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EIGHTY-NINTH TEAS
Salem, Oregon, Saturday Morning, August 5, 1939
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No. 113 !
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Congress May
Close Session
Late Tonight
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Senate Restores Funds
to Deficiency" Bill
in Long Meet '-v.v
Parliamentary Maneuvers
Increase as Session
Nears Finale
V By RICHARD L. TURNER 1
. WASHINGTON, Aug. 4 - (P) -
The , 76th congress reached the
verge of . adjournment tonight
with a long-senate session which
restored to the third deficiency
bill most of the money which the
house economy coalition had voted
oat of It. I
! After increasing this measure
from-S54.000.000 to $189,000,000
and then passing it, the chamber
plunged into a long, spirited de
bate about the Lafollette civil lib
erties committee and ended by glv-
ing that committee half of the
1100,000 It asked to investigate
labor conditions on the Pacific
coast. The rote was 38 to 16,
Thereupon, the chamber fol
lowed the example the house-had
set some hours earlier and re
cessed until tomorrow, when the
seven-months session, which has
been marked by revolts against
Roosevelt politices, is expected to
end.
The maneuvering over the defi
ciency bill was long and involved.
- Chief among the additions made
by the senate was an administration-requested
appropriation of
$119,000,000 to make loans on
. surplus crops and thereby keep
them off the market. This item,
turned down by the house earlier
in what was called a major vic
tory for the economy coalition,
went through the other chamber
on a sweeping 61 to 7 vote.
Deficiency Bill
to Conference
The deficiency bill is to go to a
senate-house conference tomorrow
for reconciliation of differences.
The controversy is the only major
one in sight before adjournment,
which til sides agree will come
some time tomorrow.
After the farm loan vote, the
senate continued its session into
the night, amid an excited swirl
of parliamentary maneuvering.
Various senators tried in vain to
"tack n: tof th, deficiency; bill
amendments which would: (1)
Restore the f prevailing wage" for
WPA worgers; (2) soften the ef
fects of a new rule of law which
says that persons on the WPA
rolls 18 months must give way H
. other relief applicants; (3) pro
vide for federal refinancing ef
farm mortgages.
On a voice vote the senate ap
. proved an amendment by Senator
Pepper (D-Fla) to Increase an
item for expenses of the wage
hour administration to $2,000,
000. The house yotejl $1,000,000
and a senate committee approved
$2,000,000, but by a clerical error
- the sum went into the printed bill
as $1,500,000. The wage hour di
vision had requested the bill $2,
000,000 to permit the hiring of
additional investigators to check
upon an- accumulation of com
plaints of violations of the law.
Then an attempt by Senator
Pepper (D-Fla) to revive the fed
eral theatre projects, killed by the
1939 relief act, was defeated.
Execution Victim
Civen Last Rites
r - WALLA. WALLA, Aug., 4-ff)-
Slmple but reverent burial serv
ices were held at the Washington
state prison here this afternoon
for Bernard R. Leuch, 41, former
8 h e 1 1 o n, Wash.; millworker,
banged shortly after midnight this
morning tor the slaying ? of his
wife, Lena, in Shelton in March
of last year.
The body was taken from the
execution' chamber to the prison
hospital morgue and there placed
In a plain coffin. At 2 p.m. It was
transported by truck to the prison
cemetery on the westend of the
Institution's grounds. .:
Leuch entered the execution
chamber at 12:08.30 this morning.
the trap was sprung at 12:09 and
death pronounced at 12:23.
: The condemned man's last
words were an assertion of inno-
cense. -
Fly Ends Duties
With Bonneville
; PORTLAND, Aug. l-iiPJ-James
L. Fly. new member of the federal
communications commission, re
turned here today to wind up au
ties as acting general counsel of
the Bonneville administration.
. Fly.-who has been in Washing
ton, D. C, will take over his new
duties Sept. 1. Herbert S. Marks.
Tennessee valley authority assist
ant legal chief, will become Bon
neville's general counsel.
Industrial River
v Is Forecast Here
EUGENE, Aug. 4.-()-State
Senator Douglas MCKay ox Marion
county predicted here today the
xeniamAtfn river would become a
great Industrial stream through
the valley flood control project.
He laid the Inherent value of
tirniMt wonld be felt for many
years and visualized a continuous
development. -
FIRE DEMON SWEEPS OVER OREGON TIMBER LAND
Guenther to Get
$300 Pay Monthly
Vista Heights Plans Are
Approved by Water
Commission
Salary of Carl E. Guenther as
newly-appointed manager of the
Salem water department was fixed
by the water commission last
night at $300 a month, the same
amount on which Cuyler VanPat
ten, the system's first chief, was
started. Guenther's former salary
was $250 a month.
Guenther, the commission dis
closed, has proposed that his for
mer position of maintenance su
perintendent be dispensed , with
for the present.
The commission approved plans
for making a connection to the
gravity supply pipeline on Fair-
view horns road to serve th vista
Heights water district, which will
have a six-inch line but take wa
ter from a three-inch meter. The
city's contract with the district
was modified by extending the
cancellation notice period from 30
to 90 days.
The new manager was request
ed to assemble data on which to
base discussions with the state
board of control relative to sup
plying water to state institutions
not now served ' by the city sys
tem. The board also has asked for
consideration of a rate concession.
Work Is Resumed
On Colorado Dam
GREEN MOUNTAIN DAM,
Colo.. Aug. 4-OP)-Grim and still
apprehensive, men went back to
work today In the sagebrush
studded Green Mountain dam
construction camp where seven
persons were injured in labor dis
orders. , r
The only weapons in evidence
were those of national guardsmen
sent by Gov. Ralph L. Carr to
Quell "a state of insurrection."
They had a stack of 300 assorted
weapons, taken from workmen
and residents of the area.
"Strikers and non-strikers, are
working side by side," reported A.
K. Anderson, superintendent of
the project for the Warner Con
struction company.
He said strikers were being re
hired "without discrimination"
despite "considerable ill feeling
between groups."
The superintendent predicted
he would have a full force of more
than 300 men "by Saturday night
or Sunday to speed, work pre
paratory to building the $4,000,
000 dam a mile and a half above
sea level.
Death of Mother, 2 Children
Blamed on Nazi Persecution
CHICAGO. Aug. 4 - ) The
death plunge of a mother and two
children who fled ; from Czecho
slovakia after Adolf Hitler's
troops had occupied the country
was attributed to nazl "persecu
tion' by a coroner's Jury today.
The Jurors decided Mrs. Adela
Langer, 4$, leaped from the 13th
floor of the Congress hotel late
last night ith her "two young
sters. Jan, 4, and Karel, 6,
"while temporarUy insane due to
worry over being forced to leave
her home due to persecution."
'The husband and father of the
victims, Karel Langer, a slight,
nervous Jew whose - eyes were
reddened by grief, wept on the
witness stand while . he told how
he abandoned home and fortune
when tyranny forced ua to be
come refugees. -
Later- the . city news bureau
stated Its reporters, while Investi
gating the case, learned that a
group of refugees of various faiths
and nationalities and all living
here on temporary visas had
formed what its members termed
a "suicide colony.".
-OLow
humidify and high temperature
raging through the Foster Lumber company's timber near Willa
mina Thursday. Typical of blazes ravaging forest lands throughout
Oregon, the fire was fonght by a crew of 100. It destroyed 800,000
board feet of down logs before sweeping into virgin timber. (AP
Photo).
New Fires Give Weary
Crews More Hot Tasks
!
1
Conflagration Breaks out
Klamath Falls; Coast Range Fires Are
-. Mostly Under Control
PORTLAND. Aug. 4. (AP) New fires sprang up over
Oregon tonight as weary crews fought flames covering
approximately 25,000 acres of brush and timber land.
Rain and declining temperatures failed to materialize
when clouded skies cleared beneath a brassy mid-summer sun.
A new conflagration ate into a heavy stand of virgin
timber .10 r mile from KlamathO j . -
FaUs, on the shores of - Upper 1
Klamath lake. A 1000-acre Swan
lake fire and two other blazes in
the Green Springs area were con
trolled. The northern coast range tinder-box
was aflame with closely
spotted fires, some In the vicinitfr
of the old Nehalem burn, but
most were under control. The
largest covered 10,000 acres along
the Wolf Creek highway, Port
land's shortcut to the Pacific,
near Elsie. The route was re
opened today after falling snags
forced closure last night.
In central Oregon, a 6000-acre
blaze glowed on Grizzly mountain,
overlooking Prlnevllle, and two
others of (00 acres each burned
on Butter creek and Morrison
creek, hear Ukiah. A truck and
tractor were destroyed when the
Butter creek fire Jumped control
lines. n
Fred Southwick, Douglas Fir
Protective association warden,
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Townsend Leader
Ouster Is Asked
ALBANY, Aug. .-Resignation
of J. Fred Stilwell, president
of the Albany Townsend club, was
asked today In a letter from B. G.
Rankin, of national headquarters,
The letter asked the resigna
tion in the Interest of club har
mony and said members bad been
sending In complaints against each
other to national officials. Stil
well backers demanded that na
tional headquarters supply r antes
of complaining members. Stilwell
withheld action.
. Stll well's resignation was de
manded by state Townsend offi
cials a month ago but he was re
elected and named delegate to the
national convention.
They called themselves "ansch
lusS victims," it added, ' and ex
pressed the belief self-destruction
was preferable to return to their
home lands. : '':
- At the : inquest, Langer, who
spoke only the' Qzech language,
related his tragic story through
an -Interpreter.- He reported he
once was the principal owner of
large textile mills but circum
stances forced him to sell them.
While associates In Prague said
he was unable to take the money
with him because of German cur
rency restrictions, Langer de
clined disclose what the prop
erty sale had netted him.
The f amUy came to the United
States on July 1 on a six-months
visitors' - pass, he Informed the
jurors, and took a basement 'flat
here while he strove to re-estab
lish himself with $7000 he had
salvaged. . - ' b av- -:
Be said his wife talked fre
quently of committing suicide and
"taking- the babies .with .her."
, "Now they don't need any pass
ports,". Langer commented. -
J
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combined to send this night
fireO-
in Virgin Timber Near
V' - rzr'-r "
Princess Juliana
Gets 2d Daughter
Hopes for Male Heir Are
Dashed," but Holland
Happy Anyway
AMSTERADM, Aug. S.-(Satur-
day)-()-Crown Princess Juliana
of the Netherlands presented the
house of Orange with another
daughter early today.
The child was born at 1:09
a. m., (4:09 p. m. FST Friday) at
Soestdyk palace.
There had been high hopes
among Netherlander that the
baby would be the first male heir
to the throne of the little king'
dom in almost a century.
Princess Beatrix, the first child
of the 30-year-old Juliana and 28-year-old
German Prince Bern
hard, was a year old last Jan. 31.
The hour was such that the gen
oral public long anticipating the
event, was not aware of the birth
of the baby.
The announcement was made
briefly by ticker services to news
papers. At 7 a. m., the news will
be broken to the public by a sa
lute of 61 guns signifying the
birth of a girl. A 101-gun salute
would have been fired for a boy.
Disappointment because of the
absence of a male heir for the
throne now, held by Queen Wil
helmina, was expected to be off
set by loyal Netherlanders' joy
over a royal birth when the event
became generally known.
Moodys Open 13th
Day in the Skies
SPRING FIELD, 111., Aug. 4.
(ArThe Moody brothers ap
proached - X00 hours' of continu
ous flying tonight, beginning
their 13th days In the air.
Humphrey Moody,' ; 20-year-old
member of the brother team
which already has far surpassed
the old record of 218 hours for
light planes, developed a tooth
ache that caused concern among
members of the ground crew. La
ter he said he felt "better" after
applying a temporary remedy sent
aloft during a refueling contact.
. The brothers had been aloft
293 hours at. 8 p. m. (CST).
Rustling 6i Food
For Robin Tires
PORTLAND, Aug. 4-y-PaU
K. Hutchinson is all tired out
digging worms for a "mooching
robin. , - - '
The. robin, a feathered young
ster that some way became lost
In the canyons of down-town Port
land, was picked up 'by Mrs.
Hutchinson rwbich was tine ex
cept - her husband - discovered the
bird preferred ready-dug worms.
t r Now he's . threatening to glT
the robin to the Audubon, society
and let society members aig
'4
iff
it
50-50 Plan Given
War Bureau's Nod
1
Department to Pay Share
of Cost of Building
Santiam Road
The war department at Wash
ington has agreed to a 60-50 fi
nancing plan for construction of
a new North Santiam highway of
standard type between Detroit and
Niagara where the present road
will be flooded when the North
Santiam flood control dam is
built, Senator Charles L. McNary
reported yesterday.
The senator's report followed
word given by Major C. R. Moore
of the army engineers In mid-July
that the war department was not
contemplating construction of
aub-etandard road.
Senator McNary staid the secre
tary of war bad agreed with his
suggestion that the department
was not bound In this instance by
an old law requiring construction
of a road equal only to the one
replaced because it could take cog
nizance of the fact that it would
be put to great expense for a road
for construction purposes only if
other agencies did not join In a
program for a modern highway.
The result was that the war
department consented to contri
bute $1,500,000 Instead of some
$600,000, toward a new highway
The forest service will be respon
sible for a like sum, of which it
will have to arrange for an ad
vance for part, since Oregon's an
nual forest road allotment Is only
approximately 81,000,000.
Mrs. Edson Says
FR Considers Bid
PORTLAND, Aug. 4-Pr-EmIly
F. Edson, Oregon's democratic
national committeewoman, said
today President Roosevelt would
consider her invitation to visit
Portland on his western trip this
fall. s
Mrs. Edson said Edwin M. Wat
son, secretary to the president, in
formed her no definite Itinerary
had been arranged for the trip to
San Francisco and Seattle, "con
sequently I am patting your letter
In a special tile and will bring it
to the president's attention when
he is making final plana."
Late Sports
HOLLYWOOD, Aug. 4.
Hollywood staged a wild eighth
Inning rally tonight to beat Port
land for the second time in suc-
nMlnn. S ta 1. 6
Trailing, S to l. as they came
to bat. In the eighth, the Stars
put across five runs and chased
Clarence Pickrel and his succes
sor. Bill Thomas. !
The payoff wallop was Len
Gabrielson's double to the center-
field scoreboaad that chased Tyack
and Norman across the plate.
Portland 3 , ; 7
Hollywood !.
Pickrel, Thomas,!! Blrkofer. and
Monzo; Fleming, Moncrief and
Brenzel, Dapper. - H
Seattle .J
San Diego
.8
.3
IS
a
Barrett and Campbell; Hum
phreys, Olsen and Detore, Starr.
SACRAMENTO, ' Aug. 4--(ff)-
Flrst night game: f - "
Los Angeles ... ,f 4
Sacramento . ,,, ' 7. 1
v BonetU and Collins; Hubbell,
Herrmann, Stineevtch and Grllk.
Los Angeles . ,3 7
Sacramento ' , ' ', 1 -
stlne and Sueme; Sherer and
OAKLAND, Calif., Aug. 4T)
r-Night famei--v-rf y -San
Francisco . Ti 13
Oakland;,"; - .1 1
Glbaon. Ballon,. Guay and
Wppdall; Gay, Salveson and Ral-
mondL - . ' r . " -
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Bridges Tells
Of Tear Gas
in Strike
Charges Federal Subsidy
Used by Employers
to Buy Gas
Suspects Police Abetted
Vigilantes During - r
'34 Dispute
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 4-flp)
Harry Bridges, west coast CIO
director, today accused the gov
ernment of subsidizing waterfront
employers In purchasing tear gas
fired at waterfront workers in the
1934 coastwide port tieup.
He made the accusation in tell
ing his own story of his labor ac
tivities after two and a half days
of answering questions at his de
portation hearing regarding his
belief in government ownership of
industry and his attitude toward
communism.
"It is a matter of record that
the greatest nurchases of tear aas
in 1934 were made by Waterfront
Employers of the Pacific," he said.
"They were bought with money
furnished by the government as
subsidies."
' In his first show of emotion on
the witness stand he told of the
killing of two pickets during the
strike.
Majority of Men
Shot in Back
"A majority of the 400 men
who were shot were shot in the
back and the two men who were
killed were shot in the back," he
said. "It was a deliberate plan to
murder by the police and we have
never forgotten it."
He said he suspected police con
nivance in vigilante raids which
followed the end of San Francis
co's general strike, which was
called after the shootings. He said
the police arrived 20 minutes af
ter each vigilante raid "and ar
rested everyone who was lying
around unconscious."
After telling his own life his
tory Bridges was excused from the
stand and the defense announced
it would call Harper Knowles, a
witness before the Dies committee
investigation into unAmerican ac
tivity, on Monday in an effort to
show improper Inducement to wit
nesses to testify against Bridges.
- Bridges, characterized ne wit
ness against him as "pie carder"
(a professional but insincere labor
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Americans Fleeing
Before Japanese
SHANGHAI. Aug. 5. -(-(Saturday)
Americans were reported
preparing to flee from Kalfeng
today as Jap an 'a anti-foreign
campaign in that area apparently
turned against Americans and
American interests.
Broken telegraphic communica
tions hid the precise situation In
the north China city but reliable
information said Americans there
were planning to leave Immedi
ately. The reported plight of the
Americans followed the sacking of
a British firm's offices in
Tientsin.
A mob of Chinese, said by Brit
ons to have been Japanese-instigated,
attacked the Tientsin of
fices of the British International
Export corporation, smashed all
moveable equipment and tossed it
into the Hal river.
British and Chinese employes
of the concern took refuge in ad
joining property of the American
owned Texas Oil company.
Harried Britons long have been
telling Americans "your turn Is
coming soon," particularly since
the United States abrogated her
trade treaty with Japan July 26.
Traffic Mishaps Rise
PORTLAND, Aug. 4--Traf-fle
Engineer T. T. Fowler said to
day 95(7 traffic accidents oc
curred here during the first six
months of 1939. Only 8164 were
recorded in a comparable 1938
period.
Gas Blast in London-Hurts
100 and Destroys Building
LONDON, Aug. 4 (P) London's i and destroyed debris and the few
wholesale district was shaken to
day by a gas explosion which in
jured more than 100 persons
four seriously shook ancient St.
Paul'i cathedral and demolished
a vacant five-story building. -.
Police fixed the blame on rains
which undermined foundations of
the building, which sank, cutting a
gas main. It was believed that a
short-circuited fire alarm ignited
the gas.
r Police had just finished posting
"no smoking" signs near the leak
when the dull boom reverberated
over the district,
, Many of the injured In today's
London blast were girl clerks and
stenographers and first aid : was
applied to minor wounds as the
girls sat weeping on curbs.
The cathedral, a sanctuary for
the' wounded during the middle
ages, repeated this role today as
screaming . women, faces black
with smoke and clothes wet with
blood, fled there for treatment. .
Fire started after the explosion
MfMahan
Pag
e's
He Disqucclify Self
District Attorney Declares Judge Is
Prejudiced Against County
Court, Other Offices
Mark V. Weatherford to Be Appointed
Today as Special Prosecutor
for Court Inquiry
Charging that Circuit Judge L. H. McMahan was preju
diced "against the county court and other offices.. . . sought
to be investigated by the grand jury," District Attorney
Lyle J. Page yesterday afternoon unsuccessfully moved that
McMahan disqualify himself from the proceedings the judge
had instituted.
The motion stated Page would withdraw voluntarily if
the judge would do likewise after requesting the supreme
court to appoint "a disinterested and unbiased judge" to con
duct "a fair and impartial investigation" of department one
! oof circuit court Judge' McMa-
Oaleill rlSliermen
Learn About Tuna
And About Ocean's Perils
too as They Get Lost
in Heavy Fogs
Five. Salem men learned about
tuna fishing and fog Thursday
when a morning fishing jaunt kept
them out 28 hours.
Don Madison, Vernon McEwen,
Jim Loder, Harry Hiday and How
ard Hlday hired a boat at Depoe
bay and started out at 4 a.m.
Thursday to catch some big fish.
Hitting-a school of tuna about 40
miles out, they landed one 19
pounder and hooked two others
that got away.
But the real fun began when
the fishermen started back for
'port. A heavy fog had rolled In
and they were delayed several
hours looking for the channel. But
the channel into Depot bay is so
narrow that when they found it,
the skipper decided it was too
dangerous to try to run in the
dark. So they spent the night at
Ma. f- t - -- .-----Next
morning when they again
Started for shore, they discovered
that during the night they had
lost the anchor and had drifted
many miles in an unknown direc
tion. It was 8 o'clock Friday
morning before they located Depot
bay and landed.
The tuna, the first brought into
Depoe bay this year, was landed
by McEwen. Color motion pictures
of the volage were taken by Loder.
Rose Gty Death
First in 33 Days
PORTLAND. Aug. 4-(iiP)-Ieatb
and new life were companion vic
tims of an automobile collision at
North St. Louis avenue and Syra
cuse street today.
The crash killed Miss Barbara
Moore,-21, outright. She was driv
ing her cousin, an expectant mo
ther, home from a doctor's office.
The cousin, Mrs. James Chapman,
25, suffered extreme shpck and
was taken to a nearby home where
physicians said delivery fwas im
minent. Miss Moore's death was Port
land's 31st traffic fatality this
year and ended at 23 days a
"deathless driving" campaign.
Salem Youth Hurt
In FaU off Train
ROSEBURG, Aug. i-iFy-Cxt-ence
Townsend, about 20, Salem,
was in serious condition today
from injuries apparently suffered
when he fell from a freight train
near Boswell Springs.
Townsend was found uncon
scious beside the railroad tracks
last night. He told officers he
was the son of Mrs. P. M. Fletch
er, 9(0 Broadway, Salem. '
remaining uprights of the build
ing, which workmen had been
mollshing. .. v-
Worshippers at evensong In the
cathedral, the largest In England
rushed out at the sound of the ex
plosion. : It was feared that ; th?
church building, - parts' of which
Hate back to the Norman conouest
of 10((, may have been damairrd.
although the verger said no dam
age was done to the famous stain
ed glass windows.' ;
Shortly afterward, an explosion
occurred In a mall van at Preston
railway station and a few minutes
later fire broke out In a letter box
at Blackburn. ' ' - ,
Police expressed beUef these
blast Indicated renewal of sabot
age attributed to the outlawed
Irish republican army, dormant
since the King's Cross explosion
July 25, la which a man was
killed. Two-' additional 'explosions
were reported at Bradford and
Halifax. :x:Ct-.:
All four towns are In Yorkshire,
northern England.
Ove rrules
Suggestion
han'8 department the county
court, the district attorney "and
other persons and matters here-
tofore publicly charged."
Judge McMahan promptly de
nied the formal motion and also
an oral motion to expunge from
the record a two-hour-long pro
ceeding at which 26 journals and
claims were introduced from
county clerk's records to show
sums received by Page in his
present office and in the past as
deputy district attorney. -Not
a Probe
Of Attorney
"This isn't an investigation of
the district attorney," the judge
declared. "This is an investiga
tion of the records . . . necessary
for the court to make the appoint
ment of a Qualified attorney to
take the place of the present dis
trict attorney."
An order will be entered today
disqualifying Page from handling
the county court probe and ap
pointing Mark V. Weatherford of
Albany as special prosecutor.
Judge McMahan Indicated.
Weatherford may reach Salem
late next week to lay his plans for
the probe if he accepts the assign
ment, as anticipated. He la now
In eastern Oregon.
Orval K-. Thompson, euag as
sociate of Weatherford, appeared1
at the disqualification proceeding
In a role resembling that of prose
cutor as he introduced the clerk's
records in evidence and 'ques
tioned Deputy Clerks Harlan Judd
and C. C. Ward concerning their
origin and nature.
Asked by Page by what author
ity he appeared, Thompson re
plied, "by the court, by Judge
McMahan."
Page presented his motion as a
"special appearance" and refused
otherwise to take cognizance f
the disqualification proceeding'
against him.
County court payments to the
district attorney's office as ahowa
by McMahan's unusual proceeding
Included:
Page's salary as deputy, 192 4 r
to 1936, 118,315, of which $4900
was from the county prohibition
fund; office expenses since 1937,
when he became district attor
ney stenographer's salary,
39300; reporter fees, 3628.82;
office supplies. $1539.80; offic
equipment, 3450.13; office rent,
$1300.
The court indicated the pur
pose of the testimony was to show
that Page as a state officer re
ceived county money "by suffer
ance" of the county court an
therefore was not in a position
to condnct a grand jury investiga
tion directed against that body.
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Takes More Than
Law to Hush up
Lady Politician
. SAX JOSE, Calif., Aug.4WP)
Ratber than be silenced polit
ically under the Hatch bill, Mrs.
Edna Bushman today resigned
from the post of deputy internal
revenue collector she has held
here for six years. Shell cam
paign for John Garner for pres
ident, she says,, and for vice-
president, James Farley, the
man whose personal letter
brought her the appointment in
1933.
I cannot be denied by free
dom of expressing myself in
matters pertaining to my. gov
ernment or who handles the af
fairs of my county and city,"
she declared, - V
- Mrs. Bushman la a prominent;
cbnrcbwoman, member of the
Eastern Star, United Daughters
of the Confederacy, American
Legion ; auxiliary, San Jose
.Woman's club and - California
-' Pioneers. -.
v The - Hatch bin, " signed by '
President Boosevelt this week,
bare federal employee from en-
gaging; in politics.
Liquot ' Administrative '
Chief not Yet Chosen
: ' PORTLAND, Aug. ' 4.-)-De.
spite the state liquor control com
mission's interviews yesterday
with applicants for the 19000 ad
ministrator's job. Chairman Lloyd
J. Wentworth said "no . decision,
will be reached In haste." Iden
tity of the applicants was not dis
closed. . - ,