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gome atrange new rhame
lm flit on the ?ThimbIe '
Theatre" screen to enliven
Popeye's latest experiences.
Read The Statesman comics.
' i . Th6 leather '.
i i Unsettled today .and' Man-,
day, probably rain Monday;
Mu, temp. Saturday C2,
Min. 32, river 8.1 feet, rain
JM Inch, southwest wind.
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Salem, Oregon, Sunday Morning, March 14, 1937
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Steel
Construe
Pipe Making Is
To Be Speeded
Officials Aver
Maritime Strike Hampers
Project But "Windup in
September Hoped For
Concrete Pipe Laying Is
- Well Along; 150 Men
Are Working Now
Three months late, the first
shipment of steel plate from east
ern mills to the Portland firm
-which will manufacture 6 2. ..50
feet of pipe for Salem's new
-water supply line Is scheduled to
arrive by steamship Monday ac
cording to word received by En
gineer R. E.' Koon and relayed
to the water department here.
-H the material arrives on the
expected date lay ling of steel
pipe from Salem eastward toward
Stayton will begin about May 1.
The delay in arrival of the
steel was caused by the maritime
strike.
Despite the strike setback, the
American Concrete &' Steel pipe
company will finish the- $47,
985 contract by the end of Sep
tember, L L. Jenkins, local sup
erintendent, said last night.
Will Make Every
Effort for Speed
"We will push things to - the
limit in order to finish as soon
as possible," Jenkin promised.-
.The steel pipe will be man
ufactured by the Steel Pipe and
Tank: corporation in Portland
but the task of placing it will be
retained by Jenkins firm, which
. Is now making and laying f con
crete pipe from Stayton west
ward at the rate of approximate
ly 2000 feet a week. Nearly
8000 feet of the 34.250 feet go
ing Into the concrete section of
the pipeline Is now In place.
The water department's con
struction program Is giving an
average of 150 men employment.
In addition to 120 working for
Jenkins' company, there .are 20
en Stayton Island developing the
underground water supply and 10
doing cleanup work on Fairmount
reservoir, r "
The Stayton - Island develop
ment Is about 75 per cent com.
pleted, according to Water Man
ager Gujler Van Patten. Twelve
hundred feet of perforated p'ri
remains Ue be laid deep !n the
Island gravel beds to finish the
water-collecting system.
Water Hampering
Work on Island
Water Is pouring through the
Island's norous rravel formation
so rapidly that the nrew can ex-,
cavate for and lay but one sec
tion of pipe at a time. In the
18-foot deep trench in which the
men are working, the water at
times ' rises five feet over the
top of the pipe a short distance
below. their power shovel.
Work began last week on a
light, permanent roadway from
the Stayton-Mehama highway to
the North Santiam river. A 350
foot cable suspension bridge wfth
four-foot walkway will-be strung
cross the river to provide year
around access to the Island. .
At the" new reservoir, the west
section has been sterilized and
reniled for its second test and
workmen for Ken & KIbbe, con
tractors, are cleaning and calk
ins; expansion Joints in the east
half. As soon as the 'reservo'r Is
pronounced satisfactory It will
be placed In service along with
the new 100.000 high level'tank.
Prisoner Release
Starts This Week
Seven Oregon convicts entitled
to "good time", credits under the
recent legislative enactment, will
be released from the institution
early next -week. Gene Halley,
deputy warden,- declared Satur
day. Halley said 195 men were eli
gible for release and that seven
or eight would be discharged each
weekv.. ., ;--
Governor Charles H. Martin
asked penitentiary officials Sat
urday for a complete list or all
the men eligible for release, to
gether with Information ' regard
ing their conduct while In prison,
and the crimes for which they
were sentenced. -
Halley said the release of these
prisoneVi would relieve tempo
rarily the crowded conditions at
the prison. There are now approx
imately 1150 prisoners in the in
stitution, originally constructed
for a capacity of 8 0 0. . ,
Arriving
torn;
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Under crossing in Use; Capitol
Rising, Outlines Visible Soon
4 -n tr Hi1:' - r
fy L -.j3r
duuic, Pacific Wghway travel leaving Salem ceases to wind around a
circuitous detour nd Instead, streams through the biggest nnder
crossing in Oregon, completed during the past week at a cost of
; 280,000 by the state highway department In cooperation with
FWA. Two lower pictures, framework of the Oregon capitol ris
ing above the first floor level and beginning to reveal the build
ing's eventual outlines and extent. , .:
Picket (Violence
Dismissed
PORTLAND J Ore.; March ! 13-()-Municipal
Judge Julius Cohn
dismissed disorderly conduct
changes against Claude Stennett
and Charles j Reimer, ' arrested
February 3 wfcUe-on picket duty
at the Oregon (Worsted mill.;
Judg9 Cohn iruled that "a reas
onable doubt as to guilt of these
defendants exists," in dismissing
the charges after hearing con
flicting testimony from nearly a
score of witnesses.
The defendants were alleged
to. have used j abusive language
toward women employes of the
mill as they left work.
Corvallis I Campus
ect
CORVALLIS. Ore., March 13-(J)-W
A. Jensen, executive sec
retary, said he had been notified
through the Portland office of
the WPA that a $23,000 project
for Improving Bell field and prac
tice fields at Oregon State college
had been approved.
Jensen said the government
would contribute 315,000, princi
pally for labor. He said the col
lege's cash contribution-will be
small, but that the school is to
provide landscaping materials,
and engineering supervision.
Besides turfing Bell' field, the
pject provide for turfing, fenc
ing, landscaping and laying water
connections In other unimproved
areas of the campus.
Albany Boy Found
Drownedl in
Pool
Pro
Approved
ALBANY, Ore.. Marclx 1Z-(JP)-Mrs.
James -Cor we 11 investigated
when her son; Raymond, ; fail
ed to answer call-to accompany
her downtown. i
She found his body lyin? In a
pool . of water In a gravel pit
where be had been playing alone.
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Council to Study
Gty Mains Issue
Principal Items of business for
the council to take up Monday
night will be the WPA application
for the 3850,000 program for re
vamping the Salem water distri
bution system. In addition there
will probably be the regular gist
of small matters that usually come
before the group.
Some action may be taken to
ward, the rerouting of the city
busses via Front street. This has
been proposed as a method of re
lieving congestion in front of the
United States National bank build
ing on Commercial street. Under
the proposed plan the busses
would load and unload on the
southwest corner of tbe intersec
tion. The special committee ap
pointed to investigate the hiring
of workmen at the cement plant
en the municipal pipe line will
not report tomorrow night, W. D.
Evans, chairman of the group said
yesterday. The committee was ap
pointed to study charges of al
leged discrimination in hiring the
men at the plant
Septka Will Face !
Peculation Count
OREGON CITY, March. 13P)
-Harold Fred Septka, 44, former
justice of the peace at Oswego,
faces embezzlement charges fol
lowing his arrest in Portland to
day by Clackamas county officers.
Septka had been missing since
last Sunday when a note Indicat
ing he planned to take-his own
life - was found on the Marion
Polk county bridge. Later be was
reported at Oakland, Calif. He
told arresting officers he did not
know how he got there nor could
he explain his return to Portland.
A grand jury Indicted him on
a larceny count, charging he' took
3650 of public funds. He is in the
county Jail here under a physi
cian's care - with bond set at
35000. ...
Months
GriP
nion
Extending Out
Across Nation
Communication, Electric
Industries Are Next
Leaders Declare I
Mass Demonstration, for
C. I. O. Is Staged by
Detroit Members
(By the Associated Press)
The committee for Industrial
organization - thrust another iron
Into the blazing labor .fiTe yes
terday aiming at the unioniza
tion of the million or more work
ers In the electrical manufactur
ing and communication fields.
The executive hoard of the
United Electrical and Radio
Workers of America, C.I.O. af
filiate, prepared to open collect
ive bargaining conferences with
the General Electric company at
New York tomorrow and j plan
ned to seek similar parleys' with
tbe Westinghouse Electric, and
Manufacturing company, and the
American Telephone and ! Tele
graph vompany. General Electric
employs 60,000; Westin?uouse
45,000. Looking beyond S thesa
"big three," William Mitchell.
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Amelia to Start
Despite Weather
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Low Pressure Area Moves
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Eastward But Clipper
" Also Makes Flight
OAKLAND, Calif., March 13-(ff)-In
the face of near i storm
conditions over the Pacific, Amelia
Eaxhart today declared her; inten
tion of starting her world i flight
tomorrow. She made two test
flights and arranged all but final
details for the 27,000-mile adven
ture, j
s A low pressure rea 400 miles
out was moving toward the Call
foia coast. United States Meteor
ologist E. H. Bowie said it would
cause unfavorable flying condi
tions between here and Honolulu
until Monday noon.
Bowie added the prospects were
for brisk headwinds along 1500
miles of the course to Honolulu
and cross-winds from the north
for the remainder of the route.
The forecast daunted neither
Miss Earhart, who planned to
leave around 5 p. m.. Pacific Stan
dard time, tomorrow, nor Pan
American Airways, whose Hawaii
an clipper departed for Honolulu
with two passengers this after
noon. On her first test flight of the
day Miss Earhart ventured out
the Golden Gate and maneuvered
her $80,000 "flying laboratory"
offshore for a try out of compass
and radio equipment. j
Famous Scientist
Thomson Called
SWAMPSCOTT, Mass., March
1 3-(!p)-Death today ended the
long career of Dr. Elihu Thomson,
world-famous scientist. j
Like his friend of many years,
Thomas Edison, he won fame as a
pioneer In electricity. h
; Long before the turn, of the
century, the 83-year-old English
born Inventor -won his first pat
ent. In the years that followed
he won nearly 700 others. Best
known of these was electric are
welding. , ' ' . i
: An- Illness that began in Jan
uary marked the end of his ac
tivity and caused 'death.- '
; Dr. Thomson was twice mar
tied. His first wife, Mary L. Peck
of New Britain, Conn., died in
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ALBANY, Ore..' March 13.-ffV-Tigard
high school, coached by
Thurlow smith, took first place in
the finals of the Albany college
alumni coaches' basketball tourna
ment tonight, defeating Nehalem
14 to 12. - ' !
. Newport won from Jewell 17
to IB, to" take third place and
Nestucca defeated Turner,! 17 to
14 in the consolation. . j
: Thirteen teams, all coached by
former Albany college athletes,
were entered. i -
Late Sports;
Passengers of
Burning Vessel
AreTakenOff
Crew Remains, Will Take
Chance'on - Reaching
Port, 400 Miles
Cruiser Louisville Aids
( Silverlarch as Help
Calls Broadcast
HONOLULU March 1S.-JP)-A
burning freighter and a fast mov
ing man-o'-war furnished the
mid-Pacific with a maritime
drama today .when the cruiser
Louisville ran'm ore than 350
miles in less than 12 hours and
rescued eight passengers adrift
In lifeboats from the British ship
Silverlarch. '.,
The Louisville took aboard four
women and 'four men passengers
while the Silverlarch 's crew of 40
battled on against the flames In
her hold and decided to risk get
ting their ship to Honolulu, 400
miles away.
The Louisville radioed the As
sociated Press It had transferred
the passengers "without mishap"
and listed them as follows:
Miss Catherine Grenfell Wash
ington, D. C; Miss Helen A.
WelleV and Mrs. Michael Weller,
Stroudsbnrg , Pa.; Miss Gladys
Morris, New York; I. C. Lewis,
Barrington, R. I.; Harry -Dobert,
New York; Gi N. Camp, New York,
and Dr. A. T. Wilson, Cincinnati.
Passengers Adrift
Less Than 3 Hours
The . message said the passen
gers were on a world cruise, and
had expressed a desire to return
to Honolulu. TbevLoulsville will
place them aboard the destroyer
Waters, with Honolulu as her
destination "if the weather mod
erates sufficiently," the radio
gram read.
The message said the Louisville
transferred the passengers at
12:01 today zone ten time (2:01
p. m., PST). The Louisville ar
rived at the scene at 1:46 p. m.
(PST). The passengers had been
adrift less than three hours.
Freighter Captain F. H. Hen
derson wirelessed congratula
tions to Captain Farber on the
seamanship and speed shown by
the Louisville and thanked him
for . rescuing the passengers.
Neither ship reported details of
the transfer. ,
Cutter Will Attend
On Honolulu Trip
The Silverlarch announced her
intention of proceeding to meet
the coast guard cutter Roger P.
Taney "and with Taney In at
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Pact With Motor
Firm Now Signed
DETROIT, March 14.-(Sunday)
-0P)-High officials of the United
Automobile Workers of America
affixed their signatures at 12:55
o'clock this morning to an agree
ment on the Issues that precipita
ted widespread strikes In General
Motors plants in January.
General Motors officials, who
already have signified their ap
proval of the document, will sign
it either today or Monday.
Delegates from locals in General
Motors plants in six states ratified
the agreement shortly before 'mid
night after a 13-hour meeting
during which vigorous objections
were raised to some of the terms.
Homer Martin was first to sign.
Other signatories were: Wyndham
Mortimer, Ed Hall and Walter
N. Wells, vice-presidents of the
U.A.W.A.; George -F. Addes. sec-retary-t
reasnrer, and John
Brophy, a director of the Commit
tee for Industrial Organization.
18th Anniversary
on
PORTLAND, Ore., March 13.
(flLeo H. T e m m y of Huron,
S. D.. national vice-commander of
the American- Legion held up the
original Ideals of the legion to a
cheering gathering of members
observing the J 8th anniversary of
the organization here tonight.
Now. as In 1919, the legion
stands for "God and country and
the American' form of govern
ment," Temmey said. -
Guests of honor Included ''Com
rade' Charles H. Martin, governor
of Oregon; Major General George
A. White, and others who witn
White attended the Initial Amer
ican legion caucus in Paris. March
li. 1919. - The group Included
Carle - Aferams," Salem, and Ray
Dorris. Portland. - ,r ,.
Church Safe Robbetk ;
PORTLAND. March 13 - (P) -While
a hard-of-hearlng janitor
slept, burglars broke Into the
Westminster. Presbyterian church
here early today and took $100
from the office safe. Pastor Perry
C- Hopper reported the loss to
police. ,
Marked Bv Lesri
jF. R. Faction
Of
Success,
On Committee Hear in &
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Group Apparently Evenly
' Discussions May Run
Delay Enhances Prospects,
WASHINGTON, March 13 Acjnpnisjxation leaders, still
doubtful of their ability to ge a favorable ..vote from the
senate judiciary committee 04 the Roosevelt court legis
lation, hinted today that the hearings might continue for
more than a month. ' i f
Although some committee members were already show-
O ingS impatience at what they called
Building Program
Is Eyed By Board
Officials to Give Initial
Consideration Monday
Governor : States
Initial consideration of the
state building program as ampli
fied by the action of the 1937
legislature in measures which
Governor Martin signed late Fri
day, will be taken up at the Mon
day meeting of the board of con
trol, the governor said Saturday.
The measures reserve to the
board of control, final authority
in the matter of any construction
entered upon ' under these bills'
provisions, with the Salem pro
gram directly under the jurisdic
tion of the capitol reconstruction
commission. -
One bill authorizes the capitol
construction commission and
board of control to purchase all
or part of four blocks of resi
dence, property lying directly
north of the present capitol site
and erect a building or buildings.
An appropriation of 3850.000 to
be paid out of the general fund
of the Mate was provided. .
; Of this amount, 3300,900 was
set aside for the purchase of prop
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Lumber Workers
Seek Dime Raise
Negotiation With Plants'
Committees Objected
to by Employers
PORTLAND, Ore., March 13
(Jf)A possible hitch In negotia
tions between mill owners and the
lumber and sawmill workers' un
it:, arose today In union Insist
ence that they be carried out
through plant committees. At a
meeting this afternoon, members
of the Portland local expressed
full confidence In (heir commit
tees. The managers of 12 mills' have
declared they wished to negotiate
with the Columbia River council
of the union rather than With the
various plant' committees.
"Negotiations will start Imme
diately and may terminate at
whatever time the plant commit
teemen deem best," Ward Wil
marth, union president, said after
today's meeting. -.
"The whole situation depends
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Portland Woman
Victim of Crash
PENDLETON, March 13-P-Mrs.
Ida Olmstead, about 50,
Portland, died Instantly and Mrs.
Esther Mohr, Gresham, suffered
serious injuries When an auto
mobile operated by Allen Mohr.
Gresham, struck a telephone pole
at Hermiston shortly before 6
o'clock this morning.
Mohr escaped with minor cuts
and bruises. His mother-in-law.
Mrs. Olmstead, was killed when
she was hurled through the windshield.
Governor Winds pp Big Task
Of Viewing Sjssions's Bills
Cleaning up his task of con
sidering the record number of
497 .bills which were placed be
fore him by legislative ' action.
Governor Martin Saturday sign
ed S.B404. the Portland pol'ce
and firemen's pension' measure;
and H.B. 439 which -prevents the
same firm from holding ' both
retail and wholesale beer licenses
as well as a number ot less con
troversial bills. ""..
Out ot the entire list the gov
ernor vetoed ; six bills and filed
four without' his signature. All
of the others were signed. ,
The Portland pension bill was
Introduced by Senator Angell and
was one ot - the highly contro
versial issues of the legislature.
. The act provides that the city
of Portland may "Increase" tha
contributions ' of employes to a
Doubtful
yockeying
Divided; Ashurst Asserts
Unt?l liast of April:
His View
1
repetitious testimony. Chairman
Asurst (D., Ariz.) said the hear
ing 'might be permitted to run
until jthe latter part of April.
Asserting that the division
within the 18-man committee is
"nor ! about 9 to 9, Ashurst
said (he might be "stymied" in
tryng to get the bill out to the
seifate. He expressed the belief
thatjthe longer the measure is
delayed the better Its prospects
wllj be. y
"the schedule for next week's
hearings -was suddenly changed
todjayV when opposition leaders
notified .Ashurst they would not
be fresady to open with testimony
byjSenator Wheeler (D., Mont.)
as planned.
he committee chairman an
CTurnj to page 8, col. 1)
I FT- i 7
Bndge Traffic Is
Tied Up By Crash
Thl
Vehicles Involved;
truck!
Pins; Others at ,
1
Edg
e of Roadway
rfrsjffic
on the Marlon-Polk
couhtir bridge was tied up- for an
hour fat 9: IB o'clock last night
when khree cars smashed together
at in ! top : of the bridge. The
truckjand two ears involved were
not! badly damaged and no one
way injured. ! 1
Thomas Cromley, route 3, driv
er bflthe truck was going' west
on he bridge. The truck pinned
twos cars, one anven oy craa m.
Wishrd. West Salem, and the
other 5 by Cecil Carl Steele, Port
land, igalnst the edge of the road
way". iCromley told officers that
he ?had gone to sleep and that
tbe I truck had gotten 'out of con
trol!
"A 'ar belonging to Frank W.
Coggin, Salem, was demolished
eary yesterday morning a mile
and 4 half north of Woodburn
when lilt ran under the rear end
ot a gasoline trailer attached to
a true operated by William Carl
Perrvj Portland, i
Coggln received a lacerated
kneje and arm bruises. The truck
wa4 stopped on the highway for
repairs. The rear axle of the trail
er Was knocked out of line from
the f impact;
B fame for Bridge
disaster Divided
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' SA- FRANCISCO, March 13-
V9-An investigating committee
of 1 the San Francisco building
traea! .union council today blam
ed JJdpx the contractor and Chief
Engineer Joseph B. Strauss of
the Golden Gate bridge district
fort the accident in which 10
bridge workmen were killed.
The. committee, in a report to
thei council, cited what it assert
ed fwjere instances of negligence
by jthe district manager, and by
thef Pacific -Bridge company.
'(Concern manifested over the
reputation and actions of . men
who j to u s, t answer - concerning
tfieir hbllgations and activities in
thli matter has been much great
er concern I about the future pro
tection of workmen from similar
disasters." j declared the report.
maximum lot four per cent of
ther jsalarjes. The remainder of
the money required to administer
the j law. would be furnished by
the .-municipality.
A j retired or pension list la
ju as essential to the outstand
ing efficiency of a police or fire
department; as It Is to an army
or jiavy," Governor Martin de
clared! In a statement. This is
not I primarily for the benefit of
tbe a recipients but to keep K the
service effective and efficient.
TheFe ;is no place for elderly men
on the riling line ot either ser
vlcei.iL I . 1 . ..r.;
"t -hesitate to approve any
bill I which j runs counter to the
wishes; of our over-burdened tax
payers Therefore, with reference
to this bill, I have requested the
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(lliiloc
N.BendRomid
Out Final List
Cagemen to Converge on
Salem Early in Week;
Wednesday Big Day
Some Favorites to Fall
"Early Since Pitted
i in Initial Games
FIRST DAY PROGRAM FOI
STATE BASKETBALL TOURNEY
1 o'clock Bell fountain ys.
Amity; .
2 o'clock Athena vs. Chflo
qain. S o'clock Franklin ts. Mil
wankie. 4 o'clock Astoria vs. Eu
gene. 5 o'clock Klamath Falls vs.
A&hlanrt.
7:30 McLoughlin vs. La
grande. .
8:30 o'clock Salem vs. fc
Minnville. 0:30 o'clock Lincoln vs
North Bend.
By PAUL HAUSER
Battle lines drawn and decks
cleared for action, 16 ' of tbe
state's crack prep basketball teams
last night turned their thoughts
toward Salem and the Willamette
university , gymnasium where
Wednesday at 1 o'clock they will
begin their four-day battle for the
golden trophy that connotes a
state basketball championship.
It will be the 18th annual
tournament seponsored by - the
O.H.S.A.A. on the Willamette uni
versity floor and again will see
Willamette's gymnasium packed
to the rafters by eager fans cheer-
lug on their favorites.
North Bend and Chiloquln. an
A and a. ,3 team from southern
Oregon districts, were the last two .
teams to tight their way Into tbe
starting lineup of teams which
hope to survive unbeaten through
the gruelling torn--day tourney.
Chiloquln Battles
8 Overtimes to Win
1 North Bend easily defeated
Roseburg 36 to 21 in the finals of
the1 district No. 8 tournament at
Marshfield last night. .
Chiloquln won from Merrill 31
to 20 last night after three over
time periods to gain its tint trip
to the state tournament.
With no defending titlist In the
lineuD. Corvallis Having seen
eliminated by Eugene In the dis
trict No, 7 finals, and with many
experts declaring that no team
in the state has shown ltsell neaa
and shoulders above tbe rest, this
year's tournament Is expected to
be a dog fight from tne opening
fela8t of the whistle.
The B teams, who lor the sec
ond year will decide their own
championship, before competing
with A teams, will open the shew
when Bellfountain, Bill Lemmon's
classy defending champs, meet
Amity in the kick-oft game at 1
o'clock. . .
: Favored over the other B
teams because it is practically the
same cjub that last year speeded
through .its B games to a state
title and then , gave Corvallis a
scare in the semi-finals. Bell
fountain has not lost this year
to another B team and has twice
defeated Salem, only team whkh
can boast of. that feat.
Athena- Also Ha
Good Reputation
Athena, which meets Chiloquln
In the. second game, has a
sturdy reputation of successes m
previous" tournaments behind It.
Athena competed - in ' the state
" , (Turn to page8, col. 1)
Rogue River Puts
Mayor Hatch Out
MEDFORD, Ore March 13-P)
Voters ot Rogue River, a north
Jackson county town. In a. special
election today voted . to recall
Mayor Charles Hatch. . The vote
was .74 for recall, 71 against.
Recall of two councllmen failed.
Vote on Teed- Car din was Ued at
73-alL The vote on William Mil
ton was .73" against recall, 66 for.
: The recall election was based
on the asserted opposition of the
officials to the issuance of any
further beer- licenses to Rogue
River -establishments. -
A L LADE
of TOD A X
By R. C
The tig " week dawns when
basketball becomes. the king In
Salem's sight; no other inter
ests at . all distract ns from
this stirring fight: young hope
fuls from throughout the state,
home championships already
won, all striving to eliminate
the rest and seize the gonfalon.
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