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PAGCTCO Sqnalus Valve Device Probed Better Ventilator Might ' Have Saved Submarme " . ."..I if Valve Cause . ;" (Continued from page IV hold the valve opes, there had been no difficulty In closing the ' valve. ' Captain Monroe baaed hi question on a recommendation by another board of inquiry, which . investigated the , sinking of the S-5 off the Delaware capes, la September, . 1920. That board bad recommended that , "steps be taken to.,.tnvesl ga.te v and install, if . found feas ible. ... device which, by means V of interlock, will iusare tk.at the middle ballast tank vent is closed until the main induction valve is closed v -- - Whether the recommendation was acted apon and found, not feasible -was not brought out. Valve Is Shown . TJeager Point With dramatic suddenness. Na oujn had surprised t h com t earjy In today's session with the assertion that if any f four pipes which feed air to the sub marine during surface maneuvert van ruptured by - a depth-bomb e, a,.-mine, the entire ventilating arstem of the akin weald be flooded. He recommended Installation ot,'. 'automatic, instantaneous, snap clop equipment for closing , those pipes, through which, some ' officers have said, tame- the wa tery that flooded the - after sec tion of the Squalus on May 22. day1; centered around Naquin's, testimony concerning .his men both; tbe alive and the dead. Up recounted a report from '-Ensign Joseph W. Patterson, of Oklahoma City, who perished, thftt his after seel Ion vas "rig tj" and ready as tie operations preparatory ; to the final, fatal dlTC; were executed. he recommended lawrence Gajlaor, ' Honolulu electrician's mate, a "the man who, "un mindful of the danger and on his own lniuuive, ' puuea a swiicn la I the forward battery- room - f the Equal nans she dropped, un dokbtedly saying a serious bat teoy fire." Special commendation went el:to the radiomen aad signal man ' of the Squalus- -Theodore Jatofes. Stat en Island, N.T., ' Cbjrales A- Powell. Leesdale, La Wren W. Smith. Jr.. LaPorte Tel. and Arthur L. Booth, Mil fond.' Conn. ' jfThey took more punishment than any of us on the bottom." Najwin said, as he told bow they extended their dwindling energy tapping ont messages on the ves sel hull. tM ' Big Guns Booming At Columbia Fort CAMP CLATSOP. Jane 20.-tfP -Ofegon National Guardsmen In coast artillery units - began' big ftri practice today. lliflta. of the 249th field artil lerjr manned 12-Inch mortars and 10-dach rifles at Fort Stevens . nd lazed away at a target towed in tha Columbia river by a tug., The mortars hurled projectiles weigh lag- 999 pounds, ud the rifle pro jectiles weighed 550 pounds. s Concussion shook the city of Warden ton. Tomorrow, other coast artillery nnlts will fire -inch coast' de fense; guns at Fort Canby, on the Columbia's north . abort across Trom Fort Stevens. Tbe S2nd brigade was preparing to jbivonac in the Nehalem valley tor tactical drill in battle forma- -Jtioni lj flqover Says Spy ,ases Increasing 8T. LOUIS, June 20.-P-Ae-tlrhles ot foreign spies, J. Edgat Hoover told an interviewer here today, have Increased to such an extent in this country that 700 cases of espionage were Investiga ted by the federal bureau ot In vestigation during Ills. . . paring the previous five years the chief of the FBI added, only JS teases were reported to the bu reaus. . , "Many of them were false alarms," he asserted "but a great many of the reports were found to pf true." Escapes Prison X Sajir sLe. knew her chances ot t leoset were email, Mrs..Velua I . est (above) serringr. f ice ot from five years t life I . m m A 1 ,. i r nain "rnn dct nuvuu tm atb. .nticp which she weal to . f bridge party, escaped trees the C Llo s t a t reformatory j for - t omen at Marrsrille. - She left e note sayiagr she wanted "eete I :t good time." Three oilier r aa fled wkh the. X3-jear C 1 IJOBde. The nlnj na c rbmd lm Cleveland la years . ago . T tWvi .J'.-X 1... t k r v i5 Ov'tT two of 10 persons crowded tato Ham JmmiIi river near Byron, CaJUU dwrteg a nu t eara rfae neen river, with direr Actress in Favor OfmThcatrii TannlaH Bankhead Telia Senate Body Theatre WASHINGTON, June t9-Uty- Brewn-haired Tallulab Bankhead told -n -senate committee today that many' actors would ' he ' "utterly destitute" if the. senate retained a. provision of the house-approved relief Dill -terminating the WPA theatre projects. - V . '. Confessing nervousness, the ac tress was accomanied to a bearing before a senate appropriations subcommittee by her father. Speaker William Bankhead (D- Ala), and her uncle. Senator. John Bankhead (D-Ala). Earlier, she greeted both with hugs and kisses. "Uncle John is on the commit tee," she told . reporters, "and I know he will do all he can." ' Miss Bankhead said that under the house measure actors "are be- Tuf!a1 wtntimm ' I She added -that if the theatre proj ects were discontinued, existing theatrical charities would have to divert some of their funds from present uses to aid the unem ployed. ' ;' - " ; On the senate floor. Senator Wagner (D-NY) submitted an amendment by himself. and Sena tors Downey (D-Calif) and Pepper (D-Fla) providing that lip to three per cent of the relief, funds should be available for projects financed solely by the WPA. This would make possible the continuance oi the theatre and other arts proj ects. Besides eliminating the the atre program, the house voted to require local contributions to the cost of -all future arts projects. such as those for writers. Champagne, Scotch On Buckner Diets NEW YORK. June 20 UPi Champagne and lobster were on Bill Buckner's diet two summers ago when he headed a Philippine railway bondholders' committee. a witness testified today In feder al court, where tbe dashing young promoter and four others ore be ing, tried on mail fraud charges. Spectators chuckled as Dorothy Mattox. of the Hotel St. Regis staff Identified vouchers showing that in July, 1937, Buckner and Wil liam J. Gillespie, a- co-defendant. bought lavishly of tine wines. scotch whiskies and sea foods. Also there was an item of f 21 for a broken chair. The government contends that Buckner, known formally as WD Uam; P. Jr defrauded holders of the railroad bonds, by wasting their money in high living while he-ostensibly was working to get tbe Philippine, government to re deem the defaulted issue. Also on trial are a Filipino sen ator. Felipe Buencamino, John Stuart Hyde. British movie figure; and C. Wesley Turner, broker. Holrjstroni Party Hits Idaho Falls IDAHO FALLS, Idaho. June ZO-CAVIrrigation and navigation don't mix, - Mrs. E. ' B. Clegg of Vancouver, BC, observed tonight as she looked over , the Welser Idaho Falls section of her cross country water tour. , v Mrs. Clegg, who with Earl Hamilton and Haldame (Buzx) Holstrom, both of Coquille. Ore.. portaged around the rapids and power dams ' between here " and Shelley today, said she would re lease Hamilton here, in line with pre-arranged plans. The party, which left Portland two months ago, found shallow watef as the result ot irrigation and power dams tbelr greatest hindrance, Mrs, Clegg, said. Seek Qosed Shop : PIp6d Plant PdftTLAND, Jux-zjO-iffy-Tne ai u. yirwgoa ana . Teneer ,wori- ers nnion posted notice ot -inten- tlonto enforce a' closed shop con tract at the big Plylock corpora- uon.-plant her today,. w j 'Jl Saturdav deadline wasv set. .Approximately 200 CIO workers still employed at the mill were given opportunity to shift-to the AFL. A representation;: election, conducted - by the national labor relatione board.reeently gave, the atu union - Bargaining agency iTraeic Erid to Picnic -If this antoaeobOe escaped alive when It careened oft a levee Into tbe standing a rich. Meet e tbe rirllis 0 ddltioo. ... la fJiet ftcss OEORQSTOWN. Colo., June 2 OH-To prove ita cool la tnla mountain town, residents art making - pictures of icicles. Almost nightly tie icicles form on clotheslines strue by spray ot running hoses. PORT ALES, NMn June 20 -VP)-Oia Bossle paid her pert toward tbe education ot nine students ot Eastern Xew Mexi co Junior college last. term. The boys milked their way through . the term. They led their cows to school, formed a cooperative group, bought feed, swapped about at the milking and sold milk to Portales resi dents. , Net profit was $600. READING, Pa., June '-(flV railroad today sued a motor ist for- damages to a locomotive end' three coaches. The train and Nathan Fink's car collided last year. The - Reading company placed the damage at $935 and sold Fink failed to keep his car under, control and did not heed he whistle. Peace -Work Urged On Canada and US S ANTON, N.Y., June 20-flV Canada and the United States should take the initiative, a for mer peace committee counsel de clared tonight, to for; i n union of nations in the interest of peace. John 'Foster Dulles, former counsel to the American com mission to negotiate peace (1918 1919), blamed the "sovereignty system, of government for world unrest in a talk prepared for de livery before the Canadian-Am erican conference at St. Law rence university. V More than 150 educators and government officials heard Dulles assert: "The reason why North Ameri ca is relatively free of internal true inueea unvai waoiiyso for 75 years is," I am convinced, that we have here reduced -to a minimum the vices s 'ot, itho erergnty system. The soveretga- tysystem, as normally practiced. inherently conduces to war. Because the United States and Canada have set an example In the ability of nations to' live aide by side In peace, Dulles -added. these two countries should be leaders In an effort to form union of nations roughly pat terned after the state-federal system of government in this country., - School Vote Will Be Taken as Final The unofficial returns of Sa lem's school election Monday will be accepted as conclusive at far as the two defeated directors are concerned, tbey declared yester day. Both were defeated by amall margins. Director W. F. Neptune, chair man of the school board since January, said he "wouldn't ask a recount If it was only one vote difference. ? "I'm tickled to get out of it," xteptene declared. "I'm satisfied." Director E. A. Bradfleld. board member for six years, also said be vas "satisfied" with the election results and would not consider asking .tor n recount. Roy Harland - received J 51 5 votes and Donald A. Tounar 1524 to be elected, over Neptune's 1494 ana sraaneid'a 1452. C3 Longer Life ' ' " j Guaranteed , Priced front Only , : SOLO ONLY BY ' Independent Dealers IL D, T7O0DUOX7 Distributor - . ; Center at Church Street . -wow umw 60O Saleea, Ore. - W iiafinwa i tnnsrtirisiiwiririie 1 1 IssTTlTirrnl a pmc car as aaown as n were gen S More Stridken oison Elartinex Family Ii Last in Liat of 40 Hit by : Food Poisoning MARTINEZ, Calif.. June 29.- OPr-Poisonintr from mussels which baa claimed six lives In Cal ifornia in the last four days, put five Oakley residents under a Phy sicians care today. Dr. V. A. Powell, eounty health off leer, said .apparently an would recover. Only M. Duarte, 59-year- old Oakley farmer, and his wife remained in bed today. Their son and two ranch hands had suffi ciently recovered to go on with their work. Dr. Powell said . the mussels were taken from Monterey bay. The illnesses of the Oakley-fam il brought to more than 40 the number who have been stricken from mussels taken from Califor nia beaches In recent days. The state department of health reported three focal points of in fection were responsible for all of the known current cases Cypress Point. Bird Rock and Big Sur. The half dozen deaths la fire California cities compared with 12 deaths in the 12 previous years. Duarte and his family became ill on mussels that were given to them by a grocer who gathered them at Cypress Point. Dr. Powell seized remaining mussels for ex amination. Cop Takes Bath; Joe Takes Leave SAN FRANCISCO. -June 20. HP) Sheriff's Deputy O. M. Langslet, of Klamath Falls. Ore., reported to police tonight that Joe Blanken ship, 45, whom he was returning to Oregon from Yuma, Ariz., dis appeared while the officer was taking: a bath. Langslet said Blankenshlp was being returned on n check charge, and asked offi cers to aid In apprehending him. i n if l y m mussel r I rj:-i:::;::-. i i hum i hi t ; i, : v.:;-.v;-.v::-:-:-v.: :-:-:.v:-x0.vv;:-A -:.:' X j-r1:-.-. .v.-.-: -3i Mr :.:-:. ' v.v . : -r -r poiEr jaj the drums vr-i- s ?!2szzn Copwritbc m. Lagcnrft n. onen No" Letmp Siitn la Seen in Japans Pregur . , on British - (Continued from page ") o posed by the Japanese eight days ago after British pniciais had re jected Japanese demand tor ens- tody of four Chinese accused ot kilting a lotal oraml-'"---;:. Food SituaUon Is Unchanged - ' ' - The food sittratlon behind elec trified barricades with which the Japanese bate Tinged tbe British and bordering French concessions remainel unchanged despite Gen eral Sugiyama'a statement that the Japanese would "do everything to faciliUte the entry of food." Japanese patrol boa ta in , the Hal still were preventing all sam pans from ..landing food in ; the British concession and Domei, Jap anese news agency, reported that vegetable, growers outside tbe British, area had agreed on "spontaneous boycott" of the area. It said they bad decided to sen only in the Japanese-con trolled tone. The 1500 Britons virtually Im prisoned within the concession, meanwhile, faced the loss ot vital pabDe services as Chinese em ployes began quitting their Jobs under threats ot death to their families if they remained at work tor the British. Japanese official circles pre dicted that British overtures short ly would break the impasse. This belief waa strengthened by the arrival front Hsinklng ot Sotomat- an Kato, embassy - councillor in Manchoukuo, who formerly served In the Japanese embassy in Lon don. V ' - - The 1045-ton British escort ves sel sandwich arrived, last night to reinforce the HMS - Lowestoft which la remaining Indefinitely at the British bund. , Negotiations were reported re liably still to be In progress be tween the Chinese chamber ot commerce and the Japanese army for lifting of the blockade for Chi nese during the three-day dragon boat festival beginning today. - (Chinese who keep., traditions feel compelled to settle all debts even at great sacrifice twice year, nt. the lunar calendar new year and the dragon boat festival Chinese merchants who tail to meet their obligations lose com mercial credit and "face" with their fellows. Cane Duel Results In Murder Charge NEW MARTINSVILLE, W. Va. June 20.-(P) Alex Wilson, 76 year-old inmate of the We tie county infirmary was charged to day by Prosecutor G. W. Cof field with killing his 74-year-old room mate tn a duel with canes. Coffield said the fight occur red last Saturday and that Nicho las Barcus, the injured man, died yesterday. Rickey Vetoes Bonds RICKEY, June 20 The J 15. 000 bond issue proposal sub mitted to the Rickey school dis trict for construction of a second two-room sehoolhouse in the west end ot the district, was defeated by the district's voters today, 54 to 42. Evacuate i4rea JT-W fa- .M O a JbSr - O s : s s Jt Violent Storm I 4 J ? r ' ' - . - - Ii sx ' - - i " 'v ,Jfr " 1 - : y . "-,- -s 33 i ' ",',-.., ' , t'?' i i I' if- d. - ' - V ' x r" ff.jf - s. ,1 f .' V " f:f j ' " ' t ' '" Nine persona died in a tornado that howled ocrees ; 25 naOes of coutryside near Mlooeapolls, and scores were injured, but eeaaioaaIly tbe atoms Jeft a freak: like these intact pews la on. otherwise smashed ehnrch. peas ran cecnoleCetr by tUnlyUets Youth Eight BaU SEATTLE, June 20-0P)-An in genious magnet creation, which Detective Lieut. Richard Zelden rust said waa designed to "beat" pin ball machines, led Cliff M. Har baugb, 27, to Jail today. The detective said Harbaugh told him his creative arge waa stimulated by tbe loss ot $150 la three months of pin ball playing. Harbaugh strapped two bat terieson bis back. A wire ran down his sleeve to n magnet in bla gloved hand. The magnet was designed to lead the metal balls Into any pay ing hole, Zeldenrust explained, but it led its inventor into trouble on an open charge at the first stop. ' Straw Votes Hit By Holman, Pierce WASHINGTON, June 20-ff)-A broad inquiry into political "straw votes" was asked today by Senator Holman (R-Ore) and Representa tive Pierce (D-Ore). They introduced identical reso lutions which would authorise the appointment of a joint committee 'to "Investigate the conducting of polls purporting to measure pub lic opinion with respect to ques tions or issues which have or may not have a bearing on the outsome of elections." I : Representative . Pierce said, he doubted the value and the accur acy of the polls and aald he be lieved the men behind them had Just been making "some lucky guesses." For this reason, he said, the resolution would direct that "spe cial reference be given to the man ner of framing questions con tained In the ballots and inquiries and the methods ot selecting per sons to whom they were sent." The committee would be re quired to report to congress before next January 15 "with recommen dations." song rune end mm Magne a few tbe chavch in the rear. Thle eeene Finland Cleats Its VS. Debt N Secretary Morgenthaa and Minister Precope Finland makes the last payment on Its war debt to the United States as Minister HJalmar J. Procope hands Secretary of tha Treasury Henry Morgenthaa notice of final payment in Washington. The final amount was for 5160,693. Trio of Twisters Kill One, Hurt 2 LUBBOCK, Tex., June 20-flP-Three twisters in this area killed at least one person, critically in jured two, and Injured less seri ously a half dozen or more today. Torn communication lines pre vented accurate checks, but re ports sifting here were that severe wind and rain storms struck num erous areas of the plains. W. H. Jackson ot near Lerellan, was killed when his farm .home was demolished by a twister. His wife waa injured critically and waa not expected to live. When you bear this you know it's Chesterfield attain with FRED WARING his roftkking radio gang. Rve nights a week, y NSC coast-to-coast. . . .you'll smoking pleasure and enjoyment it's possible to get from a cigarette. .Many smokers say they never knew real mildness in a cigarette until they tried (esteriield's HAPPY wlNATlON of mild'fipe ' American "arid Turkish tobaccos. - - r . Chesterfield can't-be-copied blend giver sti tiers, what they want . . . rtfreshmgthilJMsVcndbe That s why Seats as nt . MM 1 Boeing Men like Stratoliner Ride SEATTLE. June 20-AVAt n altitude of 16,500 feet a party of nine Boeing Airplane Corpor ation employes today cruised is what they said was all the com fort of home. Boeing officials said it was tht initial test in the world's first supercharged cabin transport plane a new stratoliner. The "altitude conditioning" equipment was designed to main tain comfortable atmospherii conditions within the cabin a! high altitudes. be getting all the taiUiomtay.. F. - - - i 1 'r':-,ir alms Tobacco Go. , , ? i? ;ff-,-!;j 1-;.(-.--tv...;-....i rights at the plant.