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Salem. Oregon Friday Morning. January 10. 1941
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Free French Prove
One of Churchill's
f Biggest Meaduches;
DeGaulle, Weygand
- Reconciliation Is
'Being Sought
French : Forces in
N. Africa Hold
Vital Key
(Editor's mcUi PrWemt crte4 lot
BriUia by the Vrt French: oriBBt
teeBM4 ky AutcUttd Preti COTTpa
4b Tylor Henry, jut returmed Iro
.tare yean t arfc in Eaflaa b
yVanea, in thia !at "et a rie ef pcial
iriea rtirl y Henry looklaf
behind Britain's Battle.")
By taylohT henry
NEW YORK, Jn. S.HffO-The
Free French movement, which
dlly Is looming larger in British
calculations oi
what It will take
to beat Germany,
has turned oat to
I be one of the
'J.XIhurchill g o t -
i r n m e nt's big-
Jf gest headaches.
1-
the- head ache
mar He In the
'.;
possibility of re
conciliation be
tween Gsneral
Charlies 4
1
Taylor Hasty
Gaulle, present
leader of the Free French moTe
ncnL And General Maxima Wey
gand, French commander in chief
In North Africa and de Gaulle's
long time superior officer.
The British frankly admit they
are wooing Weygand.
They want him because they
want support of the North Afri
can colonies and the troops there
which Weygand controls. They
want him because next to the aged
Marshal Petaln, Weygand prob
ably Is the most respected French
leader today and would command
large following In German-occupied
and unoccupied Franca as
well a s the ;elefv&4;.; . .
iButVtWtBrlOsh already. ha
built up de Gaulle as the recog
nized leader of the Free French
movement. Weygand, as the com-mander-tn-chlef
who advised the
French government to ask Ger
many for an armistice,-has been
criticized both by supporters of
de Gaulle and by British officials.
For some weeks, delicate nego
tiations have been underway be
hind, the scenes in London seeking
a formula that will save face for
both leaders and permit them to
work in harmony.
The British apparently feel that
once such a formula has been
found, the task of converting Wey
gand to the Free French cause, will
be half done.
French-British circles explain
the problem this way:
De Gaulle and Weygand never
have been friendly, even before
their open break on the question
of capitulation to Germany;
Weygand as the senior ranking
general of "the French army and in
virtual control of a greater terri
torial area than de Gaulle could
scarcely be expected to play a sec
ondary role to de Gaulle;
De Gaulle Is naturally reluctant
to turn over the movement which
he founded to a man he has never
liked and whose orders he defied
when he refused to accept
.France's surrender.
This feeling neutral diplomatic
circles in London believe, was be
hind de Gaulle's December 3 state
ment when In an Interview at
which Weygand's North African
position was discussed, the Free
French leader said his movement
would welcome 'any French gen
eral'
i "All Frenchmen whoever they
are," De Gaulle added, "who can
contribute anything, will be wel
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Salerii Leads Larger Cities
j In Gain; Census Data Out
. WASHINGTON, Jan. t-(ff9-OM
saa Oregon's family increas
ed from 5 1.7 1 1 in USt to 1.
8.S4 la 1140, tha bureau f
census disclosed today. The per
centage Increase waa 14.S or
about two-thirds 'of tha percent
age between 1120 and 1930 which
waa 21.S.
"t. The state reflected the nation
al trend ; of far greater popula
tion Increase inHhe rural than in
the -urban areas, sharply reversing
a trend that prevailed from 1SS0
to .1 1 3 0. Oregon's urban Jncrease
amounted to S.C per cent, the
rural - increase to 20.3 per cent
and once again tha majority of
the atate'a population, SS8.009 or
11.2 per cent, resided outside mu
nicipal boundaries. In 1330 11.3
per centlired tn the cities.
The census bureau considers
any town of less than 2 SO 0 rural.
Tha , state possessed seven- ci
ties, of 10,090 or more popula
tion, one. Bend, reaching V this
size during tha decade. All seven
Astoria, Bend, Eugene,; Klam
.th Falls, Medford, Portland and
tJ em showed Increases,: Salem
Jcadlng with 17.7 ner cent.
-, Twenty-nine of Oregon's It
Brakes Hitler;
Worrit English
Wooed by the British, for his
North African army and nary.
General ftfaxime "Weygand, top
Frenchman next to Marshal Pe
tain, goe on performing bal
ancing at on the - European
ecene, moderating Hitler's de
mands H ' unoccupied France,
withholding aid to nasi cans
that could jeopardize Britain's
poeltlon in Mediterranean.
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We 4 don't know whether any
one has written a hook on the
evolution of the kitchen, but if
somebody hasn't
it's about the
only subject
that's been over
looked. We be
lieve a writer, or
inT : other hon,
gry citizen, could f
find a lot of ma-! V
terial in the kit
chen.
The first kit
chen was just the
smokiest part of
the cave. It has
remained so, es
pecially When raal H. HaoMX. Jr.
the pie stays too long in the oven
and gets burnt up about it.
Kitchens, as time went on as it
has never failed to do, grew lar
ger. Men also grew larger as who
wouldn t on a diet or roast pneas
ant, whole pigs with apples ; in
their mouths and other goodies.
Those were the good old days'be-
fore the invention of the fork and
a man was just as good as his
reach. 'They needed big kitchens
and they had them. They were
big enough to get lost In and
many people did. "They were list
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Justice Bean Is
it
Growing Weaker
Hospital attendants reported a
continued downtrend in the con
dition of Supreme Court Justice
Henry J. Bean early this morning
after he waa said to be gradually,
growing weaker yesterday.
The 87-year-old justice of the
Oregon supreme court haa been a
patient in the hospital for two
weeas.
counties grew in population, Mai
hear showing the greatest per
centage increase, 7.4 per cent.
Portland gained 8570 during
the. decade and remained by far
the state's largest city with 80S.
304. 'The 1130-40 gain waa 1.3
per cent compared with a 1120
30 decade gain of II. I.
Salem Jumped from 20,280 in
1030 to 30,008 In 1M0, a gain
of - 4,442. The state eaplul's
1030-30 percentage gain, howev
er, was 48.0.
Klamath Falls, whose 1020-30
increase was of boom dimensions
(235.2 per cent) ; showed only a
3.5 per cent advance; daring - the
1930s to lfi.497. Eugene cruised
into i the 20.000 bracket during
the decade with a 10 A Increase.
Eugene's 1980 census was 18.901
the 1040 figure 20,888. Astoria
got the smallest gain of any of
the plaa-l 0,000 cities.. Enumera
tors -managed to dig up 40 new
names, cringing the seacoast
town's total to 10,889. - v
- Some of the cities between
5000 and 10,040 .proportionately
shewed mueh larger gains. Baker
jumped from T85S to 932,-Jen-
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Xiharinel
nalCoihbat
Gets Spotlight
Most All British Areas
Attacked While Nazis
.Admit Some Blows
Africa and Asia Fronts
Also Sec Splurge of -
Attack From Air
(By The Associated Press)
The warplane was -rampant
Thursday night on the battlefronta
of Europe; Africa and Asia.
Britain ; and Germany traded
bombs In a sudden intensification
of nocturnal air ralda which took
top spot in the farflung fighting.
German planes after a layoff of
8 . . nights due to bad weather,
pounded at London and Liverpool
and Bristol at nearly every sec
tion of Britain. Some casualties
and damage were acknowledged
by the British. An 11-mlnute
break in an overseas program of
tha British Boad casting company.
followed by a weak resumption,
indicated the possibility that the
radio network Buffered.
Simultaneously, authorized Ger
man sources acknowledged a
large-scale - British attack on
northwest' German ' industrial cen-
(Tnrn te page 2, column 1)
Counties Opposed
To Larger Trucks
Increasing Load Limit and
Length Draws Attack
by Association
PORTLAND, Jan. 9-Oipr-Oppo-
sition to a proposed Increase in
load limits and lengths c com
mercial trucks operating on high
ways s was To ted today by the ex
ecutive committee of tha Associa
tion of Oregon Counties.
The committee,1 discussing mat
ters expected to come before the
new state legislature, also direct
ed preparation' of a bill making
the state and county welfare com
missions responsible for care of
indigent persons suffering from
communicable diseases.
Other proposed bills approved
Included one giving counties a
lien on proceeds of fire Insurance
policies in cases where delinquent
taxes were charged against de
stroyed buildings; another pre
scribing minimum audit standards
for counties and establishing a
roster of qualified auditors for
county books; a third to correct
inequalities in the present meth
od of distributing the counties'
share of state highway revenues,
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Bulgaria Ponders
German Pressure
SOFIA, Bulgaria. Jan. 0-6iPV-
lne .Bulgarian cabinet met in an
unusual night session after Pre
mier Bogdan Philoff, for the sec
ond time in two days, conferred
with King Boris, presumably on
German efforts to bring Bulgaria
into the axis' Balkan orbit.
Although officially no siratfi-
cance was attached to the - meet
ing, it was understood nrlTit
Berlin dispatches reported new
uerman pressure on Bulgaria. ' '
Philoff. Who conferreil with tha
king at his mountain chateau yes
terday after returning . from Vi
enna, Tisuea Boris : at his Sofia
palace again this morning;
It was assumed that Philoff re
ported to ' t h cabinet an bin
"health" trip to Vienna, where he
waa rumored to bave met German
Foreign Minister Joachim von
KioDentrop.
It also waa llkelv that immIim
which several cabinet members
ana the premier, am to make Sun
day throughout Bulrarla ware dia
cusseo.
South Santiam Is
Made US ffig&,
ALBANY. Jan. S fl-Rav Tn.
row, resident state highway en-
? V ia toaay tbe south) Ban-
"a oignway across tbe Cascade
mountains had . been . designated
US Highway No. 10. . I
Tha deafrnalloa ma Vm -bma'
Hasa and Albany, Ore. the east
and west ends of the transcontin
ental roao.
Two Steeplejack Fall
T Death, Power House
DETROIT, Jan. ' 0-p-Two
steeplejacks fell 300 feet to death
down a chimney of an abandoned
power house today aa they were
going about a wrecking job. '
Scaffolding- on the brick chim
ney, one: of - .three being tors
down, apparently collapsed. Hen
ry Torvik, 2 2. and - Carnegie Tat
lian, 38, were hurtled dewa the
shaft, f - -
Hard
en Pihball Ruling
Leaves 'Pay less Deputy
Almost Without Duties
jNothing to Police Except Possible Payoffs and
That's Under - Cover Job; Machines Illegal
Only if Winner Get Value, Is Ruling
By RALPH CURTIS
District Attorney Miller B. Hayden'a formal ornnio'n
outlining what is legal and what is illegal in the way of pin
ball operations, furnished in writing to Sheriff A. C. Burk
on Thursday, virtually nullified, the known activities, to date,
of the unsalaried deputy sheriff, H. O. Saunders, whom the
sheriff had assigned to police the pinball business, and nosed
the question aa to wnat useiui a Ti
tles such an officer may now per
form, leaving out of consideration
the . propriety of his unreeom
pensed "employment."
The district attorney, . quoting
from supreme court opinions, es
tablished for the sheriff's guid
ance the general principle that a
f lnball machine, no matter wnat
he details of its mechanism, is
illegal It the player can win any
thing of value, and is legal If be
cannot.
In so ruling, the district attor
ney upset the contention of Depu
ty Saunders that tbe so-caiiea
Voneball" machines are illegal.
and Invalidated his order that
they be- removed. 8ubject to a
possible tiny technical loophole,
it likewise upset the contention
Of Sheriff Burk that machlnea dis
pensing "bickers" good only for
playing the machine again, are
Illegal.
The opinion, in fact, all but
closed that tiny loophole, the pos
sibility that a "free play" consU
tues something of value in the
eyes of the law. The opinion stat
ed that the law is violated when
Vthe winning of the player is
taken In return for money, mer
chandise, or other articles of val
ue." A "free play" can hardly be
construed as an "article of value"
but . the microscopic, possibility is
that the "hickey" which is usual
ly stamped "no value" on Its face,
la an article of value bee an re ci
Its usefulness In claying the ma
came, ueiung n jury io see.jii
that way would he- stilt another
matter.
Aside from that dubious point.
which could be cleared up quickly
and without fuss by a test case if
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Gibson Will Head
"Defend America'5
NEW YORK, Jan. O-UPV-Er-
taest W. Gibson, 30-year-old law
yer and former republican sena
tor from Vermont, tonignt ac
cepted the chairmanship of the
committee to defend America by
aiding the allies; succeeding Wil
liam Allen White, Kansas news
paper editor who resigned last
week.
The committee announced that
Lewis W. Douglas, president of
the . Mutual Life Insurance com
pany and former budget director.
Would divide with Gibson the
work formerly undertaken by
White "because of the heavy in
crease it has undergone," .
Douglas was named chairman
bf the national board, replacing
the former policy board, and
White waa elected honorary chair
man and member of the exe
cutive committee. '
Gibson was appointed . to the
senate last summer by Governor
George D. Aiken to fill the unex
pired term of his late father.
Freeze Probable
After Warm Day
OM Man Winter rellnaulshed
his tight grasp on 6alemfor a
Short period yesterday as tha air
port mercury soared to a balmy
S3 degrees under cloudless skies,
i It was only a breather, though,
for the few Salem residents wno
could believe their senses enough
to shed a few of their cold wea
ther wraps. Weather officials re
ported a 83 degree low at mid
night last night with the mercury
still dropping.
Forecast for today was partly
cloudy with scattered valley fogs.
Budget Juggling Is Charged
' . By DemocrqtSehator Byrd
WASHINGTON, Jan, f - JP) -Senator
Byrd '. ( D-Va ) con tended
today that the administration had
resorted to "Juggling" of budget
figures to cover np"-increases in
non-defense spending and to give
the impression that expenditures
of . this type were being reduced
to offset rising armament costs. -
It is a 'trick-budget."-he said
la a statement, "to the extant
that effort Is -made to -create the
impression, that them la reduction
In federal non-defense spending."
This Impression, he' asserted, re
sulted in part trom "a juggling
operation- which Las moved ap
propriations tor so-called normal
or non-defense .expenditures into
broadened .budgetary, defense ca
tegories." , . . i
At the same time the, Virginian
ess 1M.
Loan by Reynolds :
(To Demos Queried
$275,000 Is Advanced to
Finance FDR's Radio
Talks, Revealed
: WASHINGTON, Jan. HF)-A
senate committee received a de
tailed account today of how R. J.
Reynolds, member of the wealthy
tobacco family and new democrat
ic national treaaurer, leat 3275,-
000 to finance radio time for
President Roosevelt during the
campaign.
1 Oliver A. Quayle, general man
ager and until recently treasurer
of the democratic national com
mittee, testified before the senate
group investigating campaign ex
penditures that he made a tele
phone appeal to Reynolds w h
promptly produced the funds
needed to prevent cancellation of
final pre-election broadcasts by
the president and his supporters,
j Senator. Tobey (R-NH) Immed
iately . charged that Reynolds'
loans to democratic state commit
tees In New York and New Jersey
were, -schemes to "circumvent
terras ef the Hatch act. which ha
is! 4nted an Individual's eon-
UitaUoaf to 600t and the total
of -a national . political organisa
tion to si.ooo.ooo.
Ouayle heatedly denied both
charges and said that these Hatch
act limitations expressly exempted
operations of state committees.
. "The Hatch act limits contii-
buttons to 35000 and a loan la a
contribution. Isn't it?" Tobey
shouted.
"I don't know." Quayle as
serted. "What do you think?" Tobey
boomed.
"I don't think.- Quayle snap
ped. "That's a stupid aaswer." To
bey countered. "Tour's the mana
ger of a great national political
organization and we want to know
what you think."
"Thank you," Quayle replied,
color rushing to his cheeks.
Quayle explained that in the final
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Knox Law Change
Will Be Discussed
! PORTLAND. Jan. 0-0P)-T h e
State liquor control .commission
announced today that It would
discuss plans to submit Knox law
amendments to the state legisla
ture with wine men at a confer
ence here next week,
j The commission said it would
propose changes in regulations to
assist Oregon fruit and berry
growers and Oregon wineries
! Acting Administrator L. F. Al
len said the date of the wine
meeting, would be announced
later.
Twenty '' four applications for
new licenses were denied by the
commission at its meeting today,
In virtually every case on the
ground that licenses were not de
manded by public interest.
Hoy Aged 3 Loads Gust,
I Killed When It Drops
I KLTRIA, O- Jan. OHJPV-Three-
? ear-old Robert Munich who
earned to handle guns from
Watching his father, a supply
officer at the national guard ar
mory, loaded a' shotgun and was
Shot fatally tonight when It fell
from his grasp.'
expressed the opinion It was "pos
sible and probable" that direct
and contingent liabilities of the
government would reach, or exceed
870.000.00000. r
I "Without retrenchment and
economy in normal expandltares,
he added, It would be possible
for the United States within the
next two or three years -to have a
total gross debt of $100,000,000.
000. '-,-' - -, ; ,
i : "Good . judgment - and common
prudence demand that while we
arm ourselves we should do so
with economy and efficiency. .
I Byrd said that substantial parts
of the proposed appropriations for
a' number of agencies had. been
transferred from non-defense to
emergency defense sections of the
tsdgeC - - -Z
Strike
g
ights Talked;
- Defense Tasks
Plane Engine Plant May
Be Tied up; Leasing '
: Program Drafted r
"Blank! aieck" Authority
for FDR to Loan Aid '
" to . Britain Asked
Washington, Jan. o.-av
Talk of drastic curbs on strikes in
defense Industries - waa heard on
Capitol hill today after' Rear Ad
miral John H. Towers told the
house "natal committee . that . a
threatened CIO strike at a Farm
ingdale, LI, plane engine factory
would "seriously" hamper nation
al defense. - - -
Chairman Vinson (D-Ga.) was
outspoken In his criticism and ex
pressed belief President Roose
velt's recent declaration that "the
sovereignty of government" would
be used to save government If oth
er 'methods failed was applicable
la such situations.
(The strike had been scheduled
to start at ?:& p.m. EST, tonight,
but about that time the company
announced that "pending further
negotiations" the employes would
remain at work.)-
At a press conference, mean
time. CIO President Philip Mur
ray declared that any legislators
seeking to restrict or restrain la
bor's freedom of strike action
would be making "a very great
mistake." .
Asked hew tha CIO regarded,
proposals for a 30-day waiting per
iod before a strike became effec
tive. 'he replied:
"There Isn't anything good In
quack medicine.
Towers had said that a short
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ftloirt ericara
Have jLeft Japaif
Only 1200 Remain, Are
Ready to Move Quickly
if Crisis Arises
WASHINGTON. Jan. t-(JP)-Tbe
exodus of Americana from
the orient In response - to state
department advice has brought
all but 1200 out of Japan, offi
cials disclosed' today, aad those
remaining are prepared to leave
quickly in event of a serious
emergency.
More than 8000 Americans
were in Japan when the state de
partment three months ago Is
sued precautionary advice to na
tionals In the far east to corns
homtn
' - Fewer numbers have left China
and other parts of the orient but
the -homeward movement la still
under way and officials said eva
cuation could be carried out now
in the Pacific with far leaa con
fusion and difficulty than the
government has experienced Is
getting Americans -out of Europe.
The government started the
movement, to get Americana out
of the far east last October fol
lowing Japan's formal alliance
with the axis powers and an in
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Freeway Measure
To Be Requested
The state highway commission
will suggest enactment of a "frecv
way" bill, restricting entry to
mala traveled thoroughfares, to
the 1041 legislature, commission
officials announced here yester
day, t
- The law would apply to both
new and present highways In cer
tain, of tha major classifications.
Applied to existing highways, the
act would require the highway
com mission to hoy abutting prop
erty owners .right at access.
Drafted by J. if. Devers. high
way eonuniaaion attorney, tha bill
would nroteet the state's lnvaat.
meat la . superhighways by pre
venting xnterrereneo wit tee now
Of . fast 'traffta La ran rn raarfa
developments depending on ao-
ts ue now taorougaiarea.
Rogers and Blary
Sued on Contract
'.. ' Y I : C
NEW YORO. - Jan. ' S-ipV-Uary
Plekford and her husband.
Charles "Buddy" Rogers, were
sued f or J 00.0 00 today by two
personal managers who charged
the former 'actress with inducing
the orchestra .leader , to break a
written contract by threatening to
divorce -him. : - - - .
The suit. .' filed by . Arthur T.
Mlchaud. aad James . V. Peppe.
charges Rogers with breaking the
contract which stipulated they
would get 28 per cent of the
annual net earnings of Rogers
and his orchestra. for a 10-year
period beginning Hay. 1939. .Rog
ers and hfjss Plekford were ssed
for 81I0,t9 each.
-! . r -.-'"- r i : v. -'I
Arrested A fieri ?
Year's Freedom
i.
t.:.':V
i i f
. 1 '3 4
! r 0
WARREN SU BARTGESr
AEenation Award
Granted in Court
Religious Leader Is Held
Liable; Four Sisters
Involved in Case
McMINNVILLE. Ore., Jan. 9-(Jfy-A
grey-bearded religious lead
er, whose "talking in tongues'
confounded" the court reporter,
lost an alienation of affections
suit In circuit court today.
The court ordered Alfred Smith.
6 2-year-old head of n "household
of God" la the lumbering eom
msnfty of Falls City, Ore., to pay
8800 to Russell Hadley for In
ducing Mrs. Hadley to leave her
husband. - -
Mrs. Hadley .was the fourth of
the Taylor sisters to take up resi
dence In Smith's home. The other
three successively became his
brides, and two. of them- sat be
side him. in. .court, . ;
. The only wnqto testify against
him'jrM- Us 4&C Vif a, new Mr.
pliatoafitoekwelL She said ahe
lost faith is Smith's religious pow.
era and di forced him after he had
declared ft the will of God and
her duty to get her sister sfaxine
away from her husband. Russell
Hadley.
On the stand Smith talked in
what the court reporter: called
"as unintelligible gibberish. Her
flying pencil took down his talk
phonetically hut ahe said ahe
could not make the sounds late
words of meaning. ' .
Smith told attorneys he had so
idea of what he said either.
Churchill Gives
Halifax Sendoff
LONDON. Jan. 9 -UP-Winston
Churchill, declaring that a final
victory over "totalitarian intoler
ence" depended upon the United
States, symbolically dispatched
Ambassador Lord Halifax to
Washington today for a mission
"as momentous as any that the
monarchy haa eatrusted to aa
Englishmen" in a lifetime.
Speaking, at a luncheon of the
pilgrims, an anglo-Ameriean or
ganization, tbe prime minister
bade godspeed to the viscount,
and, at the same time, delivered
an extra ordinary eulogy of President-
Roosevelt aa a "famous
statesman" a "preeminent fig
ure . . . called for the third time
to lead - the American democra
cies." . All this preceded by a few
hours the arrival in London of
Harry Hopkins, President Roose
velt's special representative. Hop
kins flew from Lisbon to aa Eng
lish airport sad a . special train
brought him into the. city Just
before- the air raid sirens had
screamed the night's alarm.
AtVthe luncheon. Chare hill
spoke of Lord Halifax "as aa
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'enwas
Federal Angle
In , Portland
Hy STEPHEN C MERGLEJt
WheUer Portland's Front av-
saus project shall be started at
pace or delayed for an Indefinite
period" hy an interstate commerce
commission r investigation .of pro
tests relative ta removal 'ef rail
way tracks from the project routs
will he before, tha- suter'nighway
commission- tor decision when it
meets tn .Salem thia 'morning. ---
Some high : members ; of tie
highway . department - etaff fear
the - question before the eommm
sion may ultimately" grow, late
ohs "of ' state's right vsrsus the
eon stan Uy expanding f e d a r a 1
powers, such as Ue extended
Jurisdiction ot federal - centre 1
over streams recently approve!
by. tie - United .States ' supreme
court. .'-' . ' : - .
. TheJ so m m I s s Ion has two
choices of action . today, one to
award a contract to Us low bid
der for Us reconstruction ot Us
Hawthorns, bridge . approach, a
preliminary to tha Front area as
project or Jo face tha possibility
ef loting a highly favorable hid
Qaest of Year :
Ends; Klrmiatli
I Police D
-1 . : I : -
etain
Forced lira. A. It. Htinter
to Drive to Portland 1
- I Is Major .Charge .
Jail Break, ; Cieci Cases
Involved Lone
Record Recalled '
' t "J . . i -
Warren E. Baftgea. Salem
grown crimlaal who broke from
the Var.oa couaty jail aad was
charged with having , forced a
woman tectorial - is- drive : blot to
Portland jest over' a year age,
was arrested yesterday by Klam
ath Falls police aad la being held
for Marion county.' Sheriff A. C
Burk announced last night.
Deputy -L L. PittJager left tor
Klamath Falla yesterday after
noon to. bring the Salem had bey
back to face charges of jail break
ing and kidnaping.
Bartges arrest came "oaly a
few - hoars after- atate police ls
aaed arbulleUa to Uw eaferee
ment agenclea that he was ho
lieeed to be la Oregon or Wash
IngronuBartgeo had been traced
to Vancouver. Wash, from where
he seat a paymeat te an Alabama
automobile fiaaace company.
ITnatprlntn Tally.; " r 1 -PoUee
Annoan . , ' ' :
Bartges. w h allegedly kid
naped Mrs. A. B,. Hunter after
his break from the Marion eouaty "
Jail with another r ex-conWt on
December 30, 1930. waa arrested
by Klamath Falla polico 'wa a
speeding charge. IdeaUfkatioa
was made certain ky tsnytng ef
fingerprint claaatfloationa vllk
that Marion county, ahertrrs- of
fice. ,f ' " : it v '
. Bartges resisted tavlng his Ca
gerprlnts taken, Taaraath' Falla
police reported te tb r:ertfrs cf
nee) herev - . f -
The ' awarthv. heaw-pi' :rkrk
L artist "aad navy dwsertet brcXs
-kuimij- jau JSCS
Tomlln, a coavtet who war being
held for California prison official.-
The pair separated : after
gaialng, their freedom from bars
and Bartges commandeered the
automobile of Mrs. Hunter at
Winter, aad D streets and forced
her; to : drive him hy a devious
route te Portland. ; j
lVtncJpal Witness "' '
Xn Iiosmger Uvtn . ; I
Mrs. Hunter, 88 years old. died
several1, months after Ue episode.
As she was the chief witness, tha
kidaapisg charge against Bartges
may bet dropped. ,
Since Bartges leaped from Mrs.
Hunter's car en Bamalde street
in Portland he has bees reported
arrested la several widely sep
arated towns, hut each time It
haa turned out ta.be Ue wrong
man. -j ---'
Bartges was be tag held for Ue
grand Jery on a eharge ef giving
a check wlUout sufficient funds
when ho eras bed eutcf the coun
ty ealabooeo. This charge aad an
other check charge, contlased hy
Judge U H. McMahan aad still
pending;, also face Bartges.
The .: Bartges criminal record
starts with a navy desertion U
1331 wileh waa followed shortly
by a three-year sentence to US
Oregon- state penitentiary for ar
son ! rn : Yamhill eouaty.- He wag
Paroled a year Uter. hut waa hack
In a month aa a parole violator.
He Nras pardoned ta 1914. Ho
was! arrested again ta!1938-ta
Cheyenne. Wye. on ay faglUvs
warrant from Salem ehargirg
fraudulent checks. - i , .
Bartges, now 2Tr las a wife
saMjto.be nvlng tn Salem. ;
:
AA Trm-
i- ""V1 a nip a
I j . ... :
LONDON, Jan. 10-fFriday)-CTT-Two
persons were killed ta
Lesson early today hy aa aatl-if
craft shell which, fell bach te earth
before exploding. : : , ; ; s
8 aa.
Is Intruding
Street Project
and await Us esteems of a
lag tentatively set by the ICC f r
February. 10 tn Portland, tli
commission may attempt to bta4
the i consent of Ue low bidder,
Frank Watt Coastructlon ree
paay, Portland,' to ke iU V
open beyond Ue anal 20-day T
lod.' which expires lats acxt wee
Ths, hid. t28,870;;was: ar?rc
mately- $8000 below the ceyax.
men! estimate.: ' '. ..:
' - The federal agency atred
picture when Ue city cf l crtlr" I
denied-UEirea i-a.-wsrs. a ;
serving south Portland ill;;
and lad us tries, a rectwal cf I
Frost avenue franciite. Tte !'
pers .filed protests -nij te :
terstate . commerce - f.ir.L.'
ever the lmpendlsg -Clscoai.
ance cf service.
- Ji If. Devers. atlsrseyifcr V
highway commission.-doesn't -1
Uevs -Us ICC can teres tie t
or U state ta let Ue n'lv
eompasy coatinso te occupy Fr
avenue; 1st what Tiew Lie 2
may take will net te lcarxtl t ,
Tara to Pajs 1, CcL 1