i.CmCULATlbN
THE WEATHER .
TnSHOM with rains today -and
MBtUjr. normal temper- f
attire; MaxJ Temp. Saturday
48, Mln. 89, river 7.6 feet,
rain ,70 lacV, south wind. - '
Distribution 1
Dec 'S3 -
Net paid, daijy, SandaT,7074
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oliticians
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Left Wing Bull-Frogs
Lack Unity; Brown
v And Burke Out
N 'Spaulding May Decide
$'j '-P Demos to
v r : Be Aggressive
By gfiELDQN P. SACKETT .'
vRr-1" The lIrda.r trees, flowers - aad
V- f the politicians point to n early
spring. Th sap of ambition welled
C last week in the veins of numerous
V candidataes; a few buds unfolded
' A.tnto full public gaie.
.' Sam Brown pushed aside the
--,r, clods which hare covered his wln
N - ter hibernation and revealed that
Sv the Gerrais sauBagemaker was to
, seek the gubernatorial nomination
'come' May. Brawn's candidacy is
rf proof posIUve that the left wingers
w who In '30 sapporte Jftllcs Meier
I are not united on their, favorite
'r this spring. For last week from
Newberg came word that Senator
' CsW.'E.' Burke Also win blom into
v. , sgubernatorm flowed i-'Here in
T"" .-.Salem., Senator Charles; K. Spanl
K ding Is mulling over the situation,
convinced that neither Brown nor
Burke can via and that Salem
really needs a candidate of its
own. "
N ' There will be a merry melee it
vi-.X the Burke and Spaulding ambi-
ttons come to fruition in an an
, nouncement. for they will bump
" into Ray Gill's rather definite
Crf vC.-plans to take the field himself as
t a candidate lor chief executive.
Jf Probably Gill would be supported
-by Rufus Holman, The latter is re
C treating more and more from the
V V political race as a candidate him-
ws nf i tn h ' hit1-medi-
ilft,'fli oici " "
ntit ity nresent
-.v governor. Holman's rage at Meier
W s"- knows no bounds: be is relzine
ef ery jBpporiuniiy vo iww m
-- -public the opprobrium in which be
f holds Ma erstwhile political tilll-
cam.
Sj, Meier's Bpokesman
. . -Tr- m"nr TIta Time
! iTi rnvarnnr'l nolitic&l snok'S-
f v":"- man, Henry Hanxen, shronds the
f. y. i.iuiinni nf til candidate with
i the mystery wnicn aways
t I opes Hansen's political brooding.
'V ..TT.fin prefers to watch and wait.
I v 'V' feeling assured the more Imna
f ir-v tlent candidacies to flower, the
i ' v5t..4. tarrf announcement
I - - intonttAn tn run by Meier.
V .Senator Brown, It is reliably
if stated, eipects to put about $50.
'V Into a car expense fund for his
junket of the state. It that runs
- out. Brown will walk,, a la Mr.
,t Murray of Oklahoma; Brown
styles his candidacy one for the
, -common people" byi-avman-who
lirTlntlmately acquainted with the
needs of the common ioi
aMaAM
r - - Senator Joe Dunne f Multno-
Sm-n" eonntv is not adverse to be
ting talked as a candidate for
governor. He figures nelLi strong
.nil tn dairvmen. with the sUte
iV-jaotorisU associations and has a
- .' inn i veu-nowB y mi
eould roll op thousands of vote.
" " s h (a tot afraid to
ontest against" Meier, provided
the field is not too crowded.
tit funeral 3Urtl ,ta
-.' rallng Democrat ,
- Talk to democrats and you fina
"ithat General Martin Is the most
s v aiscnssea ,ttireiuw
-- M94in-while little known per-
2 ona Ur outside of Portia n d . ap
"VytT pears to have convinced his par-
r-tisans that he is a forthrignt, rug
ged lellow who would make. a
"-; rrA mernor. So the democrats
. are - making' no aanouncemenu
until Martin-maks np. hls mind.
Ex-Senator Ed Bailey of Eogene
Hkes to talk over the situation
s y. and would not be adverse to run
ning If the setup was more fa
"I vorable than In 1930 when Bailey
t j v voraoie uua in w wucu a.-lnrlfl-handed
fisht for
?!T the executive position and strain-.-bA
hta nersonal finances: so much
, y - so that he has avowed he will not
. 't make the race this year without
outside help.
' ' "Two supreme court Judgeships
- must be filled by the voters In
Tv J May. Position four now held . by
"T ""'Chler Justice John I Rand and
- position, seven held by "Justice
- - George Rossman are to be filled
for. the next six years. It Is un
" derstood both, IncumbenU will
tH f-Jfceek reelection. Circuit Judge
JSGeort - Bagley of Washington
. county VIII seek elevation to the
, supreme bench, he announced this
week, contesting against Justice
a-i--Ttand. Bagley first took the bench
V k- U 1015 and haa Ikeld his position
ftir three' . consecutive six-tear
terms. He would Jike to round out
his career br service on the high-
MhW . H aaaaa,. . -j"- .
a ' "Judgeship election stare non-par-r
tlsan; it a man, gets a majority of
, . 'the totes In May he la elected; If
no candidate wins a majority, the
' 'jftwo candidates -with the, 'highest
Z?,-. plurality run Jn the fall election.
ivT Politlca la CtonntyB - &
VVv Also to Bloom Early'' ..: - ' '.
, The poUtlcal situation Ini Ma.
v afT . .. . mil ' l
i adaT - aMr rnnnnai . in ma kixi k. . Ann
rion county pouucs aiso snows
vldences - of; spring i awakening.
r
Point
Spring Here
World News at-
a Glance
(By the Associated Press)
Domestic:
ST. PAUL. Negotiations ready
to start with kndnapers tor re
lease of abductedi bank president.
LANSING. Kas. Escaped con
victs free kidnaped teacher;
search veers to northern Okla
homa. CHICAGO. Dr. Alice Wyne-
koop insists trial resume Monday
Foreign:
TOKYO Overtures to United
States foreseen in foreign minis
ter's address.
GENEVA. League of nations
appoints .committee to study pro
tection Saar basin residents.
HAVANA. Disorder flares as
25,600 physicians and nurses
strike to force college into medi
cal federation.
Pioneer Silverton Dentist
Dies; Born There and
Practiced 48 Years
SILVERTON, Jan. 20. Dr. A.
F. Blackeby, pioneer in dentistry
at Silverton, died at his home here
Friday following an Illness of sev
eral 1 months. He was bprn , June
30, 1853, at Drift Creek, three
miles irom Silverton, a son of J.
M. and Cassandra Blackerby, who.
came to Silverton tn 1S4S with ox
teams. The older Blackerby was a
physician and was the first doctor
to locate In Silverton, where he re
mained in 'practice until a few
years prior to hisdeath. He car
ried his own medicines and was
compelled to ride horseback in
making most of his calls, often
times fording and swimming the
streams before the highways and
bridges were built. '
Dr. A. F. Blackerby entered the
dental office of Dr. L. S. Skiff of
Salem and later took post-graduate
work In dental colleges at
Philadelphia and Los Angeles. He
remained with Dr. Sklf until
1886 in which year he was li
censed to practice dentistry. In
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Damages of $3000
Awarded in Case
Of Fatal Crash
A Marlon, county Jury late Sat
urday awarded damages of $3500
to H. M. Mead, administrator of
the estate of son John Arthur
Mead, 12, who died July 22, 1S33,
In an auto-truck collision one and
one - half miles north of Wood
burn. Defendant liable for the
damages was the Silver Wheel,,
Motor Truck line. Jointly named
with Henry Kunz, . truck driver,
the plaintiff sued for $10,000.
Robert Mead, 8, also died In the
accident, the motnprof the lads
befnr the driver. Mead, a minis
ter, has filed suit for $10,000 for
th; estate of the other, boy and
the second case is on the January
court docket. here. Judge L. H.
McMahan heard the case which
lasted five days.
. CONFERENCE ENDS
EUGENE, Jan. td(Jf)-T. J.
Wheeler of the Milton Eagle was
elected president of the Oregon
Press conference for 193 5 at the
closing luncheon of the annual ed
itors' meeting on the university
campus today. Mr. Wheeler suc
eeceds Harris Ellsworth of Rose
burg, who has served for the past
two years.
The editors declared themselves
unfavorable to a reauest of the
Oregon motor bus eode authority
that they accept advertising front
only those motor bus companies
which were observing the code
regulations.
GET' EIGHT, MONTHS
PORTLAND, Jan, 20.-(3VFed-erar
Judge Fee today sentenced
nine persons to eight months In
federal prison and fined' them
$100 each, when they pleaded
guilty to selling liquor to Indians,
v Th08e sentenced; were: Jesse
Tonng, .Fred Bahite, Sevrln J.
Holness, Fred Jeske, Eugene Ro
lie, Presidio Conception. Jin: Flan
nery, George Ward and Jack
.Knowlton.
BE BURIED MONDAY
RELEASE
GIVEN BATTLES
Sheriff Understood Judge
McMahan Dkeh Accorded
Good Time for Work
War on Chicken thieves' is
Cited in Explanation
Of Mileage Costs
In an extended statement- is
sued late resterday, Sheriff A. C,
Burk explained his position in
the Edward Battles Jail release
case, a matter Judge L. H. Mc
Mahan earlier in the week laid
before the fraud ury for inves
tigation. Burk, back from return
ing a prisoner to the state from
Los Angeles, expressed regret
that the matter had occurred dur
ing his absence and said Battles'
release was through' a misunder
standing in Judge McMahan's In
structions. "My impression from an out
growth of a conversation with
Judge McMahan, Burk stated,
"was that a prisoner serving time
in the county Jail should be al
lowed a day's good time for every-
day that he had been work
ing for the county, provided of
course that the man was not a
vicious prisoner."
Burk said his deputy, Newell
Williams, 'had been apprised of
the conversation with. Judge Mc
Mahan and that the policy of re
leasing prisoners in less than halt
the sentenced time dated back to
Burk's conversation with the
court. "
Mixup Ocean While "
Sheriff is Away
Burk's statement, which also
referred to mileage costs brought
on by an ; Intensive campaign ' to
round up chicken v thieves,, fol
lows: "Upon my return to Salem Sat
urday morning from Los Angeles,
where I had gone to -'return - a
prisoner from that state, X was
naturally very much surprised to
find the situation that seems to
have developed in my absence, in
the Everett Battles' ease. -1 Im
mediately went into - conference
with my chief deputy, Newell
Williams, who has been charged
with the responsibility of the
office during my absences In at
tempt to ascertain what the true
situation was, and wherein lay
the difficulty.
"About the first or second
week after I had taken office, I
made it a special point so that
there would be cooperation be
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EDMUND IV. SIMON
FUNERAL MONDAY
Edmund N. Simon, 54, senior
member of the Salem Hardware
company, died at his home, 1077
North Summer street, early Sat
urday morning, following an Ill
ness of several months.
Simon was born in. Altura,
Minn., and came to Salem 35
years ago, but later returned to
spend several years in the east.
He was a director in the Northern
Hardware company of Portland
and in the Oregon Hardware
Men's association. He was a mem
ber of the Knights of Columbus.
He is survived by his widow.
Eva Simon; by three brothers,
L. N., W. N., and F. N. Simon; a
sister, Mrs. Mary Hinges and his
father, John Simon, all of Salem.
Funeral services will be held
Monday at 9:30 a. m. from SL
Vincent de Paul Catholic church.
Father Thomas V. Keenan offi
ciating. Wheeler Heads Editors
Liquor Sellers Fined
Storm Warnings Are Up I
Social Worker is Hurt
Frank Wade, indicted on the
same charge, pleaded not guilty
and his case was set for January
29. A plea of not. guilty was en
tered by Dewey Ostby, charged
with selling liquor to aa Indian.
His case was set for January $1.
31 -MILE WIND BLOWS -PORTLAND,
Jan. 2 0. - iJP) -Storm
warnings were ordered up
tonight at all coast guard stations
from the mouth of the Columbia
river to the northern extremity of
the Washington coast, - '
The sea was 'rough, rain was
falling and a 31-mile wind was re
corded at the southern end of the
promised coastal Btortn. -
ft THROWN FROM HORSE
f BEND, Jan. 20.-p)-A horse
back ride resulted in painful hut
not serious injuries here today for
Miss Marion Bowen, formerly with
the University of Oregon social
service staff, who now heads so
cial work in Desohutes county.
' Miss Bowen lost control of her
horse and was thrown into a pile
of rocks. She was taking an eve
ning Jaunt east of Bend, when her
horse bolted. .;.vft'
Baby Figuring in
To Hospital
The baby heroine of the flight from Texas to Baltimore, iu., tnruuK4
a raging blizzard with Jimmy Wedell, racing aviator, five-months-old
Sue Trammell is pictured as she left Johns Hopkins Hospital,
. Baltimore, following recovery from the brain operation that savel
ber life. Norse Anne Swlnson is holding the mite. Mrs. W. B.
Trammell, Sue's mother, is at right.
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Appreciation of Fine Arts
Is Purpose; 25 Charter
Members at Meet
Organization of the Oregon
State Art Museum association was
formally begun here last night
when a constitution and by-laws
were adopted by 25 charter mem
bers meeting at -the state -office
building. The object of the asso
ciation, according to its constitu
tion, will be "to increase and dif
fuse knowledge and appreciation
of the fine arts."
Nearly 60 local citizens have
Already become members of the
association and a number of Port
landers have indicated their sup
port of the museum plan. Chair
man of the Portland group of
supporters for the association is
Mrs. Harold Dickson Marsh. Oth
er members include Senator Wil
liam F. Woodward, Thomas Bil
yeu and Miss Helen Calbreath.
Antone Piers, Portland painter,
was an interested out-of-town at
tendant at last night's gathering.
Members will be classed &3 act
ive, contributing, sustaining, do
nors, patrons and honorary. Annu
al payments for active members
will be $1, for contributing mem
bers $5; for sustaining members
$10. Contributions of $100 make
one eligible for election as a
donor; of $200 for election as a
patron.
Members of the state board of
control will be ex-officio members
of the museum association.' Con
trol of the organization will be
vested in a director, subject to the
executive committee which is to
be elected -annually and to Include
the officers of the association.
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Cheered by higher prices for
fox pelts which have prevailed
since last fall, 60 members of the
Oregon State Fox Breeder's as
sociation gathered here Saturday
for their annual statewide meet
ing.' Professor B. T. Lewis of the
state college at Corvallis outlined
the work of the experimental sta
tions in Oregon and pledged the
beginning of a station for fox ex
periments next summer.
The association voted to send a
resolution to Oregon's congres
sional delegation, opposing any
reduction In funds for the federal
biological survey and asking that
the federal division of fur resour
ces in the agricultural department
be maintained. .
- Officers of the association were
reelected for 1934: E. N. Walker
of Gresham succeeding as pres
ident; K. F. Brown of Indepen
dence as vice-president and Eu
gene Finlay of Jefferson as secretary-treasurer.
Frank Glaser of
Jefferson and James O'Hara of
Lebanon were elected directors
for three year terms..
,The association voted to eon
duct summer schools in fox rais
ing throughout the state and also
to sponsor divisional meetings
under the auspices of the associ
ation. Resumption of a state fox
show was discussed but no final
decision was reached at the meet
ing. Members considered at some
length. a cooperative plan for sell
ing, fox pelts each, winter.
,F6x pelts of good quality were
reported to have brought from
$30 to $50 last fall although
breeding pairs have fallen to as
low as $250.
MB
FOX PELT nDUSTRY
Airplane Race s
Entirely Well Now
cream mm
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Higher Price to Farmer for
Cream Required; Gehlhar
Issues Regulations
The entire ice cream industry
in Oregon, both wholesale and re
tall, was placed -under the code,
the first industry thus affected by
the legislative act passed by the
special session of the legislature
last month. The code was issued
Saturday by Max Gehlhar, stale
code director.
As a condition manufacturers
hare been ordered to increase the
price paid the farmers for cream.
Prices to be paid farmers for
sweet cream, which need not be
from B grade milk, are fixed on
a sliding scale from 35 cents per
pound butterfat to 62 cents per
pound butterfat, based upon the
price of butter, with the mini
mum of 35 cents per pounds goin
into effect immediately.
Reports have come in of butter
fat going into ice cream now be
ing purchased from farmers as
flow as 18 cents per pound, Geh
lhar said. AH manufacturers will
be placed under a license and will
be required to file reports giving
the name of farmers from whom
they have purchased cream, and
the number of pounds purchased,
together with the amount of ice
cream manufactured.
The order fixes the wholesale
selling price of bulk ice cream at
$1 to $1.10 a gallon in different
sections of the tsate, and the re
tail price of 20 cents per pint.
Catering ice cream and specialties
will carry a slightly higher rate.
The order enacting the code
covering the industry prohibits
the continuation of a large variety
of unfair practices and trade
abuses, and the administration of
the code is placed in the hands of
a committee from the industry it
self. Director Gehlhar named, to
sit On the ice cream board, George
Fullenwider, Carlton, president of
the Oregon Dairymen's asocia
tlon; J. J. VanCleek, Scholls;
Mark Johnson, Astoria; C. . L.
Starr, Portland, and John Car
cock, Prlneville.
56 CENTS PI ON
STATE TAX DOLLAR
On the total tax bill sent Ore
gon real property taxpayers last
year, Old Man Oregon and his
political subdivisions counties,
cities, school districts collected
only 56 cents on the dollar In
1933, the state tax commission
announced yesterday. Last year's
total tax rolls amounted to $41,
993.878; of these $18,379,999 re
mained unpaid when - the taxes
becani past due November i,
1933.
The state and its subdivisions'
were more than a year behind in
average tax. payments; the com
mission showed, $45,906,000 be
ing due and uncollected Novem
ber 5. This Included taxes for
1932 and former years. On taxes
collectible in 1932,'15 per cent
were still unpaid; on taxes collec
tible, in 1932, 2-8 per cent were
unpaid.
Marion county with a delin
quency of only 3 7 per cent : was
considerably above . the average,
Multnomah county 'being lowest
with 33 per cent delinquencies
and Wheeler highest with 82 per
cent of the eurrent taxes unpaid.
The ,1930 tax roll totalled
$50,161,000, the commisrioa re
ported. The 1932 tax roll, collec
tible last year, had been reduced
to $ 4 2,0 0 0,00 0. VrsS : ,
1 STATE
Virtual Agreement on All
Details ; of Courthouse
T Reached, Reported
New and; Faster Elevator
For Passengers is One
Feature Arranged .
Substantial agreement has been
made; between architects work
ing on . the enlarged courthouse
plans and county officials on the
location ?of Una tarious office,
their size and the general plan
tor remodeling the bulling.
Drawings now being made and
planned for completion by Febru
ary 15, call for a marked enlarge
ment of the structure. Additions
25 ;by 38 feet in size will be
placed on the north and south
sides of the. building, filling in
the recesses now existing in the
structure.. These additions will be
carried' four stories high, adding
1900 feet of square root floor
cpaee on each floor. This total of
7600 square feet of additional
space, is 200,0 square feet more
than the footage on one floor of
the .present ; courthouse, meaning
that the equivalent of one and
one-half floors will be added to
the old building under the new
plans.
Main Entrance to
Be 6n Ground Floor
The present steps on the east
and west will be done away. with.
Main entrance will be placed on
the ground floor on the west side
with another entrance placed on
the ground floor on the east
side of the building. The corri
dor running throughout the build
ing will remain on the main first
floor but on each floor above
that the interior corridor will
be shorteneC and narrowed .to
gain u;ace for the effiees. Light
will be filtered into the corridors
through glass windows into each
office, the latter being lighted
from the numerous windows on
each floor. The outside posts and
ornamentation of the additions
to the structure will conform ex
actly to the present courthouse
exterior.
A description of eich proposed
floor follows:
First floor: (present baserymt
floor): This will contain offices
for the sheriff and for the tat
collectors. Unassigned space will
probably be used by welfare agen
cies. There will be a room suitable
for storage of election materials
and a large vault for the use of
the sheriff. Space has been pro
vided for a telephone exchange
on this floor. Both elevators will
start on this floor, the new one.
for passengers, being of greater
speed than the present courthouse
elevator which will be reserved
for freight use and for the use of
the sheriff in taking prisoners to
the top floor of the courthouse.
The new elevator will have an
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Aubrey C. Crawford was sen
tenced to two years in the state
penitentiary yesterday morning
by Judge L. H. McMahan and im
mediately paroled to Bert Smith,
deputy sheriff. Crawford recently
was found guilty of involuntary
manslaughter by a circuit court,
jury. He drove a car early morn
ing last August which struck the
machine of Ray Gilbert, night
watchman of the Valley Motof
company. Gilbert died! -
The Judge revoked Crawford's
driver's license during the period
of the parole. "
CRAWFORD
EN
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Speclacu lar Rise in Bond
Market Marks Past Week
(Copyright, 1934, by the
Associated Press)
NEW YORK, Jan. 20. - OP) -President
-Roosevelt's project to
define more closely the value of
the dollar prompted one Of the
largest buying waves in corporate
bonds in Wall street this week
ever experienced In any financial
market in the world.
Advances in corporate bonds
were the most sweeping since the
investment market registered its
depression low in the summer of
1911, and on the basis of available
records, the week's upswing was
probably the sharpest, tor any like
period of time In the history of
the New iTork . mark et,"" ! 1 s
The" turnover la bonds In the
stock; exchange for the week ex
ceeded $120,000,000 par value,
the-; largest 'for any i week J since
June, 1924, or in nearly 10 years.
The only week on record exceed
ing this week by a substantial
margin was the last week of 1919,
when a huge; turnover in Liberty
bonds. ', boosted the. total . ovef
$150,000,000. Corporate Issues ac-i
eounted, lor. the n bulk.xot; this
Smothering Vote of 360 to 40 Accorded Measure Asked .'
"By President; Democratic Strength Virtually Shuts
Off Debate; Despite Republican Protests" and Claims ;
. Measure's Backers Don'tKnow Its Provisions
Opposition Concentrates on Move.'to Have Expenditure
" Controlled by Board but Gets Nowhere; Two Billions
In Stabilization Fund; Huge Borrowing Plan is Told to
Federal Reserve Officers by Morgenthau
WASHINGTON, Jan. 20 (AP) The Roosevelt dollar
devaluation bill tonight swept through the house to
passage by a smothering.rnajority of 360 to 40.
A noisy impatient membership rushed the measure
through the final stages; with debate almost entirely shnf 'off
at the motion of democratic leaders, backed by their huge
voting strength, j
Republican leaders complained time and again of "gag
rule," and charged the democrats with ignorance of tha
measure they were passing. One, Beedy of Maine, went so
far as to assert that "not 12 men" of the 435, in the house
could explain its provisions to their constituents.
The Washington
Spotlight
(By the Associated Press)
The house passed President
Roosevelt's bill to reduce the
gold content of the dollar, trans
fer federal reserve gold to the
treasury and set up a $2,000,
000,000 stabilization fund.
- President Roosevelt empowered
the federal trade commission to
hear complaints dissatisfied with
decisions of the NRA.
Joseph B. Eastman, coordina
tor of transportation, advised
congress that public ownership of
railroads seemed best in the long
run but unwise now.
Carl L. Ristine, Missouri attor
ney, wag appointed to investigate
ocean wnd air mail contracts for
the department of justice.
Chamber of commerce repre
sentatives urged congress to fix
the gold content of the dollar
and remove presidential power
to change it,
Secretary Ickes signed a mar
keting agreement for the oil in
dustry. Fedeial reserve officials prom
ised to help the government bor
row 310,000,000,000 in the next
five and one-half months.
The lepartoaent of justiice dis
closed that Albert Bates and Har
vey Bailey, kidnapers, have gone
on hunger strikes in Leavenworth
prison.
Secretary Wallace proposed a
referendum upon licensing of cot
ton gins.
INDICT BANK EMPLOYE
PORTLAND, Jan. ZO-i-Lloyd
E. Burbridge was indicted here to
day by a federal grand Jury, tor
embezzlement of funds from the
First National bank of Portland.
Burbridge was, formerly a savings
teller at the bank here.
week's huge trading, however, and
activity In those issues probably
came close to anything ever ex
perienced in any week in the stock
exchange. .
In each full day, transfers' ex
ceeded $20,000,000, although In
no single day did the volume equal
that : 330,000,000 day of March
20, 1930. :
While the plan to restrict tbe
fluctuations of the dollar to be
tween CO and 50 per cent of its
old parity served to quell the In
flationary, fears of holding fixed
Income securities, growing bant
deposits and an Increasing convic
tion that Business recovery was at
last on theVway were also said to
be prime- factors for -'the renewed
demand la the Investment market,
it was notable that buying con
verged la a large degree in ; the
semi , - speculative Issues, as in
vestors were Inclined to look for
high yields, for protection, against
any rise In Interest .rates which
may, result from'the treasury's
huge financing program,' but gilt
edged Issues and U. - S-Gq? era
ments maintained a firn tone, -:-
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But the democrats, relying con-
fidently on the leadership of Pres
ident Roosevelt, shouted down
all amendments except those of
fered on behalf of the adminis
tration and demanded a roll call
vote to put all, republicans an4
democrats alike, on record as op
posing or supporting the pres
ident. Realizing they fought a hope
less cause from the start and hii
not the slightest chance of de
feating the bill, the opposition
concentrated 'upon an effort to
put a board In charge of expen
ditures from the two billion dol
lar stabilization fund. The bill
specified that it be administer--d
by the secretary of the treasury
When the question was put to
an oral vote, the proponents of
the amendment shouted their
loudest.
The confident democrats laugh
ed when they demanded a rising
vote and were borne out when th.
count showed 168 against the
amendment to 73 in favor of It.
While the house was consider
ing the bill. Secretary Morgen
thau explained government fi
nancing plans to the high officers
of the federal reserve system an 1
received assurances ' of their sup
port. The conference extended
over several hours and gave op
portunity for a thorough review,
of the financial situation. ,
A total of $10,000,000,000 musr
be borrowed in the next fire ani
one-half months. A treasury
amendment ..voted into the bill
was designed to facilitate this. '
huge operation.
Standard Wage
For Hop Field
WorkDifficult
SANTA ROSA, Cal.. Jan. 20
(JP) - Efforts to fix a standard
wage In California for hop field
workers disclosed such varying la
bor conditions that no agreement
was reached at a meeting of
growers here -today,
Dan L. Steele, Santa Rosa, who
presided at the meeting of grow
ers from Sonoma. Mendocino, anj
Sacramento counties, said it' was
decided to let the matter rest for
the time being. The average wa-?e
In most sections now seems to be
20 cents an hour, he said.
Injury Escaped
In 20-Foot Fall
Apparently the victim of a 20
foot fall from a stairway, Russeh
Crosson, 875 Oak street, wav
found by police in an uncon
scious condition at 170 South
Liberty about 9 o'clock Saturday
night. At the Salem General hvv :
pital where Crosson was taken lif
ambulance, no broken bones nor !
other indication of serious injury
were found. tint he wUl rema?n
there until this afternoon for ob- 4
servation. ' -
Insanity Claim
Of Son's Slayer
DENVER, Colo Jan. 20-Wi -Donald
K. Smith, Littleton farm
er. Who, ; authorities said, - con'
fessed. he. stomped' hn baby son.
Donald, to death, appeared Ut
district .court rat JLIttletoa . toda v,;
and changed his, plea to a mur-,
der -charge from" not guilty to' nt :
guilty by reason ,f insanity. Ke'i
was ordered committed to. the ;
Colorado psychopathie hospital
tot observation during :,the nes t
ten days, - - -
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