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10 THE CAPITAL JOURNAL. SALEM. OREGON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 193 CWA WORKERS LOSE LIVES IN SLIDE OF ROCK Grand Junction, Colo., Dec. 13 VPh-Nine men, members of a crew working the second day on a federal civil works projects, died yester day in rock slide. There were reports two more were : swept 300 feet down the face of a cliff In the Colorado . national monument, northwest of here,, and a searcn was resumed today, T. W. Secrest, U. S. park service engineer,' attributed the tragedy to . blasting on the opposite side of the canyon. The blast apparently loos ened the UO-foot sandstone cliff towering over the road on which the men were working. Earlier blasting to loosen rocks farther above also weakened the cliff. Fifty Jobless men were given em ployment Monday but only 20 mem bers of the crew were In the vicin ity of the avalanche. Three of the victims, working near tbe edge of the rim road, were Mt off the cliff, fell more than foo feet down the mountainside and -were dashed lifeless on the huge boulders below. The others were crushed on the roadway, burled under the slide. The dead: Clyde Van Loan, 28; John Rupe, 60; Frank Winters, 55; w uarmicnaej, so; uo Adams, IB; Robert Fuller, 28; Buster Moreland, 18; W. h. Wilson, 67, and Harley ueeson, 22. All except Beeson, who lived In Frulta, Colo., were residents of the Glade Park district, a farming com munity adjoining the monument territory. Winters, Adams and Ful ler were the three plunged down the cliff. C.C.O. workers on the project started rescue work Immediately. Twenty of them were lowered over the cliff and carried the three bod ies over steep trails to the can yon entrance. Bodies of all the victims were brought to Grand Junction. An of ficial investigation and Inquest was scheduled for today by coroner T. F. Voorhees. The new scenic rimrock Toad in the Colorado national monument is one of the major relief projects in western Colorado. More than 600 men are employed. HANDBALL TOURNEY STARTS AT YMCA Twenty handball players will ln . auguratc a tournament at the Y. M. C. A. beginning Wednesday evening. The affair will not be of an elim ination nature, sinco the contestant who has the greatest number of points at the conclusion of the tourney will be declared winner, players participating include Fred Anunscn, Dr. D. X. Bccchler, Wil liam Ashby, Don Poulin, Dr. Volght, Bernard Zobel, Harold Eakln, Frank Lynch, Don Spccr, Edgar Williams, W. O. Wlnslow, Evan Kcech, French Hagemann, Wlllard Marshall, 8. W. Marsters, Ted Chambers, Sy Suing, Sheldon Sackett, Jim Nutter and William Buslck. Wednesday night play consisted of Anunsen and Beechlcr vs. Buslck and Ashby; Nutter and Poulin vs. Sackett and Voigt. Thursday evening's schedule is Suing and Zobel vs. Chambers and Eakln, Marsters and Lynch vs. Marshall and spccr. SPEED ON BRIDGES URGED BY MEIER Still Another pica urging speed In allocation of federal money for con struction of five Oregon coast high way bridges was made yesterday by Governor Julius L. Meier. In a telegram to Senator C. L. McNory, Qovernor Meier stated that the legislature and the highway commission havo done everything asked by the federal authorities to ward securing the funds. "These bridges could be under ac tual construction within 30 days once the money was definitely avail able," the telegram read. "I would appreciate any suggestions as to what we can do to get corly action." BOY SCOUT PLAYS MAY WEST ROLE Hiawatha, Kan., Dec. 13 (IP) Billy Martin may bo a Boy Scout, but he shouldn't impart a Mac West character to a lady teacher. Martin wns expelled from high school for dressing In female attire, proclaiming himself to be the teach er, and saying: "Why don't ymi conic up and see me some time?' He was reinstated a few hours later after he apologized and cited his record as a Scout of eagle rank. Christmas Pageant Plans Progressing Woodburn Work on the Christ mas pageant, "Light," to be given Bunday evening by the young pco pe of the Methodist Episcopal church, has progressed to its final rehearsals which are being held this week. Mrs. Percy M. Ham mond, wife of the pastor, is direct ing the pageant and those who are In the cast or assisting with the play expect "Light" to be a great nccess. This play was selected after the cast had worked for some time on another almost equally good. Macleay Grangers To Confer Degrees Macleay The Macleay grange will hold a regular meeting Friday night for the purpose of conferring the first and second degrees upon 15 candidates. Candidates to be given the degrees are Mr. and Mrs. Clarence John son, Mr. and Mrs. Morris Cady, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Fred Gilbert, Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd Keene, Mrs. Cella Perry, Mrs. Mary Goffln, Viola Looker, Hazel Magee and Lester Perry, The Red Hills grange degree team has been Invited to confer the degrees. CANCER CONTROL ONIT IS FORMED BY OREGONIANS There has recently been orgarir ized The Oregon Branch of the American society for the Control of Cancr, with representative doctors In every part of Oregon and a few lay people as officers and directors. Arthur M. Geary, attorney, of Port land, Is president of this society. Dr. J. Earl Else, of Portland, Is chairman of the board of managers wnicn controls the educational pol icy of the society. Dr. Clarence C. Little, former president of the University of Michigan and a scientist of note, Is the managing director of the Na tional Society for the Control of Cancer which has Its headquarters In New York City. The national work is financed by some great foundations and wealthy people in the east. State societies are finan ced by five dollar annual member ships which are taken out by those in sympathy with the purpose of tne society, and tnrougn benefit en tertainments which are given by different Individuals and oranlza ton who realize the great necessity to control this dread disease. Already the educational work in Oregon has been well started through programs on cancer con trol through the auspices of state, county and city medical societies and at state and county fairs under the direction of the state Cancer Society officers. Several thousands of the Hsitors to the Cancer Con trol booth at the Oregon state fair carried home literature, received Information from the physician in charge, and asked that a great deal of literature be sent to friends and relatives all over the state. As one means of financing the work In Oregon the various bridge teachers are giving parties In their studios and are sponsoring other affairs in large club houses and ho tels; and many women with large and beautiful homes arc planning to offer their houses for these bene fit entertainments which are going to take the form of a tournament. The first party of this series of state-wide interest outside of Port land is being sponsored by Mrs. W. H. Quinn and Miss Bette Har- rlld In Salem on Tuesday, January 2. The Elks -club of Salem will open ts building for this purpose. A great deal of Interest is being shown In this affair which will be a most attractive social event as well as one in which the entire proceeds will be given to the benefit of this important organization. LUMBER CODE OBSOLETE WITH PROW REPEAL Portland, Dec. 13 (LP) The repeal of prohibition and the Increased de mand for wine storage vats has ren dered the lumber code as it applies to the California redwood production allocation obsolete, the national con trol committee of the lumber code authority was told here today. The California Redwood assochv tion applied for an additional 10,- 000,000 feet of production allocation for the first quarter of 1934, be cause of the tremendous demands for that wood by the wine Industry. The board opened a ten-day hear ing here Tuesday. At Its conclusion the production allocations will be fixed for January, February and March. Hundreds of lumber execu tives from all parts of the country were In attendance. The Pacific Northwest Loggers' as sociation, a group of Independent loggers who sell their logs to Inde pendent mills, protested against what they termed unfair advantages granted big lumber companies which do their own logging and sell their logs to their own mills. The big com. ponies, representatives of the asso elation said, have received alloca tions out of proportion because of taxes paid, number of gross employes and other factors, which tend to kceze out" the small Independents. rne committee was In executive session today until 2 p.m., when the hearing will be opened again to the loggers and lumbermen. COAST PACKERS TO FIGHT LOWER RATES Los Angeles, Dec. 13 (IP) Efforts of mid western packing firms to ob tain reduced freight rates on ship ments to the Pacific coast were re sisted today by the coast packing in dustry at a hearing before Inter state commerce commission examin ers. Any reduction would mean ruin to the coast industry, J. A. 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Sawyer, spokesman for the'assoclated Jobbers and manufac turers on the Independent freight rate committee. Middle western packers asked that the rates be reduced to the same level as those for livestock shipments. STODENTS BOO HANS LUTHER New York, Dec. 13 IP) German Ambassador Hans Luther was heck led and booed while making an ad dress In Horace Mann hall, Colum bia university, last night. On the campus outside detachments of po lice battled 200 students and sym pathizers attempting to stage a dem onstration against the nazi government. Dr. Luther was heckled during the first part of his address on world disarmament. Cries of "Why did they burn the homes of exiled pro fessors?" with general shouts of 'Down with Hitler." Police removed three women hecklers, ushers silenc ed more, and Dr. Luther proceeded; Only once again was there interrup tion. When he said Hitler had sub mitted to the vote of the people fol lowing the recent election, showing a democratic Idea in Germany, there was loud laughter. He said that Germany was willing to disarm to the "last riile" li the rest of the world was willing to do so, The demonstration outside was turbulent. Police used clubs and fists freely and the demonstrators, mostly students, fought back. No arrests were made. Czechoslovakia is developing its air express service. fhildrens Colds .s Yield quicker to double action of visits Now Open For Business Short & Ward TIRE SHOP General Tire Repairing Re-Treading 255 Ferry Street We buy and sell used tires f imfr ffa. ..IwiM.tiqaTglgfOjil M1 Gladden his heart with the gift of a LIONEL ELECTRIC TRAIN.. as low as J15 Bring the children in and let us demonstrate Lionel Trains. It's great fun. It's thrilling. We have complete stocks in a wide range of prices. G. S. Hamilton Furniture Go. 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