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MEDFOKU, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 7, 1933
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By FRANK JENKINS
THE administration's new railroad
blil. Just introduced In congress,
proposes about as complete elimina
tion ot competition as could bo Im
agined. The country's railroads are
to be run practically as one system,
to be bossed by a federal "co-ordl-nator."
whose Job it will be to elimi
nate competitive costa.
The purpose, of course, la to bring
down expenses to the point where a
( profit can be earned.
BACK East, they are keenly Inter
ested In seeing the railroads cam
a profit, for unless a profit can be
earned the value of railroad stocks
' and bonds will go on declining.
, The big financial centers of the
East are interested primarily In in
vestment values.
OUT here In the West, we are In
terested first ot all in lower
freight rates. We are a long way
from the big consuming markets,
and the freight rate has to come out
of the price we get. The higher the
rate the lower our price.
JIHIIoE they are about it, they
Yf might reduce some of the $100,
000 salaries railroad presidents have
received in the past. To anjrdinary
citizen, away out here in the sticks.
It doesn't appear that the railroads
are prosperous enough to Justify such
aalarlcs.
Especially when they go Into the
making of the rates, and so come
out of OUR pockets.
OLD CLINT HAIOHT, over at Can
yon City, put his tongue, in his
f cheek and got off this one the other
day:
. "There are too many people in this
cock-eyed country. The crop must
be cut down. No more kids until
1863 should be the slogan."
Then he added: "If we could quit
raising children, we could balance the
achool tax budget."
BERNARD MAINWARING, of the
Baker Democrat-Herald, inclined
at first to take Cllne seriously, geta
cared:
"If we raise no more children," he
writes In his paper, "a million teach
ers would be thrown onto tho labor
market, and the scarcity of new ba
bies would not reduce the army of
Job seekers for at least 15 years.
"Meanwhile, with fewer mouths to
eat food, over-production would' be
worse than ever."
BUT about that time the saving
second thought occurred to Ber
nard and he added: "Besides, has
Mr. Halglit thought of any way to
put .his plan into operation?"
How about it. Clint? Have you7
BILL TUOMAN, up at Eugene, leans
back In his chair, fllla his pipe
and starts figuring out something.
Let's have some more of this "plan
ned economy," he says stimulate the
crop of babies whenever It looks like
there would be a surplus of food
stuff, with too few mouths to eat
It, and cut down the crop whenever
a shortage Impends.
This Is the sge of fancy schemes
t for planning everything, you know,
and Bill alms to hold up his end.
BUT shuckl Clmt ws Just run
ning a whlizer stirring up the
animals, they used to call It. He
knew he'd get a rise from somewhere.
. and he got It.
A wise old owl like Clint knows
thst without a crop of bablea coming
along every year the world would go
to pot In a little while. If there
were no bablea, the world would soon
be full of old men, and old men lack
the courage to do things that, to
solid, sensible, conservative people,
look utterly crary. Their Inclination
1s to sit tlg.ht and let well enough
alone.
If there had been no young people
to defy convention and do crazy
things, we'd still be living In caves
and eating raw meat.
SO AWAT with 'thia Idea of a mo
ratorium on babies! If Clint had
really meant It, he ought to be taken
out and drowned in the John Day
river.
But, of course, he didn't. He was
Just putting up something for the
boys to shoot st.
BROTHERS ADMI1
HOLDING HEIRESS
IN RANSOM PLOT
Dramatic Denouement in
Abduction of 10-Year-0ld
Margaret WIcMath Ken
neth and Cyril Buck Held
By ANDREW J. KELLEY
Associated Press Start Writer
HARWICH PORT, Mass., May 15.
(AP) Two Cape Cod brothers an
unemployed chauffeur and a garago
mechanic wero seized for the kid
naping of 10-year-old Margaret Mc
Math and the ransom money 60,
000 in currency was recovered to
day In a startling denouement of the
abduction.
Upon the chauffeur, Kenneth Buck.
30. police laid t.'ie origin and execu
tion of the plot by which the 10-year-old
daughter of Mr. and Mrs.
Neil McMath was lured from her
schoolroom here Tuesday and held for
$60,000 ransom,
Cyril Go-Between
His brother, Cyril, 38. they charged
with acting as the go-between and
the emissary through whom the child
was returned to her parents early
yesterday.
The ransom money, $60,000 in bills,
furnished by wealthy grandparents in
Detroit, and paid over to Kenneth
aboard a yacht in the harbor here
early yesterday, was recovered tonight
from Kenneth's home, $10,000 of It
from his wife and $50,000 more hid
den in a bedroom closet.
Little "Peggy" was back with her
parents, fully recovered and with no
ill effects from her experience.
Family Exonorated
State police officials who, with
dramatic suddenness brought the case
to a solution in ft -series olpectacu'
lar moves during the night and day,
exonerated all members of the family
of any knowledge of the crime. They
expressed the belief that only the
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Preparations were completed yes
terday for a Cotton Event to be con
ducted in Medford In connection with
National Cotton Week, May 15-20 and
all the ready-to-wear stores and dry
oods stores in the city are cooperat
ing to make the event a success, ac
cording to John Moffatt, chairman
of the affair.
It is the purpose of the Medford
stores to emphasize cottn clothes and
cotton goods during the campaign
and many novel publicity and mer
chandise Ideas will be injected Into
the program.
An a preliminary to cotton event
week, a poster campaign has been in
augurated In the art departments of
the high school and the Junior high
school under the direction of Miss
Louise Hollcnback and Mrs. Arthur
Schoenl. The poster contest ends on
Wednesday and the exhibits will be
assembled at the chamber of com
merce on Thursday when they will be
Judged by a, committee of merchants
and- three prizes awarded. Another
feature of the campaign is a dress
making contest being conducted at
the high school. In thia contest the
girls are making cotton dresses which
will be on display at the chamber of
commerce next Thursday and during
the week of May 15-20 will bo ex
hibited in the ready-to-wear store
windows. Prizes will be awarded for
the best dresses and the Judges will
be a representative each from the fol
lowing stores: Ethelwyn B. Hoffmann.
Adrienne's, Burelon.s ready-to-wear,
Cinderella shop. Jacqu Lennox, and
the Band Box. The Judging will take
place at the chamber of commerce
at 10:00 a. m Thursday morning and
the public is Invited. The dress mak
ing work at the high school is being
conducted under the guidance of Miss
MAurlne Carroll and Indications are
that many splendid dresses will be
made at a minimum of cost.
Department stores and dry goods
stores of the city are each donating
sufficient material for one girl at the
high school to make a dress which
will be exhibited in the store win
dows as another feature of the Cotton
Event Week. The firms donating the
material are Mann's. M. M. Depart
ment store. Montgomery Ward, J. C.
Penney Co., Whillock's, and Hutchi
sons. The girls making these dresses
will be given same at the end of
Cotton Event Week.
During the week of May 1520 t!l
the stores will feature cotton clothes
and cotton goods and arrangements
have hn made for the windows to
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Testimony Connects Wife of Banks With
Dramatic Family Reunion
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AsHuclnlcd Press tnlephoto or alMhictctl Peggy McMath, 10, with her
faMier and mother,- Mr. and Mrs. Nell MvMath, lit the dramatic reun
ion when father and child were landed by a coast guard cutter at Woods
Hole, Mass. The Harwich port family was reported to have paid $(i0,000
rnnsom -for the girl's return.
Banks Attorneys Unable
Shake States Witnesses
In Testimony on Slaying
Accused Woman Slated 'We Did IC When
Asked Who Killed Prescott Is
Damaging Word of Williams
By ARTHUR PERRY
EUGENE, May 6 In vain, Frank J. Lonergan, brilliant Portland attorney,
speaker of the last house of the state legislature, and in his time, a star
football player at Notre Dnme, endeavored to break down tho damning
testimony of T. E. (Tommy) Williams, manager of the Union Oil company
at Medford, against Mrs. Edith Robertine Banks. Jointly charged and tried,
with her husband. L. A. Banks, former publisher-orchard 1st, with first-degree
murder for the slaying of Constable George J. Prescott, on the morning of
March 16 last. Lonergan is ace of
Friday, he had grilled, , at times sav
azelv. the state's witnesses.
Summoning to his aid. all his skill
and legal art, Attorney Lonergan
tried to make the oil company em
ployee, alter his testimony. The wit
ness, calmly emphatic, failed to vary
in a single Important detail. Over
and over. Attorney Lonergan fired
questions.
Hailed Near Home
Williams testified that on the
morning of the murder, he drpve an
oil truck by the Banks home. He
saw three po,lcemen standing nearby
on a corner. Sensing the unusual, he
drove around the block and stopped
directly in front of the Banks home
and took a position on the tool-box.
He watched the three officers. Chief
of Police Clatous McCredie. Lieut.
Alex Dunn and Sergeant James
O'Brien.
As he watched an arm was extend
ed and withdrawn from the front
door of the Banks home. The door
closed. An instant later it reopened
and Mrs. Banks appeared, Williams
testified. She called to him:
-Come, and get this please!"
Williams aatd, he ignored this call.
The door closed, and acaln Mrs.
Banks re-appeared, and again said
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CoaU Results
R.
Seattle
Portland - 12
Sewell, Ulrieh and Cox;
and Palmlsano.
H. E.
11 3
30 0
Olbson
LOS ANGELES. May
Score:
San Francisco ......
(AP)
R. H. E.
... 6 10 1
...6 11 1
Hollywood
Stlne and Bottarlna; Wetzel, Camp
bell and Franks. Bassler.
Unsettled with rain Sunday and
Monday, snow over mountains; mod
Tate t'n'pe-itMrc; strong south wind,
at time of gale force, olt&no;e
the Banks' battery of lawyers. All day
STATE TESTIMONY
WILL END
PRESENT OUTL
By AKTIIt'R PKRRV
EUGENE. May 9 The state of Ore
gon will probably conclude by Mon
day noon Its main testimony In the
trial of L. A. Banks, former Medford
publisher-orchardut, and his wife,
Edith rtoberttne Banks, charged with
first degree murder for the slaying
of Constable Oeorge J. Prescott.
The defense Is expected to take at
least two days, with Defendant Banks
himself as the chief witness in his
own behalf. Attorney Phipps for the
defense, announced before the trial
started that both the defendant
would take the stand. The prediction
is now that the case will be In the
hands of the Jury by Friday after
noon, possibly Thursday.
Sixteen witnesses, besides the two
principals have been called by the
defense, Including Mrs. Henrietta B.
Martin, president of the so-called
"Good Government Congress" and a
number of others Identified in a
minor capacity, with the turmoil that
racked Jackson county before the
tracedy climax.
From tne trend of the cross-examination
of the state witnesses by At
torney Frank J. Lonergan, the de
fense will employ a general defense
of not guilty, which permits them to
use all the defenses mental stress,
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AND HOLLY STREET
Work Starts Monday on
Reinforced Concrete
Building to House Ex
panding Business
Feeling confident that the depres
sion la over, and that now Is the
time to expand business concerns In
view of better times to come, the
Colonial Bakery, Inc., with W. H.
Fluhrer as manager will erect a new
building at the southwest corner of
Sixth and Holly streets, with work to
start tomorrow, according to an an
nouncement made by Fluhrer yes
terday. The building will be 70 feet by 110
feet, Fluhrer said, constructed of rein
forced concrete throughout, and will
be one and one half stories high with
a basement. The new bakery plant
will bo furnished with first class
modern equipment to make bread,
cakes and a complete line of bakery
products.
Erection of the new building will
not Interfere with the Poet Office
Super Service station, now managed
by Rod Waters, Fluhrer said, and the
Green Lantern cafe will also con
tinue as a first class restaurant. The
building will extend from Sixth street
to the alley back, of tho university
club, which was recently paved.
JPluhrera-bought- the - property -upon
which the building will bo erected
about three years ago.
The Colonial Bakery will retain Its
retail store In Its present location on
East Main and will also conduct a
retail store at the new plant, which
will be open for operation by July
16, according to Fluhrer, and to Prank
Clark, architect.
Distribution of Colonial Bakery
products will be made over Southern
Oregon and Northern California, with
a branch plant In Yreka to cover
territory around Dunsmulr, Weed,
Hilt, Shasta City and other North
ern California towns. The Medford
branch will cover the territory as far
north as Grants Pass.
Decision of the Colonial Bakery to
build at thia time was made with
the conviction that construction costs
are as low now as they will ever be,
that economic conditions are going
to Improve from now on, and that
a larger baking plant will be needed
to care for Increased business.
John Fluhrer Is president of the
Colonial Bakery company, and W. H.
(Heinle) Fluhrer, manager. Work on
the building will start Monday.
TEAM CHAMPIONS
OE ENTIRE STATE
The debate championship of the
state of Oregon was won on the "Fer
ry system last nltfht, when the Med
ford team met the eastern Oregon
champions from Pendleton and de
feated them with a two to one de
cision at Corvaltls.
Misses Elisabeth and Prances Fer
ry, twin daughters of Mr. and Mrs.
D. H. Ferry and seniors of Medford
high school, represented the western
Oregon division. The victory brings
to Medford permanent possession of
the Burt Brown Barker trophy and
second leg on the Oregon eup.
A large crowd filled the Corvallts
studio for the debate, which was
broadcast from KOAC. Judges were
Prof. Earl Wells,. Paul Knoll, and
Prof. H. Crump acker.
The subject for debate was "Re
solved: that fifty per cent of state
and local revenues should be derived
from sources other than tangible
property."
Ralph Bailey, Medford debate
coach, Mrs. Bailey and Mr. and Mr
Ferry accompanied the team to Oor
vallia and will be returning with the
victorious twins today,
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Bright Spots
. Br UNITED PRESS
T. Jacobson A Sons, underwear
manufacturers. Increase wages of em
ployes 10 per cent.
O. C. Murphy Co. report April
sales of 11.828,758, Increase of 9.4 per
cent over April last year.
Dome Mine Ltd. reports April out
put of 9403.268, against 9354,264 in
April. 1033.
Regains Theaters
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George Hunt, former owner and
manager of the Craterlan and Rial to
theaters, will take charge of the the
aters again today, according to an
nouncement made .last night. The
lease of the Fox theater chain was
cancelled last week by. an order of
the federal bankruptcy court., and
the theaters turned back to the for
mer operator.
Leases on the two bhcaters were
given the Fox company In September
of 1020, and have been operated by
the Fox company since that time.
Hunt has been purchasing pictures
for a group of theaters covering
northern California, Oregon and parts
of Washington, and will operate the
local theaters under provisions of the
group.
"We will continue to operate the
theaters muoh as they have been op
erated," Hunt said, "and will show
only the best pictures available. No
drastic changes win be made, at least
for the present."
Hunt will make his home here, ho
said, and will have active charge of
the Craterlan. Elno Hommlla will
continue as manager of the Rial to.
Hem mil a has been manager of the
Rial to for more than a year, and has
made many friends.
The Craterlan theater was built for
Hunt, who operated it until 1939.
and made It one of the most popular
playhouses in southern Oregon. A few
Immediate changes will be made.
Hunt said, to the policies he found
profitable to the theater and pleas
ing to the people of Medford when
he formerly operated tho theater.
"I am glad to get back to Medford
to make my home here and to con
duct my business," Hunt said.
POPPY POSTER
Winners in the local poppy poster
contest were announced yesterday by
Mrs. Io Williams, chairman. The
three posters, which will be sent on
to Portland to enter atate competi
tion were made by Lloyd Colbaugh.
fifth grade. Washington sohool; Anne
Deane, Junior high achool and Rich
ard Sleight, Senior high school.
In the elementary school division
second honors went to Reed Cox,
Rose ve It, and third to Jimmy Berrlan,
Roosevelt. Sixth grade winners were:
Elinor Shu ltd, Lincoln, first; Kath
leen Edwards, Washington, second;
Helen ffmfdley, Lincoln, third.
First honors at Junior and senior
high schools went to Anne Dean and
Richard Sleight and Gladys Sturlln
was given honorable mention.
IN
Walter Tanner of Medford received
sever chest and rib Injuries when
the car he was driving smashed Into
the rear of a 'truck on the Pacific
highway south of Medford about 6:30
o'clock last night.
The truck was being towed by an
other car, as It was out of gas. Tan
ner'a car knocked Vie truck Into the
ditch, turning It over, but did not
In lure the driver of the truck.
Tanner's car vu badjgr damaged,
ti cor go Hunt
STATE TAX PUTS
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OFF GASH
One Third Will Be Able to
Continue Without Issuing
Warrants for Expenses
Is Outlook in Checkup.
PORTLAND, Ore.. May 8. (AP)
Collection by the state government
of nearly (3.000.000 In state property
tax from the 36 counties of Oregon
thia year will force at least two-
thirds of these counties to resort to
a warrant basis of operation for the
rest of 1033. This action may be even
more widespread than present condi
tions Indicate.
This statement was disclosed today
In a Etate-wlde survey by the Asso
ciated Press. Definite information
was requested of the several counties
concerning their ability to pay the
first half of this tax, w.hlch is due
June 1, and the probable condition
of the county treasuries after auch
payment Is made. ,
Perhaps less than one-third will be
able to continue operations on a cash
basis, If present calculations by the
county officials are borno out. The
others, several of them now using
warrants in lieu of cash, must resort
to registering warrants.
An astonishing delinquency In tax
payments by property owners
throughout the state Is broadly re
sponsible for the condition. Tax do
Iinqtiene? may tm'tis high as 60 per
cent this year, as a general average
for the state.
In addition to the 93.000,000 which
the counties must pour Into tho state
treasury,, they must set aside In their
own treasuries more than 92,000,000
for tho elementary school fund. The
grand total In exact figures Is $&,
051,426 for Uhe year.
Jackson countv is mimboreri amnntr
those on warrant basis.
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TUESDAY, BELIEF
WASHINGTON, May 9. T)--Al-
ministration lsdrs tonight forecast
that the farm relief bill with 1U
Inflation and mortffnge financing ad
ditions Intact will be In President
Roosevelt's hands for approval late
Tuesday.
They predicted that th aenst will
abandon Its support of ths amend
ment to guarantee production costs to
the farmers. John A. Simpson, presi
dent of the Farmers' union, who
championed this plan, conceded to
day that It Is destined to "certain de
feat" because of strong administra
tion opposition.
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NPTW YORK, N. J., Mny 8. (T An
the culmination of a "strike'' in the
Camp Dlx mess hall, 46 ' Newark
youths who were In the civilian con
servation corps were back at their
homes today.
Summarily discharged yesterday by
Brig. Oen. H. L. Lai bach, command
ing officer of the camp, the men were
sent home aboard a special train.
UNpon arrival here, they complained
or maltreatment at the hands of army
officers at the camp and poor food
and declared they could not work
because they were "being starved."'
One compsny commander said of
ficials were "convinced" the agita
tion came from outside sources.
BE TAKEN MONDAY
Two members of the state traffic
bureau will remain In Medford to
morrow to complete the giving of
drivers examinations to those who
were unable to complete the testa
yesterday. Ward McReynoIds and his
crew of four examiners were swamp
ed Friday and yesterday, with many
testa uncompleted last night.
More than 300 car drivers of Med
ford and vicinity were given testa
during the two days. McReynoIds
had to telephone to Salem for two
extra assistants, and still the crowd
could not be Handled.
Slaying
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BY STATE OFFICER
Trooper Warren on Stand
Saturday Recess Taken
At Noon to Monday Morn
ingHouse Searched.
EUOENE, Ore., May . (API Fur
ther testimony designed to connect
Mrs. Edith K. Banks with the slay
ing March 16 of George Prescott, Med
ford constable, was lntmrinrri hv ffc
state, today Just before the' first week
of the trial of the woman and her
.husband, Llewellyn A. Banks, for
urni, octree muroer waa concluded.
j no testimony was that of Clyde
Warren nf the nrnta nnii- n,vA
ed Mrs. Banks as observing to him:
i-tescoti, was trying to break into
our home. We had to shoot 1'
Thfl StatA trnnrwr urn- nit. .1-
witness stand after Tommy Williams,
true anver. a stale witness, had
testified that Mm. Rnnlr. in. "ur.
did It 1" when he asked who killed
rrescou.
The constable was shot when ha
attempted to sorve a warrant on
Banks, former editor and orchardtst,
at his home. Most of tho testimony
this week was introduced by the
state to establish that Banks fired
the fatal shot.
Warren's testimony, like that of
Tommy Williams, oil truck driver,
given Friday, was- admitted as evl-'
dence only against Mi's. Banks. The
Jury was instructed to disregard it
as far as It concerned Banks, accused
oi tne actual snooting of the officer.
Warren's tMHmnnv .m ........
cross examlnstlon took up the entire
morning session and he was still be
ing suojectea to tne bitter fire of
questions- front Defense . Attorney
Frank Lonergan when oourt adjourn-
ed until Monday morning. Judge
Sklpworth decided against a Saturday
afternoon session.
"I questioned Mrs. Banks in her
house following the shooting of Pres
cott," said Warren. "I asked her
what happened. She said Prescott
had tried to break Into their home
and Banks ahot him.
"Mrs. Banks said she bad gone to
the door In anawer to a knock and
called to her husband that Oeorge .
Prescott waa there. Banks instructed
her to give Prescott two letters ly
ing on the table. They were ad
dressed to Captain Le Bown of the
state police and Chief McCredie of
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WASHINGTON, Hay 6.
Foreign delegations are com
ing in here to join Mr. Roose
velt's hreHd line. Italy's and
Oklahoma. 'b got in the same
day. A man named Jung was ,
sent hy Dictator Mussolini, to
see what "Lady Bountiful"
held in store for Italy, and a
man named Rogers sent by Dic
tator Alfalfa Bill Murray to.
pick up any loose crumbs tbat
miht fall locHlly. '
' Congress disgraced them-
selves something terrible Thurs
day. There was for three solid
hours they didn't pass a single
bill, not. even an appropriation
bill. Then they realized how
slow they were going and woke
up and practically passed a
little dinky thing only appro- '
priating $100,000,000 for the ,
insurance companies. Hardly
worth monkeying with.
Went to hear the president "
lecture the United States Cham
ber of Commerce. He wai to
broadcast it, but that was rail
ed off. One of those affairs fr
men only!
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