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Twenty-Fifth Year
MEDFORD, ORKCiON. WKDNKSDA V, DK( 'KM I5KIJ li t. l!:il.
No.
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Today lUNCLE SAM
ByArtt,riib"' iiinio uini r
8 Days Left.
A $724,000,000 Santa.
We Should Dance.
No Russian Home Cook
ing. Copyright King Feature! Synd., I no.
Of 10:!0, eight dn.vs -lire left,
including this day.
How many resolutions were
mnde nt the beginning of the
vcart And only eight dnys re
main to carry them out. .
However, anything can be ac
complished in eight days. The
thing- necessary is to turn the
mind in the right direction
with sufficient determination to
keep going.
: Failure and disappointment
arc nothing for those that can
make the right start now, not
waiting for another Now Year
to repeat an annual farce.
--
There is a Santa Clans for
some unemployed, and his
name is Uncle Sam. President
Hoover announces that, in 1031,
, the government will spend
$724,000,000 on public works,
paying everywhere the prevail
ing rates, and according to lo
cal standards.
And business men arc more
clieerful.
Talking by radio to 200,000
employes, 267,000 stockholders
and 20,000 dealers of General
Motors, President Alfred P.
Sloan, Jr., predicts a boom in
prosperity to follow this slump.
Without fixing future dates,
Mr. i. Sloaii. aprees ..with other
men of importance, who know
the history of past depressions,
that "out of it nil is' sure to
come a better order of things,
and, eventually, greater heights
of prosperity than any we have
yet enjoyed.
business men will read today
that New York's Federal Kc
serve discount rate lias been
reduced. It is now 2 per cent.
This is important to business
generally. It encourages new
enterprise by offering the hope
of continuing "cheap money."
It also stimulates the buying
of good bonds, on whbh new
financing and employment de
pend. M
Mary AYiginnn, young wom
an with an earnest fac,e, and a
plan, arrives to tell us what
America needs. Her prescrip
tion may surprise you.
VK NKKD TO DAN'CK. Wj
'are "depressed," if yon know
enough about Freud to under
stand . what that menus. AVe
need to dance, hop, jump, learn
(Continued on I'age Four)
Abe Martin
Tlie feller who ommI in Iravr liU
liorM stand fer iMiur iinblanketrit
hi wro ueflther lit froiff nf a mi-j
toon mm- lias a RTun'snn wlm!
leave tit iiir Nlaiid nil night ttij
Kiiou' an sleet In fnmt of hio sclli
npartmenf. The orlrt wur Is mm
only memory, hut liberty muffin j
slaml oat as vliidly as IT I'd trle'
to trfirry on ilown tliU monitn. J
iCopyright John K. PWr ' ' t
iiuio wuLr
FROM
Five Billion Dollar Construc
tion Program Is Challenge
to Unemployment Next
12 Months Will See Con
certed Action.
NEW YORK, Dec. 24. tfP A
five billion dollar construction
symphony of chisels on stone, nil
hammei'H on teel and pick nd
Hhovel on hard winter earth is the
nation's challenge to unemploy
ment. Roads that ordinarily would wait
for spring are pushing forward in
a pay-envelope drive over the face
of the country and steel and brick
are mountinK skyward in munici
palities, according to year-end re
ports compiled from all areas.
Oil pipe lines are stretching
from the southwest, now rails are
glinting under the Texas sun and
public works are dotting the
states. At the same time, de
mands for immediate relief are
being mot with national, state,
municipal and private aid.
Push Public. Work.
The country is a network of
commissions and committees push
ing forward every bit of public
work possible and preventing suf
fering among those who cannot
be put to work. The network he
gins with the president's emer
gency committee, headed by Col
onel Arthur Woods, and branches
through the states and Into the
smallest of communities with re
lief organization.
Many states have official com
missions at work on the problem.
Cities and counties have raised or
are raising official funds and pub
lic fund Many workers from
one coast of the nation to the
other are contributing P11 o
their pay. Debutantes and Boy
Hrouts are giving benefits. Even
blue law stntes are permitting
Sunday movies thnt the proceeds
may aid 'in preventing wintor des
titutlon.
Vast Sums Voted.
The federal government plans
$724,000.(100 worth of building In
tho next 12 months and for im
mediate expenditure congress has
just appropriated $116,000,000, not
including the Mu.uuu.uuu voieu
for drought relief.
D. Seth fichitman. chief statis
tician for the F. W. Dodge corpo
ration, estimated that In addition
there is now under way In the
country construction totalling more
than $4,700,000,000, this Including
work in alt stages.
The federal government has jut
made available $80,000,000 for tne
states to match in highway con
duction, making the total for-
federal aid roads In Immediate
prospect $100,000,000.
INTEREST RATES
NEW YOHK, Dec. 24. (A) A
rediscount rate of 2 per cent the
lowest In the history of the federal
reserve system and the lowest In
the world went Into effect in the
New York federal reserve hank to
day. The announcemetn that the rate
at which member hanks mlKht bor
row had been cut from 2i per cent
was construed by newspapers as a
stimulus to business revival and a
mark of confidence in the nation's
condition.
35 ffi IN QUAKE
AM
SALTA. ArKcntlna, Dec. 24. -(p)
Thirty-live persons were killed
and 70 injured In an earthquake
which rocked the state of La Pom a
!a northwestern Argentina early lo.
tiny.
Fragmentary dispatches received
here said the entire town or Iji
Poma. which lies about 1500 inhabi
tants, was destroyed.
COLDEST DAY CHILLS
S KI!ANCIro. uu Jt. IjTj
While the chamber of commerce
was looking the other way 1 he
weather nm or Santa cns today
e San Frimciwo n batch of
( older weather than -1 nnenii.
A Li k . , had , At fi nm, it was
! degree aliuve r'To in San
Fr.inctM-o. the nrldcot this wint'-r.
At .liinMii, A !nkn, nt I he fame
hnur. it w us 4 1.
Christmas Cheer ,
Takes First Page
Boston Traveler
4
BOSTON, Dec. 24. ( For
tho seventh successive year
the HoBton Traveler today
carried nothing but good
cheer on its day-beforo- 4
Christmas first page. 4
Even the news of a spec- J
tacular five alarm fire In the fr
f business district was uncere-
fr moniously relegated to the $
Inside pages. Reporters tie-
voted their efforts to stories
of carols, candle light and
4 Institutional programs de- E
signed to cheer the day for 4
4 the unfortunates in the city's 4
4 varied hospitals, Institutional 4
4 homes and prisons.
LUCAS HAS
Louisville Republicans Turn
Out to Greet Storm Cen
ter of National Party
'We're for You Bob Is
Welcoming Cry.
LOUISVILLE, Ky., Dec. 24.T-VP)
Uobert H. Lucaaj executive' direct
or of the republican national com
mittee, whose testimony before the
senate campaign investigating com
mittee last week maJe him the
storm center of a controversy be
tween regular and Independent re
publicans, came home for the holi
days today. He was greeted by
about 300 Ixmlsvllle republicans.
Tho reception was on informal
one but the group included many
leaders in local republican pol
tics, "We're for you, Bob," was
the welcoming cry.
Mr. Lucas said he felt he had
the support of "every true repub
lican." WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. (P)
Tho Norris-Lucas conflict Bwung
towards the White House today,
with speculation turning on how
soon President Hoover would take
a hand.
Senator Norris, the republican
independent from Nebraska whose
ouster from party ranks Is sought
by Robert II. Lucas, executive di
rector of the republican national
committee, turned his latest attack
directly on the chief executive,
questioning his republicanism.
Senator Watson of Indiana, the
republican leader, asserted the
issued of Norris's regularity was
not now before the senate. As for
retaining Lucas, whose participa
tion In an attempt to defeat Norris
in the last election has just been
uncovered, Watson said that was
up to the president.
Would Aid Lucas
"If he wants to keep Lucas I
will support him to the limit,' he
added.
These statements ca me nfter
Representative Wood of Indiana,
(continued on page 5, story one)
SUGGESTED TO
BOOSTVALUES:
Chairman Legge Says Em
bargo Would Be Most
Effective Method in Deal
ing With Canada.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. (A')
A temporary embargo on whenf.
has been suggested by Chairman
L-gue of the farm board to mem
bers of the wmate agriculture
committee.
Legge mid this would b "the
most effective method" of dealing
with importations of Canadian
wheat which he feared might re
sult if world prices decline, fur
ther betnw domestic levels.
Senator Cupper, of Kanms, a
Republican member of the com
mllte, in making the letter pub
lic today, -aid in the event world
price (dumped further ami Im
portations remitted, he "would Ih
glad to sponsor' legislation to that
end.
An cmbaio. In his opinion,
could be obtained more nuh'kly
than an Increase In the tariff on
wheat, now 4U cents a bushel.
liefore com? res reconvenH Jan
uary 5, Capper continued. h
poct to confer further with
ropaidlni; thr matter.
oiinnnnT im ,!,llium luu nm ulmulh
ollrPUm IN 10 PI DEMON ENJOYS STROLL
HOME TOWN DURING MONTH ON plane wing
I
BAN ON WHEAT; lMMMm4l
Star of Bethlehem Will
Shine Again Tonight For
Audience In Planetarium
RERUN. Dec. 24. HP) The
star that shone over Hethlehem
will be "reconstructed' for Christ
mas tonight at the Hoi'liu planeta
rium, where an elaborate Zeiss
apparatus projects hundreds of
heavenly bodies upon a big dark-
ened Inner cupola to represent the
firmament at night. j
Of three popular theories ex-j
plaining the phenomenon of tlie
Star of Hethlehem, the third has
been chosen for Illustration at the!
planetarium. That is, that the j
great light seen in the skies was
produced by conjunction of Jupi- j
ter and Saturn, which astronomers;
of the period noted about the
time of Christ's birth as appear-1
ing in the constellation l'lsces,;
representative of fishes.
Fishes became a frequent Chris-j
Seven Lives Toll in State
December May Break
Records for Oregon Says
Marshal.
SALEM, Ore.. Dec. 24. UP)
Flrett outride the city of Portland
havo, so far this mnhth, destroyed
over $ 1.000.000 worth of prop
erty seven persons have lost their
lives in fires and the m o n t h
threatens1 to he a record breaker
for serious fire loss, says n state
ment by Clare A. Lee. state fire
mnrshal. Of the fatalities sK
were children under 8 years old;
ami one was an old man of 80. I
November fire loses aggregated j
$2S3,73r in 75 fires outside of
Portland. Of these 32 per cent
were ii rural districts and 06.. per.
cent damaged farm property.
Two of tho most serious of the
December fires were those that
destroyed the Iarmer warehouse j
and the Charles A. Archerd ' Im
plement house In Salem.
IE
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 24. (P)
I lome from the very region of
Santa Claus land, E. K. Ilrodie, min
ister to Finland, and publisher of
the Oregon City Knterprise, re
turned to Oregon today for the
Christmas holidays. Ho was ac
companied by Mrs. Brodle uml their
daughter, Miss: Madelon Ilrodie.
Miiiininaiiiip ' MWNGFP
;. . . tt.&i T&idi irr 't-im jew szw if ' i
linn symbol through the letters'
of the (ireek work ictbys (fish)
which forms the initials of the
V e e k transcription of ".Iesu
Christ. s.n of tiod the Saviour."
A large audience is expected to
watch tonight while the star Kf
fec( is produced at the paneta
rium. an lectrUuHy opera ted ma
chine slowly bringing the two
planetary ivprevntat ions Into con
junction producing an intensified
rad ia lire in the sky much as it
may have been when the three
wise men from the east followed
it to worship at the manger.
The two other popular theories
in explanation of the Star of Iteth
leehem are that it was really a
comet, or that it ':s a newly
formed celestial orb flashing for
the first time into human ken.
Pilot Gets Thrill When Com
panion Discovered in Cir
cus Stunts Outside Cock
pit.
I
SALT LAKK CITY, Dec. 24. (P)
Al De Oar mo, veteran air mall
pilot, has had numerous thrilling
experiences during his sojourn in
the sky, but when his passengers
perform stunts on the wings of his
plane ho does not like It.
De (iarmo reported here today
while flying over the Nevada
desert on his hist trip between this
city and San Francisco, his plane
suddenly rocked and he found his
passenger doing stunts on one
wing of his plane. De Garino land
fcri his craft Immediately, utillv-ing
ah emergent field.'-"
Investigation revealed the pas
senger with the circus ideas was
intoxicated. Citable to leave him
at the emergency field due to zero
weather, De (iarmo locked him In
the cabin and proceeded to his
destination.
The name of the wing walker
was withheld by the flying com
pany. NO PAPER THURSDAY
Following ii lonn CBtiilillslicd
custom tlicro will bo no iKHiio
of t)i im paper on ChriHtnias
Day, so that the oniployos of
the paper may enjoy tho holl-
ilay with their friends and
famllloit.
4
11",
W-
WHEATKING!
.HAS PRAISE !
IFOR BOARD!
i World's Largest Individual
i Grower Says Recent Pur
; chases Have Vindicated
I k-.:..:i: T -j
Huuviuus luwiiru aiauin
zation of Price.
PASADKNA. Cal.. Deo. 24. HP)
Thomas Campbell, the world's lar- ;
gest individual wheat grower, up- j
held the federal farm board's stab-
I flization of wheat prices today. At j
his winter home here the Montana'
wheat rancher said the board's re
cent heavy wheat purchases had
1 completely vindicated its activities
j in wheat.
I Campbell said an a result the
: Chlcak'o wheat market is "J3 cents
I higher (ban the Wltmleg market, a
'condition which Is usually reversed
'at this time of year, "if the farm
board had not b o u g h t wheat
.' throe weeks ago," ho continued.
: "we niinht have had the worst
stock market crash in the coun
try's history." -
Must Cut Production
Tho salvation of the United
States wheal growers, Campbell
said, is to produce only enough
fur domestic consumption. "Then
our tariff will protect prices. When
we have an exportable surplus, all
price levels maintained by the
tariff are swept away by the neces
sity of sidling the surplus.''
Discussing business conditions
Campbell said prices are down be
cause alt classes of people, tho
world over, are not buying as
much as in recent years. Jlo de
clared he saw nothing alarming In
tho trail; depression, pointing out
this country and also the world
had shouldered other depressions
when resources for "comebacks"
were not so great as now.
"Support the program of Presi
dent hoover," Campbell advised,
"and follow his admonition that
food; wlieltdr and'lotlling must Ho
given to everyone not able to pro
vide it himself this winter. Then
a great step in surmounting pres
ent conditions will have been
taken."
MINNEAPOLIS. Dec. 24. (A1)
C. .1. 1 lock wood, receiver for the
W. H. Foshny company. In his first
formal report to the federal !!
trlct court, declared today that
stockholders nf the company will
receive nothing and creditors will
get very little from liquidation of
assets.
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Bethlehem Draws
Christmas Crowd
in Annual Tribute
HKTIIUOHKM. Palestine.
Dee. L'4. V) The roads into
this Hit lo cily were crowded
today with a throng in strik
ing contrast with that which
filed along the (lusty highways
just liU'.O years ago.
On that far day alt the de
scendanls of the tribe of Da
vid, ineltuftug Joseph . and
Mary, were trudging here tu
pay tho tax enacted of all tho
world by the mighty Caesar
Augustus.
Today's crowd came largely
in automobiles and to pay, not
not a tax but a tribute to tho
child who was bora here on
the first Christmas day.
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Dozen Children Will Enjoy
Hospitality Tree- Music,
Presents and Dinner On
Program.
WASHIXCTON, Dec. 24. (A)
The daucinK eyes of a dozen chil
dren, Christmas carols, candlelight
and bells, will climax one of the
grandest Christmas eve parties
ever planned by the Hoovers, biff
or Utile.
There will he, of course, a hue
Christ imiK treo In the spacious
east room of the White House,
Heads of presents, music, nnd a big
dinner.
The plans for tho president's
party to his grandchildren and
the children of his secretaries nnd
aides the big event has been placed
last.
Then, if nil goes well, the prcsi
dent atut iYli'B,-Hoover, flanked by
I'eftRy Anne Hoover, Herbert 3rd
and the other children, hearing
candles and bells, will parade up
stairs nnd down throiiKh n dark
ened white house, singing Christ
runs carols. ,
Tho "if" must be remembered
however. Rxnctty a year ago n
similar event had been planned
Just at dessert time, someone
Htepped quietly to the president's
side to tell him tho White House
office was on fire.
The children's party ended by
their watching historic flames.
NEEDY OF COAST
SAN FUANCKSCO. Dec. 24. P)
In countless thousands of humble
hnmcH along the Pacific coast the
Jingle of Ktanta's slclghbelhj will
be m 'jig led tomorrow with tho
laughter of children nnd the tears
of happy mothers where, but for
the thoughtfulnesH and enterprise
of newspapers, there would have
been probably only despair.
Morn and 100,000 In Christmas
funds were raised by newspapers
in tho larger coast cities and un
determined additional thousands
more in smaller places. In some
of tho places the sums exceeded
all previous records.
SANDIN'-illAM, Kng., Doc. 24
(!) Nowhere in the world this
Christmas eve Ik there a more
cosy fireside than that of the
llrltlsh royal family.
The cures of state forgotten,
King (ieorgn, with Quern Mary,
nnd their children nnd grandchil
dren, is like a simple, country
gentleman In his country home.
Handingham house. In Norfolk.
Only the red despatch boxes
containing government p a p e r s, I
which come twice a day from In-
don. remind him of tho harassing
affairs of the empire. !
PARENTS SEEK FOOD
NKW ftEDFORD. Mass., Dec. 24
(A) Three of the four children of
Mr. and Mrs. James Holomon per
ished In flames that destroyed
their home today while their par
ents were nbsent to obtain n
Chr'stmas basket from a relief
organization, The dead children
were: Jimtlna, ft; Mary, 18 months
nnd Mildred, Tour months.
A fourth child, hmils, three, was
rescued.
CHRISTMAS EVE
PARTY PLANNED
IN WHITE HOUSE
IM CHRISTMAS
rnnnnvAi umior T:
READY
IN
OF ST. NICK
Final Rush of Shopping To
dayAll Known Needy
Will Be Cared For Social
and Church Gatherings
Scheduled for Tonight.
Cily nnd county made ready to.
day (or the comlnR of Santa Claim
tonight and the unuul rush of final
ChriHtma uhoppei'B were on the
streets. Provisions have been mado
for the delivery of Yuletlde cheer
lo the needy, with especial care
that no child look upon an empty
stocking In the mornlnc
The lOlks lodne today made their
annual distribution ot Christmas
inken and similar steps were
taken by the Volunteers of Amer
ica, the Salvation Army and other
charitable agencies of the city.
Clear and crisp weather is the
prediction for tomorrow.
In scores of homes of the city
the holiday spirit will prevail witli
many family reunions planned for
tomorrow. In practically every liv
ing room a tinseled tree stands.
Even Jail Cheered
Hotels of the city will serve spe
cial menus tomorrow. The Christ
mas spirit eveu pervades the
gloomy walls of the county Jail.
As usual the day before Christ-,
man, the long period of preparation
for celebrating having come to an
end, there was a general let down.
In business and office duties be
cause of anticipation, and hasten
ing home this afternoon earlier
than usuul to prepare for the cele
bration of Christmas eve, although
the groceries, meat markets and
some of the Btores remained open
until the usual closing hour to ac
commodate last minute shoppers.
The business district will be a
quiet place tomorrow,- as all places
of business will be closed except
hotels,, restaurants, cigar stands
and some vervice stations..- j.. -8ocial
Gatherings .
tn addition to the observance ot
Christ mas eve in the homes tp
night, there will be various social
gatherings, Including one or two
church celebrations and there will
be a number of public dances. The
theatres will draw large patronage.
The midnight mass of the Catho
lic church and at the Sacred Heart
hospital chapel, and music program
of the Episcopal church will attract
many of various denominations as
usual.
The observance of Chr'titmas eve
at the vuiious homes will be all
the more enjoyable because of the
Christmas radio broadcasting pro.
grams.
There will be no issue of the
Mail-Tribune tomorrow.
DOZEN KILLED IN
RANGOON-BURMA, Dec. 24.
fP) More than a dozen persons
have been killed and many wound
ed In tho Tharawaddy and Inselri
districts of upper llurma by riot
ers who attacked several villages
in tho course of a tax resting
campaign, according to reports re
ceived here today.
Four native officials were slain
In the villages, In one of which
the rioters were reported thin
morning to he still fighting with
police. It Is believed the police
Inflicted heavy losses.
tVILL
ROGERS
9$gys:
ni'RHANK, Cnl., Doc. 24.
Wrote a little gng tlie other
diiy saying if you hud some
body working for you and. you .
wasn't going to fire 'em, why
write 'em a Christmas card,
telling 'em ho. Well, I got ait
awful lot of nbe comments on
it and if you haven't done it
why do so right toduy. There
must he millions working that
are going to he kept on, but
the bosses just haven't gone to
the trouble of telling 'em so.
You can't blame a man for not
buying anything if he don't
feel that his job is fairly secure.
I know what I am talking
about, and this is a hint to tho
ones I nm working for.