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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (May 20, 1936)
Controlled Output CooTpsrativs l imsnm H rvrrimi'OTr Farmers Union Convention On Hundreds Attend Session at Mt. Angel; Leaders . In Mo verhent Heard (Continued from pas 1) makers: Mayor Joseph Bercb tol of Mt. Angel, who welcomed tb convention to the ."city ol cooperation and unity;; Ernest m ... - t a a - m a ' . . erner, presmew 01 ine Marion eonnty farmers Union; L, H. Mc Be of ; Dallas, past president of the state Farmers Union, who reviewed some of the accomplish ments of past conventions, and Solon T, White, state director of agriculture, who told of changes made in inspection methods In his department to effect greater economy. Two More Days of Contention Ahead "' The conrention will be In ses sion Wednesday and Thursday, with Mr. Talbot to speak at the annual banqnet Wednesday night. AH sessions and contention meals re held in St. Mary's school aa- : dJtoriam and dining room,; re spectively. Today the Marlon county t Farmers Union ) women erred an excellent luncheon to the entire assembly present at the open session this morning. The Call Board GRAND " Today-Gary Cooper In rtanria f.n tn Town ' Mr. Saturday "The Mine with . the Iron Door" with Rich- ard Arlen. ' ' ' ELSIXORE S i Todi y -"Petticoat Fever" with Myrna Loy. 1 r i CAPITOL ( ... ! Today Double bill bene Stratton Porter's "The Harrester'' and Gene Aut- ry in "The Singing Cow- boy". : ". ' . i HOLLYWOOD Today Jeanette McDonald in "Rose Marie". i Thursday Doable bill, George O'Brien In "Whis- pering Smith Speaks" and "Guard That Girl' with Robert Allen. i STATE. Today Double hill, Cecil B. DeMill's "The Cm- sades" and "Notorious But Nice" with Marion Marsh. Saturday only Charles Star- ret In "The Gallant De- fender. j j I Against a background of ice bound Labradoc, Robert Mont gomery and Myrna Loy are enact ing on eof the funniest comedies erer screened, in the new Metro Gold wyn-Mayer picture, "Petti coat Fever," now at the Elsinore theatre. ; ,. ' Adapted from the stage hit of the same name, the ' story ! con cerns wireless operator-who is so lonely that he holds prisoner two fliers, a beautiful young girl nd her male companion, whom he rescues from the Arctic night. . Reginald Owen heads the! fea tured cast, as the blustery Eng lishman, whose bride-to-be Is inatched away from under his rery nose. . a. 1. Cn A JtoOvcs! Ttater r i JO&feWQOl Mi MATINEE 2 P. M. NIGHT 7 & 9 P, M. XOTICE! NO FAMILY NIGHT TONIGHT "ROSE . ) .... , Thursday, Friday and Saturday TWO FEATURES FAMILY NIGHT THURSDAY NIGHT- MOM, POP & UNMARRIED KIDS - -h"ti -ill J r4 J . ..5 I I m 1 1 i A j i f u . ' a aif Tonight the Farmers' frolic drew largo crowd. Before the closed session was conrened this i after noon, pupils of St. Mary's school presented a pleasing musical pro gram. - - , . - Both morning and afternoon sessions Wednesday will fee clos ed, with the anticipation that considerable disensslon will be glren to the present federal, soil conserration program. Wednes day afternoon the unique "march of progress" parade will be held. President Potts, in his annual message this afternoon,' declared the Oregon movement has enjoy ed n fine growth both in mem bership and benefits derived from' the different activities. j : "A militant organization "with sleeres rolled up and. a gleam In the eye is the only sort of more ment which may hope to demand and secure -.cost of production for farm products and i ft preferred seat at the council table of com merce," he told the Oregon mem bers. ... Potts said the state central warehouse in Salem started the year with capital stock of $700 and transacted J 8 0,000 worth of business through cash sales' and requisitions. S. B. Holt, state secretary and manager of the Salem .warehouse, reported a 50.6 per cent gain in membership during the year, with four new locals organized. H. Jurgeaaon, state president of the Washington-Idaho Fanners Union, is an honored guest for the conrention. Methodist Pastor And Wife Honored The birthdays of Rer. and Mrs. E. Milligan of the First Meth odist church were honored at a dinner given in the church dining rooms last night and attended by about 200 members of the congre gation. Roy Hewitt was loastmaster for the occasion, and Dr. R. M. Gatke presented, in behalf of the group, a brief case to the pastor, whose birthday fell yesterday, and a gift to Mrs. Milligan. whose birthday is later this week. Contributing to the program were: Miss Amy Martin, represen ting the Berean class; Harry Scott of the McCormick class; Vel leda .Ohmart, business girls; Prof. Dan Schulze, Tomarco class; Mrs. C. F. Breithaupt, women's bible class; Dr. E. S. Hammond; men's class; Mrs. E. J. Swafford, Mary Lawrence class. R. D. Barton sang ft solo and Mrs. A. A. Schramm was accompanist for the musical numbers. The dinner was arranged as a surprise to Dr. Milligan, with Mrs. Milligan assisting, she in turn be ing-surprised to find the affair a double birthday event. j Laundry Owners To Convene Soon Laundry proprietors, managers and their wires from all parts of the state will spend Friday and Saturday in Salem attending the annual conrention of the Oregon Laundry Owners association. Van Wieder of the Salem Laundry company is state president, The conrention program will include business sessions Friday and Saturday, a golf tournament, a banquet and dance Friday night and a banquet and entertainment Saturday night. The Marion hotel will be conrention headquarters. Mill Gty Beats CCC MILL CITY, May 19.--A ball game was played on the Mill City diamond Sunday afternoon be tween a team from the CCC camp and -a Mill City team, with the score of 8 to 0 in favor of Mill City. . Obituary - Estock Dr. Andrew Estock. 66. late resident of Eugene, at a local hos pitalrMay IS. Survived by widow, Mrs. Lilah Estock, Eugene; daughter, Mrs. Dorothy Watkins, Eugene. Faneral announcements later by Clough-Barrick company HELD 0VEI LAST DAY? 15c MARIE, I LOVE YOU!" The world' g greatest love oners ... romance that thrills...spectaclei that enchants . . . in M-G-M's MIGHTIEST TRIUMPH! , 30c lOSEtT ALUS nOKENCC ItCC a ccussa nensiLJ, 1 1 Logan Resigns AsOARPHead " ' : Ml . Weir to Take Over Say McNary's Nomination Merely "Charity!' - - - ' ' : ! ! 1 (Continued from pagel) at the administration af the "hos tile force" behind the congres sional . inquiry into j hip flld age pension morement, and denied as sertions he was acting ;from self ish financial motived, j Supporters In the j audience ap plauded when the California doc tor said hie followers "feel the same way I do about the two old parties", and that's i Townsend third party would be formed "as soon as the opportunity presents itself, probably after thei next election." ! I f He called the administration a "hostile force" and! asserted the committee's attitude Wat "un friendly" as he defended si: recent appeal in the -Townsend national weekly for a "defense fund" to be placed at his disposal. .1 Knew Funds Coald j Sot Be Impounded i l I. - The !; appeal, signed hy the Townsend 'board of directors, in timated the investigating commit tee planned to impound Townsend organisation funds, i i Chairman Bell (D-Mp.pot the investigating committee denied such a plan and Townsentf under persistent questioning conceded he wad aware the committee had no power to impound funds. ; He explained a phrase fin one of his , letters that Vthere might be millions in it." Saying: "We plan to get those millions. It takes millions to promote a plan of this kind." j j Letters I written by Townsend were read i n t o the record by James Ri Sullivan, committee counsel, including one ; in which the doctor wrote to Robert E. Clements, then national secretary, that "you and I hare the world by the 'tail on a down-hill pull on this thing if we work it riht'" Townsend said he had about $300 and his wife about $200 at the present time which represent ed the total he had left from Townsend organization i revenue. Highway Tjraf fic Survey Launched A state-wide traffic surrey, to determine the relative i travel on Oregon highways, Iras; launched Tuesday under the direction of the federal public Works admin istration; and the state highway department. ill The cost of the surrey was es timated at $350,000 and virtually a year will be required to com plete the Job. Similar surreys will be conducted in other! states re ceiving federal highway aid. Tne survey, when completed, will he used as a basis for the allocation of both federal and state funds for "highway Improve ments ill . .. i , a The cost of the surrey Is being borne by the federal government. r 1 1 . Safety Cacliet on r 1 . Letters of SneU A I cachet worded 'there can be no excuse for bad driring Courtesy preTentsi accidents." hereafter will appear Ion fall en velopes sent out by the? Secre tary or state. 3 There also is photograph, of aft automobile wreck. "i The cachet was made possible uj aew mcienog macaine, ac quired recently bylthe state de partment. i i s - I FOR' 1 BIG DAYS I GENE STRATTON PORTER'S GREAT NOVEL - t " 1 ' . , TWO BIG HITS! 1 7 " or; r : I' J -7 AND 2ND HIT 151 PL w lre '? I ' 1 Ask Army Men to . Retire in Oregon, ; Hint to Governor i Oregon . should create a com mittee through its state chamber of commerce, for the. purpose of inviting retired army officers to locate in this state. Governor Mar tin was advised hy a high official of tha army and nary dab ia Washington. i "Many of these retired army of ficers receive a substantial pension and are looking for an attractive climate in which to locate," the letter read. t ! The letter also called attention to a lack of advertising of Ore gon products In the east, Special mention was made of prunes. "Oregon is sleeping- as far as advertising is concerned," the let ter concluded. Anti-Advertising Curb Petition In Completed petitions for the ini tiative measure prohibiting the enactment of any law or regula tion preventing truthful adrer- tistng, were received at the state department Monday, The petitions contain 18.050 signatures as against It, 371 re quired by law. The initiative measure ' was sponsored by Dr. S. f. Donohue of Eugene, and is designed to annul the effectiveness of the present dental advertising law. In case the signatures are suf ficient the measure will go on the ballot at the November elec tion. ' Sponsors of the measure spent $871.71 in connection with pre paring and filing the petitions. Polk Scouts Get Awards at Court Three boys belonging to scout troop 28, Monmouth, received awards at the monthly Polk dis trict court' ef honor held at the training school In Monmouth last night, according to Scout Execu tive James E. Monroe, who at tended. The court was presided over by Dr. A. S. Jensen of Mon mouth with Joslah Wills of Dallas acting as commissioner and George Rowell of Dallas as clerk. The following merit badges were awarded: Sam Tripp, badges for personal health and wood carving; Fred Muhleman, music and woodcarr ing; JjeRoy Cobb, wood caning. The next Polk court ef Honor will be held at Falls City June 16, Dr. Jensen announced. 1 , . . Qlga Green Heads Silverton Juniors 1 SILVERTON, May If. Ml is Olga Green was elected president of the Junior Women's club at Its annual business meeting held Monday night at the R. F. Lar son home. Other officers chosen were rice-president, Mrs. Richard Holm; secretary, Paulina C corn ier; treasurer, Elizabeth Earls; historian, Eloise Schwab. j The next meeting will be a ceremonial for new members and the hostesses will he Margaret Larson, Eloise Schwab and Mrs. Ralph Larson. i Pauline Coomler was chosen conrention delegate. An invita tion to a party at the home of Mrs. Kelley Standard at Wood burn was accepted by club mem bers. Reports on the club dance to be given May 22 were also made. In charge of decorations are Margaret Larson, Eloise I Schwab and Mrs. John Evenson 500 Good Seats America Otcn Love Story . . ukjuc r . rw.w, Poppy Day Friday Bartlett Reminds r An appeal for an veterans of the World war and other patriotic citizens te pay tribate to the war dead by wearing memorial pop pies on Poppy jday, Friday, was is sued Monday by King Bartlett, commander of! Capital post of the American Legion. "Friday will be Poppy day In Salem," the c d m m ft n d e r said, "when we all will be called upon to wear the memorial flower of the World war dead and 'make contributions for the welfare of the disabled, j I ant sure that all veterans of the war and all other patriotic citizens will . wear the symbolic little If lower and will con tribute as liberally as their means permit for the work of mercy and relief the poppy makes possible. Every penny is made to serve ef fectively for the purpose for which it is donated, n welfare work for the war's .victims, under the ad ministration or, the Legion and auxiliary's volunteer workers. "The poppies will be distribu ted by .the women of the auxiliary. the: wires, mothers, sisters and daughters of the men of the Le gion. They will work without com pensation of any kind, glring their time and efforts gladly to honor the dead and 'serve the living. I hope we all will respond to them in the same spirit when they offer the poppies on the streets Fri day." i Licenses Will Be Colleges9 Colors . . - i in Colors of either the University of Oregon or Oregon State col lege will be used In selecting au tomobile license plates for 1937, Secretary of State SneU announc ed. 1 Two sample plates have arrived here. The university plate has a green background with lemon-or ange numerals. The state college n1U liaa an iinnn KanlrCrnnnl with black numerals. Colors of the two educational institutions were expected to al ternate In future years. Approximately 315,000 of these plates will be; required. The con tract will be awarded early in June. Income of Paper Plant Increases The net Income of the Oregon Pulp tc, Paper company increased materially in 1935, according to a balance sheet just prepared -by r. W. Leadbetter, president, cov ering the period up to December 31. i The total net income tor 1935, before providing for bond Interest and expense depreciation and federal income tax,' was S 3 8 2 ,- 817.93. These expenses were 32C5.81C.S0, leaving a net income after all charges of 3117,981.33. During 1934 the net Income was only 113,965.20, after de ducting all charges. Severing of Diplomatic Relation With Russia It Favored by G. Koehn A demand I that America sever all diplomatic relations with Rus sia Immediately, headlined a force ful address by George L. Koehn of Portland, department commander of the state American Legion, at Willamette university chapel ex ercises Tuesday. Koehn denied that the 1,500,- 000 members; of the Legion either wanted or would ask financial aid from ' the federal government in the form of pensions. 4 DAYS STARTING TODAY WHAT A PAIR TO BE IN LOVE I IT'S CONTAGIOUS COMEDY 1 An epidemic of laughter and , a malady of mirth. Funniest romance of the season! mm Hit UjViT, l Wort Applicant. , List Is Reduced Unfilled applications for work dropped from 99ft to S73S at the state employment agency, 356 North High street, here last week. During the week: 287 persons; all but 1C of whom were men, obtain ed jobs through this agency. Of those placed. It men and one woman secured private jobs, 114 men went on PWA projects, 111 men and II women were as signed to WPA jobs within the county. JHve other , men were transferred to public works pro jects outside Marion county. Downey Mildew's Ravages Starting (Continued From Page 1) spores to be' present In the air 3500 feet above the ground. Cat Worms Destroy Early Variety Too . While downey mildew attacks only the cluster or late variety of hops, the cut worms destroy either the faggles or clusters. The worms destroy the hill of hops by. eating the tender buds as they start growing from the root causing the hill to lie dormant and eventually tg die. As many as 17 worms have been found in one hill of hops. I Even after the growing shoot has reached the air, the worms, which work at night, will eat the tend er ends of the Tine. The worms can be destroyed by spreading a prepared poison around the hill, but with poor prices In prospect for the years crop many growers -are reluctant to make the expenditure such a program entails. Many Vaccinated; Smallpox Feared One hundred eleven persons hare been vaccinated to date In an effort to block the spread of smallpox from a single case, that of a Salem man, it was an nounced Monday by Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, county health officer. Health nurses Saturday, Sunday and yesterday vaccinated 75 per sons who had been in contact with the man at a dance at Macleay Saturday night. May 9. We hope to have every person who attended that dance vaccin ated," Dr. Douglas said. "If we miss a single contact, it may mean more cases of smallpox here. Per sons who are ill should stay at home." Pigeon Fanciers To Meet Sunday The members of the Oregon Pig eon Fanciers association plan to hold a business meeting Sunday, May 24, at the home of A. J. Edwards, veteran pigeon fancier. Everyone Interested in the breeding or exhibiting of fancy pigeons is urged to attend this gathering, by the local members. This association which had (ts inception in 1920, has grown from a local nucleus to a state wide organization. Its main objec tive besides general promotion of the pigeon fancy is to effect stand ardisation in entry classifications of the various shows throughout the west and northwest. Gilts! Greeting Cards! For the Graduate Patten's Book Store . J. L. Cooke, Prop.. 340 State St. Fbone 4404 500 Seats l maun Aa Pictured H, ' PLrs . . SIUSICAL COMEDY CARTOON Tiiberculin Tests Reveal 15 Cases Fiftea eases of tuberculoels In C24 families have been discovered by the Marlon county health de-1 partment in the last thre years by means " of i Its - tuberculin tes ting 1 program. Dr. Vernon A. Douglas, , county health: officer, said yesterday. Dr. .-Douglas' was requested by Dr. Grovcr C. Bel linger, superintendent of the state tnberculosis hospital, to, study the county health records to ascertain the' results from tuberculin tes- 'f The 16 cases were discovered amen 789 persons who reacted positively to the tuberculin tests. Dr. Douglas explained. The num ber reacting positively constituted but a small percentage of the total number Of persons tested. ' Investigation of 7( persons known to have tuberculosis re vealed that 149 others with whom they have been Incon tact reacted positively r.to the tuberculin test and nine of the contacts in . S8 families were themselves afflicted with the dlscease. Dr. Douglas stated. . Townsendites Go For Special Fund - ! ;j-' . (Continued from page 1 plicit trust in Dr, Townsend and expressed contempt at the 'inqui sition" being conducted in ' Wash ington. They said they considered the hearings at the national capi tal oaly a means of embarrassing the sponsors of the Townsend movement and- an attempt to quash the $200-a-month pension plan. . Club treasurers here have been authorized, to send their special contributions on to national head quarters.. Heretofore payments to national headquarters have been made on a membership basis with ten cents a montn being remitted, ciub leaders said yesterday that not all members had kept' up their dues, some clubs reporting that the percentage of payment was not in excess of 5ff per cent of the total membership roll. Helen Lama Will Be Buried Today Funeral services for Helen Lama, 18. who died Monday as a result of an automobile acci dent in Salem early Sunday morn ing, will take nlace at the chanei of the Salem mortuary at 2 o'clock this afternoon. Rev. Guy L. Drill will officiate. Interment will be In Belcrest Memorial park. Members' of the Artisan drill team, of which she was a mem ber,; will attend the funeral in uniform and assist In the ser vices. NOW! 2 MIGHTY A Great Double BUI! t v Starts , - a! Xigbt 6:43 P.M. fflU..,,,, .. .J Licenses Sought ; By Two Coiiples - .-; ' ' - ! ; f f- ;i - Application for a marriage H sence was made here yesterday bv William C. Drakeiey. ;22. but cher, residing at J95 8. ,22nd street, and Elva McCune, 2 1 , stenographer, living on rente six, box 538. - i i : A license was Issued to George B. Mitchell, 23, 1890; McCoy street, a dellveryman,; and Lena pel Shuttleworth, 24. la register ed Jiurse at the Salem i General hospital. The marriage Is sched uled for 'May 28. T 1 1 Herriot Asked to Join New Cabinet 1 ',-.a- f, J-. ( Continued from Paje 1) "WU1 Blum sneceed In making the misunderstanding disappear? He has told us he Is Counting on an economic transformation,! en a lowering of economic barriers, on a betterment of foreign exchange. He counts on a renewal of Euro pean and eventually; world-solidarity, founded on respect for in ternational engagements, j - "The new treaty should he a prelude to reestabllshment of friendship between the two coun tries. I wish to .express the hope that this treaty' causes a decisive understanding between the two great democracies, both pledged to the ideals of liberty." L Referring to France policy on war debts, Herriot said: 'How thoughtless we have been in this affair!" j Ml. Two Will Attend Evangelical Meet M 1)1 Dr. L. W. Petticordl pastor of the First Evangelical church here and district superintendent,: will leave today for Portland to attend the annual session of the Oregon Washington conference j of the church, over which Bishop E. W Praetorlus will preside. J. F. Ul rich will attend as a lay delegate for this church. I f Ulrich will carry with him a recommendation adopted by the official board asking for the re turn of Dr. Petticord to the Salem charge. He has just finished his fourth year here. 1 ,"i : I Motor Fuels iTax Payment Heavier Motor fuels oil taxes - in . Ore gon increased f 4 62, 7942 6 ' dur ing the first four months of 1938, when compared" to the! similar period in 19S5, Secretary of State SneU reported. i i The fuels oil sales for, the per iod January 1 to April 30, 1936, returned a tax of $2,919,193.28, as against f 2,45C,489i02 during the first four months of 1935. The galkmage increased ,9,2 54,- 084.74 gallons during four months of 1938. i the firsl NOW! PICTURES! Viy- :-t f'SJ si,: s ? ;....r