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o o Widespread Interest in Merchants-Tribune Popularity Contest Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Rain or mow Sundaj ; no change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday ' Lowest yesterday morning t9 Paid-Up Circulation People who pay for tbelx newspspors ira the best prospects tor the adver tisers. A B. O. olrculauoo u paid up circulation. This newspaper la . a a Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOttD, OREGON, SUM)AY, JANUARY 29, 1933. No. 264. rawilMreCTEi BWSSI Comment on the i Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. GREAT BRITAIN gracefully AO rFPTS the Invitation of Presl dent-elect Roosevelt to discuss war Ht,f mTiaion. and announces that in March she will send to this country . muion to request reduction, u not complete cancellation. o her debt to this nation. And Great Britain, remember, is by long odds the fairest and moat honorable of our European debtors. LETS get a good, square look at this debt business. Suppose you were In a bad hole, with every chance that you were going to lose your' shirt, and in this ex tremity you went to a well-to-do neighbor and threw yourself on his mercy, explaining that if he didn't come to your assistance you were gone. Suppose, then, that he came GRA CIOUSLY to your aid, lending you all the money you needed, on your own terms. 0f,r von COt OUt f the hole and OVER YOUR FRIGHT, you said to yourself: "I owe this old bird a lot of money. -t i. w. debt, and the loan in is an uuu saved me from ruin, but I don't pro pose to pay It If I can help It. OI course. I CAN pay It. fr I have the mt It. but If I n money, v. o bluff him and shame him out of I'll be Just that much ahead." IP YOTJ took that attitude toward 1 your honest oeou. i j- ...mm. sort, wouldn1 pretty you?-not fit to assoclste with honest and decent people. tv.t'. tha attitude that Eu rope takes In a precisely similar situa tion nA w-Twn of monev. vaace 5 r,t Salisbury. Maryland, a service . .. - h,m a niece of station opciow. - - - . ground, formerly a cemetery, tor $200, and seta couple 01 negro - clesrlng it up. Digging In the dirt, their spades , mnA mortar and. lu ring on win.-. vestlgatlng further, they uncover an old vault, long since forgotten even by the oldest inhabitant. Exploring .1. .! Mr. Butler comes upon xnis v.m . - an old rusty Iron pot which contains 30.000 in gold and silver coins and caper currency. Borne or me w . ...... hack 100 years Dear o And did he celebrate, do you reckon I w TJCK Just plain, bull luckl Noth- lng else could account for tne finding of this treasure. And what la luckr Well. If you can .n.w.r that nuestlon. you're a good one. Smart minds, for thousands oi v.r. have been trying to answer it nut. to data, nobody has been able to analyse luck and take it apart to ... what makes It tick. Luck is still as great a mystery as it was back at the beginning oi things. This business of luck, whatever ,. i. ,.. nrobably ruined more peo ple than any other one thing. Luck la assoclsted in people's minas wun .... monev something for noimng. And in the effort to get something nnthtM by gambling, by treaa ure hunting, or by Just sitting In the ,un and waiting for something nice to happen an amazing number of people, down through the world's his have come to utter wreck. For every dollar gained by LUCK, since the world .began, billion dollars have been gained by hard work. wvtrb ara the four leading causes l"i of death In Oregon In the past ss given by Dr. Frederick D year Strlcke state health officer, ranking in lmDOrtance In the order given: Heart ailments, diabetes, cancer and tuberculosis. I Continued on Page Pour) i .os anoeles. Jan. 28. UP) In a rmi2ri. touzh same which saw 34 fouls committed and three men eject ed on penalties. University of South era California's btisketbell quintet increased Its lead In the southern di v-lon of the Pacific coast confereme toalsbt by defeating- California 31 to VALLEY GROWERS ENCOURAGED AT YEARLYJEE1G Col: Voorhies, of Advisory Board, Says Question of Crop As Security Only Stumbling Block to Cash Colonel Gordon Voorhies, member of the advisory board of the regional agricultural credit corporation, told fruitgrowers gathered at the meeting of the Rogue River Valley Fruit growers' league at the court Douse yesterday that he believed the frutt crop of the valley would be financed this year through the agricultural credit corporation. E. W. Carlton, president of the league, presided. "The only thing that is holding us up now," Colonel Voorhies said, Is whether or not the board of di rectors will make the loans with the crop alone as security. We know that we can get the money now U we can give ample security, but the board must decide on whether or not the crop is ample security. Will Know Soon. R. E. Towle, manager of the re gional agricultural credit corporation, is In Washington now." Colonel Voor hies said, "and will know by Febru ary 1 whether or not the crop will be accepted as ample security. Frank ly." he said, "I believe we will get the money, but we will have to fight for It." No figures were divulged by either Voorhies or J. C. Thompson, who alo talked on finances, as to Just what basis money would be loaned on, but It was Indicated that crop production over an average of the past -few years will be considered. Only the estab lished orchardlsts wltl be loaned money, they said, and "fly by night,' "shoestring" growers will not be Included In those receiving loans. It's Done In California, The California branch of the cor poration Is making loans to fruit growers, with the crop alone as se curity, Colonel Voorhies said, but the board of directors of that corpora tlon Is made up almost entirely of fruttmen. The Oregon board has only one fruitman, and that la Colonel Voorhies. The rest are bankers and stockmen. Senator Frederick Stelwer made the appointment. Colonel Voor hies said, and the stockmen, at first, were militant against the fruit inter ests, but were beginning to warm up now. A 35-page brief has been made up by valley fruit Interests, and has been presented to the regions! board to show the Importance of the fruit In dustry to the Rogue River valley, and the average return to the growers during the past few years. Cost per box for producing the fruit is also Included In the brief. Strict Grading Favored. Raymond Reter spoke briefly, and urged that the meeting go on record as favoring a more strict grading, and declared that tests made of a train of pears by the Pacific Fruit Express, (Continued on Page Four) . STANFORD UNIVERSITY, Cal., Jan. 28. yp) Led by Keith Topping, who slipped under the basket for five field goals, Stanford's basketball team made a second half comeback here tonight to defeat University of Cali fornia at Los Angeles, 41 to 38, In a Pacific coast conference contest. Jackson Co. Delegation Tender Governor Bid to Diamond Jubilee -Fiesta ny Mary Grelner Kelly SALEM. Jsn." 37 (sp!.) The Med ford delegation had their picture tak en with Governor Meier today. The effective Httle scene showed Repre sentative Day handing the chief state executive an Invitation to the Oregon Diamond Julbilee celebration to be held In Medford June 8, while Repre sentative Kelly acted as a witness to the transaction. Although the picture doesn't show It. Governor Meier said he hoped he would be "fortunate enough to attend." The most dlstlnguuhed looking bunch of legislators that money cin buy." That was the way Lieutenant Governor Vic Meyers of Wsshlngton. described the Oregon salons as he waved the house gavel (a la baton) in the role of honor guest this after noon. The black jtu, auieky-iooking f cheatra leader, was escoted from the senate chamber to the bouse by a body guard of four representatives and senators. Wsving his right hand to the applause, he fairly tap-oanced no the steps of the ronrum. bowlna ViUi daace haul brtnm to, th com Pomona THREE YEAR JOLT AUTO PARTTHEFTS Patience of Court Exhausted After Two Former Sen tences and Paroles Chas. Davis Gets Leniency Clifford Leslie 'Sargent, with two I orison sentences with paroles against i him, who plead guilty to stealing tires and auto wheels from rural htrnvurrii. wm sentenced to serve three years in state prison, Saturday morning by ClrciTH judge 1. u. nor tfln Th. mm. hAld that "Saraent has passed up the opportunities of- rered mm, ana aecitwa upon larceny on commercial basis." The -Sl. -I .tfnrnait1. MfVTVlaT ariiltttsVl thSt Sargent was sent to the state prison at aiem iroro jw wuuiji wow Hawlarf anrl t.Visvn MTltenCed tO the Washington state reformatory for grand larceny, ana return to u lem prison. He hss been a .imnt of this section for about two years, and had been for a short period, a wood- chopper, in tne Appiegaie. Harms ueig jbrnirin-'y fU el. Tta vim tnrl lfArt With Sftf- gent, was granted a suspended n tATCAN. iki-oetv lirwm nleas of his moth er and friends and the fact that ne had no previous criminal recora. in court admonished Davis to "quit mnnVmrincp with moonshine arid run ning around the country." . The evidence an owe a mac oaxgwut an, novt hud rode around the val ley and "spotted" their loot, and re- turnea at nign to get it. iuvy - .iifi, s.t. M-rub field, while slleced- ly attempting to sell the eolen prop erty to a "ience. (Continued on Page Pour) E PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 28 (API- While several fishermen searched tne Columbia river today for a body they believed might prove to be that of Lee Schleslnger. Portland merchant and sportsman who disappeared De cember 38, Chief of Portland Police Leon V. Jenkins revealed that he has sent photostatic copies of the ransom note received by Mrs. Lee Schleslnger to Colonel H. Norman Schwarzkopf, superintendent of New Jersey state police. Chief Jenkins disclosed tonight that the New Jersey police head had writ ten him requesting the photostatic copies so thst he could compare the handwriting with that of notes re ceived In the Lindbergh kidnaping case, HOOD RIVER, Ore., Jsn. 38. (p Seven persons were injured, none aer lously, when their bobsled got out of control and oraahed into a parked car here- last night. plimentary greetings showered upon him by Spesker Snell and former Speaker Lonerg&n. Accepting the gavel from Speaker Snell, he flourished It' In the air as he announced himself in favor of oer taln customs peculiar to the Oregon legislature. 'The most outstanding of these Is the seating of beautiful secretaries right next, to the legislator In both houses. I see, 1 shall have some con structive suggestions to make to the Washington legislature when I turn." Olvlng a sketch of his life, the or chestra leader declared he was the second youngest of 18 children. When his audience laughed, not knowing whether to take him seriously or not, he checked them with: "My mother didn't think It was so funny. More laughs. "Anyway. I always tell that story. to the amazement of the men and the amusement ot the women." Feeling called upon to furnish en tertsinment, the Wsshlngton execut ive beckoned to the plstform, Cap- cooiuiuctt 0a ?H four Grange TABULATION OF GIRLSJNTEREST Second Count of Ballots for Popular Girls Made Sat urday Hawaii Trip and Coastal Cruise Await Although scores ot contestants In the Medford Merchants-Mall Tribune popularity contest hsve not turned In their votes today, the contest tabu lation shows that a number of Rogue River valley girls are making gigantic strides toward the goal of a delightful Hawaiian voyage and the secona prize, a trip to Seattle and a sea cruise to Ban Francisco and return from that city. The returns, to noon today, were as follows: Name. Votes. 1,000 1,000 1.000 1,000 Ruth Koozer. ... Harriet Campbell Addye Allen Dorothy Ort'u Myna Bush 1,900 3,100 4,800 Margaret Chllders Arvllla Burns Margaret Melllng . . 36,300 Janet Wray 8mlth......H 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Vivian Meter Ethel Chord .4- Sybil Jean Young Peggy Miller Jean. Fabrlck , Kathleen Ness ..... 1,000 iS,100 1,000 1.000 Maureen Green Ruby Ranney Dorothy Slead -.. 1,000 1,000 1,000 1,000 Dean Holt Betty Bardwell Ruth Ashcraft 1,000 Arlene Hay, Central Point. 1,000 Dorothy Bade 1.000 Laura Drury .. 19,400 Montana Ranney 1,100 Yvonne Devaney 1,000 Leah Inch 44.000 Oma GeBauer . 37.300 Ruth Meusel . . Louise El rod . ... Lucille Barrett ................. Billy Ranney .. ...... Josephine Power Evlyne McKee .. 8,700 1,300 1,000 1,000 1,000 1.000 1.000 1,000 1,300 1,000 1,000 Winifred Jones Edna Newbry, Talent . Jean Chamberlain Marjorle Wheeler ... .. Jean Swlgart Oracle Wakefield. Jacksonville 1,000 Frances Wakefield, J'ksonvllle 1,000 Virginia Pick, Jacksonville 1.000 Oleta Rogers 33,700 Msrle Rlgdon, Ashlsnd 1.000 (Continued on Psge Five) Circuit .Judge H. V. Norton, who has been holding court here the past week, trying criminal matters which have been accumulating since last Msy, will hold court In Grants Pass, the first three days of the coming week. Circuit Judge George T. Skip worth of Eugene, is expected to be here the first of the week, to hear further mo tion and arguments In the election contest of Former Sheriff Ralph G. Jennings against Sheriff Gordon L. achennerhorn. Barring further legal mores, which are not anticipated. Judge Skip worth Is expected to pro ceed at an early date In the recount ing of the official ballots as far as the office of sheriff Is concerned. During the absence of Judge Nor ton, it Is also expected that Judge I. Q. Levelling of Albany will be here to hear further motions, demurrers, and arguments in the receivership ap plication of the News Publishing Co., L. B. Tuttle, president, against The Medford News Publishing Co., i. A Banks, president, and for collection of 11.000 allegedly due on promts sory notes for the purchase of the paper. The case has been In the courts since early last September. - . OHIOAOO, Jan. 28. (ypi A crowd of 500 marching toward the Tribune building to stage a demonstration be fore the Japanese consulate there was blocked at the Michigan boule vard bridge today by police ar.d sev eral were hurt in a brief battle of bludgeons. Banners bearing the legend "peace for China, down with Japan" were dliplayed by the marchers. Policeman Bernard Deshon was in lured by a blow on the, head, and , two demonstrators were similarly tun. for Mortgage Moratorium 'LAME DUCK' AUTHOR LAUDED Sen. George W. Norrls (right) of Nebraska, author of the "lam duck" amendment to the constitution, Is shown as ha wa congratulated by Sen. John Blaine of Wisconsin after ratification of the measure by tha thirty-sixth state, Missouri. (Associated Press Photo APPROVAL VOTED The county court yesterday, all 'members conourrlng,- adopted arcso lutfon addressed to the state high way commission, approving without qualifications, the first unit propos ed Pacific highway improvement be tween Ashland and Talent for which bids have been received totalling more than $77,000 for grading and con struction of two bridges across Bear Creek. Awarding of the contracts, ac cording to R. H. B a Mock, chief en gineer of the commission, have been held up pending approval of the fed eral bureau of public roads and pur chase of right-of-way. The resolution also urges that the remainder of the survey recently made between a point 1.6 miles north of Ashland and Talent, be abandon ed, and In event further Improve ments are made the route bo so sur veyed as to Include Talent on ' the main highway. The petition says In part: "That we oppose the use of the present new survey of the second unit of this Ashland -Talent highway In that It would unquestionably ruin the business Interest of Talent and that It would leave this Important municipality without direct connect ion with the Pacific highway." The resolution further urges that the state highway commission start work at once on the construction of the "ftrit unit," of one and six- tenths miles as a means to provide employment In this area. The first unit, so-called extends from the city limits of Ashland to a point Just north of the city limits of Talent. Bids for this work have been opened but not let. Future action depends on the approval of the federal Bureau or Public Roads, which practical ly assured. , The state highway commission has called a public hearing at Ashland for Wednesday, February 8, when both sides of the question will be dlscuss- I. The survey for the highway changes as at present drawn, would be with' out the city limits of Talent, cause heavy damage to the business inter ests of Talent and leave that muni clpallty off the main section of the Pacific highway. 1 THREE FAITHS SEEK CURE OF DEPRESSION OLEV"ELAND, Jan. 28, JP) Three faiths Protestant, Catholic and Jew have set up a "sun glass" here to focus the burning rays of religion in the practical solution of such depres sion problems as social disorders and labor disputes. The lntcr-faith commission is de scribed by Rabbi Barnett R. Brlckner, one of the sponsors, as the first movement -in America In which tha three religions have joined to give a concrete answer to the question "what does rellfffon propose to do about the present social crisis?" SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 29. OP) The weather outlook for the far west ern states for Jan. 30 to Feb. 4: , Unsettled weather U Indicated to continue with occasional rains over the Pacific slope and snow over and east of the Cascades and Sierra Ne vada mountains; temperature wilt not depart mverUU from U porsua. PLANTS SOON IN FULL nSTTROIT, Jan. 38. (AP) Henry Ford,' in . ft statement ' tonight; an nounced that bis automobile plants throughout the country "one way or another will be going again full tilt In a very short time." He said that the labor trouble in local body plants that forced a shut down of his factories throughout the country "Is not a strike It's en at tack on the Ford Industries." The statement, the first Mr. Ford has made since he was quoted abroad saying over trans-Atlantic tele phone that "certain competitors" were responsible for the body plant strike, 'S3 brief He declined to comment on the telephone Interview with a London newspaper, but said: "You Just can't stop progress. This Is not a strike It's an attack on the Ford industries. So was the Seldcn patent suit years ago, but all efforts of that kind to throttle any Industry Is like a man throwing ashes into the wind; eventually he gets himself all covered over with ashes. One way or another our plants will be going again, full tilt. In a rery short time, Other Ford officials said today that If the body workers at the Brlggs Manufacturing company's plants re turn to work, or the plants get Into operation with other help by Tues day, the Ford factories will reopen as soon thereafter as a flow of auto mobile bodies Is established. 4 E LONO BBAOH, Cal, Jan. 28. If?) The brief romance of Marlon Talley. of Kansas City, former Metropolitan Opera singer, has ended In the an nulment of her marriage to Michael Rauchelsen, 43 year old German con cert pianist of international reputa tion. The annulment was granted la.it night In superior court here on the singer's charge that her husband had violated a pre-nuptlal agreement by refusing to allow Miss Talley's moth er and sister to live with them. Cost of Headache Pills Big Item in House Bill By Clarenos M. Wright Associated Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Jan. S8.-W)-House members may not be able to get shaves and halrcuU free aa do sena tors, but they did spend 3J38.0 n a payroll last year and that doesn't Include the more than 84.0OO.OOO they got themselves. These figures were Included In the annual report of South Trimble, clerk of the house. It showed thst the house, like the senate, had some expenses Isat year that might sur prise the man who knows nothing about oongreea. For example, there waa 818 80 for 3 400 headache tablets. 813 08 for a carton of flray sedative. There was. too, 810.13 for water coolers ios vatet: U Upoac4 to be TO SAVE FARMS Sales Tax Opposed in Long Debate State Master Is Opposed to Measure Pro posed by J. C. Barnes A resolution favoring a three-year moratorium on mortgage foreclosures was passed by the Jackson county Pomona Grange In session In Medford yesterday. A total of 33 resolutions were Introduced, but many of them were not heard, due to lack of time. The grange also opposed the Barnes sales tax, as It was presented to the legislature. Grangemaster Ross Kline gave two speakers a chance to talk for each side, and the debate lasted welt Into the afternoon. Henry Con ger and O. C. HcoTcr talked In favor I. B. Kline Pomona Master. of the Barnes ssles tax, and State Orange Master Bay QUI and Commla sloner Emmett Nealon talked agalnat It, QUI explained the tax fully, and (Continued on Page Plve) SAVED FROM FIRE PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. J8.(P) fllx persona were saved from possible ser ious Injury or death when police and firemen rescued them from a burning hotel here today. Warned by police radio that the hotel occupying the two upper floors of a three -story frame building was on fire. Patrolman Fred west ana Pred Mahnke ran up the stairs to the hotel and rapped vigorously on the doors of the rooms. Seversl doors were broken open when the patrol men reoelved no reeponss. Aroused from their slumber, the five of the tenants, two girls and three men. escsped to the street with out aid. Sara Wler of Phoenix. Ore. suffering from a lee Injury and able to walk rapidly, was oarrted to safety by the polloe. PORTLAND, Orel, Jan. 28. (AP) Percy J. Chapman, asslatant manager of the Salem branch of the Portland Oaa and Coke company, died In a hospital here today following a short nines,. piped Into each member's office and 8U88 47 for 444,400 pounds of los to keep the watet coolers oool. The paper cup, they drank the water cost 8340. The towel bin was ,3,187.. 88 and the soap purchases amounted to 8S24.54. ry everybody could keep tabs on wht wss going on "back home,' Trimble reported 88S8.93 had been spent for newspspers, which are kept In the speaker's lobby papers from all over the country, nearly 100 of them. There were 78 hair brushes that ooat 844.01 and about a third of the 408 house members have shiny patss For the more fortunate members. maybe, 144 combe costing 818 were purchased. The members needed some clothes brushes, too, so 803 A3 was spent far Uun. a' ' MmWltb' '-"v-'fL!'- 'I'V ' JAPANESE PLAN IS SECRET WORD Movement to Follow Seizure of Jehol, Is Report to War Office President Hoover Is Upset by Reports Copyrighted by MoCItire Newspaper Syndicate By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, Jan. 38. Our high est official circle hu Mnflrf,H.i word that the Japs have big ttolnss In mind. Their War office plan la supposed to provide for an Invasion of China proper as soon as the selaure of Je hoi a completed. That means plenty of trouble. Both President Hoover and State Secretary Stimson are upset about It. They laid their Information before Oov. Roosevelt when ha was here. It was kept quiet because the "P was nor. exactly m printable of flclal form. The Invasion of China hii ly csll for action by the world1 now era. Our offlolsls have been mum on ""'" campaign, confidentially they were willing to let the Jaks take that province without further pro. teat. But the moment they move e low the Great Wall toward Peipip. and Tientsin we shsll have something What that something will be has not been fully determined. The Indi cations are that we will notify Orest Britain and Prance of the altuatlon and seek a consultation. There ts my UttHe-Hfceiiriooa that we can or will do anything Important, Stimson would Ilka to declare a boycott. Mr. Hoover, the senate and lOrobebly Mr. Roosevelt would not vwo nj go cna rar. What we reallT hon . . u.. British will be stirred lntn Their holdings in China would then be endangered. They might offer lead rahlp. They have been ducking It "H iiuw. If Britain cared to Institute . v. cott we might be persuaded to go vnances are, nowever, that all anyone will do about It is talk. That Joint statement Issued by he White House ifter the Hoover-Roosevelt oonferenoe waa misleading. The background then, was that the ad ministration was trying sgaln to prod Mr. Roosevelt Into action with It on war debts, Mr. Roosevelt would not act. The atatement was nhraaed ta sound ss If something hsd been ec- oompiisnea. As a mater of fact noth ing was. Mr. Roosevelt declined to slter hU poller- Ho consented to let Stimson go ahead with preliminary discussions. He reserved to himself full leeway for action after March 4. That story about th Brltleh offer lng us a lump sum settlement was planted by a Cabinet officer. It was supposed to help push Mr. Roosevelt Into doing something. Those who should know what is going on say the British made no such offer. We would like to have them make an offer like that and maybe now that they have read about It In the papers, something will be (Continued on Psge Five) WILL ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Cal., Jan. 27. The Glass banking bill passed the senate. During the long argument ovor it so much was printed about what Huey said that the newspapers never did print what the bill said. We just trust to the good bank ing judgment of Carter Glass to hare something worth while. Glass is an absolute authority on money and it's astonishing that the Republicans were never able to win him, over. France wants to get In on the debt settlement on account of them paying nothing. As it is under the new settlement we are to start paying them. Tonrs, . AB1IM MlNmisi ltiHaM, I fo
