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Bearcats Pin
Title Hope on
Johnny Oravec
Last Game With Whitman
Starts at 1 :30 at
Walla Walla
Keene Dubious; Victory
Today Would Mean
L His 13th Win
The Willamette university Bear
cats, 29-strong plus coaches, left
here at 6 o'clock last night with
4he avowed intention of bringing
back a Northwest conference
championship from their annual
Thanksgiving clash with the Whit
man Missionaries at Walla Walla.
The game will start at 1:30 p. m.
Coach R. S. "Spec" Keene, who
will count up his 13th consecutive
conference victory if the Bearcats
win, reflected no such confidence.
He saw the Missionaries beat Al
bany 20 to 0 with a rapid-fire of
fensive and their record shows
them as- the Northwest conferen
ce's strongest defensive team.
All Hopes Lie
AVith Oravec
Bearcat hopes for a win will be
pinned on the performance of
Johnny Oravec, who will be play
ing his last game, and big Dirk
Visgerber, his point-converting
fomrade in arms. Oravec rolled
tip seven touchdowns against
Whitman when- WiUajnetta won 75
to 0 last year and he is praying
for a dry field: and no snow.
Bill Stone, hard driving and
hard-blocking right half, will also
be called upon for a good share of
the ball-packing while the little
holes will be the special problem
of Carl Rhoda, quarterback, who
has shown a special aptitude for
squeezing through narrow breaks
in the opposing line. Reserve
backs who will probably see ac
tion . Inclade Jiggs Burnett, Jim
Hogg. Don Brandon, Neil Shaffer
and Manfred Olson.
Keene will start the same line
np that has opened the last five
games for the Bearcats. Walt
Weaver, pass-nabbing freshman,
will be at left end with Charley
Versteeg, all-conference, will hold
down the right flank. Big Bob
Vagt and Darrell Newhouse left
and right respectively, will do the
i tackling. "Bronc' Williams, fight
ing lightweight center, and Har
i old Hoyt and Elliott Becken,
i guards, will stiffen the middle of
the Willamette forward wall.
jOlfton to Get Last
iack .at Missions 3
I Besides Oravec and" cSei Rhoda,
Harold Hoyt and Manfred Olson
will be playing their last game
under Bearcat colors. Olson, who
has not seen much service this
year due to injuries, went to town
against Whitman at Walla Walla
three years ago and is hoping to
get in the game early enough to
mop up a few more Missionaries
before his playing days' are over.
' Keene will not lack for reserves
to throw at the defensively Btrong
Whitman squad. The following
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68 Burglaries in
4 Months Listed
Salem police have reports of 68
burglaries and attempted burglar
ies over a period from July 27 to
the present time, a checkup re
vealed yesterday.
Records reveal that one case
happened In July, 12 in August,
September 20, October 10, and
November 25. Police believe the
thefts to be largely the work of
one man. Little is taken from the
houses entered, except money.
Many of the thefts were made on
the same night. Usually the man
enters through an unlocked door
when the occupants are at home
In bed, the police said.
Road to Mt Hood Are
In Good Shape For Trip
GOVERNMENT CAMP, Ore.,
Nov. 27. The weather bureau
on Mount Hood reported today
skiing conditions at the timber
line were "probably favorable."
Skies were reported clear. Roads
are In good shape.' Skiing condi
tions here, however, were listed
as poor.
AAA Cases Postponed
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27.
(P) Twenty-nine AAA processing
tax cases, scheduled for hearing
before the United- States circuit
court of appeals here December
2, were postponed to January 17
today by general agreement of
attorneys in three cities.
Statesman to
Flash Bearcat
Grid Reports
As no radio broadcast of
the Willamette - Whitman
game at Walla Walla today
will be made. The States
man has arranged, for tele
graphic reports of quarter
scores in the contest. The
game is scheduled to fctart
at 1:30 o'clock and the -first
quarter score should be
available about 2 o'clock.
The Statesman phone num
ber Is OlOl.
Mill City Pleads
For County Help
150 Families in Need as
Result of Shutdown
Linn Court Told
ALBANY. Ore., Nov. 27.-iP)-The
Linn county court received'
a petition signed by 150 resi
dents of Mill City today asking
for aid for families deprived of
an income through the dismant
ling of the Hammond Lumber
Company mill.
The delegation was headed by
James Dawes, who told the court
that 31 of the signers "are desti
tute to the point of malnutri
tion.' He said the others also
were in "dire need," and that
there is no prospect of improved
conditions.
The court called relief leaders
into conference.
.None Kligible
For WIA Jobs
The . relief officers explained
that due, to the ruling that cer
tifications of relief cases must
be limfted to those who had re
ceived relief between May 1 and
November 1, 1935. the Mill City
residents cannot be listed as eli
gible for employment on WPA
projects. It was also explained
that since the group was not on
direct relief previcusly, this form
of aid also is barred.
Dawes told the court the Mill
City citizens heretofore had been
self-supporting but that their sav
ings had disappeared and their
only means of employment gone.
They are ashamed to ask for
relief and have exhausted their
reources before doing so' Dawes
said.
Leslie Building
Costs Are Pared
Board's Work Wednesday
3Ieans Both Projects
May Be Effected
Working steadily all yesterday
afternoon, the Salem schooi board
end its architects made deductions
from the plans for the Le3iie jun
ior high gymnasium and auditor
ium that will permit the building
o! the two projects with the funds
allowed by PWA.
The contracts for the work will
not be awarded until the bids on
the grammar school and new high
school are opened next Tuesday.
It is planned to award all the con
tracts at that time.
PWA Ruling
Simplifies Problem
Information received from PWA
officials yesterday indicated that
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lownsend Plan
To Humanity,
A combination Townsend meet
ing and Thanksgiving service at
tracted several hundred people
to the high school auditorium
last night. F. William Thielsen
of club No. S presided. Musical
numbers were rendered, an ad
dress on the Townsend plan given
by J. Gordon Fleming, a Thanks
giving sermon given by Dr. W.
C. Kantner, ; and then a volun
tary thanks service ended the
meeting.
Sparks from the speech of
Fleming were:
Plan Held God's
Gift to Humanity
"You can't separate God from
the Townsend plan because it is
God's gift to humanity."
"A change in the economic sys
tem Is the only thing that can
save America. The economic sys
tem roSbed : the men who pro
duced and prevent tiie customer
from obtaining goods."
"We need no change In our
constitution. It is one of the
grandest documents ever put sig
nature to by man."
"We experimented with NRA
and every letter in the alphabet
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Vikings Meet
Corvallis on
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Home Gridiron
Game Starts at 11 Here,
Sweetland Field With
Chapman in Lineup
Teams Equal in Records;
I Spartan Passes are
Holly's Worry
Football will come before
Thanksgiving turkey today when
the Salem high Vikings meet the
Corvallis high school team on
Sweetland field at 11 o'clock but
thej Salem high players won't en
joy! their turkey dinners unless
they beat Coach "Mush" Torson's
Spartans.
It will be the last game of
the year for the Vikings and if
they win will give them an even
break on a disappointing year.
Salem has won three games, lost
four and tied two. A win will
mean a .500 average for the sea
son and a last taste of victory
fori the ten seniors who will be
playing their final game under
the red and black.
The two teams are about equal
00 1 the record books this year
with neither having outstanding
seasons. Both teams beat Albany
by one touchdown and both were
defeated by Eugene.
Huntington Prepares
Men to Snare Passes
The Spartans, who have used
their pass offense to advantage
this year, are expected to shower
the Vikings with aerial heaves
and Coach Huntington has inten-
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Opal Lamb Wins
I Verdict. $1000
One thousand dollars in dam
ages were assessed in favor of
Opal Lamb, plaintiff in a circuit
coikrt case here yesterday, when a
trUil jury in Judge L. H. McMa
hah's court returned its verdict.
Dejfendants against whom the
Judgment was levied are Don
V60dry and F. N. Woodry. The
Juy held that Mrs. Madora Wood
ry,) third defendant, was not liable
foi any portion of the judgment.
: Plaintiff brought suit alleging
th4t Don Woodry had shoved and
pushed her when he forcibly re
possessed a stove which she had
purchased from the Woodrys. She
asserted that she was pregnant at
the time and was injured by
Woodry 'a Alleged rough treat
ment. ; Defendants contended that they
had sold the stove on a condition
al j sales contract which allowed
them to repossess it without tak
ing legal action. They asserted
that Don Woodry did not harm
Mrs. Lamb and that she attacked
him when he was about to take
the stove oat of the house.
Wheat Signers Drop
EUGENE, Ore., Nov. 27.--S.
Fletcher, Lane county
O
agent, said today only 132 farm
ers in this area have signed 1936
wheat control contracts. Two
hundred and eight signed last
year.
God's Gift
Fleming Says
but it got us further in the hole.
We've tried everything else. The
Townsend plan is the greatest hu
manitarian philosophy ever given
toj the world."
: "The sales tax Is no more like
the transactions tax than a bull
frog Is like an alligator."
"Get Big Fellow"
I Aim, Says
; ("We want to get the big fel
low, the stock traders and grain
traders. There'll be no trouble to
pay the peorle over 60 $200 a
month, and we can pay the sol
diers' bonus too, and balance the
bodget."
! I "D o n ' t let them fool you.
f bull find in the next year more
politicians crawling In on the
Townsend plan." -
I Dr. Kantner thanked God for
the day we live in, for America,
for Christianity and for "the pro
gressive success of the Townsend
movement."
j Biggest applause went to Sen
ator C. K. Spaulding when he
said he was thankful the capitol
Wasn't moved to Candalaria
heights. He blamed Zimmerman
and Carney for defeating the
Townsend memorial.
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Selassie Going
To Front Line,
Direct Armies
Ethiopia Attacks Claimed
j Progressing, Italian
j ; Troops Repulsed
Sentiment Growing, Oil
iSanctions, is Word
From London
WAR FLASHES
By the Associated Press)
ROME Italy orders secret
troop morementi.because of
threats of oil embargo against her.
PARIS P r e m I e r Laval,
pressed by Britain, understood
toj have agreed to league com
mittee meeting next week to
consider oil boycott.
LONDON Authoritative quar
ters say sentiment Is growing in
favor of shutting Italy off from
oil. i
ADDIS ABABA Ethiopians
claim Italians have retreated
GO miles In the north and evac
uated Makale; (Rome denies
this report, insisting the fas
cists have advanced slightly.)
ASMARA Marshal Badoglio
arrives to take Italian command;
swift advances are predicted.
(Copvrieht 1935 tT the Associated Press)
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 28. Eth
iopian officials announced Emper
or Haile Selassie would go to Des
sye j today to take personal com
mand of his armies combatting the
Italian Invasion.
The Ethiopians said their at
tacks on the Italians were pro
gressing on both the northern and
southern fronts.
ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 27-(;P)-A
60-mile retreat by the Italian
troops from their front positions
in the north was claimed today
by the Ethiopian government.
An official communique stated
1000 of Premier Mussolini's sol
diers had dropped back from Ma
kale, the position to which their
second major offensive carried, to
Adigrat, 60 miles to the rear. -
(An official announcement at
Rome, however, asserted the Ital-
ian northern army had advanced
slightly, taking two villages'
southeast of Makale, while it con
tinued "cleaning up" the Tembi
en region northwest of Makale.)
Kelly Has Cause
To Offer Thanks
Left Stranded, Portland,
After Police Error,
Gets Job,' Meal
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 27. ,-(JF)
-J a m e s Kelly will have his
Thanksgiving dinner after all,
even though It won't be with his
family in Detroit as he had ex
pected. Kelly was brought here Mon
day from the Deer Lodge, Mont.
prison. The marshal! who accom
panied him said Kelly was want
ed ion an auto theft charge here.
: (Turn to Page E, CoL 7)
Radio Gets Swift
Recovery of Auto
Effectiveness of police radio
was demonstrated last night when
a car reported stolen at 9:45 was
recovered within 13 minutes af
ter the notice was broadcast. The
car was the property of Earl
Brunk and was taken from State
and Church streets. It was located
at 14th and D streets.
Three other cars were reported
stolen last night. William F. Mc
Eldowney of Monmouth reported
the theft of a sedan bearing li
cense number 226-681 from the
corner of Chemeketa and Church
streets. -
Leland R. Sackett of Sheridan
reported theft of his car from the
corner of Church and State
streets. The car bore license num
ber 121-726.
A ' car theft was reported to
state police from Stayton. C. H.
Brewer who lost a 1934 Chevro
let sedan.
Hickman, Lying Under
Auto, Is Run Over and
j Sent to Hospital Here
Donald F. Hickman, 210 Mar
ket street, was taken to the Salem
General hospital late last night
suffering from bruises and cuts
on his head and arms. Hickman
was dragged about ieight feet by a
car backing away from the curb,
near Liberty street. He was lying
under the car and Areola R. Smith
route three, Salem, did not see
I him when he started the car.
Call Capitol
Builders Meet
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Capitol Planners
Called Wednesday
Latourette Takes Ball by
Horns, Issues Order to
Meet at 10 a.m.
Acting Governor Howard La
tourette cut the Gordian knot
Wednesday and called the state
capitol reconstruction commission
to assemble and organize Wednes
day at 10 o'clock in the board of
control rooms In Salem. As speak
er of the house he became gover
nor In the absence of Governor
Charles H. Martin and President-of-the-senate
Harry L. Corbett
from the state.
Latourette cam'e to Salem yes
terday afternoon and soon issued
the order, which, will go forward
through the office of the secre
tary of state.
Law Silent on
Call Responsibility
The law creating the commis
sion was silent as to its meeting
for organization. Governor Mar
tin refused to take the Initiative.
It looked for a while as though
Secretary of State Earl Snell
would send out the summons; but
Speaker Latourette as acting gov
ernor has acted.
After the commission meets
and elects its chairman it ylU
then function on Its own power,
determining time and place of
meetings.
Search For Hook
Woman Abandoned
TWIN FALLS, Idaho. Nov. 27.
-jPJ-ConvInced that Mildred
Hook of Tacoma is alive and en
route home. Sheriff E. F. Prater;
late tonight abandoned plans to
drain an irrigation canal near;
Hollister In Jiis search for the;
woman who is sought as a mater-'
ial witness against her former:
husband, Douglas Van Vlack, ac
cused slayer of a state traffic pa
trolman. The 22-year-old woman had;
been traced to , a point about a
half mile north of the canal at
Knull, Idaho, and this according:
to the sheriff, had led him -to be
lieve she had been picked up by
motorists after leaving her for
mer mate as posses closed? in on
the hunted slayer suspect.
' Knull is the center of a thickly!
populated area, south of here.
Van Vlack, captured yesterday,;
was arraigned in probate court
today on a charge of murder. He
waived preliminary hearing and
was held for trial at the next term!
of district court, probably in De-i
cember. - 0
Dairyman Sues Portland
Inspectors, Says Permit
Cancellation Damaging
PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 27.-(tfJJ
Walter H, Anderegg dairyman
entered suit (for. $21,863 against
three city officers. He alleged his
reputation was Injured and hi
business damaged by the cancellaj
tion of his pasteurizing plant per
mit. The permit later was rein
stated in circuit court. (
Named as defendants were City!
Commissioner R. E. Riley, city
Health Officer John G. Abele and
City Milk Inspector Victor G
Morgan.
Seven Hood River High
, Students Face Charges
Of Vandalism at Dalles
HOOD RIVER. Ore., Nov. 27-f
(JPf Seven students of Hood Rivf
er high school lace vandalism
charges at The Dalles. Officers at
that city said $40 damage was
done to the Cherry Park grange
hall near Wasco following
drinking party. The youths will
go to The Dalles Saturday.
$240,000 PWA
Projects For
Salem Okehed
Bids Approved on State
Hospital and Blind
School Projects
More Bids to Be Opened,
Tuberculosis Home,
Hospital Jobs
Two hundred and forty thou
sand dollars worth of new con
struction for Salem was a tidbit
laid on the community's festive
board yesterday by PWA authori
ties who announced in Portland
that bids for the construction of a
girls' dormitory at the ; blind
school and a new building at the
state hospital had been approved.
The dormitory bid accepted was
by Drake, Wyman and Voss, Port
land contractors, and calls for an
outlay of $69,195. The 1935 leg
islature appropriated $50,000 for
the Job and PWA made an addi
tional grant of $31,950. The bid
is well within the moneys avail
able. The state hospital Job calls for
an outlay of $167,726. The award
went to Dougan-Hammond Con-;
struction company which submit-;
ted an alternate proposal within
the range of the $100,000 appro
priated by the legislature and
$81,000 allocated by PWA.
The board of control will meet
here early next week to go
through the formality of award
ing the contracts.
Work to Start
By December 15
PWA has insisted that work
start on the projects by December
15.
Bids for the construction of a
home for nurses at the state tu
berculosis home at The Dalles
were all rejected as they exceeded
the sum allocated by PWA and
the state appropriation.
Bids are yet to be opened for
the construction of a third floor
addition to the main hospital at
the state tuberculosis home here.
Churches to Hold
Thanks Services
Union Worship Service
Starts at 10, First
Methodist Church
Many local churches will offer
special Thanksgiving services to
day, with the annual union wor
ship to be held at 10 o'clock
this morning at the First Meth
odist church, Where Rev. Guy
Drill, pastor of the First Chris
tian church will develop the
theme, "Shall We Give Thanks."
The host church, "with Rev. J. E.
Milligan,' pastor, will supply the
musical features. The union ob
servance Is sponsored by the Min
isterial association.
Concerts to Be
Given Tonight
Two special concerts of
Thanksgiving music will be given
tonight at the First Evangelical
church and at the Knight Mem
orial' church, both commencing at
7:30 o'clock.
Programs in recognition of the
year's bounties will be held at
the American Lutheran church
and at the Immanuel Baptist
church at 10:3o o'clock this
morning. Hour for the Holy Eu
charist service at St. Paul's Epis
(Turn to Page 5, Col. 8)
Council May
Add Park to
Deeding of Willson park to add
seven acres to the state's land
holdings in the center of Salem,
Is being considered by Mayor V. E.
Kuhn and a group of aldermen.
An enabling ordinance may be In
troduced at the next council ses
sion, the deed If given, contains a
clause that the state use the land
In its new capitol project.
The city can only deed the land
subject to the interest of the 20
Willson heirs, who must give their
consent to the. transaction before
the state's title would be complete.
A number of the Willson h'elrs
have Indicated, their willingness
to relinquish all claims to the
tract which Is a residue of the
large Willson! holdings In early
Salem. Several of the heirs have
been reported as unwilling to re
linquish their claims if the state's
use of the land would In any way
mar the present attractive park
grounds.-
"Right Thing To Do,
Says Mayor Kuhn
I "I believe that It would be the
right thing for the city to do".
Mayor Kuhn said yesterday, "Sa
lem should offer all the help pos-
rrison
sangchow; Japan's
Troops Concentrate
Rebels Marching
Fear Open Hostilities Near;
Japs Seize
American
Pilot
at Tientsin Airport; Mongolia,
Manchukuo
(Copyright 1935 by
JENTSIN, Nov. 28. (Thursday) Reports that the Chi-
nege garrisoq at Tsangchow had rebelled and was march
ing: northward aroused Japanese military apprehension
today that the hitherto bloodless autonomy movement might
emerge into open hostilities. i
Japanese advices said 700
Tsangchow, 50 miles south of
the
campaign farther north
government.
RdlRevolt Ended
Bvl Brazil's Guns
j I !
Dozen Rebels Slain When
fierce Battle Rases;
Rio Quiet Now
(Cotrrisfct 1935 t the AaiocUted Prrts)
llO pE JANEIRO, Nov. 27.
Brazil's big guns and bayonets
wipjed but a reckless red revolt
in the heart of her capital defen
ses today, j
The rebellious third Infantry,
making a desperate stand on its
barracks at Prai Vermehla "Red
Beajch"-! beneath the shadow of
faded Sugar Loaf jnountain, sur
rendered only after loyal artil
lery had pounded their stronghold
to pieces and federal Infantrymen
had charged the barracks with
fixejd bayonets.
Dosen Rebels
Said Slain
At least a dozen rebels were
sialyl ; two captains and three sold
iers; of the loyal army were
woiinded.
Tonight, with tw revolts in the
federal! district smashed in one
day and tne laBt of tne northern
insurgents in flight by land, air
and sea, the government apparent
ly bad .the nation
well in hand.
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Santa Gives Last
Call For Letters
I
Hast call!
iiasticall for letters to Santa
Salm youngsters will have only
today and tomorrow in which to
write and mail their letters that
is if they want to mail them In
the; special mailbox which Santa
is feoing to open when he visits
Salem Friday night.
Today the big fereen box will
be at Liberty andi State; tomor
row It )s to be at High and State
until 6 o'clock, when it will be
removed to the courthouse yard.
There, j at 8 o'clock, Santa will
call to collect the mall which
will have accumulated during the
week. I - I
ThejSalera Ad club, which Is
sponsoring Santa's early appear
ancje, wants every boy and girl
to I be (on hand to give him a
rousing welcome.
be
Asked to
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Capitol Site
sible to the capitol commission In
building the new capItoL"
In case a deed Is given by the
city and some of the Willson heirs
refused to release! their Interest,
the) state would be able to con
demn 'Whatever interest they hold.
This would necessitate the pay
ment of damages to the objecting
hefrs. . : I ..
Payment for More
Land IKot Authorized
Should condemnation be neces
sary td foreclose the rights of the
heirs, jt is held doubtful by some
officials whether the state would
hate authority , under the state
capitol reconstruction act to take
the property. The act as passed by
the legislature provided that the
capitol be built on the old site and
allowed the acceptance of dona
tions, but did not provide for pay
ment for taking any additional
land, j .1
The city holds title to the park
property under a deed which pro
vides that Bhould the property
ever be sold or used for any pur
pose oher than a public park, the
title reverts to the heirs of the
donor
Rebels at
Northward
Arouse
Railheads
Molested, Arriving
Confab Bitter
the Associated Press)
Chinese troops revolted at
here, and were trying to join
for secession from the .central
7
TSINAN, Shantung, China, Nov.
28. (Thursday )-(;p)-Japan's mil
itary fists were poised over this
province of 30,000.000 persens to
day as provincial officials out
wardly continued cool toward the
North China autonomy program
threatening to engulf the neigh
boring province of Hopeh and
Chahar.
Seizure of Railway .
Causes Apprehension
Officials here expressed appre
hension at the Japanese troop
concentration at Tientsin and the
virtual seizure of a railhead of the
Tientsln-Pukow railway which
pierces Shantung, i
(Coprricht 1935 hy th AaiooUtrd Tim)
SHANGHAI, Nov. 28-(Thurs-day)-iiP)-Chinese
i reports from
Tientsin, today said Japanese mil
itary authorities took over an air
port there of the China National
Aviation corporation In which
Pan-American Airways is inter
ested and" molested an American
pilot arriving with a plane from
Shanghai.
Officials of the CNAC said they
iad "no Information" of the re
ports that Interference In North
China communications had been
extended to airways.
As Japanese troops streamed,
into north China in apparent sup
port of the autonomy movement
there, a Chinese J spokesman of
the Nanking- government denied
the validity of the Japanese rea
son for virtual severance of the
northern railway system.
Chinese Military i
Preparations Disclaimed
There have been no unusual
Chinese military preparations in
northern , Honan province, the
spokesman insisted, despite Jap- .
anese assertions of Chinese ac
tion. I
TOKYO, Nov. 27-P)-Japaese
sources reported I today that a
Mongolia-Manchukuo conference,
in session for months In an effort
to settle a border incident, had
ended in an atmosphere of hostil
ity. V
The outer Mongolians were ad
vised by soviet Russians and the
Manchukuoana by- Japanese.
Willamette Loses
In Forensic Meet
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 27.-(tf)-The
University-of Southern
California, Linfleld college of Mc
Mlnnville, Ore., and Bakersfield,
Calif., Junior college scored vic
tories in the finals of debating
divisions In the far west forensic
tournament here ( tonight.
Homer Bell and" Arthur Gro
man of U.S.C. won a 3-0 Judges'
decision over Howard' Campbell
and Lawrence Morley of Willam
ette university. 1
. Mary Frances Mulkey and Es
ther Green well, Linfleld co-eds,
scored a 8-0 victory over Pran
ces Embrey and I Kathleen Foal
ger of . College of Pacific la the
women's debate. ;
Jesse Jones and David Gold
berg, representing Bakersftold,
won the junior college division
with a 2-1 verdict over Edward
Radke and Homer Hamner of
Glendale. I
. Toiler Brown and Dale Fuller
of Denver , university and Bert
Nichols of Redlands university
tied for first jjlace todf.y In the
finals of the men's oratory divi
sion of the far western forensic '
tournament. .
O-W Name Changed
MARSHFIELDj Ore., Nov. 27
(,p)Walter Chiene, manager of
the Coos Bay branch of the Ore
gon-Washington j Water Service
company, said today all properties
of the company hereafter, would
operate under the name of the
People's Water and Gas company.