The Farm Conference Labored Two Days in Roseburg and Brought Forth a Ripe Watermelon. A Little Longer Session Might Have Given Us Strawberries.
WEATHER
Highest temperature yesterday 60
Lowest temperature last nip! it 48
Preelpltutlou for 24 hour 82
I'reciji. since first of month 2.23
Precip. from Sept. 1, 193G 23.12
Excess since Sept. 1, 19115 45
Occasional Rain; Mild.
STALEMATED
Rut Roseburg may yet build
that desired trunk line newer and
disposal plant. Where there's a
will there's a way, and the pro
ject looks like the "must" type.
The NEWSHEVIEW will keep
you posted.
THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY
OU XXXVIII NO. 254 OF ROSEBURG REVIEW
ROSEBURG. OREGON. FRIDAY. FEBRUARY 21. 1936.
VOL. XXVI NO. 174 OF THE EVENING NEWS
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Day's News
Dy FRANK JENKINS
VYKRIC Is an Interesting state-
nient, culled from the news:
"Since April 7, 10.13, when modi
ffratlon went Into effect, the fed
ernl government and the states
have collected more than $1,225,
000,000 In liquor taxes and license
fees."
That Is a lot of money.
Z-iO.MPETENT authorities tell us
that at least 20 per cent of the
price the consumer pays for li
quor goes to the federal and state
governments In the form, of taxes.
If that Is true. It means that In
the two and three-quurter years
since prohibition was modified the
people of the United States have
Slient about FIVE IM-LION dollars
for liquor.
That Is at the rate of nearly two
billion dollars n year.
IF WE would all cut out liquor,
and turn over to the government
the money we have been spending
for It, we could pny off our pres
ent staggering national debt In
about 18 years assuming, of
course, that no more was added to
the present debt total.
IN THE calendar years of 1931
and 1935, the federal govern,
ment collected (833,066,159 In taxes
on alcoholic' beverages." Thai ' is at
the rate of considerably more than
400 million dollars a year.
Your grandfather can remember
when the TOTAL cost of running
the federal government was only
about 400 million dollars a year.
Now 400 million dollars is only
a drop in the bucket.
llfHY IS the cost or federal gov
eminent going up?
Here Is one reason:
On June 30, 1928, at the end of
the Coolldge administration, the
number of persons on the payroll
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WAGNER ACT CASE
PORTLAND. Feb. 21 (AP)
The first Oregon case under the
Wagner labor act resulted in a de
cision in favor of the textile un
ion. Harry M. Kenin. trial examin
er in Oregon, said todav.
Tie recommemlf d the Oregon
Worsted comnany of Portland
cease nnd desist Interfering with
employes, re-emplov the union
president. Sdnev Girard, nnd pay
his wages at the rate of M4.GO a
week since the date of his dis
charge, Nov. 21. 1935.'
Kenin upheld the union's conten
tion that the company is engaged
in interstate, commerce, that it
showed "favoritism" in Its treat
ment or member 'of the emplo'v
ers' minimi council and that it dis
charged (ilrard for the "sole reos
on" that he "Joined and assisted"
the union.
The case ninv be enrried to the
supreme con-. It wn intimated by
A. K. Ttosenberg, attorney for the
worsted company.
Confederate Veteran, 96, Awaits
18th Visit of Stork at His Home
NEW MORN, N. C, Feb. 21.
AP) Oeorge Hughes, who be
came a father at 91, now In hoping
to pet a longevity record for his
family.
The old Confederate veteran, at
whoso home another heir Is ex
pected In Mnv, In 96 now. hut
hnrdly allow It. He cuts wood,
tends a garden and does any num
ber of chores about the house.
To set a new family record he
said be would have to out-do his
grandmother. Kalle Tillman, who
lived to be 110.
The nonagenarian's reclne for
a ripe old age? It's an old-faBhion-ed
copy book maxim:
"Hard work, temperate bablts
and no dissipation."
Hushes married his present wire
In 1933, a 28-year-old woman who
T
Downpour Brings Warmer
Temperature; Columbia
Gorge Again Battles
With Deep Snow.
For the second consecutive day
Roseburg this morning was the
warmest spot in .Oregon. The mini
mum temperature last night was
50 degrees three degrees higher
than any other reporting station.
Eugene and Medford each reported
47 degrees.
The rainstorm which started last
night brought .82 of an Inch of pre
cipitation prior to the 5 a. m. read
ing at the local weather bureau
station, with indications that rain
fall today would bring the total for
the 24-hour period to one inch or
more.
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 21.
(AP) Rain and above freezing
temperatures returned to Portland
today and washed away the ice
and snow which fringed the streets
for two weeks.
Edward L. Wells, government
meteorologist, predicted that occa
sional rains would continue In
western Oregon tonight and tomor
row, while more snow would visit
portions of eastern Oregon.
Southeast storm warnings were
displayed along the coast from Eu
reka, Calif., to Aberdeen, Wash.,
and northeast warnings ion the
northern Washington coast.
The heavy rains were general in
the Willamette valley and as far
south as Roseburg.
A blinding snowBtorm in the
Columbia gorge blocked the high
way again today for the second
time this winter. Tapioca snow
and sleet rolled down the high
banks and covered the road. Traf
fic was routed over the Bridge of
the Gods and the North Bank high
way.
Trucker Has Close Call
An inland motor freight truck
driven by Roy Garrett slipped from
the slick and half-hidden road
near Llndsey creek hetween Hood
River and Cascade locks, rolled
ovef three times and burned to a
frazzle. The driver miraculously
escaped.
Trainmen and state highway
road engineers said the storm was
even worse than last week's snow
deluge which blocked the roads.
The Columbia River highway Is
blocked indefinitely, it was an
nounced. The roads filled with
snow as fast as it could be plowed
off.
The snow pellets rolled down"
the high, steep banks and submerg
ed the highway and railroad
tracks.
Five Inches of new snow was on
the ground at The Dalles today
and more was fulling. The tem-
fContlnued on page 6
! RALPH R. LEONARD
OUT FOR SHERIFF
Ralph R. Leonard, local insur
ance agent, has announced himself
as a candidate for the republican
nomination for the office of sher
iff at the primary election Mny 15.
Mr. Leonard is well known in
Douelas county where he has made
his home for the past four and a
half years.
v He resided in Portland for 1G
years Prior to coming to Roseburg.
He has been encaged In the in
surance business for the past 10
years.
Mr. Leonard Is a member of the
Masonic lndee nnd American Le
gion post at Roseburg.
gave birth to a son the following
venr. The boy was named Franklin
Delano noosevelt Hughes.
Hughes' paternity at so advanced
an age attracted wide attention,
but Its authenticity was verified by
several physicians and an account
of the case was printed In the
Journal of the American Medical
association.
Hughes was born In Leoelr
county January 1, 1R40. He was
first married In 1R72. His first
wire bore him 18 children.
!!c fought through tour years or
the Civil war without a scratch.
The small pension he receives
from the state government Is his
onlv Income.
More than three score years
separate his eldest son from his
youngest. The former is 63, the
latter 14 months.
EU
RAINS
HIT WESTERN
OREGON AREA
F. R. Would Extend
Civil Service To
All Postmasters
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21.
(AP) President Roosevelt said
today he hoped there would be
legislation placing all postmas
ters under the civil service.
While not specifying action at
this session, the president said
he expects to continue confer
ences on the subject.
He remarked that he advocat
ed such a proposition as fur
back as 1913.
First, second and third class
postmasters do not come under
the civil service now.
As various emergency agen
cies of the government become
permanent, Mr. Roosevelt said
he expected their employes to
be covered by civil service reg
ulations. The president did not desig
nate which agencies he had in
mind.
Victor H. Metcalf Held Two
Portfolios Under Late
Theodore Roosevelt.
OAKLAND, Calif.. Feb. 21 (AP)
Victor H. MetcaH. twice a cabi
net member In the Theodore Roose
velt administration, died last night
at the age of 82. only six weeks
after the death of his wife, Emily.
He cherished an intimate friend
ship with the late president which.
32 years ago, ripened into his ap
pointment as secretary of labor
and commerce when those cabinet
posts were one. Two yearB later,
in 1906, he. was named secretary of
the nnvy and held this office un
til 1908.
, Born In Utica,,New York, Met
calf was graduated from Yale uni
versity In 1876 with the degree of
bachelor of laws. He moved to
Oakland in 1879. He continued his
legal career 20 years, then was
elected to t lie house of representa
tives in 1S99 from the third Cali
fornia congressional district.
Twice reelected, he resigned In
1904 to accept appointment as sec
retary of labor and commerce.
On quitting Washington, Metcalf
returned here and became affiliat
ed with the Alameda County Title
Insurance company. He succeeded
to the organizations presidency in
1930, shortly after which he retir
ed. Metcalf is susvived by a son.
William Howard, and two sisters.
T
HI BUSY PERIOD
BAKER, Feb. 21 (AP) A
wild period of fire fighting featur
ing battles against flames slapping
at two residences and a refrigerat
or truck loaded with merchandise
was experienced by Raker firemen
between 7 o'clock Thursday night
and 6 o'clock this morning when
they responded to four calls.
- A unlnue accident Involving a
Utah-California truck lines ma
chine caed the first fire this
morning. The truck, operated by
Bert Cassldv, skidded on an Icy
curve, struck an electric light pole
nnd crashed against a house.
Fumes from the exhaust pipe caus
ed the gnsoltne tank to explode.
The flames damaged the house and
practically demolished tho front
of the truck.
While firemen were fighting the
blare, a state-owned house a few
hlocks nway caught tire. The
names destroyed practically all or
the contents and damaged every
room in the house. The tlremen
were cn'leii to extinguish two min
or blazes Thursday night.
THREE ASPIRANTS
FOR OFFICES FILE
SALEM, Feb. 21 (AP) W.
A. Johnson of Grants Pass riled
with the secretary of state today
his declaration or candidacy for
state senator from Josephine coun
ty. Johnson, a republican., served
.'n the lower house of the legisla
ture at the last session.
S. M. Nosier, Coqullle, filed tor
the republican nomination for state
representative from Coos county.
, Willis West or Astoria, democrat,
riled ror reelection as district at
torney of Clatsop county for a sec
ond term.
TAX PROGRAM i
S00NT0TAKE!
DEFINITE FORM
Draft Deferred Until Next
Week, Roosevelt Says;
. Congress Wants No
Higher Levies.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21 (AP)
- President Roosevelt said today
(he tux . bill to finance the new
farm program would be formulated
finally after his return next week
from his home in Hyde Park, N. V
He added that conferences with
the heads of government spending
agencies would continue through
April.
A billion dollar cancellation in
authorized borrowing has been pro
jected by the president, but he
has given no intimation of what
may be accomplished in the1 way
of curtailing direct expenditures. I
Legislators hoping and praying
that President Roosevelt will make
the tax bill as small as posslble.iii
this campaign year took comfort
in optimistic notes struck by con
gressional tax advisers.
Not in a rise of $38,626,12(1 in
ordinary internal revenue collec
tions last month as compared with
January, 1935, the advisers guve
figures to show that with a furth
er upswing in business the pres
ent tax rat es would pour much
more money into the treasury than
it ever received In peak prosperity
years.
Welcome Figures Given
One congressional tax report
said that present levies, applied to
earnings approximating those of
1929, would produce $6,7G5,000,000
annually.-- Total .revenue receipts'
recently have been running at the
rate of about $4,000,000,000 a year,
almost bb much as the receipts of
1929, when the tax structure was
different. '
These figures were welcome to'
congress members who have been
arguing that sizeable new tax lev
ies are not necessary, despite the
deficit, relief demands, congres
sional passage of the bonus, and
the wiping out of AAA's processing
taxes by the supreme court.
De3)ite the gain in ordinary In
ternal revenues, the shutting off of
processing taxes led to a net drop
of $10,600,000 In January, 1936, as
compared to the previous January.
Most legislators expect Mr.
Roosevelt to recommend taxes,
perhaps totalling $500,000,000, to
succeed the processing levies and
to support the new farm program
expected to pass the house this
hveek. But many are hopeful that
(Continued on page 6)
CAPITOL PLAN FEE
SET AT 6 PER CENT
PORTLAND, Feb. 21 (AP)
The Oregon canltol reconstruction
commission voted to pay a six per
cent architectural fee on the new
$3,200,000 structure.
It was decided at yesterday's
meeting here to hold $300,000 of
the available funds in reserve for
unforeseen expenses which might
arise later.
i PWA officials told the commis
sion it must show speed or lone
the grant of federal funds to aid
In the construction.
'. The commission members said
the program was going ahead as
rapidly as possible and dates would
be announced soon for the nation
wide contest to select an architec
ture for the new statehouse.
It an tmt-of-state architect wins
the Job, he will receive four per
cent and must associate himself
with an Oregon architect who will
receive two per cent.
The next five ranking architects
In the project will receive cash
prizes of $1500 each.
T. H. Banfield said today he was
not present when appointed to the
commission's executive committee
and that he would not consent to
serve on it. He submitted his resig
nation to Chairman J. A. McLean
of Kugene.
BOWMAN AbJUDGED
CHAMPION COWBOY
TUCSON, Ariz., Feb. 21. (AP)
The Rodeo Association of Amer
ica recognized Everett Bowman,
Fort Thomas, Ariz., as the grand
champion of cowboys today, and
gave him a $500 cash award.
Bowman also received checks of
$100 each as champion calf roper
and steer wrestler.
Pete Knight, Denver, selected as
second grand champion cowboy,
was awarded $loo. Knight, in ad
dition, received $100 as 'champion
bronc rider.
CRASH BLOCKADE?
s : & &
'Cinch,' Connelly Asserts
o o ft
GOING TO SHOW 'EM
PHOENIX, Ariz., Feb. 21.
( A P) "One Eye" Connelly,
who boasts of being the world's
foremost hobo and "gate crash
er," will test the Los Angeles
bum blockade some time today.
Connelly, who, is headed for
the Santa Anita handicap, and is
"In a hurry," poop-poohed sug
gestions he might not crash the
blockade thrown up by IjOs An
geles police to keep hoboes out
of California.
"It's going to be a cinch, a
push over," Connelly said. "I've
crashed tougher gates than
those leading to California."
Exhibiting his life member
ship card in the Hoboes of
America, Connelly headed for
the Arizona-California border.
He said he probubly would cross
-at Yuma.
TUX STATEMENTS
' BEING RECEIVED
Douglas Property Owners
Called On for Slightly
Increased Amounts.
Property owners in Douglas
county are tills week receiving
their tnx statements from the tnx
collection department of the she
riffs office. The statements In
most cases call for slightly larger
puyments than those of last year.
There is a particularly notice
able Increase In the city of Rose
burg,. where the levy la approxi
mately three and a half mills high-
er than last year.
For the county as a whole there
Is a one mill increase in the com
bined state and county levy. Last
year the Btate and county levy was
15.5 mills and this year 1G.5 mills.
The Roseburg city levy is In
creased from 17.9 to 20 mills, due
to demands of Increased bond prin
cipal and Interest payments, while
the levy of school district No. 4, In
cluding . Roseburg and Immediate
vicinity, Ms increased from .18.3
mills to 1S.6 mills.
The city's Increase In taxes Is
also partially due to a decrease in
valuation from $4,430,750 last year
to $4,297,510 this year, making an
increase In levy necessary to rnlHO
the money required.
MRS. W. H. LYNCH
DIES OF GUNSHOT
PORTLAND, Feb. 21 (AP)
Mrs. Catherine Lynch. GO, wife of
W. H. Lynch, district engineer of
the federal bureau of roads, died
at hnr home last night from an aii
parently self-inflicted bullet wound
in the head, Deputy Coroner Eur I
Shea said today.
Lynch said he entered the bed
room about midnight and found his
wife dead, the coroner related. Ill
health was the only reason ascrib
ed.
ARSON CHARGED IN
MARSHFIELD FIRE
MARSHFIELD, Ore.. Feb. 21
(AP) Damage estimated by the
owners at $ 15,000 was caused to
day when fire swept through the
Prosper savmill and retail lumber
yard on Marshflcld's water front.
Fire Chler P. J. Shepherd said
the blaze wus of incendiary origin.
The loss was only partly covered
by Insurance.
DRUNKEN DRIVER
SERVES TIME HERE
Thomas E. Dardis of Rnedsport
was brought to Roseburg last night
to serve a sentence of 30 dnys in
jail following conviction In the
Keedsnort tiistire court on a chaiee
of drunken driving. He was nlso
sentenced to pay a fine of $25.
FROM THE HEADLINES
-By the Deacon-
Miss Vivian Denton, of Angeliis
temple, has sued Almee Mcl'herson,
whose mid-name is Scruple. Miss
Denton, ft seems, was publicity di
rector, for Angelus temple and her
erstwhile protector.
Now whether she failed to make
the f ron t pa ge and t h re w M rs.
Afmee into a rage, or If she was
saury and just naturally bud and
made the whole force at An gel lis
mad, is a thing not explained in
the papers to date; but. It seems,
she aroused the spirit of hate.
She says that a quarrel with
Almee arose; Almee pushed -her
down stairs and bloodied her nose
and called her vile names; and
then she wns fired; but she got the
publicity for which she was hired.
DAIRY PLANT
WRECKING LI
TO DYNAMITE
Olympia Police Chief Has
Several Good Leads
and Says He Looks .
For Results.
OLYMPIA. Feb. 21. (AP) Dy
namite caused the mysterious ex
plosions which yesterday wrecked
two dairy plants here, Detective
Hay Hays and Max Mrohs, exph
sive expert, said today.
Five persons narrowly escaped
possible death or serious injury.
Frank Andrews, a longshoremun,
suffered a severe cut on his
bund.
Two blasts demolished the Sani
tary dairy in down-town Olympia
and ' badly damuged the Olympia
Milk Producers association plant.
a cooperative, several blocks re
moved from the business center.
Hays and Moans concluded that
ordinury dynamite was used in the
Sanitary plant blasts and Mrohs
estimated 75 pounds were uBed.
The sides of the building were
bulged out and the roof dropped In
to the plant. , A fire was exting
uished quickly. Two men were
bndly shaken by the second blast
after they had Investigated tho
first explosion.
Warning Saves Lives
Hays said he believed the first
explosion, of a minor nuture, wus
intended as a warning to occu
pants of apartments over the rear
section of the plant. Little dam
age resulted to the brick apart
ment structure, but two persons,
Warned' by ; Andrews,. after . . the
first blast, were thrown to tho
ground outside the building when
the second charge exploded.
The concrete building housing
the producers association with
stood the terrific explosion there,
but machinery and equipment was
badly damaged and 450 windows
were broken In the neurby Olympia
Knitting mills building.
Police Chief John M. Walker
suid he expected some definite de
velopments today as a result of
"several good leads." Owners of
tho wrecked businesses were at a
Iohs for any explanation of the
vundallsm.
.IF.
Mrs. Almina Frances Bellows, 87.
well known pioneer resident of
Douglas county, died at her home
in Roseburg last night. She was
born ut Mandon, Mass.. Feb. 16.
1S49, and was married to Andrew
J. He lows at Blackstone, Mass.,
April ifi, QSfiS. In 1871 she and her
husband came by train from Iowa
to San Francisco, and from there
to Roseburg via the overland stage
mule. Mr. I 'el lows passed away on
December 2.1. 1928. Mrs. Hollows
was u member of the Daughters of
American Revolution and of the
Women's Relief Corps, and a life
long member of the Presbyterian
church .
She is survived by a daughter
and two sons, Mrs. George M
Hi-own, Roseburg; Alva A. Del
lows nnd Roy E. Bellows, all of
I touching, besides several grand
children.
The body has been removed lo
the Douglas Funeral home and
funeral services will be held in the
Presbyterian church Sunday after
noon at three o'clock, liev. W. C.
l-'aiifcltc officiating. Interment will
be In the I. O. O. F. cemetery. Ar
rangements are In charge of the
Douglas Funeral home.
EX-OREGON MAN
FACES FIRE CHARGE
8ACHAMENTO, Feb. 21 (AP)
The governor's office Issued
papers today for the return of Er
nest A. Keyser from San Diego to
Lane county, Oregon, where he is
charged wiih "burning with Intent
to injure."
The requisition papers charge
Keyser purchased a house and lot
in Kprliigripld, Ore., and after his
wife left him, J unuary (i, he set
fire to the house because the own
er refused to return a down pay
ment of $i5i),
BIG ICICLE BREAKS
MAN S SHOULDER
WILIim, Wash.. Feb. 21 (AP)
Carl F. Schaerer had a broken
shoulder bladr today because of an
Icicle. He said the Icicle, weigh I tin
close to 100 pounds, fell on him
from a trestle ut the Grand Coulee
dam workings.
Woman Toiling as
Man Loses Job as
Wind Bares Head
BOSTON. Feb. 21. (AP) A
gust of wind blew off a Boston
und Maine railroad snow shovel
er's cap today and disclosed the
worker was a woman.
Her long hair, released when
the cap blew off, gave away her
disguise.
Dressed as a man, the uniden
tified woman had worked with
a crew of several shovelers for
three days, the railroad an
nounced, and might still have
been employed at 40 cents an
hour if her sex had not been re
vealed. The foreman of the gang In
which the woman worked dis
charged her, officials said, as
soon as her sex was rev eu led.
It is against the railroad's pol
icy to employ women for such
work.
AGfD Pi'S DEATH
Fatal Beating and Burning
Occur in Lodging House
in Los Angeles.
LOS ANOELES, Feb. 21 (AP)
A 25-year old chauffeur, Fred
Steltler. whs hooked on suspicion
of murder today In connection with
the double slaying of Carl B. Imr
hour. (10, nnd his wife, Dorothea,
til. Detectives who arrested Stett
ler had checked the Barbour room
ing house rcglBler to find a per
son with the technical knowledKe
to perpetrate a. "murder-by-tho-clock."
( ; .
' Tire elderly couple wns-bfoit'gnon-ed
to deal It and tholr bodies plac
ed on a bad, which the slayer set
on fh-e early yestnrday bv a "ti':,e
n'ork" mechanism connected with
an i-lcclrlo licit er.
lk-tectlve Lieutenant Lloyd Pat
tern ald Btet'lur formeily lived at
Hie Harbour '.io:ise and otiy o:' bis
charred personal cards, with his
new address, was found In the
couple's effects.
Thd dr tecttve said Steltler ha I
been reported tinkering with eloc-
ileal devices In much of his apare
time.
When the chauffeur, who works
part time, was arrested at his
homff late last night, Patton said
be was found In possession of an
electric solderliiK Iron and wire
similar to that used in construc
tion of the arson machine which
fired the Harbour bedroom.
Sletllor maintained under titles-
tlonlnK that he bad not been near
the Harbour home Wednesday
rilKht and had last seen the couple,
with whom he had a close nriiimln
tnnrp. a week aKo.
"The rase Isn't solved yet, but
11 looks like we re making some
progress," Detective Patton de
clared. PRISON QUIZ SHOWS
AMAZING SITUATION
JOMET, III., Feb. 21. (AP)
Warden Hoy Host of the Colorado
state prison, a member of the com
mlttce invited to study prison con
ditlons after the slaying of Hlch
aid loeb by a fellow convict here
on Jan. 28, said today that testi
mony of inmates pictured "condi
tions that were nothing less thun
astounding."
Among the disclosures reported
made by convicts to investigating
committee members wnro that
convicts played poker for large
stakes in Ihelr cells, that money
was smuggled to Inmates and
was used to corrupt guards, that
liquor was manufactured and cir
culated freely, that narcotics wore
obtainable nnd that favored weal
thy inmates were permitted to
wear white shirts and flannel
trousers fnstend of prison garb.
Sound Amplifying via Skin to be
Deafness Help, Physicist Predicts
IOWA CITY, Iowa, Feb. 21
(AP) Prof. George W. Stewnrt.
bend of the University of Iowa
physics department, predicted to
day that science would develop a
treatment for deafness in which
the skin of the hack or abdomen
will be made to serve as "ears."
Haslng his prediction on 'recent
developments In sound amplifica
tion and tho fact that totally deaf
Parsons sou Id "feel" the rhylhm
of m utile, the physicist said, "by
amplifying sound and Increasing
the area of stimulation on the hu
man body, something better than
stone- deafness should he realized
by persons whose ears now are
totally useless,"
. "With our present methods of
sound amplification." he said, "it
is possible to magnify sound to
HOUSE VOTES
F
E
Consumer Protection, Aid
in Soil Conservation,
Old Income Parity
Are Included. . V
WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. (AP)' '
The house today wrote a strong
consumer-prqtection amendment In
to the new farm bill and pushed
the measure ahead toward pnssago
tonight.
The amendment was proposed
by Representative McCormack (D.,
Mass.). It would direct the secre
tary of agriculture to work toward
a pre-war "parity" Income for tho
farmer without discouraging pro
duction to a point below the 1920
29 average domestic consumption.
Accepted by Chairman Jones (D
Tex.) of the agricultural commit
tee, the consumer proviso wna
along the lines of the Wagner
amendment defeated by a wido
margin In the senate.
After McCormack had explained
the interests ot his Industrial area
In protection of the consumer.
Jones told the house the amend
ment was acceptable since It In
cluded the 1909-14 "parity" objec
tive for farm income. This would
be attained by seeking to reestah
llsh the ratio ot that period be.
tween the net Income of the farm
er and non-farmer.
The amendment was adopted on
a voice vote.
Protests Heard
Hcfore the house met, represen
tatives of several organizations
headed by-the"peoplft'slobby "were-"
given a formal "protest" audience
by Mnjorlty Leader Hankhead ot
Alabama and - Minority Leader
Snell of New York.
They complained that the bill.
nlrondy passed In the senate, was
being put through without any
hearings. Republicans on tho
floor have voiced Bimilar com
plaints. Annthor variation from the sen
ate bill quickly approved was a
committee amendment to permit
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Drain-ReedsportJ
Road Blocked by 1
Slide at Tunnel
The Umpqua highway between
Drain and Reed sport was blocked
this afternoon by a slide at the
east entrance to the Elk creek tun
nel at Hancock mountain accord
ing to word received at the divi
sion office of the state highway de
partment here. Heavy rain last
night and this morning loosened
approximately 1,500 to 2,000 yards
of rock and dirt .which completely
covered the highway, It was re
ported.
A power shovel was on the way
to the scene early this afternoon
and highway crews reported that
they hoped to have the road open
to one-way traffic by 6 p. m. today.
Several small slides are reported
at various points along the road.
RIOTS PLACE SPAIN
UNDER MARTIAL LAW
MADUID, Feb. 21. Martial law
spread through Spain today against,
revived radical rioting In which
nt least eight persons were kill
ed, churches and rightist centers
raided and the red flag of com
munism raised at Isoluted points.
overcome practically nny amount
of deafness. Physiological limits
exist, however, because of the fact
that with ton great amplification
a sensation of pain la produced in
the ear. This means that If the
nerson Is too deaf the ears cannot
he used and the scientist must
turn elsewhere.
"A new and unexplored field."
Professor Stewart said, "lies In at
tempts to transmit electrically am
plified sounds to large areas of
skin such as the back or abdomen.
. "I realize that it Is a long way
from the feeling of musical rhythm
to the perception of the spoken
v ord through the skin, hut it does
not Beein to me to be an Impossi
ble distance. Learning to detect
word difference through the skin,
of course, would call for an entire
ly new field ot perception.' ,
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