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MEDFOKI), OEEGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 29, 1932.
No. 6.
Tribune
Comment
the
on
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
IP YOU are old enough to vote, you
can remember tfte .time when
butchera GAVE LIVER AWAY.
New liver Is about aa high priced
aa any meat you can buy, and la In
keen demand.
WHY? ' "
Because It was discovered that
rich In certain vitamins, and this la
the vitamin age.
EVERYBODY began to want Hrer.
THE tomato la the latest vitamin
food later, even than liver.
Wherever you go East, West, North
or South you will find tomatoes on
the menue. Tomato Juice cocktalla
are particularly popular, and people
are buying tomato Juice by the case.
Big new markets for tomatoes are
opening up. Just aa big new markets
for liver opened up a few years ago.
THE Rogue River valley produces
the finest tomatoes grown on the
Pacific Coast. It la one of the finest
tomatoes grown In the United States.
In addition, per acre production of
tomatoes here la DOUBLE the pe'
acre production anywhere else on the
Pacific Coast, thus Insuring low cost
of production.
The tomato ought to add quite a
little to the wealth of the Rogue
River valley In the next few yeara.
RUSSIA orders ' army technicians,
engineers, avlatora Bnd doctors
to Eastern Siberia.
Their Job, It la presumed, la to
study the problems Russia must meet
If her armies clash with the armies
of Japan.
A LITTLE while back the Japan
ese, according to their own
story, started out to punlah a few
kvandlta in Manchuria. Prom that
they moved on to the discourage
ment of a boycott lrTBhahgTiarr
Now It looks aa If they might be
come embroiled' In a first class war
with Russia.
THIS war business Is like a snow
ball rolling down a hill. When
it starts It la Insignificantly small,
but before It finishes It is apt to be
staggeringly big.
RUSSIA, preparing for an emergen
cy, BUYS WHEAT and stores It
at Vladivostok.
The 1 puppet government of Man
churia, which dancea when Japan
pulls the strings, tries to atop the
movement of Manchurlan wheat to
Vladivostok, but has little luck.
There la a market for wheat in
Vladivostok, and Manchurlan peaa
ante find ways to get their wheat to
the market, embargoca or no embar
goes. I1
HERE In America, where we
more wheat than we can
. v. , ,. h..l.An
we nope cneie niu uyj ""-r
Japan and Russia, because we p
exceedingly good reason rtghtjiow to
know that in tne long run nr uv
more harm than good to business.
But If war COMES, we too will sell
our wheat to the fighters. Wheat
and quite a lot else.
A RED-HEADED, high-tempered
girl lesda a group of radlcala
who parade before the Japanese em
bassy in Washington, carrying ban
ners reading. "Down with Japanese
Imperialism" and "Eipel the Japan
ese." Poor girl! She would proba'jly
have done more good for herself and
for her country by remaining at
home and helping her mother wash
dishes.
IN THE long run, we are all apt to
accomplish more by doing the
things that are close at hand and
that we know how to do than by
tackling things that are a long way
off and too big for us to do muoh
about.
A TORNADO In the South kllla up
wards of 300 people, and we are
shocked beyond measure aa we
should be. A catastrophe of that tort
la a terrible thing.
But here In Oregon last year, ac
cording to figures that have Just been
made public, automobile accidents
kill 24e persona, and we g'ance cas
ually at the Item in the newspapers
and ear: "Too bad. Isn't It"
(Continued on Page Ten)
KEW YORK. Msrch 39 l API Lord
Charles Cavendish, fiance of Mtaa
Adele Astatre. American dancer, un
derwent a successful operation lor
affrodjcjtl tcCi.
ACTION
TAX ACT
Appeal for Pledge to Balance
Budget Brings Roar of
Applause Long List Is
Proposed for Taxation
FASH INGTOK , March 29. (AP)
Responding to appeal by lta speaker,
the house with an outburst of ap
plause today to pledge itself to policy
of balancing the budget.
Taking the floor at about the time
that the ways and means committee
was making known its substitute for
the rejected sales tax. Garner called
for every member who favored the
policy of restoring to the revenue bill
"some taxes by which this country's
financial Integrity may be maintained
to rise." '
With a roar of applause, the mem
bership arose.
For Non-partisan Action
The speaker aald that he favored
action in a non-partisan manner on
the tax bill and that although he
had always been opposed to the sales
tax, and still was, "the worst taxes
you could possibly levy would be bet
ter than no taxes at all." For that
reason, he said, he had given his en
dorsement to the proposal.
The new taxes proposed by the ways
and means committee called In addi
tion for an Increase of one cent in
first class postage, trimming down
the exemptions allowed on surtaxes
and corporations, several changes in
the administrative features of the
present law. special taxes on selected
articles and taxes on transfers of
bonds, stocks and real estate.
Long List Proposed
The committee after approving the
plan of Its sub-committee made pub
lic the list of taxes It proposed.
In addition to a one cent boost In
first class postage, the taxes and their
estimated yield Included: .
Income tax:
New surtax bracket to be lowered
to $6000 7 ,000,000.
Reduce the corporation exemption
on profits to H000 $6,000,000.
Administrative; -,u&"'-'u
Repeal of net losses' for tb,a year
1931 to 1933 20, 000 .000. " V
Dividends (section USB) (9.000.-
ooo. ,
Dividends (section 11 Bp) 12,000,1
000..
(Continued on page fourteen)
HOOVlAlPT
V
WASHINOTOM, March 29. (A
President Hoover announced formVly
today he was "absolutely opposed'Vto
thef enactment by congress of adfe
tloiial'ieoldters bonus legislation, ank)
indicated he would vetouch a bib
if pWdy
The president, spesfynf; at hta
reginbr pre conference, teatAi lnfos
mal polls oiMhe house oreprtsenta
tive ftftd "created apprehension i the
icountrv? thatiia further bonua bill
Vailing", tor an outlay oft about
(2,000.009vwould b passed.!
Such tycuon, he asserted with great
aapphaaia; Sfould undo "evry erfort
tlmt Is bMri made to reduce govern
meVt expenditures nnd balance the
budVt"
As he spokVlo newspapermen gath
ered aikput n dert, Mr. Hoover
placed bcreaatlV emphasis upon his
words ln reading a prepared state
ment heleTbefore him.
Concluding tl brief statement, he
said sharpl:
mat is anji
LA GUARDiA RESENTS
'SLUR' B OREGONIAN
WASHINGTON. NUr. 29. f AP)
The house was thrown In a turmoil
today when Representative La Guar
dla (R H. T.) attacked aa a "slur"
the ststement by Representative Mar
tin (D., Oregon), that he waa socialistic.
FIRM ATTITIIHF
III III III WVhi
i nn 1 pprt
AM10 DUIlUOUr:
Butte Falls Candidate
Having Trouble in East
The whip Isn't cracking In Ohio
the lash at least la caught In a
snag, according to news received
here yesterday from the sole repre
sentative of the Whip party George
Edward Stewart of Butte Falls, can
didate for president of theae United
States.
Mr. Stewart left here a short time
ago for his eastern campaign with
auto decked In the banners of his
party and spirits high.
Through the sunny state of Cali
fornia everything eridently went
well. One letter from the candi
date announced his decision to con
tinue toward Washington. D. C.
Since then pre-arranged e-bstaclea.
according to his letter have con-
tamly appeared as hazards in hi
Work for Baby's Return
'T Iw1 1
Associated Press tele photo of Demi
Norfolk, Va., elerevmatj, announced
tis right) and Admiral -iy iiy Bur rage,, had heen In tottctr-Wilh the kidnap
ers of Charles A. Llndheh, Jr., and that they exacted the return of
the baby to his parents sooji. Curtis declined to conjnilt himself, although
the Rev. Dobson-Pejertwfci saltV he was
n-PejproltsiiUVlie v
SMITH'S ATTITU
POLITICAL PUZZiE
?
BOSTON, March 29. (AP)-Gov-ernor
Franklin D. Roosevelt lspuz-
PKjed by the fajlure of Alfjd E.
Smith to YuPPOrt tjls prefjdentlai
canuialgn, Acordtng toJamei Roose
velteon off the NenRgptlf governor.
Sp&klngJat a series of Roosevelt
rallieAlastiilght, the younger Roose
velt riaed the frleiidshlp exist
llW itav many years between his
fame tSitmlth, antf said:
"tfeitlr father nor his close
friends -cn understand at this time
the fallimp., of Governor Smith to
.i'Handldacy."
RUtntparlzed the political
hla "lather and former
iilth. and said his father
ay for Smith's first elec-
n as governor of New York by
tommentflntr him for the nomina-
UonStftey declining It himself. Gov.
Roosevelt also prevailed upon Presi
dent Wilson to issue a statement
endorsing the Smith candidacy, his
son said.
THREFTRAINMEN
KILLED IN WRECK
VANCOUVER, B. C, March 29.
(AP) Three member of the train
crew, were killed and a fourth aerl
ously injured when a Pacific Great
Eastern railway locomotive and four
cars crashed through bridge no. 10
mtlea north of Llllooet last night
No passengers were Injured. .
ilie dead are:
Minor O. Basley, engineer. 8n.ua
mlsh. B. C.
J. R. Duncan, fireman. Squamlsh.
B C.
H. P. dimming, brakeman, Van
couver. The Injured man. C. M. Conley.
brakeman. North Vancouver, Is being
brought to Vancouver by special
train, He Is expected to recover.
"The General Motors Corp. has
distributed thousands of keys to my
automobile, which Is opened and
left open by men In every town."
Mr. Stewart writes. "Even in those
of a few hundrrd population. Z an
ticipated this, so have kept my keys
in my money bag day and night on
my person."
Further attempt to halt the con
veyance of hla party s message to
the people it reported in the 'con
clusion of hi letter: "The Whip
signs were removed from my car
here In Columbus with the O. K. of
the police department."
No mention of a Iom rf determi
nation to reach the capital is re
ported by Mr. Btemarl, and no dste
t for hu return west in the eputle
et torn tt oluinbu hxrtgL
ROOSEVEL FiCIAL HELP
waved the It
Ho
Harold 1 lesson -Peacock (left),
he and two othetft John Hughea Cur
one of the intermediaries.
The Chamber of Commerce agr'.cul
tural committee, Raymond R. Reter,
chairman, will meet this afternoon at
4 o'clock, to discuss with Southern
Pacific railroad officials, heads of
California Oregon Power company.
and the oil companies, plans for the
organization of an agricultural credit
corporation. Financial aid from the
public utilities, In the formation of a
50.000 credit corporation be
sought. The credit coiporstlon will
be used for the benefit of the fruit
Industry.
General Traffic Manager Hale of
Portland arrived this morning to rep
resent the Southern Pacific.
It Is thought that the formation
of the $50,000 credit corporation nil)
enable the borrowing of 9250,000 from
the federal reconstruction corpora
tion by direct application instead of
through the Intermediate corporation
In Washington, the Hill lines and
other public utilities financially as
sisted the growers of the Wenatchee
valley.
The Federal Reconstruction corpor
ation, formed as aid to horticulture
and Industry, by a recent act of con
gress, will not issue ftinds to a ten
tative organization. Director C. O.
Dawes has Indicated his bureau will
receive the application direct.
Secretary Baker has the papers nec-
e.isary for filing of the application.
They are voluminous and complete.
Securing of the federal loan would
act as a local business and horticul
tural tonic, and the corporation ask
ed to aid In the formation of the
credit corporation would benefit
themselves, by the handling of the
fruit crop.
WILL START DRILL
The Medford Legion drum corps
will start an Intensive program of
drill tomorrow night, prepsratory to
participation in the national conven
tton celebration at Portland this sum
mer. Plans for the convention were
outlined at last nlght'a meeting of
Medford post No. 15 and sll Indies
Hons point to a splendid represents
tlon from this city. All ex-service
men are cordially Invited to Join the
local post and to participate In the
convention plana which will soon be
well under way. This Is the first time
a national convention of the Ameri
can I.eglon has ever been held In the
northwest, and hundreds of southern
Oregon legionnaires are making
rengementa to take advantage of this
long a mal ted opportunity to atterd
a national conclave of this well
knwn Teterans' organization.
Medford post went on record la.t
night as being opposed to discontinu
ing the students' military training
course in Oregon colleges, feeling that
this training for the youth of today is
well worth while from every stand'
point. The legion Junior baseball
league ta scheduled to get under way
in the near future, and Juvenile ball
players are already prajtMng up for
the opening games, A bwy season
with Increased Interest In th;a na
tional activity is anticipated by tht
. '
DFAAIM IN MEETING
FIT INTERESTS
HOPES FOR
OF
Happy Ending May Be De
layed a Bit But Interme
diary Sure Lindberghs
Will Have Son Home Soon
NOKT'OI.K, a., March 29. (AD
The Very Rev. Hean H. Dobson
Peacork said this afternoon Col.
(Diaries A. Lindbergh had ex
presaed a wish that lie and tno
other Norfolk men associated
with ttlm continue their efforts
to bring about restoration of the
famous filer's kidnaped baby.
PHILADELPHIA,; March 29. (AP)
Declaring he ws as optimlstlo aa
ever, :ti. Rev. H. Dobson-Peacock.
of Norfolit,.,Vo.. ne of the Lind
bergh !baby Iritnttedlarles; left for
Virginia at ll;3Jsi.m. today 'by
airplane.
I feel that aa a ItHlt of this
publicity," said the dean'beVwre hop.
ping off, "that the happ)r itocilng
may be delayed a little whheJHut
f am) confident there will HKa
happy ending."
Mr. Dabson-Peacock a p e n t the
night In Philadelphia. He arrived
at the Philadelphia navy yard at
noon yesterday and later conferred
for an hour with Colonel Charles A.
f.lnriherffh at his home near Hone-
tlie plane In which the dean left
Tor om waa the same one In which
he arrived. It was piloted by Lleu-tena-j".
George L. Richards.
"Lieutenant Richards and I got
together last night and as a result
of our efforts, I feel that we have
accomplished something," the dean
said.
v "I am quite aware," he continued,
"that Colonel Norman Schwarzkopf
of the New Jersey state police, haa
discounted our story somewhat. How
ever, that was to be expected, for
the colonel has been receiving thou
sands of . crank letters and false
clues.
"Despite the reaction of Colonel
Schwatkopf; I remain as optimistic
as ever.
"I am sorry that I am not able
to give more details, but you will
appreciate the position X am In,
1.
OF
STATE ILL RUN
SAY INQUISITORS
SALEM. March .38. (AP) Lauda
tory report In the care of the wards
In state Institutions at Salem and
vicinity were made In returns of
the Marlon county grand Jury, fol.
lowing an Investigation. Affairs or
the state tuberculosis hospital, fee
ble minded home and the boys' and
glrla' training schools were sketched
In reports presented to Judge L, H
McMnhan.
Inadequate fire escape facllltlea at
the boya' training school at Wood'
burn and the glrla' training achool
were noted In the reporta, forming
the major criticism. Faul waa like
wise found with architecture and
equipment at the boys' trslnlng
achool. Sanitation In all Institutions
waa praised aa was the type of food
served the Inmates.
Sterilization methods practiced at
the feeble-minded home, found favor
In the eyes of the Jurors, the report
stated.
Dr. a. C. Bellinger, for 18 yeara
superintendent of the state tubercu
losis hospital, was highly commended
by the grand Jury. Hla effort are
declared to have brought "apiendld
results, whlrh are so satisfactory
that we can envision the day when
the dreaded 'white plague' will be
conquered. With 305 patients now
in the hospital here, the death rat
la no higher than when only 80 were
there."
GRUBSTAKER HELD
SFIATTLl!. March 20. (AP) AC'
cuaed of grand larceny In connec
tlon with the operation of a Jo'
phln county. Oregon, placer mining
venture. W. D. Gowan. 60, a miner,
was held In the county Jail here
today.
Theodore 8. Turner, deputy proae.
cutor. aald half a down men were
"starving" in a worthier mine In
.Inaephtne county, where they were
to dig for gold and he supplied
with food by Oowan.
Turner declared that under
arrangement with Oowan, the men
paid him a sum of money and were
In share with him the proceeds ot
their placer mining.
Tlhhetl'a i;i-Hlfe injured
EL PABO. Tei . Mar-h 39. (API
Mrs. Orara Smith Tlhbett, former
wife of Lawrence Tlbbett. actor and
opera singer, waa recovering here to
day from Injuries received In an autO'
mobile accident 20 milea west pi
CHJ& I. Um lt SJCDW
REIGN OF PU-YI
THREATENED BY
REBEUDVANCE
Seven Thousand Marching
On Newly Installed Dic
tator of Manchuria Japs
Unable to Halt Onslaught
CHANGCHUN, Manchuria, March
39. (AP) The regime of young Mr.
Henry Pu-Yl, heir of the old Manchu
emperors and newly made dictator
of federated Manchuria, was threat
ened today by the March of 700 Chi
nese rebels, advancing upon Chang
chun. Japanese airplanes roared out with
their bombs and machine guns and
pounded Vie rebel ranks at Nungan,
only 35 miles from here. In astern
Klrln.
The rebel troops, sworn to over
throw the new government of the
federated state, which they have
charged with usurping the power in
Manchuria under the tutelage of the
Japanese, are led by General 14 Hat
Talng. They apparently had defeated the
They apparently had defeated the
regular troops of Governor Hsla out
side of nungan, which was reported
on the verKe of surrender. The small
Japanese detachments sent from here
radioed for help, saying they hsd suf
fered heavy casualtlea In Vie fighting.
SHANGHAI, China, March 39.
(AP) A new rupture In the 81 no-
Japanese armistice negotiations waa
threatened tonight with the issu
ance of a statement from the Japan
ese consulate ascribing the repeated
delays In the conference to "the fact
that no Chinese delegates seems to
be In a position or to be willing to
assume responsibility."
NANKING, China, March 29. (AP)
The commission sent out here by
the League of Nations to Investigate
the Slno-Japanese conflict, decided
tentatively today to visit Hankow
despite efforts in certain Chinese
quarters to persuade them to go to
Manchuria at the earliest possible
moment,
3 FIGHTING PLANES
STOP HERE EN ROUTE
Three P-12-F Boeing fighters, con
structed by the Boeing factory of
Seattle for the U., 8. government
stopped at the Medford airport this
noon for fuel before continuing on
to Mather field, Sacramento. The
planes arrived In Medford from Pear
son field, Vancouver, Wash.
Piloting the ships were Lieuten
ants Cooper, Deerlng and Ives, the
latter being In charge. The filers
lunched at the airport before taking
off shortly after noon.
VISIT COPCO PLANT
Members of the physics class of the
Medford high caool visited the new
Copco substation on East Jackson
street this morning to learn more
about the practical side of electrical
transmission and dlstrlbut'on. The
students were shown the modern
type of electrical equipment which
has been Installed In this new station
and the various uses explained by
local representatives of the California
Oregon Power company.
Stocks of Wheat
In Storage Less
WASHINGTON. March 20. (API-
Stocks of wheat In Interior mills and
elevators on March 1 were estimated
by the agriculture department to
day at 44,601.000 bushels. This com
pared with 83.aos.ooo a year ago and
101.149.000 on March 1, 1930.
WASHINGTON. March 29. (AP)
The house Judiciary committee to
day rejected the Horr bill to repeal
the Jones "five and ten" prohibition
law by a Tlva voce vote.
Robot "Lino " Operator
Amazes Newspaper men
CHARLOTTE, N. C-, March J. P)
A man who dreamed for to yeara of
a machine to do the work of a lino
type operator today read In hla home
newspaper the statement of experts
that he had made the greatest contribution-to
tha printing business
since the linotype Itself waa Intro
duced. tt la oalled the aemagraph liter
ally, machine that reads and wrltea.
The reading la mystery to the lay
man, and the writing Is In tha form
of ordinary lines of type, thouasnds
of which make up tha dally naws
psper. Buford L. Green, who put on his
Sunday clothea ieaterday to demon
strate it to ie neaspaper and preaa
association men from many places,
u Lb, man nbo ted, lit Ueui Wci
Free Movies At
Cooking School
An Added Treat
Aa a prologue to The Mall Trib
une's Kitchen Chautauqua being
conducted Wednesday. Thursday
and Prtday at the Holly theater,
free movies of short subjects will
be presented on the screen be
tween 1:30 and 2:00 o'clock. How
ever, for the convenience of early
comers, the doora will be open at
1S:30.
All women of southern Oregon
are extended a special Invitation
to the school and the movies.
The Chautauqua, conducted by
Miss Hester Heath, will open at
2:00 o'clock, and continue unilt
4:00 p.m.
Every feature of the school is
free.
FILED FOR FEHL'S
NEW TRIAL PLEA
AddltlonrJ affidavits were filed late
yesterday in circuit ccurt by attor
neys for the Pacific Record-Herald
and Earl H. Pent, its editor, as sup
porting legal steps in their motion
for a new trial In the libel suit in
stituted by Boy Parr, game warden,
of Ashland, wherein he was awarded
a 15.000 general and punitive ver
dict. The amended affidavits were
filed on stipulation between opposing
counsel.
The latest defense afitd&rtta contest
the residence of Anderson Mee, a
member of the Jury, and reiterate
charges of prejudice against Mrs.
Myrtle GeBauer, a woman Juror.
B. W. Miller of the Applegate dis
trict, an old acquaintance of Mee's,
averred the latter had moved his
"family and personsal effects Into
Josephine county" last August, and
Walter Miller affirmed that the land
upon which Mee la now living was
homesteaded. Attorneys for Pehl all
make affidavit that they had no
knowledge when Mee was accepted
as a Juror that he was not a real
dent of Jackson county.
Mee, In an affidavit filed last Sat
urday, holds' thaf he Is ft resident of
Jackson county, and further declares
he has resided In this county all bis
life.
Dr. R. W. Everhardt. pioneer real
tor, makes affidavit that Col. A. C.
Abrams, on March 7, told him of Mrs.
GeBauer's alleged conversation with
Mrs Elizabeth Campbell on that date,
In which Mrs. OeBauei "was bitterly
hostile and highly prejudiced against
Fehl." Mrs. GeBauer and Mrs. Camp
bell, In affidavits, hold the conversa
tion occurred March 13, after the
trial, and was not prejudicial.
The defendant files a substantiat
ing affidavit, in which he reiterates
the chargea of bitterness against Mrs
GeBauer. and declares that "he owes
no money, and has borrowed no mon
ey' 'to or from Col. Abrams, with
whom he has long enjoyed acquaint
ance. The action of Nledermeyer, Inc.,
against the Pacific Record-Herald and
Earl H. Fehl, a motion was filed ask
ing that Nledermeyer, Inc., make
"more definite and certain," and give
dates and amounts of commissions
and credits made to Fehl for labor
performed. Nledermeyer, Inc., seek
(Continued on page fourteen)
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TO SELL SHARES
SAN FRANCISCO. March 29. (AP)
The California Oregon Power com
pany was authorized by the railroad
commission today to sell 22,600 shares
of common stock at $40 a share.
In the same order the commission
changed from $94 to $85 per share
the selling price of $1.000 000 or 6
per cent preferred stock previously
author I red.
Awry Completed
LA ORANDFI, Ore.. Mar. 20. (API
Selection of twelve Jurora and an
alternate waa complete at Enterprise
this morning In the trial of County
Judire Edgar Marvin of Wallowa
county, charged with misappropria
tion of funds o, the closed Joseph
State bank.
Curtla 8. Johnson, publisher ot the
Charlotte Observer, made come true
with financial backing.
On this machine the reporter cr
copy preparer writes the story. Di
rectly under each letter la a, aymbol.
A ecale telle exactly when ft Una of
a given al of type haa been "writ
ten." If tha line has too few letters,
a special key carrlee the carriage ba--k
and ft symbol "Inlorma" the mystic
linotype keyboard that eaoh ordinary
spareband or each letter must have
a thin space Inserted In addition.
it la estimated that one man will
be able to handle four linotype ma
chines after Installation ot the new
attachment. Hla sola duties will be
to Insert copy, unload type, and keep
the machine In repair aa doe the
Ofdlurj ompoelai room. BtKblaeat.
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BANK
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24 Forced Lie On Floor of
Minneapolis Institution As
Armed Men Take $50,000
in Cash and Securities
MINNEAPOLIS. March 29. (AP)
Seven bandits, four carrying sub
machine guns, held up 24 persciis In
an outlying bank and escaped with
$50,000 in cash, $125,000 In securities'
left for safekeeping and an undeter
mined amount left for collateral for
loans.
One customer was elugged aa the
North American branch of the
Northwestern National bank, was loot
ed of the largest amount taken by
oank rohbers in Minnesota history,
B. W. Decker, president of the North
western National announced the loss,
Eighteen officials and employes
and six customers were forced to He
on the floor, after the bandits threat
ened to shoot them unless J. A.
Kunz. manager, opened the vault.
They cleared the vault of virtual 11
all the cash and negotiable securities
and also took non-negotlables. They
fled In an automobile after using one
car as a decoy to attract the attention
of a policeman on a nearby corner.
This car drove through a traffic
stop sign and as the policeman at
tempted to halt this car, the second .
with the robbers drove up to the
bank, one of the largest financial In
stitutions outside the downtown dis
trict. A hat loat by a bandit fn flight,
furnished police their only clue. It
bore a Jollet, III., haberdasher label.
LUANINli MMtM
SILLY, SAYS HYDt
WASHINGTON, March M. (AP)
Secretary Hyde said In an Inter
view today that as a loan agent tha
department of agriculture waa tha
"prlre boob In the history of fi
nance." Tha secretary of agriculture made
his statement In explaining that tha
department waa handling agricultu
ral loans Instead of tha reconstruc
tion finance corporation "because
the corporation la doing business
on a business basis and loans that
are now being made under the name
of agriculture cannot, by the fur
thereat stretch, be called good busi
ness." He said the department now la
lending "more money on inli.ner se
curity and auatalnlng more loaaea
than ever before In the history of
money lending In the world." ' -
The department haa loaned over
$6,000,000 In the last three weeks
from the 950.000.000 asalgned It by
the reconstruction finance compora
tlon act. Applications for additional
loans are arriving at the rate of
about 6000 a day.
Willamette Frosh
Debate Team Wins
SALEM, Ore., March 39. ( API
The freshman debate team of Wil
lamette university defeated the Uni
versity of Washington yearlings here
last night by a 3-to-l decision. The
question debated waa. Resolved, thai
congress should enact legislation pro
viding for the centralised control fit
Industry."
WILL-
ROGEHS
SANTA MONICA, C'al,, ir.
28. Mr. Calvin Coolidge had a
init;lity instructive article on
finnnne in last week's Saturday
KvcninR Tost. We got a long
siKhted government. When
everybody haa got money
they cut the taxes and when
they're broke they raise 'cm.
That's statesmanship of the
highest order.
The reason there wasn't
much unemployment in the last
10 years preceding '2!) was
every man that was out of a
job went to work for the gov
ernment, state or city. It costs
10 times moro to govern lis
ban it used to, anil we are not
governed one-tenth as good.
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