MONDAY, DECEMBER SSI, 1936
THE CAPITAL" JOURNAL', SALEM. OREGON
HUNDREDS DIE
IN EARTHQUAKE
EL SALVADOR
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KILLED FIVE FOR 'REVENGE'
tween the quake area and San Sal
vador. Telephone and telegraph lines
were ripped down by the quakes
and information could be had only
from those who (led inland from
the scene.
The quake, which first struck the
sleeping city of San Vicente Satur
4 day night, crashed in buildings and
shook the earth in villages nearby,
eye witnesses said.
Refugees, with their families and
rural roads trying to reach safety
household belongings fled along
from the ever menacing volcano
Santa Rita, southeast of San Vi
cente which some refugees said was
erupting.
Adding to the fears of molten
lava pouring from the volcano over
the wrecked city was the specter
of epidemics. Much of San Vicente's
supply of drinking water was pois
oned by sulphur apparently exuding
from the smoking volcano after the
quake.
Government officials returning
last night from the disaster area
sold the widespread wreckage was
impeding rescue work and making
vitrualy impossible any accurate es
timate of the property damage and
loss of life.
Among the neighboring villages
damaged, according to radio reports
last night, were Vera Paz, Guad
alupe. Apasterpewue, Petttan, San
Sebastian, San Lorenzo and Peco
luca. A special Red Cross train, with
rescuers and modern equipment,
vac-sent from San Salvador to San
Vicente. Those returning from the
scene said the quake leveled all but
one of the city's main buildings.
Left standing, they said, was the
tower In Central park, with the
hands of Its clock stopped at ten
minutes to ten.
The president of Salvador, Gen.
Maximlllano Hernandez Martinez,
entrained for the scene to assume
personal charge of the rescue work.
Accompanying him was Minister of
the Interior Caldcron. '
Army and navy physicians and
nurses also were sent into the de
vastated areas.
The first shocks of the earthquake
were felt at about 10 p. m. They
diminished, refugees said, but began
again Sunday afternoon.
BOYS WRECK TRUCK
ASH CREEK BRIDGE
gaffe
organize a rescue party, which
must go on snowshoes into the
mountains and Isolated country. By
mid-afternoon. It was believed, the
party can reach the ship.
From reports received from for
est workers and others it is believed
the big Lockheed Electra plane,
carrying mail from St. Paul to Spo
kane. craslvJ about 5 a. m.. Pa
cific Standard Time, Friday morn
ing as Pilot Llvermore sought in
fog to return to the radio beam he
was following to Spokane. He was
blown off his course.
A rescue party was being organ
ized at Kellogg, north of the ridge,
go into the isolated area on loot.
AU planes searching for the miss
ing ship in the mountain country
south of Calder were immediately
called in by A. R. Menslng. division
superintendent of Northwest Airlines.
Salt Lake City, Dec. 21 Admit'
The second transport plane to be
lost in the rugged country of the
West within a few days, a weat
bound Northwest Airlines mail ship
out of St. Paul was miaaing after it
had last reported ice waa forming
ting "every clue exhausted" In the en the wings northwest of Elk
week-old hunt for a lost Western River, Idaho. It waa manned only
Air Express plane, officials posted a J '"J t-ivermore (above) and
,000 reward and announced a new
Gray-haired Martin Sullivan (eenter), 65-year-old Duqueane. Pa.,
policeman, ia pictured as he waa taken to jail for alaying five persons,
three of them women. The district attorney aaid Sullivan admitted
ahooting the five for "revenge," and feKow officers declared the police
man blamed his victims for domestio troubles. (Associated Preas
Photo)
Christmas Illumination
Contest Deadline Near;
All Asked to Take Part
Throwing down the bars to all comers, regardless of
whether they have been prize winners in former years, the
Salem Ad club is hopeful of greater response to their annual
Christmas illumination contest. All
that is necessary to enter the con-
independence A pick-up truck
ies in the bottom of Ash Creek at
Independence, the result of an ac
cident Thursday night about mid
night, when a number of boys re.
turning home from the basketball
game at Independence, drove off
the side of the bridge on Monmouth
street, rolled over several times and
landed up-side-down in the bottom
of the creek, about 30 feet below the
bridge level.
Neighbors heard the noise and af
ter some confusion and scrambling
about the boys extricated themselves
from the wreck leaving their car
behind. Bloodstains on the ban
ister of the bridge indicated that
someone was injured, and a broken
steering wheel waa found in the
street above.
This is the second accident near
that soot in the past few days and
at present there is nothing to stop
cars from driving on tne ena oi
pavement between the bridge and
the sidewalk.
There Is considerable water in the
creek at this season of the year
making it more hazardous.
'Girl Cheer Leaders
Upheld as Dignified
Albany, N. Y. (Ufa Cheer leading
among high school girls is ladylike
dimmed, expressive and modern,
says Walter A. Cox, Albany's d'rect-
or of health education.
He assailed certain mldwesttm
educators for "frowning upon it as
undignified and unladylike."
"Girls' today," Cox said, "are in
terested In sport and why should
n't they lead the cheers?"
Monmouth Teachers
Enjoying Vacation
Monmouth Miss Bertha Bratnerd,
registrar at the Oregon Normal
school, whose vacation comes when
the work of her office Is lightest, Is
visitinn in Salem and in poruano
She will resume her work December
Miss Henrietta Wolfer, supervisor
in the Independence Training school,
Miss Florence Beardsley, Miss Ruth
McClure and Miss Martha Taylor,
aurjervlsors in the Monmouth Train.
ing school, and Marion Beardsley are
planning a vacation trip south dur
ing the Christmas holidays. They
will travel by motor as far south as
Mexico City. They will return In
time for the opening of the winter
term.
Miss Hilda Swenson, director of
the dormitories. Is anticipating her
first visit home in Colton, South Da
kota, during the Christmas holidays.
Miss Swenson will leave Saturday,
December 10, going over the Chicago.
Milwaukee and St. Paul. She will ar
rive at her home on Monday. De
cember 31. and plana to return by
way of the Union Pacific reaching
Monmouth January 16.
NEBRASKANS .VISIT
Stlverton Mrs. Hans Jensen and
Annabelle accompanied their house
guests, Mr. and Mrs. Albert Roth
and Harlan of Hennlngford, Nebr.
to Portland during the week for
business and social trip
test la to clip the coupon which ap-
peara in the papers of the city, fill
it out and get it in the hands of the
Salem Ad club before Tuesday noon,
the deadline fixed for this season's
participation.
Sunday found a number of resi
dents completing their decorative
schemes and in a few instances pre
views were permitted motorists who
drove about the city. In order that
JESSE OWENS PUTS
MOM IN NEW HOME
Cleveland (U.R) Jesse Owens, hero
of the Berlin Olympics, has bought
large home for his parents with
the first money he has earned
since the events. -
For Cleveland and Emma Owens,
Jesse's parents, the new house, of
11 rooms, represents a move Into
much more comfortable quarters
than the humble home they had occupied.
Jesse plans to buy the furniture
and all "fixings." too. "I'm really
going to make 'mom' comfortable.
There's be about $2,000 worth of
new furniture when I get through,"
he grinned when announcement of
the purchase was made.
The runners sister, Luverne, and
her husband and three children
also will occupy the new home.
Jesse and his young wife, Minnie
Ruth are "looking around" at houses
too. But Jesse said they weren t
sure they would buy right away.
Jesse is going to Hollywood for
a time. There, radio and motion
picture contracts await him, he
said.
the small home owner may have an
equal chance with the person who
possesses a more elaborate resi
dence, the contest is divided into
two sections. A grand prize of S10
will be awarded first place in each
division.
In addition to the grand prizes
there will be awards for first and
second place winners in each of the
six districts Into which the city
has been divided for purposes of
competition. Firms contributing
the prizes include Hogg Brothers,
electric toaster; Eoff Electric, elec-
trie clock; Ward's, electric lamp;
George Allen, sandwich toaster:
Bosler Electric, coffee maker; Sa
lem Hardware, electric waffle Iron
Sears, coffee maker; Portland Gen
eral Electric, coffee service set-
PERFECT WOMAN
OFFICER SOUGH
London (U.R) Scotland Vard
looking for the "perfect polio
woman."
The qualifications are that she
must not be younger than 24, and
not older that 35; single; with good
teeth, eyesight, feet and complex
ion; not less than S feet S inches
tall; good-natured, sympathetic to
the "under-dog," well educated and
cheerful.
An advertlsment for 70 such wo-
men has already brought more than
1,000 replies.
School teachers, social workers,
nurses and college graduates make
the best policewomen, officials de-
rlare.
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search today "on our own"
The air liner offered the reward,
effective until noon January 4, for
discovery of the Los Angeles-Salt
Lake transport lost with five men
and two women since last Tuesday.
The ship, last reported over Mil-
ford, In southwestern Utah, Is
sought in that vicinity and north
ward and in east central Nevada.
Five hundred miles northwest
ward, a statement by Ranger M. T.
Olmstead turned to a new sector In
north Idaho the hunt for Pilot Joe
Llvermore, Co-Pilot A. A. Hald and
their northwest airlines transport,
missing since 3:10 a. m. Friday.
Llvermore last reported over Elk
River, Idaho. The search had cen
tered between there and Spokane.
Olmstead said, however, the trans
port flew over the forest service
station at Calder, 40 milea north of
Elk River, about 4:15 a. m. Friday,
then turned westward toward Spo
kane.
Similar reports by those other
Calder residents prompted extension
the land aid air search to the
region today. But Pilot Roy Shreck,
saying "We combed every ridge and
canyon in the Calder area," dis
counted the lead.
In all other respects, hopes of
Co-pilot A. A. Hald. (Aaaoeiated
Press Photo)
MRS, MUENCH
IS HELD GUILTY
St. Louis, Dec. 21 WPi Red-haired
Mra. Nellie Tipton Muench, 44 year
old former society matron and sis
ter of a state supreme court judge,
and three others convicted with
her in another episode of Missouri's
long drawn "gift of God" baby
scandal, pinned their hopes today
on an appeal to escape possible 35
year prison sentences.
With little show of emotion the
glamorous key figure in five sensa
tional trials within the past 14
months said sharply, "If the worst
comes to the worst, I can take it."
Mrs. Muench, her husband. Dr.
Ludwig O. Munech; Wilfred Jones,
an attorney, and Mrs. neien uer
royer, a friend, were found guilty
of mail fraud by a federal court
here Sunday. The government
charged they used the mails In an
effort to extort unspecified sums of
money from Dr. Marsh Pltzman,
wealthy bachelor physician, by
duping him Into believing he was
the father of a child Mrs. Muench
claimed she had borne.
The defendants face maximum
penalty of five years in prison and
fines of il.000 on each of five
counts. Federal Judge George H
Moore game them until midweek to
file a motion for a new trial.
find" in either search diminished
as one clue after another failed to
develop.
MAD GRAYE DIGGER
BREAKS UP STONES
Gravesend, England, (U. This is
a story all about graves, even In
cluding the name of the city where
the incidents took place.
Joseph Waghorn, a Gravesend
Corporation grave digger, argued
with his foreman over how deep a
grave should be dug. Unable to con
vince the foreman about the pro
per depth, Waghorn gave an hour's
notice.
An hour later he returned to the
cemetery with a large hammer and
engaged in a smashing party. He
broke three moving machines. 12
gravestone blocks and a large num
ber of flower pots.
As he was leaving the graveyard
he hurled a flower pot at the fore
man; William Lear, who success
fully dodged.
with the Oregon
not yet reached a
exact time.
fair. They have
decision on the
ZIMMERMAN BUILDING
Aurora A. J. Zimmerman is
ouilding a house on his farm in the
Meridian section. It will be 24x28
feet In size and a one story build
ing. Zimmerman la assistant posU.
master In tha Aurora office.
Yoder Mra. Jesse Wyland, who
haa been ill for several weeka at the
home of her alster-ln-law, Mrs. Nora
Taylor, waa able to return to her
Canby home the latUr part of the
week.
COUNTY FAIRS IN
DATE SCRAMBLE
Portland, Dec. 21 (P) Managers
of county fairs scrambled for favor
able dates today after the Oregon
Fairs' association scheduled the
state fair for September to 11.
The ninth annual Oregon Fairs
association convention reelected
Herman H. Chlldgren, of Molalla,
named J. T. Krueder, Portland, vice
president, and Mabel H. Chadwlck,
Eugene, secretary-treasurer. L. H.
Pearce, Coos county, N. A. Burdick,
Redmond, and Mrs. Wlllard Her
man, Harrlsburg, are the new board
of directors.
Multnomah, August 23 to 30; Til
lamook, August 35 to 15; Lane, Au
gust 26 to 28; Clackamas, Septem
ber 1 to 3; Polk, September 3 and 4;
Wasco, September 24 to 38; Pacific
International Livestock exposition,
October 3 to 0, and the Northwest
Turkey show at Oakland, Ore., De
cember 6 to 11.
Representatives of the Pendleton
Round-Up said the dates of the big
western show would not conflict
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