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MEDFOUD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 25, 1932.
No. 235.
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Comment.
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on tne
Day's News
By FRANK JKNKINS
"PE
jEACE on earth; good will to
men." Such Is the message
of the Christmas season.
Suppose that throughout the earth
today there were peace. Suppose
that In every country and among
all kinds of people there were good
will.
How much better off we would be !
LET'S go back a little farther.
Suppose that In -1914 there had
been peace on earth and good will
to men. In that event, there would
have been no world war.
If there had been no world war,
the evils from which we are suffer
ing today, and suffering so severely,
might not be present.
ABOUT a century ago, Emerson
said that the real test of civ
ilization Is the ability of people to
get along together.
How true that Is! If the people
of Europe had been able to get along
together, there would have been no
world war.
If there had been no world war,
the frightful depression of today
would probably not be upon us.
WE have problems, plenty of them,
here In Medford. We wonder,
sometimes, if these problems can
ever be solved to our completo sat
isfaction. How easy their solution would be
If we could all sit down together.
In complete good will and under
standing, talk over our troubles In
a wholly unselfish spirit, arrive at
a fair and reasonable decision as to
w.hat Is test to be done and then
all get out and work together, with
out Jealousy or selfish interest, to
put the decision into effect.
Working together In such a spirit,
there is NO SITUATION that we
couldn't meet.
nOTH the senate and the house
vote to give the Philippines their
Independence, the senate proposing
a date ten years hence and the
house proposing only eight years.
TJie difference of two years will have
to be adjusted in conference, along
with a few other differences.
The independence bill will then
go to the president.
WILL Independence be a good
thing for the Philippines?
Neither the senate nor the house
worried much, over that question,
both senators and representatives
being much more concerned with
this one: Will Philippine Indepen
dence be a good thing for US?
The general opinion is that It
WILL.
UHVf "
" The answer Is simple. As long
as the Philippine Wands remain &
J part of the United States, their pro
ducts are entitled to . enter the
American market DUTY FREE.
Many of these product are com
petitive with MAINLAND products
sugar, for example.
And copra, from which comes the
oil of which oleomargerlne la largely
made.
AS long a-the'-: Philippines re-
main a part of the United
States, immigration from tera can
not be limited any more than im
migration from California to Oregon
ean be limited.
Philippine labor la cheap labor,
with Oriental standards of living. It
comes Into competition with our own
higher-paid labor.
THE passage , of the Independence
bill, von m. Isn't, dictated so
much by what will be good lor the
Philippine as by what will be good
for US.
In timet like these, even Idealistic
America la beginning to look out for
Number One.
WERE la a little ltem in the day's
news that may or may not have
met your eye:
"The Democratic leadership of the
.house has decided to order the ar
rest of members absent from nest
Tuesday's session. The arrest wiii be,
of course. In the event that a quor
um Is not present upon reconvening
after the Christmas holidays."
My, my! Is the Christmas cheer
(Continued on Page Fou) (
Grave Creek Mine
Files for Water
SALEM. Dec. 21. I AP) The en
gineer's office anncnince application
of L. E. Klump cf Leland for permit
to appropriate three e ond-frct t
water from tributaries of Grave creek
for mining purposes in Josephine
countj.
TO
Leadership In House Decides
On Canvass To Determine
Course Running In Red
Must Be Brought To Halt.
By Cecil. B. Dickson
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. (AP)
The Democratto leadership In the
house has decided to have the entire
fiscal condition of the federal gov
ernment surveyed with a view to de
termining what course to follow at
this session ito bring the treasury
Into balance during the fiscal year
1934.
The decision to explore the situ
ation was reached at conferences of
leaders today after the senate Dem
ocrats in caucus yesterday ruled
against adding any additional rev
enue proposals to the beer bill pend
ing there.
Must Balance Budget
In announcing the plan, Speaker
Garner said:
"Congress must balance the bud
get at this session of congress. I
believe that It is imperative. With
the federal government running
5100,000,000 a month in the red,
you can not expect private Individ
uals to go ahead until that situa
tion is cleared up.
"I think a balanced budget is the
cornerstone of recovery. How this is
to be done remains to be worked
out."
Chairman Collier issued a call for
the house ways and means commit
tee to meet January 4 to begin a
study of the situation Including
treasury needs, refinancing of mat
uring debt obligations, economies and
the foreign debt problem.
Mills To He Called
Secretary Mills la to be called as
the first witness.
"I am glad," Speaker Garner said,
"the ways and means committee is
going to meet to canvass the tax
situation and the fiscal condition of
the federal government. There are
25 members of that committee and
they ought to be able to size up
that situation."
ABked how the budget would, be
balanced and whether a general rev
enue bill would be formulated, Gar
ner replied:
"That is another problem."
"When the committee gets the
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SALES TAX PLAN
BY
Necessity of levying & sales tai" co
care for the unbalanced state budget
was emphasized here PridAy at a
meeting of the Jackson County com
mittee on taxation and a group of
Jackson county citizens, at which a
lesolutlon was passed asking for a
sales tax of not less than three per
cent, to be levied on all retail sales
made in the state.
The resolution, adopted, was mail
ed out yesterday to all bankers,
chambers of commerce, and legisla
tors of the state.
The plan, submitted, asks that one
third of all revenue derived from
these taxes be used for state expens
es, and that two thirds be allocated
to the several counties in the follow
ing manner:
"Each home owner m the state be
ing the continuous owner of record
of property in the state six months
previous to March first in the year
In which the property la assessed,
and who occupied this property dur
ing this period as his home, shall be
exempted to the assessed value of
H500 from all state, all county tax
es, and as much of the school taxes
as may be provided for out of the
two thirds of the sales tax collected.
"That the total amount of revenue
received In any year from this gen
eral sales taox shall be divided by the
sum total of the home exemptions
allowed in the several counties of the
state, and a "millage base of return"
(Continued on Pape Three)
Klamath Indians
Facing Pen Term
PORTLAND. Dec. 34. (AP) Pac
ing revocation of their psrnles, two
Klamath Indians. Edna Duffy and
Dt:in George, were brought to Port
land Friday. They were paroled from
liqijor sentences during the lust Med
ford term of fedprnl court. The wo
man Is accused of giving liquor to
a minor, and George was charged
with attending church on the reser
vation while intoxicated.
No Paper Monday
In accordance with Ion cus
tom and so thM, the employes
msy e'lj-n the holiday at home,
ter will he no lMie of the
Mall Tribune on Christmas Mon
dav. Dec. 2).
Movie Treat For
Children Is Last
On Christmas Day
After all of the Christmas pack
ages have been opened today, one
treat still will be in store for all
the boys and girls In Rogue river
valley The Mall Trlbune-Pox-Craterlan
morning matinee is
scheduled for Monday morning at
10:30 o'clock, and will be free to
all children.
A special program of features
which will Interest the children,
has been arranged by Manager
Geddes of tho Fox Crater i an, and
Manager Elno Hmmlla of the Fox
Rial to. The same show will be put
on at both theatres.
Contributing apples as favors for
the children are the Pinnacle Big
7, Southern Oregon Sales, Sgobel
and Day. and Charles A. Wing.
CHRISTMAS RITES
Echo Of Observance Heard
In Every Corner Of Globe
Rulers Voice Wishes
For Peace And Good Will.
(By The Associated Press)
Under a starry sky which recalled
that night 1932 years ago when Christ
was born, pilgrims from many lands
gathered in Bethlehem last night to
begin an impressive Christmas observ
ance, which had lta echo in every
other corner of the globe.
While church bells rang out the
clear night, throngs filed into the
grotto manger in Bethlehem to which
three wlsemen of the east had wend
ed their way centuries ago with gifts
of gold, and franklnscence and
myrrh.
Many of the pilgrims were Ameri
cans, pausing on a round-the-world
cruise to visit the Holy land.
Armistice In South .
The birthday of the prince of peace
brought a 24rhour armistice in the
Chaco war in South America, in
which 70,000 Paraguayan and Bolivi
an troops have taken part since July.
Pope Plus XI in a Christmas mes
sage to the universe proclaimed a
holy year during which he hopes the
world will benefit by & cessation of
talk about reparations, war debts, ar
mament and other troubles, and turn
to thoughts of "expiation" and "re
form." In England. King George became a
country squire as he banished cares
of state and sat around a blazing
Tule log with his children and grand-;
children. j
In Germany, President von Hinden-!
burg, after issuing a Christmas sp-!
peal on behalf of the nation's un
employed youth, Joined in a family
gathering, gladdened by news of the
arrival of another granddaughter.
Germans of all classes spent the eve
ning in the traditional fashion, close
to fanvl.y hearths.
IVIlhelm 111
("ormer Kaiser Wllhelm. suffering
from & cold and rheumatism, was 11
and It was announced that his wife.
Princess Hermlne, would preside In
his stead at the family's Christmas
party at Doom, Holland.
In the United States, President
Hoover was on a sea cruise with his
wife and a few intimate friends.
President -elect Roosevelt, with chllr
dren and grandchildren gathered
around him, began his family's holi
day festivities at his estate on the
Hudson.
Throughout America, ohurch chimes
called Christians to Christmas eve
services, while relief workers kept
busy long Into the night packing
bores of food, clothing and toys for
those in need.
DEATH FOR THREE
TACOMA. Wash., Dec. 3V
Christmas eve brought death to three
Taoomana and serious Injuries to two
others in a series of disastrous traffic
accidents as ambulance and police
answered nearly dozen wreck
alarms.
A wide search was begun for the
driver of a ear which ran down an
unidentified bicycle on St. Paul ave
nue and then dnurged the body a half
block, until it was mangled beyond
recognition.
The dead:
John Ness, M.
Mrs. Mary Jane Leo, 80,
An unidentified bicycle rider.
The injured:
George Crepln. 45.
W. C. Huston, 62.
Tornadoes Hit
LITTLE ROCK. Ark., Dec. 244. P
Striking In three widely separated
sections of Arkansas late last night
and early today, tornadoes caused
considerable proptrey damage and n
Jury to at least three persona.
Killed On Highway
ROSEBURO, Ore., Dec. 24. yp)
Andrew C. Hansen. 69, of Roseburg
was killed today when he was hit hy
a truck driven by Homer Rand, also
of Roseburg, ca the Partite highway
.oewiiere, -
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SEEKS LANDING IN
Three residents of the Dead Indian
district, reported Saturday morning
to the state police that a plane, bear
ing the numeral designation If. C
035 was sighted Friday afternoon,
about three o'clock, flying precarious
ly low over the snow-covered trees
with motor sputtering. It was feared
that the plane had crashed into a
mountain side.
Neither the state police, nor air
port authorities were able to obtain
any definite information Saturday.
The Oakland and "Los Angeles air
ports reported that the numeral des
ignations were similar to those used
by Department of Commerce planes,
but that all such were accounted for.
Airports officials thought that the
numerals had been mis-read.
The plane was first sighted by a
woman living on the George Jennings
ranch In the Dead Indian area, and
by people on the Walter Hash and
William Lindsay ranches.
A number of resident of the Dead
Indian section searched Saturday af
ternoon, over the territory, where t
was thought the plane would fall.
This was on a precipitous mountain
side, covered with rock and brush.
According to the Medford airport
officials, no Department of Commerce
plane was flying In this section Fri
day afternoon, and there Is no rec
ord of a private plane in the area.
All the regular air line planes were
accounted for.
The Dad Indian country is far off
the regular air course.
The first report of the "missing
plane" was telephoned Saturday
morning to the Ashland city police.
People who saw the plane said tt
was flying low, evidently from motor
triuble, and that the pilot was try
ing to gain altitude.
A plan to send a plan- over the
district was abandoned because of
storms and the low visibility.
Grrjrnn TVcat:;tr.
Oenerally cloudy Sunday;' occasion
al light rains west portion; Monday
rain, except snows In mountains;
normal temperature; fresh wet winds
offshore, backing to southerly Sun
day and Increasing.
Americans
Birthplace
BETHLEHEM, Dec. 24. ( AP)
Hundreds of Americans aro celebrat
ing Christmas in the Holy Land amid
familiar scriptural surroundings.
They are tourists on a world cruise
aboard the liner Empress of Britain,
and arrived In Jerusalem today.
This evening automobiles carried
these tourists and pilgrims in wor
ship at the crndle of Christ's birth
here.
Above them was a starry sky which
recalled the actual night of the Nat
ivity 1932 years ago, when three wise
men of the east csme to the manger
bringing gifts of frank, Incense and
myrrh for the newly born Savior.
Brighter, however, than all the stars
tonight was the electrically llRhted
cross above the Church of the Nat
ivity which, from a distance, resem
bled a large star hovering above the
darkly silhouetted rooftops of Christ's
town.
Elbowing on' way thmurh the
Jostling multitude in the spacious
courtvard, one had to bend his head
tg eatex lb iY 4$rwa wUi&h. If
Christmas Spirit Again Re is Over
Christmas Here and There
BOSTON, Dec. 24. P) The Bos
ton Traveler today maintained its
Christmas tradition. For the ninth
consecutive" year the front page of
the paper was devoted entirely to
Christmas stories, all news of crime
and disaster being printed on inside
pages.
ORMOND BEACH, Fla., Dec. 24.
fp) John D. Rockefeller, Sr., today
celebrated the day before Christmas
by playing two holes of golf, his first
venture onto the links since he cam
south for the winter.
Chatting gaily. Rockefeller declared
he was "glad to be on the links again
and glad to start playing golf again."
WINNIPEG, Dec. 24. (P) There
will be one Christmas tree here from
which the presents will not be hand
ed down, and which will not draw
the usual cries of delight from the
children with Its bright lights and
tinsel: but its beams send forth a
message of hope and encouragement
to the whole world.
For five years, little Julia Johnson,
Winnepeg's "lost child," has been ab
sent from a humble cottage on Aus
tin street, but each year the same
loving hands have erected the Christ
mas tree and strung It with decora
tions so dear to the hearts of chil
dren. Every Christmas eve the tree Je
lighted for Julia and the light ahe
used to place in the window, gleams
forth.
GENERAL GRANT PARK, Call?.,
Dec. 24. ff3) In a setting of White,
members of the nation's Christmas
Tree association will gather here to
morrow at the base of the Oeneral
Grant tree, one of the oldest living
things in the world, for their eighth
annual Yule program.
The General Grant tree, second
largest of all Sequoias, Is upwards uf
2,000 years old and was a sturdy thing
even when Christ was bom. It was
picked by the association as a sym
bol for all Christmas trees In the
United States.
CHIOAGO, Dec. 24. (fP) State
street, home of some of the world's
largest department stores, was in a
happy frame of mind today. The mer
chi. nti were tn'oyin wh hw de
scribed as a record turnout of belated
Christmas shoppers.
No figures on sales were available,
but the general comment was: "We
are going far ahead of what we had
expected."
Worship at
of the Christ
the main entrance V the high raft
ered edifice from which came v,aft
of a heavily Incensed atmosphere.
The first Impression on entering
the church was the absence of an
auro or religious fervor within the
dimly lighted nave in which people
were strolling about, talking freely,
while stream of worshippers were
distantly seen entering and leaving
thfe grotto of the manger below the
transept. Above the noisy chatter
ing of the crowd could be heard the
loud chanting of the priests.
One soon realized that this was
the Greek orthodox part of the
church where priests were holding a
service not connected with the latin
Christmas, bprause the orthodox cel
ebration of Christ's birth will not
take place until ten days hence.
After penetrating farther Into the
church, following streams of people,
one rame to the adjoining Catholic
fhurch where the main service wrr
bt'ljig conducted and where the at
mosphere was in rem citable con-
STONrNGTON, Conn., Dec. 24. (&)
Frank Miner may be an excellent
Santa Claua to the children of the
lower Pawcattuck school, but he's just
a suspicious person to Ernest Mel
low's dog.
St. Nick was about to enter the
school house as a climax to the
Christmas party when the dog spot
ted him and growled. Santa Claua
Is as discrete as he Is merry, so he
right about faced and made for the
neareet tree.
School children shooed FIdo away
and only then did Santa Claua deem
it wise to put on his climbing act
but this time he climbed down a tree
rather than a chimney.
PHILADELPHIA, Dec. 24. (fl") If
you were lying in bed in constant
pain, your neck broken, your head
held rigid between sandbags, unable
to move your body, would you be
able to say, "well, I expect a Merry
Christmas anyhow?"
Donald J. Miller, Jr., of Indianap
olis, was in just such a predicament
today. He not only was able to say
"Merry Christmas," but said he had
plenty to be thankful for his life.
Miller, a sophomore at Haverford col
lege, suffered the broken neck In a
fall in the college gymnasium Decem
ber 15.
SEATTLE, Dec. 24. (fp) Babies,
to "liven up" lonesome homes at
Christmas, are in great demand in
Seattle.
"Lots cf people adopt babies at
Christmas time." the Rev. Root. B,
Ralls, superintendent of the Wash
ington children's home, said today.
"We're swamped with orders f-w
tiny babies, Christmas stocking slse."
WASHINGTON, Dec. 24. (IV President-elect
Roosevelt's Christmas tur
key comes from the same strain that
graced the table of the last Demo
cratic president Woodrow Wilson.
A big 40 -pounder, it was raised on a
southern plantation, near Selma Ala
bama, owned by South Trimble, clerk
of the house of representatives.
1
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UNNWAUNI
OSSABAW ISLAND, Ga Dec 24.
(AP) After an afternoon of luck
less fishing, President Hoover to
night took psrt In a Christmas eve
party on the moss festooned Island,
with an oyster roast featured rather
than his expected fish dinner.
Under, th guidance of a local
Iaak Walton Guss Ohman, who is
known along this coast as "King of
Daufuskle Island," 8, C the chief
executive angled throughout the
afternoon from the deck of a 40
foot coast guard patrol boat, but
without luck.
ALBANY. N. T.. Dec. 24. (AP)
President-elect Roosevelt gave a
Christmas party for sixty orphans at
the executive mansion today, then
piled Christmas gifts Into a big se
dan and set out for a Christmas
reunion with his family at hi home
in Hyde park.
Before starting a 70-mlle trip down
the Hudson valley. Governor Roose
velt announced that Monday had
leen definitely set for the visit of
Norman H. Davis, American repre
sentative at U Qer?v disarmament
Land
FEAR 52 MINERS
SLIDE OF ROCK
MOWEAQUA, 111., Deo. 24. (AP)
They prepaved an emergency morgue
In this mining town of 1400 on
Christmas eve.
Fifty-two men, workers In a co
operative mine, were trapped by
shale and rock some 700 feet under
ground In a coal mine.
Rescue squads, working feverishly
In shifts of 20 since morning when
an explosion burled tho men, struck
gas late this afternoon. Drlvenout,
the squads donned gas masks and
went back to frantic burrowing in
an effort to bring the victims alive
to the mine opening, nearly a mile
from where they were entombed.
Huddled about the pit mouth were
tho wives, children and friends of
the trapped men, quiet, but fear-
stricken. Christmas was completely
subdued by tragedy.
They took some heart at the words
of John Mlllhouse, director of the
state department of mines and min
erals, In charge of the rescue squads.
who said: .
"If the men were fortunate enough
to have barricaded themselves, they
escape the deadly mine damp and wc
can get to them In time."
But Mlllhouse and others, not tell
ing the relatives, arranged for the
emergency morgue In a vacant store.
Also they saw to It that the town's
tiny So bed hospital was ready to
receive any who might be rescued.
FIGHT ON
WAffHTNGTON, Deo. 24. P) ftAV
ing the time hum cvnte " w'lieft L!i
reserves must be brought up' in the
fight against prohibition repeal jt
modification, Bishop Edwin Holt
Hughes, presiding bishop of the
Methodist Episcopal church, announc
ed tonight that leaders of a number
of denominations would gather here
In March to "consider the present
temperance situation."
The call for the conference, It was
said, was not at the Instance of any
single denomination and leaders of
a number of churches have already
Indicated their purpose to urge a gen
eral and representative participation.
11 AND IT
Hy (lie AflNorlntcri Pre
A warm and slightly wt Christ
mas Is In store for most of the
country, the forecasting chart of the
weather bureau in Washington call
ing for higher tempcrntures, clouds
and showers In most states.
But the Rocky Mountain group
provides an exception, with predic
tions of snow In Idaho, cold In New
Mexico and Wyoming, and In at least
two of the Great Lakes states, Mich
igan and Wisconsin,
A touch of rain la expected In
Washington and Oregon, fair weath
er is called for In California and
the middle western states, with local
PLACEJNSENATE
Democratic Head Men Say
Deal Will Come Off After
January 1 Copeland To
Take Diplomatic Post
(Copyright by McClure
Newupaper
Bynrttcate)
By ram Mallon
WASHINGTON, Deo. 24. Ths yarn
about Al 8mlth coming to the sen
ate soon In Copeland'a place begins
10 loojc soon, some top-notch Dem
ocrats swear the
deal will come
off after January
1. A diplomatic
Job la 8Uppnvd
to be in tio
mnlcing for sen
ator Copeland.
The transaction
haa developed to
the point where
some of Cope
land's office
workers are seek
ing to line up
new Jobs for
uiemselves.
The BWltch IB SlinnOftPri In Ha nn
of tho things Smith had In mind
when hi friends recently bore down
on Governor Hoosevelt to mak him
secretary of state. They believe In
asking for more than thev einect
to get.
Senate Democrats are very anxious
to have the deal come off. They
believe Smith could perform conspic
uous public service for the party In
It appears almost certain there will
be no general tariff revision any
time soon. The Democrats may deny
It but they nevorthelena have a lit
tle private understanding about that
among themselves. They are vir
tually agreed the tariff should not
be taken up at the special session
of congress expected to be called on
March 4. Business la too sensitive-,
they think.
That means the Roosevelt policy
of tariff reciprocity will probably be
permitted to find lta own course as
he wishes It to do.
The Republicans In Cnnirr.
doing all they can underneath to
foroe the calling of a special session
March 4. Democrat wqiim liv. n
avoid It. Oovemor Roosevelt is es
pecially against It according to his
friends. They are talking about the
possibility of delaying It until June.
That may be difficult. The bud
get will be unbalanced when the
short session Is over. It will have
to be DUt In balanru. hv 10Ul.tini
before June 30.
Meanwhile Washington in
throes of almost unnrecedentri in
ertia. Nobody wants to do anything
uciuiv nooseveic comes in. The
president la handling only routine
matters which must be dlsnoaed of.
So Is congress.
The president's hnllrinv tHn .A
Florida la being planned largely to
get out of the New Year', rtdv in
ception. That Is a cruel ordeal, i
If
he la In town he must ehake hands
wun between 8,000 and 8,000 per
sons.
PIstOls for tWO Will hfl In
shortly for the French ambassador
and a certain Hearst newspaperman.
Their relations have become so ser-
(Contlnued from Page One)
Will
Rogers
V JMTJ.
I.OS ANGELES, Deo. 21
Tin's technocracy thing, we
don t know if it's a disease or a
theory. It may go out as fast
as Eskimo pies or miniature
golf courses, but people right
now are in a mootl to grab at
anything. They are sure of one
thing, and that is that the old
orthodox political way of run
ning everything has flopped.
There is not a man in the
whole world today that people
feel actually knows what's the
matter. If there was he would
be appointed dictator unani
mously by the whole world.
Our "big men" won t adnlit
they dun't know. They just
keep on hoping they can "bnll"
their way through. The case
has simply got too big for the
doctors, but the doctors haven't
got big enough to admit it.
Tours,