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"PACT TWO Defense Case Is Near Close Sf:it: - i Never Knew Shortage to Be Real, Richardson Insists at Trial v " ... , ' (Continued from page 1) ifThere wu u If about the short age." t THAn't vnn ihkt tli rreat- isr part'of the shortage was not d to ..bookkeeping errorst tlarsh questioned. b "I don't know what I told them. the witness replied. "la sny mind there la -doubt that a shortage ever existed. ; " tBat you kept track of It for ears, the . prosecutor remarked. "But atill I didn't helieve it txlatiad. The book always showed ' there waa a shortage, but atill I didn't tbinic it wee an ciu tack of fundi. t to Treasurer to Report, Coatends h To the prosecutor's ' question Why he did not report the Short- tse whether It was actual or not, uiciiuuavu should have been the task of Treasurer Drager, and not of him self. It waa the latter for whom lie waa working-, he averred. He assured the prosecutor that Mr. -PJraxer waa acauamted wltn tne . discrepancy between tne dooks jand the cash balance for many years. P- following; Marsh's cross exam ination. Keech asked whether slg biflcant mistakes had ever been (discovered In the treasurer's ac counts. "Once there was an error in handling- a 111,090 account be longing t? the state," Richardson replied. "It went on for two Months, until Mr. Drager asked me if I Had credited it to the fetate. I hadn't done so, because there waa no receipt." t i During hla morning testimony, e defendant reviewed his total come from his position in the treasurer's office, sale of wood, milk, walnuts, board of two (guests, . and the proceeds of a paint business which he sold. This amounted to $39,307. he report ed, against total expenditures ov er the 24-year period of 134,955 as' nearly as records could show. J The witness also reviewed the financial history of the Salem Mining company, In which he was associated with other local men. His total investments In J he mine, he said, were 15731.98, from which he received no return. Accommodation Checks Considered Rowtlne i " -. Richardson told that Drager lad . always considered the Issu ance of accommodation checks by the treasurer's office a matter of public service, and that he him self had had authority to do ao at will. r All such checks signed by him self, he said, were marked with ah aa Identification. ;.- - The defendant's testimony was followed by that of Mrs. Julia Turner, Mrs. B. Wilson, Scott Reed and Bard Hughes, all of whom testified as to purchase of milk from Richardson over a pe- (0t 1 V " - AM ;iV ? Crow Calumet Baking Powder, 1.1b. tin ,- .fi ' Ustdicf, csrtos ..iOe Crackers, S-lb. salted 15c Jar Rubbers, 3 dot. , , .- Pink Salmon, X cans 29e Tang, qts. - ..i, , 9 e . Kitchen Queen, 49 lbs. 1.19 Suar, 10 lbs. , - ao. 5 10O jba. , , 4.79 ; Porters FrU-lets, 15.bg 15c Rice, 4 lbs. fancy . 1-1 9c . Peanut Butter, 2-lb. jar 25c Oral Sardines, 2 cans 19c Alr-fllght Coffee, 2 lbs. 25e Oregon Star Flourj 49a 1.19 ' WE EZDZXM ORANGE ! ' M S'" i ....WWSS.'S'gV V i la J h 1 V J I Dacca - lSs ICcliip Cfceesa 17c M, GrcznJ Gc:l lTclDacon Joirls gs11" rrjcrs cood 4rRn)ArfsATrr.Dir, suxdai Open Every Tin et t!iO- I k v... it Till 9 p.m. Knox Takes the Oath as Secretary -T- j- - In the presence of President Roosevelt, Frank Knox, center, Chicago publisher anl republican "vlce presldeutial nominee in 1930, took this oath mm secretary of the navy: administered by Justice Felix FrmnkTBrter, right, of the supreme courC AP Telemat. i j riod of years. Mrs. Pearl Gilbert, sister ofi Mrs. Richardson, also reported ! having the defendant's two sons! as boarders while they were attending school. . Robert: Baker and Tom Klrsh. courthouse custodians, were also called to testify as to mistakes made by the county treasurer in cashing warrants belonging to them. William Thielson, county land ageht, and Mrs. Agnes C. Booth, school superintendent, gave similar testimony as to in stances of erroneous payment by the treasurer, either Mr. Drager or Mr. Richardson. , Final witness was Homer Rich ardson, son of the defendant, who affirmed that his parents had lived with the minimum ot expen ditures since his childhood, and that they maintained a very mod est domestic menage, not having electricity until a relatively late date. His i mother, he testified, was not physically able to attend the trial. . i t ? The hearing will continue 'at t a. m.; today. Italians Say Loss Suffered at Sea j - I i (Continued from Page 1) bombs south ot the Baleares Is lands Tuesday. This waa about the time that other Italian and British naval unite were fighting a hot, (-hour battle in the Ionian sea. (The British deny that any of their ships were damaged.) BERLIN. July ll-tAVGermany proclaimed toalgnt tnat ner u boats bent ion a starvation block ade of i England, had exceeded even the rate of imperial Ger many's ; unrestricted underseas campaign of the World war In destruction of British ships and British food. j In the six-weeks period ended July 8, said a communique. 709, 000 tons of "enemy commercial shipping" was sent to the "bot tom by submarines alone, and this quickened tempo waa attri buted to the "favorable bases' which Germany acquired on the English i channel and Atlantic coasts after knocking out France. The claimed rate of destruction was more than 100,000 a week, against a weekly average of less than 15.000 tons lost by the United I Kingdom by action of every kind; during the 1 1-month period of unrestricted U-boat war tare loosed by Germany In Feb ruary 191". i Scouter Crashes but Ttro Occupants not Much Hurt Honolulu, jaiy ii-v-Two naval filers escaped serious in jury today when their scouting plane crashed as they were , tak ing off at Kwa. Oahu Island, Ensign K. J. Luck, the pilot, waa not Injured. Hia observer was slightly hurt, j The plane was wrecked. : u J Oysters, S-ox. can Ice Cream, quarts Uaeoa Jar Lids, dox. . 1 5e Borehe Soap Granules, giant alio .49e .19o .10e Lux Flakes, tg Makes-jell Pectin Jells-quick Pectin 2 for 25c Jell-O, 0 flavors J for 12c Marshmallows cello bagj.0e Kew Nueoa, lbs. 37c Pen-Jel 10c 15c New Potatoes, 10 lbs. i ' ' ' ' ' ' Crushed i Pineapple, : ":-. No. 10 tin ' .5Sc Alfl BLUE STAMPS We Reserve " - "1 11,9 ; : '!:i:f,a. h 'fo Liatt Quantities v J f Senators' Box Scbro Second game, seven Innings: : Salem B B H PO Wilson, cf . 2 1 1 0 1 0 0 1 0 1 I R 1 9 0 0 0 0 0 0 Knall, 2b . 1 Coscarart, If Harris, rf Petersen, 3b Williams, c LMghtner lb Griffiths, sa Brewer, p Tofals !27 B . 4 1 21 19 Spokane Stickle, as H PO A 1 2 2 Aden, cf S McCormack, If - 4 Jolley, rf 2 Falcon!, lb 2 Martin ex, 2b 2 Bvart, 3b Lake, c 2 Budnlck, p ....... 1 Klnnaman, p . 1 Jonas, p , 0 Totals. , 25 0 1 1 21 12 Batted for Klnnaman in 4th. Score br Innings: Salem .010 040 0 S 1 Spokane 000 010 0 1 7 1 Summary Error, Lake; runs batted In, Harris 2, Brewer 1, Aden 1. Two base hits. Petersen. Brewer. Home run, Harris. Dou ble plays, Martinet to Stickle to Falcon! ; Griffiths to Lightner, Left on bases, Spokane S, Salem 7. Bases on balls, off Brewer 5, Bad nick 4. Klnnaman 1, Jonas -1. Struck out, by Budnlck 3, Brewer 3. Hits, off Budnlck 4 Is 4 plus innines. 4 runs: off Klnnaman 2 in 2 Innings, 1 run. Hit by pitch er, by Brewer, Faiconi. rassea balls, Williams 2. Losing pitcher, Budnlck. Time of game 150. Um pires, Moran and Welsgerber. Provincial Plan Adopted, France (Continued from Page 1.) sallies, but some of the ministers to function in Paris, which also Is in nasi hands. Each of the 30-odd French pro vinces which were important un ite In royal and Imperial France to have its governor and com plete civil staff, and the 90 pre fects of departments to be strip ped of much of their power. As Petaln told the country ot hia use ot the powers to re-form France) so sweepingly (ranted by parliament, ho couched wearily and frequently Into the micro phone." . : ; "The international capitalistic system is outmoded, he de clared. "The base of our new state must be work, the family and the fatherland. "The government, already has passed through difficult hours. "It has suffered a new trial -this time from England, which has ungratefully attacked the French fleet demobilised' in its harbors after unjustly accusing us of being willing to let it pass into the hands ot Italy and Ger many. "Attacked today by - England, France la forced to make new sac rifices. "I need your confidence." mm LAST TTME3 TODAY r Xa penoa . ICES. JAEBIXI . McCESS -aUdte'a rrieny Aarun ! i t ! f. - j I Adalts I nfr : lWOSEGON STATESMAN. Salem of the Navy Petition Is Filed j For Airliner Stop ( Continue a from page 1) and eertaln of these trips, which are flown with 12rton Douglas Mainliners, would serve Salem, j Officials of United; Air Lines, in connection with the filing of the petition, stated that approval by the CAA in j placing Salem on Unlted's nation-wide . system, would Insure: Salem having ade quate service and offered by a company with adequate financing had already I equipped with a fleet of 53 1 modern 1 twin-engined transports. ! United proposes to give Salem the same type ot ser vice as it now .gives New York, Chicago, Sail Francisco, and other large cities:. It "- is j prepared to start service out ot Salem as soon as the authority is given. ! - Under the civil aeronautics act the date of hearing-! will have to be set and evidence submitted to show that designation ot Salem on Unlted's route would be in the public Interest. Paid r or a t Lons Las t (Continued from: Page 1.) $19,000 sewer bonds. The city had on, hand only $12,050 to meet these two Issues aid so Issued $70,000 to pay the balance, to be paid over a period of 20 years at the rate of! $3500 annually starting- January 20, 1921 and contin uing until January 20, 1940. This Issue paid $24,250 inter est before at long last Genevieve Smith of South Carolina cashed 1 - i in the last bond. I The total i elapsed time from the date the Council! accepted the contract bid to the final payment was 4f years and seven months. ELSINORE Today "The Mortal Storm with Margaret Snllavan. James Stewart. Plus I Can't Give re Ton Anything- bat Love.' Saturdayl Bob Hop and Paulette Goddard In "The u Ghost Breakers." Plus : "The Blacult Enter with " Billy Lee. ' J jfAPITOi - Today Dead End Kids in Tou'rs aot sot Touglu: Plus John Garfield. Ann Sheridan. Pal O'Brien In "Castle on the Hndson. HOLLYWOOD Today "The Lone Wolf ; Strikes' w!U Warren WU ; Ham nd Joan Perry. Plus rigIon ot the Law less with George O'Brien and Virginia Vale and chapter 14 "The Shadow," . : !" GRAIfDj -Tod ay "Doped Tonth. Saturday Warner, : Baxter - and 4 n d r e a i Leeds in l "Earth Bovtd." Plus v "Charlie C h a n's Murder , Cruisa." i " I SXATS 1 j Today "Raffles- wltn David I Nirea and Ollril de Havilland. Plus "Shoot ;v; lug High with Jane With ers and Gene Antry. Saturday midnight s h o w ' ., -Strange Cargo" with Josn ; Crawford and Clark Gable. I L1BERTX Today Roy Rogers In "la' Old Caliente' with Mary , Bart, Plus "Chasing Trou- ble- with Frankle Darr6 and Chapter 7 rDick Tracy's G-Men." ; . e,. e . e , '. C""T3 rra i 1 l i Jane 1 Gene , Antry' I . Withers ! "ciiooTEja naa- - : 2ND . BIG JUT " HAFnX3" Olivial . ... . ' David JH Jlavilland . Nlvcn i i - - ' . ... f 1 City Hall I Call Board Oregon, Friday Morning. July Air Fight Over. Britain Grows 22 Nazi Planes Domed, Otliers Aie Damaged . ' Tbx.Pefen'se.Sliip ;-: (Continued from Page 1) one light plane and three guarded bombers. ? v ". "J. "The British 'acknowledged loss of four planes, 'p.- . " . .:v ' British Do JMaiace , Around BosJogm -.. Residents of jl aontheMt coast town heard the areff thunder of 1 eiplodlnf; bombs 'and. anti-aircraft fire' from theTdirection of Bon logno France, across the narrow Strait of Dorer, and took comfort in the thought, that their own air force : must - be ! strlklns back. The British" raided Boulogne 'airdrome at dawn ' yesterday and the air ministry announced that five German planes were believed to have been -destroyed. Watchera along the British coast said they saw the distant glow- -of one bis; fire after the sound of bombing. They observed that three - powerful searchlights the Germans used ' in previous raids did not appear thla time, and might have been put out of action. The 'government announced only that there were "several" fa talities, along with an undeter mined number of wounded. (For several days, the British have avoided giving, specific In formation as to the slain. But It was clear from the fact that "sev eral dead were -acknowledged in three separate areas, that this time the total of fatalities was considerable.) The British staged a daylight a tuck yesterday on the airdromes at St, Omer and Amiens, France. Five planes failed to return. (The German high command declared that an entire force of seven British planes which at tacked the Amiens airdrome at GUsy was shot doom.) Airdromes, Barge Concentrations Struck - Airdromes, concentrations of barges and other military objec tives, in France and the low coun tries were caught by British bombardment today, the air min istry said. The almost continuous nasi at tacks on England appeared to be intended to master the British skies before the last test for Eng land itself. Raids this week have been marked for the first time by slxe- able righting plane escorts for the German, bombers, as though Ger many were preparing tor a. full- dress aerial offensive. Attacks "infinitely stronger" than those thus far are expected by official circles in "the very near future." Coupled with this prediction is an expression tt official .confi dence that the bigger raids can be repulsed, thanks to Increased do mestic plane production and ac celerated import ot American planes. Relations With Russia Improve There were other major devel opments linked with Britain's fight tor life: 1. Foreign Affairs Undersecre tary R, A. Butler told the house of commons that success In Bri tain's attempts to make friends with soviet Russia has "appeared more likely since March when the USSR made a friendly approach to the government and proposed resumption of trade negotia tions." 2. Minister of Agriculture R. S. Hudson acknowledged that Britain faces a food crisis im measurably more serious than la 1914 and declared that food pro duction must be increased In the next year to save millions from hunger. To reports from Berlin ot. growing German success, in the German-styled "starvation I block ade" of Britain. Hudson replied, however, that the British would continue to eat this winter, ute May Be Settled " RJCEDSPORTv - July U-(- Tne umpeu vaueyAoa ana Que club caned in commercial - fish ermen this, week in an effort to end a long conflict over flshinx rights ta the Umpo.ua river, - The proposed settlement, simi lar to one put into effect on the Siualaw river, , 'would give com mercial fishermen open seasons at different times en varying spe cies ot fish, . , . - . . ... ; - The sportsmen said they believ ed an open season on winter steelhead was necessary because runs had increased to the point where little natural food was left for. trout.'' The legislature , would have to approve any arrangement made i An3 Snd Fee ton - ' 4A WACSM JOAN IVlLUAUwFZrjlY Also CcXcr Ccrioon, news and Xlncl Chapter Ttw Shadow" Urnpqu liisp . .' 1Z. 1343 Filbert Trees or Fanfare? BIcNary , Faces Biff Choice PORTLAND. July ll-flD-Sen" ator Charles MeNary weighed the Importance of the vice presiden tial nomination ... and his filbert trees today. Ralph Cake, Oregon republi can national committeeman.: re turned from Fircone, the MeNary farm near Salem,- to suggest a 'little clearing to accommodate spectators at the senator's - ac ceptance address next month. v - The senator prefers Fircone as the site of the acceptance, pro Tiding; "they won't ruin my trees." i..The state, ca pi t dl grounds also have - been .proposed.,-. - k--. DefensePrbgraia Contracts WASHINGTON, July ll-VPh- Irorklng- toward a goal of 25,009 ew warplanes in the next two years, the 'national defense com mission -announced- today ; that $100,000,900 worth of contracts had been awarded since July 1, when funds for the expansion pro gram became available.- ' Officials said the fact that com petitive bidding; was not required had assisted them in launching the program swiftly; The army and the navy merely drew up specifications, found manufac turers capable of handling; their orders and then let the contracts. First plane deliveries are ex pected by early fall. Dr. George J. Mead, aeronauti cal adviser to the committee, de clared at a press conference to day that representatives of the army and navy, aircraft manu facturing companies, the national advisory committee for aeronau tics and the reconstruction fi nance corporation had met Tues day and had agreed on a program ot air defense cooperation. One Woman Slain By Ranch Worker Who Shoots Self PETALUMA, Calif., July 11-(P)-One woman was dead, anoth er wounded and a ! ranch hand near death today as the after math of a rural argument, Mrs. Louise Carminati, 4S, was found dead in an automobile belonging- to Amerleo i Bragga, 24. Bragga, near death, staggered out to officers who followed him to the residence of a relative. Sheriff Walter B. Sellmer said search for the. nalr" was started after Miss Olympla j Garsoll, 52, had been found seriously wounded at the ranch the two women op erated. Sellmer said Miss Garsoll told him the shootings followed an ar gument in which the two women upbraided Bragga for drinking. Murder To Boy, Aged 14 SAN LUIS OBISPO, Calif., July 11 W)-A charge of murder was placed today against 14-year-old Jack Harris who has been' ac cused of ravishing! and fatally beating an 8-year-old girl. The victim of the assault was little Gayle Jones. She died yes terday 24 hours after her naked and beaten body waa found In a canyon- near the Rancho Descanto school for ."maladjusted boys, which young Harris Attended. Sheriff Murry C. Hathaway said the youth had signed a con fession that he beat the girl with a six-inch roek when she resisted him. Sawmill's Boiler Explodes;1 3 Dead . ; i HOLCOMB, Mo July ll-(Jp)-A sawmill explosion felt five miles away killed three men and se riously injured six ; others nir here today. The dead were Luther Davis. 25, and Elmer Smith. 2 S, saw mill workers, and W. rmnn. ton, 55, a farmer who had sons to tne mill for a load of lumber. i Actlnar ' Caranar Wfctt tiimm held an. immediate In an est and the verdict waa 'accidental death caused by an explosion of a steam beiler. i-. . . . , - OJMDBBgff ( TODAY AinTsATOED tc:rifjiCTCTcriK3 y mm 1 ;, IN . ! mj irezila-';. - PLUS CHAPTER T : 1 Tidr "Tracfs;G-Ilea-;": 1 1 Cartooa t ! Kews Signed t.--' , JUT r QippertoReacli - lAiiFrontier L03 ANGELES, July llWV Spannlng- of the j3st ocean" to receive regularly scheduled com mercial airplane aervice will start tomorrow when a Pan American Airways flying boat departs for Australasia. - Starting at Its eastern termin us at -Treasure Island In San Francisco bay, a 42-ton four-motored Boeing plane of the same type as that which began trans Atlantic service Jast- year will come to Los Angeles as a port of call before beginning the long- trip ever the pcflW,-v;'-V-, Of the world' oceans, the South Pacific alone remains with out, some sort of .airmail or pas senger air ervicev.',.v I Tha -transport company Inaug urating the flight between San Francisco. -and Auckland, .New Zealand, -the lone American trans oceanic, operator, .made its- first great , vent a re in lose ranger sea flying in 13 S when it begun the service .between J5an --; Francisco and Manila; P. L.- by way - of "stepping: stone? Islands west ot Honolulu : - . Democracy Still Plan of France, Baudoin Insists By JOHN LLOYD VICHT,V France, July 7-(De-layed)-(iI-Fore!gn Minister Paul Baudoin told me today that France's coming government - re forms, tend more toward "the American system" than any other. This is how he put .it: The reforms will strengthen the executive power and the "chief of state will head hia own cabinet, Just as President Roose velt does." "There will be no nazi or fascist salute, no brown or black shirts. "Allegations that we are going to copy the German or Italian system are utterly false." Baudoin said there would be free elections, the main Innova tion In mind being establishment of a "family vote. Hospital Ablaze; One Person Dies CINNCINNATI, July 12-Frf-day)-LTV-Flra awent a huUdin housing 10 patients and em ployes or sr. Francis hospital early today, and nolle reoortBf one person was killed and an undetermined number injured in evacuation. Sergt. R. E. Hoffenbach said firemen carried occupants- of the buildlna- down' laddra frnm aa ond and third floor windows. The name of the person fatally hurt waa not Immediately learn ed. Only patients not bedridden were quartered la the fire-swept structure. Firemen believed the blaze started in a basement laundry. Milkman Matinee Plan of Theatre MEMPHIS, Tenn.. July ll--Introduclng the "Milkman's mat inee." A local theatre announces vcn Saturday It will give breakfast at 6 a.m.. start Its feature at 1:30 and wind it up by 7:50 inlme for patrons to make 8 o'clock dead lines all for the regular admis sion priced . Three Charges Filed City police bookings made last night were Jack Hagenbaugh transient, charged with drunken ness: John M. Johnson, 1160 North Church street, failure to stop at a signal, and Patrick Shea, 407 North Capitol street, failure to give right ot way to a pedes trian.. : ' : . AIR-CONDITIONED STAMS SATURDAY 2 HITS! , YouH ?roar at this pjcture that's funny enough to mak Jet chosi lewghi Bab end Paula tta Skars cf "Cat "-"and,"; Canary) r scare) again searing ghosts! Youll har the tima of your Ilia shaking with covd laughsl - - : ' ' Yow ;'cjt tell tfcst ntimirfsrs rn ft V . ? COMPANION 1 n I I ! Tne Heart Story cf Two Kids and Their DogL I vdth ElHy Lee, Cordcll rrrs ErVrli: sirvAr:T ! hi can't Give Ton il, i .7"! C T ;"" . : Anjthn tut Lore -DAY '. ' , ' U ;llus Disney Cartoon TC 61 Congressmen Ji, urge i'it to itun (Con tin oed from Page 1) Xekes expressed to reporters his belief that Mr. Roosevelt would accept reno ruination bnt ex plained that this was only his own opinion and that it was based on no word from the president, ; - The White House still had no thing to say about the third term matter. s ,' . . Meanwhile,, democrats' began an exodus toward Chicago. Con areas recessed - late today until July. 22 to give its majority mem bers a chance to attend the con vention, x : JMfore- the recess. Senator Wi ley ; (S-Wls) proposed on the senate floor that the senate cam paign expenditures committee In vestigate a chain postcard which he- said was being- circulated in Washington, to urge President Roosevelt to run for a third term. . .-, " -. : ' Ha made tha umimuI alinri after the- committee had decided tnere was insufficient evidence to Justify aa investigation ot re ports that a "high 'pressure" xeiegrapnie. drive was employed II the successful' campaign et wenoeu wiuxia ror the republi can preiiaenuai nomination," Wavinx a card before his col leagues. Wiley said it urged the recipient to rally around Roose velt'' and to write to the presi dent, asking him to run tor re election. .The recipient .was also asked to pass the card on to two friends, and to request them to do the same. Hungary Advised jlo iuaKe no uran BUDAPEST. July ll-V-The precarious peaee ot southeastern .Europe. Hanging by a thread since Russia's Bessarablan grab, seemed assured of at least a temporary continuance tonight. Hungary and Bulgaria again have - postponed their territorial claims of Rumania, in deference to Germany's desires: 1. To , maintain southeastern Europe on a fall production ba sis for the nasi war machine during; the battle to conquer Britain. . 2. To keep soviet Russia' from using Dandbian confusion asr an opening- for another snatch of strategic territory on the third relch's tiring' space frontier. . The sudden switch-about ap parently came early Wednesday about the time confident Prime Minister Pat Teleky and his for eign minister Count Istvan Csaky were traveling- to Munich, expect ing Germany and Italy would in dorse Hungary's dream rot im mediate acquisition of the prov ince of Transylvania, lost to Ru- msTTllft f re tVtaA YXTa1 A wree MSbaa m a ww w a au w ssva a - AIR-CONDITIONED COOL Tonighi and Saturday 2i Thrillia Features OOMPANION FEATURE j C4 sLiTHI. r t?Csi3 atf IsmSSTsI stax twsKf swarms trrrM tws, ev en IHMiiMI SmXlwm allAi COOLEST SPOT IN TOWN SALEM'S L&AD1H3 THSATRS -. n n r? a Pfr. " J n i TTLTTTT1T Hickman, Helene SHIlard