Angus! 21. Ifrti
Pag6 Sixteen
THE EUGENE REGISTER-GUARD
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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
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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.
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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
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