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IICiLTlLTlI YEAR Salem, Orecoii, WednxHcry I-Iortlng, October '2, 1S43 Price) Sci X'ewsatszsda No. i:i n o o 0) ut: PlsiIfll T7T) o - : -: YJJ Almazanoup Said Thwarted As Aide Slain General Zarzosa Killed, Adherents Routed by Mexican Troops Monterrey Has Dramatic Clash; Some Bridges Fired by Plotters MONTERREY, Mexico, Oct 1- CP-Mexlcn soldiers pounced to day on Brigadier General Andres Zmiom and shot him to death a . few hours, they said, before the tero hour for a rerolutionarjr coup intended ' to easture Monterrey. Jiexleo's greatest ' Industrial city . and seize power In this American border state. . ' Zariosa was an old friend. Re tire campaign supporter and mili tary subordinate of Joan Andrew Almaxan, who lost on the oasis of official returns la his attempt to became president of Mexico over the-opposition of the present ad ministration party. ' Ho -was shot to death and a band of his adherents was blasted out Of. ft rilla they had rented In this elty after a wild tun battle early this morning. ' First police, then soldiers, laid siege to. the house. The police said a man whom Zarzosa tried to persuade to help him became frightened by the pro portions of the scheme and squealed. Zarsosa, the police were told, , planned to strike with the dawn, to seize the garrison, forernor's palace, city hall, and all other slate and local offices. Friend of General Is Also Killed - One of the general's friends was "killed with him, a soldier was wounded, eeven persona, were ar rested and the oUier alleged plot ter! fled la the darkness" from their headquarters, orer rooftops an to the adjacent streets. - Although the authorities beat Zarsosa to the draw, it was report ed that half a dosen bridges were Cred by the accused plotters. There was, howerer, no Interrup tion in international train serrlce between Monterrey and Laredo, Tex., ISO miles to the north, and (Turn to Pace 2, CoL 7) Ha-ine'Ear Paul Uauter'i Column Butch, the Mayor of State ' street, as befits a man or great and wide affairs, occasionally has dealings wlthr tho larger bank ing houses. Al though Butch pcnlr derldei un motto or -Save and Have" the banks are. so fend X)f inscrib- tar oa their lit tle sarin gi h a n k e , he is acutely aware of the . ralue of ' m nner and nlaeea .) tr.nn. I ?! H. HlTim, Jt. draw him as barflies are drawn to free lunch. It was only lately that Batch Ventured into one , of the money marts at the busiest hour. Long lines of impatient depositors fret ' ted before every teller's window. Butch, his slant Oriental eyes og ling and. his pumpkin-round head bobbins, placed himself at the end f tha rerr lor. rest line. Th line moved slowly and Butch grew quickly weary. Final ly, patience ending, ho ran to the head of the line, pressed in be;, tweea tha first depositor and the teller's window. f ... . Ills bl eyes Just eren with the counter Hatch queried, "Dow long It roaaa bet The teller, scowling, glanced at the line and estimated ten min ute.. Butch, , unusually docile dropped back to his place in the line. ; ; -'" - Bat minutes weighed heavily. Boon be had shored aside another front line depositor, now long T be ashed. ,:.. !'' J- MSevea minutes," said the tel ler.' Back Went Batch, but it wasn't loajr before again he was brusque ly demanding. "How long? Three minutes,' the telle in formed Mm. . By this time people were stand ing around waiting to see " what tremendous business that tycoon cj State street, Butch, r-had : to trsact with the tank. Bank ef. f icials were directing t r a f f 1 e around the spot. - - At long last Butch, arrlred at 'tie teller's cage, t An , expectant tush eettled OTer the. exiemtlare as -down into Batch's Jeans went hii brown-skinned paw. Out.lt came, tightly grasped about Some thing. . - Batch placed the hand orer the carile counter, ppeaed H. To the tnarble . tinkled four grimy pen nies. ' ' - " ' - - The teller, accustomed to mon cr In 1J it" forms, showed no sur- (Tura to pans 2, cel. I) i : : A? - ; - t ' - . I . . ...... Missile Dropped Fxov gj Floor I 1 a . . ..... ; r ., v. X 4 V ' r , - - M f - vj - --. - . T - v. I, WfWPWfV! n'we ... XI Above, BeUj Wilson, 19, seriously injured warn I track on um head by a waste basket dropped from an 18th floor window 1" a Detroit botei while av crowd awaited tbe arrtral of Wendell WlUkie, republican candidate for president. Miss Wilson's kail wm rractnred. Below. Boris IsOtee. 91, cbarged wttni UordfrIr condncti who ayxmn ted throwins the waite hultt, two rolls of paper,' av desk pad aad e lamp shade whew -ebewts Informed her that the WlUkie procession was comings AF tTelemat ' libel not Proven In Church's Case Not True Bill Is Returned in Cac Growing out 'of Primary Race - - The Marion county grand Jury yesterday cleared 'A. M. Church, Salem publisher,-of a charge of criminally . libeling Robin Day. John Carson, Lyla J. Page and Brasler C. Small when it returned m not true bill in his ease. - The report was made to Circuit Judge L. G. Levelling in . the ab sence of Circuit Judge L. H. Mc-Mahan.:- t ;v-; ' ,.r V:: The charge aaalnat Chareh re sulted i ' from certain, published statements' allegedly made by him (Turn to page I,coL ) Girl Hitch Hitter: Attempts Holdup, Benefactors Clcnm A girl hitchhiker accused by her benefactors, two young men from Klamath Falls, of attempting to hold them up and take their auto mobile away from - them was placed In the Marion county Jail last night on a vagrancy charge pending further InTestlgatlon or dered by District Attorney Lyle J. Glring the name of Rosa Hud son,! at. et Cheyenne, Wyo she was picked up by Homer D. Bchat- fer and Lloyd L. Gilchrist on the Pacific hlfhway near Tangent They told'-a sheriffs officer that be .lnaulred how far they were going : and when they told her they wefe stopping In Salem, she drew a Luger pistol from her suit case and announced she wcEld take the car from there on north. - "Oh, l wouldn't hurt anyone. they Quoted her as saying when they expressed qualms about the l-un. ' . : : r Partisan Violence Deplored by FDR Womxm Dropping Basket on Girl Is Government Employe, Stated WASHlNdTON, Oct. l-TV-Two incidents which occurred during Wendell Wfllkie's tour of Michi ganthe drbpplng of a basket from a hlgh'wlndow in Detroit and the throwing of eggs in Pontlac were condemned by ' President Rooserelt today as thoroughly reprehensible. -..'4 r5-f- -5 - Talking to reporter! at his press conference, Mr. Rooserelt said' he imagined that laws of most states classified such' deeds as assaults and crimes, A reporter had asked the president whether-be bad read In newspapers that a "presidential candidate had been subjected to harsh treatment In Michigan." The president obrioualy had ex pected the question and answered in stern tones. He said he Had heard of the Incidents through a secretary. Stephen Early, who had told him an RFC employe was in rolred in the wastebasket affair. He added that the should forfeit her position. Detroit dispatches said police had arrested Doris Larue, SI. who. they said, admitted dropping the (Turn to page 2, eoL 1) Excess Profit Tax Is Finally Passed Compromise Draft Goes to White House to Raise Billion 2nd Year . WASHINGTON.- -Oct. 1 Congress sent a compromise ex cess profits tax bill to the- White Home today amid forecasts in both house and senate that still further taxes would be leried early next year. The biirs draftsmen estimated that it would yield $525,000,000 oh If 40 Income, including $230, eOO.eSo from an Increase In the normal corporation tax, and from Itoe.ooo.eoe to si.ooo.eoo.ooo on 1S41 Income. In addition to the tax prori slons, tha legislation - also . con tained elanaen designated to speed up the defense- program. These would suspend existing . profits limitations on gorernment con tracts for construction of warships and airplanes and permit corpora tions to charge oft against earn ings erer a fire-year period the cost of new defense manafaetur (Turn to page S, col. S) i Trying to think s way out of their dilemma, the two Klamath men stopped at Jack aad Polly's place, half a mile north, of tha city limits, and went In to eat. They told i the sheriffe ; deputy they found the girl In the drrrers seat pointing the pistol at them when they returned to , the car. One grabbed the gun from her and tan, they - said, end - she gere chase, through and aronnd the roadside restaurant. . She finally gare up and re-entered the restaurant where she got into an argument with the proprietor, the sheriffs officer related. The proprietor's wife telephoned for help and the sberlf r s deputy ;, responded and too the girl fcito custody, Echaeffer and Gilchrist, South ern. Pacific switchmen. said they would' remain OTornisrht to confer with the - dltrlct attorney this morning.: . . '.).....-:. WilMe Policy Safer Is Qaim Of AlfLan Fears Roosevelt Desire to Dominate Politics ' of Entire World s ; Three-Fold Prosram for Recovery Is Outlined by GOP i Candidate ' ABOARD "WTLLKTE TRAIN EXK0UTE THROUGH inCHI CAN, Oct. lP)-WUllam C Mnrphy, a reporter for the Phil adelpbia Inquirer, was itrsck on the hand tonight by stone thrown "through a dining car. window In Wendell I Willkie's campaign train. . thrown on the outekirts of. Grand Rapids. Blnrphy joked aboot the Incident ; after slight , abraisions hjad. been treated, v. j ' - ... HASTINGS, Neb., Oct, l.-CfV- Alf M. Landon, the repnhucaa par ty's presidential nominee In 19 SS, said tonight that if he were Hit ler, he would rather wage war against President Rooserelt than Wendell Wlllkie. In a speech, prepared for aellv sry at a central Nebraska republk can rally. Landon predicted, that "we will find a difference as great as the poles" between the prest dent and the republican prtiiden tlal nominee" in the, handling of foreign affairs during the crucial years ahead of us. "Mr.. Wlllkie will f take the United States no farther In Eu rope's and Asia's conflicting and uncertain politics than his meas ured judgment belleres the inter ests of the United States make im peratire. "In contrast- the president, as a spectacular, mercurial glamor boy, will confuse the interests of the United States in the interest uf the other -countries, in his desire to play a new spectacular figure In world history. Wants to Dominate World Politics "He wants to dominate world polities. Just as he haa dominated the democratic party, and now seeks to dominate the record of all other presidents by seeking a life term." Accusing Jtotoeerelt of "con stantly trying to manage Euro pean affairs from the arand- stand. Landon added: -If I were Hitler, I would rather wage war against Mr. Rooserelt than llr. Wlllkie, be- stole Rooserelt f Ieiderinip. while more speetaenlar, is flighty. He belieree he is a great military and naral strategist, lust as he has bellered, with a record' of one failure after another, that he Is competent to advise all busi ness. Including agriculture, how to conduct Its affairs. GRAND RAPIDS, Welu Oct xWV-WendelI I. WlUkie. de claring that "the road to pros perity Is pared with Jobs. today placed Increased production at (Torn to page 2, eoL I) Albert Emstein j Becomes Gtizen TRENTON, NJ- Oct. l-WH- Albert Einstein, renowned scient ist who flew his natlre Germany nearly a decade ago, took the oath of United States citizenship today with ST other Immigrants in ceremonies that Federal Judge Phillip Form an termed an ex ample of American democracy. . The Sl-year-cld professor, his shaggy gray locks- reaching to his shoulders, stood erectly he, tweea his- daughter and secretary In the front, row of the crowded courtroom and renounced allegi ance to any foreign, prince, po tentate, state or . sorerelgnty. - Einstein, new teaching at the Princeton Institute for advanced stndy. listened intently while Judge Fonnan welcomed the new citizena and noted that the pro f essorai presence in the- groan becomes America's gain.' -Ton will observe.? the Judge said, that v Einstein r "is admitted to eitiaenship hers in - the earns democratic method as are all ethers, bat the simplicity of these ceremonies is characteristic only of that which is America. . . Leech of Brook Officer Of Turhey Grower Group salt tijtia crrT. Oct, .11 Y. Clatter cf Deatcr. vss elected president of the . Nfirth- w est em Turkey- Growers associa tion at the 10th annual conven tion here today. I C Leech of Brooks, Ore- was named on the executlta committee. ; . . Injuries Are Minor -Minor Injuries were sustained bf passengers of cars driren by Giles Bellany, route one,'Aurora, and Hasel Waltz. Salem, . wnen they -collided at the v corner-of Hood and Fifth streets last night, I police reported. "- I A FEW GET Salem and Willamette yalley rel Jenta closely bunched around Ilrary A. Wallace enjoyed si doeeup Tlew and heard hi rief addrees as the democrat! vlee-prestdentlal eandlate Stopped in Salem Tuesday - em hie campaign t fUsliwn staff pboto. -- .. - .-, .. Wallace Pays Respects to WoW On Visit: Power Policy Is Wallace s Theme Sara "WiHkie'a Statement 3 in f Portland at Odds PORTLAND, Oct, X-ttVHenry A Wallace opened the new deal's campaign in the Paeifie north west tonight by defending the ad ministration's pablle power policy and Questioning the republican presidential nominee's "back ground for bold and aggresalTe ac tion." The democratic rice-president- tlal eahdldate declared in a So- mlnute address that - Wendell Wlllkle'a - public power' policy record is "so confused - that we eannot he sure what, hie attitude would -be. ;;v He told a crowd estlxaated st tlOO persona by .tha arrange ments committee that "there la ae confusion and no contradiction in the pablle power policies ef Tfrankiia D. RooseTelt. v ' Wallace, who left immediately for Spokane, spoke from the seme platform from which Wlllkie, the OOP candidate, talked on Eeptem- The former secretary of agri- ealtere never mentioned W male's name, referring: to him only as the "republican standard bearer.' He accused Wlllkie of being in consistent as to his policy-on pub lie power. '. l y -: If yon de not get a clear and definite picture of his fundament al beliefs from the' csouuons hat I shall bring, to your . atten tion, I1 can only say that, neither d V. Wallace said. : . ; -... Recalling that .Wlllkie told 1 a Portland aadienct that rit seems inconeeirable that anyone would suggest that these projects (Bon neville and Grand Coulee dams (Turn, to page X, eeL. T) llterj t as aiaver mmxarsi Oct. lPr-One man was slain, and two others wara Wonnded tonirht la a Shoot ing -which climaxed an argument in the of nee of Wayne county common pleas Judge, Robert E. Sage.,, . . - . .. v yT : Inspector Pant O." Whitman of ,e Detroit police homicide squad said Sage, : 41, - a former- prixe firh tar. drew ; a, Yplstol in the midat of the argument and, be gan firing. 'y, - : y ' ' rha ahoatinr. Whitman said. climaxed an argument r over dis position of a sporu park: in wnicn Eage-and thrf others were part ners. . -I, -' y . . . -r" y . The- dead man waa Halph Na- dell, 4. : of suburban Birming- Y.rm a hrntliar. AI NulaU. - 48. was shot in the chest, A third v.nr.t -tnti Attorsey. iicms EaUey, It. la tie r!sU shoalier. . ' A search of the county bnlld-ln- tailed -to d tsc lose Judge Sage's ,whereabont. ' Flyins Cadet Killed BAN ANTONIO.- Tex. Oet. 1j- LP)-Flylng Cadet Frank D. Oliver, h, of San Diego, Calif., was killed todav when his Randolph field ba- ln tnlnlnf nlana crashed into a corn, field three miles . west of Be Sou gum. ' ' - - CLOSEUP OF HEIJRY WALLACE to 'McNary's Rooseveltr "Wants Pec f;Mo5t Candidate Assures . Salem Crowd; Says Opponent "One of Best Loved" in Senate; Stop Here Brief By STEPHEN C. MERGLER Hatless, : tousle-haired and boyish, former. Secretary of Agriculture HenryA. Wallace paid his -respects ;to the home : towipbf my very ;ood friaad CharHer Mac Jn "a hurried suldrcss on the Southern Pacific Aav afternoon. ':VvCamr&niiiip;-for the Hoosevelt-Wallace national derno- cratie ticket, he .took national de fense as his keynote. . "What Roosevelt wants more than anything else is peace, Wal lace declared, "and tho price of peace in a world where madmen are turned loose la to be so pre pared as to put fear into the heart of any aggressor Jv It was a harried talk because Wallace's y -wtae - colored - special ear, the Ielf Kiiekaon, was a part of the regular Beaver- passenger train, tha train was late and only tha zntl schedule , stop i ta thorixed. Tha mixed- crowd of democrats end republicans w a a bunched in front of the depot when he elimhed down from the train SO 0 'feet to the south aad waved. - " Hie audience surged to ward hlnv ledhy news and radio men. . . . .. v Wanacs rttarietertted his op ponent ; In the rice prslicatlal race. Senator Charles L. McKary, a "one of the best-loved men in the senate, and praised the Mc-Nary-Haugen bill, which ho em pbaaixed was thrke Tetoed bySa republican president.; ; (Turn to page J, cou si EnlistinMara PORTLAND, Ore., Oct l(flP) -The; Portland marine corps re cruiting office enlisted 47 men today-, largest number since, World war days. Major James B, Hardie said. -Included were; ; James R, Munns, Touchet, Waaa.-.v-r:vY.: .' - ; - Leon J. Amo, Roger D. Baker, Vernon E. Dick; Edwin O. Zahler and Melvln J. Zahler, all of BU- verton. Ore.; Alfred T. - Btuekart, Aamsrille, Ore.; Raymond u. Ers and Wayne A. rowler, both of Donald, Ore.; Elgie Berg, Leban on; Jack F.- Thompson,- Ealemi lUehaei EL" Borschowa, Mount An gel, Ore.; Emery C Sutton, lfeha ma, Orew and Harold C Archer, Turnery Ottic -;y y- couragiiig Reception Met : By CommuriiWChest Teams Kneonrarinr n r o erase was made and favorable reception was reported ; as , Salem ; Community Chest solicitors made their first MMTt al a lnneheon Friday noon at- the . Marion hoteW The total of snbacriptione for . a half -day's ornciai eouextauon ; wa sax,x, or more than ene-fifth -of the ical, . BUli., nm encocraglnr was the announce siest that a nnnber of tndlviduale and Crms had in creased their contributions ovar last year's - by amounts varying froa.115 to $100. . ; . The Ktst cay report was beiow that of a year i ago. but that was not a setback, for the reason that the utilities division though well along In. - Its solicitation, made no report. Its spokesman indicated that half of its quota would be in by today's luncheon. It was reported that some con tributors were holding back be Hom&Fown station platform liere yester- Air Route Rivals Qashat Hearing United Would Stop Plane 'Daily; Oregon Firm's Fixiaxices at Isene . WASHTNQTON, Oet. l.-VPf- Uaited Air Lines tiled data with the civil aeronautics board today showing it intends tpmake one atop daily each at Salem and Eu gene if its application to expand its Oregon service is approved. : Paul M. Godehn. counsel for United, and Bryce Little, attorney for Oregon Airwaysrhich is seek ing to establish two new Oregon lines, clashed freentli in t hew- lng before the hoard. y - Harry E. Stearns, Oregon .Air ways president, said his firm haa available funds with which to pur chase two and possibly three new twin-engined planes for service between Portland . and Klamath Valla and Portland and M arshfleld with stops at, Salem, Albany, and Eugene. -.' - ' '":y :Y y--y?f y Godehn blocked an attempt hy Stearns to testlfyto the financial standing of J. L. Wild man of Port land from whom a telegram was i(Tum to page g oL S . Line Is Ordered To Oregon City PORTLAND," Ore. Oct. t.-UPh- Paul Ji Rarer, BonneTille-Grand Coulee power administrator, to day ordered construction of a Si mile steel transmission line from Bonneville dam to .Oregon City, Ore. . . - -: vr- i.- Rarer said the new line will proTido additional capacity and more reliable service for "Willam ette valley communities and com plete a. loop In delivery of Bonne ville power to the" Portland area, cause of uncertainty 'Whether they were to be called upon for a portion of the - amounts In whkh they underwrote the Cen tennial. Centennial officials Tues day" night: reiterated previous an nouncements,' which - these con tributors may have missed,', that the Centennial paid Its own way la fall with a. snrplus left "orer, though iba tnoiat tt tils nt plus had. not been finally, deter mined ; and that ! so funds would he asked of the underwrltere. A. , C. Eaag, chairman of the autesotlre dlTlsionV ; cHiabed. a fire department ladder and raised the mercury in the ther mometer on the First National bank: building indicating progress In the campaign, winning this honor , for the first day by re porting S1S0S or '43. per cent of the dlTlaion quota.'" . : , (Turn to page Zi cot," S . J , - . i. . - T French Coast Is Poiihded in Heavy Assault .i- .. . V ? ' . . , . ' - e London Digs Li for Hard "Winter; Spain Stays ""Out of Conflict - Modification of Johnson . Credits Act Sought; ' May Be Delayed i f . LONDON, Oct. tt Wednesday) -P)-Lon don was spared from - tensire damage In German- air raids last night and early today while British : citizens mustered their resources for a wartime win ter that threatened- to be the worst in its 20 eenturles. ; ; i It was the second consecutive night f : eomp&rativery light dajoi ase. w , : A prens association, rurrey in the early morning hours disclosed that only one central London street and 15 outlying districts were hit. : . . . . t- : , '."Eight towns ' in southeast Eng land were attacked by naz! air raiders. rf'Y WASHINGTON. Oct l.fjipy Great Britain, in a formal state ment - issued tonight, declared "that -the flow of i airplanes from the United States of America gives ; us renewed confidence In the trt- ' umphant conclusion of our long battle in the air." The statement, by Jjord Bearer- ' brook-, in charge of aircraft pro-,' curement for the British, was sent to the' British purchasing commis sion here and made public by that ' agency,' -W-- , - y, ..p - The Brewster fighting squad-" . ron is in use, it said. "It is earn ing the praise of our pilots. The Douglas DB 7 is also in action and the new Cnrtlss has arrived, i These three aircraft are equal te our beet machines. ; ' : i i yy; Meantime, President Roog wilt said,, in respobeYto question mt a press conference," that he, lhad made no recommendations and expected to make none.f or re- . peal or modification of the John- y son act,' which bars' American loans to Great -Britain and other nations in default r on debts to this ; country. ' Senator King (D-TJtah) intra-1 duced legislation yesterday which would permit credits to Great Britain, but Senator Berkley (D Ky) the majority leader, said it would be impossible to act oa the legislation at this session of congress because it would "pro voke a lot of debate. .i LONDON, , Oct l-HFJ-A WW and heavy, assault upon the ig Berthas, tlfat crowd the German held.JTrench coastline was opened late tenight thy British- bombers half hidden: in rain clouds over. hanging the , English channel.: ' Both' aides of the Tover strait, trembled under' the shock of x- plOdinr bombs. The center of the British attack was in the region of 1 the harbor : of Boulogne and of the nasi big gun emplacements near Cape Oris Nes. ,. German searchlights threw up lanes of creeping white, sad Ger man : anti-aircraft batteries smote the upper air with shrapnel ' and multi-colored shell bursts. Tracer shells and-parachute flares threw , out their brief illuminations. v -Radio stations ; In ; ; Hambnrt; Bremen r and other German sta tions fell silent.. yy All this was but ev resumption of assaults last night and early today - upon theTital -forces of. the German war foundry and the long string of nssi-held French ports targets.; said the air min istry', of. tons of British bombs. " txarn to page z, eou i r Laic Sport rm J CINCIXNA'n, Oct." l.(p) Thir teen minor league players, includ ing Pitcher Sill swift, ana wneia- er Pep Toung, former members or , the PitUburgh Pirates, were . drafted by the major leagues to nirht. Y;;-J -r ' -.' Brooklyn waa the only eluh to conscript mora than one player, taking three. Young among them., " The" first player drafted waa rranKY aieitoa, star pitener rwr Colambua, O.i In the America association who went to the Fhll 1!as. The TiTt called was Peter .2a- der, "sv third baseman for Kansa - -City in- the same circuit, elalneed ' by the PhilAdelphia Athletics. : s The Washington Senators toefc Flret Baseman George Archie 'of . Seattle in the Paclf ie Coast league. -The Boston" Red Box got Oscar J add. 'pitcher, xor sacramemo ym the Coas-league. The Pittsburg Plratee took Outfielder Ed Stew art of San Diego; and the Cincin nati Eeds chose- Mike. Cartel err; -outsider for Oailind. ) 4 Dajro to Register i Are you for JRooserclt cr Wlllkie? Ton can't vote for cither man next .month unless yon .are registered. Only i foer days are left to tret your rarse ci the poll bOOkS if it' EGt al ready there. y " ltegistration cloaes SatordU.
