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MEDFORD, OREGOX, MONDAY, MAY 16, 1932
No. 47.
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By FRANK JENKINS
ALL the law enforcement agencies
of the federal government, all
the law enforcement agenciea of all
the states, all the law enforcement
agenciea of all the cltlea are con
centrating their efforts toward find
ing the kidnapers and murderer, of
the Lindbergh baby.
That la because of the prominence
of the Lindbergh,. No ,uch effort
would be made If the murdered
baby had been the child of lowly
parent,.
PERHAPS, In spite of all your
sympathy for Colonel and Mrs.
Lindbergh, you are Inclined to re
aent Just a little the fact that more
Is being done for them than would
be done for you under similar .cir
cumstances. If you feel that way
about It, It la only natural.
But stop and think. Remember
that, because of their prominence,
attention has been concentrated on
them In an unusual way.
They have come, In reality, to
typify all of us, and what has been
done to them become, an affront
to law and order generally.
LOOKINO at It that way. you see,
you can understand that their
case la really a national one. Be
cause the attention of the whole
world Is centered on It, the murder
of the Lindbergh baby put the forces
of law and order everywhere on
trial. If the murderers of this
famous baby are not captured,
brought to trial and punished, the
whole cause of law enforcement will
suffer tremendously In the eyes of
the public.
That, rather than favoritism for
big and prominent people, la the
real reason for the tremendous ef
fort that Is being msde to bring
these 'murderers to Justice.
It Is Just as well to look at these
things fairly and reasonably.
IS THE future of aviation less pro
mising than It seemed a lew
years ago? Just offhand, the ans
wer to that question appears to be
"yea."
But note these figures:
In 1831, 18 per cent more pas
sengers traveled by air than In
1930. Fourteen per cent more mall
was carried. Twice aa much ex
press matter waa transported by air
In 1931 and In 1930.
That doesn't seem to show any
lack of progress.
REMEMBER, 1931 was a less pro
mising year than 1930. Less
business was being done. Less am
bitious plana were being made. Yet,
In the face of this general decline
aviation went ahead.
THE airplane still Impresses us as
a toy: a dangerous toy, per
haps, but a toy, nevertheleas. But
the automobile, In lta early years.
Impressed people In exactly the same
way.
It waa only after long experience
and a vast amount of Improvement
based upon trial and error that the
automobile proved Itself and rev
olutionised transportation.
Exactly the same thing will be
true. In this writer's Judgment, oi
the slrplane.
SPEAKING of growth, automobile
registration from outside states
during the first four months of
193J In Oregon show an Increase
of 864 cars over the same period
of 1931.
The total for this year is 13,894.
The total for the corresponding per
iod of lait year waa 13.000.
That Isn't ao bad, Is It?
ONE of the best-known real es
tate men In Oregon, operstlng
chiefly this year In farm lands,
said to this writer the other day:
"More Inquiries about farma In
Oregon, psrtlcularly small farms
have come to me since the first
of this year thsn In any similar
period In the past.
"They come from all over the
United States, but principally, of
course, from California. Small farm
ers In California are turning their
eye, Increasingly to Oregon, for
tbev are realizing that up here
they can get In on a smaller in-.et.
BOY IVIIUTAR1STS
FAIL iN PLOT TO
Tsuyashi Inukai, 'Old Grey
Fox' Second Premier
Slain By Assassins Less
Than Year, Cabinet Quits
SHANGHAI, May 17. (AP) Japa
nese officials here said today they had
received no Information about any
mutiny In the Japanese navy and did
not believe anything of the sort had
happened.
By Glenn Babb,
Associated Press Staff Correspondent.
TOKYO, May 16. OP) Premier
Tsuyoahl Inukai, Japan'a 77-year-old
"Old Grey Fox," waa dead today, the
second Japanese premier to die by an
assassin's hand In less than & year.
Premier Inukai was shot down in
his home yesterday by a band of
young army and naval cadets, who
apparently had hatched an abortive
plot to destroy the government and
seize the capital.
Following the death of the premier,
which occurred at 11:25 p. m., six
hours after he was shot, the cabinet
decided to resign and Acting Premier
Korekiyo Takahashl, aged finance
minister, called upon Emperor Hlro
hlto to hand In the resignations.
New Cabinet Looms.
The emperor instructed Mr. Taka
hashl and the rest of the cabinet to
continue in office until they received
further orders. In the meantime It
was announced that the aged Prince
Saolnjl, last of Japan'a elder states
men, was on his way to Tokyo from
his villa at Okltsu to confer with the
emperor about a new cabinet.
The Fascist movement In Japan
appeared to have suffered a nearly
mortal blow as a result of the pre
mier's assassination. General Sadao
Arakl, war minister, and Admiral
Osuml, minister of the navy, turned
in their resignations with the rest of
the cabinet.
Building Bombed.
Five public bulldinga were bombed
simultaneously with the assault upon
the premier, an attempt was made
to destroy the transformer stations
through which Tokyo's supply of elec
tricity is carried, and the homes of
several' officials were attacked. One
of the buildings bombed was the met
ropolitan police station, Just across
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IN ROGUE RIVER
GRANTS PASS, Ore., May 16. (AP)
Clem Loope, McMlnnvllle, was
drowned in the Rogue river four
miles east of .here yesterday when his
boat overturned. His father, P. P.
Loope; Lawrence Opdeal, Eugene; Ar
nold Wlldnes. McMlnnvllle, and Nar
vln Clark, Grants Pass, other occu
pants of the boat, escaped. The five
had been fishing. Searchers dragging
the river had not recovered the body
today.
JENNINGS FACES
FEDERAL CHARGE
Cecil Jennings, local pawnshop op
erator, who was released from the
county Jail yesterday on 500 cash
bond following his arrest Saturday
night charged with transportation
and possession of liquor, was placed
In Jail again today noon following his
arrest by Cal Wells, deputy United
States marshal.
Deputy Wells ordered Jennings be
held on the federal charge of pos
session and transportation of liquor,
and he la scheduled to appear before
United States Commissioner Teng
wald at 11 o'clock tomorrow morn
ing. One gallon of alcohol was found
In Jennings' car when local, state
and federal officers searched It at
the corner of Riverside and Et Main
street Saturday evening. The car
belonging to Jennings, a Packard
coupe, la being held by officers.
1619 SEE LAKE
A Vital of 1619 people, in 429 cam, )
vtitd Crater Lake yesterday, with '.
10O6 of the number entering vta the i
; Medford entrance, according to park i
j officials today. The rtltratinn Sun-!
day exceeded that of a week ago by I
j 300 visitors. I
I Visitors were at the resort jester-j
day from a number nf eastern and
mid-western state. Thre is approx
imately 13 feet of know at the rim
now. a-rording t Ernest A. Rcetel j
4 it pit ie'vi ,1
BASEBALL
RESULTS
National
New York
.13 0
.68 1
Cincinnati
Fltzsimmons, Gibson and Hogan;
Lucas and Manlon.
Brooklyn
-11
1
Pittsburgh
Mungo and Lopez; French, Spencer,
Bra me, Chagnon and Grace
Philadelphia 10 13 1
Chicago....- 11 19 1
Grabowskl, Bolen, Elliott and Mc
Curdy; Smith, May, Tinning, Malone
and Hwtnett.
American
St. Louis ..... - 2 8 1
Washington 0 3 1
Gray and Ferrell; Weaver, Crowder
and Berg, Spencer,
Cleveland .......... 0 8 1
New York - 8 11 0
Hudlin, connally, Pearson and
Sewell; Pytlak; Gomez and Dickey.
(Ten innings)
Chicago ..... .. 4 6 1
Boston - S 6 4
Lyons and Berry; Durham, Russell
Moore and Tate.
Detroit
6
4
Philadelphia .....
Sorrell and Hayworth; Cain, Deshong
Walberg and Cochrane.
ROBERT DOLLAR
STEAMBOAT KING
TAKENBY DEATH
SAN RAFAEL. Cal., May 16. (AP)
Death came early today to Captain
Robert Dollar, the "grand old man of
the Pacific" who started a round the
world shipping service when he was
009ERTc DOLLAR
80 years old and lived to see his fleet
of merchantmen plying Important
trade lines the world over. He was
88 years old.
Capt. Dollar became ill with a cold
two weeks ago anu developed bron
chial pneumonia. Hla death was pre
dicted last night oy hla physician, Dr.
Rafael Dufficy.
Work was captain Dollar's pleasure.
On his eighty-eighth birthday last
March 30 he- said the world waa a
"fine place for those who like to
work" and he spoke from the experi
ence of a lifetime's activity. At an
age when most men have retired he
founded hla around the world ship
ping service. That was In 1034 and
he sailed with the first ship In new
aervlce, calling on 400 shippers and
prospective customers.
Seven years ago Captain and Mrs.
Dollar celebrated their golden wed
ding anniversary. More than 700 of
their friends made pilgrimages to
their home then, while cables and
letters of congratulation poured In
from all over the world. Mrs. Dollar,
who faithfully attended her husband
In his last Illness, three sons, Harold,
Stanley, and Melville Dollar, their
wives and children were present when
Captain Dollar died.
Born In Falkirk. Scotland. March 30
1844. Captain Dollar worked as a boy
In the shipyards.
CENTRAL POINT DEPOT
TO BE CLOSED BY S. P.
6 AT. EM. Ore., May 16 fAP) Two
protests were received at the offices
of the public utilities commissioner
In connection with the proposed
abandonment of 14 stations ny the
Southern Pacific company. One pro
test was received from ere well w..lie
another was received from Fall City,
flUUons which the Southern Pa
cific company proposes to abandan
includes Central Point.
VANCOUVER. Wash., May 18. OT)
With the Columbia river at the 19 4
foot stac an overnitrht rise of nlne
inths of a foot, additional hundreds
of acres M lowlands have ben rov-
e-ed by the flood watejs, tfca hest
SESSION TO AID
Economic Recovery Canntft
Be Achieved Until Farmer
Prospers Is Warning To
Congress Leaders.
WASHINGTON, May 16. ( AP)
Maintaining that economic recovery
cannot be achieved until agriculture
la aided, national farm organisations
today called on administration lead
era in congress to demand a special
session this summer if necessary to
pasa farm relief legislation.
Representatives of the Grange,
American Farm Bureau Federation
and the Fannera Union tol.. Senators
Watson and McNarj among others,
that "If congress adjourned without
halplng the farmer the country
would still be In a state of decad
ence." These organizations seek passage of
two bills In particular the Golds
borough money stabilization meas
ure and the three-way bill embody
ing the equalization fee, export de
benture and the Farmers' Union al
lotment plan.
The call for a special session waa
made Informally, but notice was
served that if action were hot taken
soon on the farm bills a formal
campaign would be wade to obtain
one.
WASHINGTON, May 16. (AP)
Legislation to expand resources of the
federal intermediate credit banks by
making their direct loan notes dis
countable by federal reserve banks
and their debentures on the basis of
reserve bank credit was passed today
by the house and sent to the presi
dent. CALIFORNIA WILL
SEND DOZEN BOAT
DRIVERS TO MEET
Over a dozen speedboat drivers
from California will be on hand to
compete In the races which will be
held at Emigrant lake Sunday. This
was the news brought back by the
Medford boat fans who attended the
races held at Marysvllle yesterday,
where all the leading California
drivers competed for the Feather
River navy trophy.
In addition to the drivers who at
tended from Sacramento and Marya
vllle during the last meet, there will
be driven at the local races from
Woodland, Oakland, Yuba City, Brod
erlck and Red Bluff.
Stan Smith and Heine Fluhrer,
who competed In the Feather River
races held at Marysvllle yesterday,
reported an excellent regatta and an
ahun dance of competition. Stan
Smith won the California Hell Div
ers' trophy by taking the first spill
of the day when leading the field In
the "C" race. Heine Fluhrer, after
fighting the selge of hard luck which
has been dogging his heels all sea
son, finally broke the spell during
the last race of the day when he
captured a loving cup In the 10
mlle free-for-all.
Goldstein Takes .
M. F. . Auction
Sale In Charge
8am Goldstein, Medford auctioneer
who has successfully . managed a
number of sales In tills city, will of
ficiate at thee Medford Furniture and
Hardware company's dally auctions at
3:00 p. m. and 7:00 p. m. for the
remainder of the big sale which
started Saturday.
Many thrifty southern Oregon
ahoppers took advantage of the bar
gains Saturday and today, but a large
crowd Is anticipated at the 7 o'clock
auction this evening.
Among the hundreds of articles
from every department In the store
to-be sold at auction are the follow
ing: davenport sets, club chairs, bed
room suites, lamps, rugs, mattresses,
carpet sweepers, pictures, heatrotaa,
unfinished furniture, window shades,
baby buggies and cedsr chests.
FORMER RICHFIELD OIL
CHIEFTAINS SENTENCED
LOS ANGELES. May 16, (AP)
Three men accused of stealing more
than a million dollars1 from the
RichfleU 0:1 company, which they
helped to build to the third larg
est In California, were convicted
on charges of grand theft today.
They were Jsmea A. Talbot, form
er chairman of the board: Clarenre
M. Fuller, former president, and
Raymond W. MrKee, former rice
pr-!dc:it.
The conviction was on an todlct-
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$50,000 In Bills Listed Be
fore Handed Over By
'Jafsie' In Graveyard
One Of Gang Described.
NEW YORK, May 16. (tf) The
Brooklyn Eagle today said it had
learned from a source close to the
heads of the Lindbergh kidnaping
investigation that a week before the
baby's body was found. Col. Charles
A. Lindbergh told an Intermediary
who visited him he was "broke."
The Eagle said Col. Lindbergh aald
the search for his kidnaped child
had cost him personally about 1200,
000 and he had to borrow from a
bank $25,000 of the ransom money
paid to the supposed kidnapers oy
Dr. John F. Condon, Bronx mediator.
HOPEWELL, N. J., May 16. p)
Police turned again today to the ran
som money as a chief hope for suc
cess In running down the kidnaper
murderers of the Lindbergh baby.
In his morning news bulletin. Col.
H. Norman' Schwarzkopf, superin
tendent of state police, disclosed that
he had sent a telegram to the treas
urer of the tintted States asking re
newed, vigilance In the countrywide
search for the bank notes.
The 950,000 ransom was paid by
Col. Lindbergh through Dr. John F.
Condon, aged educator who negoti
ated with persons he believed to be
the kidnapers, through a series of
newspaper advertisements signed
"Jafsle."
Bills Listed.
Colonel Lindbergh kept a list of
the serial numbers of the bills, and
when the baby was not reutrned he
appealed to the treasurer of the
United States for assistance in trac
ing them. The treasurer sent a list
of the numbers to every national
bank in the country.
Col. Schwarzkopf also disclosed in
his morning bulletin that Dr. Con
don never had seen but one member
of the gang with which he negotiated.
Dr. Condon In his statement says
that he met only one member of the
gang," Schwarzkopf said. "This mem
ber la presumed to have told him
that there were four other men and a
woman. Dr. Condon has not given
us the names or descriptions of the
men beyond the one he contacted.
He said that the member he con
tacts la a Scandinavian."
FEHL DECLARES
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Affidavits of prejudice against Cir
cuit Judge H. D. Norton have been
filed by Enrl H. Fehl, his wife, Electa,
and the pacific Record Herald on the
grounds that they cannot receive a
fair and Impartial trial. The affida
vit la directed against the court, In
(.he pending hearing of the suit of
Nledermcyer, Inc., against Fehl and
co-defendants for collection of a
mortgage, allegedly due.
At the same time a motion asking
that the aupreme court appoint a
Judge to hear the action was filed.
The prejudice affidavit sets forth
that it Is filed in good "faith and not
not for the purpose of delay."
It Is probable that the court will
grant the affidavit plea, as a matter
of form, and at the same time con
sider other legal action, filed last
week, In the Niedermeyer, Inc., suit.
A motion has been filed asking that
the sheriff be restrained from dis
posing of any of the property of
Fehl and the Record-Herald, under
the Judgment for 115,000 obtained by
Roy Parr, game Harden, Ashland, In
a libel action.
- Lyte Cornellson, a transient, was
arrested early Sunday by the atate
police and is held In the county Jail
charged with reckless driving while
drunk. Cornellson li alleged to have
been extremely reckless along the Pa
cific highway and to have disregarded
all traffic rules.
Still hanging over their heads are
Indictments on other counts of
grand theft, Involving more than I
700,000. i
Suits also are pending agslnat
them by aurety companies to re
cover more than 2,500.000.
Judgment was passed by Superior
Judge Leon R. Yankwlch, who pre
sided without Jury over the trial
starting April II. This trial was
an amasing story of riches won and
lost, lavish expenditures for yachts,
airplanes, liquors, gold-plated cork-
! Akron Skipper
Associated Press Photo.
Lt. Com. C. B. Rnsniilnhl (left), In commnnd of Ills Akron, congratu
late C. M. fowart, sailor, upon Ills rcscus attsr nr-lne Jerked oil the
(round during: an attempted mooring of the dirigible at Tamp Kearney.
Tno other snllors were killed by falling hut t'ouart held on to the moor
ing rone and nns hauled aboard the Akron as It floated hundreds of
feet above the field.
A SUICIDE
NEARBY PEAK
The body of Marlon Long, 70,
Aahland .retired plumber, was found
Sunday morning on the sides of
Gristly peak, with a self -Inflicted
bullet wound from a 22 rifle In
his right temple. The body was
found about 11 o'clock by a party
of searchers, composed of O. N.
Culy of this city, a kinsman, Arthur
Long, a son, and J. 8. Lacey. J. E.
Lacey and the Beagle brothers, all
of Ashland.
The searchers late Saturday aft
ernoon, found the tracks of the aged
man leading up -Grizzly peak. Dark
ness compelled them to abandon
the hunt, which they resumed Sun
day morning.
The death weapon waa found be
alde the body. A small bottle of
strychnine was found In the coat
pocket, Coroner Conger said.
Long, a cripple, and brooding over
Ill-health disappeared from hla
home late Thursday afternoon and
was last aeen near the foot of
Mountain avenue as he plunged Into
a brushy area,
Friday and Saturday the hunt
waa conducted and Bear creek drag
ged In the belief the despondent
man might hava drowned.
Friday during the search Deputy
Sheriff O. W. (Ike) Dunford was
bitten by a ratttesnake, and forced
to go to a hospital for treatment.
He lav now well on the way to re
covery. Coroner Conger said there would
be no inquest. Funeral announce
ment later.
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IN EMPIRE CASE
DALLAS. May 16. (AP) Judge O.
P. Coshow, defendant In one of the
five trials charging officers of the
Empire Holding company with Intent
to defraud, was warmly defended by
Osrar Hayter, defense counsel, In a
talk which lasted from the opening
of the Polk county circuit court this
morning until late tn the afternoon.
Bsrnett Goldstein, special prosecu
tor In the trial, was to follow the de
fense counsel's pies, and lt was not
expected that the case would reach
the Jury today.
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PORTLAND, Ore.. May lfl.Tht re
organized Hi hernia bank opened here
tort ay, the result of the efforts of Its
officers to restore Its financial condi
tion after technical Impairment of
capital. City and atate officials par
tlcipsted in the opening celebration.
The Hlbernla Commercial V Savings
bank, founded In 1893, was taken over
by the state banking department last
Dec. 10 because of Impairment of
capital, resulting Uom the bond mar
ket detUfi
Greets Hero
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SUNNYVALE, Cal., May 18. (AP)
The U. 8. 8. Akron, world's larg'
est airship, swung at lta mooring
hers today, aa thousands of visitors
continued to arrive for vlewa of the
big crnft and plans were announced
for future flights and a return Jour
ney to Lakehurst, N. J., about May
30.
The Akron, a message from Ad
mire! P. H. Schofleld, commander-in-chief
of the United States fleet
aald, W1U not engage In maneuvers
with the fleet at this time.
Iuatesd she will follow a sched
ule which includes a probable non
stop flight to the Paclflo northwest
with a side-trip to Portland and
a mooring to the llghter-than-alr
tender Patoka In San Francisco bay.
Datea for the various flights will
be announced later, naval head
quarters said.
According to officials of the Med
ford chember of commerce the Ak
ron, If a trip to Portland la made,
will follow the cosst line and will
not be seen 'on the Medford air
way. HALL'S SENTENCE
T
Leonard O. Hall of Central Point
today had the remainder of his sen
tence of fioo and 45 days suspended
by Justice Olenn O. Taylor. April
18, Hall was Jailed on a drunken
driving charge and on recommenda
tion of Sheriff Ralph O. Jennings and
Deputy District Attorney George Nell
son, the 4100 and 19 remaining days
of the sentence were suspended and
Hall placed on probation.
Arrested with eight pint bottles of
beer In his possession Saturday night,
Sam Farnum was today lined $16 tn
Judge Taylor's court. Farnum, a
miner In the Graves creek area, said
he had no money, and was given two
days to obtain the sis.
HOPEWKLL, N. J., May lfl (AP)
Betty Oow, the nurse of the mur
dered Lindbergh baby, 'waa at the
Lindbergh home and In good health
today, despite persistent rumors she
had committed suicide.
The rumor, apparently based on a
statement made over some undeter
mined radio station, began to circu
late yesterday, and had spread across
the country today.
Pigeons Fly Fast
In Portland Race
PORTLAN, May lfl. (AP) One of
the fastest pigeon fllghu known to
Oregon fanciers waa made between
Baker and Portland Sunday by birds
of the Oregon Racing Pigeon club.
The birds flew the distance In 5
'RACKET' EDITORS
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Corporation Commissioner
Asks Investigation Of
Group's Alleged Activi
ties, Threats Of Attack.
SALEM, Mny 16. (AP) Orand
Jury Investigation of what he term
ed a conspiracy on the part of a
grcup of financial racketeers to vio
late the blue sk, ranking, corrupt
practices, criminal libel and black
mall laws of the state waa demanded
by James W. Mott, state corporation
commissioner, In a letter sent lata
yesterday to Barnett H. Goldstein.
special attorney-general.
Specific reference was made in
Mott'a letter to J. A. Charlesworth,
alleged publisher of the "Saturday
Night." a Portland publication, and
Carl H. Johnson and C. E. Degrace.
who were said to have launched
a publication known as the "News
Ejamlner." with J. O. Deball and
Dan B. Market as editors.
Officials Slandered, Claim
I now have In my possession.
Mott's letter continued, "copies or
both of these publications In which
have appeared artlclea carrying out
this conspiracy In violation of the
libel and corrupt practices laws ot
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TAKE TO BOATS
TO ESCAPE FIRE
ADEN, Arabia, May 18. (AP) Six
hundred passengers abandoned the
French steamer Georges Phllllpar, five
miles from Cape Guards Put, Italian
Somallland, when the vessel was dis
covered to he afire today.
It was bound from Marseilles to
China.
Three paseengera were known to
have been badly burned. The Japan
ese steamer Hakone Maru waa hurry
ing to the acene. It passed one emp
ty lifeboat, but whether any lives
were lost could not be learned.
The British ship Mshsud and a So
viet Russlsn vessel were already
alongside Vie burning steamer and
were aiding In the rescue work.
The steamer Contractor, which also
rushed to the scene, took off 138
survivors and 134 others were picked
up by the Mshsud. Both these ships
are due here tomorrow.
The captain ot the burning atesmer
was reported aboard the Soviet liner
Sovletskala Neft. Others of the sur
vivors were picked up by other steam
ers, but details were not Immediately
available.
A raft with two members of the
crew waa reported missing.
The steamer sent Its first S. O. S.
call at est a, m.
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CLASHf TAXES
WASHINGTON, May IS. (API
Senators Borah and Harrison. Re
publican and Democrat, classhed to
day In the senate over demands to
mske the Income taxes psy the bulk
of the billion dollar revenue bill by
Imposition of the war-time rates.
"This Is war," shouted Borah
calling for the high 1918 taxes to
meet the needs of a federal relief
program as well as to balance the
budget.
In hla flrat words on the tax bill
as ranking minority member of the
finance committee, Harrison opposed
the wsr-tlme rates snd asked for a
United front for the compromise tax
bill which raises Income taxes to the
highest level sine the war.
8AI.EM, May 18. ( AP) Bids for
highway Improvement aggregating a
cost of more than 1700,000 will be
opened by the state highway commis
sion at Its meeting In Portlsnd next
Thursday.
Prnbsbly the largest projec. Is that
Involving the widening of the Pacific
highway b,tween Salem and Brooks.
This project covers a distance of ap
proximately seven miles.
To lietiume Hearing
BALEM, May 16. (AP) Hearing of
the case Involving rates, charges and
practice of the Northwestern Elec
trlo company will be resumed In
Portlsnd Msy 34, Charles M. Thomas,
atate utilities commissioner, u