KENTS COLUMN
' Each weekday Frank
Kent, noted national com
mentator, write a penetrat
ing political column which
appears exclusively in The
Statesman In Salem.
THE WEATHER
Fair today and "Wednes
day, normal humidity; Max.
Temp, Monday 91, Min. 62, -rirer
3 feet, rain .08 inch,
northwest wind.
FOUMDEP 1631
EIGHTY-FIFTH YEAR
Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, July 16, 1935
No. 95
Hill FK
VESTS SOUGHT.
SALEM FINEST
Automatic Rifles for Night
Men Also Proposed at
Council Meeting
Fees for Fire Department
Trips Outside City are
Eyedjlionds Voted
Investigation of the cost of
equipping night officers of the
Salem police force with automatic
rifles and bullet-proof rests was
ordered by the city council last
night following a suggestion by
Alderman Paul R. Hendricks that
city policemen, who were fre
quently called upon to stop cars
going through town, be adequate
ly protected.
"These are days when armed
men use our highways and law
officers are called upon to stop
them," Hendricks declared. "We
should equip our policemen with
modern equipment." -Alderman
Walter Fuhrer, chairman of the
police committee, requested Chief
of Police Minto to ascertain the
cost of such equipment for night
patrolmen on the police force
here.
Fees for Firemen's
Trips are Proposed
Alderman Merrill D. Ohling.
chairman of the fire department,
was authorized to draft a sched
ule of fees for the use of the
city's fire equipment outside of
the city limits. Ohling reported
. that the equipment had been fre
quently called outside of the mu
nicipal lines and said the depart
ment had not been reimbursed
for its services. Other municipali
ties charge as high as $5$ for
the first hour the equipment is
in use and $25 thereafter, Ohling
pointed out. The fees agreed upon
by Ohling and his committee will
be submitted in a resolution to
the council for its approval or
modification.
Mayor V. E. KubjsaldIthat
only once since January 1,. 1935,
bad he been asked to give hls
consent to take equipment outside
the city limits although a stand
ing rule exists that the mayor
must approve any use of the
equipment outside of the incor
porated area.
Acting upon a suggestion from
City Engineer Hugh Rogers, the
council voted to proceed further
with securing of data on its North
Santiam water power filings in or
der to keep the city's prior claims
to these rights in good standing.
Further Refunding
Of Bonds Favored
Way for further lowering of the
city's interest on bonded debt was
paved when the council initiated
and passed through third reading
separate ordinances providing for
the sale of refunding bonds for
Bancroft obligations coming due
late this summer. One ordinance
provided for a $78,000 issue and
the other for a $220,000 issue.
The council also passed an ordi
nance calling for theUssuance of
$135,000 in bonds to take up that
amount of outstanding City of Sa
lem warrants. The city recorder's
office will immediately advertise
for bids.
The exhaustion of the $10,000
special city fund for construction
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LOS ANGELES, July 15.-flV
A warning that another world
war is inescapable was voiced to
night by Pr. Will Durant, emi
nent philosopher, in a speech at
the University of California at
Los Angeles.
The subject of'his address was,
"Is Oar. Civil Nation Dying!"
Mora than 2000 persons heard
Dr.- Durant explain that the
causes of war are rooted in de
clining moral standards, selfish
political factions, and "the con
centration of wealth is the hands
of a few."
"In time of war our activities
jare shifted from production to
non - productive hostilities,' he
said. "Therefore, we should not
.- ignore the' danger of war, but
prepare for' It."- .
He said he believed a number
of European nations are In dan
ger of being totally obliterated
from : civilization. America, "he
said. Is showing "slight progress."
Ten Lives Lost, :
1 '32 Injured When .
Mine Explodes
DORTMUND, Germany, July 15
-(V-Fears of a huge loss of life
, through an explosion. and subse-
? quent fire in a . coal mine here
" I were removed tonight when a roll
i call established Rut all men had
heen 'accounted" for: . - . -
- fft ica iQiuers were ituca buu i
: injured when the explosion rocked
-; the mine half a jnile under i the
earth and' then set fire to the
Moon Eclipse is
Ideally
A Iso I
Eclip
Bug Invades Telescope Through Which Crowd
Takes Turns Viewing Luna; Earth Arc
Plainly Marked After Totality
THE first complete eclipse of the moon to be seen by the
entire Pacific coast in 25 years, had all Salem craning
their necks last night as the big yellow orb on the eastern hor
izon slowly changed to ghastly copper color.
The eclipse started at sundown but was total between
8 r09 and 9 :49 o'clock. As the total phase began to pass, the
O
COOL SEA BREEZES
Iff HEAT BELIEF
Maximum 1 5 Degrees Under
That of Sunday; Rain
in Morning Helps
Relief from the weekend heat
waves blew into Salem yesterday
upon coast breezes, "and hour for
hour the temperatures were from
10 to 15 degrees lower than the
mercury snowings or Sunday.
Monday's heat peak was 91 de
grees, which held Tor nearly two
hours during the afternoon, while
Sunday's highest reading was
106.8 degrees. The weather bu
reau reported yesterday that the
official high for Saturday was 106
degrees, or .8 less than the Sun
day reak.
Rain which started falling
about 2:30 o'clock Monday morn
ing put the final touches to ob
literating Sunday's heat and the
fresh coolness of early Monday
morning was hardly expected to
see the day develop even the 91
degrees recorded.
Cherry and Berry
Harvesting Resumed
Harvesting of black cherries in
the big Lamberta orchard east of
town, recessed Saturday and Sun
day due to the intense heat, was
resumed very early Monday morn.
ing, ana oerry picners were -&Die
to swing back to work also. Ber
ries, particularly logans and rasp
berries, were badly burned from
the scofiing sun in some patches.
So far as it is possible to tell,
hops came through the heat fine,
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Governor is
Kept Waiting
By Dizzy One
SPRINGFIELD, 111., July 15-
(P)-Jerome the dizzy one Dean
kept Gov. Henry Horner and 2000
baseball fains waiting tonight
while he satisfied himself with
steak and potatoes.
me- bt. Lou is cardinals' ace
was scheduled to pitch the first
ball in the finals of the annual
Catholic diocesan baseball tourna
ment, with Governor Horner
catching.
Dean was met on arrival by a
reception committee headed by
Mayor John W. Kapp. The older
of the brother stars was Inform
ed that pre-game ceremonies had
been held up pending his arrival
Refuses to Harry
For Governor's Sake
He Informed 'the committee he
would be even later getting to
the park, inasmuch as he intended
to eat first.
When the committee insisted
that the governor was waiting.
Dizzy told them he would be glad
to see him, but "his excellency"
would have to "wait until Dizzy
gets some steak and potatoes."
Dizzy ordered his meal, then
proceeded to the park, an hour
and a half after the game - was
scheduled to start. The game was
in the second inning when he ar
rived.
Rules For Expenditure of
Highway Fund A rrive Here
Regulations governing the" ex
penditure of approximately $5,
372,846 of federal-state "highway
aid funds, were received at
offices of the state highway .de
partment Monday.
Of the total amount S3.O39.0f2
will he expended for highways
and streets and $2,334,204 for
grade crossing eliminations., .
Highway funds are to be ap
plied as follows:
' Not less than 25 per cent shall
be expended on secondary or feed
er roads outside of municipalities
and metropolitan areas; not less
than 25 per .cent on federal aid
routes., state highway routes and
secondary or feeder routes within
municipalities and metropolitan
areas; balance of funds on fed
eral aid or state routes outside of
municipalities and metropolitan
areas. ,
Division of Grade
Elimination Fund Told
Grade elimination funds will
be applied:
Not less than 2 5 per cent on
secondary or feeder roads outside
of municipalities; balance on fed
Seen
Here; Earwig
Eclipse
ses
bright crescent of the moon la its
usual pale gold light appeared
around the clouded orange ball.
The orange color was due to
some indirect sunlight bending
through the atmosphere around
the Bides of the earth. At the be
ginning of the eclipse and after
the total phase, the much wider
arc denoting the earth's curvature
and revealing its circumference as
much greater than that of the
moon, was readily observable.
Over 120 people motored out
to B. L. Bradley's home on Waldo
avenue for a look at the phe
nomenon through his' eight - inch
telescope and a small one. An ad
venturing earwig crept into the
larger Bradley instrument unan
nounced and had the observers in
an uproar before they discovered
that they were viewing an en
larged bug in place of the eclipsed
moon.
Those with telescopes were for
tunate enough to view another
eclipse of one of the moons of
Jupiter at the same time.
ECLIPSE WATCHED
by eh ran
Visibility Good in Most of
U. S. but Scientists at.
Harvard are Balked
rJiEV7 YORK. July 15.-;P)-Tbe
continental United States craned
collective necks tonight to watch
one of nature's super-spectacles,
the first complete eclipse of the
moon since 192? and the longest
in half a century.
Conditions generally were good
for visibility as the earth rode
between the sun and the moon,
entering the penumbra, the outer
shadow, at 9:15 p. m. (Eastern
Standard time), but in many
places clouds obscured the phen
omenon from massed observers.
In the regions where the sky
was clear and the moon easily
visible the effect of the eclipse
was not generally realized until
11:12 p. m., when the first arc
of the earth's shadow began
creeping across the lunar globe,
gradually and increasingly blot
ting out the reflected light from
the sun.
Telescope Owners
Gain Rich Harvest
The sky was clear here with a
few fleecy clouds. Thousands in
parks, on beaches, roof tops and
other clear spaces watched the
spectacle. The colony of telescope
owners who for 10 cents a
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Midshipman Barr
Missing as Ship
Sails From Oslo
OSLO, Norway, July 15--Midshipman
Charles Kenneth
Barr, who disappeared from the
United States battleship Wyom
ing before it sailed from here to
Copenhagen, still was missing to
night. Oslo police, who appealed
through newspapers and by ra.
dio for Information regarding the
American's whereabouts, are un
certaiin whether he met with an
accident or disappeared voluntar
ily. eral aid routes, state routes- and
secondary or feeder roads either
within or outside of municipali
ties. :;' '
Secondary or feeder, roads are
defined as roads not on either the
federal aid highway system or
the state highway system.
Metropolitan areas are defined
as territory Immedlately'eontigu
ous to the relatively larger muni
cipalities of the state within
which workers living in, the mu
nicipalities may be transported
daily to and from-work - within
the territory i ' L",
; Ninety per cent of the persons
engaged. in the work must come
from relief rolls and must .be
persons certified for the work by
the . United States employment
service.' .-. q -v
Commission Has Some , -Latitude
as to Wages . . !." f
Wage rates are to e fixed by
the state "highway commission In
conformity with standards vt the
United States bureau of public
roads and must be comparable
with the rates paid by the high
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BANDIT ELUDES
ARREST; SLAYS
10 OFFICERS
Car Found, Police Hopeful
of Capturing Man Who
Robs Orting Bank
Puyallup Policemen Killed
After Pursuing Robber;
Chief is Witness
TACOMA, Wash.. July 15. -(TP)-A
posse of peace officers and cit
izens was believed to be closing in
on the lone, cold-blooded bandit
who shot and killed two police
officers shortly after he had held
up and robbed the Orting state
bank of $500 at Orting, 18 miles
southeast of Tacoma, early today.
The dead officers are Chief of
Police Frank Chadwick and Pa
trolman Harry W. Storem, both
of the Puyallup police depart
ment. Puyallup is a neighboring
town.
Within an hour after the final
shooting the bandit's car, a ma
chine stolen from Tacoma this
morning, was found at the out
skirts of Sumner with a flat
tire. A posse of deputy sheriffs
and citizens, led by Maurice C
Nelson, chief of the Sumner po
lice, was organized at once and
began an Intesive search of the
farms, berry and pea fields In
the district. Officials expressed
confidence that the bandit would
be trapped.
Mahan Theory Not
Taken Seriously
Department of justice officials
did not take reports that the
bandit may be William Mahan,
alleged brains of the Weyerhaeu
ser kidnaping gang and who is
still at large, very seriously. They
admitted, however, "it was pos
sible" the bandit was Mahan.
Mahan, before he took to kid
naping, was known to be a bank
robber and besides being wanted
for the kidnaping is wanted for
several bank robberies in this vi
cinity.
The Orting bank was held up
shortly before noon by & lone, un
masked bandit.
An alarm was immediately
sounded and police officers from
the neighboring towns of Puyallup
and Sumner responded.
Chief Chadwick and Officer
Storem were parked in their car
on a side road between Sumner
and Orting on the theory that the
bandit would head that way. A
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Tin Can Mail
Ceases; Isle
Outlet Gone
SAN FRANCISCO, July 15-(JP)
-The tin can mail is ended.
For nearly 15 years, brown
skinned natives gladly consented,
for a bit more than a pittance, to
swim the treacherous stretch from
the isolated south sea Isle of
Niuafoou to passing steamers.
bearing cargoes of mail in silk
wrapped containers.
Recently, the natives became
greedy. They wanted the equiva
lent of $10 per swim per man. The
market 'wasn't there, so today,
with the arrival of the liner Mari
posa, came the last of the let
ters from the harborless, reef
bound islet, 2600 miles south
west of Hawaii.
It read: "Kindest regards from
the last day of tin can mail.
Niuafoou island, Tonga, W. G.
Quesnel, T. C. man."
COLUMBUS, Miss., July 15-4P)
-Two negro farmers were lynched
today by a mob in the Mississippi
river delta, and another was pur
sued by a posse across the Mis
sissippi river into Arkansas In
connection with attacks or at
tempted attacks on white women.
Bert Moore'and Morton Dooley,
each about 26, were snatched
from, Deputy Sheriff Parker Har.
ris on the main highway four
miles south of the city and hang
ed to a big oak tree. -
Another negro, said by Sheriff
J. J. Dogan of Tallahatchie coun
ty to be Rayfield Sutton, 28,
charged with attacking a white
farm girl Friday night four miles
from Charleston, was pursued to
the Arkansas state line by more
than 100 citizens and officers
wlkh.bloodhounds. He escaped.
Meet Called to
Promote Lumber
. WASHINGTON, July
The National Lumber manufac
turers association, announced -.today
its' trado promotion commit
tee would meet In Chicago July
25 to 27, Inclusive, to take steps
to effectuate ' a new program of
lumber tAdc promotion.
2 NEGROES LYNCHED
AND THIRD PURSUED
World News at
a Glance
- (By the Associated Press)
Domestic:
Washington House "brain
trust" drafts president's tax bill
as postponement suggestions are
applauded. '
Washington House and sen
ate vie in lobbying probes.
Washington Tariff feud flares
as aftermath of Russian -U. S.
pact.
. Washington House votes
against Morgenthau on liquor con
trol. Tacoma Police chief and pa
trolman shot to death by bank
bandit first believed to have been
William Mahan, sought in Weyer
haeuser case.
Amityvllle, N. Y. Python and
lion at Frank Buck camp go on
rampage, injuring two.
Columbus, Miss. Mob lynches
two negroes, pursues third in at
tacks on white womcn
Cincinnati Federal court rul
ing snags vast housing program.
New York U. S. watches first
complete lunar eclipse since 1927.
Foreign :
Rome -Mussolini mobilizes two
new divisions bringing Ethiopian
campaign force to 250,000.
Mexico City Three students
killed, six wounded as machine
guns blast campaign against To
basco leader.
London Cabinet rejects Lloyd
George's "new deal" program.
Rome Authorities probe mys
tery deaths of American woman
and British man in Sulphur Spa
house.
Belfast Protestants-Catholic
riots take another life.
IS
F
Screams Heard; Police Told
of Previous Visit by
Two Prowlers
PORTLAND. July 16-(Tues
day) Unnerving her tnree cap
tors by her screams after biting
through the blindfold and gags
they had bound to her face, Melva
McCrary, 15, was released here
early, jthls morning after the trio
had spirited her away from her
bedroom, police reported early
today.
The girl was able to describe
only one of the men, who had
placed her in an automobile. The
object of the "sna'rh was un
known, as the family was not
wealthy.
PORTLAND, Ore., July 15.-(P
-Melva McCrary. 13, emitting.
terrified screams, apparently was
spirited tonight from her bedroom
where two prowlers were report
ed seen recently.
Since the night was warm the
front door was left open, giving
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DEPUTY SHERIFF'S
'E
PORTLAND, Ore., July lS.-
-Circuit Judge L. P. Gilbert to
night said he would order a grand
jury Investigation immediately in
to testimony at a divorce case
suit that a deputy sheriff alleged
ly received "side money" in ad
dition to his regular salary.
An affidavit signed by Mis
Mayme Love was read in her di
vorce trial declaring her hus
band, Deputy Sheriff Bert Love
had an income of $300 a month
from sources other than his regu
lar salary.
Took Money From
Chinese, Testified
She announced willingness to
testify that she saw her husband
receive $100 from a Chinese
whom she knew as "Louie." She
was attempting to substantiate
her request for $125 a month
separate maintenance. Her hus
band's regular salary was listed
at $148.50 a month and his pen
sion at $26.25.
VDo you expect me to take
Into consideration money received
in this alleged illicit manner in
allotting you support money?"
demaded the judge. "I certainly
could not do it These charges,
however, call for an investiga
tion."
GASTON LAD KILLED
AS TRUCK CRASHES
GASTON, Ore.; Jaly 15.-(dP)
Ralph Epling, 17, of Gaston, was
killed and 11 persons injured
when a light track In which they
were riding, went out of control
and crashed Into a telephone pole
near today.' . - V
Six t ithe Injured ' were taken
to Forest Grove for treatment.
The victims were returning from
swimming, it was reported. . .
The inlured: "
" Vincent Ober. 21. Seaside, driT
ex; George Baker, .17 ;" Edward
Epling. 2; Ralph Winners, 29
Lester Winners. 17;' Vernon
Benite. 17: Sheila Laughlin, 16
Virginia Epling, 15 ; Lucfle Ep
ling, 11, .and Tom Dickinson, la
all of Gaston. ' -
PORTLAND
EARED
RUMORS FLY IN
ACTION LACKING!
I
First Day Recall Might' Be
Started Passes Without
Move by His Foes
Stoppage of Pay is Talked;
Corbett Uninterested,
Scott "Through"
July 15, first day a recall move
ment against Governor Charles HH
Martin was legally possible, came
and went with no persons appear
ing at the secretary of state's of
fice to ask preliminary Petitions
to circulate to secure signatures
calling for a recall election direct
ed at the state's chief executive.
The move to challenge Gover
nor Martin's constitutional right
to hold office continued to boil in
Portland with well - authenticated
reports received here that a pool
of money was being raised to se
cure private counsel to take the
Case into court.
Henry L. Corbett, president of
the 1935 senate, squelched reports
that he would take part in any
such move when he announced
last night that he was "frankly
opposed to any move to recall the
governor" and at the same time
indicated he would contribute to
no fund to test the right of Ma-jor-General
Martin to hold office.
Corbett Approached
With Plea for Aid
Corbett admitted that a group
of men, seeking a legal test ot
Martin's right to hold office, had
approached him, through an asso
ciate, to find out his interest in a
court test of Martin's eligibility.
Corbett sent back word that he
was not interested.
The challenge to Governor Mar
tin's position which is being con
sidered In Portland would be a
suit to restrain Treasurer Rufus
C. Holman from -cashing any war
rant for salary which the gover
nor receives.
Meanwhile Leslie M. Scott, for
mer chairman of the state high
way commission, wasnea nis
hands of further connection with
the test suit.
"I've simply called the atten
tion of others to the law govern
ing the case," Scott said last
night. "It's up to others to take
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Yamhill Has
Large Slice
Of Distress
McMINNVILLE, Ore.. July 15.-
(j!P)-Aceidents combined with the
intense neat the past weekend to
harass residents of this section.
Mrs. D. D. Warnock, 79, Day
ton, fell Sunday when feeding her
flock of chickens and fractured
her hip.
Eric Anderson, 22, Sheridan,
fell from a haystack, landing on
a pitchfork. His condition was cri
tical until today.
M. C. Soule, 70, Dundee mail
man stricken Saturday by heat of
110 degrees, regained conscious
ness today but remained in seri
ous condition.
Chickens Reported
Sunstroke Victims
Elmer Lahaie, 30, Sherwood
woodcutter, slashed his right foot.
Ronal Sherk, Sherwood youth,
sustained a broken ear drum
while diving Saturday.
. Farmers and poultry men re
ported casualties in their herds
and flocks. Some poultry raisers
said their chickens appeared to
be victims of sunstroke and died
in their pens by the dozens.
Efforts to revive -them were. In
the main, fruitless. Some flocks
were being herded Into base
ments, or other cool and shady
havens.
Banks Hearing Set; Morse
Denies 'Injustice'' Remark
August. 2 was set yesterday by
Governor Martin as the date to
hear an application for pardon
for L. A. Banks, former Medford
editor, who" is serving a life term
in the state penitentiary for mur
der. The application for the hearing,
was sponsored by Mrs. Ariel B.
Pomeroy of Central Point, Jack
son, county. She appeared per
sonally In behalf of Banks, bear
ing petitions urging the executive
to give his final answer by Aug
ust S.
Governor Martin . told Mrs.
Pomeroy that he had authority
to pardon and would Investigate
the case In his own way. -
"I -am ready . to -give yon a
hearing, at. any- time yon want
one," Governor Martin' continaed.
"I will listen to your delegation
, The petition contained approx
imately 120 names of residents
ot Marion, Yamhill and Multno
mah counties. ...7 ' .. :;r tJ'
Says Investigation Was
Suggested by Morse
Mrs. 1 Pomeroy told .Governor
Martin that the investigation
Refuses to Aid ;
Martin Ouster
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Harry Corbett, president of the
state senate, who declines to
take part in the recall or ouster
through the courts'of Governor
Martin although in the latter
case he probably would become
governor.
CITY HAS BIGGEST
CASH TOTAL EH
Water Bonds are Delivered
and Check Brought Back
by Recorder Jones
The City of Salem today had
the largest bank balance in its
history, the sum of $1,101,792.33
having been added yesterday
when City Recorder Warren
Jones delivered 1100 water bonds
to the Portland syndicate which
bought the obligations last
month at an average interest rate
of 3.2 per cent.
Jones promptly deposited the
check to the account of the city
treasurer who will hold the mon
eys in the water purchase fund
until the last day of this month
when the Oregon-Washington Wa
ter Service company will receive
the $1,000,000 the city bargained
to pay for its local plant. The re
mainder of the'Tnoney will be used
to pay costs of acquiring the plant
and as necessary working capital,
Theft Peril Small
As Sale Difficult
Jones started to Portland at
7 o'clock yesterday morning and
made the delivery of the bonds
before noon. Bond buyers there
told him fears of theft of the
bonds were without much basis
inasmuch as the bonds would be
difficult to negotiate until the
wholesale bond houses which
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P
NEW ORLEANS, July 15.-(P)
Mayor T. Semmes Walmsley scor
ed a sudden point in his fight
with Senator Huey Long over the
control of New Orleans today as
his revolting ward leaders chang
ed their minds and abandoned
plans to oust the mayor from of
fice. In party caucus the steering
committee of the old regular
democratic organization, by a 13
4 vote, suspended plans for mass
meetings at which it was hoped
a majority of the city's voters
would petition the legislature to
remove Walmsley.
Long Cancels Flan
For Washington Trip
Senator Huey P. Long watched
this sudden reversal in plans with
out committing himself.
"It's up' to them to 'get "their
house in shape." the senator said,
adding that "they (the old regu
lars) will have to show us a pretty
picture before we'll help them,"
The about face in the ouster
movement, however, caused . the
Louisiana "dictator" to cancel his
airplane reservations for Wash
ington tonight.
first was suggested hy Dr. Wayne
L. Morse of the University of
Oregon law school who was Quot
ed as characterizing the trial, as
an injustice.
Included among those who sign
ed' the petition were Senator Pe.
ter Zimmerman Byron G. Carney,
Richard Neuberger, J. . E. Ben
nett, Albert Slaughter, W. A. Fat
rick, Aaron Holts, Frederick
Schmaltt, Roy Hewitt,, A. M.
Church, W. "L. Redmond and Kel
ley Loe. - "T, "' ..,'. ,
Banks was ' convicted ot alay
Ing George Ai Prescott, ' Jackson
county constable, and . was receiv
ed - at the. penitentiary here , in
August, 1933. - '
Ralph Moody, assistant , attor
ney general, who "prosecuted
Banks and other persons involved
in ' the! Jackson', county ballot
thefts, declared that he would
oppose the pardon. ' " -: . : -
Medford Protests . .'' .
Last Fall Recalled fi'Ir- i
' Daring his term of office. Gov
ernor Meier was nrged to pardon
Banks and report was current last
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WALMSLEY
GAINS
Dl'il
V F R
HUE)
GENERAL LEACH
KING AFTER
DROP IN 'CHUTE
Bails Out of Burning Plane
While Companion Stays
and Lands Safely
National Head of Guard is
Due Here July 23 for
Official Parley
SELIGMAX, Ariz., July 15
JPf Unharmed except for a kd
braise on one arm, Major Gen
eral George . Leach, head ef
the national guard in the Unit
ed States, was rescued late to-night
from the rough country
SO miles northeast of here
where he parachuted from a
burning army plane and was
missing for several hours.
RIVERSIDE, Calif., July 15-
UF) Parachuting out of a burning
army plane near Seligman, Ariz
Major General George E. Leach
of Washington, chief of the a
tional guard, and former Minnea
polis mayor, had not been found
late tonight, but was believed to
have landed safely.
Hastilv organizing rescue units
to go to Arizona, officers at
March field armv air base here-
said General Leach's pilot, Capt.
Charles Cummings of Washing
ton, telephoned that the general
"hailed out" and the parachute
opened all right, after the plane
took fire in the air.
Cummings said he brought tk
nlnnA rinwn several miles further.
near Seligman, and extinguished
the fire, but was unable to nun
the general because of the rough
terrain in that region.
First reports from March fild
indicated Cummings also para,
chuted from the plane.
Two planes were dispatched
immediately from March field to
the army landing field at Flag
staff, to operate from there as a
case In a rescue effort. Later it
was announced that planes of the
91st observation tquadron had
been ordered from Crissy field,
San Francisco, on a night flight
to March field, from which they
were to proceed at 4 a.m. for
Arizona to aid in the search.
Efforts to learn where Cum
mings telephoned from or where
he went afterward were unavail
ing for the time.
General Leach was enroute to
California to inspect the theee
state national guard maneuvers
at Santa Maria and San Luis Obis
po. He and Capt. Cummings left
Washington Sunday.
Mainr-fJeneral Leach was u
in Salem on July 23 to coafer
with Maior - General George A.
White, commanding officer of all
national guard units In tne nortn
wpst. and with Brigadier-General
Thomas Rilea, in charge ot the
Oregon contingent of the guard at
the Fort Lewis maneuvers last
month.
Brigadier-General Rilea said
last night that he knew Leaeh
very well and esteemed mm niga-
iy.
Captain Cummings was also
well known to Rilea. Cummings
had piloted Rilea from Washing
ton, D. C, to New York City tais
spring when the latter was east in
the interests of the natienal
guard.
Major - General Leach was re
ported to be in line for reappoint
ment by President Roosevelt.
FEAR FEW SURVIVE
III FLOOD DISASTER
HANKOW, China, July 15.-(Tuesday)-,!p)-Fear
grew -today
that few people survived central
China's most recent flood disas
ter, the collapse of the dike that
loosed the waters of the Han
river on the countryside near
Hanyang.
Chinese who witnessed bursting
of the dike from a motorbet"
estimated 10,000 lives were last.'
The suddenness ot the flood, wit
nesses said, caught the inhabi
tants ot the area unprepared, and"
the rush of the water did net
give them time to flee to nigfcer
land.
Two-thirds of the city ef Han
yang lies under water. Its res-'
dents refugees on the surronn-"
Ing hills. The Han river's rav
ages have left the country deso
late, the fain,, greater than thar
caused by the' floods of 1870 aaT
1S31.
Hankow was somewhat cheered
by a slight recession in the Yang-
tze river, held out of the eitr
streets by weakened dikes. Troops,
police and coolies were kept at
work strengthening the river ess-'
battlements, as further rain woald
restore the menace of last week.'
?'f.'.BIiAZE SMALL. c '
" A roof fire at 550." South 1 Ct
street at 7:40 p. m. yesterdar
brought a call, to, the Salem fire,
department. The flames wer
taiekly extinguished : and small
damage was done to the -property.
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