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The Weather ,. Tnlsht and Thursday fair. tj in umperatur.. "lidr ! Pm morning Msdfoed Mail Tribune Uy-Sixth Year TODAY'S news today To Subscribers If your Mull Tribune In not deliv ered to you promptly. Telephone 75. Of fir open until 7 every evening. Pleas ritll us before that time and a ropy Hilt he delivered to your home. loday BT Arthur Brisbane L Day, Fireworks. lolls' car ior wnmn. tpffillers Do Things k Is Annoyed. fc, King Feature Synd.. Ino. L. in time for his fifty- L birthday anniversary, treat nations, Ucrmany, e Italy, Japan ana ureal L vesterday signed a Lent endorsing the presi- Moht holiday pro- Thp announcement made Lm more cheerful. For- Lds went up, good news Americans that bought Wall Street rapidly wip- tiar from each eye, rltened out its winkles, kid "Big Steel" to 90, nrices to match. . Ire is nothing liko action, Ike president got action he announced his mora- U idea. . fts are not forgiven, or nut. The plan is to give (any an opportunity to get Ireatli. ' L, without knowing It, but jpproprUtely, arranges a coo- t torts display In honor or I financial news tonight. Ior a magnificent display of K If clouds don't Interfere. The comes once a year and be especially brilliant this Look t the sky In the dlrec- L lit Perselds and see how you on count of the million meteors visible from different k the country; Pernios are all that Is left ktle'i comet, smashed up long lotting In. space around the sun tits gravitation, and bombard nets that come -dose enough neteora rarely do harm. Soiln Charles Chaplin .whom tie seen walking with his toes eight hulls killed In one bit didn't say what he thought It. Those that know him. toil he thought. tilt, Spain's champion bull r, conferred great honor on Mr. in, by presenting to him an 1 from one of the dead bulls. ruled the world you might them forcing Charlie Chap- Ulanda Into "a man ring" St st a terrific disadvantage. pHnt imagine the worst bull k off Charlie Chaplin's ear ar.J Fit to some of the moving tails among the spectators. MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1031. 1 MIONE 75 No. 141. Hocketellers do things In a l7. Investing money, or when ag it, for science and edu- "ld plsns of the new "Rocke- at." In the heart of New d yesterday, Include parks " of three full cltv blocks. leiestment of about two hun- " tlltv million dollars, one fcj tmong many others con- F e largest theatre In the "Sot name for Mr. Rocke 1 magnificent improvement. f ' old-fashioned, ugly proving the heart of the hnud on Page Three) ffe Martin SHIPPERS OPEN FIGHT AGAINST T BOOS! FREIGH Coast Interests Are Heard at I- C. C. Quiz On Pro posed 15 Per Cent In crease All Commodities WASHINGTON, Aug. 12. (AP) The attempt of representatives of regulatory commissions from six wes tern states to have the hearings on the railroads' application for a 15 percent increase In freight rates ter minated was defeated today in a ruling handed down by Commission er Meyer. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 12. (AP) Pacific coast shippers and pro ducers today fired the first shot of protest against the proposed 15 ner cent Increase In railroad freight rates. At the Interstate commerce com mission hearing here today the ship pers ana producers declared they are unable to bear the Increased tariff, and contended the Increase in rates would materially reduce the tonnage and revenue of the lines. Two Interstate commerce commis sioners, E. I. Lewis and William E. Lee, and two commission examiners. Myron Whittlcr and O. H. Mattlngly, presided at the hearing. Oregon, Washington, Idaho and other north western states were represented. The hearing will last three days. Charles M. Thomas, Oregon's pub lic utility commissioner, fired the first shot at the rail line conten tions, outlining what the protcstants expect to place before the commis sion by detailed testimony and sta tistical compilations. Thomas ap peared as representative of the Ore gon utilities commission In collabo ration with shippers and producers of the Pacific northwest. lta " ngnt after w k " on -em, but thei- IT; .' Hho doe th' un- i, V"" " hrntr when - w n,? Grieving Husband Shoots Self Dead Over Wife's Tomb PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. 12. (AP) Ed Mogan, 60. sought death today. He went to the graveside of his wife In Rose City cemetery, stood over the grave and shot a bullet through his head. He was dead when a caretaker found him. His wife died in 1917 In Klam ath Palls. Her body was moved from that city to Portland last year. Mogan is believed to have a nephew at Salem. I FrpH W nnkpr Wnshlntrtan di rector of public works, was the first witness. He insisted the 15 per cent Increase would decrease ran revenues, and that this was nnrt.tnilnrlv trim with reference to the long haul business covering lum- Der, apples ana otner iruiis, live stock, canned goods, flour and lm nort . commodities 8 h 1 D D e d from northwest points to the east. " A. F. Harvey, cniei oi. transporta tion of the Oregon Utilities commis sion, added his testimony along the same line. The people of the state are not nmnnerin?. he said, and in many lines are operating at a loss. He pointed to mounting tax delinquen cies as evidence of depressed agri cultural conditions. Operate TrueK Lines. Harvov broucht out that rail lines In nnomn nnprate truck and bus lines in competition with the rail operations and at lower ran mu the general rail freight tariffs, w.. inKiatpri that an increase in commodity rates would fall on the long haul shippers, mentioning mm the roads recently filed intra-state tariffs reducing rates on petroleum In tank car lots an average of 28 per cent to meet truck competition. unrvv Insisted that the roads serving the northwest "are not in danger of receivership." HC accuuvu the Southern Facuic, - its 1029 report, had a corporate sur plus of nearly $300,000,000. or more than 25 per cent of Its total assets. .v,ii trth tho Northern Pacific and Great Northern stand In nearly as favorable a financial condition. JAPANESE CLAMOR FOR PILOTS' PUNISHMENT TAuvn aw 19 (AP. Patriotic societies and reactionary individuals . i (n,iMi inr the nunishmcnt UlfllllUHrW lVTU" of Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Hern- don. Jr., for taking pnotoumF"" - flying over Japanese territory. ariiRpri American avia tors appeared before the public pro curator for further questioning they ,11.,,. hut tense. Examiners questioned Pangborn about his flying experience, parucuumj his service in tne ii PIONEETibTHTHERO SUMMONED BY DEATH LEWISTON. Idahc. Aug. 12. (AP) ...mi. t sphmadeka. 70. the man w,ho saved the settlers of the Mount Idaho region from massacre i i. f th. Indians, was dead to day. For many years he was a prom lnent merchant and stockman of the Orangeville region. .... ,. ..vml the Mount Idaho settlers from the Ncz Perce Indians in the war of 1877. TRANSYLVANIA WHEAT LOWEST IN 100 YEARS T' Unm.nll AU2. 12- (AP) Banat and Trsnsylvanlsn wheat were quoted at 150 1.1 per quintal today, touching the lowest point In a hundred years. Indlrtrd A' "!'r LA GRANDE, Ore.. Aug. 1-' -The county grand jury today re turned an indictment charging Wil lard Sullivan, alias Sylvester Marler with the first degree murder of Homer Bidwell. North Powder ranch er, alsln last month. Dr. B. C. Wilson, county physician, and In charge of county health work, took the witness stand in his own behalf to deny all the charges filed against him by Mrs. Lydla King, ousted county health nurse. The re-hearlng, held In the circuit court room, was called by 'the county court to enable Dr. Wilson to enter his defense. Dr. Wilson denied the serious charges riled against him by Mrs. King relative to the alleged mis-use of alcohol, health funds, and lack of efficiency, and declared the trouble in t,he health department was due "to a lack of co-operation." He told of differences between Mrs. King and other nurses, and declared there was a troubled air. Dr. Wilson testified that he took $65 from the contingent fund of the health department, for expenses to Seattle, Wash., to attend a federal health meeting, and $35 for expenses for the transportation and care of a girl, committed to the Pacific Pro tective Home at Portland. He testi fied that both these withdrawals had been made with what he considered the tacit approval of the county court. He testlfle dthat he was cau tioned by the county court, not to "overdraw the budget allowance" for the health unit. Dr. Wilson testified $20 check given by the Mooso Lodge to a man by the name of Drcsbeck living near Gold Hill, had: beon:-used .by 'hlm to "show appreciation to the attendants at the country poorfarm," for as sistance they had given the county health unit, when one of the nurses was Injured by a fall downstairs, and unable to attend to her duties. Tho physician . testified he had taken tho check for medical services rendered, and felt the use of the check Justified as Dresbeck was not an indigent. He was described by the witness as "an elderly man In rather poor health." Under cross-examination by Attor ney T. J. Enrlght, counsel for Mrs. King. Dr. Wilson refused to answer questions fired at him, on the grounds, "I don't llko the way they are asked." The county physician testified that when he was reimbursed $59 by the county, he drew his personal check for $100 to cover the amount drawn out of the county funds. The re fusal to answer came when Attorney Enrlght Insisted on asking, "If you only drew $65. why did you make out a check for $100?" The explanations offered by Dr. Wilson drew a stream of queries from Mrs. King's counsel. Tlicrrvas considerable acrimony be tween Attorneys Enrlght and Roberts, the latter frequently interrupting to remark: "Olvc the witness time to answer." During his own testimony. Dr. Wil son denied he had ever been "Jacked up" by Mrs. King, to mske him do his work, and told of an occasion when she had "gone over my head' In the treatment of a patient. Dr Wilson also described the course he followed In the treatment of typhoid cases In the north end of the county Before the hearing started, Attor ney Roberts Informed the court that. In view of the recent ruling of the state attorney-general, It was felt the county court had no Jurisdiction, but would proceed to "allay any mis conception In tho public mind there was anything to conceal." Only a fair sld crowd, mostly women, were in attendance at the hearing, which is scheduled to be closed this afternoon. NEGRO BELL BOY SLAYS ATTORNEY ON HOTEL CURB Former Assistant Attorney General and Infantry Cap tain Shot Down ,in Quar rel Over Parking Space FOES OF MUSSOUN PITTSBURO, Aug, 12. (AP) The Italian vlce-conauiai duiki.uk hadlv damaged by bomb cxplonion here early today. The front porch of the three-story one structure. n the fashionable Oakland residential district, was demo'Uhed, plaster was torn loose In several rooms, furntoh wrn wrecked and windows battered. 'J. .umvm Mid Dr. Oulrato told them he believed foea of the Mussolini government were rtpu elble for the bombing. 1-it.i PrMl LHfftt CORVALLIfl. Ore.. Aug. 12 (AP) Ohio State university won first rsv thi bent oreas service inhibited st the annual convention of the American cultural College Editor, in wwlon at Oregon State couetrc. WASHINGTON, Aug. ! 12. (AP) W. Frank Norman, a former special assistant attorney general, who served as a captain of infantry in the world war, was shot four times to day In a quarrel with, a bell boy over a parking space at Ward man Park Hotel and died an hour later In Emergency hospital. ; . , Joseph H. Dlgga, 31-year-old negro, surrendered Immediately after the shooting and was turned over to police. Norman, a practicing attorney here, had been a guest at the hotel for five years. Hotel employes told police the two had quarreled over a parking space two days ago when Norman, struck the bell boy twice. Norman was waiting In front of the hotel for his chauffeur to take him to his office today when, police said they were Informed. Dlgga ap proached from behind and fired, two bullets Into the lawyer's back. "I knew I'd get you," the negro was quoted as saying. ' A third shot then was fired, striking the pros trate lawyer In the head. Dlggs was said to have fired a fourth bullet into his victim's body and calmly walked back to the hotel. Dlggs was disarmed by a hotel detective as he entered Jhe Iqbby saying, "I've Just shot a man out there." 1 Hulet Willing Today's BASEBALL National. R. H. E. St. Louis 5 12 0 Brooklyn - 5 11 I Haines and Wilson; Clark and Lopess. Second game: H. H. E. St. Louis 8 15 1 Brooklyn 8 9 3 Rhem and Mancuso; Thurston, Phelps, Heimach and Lopez, Lombard!. Chicago - - 7 10 1 Philadelphia 3 8 6 Root and Hartnett; Watt, Blake, Dudlye and McCurdy. Second game: R. H. E. Chicago 13 18 0 Philadelphia 1 10-4 Smith and Hartnett; J. Elliott, Schesler, Fallacnsteln and Davis. R. H. E. Pittsburgh - 6 11 0 New York 4 9 4 Kremer and Phillips; Hubbell, Far malee and Hogan. Second game: R. K. E. Pittsburgh 0 3 2 New York 9 U 0 Meine and Phillips; Walker and Hogan, OTarrell. Cincinnati at Boston, two games postponed, rain. American. R.H. E. Philadelphia 8 13 3 Detroit 7 13 0 Earnshaw and Cochrane: Herring, Bridges, Uhel and Grabowskl. Boston 6 13 0 8t. Louis 6 10 3 Llsenbee. Durham and Berry; Gray and Ferrcll. R. II. E. Washington 16 0 Chicago - 11 17 4 Crowder, Hadley, Fischer and Spen cer; Prazler and Grube. R. H. E. New York 18 19 1 Cleveland - 19 3 Gomez and Dickey; Hudlln, Jablo nowksi, Lawson and Sewell. Oregon Wcnlher Fair tonight and Thursday: no change In temperature; gentle to moderate north and northwest winds offshore. SALEM, Ore.. Aug. 12. (AP) C. O. Hulet,, master of the state Orange, who has been mentioned as a candi date for congress from the First dis trict in Oregon, said here yesterday he had considered the matter and would not be adverse to a congres sional term. He would oppose Con gressman w. C. Hawley in t.he repub lican primaries, IX he decides to make the race. f "The Grange has the view," Hulet said, "that the office should seek the man rather than the man the office. That will be my policy. The Orange has an important Job in the state to perform and Just now I am especially ajDxious to see that completed." IegsiBnd r pnrM h vnno UIVU1 H ILMIXO E Notorious New York Gang Leader Must Pay Fine of $11,000 Heavy Bail Is 4 Posted, Pending Appeal NEW YORK, Aug. 12. (AP) Jack (Legs) Diamond was sentenced In federal court today to four years Imprisonment , and fined 11, 000 for violation of the prohibition law. Despite the fact Diamond was one of New York's most publicized gang figures, his conviction last week, together with that of Paul Quattroc chl, marked the first time he actu ally had faced a prison sentence. He was convicted on charges ot conspiracy to violate the national prohibition law and ownership of a 1 BOO -gal Ion applejack still In Greene county. New York. Sentence was Imposed by Federal Judge Richard J. Hopkins of Kan sas. He ordered that Diamond serve his sentence at the federal peni tentiary at Atlanta. Judge Hopkins sentenced Quat troccht to two years at Atlanta and to pay a fine of aoooo. Tho court fixed ball pending ap peal at $16,000 for Diamond and at 7S00 for Quattrocchl. The bonds were posted. LIONS SPARE CHILD LOST IN MOUNTAINS DENVER. Aug. 12. (AP) Benjamin Saul, 3, missing in the mountainous region of Jarre Canon since Monday night, wus found alive this morning by a searching party 50 feet from the main highway. All day yesterday, searchers report ed, they found the spoor of mountain lions In the region. Once they flush ed a huge cat from his retreat In the dense brutVi while searching for the boy. HAWKS SFTS ANOTHER PLANE SPEED RECORD CHICAOO, Aug. :2. (AP) Frank Hawks arrived at the municipal air port at 9:59 (C.6.T.) this morning, completing a flight from Roosevelt Field, N. Y in four hours and four minutes, and breaking the previous speed record for the westward trip by 13 minutes. Signs of Better Times (By the Associated Press) Competing against 66 dlstrlrts nr the Metropolitan Mfe Insurance mm. niinv. th. Medfnrd district carried off first honors for the Parlflc roast five out of sis times In recent bustneM gain enntest. according to Carl K. (irant, manager of this territory. George A. Robinson, Los Angeles, vice-president National Association of Real Estate Boards, reports In Port land "where but 53 per cent of In dustrial population was gainfully em ployed 18 months ago, 74 per cent Is now employed." Oregon Shingle Sc Shake company, incorporated at 116.000, expects be gin working at CoqulUe within two weeks. Approximately 4.000.000 feet of Coos Bay fir. spruce and hemlock has been carried to Australia and New Zealand on MaUon Line bottoms since establishment of regular rua at Marshfleld since March, this year. Unfilled orders on Western Pipe & Steel compsny books at end first half 1631 totaled about 13.000.000. comparing with 2.200,000 year prev-lous. Dean Witter & company, In report on comparative earnings, dividend yield price range records more than 350 prominent stocks, says: "Com parison of many first half reports with those of same period of 1830 shows that despite the poor appear ance of business a surprisingly large number of companies reported great er earnings than last yesr. The sec. ond quarter shows considerable Im provement In most eases over the first quarter." B. P. Ooodrich Co. reports for the first half 1031 net loss of 1286.483. compared with net toss of 1.22.oe for first half 1B30. General Bronn Corp. reports first half net profit 621.478. compared with net loss of 6454.016 first half 1(00. CLUE IN MURDER Police Release Two Suspects in Ann Arbor Crime Victims Shot and Beaten Before Burned in Car Tree Sn Dims Electr, ights In a . States ANN ARBOR, Mich., Aug. 12. (AP) With a bloodstained purse and a .38 calibre bullet as clues, authori ties today attempted to reconstruct the slaying early' yesterday of four persons, two boys and two girls, on a tree-lined road 12 miles southeast of here. Four persons were arrested last night and today but two of them ! were released after making state-1 ments to the sheriff. The Identity of the two who were released was not revealed. I Two others, Paul Keene. 49, and his brother Lawrence, 34, still are In custody, although officials said de velopments tended to establish, their claims of Innocence. DeMienite Battle The autopsy strengthened the be lief of Sheriff Jacob B. Andres of Washtenaw county and other Investi gators that the party met death In a desperate resistance to an attack which had as its motive cither rob bery or an assault on tho girls. University of Michigan patholo gists, who examined the badly char red bodies, reported that Harry Lore. 10. or Ypsllantl. one of the victims, had been shot to death. The other three, Thomas Wheatley. 17, a farm youth of the neighborhood, Vivian Gold. 15, and Anna May Harrison, of Cleveland, they found, were beaten to death or Into Insensibility before the bodies were placed In Lore's car, their clothing saturated with gasoline and the automobile set aflro. Lore and Miss Gold were cousins, and the two girls had been visiting in the Lore home, Tho couples were last seen alive about 8 p. m,, Mon day In Ypsllantl, a few miles from tho placo where the bodies were found nine hours later by a farmer who was aroused by the fire. Two In Custody Tho suspects in custody are Paul Keene, 49, and Lawrence Keene, 38, who live In a shack on wheels, they wore arrestd when officers saw thein washing clothing and scraping hick ory clubs. Stains on the clubs and on garments found In the sheek were ordered eXAinlnedrA'prellmluary re port said that there was blood on one of the clubs, but It was not de termined whether It was human blood. Both brothers denied connec tion with the crime. While Prosecutor Albert J. Rnpp of Washtenaw county questioned the brothers lost night, sheriff's officers visited dance halls and resorts In an effort to trace the couple's move ments. Indications were found by officers that another automobile followed Lore's machine, cut In front and forced It to stop with Its front wheels near the ditch. Officers reasoned that the attack might have been made by occupants of tho other car. From whatever source or motive the attack came, they believed Lore, a husky youth, gave the first resistance and was shot down. The autopsy showed Wheatley s skull was fractured. The condition of the girl's blood showed they had been beaten. Until recent weeks there had been numerous rports of "petting party bandits," committing petty robberies among couples parked on roads in the Detroit area, but no instances of violence. CARBON DALE. HI.. Aug. 12. AP A snake threw parts of two states Into darkness for a time Monday night, linemen for the Central Illinois Publlo Service company reported today. They said the snake crawled to the top of a 55-foot electric light polo and stretched Itself across two high tension wires, causing a short circuit that put out eloctric lights In a part of southern Illi nois netut Mounds and a section of western Kentucky. The linemen brought the tree snake, which was electrocuted, here to support their story. SCHRAMM REAPPOINTED BANK SUPERINTENDENT 8 A I.EM. Ore.. Aug. 12 (AP) The state banking board today reappoint ed A. A. Schramm, stslo superin tendent of banks, for a four-year period. His present term does not expire until September 1. The announcement of his reap pointment was made by Governor Meier and sots at rest reports that Schramm was not slsted to continue In the office. WHEAT CARRY-OVER ESTIMATE BOOSTED WA81IINOTON, Aug. 12 (AP) The sgrlculturo department In a preliminary estimate today placed the carryover of domestic wheat on July I at 319.058,000 bushels, This carryover compsres with a revised estimate or 280,630.000 bush els a year ago, an Increase of 28,520, ooo bushels. CLEAR PATHWAY FOR MORE CANNON QUIZ WASHINGTON, Aug. 13 (AP) The wsy was cleared for further in vestigation of Bishop Jsmes Cannon, Jr.'s political activities today when Justice Co In the District of Co lumbia supreme court dismissed Bishop Cannon's petition to restrain the senate campaign fund committee from further Inquiry Into the 1928 Virginia campaign. FIVE OF FAMILY INSPECTORS PROBING BLAST IN MAIL CAR WASHINGTON. Aug. 12 (AP) A bomb, tossed Into a mail car at the union station post office last night, exploded but did no damage and In jured no one. An Investigation Is being made by postal Inspectors and police. F CORVALL1S, Ore.. Aug. 12. (AP) Five persons, all of Los Angeles, were Injured here today when their auto mobile overturned on the Pacific highway. The injured, all of one family, are: Mrs. Mildred Black. Mrs. Marjorle Falrchtld, Mrs. S. I. Truman. Melvln Cole, 16, Mrs. Black's son, and Betty Cole, 6, her daughter. Mrs. Truman Is the mother ot Mrs. Black and Mrs. Fatrclsild. Mrs. Falrchtld suffered a dislocated Jaw, scalp wounds and A fractured pelvis. The Cole boy received a frac tured shoulder, broken Jaw and other Injuries. Mrs. Truman had several fractured ribs and was badly bruised. Mrs. Black and the girl were slightly bruised. All wore brought to a hos pital here. Witnesses said Mrs. Falrchlld, Who was driving, attempted to pass an other car and ran off the shoulder of tho road Into loose gravel, The car got out of control. Wire Report on the Pear Market NEW YORK, Aug. 12. Ufl.D.A.) (AP) Pear auction market, prices slightly stronger, 18 cars arrived; 30 California, 1 Washington unloaded; 15 cars on track, - . - m . California BartletU, 17,355 boxes; Best e2.25-2.Bf; average si. 68. OHJOAGO, Aug. (U-S.DIA.) ( AP) Pear auction market, prices slightly weaker. 18 California and 1 othor arrives; 12 California and 6 others on track; 13 cars sold. California Bart lot ts, 7,300 boxes, $1.75-3.00; average $2.35. BLAZE MENACES I Pair Paint Glowing Picture of Aviation's Future in North. Enjoying Trip Immensely, Is Word FERNIE, B. 0.. Aug. 12. (AP) In the path of a devastating forest fire, the mountain town of Fernle was en dangered today as a protective south wind died to a breeze. Clouds of smoke hung over the threatened city while every available man was mustered to light the ap proaching fire. Residents are prepared to quit the city but hope Is held that unless a north wind rises the flames can be kept In check at the city's outskirts. One thousand feet of hose has been stretched through city points, ready to pour water on any buildings that may be Ignited, 'GENERAL' COXEY LEADS MAYORALTY ASPIRANTS MAM8ILLON, O., Aug. la. (AP) "General" Jacob Coxcy, who gained national attention years ago by lead ing an army of unemployed to Wash ington,, seemed certain today of achieving his first public office thit of mayor of this city of 26,000. The 76-year-old campaigner led five opponents in yesterday's primary for tho republican nomination, vir tual assuranco of election. AIRMAIL TO FOLLOW POST-GATTY TRAIL WAHIIINOTON (AP) A new Soviet airmail route Is to follow the trail bla.M by Wiley Post and Harold flatty on their round-the-world flight. The route, to be Inaugurated In August, will go from Moscow to li't'.ult, Khabarovsk, and Vladivo stok, It traversea a distance ot ap proximately 4500 miles, STROKE FATAL FOR DOUGLAS CO. PIONEER BOHKnURO. Ore., Aug. 12. (AP) Ed Blngleton, 67. a native of Douglas county, and one of tne best known residents of Roseburg. died today following a paralytic stroke. He was born of pioneer parent at Oak Creek, April 80, 1864. RIGHT HAND SEVERED WHEN LOG JAMS SAW ROSEBURG. Ore.. Aug. 12, (AP Alva Stephens ot Oakland, Ore., suf fered the low of his right band today when a log Jammed In a circular saw he was operating. NOME. Alaska, Aug. 12. (AP) Poised horo, their last Btopplng placo In U. S. territory before hopping on the final stages of their oriental va cation tour, Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh painted a brluht-hued picture of the future of aviation In the north. ,. ',,,. Emphasizing that the one purpose of the tour Is merely a visit to the orient, the flying colonel said this territory is one of tho many places where "airplane tralf lo la not only practical but a bonefldal factor In tho lives of tho residents." "We are especially Interested In this country,'" said Lindbergh, "and see no reason why, in- the very near future perhaps, that air lines on regular schedules should not be es tablished. "We are somewhat surprised as we flew through Canada and Alaska to find that flying In these countries proved to be not only simpler but more effective than it was reported to be In the United States. Trip Not Difficult ' "We found the country needs plane service and after making this flight through to Nome we are even more convinced than beforo we left' the states. Ib did not prove to be as dif ficult as we at first imagined." The flight down the northwestern coast ot Alaska from Barrow to Nome was made with absolute confidence and perfect performance, the colonel declared. "As we gained altitude after leav ing Point Barrow the ice pack around could be seen stretching for more. than 75 miles, packed solidly," Lind bergh 'Said. "Knowing the onttor Northland to be at Walnrlght we pro ceeded down the coast and- passed over the steamalilps Patterson and Bayohlmo and the Northland about three miles offshore. 1 "Due to the rough sea and the boats being apparently locked In by tho tee we did not slop but proceed ed on at about i hundred, miles an hour, , " ' ' "About 11 p. m., (Nome time, Mon day) .wo-tound the weather getting thloker and darkness' coming on so decided, when we Sighted a good place, to land and wait for dawn and good weather. We landed opposite anismaref and remained there until 9 a .m., when we left for Nome." Radio Valuable ' "The radio proved to be a very val uable companion," said the colonoL. The flying pair prodlcted their flight down the Siberian coast to Tokyo, via Karaglnsk Island and Pot ropavlovak, would be no more dif ficult than over tho territory travers ed) reaching Nomo. Before retiring last night, Lind bergh told his host. Grant R. Jack son, tho banker, and his wire, they planned to remain l.ere all of today and tonight. With weather permit ting tomorrow morning, he added, they must be on their way. On mentioning their reception at Point Barrow, with the cordial re ception by Dr. and Mrs. Henry Orient, Mrs. Lindbergh Interrupted to add her appreciation of their entertain ment. K full load of 400 gallons of gas will be taken aboard the plane on (Continued on Page 8, Story 1) mm WILL ROGERS p.jays: BEVERLY KILLS, , Cal.," Auk. It. Here in what the pro hihitinn director decided about tlioHo. , pressed (rrapo briukH yon been rending 80 nuieh about. "Tliey will turn to wine if handled properly but it 'h not illKt to buy 'em; Wo would have to provo Hint ho wan KoinK to handle 'em prop erly." Well, that's fine. That-a-i?iil Mabel and I hope you Ifet the government loan. 15y the way, a few sample bricks would' reach me at abfivo ad dress only mind you for pav injf and heaving purposes. I got a eat on my back fence I want to throw 'em at. Of course if they turn to wine bo fore I hit him I will 1c disap pointed and humiliated beyond words because the eat don't like wino. Send instructions what to do in caso I make up with tho cat. MS
