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' MEDFOUD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1933.
No. 267.
uniui& iru
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
SOUTHERN Oregon complains bit
terly ot the villainous weather of
the past couple of weeks. An old
timer said the other day: "This has
been one of the most unpleasant
winters I remember."
Csltfornla, too, has had Its share
of bad weather.
THE East, on the other hand, has
had a wild winter.
One of the current news reels
shows what the ski Jumpers do back
there when they have no snow. They
haul It In trucks from where the
snow Is and spread It on the ground.
ODDLY enough, every time the Pa
cific coast haa a hard winter
the east seems to have an unusually
mild one. And when we have little
or no winter out here the east ap
pears to get it hard.
This lent offered with any color
of authority. It is a mere statement
of offhand Impressions, and .the
weather sharps might quote facts to
disprove It utterly.
But at least that Is the way it
seems.
A PENNSYLVANIA Jury awards to
Zack Miller, of the famous 101
Ranch, damages to the extent of
$66,000 against Tom Mix, famous
movie cowboy. The circumstances are
Interesting In these particular times.
Tom, It appears, had a contract to
( appear In the 101 Ranch show. But,
later on, he got a much better Job,
and so he dropped the 101 Ranch.
The verdict was for the damages suf
fered by resaonu of Mix" failure to
go on with his act.
How would you like to' have a Job
so solid that if you left it your em
' plovers would consider themselves
damaged to the extent of $342,000
whloh Is what they sued for, altho
they got only $66,000.
That would be pretty nice in times
like these, wouldn't it?
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THE board of army engineers re
ports adversely on a project to
provide a 7-foot channel in the upper
Columbia river, between Celllo and
Wallula. They base their report, It Is
said, on the contention that natural
currents of the river are too swift
for navigation.
Although they didn't, they might,
with entire propriety, have held that
If the government tackles many more
such projects under existing condi
tions of income and outgo It will go
broke.
rEOPLE along the Columbia, of
course, won't like the report. They
want the ohannel-deepenlng project,
because it would create employment
at the present time and might pro
vide trade advantages in the future.
But in the same breath they will
probably Insist tliat coats of govern
ment must be reduced.
One reason why it is so hard to
reduce the cost of government Is that
all of us want what we want when
we want It from the government.
THERE Is an old and very true
saying to the effect that you
can have your cake and eat it, too.
And we can't have lowest cost gov
ernment and at the same time have
the government do for us all the
things we would like to have done.
If we are going to have lower taxes,
we must DO WITHOUT some of the
f services the government has been
providing.
SPEAKXNO of ' 'government and
business, the Union Pacific hss
Just received permission from the
Interstate commerce commission to
bring under ONE accounting system
Its various subsidiary lines.
The really odd part of It is that it
hasn't been permitted to make such
an obviously sensible economy In the
past.
This Is a good thing to remember:
Every time government regulation
forces the railroads to retsin methods
of doing business that are coa'lter
than they should be, reduction of
freight rates, which the west vitally
rfceds. Is pushed thst much farther
offlnto the future.
WASHINGTON. Feb. l.(AP
President Hoover today Mundt a pro
clamation increasing the footwear
tarlZ.
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Gov. Meier Reveals Coin Se
cured for Current Needs
to Keep State Off War
rant Basis-r-After Session
SALEM, Feb. 1. (AP) Out of the
cooperative deliberations of Governor
Meier, Secretary of State Hoss, State
Treasurer Holman, members of tbe
highway commission and the chair
men of the senate and house com
mittees on ways and means concern
in? the financial status of the state
has come a solution of financing cur
rent cash -needs. It was announced
today by Treasurer Holman In dis
closing the details of a 92,000,000
loan negotiated with Portland banks
to eliminate the necessity of placing
the state on a warrant basis.
Governor Julius L. Meier, in a spe
cial message to the legislature trans
mitted the Information of the loan
to the two houses toV'keep you ad
vised regarding the state's financial
situation and to enlist your coopera
tion In meeting the conditions under
which the loan was obtained." The
governor emphasized that "arrange
ments had been made to avoid plac
ing the state on a warrant basis."
After Session
The loan will not be made until
after the legislature has adjourned
and pending that time the highway
commission will make temporary ad
vances from- the highway fund to the
general fund' to enable the treasurer
to meet current obligations and pay
the expenses of the legislature.
Participating In the loarr will be
six banks in the following amounts:
United' States National. $600,000;
First National, 350,000; the Bank
of California, el 50,000; American Na
tional, 50,000; Canadian Bank of
Commerce, 940,000; Citizens National
910,000.
Conditions Listed
' Principal among the conditions at
tached to the loan, which will bear
five per cent Interest and be repay
able as state funds are collected and
made available, are those that the
three mill property tax for state pur
poses be not disturbed by the legisla
ture this year and that a similar and
adequate levy shall be made for next
year unless measures producing
equivalent revenue next year are en
acted. "That no measures are adopted In
creasing the disbursements from the
general fund" over the estimates
contained In the budget as prepared
by the budget department for the
1933-34 btennlum.
"That if, prior to full payment of
the proposed 92,000,000 loan, the gen
eral fund goea on a warrant basts
then the unpaid portloas of such
loan will be redeemed from the first
moneys thereafter regularly accruing
and credited to the general fund."
Trouble Predicted
For Border Towns
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1 (AP) The
prediction -that whole towns along
the Mexican border in Texas would
be wiped out by bandits as a result
of the removal of troops from Port
D. A. Russell at Marfa. was made lh
the house today by Representative
Thomason of Texas.
Henry Ford Declares U.S..
On Threshhold of Bright
Future Sans Technocracy
NEW YORK, Feb. 1. (flV-The New
York Times published today under
a Detroit dateline a copyrighted in
terview with Henry Ford, in which
the famous automobile manufacturer
declared that these are not bad times
but good ones, and that we are on
the threshold of an Inconceivably
bright future.
While the Ford plants still lay id'.e
because of the strike in the Briggs
company's factories. Ford gave a leis
urely interview at Detroit to the
Times representative, Harold N.
Denny.
He said that it Is the development
of machines which will bring the
bright new era and he smilingly dis
missed technocracy.
"Technocracy sema to me mis
named." he said. "I see little evi
dence of technical experience in it.
Its diagnosis of present conditions
are permanent, when it forgets the
fluid and progressive elements m life,
it simply goes on the rocks.
"Life has a funny way of pushing
out where we least expect it. U
breaks up all our diagrams. All that
bas happened now, as I see It. :s
that life bas broken out. We bsd
. Oou.iht It nicely su.'jlUz-d in cer
I t:n financial and industrial pn:env.
People say some tain g has broken
Reichstag Dissolved; Hitler
Mystery Slaying
The body of Rose Gendler, 22-year-old
department store elerk of
Moline, III, was found stuffed In a
burlap bag under a river bridge.
Police theorized ahe was slain aft
er repulsing kidnapers. (Aaaoclated
Preas PhotoV
AS
ABSENCE OF FEES
Formal notice that he had with
drawn as counsel In the receivership
suit of the News Publishing Co., L. B.
Tuttle, president, against L. A. Banks
and. the Medford News Publishing
company, was filed today in circuit
court by Attorney M. O. Wllklna of
Ashland. ' Formal notice was also filed
by Attorney Wllklns that he had
withdrawn as counsel In the suits of
O. B. Waddell against the Suncrest
Orchards, Inc., L. A. Banks and O. B.
Waddell against L. A. Banks.
The News Publishing Co. receiver
ship suit Is based upon claims against
the Medford News Publishing Co., and
L. A. Banks, for the collection of ap
proximately 910,000 alleged due on
promissory notes for payments on the
property.
The Waddell suits; are based upon
Mortgages, approximating 97000, al
legedly due for funds advanced by
the Medford National bank and as
signed to Waddell. '
The Wllklns notice states that
Judge L. Q. Le welling of Albany, as
signed to the case, Banks and At
torney Gus Newbury have been for
warded copies.
The brief notice reads as follows:
"This Is to advise the court, and
the parties, plaintiff and defendant,
that I have this day, January 31,
1933. withdrawn further appearance
as attorney for the defendants (News
Publishing company and I. A. Banks)
and that I voluntarily consent to the
nomination and designation of such
(Continued on Page Seven)
down. I say that life has simply
'broken out. It always does.
There will never be a technocracy
In the sense of a mechanical oli
garchy, because life will not stand
for It."
An almost boyish smile lighted
Ford's face as he said:
"The machine sge is barely started
now. In the real machine age which
is to come the dirt and ugliness and
confusion and noise and disregard of
human lights which are all about us
today will be dene away with. This
Is only the ox-cart stage of the ma
chine age. I wish I might live to
see the real thing when It comes."
Although he declared no one knows
Just when industry will pick up, he
said : ,
"This period that we are going
through right now Is th recovery.
Tbe bad times were back in 1029 and
before. That was the real panic
that so-called pro prisma period.
Business, at bottom, never was so
bad as it was in what we called boom
times. 0 The managers were off the
Job. People weren't iliy working
or really thinking. Now they are.
We are seeing now the passing of
an old era and the beginning of
new one better than anything the
world ha known betfore,
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ROOSEVELT SEES
CABINET PICTURE
Often - Changed Characters
Reduced to Semblance of
Permanence Hull, or
Young to Be Secy. State
WASHINGTON, Fob. 1 (AP) The
latest preview of the ever-changing
Roosevelt cabinet picture, a seen by
some democrats In Washington who
ordinarily are well Informed, Indi
cates that nearly all of the cabinet
posts In the new administration have
been offered, and several definitely
settled.
This Information presents the sit
uation as follows:
BUte Senator Oordell Hull of
Tennessee, if he wants it; otherwise
Owen D. Young of. New York If he
wanta It.
Treasury Senator Carter Glass of
Virginia, who haa not yet accepted
but generally la expected to.
War Former Governor George H".
Dern, of Utah.
Justice Senator Thomas J. Walsh,
of Montana.
Postofflce-jamea A. Parley dl New
York.
Navy Still open. Senator Claude
Swanson ot Virginia, In case Senator
Glass refuses treasury.
Interior senator Bronson Cutting-
of New Mexico If he wants It. Other
wise the plaoe Is open, with John B.
Elliott of California, prominent
among the possibilities. '
Apiculture Probably Henry A.
Wallace of Iowa.
f Commerce Uncertain. William H.
Woodin of New York preferred, but
probably won't accept..
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Interest in the Medford Merchante
Medford Mall Tribune popularity
contest la Increasing dally, with to
day's tabulation placing Miss Mar
garet Melllng at the head of the list
with a total of fiS.OOO votes toward
winning the grand prize of a three
weeks' vacation trip to Hawaii. The
second prize, a boat trip to Ban
Francisco, Csl., from Seattle, Wn, la
also encouraging the popular young
ladles to make the most of their
time.
Miss Rosamond Wall is another
contestant who has forged ahead re
markably during the past few days
snd now has 84,600 votes. Miss
Fredricka Brommer haa 33,400 votes
and Miss Laura Drury haa a total of
34,500. A number of other girls list
ed below are also gaining ground in
the race. . ,
Name.
Ruth Koozer
Votra.
J.0O0
1,000
1,000
1.000
1.600
3.100
4.800
88.000
1,000
1.000
1.000
1,000
1,000
6.100
1.000
1,000
1.000
1,000
1.000
1,000
1,000
1,000
94.900
1.100
1,000
64,000
37,300
Harriet Campbell -Addye
Allen ,
Dorothy Orth
Myma Bush ..... ..
Margaret Chtldera
Arvllla Bums ,
Margaret Melllng
Janet Wray Smith..
Vivian Meter
Ethel Chord
Sybil Jean Young
Peggy Miller
Jean Fabrlck
Kathleen Nena
Maureen Green .
Ruby Ranney
Dorothy siead
Dean Holt
Betty Bardwell
Ruth Ashcraft
Dorothy Eada
Laura Drury
Montana Ranney -Yvonne
Devaney
Leah Inch
Oma GeBauer
(Continued on Page Five)
Ask Dismissal
Married Women
ASTORIA, Ore, Feb. l.P Peti
tions were being circulated here to
day by a group of single, unemployed
women, asking thst business firms
discharge married women whose bus
bands are working, and employ sin
gle women who hare no other meant
of support. The petitions will be
presented to the chsmber of com
.mere ad service organisations.
May Direct Budget
Democratic leaders In Washing
ton said Walker D. Hines of Chi
cago was alated to become the new
director of the budget. (Associated
Press Photo)
AIR MAIL FUNDS
AREVOTED OUT
WASHINGTON, rob. l(AP) The
senate today .adopted a proposal by
Democratic Leader Robinson striking
the $19,000,000 fund for air mall from
the treasury-postoffice bill. The vote
was 30 to 35.
The vote was a victory for ' the
Democrats In their efforts to slash
appropriations snd help by that much
In balancing the budget for the new
administration. "
Robinson argued that several
months remained before the new ad
ministration will be called upon to
act on new air mall contracts and
meanwhile the matter could be work
ed out at a reduced cost, the appro
priation to be made later In a defic
iency bill.
g. p: taxTdriver
SUICIDES IN JAIL
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Fob. 1. (AP)
W. H. Leonard, taxi driver, killed
himself In a cell In the Josephine
county Jail today by slashing his
abdomen and throat with a small
pen knife. He was sent to Jail yes
terday on a statutory charge, but of
ficers said he accepted the situation
calmly.
An investigation to account for the
failure of the Jailer to discover the
pen knife when he searched Leonard
disclosed that the prisoner wore
three pair of trousers and ithat the
knife must have been in a pocket
in one of the inner garments.
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PROBE STRIKE FOR
DETROIT. Feb. 1. (AP) An In
vestigation to determine what, if any.
communistic agitation waa connected
with the atrike of eOOO. Briggs Manu
facturing company employes which
tied up production for more than a
week and forced a shutdown of the
Ford Motor Co., was promised today.
Meanwhile, Ford officials said they
were awaiting definite Information
from the Briggs company on their
production schedule before making
any announcement regarding the re
opening of their factories through
out the country. M. L. Briggs, assist
ant general manager of the Highland
Park plant, said "We'll be (hipping
bodies to the Ford assembly plants
today and hauling them by truck to
the Rouge plant tomorrow."
Auto and Engine
Mix At Crossing
James Stewsrt. "the bee msn," and
a Southern Pacific freight engine had
a alight controversy at the Sixth
street crossing early this afternoon,
resulting In s sprslned steering wheel
to the Stewsrt auto. Both vehicles
were going slow at the time, and the
impact was slight, according to the
city police. Stewart escaped injury.
No reason was a.wtgncd for the smash,
except that Stewart did not see the
engine.
Voices Gl
CO-OPERATION OF TBu,i
PARTIES REFUSED Ymx
ON ENABLING ACT W'X
Nazi Leader Says Nation in
Bad Graces of Almighty
Since 'Days of Treachery'
Fourteen Years Ago
BKKLIN, Feb. 1. (VP) Disso
lution of the Reichstag was of
ficially announced tonight and a
new election was set for Maroh 5.
BERLIN, Feb. 1 (P) One of Chan
cellor Adolf Hitler's closest advisers
Id today that President Von Htn-
denburg had agreed to sign a decree
for dissolution of the relchstag after
one more effort la made to obtain
cooperation of the Centrist party.
me presiaent was particularly anx
ious to have, his new government
supported in the relchstag, but Hit
ler's National Socialist party, although
It -Is numerically the largest In par
liament, must have the support of
the centrists for a majority.
The government, since Hitler be
came its head, has been angling for
that support to Insure the passage
of an enabling act which will guar
antee the cabinet six months In M-
flce without fear of being over
thrown. BERLIN, Feb. 1. iff) Chancellor
Adolf Hitler In a proclamation to the
German natlonvtonlght declared that
since the 'days of treachery" 14 years
ago, "the Almighty has withdrawn
His bleaslngs from our people."
"More than 14 years have passed
since the fatal day when the Ger
man people, blinded by inward and
outward promises, forgot tlio lienor
and liberty of the relch, thus losing
all, ho new chancellor said.
"Since those days of treachery, the
Almighty has withdrawn His bless
ings from our people."
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FRUIT BALANCE
Suit was filed today In circuit
court by William Berthold Barnum
against the Suncrest Orchards, Inc.,
L. A. Banks, president for the collec
tion of $2060.40 allegedly due on
fruit sold In 1031 and 1032.
The complaint sets forth two
causes of action, the first for 42831.36
and the second for $04.05. Barnum
alleges In his complaint that the
fruit was purchased for $7300.08, and
that $4468.73 was paid, leaving an
unpaid balance of $2831.36.
Application for a writ of attach
ment against the Suncrest Orchards,
Inc., accompanies the suit, which was
filed by Attorney Porter J. Neff.
Lake County Legislator
Keeping Sharp Lookout
For Technocracy's Taint
By Mary Orelner Kelly.
BALEM, Jan. 30.Spl.) No tech
nocrata are going to run the govern
ment If Representative Bolder of Lake
county has anything to say about
It. In fact, so wary la Mr. Bnlder
of these new-fangled bogeymen that
he acana every proposed piece of legis
lation with an eye to discovering
they have a finger In It.
He found the earmarks of tech
nocracy In House Bill 70, which came
up for third reading thle morning.
It Is a bill cancelling the Interest
on Irrigation bonds In order to per
mit the reorganisation of districts.
So loudly did Mr. Bnlder air hla "sus
picions" on this proposed measure
that he spiked Its further progress
until It wss referred to the commit
tee on Judiciary.
Then came Rouse Bill 47. propos
ing that cities be permitted to pur
chase, build, own and operate tele
phone aystems. The Lake coanty
representative, with a gleam In his
eye, amelled more "technocracy" In
thla scheme. He got up and told
the house so In no uncertain terms.
Perhaps ha spoke too late, or perhaps
the house r,sd become Immune by
this time. Anyway, this bill passed.
Law-makers are lined up oa botb
gEB
1 rniMwiM rDMflrn
oom
A blast of gunfire, ostensibly
from gangsters' guns, came from a
passing oar In Chicago as Mrs.
Mafalda Marltots (above), sister of
sea if ace Al" capone, emerged
from a relative's home, but she was
unhurt and denied the shots were
fired at her. (Associated Press
Photo)
JUDGE WILL HEAR
PLEA IN TEN DAYS
Word from- Eugene today stated
that Circuit Judge L. G. Sklpwortn
of Linn county, assignee. t hear the
recount petition of Former Sheriff
Ralph G. Jennings against Sheriff
Gordon L. Schermerhorn, would be
here In a week or ten days, to hear
further proceedings in the matter.
judge Sklpworth, when hero two
weeks ago, allowed the defense tan
days In which to file an answer,
whlah was' done within that period.
Argument upon the answer la prob
ably the next legal step.
Former Sheriff Jennings contests
the election upon the grounds that
sufficient number of "write-In" votes
given him were cast out on technical
errors, to give him "a majority of
not less than 07 votes."
The official vote gave Sheriff
Schermerhorn a majority of 133 votes,
upon which a certificate of election
was issued.
It was expected that Judge Skip
worth would be here the first part
of this week, during the absence of
Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, In Jose
phine county, where he Is hearing
damage action. Judge Sltipworth has
been occupied with matters In his
own court. '
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Repeat Delaware
Prohibition Law
DOVER, Del., Feb. 1. (AP) Gov
ernor C. Douglass Buck today signed
a legislative bill which repealed the
Klalr law, the state's prohibition act.
sides of the dentsl controversy, and
the subject appears to be a touchy
one. Bhall dentists be allowed to
advertise or not? House Bill 148
doesn't put the question that frankly,
but according to leading legislators It
amounts to that. Oratory cut capers
at the public hearing on thla bill to
day, and those Interested packed the
committee room and craned their
necks from the crowded hallway.
Representative Frank Lonergan,
who Is usually all for or all against
every proposed piece of legislation. Is
on the side of the so-cslled advertla
Ing dentists. "The mala thing Is
that they advertise honestly and
fairly." he said.
The Oregon legislature went modern
this afternoon and pondered upon the
Inadvlssblllty of carrying, machine
guns. A few of the super-serious
minded looked shocked, others laugh
ed aa Representative John Beckmsn
of Portlend Introduced amendments
to the existing laws regulating the
manufacture and carrying of firearms.
The term "machine gun" will be
added to the clause.regarding tbe sale,
manufacture and Importation ot the
Continued on Pag Threap
WAR DEBT STUNT
TO
Ruse Saved Face of Adminis
tration and Stopped Grow
ing Criticism From Abroad
Was Diplomatic Coup
By PAUL MALLON.
Copyrighted by McCIure Newspaper
Syndicate.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. Behind
these current war debt developments
was aa pretty a publicity stunt as
was ever hatched
by a professional
press agent.
The performance
was mainly con
cocted and acted
but by State Secre
tary Stlmson. The
bth.ers. Including
President Hoover
m4 DMiMan.alaaf
Roosevelt, were
merely minor
characters to the
major showman.
Sttsmon's mala
H1NRV I,. STIMSOM purpose WAl tO
squeeze France Into paying. Inci
dentally he saved the face of the ad
ministration and stopped BTowlnir
criticism from abroad.
Whon the facta come out if they
over do thoy will be regarded as a.
sensational new achievement In di
plomacy. ,
First Mr. Stlmson planted a story
- r ........ ... ul. px. , iiBtv oitw
aln had offered to maka a lumn nun
payment. That was newa to every
one, Including Great Britain. But It
helped to ateel them for the shock:
they were to get later tbe acceptsno
of their standing application for con
sideration of their debt.
Then this schemer carried through
in the Koosevelt-Hoover conference)
an agreement to Issue a somewhat
meaningless announcement. - It was
Issued In the names of Mr. Roosevelt
and Mr. Hoover. It was framed by
Mr. stlmson with restrictions from
Mr. Roosevelt's close advisers Pro
fessors Tugwell and Moley.
The announcement merely said that
after March 4 Mr. Roosevelt would
receive the delegates from Britain,
seeking consideration of their debt.
Tricky phrasing in the announce-'
ment led most everyone Including -France
to believe we had reached
some hidden agreement with Britain
on a debt settlement. Later the word
was allowed to aeep out that alt
debtors who paid would receive simi
lar consideration.
None ot that waa news to anyone
(Continued on Page Six)
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ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal.Jan.
31. Well, let's seo what 'we
got in today's press that will
stand tip till tomorrow:
"Hundreds marooned by
snow in sontnern Ualitornia
mountains."
Well, that will be melted by
tomorrow.
"France throws overboard
another government."
Well, that won't stand up
for another day and neither
will their new government.
"Roosevelt and Ambassador
Lindsay of Great Britain reach
understanding."
"Well, that won't stand up
any longer than the senate
hears about it.
, "Henry Ford licks the
bankers again."
Well, that's not news, he has
always licked 'em. If more con
cerns were owned individually
like his and not formed just to
sell stock, we would be better
off. If your business is any
good why do you want to let
everybody in on it f
Yours, ' , '