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.,ther: Fair ViltifffrMti Home Edition fiWI IWWWI www& LANE COUNTY'S HOME NEWSPAPER. .82 ' ' today's news todai EUGENE, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE 13, 1932. PR1CE:on streets 8c news stands 6c NO. 165 mmim m urn m$l HCULTIES ARE RESCUED! G81 5TUQPP j AL SMITHS WARRIORS GIRD FOR CONVENTION BATTLE! BRITAIN IVIAY fUHfEIH gpl 0Fky "ajsOriiiWF- investigate GRANGE HAS HflAKUNtr - . 1 1 Honesty of Training cnotu Head Is Questioned By Ex-Teacher SALEM. June 13. I special ro me Ririster-Giinrd) Refusing to state Mr position or ariuuue dui u&it-umg drtfullT anr matiing many nun-s. (We E. ingniis, cuuor 01 me uui- n is Gazette-i imes, ana juuuh j. Smith, secretary 01 me lwvbihb dumber ot commerce attenuea ine inmt he d here Monday by tlie state tiitlre bill to eousotmuie tne state s uutitutions ot nigner learning. fiALEM, June 13. W Main ar- nnenti for and against tne proposed iflitiitive measure tor tne consonaa- 1011 Ot lac state, a uiguer iusuluuuh kirnlDK in tlm beuriug before tuc committee ot the state grunge touay itre msue uy iieciur iuucpucisui ui Albany, Senator U. C. tMieeJer ot Pleasant Hill. W. A. Ayres, market liter of tbo Eugene producers' pub- Be market, and William. M. luguiun, inane. The committee will report the state grunge convention in euTtrton winch ouens tomorrow. Two Halves Make One The committee presiding ut Hie Marine was appointed by the grange wnsider financing the state uui- i tifd educational Mstem. hut since that titne t ie consolidation measure wnw proposed and the group was asked to "'Port its f Hidings on thi uiuttcr. Mr. Walter Pierce is chairman of the ntnmittee. with II hv (iill and Lorn Graham. Macnberson clnimed the proposed consolidation of schools ns nut lined in bill not only would mine the itandard of education but would be Bore econoniiL'al. Hp unid tlm Ktnte Hard of niche rprtncntinn nnw claims OS Sarill'; n millinn flnl1urj n vonv It! Uliifipil nliiti. Imt thnf it htid touched the bigger items of sav- He DlPflHrfl fnr nun Kit nniforsitr thifh ho KtiiH miilH Im offorlorl hv iWTine the Kngene aehool to Corval- SEE SCHOOL PITA RTORV PAGE 2 -- Weather News: LittI nr nn :.. u "perted durins tlm rovt fin v nr while n,n i... . 'Wnd the brat bns cnused discom- Idrt to mm. i ; i i JjP weather. For the past several Mm hn f,,iu.. . j V. i- ""onal thnmi-K .hnn-A.D ti. fiti. - - CREGON- Puti- Jt and watterpd afternoon thun-tioB--rmi tn n"Mint,',,8 "f 'nst por- LOCAL STATICTiro. t:: ' Maxim,,, ..:;,.",m;w 8IUSI AW Tir.ili' .V.: 1 " .. . v n. m.r nw 4. n. 1 PMiiPsruiv. men I: . .tUiA I VBi ffA A I rMAlk rAlm GLORY ;, PKXTEn TEED ar h "inirr, in ,-hipi r.nia. Aou.V i: , ,n or,n . "ar tint) r"n,"r npou, stalwart man. 'Hist ... i. . - " i"ri nr nernnn hi tins mhvP .... n-i "" '. " niMU.r Bl Ktii t! I . . ,' nv til: !,- - . inf,-,.. it. . . - . mu f ii nr-nri v 11 it mi I?,! t.lf, 'rly asks "Where to. IBM( ' 'lite probable he will p (. V 'm taking a little jaunt fH W 'l,l,t- harles Kings- C i'' fII"r of "n oceans, a .f ar"y-h.mejr nisn wilh the gift 'in f ,'mi,,r nml Ihe daring of an . Long Hops Commonplace imoi be is considered the - r I Stanislaus Hausner (above) la safe aboard the S. S. Circle Shell ff the Azores en route to New Orleans after being rescued fol lowing a week of drifting on the ocean in his plane. His projected New York-Warsaw flight ended 300 miles from the European coast. EN ROUTE TO II. S. Aviator Weak from Hunger, Exposure, Can't Tell His Story By. CAPTAIN JAM KS W. WILSON (Muster S. S. Circe Shell) (Copyright, 10o2, by United Press) A BOA It D S. S. CIUCE SHKLL, off Azores Inlands enroute to New Orleans. June 13. (U.PJ Stanislaus Felix Hausner was making slow but favorable progress aboard my ship today after drifting at sea for a week in his wrecked monoplane, forced down on a projected ew lork to Warsaw flight. Hausner was still very week, unable to give a coherent account of his ex periences. He had scant rations dur ing the week from June 3 until he wns picked up by Circe Shell fcatur day. Fortunately, the sea bad been calm. lie has not been able to tell much of his flight, but asked me to express his thanks for radio messages snt to him and to sciid his love to his family. Please inform Mrs. Hausupr, at 147 TiM'hime avenue, .lersoy City, that hrr husband is exhausted but uninjured. We were forced to abandon Ilaus ner's plane, a fed Bellnnca, No, 70S3, at 22011 l. M. T. MO p. m. (ireenwich menn time) Bt. latitude -12.041 north longitude 20.(104 west (about oOO miles of fthe Portegiiest coast U IlauMier mad a forced landing at 0 p. nt. (t. M. T. June 3. When the Circe Shell sighted him it was dark. We were ynnbl to salvage his plan1. He is proceeding with our fdiip to New Orleans, where we are due June 27. The monoplane was last sighter drifting southeastward at about one knot. Hammer asked that any passing vessel try tn salvage it as h believes it is in fairlv good condition. Calm sea and finp weather prevailing while hi- was ndrift probably prevented the plane from going to pieces. WIFE CONFIDENT NEWARK. N. .T.. June 13. (U. Mrs. Art ha Mausner. dark, steaded wife of Stanislaus Felix Hausner, rescued after eicht days adrift on the Atlantic, "never gave up bnpe" that her aviator-hnband would be found. "I had faith in Stanislaus and I praved for him constantly.' Mr. Hausner told interviewers happilj. est active aviator in tlie world. Only recently, when China fought with her liack to the wall, overtures were made to bim in the hpe that he would n crept an appnintment a chief nf the Chinese nir fnrces. They fencnied his ability, hut circumstan'et forced him t" decline. Sin-e he married Miss Mary Powell nf .Melbourne fn December, WW. he has been n family man if a flier who like s not will imp to i.nnonn nn b few hours' notice is ever a family ' man. . , .. I Iist Chrinmns he warmed up nis ihig fhip. hnppr.f in the enckpit. pack H Aimkki Jetiers in the fusebge and became a flirg Santa laus.' He flew up to London, on time, and at 1 tracted lit 1 1 world-wide attention because he has been d-inr thing like I that o long it is almost common- That flishf he made in May. Ifr.'S. with a crew of three, from California SEE AlRpJH3S ST0RY By BETTY AXNE MACDUFF In a setting of academic pageuutry USl men and women received de grees from the University of Ore gon at the fifty-fifth annual com mencement exercises in McArthur Court Monday. Marching down two aisles, the graduating seniors and masters' can didates in plain black caps and gowns, the medical school graduates with green tassels on their mortar Iwards, the students in social work and public health nursing in white robes entered the court from one door, while the speakers and fac ulty made a brilliant procession with their many colored hoods represent ing degrees from any universities of the world as they entered from another door. Dr. Chester Harvey Howell, edi tor of tlie San Francisco Chronicle, in addressing the graduating seniors, declare?! that they would live in one of the most interesting generations of the world's history. "Decnmocracy. capitalism, moral ity, religion we bequeath to you nt a 'time when there is nothing certain about them. You are faced with a task of intellectual energy in solving these problems whirh no generation has ever been called upto to at tack,' the speaker said. Make Machinery Servant "We are leaving you a very mess ed up world," he continued. "With you lies the opportunity of making machinery a servant of mankind, not a master. My geueratiou and those before it have not succeeded iu this problem. America alone can pro nicc more than enough of every thing for everybody. Lai t she hasn't figured out how three-fourths of everybody can pay lor wnai my can get. We have solved production; we have not solved distribution." Socialism has issued a challenge to the whole capitalistic world. Dr. Howell asserted. As a going con cern it is forcing a choice on Amer ica, "The decision of socialism or capitalism will not be made by argu ments, but facts. You must make our system work, in fact,' the edi tor said. "You are the first democratic generation which hHs had to face competition of anything else better than democracy. America herself is showing an interest in dictator ship every time public opinions sides with the president in the present crisis. "Todav nobody knows whether i there are differences between good or had. lou musr max me loun dations of morality certain, or life can not go on. "Yon must choos fro mall the traditions of the pnst, to find some foundations of faith, to know that life is worth while, or you can not SEE COMMENCEMENT STORY PAGE 2 . Everything is in readiness for the formal opening of the Worth man Carnival here Monday night. The special train of 3d cars bringing the big show fmm Medford arrived early Sunday evening but Ihe unloading of the paraphernalia did n"t 'Com mence until dnybrenk Monday morn ing. The nd circus crsi ndn on First avenue near Itlnir bnulevard are being used ns the eihibitinn site. Included in the attractions are 20 odd shows and 12 riding devices. Cir cus methods are used in handling the fbow and all foodstuff, electric current, g. oils, hay, grain and Eugene during the engagement here, other ess'-ntials nre purchased in The engagement here w III be of sir days duration. All attraction will be' open each evening and matinee for women nnd children festn ring the "kiddies' minfsliiire rnrnirnl attrnctions will be held eih afternoon, it was announced. John T. Wort man. owner of the esrniral. and once "new sis" him- nflf designated Tuesday night as nrwohnm night nt the mrntrnl. Erery Register-Guard newsbnr has a specinl Invitation to attend the shows that Tuesday night. They wilt meet at this office no later than 7 p. m. Ther will b as-emble in a lndv and taken to the circus grounds br a member of the rirm Intinn staff. At the hnw grnimd ther will he met hr the msnsg of the esrnivnt nnd escorted into the many id shows snd on the bif rid inf devkes. The Important decision to back Jouett Shouse, national executive chairman, for the post of permanent chairman of the Democratic Na tional convention was reached at this conference of supporters of former Governor Alfred E. Smith, In New York. Tho forces of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt, Smith's rival for the presidential nomination, are committed to Senator Walsh of Montana. This photo ehows the Smith board during Its session. Seated, left to right: Sedgewick Kistler, Democratic national committeeman of Pennsylvania; Howard Me Grath, Democratic state chairman of Rhode Island; Alfred E. Smith; David E. Fitzgerald, former mayor of New Haven, Conn.; Frank Hague, mayor of Jersey City, N. J., and New Jersey Democratic national committeeman. Standing, left to right: Gen. Charles H. Cole of Boston, Mass.; John R. Collins, f;rmer Pennsylvania state chairman; Daniel uoaKiey or uosion, mass.; wnangi eiy, oroincr oi uovsinor c.y Massachusetts; Alfred N. Phillips, former mayor Of Stamford, Conn.; William J. Egan, Director of Public Safety, Newark, N. J.i Harry Hehre, Democratic state chairman of New Jersey; Frank Hayes, mayor of Waterbury, Conn.; Thomas F. Spellacy, former national com mitteeman of Connecticut. SAFE YIELDS S127 Portland, Hillsboro Yeggs Also Busy; Post Office Is Ransacked Perseverance wins for safecrack ers na well a r their more prohuic brethren for tlifveggsr who opened the Oregon Seed anil Feed Co. safe early Sunday morning made nway witli .$127,311 in currency and cash. Several attempts tn get money from the safe have been made during the past year with the Sunday morn ing job the first to meet with any considerable degree of success. For some time, no money was kept in the safe nt night, the safe being left nn locked so that it would not be damag ed. Yeggs were frightened away while attempting a job there two weeks ago. The money taken by the yeggs rep resented Saturday receipts, the cracksmen knocking Ihe combination dial off the safe in order to open it. The time of the job was fixed ns between midnight and 12:4o a. in. Of ficers Clair Larson and Hoyal Wilcox visited the seed company plant nt Fifth and High nt midnight and found everything iu proper order. Return ing nt 12:45 a. ni they noticed an open window with n step ladder below it. Filtering the office, they found a chair propped against the safe door to hold it shut and thus delay dis covery of the robbery. Near the safe the officers found nn ndx with its handle broken off shortly, a large spike, and a railroad coupling pin. T. J. Skirvin. head of the firm, said that th loot included ifSO in currency and $24.36 in coins. i HTM.SllOrtO. Ore.. .Tune 13. (A) Burglars broke into the Hillsboro SEE BURGLARIES STORY PAGE 2 AS BONUS ARMY MARCHED AT CAPITAL! The "bonus expeditionary force" was on the march. fltr.Mlghti illuminating Its precession through Wash- IftnlAM u.h.n ha ninht nhMni up 4aLraM sf k a n'a A m rw AnilFtl Iftn Ia InHnJt C nnnrmm to pay immediately the 12,400,000.000 called for by thvr adjusted service certificates. Above you see the! veterans moving in military ranks toward the lighted dome of the capltol. Lower left, Is a scene rem j Iniscent of the "Spirit of 76," and lower right is glimpse of the weary ex-soldlers marching by lomi i of 'Ihe tent of thousands of spectators who lined the sidewalks and, applauded the paradtra, J Oregon Delegates Working For Resubmission Plank On Eve Of G. O.P. Convention By LESMIS J. SMITH (Associated Preas Staff Writer of Portland) CHICAGO, June 13. P Oregon has added Us efforts to the movement to write a liberalized liquor plauk into the republican platform. Stanley Myers, of Portland, today was appointed to the resolution and platform committee and Oregon's delegation of 13 voted to instruct him m iiro nvnrv pffnrt in behalf of reaubmisston of tho Honor attention Liiit against reiuvn of the open naioon. 'ine vote whh.v in -s. - iwo favor modification. Convention Slate CHICAGO. June 13. (U.R The tentative program of the republican national convention is presented here with: Tuesday, June 14 Convention culled Jo order 11 a. in. by Simeon D. Fess, chairman of the republican national committee. Prnver by lit. Itev. James E. Bee man. Episcopal bishop of Washington, D. C. Call for convention read by George DeHenneviile- Keitn of New Jersey, secret a ry of the republican nntlonul committee. Temporary roll call. Election of temporary chairman. Address of temporary chairman. Election of temporary officers. Selection of. committees on creden tials, permanent organization, rules and order of business resolutions. Miscellaneous business. Wednesday. June 15 (Tentative) Convention called to order by the chairman nt 11 a. m. Prayer by Bt. Bev. Msgr. Thomas SEE G. 0. P. SLATE STORY PAGE 2 Hv n rote of tell 10 two I DC acii-ga tionl which was pledged to Joseph I. France, of .Maryland, agreed to sup port lii ui only so lung ns lie iuim any chance to win the nomination. Battle On Already If lefore Oregon is called on the roll, it develop another candidate is assured of the nomination, Ihe lire gouiamt reserved the right t vote any way they desire. This move met with rigorous protest from L. It. Sandblast, Oregon campaign manager for I ranee, who deel n red the tleiega tlon was IkiimhI legally and morally to support Oregon preferential nominee. Myers won the resolutions post by a vole of six to five fiver W. L. Thompson. Milton It. Klepper was named to the credentials coinmil (ee. Other appointments were: Frank N. Derby, of Salem, permanent organ ization: S. I. Peterson, of Milton rules of order; H. II. Dearmoiid, of fiend, to notify presidential nominee. Mrs. Pat. Allen, of Portland, was elected Orecon national commit Ce woman. Jack Day, of Portland, was nppointed alternate fnr Peter Welch, nf K In inn I h Falls, and K. C SBmmons was named alternate for William A. Carter, of Portland, PROHt ISSUE LEADS CHICAGO, June 13. P -The swiftly rising whirlpool of republican SEE CONVENTION STORY PAGE 2 Formal Consideration Will Be Given; Vets See Step to Victory WASHINGTON, Juno 13 P) The house today voted to call up Ihe $2.-iM),)HKl,(HH) rash bonus pay ment legislation for formal consider ation. This action represented a step to ward victory for the 20,(XX) war veterans in Washington to demand Immediate pnynienL of the bonus certificates. Whiln the vote wns being taken, and long before, the bouse galleries were packed with former service men. Outside long lines of veterans stood. If the house approves the bonus payment on the final vote, the leg islation still must run the gauntlet of the senate and the white house. What action the senate will take Is problematical. Hu t President Hoov er has promised a veto. Action today came on a motion to bring (he resolution by Represen tative Pninian (!'.. Texan) up for consideration. The vote was ob tained through a pclltiou signed by 1-13 house members. The mtn for consideration was 22(1 to 117. Steps to fight the Initiative bill to rest rict the use of t rucks on t he high ways proposed by the ( tregon Highway Protective ussociatinn are expected to le taken Ht n meeting of the Oregon Mill and Truck operators association at the room of the Eu gene chamber of commerce Tuesday night nt 8 o'clock. Tho bill if passed by the people nf the state at the NoyciiiImt election would her uiuou to n large number of lumbermen and truck owners. It is believed by members of the Mill and Truck Owners' nssocialion. as it would restrict the load on logging and lumber trucks tn such nn extent that they rmjld not operate nt n profit, it fa stated. At thi smeeiing plans will be made to send n delegation from the nsn cintinn to meet with the slate high wav commiMnn to di"'iis matter pertaining In the use of logging and lumlter trucks on the highwn.is. Any Iruik owner, timber owner or anyone else interested Is invited to attend the meeting Tuesday night. It Is announced by officers of tlie ns snelntion. LA TE NEWS HASHES! NORTON, Vn., June 13. 0J.R The body of one miner was recovered while rescuers worked to release nine others entombed in the Hplatdid'Hiie Coal company mine, 3.i miles from here as Ilia remit vt an eiplosion today. MEXICO CITY. June 13 (IIP) Karlhuuake shocks continued Indny in the Mh(c of CnliutA, the newspaper I'nnersiil reported. AUSTIN, Texas. June M. 0f The Texas state demncrntrC executive committee decided to day to submit the ipieiinn of re peal of the 1ih amendment to a referendum In the July party primaries. The vote wns jtt to 13. HALEM. Ore.. June (l3.-tU.W LigbUiDf cauted tlie first three Parliament Upset By Death Of English Waitress; Action Urged MAY ACT Republican Leader Declares Jersey Officers Made Five "Boners1' ALPINE. N. J., June 13 OP) The case of Violet Sharpe, English domestic waitress, wore an inter national aspect today as police de nied accusal ions Hint they harried her to death. The charge, voiced Indignantly in the English press, wns followed by uewa that labor members of parlia ment were expected to ask the Brit ish government today to make rep resentations to the United States about the girl. She took poison in the homo of Mrs. Dwlght AV. Mor row last Friday ns police arrived to question her anew about her movements tho night Chnrles A. Lindbergh, Jr., was kidnaped. Charges Denied After watching the theory they built up ngainsi Miss Shnrpe and Ernest Brinkerr, cab driver from White Plains, N. Y go to pieces, police busied themselves with final checkups. I here wns never unuue pressor brought to bear during her question ing by the police," Col. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of the state po lice said. "On ench of the four oc casions members of tho Morrow or Lindbergh households w-ere present. "In view of Ernest Miller's state ment nnd Hrlnkert's nlibt. do you still believe Violet Sharpe had guilty knowledge of the crime? Will you publicly exonerate her?" Schwars konf was nsked. ''This Is a matter of opinion." he answered. Governor A Harry Moor wan asked whether he was contemplating nn? action against the police in con nection with the death. "No ehnrgea have been made t ine,' he said. INVESTIGATION LOOMS TUENTON. N. J-. June J.'t fP) Rtnle Senator Emerson L. Hichnrds, republican leader, today nsserted nn investigation of the entire police handling oi' tlm LindlMrgh kidnaping case wns virtually a certainty. "The Lindbergh case," the sena tor declared, "has been slaughtered to make a democratic holiday." Commenting on the suicide nf Violet Sharpe. waitress in the Engle wood home of Mrs. Dwight W, Mor row, briindmother of the. murdered hnhy, after police questioning, the senator said five major blunders had been marie by the slate police and tlie detectives. The blunders he listed were the detention of "Ited" Johnson, Betty Onw'n sweetheart; the futile pay. me nfc of $30,090 ransom nmney by Dr. John F. 'ondon, aged Bronx intermediary; John 11. Curtis' fmoi nf Colonel Liiidlergli nnd the police; the finding of tho baby's body five miles from the Lindbergh estate at Hopewell; and f iunlly the suicide of the waitress. T1END. Ore., June 13. fP Pos sibility that the Mi'Kcnzie pass would lie open to traus-niotintnin trnvel on Wednesday npnenrcd remote todnr as mechanics worked tn repair the rotnry snow phiw. disabled late Saturday by n broken transmission. A replacement had been received from Klamath Falls however, and the crew hoped to back into the drifts by this evening. When the breakdown occurred thi plow wns working westward from th summit, not far from the center of (be lava N-ds. A number of Inn drifts, about five, feet deep, will be encountered west of Craig Inke. forest fires of the season. Two were in Joicphine county and the other In Jacksmi. All occurred over the week-end, and damage was slight, state forestry officials aunoiiuced today. MEDFORD, Mass., Juno IS. tl .Mrs. Herbert Hoover today received an honorary degree of master of artn from President John A. Couzein f Tufts col lege. The wife oi the president wns one of nine persons to re ceive honorary degrees. McMINNVILLE, Ore., .Tun 13. t) Yamhill county agent, S. T. White, prrdjded here today that the county's prune crop this year will only lie about 25 per cent normal. I'uiensnunhle wea ther is the priuciyttl Mesvu, be said. jreat-