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? : The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Uregon, Tuesday Morning, Jane 9, 1336 Federal Aid -Pfogram- -Includes 9 -Pacific; Highway ' Projects PAGE TWO Santiam Route Gets $189,000 Commission's Ontline Has ' Approval of Federal ; ; Of ficialg, Word PORTLAND, Ore., June 8-(flV The Oregon state highway com mission's federal ' highway pro gram calling for an estimated ex penditure of $3,600,000 for the fiscal year 1937, won the approv al of the secretary of agriculture, the United States bureau of pub lie roads said today. W.; H. Lyncn, district engineer, said federal aid funds would cor er $2,044,C33 of the total. Nine sections of the Pacific highway, totalling S2 miles, re ceived the largest allocation $1, 109.051 for grading, paring and bridges. - t Other projects under the federal-aid program included: f , Columbia -Hirer highway, two (sections, grading and paring 1.8 S 'mile 895.000. - ! West Side Pacific highway, two sections, grading and paring 2.4 .jmlles, 8115,000. K ; Tualatin highway, one section, Resurfacing 5 miles, 8120,000. : Santiam highway, one section, grading, surfacing end bridges, 15 miles, 885.000. Santiam highway, one section, grading, surfacing 1.3 miles, :8104,000. ' j Wilson river road, three sec- tions; grading, ; surfacing, ahd. I 1 IipM 19 nil.. c AAA : N Wolf Creek highway, two sec tlons, 'grading, topping and bridges, 8231,920. , i Coast Gets Bridge p Oregon Coast highway, one sec- Hon, Necarney Creek bridge, $50, 000. i i . Willamette highway, ' one sec tion. grading, 8100,000. The Dalles-California highway, two- sections, surfacing, bitumin ous macadam and grading, 20 miles, 8263,254. ' , Sherman highway, one section, surfacing and oiling 10 miles, 875.000. Ochoco highway, one section, grading, topping and oiling four miles, 875,000. i . Central Oregon highway, two : sections, grading, topping, surfac Ilnj and oiling 32 miles, 8272,019. Pendleton-John Day highway, one Section, oiling 16 miles, 825, OfrO.i . . - pld Oregon trail, six sections, ; grading, surfacing, oiling and bridges, 33 miles, 8568,000. I .Fremont highway, one section, . grading, surfacing ard oiling, 14.2 'miles. 8100,000. j John Day highway, two sec tions, grading, surfacing and oil tag 7.6 miles, 9126,000. Roadside improvement, $36, 00. ' -I State planning surrey, 849,756. Child Killed hy Car; Gee Driver HOLLISTER, Calif., Jane 8.-CV-An 18-months-old child was fatally Injured when run over by an automobile driven by Leigh ton Gee, 26, former Cnlrersity of Oregon football player, at a ranch near here tonight. The child, Elden Charles Pence, was playing unnoticed In front of the automobile as Gee, who lives la Holllster, started to drive away from the ranch. i Today "Show Boat" with ; Irene Dunne. ? J Thursday "The Moon Is jOur Home'r with Margaret 1 Sullivan plus all-color mu sical. "Pirate Party on on uauuna." CAPITOL ! Today Double bill, "Brides Are Like That" with Ross Alexander and "Lawless i iValley". with Lane Chand- Mler. i.-r t Thursday Double bill, "The Unguarded Hour".wlth ; Franchot Tone and "Lonely, Trail" with aU star cast. ; GRAND ' -F Today George O'Brien in : D'Mallev of the Mounted" 1 Wednesday Double bill, Ralph peiiamy in "Roaming Lady? and Paul Caranaagh- in '"Champagne Charlie". L Saturday "Private Number! with Loretta Young. KOT.I.TTTOOn - 1 Today "The Country Doctor' with the Dlonne Quintuplets. Thursday Double bill, "The i 1 Calling of Dan Matthews' with Richard Arlen and j"Tour TJncle Dudley" with Edward Everett Horton. . STATE Tbday- -Double I11, Miriam Hopkins In "Splendor" and Preston Foster In "We're Only Human". Thursday Double bin, "Show Them No Mercy" and Frank (Buck's "Fang and Claw".: Saturday only First run, Pe- ter B. Kyne's The Valley of Wanted Men" with Frankie Darro. - y---. The Call Board Ii.'ftbMmj i i': , LAST ' tl7 DAY i Hard Tasks Face mum ' m ... i . iiii ii- m . t wO ( v-i r Cbe capitol. - ' - . - ' Gerard Macbado With the inauguration of President Miguel Gomel, Cuban citizens are concerned with whether the new regime will be equal to the task of suppressing the military bloc and restoring ciril power to supremacy. Another major problem confronting the island republic is the restoration of its credit whkh has been Jeopardized by the mounting national debt which has accumulated during the disorders following the downfall of Dictator Gerardo Machado. Gomes may also find his situation made more, difficult by internal disseruloa among ronberj of the three-party coalition group which elected him, Hundreds of Oregon State Grange Members Converge fat Lebanon For Their Five-Day LEBANON, June 8 ' More than 1200 members of the Oreenn state grange were gathered here already today for the opening sessions of the fire-day annual meeting. Included in the delega tion are masters of three state granges, W. W. Deal of Idaho, Er rin E. King of Washington and George Sehlmeyer of California. Grange Master Sehlmeyer will install' the newly elected Oregon grange officers at the Friday af ternoon session. Tonight the open air meeting that has become one of the events of every state conrention took place on the high school grounds, with Roben Maaske of Salem lead ing community singing and Ger trude Skow Sanford of the Oregon State college extension serrice in charge of the recreational pro gram. Later the crowd met in the American Legion hall lor a social gathering. Dr. Frederick M. Hunter, chan Additional Claim For Pension Is-In The Marion county court yes terday received from the state re lief offices an additional claim for $1105.43 as the county's por tion of the old age assistance for the moonth of May. The ; additional request repre sents the county's one-fonrth share on about 250 pension cases recently approved by the county relief committee and brings the total of the county's contribution for. May to 83665.45. During Anril the count nairf by warrant directly to pensioners to meet its fourth of the old age assistance fnndst. bnt for f th county paid its quarter share to tne state committee from' which disbursement to those on the as sistance rolls was made. The Old age assistance fnnd in which the county contributes does hospitalization expenses Incurred In relief, which comes from an other county fund. ; Suspect in Diamond Ring Theft Is Arrested Here Salem police Teaterdav ff r. noon arrested Glenn D. Snode, wno unlet Frank Minto said was wanted by Portland noli on - charge of stealing a $450 diamond ring, me; arrest was made as Snode, a Portland man, awaited arrival of a telegraphic money or der for -which he had wired his mother in Portland. 0 A New "Show f rmift r fcwim 0 Paul Gomez Regime . ;; . , President Miguel Gomes r 1 ; At v.,-"-: N : 0 A Annual Convention cellor: of higher education, gaTe the main address on the program tonight presented by Mrs. Aliee Gof f of Roseburg, state lecturer. ; Marlon Represented j IMarion county is well represent ed at the convention. Edith Toiler Weatherred, chaplain of the state grfenge, Those home is at Aurora, isjehairman of the Memorial-committee; J. O. Fair of near Jeffer son, master of the Marion County Pomona grange, is chairman of the credentials and mileage com mittee; Bert Peebles, master of Surprise grange, is on the com. mlttee on agriculture; H. C. Lea renworth, master of Salem Grange, on the committee on rit ual and county councils; Don B. DURette, master otj Fairfield, grange, on the banking and cred its committee; Andrew Fery. mas ter of Stayton grange, on pure fodds and sanitation committee. W A. Jones of Salem, grange de puty for Marion county and Mrs. Jones were here. 1 Pro America! to I Dine Wednesday Robert S. Farrell of Reynolds, Flegel and Smith of Portland will address a luncheon meeting of Pro America, national organiza tion or republican women, incorp orated, at the Marion hotel at 12 o'clock Wednesday noon, Mrs. Winifred Pettyjohn, county presi dent announces. All republican women Inter ested are Invited to attend and should make reservations with Mrs. Pettyjohn, dial 6524. Jefferson People Will Ask Some Road Oiling ' ' ' i i r. ; - j ... t A delegation, from the Jefferson rklnity will appear before the county court this morning at 9 o'clock to confer with the court relative to oiling roads In that district this season. According to advance information tol the court, the group" will ask specifically that ! a start be made on hard surfacing the Jefferson-Sidney roadj r I-..-.!. t ! I Building New Home i' I EVENS VALLEY, June 8-Mr. and Mrs. L. LeRud hare begun the construction of a new home on their farm here. The house Is to be i a story t d V half with a ground floor space of 128 by 82. Mri LeRud will supervise most of the work. .. . j . TODAY & Wed. and Greater Boat" FFRBER'S : . aani :- ml Charles Winningrer - Robeson - Helen Morgan i i Helen Westley ' Six Injured in. Car Accidents Numerous Crashes Occur; Two Hurt Early Sunday ' Reported Recovering W. H. Yoder, 22, of Molalla route three, received a neclr lninrr which necessitated hospital obser vation when an automobile in which he was riding, driven hy J. H. Yoder, same address, col lided with a Willamette States Grocery company truck on State street between 23rd and 24th at 9 o'clock yesterday morning. He was released from the hospital after it' was ascertained he had not suffered a rertebra disloca tion. ImnroTement wan renorted at Salem general hospital last night in tne condition of Clarence Peter Morgan and Claire Wlckman, who were Injured when their automo bile struck a telenhonoa sola on Rirer road near Kelzer school early Sunday morning. Morgan suffered a broken leg and cuts and the woman received severe cuta and bruises. : Pedestrian Hrnt An ambulance rushed Alrln Whetstone to Salem Deaconess hospital Sunday afternoon for treatment of ankle and knee in juries after he had walked Into the side of a morlna automobile at the Liberty Toad and Pacific highway Junction. His Injuries prorea to be minor. Scalp : cuta ' were recelred by Esther Ramp of Brooks and Rap Welch; of Woodburn Saturday night, when can operated by George E. Harris of Brooks and Lyman Broyles of Woodburn col- uaea near Broadacres. J. F. tJlrlch, 1005 North 13th street, and James B. Wilson, Sa- lem. at u ana 14th streets; Floyd Walker. 129 Snnth Cnmm and an unnamed driver, at Sum mer ana Capitol; Brace Squire, rout two, and C. W. Brock, at Commercial and State ? tt f- Durham, route six, and an uni- aentiuea motorist, on Court be tween Commercial and Liberty. Baccalaureate Is Held, W. U. Class An audience which packed the First Methodist church Sunday heard Dr. Bruce Tt. Baxter, presi dent of Willamette university, de liver the baccalaureate address to the members of the graduating class of the unirerslty. The class and members of the faculty at tended robed In academic cos tume, the colored capes of the faculties being significant . of higher degrees they had attained. Dr. Baxter's sermon was based on the text "Behold I set before you an open door." Picturing the double doors ahead, he set them up In pairs: Intellectual rs. intellectual development, mutiny vs. obedience, self rs. serrice, and ixrererence rs. rererence. He Pleaded for the continuance of learning, for a life of serrice filled with rererence for God. The Willamette Songmen flnder direction of Cameron Marshall, sang sereral numbers. Vacation Begins, Liberty District LIBERTY, June 9. School closed here Friday. Thursday the four rooms held picnics. The two lower grade rooms chose nearby spots for the affairs and were In charge of the teachers, M las Frances Shogren and Miss Flor ence BerndL Wayne Smith and his pupils held their picnic at Helmick park iq Polk county, while A. V. Myers' serenth and eighth grades spent the day at Hazel Green. Sereral parents at tended with each group. Miss Dorothy Judd left Monday to spend the week at the coast with friends. George Epley Dies SHERIDAN, Ore., June S.-(4n-Georse W. Enlev. C& hn replaced as postmaster here less man iwo weeas ago, died Sun day. He held the position 12 years. and Wednesday TWO BIG HITS 5 'Z liAD HIE CtFT CF GJ- Lnasal . Today liletattrMi -X I1 1 . a i .. 111 V aaa- a. a M 2nd Hit XXK IXUtSE Lane XwewTii Chandler- '-NX in VV "Lawless Vaney, NX : Siherton Demo Leaders Plan For County-Wide Meet SILVEBTOX, June 8. The date of the Marlon county-wide democratic pic nic will be Sunday, July 20, at -the SUrerton city park. State, federal, county and city candidates are welcome to be special guests of the gronp. t -. - ,' George Cuslter, city re corder, is president of the organization and la being as sisted locally hy W. H. Jack, H. Lockren, Scott McPike and John H. Davenport. The all-day event prom ises; to draw as many as 1000 guests. Progress Made In Drilling New Well SILVERTON, June 8 More than 265 feet hare' been drilled on the' new city well at North Third and i B streets. Work has been progressing by the R. J. StrasseT company April 9. Monday'a report was that the drill . had i passed through the heavy hard layer of rock and was showing a porous, volcanic layer, all of which brought hopes for a flow of water at any time. A 12 -inch casing is being sunk. This is Silrerton's second city well with the first experiment at the foot, of Norway street, . r rov ing entirely satisfactory. The two wells will eventually do away with the water supply from - both the Abiq.ua and Silver creek. The first well is now replacing the Silver creek flow land Is used as emer gency in the sui-mer montls.-EL gin McCleary Is superintendent of the water commission. Society Will Hold Breakfast Session SILVERTON, June 8. The an nual breakfast of the Missionary society of! the First Christian church will be held Tuesday morning at 8 o'clock In the church social rooms with Mrs. W. W. Neal, retiring president, official hostess, with Mrs. Frank Milliken, secretary, assisting. State officers to be present are Mrs. Mert L. Sanders of Albany, state president, to be in charge of the Installation of new officers; Mrs. B. F.I Shoemaker of Salem, state general secretary; and Mrs. Blanche Paul of Falls City, dis trict secretary. The official guests will appear In program selections. The new officers to be placed are Mrs. Ben Gifford, president; Mrs. JJ W. ! Jordan, vice-president; Mrs. Frank Milliken, secretary; Mrs. A, R.i Earls, treasurer; Mrs. William Bailer, librarian: Mrs. S. Heater, World Call secretary; and Mrs. Elmer King, Mrs. Otto Dickman and Mrs. Mary Andrews as dirlsion! leaders. Breaks Finger Again SILyERTON, June 8 - W. C. Larson, whose one finger was int recorering i from a broken bone, injured taat member again Fri day causlnr him to snffer eon- siderable pain. However, no bones were nroaen in tne second injury. Mr. Larson la millwright at the Silrer Fails timber company mill. ; j 1 New; Arrival Is Boy SILVERTON, June 8 - Mr. and Mrs. Delmar Brown of Port land aTe ennouncina- the birth of a son May 25 at St. Vincent's hos pital at Portland. The boy has been named Craig Terwilliger. Mr. Brown is a native of Silrerton and the son of Mrs. P. L. Brown here.i T h eyesight autttion is ah" iMWttd correct ly only with a thoro,' teetrehi tig, scientific' examination. P. IAI WRtW 7QQ J Last Times Today f f Matinee 2 P. M. IDC THE BIGGEST? ENmTAINMIMT; . scooi"OfTMtIvw, llllllTlllllili llillill w o Graduation Week For H. S. Starts Crowd at Baccalaureate; Commencement Plana : I Are Announced . for Salem high school senior's Sunday morning with the annual baccalaureate serrice at the El- sino-e theatre. Studies ended Fri day. for all except a few rrad uates who hare work to make up. . A crowd that filled the theatre listened to choral numbers by a student choir of orer 100 roices and to organ music played hy two seniors, Doris Schunke and Phil Barrett t Rer. George H. Swift, pastor of St. Paul's Epis copal church, counselled the com ing graduates j to plan lives of creative effort rather than to rest content with being automatons. His subject, was, "Siphons or Dy namos?" ; ; j Admission to the graduating exercises at the Elsinore , at 10 o'clock Friday moraine. will be by ticket only,; Principal Fred D. won announced yesterday. This ruling, he. said, was necessary to insure members of the seniors families of seats. Two Valedictorians Tied for scholarship honors. Margaret Upjohn and Alice Swift will each make valedictory ad dresses Friday, an innovation for Salem high school. The rraflna- tion program will be as follows: Prelude: Largo (Xerxes) -Handel Processional: ' Pomp and Circumstance Elgar Phil Barrett, Organist Inrocation .Rer. J. M. Frans High School Chorus (a) Dedication (7 parts) ; Franz-Cain (b) Q Lorely Night (Barcar olle) ....Offerbach-Spicker (c) The Lost Chord (8 parts) . . Sullivan-Brewer Doris Schunke, Organist Address to Class Dr. Edward O. Sisson Reed 'College Farewell Song Flavla Downs Solo by Burtls Preston; Flaria Downs at the Piano Violin Obligato by Hume Downs Valedictory Talks Alice Swift, Margaret Upjohn (Tied for First Honor in Scholarship) Presentation of Awards . Principal Fred D. Wolf Presentation of Diplomas ..Superintendent Silas Gaiser Benediction .... Rer. George H. Swift Recessional: March in B Flat Ma jor (mss.) Barrett (Dedicated to Class of 192 m Poetlude: Pomp and Circum stance . Elgar Phil Barrett. Organist Acknowledgement for no (st ance in decoration to O. D. Olson, jfionst. Junior Ladies' Aid Has Last Meeting of Year WALDO HILLS. Jnna X Tk Junior Ladles' Aid of the Silrerton M. E. church held its last regular meeting of the year Friday night at the Max G. Scrlber home with a dinner meetinr. with the hus bands as special guests. Twenty- etgnt were seated. New officers are: President, Mrs. J.-A. Werle: Tlce-nresident. Mrs. Fred Baker; secretary-treas urer, Mrs. Harold Davis. Mrs. Wil liam Swift is the outgoing president. he m t wti m, uv- 1357 0HJPEn-EIEn-t7IYirCE2 TOUH HE.! Iff a fad... you should worry about lubrication? 'I MOTOnOEE. mMSttrpesssext at aay prtM m 0r ZDl " AQVJ11T ttmm mm Unsurpassed - a luxury product at 25 n n c v o y n n d n n d o s a Paving in Donald. Asked of County J. P. Fellers of Donald appeared before the county court yester day to request that the county pave approximately three and one half blocks of street through Don ald. -The court agreed to the pro Ject, i . .. . , ' The town of Donald has done all grading preparatory to the oil ing under a PWA project, v- Volidarcht Held Oa Theft Charge News Alan's Memory Helps Tracing of Accordion, Vancouver Arrest. A Salem newspaper man's pen chant for remembering crime re ports led state police Sunday to arrest Elmer Volidarcht, local la borer, in Vancouver, Wash on a charge of stealing a $150 accord ion. State troopers here did not learn that Volidarcht had teen taken Into custody for investiga tion by : Vancouver police until they were notified of the fncident by Wayne A. Pettit, who read about It in a Portland paper. Pet tit is statehouse correspondent of the Oregonlan. The missing accordian, which state police said Volidarcht tried to sell in Vancouver, was taken from an automobile belonging to Erich E. Marx, route four, while the machine was parked on the Pacific highway a mile south of Salem on Memorial day. , Volidarcht 'waived preliminary hearing in Justice court yesterday, was bound over to the grand jury and locked In, jail In lieu of 1250 ball. Everett and Louie Arends, both of Salem, took 24 hours in which to plead when they were arraigned in justice court on a charge of transporting stolen property. They were charged with having taken Volidarcht to Van couver. Bail for each was et at 1150. Comiiiittee Going To Santiam Camp (Continued from Page 1) for th emanagement of the park to be presented at the meetine next Sunday. .. Corporation Plan of Control Suggested " '. Informal discussion fnif9ta! that the permanent organization ror the management of the park would be a non-profit corporation with directors to be eletml fmm interested civic groups throughout tne county who would be stock holders &nd sponsors of the n. terprlse. The committee Is desirous that all groups and individuals inter ested in the Santiam camp be re presented at the RnnrfAT- mttnr An inspection - of the park . and buildings will be made after which the tentative plans for permanent management will be discussed. To reach the camo it is necen. sary to go through Mehama and past Taylor's grove. A large sign pointing to the transient camn is placed about a mile shore Tar. I lor's. The camp Is located on the I north side of the main North Fork f the Santiam. -" Bui even at today's temperatures you're safe with RPM Motor Oil...., I fl TODAY'S new cars, carefully designed motors operate at new high speeds and temperatures. Your crankcase oil may bej 68 hotter than boiling water or even more at sustained high speeds. - And that's pot all. New and higher R. P. M. (engine speeds) double the bearing-pressures in many cars. Pistons flashing 2565 feet per mimite. Everything faster and everything boner. - f HPM" Can Take It , ! Use die new R P M Motor Oil in your car. Compare it with any oil at any price. It is safe for the new cars a splendid oil for every . car. One hundred and forty-six crude oils were tested and analyzed in Standard OH Research Laboratories to gain every quality advan tage for this new lnhriomf. Next time specify R P M Motor Oil Police Radio Will Be Retained Here Speed in Emergencies Is Need; 5 State's System . Not to Supplant . The Salem police department will not relinquish its federal radio license when the new 1000 watt state police and highway de partment station Is set 1 up here. Chief Frank A. Minto said yes terday. :;" J "The biggest feature of a police radio system is speed in em er. gencies, snch as burglaries, hold ups and the like," Minto! said. "I think we should keep four own station and then we will be sr there won't be any delay when we want to send out a hurry call to the men." jj Salem was second only tpj, Port land in setting, up a police radio station. Off leers of the depart ment sponsored benefit dances to raise the 11200 needed to pur chase the necessary equipment. The city council then provided a salary for one radio operator and later permitted extension Of the daily .operations from 10 to 20 hours by appropriating money for a second operator. ' , State police have regularly used the city station to contact patrol men on the highways. "The only contribution the state police de parment has made to operation of tha Salem station was ($125 to help pay to increase Its power from 25 to 50 watts. . t Oregon Votes to Be Denied Lahdon - - ' l (Continued from Page 1) winner, needs a winner, and it can't win with Landon,j" Dunne saia. Coalition to Aid Northwest Planned The Oregon delegation, on tha eve of the convention, started to form a coalition of Pacific north west delegations to win recogni tion for Washington, Oregon and Idaho, for platform planks favor ing completion of the Grand Cou lee and Bonnerllle projects and adequate tariff protection for do mestic markets, particularly lum ber, i . Today & Wednesday! 0 2 Features ! rteiarisi I ' a 'Splcndof Pins 1 1 -4 This Great' - . . ij Action Show! " '"-r ": wuLj IrosTial cents a cjuarc p n o d u c s? 4 I lUMt lANtt - '