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Angus! 21. Ifrti Pag6 Sixteen THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD T TO NATJOWflL MEET CLEVELAND, Ohio, Aug. 2L OW A starting lignnl, flashed by wire less from the airport here, Sunday, will start 13 women and 37 men from Santa Monica, Cal., on the JMOO-mile transcontinental sweepstakes air derby to Cleveland. The race marks the first time that men and women pilots have competed jointly in a major trans-continental air duel in the United elates. Twenty-five thousands in prize money awaits the winners arriving here Aug. SO, the second day of the national air races. The eight-day flight will carry the pilots over eight states The derby Is t handicap event In which contestants stand equal chances despite the wide variations in speed of their planes. Ability of the pilot constantly to obtain the best performance of his Elace, whether it be at 100 miles an our or 200 miles an hour, is the determining factor. Starting today at Santa Monica, each ship will be flown over a mile course by test pilots to determine its speed. Points will be awarded in ac cordance with the manner in which' the pilot maintains this official speed over each leg of the route. Three winners of past women's derbies will start. They are Phoebe Omlie of Memphis, Tenn.. licht plone class winner, and Louise Thaden of , Pittsburgh, heavy plane class winner, of the 1029 "Powder Puff derby" to Cleveland, and Oladys O'Donnell, of Los Angeles, winner of last year's derby to Chicago. THEY'LL TAKE A FLING mfKWf Himalaya Mountain Climber Is Killed MUNICH, Germany, Au. 21. (At Word from the 1'aul Haucr expedi tion climbing KanchenJunga in the Himalayas Bald today that Herman Schaller, 25-year-old member of the party, had been killed when he and a native bearer fell off a precipice into a deep chaam on the northeastern pur of the mountain. The bodies were interred In rocks protruding from the glacier more than 16,000 feet above sea level. - Long Truck Trip Planned By Expert COLUMBUS. Ind 01.19 A trip aCTOBs the United States with fuel expenses amounting to only $10 Is the goal of Glessie Cummins, Diesel engine experimenter, living here. Cummins Is completing construc tion of a two-and-one-hslf ton truck in which he expects to make the journey. Dave Evans, who piloted the Cummins Diesel entry in the 1981 Indianapolis auto race, will ac company Cummins. They expect to spend four daya and consume approximately 800 gallons of oil. TAX BILL8 8IGNED SALEM, Ore., Aug. 21. (U.R) Trucks selling goods In Salem were today forced to pay a $28 tax as the result of a measure signed by Mavor Gregory last night. Bill collecting concerns will hereafter pay a $100 tag. kits, " . . r y"1 J&M Here are the 13 new Wampaa babies "born" In Hollywood re cently. They are voted to be the most potential "baby atars" of the new crop ot teminine beauty that has invaded the soreen eity or late: No. 1, Anita Louise; 2, Frances Dade; 3, Constance Cummlnga; 4, Marlon Schilling; 8, Karen Morley; 8, Joan Marsh; 7, Frances Dee; 8, Barbara Weeks; 9, Rochelle Hudson; 10, Joan Blondell; 11, Sidney pox; iz, Judith Wood, and 13, Marian Marsh. ... From advance appearances It looks an though the State theater is go ing to bo crowded Haturdny night for the regular Snturday midnight mati nee, for the advance showing of "Dra culn." the vampire thriller. Mnnogcr Ed Lewis stated that the advance inquiries have been heavy regarding thia picture, which proved at all other showings to be the big gest hit of the year. Tickets will be on sale for the preview Saturday night at 10:45 and the doors open at 11. , THE LUCKY OUYI EVANHVILLR, Ind. A bottle of beer 44 years old la in the possession of Williams H. Low bore. It was bot tled in 18S7 for the Blue and Gray reunion here. It has a cork top with a wire over It any was kept as a souvenir by John Mounts who tended bar during the reunion. Low inherited the bottle on the death of Mrs. Mounts his aunt. Watch and Money Taken from Hotel A watch and a small sum of money were stolen from the apartment of Mrs. C. N. Tolliver in a local hotel some time Thursday, according to a report made at police headquarters by Mrs. Tolliver. The watch was old but valuable as a keepsake, slm snid. Her purse con taining about $1.85 wns taken and her trunk key was minsed. Photographs have bet-n transmitted from Australia to Enclnml bv radin with sufficient clearness to be pub SATURDAY IS THE LAST DAY Of Paul D. Green's 2nd Birthday Surprise YOUR LAST CHANCE - To buy nationally known and advertised merchandise at prices you ordinarily pay for unknown brands. Come in tomorrow and see real quality at remarkable savings! HERE ARE A FEW OF OUR BIRTHDAY SPECIALS! SUITS Buy Stein-Bloch. Mirhnpl.KiWna nnri rink riwu : j -.--wai -.vv. j iv viuu viuiuca 111 llVti oeiectea Groups $24.50 Suits, now $17.63 $20.50 Suits, now $21.63 $31.50 Suits, now $23.63 $W.50 Suits, now $29 65 $11.50 to $59.50 Suits, Now $39.65 ?1.00 Handmade Springback Neckties 3 for $1.95 EAGLE SHIRTS One Group Regular $3.50 Now $2.15 Or 3 for $5.95 One Group Regular $2.50 Now $1.65 Or 3 for $4.55 PHOENIX HOSE 39 65" 50o Sox, now Or 4 for $1.50 75c Sox, now Or 2 Pair, $1.00 $1.00 Sox, now Or 4 Pairs $2.50 Leather Coats S5.S5 $9.85 Regular $8.50 Now Regular $12.50 to $15.00, now Remember Saturday Is The Last Day Five Inrce trurks will be brought to Eugene from Bend during the first week in September to be loaded with J ne county fruits and vegetables and hauled to the central Oregon eity over the McKenzie pass, according to word received at tne on ice or u. ti. Harlan, secretary of the Eugene chnmher ot commerce. Five families of that city and i number of their friends are co operating in this plan to obtain their winter s supply or trults and vege tables that cannot be grown In that section of the state. They figure that it will be much cheaper to buy here and trnnttport the produce over the pans timn to buy from dealers there after freight rates have been paid and the dealers make their profit. Similar, shipments have previously been made from Eugene to Bend but never before on such an extensive scale. It is being predicted that with the completion of the McKenaie high way such shipments will be of fre quent occurrence. ST. LOUIS. (U.PJ Babe, a two- year-old fox terrier, became so ill during a recent heat wave here, that Mr. and Mrs. Otto vtalkenhorst de cided death would be merciful. So they called the police. The officers snid Harm couM live only a few hours, anyway, and it would be better to kill the doe." Sirs. Walkenhorst said. Ihe natrolman took Bah nntside. One policeman hit her a tremendous blow on the head. The bodv vrr covered with a carpet, but the chil dren wanted one last look at the pup. Babe opened her eyes, and Mrs. Wnlkeuhorst screamed. tSlio looked ii n so nittmillv. Hint we brought her inside and massaged her. in tne morning she wns up to meet the milkman as usual. We helieve the blow on the head, instead of kill ing Bnbe. reallv mad a her well : again, because ahe romps about now ns sue never did Before," walken- norst said. WINS DECREE! y tv Ina Claire, (tags and screen ao tress, at she appeared In a Los Angeles courtroom recently to win an uncontested divorce from Jack Gilbert, "screen's greatest lover." Florence to Get License Examiner Highway Cuts Are Cause of Losses WASHINGTON. (U.R) There ran. not be "economy in roads and streets" without Incrense in losses "under the present conditions of lack of snfetv and costly conRestion on the high ways," W. R. Smith, president of the American Kond Builders' association, said in a recent interview. "Economy Is not merely a matter of reduced expenditures," Smith snid. "On the contrary, reducing expendi tures means increnHlnl? the lnssp. un der the present conditions of lack of safety and costly congestion on the highways." smith snid estimates by the Na tional Conference on Street and nich. wny Safety on the cost of congestion on highways "exceeded $2,000,000,000 annually more than is being spent for road improvement and mainten ance. Hartford Mayor to Test L. A. Water HARTFORD. Conn.. Aug. 21. (U.R) Mayor Walter E. Rntterson will tnke no cnangca in drinking a toast in water. A bottle of Los Angeles water is enroute here so that Mayor Batter son may drink a toast to France. The water is a gift from Mnyor John C. Porter of Los Angeles who wrote he was sending bottles of water to 17 mayora ao tney mny join him Saturday in drinking a toast to the country they visited this summer. Mnyor Porter 'refused to drink a champagne tonst to the French presi dent while overseas. Mayor Batterson gave orders that the water bo tested by the health de partment, as soon as it arrived. Ice Cream Social Given By League VONOALLA. Aug. 21. (Rpeelnn The Ladies' Aid and the Enworth League gave an ice crenm sneinl in the league rooms Friday evening. A short nrngrnm wns given and a pleasant evening spent visiting and enting ice crenm and enke. The two orgauizntinn realized A neat euni from the social. PLANE FOR 228 BERLIN. FritK Koch. Frledrlch shnln aviation engineer, has built an airplane to sell for tl'2S. It weighs 270 rounds, has a wing spread of 2tl feet, and over all length of 17 feet and an nrea of ,"d snuare feet. It is powered by a 14-horsopowcr motor ami can attain a speed of about 03 miles an hour. N I ELL BOUND OVER M. V. Niell, charged with larceny of an auto anil returned Saturday from Los Angeles, was held to the grnnd jury with bail set at $1000 after a preliminary henring in justice court Thursday. Nieil wn represent ed by Attorney Reese Wingnrd. Eu gene V, flattery appeared for the .tate. I Flapper Fanny Says: I The sun Is a shining example f being "til hot and up la the ilr." I A special examiner will be sent to Florence to examine annlicuuts for drivers and chautfeurs licenses Mon dny and Tuesdny of next week, ac cording to Glenn Bown, examiner in charge of this district. Peter Thur- ber will be sent from the Salem head quarters, he said. All persons in that part of the couutv who desire to be cxnmined nre nsked to appear at Flor- enco on those dnys. Mr. Bown was on dutv at the citv hall Friday and' will lie there again Saturday. He examined ouire a num ber of aDDlicants Fridav and several at Cottage Grove Thursday. He wns ot Toledo Wednesday. Not as many applicants are appearing tor examina tions now as at first, he said. Commercial Planes Set New Records WASHINGTON. (U.R) Mexican nlrplanes engaged in commercial transportation flew more miles during UWO than had ever been registered liefore, the commerce department has been informed by Assistant Trade Commissioner Edward D. McLaughlin at Mexico City. The planes flew 2.4S3.S10 miles last year as compared with 1.806.507 miles in 1029 and 727,501 miles in 1028. That Mexican people are becoming more "air-minded is revealed in fig ures which show that 20,200 pas sengers were carried during 1030. an increase of 103 per cent over 1029 when 10,069 persons traveled by air. FASTEST WAR PLANES LONDON. England lays claim to having the fastest fighting planes in the world. The speed of this country's fighting craft has been incrensed 30 to 50 miles an hour during the past yenr. One of the fastest plnnes of the Royal Air Force is the Hnwker "Fury," a tiny crnft to be used as an "interceptor fighter" for defensive op eration about London. It is capable of 214 miles nn hour. Death Valley is about 50 miles long and averages 20 to 25 miles wide, from the crests of the enclosing mountain ranges. A slate-wide Lutheran rally is iH'ing planned for Aug. 30 at the Sunset Home in this city, it has beeu announced by Rev. R. Bogstad. su perintendent of the home. An all-day program will be given, beginning at 10:30 a. m. and closing at 3 p. m. Addresses will lie interspersed with music and the public ia invited, it ib announced. E. G. Harlan, aecretary of the Eugene chamber of commerce, will be one or tne speaners. This will lie the occasion for an open house at the home, which is operated bv the Norwegian Lutherans and at that time the buildings will be open so that an inspection of all de partments may be had. Out of town visitors are asked to bring their own lunches but milk, cream, ice cream, hot coffee and sand wiches may be obtained on the grounds. Rev. Mr. Bogstad Is making exten-; air nlnna to entertain A large num ber of visitors to the home at this time and the aged residents of the in stitution are looking forward to the i-ccasion with a great deal of pleas ure, he said. Seek Man to Act George Washington WASHINGTON. (U.R) The George Washington Bicentennial com mission is in search of a modern Wnshineton one- who under stands surveying and farmintr ami one who. in an emergency, woum oe able to direct a revolution. The commission Is canvassing the country in an effort to find a man whn rnn nnrti-nv the role of First President in a pageant to be held here next June as a feature of the celehrntion of the 200th anniversary of Washington's birth. Tr In rumored that one hlch gov ernment official here, who bears a striking resemblance to the nation's first chief executive, has been sug gested for the nnrt. But the commis sion will not make Its choice until it has heard from the entire country. More than 5.000 persons repres enting all sections of tho United States will take part in the pageant. The production will be staged under floodlights beneath the Washington Monument and will last for five or six nights. Uncle Sam Exempt From Tax on Fuel HARRTSBURG. Pa. CU.R) Only the United States government is ex empt from paying the Pennsylvania liquid fuels tax, the department of revenue has announced. Even the commonwealth of Pen nsylvania is required to pay the three cent tax on every gallon of gasoline purchased by its representatives, the department said. Formerly political sub-divisions of the state were not obliged to pay the fuels tax on gasoline used for strictly municipal purposes. School Boundaries Remain Unchanged The boundaries of the College Crest and Dunn school districts will remain unchanged for the time being, it was decided Thursday at a meeting of the county boundary board. The board recommended that the two districts draw up tuition con tracts in the cases where it was de sired that children from one district should attend school in the other dis trict. Experimenters in England have succeeded in producing wool indefin itely by cutting pieces c Mve sheep skin and keeping them io vats con taininu a certnin chemical solution. Saturday 2iBirthday LANE COUNTY Producers Public Market Congratulations on the celebration of your second anniversary. Your achieve ment is nn enviable one your market is second to none in the west, and not surpassed anywhere as an exclusive producers market. It is one of Eugene's real show places. Everybody Go To The Market Saturday Beautiful Displays, Loads and Loads of Good Things To Eat. " Eugene's Otni Store McMorran Washburne Eugene's Own Stoxe McMorran & Washburne PHONE 2700 FEATHERS' QUILLS OSTRICH PATENT RIBBON BOWS Be thankful history repeats itself! Second Empire Felts $3.95 Are more flatterine than any hats in years! Derby ur .cugeme Drima, up on the left and down over the right eye Every one with a beguiling little for ward tilt all Us own and wnat a "little price. SECOND FLOOR Saturday Last Day $49.50 Coat Sale R New Fur Trimmed Fall Coats Marked Specially For This Event Always a great event, the August Coat Sale this year surpasses in style and value any event of Its kind previously held Here are coats actually ?25 to $30 below prices of two years ago, and to morrow there Is another saving of $5 to' $10 on these coats at M9.50. Can you afford to miss this event? SECOXD FLOOR Saturday Curtain Fabrics 10 15 19c to 29c Val. 29c to 35c Val. Mnrqulsetle flgurrd or plain weave and cross bar effects 36 Inches wide and a larf;e assortment from which to choose. Dotted Marquisette crpao ground with colored dots cream ground with strlf A rare saving opportunity. $1.95 Brocade Damask 89c Ttroeade dnma.lt tn blue snd rose strlre 50 Inches w ,.. beautiful lustrous material was $1.!5 now, for iroroeo"' clearance SJc. SECOND FLOOR v.
