$400,000 Goes
Up in Smoke
Portland Automotive
Building Destroyed;
Worst Since 1930
PORTLAND, Jarch &-JPy-The
Burnett Automotive building on
' Portland a Burnside street auto
; mobile row was destroyed by fire
"of undetermined origin . early
. ' Thursday, causing damages esti-r
: mated by Fire Investigator Wil
liam Goerz at $400,000. "
.- Two hundred new automobiles
and 25 used cars were consumed.
The business quarters of the Roy
Burnett Motor company, the Reo
- Sales company and 10 smaller
firms occupying other parts of the
building were wiped out.
A general . alarm brought all
available city firemen with 40
pieces of equipment to the scene.
"The fire broke out at 5 ajn, and
"was not controlled until 8 ajn.
Like horses, the new automo
; biles protested against the fire
licking at their sleek flanks,
Flames short-circuited wiring in
4 the machines and an eerie blast of
automobile horns rank out on the
morning air,
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a ioucn oi comic reiiei was
added at the height of the blaze
by a newsboy who nonchalantly
; istroUed up to the smoking door-
rway t before ! hundreds of specta
. xars : and delivered a morning
- newspaper. 1
The fire was Portland's worst
since 6ie 1930 blaze which de
stroyed the F. C. Stettler Paper
Box factory with a loss of $451
723.
Dust Storms
Hit South
LOS ANGELES, March 6-JP)-
jvioiner. .Nature abandoned rain
storms, her weapon of the past
month, Thursday .to punish sou
them California with dust storms
and turbulent sea.
For the second successive day,
after a month of almost contin
uous precipitation, the sky was
only partly cloudy. The forecast
was for continued fair weather,
xnrougnout toe storm area
" flood-damaged highways, rail
ways and houses were being re
paired, but at Redondo beach a
pounding surf, again menaced
property.
As the sun-watmed wind dried
out the water-logged San Feman
do valley, it kicked up clouds of
silt and sent' them whirling
t' through . Van Nuys, Reseda and
'"Canoga park. The transition from
flood conditions, to small-scale
dust-bowl was accomplished with
in a day. -
Marion County
Irrigation 7
Meet Set
Irrigation meetings are being
arranged for Marion county by
W. G. Nibler, assistant county
agent, who ! reports hat now is
the time framers should plan ir
rigation programs for the sum
mer. Conferences have been sched
uled for March 11 at the Salem
chamber of commerce at 1:30
p.m., and March 12 at St. Paul
city hall at ;the same hour. Gen
e r a 1 information on irrigation
methods and equipment will be
discussed by Arthur S. King, soil
specialist at Oregon State col
lege, Nibler said.
Retirement Act
Urged by Group
The Oregon Pension Federa
tion, fn a letter to members of
the legislature, Thursday urged
passage of the single "retirement
income act"- rather than a sales
tax for old age assistance.
The- senate plan would be for
a 1 per cent contribution from
Consul General oh Coast Tells Peace Hopes
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The newly appointed; Japanese consul general to San Francisco, To&hio Mate, gets his first glimpse of his
new home from the rail of the NYK liner Taws ta Majror With him are his wife, left, and their daugh
ter Yoshiki, 11. Noistranger to the US, Mato has held pfttts In Washington, New York, Chicago. The
envoy was optimistic on peace, said: "I believe there aire abundant reasons why! our two coantrles
should maintain and cultivate a happier state of affairs j
Signs kew Type oi Contract
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A new chapter in the turbulent life of Jackie CoOeart. one-time movie
actor who rose to stardom as the tiny waif in "The Kid" many years
ago, was written at Los Anreles when Coogan was inducted into the
army two weeks ahead of schedule at his own request. He easily
passed the physical examination, given by Dr. A. D. Ellsworth (left)
Senate! Wants
DAV (onclave
The senate Thursday afternoon
directed the joint ways and means
committee to increase to $10,000
an apropriatiojn asked by the Dis
abled Veterans of the World War,
in an effort to! secure the 1942 na
tional convention of the organiza
tion at Eugene.
The ways and means committee
fixed the appropriation at $5000.
The veterans; had requested an
appropriation iof $20,000.
Sen. H. C. Wheeler (R-Lane),
declared the appropriation was
safeguarded and that it would not
be used unless the convention was
held in Eugene.
The larger apropriation also
was recommended by Sen. W. E.
Burke (R-Yamhill, who estimated
Killers Plan
Broadcast
COLUMBIA, La., March
Four condemned killers, with
death by , hanging less .than 24
hours away, labored Thursday
over radio manuscripts from
which they .will broadcast fare
wells Friday before mounting the
13 steps to the gallows. -4
The quadruple executions,'
scheduled at noon Friday, came
as the aftermath of a sensational
labor day break last September
from the Arkansas convict prison
farm. - " -'
The men go to the gallows for
the shotgun kiling of Frank Gart
man, Columbia posseman 'killed
by the convicts when they were
traped with three young high
school students as hostages in a
swampy woodland near here the
day! after ".they escaped, v.
I Twenty - five-year-old William
Meharg, who said he would warn
others that crime doesn't pay, and
Floyd Boyce, 29, previously had
let it be known they wished their
farewell messages broadcast. Wil
liam Landers, 39, and William
Heard, 43, indicated today they,
too, would go on the air.
Radio station KMLD of Monroe
arranged the broadcasts. Today
microphones were set up in the
cells of the condemned men, who
were visited by relatives and sev
eral ministers. The sheriff's office
said the four men appeared re
signed. i; The convicts were among the
36 who escaped a prison farm at
Cummings, Ark., Sept. 2 in Ar
kansas' greatest prison break. In
a - rapid succession, of motor
thefts, abductions, wrecks and
brushes with law officers, they
fled southward, but were eventu
ally traped in .the swamp here,
j The two girls and one boy hos
tage eventualy escaped unharmed.
0f the six convicts who terrorized
northern Louisiana for two days,
one was killed here and one at
Vicksburg.
that the convention would bring
between $400,000 and $500,000
into Oregon.
and other physicians at the Induction station.
Fort Ord near Monterey, Calif.
He was ordered to
Committee Okelis
Motorist Bill
The senate roads and highways
committee Thursday reported fa
vorably on a house bill requiring
proof of financial responsibility
by motor vehicle drivers after one
reportable accident. I
Sen. Douglas McKay, chairman
of the committee, sai4 that while j
he would not fight tht bill on the
floor he would vote against it.
It was reported to the commit
tee that both the secretary Of
state and governor ar opposed to
the measure. Sen. MtjKay said it
would cost the secretary of state
$30,000 annually to administer the
proposed law. j
The committee also recom
mended passage of a bill by Sen.
Lew Wallace '(D-Mult), increas
ing the combined vehicle and load
weight of log trucks from 54,000
to 68,000 pounds.
every person's salary m the state,
to provide a monthly r pension of
$40 after the beneficiary ha s
reached the age of 60 ears.
The sales tax proposal, up for
discussion in the house within a
few days, would provide no funds
until 1943 at the earliest, since it
must be referred to the voters.
'To ask the aged tp wait two
years for help justiyi due them
would leave them justj as empty-
handed as they are at Ithe present
time," the federation! statement
read.
Crawfish 'Night9
$et, April 19
SILVERTON The annual Am
erican Legion crawfish ."night" at
Silverton has been set for April
19 with George Manolis made
general chairman.
Serving with Manolis are F. M.
Powell, L. Mi Bragg, ,C. J. Towe,
A. M. Gottehberg, Glenn Price,
Walter Morgan, Arthur Dahl,
Howard Lockwood, Roy Daven
port, L. F. Tncker, JChn Demas,
Harry Carson1, E. H. Wheeler, J.
W. Hyatt, arl Hartman and
Clarence Rosheim. . i
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Stayton Lions
Slate Show
STAYTON-j-The Stayton Lions
club is sponsoring its anual ama
teur show to e staged at the Star
theatre, on the night of April 2.
Entry blanks are now out and
must be in not later than March
20; all decisions of the;-judges will
be final. An j audition night will
be held the latter part of this
month. Those receiving the en
tries are the show, committee,
Harry Rowe Kenton Thompson,
Lawrence Sprdker and Charles
Berger. ! :
Lynching Bill Urged
A memorial; introduced by Sen.
Harry Kenin and Thomas R. Ma
honey urges j. congress to pass
rigid legislation dealing with
lynch ings. I
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Preview of fDulcy? by Gast
At Hospital Is Success
A preview of "Dulcy" Thursday
night at the tuberculosis hospi
tal indicated that the public per
formance of the Willamette , fac
ulty . play in Leslie : auditorium
Monday evening will provide hi
larious entertainment. -
Mrs. Genevieve Oppen, director
of the farce, expressed herself as
pleased with, the cast's handling of
the humorous - situations . . and
promised , a. performance which
will keep the high standards of
previous faculty plays.;
.In the cast' are Mrs.' Oppen
playing the title role, Mrs. Herbert
Rake,' Mrs. Maurice Brennan, Dr.
Daniel H. Schultze, Dr. William
C Jones, Dr. H. C Hutehins, Pro
fessor Maurice Brennan, Promes-
sor Robert Wilson, Frefessor Rich-
aid Liebes, Dr. Kenneth McLeod,
and Dr. Egbert S. Oliver.
Aside from entertainment, the
play: has the purpose of furnish
ing money for a faculty lounge on
the Willamette campus.
'Time' Has Item
On State Blind
SILVERTON Silverton was
interested in a brief item that ap
peared .-" in "Time." The. story, is
about ,the 'recent sculpture' show
at Portland ; at ; which 17 pieces,-made-by
children v of the Pregon
State Blind school were on dis
play. ..--j. :.,';..(
Of special Interest at Silverton
was - the mention , of the instruc
tor, 28-year-old George Justin
Blais. Blais Is brother j of Merlin
Blais, Portland ' newspaper man
who .spends part of each week at
Silverton. : '" 'I.-. I-
Tliieves Vary
T villus of T-iOnt.
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A chair, two clocks and about
$14 in cash was the loot in 'Wed
nesday burglaries ' reported by
city.police. , '";"!'.' '. ,
The chair was taken from the
porcn ai 03 . union sireei, joias
Virginia Byrd said. . "
" When Mrs. . Earl , Moo try went
to the rear room of the Moo try
drug . store at 1999 North Capitol
street to - make a phone call, a
man in the . store' left with two
clocks, she reported. , f
. Mrs. ; Frank : W. Coggins, S75
Ttfnrwa V trt" ati S3 wan taVn
from her purse, which she left
on the davenport with the door
open when she went next door
for a few minutes.
About $11 in cash was taken
from her purse in the Willamette
university women's dressing room
while she was in .the gymnasium,
Mrs.' Steven Anderson, 1159 Cen
ter street,: reported."
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