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1 .it: ? AGE TWO The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem. Oregon, Thursday Morning, NoTember 4, 1 1937 Final Tally Is Stark Sorrow Stalks Streets of Shanghai Popular Trio Five Killed in Vote Outco me Iiittle Changed Charupoeg, Last to Come in, Only Unanimously Air Collision Liked by A Opposing Precinct (Continued from page 1) tie to say yesterday regarding the outcome of the election, which drew only 25 per cent of the reg istered voters to the polls. Commissioner - Leroy Hewlett aid he had believed the proposals won Id carry by a slight majority and: added that he did not think the possibility of a new court hense being built was dead. - "I look for it to come up again in some form or other," Hewlett commented. No, I haven't any plan in mind." ; ; Commissioner Roy S. Melson remarked that "at least, the court is hot 'responsible now If some tbiag happen to the old build in:" '' ; v.V":-.'-'V:":-- No surprise at the election re sult was exnresaed tjf County Judge J. C. Siegmund. Attention Turns Te fXeed of Repair The court members agreed that with Immediate prospects of a, nes courthouse being erected now wiped out. consideration should be given to repairing the old one. Judge Siegmund said the tower structure, bearing ton of weight fn ithe form of the bronze statue and the clock, should be inspected and reinforced. . final unofficial tabulation of the1 votes showed the following . totals for the second, third end fourth questions on the ballot: Onestion No. I. transfer of funds Tea 348 f; no 4 IS 4. ..'4 Question, No. J. two-mill tax Yes 525i: no 447.' , ) Question No. 4. exceeding per cent limitation Yes 51 lit no Jim -r . i - . School Boundary Mixun Is Viewed (Continued from page 1 ) idents at the time were ted to-be lieve a greater amount of land was Involved In the boundary change and the result was that at one time citizens residing Ja aoe district served as. school di rectors ia the other. ; Recently it was discovered eer tafia residents of the Sublimity district were,; sending j their chil dren to the Aamsville schooL The - purpose of ' the petitions Is to change "the boundary line In or der that these children may con tinue to attend school at Aams- 'vViBe.". i"--v ... r. j.; -. . - - The Aamsville district petition is signed by Charles I. Martin and It: others and the Sublimity peti tion, by Hike Benedict and nine others. r Jury Report Will I Not Be 'Unusual' ' Any Indictments or reports the Marlon county, grand jury may ret in - when It reconvenes Fri day morning will not be "of an nnmsual nature, it waa reported at! the district attorney's office yesterday. - The grand jurors are expected to!b ia session again next, week wtts routine mat-era oat of the way and "if there is anything of an unusual nature to be taken up. wH consider It at that time." it waa indicated. -; The Call Board EljUVIkRE Today Doable bill. Joan Crawford in - The 'Rrlda Wim .Rid" . suit Troible at . Midnight' .with four big stars. ' I : -CAPITOL j ,,Wlne. Women and Karspa" wtfV nrfn Use. j Lane.' and Kay Francis In I "Another Dawn.? Fridar DoubIa bill. Zaaw Grey's Thunder Trail' el wtth Suit a Rail mil "Carnival Queen." ' : GRAXTJ iToday Shirley Temple ia - "Heidi." feature begins j . 1:37. S:5, 6:35, 7:54, i t:33. - . ! Saturday Madeletaa Carroll and Francis Lederer la j "lt'i AU Tours." I . . STATE T d. a y Eastern circuit waadevQI and George O'Brlea ta -Hollywood Cowboy." i nOLLTWOOD Teday Doable bflU "Pick, a Star" with Patay Kelly. Jack Haley, Rosina Lawrence and Laurel and ' Hardy In, "It Could Happen to Ton." Friday Double bill. -Reported Hissing" with Wil liam Gargaa and J e a a Rogers and "Come on Cowboy" wtth the Three Mesquiteers. ft - .... a. - ri Art No cm ' This Certificate1 aji4 riveckhers, H differently numbered, entitU you to one week's Set of Four Pictures upon payment of only S5c (46c if by , mail). , .: ' yry : a; -IMPOnTA XT- Be sure to order Set No, eeweaC aetv orqer the t v Wanderiag aimlessly in search of safety from the horrors of war, this aged CfcJneae refugee is pictured asking directions of a Chinese Settlement poliee0ffIeeT la front of the British Consulate General near Shanghai's j Gardes. Bridge. Thousands of natives have been forced to abandon their homes 'and seek safety elsewhere, many of whom bare sever vcatared oat of the neighborhood In which they were bonv IU7 photo Count of Jobless Here Starts Soon Postmen Will Distribute Blanks November. 16, -to Be Mailed in The ; national unemployment census blanks : for . this area f will be distributed by the Salem post office carriers Tuesdays Novem ber It, Postmaster H. R. Craw ford announced yesterday. : These forms will be distributed to every household Von the Salem postoffice i mailing list.- Including all houses In the city limits as well as on all rural routes served by this office. - . Ke Postage Necessary Additional copies of the unem ployment report cards may be re ceived at the ! postoffice after that date. -; r. . ' -- . . Completed farms- may be re turned : by dropping them fn any mail box or postoffice and no postage Is required. Tbe distribution here Is part of the national delivery of blanks in connection with this national cen sus. The census will be In pro- gress from November 16 to 20. Scoutmasters of Area Gather Here (Continued from page 1) ball, troop 9. all of Salem; Carl Connet, Albany troop 10; Don Dooris. Salem troop 12; Wayne Thompson. Sea Scoat Ship Wil lamett; Art Lamka, Salem troop 13; Tommy Ulmer and C D. Cud derback, Salem troop 1 4 ; L 1 n a Jaeobeen. West Salem troop ,15; Dr. A. R. Carls, Monmouth troop 28;. Dr. G. A. Grain. Lebanon troop 30; W. C. Hill, Riekreall troop AC; Sherman 1 Foster. Independeaee troop 37; Bob Woods and Bob Rosa. Stay ton troop SO; Albert Simons. Liberty troop 51: land Elmo Liadnelm, SiHrerton troop 22.' I : - v Mrs. Wayne Thompson, Mrs.! Art Lamka. Mrs. Charles Day and Mrs. J. E. Monroe assisted. I ' Eldriedge Berry s Patch Yielcuiig .Ripe Cuthberts ELDRIEDG E- For the past two weeks Pearl Patterson has been , picking Cathbert raspber ries oa his farm a mile west ef the Eldrtedge school house oa the-Wheatland ferry road. The berries, welch bring ft a crate oa the market, are of tine anility and If weather con tinues mild the Tines will yield ripe 'berries until Christmas as there, are many green berries now. ' ; . . Farmers. hawe)rer, agree that unless there Is jra slight frost soon, fruit and nut trees throughout the valley ' will be badly damaged when a severe frost hits the trees that are still growing: i 7 Judge Are Selected For Mrrm; Show to Be Held Next Saturday SALEM HEIGHTS -the LitUa Garden club met at the home of Mrs. Alvtn Stewart for a 1:50 o'clock dessert luncheon. Mrs. Mand Sherman - assisted Mrs. Stewart. Arrangements for the tree cnrysantBemum show con sumed the business hour. Judges for the show will bo Mrs. Hugh Rodgers of Independence, Mary Bayne of Salem and Mrs. Lee Gib son of Brush college. ificafe' 16 1 If yoa have that or sab next Bnmbered Set of Fc Rumored Raid at Plylock Lacking PORTLAND, Not. J-tfVScat- iBaJ wanAwta A sVw a. lr aaaa, sawfr j4 ASBr a and a rumored raid on tbe Piylock corporation plant at St. Johns, I which did not occur, marked Fort land's labor war today. Seventy officers were on hand when AFL Piylock employes left the plant. A mixed assemblage greeted them with Jeers but there waa no violence. Hi-Y Dinner. Held With 64 Present The three Hi-Y chapters, 4 strong, dined at the T last night, listened to sparkling speeches by Silas Gaiser. superintendent of city schools, and Roy S. "Spec' Keen e. Willamette university coach, and made plans for forth coming events. Supt. Gaiser and Coach Keene shared the topic "School Spirit.1 Gaiser pointed out what ' It was necessary to do in a school as large as Salem high to promote school i spirit and friendliness, sayfhg that each would have to make It a personal obligation to meet and be friendly with as many others as possible. Coach Keene explained to the gathering1 what an athletic team could do for the school, ,snd what the school eonld do for aa athletic team to promote school spirit. He said that both the school and team had a definite obligation to fulfill In that promotion. The Hi-T eouncil met following the dinner, which was attended by Fred Wolf, principal of the high school; Wesley Roeder. lead er of the Able Gregr chapter; C A. Carleton, co-leader of the Har rison Elliott chapter; and Gas Moore and Claude A. Hells, Ar thur Cotton chapter leaders, be- aides Supt. Gaiser. Coach' Keene and the three Hi-T. chapters. - The councU outlined plans fori s' pep rally preceding the trek to Eugene . by the Vikings next Thursday to play Eugene In the annual Armistice day game. Tbe plans Include a huge bonfire audition toplan the 1940 campaign. Y. V yMu 1 . - - . : v - Tentative plans were -' also drawn up by the eouncil for a father and son beaa.net to be held two weeks from last night, No vember 17. Two Arrested in roimterfeit Case PORTLAND, Nov. 3 -WY-Two e " - a a a e - m - were held for federal officers to- night on charges of counterfeit - - . . . lule "rTU wunama ana u. noDcroon. wnw out ue arrests, said they found a eom1i7Baoao i aotM ti nt plete outfit for the manufacture shares iof bo par value $6 euma of spurious dollars la housekeep- ereae stoefc ing rooms .occupied, by the men, . The commission said the eom The search was made after a pamy. standard gas aad electric number of coaaterfett coins were suUidihry operatjai- in Montana, iwutt w ismtujim, m trvri sesaloa When he waa arrested oa I drunkenness charge, of Hears aald. . Aspirant to UU Presidency Here . PORTLAND, Nov. S-tfP-Pro-fesxor Homer L. Dodge of the Uni versity of Oklahoma arrived today for a conference with, the state board of higher education. Mentioned as a candidate for president of the University of Ore gon, he waa expected to visit the campua at Eugene tomorrow. Social Security Fund Is Allotted WASHINGTON, Not. 1-JP) ongoa received a social security board grant of 341,278 today for expanding Its state employment service to take care of unemploy ment compensation. Arcli Cape Tunnel Open for Traffic ASTORIA. Nov. 8-(P-Clatsop county officials rode today Is the first ear to pass through the 1309 toot Arch Cape tunnel oa the Caa aoa Beaeh-Neahkahnie road. ' The S209.600 bore win be a part of the Oregon coast highway. " 1 is "eMUB,j.l J State Corporation .3 1 list on Decrease iBoth Uomettie & r oreign cuJl i i xi l . UUVfT MJM. VIM MAM. X Savs Commissioner Theref were 14,432 domestic corporations on record in Oregon June 10, 1137, as against 14,518 on June 30, 1136, according to the annial report , of James Has- lett, state corporation commis sioner, filed with Governor Charles ;H. Martin yesterday. The decrease for 193? was 186. . Therej were 411 domestic eor poratlomi volnntartly dissolved during the year with an addition al 50 9 dissolved by the governor because! of non-payment of fees. In 1936 there were 264 voluntary dissolutions and 870 by the gov ernor. I . . Foreign corporations operating in Oregen In 1937 numbered 1239 as compareo to izzs m 193. Broker Permits Less At the beginning of the period covered; In tbe report there were 50 brokers' permits ontstandlng. Four permits were cancelled, two expired iand one was reinstated. The iiumber of state chartered savingsf and loan associations de creased from 22 June 39, 1932, to 15 on June 30, 1937. Assets de creased!; from 119,645,141.52 to $14, 5f, 660.28 during the same period,! ' '.- Consress GOP to ose 15 Ju (Continued From Fag and do no real good. ... Putting the welfare of the country ahead of the Darty right now will nltl- I mately bring , the greatest re- ltnrns.1 Martin said the administration would f probably unfold its flna plans it the next session (of con gress)"! and the republicans would then be fn a better post I . A v mviwu mm oil um j or February, 193 1,M he said, "might be of real benefit irjit were a free convention . , Thau Is no need tor premature haste. Like the man a Banker H1IL wo can af ford to wait until we see the whites of their eyes before firing.' Montain States Asks Bond Permit WASHINGTON, Nov. The federal power commission M tot. , i t.- wm k. te)d Washington December 1 I oa aa application of the Mountain 1 states Power company for autn-r 1 nritv tn (m It ftftfr ftfiO SmTa Wyoming, UregOW. idSHO, SOOtB Dakotai tmd WuUaitm. niata I to use the- eroceed from tn aala I of the tonda and notee ia wrf all at fits oatataadJnar rnailMt at f;-" Qiristmas Orders Large Iiistitiitioiis It wfJl require approximately ! two tons of aats aad 1009 pounds of candy to supply Thanlsgtvliig aad Caristmaa demands at Ore gon's state tastftntlons this year. Other delicacies win include 59 1 eases at oranges aad mora than ton of turkeys. ,. Purchases - for the Institutions are made by the state hoard of ; con trot - - - - - - MSArs KJDITHg swcrrssT f imu 6iri ZXt LAMPS Odp Catherin a av If ;".." j !, ' 'toy . .- ... .... .... . .' - i Oregon Utility jAessm $4,000,000 Increase Noted i Over 1936 Figures, Tax ; : Gomxnissioxi Report : ;v Publie utility assessments tn Oregon for the year 1937, aggre gate $160,417,114.04 as against $156,423,247.58 -: for ,1936, the state tax commission, announced yesterday.LThis Is an Increase of approxlinaleiy$4,000,000r-. ; The apportioned value of power companies shows an Increase of $2,06,8,000. over 1936 or $2,084, 000 after allowing for reclasBlft catlott of the Oregon Electric: as a steam railroad.;- : Groups receiving lesser increas es were express companies and ear companies. Telegraph, telephone. water and gas companies were but sllghtljr less than last year.: There was no change la aircraft assess ment from 1936. . U. -1J :TGK Rise Largest . - : , . The largest Increase of dollars for power companies Involved the Portland General Electric com any which was about twice that of the Northwestern Electric com pany. The largest percentage In crease was the West Coast Power company. Other percentage In creases, la theirl order, involved the Northwestern Electric com pany, 'California-Oregon Power company. Eastern Oregon Light and Power company and the Mountain States Power company. J Increases over last year ranged from 12 percent to between 3 and per cent.. A- The largest increases In dollars affectlnr railroads Involved the Union Pacific, Southern Pacific, Great Northern, Oregon Trunk, Central Pacific and Oregon Short Line. - " Portland Improvements Less The greatest Improvement made by power companies included those serving the coast and Inter ior sections of Oregon rather than the Portland area. Railroads showing the most Im provement were the Great North ern and Oregon Trunk, both in eastern Oregon. The Oregon Electric made the poorest show ing. Hearings disclosed that the net earnings of railroads , probably would be less in 1937 than In 1936 due to Increased costs of labor. materials and taxes. Sunday Schools of Red Hills to Meet SALEM HEIGHTS - The Red Hills district Sunday school con vention will be, held Sunday at Salem Heights, starting at t:4S o'clock. Classes will convene at 19 o'clock, followed by special number at 11 o'clock by Roberts Sunday school, and chalk talk by Mr. Edwards. Basket lunch, will be served at noon. The afternoon program for adults will Include business ses sion, devotions led by Mr. Guder ian, several special numbers by Liberty, Rosedale and Salem Heights Sunday schools. For the Junior department, In charge of Mrs. Shanks and Mrs. Higging and starting? at 1:15 o'clock, Rev. D. R. , Daniels will bring the sermonette; other num bers will include songs by Queen Esthers; violin, Robert Costello; guitac, Bertha Skelton; piano solo, Jacquelin Judd; accordion duet, Phyilia and Opal Howard; memory test by alL FranciscovicH Is State's Governor Senator Frank Franclscovich, serving as chief executive daring the absence ef Governor- Charles H. Martin, will arrive here early Monday, to preside at a meeting of the state hoard of control, he advised Secretary of State Snell Wednesday. Governor. Martin crossed the state line' late Tuesday enroute to Tulsa, Okla.. to attend a reunion of the old 10th division, TJ3 army, of which he was in command dor Ing the world war. Franclscovich,- by rirtae of be ing president of the state senate. Is governor during the absence from j the state of - the regularly elected official. . (lair of Relimon Accorded Albany PORTLAND. Nov. i-Dr. Thomas W. Bibb, president of Al bany college, announced today aa appropriation of 915.000 by the national board of Christian j edu cation toward establishment of a chair of religion and Bible; The Rev. Jehu D. Furnas, of San Anaelme Theological semi nary, wEl head the . department with Miss Beraice Morton, aaala- LEARN TO FLY! Low Cost Tnna Salent Utibo; Serricu SALEM AIRPORT ' Phewe CSsn. STOW PLATDCG Two Big Features Br meet foriowf J askl I ' J . excittes; ii L Aad Sad Hit Tnmble at Sndjugaf ! j Jtoaina Lawrence, Jack Haley and Patsy Kelly, stars in "Pick a , Btar,M playina; at the Hollywood theatre today as part of a doable but, "It Could Happen to row." n Uon. to, mntry Qiemeketan Coal Ogle mountain mine, in the Elk horn country east of Salem, is the objective set by Chemeketan hik ers Sunday, Kovember 7, George N. Fake, leader, announces. The autumn foliage i should be at Its best for this excursion, he .added. All persons Interested are Invit ed to Join thei hike, which will total a-distance of 10 miles. The starting point for the h i k e is reached by driving the North San tiam highway to Mehama, up the north hank; of ithe Little North Fork of thei Santiam to i Henline creek bridge, where cars will j be parked. ,The 1 trill starts neatby from the Silver King mine road. The total driving distance is fO miles. H Hikers should! carry lunches and a coffee cup. Property Owners Seep by Banfield Harry Banfield of the capitol reeonstrnctlon commission was: In Silent Wednesday interviewing persons whose property is desired by the state for 'construction i of thei new state library aad office building and ,the north approach to the capitol on Summer street. It was reported that he won Id talk with Chief-Justice h e a r y Bean of the; supreme, court and Louis Lachmnnd, whose homes are on Court street east of Sum mer street. : This property is not in the block on which the new bunding will be placed, but Is de sired for, the widening of the Sum mer street approach. Dried Green Peas Bought in Oregon WASHINGTON, NOT. I. An 1 eo era surplus commodities corporation announced today our chase of 3 10, to pounds of dried green peas in Oregon and Waah- tnglOS. 'i 4 ! ' ;,.:... i Three carloads were Unrehaaed la each state, at a total cost of ap proximately 111. 0 40. to be tarn- ea over to relief agencies. - . TRXDAT AXD 8ATURDAT ' TWO'ACnON HITS 1 Zaae Grersi latest thriller or the Rangers who ruled the West. And Sad Hit CARNIVAL QUEEN- wtni BOBT. WILCOX ! . LAST TIMES . TODA1T - "WEST, V05IEN AND HORSES" I With Bartow MacLane aad ' JAaa Bberidaa, Directed by Loab KIas A Waraer Bros. PSctare, ; i -and -.-v kktti IAN HUNTHR f JtlEDA 1NESOOJLT - n mi aicira ibfc niiWi.ttisau Naval Amphibians Crew all Lost;. Get no Time lb Use Parachutes : ( Continued from page 1 ) ; . ched the collision from his of wa fice window." :, ' : - TBoth were, circling and .sud denly, they, came toward'each other, head, on, , he said. V Both planes, it seemed to me, went into power dives, each pilot trying to getj under,the other, . , yThey came together with a terrific craah. The wings of the big plane seemed to fold back and her pontoons fell off. Great pieces of fabric ripped from both planes and were, wafted out into the sky. j'The small plane fell like a plummet,' with no spin. Almost as It Started falling, one man bailed out with Parachute. A moment later the second man leaped like wise. They floated down slowly. ' VThe big plane went into a tail spin after the crash," he said, "it must have been 10 minutes before all; the pieces of floating fabric reached the ground." - Parachutes still were strapped to the bodies of the fire men when they were taken from the tangled jumble of wreckage. Witnesses said the amphibian crew had no opportunity to ball out. MoUy no Villain Jurors Conclude J- SEATTLE, Not. 2-flp)-MoIly the cow, -variously described as a bovine "Jekyll and Hyde" and as a fhew who "snarled,'' was found to be no such a thing by a su perior court Jury today. : - The Jury, in less time than It takes a novice to perch on a, milk stool; and stay on it found that Mrs. Amelia Schwab was not en titled to $4000 or any damages for injuries and -indignities - she said she received when Molly as- sertedly bore her to the ground and rolled her around. , Mrs., Schwab had nM tfr. an Mrs. Joseph Penoza. former owtfT5 ers of Molly, for $4000. The Peno- ras since have sold Molly. In Mrs. Schwab's testimony. she caused Superior Judge Mal- com Douglas' eyebrows to riS4 when she consistently referred to- Molly as "he" and said "he snarled" at her. i The Penoxas and 10 character witnesses they marshalled In be half of Molly, Insisted the cow was a lady. Governor Martin Receives Honor M. Governor Charles H. , Martin yesterday was accorded ' a new honor when he received the de gree of bachelor of science In the United States military academy at West Point, . The degTee was Issued br the academic board over the signa ture of Major General William D. Connor, superintendent and com mandant of the- academy, and Llentenant Colonel Thurston Hughes, secretary of the board Until the act of congress ap proved is July, 1137, graduates of the United States military and naval academies received no rec- ognrtlon la the way of . academic proficiency except commissions in their respective .services. Under provisions of the new act gradu ates of both academies become bachelors of science. , V AV SyK lvkM Hero 11 I ' V 1 vlta a WW. 1 ll .,; ed Vallopt ' II '". A - 7. m. "M NAvrrrat VV-VA ilJ I uf?-H Wtl.:X. 1 VVK 0 X WWW J VNA WW - . J i U HA ' i lj m m a ii a a a r aav J.tmW m a a af av a . a u ' v I ill . a. , a i r - s m w w a - i at wa sm arw sat m m une-aeai uaitt in HoUS4, mwm. m liuiiiuig Are Cited by Hamilton (Continued from page l) -ir votes for LaGuardia, by compar ison, with his plurality of 454.423. "In Detroit," Lewis continuprt' Labor demonstrated its strength in its first test against the com bined influence of massed wealth and an entrenched nolitical ma chine. Labor in Michigan Is pre pared to expand the sphere, of its influence In the future. "In Pittsburgh, the election was a distinct triumph for later. In a host of smaller communities throughout the country, labor was successful in electing its repre sentatives to political office. Lab or's Nonpartisan League will new devote its attention to preparation' lor me 1538 campaign." Carbon Monoxide Danger Increases Carbon monoxide, an invisible gas, is a real menace to motorists at this time of the ytar. Secretary of State Earl Snelldeclared in a statement yesterday. "During the coming weeks mo-. torists will be tempted to warm up their engines in their garages before starting out," Snell said. "This is a dangerous practice. If a warm-up is needed the motorist should run. bis car out of the garage. The statement continued: "Remember to shut off the mo tor if you are applying chains or working around the . rear of the car. An Oregon driver lost his , life last winter because he breathed carbeainonoxide fumes while trying to provide traction for his rear wheels In a modhole." Snell also said this was a good time to have muffler and exhaust gaskets cheeked for leaks. Mail Truck Robbed LOS ANGELES. .Nov. S -UpV- Two men held up a mall truck driver- tonight and escaped with mail and parcels believed to con tain several thousand dollars. ,4Dc 2IU LAUREL AND HARDY PA1SV KBU.V JACK MAUV aoama lAwaawca - sascMA Aun ivba toscan And 2nd Feature Two Featnres The Three Mesquiteers Reported Missinj;1 Wa.; Gargaa Jean Rogers in Come On, Cowboy" ft hnnM. -StOACH ,f?wT-tt . ii i ' . ... .... . ssag