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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 5, 1932.
No. 12.
RIB
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
AL SMITH announces that he la
In the race for the Democratic
nomination to "stay to the Jlnlsh."
That la another way of saying, that
- he la out to stop Franklin D. Roose
velt if it can be done.
rpHREE Irlahroen one got together
to kill a bear. One was to have
the hide, another the fat and the
third the meat. But while they were
waiting for the bear to come out of
bis den a dispute arose, and the dis
pute wound up In a fight. While the
hunters were fighting, the bear came
out and disappeared In the brush,
After the fight was over, one of
the hunters discovered by the tracks
that the bear, whose capture had ap
peared certain, had got away. "Hell,'
he remarked, "the bear's gone I"
"What of It?" one of his battered
companions rejoined. "We had
grand fight, didn't we?"
APPLY t,hat to the story any way
you like. But If you will glance
back over Democratic political his
tory, you will find plenty of apt ap
- plications.
CONGRESS, in lu effort to balance
the budget, places a tax of one
fourth of one per cent upon sales of
stocks. Whereupon Wall Street Is.
sues thla statement:
''There seems to be an impression
that the tax on transfer of securities
enacted by the house of representa
tives la a tax on Wall Street.
"Of course, this Is not so. It la
really a tax upon some 60,000,000
people In the United States who own
securttes."
CERTAINLY it la. ALL taxea rest
finally upon ALL the people.
Taxation la a burden on bulsness.
Business must distribute Its burdens.
Otherwise It would go bankrupt. In
the process of distributing the bur
dens of business, a part of the load
geta around to everybody.
That la fundamental.
. S.4 f-'
IP GOVERNMENT spends too much
money, taxes must be too high. If
taxes are too high, EVERYBODY
auffers.
The sooner all of us realize that
fact, the better off we shall be.
No theory la more absurd than the
theory a few people can be made to
pay all the taxea while the rest of
us get off acot tree.
THERE la a theory" abroad' to the
effect that business can't be good
In this country until business be
comes good again all over the world.
Those who hold the theory ask:
"How can industry become active In
this country until the rest of the
world recovers enough to buy what
we have to sell?'
Unless you stop to think, that
sounds like a puzzling question.
BUT when you stop to think, you
recall the fact that, we sell
abroad only about TEN PER CENT
or all we produce. That la to say,
we consume right here at home
NINETY per cent of our total pro
duction. This goes for normsl times, and
doesn't refer merely to the present
period of depression.
pURINO this present period of de-
presslon, our volume of business
la down a great deal more than ten
per cent. If we could return to a
Tolume of production and consump
tion only ten per cent below the nor
mal of good years, we should feel
that we were genuinely prosperous.
That la to say, we can be really
prosperous WITHIN OURSELVES,
without having to depend on the
rest of the world at all.
Recall that the next time some
body trlea to tll you that we are
ruined because the rest of the world
Isn't In condition to buy what we
have to sell. Tell him: "All right;
let's buy It ourselves."
S. P. STAGE SKIDS
PORTLAND. Ore.. Apirl 8. (AP)
Five persons were Injured today
when a Southern Pacific motor stage
kidded from the Pacific highway,
rolled over an embankment and
landed upside down 25 feet below.
The accident occurred on the out
klrta of the city.
Those hurt were: Milton Llndau.
20, of Mnllno, Ore.; Mrs. J. W. John
on, 38. of Oswego; Mrs. Charles Rog
ers. 37, Oswego; Oeorge Rogers, 4,
her son; Oeorge Belby, 27, Oregon
City.
O. E. Howell, driver, was uninjured.
The stage waa bound for Portland
Ambulances brought the five injured '
ersofii to boeplvaJ te:e.
CUT $50,000 FOR
Decreased Revenue Forces
Medford Board to Act
14 Instructors Eliminated
Salaries Are Lowered
At a me ting of the school board
last evening It was decided to cut
the operating cost of the schools by
at least $50,000 under that for this
year. This, according to Superinten
dent E. H. Hedrick, Is made neces
sary because of the decreased reve
nue In sight.
About $20,000 of the proposed
saving will be affected by the elimi
nation of not less than 14 in
structors. Some $23,000 more will
be saved by a cut of 12 'a per cent
on all remaining salaries. Between
$7000 and $8000 additional will be
saved on supply and maintenance
costs.
"These heavy cuts are being made."
according to Superintendent E. H
Hedrick. "first by the elimination of
certain minor parts of the program
not yet completely worked out, but
mostly by crowding up classes all
over the system and Increasing the
load of the remaining teachers. We
are sided a little In doing thla by
the fact that our pupil attendance
has slightly declined, especially in
the elementary grades.
Placed On Reserve list.
"The teachers who are laid oft
will be placed upon a reserve list.
and as vacancies develop through
the spring and summer months, they
will be filled. In so far aa possible,
from this list,
The fact that a teacher Is being
taken off the active list and placed
on a reserve list Is nothing to his or
her discredit. It simply means that
his department la being reduced or
eliminated. These reductions and
eliminations are Impersonal and are
being made all over the system
wherever they can be made."
Elections will be held the next
few days and the teachers notified.
The reductions In teaching corps
planned by schools and grades are
follows:
Jackson From grades 4-fl, one
teacher.
Lincoln Prom grades X-3, one
teacher; from grades 4-8 one teacher.
Washington Prom grades 4-6, one
teacher: subnormal and atypical, one
teacher. . , ,
Roosevelt Prom grades 1-3, one
teacher; from grades 4-8 one teacher.
Junior High Prom mathematics
(Continued on Page Five)
BRIBE SUSPECTS
ON TIL FIRS!
PORTLAND. Ore., April 5. (API-
Three men who are accused of having
offered a 10,000 bribe to Mayor
George L. Baker. In connection with
the city's contemplated purchase ot
a site for a municipal market, will
go to trial before the cases of the
other 13. Including the mayor and
two city commissioners, are heard.
Thla atatement waa made today by
George Mowry, deputy district at
torney. He aald the three. Michael
E. Rogoway. Jack J. Jazurosky and
John E. Wilson will go on trial at
the earliest date possible.
GOLD HILL SCHOOL
SITUATION DORMANT
No meeting of the school board or
townspeople waa held at Gold Hill
last night and the school situation Is
on the way to peace and quiet, ac
cording to reports thla afternoon.
T.he meeting, reported for last
night aa culmination of the school
row. which has been raging for' the
past week, did not materialize. C. A.
Howard, state school superintendent.
Invited to the meeting, wired yester
day that he would be unable to at
tend.
In (lite Aligned
SALEM, Ores April 8. (AP) Cir
cuit Judge H. K, Zimmerman of As
toria has been assigned to try the
first degrc murder casea In Marlon
county, it was announced late yes
terday by Chief Justice Henry J.
the Oregon supreme court.
"Lost" English Explorer
May Be Voluntary Exile
WASHINGTON, April lp Tel
mo Araujo, who believes he saw Col.
P. H. Pawcett. "lost" English explorer.
In the Brazilian jungle about 1027,
today said the colonel may be a vol
untary exile from civilization.
A meeting tn the June. with an
Englishman who said he waa "not
going bark" to civilization, waa de
scribed by Araujo, son of a Brazilian
rubber exporter and now a resident of
Washington.
The region where he says he met
the mysterious white man is near
that in which Stephen Rattin, a Swiss
trapper, recently reported meeting
Fswcett and receiving from htm a
message asking to be rescued frm
Indian captivity.
Araujo said he led an expedition
in 1325 Into trie Mstto Orotso jungle,
lowiur4 to rubber. Tie part (rav
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"Watchful waiting" was the term used by Rear Adm. Guy H.
Bun-age, retired, in describing to newspapermen the activities of him
elf and his two Norfolk, Vs., associates, In their efforts to bring about
the return ot the. kidnaped Lindbergh baby. Admiral Burrage (right)
Is shown talking to reporters In Norfolk,
SUMMER CABINS
OFF
The sheriff's office has received
reports the past week that summer
cabins owned or rented by local
residents, had been stripped of all
saleable articles the past winter, the
theft being discovered when the oc
cupants returned for spring surveys.
In many Instances stoves, beds.
bedding, cooking utensils, hammocks
and furniture were carted away. It
la the theory of the authorities that
the vandals hauled away the fur
nlshtnga and sold them for what
they could get. Aacheck up of the
second hand stores of Klamath,
Josephine and Jackson counties le
being made.
The operations also Included "cat
tle cabins" In the mountains and
seem to have been on a wholesale,
If .not a systematic basis.
In a couple of Instances, the
owners left a shotgun, fixed to dis
charge If a door was opened. How
ever, the maraudera were too sly.
In both places they crawled in
through a window.
All the windows of the cabin or
Dr. E.' O. Rlddell at 8hady Cove
were broken.
Now that farm and orchard opera
tions are under way, farmers are
urged to be on the lookout for
gasoline thieves. A tractor left
standing In a field in the Talent
district had Its gasoline tank emptied
Sunday night.
FINNS FACE BARS
FOR LEGAL ORIS
HELSINOFORS, Finland. April 8.
(AP) Hundreds of Finland's citizens
lined up before Helslngfors' liquor
shops this morning for the first legal
sale of liquor In 13 years.
The first arrivals began to gather
up before the doors at fl a. m., al
though the shops were not open until
10 o'clock. The longest lines were
In the working class sections of the
city. Order prevailed everywhere,
however.
Voice Of Dog
Girdles Globe.
SCHENECTADY. N. Y., April 8
(AP) "Short." a little wire-haired
terrier, barked Into a microphone to
day and the bark came back to him
over a loud speaker after circling the
world by way of Holland, Java and
Australia. Oeneral Electric engineers
were testing a round-the-world short
wave hookup.
eled down the Madeira and Ou spore
rivers and camped at the head of a
tributary or the latter, known aa the
River of St. John. One day. after
the expedition had been In the re
gion about two years. Araujo became
lost m-hlle traveling alone.
"One afternoon I was walking
through the Jungle, he said, "when
I saw a white man coming toward
me. When he saw me he stood still
and waited for me to approach. He
wsi about SO years old, of medium
height, blond, a touch of gray In bis
hair, with blue eyes and a long beard
rich as all whit men grow in the
Jungle. His khaki shorts were tat
tered, hta shirt falling to pieces, and
on his feet were native rubber shoes.
"I went up to him and akd him
who he wm and if he wre lot.
" I am an Englishman.' be said
and I aa tot lot'
OF BABY SEARCH
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WASHINGTON, April 5. (AP)
Gov. Glfford Pinchot of Pennsyl
vania today objected vigorously be
fore the senate public lands com
mittee to changing the present
method of adding land to or taking
it from national forests.
The Pennsylvanian. long identified
with development of the forest sys
tem, appeared before the committee
In Its hearings on the White House
plan to transfer public lands to
the western states.
V He opposed specifically the plan
to aet up Joint state-federal boards
of five members to decide within a
year what acreage should be added
to or excluded from existing forests.
These boards, Pinchot said, would
have the right "without giving rea
sons or holding hearings, to exclude
auch lands as they think should be
excluded, acting In secrecy."
Pinchot said no provisions were
made for publicity to be given the
operating of the proposed board,
although public auctions were stipu
lated for dealing with the other
lands.
Former Secretary Fall, Pinchot
said, "got away with what he did
because he acted solely in secret,"
FAMILY IN TRUCE
LOS ANGELES. April 5. (AP) The
differences between Buster Keaton,
smllelesa screen comedian, and his
wife, the former Natalie Talmadge,
which, for & brief period yesterday
occupied the attention of the district
attorney's office here, apparently
have been settled.
The trouble arose, so both Kenton
and his wife said, when the former
decided to take his two sons for an
airplane ride. Mrs, Keaton aald she
did not want her sons to make the
trip.
When the plane arrived at San
Diego, Keaton waa held by police for
more than an hour and finally re
leased. "Any report that Buster and 1 have
separated la nonsense," said Mrs.
Keaton. "One doesn't separate over
such arguments."
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PORTLAND, April 5. (AP) An
other victim of delayed dynamite
blast waa In a hospital here In a
critical condition today.
Rtidle Marxer. operator of a dairy,
waa blasting stumps Monday. A can
of powder did not explode. He start
ed toward It to aee If anything waa
wrong. Aa he approached the explo
sion occurred. His skull waa frac
tured, one eye blinded and an arm
broken.
WASHINGTON, April 5. (API-
Senator Steiwer R Oregon) an
nounced hia candidacy for re-election
today on a platform calling
for farm and unemployment relief
and resubmission of the 16th amend,
ment.
ttteiwrr outline his platform In a
500-word statenvr, not once men
tioning President Hoover or the Re
publican amlxostrauoa.
L BE BASIS
SPLEA
Prospective Juror Admits
Saying Society Matron
and Navy Men Should Be
Shot for Alleged Act
HONOLULU. April 5. (AP) In
tense feeling against the four de
fendants in the Kahahawal murder
case was expressed today by William
Hulhul, Hawaiian and prospective
Juryman, who admitted he had said
he thought the defendants "ought
to be shot." Hulhul was being ques
tioned by Clarence Darrow, chief de
fense counsel.
Again a crowd filled the courtroom
and like yesterday a majority were
natives.
The four defendants, accused of
the slaying of Joseph Kahahawal,
Hawaiian, charged with attacking
Mrs. Thalia Massle, wife of the
naval lieutenant and daughter of
Mrs. Fortescue. were dressed In the
same attire aa when the trial opened.
Mrs. Fortescue appeared pale. Mrs.
Massie was not present.
Hulhut first said he never bad
expressed an opinion about the case,
but under the persistent questioning
of Darrow finally admitted he had
expressed an opinion. "What did
you say," asked Darrow.
I said they ought to be shot,"
replied Hulhul.
Woman Unmoved.
The expression on Mrs. Fortescue's
face never flickered and Massle main
tained his stony composure. Jones
and Lord, however, grinned broadly.
Hulhul waa excused.
Indication the defense would plead
the killing of the Hawaiian waa an
"honor slaying," was given when
Darrow vigorously contested the
prosecution's attempt to Impress on
prospective Jurors not to consider
whether the killing of the alleged
attacker was right or wrong.
ELECT DR. LAN!
CLUB PRESIDENT
Medford Rotary club held annual
election of officers this noon with
the following results: President, Dr.
W. E. Lantls; directors, 2-year-period,
Edwin L. Knapp; C. L. MacDonald,
Hamilton Patton and George Porter.
Glenn Smith also will serve as a hold
over director from last year.
President-elect Lantls was called
upon for a speech and responded
briefly, outllnging his hopes for a
successful year. .
A splendid musical program was
provided by Jamea Stevens and Miss
Madge De Lasaux. Mr. Stevens, for
fermerly of the Medford Rotary club,
presented three attractive vocal num
bers, accompanied by Miss DeLasaux,
who also gave two enjoyable piano
solos.
President Shockle? spoke of the
Rotary International convention at
Seattle thla summer, urging a large
attendance from Medford.
E. C. Corn waa appointed chairman
of the "On to Seattle" committee.
Miss Jeunessa Butler announced a
talk by Mlas Eleanor Brannan at the
Christian church Saturday afternoon,
sponsored by the College , Women's
club, on "Europe Today." Everyone
Is Invited to attend.
Tarney Steward, chairman of the
Rotary classifications committee,
gave a short talk on this subject
and distributed copies of an outline
of classifications among the mem
bers. Visiting Rotarlana were R. W. Clark.
M. C. Clemens and Chas. C, Rarlck
of Grants Pass, and J. H. Harker
and Lew Hansen of Ashland, aa well
as Jamea Stevena and Madge De La
saux of Medford.
Chicago Teachers
Get First Payday
CHICAGO. 111., April 6. (AP)
Chicago's school teachers were get
ting their first pay today for work
they've done In 1032. A payroll of
nearly 12.500.000. the second In cash
within the last two weeka, waa made
possible by the approval bond ex
perts gave the city's agreement to
buy some 1031 school board tax an
ticipation warrants.
Dollar Dividend
Paid By Atchison
NEW YORK. April 5. (AP) A
dividend of $1 a share was declared
today by the Atchison, Topeka d
Santa Fe Railroad Co. The company
paid 91 .50 three months ago, and
before that at the rate of 910 a
share annually.
RECONSTRUCTION AID
FOR FARMER URGED
WASHINGTON. April 8. (AP)
Creation of a 2 000,000,000 corpora
tlon simitar to the reconstruction
corporation, for loans to refinance
sricuKure, waa proposed In a bill
Introduced today by Senator Wheeler
(D , Mont.)
Hdnlrnn In Crath.
BEAVERTON. Ore., April 6. (API
Collision of a school bus with a
wood truck injurfd 12 pupils of the
lVaverton union high school Monday
afternoon. Only two of the 12 were
unable to Utod Cl3$ today.
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TMfTACKS
cr;
Joint Committee Only Method
for Maximum Reduction,
Is Assertion Garner
Scoffs Commission Idea
WASHINGTON, April 5. (AP)
Answering congressional attacka on
his economy suggestions, President
Hoover said today that without Vie
creation of a Joint congressional -administration
committee to consider
the question, he could "see no way
by which there can be a maximum
reduction In expenditures.'
Only a short while before, Speaker
Garner had told newspaper men that
if the president sent to the capltol
specific suggestions for cutting fed
eral cmsIi outlays, the house would
approve them and do It quickly.
"Mr. Hoover, at ,hls semi-weekly
press conference, outlined 'three gen
eral directions' In which he believes
federal expenses may be reduced by
aa much aa 200,000.000 In an effort
to balance the budget In conjunc
tion with the new tax bill."
Often Advocated
Referring to one of these, reor
gantaztlon and consolidation of gov
ernment functions, he asserted he
had recommended such a atep seven
distinct times but that "the action
recommended has not been taken,"
The two other distinctions were di
rect reduction of approbations and
alteration of existing laws to reduce
present unnecessary functions.-
In the senate, Chairman Jones of
the appropriations committee, Intro
duced legislation to carry out the
presidential suggestion for a com
mission to go Into the question.
Speaker Oarner, In guaranteeing
house action on specific administra
tion proposals, said: "If Mr. Hoover
has nothing to recommend, that Is
a different matter and It Is mighty
late in the session for him to try to
get anything done through a com
mission.". Y
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WASHINGTON. April B. (AP) The
pinch of national economy brought a
declaration today from Senator Har
rison, of Mississippi, ranking demo
crat on the finance committee against
full payments of the veterans' bonus
certificates.
Citing the two billion dollar deflcla
In prospect for the government this
year and the pending bill to ratse
new taxes, Harrison In a letter to
veterans of his state said: '1 regret
that existing conditions Impel mo. In
the Interest of the country, to oppose
the legislation at thla time."
The stand taken by Harrison, eru
pted with the known view of other
senate leaders, Is believed to doom
any prospect of enactment Into lew
of the bonus payment measure,
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FAILS IN SUICIDE
ROSEBURO, Ore., April 8. (AP)
Fred Stommach, 51, former Portland
butcher, attempted suicide In the
local camp ground here yesterday.
Stommach wlth'v his wife and five
chlldron had been located at the
camp ground while he waa endeavor
ing to secure employment. Discour
aged over his Inability to secure work
and with his funds exhausted, Stom
mach drank a disinfectant In an ef
fort to end his life.
POWER CONCERN HELD
AT FAULT FOR EIRE
SALEM, Ore., April fl. (AP) Th )
Mountain States Power company waa
held responsible for damage by firs
to timber owned by J. T. Sullivan, in
an opinion handed down today by the
Oregon supreme court. Justice Geo.
Rossman, In his opinion, affirmed the
Coos county circuit court In the case
charging negligence as brought by
Sullivan. The defendant appealed.
One-Pound Baby Cradled
In Small Coffee Carton
KANSAS CITY, April B (F) A
cardboard carton warmed by hot
water bags cradled a one-pound baby
boy born here yesterday to a young
couple.
The child waa pronounced normal,
except in alee, by th attending phy
sician, who has high hopes the In
fant will live.
The doctor said th young eon of
Mr. and Mrs. William St. John was
un 4e;nfi unshed. Th Xat&er l
Sturdy Automobile
Saves Couple From
Slide On Highway
PORTLAND, Ore.. Apirl 5 (AP)
A narrow escape from injury was
experienced by Mr. and Mrs Ja'in
A. Muewlg before dawn today
when their automobile was crush
ed in a rock altde on Cnnynn road
a short distance outside of Port
land. Three t Ires of their car were
tern off, the gasoline tank wna
smashed flat and the fenders and
bumpers were wrenched from the
body. The sturdy construction of
the body saved the couple.
FDR GO. CLERKSHIP
Lewis Ulrtch of this city, former
Jacksonville merchant, and a native
son of Jackson county, today filed
for county clerk on the Democratic
ticket. He gave as his slogan: "A
business administration for the
county."
Ulrich will oppose Vic H. Beck man
In the Democratic primaries. The
Republican entrants arc Dei 11 la Stev
ena Meyer, Incumbent, and George R
Carter.
A score of filings for Republican
committeemen were made thla after
noon. William T. Grieve of Prospect
gave as his slogan, "For the good of
all." Mrs. Martha B. Luke of Oak
Grove gave as her slogan "Try to do
my duty." The rest were aloganleas.
The other committeemen minus
were: Stephen Nye, Jr., Talent; El
mer Hull, Central Point; W. H. Meni
man, Trail; E. T. Newbry, Jr., Talent;
A. H. Wlllett, Medford; George M.
Roberts. Medford; T. W. Miles, Med
ford; W. J. Looker, Medford; Clarence
Meeker, Medford; Fred L. Colvlg, Med
ford; E. C. O add Is, Medford; C. E.
Marshall, Medford; S. S. Smith, Med
ford: B. C. Gaddla. Medford; 8. B.
Gates, Medford; Carl T. Tengwald,
Medford; Frank P. Farrell, Medford;
I. E. Foy, Medford: Ray Coleman,
Jacksonville; H. C. Meecham, Jack
sonville; Ben H. Gibson, Plnehurst;
Fred Dun lap, Derby; Floyd Ross, Cen
tral Point; Harry Skyrman, Central
Point; Ed B. Dlmmlck, Rogue River;
Clyde Smith, Butte ' Falls; Royal
Brown, Eagle Point; Sam Sandry,
Rogue River; J. E, Judy, Griffin
Creek, M. N. Charley, Climax; M. C.
Boomslater, Gold Hill; M. B. Merrl
man, Gold Hill; M. H. Watt, Phoenix,
and John Anderson, Central Point,
SWEENEY FILES
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Dr. C. T. Sweeney of this city this
afternoon filed answers to th dam
age suits recently Instituted against
him by W. H. Byars and H. B. Kellom,
salesmen, as the result of an auto
accident on East Main street last
September. Byars seeks 916,000 al
leged damages; Kellom $2600,
Dr. Sweeney, in answer, asks that
the suits be dismissed on the grounds
that the accident was allegedly due
to the negligence and recklessness of
Kellom In driving the car, and that
any Injuries sustained by Byars were
due to causes beyond the control cf
Dr. Sweeney. The answer charges
that Kellom failed to yield the right
of way and that the car was not un
der control.
The aoodent occurred on East Main
street near Berkeley Way..
WITHIN THIRTY DAYS
PORTLAND, April 5. (AP)-Wlth
definite assurance of $500,000 loan
from the Federal Reconstruction Fi
nance Corporation, John F. Daly,
president of the Hlbernla Commercial
4c Savtnga bank, announced today
that final arrangements for reopening
the bank have been made.
Daly returned last night from
Washington, D. C. He said the bank
will be opened In less than 30 days.
Graf Off Again
For So. America
FRIEDRICHSCHAFEM, Oer, April 5.
(AP) The Graf Zeppelin took off
at 0:33 a. m. today on her second
non-stop flight of the year to Per
nambuco, Braell, after a 25-hour de
lay caused by damage to the hull
during the takeoff yesterday morn
ing. strapping youth of 18 and th mother
is 17.
The baby wann't expected for two
and a half months. Only a few
clothes were ready for him and they
didn't fit, of course. As one of hts
husky uncles remarked, the crocheted
boots might do very veil for stocking
caps.
So for th preeent the baby's odd
little cries issue from a coffee carton
at the St. John home. He is about
14 Inches long. He had his first drink
lea water froxa an ere-droppe.
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Optimism Prevails in Sour
land Home As Famed
Flier Soars to Secret Ren
dezvousAide Also Away
HOPEWELL, N. J., Apirl 6. (AP)
Investigation of the Lindbergh kid
naping waited today while state po
lice and firemen battled a rush fire
about the Lindbergh home.
The fire, which at one time ap
peared within 15 feet ot the home,
was still raging at 3 p. m.. but, ac
cording to a bulletin issued at the
home by Col. H. Norman Schwark
kopf, of the state police, was not
near enongh to endanger the build
ing. HOPEWELL, N. J., April 6 (AP)
Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, who
won his fame in the air. is using
that same element In an attempt
to get his stolen baby back.
Optimism permeates the home on
Sourlaud mountain as the head of
the household cornea and goes on
mysterious airplane Journeys.
Twice In three days he has soared
away, apparently seeking a yacht
off the Massachusetts coast. The
trips are believed to have some
unexplained connection with rumors
that ransom negotiations are being
carried on with kidnapers who took
Charles A. Lindbergh. 21 months'
old, from his crib March 1.
Taking a personal hand in the
hunt, which Is enfolded In more
mystery every day, he has appealed
for freedom from questioning about
his movements.
"Cot. Lindbergh feels that under
existing circumstances he should be
privileged to move without the in
cumbrance of either check-up or ac
counting." said a police atatement.
Driving hla own car, the flying
colonel slipped into his estate last
midnight after his second airplane
Journey. About 3:30 p.m. yesterday
h and his closest friend. Col. Henry
Breckinridge, climbed over a back
fence at Newark airport and sped
away In a borrowed plane capable
of 180 miles an hour.
Later In the afternoon a plana
ldnttfled by Its number as the craft
carrying Lindbergh waa seen cruis
ing over Martha's Vineyard Island.
It was In, this vicinity also that Col.
Lindbergh was reported seen flying
Sunday with three other men. When
Lindbergh and Breckinridge started
their flight yesterday, they carried
a suitcase and a blanket.
Dr. John Grter Hlbben, president
of Princeton university, who called
at the Lindbergh home, with his
wife, said an "air of optimism" pre
vailed. Mrs. Hlbben said Mrs. Lind
bergh was bearing up well.
John Hughes Curtis, one of three
Norfolk, Va Intermediaries who be
lieve they have established contact
with the kidnapers, was away from
his home on another mysterious
Journey that has lasted since Satur
day. There were reports, uncon
firmed, that he also had beaded for
Martha's Vineyard,
Block Booking Of
Pictures Upheld
NEW YORK. April 8. (AP) The
United States circuit court of ap
peals today upheld' the practice of
block booking, a system by which
motion picture exhibitors are re
quired to lease films In a group la
order to get one desired film.
WILL-
ROGERS
3ays:
SANTA MONICA, Cul., April
4. Mnjor Chnmberlnin and his
troiip of crnck riders of our
army were just here at tha
ranch. They are our represen
tatives in the Olympics. They
are at Snn Diego working night
and day on their horses. H
has represented us in previous
giunes and he snys that the
horsemanship events are the
most popular on the whole pro
gram. You talk about something
coming back. Sa,y, the old horse
is coming back in a high lope.
Thousands of people are riding
horses today that five yrrg ago
couldn't sit in a Ford with all
the doors locked. Tolo, racing
and horse shows all doing great
work to help the farmer and
rancher to raise better horses.
Legalize racing in every state
sure, pcoplo will bet, but they
bet to sec the horses run and
you certainly can see General
Motors and General Klectrio
and General Utility run when
you bet on l,m.
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