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, MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 28, 1931. ' "
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Courage Not Lost.
This Wide Round World.
Rome's Old Mountain.
Mr. Lynch Came Home.
Jopyrisn' ng Feature Synd., Inc.
Germany lost the war and
notorious nations nave boon
ailking her of her gold, indus
rioiisly. But Germany did not
lose courage.
As this was written, 3 :40 p.
New York City daylight
bring time, yesterday , the
Unt German airplnne, Do-X,
roaring dUlK) feet above tli-:
Brooklyn bridge, outside
Bis offiee window, on her way
the East River, after a 12,-
1.4 mile flight via South Amer-
i. Our biggest airplanes, fly-
with Do-X, look smaller
ian kingbirds . pursuing a
row. , ' - .
Taking SamueJ Johnson 's ad
Ill observation with extensive view
Surrey .mankind, from . China to
Peru."
You find a world busy, wor-
ill and excited, from China to
'em, from Peru to Maine, and
bin Maine around to Japan.
Will Street decides to lend 8300,-
K.0OO to Great Britain, The propo-
t-ori to that the loan shall have sub-
Lntial guarantees.
(hit Interest -will Britain pay?
Lisbon, -where they have revolu-
rs every little while, artillery from
Mill t "raking" the rebels, a
L dozen ' killed, a few hundred
linded.
lull li -throwing surplus coffee
Inboard. If you don't believe It you
n m the actual photographs.
kit Sam should get that coffee In
Bangs for wheat, . keep the coffee
K enough of the wheat to feed
body that may need food during
coming' winter. On hot coffee
P pod bread a man can live. The
pmment could help the fanner by
faff a little bacon.
Kasollnl is planning his first visit
ty Plus XI, to settle perma-
pi the "Catholic Action" contra
st.
I.
f Mohammed went to the
rutin, when the mountain would
budge.
mountain that Mussolini is to
8 u there long before Mussolini's
M will be there long after Mus-
p It doesn't move, and doesn't
11 Lynch, tbe Chicago "turf mag-
a polite euphemism for "gam-
borne as predicted, driving his
" . says the kidnapers were
tourteous." That reminds you
Kablbble's letter from a Oer-
rJHton, telling how wonderfully
treated with the postcrlpt.
"i wot Meyer yesterday for com-
"fonse to Pitiful anneals the
h it," Mr. Canone said: "I
what I can do." He did see.
P kidnaped man oAirift hnm.
r M ChlCftDn' fts-aUewa Ielr,r.
a- - h-vtiw. a, c iwniiia
Sone to arrest him an know ins
r. about the "kidnaping in
BLOODY MARKS r
FURNISH HI IIP
W. VA. MURDERS
Recently Erected Building
Burial Place of Widow
and Children Suspect
Wrote Many Women
fURKsm B(i,--, Va., Aug. 2ft
UP) Clarksburg police tixlav
union ml four bodies or a
Iranian anil time i-hllilren be
lli alh a strangely built garage
erco'ed rei-ently by Cornelius o.
Plerson allaK Harry S. Powers, 4.1.
All four bodies were 'found hnrirvi
beneath the cellar of the structure
mat never had served the purpose
or wnicn it ostensibly was built.
mat ot the. woman was discovered
Ilrst after a boy revealed he had
neiped Plerson dig a tunnel beneath
the place.
Digging further, officers disclosed
one. then another, and then another
of the bodies of three children,
burled together In a sewer.
While there was no positive Identi
fication, the bodies were believed
those of Mrs. Asta Bulck Elcher. Chi
cago widow, and her children. Harry,
12; Greta, 14. and Annabel, 9. The
four disappeared about two months
ago. Plerson yesterday declared he
last saw the woman when she left
by train for Denver. Colo.
He was being held In the city
Jail on charges of kidnaping and
manslaughter, preferred by Chicago
authorities.
SWAPS MILLIONS FOR LOVE
ri.dui.iulc.a fic: rnulo
Love In a cottage meant more to Thomas Fortune Ryan, 2nd, than
the wealth of his father, John Barry Ryan, eastern capitalist. He was
disinherited when he married the former Mra. Mayme Masters, young
widow. Ryan and his bride are shown her - he home of Mrs. Ryan'i
parents at Monarch, near Sheridar, Wyo.
CLARKSBURG, W. Va., Aug. 28.
(AP) Police said today they found
bloodstained clothing of a woman in
a garage built at a village near here
by Cornelius O. Plerson. who Is being
held in connection with the disap
pearance of Mrs. Asta Buick Elcher,
and ,ier three children from their
home at Park Ridge, Ills,
The police also said there were let
ters written to the woman and
photographs In the garage, located
at Quiet Dell, a village located on the
Buckhannon pike.
Plerson built the garage a few
months ago. the
OFFICIAL BELIEF
NEW YORK, -Aug. 28 (API As
sistant United States Attorney Ed
ward J. Aronow said today that
Hlsashl FuJImura, missing million'
aire Japanese Importer, had prob
ably been murdered by extortionists.
"There's no doubt In my mind
that murder has been committed.
authorities said. ' and It Is reasonably certain that the
Park Ridge authorities have warrants , motive was extortion." he said.
KIANGSU FLOODS
GIRL DECOY FOR
POLICE DECLARE
Young Broker Lured Into
Car Overpowered, Held
Weeks in N. Y. Apart
ment Before Ransomed
WOMAN AIDE 10 '
, CANNON MUM ON -
MONEY DISPOSAL
NEW YORK. Aug. 28. (API
Charles M. Rosenthal, the 24-year-old
broker of Lawrence. L. . I, for
whose return " kidnapers demanded
100.000 following his disappearance
August 11, paid S50.000 for his re
lease, today, police said.
jedon Page 6.
Me'tMartin
Jf
iMHmn' a motorl-n
r v " " "Fiier that refuse r
charging him wit,i manslaughter and
kidnaping in connection with the
disappearance of the woman, a widow
and her children.
.Many Mood Stain
The interior of the garage was
spattered with blood, the authorities
said.
There were suitcases of women's
and children's clothing In the garage,
all stained wlt.h blood.
Police said they also found letters
to Plerson from women in various
parts of the country.
When he was arrested, letters writ
ten by Plerson to a matrimonial
agency in Detroit and to four women
were found in his pockets. Plerson
told police he had written to the
women "for fun.
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Future of Farmer
eld Darkest Novj
KANSAS CITY. Aug. 28 (AP
The future of the farmer was de
scribed as "darker now than at any
time in history." as witnesses to
day voiced before members of the
Interstate Commerce commission op
position to the proposed 15 per cent
increase in railroad rates.
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LOCAL FIRE FIGHTER
ONE OF 3 CASUALTIES
SALEM. Aug. 28-(AP) Three men
met their death In industrial acci
dents over the state the past week,
it was announced today by the in
dustrial accident commission. Total
accidents for the week were 635. i
The fatalities weie Fred Martin, of!
rh ffrp natrol. at Medford; Arthur I
Anderson, logger at Bend and
Wilson, logger at Hillsboro.
Four men. he aald. including two
alleged extortionists spent a month
at Nor walk. Conn, prior to Fuji
mura's disappearance and took every
opportunity to learn of Fuji mura's
habits and acquaintances.
One of the men Is believed by
officials to have been a passenger
on the liner Belgenland under an
assumed name. That theory would
account for Fuji mura's reported n?r
vousness and depression while on
the trip to Halifax and back. It
was claimed.
Farmers Will Cut
Sowing of Wheat
WASHINOTON. Aug. 26 (AP
The agriculture department announc
ed today that famrers intended
plant 12 per cent less winter wheat
next fall than was harvested thi.
year.
The iepartment said if farmers
generally carry out the intentions as
reported thus far they will sow 37.
344.000 acres as compared with 42,-
422.000 acres in 1930.
This is the smallest acreage
ported as intended since intentions
were first determined in 1923. ajid is
the fourth successive year that pros
pec 1 1 ve acrea ge h as bee n less than
the preceding year.
reckless Driving on
sams valley route
TABLE ROCK. Ore.. Aug. 28 --(Spl )
Residents along the Sams Vailey
Medford road complain that travel
on this road is becoming unsafe, ow
ing to fast and reckless driving, done
mostly by young peopl? with no other
Ed motive than to see how fast and
reckless they can drive.
Thrilling Rescue for
PToman Air Passenger
FOR GREAT AREA
SHANGHAI Aug. 28. ( AP)Kuo
Min. Chinese news agency, tonight
said eight miles of embankment along
wie grant, canal at Kaoyu. northern
Kiangsu province, had collapsed, ln-
unaaung several hundred square
mil en of territory and adding to he
already enormous toll of death and
damage by floods in the Yangtae
valley.
The report said high winds, whip
ping already swollen waters, caused
the break. Several towns and villages
were Inundated and many persons
were believed to have drowned. Scores
of corpses were seen floating down
the canal and thousands of homeless
persons were forced to cling to trees,
roofs and, ridges to keep from being
swept away.
These flood waters, combined with
a storm, caused more damage along
the lower canal towns of Yangchow.
Nantung, Tsmgklangpu and Wuhu.
CALIFORNIA GETS
LOS ANGELES, Aug. Ii8. AP
A specttcular electrical storm during
the night damaged power lines, near
ly electrocuted one man. wetted down
arid southern California and today
had put a damper on a six-day heat
wave that brought temperatures
ranging from 87 to 114 In the Im
perial valley.
A continuation of the electrical
disturbance was predicted by the
government meteorologist. He aald
the storm was one of the heaviest
ever to strike southern California. An
unidentified man was knocked un
conscious by a lightning bolt at Man
Itattan beach.
NEW YORK. Aug. 28, -(AP) Un-
kept and unshaven. Charles Rosen
thal, youthful broker and heir to
large estate, appeared at a police
station in the Bronx today and aald
he was kiduaped, blindfolded and
held prisoner in a New York apart
ment lor more than two. weeks.
He said he was released today by
his captors, who tossed him uncere
moniously out of an automobile In
the Bronx, then sped away.
During his absence his attorney,
Edward Nathan, announced he had
received letters demanding $100,000
ransom. Traps were set for the
kidnapers, but they failed. Efforts
by relatives to communicate with
the missing 34-year-old brokers' cap
tors through the "agony" columns
of newspapers also were without
result.
Rosenthal, who lives In Lawrence,
L. I., said that on August 11 he
took a young woman to a mid town
restaurant for dinner, then entered
a taxlcab with her. driving toward,
the Bronx. They were stopped by
three dark men in another car. who
overpowered the broker, blindfolded
hlra and took him to a flat he be
lieves In Manhattan. He was not
Injured.
.Jitter .detectives., who continued
to question Rosenthal, said his story
Indicated the young woman was
used as a decoy.
During the entire period of his
captivity. Rosenthal, said, he was
forced to wear glasses with pieces
of paper pasted on the lenses. He
was bound securely.
1
Americans Plan
Japan to Coast
Hop Next Week
TOKYO. Aug. - 28. ( AP) Don
Moyle and C. A. Allen. American avl
ators, announced today they planned
to start a non-stop flight early next
week for Seattle, Wash., from Samu
shtro Beach, Northern Hondo Island,
380 miles north of Tokyo.
They have completed repairs and
Improvements on the monoplane In
which Hnrold Bromley and Harold
datty filled to make the flight'last
year and which also failed to carry
Thomas Ash on the same Journey this
year.
A new tail has been fitted to ie
machine and its gasoline capacity has
been Increased to 1120 gallons by
trimming the length of the prop I lor
an Inch on each end, the fliers hope
they increased It cruising speed from
95 to 115 miles an hour.
4
Famous Bucker
Performs Today
For Pendleton
Treasurer Anti-Smith Or
ganization Defies Senate
Probers Records All
Turned Over to Bishop
WASHINGTON, Aui. 28 (API A
second witness associated with
Bishop Cannon's antl-Smltli cam
paign of 198 J. Sidney Prtera, 01
Newport News. Va. today refused
to testily before the senate cam
paign funds committee.
GLOUCESTER. Mass. Aug. 28
(AP) Mrs. Mildred Flneson of New
York, one of the three women pas-
. o-n.Am.r ran
sengers sooara un
Airways p sne tnai
la nieht. today from
her hospital bed. told a graphic story
of the plunge Into the sea
She prsised tne v"'
radio man and told how
h. nurvivors as they
ciung for what seemed r,
plane wings and the small Inflated
ed Portsmouth
K. n. - . ,h.. th.
Suddenly we -r.
was attempting to land some
in.
pilot
"here.
Suddenly, and without
,h. shin struck the water.
. . . unrl. I WS
atunnea ior . - tnrnTa
Into a Jumbled neap i
irnlni?.
I w
I was thrown
"As I slowly recovered my senses
I saw the pilot and radio man help
ing the passengers to the wing of
the plane.
The water was very rough and
the waves were breaking over owr
heads. I thought the end was near.
The ship was sinking rspldly and I
was weakening.
"The radio man kept diving Into
the water-filled cabin to get the
safety raft which was in a bag. The
pilot, who was bleeding bsdly from
a wound in the head and was weak
helped him.
-The bag was located finally and
inflated Just In time. The air was
rapidly leaving the Inflated raft
and I felt that the raft couldn t
sp us up much longer when the
fishing boat came in J1
Lunched a dory and soon had us
safelr aboard."
Mrs. Hill Finalist
Western Tourney
HIGHLAND PARK. III., Aug. 28.
(API Mrs. O. S. Hill of Kansas City
won a thrilling overtime match today
from Virginia Van Wie of Chicago, 1
up in 19 holes to become finalist
with Mrs. Leona Preasler of Ban
Gabriel. Calif., in the women's west
ern golf csmplonshlp.
Mrs. Preasler romped Into the
finals by defeating June Bee be, an
other Chicagoan. 6 and 4. Mrs. Hill
won on the 18th hole In the face of
a heavy wind which made good golf
difficult. Miss Van Wle slsshed her
second out of bounds on the 10th
snd took 8 to get on the green. Mrs.
Hill was over the green with ."ler 4th,
played safely and wound up with a
7 to win on the par ft hole.
Roseburg Flier
Lands in Forest
ROSEBURO, Ore, Aug. 28 (API
Earl Branson. Roseburg pilot, return
ed here today after making the first
airplane landing at Capajlls,', for
merly an Indian rendezvous In the
heart of the Ompqua national forest
John Ewell, Roseburg sportsman,
accompanied Branson on the trip and
remained on the Cmpqua river to
fish.
PENDLETON. Ore., Aug. 28 (AP)
New arrivals continued to pour Into
Pendleton today for the second day
of the twenty-second annual round
up.
Semi-finals In arena events were to
be run off today with the finals held
over for Saturday. One of the fea
lures on today's program was tne
scheduled appearanca of "Midnight,"
a horse which It Is said never has
been ridden successfully.
Ike Rude, Montana, won first place
In the roDlna contest yesterday when
he roped, "busted" and tied his long
horn steer In 17 3 seconds.
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Four Million For
England's Credit
NEW YORK, Aug. 28 (AP) It was
believed In Well Street banking cir
cles today that the new Prmnco
Amertcan credit to Oreat Britain
would approximate MO0.CO0.000.
Negotiations still were In progress
between New York. London and Pans
by transatlantic telephone today, and
an early announcement of conclusion
of an agreement was expected.
,
Urge Construction
Two Roads to Sea
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 28 (API-
Delegates from four northwest Ore
gon counties at a meeting .held here
last night adopted a resolution urg
ing Immediate construction of two
short routes from Portland to the
s.
"This body goes on record asking
th itat highway commission to be
gin Immediate construction of the
Wilson river and Vernonla-Hsmiet
routes, the resolution read.
..(laiiinuruN. Aue. 28 I API
rvr a second time. Miss Ads L. Bur
roughs, treasurer or the ailll-Smlth
democratic organlratlon headed by
Bishop Cannou in 1928 today refused
to testify before the senate campaign
In a prepared statement Miss Bur.
mugha said "none of the books, ac
counts, checks, or other document.
called for by the committee's sub
poena ore now in my nossesslon
It waa Mlas Burroughs to whom
msnop cannon l: a London state.
ment last night laid he had turned
over some of the funis withdrawn
by him fur political accounts In sev
eral nanka In 1028.
i aecune to answer," Miss Bur
roughs said when Nye called her at
tention to the recent order of the
District of Columbia supreme court
refusing to grant Bishop Cannon a
rll of prohibition agalnat the com
mlltee continuing Its Inquiry Into
nis poitcai actvltles.
Ierllnea Answer
. Senator Wagner, democrat. New
York, then asked her who were the
other olflcers of the anti-Smith or
ganisation.
"I decline to give any testimony,'
she replied.
"Is thst a secret?" asked Wagner.
There waa no answer.
"You don't want to answer any
questions dealing with Bishop Can
nons handling of money: thon I
would liko to ask you If you were
treasurer of the anti-Smith commit
tee," Wagner pursued.
I decline to testify," she replied.
Thst is a matter of record," re
minded Wagner.
"Yes, It Is a matter of record."
"Who advised you not to testify?"
Wsgner Inquired.
"Isdecllr.e to say."
"All the books, accounts, records,
etc," the statement explained, "which
were In my possession as treasurer
of the headquartera committee anti-
Smith democrats, were retained in
my possession for the ststutory per
lod of two yeara from the time of
the receipt of all moneys by said
committee, and were thereafter turn-
Today's
BASEBALL
American
R.
New York 4
Philadelphia 8
Ruffing. Wills, Johnson and Dick
ey: Mahaffey. Earnshaw and Coch
R.
St. Loula l
Cleveland 13
Gray, Klmsey and Perrell;
and Myatt.
H. B.
4 3
18 0
Harder
National
R. H. E
Pittsburgh ..' 4 8 2
8t. Louis 81
French snd Grace; Hhem. Llndsey.
Hallahan and Wilson.
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Roosevelt Urges
Income Tax Hoist
of 50 Per Cent
ALBANY. N. Y Aug. 28. (AP)
A fifty per cent Increase in the state
personal Income tax waa recommend
ed to rhe New York legislature by
Gov Franklin D. Roosevelt today as
part or his program for unemploy
ment relief.
Other recommendations Included:
Appropriation of 820.000.000 to be
expended under the supervision ot a
commission of three appointed by
the governor, principally on public
work thia winter.
Authorise cities and counties for
one year to Issue three-year bonds to
provide relief for unemployment by
publlo works.
A five-day week In all state or
municipal publlo works contracts.
(Continued on page 6 Htory S)
LUMBER EXPORT
PORTLAND, Ore, Aug. 28 (AP)
During the week ending August 22,
343 mills reporting to the West Coast
Lumbermen's asaoclatton operated at
3A 04 per cent, capacity, compared
with 38.02 per cent capacity for the
preceding week and 48.77 per cent for
the corresponding week a year ago.
Current new business reported by
224 Identical mills was 17.33 per cent
over production and shipments were
14 88 per cent over. .
New export business showed an In
crease of about 4.&00.000 feet over
the previous week, while domestic
cargo orders Increased more than 8.-
000.000 feet from the previous week
and local orders Increased 1,600 000
feet. New rsll business Incressed
50.000 fret.
Women Sarcastic
On Rum Job Bar
BALTIMORE, Aug. 28. ( AP) An
swering Prohibition Director Wood
cock's defense of his ban on the
employment of women as Informers,
the Business and Professional Wom
en Council of Maryland asserted In
a letter made publlo today that If
prohibition enforcement "la not fit
for women It Is not fit for men.'
The organisation protested against
the order earlier this week as dis
criminatory. A reply from Colonel
Woodcock said that he believed the
purport of ,hls order hsd been misunderstood.
I
Henderson Leads
British Laborites
LONDON. 'Aug. 28. (AP) Arthur
Henderson, former foreign secretary.
elected leader ot the British
labor party today to succeed Ramaay
Mac Donald.
Henderson will lead the labor op
position In the coming special ses
sion of parliament against Prime
Minister MscDousld's national gov
ernment. .
MEDFORD RELIEF :
AGENCIES TO BE
UNDER ONE HEAD
Sparrow, Harder, Meeker
Named As Emergency
Committee at Meeting of
Various Charity Agencies
Government Buys
Planes and Engines
WASHINOTON, Aug. 28. (AP)
The war department today an
nounced approval of contract for
71 airplanes and B2 engines and
other equipment at cost nf $2,671.-787.
Ohio Blue jays War
Upon Pedestrians
NORWAI.K, O (UP) Bluejsys
hsve declared war on Norwalk.
Persons wslking through a clump
of trees at a atreet Intersection hsve
heard the wsrnlng scream of half a
doxen of the birds and been driven
at a run from the scene, Arthur
Pesrl, J. E. Osborn and Paul Clark
suffered fsclsl scratches from the
beaks and claws of the Jays.
Officials attributed the attacks to
snnoysnces suffered by the birds
from boys violating their nests and
molesting their eggs and young.
Coiiiraltcatlon of all relief work In
Medford for the- coming year to In
carried on by various agencies under
the leadership of Governor Meier's
emergency employment committee
wss effected yesterday evening at the
meeting of the board of directors of
the Community Cheat, other relief
organisations and representatives of
the city and county governments in
session at the chamber of commerce.
ine local emergency committee Is
composed of County Judge Alex
Sparrow, B. K. Harder and Claranos
Meeker, - ....
All organisations agreed to work
through thia committee and pledged
their support to the plans under con.
slderatlon.
It waa the -consensus of oolnloei
that as much relief work as possible
should be provided by city, county
and state governments. It was urg4
that city and county budgets be
made to provide tor aa much emer
gency work ss possible.
Iri. Hoad Work
A motion waa passed aoneallna to
the state to continue highway ine
provementa and construction ,of
county roads during the winter.
using as much hand labor aa practi
cal. It waa especially urged that Uie
construction on tha Green Springs
roads be completed..
The Community Chest wilt be .
pec ted to care for the relief work
which cannot be covered by the gov
ernment agencies.
A committee was appointed to work
out a new budget for the Communi
ty Obese, Member ar t. O, Mann.
W. W. Allen. H. A. Thlerolf, Dr. James
O. Hayes and John Orth.
The Salvation Army, which with
drew from t.le Chest last year. Is
expected to apply for membership.
The chest board of directors, mem
bers of tha governor's aomoiitt-..
Mayor K. M. Wilson, renresentatrvsa
of the Red Cross. Salvation Army.
Boy Scouts. Central civic council,
women's clubs and tha press attended
yesterday's meeting.
Credit to British
Will Be Advanced
LONDON, Aug. 38 (AP) The
tressury tonight announced that ne
gotiations hsve been concluded by
which credits ot 82uO.O0O.OOO In the
United States end 8.000.000,000 francs
(about .l 00,000,000) in France will
be granted If further suport of the
British pound Is found necessary. (
Fishermen Killed
By Lightning Bolt
WASHINOTON. Aug. 28 (Ar
Lightning killed two men at Chess.
peaks Beach, a resort near hen.
last night while they were fishing
irom a pier.
They were: Charles Al ru worth.
38. of Wilmington, Del, and William
Newmeyer. 48. of Washington.
LINDBERGH'S MOTHER f
HEARS RADIO SPEECH
NEW YORK. Aug. 28 (AP) Mrs.
Evsngellne Lindbergh, mother of tlw
flying colonel, was thrilled by her
son's speech, broadcast from Tokyo,
she Informed officials of the Nation
al Broadcasting company In a tele
gram today, she tuned In at her
home In Detroit. .
Irrigation Tour
CORVALLIS. Ore, Aug. 28. (AP)
The second annual western Ore
gon Irrigstlon tour, arranged by Ore
gon State college, will visit eight
Willamette vslley counties September
3 snd 4.
President Proclaims
Fire Prevention Week
WASHINGTON. Aug. 28 (API-
President Hoover today proclaimed
tbe week of October 4 aa fir preven
tion week and solicited "th assis
tance of each cltlren to help lessen
the loss, needless wsste, end suffering
from fires Isrgely preventable."
The president said fires In the
United Bute last year caused a di
rect property loss estlmsted at nearly
900.000.000. an Increase of aso.ooo..
000 over 1829. and thst deat.hs and
injuries resulting from fires exceeded
38.000 In 1930.
The proclsmatlon follows:
"It hss become customary for the
president of the United Stales to re
quest sn annual observance of fire
prevention week throughout the na
tion to stimulate the Interest and
cooperation of officials, organisations
snd cltisens in diminishing th
losses of life and property from tire.
"Last year fires In the United
States caused a direct property lose
estimated at nearly 8SOO.000.000, an
Increase of 840,000.000 over 1929.
"Deaths and Injuries to men. wom
en snd children exceeded 38,000 In
1910,
"How. therefore. X, Herbert Hoover,
president of the United States of
Amerlrs. do ,'wreby, proclaim the
week ot October 4, 1931, to be ob
served ss fire prevention week."
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GOLDEN CROW GIVEN
SENTENCE OF DEATH
RANOOON. Burma. Aug. 28 (AP)
Th Burmese rebel. Saya San.
known as "Th Golden Crow," who
raised an army and led It In revolt
last January, and 18 of his Iteuten
snu were sent need to death to
day by a special tribunal. :
Will
ROGERS
.says:
KKVKRMT HILLS Cal., Au. .
2ft. A lot of differeut natiori.
alities were working with U8 on
a movie let Thursday, aH 'rep-
renentative of different court- '
tries. We all ait around and
gab between scenes. The Chi
naman "My country, very
bad, what will he' the end"
The Ruxaian: "Poor Russia,
what hopes onn it have!" The
Kn'Hsliman : "We were never
in such a bad way. Who knows
how we will como outt"I said,
"Roys, I sure would like to tell
you and I will just as soon as
I find out where we're going
ourselves."
inr temptatlonf
compartment.