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Wilt Late News Breaks . : j :: Because of its late preeg hoar, The Statesman fre-1 quently carries important ' news not published in anyV other morning paper reach lag Salem. sow 1 V v. The 7eallier. Cloudy with occasional rain today and Saturday Max. . Temp. Thursday 51, Jlln. 44, river -3 feet, rain 5 Inch, southerly wind. mi 'MM EIGHTY 'SIXTH YEAR Salem; Oregon, Friday Morning:, December 18, Price 3c; Newsstands Be No. 228 i in-;!! m- KM? U '1 - .'iai.-'ii:-' -1 " - ! ill 1 i . I . I I i I. j I i .T :-r.;t:i-T:l.-!T' 1 k r .1 1 1 11 oil m fx ra--l-it1-.i t It:) k 0 ) 2 I v. i eaver Dayton Route Spaulding CQmer to Be Straightened With . W4 Aid, Plan 'aying Liooms, Group Is Told Maintenance Budget For Year Ii Adopted by Highway Board r j I Although, no definite promises - j ' were made, the delegation from i jSalem. Dayton : and those liring ? on the Salem-Dayton highway, rfelt greatly encouraged with the ;receptIon giyea by the state high iway commission at a meeting In Portland w ken' the delegation urged Improyement of this great ly traveled rDad. j Members oif the delegation call ed attention to the heavy traffic on the 23 miles of road between Salem ' and Dayton, the growth and rapid Improvement of farm , ing cQjulitlons, larger population and the fact that a free ferry at Wheatland wbuld add- more to the m already heavV travel. . ine statement was made to the commission that residents of no community in Oregon so thickly settled and connecting two such large cities pis Salem and jPort - land, had to travel partly on gravel roads - that conditions and traffic Justified 'a paved or oiled road. . j ; i Commission - members stated that application for a WPA pro ject in road building had . already been made f?r the new construc tion necessary at the Spaulding corner, where C. K. Spaulding had given right of way in order to avoid a sharp turn in the road. J Appearing before the -ommis-fon win jFloyd Wiljett, post master and president of the Day ton chamber of commerce. Earl Coburn, mayor of Dayton, Mr. and Mrs. -Clyde La Follette of- Wheat land, Mrs. XL. W. Craig, Salem; G. B. Fostejr and Fred Withee, living on the road near Dayton, Urle , Alderman of . Union vale; Harry Sherman, banker of , Day ton, Worth Wiley and Charles Nelson of Grand Island. ' - The Salem chamber of com merce was represented by C. E. Wilson. PORTLAND, Dec lT-i-The state highway commission adopt ed a road-mialntenance budget of $3,400,000 for 1837 today award ed six contracts totalling $250. 455, and approved a budget of $100,000 tor its tourist promotion-committee for next year. The maintenance budget was about $150,000 Jn excess of that lor 113$. The increase was at tributed to additional mileage In the state's highway system. The 19371 figures in the four maintenance! categories included: General maintenance of pri mary roads $2,250,000 ($70,000 increase); special maintenance of primary roads $35h000 ($48,000 increase) ; maintenance of secon dary roads! $600,000 ($32,000 increase) ; minor , betterments .$200,000 (about the same as' for 1936). . ... The $100,. 000 , for tne tonnsi promotion committee is double the allotment for the current - (Turn tp page 1$, col. 1) Sheriff Suggests Changes in Laws . : ft ' ... POUTLAND, Dec 17HSn-The" Oregon - Saerui'g association sought clarification of laws to de fine duties of enforcement otfl (cer8 today at the opening session pf their anual conference. , 1 The sheriffs, headed -by Presi dent E. T.I Mass of Clackamas County, wif ask the legislature lure. They said the law as lt now stands is costlyi slow, and places inn necessaryj responsibility on their office. ' . ' 1 Another i lezislatlve request will be abolition of medical ex- 1 4V amlnatlon T toiowing arrest ou X ) drunken driving charges. .They y " alaimed prisoners had time to yt. sober. np' i before the physician arrived.; . f . The association approved a move to bring automatic first de gree murder cnarges against any one accused lot slaying a peace of ficer. Clarification and nnlform i t7 in tax Collection laws gained f aupport. - " . - -, 1 ,;i . ' ' II 1 - J . . !. . I'" 1 ..- I- s. i- Manila Quake Slight. I .MANILA,! Dec. 18. (Friday) fjp)-An earthquake, which caused no damage and was unnoticed by most residents; occurred here to day at 12:3$ p. m. (11:33 p. m Thursday. Eastern Standard time). . The Quake's center was 100 miles teaward. Grid Is Kept on Job By Republicans JOHliT D. M. HAMILTON 1 Hamilton Upheld vAt Party Session " : - '' Vote '74-2 to Reject His Resignation; Attack Is Made by Fish j Chicago, Dee. 17-0T')-Chalr-man John D. M. Hamilton re ceived an overwheming vote of confidence today in a turbulent meeting of the republican nation al committee,; j The members voted 74 to 2 to reject his preferred , resignation and to retain him at the l party helm after three and a half hoars of acrimonious debate. . J I : : Their deliberation ', room in a loop hotel re-echoed cross ear rents of oratory. Sharp attacks on the Kansan evoked a spirited de fense, participants clashed on de mands tor liberalisation of re publican policy and criticism of the party's action on social prob lems. - When (the results of the roll call were disclosed, Hamilton stated: j . - "I am! gratified. I'll keep rigsH Fish Plans no Walk He Tells! Winner The Chairman shook hands with , his j chief critic, Representa tive Hamilton Fish of New York. "I'm a republican," Fish said. . (Turn to page 11, col. 5) Cascade Blizzard Closes McKenzie PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 17-(P) -The high McKenzie pass, a maj or travel route over the 'Cascade divide between the Willamette valley and. centra Oregon, was closed by a- blizzard tonight. W. S. Hodge,-highway mainten ance engineer, said the road would be permanently closed for the winter if the storm continued through Ithe night. Warning signs were placed at the east and .west junctions. . i - ; -- Snow plows punched their way through tne . whivs - blanket on. main highways in, the southern end of the range in Oregon. Lofty Sun mountain pass between Klamath Falls and gend had six inches xf snow buL. ! was open. Snow was hurled off the Siskiyou mountain section of the "Pacific highway! and the Green Springs between' Klamath Falls and Ash land remained open. Twenty-fiv miles of the Wapinltla highway east of Portland had high walls of snow along the edges where" snow plows passed. I ... The storm closed the Santlam routes across the mountains. A I ter nates to Cost $66. . . I . -I ... -K - . . Added to CanUot Caittract Alternates to the total cost of $66,184 have; been added to the contract!' for the construction of the sUte capitol, it was stated Thursday when. Wbitehouse and Church.i supervising architects, and "Alton J. Bassett, secretary of the commission, "visited Salem. Most important of the items re stored is the specification for trons frames, sash, ! doors and jams, with a cost of $47,325. This will provide the most dnrable ma terial for the building, zn keeping with the other construction ma terials, .-j ; :;' M Other; Items restored i are; floodlights for tower and statute. $755; grilles; over radiators- in senate T and : house : chambers. $5325: broni doors for elevators, $2770; jbronze and marble for T isiSouffht AfterSliDl!giui :r:-iiSi.i: i Qyde After Argument With J Mudent, SSftafed Stepfather Is j Witness; Gridster 'B& I Even in i CORVALLlS, Docj rHff)-wi-11am CahiU i jof fein" Francisco, member ot the Oregon State col lege football team was critically wounded tonight by two shotgun charges fired at close; range. , Authorities ; wer0 "searching for Clyde Ellis, 14, who fled from his mother's boarding house soon af ter the shots were red. District Attorney Fred Mc ton county Said of Ben- oungster fired both shots. The proseeutor, lvestigat- iA tha IncMcint witK'Stn and city police, stated Cahilf)reihonstrated with the boy f o r: seeding his mother, Mrs!. MosK&g, about food for dinner. tTjhS football player and the boyfweift upstairs to "talk things orf." S i When thejr returned the dis trict attorney saidtfhng Ellis ran to the basemett fr a shot gun. He was said o llave fired once with little effect ?and then followed Cahlll info Hie living room and fired agah. police, was quoted fas faying he found Ellis Standing ovir the un conscious football pTaye?, the gun smoking. . i sf . I :: j j Physicians tonight gave ! the Beaver guard, an feren nchance to recover. Clayton of Cases; Abtree to face Secon LAarge Running domnetion iwith Sher lock Holmes; tor defective powers, Powell Clayton, stfite police ser geant, has solved a Seattle grand larceny case without leaving, his desk at the Salem district patrol office. ; He probaHy would not have admitted the leatyesterday. however, if la felltfjv Pf fleer had not given him awaf. Clayton, in the routine of filing criminal records dceed bits of similar evidence in eveal reports, some In connections wi$h the sen tencing .of Lewis, WayriS Crabtree, 19. to the Linn cungr Jail No vember 30 Iter Itejriinf gasoline. and others regarding th Washing ton case, which reached into Ore gon recentlyf when musing Seat tle automobile waaifofnd. in pos- (Turn to pageI,ol. 1) i - . u - Lis ju v taK : I. I uysters ta Jtveep Edward mluntls LONDON, Dec.fel7-6Pi -J-The uuexy or i cornwau, grhleh pro Tided the present )uk of Wind sor with an estimate $400,000 annually when hewa Prince of Wales and then Kftg fif England, will continue to SPppljf him with spending money nAw yiat he has quit the throne. 1 1 - 1 . I - . Edward III creixedfthe Ducky in 13S? Under tfte ferms of a charter which hasV th full force o: an act or : parliament! the title passes to the : eldt ion of the king. ii; .1 ii; .f -: I ! i !i ' Among other tnragsl the ducky produces about 2;rP0,00 oysters a,year.. j. ;. j':, m il j;..u ji - - - certain stairs, $715); bronze inlay of state seal in&fuada, $701; special telephone; opths on sec ond noori.l$Si; j;J::!!jn!T ' Morris Whitelcs expressed himself as well Uased with the selection off .subcontractors tor Ross B. Hamondi general - ron tractor. All subrtntiactors are Oregon firms xt&frt.f0r the -marble and brimte ItforK. , ; Vermont, marble will f be Med for the ex terior facing, except t the base where California granite will be ased..The tiA fo4bre;on granite was about! $30.(fcK higher: than fori. California;!! 1 1' i ibr.JM .-U Large quefntitiei of 'Oregon ce ment, lumber i and4! brick will be used in thei baiidlngj said Mr. Whitehouse. mm 14 j Fires ; j i Nil ,i ! Sergeant olves Seattle Hairceny I if S j j Notes! Similarity AccwabnAU! Strike Issues Terms to Be Put ; Before Union Today, Reports Harry Lundeherg Officers' Demands Seen as New! Ohstacle to Lifting Blockade i SAN FRANCISCO,1 Dec. HrWi Maritime peacemakers took an other long step today toward set tlement of the shipping tleup. and Harry Lnndberg, sailors union spokesman, said he expected to put the terms of a complete accord before his followers by tomorrow, Lnndberg indicated he and1 con fereea representing the xn a r 1 n firemen and the shipowners had reached an agreement : on all ma jor issues involved, j - hrr Ml- - !1 T. G. ; Plant, shipowner negoti ator, r e m a in ed non-committal, J. E. Ferguson, spokesman for the marine firemen, conceded that "considerable progress"! .bad been made and said he probably would return to his home in Portland, to morrow. -. : H : ji I i I:'! .! 1 ;j i' -i i It was reported a shipowners offer of "substantial" wage In creases aided the new progress to ward settlement, ; j McGrady Confirms i Progress Report ! Subsequently Assistant Secre tary of Labor Edward. F. McGra dy said a shipowner representative had informed him the employers had reached i an agreement "on all fundamentals' with the sail ors and firemen.1 ! : t 1 1 i , !! At the same time E. F. Burke of the cooks and stewards union reported he and Hugh Gallagher, representing the shipowners. ! bad reached "a verbal accord on cer tain sections dealing with work Ing conditions." They had been discussing union demands for an eighthour ! day. IMlilJiMMt j-l'iii The PlantrLnndeberg-FergusOn conference ' previously reached, sl tentative accord on the two main issues of the 49-day iwalkont-' hiring hall control and la system of penalties for enforcing working contract! terms. The principal is sues then remaining were wages and hours. 1 ; iv !i : ! I ; :i t i'ili At least one major obstruction remained on the road to peace. The masters, mates and pilots union, have asked preferential hiring agreements as well as sub stantial pay boosts. The operat ors have held out firmly for the, right to choose their own ship's officers, not all of whom are un ion members. ! 1 : : -j- ; ! Mi:; ! : M-!i:!M H .:.t PoUceman Held in PITTSBURGH, Dec. If 11.-OR- Police in suburban Duquesne ax rested a 70-year-old. fellow officer tonight after a serfs of revolver shots killed five persons, three ot them women, f -. : "f'. Ml-5 :."f They held, Policeman Martin Sullivan.' veteran of 25 years en the force, and accused him of stalking through an industrial neighborhood, blazing away .with his service revolver. ; ..MM -I'M 1 They said all of the victims were Involved in tangled affairs of Sul livan's life. His girl-wife had left him, and he had . been accused of attacking a 1 s-y ear-old child. . i i The dead were identified by po lice as: I j in- i; '" ;i !: W i-:,i i Mrs. Mary Vukelja, '49; Jack Vukelja, 19, her son; Joseph Ben-- fla, 63, j Sullivan's father-in-law; Mrs. Helen Benda, 45; Mrs. Laura Bacon, 53, a social worker, j t n , I ' jM.!v jueiense iests i in Brite Boys' Trial i - M M U-tri Mi YREKA, ' CALIF., Dec. ! 1 7-flV The defense rested today in the trial of John and : i Coke Brite,; accused of the murder ! of three men who tried to arrest them. , i j Both brothers contended they acted in : self-defense when they resisted what they ! thought was an attack by four men who went to their Horse creek j camp on the night of last August! 30. u In thej melee two peace offi cers and a vacationer, were killed. .; i ; ,n ' ij--.i;! Gangster Slaying i ; Noted in Cnicago l CHICAGO, Dee. 17-iP)-Thre anlckflogered gunmen filed into Sam Catalino's i pool f room - to night, , compelled eight players to lie on i the floor of rear room and 1 shot to death i Domo nick Scaduto, 25, the porter and handy malv, MU'ti '!'"i"-!t.j'j!i,'WiMi'"'f t Police jCapt.' Martin - Mullen said Scaduto had come here from New. York after j his brother, Jo seph? was : slain I there, j and sug- gested the executioner might have followed him to Chicago. CLUE FAILS, PLANE SEARCH :a! HiPMtHil'iiBiit .: - .M:M flit mnkJ The entire area shown in the map, left, will be covered by a new search today for the airliner lost since Hi Tuesday morning with seven persons. As the map indicates, Jit is mostly rough mountain terrain. The last message sent by Pilot S. J. light, Gladys ! Witt, .attractive Calvary Baptist . Building Planned Site Selected, f Announced by Pastor; Next Year " (!: Hi'ii h. T-r VJ. i'i : JrT ih1 'N'-i-. J -l: r I -I 'l' iU t to See Complel ion Calvary it Baptist church, which has been i worshipping in tempor ary quarters since It was organ ized i eight years ago, announced yesterday through its pastor. Rev. Arno Q. Weniger, that a site upon which a new church! will be built has been ' selected; and that the church will be constucted during the coming year. The site Is at the southeast, corner of the inter section at South Liberty! and; Mil ler streets.' The, new church will be designed ! to house the mem bership of 400 persons., ! t For the past year the church through Its lot committee has sur veyed the city to find an area in which it could locate and carry on an effective, ministry. Feeling that the south area was not con gested with churches and that it would be a growing residenlal dis trict,1 they chose I the site men tioned at South Liberty; and Mil ler streets which la 150x144 feet j The church in a specially. call ed business meeting last night, which wa one of Its largest at tended meetings," instructed the hoard ot trustees to complete fln MfJ (Turn to page 11, col. 5) M'.ijsl, j. hi ii i i ' i ii .i ' i:M: !t r:li;U; ; .i: ' j : , ' :., Stanfield Oaims i He Authored Bill MEDFORD, Dec. 17-(ffl)-For-mer V. S, Senator Robert N. Stan field, defense witness in Wliani H. Gore's $88,009 suit against Jackson county, testified today he and his j secretary E.' J. 'Adams' of Eugene, i framed ' the Oregon California land grant tax refund bOl passed ,by congress ten years ago.' !"' I ju !;i ;ii -M'f "'i" : 1 Thf ex-senator f said it was through his efforts the bill was approved in the upper chamber. Gore seeks payment!;. for. ser vices on behalf of the measure. MTbe court , overruled a defense motion for a non-suit. 'j Longshore Union Chief 1 j Backed by N,Y. Council NEW YORK, J5ec. 17-iP)-Amld scenes ot near riot, the central trades and labor council tonight adopted a resolution backing Jo seph P. Ryan, president of the In ternational Longshoremen's; asso ciation, in his refusal to support the Atlantic and gulf coast mari- time, strike. M1! -pnnTf.XNn. Dec 'i lTw-UPVThe a af-hmsVlnr Ii Vancanrer Lioni gave the league-leading Portland v nf fart. I furious i hockey to night and ! emerged with a 4 to 4 tie. The game, which Was of the type tpat brought no complaint oi h.in, mlf i from I the 2500 snecta- tors. left Portland still oa top of the circuit. , . Late sports in ;-,-..r-- Samson, upper right, stated the shin stewardess who is one of the seven Inland March of 1 Lomrshor e Union Is Hit by Ruling PORTLAND. Ore". Dei. -William Green, president lof the American Federation of Labor, in a -telegram to the Portland cen tral labor council tonight cut short; the organisation activities of the Pacific coast Interni tional longshoremen's association. l ! Gust Anderson, secretary f the council, said the message jmeant Virtually 60 per cent of thej long shore membership rightfully be longed to the teamsters' union. ! Anderson disclosed the tlegram limited longshore union activities to ! ''the waterfront or marine docks Ml" H I ;M'ii-:M'' ; ' '- i 'I" I A conflict In the jurisdiction claims of the J I.L.A. and the teamsters devolped h e re when Harry Bridges, coast LL.A. presi dent, toured , the northwest to stimulate what he termed the "inland march" of his organiza tion. 'I ;: M !i ! ' Ml ' - f Attack Upon Jury List Is Reiected .1 ': :m4 iri- j s.'Miu. i; i r i PORTLANDS Dec. 11-)- Muitnomah county circuit Judges denied a petition of the Black stone club to discard the 1927 jury list. iMl i :' .T t ) . .. 'j j The i. club, an . organization of trial attorneys, said the list' was prepared exclusively -from the assessment : rolls i : rather -j than Jointly M with . theMvote registra tion . books. . ! f ... f i'-f 4 ! Bradley Ewers, S ; cl ub executive, said mandamus , action to Squash the list would be filed before the supreme court.! u ..M, Woman Facet Gallotc For Husband's : Murder I RED DEER, Alta., Dec' llf.-iff) -Mrs. i Christina Maud I POfemore tonight" was sentenced fto hang March S for the murder of her husband. George, October 18 at their Bymoorl Alta.. farm. Eman uel Ernst, convicted last week on the -same charge, is under ; sen tence to hang on the same day. - A ecu :oh , t . i - !1 ft! Bin4 aid rs Use Pass Ke ys and Enter Tivo Ministers' Homes U begu The bnrglara nrho hare begun operating in Salem within the last few days are adept at using pass keys aa weu as at wieiaing an axe to gain entry to local, residences, additional information obtained on the cases by The SUtesmin In dIcates.M:M:tiM-Hi!!'iii!i:-tKi-- H'Ujh: Ijj k - Pass keys were employed $y In truders who Sunday night entered and took sums of money from the homes of Rer. L. W. Johnson.j 1095 North Cottage street, pastor of the First? Chnrch ot God, ind I Rev. J. P. Olthotf.' 925 North Cottage, pastor of the First German Baptist church while they and thelr fam ilies were attending the evening services. In both instances the bur glars entered a rear door, opened drawers and strewed clothing; and i; ;. Wi i-Mi i i iib-j; ri I I'M I: ' BROADENS I .1 1 .... ! I I - ' i'i'v;;.: was passing over Miixortl. ixtwer persons missing. Search Continues For Lost Airliner Clue Fails; 17 Ships Bue to -Comb Teiritoryt . Storm Hampers : SALT LAKE CITT, Dec. 1T. (iTVSearchers failed tonight to de velop their only "clue", In the hunt for an airliner lost with seven per sons and wearily moved to "be gin all over." j Seventeen planes covered an es timated 100 square miles today while ground crews fought snow and ice where the hunt centered In the Wasatch mountains south east of here. I "Tomorrow," said Aj E. Cahlan. spokesman for Western Air" "the search will be broadened. "The plane is to make a detail ed hunt all along the airline route between Milford and ! Salt Lake City, extending 25 miles out on either side of the course." Over Milford, 180 miles south west of Salt Lake City, Pilot S. J. Sampson sent the last radio report heard, from the lost liner at 8:27 a. m., JUountain Standard time, Tuesday. The ship, waa due here from Los Angeles at 4; 10 a. m. Search at Alpine Where Plane Heard - 1 ' The hunt- was centered in the vicinity of the mountain-shadowed Tillage of Alpine, 25 miles south east of Utah's capital, because (Turn to page 11, col. 4) ' Fairmbunt Tank : Gets First Test Initial testing of the new 100,-000-gallon stel ' water . tank on Fairmonnt hill showed the struc ture to be unusually well con structed. Water .Manager Cuyler vanratien announced yesterday. The tank was filled for the first tinra Wednesday, was emptied to permit calking of a ' few . leaky rivet holes and was to be refilled late yesterday for a second test. The new tank, however, nnder present plans will not be placed in service until the new 10,000.- 000 gallon reservoir,; and .John street and Rural avenue Is. ready for use.. The old wooden tank, of 50,000 gallons capacity, will them be torn down. . other articles on the floor In their search ior money. J M . . 4 The combined loot -in the two cases was approximately $15. Be tween $3 and $5 in tithe money was. obtained at the Olthof f resi dence and ' about $12 from the Johnson house.-- .' MM- ! ' r Police Thursday reported that a diamond wedding ring and tl In money were taken Wednesday night by a burglar who visited the home of Lewis Kelecker, 1985 Vir ginia street. The home waa enter ed through a window at the rear.. H. DParham did not learn un til Thursday, police said, that his home at 1140 E street had been entered, probably last Saturday night, and several articles, or Jew eirj taaen. Advance Made On Shcnsi by Loyal Troops Conferences on Chiang9! Release Continued; Leaders Defiant . Condemn 'Bandit; Japan Keeping Close Watch; - . " Fears Communism f NANKING, China. Dec. 18 (Frldsywif)-two armies fought today .while secret negloators de bated settement pf a civil war that mar cost the lires of both leaders. Generalissimo Chiang; Kai-shek and his rantor Mar. shall Chang nsueh-LIang. .The Nanklnr rerlme lUhnnth assehting its armies were highly successiui on the Shensi battle front and declaring Its refusal to compromise with the rebel Ma n. shall Chang, was known to be considering terms on wnlcn the leader of the uprising at Sianru, capital of Sbensl. pronofled ta free Chiang and enJ the civil war. Loyal divisions were reported steadily driving the' rebel troops back on Sianfo, over which gov ernment planes were v flying in awesome demonstrations. It is In Slanfu that the government as serts the generalissimo is held captive, with several of his Ken- era is. by the rebel -Young Mar shall Conferences Kept , , Entirely Secret Deep Interest centered in thr closey guarded conferences at Nanking, where James Elder, British adviser to Marshall' Chang was closeted with Madame Chiang Kai-Shek; her brother-in-law. Dr. H.all. Kung, minister of finance and temporary head of the. gov ernment, and her brother T. V. Soong, ex-minister of finance and high In government councils. The government, however, outwardly-maintained an unyielding attitude toward ; Marshall 1 Chang. The Control Yuan (council) voted that the rebel ehieftan should bo condemned to public 'execution for his rebellion. It was announced that (general Chiang Ting-Wen, captured at Slanfu last week with thej gener alissimo, had been freed by Mar shall Chang and permitted to car ry to the Nanking leaders a state ment ot his terms. , - The government continued to publish evidence supporting its J contention that the generalissimo is alive and unharmed, although a vrisoner, at Slanfu. TOTKO, Dec. 18 (Friday )- Japan served notice on China to day she will i consider her own security and the peace . of the Far , East seriously endangered "if the Toung Marshall's (Chang) Hi a eh- , Liang's) program is carried out ' and China turns red," the Dome! (Japanese) News agency reported, Harhlro . Arita. foreign minis ter,'. ;told Chinese Ambassador Hsn Shih-Ying that "pending clarification ot the situation the Japanese government is watching developments In the Slanfu coup with serious concern.' He pointed lout that 'according to the press, Chang llsueh-Llang favors the adoption of comma nut toleration." 1 ! - I Federal Building Contract Signed Contract' for the construction of the. new Salem postoff ice has been signed by L.- II. Hoffman construction company and been forwarded to j Washington for ap- . provaL Along with the contract went the bond of the contractor for approval of the treasury de partment. 1 - ,. I L.- H. Hoffman was in Sal era Wednesday . looking . over the ground for the start of jwork. It 14 not believed that actual exca vation for the new balding' will start before January 1 and may rait one or two weeks after the first of the year before all ne- . cefsary documents are approved ' and construction started A SHOPPNG a"JS f or the SEAUJ . ' 1 I I r -M - . ' ' ) " r '. '' , ' . ... ' Jii M. H tti: lift -C II 1 Hi if I- mi ' T-m:. ill nin Ifij H 1 lit1 it-- i1 ;T4 - rut i a! ii if