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C apilBoODMraal CIRCULATION Dally average distribution for the Month ending October St. 1031 10,690 ' Average daily net paid 10,175 Member Audit Bureau of Circulation CITY EDITION Fair and continued cold gentle to moderate cut and northeast winds. Local: Mai. 60: Mln. M: rain ; river 10.) leet; clear; north wind. A'l ...1 vr A 13 XT tyia entered as second clasa SALEM, OREGON, SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 1931 PRICE THREE CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEW TANi rivB com wiu lunn, u. fcio mutter at Salem. Oregon XjBia.ll o jo n mm Bill mm CAMPAIGN FOR RELIEF FUNDS HEARING GOAL Community Service Crews Spurred On by Response and Insults Misunderstanding of Pur pose and Plans Proves Greatest Obstacle JOB SUGGESTIONS ASKED With the object In view of relieving distress Insofar as Is possible by giving employment rather than by charity dona tions the employment com mittee of Community Swire Is making a survey of the city to determine what work of a public or semi-public nature Is available for and adaptable to hand labor. The public Is invited to suggest ideas for such work, and anyone having such sug gestions to make is requested to address the chairman of the employment ' mmittee. Community Service, In care of the Salem Chamber of Commerce. By HARRY N. CRAIN Spurred on by a generous and spontaneous cooperation In most coses, and made only more deter mined to drive on to their goal by Isolated instances of arrogant 'its Courtesy of a few exhibiting the "charlty-be-damned" attitude, members of the finance committee of Community Service, as well as the members of other affiliated committees, were giving practically their entire time Friday and Satur day to Insure the success of the greatest relief campaign ever staged here. Twenty-five thousand dollars to be expended for charity relief through the Associated Charities, Salvation Army, and the relief committees of the American Le gion and Legion auxiliary. and In "(Concluded on page 7. column 6) TANKER BLAST FATAL TO F San Francisco UPS Nine men lay seriously injured Saturday as a re sult of gasoline expiations aboard the docked tanker Charlie Watson that claimed the lives of four ship mates. Most of the Injured suffered from burns received when fire broke out ftfter the blasts and reduced the 1100 ton vessel to ft smoking, blackened hull. The series of explosions, which rocked buildings for a distance of 10 blocks and almost lifted the tanker out of the water, killed three of the men Instantly. They were Chief Officer B. C. Rlpy. 30, OI Richmond, Calif.; John Gannon, 37. third officer, Oakland. Calif., and Henry Jorge risen. 39, pump man. San Francisco. Stanley Dudzlck, 20. of North Tonawanda, N. Y., was hurled from the dock into the water, breaking his back. He died Friday night, few hours after the accident. Capt. Oscar Landahl, master of the tanker, was one of the most seriously burned. He was standing at a gasoline pump with the first three victims but miraculously escaped their fate. The Watson was discharging cargo of gasoline and a break In the pump was believed to have been the direct cause of the explosions. Secondary Roads To Total 1930 Miles With 131 In Marion County Secondary roada in Oregon as designated by the state highway commission and counties of the stnte comprise 1.930 miles, a report relcncr-rt Saturday from the state hlchwav oftlces showed. Roads enumerated in the report n-.:mber 97, designations being torn pl-trd for all but lour eountles. Choice of secondary roads l pending In Columbia and Tilla mook counties until details In choice of the Portland to sea route are cleared up. State Engineer Roy Klein said. In Multnomah and Currv counties further study Is required before final designations can be made. Additional mil cave Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN FUN IN COURT "This is believed to be the heavi est sentence ever given ft man for driving while drunk In a Portland court." Oregonlan. H. T. Hubbard at U6 Marion street report the theft of a garb age crock. Mr. Huooara says isn't the value of the crock so much as It Is sentiment which riles him up over the theft. It seems he bought the crock to make sauer kraut In and later converted It to the other use. He suspect some moonshiner who wants to use the Jug for mash. So boys, if you be gin to detect some peculiar taste in your next delivery, maybe you can furnish Mr. Hubbard with ft clue, It's a great thing to have friends. Yesterday afternoon we went out to Willamette Sanatorium to see Jack Hushes who Is resting up on doctor's orders. We found a line down the hall and the nurse giv ing out numbers. When we got into the room an usher let us pass wun the rest of the line around the bed and look Jack over. He looks pretty good. It might be a fine idea for the sanatorium to sell tickets and cash in on Jack's rest period. The doc tor is feeding Jack cnoppca uver to get him back onto his feet. But with due respect to the doc think around boloney would be better. Jack has fed other people so much baloney In his life think his system must oe preny well out of it bv now. A good bo loney diet for awhile might put him back onto his feet. George Baiter, we believe, has hit 100 per cent so far this week with his picture In the oregonian, once Joining the Red Cross, once buying a tan, congratulating Legion enlistment, today attending a wed ding and so on. Now we wisn George would do something lust once that would Justify having his picture in the paper. Paul Marnarch. dog license col lector, reports that a natural phe nomenon out on the new Battle Creek road beyond the Prlngle school, la attracting visitors from various par's of the county. He says that where a bank was cut through for the new road the dirt In the side of the bank is 01 vari colored hues giving all of the ef fect of a cathedral window, we always knew they grew some good prunes out that way ont we re wondering now who can doctor them ud In snaps to have such an effect on an old stager like Paul? A local store la giving away lit tle cardboard glfa which look like matches but turn out to be red lipsticks. Must be the kind of matches Willamette football play ers scratch on the seats of their pant. Oliver Huston who works up in the motor vehicle department where he has a good chance to see, reports to us the reason for so many automobile accidents on 12th and state streets. He says Its caused by Willamette girls on their new athletic field out there run ning around In their BVDs. Tut, tut. girls, would you wreck auto mobiles as well a hearts? A NOVEMBER LYRIC Out at the smashing football game, While Willamette crushed Its foes, The fans who braved the chilling night Sat and froze their toes. We might also add nose to that there rhvme. COLD AT I'LNDLLTON Pendleton P This city experi enced the coldest night of the cur rent season Friday when the tem perature dropped to 22 degrees above. Cars coming In from the east carried snow on their tops and running boards. Snow ,t Meacham Is 30 Inches deep. however. Is not expected to exceed 200 miles. Klein said. Lane county has the largest mileage of any recorded by the highway commission to date with 137 3 for three roads. Lake county- has 1051 miles for two highways and Marlon county 131 miles with six roads listed. Mileage of secondary roads Is approximator one-third of the ' (Concluded' ba PMi i, column HEAVY GUARD ON PATROL IN WALL STREET World's Financial Center Alert To Prevent At tacks by Fanatics Bombings Feared; Mor gan Offices Watched; All Strangers Quizzed New York. (LP) Wall Street, fi nancial center of the world, Sat urday was under the rule of ad ditional guards, police and detec tives added to the increased force already on guard there to prevent threatened bomDings. Strangers in the district were stopped and questioned. Anyone carrying bundles within the restric ted areas was stopped ana ques-; tloned; some were searched. j Heavy guards placed at the of fices of J. P. Morgan Co.. inter national bankers and financial rep resentatives In this country of the Fascict government, were increased during the night. The "dead line", Fulton street between the East river and the Hudson, was enforced more strict ly than ever with police and plain clothesmen familiar with the dis trict scrutinizing all strangers who passed below that street toward Won street. Reason for the unusual activity lay in fear of bombings threatened Thursday before arrival of Signer Dino Grandl, Italian foreign min ister for a visit in New York, and (Concluded on page 8, column B) NOTRE DAME 14 TO TROJANS 16 Notre Dame Stadium, South Bend. Ind. (LP) Notre Dame's gridiron su premacy ended Saturday when Sou- . ,., . jrj lar last period rally that scored two touchdowns and a field goal and gave the Trojans a 16-14 victory. It was a thrilling game which kept 52.000 spectators on their feet cheer. Ing madly as the tide of battle shift ed back and forth, up and down the field. Johnny Baker's place kick from Notre Dame's 24-yard line In the I last minute and a half of play was Oolng Into the final quarter, Notre Dame held a 14-0 lead, and the game seemed as good as won. Then Southern California started one of the greatest rallies In football his tory to snap Notre Dame's three year winning streak. The Trojans scored all their points In the frantic last period, crashing over two touchdowns and a field goal. 8haver scored both (Concluded on pe 7. column 3) HARVARD DEFEATED BY YALE 3 TO 0 Harvard Stadium, Cambridge MP) Alble Booth's field goal from the 12-yard line gave Yale a 3-0 victory over Harvard in their football clash Saturday. Booth's dropklck In the last three minutes of play enabWd Yale to beat Harvard and end a three-year losing streak. A crowd of 57,000 saw the Ell's win. Yale outplayed Harvard during all of the last half and Its vigilant secondaries Intervened every time Qtptain Barry Wood tried to pass his team to a touchdown. Booth accomplished but little before re gistering his winning field goal, Yale advancing for this scon after Wilbur blocked and recuvarred Wood's punt deep In Harvard ter ritory. B aires completed a lcng pass to get Booth Into position tor his kick. MICHIGAN WINS FROM MINNESOTA Ann Arbor, Mich. av- Although Michigan outplayed Minnesota in every period In their annual en counter here Saturday, the Wolv crine gained no better than a 6 to 0 victory, due to Munn's sensation al punting, which held back a ant ing Micnigan onsiaugni. am new ltt scored on a 67 yard run. QUEEN OPLRATED OS Cologne, Germany, CP) Former Queen Sophie of Greece underwent a successful operation Saturday at Prank fort-On-Main. Her physicians said her condition gave no cause for alarm. 5 Deer Killed By U.P. Train At Meachan La Grande UP) A Union Pacific train Saturday did its-bit for the needy although the incident was unexpected and unpremeditated. The train struck five deer near Meacham, killing all. The deer meat probably will be dispensed by the Salvation Army. The train crew brought the animals to La Grande and turned them over to the game warden. CORlSESLEFT ON BATTLEFIELD By FREDERICH KUII fCoprrlRtit, 1931, br Unlit d Phk) Tsltslhar. Manchuria tlP iDe layed by censor) The frozen road to Tsltslhar bears mute but vivid testimony of Japan's crushing vic tory over the Chinese in the most serious battle yet fonght In the Manchurlan warfare. This correspondent, the first for eigner to enter Tsltslhar after its occupation by the Japanese, saw scattered along the road the relics of war cloth caps, steel helmets. coats, canteens and extra boots cast away by sturdy Chinese soldiers and cavalrymen as they fled In panicky retreat. Along the rolling, jagged road way, swept by a winter wind from Siberia, the correspondent follow ed the Japanese troops northward from Anganchi to the ancient wall ed capital of Heilungkiang province which the invading soldiers occu pied after smashing the defense of General Mah Chan-Shan. It was Impossible to estimate the casualties In the battle, although they were obviously enormous. I saw more than 30 Chinese corpses on the road alone, wjille otl'wrs could be glimpsed frequently on the prairies, protruding from the grass. Some of the dead were disem bowled. All were frozen stiff In the Intense cold. No effort was being made for burial. Wild dogs roamed the scene. At one point I saw seven dogs along the roadside, devouring a horse until it had been picked to a skele ton. Peasants roamed the scene In search of plunder. Severn! were carrying carefully sliced horse meat, ' . mn ' ln Two miles from Tsltslhar, the correspondent passed a farmhouse surrounded by a stone wall. In the courtyard a company of 50 Japanese soldiers, muffled in their uniforms, with steel helmets, knapsacks and rifles, half-frozen and stooped with exhaustion, guarded wounded Jap anese while the bodies of tour CWne8e lay neglected in a heap. INSULT TO WOMAN AVENGED BY MURDER Memphis UP Isham Harris, 36. great grandson of Tennessee's Civil war governor of the same name, confessed Saturday, author' ties said, that he participated in the kidnaping and slaying of farmer and a negro whose bodies were found near here Friday. They were killed, officers said, because they Insulted Harris' wile. Sheriff W. J. Bacon quoted Har ris as saying he was one of a group of men who kidnaped J. D. Smith. the farmer, Thursday night, took him a mile from his home and fired seven shot Into his body. The sheriff said he denied actual re sponsibility for firing the shots. The negro was Earl Sheridan. MECHANICAL LUNG SAVES BOY'S LIFE Portland IU Joseph Mlddlekauff. 9-year-old Yakima. Wash, boy, left Doernbecher hospital here Saturday after winning a two-months' fight against death. The boy was rushed here by air plane and placed In a mechanical breathing machine when disease made It Impossible for his lungs to function unaided. Saturday he had f illy recovered and was to return home. Bride of 3 Weeks Is Victim of Suicide Portland (IP) Following an as serted quarrel with her husband at dance, Mrs. Joyce uougias. n, bride of three weeks, committed su icide early Saturday morning By taking poison. The girl-wife, since her mar riage to Durwood Douglas, had been living with him at the home of her father-ln-law. The elder Douglas told coroner's deputies that his son was not at home when he was awakened by moaning In the girl's room. Finding ber In agony from effects of the poison he summoned an ambulance. 6he died en route to the hospital DESERT YIELDS BODY OF YOUTH SLAIN BY COLLIE Locate Second Victim Through Rudly Drawn Map by Slayer Blacksmith Confesses Murder To Obtain Auto and Money Los Angeles LP) The partially burned body of Dale Slater, 20- year-old youth of Dallas, Ore., was found In the Mojave desert near Yermo Saturday by Los Angeles detectives, The body had been dragged from a shallow grave near the Union Pacific tracks by coyotes, according to Detective Lieutenant Chester Lloyd, who made the discovery. The grave was found at the exact spot designated on a crudely drawn map given the officers by Gilbert Francis Collie, itinerant blacksmith, who has ossertcdly confessed to the murders of Slater and George Wal ker, 33, of Santa Rosa, Cal. Collie said he killed the youth to obtain his automobile and mon ey. Collie was said to have told ques tioners that he burned Slater's body on the desert four months ago and then placed it in a shallow grave. Collie later wrote young Slater's mother that the youth was strand ed in Las Vegas, and drinking heavily. .It was because Slater never drank feiat .his mother immediately be- Concluded on 'page's, column 1) SURGERY CURE FOR TUBERCULOSIS San Francisco (IP) Alumni of the University of California medical school Saturday studied a new me thod of combatting tuberculosis by surgical oiieratlons, described at their semi-annual reunion here by Dr. Harold Brunn of tlie school fac ulty. The method Involves several oper ations which may be performed, de pending on the character of the case, Dr. Brunn said. One type calls for the removal of several sections of certain ribs to bring about the collapse of an affected lung. This gives complete rest to the lung and aids recovery. "It must be remembered,' he said, "that while the new surgery has proven of great value in appropriate cases. It cannot be claimed as a sure cure." FIND BRUISED BODY OF CLUB WOMAN Los Angeles (tP The bruised body of Mrs. Rhea McDonald. 40. Hollywood club woman, was found in her fashionable home Saturday. An inquest was ordered by author ities who doubted an earlier theory Mrs. McDonald died from alcohol ism. They said they sought Joseph Murray, 44. for question In tr. He was with the woman, they said, un til a physician pronounced her dead. Then he vanished, authori ties said. Bright Sun Visits Western Oregon Portland tTPl A bright sun Sat urday did Its best to warm Portland after winter winds had brought the lowest temperature of the season The mercury stood at the 32-de-gree level during the night. Tragedy Comes With First Freezing Wave In Northwest States Spokane OP) Freezing temperatures, ridintf on a cold wave from northern Canada, aeuied over Montana, nonn ern Idaho, Washington and OreRon Saturday to add to the grief left by a damaging comoina- Hon of blizzards. ga.e)lke winds. rain and snow. Four deaths, scores of automo bile accidents Injuries to hun dreds of persons who fell on Ice incrusted streets and ildewalks, at least 20 men unreported In the Cas cade mountains of Oregon, no less than five cars stalled In drifts with an unknown number of occupants, were details In the picture drawn Salem Organizes To Campaign For 30-Foot Highway Salem ia not going to abandon the proposal for a three- lane, 30 foot paved highway between Oregon City and Salem without making a fight for the project before the state high way commission, and will meek to enlist the assistance of every community along and tributary to that section of the racmc nignway in its oauiev against the recommendation of Boy Klein, state highway engineer, for a 20 foot pavement. Stirred by Indignation at Klein's! action in attempting to kill the three-lane plan advocated before the highway commission by a de legation representing the entire territory between Oregon City and Salem, twenty representative busi ness and professslonal men of the city met at the call of H. R. Craw ford, president of the chamber of commerce, Friday evening to re affirm the chamber's declaration favoring a 30-foot paved highway and to lay plans for an intensive campaign to secure a road of that width. Klein's action In recommending against the 30-foot proposal wa (Concluded on p:.kp 8, column 4) WETS PLANNING L T Washington (LP) Wets are mak ing ambitious plans for the coming session of congress. Senator Rineham. rrnubllran. .Connecticut, announces he will in- troduce a 20th amendment through a referendum. A resolution contain ing the amendment now is being drafted. It will be offered In the senate the opening day. Legislation for a referendum, modification or repeal Is also being studied by Senators Tydings, demo crat, Maryland, and Blaine, repub lican, Wisconsin. Blaine is author of a direct repeal resolution. The house wet bloc is planning an organization meeting soon. Their adherents predict they will have more than a hundred members. Representative Linthlcum. democrat, Maryland, probably will be re-elected chairman with Representative Beck, republican, Pennsylvania, chairman of the legislative commit tee. Every form of repeal and modifi cation will be Incorporated In legis lation now being drafted by bloc members for presentation to the house. The attack Is expected to center around the proposition for a referendum. FOURTH DEATH BY RABIES ON WARSHIP Washington i The death Sat urday of Naval Machinist's Mate Harold Basel Leonard, of Des Moines, brought to four the rabies fatal! tie resulting from attacks by a pet dog smuggled aboard the U. S. S. John D. Edwards In Philippine waters last month. The navy department was In formed of Leonard's death at the naval hospital at Canacoa, Philip pine Inlands. Other men bitten or scratched by the dog on October IS are still under treatment at the Canacao hospital. UMATILLA CUTS . BUDGET $106,000 Pendleton, Ore. (A) A slash of (106,000 has been made In the 1932 budget by the Umatila county bud Ret committee which met in three day session here this week. The tax levy will thus be lowered about 2 mills next year. Cuts In sal ary were made and In department expenditures. from tabulations to midnight Frl dav nleht. Residents of central and north Idaho were digging from under blizzard that apparently swung Into Montana, accompanied by temperatures as low as four degrees above tero. Although some moun tain passes were piled with drifts four and live feet deep, nignway (Concluded on p&c . column COP'S SLAYERS ELUDE POSSE Medford. Ore., (JP) The search for the slayers of Victor Knott, Ashland policeman, Saturday de- veloped into what Sheriff Ralph Jennings of Jackson county said was a "starve out or freeze out situation' Knott was shot to death Wed nesday night by gunmen he sur prised near a warehouse. The killer escaped In an automobile register ed to Albert W. Reed of Denver. Reed and two acquaintances, Lee Jackson and Paul McQuade, both of Denver, are sought. The occu pants of the car eluded state po lice after wrecking the automobile. More than 150 men organized in posses under the direction of sher- I iffs of two counties and state po lice, have sought the men since Thursday morning. Leaders of the man-hunters said Saturday they are positive the killers arc lurking in the vicinity of the town of Ro gue river, seeking a chance to steal an automobile and obtain food. Sheriff Jennings said he has au thorative information the men slept in the Rogue River schoolhouse Thursday night and returned there Friday night but found an enter tainment was being held. Hie Janlt tor chased two men away from the building and they fled into brushy country along the river near the old Ci rants Pass rood. An all night search with bloodhounds was futile. As only two men were seen Sheriff Jennings considered the .Concluded on pmce 8, column 7) DOUBLE UP CLINICS DURING NEXT WEEK The Thanksgiving holiday next Thursday has doubled up clinics the forepart of tlie week at the health center. Clinics listed are dental ex amination on Monday at Sllverton; a clinic for Leslie junior high school girls Monday morning and for the senior girls Monday afternoon. A preschool and toxoid clinic will be held at Wood burn Tuesday after noon. Wednesday morning dental examinations in district five, pre school and toxoid clinic at Brooks that afternoon, and the regular school clinic In the health center from 10 to 12 a. m. Other clinics are for Friday afternoon, preschool clinics, and Saturday morning, tox oid and Schick test clinic, both at the health center. Twenty-six children attended the toxoid and vaccination clinic this Saturday at tlie health center, and between 40 and SO were at the Schick test clinic later In tlie fore noon. LINDBERGH SPENDS NIGHT IN KINGSTON Kingston, Jamaica, i7P By Pan American Airways radio to Miami) Colonel Charles A- Lindbergh landed the giant American Clip per In the bay here at 3:58 p. m. Saturday to receive the plaudits of Knglish colonists in a great wel coming celebration. Clrnfuegos, Cuba UW Col. Char les A. Lindbereh, flying tlie Amcrl- , ran Clipper, ten nrrc si u.ou m. Saturday for Kingston, Jamaica, where he plans to stay overnlKht. He Is carrvlna a heavy pasftengrr load on the big Pan-American craft from Miami to Colombia. He had spent the nfRht here, after the first leg from Miami. GRANDI VISITING BALTIMORE FRIENDS Baltimore, Md. HP) Foreign Min ister Dino Orandt of Italy arrived here by special train at 2 30 p m ! from Philadelphia to spend a quiet week-end with their friends, Ambsa- ' sador and Mrs. John W. Oarrett. , Signora Orandl was with him. The? will iave for New York Monday at 9 a.m. The foreign minister and his wife were driven directly from the . station to the suburban home of Ambassador Oarrett. j ALL ATTEMPTS FOR ARMISTICE END INFAJLURE Japan Proposes League Send Commission To Study Manchuria China Refuses Accep tance Until Japanese Troops Withdrawn Paris (Pi Kenklchl Yoshlzawa, Japanese delegate to the council of the league of nations, formally pro posed at a public meeting of the council Saturday afternoon that the league send a commission to deter mine the facts regarding the mili tary situation In Manchuria. This commission, the Japanese representative declared, should car ry on its investigation throughout China. He criticized China for her "unilateral denunciation of treaties" and accused the Nanking govern ment of other aggravating acta. What the Japanese want In Man churia, the Utile bespectacled dele gate said. Is their rights. I tic work of the Investigating commission, the Japanese spokes man explained, "should In no way modify Japan's wish to withdraw Concluded on pnite 9, column tt" AGED WOMAN KILLEDBYJRAIN Mrs. Oliver Johnsrud, It years old, 1978 Brooks avenue, was found dead late Friday niche near the Southern Pacific crossing at Smith street In North Salem, with her body crushed sufficiently to have caused death.. It is believed she was struck by a passenger train that passed the crossing about 1 o'clock. Hr foster son, Herman Johnxrud, returning home at 9:30 'clock, missed his mother, and began the search for her. He had Inquired at the Western Board Products plant and at the home of his broth er, Enebrccht Johnsrud. 1164 North Front street, who later found the body. It Is believed the aged wo man was struck by the train while returning from the board products) plant where she had talked with her husband who is a night watch man there. Both the Southern Pacific company and the county authorities were Investigating Saturday to deter mine the cause of the accident Uiat resulted in Mrs. Jolinsrud'a death. It la not known for certain what train struck her, but it la believed to have been passenger train No. 6, north bound. That It waa northbound train is evident for the) reason thnl the buriy was carried northward about 60 yards from the t.'onclmlrd on p.ife p. column ) The Washington bureau of the Capital Journal offers a new map of the Far East War one. The situation in the Orient Involving Japan and China, with Soviet Ku&sia threaten ing, makm this new map es pecially timely and valuable. It shows not only all of Soviet Russia and Siberia, but also all of tlie theater of trouble, Manchuria, and the relative position of Japan's Island em pire. All the cities that fig ure in the daily news dis patches are to be found, from Khanphal, Nanking, Tientsin, and Prlplng to Shenyang i Moukden , PlnkUu.g Har bin), and Luiigkiang (TslM har,, with Tokyo, Yokohama, Yoke, and the other cities of Japan across a norrow stretch of sea Be prepared to follow the great dr.mm of the Far East by securing a copy of this map. 8-nt to any address for onlv ten centv Use this cou pon. The Capital Jonrnal Information Bun a i Frederic J ITnkin, Director, Wai.r.pon D C. I tivN'se herewith Ten Cents in rtiin or oramps for a fopv of 'he Nfw Mnp of the Soviet I'nlnn.