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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 26, 1932.
No. 107.
The Weather
Forecast: Tonight and Wednes
day, clear and mild.
Temperature:
HI chest yesterday M
Lowest this morning , - 50
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
HERE la a statement made within
the past few days by one of the
country's leading economists:
"On the basis of past experience,
covering more than a century and
a half, It appeare within reaaon to
assert that the prevailing economic
crisis la, In its last or final stages
WHAT he means to say, when the
" fog of big worda la cleared away,
la something like this:
"Hard llmea are about .over and
good times are about to begin."
Ifa really a Pity that these ex-
perta, or alleged experts, can't say
what thev have to say In language
that ordinary people can understand.
THY does thla learned man think.
' that hard tlmea are about over
and aood times about to begin?
Well, he put it like thla: "In
all the depressions of the past, when
neralmlsm reached its peak and when
the ma&sea began to despair, the
V turn was at hand."
Again we shall have to translate
What be means to say Is this: "When
conditions get so bad they can't get
any worse, they begin to GET BET
TER." TAKE It or leave It. But at least
that seems to be about as good
reason for believing that better
tlmea are about here aa any other
that has been offered lately.
And thla writer, for one. would
BATHER believe that the turn Is
about here than to believe that it la
NOT and that everything Is going
to smash, because the belief that
the worst la about over lnsplrea
HOPE, whereas the belief that no
Improvement ia In sight and that
. e-orything s going, to ruin inspires
DESPAIR.
If you can keep up hope, you are
In a better frame of mind to meet
the problems that come up from
day to day, because keeping up hope
' ' helps to put stiffness into -tb back
bone. Keeping a stiff backbone Is
important In times like this, if you
are going to pull through.
IN THE past 150 years, thla eco
nomist tells us. there have been
TWENT?-PIVE depressions, or an
average of one every alx years. De
pressions, you see, are no new ex
perience. -
Of these 25 depressions, only one
lasted for five yeara. Two continued
tor four yeara, while the majority
lasted for two or at most three
years.
According to the law of averages,
we ought to be nearing the end ol
this one. for it began three yeara ago
next October.
,J" JIB MAKES one 'other point that
Is Interesting:
All the big depressions of the past
were preceded by a period of wild
prosperity during which people be
lieved thst .a new era had arrived
in which prices must alwaya GO UP
and couldn't ever GO DOWN.
Ant they were all accompanied,
in their later stages, by a period
of extreme pessimism In which peo
ple believed that the end of every
thing good had arrived and that
prosperity had vanished from the
world, never to return.
So, you see, we are running true
to form.
rjnvENTT-FIVE 'depressions in the
last 150 yeara an average of one
y every six years. And each time, at
least during the more Important
ones, people believing that the end
of all happiness and prosperity had
coma and that in the future me
world would be a very different and
verv much WORSE world.
But look at the world NOW, and
then look back at what It was 160
yeara ago. We are better off at this
moment.' at the lowest and most
discouraging point of one of the
great depressions of history, than
people were 150 yeara ago at the
very height of their boom periods.
The world HASNT gone backward
In the pait century and a half. In
pita of the 35 depressions It has
experienced.
Instead. It has gone forward FAR
FORWARD.
rWILL BE SO AGAIN.
No one knows when the present
depression will come to an end. The
end of It may be In eight now. aa
all of ua hope, and some of us be
lieve. Or the end may not yet be
In sight. All prediction! are merely
guesswork.
But. 80ONER OR LATER, the end
of the depression will come, and In
the ensuing recovery the world will
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IRK OFFERS TO
LOCALJESINIS
Fruit Growers' League,
Chamber of Commerce,
Court and Unemployed in
Plea-for Official Orders
. To the end that local employment
be accorded only to bona fide local
residents, E. J. Stack, Portland, Ore
gon, state director for Unemployment
Relief for the Federal Government,
has been requested to grant authority
to Chrla Gottlieb, head of the . local
federal labor bureau to grant worlr
slips, only to local residents.
In normal times, the federal gov
ernment makes no distinction be
tween residents and transients, but
owing to the stress of the times, It
has made, the discrimination, a
northwest example being In the Yak
ima, Wash., district. The move also
restricts seasonal Influx of outside
labor.
The request Is signed and endorsed
by the Fruitgrowers league, the
chamber of commerce, the county
court, the Association of Medford
Unemployed, the governor's commit
tee for the relief of unemployment,
the Rogue River Traffic association,
and the city of Medford. 0
The letter is aa follows:
We request you to instruct Mr.
Chris Gottlieb, In charge of the local
federal employment office, to favor
local applicants for work. Thla re
quest comes from our desire to solve
the local unemployment problem,
and Is based upon the understand
ing that the local office must be so
instructed in order to make this dis
crimination. SITUATION EYED
TO FORM PLANS
Fred W.' Yokum of the Central Na
tional bank of Oakland, Calif., an
Institution that sold $500,000 worth
of Rogue River valley Irrigation bonds
Is In the city seeking Information and
suggestions from landowners, and
others qualified to kuow. on the
Irrigation bond and finance s'tuation.
Mr. Yokum will be at the Hotel
Medford until Saturday, and desires
to Interview as many landowners and
others as possible.
Mr. Yokum will report his findings
to the bondholders, and will ask that
a committee be appointed to meet
with valley lrrigatlonlsts. In an effort
to determine the best steps for a re
financing and rehab Illation of the
affairs of the irrigation districts.
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SAN FRANCISCO, July 26. (AP)
California Oregon Power company
netted $303,851, In the first half of
1932, after taxes, interest and de
preciation, a substantial Increase
over the $254,144 earned In the same
1031 period.
After provision for preferred divi
dends of -$282,668, the balance car
ried to surplus was $21,163, com
pared with the previous year's deficit
after preferred dividends of $11,761.
Net for June waa $56,525, compared
with $17,368 in June, 1031.
MfLOlENI HEAD
WILL BE APPOINTED
The board of control of the Med
ford Association of the Unemployed
will meet tomorrow afternoon at the
Chamber of Commerce to appoint $
manager for the plan of relief to
be carried on In the city of Medford.
Seventy -five dollars a month has
been appropriated toward payment
of the executive by the city council.
He will have charge of all labor
certificates and exchange of food
and services for labor. -
Wonderful Crater Lake
Wins Geographic Editor
PORTLAND. Ore., July 26. (?)
Gilbert Orosvenor, editor of National
Olographic Magazine, believes Crater
lake in southern Oregon "ls the most
wonderful mountain resort In the
world,"
Accompanied by his wife, Mrs. KIM
Orosvenor. the man who for 33 yeara
has edited the famous ma ft Mine
reached Portland today to take a
plane for Salt Lake City. They spent
several daya in Crater national park.
"Oregon stands high among the
scenic wonderlands of the world,"
OrtMvpnor dc!ared. peak in of the
blue Crater lake, of Mount Hood and
4 till oU3b- ffXgt
BASEBALL
RESULTS
National,
First game; R. H. E.
Pittsburgh 8 11 I
New York - 7 11 3
French. Chagnon, Spencer and
Grace; Hubbell and Hog an. .
First game: R. H. E.
St. Louis . fl 12 1
Brooklyn 13 16 0
Johnson, Haines and Wilson, Gon
zales; Thurston, Shaute and Suke
forth. R. H. E.
Chicago ....... 7 12 2
Boston - 2 5 1
Malone and Hemsley; Brandt, Cun
ningham and Hargrave.
R. H. E.
Cincinnati S 10 3
Philadelphia 10 12 0
Carroll, Ogden, Kolp, Hllcher and
Lombard!; J. Elliott and V. Davis.
American.
R. H. E.
6 14 0
..191
Boston
Chicago ..-..-........
Batteries: Welch and Connolly;
Fr aster. Gregory, Wise and Grube.
FEHL CONTENDS
WAS A
OF
Earl H. Fehl, chief witness for the
defense in the civil suit of Nleder
meyer. Inc., against him, to collect
a $5000 chattel mortgage and prom
issory note, was excused this morn
ing after nearly a day In the witness
chair. Fehl waa questioned briefly
by the court before dismissal as a
witness.
Fehl in the testimony related the
alleged business relations existing be
tween him and L. Neidermeyer over
a period of 13 yeara, starting with the
inception of the Pacific Record-Herald
in 1919.
Fehl contends his efforts on behalf
of the Holly street theater In 1929
were on a "partnership basis," as far
as the purchase of the lot was con
cerned, and that he Is entitled to
commissions on other transactions.
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BY OWN FATHER
L03 ANGELES, July 26 (AP)
Earle L. Roberta, 45, Los Angeles
clubman and financier, waa shot to
death today and his father, John
Roberts, 73-year-old Los Angelea and
San Diego real estate dealer, was
arrested on suspicion of murden ,
Detectives aald the father, ar
rested aa he walked from a down
town office building at Sixth and
Hill streets, admitted the killing,
but Insisted he had ahot In self-defense.
Police aald the father and aon had
been at odds for 18 yeara and the
son recently won a law ault from
hie parent.
My aon drew hie gun as l en
tered. I waa forced to aboot," In
spector David Davidson, of the
homicide detail, quoted the lamer
aa saying. "He awlndled me out
of $135,000." the aged man told Da
vidson. "I went to hla office today
to get a check from him that he
had promised me."
NEW CHANCELLOR
PORTLAND, July 39. (AP) En
terlng for the second time Into
the discussion aa to who ahall be
selected chancellor of Oregon's system
of higher education, the Interstate
Associated Creameries has written
membera of the board of higher edu
cation expressing opposition to con
sideration of the candidacy of Dr.
a. T. Zook, president of the Akron
university In Ohio.
Dr. Zook has been asked to visit
Oregon to confer with the board
relative to the chancellorship.
Last May the Dairy association ad
dressed communications to members
of the board of education demand
ing that the board select as chan
cellor "a man with a proved record
of sympathy and a knowledge of ser
vice, both to students and to in
dustry and agriculture."
"We on the Olographic thing so
much of your state that we have
engaged one of our staff members.
Amoa Burg of Portland, to write an
article on Oregon which will fill from
one-half to two-thirds of the Decem
ber or January issue. This article
has been three months tn prepara
tion. We hare been collecting photo
graphs which we will rep.oduce, as
nearly as possible, in natural colors.
"It is no easy task to prepare an
article reprewntetive of any locality.
We are very careful In our research
and presentation of facts. We con
sider that our 1.140.000 subscribers
;vk to ua for accuracy, as well as
lot besAitg and intere.,
TRIP TO BATTLE
GIFTS FOR VETS
Heavy Govt. Payments to
Non-Disabled Men Rouses
Explorer Fight On Sys
tem Like War, He Says
WASHINGTON, July 36. (P)
Three leaders of the radical wing of
the bonus army today were found
guilty In police court of parading
without a permit, and were sentenced
to a $40 fine or 40 days Imprison
ment. The men were John Pace, Walter
Bicker and Roy Johnson. All were
arrested a week ago when attempt
ing to get through police lines and
reach the White House.
NEW YORK, July 26. (AP) Rear
Admlral Richard Evelyn Byrd assort
ed today the campaign against heavy
government payments to non-disabled
veterans was like a war. and aald he
would postpone his next Antarctic
expedition until some action in that
campaign has been obtained.
Admiral Byrd. scheduled to have
left for Antarctica thla autumn, was
unanimously elected chairman pro
tern of the National Economy league
at its organization meeting, before
which he made his postponement an
nouncement. Archibald Roosevelt was chosen
national secretary pro-tern, and Gra
ham V. Blaine, vice president of the
Bank of Manhattan, national treas
urer. "Our ship Is ready at Panama."
Admiral Byrd said. "We have 150
tons of material prepared for the
voyage, but as during the war we
gave our services to the nation, today
w must do the same thing."
The officers elected today will serve
until September, when a national
convention la to be held.
MaJorteneraM James G. Harbord
told the first meeting of the league
that conservative figures of the' gov
ernment Indicate that by 1045 pay
ments to veterans and their depen
dents would reach $2,000,000,000 an
nually under existing laws.
GIRL USES KNIFE
IN FIT OF" ANGER
SALT LAKE CITY,. Utah, July 36
(AP) Pearl Chung, 13, Chinese,
was held In Jail here today while
officers continued their Investigation
Into her asserted confession that ahe
atabbed her foster mother, Mra.
Chung Mow, 65, to death In a fit
of anger.
Police said the girl admitted last
night that she plunged a long
kitchen knife into the heart of Mra.
Chung while the woman lay sleeping
In her home here early yesterday.
The girl waa reported to have aald
anger, aroused by the audden knowl
edge that ahe was a foster child
prompted her to slay Mra. Chung.
She originally told amatory of a
bandit entering the place and after
killing Mra. Chung, warning her to
remain quiet while he escaped.
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TALENT STAIN
Thieves laat night entered the
Talent service station at Talent and
atole tobacco, candy, tire repair
equipment, tires, rubber binding,
glue, tire bolts, cigarettes, salted
peanuts, cancelled checks and 2
In money. The loot Is valued at
100. The front door was pried
open. The aherlff'a office Investi
gated the robbery, but found no
clues.
The csncelled checks, by refilling
the perforations, and re-wrltlng the
Indorsements, are cashable.
Warnings have been received by
valley merchants recently, advising
them to clip the names off can
celled checks.
SALEM LOAN PLEA.
' BEING CONSIDERED
SALEM, July (Pi Th, appli
cation for a loan for the purchase
of a water system for Salem was be
ing considered by the Reconstruction
rinance corporation Senator C. L.
McNsry wired the city attorney here
late yesterday. -,
'Tlnal action will not be taken
until the President fills two vacan
cies! now on the board." McNary
added.
Salem was among the first to apply
for a loan under the new relief bill,
and Is asking for about 11,850.000.
Smashup Victim
Recovering Here
Mrs. V. Dsley of Applegate. who
suffered a fractured clavicle In an
auto accident Sunday, la receiving
treatment In the Community hos
pital and waa reported In an Im
proved condition today. She was
first taken to a residence after the
accident, delalla of whlrh were not
learned, and then taken to the k.o-Pltei,
TO OEATH; MATE
I!
Mystery Surrounds Night
Attack in Fashionable San
Jose Home Crime Pre
meditated, Police Belief
SAN JOSE, Cal., July 26. P Mrs.
Lillian Babcock, 44, was stabbed to
death and her husband, Rider Bab
cock. 45, Importer and exporter of
copra and hemp from the Philip
pines, waa critically wounded when
they were attacked as they slept- at
Mountain View about 3 a. m. today.
The Babcocks were staying at the
home of Mrs. Babcock 'a sister, Mrs.
Laura Horst Buckish, in the fashion
able Pepper avenue district.
Police expressed the opinion the
assailant of the couple was a Filipino
and that the crime was premeditated,
although they admitted they had not
found a motive.
Screams Awake Husband.
Babcock told police he was awaken
ed by the screams of hla wife, and
getting up grappled with a man who
stabbed him several times In the
throat and chest.
Mrs. Babcock, he said, ran for the
door as he fought the intruder, and
called for her son. Charles Brown,
Stanford student. Then she dropped
dead, her throat slashed.
Babcock was taken to the Moun-
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MATERIALISM HIT
BY G. PASS EDITOR
IN ROTARY TALK
Medford Rotarlans heard an in
spiring address by B. J. Klmber, pres
ident of the Grants Pass Rotary club,
at their regular weekly meeting this
noon. Mr. Klmber's subject was "The
Failure of Materialism," and develop
ed many points of Interest to those
present. "Materialism," said the
speaker, "la that thing which gets
Into the blood and causes a man to
think he does rightly the things he
knows are Wrong." Jn Illustrating
hla point, Mr. Klmber told of the
huge business machine which we have
created In America and which has
grown to auch proportions that It has
destroyed Idealism In mankind.
In closing Mr. Klmber gave his
hearera food for thought when he
said "Life is ' Ood's Investment of
himself In you and you must pay
dividends."
Tarney Steward gave a report on
the Rotary highway marker project,
stating that nearly 30 of these at
tractive acenlc panels had been
erected on the Pacific highway aa
far north as Roeeburg and aa far
south aa Red Bluff. Much favorable
comment has resulted from tourists
and visitors and many have atopped
to visit the acenlc beauty spots fea
tured In the Rotary panela.
Visiting Rotarlans at the meeting
were Dr. T. J. Ruddy of Los Angeles.
Ernest Ollstrap of Eugene, Percy
Wells of Klamath Palls and B. J.
Klmber and P. A. Bralnerd of Oranta
Pass.
TO
DRILL FOR MEET
Plans for the official dedication of
the new Jackson county court house
were discussed, at last night's meet
ing of Medford American Legion post.
The day's events will start at 10 a.
m. and continue until midnight. Cole
Holmes, chairman of the entertain
ment and concessions committee re
ported excellent progre with fine
cooperation shown,
A meeting of the Medford Legion
drum corps was held after the post
session and plans made to attend the
national convention In Portland in
September. Drill sessions will start
in a few daya and every member of
the corps Is asked to attend the next
meeting,. Monday, Aug, 1 at the
armory,
Medford post will be well repre
sented at the national convention
with not only the drum corps but
scores of local legionnaires who are
planning to attend. All legion men
should register at once with Lee
Oarlock to secure reservations.
KANSAS CITY, July 28. (AP)
C, D. Bturtevant, president of the
Trana Mississippi Oraln company.
Omaha, told the Shannon house
committee today enforcement of the
order closing the Chicago Board of
Trade "at this crop movement pe
riod" would demoralize all markets,
close hundreds of banks and "bring
on a panic of good proportions.'
'But these things, one Is forced
to believe, are of but minor Import
to Secretary Hyde thd tha farm
board,'' the witness declared.
1V v KENNEDY
Mrs. Minnie "Ma" Kennedy (right), mother of Almee Semple Mc
Pharson Hutton, Is shown with her attorney, Marlon P. Betty, as she
signed a divorce complaint In Lcs Angeles against Guy Edward Hud
son She salo he waa "vagabond lover" and wouldn't get a ateady
Job. (Associated Press Photo)
60 CADETS GO DOWN WITH
GERMAN TRAINING VESSEL
KIEL. Germany, July ?B-r(.U) struck by i heavy storm In the Baltic
sea toda'v, the Herman naval training ship Nlobe. a three-masted sailing
vessel, went to the bottom. forty of the 100 cadets and Junior caiiels
nboard her were saved. Sixty were
ing the waters In the vicinity.
It waa about 3:30 p.m. when she
keeled over In the storm and Bank.
The steamer Therese Russ, whlcn
was not far off, picked up 40 of
hef- aurvivora.
Among the rescued was Captain
Ruhfus, (he maater of the Nlobe.
The gale struck the vessel only a
few minutes after the great seaplane
DO-X, flying from Travemuende to
Kiel, had passed over and, dipping
low. had signalled a greeting.
6he went over on her aide and
sank In three or four minutes.
The DO-X came down aafcly after
a stormy flight.
Within a ahort time after the
Nlobe went down the cruiser Koe
nlgsberg reached the scene. She
had been preceded by a seaplane
and four fast torpedo boats.
The Nlobe had started out from
Kiel for Warnemuende, Mecklenberg,
and waa to have returned in Soptem
ber. Naval "authorities were at 'a Iobb
to explain the disaster, but they gave
it aa their guess that tho crew, un
prepared for the sudden wind, hsd
been unable to reef the eaile in time.
FITTS VICTIIVl OF
'POISON TONGUE'
LOS . ANGELES, July 39. (AP)
The "poison tongue" Individual who
for the past several weeks haa been
calling relattvea of various persons
to Inform them that certain rela
tives are dead, today chose Buron
Fltts, district attorney, as the sub
ject for one of his fictitious mes
sages. ,
Pitta, aald a voice representing It
self aa being that of Oeorge Gregory,
brother-in-law of the dlatrlct at
torney, had died early thla morning
at Mallbu beach. The Sheriff's of
fice, police, department and news
papers were all called, and extra
editions were ready to be run when
Fltts arrived at his office.
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HELD SIGNIFICANT
H. T. Robinson, Los Angelea capi
talist, is due to arrive here by plane
from the southern California city,
according to word received by A. H
Banwell of this city.
Mr. Robinson hss considerable
holdings In southern Oregon and
northern California and has been
an ardent advocate of the Crescent
City hsrbor proposition for the past
thre years.
Ban well, who has been asked to
accompsny hJm to Crescent City,
has no Information regarding the
object of Mr, Robinson's visit, but
assumes It has some bearing on the
harbor project, or recent railroad
construction talk.
G. O.P. Prohibition Plank
Draws Europe s Sarcasm
NEW YORK, July 28. (AP) Dr.
Nicholas Murray Butler, president
of Columbia university, returned
from Europe today with news that
the Republican party plank on pro
hibition "Is tne subject of no In
considerable merriment and aarcasm"
abroad.
He handed out a four-page state
ment In which he discussed the
Carnegie endowment for Interna
tional peace. In whose Interests he
went to Europe, snd the ISth amend
ment. "It will be quite futile for any
candidate. In the hope of conciliat
ing any element of the population,
to attempt to subordinate the re
peal of the lath amendment to tha
solution of the economic problems
whlrh press upon us all," he ssld
la the statement.
WANTS DIVORCE
missing and naval craft were search
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MILITARY RULE IN
BERLIN, July '36. (PiChancellor
Franli Von Papen, securely Installed
as federal commissioner for Prussia,
today ended the state of martial law
established in Berlin and the prov
ince of Brandenburg six daya ago.
Franz Bracht, former mayor of Es
sen, remains as the chancellor's dep
uty .however, with the authority of a
dictator. The Prussian coalition mnv
Istry has been ousted and most ob
servers agreed the Relchatag election
next Sunday is not likely to put tnem
back in office.
In an emergency decree, President
Von Hlndenburg ended martial law
at noon. Outwardly there was no
change In trie city, but even during
the past alx daya the Uvea of the
people hsve not been materially af
fected by military government. Gen
eral Von Rundstedt, In charge ,of the
execution of martial law, kept the
army In the background aa much aa
possible.
Today, aa he algned the new decree,
the president said the emergency
which required martial law was over
snd that the public security no longer
wasln danger.
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BOAT PORTLAND
PORTLAND, Ore., July 3. (API
Twenty carloads of pears from the
Rogue River valley will leave for
French markets next month, to be
moved aboard the East Asiatic liner
Amerika which Is to be dispatched
from Portland Aug. 14, and on the
Heranger of the Inter-Ocean service.
The present railroad rate between
Medford and Portland Is said to be
partly responsible for the early move
ment of pears from Medford by way
of the harbor.
In addition, peara will move from
the Hood River district next month.
Valley Shriner
Weds In Frisco
SAN FRANCISCO, July 29. (AP)
Visiting Shrlners here for the an
nual Imperial Council cessions which
opened today are not exempt from
Cupid's charms it was Indicated at
the marriage license bureau yester
day. Those filing notice of Inten
tion to wed included:
John Ellworthy Hamilton, 41, of
Grants Pass, Ore., who told the clerk
the future Mrs. Hamilton is Alice
Maud Baker, 90, also of Grants Pass.
"The two ara Inextricably Inter
twined. What possible meaning
could prosperity have If we are to
contlnus to undermine the constitu
tion of the United Btatea, to weaken
the fnundatlona of public and pri
vate morality and to turn Into the
pockets of the bootlegger the enor
mous sums which should bs paid
to the public treasury for the relief
of the Mi payer.
"Should not more than 15 states
adopt an effective system of stste
liquor control such aa prevails In
the province of Quebec or In Sweden,
and should a rate of taxation be
established not greater than that
which now prevails In Oreat Britain,
the lowest estimate la that one bil
lion, five hundred million dollars
would be available for the public
treasury."
GET MORATORIUM
Old Tags Also Good in Sister
State Until First of Month
Refund Will Be Sought
for Car Owners Fined
SAN PnANOIISCO, July 38. JF)
Oregon motorists may drive Into Cal
ifornia with their old license plates
and return safely to their own state
without having to buy California
platea.
An order granting Oregon motor
ists 30 daya leeway In acquiring new
licenses, the same as they have In'
their own state, waa Issued here by
Theodore Roche, director of the Cali
fornia motor vehicle department, fol
lowing complaints of Oregon drivers
they were compelled to buy Califor
nia licenses If their machines didn't
carry the new Oregon plates.
The state police announced today
that an effort would be made to se
cure a refund for Oregon autolst
who last week-end paid the Califor
nia license fee of M S3 for the li
cense and 91 for a certificate of title.
Between 13 and 15 Jackson county
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OPENS FESTIVITY
SAN FRANCISCO, July 38.- (4V
The Mystic Shrine opened Us 08th
o.nnual session today with the annul
parade color, more color, bands,
drill teams, drum corps, red, yellow,
purple, green, orange, brown, white
and all' the shades in between.
Imperial Potentate Thomas J.
Houston of Chicago was escorted by .
Boston's Aleppo temple, which fea
tured a drill team of Pilgrims and
an oval set of electric bells, carried
by Individuals, but played from a
central keyboard.
Portland, Oregon's, band won ap
plause as tho leader played tunes on
a xylophone-liarp, ,A1 MaJalksb, tem
ple of Los Angeles presented a band
and drill team shod in Turkish style.
BIG STEEL PAYS
NEW YORK. July 36 (AP) The
regular quarterly dividend of 1 75
a shsre on. preferred stock of the
United States Steel corporation waa
declared by the board of directors
today. The common stock waa re
moved from a dividend basis three)
months ago.
A atatement tasued by the di
rectors aalcf that in view of the
large draft upon surplus and avail
able resources In the lsst yesr, "It
Is spparent that Improvement In
the business and earnings must In
future determine dividend action on
the preferred stock." '
WILL-
ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., July
25. Our world of "make be
lieve" is sad. Scores of comedi
ans are not funny. Hundreds of
"America's most beautiful
ftirls" are not gay. Our bene
fiictor hiis pnascd away. He
picked us from all walks of life,
lie led us into what little fame
was achieved. He remained
our friend, regardless of our
usefulness to him as an enter
tnincr. He brought beauty into
tho entertainment world.
The profession of acting
must be necessary, for it exists
in every raco and every lan
guage, and to have been the
master amusement provider of
your generation, surely a life's
work was accomplished. And
he left something on earth that
hundreds of us will treasurs
till our curtains fall, and that
was a "badge," a badge which
we were proud and never
ashamed of and wanted the
world to read the lettering on
it, "I worked for Ziegfeld."
So goodbye, Flo. Save a spot
for me, for you will put on a
show up there some day thae
will knock their eye out