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Yield Is Well
Over Average
In All Fields
Quality Best, Straw All
Long 'and' B'g Amornt
of Seed Present
Bumper Cro , Subsidy5
Combine to Hearten
Valley Growers
- In a year which las Been In
jury to practically all Willamette
valley farm produce, t 'ere has at
last appeared one blight spot.
Flax production, which. ailed mis
erably last year, may se : a record
yield this year, flar growers de
clare. Average production for the last
10 years, exclusive of.laU year,
has been one and three-fourths
tons to an acre. This year grow
ers say that the poorest fields
will run not less than 2' tons
and some will produce 4 tons
to the acre.
- In addition to having a heavy
growth, the flax Is all tall which
will pat it in the higher. price
brackets. Prices range from $22
to $25 a ton according to quality.
Acreage In the Willamette val
ley is estimated at 2700 acres. A
government cubsidy. of $5 a ton
is to be paid to the growers this
year.
Hand Pull In sr Found
Necessary, Report -; 1 s
; The tall flax - has become po
heavy that the winds and rains
of the last week have knocked
much of it down. This has made
the pulling of the grain by ma
chines impossible. Hand' pullers
are being paid $20 an acre to
harvest the crop. Pulling has
ready started in some districts
and will be under way over the
valley by the middle of next week.
One encouraging feature for
the new cooperatives which are
getting started this year is the
large amount of seed present on
the flax. This seed is saved and
dried. It sells for a price of $1.70
a bushel up. Usually there are 9
to 11 seeds to a stem. This year
growers report as many as 21
seeds. The sale of the seed alone
will yield fhe processors &ver $13
a ton. flax men estimate
Additional Acreage '
Nevt Year Probable
JWith the -giving of the govern
ment subsidy and the fine crop
which has been produced this
year, flax men are hopeful that
additional acreage will be planted
in the valley next year.
It Is estimated that at least
10,000 acres of flax could be
planted here to supply the United
States market. There is a total
of more than 6000 tons of fibre
Imported annually 'into this coun
try. Fiber yield Is around 350
pounds to the acre.
That there would, ba a market
for the Oregon fiber, flax men do
not question, as the Oregon pro
duct la above the average in qual
ity compared with world produc
tion. It la exceeded only by special
flax grown in' Belgium "
Goiter Discussed
At Medical Meet
! PORTLAND. Ore., July i.-iJP
Dr.Carl Henry Davis. Milwaukee.
Wis., gynecologist and obstetri
cian, told 500 members of the
Pacific Northwest Medical associ
ation today that treatment for
goiter in prematernal cases tends
to eliminate "the necessity tor
thyroid surgery In succeeding gen
erations." . ,
Dr. Davis said "No amount of
kind of treatment after birth can
overcome developmental defects"
due to improper growth of the
thyroid. - J
He said in cases in which pre
maternal care Included iodino
treatment and thyroid medication,
no babies under his supervision
had been born with a thyroid en
largement. He commented, how
ever, that proof of many years U
necessary before it can be determ
ined definitely whether such at
tention results In complete : thy
roid control.
Selling Deer to Drunk
Person Denied in Court
Arnold Overman. b; tender at
Bridge Inn, beer garden at the
west approach to the Marlon-Polk
county bridge, pleaded not guilty
when he was arraigned yesterday
before Justice of the Peace Cook
in West Salem , on a charge of
serving beer- to & intoxicated
person. Trial of the- ease was de-
. layed and Overman released on
$10 halL State police said Over
w&a. arraatad Temenlajr .
Flax CroiD is
Out Again-in Again is
Ly tie's Experience as
Sentence Terms Mixed
Gets Three Months. Released Because 80 Days are
Already Served ; Officials Dispute i Issue
Until Lewetling Called fo Settle It , ,
r' WAS out again, in again for Wister Edward Lytle, after
he pleaded guilty before Circuit Judge L. G. Lewelling
yesterday to a charge of drunken driving. It was all a
misunderstanding over the sentence imposed by the judge
on Lytle that brought about the mixup. . !
Lytle was convicted in the justice court of Woodburn
Japanese Tanks
Parade, Peiping
Demonstration Appears to
Be Warning lo Powers
of China1 Control
PEIPING. China, July 8 -(iT-Rumbling
tanks, armored cars
and hundreds of motorized Japan
ese troops startled Peiping's plac
id and historic legation quarter
today. f
Half a dozen Japanese generals
appeared In I the demonstration,
intended, apparently, to show
Chinese and foreigners that Japan
is prepared to deal with; anybody
who resists her; mainland mili
tary,
Re ports from
Xinghsia prov-
I n c e . coincidentally, indicated
Japan had all but completed a
string of radio-eftuipped military
missions dominating the 2,000
milfr length ) of i inner - Mongolia
from west of the Manchoukuo
border. ! . ) -:
Some observers suggested the
next Japanese move would be to
drive out Suiyuan's Chinese gov
ernor, Fu Tso-Yi, who, represents
the last outpost of Chinese au
thority in Inner Mongolia, and
has refused stubbornly to respond
to Japanese advances. 1
HONG KONG.I July 9.-(Thurs-dzy)-Jpy-Two
of Canton's prin
cipal generals were reported to
day to havej deserted the cause
of southwest. China.
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Boy Found After
Two -Day Search
KLAMATH FALLS. Ore., July
8.-(P-The 48-hour search for 9
year old Roy Armprlest ended to
day with the finding of the boy
alive in the rugged Sprague river
country in eastern , Klamath
county. , '.;--.. i.- ; - t .- .
. A contingent of 14 CCC boys
was rushed to the sector earlier
today when a fresh footprint was
reported found.. r --
V Dr. - George H. Alder, who
cared for the boy after - he was
brought to a hospital here, said
his condition was serious but not
critical. He was suffering: from
lack of water and fatigue, as
well as .from eating too many
green berries.
The fact that
the youth was
for his age as
frail ' and small
a result of a ' serious illness had
led searchers to fear he had per
ished in the tree-clad mountains.
The Armpriest hoy is a. nephew
of Mr. and Mrs. Carl Armpriest
of Salem. -: , ; .. :.. .
Office Building and Library
Issue 1 to Face 193 7 Session
Construction of a new state
office building and state library
structure will be placed squarely
before the 1937 legislature, Gov
ernor Martin said Wednesday.
Governor Martin said he bad
directed the state planning com
mission to develop the proposal
and submit a report to his office.
The cost of the office building
was estimated at $1,000,000 and
the library structure $500,000.
Additional - land also would be
required. The proposal has been
made to acquire four blocks of
residence property, located di
rectly north of the present cap
itol site. ; . I
Federal Allocation
Probable, Declared! -
Governor Martin said the gov
ernment probably would allocate
45 per cent' of the cost of the
buildings and, allow 15 per cent
of the total for . the additional
land.! . , . - . . - ... ..
Figures presented by the gov
ernor: showed that the state is
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O two and a half months ago of a
drunken driving charge. He was
sentenced to 6ix months in; the
county Jail and fined $100. He
appealed the case.
Since that time he has been in
the county Jail awaiting disposi
tion of his case. Yesterday he de
cided to change his plea to guilty
and went before Judge Lewelling
for sentence.
Upon the recommendation of
the district attorney's office, the
sentence was to be made lighter
by the court. Payment of the fine
was suspended and in giving sen
tence. Judge ; Lewelling declared
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WPA Wage Scale
No Provision For July in
Evidence Yet; Staff
Is in Quandary
WPA officials here expect to
day to receive from state head
quarters an order for wage rates
which will supersede the scale un
der which projects have been op
erated since last fall. District En
gineer W. M. Bartlett reported
yesterday. Upon the new scale
will depend the number of days
project laborers will be required
to work each month. Until the
new scale is established, the WPA
office force will be unable to
make out payrolls and budget pro
ject activities for the month.
While the new scale, directed
by congress to be based on the
prevailing local wages, is being
formulated by state WPA offici
als, the data supporting it has
been collected in each county, T.
J. Sheridan, district labor rela
tions officer here, explained yes
terday. The new work relief
wages win vary from county to
county.
The new wage system ' will
mean the end of the standard 120
hour working month on WPA pro
jects, Bartlett indicated. Instead
WPA laborers will work at the
established . prevailing wage and
quit each month . when they have
earned - the sum Allowable for
their type of activity. As in the
past common laborers will be paid
$48 a month, unless contrary ord
ers accompany the statement of
the new hourly scale.
Republican Committee
Meeting la J Set hater
PORTLAND, Ore., July S.-V
Arthur W. Priaulx, chairman of
the republican state central com
mute, said today the biennial el
ection of officers would be held
here July 18 instead of July If
as previously scheduled. The
change was necessitated to enable
officers to comply with legal
mailing notice limits.
now paying approximately $75,
000 annually for office rentals
which -would, pay . the state's
share of the cost of the new
buildings over a period of years.
"The erection of a state office
building and state library would
not only save the state a large
amount of money but would in
crease efficiency of governmental
departments," . Governor Martin
said. .
Governor Martin made it plain
that he would not recommend the
purchase of additional 1 a n d' as
this was solely a function of the
legislature.
C. C. Hockley, federal engineer
for the public works administra
tion, recently wrote Governor
Martin inviting the state to sub
mit any projects it may desire
under the $1,500,000,000 federal
appropriation for this purpose.
r The. planning board was urged
to expedite its studies of the state
projects.
Other projects may be suggest
ed later. Governor Martin said.
Change
Expected
Predicted
City Officials
Of Stayton to
Give Easement
Water Project- Aided by
Action; Ask Salem to i
Pay for Repairs
Refusals - Along Route in
Aumsville Region Not i
to Delay, Claimed -. '
Stayton city officials will 'co
operate in Salem's water system
program by permitting the grav
ity pipeline to be laid through the
streets there. Chairman Edward
Rostein of the Salem water com
mission reported: late yesterday.
He said word was trought here
by Ernest Denny, Stayton man
who is securing i r 1 g h t of way
easements for the commission,
that Stayton councilmen had
agreed to allow the mains to be
aid in their streets In return for
an agreement that the water de
partment would pay the cost of
street repairs. j
There will be no other cost to
the water department than that
of paying for the; gravel and labor
necessary to restore . the Stayton
streets to their original condition
after the mains are .laid, Rosteih
said he was advised by Denny.
The agreement, not yet drawn in
formal form and approved here,
would provide that remuneration
to the city of Stayton should In
clude the expense entailed by
settling of the street grades which
may result several months after
the pipe-laying Job is finished.
Large Portion of
Easements Obtained
Rostein estimated 75 per cent
of the easements needed along the
gravity pipeline route had been
obtained. The commission's rep
resentatives Denny and George W.
Johnson Jr. of Salem uniformly
are offering to pay farmers at the
rate of $1.25 a Tod for right of
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Landon Speeds Up
Legislative Pace
TOPEKA, Kas.t Jnly t.-(JP)-Smothering
democratic attempts
to inject prohibition and other
issues, the republican-ruled Kan
sas legislature today rushed Gov.
Alf M. Landon's social security
recommendations i to the thresh
hold of completion.
A long day's . work, marked by
persistent peppering of the repub
lican presidential candidate by
group of democrats, brought sen
ate approval of two proposed
amendments to the state constitu
tion designed to increase Kansas
participation-in federal social se
curity plans, j -
Similar amendments were in the
final parlimentary stages in the
house. Difference in language
foretold a conference to reconcile
the two branches but republican
leaders looked for - adjournment
tomorrow night i of th e session
which opened Tuesday. -
Democratic efforts to open the
session to immediate social secur
ity legislation and the civil ser
vice question, as well as to pro-
fnbitlon, were defeated overwhelm
ingly by the senate. In accordance
with Landon's recommendations,
that body voted 25 to 10 to Join
the house in limiting the session's
legislative business to social se
curity amendments. '
Hamilton
Assails
Bourbon Spending
MILWAUKEE, July tiP)
John D. M. Hamilton, chairman of
the republican national committee,
termed the Roosevelt administra
tion tonight "a personal govern
ment that has appropriated to it
self more of other peoples' money
than any other administration in
American history."
The young Kansas attorney ap
pealed to Wisconsin voters to elect
Landon and Knox next fall to
prove "the- American system has
not failed." !
Hamilton spoke at a session of
the ' state republican convention
which heard Charles F. Smith.
Wausau attorney in his keynote
speech Invite democrats and. pro
gressives to Join In a crusade "in
defense of Americanism."
Myers Heads Radio Men
CHICAGO. JulT S.-VPt-C. W.
Mvers ' of Portland. Ore.. ' was
elected president! of the national
association of broadcasters at the
closing business 'sessions of the
organization's 14th annual con
vention todar.
Death Toll of
Heat Is Now
Over Hundred
58 Victims Counted for
Second Day Extreme
High Temperature
Rain Brings Relief Into
Part of North Dakota;
. Feed Crop Helped
CHICAGO. - July l.-6rVSwel
tering heat, : intrenched In the
middle west -for six days,' swept a
blazing .patch eastward tonight as
deaths from heat and drowning
rose to 112. ;
Fatalities today were counted
throughout the country at 58,
four more than were reported "In
the record-breaking temperatures
of yesterday. '
As the heat made its influence
felt farther east, Indiana reported
temperatures above 100 degrees
throughout the 'state. The gov
ernment observer at Plalnfleid, N.
J. forecast 100-degree weather In
Central New Jersey tomorrow, fol
lowing a 9S.5 high point today. .
Owosso, Michigan
Is Warmest Spot
Owosso, Mich., was the nation's
hottest spot, reporting" 109 de
grees.
The mercury rose to 106.5 at
Bowling Green, O.
Scattered parched areas of II
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licenses to Sell
Two : Near ; alem Suspend-
ed For Cause; Tschauner
Is Denied Permit
PORTLAND, Ore., July
The Oregon state liquor control
commission served warning
against violations of the - state
liquor laws today by revoking two
beer licenses and suspending 31
others for periods ranging from
5 to 60 days.
Applications for 12 licenses
werex rejected on the grounds the
territory involved already was
adequately served.
Suspensions included:.
River Road tavern, Salem, re-
tan beer and package store class
A" licenses, 10 days, sale to in
toxicated persons. .
Bell's basket grocery, Dallas.
package store, class "B", 21 days,
sale to minor.
Among applications denied was
that of F. G. Tschauner, Salem;
Max E. Wesley, Scio, and L. A.
Rada, Mill City.
Ten-day wholesale wine license
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Borah Announces
He'll Make Race
BOISE, Idaho, July MjPt
Senator Villiam E. Borah, "lone
wolf" of American politics, an
nounced for reelection tonight in
the face -of powerful Townsend
and democratic opposition.'
- There was no ceremony and no
statement.
Jesse Hawley. attorney lor the
dean of the United States senate,
quietly filed nominatins petitions
entering Borah's name In the republican-lists
for the Aujnst 11
primary.' .-
- The senator, who only Monday
announced "he would support the
repnblican ticket and platform,
commented cryptically after the
filing:
"1 have nothing to say at this
Ume. The filing speaks for Itself.
I have left' the entire 'matter up
to mjr attorney."
Thus simply; at 71, did Borah
stride ' eooly into what many
friends believe may prove the bit
terest struggle in his 30 years in
the senate. :
- -He will be opposed In 'the pri
mary by Byron Defenbach of
Boise, former state treasurer, won
bears the endorsement of the Ida-
ho'Townsend organization claim
ing 100,000 of the state's 200,000
rotes. '
Methodists . Plan
Enrollment Drive
Chicago. juIt 8.-upv-At
Joint meeting today, the board of
bishops, the world service com
mission and other leaders of the
Methodist Episcopal church draft.
ed plans to launch "The World
Is My Parish' movement in 8 4
annual conferences and six mis
sion conferences of the church
within six weeks.
The plan, -which calls for the
enrollment of 50,000 psrsons the
first year, will be under the lead
ership of the bishops, committees,
clergymen and laymen.
Beer Taken Away
John D. Facing
f3MoreYear'
If
Character stodies of the oil fcin
w . -n. . "ar a. Im
p a n . u. ocaeieer, wnp
passed his' 07th - milestone
Wednesday and looked ahead
to the century mark. - ;
Pair Caught Here 1
Free, Kidnap Case
PORTLAND. Ore., July
Frank Juricek. Jr., and Everett
Carper, Vancouver Barracks sol
diers, won directed verdicts of ac
quittal today on charges of kid
naping Andrew Keyxers, Vancouv
er taxi driver.
Federal Judge Fee said" evi
dence was insufficient to support
prosecution under the Lindbergh
kidnaping law. f
Juriek and Carper were accused
of forcing Keyzers to drive them
south on the Pacific highway to
Barlow, Feb. 10. Keyxers called
police to report his cab taken af
ter he left the machine near Bar-;
low. The ear was recovered "near
Silver Creek and Carper and Jur
iek were taken into custody a few
days -later at Salem.' ' - , ;:
They are held in the county Jail
here pending disposition of la
charge involving theft of an arnty;
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Two From Salem Handedi
Offices at Convention
Of Oregon Pharntacitt
GEARHART, Ore., July S.HfPh
The Oregon Pharmaceutical aH
sociatlon, in annual convention!
here, named M. C. Kaegi, Port-i
land, president. Mrs. J. C. Perry.'
Salem, was chosen second vice!
president of the auxiliary, which
is beaded by Mrs. Linn Jones.
Portland... m
Among newc directors chosen
was R. E. Legg, Salem. .
Lewis Scrap N
As Labor G
WASHINGTON, Jnly
The American federation of la
bor's executive council recessed
tonight without a discussion of Its
scrap with John L. Lewis or his
steel organization campaign.
After to ting to charter the
American newspaper guUd as an
international union, the council
decided to see whether the presi-j
dent of the united mine workers
made a requested appearance at
tomorrow's session before ..voting
on whether -to oust him from the
federation.-:
Iwln. leader of the federation
faction that thinks all the work-
ers in each big industry should
be organized into one big union
has said he would not appear.
Trouble Unlikely ; - . -
The council k n o w s how jl
feel " he told reporters.
A hearlng.on.a dispute betweetj
the elevator constructors and the
building service trades union for
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Young State Representative Is Second
One to Be Killed; Motive For
Attack Jjs Not Apparent i
Was1 Leader in
to Legalize
i Auto Crashes
IiHICAGO, July ,8. (AP)
state representative from
shot to death tonight by
too
k his car after a 60 - mUes - an
streets. I I
j A shotgun charge tfre of f the top of Bolton's head. His
car was wrecked against a street car trolley post.
j Bolton, a member bf the state legislature since 1930,
was renominated in the April primary election. He was one
of the : leaders in the Chicago bloc's unsuccessful "effort to
legalize handbook betting in the municipality, introducing
the bill, which was passed by both houses at the last session
Will Live to 100
Savs Rockefeller
Cuis Big Birthday Cake on
97th Birthday; Enjoys
Automobile Jaunt
LAKEWOOD, N. X, July! B.-(JP)
-John D.. Rockefeller, sr., $7, to
dayi cuti a big birthday cake, pre
dicted again that he wculd live
to be 100, and then donned a
tropical gun helmet to go outdoors
despite a temperature of 92 in
the shade. . f :.
Although his tdrthday is one of
the two events he annually! cele
brates the other is the anniver
sary of his first Job-rr-the. aged
multimillionaire did not let it in- i
terfere with his daily nap after
dinner or his daily afternoon auto-,
mobile ride. i '
Dressed in light-weight sujt and
wearing the helmet, he was drlv-!
en About his estate. Twenty miles
of roads traverse the 500 (acres
within the walls of the estate and
the jautomoblle stayed within the
gates. I
During the forenoon he replied
to messages of congratulations,
declaring they were "wonderful
and beautiful'' and he was 'f deep
ly touched." j
He arose early, as Is his custom,
andj after breakfast sat In a sun
house on one of the spacious
lawns. It was here that he said:
"I know I will live to he 100,
Just as I said several years j ago."
Five Held Guilty
f Chicken Theft
- Twenty five dollar fines and 30-
dayj Jailf sentences were Imposed
in ballas Justice court yesterday
upon the two women; and j three
men arrested Monday on a charge
of stealing chickens from the
George Williams place near perry
dale. The five pleaded gv'lty af
ter j Judge Charles Gregory! per
mitted reduction of !e charge
from burglary not in a dwelling
to petty! larceny, state police .re
ported here. ' I
I The five were John W. ana Hel
en Vanderbeck. Newberg; John
McDaniel, Portland; Mrj. Edith
McDaniel, Portland, mother of
Mrs. Vanderbeck and John Mc
Daniel and Cecil Bennett, J Port
land. - -. 1 -
t mentioned
uncu ixecesses
the right to enroll elevator op
erators also was postponed today.
At his press conference, Secre
tary Roper said today it was his
personal opinion that unioniza
tion! of the steel industry would
not 'cause serious trouble, j
The Lewis group faces j three
charges:-; , -
1, Creation of the committee
for industrial organization to pro
mote unionization by industry-in
direct contravention of th4 fed
eration's craft union policy!.
. 3i Furnishing assistance to the
radio and electrical workers'
union, an organization refuged an
A. F. of L. chatter after thej coun
cil had decided that radio work
ers should belong to the electrical
workers', union. j
- 3 Promoting organization
campaigns- in - steelj automobile
and rubber with no regard for
the j craft lunlons'1 claims to! some
of the employes in those Indus
tries.
Recess
Pursue at
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Unsuccessful Attempt
Handbook Bettinir:
Trolley Post
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John M. Bolton, 34-year-old
Chicago's second district, was
a group of gunmen who over-
- hour chase through west side
s?but vetoed by Governor Henry
Horner. . ,
Chief of Detectives Walter
Storms took charge of the invest!-
gation but declined to offer an
opinion on the slaying motive.
Previous Slaying
of Solon Recalled
Bolton was the second : state
representative - from 1 Chicago . to
die violently In the last seven
months. Representative Albert J.
Prignano, democrat of the 17th
district, was slain last December
by men who accosted him In front
of his home. 1 "
The motive for that killing vtt
never established byj the police,
although they offered a theory
that Prignano might hare become
the target of gambling Interests
in hia. district whose activities he
had sought to halt. .
Mrs. Olive Pauly, housekeeper
at the Bolton home, said he had
left 'about five hours before the
slaying without indicating his
destination.
She said his wife, I Marie, and
their two adopted children were
with his mother. Mi's. Michael
Bolton, at the family summer
home in Saugatauk, Mich.
Thomas Meighan
Called by Death
NEW YORK, Jnly 8 (TV
Thomas Meighan, who portrayed
"The Miracle Man" and appeared
in dozens of other star screed
roles, died tonight at his Great
Neck, Long Island, home, at the
age of 67. ....... -
- A recurring Illness,: from which
he had suffered ulnce early la
1935, caused him to make a. trip
to the Pacific coast several m oaths
ago for treatment. A year ago h
was operated upon for the remov
al; of . a bronchial ; tube obstruc
tion. ; .-.'
. His widow, the former Frances
Ring, stage actress , and sister of
Blanche Ring, . was with him at
the end. He is also survived by
James Meighan, a brother, living
ifl New York.
Meighan reached the peak of
popularity In the film world tir
ing his lengthy career as a movie
hero which began 20 yea: s ago. la
1925 he was reputed t be draw
ing one of Hollywood's top sal
aries, $10,000 a week. In recent
years his film work 1 has be a
broken by long periods of Idleness,
his last picture being r peck's Ba4
Boy" in 1934. j
Italy to Avenge
Fliers' Slaying
ROME," July 8.H3VI tzlr
mourned ten aviators slain In an
Ethiopian ambush tonight and,
reports from Addis Ababa said,
sent a fleet of planes Into the
Hinterland to deal out swift pun- .
ishment to the attackers.
"Mass reprisals," It was report-
ed, were ordered against the dis
trict of Wallega province, west
ern Ethiopia, where the aviators
were ambushed after they had
alighted 00 a reconnalsance flight
June 26. . -
Addis Ababa heard of. the kill
ings only- yesterday from the
Rev. Father Barollo. a passenger,
who escaped from the hostile
tribesmen.
Three of the victims were
among Italy's best known sirmen.
They were Gen. VIncenzo Maglioc
co, who during the Ethiopian
campaign was assistant chief of
aviation in East Africa; MaJ. An
tonio Localelli, member ef th
Balbo mass flight to Chfcapo in ,
1933, and Col. Carlo Calderfni.