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mm Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Cloudy anil unsettled Sunday; little change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday , 43 Lowest yesterday . 36 Paid-Up Circulation I People who pay for tbelr aewpepr ir the best prospect (or the adver tisers. A. B. O. olreulatloo Is paid up circulation. This newspaper Is a. B. o. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1932. No. 229. 1 , 1 . r- Comment the on Day's News By FRANK JENKINS ENGLAND pays the Installment on her war debt t,hat was due on December 16V. Frano announces that she WONT. England, because of lack of gold, cant afford to. Franr. with the second largest stock of gold In the world, CAN. There's a nice little lesson In na tional honor for you. ON TUB same day that rrance de fault. Representative Knutson. of Minnesota, Introduces a bill In the house to forbid entry Into the United States of securities of for eign government that have default ed on their debt payment. What doe that meanf In lmple words of one syllable, it means that hereafter we shall lend no more money to nation Wiat don't pay their debts. IP YOU and I borrow money and 1 then, when the debt come due, REPOSE to pay it, we're going to have trouble In the future finding anybody who will LEND US MORE money. It worts the same way with na- WE WENT into the war, and got nothing out of It except blood and suffering, disruption of normal business and high taxes with a final aftermath of hard time. We lent money to Europe with both hands, and with tfte notable exoep tlon of honest England It look a If we would get nothing out of that, We seem to be OUT all the wsy around.' BUT If our experience, which has been disastrous and disillusion ing, teache us to keep out of Eu rope affBlrs in the future, and at. bmri .trietlv to our own business, it will be worth all It ha cost. 1UT." somebody asks, "If w keep O out of Europe' affair and at tend strictly to our own business, how are we going to build up ex port trad so as to keep our fac tories and our farm busy?" The answer to that la that If we turn out better product at a lower price, we'll get the business. Other, wis we won't. Business, both export and domes tic 1 cold-blooded. It buys where It get the most for It money. rjESIDES, wo don't KEED export LJ business In order to Insure reaa onable prosperity and even reason able prosperity would look mighty good to us now, after the last two or three year. In normal tlmea, only TEN PER CENT of our total production goes Into export trade. The other NINE- TT per cent of our production we consume ourselves. After the tnrinkage w have taken in the part few years, the total loss of a mere ten per cent of normal production doesn't look like much. THE biggest export trade this cotin 1 try ever had was In the four or five year preceding 1929. This huge export trade was the most DISASTROUS ENTERPRISE we ever engsgcc; In. WHYf Her 1 why: During these years. Europe hsd no money of her own with which to buy our product. So what did we do? Why we LOANED Europe money with which to buy what we had for sale. I That 1 how a lot of these Euro pean debt, of which we are hearing to much, got started. SUPPOSE you and I tart Into the grocery business In a community that ha no money. We cant sell the goods we have on our shelves, of course. So we say to ourselves: "W have a stock of good on Sand that we cant sell. We cant :il our good because these people around here . have no money with which to buy. Neither have they any very good prospect of getting the money with which to buy our goo-ls, for they're so full of hatred and suspicion of eac.h other that they spend all they can lay their hands on for guns and knives and blackjacks with which to exterminate each other If a ruckus starts. "So how are we going to sell them anything?" (Continued on Page Eight) RICHLAND C. C. Mason op?nH Richland Meat Market recently. SECTOR WIDENING Uncertainty Of Future Fi nance Account Cry For Cut In Auto License Given As. Reason For Action. Following four hours of discussion here yesterday afternoon between Leslie M. Scott of Portland, chair- map of the state highway commis sion, citizens of Medford and Ash land and the county court, agree ment was reached to abandon the proposed $2,000,000 Pacific highway rerouting project In the Siskiyou mountain because of uncertainty in the state's road finance condition. An alternative project offered at the meeting, which was presided over by C. E. Oates, calls for rerouting of a portion of the Pacific highway Just north of Ashland and widening the entire roadway between Ashland and Talent to conform to tht portion already widened south of Medford. The alternative project would call for expenditure of approximately $100,000 now and would be finished next year with a total coat of slight ly over (220.000. Would Cut Out Curve The proposed Ashland-Talent Im provement would take the highway under the Southern Paclflo tracks near the present underpass but at an angle, and the route would follow the former road for some distance, rejoining the present highway about one-eighth of a mile north of Jack son Hot Springs, and doing away with several curves and objection. able section of road. The changed roadway would be the same width as now prevail between Medford and Talent and the paving north of the rerouted section would also be brought up to that standard. In discarding the Siskiyou rerout ing project It was brought out that, with the vehement demands for low ered automobile license fees and cur talnment of expenditures, It 1 un likely that sufficient money will be available after the $176,000 federal funds, now available, have been spent, to complete the work. It would be necessary for the state to match dollars with the government on a 60-40 basis, the government fur nishing $60 to 840 by the state, after the (1751000 had been exhausted, and if the state were unable to meet It share the project would be left Incomplete with no assurance for fu ture financing. Will Aid Labor Conditions The Ashland-Talent protect, bids for which will be opened at the Jan uary meeting of the highway com mission, together with the $80,000 Medford-Central Point project, con tract for which has already been let, will relieve the labor situation In the county considerably. It was pointed out. (Continued on Page Eight) e OAKLAND Turkey show to be held here In near future. Fire Fourteen Students For Flogging Reporter NORMAN, Okla.. Dec. 17 (F) Fourteen young men student were unconditionally expelled from the University of Oklahoma today as the sequel to a ten-day investigation of the flogging of Bill Stephens, stu dent newspaper correspondent, by a hooded gang wearing insignia of the D. D. M. C. Outlawed secret order. The expulsion, recommended by W. B. Btzzell. university president, and the disciplinary committee was ap proved by the board of regent. The action was announced after Dr. Blzzell waited at his office In vain until the deadline he had set to give members of the order an oppor tunity to sppear before him with a membership list of the organization and its paraphernalia. Farm Aid Act a Pitfall For Feet of Roosevelt WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. -AP) A belief that the domestic allotment relief plan may do politically to President-elect Roosevelt "what the farm board did to Mr. Hooover," waa expressed to the house agriculture committee today by one of Its dem ocratic members, Representative Nel son of Missouri. He called this proposal of farm leaders for boosting 1833 prices of wheat, cotton, tobacco and hogs, "sn arttftclsl set up." snd added: 'I voted against the agricultural marketing act because I believed it would fall, as It has failed. As democrat, I am afraid now that this plan with all Its theories and raml fleitlons, will, unlew there is an Im provement in world cone! ttloiw. do 10 Mr. Roosevelt what the farm board Irrigation Rickard Widow Wed The marriage a year ago of the widow of Tex Rickard, sports pro moter, to Frank Dalley, wealthy manufacturer and sportsman, was disclosed along with the new that she was convalescing In New York sanitarium from a major op eration. (Associated Press Photo) WINTER MARCHES TO NEW ENGLAND (By the Associated Press) Winter's third zero attack In two weeks moved lull force Into the New England states Saturday night and left most of the remainder of Amer ica shaking with chills. Snow In half a dozen states threat ened to tie up transportation. It fell at the rate of half an Inch an hour In Baltimore, disrupted ocean shipping from that port, and made .Highways all" but Impassable. v- Northern Texas, Oklahoma and part of Illinois already were blan keted with from six Inches to a foot and more was forecast for most of the midwest. v Although New England's lowest reading of 40 below was the nation's low mark, It still was cold enough over the entire northern half of the nation to be uncomfortable. Government forecaster's predictions of warmer weathor brought the tem perature higher than 20 above In only a few midwest states and zero was scheduled to return for a return engagement from the Arctic Sunday. East Texas Oil Flow Shut Down AUSTIN, Texas, Dec. 17. (AP) The flow of oil from the east Texas area, one of the most prollflo In the world, was stopped tonight under a non-productive order of the Texas railroad commission, In charge of preserving the states natural sources. The order, which will keep the field closed down until January 1, became effective at noon today. Names of the students were not made public. Stephens, a reporter for the Okla homa City Times and Daily Oklaho man was abducted from his bedroom Dec. 7. He was taken to a country barnyard beaten with a doubled rope, and left to walk several miles back to Norman. The hooded abductors told the stu d nt, who is working his way through college by wilting for the newspaper that the punishment was for an ar ticle of his concerning an alleged re volt among fraternity freshmen against "mop-handle bondage." Although the name of the outlaw ed order never has been revealed au thentically, non-lnltlated students call It the "deep dark mystery club." did to Mr. Hoover." His remark, made Just as C. V. Gregory of Chicago, editor of The Prairie Farmer, waa concluding test imony In behalf of the plan to pay a bonus to producers of the four great staple commodities, brought the reply from the witness that "unless something Is done, the price of hogs In 1033 will drop below $2 a nun dnd pounds." Gregory confined himself to 1 statement of how the allotment plan would apply to hoes, explaining that the benefit and the processing lax would take effect gradually begin nlng at one half cent a pound and Increasing to two cents. He recom mended paying farmers M an acre to reduce th-ir com acreage 15 per cent in 1933. Bond Refund Plan Finds Favor LOUI ON CHILLY FIELD Power And Speed Of Web- foots Outclasses Tigers- Forward Passes Are Basis Of All Scoring Plays. Oregon 12; Louisiana State 0. Georgia Tech 6; California 27. UCLA 2; Florida 18. By RALPH WIIEATLEY Associated Press Staff Writer BATON ROUGE, La., Dec. 17. (AP) In sub-freezing weather with a bit ing wind, the stout football team of the University of Oregon defeated the lighter eleven of Louisiana State university, 13 to 0, today in the final game of their schedules. The game was played , before a scant 1200 spectators who watted In vain for thlr home team to score. Finally the spectators gave up hope before the power snd speed of the Oregonlana and cheered lustily the first two downs tne louisiana Tigers made against Odegon's 11 first-downs. Oregon Wall Holds At the start of the game the visit ors showed their superior strength by breaking through, the Louisiana line while Louisiana, was unable to dent the Oregon wall and confined Its efforts In the main in end runs and forward passes. Each Oregon touchdown was set up by a forward pass and completed by a series of line plunges with Mlkulak, Kostka and Temple slam ming the line and going through the holes laid open by the powerful linemen. Oregon made Its first touchdown from a 30-yard pass. Temple to Gee, which put the ball on Louisiana's 18-yard line. Four line crashes by Mlkulak took the ball over the goal line but Morgan missed the place kick. The second touchdown was set up from a pass but It was some thing of a fluke. The officials ruled an Incomplete pass from Temple was complete because of Interference by Almokary and the ball was brought to L. S. U.'s 24-yard line, where line plunges pushed It forward until Mlk ulak crashed the line for the score. Temple missed the point after touch down from a place kick. Lineups: Oregon L. 8. U. Wishard LB. Fleming Morgan ..LI.. J. Sktdmore Clark LO Wilson Hughes . C Stovall Frye RO Mitchell Nisson ... RT.. Bailey ..... RE.. Bowerman ....QB.... Temple LH... Gee RH. Mlkulak ..FB., By periods: Oregon .. L. S. U. . Torrance ....... Moore Lobdell Almokary , Keller ....... Yates 0 0 fl 012 0 0 0 00 Oregon scoring: Touchdowns, Mik Ulak (2). State police yesterday Investigated . "mysterious mianap" tnai Dereii Kenneth Madden of Ashland Friday night. Madden, keeper of the Shell service station at Main and Second streets in Ashland, was found about 10 o'clock Friday night in an alley back of the Sweden berg building In Ashland. He waa unconscious and suffering from a severe head wound back of the left ear. Up to late Sat urday afternoon Madden had only re gained seml -consciousness snd was unable to give any connected account of the affair. The state police listed it as an accident. Madden when found, according to the attending physician, had been unconscious for about an hour and ,hls wearing apparel was damp from the rain. No currency was missing and there Were no signs of robbery. However, the door of the service station waa unlocked. Nothing was missing save a container used In making emer gency deliveries of gasoline. They Wont Say Yes and Won't Say No CHICAGO, Dec. 17. (AP) A terse repetition of the railroads only pro posal, delivered to labor leaders to day In a letter by messenger, con cluded the first week's sessions of thir Joint wage meeting. The nine representatives of the milieu nirv 111 cwii.rrn'JC im muni- Ing with the 1 500 union leaders, who refused to answer "yes" or "no to five questions as to their authority to negotiate further cuts tn pay. PORTLAND, Ore., 1C. 17. ,!; The basketball squad of Benton Tech. Portland, defeated Vancouver, Wash.. h.th her tonight 47 to 33. Old Santa Claus Going Strong Tho Depression Stalks WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. (AP) Santa Claus this year la bring ing to America $170,000,000 toy trade, 90 per cent of it manufac tured In the United States. Dr. Julius Klein, assistant sec retary of commerce, announced these statistics and noted that the present economto situation, Instead of cramping Santa's style, was giving him Impetus. Toy factories, he said, had to quicken their operations to fill a demand bigger than had been ex pected. "A good sign," comment ed Klein. Charles Ellery, 101 Courthouse Building, Portland, sustained slight cuts about the head, and minor body brulsea last night, when his auto was forced off the Paclflo highway, Into a ditch. Ellery told the state police, he attempted to pas an auto ahead of him, and when alongside the driv er swerved towards him and bunted him off the road. The Ellery auto turned over. The accident occurred three miles south of Medford. The driver of the other car failed to stop, and Ellery was unable to se cure the license number. NEW HAVEN, Conn., Dee. 17.- (AP) Mai Stevens submitted his resignation today as head football coach at Yale, a post he has held for five years, with the explsnation that he desired to "devote more time and energy to the field of medicine.' In accenting the resignation, Mal colm Farmer, chairman of the board of control and director of athletes mid Stevens, a physician, "has been facing the decision for two years as between continuing coacmng or go ing ahead with hla medical career. Farmer gave no Indication as to Stevens probable successor, saying that the 1033 coaching staff will not be announced "until a later date. FREE PHILIPPINES IN 1944 VOTED WASHINGTON, Dee. 17. (AP) Freedom by 1944 for the Philippine was voted today by th senate In the face of warnings that President Hoover would veto the legislation. The measure, sponsored by Sen ators Cutting. (R. N. M.). and Hawes. (D., Mo.), waa approved without a roll call. It now goes to conference with the house which last session over whelmingly approved a bill by Rep resentative Hare (D. 8. C), grant- I !ng independence In eight years, NOGAltBfl, Arle., Dm. 17. JTi Charles O. Stuart, Nogales mining op era tor. object of a six days search by officers in Arizona and California on a charge of obtaining money under false pretenses, was apprehended yes terday In Red Bluff, California, Z. R. Thurman, county attorney here, said, Stuart la charged by William 8 Clark son, of Medford, Oregon, with misrepresenting a mining investment In Mexico. 6he complaint aays he froudTilently obtained $4000 from Clarkson. Wholesale Arrests To Nip Revolution BUENOS AIRES. Dec. 17. (AP The chamber of deputies late today approved and sent to the senate the bill to declare a 30-day state of siege. Meanwhile police were mak ing wholesale arrests of radical lead, ers supposedly Implicated In a rev . oIul1om.ry pot, Fall Through Ice Fatal in Klamath KLAMATH FALLS, Or.. Dee. 17. rP Wally Parshall, 83. 01 Klamath Falls was drowned today when Ice on the Klimsth river gav way be neath him. QUITS TO ALLEGED MINING SWINDLER TAKEN MEDFORD DISTRICT SEE HOPE OF REDUCED LOAD Meeting At Court House . Attended By 150 Ranch ersLower Assessment Rate Part Of Relief Plan Bringing an optimistic strain Into the agricultural story of the valley, David Rosenberg and Attorney Porter J. Neff of the board of directors of the Medford irrigation district, pre sented a plan to the land owners of the district at the county court house yesterday afternoon, which la expected to lower the assessment rates and Improve conditions tn gen eral for farmers within the district. The meeting, called following the return of the board xvora California, where the new program was devel oped, was attended by about 150 ranchers of the district. The plan was received with enthusiasm and met with much favor among the land holders, who stated that It will undoubtedly Improve the welfare of the entire community If accomplish ed. Under the plan the old bonds on which the land owners are In default, will be refunded and a scheme will thereby be set up for providing a lower assessment rate. The com plete plan as presented by the board members will be submitted the press for publication at an early date, Olen Arnsplger, manager of the district. stated last night. In order that all persons concerned may be given an opportunity to study It thoroughly. Mr. Rosenberg, Attorney Neff and P.1 M. Kershaw, of the board of dir ectors, and F. Coming Kenly of the bond holders' committee, attended the conference In Oakland prior to the meeting here. I SHERIFFS SALE PRAIRIE DU CHTEN, Wis., Dec, 17. (AP) A proposed sheriff's sale of the 320 acre farm of Otto Bchwart, near Barnum was halted by about 200 farmers today. When the sale had been blocked. the farmers adopted resolutions to boycott alt banks and corporations which foreclose on farms In the next IB months. Ssle of the Schwart farm was ordered to satisfy a Judgment tsken by Lambert Orlneer, Lancaster, Wis., on a note given by schwart about five years ago In payment for a pi ano. Orlneer had a claim of $000 against the farmer. The farmers insisted that young Orlneer accept Sch wart's offe to settle the $000 claim for $300 and the return of the piano. He did. TEOUCIGALPIA, Honduras, Dec. 17. (AP) It was officially reported tonight that a rebel group had at tempted to attack the town of Toro In the northern banana region where the rebel General Roman Dlas has been held a prisoner with bla son, Jose Dlas. Jackson County Bourbons Look to Political Plums Ths Jackson county democracy, and the faithful thereof, have taken the Initial steps for the plucking of the federsl plums that will be avail able for them by virtu of a new president In the White House after March 4th. Distribution of th Jobs will b under way until well into 1034, as the term of om Incum bent do not expire until then. Th Medford postofflce I th choicest spot a far a th home bourbon ar concerned, end at pres ent there ar four active aspirants and about twlc that many dormant. The term of William Warner, Incum bent, end In February, 1034. Among the prominently mention ed are Attorney Frank DeSotua. a wheelhors of democracy, and a toller In the democratic politic! vineyard during the late campaign. DeSouxa came here 10 or 13 year ago from Arlaina, when thl county ws a hot bed of republicanism, but continued 'irm tn his political fslth and kept right on being a democrat, wnen democrat were carr. Such party loyally la never forgotten by the high moeula who have the finsl say. Other ar J. Frnk Wortman of Phoenix, but a Medford property holder. Mr. Wortman ha "jacrlflced" himself a couple of times for the legislature, and last spring was a democratic Judge. He candidate for county lived la Aebruk when Typical Hill Billy Bob Copeland, 62, father of 10 children, wns among 32 liquor sus. pact seized by federal agent near 8prlngflold, Mo. HI picture pro vide an unusual study of an Ozark mountaineer. (Associated Presi Photo) DRYS OF HOUSE L! BATTLE ON BEER WASHINGTON, Dee. 17-(VHoue prohibitionist today began formula ting plan, to. fight the demorcatte beer bill with the eenter of their at. tack directed at the 32 per cent al oohollo content provision. Efforts are to be made to reduce the figure to 2.75 per cent and place further restrictions on the method of distribution by amendment. Exoresslni confidence that th, ! measure will meet with house ap proval, Chairman Collier of the house way and means committee said, how ever, there la no doubt an amend ment will be offered to reduce the alcoholic content. He said he expected 136 democrats to support the bill as It is. 1.75 Amendment Sure Representative Christopherson R.. 8. D.) who led the opposition to the democratic proposal for submission of repeal of the 10th amendment, said he was "certain an amendment will be submitted to cut the alcoholic content to 3.75 per cent." He said, however, It had not been aeciaea who would propose It." Speaker Qarner said "th house will get a much time a It wants to oonslder this beer bill," and expressed the opinion the measure would be disposed of In that branch before the Christmas holidays. Representative 8nell of New York, republican leader, declined to say whether h, would support the mesa ure, but iiald It was "not" an Issue to be fouj:ht out on party lines. "I believe It will pass, but I dont know yet," Representative Ralney of Illinois, democratic floor leader, said. "There will be a fight against the al oohollo content and probably some other provision." Byranlsm was In flower, and never quit admiring the "Oreat Common er." Lewi tnrlch, another long-time worker In democratic circle and former postmaster at Jacksonville, and John Butler of the M. F. A H. company, are also active contender. All the aspirants have a roiiowing within the bourbon ranks. The last time there wis a demo cratic administration, th postmas tershlp was presented to a Dixie democrat and the local democracy Instate that nothing like that happen again. According to report, the Ashland postmastershlp has a couple of as- plrsQta "hough It has no vacancy until 1035 when Fted Wagner's term expires. James H. Fuller and T. L. Breecnen are "mentioned for the post." According to democratic leaders In southern Oregon, Carl Q. Bronaugh. state chairman, 1 backed for United State district attorney to take the post now occupied by George Neuner. John T. Summervlile. of Portland, a resident here during the "boom day" when he served as city coun cilman, and ran a barbershop on North Central avenue, la a candidate for United State marshal. Summer. vllle Is now In tue Insurance bust- ness. A number of Portlander ar. I tlso seeking lb post. BALANCED BUDGET T Even Switzerland, Holland Have Deficits France Plans To Install Cham pagne Plant In California. By JOHN STATESMAN (Copyright McCllire Nepnper Syndicate) LONDON. Dec. 17 Not one nation In Europe his a balanced budget, Omitting the Vatican State and the miniature countries, there are thirty one nations in Europe. Every budget Is out of balance. Switzerland and Holland have the smallest deflcltx. Italy and Poland are In the worst financial plight. Qreat Britain's de. flclt shows no signs of diminishing. Optimist believe that France's def icit wll amount to nearly l'J.100 mil lion francs. The French deficit will really be much greater than that, be- cause the condition of the treasury win require further loan and the state railroads will show deep In the rea. The pressing problem througb oupt Europe is the reduction of pub lic expenditures. Financial anxiety among tho Informed la very great. There are some signs of financial recovery In France. New Issue of se curities dropped from 1,705 million francs In April to 338 In August, sunk still further to 197 millions In Sep tember the lowest figure on record. But October showed a totsl of 588 million of which 991 million were stock issues and 307 millions bondn. This 1 little enough, when you compare the situation with that of a year ago. In October 1031 new Issues amounted to 8.545 millions. Money, however, 1 much dearer. In October 1081 the average rate of Interest n bond was four per cent; In October It was BJSB the highest since the end of 1039.". ; ' State employeea in France are o comlng Insubordinate. All the state official who are ; unionised oppose sny reduction in salaries. They even Issue public manifestoes threatening a general strike if cuts are made. The situation la full of political dynamite ,M the government I not happy alsout It. The Impending change In prohi bition In the United state has caused a rapid rim In French quotations on wine and liqueur shares. Benedictine, which had reached a low of 4.010, and which was still at 8.105 on No vember 3, ha mounted to 8.845; Cu senler has gone from 1.540 to 3.345: the Societe Vlnlcole de Champagne from 76 to 310. General belief here 1 that the American protective tariff will not be modified. One of the three moat Important companies pressing Champagne wine 1 making plan to Install a plant In California. They In tend to make Champagne wines front American grapes. ' Spain Is at present In a state ot very delicate political balance. The new constitution has now been, written by the assembly especially elected for the purpose. There are good things In It, and provisions ser iously questioned. The constitution calls for a single legislative chamber which would make Spain the only country with a single assembly. In m.tlon so easily excited th lack of another chamber to rectify the mli- (Contlnued on Pass Six) WILL ROGER? BEVERLY HILLS, Cal.,Dec. 16. Somebody will finnlly find a way to run this government yet. An old boy waa on the right track the other day. Ho come into the congressional gallery waving a gun and said: "I am for America. All not with mo better take to ths brush, for I am going to take a shot at 'em." Well, the place was clear in a jiffy. Not a member left. Now they got a sign In the vis itors' gnllcry, "Don't shoot jour congressman without first getting a license." England never stood higher in American opinion than to day. That was the cheapest hiimlrcd million they ever spent and they will gain in the end by it. Yours, ?h fa0- III eWe1 . i'JV." .'V - its -.vr
