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MEDFOUi), OREGON, TUESDAY, JIARCH 14, 1933.
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By FBANK JENKINS
PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, address
lng the people of the United
States, assures them that "tbe
banks. In reopening tbla week, will
take care of all needs."
Commenting on the president's
apeech, one of Oregon'a p.omlnenc
citizens, a man who is unusually well
Informed, tells tbla writer that In
his Judgment credit conditions will
be back to normal In lesa than three
montha.
THAT is encouraging. When credit
conditions return to normal,
business can go forward again In
stead of slipping steadily backward,
as they have been doing for more
than three years. .
IF YOU want-to find encourage
ment as to the future, listen to
I the talk on the streets.
It la hopeful talk. In spite of a
financial situation unprecedented In
tola generation, people generally be
lieve that conditions are going to Im
prove. If people generally believe that,
conditions WILL improve.
HERE In the spring of 1933, wltti
conditions about as bad as they
can get, the optimists are clearly In
the majority, with the pessimists on
ths run.
Speaking of pessimists, Professor A
R. Sweetser, Oregon's famous botan
ist and almost equally famous as '.
public speaker, gives this interesting
definition: "Tho pessimist," he says.
Is one who of two evils choose?
BOTH." -
Not so bad, la It?
JERE Is a headline in the news of
the day: "Shadowa of war ham!
over Europe', with conflict In spring
predicted."
If there Is war in Europe next
spring, or at any other time, tho
thing for us to say to ourselves, and
MEAN It, Is: "We're going to stay
out of' it."
If Europe wants to fight, let her go
ahead. We'll stay out and sell her
what she needs to fight with.
Then, if they call us Uncle Shy
lock, we'll have something to show
for It.
r DENVER, burglars work for hours'
battering In the door of & safe,
only to find the strong box empty.
The safe was unlocked. A turn of
the handle would have opened it.
All their hard work was wasted.
Dumb, weren't they?
rvOWS at Yreka 'a suspected kld-
naper la stopped by officers fo,
questioning. He stepa from the car
In which he Is riding and begins to
shoot. When the amoke clears away,
two men are dead, and the auspecteJ
kldnsper faces tl:e gallows.
He, too, was dumb.
WE HEAR a lot in these days about
the smartness of . criminals.
They aren't really very amart. If
they were, they wouldn't be crim
inals. ,
TIERS la an Albany dispatch that
appeared the other day in a
Portland newspaper:'
"Velma Klzer, teacher here, is dis
playing a fully developed ripe pine
apple, the fruit of a TREE that she
hss grown at her home."
Those who are familiar with pine
apples and how they grow Hould like
to see that tree, because, so far as Is
known, it la the first tree that ever
produced a pineapple, which nor
mally grows out of the ground some
what like a cabbage.
Still. Oregon's climate and soli ars
wonderful, and you never can tell
Just what they will produce.
ROOSEVELT GETS
LEGION BACKING
CHICAGO. Mar. 14. (IP) .President
Roosevelt's economy program, includ
ing lte hiure proposed cut In relief
funds to World war veteran, today
had the approval ot five Chicago
American Legion posts.
BARTLBSVIIAiE. Okia., Mar. 14
P The James H. Tell post of the
American Legion has voted unani
mously to "go all the way" with
President Roosevelt in hl economy
program.
Tn . PreEl'nt' program includes
the n'.ash.nt of tit World var "fifrt-
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SENATE ACTION
NEXT' STEP FOR
LEGALDRAUGHT
Action in Lower Branch of
Congress Rushed Sale
in Oregon Is Not Regu
lated by State Statutes
Mayor E. M. Wilson stated this
afternoon that If the beer bill la
passed by congress and signed by the
president, a committee of seven citi
zens will be appointed by htm to act
with the committee on licensee, of
the city council, to formulate a regu
latory ordinance.
Mr. Wilson said It Is probable the
committee will be announced at the
city council meeting next Tuesday.
Members of the city license com
mittee are C, O. Darby, Dade Terrett
and Fred Heath.
WASHINGTON, March 14. (AF)
The house today passed. 310 to 97, the
Cullen beer bill and sent It to the
senate. Speaker Ratney voted "aye."
Immediately on receipt of the beer
bill from the house, the senate re
ferred It to the finance committee
at the request of Chairman Harrison
(D Miss.)
Harrison already had announced he
would call a meeting of his committee
aa soon aa the pending economy bill
la out of the way.
A loud shout went up when Speaker
Ralney announced he vote. There
was much handshaking and hubbub
on the floor.
Speaker Ralney had to send Ser-geant-at-Arma
Kenneth Romney to
quiet the enthusiastic members.
The house recessed subject to the
call of the speaker.
Harrison announced later that the
finance committee would meet to
morrow to take up the beer bill, and
.that It would be- brought Into the
senate aa soon aa the economy bill
has been passed. .
PORTLAND, March 14. (AP)
'Charles Pray, superintendent of state
police and attorneys here who have
studied the situation, agreed today
that such beer aa may be authorized
by congress may be sold In Oregon
with no more regulation than now
governs the sale of near beer, which
Is entirely unregulated.
The legislative assembly, which ad
journed last week, refused to adopt
a "beer bill,'' regulating and taxing
malt beverages. "The net result of
the failure of the legislature to pass
the .beer bill," said Superintendent
Pray today, "la to deprive the state
of the revenue which would have
come to It from the sale of beer, and
the failure 'to pass any regulatory law
by which the sale may be controlled
or limited."
At least two breweries In Oregon
now are ready to start deliveries as
soon aa the federal law becomes ef
fective. One la the BUtz-Welnhard
company of Portland. The other is the
Roesch brewery of Pendleton. Both
have been manufacturing near beer,
and recently were given permits by
the treasury department to stock a
certain quantity of real beer. This
stock Is on hand. Other breweries
probably will be In full awing within
a month.
BEER READY FOR
MARKETAT ONCE
CHICAOO, March 14. (AP) Jo
seph Dubin, editor of Brewery Age.
said today millions of barrela of beer
properly aged and having alcoholic
content In conformity with the
amended Volstead Act would be
available at retail within 24 hours
after legalization.
"There are 149 licensed near beer
breweries." Dubln said. "These brew
eries have In storage from one to five
million barrels of brew. To place
thla on sale would merely Involve a
slight change In the dealeohollzlng
process used now to produce near
beer. The dealcohollslng process fol
lows the aging period. Aa a result,
there would be at least one million
barrels properly aged which could be
distributed Immediately through ex
isting retail outlets."
Nebraska Tribute
To Dead Senator
LINCOLN, Neb.. March 14. (AP)
The hum of politics was muffled to
day as Nebraska paid final tribute to
Ita late United States Senator Robert
Beeeher Howell of Omaha.
Arthur Mullen, national commit
teeman, who rushed here from Wash
ington to work for appointment of
former Senator Gilbert M. Hitchcock.
Omaha published, returned last
night to his Omaha home.
Broadcast of A. P,
News To Be Curbed
SIOUX FALLS. S. D-, March 14.
(API Federal Judge J. D. Elliott has
decided to grant a temporary Injunc
tion restraining rtatlon KSOO of
Sioux Falls from unauthorised broad
casting of news dlpa".c&e of U
Banks Here Expect Opening Orders Tomorrow
Becomes Bishop
Rev. A. W. Noel Porter, for tha
last eight years archdeacon of tha
California dloeesa of tha Episcopal
church, has been elected bishop
coadjutor of the 8acramento, Cal,
dloceee. (Associated Press Photo)
REPEAL PETITIONS
TO BE CIRCULATED
AT ONCE. IS WORD
SALEM, March 14 (AP) With two
groups uniting their forces for re
peal of the prohibition provisions of
the state constitution, Initiative peti
tions were to be started in Portland
today, It was learned here.
The petitions will soon appear In
other parts of the state so the lists
of names may be completed to get
ths measure on the . ballot for the
special election dated July 31. It
is necessary that 26,667 namea be at
tached to the petitions by March 21,
Representative John Beckman,
author of the beer bill In the legla-
lature w,hlch was defeated In the
senate, and George Bylander of Port
land, were lh conference with atate
officials here yesterday as to legal
procedure to hasten the matter to
the people.
Bylander last fall filed with the
secretary of state preliminary peti
tions to get the proposed repeal on
the ballot at the regular election In
1934 and secured an approved bal
lot title from Attorney General Van
Winkle. He withheld action, how.
ever, until the legislature had oppor
tunlty to act. When the aenate de
feated the resolution which waa In
troduced by Representative John H.
Hall of Portland, Bylander lmmedl
ately got his .petitions In circula
tion and by Saturday night had
signed up about 4000 names In Port
land. His Intention still was to have
the measure voted on In 1934.
LET
SALEM, Mar. 14. (P) The state
highway commission will meet In
Portland 'tomorrow to open bids on
five road projects and also to again
open blda on the 1. 600 .000 bond
Issue which It attempted to sell sev
eral weeks ago but which failed be
cause of lack of bids. A preliminary
meeting will be held In Portland to
night.
The highway projects will total
about 1 50,000. of which the bulk
will be paid for by federal funds.
The federal projects will Include:
Rloe Hill section of the Pacific
highway, one and one-half miles of
roadbed construction In Douglas
county. '
Portland Car Fare
Experiment Costly
PORTLAND. Mar. 14. (ff) Con
tending the reduced street car fare
experiment haa cost the company
from i75.O0O to 100.000. the Port
land Traction company haa petition
ed the city council lor permission to
drop the 7 1-7 cent schedule recently
Inaugurated. The far heretofore was
10 cents. The company had hoped
reduced fare would stimulate use of
the system.
Old Ironsides In
Portland Aug. 2nd
PORTLAND, Mar. 14. Iff) "Old
Ironsides," the frlgats Constitution
wlllpay the Portland harbor a visit
on August 2. Rep. Charles A. Mart.n
of Oregon has advised the chamber
of commerce here that the Mny 10
date, originally announced, could not
be met. Under ths new schedule the
historic ship will be here from August
2 to August 14.
Planing Mill Burns.
SPOKANE, Wash, Mar. 14 iP
The planing mill of the Long Lake
Lumber company was destroyed by
fire 'this mronlng. with a los esti
mated -by company officials at $123,
1 000. A
000. A railroad box-oar also va
TO RENEWED LIFE
F0LL0WING QUAKE
Banks Open and Bread Lines
Lessen Timid Residents
Refuse to Sleep Under
Roof Visitors Banned
LONG BEACH, March 14. (AP)
There waa a stir of new-born busi
ness life In this quake-ridden city
today with the echo of Friday's de
vastating earth rumbles and the re
verberations still in the eara of the
populace.
A few banka were open yesiernay
and allowed withdrawals of 916 to
person, but all restrictions were to be
removed today In an effort to aid tne
partially paralysed community.
There waa a lessening in tne lengcn
of the bread lines today as the reault
of the bank openings yesterday since
many persons who had funds tied up
in the Institutions were able to od
tain enough money to buy food.
Rich In Bread Lines.
The bread lines contain, however.
many of the well-to-do residents of
the city, who, unable to obtain elec
trical equipment, are forced to tms
resort since the gas supply Is off in
definitely, and there is no means of
cooking, other than by electricity
and over open fires In yards.
There were two severe shocks yes
terday, one at 5:18 a. m., and the
other near -the noon hour. Many ol
the more timid residents refused to
sleep indoors, continuing to camp In
tents In their yards fearful of an
other devastating shock. t
A mild tremor, the 39th shock of
the series waa felt at 4:19 a.'.-m. to
day. .
A more stringent blockade waa
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FOR QUAKE RELIEF
The Jackson county chapter, Amer
ican National Red Cross, la in receipt
of the following telegram;
"Southern California has suffered
severely from series of major earth'
quakes. Scores have been killed and
Injured. Damage to property esti
mated In excess of forty-five million
dollars. Hundreds of homes com
pletely destroyed or damaged, Gov
ernor Rolph in proclamation today
designated Red Cross official relief
and rehabilitation agency. Reiier
fund five hundred thousand dollars
needed Immediately. National Red
Crow has appropriated fifty thou
sand dollars, confident Pacific area
chapters will want to meet amount
required. Give wide publicity and
arrange forward remittances branch
offl.je, reporting currently results ob
tained. A. L. SCHAFER,
Manager Pacific Branch."
Donations for southern California
relief may be made at the office of
the Jackson county ohapter, court
houe, Med ford; or . First National
bank. Medford: First National bank
Aahlend, or Mrs. Samuel B. MoNair,
Ashland.
Roosevelt Riding Wave
Of Popular Support May
Insist on Whole Program
By Francis M. Stephenson
Associated Press Staff Writer.
WASHINGTON. March 14. (API
President Roosevelt now Is Inclined,
because of the way congress haa re
sponded to bis requests, to keep the
ball rolling through ths emergency
session until he has his complete
extra meeting program enacted.
Original plana for a short recess to
permit drafting of a legislative
schema for tha extra session virtually
have been abandoned.
Consequently, Mr. Roosevelt was
ready to work today on a messag.
outlining his Ideas for farm and un
employment relief He has the aa
sursnce of congressional leadera of
enactment of the beer and economy
legislation before the end of the
week.
Riding the high tide of public and
congreaslonsl support, tha busy new
president Is determined to carry thru
ths "new deal" program he believes
will restore America to a sound basis
In quick order.
He is talking with leadera of or
ganized agriculture and Is ready to
go tha limit on whatever they agree
upon. Right now they seem to favor
putting the farm publlo In tb baud
at r1 iuJBlwfuMaOV
Hoarders Disgorge
To Enjoy Theater
Declare Managers
SALEM, Mar. 14. (fl) Amuse
ments have taken toll of hoarded
money here during the banking
holidays.
One theater operator reported
taking In 80 in gold and gold
certificates the past few days.
Manager of another theater said
that frequently bills of 20 de
nomination were being presented
for tickets, with an occasional ao
bank note coming to light.
HOG CALLERS OF
COUNTY WILL VIE
25
The retail trade division of the
Medford Chamber of Commerce and
the publicity committee are comDin
Ing their efforts to stage a hog-call-lng
contest In Medford on Saturday,
March 25, at 11 a. m.. according to
w. 8. Bolger. chamber president.
It la believed that thla novel event
will bring many hundreda of farmers
to Medford, and the entire arrange
ments for the affair ar being left
In the hands of the publicity com
mii.tM Tt u nronosed to stage the
const on the Southern Paclflo lot
on Sixth street. .
The contest is open to all men and
nrnrrn r.lrin0 tn .lackaon county,
excepting those who live within the
corporate limits of tne citiea 01 men
ford and Ashland. In thla way It is
expeoted that these living irt the
rural districts will start competition
between their respective districts In
order to endeavor to produce the first
nrina flrinnm
The contest will be divided Into
two classes, one for women, tne ocner
for men. Those desiring to enter
the contest should register Immedi
ately with the Medford Chamber of
Commerce.
Inasmuch as there are only 11 days
until the contest, contestants are
urged to send in their names imme
diately. Prizes, to be announced later, will
be awarded for the first, second and
third winners. The prizes are being
arranged by the retail merchants'
nAmtnlttAA.
The Judges for the event ar being
arranged for by Horace uromioy,
member of the publicity committee.
nrnnim mmrt.erit and farmers of
Jackson county, who have been ap
prised or tne contest, are very en
thusiastic over It, and it is generally
believed that It will be the meana of
bringing more visitors from the rural
districts of Jackson county Into Med
ford than anything which has been
att mntu. In r, J. r
Through the courtesy of Chief
Clatous Mocredle, a atana win do
erected on the sidewalk oil Sixth
street, so that all contestants will
be seen by all attending. .
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Boy Shot In Leg
By Step Father
PORTLAND, Mar. 14. (IP) City,
county and stats police today aought
George W. Qrldley, accused of having
shot and wounded his atepson, Quen
amas county home last night. The
a mas county home laat night. The
boy, who suffered considerably from
loss of blood, was Drought to a hos
pital here.
Insistent first upon far reaching
steps to assure a balanced budget,
Mr, Roosevelt Is prepared to go ahead
with necessary relief plans If con
gress supports his fiscal proposals.
Senator Robinson bf Arkansas, the
democratic leader, assured the presi
dent last night that the votea are
ready for his budget balancing legis
lation the economy and beer bills.
With thla promise. Mr. Roosevelt
decided to draft his message for per
manent legislation to put the banks
on a sound footing; to provide Jobs
for the unemployed and to aid agri
culture. Hla unemployment scheme call
for the flotation of a t500.000.000
bond lasue to be expended eventually
In reforestation, public works and
other Internal Improvements.
The net result of the speed ahowa
by congress Is that the president Is
prepared to match It and wind
things up within a few weeks so far
as ths Immediate "new deal" la con
cerned. It la one of ths most ambitious of
plans In congressional history bu".
the president, la convinced that UH
ItPWpaa KA peceruee H Sttb Unv
LABOR FEDERATION
Matthew
deavor
Union
Unable
Woll's Private En
Irks Associates of
Ranks Capital
Halt Jap Junkers
By JAMES MoMULLIN
(Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper
Syndicate.)
NBW YORK, Mar. 14. ilP)- There
Is one Roosevelt selection which
aroutea more enthusiasm hers than
all tho cabinet put together. That is
Lewis Douglas for director of the
budget. Douglas is known to be fear
leas and In deadly earnest aboMt
carrying out the Prealdent's economy
pledges.
Insiders report that the meeting
between Roosevelt and British Am
bassador Lindsay was unsatisfactory.
It is said ths differences In their re
spective viewpoints ara wide. New
yorkera believe that unless one sioe
gives way there may be - trouble
ahead.
All Is not beer and skittles In Fed
eration of Labor ranks. The mem
bership haa been declining and It la
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BY STUMP BLAST
BEND, Ore., Mar. 14. (P-tngll
and- blinded by a premature explo-
alon of four atlcks of dynamlts, Percy
Chase, a farmer, waa In a hospital
hers today. But allghf hope was held
for his recovery.
Chase was blasting stumps when
ths accident occurred late yesterday
A piece of fuse attached to the blast
ing powder did not appear to be
burning and Chase stooped over- the
charge to Investigate. The explosion
occurred when hla face was only two
feet from the dynamite. , .
SALES TAX BILL
BY
SALBM, Mar. 14. (IT) The execu
tive office announced that among
the 75 bills which Oovernor Julius
L. Meier signed today and which will
all be made public later, were the
race horse bill and the general aales
tax bill.
.The sales tax bill, which will be
voted on at the special election July
31, provides a general tax of two per
cent on all retail aales and a tnree-
tenths per cent tax on all manufac-
turera, wholesalers and publishers.
It abollshea the personal property
tax.
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NEW YORK, Mar. 14. (VP) The
New York Stock Exchange today dl
rectcd all members to be ready to
resume business tomorrow.
A notice sent out on the exchange
ticker Just. before 3 o clock this after
noon aald:
"All members and their offices must
be prepared to conduct business to
morrow, March 15.
It was signed by Ash-bel Green,
secretary of the exchange.
The exchange closed March 4 for
the banking holiday.
Banker Harriman
Is Under Arrest
NEW YORK, March 14. (AP)
Joseph W. Harriman, former presi
dent and now chairman of the board
of directors of the Harriman Nation
al Bank and Trust company, was
arrested at his Manhattan home late
today on a charge of having caused
false entries to be made tn the books
of the bank with Intent to deceive
the comptroller of the currency and
his agents.
Portland's Quota
Is Set at $5000
PORTLAND. March 14 (AP) The
Red Crofle headquarters here was In
formed today that Portlano' will bi
t sited to subscribe $5000 for the re
Uef of earthquake suIXercr in aotlUi'
KB gtrUfCCXU -
Heads Farm Co-Op
ljsjaxi'" en T-s
Miss Edna B. Reed of Portland,
Or., was named general manager
of tha Paclflo poultry producers' co
operative, largo association of ago
and poultry farmers In Oregon and
Washington. (Associated Press
Photo)
BANKS AND FEHL
RESTRAINEI
SALE
A restraining order wsa granted In
circuit court today prohibiting jj.
A. Banks, the Medford News Publish
ing company and Klecta A. Fehl.from
"taking any legal action In any court
to Interfere with,", the sheriff's sale
of the newspaper plant, scheduled
for tomorrow morning. The action
thwarts any eleventh hour move to
balk legal proceedings for final poa
session of the newspaper.
The restraining order, signed oy
Circuit Judge W. M. Duncan of Klam
ath county, waa sought by tha News
Publishing company, Lee B, Tuttle,
president, now In possession or tne
plant, on an execution of Judgment
for "In excess of 12,000" on unpaid
promissory notes and a chattel mort
gage Issued by Banks on the purchase
of the paper In 1039,
The complaint, upon which the re
straining order Is based, sets forth
that Electa A. Fehl claims to hold a
certificate of delinquency for aiOB4
for three yeara' back taxes, and haa
"pretended to bring suit to collect."
It la further alleged In the com
plaint that Electa A. Fehl has "given
out and asserted that it Is her pur
pose to apply to the county Judge
for a restraining order to prevent the
sale and printing of the News by Its
present holders." The complaint aeta
forth that L. A. Banks Is Insolvent
and "unable to respond to a ault for
damages."
The complaint further cites that
the county Judge la the husband of
Electa A, Fehl, and that he Is "hos
tile and prejudiced" to the plalntlffa
and that the Issuance of any such
order would hamper the dally publi
cation. Service of the restraining order was
made this morning by the sheriff
upon the county Judge, L. A. Banks,
and Electa A. Fehl.
Attorneya for Tuttle and the present
News possessors, said that the tax de
linquency certificate ault for 10B4
was Intended to be filed last Friday,
but the extension of the non-Judicial
days, through the bank holiday, pre
vented. Attorneys declared the plan
waa to extend the hearing date and.
that In the meanwhile the Newa would
have been prevented from dally Issu
ance Its chief asset.
Reports Indicate that the appeal
last week of County Judge Fehl, to
the "Good Government Congress" for
funds "to re-establish a free press In
Jackson county" waa meeting with
meager response, though solicitors
were making personal calls and pleas
for financial aid, principally In the
rural areas. The call for another
"protest demonstration" was also re
ported as not meeting with enthu
slasm.
OLD AGEPENSION
T
0ALEM, Mar. 14. ip) .Applications
for old age pensions and requests
for information concerning them
have been received at the Marlon
county court since passage of the
pension bill by the 37th state legis
lature. County Judge John Siegmund said
there waa no money available this
year to pay any old age pensions,
since no Item for this expense was
Included In the 1033 county budget.
The enactment provides up to 30
per month for all bona fide Indigent
resident of IS years or more atsnd-
ALL OF OREGON'S
TO
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Portland State Banks Per
mitted to Open Today
National Banks Opened
Without Restrictions
While there waa no definite Infor
mation at hand this afternoon, rela
tive to opening of the banks of tills
city and county, instructions to this
end were expected in tho morning.
rrom tne Federal Reserve bank of 8an
Francisco and the atate bank super
intendent at Salem.
The First National bank, and the
Medford National bank of thla city
are under Jurisdiction of the Federal
Reserve Jank of San Francisco, and
will receive instructions from that
source. ' The Farmers and Fruit
growers bank la a state bank, and
will receive opening Instructions from
the state bank auperlntendent.
Opening Instructions for all the
three local banks are due In the Wed
nesday morning mall.
Local bankers would make no defi
nite announcement today.
SALEM. March 14. (AP) All stats
banks which could be permitted to
operate under normal conditions, will
be opened In Oregon tomorrow, either
on 100 per cent or on restricted basts.
A. A. Schramm, atate banking superin
tendent, announced today. There are
so active stats banks and two on ths
moratorium baals, but no ruling haa
yet been made on the latter two.
In order to open all the banks must'
apply for license to operate, which
all have already done, Schramm said,
The banking department will make
the classifications and banks will be
notified before 10 o'clock tomorrow
morning under what restrictions they,
might open. 1
PORTLAND, Ore., March 14. (API
Portland'a eight national banks
opened for unrestricted operation hers'
today, and the ten atate banks within
the Portland clearing house Jurisdic
tion reopened under new atate bank
ing regulations.
The last Oregon legislature approved
a law permitting limitation of with
drawals on old accounts to 5 per cent,
nut unlimited withdrawals on new
accounts, and the state banks within
Portlsnd operated under thla law to
day, pending Issuance of licenses to
morrow by the state banking super
intendent for unrestricted operation.
The state banking holiday period
ended last night, coinciding with ths
close of the national holidays. Port
land financiers radiated cheerfulness
aa the big doors swung open.
HOOVER'S AIDE IN .
SPEAKING PASSES
WASHINGTON, March 14. (AF)
French fitrother, the man who sup
plied President Hoover with much of
the ammunition for hla speeches,
died In a Washington hospital early
today of pneumonia. He contracted
a cold at the Inauguration on Mar. 4.
Oregon Weather.
Cloudy tonight, with rain In we;
portion; Wednesday unsettled with
rain In west and local snow or rain
In east portion; normal temperature;
fresh and strong southerly winds off
shore. WILL
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SANTA MONICA, Cel., March 13.
Bless Arthur Brisbane's loyal heart.
He tried to say It wasn't an earth
qualce. He uld the buildings were
not union construction and the
people were killed through a sudden
stroke of old age. But he dtdn't
know our California papers had
turned frank and Just said: "We had
an earthquake. It waa no fire, no
tidal wave, no act of the Democratic
party. It waa an old-fashioned earth
quake" You see the Lord in bltt justice
works everything on a handicap
baals. California, having the best of
everything else, must take a slice of
i the calamities. . Even my native
Oklahoma, (the Garden of Eden of
the West has cyclone. Kansas,
while blessed with Its grasshoppers,
must endure Ita politicians. New
York with !U splendors, haa its Wall
Street, and Washington, the worlds
most beautiful city, has a lobbyist
crawling out to attack you from
every manhole. Even J. p. Morgan ia
not sitting aa pretty aa he was.
So every human and every place
la equal, after all.
Yours,
Ami ktcNsuaat Irndlesu, his
itQoaUnuad. Mow Mat pas