PACE TWO
The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Tuesday JJorning. May 31, 1938
250 Dead but
Holiday Safer
Four Drown, Three Lose
- Lives in Car Mishaps,
t Is Toll in Oregon
(Continued from Page One)
Utah 1. Vermont 2. VlrMU 2.
Washington 1, Wisconsin 8 Wyo
ming I. ' .
Oregon' memorial day week
end death toll reached ewa on
Monday.
Four pemons drownw. and
three- died in automobile acci
dents. The latest victim Jtck T.
Abern. 20, of Tortland. w a
thrown through the winchield
when hia car a'rurk a telei..hon
pole at N. E. 4ih averue and
Sand boulevard abat 2 am
Monday.
: Ceorre Stanich. driver o the
ear. told police h had fallen
asleep at the wheel.
Alfred L. Callahan. 1? of
Portland, died of injuries aiffer
ed Saturday when the ear was
riding In hit a tree near tte Col
wood golf conrM.
Flem McGlone. 28. of TUinier.
d'ed cn ronte to a LoncTlew.
Wash., hospital of mi'jrl re-
vVi an tila yntntnnMIn fver-
lumM in me rsecr
near Rainier.
Hia brother. Hdlng with him.
escaped injury.
Four Are Drowned
In I'nuraal Mishaps
Al Anderscm. 57. of T.aketlde.
tumbled from a rowhnat while
trying to recover a lost oei and
drowned in Ten Mile lak- Sat
urday. The tragedy mrre eere
monlea dedicating the, new Lake
Bide: airport.
A. canoe containing twc 15-year-old
Portland boy cfpslzed
In the- wares of a pacing motor
boat on the WiUiaiett -vf-r ner
Sell wood Satur.lav and Anthony
Rekart drowned. .
Paul OToole, Lis coraranlon.
was unable to save the Rekart
boy. who could not swim
.George Andrew Truax. 5. of
Applegate. drowned In a ditch
near Grants. Pass Sunday when
the- car he was riding In over
turned. The fourth drowning ictlm
was an unidentified man, about
65, who officers said apparently
fell into the R'i'am-tte river
near the berth of the battleship
Oregon In Portland. The -body
was found floating near the Haw
thorne bridge.
Swastika Apoears
In Veterans' Plot
(Continued From Tage One) ,
to high Russian orthodox priests
burled In the monastery ceme
tery. Police swarme.i about their
car when about CO of the Russian-Americans,
'many of- whom
observers said w.re war veterans
crganixatlon buttons. ch".s d the
car down a trea-arched tare.
SAN FRANCISCO, May 3(M;n
-The Jeers and boots of 2.000
anti-nazl demonstrators eav? way
to the muttered threats of a hand
ful of pickets today as the two
day convention of the Prclfic
roast German-American bund
came to a close.
Sightseeing tours and a meet
ing of the executive committee
were the final events.
Several .score demonst,"atoTs
appeared soon nfter the fched
uled 10 a.m. session tod but
dwindled under the watchful eyes
of a score m of uniformed and
plainclothes police.
Four men arrested dur'ng a
tense situation at the meeting
ball last night were released on
$10 bail. Two incidents revolv
ing fisticuffs threatened to send
the crowd out of hand momen
tarily but there was no general
melee.
Prince Bvrd Dies;
Hospital: Official
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t?rs. Miss Betty and Miss Janet
Byrd; parents, Mr. and Mrs. J. C.
Byrd. of Spokane; sister, Mrs. Ed
na .Nelson of Honolulu; brother.
Carroll Byrd of Willows. Calif.j
.uncle. Dr. Roy Byrd of Salem.
Funeral services are set from
the Clough-Barrick company's
craiel Wednesday. June 1. at
10:30 a.m. Rev. George IL Swift
rnd Dr. James E. Milligan will
cfflcate.
Hopkins in Hospital
GLEN COVE, L. I.. May 30-(
-Harry L. Hopkins, WPA admini
strator, was taken to the North
Country community hospital here
yesterday suffering an acute
throat infection, but physicians
tonight said he would be released
probably in a few days.
HE!e Mt
Evening
Now
Tyrone Power
Lorreta Young
'Second Honeymoon
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FRANCHOT TONS
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DKIjORES DEL RIO
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"International
Settlement"
Gues to ftEssing
Plane Prove Vain
- ZEBALLOS, B. C. May 30
.( CP) -Search planes returned to
this west coast of Vancouver Is
land mining community tonight
to report no trace of the Ginger
Coote airways seaplane missing
since Friday on routine flight
here from Vancouver.!
Pilot. Ralph Oakes and Provtn
clal Police Constable John Cam
eron of Zeballos returned from
IJesquiat Lake where they ques
tioned Mrs. Ray Arthur. She had
reported seeing a yellow plane
flying low and apparently attempt
ing to land on the lake. 35 miles
south of here. j
She could not remember the
day she had seen the machine,
Oakes and Cameron1 said, and
they expressed belief It had been
one of the many search planes.
A second plane which investi
gated a report a plane had been
seen at " Ceepeecee, eight miles
south of Zeballos, by Mr. and Mrs.
C Overnot, returned without hav
ing sighted any trace 'of the sea
plane with Pilot Lea Waasen and
three passengers. I
Credit Expansion
Said 109 Billion
NEW YORK, May 30-"-The
Guaranty Survey, monthly review
of Guaranty Trust Co out today,
reported the existence of a poten
tial credit expansion f'well in ex
cess of $100,000,000,000 in 8,11.'
It said:
"Even the most casual glance
at the present banking situation
leaves no room for doubt regard
ing the potentially ; inflationary
character of the recent action . . .
of the United States treasury and
the board of governors of' the, fed
eral reserve system in releasing
inactive gold and reducing mem
ber bank reserve requirements.
"Just before the action was
taken, excess reserves of member
banks were estimated at $1,730.
000,000. They are now estimated
at $2,630,000,000, showing an in
crease of $900, 000.000. More
over, as a result of the release of
inactive gold, treasury deposits
with the federal reserve banks
now s t a n d. at $1,183,000,000,
which is about $1,000,000,030
above the level at which they are
usually maintained, j
World Air Speed
Record Bettered
OAKLAND, Calif..! May 30-,"P)
In one of the m b s t bitterly
fought races in the annals of
American closed course speed fly
ing, Earl Ortman of Los Angeles,
his canary yellow Marcoux-Brom-berg
plane a mere blob of color,
streaked to a new world's record
of 265.539 miles an "hour today.
Ortman, nosing out Roscoe Tur
ner of Chicago, the veteran speed
merchant, brought the American
closed speed mark back to' the
United States from France in the
final event of three'days of rac
ing at the Pacific International
air races. j
On the 17th lap of the 18-lap,
150-mile race, Ortman, swinging
wide around a pylon set In a
marsh Just east of the field, api
peared to have almost brushed his
wheels on the ground.
Insurgents Enter
Mora de Rubielos
HENDAYE, France, May 30
(JP) -Spanish Insurgents late today
entered Mora de Rubielos, next to
the last line of government de
fenses dominating the important
Teruel-Mediterranean highway.
Launching e general offensive.
the insurgents took! the town af
ter a . temporary setback at the
hands of a government force 16
miles southeast of Teruel, and re
ported sweeping gains elsewhere
along the 56-mile-long east-west
Teruei-Albocecer front.
Government brigades were re
ported falling back; both to the
right, left, and center of the line.
By taking Mora! de Rubielos
the Insurgent gained domination
of a strategic communications
center and a network of roads
connecting with the main Teruel-Sagunto-Valencia
highway, eight
miles to the south. ,
Rear-Admiral Shoemaker
Die$; Wa$ Convoy Chief
VALLEJO, Calif. May 30-()-Rear
Adm. William R. Shoema
ker, who directed the navy's bat
tleship convoys fori United States
troop ships during the World war,
died at the Mare Island navy yard
hospital here today,
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News and Our dan Comedy
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Memorial Day
Program Held
Ethan Cowles Only GAR
Veteran in Parade;
Dr. Riley Speaks
(Continued from. Page 1)
will those principles and this de
mocracy survive."
Rev, Robert A. Hutchinson,
pastor of the First Congregational
church, opened and closed the ex
ercises with prayer. Gen. John A.
Logan's Memorial day order was
read by Chairman Adams and
Lincoln's Gettysburg address re
cited by Mrs. Ronald Glover. Prof.
William Wright, accompanied by
Dorothy Pearce at the piano,
sang. .
Officials Present
In Lengthy Parade
Col. Abrams' staff and a car
bearing Gov. Charles H. Martin
and Mayor V. E. Kuhn, led ths
long parade through downtown
streets. The Salem high school
Salem Heights school and Hassen
stab bands took places along the
line behind the two Salem na
tional guard units. Other march
ing organizations included the
American War Mothers, Women's
Relief corps. Sons of Union Vet
erans and auxiliary. Daughters of
Union Veterans, Veterans of For
eign Wars and auxiliary. United
Spanish War Veterans and auxil
iary. Capital and KIngwood posts
of the American Legion, Legion
auxiliary. Sons of the. Legion and
Legion auxiliary Juniors, Disabled
American Veterans of the World
War and auxiliary. Daughters of
the American Revolution, Boy
Scouts, Girl Scouts and Salvation
Army.
Wreaths were placed on the
War Mothers monument by all
marching veterans', organizations
and auxiliary units as the parade
paused for taps and raising of the
flag to full staff.
In the morning and early after
noon ceremonies were held at the
veterans' circles In the cemeteries
and on the Salem-West Salem
bridge for navy and marine, corps
war victims.
Three Injured in
30-Foot Car Dive
DETROIT, May 30 Glenn Neil
son, Lucille Evans and 10-year-old
Billy Evans narrowly escaped
death Sunday afternoon when the
car driven by Neilson plunged
over the grade and dropped 30
feet to the railroad track. It was
reported that Neilson had to turn
out suddenly to avoid a stationary
car. ' . "
Neilson and Miss Evans were
badly cut as was the little boy,
who also received a broken arm.
They were all taken to the Stay
ton hospital. The accident oc
curred Just west of Sardine creek
bridge. A wooden guard rail at
that point failed to hold the car.
Had the car not turned over as It
came down it might have gone
on into the Santiam river.
Another bad accident occurred
on this road Monday about 5 a. m.
when Mrs. Howard Best, return
ing to her home here from New
berg crashed into a rock retain
ing wall and turned her car over
In the road. Mrs. - Best was
brought to her home here and is
suffering from shock and bruise.
The car was quite badly damaged.
Four Stork Derby -Prizes
Are Equal
TORONTO. May 30.-(Canadian
Press) The four winning Toronto
mothers in the fantastic Millar
"stork derby" were paid off today
at the rate of $11,111.11 per
child.
The four women, adjudged by
the court as tying first place win
ners, had fortunes of $100,000
apiece deposited to their ac
counts, their grand first prizes for
producing nine children each in
the 10-year period ending Octo
ber 31, 1936.
Two other contestants who had
failed to establish their claims In
court received $12,500 each on
condition they drcp pending ap.
peals, and the four big winners
agreed to let this $25,000 go. -
The four mothers entitled, to
participate were declared to be
Mrs. Lucy Alice Tlmleck, Mrs.
Kathleen Ellen Nagle, Mrs. Annie
Katherlne Smith and Mrs. Isa
bel Mary Mac Lean.
Mrs. Jensen Improved
BRUSH CREEK . Mrs. Anna
K. Jensen was reported somewhat
Improved early this week, fol
lowing a serious illness, threat
ening pneumonia since last Tues
day. Mrs. Jensen has been con
fined to the Deaconess hospital
at Salem since she was taken ill.
TOMORROW
Smith Ballew - Lon Gehrig
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Rochelle Hudf on 1 1
Borrah MInevifcch II
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Florida Boy of 5
Held for Ransom
MIAMI, Fla., May 31-(Tuesday)-
yp) -Author .ties dUMosed
tonight that 5 V4-year-old Jamea
Bailey Cash, Jr., had bee.n kid
naped from his bed at Princeton,
25 miles south of Miami, and
two ransom notes were left be
hind demanding 510,000 for his
return.
The federal bureau of Investi
gation said the najama-clad boy
was taken from his bed Satur
day night. They said the V ther,
a grocery store and filling lAation
operator, was on a 25-mile ride
which ; smarted early today in an
effort to deliver the ranstm.
One note left by the abductors
told the father to go to the home
of hi brother who also lives in
Princeton. There the mepsage
demanding the money was found
pinned on an outside door.
The abductors threatened to
kill the child if yolice were noti
fied. ;
Entrance to the Cash horae was
effected by slitting a scrwn and
unlatching the ba'k door
i The father, when he started
out. carried $10,000 in $5 $10,
a'nd $20 notes, it was stated.
Peace Croup Asks
Investment Probe
f WASHINGTON, May JO--The
national anti-war ccn-rress
shouted a demand todav that
congress investigate American
corporations' investments abroad.
: The purpose oJ the inquiry, it
was explained, was to prevent
the United States beinr drawn
into war to protect business in
terests. i The assembly also urged that
congress ascertain the extent of
foreign investments in munitions
within the United States.
i The meeting, it ended by 1.
000 delegates from youth, labor,
religious and ve erans' organiza
tions, adopted more than a score
of resolutions intended tn pro
mote world peace. -
Churchill Record Tied
; LOUISVILLE, Ky., May i0(P)
Eqr.ilng a track record ot :59
flat, which had stood since 1923,
Royal Pam, racing in the colors
of former U. S. Sen. Johnson N.
Camden, sprang a big surprise
today by. capturing the 37th run
ning , of the Bash ford Manor
stakes on the closing caid of
Church'il Downs' 22-day spring
meeting.
ELSINDRE
Today "The Adventures of
Robin Hood" with Eirol
Flynn and Olivia DeHavll-
land all in technicolor.
Friday Double bill. Botby
Breen in "Hawaii Calls"
with Ned Sparks atd
"Dinner at -he Ritz" with
Annabella.
CAPITOL
Today Double bill, Joe
Penner . in "Go Chase
Yourself" md George
O'Brien in "Gun Law.'
Wednesday - Double bill,
"Mystery House' with
Dick Purcell and C'rrk
Gable and Jean Hat'ow
in "Saratoga.'
Friday Double bill, Llt
he Miss rnoroughbi ed"
with John Lltel and Ann
Sheridan and. "Law oi the
Underworld-' with Chester
Morris.
STATE
Today "Second Honey-
moon" with Tyrone Power
and Loretta Young.
Wednesday "International
Settlement" and "Of Hu-
man Hearts."
Friday "Borrowing. Tiou-
bie" with the Jones Fam-
lly.
HOLLYWOOD
Today "Navy Blue ind
Gold" with .Robert Young,
James Stewart and Lionel
i Barrymore.
Wednesday - Double bill.
: Preston Foster and Wult
ney Bourne in "Dor tie
Danger" and "Thrill of
a Lifetime" with Yacht
club boys and Judy Cno-
: va.-
Friday Double bill, The
Three Mesqulteers "
"Call the Mesquite rs"
and "Everybody' Doing.
It" with Preston Fetter
land Sally Ellers.
GRAND
Today Jane Withers. Ro-
; chelle Hudson, Bor-ah
i Minnevitch and his har-
monica band m "Rasca.'s."
Wednesday Double till,
; Smith Ballew and . Lon
Gehrig In "whide" md
! "City Girl" with Rlcardo
Cortes and Phyllis
'- Brooks.
Saturday Return encige-
raent. Will Rogers In "Life
Begins at 40
2 FEATURES
. rhyUla Brooks - Rlcardo
1 M-q Clt-rl
v unn m .
The Call Board
DoiharaForce
Is Surrounded
Action Carried on Alone;
Entire 250-Mile Front
With Losses Heavy
(Continued trom page 1) .
Lanfeng was In no danger of de
feat although greatly outnum
bered. "However, It It -should be de
feated." he said, "it does not
mean that we will lose the war.
"Generalissimo C h l a n g , Kai-
shek has concentrated crack divi
sions' there to attempt to covir
up the Suchow defeat.
"Eventual victory will M our 3.
Time will tell." - j
TOKYO. May 31.-(Tuesday)-
(iT) Western Japan was "blacked
out" for three hours last night
and early today as protection
against two mysterious airplanes.
believed to be Chinese, which
cruised along the entire length, of
the western coast of the Island
of Kyushu.
The craft apparently dropped
neither bombs nor leaflets. It was
Japan's second "bloodless air
raid in 10 days. Chinese planes
on May 20 dropped leaflets on a
2,500-mile round trip flight from
Hankow. 1
Japanese authorities were mys
tified and .worried over the raid,
fearing it might presage a mass
attack. ; T h e y - appeared' more
alarmed than if the planes ac
tually had dropped bombs. j
Aloha Club Meets -.
PLEASANTDALE Ten mem
bers and two guests, Mrs. Minor
and Mrs. Clifford Gibbon, attend
ed the Aloha club meeting held
Thursday afternoon at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Sam Whitney land
enjoyed visiting and fancy work.
This' Is the last semi-monthly
meeting until next .fall but once
a month the ladles will meet. The
next meeting will be at the home
of Mr. and Mrs. Ed Conyers. j
W A SHINGT ON and the
THE
Giiy Kibbee Tries
Deschutes River
EUGENE, May 30.-(jF)-Guy
Kibbee, motion picture star,
moved on to the Deschutes river
today after several days of fish
ing on the McKenzie. ,--
With Mrs. Kibbee. he will re
turn to Lane county.for more fish
ing after attending the Portland
rose festival next week.
Tarpley Youth Is
Injured by Blast
(Continued from Page t)
8 with 115-millimeter hovizers.
new, type field pieces.
.. The two children, whose fath
er is a-brother of E. H. Tatpley
visited the latter's home Sunday
and were tossing the 'plavthing"
about- when the explosion oc
curred." According' to a Dallas
physician who attended tie in
jured, the boy sustained pain
ful - lacerations to both feet and
E. H. Tarpley suffered both burns
and a wound "in his f Jrehepa.
Local -authorities oa artillery
fire are of the opinion that the
accident must have been caused
bya low power explosive, such
as is used to touch off a bomb
that Is fired by impact and in
turn set off by high power ex
plosive within the bomb itself.
Had it been mads of high j.ower
explosive, they ray, it pvcbably
wcuid have wrecked the Louse
and killed everyone In It.
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Schuschnigg Gone
But Fate Mystery
VIENNA. May 3 0 (JF) They
were breaking up housekeeping
today at Belvedere castle, which
until ' Saturday night was the
home of fallen Chancellor Kurt
Schuschnlg. -
Blonde Countess Vera Fugger
von Babenhausen, SchuschnigKs
34-year-old fiancee, directed re
moval ot furniture while specula
tion centered on the whereabouts
of the ex-chancellor.
Schuschnigg left the castle Sat
urday" night in company of Ger
man secret police. His destination
was learned reliably to have been
"somewhere north." "
The countess, who followed
him shortly In another car, re
turned today to supervise the. re
moval of Schuscbnigg's belong
ings. Meanwhile, Vienna government
officials who bad promised to is
sue, a statement concerning
Schuschnigg postponed publica
tion until tomorrow.
Berlin officials Insisted
Schuschnigg had not been taken
away from Belvedere.
Feat ores
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Praise of All Agree It Perfect
"Robin Hood
Is one of the
finest
Everyone
should see
it"
Rev. Birtchet.
Robin
"Robin Hood
is a thrilling
picture.
Acting
convincing,
sincere."
Mary Kells
iiJisj(li
And Thousands of
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Last Time Tonight
That Goofy Guy
-AND 2ND FEATUIU
GEORGE O'BRIEN in
"GUN LAW"
Wed. - Thur. 2 Hits
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Clark Gable
Jean Harlow in
"SARATOGA"
Now
Playing
"One of the
great pictures
of the year"
Dr. Baxter.
"I think it
the most
colorful and
and best
picture I've
seen"
Maxine Buren,
Statesman
I'll
world
'Thrill of a
lifetime
with
Dorothy
Lamonr
Larry Crabbe
Preston
Foster
in
Double
Danger"
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