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No, 271
POUMOOD 1651
Rain Is Torrential
On Anniversary of
Worst River Flood
Hn One Ha.
'Paul Hauser'g Column
We went to Mr. Lorlng
Schmidt's opera house the other
night to see "Hia Girl Friday,"
motion picture,
which used to be
'The Front
Page," but which
has been reju-
vntiQTA1 nr t Vl P
'J
simply device oti
turning. H i 1 d
Jonnson, tne re-i
sorter who
couldn't quit,
from a man into
a gai
The scientists PJ H. Bum, ir.
have a word for this sex reversal,
usually applied only to chickens
and guinea pigs, but the only
word we have for it is that Miss
Rosalind Russell is a good enough
Ilildy Johnson for our money. We
mean no offense to Pat O'Brien,
who was Hildy Johnson in the
former or male version of the
Ben H e c h t-Charles McArthur
play.
We were, in fact, thoroughly
pleased by the whole play.
There was only one thing that
stark in our craw (or epiglottis.
If, as some people say, humans
are crawless). That was at the
very beginning when it . was
flashed on the screen that "this
all happened In the good old
days. None of the characters
depicted here are like newspa
permen yon may happen to
know."
That's our personal war with
Hollywood today. Here they go in
a hundred pictures and build up
us reporters as a happy-go-unlucky
bunch, yet meeting dead
lines on the quarter-hour despite
all perils; drunken, mayhap, but
loveable in a slimy sort of way.
Yes, Hollywood in its sweet
fashion, gave us glamor.
And now what do they do?
They deny it ail and in one flicker
on the screen tempt to take
away all they gate us! Can't they
leave well enough alone, we ask?
Yah, Hollywood. Indian giv
er. Carl Charlton, Chief Minto's
right bower, addressed Par
rish junior high civics class on
Policemen and How They Get
That Way" the other day.
Charlton Said he experienced
no difficulty in discipline. "All
you have to do," he said, "is
lay a gun on one side of the
table and a sap on the other."
With the opening of a new
theatre the You Can't Do That
to Ms Twice club has doubled its
efforts in its membership cam
paign, despite its dislike of dou
bles in anything, especially dou
ble features. The club considered
offering two memberships for the
price of one, but vetoed the plan
as against public policy. The
group also voted to exclude twins
from membership.
City police were yesterday
examining with Interest a live
barnacle, which Radio Operator
Cllve Scott claimed he found on
the street. There are, however,
no vacancies on the force at
present.
It Pringle Creek Park
Note; old Camp Get Name
Pringle Creek park was last
night approved by the city coun
cil as a name for the recreation
grounds between South Church
and South Winter streets former
ly known as the municipal auto
park. The name of Highland park
was approved for the newly cre
ated park opposite the Highland
school.
Citizens Spurn Latest Plan
for Prettying Up Postoffice
After expressing almost unani
mous disapproval of landscaping
plans for the postoffice grounds,
a group of Interested residents
meeting at the chamber of com
merce last night authorized Post
master H. R- Crawford to ask
Washington officials If an associ
ate landscape architect from Sa
lem might be appointed to work
with government planners.
Main objection to fhe plan, the
second sent from Washington, D C
for local approval, was that - It
contemplates too heavy planting
and that it is not in sumonj
itk 4li..i1aiil l.niMnbi In
the adjoining Wilson and Waver-
ly parks, xne ursi pian was un
approved because plants used
were not suiiea io wis tiuiuw.
Am ivy ground covering, at the
entrance of the building, using
10SO ivy plants In a strip 14 feet
wide, was another point unani
mously disapproved in the new
plan.
George Otten, landscape archi
tect In the state highway depart
ment, expressed, the opinion that
the seven red oaks planned for
each ot the twofront corners of
the ground were too heavy and
tint on- tie Church and Cpoit
Troller Is Rescued
After two P?ys
or
In Heavy
Downpou Inch
In Salcco odore
Rail Way
ASTORIA, Feb. 5-(p)-T h e
coastguard cutter Onondaga tow
ed the missing 4 8-foot troller Sea
Waif into port tonight, complet
ing the rescue of the craft and
its two crewmen.
The boat was battered and wa
terlogged after a two-day buffet
ing in heavy storms. It left New
port last Friday for the Colum
bia river. An earlier report that
there were three men aboard
proved incorrect.
Capt. W. E. Nichols, Portland,
said only the fact that the inter
coastal freighter Willmoto sight
ed the boat's distress signals at
noon Monday and summoned the
coast guard cutter saved the graft
from going into the surf. The
boat became disabled Saturday.
W. O. Gordon also was aboard
the Waif, which is owned by A.
Began of Portland.
It rained in Salem yesterday.
The steady downpour after 2 p.
m. brought down 1.60 inches, ac
cording to the weather bureau,
which forecast rain again for to
day and Wednesday. Old-timers
recall that 50 years ago Sunday
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Britain Will Free
Nine of 21 Nazis
Compromise on Japanese
Protest Announced ;
Case not Closed
TOXYO, Feb, 6-(Tuey)-
-Foreign Minister Hachlro Arita
told the diet today Great Britain
had agreed to return nine of 21
German seamen seized January
20 from the Japanese liner Asa
ma Maru, but "I cannot say that
the case is entirely settled."
The foreign minister said Japan
would continue to negotiate for
surrender of all the seamen and
added:
"Although the Japanese gov
ernment does not fall to appreci
ate the desire on the part of the
British government to seek speedy
settlement of the Asama Maru
case, it cannot express satisfac
tion because the number of Ger
mans to be delivered to Japan
ese authorities is only part of
those whose extradition was de
manded." Arita disclosed at the same time
that Japanese shippers had been
instructed to refuse to accept as
passengers belligerent nationals
who have "enlisted In military
services, and those who may poss
ibly be enlisted."
Arita expressed the belief this
action would prevent a recurrence
of a similar Incident.
The Germans were taken from
the Japanese liner 35 miles off
Yokohama after the vessel had
been halted by a British warship
with a Bhot across her bow. They
were Interned at Hongkong, Bri
tish crown colony.
Tracing the diplomatic ex
change that resulted consisting
to date of a Japanese protest, a
British answer, a Japanese reply
to the answer and finally the set
tlement Arita said Britain in
sisted the seizure was legal and
proper.
The British acknowledged, how
ever, Arita said, that some of the
prisoners "were short in their mil
itary service and adaptability."
Aparently the foreign minister
meant that not all those seized
could be considered eligible for
German, war service.
streets corner they would inter
fere with the maples already
growing. Three in each- group
would be enough, he said.
Miss Elizabeth Lord, chairman
of the park board, said that she
believed maintenance costs on
the hedge of glossy abelia, plan
ned to encircle the grounds, would
be too high. Such a hedge would
require clipping three times a
year, she said.
Several stated that, while the
extensive planting which the gov
ernment is willing to do Is appre
ciated. easterners probably "do not
realise how. rapidly things grow
In . this . climate and son and so
have planned too extensively. '
Called for In the plan are 108
laurnstinus, 11 English holly,
1940 Ivy, SC white rhododendron,
60 holly osananthus, eight Nor
way maple, 20 Japanese sklmmia,
77 Mexican orange, 54 white ca
melia, 479 abelia, 14 red oak, six
sweet gum and 56 firethorn.
About 16 people, representing
landscape gardeners, nurserymen
and others Interested, attended
the meeting, called by Manager
F.D. Thielsen ot the chamber
of commerce at the suggestion of
Postmaster Crawfor.4.
Jefferson Mayor
Called by Death
Dr. H. C. Epley
Dentist-Musician
Well Known Here
Seng Leader Prominent in
Church Work; Funeral
Will Be Saturday
Dr. H. C. Epley, 71, mayor of
Jefferson and former Salem den
tist, died at his Jefferson resi
dence at 10:40 last night follow
ing an illness for which he had
recently been under care at a
Salem hospital.
On moving from Salem to Jef
ferson two years ago, Dr. Epley
was elected mayor and carried
on a vigorous, successtul cam
paign to have the pioneer Conser
hotel converted into a city hall
and library.
During his many year's resi
dence in Salem, Dr. Epley at
tained prominence as a song lead
er and worker in the First Chris
tian church. He served as choir
director at the church and song
leader for the Salem Rotary club
for many years and also was long
superintendent of the Christian
church Sunday school.'
He was former president of
the state dental association, a
member of the Salem Elks, the
uad Fellows, Kebekans, and a
charter member of the Salem
Cherrians.
Also interested rn the affairs
of the Cornelia A. Davis estate
at Turav.DrJi Epley was at the
time oi bis death president of the
board of the Turner Memorial
home, an institution provided for
by the estate.
Henry Clifford Epley was born
In Scio, April 8, 1868. He was
first married to Minnie N. Shaw,
daughter of pioneer Judge J. T.
(Turn to Page 8, Col. 5)
Progress Lacking
On India's Demand
NEW DELHI, India. Feb. 5-(yF)
-Mohandas K. Gandhi and Vice
roy Lord Linlithgow failed to
day to agree on Indian demands
for Independence, the third such
stalemate since the European war
started.
Gandhi apparently stood firm
on the congress (nationalist)
party demand for Immediate con
sideration of India's independence
while Lord Linlithgow reiterated
Britain's stand to postpone final
action until after the war.
The tall British statesman and
the wry little leader of India's
millions of Hindus conferred two
and a half hours but a communi
que indicated the only point of
agreement was "to defer for the
present further discussions."
The communique said the vice
roy repeated British assurances
India's Independence would be
considered "when the time came"
presumably after the war and
suggested "the federal scheme act
while at present in suspense af
forded the swiftest stepping stone
towards dominion status."
Odd Fellows Are
Thanked by Craig
For Fine Funeral
PRINEVILLE, Feb. 5-(V
George Craig sent Prlneville Odd
Fellows a note of thanks today
for the fine funeral they gave
him Saturday.
Startled lodge men checked up,
found that Craig, patient in a lo
cal hospital, was both alive and
amused.
The errort occured when
Craig's relatives were erroneous
ly notified after Al Nichols, old
time Prlneville resident, died last
week. The mistake was dis
covered before Nichols' body was
sent east to Craig's relatives.
SOUTHERN
j -
Torrents of rain, accompanied by
recenUy in one of the section's
Angeles woman. Photo shows
mired xnotorlstsvIIN pboto
British Losses
At Sea Mount;
Big Ship Sinks
Canadian Beaverburn Is
Torpedo Victim; Crew
Is Believed Saved
Minesweeper Also Down
and Fear Expressed
Half Crew Gone
LONDON, Feb. e-(Tuesday)-(AVBritain
counted new losses
today In the relentless war at
sea as the 9,874-ton Canadian Pa
cific steamer Beaverburn was re
ported torpedoed off the Irish
coast a few hours after the mine
sweeper Sphinx, crippled by Ger
man air raiders, sank as she was
being towed to port.
Mystery shrouded the sinking
of the Beaverburn, which was
announced in a terse bulletin by
the authoritative British press
association. No details on the
number of casualties was Im
mediately available.
Shipping circles said it was un
likely that full details would be
known until rescue vessels had
picked up survivors.
Owners of the ship, a fast
freighter plying between Liver
pool and St. John, New Bruns
wick, said she carried a crew of
between 100 and 200 men.
A competent Bource said there
was reason to believe mat au
except one had been rescued.
Over Half of Crew
Is Feared Lost
The foundering of the Sphinx,
a vessel of 875 tons, Drougni to
24 the number of British naval
(Turn to page 2, col. 8)
Call for Budgets
For '41-'42 Given
State Heads Asked to Turn
in Requests and Draft
Their Bills Early
In a move toward speeding
proceedings for the 1941 legis
lative session. Governor Charles
A. Sprague yesterday sent out
letters urging all state depart
ment heads to complete by De
cember IS -any -bills they may
have to present and to turn in
their 1941-42 budget requests by
August 1.
"In there has been complaint
that executive departments failed
to have ready at the opening of
the legislative session, bills which
they wished to have enacted, with
the result that the legislature was
delayed in its work,'' the gover
nor's letter explained.
"I want there to be no cause
for such criticism in connection
with the next legislative session.
Accordingly, I request that all de
partment heads schedule their
work in 1940 so that material
they desire to present to the next
legislature will be ready for that
bodj when it convenes.''
Governor Sprague said the
outline of all department bills
should be ready for review, by his
office not later than September 1.
The governor indicated that
prompt action by department
heads In connection with prepar
ing their budgets would assist
the budget director in completing
bis material for the legislature.
Finns Deny Russ
Unit Annihilated
HELSINKI, Feb. 6-(Tuesday)-(jip-FinniBh
soldiers watched the
Karelian isthmus and the Lake
Ladoga regions today for the next
major development in the war
with Russia, but reports abroad
that the Russian 18th division
had been destroyed were denied
by a headquarters representative.
The spokesman said the report
of the annihilation of the division
apparently arose from the fact
that a decisive development north
of Lake Ladoga, in the Kitela
area, had been awaited for days
since the soviet offensive there
had been stalled and many Rus
sians were cut off from their sup
plies. Some observers Interpreted a
heavy Russian attack at Summa,
on the Karelian Isthmus, as a
Russian attempt to divert the
Finns from the Ladoga region and
relieve the two divisions reported
stranded there.
Instead, the Finns have been
boring into Russian positions
north of the lake and yesterday's
communique announced the tak
ing of a new stronghold, the kill
ing of 500 Russians and the cap
ture ot seven tanks and other war
materials.
CAL. EXPERIENCES DELUGE
freak electrical storms, smashed the face of soatheni California again
wettest winters In years. T.fghiitng struck two homes, injured a Los
hub - deep roads near Vm Nuts, In which going appears to be tongh for
. " :
Mimicipcd Power
Is Launched
9 More Jurors
Called in for
Drager's Trial
Drawing of Trial Panel,
Uncompleted Monday,
Resumes at 9:30
County Treasurer Faces
Charge of Larceny
of $23,520 Sum
Drawing of nine special Jurors
was ordered by Judge L. H. Mc
Mahan when it became apparent
yesterday afternoon that the
regular January term venire
would be exhausted before a Jury
could be agreed upon to hear the
case of David G. Drager, county
treasurer indicted on a charge of
larceny of $23,520 in county
funds, which opened yesterday
in circuit court.
The order for a special venire,
which marked the end of a long
and tedious day spent In Interro
gation of prospective Jurors by
both sides, became necessary
when the number of Jurors re
maining on the list shrank below
the number of challenges still
held by counsel for both sides.
Five Women Drawn
In Special Venire
In consequence County Clerk
U. G. Boyer and Sheriff A. C.
Burk presided at the drawing of
the nine "good and lawful per
sons," some of whom, attorneys
agreed, will probably become
Jurors when the panel is com
pleted today.
The nine chosen included Fae
L. Kuenstlng, housewife, St. Paul;
Floria A. Crittenden, housewife,
Englewood: Helen M. Pemberton,
housewife. East Woodburn; Amos
C. Branch, truck driver, Salem;
Stella N. Alsman, housewife, Sa
lem;. Joseph M. Kavanaugh, la
borer, Salem; Jessie M. Davidson,
housewife. Pringle; Fhiuip- J
May, farmer, East Mt. Angel, and
Leif Bergsvik, superintendent,
(Turn to Page 2, Col. 1.)
Violence Occurs
In Toledo Strike
TOLEDO, 0., Feb. 5-;p)-Armed
guards at the West Central ave
nue plant of the Ohio Fuel Gas
company were stoned tonight in
the first outbreak of violence in
Toledo's five-day gas workers'
strike.
No injuries were reported.
Police Capt. Charles Hennesy
attributed the stoning to the ap
pearance of the guards with shot
guns. A picket line had been main
tained around the fenced property
since the strike was called last
Wednesday but the guards had
not been armed prior to tdday.
Police reserves were called out
as the first stones were hurled,
but there were no arrests. The
plant has been operating with the
aid of company workers sum
moned from its other Ohio units.
Hennesy reported three guards
were stationed In a small tower
inside the plant enclosure a nd
several others were nearby. Pick
eting, prior to their appearance,
had been orderly, he said. The
dozen policemen sent to the scene
were able to restore order in three
minutes.
Carpenter Gives
$2000 to Finland
SEATTLE, Feb. S-iJPy-A hum
ble Washington state carpenter's
donation of approximately $2000
to Finnish relief was disclosed
here today.
Alaric W. Qulst, Finnish rice
consul here, received a letter from
Ivar Gull, a native of Finland
who has lived 20 of his more than
60 years in the United States,
with a passbook on a bank In
Finland. The letter expressed the
wish .that the funds "be paid out
for civilian relief or for needy
people."
Quist said Gull, a naturalised
citizen who resides on Whldby
island In Puget sound, inherited
the money and never had re
moved It from the bank at Wasa,
200 mUes northwest of Helsinki.
Hannah Martin Eying
City, County Clerks9
Positions;
Only Duncan, Steelhammer Expected to Run- for
Reelection to Lower House; North End
Legislative Material Sought
By STEPHEN C. MERGLER
Hannah Martin, one of Marion county's four state rep
resentatives, probably will not seek reelection to her present
position but two fellow members of the last session, George
R. Duncan of Stayton and John F. Steelhammer, of Salem,
will, it appeared yesterday.
Mrs. Martin does not, however, intend to quit public of
fice; she is 'shopping around," notO
yet ready to decide what office
she may seek.
Queried yesterday, Mrs. Martin
said persistent reports that she
would file for the republican nom
ination for county clerk were in
exact in that she had not decided
to do so. She might instead seek
the Salem city recordership or
possibly some other salaried of
fice. While Representative Martin Is
looking over the likely offices, re
ports come in that a candidate
from the north end of the county,
not necessarily one of the ex-legislators
there, is being sought,
aside from the efforts of the com
mittee of farmers and business
men which has been meeting
weekly to sift out election ma
terial with the avowed intention
of promoting good government.
Steelhammer is keeping silent
on the question of his again seek
ing election to the lower bouse
of the legislature but it is consid
ered certain that not much urg
ing, from within or from without,
would be required to put him in
the republican primary race. He
resigned a few months ago to ac
cept an assignment by the Mar
ion county court to prosecute its
tax foreclosures; the court , has
not filled the vacancy he left be
hind. ,
Duncan Is known to Intend put
ting up his name again. The
fourth lower house member rep
resenting the county at the last
session, Walter F u h r e r, has
moved to San Francisco and Is out
of the picture for the coming elec
tion. H. R. "Farmer" Jones will take
another try at the legislative race
but Ed R. Jory, who has run sev
eral times, plans this year to skip
the primaries and run as an In
dependent at the November gen
eral election.
First to enter the renublican
nomination ring formally is L. M.
Ramage of Salem, who filed his
notice of Intention Saturday.
Frank P. Murphy
Seated on Bench
WASHINGTON. Feb. B-JPk-
Frank Murphy of Michigan, 46-year-old
bachelor, took bis seat
on the supreme court today, giv
ing it a majority of Roosevelt-appointed
Justices.
As the newest Justice," the
former attorney general took the
chair at the extreme left of the
bench while Justice William O.
Douglas moved ever to the right
flank. Murphy was appointed to
the vacancy created by the death
of Pierce Butler and became Presi
dent Roosevelt's fifth appointee
to the nine-man tribunal.
The session produced only one
decision a unanimous ruling de
livered by Justice Reed, that pri
vate users of the malls who suf
fered loss can not sue to collect
on a postmaster's surety bond.
The court held that postmast
ers' bonds were primarily to pro
tect the government and that
congress Intended that claims on
the bonds would be handled
through the government rather
than through suits by Individ-
uala.
Democrats Choose Chicago;
3rd Term Queries Irk FDR
WASHINGTON, Feb. K-P)-The
democrats chose Chicago, a
center of pro-third term activity,
as their 1940 convention city to
day and left it to National Chair
man James A. Farley to set the
date, presumably after he learns
when the republicans will meet.
These decisions were reached
at an excited and sometimes tur
bulent meeting of th party's na
tional committee, which saw
Houston, in Vice President Gar
ner's own state, vainly offer
$200,000 for the convention;
940,000 more than Chicago's hid.
: Chicago's nearest competitor,
in fact, was Philadelphia, which
also offered $1 50,0 00. For a mo
ment. It appeared that Phila
delphia might win, hut then mem
bers from western states who had
east their, votes for San Fran
cisco and, in some cases for
Houston, switched to the Illinois
city. The final count was Chi
cago 48, Philadelphia 28, Ban
Francisco 7 and Houston 2. One
ot the last two votes was cast by
Garner himself.
After the meeting, Farley told
newspaper men he understood
President Roosevelt himself Xa-
by City
Undecided
.
I5eer .Licenses in
School Vicinities
Protested, Board
A letter protesting issuance
of beer license to establish
ments in residential districts
and near schools was sent by
the Halem school board to the
city council yesterday morn
ing following a special board
meeting.
The meeting was called after
It was learned that the city
council would consider the
transfer of the beer license of
Eugene Hart from a downtown
location on High street to
1210 Broadway. In the protest
ing letter, the particular cane
was not mentioned but a gen
eral statement was made.
In part the letter read, "It
shall be the policy of the board
to oppose issuance of permits
which provide for such exten
sion and that it shall vigorously
remonstrate the licensing of
such places when In proximity
to our pnbUc schools.'
Mott Takes Issue
With Peace Lobby
Resents Implications of
Frederick J. Libby of
National Council
WASHINGTON, Feb.
Members of the house naval af
fairs committee, holding hearings
on the 1655.000,000 navy expan
sion bill, fell into loud argument
today as to whether an opposi
tion witness had implied the com
mitteemen were "incompetent
fools or crooks."
Rep. Mott (R, Ore.) accused
Frederick J. Libby, executive sec
retary of the National Council
for the Prevention of War, of
making that implication.
Libby had asserted that the
committee was working "in the
dark" because it did not know
what size navy the American peo
ple actually want. He proposed
the creation of a Joint congres
sional committee which woald an
swer that question and not serve
as a "rubber stamp" for army and
navy proposals.
When Rep. Church (R, 111.)
attempted to defend Libby from
what he said were Mott's "asper
sions," a sharp exchange ensued
between ' the two congressmen.
Chairman Vinson (D, Ga.) Inter
posed to say he did not believe
Mott's accusation was Justified.
"That's a matter of opinion,"
Mott replied.
Another member of the coun
cil, Jeanette Rankin of Montana,
the nation's first congresswoman,
proposed that the committee spon-
nor a resolution in congress to
limit the navy to purely defensive
sirengin.
vored taking the convention to
Chleago. He Indicated he would
announce the date -for the big
party meeting after the , repub
lican national committee selects
its time, and city at a meeting
here on February If.
Chicago, the scene of Presi
dent Roosevelt's original presi
dential, nomination In 1122, Is
also the home of the powerful
Kelly-Naah democratic organisa
tion which has taken foremost
position In the move to draft Mr.
Roosevelt for an additional term.
" Today's meeting was notable,
too,- for.' a warm - exchange of
felicitations between Farley, who
Is widely 'regarded as a presi
dential aspirant, and Gamer, an
outright candidate. ' Introducing
Farley, Garner referred to him as
the most efficient national chair
man In fifty years and praised
him ae "tbe most agreeable fel
low to work with' be bad ever
known.
Farley returned tbe compli
ment In a nationally broadcast
radio address. In thanking the
members of tb committee . for
past assistance he included
. .(Turn to Page 2 CoL 1)
Study
Council
Definite Plan
To Be Drafted
By Committee
O'Hara Resolution Gets
Support; Bonneville
People Offer Aid
One-Hour Parking to Be
Resumed; Reserve of
Police Approved
Municipal ownership of electric
power facilities again became a
live Issue for the city council last
night as it passed a resolution In
troduced by Alderman David
O'Hara authorizing its public util
ities committee to investigate and
determine the coot of erecting or
acquiring a municipal power sys
tem.
The resolution also called on
the committee to submit to the
council a proposal for such acqui
sition which may In turn be sub
mitted to the people.
Alderman O'Hara, in presenting
the resolution, reviewed the eass
of public power before the coun
cil, recalling that about a year ago
Bonneville authority representa
tives agreed to make a survey of
the cost of installing a public util
ity but that the survey was
dropped when the Portland Gen
eral Electric company agreed to
furnish the information.
Contract With l'tiK
Will Kipire Koon
O Ilara said he had lately Inves
tigated the letter In which the
power company made its survey
offer and found lhat no time lim
it bad been mentioned.
'It could take five years or for
ever, he said.
Reminding the council that tne
city's five-year contract for street
lighting with the Portland Gen
eral Electric company expires
soon, O'Hara said:. "I don't think .
this city will progress as it ought
to progress while It is under the
domination of this power com
pany. ... It is now In bankruptcy
court under two or three different
proceedings. Its affairs are hope
lessly Involved. I'd like to see tbo
city have a municipal plant asd
I'd like to see an estimate of costs
as soon as possible."
Mayor Chadwlck said that a
representative of Bonneville called
on him recently and promised to
furnish soon data on public power
costs applicable to Salem.
One-Hour Parking
Restoration Voted
The council passed, without de
bate, a resolution changing th
downtown parking limit from 4
minutes to one hour and another
police committee resolution estab
lishing a city police reserve of vol
unteer citizens. v
The managership of the airport
was left on a temporary basis as
the council sccepted the recom
mendation of the airport commit
tee to reject bids on leases of both
Lee U. Eyerly of Salem and How
ard Burleson of Albany and call
for new bids.
The council became involved ls
one of its recurring "Beer Barrel
Polkas" with the protest of a
number of residents near Market
and Broadway streets to tbe trans
ference of a beer license to a loca
tion in that neighborhood.
With the council Jammed with
interested residents, who inter-
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Gty Income Tax
Upheld by Court
PHILADELPHIA, Feb. -tV
The Pennsylvania supreme court
upheld today the right of Phila
delphia to impose i 14 per cent
tax on wages and earned Income,
but failed to end a fight which
labor groups havs waged against
the levy since its Inception.
Counsel for a f 10-a-week wld- ,
owed shirt faetory worker, whose
stuck on the validity of the tan
was dismissed, announced they
would carry their battle to the
D B supreme court on tbe ground
the federal constitution was vio
lated. The tax an Important pillar
In the ejty 1140 "pay-as-you-co"
financial program became effes
tlve January 1 for one year as an
"emergency" measure. It la ex
pected to yield I II. 00,000.
Bill for Repeal
Of City Stadium
Act Introduced
i -. . -
. The" municipal stadium tot
which Salem eitlsens voted a f lt
00 bond issue in 1028, win prob
ably never be built."
v introduced Into the .city coun
cil last night by Alderman David
O'Hara was an ordinance calling
for repeal of the charter amend
ment providing for tbe Issuance
ot the $10,000 In bonds. An
other ordinance provided fpr call
ing a special city election at the.
time of the May primaries, to vote
on repealing tbe bond issue.
- The stadium bond issue was .
originally passed by the margin
of only a few votes.
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