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Newspaper Page TextPJJIA BIX MEDFOBP MAIL TRTBTTSTE. afEPPOKP, OftEGpy, STTM5XT. 'AUGUST J5. 1937. CHINESE PLANES FOREIGN SECTOR (Continued trom One.) years: Dr. Robert K. Relschauer, member of the Princeton university faculty, tn 8hnghl on ttudy tour M bombe plunged Into the inter jection of Avenue Edward VII and Thibet road. In the French concep tion. Police there aald they killed 460, Including Dr. Rawllnson and Honlgeberg and wounded 760 Chi nese. The other lore great hole In Nanking road, Jut between two of the city's leading hoteli, the Calhay and Palace, both packed with guesta and refugee. In the International settlement. Police sold two loreignei. were killed there and aeven wounded. They estimated Cblness dead there at 130 and wounded at 70. Relschauer waa In the lobby of the Palace hotel when a bomb frag ment tore off hi leg. He died later In a hospital. The known American Injured were r. Rouse. Saco. Montana, and J. M. Kerbey. employe of a firm of accountants. Both were expected to recover. At least 16 Chinese planes ranged over 8hanghal and the Whanlipoo river, striking at Japanese warships and land concentrations, but appar ently doing their greatest destruc tion In the foreign-controlled sec tions. Japanese aircraft went up to fight them, but with Utile effect. There were reports to Indicate the Chinese airmen had bombed Japanese centers and vessels with savage effect. Jspanese Indicated they would take wlft and terrible revenge, possibly bombing Nsnklng, China's capital. The war In the air was only one phase but deadly phase of the bat tle of Shanghai between China and Japan. The conflict, In the second day of actual bloodshed, was fought from the air, on water and on land along a front from Shanghai to the mighty Yangtze river, 10 miles north. Mostly It raged along the Whang- poo river, Shanghai's harbor ana winding highway to the tea, crowded with the shipping of many nations and the 31 naval vessels that Japan It known to have concentrated here. Par to the north the five-weeks-old undeclsred war In Hopeh province continued blttrly, Involving ever Increasing forces end a steadily wid ening area. , Toll Unknown. Warplanes of both China and Ja pan were over Shanghai most of the day In spite of heavy, lowlmnglng clouds and frequent rain. What tolls of death and destruction they claimed In distant Japanese and Chi nese parts could not even be esti mated today. In the International area the fatal bombs fell late on Saturday afternoon when Shanghai streets are always teeming. Thus far, only Japanese naval forces have been engacd with 80,000 Chinese, rogulars and irregulars. There were some 7,000 specially trained Japanese sailors or marines ashora before Saturday, and aa the battle grew in Intensity hundreds more were hurried on land from the warships In the river. There were ominous reports that the Mlkado'a army was rushing rein forcements to punish the Chinese at Shanghai, as It did In IB32, when the navy failed to break stubborn Chinese resistance, but there was no confirmation. Protection for Americans was In oressed late Saturday when the 10,-000-ton cruiser Augusta, flagship of the united States' Asiatic fleet, ar rived after a forced-draught run down the const from Tsingtao, Admiral Harry E. Vnrm.ll. com mander In chief, was aboard and took command of American navsl and marine dispositions. The 1,050 officers and men or tho Fourth regiment of United States marines continued ou duty on a three-mile front along Soochow creek, forming the northern boundary of the non-Japanese part of the Inter national settlement. Hundreds of Amerlcsns were on duty with the Shanghai volunteer corps. RACING SARATOGA SPRINOS. N. Y., Aug. 14 (AP) Burning Star, consistent aon. of Burning Dlmr from the Cm oago-owned Bhandon form, today won toM Hth running of the $20,000 Travers, Amerton's oldest horse race. Mrs. Parker Cornlng'a Up and Oolng was second and Walter M. Netforda Muty third In the field of five three-year olds. Three Jockeys were injured today In the North American atreplechese handicap, first of the three Makes on Baratofia a card and won by Mrs. Payne Whitney's Sailor Beware. P. M. AIrit. Jr.'s, Azucnr, famous a both flat racer and Jumper and favorite, went down at the fourth fence with Prank Slate. He took Mrs. Dorlffe Sloane'a National An them, ridden by II. Murdook. down with him. At the tenth obMscle Mrs. F. A. Amhmee Clark's Cadeau lout his rider. W. w. Clements, Heads Kara Festival PORTLAND, Aug. 14. (API Dl rectors of the Portland Rose Festival association named Ralph H. Cskn. Savings and loan sssnclatlon head, as president for 1938. Next year's was set tor June 16-18 Tin: i.IM lt; Madam White COSMETICS can he procured only thru the home Ijihoratnrles In Minne apolis, Jessamine Winter, d mlral Hotel, Portland, or our Inral representative. EVA SPRINGER Lamport, Apt. 2 Ask to see her credentials. MAD4M nillTF, roMF.Tlr. Inc. Exhume Bodies In Inquiry While authorities charged Mm, Mrhoot tenrher, with murder In the tigation were pushed Into the deaths nf five persons with whom she had been friendly. Grave-diggers are shown as they exhumed the body of O sell man. In whose stomarh "positive traces of metallic poison" and a trace of oil nolmn were found. Centennial Is Marked By Buckingham Palace LONDON (UP) Buckingham palace, the focal point of the empire, U celebrating Its centenary. It waa 100 yeara ago that Queen Victoria, three weeka after she be came queen, drove from Kensington palace to her new "Palace of Plm llco." A few weeks after It became Buckingham palace, the official town residence of the monarch. Buckingham palace has had a ro mantic history. It owes Its existence to George IV, who, on finding the royal residences of his time too small and Inconvenient, decided to create a home fitting the dignity of a British sovereign. Several sites were suggested, but he Insisted that the most suitable waa Buckingham house and Its grounds, then a mulberry tree garden founded by James I In the hopes of creating a flourishing silk Industry In England. James's scheme waa a fnllure And the house waa leased by Goring and called "Goring House. It waa leased by the Earl of Arllng-new L TO TECUMBRH. Okla.. Aug. 14. (UP) A 17-year-old Inmate of the girls' industrial training school here, who will receive a new start In life to morrow aa a wedding present from the state, said tonight that there la not a happier bride In the world not even In New York society." Before a flower-decked altar In the Institution's honor cottage, where the school's model students were permit ted Inst month to entertain boy friends at a dance, she will marry a childhood friend. At the close of the ceremony, she will be given a parole. The groom wiil be a 23-year-old grocery sales man. They met for the first time In a year at the party. He asked her to marry him. She accepted. She said she waa "terribly excited. but not any more than the rest of the girls." 4 flet Hiiglneerhif- Pnit HOOD R1VF.H. Aug. 14. (AP)- The newly established Cascade looks port, district has employed John H. Lewis, member of the Portland port commission and 35 years ago state engineer of Oregon, as consulting engineer. rnvlnr TraciMiT SAliEM. Aug. 14. (AP)-A South ern Pclftc vsvni!r train. (itrt':tna s(A)Ird niitnmobilr liirvt night, M Mm. John Srlilmjti of th lAbUtrh district, north of hero, and Injured her husbntid and two children. Flux Siiholil? Wurrri SAf.FM, Au, 14. ( API Owrs W. Pott of Jcffrrson Mid on his re turn from ftlt 1-nke City that the flax mibMdy of 7.S0 W;i practically aKMirrd thta year but wm not In eluded at premmt In the 1P3 pro it0,, me . ,i "H PER- iiHiiiiiumiiBBim" 1 iS Anna Hahn, .11, comely former Herman death of fienrge Gel1mnn, fi7. Inves iton from the crown In 1872. The house waa destroyed by fire and "Arlington House" waa built. This became the property of the Earl of Grafton and eventually passed to the Earl of M us grave, later to be the Duke of Buckingham, who added wings which exist to a large extent today. George III and Queen Charlotte lived at Buckingham House, aa it then waa, forming the nucleus of the art pieces which Queen Mary haa done so much to preserve. When the property came to George IV alterations and Improvements were begun, and the king frequently waa at odda with his exchequer over funds. At the time of his death 3.2ft0,000 had been spent, and dur ing the reign of William IV another ftftOO.QOO was necessary to Improve the building. William died before the work on the house was completed, and so Queen Victoria became the first sov ereign to live at the palace on its phase as state residence. BILL PASSED FOR WASHINGTON. Aug. 14. iff) Ths senate pasted today a bill to give soldiers In future wars death end dis ability beneMM at least equsl to thoso granted to the World war vet erans. The proposal, which now goes to tho home, was Introduced by Sena tor Raynolds (D.-N. C.) of the senve military committee when the com mittee wss considering anti-war prof its legislation. The bill would effect only persons who may become disabled In the mil itary service in future warn and to dependent of those who may be killed. It would not provide a bonus nor would It authorlr non-service con nected dUabtllty payment. HAY He rrlletfd tt no or tested ovet thouMindt Ijfi V ' AJw vou relief no watte, what ron an trflltted with yoo M Jjj owe It to funnel) to ute ths opportunity to retain row health- Chan'a nerb have r pi to red heaJtb to tbouMnde of people Why not your Do too have Uaa. Constipa tion. Stomach Trouble Rheumatism. Hay Fenr. PnwiMti Trouble. Ulcers. Children's tied tVettinf. UaU Stones Hun Down Condition stum I rouble. Asthma, influenza Female trouble Piles Chronic Cough High Blood Preasnr. Art tin us CoUt Is Nermusness. Appendicitis- romiiitis Eczema, Heart. Uret tiladdrt Kidneys tones Blood. Iitinary Disorder. Fret consultation Open 10 to e r M. CHAN CHAN Rat till PJM ruea.-Thurs 10-11 A M Closed San Chinese Med Co 155 & Matn MAIIM 10 IVtlTTHIN0pi2I 1F"1 ,m m t iWI M New h drat, bastrtirulty ftnbktd roeau, with colored &A betas and akowan, locatad a Saa Fraodsoa't Ua I I PowJ Street opposite Untoa Sqatn - ftastwaat Code I 1 Stop Cocktail Res - Clrcalatlaf le Watat. , ... , Jt.50 . 100 . uo . too nxou M iim . tM . ls . sjo rxxau M X OAtAOf tltVia AT INTt ANCI W X WU At OTAjUU frilIT VAN rtANOfCO f HAIVtr M TOy.MANA0N4.OWNtt f v "MEET ME AT THE MANX F, YIELDS NO TRACE (Continued from Pfcge one.) the Soviet Union maintains a base In case the party at the North pole needs aid, were Anatoli Omltrlevlch Alexelff. Mikhail Vodopyanoff and Vastly Sergeyevltch Molokoff, veteran polar filers who helped establish the North pole base earlier this year. Six men, under leadership of I. P. Mazuruk, are stationed at Rudolf island. Other preparations were made for the search to be prosecuted In other sectors. The Ice breaker Krassln, which Is In the Chukotsk sea. waa ordered to proceed to Cape Schmidt to take aboard three planes with crews and fuel and proceed to Point Barrow. northernmost point of Alaska. From Point Barrow, the Ice break er waa advised to proceed aa far north as possible. Ire Breaker H tarts The Ice breaker Mlkoyan was onrt ered from the Bering sea with coal to Join the Krassin. A twin-engined seaplane, In charge of Pilot Zadkoff, waa given orders to proceed from Nogayevo bay Wellen and thence to the Krassin zone. Moscow dispatches said eight p!ane had been ordered to search for Pilot Slglsmund Levaneffsky In the belief the plane was down on an Ice floe after crossing the pole, Mattern To Aid Other planes were being chartered at Nome and Anchorage and the state department at Washington granted Jimmy Mattern, famed flier, permission to aid In the search. He took off from Los Angeles, for Oak land. Intending to atop only long enough to refuel and install ue-lcers before starting a non-stop flight here. Mattern will be repaying a debt to two of the lost fliers. Pilot Lev aneffsky and Navigator Victor Levch enko. who rescued him In Siberia when he was forced down on a 'round-the-world flight four years ago. A. Vartanlan. flight agent, left the signal corps Alaska communi cations office In Seattle shortly af ter Anchorage reported hearing the plane message "No bearings . . . having trouble with . . . wave band" on 9080 kilocycles. He declined to comment bnt associates said he had chartered a plane and would fly here tomorrow with Pilot Herb Mun ter, to assist in the search. I MAMMOTH HOT SPBINQS. Yellow stone National Park. Wyo., Aug. 14. (UP) A rescue party of seven mem bers tonight were ascending the 11,-500-foot Electric peak In Yellowstone national park to return to safety Ed ward Woodward, 30. Mason City. la., who was Injured In a 60-foot fall late today while climbing the moun tain. Woodward suffered a broken arm and back Injuries, his companion. Jay Sullivan, reported. A second rescue squsd started out let tonight to meet the first. Neither party was expected to return before early Sunday morning. Woodward, the son of Dr. R. L. Woodward of Mason City, Is a senior at Orlnnell college, and also a mem ber of the football squsd. Frisco Butter. 8AN FRANCISCO. Aug. 14. (AP) (U. S. D. A. I Butter, score, 93-34; 91-32; 80-314: 89-381,4. SACRAMENTO. Aug. 14. (API Butterfat, first grade, 3Tie; second grsde, 3S'ic Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads Is 1 ;30 p. m. FEVER oj our herbal remed) tried tnu di fear Cblnee herb wlU cm IANCIK0 SPENT BILLION F WASHINGTON, Aug. 14. (P) fltate highway departments received and ax pended more than a billion dollars In the last year, the bureau of publlo works reported today. Reports to ths federal agency list ed revenue of 1,146.960.000 for 1936 and expenditures of $l,131,lftlooo. Officials here said these totals were only a few million dollars short of the all-time record la 1932. Biggest source of Income was pay ments by highway users In gasoline taxes, registration fees, motor carrier taxes and tolls from state operated bridges and ferries. These amounted to S863.SM.000. Federal funda provided 34.381,000 and other income Included $108,335. 000 from sales of bonds and notes; H4.741.000 received from general funds of states or similar sources, and $14,447,000 from counties and other local sources. The expenditures Included W07, 284,000 for construction and $319 . 302,000 for maintenance, state police, interest on highway debt and costs of equipment and administration boost- ea me total for state-admlnlstered highways to $947,085,000. Bond re tirement during 1938 took $79,171 000 and $104,895,000 was transferred for use on local and park roads or non- mgnway purposes. Pennsylvsnla topped all state by spending more than $80,000,000 on nignways last year. I ' ' FIGHTS FOR LIFE HOIXrSTER, Cel.. Aur. 14 mi Shot while deer hunting with a inena, Arnold Hafllnger. 15, was wag ing a fight for life tonight In a hos pital here. He was struck hv a nh.u mm u gun carried by his companion. Re- laei ueswranls. 18. while the two were hunting In the Santa. Anna Peak countrv. Tn. R. T.. Hull um i VOUth'a abdomen hun uMU Destefanls told authorities he mistook nauier lor a aeer wnen he heard him moving through underbrush. Find Boy Hero's Bodv INDEPENDENCE. Alls IlLliSi The body of Richard Lee Wheeler. to, was recovered from Willamette river V.Aterrt.v nU MUnnu 4.4 where the bodv nf hi iat vm-. Pay wheeler, 17, was found Thursday. j ney were drowned Monday when the boy attempted to save his sister Wh WfcS SelZSri With rmn. whllo swimming. Closing time for roo Late to Clas- slfy Ads Is 1:30 p. m. L E TO PITTSBURGH, Aug. H. (UP) A Pittsburgh district girl offered her self In a marriage today to any man who can put $20,000 tn trust for her 111 and destitute parents. Describing herself as "reasonably attractive." the girl said she was 25 years old and was proposing the mar riage solely to aid her parents. She aald her first name was Margaret. but she refused to divulge her last name pending reclpt of "offers." Margaret dlscrlbed herself as flvo feet four Inches; weight 135 pounds; brown hair and eyes: reasonably at tractive; In good health; good repu tation and ability to cook. "I would repay my husband for his generosity by endeavoring to give him a good ',ome. children and a dutiful devotion," Margaret said. "I would use every possible means In my power to mske our marriage a success." Boy Wins Prize SALEM, Aug. 14. (AP) Wayne Sturgess, 30, of Salem was declared winner of second place and a $76 cash prize In the Fisher Body Crafts men's guild Napoleonic coach build ing competition for Oregon. 4-H Club Winner GRANDE. Aug. 14. (API- LA Scoring 410 out of a possible 500 points. Ernest Bates. La Grande 4-H club member, won the trl-county cup at the annual Northwestern Oregon 4-H club picnic at Union, attended by 260 members from Union, Baker and Wallowa counties. rK .. c C"" u. T I Aw I PAY YOUR OWN PRICE In a large measure, that is what every thrifty buyer does Of course, the bottom price of most merchandise is definitely fixed by manufacturing and selling costs. But the top price of many articles changes with the calendar! Right now, sales in many lines of merchandise are in full swing . . . much of what you've wanted at prices lower than you'd thought to pay. And so with other goods. By selecting household equipment . . . shirts and suits . . . sporting goods . . . kitchen gadgets . . . shoes . . . at the right times, experienced shoppers pay their own prices for many things they buy. First-hand, reliable advance news of important sales is in the advertising columns of this paper. Read the advertisement . . . and save! VICE RING CHIEF SENT TO PRISON ASTORIA, Aug. 14. ( AP) Circuit Judge Howard K. Zimmerman sen tenced Dr. Thomaa O. Withers, 84 yesr old optometrist, to three and one-half years In prison today for his part In the operation of an alleged Clatsop county vice ring In volving 16 defendants, charged with sexual perversity. Dr. Withers, described by Sheriff Paul Kearney as the ringleader, es caped a longer sentence despite an appeal of District Attorney Garnet Green for the 15-year maximum term. Judge Zimmerman said that were the doctor younger he would We will advance the I II 70a are paying for a money you need at once car now and find the in- on your car and signa- II . stallments excessive, we hire. We offer our swiftest II will refinance the balance service on auto loans. II to reduce payments. Loans of all lands on all lands of security. Call, phone or write for full particulars. No obligation. OREGON & WASHINGTON MORTGAGE CO. 45 S. Central W. E. THOMAS, Mgr. License So. S-157 M-180 rA-r-, ac 4 t" o,-:.,.e.- eoi' 217 W. Main . to. net deem tht maximum sentence 'too Much" tut In the defendant's cast It would approximate life. Kearney left here for Los Angeles to pick up Horsos Hltchls, ths isst defendant, who was arrested by Cal ifornia officers. Plan Hop crop Cut BALEM. Aug. 14. (AP) A com mittee headed by w. H. Anderson of Eugene will meet here today to atudy possible methods of making effective a voluntary crop reduction program In the hop Industry. Qermsn Baptists Elect PORTLAND, Aug. 14 (AP) Tha general conference of the German Baptist churches of North America chose O. E. Krueger, Rochester, N. Y moderator again today, awarded the 1939 conference to Winnipeg after Rochester delegates had questioned the legality of electing officials of American Institutions In Canada. ffutcnritiZLc. OIL HEAT GIVES THOUSANDS Over 100,000 installations give definite assurance that Century Automatic Oil Heat has been thoroughly tried and proved. To these thousands of homes, it hat brought complete freedom from arduous coal-firing. CiNTURY ININEERIN CORPORATION Cedar Rapids Iowa Veteran lulld'eri of flat OH lurttrt H. 0. PTJRUCKER ELECTRIC WIRING CO. Phone 458