The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Wednesday Morning. August 28, 1955
HOARD UNITES
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OFFERS. SITES
Location on Heights South
Favored by Martin, He
Hints at Meeting
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but saw no reason for Inviting
the nee4 of nuking decisions on
question on -which they hare no
authority. . ...
While discussing capital sites,
the board heard that razing of
the Id statehouse would be com
pietea Saturday The stale has
made $000 In cash In Selling
Junk from the old building and
salvaged thousands of dollars
worth ot materials which have
rone to state Institutions, Secre
tary ry aald.
j The legislature will be called
Into special session in October,
Martin indicated as he appointed
two men to represent him at the
second 'national convention on la
bor legislation, called by Secretary
of Labor Perkins for Asheville,
N. C. October 4 and 5.
Charapoeg Proposal
IW erred to Miller
.A proposal to plaee Champoeg
park under the state highway
commission was referred to Milton
Miller of Portland, with the sug
gestton that the plan be submitted
to the legislature. This action was
taken after a, committee, headed
by Miller, had requested funds for
landscaping the park.
! Fry reported that all WPA pro
jects. Including Improvements at
various state institutions, were
progressing.
Governor Martin declared he
was sorry that tbe state had tied
up with the government in con
nectlon with these projects.
"I" think we would have been
better-off had -we went ahead un
der our legislation appropriation
Governor Martin said. An audit of
the books and accounts ot the
state fish commission was request
ed by Gorernor Martin. The gov
ernor said he wanted to determine
whether the state was obtaining
its full amount of poundage fees.
"The new Pilchard industry at
Coos Bay should return many
thousands of dollars annually to
tbe state", the gorernor contin
ued.'
HIM PIKER
FACES HEW GRIEF
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large majority of the tags had
been issued to as many different
motorists, that few autoists had
been guilty of repeated offenses
against the parking regulations,
Penalty Schedule
Not l et Established
The municipal court has not
statea a nxea poucy as to pen
alties for violators of parking
rules who fail to appear in court
of their own accord but discus
sion at city council police com
mittee sessions has Indicated that
where there is no valid excuse
for non-appearance motorists may
find themselves facing a heavier
fin than if they had taken the
tags Into court as soon as they re
ceived them. The usual fine is
II.
Judge Jones yesterday stated
that the procedure decided upon
called for a great deal of- extra
work in both the police and the
recorder's offices but that it was
decided upon because It was the
legal method.
JACKSON, Miss., Aug. 28.-(P)
Paul B. Johnson, trailing Hugh
L. White In the race for the gover
norship of Mississippi, pulled, up
within striking distance of the
lead as returns mounted today:
With, 204,398 votes tabulated
by the Associated Press at
o'clock from 1,136 precincts of
1,538, 'the count stood:
White 103,846.
Johnson 100,562.
White based his campaign large
ly on a denunciation of Huey
Long while Johnson denied any
link with the Louisiana senator,
The Call Board
" EX6IXORE
Today Clark Gable, Jean
. Harlow, Wallace Beery in
"China, Seas". Shorts, Car-
toon. Comedy, News.
Friday Double bill: 01-
gantie Spectacle. . "She".
John Warns In "West-
ward-Ho".
. HOIXTWOOD
. Today Jean Arthur
and Victor Jory in MPar-
ty Wire".
Friday Double feature:
Conway Tearle, Boots Mai-
lory, Hardio Albright In .
"Sing Sing; Nights". Sec-
ond feature. Jack Holt, Mo-
na Barrle, Jackie Sear 1 in
"Unwelcome. Stranger.
. -
CAPITOC
Today Double , hill, George
Brent in "Right to Live,"
Allen Dinehart to "Dance
Girl Dance.' -
Thursday -Double bill: Paul
Robeson In "Sanders of the
Rhrer, and Joe B. Brown
In "Very Honorable Guy."
STATE -
Today Claudette Col-
bert in "Private Worlds."
First run Mickey Mouse in
color, ''Mickey's Garden."
Saturday Tom Tyler In
"The Terror ot the Plains'.
JDHNI G1S Oil
WHITE 1 CONTEST
School District
Has $35,000 in
Cash, Announced
Salem school district would
pay only 4 per eent Interest on
its warrants if it had ady Out
standing. But if has no such
warrants and, In tact, has f 35,-
000 cash on hand. This was the
word of Clerk W. H. Burghardt
at last night's board meeting.
The clerk said the district
doubtless would return to a war
rant basis in tbe fall when
teachers' payrolls are resumed.
Until last May the district paid 8
per cent on its warrants, then
reduced them to 5 per cent. A
new state law this year enables
the district to st the rate of in
terest. -
D02FJ 'tlieiSiES'
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 27.-WV
Mae West named the 1 2 most elig
ible bachelors in the movie colony
today but she had to include
Baby Leroy in the list to get an
even dozen.
"They're hard to find." she
said, "because if they're very elig
ible, they don't stay bachelors."
Nevertheless, the blonde movie
star compiled the list of those she
considered most attractive. It in
cluded: Cesare Romero, Lyle Talbot,
Ivan Lebedeff. Jack Oakie, Ran
dolph Scott, Nelson Eddy, James
Dunn, Gene Raymond, Henry Wil
coxon, Whitney De Rham, Lee
Tracy.
The list revealed a wide varie
ty of types, with blondes and
brunettes, tall men and short
men, about equal fn nnmber.
What's more the so-called "ro
mantic" type did not predominate,
with two comedians, Jack Oakie
and Lee Tracy, on the roster.
She said she was personally ac
quainted with only a few of the
men she named, and was judg
ing, in some cases, from the man
nerisms she saw them display on
the screen. "That means I may
be wrong," she smiled, "because
a good Director can do a lot lor
a man."
"Anyway," she said, "what do
you mean eligible bachelors.
Any guy that's a bachelor la el
igible." r
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oppose Governor Martin if he
should oppose Mr. Schramm's re
appointment. Snell and Holman
each have another candidate for
tbe position if Gorernor Martin
chooses not to support Schramm
Schramm was an officer in a
Corvallis bank before coming to
Salem.
Two Salem Men
Pass Exam for
Army Entrance
Two Salem men and one from
Albany have passed final examin
ations for army entrance and will
be sent, to various posts for the
terms of their enlistment, accord
ing to Lee B. Mabie, local re
cruiting sergeant.
Thomas A. Allport, a graduate
of Salem high school will have the
most distant assignment. He will
go to Honolulu as a member of
the chemical warfare department
there.
Fred J. Dodderidge ot Salem
has been assigned to the 7 th In
fantry at Vancouver and Rollin
SalBberry of Albany will go to the
3d Coast artillery at Fort Stevens,
Wash. There are vacancies for
surveyors and clerks in this divi
sion at present.
Fire at Pioneer
Finally Quelled
PIONEER, Aug. 27.-(Special)
A timber fire which broke out
on the Andy Madison place cans
ed much excitement in the com
munity before it was brought un
der control late this afternoon
Mr. Madison, had gone into Sa
lem with a load of wood when the
flames were discovered. Under the
leadership of Fire Warden Walk
er, a group of neighbors were sue
eessful in extinguishing the fire,
HERE FOR FAIR
Fire California residents ar
rived here yesterday to visit at
the J. L. Cutler residence, 2270
Maple avenue, and attend the
Oregon state fair next week. They
are Mrs. Nellie Scott, Los An
geles: Mrs. Marie Shoulders and
daughters, Eileen and Paulette,
Santa Rosa, and Blanche Robelar,
Ukiah.
SPEED GRIND FAILS
BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS.
Utah, Aug. 28.-(Wednesday)-)
-A broken connecting rod or a
faulty oil line defeated Ab Jen
kins' attempt today to better the
134.8 miles per hour speed of
John, Cobb of London for a 24
hour automobile endurance rec
ord. BEE'S STING FATAL
CLOVE RD ALE, B. C, Aug--(JPy-A.
bee's sting was blamed
by a physician today for the
death of Torter Holiey. 42, a
farm laborer, who died within
five minutes after . being stung
on the R. Cambray farm near
here. . , V: ' . ; '
Obituary
Vaadevort
At a local hospital, August 27,
Henry H. Vandevort. Residence
435 N. Winter street. Survived by
widow, Emsaa, of Salem.' Funeral
announcements later by Clough
Barrick company.
rail
OUT
DECISION IIP
1 B1U OFFICE
UN SIGHT
FOR BIG TASKS
Money to Start on Social
Security Probable But
May Lack Portion
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states are entitled to grants for
old age pensions.
These studies so far were de
scribed as largely superficial. The
states named off-hand and sub-
eet to a later review by the board
were-- Arkansas, Rhode: island,
Vermont, Connecticut, Missouri,
Illinois, Florida, Delaware, New
York and California.
J. E. Pope, head ot the National
Old Age Pension association, said
in 4 statement congress would
render a service to the country by
resigning in a body and that Sen
ator Long should lead the move
ment. "These birds draw their $10,-
000 salaries, but by some hook
or crook they allow defeat of the
purposes of the only humane law
they passed and smiled blandly in
assuring the world they are 'for'
old age pensions' he said. .
f I LEITHV WAR
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expect to have to support a pro
longed campaign in East Africa.
They believed that if war comes
between Italy and Ethiopia, It
will be a question of one gigantic
a a s a n 1 1, followed by possible
guerilla engagements during oc
cupation of the empire.
Italy has a gold reserve of ap
proximately 5,000,000,000 lire.
which has fluctuated only slight
ly, dne to government control. A
little less than 1,000,000,000 lire
have been spent for Italy's East
African campaign.
PARIS, Aug. 2 7. -Upy-Premier
Pierre Laval, in the rooms where.
seven years ago today, the Kel
logg-Briand pact "outlawing war"
was signed, tried today to put a
new face on events in Africa.
He sought to avert conflict by
finding a new definition for what
is happening in East Africa which
would be acceptable alike to Italy,
Britain and the League of Na
tions.
The British say it is "war."
The Italians called it "colon
ial enterprise."
(If it 13 war, the British have
said they will consider it in vio
lation of the covenant of the Lea
gue of Nations and therefore
ground for the exercise of sanc
tions, or league - sponsored mea
sures designed to hinder or pun
ish Italy. If it can be considered
an armed penetration of Ethio
pia which seeks only to insure the
safety of border colonies and Ital
ians who desire to settle in Ethio
pia, Laval Is of the opinion U
need no embroil Europe and cause
the League of Nations to lose
faith through failure to solve the
Italo-Ethiopian problem by peace
ful means.)
Modernization loans totalling
333,051 with a total value ot to
$127,280,038 hare been Insured
by the Federal Housing Admin
istration, according to a letter re
ceived by Sheldon F. Sackett, Ma
rlon county FHA chairman, from
W. D. Flanders, director ot the
field division.
The Federal Housing Adminis
tration has selected for appraisal
mortgages totalling $143,396,801
and has accepted for insurance
$66,620,613 in mortgages.
An extensive program for the
fall months, placing greater em
phasis on new construction and
the refinancing of existing mort
gages is being prepared.
Since the first Better Housing
Committee was appointed little
more than a year ago such com
mittees have been organized in
over 7200 communities and over
4600 of these communities hare
organized house-to-house canvas
ses to explain to the public the
provisions of the Housing Act and
to encourage needed repairs and
improvements. These canvassers
have made 10,865,473 calls and
have reported 2,032,112 different
Jobs of a total value of $515,'
926,518.
A Horo Owed Theater Pi
LLYVOOlJ
Today & Thursday
Love whisper-,
to a listen-
lag world
over tbe
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Added Comedy, News
and Cartoon Comedj
TALY IS PREPARED
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Herman Naegeli
Anxious to Get
Back to Oregon
SILVERTON, Aug. 17. The
first train west after harvest Is
completed Is none too early to suit
Herman Naegeli, who went east
early in the summer to superin
tend the harvest on his farm
there. Mr. Naegeli has written
Mrs. Naegeli that he fails to un
derstand how they could have liv
ed there as long as .they did.
In referring to the crops about
Fairdale, North Dakota, Mr. Nae
geli writes that soft wheat ' and
barley are producing good harv
ests but the hard wheat crop was
completely spoiled by rust.
TO
OflEGHHY
Will Rest For Full Month;
Visitors Welcome But
Business Banned
Senator Charles L. McNary will
be back home early tomorrow,
arriving In Portland at 7:30 a. m.
on the Empire Builder from Chi
cago and motoring home to Fir
cone immediately upon arrival.
His office announced again
yesterday that the month of Sep
tember had been set aside for the
senator as a time for complete
rest from business. Heavy duties
in an eight months' session of
congress necessitate such release
from official duties. In October
the senator will resume his offi
cial work.
His office also clarified a pre
vious statement regarding visitors
to his home. The senator will wel
come all visitors, it was said, with
or without invitation, the proviso
being that they come to visit
about other things than official
business.
Governor Charles H. Martin
was expected, however, to see the
senator shortly after his arrival
to discuss the pending state Capi
tol project. Expedition of this
matter before PWA is considered
such an urgent matter that It can
not wait for many more weeks.
Senator McNary has taken the
lead in presenting Oregon's case
forcefully to PWA authorities at
Washington.
For a number of weeks Mrs.
McNary has been at home at Fir
cone with their baby, Charlotte.
By returning here Mrs. McNary
and the infant avoided the in
tense summer heat of Washing
ton.
ROOSEVELT Sffi
IUTII1Y BILL
WASHINGTON, Aug. 27.-UP)-
A mandatory law embodying a
policy intended to safeguard the
United States against war today
received the approval of President
Eoosevelt.
The Pittman-Reynolds proposal
directs the president to proclaim
a mandatory embargo on arms to
belligerents in event of a declar
ation of war between two foreign
powers.
Under a last-minute compro
mise, the arms ban and a provi
sion making It unlawful for
American ships to carry arms or
implements of war to any port ot
belligerent countries or to a neu
tral port for trans-shipment to a
belligerent would expire February
29, 1936.
But after that date these pro
visions would remain In force:
A licensing s;-stem for the
manufacture and export of arms
and munitions under the super
vision of a board of cabinet offi
cers.
Discretionary authority for the
president to restrict or close the
territorial waters or ports of the
United States to belligerent sub
marines, to prohibit American
citizens from traveling on ships
of warring nations except at their
own risk unless in flight from
a country at war, and to require
bond of any vessel suspected to
be- about to carry men or sup
plies to a belligerent ship at sea
MI
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"I understand th natural
instincts all mn and women
hide vvtn from themte-ivt.
But hew can I help myself?"
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wining tfc ArWtwy Directed by Creoory L Cava A Waiter Wanger rredwefioB A Paramevni Release
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GIRL If L NOT
DEFEND TRUST
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Elaine Hunt Will Waive All
Right to Income Under
Estate, Declares
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the assets ot the Steeves estate
which had an estimated talue ot
1125.000 in addition to the pri
vate trust. The trustees were not
allowed to sell securities in the
trust, under Its terms, until the
securities reached at least 97.
per cent of their par value.
Attorneys for , Mrs. Steeves
could not be reached late last
night but It was presumed that
Miss Hunt's decision would pro
vide the means for the circuit
court declaring her position sound
and relieving the $150,000 in par
value ot securities from the $100
a month lifetime claim of Miss
Hunt.
SPEEDING SCHOOL
PBOJECHLilED
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plans could be submitted to the
latest deadline, September 3. The
date was not set last night for the
necessary $600,000 district bond
election because all legal work
In connection with the call had
not been completed.
The, directors will meet at
3 p.m. today to confer with Paul
T. Jackson, former Klamath Falls
school superintendent, and now a
PWA official, and expect to meet
C. C. Hockley, Oregon PWA en
gineer, on his announced visit
here Friday to speed up the
state's applications to PWA.
New Senior High
Arrangement Talked
Plans for the proposed new
senior high school building locat
ed north of Olinger field and
facing on 14 th street provide ten
tatively for an auditorium seating
2500 persons, suitable for civic
gatherings. Two stories high, the
building would be approximately
400 feet long and accommodate
1800 to 2000 students. The pres
ent senior high buildings might
be retained for commercial and
shop students.
The board accepted the resig
nation of Verneita Herron as sen
ior high school sewing instructor
but deferred election of a succes
sor pending Investigation of the
qualifications of a local applicant,
urged by Directors E. A. Brad
field and Percy R. Cupper.
The 1935-36 school calendar,
adopted last night, calls for
classes to open September 16 and
close next June 12. Spring vaca
tion would coincide with the
state basketball tournament.
A new policy was decreed
spreading teachers' salaries over
a 12-month instead of the pres
ent nine-months' period, a move
desired by 80 per cent of the
faculty. Superintendent Silas Cai
ser said.
EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 27.-CP)-Lane
county forests continued to
blaze in two widely separated
areas tonight, but state fire war
dens reported the tire fighters
were gaining control of the flames
which were encouraged by high
-temperatures and low humidity.
More than 200 CCC and civil
ian fire fighters had formed fire
lines around the two blazes north
of Blachley near the Siuslaw
highway which had destroyed a
house and barn and 600 acres of
timber land.
A light breeze aided the flames
in the Bpot fire near Star which
was being fought by CCC crews
from the Fall Creek camp. The
eastern fringe of the burn on the
slope of Hawley mountain was
spreading but flames on the west
had died down.
LIE COM' FIRES
PARTLY CONTROLLED
IT STARTS TODAY!
are mmm
In
A Four Star Story with a Star for Every Rofel . wftft
CHARLES BOYER-JOAN BENNETT
Authorize Snell
To Arrange for
Session Housing
Secretary of State Snell was
authorized yesterday by the
board of control to negotiate fox
housing facilities for the onca&5
ing special session of the legislai-
ture. Governor Martin Indicated
that the special session would
probably be convened . some time
in October.
Two proposals were submitted
to the board. One involved the
state armory in conjunction with
a part of the Marion hotel and
the other, the Elks temple. Ren
tal on the hotel space was fixed
at $25 per day, plus the regular
price tor sleeping rooms which
would be used by committees.
Officials reported that most ot
the legislative supplies already
had been purchased and that
prices tor chairs and desks were
now being considered.
niinoTEST
SPEED BY SOVIET
MOSCOW, Aug. 27.-af-Soviet
Russia firmly ''rejected" today
the United States' sharp protest
against activities of the commun
ist Internationale.
Moscow denied it had violated
a promise not to interfere in the
internal affairs of the United
States when recognition was ex
tended in 1933.
Standing firm on the argu
ment it has put forth on previous
occasions, the soviet government
said it "cannot assume and has
never assumed any obligations as
regards the communist interna
tionale." The answer to the American
protest was contained in a note N.
N. Krestiniky, under - commissar
for foreign affairs, handed Wil
liam C. Bullitt, the United States
ambassador, early this afternoon.
He acted tor Maxim Litvinoff,
commissar for foreign affairs who
is on vacation In Czechoslovakia.
The statement in Bullitt's note
charging "flagrant violation" of
the soviet union's obligations
"does not follow from the obli
gations assumed mutually by both
parties," Krestinsky said, "in
view of which I cannot accept
your protest and am compelled to
reject it."
AND THEN DROWUS
KELSO, Wash., Aug. 27(JP)-
While rescuing two girls from a
sand bar in the Cowlitz river,
James McMillan, 16, of Kelso,
drowned near here tonight.
McMillan and a companion,
Leslie Allen, 15, had swum to
the sand bar and were returning
the girls to the bank when Mc
Millan sank.
Firemen searched the river for
two hours without finding his
body and then abandoned the
hunt until daylight.
Allen said he and McMillan
swam to the bar to bring back
the girls, Marcelline Dupras, 13,
and Virginia Dunston, 14, who
were exhausted from swimming
the channel. After reaching the
bank with the Dupras girl, Allen
turned back to help McMillan
and saw him sinking as Virginia
waded ashore.
ALARM IS FALSE
Two fire trucks were dispatch
ed to the juncture of Broadway,
HIkh and Liberty streets at 6:40
o'clock last night in answer to an
alarm. Firemen found the fire
was started purposely, to burn
rubbish, and was doing no dam
age.
WOLFE CAB STOLEN
Ward Wolfe, 1520 North Cap
itol street, notified city police
last night that his automobile, a
sedan bearing Oregon license
144-006, had been stolen from
Liberty street near the armory,
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Bill HP
Foil ill orati
Organization For Orderly
Relations With Labor
Visioned at Meet
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 27.-jP)
The Industrial Relations Associa
tion of Oregon, having as its credo
fairness to employer and employe,
was formed here today at a meet
ing of 150 Portland business and
industrial executives.
Principal speaker was E. R.
Perry, general manager ot the
Merchants' and Manufacturers' as
sociation of Los Angeles.
Articles of incorporation for
the group were tiled at Salem by
Horace E. Mecklem, who presided
at the meeting as temporary presi
dent, John H. Smith and E. A.
Neupert.
Mecklem explained that Perry
had been "borrowed" from Los
Angeles to help perfect the Ore
gon organization.
The ."code of ethics" adopted
by The group recognized "the
right to strike and 'also the right
trwork," placed the group on rec
ord for the payment of "a liberal
wage for honest service,'' declar
ed opposition to "the exploitation
of labor in every form," pledged
the organization to "a fair inves
tigatlon of grievances presented
by any worker, whether union or
non-union," stressed the asserted
right of collective bargaining, and
expressed the belief that "it is the
right of every man to work and
it is his unquestioned privilege to
employ his labor without any
hindrance or coercion. '
The keynote of the meeting was
declared to have been struck by
Franklin T. Griffith, president of
th Portland Electric Power com
pany, who said:
"I wouldn't under any circum
stances be a party to an organisa
tion like this unless it was dis
tinctly understood it would recog
nize fully, frankly and whole
heartedly the rights of labor.
"It is necessary that the labor
racketeer be eliminated. But labor
must be confident that we're not
harboring the employer racketeer
ourselves. I am hopeful that we
may Inspire labor leaders with
principles equally as high, and
fair as ours. We can and should
become a counter-part ot the cen
tral labor council."
Perry urged business men to
keep wages up" and said that
such a policy generally benefi
cial to everyone because- ot the in
creased buying power it provides
Perry charged the "new deal"
with causing a large portion ot
employers' troubles, and urged
the Portland group to remember
that "at least one-half of the re
sponsibility of our business is to
labor."
"By all means give labor a
chance to express itself. Labor has
far more votes than you, and if
you refuse to listen to it there's
always the ballot box. Give those
votes leadership."
He declared that unless employ
ers in general temper their atti
tude toward labor to give more
consideration to the human ele
ment in their relationships, the
employers would be wiped out
within five years.
Chairman Mecklem. after re
vealing that the organization was
the outgrowth of a private session
held by 30 business men last
week, said:
"We shall not be a militant
group, we beuevo mere is a com
mon ground upon which labor and
capital can meet. On the other
hand, If certain labor unions per
sist in following radical leader
ship and interfering with our ef
forts to adjust disputes amicably,
we, also, shall resort to militant
tactics.
A board of 15 directors is to be
chosen at the next meeting, and
thev in turn will elect a nerman-
ent president, Mecklem said.
RADIO VETERAN DIES
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 27.
-fl-Tom Murray, 60, pioneer ra
dio singer and "Hill Billy" organ
izer, died today at his home in
North Hollywood. He is survived
by bis widow and three children.
LAST 'Right to Live' ,ri an ,
TIMES with "Dance Girl
today George Brent Dance"
TOMORROW FRIDAY SATURDAY
2GREAT FEATURES-
THREE WHITE MEN HELD A WAR
CRAZED NATIVE
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A Very Honorable Cray'
Irish Songsters
Will Compete at
Mickey Program
All Irish tenors nav strict at
tention.
The Elsinore Mickey Mouse
club is. sponsoring an Irish sing
ing contest Saturday, August 31,
at the club matinee. The winner
of this contest will receive a
phonograph, record of his voice.
Any vocalists who would like
to enter this competition are ad-
Vised to be at the Elsinore Friday
afternoon at 4:30 o'clock.
MOST OF STATE IN
HEAT WAVE'S CRIP
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. S7-(JP)
-Generally -higher temperatures
and lower humidity further add
ed to Oregon's fire hazard today.
The sUte's two largest confla
grations were reported fairly well
under control tonight, but new
out breaks in widely-scattered
districts attested to the general
danger.'
Reinforcements moved into
Benton county In western Ore
gon today had partially halted a
400-acre blase which State For
est Inspector J. R Neally said
was of incendiary origin. Another
fire in Benton county earlier ia
the day had necessitated a split
up of fire-fighting forces.
Higher temperatures sent thou
sands to bathing beaches and sea
shore resorts today. Portland's
maximum was 98, one degree
higher than yesterday. In south
ern Oregon, Grants Pass recorded
86, Medford 94 and Roseburg
97. Eastern Oregon also shared
in the heat, LaGrande reported
88.
The majority of logging camps
in the western part ot the state
remained closed due to the fire
hazard. Forests In 10 counties
are closed to entry.
Hunter to Make
Home in Eugene,
Word at Denver
DENVER, C0I9 Aug. 27.-)
-Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, chancellor-elect
of the Oregon system
of higher education, plans to ar
rive at Eugene, Ore.. September
1 to make his home, it was learn
ed here today.
Dr. Hunter, his former secre
tary said, is now vacationing at
Lake Louise, Canada.
The educator recently resigned
his position as chancellor of Den
ver university to accept the Ore
gon post offered him last spring
by the Oregon state board of high
er education.
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