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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 28, 1931.
No. 187.
Twenty-Sixth Year
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By FRANK JENKINS
YOTJ are probably bored to the
point of tears with the whole
subject of foreign politics and for
eign finances. But hers are some
facts so significant, so illuminating,
that In Justice to yourself you should
take the trouble to grasp them I
German reparations payments since
1034 have amounted to the total sum
of t3.35O.O00.OOO.
German BORROWINGS, during this
same period borrowings from other
countries have amounted to 3,760.
000,0001 M
TAT Is to say, Germany has bor
rowed enough from other coun
tries to pay all her reparations debts
' to other countries and have $1,400,
000,000 left over.
Putting It another way, of every
dollar abe has borrowed from abroad
Germany has paid back 63 cents In
Installments on repsratlons debt and
has 'kept 37 cents for her own uses.
It Is thus apparent that foreign
' countries, most of them her former
enemies, have provided Germany the
money with which to pay her war
debts and build herself up at the
same time.
ITH a part of the money she has
borrowed, as already stated, Ger
many has paid the currenj Install'
ments on her war debt.
The BEST of It she has spent for
housing for her people, for machin
ery and equipment for her great fac
torlee and for vast public works.
no PAR, so good. But now comes
the real nub.
Germany Is saying to her credit
ors: "We are, broke. Our gold re
serve Is depleted. We have no money
with which to pay the debts we owe
you.
"What are you going to do about
17t" "
npWO questions here present them.
selves: 1. Who are Germany's
creditors, and a, what ARB they go
ing to do about it?
The answer to-the,flrst Is that
JJVT5RBODY who has bought a Ger
man bond, either government or in
dustrial. Is a creditor of Germany.
The answer to the second Is that
there isn't ANYTHING much that
CAN be done about it.
M
IF A private individual owes you
money and oant pay, you call In
the sheriff and seize his property.
But if a whole people owes you mon
ey, you can't do that or at least
you cant do it without war, which
costs more than the debt Is worth
and besides offers little chance of col
lection.
Bo, you see, the situation Is this
Foreign peoples have lent Germany
the money with which to pay her
reparations debts and at the same
time build up her whole country.
Now, when they want their money
back, she shrugs her shoulders and
says: "We're sorry, but we can't pay;
and if you try to MAKE us pay we'll
go bolshevik, and where will you be
then?"
f4 MEANWHILE. Germany has the
1T1 dwellings and the new indus
trial plants and the vast public
works that have been built with the
money borrowed from abroad, and
these things can't be taken away
, from her.
Is it "poor Germany," as the prop
agandists have been walling? Hardly)
Rather It Is "Smart Germany; ahrewd
Germany; unscruplous Germany."
IF THESE fact, which are cited by
Garet Garett In an article In the
current number of the Saturday Eve
ning Poet, are accurate, It 1 rather
clearly evident that Germany baa won
the war that followed the war.
BUT enough ol foreign finance,
which Is a heavy subject, and
tiresome. Let us turn to something
more Interesting.
One of Southern Oregon's largest
automobile dealers said to this writer
the other day: "Within a couple of
years every new automobile that
comes out of the factories will
capable of doing A HUNDRED MILES !
an hour on the open road.
ftNLY a few years ago, automobiles
were capable of doing not much
more than 35 or 40 miles an hour.
The maximum speeds crept up to 50
and 60 miles, and NOW they are
around 75 or 80.
' As the maximum speed of which
automobiles were capable crept up;
the average rate of driving also crept
up and this was followed slowly by
a rising legal limit until now many
states have no legal limit at all, in
sisting only on careful driving.
Continued on Page Two)
2 HUNTERS DIE
BEFORE RIFLES
OF COMPANIONS
Howard Wakeman Formerly
of Rogue. River, Killed by
Brother Oregon City
Man Also Sunday Victim
PORTLAND, Ore, Sept. 28. (AP)
Deer hunters' rifles took two lives
In Oregon Sunday.
Arthur A. Laam. 30, Oregon uq,
was mistaken for a deer and shot
by his hunflng companion, R. H.
Campynol,. in the nmociiDuru op
tion, 10 miles south of Estacada.
ward Wakeman, 10, Klamatn
Falls, was caught In the line of fire
when his brother. Herman, shot at
deer on Hayden mountain wesi oi
Klamath Falls Howard died in a
Klamath Foils hospital two noun,
after the shooting. Both cases were
reported immediately to authorities.
Third -Hrotner- iraficuj.
The Wakeman tragedy was the
irrf nrfthln a month In which one
brother fatally wounded another In
a hunting accident in tns ran.
Campynol told omcers no "
Laam had separated and he thought
the latter was across a r.... -
fired at what ne tnougnv -
deer. The bullet passed through
Laam's Doay.
The Wakeman boys, with another
brother, waiter, wo -
woods for oeer wnen nwu -
one and fired. The bullet pierced
both Howard's thighs. Herman and
Walter carried him to the road after
applying tourniquets. -
norms! RIVER. Ore., Sept. 38.
(sn.oin Howard Wakeman, acci
dentally slain Sunday during a deer
hunt on Hayden mountain, will be
burled here Tuesday at 2:30 p.m.,
his body to rest beside his father.
Robert Wakeman.
Howard, who was a memoer w
mm. Rrnnis River high school baaket-
ball teom during his school days, left
here with his family about two
years ago and has since made his
home In Klamath Falls. His mother's
relatives still live here.
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IN WEST FEARFUL
OF FREIGHT BOOS!
WASHINGTON. Sept. 28. (AP)
The Ills of the lumber, lead and cop
per Industries were enumeratea to
the Interstate commerce commission
todoy to offset the claims of tne rail
roads for a fifteen per cent rote In
crease. 8. J. Wettrick representing western
lumber Interests and the North Pa
cific Millers association, said that the
capital structure of the lumber In
dustry of the northwest was In a
much more precarious condition than
the railroads.
Any Increase in rates, ne said
would destroy rate relationships In
favor of southern pine producers,
dislocating business and making It
Impossible to market western ramntr
In the east.
"If the commission decides some
Increase is In order," Wettrick said,
"we feel that It should be a flat
Increase and not a percentage in
crease.
"Regardless of what the commis
sion decides 1 think it should exempt
lumber."
Pangborn Plans
Hop From Japan
To Break Record
TOKYO, Sept 28. (AP) Clyde
Pangborn and Hugh Herndon plan
ned to start from the Tachlkawa
airdrome near here tomorrow for
Samushlro, 375 miles north, to pre
pare for a non-stop trans-Pacific
flight to the United States. They
hoped to start the flight Wednesday
at dawn.
They hoped to break the long dis
tance flying record, provided their
fuel held out.
The schedule provides for a land
ing at Wenatchee, Wash, where
Paneborn's mother and brother.
Percy, reside, but they may con
tlnue to Boise. Idaho.
Seek Water From
Rogue Tributary
SALEM, Sept. 28 (AP) Appli
cations for water for irrigation pur-
poses predominated the requests for
appropriations filed with Bute Engl
neer C. B. Strlcklln during the past
week, reports released today re
vealed Among the larger field were
those of Marlon P.. Rogers and Grace
B. Cobb, Merlin, for 1.22 second feet
of water from Louse creek, tributary
of Rogue river for Irrigation of 27
In .Iwnhln. miint
Winsome
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Aasul,ui rreM I'hoto
Little PeBgy St. John la one of
. k , mMt eom.y bathing
beauties. Recently she won a bath-
ng beauty eont(!8t ovep 40 competi'
tors at Rogers. ArK-
FOR CANALIZATION
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SALEM, Ore., Sept. 28. (AP) Def
inite showing of savings and benefit
to the Willamette valley in trans
portation, irrigation end power de
velopment must be shown the U. S.
army engineers In order to Justify
the expenditure of $17,000,000 In the
canalization of the Willamette river
from Portland to Eugene, Congress
man W. C. Hawley Informed delega
tions here today. Fifteen representa
tives from Eugene, Corvallls, Albany,
Salem and Oregon City, conferred
with Hawley on methods of proced
ure to secure federal aid in improv
ing the river.
Justification of such an expendi
ture, which la 30 per cent of the
year's appropriation for rivers and
harbors, requires a complete three
way benefit, which must be present
ed with facts and figures, Hawley
said. The plan for canalization dis
cussed by Hawley was that of locks
and dams, which cost he estimated
at 17,000.000. Such a plan could
provide not only transportation, but
Irrigation and power as well.
TAKE BIG PAYROLL
PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 36. (AP)
In a during holdup at the municipal
wharf, terminal No. 1, today, two
men escaped with a brief case con
tain Ing $2472 after holding up Cap
tain A. Wle, master of the steamer
Illinois, and Captain E. M. McCarthy.
master of the San Rafael.
The brief case contained the pay-
rol1 for the crew of the Illinois.
The two men ran 150 feet to an
automobile and escaped. Each car
ried a pistol. They wore black masks
held to their faces by goggles.
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Discarded Clothes
Located in Waters
Backs Wife's Story
NEW YORK. Sept. 28. (AP)
Mrs. Benjamin P. Colllngs' oft-repeated
story of her husband's mur
der by two men, who boarded their
cruiser on Long Island sound was
further substantiated today by the
finding of two pairs of trousers and
a bathing suit In the waters of Cove
Neck.
. Mrs. Colllngs had told 8uffolk
officials that two men. one about 40,
the other about 18, threw her hus
band Into the sound and took her
away In a small boat on which they
changed clothes, throwing their die
carded garments Into the sound.
JUSTICE VANDEVANTER
CONFINED BY ILLNESS
IONIA, Mich, Sept. 28, (API
Justice Willis Vandevanter of the
United States supreme court
confined to bed here today with a
1 might Illness. Justice Vandevanter
I. 7S a.
FOLLOW BRITAIN
Danish Cabinet Also Con
sidering Suspension of
Gold Standard Inter
preted As Act of Caution
LONDON. Sept. 28. (AP) Sweden
and Norway today followed Great
Britain by seven days in suspend
ing the gold standard and prohibit
ing the exportation of gold. The
Danish cabinet Is considering the
same action.
Dispatches from Stockholm and
Oslo said the two governments had
decided temporarily to abandon pay
ments In gold because or tne auma
tlon of the krona and the krone
with the pound sterling and the
close connection of their finances
with those of Great Britain.
The Swedish state council decided
to drop the gold standard until No
vember 30 unless conditions change
before that date and to Increase the
national bank discount rate from
six ner cent to eight per cent. The
exportation of gold was proninueu
except by the Tlksbank, or by for
eign national banks.
Will Be Restored.
Minister of Finance Felix Ham-
rln sold Sweden would restore the
gold standard as soon as financial
affaire permitted and that tne sus
pension should not be regarded as
a sign of weakness In the treasury.
The people must buy more Swedish
goods In order to Improve the bal
ance of trade, he said, and the gov
ernment would immediately discuss
measures to that end.
Norway's withdrawal from the gold
standard and placing of an embargo
on gold exports were decreed for an
Indefinite period by tne caoinei.
Will Maintain rarity.
At the same time the central banks
of Norway, Sweden, Denmark and
Finland announced they had decided
on Joint measures to maintain the
parity of their respective currencies
while the suspension was in effect.
The two countries' move was In
terpreted in financial circles as an
act of caution rather than of need
because it was felt that both were
In comparatively sound positions.
,
LAVAL GREETED
BY IDE
BERLIN, Sept. 28 (AP) Premlor
Laval of France, and his foreign min
ister. Arlstlde Brland, today shook
hands with President Von Hlndcn
burg and went Into conference with
German statesmen on measures ox
cooperation to restore the confidence
of Europe.
The conversation between presi
dent Von Hlndenburg and his guests
was purely formal. After the cus
tomary exchange of greotlngs he ex
pressed the hope that they would
solve the economic problems involved
by united efforts and they replied In
a similar vein.
Their parley with Chan c e 1 1 o r
Bruenlng and Foreign Minister Cur-
tlus was understood to revolve
around the question as to whether
Franco-German economic coopera
tion was posslblo on a large scale by
the financing of Germany's surplus
labor with Prance's surplus capital.
Narcotic Smuggler
Evades Coast Trap
8AN FRANCI8CO, 8ept. 28. (AP)
The Examiner todoy ssld a ship
believed to be the auxiliary schooner
Marabella. sought by government of-
fclclals as a carrier of narcotics ana
Chinese, had evaded a trap set by
federal officers and had dropped
anchor In Turtle bay. on the west
coast of Mexico. The Marabella had
been lying off the coast of Cali
fornia awaiting an opportunity to
run Into some harbor, but wnen or-
fleers got word of her plans, she
had been forewarned.
Moyle and Allen
Hop For Tacoma
FAIRBANKS. Alaska, Sept. 28.
(AP) Cecil A. Allen and Don Moyle,
who failed early this month In an
announced attempt to fly non-stop
from Japan to Seottie. took nff here
this forenoon for Tacoma, waan
They probably will stoy at White
Horse, Yukon Territory, enroute.
MELLIE DUNHAM WHO
FIDDLED FOR FORD, DIES
LEWISTON, Me. Sept. 28. (AP
Alonson Mellon "Mellle" Dunhom,
78, Maine's old-time fiddler cham
plon who achcleved national proml
nence when he was Invited to play
for Henry Ford at Detroit, died yes
terday at a local hospital after he
failed to rally from an operation.
Centre Dean tiles
DANVILLE, Ky, Sept. 28. (AP)
Dr. Charles K. Crooks, 71, for mony
years dean of Centre college, died to
day after a short Illness.
Woman Plunges
2000 Feet From
Bridge to Death
PORTLAND, Ore, 8ept. 28.
(AP) A woman who had not
been Identified six hours later,
leaped 2000 feet to her death
from the east approach span of
the St. Johns bridge early today.
She was described as about 35
years old. 125 pounds, 5 feet S
Inches tall and of dark complexion.
TO
A nice assortment of nine wed
ding licenses was Issued at the
county clerk's office here over the
week-end. Including eight on Satur
day and one yesterday, with the star
prospective newly weds being a
California couple from Vollejo. Resi
dents of Medford, Central Point,
Grants Pass, Prospect, Ashland,
Klamath county and California were
among the applicants for liccenses
A handsome young, and well
known couple, of Vallejo, Calif.,
Olive Marie Nelson, a dance Instruct
ress and Don H. Stevens, advertis
ing manager of a newspaper, both
of legal age and each having been
married once before and divorced.
were disagreeably surprised when
they reochced Medford In their car
early Saturday afternoon to loam
that legal red tape for a time
threatened to delay their wedding
plana.
Desiring to avoid any publicity
and especially the three days' publi
cation feature of California before
a couple can obtain a wedding li
cense, they had planned to quietly
sneak away In their car and escape
any unwelcome wedding stunts or
tholr friends, get married in Medford
and continue on north to Seattle
to spend their honeymoon of two
weeks .with relatives there and visit
other sound cities.
Not until reaching Medford did
they1 learn that some one must
vouch for them before a license
could be obtained here.
Then Stevens had a happy thought
to visit The Mall Tribune ofilce.
perhaps there was some one there
whom he knew. His hunch was
correct one, and a half hour later
the couple and this friend had the
wedding license, and the friend
rushed them across the hallway.
where County Judge Alex Sparrow
performed the wedding ceremony
and the happy pair were on their
way to Seattle.
Another California romance was
revealed In the license Issued to
Ruby Ethel Pine, 22, bank teller.
and Wayne C. Braden, 29, office man.
ager of the Shell Oil company, botn
of Red Bluff.
The other licenses Issued over the
week-end were as follows:
Bessie McKlnney. 36, and James
C. Embry, 52, service station ope
rator, both of Medford,
Verna Ellen De Hoes, 21, of Cen
tral Point, and William Allen Hood
25, of Prospect, service station ope'
rator.
Ruth Glass. 22. of Medford. and
George Frederick Clark, 30, route
of Medford. a gardner.
Bcrnlce Ida Dennts. 43, of Ashland
and James C. Cuslck. 44, a -railroad
conductor of Dunsmulr, Calif.
Minnie Alberts. 30, of Grants Pass,
teacher, and Roscoe H. Fryer, 47, of
Scnttsburg. garage man,
Minnie Neet, 18, and Harrison
Lawaon, 21, both of -Klamath Falls.
Violet Kidman, 18, and John H
Booth, 34, machinist, both of Bly,
Klamath county
Avea Mae Fllson, 22. and Dtus
Elmer Ware, both of Palmcro, Calif
and of legal age.
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Tilson Or Snell
Will Be Speaker,
Hawley's Opinion
SALEM. Sept. 28. (AP) John Q
Tilson of Massachusetts and B.
Snell of New York are the leading
Republican candidates for speaker
of the national congress In the
opinion of W. O. Hawley of Oregon,
the congressman said here loaay.
Hawley announced a meeting of the
Republican caucus of the house at
Washington. D. C- one week before
congress opens.
Hawley. who la chairman or tne
caucus, sold the meeting is cauea
for the purpose of selecting tne
speaker of the next house. He said
a Republican majority of two had
prevailed In the house membership
during the summer, but deaths prior
to December 7 could easily change
this ratio.
ftterllngs Mother Ill's.
PORTLAND, Sept. 28. (AP) Mrs
George C. Sterling, mother of iron-
aid J. 8terllng. managing editor of
the Journal, died at her home here
Sunday, after an illness of several
months
S.
Fall Fractures Kkull
PORTLAND, 8ept. 28. (AP)
Gladys Roesel, 21, of St. Helens,
celved serious Injuries Sunday when
she fell from a house. Her skull
fractured and she was rushed to
Portland hospital.
NTI-JAP RIOTING
LARES IN CHINA;
C.T.
Japanese Family Murdered
by Mob .in Kowloon
Police Are Ordered to
Shoot Without Warning
HONGKONG, Shlna. Sept, 38.
(AP) Policemen, armed with riot
guns and bearing orders to "shoot
without warning If necessory" patrol
ed the streets of Hongkong and Kow
loon. on the mainland opposite this
British port, today as the result of
antl - Japanese demonstrations and
riots. .
The known casualties stood today
at nine dead and dozens Injured. Six
of the deaths were In one family
when a mob of Infuriated Chinese
stormed the Tesldence of Shlmlzlro
Yashoshtta, a Japanese, In a Kowloon
suburb. Yashoshtta, his wife, mother,
two .ons and a nursemaid were kill-
Only a three-year old child was
spared.
NANKING, Sept. 28. (AP) For-
lgn Minister O. T. Wang was attack
ed and seriously njured today by a
mob of students who blamed htm for
falling to Induce the League or Nat-
Ions to Intervene In the ManchurUn
controversy between China and Ja
pan.
But for the Intervention of a group
of servants. Dr. Wang probably would
not have escaped alive. The mob,
using clubb and Inkpots rained blows
on his head, smashed windows nd
furniture and reduced Wang's office
to wreckage.
The foreign minister's clothing was
torn to shreds. His servants, break
ing Into the. office through a rear
window, finally carried him away.
Dr. Wang is 40 years old and a
graduate of Yale university, having
won membership in Phi Beta Kappa,
the scholastic fraternity, after receiv
ing his bachelor of arts degree in
1010. He returned to China In 1911
and was appointed secretary of the
Chinese Y. M. C. A.
TOKYO. Sept. 28. (AP) A RenffO
news agency report from Mukden to
day said a provisional government f"r
Klrln province, Manchuria, had been
formed there with General Hal 81a,
former chief of atatf of the Klrln
provincial army as governor.
Ministers of war, finance, Industry,
home, publts works and education
also were named, together with
commlslsoner of police. In Mukden,
the report aald, the People's associa
tion organized with the slogan "Man
churia for Manchurlans" with the
aim of making the entire state lnde
pendent of China proper and havlr.g
a parliamentary form of government
FILM ACTRESSES
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Sept. 28.
(AP) Forty members and officials of
the exclusive Riviera country ciuo in
Santa Monica canyon were treated In
hospitals or a their homes today for
ptomaine poisoning following
luncheon at the home or Keginaia
(Snowy) Baker, club sports manager
and polo player,
Physicians said none oi tne victims
would die, although the condition of
several Is critical,
Among those who suffered poison
ing were Doha Stone, motion picture
actress, and Miss Bonnie Apple ton
stage and screen actress formerly of
Australia.
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PORTLAND, Sept. 28. (AP) DU
trlct committeemen for the annual
Oregon state high school basketim,
tournament were selected here Sat
urday by Paul T. Jackson, Klamaih
Palls; Austin Landreth, Pendleton
and John L. Gary, of West Linn,
members of the board of control ol
the Oregon Hlgb School Athletlo as
sociation.
The committeemen will meet Octo
ber 17 to make arrangements for the
annual tournament
District No. 4 Includes 0. O. Smith
Medford; O. H. Beard, Roseburg:
O. Hendrlckson, Merrill.
SIX BEAR KILLED ON
RANCH NEAR SISTERS
SISTERS, Ore. Sept. 28 -(API-
Six bears have been killed In the
swamp near the Arthur Wurbewiler
ranch In the past week. The sixth
was taken In a trap set by Warren
Farthing.
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Oregon Weather
Pair east and cloudy west with
showers extreme west portion tonlg!
and Tuesday: slightly warmer south
and central portion tonight, moderate
Je fresh south wlndt offshore.
PolaNell
V "
A 8ocln ted fres i'ttoto
Pola Negri, film actress, was
Btrlcken with appendicitis at her
Santa Monica, Cal.. beach home. She
was ordered to hospital by her
jnyaician.
CHICAGO, Sept. 28. (AP) A con
fession that he slew his wife becausn
she Irritated him by reminders of
her superior education, and that he
placed her body, wrapped in a blan
ket, In a manhole, was made yester
day police aald. by John Chorak.
Chorak was arrested Saturday at his
former home of Beaver Dam, Wis.
Mrs. Chorak'a body was found last
July 4 In the manhole of a sewer on
the far southslde, just around the
corner from the Chorak home. '
"She used to be a school teacher,"
Chorak was quoted as aaylng. "I
never had much learning. Sho was
all the time rubbing It In how
much smarter she was. It got on
my nerves. Then, to cap everything.
she had me arrested on a charge of
disorderly conduct.
"The night before I was due In
court she came Into my bedroom
with a knife. I thought she was go
ing to kill me so I struck her, I
knocked her out, I believed she was
dead ao I wrapped her In a blanket
and dropped her down that man
hole.' ' '
AT STATE F.
SALEM, Sept. 28 (AP) The Ore
gon state fair settled down to serlo is
business today as the third day ol
the 70th annual event got under way.
As judging waa started In virtually
every class of exhibits, rodeo riders
prepared for the semi-finals and fl
nals later In the wild west even's,
race horses were groomed for the
first of the racing programs, and
prtparatlona were'oompleted for the
opening of the nightly horse slww
in the arena.
Today's attendance at the fair kept
pace with previous Monday's but It
fell far below the Saturday and Sun
day crowds Attendance Saturday was
estimated at 12,000 while more than
16,000 people witnessed the program,
viewed the exhibits and enjoyed the
amusements on Sunday.
Russians Shiver
As Soviet Bans
Fuel For Homes
MOSCOW, Sept. 38. (AP) The
first snow of the winter fell today
and householders in overcoats and
galoshes found In the morning papet
decree forbidding all cltlzensrto
heat their homes without special
authorization by the municipal gov
ernment. The decree la part of a campaign
for economy or fuel because coal
production la lagging far behind
the five-year plan schedule. Pen
alty for violation of the non-heating
ordftr la 100 rubles fine or 30 days'
compulsory labor. The only excep
tions are hospitals and similar in
stitutions. LITTLE HOPE HELD OUT
FOR PARALYSIS VICTIM
PORTLAND, Ore, sept. 38-(AP)
Hospital attendant today said the
condition of Joseph MlddlekautJ.
nine years' old, of Taklma, Is criti
cal. The Boy. .trlcken with Infan
tile parslysla, was brought here Sat
urday by plane from Yakima, and
placed in an automatic breathing
imachlne at a children', hospital.
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Wok for Needy in Relief
Program Is Stressed at
Meet Luncheon With
Kiwanis Club Feature
The fiftieth anniversary regional
conference of the American Red
Cross opened this morning In the
Presbyterian church here with na
tional, Pacific coast, state and local
officers In attendance. The great
service rendered by the Red Cross
throughout the world was empha
sized In alt addresses, and the need
for a working program rather than
charity to relieve the unemployed
was emphasized.
A. L, Schafer, manager of the Pa
cific branch, one of the leading
speakers of the morning, told hla
fellow workers that the solution must
be accomplished through normal
processes rather than through ex-' '
tending money to the poor.
Work Best Relief
"Work Is the finest type of relief
In any situation," he declared.
"There are today many deserving
poor, who have never before asked
for charity; preservation of their self
respect rests with supplying them,
with work. This task will demand
the composite effort of all agencies."
Miss Mary Anntn, executive secre
tary of the Lane county chapter, gave
an inspiring review of the work aa
It la carried on in her territory. She
gave Medford and other chapters of.
the state credit for Inspiring many
of the successful projects, which.
have brought much praise to Lane
county.
Development Cited
Miss Altda J. Blgelow, field repre
sentative, who Is here from Ban
Francisco, emphasised the significant
developments of Red Cross on . thej
Paclflo ooast, citing aa one of the)
most Important the co-ordination of'
all activities In -a supreme effort to
do good.
The responsibility of local chapter
In carrying on recreation and pro-,
ductlon work in veterans' hospitals
was brought out by Miss Elizabeth
McKlnley. field director of the Amer
ican Red Cross, United States naval '
hospital at Bremerton, Wash, The
need for rehabilitating men physical
ly, mentally and spiritually and help
ing them to resume their normal way
of living was cited by Miss McKlnley
as one of the most Important duties
of the Red Cross.
Lunch With Klwants
Following the- morning session the
Red Cr.osa workers met wltti the
Kiwanis club for luncheon at the
Hotel Medford. More than 80 guest
were present for the Instructive pro-'
gram, chief speaker on which waa Dr.
William D. Klelne, medical assistant
to the vice chairman, here from the
Washington headquarters.
Dr. Klelne described the work car
ried on by the Red Cross during the
drought relief and drew a vivid pic
ture or conditions as they were
found In the south. "The 1030
drouth," he stated In Introducing hla
subject, "waa the worst calamity of
Its kind ever to strike this country.
More than two million people have
oeen cared for by the Red Cross In
those 33 afflicted states and we are
still carrying on. Eighty thousand
volunteers have given their assis
tance in carrying out the Red Cross
program. No relief la given except
where it Is absolutely needed and not
until careful Investigation has been
made. The big thing is to allow the
man to do something for himself.
Give Only to Needy
"What the country needs today,"
Or. Klelne stated, "la more careful
social work. Do not give unless you
know the need exists."
Much of the tragedy in the south,
he explained, resulted from the lack
of diversified farming. Planters had
devoted all their space fo cotton. The
price fell to the bottom. There was
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"Jim Ham" Predicts
Western Democrat
Will Be Candidate
KANSAS ,cmr. Sept. 38-. (AP)
J -Hamilton Lewis, U. 8. senator
from Illinois, predicts that the next
Democratic presidential candidate
will be from the west and rates for
mer Senator James A. Reed of Mia
sourl, as a strong possibility for th.
pout.
Stopping here yesterday, en route
to hit home at Chicago. Senator
Lewis declared "the conflict In De
mocracy In New York and eastern
states calls for the naming ot west
ern candidates"
Lehigh Collieries
Open 12,000 Jobs
WILKESBARRS, Pa., Sept. S8.
(AP) Twenty-one collieries of the
Lehigh Valley Coal company, some
of which had been closed for more
than a year, reopened today, fur
nishing work for more than 13,000
men.
Increased coal orders made neces
sary the immediate opening, it wa
l.tated. t