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GANGSTER'S FIRE
WOUNDS GIRL
; GOTHAM STREET
NEW YORK, Sept. 1. (AP) Gang,
iters fired recklessly again, last night
Into street wowded wlt& children
and adult. u4 wounded an 18 year
old girl.
It was the third time In five weeks
that gunmen, firing from a motorcar,
funded a bystander. Two email
children died In the previous fusil
lades. . Miss Jennie Ballantlon was the
girl wounded .last night." The shota
were Intended for Joseph Santora,
who told police he had been threat
ened with anamination when he re
sisted extortionists.
Last week's "slaughter house" mur
der was solved, police said, by the
confession of Barney (English) Wolf
son, who, with six others, was cap
tured by police In a Brooklyn apart
ment. . Wolfson, police said, confessed he
and three others lined Anthony Fer
rers, Murray Leonard! and Angelo
Ourmano against a wall in Brooklyn
"slaughter house" district and shot
therm down. Ferrara was killed.
Postal Receipts
Skow Conditions
Now On Upgrade
BAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 1. (AP)
Postmaster-General Walter p.
Brown, who Is In the bay district
to attend two postal service con
ventions, said today that increased
postal receipts shown In Vie last
two weeks of July over a similar
period in June of this year. Indi
cated business conditions were on
the upgrade. Postal receipts fig
ures, he said, were usually an ex
cellent index to business condi
tions. The receipts increased three
per cent In themonth period.
; TOKYO, Sept. 1. (AP) The most
Brilliant midsummer affair of Its kind
here in many years a dinner given
by Premier Wokatsukl tonight
brought to an end the ambitious
round of official ceremonies In honor
of Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh.
At Its conclusion the Lindberghs
assumed tne role or signtseers, which
will keep them busy for several days
and take them to points outside
Tokyo.
Bridge Ceremony
I Filmed By "Bronx
frHorace Bromley, advertising man
ager for the Calllornla Oregon Power
company, returned yesterday- from
northern California, where he filmed
the Pioneer Bridge dedication Satur
day. Some good footage was secured
for the Copco Current Event news
reel, showing the old stage coach
crossing the new bridge, the unveil
ing of the Pioneer monume-1 and
other events of Interest-.
Mr. Bromley took movies of the
w highway and the other four
Bridges which fo: m & part of this big
project costing over a million dollars.
The films will be shown here soon
by the Copco sews reel.
Guards to Shoot
Kilgore Firebugs
. KILGORE, Tex., Sept. 1. (AP)
Instructed to "shoot to kill," Nation
al Guardsmen, today patrolled this
mushroom oil town, seeking to pre
vent a recurrence of incendiarism
which yesterday resulted in damage
to two buildings.
The troopers, beginning their third
week of guard duty in the huge east
Texas oil and gas field ',4 last night
brought suspects to the police station
tor questioning. Two men were held.
Favors Holiday On
Vets? Legislation
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 1. (AP) A
holiday on the enactment of war vet
erans' legislation was urged before
the national convention of the Vet-
crana of Foregn Wars here today by
Frank T. Hlnes, administrator of vet
erans' affairs, in the face of the dele
gates' demands for Increased benefits.
I Hlnes called upon veterans' organiz
ations to ask congress for no more
legislation until they determine the
.ultimate cost of laws already enacted.
Church Argument
Leads to Battle
H ALBERT, Tex., Sept. 1. (AP)
Following an argument started at a
church near here Sunday, the men-
folks of the Tatum and Adams fam
ilies, rural neighbors, hot it out.
- Jodie Adams, 16, was killed and his
father, John Adams, 45. was shot
through the body.
Ralph Tatum. 22, and his father.
Buford Tatum, 60, were ro danger
ously wounded they ar enot expected
to recover.
CATHOLIC CLUBS
RETURN ORDERED
ROME. Sept. 1. (AP) Meeting
places of Catholic clubs through Italy
which have been In the custody of
the police since Premier Mussolini's
order dissolving Catholic action, are
being quietly returned to the church
authorities in anticipation of a set
tlement of the controversy between
the church and state.
POST SEASON SERIES
' : PLANNED FOR RELIEF
NEW YORK. Sept. 1. (AP) A
baseball series of six games between
the Giants, Yankees and Brooklyn
Robins will be played following the
close of the major league season,
with 50 per cent of the receipts de
voted to unemployment relief, the
mayor's committee on unemployment
announced today.
Crawford Takes Oath.
PORTLAND. Ore., Sept, t- (AP)
james w. Crawford, appointed recent.
ly to the Multnomah county circuit
bench, to succeed the late Judge
Robert O. Morrow, Monday took hla
oath of office and Immediately as-
fomed the duties of his position,
Rites for noclolut
PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 1. (AP) -Funeral
services will be held here
Tuesday for Oliver Stromqulst, 43.
eharter member of the Oregon sorlal-1st-labor
political party. He died Sat
urday aXl wee .l.am,
SOLDIERS PATROL
FORESTS TO HALT
SETTING OF FIRES
BOISE, Idaho, Sept. 1. (AP)
Charged by Governor Ben Ross with
the duty of hunting out "firebugs"
accused of lighting fires to provide
employment, 200 armed national
guardsmen today were patrolling the
forests of central Idaho where the
destructive advance of flames which
have raged for two weeks we be
lieved finally to have been halted.
Branding incendiarism as a "vicious
practice that some men have fallen
heir to," the chief executive declared
martial law In the area Saturday
night after he had been Informed
men were starting blazes in the fire
zone as well as at distant point.
The order went Into effect yester
day morning and arms were rushed
to the troops who previously had
been sent to the front with shovels
an daxes to fight the flames.
Martial law was resorted to when
forest officials expressed fears that In
cendiary fires would become more nu
merous with the release of large num
bers of men as the fires were brought
under control.
Hoss Will Reduce
Auto Dep't Staff
SALEM, Ore.. Sept. 1. (AP) Re
organization of the state motor ve
hicle department, made possible by
a modernized system and recent leg
islative acts eliminating much of the
"red tape" In securing licenses, will
result In the curtailment of the staff.
It was announced today by Hal E.
Hoss, secretary of state. Just how
many employes would be eliminated
could not yet be ascertained, Hoss
said. About 100 are employed In that
department.
Miner Killed By
Kentucky Deputy
HARLAN. Ky., Sep. 1 (AP)-r-Ono
miner dead, one dying and another
wounded was the toll today of the
latest shooting In Harlan county's
troubled mine area.
Deputy Sheriff Lee Fleener said he
emptied hla pistol at the three min
ers last night after they had fired
at .him.
Joe Moore, 40, was killed by a
bullet In the heart, Julius Baldwin,
30, shot twice In the head, and his
brother, Jeff Baldwin, 32 was wound
ed twice in the shoulder.
Dixon Tours Parks
On Western Coast
SEATTLE, Sept. 1. (AP) On a
vacation trip that will take him to
national parks In Washington and
other western states, Assistant Secre
tary of the Interior Joseph M. Dixon
was a visitor here Monday. He leaves
today for a day's stay In Rainier
national park and will depart late
that night for the south to continue
routine inspection of parks In Oregon
California, Colorado and Arizona,
ADMIRAL'S DAUGHTER
MARRIES LIEUTENANT
CO RON ADO, Cal. Sept. 1. (AP)
Miss Elizabeth Sanders Chase. 24
year old daughter of Admiral and
Mrs. Jehu Valentine Chase, and
Lieut. Rex Smith Caldwell, 20, son
of Mr. and Mrs. Robert L. Caldwell,
of Kansas City, Mo., were married at
noon, today in one of the most bril
liant ceremonies of the season here.
RABBIT CAUSES LOSS
OF BAKER BOY'S EYE
BAKER. Ore., eSpt. 1 (AP) A
Jackrabbit which leaped from the
roadway through the windshield of
the oar In which Donald Stork was
riding, caused the lad to lose the
sight on one eye. He is in a hospital
here.
85 DROP MATES IN
RENO DIVORCE MILL
RENO, Nev., Sept. 1. (AP) Eighty
five couples went through the divorce
courts today and among them were
many of prominence in business, so
cial and theatrical circles.
Thomas P. Durell, business partner
of Marshall Field in the firm of Field,
Lord & Company, was divorced by
Virginia R. Scully Durrell, New York
social leader.
TAKE $52,000 FROM
LOS ANGELES BANK
LOS ANGELES. Sept. 1. (API
Three robber held a citizen who sur
prised them saving through. a barred
window Into a bank, four hours until
nine bank employes reported for work
today and then robbei the Security
First National bnk Belvedere Oar
dens branch, of tsa.OOO. Th robbers
escaped.
GROCERY STORES IN
ROSE CITY ROBBED
PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. 1. (API
Armed raids on grocery store here
continued through the nlfcht. Two
stores were entered and about $2000
lost. The robbers used stovepipe wire
to truss both merchants. A custom
er in one of the shop received like
ueauacnt, .
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