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CIRCULATION
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Average daily net paid 9,996
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CITY EDITION
Partly cloudv tonixht and Tues
day; probably light rains: moderate
temperature; south winds.
Local: Max., 54; Min., 30: rain, 0;
river, 20.4 feet; clear; southerly
winds.
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SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, MARCH 21, 1932
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CHARGE NURSE
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"Mrs. J. J. Donaldson of
Woodburn Accuses
Mrs. Mina Foltz
Alleges Lysol Given Be
cause of Infatuation
With Husband
A criminal information Is on file
In justice court charging Mrs. Mina
Foltz, a nurse, with attempting to
administer poison with criminal in
tent to Mrs. J. J. Donaldson of
Woodburn. Supporting the infor
mation Is an affidavit signed by
Mrs. Donaldson, stating, among
ether things, that Mrs. Foltz was
Infatuated with Mrs. Donaldson's
busbar) d, and another affidavit
signed by Donaldson swearing that
the nurse wielded some sort of in
fluence over him.
Indications today were that the
case might not get into court. Mrs.
Foltz was apprehended Saturday
night at Red Bluff, Cal., on a war
rant from Sheriff Oscar D. Bower,
but was given her freedom when
Sheriff Bower, on advice from Dis
trict Attorney John H. Carson, in
formed the California sheriff that
evidence In the case was not strong
"ConciuclPd"oippe 0. colutnu 4
SOAK THE RICH
SAYS HUEY LONG
Washington. March 21 (IP) Sena
tor Huey p. Long, democrat, Lou
isiana, carried the house tax rebel
lion to the senate floor today. He
made an impassioned appeal for
taxation to the extent of redistri
bution of concentrated wealth, if
necessary, to balance the budget
without loading the burden on those
least able to pay.
Long told the senate the Rocke
fellers and J. P. Morgan "would
sleep safer tonight" if they had
less money.
Word that the "freshman" sena
tor from Louisiana was engaged in
a fiery speech spread over the cap
ital. Visitors came hits the galler
ies and representatives hurried over
lrcm the house to hear.
Long ridiculed the "coalition re
publican and democratic leadership"
of the house and by inference ap
plied his contempt to that of the
senate. "Balance the budget," Long
shouted.
He urged inheritance taxes, high
Income surtaxes and a levy on im
ported oil.
"If you can't raise it that way,"
Long cried, pounding his desk, "the
way Is pointed out In the Bible.
Take it from the top. Mr. Rocke
feller, Mr. Morgan and Mr. Baker
would sleep considerably safer to
night with $100,000,000 under their
pillow cases than with one or two
billion."
The senator promised the Lou
isiana eight representatives would
Tote against the sales tax provision
of the tax bill which he describes
as "the most Inestimable tyranny."
The galleries applauded Long
when he sat down.
ECLIPSE OF MOON
DUE AT 2 O'CLOCK
Portland. March 21 Wt The man
In the moon, earth and the sun will
combine In the morning to give the
west coast an astral show marking
the arrival of spring. An eclipse of
the moon will be approximately 01
per cent total In Portland. At ap
proximately i a. m. the moon will
enter the penumbra or the first
shadow of the earth as it passes be
tween the sun and the moon. At
about 3 a. m. the moon will enter
the umbra or the real shadow. This
phase will last until a few minutes
past a. m, and at a little past 7
a. m. the moon will leave the pen
umbra SOVIET BREAKS UP'
ASIATIC BANDITS
Moscow. March 21 U" The 8or
let government today claimed to
have broken up a gang of bandits
and murderers who terrorised cent
ral Asia for years, with death sent
ences for IS members of uie gang.
Including- two women, at Tashkent.
The women, Donva Terentyeva
and Anna Martinova, were said to
have been among the most active of
the klUert and robbers. Other wom
en, less active, were sentenced to
prison.
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
While we were looking around the
back yard yesterday p. m. to figure
out what part of it the missus
should spade up for our garden
this year, nothing at all else hap
pened but spring should overtake
us right in the middle of our de
liberations. Exactly at 2:54 p. m. good little
spring came hopping over the back
yard fence while decrepit old winter
sneaked away across the horizon
but still going on its own power.
It was one of the prettiest divi
sions in the procession of the equin
oxes we've ever seen as little master
spring In all its vernality put in his
appearance. At 2:53 p. m. folks
were shaking in the final grasp of
winter and at 2:55 everything was
balmy, including us. But spring is
still young yet and attired about
like Mr. Mahatma Chandl.
Byron Herrick, who Is running
again for county surveyor, has been
county surveying around here ever
since 1892, nigh onto forty year if
our pencil, paper and pad figure it
out right. He's had opposition a
time or two but a pile of hurt that
did to Byron's chances. But the
first 40 years on any county job is
always the hardest and Byron is
getting used to It now and wised
up to some of the ropes. Prom now
cn he expects to be able to find
his way around the courthouse with
out a map.
Dave Pugh tells us the picture of
the man in the linen duster in the
Ladd & Bush annual is not him at
an, but his father. Dave says the
picture was taken about where he
and Otto Wilson used to run a bi
cycle shop in the old building owned
by Rev. P. S. Knight where the
Maples confectionery store is now.
He says it was out of this building
that Otto Wilson sold the first
automobile that was sold in Salem.
It was also here that Otto was
greasing up the first car with old
cup grease that looked like butter
and Clarence Blakely came along
and sampled some of the butter.
We expect that may account for
some of the stomach trouble Clar
ence has been complaining of the
past year or two.
Ten nights In a barroom may
have been all rifht but modern
folk are more efficient. You can
get better results now from one
night In a speakeasy than you could
in the old days from 10 nights in
a barroom.
It's relieved a great tension of
suspense to hear that Jim Mott
has at last reluctantly yielded to
the pleas of thousands of his friends
to get into the congressional race.
We've almost sweat blood for Jim
thinking of how he's been torn by
conflicting emotions, whether to
follow the quiet paths of duty as
laid out for him In the corporation
commissioner's Job, or to get out
into the hurly burly and twirly
whirly of a congressional campaign.
But the strain is over. And Jim,
who was occupied only with the
saving of a state, can now go out
and do battle for a chance to save
the nation. We bet the forces of
financial Iniquity and sin back In
Wall street will watch the progress
of Jim's campaign with trepidation.
and if he wins with despair.
AMERICAN POLLUTES
TEMPLE AT DWARKA
Bombay, India, March 21 (IP) NUa
Cram Cook, an American woman
and recently a convert of the Ma
hatma Gandhi, tried to worship at
the Hindu temple at Dwarka and
nearly started a riot. Priests declar
ed the temple polluted.
The woman went to the temple In
Indian costume. Other worshipers
rushed out in confusion. Services
were suspended for 24 hours for the
purification ceremony which costs
about 75.
Women Defenders of
Churches Shot Down
By Soviet Soldiers
Bucharest, Rumania, March 21 (IP) Reports reaching
here from Rumanian villages on the Ukranian border today
paid a number of women were shot down while defending
their churches by 8oviet troops In
a "bloody Sunday" yesterday.
The report, described alleged eye
witness accounts of Soviet church
wrecking activities which were re
sisted by the villagers.
In the Ukrainian village of Tas
lak, across the river from the Ru
manian village of Kltaanl. they
said, Soviet soldiers attempted to
destroy a church and were faced by
a crowd of 300 women. The sol
diers fired their machine guns and
killed and wounded several, the re
ports mid.
Another report from Utt Ruman
FLOOD REACHES
CREST AT NOON
STARTS TO FALL
Willamette Reaches 20.6
Stage at Salem But
Does Little Damage
State Highways Reopen
ed As Floods Recede
Santiam Dropping
Standing at the 20.S foot stage
at 11 o'clock this morning the Wil
lamette river here reached its crest
for the freshet of the past few days
and after remaining almost station
ary for two hours started slowly to
recede as the crown of the flood
from the upper river and its trib
utaries passed on down stream.
Except for the interruption in
boat traffic between Salem and
Portland due to the closing of the
locks at Oregon City the flood in
this section occasioned little incon
venience and did little damage.
Perry service at Independence and
other points was temporarily aban
doned. Except for the collapse of
one span on the old Sanderson
bridge over the south fork of the
Santiam on the secondary highway
between Albany and Sclo Saturday
no serious damage to roads in this
section of the state was reported.
Reports from Jefferson, Albany.
Eugene and other up-rher points
at noon said the Willamette and
its tributaries were falling and all
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BELLIGERANTS
AGREE ON TRUCE
Shanghai, March 21 (LP) China
and Japan reached a temporary
truce in their conflict over control
of Shanghai today when both sides
agreed to refer details of a peace
pact to a joint commission.
Japanese councillors paved the
way to an understanding by acced
ing to Chinese demands that all the
Mikado's troops withdraw from
Shanghai, leaving Chinese defensive
forces in their present positions out
side the city.
The truce was reached with unex
pected suddenness after a day of in.
activity was climaxed by resumption
of the peace conferences. Meanwhile,
Japanese already had begun with
drawal of her military and naval
forces.
The Joint committee, which will
have neutral members, will be drawn
up at once to work out a detailed
peace program, and probably will
hold its first meeting Wednesday. It
was expected the group would be
composed of four Chinese, four Jap
aneee and four neutrals.
ROBED KLANSMEN
WHIP WIFE BEATER
Shenandoah Junction, W. Va
March 21 (VP) While a fiery cross
burned on a hill In the distance, a
dozen white-robed and hooded men
publicly whipped Lloyd Barron, 35,
Saturday night.
Barron was lashed to a telephone
pole and whipped by four or five
men until he begged for mercy.
Later he was released and taken
to his home. There, In the presence
of his wife, he was accused of beat
ing her. He denied it but his wife is
said to have admitted having been
beaten. Thereupon Barron was
whipped again until he promised to
treat his mile better.
ian military post at Mihalvlteaiu
said the Soviet soldiers "could be
clearly seen" shooting down 15 peas
ants, Including several women,
while the latter were trying to de
fend the holy cross In the village
square at Buturaga. where tne sol'
diers were destroying religious em
blems.
There were reports, too. that
several peasants from the Ukrain
ian village of Schlotlaga tried to
esraye with their families across the
Pnlester by hiding their wives and
(Concluded on pass 9, column t
Former City
Recorder Dies
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EARL RACE
OREGON PIONEER
CROSSES DIVIDE
Earl Race, Civil war veteran, for
three terms Salem city recorder.
and In 1926 candidate for mayor
against T. A. Livesley. died late
Sunday afternoon. He was 86 years
and seven months old to a day,
having been born August 20, 1845 at
Mineral Point. Wisconsin. He re
sided there until 1831 when at 16
years of age he enlisted in the first
vear of the war of the states in Co.
E, second regiment of Wisconsin
volunteers with which company he
served until 18G3.
After the close of the war he
moved west by wagon train to Idaho
where he remained until 1889 when
he moved to Albany, Oregon. At
Albany he owned and managed the
St. Charles hotel. He was married
June 22, 1892 tp Miss Euphemia
Crossctt, who survives him. She
came to Albany from Michigan and
taught school in Albany, later
teaching a number of years in Sa
lem schools, including the Park and
East schools.
Mr. and Mrs. Race came to Salem
in 1892 where he engaged in the
insurance business, being one of the
partners of the firm of Judy &
Race which carried on business here
for a number of years.
He took the office of city re cord -
Concluded on page 7, column 8)
STRlMCLASH
WITH PICKETS
Shenandoah. Pa., March 21 (IP)
Minor disorders marked the insur
gent strike of anthracite miners In
this area today as pickets threaten
ed workers who attempted to enter
the collieries.
At Maizeville miners driving to
the collieries had their automobiles
stoned and several windshields were
broken.
State police arrested a picket at
Locust Gaps for threatening miners
who attempted to enter the pits.
The picket waved a butcher knife to
intimidate workers, police claimed.
Strike leaders reported today that
only two out of the 30 collieries In
the Shenandoah section were work
ing. They contended that while op
erators claimed more than a dozen
mines were operating, that steam
comlng from the collieries was only
a camouflage to make the men be
lieve the strike order was being
ignored.
Efforts to close the world's larg
est breaker at Locust Summit fail
ed. Two thousand pickets circled
the breaker today but under the
watchful eyes of state police em
ployes paraded past the strikers un
mindful of pleas to return home,
and of hoots and Jeers.
ASIATIC FLEET TO
LOSE 14 VESSELS
Washington, March 4l, IP) With
the Shanghai situation quieted, the
navy department has ordered 14
warships withdrawn from the Asia
tic fleet.
The vessels are the destroyers
Tracy. Borie, Madcish, Simpson.
McCormirk and Truxton, the sub
marines 8-30 and 8-35 Inclusive,
the submarine tender Beaver and
the transport Chaumont.
The destroyers will sail from
Manila April 18 to go Into reserve
at Mare Inland. Cal. The submar
ines sailing from Manila May 3.
will be placed in reserve at Pearl
Harbor. Hawaii. The Chaumont.
which took U. 8. reinforcements to
Shanghai during the Japanese
Chinese fighting, wUI sail from
Manila for San Francisco March
30.
In addition, the collier Jason,
acting as aircraft tender, will leave
Manila April S to be recommls
sloned but will be replaced by the
aircraft carrier Unity.
FOSH AY GIVEN
15 YEARS FOR
MAILFRAUDS
H. H. Henley Accorded
Like Sentence Follow
ing Jury's Verdict
Two Brokers Convicted
For Operations in
Arizona and Oregon
Minneapolis, Minn., March 21 LP)
Wilbur B. Poshay, who rose from
a poor lad to head a $20,000,000
enterprise bearing his name, today
was found guilty ox 'our counts or
using the mails to defraud in con
nection with the stock sales of his
companies and sentenced with an
other officer of his concern to 15
years in the federal penitentiary
and fined $1,000 cash.
An 11-man Jury returned a guilty
verdict and sentence was pronounc
ed immediately by Judge Joseph W.
Molyneaux.
H. H. Henley, former vice presi
dent of the W. B. Toshay company,
received the same term.
The trial which covered a period
of two months was the second for
Foshay and Henley. Five other de
fendants pleaded guilty after their
first trial which ended In a dis
agreement. A 12th juror at the
present trial was excused by defense
and prosecution after rumors of
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JAPAN SEEKING
SECURITY PACT
fC0P7rlEht, 1932, by United PrfM
Geneva, March 21 (IP) Japanese
proposals for security arrange
ments in the far east against
China and Russia, rivalling France's
demands for security In Europe,
have been prepared for submission
to the world arms corJcrence, the
United Press was Informed today.
The Japanese military experts
met last night and drafted the pro
posals, for submission to the secre
tariat on April 4.
The conference will be requested
to consider the "special situation"
in the far east, where Japan has
two neighbors meaning Russia,
whose political, social and military
organization differs from all other
nations, and China, which Is un
able to maintain order In Its own
domain.
The proposal a-sks the conference
to consider such special conditions
when discussing disarmament of
far eastern nations, implying Jap
an will not be in a position to limit
armaments unless her security Is
assured.
The Japanese experts also plan
ned to ask Uie league to request
China for complete figures on land,
naval and air forces, similar to
those already submitted by other
countries. The Japanese contend
that China should furnish such
figures because they are highly Im
portant to Japan for estimating
minimum military requirements.
SECESSION MOVE
GAINS HEADWAY
Montevideo, Uruguay, March 21
(LP) Reports from the Brazilian
frontier today said a movement lor
separation of southern Brazil from
the Rio de Janeiro government was
gaining strength. One dispatch, to
the newspaper El Ideal, said the
state or Rio Oranda Do Sul had
"broken off political relations" with
President Oetulio Vargas.
It was from Rio Grande Do Sul,
wealthy and Important cattle and
agricultural region, that Oetulio
Vargos began his march to Rio de
Janeiro In November, 1030, which
ended In his being named the re
public's provisional president after
Washington Luis' government was
overthrown. It was understood po
litical forces now opposing him ob
jected to delay in returning the
country to constitutional govern
ment.
SEMI CENTENNIAL
OF T. B. ISOLATION
Washington, March 21 (IPi Presi
dent Hoover today called upon the
nation to commemorate next Thurs
day the 80th anniversary of the
isolation of the tuberculosis germ
by Robert Koch, a German doctor.
In a statement Issued from the
White House, the president praised
Koch as having made "priceless
contributions to human welfare
Uirough his discovery of the tuber
cle bacillus on March 24, 1(83.
Probe Sudden Death
Of Herigstad Near
Silverton
Silrerton, March 21 District Attorney John II. Carson
and deputies from the sheriffs office were today inquiring
into the circumstances surrounding the sudden death early
Sunday morning of Glen Herigstad, 30, whose body was
found in his parked automobile
two and a half miles from Silver-
ton about noon Sunday.
The body was found by members
of the Frost family, near whose
home the car was parked, who
reported to Coroner Lloyd Rigdon.
An examination of the body re
vealed that Herigstad had been
dead for 10 or 12 hours.
Heart failure was the apparent
cause of the death, according to the
officials, but the circumstances
were such that an autopsy was per
formed and vital organs of the
body sent to Portland for chemical
examination. No decision as to the
holding of an inquest will be made,
it was said, until after a report has
been had from the chemists.
Members of Hcrigstad's family
said that he had suffered on prc-
tConchided on patte 8, column 7)
SALES TAX BILL
COMPROMISED
Washington, March 21 (LP) The
house ways and means committee
late today approved a scries of
amendments to the sales tax design.
cd to restore peace to the house and
secure quick passage of the sales tax
measures.
The amendments exempted all
food, wearing apparel, medicine and
farm implements from the proposed
26 per cent levy on manufacturers'
sales.
With this Inst decisive concession
to the opposition, leaders expressed
the opinion that they would get their
bill through the house without much
further trouble. The opposition was
entirely displeased by the turn of
front on the part of the leaders, but
it was definitely Indicated sufficient
votes would be gained to assure
adoption of the tax.
The democratic opposition leader,
Representative Dough ton of North
Carolina, came from the committee
room acclaiming the step as a great
victory for his side.
"I am not going to give up yet "
he said. "I think we may get some
other concessions, but I am very
greatly pleased with what has been
done."
The republican opposition leader,
Representative La Guard ia of New
York, indicated he might vote for
the tax with the concessions made.
Dough ton said he probably would
not.
CUMNIINGS PLEADS
AGAINST DEADLOCK
Hartford, Conn., March 21 (VP)
Nomination of the first democratic
presidential candidate who receives
a majority vote at the national
convention was urged today by
Homer S. Cummlngs, supporter of
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt.
The former democratic national
chairman termed his pa. ts two-
thirds rule as unfortunate, and
said party leaders feel no deadlock
similar to that in 1924 should be
permitted to develop.
"While welcoming all legitimate
candidates," he said, "we should set
our faces against any attempt by a
minority to block action and wear
down the majority."
Governor Roosevelt, Cummings
said, is the first choice for the nom
ination of 33 states and the second
choice of "practicnlly all the others."
Webber Accused Of
Assaulting Miss Seeley
With Intent To Murder
William A. Webber of Portland, who is said to be a lino
type operator on the Oregotiian, is charged with assaulting a
Salem woman, Miss May Reelcy, with intent to kill in a
complaint filer here today with
Justice of the Peace Miller B. Hay
den. Wehlxr Is held In Jail In lieu
of a 3,000 Kind fixed by the Justice
of the peace.
Arraigned In Justice court tills
afternoon Webber entered picas of
not guilty to both charges against
him and his hearing was act for
April t.
Shortly after the alleged attack
on Miss Seeley. Webber was ar
rested by State Police Officer Davis
at Capitol and Erixson streets and
bonked fur driving an automobile
while drunk. It was said a drunk
en driving charge also will be filed
gainst him.
In Auto
on the Marquam road about
SNOWSTORM
GREETS SPRING
By Associate Press
Belated winter blew a spiteful
blast at nascent spring today.
Snow dropped, almost generally,
from the Atlantic seaboard to be
yond the Rocky mountains.
High winds and rough seas trou
bled southern California. Trees blew
down and high tension wires snap
ped in Los Angeles.
The worst blizzard of the year
swept south of Colorado Springs,
and four persons were missing in a
motor car.
Philadelphia brought out railroad
and trolley snowplows for the first
time this year. Traffic was ham
pered. Perries on the Delaware grop
ed cautiously through blinding snow.
Freak thunder and lightning star
tled Chicago's north side. Snow hit
the Loop and later became general.
Dawn found several Inches of snow
on the ground at Cleveland, the
storm still blowing. Sand and snow
and spring arrived simultaneously In
Pittsburgh.
New Yorkers put on rubbers and
hoisted umbrellas against heavy,
soggy flakes.
Representative temperatures at 8
a.m., were Nc;w York 28, Portland,
Me., 22, Montreal 14, Cleveland 24,
Chicago 28, Kansas City 30, Seattle
42, Los AiiReles 52, Atlanta 54.
The weather bureau said an area
of low pressure developed over the
southern Rocky mountain section
Saturday and appeared as a well
formed depression over the Texas
panhandle last night with mm and
snow reported to the north and east.
Official forecasts were for con
tinuance of snow In the New York
area this afternoon and tonight.
AMICK CAUGHT
NEAR ASTORIA
John Amick, said to have been
an accomplice of E. O. Jones in
the hold-up and robbery of the
Standard Oil company's filing sta
tion at Commercial and Mission
streets on the night of last Ortober
2, was arrested at Astoria Sunday,
according to information reaching
city police headquarters.
City Officer Asa Fisher and
Sergeant Powell Clayton of the
state police were sent to Astoria
today to bring Amick to Salem. He
was arrested on Information from
Salem authorities.
The service station was held up
about B o clock in the evening. Po
lice headquarters was immrrilntely
notlfied and City Officer George
Edwards and Officer Clayton start,
ed south In pursuit of the car. It
was overhauled after an exchange
of shots on a side road about four
miles tills side of Albany. James
was captured by the officers, but
Amlck escaped.
James pleaded guilty before Judge
L. H. MrMahan and was semen
ced to 10 years In the penitentiary.
Amick was known to have relatives
near Astoria and officers have been
watching for him there for several
months.
About S20 was taken tn the rob
bery here.
In response to an alarm by per
sons reaching the home of Miss
Heelev, 1370 chemektta street,
shortly after the attack, officer E.
C. Charlton hurried to the house.
But Webber had fled. Miss Seeley
was screaming hysterically, accord
ing to the police and the witnesses,
and they found her in a serious
condition, with her face beaten al
most to a pulp and badly bruised
elsewhere about her person. Miss
Seeley Is confined today in a local
hospital. The alleged attack took
place about 10:3) o'clock 8unday
night.
Miss Seeley, who Is a bookkeeper
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MYSTERY VEILS
CODE LETTERS
ON DEAD BIRD
One Pigeon Note Proves
Hoax by Boys Other
States Kid on Yacht
Investigators Without
Tangible Results in
Search for Babe
Hopewell, N. J., March 21 (Pi-
Investigators tn the Lindbergh kid
naping case were excited for a time
today by two notes, supposed to
have been found on carrier pigeons.
One was quickly revealed to be a
hoax and the other could not be
verified.
The investigators were otherwise
without any tangible result in then
long search for the missing baby.
The 10 o'clock bulletin of the
New Jersey state police. Issued by
Col. H. Norman Schwarkzkopf, told
of the two notes. Several hours
later boys in East Stroudsburg, Pa,
admitted writing one of them as a
prank and tlelng it to the leg of a
dead pigeon.
The other note was reported to
have been in code and found on a
bird beaten down In a storm in
Connecticut. The Informant of the
police said he did not see the note
and he refused to name a local
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COUPLE KILLED
IN MAIL PLANE
Steubenvtlle, Ohio, March 21 JPi
Parts of an airplane and a dozen
air mail sacks found on the West
Virginia bank of the Ohio river
this afternoon at Browns island,
five miles north of here, led to the
belief an eastbound transcontinent
al Western Air Hues mall plane,
missing ten hours, had crashed into
the river with its pilot and a wom
an passenger.
An oil tug boat, the Phil James,
mas ordered to proceed up the river
and ascertain If the ship was In
the river at the island. The river
is 17 to 20 feet deep.
Ezra Van Dine and Charles Gal
lagher, who reside on the West
Virginia side of the stream, report
ed they had found part of the
landing gear of a plane, a woman's
hat, 12 sacks of mall, parts of an
aviator's uniform, and some water
soaked papers.
The missing plane was last heard
of at 2:37 a. m. today when the
pilot, Hal George asked by radio
for weather condlt ions around
Pittsburgh. His passenger was Mrs.
Dr. Carol S. Cole, of St. Louis, who
was en route to New York.
SKOPIL LOSES EYE
IN GAS TANK BUST
Ralph Skopil, 37. chief engineer
at the Valley Packing company's
plant, lost his left eye and received
a compound fracture of the skull
when a gas tank exploded at the
plant about 9 30 o'clock this morn
ing. Skopil and Gus Erickson, a me
chanic, were repairing the tank.
They had wa.'-hrd the tank out, but
apparently had left a small amount
of gas in the vcwl, which gener
ated sufficient pressure to cause the
ex plot, ion. Erick-on was only
slightly hurt.
Skopil was rushed to Uie Salem
General hospital by the Golden am
bulance where it was found that
the left eye was completely des
troyed. The skull fracture, caused
by a piece of metal, Is In the front
of the head, and, though severe, to
j not expected to result seriously un
I less infection tle ?lop$. Skopil did
not lose conictoineis and his gen
eral condition is said to be good.
He has been employed by the com
pany for a mimbr of years.
EDWARD JARMIN
DROWNED IN MOLALLA
Edward Jarmln. 31 years okl, liv
ing in the Central Howell commun
ity, was drowned Sunday while on
a visit to the home of his grand
father betwein Oregon City and
Molalla. He was the son of Mr.
and Mrs. J. C. Jarmln of Central
Howell.
Details of the accident were
meagre, but it is said that he waa
fishing at the time of the acci
dent, and Is brlieved to have slip
ped from a log Into the stream.