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MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRIL 27, 1932
No. 31.
The Weather
Forecast: Somewhat unsettled to
night and Thursday; cooler tonl(ht.
Precipitation
Highest yesterday 4
Lowest thin morning 43
M
Comment
on the
Day's News
Br FRANK JENKINS
THANKS to the Prussian election
on Sunday, Adolf Hitler's fascist
are now the strongest party In Ger
many, although they haven't a ma
. Jorlty.
That fact will cause big financiers
all over the world a lot of worry.
THE avowed purpose of Hitlers
fascists Is to destroy what Is In
Germany and set up something
wholly new In Its place. Conspicuous
among the things they would like
to destroy are Oermany'a foreign
debts, Including reparations.
So, you see, the financiers have
some cause for worry.
CLEAR out here 'in Oregon, how
ever, especially In Southern Ore
gon, where we have big Jobs of our
own to do, let's not waste too mucn
time worrying over what will hap
pen because one party has triumphed
over another In Germany.
' Worrying over something that Is
too big for him to do anything
about never did anybody much good.
B
E8IDES, you know, the victory of
the fascists in Italy, which put
Mussolini Into power, hasnt seemed
to do the world at large any great
harm.
It's a fairly safe guess that a lot
of the worrying about Hitler and
his fascists is being done by the
ins in Germany who will become the
outs if Hitler wins.
npHE world, of course, Is closely tied
together In these modern days,
and what happens in one country
has considerable meaning In all other
countries.
But this writer has a notion, pos
sibly a foolish one, that here in
America we do more worrying about
hit is coine on In Europe than
we have any real cause for.
If we will go on paddling our own
canoe, and doing a good Job of it.
we shall probably come out quite
all right in the long run, regard
less of Europe's political upheavals.
OOBBERS steal 400 from aged
K woman." So runs a pitiful
headline in the news of the day. It
is pitiful because this sum was
all the old woman had, and at her
... whirh according to the story
Is 75, she will need it.
She had hidden the money In cur.
.,. -rn.inri the house, and the
robbers heard about It.
wp YOU have a little money, and
are too old to earn any more, so
that what you havs Is Infinitely
precious to you, and If you are afraid
to keep your money where ouv
of every 100 Intelligent people keep
theirs, for heaven's sake buy gov
ernment bonds with It.
Then you will be safe.
ON JANUARY 1, 1030, the Ameri
can public's Investment In auto
mobiles was 0,300.000,000. On Janu
ary 1, 1933. it was (6.600.000.000.
Quite a shrinkage In two years,
isn't it?
ACCORDING to figures vouched
for by the Automobile Trade
Journal, the average age of all cars
Jn service In this country on January
1, 1930, was 3 58 years. The average
age of all cars Is now 4.18 years.
If you have driven cars for any
considerable length of time, you
know that at the age of 4.18 years
an automobile la getting somewhere
near ready to be traded in.
When people begin to buy things
again, the automobile Industry ought
to be in line for good aales.
15 UT here Is the' oddest fact of all
L In I9J9, when everything was
I running high, wide and handsome,
and a dollar was Just something to
be spent, consumption of gasoline
in thia country amounted to 14 677,,
S64.0O0 gallons.
In 1030. when people were feeling
a lot worse, consumption of gasoline
rose to 15.783.751.000 gallons.
And In 1931. by which time every
body was feeling TERRIBLE ana
plenty of people had become quite
certain that the end of the world
was at hand, consumption of gaso
line rose still further to 16 433.328.
000 gallons.
Explain thst. If you csn.
Columbia County
Recall Demanded
ST. HELENS. Ore. April 27..
Recall of County Jude Wellington I trlct with the very Revererw nancs
and Commissioner Mills of Columbia Menage r, superior of Jesuit mlsilom
county is demanded In petitions for: in Alaska.
a recall election filed with the county, The tidal wive carried Ire blocks
cle-k here Tuesday. The petitions: 30 miles Inland and destroyed sev
allsM. .mom other thine, that thel eral native Tillsg-e and food supplier
county court ignored the wwnes :
the taxpayers as expressed t bud
get meeUni.
DARROW PLEADS
GOLDEN RULE IN
Aged Defense Attorney
Makes Impassioned Talk
Before Polyglot Jury
Case Will End Late Today
HONOLULU, April 27. (AP) With
voice and gesture that belled his
age, Clarence Darrow, defense at
torney, pleaded with the racially
mixed Jury today to apply the golden
rule In Judging the fate of the four
persons accused of killing Joseph
Kahahawai.
Do unto others " pleaded the
aged attorney as he contended that
the accused. Lieutenant Thomas H.
Massle. Mrs. Granville Fortescue, Al
bert O. Jones and E. J. Lord, would
sanctify" any prison to which
they might be sent if convicted.
By WILLIAM H. EW1NO.
HONOLULU. April 27.AP) Be
fore the strangest Jury he ever
faced In his long career, Clarence
Darrow made his plea today for vin
dication of Lleutennnt Thomas H.
Massle and three others accused of
second degree murder In the lynch
ing of Joseph Kahahawai.
Mrs. Thalia Massle. wife of the
naval officer: Mrs. Granville For
tescue, her defendant mother, and
the accused enlisted men. Albert O.
Jones and E. J. Lord, filed Into the
court room Just before 9 o'clock
to witness what they expected to
be the last day of the trial.
Courtroom Crowded.
Mrs. Fortescue. In whose home
the killing occurred, stood beside
her sister. Mrs. Helen Ripley and
talked In low tones. The courtroom
was more crowded than ever before.
The aged defense chieftain was
speaking to a Jury which during
the process of formation admittedly
had puzzled him and caused him
to comment on hi Inability to
fathom some of lis Oriental features.
Public- Prosecutor John O. Kelley
announced he would make his clos
ing argument Immediately after
Darrow had finished. The latter plan
ned to talk for about three hours,
By holding an afternoon session,
something not previously done, Judge
Charles S. Davis hoped to be able
to give the caso to the Jury by
the end of the day.
Joseph Kahahawai, Sr., and Mrs.
Esther Anlto, father and mother of
the slain native, occupied front seats.
Suffering Pictured.
A hush fell over the courtroom as
Darrow began. He pictured Lieu
tenant Massle eight montlis ago as
a strong, healthy, respected young
man with a wife beautiful, admired
and respected. Then he pictured
the immediate scene, with Massle in
court and the prosecution demand
ing he be sent to prison for life
for shooting Kahahawai after the
native supposedly confessed attack
ing Mrs. Massle.
(Continued on Page Five)
bootleFIces
here forced up
SAYS ID YARN
The Grants Pass Courier Tuesday
printed a story to the etfect. "that
slick Callfornlan" had enecieo
merger of "Medford bootlegRers." ana
boosted the price of "bootleg" fifty
cents per gallon. This Is news to
the Medford public, and the law-
enforcing agencies. Nobody here has
heard of the formation of a siring
of chsln rum peddlers. It was sus
pected that the story originated In
the fertile brain of a budding young
Journalist, with some space to fill.
As near as could be determined the
going price for moonshine in these
parts for some time has been 0 per
gallon for the best mountsln dew.
which Is alleged to be drinkable. The
price tapers down to sa low ss 3 per
gallon for terrible stuff, rouih on the
digestive system. There Is not much
demand at any price, and a dearth of
peddlers.
The "pint racket" la the current
method, as It fits the depressed
pocketbook of the consumer, and
gives the um agent more profit, with
a reduced risk of getting caught, as
he can carry his delivery in his hip-pocket.
Eskimos in Tide -Swept
Area Face Dire Misery
FAIRBANKS, Alaska. April 27.
Eskimos living in the district be
tween the mouth of the Yukon river
and Hooper bay, where a tidal wave
last December destroyed the natives'
food supplies, are so desperately in
need of "sustenance they are resort
ing to unprintable measure." Pilot
Art Wood ley ss:d upon his return
here yesterday.
woodier nao iiown ovrr ir
rat territory.
Father Menwer said several bun
dxe4 liluooi la toe region were vlr -
BASEBALL
RESULTS
National
Score: R- H. E.
St. Louis- 4 8 1
Cincinnati - - 6 13 0
Sylvester. Johnson. Stuot and Man
cuso; 81 Johnson and Manlon,
Score:
Pittsburgh
Chicago
Swe tonic. Harris. Brame and Grace;
Malone and Hartnett.
New Torlc at Boston, postponed;
cold.
American
Score:
Chicago
Detroit 3 7 3
Jones, Hadley and Orube; Sorrell,
and Hayworth.
Washington at New York and Bos
ton at Philadelphia, postponed; cold.
HOPE OF NATION
WASHINGTON, April 37. (AP)
Secretary Mills today loosed a power
ful administration offensive against
cash payment of the soldiers' bonus.
He spoke before the house ways and
means committee appearing as a wit
ness In its extended hearings on the
issue.
In language no less forceful than
that Charles G. Dawes employed be
fore the same committee a week ago,
the new treasury chief drove home
his opposition to the 93,400,000,000
outlay, whether paid in borrowed
money or through Inflation of the
currency.
"The measure now before you Is
designed to pay an obligation not
due. In money that is not honest.'
Mills said. "The adjusted service cer
tificates do not mature until 1045,
To pay them at their face value to
day, less the amount that has been
borrowed on them would, in effect,
almost double the payment provided
for by the Adjusted Service Compen
sation act and would Involve an Im
mediate cost to the government of
about $2,400,000,000.
"In other words the government 1
to pay almost twice the amount It
undertook to pay."
"To select this moment,", ha went
(Continued on Page Three)
REPRESENTED IN MEET
OF
One hundred and ten women, rep
resenting 16 communities in Jackson
county, met at the Plrat Christian
church today for the one-day Home
makers' conference being conducted
through the cooperation of the home
demonstration agent's office. Talks
were given by Miss Clarlbel Nye, Mrs.
Zetta Rodenwald and Lucy A. Case of
the extension division of Oregon State
college.
The delegates were divided Into six
groups, and project recommendations
for the coming year were outlined,
and explained by them at the gen
eral assembly which followed, with
Miss Alice Hanley presiding.
Mrs. Ssrah Werti. home demon
stration agent of Josephine county,
and Mrs. E. B. Eberleln and Mrs.
Mcintosh, also of Oranta Pass, at
tended the sessions. Luncheon was
served in the church at noon.
RAIN GALLS HALT ON
Work on the new county court
house was U-mporarlly halted yester
day by rain. The atone masons were
forced to lsy off, and the plasterers
were advised that any "wet plaster"
would have to be replaced. The work
of laving the Indiana limestone the
entire wsy round, up to the first
story hss been completed. Owing to
faulty alignment, the granite corner
stone at the main entrance 1 ad been
removed for re-settlng. The work of
putting on the roof will be completed
this week. The Incinerator has been
Installed.
tuslly without food as their winter's!
supply of fish had been spoiled or
carried away. Resources of the mis
sionaries have been depleted. Father
Menager said, and no more help was
coming from that source.
He said sickness was appearing
among the natives and there was
danger of Hoods from melting snow.
The Eskimos In the stricken area
probably are the most primitive peo
ple in North America.
Wood ley said the "human misery
there was so dire as to be almost
unbelievable.
Reports here aa'd the National Red
Cross had refused a request for $2,
000 to aid the natives aftr the bu-
) resu of Indian affairs in washinaion.
j D. C had declared accounts of suf-
1 Xerlnf la U am vera KfaUd.
PUPILS DROPPED
BY
Hundred Additional Will Be
Suspended if . Affiliation
With Forbidden Secret
Societies Can Be Proven
i
I
SALEM, April 27. Two hun
dred students, members of secret high
school fraternities, were suspended
from school by summary action ol
the Salem school board here last
night, and more than 100 more will
be dropped from classes as soon as
their affiliation with societies can be
definitely determined.
Members of the board required less
than 30 minutes to pass a blanket
resolution suspending all girls and
boys belonging to about nine secret
societies organized within the school.
Their credits will be withheld until
such time as they produce sufficient
evidence they have severed all con
nections with these organizations,
prohibited by state law.
Follows Klrinupli.fr.
Action of the board followed the
recent kidnaping and beating of
Victor DeJardln, student, by seven
members of the "Julius Caesars," se
cret society, which resulted In a wave
of public opinion demanding the Im
mediate ouster of these societies. The
seven who were reported to have par
ticipated in the kidnaping have been
suspended by the school authorities
and their credits for the year taken.
They will also appear before Justice
court here tomorrow to answer
charges of assault and battery. The
board upheld the suspension of the
seven boys.
The action last night culminates a
controversy over secret high school
fraternities here in progress for sev
eral years.
FACE TRIAL FOR
DALLAS. Ore., April 37. (Sen
tence upon Frank J. Keller, Jr., for
mer sales counsellor of the Empire
Holding company, who waa found
guilty by a Polk county Jury late
yesterday of devising a scheme with
Intent to defraud, will not be pro
nounced until the cases pending
agslnst four other officials have been
completed, Judge Arlle O. Walker
announced. The penalty for conspir
acy under the blue sky law la a maxi
mum of five years In the peniten
tiary and fine of 16000,
The next case will be that of O. P.
Coshow, former chief Justice of the
state supreme court, whose trial on
the same charges will start here Mon
day. His trial will be followed by
those of the other three Empire Hold
ing corporation ex-offlcers, W. R. Ad
ams, I. H. Petty and Jay Stockman,
all Indicted on the same charges by
the Marlon oounty grand Jury. Keller
will remain out on the original 91500
ball furnished following his indict
ment. Keller hss 60 daya in which to per
fect an appeal If he desires to carry
the case to the supreme court, but
no statement hss yet been made as
to what may be attempted In this
regard.
MASONS TO GIVE
Medford lodge No. 101, A. T. and
A. M has announced plans for an
elsborste meeting Friday night, at
which time the master Masonic de
gree work will be put on. The same
degree team which recently received
much acclaim for their work In Kla-
msth Falls, will be In charge,
The gathering has been announced
for 7:30 o'clock, and will be followed
by a supper In the banquet hall.
D'VALERA DEFEATED
OF
DtJBLIN, Irish Free State. April 27
(API The government of President
Ramon De Vslera was defeated In the
Datt Elreann today In a division on
the unemployment Issue. The vote
was 76 to 66.
Reslgn!'the opposition members
cried when the result of the vote waa
announced. The president told them
that anybody who wanted him to get
out could put a motion of no confi
dence. This was accepted as an In
dication he had no Intention of re
signing. Suspect Worker
Met Foul Play
OREOON CITY. April 27. (AP)
Investigation Into the death last
night of Juaclnto Ctmt, a Mexican
sertlon worker, was undertaken today
under the theory that the man was
murdered. He waa found last nlvht
In a dying condition beside the rail
road tracks near bis home lo Cane -
' mah,
Bear Quiz Witness
v.
1
r
jlasDciu.cti J-rcaj l-hoto
Percy Avery Rockefeller, cousin
of John D. Rockefeller, sr., director
of some 60 corporations and trader
on the New York stock exchange,
appeared as a witness In the senate
banking committee's Investigation
of short selllno-
L
OF
MEDFORD CL OF C.
After having given careful consid
eration to the acceptance of the of'
fico to which ,he was elected last
Tuesday. H. S. Deuel announced to
day that, due to conditions of bus!
ness requiring a major portion of
his time and effort, hs will not be
able to accept the presidency of the
Medford chamber of commerce, and
is presenting his resignation from
the office at a special meeting of
the board of directors, which Is be
ing held this afternoon.
Mr. Deuel was In San Kranclsco
when elected to the office, and dur
ing the past week has been con
sidering the acceptance of the of
fice, but is of the belief that the
duties of president of the chamber
will require more time and effort
than enn be spared from his busi
ness. It Is probable that his suc
cessor will bo selected at the board
meeting this afternoon.
It Is probable that the reports of
the program of work and budget
committees, presented to the dir
ectorate last week for their consid
eration, will be further discussed and
considered at today's meeting, In
order that the Incoming officers of
the chamber may at once embark
upon the year's program. Plans for
the chamber's annual Oregon Pro
ducts banquet will also be presented
for consideration.
HOPEWELL, N. J., April 37. (ZD
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., waa still
missing today, despite a high official's
declaration that Colonel Lindbergh Is
understood to have made a personal
contact with the baby's kidnapers.
NORFOLK. Va., April 37. (JP)
John Hughes Curtis returned hare
today from a trip made In the In
terest of negotiations for the return
of the kidnaped Lindbergh baby. He
referred all questions to Rear-Admiral
Guy H. Bun-age, retired, spokes
man for the three Norfolk lntermedt-
iwfllLL
STOPS CHILD'S HEART
PORTLAND. April 27. (AP) Joyce
Seaton. seven yesrs old, was fatally
Injured here late Tuesday when an
! maoor baseball struck her over the
heart while she stood on a vacant
lot watching some boys plsy base
ball. Firemen worked over the child a
half an hour but were unable to
revive her. An examination disclosed
tfie little girl suffered from leakage
of the heart valves and the ahok
of the blow is believed to have killed
her.
-
Presbyterians In
Winning Group are
Honored at Feast
Seventy-seven member and friends
or the Loyal Worker' class of the
First Christian church were present
at a dinner given in honor of L. G
Gentner's group, winners In a recent
content, at the church recreational
hall last evening.
After dinner, peppy songs were led
by Mra. Tneo. 81ms, president of the
class, and a short business meeting
conducted at tne tames. An evening
of entertslnmnt followed,
Tlio other five groups furnished
and served the dinner and were re
sponsible for the entertainment.
llodr Hrriiurfil
TtlXAMfXlK, April 37 (API The
body of (rll Wsrnlrk of Portland,
drowned eleven riavs ago, was recov
ered In Trsak river today nrsr the
point where hl automobile plungrd
Into the sUrsm, carrying him
end
1 his companion,
their ctsatiie.
Burton Leech,
TAX 0'' .iBUTION
PROorJITY PATH
Hoover Tells Governors Re
duced Expenditures in
Government Is Absolutely
Essential Growth Cited
RICHMOND, VS.. April 37. p
As "the sure highwsy to national re
oovery." President Hoover cited to the
governors' conference today the "ab
solute necessity" of reduced expendi
tures, better distributed taxation and
balanced budgets on the part of gov
ernment. Town councils, county commis
sions, state legislatures and the con
gress agree on these fundamentals,
he said, but to accomplish them "we
must have the Intelligent support of
the people themselves, that selfish
vested interest and vested habit do
not. by their organised sectional and
group oppositions or individual ac
tion, defeat these high purposes."
Cooperation Needed.
Expressing a wish for greater co
operation toward settling govern
mental problems, he suggested that
the governors sponsor In their states
such conferences as they have been
holding here. Having the local ex
ecutives examine their difficulties to
gether, he said, would help toward
a realization that local expenditures
and taxes are a part of a great na
tional problem in stability as well
as one of local concern."
Stressing the need for adjustments,
the president told of federal, state
and local government expenditures
rising from $3,900,000,000 In
1013 to $13,300,000,000 In 1030, and
the total outstanding debt going
from $4,800,000,000 to $30,600,000,000
in the same time.
Costs Increasing.
Before the war the total govern
mental cost represented by 8 per cent
of the national Income and Mr. Hoov
er estimated the present proportion
at above 30 per cent.
(Continued on Page Three)
T
OPENS DRIVE ON
MANCHURIA FOES
HARBIN. Manchuria, April 37.
(AP) Japan'a Manchurlan military
machine opened today the greateat
drive since the capture of Chlnchow
In an effort to auppress a Chinese
revolt against the government of
Henry Pu-YI.
Three Japanese brigades moved oy
rail and river boats, In a sweeping
"pincers" movement against the
rebel forces, estimated at 30.000
along the eastern lines of the Chi
nese Eastern railway and In the
lower Sungsrl valley.
At the same time lesser Japanese
forces sought to crush minor revolts
In the Tunnhua district, 125 miles
eaat of Mukden and In the Tung'
llao region, on the Mongolian bor
der, northwest of Mukden.
A dispatch to the Bengo News
sgency from Antung said uoops
which formerly acknowledged the
new Pu-YI regime had revolted and
enveloped Tunghau, where Japan
maintains a branch consulate.
TO BE OPENED
SALEM. April ST. (AP) Bids on
approximately HS0.0O0 worth of
highway work and on n3.000 bonds
remaining of the million dollar short
term Issue will be opened by the
state highway commission at Its reg
ular meeting In Portland tomorrow.
The contract work, If awarded, will
cover the construction or Improve
ment of 116 miles of atate highways,
construction or Improvement of six
bridges and letting of a ferry con
tract. The work will be done In 13
counties.
Members of the highwsy depart
ment will leave here late today for
a preliminary session of the commis
sion tonight.
Plans for Farm Relief
Advocated at Hearing
WASHINGTON, April 37. (AP)
M. L. Wilson, of the Montana Stw
Agricultural college, outlined before
the snat agriculture committee to
day the "allotment plan" for farm
relief.
Wilson, head of the eollege'a de
partment of agricultural economics,
asserted the plan would add 9700,
000 ooo to the farmers' buying power.
This sum, he said, would come
from the five major export com
modities, wheat, cotton, rice, to
bacco and hogs. The plan provides
that tariff schedules on the commo-
i dltles shall be applied to the price
! paid the farmer.
to To deal effectively with the present
I emergency la grlcul(ure, Chairman
Mooney and Coxey
Among Mentioned
White House Hopes
OMAHA, Neb., April 37. (API
Delegates to the national farmer
labor convention today scanned
the file of their leaders for presi
dential timber and the names of
Frank Webber of San Francisco
and Mayor Jacob 8. Coxey of Mas
silon, Ohio, stood In relief.
Among those mentioned as
standard-bearing prospects, be
Kldes Webber and Coxey, was
Thomas Mooney, the labor leader
recently denied a pardon by Cali
fornia's governor.
Coxey, the man who led the
famous "Coxey's army" to Wash
ington In 1804. addressed the con
vention yesterday.
STRENGTH SHOWS
In the thirteen voting precincts of
Medford there are 6,043 voters of all
political faiths registered, according
to the records of the county clerk's
office. This is an Increase of 1,316
over the 1030 general election, when
4,636 were registered. With 17,303
registered In the county, a third of
the vote Is registered In this city.
The registration by party In this
city, for the coming primary and in
1030 Is as follows:
1033 1030 Gain
Bepublcans 4.178 3,403 776
Democrats 1,864 1,333 631
The difference In the above figures
from the grand total Is made up by
Progressive. Socialists, Prohibitionists
and miscellaneous registrants.
The Medford registration by pre
cincts for the two major parties Is
Precinct Total . Rep. Dem.
Newtown 669
Northeast 6S6
West 631
Northwest 463
North Riverside . 641
Oakdate 430
East 169
Southwest .............. 618
406
464
447
383
397
314
109
403
303
333
171
363
368
North Main .... 433
South Main wm 346
North Central 343
South Central 413
Southeast 603
Total 6,043 4,178 1,333
Northeast Medford with a registra
tion of 653 Is the largest precinct.
Other precincts with more than 600
registrants are West Medford with
631, Southwest 618, North Riverside ,
641, and Southeast 603. j
In the Ashland precincts 2,830 1
voters are registered, a gain of 833
over 1030. The Republicans number
1878, and the Democrats BQ3. The
Democrats registration In 1030 waa
463.
The greatest gain In registration
was made In the Howard precinct
which embraces the Berry dale dis
trict. In 1030, 163 Republicans and
67 Democrats were registered. This
year the Republicans number 337,
the Democrats 138.
Gold Hill has a registration of
436, wltti 331 Republicans and 103
Democrats. In 1030 the registration
was 180 Republicans, 143 Democrats.
Jacksonville In its two precincts
has 66B voters, as follows:
Total Rep. Dem.
8. Jacksonville 363 170 67
N. Jacksonville 305 334 74
In 1030, there were 00 registered
Democrats In Jacksonville.
The registration In Central Point
is:
Total Rep, Dem.
S. Central Pt. 876 343 133
(Continued on Page Five)
TO BE DISCUSSED
Representatives of the California
Oregon Power company will meet
with property owners and the city
council In open meeting, planned for
discussion of the power company
franchise, at the city hall tongiht at
7:30 o'clock.
A large crowd Is anticipated for the
evening as granting of new fran
chlse has been the leading subject
In many circles during the past few
weeks.
The present power company fran
chlse expiree on June 7. A continu
ation of the three per cent tax on
gross Income was recommended In a
report recently submitted to the city
council by the special committee.
Stone of the farm board today recom
mended before the committee l
three-point program.
Continuation of the recently inltl-
ated federal reserve board's own
msrket operattona to expand credit
and Increase consumer buying power,
was his first recommendation, cou
pled with provision by congress for
sufficient funds to finance eat of
aurplua wheat and cotton In foreign
markets, and Intensified develop
ment of co-operative marketing.
"Farmere are not yet sufficiently
organised Into producer-owned and
producer-controlled co-operative or
ganisations,' the chairman aald.
have strongly collective bargaining
power In. (fa sa af their product.
E
SUFFERSSETBAGK
Massachusetts Pledges 36
Votes in Democratic Con
vention to Al Smith
Pennsylvania in Doubt
NEW YORK, April 37. (AP) The
first decisive check in t,he march of
Gov. Franklin D. Roosevelt toward
the Democratic presidential nomina
tion drew from former Oov. Alfred
E. Smith today the remark:
"Well, I guess this will put s chock
under the band wagon."
Hts slate of delegates -at -large from
Massachusetts to the Democratic
national convention defeated the
Roosevelt slate overwhelmingly. Mas
sachusetts bas 36 votes In the con
vention. Pennsylvania Close
In Pennsylvania's preferential pri
mary, he was only about 3,000 votes
behind Roosevelt, whose supporters
had expected him to show enough
strength so there could be no doubt
of his getting sixty-six votes out of
the state's 76 in the convention.
"This Is going to make a differ
ence," Smith observed, "to a lot of
fellows who otherwise might have
climbed rl&ht aboard the band wagon,
thinking there was nothing else to
do."
His friends were predicting he
would have 300 votes when the Chi
cago convention opens.
PHILADELPHIA, April 37. (ff)
With more than one - third of the
count completed. Oovwnor Franklin
D. Roosevelt led former Governor
Alfred E. Smith by only a little more
than 3,000 votes In Pennsylvania's
presidential preference primary to
day r
The vote from 3,368 of the state's
8,181 precincts gave Roosevelt 40,
760 and Smith 47,647.
The preferential expression Is not
binding on the delegates who will
cast Pennsylvania's 76 votes at the
Democratic national convention. The
Roosevelt forces have claimed 66
votes. j
In the Republican senatorial race,
Senator James J. Davis, up for re-
nomination, held a lead of 363,718
votes over General S medley D. But
ler, but Butler refused to concede
defeat.
BOSTON, April 37. (AP) Massa
chusetts' 36 votes In the 1033 Demo
cratic convention today were pledged
to Alfred E. Smith.
Repeating his success of 1038, when
as the Democratic standard bearer
he carried Massachusetts, Smlt.h
swept through In yesterday's presi
dential primary to a decisive victory
over Governor Franklin D. Roose
velt. .
A Smith-pledged slate of delegates
at large, headed by Gov. Joseph B.
Ely, and United States Senator David
r
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PINCHOT'S WIFE
ADMITS DEFEAT
PHILADELPHIA, April 37, (API-
Mrs. Cornelia Bryce Plnchot, wife of
the governor, conceded defeat today
In her fight for the Republican con
gressional nomination In the 15th
Pennsylvania district. Representative
Louis T. McPadden waa the success
ful csndldat.
"The people did not seem aa anx
ious to send me to congress ss I
wss to go," Mrs. Plnchot aald.
Defeat of the candidates he sup-
ported waa attributed by the gover
nor to "an unexplalnable eddy" of
polltlca and the failure of "dry-atay-at-homes"
to vote.
'Oenersl Butler was beaten by the
dry church members who failed to
vote," he said.
WILL-
ROGERS
'says:
HOLLYWOOD, Cal,, April 26
Se where the kaiser in a
statement sny: "I would do
the very same thing over
axain."
Well if he would he is about
the only one connected with the
war that would. Many a nation
and many an individual would
like to have had a second guess
at it.
That lawyer Gray for the
senate must hare lost lome
dough on the Street and he's
out to locate the guy that got
away with it.
There is no quicker way in
the world to have folks lose in
terest in a murder trial than to
call in alienists.
7iCu- fay
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