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Medford Mail T
J jThe Weather
H tWatt: Occasional Rain tonight
D InTlhomlir. clearing Thursday.
Paid-Up Circulation
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at tn baat prospect lor to ed?r-
Uurs. S B a circulation is paid
up circulation. This Marpapw la
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MEDFOKD, OREGON, "NYKDXESDAY. DiaEBER 2s7l932."
No. 237.
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Comment
on the
Day's News
ft, B.v FRANK JENKINS.
pORTLAND GROCER, working
,wr hours In his atoro. opens
I door to admit what appears to be
sjtomer. then turns his back to get
a his shelves what la wanted.
Ikes he turns around again, be
to Into the muzzle of a large and
gnessllke pistol, under whose com
jng Influence he gives up all the
a; he has In the house some
jh pretty hard to make a profit
-customers" line tnai.
NIGHT WATCHMAN In a food
a warehouse In Boston takes bis
gear-old son along for company,
a two of them are aelzed, bound
f gagged and have to look on help
awhile four bandits loot the place
four truckloads of merchandise.
rd at (10,000.
sjth food prlcea what they are. It
sard to Imagine ten thousand dol-
La worth of merchandise going Into
trucks.
j you are a farmer In Southern
Sjon, Just what could you load into
Buck that would be worth (2500?
f"DAPFSR" BANDIT, we read.
holds up a clerk In a football
lit agency In Pasadena, selzea 8800
g' makes his escape. He la In aucb
sjrry that he overlooks a neat stack
Currency '.-ontalnlng (2000.
I Imagine his feelings when he reads
Mt his oversight In the papers!
FOOTBALL ticket that were
Iselng sold are for the Southern
tfornla-Plttsburg game that will
i played on Sunday In the Rose
wl at Pasadena, possibly under
iar, warm, sunny skies, with roses
rrntng slj about, and .possibly
You never can tell about thie
ornla weather on New Year's Day.
jit If the weather ISN'T pleasant,
111 be "unusual." You can rely
I that.
LOT of good people will give up
i a lot of money to see that game,
4 will think nothing of It. It they
4 up an equal amount, all at once,
tip out the distress of the unem
9?d and the otherwise unfortunate,
i would think pretty highly of
Kselves and would be quite sure
had made a considerable aacrl-
fcople are funny, aren't they?
jIAKINO of California weather.
I this writer came In on New Yeara
if. 1931. from Long Beach to Pass
es, a few hours after a heavy rain,
la for a considerable part of the
Ur.ce the flood waters were over
Rt running board of the car.
Inusual? Not particularly. Tne
letlfty Angelenos, taking their own
f.- tt tve It. rftln. flONT
term sewers throughout n con-
Arable part of their city, so when
DOES rain the water, having no
9 to run off, merely stands In the
a-u
b dry weather that la quite all
((St, and In wet weather they caa't
thing about It.
T-T ivt us get on with the news of
the dav.
crew of gangsters, riding In an
Botnoblle, dashes down Brosdway,
Lart of the great city of New
jtfSiii. firing pistol bullets through
) window of a certain chain of
tri
K'auranw.
hy) Well, one e-uesses that the
"en of these restauranta hsd failed
p r-j ntuuie vo me gangowrio,
r "ring shown that It DIDN'T
T.
t, of course, la onlv a cue:
In these days of modern clvlllza-
' such things ARE done In our
t cities.
SNTCRIES ago. the banka of the
iwrtrer Rhine. In Oermenv. were
S"4 with castles whose owners, the
pess.nr trader as to compel
C " la pay tribute to the owners or
.we eut'M
nSamentallv thlnn haven't
'-Tfd .1,
h a lot tn all these yrara.
'Cwtinuet! on Page Poui)
'.rem r. .......
I A.h!and Kiwanla ciub at the
nw.lr.a there Tuesday, to
K co.r.in year were C. W. rort
i T;--preldent: Homer Eihart.
Iyj;-r"r: Henry f-'7. secretary ant
, lifci A:k:n- Sim McNa.r, Henry
r 0 wnr. T. P.. Walter
' M. Wrleht. dlrectara.
Dfl DUilM
SEARCH FOR NEW
Word From Albany Nips
Plan to Legislate Levy
On Manufacturers Still
Hopeful Balancing Budget
WASHINGTON, Dec. 38 (AP4 One
word from Albany had turned the
minds of democratic leaders away
from a general sales tax today and
set them searching for new sources
of revenue, still hopeful they might
find a way to balance the budget In
1934.
The report that President-elect
Roosevelt was "horrified" at reports
that he had Indorsed a general Bales
tax was Interpreted by Speaker Gar
ner and Chairman Collier of the house
ways and means committee as virtu
ally killing the sales tax proposal
at this session.
Revenue Bill Delay Seen
Representative Ralney of Illinois,
the democratic leader, said;
"I don't think there will be a gen
eral revenue bill passed at this ses
sion. We'll probably continue the
federal gasoline tax for another year.
It expires on June 30."
Collier announced postponement of
the meeting of the ways and means
committee called to survey the fiscal
affairs of the federal government,
from January 3, to January 4.
"We will survey the whole matter
in executive session and will cast
about for other sources of revenue,"
Collier said.
He added he had not discussed the
revenue situation with" President-elect
Roosevelt, although tome dispatches
had "Indicated I was speaking for
htm."
" Has License Tax Plan
Tne Misslsslpplan said he would
submit to the .ways and means com-
mittetf "propofiltiDn prevtousry1sjrf-rdurlng
sored by Representative McKeown,
(D., Okla.), to levy a privilege or li
cense tax of one per cent on business
done by chain stores, and similar
Interest businesses. He estimated it
would return $600,000,000 a year.
Meanwhile, Representative Britten
(R., 111.), la a formal statement said:
"The first great disappointment of
the American people over the election
of a democratic president occurred
this morning when It was broadcast
throughout the nation that President
elect Roosevelt was opposed to the
(Continued on Page Four)
TO GET
The largest psyroll In many years
will be distributed to Company A of
Medford next montl; aa a result of
the fine attendance record establish
ed for December, tt was announced
last night, following the quarterly
drill of Company A and Headquarters
compsny held at the Medford armory.
Company A attained a 88.3 per cent
record tor the month, which Is the
highest reported for the past ten
years.
At the first three drills of the
month the company achieved a 100
per cent attendance but. owing to
the absence of four members for the
holidays. It wss Impossible to retain
that high record. The increased drill
attendance will be reflected In the
payroll, Capt. C. T. Tengwald stated
today.
The local compsny, which was for
some time one of the lowest In st
endance, will now be within fourth
or filth place of the top among the
S3 organizations of the state.
In celebration of nits attainment,
a feed and program followed the drill
last nlftht, and all members of the
company voiced hopes of a 100 per
cent record for January.
During the month of December IS
rtew recrulta were also tak-n Into the
and there Is now a waiting i
company
list of five.
Happy Marriages Object
Of Class at University
nmlANAPOLIS. Dec. 38. (AP)
To prepare f"r matrimony, or to
solve family problems oi me air-.uj
wedded. Butler university today an
nounced it will offer a course In mar-
riae. -
The liistructw will be Chsrlea B.
Metrger. 39. txlre-msrried attorney
wltn experience In divorce caaes.
The two-chesper-thsn-on theory
doesn't spply here, eliftfiurh married
couple may register for 7S0 while
tinule ciudent pay pw ernester.
Dr Albert E BMley dean of the
university extension division, pointed
to the Marlon county (IndianspoUa)
Loose Auto Wheel
Bumps Pedestrian
On Portland Span
PORTLAND, Dee. 38. (AP)
While Dr. W. K. Boss of LaOrande
waa driving on the Rosa Island
bridge lste yesterday a wheel spun
loose from hla automobile, rolled
75 feet and struck Adolph Roeper,
a pedestrian. Roeper Buffered a
severe leg laceration and waa aent
to a hospital.
Although hla car was thrown
sgalnst the curbing by the lose of
the wheel. Dr. Ross was uninjured.
AFFLICTED FAMILY
A father afflicted with cancer, a
mother with a painful goiter, and
their four children, three boya and
a little girl aged three, are among
Medfords' little colony of tent folk
who are finding the winds of winter
and a depression diet something
more than courage alone can con
quer, a trip to the south end of
town revealed to three vlsltora yes
terday. Huddled together over a worn-out
heating atove, which the Red Cross
hsd already replaced with a better
one this afternoon, the family of six
extended a cordial greeting to gueata
as a cold wind tugged at the tent
ropes, coming m with an occasional
flurry through the many patches,
which dot the top In uneven pattern,
displaying the effort of the young
mother to make the most of what
has been given her.
"I traded a canary for this tent,"
she explained, "but It'a Impossible to
stop it leaking. We used to live In
the other tents," she pointed to two
even more worn, pitched a ahort dia
tanoft iw&7 on the same flat. but
that awnniy coia weather
had to move In here.'
Just back of the atove, filling the
greater portion of the tent, two beds,
one flat on the floor, have been ar
ranged. Upon them, for lack of
other space, children and parents
play, lounge and work, then sleep
when giht oomes.
In a neighboring tent, unfloored
and without aiding, on an even more
dilapidated store, the mother pre
pares food for the six and washes
clothes. She did not complain yes
terday except of the atove, In which
she finds It Impossible to bske, and
of her tent home, which Is far from
dry and In which she la afraid her
children will become unhealthy.
She also spoke of a need for milk
and clothing, which was supplied to
day aa soon aa Mtss Lillian Roberts
of the Red Cross was notified. A
shelter and a cook atove, however, the
Red Crou Is unable to supply, funds
being entirely Inadequate, and a call
for aid la being Issued to tne puDiic,
in the belief thet this case consti
tutes an emergency In view of the
111 health of the parent, who are
robbed of Jobs by something far more
discouraging than depression.
Any kind of building with floor and
roof. It la believed, would rurnlan
the six with more comfortable and
healthier quarters for the winter.
One boy, who has completed the
eighth grade, la out of school, search
ing for some kind of work to bring
a little money Into tne family eoi
fere. He Is strong and capable, but
without a Job. A younger boy la In
grade achool and one still younger
will enter school with opening of
the second term, now that the neces
sary clothing has been provided. The
little girl, aired three, completes the
family. Each waa dressed In olean
but inadequate clothing yesterday,
and voiced appreciation of the Chrlst-
mee gifts brought to them by sympa
thetlc frlenda.
Fire Marshal in
Lions Club Talk
O. W. Stokes, deputy stste fire
marshal, spoke before the Lions' club
loday at luncheon at the Hotel Hol
land on Installation of a metropolitan
fire prevention service at the local
department.
The meeting waa attended by a
small crowd, many members being
unable to come because of holiday
plans.
dlvorc rat for ISM of dlvorcw
for each 100 weddr.igs. a emnv
with th 1 rat for the ntt.-a na
tion.
..a.', v . hvtme convinced trw
eome special degree of education no
is needed for happiness in mmw".
he said. The new course wnics -gir
Jsnusry 37. will Inclu weekly
evening lectures or. the phyeieJ. psy
chological, economic, social and re
llgtoua aspect ef wedded HI-
University official said they be
lieved this I the first Urn an Ameri
can college ha offered a eoure In
marriage for ferrl reftsttattou.
ASHLANO-TALENT
Highway Comm. Pigeonholes
Siskiyou and Two Other
Major Jobs Account of
Uncertain Car Revenue
PORTLAND, Dee. It. (IF) Abort
age of funds, a prospective further
decrease In revenue, and doubt as tq
what the legislature may do on rev
enue ha, resutted in temporary aban
donment of the Wolf Creek. Siskiyou
rebu!idg and Wilson River highway
projects.
Legislative leaders and members of
the state highway commission met
here Tuesday and the formal an
nouncement waa made last night.
Practically all the legislators agreed
with the commission upon tre course
of action taken.
The credit of the atate waa declared
to be of first and paramount Import
ance. Funds riot Available.
Members of the commission declar
ed t icy are In full sympathy with the
three large projects mentlond, but
funds with which to carry c n the
work atmply are not available.
Anticipated cuts m license fees, to
gether with decreased revenue from
gsa tax, made present work Impos
sible, it was said. Although aome
predicted that with a smaller license
fee, gas tax would increase. It waa
said that gaa tax receipts In Wash
ington have declined even with a as
license, and It waa predicted the
same altuatlon would exist in Ore
gon.
The belief that no more than 325,'
000 automohllea would be used In
Oregon In 1033 was expressed by
Leslie M. Scott, chairman of the com
mission. Many persons, hs said, who
are operating old cara now, will not
be able to keep them In repair and
will be unable to buy newer nodsls,,
JUuuinent ftolona. rli )- . '
Chairman Scot and Oommisalonef
E. B. Aldrlch of Pendleton voted for
postponement of work on th three
projects, while Commissioner Carl
(Continued on Pag Three)
DRUG STORE LOOT
FO UN D ;2ARRESTED
Mark Wilkinson. 33, and Robert
Langenbacher, 37, residents of the
Jacksonville district, are held by the
stste police on suspicion of being Im
plicated In the robbery of the Chit
wood Drug store at Jacksonvllls two
weeks sgo. Langenbacher wss ar
rested this afternoon, and Wilkinson
last night. Both are held In the
county Jail.
Authorities report that much of the
loot atolen from the drugstore waa
recovered, but It waa rendered use
less by being exposed to the weather.
LEN STONE TAKEN
Len Stone passed away T ry sud
denly of heart trouble at hla home
at Murphy, Ore., Monday at t :30 p. m.
Mr. Stone waa bom December 11, 1880.
In Oalopolla, Ohio, and cam to
southern Oregon In 1888 and has rs
stded In Jacksonville and th Apple
gats since.
He la survived by nine children,
Robert. Henry, Nellie, Anderson, Fred.
Louis, Dorothy. Charley and Raymond,
all of Mu phy, Ore . and one step
daughter, Mrs. Lee Hedgpeth of Med
ford and one brother, Tob Ston of
Jacksonville. Interment In Laurel
Drove cemetery Thursday at 3 o'clock.
Servlcea will be held at th cemetery.
Pierre Provost, i .early 89 yeara of
age, died In Ashland Tuesday after a
brief nines. H became a member
of the Kllu lodge In that city In
105, and haa been a prominent work
er In th organisation since that time.
He was elected treasurer In 108. and
h resigned a treu.--.er ljst October.
having serve) 34 yeara, and waa made
an honora'-y member, a h aifl no
wish to serv In any offlc. H Is
survived by nine children.
PENTHOUSE
5-STORY LEAP TO DEATH
JOT "uha" Dee. 31. (AP) Mai
im ii whitar.- S5 s member of
1 1 textl'e firm of isaher st Whit-
w'Jl aad ft former national tennis
' uarapice. commuted sulcld todsy
by leaping from bis peninouas arp
s 8-story apartment nous.
Th body landed In th eourysrd
of an sdjotnlng spsrjnent bullaing.
Aasocl: told polios Whitman hsd
been suffertr j from "errou break
down. WhIUnut w a .V-rresldet or
i William vralttnan Oo, 7 no, ci (Vw
E TO TELL
'T
IE
Trunk Murdress Called Be
fore Grand Jury in Sur
prise Move Revelations,
if Any, Remain Secret
PHOENIS. Aria., Dee. 38 (AP)
Winnie Ruth Judd," condemned to
dls Feb. 17 for the slaying of Agnea
Anne Lerol. regarding which she re
peatedly has aald the "whole truth"
nsver haa been told, was given a
chance to talk today by a aurprlse
move of the Maricopa county grand
jury.
What she related. If anything, In
connection with the "trunk murdsra"
of Mrs. Lerol, for whose death ahe
waa convicted and sentenced, and
Hedvlg Samuelson, for alaylng of
whom a murder Information atlll
penda against hsr, remained a aecret
behind the locked doora of the grand
Jury room.
State Takes Initiative
While Mr. Judd'a unexpected ap
pearance before the Inquisitorial body
followed recently renewed blnU of
both herself and her husband. Dr.
William C. Judd. to "tell all." the In
itiative In today's move waa taken
by the grand Jury Itself.
Mrs. Judd waa brought to Phoenix
In response to a grand Jury subpoena
served upon her and atate prison of
ficials at Florence this morning. She
did not know, officials aald, until
aha waa well on her way to Phoenix
by automobile from Florence a 87
mile trip the purpose of her removal
fL-om prison, or what her deatlnatton
was to be.
nigh Voice Heard
For an hour and a half she remain
ed In the grand Jury room. Occasion
ally hsr strldsnt voice wsa heard
beyond the heavy oak doors In the
courthouse corridors, although the
ivords were unintelligible.
yVnti tin n.1rti,a iimi ab appeared
smiling, surrounded by her guard.
"Are you ready to go back to Floe
enc with us now?" a guard aaked
aa she waa led away to the office of
Sheriff MrFadden.
"No." sh replied, "I'm not half
through. I haven't had half a ehanc
to tell my story. I'm going back
They told me to com back and talk
a long a I felt Ilk It.'
Official confirmed th fact sh
waa to be before the grand Jury for
perhaps the remainder of the dsy.
JORDAN RELEASED
ON BAIL TO WAIT
Albert B. Jordan. Ashland merchant,
charged with manslaughter, for th
death of Walter F. Long. Dunamulr,
Cailf., Christmas day, aa a traglo cli
max to a trivial quarrel, waa released
yesterday afternoon on 83000 bonds,
furnished by his brothsr, Ssm Jordan,
and Robert W. Johnson, both rest-
dent of Ashland.
A preliminary hearing will be held
this wsek st Ashland. Th case win,
If necessary, com bsfor th recessed
session of th grand Jury, which meet
again Monday, January 3.
Frlenda of Jordan hav Indicated
that the accused man 1 dealrloua of
an early trial. It I probable that
the case will b heard at th Febru
ary term of th circuit court.
Attorney Oeorge M. Robert said
today that th defense would be self
defense, and that Long's death waa
due to an accident. The defense will
also contend that Long waa th ag
gressor. There wer three witnesses
to the fatal affray? Jordan, hla wife,
and Mr. Pearl Mackrodt of Port
land. Mra. Jordan'a calls for help
brought John Enders, a neighbor to
th arena.
Both Jordan and Long were known
to many local peopU. Tom Fuson
was a school mat of Long's occupy
ing th am seat In a schoolroom.
PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 38 (AP)
The Portland city council today
adopted a resolution urging congress
to pass bonus payment legislation st
the earliest possible dst. The rot
was this to two. Th proposal was
sponsorsd by I. . Bennett.
DWELLER III
too. s firm founded by hi father.
He also wss s director of Acadl
Mil la, Katam Mills. Monomac
Spinning Co, Nashewen Mills, Cal
houn Mills and the C. S. Testing
Co.
Hs received hi A. B. dsgre 'ma
Harvard la ises sod Bis bachelor
of law decree In IS03. snd was ad
mitted to the Hew Tork bar.
Whitman held th rational sin
gles tennis championship for thre
j years, from IN I to I8O0 and was
ra&Brup (eg th Wi t& IM0.
What Did Ruth Judd Tell?
Winnie Ruth Judd, convicted
whoss often repeated threat to "tell
he stste's surprlas summons Lefors
by the prisoner, who Is sentenced to dl February IT, was not divulged.
Mrs. Judd Is shown shove si sh appeared In the course of her trial at
Phoenix, Aria. (Associated Frrss Photo).
SAFE LANDING IN
-SHASTA BLIZZARD
BY PILOT TYLER
TREKA, Cal.. Dec. 38. (Spl.) The
trl-motored Paclflo Air Transport
plan that made forced landing at
Mt. Shasta Friday was dismantled
and taksn to the Weed airport Tues
day morning, where It will again be
assembled and conlnue Its Journey
north.
The plane was forced down Frldsy
In a heavy anowatorm and could not
take off again because of Vie two
and one-half feet of snow on the
ground. Tractors war used In an
effort to pack the snow solid enough
for th plan to tak off nut this
could not be don. Th plan waa a
13- paaaenger ship and at the time of
landing carried Pilot Drover Tyler,
Co-Pilot Householder, Hostess Miss
Nsncy McKenrie and one passenger
who nam waa not learned and
who continued his Journey north by
stage.
A meohanlo was sent from Oak
land and Phil Sharp, In charge of
the Paclflo Air Transport Lines at
Medford, arrived at Via scene to as
sist ir. dismantling the machine and
taking It to th Weed airport.
Pilot Tyler was 111 with the flu
end Immedltssly upon landing waa
taken to the hotel and put to bed.
Much credit I due him for th per
fect lending he made. As h wsa
unable to sight an airport and thu
gas supply wss getting low, h hsd
th othr occupants go to th back
end of the ship so thst It wouldn't
noM over, end landed In a field
near the depot.
Debt Discussion
Cloned to Mar. 4
PARIS. France. Dee. 38 (API-
Debt discissions am regarded by both
American and French offllal circle
as closed now until March 4 unless
soma new clrrmsuncas Intervene.
United States Ambassador rdg will
ae Psul-Boncour at a diplomatic re.
caption Saturday and will bars a . so '"O ted to protect industries ana
ehanc to exchange a few words of suti3 of their state as well aa Ore
greeting, but It Is eipected he will j (ion si-d Wcahlngton egslnrt "hoot.
not tiansmlt any further word from lejlng" lie-a a neighboring tat
Washington. which &U .'-n hav a sales tat.
Indian John, 120, Off to
Happy Hunting Grounds
tiro WTNO. Minn, Dec. 38-(AP
The torn torn ar stilled Indian
John. 130-year-old Bloux, who
reared to th tun of th war drums
. . . .l- ..-.,- wia. a Kla aiuaetnt
no in uw,.i,w ' .
aa joinaa w 5r" "i".--. :
Th aged Sioux, whoa tribal name
waa Tukaneenhbeeke. which meartt
"Hplng Btons." born during the was
of 1813, friend assert, on th present
alt of Red Wing, died st his horn
yesterday on Prairie Island. In the
Mississippi river bottom near her.
Th best of th war drums the
csll of th trlb to battle eumrr.orwa
Indian John numerous time In Ms
early manhood to repel th lovtalotc
4 M..
slayer of two women couinanlons,
the whole truth," was met today by
grand Jury. What was divulged
UNIFORM SALES
TAX FOR THREE
STATES SOUGHT
0ALKM, Deo. 38 ) A uniform
sal tax along th line of th pro
posed Oregon plsn calling for a gen
eral two per cent tax on retail pur
chases and labor, was under eonaid
eratlon her todsy by representatives
of Washington, Idaho and Oregon.
The conference was being held with
members of th Oregon tsx commit
slon. L. M. Parsons of th Idaho ata.s
chamber of commerce, who auggested
th conference, and Ben Dlefendorf,
commissioner of ftnsnc of Idaho.
were In attendance at the conference
along with Oeorge 9. Tantls, who
wsj expected to be elected speaker of
the housv of representstlvea In Wssh
Ington Ths visiters from the two
auu e'-Ured they were open-mind
ed sa .n form of revenue raising
messurse. but were of the opinion a
uniform aalta tax for the three stste
appeared the only solution to finan
cial problems In all three states.
The Oregon plsn. which wss dls
cussed during most of ths day's se.
slon, would oil for a two per csnt
tsx on retsll sales and expenditure
to- labor for a period of 38 months.
No exemptions were provided In the
proposal, nor would ther be an in
crsaae In the tax on selective goods.
Thu propossl will be one of several,
It was declared, which will be pre
sented to the special session of th
Oregon legislature called for January
(o consider some means of raising
revenue to replace the stste ad va-
Pai-son and cammtsalonet Dlefen
dcrf both stated that Idaho was
strongly considering a sslss tax for
enactment st the coming session,
while Yenlls declared Washington
was forced to seek some new revenue
because of the sd valorem tsx llmtta
Mon of 40 mills. Persons said he
sucgeeted the conference In order
that SMne uniform plsn may
of th' whit man. Mora than on
"pal face" scalp hung from hi belt,
member of th trlb sasert.
Iter. John Hancock, esrly mlsalon
ary here, who talked Bloux fluently,
studied t ferord and vouched for
th a.-eu -icy of John' age, stating
ft wee born November 35, 1813.
At .'-j tlm of th Civil war is
wax e middls-sged msn and whn
iw grntah-Ame:can wsr was fought
b was 84 ye it old. He took his first
sq'rtnoblls rid when past th su
ture rrrk.
B.iM yr ago Indlata John accept
ed tiie "pals-face" religion and his
octv vm it rt In cemetery el sn
fCcytJ184 tiUurclL
BITTER ON DEBT
ATTITUDE OF F.R.
President Thinks Roosevelt
Let Him Down Few
Know Details-Say Wall
St. Advised French Default
BV PAl'l, MAI.I.ON.
(Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper
syndicate)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 38. Bitter
feeling haa developed at th 7 hit
Home toward Oov. Roosevelt sine the
wsr debt misunderstanding.
Mr. Hoover thought Roosevelt let
him down. He felt suie he hsd Roose
velt's approval when he aent hi debt
messag to congress. Thst Is why
he changed hta mind at the last min
ute and derided to send a publlo
mean t.e Instead of keeping the mat
ter under cover.
Hla hair turned two shades lighter
when Inspired critics) dispatches ba
gun to come out of Albany.
Not more than three men In Wash
ington know the details. Their lli
are aesled. Th full story may not
be told until Mr. Hoover VTitee hla
memoirs. But enough of It has leaked
to the Inner circle to give an Indi
cation of what transpired.
it appears that Warren Delano Boh.
lna of the state depsrtment (deaplt
hla necessary diplomatic dsnlala) waa
sent to Albany aa an emissary of the
president. Jfe carried certain docu
ments. Thine la good reason for be
lieving the msln negotiations war
carried on by telephone between ths
White House and the governor's man
sion. The misunderstanding appar-'
ently developed on the 'phone.
A stenographic record of such caili
' usually kept at the White House
so the facta may eventually be tlii
veiopeo.
' Won In position to speVk "fV
Oov, Roosevelt hav wired confiden
tially to Washington thst there waii
no room for misunderstanding. They
claim ths president was trying to push
roc level t into the commission debt
policy aa he puahed congress Into th
moratorium pledge. They Insist Rooss-
velfc did not commit himself. Ttiey
pont to th Hoover messsge which
says Mr. Hoover "proposes to seek ths
co-operation" of Roosevelt. That Is
an admission, they ssy, that titers
was no pledge.
There I very deflnltii Information
In the best diplomatic circles Iter
that high Wall street msn ed vised
the French to defsult.
That Is a miw angle t tho Kara
(Continued on Pag Six)
RULE MAKING BODY
NKW YORK, Deo. 38 (AP) Th
Football coaches association today
voted unanimously to set up Its own
rules making body of 30 members to
accept auggeatlon and formulat re
quests for presentation to th rule
committee of the National Collegiate
Athletic association.
No chsnge w-a sought In their
present statue of advisory merger
ship on th national body.
WILL
ROGERS
SANTA MONICA. Cal., Des.
Bent tory in paper today,
and there was many of fine
charitable acta on Christmas,
but away out on the Eacalante'
desert, between Los Angeles
and Salt Lake I have flown
over it many times j it'a one of
the moat desolate places yon
ever saw is one lonely ranch.
The father had died and the
mother had a whole house full
of children.
Well, the pilots on the West
ern air run took tip a pure of
$30 and got the children clothes
and toys and then flew low on
Christmas day and dropped
'em.
What a godsend the plane
anil th radio is to out-of-the-way
pi see.
Toiirt,
st US HaeVef si j ishasa ls
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