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f 4 Twenty-Sixth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 23, 1931.
No. 92.
Today
By Arthur Brisbane
The President's Plan. '
Deadlock in Italy.
Getting and Keeping. ;
The No-Stop Diesel '
Engine. ;
Copyright King Feature Synd., Inc.
Vhe president' said a few
p words, at the end of last week,
v and immediately, in all of the
i i j ,.
circles of the world, was born
a feeling of hope and encour
agement. The president's suggestion
comes to this: "Let all the na
tions stop hounding each other
for money, at this peak of world
depression. .. Let payment of
debts among nations, principal I
and interest, be suspended for
one year, including reparations
imposed upon Germany."
Uncle Sam makes the propos
ition with good grace, since
EVERYBODY OWES ITIM
AND HE OWES NOBODY.
. The French government prob
ably will agree to the arrange
ment, with reluctance, if at all,
for France must give up more
than she will save. However,
if all other nations agree,
France, for the sake of the gen
eral world effect, will probably
agree also. .
President Hoover's plan was
greeted with cheers in the com
mons, when MacDonald accept
ed the president's suggestion.
That naturally would happen,
for the British now pay out
more than they take in.
Germany is delighted, and
while stock prices went up two
to twelve points in New York,
following a substantial rise on
Saturday increases in Germany
were much greater. ine mars
went to : par, stock - in the
Reichsbank went skyrocketing,
eotton rose $3 a' bale, wheat 2
cents a bushel. It was a happy
day in many places. Let us
hope -the happiness will con
tinue. While the world is grateful
to President Hoover for having
said the thing that has lighted
the world gloom, at least tem
porarily, it is understood by
business men that the president
poasesses 'knowledge concern
incr conditions in Europe that
t, i made urgent action necessary.
The Vatican and Mussolini's
government have reached a
deadlock. The discussion turns
on the question as to who shall
control the education of youth
in Italy. The pope, who speaks
of youth as "the most exquisite
part of the church," declares
that in striking at youth, Mus
solini has struck at "the heart
of the pope." There seems at
present little hope of an under
standing. (Continued on Page Four)
Abe Martin
Yon kin git any woman's undi
vided attention by tcllln' her
about sonvbuddy that's nnhnppr.
"Now'a a -da rid ft fm4 t' git a di
vorce on fallnre C provide," mid
.X
Mrs. Lafe Dud, filar.
POST.GATTY
TAKE WING
FOR BERLIN
Oklahoma Pair Leave Har
bor Grace Soon After Ar
rival From New York
Scorn Weather Reports in
Haste to Start Flight
HARBOR GRACE, N. F., June 23
(P) Wiley Postv and Harold
Gatty of Oklahoma City, Okla.,
hopped off for
Berlin, Germany
from the tlyins
field here at 4:57
p. m. Newfound
land daylight
time.
The flyers took
off but a few
hours after they
had flown here
from Roosevelt
Field, N. Y. Their
takeoff was with
out event and
they soared oft'
oceanward with
Berlin as their
goal.
,HAR0tP6TTV
The clrcum
stances surrounding their arrival
and take-off made the flight one of
the most hasty in the history of
trans-oceanic flight. No sooner had
the flyers landed than they began
making prepara
tions for a take
off. They ate a
hasty meal, rush
ed back to the fly
ing field, super
vised the retuel
ing of their plane,
the "Winnie
Mae," inspected
it, warmed it up
and hopped off.
They were even
too busy to pose
for photograph
ers, and evidently
gave little or no
thought to weath
er conditions.
WILEY. POST
Otto Hillig and Holger Hoiriis
will bop off for Denmark early to
morrow morning if weather condi
tions are favorable, they said to- j
auy. i uey suia ineir plane was
in excellent condition and all they
needed was word from Dr. James
H. Kimball, New York meteorolo
gist, to start across the Atlantic
ocean.
0. S. C. ENROLLS 793
. CORVALLIS, Ore, June 23 (JP)
A first day summer BeHsfon regis
tration, larger than the final regis
tration a year ago, was reported
today by E. B. Lemon, registrar
at the state college. Yesterday '
7U3 RtudrntH enrolled, compared
with (!& on the first day lust year,
and 771 for the entire 1930 ses
sion. The 4-H club session just ad
journed had 724 enrolled as
against 64 5 a year ngo.
$400,000 OFFER FOR
SHIPS HELD PLENTY
NEWARK, N. J., June 23 (ff)
Federal District Judge Guy I. Fake
today directed the receivers of the
Submarine Boat corporation to ac
cept the Joffer of the ; Portland
California Steamship company of
$4011.000 for the fleet of 22 ships
owned by the Transmarine corpor
ation, a aubsidiary.
The Portland-California company
Is a subsidiary of the Dollar lines.
ST)
tr- r
22 Year Old Murder Out
Little Crippled Lady Now
Free of Law and In Mind
CLEVELAND, June 23,
Mrs. Laura Sweltzer. 69, a crippled
little woman who killed a man In
self defense 22 years ago and kept
it a secret In her family, was free
In her conscience and at liberty
today.
There was no need df any more
of the anxiety which had troubled
her all these years, for she con
fessed yesterday and authorities
ruled the killing justifiable.
In an obscure file at central po
lice station there has reposed since
1909, out of sight and mind of
most everyone, a record which said
Jacob Oelss stabbed himself with
a butcher knife on October 29 of
t hn t venr. The coroner's verd let
' wo suicide.
Urges National Plan
JMlJ-
Asaoctateft CitM l'hSt
James W. Gerard, former U. 8.
ambassador to Germany, in a letter
to business leaders, urged that m
congress of American industry be
held soon to form a 10-year national
economic program.
50TH REUNION
OF VETERANS
' - - - "m
Relief Corps and'V Other
Auxiliary Organizations
On Hand for Portland
Encampment of G. A. R.
PORTLAND, Juno 23 Of) Vet
erans of the Union forces met here
today, three score and ten years
after the smouldering fires of seces
sion flared and the nation felt the
travail of civil war.
It was the 60th annual encamp
ment of the department of Oregon
of the Grand Army of the Republic,
and the veterans and their families
were gueuts of the city for their
annual reunion.
The stirring music of fifo and
drum corps echoed through, the city
streets as the veterans, paraded
the streets, but not with that light
tread and easy gait with which
they answered the martial strains
when they were much younger and
battling to maintain the union.
Band Gives Concert
This morning the veterans were
guests at a band concert in the
lobby of the Multnomah hotel,
given by the Seventh Infantry band
from Vancouver Barracks. Dr.
Joseph B. Hall, past commander of
the department of Oregon, was the
guest of honor at the concert and
luncheon which followed.
. Judge William M. Colvlg of Med
ford, department commander, pre
sided at the business sessions to
day. An open campflre meeting
will be held tonight. .
Auxiliaries Meet
Allied organizations were meet
ing today in connection with the
encampment. These groups in
cluded the women s Relief CorpB,
Ladies of the Grand Army, daugh
ters of Union Veterans, Sons of
Veterans and tile Sons of Veterans
Auxiliary.
Tomorrow night the Grand Army
veterans will lie guests of the Sons
of Veterans at a dinner and re
ception. Thursday will be taken
up with business meetings, instal
lation of officers, and a father and
daughters banquet.
542 SUMMER SCHOOL
EUGENE, Ore., June 23. (ff)
Enrollment for the University of
Oregon summer sessions reached
542 today compared with 487 at
the same time a year ago. The
gain in enrollment Is expected to
increase steadily with further reg
istration this week. . A faculty of
75 members Is handling the In
struction. Yesterday Harris Temple, Mrs.
Hweltzer's son-in-law who said he
was angry with her because she
had Interfered with his private
home life, accused her of killing;
Oelss.
When police brought her to the
station, Mrs. Hweltser told tho
story of the killing. She had just
been divorced from George Helder
and was keeping boarders. Oelss.
one of the boarders, had been
drinking, she said, and had become
angry because she refused to
marry him.
As he drew up his fist as If to
strike her, the woman said she
stabbed him. Mrs. Emma Temple,
her daughter, who was a witness
to the slaying, substantiated her
tory.
LVI
OPENS
FRANCE TO
OFFER OWN
DEBT PLAN
Counter Proposal to Hoover
Suggestion in Course of
Preparation, Is Diplo
matic Rumor Italians
View Idea Favorably
PARIS, June 23. (JP) informa
tion in -diplomatic circles indicates
Vrym-e la now working on a defin
ite counter project to the Hoover I
war debt proposal which will be
submitted to the cabinot tumor-' j
row.
i ma cuuiuur piun, i wtu buiu
today. Is based upon Mr. Hoover's
principle of helping Germany, but
it also takes into consideration
France'B desire to keep on with
the Young plan and to assist Oer
many by paymentH through tho
Bunk . for . International Settle
ments. PARIS, June 23. (JPi A state
ment Issued by the finance minis
try tonight In explanation of the
French understanding of the
Young plan tn relation to Presi
dent Hoover's war debt proposal,
declares that the application of
the Hoover proposal would make
it difficult to resume the Young
plan at the end of a year.
WASHINGTON, June 28. (P)
President Hoover Is making a
complete canvass of all members
of the senate and house to ascer
tain their attitude toward his pro
posed war debt reparations holi
day. It was said at the White House
today Mr. Hoover had talked to
all members of the house and sen
ate In Washington and has con
sulted with many of them by tele
phone. Those he could not reach by
those methods he has telegraphed
or cabled.
The White House did not Indicate-how
complete , the, poll t was
Up to date, but It' was said thuE
over 60 per cent of the two mem
berships had replied. -
Among those the president has
consulted personally was Senator
Harrison; democrat, of Mississippi,
who arrived In the capital today.
After his conference with the
chief executive the Mississippi
democrat refused to comment.
Today's
BASEBALL
National
(first game) R. H. E.
Cincinnati 2 7 0
Boston 0 3.1
Lucas and Sukeforth; Sherdel
and Spohrer, Bool,
(second game) R. H. E.
Cincinnati 8 11 0
Boston . 4' 10 0
(Called rain in sixth Inning).
Benton and Styles; Moss, McAfee,
Cantwell and Cronln, Bool.
Pittsburgh at Brooklyn (2) post
poned; rain. Doubleheader tomor
row. Chicago at New York: St. Louis
at Philadelphia, postponed; rain.
American
(first game) , R. H. E.
Boston 0 fi 1
Cleveland 13 19 1
Russell, Durham, ,Llsenbee, Mc
Laughlin and Berry, Connolly;
Brown and Sewell.
(first game) R. H. E.
Washington - ; 10 18 0
Detroit 8 0 0
Burke, Had ley and Spencer;
Hoyt, Herring, Sullivan and Hay
worth. (first game) R. II. E.
New York 8 13 1
Chicago 8 7 2
Johnson, We Inert, Gomel and
Perkins; I,yons, McKaln, Caraway,
Faber and Tate.
Babo Ruth scored his 14th
homer.
(first game) R. IT. E.
Philadelphia 8 12 0
St. Louis 0 2 1
Grove end Cochrane; Collins,
Stiles and Young. Crouch.
FEE
SLASHED AT PORTLAND
SALEM. June 28. (P) A re
duction of fl a carload In the
cost of grain Inspection by tho
federal government, was an
nounced here today by Max Geh
lhar, director of agriculture. Grain
Is Inspected at Portland, and the
reduction of from $3.60 to 2.b0
a carload will mean a saving to
the state of about $1000 a year It
was announced.
:
Union Eftjrtern Oregon live
stock show opened here recently
Debt Plan Topic
Secy. Stimson On
' Hookup Tonight
i WASHINGTON, June 23
(F) Secretary Stimson plans
to broadcast tonight in a Joint
hookup of both the National
and Columbia networks an ex-
planutlon of the adminlstra-
lion's position regarding war
debts and reparations. 4
The secretary's statement
will Include a summary of the
critical financial situation in
permany.
' His speech will be for a
fifteen minute period, begin-
niug at 10 p. in., eastern stand- 4
ard time.
FIRST CALL AS
SHE FOR HOI
Salem Chamber Reiterates
Support All South of
Portland Should Be Eyed
if Roseburg Unsuccessful
SALEM, June 23 (P) Location
of tho Notional Soldiers' Home
should be thrown open to all cities
south of Portland west ot the Cas
cades in the event KoBeburg Is not
chosen ty the national hospital
board. This was the strong recom
mendation made by the Salem
Chamber of Commerce last night
when the group considered Eu
gene's fight for the site.
The chamber again reiterated Its
support ot the Roseburg Bite, but
added that in the event Koseburg
was found wanting, then all cities
within the reslgnated area should
be considered. This was declared
fair to all those cltieB eligible, in
eluding Salem, which have contin
tied to support Roseburg. Eugene
is making a fight for the location,
although Roseburg has the sun-
poiuof virtiwny- the entire state,
POSTAL CHIEF
EYES AIRPORT
ON VISIT HERE
W. Irving Glover, Second
Assistant Postmaster
General Flys to Medford
Goes to Crater Lake
Medford had the honor of enter
tnining over last night and part
of today W. Irving Glover, of
Washington, D. C, second assis
tant postmaster general. In charge
of transportation of malls, whose
visit In Oregon Is primarily to at
tend the annual convention of the
Oregon Postmasters, that convened
at Eugene yesterday, and at which
Postmaster Wm. J. Warner was an
attendant.
Mr. Glover accompanied by Mr.
Warner went to Portland late yes
terday afternoon from Kugene
where they boarded a south
bound plane and arrived In Med
ford Inst night with two purposes
In view to enable Mr. Glover to
visit Crater Lake and make an In
spection of the Medford airport.
Hence this morning Mr. Glover
with Mr. Warner, J. C. Thompson,
chairman of the airport committee
of the local chamber of commerce,
and C. T. Baker, secretary of that
body, as escorts, drove to Crater
Lake, returning from there early
this afternoon, after which the
visiting postal official Inspected
the airport, and departed for
Portland at 3:16 p. m. on a trl
inotor plane.
Mr. Glover lefve Portland this
evening for the east on tonight's
air mall plane.
BLASfKILLSTEN
N NAVAL ARSENAL
WUKHAM, Dorset, Kng., June
2J. W) Ten men were killed and
nineteen injured In nn explosion
today at the Royal Nnvnl Cordite
factory at Jlolton Heath, near
here.
Tho explosion occurred In the
nltro-clycertns department of the
factory. - ,
The roof of the building In
which the explosion occurred waji
blown a Kreat distance. A post
office building three miles away
was shaken and the blaxt was heard
for twenty miles around.
ROSEBURG
HAS
EDUCATION
CUT RATIO
University to Bear Four
Tenths and College Six
Tenths of $1,181,000
Slash in. Budget Salary
Reduction Idea Rejected
PORTLAND, Ore., June 23, (tf)
After prolonged discussion, the
state board of higher education at
noon today adopted the report of
Its flnunce committee making the
University of Oregon bear four
tonths of the cut of J1.181.U00
tnuile necessary by the referendum
tleup, and Oregon State, six tenths
of It.
The three normal schools are all
kept running and are not to be
cut except to nilno a reHerve fund
which the board hopes will reach
$100,000.
Although board member Ji, F.
Irvine made a plea for antary cuts,
as suggested though not advocated
by Presldont .Kerr, of tho State
college, he was overruled by the
prevailing opinion that such action
would only coat the state Its best
teachers now and much money
eventually to replace them.
How They Faro
The cuts mean this:
University of Oregon la cut
$342,043 on an original state tax
money budget of $2,074,631 for
the coming 18 months. This leaves
$1,732,488 to operate all functions
Including the medical school and
Doernbecher hospital. It has $62
less per year student enrolled than
stnto.
Htate collego Is cut $313,065 on
an original state tax money budget
of $2,760,412, leaving $2,247,847
for the coming 18 months to oper
ato all functions Including such
extension activities as 4-H work.
Normals Also Cut ',
Tho threo normals are cut from
an original $577,468 to an approxi
mate $477,468, but an offort Will
.be made 4a. Ijrtng them up, to &p-,
proved standards foi fetich schoolH.
They are not now so rnted. ,
Budgets are to be drawn for one
year only on the basis as estab
lished for the 18-month period.
This Is because the finance com
mittee Insists that still further ad
justments be made on the basis
of fact studies of enrollments and
actual course costs.
hi. C. Hammons, chairman of
tho committee pointed out that
the four-six division still leaves
approximately the samo propor
tionnte dint, -Unit Ion between the
university and the college which
has existed since 1021, when mlll-
(Continued on Page t, Story 1)
TEACHER SHOT BY
HKATTLE, Juno 23 (p) Wil
liam B. llnnHon, who Bald lie wan
u Portland school toucher, whh Hhot
on a street corner here early today
and BerlouHly wounded. A friend,
Haven C. Klnnxhury, 29, 1229 Kant
2Uth Btreet, Portland, was held by
police while they Investigated the
Htory of both men that they were
attacked hy a mysterious Kunmnu.
KinKHbury said he could not
identify the assailant, nor could
he explain the purpose of the ut
tack. Police said thny were con
vinced the purpose was not rob
bery. Detectives said Kingsbury told
them he and Hanson had "taken a
few drinks" about threo houri
earlier with a man whose name
was unknown to either of them.
AGED ON
British Subjects Hopeful
Wales Will Find Princess
Ere Arrival Next Birthday
LONDON, June 23. W) Th
Prince of Wales. England's royal
bachelor, awoke today with the
realization that he was l years
old and that the world had beaten
a pathway of congratulations to
his door.
Literally thousands of telegrams
and messnges of felicitation were
heaped on the table at York
house. Among the first personnl
greetings he received were from
King George and Quien Mary and
other members of his Immediate
family.
l'e treated the anniversary like
an ordinary day. After dealing
with a mass of correspondence,
he motored to Buckingham pal
ace, where he assisted the king
at the Investiture of members of
the Order of St. John of Jerusa
lem, of which he Is prior.
Over all the land and the ut
most reaches of the British em
Caiv te For Office
dsioclofffd Prt.a Photo
Mrs. William Henry Pouch of
New York City la a candidate for
the office of vice president ;jsnara!
of the National Society of the
DeuflhlEre pf The American Revo
lution. Pre-Fourth of July Celebrant
Rushed to Medford for
Treatment Explosion
Mangles Index Finger
The 'Fourth of July is still more
than a week away but celebrating
has already started Jack Hill,
young son ot Mr. and MrB. Martin
Hill ot Phoenix, was rUBhed to
Medford thin morning to receive
treatment for severe burns on his
left hand sustained when a giant
cracker he had lighted, exploded.
Jack lighted the fire cracker in
a brass cylinder and , awaited, re
sults, according to the reports. His
parents were away from the house
at the time. The explosion soon
followed and the index finger ot
his left hand was badly cut by the
bursting tube) Several stitches
were taken In his finger, Dr. R.
W. Stearns, attending physician,
stated this afternoon.
Donald Snyder, who was shot In
the jaw Saturday night by Law
rence Grantham, another youth,
who was playing with a cap gun,
was reported In the same condition
today. Mis jaw Is still too badly
swollen to receive thorough treat
ment. An X-ruy has neen taken
of the spot penetrated by the lead
shots.
All shops have been ordered to
cease selling cap pistols, Chief of
Police McCrodle announced yester
day. Such snles are unlawful
within this city,
i
IS
WASHINGTON, June 23. (fl1)
Exaiplner Walker of the federal
radio commission today recom:
mended that the commission deny
the application of A. D. Wood
and T. It. Wood that they bo per
mitted to construct a broadcast
ing station In Klamath Falls, Ore.
Walker said the applicants failed
to show the availability of ur
riclent radio talent, that granting
of the upptlcatlon would Increase
tho over-quota com) It Ion In the
fifth zone, and that the appli
cants fulled to show that public j
Interest would be served. j
pire the day was signalised hy the
flying of flags from government
and public buildings. Distinguish
ed men and women accorded him
recognition by going to York house
to sign the visitors' book.
The public seemed to feel that
only one thing was lacking In
ine universni rejoicing over mo
birthday of Its fuvorlte prince
a I'rlnress of Wales. The Dally
Kxpress In wishing him many
happy returns put It this way: j
''Perhaps before bit is 83 he
mny give us a chance of toasting
both tho Prince and the Princess
of Wales. Meanwhile, hats oft
to the premier bachelor of the
kingdom.'
The ceremony ot Investiture re
called the pomp and pageantry
of medieval days. King George
was the prlnclal figure In his ca
pacity as sovereign heod of the
order, entrusted with Investing
the members.
GIANT CRACKER
BURNS PHOENIX
YOUTH ON HAND
RUTH HURT
AND PLANE
IN TATTERS
Aviatrix Overshoots Field at
St. John in Hop From New'
York Overseas Flight,
Delayed Indefinitely
Flyers Vertebrae Cracked
NEW YORK, ; June S3. WV-J
X-ray pictures today revealed that
two vertebrae of Ruth Nichols"
spine were cracked when ' she '
crushed yesterday at St. John. :
hi. H. f . - ,'.
Her doctor, "reported ly tele'
phone, however, that while the
Injury was painful It was In no
way Berlous, as the cracked verte
brae were not dislocated and
would mend easily and quickly.'
' ST. JOHN. N. B., June 23. W)
Injured when lnndlng after
flight from -New York, Miss Ruth 1
Nichols was still Intent today on
following the Lindbergh trail to
Paris. ,
Her high-speed monoplane was
wrecked at the municipal airport'
as the setting sun blinded her for
an instant. . '.
At a hospital she smilingly as- '
serted she would not let "that
llttle spill" deter her from her"
goal. v
She suffered a superficial cut
of the right knee and strained
back, caused by an oil tank shift- '
Ing when the- plane crashed.
Mechanics .checked over . the .
plane and said the extent of , the (
damage was great. . Despite the
girl's desire to continue the flight,
It was thought the damage to the,
ship ' would cause -an -Indefinite'
postponement ; .
Miss Nichols took oft from the'
Floyd Bennett f leld, . New . YoT.
yesterday afternoon, . accompanied
by a convoy .-of ' naval reserve :
planes and - another piloted . ; by
Clarence D. Chamberlln. 'her ad
vlser, . fj ::.; 'vi' -
Crowd 6cca Mishap. ' .
A. crowd was at the 8t; 'John
airport , w.beji she prepared to u
land,' fdur' hours i and' fifteen iriln"" -utes
after leaving New York. The
plane touched the ground lightly.
rose a few feet, then oraahed into -hillocks
and brush beyond the i
runwuy. Chamberlln reached the
field after Miss Nichols had been t
removed to the hospital.
She had waited nearly three
weeks for favorable weather re-
ports. She hopes to be the first :
woman to span the Atlantic by air
on a solo flight. From St. John
ehe had planned to go to Harbor 1
Grace, N. F which was to be
the starting point of the over-i
water hop.
Chamberlln, seeing the wreck
age of the plane, said: "It looks .
ns though It's alt oft now. How
did she ever come out of . it .
alive?"
fillll Cheerful.
He went to the hospital and was
greeted by Miss Nichols with the
salutation, "Hello handsome."
The nose of the monoplane
was crushed, its fuselage wrecked,
the left wing damaged and the
under carriage carried away.
Miss Nichols dictated this tele-;
gram to her mother In Rye, N.Y.t
"All I did was get ' my back
wrenched and wreck my ship.
All O. K. mother, awfully sorry '
about crashing, but will do it next
time." . . i
She smiled after dictating the
message, then remarked: "I'm
going to take It easy for a few
days. I'm planning to get (she
stopped obviously from pain In :
her back) another ehlp."
WILL
ROGERS
BEVEKLY HILLS, Cal Juhi
22. Ilrre we go again. Amer-. ,:
iua running true to form fixing
some other" country's business
for 'em just as we always do. m
We mean well but will wind up .
in wrong as usual. When gome' .
nation wants us to help 'em v
out they use the same old
"lag" that we should exert one ,..;
"moral leadership" and; we,'
like a Yap, believe it when aa at ;
matter of truth no nation wanta
any other nation exerting a '
"moral leadership" over 'em '
even if they' had one. If we s
ever pass out as a great nation
we ought to put on our tomb
stone, "America died from a
delusion that she had moral '
leadership.'1
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