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' Father's Surprise Mother goes to The Ore eon Statesman "Happy Kit chen cooking school at the Opitol theatre today aad Friday: Reialt, Father's surprised, happily so, with something; mw for dinner. i -1 , " Increasing cloudiness to day with showers; Friday, cloudy with rain. Max. temp. Wed. 01, mln. 43. Hirer -2.4 ft. Sonta wind. EIGUTY-NINTU YEAH Salon, Oregon, . Thursdaj Morning, November 2, : 1929 Prlct 3c; NtwssUnda 5e No. 189 . . . . - . . - . - - - . v v7 Tr3 Ji. -r-PcuJ "Hauser'i Column The pollco department, we may say wit hoot fear of contradiction, . is eiperienclng a period -of intense nrairy. ine bojn In blue are watching each other like police men and conceal ing their motires - like politicians. -It is' all be cause of a mech anical contrlT ance . . that; this CTieroas situa tion ' has .. come about. It is all raai a bum. k, hecause of the police department s new tricycle. ' - . As motor rehlcles to. that trt ii. ! a well rentled critter. It won't rear and it won't bite and It's stable. A man couia una worse things to ride, say a tank. Yet, for. all iU rirtues, no po liceman has yet come forward with an offer to tame the critter. We heliere they all fear that the others will think they are show offs. ' ! Pretty , soon people irill begin to think none of them wants to ride the tricycle. ; I v CULINART DEPT.' 1 A number of Salem men went hungry last night because their wires had to say in after cook ing school. Jin other words, tiey forgot Uielr homework. . Ralph Nohlgren, leader of Wil lamette unirersity band, consld , ers the new yellow spats worn by his musicians responsible for Wil lamette's 42 to football rictory orer College of PugeV Sound last week. This week to insure' ric tory orer San Jose State college he will Issue erery member of the band cardinal earmuffs. CHUMP'S GARDEN OF VERSES The official plant of Oregon Is called the Oregon grape. fThe other. day we sat on one; We're no longer In sitting shape. V BUTCH AND THE XEW CARS Butch, the Mayor of State street, lately left . Ws , chosen realm to fend7r itself and took himself down the length t auto mobile row to inspect the. 1949 models. Butch is a connoisseur of auto mobiles, albeit he has rarely rid den in them. He can recognize each kind and species as far as the eye can see. On hia recent Journey to the motor marts. Butch collected a ast quantity of literature extoll ing the merits of the products of Detroit's marrel-splnning mech anics. He hai Inspected these with care. Like the arerage pros pect Butch pays more attention to the pictures than to the tech nical talk. , - He has not yet decided whether to. bare a Cadillac or a Packard. Salem Transient Hotel Is The Hotel d Ulnto, Salem's uniquej hostelry: for the housing and care of transients, opened for the winter season yesterday. The 'hotel. located on the third floor of the city hall, will operate through the winter on funds prorided by the Community Chest and voluntary contributions of foodstuffs. Operated by the city police de- partment. the Hotel de MInto pro rides transients a night and morning meal, a night's lodging and bath facilities. Onlf ,one , night" - stands are allowed and transients are required to more on the next day. - The guest list on the opening day was slight, but Is expected to swell to SO or 0 nightly when colder, weather sets In. Pioneer Settler Dies in Montana MISSOULA, Jlont., Not. 1 UP Mrs. I. R. McDonel, 5, PhlW llpaborg. Mont., resident for half a century, died here today after an illness of several months. - She was born in Oregon. Her father, the late Dr. WUliam B. Royal, Is reputed to hare been a pioneer settler in the Pacifle northwest.. - wO Opened Two Hundred Workers Are Added to Marion WPA Rolls Two : hundred workers have fceen added, to the active WPA rolls In Marion county since Sep tember IS. low point in the work relief employment year, local representatives , of - the Works ' projects administration announced yesterday. The county" now has 1,2 J 5 men and 105 women at work on various local projects and an additional 115 men -on projects sponsored by other federal agen- Despite the Increase kflhe rolls, they are below those of a year ago by 1.019 persons, including those employed on other than WPA projects. - , . No sharp increase in the local rolls Is anticipated soon because operations are being conducted under a ruling providing that only those workers who are, returning Guard Ve o o A Li Sear English Naval Boats Bade Atlantic - Gale in Hunt foi --"'r r I Freighter Cknlmore Believed Struck by Submarine Near New York WASHINGTON, Nor. , l.Ph Naral and coast g n a r d vessels bucked an Atlantic gale tonight to search for a B r 1 1 1 s h freighter which flashed word she had been beset by a submarine about ISO miles from New York.. The scene of : the attack as re ported by the freighter Coulmore, a 352-foot Collier, was 62.31 de grees west of Greenwich, 100 miles inside the Pan American ''neutrality zone" fixed at the re cent Panama conference. Official quarters here said that if it were established that a sub marine had fired a torpedo with' in the neutral zone the United States would consult immediate ly with other American republics as to what steps to take. Diplomatic Action Probably Would Be Protest The diplomatic action probably would result in a protest to the of fending power, either by the United States and the other Am erican republics individually or by (Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.) - Flint Is Expected To Pass Bergen American Ship Thought Worming Way .Through . -1 Blockade- . -BERGEN, Norway, Nov." 1 lPl The American freighter City of Flint, expected to pass Bergen to morrow, was believed tonight to be worming a blockade-dodging course southward along the irreg ular coast of Norway. Norwegian authorities kept sec ret any Information they might have about the freighter, which is being sailed by a German prize crew, but shipping circles here expressed the belief the ship was nearing waters In the vicinity of Bergen. This view was, based on calculations of the time required after she left Romsoe at 4 p. m. Monday. J The last direct Information of the vessel was the report of her being sighted yesterday off Lod in gen light, 600 miles north of here, en 1 route from Murmansk, Sorlet Russian artclc port, to some port In Germany. i BERLIN. Nov. 1 (JP) A Ger man spokesman tonight expressed the belief that there was an even chance that ships of the British blockade would not try very hard to halt the American freighter City of Clint because of the Unit ed States' request to both Britain and Germany that nothing be done to s endanger the American crew of 41. : Under command of a German prize crew, the City of Flint la en route to Germany from the Rus sian port of Murmansk. Portland Police Arrest Two Men PORTLAND. Nor. 1-iPV-De tectlve Captain J. J. Keegan said today two men had been arrested on assault and battery charges following a complaint by two young women and a man. . Keegan. said the men arrested gave the names of Buford Brown, 23, and ; Arthur Lee Watts. 20. Watts was charged also with at tempted rape. : The men were arrested after the women complained three men attempted to attack them last night on southwest Barnes road. Two motorists, one of whom was beaten, rescued the girls. - from private employment may be assigned to WPA project Jobs. There are now 147 persons await ing assignment. , Workera.'applylng'ior WPA Jobs are required to present their social security numbers and state employment - office identification cards and all WPA workers are required to renew their registra tions at - the employment offices every 30 days. Continuing eligi bility of WPA workers to remain on the work relief rolls is being rechecked by social workers every six monUxs. ,The WPA officials said there were 278 persons eligible for WPA jobs who at present were In. private employment as against (D4 no classified September 15. Polk eountv now has 112 men at work on WPA projects. Mails Letter, Gets Answer df Police : And Fire Wagons NEW YORK, Nov. Goa Madronla, who , doesat speak English, had two things to do ta a harry today mall a letter and catch a train for Ore- lie aaJer the letter ; ta What he thought was a corner mail box." . - Six fire wagons and two po lice cars responded. A kindly magistrate dismiss ed t&e charge, and Madronla was en hia way to Oregon still a little bewildered. Finland Ready to Settle With Soviet Delegation Expected , to Say 'No' to Demands ' ; Of Russia ! ! ! HELSINKI, Nor. l-(ff)-FlnIand is prepared to "make a far-reach ing settlement" with soviet Rus sia but will reject proposals which "would rob us of the possibility of defending , the , Independence and neutrality of our land," For eign Minister Erkko declared to night. . 'Speaking to a defense benefit 'meeting, the foreign minister de clared Foreign Commissar Molo- totfs disclosure of Russia's de mands before the Russian parlia ment yesterday had created "queer atmosphere." , He spoke as a five-man Finnish delegation Journeyed toward Mos cow to deliver what observers be lieved was a firm "no" to soviet demands, as disclosed yesterday. but with counter proposals ef'its own. " , : Erkko said his country would Insist to the end on its right as a neutral and its right to self defense. The Finnish people, he added, were ready "to throw Into the scale all we own, for these rights. in England to Begin Bacon and Batter Will Be ' Limited Starting in Mid-December LONDON, Nov. l-UPV-A gov ernment announcement that food rationing would begin next month brought to every h o m e in this ship-fed island tonight the war at sea - where two more British ships" were sunk and two German pocket battleship raiders were re ported to be at large. The sinking of the Liverpool steamship- Bronte, and a British freighter east of: Cuba added nearly 10,000 tons to the more than 200,000 tons of British mer chant shipping sent to the bottom since the war started. . (The unnamed freighter pre snmably was the 1.070-ton Coul more which flashed word last night she had been attacked by a submarine about 080 miles east of New York.) t r.V Food Minister W. S. Morrison announced that rationing of ba con and butter would start in mid- December with the limit at four ounces of each per week per per son. Bacon Includes ham. : ' Morrison said that "for the present" imports of butter and bacon from European sources have been reduced" but that there still was enough meat and sugar. Ration hooks Include coupons for meat, sugar, margarine and cook ing fats, which may be rationed later. ; . , r"- s' !, ; T President Praises Housing Authority WASHINGTON. Not 1 fan- President Roosevelt told the Unit ed States housing authority: on its second anniversary today that It eould take "satisfaction m knowing that, a long-felt need is being met and added that "this la the democratic war. -thla la tha American way.' ; , - ' -? . The President'a-ietter was read by Nathan Straus, administrator of the USHA,- in a nation-wide (NBC) broadcast commemorating the anntveraarr. Straus aaidthat more than 10 - housing projects are under construction, nearly 60.000 homes - for low-income families r are being built and gronnd will he broken for 25,000 more by the end of the year, Flier Sentenced to - HfeTmpiisonment MACON. Mo.. Not. 1 UPS Earnest ' Pletch, 29-year-old In diana amateur flyer, was sen tenced to life Imprisonment -late today after he pleaded guflty, in a surprise move, to the fantastic airplane slaying of Carl Eivens. Brookfield, Mo flying instructor. r Circuit Judge Harry J. Libby of Shelblna said the sentence was In accordance with the wish, of Bivens widow that Pletch not be given the deth penalty. Food Rationing Martial Law Is Established m 500-of Nation's Smaller '. Towns Are Covered ' by Decree Measure Is ; . Said to : Precautionary in 11 Provinces . Be THE HAGUE. Nov. 1 JP) A royal decree tonight established martial law In key Netherlands defense communities. Including BOO of the nation's. 1200 smaller towns and villages, to bolster mil itary plans and curb espionage. Informed circles said the de cree, which covered parts of eight of The Netherlands' 11 provinces, was precautionary and not be cause of any external threats of violation of the country's neu trality The whole of Utrecht province. except for" its capital of the same name, was placed under martial law. ----- No large cities were affected bv the proclamation, which placed about 500 towns and villages, as well as other strategic areas, un der martial law." Moat of .Towns Are on German Frontier These towns and villages are scattered over the enure country. but most of them are situated along the German-Netherlands frontier, the northern and west ern seacoast districts and In the regions which would be Inundated In case the country were invaaea by belligerent armies. The decision to Invoke martial law waa said In Informed circles entirely to be a precautionary measure connected with Nether lands defense clans and not be cause of any external threats of violation of the nation's aeatrali Itr. ' V . - The area placed unaer marusx law included the entire: province of Utrecht except for the provin cial capital of the same name. The province Is In the central Netherlands and Is vital to the In undation scheme. Small Section Has Already Been Flooded A small section of Utrecht al ready, haa been flooded in test ing- out the water defense line which Netherlands relies upon to protect the most populous part of the country in the event of in vasion. , , The strategic island of Ame- land, off the north coast, also was named in the proclamation. Martial aw was invoked In the World war, but the present de cree covers a greater area. Authoritative quarters said the decree was not directed against the liberty of the press and that no action was contemplated to ward suppression of any publica tions. : . Premier Jan de Geer threat ened yesterday that martial law might be used to prevent circu lation of organs of The Nether lands socialist party. Under the decree the military is empowered to suspend all civil functions, but officials said mili tary measures would be taken only in case of emergency. Aatboriuca Forbid Entrance To Martial Law Areas Military authorities eould for bid entrance to the martial law areas, expel undesirable persons, elose cafes and theaters, forbid public meetings and ration food. It waa pointed out that while martial law was put into force in the first days of the World war in 1014, the military never exer cised the right to supersede civil authority. . . Dutch Villages Adventurers Bid Admiral Byrd ' Farewell at Admiral IUchard C Crrd (left), who soon begins another Toyage of exploration to Cie Antarctic, receives the good wishes of fellow soembera of The Order of Adventurera at a farewell banquet la Aew ' York. Center, is Lowell Thomas, a long-time newspaper friend of Bjrd, and ri;bt, Dr. Hoy Chapman Andrews, world-famous explorer. FRENCH EVACUATE AS GERMANS START PUSH . ....... ) t NAZI FLAN 6.S, fcPQET- Threat of a major Xazi attack loomed oa the western front following xor im nrss unw u cne war ana acoutXB piaaes crossed Into France near tno Maglnot Xane. Map shows activity from the English Channel to Switzerland during activity which might precede the war's biggest push to date. ' ' . , , French Drive Off German Forces Nazis Attempt to Encircle Frontier Village in 'North Flank PARIS. Nov. l.UPt-A. German force of 1,000 men which attempt ed to encircle an unidentified French frontier village on the northern tnk. of the w e a t e r n front'JRras Reported today to have been driven oft by . French .fire. An artillery bombardment last ing an hour was said to have pre ceded the attack. The French had abandoned a small advance post In the village before the attack reached it. ' The Germans held a cluster of houses for a short time before a battalion of Poilus counter-attack ed and drove the nazis back to their original line, the French re ported. There was no announce ment of casualties. The French general staff re ported "habitual activity" during the day by Infantry units on both sides. Military dispatches from the Moselle and Nied river sectors snd from the Warndt forest told of French outposts halting German raids In those areas. Prevails in State PORTLAND, Nov. l-(1Tr-Freez- ng temperatures in the mountains and sharp valley atmosphere pre- valledtoday aa Oregon entered the final month of autumn. - Baker was the chilliest spot la the state this morning, at 21 de grees, 11 below freezing. Other readings Included Bend 2 9,' Brook ings SO, Burns 29, Eugene 61, Hood River SO. Lakeview 28. Newport SI, North Bend 61. Pen dleton 23, Portland 41, Roseburg 62, Siskiyou Summit 44: The federal weather bureau pre dicted little temperature change tonight and Thursday. Clouds probably will form in the .west, accompanied by light rains on the coast. . - ' " - r ... New York Banquet Freezing Mercury ft . v ft ' f t r i - m - .. ' W t - Li . ' Senator Holman Lauds McNary at State Rally States no Man in Public Life Is Better Qualified to Fulfill America's Need for a President .Able to Lead Nation to Peace - By RALPH C. CURTIS; ' ' PORTLAND, Nov, lv need, greater now than ever in history, lor a prr-idenrabie to lead the nation along the safe path .to peace and orderly, constitutional government, no man in public life is better qua lified than Senator Charles I Such was the expression Attack of Molotoff Answered by FR Roosevelt Produces Public Record and Reissues Soviet Notes' WASHINGTON, Nov. !-)- President Roosevelt, who had been criticised yesterday by Rus sian Premier Molotoff for "In tervening" for Finland dug op and reissued tonight an official record which recalled that Russia had given "profound, sympathy" only six months ago to his efforts to prevent attacks on Finland, Poland and other European na tions. . Mr. Roosevelt's action appar ently waa both a reply to thajlo- lotoff speech and a new effort to show that a bond of sympathy links . Finland and the United States. - In the house neutrality debate today Rep. McCormick ( D-Mass ) demanded the United States re call its ambassador to Russia be eanse ofMolotoffs criticism of the president, ' He described both Russia and Germany aa "the anti-God forces of the world today," and added that with the embargo "we are lending practical aid to those forces that would destroy reu nion and Impeding other forces not trying to destroy religion. Western Union Hit By Board Ruling WASHINGTON. Nov, l-(ffV-Ths national labor relations board or dered the ' Western , Union Tele graph company today to disestab lish Its X 0-year old association of Western Union employes as a bar gaining agency; and reimburse its employees for association dues de ducted from pay envelopes since July S,'1SSS. The board said Its order was based en a finding that the asso- citkm was "supported and domin ated" by the company. The na tional labor .relations, act desig nates the support of so-called company- anions as an unfair labor practice." ..' -. : ' -:. -' ' The board also ruled ' that the company, discouraged membership of Its employees in other labor or ganizations by giving employment preference to those who were will ing to join the association. Ashland Youth Dies ,-. ASHLAND. Nov. 1 (--Inju ries suffered Monday when a team of horses ran away with a hay rake were fata to Don King. II, son of a city fireman, last night. - The youth tried ta ride one of the hitched horses. The driver, Russell Fowler, was sllgbt- rj injured. heavy German) artillery fire opened (Special) To fulfill America's Mcwary of Uregon. of McNary's junior colleague Qfrom Oregon in the senate, Rnfus C. Holman, keynote speaker at the statewide McNary for - President rally which drew hundreds of Mc Nary's friends and admirers, some of them of opposite political faith, to the civic auditorium here to night. At least! 50 of those In the audience were from Salem. Information that letters, tele grams and telephone calls endors ing McNary hava been pouring in not only from all parts of Oregon, but also from Washington, Idaho and California was presented by Kern Crandall, state republican central committee chairman. He predicted that tha : movement would extend-to every state west of the Mississippi, . "He can be this man needed to bring us back to sanity. Cran dall concluded. His belief waa supported by O. M. Plummer, chairman of the meeting, who de clared that "the agricultural west will rally around" McNary. ; The rally was arranged by A. R. McKlnley president of the state-wide McNsry-tor-President club, local chapters of which are being organized in many commu nities. 4 The support of tsaiem, McNary a home town, in this movement was promised by State Senator Doug las McKay, who briefly sketched McNary's life and emphasized his continued close association with his lifetime home community. He has not lost the common touch." said McKay. There are men in the adminis tration who would not be unwill ing to see America In this Eu ropean war to take the people's (Turn to Page Z. Col, 4) 194 0 County Welfare Budge Estimate to Be The county welfare budget esti mate for 1140 will be set at ap proximately $182,000, an Increase of 118,000 over the appropriation for this year of $112,000. County Commissioner Roy. 8.. Melson re vealed yesterday. Total county estimate for direct relief, old-age assistance, ' aid to dependent children and blind aid runs to a total of $469,240. plus $1000 for Indigent medical aid. of which the county would be ex pected to Pay 20 per cent, except in the caa of the $0000 estimate tor medical care, of which , the county would have to pay 40 per cent.-.' - ." - . Increase in the welfare- budget Melson ascribed to the action of previous legislatures la reducing old-age assistance eligibility from TO .to C5 years, with the result that tha county haa yet to act oa over 20 valid applications.- Tha additional $16,000. should the county budget committee act favorably on it at ita first regular meeting to be held tomorrow at the courthouse, and at future ses sions, would allow about 20 new applications to be acted upon fa vorably durlnr every month of the established relief rate. With allowance made for sew Jones Returns By Plane From San Francisco Reserves Statement Till Questioning of Books : Is Checked Upon Auditor's Report to Go to Grand Jury Today, ; Says Prosecutor . City Recorder Jones returned te Salem yesterday afternoon and de clared he felt ; "there is nothing wrong with m$ affairs as city re corder" in answer to the report el Lester W. Barr, auditor retained last Saturday by the city council, that his books failed to account for $4081.39. From his apartment Jones, his voice sounding tired, told a States man reporter over the telephone last night that he would make a further statement after investigat ing the report concerning his of fice. CompIete Checkup of ,- All Details Planned ! "There are so many things have happened here in town that I feel Dmnit make a complete checkns of all details, before I make any further statement at this time, the recorder explained. Jones caught the morning plane out of San Francisco, landed at the Portland airport at 11:22 a. nt. and a short time later came to Sa lem by automobile with friends. He declared the first Inkling he received that his absence from the. city since October 21, when be at tended a football game at Eugene, . had aroused any public notice waa conveyed ,by bis secretary, Careyl Braden, when he telephoned from San Francisco Tuesday nigbt to advise - her he would not return until Sundayr Went Away to Cure , Cold, Jones Explains ' ' . Jones said he also had not bad prior notice of the audit's being made and Its conclusions. He weat away, he said. In an effort to rest np and recover from a severe cold with which he had been suffering for several weeks. . The Marion county grand Jary will begin this morning taking testimony regarding tbe auditor's report on tbe recorder's office, (Turn to Psge 2, Col. 6) Police, Department Has New Tricycle Foolproof Motorcycle With Rear Wheels Here For Traffic The police department waa lout" about aa tickled as, a kid with new tricycle yesterday. The reason wss that the police department had just got its new tricycle. The tricycle, which is a fool proof motorcycle with two rear wheels, will be used in checking overtime parking. It is an import ant adjunct to the police cam paign to speed up downtown traf fic and j will free a number ef policemen now engaged In park ing checking for traffic control work. ' Patrolman Louis Burgess gave the new vehicle its trial run yes terday. What policemen will be permanently assigned to rids it has not yet been decided. "I can't think of any of tbeaa who wouldn't crack It up," Cater of Police Frank A. Mlnto com mented when quizzed. The motor tricycle is radio equipped and Tats a capacious lug gage compartment between tbe two rear wheels. 9 Set at SI 83, 000 applications and for withdrawal of old applications through death, it Is estimated thst-by January 1, 1141, the number of recipients of old-age 'relief will have la creased from 1090 to 1S90. Old age assistance is now at the av erage rate of $21.50 monthly. Applications' . for relief of de pendent children will be handled . in a slmilsr fsiblon, with five new applicatons added to the re lief rolls monthly. Tbe averare ' grant allowed at present is $4 2. ST monthly. . . , , , , . Kelson' pointed "out yesterday that in- general ftlief, oid-as benefits and dependent child -alstance Marlon county paymeats are closely comparable to tL or otner counties of like size, as J the average for tbe state. State aversre for direct reiUt by counties is $19. CQ. In compari son, llsrion county pays $19.32 per person: una county. S23.3C. and Clackamas. $21. 89. Tbe stata average In old-age payments ii $21.28 per month, as compare I with $21.0$ in Marion county acJ $20.23 in Lane county. Dependent child erllef for the atate arerares $40.21 per case, and . in Marion county, $42.07; Lana county, $14. SO. and Clackamas count. $27.18.