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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning March 27, 193T-
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Death Toll 20 in Salem, 111., Bus Accident
Action Against
Oregon TraiF- Mouse Feature
Strike Sought
Chrysler, v Lewis Confer ;
Congressmen. Receive
Pleas From Public
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Some Changes
Are Propied
Adding . Basement; Partly
Submerged, Favored
by County Court
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would be fitted a a dormitory
for. juries. ;
. Throughout the entire set of
fire floor plans,- markedly ex
panded space assignment to all
county departments are notable.
The department one circuit court
room. In which jury trials are
held, would be larger than the
present court room. The depart
ment two court room, while
slightly smaller than the one
in the old courthouse, would' be
arranged to pro tide usable space
than Is now available, accord
ing to Architect Whitehouse.
inclusion of a public meeting
room, to obviate the necessity
of - opening circuit court rooms
for this purpose, was tentatively
erected In the first floor plan.
Two Elevators In
Building Planned
, Two elevators would be pro
vided, one i for public use and
one for freight and prisoners.
Mr. Van Patten, who served
as .'chairman of the sub-committee
on architects, expressed a be-
, lief the. changes in plans not
only would make possible a more
advantageous distribution of
floor space but also - would low
er construction costs.
As now contemplated, floor
space is assigned as follows:
Basement Commodious re
ception rooms, offices and clinic
rooms for county health depart-
i ment and county physician;
eounty .relief offices; private
. stairway and elevator entrance
for sheriff's office, Janitor's loc
ker rooms and spacious., record
" storage vaults.
- First floor Offices of sheriff,
assessor, treasurer, engineer, sur
veyor and county agent, with ap
propriate vaults; blueprinting
room, office employees' locker
rooms, public assembly hall, and
food concession.
- . Second floor -Offices of coun
ty clerk, recorder and county
commissioners; vaults, and coun
ty court hearing room. . .
,Th!rd floor r-Two circuit court
rooms, justice court, district at
torney's office, judges offices,
law. library and jury rooms.
Fourth floor Jail, over west
section,- with 32 cells, trusties'
quarters, "bull pen," solitary
confinement and mental case
cells, detention quarters for boys
and women, jailer's living quar
ters, fingerprinting and photo-
F graphic laboratories, hospital and
observation rooms, laundry, fum
igation, supply and property
rooms; on east wing,, dormitor
ies for Jurors.
Ice Handed Blame
In Plane Disaster
(Continued from page 1)
cates that protection against ic
ing mast be extended to include
ailerons, and TWA Is taking im
mediate steps to develop this ad
ditional safeguard." .
Company -officials said only the
Ice would explain why Pilot F. L.
(Lary) Bonnet and the 12 others
crashed to their deaths a few min
utes after he had circled the air
port and radioed that all was
;okay."
From the debris of the demol
ished liner came additional sup
port of the Ice theory. Investiga
tors reported they found a post
card on which one of -the passen
gers. Miss Pauline Trask, a school
teacher from Germantown, Pa.,
had written to a friend: . "
"Arrived safely 6:15 p.m.
palling out of ice storm."
Investigators estimated this was
written about a half-hour before
the crash.
Fire Breaks Out
As Vessel Docks
MANILA, March 2 7-(Saturday)
TV-Fire broke out today in car-
go la a hold - of the motorship
Penrith Castle shortly after she
docked on arrival from New
York.
. No one was injured. There was
bo immediate - estimate of the
damage.
' Shipping registers list the Pen
rith Castle as a vessel of 6,369
tons gross, owned by the Lan
cashire Shipping Co., -Ltd.. . of
Liverpool, England. The ship was
built in 1929.
Three Arrested
Russell Gordon, Rochester. N-
Y., was arrested by city police
last night on a vagrancy charge.
Duncan Cameron and Frank L.
Robinson were arrested on charg
es Of being drunk.
GRAND -
Today Tyronne Power and
.; Loretta Young in "Love.
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Today rEastem Circuit vau-
; deville on the stage. War-
aer Oland , in 'Chariie
- :i Chan at. the Opera.?-.
; r Capitol .
Today "Murder Goes ' to
' College, with Roseoe
, . Karns and Gene rAutry in
"Little Doggie.?
:: .ELSINORE ;
Today "King and the Chor-
us Girl" with Joan Blon-
; . delL .
. nOLYWOOD
Today Jack Hold in "North
v of Nome" and "Beware of
Ladles" with Donald Cook
and Judith Allen.
The Gall Board
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Twenty occupants of the bus which blew a tire and struck the concrete abutment of a bridge near Salem, 111., died as a result of the acci
dent. Most or them were burned to death In the fire caused when t he gasoline tank exploded. Closeup of the charred remains of the bus,
still smouldering:, is shown in this International Illustrated News soundphoto.
Murder Charge Is
Filed at Alturas
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voluntarily. Is j the son of Bard
French, publisher of t h e long-
established Alturas Weekly Plain
Dealer. I j -
'The papers have been battling
back and forth every Issue ; that
has come up," said Sheriff John
C. Sharp. "I think the shooting
was due to hard feelings aroused
by this rivalry-"
McCracken was shot in nig
hime last night while dining with
Miss Donna Conwell, his business
partner, and a family friend. Miss
Evelyn Olin.
The sheriff said the attacker
entered the house unbidden and
started shooting as he sighted Mc
Cracken.
Five bullets from a .22 calibre
pistol entered McCracken's body.
He was carried to the Alturas
hospital, where Mrs. McCracken,
on regular duty, was assigned to
his case. i ' ; i
Dictates Bulletin
To Press Served
McCracken's 1 a s t act . was to
dictate a telegram to the Associat
ed Press in San Francisco,; re
porting the shooting. It said::
"Tonight about six thirty Harry
French shot Claude L. McCracken,
editor of the Modoc Mail, with an
automatic pistol. Condition of Mc
Cracken serious. (Signed) Mc
Cracken." McCracken died as his wife as
sisted with a steady band the
physicians probing for the bullets.
Alturas is In the heart of Cali
fornia's last "frontier country,"
Modoc county, which was named
after a warlike Indian tribe. Be
cause of Its isolation, the county
has retained much of its frontier
aspect. - -
Cold Easter Due
In Most of East
A forecast of a cold Easter
was Issued ; yesterday to a nation
already shivering in temperatures
scaling down to 42 degrees be
low normal.
Advising: warm dress. Wash
ington's weather man, Charles L.
Mitchell, predicted: .
"It is certain to be a cool, or
cold, Easter for most of the
country east of the Rocky Moun
tains. The i possibility of rain or
snow Is too uncertain to predict
now.". . '.
Generally fair and continued
cold was indicated for the mid
west. !
Most of the United States, the
South Atlantic and Pacific states
excepted, reported readings much
below normal. j At a number o
points the. thermometer register
ed under the zero mark. These
included i Sheridan. Wyo., 14;
Springfield. Minn., 8; Rapid City,
S. D., 5; Miles City, Mont., and
Rochester, Minn., 16; James
town, N. D., 1.
Detroit's 11 above was the
coldest March 28 in the 64-year
history of the weather bureau.
Valley Lumbermen Elect
Snellstrom as President
EUGENE, March 26-(P)-The
Willamette Valley Lumbermen's
association elected Charles Snell
strom president at its annual
meeting here. Other new officers
are J. HJ Chambers, vice-presidents
and H. J. Cox, secretary.
Chambers,! John Snellstrom, H.
W. Klssling. C. W. Ingram, a
G. Briggs, Fred Voget and H.
A. Dowd ! were , named on the
board of directors.-
..Obituaries
t . Horner
' W. Fred .Horner at the late re
sidence on roate ' one, Stayton.
Survived by the widow Alpha, of
Mill City; three daughters; Mrs.
Freda Reed of Falls City and Zel
pha and Anna Horner of Mill City;
"five sons, Orvllle. EI Tin, Raymond,
and Henry, of Mill City, and Ron
ald of Sweet Home. Brothers Paul,
of Mill City, Burr of Mill City,
George of Gates; and a sister, Mrs.
Minnie Wolfe,! Portland. Three
neral announcements later from
Clough-Barrick company.
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Boy O boy Mice, we're going
to have a real time down at the
Elslnore today free candy to
everyone, and contests.
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Jean ' Victor has made up a
swell comic act for the stooges
and they will put it on for you
Mousers todayi - .
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Last week you kids got to see
Mr. J. L. Cooke from Cooke's
stationery store, judge our Joe
E. Brown yell contest. Mr. Cooke
tries his ability at imitating Joe
Brown and almost won a prize.
Just the same I believe all the
kids enjoyed seeing him.
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On last week's stage show we
had Shirley Thomas singing i a
popular tune, and the Mice en
Joyed her very much. Then, pop
ular Jerry Cottew, sang "I Adore
You," in a new swing fashion.
Patty White then came out tnd
did a keen tap routine that Bar
bara Barnes just taught her. ;
From Salem high school came
Virginia Polk who sang "This
Year's Crop of Kisses." Those
famous MicClintock twins then
did a peppy military tap, repre
senting Miss Barnes. i
Pauline Thompson sang a swell
song and was well appreciated
too. Then Dorothy Edwards, that
ever popular Parrish singer, did
her own version .of "Nobody's
Sweetheart Now," and appealed
to the audience very much.
As a concluding feature of
our show, "Scotty" Allan talked
to the Mice about how to treat
dogs. He also had a few genuine
Huskies on the stage, and all
the kids enjoyed watching them
and hearing "Scotty."
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Here is the talent that has
been placed on the list for your
enjoyment today, featuring that
popular Mouse entertainer, Wil
lard Friesen, singing a new tune.
Gloria Cottew. Jerry's sister, will
sing "Moonlight and Shadows!
From Barbara Barnes will come
a line dance that is expected to
show some real clever kiddies
strutting their stuff. Little Ce
celia Lamb, that girl who made
such a hit with you kids a few
months ago will be back with us.
The Meisinger studio Is send
ing an accordion octet. Colleen
Andreses and Gale Croiler will
represent Margaret Evans, on our
program. Eleanor Wright and
Pearl Wright
Jackson will sing a clever num
ber for the audience. Muriel
Raster's line dance will put on
a routine as a concluding num
ber. As a special Mouse feature on
today's bill will be "Oregon
Trail," and as a regular attrac
tion you Mice will see that thrill
ing song and dance picture.
"King and the Chorus Girl."
See you at one o'clock. Mice.
. WILFRED. Bill to you.
Mickey Mouse chief.
V Bums Prove Fatal L
TACOMA, March 26 -OP)-Burned
when a short-circuited
heating pad set tire to her crib,
Elizabeth Jane Bremner, 18-months-old
infant, died in a hos
pital here tonight.
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JACK HOLT
"NORTH OF SOME"
.and "BEWARE OF
.... "LADIES"
With. Donald Cook.
Judith Allen .
Xews, Cartoon, Serial
TWO FEATURES 4
Laurel and
Hardy
"Mr.
- Cinderella,
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Jack Haley
Betty Fwrness
"Our
Relations"
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Matched Bits of
Paper Solve Case
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bedroom window. She told him to
go away but he asked first for
something to eat or drink and
when she refused made Improper
advances. By a ruse she induced
him to leave, and immediately
called the police. Slmms, foun
in a freight car on a Southern
Pacific siding, was the .first ne
gro apprehended but the woman
could not identify him.
Simms, who said he had been
attending spiritualist meetings in
Washington, told police that he
had been hit on the head and has
been taking healing treatments
from Father Divine, famed negro
religious leader who is believed
to be God by most of his flock.
Slmms said he thought that Fa
ther Divine may be God. He also
told police that he had been in
the Kentucky state penitentiary
for larceny.
Jury of 12, "Six of Em
Colored'9 It Demanded by
Negro Vagrancy Suspect
EUGENE, March 2 -;P)-Jack
Smith, negro, arrested on a va
grancy charge, stumped 'a local
justice court with a demand for
a "12" man Jury, six of 'em col
ored." The court explained that jus
tice court cases are tried before
six-man juries, and that there
were no colored persons on the
Jury list.
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W. BIG FFATURES
ZASU PITTS
JAMES GLEASON
in
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GLORIA STUART
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Tiiniing Point in
War Is Heralded
(By the Associated Press)
In a renewal of vigorous of
fensive, the Spanish government
yesterday announced its army had
swept back insurgents from south
ern Pozoblanco, 150 miles south
west of Madrid.
Such a victory might, mark an
important turning point In the
civil war, now in its ninth month,
by keeping the insurgents from a
desired new field base in the
southern sector and by cutting
them off from the mercury min
ing district with Its raw mater
ials for armaments.
The Valencia government re
ported dissension within the en
emy's ranks caused removal of
30,000 Italian insurgent volun
teers from the, Guadalajara front
and that number of bodies found
indicated "those in the front line
had been shot by others behind
them." Transfer of the Italians to
other fronts was expected in Val
encia. The government said some
10.000 Italians were in the in
surgent retreat before Pozoblanco.
Plywood Workers May
Strike if Raise Fails
PORTLAND, Ore., March 2-(i-Henry
Morris, president of
the plywood, veneer and shook
workers' council of the federa
tion of woodworkers, said tonight
8000 members in Oregon and
Washington stood ready to strike
it demands for a 10-cents an hour
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"This Is the ' ' 'J-"-0000" '
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a letter of reply to -congress
member's criticism, asserting she
"never questioned" the Jurisdic
tion of courts which ordered sit
down strikers ousted.
She said "disobedience" to these
orders should not be "counseled
by any government official," and
advanced the- opinion sit-down
strikes did not indicate any
"widespread movement to defy
the law."
A strike rote was started among
8,000 union employees of the
Southern Pacific railroad on the
west coast, Brotherhood spokes
men charged the road had vio
lated pay agreements and had
failed to recognise the brother
hood in labor disputes.
, State patrolmen turned back
approximately 300 pickets who
attempted a demonstration near
an Auburn. Me., shoe factory in
a strike called by the CIO In 19
shoe mills there and in Lewis
ton. Unionists claimed 2,0 00 'were
out. Manufacturers placed the
number at 600.
Rock Crusher at
Illihee Operates
Residents of the southwest cor
ner of Marion county saw needed
road repairs nearly at X o'clock
yesterday afternoon as rollers in
the county's rock crusher at the
new Illihee quarry were set in
motion for the first time. County
Engineer N. C Hubbs said distri
bution of the crushed rock over
roads In that district would start
today.
With the crusher capable of
producing 400 yards of material a
day, road repairing will progress
at a rapid rate. County crews will
concentrate first on spreading the
gravel widely, placing it along the
worst sections of roads in the dis
trict. Later part of the daily
crusher output will be set aside
for use In connection with oiling
operations.
Transfer of the eounty bunkers
and crusher from near Stayton to
Illihee was effected in eight days.
Evolution Dispute
Is Launched Again
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scientific Instruction. They denied
the theory of evolution is being
taught as an accepted fact.
NOR WALK, Conn., March 26
(JPf Hendrlk Van Loon, . author
of "The Story of Mankind" re
fused tonight to be drawn into a
debate over the theory of evolu
tion with the Rev. Verdi Allen,
pastor of a suburban Indianapolis,
Ind., Baptist church, unless the
arguments were to be heard by. a
"Jury of my peers."
Such a Jury, Van Loon said,
would comprise scientists since
their theory of evolution "Is not
a matter of mere rhetoric."
I wage increase are not met by em
ployers.
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Here is aa exciting scewe from the special feature "Oregoa TnH,"
starring John Wayne. Chapter eight of the serial will be shown also
on the Mickey Blodse program at the Elslnore today.
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Rebekahs to Meet
at Monitor
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MOjlTOR, March 21 The
29th "annual Rebekah convention
of District No. 4 will be held at
Monitor Saturday, - March 27.
France Rebekah lodge No. 242
will bfe the hostess order, and
Effie Sweaney, P. N. Q. chairman
of the j convention.
The1! program will begin at
ll:30ilwith a luncheon at noon.
A night session will be held at
8 o'clock, and will Include ad
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The King's in Love
Today
Long Love the King!
ERNAND GRAVET
makes his American debut in the
gayest, most mirth-packed affair
of j state youVe ever heard whis
pered! See the continental screen
idol with the loveliest lady-in-wait
ing of them all!
Joan BLONDELL
LATEST "MARCH OF
MICKEY MOUSE MATINEE TODAY 1 P. M.
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The of f Icera of the convention
are: Chairman, Effie Sweeney,
Monitor; Vive-chairman, Ida
Knight. Canby; secretary, Ruth
Ballweber. Monitor; marshal, Ma
bel Walker, Turner; conductor,
Paulinne S war tout. Scotts Mills;
chaplain, Minnie AUsap, Gervais;
L. S. to chairman. Alma Hender
son, Salem; R. S. to vice-chairman.
Blanche Eccles, Canby; L.
S. to vice-chairman, Bessie Ed
wards, Salem; Inside guardian.
Grace Jones, Butteville; outside
guardian, Beulah Lessard. Wood
burn, musician. Edith Painter.
Hubbard; pages, Helen Hansen
and Alice Skiller.
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