FACE TWO
Viipuri Still
Held by Finns
"32 Plane Rake Village
Killing 50; "Brutal"
Attack Protested
(Continued from page 1)
rial? still waved from Vlipurl's hls-
toric caatle.
An official communique on
the Russian bom bine attacks
Mid "the enemy pilot' brutal
bombing of hospitals and beip-
la patients continues. i
"On Tuesday bombing, was. If
poMlble. tnor raw and brutal
Hhan ever before. Altorether
three hospitals were bombed dur
ing the day. In one hospital
more than 10 patients were killed
"and In another at least four.
"Many patients were wound
ed during these raids.
"Also the bombing of civil
ians caused many casualties
Bomb were dropped among
other places, on Mlkkell. where
many people were killed and
pounded; also Koopio and Lehtl.
In both of these towns, accord
ing to reports so far, four people
were killed and many wounded.
In southwestern Finland bombs
were dropped on Forssa. Enemy
pilots opened machine gun fire
against a passenger train."
MOSCOW, March 6-(Wednes-dsy)-Vrne
red army continued
today to close its grip on Viipuri,
its commanders reported, with the
rapture of the town of Neetela.
nine miles northeast of the be
sieged city.
Neetela is just east of Karis-
1ml. a station on the Vtlpurl
8ortavala railway.
' The capture of two islands in
Yilpurt bay, one of them Ratan
saarl. Just north of the Koivisto
fortress taken some days ago.
also was reported as the red
contingents continued mopping
up la the bay area.
Twenty-one Finnish airplanes
were reported shot down in the
aerial war.
The communique did not men
tion the progress of red army
units which were reported yes
terday to have vaulted Viipuri
bay and gained a foothold on the
mainland west of the city in a
movement to take Finnish de
fenses from the rear.
Maverick Assails
Attitude of Dies
WASHINGTON, March i-iJPf-Maury
Maverick, mayor of San
Antonio. Texas, said tonight that
Rep. Dies (D, Texas) had grown
in four years from a man who
liked to play cruel practical jokes
to one who got joy "out of prac
ticing plain cruelties on fellow
human beings."
"What about Martin Dies per
sonally?" Maverick asked. "I
know him; I can give my opinion.
Ia the first place, he is financially
honest. The fact that he may
taake money on lectures and mag
ulna articles is nothing wrong.
And I say frankly that were he a
soldier in a war, I would not be
afraid to trust him . . .
, "But what I sadly deplore is
that Martin Dies does not give
the same credit to Americans of
equal patriotism. He is willing to
smear men and women by the
thousands, and In a manner
strange to American Ideals and
constitutional practices. He is
willing to pin the badge of un
Americanism, by unfair and cruel
methods, on any one else, if this
puts htm to the top."
Surplus Weapons
Offered for Sale
(Continued from page 1)
flcially to be the first such sale
of army, munitions to a foreign
government since the World war.
Some 2500 rifles were reported
reliably, however, to have been
transferred recently to Haiti, and
the Philippine government was
supplied with rifles and mountain
guns for its new army after the
commonwealth was set up In 1935
to' prepare for independence.
Brand Inspector
(For Lake Chosen
Pirector J. D. Mlckle of the
Oregon agricultural department
yesterday announced the appoint
ment ot W. P. Dykeman, Lake
view, aa Lake county brand tn
" spector. Ha succeeds Joha Rose,
who died recently.
Other brand inspectors appoint
ed i recently include Roy Percy.
The Dalles. Wasco county; O. W.
naskey, Mosler, Wheeler county;
Charles R. Chapman, Clarao,
Morrow county; Harry Dines.
Lexlagtoa. Umatilla county, and
J. W. Oossage, Stanfield.
Bids for Highway
Jobs Before Body
Bids for road and bridge Job
aggregating a cost la excess of
$. will be opened by the
tat highway commission at a
meeting to be .held la Portland
March SI and II, R. H. Baldock.
- stat highway engineer, an
nounced Tuesday.
Baldock aald a number of coun
ty delegations probably would ap
pear before th commission ia
behalf of local highway projects.
W Hogg Again Chosen
President, Co-Op Group
MILTON -FREE WATER, Ore.,
March HR-R" W. Hogg of 8a.
less was reelected president, Carl
Rngdahl of Pendleton, Tic pres
ident, and Charles Baker of Walla
Walla, secretary-treasurer at the
annual Pacific Supply cooperative
'Meeting here today. New directors
ehosea wer Pater Peterson ot
Moscow. Ida., and If. B. Damon,
Vancouver, Wash.
Receiving Nobel Prize, Lawrence Tells Discovery
V w
s '
Am Dr. Krnet O. Lrrncc, VC "atom smasher, received the Nobel prise at Berkeley, Calif., ceremo
nies, he sjtaouncrd another startling; scientific discovery revealing one of two unknown elements In
the nnlvme. Discovery of "radio-active carbon" will open new research fields to medical men and
biologists. Photo shows Lawrence receiving Nobel diploma from San Francisco Swedish Consul Gen
eral C E. Wallerstedt. Background, Physicist R. T. Blrge, left, and University of California President
Robert G. Sprool. UN photo.
'Sell American Institutions,9 Dean
Adjures Kiwanis; Frontiers Remain,
Advances in Science Ahead, He Says
"Hiis is a wonderful country," exclaimed Dean U. G. Du
bach of Oregon State college in an address on "Youth and our
Institutions" delivered yesterday before members of the Ki
wanis club at their regular noon luncheon.
"We must sell ourselves again on our great institutions,
the speaker declared, "on our flag and our country.
"I am very much concernedO -
when I hear people questioning
whether our political and social
institutions are right and proper
for our age. Why should we allow
such Questions?
"We don't realixe how great a
right it is to live in this country
bounded by oceans and neighbors
who are afraid of us or with
whom we live in peace. Our coun
try is the moat nearly self-sufficient
in the world, and this we
must recognize."
Dean Dubach declared that "ev
erything is free for the chap
who'll go and get it:"
For the future, the speaker de
clared that American institutions
should again be accepted by the
nation on the basis of five sug
gested variations from the past.
"First." he said, "the more
privileged groups must help car
ry the load of the 'undercrust.'
We must tell our youth that our
frontiers are not gone, and that
the boundaries of science and
technology remain to be pushed
back indefinitely.
"We must revise our economic
philosophy, so that we shall save
rather than spend. This will mean
an economy of plenty rather than
one ot scarcity, in which we shall
get more for leas rather than less
for more.
"FinaUy we must have a revival
of religion as the prime factor in
life."
Judge Dismisses
Big Rubber Suit
NEW YORK, March S.-JP)-Federal
Judge Edward A. Conger
today dismissed the government's
$1,054,478.63 triple-damage suit
against 18 leading tire and rubber
companies which it had accused of
violating the Sherman anti-trust
law by conspiring to fix the prices
ot tires.
In pulling on a motion for dis
missal, filed last April by Luther
Day, counsel for the defendants.
Judge Conger declared the gov
ernment could bring injunction
proceedings or institute criminal
proceedings against the alleged
offenders. The suit was filed in
February. 1 Z9.
Judge Conger observed that this
was the first action brought by
the government under ection 7,
which provides that "any person
who shall be injured in his bus
iness or property by any other
person or corporation by reason
of anything forbidden or de
clared unlawful" in th act shall
be entitled to triple damages.
Early Risers Pick
Club's Committees
Committees wer named at the
second meeting ct the Salem
Breakfast club Tuesday morning
in the Quelle, over which Tom
Hill presided with an oversized
"gaveL"
Clem Howard of First National
hank Is ia charge of next week's
program. No dues shall be charged
according -to a report ot the com
mittee en dab affairs. Initiation
was put in the hands of Kelly
Owens, Ray Maynard and Benton
Stafford. Bert Renhard will in
vestigate recognition badges.
Quadruplets Born Atop
Grand Coulee Dam Are
in Demand as Souvenirs
GRAND COULEE, Wash., Mar.
S.-(F)-A hardy western tabby
cat. disregarding clanging steel
and the working of 3000 men. has
given birth to four kittens on top
of the Grand Coulee dam, B. D.
Cavanaugh, construction guard to
the west key-way to the construc
tion area, reported today.
"Scores of worker hare asked
to be given the cats as souvenirs
of the world' greatest construc
tion Job," Mid Cavanaugh, who
claims possession by virtue of the
fact the dam' tint birth took
flac In Itl guard house.
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Senior Rides Are
Taboo at College
CORVALLIS. Ore.. March biJP)
The custom of taking seniors for
"rides" was abolished tonight by
the Oregon State college interfra
ternity council. Two student vic
tims of a "ride" were found last
week in. Eastern Linn county, par
tially stripped of clothing and ex
hausted. Bob Hirstel, Portland, president
of the council called the organiza
tion together and the action was
agreed on. Formal vote will be
taken Wednesday.
The ride custom started several
years ago. It afforded freshmen,
about to become sophomores, a
chance to "revenge" indignities
Inflicted upon them by seniors
during the school year.
Snedecor Studies
Back Pay Dispute
PORTLAND, March 5.-;P)-Es-tes
Snedecor. special master
named by , the federal circuit
court of appeals, will decide how
the Carlisle Lumber company of
Onalaska, Wash., is to comply
with a circuit court order to pay
more than $158,000 to workers
who were discharged during a
strike.
A hearing will start here to
morrow. The company contends' it is not
financially able to pay.
Because of failure to pay, the
national labor relations board
asked that the company be de
clared in contempt of court.
Company attorneys argued that
the Carlisle property is encum
bered by $340,000 in mortgages
and $29,500 in liens for .delin
quent taxes. Trey said it "would
not bring enough at a forced Bale
to meet the payment.
Tax Frame Study
Is Given Sprague
A study of Oregon's tax struc
ture, to bo used in attracting In
dustries to this state, was pre
sented to Governor Charles A.
Sprague yesterday by the state
tax commission.
The governor, after studying
the report, win send it to the
Bonneville administration. It will
not be released until a similar
aurvey haa been completed In
Washington state.
The Oregon surrey was made
by Charlee V. Galloway and Wal
lace S. Wharton, state tax com
missioners. Lieut Skinner Is
Ordered to Duty
SAN FRANCISCO, March 5
(vp Fifteen lieutenant of the
coast artillery reserve corps
have been ordered to report for
six months of actrvs duty,
starting March 10, with the
regular army.
Stations and officer include:
Second Lieutenant Gordon- L.
Skinner, Salem, Ore.
Davey Will Try Again
COLUMBUS, Ohio, March 5-(-Martln
L. Davey, twice gor
ernor of Ohio, lumped into the
crowded race for the democratic
gubernatorial nomination tonight
with a bitter Indictment of Got.
John W. Bricker and a redlctlon
that his party could win if "rea
sonably united.
Final Major Tilts Set
Last CIty-Y Major league game
of th season will be played Thurs
day night on th Parrlsh court.
Simmons Insurance Is leading; In
second halt play. Brooks Cloth
iers woa the first round.
OREGON STATESMAN. Soltau
Sprague Gets no
Protest of Hoke
Governor Charles A. Spraxue
declared yesterday that he had
not yet received any protest from
the Oregon Commonwealth fed
eration against the appointment
of Mac Hoke, Pendleton, as a
member of the state board of
higher education.
It was announced in Portland
Monday that such a protest had
been forwarded to Governor
Sprague.
Hoke's appointment was an
nounced here last week. He suc
ceeds E .C. Pease, The Dalles.
The governor said he had re
ceived many letters commending
him for Hoke's selection. A num
ber of these letters came from
eastern Oregon, where Hoke has
resided for many years.
Aberdeen Probe
Being Organized
(Continued from page 1)
Richard Law, CIO union leader
on Grays Harbor. She was
bludgeoned to death at her
home in January.
Costigan said he Interviewed
Attorney General Robert H.
Jackson on the Grays Harbor
case and that Jackson showed
"extreme interest."
He asserted that a New York
civil rights committee was being
formed to work with the Grays
Harbor committee in gathering
information on the Law case. A
sub-committee under Drleser may
be sent to Aberdeen, he said.
"Many are convinced that
Grays Harbor presents evidence
of being another Harlan county,
Kentucky," Costigan said.
Costigan went east three weeks
ago with Irvin Goodman, Port
land attorney representing the
Grays Harbor civil rights com
mittee, and Law, to ask the
justice department to Intercede in
the case.
Trouble Between
Unions Prevented
SEATTLE, March B-JP)-Deputy
sheriffs were called to a
gravel plant south of Seattle to
day after a fist fight in a bitter
month-old AFL-CIO controversy.
Deputy Sheriffs Jack Triplett,
Fred Franke and Charles Snire
ly said they found more than
100 teamsters' union (AFL)
sympathizers arrayed against
about 27 ClO-affiliated eemployes
at the plant, both groups In
belligerent mood.
They said the potential
trouble had been precipitated by
an earlier fight between a CIO
member and a teamsters' union
business agent.
First Baptist Is
A Loop Champion
The First Baptist quintet won
th championship of the A church
league Mlnday night at th YMCA
with a close win over First Con
gregational 38-36.
Second halt competition In the
C league ended In a three-way tie.
First Methodist, First BapUst and
First Presbyterian will play off
among themselves and th winner
will play Jason Lee Methodist,
winner In the first half.
Bank Windows Shattered
By Bomb; Suspect IRA
LONDON, March '.-(Wednesday)
(.P) A bomb believed by po
lice to hare been laid by the out
lawed Irish republican army shat
tered the windows of a bank In
fashionable Park Lane shortly af
ter 5 a.m. today (8 p.m. Tuesday,
PST). No one was injured.
Painters Win,41-18
Dunsmoor's Painters outpoint
ed Kelly Farquhar, 41 to 18, last
night. Steinke ot the Painters
was high with 18 points.
Painters 41 18 Farquhar
Olson I 1 Schmidt
Fowler Garsline
Swansea 8 6 McMelan
Steinke 18 10 Miles
Forrest 4 Williams
- Sub, for, Painters: Joyce ; tor
Fanjuhar, Wilson 1.
Ortflon. Wwdoday Morning.
Lewelling Sets
Hearing Dates
Phillips Case Is Slated
April 8; Intervenor
Petition Filed
Circuit Judge L. G. Lewelling
yesterday set dates for three trials
during April, Including those of
C. A. Youker vs. M. H. Myers
and others, April 1; G. W. Bedient
and others "vs, Charles A. Ander
son, April 4 ; : Maud Donovan vs.
W. R. Donovan, April 5; and Ben
Phillips Transportation company
ts. Ormond R. Bean, April 8.
Circuit Court
Keith Miles by T. M. Miles,
guardian, vs. Frederick B. An
drews; reply generally denying.
Ruth Downing vs. Clifford
Downing; divorce decree grants
children to plaintiff.
Harry A. Gwynn vs. E. Will
iams; dismissal on stipulation.
Vina Wilkinson vs. Leslie C.
Zolakey; second amended com
plaint for 810,000 general and
8100 specified damages as result
of automobile accident on Pacific
highway near Jefferson February
19.
Eena company vs. C. C. Rus
sell; plaintiff given 10 days for
reply.
George Reinwohl vs. Lester L.
Olson; order on motion to strike.
Eena company vs. John U.
Plank; judgment for 8595, 8145
and 8345 and $50 attorney's fee;
foreclosure ordered.
Mrs. L. E. Shepherd vs. Earl
B. Hatfield; motion to dismiss
appeal on ground undertaking not
filed as required by law.
Julia Gullick vs. Merle R.
Swearinger and others; complaint
to recover $72 5 and $70 and $50
attorney's fee and to quiet title
to property.
Ben Phillips Transportation
company vs. Ormond R. Bean; pe
tition in intervention of Pierce
Auto Freight lines on side of de
fendant. Rose Fisher vs. Lewis Fisher;
divorce granted.
Dr. G. E. Prime vs. Edgar A.
Johnson; reply denying.
Earl M. Pettycrew as adminis
trator vs. Wallace G. Suter and
others; judgment ordering $4600
advanced to Bessie F. West to be
charged against her share of the
estate of Lewis H. and Jerusha
A. Suter appraised at $15,077.46.
Aumsville State bank vs. Ruth'
Larson and others; renewal ofl
judgment for $161.17 and assign
ment to D. F. Eastburn, Theodore
Minden and Wayne Ransom as
depositors' committee for bank.
C. C. Bryant as receiver vs. R.
E. Boatwright and others; order
of dismissal after stipulated set
tlement for $9 68.29.
Fred E. Roberts vs. E. Beatrice
Bollier and others; answer and
cross complaints of Salem Manu
facturing company and S. M. Par
nell in which former asks $242.4 8
and Pamell asks $113.26, both
against defendant Bollier.
Probate Court
George Schreiber guardianship;
March 19 set for hearing on peti
tion of Charles Schreiber. Estate
valued "at $2000 in. real and $500
in personal property.
Monroe J. Kreutz estate; Em
ma V. Johnson named executor
and Fred DeLano, Paul Johnson
and George F. Thompson, apprais
ers, of property valued at $2000
in realty and $200 in personal
goods. Will leaves half equity in
house and lot to daughter, Emma
V. Jehnson, and quarter equities
to Verle E. Kreuti and Edna L.
Kreutz; remainder, including a
service station, to be divided
equally among the three.
Samuel Ames estate; final de
cree granted Roscoe Davis Ames
showing net value of estate
$8334.87.
Christina M. Harold estate; in
heritance tax set at $24.38; lega
tees Alexander Harold, $1000;
Ralph A. Harold, $1000; and Ja
net Harold, $500.
Frank Chrudimsky estate; li
cense to sell real property grant
ed Charles Zerzan, administrator.
Rosa Bierward estate; apprais
al at $685 in real property by
Ellen Vogt, Frank Cannard and
Andrew R. Siegmund.
Elizabeth M. Ball estate; order
to Roy Harland to distribute
$76.41 each to Earl S. William
and Alta M. Ball.
Alma C. Holway estate; final
order granted Charles L. Holway.
Mary E. Mallory estate; final
order granted Charles M. Critten
den, executor.
Mary Ellen Covey estate; final
order granted Frank W. Covey,
administrator.
J. N. Haugen estate; final or
der granted Dena N. Haugen, ad
ministratrix. Clara Mae Elliott estate; ap
praisal at $3980.68 by David W.
Eyre, Sydney D. Jones and Mel
von Johnson.
Sarah C. Willard estate; final
account filed by Archie Willard,
administrator, and final hearing
set for April 9.
Rueben B. Kromllng guardian
ship; annual account of M. B.
Kromllng shows balance on hand
ot $176.18.
Justice Court
Murray Dow; defective muf
fler, fined $1.
George H. Osgood; improper
clearance, fined $5.
Freda Knorr; no operator's li
cense, fined $5.
Fred Knorr; allowing unli
censed person to operate an auto
mobile, fined $5.
' Gerald G. Mulkey; violation of
basic rule, pleaded not guilty and
trial eet for tomorrow at 9:30
a. m.
W. A. Schwars; no truck li
cense, took 24 hours to enter
plea.
Municipal Court
Forrest Smith, drunk; 10-day
jail sentence suspended; six
months probation.
District Hop Growers
To Pick Committeeman
Hop growers of district six will
meet at the chamber of commerce
Friday at 2 p. m. to elect a rep
resentative to the state hop grow
ers' advisory committee. The com
mittee elects members of the hop
control board and represents the
growers under the new marketing
agreement. Romeo Gouley is th
outgoing district representative.
March 8. 1940
Chamber Asked
To Find Doctor,
Save GirPs Life
Calling Dr. John Glascoe of
Glasgow.
If he can be located, a young
girl's life-may be saved.
Such was the information re
c e I v e d yesterday by Manager
Fred D. Thlelsen of the Salem
chamber of commerce from the
Jackson county chamber. "
Only data given concerning the
doctor was that he was a railroad
physician at Missoula, Mont., 20
years ago, was a specialist in. pa
ralysis cases, and eight years ago
attended a patient at a Klamath
Falls hospital. He is about 70
years old.
Gaming Probes
Bring Arrests
Three Jones Boys Facing
Income Tax Evasion
Counts, Chicago"
(Continued from page 1)
expensive automobiles and had
chauffeurs, maintained a luxur
ious home and country estates.
Edward, at least, frequently trav
eled to France where he would
rent a villa at Cannes for the sea
son, they related.
US District Attorney William J.
Campbell said the Jones' policy
headquarters in the heart of
Bronzetown had a dally "take" of
$10,000 to $15,000, gathered in
bets from one cent up from some
60,000 policy players who hoped
to win three drawings a day.
DETROIT, March l-VP)-A
grand jury probing charges that
law enforcement officers, con
spired with law-breakers widened
its scop today to bring Sheriff
Thomas C. Wilcox into court as a
defendant.
Wilcox,' two of his aides and
three other public officials were
indicted and arraigned by Circuit
Judge Homer Ferguson, sitting as
a one-man grand jury and as mag
istrate, on charges of obstructing
Justice by accepting bribes to pro
tect gamblers. Pleas of Innocent
were entered and examinations
set for March 14.
The indictments named 39 oth
er persons, said by Chester P.
O'Hara, special proescutor for the
grand jury, to be gamblers, rack
eteers and keepers of disorderjy
houses, accused of conspiring to
obstruct justice by paying protec
tion money.
Named with WTilcox were Prose
cutor Duncan C. McCrea of Wayne
county and his chief investigator,
Harry Colburn, already indicted
on charges of conspiring to oper
ate and protect a baseball pool;
Chief Deputy Sheriff Bernard E.
McGrath; Carl J. Staebler, head
of the civil division of the sheriff's
office, and Alfred J. Gadska, pres
ident of suburban Grosse Pointe
park.
Northwest Again
Is Building Ships
TACOMA, March 5.-(P)-End-ing
16 years of ship building in
activity In the Pacific northwest,
the keel for the first of five mari
time commission freighters was
officially laid at the Seattle
Tacoma Shipbuilding corporation
yards here ioday.
Five 12-775-ton vessels, cost
ing $2,127,000 each, will be con
structed here. They are sched
uled to be finished in Seattle.
R. J. Lamont of Seattle, cor
poration president, has announced
the first vessel probably will be
launched early next fall. Keel for
the second ship will be laid down
within two months.
Cruisers Ordered
As Worth Proven
WASHINGTON, March 5-fl3)-Apparently
satisfied that the Eu
ropean war at sea had proved
their worth, the navy contracted
today for two 10,000-ton light
cruisers of the same general type
as nine already In service.
A $35,980,000 contract for
their construction within 36 and
39 months respectively was
awarded the New York Shipbuild
ing corporation, Camden, NJ. It
is estimated that armor, guns and
ammunition will cost $15,000,000
additional, so that each will cost
more than $25,000,000 when com
missioned. Contracts Filed,
Large Hop Sales
OREGON CITT, Ore.. March S.
-fy-Slx contracts for 82,000
pounds of hops filed today with
Guy H. Pace, Clackamas county
clerk, listed prices from 12Vs to
24c a pound.
Four of the contracts were for
purchases by Williams Hart,
Portland.
4H Club Dines -Members
of the ,411 advanced
group enjoyed a no-host dinner at
the home of Mrs. Carmallte Wed
dle recently In the course ot whloh
plans for future meetings and en
tries In the spring fair sponsored
by the organisation were dis
cussed by the cooking and home
making clubs. Games were played
following the business meeting.
Those attending wer Freda Bu
curench, Jean Gorton, Dorothy
Jones, Deanle Verhagen, Ada M.
Bewley, Donna Mock, Myrtle Mae
Klehl, Buena Stewart, Coralee
Nichols, Erma Kuenxl, Laurel
Krenx, AUce Roberts, Y r 1 1 e
Duke, Joyee McClendon, Carol
King, Roberta Bulen and Ernes
tin Loveland. Executive commit
tee of the club meets today at
6:30 p.m. In the county superin
tendent offtc tor discussion of
futur policies.,
Realty Board
Lists Baxter
Special Guests Invited
to Hear Willamette
Campus Executive
President Bruce R. Baxter of
Willamette university will be the
speaker at the Friday luncheon of
the Salem Realty board at the
Quelle. Realty board members are
Inviting; , a number of ' special
guest for the occasion... "
President William Bliven ot the
Realty board report that the or
ganization Is increasing its mem
bership, rapidly this spring. C. V.
Johnson la chairman of the mem
bership committee, other mem
bers of which are E. A. Miller and
J. D. Sears. Other committees an
nounced recently by the president
are:
Meetings and publicity Dor
een Baker, chairman: Sears, F. H.
Weir, George H. Bell, Herman A.
Stone.
Arbitration W. G. Krueger,
chairman; O. E. Rae, W. E. Han
son. Ethics Weir, chairman; Krue
ger, Leon N. Childs.
Finance William McGllchrlst,
jr.. chairman; E. B. Grabenhorst,
Childs.
Legislation Miller, chairman;
T. M. Hicks, Ivan G. Martin, Mc
Gllchrlst, Carlton Lane.
Commissions and fees R 1 c h
Reimann, chairman; C. V. John
son, H. J. Lindgren.
Resolutions George Graben
horst, chairman; Johnson, Lind
gren. House Winnie Pettyjohn.
chairman; Melvin Johnson, Lelace
Ellis.
Appraisal M e 1 v 1 n Johnson,
chairman; E. B. Grabenhorst,
J. F. Uirich. C. V. Johnson substi
tuting at present for Grabenhorst.
Taxation HI eki, chairman;
F. H. Spears, Lane, Miller, Uirich.
Planning and municipal affairs
P. H. Bell, chairman; Rae, Ui
rich. Advisory board (past presi
dents) C. V. Johnson, chair
man; George Grabenhorst, Miller,
Uirich, E. B. Grabenhorst, McGll
chrlst, Childs, Sears.
The board of directors includes
President Bliven; the secretary,
Winnie Pettyjohn; the treasurer,
McGllchrlst; P. H. Bell, Weir,
Reimann and C. V. Johnson.
LaCuardia Airport
Has Costly Blaze
NEW YORK. March 5.-()-A
million-dollar fire late today
swept an Incompleted block-long
hangar at La Guard la field, the
city's new $40,000,000 municipal
airport.
The hangar, valued at $1,250,
000, was under lease to Trans
Continental and Western Air and
was to hare been put in operation
late this month. It was the center
one of a bank of three.
Early tonight, while red-hot
steel slabs from the roof and
sides of the vast sprawling build
ing still were crashing heavily to
earth in showers of sparks it ap
peared the two adjoining hangars,
of similar size and cost, were in
no danger.
While an official statement as
to the cause of the fire was de
layed pending investigation, Wil
liam H. Peters, a WPA laborer,
said it had sprung up as a "small
blaze'' in a paint locker. Police
Inspector John "La Garenne said
it appeared accidental.
No airplanes were inside.
British Prisoners
Captured by Nazi
WITH THE BRITISH EXPEDI
TIONARY FORCE IN FRANCE,
March 5 (JP) British prisoners
were captured in a Germain raid
on a British front line outpost, a
British general headquarters com
munique said today.
The communique said the raid
"took place this morning against
a post in the British front line
and the enemy succeeded in cap
turing some prisoners.
"The post was recaptured and
the enemy retired, leaving one
dead. Two British soldiers were
killed and one wounded."
Federal Tax Men
On Job at Noons
To accommodate office em
ployes and teachers in filing in
come tax returns, the local inter
nal revenue office In the postof
flce building will remain open
through the noon hour each day
until March IK, it was announced
yesterday. Saturday the office
will remain open until 4:30.
No great last-minute rush is
anticipated at the office, since
many returns are being filled out
now, Paul Lynch, deputy internal
revenue collector, said.
Chamber Package Thefts
Found not Thefts, Only
Mistake by 4H Members
Th mystery, of the missing
empty Christmas packages is no
longer a Joke on the "burglars"
who took them. Manager Fred D.
Thlelsen ot the chamber of com
merce, from where the packages
were taken, learned Tuesday from
a 4H club representative that they
were among those given at a 4H
party.
Prepared by a class learning to
wrap gifts, the empties were
placed under a tree In the lobby.
They .were mistakenly numbered
for distribution along with the
4H packages.
DBS
Used at that first
sneeze, this special
ized medication for
the nose where
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Ginger Rogers Is
Seeking Divorce;
Romance Scented
HOLLYWOOD March 6.-(jry-Movieland
has been wondering,
off and on during odd moments
for nearly four years, why Ginger
Rogers "amteably separated"
from Lew Ayresf never asked for
a divorce.
The machinery to give her free
dom got under way today, but
there still Is no answer to the
Rogers-Ayres puzzle.
Hollywood always has figured,
and not without some Justifica
tion In view of Ginger's half
hearted denials, that when she
felt there was a serious romance
in the offing she'd take steps to
separate herself legally from the
uncommunicative Lew Ayres.
The red-haired dancing star's
escort most often during the last
few months has been the tall and
taolturn Howard Hughes, pro
ducer and aviator.
Ferries' Cost to
County Is $5139
One Rock Crusher in Red,
Other Makes Profit,
Striking Balance
Cost sheets for 1931 on
Wheatland and Buena Vista fer
ries and Stayton and f Jackson
Hill rock crushers operated by
Marion county were made pub
lic yesterday by county Clerk U.
G. Boyer, under whose direction
they were prepared. '
Marion county's share of th
total cost of the Wheatland
ferry. 14486.52. is $2423.26. Of
this operator's wages accounted
for 12040; 450S gallons of gaso
line, $494.61; and approach re
pairs, $252.07.
The Buena Vista ferry opera
tion cost totaled $5427.68,
which will be shared by Marion
and Polk counties at the rate ot ,
$2715.84 apiece. Here expenses :
were construction cost, $2245.54;
gasoline. $69.50, and power cost
later, $338.50; repairs. $1019
and operator's salary, $1200.19.
Total cost for production of
16,277 yards of gravel at th
Stayton rock crusher was $12,
742.56. or a total of 78.28 cents
per yard. Credit for rock sal
was $10,596.30 on a deficit of
$2146.26.
Jackson Hill crusher turned
out 26,083 yards of rock for a
total cost of 45.3 5 cents per
yard as against 57.53 cents per
yard in 1938. Surplus for 1939
was $5143.59 as against $202.29
in 1938.
Cut Quotas Cause
Drop in Recruits
Greatly reduced quotas caused
a sharp decline In the number of
army enlistments made during
February by the Salem recruiting
office. Sergeant Sam Gimpelson.
commander, said yesterday.
Twelve men were enlisted during
the month as contrasted to 35 for
January. The entire Portland dis
trict enlisted 154 during the
month, which, although the high
est February in the history of the
district, was considerably less than
the 283 total of January, accord
ing to information furnished
Gimpelson by Lieutenant Colonel
H. D. Ba snail, Portland recruit
ing officer.
The two latest men to enlist
from here are Alfred W. Hensell,
son ot Mr. and Mrs. William Hen
sell, route 7, for anti-aircraft
duty at San Francisco, and Wayne
E. Willard, son of Mr. and Mrs.
E. J. Willard, 1566 North 4th
street, for coast artillery duty at
Fort Worden, Wash.
Corporal Earl R. Hilton of the
7th infantry, who has been Gim
pelson's assistant since Septem
ber 1, returned Saturday to his
regiment. In addition' to his du
ties here Gimpelson will now take
charge iOt t h e Corvallis office,
making a trip there each week.
McNary Supports
Fund for Forests
GRESHAM, Ore.; March S.-(JP)
-Senator McNary (R-Ore) tele
graphed George W. Page of the
Gresham chamber ot commerce
today he favored "generous ap
propriations for forest service ac
tivities." The chamber asked McXary'a
support In fighting a measure to
cut forest service allocations by
17 per cent.
Contract Let to Rewire
Old High School Plant "
At a special school board meet
ing called last night a thousand
dollar contract for rewiring of th
old high school building was
awarded W. R. Grasle company of
Portland. Other companies which
bid Included Bosler Electric com
pany, Brownell Electric company
and Tleener company, all of Sa
lem. iiiiiiniiiniii:i;i
Good Living!
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