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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 1, 1932.
No. 213.
Twenty-Seventh Year
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Comment
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Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
riREAT BRITAIN announces that
' she will pay to the United Stata
the war debt Installment due on De
cember IS.
IMMEDIATELY the value of the
British pound falls to the lowest
point In history.
UHY? "
" The answer la almple. The war
i, debt Installment will have to be-paid
In gold. Thla gold will be SHIPPED
OUT of Great Britain.
Thus, you see, there will be Just
that much LESS GOLD back of Brit
Ish money.
So the value of the pound drops.
"T"HE normal value of the pound
sterling la about S4.8S.
V At its low point day before yester
dav. following the war debt scare, It
sold down to 3.14Vj.
That la quite a drop. It affects
materially the buying power of the
British people.
Because of thla drop In the value
of the pound, It la pointed out that
Great Britain will, be able to buy
MUCH LESS of our products.
Explosive Wrecks Boiler
Room of Young's Bay
Plant Which Sold Milk
for Five Cents Per Quart
H
ERE Is the European vlewpont on
thla situation:
America lnslsta on payment of the
war debt. When Great Britain makes
payments on her war debt, the value
of her money drops. Because the
value of her money drops, she Is not
able to buy as much American pro
ducts as she was able to buy before.
So America suffers, through loss of
markets, for her Insistence on pay
ment of the war debt.
That Is to say, by insisting on pay
ment of what is duo us, we are In
terfering with our own prosperity.
Europe likes to make it appear that
we are doing that,
rpHE normal value of the pound
sterling, as already, stated, Is
around 4.65. At Its low point, fol
lowing the war debt scare, it sold
down to t3.UA.
But don't get the Idea that the
war debt scare was responsible for
the entire drop In the value of toe
pound. That would be a great mis
take.
The value of the pound sterling
hsd dropped seriously long before
the wsr debt scare of this week came
up,
THY?
Well, there are many reasons,
The chief one, probably, Is that since
the war British export trade has
been falling off. That is. Britain
has been buying more from other
countries than she has been selling
to other countries.
v That process has been draining her
gold away from her.
T WORKS this way:
Under normal coditlons, what one
country buys from another Is offset
by what It SELLS, one transaction
being baanced against another. This
process Is cslled exchange
But when any country begins to
buy more than It sells, the differ
ence has to be paid In gold. That
drains away the reserves of gold toat
are behind Its money, and with these
gold reserves dwindling the value of
the money left falls off.
. Paper money, you see, is valueless
In Itself. Its value depends wholly
on what- It can be exchanged for,
When people begin to fear that their
money can't be exchanged for gold,
they begin to lose confidence In It.
When people begin to lose confidence
In their money, Its value fall
every time.
That, broadly speaking, Is why the
value of toe British pound has drop
ped. The war debt scare is Just an
other reason for loss of confidence.
K TUESDAY, the British pound
" drops to $3.1. By Wednesday,
only one day later, It rises to 3.31
Why Is that?
The reason Is to be found In hu
man nature. When It was announc
ed that Great Britain would pay the
Installment due on her war debt,
people realized at once that the pay
ment must be made In gold, w.hlch
would still further deplete the sup
ply of gold back of British money.
T.iat scared them. Being scared, they
ASTORIA, Ore., Deo. 1. (AP)
Guards patrolled dairy plants of As
toria today as police sought some
trace of the bomber who wrecked
the boiler room of the Younga' Bay
Dairy association here last night. A.
E. Karvane, manager, attributed the
bombing to Intense feeling engender
ed by the Astoria milk price war. He
said damage amounted to about 3,-
000. There was no one In the build
ing and no one was Injured.
Cut Milk Price
Windows were broken nearby, and
a meeting two blocks away was
thrown Into confusion by the blast.
The operators said that only the sub.
stantlal foundation of the main
building saved the plant from de
struction. Doors throughout the
building were sprung by the force of
the blast.
The dynamited dairy has for severs!
weeks sold milk for S cents a quart
while other dairies have tried to In
crease the price to 8 cents a quart,
retail. Several days ago It appeared
an agreement had been reached, but
again the Younga' dairy refused to
Increase the price. ,
SALEM, Deo. 1. (AP) Salem milk
distributors are slated to meet here
Friday night, adding significance to
unofficial reports that the dairy co
operative is demanding an Increased
price for milk.
Distributors here have been paying
$1.50 for milk, a price aald to have
been established when butterfat sold
for' 18 cents. With butterfat now'
seling for 29 cents, it Is understood
that the co-operative has asked 1.90
or milk.-
Christens Liner
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SPEEDY ACTION
ON DRY REPEAL
IN RACE FOR SPEAKERSHIP
Senator Robinson, Bourbon
Leader, Pledges Quick
Consideration Hat.Ke-
peal Possible, House View
Arllne Buss ford, who used a bottle
of rare California champagne to
christen the new $5,000,000 Grace
liner Santa Elena at its launching
In New jersey November 30. She Is
a fit, Helena, Cal. Junior college
student. (Associated Press Photo),
WORD'S MILK
F. W. WEEKS, LONG
IN BUSINESS HERE,
TAKEN BY DEATH
Fred W. Weeks, pioneer merchant
and business man of Medford and
long time resident of Jackson county,
passed away at his borne, 38 North
Orange street, at a very early hour
thla morning following a serious 111
nesa for the last week and a gradual
decline In health for more th-a two
years.
..Mf. -Weeks wa-born at Woodstock,
Ontario, Canada, January 2, 1871. At
the age of 19, he came to Jackson
county, Oregon, and with his father,
John Weeks, In the year 1890, start
ed a furniture store on the corner
of Front and East Eighth street In
Medford. During this time the fam
ily resided In Phoenix where John
Weeks and sons at the same time,
set up and operated a furniture fac
tory and turned out their own mer
chandise, many pieces of which are
yet In use throughout the valley.
in connection with their furniture
Calm prevailed today In Medford'a
threatened milk war as distributors
and producers gathered this after
noon at the county courthouse In an
effort to arrive at a solution which
will bring the price of milk back to
a paying basis. The meeting opened
at 1:30 o'clock .and all participants
in the discussion appeared to be In a
surprisingly amiable frame of mind.
R. G. Fowler, county agent, pre
sided at the session, and urged pro
ducers and distributors to "get busy
and work the thing out." Numerous
plans for handling the local milk
situation, which has failed to please
an people concerned for many
months, were presented.
All were agreed that milk cannot
be moved for the price at which It
Is selling in Medford today. Monday
two depota were opened by the Wy-
att dairy, selling milk at 20 cents
gallon, and Tuesday the price at three
creameries descended to 10 cents
gallon, all reductions being announc
ed as relief measures.
County Agent Fowler suggested that
much could be accomplished by
abandonment of the surplus basis
under which milk Is now purchased
from the producer. Ted OeBauer of
the Oold Seal creamery voiced Ap
proval of the same suggestion, stat
ing that it would at least do away
with much of the suspicion and hard
feeling now prevalent. With aban
donment of the surplus basis, the
creameries would adopt a flat aver
age price and would necesearily have
to buy In smaller quantities.
D. O. Frederick of the Snider Dairy
and Produce company emphasized the
need for a friendly agreement and a
workable plan, stating that competi
tors accomplish nothing by slamming
each other.
- A provision whereby a cash cus
tomer will be given advantages not
granted a charge account waa also
voiced as a need In the new program
Mr. OeBauer stated that there
twice m much milk produced within
, the Medford milk shed aa la eon
sumed and that something must
therefore be done about the surplus.
The meeting was still In session
when the Mail Tribune went to press
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?ilem tirenrhed
SALEM, Dec. 1. AP flalera wis
drenched with 7 96 Inches of rainfall
during November, the heaviest alnce
1928 when the weather bureau rain
full records here begin. Mrs. J. W.
Ritchie, official observer, announced
last xught,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1 .) Rep
resentative Lea (D., Calif) told
newspapermen today that he would
Introduce legislation when congress
convenes Monday to legalize light
wines, and would press for Its ap
proval before the ways and means
committee.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. (AP)
Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the
Democratic leader, today promised
speedy action on prohibition repeal
and beer measures if and when such
legislation reaches the senate after
action.
The Democratic leadership today
appeared optimistic over the possi
bility of the house adopting flat re
peal money.
Speaker Garner told newspaper
men: "It. looks like prospects are
good.
"Of course, It depends largely on
how many votes the Republicans give
us."
Garner was not ready to predict
there would be the necessary two
thirds vote.
NEXT MOVE FDR
DEBT (ELECTION
Note From Britain Made
Public Tomorrow Text
Gives Reasons Why Mora
torium Should Be Granted
WASHINGTON, Deo. 1. (AP)
Asked today whether a copy of the
British debt note was being sent to
President-elect Roosovelt, Secretary
Mills smilingly replied: "But he has
said this Is not his baby," and he
stopped there.
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LOS ANGELES, Dec. 1. (p) The
University of Pittsburgh wss invited
today by the University of Southern
California to be Its opponent in the
annual Rose Bowl football game, Jan
uary 2, at the Pasadena Tournament
of Roses,
The Invitation was extended by
Willis O. Hunter, Trojan director of
athletics, after a meeting of the
Southern California general athletic
committee and an announcement
from the university said that Pitts
burgh had accepted through Its attv
letlc director, Don Harrison.
IAST
AT SAME PRICES
PORTLAND, Dec. 1. (AP) With
the Christmas turkey deal much dis
cussed In the trade here, buyers to
day indicated that the Initial advance
has been placed at 10c a pound for
No. 1 birds, with mediums probably
8 cents, and No. 2 at ft cents a pound.
No price has been set for later ship
ment, but In general, receivers say
that speed In shipping la necessary
to obtain the best possible price.
A survey of the turkey situation for
the Christmas trade suggests a price
much the same as that ruling gener
ally for Thanksgiving.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. (AP) Por
ing over a 6000-word note from Great
Britain, President Hoover and his sec
retaries of state and treasury delibe
rated today as to what should be
America's next war debts move.
The document was carried to the
White House by Secretary Stlmson
Immediately after It had been de
livered to him by Sir Ronald Lindsay,
British ambassador.
President Hoover at once called In
Secretary Milla.
They said the British reply would
be made public tomorrow.
The text was understood to pre
sent reasons why Great Britain feels
her request for postponement of her
December payments and for a dis
cussion of the whole war debt mat
ter should be granted.
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n NEW CENTRAL PT.
: CHEESE FACTORY
i OPEN IN JANUARY
Plant Will Have 5000 Pounds
Daily Capacity Milk
From 1500 Cows Assured
Cannery Also Planned
TO
BE LET DEC, 14TH
SALEM, Dee. 1. (AP) Bids on ap
proximately $800,000 worth of high
way work to be paid for by federal
emergency appropriations, will be
awarded by the state highway com
mission at Its meeting In Portland
December 14, It was announced late
yesterday.
The contracts will cover the Im
provement of 41 miles of highways,
construction of 7 bridges and Im
provement of four others. The work
will be scattered over 14 counties In
the state. Projects for which bids
are called Include:
Jackson county Central Polnt-
Medford section of the Pacific high
way. 3.08 miles of grading and con
crete paving. Nell creek section of
the Pacific highway, 1,05 miles of
grading. McAllister section of Lit
tle Butte secondard highway, 4.17
miles of clearing and grubbing and
1.38 miles of grading.
Klamath county Three bridges on
the Odell lake-Walker mountain sec
tion of Willamette highway.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. (AP) In
an eleventh hour drive to shave
budget figures to the last dollar
needed, President Hoover today called
In advisors for a final check-over of
his virtually completed fiscal message
to congress.
Slashes In the requested appropria
tions for conducting the government
will be drastic.
Although the president himself has
remained silent, there have been per
slstent reports that, he will recom
mend a sales tax to Increase federal
revenue, and may suggest a flat pay
cut for government employee In an
effort to decrease the deficit now
raised above the 9746.670.000 mark.
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The drive for the speakership nomination la reaching feverish
pitch aa democrats ponder the organization of the house In the new
congress. Rep. Henry T. Ralney (below), floor leader, and Rep. John
Rankin (upper left), chairman of the veterans' committee, and Rep.
John McDuffle (upper right), party whip, are In the field. (Associated
Press Photo)
EIGHT PLEAS FOR
IN AERIAL POWER
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. (AP) The i
United States ranks fourth In air
power.
Thla was remarked upon today In
the annual report of P. Trubee Da
vison, assistant secretary of war for
air.
' While he did not name the nations
stronger, aviation reference works
showed Prance leading, with Italy
second and Great Britain third.
Mr. Davison based his estimate of
American strength on the full power
this country could employ In a par
ticular operation where armies, na
vies and air forces would be used to
full capacity.
f
At the conclusion of arguments
this afternoon, in the News receiver
ship demurrer, Judge James T. Brand
announced that he would take the
matter under advisement and ren
der a decision at the opening of
court tomorrow morning.
Arguments on a demurrer to the
petition of H. T. Hubbard, and three
other former employes of the Medford
Dally News, for appointment of
receiver for the publication, occupied
the morning session of the circuit
court, Judge James T. Brand of Coos
county presiding. Arguments of coun
sel for the former employes Is sched
uled to start this afternoon. It la
forecast that the arguments will re
quire the greater portion of the day.
The defense was represented by At
torneys M. O. Wilklns of Ashland and
John Irwin of Klamath Palls. The
AT SEA
By Ernest Hostel
Providing a new market for Jack
son county milk producers, the Rogu,
Kiver uneese s products Compsny,
Inc., will be in active operation tha
ar!y part of January. A plant, com
parable In size to any In the state
with a capacity of 5,000 pounda of
cheese dally, Is nearlng completion
in ventral roint. The products of
the factory are mainly destined for
California, where an unlimited mar
ket has already been developed.
wnue atrictly Independent of oth
er factories, the Central Point plant
reiatea to factories now In opera
tion In Crescent City. Cal.: Bandon.
Malln and LangeU Valley.' Due to
increasing market demands and the
fact that milk production In Jackson
county Is of promising nusntltv. the
establishment of the Central Point
factory waa deemed Imperative to
meet the growing demands.
No Stock Selling
Of particular Interest Is the fact
that no stock of any kind la offered
for sale. The corporation has been
organised for some time, has a well
developed market and a trade name
already well known In the south. It
SALES TAX SEEN
AS REALTY NEED
CALL ON GARNER
WASHINGTON, Dec. 1. (AP)
Speaker Oarner received representa
tives of demonstrators converging on
Washington today, but refused to
grant them a permit to parade on the
capltol grounds next week. Vice
President Curtis refused to see them.
Herbert Benjamin of Chicago and
William Reynolds of Detroit, repre
senting those sponsoring the march.
informed the sneaker that despite his
refusal they expected to "call" upon
congress.
The two previously had made sn
effort to see Vice-President Curtis,
but were Informed by telephone the
vice-president would not receive them.
Glass Slated For
Head of Treasury
WARM SPRINGS, Ga., Dee. 1 (AP)
The opinion grew in Roosevelt cir
cles today that Senator Glass of Vir
ginia was virtually certain to be of
fered the post of secretary or the
treasury in which he served In the
Wilson administration.
WRECK TAX OFFICE
Home Cleaning
Costs Her Life
BUTTE, Mont., Dec. 1. (Jpt Mrs.
Patrick Ji Kelly was near deatA and
her daughter, Mar? r-atilela Kelly.
19. was in a critical condition In a
hospital here today as the result of
burns suffered last night at their
home in a gasoline explosion and
fire. Miss Kelly was cleaning clothes
In gasoline in a garage at the rear
of the Kelly home wbn the fluid
exploded.
WINNIPEG, Dec. 1. (f) Five hun
dred Irate farm folk, rr.en and wom
en, were back on their homesteads
in the Arborg district today as police
and town authorities surveyed dam
age to municipal offices and pre
pared reports for provincial govern
ment officers.
The farmers, protesting against tax
sales, Invaded the Arborg town hall
yesterday, wrecked the tax office,
scattered assessment rolal to the
winds, and forced the assessor
resign. It was the second demon
stration within a few days, the first
being held at Chatfield. near Ar
borg. Pollc could not stop ths rushing
Invaders and no arrests were made.
(Continued on Page Pour)
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ROMANCE HINTED
NEW YORK, Deo. l.-(AP) Mari
lyn Miller, stage and screen star, and
six friends were accidentally bound
for Europe today on the 8. S. Bremen
owing to their failure to leave the
ship before It sailed yesterday.
Mrs. Carrie Carter, mother of Miss
Miller's first husband, Frank, who
wns killed In au auto crash, said
she received a radogram from the
star telling of her plight.
"On board the Bremen without
clothing." was the way the radio
gram read, Mrs. Carter said.
In the group with Miss Miller Is
Don Alvarado. motion picture actor,
whose name has been linked with
Miss Miller's by Broadway gossip
columnists In recent publications.
Mrs, carter said iVie could not deny
the report the couple was engaged
to be married and said she doubted
very much" that they already have
been married.
The party had gathered at the boat
to bid farewell to Mrs. Alan Dwan,
wife of the moving picture director
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1. (API Sec
retary Mills today announced that
payment of the Austrian debt due
the United States on January 1,
amounting to $287,508. will be post
poned because the trustees of the
Austran guaranteed loan oppose the
payment.
MOTHER CARRIES TOT IN
7 -STORY DEATH PLUNGE
CHICAGO. Dec. I. (AP) C. B
Denman of Missouri, livestock repre
sentative on the federal farm board,
dwlared himself In favor of a federal
sales tax "to relieve real estate' In
an address before the National As
sociation of County Agricultural
ag'rrts today. -
"I would like to see a sales tax In
operation and we probably will see
It." he said. "The government could on the roof of a theater, three stories
allocate revenue so collected to the above the street,
states as a relief to the tax burden I A short time after the bodies were
on real estate," 1 &un4 ft Dfterlouj i(f broke gut i$
DENVER. Dec. 1 . (4V Clutch In
her seven--year-old daunhter to her
breast, Mrs. Marlon Mlllr, a hos
pital patient, leaped seven stories to
her death from a downtown hotel
room last night. She was Instantly
killed and the child died two hours
later.
The bodies of the pair were found
Mrs. Miller's room. A pile of papers
was found blazing on the bed. Police
said they could not determine wheth
er Mrs. Miller started the mam be
fore going to the tenth floor for her
fatal leap or wheth-r the fire was
caused In some other manner.
Hotel authorities said Mrs. Miller
paid in advance for the hotel room,
and purchased new clothing for her
self and girl. Authorities said they
could not explain the mother's act
Friends of the woman satf she bad
BANKER PLOTTED
CHICAGO. Deo. 1. (T) A plot
agslnst the life of Solomon A. Smith,
president of one of Chicago's largest
banks, was disclosed today as federal
agents, private detectives and the
crime fighting "secret six" coll ah
orated In a search for the sender of
a bomb found In his mall-box.
Smith, head of the Northern Trust
company and a director of two In
au 11 -ere a ted firms, said the search
wss "the most determined investiga
tion I have ever been able to mus
ter."
About one month ago his wife, the
former FrederIJa Shumway, opened
the mall-box of their mansion on
Lake Shone drive and removed a pack
age addressed to her husband. It
exploded In her hand. She was not
se-lously hurt.
S
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WINONA. Minn., Deo. l, Fed
ersl wild life refugee rangers eon
fessed today they didn't know how
to cope with pheasants as fire hazards.
Superintendent Ray C Steels said
several birds with long tails ablaze
added to the difficulties of conquer
Ing a recent bottom lands fire near
Lacrosse, Wis.
KM the pheasants fled, they spread
flames z ry grasa at.d brush.
Oregon Ham First.
CHICAGO. Dec. 1. (AP) Floyd T.
Fox, Sllverton, Ore., sheep grower,
placed first In the International live
stock thow here today with his aged
Oxford ram. Fox won third place on
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 1. (AP)
Because he attempted to change
9500 Canadian banknote at a bank
here, Joseph Champ Hobbs, 39, alias
Joe Wray, was arrested and Sir Harry
Lauder, famed Scot songster has
mmit of his $2,060 back.
Lauder lost the money In hla dress
fng room during his Portland ap
pea ranee. He discovered the short
age while In Klamath Falls and asked
police there to make a "confidential
Investigation."
Portland officers made a thorough
search of Sir Harry's dressing room
and his hotel room here In quest of
the four $500 banknotes and the
three 920 notes. Hobbs' arrest fol
lowpd an attempt to change a 9300
Canadian note at a bank.
DETROIT, Dec. 1 (AP) A survey
of the Michigan deer hunting season
which ended yesrday, disclosed
least 10 deaths attributable to hunt
ing activities. No record of tho num
ber of rrm serious casualties In tin
ranks of the hunters was available
Lake Co. Sheriff
Wins By One Vol
LAKKVIEW, Ore., Dec. 1. (AP)
Bv the marsln of one vote, 91044
1043. 8hrlff E. A. Prldsy was
lected Lske county aVrlff over his
Demoratlo opponent, Lee Beall. Then
Beall brought suit to -onteat the
election, alleging four Illegal rotes
were cast for Prlday. Sheriff Prlday
yesterday filed an answer charging
that, tlv, illegal rote ware cast tat
(Continued on Page Six)
LLINOIS TO TRY
Warren Wockner, 38, arrested Sat
urday night by state police. In
trapper's cabin six miles from Trail.
will be returned to Watseka, 111.,
where he will face a charge of kid
naping a banker and holding him In
duress. In an attempt to compel htm
to open the bank vaults. Wockner
two oompanlona are now serving
terms In prison. Illinois officers left,
today with extradition papers for
Wockner.
Wockner, wanted in California,
Washington and Florida on felony
charges, has been In southern Oregon
for three or four months. He has
kin living In the Trail district and
near Oold Beach, Ore.
FOR DRY REPEAL
PORTLAND, Dec. I. (AP) A reo-
omm.ndatlon that the Portland city
council repea! all prohibition ordin
ances except those governing drunken
driving, drunkenness and offenses
against decency, was made before the
council Isst night by Msyor George
L. Baker.
The formal statement was to be
presented to the council today. Bak
er, who has held the mayor's office .
lor IS years, pointed to the 1 over
whelming vote for repeal of the state
prohibition law and aald there would
be no Justification for an ordinance
against which the people have ex
pressed their disapproval "In no un
certain terms."
Will
ROGERS
$ays:
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 30.
Did you read about the woman
up in the Northwest that swal
lowed a turkey bone four days
after Thanksgiving, then got in
an airplane, got sick and got
rid of the bonef
Well, I was going to writs a
little joke about it showing
how many days it took to reach
the old bone of the gobbler
when, lo and behold, today our
own cook come dragging in
turkey hash. We won't reach
the bones till about Friday.
If I run for something that
would be my platform, "Boya
no part of any turkey served
later than Sunday night after
Thanksgiving." Yours,
fori f ' : . '
J