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EDFORD Mail Tribtne To City Subscribers In case your carrier falls to leave & paper, phone 75 before 0 p m. office closing time. A paper will be sent out by Special Off 1 1 very. Highest yesterday 100 lowest thl morning .. ,16 Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 24, 1933. No. 132. mm an LTU The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Frldai slightly cooler Friday. Temperature. M mm I Comment on the Day's Mews By FBANK JENKI.8 A MONO the meaaurea for the reato. ration of business passed by the laat congreaa la the Uom Ownera' Loan Act. which provides for the re financing of home loana that are In default, or about to become so The machinery for the admlnlstra tlon of thla new service by the gov ernment la just being aet up In Ore gon, and the loana contemplated by the act will aoon be available to thoae who are eligible to receive them. THE PURPOSE of the Home Owners' Loan Act, put Into a few words, la to enable distressed home owners to save their property from fore closure. If this purpose la kept clearly In mind, a lot of misunderstanding will be avoided. The government Isn't going Into the mortgage loan business. It Isn't undertaking a campaign to reduce in. terest rates. -It isn't attempting through this new law. to stimulate extensive construclon of new homes. It Is simply trying to enable hon est people, who have acquired homes at considerable sacrifice for buy' Ing a home and paying for It out of eamlnga DOES Involve considerable sacrifices to retain these homes in the face of difficult conditions. That la the whole story. iirHO are eligible for these loansf W First, home owners who OC CUPY their own homes. If you have a bouse that you are renting to somebody else that Is to say, a house that rates as an Investment, rather than as a home you are NOT ell' Bible. Second, home owners who are about to lose their homes by mortgage fore, closure, tax sale, or other similar pro cess. N OTHER words, If you are to take 1 advantage ol the Home uwon. Loan Act, you must be In actual dis tress and .you must prove that you sra unable to get relief In any other way. It is strictly a salvsge measure Intended to help those who can't get help otherwise. tr FORECLOSURE proceedings have 1 been started against you, you are eligible for relief under thla new law, which will undertake to Induce the holder of the mortgage against your home to accept bonds of the Home Owners' Loan corporation In payment of the mortgage. But that isn't all. If your property has been foreclosed, but your period of redemption has not yet expired, you are still eligible for one of these loans so that you may be enabled to redeem your property and again make It your home. It doesn't even stop there. If your property has been foreclosed and a sheriff's deed taken by the homer o the mortgage, you may still get one of these loans If the holder of the mortgage who has foreclosed and taken possession can be Induced to take bonds In payment of his loan and deed the home back to you. The plain Intention of the law is to go the limit and then some m order to save peoples homes. rrHI3 nolnt shouldbe kept In mind: 1 It ISNT the purpose of this new , v.-J m,t monet to home i- Hi.r Moderate f,vi.Ti who are in distress. Moderate! cash loana will be made, under cer tain circumstances, but these loans will be restricted to 40 per cent of a rather strict appralssl value, and they will carry an Interest rate of sli per cent. It Is probable that such a loan would be accepted by private loaning agencies. In which event the borrower would be disqualified for the federal loan. The purpose la to Induce the mort gage holder to accept bonds of the Home Owners' Loan corporation in payment for his mortgage. THE principal of the bonds la not guaranteed b 'n government, which merely guarantees Interest for a period somewhat exceeding 15 yeere. The ultimate value of the bonds will depend upon the extent to which the loans are repaid. i-iFPEATTNC) what has been said be- I fore, and putting it briefly, the purpose of this new home loan law la to lend money on security that no private Individual or Institution will lend on In order to enable people who are about to Icee their homes to ssve them or to enable those who have al- resdy lost their homes, to emer,11( ,n a hospiul 0f Internal Inju - them. "ll I im 1 1 nn A. AYRES, Tourist Traveling at High Speed On Wrong Side of Crooked Highway Strikes Truck Skull Fractured Howard A. Ayres, proprietor of the Ayera confectionery at Nlsqually, Wash., waa Instantly killed about 6 o'clock laat evening on the Pacific highway at the Siskiyou summit in head-on collision wth a large re- frige rat or express truck. No one else waa Injured. Ayres was traveling alone. The body was '.aken to the Dodge funeral parlors In Ashland, and no Inquest will be held, according Coroner Frank Perl. Ayres, aged 48, la aurvuved by his widow and two daughters In Nlsqually. On Wrong Slue State police, who Investigated the crash- said the collision occurred about one and a fourth miles south of the Richfield beacon at the sum mit of the Slsklyous, and that Ayres, who was traveling norti, was on the wrong aide of the highway when the car and truck moulded. The truck, owned by H. P. Knut zen of Seattle, Wash., was being op erated by Olen R. Bailey of Belli ng- ham. Wash., who was taken Into Ashland to file an accident report. He then returned to his truck on the mountain. According to Mr. and Mrs. George Yolt of Tule Lake, Cal., who were also traveling tra the .highway, the sun was In Ayres eyes, and he was traveling at a high rate of speed. They siid their attention had- been attracted to the car by the terrific speed and the howling of the tlrea when Ayrea made turns on the wind ing highway. hkull Fractured Dr. Joseph Langer of the Hilt .hos pital, Hilt, Cal., was called to the wreck, reaching there about 15 min utes after the fatal crash. State police fcaid the doctor stated that Ayres death waa caused by a frac ture of the skull. Paul Zabrlst of Seattle, relief driver for Bailey, was asleep In the com partment on the large refrigerator truck at the time of the wreck. State police reported that the en tire left side of Ayres' car was torn away, and that the rear spring In the truck was broken by the sudden impact and application of the brakes. The truck had an approximate load of seven tons, it was said. The traffic fatillty is the second In Jackson county within four days. Haroli Runnels of Klamath Falls having been killed near Jacksonville Sunday morning. SINGLETON KILLED OFF EMBANKMENT ROSEBURQ, Ore.,' Aug. 34. Phil Singleton. 27. for a number of years employed as a saleman In Ore gon . for the Zellerbach Paper com nanv. and more recently for the Car ter-Rice Paper company, was killed this morning when a Union Oll.com pany truck which he was driving skidded over a grade five miles from Roseburg He secured a position with the oil company as truck driver three weeks ago. and was engaged in supplying farm trade In the Deer creek area. He lost control of the truck as it skidded on loose gravel near the foot or short " ,h n"vy ..... . , . I niClfl rolled dm riuuq.m- ment. killing him almost Jnstantly when he was pinned under the car Jsck Hoshsw. a farmer residing nearby, witnessed the accident and ruahed to the scene, shutting off the motor of the truck, and emptying the gasoline to prevent fire. Singleton was a native or Kosenurg graduating from the local high school in 1324. He Is survived by a widow and small daughter. P'nll Singleton was well known in Med ford, having covered this terri tory for several yeara as a paper sales man, and making hi headquarters here part of the time. FARMER KILLED BAKFR. Aug. 24 (API Frl D Shurltff. 30. of Payette, was fatally injured Wednesday night wnen pin- ned beneath Ins overturned truck aftr the machine hsd struck a cow on the Old Oreon Trail near here. Mr. Shurtliff. who was riding alone - miiUrl frntn be- neath It by motorist, and brought! I to Baker, vhere n atro a hitjti. hk 1 riea. Hurricane Takes FRUIT MARKETING CODE 10 OPERATE AFTER SEPT. I5TH Growers of Four States As sured of Plan to Improve Industry Some From Wenatchee Give Approval PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 24. AP) Fruit growers of tha four Pacific northwest states looked forward to thelr harvesting seasons today with the asvurance that a code to Improve their industry would be completed and In operation by September 16. At the close last night of a two day session with representatives of the agricultural adjustment admin istration, the growers of Oregon. Washington, Idaho and Montana were given reason to believe that all governmental action on their mar keting agreement would be complet ed by Labor Day and put Into op eration within two weeks from thst date. Growers Unanimous As tha final action of the extended hearing, some S growers who had stayed for the conclusion of the meeting stood at the request of Por ter R. Taylor, federal official who presided at the hearing, and unani mously approved the adoption of some code. Total attendance at the hearing was more than 300. Mora than 60 witnesses were heard before the hearing waa concluded. A large delegation from Wenatchee, Wach. voiced objection to the mar keting plan as advanced, offering the opinion that sectional organiza tions, each working under a general code, could better administer that ( Continued on Page three) L HAVANA. Aug. 34. (AP) Alarmed by outbreaks of lawlessness through out Cuba, the provisional govern ment and military officials today considered how they could best dis arm civilians. Authorities studied the possibility of Issuing military orders that all non-military persona turn In the weapons they collected In three years of bloody struggles against the re-cently-ended regime of Oerardo Mu ch ado, In order to prevent a repeti tion of mob violence aucb as that in Santiago when two men were taken from soldiers and shot. It was understood the ABC secret society, which has taken a leading role In tracking down and Imprison ing or killing Machadlstas. Is willing to turn over Its guns and leave the pursuit of Machado's followers to soldiers and police. In Santiago, more than 1000 men seized two men from guards, kiled them, and dragged the bodies thru the streets. The victims, Victor VI cay. former mayor of San Luis, and Joaquin Ramos, former army ser geant, were accused of having been Machadlstas. I GROWING BETTER NEW YORK. Aug. 34. (API Dun & Bradstreet, Inc., reported today 'a further change for the bet ter, over the earlier figure for Aug ust, appears In the latest bank clear In srs.'" The votal for the week ending Aug-ust-23 at leading cities in the United States waa (4.134 378.000. an Increase of 12 7 per cen . over a year ago. At New York city clearings rose A per cent above 1933, while outside the metropolis the gain was 4 4 per cent. WOOD DEALERS CALL . MEETING ON FRIDAY WowJ PJLPTn of Mwlford will meet tomorrollt nlrnt the Jarkson conn tv co1irt house auditorium st 6 o'clock, it was announced this after- noon through the chamber of com i The meeting will be In line with!" "' l"t 10 , ox;'.eni npio ay nriou uiifiiirwi u. j the city to perfect orgsnliation and I raouusuoa oi prio. Cuban Envoy To U. S. Dr. Manuel Marquez Sterling, for. mer Cuban ambassador to Mexico, accepted the offer of President do Cespedes to be ambassador to Wash ington. (Associated Press Photo) BASEBALL American (First game.) Boston 6 10 0 18 3 Chicago Welch and Fen-ell; Hyatt, Klmsey and Grube. (First game.) Philadelphia, - St. Louts 7 10 11 (U Innings) Grove. Walberg and Cochrane; Stiles, Hebert and Hemsley. New York - 10 '11 0 Cleveland 17 3 Allen and Dickey; HUdebrand, Dean, HudUng, Connolly and Spencer Myatt. National (First game) Chicago . ...... 5 8 3 Philadelphia 0 8 3 Bush and Hartnett; Holley and Davis. Second) Chicago ,. 8 16 0 Philadelphia 6 18 3 Tinning. Hald, Hermann and Campbell; Moore, Pearce, Elliott, Col Una and Davla. Cincinnati - 0 7 0 Brooklyn 3 8 ' 0 Derringer, Kolp and Lombard!; Mungo and Lopez. (Second game) Cincinnati - .......... 3 1 Brooklyn 3 J Benton and Manlon; Benge Outen. 0 3 and CRATER LAKE BIDS ' PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 34. (API- Bids ljr the construction of six high' wsy projects In Oregon and Wash ington will be opened here Septem ber 13, 14 and 15 by W. H. Lynch, dletrlui engineer, federal bureau of public roads. The work will Include two lobs In Crater Lake national park, ono In Rainier natlonsl park and to national forest highway pro ject In Oregon and one In Washing ton. The Oregon projects listed by Lynch were : Ornclng 48 miles of Weston-Elgin highway northerly from a point lour miles west of Elgin. Orvllng J.7 miles of Tlller-Trall highway In Douglas county north from tne Jackson coupty line. Grading .two sections of the rim road in Crater Lake park one 7.8 miles from Dlsmond Lake Junction to Wineglass and the other 4 2 miles between Wineglass and Cloud Gap Inn. HIT ECONOMY ACT LOS ANOD.E8. Aug. J4 'Ti The National United Spanish War Vet erans' convention, which yesterday Jeered speskers explaining pension reductions, todsy demanded the Na. tlonal Economy Act be repealed. Bt unsnlmoui rote they elected Wllllsm H. Armstrong. Rsclne, Wis., commander-in-chief; Judge Leon Mc Cord. Montgomery, Als., senior vice, commander-in-chief, and Robert 8 Csln of Pennsylvania, Junior vice command er-ln-chlef. Ban Antonio was awarded tha 1K3 convention. The 1914 convention T ftnnrl MlMluinni delta COt- . ton p'Miter. exhibited tha first open ( cotton dou oi OPEN. SEPTEMBER TWO PATHSOPEN Toll SPECIAL SESSION MAJ0RFACT0RS If NRA and Public Works Unable Provide Enough Jobs Meier Will Act When Tax Program Is Agreed PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 34. (AP) Governor Meier said today that the calling of a special session of the state legislature will depend on two things First, If It Is determined that the NRA and the federal public worka program "are unable to meet Vie unemployment situation In the state." and second. If these agencies cannot cope "successfully with the situation" the session will be called only after a revenue -raising program has been formulated that will have the united support of the press and of the peo ple. Any Tax Plan Favored The governor stated that he la not personally advocating a aales tax and emphasized that any revenue-raising measure designed to meet the situa tion Adequately would have hi sup port. Ben T. Osborne, secretary of the Oregon State Federation of Labor, to day stated that labor would fight any sales tax proposal such aa that suggested at a conference of legis lators and relief leaders with Gov ernor Meier here Tuesday. He said labor waa lined up definitely against this new plan aa it waa against the original sales tax rejected by the voters at the special election July 31. (.range Still Opposed Ray Gill, master of the Oregon State Grange, said that organisation would probably oppose the newly suggested salea tax as It had opposed the one rejected by the voter. He said a special meeting of the executive committee of the state grange will be held In Portland on Auguo; 29 to consider the matter. Governor Meier has been advised that the NRA undertaking In Oregon will afford employment to between 30,000 and 40,000 persons. The fed eral road program will give work to from 3.000 to 4,000. There la yet no estimate as to how many persons will get employment under the federal works program. The governor said that, "although Raymond B. Wilcox, chairman of the state relief committee, frankly ex pressed himself as skeptical that these agenclea would be able to meet the situation, I feel that we must have something x the way of definite es timates from them before any de termination can be reached as to the extent of funds necessary to be reached to provide for those persons (Continued, oo Page rwo TO REPLACE DAY SAIsEM, Ore., Aug. 24. Two mem- ben of the 1933 legislature would not be eligible to serve at the spe cial sesalnn now being considered by Governor Meier, according to Dave O'Hara, In charge of the election di vision of the state department. These Include Lynn Jones, state senator from Clackamas county, and Earl B. Day1, representative from Jackut. county. Day recently was appointed county Judge of Jackson county, while Jonea has accepted the office of secretary of the atate board of pharmacy. There are two waya In which tsese vacancies could be filled, O'Hara aald. One la by special election called by Governor Meier. The other Is the enactment of a law by the special legislature authorizing the governor to fill the vacancies by appointment. FOG AIDS BATTLE PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. J4 (AP)J Dense fog and cooler tmperstiires durlni the nlht materially aided 3 000 fir flRhters who for more than a waek .have carried on a relentless battle with ravaging forest fires In the Oregon coast mountains esst of here. Todsy hot fires still blawd on thousands of seres of the beit virgin timber holdings In the west, but the favorable break. In the weather gave new encouragement to the fire fight ers. Crews of picked men were being sent to critical polnta to construct flra irtlU. It wss believed the fire could be held unlena unusually high temperatures and an east wind com plicated mattors. L ives, Property East Coast FehVs Charges Baseless County Court Declares Following Audit Studies Few Minor Discrepancies Explained by Poor Bookkeeping Systems And Clerical Errors The county court, In conjunction with L. B. Haines, publlo account ant of Klamath Falls, yesterday afternoon completed a three-day atudy of the audit of the county books, conducted by Haines, and Issued a state ment of their findings. DODGE LEADERSHIP OF Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Syndicate. By Jame McMullln NEW YORK, Aug. 24. Opposition to the NRA Is growing under cover. It hasn't reached the point where tha rebel care to talk out loud. At present they are looking for a sacri ficial goat someone who la willing to stand up and say "This Is an in' vaslon of my constitutional rights and I demand legal redress," Some how nobody seems anxloua for tha role. Bach of the disaffected can think of lota of swell reasons why someone else should try .it. They had eome hopes that Andy Mellon or Henry. Ford could be per suaded to carry the banner but neither of these nominees seems willing to go beyond passive resis tance. It all simmer down to a revival of the ancient fetish that the govern ment shouldn't meddle with busi ness. The torles Just don't think it's right for NBA to encourage labor to be ao "fresh." They can't seem to see beyond that point at all. The thread of compulsory unionization has them scared to death. Another point that sticks in their crawa la the Increasing tendency in high quarters to regard code arrange ment aa permanent. It's one thing to agree to pay more people for less hours to meet an emergency. It's quite another to abdicate forever their "rights" to the luscious profits of the boom era. Industrial Individ ualist are beginning to realize what they are up against. You'd be surprised how many of the old guard are still unconverted at heart. Their dlr.y panic of & few months back la changing to a feeling that somebody's done em . wrong. They want to fight but they don't know how. They are leery of bucking puhllc opinion directly. Most New York business men are sold on tha Idea that purchasing power must be rebuilt before any thing else. But there are enough of the other stripe left to give General Johnson plenty of headachea. The next few weeks will bring a show down. If anybody should be ao brash a (Continued on Pag rwo) AT Alfred 8. V. Carpenter, chairman of the Jackson county relief committee thla afternoon Issued a call for 38 strong husky men, preferably loggers, one cook and one flunky, to report at the relief headquarters In the city hall tomorrow morning between 8 and 13 o'clock. According to Mr. Carpenter, the men must be unemployed, legal resi dent of Jackson county. ' DREAD DISEASE APPEARS IN BORDERING REGION 8T. LOUIS. Aug. 34. (AP) Aa the toll from the epidemic of "sleeping sickness" rescued 37 In this city and IU auburbsn communities, the pua r.llng dieeene wss reported In another bordering stat Illinois. Previously cases In Oklshoma and Ksnsss. as well as other Missouri towns, hsd been diagnosed aa ence phalitis, as the dlsesae Is known In medicsi circles, tint the ones reported during the last 34 hours at Pekln and Pleasant Hill, III., are tha first known in that ststa during the current out. break. The deaths of four persona here yea terdiy wsa tha greatest numbfr to succumb to th dlsaas la on day The audit waa the result of sensa tlonal charge voiced by Earl H. Fehl and L. A. Banks, former local agl t store, now serving state prison terms for ballot theft and murder, that county funds were being mishandled and misappropriated, and "the gang la riding on the gravy train.; The audit reveals thst the chargoi were falsehoods, apparently manufactured and spread for the sole purpose of creating passion and prejudice for political and personal ends. No Serious Discrepancy. The audit shows that no serious discrepancy existed In any depart ment, that during the three-year p' rlod covered by the audit cash to the sum of $5,472,259.38 flowed through the county offices, with cash not ac counted for, a shown by the audit, totaling a paltry S2701.74. Of this 3701.74, settlement haa been arranged for $604.44, and $643.30 of the discrepancy total Is embodied In Jail meals, the recorda of which are described as poorly kept, and the sys tem employed inadequate. , Of the amount $1100 1 contained In walvera on county funds granted when tha Jackson county bank closed. Tlie waiver were extended upon the advice of tha then county court, and business men. The county will recover Its proportionate share of the amount, when and If, dividends are declared. Fine Record Misleading. A total of $354 la embodied In tha unverified report of collection on fines, imposed with jail sentences. The recorda show the errora occurred when the defendant were released without psylng fines, but marked fined, on tha Jail record. In many Instances they were freed upon plea they were needed In the aupport of their famine, and Job awaited. One ! former Jail Inmate informed the county yeaterday that though he was credited with paying -a $100 fine, he had not done ao. Four former pris oners, credited erroneously with pay ing fines, running from $100 to $300, made affidavits thla morning they had not paid them. At the time of the audit, county, city and federal prisoner were kept In the county jail, at the city hall, there waa a fairly regular arrival and departure of prisoners, and omission and error occurred In keeping a rec ord of meala served. Huge Hums Handled. The audit shows that In 1030, $2, 110,710.33 waa collected by the county, $1,029,187,98 in 1931 and $1,432,301.07 laat year. A statement on the audit by the county court Is as follows: "Although all monies ahown by the cash records of the varioua county of fice to have collected during the pe rloda under audit have been properly accounted for, there waa a consider able number of errors and omissions In collsteral recorda of the county, apparently resulting from error or oversight on the part of officers or employees or others, which have re sulted in amounta evidenced a due the county. These errora and omta alon have been Investigated by the county court the past few days. In proportion to the amount of busines handled by the county, these ; errors are minor In nature and may be classified as follows: Cash Collections Not Accounted for, $1531.50. fa) Collection for fines and ball forfeiture, a evidenced by memo randum notations In the records of the county Jalt, reported by the au ditor In the aggregate amount of $743 Purther Investigation by the county (Continued on Page Four.) during tha epidemic which took Its first victim July 30. It also surpassed the number of fatalities from the dis ease In the Bpokane, Wash., outbreak of 1313-31 when IB lost their Uvea. Nine new esses hsve been reported In St. Louis county and four In the city of St. Louis, bringing the total number slnra the epidemic stsrted to 137. Meanwhile federal, ststa and city medical esperta are concentrating their Investigation In an attempt to find a causa and curt on tha possl blllty that Insect are suspected as being posslbla carriers of tha imec- tlon. DOZEN DEAD AND MANY MILLIONS DAMAGE COUNTED Caribbean-Born Storm Rages Far North Shore Resorts and Shipping Suffer Fear Additional Loss (Ry the Associated Pre) An entire village of 800 lying be low the dam of an overflowing moun tain like in upstate New York was endangered today as the Atlantic seahoaid's raging storm swept Inland. Inhabitants of Fleisclimanna awoke to find their town half flooded and the emergency gates of Switzerland lake already three feet under the rushing waters. Frantic efforts were started to reach the machinery. (By the Associated Press.) A mad atorm born In the Carib bean and raging strangely into the North Atlantic still tore at the east ern seaboard today after a night of fury. Striking with hurricane or who1. gale force, It killed at least dosen people on land and sea and Inflicted damage running into many millions. Smashed shore resorts, marooned communities and the wreckage of small craft 'dotted the coast. At sea shipping shuddered In the grip of tremendous waves. Crippled Mner Safe. A partly crippled' passenger liner, the Madison, with 109 person aboard, fought her way Into Norfolk. Vs., today after sounding two S...O. call yesterday, she reported two men missing. At least two other large vessels were missing and no one knew their fate. The City of Norfolk, a Chesapeako Bay Line steamer, carrying 40 pasAn gers from Baltimore, waa more then 24 hours overdue at Norfolk. Fear that the death list might mount swiftly grew as calls for aid came from communities beset by raging wavea or floods resulting from record-breaking rains. Frantic calla ror Coast Guard aid reached Wash ington from half a dozen Maryland towns where 100 families were ma rooned and reported In deadly peril. irginia Hardest Hit, The hurricane racing far out of the usual path of auch storms (Continued on Pago Three) No further action Jiait been taken terday asking recsll of the new amendment to the milk ordinance. The petition, said to carry 6S0 names, had not been checked .by Recorder M. Li. Alford, who stated that thera waa a question as to tha legality of the petition. Tha city law, he explained, re quires thst a referendum petition ba filed within 10 dsys after the pass- ago of an ordinance. . The state law, however, permits a longer period for filing and a legal opinion will b sought before the petition Is offi cially checked and filed. aWill LAS VEGAS, Nov., Aug. 23. Going to flrop this off here at Hoover dnm. Ilnpe they don't irrigate more land so they can raise more things that they can't aell and will have to plow up more rows and kill more pigs to keep' 'em from becoming hogs. Looks like this whole hog destroying scheme of Jfr. Wal lace's is a direct -slap against my old friend and companion "illue Boy." What Wallace is trying do is to teach th farmer corn acreage control and the hog birth control, and one is just as hard to mak understand it hs tha other. I lll MlNsufkt lralau. las. t