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A Journal Circulation Dally average distribu tion for the Month ol August, 1933 9,641 Average dally net paid 0206 Member Audit Bureau of Circulations City Edition Pair tonight and Tuesday, gentle to moderate southwest and west winds. Local: Max. 03, mln. 50, rain .28, river -3 ft. Partly cloudy, sou therly winds. 45th YEAR, No. 222 Sg&JVSgKSS SALEM, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1933 PRICE THREE CENTS ON TRAINS AND NEWS STANDS FIVE CENTS rn lo) AT n j CapitatJft , wt oo outturn1 wi do our nun HE DM SALEM SCHOOL REGISTRATION SHOWS DECLINE Decrease Caused by Number of Families Remaining in Hopfields 4309 Pupils Registered At Noon on Opening Day Loss of 52 . A falling off In total registration of pupils entering Salem schools Is shown over the opening day of last year, although in one or two in stances an Increase as indicated. At noon Monday a total of 4,309 pu pils had registered. This is a de crease of 52 over the opening day last year. The decrease is due to a larger number of families remain ing in the hop yards than usual, coupled with the fact that several rural districts abandoned mass transportation of pupils. It is ex pected the slack will be entirely taken up by the first of next week. Although it was fully expected the grade schools would show a de cided increase, by reason of the fact that many houses which have been empty tor several montns, again have tenants, the registration today did not bear out this prediction. Only in the junior high schools was an increase shown. The decrease in the number of registrations at the senior high school was placed at 56. This num ber is expected to be entirely wiped out, however, with the return of a number of boya who, late In secur (Concluded on page 9, column 7) PICK JURORS IN KIDNAP TRIAL Oklahoma City, Okla., Sept. 18 (IP) In a courtroom filled with armed guards, the first panel of 13 Jurors was called today to oe examinea lor service in the kidnap trial of Har vev Bailev and 11 others accused of participating in the abduction of Charles F. Urschel, Oklahoma City oil millionaire. The chief defendants, Bailey, Al- bert Bates, R. O. Shannon, his wife and his son, Armon, were kept un der heaw guard in an iron barred "bull pen" on the floor below the federal tower courtroom until the jurors filled the box and the metho dical propounding of routine ques tions began. Bailey and Bates, handcuffed to gether, were brought in as Judge Edgar E. Vaught asked the usual ouestions of all the Jurors. The two desperadoes were kept standing several minutes while this formality was completed. As the trial opened, Joseph B. Kecnan, assistant United States -attorney general, warned that lawyers accepting any part of the Urschel ransom money as fees or money ob tained in transfer of the ransom currency would be prosecuted to the lull extent of federal law. "We do not propose to permit at torneys, bondsmen, fixers or any one else to get by with a wink, with any manipulations in this kid naping. We are here to prosecute everyone whose hands are not cleaned." Even Keenan was searched as he entered the federal building. "We are taking no chances that guns will get into tne courtroom, a federal agent explained. FLOODTIDE FATAL TO TRAPPED GIRL New Bern, N. C, Sept. 18 VP) A Itory of a girl drowning as the tide slowly flooded her storm wrecked home while her father struggled to free her came to light today as re lief was carried forward in the sec tion stricken by Saturday's hurri cane. T. W. Haywood, of Croatia brought the report to New Bern, Haywood said he did not learn the girl's name, but was told she and her family lived In the Bachelor section of Craven county. The story as he heard it was that as the home was wrecked by wind a timber feu across tne girrs arm, Binning her in the wreckage. Her father and neighbors worked frantically to free her, but could not move the timbers and meanwhile the tide was creeping higher. At last the waves began to swish through the wreckage, each one ad, vanctng a little further with its promise of a quick death If the girl were not reieasea. Still they struggled helplessly. The timber could not be moved Farewells were said and the water engulfed the wrecked home and the trapped girl as the rest of her fam ily fled to safely. Good Evening! Sips for Supper By DON UPJOHN Bill Walton has been a great pub lic benefactor for a lot of folks around here with his new Neskowin golf course. For instance there's the case of Archie Holt We saw Archie Saturday afternoon headed for the tailor shop to get a rip in his golf pants repaired. Arch figured he could play at the Neskowin golf course for nothing and use the greens fee to have his pants patch ed. So he's all fixed up for another year without it costing him a cent. Two new copper vats have been received at the Salem Brewing plant from Germany and in each vat, we figured out with Frank scnmidt, there's enough copper to make a stack of pennies as high as the First National bank building. Tne kids would have a great scramble if a couple of piles of pennies that high happened to be pushed over into Liberty street. It could be made one of the main attractions for fall op penlng. Sheriff Burk and his deputy, New ell Williams, returned last night from a sheriffs' convention at Bend. Newell could hardly wait this morn ing to hunt us up and tell us a story he heard at the convention banquet. "A sheriff told the story over there," said Newell. "He said a man with a large family was walking down the street of an Oregon town. The sheriff happened to be passing in his car. When he saw the man with his family the sheriff Jumped out, went over and put tne man un. der arrest. 'What you arresting me for, I haven't done anything,' said the man. 'You must nave done some thing,' said the sheriff, 'or what you got all that gang following you for?'" But what we can't figure out Iff why Newell should -be so anxious to tell us that story. Judge Lewelling has skipped oft on a brief vacation and deer hunt ing trip and will be back to open court here again uctoDer d. Ana, Guy, the day the world's series op ens. VISITORS FROM THE OZARKS? "Guests invited were Mr. and Mrs. John Hill Billy and Dawn-Marie," et cetera. Prom Journal society item. LOSING OUR BEST CROP Ed Kennedy and Myrle Fruit are among those starting off tonight on a deer hunting expedition in eastern Oregon. We're glad to announce from per sonal inspection Saturday that the West Stayton fair lived up to and exceeded all advertised predictions and that Salem sent over a fun quo ta of visitors. The barbecued beef, also, based on the hind quarter we ate, was one of the finest treats ever dished out to 1500 people or so. Folk over in that farming-paradise have sure started something that's liable to make the state fair take a Dacx seat some day. If you happen to meet parties strolling about town In nighties to night don't worry for fear It's the KKK on a rampage again, or the annual hike of the Housemaids' un ion. No, it will only be the veterans of the 40 & 8 going down to meeting in their new smocks, so fellows, don't try to do any mashing if one of these fancy clad chaps happens to pass by. BOY DROWNS Portland, Sept. 18 (IK While try ing to go hand-over-hand hanging to a cable suspended from tne bat tleship Oregon to the shore Sunday, Fred C. Jenners, 15, lost his grip, fell into the river and was drowned. His body was recovered in 16 min utes but efforts to revive him failed, Aimee In New York To Use Theater To Save Broadway Souls New York, Sept. 18 (U.R) Aimee Semple Mcpherson Hutton, proclaiming her determination to lead Broadway's lost sheep back into the fold in cal appearances, as a headline rival of her estranged husband, Dave (Big Boy) Hutton, arrived in New York today. She declined to discuss the pre sent status of her marital difficul ties, and quite severely remonstra ted with reporters who persisted in viewing her engagement as a vaude ville act rather than a revival. "How," she was asked, "does It feel to be a rival for the spotlight In the same city where your hus band has the spotlight?" "That is a personal matter," she said, "and one which I have not discussed and will not discuss." As lithe as a 17-year-old girl, the age at which she said she began NEW ENGLAND COAST SWEPT BY HURRICANE Gulf Storm Wrecks Death Destruction Along En tire Seacoast 14 Killed in North Caro lina Death Toll In Hampico 45 (Br the Associated Press) A hurricane, runaway madcap from the tropics, sent gales raging toward Maine's coast today after wreaking death and destruction on other parts of the Atlantic seaboard. Fourteen persons were known to be dead in North Carolina, where the -storm struck its most vicious blow. Property damage there ap proached $3,000,000. Two persons were drowned in Pennsylvania. Massachusetts suffered a buffet ing yesterday. Wharves were wreck ed, shipping disrupted, highways flooded. Steamboat service between Nantucket and the mainland was stopped. New York and New Jersey escaped much of the storm's wrath, but his toric Barnegat light house, a Jersey Institution for three-quarters of a century, faced possible destruction. The storm left only 20 Inches of sand between the light and the rag. (Concluded on page 8, column 1) WOMAN FLEES WITH CONVICTS Columbiana, Ala., Sept. 18 (IP) A young woman behind the wheel of large automobile roared out ol here early today with three of 10 convicts who escaped from Shelby county jail. The woman, Sheriff Knox Wool- ey discovered, waited in the shad ows of the Jail wall for the break, which appeared to have been ef fected by use of a pass key be lieved smuggled into the Jail by her Sunday. Two of the 10 convicts were Pratt Northcutt. 30. and Ernest Powell, 29, long term prisoners from the state prison at Kilby, brought here to testify in circuit court this week. They wire visited by an attractive woman Sunday. Authorities in every surrounding country were advised, to be on the lookout for the escaped men, four of them negroes. All except North cutt and Powel were In Jail on mi nor charges. Scraps of torn clothing were left on barbed wire where the fleeing prisoners scaled the wall. Jail attaches said the attractive woman they believed aided in the delivery came to the Jail alone . terday. She asked to see Northcutt and Powell. She talked to them at length, her face pressed against the cell bars. Maurice Rossi Will Aim at Own Record Paris, Sept. 18 (IP) Maurice Ros si plans a flight to South America in November or December, hoping to break his own long distance flight record, it was learned today. Later he plans to attack Wiley Post'ss world flight record. Rossi may make his South Amer ican flight with Paul Codos, who accompanied him from New York to Rayak, Syria, on the recent dis- tance record flight. a series of four-a-day theatri- preaching adding that she had been preaching for 23 years, to give inquirers a mathematical formula for computing her age she skipped down the platform at the Grand Central station with her retinue. Her eyes were sparkling and her taffy-colored hair fell in flat waves over pinkish cheeks. "I am not going to do an act, she said to the newspaper group that swarmed on the platform, "I'm merely using the theater as the scene of my revivals. Let me quote a parable the parable of the lamb that went astray. It seems to me that In New York, the nlnety-and- (Concluded on page 0, column 6) N.R.A. Members Requested To Sign for Parade Salem business firms In tending to participate in the Salem Ad club's . "NRA Ju bilee" parade Thursday night, the night of Fall Opening, must leave orders for banners with Vern Suko, telephone 7622, before Wednesday.- The parade will form at Marlon square at 7:15 and all entries are asked to be on hand at that time. REALISM USED IN JURY ROOM San Francisco. Sept. 18 (m The examiner in a copyrighted article to day said members of the San Jose jury which convicted David A. Lam son of murder tried falling against furniture to test the defense acci dent theory. The article, under the signature of George H. Hegerich, a member of the jury, said one member "held out" at first for the possibility that Lamson's wife may have fallen, as the defense contended, in the bath room of the Stanford campus home. "To try this out," the article said "we constructed a 'bathroom' In the turv room with chairs and desks, That was why we asked for the maps and charts of the Lamson home and the big picture of Mrs, Lamson's body in the tub. We want ed to build our 'bathroom' as close as we could to the one in the Lam son house. . . "Then all of us tried to fall out of that tub in some way so that we could hit ourheads on a wash bowl hard enough to dash our brains out. I was one of the chief actors and I am black and blue all over from falling In various rediculous positions." other excerpts from tne article: "E. O. Helnrich, the defense crlm. biologist, didn't convince us of any thing." The matter of premeditation was never discussed." 'We didn't talk much about this Sara Kelly, with whom the prosecu tion said Lamson was carrying on an affair." "There was only one point on which we argued and argued, talked and discussed over and over again, That was: Did David Lamson kill his wife or was her death an acci dent." "In trying to convince ourselves that we were wrong, we had con. vinced the holdout that we were right." CUBAN CRISIS BEING ALLAYED Havana, Cuba, Sept. 18 UP) A quick settlement of the Cuban polit ical situation and the firm estab lishment of his transition govern ment was predicted today by Presi dent Ramon Qrau San Martin, Opposition political parties are showing a tendency to cooperate, he said, and may present a formula for settlement this afternoon. "Once the political problems are resolved, we expect economic stabil ization will swiftly follow," he said. The labor unrest is being allayed, he stated. "The sugar mill situation Is not communistic. It is a case of hungry people seeking -food, but it will be settled soon by the government and the army. The strike situation is im proving constantly." Referring to his Interview yester day with Sumner Welles, United States ambassador, he said it was personal and most cordial, and that friendly relations between Cuba and American people were discussed. He predicted a constituent assembly would draft a constitution and re store the country to a regular re gime within a year. Advices from Santiago said labor ers at Manzanillo and Bayamo had called a 24-hour strike tomorrow In sympthy with the sugar strikers at Mabay and Rio Cuato. Thirty addi tional soldiers were sent to reinforce tho Manzanillo garrison, COLUMBIA RIVER PLANS DISCUSSED Pendleton, Ore., Sept. 18 VP) Propoals for future development of the Upper Columbia and Snake riv ers will be discussed here late today when advisory groups from Wash lngton, Idaho and Oregon meet with Marshall N. Dana, Pacific northwest adviser for the public works bureau, and Senators Dill of Washington and French of Idaho. Other representatives of the three states are expected to attend the meeting. Dana was to reach Pendleton late In the day from Salt Lake where he has been meeting with federal public works officials. EUGENE SEEKS $12 MILLIONS POWERfLANT Water Board Sponsors Project for Federal Aid On M'Kenzie Proposes Resale of Pow er to All Cities In Willa mette Valley Eugene, Sept. 18 UP) The Eugene water board operating this ctiy's mu nicipally owned power plant is the sponsor for a project to build a huge new plant and dam on the upper McKenzie river. The Mountain States Power company now operates in this district comprising 32 cities, and sponsors of the publicly owned project have discussed the plan of taking over that utility. The plan takes the form of an ap plication to the federal public works administration to have it build a $12,000,000 plant at the Eugene board's so-called Rennle dam site below Blue river. The plant would be built by a federal corporation to be known as the Rennle authority. . The Eugene board would then lease the plant from the government and sell power wholesale throughout the territory to Albany, Corvallis, Cottage Grove, Roseburg and all towns within reach. It is proposed to build necessary transmission lines It Mountain States will not sell at a reasonable price. The claim is made that the Eu gene board could wholesale its pow er as cheaply as VA cents a KWH (Concluded on page 8, column 8) RETAIL TRABE CODE PRESENTED Washlington, Sept. 18 (IP) Pro posed regulation of prices in the nation's 1,500,000 retail stores com manded attention of recovery offi cials as the soft coal code was made ready for President Roosevelt's sig nature today. The master code for retail trades has been awaiting action by Ad ministrator Hugh S. Johnson for several days. With the coal t orn- pact completed save for the for mality of white House approval, Johnson and his aides expected to swing into a thorough study of the retail proposals. Chief issue facing Johnson Is whether he shall approve the pres ent provision forbidding stores to sell goods at less than invoice pric es plus a certain percentage. The percentages vary from 7 to 10 for various types of stores. Deputy Administrator A. D, Whiteside has recommended that Johnson approve the price control provision, but the consumers' advis ory board opposes it. Whiteside contends price control is necessary to stop ruthles compe tition, especially against mall mer chants. He is desirous of stopping the practice of some stores of sell ing a few items at cost or less In order to draw crowds. FAN DANCER GETS BLACK EYE IN ROW Chicago, Sept. 18 UP) Sally Rand, the fan dancer, walked into a po, lice station today, displayed I bruise under her right eyo and de manded the arrest of Sam Balkln, 44, manager of the night club in which she has been appcariitg. She said he had "clouted" her in an argument over her salary. Police accompanied her to the club where they said Balkln readily admitted his part In a battle with her and showed teeth marks on his arm and said Sally put them there. Both signed complaints charging the other with disorderly conduct and each posted a $25 cash bond pending appearance in court later today. HOOVERS ENROUTE TO CHICAGO FAIR Palo Alto, Calif., Sept. 18 OT-Off on a ten-day pleasure trip, former President Herbert Hoover and Mrs, Hoover were reported en route to Chicago today, Paul Scxson, Mr. Hoover's secre tary, announced they left by train Saturday night to visit the Century of Progress exposition. Their departure, the secretary said, was in line with their policy of coming and going like any other private citizen without formality, PORTLAND FURTHER ACTION IF ROAD FUNDS DENIED Highway Commission Preparing Reply To Re quest for Reallocation of Roads Funds; Up state Counties Stand As Unit in Opposition and Major Political Battle Looms By HARRY N. CRAIN Sometime today or Tuesday the state highway commis sion will make public its formal Multnomah county court and zations for reallocation of at least two-thirds of the $6,100, 000 of federal public works highway money apportioned to Oregon to give to tnat county at least Jl,800,000 of the fund. The amount asked is double what has been set aside for projects there under the programs formulated by the highway commission and the district office of the bureau of pub lic roads and approved by the PWA. -mat tne decision win deny tne Portland petition Is a foregone con clusion. The commission cannot consistently do anything else. What the results of that decision will be are not so clearly evident. If the Portlanders carry out threats intimated at Saturday's hearing of tne matter before the commission in Portland the entire public works (Concluded on page 8, column 7) NEW PRINTING CODE PRESENTED Washlington, Sept. 18 (JP) A new code fixing wages and hours for the commercial printing Industry, Including newspapers In non-metropolitan centers, was presented to the NRA today by the National Ed itorial association, . , As explained by W. D. Allen, president, It would provide an aver age 40-hour work week over a six- months period with the maximum in any one week 48 hours. Mechanical employes would be paid 40 cents an hour provided they made no less than that on July lo, 1929, but in no event would they receive less than 30 cents. The code was presented as Dep uty Administrator Lindsay Rogers opened hearings on more than i score of individual charters cover ing the 32,000 units of the printing industry. The N.E.A. code, Allen said, was designed as a basic plan for the en tire Industry. Rogers said he hoped one master code could be agreed upon. The N.E.A. code would exempt from the 40-hour limit editorial and reportorial employes making (21 i week or more, and permit empluy- ment in each plant of not more than three non-mechanical employ es who could work 4b hours a week. G. W. Cunningham, representing the mail order association of Amer ica, said enforcement of a 40 hour week already had brought a ten per cent increase In costs of goods purchased by his asociation. EX-PREACHER HELD FOR DEPORTATION Seattle. Sent. 18 (IP) Duncan P Cameron, 48, unfrocked Presbyter ian minister of Cottage Grove, Ore , was held here today for immigra tion officers whose records show he Is a native of Ontario and served two years In prison In Saskatche wan on charges of defrauding bank. He was arrested by detectives who were advised by the Rev. Dr. D. A. Thompson, Presbyterian state superintendent at Portland, that Cameron was unfrocked last ue cember 2 after charges were pre ferred against him, but continued to preach in Cottago Grove until April. To Utilize Students For Night Fire Fighting Service During Winter A resolution that would authorize the Salem fire depart ment to employ Willamette university students for night fire fighting service in return for lodging at department head quarters probably will bo introduced at tonight's city council meeting by Alderman O. A. Olson, chairman of the fire committee. The resolution would not limit the employment to university stu dents, but would extend to other persons who might serve the city for similar accommodation. The compensation would be lodging, laundry, facilities for the lodgers to do their own cooking and facilities for their studying. Similar arrangements are made with students in other college towns, It Is said, notably at Corvallis and Eugene, The proposed fire code ordinance, HINTS AT reply to the demands of the some 44 Portland relief organi DDYING DRIVE SOON LAUNCHED Washington, Sept. 18 UP) An early start was sighted today on the nationwide "Buy Now" campaign projected by Hugh S. Johnson, NRA chief, to mass public support be hind business cooperation in the reemployment movement. While he still had the bituminous coal code on his hands for comple tion or nnai details, ne was expect ed to take It to the White House before the end of the day; and turn to other pressing questions in cluding the price control issue pre sented m tne codes for retail trade, source of considerable controversy. The buying movement was to be discussed tonight In an address to a national audience by Senator Robert F. Wagner of New York, chairman of the national labor board. . Weeks ago Johnson promised to launch the drive around Sept. 20 Since that time extensive prepara tion and study of methods has been under way. Official approval was given to the coal code today by NRA's indus trial advisory board. Similar action was expected from tne labor ad visors. An important series of hearings i printing, engraving, publishing and allied lines opened this morn ing under Deputy Administrator Lindsay Rogers, who took up first codes for the commercial printing group and planned to climax the chain of sessions of September ii with the American Newspaper Pub lishers association compact. CONGRESSMEN FOR INFLATION Washington. Sept. 18 (P) Sena tor Thomas D., Okla.) said today he had received more than 100 tel egrams in reply to his message ask ing the attitude of members of con gress on inflation of the currency and that "only five per cent have reported as opposed to Inflation. Hero are a few of the latest re sponses to Senator Thomas' tele gram urging support for inflation: Representative Stubbs, (D., Cal.); "Rational inflation would assist re covery . . .increase commodity pri ces and result in better wages. . . Would bolster income of farmers and assist closed banks, . . . Would supplement NRA program." Representative White (D., Ida ho): "Controlled expansion of cur rency is imperatively needed now to meet requirements of business be ing successfully restored under operation NRA program." Representative Cartwright, (D., Okla.) : "Inflation only solution people have. . . . Too much capital morganlsm in expansion of credit." Representative Mo nog ah. (D., Mont.): "Favor proposed Inflation as means of increasing commodity prices, assisting farmers, producers, closed banks and NRA program." which would provide for a flro pre vention bureau, which was rc refcrred to the fire committee by the council two weeks ago, will not be reported out again tonight. The bill Is so severely opposed that the time of Its next appearance in the council Is much in doubt. An ordinance bill providing for the Imposition of a license and reg ulation tax on painters, paper hang ers and decorators has been pre pared by the building regulation committee and will be Introduced tonight. Among other Important matters (Concluded on page B, column 7) DAM'S HEIGHT AND COST CUT BY ROOSEVELT Martin Informed Only Navigation D a m 30 Feet High Planned Cost Cut to $15 Millions No Market for Pow er Says Ickes Portland, Ore., Sept. 18 (IP) Rep resentatives Charles H. Martin learned today that President Roose velt and Secretary of Interior Ickes . have agreed on reduction of the Bonneville project to a navigation dam, 30 feet high and costing $15, 000,000, according to a dispatch from the Journal's Washington cor respondent today. Martin, the dispatch said, imme diately telegraphed Senator Charles I,. McNary to rush to wasnington to assist In restoring the project to its original plan for a navigation dam and power plant. Some days ago Senator McNary wired President Roosevelt and ask ed him to defer final action until the scnato'r could reach Washing ton, The dispatch quotes General Martin as saying that he does not concede defeat for the project and that the fight will continue with aU vigor. A 30-foot dam is lower than has ever been discussed, and according (Concluded on page 8, column if BINGHAM MADE HEAD OF BOARD London, Sept. 18 (IP) Robert W. Bingham, American ambassador, was elected chairman of the inter national wheat advisory commission at Its first meeting today. Fourteen nations are represented on the commission, which will see to the execution of the recent world wheat agreement. As the conference met, Its prin cipal problem was to reach an agreement with Russia on her ex port quota. Without such an agree ment, Russia dumping of wheat on the world market might endanger the success of the plan. Nations represented at today's meeting were the United States, Canada, Australia, Russia, Hungary and Jugoslavia, of the exporting na tions, and Great Britain, France, Italy, Germany, Spain, Switzerland and Scandinavia of the importing nations. Hungary also represented Bulgaria and Juogslavia represented Roumanla. PRESIDENT TOLD TO REMAIN HOME Washington, Sept. 18 (IP) Presi dent Roosevelt Is suffering from a slight cold and remained In the ex ecutive mansion today, away from his desk. Lieut. Commander Ross T. Mcln tlrc, U.S.N., called on tho president this morning and reported a very slight fever. Ho advised Mr. Roose velt to remain in the mansion for the day. There is every expectation that the president will return to his desk tomorrow. He canceled most of his engage ments for the day, but kept in read iness for signing of the bituminous coal code which Hugh S. Johnson, Industrial administrator, said he would bring to the White House during the day. The only other visitors on tne Roosevelt calling list whom he saw were Secretaries Woodin and Roper, who called separately. SENATOR FLETCHER INJURED IN CRASH Washington, Sept. 18 OP) Chair man Fletcher of the senate banking and currency committee was pain fully Injured In an automobile ac cident today. Flecher suffering from cuts and bruises and shock was taken to his home after the crash, which occur red when his limousine, enroute to tho capltol, collided with a delivery truck. The 74 year old Florida senator was treated by his personal physi cian who said Fletcher's condition was "not serious." A fire rescue squad car took the aged senator to his home from the scene of the crash at 12th and Massachusetts avenue. Fletcher's car was driven by his chauffeur.