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44th YEAR No 252 Ent.d u .econd el.aa
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SALEM, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1932
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PROGRAM FOR
FARM RELIEF
BY ROOSEVELT
Properly Adjusted Tariff
Reduced Taxation
Aid for Mortgages
.Candidate Speaks To
Capacity Crowd at
Springfield, Illinois
Springfield, 111., Oct. 21 iPj Be
fore a throng winch filled the
Springfield arsenal to Its official
capacity of 10,000, Governor Frank
lin D. Roosevelt asserted in a cam
paign speech today that "as prcsi-
CAMPAIGN BROADCASTS
Tonight (Friday) pacific Time
KGW 7 p. m. Gov. Roose
velt from St. Louis.
KOIN 4:45 p. m. Repub
lican Mrs. Thomas A. Edi
son, Mrs. Margaret Culkin
Banning, Mrs. Silas H. Strawn
and Mibfi Marion McClunch.
dent' he would "propose to congress
a definite .plan for the refinancing
or farm mortgages.
"I shall recommend legislation to
congress," he said, "for the scaling
down of amortization Installments
of federal land bank borrowers when
In the Judgment of bank directors
conditions Justify such action, with
provision for deferring such un
paid amounts to the end of such
amortization periods. .
"And I shall enforce such legls-
(Coucl tided on pane 11. column 6)
YOUNG INSULL
OFF TO LONDON
Paris. Oct. 21 (IP Samuel Insull,
Jr., departed for London today alter
Issuing a typed statement saying
his trip was private and that his
plans to return to the United States
In November were unchanged.
Insull travelled in an ordinary
train, spuming the luxurious Golden
Arrow and saving $10.
His mother remained at the Ho
tel Lincoln here, where she has been
since Samuel Insull, Sr., left France
lor Athens. He is fighting extra
dition to Chicago on embezzlement
charges in connection with the col
lapse of the Insull utilities interests.
Samuel, Jr., said he would spend
two weeks in London, making head
quarters at the Park Lane hotel,
He refused to comment on any
phase of his father's affairs.
Insull, seeking to break the siege
of his hotel by reporters and pho
tographers, announced he would re
ceive reporters, by telephone, be
tween 8:30 and 9:30 a. m.
"Samuel Insull, Jr., will not ac
cept without protest in London his
being shadowed as in Paris by rep
resentatives of the American presss,
but he realizes he may be unable to
prevent the press from doing many
things to which he objects," Insull's
statement said.
FREYDIG TO HEAD
PACIFIC LOGGERS
Tacoma Wash., Oct. 21 &) The
Pacific Logging Congress last night
reelected Paul Freydig of Seattle,
president and A. Wishnant of Port
land, secretary, selected Portland
for next year's 24th session, and
made J. J. Donovan of Bellingham
one of Washington's outstanding
lumbermen and a former president
of the congress, an honorary life
member.
The session followed a day spent
near Shelton viewing the latest log
ging methods at the Simpson Log
ging camp No. 3 In Mason county,
New member added to the board
of directors named last night In
cluded J. W. Forrester of Marsh
field, Ore., Roland McDonald of
Vail, Ore., Norman Boles of Bend,
Ore., and Geo. L. Drake of Shelton,
EARTHQUAKE FELT
IN LOS ANGELES
Los Angeles, Oct. 21 (LP) An
earthquake shock sufficiently
strong to shake buildings was felt
In the metropolitan district at 9:30
a. m. today.
The quake apparently centered
be ween 15 and 20 miles distant
from the Carnegie Institutes sets
mological station at Pasadena.
San Pedro reported the shake as
"s?vere but no damage resulted.
Few persons felt It in Los Angeles.
Good Evening!
Sips for Supper
By DON UPJOHN
"Pretty Girl Asleep for Over
6000 Hours Shows Wakening signs,"
says Capital Journal headline. Folks
around here should give the little
girl a hand. She's darned near up
to Steve Stone's record.
We understand "Spec" Keene has
been working up some trick plays
to launch against Albany college
tonight by listening intently . to
Amos 'n Andy the past few nights.
In fact It is reported that like
Andy and Kinglish, "Spec" and
Fred Zimmerman have been re
tiring to the office for signal prac
tice after each afternoon workout.
We hope "Spec" has got the boys
down on the triple lateral pass and
the signals worked out by Madam
Queen.
Mail clerks report that the first
two Santa Claus letters have gone
into the mall. Maybe one of them
is from Hoover and the other from
Roosevelt.
WOULD LOOK WELL ON
WALT THOMPSON
Glendale, Cal., Oct 21 tlP) Red
wasn't the proper color to describe
the faces of Glendale motorcycle
policemen today. They were scar
let. They learned that effective
November l, they would have to
wear pink trousers. And forest
green coats. "What do they think
we are sissies?" wailed the squad
in chorus.
Patience and perseverance will
overcome a lot of difficulties. We
sat down to the radio at 7:15 last
night and began turning the dial.
At 10 o'clock we ran into a pro
gram that wasn't a political speech.
AMERICA THE BEAUTIFUL
Back in Michigan tomorrow the
great American game of football
will be played between Hone col
lege and St. Mary's. Included in
Hope's lineup will be Korsanje,
Kronemeyer, Zwemer, Van Zander
and Klomparens. St. Mary's will
have Szczygiel, Siemienkiewicz,
Gizinski, Mrowca, Krauklis and
Jendzejcmskl. We bet even Gard
ner Knapp couldn't broadcast that
contest.
WAITING AT THE CHURCH
The young ladies of the force
slipped away yesterday afternoon
to the Presbyterian church to be
present at the ex-society editor's
wedding. They sat on the curb un
tiil 5 o'clock when the event was
scheduled to take place and then
found on inquiry it already had
transpired at 4:30.
We trust they are more careful
at their own.
HOOVER BULWARK
OF PROHI CAUSE
Portland. Oct. 21 iff) President
Hoover was pictured as a true friend
of the dry cause and as a bulwark
asainst destruction, in a speech
here last night by Fred A. Ramsay
Cincinnati manufacturer and dry
leader. "The drys are back of
Hoover." he declared, adding that
the allied forces for prohibition are
working for the president's re-election
"because he Is the best man
to combat the moral, social and
economic evils of the liquor traffic. '
"He is a godsend to us in these
times of stress, ' Ramsey declared.
"He has -been tested by the fires
and the perils and he has been su
perbly equal to the occasion." And
he added "President Hoover was no
more to blame for the condition
(the depression) than you or I. He
stood against the terrific forces of
the aftermath of the war with cour
age, thoughtfulness and sagacity
unsurpassed by any president in any
crisis of our nation."
KELSO WEDDING
MAY GIYE CLUE
Longview. Wash., Oct. 21 UP)
Deputies under Sheriff G. H. Oray
today were seeking E. T. Sherwood
of Los Angeles, who yesterday se
cured a license at Kelso to wed
Sylvia E. Wilson of Seattle, In the
belief Sherwood may be E. B.
Thomas, missing Redondo, Calif.,
school superintendent lor wnom
California authorities have been
conducting an extensive search
since Tuesday night when he dis
appeared. 8herwocd is thought to have
been married at Kalama last night.
Officers are checking this phase of
the case now. if Sherwood is
Thomas and if he was married to
Miss Wilson, California officers
have said they would wire a war
rant of arrest on a bi?amy charge.
Thomas, at first believed to be
the victim of kidnapers, was last
seen at his home in Redondo Monday.
SHIPS FOLLOW
WAR FLEET TO
SCANTACT1CS
Mystery Ships Butt In On
Maneuvers by Ameri
can Battleships
Tankers Flying Foreign
Flags Blunder Upon
Scene Angering Men
San Pedro. Cal., Oct. 21 (IP) Ships
have been trailing the United States
battle fleet to sea during the past
few months, possibly with the intent
of spying upon maneuvers, it was
learned here today.
Naval officers, who refused to be
quoted, have been frankly angered
by the persistence of a number of oil
tankers flying a foreign flag which
have "blundered" upon the scene of
maneuvers.
Unable to escape the prying eves.
naval headquarters have announced
maneuvers for a certain date, and
then have gone through their exer
cises a day in advance. Only then, it
was learned, has the navy been un
molested. One "mystery ship" in particular
has followed the fleet to battle
grounds off San Clemente island.
It resembles a tanker, flies no Hag
Concluded onphpe iircolumn 8)'
FIRST LADY IN
RELIEF WORK
Washington, Oct. 21 m Mrs.
Herbert Hoover is the honorary head
of a national woman's committee for
relief and welfare mobilization,
formed at the request of Newton D.
Baker to assist his national citizen
committee. Women to be prominent in its ac
tivities in Washington to participate
in the ceremonies of launching the
work today included Mrs. Nicholas
F. Brady, chairman of the national
board of the Girl Scouts, who will
be active chairman of the new re
lief committee; Mrs. Frederick M.
Paist of Wayne, Pa., president of the
Y.W.C.A.; Miss Mabel Boardman,
secretary of the National Red Cross;
Mrs. Grace Morrison Poole, presi
dent of the general federation of
women's clubs; Mrs. Mary Roberts
Rinehart, who will represent the
nurses of the country and Mrs. Leo
nard Schloff. director of the Nation
al Council of Jewish Women.
The group to assemble at the
White House today were to be the
nucleus of a committee of from 500
to 1000, to be chosen from every sec
tion. "In selecting women for the com
mittee, neither party lines nor poli
tics were considered," said Mrs. Bra
dy. "Only one qualification was nec
essary, community interest and lea
dership in social work.
"With millions of men and women
out of work, thousands of boys and
girls leaving school and no Jobs
available; character-building organ
izations cramped by lack of funds
when need for their work Is great
est; the services of public health
nurses, and hospitals being drained
by demand for free help these is
sues transcend all others at present."
TRUCK OVERTURNS
KILLING OPERATORS
Walla Walla, Wash.. Oct. 21 'VPV-
Charles Palmer and Thomas Hamp
hawk, both of Walla Walla, were
found dead beneath their overturn
ed truck five files east of here on
Russell Creek road today, bringing
to three the fatalities from wood
truck mishaps in the past 24 hours
in this county.
Mrs. Elisha Davis of Waitsburg
was killed late Thursday when she
jumped from a truck in which she
and her husband were coming out
of the mountains with wood. She
was dragged by the machine, which
was out of Davis' control.
Billy Munroe Can't
Bequeath His Body
San Francisco, Oct. 21 (LP) Plans
of Billy Monroe, 23, scheduled to be
hanged Octob?r 28 at San Qucntin
prison, to bequeath his body to the
University of California for scien
tific reasearch were halted by the
state supreme court.
The tribunal ruled that a person
has no property rights In his dead
body. Consequently, prison offi
cials announced Monroe's will
would be ipnored and his body
turned over to relatives or burkd
in the pnscm ciflPt?ry.
Offer To Trade
Young Lion
For Pelicans
Klamath Falls. Oct. 21 UP) If
Klamath Falls wants a lion for the
city zoo, It can get one by crating
up Its six pelicans and sending them
to Oklahoma City.
The chamber of commerce here
today received an offer from the
Oklahoma zoo superintendent for
such a trade, stating that the Okla
homa boo has a beautiful seven
months old lion to give away and is
anxious to get some full grown peli
cans In the bird cages there.
Local chamber officials were some
what Indignant at the suggestion
that the trading value of a pelican Is
one-sixth of a lion. The pelican Is
the traditional bird of the Klamath
country and local boosters are Jeal
ous of its reputation.
NATIONS PLIGHT
DUE TO TAXES
Columbus, Ohio, Oct. 21 WFV-Ex
cessive taxation was blamed for the
economic depression by Col. Robert
R. McCormlck, editor of the Chicago
Tribune, here today.
Colonel McCormlck spoke before
the 39th annual convention of the
Ohio chamber of commerce. Assert
ing that "we have reached the ex
traordinary situation where the
ownership of property has become
liability, not an asset," Colonel Mc
Cormlck said that excessive taxes
had prevented industry from saving
surplus funds or raising new capital
and thus had thrown millions or
men out of employment.
"The evil talk of tax strikes is
heard throughout the land," he said.
"But far more serious than strikes
Is the growing inability of taxpayers
to pay. Strike no' strike, It Is ab
solutely impossible to pay the taxes
assessed.
"The taxes piled on industry have
risen to the point where Industry is
on the road to ruin . . . Our tax
laws have destroyed more than half
nearly two-thirds of taxable in
come, forcing tax-eaters to search
elsewhere for their spoils."
Declaring that nowhere In the
world has any form of industrial en
terprise carried on by the govern
ment been anything but an added
method of taxation on the people,
the editor said "we must remove the
paralyzing hands from the controls
of our ship of state, both the clum
sy, frenzied hands of the majority in
congress and the unseen hands of
their vicious leaders."
COSTIGAN ASSERTS
WEST FOR ROOSEVELT
Portland Oct. 21 Pj Franklin D.
Roosevelt will carry the western
states "in his sweep of the country
Nov. 8," in the opinion of Senator
Edward P. Costigan, Colorado demo
crat, a Portland visitor today.
The senator said that although r.3
has not traveled through western
Oregon, he is sure this siate will go
democratic, on the basis of Roose
velt strength he said he found cast
of the mountains in what he spoke
of as normally republican strong
holds.
Senator Costigan predicted that
Washington is safely in the Roose
velt column and said Idaho might
be found there too, due to the re
fusal of Senator Borah to support
President Hoover.
"The country is going Roosevelt,"
he said. "Make no mistake about
that. The great humanitarian in
the White House, held up to us as
the savior of Belgium, turned out
to be a granite front. In the crisis
when people were starving in our
land of plenty, he seemed not to
hear the cries of the hungry."
Bank Of England Head
Says World Depression
Baffling To All Leaders
London, Oct. 21 U.R Montagu Norman, governor of
the Bank of England who usually speaks in monosyllables
and thinks in millions, has broken his traditional silence to
picture the world helpless, in the
np of an economic depression
"outside control of any man, any
government, or any country."
Norman was governor of the bank
for 10 years before he spoke a single
word for publication. The historic
occasion when the "sphinx of
Threadneedle street" broke his si
lence was to announce that the
bank had formed a company for
the rationalization of Industry, call
ed the Bankers Industrial Develop
ment company.
Last nifrht, at a banquet at the
Mansion House given by the lord
mayor to a group of distinguished
RESTORATION
CHIEF SUBJECT
OF CAMPAIGN
Economic Plight Looms
Largely In Concluding
Weeks of Oratory
All Other Topics Consid
ered in Relation to
Cure for Depression
Washington, Oct. 21 UP) The ov
ershadowing stature of the country's
economic plight how it came about
and how good times can be fully re
storedlooms larger and larger over
tne political scene as the campaign
attains the full fury f Us conclud
ing weeks.
This Is one Instance In which an
issue accepted as paramount by
both sides in the very beginning,
actually became paramount in the
more mature utterances of later
weeks, and promises to so continue
until the end.
To the economic Issue, with Its
many ramifications, Mr, Hoover and
Mr, Roosevelt now are dwoting
almost exclusive attention. Only a
very small percentage of any of
their speeches takes notice of any
thing else.
When they or their principal fol
lowers have mentioned the tariff.
they have catalogued it in Its re
lation to depression or recovery
When they have talked of farm re
lief, or labor, or the budget, or
currency, or the soldier bonus, or
even prohibtion, they have put all
of these things against the back
ground of the one central question
of economic restoration.
This theme has been the burden
of Mr. Roosevelt's speeches on his
(Concluded on piiite 11, column 6)
FQLQUET SUIT
AIRED IN COURT
Arguments were heard by Circuit
Judge Lewelllng today in the case
of Paul Folquet, Jr., against Wood-
burn school board, a case which has
created considerable interest in
Wood burn. The court took the mat
ter under advisement pending filing
of a memorandum by Pol quel's at
torney. E. J. Allen, chairman, and
Paul Mills and Henry Chapelle.
members of the Wood burn school
board were present at the argu
ments.
Folquet filed stilt against the
board for damages for abrogation of
a contract for transportation of
school pupils entered into between
Folquet's father and the Woodburn
board. The contract was for five
years starting in 1930 for remunera
tion at the rate of $125 a month.
Folquet, Sr., died and the contract
was canceled July 31 of this year.
Folquet, Jr., as administrator of his
fathers estate sued for $2890 in
damages, $1000 for loss of use of
bus, and $1890 for balance on the
contract.
Custer E. Ross for the school
board contended that the contract
was a personal contract between the
board and Folquet, the board de
pending on his carefulness and abil
ity to drive and his general qualifi
cations and that when he died the
contract ceased. He also contended
that driving of the bus Is a business
and that an administrator cannot
operate a business. Clarence E. Yea-
ger of Portland arguing for Folquet
took the opposite view to these pre
mlses. bankers, he spoke again.
"The difficulties are so vast,
unlimited, that I approach the
whole subject not only In ignorance,
but in humility, Norman said sol
emnly. "It is too great for me."
The distinguished audience was
astounded at the words of the fi
nancial genius with the little, point
ed beard, sympathetic eyes, and del
icate features.
"I wonder if anyone In the world
can really direct the affairs of the
world, or of his own country, with
any assurance of the result his ac
tion will have?" Norman said sottly.
"Concluded on page 11, column 1)
Campaign Queer In
Oregon; Candidates
Shun Hoover Tie-Up
Republican Aspirants for State and Congres
" sional Offices Conduct Own Drives for Elec
tion; Democrats Show United Front and
Confidence in Outcome
By HARRY N. GRAIN
It is a queer campaign, and no fooling, particularly for
Oregon and Oregonians who for the first time in 20 years
find the majority republican party actively on the defensive
in a presidential campaign and openly and admittedly fear
ful of the outcome two weeks before election.
There is none of the cock-sure confidence which usually
forms the backbone of the grand
old party's campaign strategy.
There Is none of the old "climb-on-
the-bandwagon" talk. There Is lit
tle serious or organized effort to
discredit the 2 to 1 lead shown for
Roosevelt In Oregon In the Literary
Digest straw vote, which four
years ago republicans proclaimed as
a true and accurate picture of the
trend.
Recollections of promises made
by Hoover four years ago and sub
sequent results have developed an
obvious reticence on the part of
his sponsors here to even mention
similar promises he Is now making.
The most reassuring word they
have for inquiring standpatters is
tConcl udedon pa g"ci Ccoiumn 4)
HOOVER DRAFTS
DETROIT SPEECH
Washington, Oct. 21 (P) Last
hour efforts to complete his De
troit address occupied President
Hoover today, as he prepared to
leave the capital tonight on his
third westward campaign trip.
White House aides said the presi
dent was anxious to finish this
speech in order to leave a crowd
ed Saturday with thirteen stops
of his special train scheduled in
West Virginia and Ohio, as free as
possible. They indicated also that
the president may choose this ad
dress in Detroit tomorrow night to
talk about the soldiers bonus, a
subject just discussed in Pittsburgh
by his democratic opponent.
But no definite statement on de
tails of the speech was forthcom
ing. Last night Mr. Hoover worked
late In the Lincoln study of the
White House, assisted by Walter E.
Hope, a New York banker and for
mer assistant secretary of the
treasury, and French Strother, of
the presidential secretarial staff.
They also assisted the president
with his Cleveland speech when
he discussed the wage earner and
employment,
Hope and Strother did not leave
the executive mansion until one
o clock this morning. A newspaper
writer, also a close friend of the
president, was with them
HANGS SELF FROM
WOODSHED RAFTER
Ca.stle Rock, Wash., Oct. 21 (AV-
Despondent and lonely Dan C,
Johnson, 71, former resident of
Coos county, Oregon, ended his life
last night by hanging himself from
a rafter in a wood shed at the rear
of the apartment house where he
had resided since last spring. Cor
oner Cecil C. Hallin pronounced it
suicide.
On a table in Johnson's room.
was a note scrawled on an empty
envelope. It read: "This Is for
Orace. Goodbye to all. I am in the
wood shed." "Grace" is a daughter,
Mrs. Grace Burt is of Am go, Ore.
Another note attached to a box
contained papers and personal ef
fects read: "Grace,
goodbye; I am
only in the way.'
READY TO RECEIVE
LOAN APPLICATIONS
Washington. Oct. 21 A The ag
ricultural credit corporations are
now ready to receive crop produc
tion, harvesting and marketing loan
applications.
This announcement was made by
the reconstruction corporation Inst
night, and was accompanied by a
statement saying Henry E. Clark, di
rector of the crop production loan
section of the department of agri
culture, has been appointed assistant
rhief of the agricultural division of
the corporation.
Clark, it is said, will devote his
time to formulation of policies of the
agricultural credit corporations in
ronnrction with crop, harvesting
and marketing loans.
BLADINE TELLS
OF FARM STRIKE
The farm strike situation In Iowa
is rapidly clearing and little more ,
trouble Is anticipated from this
source In the belief of Lars E. Bla
dine, editor of the McMlnnville Telephone-Register,
who Friday noon
told of conditions In the Hawkeye
state to members of the Salem Ad
club. Farmers who were faced with
the loss of their property through
foreclosure or who already had been
driven Into desperation through fi
nancial reverses were largely re
sponsible for the continuation of the
strike, the speaker said. In reality
the movement was started by mem
bers of the B.E.F. on their return
from Washington.
Farmers of Iowa are divided Into
two groups, Bladine said, one affil
iated with the American Farm Bu
reau federation, a conservative or
ganization, and another with the
Farmers Union, somewhat radical
in Its make-up. It was the last nam
ed organization which sympathized
with the strikers to a large extent.
Bladine told of land selling under
foreclosure as low as $30 an acre
which changed hands during the
peak of the boom for $600.
The speaker lived In Iowa for
many years where he was interested
in newspaper work. He served as
collector of Internal revenue for sev
eral years.
THOMAS CAMPAIGN
ENDS IN MILWAUKEE
Chicago, Oct. 21 iJPh-Socialist
national campaign headquarters
announced today Norman Thomas,
the party's nominee for president,
will wind up his campaign on Nov.
7 with an, address at Milwaukee.
The decision to finish the drive
in Milwaukee wns reached, it was
announced "partly as a result of
the endorsement of Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt by Senator
Robert M. LnFollette."
"Senator LaFollctte's endorse
ment of Roosevelt," said a state
ment by Clarence Clarence, senior,
director of the socialist campaign,
"shows the progressives are play
ing around In circles.
"We may now behold the sicken
ing spectacle of the heir to the
great La Folk tie tradition riding in
the bandwagon with Owen Young
on his right, Vincent A.stor on his
left, and prize fight promtcr, Jim
Farley of New York holding the
reins."
RECOGNIZE NEW
CHILE GOVERNMENT
Washington, Oct, 21 (LP) The
United States government through
Ambassador William R. Culberson
at Santiago extended formal recog
nition to the present government of
Chile headed by Senor Oyanedel,
acting president.
Ambx'-sndor Culbcrtson delivered
a note at tlie Chilean foreign office
at noon communicating the deci
sion of the United States to carry
on friendly relations with the new
government of Chile.
The state department In explain
ing the United States' action said
the present Chilean regime, estab
lished after a series of govern
mental upsets, appeared to have
the general acquleacenec of the peo
ple, it pointed out also that the
new government had promised to
respect Chile's international obli
gations. CAVE-IN KILLS MINER
Medford. Ore., Oct. 21 ia) Char
les W. Pursel, a miner, was killed
this morning when he was buried
beneath a rave-in of a creek bank,
beneath which he was working. Pur
sel was encaged in cleaning up his
r.Iuice boxes when the earth toppled.
Pursel died en route to a local hospital.
GUARDS HELD
DY PRISONERS
AS HOSTAGES
Threat of Slaughter
Keeps Artillery Out of
Canadian Penitentiary
Rioting In Progress Since
Monday, Renewed
Briefly This Morning
Kingston. Oct. 21 (LP) Guards
tightened their lines around the
Kingston penitentiary today to en
force a "starvation siege' against
210 mutinous convicts still holding
out after a series of riota within
the grey walls of the priton.
Ignoring shouts of the convicts
that they would set fire to the
prison unless granted favorable
terms for surrender. Brig. Gen. D.
M. Ormond directed his men in
cutting off the convicts from all
food supplies except a few loaves or
bread.
The convicts have had no food
since yesterday noon and authori
ties believed they would surrender
soon. There are 906 convicts, in
cluding the mutineers, involved.
The military was asked to rein
force guards where needed and of
ficials said the situation was welt
in hand.
Gen. Ormond's strategy of star
vation was in line with government
(Concluded oh" page loTcolumn 7)
SAYS BUSINESS
RECUPERATI8
Chicago, Oct. 21 (P Secretary of
Commerce Roy D. Chapin reviewed
before the Illinois Manufacturers'
association today reports from
score of sources indicating improve
ment in general business.
Chapin referred particularly to re
sults of a department of commerce
survey in 200 chambers of commerce.
trade associations, and other busi-
rness groups. Reports from 70 percent
of the groups said business was bet
ter, Chapin asserted, and an even
greater number said public senti
ment had improved.
"Some very important organiza
tions reflect the opinion that genu
ine improvement has taken place,
he said. "Among them are the cot-
Cotton Institute, the Associated In
dustries of Massachusetts, the
chamber of commerce of New York
States, and the Motor and Equip
ment Manufacturers' asrociation.
"Expressions of this sort, I believe,
mean the renewed confidence so
evident for the last few months, is
sufficiently well established to give
us the backing we need for the fight
still ahead.'1
MORATORIUM FOR
THE DALLES BANK
The Dalles. Ore., Oct. 21 (IP) The
First National Bank of The Dalles,
with deposits of $1,591,0696 at the
last call, today closed its doors un
til November 1, under a moratorium
plan similar to that adopted this
week at Pendleton.
The intervening period was de
clared a legal holiday, in a procla
mation issued today bj' Mayor Fred
F. Thompson.
Heavy withdrawals due to unrest
caused by Pendleton, La Grande and
Mitchell bank closings this week,
necessitated the moratorium in the
interest of depositors, it was said.
The move also was prompted by s
desire to save wheat growers from
the necessity of selling their crops
at present ruinous prices.
L .Barnum is president of the lo
cal bank, which is capitalized at
$200,000.
celluloid'rings
cause of blaze
Jefferson When celluloid rings
on some harness became overheated
from a gasoline lantern hanging
nearby, flames burst out and Ignited
some hay with the result that the
large barn and contents, located
on the William Eppner place in the
north or here, burned shortly after
6 o'clock Thursday night.
The loss Is estimated around $2000
and includes 26 tons of baled and 30
tons of loose hay in addition to 1200
bushels of grain, a binder and some
small farm implements.
The barn was partially Insured
but not its contents. There was
some livestock in the barn but war
taken outside.