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About The Oregon statesman. (Salem, Or.) 1916-1980 | View Entire Issue (July 3, 1940)
r. 1 1 ii 3 'Page two ri EulinffinFrv Case Reversed $5,000 Involved Is Held Property of Estate, t - not of Mrs.lFry i . . ' ' . 1 " ,The state supreme court yes 'terday declared a sum of $25,000, : made the subject of a suit Involv ing Hettie Fry i individually i and as executrix of the estate of Daniel E. Fry, T- C. C. Bryant, i receiver of the First National bank of Salem, to belong: to the estate and not to Mrs.. Fry indi vidually. The decision was rendered by Justice Bailey and reversed a cir cuit court decree of Judge L. G. Lewelling. The sum resulted from the ac tioin of the late Daniel E. Fry in acting as surety on a note of T. j A. Livesley and. company for 40.000 to the Pacific National bank of San Francisco. The surety was for half the som , of (the note, which amounted to 15p;t00 at the time of Mr. Fry's defrth. guestion of owner hip of $25. . which was paid to Mrs. Fry bylthe Llresley company after Mr. Trf'n death, arose when no assets e Mated la the .Fry estate with AIR-CONDITIONED STARTS TODAY Dear JidsWakey mm m - v A I ' tVi4IV ill actum. with a new moll so if yon ioxit see VtedielCrafe no mare it OJC Corns en ov2r- JtS like did Tim :' - -Companion KoplTfua Loaded lau9hs -yet. a forceful, hits c Wi close-to-home drama as Dr. Christian " WMI DR. CHRISTIAN MEETS THE -SPECIAL ADDED SfirrSnq Saga of the Stars and S tripos I "THE FLAG SPEAKS" in Technicolor AIR-CONDITIONED Y Cm be Nme Hilt beautiful devsbter ef hncery "wbese heart bseU wHoer tfcea tbe Hm Iswf ,. . DOUSLAS -COMPANION 1 ' 'J t l ;i mm&M vj whkh to pay. a 913,800 assess ment on stock of I the First Na tional bank of Salem owned by Mr.: Fry, a former president of the' bank. ; The suit was brought when the receiver sought- to determine own ership of the money paid to Mrs. Fry by the Livesley company, and to recover the amount of the as sessment should ' the money ' be found to belong to the estate In stead of to the widow individu ally, i Tin Can Manufacturers ' ... f To Expand to Pacific NEW YORK. July 2.-;p)-Con-tlnental Can Co. announced today plana for expansion on the Pacific coast with the award of a contract to the Austin company for a new can factory at Walla Walla, Wash. 4th Tickets on Sale Box seats for the American celebration at Legion's Jsly 4 the state fairgrounds may be re served in advance for a small charge. Manager Fred D. Thiel- sen of the chamber Of commerce announced yesterday. These tick ets, for both the afternoon mo torcycle racing program and the night vaudeville show are on sale at the Cooke Stationery company, a 70 State street. COOL. COMFORTABLE SALEM'S lAOUMG THEATRE 2 Major Features ii 1 te eysTsMfj QssOf r"1 iS8fj; v l000 Feature- 1 . 1 8MXIS&33E WOMEN" ATTRACTIOX- COOL, COMFORTABLE Starts Tonite . 2 Features FAlROA!IKS,Jr. I.IADELEIIIE CARimLvtfi m FEATURE- Man : of myetery who strikes at night! . . . What is his Ta-( son tor looting the mail? Why noes no play a lone handr ; ROY ROGERS . and "GABBY! HAYES "THE CARSON CITY KID" Th WlieeJer Gets Only Demo Able to Beat Willkie, Declared at Townsend Session - i- (Continued from Pa-e .J farmer how to water the stock and shear the sheep," ! Rankin called npon republic ans to "demand an investigation OI tae samioaiia m r xiiiucv"i"- where he said delegates oricinsl ly . booed Vtlllkie. 1 Rep. Dirksen (R-I1D replied aajf to inyjaUgate the conyention of i a minority political party wo old be -fascism." Rep. Bend er KR-Ohio aald the repnbUcan MnJrention vac free and 1 uncon trolled and that any assertions to th feantrarr were -noanm uo bonk.- Wlllkle'a home town of El' wood. Ind staged a blp celebra tion, featuring; an old-fasbioned torchlicht parade and a mass meetinr, to hail the nomination of its. natlTe son. Willkle named Got. Harold Stassen of Minnesota to head, his campaign adTisory committee aad named theso other members: Rep. Martin (R-Haas). house minority leader; Gor. Raymond isaiawin of Connectient: David S. In gull a of Clerelana. campaign manager for Senator Robert A. Tart; Rep. Haiieck (K-inoj, wno nomiuaieu i Willkie at the convention; UOT. Ralnb. Carr of Colorado : Kutn Rnih t Hanna McCormick Slmms of New Mexico, co-manager of Thomas E. Dewey's campaign; Paul Kresl of Tennessee; Oren Root, Jr., New York attorney; Mrs. Ruth De Younr Koehler of Wisconsin; Senator Townsend (It-Del) , I . . - paixn committee, and Rep. Dltter j (R-Pa). chairman of the house c&mpaasu eiuiun. Control Exports Of War Material (Continued from Page 1) this time on national netense ground. I One of the most Important I items on the control list was ma- chine tools which are essential In the manufacture of armaments, In ' the first two mouths of this I year exports or power-ariven ana I metai woriung macninery, amounted to f 27,535.112, of which about $4,000,000 repre- sented engine and turret lathee. A large purchaser of machine 1 tools Is soviet Russia whose am- bassador, Constantino Oumansky, recently protested to the state de- ycnuitsub mt.miua, wiegeu ucvea lion oi some 1001 cargoes unaer a so-called unofficial embarjro. The granting or refusing of ex- port licenses is witnin tae power I oi the secretary of state acting) upon advice of the new adminis trator of control. Raymond Case Is Reversed Tuesday c The state supreme court Tester-I day upheld the conviction of 1 james iv. a.mg, juugene attorney T wm ww- . w-e , . I who was convicted of false swear ing in an estate case. In another decision, the high court reversed Circuit Judge 1 H. McMahan of Marlon county in the case of Georxe A. and Thelma M. Raymond vs. Shell Oil com pany, appelant. Other rulings yesterday includ ed: Violet Miller, appelant, ts. Sol omon Miller. Appeal from Mult nomah county. Suit for divorce, Opinion by Chief Justice Rand. Judge Pro Tern Clarence H. Gil bert, affirmed. Edna M. Howard, appelant, vs. H. Dale Howard. Appeal from Multnomah county. Suit for di vorce. Opinion by Justice Ross- man, Judge Donald E. Long af firmed. J"?3 CH3 A era n ii . Wallace John BEERY HOWARD DELORES DEL RIO 'Han From Dakota' and "Shop Around tha Comer" James Stewart Margaret S alia van Frank Morgaat itilMkiHk'Lt TODAY AND THURSDAY I 5 And 2nd Feature Smllay Wt& DURNETTE ' Added Popeye In STEAJLEi AH? HOTTEST f V 11 I if 1. Utia J I a ...,.'r OIlEGOIl ' STATESMAN. Scdenw Seattle's Pontoon Bridge Ready, Seattle's ' B8,854,000 Iake "Washlagton pontooa bridge Is shown brilliantly lighted for the first time. The longest floatins; bridge in w 1 - 1 Kff-fcn i5llii 1111 aumuw vm Ruhr Are Severe (Continued from page 1) a tour as army guests. We were f M x aavuaaa aa-a v w aav v rv, .-. n.- weft. wn. in.tM-rt when . candla on on tabln was knock ed over accidentally. A dozen dozing persons straightened sud denlr. w i Several times, j at Intervals of about 20 minutes, planes were heard overhead at 15,000 feet or more, So far as we could learn none Of the planes was spotted by the searchlights. The raids came in the three hours of utter darkness between the late twllixht and the early dawn of this season. in the air attack the previous night, our cellar companions said the city Itself was pounded bard- er, w were told the raidins- olanes machine-runned the streets. The same story was told us in Hamm ,,, Hessen on the way here. At Hamm w aaw whera a row nf bombs was dropped diagonally across one section one bomb about every 60 yards smashing ana 3-SlOry noUSeS 7W Children. Ara Burned . i To Death a Farm Home At Jasper Is Destroyed EUGENE, Julyi2-Cn-Two chil dren were burned to death to night in a fire that destroyed the home of! Mr. and Mrs. Everett Chase of Jasper, Ore. Darrell, 7. and Pauline. 13. ost their lives and a brother. Alien Chase, 11. waa taken to a hospital with serious burns. ! Call Board To dsr - Edward G. Rob- inson in "Brother Orchid" with Ann Rnttmrn Pin "Dr. ChrisUan Meets the Women" with Jean Her- sholt and Dorothy LovetL CAPTTOLi Today Douglas Fair- banks. Jr.. and Madelein Carroll In "Safari." Plus Roy Rogers in "The Car son City Kid." GRAND Today Don Ameche and Mary Beth i Hughes In "Four Sons.'f Saturday "Doped Youth." STATE Today 4 ;T h e Man from Dakota with Wal- lace Beerv and Delores Dol Rio. ; Plus "Shop Around the Corner with Margar et Sullaran and James Stewart, , , - Saturday: midnight show "The Blue j Bird" with ; Shirley Temple and Nancy Kelly. i " HOLLYWOOD Today Edgar Bergen and Charley j McCarthy in "Charley McCarthy, De- tec tire." piua Gene Autry and Smiley i Burnetts la 1 "Rancho Grande." Friday t George O'Brien ; in "Legion of the Law- ! less." Plus I "The Lone ! Wolf Strikes" with War- I ran William.! I LIBERTY Today Laurel and : Hard In "FlVlnv TWiiimb " i Plue "Gentleman from i Arizona" with John King, I Plus "March it Freedom " Friday Jack Randall. In ' "Pioneer Days." pjas Dick Powell and Olivia DeHavll- land ! In "Hard to Get." plus! Chapter -I "Dick Tracy'a G-Men." Advance l. in Price. I llTYai Today caul jl'tearadoy tlu3 2x0 nrr- Freta Ariiona7 ; wftb. John KIbc Ill 1 L.!Vi'?y'' 1 jii iiii way i in, i ,m IMI lt m MW1 I Oregon, Wednesday Morning. . 1 the world will open wmy 2. Mercer Overcoats tor l ' I -f : - i y : ' . This New York clothing factory la producing 23,000 overcoats which are part of the 500,000 uniform reserve apply the United States army is acquiring so that a sudden emergency win not find Uncle Sam's drafted or enlisted doughboys improperly farbedV Expected to Visit Fruitland Family FRTJITLAND Dr. and Mrs Frank Girod are expected here this week to visit his mother, brother and sister. Grain la rapidly ripening and binders are getting ready to start this week. Fruitland school . reunion of graduates was held at Ollnger field in Salem Sunday. Russell Beuler and Esther Girod were eleeted president and secretary respectively. Next year the re union will be the third Sunday in June. airs. Kutn Bucues and eon are spending a few weeks with. her parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. R. Latten. Mrs. Francis Smith and chil dren are visiting with her par ents, Mr. and Mrs. L. E. Brown. PUC Take Jumps In 1st 6 Months Receipts of the motor division of the state public utilities office reached 1802,781 during the first six months of 1940, Commission er Ormond R. Bean announced yesterday. This year's revenues exceeded those of a year ago by S70.&8Z. Receipts for last month alone totaled. 1119,764, as a gainat X106.344 in June, 1139. Bean said -6947 motor vehicle permits were issued during June and 14,000 vehicles under super vision of the department were operating on Oregon highways. Spending Record la Set WASHINGTON, Jttly 2.-GPr- rne treasury nnng up a new peace time spending record of 9.itt.- 035,539 In the fiscal year which ended Sunday, and moved Into a new year of defense costs expect ed to raise tne budget to more than fll.000.000,000. ' ' . Jlay Nullify Ruling SEATTLE. July 2-CAV-Distrlct Immigration . Director R. P. Bon hajn said today "it is not impro bable" that ta newly, effective passport ruling for Canadians en tering the United States would be modified in behalf of Canadian residents of this country. t it irrrri f rr::s3 u::?:t::a i J fi r i ! w mm m am W I July 3. 1S43 for Opening isianaaa DacKgrouno. Future Soldiers Laugh Ace Dies Besw Tsrpia, the aua whose crossed eyes and eomle talent made him ona of tU silent screen's leading,, stars, died Monday la Santa 'Monica at age 7Q.- 1LN photo. British Tanker Sends out SOS After Torpedo Hits NEW "YORK. July 1-trpv-Mac- kay radio today said lt had Inter. eepted an SOS from' the- British tanker. Athellaird saying it had been .. torpedoed , and calling for The ship, gave its position as 47:24 degrees north latitude and 18:49 degrees w e s t lonrltude. about 400 miles southwest of the Irish coast, i j.. . . Dam Reaches Eleration GRAND COULEE. Wash- Jul S.-HAVGrand Coulee dam reached Its greatest i height today, when workmen poured the final bucket of cement into block 95 brlnrinr it to elevation, 1310 feet. . .. 4 I ' -v. .......... ... , - ' " 'N' " S" i'VI.j 5 1 . C"IXTIS:i -Doca 'KPITa- ta ; stand cp at h'h tgaaper&iuics?" AIir.713 Only oSs atle to with- stand axtrem ecoa tca peratsirea Anti-Semitic RiotS Prevail Kins Carol Is Persuaded 'to Keep Throne, Both - Side Assail Him . Ycoutlnaed from page 1) i Germany reported fire persons we?e 5eJ it Kiel but .aid dam- tn waa alight. -Germany summarized ber con quest of France with a high eomm mand report on "the greatest milU Ury victory-of all tlmea." Ths re port said i7.074 German soldiers bad been. killed ca the JlJU krJeg started on May 10; "J" were wounded and 1M Ing . r " ; private st i mates put the French dead, wounded and miss tag at l.f QMOO In taa last monu of the war. - i. . ,. . s worita of imsort for the United Btmtmm mkim from the British bouse of . commons, where MaJ. -Albert Newby -Bralthwalte,. conservauTc. declared it was the duty of the United States to "send their fleet n t their boats to take our wom- Ua and children " across ,to their country: with our island in a front. line trench, the USA has a responslbiUty in this matter. Everson Asks for Principles Study j "A reunderstandlng of the basic Ainea which have made America great. was urged yesterday ; by president William Graham Ever son of Linfield college in an ad dress before the Salem Kiwenu club. - : Dr. "EversOn; who was a major general in the American army during the World war, called for an "intuitive gratitude for the greatness represented by the Am erican flag. In a pre-Fourth of July speech. - Three things, ne declared, are essential to American thinking and acting In the face of world events. These Include the ability on the part of Americans to play, even in the face of world danger, not as an indication of levity, but as a proof that no fear exists. Citi zens of thl scountry mast also gift generously to relief organizations working abroad, despite great de fense expenditures, he declared, and also affirmed I Americans must realize that from the dark est shadows In world history comes a challenge . wnicn cannot go unanswered. t Dr. Everson waa introduced by City School Superintendent Frank Bennett,, Klwanls program chair man. ." i Tour Aimoiiriced The annual Willamette valley 4H club livestock Judging and crops tour will be held on July so. Si and August 1 for members of Marion county 4H clubs. Coon ty Club Agent Wayne D. Harding announced yesterday. Tne tour, which is arranged for members of livestock and crops clubs orer 12 years of age, win travel by truck or stage to a num ber of valley farms where farm practices will be studied and Jive- stock classes judged. Cost of the tour. Harding sta ted, will be not more than 12.50 per boy. with each lad required to furnish blankets for his own use. v 430 Pheasant Eggs Delivered, Aurora AURORA Four hundred thir ty Chinese pheasant eggs were de livered Friday morning to Mrs. w. a. stoner by the Oregon state game commission at Corvallis. The eggs were divided among the IS members of the Golden Wing Pheasant club of Aurora of which Mrs. Stoner is leader. . - The members are Buddy and EvelyniX)llver, Loyd ( Alice and Charles Dlller. Bobby and Ronald Mohntng, Gloria Hiley, Bobby Layton, . Wayne Russell, - Robert Rlchter, - Irene Stoner. Beatrice NagL Jack Loveall, Hubert Ter- gen and Richard Haas. V Si ers Honored : 4 On Anniversary SUBL1M1TT lfr. and nrr Ben Toepfer enterUined with a lawn party Sunday afternoon at their home, the occasion being their 15th weedding anniver sary and the fourth wedding an niversary 1-Mr. and Mrs. Adam Toepfer. t-i c. : Those attending were Mrs. Margaret Toepfer. Mr and un Adam Toepfer and family, Mr. and Mrs.' 'Joseph Toenfer and baby,!, Mr.i and Mrs. John Tn. koska and family. Mr. and Mrs. T. G. Freree and family, and the eu Aoepier lamiiy. VaUey4HCrop . . KPira" gtrccsst pclst tha ei2-' fcy tatla c3 tha eizslla best dsx tlh-speed esJaes wLIp tjp. STAHoata gzl coat? ant cp CAXirczma in One Ear f -, (Continued from page 1) the General Motors ace, is being transferred to Spokane, i . T . , , (Rhymes with; mommy) H . . . . (Rhymes with foxy) is getting a better half back come Friday. . , Ray Mayriard is expanding, being an expansive person. . . The Sa lem E. C. was summed up most neatly- by Alderman Lloyd Rlg- don as "Harry Read's Hobby." ' ;f - The Bfontana forestry depart . ' meat recently tried dropping ' complete meals to flreflghting j crews front a plane overhead. 1 1 We have sees many dinaer par- j -Ues fall flat, bat never from a plane overhead. ! Alien Insurance Here Held Secure Policiei in Oregon Secured f bj Non-"V7ithdrawable j - Deposit, Told 1 Oregoa'cltlzena holding pollcf e -In alien Insurance companies are adequately protected against for eign edicts or defeat T of foreign nations, Beth Thompson, aUte in- surance commissioner, declared here yesterday. : Thompson said these compan ies maintain non-withdrawable de posits in this country under trus tee agreements for the benefit of United States policyholders and are supervised by the state Insur ance departments of -the various states. - .- - ''These deposits will remain la this country to guarantee-the ex ecution of the terms 1 of the poll- -cies to United States policyhold ers," Thompson continued. - There are' 52 foreign nation In-' surance companies licensed by the state insurance department. For ty two of these are-fire, seven casualty and three life. , ' Twenty nine fire and four cas ualty companies are domiciled In Great Britain while five fire and one casualty company have their home offices in Canada. Hong Kong, France, Holland, China. It aly and Japan each hare a fire company transacting business In this state' while two companies hail from New Zealand. Two cas ualty companies from Switzerland also have' been, admitted" to Ore- . gon. - , I ' The three lire companies, ail ' entered from Canada, have on de posit In this country to the credit of their United States branches,, for the protection of American , policyholders $385,609,484.15 in trusteed deposits jin addition to 1 S46.C95.710.95 in free assets, to taling 1432, 305.195.08 in, assets in the United States as compared to 1417.290.140.81 of United States liabilities. - Ms Elect Holman as Chief Beverage dispensers of Marlon and Polk counties meeting Tues day night elected Tom Holman of Salem as president for the com- Ing year. Charles BUyeu waa elected first vice president and Kenneth Wolf secretary. Directors chosen were George Hull of Salem, Bllyeu, ; E. -V. Miller of SUyton. Rolfe Bent son of Silverton and Mike Perd of Woodburn. ! Matters discussed Included prices of beer and cigarettes In the light of new federsl taxes. V Columbia Fire Being Checked (Continued from Page 1) ; Lewis county holdings, appeared to be under control tonight after burning over more than 1,000 acres, partly virgin timber. VANCOUVER. JulV -frTil Forestry officials here described British Columbia's forest fir nation as "mighty hazardous' to night as nearly 00 men fought a doxen biases throughout the pro vince, started , after nearly a month without effective rainfall. Father of Six Children Suicides at Ashland ASHLAND. Jul 2-iTATvT.ntw Coroner Will Dodge reported VAndrew Jackson Eggera. 5, father of six chiiirT Mm muted suicide with a rifle early today. , . The widow and children tm In Ogalalla. Neb. - , , Slatty Hurls 3-Hitter Re -MattT tllaVAd visa hits as the PAoermaVor nrfto gang whitewashed the UCC nine 13 to 0 ln Industrial loop play yesterday. :. .-, PM Office t a us3 o ; k R. Matty and W. Mattv nrr. - ana, A'anio. mmrt m ,11 . - -1 ' car, Cjy good cet Tta KmiWS Ki:.:i22 C!i2A GT
