The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, Oregon, Thursday Morning, September 1, 1938
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IN
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Judge Is Assigned Chief Jus
tice Bean' of the state, supreme
court Wednesday assigned Circuit
Judge Earl Latourette of Clack
amas, county to substitute-for
Judge It. Frank Peters in Tilla
mook county. Judge Latourette
will hear the case-of Fino'e vst the
Credit Serrive Corporation, Judge
Peters was disqualified.
Recorded Concerts The regu
lar Friday jioon concert of record
ed music will be given in the mu
sic room of the Salem public li
brary September 2 from Ms 45 to
12:45. The program will Include
three selections from La BohemeJ
This 'concert swill be' repeated
Tuesday, at" three o'clock.
Lutz Florist, 1276 N. Lib. 9592.
: "4-H Judges Pickett -M. G. Gun
derson will judge dairy .animals
and hogs and Floyd Fox will rate
sheep at the Marion county, 4-H
livestock show at the state fair
grounds Saturday morning. Both
are Silverton men. The judging
will begin at 9:30 a. m. j
Parrish Enrollment -Pupils ex
pected to enter Parrish junior
high school this fall are requested
to register before the opening of
school, September 12, if possible,
Enrollment as soon as possible is
urged.
Dutch Boy , Paint. '.Mathls, 178 S.
Coml ;
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Lee' Retrial UncertainWheth
er 'or not the state will ask I that
Joe W. Lee, over whom, a justice
court jury failed Tuesday to agree
on. reckless driving charges, be
tried, again had not been decided
yesterdayDist. Atty. Lyle J. Page
said. - - i j i
Grand Jury to Meet The Mar
ion county grand jury.1 will be
called to meet sometime this
month, Dist. : Atty Lyle "J. i Page
said yesterday. A large amount
of . routine" work has piled up
since the jury's last sitting, in
' July. -: - "- 1 :
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.Wall paper, Mathis. 178 S. Coml
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, GOP Committee Called Chair
man ' Lewis Judson has called i a
meeting of the Marion county re
publican executive committee for
the Marion hotel at 8 o'clock Fri
day night. Campaign business
matters ; will be considered.
Ad Club Opening
Sessions Friday
Two guest speakers, both from
Portland, will be featured onHhe
program for the first fall meeting
of the Salem Ad club, to be held
Friday nighCat 6:30 o'clock at
the; Quelle. The session is also the
first under the , new, president,
George Arbuckle.
:' Speakers will be I. B. Ambrose,
sales manager of the Portland
Woolen Mills and W. B. B. Dod
son, executive secretary of the
Portland chamber of commerce,
who . will speak on "General Bus
iness Conditions." ; .!
Wives of the Admen will be
special guests, and all other in
terested persons are invited to at
tend the dinner gathering, states
the secretary, E. E. Thomas:
Gasoline not to
j Drink, lad Finds
jSCOTTS' MILLS Little Nor
bert Schmitz. son of Mr. and
'Mrsi ' J. J... Schmitz, apparently
thought gasoline was good for
something besides automobile fu
el. Anyway, he used it for a
thirst quencher. Aside from giv
ing the parents a bad scare, the
incident came to no ill end, thanks
to the antidote administered by
a doctor.
j Wisconsin folks have, had rain
ervery day for two weeks, writes
Miss Pauline Semolkc, who is vis
iting in that state.
Mrs. Mayme Mall returned Mon
day to her San Francisco home
after a two months visit with her
parents, Mrand Mrs.5 John Hett-
wer. ' . . ' . '
ClQSilO LQOnS
" Long Terms -Easy
Payments
Abo F H A Loans
nniunins a
nODERTS, Inc.
qoardian Bids. Phone 4108
VOu HLtcnOM rntACTivn.v emw
on owmca nn conust or
FISH OR MEAT ENTREE
French Fried Potatoes,.-"
Vegetables, Salads j
Hot Rolls. Butter and Jam.;
Coffee Tea. Milk. BtrUermllk. ;
CP5SERT
Pudding or Fruit Cobbler A b Mode,
1 Spa ice Cream or Sherbet,
Cake A b Mode. Fruit, Pie or Jello
UUyommmndJ
You May Exchange Salad
for Soup ;
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tifUyma to JUtffr&e-J. ... 30
Brief:
ews
Coming! Events
Sept
5ept4 5-il
r. i 1 T S
Oregon state
fair.
i September 12 City schools
open. I i j )'-'. : . . ; ' -September
10 F ret b men
registration, VC,
October l -Capitol dedica
tion.
Contest Booklets
To Be out Today
Five Salem Movie Houses
to Distribute Books on
Quiz Contest
Booklets that might be entitled
"How to jWin. one of 5404 cash
prizes totaling $250,000 will, be
distributed jtoday from the five
Salem motion picture "houses in
connection with the Norih Ameri
can movie industry's million dol
lar good j will campaign. These
booklets wjll explain the cam
paign's motie quiz, contest and
describe th 94. motion pictures
on which Itjis based. .. ' '
That adefiuate : supplies of the
booklets an enfry blanks, "to .be
given free at the box offices, had
been secured, was- announced last
night by Managers Carl Porter of
the Elsinore and Capitol, Alden
Adolph of the State, Ray J.. Stum
bo of the Holly wood and Loring
Schmidt of the Grand theatres..
The quiz, is I based on scenes
and personalities appearing in the
94 pictures shown or to be shown
in Salem between last July 29
and next October 31, the mana
gers Explained. The contest will
close December 31.
The purpose of the campaign is
tc show the public how the movie
industry is striving to produce top
entertainment and to acquaint
movieUoers with the fall releases,
held to be the best array of film
productions ever offered.
Beneficial Loan's
Complaint Denied
PORTLAND. Aug. 3 l-JF)-Judge
Alfred P. Dobs on of the
circuit court declined to sustain
a i complaint of the Beneficial
Loan Society of Oregon to re
strain the state tax commission
from enforcing a corporate ex
cise tax based upon the net in
come of j business done in tho
state. '(
. . He ruled the company was di
verting profits to other tax Juris
diction under a plan "operated
for the purpose of evading the
tax law of -this state." The so
ciety was incorporated in Dela
ware and has subsidiaries in sev
eral states.
W. A. jVanCoiirt Is
Called Suddenly
W. A. VanCourt, 58, proprietor
of the Fairgrounds tavern at
2620 Portland road, died sud
denly of a heart attack yesterday
morning at his place of business.
The first: aid car was called but
VanCourt was dead upon arrival.
Survivors include the widow,
Mrs. Lillian H., two daughters.
Miss Viola Edmundson of Salem
and Mrs. Bernard Casey of Fargo,
N. D., ,and 'a son, Leonard, of
Fargo. The remains are In charge
of Clough-Barrick company.
Court Anticipates
Vacation Request
The county court anticipates a
request fron the state highway
commission in the near future for
vacation of the! platted streets in
Silver Falls city, acquired with
the exception of one county-owned
Jot tor addition , to Silver Falls
state park. The state recently
took over j the inorth .half of the
city by condemnation. It already
owned the; rest of the townslte.
Hi
Obit nary
j j VanCourt
- Wayne VanCourt, at 'the resi
dence 2620 Portland road, Wed
nesday, August 31, at the age of
58 years-.' Survived by widowkMrs.
Lillian H. , VanCourtrdaughters,
Mrs. -Bernard Casey,- Fargo, ND,
Miss Viola Edmundson, . Salem,
soni Leonard-, f Fargo. Funeral
announcements! later by Clough
Barrick. t i .''..
-SPEC1AL-
Oor Usual Wave Complete 75c
Perm. Oil !
Push Wave, $ ft .50
Complete
Open . Thurs. Ere.
I by App'L
Phone 8063
30? 1st Natl. Bank Bldg. '
CASTLE PERM. WAVERS
2s
w m m n n CIIL Ii.
Herbal) remedies for aliments
of stomach, liver, kldneyskln.
blood,- glands. St urinary sys
tem of men & women. 21 years
In service. Naturopathic Physi
cians. Ask -you Neighbors
about CHAN LAM.
Dn.ionnn Eitim
CHINESE MEDICINE CO.
393 M Court SU Corner Liber
ty. Office; opea Tuesday A Sat
urday only. 10 a. M. to 1 P. M.
to 7 P. M. Consultation, blood
pressure,! A urine testa are free
of charge. -.!:; r
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Business
Deal
Is Suit Basis
Feed Firm Buyers Allege
It Was Misrepresented,
Want to Renege
Mlir e presentation Justifying
their reneging on the purchase
of a Salem feed and seed busi
ness May, 29, 1937j was alleged
by Juen C. Thompson and H. E.
King yesterday by way of estop
Pel to a circuit court complaint
filed against them j by" Harry U.
Miller. .-. . . I : . -. .
In addition to the usual : de
nialg, the defendants' answer as
serted the business was yielding
Miller no profit! instead of; the
)50 0 a month represented to
them, that two bins represented
as capable of , holding 40 to. 60
tons of wheat pr com were in
fact unsafe and condemned, that
the building floor would not sup
port the volume; of grain claimed
by plaintiff, that I the -business,
contrary to vendor's statements,
possessed I no valuable, registered
formulas for mixing poultry and
cattle feeds and that machinery
held - to be serviceable i actually
was unfit and some of it condemned.-'
. J-
. The defendanis purchased the
.business for $2890.40 but after
two months offered it ; back, to
plaintiff, they f uHhef alleged,
and maintained tha plaintiff has
rescinded sale of certain personal
property for which notes were
given. They ask that plaintiff
take nothing from his court ac
tion. s -
Circuit Court
Evelyn Loe vs. C. W.. and Delia
M. Russell; case heard by Judge
L. G. Lewelling and decided in
favor of plaintiff, holding ; her
entitled ' to possession 61 real
Property at 1368 Fir street J Sa
lem, and giving defendants one
week in which to vacate. '.'
Merchants Credit Bureau, Inc.,
vs. Mr., and Mrs. Roy Reeves;
order of dismissal as. settled, on
motion of plaintiff.' ''
Carrie Hocbspeier vs. J. F. Ul
rich; complaint for $3375 dam
ages 'for personal injuries consist
ing of- multiple lacerations, abra
sions and rib' fractures allegedly
suffered by -plaintiff when auto
mobile in which, she was riding
collided - with car driven by de
fendant at Commercial and Bush
streets July 27, 1938. : - '
Martin ; O. Matteberg et al Vs.
James Johnson et al; order con
firming sale of real property 'to
plaintiffs for 1946.02.
W. D. McNary vs. A. C, John
and Anna Laue; affidavit by J.
Ray Rhoten, defense attorney,
asserting ' a certain order i was
duly mailed to plaintiff and re
ceipted for by him.
Harry Wlesenfeld, Inc., vs.
Eiail DuBain and Mike Steinbock
as DuBain Fur. company; eight
motions to strike parts of answer.
Probate Court
Jacob F. Mollencop estate; pe
tition of George Kalb, executor
in Crawford county, Ohio, for
order setting aside appointment
of Grace Hoppes as administra
trix and establishing ancillary
proceedings: will, being probated
in Ohio, leaves one-quarter, of es
tate to testator's daughter and
son:in -law, Grace L. and Otto N. .
Hoppes, and three-quarters In
trust with Ladd & Bush Trust
company, Salem, for three grand
children, Keith E.,i E. Emerson
and Richard A. Hoppes, until
they attain their .majority.
Jacob Weizel estate; order for
F. A. Theuer, executor, to sell
personal property to pay, claims.
Joseph Oster estate; claim of
state board of control for $54
for. care of decedent at Oregon
state hospital.
, Marriage Licenses
Anton Lelack, 22, laborer, and
Bessie Banyard, 17, domestic,
both of Gervaig.
Justice Court
Peter Gillas; pleaded not guil
ty to charge of using "Ice milk"
at Coney Island restaurant Hn
violation of- state law by not
printing fact of such use on menu
or posting it; complaint signed
by A. Hall of department of agri
culture;! Gillas released ; on own
recognizance pendingrlal at 2
p. m. September 7
Ted John Houck waived pre
liminary hearing, bound. oyer to
grand Jury on charge of assault
and battery upon his wife; $100
cash bail posted.
Adolph Hillman; fined $25
after being found guilty by court
of giving short measure wood;
24 hours time granted in which
to decide oh appeal. h
Willie Williams, Louis Klam
ath and Bennie Brown; $10 fine
each, not paid, on charge of be
ing drunk on public highway;
drunken driving charge booked
against Klamath dropped. I :
Municipal Court
i Charles F. Jones, drunkenness,
sentenced to 30 days in . Jail.
Short, Short Story ?
I PHILADELPHIA, 'Aug. 21-(JP
-Today police found the man they
were seeking on an indictment
for gambling. ; i '.
r He was in the" poorhouse. ,
si, iZt
Today-Fri.-Sat. i
2 SMASH HITS
Both In
$250,000
"Movie Quia" v
Contest
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IN
PIUM
2ND BIG
FEATURE
BOB BAKER in i
'OUTLAW EXPRESS'
Caliidrnip Twins' Convention Winners
if
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Fae (left and Rae Collamer are pictured as they won first prize at the
recent annual Huntington Beach, Cal., twins convention. Fae and
Rae are four years old and were Judged as the "cutest" set of
twins. Otlner winners were the freckle champions of the-conclave.
Rath and Ruby Haxton, while in the oriental section Itok and Set-
' snko Katayama took the honors.. .
Counties Aim for
SF Fair Exhibit
Willamette Valley Sector
WiU Try to Obtain
$16,000 for Show
Contingent upon the raising of
approximately $16,000 to finance,
10 Willamette valley counties
will combine for a valley display.
at the 1939 world's fair in San
Francisco, , leaders agreed at a
meeting of the Greater Willam
ette Valley association here Tues
day night. Of the $16,000, about
$3500 will be used for 500 square
feet of exhibit space:
. i Will Maintain Exhibit
With the ! fair to last about
eight months, the group sponsor
ing the exhibit will make efforts
to keep the valley display up to
date, during that period, which
factor Is considered in the esti
mated $16,000 outlay.,
A eommittee will be named to
consider, financing methods.
County agents present suggested
it would not be well to ask for
funds through the various county
budgets, and; there is apparently
no recourse to the6tate, as $27,-
000 of the 130,000 appropriated
by the statej for . an exhibit has
been expended for space, r
C. H. Woodcock of Corvaflis.
president of ; the greater valley
group, presided at the session.
Dunne Leaves for
UCC's Conference
T. Morris Dunne, chairman of
the Oregon j unemployment com
pensation commission, will Rave
Portland Thursday for Washing
ton, DC, to participate in confer
ences on simplification of unem
ployment compensation adminis
tration and exploration of prob
fems arising; from enactment of
the railroad .unemployment insur
ance act. 1
Dunne, who is president of the
interstate conference , of unem
ployment compensation agencies.
was invited by the social security
board and the railroad retirement
board to head a group to discuss
with federal agencies the pro
posed changes in unemployment
administration and i switchover
next July of funds and coverage
involved in. addition of a federal
unemployment compensation law
n JL JL Vi; i Jl ji
66IL(S)y IF Sea c
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MKCKEY ElOONEY .
JUDY GARLAND '- LEWIS STONE
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to the annuity system adminis
tered by the railroad retirement
board of railroad workers.
UP Names Pinkley
European Manager
Announcement that Virgil
Pinkley, one-time manager of the
Oregon state capitol bureau of
United Press, has been appointed
as European business manager of
the United Press has been re
ceived here. . .
Pinkley, who went to Europe
from New York early in 1937,
Is now in charge of the United
Press European expansion pro
gram. He served here for a short
time prior to 1936 when he was
ordered to Rome.
HV Is a graduate of. University
of Southern California., where he
took courses under Dr. Bruce 11.
Baxter. ' .
Farm House Near
Gervais Is Razed
GERVAIS, Aug. 31. The farm
home of P. W. Seely, one mile
north of here, was. totally de
stroyed by fire Wednesday night.
The Mt. "Angel fire department re
sponded and while it was too late
to save the house, succeeded in
saving the outbuildings. .
The - Seely family was eating
dinner at the time of the fire's
breaking out. It was believed the
blaze originated In the kitchen,
which soon was a mass of flames.
Nearly all furniture In the lower
portion of the house was saved,
but a number of possessions on
the second floor, were destroyed.
The Seely family was preparing to
move into town.
Mat.
Eve.
Jane Withers
"RASCALS"
Borrah Minevltch and
His Harmonica Rascals
MERLE OBERON
BIXNIE BARNES
'Divorce of Lady X
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refine
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Hey! Folks!
We're terrific in this ; neic
picture, I Be Vure to tee me
with my netc carHmd two
girlr-am l a ensation I !
Building Mark
Is Shattered
' . ; . ' , - ;
New Record for Permits
in Single Month , Set
During August , ? "
" .' ".
A record in number of building
permits for a single month, and an
Increase In values of .construction
over July and over August of
1937, were recorded in Salem in
the month just ended. .'.
Total number of permits was
204, with total values of $105,-
081. The July figures were 116
permits and $86,182 vr lues, and
for last August, 132 permits and
167,593. values. The August 1938,
values were below those of Aug
ust, 1936, which -amounted to
$181,417 on 149 permits.
New Building Heary
New construction in the month
which, tended Wednesday' amount
ed to 43 permits and $72,898.
There was also an item of $10,000
for one -removal and relocation,; so
that the great number of repair
and reroofing Jobs represented
less than $15,000' of .the. total
value. ;
For the reason that, applicants
for permits appeared at the build
ing inspector's office in great
numbers Wednesday, . Inspector
E. C. Bushnell was unable to
compile the official monthly fig
ares -on that day and the figures
given 'above' are unofficial.
.-' !- New Permits . .
' - Permits Issued Wednesday in
cluded: '- . v -
Enos -Clutter, garage at 2249
Breyman, $50;.S. T. Anderson, re
roof garage at 494 South 17th,
$20; W. P. Canoy, reroof dwelling
at 335 Norway, $30; E. G. Shat
tuck, reroof garage at 1337 North
Winter, $20: Gertrude Cromwell,
reroof dwelling at 2217 State,
$45; Viola Selig, reroof dwelling
at 1350 A street, $35; J. H. Bock,
garage at 520 South 25th,. $75:
Free Methodist church, reroof
dwelling at 1230 North Winter.
$75; Mabel L. Traglio, reroof
dwelling at 807 South Commer
cial. $175; Otto A. Klett,. repair
building at 440 State street, $46;
Charles L.' Sherman, reroof ga
rage at 835 D street, $30; Maria
Robertson, alter . dwelling- at
1240 Wilbur, $4T; Mrs. Charles
Spalnhouse, reroof dwelling at
169 North Cottage, $40.
Realty Board to
Resume Meetings
TheSalem realty board will re
sume regular weekly Friday
luncheon meetings this Friday at
the Golden Pheasant, with mem
bers who attended the convention
of the state association of real
estate boards scheduled to report
on that program. They are C. V.
Johnson, E. A. Miller, F. H. Weir
and Mrs. H. B. Martin.
Election of a new treasurer to
succeed Mrs. Larkin, r e s I g ned.
will also be held at this session.
It time permits. President C.
V. Johnson will discuss the pro
posed new license law' which was
NOTE: ."Alexander's Ragtime Band" Is one of the
BIG $250,000 MOVIE
QUIZ PICTURES
START EARLY I GET YOUR CONTEST BOOKS
NOW AT THE GRAND THEATRE
. Phone 9101 '
The Oregon Statesrsicira
The Call Board
- Capitol
Today-Double bill, $250,-
000 '. movie quiz , picture.
La nr el, and Hardy In
'Blockheads" and "Outlaw
Express" with .Boh Baker.
Hollywood '
Today Family night,.
double till, "Women In
Prison! with Wyn Cahon
and Scott Col ton and Kent'
Taylor ,and Fay Wray in
"The Jury's Secret..-
Friday Double bill, "Who
Killed Gail Preston" with
Don Terry - and Wyn Cahon
and Bob Baker , in 'The
Last Stand." '
' . .State -
Today , Double bill, Jane.
Withers In VRascals .and
Merle Oberon and BinnI-t
Barnes . In "Divorce of
Lady X.all In technicolor. J
Friday Four acts . eastern -
. circuit vaudeville, Mickey
Rooney In "Hold That
Kiss" with Maureen O'Sul-
" livan and Dennis O'Reefe."
- Grand
Today "Speed to Burn"
with Michael Whalen and
Lynn Bari. . - '
Saturday-Barbara Stanwyck
and " Herbert Marshall in -
"Always Goodbye."
Elsinore "
Today 'Glve Me a Sail-
or" with 'Martha Raye and
Bob Hope -and Rudolph
Valentino in "Son of the
Sheik."
approved by the state convention,
giving highlights of the proposed
changes. - ; . ' - .!
National Guard's :
Money For gotten
Funds Deposited During
World War; Reported -.
by Distant Banks
Funds deposited by Oregon na
tional guard units : during the
World war, and forgotten for 21
years were: brought to light Wed
nesday hy bank receivers in such
widely, scattered points as - The
Dalles, 6r.; and Hampstead, NY,
Major-Genefal . Gejorge A. White
revealed yesterday. "
j General White was Informed by
j B. McCook, receiver of the
First National bank, The Dalles,
that bant records 'show a balance
of $23.47 in an account opened in
1917 by CapUln C- A Murphy of
Company K, third ' Oregon infan
try. - -: -
New York Bank Included
The- receiver for the First Na
tional bank, Hempstead, NY, is
preparing to return funds deposit
ed in that bank just before the
Oregon troops stationed on Long
Island left for France. The re
ceiver discovered fan account of
war time Company G, 16th Infan
try, with a balance of $154.20 and
ah account of war time Company
K, 162nd infantry with a balance
of $10.50.'- r S
j The war department Itself held
more -than $3000 of unit funds for
10 years., .. '
i
Some folks like their privacy.;
But our Clafifsif ie.d Columns
want to be seen by you every
day! They offer so many oppor
tunities for you to find what you
want . . . to dispose of -what you
don't want. Get the Classified
habit - it will pay you!
Fund for Site
Buying Okelied
S10,50p Authorized to Get
Heating Plant Location
by Control Board
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The state emergency board, at
a special meeting here Wednes
day, authorized an appropriation
of $10,500, for purchase of the
old people's- .home and Breiten
steln properties, ; at. ,12th and
Ferry streets,'for construction of
a central heating plant to serve
all buildings in the state capitol
group. ( :- jj -' ' . '
The appropriation was made
on recommendation of the state
board of control and the state .
eapitol reconstruction commis
sion. . - .1
Senator Dean Walker told
members' of j the capitol recon
struction commission that he had -heard
three I criticisms of their
operations.' One was directed at
the overhead costs of the Port
land office. Another was the cut
ting down of large trees on the
capitol grounds. The third was .
omission from the plans of a
south entrance to the new- capi
tol building.
Alton Bassett, secretary of the
commission, advised Walker that
the overhead costs w ere only
three-fourths of one per cent as
against five -per cent allowed by
the public works administration."-
"Member 5 of the, commission
said-it was necessary to have the
principal office Jn Portland be
caase the WPA and contractorsi
Offices were locate" there.
An effort by..1 WJker to ap-"
propriate the ! $10,500 on condi
tion that It be returned -to the
general fund bty: the capitol re
construction, commission failed.
"We have ' got to watch our
expenditures," -Walker declared ,
in addressing j other members of
the emergency board.
"At thej next legislature , we
will spend H many anights" discuss
ing small appropriations and we
Will not talk in the millions. 1
predict a serious financial situa
tion. so far as the state Is. con
cerned." 1 . J
The cost of ithe heating plant
was- estimated at $115,000, of
which amount the federal govern
ment has granted $53,000.
Tierney to Speak
For Demos Friday
Frank Tierney .."democratic
state chairman, j will speak here
Friday night ai an advanced
date - meeting ? of he Marlon
county democratic sbciety at the
courthouse at 8 p. jm.. .Avery.
Thompson, f president, announced
yesterday. The - date- was set
ahead because , of the state fair
next week. .
TVomen in
- Prison'1
: with
' Wyn 'Cahoon
Scott Col ton
Kent Taylor
Fay Wray
m
"The
.-" Jury's
Secret"
Two Features
Bob Baker
. in . ;r '
"The Last
- Stand!
"Who
Killed Gail
Preston'
with
Dob Terry
Rita
:--Hayworth
COXTtXUOVS
SUNDAY .
TO 11 P. M.
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BIHG CROSBY
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