iise . so - elusion of his latter years. Convicted of selling France s military secrets to Germany and held captive on Devfls Island un - til the storm of - protest movea the French president to pardon him, he lived throughihree tense periods of Franco-German, rela tions the first, tne time oc jus own case at the turn of the cen tury: the second., the World war in which be served for- France; the third, the? present dispute orer the Reich's rearmament. ; in DEIilES HE IS RECALL LEftDER Denying: that he is one of the leaders ,'who -propose to initiate and manage the proposed recall of Governor Martin, Herman E Lafky of this city.last night de clared: Portland v newspapers Friday carried a story to the effect that I was one or tne leaaers wno pro pose to initiate and manage the proposed recall t Governor Mar tin. This Is news to me. Howeter, I will state that I am in later of the recall, will sign such a- petl - tion it and when one is presented for nr signature. 'I do' not favor government ty a military dictatorship, whether it be in Italy. Germany, Washington D. C or in Oregon. Perhaps my military service In France, during the war, as a buck-private to the list division, left me prejudiced against generals. In any. event, nrtioi. Martin claims to be the Oregon shining light of the New DeaL If the people of the nation, nr nf Oreron. had an oonortanity to votei afr this tlmei, the entire 1 New. Deal would be scrapped." CLOSED World News at a Glance (By The Associated Press.) Washington: Lobby Inquiry hears utilities spent 3300,000 to fight holding company abolition. Wealth tax program draws or ganized protests from Industry. Hull cites Kellogg peace pact in Italo-Ethiopian pronounce- ment. Elimination of banking bill pro velt expresses opposition Processing tax collections drop $4,600,000 in May; officials blame lawsuits. House committee approves bill dit aspects Change of Virgin Islands ad- ministration hinted; reported that Governor Pearson will leave, Domestic TJanM Cltv st T Carof in- quiry started into collapse of stratosphere balloon. Chicago Melvin Purvis, ace G- man who caught Dillinger, re- signs. Granada, Colo. Flood drowns nine In bed. Tacoma Prosecutor charges Mrs. Waley hides behind Mormon religion in Weyerhaeuser kidnap- mg. Foreign: Belfast Riots follow TTlfstor'a celebration of 2"45th anniversary oi Dattie or Boyne; z dead, 40 wounded. - paris crolx De Feu members and antl-fasclsta clash in advance Qf Bastille Day Sunday Yochow 2,000,000 Chinese face death from disease and fam ine in flood area. London Italo-Ethiopian tens ion abroad seen eased by foreign secretary's temperate speech. Rome Italy to investigate ar rest of consul's wife in Ethio pia. Istanbul Ethiopian emperor reported moving treasure to mountains for safety. Q-f-rjrA R7oc v J tw V C? IJldCiL Starts Fire But No One Injured An oil cookstove explosion set the kitchen on fire at the resi dence of Mrs. E. B. Copeland 1906 Center street, shortly after 2 o'clock yesterday afternoon but she escaped injury and the dam age waa small, city firemen re- i ported. The flames damaged the 1 ceinng ana ournea a small noie 1 in the roof of the house. Thirty. I five gallons of chemicals were re- J Quired to extinguish the blaze. f 1 An alarm sounded "from 335 1 Nortn Capitol street at 6:15 D. m j yesterday 1 proved to be only a I smoke scare, firemen said Hop Growers Senate Refuses Them Code 'Action of the United States senate yesterday la striking hops from, the list of commodities in the AAA revision hill temporarily sinks hop 'growers, Robin Day, Salem attorney , and hop grower who has. worked with others for the hop marketing agreement, de- I clared yesterday. "It simply means ' that every grower will have to harvest much less I than a full crop and govr eminent of private financial agen cies will have to give enough sup port or hops will sell below the cost of picking, he declared. Too Late for 1935 , Day indicated hop growers and dealers working toward the mar keting agreement for some months past feel now that 1 there is 0.0 1 hope to get a code In time for the 1S35 crop. Senator McNary who has worked with hop men to get hops v In the basic . com modity lists, was, quoted as hav ing wired a friend here yester day that he was defeated in the 1 senate1 vote, but that he hopes, to (get the matter reopened; but not in time ror tne isj picking, I Day declared that this action, I in which some growers : pinned J their hopes for-.an upturn toprl- ices wucn nave orougni in j.as I clusters to below Cents per I pound, paves the way lor a break- flown in tne Dig pnees ior wmcn OF li Busy Day of Sessions Here Today to be Followed by Picnic at Sifverton Lutheran men from all over the northwest will gather in Salem this morning for a two-day con vention which it is anticipated will Initiate a regional unit of the American Federation of Lutheran Brotherhoods for the Pacific northwest. The official program lists a full schedule of business for today's sessions, to be held at the Amer ican Lutheran church, starting at 10 o'clock with devotlonals con ducted by Rev. A. W. Nelson of roruana. ur. ti. ju. banasieai 01 Chicago will attend all sessions as official representative of the home office of the American Fed eration of Lutheran Brotherhoods, and will be guest speaker at the convention banquet at 6:30 o'clock tonight in the host church. The women will be guests at this occasion.. Greetings Planned For Visiting Men ReT. P. W. Erlksen, host pas tor, will deliver the address Of welcome at the morning session, and All O. Nelson, Silverton, pres ident of the Lutheran Brother hood of Oregon, will respond. The first business will be the report toward a regional unit, to be pre sented by Theo G. Nelson, Salem. Others on this committee are G. W. H. Krueger, Oregon City; Casper F. Paulson, Portland; Ju- (Turn to page 2, coL 2) BE ME BROWNED GRANADA, Colo., July IZ.-Wl -Nine persons drowned and $200,- 000 property damage was done by a flood that rushed down upon sleeping residents of Granada and nearby farms early today. The dead, all drowned as, they slept in Eder ranch: house six miles south of here, were: Mr. and Mrsl Anton Eder and their 24 year, old daughter, Paul ina. Robert Eder, 12; Glenn, 17; Bruce Eder, 8; and" Junior, 7. .Mrs. A. Kara, well .known ranch woman, aiyi her son. Lea. William Eder, 10, who floated three miles on a log and his sis-, ter, Minna, 14, who found "her self in a tree without realising what had occurred, were saved.' The flood came down Wolf and Granada creeks about midnight after a series of cloudbursts near Mourn When hops were contracted for follow ing the swing against prohibition. He believes.- few of these high priced hops will be taken in, de spite contracts, if dealers can purchase at. a greatly lowered price. - . Still Big Surplus There . is still a . big carryover of 1934 hops on the coast, though Oregon is in a i more favorable position than other states, and . a fair carryover: of .hops of good quality. ; With, this heavy carry over, the market on the new crop is bound to sag, even though the quality should be superior to the holdover. ; ": ::: --' h ': ." ; . "It a brewer . can get the same amount of soft rosins out of two pounds of poor hops that he can out of one pound of good . bops, he isn't going . to ; other to buy better, hops at more than twice the price of poor hops. In. other words: the carryover Is bound to bring the market down 'Without a stabilizing code," Day believes. WASHINGTON,: July 1 Fruits if ot canning and oops tor beer -were exempted from mar ketlng agreements nnder the new farm amendments In changes vot ed today by the senate. Jl: day ; of " slow debate on the measure saw most of the big con-s - (Turn to page t, coL 3) LIJTHER'N M ORTHWEST MEET liJ DUELLED Four-Hour-Battle Waged fci Tacoma Streets by Strike ." Sympathizers, Guards-1 men; Many Are Injured Tear Gas Seeps Into Cciai Room Where Waley Trial Goes on; Bayonets Used In Driving Mob Back TACOMA, Wash., July 12.-rt)-Four hours of street fighting, in which a national guard truck was . burned and guardsmen used tear gas, drawn bayonets and staves to quell a demonstration of 1,000 lumber strikers and their sympa- 4 thizers, ended near nightfall to night Upwards of 20 arrests were made and minor injuries inflict ed upon scores of persons. Tho demonstrators, who had as sembled at about 3:30 p. m. in-an attempt to push by natlonai guardsmen and parade across the 11th street bridge into the lum ber district, were finally dispers ed, eight blocks away, up a hill through the main business dis trict, ' At the height; of the battling, tear gas and nauseous gas bombs were hurled back and forth, and 50 guardsmen advanced with bared bayonets, slowly pushing back the crowd. At the start of the rioting, the truck was 'burn, the cause of the fire not known.; More Troops Are Called From Olympia National , guard reinforcements, were summoned - from Olympla. Those In action were three com panies from Spokane, first bat talion, 1( 1st Infantry. Many of the strikers and sym pathizer wared American , flags in the face of the guardsmen as they retreated, shouted booes and yells, such as "why don't you go home, so we can get back to work," were hurled at the troops. As the melees continued, a large number of small American flags appeared. f The demonstration began as the Weyerhaeuser-Waley trial was nearing the end of the day's- ses sion at the federal building. Later thegas permeated through: the building and other structures. ' Landmark on State Street Coming Down The William Brown boss at S90 State street, an old land mark, has been sold to Jack Henningsen for wrecking pwrpes- es, with orders 10 raze ine struc ture as quickly as possible. -A crew of men is already at work The house,- in Its early day ne of the most pretentious homes Is the city, contains 18 rooms. Another residence belonging to brown, located' west, and ;d- Jaeent to the structure now en dr the " ax, was rated stverel months, ago. Relatives at tkat time stated the house was Wng, torn down to reduce taxes, inas much as rentals did not reach a figure sufficient to offset expens es. . '5...;-,- Rumors current when the first house was torn down that a, ser vice sution was to go in tee location have been revived with rating of the corner structure, but no , confirmation has been given. ? 15 HELP ETHIOPIA : GRASSE, France, July HWP) ; -Twelve Jttnerican fliers, aswed ot "plenty of promotions and e orations - were r reported tey ready to fight for Ethiopia araxsst -Italy. Hal Dxt Berrier, former sVsaer- . lean commercial, flier, who en nounced he had recruited the doi en aviators tor service la the At tican empire, explained? . ; J -We are wllUng to- figbt for a . IdeaL The JEthioplan Authorttlew assured me there would be plear tyof promotions and decor tlons. Disclosing that Major Granville Pollock, veteran ot famed Lafay ette Escadrille, was helping toss form the nucleus of an Ethiopian air corps, mi uerrier saia n uw ed ; the party ' would be "greatly - strengthened- in Egypt. . .