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Wanted: A Job! By Mickey' Mouse, Like many another promising young fellow, he's unem ployed. Follow hla adven tnm In The Statesman ev ery day. 1 J The Weather dear Today and Wednes day with little temperature change. , Max. Temp. Mon day 03. Mln. 53. River -3 feet. Norths wind. EIGHTY-EIGHTH YEAR Salem, Oregon, Tuesday Morning, July 19, 1938 Prjce 3c; Newsstands 5e No. 97 :. ,. :t ' . ' -1 POUNDDD 165! M Mouthful Flier Insists California His Goal, not Erin Says "Where Am I?" as He Lands 9-year-old Plane at Dublin 'Air Officials Don't Know Whether to Praise or Blame Young Hero .BALDONNEL AIRPORT. Dub lin. Ireland. July 18-i2p)-Doug-laa G. Corrigan. 31-year-old Cali fornUn, eased a battered 1 9 00 airplane onto Baldonnel airport today after flying 3,150 unau thorized milea alone across the Atlantic from New York. . lie climbed from the cockpit ot bia nine-year-old plane into a circle of open-mouthed Irishmen and announced calmly: "I'm Douglas Corrigan. Just got in from New York. "It took me 28 hours and 13 minutes. . "Where am I? I intended to fly to California." No one took seriously his sto ry that he had flown in the wrong direction, but nevertheless he re peated it time and again. - He didn't bare a passport, landing papers or maps. He did n't hare a radio or any fancy Instruments. Only Had f 15 In 1'ockets Bat he had $15, an incorrigi ble grin and his story ot a flight In the wrong direction. . It v was the most sensational "wrong way fun" since the dash of another Californian, Roy Rle gels, UnlTersity of California football player, 60 yards in the wrong direction in the Jan. 1, 1929, Rose Bowl game with Georgia Tech. Corrigan landed at 2:30 p. m. (8:30 a. m.'EST). He had left Floyd Bennett field at 4:17 a. an. (EST) Sunday "for California." While technically detained here. It was not expected be would encounter much trouble for his unsanctioned flight over the Atlantic. (In Washington, Dennis P. Mulligan, chief of the air com merce bureau, said he had post p o n e d the question of punish ment. Regulations proTide for penalties ranging from a fine to revocation of a pilot's license for a foreign flight without permit.) Airport officials took a look at the American's single-engined plane and shuddered. Hundreds of persons flocked to the airport to see the flier and bis ancient craft. : Hays Compas Went Wrong: - Corrigan glibly explained how he had made a bee line out over the Atlantic when his destination was California w'th the words: "My compass 'went wrong." Astonished ' officials asked so many questions they almost for got to ask him for his landing pa pers. "Forget it," he grinned when they did get around to that. "Really, I thought I was going to California." Tonight he slept at the home of the American minister, John Cud ahy. lie had 320 gallons of gasoline when he left Floyd Bennett air port yesterday, ot which about 30 remained when he landed. He carried half a gallon of water and some chocolate cookies. Corrigan by his flight joined a long list of noted solo transAtlan tic fliers, including Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, the late Amelia Earbart and the late Wiley Post. The United States minister speeded to the airport as soon as he heard of the Californlan's ar Tlval. The flier told him this story: "The pirot of my compass stuck and didn't come loose until near the end ot the flight. I came east Instead ot heading for California. "I didn't hare any way of checking my com pais for 18 hours. - "I flew between 5.000 and 000 feet In banks of clouds. Only (Turn to page 2, coL 1) State Police Seek ; Missing Salesman ALBANY, July 18-(-K. K. "Kambak, a -Gettysburg. South Dakota, automobile dealer,' was the object . of & state police search today after his disappear ance from Lebanon last night. Officer Clay Tayler learned that Kambak had motored here to try to sell his car to an un identified Bin and woman and had not been seen since. His wife and child are at Lebanon. - , Pilot Queen iff Scottsburg Is Menaced By Smith River Blaze As Control Incendiarism Suspected in Washington Forest Fires; I Oregon Has Blazes Near Astoria and McMinnville but no Danger EUGENE;- Ore., July 1& (AP) The big; Smith river forest fire, Oregon's largest, got out of control again tonight, and was menacing Scottsburg, picturesque Umpqua river vil lage in Douglas county. I Fire fighters said the town was in no immediate danger but that if the present high wind did not abate the flames might soon reach it. The fire O 1 has covered almost 4,000 acres. The fire waa running through the ' timber at a terrific rate of speed, the men said, with wild animals in full flight ahead of it. Fighters said they found the charred carcasses of several deer and one bear. About 1,000 men are fighting the blaze and more are on their way in. SEATTLE. July 1 8-;P)-Invea-tigators sought to trace incendi arism tonight in forests of west ern i Washington, center of the prolonged Pacific northwest fire siege that has blackened thou sands of acres of timberland de spite efforts of nearly 3.000 men. - Forest Super. T. S. Goodyear eald Incendiarism "unquestion ably".' figured In the 25,000-ecre Ryderwood-Mount Abernathy fire that has burned In Long Bell Lumber company holdings in southwest Washington. I Near Astoria, Ore., sudden wind turned a forest fire in an experimental : grazing area, burn ing 150 acres where 40 varieties of grass had been planted to de termined . that best suited to bumed-orer land. A CCC work er waa Injured when a anag fell across his leg. Logging opera tions In that region were closed. The High Heave range fire near McMinnville, Ore., was brought under control today after 1,000 acres of mostly cutover land was burned over. Oregon officials estimated there were 250 fires burning in the state, most ot them small. LYONS, July 18 A fire In the river bottom timber here Sunday night caused considerable excite ment and brought the fire warden and ifighters to the scene. How ever, everything was brought un der control and the situation was normal Monday morning. All logging operations are closed here due to the excessive humid ity, j : ' . - C, Laird McKerina Joint District Attorney Staff PORTLAND. July 1S.-(JP)-C. Laird McKenna", formerly NRA director of Oregon, today joined the staff of U. S. District Attor ney! Carl C. Dona ugh. He suc ceeded Allan Hart, v ho left for Washington, D. C, to join the department of justice staff. Corrigan has Irish Deviltry And Is a Bit NEW YORK, July 18 -JPy-There's more than a simple dash ot deviltry in Douglas Corrigan, the I New York-to Dublin flier. There's something that's a distil lation ot Irish mockery and the traditional Insouciance ot the Texan. . That, at any rate, was the way those who know him, even slight ly, felt today about him. A bit ot wild man, 31 years old, with a fine crop of reddish brown hair, a twinkle In his eye and a habit of chuckling when he says things .he enjoys. He was born -in Galveston, at tended Los Angeles high school for four yearsand learned to fly tV :', ,.v v oiner uier, at Hempstead, Long He helped with the welding of island, save when he was at the (Ryan monoplane which CoL Roosevelt field, studying weather Charles A. Llngbergh flew to Par-' map for the country between is in May, 1927. and Lindbergh cere and California. - j became at once bis hero, all an-) As the week drew to a close, consciously giving Corrigajr,',thev Corrigan got ready to fly ovejf Itch to try a solo transatlantic ? to Floyd Bennett field In Brooke hop himself with Ireland as his lyn. He told Reich to keep his goal. I spare clothes where they were. His parents died when he was a that he would be back in a week baby and Corrigan went to live from the west coast. with his ancle, the Rev. S. Frasert Kenneth -. Bear, manager ot Langford. pastor of the first Bap-, Floyd Bennett, was Impressed by tist icbvreh of Santa Monica, ' Corrigann as a "typical young Calif., Mrs. Langford,. and his mlck" with a mixture of Amerl grandmother, Jennie Corrigan. ' can dare-deviltry, sound mental 32. h" 'proportions and an apparent in- Inheralded, he came into Newi Mops j4MojMc arte Passes on of it Is Lost Death Is Mourned All Over Europe ,3 ( QUEEN MARIE France Preparing Royal Reception King George and Queen Visit Paris to Give Alliance Okeh PARIS, July 18.-(p)-France prepared a triumphant, thorough ly policed reception tonight for King George VI and Queen Eliza beth of England, coming tomor row on a tour-day state visit to re affirm the Anglo-French defen sive alliance. Making the first state visit of their reign, the British sovereigns will land in the morning at Bou logne and proceed to Paris, their movements guarded .by an army of 100,000 men mobilized for their protection during the trip. The visit Is hailed by the French as confirmation of the closeness of the democratic London - Paris (Turn to page 2, coL 3) i of a Wild Man York the night before Howard Hughes and his four companions took off on their round-the-world flight. His 8900 plane, which has a normal cruising range of 338 miles, had flown in from Califor nia' in a little less than 28 hours. Corrigan himself had installed the tanks to give him a fuel ca pacity of 320 gallons. Instead of the normal 35 or 40. 1 There 'T, were jests, ;. without malice, about the plane, and a! goo 5 deal of astonishment. Cor-i rigaa took it ajl very lightly, and! let word get around he was going back to California shortly. . ( He spent all of last week: at the home jl Stephen Reich, an-f annnsnnnnnnnspc . t - - (Turn to page 2, coL 7) Queen Mother Is Victim of Rare Disease Was Grand-daughter of Victoria; Would Have Been 63 in Fall Visited Oregon in 1926 When Sam Hill Named Mary hill for Her BUCHAREST, July 18 (JP) Rumania's beautiful English-born Dowager Queen Marie, one of the last of the colorful figures of the world war, died today of a rare liver ailment at the royal palace at Sinala. The queen, one of the best known members of royalty among Americans after her ovation-filled trip to the United States in 1926, had suffered from an un usual form of cirrhosis of the liver for almost a year. Her doctors said only about 50 such cases were known to medi cal science. Retainend Much of Her Beauty - Although wasted and worn by her long Illness, Queen Marie was reported to have retained much of the beauty for which she was world-famed. She would have been 3 in October. . Queen Marie knew a week ago in a sanatorium in Dresden, Ger many, that death was near. She Insisted npon being taken back to her beloved Sinala palace home. Enroute she suffered the first of a series of hemorrhages which led to her death. She arrived Sat urday and on Sunday her condi tion became worse. She died to day at 8:25 p. m. Bowed at her bedside at the end was King Carol, her son, whose accession in a coup in June, .1930. virtually brought an end to her long and powerful in fluence In the shaping of Ru mania's destinies. The two once had differed bit terly over politics and Carol's red-haired friend, Magda Lupescu but since then had become re conciled. Kept Rumania, on Allies Side Queen Marie, a granddaughter of England's XJueen Victoria, was credited with keeping Rumania on the side of the allies during the world war when she had a strong voice in the actions of (Turn to page 2, col. 3) Italian Riviera Shaken by Quake MILAN, Italy, July 19.-(Tues-day)-;p)-The Italian Riviera and Piedmont mountain section were shaken by a strong earthquake which sent " thousands of persons fleeing Into the streets early to day. . No serious damage was report ed, and apparently no one was killed or Injured. The quake was felt with the greatest Intensity at Imperia on the Ligurian coast. Turin also was shaken considerably. Cuneo. San Remo, Ventimlglia and various other towns also felt strong shocks. . The quake lasted nine minutes and first was noticed at Imperia at 1:58:30 a. m. (7:58 p. m. EST, Monday). There sleeping inhabitants of the city of 28,000 rushed from their beds to the wharf or gath ered on piazzas where they re mained for hours fearing to re turn to their homes. Tax Bases Drop In Oregon Cities EUGENE, July 18.-ff)-The tax base ot Oregon cities has shrunk from a high In 1931 of $537. (50,598 to 8427.(59.158, a sur vey by the University of Oregon bureau ot municipal research showed. ; Municipal taxes, however, have not kept pace with the tax base fall, decreasing: only about $1,000,009. Turkey Co-op Elects ROSEBURG, July H.-yP)-Th Oregon turkey cooperatives at an annual meeting Saturday reelect ed O. C. Brown, Dixonvllle, presi dent. - . Portland Firm Bids Taken on $50,000 Bonds Council Votes Witnesses in Municipal Court to Get $1 Pay Gueffroy Reelected for Civil Service Group ; Without Dissent - Eight bids for $50,000 in City of Salem general obligation sewer bonds came to last night's meet ing of the city council and the joint bid of Hemphill, Fenton and Campbell and Camp, and com pany, Portland firms, was ac cepted. Seven Portland firms and the Oregon state bond com mission entered the bidding. The bid specifies bonds dated August 1, 1938 in denominations of $500 each, maturing $2500 on each August 1 from 1939 to 1958, all optional to redemption in numerical order' at, or after, five years. Bonds maturing Aug ust 1, 1939 to August 1. 1943, will bear Interest of 2 per cent and those maturing August 1, 1944 to 1958, bear 24 per cent. The bidder will pay $100.13 on each $100 of principal. - The major share of proceeds from the bond sale will go to ward financing construction of the new Court street sewer serv ing the capitol building. Witnesses in municipal court will be paid $1 a day and allow ed five cents a mile traveling expense, it was voted. A. A. Gueffroy was reelected civil service commissioner with out a dissenting vote. Belmann Voted to Sell Lands , An agreement will be entered Into between the council and Rich I -ReLnann,-41csnsed real estate broker, wherein the latter will negotiate for the sale of delin quent tax lands taken over by the . city. - Alderman 1 Perrtne spoke against allowing-one real ator to hold a monopoly on this business, but the general feeling was that it would be cheaper to (Turn to page 2, col. 5) Loyalists Hasten To Bolster Line Attempt to Stem Tide of Insurgents Rolling Toward Valencia HENDAYE, F a n c e (at the Spanish frontier), July 1S-(JP-Spanlsh government militiamen labored today on hasty fortifica tions before Vlver in an effort to stem the insurgent tide rolUng toward Valencia in the third year of the Civil war. Viver, 34 miles . north-north west of Valencia, Is on the Teruel- Mediterranean highway approxi mately 25 miles northwest of Sa gunto. " Gen. Jose -Miaja, government commander, ordered new defenses on Ragudo hUl, less - than two miles northwest of Vivier, follow ing the smashing of government lines during the weekend. Government reports said the de fense troops gave way then under a concentration of insurgent pow er "never equalled" in the first two years of the civil conflict. Insurgent reports asserted 150 square miles were occupied dur ing the weekend northwest of Viver. ; Miaja decided to make a stand at Viver against the Insurgent of fensive aimed at Segorbe, ancient Roman town spanning a valley be tween two castle-crowned hills. Segorbe Is about 20 miles from Sagunto, ; where the Teruel-Medit-erranean highway Joints the main coastal road leading to Valencia, ultimate insurgent objective. Three Die in Race Feud in Palestine JERUSALEM, July 18 OF) Three men were killed today In a fresh ; outbreak of the Holy Land's Arab-Jewish racial feud. Two of the dead were Jews who, were attacked while work ing In a field In the Beisan val ley, by a band believed to have crossed Into Palestine from neighboring trans-Jordan.- The deaths brought to 129 the number of -victims of the dis orders since July 6. They includ ed 78 Arabs, 35 Jews and 18 roving tribesmen. 250 Register for Meet Of Spanish War Group MCMINNVILLE, July - 18-UP- State and national officers of the United Spanish war veterans were presented today at the opening: ot the state encampment. Two hundred and fifty veterans were registered. : Dog Catcher In Dog House as Probe Voted in his Accounts Auditors Report to Council T h a t $1040 Received From Medical School for Canines Was ; Never Turned Checks and vouchers for $1,040 paid by the University of Oregon medical school to Carl Radke, Salem dog catcher, and Fred H. Kelly, assistant, for canines from the city j dog pound during the period from August 26, 1934,, to May 31, 1938, have not been received by the city treasurer to date, and prompted the city council last night to instruct the city attor- ' O ney to take necessary steps to re- Brazier C. Small Will Head Legion Wins Close Contest for Commander ; Meeting May Be Invited Brazier C. Small, prominent In American Legion affairs in Salem for a number of years, was elect ed commander of Capital. Post No. 9 for the coming year, in, a close contest with Arthur M. Johnson at the annual election held Mon day night. I' With 241 votes cast. Small won out by a majority of 11 on the of ficial count although Johnson's motion to make the election unan Imous was adopted after the count had been announced. George Edwards was elected first vice-commander without op position and Ray J. Stumbo won out over Al Cole and Don Mad ison for second vice-commander. Mem Pearce was reelected adju tant, defeating Fred Mangls. Guy Weaver won over Alfred Williams for finance officer. Elected without opposition were Irl S. McSherry, historian; C.V. Richardson, ? chaplain; Fred Jae ger, Quartermaster; Al Feilen, sergeant-at-arms; ' Glenn . Porter, retiring commander, to the mem orial building fund committee; J. H.. TurnbuU to the cemetery fund committee. : On the executive committee were named Glenn Porter, O. E Palmateer, George Averett, Hans Kofstetter and Carl D. Gabriel son. Irl S. McSherry, George Aver ett, Arthur M. - Johnson, Mem Pearce, Douglas McKay and V. E. Hockett were elected delegates to the department convention at Pendleton, and Herman A. Brown; Brazier C. Small, Hans Hofstetter, Ray H. Bassett and Onas Olson were elected alter nates. (Turn to page 2, col. 1) Morgan-TVA Suit In Federal Court KNOXVILLD. Tenn., July 18 (TT-The Tennessee Valley Au thority moved today to shift from state chancery court to. district federal court Dr. Arthur E. Mor gan's suit challenging President Roosevelt's order ousting him as TV A chairman-director.?; This move would open the way for the fight to be carried to the supreme court. U: A TVA spokesman ? said the transfer was asked because it was "absurd that Dr. Morgan should have challenged the president's power of removal before a local state court rather than! a federal court." Dr. Morgan filed suit July asking that Mr. Roosevelt's ouster action be declared void and , il legal, and that he be recognized as TVA chairman-director, with back salary of $2,916.86 from the date ot his removal March 22 to July 1. 20-30 Club Upsets' Makers; Dealers Top Pheasants 5 That "Numbers'V nine. 2 0-3 0, that was; given ' an .. -"inside' chance to upeet either ot the fav ored Wait's or Psper Mill crew, last night staged the i first leg of that upset by pasting the Pa permakers with a 3-2, 12-innlng defeat In "the best softball game of the current season, f ; Deadened by the sight of the game previous, the nightcap went to ' Square Deal over, Golden Pheasant. S.to 3. With Pinwheel Percy having an "on" night, and how, it didn't look possible for 20-30 to beat him. Percy's 17 strikeouts went for - little: however, with his mates kicking six behind him. - While Vern Gtlmore couldn't match Crowfoot's strikeout per formance, he -pitched masterfully throughout. Each- chucker al lowed but seven hits In the 12 frames. The tilt was scoreless until the first of the seventh, when the 'Makers put a scratch single by Carl Radke Over to City cover from the two J men 1 that money as well as other fees col lected at the pound. ! This light on a seldom noticed city activity was shed by a lengthy report dated July 16 submitted to Mayor Kuhn by the state division of audits. " 1 ' In another hint of j '.'boondog gling" at the dog pound, an in quiry will be made into fees col lected from dog owners reclaim ing their pets at the pound. Rad ke's accounts paid te the treasury for the past four years; show a to tal of but $19, split into $6 for 1935, $4 for 1936, $2 for 1937 and $7 thus far this year. These figures contrast with the fact that city ordinances provide for the collection of a $2 fine for the first reclamation of an unlicensed dog and for $4 on the second offense ' Indicative of the handling of fee collections from, dog owners, the auditors found that records were kept in haphazard fashion in small bound book. Mrj Radke in formed the auditor that his , rec ords prior to January 7, 1938, "had been destroyed. The medicaL school has bought In the last four years 1 416 Salem dogs at a rate of $2,50 eachJ The report says such dealings have been 'going on, since j 1930J but these earlier transactions art un recorded. In addition to his dog pound duties, Radke is on the city pay roll to maintain, lanterns at street repair and construction sites. Salesman Is Held On Murder Count Richard Earle, of Fish Boat, Captain Shot Dead in Quarrel DEPOE BAY. Ore.. July 18- (JP) Henry S. NelsonJ 33, Port land salesman, was arrested today after Richard E. Earle, 40, own er of the deep-sea excursion : boat 'Pauline B", died of a gun shot wound. 1 I State Police Sgt. W.j K. Mulkey said Nelson was held on a mur der charge and Lucille M. Coen enberg, 21, Portland,! as a! ma terial witness. I ! Sergeant Mulkey, after taking, statements from Nelson and Miss Coenenberg In the Newport j jail, said that last midnight they came to Depoe bay and agreed to pay Earle and his pilot. Everett Mun son, $20 for a night trip to sea. Nelson paid $7 at the start of (Turn to page 2, col. 2) , . , ; . .j Gar-Trolley Crash Fatal for Woman PORTLAND. July jlS--In-juries she suffered yesterday whejr a car driven by herihus- Jsand struck a stationary street car at North Denver avenue and McCullen street proved fatal to day to Mrs. Verdle Robinson. Five were hurt In another ac cident when a car was crushed between a power pole and an interurban . train near Kendall , station. : : -3 Dick and a scratcher double . by Kelley together with a pair of infield outs to, score once. Kel ley's double trickled over third base with Third Baseman Marr watching It trickle, thinking it would roll foul. J j " Twenty-Thirty bounced hack in its halt of the. seventh, Cora stock's single, to center, Nichol son's error on the ball and Sko pil's bingle scoring one. In the last of the ninth Pitcher Gilmore blasted a fireball offering of Crowfoot's between Right Field er Parrish's legs for three bases. Nicholson, backing' Parrish np, juggled the ball and Gilmore scored to tie the count. Two Innings passed, jwlth both teams threatening In each, but with both pitchers too good In the clutch. Crowfoot biased it by 'em lor strikeouts and Gilmore forced 'em to pop up or ground out. In the last of the 12th, with one away, Skopil got life on First (Tarn to page 2, col. 4) - Fall Prospect Seen Good as Plans Formed Mrs. E. R. Ryan of Bend Named Vice-Chairman of Central Body AH Elections Unanimous as Rivalry Ended in Caucus Before By RALPH C. CURTIS -' In a session marked by harm ony and enthusiasm over pros- pects tor November victory, the state republican, central commit tee organized in Salem Monday, electing Kern Crandall of Port land chairman, Mrs. E. R. Ryan of Bend vice-chairman and Ken neth Nielson of Lane county sec retary. All elections were unanimous on the floor, but there bad been some rivalry displayed prior to the caucus which preceded the afternoon business meeting. That the rivlary for the principal of fice ; was entirely friendly, was evidenced by the fact that that Crandall and bis principal op ponent, R. L Clark, discovered while awaiting word of the cau cus action that they were frater- . nlty brothers Repeatedly at the noon lunch eon and in the talks following election of officers, speakers other than the party's nominees em phasized the thought that the re- , publican party has this year "the best slate of candidates" with the speaker's memory, and there were numerous predictions of victory at the polls in November Crandall Pledges Best! Efforts Crandall upon taking over the duties ot state chairman from Aruthur W Prlaulx ot Chlloquln who has held the office for the last four years, pledged bis own efforts toward the party's suc cess and declared, that the nomi nees; were ot such calibre that all party . workers oould support them conscientiously and without any apologies The meetings were held 'in the Marion hotel, with a large num ber of interested republicans pres ent including the officers of some of the county organizations aside from the state committeemen, and a number of party members from Marlon county. All of the party's nominees for state' or congressional offices spoke either at the luncheon or at the businenss meeting, with the exception of Homer D. Angeil, candidate for third district con gressman, who was unable to be present. Lewis Judson, chair man I of the Marion county cn-4 tral i committee, presided at the luncheon. James W. Mott, first district congressman, warned that "We've got a fight on our hands. but said, relative to Chairman Prl aulx's reference to Mott's own past j victories, that the thing in the republicans' favor -was "the high! intelligence of the Oregon populace." If President Roosevelt Is given the same sort of majority In the nexti congress that he enjoyed in the last one, the court packing bill and the reorganization bill will be passed, and that will be the last stage ot concentration of governmental power in one man's hands, Mott warned. Although democrats helped to stop these bills in the last congress, the president bad a majority of the democrats with him, Mott stated. Spragne Says Party Bins' Present Ideas 'Tfou've taken off your coats" was j the remark of Charles A. ' Sprague, republican nominee for . governor, and he added that the political temperature would not moderate before November. De claring that the party must pre sent: ideas which will appeal to the voters, he mentioned "jobs and not doles," opportunity for youth, restoration of the nation's economy through a free flow of goods and progress which would not he "squirrel cage progress, referring to democratic failure to reduce unemployment while pil ing up 20 billion dollars of na tional debt. - (Turn to page 2, col. 7) Foree Acquitted Of Arson Charge DALLAS Judge Arlie G Wal ker today handed down a decision of not guilty in the case of Lyle B. Foree, former president ot the Salem teamster's union who was tried here last week on charge of complicity in the West Salem box-factory fire. The case ' was tried before Judge Walker without a jury, and took a day and a half. The court. In ' finding Foree not guilty, is sued a statement In which It rep rimanded Foree somewhat se verely. :, J Edwin C. Goodenough of Sa lem appeared for Foree and Dis trict Attorney Bruce Spaulding handled the case for the state.