02EG0N STATESMAN, SalexaOregon; Friday Morning' February 21, 1936
btayton
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Chambers Fears Supplies
For Power in' Peril;
Rights Are Gted
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antics proposal mads by Mr. Gard
a,4r several weeks go to the Sa
le in eity eooaeil and 'water com
etflsslon, merited careful coaslder
stjoa. Cruder tkis jprosowd .Salem's Ja
tk arould be about the same Jis
ttce above Stayton as is sow pro
posed, but the water would come
ffpm gravel beda on the; island
irMca divides the Saatlam at this
point, aad. according to Mr. Gard
ner's . statement would be spring
ter. real mountain water com
iag down Irom the blaff on the
south a!de of the rirer, known as
Kephart's bluff. Vrota this Waff
ridge runs directly to the moan
til n with no swampy low .places
intervening, the local man says.
si Some of the chamber of com
merce directors aald that even If,
as the Salem councilmen seem to
fear, this island Jinpply would not
i to adequate to that city's future
seeds, it could be utilized wltli
additional water from the main
stream if necessary, and would be
better water and more acceptable
tpt- those people in Salem who in
Ut on mountain water.
Better Water and
3TO Dispute, Argued
- '"In any event, it vas declared.
H Salem could use the water
which seeps Into the south. chaa-
nel near the island, it would ob
viate any eontest with the Gard
ner Interests, as this water in the
south channel Is not now used for
sny purpose until it reaches the
Willamette.
, Mr. Gardner has said that if Sa
lem selected the North Santiam as
ts source, adjudication proceed
ings in the courts would be neces
sary, as' his rights hare been es
tablished for many years.
The Call Board
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Today O'Neill's "Ah WU-
denies" with fire stars.
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Buck's "Fang and Claw"
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Ralph Bellamy in Ban-
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Beery is a good-natai-ed drunkard so the culmination of their ro
mance is delayed until late in life.
$60 Pension Plea
Of Senator Borah
NEW MEADOWS. Idaho. Feb.
29. -OF)- Senator William E. Bo
rah acknowledged la a letter made
public ihere tonight that he ts
aware his rejection of the Town
send old age pension jlan "will
likely defeat" him if he seeks re
election next fall for a sixth term
in the United States senate.
"I am well aware that my po
sition will be disappointing to
many -friends which I deeply re
gret," the senator wrote. "There
are thousands and hundreds of
thousands of old people in dire
need of assistance-.
"If they are ever to hare a .pen
sion they must hare it within a
reasonably short time or It will
do them no -good.
"My riew Is that we should pass
as speedily as possible, and if all
pension supporters get behind It
we can pass it at this session a
bill which would proTide a S60
month, -not less than $50. in any.
event, for -these old people.
Milne Goes Free,
Extortion Charge
NEW YORK. Feb. 20. -Young
Caleb Milne 4th went free
today of any charges growing out
of the hoax kidnaping of himself
he perpetrated for publicity last
December.
Charges of extortion against
the actor, member of a socially
prominent Philadelphia family,
were dropped when a federal
grand jury returned no indict
ment. U. S. Attorney Lamar Hardy
said bail of $6,500 posted for his
temporary freedom would be discontinued.
Hoffman Insists
Case Not Solved
TRENTON. N. J., Feb. 20.-()
-Gorernor Harold G. Hoffman
said tonight the failure of Sam
uel S. Leibowltx, New York at
torney, to "get something" from
Bruno Richard Hauptmann con
rinced him "more than ever" that
the Lindbergh kidnaping case was
unsolved. -
A futile attempt to wring a
death h o a te confession from
wanprmann py . stamping on his i
ueaui uifinu
electric chair -sraarmade yester
day,, it was disclosed today. -
Through the eyes of Leibbwlts
the condemned, man ."saw" the
chair, ixjpaces front cell No. t
and just beyond the little door
which leads to the execution
chamber.
Hauptmann paled, the person
who described the episode of the
interview said, and his hands re
vealed his nervous state of mind.
But scared as he obviously was,
he did not change 'the story he
has told since his arrest. And In
a short time he recovered his
calm.
iiairy uomoing
Deep Mystery
Police HaVe Good ' Clues
Bat WonHTeUVThem; '
Not Labor Trouble
Count is About Even in
Japanese Election; Fete
Definite Results' Known
TOKYO, Feb. 21.-(Friday)-
, The Minseito party, supporting
the government of Premier Kol
suke Okada, and the Selsukai par
ty, opposing the government, ap
parently were running about ev&n
in early scattering returns today
from Japan's national election oZ
yesterday.
The counting of ballots was ex
pected"' to be completed tonight in
S2 election districts, which have
239 seats In. parliament. Results
from the remaining 60 districts,
with 227 seats, probably will be
known tomorrow night.
Beeches, Former Home
- Of Coolidge, For Sale
Along With Furniture
NORTHAMPTON, "Mass,, Feb.
2&.-(j!p)-The Beeches, snacious
Northampton estate where former
President Calvin Coolidge spent
the last years of his life, is for
sale. '
Ralph W, Hemenway, attorney
for Mrs. Coolidge and one-time
law partner of the late president,
said today Mrs. Coolidge would
sell not only the estate but such
of the furniture as she would not
need herself.
Victor Metcalf Dies
OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 20-'
(dP)-Vietor H. Metcalf, 82, sec
retary of commerce and labor
and secretary of the navy under
President Theodore Roosevelt,
died today, from the infirmities
of age.
Jim McLeod Winner
TACOMA, Feb. 20.-P)-Jimmy
McLeod, 136, Tacoma, won by a
decision over Paul Smith, 135,
also of Tacoma in a six round box
ing bout here tonight.
Osaka-Kobe Area
Has Sharp Quake
OSAKA, Japan, Feb. 21-(Fri-day
)-()-A strong earthquake
shook thee Osaka-Kobe district
today and reserves of police and
fireme were mobilized to fight
fires, which broke out in 12
places, and to prevent a panic.
Three persona were known to
have been 'killed and several
houses were reported to have
collapsed in the quake which
occurred at 10:57 a. m.
Electric wires were broken in
the city. The Osaka stock ex
change suspended business tem
porarily, but later the session
was resumed.
Osaka's three known dead were
chimney sweeps, shakeen from
tall smokestacks.
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producers, sasociation, . scouted
the dissatisfied member theory,
saying- onltwo customers out of
16$ dnrta ths ssr year lisd
shown . "any dissatisfaction.
M. 1. Mrohs, explosive Inspec
tor oiftni T department" of labor
and Industrie -saWHlis exploslTe
whlelai ie belleedVo be 'dynamite!
bwreeirT,Jtn mHkea
near the "sanitary dairy refrigera
tor. Damage to the two concerns
was estimated by owners at be
tween $30,000 and $40,000 with
only $,000 Insurance being car
ried by the sanitary firm and
the building owner.
Demo Ex-Official
Figures in Probe
WASHINGTON, Feb. 10.-(JF)-
The senate munitions investiga
tion closed a twenty-month run as
the capital's foremost show to
night -with a .final curtain disclo
sure that for the value of his po
litical Influence, the,, aircraft in
dustry retained O. Max Gardner,
a former democratic national com
mitteeman, as its counsel.
This development capped a re
luctant tale by three collectors of
old but not too old machine
guns, Teveatn.how.-fhese and
other firearms are bought, by the
pound from the army, recondition
ed, and sold to 45outh American
set olutionkts 4tr e ifovern-
In addition the -final day's tes
timony included evidence that
some airplane manufacturers are
accustomed- to paying "squeeze"
money ltf llla--thir psoduct
abroad; that this Is necessary if
their proposals are even to re
ceive the consideration of govern
ment officials.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 20.-(p-A
broadhint that President Roose
velt might submit his tax program
to congress next week coincided
I tonight with a treasury report of
January revenue reflecting con
tinued business gains. -
Ordinary Internal revenue col-
rlectiona last month jumped $38,-
626,126 over January, 1133, al
though the shut-off of processing
taxes through the supreme court's
AAA decision brought a net drop
of $10,600,000.
While the White House remain
ed silent on .progress of the broad
study ordered Into possible gov
ernment savings as well as sourc
es of new revenue, congress was
given the hint of action next week.
Representative Tread way (R
Mass), ranking minority member
of the ways and means commit
tee, had remarked in the house
that the tax bill probably v.ould
be dumped In the legislators' lap
at the end of the session.
"vHe was interrupted by Repre
;sentatfve 'Bankhead of ' Alabama,
ahe" majority leader, wbo asked,
possibly significantly : - j
:Would the gentlemen be sur
prised we had a tax bill up here
juMef consideration- next week ?
Boston Financier
Sued by Ex-Star
NEW YORK, Feb. 20-(-Frederick
H. Prince, Sr., Boston
financier, was sued for $100,000
today by Florence Walton, dan
cer and wartime Broadway star.
Miss Walton, now the wife of
Pierre Colombier, Freench mo
tion picture director, charges
Prince with failing to keep a
promise to reimburse her for
losses inenrred throngh invest
ments allegedly made on his rec
ommedation. She also charges he promised
her, but neglected to pay, $100,
000 for the world rights to her
autobiography if she would write
it.
Counterfeit Ring
Members Traced
Ripe Watermelon Gets
Limelight at Roseburg
ROSEBURG, Ore.. Feb. 20-P)
Most of Oregon had quite a bit
of trouble with sleet and snow to
day. But in the Umpqua valley
Stanford Buell and Harold Ruse
brought the Roseburg chamber of
commerce a ripe, full-fledged watermelon.
Portland Selected
RIVERSIDE, Calif., Feb. 20-(iP)-The
grand board of managers
of tbe Neighbors of Woodcraft, a
fraternal .organization, today se
lected Portland, Ore., as location
for the order's. 1937 convention.
The announcement was made by
Mrs. Minnie Hiner, grand guar
dian. ;
Hood River Wins
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 2Q-JP)
'-The Hood River high school
basketball team defeated Cblum
bV. Prep of Portland 26 to IS
here tonight. Hood Riveer led at
half time 12 to 6. - -
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BUCK JONES
In "ROARJ jsr
SAN QUENTIN, Calif., Feb. 20.
(JP) State prison board member
A. R. O'Brien of Ukiah announced
tonight names of three more con
victs allegedly involved in Saa
Quentin's counterfeit "ring."
They are Robert La Mar, Thom
as Gounis, and Bernard Kert, all
of Los Angeles. La Mar and Gou
nis are serving terms for robbery;
Kert for grand theft.
O'Brien's statement climaxed a
day-long session of the prison di
rectors, at which Jake Lewis, an
other convict, was grilled several
hours. O'Brien named Lewis as
the ringleader and instigator" of
the bogus money plot.
Walla Walla Worried;
Too Well Known For Its
Prison, Not For Wheat
SPOKANE, Feb. 20-OTVCtvic-
spirited former Walla Wallans
told the world heretonight that it
irks them to have the state peni
tentiary and the verdant south
eastern Washington "wheat cap
ital" view synonomously.
Roosevelt Scheduled to r
Talk Sunday Night Upon
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, urotherhood Day Topic
WASHINGTON, Feb. XOnCffV-'
President , Rooserelt win - talk
briefly orer "the air from his Hyde
Park, New York, home on Sunday
night at t p. m., (Eastern Stan
dard Urns) as a part of the ob
servance of brotherhood day spon
sored by the national . conference
of Jews and Christians,.
. Two more speeches ars planned
by the president later, one at
Temple-university next Saturday
audTllie other la'April at a JefferT1
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BanksNof
Aiding FHA Plan
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 20.-P)
A lively controversy as to wheth
er the federal housing administra
tion needs to "sell" lumbermen or
"sell" the banks on the subject of
20-year government loans result
ed from an address today by Clif
ford C. Anglim of San Francisco,
district director of the FHA.
Anglim, in speaking at the 33rd
annual convention of the Western
Retail Lumbermen's association,
told the group long-term loans
were devised "to give a decent
man a decent chance to own a de
cent home."
C. J. Clause of Lakeview, Ore.,
interrupted long enough to say,
"you're talking to the wrong
group. You should sell the banks
the idea, not us."
Anglim was told by other dele
gates that California banks are
among the; Jtew in the country
which have accepted whole-heartedly
the long-term loan plan.
Ice Blockade Breaking
BONNEVILLE, Ore., Feb. 20 -(P)-Rising
temperatures and the
forecast that snow will give way
to rain indicated ton,ight that the
ice blockade in the Columbia river
may break up in a few days.
Last Times Today
2 Features
Ralph Bellamy in
"Dangerous Intrigue
and
"One Way Ticket
with Lloyd Nolan
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