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PAGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Saturday Mornuigv December zi, fascist Killer Spurns Peace Believe Sanctions Fail ; Britain .Has Pledges of Help in Need (Continued from page 1) v troops, ships and airplanes took on added significance as Inform ed Parisians said France was ready to defend both iierself and Great Britain If there Is a Euro pean "war. .. -"Swarthy Pierre Laval, the French premier who helped write the . discredited Anglo - French peace proposals, prepared to stake the life of his cabinet on a pol icy ef keeping out of war with Italy. International observers In Gen eva suggested that the league council, meeting" again next month, consider asking member ., .m 9n Mm.Af "Annt rfKii i inn d to uphold the league covenant. Whether such a request would be made was doubtful, but it was plainly possible under the league's enabling act. Rome's fascists, apart from a "sanctlonist" world, thought sanc tions were dying; that they need only crush Ethiopia to make their own terms for peace. II Duce's planes ' bombed the scattering segments of an Ethjo plan army which gave fierce bat tle earlier in the week, in northern Africa. His Askaris native Eri trean troops wildly celebrated their Takkaze river victory at the cost of hundreds of lives on both sides. A more recent and "lively" bat tle. 25 miles south of Makale, was reported at Rome to have resulted in an Italian victory. i Possible Water Sources Viewed "To et an idea of the lay of the land," Mayor V. E. Kunn and three councllmen accompanied Cuyler Van Patten, city water de partment manager, on a tour of proposed Santiam water supply sites yesterday) afternoon. They in spected the North Santiam river a short distance above Staytoj and at Gates and the Little North Fork of the Santiam above Mehama. The party made the trip, the mayor said last night, "to get an idea of the lay of the land so we could endeavor to figure some way by which we could go up there with a supply line without its cost ing too much money." Aldermen Merrill D. Ohling and Walter Fuhrer went along. A Home Owned Ttaer P O&LYVQOl t'ontinttoua Performance Today 5PM.10C Two Features Ken Maynard I "SILK HAT r, in I KID" with "WKHTKHN I Lew Ayres FRONTIER I Mae Clarke Cartoon Comedy Universal News and Chapter Two of Serial, BUCK JONES in "THE ROARING WEST" Sunday, Monday and Tuesday tR K X -r w te d use MltDII BAKTHOIQMEW A nrtv PIrd OAK IB livid VfLn mm & r ..m MX 2 Miles North of Independence Music by Harry IVeielv sr Orchestra Admission 25c CHUBS RHYTHM MASTERS Greetings From Mickey ami Minnie wish everyone a Merry Christinas! They will cele brate the Tuletide season with a special program at the Klsinore Mickey Mouse club matinee today at 1 o'clock. Wire News J old Briefly Associated Press Incased Wire Service Over Dozen Deaths Caused by Midwest Cold Wave CHICAGO, Dec. 20. -(-Winter moderated its- grip on the ! snow-mantled middle northwestern states tonight after extend ing a barrage of Ice, drifts and biting winds over most of the na tion. Upwards of a dozen deaths, chiefly the result of treacher ous pavements, scores of traffic accidents, and heavy demands on shelter and charity of organizations marked the cold wave's wake. . Christmas Travel Heaviest in Several Years NEW YORK. Dec. 20.-(jF)-Transportatlon lines over most of the eastern section of the nation were mobilizing everything but the office rocking chair today to handle what is anticipated as the greatest Christmas travel rush in years. Criminal Insane Plot Break but are Thwarted UKIAH, Calif., Dec. 20.-A)-A wholesale escape plot, which might have liberated 300 dangerous inmates from the Mendocino home for the criminally insane, was thwarted by discovery of the four ringleaders. Dr. It. A. Cushman, superintendent, an nounced today. Dr. Cushman said the men were planning an "in ' surrection" but that it was broken up and the men transferred to San Quentiu prison. Mercy Killing is Followed by Suicide BEDFORD, la., Dec. 20.-(P)-Convinced his 16-year-old son, Ray, could never recover from the effects of a brain tumor. Wil liam Reed. 50, Athelston, Iowa, farmer, fatally shot the boy as he slept today and then ended his own life. Two Killed in Crash on Icy Pavement ' TACOMA. Dec. 20.-()-Mr. and Mrs. George P. Main of Olympia were killed and two men were injured in a head-on col lision between two cars on the Pacific highway near Fort Lewis tonight. The injured were Nils Lovsren, unemployed of Tacoma and Trig Nelson, 25, of Gertrude, Wash. The pavement was ex tremely icy. Two Fire Alarms Close Together But Loss Slight Two series of blasts from the city hall fire siren round 5 o' clock last night set necks to cran ing as the citizenry looked for downtown flames that failed te appear. The first . alarm, at 4:50 p. m., was for a small blaze in the Hawthorne Court apartments. 1000 North Capitol street, and the second, at 5:10, was reported as from 266 South Church street. Firemen foand no sign of fire at the latter address and the big ladder truck, a pumper and a chemical truck were sent back to Central itation. The apartment house fire, As sistant Chief William Iwan re ported, was caused by a steam fur nace which had been permitted to grow dry. He did not believe the losa would be great. A small hole was burned through the basement ceiling. Postoff ice Open All Day, Planned The Salem postoffice service windows will be kept open all day today to accommodate Christmas mailing, which is exceeding that of last year in volume, Postmaster Henry R. Crawford announced last night. The usual closing hour The Gall Board ELSIXORE Today Joan Blondell In "Miss Pacific Fleet." GIUXD Today "Bad Boy" James Dunn. with CAPITOL Today Doable bill. Dick Powell in "Broadway Gon dolier", and "Frisco Wat erfront" with Ben Lyon. HOLLYWOOD Today Double b 11 1, Ken Maynard in j "Western Frontier" and "Silk Hat Kid" with Lew Kyres. STATE Today William Boyd in "Hop-a-long Cassidy." KENTI HALL Kent! is Heated HAUNTED Mill Saturday, Dec 21 i Featuring Helen Smith "Entertainer with Famous'Mice of noon has been set back to 6 p.m. Yesterday's letter mail alone at 7:30 p.m. had amounted to 58, 473 pieces, in addition to a full carload of parcels, the postmas ter said. The Salem ortice now has 40 extra clerks and carriers em ployed to handle the Chistruas rush. Collins Named On State "Ag" Board Governor Martin on Friday ap pointed R. A. Collins of Hood Riv er, a member of the state board of agriculture to succeed the 'late J. O. Holt of Eugene. Collins is a successful pear and apple grower and lives in the Dee section of the Hood River valley. He will represent horticulture on the board. Collins has served as a director of the Hood River Apple Growers' association and is a member of the Hood River mort gage adjustment board. The annual meeting of the state agricultural board will be held in Salem today. Obituary Ellis Maria J. Ellis, 75, died at the Woo dburn hospital W e d n e s day night, December 18. Late resident of East Cleveland street. Survived by widower, Wil liam O of Taft and three sons, Morton G. of Canby, William of Taft and Floyd of Otis, Ore.; six grandchildren and two great grandchildren. Funeral ser vices Saturday, December 21, at 1:30 p.m., at the Methodist church in "alias under direction Salem mortuary. Interment in I. O. O. F. cemetery al Dallas. MIDNIGHT SHOW TTw Dug HUGH WALPOLE WROTE THIS THRILLER! Xow a screen entertainment that will hold yon spellbound to the thrilling climax! le"MAcMAHON L RATHBONE. AND HIT A Western Range Ace Tangles with a Bad Alan's Greed E AUTREV Last i FRISCO Times iiujw Today WATERFRONT Health Survey To Spread Qut Canvassers to . Reach New District in Few Days; May Augment Crew House-to-house -visitors for the United States public health serv ice survey which opened here two weeks ago under the direction of Dr. F. Howard Kurtz probably will extend the canvass to a new district next week, the director said yesterday. To date they have been making home visits in the area north of Market street and west of Broadway to the. city limits. With few exceptions, house holders have received the can vassers favorably and given the information sought as to preva lence and nature of disabling ill nesses and chronic diseases. Facts gleaned from the survey. Dr. Kurtz reiterated, are to be kept absolutely confidential and indi vidual case reports will never be revealed, he asserted. Completion of the survey throughout the United States will be followed by compilation of data gathered in statistical form for the use of health departments and the med ical profession. The nresent crew of 12 home visitors, wl have obtained more than 200 interviews in the north west Salem area, probably will be enlarged next week. Several more workers have been under going training at the survey of fice, rooms 23-4 Breyman block Credentials Given To forestall the possibility of unauthorized persons represent ing themselves as being U. S health service enumerators, each worker has been provided with a letter of authority from Surgeon General Hugh S. Cummings and will submit it to each person vis ited, Dr. Kurtz said. The text of this letter, which is printed on United States government bonded paper with the official water mark, Includes the following: "By authority of the Surgeon General, the bearer has been des ignated an enumerator for a Na tional Health Survey. "The questions contained in this schedule have been planned after months of careful study to get the most valuable information with least expenditure of your time, information believed to be of great value in planning na tional health improvement. Your cooperation in answering ques tios will be appreciated by the Surgeon General. "Information communic a t e d will be held strictly confidential, used to prepare statistics, but not associated with your Iden tity. (Signed) "Dr. F. Howard Kurtz, "Local supervisor." Drunken Driving Charge Admitted (Contlnned from Page 1) pleaded guilty to a drunken driv ing charge. By paying the fine Boley obtained suspension of a 30-day jail sentence. His driver's license was revoked for the re quired one-year period. Boley was arrested near Center and Commercial streets at 2:30 a. m. yesterday after his automobile had run out of gasoline. Five dollar fines for speeding were paid yesterday by Al Lewis Bohl, Roseburg; Walter Bishop, Portland; Lee A. Chappell, Mil waukie, and Lynn Leone Hatch, Portland. Speeding charges were booked against Charlotte E. Watson, Brooks route one; Vern W. Harms, 2455 State street, and Lloyd Ryan Porter, 581 High land avenue. Three motorists paid 11 each for parking overtime. Fairgrounds Work Approved by PWA A $25,7S2 project for new con struction and repairs at the state fairgrounds received the approval of district WPA officials here STARTS SUNDAY TONIGHT 11:30 ETeatJoaiFGG J NO. 2 lTT-k A TVWT 4 V- is lyswjtvu wai GONDOLIER" Mickey Mouse dub Notes M.M.C. ' A finance book on my left, and a 1 journalism book to my right. Mute testimony that I shouldn't even attempt tojfcJ? "dash" thla co!- ty nmn off. Ton If ... . r see, it's ia? dreaded final exam week at the V. of O. By this time yon gaze through these notes the exams will ' have finished me. M.M.C. STILL, one of r mornings, I ll J J ite an edi-f lt.l& ljX these 111 write t o r I a 1 On the Zam benefits derived from a college ed ucation. M.M.C. WE'RE always interested in the success of an ex-member of the "Gang". -Was in town early last week -or probably wouldn't have seen "Boots" Grant sweeping the steps that lead you to KSLM. Be tween sweeps, "Boots" announces. i M.M.C. NOW a letter from a woman criticixing me for commercializing on Major -Bowes' recent wave of popularity. She says, "Can't you be original, and not present ama teur talent." In replying, all I can say is, "Lady, the Mickey Mouse club has been presenting and instructing in amateur talent for six years, and two months, while .Major Bowes' reign has been comparatively short." Maybe Major Bowes heard one of our programs. M.M.C. ONE twenty-five p. m., over the radio, and on the stage of the El sinore, the winners of the "home made" Mickey Mouse Christmas card contest will be announced. You have until then to get yonrs in. First prize is a beautiful wrist watch. M.M.C. SUCH applause one rarely bears. And it was directed en tirely at Norman Worden, student of the Salem blind school, who completely "stole the show" with his fine singing voice, last Satur day. Other .entertainers were Muriel Holmes, Lorraine Strawn, Phyllis Hatley, "Chuck" Bier, Bob Lorenz, Ralph Branch, Herman Domogolla. Glenn Burright, Mar guerite Mosier, Donald Lewis, Shirley Jean Adamson, Jerry Cat tew, Patty Meisinger, Patty , Jen ny, and special entertainment by Santa Claus, in his own inimita ble way. M.M.C. OF the fifty-two Saturdays In a year don't miss today's Mick ey Mouse show. Xmas" songs by the entire audience valuable Xmas gifts-a Christmas program by, pupils of Barbara Barnes, and the "Gang" Santa Claus--chap-ter seven of serial Tim McCoy in "Dawn Trail," and Joan Blon dell, Glenda Farrell. Allen Jenk ins, and Hugh Herbert in "Miss Pacific Fleet." M.M.C. WISHING you the biggest, best and happiest Christmas you've ev er had. So long, "ZOLLIE". yesterday. The application was immediately sent on to state WPA headquarters at Portland for transmission to Washington, D.C. The project calls for erection of a new administration building with stucco-covered brick walls to replace the old wooden structure razed last summer, for addition of 32 new boxes to complete the seating circle around the horse show stadium and for miscellan eous repairs to the stadium, the agricultural and the textile build ings. Cost to the state fair adminis tration is estimated at $10,282. A small drain tile and water main project for Fairview home costing the state $1189 and the WPA $833 also was aproved yesterday. Midnight f y Show S'Zi0 i ssw -: . Tonigh, yyJ 00 ft f. rNl y best!,.. And it's romance that f sccths with drama..! A ANN DV On A K MAYO METHOT CARTON Mac LANE A A WARNER BROS. P FIRST NATIONAL sft A 1 25S5 t- I A V .1- ; , Ui.. T-W SfcL. Homecoming Held By Honor Society Three past presidents and 35 other : alumni attended the first homecoming banquet sponsored by the Salem high school chapter of the National Honor society in the .school library, last nights Suc cess of the banquet meant It doubtless would be made an an nual event. Assistant Principal E. W. Tavenner said. . This year's president. Dean El lis, as toastmaster called upon Alan Baker, Lois Burton and Jun ior Kelson, past presidents, .for short talks. Other speakers in cluded Superintendent S.v Gaiser, Principal Fred D. Wolf, Mr. Tav enner, Professor J. C. Nelson and Miss Beryl Holt, faculty member. Alumni members .present, in cluded Alan Baker, Phil Brown ell, Margaret Doege, Julia John son. Helen Purvlne, Martha Sprague, Eleanor Trindle, Esther Wirt, Rachel Yocom, Lola Burton, Ed Farrington, Cornelia Hulst, Carolyn Hunt. Roberta McGilch rist, Irma Oehler, Marjorie Saf ford, Ronald Saunders, Betty Tay lor, Tat sura Yada, Ralph Yeater, Jean Anunsen, Jack Bllllter, Em ma Cole, Don Coons, Earl Crabb, Betty Dotson. Flavia Downs, Ray Drakley, Cora Edgell, Margaret Gillette, Ernest Greenwood, Bar bara Kurtz, Junior Nelson, Jane Patton. Dick Smith. William ,TJt ley and Clarice Kolbe. 1 Girls' Dormitory Work Is Started Workmen started Friday to break ground for the new girls' dormitory at the state school for the blind here. The firm of Drake, Winneman and Voss, Portland, has the contract at the figure of $9,195. Plans are that the dormitory will be dedicated as Irvine hall, in honor of B. F. Irvine of Portland. Members of the Lions club will be in charge of the dedication. Ir vine is an honorary member of the Portland Lions. Lions clubs of Oregon are rais ing a fund for completion of land scaping the blind school campus, and to this end have already more than $300 on hand. The fund is to be matched by a similar contribution from the state. For the Salem Lions club, Wallace Bonesteele is in charge of this ac tivity, one of the main projects of the club this year. Plans are that a full size Lion statue will set on the landscaped grounds, prob ably near the fountain site. Trindle Asks For Burk Case Probe (Continued from page 1) "Inasmuch as you at one time attempted to designate Roy Hew itt as special prosecutor for the purpose of handling these cases, it is my desire that Mr. Hewitt be legally empowered to conduct this investigation if he will accept such appointment," Trindle wrote. "I am therefore directing this letter to inform you that I am ready and willing to appoint Mr. Hewitt or any other attorney you may wish to designate as a spe cial deputy district attorney for the purpose of handling the two matters resubmitted by Judge Wil son to the grand jury as well as any other investigation which you may desire to make concerning the Marion county sheriff's office. "Both Mr. Page and myself stand ready and willing to render assistance to any person you may designate for the purpose of han dling this inquiry," Trindle wrote. Watche, Clocks and Jewelry carefully and honestly repaired yL. G. PRESCOTT Jeweler 234 N. Church St. Member Townsend Clab No. 1 Starts Sunday Salem Ad Qub Postoffice Box 165 i Enter my name in the 1935 Christmas outdoor illumination contest; I wish to participate in the prize contest. - - . - I Name ' - Address Telephone Water Service to Suburb Requested (Continued from Page 1) himself should pay for a four-inch slderoad line he asked for leading from the proposed Garden road main. The commission informally de cided that its own rules should apply to minimum charges on two and three family houses receiv ing water through a single meter. In such cases the minimum monthly charge per meter will ap ply in these cases; the old water company had set up the minimum charge for each family. Van Pat ten said the decision would affect 44 double and one triple houses. To set up its financial report ing with the calendar year, the commission authorized an audit of operations since the city took orer the water system with a $50 limit on the cost. Manager Van Patten said the audit probably also would reveal bookkeeping changes that would prove econ omical Of time and money. Suicide Theory Is Held inToddGise turned on the motor of chat car." Police investigation of the case was dropped tonight. Capt. Bert Wallis of the homicide detail and captain of detectives Joe Taylor said. They had conferred on all the evidence uncovered' and be lieved Mis Todd's death was acci dental. This decision placed the Los Angeles police department in agreement with the report of County Autopsy Surgeon A. F. Wagner, and the coroner's Jury who found the actress died of monoxide poison, "apparently ac cidentally." Ayre Secretary-Manager For Highicay Association Organization of the Oregon-Pacific Highway association was fur thered here yesterday with the appointment of C. A. Ayre as secretary-manager of the organiza tion. Ayre, a newspaperman, formerly was a resident of San Francisco. He removed to Oregon last year, and this fall served as secretary of the Salem capitol committee. The association seeks to Improve the Pacific ' highway and to secure additional travel thereon, Ayre will mak: his headquar ters in this city. Starts SUNDAY - '2gHS!Z. m. A PERFECT CHRISTMAS TREAT! "God Bless Us Everyone Said Tiny Tim DICKF.X8 PREFACE TO S ', -' i . J TO S SCROOGE" V- lM I have endeavored In this ghostly little book, to raise the Ghost of an Idea, which shall not pat my read-1 era ontof humour with themselves. V with each other, with the with me. Slay It haunt their houses pleasantly, and no one wish to lay It. Their faithful friend and servant, Charles Dickens. December. "A CHIUSTA1AS C&Gl'f&f & CHARLES DICKENS ' J A Panmomt IUImm with SIR SEYMOUR HICKS DONALD CALTHROP FIRST RUX SPECIAti -Walt Disney's Silly Symphony In Color I "3 ORPHAN KITTENS' ALSO LATEST ISSUE Law and Dramatic Honoraries Pledge Willamette's national honorary law and dramatic fraternities Fri day announced their annual in duction and pledging of students. Formally Initiated Ito Delta Theta Phi, law organization, were Jack Simpson, Condon; Thome Hammond. Portland, and Howard Connor, Salem. Pledges to the law body in cluded McArthur Proebatel, Port land; Talbot Bennett, Milwaukie; Malcolm Jones, Jacksonville; Werner Brown and Charles. Helt zel, Salem, and Herman Estes, White Salmon, Wash.' Theta. Alpha Phi, dramatic so ciety, accepted the pledge of only three students. They were Con stance : Smart, Salem senior; Mar garet i Faxon, Portland sopho more, I and William McKInney, Wascoi junior. Misa Smart was recommended for her work In last year's Jun ior class play. Miss Faxon was recommended for her handling of the lead in the 193 4 homecom ing play, and McKInney for suc cessful management of this year's Theta presentation of "The Late Christopher Bean;" i lOfft. lIV S : "i im : r . i PLAYING ' TODAY ONLY 1 m - fx .. 4 William BOYD - Jimmy ELLISON Paula STONE -George HAYES I " (' I. season, or ' .1 "3IARCH OF TIME" til 9 1 IV J
