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MEDFOliD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 1932.
No. 214.
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Comment
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Day 's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
SPEAKER GARNER says the house
will vote on Monday on the pro
hibition repeat amendment. It may.
and again It may not. It all depends
on how much the present congress,
which ISN'T the new congres, thinks
public sentiment has changed.
But at least, whether the repeal
amendment Is submitted by the pres
ent congress or not, straight thinkers
will agree that submitting the quea.
tlon of outright repeal to the states
la a better way to get at the liquor
question than plana for nullification
of the existing amendment.
THERE la much talk of "beer by
Christmas" the beer referred to
being supposedly a mild concoction
that will get by as "non-Intoxicating.''
Along that line, Major General John.
son Hagwood, writing in the Omaha
World Herald, offers soma Interesting
observations. He says:
"Pour p cent Deer- " legalized,
will not have kick enough to compete
with bootleg liquor or with other
soft drinks now on the market.
"If the United States la going to
sell revenue-producing beer It will
have to sell REAL beer, not make
believe beer.
"No kick, no sale. A man does not
take a drink for the taste of It. He
takes It for the effect."
YOU may not agree with him. But
you must admit that there la a
lot of truth In what he says. Legal
ized beer without a kick won't com
pete with either the bootlegger or
the home brewer, and If congress
builds large hopes of revenue on It
congress will probably be disappointed
with the returns from the tax.
A PORTLAND suicide slashes his
throat with a razor, then leaps
from a fourth story window.
If you were going to end It all,
would you do It that way? Or would
you pick out aome less painful and
terrifying method?
You can't answer that question, of
course, for if you had reached the
point of deciding to commit suicide,
you would be slightly demented, and
no one can tell what demented peo
ple will do.
BRAZIL has more coffee than she
can use and wants to soli it. The
United States is the biggest coffee
market In the world.
So Brazil la going to spend a mil
lion dollars In advertising Its coffee
In the United States.
IT THEN smart people have something
f T they want to sell, they ADVER'
TISE. Selling things Is the business
of advertising.
ONE of Southern Oregon'e largest
and most successful merchants
said yesteiday to this writer:
"When business Is good, we adver
tlae In a variety of ways. Now, when
business Isn't as good as we would
like to see It, and when we must get
returns from every dollar we spend,
we are concentrating ALL our adver
tising In the newspapers, because It
Is from newspspers ALWAYS that we
get the bulk of our results."
A ND here la another statement that
Jr came to this writer yesterday
from a Southern Oregon dairyman
who probably wouldn't like to have
his Identity known, because, for some
curious reason, people don't like to
admit In tlmea like these that they
re not losing money:
"At the present level of butterfat
prices, coupled with the present scale
of costs. I am making a small profit
This la a good dairy country, and
while prices are low, costs In Southern
Oregon are also low."
T ISNT always what you GET, you
1 see, that determines what you
make. The big factor In profit Is
tha difference between what you get
and what you spend.
A SMART young merchant remark
ed the other day:
"I'm running this business on i
cash basis, contracting no bill thst
I can't pay. I went broke ones, and
oddly enough It was In good times
and not In bad. I went broke be
cause I spent more than I took in.
"I learned my lesson, and now I'm
keeping my costs down below re
ceipts. If I don't do much business
I don't spend much money."
(Continued on Fag Eighty
OF
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Swims From Submerged Car
With Little Son After
Plunge From 40-Ft. Bank
On Crater Lake Highway
A dsrlng feat by Mrs. Janice Holm
er. wife of John Holmer of thla city
and Prospect, to rescue from the
treacherous watera of the Rogue her
four year old son, Jackie, following a
plunge with him in her car from the
highway over a 40 foot embankment
and Into the river between Casey's
camp and Rogue Elk on the Crater
Lake highway yesterday, was reported
here today. Mrs. Holmer's mschine
was forced from the highway by a
slide of rocks, caused by the heavy
rains of yesterday morning.
She ' was thrown from the Essex
sedan, when it landed In the swift
current and awam back to the car to
save her child. She caught her hand
In his clothing and had started with
the baby to the shore, when the swift
current dragged him from her and
out -Into the stream again. Being a
swimmer of unusual ability, she re
aumed her atroke, and soon reached
the child and regained her hold on
him and waa nearlng the bank with
him In her arms, when a mall carrier,
Floyd Coller, who saw the car leave
the highway, arrived at the scene.
Neither mother nor child waa aerl
ously injured.
Driving to Medford
Mrs. Holmer waa driving from
Prospect, where Mr. Holmer la oper
ating the Grlcvo store, toward Med
ford when the accident occurred
about 400 yards from the Blamer and
Young lodge. Mr. Coller, driving
toward Prospect was nearlng the aame
location on the highway, he aald this
morning, when he saw her machine
approaching and suddenly noticed
the slide of rocks moving toward tier.
The rocks struck the machine he
stated and Mrs. Holmer lost control
of the car, which failed by a few
lnchea to collide with his own aa it
swerved into the gravel at the side
of the highway and over the embank
ment Into the river.
The sedan rolled over once between
the highway and the river and again
aa It reached the atream landing on
Its side, Mrs. Holmer believed.
Four Feet Under Water
It waa covered with four feet of
water near a swift eddy, with both
doors open, one badly broken, when
O. Wheelock of the Lewis Super-
Service station arrived yesterday
nfternoon to remove It from the river.
The top was badly damaged but the
machine far from wrecked. Mrs.
Holmer had stayed at the wheel until
the machine struck the water.
When Mr. Coller arrived at the
river bank he helped Mrs. Holmer
from the stream with the little boy,
whose forehead waa badly scratched,
and Into his car. ' They drove with
him to Casey'a camp, where first aid
was administered and Mr. Holmer
called to come for hla family.
Word received from Prospect thla
morning In a telephone message with
Mr. Holmer atated that Mra. Holmer
waa severely bruised by the plunge
Into the river but Is suffering from
other 111 effects'. She also re
ceived numerous scratches.
Is Sportswoman
Both Mr. and Mrs. Holmer are well
known in thla city, their home on the
Old Stage road being one of the most
attractive In the valley.
Mrs. Holmer, the former Janice
Bodge, la the daughter of Mrs. Daisy
Bodge, now In the east, and of Ed
Bodge of Klamath Falls. She la known
sportswoman of considerable
ability and remembered by many for
her horseback riding, when she lived
on the Bodge ranch In the West Side
district. She la also experienced In
flower culture, her plantings adding
much beauty to the home on the Old
8tage road.
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PORTLAND. Nov. 80. 0T) Gover
nor Meier had before him today a
petition declaring that charges
against Colonel Eugene C. Llbby :f
the 186th infantry, Oregon National
Guard, are political in character and
Inspired by Jealousy. The petition
was forwarded to the governer Tues
day by more than 40 men who rved
under Colonel Llbby on the Mexican
border or in the World war.
Libby recently waa relieved of is
command. The petition aked for
an investigation of the office of Ad
jutant -Oeneral George A. White. A
copy of the communication was sent
to Secretary of War Hurley.
fn pelts known.
SALEM, Nov. 30. jp, Members tf
the State Fox Breeder' association
are sponsoring a pelt show a tthe
chamber of commerce here with 500
pelts on display. Several coast rep
resentatives of eatern flrma were re
ported here yesterday to bid on the
furs.
Two-Gun Teacher
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Lenora Johnson, Klamath, Ore.,
reservation teacher, routed a gang
of Intoxicated Indiana who started
to wreck the school house by firing
at them with a gun In each hand.
(Associated Press Photo!
F
I
The News Publishing company, L.
B. Tuttle, president, filed suit In
circuit court thla afternoon against
the Medford News Publishing Co., and
L. A. Banks, for 911,571.79, assertedly
due on promissory notes, and a chat
tel mortgage. Issued In payment for
the plant and equipment.
The appointment of a receiver for
the publication is also sought. The
complaint cites that H. T. Hubbard
and three other former employees of
the morning paper previously filed a.
petition for a receiver, but the present
plaintiff "holds superior rights." The
receiver Is sought "to take possession
and conserve the resources" of the
paper.
Foreclosure of the chattel mortgage,
and execution of Judgment la also
asked.
The complaint recites that on Sep
tember IS, 1029, L. A. Bantu gave six
promissory notes for $3,333.33 each
In purchase of the newspaper plant,
and that only three of these promis
sory notes were paid.
The News Publishing company was
the founder of the News.
Ten days ago H. T. Hubbard, and
three former employees of the News
filed a petition for the appointment
of a receiver for the News. An affi
davit of prejudice was filed by M. O.
W 11 kins, attorney for L. A. Banks,
against Circuit Judge H. D. Norton.
Judge James T. Brand of Coos county
was assigned by the state aupreme
court to hear the case. He Is sched
uled to hear It tomorrow.
AL POLICE
EXPECT TROUBLE
WASHINGTON, Nor. 30. P) A 11
police leave was ordered cancelled by
the District of Clumbla commission-
era today, effective Sunday, In prep
aration for the handling of groups
demonstrators en route to the cap
ital. Convinced they must deal with the
marching groups without voluntary
federal assistance, the commissioners
were mapping their final plans.
Sterling Rallies
On Gotham Mart
NEW YORK, Nov. 30, AP) The
British pound sterling rallied sharply
in the New York foreign exchange
market today following Its advance In
London.
The pound broke to a new post-war
low cf 3.151i yesterday. It first
broke through the 93.30 level, where
It had been steadily maintained for
weeks, on November 16.
Lady Senators Against
Beer and Tax on Sales
By Don 1. Klrkley
Associated Presa Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, Nov. 30. (AP)
With complete unanimity, the wom
an's bloc In the senate la against beer,
for paying the soldiers' bonus and
opposed to a general sales tax.
But Mrs. Hsttle W. Caraway, the
Junior democratic senator from Ar
kansas, who will cast the lone bsllot
of the one-woman bloc admonished
as ahe gave her stand on these ques
tions: "Don't forget that aa a woman, t
reserve the right to change my
mind !
The reasons for her views:
'1 am egtlng beer because thloJc
NEEDY FLOCKING
TO
Ten Cents Per Gallon Lures
Needy . Inspector Finds
High Grade Product Being
Sold Within ' Ordinance
Milk, which struck a new low here
Monday for the benefit of the needy
who are unable to pay the regular
price charged for the bottled product,
was continuing to sell at creameries
and the two milk depots opened by
the Wyanta. to hundreda of members
of the unemployed today,
At the three leading creameries,
Gold Seal, Snlder's and Swiss cream
ery. milk was selling yesterday and
today at 10 cents a gallon. At the
milk depots in the North ivy market
and at Walden's grocery It is selling
at 30 cents a gallon. At all these
placea the customers must come for
the milk and bring their own con
tainers. All milk sold is Grade A whole
milk. In response to published
claims that that skimmed milk wss
being sold at the creameries, where
the 10-cent price waa announced for
Grade A whole milk, tests were made
thla morning by C. W. Austin, milk
Inspector, who Issued the following
statement to the press:
"In Justice to the consumers and
distributors of milk in the city of
Medford, I make the following state
ment: "Aa milk Inspector of the city of
Medford it Is my duty, among other
things, to require that all of the
provisions of the ordinance regulat
ing the production and distribution
of milk be complied with
"From time to time X have had
testa made of milk that la being told
In Medford to determine whether or
not such milk compiles with the pro
visions of the ordinance aa to the
butterfat content and other require
ments.
"Grade A milk must contain 3 '4
cent of butterfat, whereas the
ordinance dofines sVJm milk as the
lows: 'Skim milk Is milk from which
substantially all the milk fat has
been removed.'
'So far as I have been able to detect
all milk which has been sold, or is
now being -eold, in the city of Med
ford, aa Grade A milk, la and has
been, within the exactions of the
ordinance.
'If anyone haa a reason to believe
that the ordinance la being violated
It is their duty to report It to me.
"CHAS. W. AUSTIN."
Following publication of the skim'
med milk cltam this morning, John
Fischer of the Swiss creamery called
the Mail Tribune to announce that
the milk sold at his creamery is
Grade A whole milk and that it
testa 4 5 In butterfat content;
Other creamery men, questioned,
referred to Mr. Austin's announce
ment aa proof of their observance of
the city ordinance In the sale of milk
at 10 cents a gallon.
Harold Robertson of the Four
Square Gospel Light House appeared
before tho county court thla after
noon to announce that since adop
tion of the 10-cent price on milk for
the needy, the free distribution of
milk to the Light House temple had
ceased and that a large number of
persons would be without milk, be
ing unable to raise any money with
which to pay for It. The case was
referred to Mlsa Lillian Robert, Red
Cross executive, large Issue of milk
tickets having been donated by the
creameries to the Red Cross during
the recent drive.
A meeting of milk producers and
distributors will be held tomorrow
afternoon at 1 :30 o'clock at the
county cotirt house, having been
called by R. O. Fowler, county agent.
Slide Troubles
Traffic To Coos
ROSEBURG. Ore., Nov. 30 (AP)
Traffic was resumed over the Rose-burg-Coos
Bay highway early this
morning when highway crews made
a temporary crossing over a heavy
slide which blocked the road about
two mllea west of the Douglas county
line shortly after midnight.
It la Just an opening wedge for the
return of the saloons. If beer Is
granted, we'll have to fight this whole
prohibition question out again in a
little while."
Veterans are entitled to their bonus
now she said, explaining ahe thought
It would accelerate trade In the home
areas of the former soldiers.
"Why the money put Into circula
tion among the little merchant
down In my state after the veterans
were allowed to borrow half their
bonus certificates' value kept things
booming for a year or more," she as
serted.
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meana to help the present economic
conditions affecting all elasseV
Girl Hit By Auto
Unhurt, Excitement
Fatal For Drivei
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KANSAS CITY, Km., Nov. 30.
(AP) Seven-year-old Ethel Varner
darted In the path or Charlea I.
Renne'a automobile. Brake
screeched In hia frantic effort to
avoid the girl, but she waa dashed
to the pavement.
At hla office a few moments
later, a physician discovered the
little girl had suffered nothing
worse than alight brulsea. Turn
ing from hla youthful patient, the
Joctor found the 60-yenr-old driver
lead from shock.
CLEVELAND, O., Nov. 30. (AP)
More than 400 marchers en rout to
Washington to seek federal aid re
fused free meala of bread, balogna
and coffee offered them last night by
the city of Cleveland and further de
cided not to sleep on the concrete
floor of the public hall basement.
which hsd been assigned to them.
With one loud "boo," the marchers
picked up their duffle bags, walked
out of the hall, leaving behind 175
gallons of coffee, 700 loaves of bread
aud 175 pounds of balogna.
The decision to abandon the mu
nicipal fare was made when local
sympathizers offered hot meala and
better quarters In halls In other parts
of the city.
E
LET
NEW YORK, Nov. 80. (AP) At
meeting attended by Col. Charles A.
Lindbergh. pan-American Airways an
nounced today that It has lt con
tracts for two different types of giant
airplanes designed for passenger and
freight service over any of the vena s
ocean trade routes.
The contracts have been awarded to
the Sikorsky Aviation corporation at
Bridgeport, Conn., and Glenn L. Mar
tin company of Baltimore, Md.
FREE CITY ITER
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 30. (P)
Water will be free to Portlanders
arter the clock strikes 13 tonight. At
that hour the present water rates
expire.
Through the objection of one coun
cilman today the new rate ordinance,
carrvinK an ememency clause, was
killed at the council session. Until
the new ordinance is passed or the
old rate ordinance extended house
holders and other water users will
receive free service.
The loss, a councilman aald, will
coat the city about 56,000 a day,
HOLLY SHIPMENTS
MUST BE DIPPED
PORTLAND, Nov. 80. (Pi AU
holly shipped out of Oregon must be
dipped In a solution to guard against
the epreed of tree disease, accord
Ing to a statement made here today
by L. E. Borgsrth, federal plant
quarantine Inspector.
Treea that have been Inspected in
July and September and have been
found free of scales will be exempt
from the dipping. A dipping plant
will be opened In Portland.
ARSON AS SIDELINE
VANCOUVER, Wash.. Nov. 80.
(AP) Alexsnder Rosen, 31, who
police said confessed to setting fire
to the Monterey apartment here last
night, waa held In the city jail on an
arson charge today.
Rosen told the officers he fired the
spartment building at 0 SO o'clock
last night In order lo attract pollcs
so that he could rob a hardware stora
nearby without detection.
SalemWitBy
Stiff Breeze
SALEM. Nov. 80. (API A stiff
wind her last night n a p p e
branches from trees and toppled In
secure signs, while rain froie on the
sidewalks aa It fell. The city waa
I plunged Into darknesa for a few mln-
. tit. nnwr 1ln. '.r. damsaed.
, warmer weather this morning re-
movM tDa prospect of a silver tluaw.
I
'ECIAL SESSION
OECISION SLATED
IN COMING WEEK
Governor to Hold Further
Conferences Before De
ciding On Convening Leg
islature On Tax Raising
SALEM, Nov. 30. (AP) Governor
Julius L. Meier today announced he
would Issue a statement next week
on the extra session Issue. It pre
viously waa expected he would make
some announcement here today aa to
whether or not he would call a spec
ial meeting of the legislature, but
he ssld he would hold several more
conferences with state and legislative
leaders before making a decision.
The governor said he had arranged
several of these conferences for Fri
day In Portland and several others
the first of next week. He Indicated
that If he would call a apeclal ses
sion, there would be ample time after
that for convening It the first week
In January.
To Consider Taxes.
The extra session waa proposed for
consideration of a form of taxation
In order to offset the state property
tax which will be levied again by the
state tax commission the end of next
month. Reduction In revenues from
the Income, Intangibles and excise
taxes the past year haa resulted In
deficit and the 4' mill property
(Continued on Page Pour)
HALTS AIR MAIL
SAN FRANCISCO, Nor. 30. (AP)
The first heavy rainfall of the sea
son in California, breaking one of the
driest periods In recent years,
freshed the northern and central por
tions of the state, but caused Inter
ference with air and rail transporta
tion.
Mall planea of the coast route were
grounded between Redding, Cel., and
Medford, Ore., because of atmospheric
conditions In the Siskiyou mountains.
boulder waa washed upon the
Northwestern Pacific tracks at.Olover-
dale, Cal temporarily halting North
western Pacific trains. Lapped by
white combers, a barge overturned in
San Francisco bay. A section
Marin county highway Is flooded.
IS
Party scheduled at the T. W. O. A
parlors this evening, has been post'
poned Indefinitely, according to an
nouncement made this afternoon,
The Dramatic club, which waa to
attend the D. A. R. play In a -body,
will not meet Thursday, as the play
has been postponed until Friday,
However, members are urged to at
tend at that time. The next meeting
of the Dramatic club la scheduled for
next Thursday.
SALEM GIRL LOCATED
SALEM, Nov. 80. (AP) A 14-year-old
girl, reported missing since Sun
day, was found In company with two
boys and a 10-year-old girl at a house
here last night, police said.
Robert Stalllngs, 10, was held In
Jail on a. charge of contributing to
the delinquency of a minor and the
other boy, who wm la years of age,
waa turned over to Juvenile author
ities, as were the girls. The house
was used aa a, resort for beer parties,
police quoted the boys as saying.
Warbling of Al Smith
Wows " Gotham Critics
By DALE HARRIftON.
NEW YORK. Nov. 30. (API The
music critics were In a lather of lau
dation today over the debut of a
promising new singer Mr. Alfred E
Smlth of the Brown Derby Smiths.
Mr. Smith gave hla singing voice
the air for the first time publicly
late yesterday at the weekly com
munity sing, s benefit affair. He
said hla participation waa "Just s
happy thought that dawned on me."
"II Signer Alfredo Smeet," aa one
critic In a swoon of excitement, called
him, sailed right up to s chsllrnging
"D" without shifting gears, and his
voice rose above those of the 800
othera who had Joined In the chorus.
The critics thought It was (rest.
New Congressman
Walter M. Pierce, former gover.
nor and livestock raiser, was elect
ed to tha national house of repre
sentatives from Oregon's second
congressional district. He Is dem
ocrat. (Associated Press Photo)
15.3 ILLS LEVY
ACCOUNT TAX LAG
The 1933 budget for Jackson coun
ty will be formally and finally ap
proved by the budget committee thla
afternoon, and the levy for the com
ing year haa been tentatively fixed at
18.3 mills. The miuage last year wu
18.5. The Increase Is due to decline
In taxes, receipts, and fees. The mlll
aee does not Include special levlea or
city, levlca. It Is not yet known If
there will be a state tax levy.
The tentative levy for the various
funds Is aa follows!
Fund. Mills.
Qenoral county 3.1
County schools .. .. 3.7
Market road -
Emergency .2
Elementary schools 1.7
Library . -3
High achool
Roada
Total 1S-3
Slight changea are expected in the
road and high school levies. The re
mslndor are final.
The budget committee will meet
this afternoon with the chamber of
commerce committee and representa
tives of other organizations and dis
cuss the budget, Item by Item. '
Publication of the budget will be
ordered within a few days. Twenty
days thereafter a public hearing will
be called for the budget. It will be
held in the courthouse auditorium
and due notice will be given.
The appropriation for road work
In the county totals 901,000, which
Includes $17,000 for the gravelling of
the Dead Indian road and 934,000 for
relief road work. The budget specifi
cally requires that this sum be ex
pended for relief work, and for no
other purpose, to forestall possible
effort to Issue county funds, direct.
In the shape of a dole. Practically
all the 901,000 will be expended In
(Continued on Page Three)
MORE INFLUENZA
WASHINGTON, NoT. 30. (AP) An
Increase in influenza, centering in the
west and south, waa noted today In
public health service reports.
The total number of cases for the
week ending November 29 wss 6300
as against 3080 for the week previous.
Alabama had 1040 casea aa against
204 the week before; Isoulslana 400.
against 23; Arizona, 470 against 170;
California 1721 against 003; and Ore
gon 112 against 01.
Even headline writers became ecstatic
and called him "The Happy Warbler.'
Herr Smith presented a limited rep
ertolre from some of the early musical
hall compoeera. His "wow'' number
hlch spilled the critics out of their
seats wss "The Bldewslke of New
York." He seemed to put everything
he had Into It. As the reporter for
the times put It:
" 'The Nightingale of Oliver Street'
threw Into hla work all he had In
voice, spirit and body especially the
last mentioned. He kept time with
his hesd and hla hands. When
he wanted volume he bent over, stoop
ed down and then Jumped Ilka a cheer
(Continued oo Pag Eour
ELECTION WROTE
TRIO OF
Near Complete Returns
Show Roosevelt, Hoover
Votes Set New Marks
Total Also Tops Old Mark
WASHINGTON, NovT 30. (API
Nearly complete election returns from
the November 8 elections show the
American electorate toppled tare
records In casting a total vote of at
least 30.000.000 and giving Governor
Roosevelt 33.314.058 and President
Hoover 15.575,474.
This huge total with more than
30 atatea complete to date la an In
crease of more than 3,000.000 over
the previous high of 38.789,889 polled
In the 1928 Hoover-Smith election;
Roosevelt's vote la the most ever
given a winning candidate, and Hoo
ver's Is a new top figure for a losing
nominee.
Minor Parties Flourish
Seven minor party candidates re
ceived 1,008,184 on the basis of re-,
turns from all but about one-twelfth
of the nation 'a 119.843 voting pre
cincts or districts tripling the mi
nor party balloting of four years ago.
Norman Thomas, the Socialist
presidential candidate, kept pace with
tna total gain, hla 805.813 being more
than thrice the 387.835 .he got In
1928, and bringing him within prob
able reach of the Socialist record of
1920, when Eugene Debs polled 919,
799. William Z. Foster, communist can
didate, received 89,104 votea com
pared with hla 48,328 four year ago
when he ran as the workers' party
candidate, while William D. Upshaw.
Prohibition party nominee, polled
69.658 on the basis of 104,000 pre
cincts to nearly double that party's
vote of four years ago. His total Is
the largest ever given ttie prohibition
ticket since the first election after
constitutional prohibition waa adopt
ed In 1920. ,
Other minor party candidates re
ceived the following:
(Continued on page Four)
FRANGET01NSIST
PARIS, Nov. 80. (AP) The new
French debt memorandum, which waa
definitely outlined at a cabinet meet
ing today, again will Insist that the
payment of approximately 920,000,
000 due the United States December
10 must be postponed, It was learned
authoritatively.
The note will declare, thla authority
said, that France haa served aa the
financial supporter of many European
nations and that In consequence
general difficulties would be provoked
If the December payment were made.
The communication probably will
be sent to Washington before the end
of the week.
Year for Car Theft,
SALEM. Nov. 30 ;P) Harold Mo
Murtle pleaded guilty to theft of a
car and waa. sentenced to one year '
In the state penitentiary by Judge ,
L. H. McM&han here yesterday. Mo
Murtte also faces another 13 months'
term for breaking his parole from
state penitentiary by the car theft. ,
WILL
ROGERS
Unvcs
r$ays:
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal.p Nov.
ogHey, Rip : I got a "Believe '
it or not" for yon. A fellow in
Beverly Hills says the Literary
Digest polls should be abolish
ed on account of their accur
acy. He don't mind a straw
vote if it's not right, but he w
agin" the true ones. He says
people read 'em and vote with
the majority, but here is what
he don't explain what makes
the majority in the straw vote?
No, you are wrong. Chaplin
didn't write that or Laurel and
Hardy or Joe Brown. It wm
my friend and Republican edi
tor of the "Beverly Hills Citi
zen." In a convincing editorial
it was his contribution to
"What can the Republican
party do to get their hands
back in those United States
mail sacks again." Tours,
filial
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