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Newspaper Page TextJ Rising Pricfes of Meats, Dairy Products and Bread Present a Lesson in the Doctrine of Scarcity as a Prosperity Booster. It's a "Payingful" Process, r THE WEATHER Humidity f p. 111. yesd-nlay 2firf: Hlghwst temperature vHsiunluy 4 Uow-hI temperature last night fid 'Precipitation for 24 hours 1'ierip, since iirsi of month 0 Pierip. from Sept. l, VJAH 2S.'J9 IklJcJeiicy since Kept. 1, l!':iG 4 :S Fair; warmer tonight. FIGHT AHEAD Tho wnRtMuim bill, pfl paused bf t Biiion In Hip liouse. i'l'hi'' hill Is vitally iniiKirtam to til .Amti'lran imliiHtry. If h Ufsjtotiiil will be a news liifhllKht In your home-city (hilly. ROSEBURG, OREGON. TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1937. VOL. XLI NO. 313 OF P.OSEBURG REVIEW VOL. XXVI NO. 83 OF THE EVENING NEWS IM THE DOUGLAS COUNTY DAILY Fs if MDTInl 13 BOARD IMS) RIO LEVY PLAN DROPPED Bf CQUNG1L Authority to Impose Tax Lacking, City Attorney Finds; Firecracker Ban Decided On. Huns of the city council to im pose a radio tax la Roseburg to fi nance the cost of locating mul abolishing interference were aban doned last night upon ths adverse opinion of City Attorney R. L. Kdily, who found that the council lucked the necessary authority un der tho city charter to make tho propo ed levy. I Ir. Lddy cited a federal court decision holding a radio, in certain particulars, mi in strument of inter.st.atn cornnerce, whose status would !' diffi;ult to segregate from one of tntra-Htute use, tii us placing it beyond tli' taxable right of any Mate or muni cipality, in his opinion. Mr. Kddy concluded, the tax ordinance con t( mplaled by the city was not practicable. Mr. Kddy's opinion was supple mented by the statement of Coun cil man Knoddy that, while broad casting stations especially were at all times desirious of abolishment of interference, a radio was not i-abject lo taxation uu.css imposeii by the federal government. "Well. 1 guess that fettles that." was Mayor Young's comment in dismissing the subject. To Ban Firecrackers -i t y Attorney Kddy was instruct ed to limit an oidinance prohibit um ihe sale and firing of fire iri'ekers In the city. This action was la Itch after City Recorder lieddes made an oral report on the result of Inquiries he sent to other cities in regard to oidhmnees deal ing witli the firecracker problem. (Continued on page 6) MFDFORD, Aug. 3 fAP) Roane river valley tomato grow ers have joined with other western farm groups seeking chain store aid in meeting a surplus tomato crop situation. Karl T. Newhry. Medford, named chairman or a seven-man tomato stabilization committee, has asked the Western State chain store as sociation covering eleven states to inaugurate special canned to mato sales. 'The growers of canning toma toes in tho extreme western states are faced with a serious situation since there are at present about twice the normal carryover of can ned tomatoes in the hands of can ners u:nl distributors." Newhry said. Newhry pointed out that the surplus of Oregon tomatoes is not ncuie in itself hut the market for Oregon-grown tomatoes is affected hy conditions in the industry as a v hole. Oddities Flashed (l)y the Associated Press.) Retires to Health SPARTA, Ga. Twenty-eight years ago the North Georgia Meth odist conference retired the Rev. John H. Lewis because of declin ing health. Today Mr. -Lewis, now sr., is look ing forward lo another good crop fiom his small farm on which he doos all his own work. Kicks for Nothing XKW itKRN. N. C Need n ki k In the pants? See County Com missioner Tom Haywood. He rigged up a wheel, placed four shoes on the spokes and placed the contraption in the public square. The public really gets a kick out of it. 'Ihe more bashful, however, place themselves in front of it dur ing the wee hours ami turn the wood crank. TImmc's no charge. Here and There ALPINE. Idaho Wyomlne Mrs. Fern Livingston. postmistress, k s hi- customers gucsMng. " In 1!t:t" fihe received mall at bor home in the Wyoming section of this town, situated on the state line. Later she moved up town to , Idaho and now she has moved back to Wyoming. Rest bet today Alpine In En ost In tod Area; Rats Hunt HOOD RIVKR, Aug. 3 (AIM Slate troopers, forest service men and the tamed Hood Hlver Crag Huts searched the Iist Lake coun try In the Mt. Hood area today Tor William Kennedy, 24. of The Dalles. The youth has been miss ing since Sunday. Kennedy became separated from n companion. Melviu Crother, of The Dalles, while on a fishing trip. Crother said he searched until darkness and then returned to Lost lake to report the Incident to for est officials. Arne, Ilukari and A. U Anderson of the Crag Rats hunted through the i region to Wahlum lake, Alua lake, South lake. Green point and the Biirrounding territory yester day without finding trace of Ken nedy. Harold and Kenneth Wells, Cliff Volstort'f mid Kd .Mohr, ulf Crag Hats, and Htate Policeman Larry iivimtrt. tnined the search today. Xenrlv a score more Crag Hats will aid the hunters If Kennedy is not found soon. -o- PASSES ON II 71 Roseburg Resident for 30 Years Long Active in Religious Work. Rev. .Innies Macnah. a resident of Roseburg since 1!)0S, died at. his home on the west side Monday, Aug. '2, us the result of a heart at tack, culminating an ailment, c.r long standing, lie would have been 11 years of age on August 4 of this year. A minister of the Presbyterian church, he served for several years as a Snnduy school and home missionary-In Soi-th Dakota and Nebraska before coming here, in an attempt to recover his health, v.hich had been undermined hy the ligora of exposure to mid-western v.-intern. Crieff. Scotland, vas his birth place. After receiving his educa tion in that country, including n period In the University of Edin burgh, he came to tho t'nited States as a young man, and be came a naturalized citizen of this country. He prepared for the min istry In Auburn Theological semi nary and at Charlesnin, S. Caro lina. He is survived by his wife, Mrs. James Macnah. of this city, : and two sons, Colin P. Macnah of Marshfield, Oregon, nnd James A. Macnah of McMinnville, Ore. Conducted by Dr. Chas. A. Kd vurds of J he Methodist Kpiscopal church, assisted hy Dr. K. W. War rington of Corvallis, former pastor of the First Presbyterian church of this city, a simple graveside service will he held at 4 p. in. Wed nesday, Aug. 4th, al the Masonic cemetery, following the custom of the Scottish people and in defer ence to his wiyhc.4. Friends of the family are invited. From Press Wire Wyoming; Knock Knock! FARLEY, Mo. Who's there. Lightning, but it didn't wait for Mrs. Ray Porter to open the door. It came right in. knocked her down, hut left only a red splotch on the back of her neck. Dazed for a few minutes, she returned to her house work. Reasons Galore CHIC A (1 O Facing Superior Judce Joseph R. David on charges of failing to pav $ti n week to hit divorced wife, Ralph Lucarelli pre sented a complicated picture. He explained he hadn't any money, because "He went on a grouse hunt. Me lost five Jf.iMf bilU from p. hiding place in his shoe. He went again on a grouse hunt. His rricmls found the bills. They feasted on $2,fnfi worth nf wines and spa ghetti." Snakey Feeling ARVPAItrv Npv Pr. L. K. S' lf-R t'lid friends ribout the shakey i and snakey feeling he had when ho stopped on something cold and pquirming in his bathroom. I!; (switched on the licht and discov ered ft three-foot make curled up on the carpet. You: I Aft? RIVAL ARMIES APPRlllG EACH OTHER Major Battle Looming in China as Japs Continue Southward to Meet Advancing Foe. (Hy the Associated Press) Japanese Infantry, pressing southward from Tientsin, came close today to the line of north ward moving central Chinese gov ernment troops. At Tehchow, on the border of Hopeh and Shantung provinces to the south, Japanese warplaues bombed a vanguard of the advanc ing Chinese armies. The Japanese inarch, however, was almost un resisted. It followed the Tientsin-Pul;ow r:t 1 1 road, u bout 1 miles sou t h of Tientsin, me same route iae cen-1 I rai i -inuese government lon-t-n were said to be taking north. The bend of the Chinese column was reported to have reached southern Hopeh province. t Its first function would he to holster reorganization of the Chin es! 2!ith army, now only a few miles from the Japanese western flank. In Hopeh province, where the Japanese claim a special sphere of influence. Chinese reported another Jhii anese column marching behind a screen of aerial bombardment to ward Paotingtu. Hopeh province capital southwest of Petping. Moscow Complains The newspaper Izvesllu. official Moscow organ of Ihe soviet gov ernment, charged .liipan was try ing "to provoke a conflict with the II. S. S. H. by any means." It denounced a white Hussian raid yesterday on the soviet con sulate general at Tientsin and ex pressed sympathy, for China. In Tokyo the soviet government lodged a complaint against the Tientsin raid, charging it was in snired and protected by Japanese. Jaumiese foreign office officials denied that Japan was in any way implicated. Thev offered. however, to re store stolen property if it is found and to pos. a courtesy guard around the Tientsin building. The .lananese war office report ed l.nl' Jananese casualties In Ninth China during the last four davs of July. Including 2S deaths. The figure was considerably high er than earlier reports had indi cated. a uinmii In the Tokvo stock ex change and falling spinning and (Continued on pnge (1) The application or the Roseburg hool district for a loan and grant from the PWIA for the construction and remodeling of two school build ings Is being followed closely in Washington by Senator Frederick W. Steiwer. The senator, in a let ter lo the News-Review, received today, stated that he Is continuing his efforts to obtain approval of the project. Enclosed with Ihe let ter from Senutor Steiwer was an other signed by assistant adminis trator of tho Federal Emergency Administration of Public Works. This letter, which was addressed to the senator staled: "This application is still under consideration hy this administra tion (PWA) hut no statement can be given as to its final disposition. You may be assured, however, that it will be given every consideration t lint circumstances permit. Your comments concerning it have been noted." STATE FAIR GETS BEER PERMIT BID SALEM. Aug. 3. (AP) The Oregon state fair management is pondering an offer of $l"uo for a beer concession at the grandstand during fair week. Ieo Spitzbart, 'usistaut fair di rector, said today he had received the offer from Hoi Simon of Port land, who wants an exclusive con cession. Simon believes, said Spitz bait, that it would be popular, es pecially wltn race followers. "In past years," Baid Spttzbart, we have iriven an exclusive con cession nt Ihe vraiidxtnnd for soda pop. mid although there has been pome demand for sale of beer on the fairgrounds, we have felt that the public did not want It; so Ihe management has turned a d"af ear to all requests for its sal-." STEM AIDS PLEA FOR SCHOOL GRANT New Highway Through Ro&burg to Open Probably in Fall; Widening, Repaying of N.Stephens Included Although the completion date of ihe paving contract as slated in the agreement is December 31, K. It. . Lytle, district highway en gineer, expressed the belief today that the new highway through the i-iiy of Roseburg would be opened to travel this full, probably In Oc tober. Work has progressed rap idly he said, and barring unfor seeii difficulties, the job will he completed ahead of schedule. j The old paving "at the top of Winchesler street hill will not be disturbed until the remnlider ol the street is completed. Then, ac cording to the highway engineer, the last bit of grading will be done and through traffic will he routed over a detour east of the present highway. The detour will necessi tate the removal of the Crescent Heights service station. Included In the last paving and Derailment on S. P. Line in Klamath County Laid to Broken Rail. PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 3. (AP Six persons lay in Oregon hos pitals today while remaining mem bers of an American express four continued" their journey through the" northwesl a journey luler- ujiteil yesterday when six cars of their special train left the rails 7H the Southern Pacific main line near Yamsay, In Klamath county. Oregon. Mrs. Henry McCullough, Alleti town. Pa., who was injured in a fall in a San Francisco hotel the day before was one of five lak'eii to the hospital at Eugene. Others were: Sigonrney Anderson, negro, Los Angeles, dining car waiter, pos sible fracture of left hip. Thomas Ash. Los Angeles, ne gro, chef, scalded by boiling wa ter. Henry McZill, Los Angeles, cook, bruised side and back. Elmo Smith, Los Angles, porter, wrenched hack, injured knee. Mrs. II. L. Dick of Chicago, 111., was taken lo a Portland hospital with a sprained back. Sixteen others received atlen tlon for minor injuries. The accident occurred at 7:21 a. in., when most ot (he lor pus- ngers were asleep. Mrcaklng of a rail, over which the railroad's crack Cascade Lim ited had p.issed safely Icsh than two hours before, was believed to have caused the wreck. Two dining cars, a lounge nnd three tourist sleepers left the rails, and were whipped along for no feet through the soft puiuire roadbed. Some of the cars In clined steeply, but none mmed over. Trainmen said Ihe pumice pre vented more serious wreck, as Ihe soil surface brought the rear cars hall when a coupling broke before the speeding train w as slopped. -o- H. DAVIS BUYS CIGAR STORE HERE Fixtures of the former Hognn cigar store on Cnss street have been bought by J. Hub Davis, re cently from North Rend, Ore., who plans (o re-open tho business in the same location aft soon as In terior decorating and re-stocking are completed. Ills application for a beer retailer's license has been approved by tho city council and forwarded to tho state liquor commission for filial action. YOUTH DROWNS IN GRAVEL PIT POOL SALEM. Aiig n (AIM - Dono van De Jardin. 14. son of Mr. nnd .Mrs. Julian P.e Jardin, di owned in a pool in a gravel pit here when murkincss ol Ihe water caused rescue efforts to fall. The yoiuh, who could not swim, ii;t nk while bathing with coin pan ions Monday. -0- AUTO CRASH KILLS FORMER GRID STAR ACTO CRASH kills 4 page 1 LONOVIKW. Wash.. Aug. 3 (AP) Injuries received Saturday night when his automobile was struck by a truck, proved fatal Mondav to Homer Hick, 3a, frr ni'T football star of St. Mary's college. J M.. grading contract, is the work of widening Stephens street from Caa si reet to the south end of the new bridge across Deer creek. From Cuss to Oak street, Ihe street will he widened rive feel on each Bide and new sidewalks con structed. This block will be re surfaced. The hloek between Oak and Washington streets will be completely ri-paveu with concrete, as the present paving is badly broken. At the north end of the bridge the paving will he tapered down to 2 feet in width. The street through the business por tion of tho city to the bridge will be 4li feet wide. The entire contract, which wim let to Kdlefsen and Wygaudt of Portland fur r:i.l71t.r(i, includes all work necessary to complete the project. The entire job will require .!H mile of pavement. IT Wife of Orchestra Leader Fails to Rally After Birth of Son. NEW YORK. Aug. .1 (AP Mrs. Eddie Diichin. wife of the or cells! ra lender, died today in a sanitarium from complications fol lowing (he birth of a son last Wed nesday. Ducluu was al his wlies bed side, at Ihn-timc of death. Ho bad flown here hy airplane last night from Chicago, where he is playing an migagenienj. The baby, who weighed nine pounds at birth. Is well ami strong, according lo attaches of ihe sani tarium. Mrs. Duchin, (he former Miss Margorie Oelrichs, a society beau- underwent a series of blood transfusions in an effort to savu her liTe. She and Duchin were married June 5, 1 !:!". Mrs. Duchin was 2! years old, a year older than lu-r husband. Her mother, Mrs. Marjorie Oel Ichs of New York gave her full Hcope to her energies. She en couraged her in operating an ex clusive dress shop mid In writing. In 11127. Miss Oelrichs created practically an international contro versy through a magazine article under her name In which it was as serted (hat the foreigner who mar lies an American girl for her mon ey Is an exception. After the puh llcHllon of Ihe article, Miss Oel richs said American men are hand somer and healthier than foreign ers and that everything In the ar ticle was not Just as she had writ ten it. When her engagement to Duchin was nnnouiiced. she explained she had first fallen In love while watch ing him, night after night, play the piano in his orchestra. They were married in her mother's suite in the Hotel Pierre. As the result of her marrying "out of society" her name was dropped from Ihe social register. LUSK TAKES SEAT ON SUPREME BENCH SALKM, Aug. 3. (AIM Judge Hall Siouer Lusk of Portland took his place on the Oregon supreme bench today during u 1 ft-minute ceremony conducl"d hy Chief Jus tice Henry J. Uean. Governor Martin said he was pleuued to have been able lo ap point "such an outstanding Justice ns Judge Lusk." He said Judge Lusk would maintain the integrity of Ihe court, which be termed as the "last resort of American lib erty." Assistant Attorney General Ralph L. Moody said ".Imlt-e Lusk is nii!mM. however, to Jim Corbett mid of Ihe most outstanding lawyers ever named to the supreme court and the people nnd the bar of Ore gon are lo lie congratulated." GENERAL COXEY, 83, SETS NEW CRUSADE NF.W YORK. Aug. 3. (AP) General Jacob S. Coxey, who led an "army" of unemployed to Wash ington In ls!M, Is getting ready at H'. to carrv his message once more lo tin; American people that fiat money is the only solution to the nation's ills. Ilea It hy and vigorous, the one. time mayor of Massillou, Ohio, null today an agent is booking him for n lecture tour of the country, dur ing which he will urve (hat the government finance agriculture and industry so that laborers can buy n more equable sh;.rc of tin? goods ,h,' produce, AMENDMENTS TOWAGE-HOUR RILL DRAFTED Green Obtains Roosevelt's Assent "in Principle" to Alterations as House Sets for Action. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. (AIM Wi I lia m Green, president of I he American Federation of Labor, said after a white house confer ence today that President Rooso veil had agreed in principle to three aim ndinenlH suggested by the federation to the wage-hoir bill. Green said I ho three amend ments, which he would propose, were: 1 A clarification of the bill to make sure there would ho "no Hel ling aside of collective bargaining agreements' when minimum wages and maximum hours were fixed hy the labor standards board, pro vided for in the bill. 2- A prohibition against tin board's fixing any minimum wage In a locality lower (ban those pro vided for In collective bargaining agreements; also a provision thai the board consider pievaliinv wages in the locality. Although dif ferentials would he allowed, Green said the second amendment also would prohibit n minimum rate in one locality from d incriminating against another locality. 3 -Eliminating of Ihe section w hfch would put the wage-hour prov isions of the Walsh llealey act, under which standards for govern ment contracts are fixed, under the supervision of (ho new hoard Green said (hn federal ion "will be for the bill with (hose amend meiits." 1 le did not say what stand the organization would lake If the amendments failed. Assumes Delay Blame Green assumed respouslhllit v for a one day's delay In hearings on the bill by the house labor com mittee, but said he had requested the postponement, wll h white house knowledge. In order lo ac quaint the president with his pro posed changes before submitting them to the commit lee. Hefore Green visited the white house, the house labor" couimitteo had unexpectedly postponed con sideration of the wane-hour hill. Chairman Norton !., N. J.) suld action was delayed at the request of President Roosevelt, hut later some question was raised as lo whether I lie president hud request- (Continued on pnge (!) RUSH VILLF., hid., Aug. 3 (AIM Kid McCoy, former world's middleweight champion, embarked today on his ninth and last honey moonlast, hn said, because "they count me out at ten.' The i:t year-old "kid," horn Nor man Selhy in Moscow, In., near Rushvllle, dime hick lo Ills home counly yesterday lo be married to Mrs. Sue Cobb Cowley of Detroit, Mich. His bride, distant relutlve to the humorist, levin S. Cobb, herself hail been marrU'd three timcH pre viously. She gave her age us tl when Ihe couple obtained a mar riage license. As a boxer. Kid McCoy fought 200 bouts and lost only six. .He won the middli weight crov.u in IslMi i.y defeating Rill Dougherty In Johannesburg, South Africa. Unde feated as a middleweight, he took on many heavyweights of his time and heat many of them. Including Joe Ciioypski and Peter Mahr. Hi l urn rmarKey. PARDON DENIED TO -WINNIE RUTH JUDD PHOFNIX. Ariz., Aug. 3 (AIM -The Arizona board oBpantons and p;irolcH rejected today the applica tion of the Rev. and Mrs. II. J. McKiuiiell for a pardon for their daughter, Winnie Ruih Judd, con victed shiver of her two women friends in P4.1L Mrs. Judd, once sentenced to deal h, now is mi inmate of the state insane asylum. Should she be adjudged sane again the death sentenced would be carried out. Tiie patents nuked Ihe pardon on the grounds Mln. Judd acted in self defense when she killed Hcd wtg Saiiiuelson mid Agnes Ann roi She placed their bodies (p a d mile and sent them by train to Lok Angeles. Record Set In Concrete Work At Shady Point Establishing a new Pacific north west record for, Ihn elutraeler of work performed, paving of the new section of the pacific highway bet ween Shady Point and Kelly s Korner was completed last week, according to the announcement of K. D. Lytle, district engineer of the Oregon state highway commis sion. The involved distance of l,t!20 feet requiring 400 cubic yards of concrete, was paved in seven and one-half hours, beating the previous nest record. l,5o feel. in the same length of time, set in the stale of Washington, The new ord also crowds (he best mark in Calilorniu 440 cubic yards in ight hours. The tiewly-tald paving in Hie Shad' Point Kelly's Korner section Is now In process of curing, and should be in condition to accom modate traffic in about leu days, Engineer Lytle said. None Exists for Roosevelt to Fill, Contends Idaho Senator in Debate. WASHINGTON. Aug. 2. (AIM Homilnr Ilorah told (he senate to day there was no vacancy In the supreme courl for PrcMd'Ul Roose velt lo fill. Ilorah, recognized s one of the senate's leading const It ulioual nil thorllies, took the floor at the out set of today's session-lo continue yesterday's debate on Ihe nibject of when Ihe president should fill Ihe vucaucy on the court caused hy tho rellrenieiit of Justice Willis Van Devauter. Attorney General Cuminlngs had ruled the president could make a recess appointment and need not nominate a Justice hei'o-e congress adjourns. Referring to the vacancy as a "supposed vacancy,' die Idano sen ator said : "I want to Invite the senate's at tention to tho fact that In my opin ion there Is no vacancy. 1 do not think there is any vacuncy to fill and I wish to urge that for tho consideration of the seiiale. "It will become an acute ques tion when tho president sends In an upiiolulmcni," Horah said ho would not ho "greatly surprised" If Attorney General Cuminlngs "had this in view" when he advised President Uousovcll he could delay Ihe tuim inatlon until congress adjourns. "There tiro only three ways u Justice can bo separated from the court," Ilorah continued, "hy im peachment, by resignation, or by death. There Is no other way. Van Devauter retired' from the supreme court under the recently enacted law permitting justices to retire at full pay after "0 years of age. Administration leaders decided to call up the judiciary procedure bill after u vote on (he Wagner housing bill, expecled in mld-i.fter- (Continued on page 6) Rossburg Bakeries Join in State Wide Increase of Prices of Bread Leading Roseburg bakers to day report price advances In accordance with the printed lists sent out by the state or ganization. No advance was made in the price of the stand ard one pound loaves which continue to sell for ten cents. The one and one-half pound loaves advanced one cent a loaf as did the prices on all special breads have been in creased one cent. Ordinary pastries increased from 2b cents to 30 cents 2 dozen and standard buns and rolls aJvanced from 18 centj to 22 cents per dozen. l:y the Associated Press. Oregon bakers looked at mount ing product Ion costs today and or ilerecl a one-cent Increase in bread price. The boost was almost general throughout ihe state and included Medford, Grant Pass. Pendleton, Salem, I. a Grande, Kugeiie and Roseburg. All hough a number of leading bakers In the stale reported the auihorlty for the Jump came from the Oregon buyers' control board, K. M. Studel, administrator, said: "Price raises probably will conic, but I don't know how soon. There Is no gener move yet." Studel, who is also secretary of the ( Hegnn I takers' club, added CRAFT SEEN N SEA NEAR CRISTOBAL Tragedy in Canal Zone Discovered by Plane That Finds No Life Sign. Victims Include Commerce Dept. Officials, Banker and Ford Motor Co. Employee. WASHINGTON, Aufl. 3 (AP) The war department received a message from Its Panama military establish ment today asoerting an army plane had located the missing ' Pan American - Grace Airways flying boat 30 miles northeast . of Cristobal but had found no cigns .of life near it. -The brief radio message said merely that the air liner which carried ten passengers and a crew or three was located ''totally un der water with no sign of life." Ihe Pan American-Grace ship look off yesterday from Guayaquil, Ecuador, for Ma I boa in the canal one. In lis last radio message to Pan ama ii reported it was circling downward because of overcust skiws. ' BILI1AO, Canal Zone, Aug. 3 The United Slates destroyers Bah bltt and Taylor Bteimied lit tKVh speed today toward ii 'point' 20 miles off Colon hreakwnler where, airplane observers reported; , the submerged luxury amphibian-'San-la Maria wuh seen In the sea. A Pan Amerlcan-Graco Air Lino spokesman said there was no Judi cal hm as to whether any df tho ten passengers or three crewmen (Continued on page Ct Consi ruction work on the brldgo across the Umpqiui river at the mouth of Little canyon was begun last week, according to ' County Judge George Qulne who, wllh the members of the county court, made a trip to the lower Umpquii dist rict yesterday. About 20 men are employed on the work, which in volves the erection of the steel taken from the old Winston bridge. The bridge, states Judge (Julue, will mean the elimination of 11 ferries across the river und pro vide an outlet for a huge terri tory and a considerable body of timber. The people of the district were so anxious to have the brldgo constructed Hint they don ate. I 200 Ihotisand reet of lumber to Jise In the construction. that any Increase now hud been undertaken by individual bakers. He said slight adjustments prob ably wur! necessary to meet high er cosis "in all things." particular ly labor and feed lines. Increases Listed Pendleton baker uppod prices one cent on pound und a half loaves. There was an increnso for buns but none on pastries. Stand ard size loaves went up it cent at Salem, wilh wrapped large louvet at Hi cents and other large loaves at IS. Smaller loaves of specialty breads advanced a cent hut then was tio increase on small white and whole wheat. I. Grande prices wenl up ono rent on all grades. Josephine and Jackson county bakers at Grants Pasn ami Medford listed one cent hoosts on pound and n half loaves, establishing tho nrlces at 15 and IB cents. Pound loaves will he 10 cents straight rather than the ono cent differen tial for sliced bread. Oversized, loaves will be reduced to standard weights. Grants Pass bakers said the price of small loaves had been boosted for "specialty" hreadu such as raisin nnd 100 por cent vhent. All grades of bread were lncltld ed In the La Grande increase. Pound nnd a half loiiTes went from to lf cents at l ;o?ie and the smaller lancy uave:i from XX to 12 cents.