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MEDFOKD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 1932.
No. 112.
M
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
THE METOLIUS RIVER, referred to
In these Jottings yesterday, is
mentioned In the diary of Lieutenant,
later General, Abbott, who waa sent
out from San Francisco along In the
fifties to survey a route lor a rail
road from San Francisco bay to
Portland.
He tells of a river that rises In
great springs at the base of a moun
tain and says the Indians had for It
a grunting sort of name, sounding
something like Ump-to-ly-aa.
This has been gradually softened
down to Metollus.
IT'S ODD how names change In this
manner over a long period ot
yeara. There Is the village of Rlck
peall, for example, In the Willamette
valley, near Salem.
This particular part of the Wil
lamette valley, as of . course you
know, was settled by Frenchmen, fur
traders turned farmers. It la from
this French settlement that French
Prairie takes Its name.
f But, getting back to Rlckreall, Its
" first name, as given by these French.
men. waa La Creole. The Indians.
however, had difficulty with the let
ter "1," as many children do, ao they
pronounced It Ra Creole.
From this, It softened down through
t.h vears to the present name of
Rlckreall.
a-A
SPEAKING of names, the name
Scott Is closely associated with
the McKenzle highway, by which the
Metollus country Is reached from the
Willamette valley.
It waa Felix Scott who pioneered
this road, now one of the state's
' well known highways. His purpose
was to provide a way to move cattle
from the Willamette valley to the
east side of the mountains. His first
venture was moving a herd of cattle
to the mines in the'ldaho country.
His name Is perpetuated in Scott
Lake.
t TpHE outstanding characteristic of
ft 1 the McKenzle highway is the
huge lava field at the summit, which
the highway crosses. The greater part
jj of this great lava flow came from
the Belknap crater, an insignificant-
looking hump plainly visible off to
the north of the highway.
The see of this lava flow is an
Interesting scientific question, and It
Is possible that Clear Lake, In which
the McKenzle river rises, may hold
the secret.
CLEAR LAKE was formed when a
crawling lava river, burning Its
way down from the crater In which
It had its source, crossed the lower
end of a narrow valley and dammed
It.
There were trees In this valley, and
they escaped the burning lava, only
to be drowned by the waters that
gathered behind the lava dam and
formed the present lake.
The stark skeletons of these trees,
rising from, the bottom Into the
clear waters, may be seen plainly
from the surface of the lake.
A PEW years go the forest service
lowered a sttfk of dynamite be
side one of these trees and blew
It off, and then sawed off the end
of the piece that floated to the sur
face so that the growth rings would
be plainly visible.
These growth rings show clearly
a series of wet and dry cycles, and
If some way could be found to re
late these cycles to known dates, It
would be possible to tell accurately
the age cf these lava flows.
ATJLINA Is
another name that is
scattered generously
over this
Central Oregon country. You are
familiar, of course, with the Paulina
mountains, and If you are a fisher
man you are undoubtedly -familiar
with Paulina lake.
Paulina was an Indian chief of
more than usual daring and initia
tive, and he waa rated as a bad
hombre by the white of the early
days In this country, and probably
he was all of that. Many tales ot
his fiendish cruelty have come down
to us.
The hatreds of those days, how
ever, have been somewhat mellowed
by the yeara, and we can now reflect
calmly that if aomebody' were to
eome along and undertake to ravish
from us this beautiful country that
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Coast Highway
Bridges Sought
WALDPORT. Ore.. Aug. 1. (Ai't
Directors of the Coast Highway asso
ciation, meeting here yesterday. Tot
ed to ask the state highway commis
sion to apply for a loan from the re
construction finance corporation to
build five timber bridges on the
Oregon Coast highway, thereby dos
ing all gaps on ttt route.
DAY'S LEEWAY FOR
AUTOISTS TO GET
NEW LICENSE TAG
No Arrests Made Today in
Oregon Many Receive
Warning Rush for 1932
Plates Reported by Hoss
SALEM, Aug. I -AP) New license
plates are now required on all auto
mobiles registered tn Oregon. Altho
no arrest were reported by the state
police today, numerous warnings
were given out. with Indications that
arrests would be made beginning to
night. This gives late purchasers the
balance of the business day to secure
plates. '
The secretary of state's department
of licenses was busy today. Lines
were formed for plates at the Salem
office and also at the Portland office,
while the mail contained thousands
of applications.
Secretary of State Hal B. Hoss an
nounced that compilation of new
licenses Issued up to Saturday night
showed. 121,345 new plates Issued as
compared to 197,648 at the close of
business July 30 a year ago. This
was a decrease of 38 per cent. The
decrease in money taken tn however
was 43 percent. Total receipts were
$2,849,049 as compared to 95,033,134
a year ago.
Last year there were 264,115 auto
mobiles licensed In Oregon. So far
only half as many have been regis
tered this year. During the 1930-31
period the state licensed In excess of
283,000 plates.
1
AUTOISTS RUSH
1932 TAGS;
In the first two hours of business
this morning, the sheriff's office is
sued an even 100 temporary permits
and the rush Is scheduled to con
tinue throughout the day. Friday
and Saturday of last week 400 yellow
stickers- wero Issued,' '-'
The state police for the southern
Oregon district received strict in
structions from executive offices at
Salem, to enforce the auto license
law with no exceptions. The autoist
has two choices, under the ruling
either purchase a license, or store
his auto, until he does. Enforcement
of the license law started this morn
ing, a number being warned that the
"moratorium was over."
It Is estimated that a very smalt
percentage of the auto owners of
Jackson county will be unable, to
comply with the license regulations.
The state police will also check up
on foreign licenses, and drivers of
several cars with California licenses
have been ordered to procure an
Oregon license, at once, or be sub
ject to arrest.
A drive will also be conducted on
autos without license plates, lights,
fenders, hoods and bumpers. It Is
figured two dozen vehicles in this
shape are chugging over the high
ways and byways of the county.
STANDARD STAFF
TRANSFERS TOLD
The complete Nat of transfers In
the local agency of the Standard Oil
company of California, effective to
day. waa announced this morning.
Members of the staff transferred to
the Portland office are: J. D. Moore,
R. D. FalrchUd, C. O. Whitman, P.
W. Dltzler, O. E. Welborn, A. J. Taber,
Pearl Averhoff, Elizabeth 8wlgart,
David Wilcox. Chester Kurtz and A,
E. Feist.
L. D. Whltteker, chief cleric at the
local agency, la being transferred to
the home office at San Francisco. B
K. Johnson to the Oakland agency
and Dorothy McArthur to the San
Jose agency.
The staff remaining here with A.
P. Johnaen, manager, Includes: A. J.
Hauk, W. R. Carter, H. J. McMahon.
David Yale. Forrest Pickett, Peter
Wilder, Ray Rlstlne. Georgia Sdwarda
and all members of the local sales
men force.
SUSPECT LADY BLUEBEARD
POISONED MOTHER-IN-LAW
TOPER A, Ka.., Aug. 1. ( AP) Lyrta Southard, four of whrwe lx hui
hanri have met deat!i under mysterious clrcumtancw, today fared return
to Idaho wtiere she heaped from the state penitentiary while serving a
10-year sentence for the fly-paper poisoning of Ed F. .Meter.
The "feminine bluebeard." booked
aa a 30-yeir old housewife following
her arrest here Saturday, declined to
ee callers, but was quoted by Perry
Bruh, chief of police, aa having ad
mltted her Identity.
Meanwhile from Denver, where the
woman's sixth huxband, Harry Whit
lock Urea, came word that District
Attorney Earl Wettengel planned to
investigate the death of Theodoela
Whitlock. Whltlock'a mother.
Mrs. Southard married the Denver
man last March, elmon a year after
her escape from the Idaho Institution
by scaling a 10-foot wall, .
Missing Girl
Fannie Turnbull, 19-year-old Vat
sar college student, disappeared
from her wealthy horns In Lake
Forest, III., leaving a note saying
she felt she was a burden on her
family. (Associated Press Photo)
BARNUM DEFENSE
S TELL
James Llttell, city marsh all of
Jacksonville, and Alyse Evenslzer, 19,
testified this afternoon, In the Bar
num divorce trial, that Mrs. Barnum
"appeared to be intoxicated." while
attending a Jacksonville dance, in
the summer of 1031.
Miss Evenslzer testified that she
attended the dance with three others
and that Mrs. Barnum "seemed to
have trouble staying on the bench,
and did not dance so well," and
seemed "ready to pass out."
The city marshal testified that
Barnum asked hlra to watch his wife
as she was In no condition to drive
the car. He said that later he saw
her being escorted across the street
by two people and "she needed sup-,
port." " The city marshal testified
she waa "under the -Influence of
something I don't know what."
Miss Evenslzer testified that on
the way home, with Mrs. Barnum.
the . atwrerTOlrce -ordered one of tht
men in the car to drive it. .'
The defense opened this morning
In the divorce suit of Helen V. Bar
num against George C. Barnum, with
the calling to the witness stand of
character witnesses, Including A. S.
Rosenbaum, Dr. J. D. Rlckert, H. C.
Fredette, Mayor E. M. Wilson, and
J. F. Lawrence, all well-known resi
dents and business men of this city,
who had known the defendant from
6 to 23 years.
All testified that Barnum's repu
tation was good; that he waa not
given to profanity or vulgarity, as
charged by the plaintiff.
Dr. Rlckert testified that he had
lived as neighbor with Barnum and
found him a pleasant and congenial
man. Both were mechanically mind,
ed, and found a common interest In
the radio, when first Introduced. The
two families had visited back and
forth, the witness testified, for sove
ral years, and had "seen or heard
nothing to excite comment or In
terest" In th Barnum family.
Dr. Rlckert further testified he
saw a bond existed between the
father and boy, and that Barnum
was a fit person for his care and
custody.
A ruling of the court restricted
the defense In Its questioning of
character witnesses to msln facts,
"so not to open the door for all the
charges thst have been made."
Barnum will take the stand, aa the
final witness for his side of the
case. A score of witnesses will be
called In his behalf, and the hear
ing of their evidence Is expected to
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Montana Printers
Tie Up Newspapers
BUTTE. Mont., Aug. 1. (AP) A
wage scale disagreement between
newspaper publishers and proprietors
of Job printing shops on the one
hand, and printers on the other to
dsy hsd resulted In a suspension of
two daily newspapers here, the Mon
tana Standard and Butte Post, and
the Anaconda Standard, in Anaconda
as well as a number of the Job shops.
Glendsle Work etsrted on forest
service road project west of here.
She was arrested here when she
ca.ied for mall from Whitlock, whom
she left hurriedly after explaining
her "mother waa 111 in Akron, O."
Mrs. Southard, whoee marital vn
tures were launched in 1812. waa con
Tided of the death cf her fourth
huiband, Meyer. In IB30. He lived
only 38 diya after their marriage In
Twin rails. Ida.
At her trial, report of polron
found In the bodies of her firat four
huaband. a brother-in-law and a
tnree -year -old child by her first hu
band, were read Into the record.
BALLOT MAY JOIN
ENII
Nazi Leader Far Short of
Reichstag Majority,- Re
sults of Sunday Election!
Show Communists Rise
By I.ouls Lochner.
BERLIN, Aug. 1. (API Adolf Hit
ler's push for complete power In
Germsny wss stopped today.
The question, following yesterday's
elections, wss whether the present
government under the Junker-soldier,
General von Schleicher, would con
tinue, or whether Hitler could nego
tiate an alliance with former Chan
cellor Helnrlch Bruenlng.
Hitler and his nail followers dou
bled their strength In the relchstag
over four years ago, but fell far
short of achieving the clesr majority
they sought, receiving little more
than one-third of the total vote.
Hitler Undaunted.
The official apportionment of
seata Indicated the new relchstag will
have 607 members, distributed among
the parties as follows:
Nazis, 930; aoclallsts, 133; centrist
and Bavarian people'a party. 67; com
munists, 89: nationalists, 37; popu
lists, 7: Christian socialists, 4; eco
nomic party, 3: agricultural alliance,
3; farmers' federation, 3; state's
party. 3; farmers' party, 3.
At Munich, however. Hitler ussuea
statement to his followers In
which he called the election "our
greatest success and pledged them
to "carry on the fight with unabated
vigor."
"The national socialist party Is
now the strongest tn the relclutag,"
he ssld. "Our movement, unmatch
ed in the hlatorv of the nation. Is
the result of tremendous labor and
cool deliberation."
Communists Surprise.
Besides the rightist parties' failure
to get a majority, the greatest sur
prise waa the rise of the commu
nists, who Increased their strength
from 77 seats to SO.
The possibility of an alliance be.
tween JHltzler'a nazls and -the cen
tralist party of former Chancellor
Helnrlch Bruenlng waa widely dis
cussed today as an alternative to
the continuation of the presont gov
ernment under General Von Schlel
"cTier " atia; "Cffancellor " Knanz. - von.
Papen.
PARIS. Aug. 1. LAP) Represen
tatives of the United States and
Prance were preparing here today to
lay the groundwork for understand
ings which would pave the way for
America's consideration of revision of
'k&t debts.
Walter E. Edge, American ambas
sador, planned rapid negotiation of a
commercial treaty with Prance and It
war announced mat steps by the two
countries would be taken sion to try
to find a formula for disarmament,
with special attention to a reduction
of the size of the French army.
These two questions, the United
States was understood to have repre
sented to the French government,
provided the proper means of ap
proach to a revision of the French
debt to the United States, but It was
explained that no official pressure
would be brought upon France to
disarm.
FIVE-DAY WEEK
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. (AP)
Ways of Increasing the u-e of the
five-day week In Industry and of
spreading employment among a lar
ger number of workmen were sought
today at conference with cabinet
members by a group of New England
leaders.
Preliminary to a discussion with
President Hoover tomorrow, the New
Englanders conferred with Secretary
of Commerce I-amont and later with
Secretary of Labor Doak.
Today, too. Individuals, partner
ships and corporations could borrow
directly from federal reserve banks on
paper eligible for discount, the money
to be used In financing current busi
ness operations.
THREEDROWN in
THE DALLES. Ore., Aug. 1. (AP)
A. O. McCall later and Robert Bchram,
both of Portland, were drriwned In
the Columbia river near Lyle, Wash
late yesterdsy.
Although no one witnessed tne
drowning, seversl persona were near.
They expressed belief that one of the
men waa stricken and the other lost
hu life In an attempted rearue.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Aug. l.(API
Claud Lang. 38, of Lake Orove, Ore.,
waa drowned In Lake Oiivego near
hera yesterday when he suddenly
tired while trying to swim to an
Island 200 yards from abort.
BASEBALL
RESULTS
National
St. Louis
Boston
. 4
.." a
Carleton and Wilson; Brown, Cant
well and Spohrer.
Pittsburg 5 It 1
Philadelphia ....18 23 3
Melne, Brame, Spencer, Chagnon
and Grace, Padden; Rhem and V
Davis.
American
Philadelphia . '. . 1 S 0
Cleveland 0 4 0
Walberg and Cochrane: Ferrell and
Sewell.
Washington Chicago postponed,
rain.
New York 6 13 0
Detroit 3 11 3
Macfayden arid Jorgens: Whltehlll,
Wyatt and Reuel, Hayworth.
AGREE ON USE OF
Complete co-operation between the
fruit Industry and those In charge
or the employment relief work In
Medford and Jackson county waa
promised today at a conference be
tween growers Bnd packers, and
heads of relief organizations. Prac
tically all packing houses and a ma.
Jorlty of the larger orchards have
agreed to use only local labor In
the harvesting of this current fruit
crop, and labor carda issued by the
Medford Association of ths Unem
ployed and the Jackson county court
will be required before employment
can be secured.
The only difficulty apparent at
today'a meeting was that It might
not be possible to secure a suffic
ient quantity of local packers to
take care of the anticipated rush
Incidental to packing the pear crop,
and all qualified packers are re
quested to register at once with
Harry O. Moore, labor agent for the
unemployed, at the city hall. Several
packing houso managera Indicated
that a full .packing crew has already
been engaged, while others reported
difficulty in securing a sufficient
number of qualified packers.
Cards were distributed today to
all packing house managers bearing
the notation tha nil applicants "Tor
labor must exhibit either a card
from the Medford Association of tha
Unemployed, or from the Jackson
county court. It was pointed out
that those who registered last winter
at the county court, wlh Victor
Tengwald, need not re-reglster this
year, as carda Issued last year will
be honored by all growers and pack
ing house managers.
The question of Installing a five
day week In packing houses waa dis
cussed, and some of the managers
favored the Installation of this sys
tem at once, but others thought It
would not be necessary until the
peak of the season arrives, or after
August 15th. The decision was made
that if it la found that there exists
a surplus of sorting labor after Au
gust 15. a four or five-day week may
be instituted to take care of surplus
lsbor.
Some of the growers present at
today's meeting stated that they
were fearful there would be a short,
age of packers, but assurance was
given by representatives of the un
employment relief association that
sufficient labor would be available
to take care of the harvesting of
this crop, with the possible excep
tion of a few packers which may be
necessary from tha outelf.;
In order to create a larger supply
of skilled packers, a decision waa
made today that each packing house
will employ approximately 10 per
cent new packers who have had no
previous experience. These packers
will probably he secured largely from
the two packing schools now being
conducted In Medford. It wss mo
opinion of those at the meeting that
this method will Insure a steady In
crease In the number of packera
available In Medford each year.
A special request waa made today
to orchardlsts and orchard managers
to call at the office of the Unem
ployment Relief association In the
Medford city hall, and recurs one
of the cards Indicating that local
labor only will be employed at that
particular orchard. The co-operation
nf the Growers In this retoect l
earnestly solicited, according to Mr.
Moore. In charge of the unemploy
ment relief office.
The Zorn - Macpherson Inltlstlve
bill designed to move the University
of Oregon from Eugene to Corral
lls. move the normal schools from
Ashland. LaOrande and Monmouth
to Eugene, establish Junior colleges
at Ashland and LaOrande, move the
law school from Eugene to Salem
and abandon the normal school
plant at Monmouth will be discussed
at a meeting of university alumni
and students tonight at ( o'clock
at the Hotel Medford.
Alexander O. Brown, secretary ot
the university alumni, who has
been In Medford for the past two
dsri contacting alumni and others
Intorested In the future of higher
educalon In Oregon, will apeak.
Klamath Fall Sidewalks running
along northern side of federal build
ln completed.
SMITH SUPr ,R
SWINGS Info LINE
Joseph Ely, Massachusetts
Governor Pledges Loyalty
Coolidge to Aid Hoover
Campaign Is Assertion
WASHINGTON, Aug. 1. (AP)
Mora political arguments and the
announcement that another support
er of Alfred E. Smith hsd swung into
the democratic fold today kept alive
the Interest tn Franklin D. Roose
velt's latest campaign speech.
Numerous republicans atudled that
talk for flawa, but few commented
on the statement by Joseph B. Ely,
democratlo Massachusetts governor,
pledging loyalty to Roosevelt. Ely's
declaration was not unexpected.
Democrats went ahead with their
planning, a close friend ot the New
Yorker Frank 0. Wslker being cho
sen to take over the drive for money.
Walker's appointment as treasurer of
the democratlo national committee
waa announced by Jmes A. Farley.
Conlldge To Aid Hoover
Republicans also pushed the'r cam
paign plans, Chairman Everett San
ders of the national committee say
ing In Rutland, Vermont, that Calvin
Coolidge would take part in the ef
fort to re-elect President Hoover.
Just what the former president would
do had not been decided, Sandera
added.
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INSIST ON BEER
ALBANY, N. Y., Aug. 1. (AP)
Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt
launched ,hlt drive for the presi
dency Saturday with a contention
that the main Issue of the campaign la
economlo relief and a declaration that
he will call on the next congress,
If he la elected, to legalize the sale
of beer.
The democratlo nominee, making
his first speech since the acceptance
address. at- Chicago on said:
"It Is not enough to say that when
prosperity Is restored we ahall then
consider how to avoid repeating -all
the old errors. Today we recognize
these errors. Today they should be
outlawed for all time to come.".-.'
$15 finTFor
four in seat
Miss( Mary B. Pox of Pasadena,
Calif,, 'was fined $lfi in Justice court
this morning for allowing four per
sons to ride in the front seat of the
car which she was driving.
City police officers stopped the car
Sunday night to warn tho driver, and
according to their reports, she be
came Impudent, Informing them that
It waa "small town stuff" to stop the
car on that charge.
Two young men were In the auto,
neither of whom appeared In court
this morning.
IN LODGE POLE AREA
Two acres of green timber In the
Rogue River National forest was
burned over this morning, accord
ing to reports at the local office.
The fire, discovered at 6 a.m., today
was under control by 10 o'clock.
The blase was In the Lodge pole
region on the south fork of the
Rogue river.
Eight men are now located In
the Lodge Pole area, guarding against
further outbreaks. Last week about
ao acres of brush was burned over
there.
On Mix-Hour RasU
SALEM, Aug. 1. (AP) The state
accident commission today, as previ
ously announced, went on a six-hour
basis, with dally aalary cut in the
ssme proportion. The commission
will operate regularly from s until 4
o'clock.
Dominions Tire of Talk
Seek Action on Tariffs
By rrank I. Weller
(Associated Press Stsff Writer)
OTTAWA, Ont., .Aug. 1 (AP)
Heavy and open pressure waa brought
upon Great Britain's delegates to the
Imperial conference today to force
the hand of tha mother country on
what tariff preferences she Is willing
to give.
N. O. Havenga nf the South African
delegation. In a blunt statement yes
terday, virtually called upon tha Brit
ish delegation to quit talking about
favors alreiuly ahown tht dominions
and to get down to facts.
Tr.'l statement linked South Africa
wltb Australia is tht moTtmenJ Jo
New Lions Chief
fcr'6
' 7 1
Chariot H. Hatton of Wichita,
Kat., It the now president of Lions
International. He was chosen at
the organization's Let Angeles con
vention. (Associated Prest Photo)
JOHN WINNER IN
OLYMPIC STADIUM, Los Angtlea,
Aug. 1. (AP) Percy Williams ot
Canadr., 1938 Olympic sprint cnam-
plon, was eliminated today In the
firat semi-final heat of the 100 me
ters dssh, finishing fourth. The race
was won by Eddie Tolan, United
States. In 10.7 seconds, with Dan
Joubert of South Africa, second, and
Yoshloka of Japan third.
4-
POSITIONS GO 10
U
Chrla Oottliob, manager of the lo
cal U. S. employment service, today
received word from E. J. Stack, state
director of employment, requesting
that he give positions to local people,
preferably.
..Tha letter states! ; , - ....
"We are at this time going to
quest that you kindly give every
available Job to your local unemploy
ed, rather than to transients, witn
the thought in mind that at tho end
of the season there will not be strand
ed In your locality a number of un-
emnloved transients In addition to
your aurplus of local unemployed,
who by every right are entitled to
preference In matters of employment
as well as clvlo aid In times of dis
tress and need."
181 PlPLESIGN
LABOR T
Working out a plan to avoid dup.
Ucatlona in the city and county list
ings of unemployed and to determine
the number of skilled laborers and
professional men Included In the to
tal, the committee from the Medford
Association of the Unemployed Is
meeting this afternoon with the
county committee at the county court
house.
Registrations of unemployed up to
non today, reported by Victor Teng
wald, chairman of the employment
committee, Included 68 women and
135 men. Thla number is in add!
tlon to the 2317 to whom labor carda
were Issued last year.
LAKE 0' WOODS PICNIC
A party of approximately one hun
dred printers, their wives and fami
lies of Medford and Klamath Fans,
gathered at Lake o' the Woods yes
terday for their annual picnic, for
which the Klamath union was hosts,
The day's program Included awlm-
mlng, boating, dancing and a base
ball , game, which the local group
won, 8 to 0.
James Murray and A. F. Stennett
were local members of the committee
on arrangements.
bring tht conference down to brass
tacks.
Havenga charged that Stanley
Baldwin did not give a true picture
of the situation when he declared
last week thst the Union of South
Africa hsd a favorable tradt balance
against the United Kingdom.
Many delegates already have begun
to talk of leaving here not later than
Aug. 19 and there waa evldenoe today
that the sub-com:nlttee were pre
psrlng to get down to serious trading.
In splta of tha difficulty or reach
Ing an agreement, most of tht dele
gates, except for those from India
and the Irish Free State, were report
ed fearful of going homt empty'
handed.
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Pinchot to Address Vets-
Johnstown Mayor Irked
by Refusal Federal and
Red Cross Aid in Burden
fly I. W. SHERIDAN
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 1 (AP)
A claih between city authoritlea
and communlsta appeared Imminent
today as Mayor Eddie McCloskey
served notice that the communists
cannot address the bonus expedi
tionary force In Central Park to
night. Police authoritlea said that the
commup.ljte plan to defy the mayor.
McCloskey said that he would lead
tho police In person to stop any
gathering at the park.
On the heels of an announcement
that Governor Pinchot will address
the bonus-seeking veterans encamp
ed here, Mayor McCloskey said he
had asked Smedley D. Butler, retired
brigadier general of the'U. S. Marine
corps, to visit the veteran's camp
to give advice and strengthen the
morale of the bonus army.
Ry L. W. SHERIDAN1
fAMOPlntert Press Htaff Writer)
JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 1. (AP)
A promise that Governor Pinchot
will address tha World War bonus
seeking veterans and that they will
not be molested If they are orderly
was given the bonus expeditionary
force encamped here today.
The field staff of the bonus army
and Mayor Eddie McCloskey ot
Johnstown were Informed that the
governor will come here, but the
time of his visit waa not announced.
Meantime. In the camp the flag
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Speaking In defense of the Eigh
teenth amendment, A, W. Shepherd.
rancher of phoenix, addressed tha
Klwanis club at luncheon today at
the Motel Medford and described pro .
hlbltlon as the only safe method for
control of the liquor question.
As a moral and economlo issue,"
Mr. Shepherd approached the prohibi
tion Issue, stating that he would not
discuss It as a political Issue altho
the noisy minority has made It one."
In answer to claims that prohibi
tion was put over on the people aa
an emergency Issue during tho World
war, Mr, Shepherd sated, "Prohibi
tion waa brought about through 100
years of fighting by tho temperance
people, A dry congress was elected
aa early as 1013. Before 1030 there
were sixty-two million people living
In dry territory and only forty mil
lion tn wet territory. In 31 of the
dry states, prohibition waa adopted
by popular vote,"
Tho association for repeal ofprohl-
bltlon, Mr. Shepherd described aa a
rich men's club, organized to spread
propoganda to deceive the people.
Tho press he also described as wet
and unwilling to print figures and
facts, showing the success of prohibi
tion. Turning to tho Literary Digest poll.
ho contested Its reliability aa an In
dicator of the sentiments of the peo
ple at large, referring to a poll, which
showed Pennsylvania and Texas to be
wet states, when each later elected a
dry governor.
Refuting the arguments used to
show crime a result of prohibition.
Mr. Shepherd Introduced figures from
other countries showing trat crime
waves exist elsewhere. Figures ob
tained from the Dominion of Canada,
he quoted as follows for the period
of 1023 to 1030: "Liquor consumption
increased 80 per cent, convictions
for drunkenness SI per cent, violation
of liquor laws 03 per cent, vagrancy
and disorderly conduct 118 per cent,
offenses against childhood 110 per
cent, other minor orfenses 193 per
cent, felonious assaults 01 per cent,
violent crimes against property 18
per cent, other major crimes 77 per
cent." The population Increase for
the same period, Mr, Shepherd quot
ed as JO per cent.
The coat . of prohibition to tho
United States from 1930 to 1031 wae
listed at aB4.156.534 and the amount
collected In fines for tho same period
548.588,684, leaving a net revenue
to the government of 264.433.380.
Before prohibition the amount of
liquor consumed In the United States
waa twenty gallons per capita, since
prohibition, Mr. Shepherd stated It
has been seven gallons per capita.
"More liquor drunk"? the speaker
declared, "of course no one believes
It. It's absurd."
"There la less drinking In high
schools, leas drinking in colleges, sur
veys show."
Stressing the fact that prohibition
could be enforced if dry official
were sent to office, Mr. Shepherd
quoted Mrs, Mabel Walker Wills
brandt, and discounted Arthur Bris
bane's complaints of boys and gtrla
In New York speakeasies by stating
that before prohibition the aatocn
was the gathering place for youth.
Mr. Shepherd closed his address by
stating. "Retaining what we now
hare la the only way wo can have A
, aobar and progressive nation.