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"HOSEGOtf STATESITAIrcaiesrOrejron; Thursday Morr- Zf 30, 1935
Profits Made in
First Half Year
Industrial Gain Is Steady
Survey Reveals; Auto
Eearnings Highest
NEW YORK, July 2 9-3-The
vbusy trip-hammers or n.eavy in-
dustries. shaping nietaia to
thousand uses in America's plants
: and factories, at the tame time
rere pounding out increasing
heaps of dollars for shareholders
in the first half of 1936, a surrey
i today showed.
With 155- corporations reveal
ing Ihe contents of their account
Looks to date, including many of
I the largest in the country, the
widest gains over the initial six
months last year are being shown
by those concerns which manu
facture primarily to supply ma
teriaU and machinery for other
Industries, or duTable goods sucn
as homes and factories.
Where the Associated Press
compilation of the 155-total in
dicated a Rain in profits for the
half-year of 61 per cent oxer the
fame 1935 period, the steel In
dustry. for example, with 10 re
porting companies registered an
agregate rofit gain of 445 per
cent.
- Total Gain Smaller -
Dollar-wise the Improvement I
moderate, with the total $4,436
970 ahead of last year, but the
. percentage change serves to em
phasize the sharp reversal of the
situation from a time when xn.any
concerns were showing losses.
Building equipment -companies.
cf which seven have reported, bad
a dollar profit Increase of ap
proximately the same amount as
the steels. In -percenetages the
lift was less, 109 per cent, but
Ri ill good enough to give this ai
vision second place in the rise.
' Automobiles, more rapidly worn
out by consumers, have been the
oustanding profit-makers In terms
of dollars, with a margin of over
9100.000,000 a bore the year be
fore. On a percentage basis, how
ever, their rank is fifth with a 71
per cent rise for the 3 concerns
reporting, which included) two
first-rank producers.
Slayer of Six Is
Denied New Trial
OLYMP1A, Wash., July 29-JP-Leo
Hall, convicted in " the Er
land's Point mass slaughter case,
looked to Gov. Clarence D. Martin
with little hope for rescue from
hanging, after the state supreme
court yesterday denied him a re
hearing of his appeal from a first
degree murder conviction.
Hall said he had little hope the
governor will act on his behalf
and that ho will "take it standing
up." if he must hang. -
Although accused of slaying six
men and women in a robbery at
Erland's Point, Kitsap county.
Hall was tried and convicted of
but one 'of the deaths, that of Eu
gene Chenevert.
The date for his execution prob
cbly will be determined by the
Kitsap county trial court within
30 to 60 days.
Dwarf Corn, Sunflowers
Grow Tall at Rickreall
RICKREALL, July 29 In the
Jim McClellan vegetable garden,
stands of . sunflower grove, the
stalks of which range from 6
to 12 feet tall. Yellow bantam
corn planted near has reached six
foot. This is a dwarf corn and
hardly ever reaches more than
Jour feet. -
Aide to Landon
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Lola William
Her experience for 14 years as
secretary to former Vice President
Charles Curtis won for Lola Wil
liams a job as secretary to her
fellow-Kansan. Gov Alfred M.
Landon, Republican presidential
nominee .
Fifteen Drown As
Sand Barge Sinks
CHICAGO, July 29.-P)-A
wind squall sent a big sand barge
to the bottom "of Lake Michigan
today with her captain and 14 of
her crew.
The snubnosed boat, "Motor
shipment material service," lurch
ed suddenly to port and sank like
a stone in the darkness of early
morning a mile off the south Chi
cago lighthouse.
The craft went down In the
choppy waves so j fast there was
no time to man the lifeboats.
Most of the crew was trapped
asleep in bunks below decks.
Thofce who were wakened by
the sudden plunge Jumped from
bed and fought for places at the
ladders leading to the decks.
Seven men survived the whirl
ing vortex of the wreck, after be
ing sucked down with the ship
They were rescued by coast-
guardsmen called from the light
house.
3Iissourian Visits
RICKREALL. Julv 29 Mrs
Lydia Lahman af St. Louis. Mn..
spent Sunday with her brother R.
r Grolbert. Mrs. Lahman plans
to spend the summer in Oregon.
GRAIN SACKS
At Reasonable Prices
SALEM BARGAIN
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When a car has no vibration point at any speed, it naturally
cant be topped for smoothness. When it sets an official mark
cf 22 miles to the gallon, it is all you could ask for economy.
The Pontiac Eight is all that and more America also calls it
the most beautiful thing on wheel! i
On 11,000 Pontimo ownmf who tvcmntl? ham wtiiia rolun
tmry Htfmrm t prmi mbovt tSir eara. No pmid tmmtianonuUmt
gSS X. Commercial ' - Phone 5431 i Salem, Oregon
DEGUIRE MOTOR CO. SILYERTOX t ..
Fred Tooze Heads
HEchigan Society
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The Michigan, state annual pic
nic was held Sunday at the state
fairgrounds with a large group
present. After a bounteous picnic
dinner a short program,, with
Mrs. D. D. Olmstead in charge,
was enjoyed.
First was singing, "Michigan,
My Michigan" by the group. Other
numbers included: Reading of a
Tourist Trip Through Michigan"
and "By the Side of the Road,"
by Mrs. Helen Her; songs, "The
Last Move" and "The Aeroplane
Ride" by Mr. and Mrs. Compton;
reading, "Michigan Cherries" by
Mrs. Jay Cook; reading by Anna
Shaw; address by Fred Tooze, sr.
Those present were Mr. and
Mrs. C. F. Loveland, Mr. and Mrs.
M. A. Estes, Mr. and Mrs. D. D.
Olmstead, Mr. and Mrs. J. White
head, Mr. and Mrs. L. Mills, Mr.
and Mrs. Compton, Mr. and Mrs.
H. G. Loveland, Mr. and Mrs. .J.
Shaw, Mr. and Mrs. J. Kubbemee,
Mr. and Mrs, C.Van Buren, Mr.
and Mrs. T. Toose, Mr. and Mrs.
T. Scott, Mr. and Mrs. W. Copen
haver, Mr.- and Mrs. E. Slick, Mr.
and MrsM. Moore, Mr. and Mrs.
R-JWandie, Mr. and Mrs. J. Cook,
F-Toosef Jr., Annabel Tooze, Mrs.
F. Abbott, Lillian Wanmath, C.
Condo, C Mooney, Mri. C.
Schmander, Mrs. H. -Her, Doris
Douglas, Anna Shaw, Nettie Shaw,
Pauline RIdenour, Henry Exun,
Mrs. L. Johanson, Mrs. W. Tuck
er, Mrs. W. Wilson, Mrs. E. Lin
coln, Mrs. B. Barhyte, Mrs. W.
Holbrook, F. Wolf, Robert Hutch
inson, Gertrude Cook and Anna
May Davis. T
Officers elected for the next
year are president, Fred Tooze,
sr.; vice-president, J. Shaw; sec
retary, Mrs. Jay Cook; treasurer,
Mrs. John Whitehead.
, Thornburgh Now 104
; FOREST. GROVE, Ore., July
Z$s-iPt-A.mbeT Thornhmrgh, na
tive of Tennessee and a resident
of this section since 1861, ob
served his 104th birthday today.
Six of his eight children are liv
ing. -
Ingalls to Speak
At Kansas Picnic
Claude E. Ingalls, well known
editor "of tho - Corvallis Gazette
Times, born and raised in, Kansas,
will address the Kansas State So
ciety of Oregon at its annual pic
nic being held Sunday, August 2,
at Jantsen Beach park.
Mr. Ingalls will talk on the
history of the state of Kansas
with regard to its position and
value to the United States, and
will also speak of the valor and
achievements of the many Kan
sans who have come before the
public eye at the present time
and in days gone by. - -
The picnic held by the. Kansas
State Society of Oregon fa always
a large and outstanding one and
usually attendedby approximately
three thousand former Kansans
and friends. . .
President-elect R. A. Pond has
announced that an interesting
program has been arranged and
many humorous contests will be
held of which the hog calling con
test and tho a lp p 1 and milk
bottle contest for men will be
most amusing, - ?
Two Recent W. U.
Grads Will
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Two 1935 graduates of Willam
ette university received teaching
positions this week through the
appointment bureau conducted at
tho university by Miss Pea r '
Swanson.
Nell Marie Perrlne, who ha
been studying for the past year
at Southern Oregon Normal, was
elected to teach English and - di
rect girls' 'athletics in the high
school at Colton. She was an Eng
lish major and lives in Ashland.l
Edna Danford will teach Eng
lish in the Umatilla high school
during the coming year. She, also
an English major and an Ashland
girl, has been teaching Engllah
and commerce at Rogue River,
Selective Naval
Recruiting Opens
WASHINGTON, July i?.-(JP-To
J mail 21 new fighting ships
scheduled for completion this
year, the nary has started a se
lective - recruiting drivo for 10,
000 sailors to boost Its total en
listed strength to 100,000 'men.
Congress authorized an increase
in man-power to the 100,$ 00 fig
ure! to be reached by July 1 next
year. . Navy officers said today
thajt, despite friendly competition
from the army and civilian con
servation corps, more me,n were
applying for navy enlistment than
could be accepted. i
The plans for expanding per
sonnel vere given urgency today
when Admiral William H Stand
leyii acting navy secretary, sajd
he -had "not the slightest! doubt"
that coi struction of two new bat
tleships would begin next year.
He said contracts probably would
be let sc metlme this fall. Ifenewed
indications came from abroad sim
¬
ultaneously that keels for twf.
new British ships would be laid I
next January.
Return From Visit '-J
wv.t.iv, v Air, i
and Mrs. Victor Madsen and three '
children. Colleen, Roger and Lo-'
retta Bell, returned to Hillsboro
Tuesday night after spending a1
few days here at the home of Mr '
Madsen's mother, Mrs. M. J. Mad-'
sen. I
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Hart Schaffner & Marx, Michael Stern and
Varsity Totcn Suits and Topcoats
YOU BUY THEM NOW FOR ONE DOLLAR LESS
THAN PRESENT LOW SALE PRICES
One Lot Tailored
DOLLAR DAY PRICE
SUITS for MEN s
Values to $23 -
Removal Sale Price 913.77
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SUITS for MEN
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Values to $29.50
Removal Sale Price f 17.77
One Lot Hand-Tailored
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Values to $35
Removal Sale Price $21.77
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SUITS for MEN
Values to $39.50
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Black and Grey LISLE
HOSE. 12 pairs for
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WINSTED WOOL HOSE Regular
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pair
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Interwoven & Wilson Bros.' HOSIERY
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NOVELTY SILK HOSE CI ff
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Men's All Wool
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One Odd Lot Can't Bust 'Em
Khaki
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A Large Selection of
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