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o Chamber of Commerce Opens Clean -Up, Paint-Up Campaign edford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Fair Sunday, not much charge In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday ,, .. , 74 Lowekt yesterday ..... ......... 83 Paid-Up Circulation People who pay for their newspapers are the best prospects (or the adver tisers. A. B. C. circulation Is paid up circulation. This newspaper Is A. B. C. MEDFOUU, OREGON, SUNDAY,. APRIL 2, 1933. Twenty-eighth Year No. 9. IW ML Ml M EFT Comment the on Day's News By FRANK JENKINS TiHE administration bill to set up j 1 a five hundred million dollar fund for unemployment relief grants to states Is passed by the senate by a vote of better than three to one, and now goes to the house. What the house will do with It remains to be seen. Probably It will pass It. PROVIDING unemployment relief Is a temporary measure, designed only to prevent hunger. It can ac complish nothing much In the way of restoration of business activity. What the country needs, above everything else, is stimulation of business activity, so that industries now Idle will start up again, pro viding employment, w.hich In Its turn will provide buying power, thus Increasing consumption which will stimulate still further business ac tivity and so provide more employ mentproviding a beneflclent circle, in the place of the present vicious elrcle. How to bring that about, of course, is the big question. THIS writer, whose opinion, of course, is merely the opinion of one humble individual, believes that the BEST way la for the government to guarantee deposits in the banks, thus restoring confidence and caus ing people to bring their money out of hiding and put It back Into the banks, where it will serve a toe basis for bank credit, thus providing what business MUST HAVE If It Is to go ahead. Business can't" go forward "unless It , can get the money with which to carry on Its operations, and It can't get the money as long as bank credit remains frozen. Bank credit will REMAIN FROZEN as long as people keep their money out of the banks, for bank credit Is based upon bank deposits. BUT. It will be argued, guarantee of bank deposits might cost a lot of money. It might, to be sure. The answer to this Is that the present situation of stsgnatlon Is costing a lot of money. The farm board, whlcft was on effort to stlm nita business, received an appro priation of a hnlf billion dollars, and most of It Is gone with nothing to show for it. We hsve pending a relief appro priation of another half billion dol lars, and there Is the cost of relief during the past winter. The re construction finance corporation has put out a lot of money it will never get back. The cost of what is being done to relieve the depression Is stagger ing. If guarantee of bank deposits would start business off, by restor ing confidence. It could cost quite a lot and still prove an economy. M THE present lack of confidence Is reflected shsrply by rising de posits In the postal savings banks. This rise In postal savings deposits suggests strongly that government guarantee would bring back deposits to the commercial banks. People who put their money In the postal savings bsnk lack con fidence In the commercial banks. But they HAVE CONFIDENCE in the government. 80 they put their money In the government bank. It stands to reason thst with the government back of the commercial banks peopls would have confidence In them. Confidence In the banks, as al ready pointed out, would bring back deposits, and with Increased deposits would come Increased bsnk credit, whlcft would make It possible to car ry on business sgsln. THE postal sayings banks sre directly Injuring the smaller communities, such as this, by drain ing money away from them into the larger centers. It works like this: Money de posited in the postal savings bps Is redepoelted In the commercial banks, but In order to secure these deposits the banks have to pit up government securities of a cerutr. highly liquid nature. Banks In the smaller commu ..:e. generally speaking, do not hsve tr-ee securities on hsnd. If they go '.t. Into Vie market and buy the 1- .; (Continued on rase four) STATE SPEEDS UP Two Plead Not Guilty, Three Given Time To Plead, And Three Gain Delay Three Prejudice Affidavits Filed. Three more men, indicted for bal lot stealing entered pleaa of guilty Saturday . morning before Circuit Judge William Duncan of Klamath Palls They were: Earl Bryant of Jacksonville, whose home last January was set fire at midn'ght, in an arson plot, for which Joseph Kayle is serving a prison sen tence. James D- Gaddy of Jacksonville. Charles W. (Chuck) Davis, named a deputy by County Judge Feht, at the county machine shops, and whose pay therefore was not allowed, fol lowing a county court controversy. The court appointed K, E. Kelly and Prank DeSouza as their attorneys for all three. Virgil Eddlngton of the Oold Hill district, at liberty on $1500 bonds entered a plea of not guilty. John Olenn entered a plea of not guilty shortly, before noon. Further pleas or guilty were hinted by the authorities, the coming week. To date eight of those indicted have plead guilty. C. Jean Connors, vice president of the "good government congress," Wesley McKlttrick, a "Barks guard," R. C. Cummlngs, leaders of the "good government con gress" in the Wimer district, and Wilbur Sexton, and his brother, Ma son Burly Sexton, "courthouse board ers.'' were the first five to enter guilty plea. - - : The state yesterday put in motion the legal machinery to expedite the ballot theft trials, as some of the in dicted men filed affidavits of pre judice again Ctrcuit Judge Duncan. Thomas tj. Brecheen of Ashland, Joseph Croft, "court house loiterer," and Ol I ver ( Big ) Martin, we re ar raigned Saturday morning. They were giver until Monday, April 10 In which to plead. They were represented by Attorney T. J. Enright. Sheriff Gordon 'L. Schermerhorn was arraigned also, and given until Monc'ay. April 10. In which to plead. His counsel. Attorney P. J. Newman, asked for time. John Glenn, excoun- ty Jailer filed an affidavit of preju dice. Arthur La Dleu, former .business manager for the Banks newspaper, and Walter J. Jones, mayor of Rogue Rive-, also indicted for ballot steal lng. late Friday filed affidavits of prejudice, which temporarily delayed their arraignment. The affidavits were In the usual fotm. alleging that Jude Duncan was prejudiced and biased and they could not receive a fair and impartial trial, and that the affidavit was not for the purpose of i delay. Jones was represented by At i torncy Glen R. Jacks of Oregon City and Attorney Enright. County Judge E. H. Pehl also In dicted for ballot stealing has filed a mot'.on to quash the Indictment against him, an affidavit of prejudice and a motion for a change of Judges. Authorities now admit, that with the statements secured, and the evi dence of a score of other witnesses. th?y have "a complete, corroborated picture" of the ballot stealing, from the time it was first broached, until consummated, and the names of the "al lb!-makers." EIO POSSES ON TRAIL GREEN RIVER, Wro.. April I- f"P) Besses from Sweet Water and Unita counties tonight were scouring high ways and the mountain recesses for two outhful robbers who looted the Ftrj. National bank vault this af ternoon of ai 7.000 in cash and 3. 000 in traveler checks. Employing a ruse to gain entrance to the bank after it had been closed for the day, the two armed but un masked bandits bound and packed Edward Taliaferro, assistant cashier, and locked him in the vault. The bank had been closed only a short time, he told authorities, when in answering a rap at the door he was a.nkd admittance by the two men who wanted Information concerning the rental of house owned by the bank A he opened the door one youth j Jabbed a pistol in his side, the other - grabbed bis arms and marched him to the rear of the building. Taliaferro said he attempted to e- ipe from the men but they threat leaec" him with deaUL CIVIC CLEAN AND PAIN! UP DRIVE LASTSALL APRIL Campaign To Brighten Up City Starts Tomorrow Many Business Houses Unite Definite Program. Monday morning the Clean-up and Palnt-up campaign of the Chamber of Commerce will officially get under way and will continue throughout the whole month of April, J. C. Carle, chairman, stated this morn ing. It had previously been reporxea that the drive would last only one week but it is now the Intention of the Chamber of Commerce to carry it on during April and to make it county-wide Inrtcad of Just Med- ford. A number of the appointed sub committees have already started plans to carry on the work and the remainder will be functioning by thfe time the campaign gets underway. The down town business section will be solicited by members of the retail merchants committee under the leadership of Mr. John Moffatt. The real estate board, under the direction of Ed. M. White, presi dent, will carry the campaign into the residential sections and those people who are renting houses will contact the owners to urge that painting be done where it la neces sary. Companies outside of Medford who are carrying mortgages on homes will be also asked to co operate in the campaign. During the month, speakers will appear before all clubs n Vie city under the direction of Col. W. H. Paine and arrangementa have been made for an educational program In the schools by Superintendent E. H. Hedrlck. The city of Medford vlll do its share towards cleaning up the city according to Pred W. Scheffel, city superintendent. The Chamber of Commerce be lieves that faction speaks louder than words" and arrangements have been made for the chamber offices to be painted inside and out. The Garden club, the Greater Medford club, and the Women's Greater Oregon association will be brought Into the picture thla week and It Is expected that a very def inite program wUl be arranged whereby gardens and empty lota can be made more beautiful. It is believed by Mr. Carle and his committee members that , the campaign will put a lot of money Into circulation, will relieve the un employment situation and will give Medford a cleaner and neater ap pea ranee which will undoubtedly be noticed by the many tourists ex pected here this summer. A brief survey of the business and residential sections reveals the fact that a number of firms have already started to clean up and paint up, among whom are the following: P. W. Woolworth company, Firestone Service Stores. Inc., and the Home Grocery. The Buster Brown Shoe atore and J. J. Newberry company have put up new awnings, while Lamport's are painting the Inside of their store. W. A. Gates reports that he will paint four of his houses Inside and out during the present week. Reports coming to the Chamber of Commerce would Indicate that considerable support to the cam paign can bs expected during the month and It is believed that the drive will be more successful than any similar one which has been put on In years. The Medford Mail Tribune will daily publish an honor roll which will include the namea of those who are cooperating in the cam paign, either with pointing and cleaning work, remodelling or Dutid ing. 4 Rainbow of Work PORTLAND, April 1. (AP) At least 23.000 men can be kept busy in the forests of Oregon and Wash ington for more than six months of the fair weather period this year under proposals thus far agreed upon in connection with the presi dent's reforestation program. Much more work is pending. CORVALUS. April 1. t AP) Mans greatest problem today la not the control of nature but the control of man. Tills is the conclusion of Dr. Alexander Ooldenwelser of the Portland extension center of the University of Oregon, who addressed the Oregon congress for the study of home interests, in session here yesterday. WASHOUGAL, Wash.. April I. iPi Tne golden anniversary of the founding of the first grange chapter in 'he state of Washington was ob served here today. The Weather Oregon: Fair Sunday and Monday, but cloudy in north portion: frosts tn south and east portions Sunday momma: gentle changeable winds of fab or Huge Economy Cuts for Veterans NEW REGULATIONS YEARLY IS Widows And Dependents Of Vets Hit Hospital Serv ice Limited, Non-Service Disability Is Eliminated. WASHINGTON, April 1. (AP) In the moat sweeping economy move in the history of American government. President Roosevelt decreed today an annual saving of 9400,000,000 in veterans expenditures. Effective July 1, the beginning of the next fiscal year, the order was made possible by the drastic law au thorizing the president to cut deeply Into payment to veterans, their widows and dependents and to re duce federal salaries. The salary slash occurred earlier in the week. In Issuing the diminished sched ules of allowances, the president In a statement said "I do not want any veteran to feel that he and his comrades are being singled out to make sacrifices." . "On the contrary," he added. "I want them to know that the regu lations Issued are but an integral part of our economy program em bracing every department and agency of the government to which every employe is making his or her con- tributlon.... . . . . . -. ut . . "I ask them to appreciate that not only does their welfare but also the welfare of every American citi zen, depend upon the maintenance of the credit of their government and that they also bear in mind that every citizen in every walk of life Is being called upon, directly or Indirectly, to share In this. One of the largest Items of savings under the new regulations will be through the complete revision of the non-service connected disability ben efits, most of which virtually are eliminated. Some $100,000,000 will be saved through the limiting of this classi fication of pensions to those per manently and totally disabled. They will receive $20 a month compared with '40 at present and those re ceiving allowances for less than total disability will be removed from the rolls. The new ratings and rates for serv ice connected disabilities are: 10 per cent $8.00 monthly: 26 per cent $20; 50 per cent $40; 75 per cent $60 and 100 per cent $80.' The new order eliminates all pay ments for temporary disability and the present free hospitalization for such disabilities. It restrict to one year after discharges service con nected disability on so-called "pre sumption that It waa Incurred in service. Veteran organizations esti mated thla would remove from the veterans administration rolls about one-half of the 340,000 world war veterans now receiving payments for such disabilities. Through restrictions on "presump tions" in service connected deaths, pensions now paid, to some widows and orphans of veterans who died after the war, will be cut from the rolls. Veterans organizations esti mated the number of such widows and orphans effected will be about one-thrd of those now receiving such allowances, but there was no official confirmation of this estimate. The order included no pension pro vision for widows of veterans dying from non-service connected disabili ties. Spanish war widows in thla class will have their pensions re duced from $30 a month to $15. Henceforth hospitalization and domiciliary care will be limited to existing veterans hospitals, eliminat ing several thousand "contract" cases housed in private hospitals. IN WASHINGTON. April 1. .V Government officials who will besr the brunt of administering the Roose velt forest conservation -unemployment program today undertook to put iren to work within two weeks. R. T. Stuart, chief of the fores: service after talking with represen tatives of the agriculture and inter ior departments, said he expected preliminary details to be worked out by Thursday. The chtef forester has taken charge of rounding up the activities, pend ins appointment by President Roose velt of a coordinator to act in a u prvory capacity. ROWBOATS USED u ' - s i ,rtT , - V.3 MMM-U4' VOTE 0NREPEAL Drys To' Launch Attack On Legality Of Act Michi gan To Vote Monday On Prohibition Law Retention WASHINGTON, April l.(Pj Mo mentous milestones In the nation's prohibition history Hill be passed next week. The states will cast the first vote? on repeal of the 18th amendment, and on Friday beer will flow legally again for the first time In 13 years. Moving swiftly under the mandate of congress, the people of Michigan Mnnriav will wffLster their Will UPOn keeping the prohibition amendment In the constitution. The followln; ri.v Wlunnftln will cast Its votes. Both states will be electing delegates to constitutional conventions, wnicn wiu cast the state's vote for or against repeal. Michigan, with Its convention set for April 10. has the opportunity to Ha th. rir.i-. t.n ratify the amendment submitted to congress to repeal the 18th The Wisconsin convenuorj win be held April 35. Meanwhile, faced with the first break In the prohibition dam built up. over decades, prohibition forces mustered their legal experts to carry Into the courts their contention that sale of 32 per ceer Is unconstltut tlonal so long as the 18th amend ment Is still the law of the land. Spokesmen for the anti-saloon league and the Methodist board of temperance said today no definite place has been selected for forcing a test esse to be carried to the su preme court. It was admitted, how ever that various legal angles were being considered and that action would come soon after the beverage Is legalized. Millions of gallons brewed In hopi-ful expectancy are awaiting at breweries over the country and much of It is bottled, ready to be pushed out in the states where It Is legal. Immediately after the stroke of mld- nl.hl Andl A Sal- of beer will be permitted In 19 states me minute n eweomes unli able nstlonally. while five more have approved sale but have set dates In the future for effectiveness. : E PORTLAND, Ore.. April 1. (API More than 40 prominent residents of Oregon from various parts of the state met here "today at the call of Governor Julius L. Meier to brln? about a state-wide program of self liquidating construction projects that will result in needed improvements and aid in unemployment relief with the help of money from the Recon struction Finance corporation. After outlining a preliminary plan of rction. thoce present at the con ference organized a committee of seven tot "follow-up action. IN FLOODED CINCINNATI STREETS IDE . A. B.. Robertson. .assistant manager of the Regional Agricultural Credit corporation. Is here from Portland checking up on general conditions relative to loans desired by local fruit growers and was optimistic In his forecast for the Rogue River valley yesterday. "I: Is going to be slow," he stated, speaking of loan prospects, "but if one's securities are good I think he will get the money. There will be no limitation so long as good securities are forthcoming." Asked about claims of discrimina tions against Oregon, favoring Cali fornia, Mr. Robertas n stated that as far as he knew. the provisions under whlh loans are obtained amount to practically the same thing. While Oregon growers are allowed only 55 cents a box to cover growing, harvest ing and packing of the fruit, Mr. Robtrtson Indicated that additional loans will be allowed on other secur ities, enabling the orbhardtsta to car ry on the completion of the fruit harvest. The Portlander conferred yesterday with Colonel Gordon Voorhles, mem ber of the Regional Credit corpora tion from this district, and will spe.tf today gathering additional in formation from which to gain a clear picture of conditions throughout the valky. -4 AND FARM RELIEF WASHINGTON. April 1. (API President Roosevelt ended his first month In the White House today in a whirl of activity that produced proposals for aiding the nation's troubled rail carriers and develop ment of the Tennessee river valley Experiment. Rapdly the president turned from one subject to another In a series of White House parleys that put into operation a big part of, his new program and laid the groundwork for the remainder. The best minds of the struggling railroad Industry reached the con clusion fater their meeting of one hour that Mr. Roosevelt is inclined to a federal co-ordlnator to bring about drastic economies and guide the roads to a paying batla. WASHNGTON, April 1. (AP) President Roosevelt's demand Tor speed In helping the farmer won to day from the senate agriculture com mittee agreement on a relief bill almost exactly aa the admlnlatra- j Hon wanted It. After several days' wrangling over the bill, opposition to the house I approved Roosevelt program, led by j Chairman Smith (D., B. C), crumb ! led to nothing after the long con J ference the committee members had with the chief executive last nlcht. Smlt.h withdrew his proposed substi tute for the bill. Fl NEW FEHL BONDS E.- E. Morrison . Withdraws As Surety For County Judge Two Minor Fig ures In Turmoil Freed .' Mrs. Henrietta B. Martin, presi dent of the "Oood Government con gress" held In the county Jail for the past two weeks, on two indict ments charging ."riotous conduct," and "criminal syndicalism," was re leased Saturday afternoon on bonds. Mrs. Ariel Burton Pomeroy and Mrs. Clara Ripley Smith, were nam ed as sureties on $500 bonds re quired for the "riotous conduct" charge, and Ernest Dahack of the Eagle Point district, and Mrs. Clara Ripley Smith, for the $1500 criminal syndicalism bonds. E. E. Morrison of the Central Point district, a well-to-do stockman and farmer, served notice of his withdrawal as a bondsman for Coun ty .Tudge E. H. Pehl In the sum of $15,000, so a new bond was presented by Pehl. George Obenrhaln of the Central Point district, whose name waa among the original five, does not appear on the new bond. He could not be located yesterday, and it la not known whether he will con tinue. Mrs. Arlal Burton Pomeroy, Ted Heimroth. and John Hueners, appear as the new sureties. They were on the first bonds for Pehl. C. H. Brown, Indicted forr lotous conduct and "slandering a hank" was freed on $1500 furnished by Nora Bostwlck and C. E. Pfiefer. Edwin L. Malkemus and Andrew Simpson were released on their own recognizance. R.F.C.F F Signs of projtress in the long hoped for campaign to bring Reconstruction Finance corporation funds into Med ford for accomplishment of many needed projects were revealed yester day with announcement of a cham ber cf commerce committee to inves tigate ways and means of obtaining sucii funds. On the committee ap pointed by the chamber, are B- E Harder, president of . the First Na tional bank, A. W. Pipes and Hamil ton Patton. The three men will confer utth the Governor's relief committee and the city council In considering plans. Their first duty will be to make a thorough Investigation of ways and means of getting a better sewage system for Medford. The chamber of commerce Is tak ing the leadership In this move in re sponse to requests from all aides and will endeavor to bring all groups to gether in accomplishing 1U goal. The program fits in well with that already underway by tne chamber of commerce to "Clean up. paint up and build in Medford." Bringing into Medford the R. F. C j funat. would not only furnish labor ! to the rank of the unemployed but provide Medford with improvements, J whi.-!i must be accomplished at some I tin. FLOODJOp Houston Isolated By Water Deluge In Wake Storm Hampers Relief Work On Lower Mississippi. WINONA, Minn., April 1. Flood waters which took one life con tinued rampant in parts of south eastern Minnesota tonight. Down stream areas of rivers and crceKs were bearing the brunt of in undation, while In upper reaches wat ers receded. Walter Olson, 24. of Lanesboro. was drowped In the overflowing Root riv er after a canoe capsized. Railroad service was hampered by washcuts and many highways were closed Houston, with 800 inhabitants, was surrounded by water. So were some buildings in a number of other communities, including Rochester, whe-e the Zumbero river reached a lev-t) untouched since 1924. NEW ORLEANS. April 1. Bayous and creeks of the lower Mia Issippi river were swollen and big riv ers r-e menacingly as the deep south tonight watched a flood threat move following a two days storm that kill ed 81 persons. Injured many hun dreds, and wrecked a score or more villages from Texas to Alabama. The Mississippi delta waa awash in sections where Its little rivers had tumli.'ed out of their beds and spread across the fertile fields and highways. A deluge that trailed the storm was larg-ly responsible Tor the Immediate flood menace, but the rivers already were rising as result of earlier rains. The Red Cross in the stricken area moi-cJ to care for the homeless and destitute. East Texas, southwest Arkansas and sections of Louisiana ware swept by the windstorm Thursday. Mississippi, sections of Louisiana. !?bama, and Tennessee were raked Friday. Mississippi bore the brunt of trag edy. It counted 51 dead. Pescue work waa hampered by high water. Many highways wera bogrt Forests were leveled by the wind which swept from the Black river country through the timbered ridges of south Mississippi. Property loss waa not estimated, but It. was heavy. Spring planting will be delayed In many sections where fields have been turned o lakes. 4- , New lry Chlcr WA8HINOTON. April l.(AP) A. V. Dairy m pie took the oath of of fice as director of the nation's pro hibition forces today and Immediate ly took over the duties of his of fice. SALEM. April l.(AP) Joe Fal lon, 23. was declared a suicide by officers who found him early this morning at the armory, shot through the chest. WILL ROGER? HVKRL,T miXS, C!it., March 31. GIal to sec that reforestation and employment bill jihss. We got to have it lot more forests and trees, otherwise these cigarette smok ers won't have anything to burn up. Say, here i.s sonifl liinir that t f'r the uoimI of the internal revenue collectors ought to be made straight. We all kinder smile and the papers headline it any time that somebody gets a refund on their income tax. That's given wide publicity hut here is something that every body don't know because they arc not allowed to publicise it. They collect in lots more back disputed taxes than they pay out. It's news if you can get anything out of the govern ment, but if the government gets anything out of you that ain't news, that's just a habit, but Uncle Sam has no more faithful, fair servants, H M'Nlulbl (fnoltsu, Iss So
