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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Saturday Mornuigv December zi,
fascist Killer
Spurns Peace
Believe Sanctions Fail ;
Britain .Has Pledges
of Help in Need
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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.
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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"
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Music by
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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
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HUGH WALPOLE WROTE THIS THRILLER!
Xow a screen entertainment that will hold yon spellbound
to the thrilling climax!
le"MAcMAHON
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AND HIT
A Western Range Ace Tangles with a Bad Alan's Greed
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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