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The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morula, August 18, 1933
Buying Power
Increase Seen
Bigger Demand for Farm
Protects Forecast by
Farm Bureau
WASHINGTON. Aug. 17-P-The
bureau of agricultural eco
nomics forecast today a "moder
ate improvement" in consumer
buying power and an Increased
demand for farm products this
fall and winter. ; -
In aa analysis of the economic
situation, tbe bureau said a Ions
decline in industrial activity bad
halted in June and an upturn had
begun in July, n
It noted increases In textile and
steel mill activity, a rise in the
stock' market, and additional
" evidence of dellation of merchan
dise Inventories.
Conditions 'Listed
" The bureau listed four "fav
orable" conditions which. It said,
pointed to a continuation of the
"recovery -movement:"
1. A gradual increase in gov
ernment - expenditures on new
construction projects.
2. Increased needs for durable
consumers' and producers' goods.
3. A f avora b le residential
building situation. ,
4. A relatively small amount
of financial deflation during the
. recent recession as compared with
. other similar periods.
It also gave four "uncertain"
factors, which could "seriously
interrupt the recovery - move
ment."They were:-
" 1. A possibility of a material
reaction which might follow a too
rapid initial upward movement of
business activity and security
prices, V
2. Less f avorahle prospects Tor
agriculture on account of low
prices and increased surpluses.
3. Difficulties in bringing va
v rious industrial costs and prices
Into better alignment.
4. A .possibility of serious ad
verse developments abroad.
Death of Indian
Provides Mystery
Body : Found in Slough by
Boy Skipping Rocks;
. Another Held
THE DALLES, Ore., Aug. 17-(;P)-The
mystery death of an In
dian led tonight to the detection
, of another for questioning.
Authorities held Wesley Mc
Kinley. Celilo, after a 13-year-old
boy, Charles Stockfish, had
come on the body of Mose Bron
cheau, 43, Net Perce Indian from
Lewiston. Idaho, in a slongh near
here while - throwing rocks Into
the water Tuesday night
Officers did not immediately
explain' the -reason for McKin
ley's detention. Dr. Thomas Co
Lerth said, however, that there
was no water In the lungs of
Broncheau, whose death was es
timated to have occurred not
more than 48 hours before the
finding of his body. The victim
was clothed and his shirt blood
stained. His chest was bruised
as though comeone had Jumped
. oa him.
deputy Coroner Ben Callaway
i aid Broncheau was in jail last
P Friday and was suffering at that
time from s head gash, which
had since been aggravated.
Chart-? Hoskins. federal Indian
Investigator, was summoned to
assist in the inquiry. ,
Thieves Walk off
.With Timber Camp
EUGENE, Ore., Aug. 11-JP)-Two
men and a youth were ar-
, rested today by state police after
an unusual theft at Curtin, south
of here. A logging camp was
stripped of about everything that
could be hauled, away.
The trio gave the names of
' Earl, 29, Robert, 22 and Theo
dore Parker, 16. They said they
were brothers trom Winlock,
Wash.- ' fc
A, . Fred Frost, , operator of the
camp, discovered his loss shortly
after others noticed a truck load
ed .with logging equipment had
driven away. He gave chase and
c. me upon the trio Just aa police
- arrested - the asserted thieves,
whose loot ' consisted - of five
drums of gasoline, a box of dy-
namite, a drag' saw,, logging
blocks, chest of tools, axes and
other implements.
Regatta Queen
Rearmament Booms US Aircraft Industry
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Profiting: from the wave of rearmament now sweep
. Ing the world, U, S. aircraft building: companies are
L enjoying: near-capacity production. The current
year promises to establish: new all-time record
for total planes produced la thej:ountry. Howard
Hughes' world-girdling: flight Is said to have called
attention to excellence of American aircraft, stimu-'
la ting orders from such large buyers as Great Brit-'
ain, Japan,' China, the Soviet Union and Holland
which plans an East Indian armada.- '
East Wilts Under
Damp, Sticky Heat
Little Relief Seen for
Districts Suffering Long
Heat
Spell
Jafte Lagnss.ee, senior student at
University of Oregon who has
tcea chosen queen to reign over
t. Astoria's annual Regatta, to be
held August 81 to September 3,
(By the Associated Press)
Sticky heat clung ' to the east
atd south last night and the
only , aafe guess as to when real
relief would come was : autumn.
Exasperated" easterners: were
promised showers and thunder
storms overnight and today', but
that, meant : only a too-brief
breathing spell. .
New York City recorded its
21th successive iday of temper
atures that rose! above 80. Alter
Tuesday's high of 91, yesterday's
tcp of 81 looked better on the
ttermometer. That " was about
all that ? could, be said for it,
however, as the humidity climbed
to 93. I
A number of ; deaths were re
r or ted over the affected area but
tbe -exact count was lacking.
The heat wave entered its
fourth day in the south. In the
middle west it was cooler.
There were hundreds of street
showers for New York children
after a sit-down strike by one
tenement district group and their
parents, t The sit-down blocked
traffic until police relented and
permitted a street hydrant to be
turnei on. f '
Fishermen at Durham, N.C.,
said it wag too hot for fish to
tite. Virginia state prison offic
ials protested life as more bear
able in . the convicts' cells than
their offices. j
At Perry, NJ Y., a factory
hand, Gus Flinch, stood in a- big
pall of Ice water as he worked.
Court Asks Share
For Weed Control
The Marlon county court yes
terday applied to the division of
plant Industry, state department
of -agriculture, for ifs share "of
the $15,000 noxious weed con
trol appropriation ' made by the
last legislature. In a request
letter to Frank McKennon, chief
cf the division, the court pointed
cut that the whole county had
been included In a single weed
control ! districti to take advan
tage of the act. I ,
The appropriation bill limits
the share any one county may re
ceive to 10 per cent of the total
sum provided. !
I
d d i t ics
. . . in the New
CHICAGO, Aug. 17-P)-Th
city council caught up ttith the
times today by repealing an or
dinance (1805 vintage) which
required that women's bathing
suits must have full bloomers
extending below the knees.
Tbe antiquated ordinance
also stipulated one fourth
length sleeves and said the la
dies' suits must not be cut low
. er than a line running from
armpit to armpit. Men's suits
were to extend to three inches
above the knees. '
EVANSVILLE, Ind., Aug. 17-()-What
a day was yesterday
for the Days!
It not only was Mrs. Mary Day's
birthday but she gave birth to
twin girls.
Papa Sam Day, a grocer, ex
claimed: "I'm so darn proud 1
can't keep my shirt buttoned. I'll
make a- butcher of one and a clerk
of the other." j
GLOUCESTER, N. X, Aug.
1 7 (JPy Housewives took np to
day where Jbicycle riding boys
left off in a campaign to save
the town's pups from the dog
catchers. "i
Several weeks ago the boys
rode ahead of the dog catchers
shooing all animals into hiding.
They were warned by police not
. to interfere. Today tbe house
Wives hurried to telephones and
spread the alarm: "The dog
catchers are coming.
Clatsop Reserve's I
Forest Decreases
ASTORIA, Aug. 17P)-About
a half-billion feet a year has been
lost In the forest reserves of Clat
sop county from logging and fires
since 1930 and the total supply
is down to eight billion board
feet of merchantable timber,
Stephen M. Wyckof f, US forest ex
pert, estimated in t study. Most
of the depletion has occurred in
old-growth Douglas fir, the acre
age of which was estimated at
only 44,000. :
UO Seeks Grants
From PWA Of fice
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 17-
The regional PWA office re
ceived the following applications
today:
Oregon Grant of $163,350
for medical library, auditorium
and laboratory at the University
cf Oregon medical school cost
ing $363,000; grant of $14,000
for addition to grandstand at
University of Oregon athletic
field costing $32,000.
LAUGH AT i
WINTER! c&
Be sure of carefree comfort
by installing low-cost
GAS heat now!
GAS HEATING EQUIPMENT COSTS LESS
I ...LASTS LONGER!
O You can enjoy the un
matched comfort of gas heat,
too. For gas heating rates are
so low that gas gives the cheap
est automatic heat. And gas
heating equipment costs less,
too. For instance, a gas con
version burner for your present
furnace is priced as low as
$109.5 Installed, Decide now
to be rid of uneven heat of
ashes, dirt and soot of f urn
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ot the cost of heating your home with gas. This
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Police Seek Que
In Torso Slaying
Hope Left Thumbprint of
Victim 3Iay Give Que
to Her Identity
CLEVELAND. Aug. n.-(jpy-From
the left thumbprint ot
Cleveland's 11th torso victim po
lice hoped tonight to gain a clue
that would lead to the fiend slay
er who has discarded an even doz
en bodies in three years of butch-
But detectives and Coroner
Samuel R. Gerber were not san
guine that examination of the
print by Washington experts
would yield the identity of the
dead person, and through that a
possible lead to the mad killer.
"All we will have when we get
through will be two more reports
to add to our torso file," Dr. Ger
ber predicted. i
There isn't a single worth
while cine from the body of the
woman or of the man found near
by. There isn't one Important
piece of dental work that might
lead to their identification."
The skull of the man vicjtim
No. 12 was found last night a
few hours after discovery of the
woman's head and torso. Addi
tional bones of the man were
found today, and the coroner was
able to piece together the entire
skeleton except a few vertebrae.
Firebug Sought
To Burn Family
Front and Rear Doors of
House Wired Shut by
Incendiarist
VANCOUVER, B. C, Aug. 17.
(CP) Police and fire depart
ment officials tonight called on
science to aid them in their effort
to solve an incendiarist's attempt
that almost took the lives of a
Jewish couple and their two small
children in .. residential Mount
Pleasant ' district early today.
Into the laboratory of Inspector
J..F. C. B. Vance of the police bu
reau of science went bits ot un
burned kindling wood and auto
mobile. tire tubes found under the
rear porc of the Hyman Dashev
sky. home.
The wood and rubber was part
of a gc-oline - drenched heap
touched off by a firebug after tbe
front and rear doors had been
wired shut from the outside.
Inspector Vance started bis
laboratory probe for possible fin
gerprints and other clues tonight
and said he expected tomorrow
additional material from the
house.
Langdon to Take
Spot of Laurel
NEW YORK. Aug. 17-()-Hal
Roach studios announced tonight
that Harry Langdon, pantominist
of the old silent screen, would
replace Stan Laurel as movie
teammate of Oliver Hardy.
i Executive Producer Milton H.
Bern said Laurel had been dis
missed because of 'willful disre
gard in falling to report" to the
studio for retakes on a recent pic
ture. ..
Pruitt to Gather
Platform Ideas
GOP Club President Plans
Tour Around State to
Discuss Plans
Platform proposals for the an
nual meeting here September 16
17 will -be discussed with party
leaders In a tour around the state
by Harold G. Pruitt, president of
the Oregon Republican club.
Pruitt will leave here August
23, visiting Roseburg the same
day. Grants Pass August 25,
Klamath Falls August 26 and
Pendleton August 30.
Proposals received so far are
being drafted by a committee in
cluding Ed Boehnke, Eugene,
chairman; Neil Allen, Grants
Pass; Lyle D. Thomas, West Sa
lem; Guy Cordon, Roseburg;
Theodore G. Nelson, Salem, and
Glenn Wade, Pendleton. The re
port will be submitted to a full
committee, among whose members
are the following: f
Boehnke, chairman; Mrs. J. L.
Hesse and Dr. Victor P. Morris,
Eugene; Wade and John Kilken
ny, Pendleton; Allen; Emma De
lap, Klamath Falls; Thomas, Don
ald Newberry, Medford; Cordon
and Mrs. Harold Waddell, Rose
burg; Nelson and S. B. Laughlin,
Salem.
Traffic Snarl Results
When Signals Hayuire
PORTLAND, Aug. l7.-P)-A
water bureau crew, repairing a
drinking fountain, cut a cable to
day, putting traffic lights at 15
downtown Intersections out of
commission and snarling traffic
for several hours.
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WHEN OTHERS FAIL
CHARIJK CHAN
Chinese Herbs
RKMEDIES
. Healing virtue
has been tested
hundreds years
for chronic all
ot e a t nose,
throat, sinusitis.
catarrh, ears, s. B. rone
lungs, asthma, chronic coughs,
stomach, gall stones, colitis,
constipation, diabetia, kidneys,
bladder, heart, blood, nerves,
neuralgia, rheumatism, high
blood pressure, gland, skin
sores, male, female and chil
dren disorders.
S. B Font. 8 ftMtu praetlc la CUM.
Her Specialist 123 If . Commercial
SC. Salem, Ore. Office' boars te
p. bl Sunday an Wed. t to 10 a. m.
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" Westingliouse Range Reduced to'.-
EASILY WORTH fl?5.00 r'
LIBER.L ALLOWANCE FOR TOUR OLD STOYK
The Westinghouse Store
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The Westinghouse Store ; r " 129 N. Com'L
E. H. & F. A. Terms 6.00 Down, $3.64 Per Blonth
Victim of Jap Bombing Raids
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llother ireeps over dead balrj;
Terror sad tragedy reigned supreme In stricken Wuchang, central
China city, after Japanese bombing raids left hundreds dead, among
them this baby girl whose grief-stricken mother Is mourning her loss.
Multnomah Must
Choose Candidate
The Multnomah county demo
cratic committee must choose a
candidate for the legislature from
the fifth district to succeed Rep.
Ellis V. Barnes, Portland, who
died Tuesday.
Dave O'Hara, superintendent ot
elections, said that the nomin
ation must be made at least 45
days before the November 8 gen-
al election.
Barnes, who rerved In the 1935
find 1927 legislatures, was given
17,256 votes in the May primary,
the largest total among 50-odd
candidates ! for . the democratic
nomination! for the county's 13
posts in the lower house. S. Eu
eene Allen was second with 14,1
386.
O'Hara said It was customary
for the county committee to nom
inate the candidate who had the
next highest number of votes.
In this case, the nominee would
be Leo Smith of Portland, who
had 9.531 ! votes, only 24 short
of nomination, i
Emergency Phone
System Arranged
State Calls to Have First
Service in Case of
big Emergency
Plans whereby tbe stats would
have priority In long distance
telephone calls during emergen
cies were completed yesterday. -
E. D. Wise, Portland, vice
president and general manager-of
the Pacific Telephone and Tele
graph Co., wrote Budget Director
Wallace S. Wharton that his com
pany would place experienced
operators in the long distance de
partments la company offices in
Portland. Salem and the exchange
nearest the scene of the disaster.
State police will have priority
over all other calls, with the gov
ernor, national guard and forestry
department ranking next in that
order. Representatives of these
departments will meet next month
with telephone company officials
to make final arrangements. :
The state's difficulty in making
calls during the Ban don fire two
years ago brought about tbe new
plan. - ,
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Preferred r
Diploma in Hand, thi
graduate steps out oft
his school days into H
very different world.
He will seek a full
time job. Competition
for jobs is keen, and,
he must "selY himself
and his ability to a
prospective employer.
Many employers in numerous fields
givo greater consideration to . grad
uates with some practical training.
That's why newspaper boys, are
preferred ! ! They have had actual
experience, which can be added to
that diploma! They are trained in
Punctuality, Honesty, Salesmanship,
Self -Reliance, Courtesy, Handling
Accounts, Meeting the Public.
Newspaper B oy
Graduates Have
Diplomas
PLUS
Experience
"However learned or eloquent,
man knows nothing truly that
he has not learned from ex
perience." Wl ELAND
"The rules which experience
suggests are better, than those
which theorists elaborate in their
libraries." I V
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