fourth
Medford Mail Tribune
Year
TODAY'S NEWS TODAY
ScUy SOUTHWEST
PDVINQ DAM
I I minu I nil
Kinds of Giving-
Worries in tuiuH
Miles Of Salt
i:ler.
Qsea Captain.
MEDFORE, OKKGOX, SUNDAY, JUrA' 26, 1931.
TELEPHONE 73
No. 121.
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mwre Synd.. Inc.
tlli0I1 is extremely gen
His easy to Rive away
of (he people raised by
wh. And (Jiving
, pleasant glow, when
nothing.-
financiers arc naui
Then it comes to nsu-
on tlmt
Lir own iuuiiuj i
institutions, in. uei-
Uney they have failed
lira from Germany, in
Lot days of uncertainty.
tably stay there, since
adent requests it. But
L time to come uer-
,nd Europe generally
h it difficult to borrow
market.
. Berlin fears that an-
Lillion men may be out
U The French, whose
It goes back to 1870 and
tk's five thousand mil
its will continue draw-
in Germany all that Oer-
n give. ; .
country would like to
II only to protect gigantic
lit Germany owes to pri-
Uriduals and institu
m, -
i is difficult to suggest
t that the country can
iriously enough when
lire witting each other's
i His eByto send -over
ilions of dollars to pro
ud help in war.
ipparently, it is impos-
t send even one billion
bi nation, struggling in-
Ullr.
piny's financial worries
pneral European wor
Fririce plans concessions
tetance to Germany such
SI bring the nations on
ntinent closer together,
frince at their head, to
what is called the "Aug
N States bloc."
m Britain does not like
''of a continent united
her, with a great
kmibmarine and airplane
d at Britain's shir
N big cities, imd France,
Moment, draining Eng
' r gold, t'-'O.OOO.OOO in
)' airplane.
'Mwhat you might call
rtnl situation for any of
'Hons concerned.
f nation may 'be grateful
0 miles of salt wate
j'1 us from Europe's trou
"is to be hoped that
eil States will apprec
" separation and not be
' 0 'iwgerous . coniplica
' even in the effort
1 toilc the millions that
JD financiers in suite of
-sf have foolishly invest
'""ions foreign bonds.
thousand miles of salt
kj important, iu
HtWfcs. chftinnlnn filer
R hu breakfast In
'""tiieun in Havana,
Yorlt on the same
2,. 0 ov 2.806 miles of
" hours, a minutes.
kiwi" Iuel he ouW hve
r1. within 34 hours.
rsim by powerful
tu n ' tne ocean 11
b, " ("event a great nat
. -"""'x live thousand
K Pursuit planes across
a . uue nti
I v "'" it taae to arrange
i lu" '""-la be left
- arter such a visit?
A " OB r. . . . .
lw Me to stop
kv . " united states?
t .7."prl,nents. a fleet of
-a Z great British
.."" Coast anrt unik..
"t london. It was shown
-JPtWely mAn attack
LOS ANGELES), July 25. AP
Midsummer heat hi the nation's fry
ing pan tonight had claimed the lives
of 17 persons In 72 hours as tno
southwestern corner of the United'
States sizzled In temperatures rang
ing from UO to 118.
While southern California and Ari
zona cities reported new heat rec
ords, federal weather forecasts said
they saw no surcease from aonoimui
temperatures. The hottest spot in the
United States apparently was Needles,
Cal., which reported 11 degrees.
Eight deaths were reported from
Phoenix. Nine deaths In the Imperial
valley wero attributed to heat. Five
of the Imperial valley deaths occur
red In Brawley where a sun beaten
expanse reorded 108 degrees today
with a maximum of 118 yesterday.
Yuma and Tucson, Ariz., reported
112 decrees; Anaheim, Cal., 105; El
Centra, 113; Los Angeles, 90 and other
points reported heat ranging from 87
on the coast to 114 In the Interior.
RECORD HEAT IN
II
8T. PAUL, July 25. (AP) Tem
peratures past the 100 mark were
common In Minnesota and Norm
Dakota today.
At Bismarck, N. D.. the thermom
eter reached 108. the highest of the
year, and only two degrees lower
thant.he record set In 1021.
Mnnrhend. Minn., recorded 105. the
second highest ever reported there.
Fourteen years ago it, was itu. .
CHURCHILL SEES
1?
izzling Heat Over Arizona
And Southern California
Needles Is Hottest Spot
With Brawley, Yuma And
Tuscan Near No Relief
Near.
ROYAL WEDDING BELLS TO RING IN RUMANIA
j. r v t i tsK I
MAN
LAUDS
MEIER POLICY;
HITS S
Also Flays Power Interests
In Grange Address De
nies Unemployment Cre
ated By Julius Messrs.
Gore And Gates Also
Address Large Meeting.
t J AnaiHtiiUil 'rf..Ji 1'lnttO
In a church and civil ceremony Princess lleana of Rumania (left) fclll be-.or.is t:is trldo of Arch,
duke Anton of Mapsburg (right) In Slnala, Rumania, on July 26. King parol (cin'.or), brother ot the
princess, will give away the bride In the church ceremony. The wedding! will be solemnized at Pe'.ccch
castle (below) near Slnala. i
SINAIA. Rumania. Julv 25. (AP) Flurries of snow and rain today provided an unusual summer background
for the colorful last-minute preparations for the wedding of Princess lleana and Archduke Anton of Austria which
la to tnkp nlnce here tomorrow.
Slnala was-allvo with excitement. Flags flew from every window and thousands of peasants, resplendent In
national costumes, watched the preliminary arrangements.
This morning two bishops sent by Pope Plus XI from Rome baptized the princess as a Catholic and tomor
row's rites will be those of the Catholic church.
At 3:nn n. m. the roval counle will leave bv car for Queen Marie's castle at Bran where they will remain
until August 4. From there they will fly to Budapest, Vienna. Munich and Blgmarlngen, where they will visit
the Hohenzollern family.
They are expected to reach London August 15. From London they will return to Munich whero they
will make their home, ;
FIRST CAR OFPROSPERTY
VALLEY BARTSBE BATTLE
TO WYOMING
WORLD WAR NOW
SHIPPEO EAST OF DEMOCRATS BLAZE AT BEND
The first carload of Bartlett pears
out of the Rogue River valley this
season left Me.lford yesterday en
route for t,ho Chicago markets. The
car. shipped by tho Medford Fruit
company, was filled with pears of
fine quality and good size.
Another carload, which will sail
from Montreal August 7 for London,
was placed In cold storage. The
Palmer corporation also placed a
carload of Bartlctts In cold storage
yesterday.
No statement regarding price cx
i.iinu was made last night by
Ctuy W. Conner, who announced the
Mclford rTUlt compunj -"-
The first carload of pears to leave
Medford last summer was shipped
Anmist 3. according to
reports of several fruit men. The
pears are maturing -earner m.s yr
Kum.TN. July 26. (Sunday)
am.Thn nnersen Courier this morn-
lurr nrtnta nn article oy
Churchill, former British chancellor
of the exchequer, in mm
.... .uon nn In todaV
as "merely a continuation ot the 1 '8nd arc r very good size In spite
World war. with Germany and l-rance 0l the droutn
the antagonists and Great Britain ana
the United States the unwitting fin
anciers of a struggle in which' they
have no chance to win anything.
The Anglo-Saxon nauoiut,
still may "escape witn tneir " "
the article soys, "ny sinm.... ""
er and letting Europe's n'an'st"
topple into the abyss clutching each
others throats."
President
. ,,r,v ii as. i API President
u, .I'lrnen his back on all kinds
of work today at his Rapldlan Camp
and enjoyed in clear, coo.
Dlete rest irom the stress oi u.- ...
un,..mnni iieeoilatlons wnicn
claimed his attention for
E
OF ENDED BY RAIN
Gov. Roosevelt and Al Smith
Cohorts Lunch Together
No Politics Talked But
Much Political Signifi
cance In Air.
have
the last
m The1' president joined Mrs. Hoover
last night al the mountain retreat.
She had spent the week there.
E
LINDBERGHS SET .
10 SIM ORIENT
FLIGHT TUESDAY
HAMPTON BAYS. N. Y.. July 25.
(AP) A group of about 250 Demo
crats, all good "Smith men," and
good "Roosevelt men," too, had
luncheon together hero today with
the leader of their party and tho
man who next year may succeed
him as 11a standard bearer.
If the luncheon advanced" the am
bitions of Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt
today toward party leadership and
the 1032 nomination for Vie presi
dency, there was none In the party
who would say so. Yet tne guests,
including Smith and uovernor
Roosevelt, all knew that something
along that line had been expected
by the governor's backer.
Norman E. Mack, uemocrauc nat
ional committeeman, James A. Far
ley. Democratic state chairman; Ed
ward J. Flynn. secretary of state, and
Surrogate James A. Foley, sat close
to tho two central fiugrcs and talked
GRASSHOPPER WAR
SALEM. July 25-( ".7 o
emergency ooarn i ,.,,
authorize turning over to Klamatn
and Lake counties any money from
foV tw Eradication of grasshopper
others than the ""tount appropriated
by tho legislature for this P"rJ
Attorney Oeneral I. H. Van Winkle
stated in an opinion today.
The opinion was rei""" "',,
lard Marks, president of the senate.
In this request he tated tht the
funds appropriated for "d'c"'n
.,.r. had been exhaustea.
Te attorney general held however
that the county couru. " , " ,
tics could set aside more funds lor
relief.
MAN-MADE LASSEN
ERUPTI01FAILURE
MINERAL, Calif.. Jul? ZllZ
California dedicated '".'
tlonal park here today. A man-made
eruption of Lassen J"l",onu
NEW YORK. July 25. (API
There were definite lndlctlons today
.7.1 f the Lindberghs'
r,.,ht. to the Orient, sched-
" " next ' week.'
would not be made before Tuesday
"Vhe" oen!ye8rem.lning preparatory
step is the long distance testing of
":T r.Hin hv the flying col-
!, 1 ", mnre nartlcularly. by his
one. - . nralnr
wife. w,1o is to act o '' ,V.
on the long Jaunt Into the northern
"'ill": .-.r who installed the
powerful radio In the plane an,. In
structed the Lindberghs In Its use
? needed for the final tests. He Is
in Maine and expected hero Mon-
any- . , u: lv nlf la def-
so tne uni"""; --- ,,
inltely delayed until Tuesday and It
iT'uTte poinlo that .t w 1. not be
feasible to m"
nesday.
PASS GUN TOTERS
GIVEN! TERM
da mm Ore.. July 25.
(APj-The first arrest and con vie-
deme'anor to carry fire arm. on the
public hignwaya ui" - -
when Sidney Pyie ana u.
VI. nrants Pass, i
nteKnce, to 60 day. In the count.
tail. The men we ..i.. -j -
uty State Game Wardens y.. - -com
and J. Byman,
tiik WKATIIKK
pair Sunday and Monda
except locsl afternoon thunderstorms
mountain, of east portion: no
"i . m temDerature; moderate
north winds offshore.
CHEYENNK, Wyo., July 26. (AP)
Rain and the increasing vigilance
of firefighters had checked all but
two mator forest fires in Wyoming
tonight and state and forest officials
started to check losses which It was
believed would reach 75,000 acres oi
timber and grass.
Flames reported this morning near
Labbnte. 35 miles southwest of
Douclaa. were checked quickly and
all livestock was moved out of t,he
area before any losses occurred.
The most serious fires tonight were
In Grand Teton national iorcst.
whero they have been burning more
than two weeks and near Shell In
tho Big Horn basin. The Teton fire
was out of control with about 15.-
000 acres of timber burned and fires
on Horse creek and Its tributaries
In the Big Horn mountains near
Shell were spreading after several
thousand acres burned over.
Need for taxation reduction to end
tho reign of depression and a pro
gram to correct the present condi
tions which allow four per cent of
t,ho people to control 06 per cent of
tho wealth was volcod yestorday by
Rurus O. Holman, treasurer of Ore
gon, speaking aa personal represen
tative of Governor Julius Meier at
the meeting of the Pomona Grange
at the Sams Valley school house
a nine at what he called "tho sub
sidized uress" was also taken by Hol
man in condemning m ikw.)..,.
for what he called "protecting cer.
tain vested Interests whenever a pro
gram of reform Is waged."
Economics being effected In the
administration of the atato govern
ment under the leadership of Gov
ernor Meier were reviewed and a sav
ing of 60.000 on writing paper biuuo
was listed.
It Is not Vio Intention of tho state
cxecutlvea to create a condition of
unemployment In tho state of Ore
gon. Holman pointed out. and ex
plained that such a condition haa
not resulted from cutting down on
the state payroll, stating that the
people who have ocen fired wore not
put out of work because they wero
not doing anything In the first
place. .
Tho school building was crowdod
.with farmers from all sections of
the county for Treasurer Holinan's
a.idrcss and his remarks were punc
tuated with enthusiastic applause.
I which sounded approval of tho Meier
program.
The advantages gained by organ
ized selling controlled by the state
which allows certain Interest rates
which nrovldo a definite profit was
nnmnareri with the unorganized sys
tem under wnicn larmera bv.i
rnnll.A nn niflflt.
Power companies were irequcuny
referred to by Holman In his Insist
ence for reforms Bna criticism u.
the stand takon by the press. Un.ier
the nreaent BVstem OI protection
Holman aald. "Ww rloh aet ..richer
an the noor get poorer."
In conclusion, the slate treasurer
nmriif-tert that at the next meeting
of the legislature the budge asked
for the operation of the state will
show a saving of two million dollars.
ThA need for tax reauction wn
also presented at the meeting ny
On Vatican Council
rt iU
IP Mil
PITTSBURG
HOLOCAUST
Associated Vress Photo
Father Fernando Gaudet of New
York was appointed a member of
the general council of the holiest
sacrament at the Vatican. He It the
first American member of tha
council.
HARD
WORK
IS
FORD CURE FOR
PRESENT
TMES
Auto King Sees Hope In
Fact That People Are
"Beginning To Think"
But Shies At Forecast-
Coos Bay Workers Hit
GRANTS PASS. Ore., July 25.
(AP) Seventy experienced forest
fire fighters were rushed from here
today to Bald mountain In tho Sis
kiyou national forest, where a major
forest fire Is rcnortcd to bo burning
It has been estimated by officials
of the forestry department tho fife
fighters will not rear,i tho scene of
the fire until lato today as It will
take 12 hours to pack In alter rcacn
Ina the end of the mountain trail
Much virgin timber Is In the vicinity
about everything except puiinut. . ,, ......., ., ht, ,.nt-
; ...... "... ..m..n m.ri. oi tne names ....... ........ -i
uiuy mm. ..u w.. '" ."V.. te.l bv five lookouts.
Itself. Flynn sal.1:
The great Issue In 1032 will not
be prohibition but prosperity."
Mack declared:
"I am for a wet plank."
And that was all. Unofficially
and recent remarks of Mayor Anton
Cermak of Chicago, that uovernor
Roosevelt Is "wet enough" to satis
fy the democracy of Chicago aa a
presidential candidate, was a toplo
of conversation.
Smith did not attend a small
dinner given to Governor Roosevelt
last night. He pleaded a previous
engagement and dined with friends
his lavorlte inn. wnen omitn
and the governor met by chance on
fishing trip tnis lorcnoon mcy
exchanged harmless pleasantries and
parted quickly.
WASHINGTON, July 25. (AP)
The national woman s democratic
law enforcement league today en
dorsed Wllllsm G. McAdoo for the
1932 democratic presidential nomina
tion after being Informed Owen D
Young would not state his prohibi
tion views because he ha "no thot
of entering" the race.
In an editorial In tho woman vot
er, official mouthpiece of the league.
Mrs. Jesse W. Nicholson of Chevy
Chase. Mr., said If McAdoo. president
Wilson's secrotarl of the treasury.
were put forward now he would "at
tract a following that would ne naro
to beat at the national convention."
REND. Ore.. Julv 25. ( AP) For
est service lookouts reported tonight
a fire had been discovered in ino
upper Deschutes country, near South
Twin lake.
Tie flro was SHld to be especially
dangerous because It was near an
area where 10.000.000 feet of timber
was blown .town last April.
Eight men were fighting a fire
todnv near the Warm Springs Indian
.reservation. A small fire on the
southwesj, slope of Paulina mountain
near the forest service road camp
also was reported.
THE DALLES. Ore.. July 25. (AP)
Firefighters today brought under
control brush and grass fires ' that
swept over the Mill Creek orchsrd
area last night. Two old. unoccu
pled dwellings were burned.
T
BAKER, Ore.. July 25. (API-
Charles C. Reeves, 56, farmer In tfils
section for 11 yesrs, was found dead
at his home five miles from here
today, with a bullet wound In his
head. Part of the scalp had been
torn away by high powered, soft
nose bullet. An autospy will be held
later In the day. Physicians said
they believed the man shot himself.
Powder burns on Vie head were not
iceable. ATTICA. N. Y.. July 25. (UP)
Thomas Cain fell 100 feet from a
church steple, on which he was
working, and lived. He suffered sev
eral minor fractures.
NEW YORK, July 25.-(AP) -Henry
Ford, In one If his Infrequent Inter.
views, tonight declared the world
must recognize thot hard work alone
will bring back prosperity.
Tho Detroit manufacturer was In
tervlewcd lust bctoro leaving with
ht son Eduel for that city atlor
three-day trip . east .to visit nw out
friend Thomas A. .Edison, ana to coi
lect additional spoclmens for his mu
seum at Dearborn, Mich.
He was noncommittal on tne proo-
ablllty of nn economic recovory In
the near future. Asxea aoout, tne poa-
alblltty of a definite financial up
turn next spring or sooner,
nvestigations In Wake Of
Tragedy That Made High
Toll Of Aged Folks-Fire
Chief Gives Theory No
Fire Safeguards-
PITTSBURGH, July 26. (API-
Bereft of the home that was trans
formed by fire from a merciful shel
ter to an lnlerno of death and ter
ror, scores of old men and women
were In hospitals here tonight and
tho bodies of 33 others lay in tno
county morgue.
The names left in ruins tne i.ittiu
Slstors of the Poor home for the aged,
a charitable haven for 230 Infirm per
sons, none of them under sixty years
of age.
Two hundred and tnirtcen mcniuia
women wero In hospitals. Many oi
them were racked by memory of a
night of horror In tho flre-swept
four-story brick building. Some of
them were valiant volunteer rescuers,
policemen and firemen who labored
to save the helpless Inmates.
The number of dead rose to
when four victims succumbed In hos
pitals. Some of tho Inmates of tho .
home were close to an years om aim
suffered from shock and exposure
In addition to burns.
Seventeen of the dead wero not
even partially Identified. Although
some wero burned badly, making
Identification difficult, It was Be
lieved all were Inmates of the Insti
tution. Besides the 230 aged men and.
women, the home housed 16 nun at
tendants, who had retired to rest
when the alarm was sounded late
last night. . . '
Fire Chief Richard u. smitn, wno
estimated the property damago at be
tween 4C000 and (50,000, said the
cause of the fire had not been es
tablished. He said the floors wero
oiled and polished yesterday and a
mop, possioly soaked witn on, nan
been left on tha first floor, and may
have caused spontaneous combustion.
Four Investigations were started by
city and oounty authorities and rep
resentatives ot the lire underwriter's
association. Chief Smith said much
ot the loss ol lite and damago would
have been averted If tliero had been
proper safeguards In tha old Building.
he
He Bald he saw a "favoraoie sign
however. In tho fact that people are
beginning to think."
MARSHFIPJLD, Ore., July 26.
( AP) A Ion per cent cut In tho
wages of all lis ompioyoa was an
nounced today by tho Coos Bay Port
Commission.
t
F
TAX SLASH BODY
PENDLETON. Ore., July 25. (AP)
Umatilla county taxpayors met
hero today and perfected a county
tax organization. An executive com
mittee representing five districts of
the county was appointed.
Resolutions favoring lower tax
levies In this county were adopted.
A proposal of special legislative
session was not discussed.
Lesle Srott. state tax league of
ficial, spoke on taxation problems
and discussed future work oi tne
state organization.
THE DALLES, Ore., July 25. (AP)
Extreme caution will be the
watchword of forest rangers of Vie
milur and Paplnitla sections of the
Mount Hood national forest. Eric
Oordon of Dufur, district ranger,
said today.
Grangers to form an organization
to work with the commission form
ed by Governor Meier and other tBX
reduction bodies. His advice was In
augurated In a resolution drawn up
hv the resolutions comnilttuu nut
accented bv Vie Grangers. A com
mitten to work toward such an end
will be named by Pomona Master Al
bert Strauss, who presidoa at yes-
terday'a session.
W. A. Gates, merchant of this city,
nn.i a member of the state commit
tee for promotion of the sale of
home products, outlined tho purpose
nf this committee and told the
nraneers that Oregon's prosperity
hinges upon tne reduction oi iai-n
anrt Increase of Income.
"The reduction of taxes." ne Bam.
la a slow nrocess. and the purposo
of the homo buying league Is to moke
honest effort to increase tno
state's Income so mat tne tax our
rlen will bo lOWorCd."
Mr. Gates also came to tho aid
of the dairymen's csuso and stated
that a reduction of the present
spread In butter and butter fat
prices win mean an incrcHnu
more than two million dollars a year
In tho agricultural Income of the
state.
A motion favoring a iu per cent
reduction In the general expenses of
Jackson county, laid on the tablo
at a previous meeting of tho Orange,
was adopted.
L. A. Banks, local orcharding ap
peered before the organization and
endorsed tho fragrant presented by
Holman.
Following the morning program
dinner was served in the basement
to Orangers and guests and followed
by the business meeting.
silveIsignsin
THE DALLES WELL
WARREN. Pa July 28. (AP)
Fire tonight destroyed five 2,600 bar
rel storago tanks of United Refinery
company here, and was controlled
only after fire departments from
throughout this section oi nortn
western Pennsylvania and nearby
New York had fought It for more
than four hours.
Five men were burned slightly lrt
seeking to check the blaze.
HELD IN EAST
PORTLAND. Ore, July 26. ( AP)
-Portland police detectives were
Informed tonight a man giving the
name of Dcve Williams, 34, believed
to be wanted here, was under arrest
In I'hlladelnhla on a chargo of
fraudulent convention.
Police records revealed that Port
land detectives and Robert M. Mount,
of the Portland business bureau, had
Interviewed a man by that name
here laHt August In connection with
advertisement for engineers and
draftsmen. Captain of Detectives
T.'iatihcr anld ho believed Sheriff
Jennings of Medford had a warrant
for tho man s arrest. Mcdiord au
thorltles wore Informed Williams was
In custody.
1
Portland Mishap
PORTLAND, July 25. -(API Two
Portland foremen wore lnjurod and
two flro engines were Badly damaged
In a collision here today. Tho flro
engines were responding to a second
call to the fire In the Hawiey ruip
anl Paper company's warehouse.
C' P. Spencer, hoseman, sunorea
bruises and posslblo fracture of ribs
and P. F. Doming received lacerations
of the skull, cuts on the right) elbow
and left hand and bruised hip.
C. N. Durkln, driver of one of the
trucks, swung the machine Into a
building In order to avoid a more ser
ious acoldent. The truck broko a street)
traffic signal and crushed the front
end of al parked car before It hit tho
building. '
1 ,
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CHINESE PLAGUED
WITH Pill T
iiMiiiiuii rnnnr
LUIIUI L
THE DALLES. Ore.. July 25. (API
Dlscoverv of mineral cuttings from a
well being drilled on the southwest (t)ur ynnr. of trDulent eXtence.
SHANGHAI. July 25. (AP) With
complete control In only three of
tne score or provinces in unina,
tho Nationalist government at Nan
king was confronted today with one
of Vie most serious of the several
rebllllons that have menaced Its
edge of the city by the water bureau
has stlmu sted interest in reporieo
silver desoplts In the region. Samples
of the ore will be assayed
The cuttings were found at a depth
corresponding to the level at which
sliver was found while drilling lor
water on the city golf course. Assays
of oro from that well Indicated heavy
deposits of silver hsd been lapped
Tho city well Is a mile and a half
from the golf course.
!ioe iianfters Attack I'nws.
MAHHENA, N. Y., July. 25 (UP)
Cows In this vicinity have been
threatened by a band of police dogs
that are so ferocious they attack In
daylight, aa well aa at night. Ten
cows, owned by Frank L. Durant,
wero badly bitten by tho dogs.
ling Dies In l.ndertuker's
SALEM, Mass., July 25 (UP) A
mongrel dog, fatally ,hurt when hit
by an automobile, ran Into the un
dertaking parlors of J. J. Murphy
to Sons and dropped dead.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 25. (AP)
Based on Southern Paclflo com
pany's monthly report of earnings.
Indicated profit for the year ended
June 30 was about (24.400.000 or
(685 a share on the company's 3v
724.038 outstanding shares. The
June showing aided materially In
raising the earnings abovo the (8
dividend requirement, being some
15 cents better than for tho twelve
months ended May 31.
4
Commissioned by the Canton In
surgent government which haa ruled
Kwangtuug and Kwangsl provinces
since In" April, Oeneral Bhlh Yu
San, northern war lord, has begun
hostilities against the Manchurian
lilies of the Nationalist government.
Thus the Nationalist government.
with power centered on the Yangtse
river or middle China, has been plac
ed between two revolutionary forces.
Even In this central area, the gov
ernment finds Itself menaced by or
ganized armies of Reds and bandits,
ravaging towns and countryside.
ROBEBURO. Ore.. July 25 (AP)
Robert Sprageu. 15, who claims he
ran away from home In Springfield.
Mo., several months ago, was arrest
ed todsy at North Drain, charged
with the robbery of the Drain South
ern Pacific depot yesterday morning.
Sheriff V. T. Jackson said the boy
admitted the theft of (16 In cash
and money order blanks from the
depot safe,
SLOWS WALL ST.
NEW .YORK. July 2.1 (AP) Int.
erest In financial markets waa dor
matit today. Aside from a dull de
cline In foreign bonds changes wero
small on all sldos.
Stocks closed with small losses for
most of the principal Issues In a
turnover of 410.010 Viaros. Last
Saturday's five-year low was 367,170
shares. Normal mid-summer lethargy
was accentuated by the reluctance
of professional traders to take much
part in tne market until next wecas
steel meetings have been heard from.
Selling pressure against U. 8. Bteol
relaxed and the stock at Its lowest
was off less than a point, tho next
decline being 8-8.
4
I8TANBULL. Turkey. July 25
(API Two Americans, Miss Paulina
Kast, Cleveland teacher, and Rutgers
Barclay, 22, of New York, were on
the passenger list of an Istanbul to
Bucharest plane whloti was reported
In advices from Sofia to have or ash
ed In tlnmss In Bulgaria yesterday.
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