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PAGE TWO Opening Hours Of Meet Busy Ulemorial Service, Air Circus, Business to --Highlight Events- (Continued from Page 1.) didates was to the effect that Dr. E. F. Pound of Salem, had the ln alde track for,, grand chef de car, the - principal of flee, with "Win dy;, Wllkins of LaGrande hla pro bable opponent. Reports filtering out of the conclave Indicated that the large Portland Tate would go la Dr. Pound, practically assuring his' election. " ' ' " National Commander Arrives In City - .:: : . . This was in line with a "gentlemen's-agreement" reached to .set tle a deadlock at Pendleton - last year, when Henry Heisel of Tilla mook was elected. Distinguished guests of the Le gion and 40 et 8 began arriving late Wednesday. Among the first to appear were Stephen F. Chad wick 'of Seattle, national com- , wander of the Legion, and Charles W. Arderv, eorrespondant nation- . fcl of the 40 et 8. of Chicago, as well as Harry Lawton,- Washing, ton state department commander, and Mrs. Detwiler. national Tien president, from Idaho. . Although the public's ' interest may center In the air show start ling at 1:30 p. m. at the airport and - tonight's junior band and drum corps contests, at Sweetland field, an outstanding event today will be the memorial 'service starting at 9:30 a. m. in the El sinore theatre, planned as the out standing event in the history of the Legion in Oregon. - Business sessions of the Legion and Auxiliary convention will get under way at 11 a. m. In the leg islative halls at the capitol. The Legion executive committee and some of the regular convention committees met Wednesday night but business transacted was of a routine nature. - Keegan to Take uizzing ' i (Continued from Page 1.) 'duced copies of letters In an ef fort Co" show Keegan did not have th.e .confidence in. Stanley Mor ton (Larry) Doyle he previously had avowed,' and offered material in an attempt, to establish" Keegan 'had been asked to cooperate with '.. Harper..-Knowles, American Le glon antl-radkal ' leader who tes tified' previously. 7 Inrref erring to the. anonymous letter, which was. mentioned dur ing i a recess' while: Keegan was oft the stand, the detective cap vtain said It was signed f Outcast" add that It stated the officer had 'done the writer a favor in 1934. ''. -Keegan also quoted It as say lag: 't work here on the water .front.' Some of the boys want to give you a good dumping. As I know ;. . that yon are a square ;j6hn, we can not stand for any-thing-et that-sort. Any dumping headed, your way will be taken care of and paid of the hard way. -Will keep my ears open to stave, off any dumping of that sort, .Will also take good care of anyone who tries to give yon the business." TWILL 10 to 60 .. - .at. . -GEVURTZ August Furniture Sale I 1 i 'JttZ. N, Liberty . Salem 71 - TOMORliOW An New Dances ' and Scenes and On the Screen "The Ware Case" Further Q WWW br"2 I l 1 a m 'Kin & T , Roche" jl (i Hr- iW I ' C'oUier I, Slaps Make Them Happy; Crisis Is Met : i Donald Martin, 2 (center) of San Francisco swallowed 10 sleeping tablets. His mother, Mrs. Anita Mar ' tin. 25, left her sickbed to rash him to a hospital, then for f oar hours she slapped, shook and jiggled Donald to keep him from what doctors feared might be hla last sleep. Home again, the Martin family la shewn here talking It over. Smiles Follow Permission for Family Reunion l I vrs . 1 -t " i : Forced to remain behind when their parents, Mr. and Mrs. John McNeil, and two elder Canadian-born -: sisters were deported from California to Canada, the four American-born McNeil sisters are shown In Los Angeles tracing; the route they'll take after they learned they'll be permitted to visit the rest of the family in Nova Scotia. Left to right, Edna, Colleen, Shirley and Margie. Weak Heart Fatal Co Mrs. Cumnujiigs WASHINGTON, Aug. 9 - () -Mrs. Homer S. Cummings.' wire of the former attorney general, died tonight at Rnthven, the home ov erlooking Rock Creek park where she built her reputation as a gay and original cabinet hostess. ' She had been ill of high blood pressure since she and Cnmmtngs returned from a Florida vaca tion March 24. An unfavorable heart condition developed July 30. Quick wit and keen intelligence helped Cecelia Cummings cut a bright path across the capital's social scene in the nearly six years that her husband was in the new deal cabinet. She refused to have a social secretary said it would cramp her style. At small dinner parties 12 was her guest limit she invited new dealers, old : dealers, artists, authors, actor's and preachers, then mixed them all up to make an -argument. Dr. Hayes Named Medical Director Dr. Clemens Hayes was named medical director of the Marion County Welfare office at a meet ing , pf the welfare commission yesterday afternoon. He will suc ceed Dr. Bruce Titus who re signed several weeks ago to ac cept a position at. the Fairview home. " Dr. Hayes is a graduate Of the University of Oregon and received his doctor -f medicine , degree from the University of Oregon medical school. His internship was in Macon, Ga., at the City-County hospital. He is now doctor for the CCC - Four Portlanders Escape Avalanche PORTLAND, Aug. 9 -py-Foui Portlanders, caught In the faee of a rock slide while climbing Mount Hood today, saved themselves un. der an ice ledge aa tons of bould ers and gravel crashed down. : Tom Moyer and Robert Yolk were on a guide - rope 500 feet from the summit when the slide started. Edward Vol k and Harry Hansen were below them? Moyer auffered a slight leg laceration. Cosmo -Where It's Cool .TONIGHT - FRIDAY CSTTB m sma nm - mnm worn tut f 2ND HIT. i . v r DEANNA DURBIN "100 MEN AND A GIRL with Stokowskl- Menjoa tf.1,- Board ELSIXORE - - Doable: bill, Man" in the Iron Today "The MakM with Louis Hay ward and Joan Bennett and "She Married a Cop" with Phil Reagan and Jean Parker. SaturdayMickey Mouse ma tinee. Double feature- pro gram., stage show and cha ter 8 "The Oregon Trail Midnight matinee Saturday, "Lady of the Tropics" with Robert Taylor and Hedy Lamarr. CAPITOL Today -Double bill, Bette Davis and George Brent In "Dark Victory" and Deanna Durbin in "100 Men and a Girl." Saturday Double bill, "Five Come; Back" with Chester Morris and Wendy Bafrie and Gene Autry in "Old Monterey." HOLLYWOOD Today- -Double bill, Do- - rothea-Kent and-Frank Jenks, in "Strange Faces' with Andy Devine and "Wives -Under Suspicion' with Warren William and Gail Patrick. - .. Friday Double" bill. Boh- Ba ker in "Ghost Town Rid ers" and "Four Girl In White" with Florehce Rice, Una Merkel, Ann Ru therford and Mary .How ard. ' '- ' : GRAND Today On the stage, Parisienne Follies and on the screen, "Behind Pris on Gates" with Brian Don 'vy . . . .. STATE Today "Let Freedom Ring" with Nelson Eddy and Vir ginia Bruce. and "King of- . the Turf" with iAdoiphe Menjou. Saturday Midnight show, "Broadway -Serenade" with Jeannette MacDonald and Lew Ayres. Glass Removed J. R. Perry was treated for cuts on the arm inflicted by broken glass at the central first aid sta tion in the city hall, attendants of the Salem city first aid car re ported last night. WarreTaTfi linn Call Pa - - trick : - t im - WlWsIJBder 'Suspicion transrt ,: -Faces"' ' With Dorothea Kent, Andr ; Derlno SP Two Big Features. Bob Baker, --la Ghost Town Riders "4 Girls in White With Florence Rice Una Merkel The OREGON STATESMAN, Salem, rP Mi Big Wind Storm Takes Toll of 3 Michigan Counties - Bear Brunt; Property Loss Still Unestimated KALAMAZOO, Mich.. Aug. 9- (jP)-A third death was blamed to night on a severe wind' storm which struck a dozen -counties in central and southern Michigan. There were no estimates of the property damage caused by the storm, which swept across the state late yesterday. The Red Cross dispatched two representa tives here from St. Louis to di rect relief work- Many residences, summer cot tages and other buildings were wrecked and utility poles and trees, were blown down; ; KALAMAZOO and Kent coun ties reported the most severe dam age, while Jackson, Midland, La peer and Gratiot -counties were hit almost as hard. , .Theodore Stetlowsky, 53, suc cumbed tonight to Injuries suffer ed when he was bnried In debris as the wind damaged the U.S Foundry company plant, here. Two others were killed instantly. 99 Is Hit Again, ue Although a "cooler" sign was hung ap at the weather bureau for today,! Salem experienced a 99-de- gree maximum temperature yes terday for the second straight day. The peak reading; was at 5:-39 p.m. A cooling breeze from the north last night seemed to -bear out the official forecast, driving the-mercury down to a comfortable' (2 by 12:30 a.m. this morning. Yesterday's sweltering heat, the 14th day of 90-plus readings, oc curred on a day of smoke-filled skies here which brought a forci ble reminder of nearby and distant forest-tires. At no time this sum mer had the visibility .been cut so low, . LaGrande Water Short V LA GRANDE, Aug. S.-Ufh-Be- cause hot weather and leaks have reduced the city'a reservoir sup ply, lawns and gardens hero went unwattred today. City Manager Ed Ford requested residents not to water, lawns and gardens until Thursday. . . . AIR-COXDITIONED - COOL Todajr - FrL - Sat. 3 Hita- She JIarried a Cop" Phil Resan Jean Parker X;J g& ft : ' m - r - t tooier Day v Oregon, Thursday Montfn& August 10, 1939 Fog May Aid Fire Fighters Plans Made to Defend Rich Sinslaw "Forest. Trom Coast Blaze (Continued from Page 1.) ford 103, Rose burg 98, Eugene 93, Salem 19. Pendleton 97 and Bend 87. . Western Washington tempera tures' were higher than yesterday. Olympia reported a season's high of 98, Walla Walla 93. Chehalia 97 and Seattle 92. The state's weather tables were turned, with usually torrid eastern Washington cooler. It was 84 at Spokane. The Oregon and Washington coastlines were cool under a fog blanket. , Moclips, Wash., bad only N3, and North Head, Ore., at the mottth of the Columbia river, 67. Several hundred men policed the huge Spirit lake fire in Idaho and, aided by favorable winds, held it within a 50-mile circle. Rains over northwest Montana reduced fire hazards in that portion of the ln termountain country. Late today five spot fires, be lieved incendiary, sent fire fight ers hustling into the woods on Green mountain, Cowlitz county. Wash., northeast of Woodland. Vancouver, Aug. 9.-(CP)-For-estry officials announced tonight that fire-fighting crews have gained control of virtually every blaze In the province, but said con tinued hot weather made the sit uation in tinder dry timberland "extremely hazardous." 40-8 Takes Goofs For Ride, Parade (Continued from Page 1.) pictures of Roman legionaries, and Bporting wide gilded swords. High point of the parade were the snorting engines and cars of the Portland and Albany 40 et 8 voitures, to -which was added the neat locomotive and car of the Cross and Skamania count y, Washington, 40 et 8 group. The Albany train was fearsome with red lights and a home-made field piece. The Astoria voiture featured five marchers carrying bamboo fishing poles, the lines of which were all attached to a metal salmon. Behind them marched the Astoria band. The Marne taxicab, veteran of the first days of the world war, and now prized by the Portland post No. 1 of the Legion, made its way between the lines of spectators under its own power, and with a full load of veterans dressed in the regulation 40 et 8 smock. Tillamook entered a Chinese band dressed in cotton pajamas and keeping time with oriental harmonies from drums and 'cym bals. They were preceded by-the goofs," 40 et 8 tyros bound for the annual initiation ceremony, or wreck," -which took place in the Elks . club following the .parade. They were ushered by the "wrecking crew" clad in black smocks, except for the two lead-, ers, who wore white cloaks. Yesterday's parade was the last officially scheduled by the convention until the junior pa rade which takes place Friday at 1:30 p. m. w rtf'T irli If : V s&SttUVHTB STARTS .f (X yj CSaV. TNMv " Jeanette; A Vt 4 . V AjvJJ r.KNX: MaeDonaldJ O A A'-'- "Sw jtii -J Broadway V? A F-C Serenade i . t?v ' ' 1 ' 1 Legion RegistrationX)peris A1 'S: I i, i i . , With the Salem Cherrians. living; Christmas tree, the Marion county courthouse and the city hall for background, registration head quarters for the American Legion department convention opened yesterday for a business that became a deluge before the day closed. The Floyd B. McMullen first aid car and crew will be stationed at the registration tent throughout the convention, remaining in com munication with the police and fire departments by radio. Federal Offices Get Economy Note Department Heads Urgd by President to See if Saving Possible WASHINGTON, Aug. 9.-(Jf)-Federal department heads re ceived instructions from Presi dent Roosevelt today to make an immediate survey for the purpose of effecting "substantial" savings in the cost of government. The president said in a letter to the officials that numerous administrative improvements and economies can "undoubtedly" be effected apart from the "ulti- mate need of further basic re organization." The order was generally sim ilar to others sent out over the president's signature in the past two years and by the budget bu reau without bis signature in pre vious years. The president said savings in administrative costs will be made during the present and succeeding years through the reorganization act of 1939 "and through im provement in administrative .pro cedures which will be stimulated by the plans" nnder that law. "When your, estlmatea for the fiscal year 1941 are presented on September 15 next." the letter said, "thex will be accompanied by a statement of anticipated savings which yon believe can be effected during the current fiscal year, and ttye methods through which such savings are; expected to be ac com plihed. Portland's City Costs Rise in Budget Planned PORTLAND, Aug. 9HyP)-It will cost 8S.334.219.77 to operate the city of Portland In 1940 if the council approves department bud gets submitted today to C.'A. Al Phonse, budget director. The 1940 estimate Is 8470,(91.53 more than last year's. , mm OK Boys "Take Qver" .-It's Let Your Hair Down and "LET FREEDOM RING" " Two Army Fliers Killed in Flight US Observation Airplanes Sideswipe, One Falls From 2000 Feet ROUND LAKE, NY. Aug. 9-P) -Death of two US army aviators today in a mid-air crash between two observation airplanes cast a shadow over the opening of vast "war games" at Plattsburg, NY, in which 50,000 soldiers will take part. Flying in formation with four others from Mitchell field, LI, en route to a maneuver airbase at Malone, NY, the two planes side swiped. One plummeted 2,000 feet into a clump pf trees, narrow ly missing several cottages near this summer resort on the Albany Saratoga Springs highway. It was several hours before the mangled bodies of Second Lieut. Morris E. Thomas, Hempstead, LI, pilot of the ship and a member of the air reserve, and private An thony R. Gerrlty, Scrantoy, Pa., enlisted man, could be removed from the tangled wreckage. Lieut W. M. Prince, flight com mander and, pilot of the other plane involved in the collision, managed'to land his demaged ship at the nearby Saratoga Springs airport' without injury to himself of co-pllot, Lieut. B. W. Veatch. Passing Engine . Kills Transient REDMOND, Ore., Aug. 9.-(4V Fred Long, about 66, transient, leaped 'from a moving box ear near the Redmond railroad sta tion today and died under the wheels of a locomotive, traveling in the opposite direction on an other track. . Sheriff Claude L. McCauley said the Impetus of the jump car ried the man, whose home la un known, into the path of the loco- H3 PNON372t Ira-- Every Man tor Himself! S&gjf toffies'! Ordered to A'dd aothing Hot Days' Are ; no Reason for Inadequate Attire, ;TTieatre Is rWarned - Salem-polke - indicated yesterday- that the contemporaneous presenc.0. of hot weather and plen ty of strangers in town was no ex cuse for unclothed entertainers to appear. In local varieties produc tions, and in consequence ordered Manager E. L. Schmidt of the Grand theatreno clean up certain parts of the "Parisienne Follies" showing at his movie house, r The action came after Police Matron Bessie Armour had Inspec ted the first showing of the "Fol lies" yesterday afternoon, and had reported certain objectionable por tions to Chief Frank Minto. Special criticism was leveled at the lines in a certain scene, and at the excessive lack of clothing worn by girls appearing in the show. Police ordered the objec tionable lines deleted, and re quired members of the cast to ap pear in more adequate attire. Manager Schmidt stated that he had booked the production on the understanding that it would com ply with all regulations governing decency, and was himself much surprised to see members of the cast doubtfully clad during the first performance yesterday after noon. He indicated that police require ments would be fully complied with before the show continued its run. The production was ob tained through Eddie Lewis, Port land theatrical agent and former manager of the State theatre in Salem. US, France Make Claims in China (Continued from Page 1.) that third powers are involved." It was understood that Eugfna H. Dooman, United States charge d'affaires did not express support of Britain in the current parley, but pointed out that economic questions affected American busi ness in China. - Japanese newspapers hinted Britain was awaiting the outcome of a conference of five key min isters of the Japanese cabinet on a proposed Japanese - German Italian military alliance before resuming the conference. The meeting was expected to take place today following the return of War Minister Lieut. Gen. Seishiro Itagakt from an audience with Emperor Hirohito. Five Fawns Saved By Fire Fighters ST. 'HELEN'S, Ore.; Aag. JP)-Jim Newkirk, one of the loggers battling the hnge Dutch canyon forest fire in northwest Oregon, returned from the fire line today with a report he had picked np five fawns one -of, them staged black near the edge of the blase. He carried them to a safe pasture and released them. He said horned over ground in the wake of the flames was littered with dead deer, rabbits, . bear and other wild animals. m i Mir.. ir r-risi 1 i