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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 23, 1933.
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By FRANK JENKINS
ANOTHER attempted kidnaping
thla time a wealthy Philadelphia J
real estate man, who la lured to a
vacant house by two men who seize
him as soon as he enters the door.
He resists, and they start shooting, !
wounding him seriously. Then they I
flee, realizing, probably, that their'
chance of obtaining money for a
seriously wounded man axe not so
good.
THE point is that the kidnapers
ESCAPE. As long as kidnapers
go on escaping punishment, kidnap
lng will be a menace.
The reason kidnaping flourishes is
that It Is safe and profitable. .
AFTER climbing steadily for weeks,
the stock market goes Into a
tallspln, shares that had been re
cent favorites suffering losses of from
seven to 25 points.
A note on the financial page says:
'"The affected stocks collapsed like so
many pin-pricked balloons as the
onrush of selling orders brought wild
confusion.
ItTHAT does it mean?
" Well, the best answer seems
to be gamblers, big and little most
ly little, probably who had been
buying enthusiastically without know
ing why, other than that they want
ed to make some easy money, got
scared suddenly, also without know
ing why, and began to sell instead of
buy.
With more sellers than buyers com
ing into the market, prices dropped.
IF you want a real index of return
ing prosperity, don't pay too much
attention to the stock market these
days. It is merely an index of the
public's gambling spirit.
' The real index of rturnlng pros
perity is the extent of sales of actual
commodities to ultimate consumers.
A PITIFUL note- in the news of the
day:
Flood, drouth, heat and FAMINE
are causing suffering and death In
China.
Famine! What a pity it Is that
while parts of the world axe plagued
by the problem of what to do with
food surpluses people in other parts
of the world are starving.
We still have a lot to learn.
WILEY POST is flying around the
world in an effort to break
previous airplane speed records. We
watch his effort with Interest.
Meanwhile, .In a not particularly
conspicuous news story, we learn that
the Northern Pacific Is building a
motorized, streamlined, exceedingly
light passenger train that Is expected
to be capable of a top speed of 300
miles an hour.
If speed is what the traveling pub
lic wants, and apparently it is, the
railroads are planning to supply it.
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NOME. Alaska. July 22 (AP) The
Soviet plane which flew from south
ern Russia and brought Jimrale Mat-
tern, stranded round-the-world flier,
to Nome from Anadyr, took off at
1 p. m., Nome time (4 p. m., P. S T.,
7 p. m.. E. 8. T-V on its return flight,
with Emma Harbor, near East Cape,
Siberia, Its destination.
As a friendly gesture In apprecia
tion of the aid given Mattern by
Pilot Levanovsky and his four as
sociates, the Mattern relief expedition
plane took the air at the same time,
apd flew several miles out over the
Bering sea accompanying the Soviet
plane. Mattern was aboard.
FARLEY EXPECTED
OREGON II VOTE
NEW YORK. July 22 m Post
waiter General Jsrre A. Farley, i
a statement issued from Democratic
rational headquarters today said Ore
son's roie far prohibition repeal was
not surprising.
"All the information in our po-
Nwion." the statement said, "led u
tc believe that Oregon would also
follow the other 19 states which pre
viously vo'.ed for repeal. With Oregon
Joining California In favor of the re
peal of the eighteenth amendment
we have heard from evry section of
the countrv: and every wet ton rm
indicated its attitude on this Im
portant question.
LAST VESTIGE OF
DRY LAWS WIPED
OUT- FORJREGON
Dry Leaders Prepared for
Jolt, They Say Benton
and Linn in Dry Column
Sales Tax Snowed Under
By The Associated Pre,
1738 precincts out of 1187 In the
state show:
Bonus: Yes 113,188: rib 73,408.
Manager government
Yes 68.097;
no 114.080.
Grand Jury: Yes 65.498; no 108,183.
Debt limitation: Yes 81.290; no
89.403.
Power bonds: Yes 71,981; no 104,-
018.
Oleo tax: Yes 85,101; no 138,806.
PORTLAND, Ore., July 33.
Repeal of the 18th amendment was
voted, and the last vestige of state
p-ohlbltlon had been erased from the
statute books of Oregon today by an
electorate which 18 years ago em
braced antl-llquor laws In a rousing
welcome.
Returns from yesterday's special
election showed Increasing gains by
the wets. Dry leaders were disap
pointed by the two to one vote for
repeal, but they were not disconsol
ate. One of them ssld "we were pre
pared for such & Jolt. We will fight
harder than ever now.
Two Stay Dry.
Only two of Oregon's 36 counties
were definitely In the dry column to
day. They were Benton, the county
seat of which Is Corvsllls where Ore
gon State college Is located, and Linn.
the adjoining district. These two
counties, however, will have a total
of only five delegates of the lis from
the state at the constitutional con
vention next month. Douglas county
In southern Oregon, and Wallowa in
the east wero extremely close.
Reports from 1738 of Oregon's 1787
precincts gave 133,813 votes for re
peal of the 18th amendment, and
70,875 against repeal. The vote on
repeal of the prohibition amendments
the state constitution 138.083;
against 71.373. Last November Ore
gon repealed the bone dry acts In the
state laws and only "constitutional
prohibition remained until today
when the slate was wiped entirety
clean.
Sales Tax Snowed Under
A 3 per cent state sales tax which
the legislature had proposed as a
means of reducing the property tax
burden, was sent to an Ignomlnous
defeat by a vote of nearly four o
one with 44,597 for, and 10,091
against.
A proposed tar on oleomergerlne,
an Issue that has appeared on the
ballot In nearly every election In re.
cent years, wss detested by a vote
of about three to one. '
Governor Julius L. Meier Indicated
today he probably will call the con
stitutional convention for Monday,
August 14. The 116 delegates to this
meeting will have no choice In their
voting. Each candidate pledged Him
self to vote in the convention, wet or
dry, as his county voted In the elec
tion. Portland Drlpplnr Wet . .
Multnomah county, with Portland
commanding 95 per cent of the vote,
gave repeal a majority of more than
three to one. The upstate vote wis
about three to two.
Portland residents gave a great ma
jority to a proposal to issue $6,000.'
000 In bonds for a municipal sewaje
disposal plant, providing the con
structlon can be done under recon
atructlon finance corporation provis
ions, and the government will sub
scribe 30 per cent of the money. The
6.000.000 would provide the other
70 per cent.
TEN STATESSET
DATE FOR VOTES
WASHINGTON. July 33 (AP)
These are the dates fixed for forth-
comln; votes on repeal of the 18th
amendment:
Aug. 8 Arizona.
Au& 19 Missouri.
Aug. 36 Texas.
Aug 39 Washington.
Sept. 8 Vermont. Colorado (tenu.
tlve data set bv governor and to be
enactej by legislature).
Sept 11 Maine.
Sept. 12 Maryland and Minnesota.
Sept. 19 Idaho and New Mexico.
Oct. 10 Florida.
Nor. 7 North and South Carolina,
Ohio and Pennsylvania.
Expected to vote this year, but
dates not definitely set Virginia,
Montana and UtaA).
Sta.e conventions meet approxi
mate one month after popular elec
tion to record the prohibition or
xntl-pTthiblilon sentiment of states
Vo:s to A
agsiubi repeal, 0.
For repeal 30;
Wiley
NEW YORK THRONG
GOES WILD WHEN
TAUNT COMPLETE
Oklahoman Betters Former
Mark By 22 Hours Wife
in Crowd Waiting Arrival
From Edmonton. Alberta
NEW YORR. July 22. vp) Wiley
Post shot down from the largness at
1 p. m., tonight (Eastern Standard
time) completing his world flight for
new record.
His appearance, almost an hour
earlier than he had anticipated was
so sudden that the huge throng was
startled.
The filer was not seen until he
came down almost in the center of
the field. He landed from the north,
taxied his plane to the end of the
field and around to the front of the
administration building.
22 Hours Under Record
His landing was timed unofficially
to give him a world record of 168
hours. 50 minutes, nearly 22 hours
ahead of the speed he and Harold
Oatty set In 1931.
Mrs. Post was In the crowd that
had been waiting at Floyd Bennett
f'eld since early evening for the Okla
homa flier who reached here after
a nonstop trip from Edmonton. Alt.
Major J. Nelson Kelly, superinten
dent of the field who recorded Post's
take-off at 4:10 a. m- (Eastern Stan
dard time) last Saturday, clocked his
return officially at 10:59.30 p. m.
Posts official elapsed time there
fore was 186 hours, 49V, minutes for
his Journey of approximately 16,400
miles. He had flown around the world
In little over a-week, and nearly a
full day less 4than' on his previous
Journey.
Crowd In Frenzy
As Post taxied along the crowd
became frenzied. About 3,000 persons
broke through the straining lines of
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T
TO
Jackson county's drama of turmoil,
most of the time sprinkled with wild
comedy, with grim tragedy interming
led, shifts to Klamath county the
coming week where County Judge
Earl H. Fehl, goes on trial at Klam
ath Falls, charged with ballot theft.
He Is the firth of the defendants to
go trial. Three have been convicted,
and one acquitted. State wide Inter
est attaches to the case.
It Is expected that the Jury will
be selected Monday, and the first
witness take the stand Tuesday.
Though close. Klamath county has
tsken but passing interest In the local
agitation. Like the rest of Oregon, It
has marvelled at the weird agita
tion, and its results, and went about
its dally business, feeling It was i
matter for Jackson county alone to
rigure out. The trial Is expected to
last ten days, at the least.
Both the state and defense com
pleted preliminary arrangements yes
terday and await the opening of court
in the morning. The state will call
close to 46 wltn esses many of them
not testifying In the previous trials.
The defense has listed 46 witnesses.
Two of three surprise witnesses and
exhibits are expected from the state's
cane.
The state will be represented by
Ase1ata.nt Attorney General Ralph E
Moody and Deputy District Attorney
George W. Nellson. The defense will
be represented by Attorney A, C.
Hough of Grants Pass, H. Von
Schmals of Burns, and T. J. En right
cf thla city.
The trial was moved to Klamath
county last week when Circuit Jud-re
Skip worth after two denials, granted
a change of venue, on motion of the
defense.
BARTONS INJURED
IN AUTOJMASHUP
Mrs. R. L. Barton of 1002 West
Fie ve nth street Is a pattent at the
Commun ity hospl tal, h avln g been
tsken there Saturday after suffering
a severe breaJt In the arm above the
elbow aa a result of an auto crash
on the Crescent City highway at the
Oregon Caves Junction. Mr. Barton
suffered several broken ribs and other
Injuries. They were en route to Cres
cent City.
D, R. Brown of Cave City was nam.
ed as the driver of the other ear.
v-Ml-h allegedly failed to stop at the
, junction.
Post Sets
Circles World
$aWf "
WILKY POST, veteran Oklahoma pilot who landed In New York Satur
day night after a flight around the world In 180 hour and 50 minutes.
Associated Press Photo.
TRUCK BILL HITS
OF ROGUE VALLEY
Need for immediate relief from an
oppressive condition, resulting' from
he Truck and Bus bill and Peddlers'
act, recently adopted in the state of
Oregon, was voiced here yesterday by
C. F. Estes, mayor of Talent, speaking
for gardners, farmers of small tracts.
and fruit men of this vicinity and
all sections of the valley. Pleailng
for an adjustment, Mayor Estes stat
ed that these men will be robbed of
all means of livelihood If action is
not taken very aoon by Governor
Julius I. Meier to enable them to
harvest and market their produce.
( Provisions of the recently adopted
lws, he explained, have denied them
that privilege and as a result produce,
which ordinarily brings into the little
city of Talent approximately $800 a
week, will rot In the fields If relief
Is not forthcoming at a very early
date.
A mass meeting to put before the
general public the seriousness of the
problem has been called by Maysr
Estes for Monday night at S o'clock
at the Talent city hall. All farmers,
truck gardeners, small fruit growers
and truck owners are particularly
urged to attend, that united action
may be undertaken.
Six petitions, to be forwarded the
governor, seeking his aid In promot
ing relief, were In circulation yester
day. And additional petitions will be
taken over the valley this coming
week.
The new laws, as described by May
or Estes, Inflict such excessive truck
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KLAMATH HIT BY
KTjAMATH FALLS. Ore., July 22
(AP) The Weyerhaeuser Timber
company, largest lumber concern In
Klamath county, was shut down late
today when about 600 employes went
on strike, demanding an Increase In
waees of 25 per cent.
The walkout occurred while R. R.
McCartney, manager, was In Wash
ington. D. C, conferring with nstlon
al leaders of the Industry about the
establishment of a recovery code for
wagee and working- hour. H. J. Mc
Coy, assistant manager, said tonight
he could not pirdtct what sort of
settlement might be made here.
The wage srale at the plant jrad-
ustea upward from $2.40 a day.
SALEM. Ore, July 22 (UP A
"gasoline war" this time by the users
has been underway here for sevenl
lays, local dealers declared today.
Rapldly-rlslng gas prices hate result
ed in buyer's strike, many drivers
casing tiae of their machines. Sales
have dropped msLrlally, one deakr
declaring hi had taken a 20 per cnt
aiump.
New Globe Girdle Mark
in 186 Hours
GRAIN GAMBLERS
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CHICAGO, July 22 (AP) Out
lines of the first broadly constructive
plan to Institute a rule of reason In
the speculative grain trade took
shape In Chicago today.
Preliminary to a national agricul
tural conference Monday at Washing
ton, called by Secretary of Agriculture
Wallace, long-distance telephone talks
between grain trade leaders here and
government spokesmen In the nation
al capital evolved a tentative pro
posal that Instead of permitting un
restrained wild fluctuations In prices
a method be adopted by which ex
treme advances or setbacks would be
limited to a range above or below
91.03 a bushel for wheat In Chicago.
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Flying Mollisons Are Due
Tonight on Atlantic Hop
left r-
r TsTM' .
nCNDINB, Wales, July 32. JPf
Amy, took off this morning for New
which they hoped to fly to Baghdad
In contrast to stormy westher that
caused their plane, the two-motored
Seafarer, to crash on the flrat take
off attempt June 8. the weather was
acceptable as the plane took the air
at 11 a. m. OrA'nwIch time (3 a. m.
PB.Tl
They planned to reach New York
Sunday and after a short rest to
cross the orean once more, seeking
a distance non-stop record.
Capt. Jam A. Molllson, who made
the first solo east-to-west flight over
the Atlantic last August, watched the
final arrangements being made and
saw to It that everything was shipshape-
"This msy be my last spectacular
flight," he declared when everything
was ready. "I hop Isn't too grtxt
a venture
His wife. Amy Johnson Molliso.),
who last November set a London -to-
- .y
WZJtusi rrftmmmd T lTl
BACK TO FARM
T
ROOSEVELT AID
President Sets Up Organiza
tion With $25,000,000
Backing to Put City Job
less on Small Farms.
WASHINGTON, July 22 (AP)
President Roosovelt set up the or
ganisation today for using $25,000.
000 of public works funds to finance
a "back to the land" movement by
which It Is proposed to put urban
unemployed on small farms where
they can grow their own food.
The president also sought to
quicken the distribution of the re
mainder of the $3,300,000,000 fund
by approving most of the recommend
ations submitted to him by Secretary
Ickes for regional and state advisors
through whom local construction
projects will be financed.
To Buy Forest Land
Another $20,000,000 of the public
worka fund was set aside by the
president to purchase forest lands,
much of It In the south, for winter
quarters for the civilian conservation
corps.
The public worka administration
announced approval of plana for
spending $26,927,197 on roads In Min
nesota, Arkansas and North Carolina.
The president directed Secretary
Ickea to administer the $26,000,000
specifically set aside by congress for
"aiding the redistribution of over
balanced population In , Industrial
centers" through subsistence home
steads; ' t:
Confer Wednesday
Ickea celled a conference for Wed
nesday of those Interested In the pro
ject to work out plans for putting it
Into effect.
Although sponsors of the Idea con
tended It wss the Ideal solution of
the unemployment problem, there was
a great diversity of thought aa to
the manner In which It should be
carried out.
Some proposed that the unemploy
ed should be placed on farm lands
large enough to raise their own crops,
but not to engage In commercial
farming and thus add to the agricul
tural surplus.
This, however, would hardly make
It possible for the unemployed to
repay the government loans, aa con
templated In the act. The law pro
vided that the money should be used
aa a revolving fund which would per
mit Its use again after being repaid.
:wV . V hit- mm ti 1 i fc-i
The famous flying Mollisons, Jim and
York on an ambitious ed venture in
after crossing the Atlantlo twice.
Capetown record, looked a little
strained as she Jumped into the cock
pit beside her husband at the dual
controls. She wore white overalls.
"Now for the greatest adventure of
my life." she exclaimed.
There was very little wind as Mol
lison. who was at the guiding con
tol. opened the throttle and bgan
the run along the beach for the take
off.
Clouds of sand were flung up as the
Aaferer gathered speed and swept
aiong at 70 miles an hour.
Jim. handling the plane superbly,
started it Into the air after a 500
yard run.
There was a burst of cheering from
the crowd as the Seafarer took off
After reaching a height of 200 feet,
Jim swung lt nose towards the open
Atlantic and the MollWma eterted
off toward the new world
TO
WORKERS TO JOBS
Telegram From Administra
tor of National Recovery
Asks Organization of Civic
Groups for Help in Plan.
WASIHNOTON, July 22 (AP)
Swift advance were made to
day In President Roosevelt's
many sided Industrial re-employment
march.
Telegrams by the thousand
brought to him and to HuRh S.
Johnson, Ills Industrial recovery
administrator, pledges of cooper
tit Ion In the push for voluntary
agreements from all employers to
pay higher wages and make mil
lions of new Jobs by shortening
work hours.
By approving the sewer bonds next
Friday, citizens of Med ford will not
only provide t themselves with an up-
to-date sewersge plant but will do
their part twoard Increasing employ
ment. In keeping with the program
or President Roosevelt.
That the president Is bending every
effort to decrease unemployment Is
seen by the following telegram re
ceived by the Chamber of Commerce
yesterday :
"Chamber of Commerce,
Medford, Oregon.
'Will you take the Initiative Im
mediately In organizing a. compalgn
committee In your community to be
composed of the mayor, the official
heads of the Chamber of Commerce,
Clearing House association, Rotary,
Klwanls, Lions, retail merchants, fed
eration of labor, advertising club,
federation of women's clubs, welfare
societies, ministerial association, real
estate association and other ctvlo or
gs nJ tat Ions which in your Judgment
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DISPOSAL PLANT
ORANTS PASS. July 31 (fl A
MO.000 Mwage dlaposal plant, that
will ba oheaply-bullt and eheapl;vp
ratd becaua tha city already owni
th property It will require, tha out
fall aftwer It will um, and tha gravity
flow of flltared water It will utlllta,
waa authorised In the Friday election
608 to 828, by olty voter,.
six of the elty'a eight preclnote re
turned clear majorities for the bond
ing proposition which waa originally
drafted as a 70.000 plan, and the
fact that the sewage dlaposal plant
would have to be built anyway very
shortly, and that if built now the
federal government would give the
city 80 per cent of the cost as a free
gift, funding the remainder through
R. F. O. waa credited with the auc-
ceaa of the proposition at the polls.
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PONDERING GUILT
T
ORANTS PASS, Ore., July 23 fAPI
-A circuit court Jury here tonight
waa deliberating the guilt or Inno
cence of Harry Adolph Bowles, 21
southern California youth charged
with flrat degree murder for the slay
ing of an Oregon state policeman,
July I.
John . Alvln Barrier. 17. Bowies'
companion, was convicted of a simi
lar charge earlier this week, and Is
facing a sentence of life Imprison
ment In tha Oregon penitentiary.
The two were arrested leas than an
hour after MUo Baucom. the police
man, waa shot to death. He had
atopped the two southern California
youths on the Pacific highway near
here In an automobile stolen the day
before In Los Angeles.
Police said the two admitted they
had staged several holdups in Cali
fornia before coming to Oregon and
on their way to Seattle to stage sev
eral more. Barrier admitted, the of
ficers said, that he fired the shots
that killed Baucom.
ainnum.nt Honors Urott
PORTIAND, Ore., July 3J (API
A bronre statue of Harvey W. Scott,
late editor of the Oreaonlan, was
dedicated here today at the treat of
Ml. Tabor Park, located on one of
Ui, highest hills on ths Xsat Old.
IN PROHI REPEAL,
SALES TAX VETO
Forty Per Cent Vote Gives
Wet Side 944 Margin
City and Rural Precincts
At Variance On Sales Tax
Jackson county voters at, the spec
ial election PYlday, decisively voiced
their approval of prohibition repeal,
amothered the Oleomargme tax, over
whelmed the sales tax, save la the
city, and frowned with a substantial
majority upon the state power fund
bonds. They elected repealiat dele
gates to the constitutional conven
tion, when the 18th amendment to
the constitution of the land will be
abolished.
Approximately 38 per cent of the
registered vote of the county of 17.042
went to the polls 25 per cent; less
than flocked out last November. The
city vote lagged; the country vote
was heavier.
Bales Tax Wins In City
The 18 Medford precincts voted for
two measures. They approved the
sales tax by 49 votes and the county
manager measure by 164 votes. Both
measures were swamped in the county
and state, however.
The count la complete with the ex
ception of two precincts, Foots Creek
and Deter. Both are email precincts,
and were not available late Saturday
due to election officials not posting
the count, or leaving them outside
of the locked containers. Fifty -six
precincts complete are listed In the
following tabulation.
The vote by measures Wis aa fol
lows: Federal Repeal
Yes . Ami
No ......3746
Majority for - - -. 944
State Repeal
Yes .
No .
Majority for
Sales Tax
No
..204S
B4a
..2608
Majority against
Oleomsrgarlne Tax
Yea
No
.4430
..2123
Majority against -
The above was the highest major
Ity In the county cast against any
measure.
Debt and Tax Limitation
Yes 313
No ..3032
Majority against 10 "
Thla was the closest contest of thtf
election.
State Power Fund Bonds
Yea 1854.
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WILL-
ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, Cat., July
22. The nearest thing we
have had to "non-kick taj" so
far has been the gasoline tax,
because they knew the money
was going for roads.
Now that repeal is assured,
they better set in early and
have it understood what the
revenue will go to. What wonld
be the matter with using every
cent just for charity and un
employed relief and make the
tax very high, even as high as
50 per cent.
If it was a 50 per cent tax
and it went to charity you
couUIn 't drink alone. Some poor
family would be drinking with
you. Five cent a-glass beer
would cost you a dime. You get
the beer, somebody gets a loaf
of bread. Anybody give a big
champagne party and spend
hundreds of dollars, not even a
Communixt could kick on it, for
the needy get half of it. Even
at double the price it wouldn't
he as high as the country has
been paying.
Nobody could kink on a per
son drinking if he gave an
equal Rtnount to somebody that
was hungry. That would come
nearer being a painless tax
than any I know of
Yours, .