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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Thursday Morning; May 21, 193b li 11 Keemmauon: lr una.: mnlMtor5& : PAG2 TYO Millions by Three Oregon Projects Hit Future Uncertain; Second Chance For Approval in Conference Is Seen WASHINGTON, May 20.-tfV TJncertainty clouded the t stare of the vast -western reclamation pro gram today as the house rejected senate plans to appropriate! $58, 009.000 for. 1937 eonstrnction. The house , rejected also senate proposals for a $3,710,500 system or irrigation projects i on Indian reservations, involving 41 projects In 13 western states, i Another chance for agreement between the two legislative bouses remains, however,- since today's action sent the interior ' depart ment supply bill, in which the ap propriations were proposed, 'back to a conference of house and- sen ate managers. --" j . ... y ! V. r.' Senator H ay d e n (D.-Arii.) chairman of the senate managers, said he believed agreement would be reached at the next conference. Reclamation opponents styled the $58,000,000 program 4 "gi gantic pork barrel thrust out of western skies, while ! the entire western Hoc described the, pro gram one of rehabilitation which would not add to agricnltnral sur pluses and which would insure the agricultural futnretof $be west. The principal appropriation refused by the house were $20, 600.000 for the Grand Coulee dam In Washington. $ lf.OO 0,0 0 ft - for the Central -v Valley f California project, and $4,000,000. for. the Casper-Alcova. reclamation v sys tem In Wyoming. Owj -heej TKtoctmtes Projects a list Among other , pro ects were Boise. Idaho, Payette division, SI,- $00,000; Boise, drainage, $160. 00: Deschutes. Ore., $450,000; Owyhee, Ore., 1400,000; Columbia basin Washington, economic sur veys and investigations, $25,000; Yakima. Wash., Roza division, $2,500,000; Shoshone, iWyo., Heart mountain division, 11,000.- m.--'f- : ; - I 1 j -. Other projects which hate not been given legal existence by act of congress and construction of which the senate proposed to au thorize were: j 1 Those projects, with! the 'excep tion of the Grand Lake project in Colorado, already under construc tion ith" emergency funds allot ted under authority of the! presi dent. The Grand Lake project bad not been fully surveyed. Queen Hazel II Crowned At Annual May Festival ' Held by Amity Students AMITY, May 20. The annual May day festival of the) Amity anion high school was held Fri day. The coronation ceremony took place Is the gymnasium as thff weather vaa Tint nrnnltlhna fn outside exercises as planned. Ha zel Massey was crowned Queen Hazel II. Her attendants were Catharine Chase. Iris Stephens and Jane' Jensen. Little Hartley Jensen was crown-bearer and Ir- malee Undroff carried the queen's train. . The- queen and her royal court were entertained with dances In imitation of the country me or old England.; The! after Boon's program included a concert by the Llnfield college. Tragedy Strikes Twice DAYTON. May 20.1 Mr a n d Mrs. Vernon Foster. Mr. and Mrs. Iner Jtf ortensen and Mrs: Herman Louis left Dayton at 4 a. m. Sat urday 40 attend the 'funeral of. their cousin and brother-in-law, George Westertield of Bremerton, Wash. A tew hours after they de parted word came of the accident al death of Sam Sims of Port land.7 brother of, Mrs, .Vernon osier..-. .. t; ' GRAND i :"" -Today Gary Cooper in Mr. Deeds Goes to Town."r V ELSIXORE ;f-.-' T o d a y "Petticoat FeterT ' "wtta Myrna Ley; - r .' ! CAPITOL ' Today Double bill Gene Strattoa Porter's VThe ' HarTester' and Gene Aut- ry . in "The Singing Cow- ' boy". : . ! i-- .; HOLLYWOOD i " Today Double bill, George O'Brien in "WhUnorw ; Smith Speaks" and "Guard ! That Girl with Robert Al- ' len. - i : . STATE t ' Today Double bill, Cecil B. . DeMill's "The- Cm- sades" and "Notorious But . Nice" with, Marlon Marsh. Saturday only Charles Star-J ret . in "The Gallant De- .. fender. 1 TlieCallBoanll : V . These Modish Swim Suits FeatUTe-'36 f f V t -'."y -' c : - '(Heieq W00T) Stover to Preach Seniors'' Sermon AUMSVILLE, May 20. Bac calaureate services for the senior class of the-high school will be held Sunday night in the gym nasium auditorium at 8 o'clock. Rev. H. C. Stover, pastor of the Knight Memorial church in Sa lem, will preach the I sermon. Special music for the services is being .arranged by .Miss Clara Dodson, instructor In music in the local high school. The evening service is In charge of Eldon Cane, senior class ad visor, and T. C. Mountain, prin cipal. Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Mountain visited here Sunday with his aged mother, Mrs. A. J. Mountain, who had just received word of the sudden death by a paralytic stroke of another son, F. L. Mountain of Pueblo, Colo. The deceased son visited his mother here four years ago. - ' j Votes For Duncan Please Home Town ! STAYTON. May 20. Stayton's newly nominated state representa tive, George R. Duncan, has been bust since complete election re turns, receiving congratulations from his many friends.here and throughout the county and state. This district feels that the high honor of placing second in the legislative race is a fitting tribute to this young, energetic attorney, who has served his city so well as city attorney and treasurer and recorder. j : Mr. Duncan was also given the greatest number of votes In the city election of any of the. candidates- on the ballot. The city re turns were: For mayor, George' Smith, 2 1 7; for recorder, George R. Duncan, 285 ; for treasurer, 9. C. Van Nuys, 283; for council men, O. M. Baker, 247, and E. C. Downing, 239. i Johnstons Open Bakery t At Independence New quipnent Is Installed ' ' .i INDEPENDENCE, May 20. Mr. and Mrs. R. , S. j Johnston opened a new bakery here Mon-: day in the store on Min street,' between Sylvester's Drug com-f pany and Aumsberry's Variety store ' - ' Johnston had the shop com-' pletely remodelled and refinished before the opening- dateL He pur chased new equipment j and' also equipment from James! Oberson,' who owned the Independence bak ery, but who Is now operating a lunch room only;; ' t : The Johnstons hare moved to Independence, purchasing the home from Mr. and Mrs. Clove Robinson on Fifth streL Picni Slated June 21 -BRUSH CREEK, May; 20. The annual Brush Creek community picnic wDi be held at Hager's grove, June 21. The picnic will be an all day affair with a bas ket dinner at noon. I NOTICE! - The Jewel Box r' ;s -:'U moved to ! v 443 STATE ST. Next to Blish Hotel Mortgage Loans on Modern Homei hottest Rates Hawkins & Roberts One of the most important parts of milady's summer; wardrobe is her beach outfit, a fact of which these ; three striklnfc Hollywood players are apparently , fully ware, judging by the lattractive and novel designs of their swim and suntaa outfits. Helen Wood is at the upper left, Jean Chat burn, upper right, an4 Rochell Hudson, lower right. - X Rclll Hudson Art Appreciation Class :. At Amity Elects j Same i Officers Top Keif Year AMITY. May 20.i the Amity Art Appreciation class met at the E. Waddei home Monday night for the closing meetingf of the year. These officers- were reelected unanimously: Mrs.! Ev Waddei, president; Mrs. Hi W. Torbet, vice-president; Mrs. A. W. Newby, secretary-treasurer. I A book of paintings done by Swedish artists, loaned by Rev. Burdell, was much enjoyed, as was also a set of child pictures by Bernard Pothast, loaned by Dr. Amelia Ziegler ofjj Portland. A paper on early American art, writ ten by Mrs. Wllsont ot Portland, was read and appreciated. Mrs. tt DoHds Is Gvic Club I Head MONMOUTH. May J20. The Civic club has elected these of ficers for next year? Mrs. Homer Dodds, president; i Mrs. , C. E. Blair, vice-president; Miss Hilda Swenson, reelected secretary. The program Included a talk by Miss Agnes Campbell ona Japanese gar dens which she ifisited several years ago when traveling in the Orient. . j . William Caldwell presented these pupils in a piano recital Sat urday afternoon at the home of Mrs. James Gentler Vesta Sainn, Carolyn Gentle, Amy Tilton, Bob by Blair, Immolene DeArmond, Ruth Tilton and Marie Fletsch mann. ' ;i j , Miss Blanche Cohen' presented her students in a if o t e e recital Tonrsaay nignt in tie Oregon Normal school j auditorium. Fred Neal. pianist, and the local T.omia chorus assisted. j Well-Known Salem. Man Was Former j Resident ' ; Of Bottom Community MISSION BOLTON, May 20. News reached here early Monday morning of the death of T. B,J J ones, one-time resident of this, community. His sonjJBert, and family now resided on: the home place. Relatives "litingi here, in-i elude two sons, Bert and Ray, and: svi daughter,'- Mrsr Fred-Viesco Mrs. Jessie Jonea!6f f Janesmere farm Is . a daughter-in-law. A granddaughter, MrsJ Cotter Gould, and her son of ISurene ami staying at the.home of! Ray Jones. ' ' - J v " ; I - -r f . - - - ' '' : Gtizenship" Qass jWill I Give Program Friday ; GERVAIS,! May ! 20. Open house for the citizenship class will be held Friday night at 8 o'clock at the high school here. The pub lic is Invited without admission, though a collection to cover ex penses will be taken.! Cart Beach of Salem wDl address the class and a program will be giyen. 2 FEATURES ! rreii i st.wnir --1 4V -;mirj T-y mm V f Lrl . la Srii HiUurj l ' - k : fHgarMf pX ' lOtrrtAYouNtt (jT- n V KINSY MjrUCOXOM 1 -rrhf'M'h- " "Notorious - -: But Nice" I with ! MARIA3T MARSH . Beach Parade" .-.-.-.v.-. . ' . I Y v Farewell Affair Held For Ridders WELLS, May 20. Sylvester Bidders,1 former correspondent for this paper and a member of the Wells community for the past 17 years, enlisted in the U. S. navy through the recruiting atatlon at CorraWs Monday and left the same day for Portland where he was forwarded to the naval train ing station at San Diego. Here he will receive a three months train ing before being assigned to duty aboard a. sea going battleship. Ridders is the oldest son ot Mr. and Mrs. John Ridders, and had Just completed his sophomore year at the Corvallls high school. Thursday night several of Syl vester's high sehool friends gave him a farewell party at the home of is parents. The evening was spent in playing games.. Present were Wilma Vanderburg, Shirley Vanderbtfrg, Alfred FInnell, Row land Withrow, Clifford Plor, Milton Bolter, Ethen Folks. Har old Atwood, Edward Atwood, BUly Ritchey, Veva Couey, Doug las Dodele, Elaine Dodele, Geral dlne Dodele, Yvonne Kerr, How ard Johnson, Olive Johnson, Mar ion Kester, his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Ridders, and brothers and sisters, Agnes, Lorena and Melvin Bidders, and 'the honor guest, Sylvester Ridders. Jim Hilborn Is Honored On Seventh Natal Day; : Mother Arranges Party -MACLEAT. May 20. The Nile Hilborn home was the scene of a delightful affair Saturday after noon when Mrs. ' Hilborn enter tained for her son, Jim, honoring him on his seventh birthday. Games were enjoyed until late in the afternoon when refreshments, including a beautifully decorated cake, were served. A number of nice gifts were received. Others present were: Betty Jean Vogt, Ruth Vogt, Irene Vogt, 5 Janet Maguren, Rosemary Maguren, Richard Maguren, An ita Fae Hager. Mavis Beck, Viola Perllck, Donald Gesner, Robert Gesner, Haden Mercer, Patricia Van Cleef, Jean Brown Leonard Perllck Baguren, Mrs. P. B. Beck; Mrs. George Hager and Mrs. L H. White. . . ? - f . C Ottaways Home i BRUSH XJREEK, May 20. Mr, and Mrs.-Miles ttttaway;;wbo hare been living, in the former Bert Iverson. home across from John Moe for sometime, hare moved to the old Anderson farm near Pratum. The farm Is now owned by Mrs. Dewey Allen (Ruth An derson) of Silrerton. - Return to South Dakota LYONS, May 20. Mrs. O p al Laverty and two children left Sun-I day for their, home In South Da kota after having visited her par ents here the past four months, t TWO GREAT The Finest of AH Amer 1 ican Love Stories -1 500 M W Menhonite Youths Picnic I Near Falls Pierre Smith Elected New President of Gub ; at! Pratum " 5 : PRATUM, May 20. Sunday a group of young people from the Mennonite church had a picnic at Silver Creek falls. Those go ing were Jean Lauderback. Lil lian Rutsehman, Lucille Roth, Le ona Leisy, Susan Rutsehman, Lu cille ' Ramsden, . Lunelle Chapln, Helen Hammond, Maxine Hill, Jane , Ogdenj Ruth Ramsden, Homer Welty, Ewald-Franx, Ar thur Franx, j Waldo KJeen, .Bill Pero.S Ray Rutsehman, Ernest Gerig and Irwin Wedel. . Friday night the Sunday school will hold its; regular monthly so cial at the basement of the Meth odist church! , Sunday evening the junior Christian Endeavor society at the Mennonite church presented an excellent program In the adult department. I r Club Elect Officers V . The community club has elect ed! new officers: Pierre Smith, president; Homer Welty, vice president; Grace Klompe, secre tary; Groref Welty, song leader; and irvin Branch, pianist. Plans are being made for the annual picnic of the Epworth league which will be held on Me morial day. Large I Crowd at Korinek Funeral STAYTON. May 20. Sunday afternoon a large portion ot the residents of this- section gathered at the Weddle funeral home here for the final services of Mrs. Elizabeth Korinek. So great was the number who came to pay their last respects to this woman who had given so unselfishly ot her time and energy to many civic enterprises, j that the parlors were filled long before the hour set for the services and nearly 200 people gathered outside near the open doors; and windows -while the Rev. George Snlderhon, pas tor of Mt Mary's Catholic church here, conducted the Impressive church rites for the deceased. A long funeral cortege formed and accompanied the body to Its final resting place at the mausol eum at Salem. Monday morning at 9 o'clock, requiem high mass was read by the Rev. Snlderhon for the de ceased, to which many friends and relatives attended. Spark on Moss Is Cause Roof Fire LEBANON, May 21. F 1 r e which started from a spark on dry mess at the John Loftin resi dence in Lebanon Tuesday noon was quickly put under control by the fire department with but alight damage. William j Power of Salinas, Calif., came last week for an ex tended visit with his parents, Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Power. He will also visit his aunts, Mrs. Simpson and Mrs. Pewtherer. Recent births reported in Leb anon include: To Mr. and Mrs. Jesse Arehart, a boy, Gary Le monte, born May IS at the Leb anon general hospjtaL This is their first child. To Mr. and Mrs. Leslie Gate hell, a boy. May 17, at the Lebanon hospital. This is their first child. To Mr. and Mrs. Rob ert Raker, a girl. May 18. This is their second child. To Mr. and Mrs, Merton Edwards, a girl. May t Hear From Lytles SCIO, May 20. Word from Wyoming is that Mr. and Mrs. Joe Lytle of Scio are with the family of a daughter, Mrs. G. L. Shell, at Sheridan, that state. They have visited thelron, MarTln, a TJ, S. Cadastral engineer at Cheyenne, and' will -visit with other Wyom ing relatives and mends before returning to Oregon late la the summer. ! r Sells Drug Store WEST SALM, May SO. Tom Randle has sold his drug store to A. P. Snapp of Prineville who will take the store over ; Wednesday. Mr. and Mrs. Snapp and family will moral here as soon as they can locate i a house..: The Snapps have two daughters, one studying pharmacy and the other a pharma cist, and a son. aril TODAY FRI. & SAT. FEATURES Slam i Ban? Action ! ! ...ASINGIN maCHTeftfce) -'''- I "J ' i In RINGING X jh SmUey f y ... r W Here and Ihere in Oregon Associated Press Leased Wire Service Doesn't Recall Wrecking House, But Fined $50 - - PORTLAND, Ore., May, z A. municipal court Judge fined V. T. Ktniel, San Franciso, $ today and sentenced him to jail for 30 days on a' charge of wrecking a house. Officers said they found Kintxel in an unoccupied dwelling and. that. all IS windows were broken. They also said he threatened lo shoot. Kintxel said he did not remember the episode and had no reason for being la the house. Hall of PortbnotWii O. EUGENE, Ore May 2L-(;Py-Wnilam O. Hall, Portland will receive the cup this year tor making the most progress towards .. character, service and wholesome influence. The cup is offered annually to a member of the senior class of the University of Oregon by Joseph H. Albert, Salem. Hall was selected by his , classmates. ,. Ex-Church Worker Gets 10 Years for' Assault - MEDFORD, Ore May 20.-(P)-Clrcuit Court Judge Norton sentenced Fred Earl McCoy. 15-year-old former Marshfield church worker, to 10 years in prison today on charges ot assault to eommlt robbery. McCoy's wife, Isabel, It, was sentenced to a 10 year term but was paroled. The charges resulted from hold ups of service stations.- . . Whooping Cough Gains; 57 New Cases in State PORTLAND, Ore., May . 20,-j!p)-WhoopinR- cough became widespread through Oregon the past week,' 57 cases being re ported. Dr. Frederick Strieker, sute health officer, said today. The previous week only nine cases were reported. Measles con tinned to top the list of communicable diseases, increasing from 127 the previous week to 151. !" V " . Injuries in Car-Train Crash Fatal to Hopper PENDLETON, Ore., May 20.-(iip-InJurIes received when his ear collided with the Union Pacific streamline train here last night resulted fatally today for Charles Hopper, 53, Pendleton. Fish Ladders Studied by Clackamas Planners - ' ; OREGON CITT, Ore., May 20.-(iiP)-Fish ladders4)n the Clack amas and Sandy rivers will be discussed at the meeting of the Clackamas county planning board Friday night. , Police to Offer Blood to FaU Creek Boy PORTLAND, Ore., May 20.-iP)-PoHce stood ready today to offer blood if transfusions are needed for 12-year-old George Humphrey, son of Mr. and Mrs. P. K. Humphrey of Fall Creek, near Eugene. He is suffering from a bone infection in his legs. Hearing in Kurtz Guardian Case On . Hearing on petition for appoint ment of a guardian for G. F. Kurtx, before County Judge J. C. Siegmund yesterday, will be con tinued today. Testimony of his two sons, E. A. Kurtx and H. A. Kurtx, who are petitioners in the matter, was completed yesterday morning, and the afternoon was occupied with testimony' of G. F. Kurtx, alleged incompetent, who Is resisting the petition. Kurtx testified that -he is fl years and 9 months old, lacking three days. Custer Ross and E. I Crawford are appearing for the petitions and attorneys for the aged man are Max Page and Wal ter Winslow, ! k Holms to Go South SILYERTON. May 20. Mr. and Mrs. Richard Holm and Mr. and Mrs. Larry Carpenter plan to leave next week for a trip to southern California. Miss Helen Johnson ot the Pacific Beauty school at Port land will be .in charge ot Val's Beauty shop here during Mrs. Holm's absence. Mrs. Carpenter will close her term of school near Salem at the end of this wejk. Honor Mrs. Kemmis SILVERTON, May 20.AI the closing meeting of the R.O.H. cabinet. Miss Dorothy Atwood, club and cabinet advisor, was pre sented with a gift, Jean Bowman, president, presenting the gift. Plans were also made for a better and larger club tor the coming year. - Return From Tulsa HAZEL GREEN, May 19. P. H. Vice and son, Htlburn. re turned Sunday from Tulsa, Okla., where they have been visiting since January. They are with the Lawrence Vice family. GI&FTING CARDS A Card for Every Occasion Patton's Book Store J. L. Cooke, Prop. 840 State St. j Phone 4404 n n AHorneOvwa Hester r KloRreYvyeQU TONIGHT IS FAMILY NIGHT Mom., Pop and . Oft 1 Unmarried Kids OUC Single Admission, 15c Two Big Features WHISPERING SMITH BY NAME BUT DYNAMITE A SMITH BY-NATURE t 1 r-1 br?TtlJiUSlflzfil2S And Second Feature iy...rlu.ir',V w sinsTccr srtrrl n Z " 3 VI School Lighting Project Started Pupils at the McKinley and Garfield grade schools will have modern, artificial lighting to stu dy by before the present semester ends, Superintendent Silas Gaiser said yesterday. Rewiring of the Garfield building in preparation for installation of indirect light ing was begun yesterday. Similar work has been in progress at Mc Kinley for several days. The school board has decided to have modern lighting equipment placed in at. least one grade build ing each year until all old wir ing and droplights have been replaced. Gardeners to Gather KEIZER. Mav 19. bi iccauii of the rainy weather the.KeUer garden club will meet in the home of Mrs. H. M. Broadbent Thurs day night. A covered dish lunch eon win be serred. Each member is reauested to wear nHn clothetrtand bring table service.' , Before von start on uiat summer trip, ccdl ahead. sorts and hotels welcome : tunitT to have wailinir - Grab Off All the Hilarity from the jZF-f Elsinore Screen If Vw Be-Sore'.'-.','. JfXX to sjQfidr V. accommodations you desire, Telephoning given yon an opportunity to discus matters. It may save", yon time, miles, disappointment, r w 4 1; .. ; Tut Pianc Telephone and Ilegraph Cojipant Conholly.; policy Payment Orilered PORTLAND Ore., May 20.-P) -Federal Judge Paul : McCormick, of Thomas JL Connolly's 250,000 insurance policies today over the protests of the Mutual Life Insur ance company, oi mew xora , the Maupin sheepman falsified his age. l :yi : : The defense counsel claimed Connolly was one of; a family of 1 4 ch ildren born in I Ireland and that he told the insurance agent at the time the policies were is sued that he did not know his ex act age. y 'V - y- TYi a Ins n ra n nm nmnanv uVnl revisions and rebates Which would have reduced payment to approxi mately one-half the 150,000. . BirrelL Going to Camp Near Coast : George BirrelL wbL since lasi fall has served as Marlon count) supervisor of the WPA adult edu cation program, will leave-Salen next Wednesday for McKinle; CCC campt south of; Marshtield to assume the position of educa tional and recreational supervisor He received word from Washing ton, D. C, yesterday of his nea appointmenL .;: During the last seven month Birrell has supervised the eonduc of adult classes in Sslem, Silver ton and ' outlying I communities Hundreds of men and: women hav taken advantage ot j the yarW subject , matter, offered free o' charge.. ".. I f " . Larsons Plan Vacation SILVERTON, May 20. Mr, an Mrs. Orral Larson are planning U motor to Takima early in June fo: a two weeks vacation. While tbV Larsons are in Yakima his broth er. Jack and his wife will go t Detroit, Mich., to drive back a ne automobile. Mr. and: Mrs. Orva Larson will substitute for the Jacl Larsons at Takima during the 1st ter's absence ' . 1 is Burch in Hospital - SWEGLE, , May ; 20. Ro Burch Is in a Salem! hospital fol lowing an operation' on his leg He was injured some time agt while at work and since that tim has been on crutches.' The injur) did not heal properly which ne cessitated the operation. Burch l employed by the state highway department. H ' Leave for South Dakota : " ' 'jt -h'.' " ' BRUSH REEK. May 20. Mr. and Mrs. Stewart McClure, Mrs. George Coleman and Mrs: 0 1 Moen left Sunday morning foi South Dakota for a five-week trip by automobile. They went east by way of Butte, MontJ and will re turn by way of the; Black Hills and Yellowstone. Re an opnor- for you lost the KM II I i - - Inc. Keats IOC 740 States St. Telephone 3101 1
