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are being purchased by an
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tbia paper' reader.
Weather
Fair today and Thursday,
little change In temperature.
Max. Temp. Tuesday 45,
Min. 28, river 8.4 feet, light
southerly wind. ,
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No. 213
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Millies
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: to Flag U Denied by
" "" Shanghai Consul
Invaders Take Kiangyin,
Will . Attack Capital
When Forts Fall
SHANGHAI. Dec. i-( Wednes
day )-(iip)-Dipiomatic sources said
today they understood Japanese
oMicials had decided to return an
American-owned steam 1 a u a c h
seized by Japanese yesterday.
'American consulate officials
confirmed Japanese assertions
that Japanese 6aSlors had not
thrown the United States flag
Into the Whangpoo river when
they took over the vessel. It was
. said the flag was handed to a
Chinese launch close 1y.
A Japanese embassy spokes
man, denying that Japanese had
thrown the flag t overboard, de
clared tlfe Chinese crew hauled
down the flag of the launch
seized yesterday ..and now in cus
tody of the Japanese navy.
United States Consul-General
Clarence E. Gauas lodged a pro
tect with the Japanese consul
general against the alleged dis
courtesy to the flag. The launch
was owned reportedly by the
William Hunt Steamship - com
pany. 1 ' -
' The spokesman- said -the Jap
anese navy, certain thatkthe ves
sel was the property of the Chi
nese government, seized the
' launch nnder recent Japanese
naval, blockade regulations.
Ready to Return If
Ownership Proven
He said that i if Americans
could prove Ownership Japanese
authorities were ready to return
th launch. A reply to American
....n.n(.fiTi urer the Incident
will i made after a Japanese-
naval investigation, he declared.
. The spokesman admitted that
f fve other small i vessels of pur
ported foreign nationality were
seized. Including two Italian ships,
but declined to reveal the ships
Identities. . j ..
The disputed f 1 atfn c h was
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dditics
... in the Nete
NEW YORK, Not. 30P)-,
. Police Comm. Lewis .Valentine
got caught in a traffic jam to
day, along with Deputy Harold
Fowler, whose Jb la to see that
those things dont happen.
There had red faces: Fowler;
two traffic patrolmen who had
- to be hunted oat by Valentine's
chauffeur and put to work; an
unestimated number of motor-
ists who got tickets for mot
parkins right; and two detec
tives who had -double parked
their -car to " visit the district
attorney's office.
LINCOLN, Neb., Nov. ZQ.-JP-Ladies,
Is It worth $2 annuaUy to
keep your age a secret?
That, is a question Nebraska
women may have to decide when
the tax assessor makes his annual
visit next spring, i County officials
said today too many women write
"over 21" .or "21 : plus" on the
old age assistance tax schedules,
then come in later and ask can
cellation of the tax because they
. are over 60.
"These cancellations will have
to atop," said County Clerk J. B.
Morgan. "It looks like the privi
lege of withholding one's age is
going to cost 12 from now on."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 80.-P)
-It's all right for postmen to
feed birds, so long as they dont
charge the food up to Uncle
Sam, the postoffice department
announced today.
During the winter, when snow
covers the birds natural food,
mailmen may scatter grain pro-.
Tided by Interested persons or
organizations, i
HOUSTON, Tex., Nor. 30.-flV-
Anyway, this much seems certain
the police wilt go after holiday
inebriates.
, Foreman L. ; W. Mattson jjald
. the grand Jury conferred with law
enforcement officers and decided
on this Yuletideh plan i -
Intoxicated persons who dont
feel up to the task of driving the
family car can tall headquarters
and a policeman will see them
safely home. . t -
But Mayor R. H. Fonvffle modi
fled the service : a little. :
"We might go out and get the
drunk,' h agreed. "But we're
going to take him to jail not
home. ;
:i Vommittee
Site Opposite Sppreine ' Court Building Selected;
big Tarbklof Gloving Is Handed to Mobdi6; :
may Delay Until After Christmas
Negotiations were completed yesterday by the commit
tee representing Willamette university, for the purchase from
li. H. Hoffman of the old postoffice building in Salem. It
will be removed froir its present site to a spot on the north
east corner of the campus where it will be converted into a
hall of law and government for the university.
O Arrangements were made with
Miller Assistant
Postmaster Here
28-Year Employe Selected
to Succeed A. Gibbard,
Effective Today
Appointment of Paul W. Mill
er, an employe of the office for
28 years, as assistant postmaster
of the Salem postoffice was an
nounced yesterday by Postmaster
H. R. Crawford following receipt
of prders to that end from Wash
ington, D. C. Miller takes the
place of Arthur Gibbard. retired.
The o."Jer is effective today.
Mr. MUler first Joined the post
al force here on January 1. 1910,
serving for 18 months as substi
tute and then receiving permanent
appointment. He divided his time
for two years between, the. money
order and registry and stamp de
partments, then was -assigned to
the money order department.
For virtually 20 years he has
been secretary of the civil service
board here, a position he resigns
with promotion to the assistant
postmastership.
Since June, 1931, he has been
a special clerk, being one of two
of the postal staff to hold this
rating.
, Mr. . Miller has served under
four Salem postmasters, Squire
Farrar. August Huckestein. John
Farrar and the incumbent, H. R
Crawford.
Weisner Captures
Highest Award in
State Corn Show
PORTLAND, Nov. 30-(ilp)-E. G
Weisner of Brooks, took the
sweepstakes award today in Ore
gon's first corn show. Exhibits
from all over the state were dis
played. District first place winners
were L. E.. Gulker, St. Helens,
district 1; Weisner, district 2;
Robert Ewing, Salem, district 4,
and T. H. Brewer, Ontario, dis
trict 5; no awards were made for
district 3. .
Robert Marsh, . Jr., of Albany,
won sweepstakes honors in the
4-H club divisirn and was first
for his district.
Others were Elmer Bierly, Ger
vals, district 2: Walter Marks.
Roseburg. district 4, and Joe
Stewart, Ontario, district 5.
Ltnn county 4-H clubs wen the
125 prize for the best county
exhibit.
Ice in Rogue Valley
MEDFORD, Nov. 30.-(P)-Ice
formed in the Rogue river valley
last night as the mercury dropped
t o23.8 degrees here, a new low
for the season.
County Budget
Approved, Has Relief Buffer
Final approval was given the
1938 Marlon county budget by
the budget committee and the
county court yesterday afternoon-!
alter a new fund, a $10,000 re
lief program buffer appropria
tion, had been created and $288
had been added to the $1200
preliminary allocatiob for horti
cultural inspection. . f;
The completed budget appro
priates $935,738.23 of which
$648,108.23 will be raised by
tax levies The total.tax nnder the
6 per cent limitation,-: $555,359.
60, will be $161.60 less than the
maximum allowable.
; Although the sum of all appro
priations for 1938 is only $770.52
below that for 1937, the jnew to
tal tax is $17,624.48 lower than
for the current year because of
increased, anticipations of non
tax revenues and elimination of
the $30,000 state property tax. .
Aside from setting up the ex
tra relief fund and boosting the
horticultural service appropria
sderiM'-EuiMmg
yiduhces i
A. D. Moodie, veteran building
mover of Portland, for the re
moval of the building. The com
mittee's arrangements are subject
to ratification by the executive
committee of the university, but
since the project has already been
considered favorably by the hoard
of trustees, this approval is con
sidered certain.
Postmaster H. R. Crawford is
desirous of using the old building
as parcel post dispatch head
quarters through the Christmas
season. If ' he obtains authority
from Washington for extension of
time for completion of the new
postoffice the building will not
be removed until just after Christ
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Rates to Outside
Users Undecided
Specials Committee Views
Water Charge Issue $ ;
Details Studied
More than three hours of dis
cussion proved not enough last
nignt ior a special water com
mission committee to agree on
regulations and a rate schedule
for serving out-of-city ' customers
and as a result it was decided to
meet again before the regular
commission meeting Friday night.
Chief points of argument! were
requirements as to type of mains
the water department ..would
agree to serve and rate surcharges
for non-resident service. On a
divided report the,, commission
will ' receive recommendations
that it do and that it do not re
quire outside mains to be laid in
accordance with city specifica
tions.
On the rate question Chairman
E. B. Gabriel contended for at
least a 11.50 minimum rate.
against $1.20 inside the city, and
in addition a 25 per cent increase
in minimum rate. As en alterna
tive he suggested a $1.75 mini
mum and 10 per cent surcharge.
Commissioner E. B. Graben
horst maintained little if any in
crease in rates should be set up
for outside consumers. Dr. O, A.
uison, mira committeeman, ex
pressed no definite figure, but
urged that the rate he made low
enough to attract numerous out
side water users.
Crown Zellerbach Profit
Shown for Six Months
PORTLAND, Nov. 30.-(p)-The
urown zellerbach corporation re
ported today a net profit of $4.
440,801 for the six months ending
October 31, representing $1.37
for each of 2,261,199 Bhares of
common stock. Profit for the same
period in 1936 was 12,976,548 or
73 cents a. share.
of $935,738
tion, the committee's only other
actions were ratifications of
changes tentatively made in the
preliminary budget by its mem
bers November 12. These actions
included reducing the circuit
court fund by $2000 and raising
the county school fund by $890,
the county library fund by $8.90,
the courthouse fund, to increase
Janitors', salaries, by $540, and
--nivi f Bupennienaent a . ap-
vuvriauon, ior additional cleri
cal help, by $125. "
r me new relief fund, effected
by, appropriating $10,000 from
the county's surplus, was set up
on tne urging of Commissioner
iitoy s. Melson and E. L. Wieder,
cnairman : or . the county relief
committee,- Regular apuronria-
tlons for old age assistance, di
rect relief, aid to dependent chil
dren and to the blind are in dan
ger of being exceeded during the
new year, the two men , pointed
out. The buffer fund will be
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Lumber. acrapi
i f
3 Delegates From Eacb
Faction Meet After
General Parley
Meeting Said "Friendly"
but no Report Made
Progress
as
to
PORTLAND. Nov. SOGPr-David
Robinson, attorney and member
of the Portland inter-faith coun
cil who presided at a conference
of AFL and CIO representatives
today, said he was "very hope
ful of accomplishments" when
the group reconvenes at 11 a.m.
tomorrow.
He called three delegates from
each group to his office after' a
conferenc yesterday of all inter
ested parties called by Regional
Director Charles W. Hope of the
national labor relations board,
filed to obtain AFL consent to
submit the jurisdictional dispute
in local sawmills to an employes
election.
"If the plan is definitely turn
ed down, - that terminates that
phase of our part In the case,
Hope said.
Gov. Charles Martin and May
or Joseph K. Carson, who had in
dicated they would enter the dis
pute if the conference failed,
made no comment today.
Abe Mulr, vice-president of the
United Brotherhood of Corpen-
ters and Joiners, left today for
California where, he said, he
would attempt to tighten and ex
tend ;an AFL boycott on north
west CIO "lumber" v V
. . Robinson said today's meeting
was "very friendly." The direc
tion of the discussion was not
disclosed.
November Is Wet
But not Wettest
November, 1937, with 11.13
Inches of rainfall went down m
local weather history yesterday as
the third "wettest" in the 45
years that official records of pre
cipation have been : kept. :The
mean average fo the month is
only 6.16 inches.
Only November, 1896, with
16.99 inches and November, 1897,
with 11.67 inches exceeded the
mark set last month. Rain fell ev
ery day excepting on the first, sec
ond, third, fourth, sixth and 30th
The heaviest single day's preci
pitation, 1.36 inches, occurred on
the ninth, with the 19th and 20th
running close second and thirds
with 1.24 and 1.23 inches of rain.
respectively.
In contrast November, 1936,
with .51 inch of rain was the
driest on record.
Pierce Will Back
House Farm Bill
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30-i!P)-
Kepresentative Pierce CD-Ore)
chairman of the house agricul
ture committee's wheat section,
said tonight he doubted if the
country was ready to take such
"arastic" action as that provided
in the senate farm bill.
As a result, he said, his group
was generally opposed to any
plan which would reconcile wheat
provisions of the house farm bill
with those of the senate mea
sure.
The house hill. Pierce explain
ed, provided that quota restric
tions would not be invoked until
the visible supply of wheat , sur
passed 1,027,000,000 bushels
The Benate measure set the fig
ure at 825,000,000 bushels.
ulletin
Fifteen young women living
in the Salem YWCA dormitory
were routed out into the street
early . this morning by fire
which broke out in the base
ment of the F. W. Grand Sil
ver store on - Liberty street. -
Firemen had some difficulty
In locating the blaze which ap
parently was burning briskly
and menacing the building in
which. It ' started and . would
have imperiled! those nearby if
it had gotten headway. At 1:30
o'clock thla morning . it . ap
peared to be under control.
- Smoke penetrated Into the
Woolworth store on State street
as well as Into the YWCA and
the Bligh hotel building.
B
P orgery tases
ere
I--
Ben jamin and Dunn'Also'
i r ace unarges ; xjeavy' : -
Merchants Seek to Have
Money Returned From .
Itinerant Pair
While two suspected "whole
sale forgers" arrested . in Salem
Monday night were expediting the
wheels xf Justice by waiving pre
liminary hearing in justice court
and being bound over to the grand
jury, two .more cases involving
fictitious check charges came to
the attention of Salem police. ;
The men bound over were Earl
McDonald, alias William Parker,
charged with uttering and pub
lishing a forged bank check cash
ed by C. D. Durham at Busick's
store November 29; and Harvey
Novotney, charged similarly in
connection with a check cashed
with Paul Block on the same date,
They were being held in lieu of
$5000 bail each.
Recent Convict Is
Held in California.
Salem police were informed yes
terday that Ban Benjamin, wanted
here for allegedly passing about
$300 worth of forged checks on
Salem business men the day after
he had been released from . the
state penitentiary, is now under
arrest in Shasta county, Callfor
nia, with char g e s registered
against him there. Local police
have sent word thai he be held for
them.
Albert Dunn, the fourth alleged
bad check operator, was paroled
from the penitentiary in July,
1927, having been Bent up from
Polk county for forgery, the rec
ords show. Since then, according
to the records, he has done time at
McNeil's - Island tor ; automobile
theft.. Here Dunn is charged with
the endorsement of a check that
he knew to be forged. He will be
taken to Albany where, officers
are informed, a forgery charge
awaits him. On the Salem charge
Dunn had a preliminary hearing in
justice court yesterday and was
bound over to the grand Jury.
Failing to furnish bond of $500
he was held in Jail.
Benjamin, the man held in Cali
fornia," was released from the pen
itentiary November 9, pMson rec
ords indicate. He had been sent up
from Klamath county on seven
forgery counts of two years each
All of the checks that. police said
Benjamin passed in Salem Novem
ber 10 were for 827.50.
An effort was being made last
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Fehl Proceeclings
Under Way Today
i f
MEDFORD, Nov. 30-iflVJL
panel drawn from the rrmiar
jury list will hear testimony in
tne insanity hearing of Earl H.
Fehl, former Jackson .'county
judge, opening here tomorrow.
Presiding Circuit Jnrl?A H n
Norton said the functions of the
jury in a case of thla kind YaA
not been decided In Oregon, but
tnat it would be called as a safe
guard.
The district attornev'n ' at
said subpoenas had been issued
for the deputy warden, chaplain
and two guards of the state nri-
son where Fehl previously served
a term for ballot theft. .
The COmnlaint was ate-nnri hv
Fred Kelly, who will be repre
sented by his brother, Attorney
E. E. Kelly. J. Porter Neff was
assigned as counsel for Fehl.
NEW YORK, Nor. 80 -J?)-
uiint r rank, Yale's captain and
star back,, today was named as
winner of the He Ism an memorial
trophy, given annually to the
piayer judged the year's out
standing football star in the
United States in a nationwide
poll of i ports writers.
. f -T - -
PORTLAND, Not. 30-(ff)-Pab-lo
Dano of Manila boomed a le
thal right nppercut through the
guard of Al Spina, tonight to
win a scheduled 10-round bout by
a knockout in the second round,
Spina, who weighed 126 U to
Dano's 120, had Just r isen
from the floor after an eight-
count knockdown. "
Frank! Gained, Portland, won
by a knockout in the second
round from Baby Face Matheson,
Los -Angeles, in the ' six-round
semi-final. Each weighed 125
pounds. ' ' "'" ,";
SEATTLE, Not. U-VfyWf
.Buxton, nara-aoeamg Victoria, a.
C, southpaw 1 2 5-pounder, knock
ed out Speedy Dado, 128, Los
Angeles, in the second . round of
a scheduled 10-round main event
here tonlghl . '
mount; z n
Late Sports
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Jonathan Bourne, jr., former Oregon
the Oregon legislature from meeting and left this state without a
senator in congress for more than a year back in 1897, plays sol
itaire in Washington, D. C, while Sirs. Bourne looks on. The ex
senator is 82. Associated Press photo.
Green and Lewis
Will Join Parley
Labor Peace Meet at End,
Subcommittees Are to
Continue Effort
WASHINGTON. Nov. 30. -)-John
L. Lewis and William Green
expect to step personally Into the
labor peace negotiations when
they are resumed Thursday.
These arch enemies in the
struggle between the AFL and
Lewis' CIO expect to head sub
committees i which will continue
the .work) of the Joint-peace. con
ference that recessed today.
The conference outlined prin
clpal issues between the two un
ions under five headings and de
cided to discuss them one by one,
The CIO contention all work-
erg in each large industry should
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Arbiters May Be
Named by Tonight
Identity of arbiters selected to
represent., Associated. Restaurants
of Salem', Inc., and the Salem Cul
inary alliance in deciding on
wages to be paid and working
hours and conditions to be set up
to iron oat the friction which has
existed between the two organi
zations will probably be made
known today, State Labor Com
missioner C. H. Gram- reported
last night on his return from
Portland. The two will then at
tempt to agree on a third mem
ber for the arbitration board.
Neither group's representatives
yesterday would Indicate their
choices for arbiter. Both indicat
ed it had been agreed the an
nouncement should he ' made
through Commissioner Gram.
WPA Executive
Reveals 1000 Jobs
MEDFORD, Nov. 30.-(ff)-E. J,
Griffith, state WPA administra
tor, told a luncheon club today
he had "been authorized to add
1,000 persons to WPA rolls,
bringing the total enrollment to
12,000.
Jackson county employes will
be increased to 101 tomorrow.
all working on the municipal air
port. 1
Erb Named President of UO,
Among Youngest in Country
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. SO-iff)
-The state board of higher edu
cation announced the appoint
ment today of Dr. Donald M. Erb,
37-year-old! professor of econom
ics at Stanford university, as
president of the University of
Oregon. J
He will return about , April 1
to the Oregon institution, where
he served six years as a faculty
member, as its seventh nd
youngest president. t
He win succeed Dr. C. Valen
tine Boyer; who took office in
1934 and resigned a few months
ago because of 111 health. Dr.
Boyer will ; re-assume his previ
ous position as dean of the col
lege of literature and arts and
head of the department of Eng
lish. .- v: " 5 :-'
Dr. Erb took Ms bachelor , of
science and master of science de
grees at the University of Illi
nois and his doctor of philoso
phy from Harvard,. where he won
the coveted Ricardo prize for
outstanding work. , ,
Events :Here - :;
senator and the man who kept
Will Draft Setup
For Horticulture
Inspection Program to Be
Outlined by Committee
Meeting December 9
A 12-man citizens' committee
to formulate an aerressive county
horticultural inspection program
was appointed by tne county
court - yesterday - afternoon ana
Thursday morning, December ,
set as time for its first meeting
This action resulted from "adop
tion by the county budget com
mittee of a resolution calling for
study Of the horticultural service,
dormant since the death of In
spector S. H. VanTrump, and for
collaborating with the county
court regarding, the appointment
of a successor to the late inspec
tor.
The committee consists of J. O
Farr, county Pomona 'grange
master. Jefferson: George W.
Potts, state Farm union presi
dent. Jefferson; George - Tate
resident. Stavton Canning com
pahy; Robert E. Shinn, manager,
Willamette Valley Cherry Grow
ers association, Salem; Harry Hu
gill, manager, Hubbard Coopera
tive Fruit Growers association
Adolph -Heater,' Sublimity straw
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Portland Business
Drops for Month
PORTLAND,-Nov. 30.-(JP)-No-
vember bank clearings of $130,
162,683, a 19 per cent drop from
October, were 7 per cent more
than November, 1936, and brought
the total for the first 11 months
of 1937 to 14 per cent above last
year.
Building permits dropped from
$445,590 in October to S386.600
nearly $170,000 under November
last year. -
Foreign exports through Mon
day totaled $2,052,883, a decline
of $300,000 ' from October. -
strike tieup in November, 1936
prevented a comparison with that
month.
Customs receipts gained $10,
000 over October, totaling $154,-
000. Wheat exports were 865,69
bushels compared with 1,126,462
in October. Lumber export
reached 9,000,000 feet, against
less than 3,000,000 feet last
month. 7 , 1
He came to University of Ore
gon in 1927 as assistant profes
sor of economics, remaining two
years. The senlr class of 1929
placed him first In a rating of
faculty members. -.
Following more study at Har
vard, he returned to Oregon in
1930 as professor of economics.
He was called to Stanford as as
sociated professor of economics
three years later, and .served as
acting head of esonomics end so
ciology departments in 1936-37
during the absence of Dr. Ber
nard Haley. ' ' - v-
During the last school year, he
directed a government-sponsored
surrey of the effects of the de
gression en a California town.
- 1 Dr. Erb married Roxane Cath
erlne Stuart of Qulncy, HI, i
1923. They hare two ; children.
"The state system of higher
education, as .shown by unani
mous action of the board, has the
utmost confidence In - Dr. Erb,1
Chancellor Frederick M. Hunter
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Concession to
J)ealMa)i
Eliminating., VWrite-ups v
1 of Capital Structure
V Said "Agreed .Upon
Prudent Investment may
3e Basis; Willkie'a
Memorandum Cited
WASHINGTON, Not. 30.-iPr-
Maj or concessions to the new deal
power policy, and a series of com- -promise
proposals, were advanced
as the basis for an administration
utilities "peace pact" by Wendell
L. Willkie, president of Common
wealth & Southern Corp., in his
recent conference with President
Roosevelt, it was learned authori
tatively today.
In a memorandum, Willkie In
formed the president he believed
'satisfactory relationship" could
be worked out "without injury to
legitimate Investment and well
within, the broad framework of
your social objectives."
On the question of property
valuation a point long at con
troversy between utility interests
and the administration, and which
is the basic factor in making rates
for electric power the utility ex
ecutive suggested atwo-point for
mula, containing' concessions ef
far-reaching significance:
1. He proposed that utilities
should eliminate immediately
from their capital structures all
of the "write-ups" in property
value which have heretofore been
claimed by the federal trade com- -mission;
,
BeMade
view
2. He recommended accept
ance of the "prudent Investment" ;
theory of valuation, as desired by
the administration which , eon
templates, as the federal power-'
commission views it, .what was
prudently, and honestly" InTested
in physical property instead of .
present method, which takes Into
account the reproduction cost -new.
-
If Willkle's suggestion on
"write-ups" were accepted by -other
utilities, it would mean the :
scaling down of the utility in- j -dustry's
present capital structure
of around $12,000,000,000 by al- -most
15 per cen.
In its final report of 1935, the
trade commission estimated .that
in about 85 per cent of the in- ':..
dustry or 18 top holding i com- j.,'
panies, 42 sub-holding com pan-"
ies and 91 operating companies -there
was around $1,491,000,000
iju ''write-ups. improperly, capital- t
lzed intangibles and inflation in "'
eluded in the capital assets."
Other "clarifications," Willkie;
said, are necessary "in order to
establish a relationship - between
the -government and u 1 1 1 ift 1 e a
which will restore Investment
confidence in the Industry'
On the question of the Tennes
see Valley authority and ether
similar federal projects in the -(Turn
to page 2, col. 8)
76 Traffic Death
Toll in Portland
PORTLAND, Nov. SO-nCThe
close of the police fiscal year to
night found 76 persons dead and
approximately 2,500 injured for
the second highest traffic toll in
the city's history. r
More than 80 per cent of the
approximately 20,000 accidents j
occurred at night. Victims rang-
ed in age from two to 85 years.
Of those killed, 51 were pedes
trians." : -r -. " i .''.: .
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A L L A D E
of TODAv
They'll hoist the old post
office up onto skids and roll it
up State street with consum
mate ease; ! we'll bet there H be
crowds of both young and old
"kids" -wholl watch every
movement we'll be among
these. I
KJ buys ana uses '
Christmas Seals
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