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Ih. OnEGOM STATESMAN. Salem. Oregon. Thursday Morning. Awjuil 12. ISO
Stores Closing
; For Notifying
Plans Laid at Luncheon
,VV' for Decorations
Jp Displays
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however, when Fred Lamport In
formed the group meeting raster
day noon that Ralph Car, na
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tional republican committeeman
? for Oregon, had expressly req Best
ed that this form of activity! not
,be arranged. ;
"' Speakers at the luncheon meet
Kilns- made observations 011 differ
ent aspects of the notification
ceremony and Us meaning for! Sa
lem. That '. of Senator Douglas
McKay was typical, when hel af
firmed - that the scene in Salem
next Tuesday would closely (re
semble that at Elwood, Ind., last
Saturday when Wendell L. Will
kie, the : republican presidential
candidate, made his acceptance
speech b e f o r e an audience of
' many thousands. 1
1 Other speakers included Sirs.
R. L. Wright, W. L. Phillips, Br
H. H. Ollnger, Dr. Henry E; Mbr-
ris, Del Neiderhiser, Floyd Milter,
Frank Chatas, B. E. Owens, Dr.
P. O. Riley and Ernest JllUler,
'president of the Willkie-McNiiry
IC1UU. I
2 Dr. B.' F. Pound, who served
as chairman, appointed a publici-
-ty committee for the event com
prising Oscar D. Olson, Senatjor
Douglas McKay, W. I. runups,
Dr. Henry E. Morris and Wallajce
Sprague.
Luncheon Is Set
for 1 o'clock
v As announced by the republican
' national committee, which is in
. charge of arrangements, the prjo-
. gram for the notification ceremo
nies on Tuesday will r include; a
t luncheon at 1 p. m. at the Marion
, hotel for republican precinct com
mitteemen at, which Dr. B. F.
, Pound will be chairman, and
; speakers will include Governor
Stassen of Minnesota and Nation
al Chairman Joseph W. Martlta,
Jr., of Massachusetts.
At 3: 45 a musical program, by
bands and the Eugene gleemen
will, begin at the fairgrounds, to
b followed at 4:30 p. m. by the
notification ceremony proper.
The latter will include the play
ing of the national anthem, in
vocation by Rev. Alcuin Heibel of
Mt. Angel, introduction of Gov-
. ernor Stassen by Representative
Martin, notification address by
! Governor Stassen, and finally Sen
ator. McNary's acceptance speech.
Following the ceremony the
senator, will remain at the fair
grounds to receive the public.
Seats for 15,000 persons have
been' assured In the fairgrounds
grandstand, the national commit
tee representatives have report
ed, and additional room for
23,000 more who may see and
hear the exercises is also avail-
. able.
. - Location of the speakers' stand
- will be on the stage built for the
.'- Salem Centennial celebration In
July and early August. Flags of
all states will be used as a back
- drop during the ceremony, having
leen Installed on the portions of
. the Centennial scenery still stand
log. Guards Are Told
Of f by Generals
CAMP BEAUREGARD, La.,
Aug. 21-()-Bluntly told they
could not "take it" In the war
maneuvers, 50,000 national
guardsmen sped homeward to
night while a high officer flatly
stated they would be back In a
month for a year's training.
Pointing out that good soldiers
(Should be able to walk 20 miles a
day, Major General Walter Kreug-
,er, commander of the "reds" In
the third army's 21-day maneuv
ers that included 20,000 regular
.troops, said "ours can't walk at
all."
Even the horses rented ones
were criticized by General Al
bert Blanding, Florida national
guardsman, who declared they had
been anable to carry cavalry
troops through the last four days
of intensive; mock battle that
ended yesterday.
General - Herbert J. 1 Brees,
eighth , corps area . commander,
stated plainly the guardsmen
would be called out in September
for a year's training, but that al
lowances granted them now for
their shortcomings would not be
made In the future.
Nazis Chop Down
, Tree of liberty
BERLIN, Aug. 2M-France's
Tree of Liberty" in the Alsatian
t"e w n .of : Zahern was chopped
co wn today amid cries of "sieg
beil" to Adolf Hitler and the roll
,ot drums.
. The French planted the tree In
118 when 'Alsace was regained.
r 7 Natl leader Wild told .the
group of Hitler youth and other'
participating nail organisations:
' "This tree was planted' as a
symbol of freedom freedom as
understood by the French. For
Germany this tree is symbol of
slavery and oppression. Now the
tree must fall and the roots be
torn out because everything for
eign must be torn out of the
homeland."
Seen the Fair?
i Won't Last Long
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 21-
The shadow of approaching; doom
was cast over Treasure Island to
day by William W. Monahan, gen
eral manager -of the Golden Gate
v International exposition,
! -. While thousands of visitors lr
; culated among the Island's beauty
I spots, Mosahan called, for bids to
; demolish: the 'exposition, after-It
closes September 19- '
V. Contractors were asked to sb
roit rroposals by September . 22
"for tie complete demolition, re-
rtoval and salvage" of all fixed
properties of the exposition, now
near Ins the close of Its second
season.
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John Cudahy, United States ambassador to Bel
gium, calling at the White House to discuss with
President Roosevelt his "unauthorized' Interview
on conditions In Nazi-conquered countries, stops at
the office of Brigadier General Edwin Watson, a
Australian Missed
From Aboard Ship
SAN PEDRO. Calif- Aug 21-
The mysterious disappearance
of Henry T. Pamphilon, 63, Mel
bourne, Australia, Investor, from
the liner Monterey Was disclosed
tonight after the vessel's arrival
from San Francisco.
Capt. E. R. Johansen of the
Monterey said Pamphilon re
mained in his cabin after the ship
left San Francisco and Tuesday
night reported to the room stew
ard he was ill. His head was
bandaged.
; On arrival of the ship, Pam
philon was missing from his ca
bin. His bed was unused. In his
effects was a note asking that
his luggage be left at his sister's
home in Melbourne. Letters indi
cated he had come to this country
last month for expert medical
treatment.
Ketch on Tail End
Of World Girdling
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. ll-UPl
-The 32-foot ketch "Idle Hour"
beaded into San Francisco bay to
day on the last lap of a six year
round-tne-wona cruise.
Tha fnnnt sriiird. Which started
'keeping a look-out for the craft
a week ago when she was reported
overdue from Catalina, sighted
her sails off Point Bonita.
She sailed from Catalina August
4 on her wav to Seattle, where
Dwiekt Long, owner and master.
started on a world cruise in 1934.
During the cruise he was held
prisoner in Spain, raided by pi
rates, almost wrecked by a hurri
cane, becalmed and repeatedly re
ported missing.
"We ran into worse weather
coming up from Los Angeles than
we encountered along the entire
trip New York to California,"
Long said.
"We had to go 550 miles out
of our way to get here, bucking
headwinds and pumping the bilges
every; half hour."
O'Mahoney Chosen
In Wyoming Vote
CHEYENNE. Wyo., Aug. 21-
()-United States Senator Joseph
C. O'Mahoney, democrat, and Rep.
Frank O. Horton, republican,
have each been nominated by
their respective parties for re
election. Each carried every coun
ty in yesterday's primary, unoffi
cial returns showed tonight.
The republicans nominated
Mil ward Simpson, Cody attorney,
to oppose Senator O'Mahoney In
the general election. The demo
crats chose Joha Mclntyre, Doug
las attorney, to oppose Horton.
Senator . O Mahoney, new deal
anti-monopoly Investigator ; and
supporter of President Roosevelt
for a third term, led Cecil W.
Clark, Newcastle attorney who
ran because he "could no longer
support the party machine," by
more than nine to one.
Balkans Fear
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This alrvlew shows the Greek
which Italy, according to reports
Balkans, clans to convert fc aa
Guessed Wrong; Pays off $300 Bet
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Mrs. Otis Cnmberledxe and Mrs. Elizabeth Pettit
These two slaters Mrs. Otis Cumberledge, S3, and Mrs. Elizabeth
Pettit, 25 are charged wltn the attempted murder of Mrs. Ada
Hubb Headley, 44, of Pine Bank, Pa near Waynesburg. PoUce
charge that the sisters, dressed as men, staged a fake holdup, Mrs.
Pettit firing five bullets into Mrs. Headley's abdomen. She is not
expected to live. The sisters Implicated the husband, Robert Head
ley, police say. Indicating he had been "a friend" of Mrs. Cumber
ledge, a widow, for years.
US Plane Victor
In Running Fight
LONDON, Aug. 22-(Thursday)
(Jp) An American-built plane
used by the royal air force coast
al command won a running fight
with seven enemy fighter planes
yesterday after it had dive
bombed two enemy ships in the
North sea, the air ministry re
ported today.
An air ministry communique
describing the fight said:
"A Hudson aircraft of the RAF
coastal command after making a
dive-bombing attack on two ene
my ships in the North sea yester
day (Wednesday) afternoon en
countered seven enemy fighters
which were escorting the ships. A
running fight ensued In which one
enemy fighter was shot down In
to the sea. Our aircraft, though
damaged, landed safely."
The Hudson was hit by machine-gun
fire and cannon shells
and two members of the crew
were wounded.
"The pilot skimmed sea-surface
during most of the fight,
maneuvering bis aircraft so that
Its guns were brought into action
in turn as Messerschmltts as
sailed him," the air ministry said.
Fire Destroys Lumber
ASTORIA, Ore., Aug. 21.-(JP-Fire
In the O'Brien-Gram spruce
mill's lumber yard today de
stroyed 160,000 feet of stacked
lumber.
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circulating in tn I resist such an
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Roosevelt secretary. Purpose of the call: to pay
a $300 wager he tost to Watson. Cudahy bet that
amount a year ago that President Roosevelt would
not be nominated for a third term. Hers Cudahy
ruefully pays the bet In 1100 bills.
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Bishop Is Lauded
At Ketreat Here
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Frank B. Bennett, superintendent
of Salem schools, warned that the
Christian must not be overpow
ered with the sense of defeatism.
The layman looking at his church
should look at It as an Institution
where man becomes regenerated
for new purposes, he said.
Clyde Williamson, C. F. French
and Lloyd Gllson, all of the Sa
lem district, were other morning
speakers.
During the afternoon session
Dr. Sidney W. Hall, Cascade dis
trict superintendent, J. Edgar
Purdy, Salem district superinten
dent, and B. T. Kumler, commit
tee chairman, spoke. A tour of
state Institutions and the Willam
ette university campus followed.
Lay leaders of 68 churches of
the area attended the retreat.
Canoeing at Home
Saves Lives of 6
WILLIAMSTON, NC. Aug. 21-(JPy-Xm
floodwaters of the Roa
noke river rose in their cabin, a
negro couple and their four chil
dren climbed into a flimsy canoe
and floated about In the house
until coast guardsmen arrived.
"If It hadn't been for that little
canoe, we all would have
drowned," the mother said.
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sea. Greece, It Is tencved, would
attempt with fores, precipitating a
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Tj-otsky Dies,
AccusesOGPU
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secretary. She was being ques
tioned along with the' assailant,
an Iranian-born-Belglan who goes
by the name of Frank Jackson, v
t (Trotsky and bis wife escaped
a bail of machine-gun fire on May
24 by huddling on the floor of
their i bedroom. Later Trotsky
blamed the assault on "Stalinist
agents. : .
"Trotsky knew . the : assassin,
Frank Jackson,' personally for
more i than six months,! the sec
retary continued.
"Jackson enjoyed (he confidence
of Trotsky because of bis connec
tion wltn the Trotskyhu move
ment tn France and the United
States. Jackson visited the house
frequently. At no. time did we
have the least ground to suspect
he was an agent of the OGPu.
Hansen concluded:
"Stalin, the grave-digger of the
October (soviet Russian) revolu
tion and the murderer of the en
tire bolshevik generation, has
succeeded in delivering a mortal
blow against the last remaining
leader of that heroic epoch."
Parachutists Halt
Bitter Root Fires
Montana Forest Service
Uses Aerial Fighters
to Stop Blazes
HAMILTON, Mont., Aug. 21-
(P-Parachutists sailed down from
the sky In remote and nearly in
accessible parts of the Bitter Root
national forest in western Mon
tana and northern Idaho today
and corraled three of the 50 fires
ignited by "dry lightning" storms.
Ground crews extinguished
seven other blazes.
Supervisor G. M. Brandborg
said tonight the work of the para
chutists was "the bright spot on a
very dark picture."
Forty fires, ranging from less
than an acre In size to- more than
800 acres, cotninued to burn on
the Bitter Root tonight. Twenty
five of the blazes are in Montana,
IS in Idaho.
At 8 p. m., Brandborg estimated
that "not over 2500 acres" have
been burned over, but said a 20
mile wind this afternoon caused
the fires to spread.
Six parachutists were used to
day, "all we had," Brandborg said.
All three of the fires they ex
tinguished were in rough and
neavny-timnered areas ana po
tentially bad," he added.
Every fire on the Bitter Root
forest has now been manned by
a flre-flghting crew.
Bonds of Canada
Move up Sharply
NEW YORK, Aug. 21-UpV-Ca-
nadlan government and industrial
bonds snapped upward 820 to
over 75 per 1 1,000 bond today
la the New York stock exchange
as vv all street digested reports
of agreement between the United
States and the dominion for Joint-
defense of the northern halt f
the western hemisphere.
As Washington advices hinted
leasing by theUnlted States of
naval and air bases on United
Kingdom soil for the defense of
the Atlantic coastline from Green
land to Trinidad, Canadian 3s of
'C8 jumped upward 876.25 to
close at 2770 per 81.000 bond.
The 3s of C7 advanced 265 to
3765 and the 4s of '60 added
342.50 at 3375. Canadian national
railway 5s of '69 advanced 337.50
to 3890.
Cannon Is Viewed
To Follow Trotsky
MEXICO CITY, Aug. il.(JP)-
josepa Hansen, long time private
secretary to Leon Trotsky, said
tonight James P. Cannon, secre
tary of the socialist labor party
in the United States, probably
would! become head of the fourth
international following death cf
Trotsky.
Hansen said be was the "logi
cal man" to succeed Trotsky.
Hansen tonight Issued a state
ment again blaming Josef Stalin,
Russian dictator, for Trotsky's
assassination. He said:
."With a pickax Stalin has suc
ceeded In destroying the finest
brain of our age, and the leader
of the! world socialist revolution.
One section of Stalin's forces, the
professional assassins of the
OGPU; plotted for 12 years to as
sassinate Trotsky. They have
killed all the members of his fam
ily except his wife and one grand
son." I
Those Pesky Bugs
Even After Check
ROCHELLE, Ga., Aug. 21-A)-Miss
Veima Robinson, employe in
the county- agent's office, was
helping a farmer prepare an ap
plication for subsidy payments,
when a boll weevil flew in the
window and perched on the paper.
"Gosh," said the farmer
"they're eaten up by cotton crop
and now there's a weevil to collect
my subsidy check.
Portland Chalks
39lhAiito Death
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. tl-OR
An automobile driven by Ken
neth Smith, 20, Portland elevator
operator, struck and, killed -Mrs.
Oscar Peuker, 59, Portland, to
night, j Patrolman J. L. Hurt re
ported, - . ;
It was the city's 3 9 ti traffic
deatb this year. : .
Hurt sal Smith was arrested
on a charge of Involuntary- man
slaughter.
Lato Sports
SAN DIEGO, CallL, Aug. . 21-(A-Tbe
San -Diego Padres re
tained their sltm bold on a berth
in the Coast league first division
tonight - by drubbing 1 Portland,
12 to 1.
The Bearers scored first, get
ting av ran - In- the fourth Inning.
but the Padres garnered three tal
lies the same stanza, added one
In the sixth, tbree more In the
seventh, and blasted out five runs
in the eighth, to make the rest
of the- game a mere formality.
Whltey Hilcher started for. tbe
Beavers but was replaced In- the
seventh; - The Ion.' Portland -.run
came on a double by Marshall,- a
single by Rosenberg and -a long
fly by Gil I. -
Portland ' , - ' r 1- X
San Diego . . 12 15
Hilcher, Speeee (Tl -and An-
nuncio; Humphreys and Salkeld.
OAKLAND, Aug. 21-P)-Nlghf
game:-' - a-..'-
Hollywood a 7
Oakland 4
Gay, Mustaikas (8) and Bren-
sel; Salveson and RaimondL
LOS ANGELES, Aug. ll-UP-
First game:
SeatUe 10 15
Los Angeles L 2 K
Turpin and Nlemiec: Wetland;
Fallon (8), Bonettl (9) and Her
nandez.
Second game:
Seattle 6 11 0
Los Angeles ,,, , ' t S
Webber and. Campbell; Flores,
(Game called end 5th by 11:50
curfew rule.)
SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 21
-fV-Night game:
San Francisco b II 2
Sacramento 0 S 1
Guay, Kittle (4), and Sprinz;
Kleinke, Riel (9) nd Ogrodowski,
Grilk (9).
Senate Squashes
Money Draft Plan
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mittee bill calls for registration
of all between 18 and 84, inclu
sive, with those between 21 and
45 liable for the draft.
Downtown, a group of high of
ficials and army and navy offi
cers discussed witb Attorney Gen
eral Jackson the legal aspects of
acquiring offshore air and naval
base sites from Great Britain.
Speculation was to the effect that.
acting on the precedent of Theo
dore Roosevelt's establishment of
a naval base at Guantanamo. Cu
ba. In 1903, the president might
obtain the sites by executive ac
tion, without a formal treaty
which would require senate ap
proval.
The congressional debates on
conscription were accompanied
by noisy demonstration outside
the capitol, in which a group of
women, denominating themselves
the "Congress of Mothers of the
United States,' banged a dummy.
bearing the label "Claude 'Bene
dict Arnold' Pepper." on a tree,
and cut it down when capitol po
lice intervened.- Senator Pepper
(D-Fla) has been one of the more
Insistent advocates of all possible
assistance to Great Britain.
Pepper . tonight Issued the fol
lowing statement:
"Knowing these women, like
all other Americans, are sincere
in their patriotism, placing Ame
rica first aad Hitler last. I feel
that their hanging me In effigy
was a splendid demonstration of
what we all desire freedom of
speech and freedom of action in
the American way of doing things.
"My only hope Is that the spec
tators and those who hear about
this business will feel that I also
love America and that I am sin
cere In my dally efforts to defend
the United States in Liberty, the
right of free speech and free ac
tion." The Lee proposal evoked num
erous charges that business and
Industry has been delaying the
defense program because profits
were not satisfactorily high.
Chairman Walsh (D-Mass), for
one, asserted that businessmen
were delaying the acceptance of
government orders for warplanes
because they were receiving a
prbfit as high as 18 per cent on
foreign orders. Meanwhile, be
said, they were endeavoring to
have the present T per cent limit
on US contract profits eliminated.
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SACRAMENTO, Calif., Aug. 21
UPV-Edgar Allen Poe today be
came Edgar Allen Spalding.
In receiving court permission
to change his last name to that of
bis stepfather, the 26-year-old
employe of a wire service said
having the same name as tha
famed poet caused him no end of
trouble; that facetious 1 friends
were , constantly asking aim to
quote "The Raven" or auotinc
the poem to him.
- HATS, Kas Aug. 21-A-A
doctor hung by bis feet from a
rope to administer ox y gem to
Louie Irvin, 47-year-old work
man trapped tn a ccespooL but
Irvin died today from effects
of sewer gas.
Dr. D. B. Parker, IUawm,
worked for two boars witb the
stricken workman yesterday aft
r - be lost consciousness in a
20-foot cesspool at McCrackeav
irrfn finally, was removed
nndl brought te a Hoys hospital
where he was placed in a re
soscltator,.
OKLAHOMA CITYr Anr. 21-
()-A candid camera shot saved
Frank G. Hart," 43, a 'police court
fine and blot on bis perfect driv
ing record." . ' . - v -
Traffic officers ' charred TTart
witb running a -stop sign. '.Hart
returned to tha , Intersection
named In the complaint and. took
a picture. jt
I couldn't sea the sirn h
told Acting Police Jnd . ji
Gowdy. "It was covered wit
banging limbs. This picture will
prove ium-
I can't see the-sign, either,?
said Gowdy after examining fie
photo. -Case dismissed.- V
US Alliance Held
Sought by Britain
Satisfaction ;.' Is Shown
Over , US-Canadian
'. 'i: ' Discussion
LONDON,- Aug, . 21 -(.TV-The
British government, . evidencing
satisfaction' at - tha . Canadian
American discussions on xnutual
defense, was reported by unoffl
ctal but well-informed, sources
today 'to be seeking . a mQiUry
alliance with tha United States.
finch, an alliance, it was said,
would s embrace- the defense of
Canada and other ; British pos
sessions "T"in thsr western"- hemis
phere..' - - -." . ; ., t l "
Also, and perhaps more Impor-
tant one source indicatea, tne
alliance would form the basis
for common diplomacy In the far
east at the conclusion of tha Eu
ropean confUet,' l
Tbe 'unofficial, circles comment
ing on such an alliance envisaged
the Canadian-American discus
sions on mutual defense as the
opening wedge in a British effort
to obtain a full military accord
between the United States and
Britain.
Official sources were reluctant
to comment on the talks between
the United States and Canada
which resulted in a decision to
establish a Joint- defense board
but their satisfaction was evident.
However, . one reliable person
said:, -
"It Is a logical progression
from -these talks to a military
alliance with, Great Britain.
think we may regard the present
Canadian-American talks as simi
lar to those which,' in the early
nineteen hundreds, preceded cre
ation of the entente cordials be
tween France and his majesty's
government -
One explanation of official
British reluctance to comment is
the presence of public opinion In
England that a non-belligerent
United States Is more valuable to
Britain than an , America at war
which would be forced to use
most of her planes and munitions
for her own defense instead of
letting Britain have them. -
Hemisphere Loan
Bill Passes House
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industries for plant expansion to
meet defense orders.
Just before the final vote the
house defeated, 185 to 140, a
mora by Rep. Wolcott (R-Mlch.)
to return tbe bill to committee
for elimination of the 8500,000,
000 provisions.
Action cams after an all-day
debate that ran past tha dinner
hour and saw a long series of re
stricting-amendments rejected by
close margins and largely along
party lines. . , j
Several republican i. however,
spoke for tha bill which President
Roosevelt recommended as a
means of bolstering economic de
fenses in Latin America against
nasi penetration.
Republican opponents concen
trated their attack on the argu
ment that American Industry and
agriculture might suffer from
helping South America dispose of
surpluses that are in competition
with products of this country.
Ickes Denies He's
Stamps Profiteer
WASHINGTON, Aug. 21-CffV-
Seeretary Ickes disputed today an
assertion by Senator Danaher (R
Conn.),that the secretary had a
profit of 8187.417.50 in 150
postage stamps honoring the na
tional park service, which he pur
chased for 882.60.
In the senate Monday, Danaher
demanded a congressional inves
tigation of the purchase of special
Issue stamps by government offi
cials to determine whether they
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in telephone service Nowhere else do peo-
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courteous service at such low cost.
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used their positions In collecting
valuable stamps.; .., ; I '
i Ickes displayed to his press
conference as imperforate sheet
of the stamps .to which Danaher
referred, and said: i t
- "These - stamps are valueless
beyond tha current postage rates.
They, are worth exactly what I
paid for them $82.50.
X "They are so 'valuable to col
lections that . the official, stamp
catalogues do not even list them."
l "I never have sold or offered
to sell any of the stamps, Ickes
said. He added that he had "given
some away to collector friends.
Famous Barrister
.Dies on Vacation
Max D. Steuer Noted as
Trial Lawyer; "Who v
Got Huge .Feet
JACKSON. NH, Aug. 11-UPh
Max DV Steuer, 69, who entered
this country a poor Austrian Im
migrant boy and became one of
vvum a uwa ya vm at Mr
al lawyers, died todsy of a heart
attack while vacationinr here.
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Steuer, who was known for tbe
impressive fees he received ha
was reputed to have- earned 21.-
000,000 a year for 10 years
was resting on the porch of his
suits at Wentworth ! Hall Jiotel
when ho was stricken,
One of - Steuer's most famous
cases was his successful defense
of Charles Mitchell, New , York
banker, who' was charged .with
evading the payment of $800,000
In income taxes In 1929 and 30.
Helped Probe Bank
Steuer served without pay In
the inquiry into the affairs of the
closed Bank of the United States
in 1931. i
Known as a figure In the af
fairs of Tammany hall during the
regime of John F. Curry, Steuer
testified during the recent trial
of Tammany Leader James J.
Hines,V who was convicted of
helping "Dutch" Schults domlnats
lottery.
Steuer testified that Hlnea
asked him to take up an income
tax matter for Schults, but said
he refused the case;
Steuer never specialized, taking
both criminal and civil cases.
Among spectacular ones In which'
he figured were' those growing
out . of the Triangle , shirtwaist
factory fire in 1909 when 147
lost their lives; the famous Foel-
ker race track bribery case, and
the Becker murder trial.
Bobbieg Change Hats
LONDON, Aug. 21-i-Londoa
police were ordered today to aban
don their customary high helmets
and wear war-time tin helmets.
Heretofore when sir raid sirens
screamed they changed into tin
hats.
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