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' i 1 The OREGON STATESMAN. Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning:, July 18, 1936 PAGE TWO Action Against Smith to Wait Townsend Takes Walk For Protest as Official Enters Meeting (Continued from pare 1) t ,Tfe Her. Alfred J.-Wright of Cleveland, rscently remoTed as A regional Townsend leader, and threo other persons filed suit la common pleas court asking that Dr. Townsend and the board of, directors be .remored; that the court order an accounting of $1,000,000 in Townsend clubs' money which the petition said had been "dissipated" and that a re ceiver be appointed. A co-founder of the movement. Robert E. Clements, who recently resigned as secretary and treas urer, asserted In an interview that "political opportunists" are trying to take over the plan and that, "if It falls Into unscrupulous hands (it) la a menace to the government, ... At the convention sessions to day delegates listened In virtual 'silence to telegrams from Got. Alf M. Land on and a secretary to President Roosevelt, saying- it would, be Impossible for Land on .and the president to accept speak lng Invitations. ' Norman Thomas, socialist can didate for r president, accepted to day his invitation to address the convention and said he would' ar rive and jspeak tomorrow fore : noon. I i .Townsend officials said no at tention would be i paid to a de mand of the communist party that Its candidate. Earl Browder. be heard. Rep: William Lemke. 'candidate of. the union party, is scheduled to speak at a Townsend rally hero Sunday. Special Saturday & Sunday Airplane Joy Rides Children . 10 Miles 25 $ Bliles 50 In Sport Plane EYERLY SALEM AIRPORT .'i .J T li1 O TODAY MATINEE 7 .7 Featuring BOB GOODING World Famous Musician PupiU of Barbara Karnes' scnooi or uancina; ,. ana JW On tbe Screen 'The Fighting Marines' , and Jackie Teck's Mickey Mouse Club Notes HI, kids. Summer is a great thing. Isn't It? Too bad it doesn't come twice a year instead of just once. Think of r jE TP how much more Pv ff ' Kwimminr and ball , playing we could do. M. M. C. SPKAKXNO of ball playing, we sure had a swell game oat at Ol- Inger field last Wednesday. Some of the , fellows got together and played a game to tee who was going to get to go to the show free Satin-day. 1 Well, after watch ing those kids and seeing how hard they played Chnckie-Wuckie decided that both teams could go to the show Saturday and that the winning team would be given extra passes., j'-'- The players on the winning I team were: Kearns, Bradshaw, Johnson, stemae, Douglas, -tsar- nick, Satter, Breedlove and Mer- rlott. The players on the other team were:- Brown, Roberts, Sie bern. Kitchen, Alley, Henry, Pan- Quiat. Harms, Coons, Eland and Barton. i mJ m. c. MAYBE we! have some other ball players in this Mickey Mouse Clubs of ours. It you would like to have another game Just writs in and tell as about It and I think we can arrange it. f M.; M. C. HOW did you like our show last week? We had some pretty good entertainers, don't you think? Kenny Cater sang mighty fine, . and Gordon Winch comb, Seth Jayne and Al Garrett, the boya with the guitars, gave a number that was what you might call a knock-out. 'Lucille Shan non, the clever acrobatic dancer was so good that I thought we might get her back again this week but she is going to Seattle next week where she will start on a tour with a vaudeville cir cuit. M.IM. C. LAST week in our stage show we had a carnival Idea, this week the show will be presented in a Chinese atmosphere. We have a swell line-up of entertainers, among them, are: Delores Park er and CItve Bartley, students of Ed Cheney; Maxine Smaller, Ce celia Lamb, Helen Smith and Leone Goff. m.;m. c GOSH. I almost forgot to tell you about the new man we are going to have ; in our band this week. Andy Anderson is going to bring his horns down and play with tbe rest of the boys. You all remember Andy, he used to play with us a long time ago. M. M. C. OX the screen we will have Bill Boyd in "Hop-Along Cas sidy which reminds me I've got to hop along right now, Bo until next Saturday- . So .long, good-bye, and a fond farewell. I Your old pal, . PAL Oregon Trail Fete Held At Starting Point With Huge Crotcds Attending - GERING, Neb., July 17.-(JPr-The fifteenth annual Oregon Trail days celebration, attended by a crowd estimated by officials at 10,000 closed here tonight. Gov. R. L. Cochran led a four mile parade this morning and spoke to an afternoon audience. ' 3 X - ON THE STAGE vnency Episode S Coooer in Bad Bot" A Sir- Salem Firm Is Lowest Bidder Commission to Cut Off Private Supplies, to Safeguard Water J (Continued from page 1) Slate Construction company for digging the pit for the new reser voir, contingent on approval of the water engineers. Good Profit Made : : 4 On Jane Operation , Earning J15.175.6S in June. the water department made a net profit of $3699.43, the manager reported. The statement of earn ings included an item of $917.28 for fire hydrant rental, which the city council each month has been refusing to pay. The hydrant bill to date this year totals $2751.54, none of which has been paid. Department expenditures. In cluding $1197.26 for meter re pairs, amounted to 16478.20 in June. The department had a bank balance of $17,424.47 at the end of the month. First heavy construction equip ment will be moved to the gravity pipeline site above Stayton Sun day, VanPatten told the commis sion. A heavy duty bulldozer and a large power shovel will soon be in action clearing the pipeline right of way to the Santlam river crossing. Twenty men are now at work on the Job. ''.' Dropping its plans for a six months checkup on accounts, the commission voted to have an audit made as of December 31, 1936, covering the 17 months during which it will have had charge of the water system. i Heat Wave Eases; Not in Corn Belt (Continued from Page 1) f agency allotted $350,009 for hu man subsistence needs. Additional Steps Taken at Capital In Washington, these additional measures were announced tor the! general assistance program to the stricken states: . 1. The AAA arranged to buy 2.000,000 bushels of white wheat from t he i Pacific northwest a section with a bountiful crop for distribution in drought terri tory. . . t 2. -Cattle purchasing program ready to start emergency buying Monday at Chicago, St. Paul and Sioux City, Jf drought forces "dumping" of stock. 3. Resettlement administration announces land use adjustment program for northwestern drought states, contemplating buying of 1.000,000 acres of North Dakota and a total of 4, 000.000 acres for the territory to cost around $13,749,000. The sizzling heat continued to ball water from the midwest's 8 tr earns. The mighty Mississippi was shamed by reports that three federal barge line steamers were stranded on sand bars. The stage at Rock Island, 111., as only 0.4 foot above low water mark and at Alton, 111., the stream was report ed "running a temperature of 92 degrees," an all time record for Its waters. Lack of relief for pastures brought new reports of milk price advances. Omaha's Quarts rose from 10 to 11 cents. Kankakee, uj., paid a cent more at 11 cents. Afternoon "hot spots" includ ed: Norfolk, Neb., 109; Hutchin- scn, Kas., 112; .Kansas City, Mo.. iv l; Guthrie, Okla.. 105: Mon mouth, lll 100; Des Moines, la.. 99. Spanish Troubles Growing, Claimed KJ' . .. , (Continued from page 1) contracted Barcelona on Spain's east coast. All was reported quiet but the telephone call was cut off before It was completed. : . Disorders, including many strikes, have shaken the country since the leftist government was elected in February. Unofficial estimates place the number of dead in five months of troubles -at between 200 and 300 with per haps moo wounded. The assassination of Jose Cal ve. Sotelo, monarchist leader, cre ated new tension early this week. Hundreds of fascists were round ed up Thursday. and arms and ammunition were seized. There were rumors of military moves and a possible government crisis H-A Hor Owned fneatcrT' . Tvco Big Features Continuous Performance f rt Today - l:SO to 5 P. 51. 1UC jiuaiHt stKYict And Second Feature Added ""Colored Cartoon Comedy Xews and AdTentnres of Frank Merriwell Sunday, Mon, and Tues, Matinee Each Day - 2 P. M. ' SHIRLEY I A f WZZUXI ATSXS Jr rtOREXCI sxcz The Call Board GRAND Tpday"Robert Kent in "The crime or Dr. "orDes." Satnrday-H i g fx . Tension" Norman Foster. - . ;? HOLLYWOOD Today Double , bill. Back Jones in "For the Service and Lew Ayres in "Panic on the Air." ELSIN'ORE Today Two features, Bette Davis in "Golden Arrow" and Guy Kibb In "The Big Noise." - r -Saturday Clark Gable in "San Francisco. . CAPITOL i T o d a y Double, bill. ."One , Rainy Afternoon'! with. Francis Lederer and Bill Boyd in "Go - Get 'Em Haines." . .' : ' STATE ' - T o d a y Double bill. Jack - Haley in "F . Man" and Gertrude Michael in "Wo- man Trap." Saturday only Big Boy WI1- Hams in "Gun Play." King's Assailant Declared Crank : (Continued from Page 1) tatlvely to have declared today his loaded revolver was not knocked from his hand as the king rode by. but Instead that he threw It deliberately in the street near the king. ; I - He had no Intention, he Insisted again, of shooting the. monarch. As for the king: "His majesty is in excellent spirits, perfectly calm. . 1 . 1 have never seen him leas nervoua" said a high dominions official who talk with him at Buckingham palace today. r . Late this afternoon, after a day of official business, the" king drove from Buckingham palace to York house. Waiting crowds cheered lustily and Edward acknowledged the ac clamation with nods. It was indicated a full mental examination might be completed before the Irishman appears in court again a week from today. Second Trial of lVIinto Scheduled (Continued from pag 1) which the jury failed to agree after a four-day trial was brought under an old gambling statute covering willful neglect to enforce the gambling laws. Moody said that the Minto case was the first in which an Indictment had been brought under- the law and had presented many Questions of law never before- - presented to the courts of Oregon. t Attorneys for the defendant in dicated yesterday that the date for the second trial was satisfac tory to them, but said they had hoped it could be taken up earlier. Roosevelt Yacht! Near Cape Sable CAPE SABLE, Nova 1 Scotia, July ,17.-iP)-SkIpper Franklin D Roosevelt and his three sons an chored their .yacht Sewanna off Cape Sable tonight after 30 hours continuous sailing for 125 miles across the widest part of the Bay of Fundy. ... . They came on a crescent course from Seal Harbor, Me. Ahead of the president and his sea-going sons tomorrow lay the northward course along the Nora Scotian west .coast. Trains Halted by Snowsked Blaze .SACRAMENTO, July Flames sweeping through the ex tensive snowsheds above the 7.000 foot level in the Sierra Ne vada mountains tonight .tied up all traffic on the transcontinental route of ' the Southern Pacific railway line, v .. . . . ; Twelve trains, Including Six. ex press trains to and from the east were held at Colfax, Calif., and Sparks, Nev. Railway officials here said service probably: ; would not be resumed until some time tomorrow,'. TODAY ONLY! Big Boy Williams in "Gun Play" Clyde Beatty Serial !vcSgLi - STARTS SUNDAY! .--.I . ; ' 1 i v1 A vrt : : ; . - 4 IT- Si s . 1 ssw sjs rs JOHN DOLE51 Mona (feme Alan mm m m. m -'a Herbert Muncin Court's Schedule Is Overcnnvded Facing numerous cases, depart ment No. 1 of the Marion county circuit court is going to be unui ually busy for the next three weeks, a. schedule of cases ar ranged by Walter Lamkin, clerk, shows. ' The court is so busy, in ract, that three cases are now set for the same day. Two appear on another day. . Tie mixup came with the set ting of the second Minto trial for July, 27. The trial of Sheriff A. C. Burk is also set for that day and Cadle-rs. Crandall is likewise ached-uled to be heard. However, the Minto trial is tosbe given pre cedence and the Cadle case will be held over, i Ralph Moody, as sistant attorney general, prosecut ing the Minto case said yesterday that I Joseph -Hammers ley, special prosecutor of the Burk case had announced that he would be un able to try the Sheriff's case so it, too, "mill be set over. The schedule of cases for the court is as follow July 22 SwartiVs. Crandall. ' July 2$ Fliegel f s. Sackett. , July 24 School District No. 24 vs. State. July 27 State vs. Minto. - .1. , State vs. JBurk. . I, . Cadle vs. crandall. July 28 City . of Salem . LIghtfoot. . s July 29 City of ' Salem vs. Wakefield. ; July 30-MMty of Salem vs. Doughty. July 31 Trahan vs. Moisan. Doerfler vs. Salem 'J: Nut Growers associa "1 tlon. , August 6 Brown vs. Ritteman. Although the schedule as ar ranged provides trial dates for all the cases, actually some of t h e cases fwtll take two or three days to try. Lamkin said, So the dates set may have to be changed again. Last Steel iggest Bridge SAJI FRANCISCO. July IL-iSPk -The Uast steel link moved Into place jtoday on the San Francisco Oakland transbay bridge, making the great structure more than 99 per cent complete. With little ceremony, a crew of 16 men maneuvered the five ton chordUo its permanent position on a pier, on the San Francisco side. They -ran up a flag to mark the achievement. Placing of the cord left only the paving, the final riveting and the application of a few odds and ends to complete the $77,200,000 structure, which will start carry ing traffic Nov. 12. . The! bay bridge, listed as the costliest structure of its kind in the ' world, crosses the longest stretch of navigable water ever spanned by engineers 4 4 miles. It is 6 M miles long, counting its approaches. It contains 153,000 tons of steeL" Rolb Is Speaker For Credit Meet Verte Robb, of the Firestone service! stores, spoke to the Salem Credit f association at its meeting at the Hotel Argo yesterday noon, describing the manufacturing of tires, tubes and other products made in factories of the firm he represents, y Farm equipment is now becom ing rubberized, he told the club, explaining the various uses that had beien Inaugurated recently in equipping farm machinery with rubber ; . Preliminary plans for the club's summer picnic : were discussed, and a committee was appointed to arrange lor this event. McCann Case to Come Up July 28 Municipal Judge Jones .yester day tentatively set 10 a.m., July 23. as time for arraignment of E. W. iMcCann, state witness in this week's trial of Chief of Police FranTc A. Minto. McCann. as a re sult of testimony In this case, was charged by Police Sergeant J. L. Cutler iwith .testifying falsely.' Judge Jones, acting as ex-of f 1 clo Justice of the peace, said he set the time for arraignment and preliminary hearing at the request of Edwin C. Goodenough, Mc- kid:;b ac BETTER PICTURES PERFECT SOUND First Run Western! i - .;;l Comedy - II Other Films! " Midnite Show Tonite - 11:15. -1L t walukcb rUARBARA M M M M H!eV i. 1 -XV p -;C Y vf - Jack n Hi : :- -X r HOLT inlLPH the time set was agreeable to Special Prosecutor Ralph Moody. McCanh is at liberty, on his own recogni zance, at Moody's request. f li Former Chief Is 1 Involved, Kidnap : . r;;:y-4 ST. PAUL, July 17.-(3V-ThomH as Brown, a former St. Paul po lice chief and until today "head of the police auto theft, division, was suspended from the. department rolls late today following sensa tional testimony ia the Ha mm kidnaping trial that he shared I: the 3100,000 ransom money. . Byron Bolton, confessed ki naper and a witness for the go ernment, calm testified t h a Brown received 325.000 of the ransom money for informing th gang of police .activities while William- Hamm, the kidnaped brewer, was being held for ran soxndn June, 1123. ,1 f Bolton, alleged-machine gunnef for the Barker-Karpis gang, waS testifying in the trial of Johd (Pack) Pelfer, St. Paul night club proprietor, who is charged, with conspiracy In the abduction. 1 Almost simultaneously with Bolton's discloures, Chief Clinton Hackert ordered Brown suspended! "without prejudice" pending out-? come of the triaL Subsidize Needed ew WASHINGTON, July 17.-P)- AAA officials said today that it the drought continued ' to cat: down food and feed crops, they: might seek means of subsidising agricultural products ot which there was an insufficient supply. . Mastin . G. White, . agriculture I department solicitor, said there was no present need for subsi dies but that if the drought were: intensified, the AAA legal depart-: ment probably would search the soil conservation act in an ef fort to find authority to compen sate expansion of farm commodi ties. : The original agricultural ad' Jnstment act, he said, contemp lated both contraction and expan sion . of production, whichever was needed to give agricultural income a parity with industrial Income. Flood Yacht Wins Race to Honolulu HONOLULU, July 17.-iP-The Dorade, 51-foot yawl owned by James Flood of San Francisco, finished first today in the - Cali fornia-Honolulu yacht race. Flying the pennant of; the St, Francis Tacht club of San Fran Cisco, the Dorade, one of. Ameri ca's fastest sailing yachts, won one of the most exciting stretch duels in the history of trans- Pacific racing. t Cutting through the white caps in a 20-mile following breeze, the Dorade crossing the finish line off Diamond Head at 4:69 p. m leading the 22 trim crafts which started the race from Santa Mon lea July 4. Inebriation Charged C. E. Erlckson, 344 North Front street, was booked by city police last night oifa charge of being drunk. Slickey Cann's attorney, who held CtooslN Policyj A ' t- " - " ' Tour'xoxnantic idol . M s- ! r f X' V) ti? -year -in1' a mighty ' T.;t ( , :: S j I roisianca ot Frisco s dar- a ., J ' v.lcntf drama! , J ; ' v : r U t m h : -fv ;- . I II - - . 1 -M Santiam Spree Is .jj ittracting Crowd J .-"-!; a w m ' i (Continued from page 1) . been lined up for the formal pro grim, including Governor Charles H.f Martin, Senator Charles iL, Mcaryj Secretary of State Earl Snll, WPA Director E. J. Grif fith and r S t a t e Fire Marshal liugh Earle.- - ''- - - -rA Coronation of Queen Minnie Rider, with King Bins Breyman Boise of the Salem Cherrians of ficiating, and the industrial par adl featuring floats entered by virtually every business firm in Stayton,; were the highlights to- da.: ..-...,: , I Saturday morning's program win start with a-pet -parade, in: which children of - the district 19 participate, with - many of thei floats - from Friday's proces- 8loh appearing again.-The Silver ton band will lead. The dedica tion program -will follow a picnic lanlcheon and later in the day sports will hold the center of the state. Two dances are scheduled fori Saturday night. Hyments on Tax me in Rapidly ( Continued from Page 1 ) as close to receipts, as possl a total turnover of $1,378, has ! been made,' leaving a balance on June 30 of $19,308. I Current tax payments account ed tor $104,370 of the increase and; $ls,C87 was applied to de linquent accounts. Ray bee declared that the im provement in payments which was! reflected in the period re port has icontinued since Jaly 1. Mafty Tayments were made from bonus bonds and farmers who hav received cash for. their ber- rieij and cherries have made heavy deposits in the last two weeks, i miTTli7L, 3IIDNITK SHOW TONITE 2 BIG FEATURES A Doctor's A. Mru mm ttm 4 AV VV ANI?( 2NW HITi "The Woman with i CliADIA DELL - MOXROK LIST TIMES iTODAY Frances Lederer in "ONE RAINY and "GO -GET -EM AFTERNOON" I HAINES" 11' ! . i OOWiO 000 i IIEALV Mouse Matinee Today 1 ; Spenaisre4ture--KIiop Along Cassidy'; Last Chapter? Flash Gordon - Stajje Responsibility Handed To Community Leaders WPA Officials Assert SALT LAKE CITY, July 17.-(P)-The works progress adminis tration is placing more responsi bility with community leaders, national officials told western state administrators and their aides today. I The orocram as . outlined by Thad Holt of Washington, p. C, assistant WPA administrator in cludes. j Payment of not leas than pre- irailing. wages. A maximum eight hour day and 40-hour week. . ! State administrators attending include E. J. Griffith, Oregon. 20-30 Club Here Installs Leaders New officers of the Twenty- rthlrty club were installed at a banquet last night at. tne wueiie. . Dr. O.-T. Howard acted as In-. Stalling officer. )i The new officers of the elub ire Ed Robey, president; Ralph Mapes, first vice-president: Carl Trick, second Tice-presldent; C. S. Emmons, secretary-treasurer; taurence Brown, sergeant-at-arms; Henry Clements, John' George, Glen Nash, Harold Pruitt, Robert Sears, board of directors. Bob Gooding, "the wandering minstrel," played" saxophone se lections for the group. Attention! Miss Grace Farnham Sunday Night - 7:45 AT . Conrt Stv.tlhurcTi of Christ Coart ad 7th Stm. Always Good Services "A Friendly Group Start Sunday VIfe Reveals the Start- linn Secrets of the Men In White! Who Dared" WSLEY - LOL.1 IASK ! I , Bill iJoyd in p.taL Show j ! i Xj ' fx I