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Sentb Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1932. If No 033-
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HEAD In the news:
Hie GrecK courts reject, me
rin petition lor the extradition
lBUel Insull, lormer Chicago
; official. Mr. Insull was sot
:!rty Immediately."
nds interesting, doesn't It? But
jrhat does It mean?
hi, Mr. Insull did sometmng
ben In the unltea amies lor
it figured he might get Into
a warrant for his arrest could
,1 out. He was nnaiiy locarea
:ce.
; American police officials could
bjest him In Grece. That Isn't
It would amount. In t,he atllt
nguago of diplomats, to "vlo
i of the sovereignty of the Greek
OF 25 PER CENT
URGED ASSAVING
11 A. M. Friday Set for Pre
sentation of A. W. Pipes'
Resolution to Incoming Of
ficers of Jackson County
they had to ask lor his "estra-
?JiHAPS, now, you want to know
ni.uv
linary defines It thus:
surrender of delivery of an
d criminal by one sovereignty
M to another having Jurlsdlc-
to try the charge."
:st Is. the United States says to
"What Insull Is charged with
fli; done Is none of your affair.
It IS our affair. So please turn
over to us so we can try him."
t Greece says: "NOl'
BAT raises this question: Just
tot what did Insull DO?
ha, he Is charged wltn emuez
Lnt and larceny, which are big
ill meaning taking money that
to somebody else. What he
111; W was to engineer a nig pow-
mJ light project which he fln-
;U with other people's money
the sale of stocks to people,
fiought these stocks were worth
they paid for them.
tl hard times came along and
ower and light project collapsed,
the stocks he had sold to other
!i turned out to be worthless.
In people who had bought the
L and lost their money wanted
ithlng done to Jllm.
l-.co the warrant for his arrest.
It the sovereign nation of Greece
ays. In effect, to the govern-
t of the United States, which
ipeaklng for these people wno
light they had been bilked: "Your
Insull, In our opinion, has done
ping wrong; so we won't turn him
to you for trial In your courtB,
list is to say, Greece tries Insull
ACQUITS him.
; WE get around to this question,
Khlcb is really the nub of the
Die affair: "DID Insull really do
Coining that waa wrong?"
kell. Insull evidently THOUGHT
hart done something that was
ng, or at least considerably oft
ti for If he had thought all his
kings were strictly honorable and
Iteboard, and that the losses sus
mti by his stockholders were due
causes wholly beyond his control.
would have stayed here and faced
music Instead of skipping the
'Jitry "ritwecn two days," as tne
saying goes.
least, that Is the way it looks
this writer. When an accused man
t awny, Instead of staying and
tag the charges, It is pretty apt
be a sign that he CONSIDERS
WSELF guilty.
INSULL la guilty, what Is Joe
QU1LTY OF?
Nut the best answer to that ques
k la this: He Is guilty of trying
Set rich too quick, without giving
f8h of real and lasting value In
ra for what he took.
to the big boom days back of
'1, that wasn't regarded as much
crime; for pretty nearly every'
TO was do'l.j It who COULD. But
lae saner, wiser, SOUNDER busl-
f" days that will follow the big
:,ktag up that for want of a better
N we call the depression trying
Set rich too quick without giving
:ui In return is going to bo re-
raed as a crime.
nd we'll be a lot better off for
Ntfllng It as such.
IttlPlNQ from Greece clear back
lo Nebraska, one notes that H. L.
'Ellbure. of PAttrr iinwlv elected
representative, "hitch-hikes" to
eo!n, which is the state capital,
1 on hand for the opening of the
Motive session.
Tl" illnince Is 400 miles. He made
IContinueu on Page Four)
The i-nunty court. Mils after
noon set tomorrow morning at 11 '
o'clock, as u time when the Pipes
resolution, seeking a 25 per cent
reduction In snlnrles of county
depart inent heads will be pre
sented to the officials for accept
ance or rejection. All depart
ment heads will he requested to
attend the meeting.
A resolution will be presented to
the county court this afternoon, at
its final meeting on the 1932 budget,
asking that the county court call
upon all elective officers In the
county to accede to a voluntary re
duction In their pay. A. w. Pipes of
this city said he would present the
resolution.
'All the subordinate workers have
taken It on the chin," said Pipes this
morning, "and It is no more ttian
right that the heads of departments,
whose pay Is fixed by law, should
not voluntarily agree to cuts." Pipes
further stated "that economy has hit
every place else, and It Is time it af
fected all alike."
The salaries of county officials are
fixed by law, and cannot be changed
except by voluntary action on the
part of the official.
Pipes said the resolution would seek
a 25 per cent salary cut, and would
affect old and new officials.
The county court will meet this
afternoon for final adjustment and
approval of the budget for the year.
One of the main items will be the
Inclusion of the state tax, amounting
to $87,000. If a sales tax Is. adopted
In this state,' the money will be re
funded to the various counties.
The resolution is as follows:
"In view of the fact that an emerg
ency In the affairs of Jackson county
finances now exists, resulting from
three years of depression which has
been unparalleled In Its devastating
effects In the affairs of our people,
rende-lng many of them destitute
and homeless, while many others are
unable to pay their taxes and are
now facing the loss of their homes,
and recognition of the responsibilities
that rest upon all public officials
who receive their pay check from the
public treasury, and acknowledging
as public officials that the salary ol
our respective offices still remain the
same as it was during the years of
prosperity, and with a sincere desire
to make our contribution to the
common cause of humanity and the
rehabilitation of our community we,
the undersigned public servants and
heads of various departments of gov
ernment In Jackson county hereby
voluntarily agree that we will ac.
cept a 25 per cent reduction of our
salaries for the year 1933."
The officers affected are: County
Judge, Justice of the Peace, Sheriff.
County clerk, county Assessor, School
Superintendent. District Attorney,
County Treasurer.
VOLUNTARY SLASH r-jfilVF Mm IMAI Kffl I New Jersev His Haven liRFMTRII.WfK
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0 I POWER 10 SLICE MAY LAST LONG If NOT SO BAD WHEN
W -f EXPENSE, IS URGE SOLON INDICATES JWn'w FACTS ALL KNOWN
9 r Blanket Authority for Whole-Four Days Insufficient for Sr ,is xi
ff sale Economics in Govern- Solving Tax Problems, Is yff v ' f ir,wtkff1l fPf
ZJt J ment Needed to Balance View of Harvey Wells 7jt I f$$r V 111
AV jL ' Nat'l Budget, Say Leaders Must Delay Regular Meet f'p'l'r 1 'feAV T fsri.'lvl
' f C f ; -V -'J WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. (AP) PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29. (AP) hjMkjfr ' 'MWtr ' Jt'S t 1
' ' v , J fsHrl 3 Blanket authority to permit Presi- An emergency bill postponing the '(tStflKA vsi V't N
KVAS W KFTi'ti dent-ele,:t Roo"velt to carry out opening date of the regular legls- ft" . t f
"X'V '?K tl h'. government session bevond January 9 will f flSTllcJ V.MV J
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. (API
Blanket authority to permit Fresl
dent-elect Roosevelt to carry out oDeninir date of the reaular leals-
rl?.Cniem.!era;"';itlve session beyond January 9 will
Mildred "Babe" Didrikson, the
one-girl track team who was re
instated to amateur standing after
suspension on charges of violating
amateur rules, said she intended to
turn professional despite the re
instatement. (Associated Press
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SHIPME
FRUIT MEN TOLD
A substantial reduction In freight
ratea on pears from Medford to Port
land on domestic shipments was an
nounced today noon at the meeting
of the Rogue River Valley Traffic
association, according to R. R. Reter,
orcsldent of the shippers' organiza
tion, when advice was received from
the Southern. Pacific railway that the
local domestic rate will be made to
conform to the export rate now in
effect, that of 28', cents per cwt.
The reduction on intrastate ship
ments, from Medford to Portland,
will be effective January 11th, and
is a reduction from the present rate
of 49 cents, and, according to those
interested in the fruit shipping of
the district, will enable substantial
savings on these shipments. Tne
same rate will apply on interstate
shipments about February 1st, ac
cording to announcements, and will
enable local shippers to make uss or
lntercoastal steamship service o"
eastbound fruit.
Shippers here received the an
nouncement with a great deal of sat
isfaction, as application was made
for the rate many months ago, and
th recent action of the Southern
raclflc Indicates the willingness of the
carriers to cooperate with the fruit
industry in the solution or its press
ing problems, according to Mr. Reter.
Other annlicatlons made for rate re
ductions are now in the hands of the
railway authorities, and It Is expected
that news of the carriers- action o-.
these nnnlication will be recelv d
shortly.
ELECTRIC BURNS
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 29. (AP)
A suit to recover damages of 8100.000
for personal Injuries was filed in fed
eral court here Wednesday by Roy
Hicka of Klamath county against the
California-Oregon Power company.
Hicks alleges that while he was
driving a hay derrick along the road
near his farm a high voltage wire fell
on the derrick, charging It and burn
ing him so badly that he Is to some
extent permanently injured.
was proposed ,oday by two Demo
cratic house leaders.
Representative Ralney of Illinois,
Democratic floor leader, and Chair-
man Byrns, of the house appropria
tions committee, today said that
along with the beer tax and continu
ation of the federal gasoline levy. It
might be possible to bring the bud- j
get Into balance if this authority is
granted.
Would Avoid New Taxes
Ralney said the Democrats "hoped
that It will not be necessary to Im
pose any Irritating taxes" and that
the house ways and means commit
tee would survey the situation, next
week.
"We cant trust the estimates of
the present treasury department as
to the income of the federal govern
ment' Ralney said.
"The Republican treasury depart
ment will have to be cleaned out so
we can get some reliable informa
tion." Byrns said that by giving Mr.
Roosevelt blanket authority to place
economies In effect, the control mi
norities have been holding over
members of congress that has block
ed moves to reduce expenditures,
would be averted.
Republicans Accused
Ralney argued that "the policy of
the present administration and the
Republican leaders Is apparent," and
that "they Intend to block every ef
for of the Democrats for economy at
i the short session. '
"Already, - the house has effected
$425,000,000 In economies on the
first three appropriation bills, Includ
ing 940,000,000 cut off the budget
estimates," Ralney aald. "We plan'
to continue the same proportion of
saving on the other supply bills."
Barney said ISO members, includ
ing 65 Republicans, who voted
against the sale levy last spring were
re-elected to the new congress.
Knows He's Licked
"For this reason," he said, "I don't
Boop-A-Doop Helen
Gets Final Decree
NEW YORK. Dec. 29. (fP) The
Daily News has been Informed that
Helen Kane, boop-boop-a-aoop siner,
has obtained a final Mexican decree
of divorce from Joseph Kane, depart
ment store buyer. The News says the
announcement was made by her sis
ter, Mrs. Gertrude Fogarty.
Co Od Creamery
Ready For Work
MT. A NOEL, Dec. 28. IP) Tne new
$30,000 Mt. Angel cooperative cream
ery, which was constructed without
a debt, was dedicated here yester
Hlstorv of the cooperative asso
ciation was told by the president of
the organization, Rudoipn J. naming,
who sketched 20 years of successful
operation and expansion.
Farmer
Is Declared Key
In Return of Prosperity
(Continued on Page Three)
CHANGE IN WILL
E
be brought to Salem by Representa
tive Harvey Wells, veteran member
of the Multnomah delegation, for
use If necessary In lengthening the
special session opening next Tues-1
day.
Representative Wells insists that
very serious problems affecting the
financial structure of the state" will
confront the special session, and he
is convinced that the legislature
'cannot solve those problems In four
days and give them the considera
tion they demand."
May Postpone Regular
He plans, therefore, to hold a bill
In readiness calling for postponement
of the regular session which Is sched
uled to open Monday, January 9, and
he says he will drop tHs bill in the
legislative hopper Just as soon as It
becomes apparent that additional
time will be needed to give adequate
study to revenue legislation for the
enactment of which the assembly has
been called In extraordnlary session.
"Whatever revenue legislation may
be enacted at the special session,"
Wells declared, "the responsibility for
it will rest upon legislature, and the
members -nnot afford to act blindly.
Cannot Act Blindly
"If the committee on legislation
and rules does not have a bill post
poning the opening date of the regu
lar session ready for Introduction
when It becomes clear that addi
tional time Is needed for careful ac
tion, I will Introduce It."
Others of the Multnomah delega
tion shared the opinion that prob
ably more than the allotted fragment
of a week would be needed lor full
consideration of the revenue prob
lem.
Dorr B. Keasey, veteran of the
house, visions two month of legis
lative service a,head of him once he
goes to Salem. "There la not a
chance of our finishing the work of
the special session In the first week,"
he said. "I rather think It will re
quire 10 or 15, or even 30, days."
Richard Delch of the Multnomah
house delegation said: "We can't get
started In four days and the prob
lem la too big for ue to try to Jam
It Inn that ahort a time. I want
to know what I am going to vote for
before I vote, and I don't think there
la a chance for me to get that way
In part of one week."
'Robert Elliott Burns, former Chicago magazine editor, who wrote a
book about his experiences In a Georgia chain gang, that was later
dramatized In films, was allowed his liberty In Newark, N. J., when his
extradition to Georlga was sought as a fugitive from Justice. He Is shnvn
(seated) with his attorney at Newark police headquarters. (Associated
Press Photo.)
Decline In Car Loadings Sea
sonalFederal Aides See
Better Days in January
Technocracy Provokes
Br PAl'T. MAM.ON.
(Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. Up) J The
bad November and December trade
figures you are reading these days
aro not so bad when you look under
neath. Industrial production for
these two months will show only
slight recessions when the figures
come out. They will probably be
down from 66 in October to 65 in
November and 63 or 64 in December.
Decline in freight car loadings will
be shown to be almost exactly sea
sonal. The decline In commodity
prices will be slightly more than seasonal.
BIG TAX PAYERS
E
CHICAGO, Dec. 29. P) Deprived
of an anticipated $5,000 legacy by
discovery yesterday of a new will of
the late Clement studebaker, jr.,
Peter Peterson, the Studebaker chauf
feur for 27 years, shot to death his
wife and daughter and then killed
himself today.
Peterson telephoned the police and
then called Clement Studebaker, III.
He aald he had Just slain his wife
and daughter and would take his
own life in a moment. He asked
them to come for the bodies.
Police rushed to the north aide flat.
They found all three dead, each
shot through the right temple.
Peterson, 60, lay beside his wife's
body on a divan in the sun parlor.
Their 20-year-old daughter Pauline, a
aenior In the Northwestern univer
sity liberal arts college, was In her
bed. The police believe the father
took her life first, then, the shot
falling to awaken Mrs. Anna Peter
son, stepped to her side and slew her,
A bequest of M.000 to the veteran
chauffeur had been written In the
earlier will of the late utilities mag
nate, member of the South Bend
automobile manufacturing family.
Yesterday, however, a later wtU was
admitted to probate here.
Bv William 1- BfiiN
i order of applied intelligence that ever
a people gave under simunr cm um-
JoT" r7m- Mancc. and 1 am not t.nt.nj about
,t tho farm, com" emocrais " ''""'"i " ' . T tuut
( industry nui ins v "
been captained largely by men who
hare not seen one Inch beyond me
end or their noses. How In the name
cf common sense anybody In sny
business In any city could lmaftlne or
can Imajlnc that he can open up his
tsclory and put his Idle people to
work unless these tlurty-odd million
Vrnm the city.
one of the short session's mot ener
getic congressional advocates of relief
for agriculture.
He Is Hatton W. Summers, a demo
crat ot Dallas. Texas, and a lawyer so
skilled that twice the house has cho
sen him to represent it In legal pro
ceedings. .
The way be looks at the rm pro - cimnot under,
lem Is tills: "You will nave io .
back to the farmer, bltrarlly "One of two thing, must happen,
you have been taking from them I one o omm0(mlMi pr0.
arbitrarily." , ,, I ,.i1)ai services, rents and every-
sumnert. who Is chairman ot the ea- o nai . ro. (0
judiciary committee, minces no o,ds , tMn
In ..aylng what he tn nks. ,e!ar.d lS-nt corn and 5-cent cotton
When the historians write ne t a.a M (t tnMe prCes up
io:y of thi. cui. B ... tT&tie con
I hoiue
I that
Truck Crushes
Chest Of Youth
Melrln Anderson. 14-year-old son
of T. M. Anderson of the Murphy road
suffered a crushed chest Tuesday
afternoon, when he fell from his
bicycle In front of a truck, driven nr
Frank H. Wright of Williams, accord
ing to an accident report filed with
the Josephine county sheriff. Trie
truck went Into the ditch in an at
tempt to avoid hitting the boy.
GAUSE0LSL1GHT
.The reason why Grants Pass was
not included In the oitles selected
under the appropriation provided by
the emergency reliof and construction
act of 1932 for a new federal build
ing, was contained in a letter received
by the chamber of commerce in that
city from Congressman W. C. Hawiey,
and another from Perry K. Heath,
assistant secretary of the treasury,
the latter addressed to Congressman
Hawiey.
In part, the letter from Heatn
stated: "The amount earned In the
emergency act waa not sufficient to
take care of 11 of the places eligible
for consideration thereunder and in
making the selections the Joint de
partmental committee considered Hie
projects in "the order of their need
and It was found that there were
other places where the need appeared
to be more pressing than at Grants
Pass, therefore it was not selected at
this time."
WASHINGTON, Deo. 29. (AP)
That very pleasant feeling you get
when you find you have been over
charged and get somepf your money!
back has come to thousands of Indl- j
vlduals and business houses.
The government refunded (80,683,-
564 last year, all because taxpayers
through some error paid too much j
tax money In that or In previous I
years.
Several refunds amounted to more 1
than a million dollars. The United
Fruit company of Boston got (2,960,
000, the largest. The sum of 92,180,
000 was returned to the Lehigh and
Wllkeabarre Coal company of Penn
sylvania,
Mrs. nne Morrow uiniiDergn re
ceived $1676; J. Henry Roraback, re
publican national committeeman for
Connecticut, (10,167; lormer benator
Honry J. Allen of Kansas, (2488, and
Boy D. Chopin, secretary of commerce
(3746.
Douglas Fairbanks, movie star, re
ceived (72,186, Ramon Novarro got
(7604 and other personalities of the
movie Industry who got lesser
amounts were Conrad Nagel, Louis B.
Mayer, Charles Rogors, Irene Rich,
Mrs. Adolphe Menjou, and Mrs. Ernst
Lu bitch.
The grand total compared with
(69.476.930 refunded In the 1931 fiscal
year, the Increase being due In a large
measure to a court ruling that tne
federal government could not tax In
comes of Incompetent Oklahoma In
dians from oil land rights.
FOUR KILLED IN
FAMILY QUARREL
"I am a I raid ine ,"' , ... rl-
,e gave t this crliti the lowest ; with cltj prices.
County Official
Leaps To Death
SACRAMENTO, Csl., Dec. 29. fP)
County Supervisor Robert B. Calla
han was killed today as a result of a
four-story fall from his office win
dow. A few minutes previous to his
fatal leap, Callahan made an un
.rrv.tiful attempt to end his life by
lact I. established I jumping from th. . nfthtloor .talr
MIAMI. Fla., Dec. 29. f AP) Mrs.
Sarah Ann Parnell, 67, died here to
day, the fourth victim or a domestic
tragedy in which bullet wiped out
members of three families related by
marriage.
Mrs. Parnell. Robert Still, her six
year old grandson, and her son, Ray
mond Townsend Parnell, 34. were
nhot last night by Raleigh K. Still,
32 year old mechanical engineer and
painter when he called t the Parnell
home in an attempt to see hla
estranged wife.
Then Still turned the pistol on
himself and was fatally wounded.
Two Auto Victims.
HAMILTON, Ont., Dec. 29. (AP)
Two persons were killed and six
others, one of them State Stm:tor
Joseph Ackermsn of Cleveland, Ohio,
were injured In the rcliision of two 'there
PHOENIX, Arias., Dee. 29. (AP)
The county grand Jury recessed to
day, until tomorrow, without having
returned any true bills in connec
tion with Wlnnlo Ruth Judd's ap.
daranco before It yesterday..
The focal point of Mrs. Judd's
tangled life and death affairs swung
back to the Arizona supreme court
today, with filing by the attorney
general's office of an answer to her
petition for a rehearing.
The 27-year-old woman, who is
under sentence to be hanged at the
Arizona state prison in Florence Feb
ruary 17 for the slaying of Agnes
Anne Lerol, appeared before the
county grand Jury here yesterday,
while what ohe told remains a secret
unless the grand Jury acts.
The attorney general's office, In
filing lfs answer to the appeal for
rehearing, held Mrs. Judds potltlon
to be "without merit." and asked
the supremo court to dony It.
RADIO DRIVES PIANO
TEACHER T
NEW YORK. Dec. 29. (AP) Mrs,
Isabella M. Dudley, 65. a piano teach
er, Jumped to her death from her
sixth-floor bedroom window In West
178th street today.
Police said they found a note she
had written complaining that i
neighbor's "Insistent radio" had In
creased her nervousness until life was
unbearable.
Mrs. Clara Josellt, 65. Jumped to
her death from a window of her
fourth floor apartment in the Bronx,
IS SHOT BY SON
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20. (p)
Shot by his own eon during a family
brawl, Harrison P. Shears, 55, diet.
In a hospital here today. The boy,
Robert Shears, 20, was ordered held
in Jail without ball while detectives
investigated the shooting.
Mrs. Shears, Robert and another
son said Shears was drunk and abu
sive when he returned from work
last night, and demanded his revolver
from Robert, who hod hidden it sev
eral weeks ago when Shears threat
ened to shoot Mrs. Shears.
To make certain his father did not
find the revolver, the boy went to
his upstairs room, took the weapon
from a trunk and put it In his pock
et. When he returned the father
leaped at him. Robert drow the re
volver and fired twice.
Last of Mine
Bodies Found
M OWE AQUA, 111.. Doc. 20. (AP)
Rescue workers today found the bod
les of the seven remaining 54 miners
blllul l tViK Htilna a r. fhA Mntvnai
'qua Coal company's mine Saturday,
Russian Housewives to
Be Starved Into Jobs
MOSCOW. Dec. 20. (AP) On the I
eve of the end of the five-year plan
Russian housewives under 68 learned j
today that beginning with the first
of the year they will be deprived of
bread and sugar, of which they now
receive small rations.
This action, reflecting the food
shortage In KusMa, la an extension
government's "no work-no food"
policy and apparently Is designed to
Inject more women into the Indus
trial occupations, with the view to
ultimate abolition of the home as the
unit of family life.
At the height of the campaign
which has been waged for several
years to draw more women Into in
dustry a ciiisu of Moscow showed
were approximately iuu.wu
1031. At that time It was estimated
that the number would be reduced
to half at the end of this year. Eigh
reen ner cent of the 100,000 were
over 60.
Now they are entitled lo 400 grams
of bread a day and 800 grams of
sugar a month from thn government
regular supply stores, but after Jan
uary 1 they must go Into factories to
earn their bread and sugar or pay
the exorbitant prlcps at tho private
market where bread now costs $3.50
for 400 crams as compared with
about 10 cents or less at tho gov
emment bakery.
All healthy women not engaged in
"socially useful" work come under
the cstrgory of housewives. The
wtww of a number of high govern
ment officials are Included tn that
All the government experts confi
dentially swear you can look for bet
ter figures in January. They are not
ing pickups In the textile and shoo
Industries. Automobile production
Jumped enthulastlcally a few days
before Christmas.
All Washington Indications seem to
point to better prices and more busi
ness activity next month.
The confidential official estimate Is
that Christmas buying waa off about
24 per cent compared with last year.
That Is not as bad as It sounds be
cause 18 per cent is attributable to
decrease in prices. Actually the drop
Is figured by these men at about
8 per cent in volume.
Government officials are glad to see
the publicity Technocracy is getting.
They hope It will be as popular a
subject as appendicitis once was. That
will center public attention on ma
chine-made unemployment. A praer-.
tlcal solution may then be devised.
The solution offered by the Tech
nocrats la widely pooh-poohed. The
Idea of paying labor in ergs on sv
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E
IS
PARIS, Dec. 20. (AP) Louis Ma
rin, nationalist deputy who led op
position to the December 15 debt pay
ment to the United States, opened a
fight In the chamber of deputies to
day against authorization of a loan
to Austria with the suggestion that
the loan would be inconsistent with
the failure to pay America.
Deputy Marin asked:
"How could we lend to Austria after
our gesture toward the United States,
our ally who fought on our side?"
Citing what lie termed Austrta's
economic situation, he expressed tho
belief the proposed loan of about
$14,000,000 would be "money lost, of
which tho lenders would not get back
a sou."
Negroes Arrested
In Woman s Death
MU8KOOEE, Okla., Dec. 20. Three
negroes were arrested todny as sus
pects In the slaying of Miss Mary
Wolfcnbergcr, charity worker and .
seamstress, whose body was found at
West high school yesterday. The
police believe a purse snatcher may
have beaten the woman to death.
automobile! near b Uat nigh, I housewives In the city at the end of category,.
Will
BKVKRLY HILLS, Cnl., Dec.
23 So "teclinocrncy" wnnts to
fin everything by mai'liinery I
Well, if they can invent somn
machine that will kill more
pcnplo than automobiles, why
their plan will work. Threii
hundred and ciuhly over
Christmas and prohibition not
repealed. That's more people
than died by pestilence during
the same three or four days in
all the countries combined
where we send doctors to teach
'em how to "be civilized."
So machinery is jus( doing
fine; if it can't kill you it will
put you out of work. Yours,
ffjjL fa0-