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Twenty-eighth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 29, 1933.
No. 136.
.The Weather
Forecast: I ubettled tonight and
showers Wednesday. Fair, not much
changt in temperature.
Highest yesterday 74
Lowest thU mornlnf 50
Comment
on the
D y's News
By FRANK JENKINS
REPRESENTATIVES of leading
wheat growing countries, assem
bled In London, sign an agreement to
restrict wheat acreage by 15 per nt
for the next two years hoping, by
this device, to make It possible tor
demand to catch up with supply.
Evidently the NRA' idea Is spread
ing beyond the borders ot the United
States.
SUPPOSE you grew ALL the wheat
grown In the world and that you
d-scovered you were growing more
than consumers could afford to pay
for. What would you do?
Why, you would CUT DOWN, 01
course, recognizing the foolishness ol
producing more wheat than you could
sell.
IT IS at least reassuring to note that
a large number of nations can get
together and act as sensibly as an In
dividual would act under the same
circumstances.
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MORE wheat la being grown In the
world than consumers can PAY
TOR. So prices have been disastrously
low.
Please note the statement that more
wheat la being grown than consumers
can pay for. If all the peoplo m the
world were able to pay for all the
wheat and wheat products they
WOULD LIKE TO HAVE, there would
be no over-production of wheat.
AND listen to this agreeing with
it or not, as you choose:
If EVERYBODY In the world could
afford all the things he would LIKE
TO HAVE, there would be no such
thing as over-production OF ANY
KIND. It Isn't over-production, reslly.
that Is at the root of our trouble. It
Is lack of ability to buy the things
we would like to have.
WE HEAR it said 'quite often, and a
lot of us believe It, that the ma
chine Is destroying us by making It
possible to produce more thangs than
we can consume, thus throwing labor
out of employment,--- . -
That isn't true. There l NO LIMIT
to what we could consume If we could
only find a way to get all the things
we want.
If you could afford It, you would
have a new suit -of clothes every
month. You would have a new auto
mobile every year. You would have a
new house every three or four years.
The reaaon you don't have all these
things is that you can't afford them.
IT ISN'T the machine, with Its tre
mendous capacity for production,
that Is hsmperlng us. We are ham
pered because as yet we haven't found
the way to distribute all the things
we produce equally among all the
people.
If we can ever find the way to do
that, the machine, with Its ability
for enormous production, will be the
greatest of all blessings, enabling peo
ple to have more things than people
ever had before.
Better brains have accomplished a
lot of things In the wsy of human
betterment since the world began.
Perhaps m time we shall develop
"brains good enough to show us the
way to have the things we want.
When that comes about, there will
be no such thing any more as over
production. HERE are some 'figures that are In
teresting: According to the national Industrial
conference board Index, living costs
In May were 8 per cent higher thsn
In April. June living costs were one
per cent higher than in May, and July
living coats were up 3.3 per cent over
June.
That sounds like a pretty steep In
crease. BUT LISTEN:
In spite of all these Incresses,
the cost of living In July of this year,
according to this esme index, was 3.3
per cent LESS than In July a year
ago, and 34 8 per cent leas thsn in
July of 1S39.
These figures will give you some
Idea of how far prices had dropped
last apring. before the rise began.
LIKE UNITED STATES
MEXICO. T. T. Aug. 39 fAPl
The American NRA snd the forthcom
ing Mexican six-year recovery pro
tram are based on the same principles
of minimum wattes. Improved working
conditions and living standards, and
increased buying power.
All Mexican industrialist and farm
ers hsd letters before them today
from President Abelsrdo Rodriguez.
io Invited them to Join voluntarily
the government's plan for increasing
production and consumption.
EMBARGO LIFTED
BY ORDER OF P. R.
Restriction On Hoarding Is
Tightened Order Opens
Higher Priced Foreign
. Market to American Metal
By Francis M. Stephen&on.
HYDE PARK. N. Y., Aug. 39. (AP)
President Roosevelt today lifted the
gold embargo to permit sales of new
mined gold abroad and at the same
time tightened the restrictions
Against boarding. The two executive
orders were issued suddenly today oy
the president Just as he departed for
an automobile tour up-state.
The decrees put In the hands ot
the secretary of the treasury full au
thority to license all gold sales abroad
and ail holdings of gold In this
country.
Within 15 days every person hold
ing "gold coin, gold bullion, or gold
certificates" is required to file a
statement with the government ot
the amounts In excess of $100. With
in 30 days all holdings above that
amount are prohibited.
The raising of the ban to allow new
mined gold sales abroad opens the
higher priced foreign markets to
American producers.
Mr. Roosevelt acted after careful
examination of the gold embargo
regulations by Attorney General Cum
mlngs so as to make sure that sales
could be made without affecting the
gold supply of this country, now
strictly in the hands of the govern
ment.. It is understood that Secretary
Woodln already has arranged tor the
establishment of the machinery' to
put the new rule Into effect.
NEW YORK, Aug. 29. AP) News
that President Roosevelt had lifted
the gold embargo to permit, sales of
newly mined metal at the higher
world market prices was followed by
a awift rally In gold mining shares
on the New York stock exchange to
day. Homertake Mining, an Important
gold" producer, shot to a record high
price above 300, up more tnan eio,
while Alaska Juneau, Noranda Mlnea,
Mclntyre Porcupine, Dome Mlnea and
U. 8. smelting made gains.
mrounjivmv Alter 20. (API
Increased profits of more than 16,
000,000 yearly to American gold
miners and renewed activity in that
industry were seen by tne treasury
today R; an important result of
BiH-.,t. ttinevlt.'K cnld order.
Treasury officials interpreted it as
meaning the newly mined metai couia
h. aih in thn market of the world
at the prevailing price of around 30
an ounce in contrast wnn hid ha
price of S20.67 they formerly were
forced to accept from the mint.
This. It was said, would mean an
Increase of approximately 30 per cent
In the selling price, amounting to
around 15,000,000 on the basis of the
average production ot about aso.000.
000 annually in 1931 and 1932.
These officiate said there waa no
n oaiiDM rirtnltjlv the amount
of production to be expected from
today'a action. They. agreed, however.
that It would prove a powerful stlmu
lus to the Industry as a whole.
ON DRY LAW REPEAL
SEATTLE. Aug. 29 (AP Wash
ington voted today on the question
of repeal of the 18th amendment. .
The Une-up was the familiar wet
city, dry-country one. with a heavy
vote expected, and leaders of both
sides wondering how much Washlng
ton'a peculiar election system would
affect the balloting.
The state repealed It bone-dry law
by a majority of 133.000 at the last
general election, but la voting this
time by legislative districts, and the
atatewlde count will make no differ-
STOICAL SLAYER
PAYS WITH LIFE
. OCHOTEAU. Mont., Aug. 29.
Silent to the end. George Hoffman.
Itinerant, early today paid with his
life for the murder of George Bur
rell, crippled Ocnoteau shopkeeper.
Hoffman was taken from his cell
In the Teton county Jail to the death
house, and without uttering a word
or displaying emotion, climbed to
the gallows.
Long Bellows Abuse in
Speech Before Veterans
MILWAUKEE. Wis.. Aug. 29.
The convention of the Veterans of
Foreign Wars was thrown Into con
fusion today when Senator Huey
Long of Louisiana rigorously assailed
Milwaukee newspaper publishers and
supervised the expulsion of photog
raphers. For 10 minutes the large
gathering was In turmoil while Long
waved his arms and shouted.
Long, a two-Inch wound over his
left eye, which he said was Inflicted
by "gangsters" at a party on Long"
Island Sunday, was introduced as "a
?"!end of the downtrodden."
He started his hour nd a half
speech by an assault on newspapers,
which haw published colorful stones
Six Perish in Train Wreck;
Five Die as Plane Crashes
TRANS-CONTINENT
AIR LINER STRIKES
SIDE OF MOUNTAIN
CLOVIS. N. M., Aug. 29 (AP)
Five persons fell to their death la ft
trl-motored Transcontinental -Western
airliner when the plane crashed
against the south end of Mesa moun
tain and caught fire near Quay, N.
M.( 60 miles northwest of here early
today.
The plane caught fire the minute
It crashed Into the side of the high
plateau and the two pilots and three
passengers were trapped In the bias
ing plane. Their bodies, according to
reports received here, were not badly
burned.
.It was believed the pilot lost his
bearings while flying In the fog and
the plane struck the side of the
plateau.
Ambulances were sent from here.
It was expected to take some time
before the bodies could be brought
here, as the roads to Quay are badly
washed by heavy rains.
The dead were reported to be Pilot
H. R. Morgan, Co -pilot W. a. Barcus
and Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Gore of Al
buquerque and their three -year-o Id
granddaughter. Evelyn Gore, daugh
ter of Mr. and Mrs. Paul Gore of
Amartllo.
SAN ANTONIO, Tex,, Aug. 29
( AP) Two Randolph Field pursuit
training planes collided In midair
four miles northwest of the flying
field this morning, sending three
fliers to their deaths while a fourth
jumped to safety. Lieutenant Harley
R. Grater, flying Instructor and two
cadets whose names rere not determ.
lned, were Instantly 'tilled.
RAIN PUTS HALT
TO FOREST FIRE
N COAST RANGE
PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 29. OP)
"Rain! The exultant cry rang
through the smoking woods In every
fire fighting camp In northwestern
Oregon as heavy showers during the
night ended an immediate crisis in
the coast range mountains where
for 15 days the greatest forest con
flagration in Oregon's history had
been raging.
To the 4.000 sweating, begrimed and
weary men who had battled blister
ing heat and unsurmoun table odds
In a futile attempt to control the
great fires, the rain meant at least
temporary respite. -.
The wind had. died, humidity .was
high and heavy mists were being
borne through the woods from the
cold Pacific ocean. The showers dur
lng the nglht and this morning were
not sufficient to extinguish the fires
which hare destroyed an area of more
than 1 ,200 square miles, but the
moisture dampened the woods and
rendered slow and difficult Che prog
ress of the creeping fires.
CAUSES FATAL CRASH
MONTREAL, Aug. 29. p) A pet
dog was held responsible by police
today for the automobile accident
near here in which Commander W. T.
Newton, 50. of the United States
navy, was killed and, his wife In
jured. Mrs. Newton was at the wheel, with
the dog on her lap. The animal
Jumped suddenly and struck her el
bow, causing her to lose control of
the machine, and It crashed into a
tree.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. (AP)
The public works administration to
day alloted 136.986,958 to the war de
partment for continuation of flood
control work on the lower Mississippi
river and $13,600,000 to the navy for
construction and repair work at shore
stations and navy yards.
of the senator's clash with unidenti
fied persons in the washroom on Long
Island.
'We've had an exodus of polecats
in Louisiana," said Long, "but When
I picked up your Milwaukee news
papers I knew where all the polecats
had gone.
On his complaint, scrgeants-at-arma
began to clear out photographers
The senator shouted. "In Louisiana
wo don't stand for polecats, thieves,
rascals and other varmints, like
skunks in the woods.
Publicity dire-. ton of the Vetersm
of Forelan Wars tried to Intercede.
but in the milling, shouting croud
lot veterans they wens unheard.
DRUNK AIR DRIVING CHARGED
Climaxing a wild flight over a thickly populated Los Angeles dis
trict, the sport bl-plane ahown above crashed Into a telephone pole
and tree and landed upside down. Ronald Wilson, 30, pilot, and his
paasenger Corinna Marlowe, 27-year old actress climbed from the
plane uninjured to be booked by police on a charge of being Intoxi
cated In ah airplane. (Associated Press Photo)
TO
OF FEHL'S TRIAL
A certificate of levy was filed Au
gust 19 last, the county records show.
on two pieces of property formerly
"owned by Earl H. Fehl, now serving
four years in state orison, on con
viction of ballot theft. The move is
made upon an assignment ofJudg
ment by Roy M. Parr to Corlnthia E.
Stailey, mother-in-law of Fehl. The
property involved Is the Pacific Record-Herald
' building on Sixth street
and .-the Fehl. residence property on
South Oakdale avenue.
The action precedes, county offic
ials hold, .service by the county for
the cost bills In Fehl's trial for bal
lot theft conspiracy, which have been
filed by the county under the law.
In an effort to recover on the ex
penses of the trial, amounting to
approximately $5000. Fehl secured a
change of venue to Klamath county,
which more than doubled the cost.
Parr, a game warden formerly sta
tioned In this county, was awarded
a $15,000 Judgment against Fehl for
criminal libel, for an article publish
ed in the Pacific Record -Hera Id. The
county records show that for "$1 and
other valuable considerations." Parr
.assigned the Judgment to Mrs. Stailey
on April 10 last.
It is reported that Parr accepted
$1500 as settlement of the libel
Judgment.
The day following his conviction
by a Klamath county Jury In 12 min
utes. Fehl transferred three pieces of
property to his wife. The law holds
this transfer Is void. The county
will proceed in Its effort to collect
for the costs of the Fehl trial, against
property owned by the defendant that
can be attached.
The county also will file cost bills
against L. A. Banks, former local
agitator, now serving a life term for
murder; Walter J. Jones, ex-mayor of
Rogue River; J. Arthur LaDleu, for
mer Banks business aide, and Gordon
I. Schermerhorn, deposed sheriff.
Jones and LaDleu are serving four
year terms for '-allot theft, and
Schermerhorn is st liberty on $7500
bonds pending an appeal to the stale
supreme court from a three -year
sentence.
Hesring on the cost bills In the
four cases will be heard before Judge
George F. Sfclpworth at Eugene, the
middle of September. As soon as the
amounts are established they are
docketabls as Judgments and en
forceable as Hens.
ALLSllBTOCLOSE
John Moffatt, chairman of the re
tall trade committee of the Medford
Chamber of Commerce, announced
this afternoon that all stores In the
city will be closed Monday, Septem
ber 4, which is Labor Day,
FORD MUST SIGN
TO OBTAIN EAGLE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 39 f A P )
Hugh S. Johnson said today In re
sponse to questions that Henry Ford
would have to subscribe to the newly
promulgated automobile code or "he
win not get ino oiur engic
MEAT WHOLESALERS .
TO RESIST INVASION
PORTLAND, Ore. Aug. 291 API
Designed to prevent contrsct dump'
inc of meat food oroducta from one
terrltor7 Into another, and to fig
prtcea at levela maintained In the
home district plus freight, tndepend-
ent meat packers and wholesale of
meat In the Pacific northwest have
an sdoptfd agreement to resist inlro-
auction of meat product from the
mid-west.
OF
CREDIT SPREAD
(Copyrighted by MrCIure Newspaper
Syndicate)
By BURTON KLINE
Not long ago the engineers build
ing Boulder Dam shot the Colorado
river out of their way Into tunnels
through a mountain. Up to that
moment t the Colorado had had Its
own way for thousanda of years. For
hundreds of years men thought It
an untamable terror.
. It was a killer of men. It did noth
lng but dig away parts of the United
States and dump them In Lower Call
forma. It flooded out where It
wasn't wanted, and so waa a waster
of money. All the while It was
prodigious waster of energy.
Suddenly these engineers sent this
monster through a mountain and
thought nothing of It. In not very
long this killer of men shall be their
slave. The untamable terror will turn
factory wheels. It will water farms,
it will light cities. It will bring re
freshing drink to thirsty bshles snd
thirsty flowers. It will garden the
West Into still greater riches.
When you read of this did It seem
strange that we do these mechanical
marvels without turning a hair
and turn up so few social engineers
to curb our still greater rlvera of
wealth, now also wasted, and send
them sbroad over the land for the
enrichment of all?
Well, precisely this thing gives
hope of happening now. Millions of
people sense ita coming through
NRA. Even the skeptics concede
some good to NRA provided we man
age it aright.
So amid these feverlah hopea the
question will stick In thoughtful
minds la NRA enough In Itself?
No, said New York financial and
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BASEBALL
American.
R.
Philadelphia
Cfc'.cago
Batteries: Barrett, Walberg. Combs
Mahsffey and Cochrane; Miller, Hev
Ing and Berry.
First game:
R.
H. E.
14 1
14 1
Brown
Boston ....... 8
St. Louis 10
Batteries: Welch, Rhodes,
and Ferrell; Gray, Stiles, Hebert and
Hemsley.
Flrat game:
Washington ....
Cleveland
Batteries: Stewart,
R. R. E
a io o
1 7 o
Russell and
Sewell; Htldebrand and Pytlak.
National.
First game: R. H.
St. Louis ....... - 0 6
New York 8 11
Batteries: Hallahan, Johnson and
Wilson; Hubbell and Mancuso.
Second game: R. H. E.
St. Louis 3 4 0
New York 0B 1
Batteries: Walker and O'Farrell
Fllzstmmons and Richards.
R. H. E
puuburg
4 14 1
1 a I
Philadelphia
Batteries:
son. Collins
Melne and Orace; Hn
ind Davis.
R H. I
' Chicago
6 9 X
13 18 1
Brooklyn ,
Bstterlea: Mslone. Henshsw, ner-
j mann. Nelson and Campbell; Beck
and Lopez,
Second fame: R H. E.
C'hlcigo 1
l C-ooklyn 2 7 1
Bttns: Wsrneke and Hsrtnett;
Carroll, Ryan and Outen,
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TTJCUMCARI. N. M., Aug. 89 (AP)
lx persons were killed, forty In
jured and several others possibly
drowned at dawn today when the
crack .transcontinental Golden State
limited of the Rock Island railroad
went through a broken bridge over
what normally is a dry creek bed
five miles west of here.
The engine and six coaches plunged
Into a raging torrent sent hurtling
down the arroyo by heavy rains cli
maxed by a four-inch fall last night.
rive sleeping care remained upright
on the bridge.
The limited waa bound from Loa
Angelea to Chicago. The wreck occur
red on the Southern Pacific line, the
train operating over tracks of that
road west of Tucumcari and over the
Rock Island lines east of here.
C. J. Crost of Tucumcsrl. the en
gineer, waa feeling his way carefully
at 20 miles an hour through the
flooded danger rone, railroad offic
ials said, when the forepart of the
train fell into the death trap. Crost
died Instantly. His was the only body
Identified.
Hospital facilities here were Inade
quate. First aid warda were lmnro-
vlsed In hotels and private homea and
tne two acore Injured were hurried
to them, while rescue workers set
shout finding other bodies In the
tumbling torrent of the nameless
arroyo.
The Golden State'e engine was
submerged In the deepest part of
the ravine. The mall car rested atop
the locomotive. The baggage and mall
cars rested at 45 degree angles to the
railroad track along the embankment.
'S
TOLD AT TRIAL
COURTHOUSE, San Jose. Cal.. Au
39. (P) The story of David A. Lam
son, as told Memorial day, shortly
auer nis wire had been found with
crushed skull in the tiny bathroom
of their flower garden eottaoe. on the
Stanford university campus, waa put
iruo me records of his murder trial
today.
The 31-year-old sales minitmr of
tne university's publishing house
several times displayed emotion while
the state introduced an enlarged pic
ture of the blood -spattered bathroom.
WILLAMETTE PROJECT
GIVEN THUMBS DOWN
PORTLAND. Aug. 39 (AP) A
special Washington, D. C. dispatch
10 tne journal today said Major Gen
eral Lytle Brown, chief of army en
gineers, haa rejected the proposal to
Improve the Willamette river between
Oregon City and Salem.
SNAKE FASTENS FANGS
IN ARM OF YOUNGSTER
8ILVERTON. Aug. 39 (AP) The
fangs of a anake sank deep Into the
arm of a young "Sir Galahad" who
reached Into shrubbery here to re
lease a bird In distress. Csrl Schust
er's playmates managed somehow to
loosen the dangling snake and a doc
tor reported the boy auffered no 111
effect excepting fright.
VINES SEEDED FIRST
FOR TENNIS SINGLES
NEW YORK, Aug. 39. (P) Ells
worth Vines, Jr., the national cham
pion, and Jack Crawford of Australia,
who defeated him for the Wimble
don title, today were seeded first in
the domestic and foreign lists re
spectively for the .national tennis
singles championships beginning Sst
urday at Poreat Hills.
Rates Only Question.
SALEM, Aug. 39. (P( The public
utilities commissioner does not have
Jurisdiction over a case where the
reasonableness of rstes la not In ques
tion, Judge LewelUng held today In
overruling a demurrer In the caw of
Oregon-Washington Railroad tc NaT-
tcstlon Co. against C. M. Thomas,
commissioner. . .
Kiss Marathon Staged
As Coney Island Stunt
rtv II, Al.l.r.S SMITH .tlclpate In the finals.
I'nllrd rrs Maff torrenimndent I Just before the contest opened Dr.
CONEY ISLAND, N. Y., Aug. 39 I Harry 8. Llchtman. of the city health
(DPI aootlnesa, unltd.. common. department, turned up and announc
tnnrhed a new hlah here last nlxht ed that he could not permit the show
when seven couples participated In
the first national kissing marathon,
with a department of health diagnos
tician In attendance.
After more than an hour of unin
terrupted necking, three couplee
were qualified for the finals In which
the champion kloaera will be given
their ribbons. Mr. and Mrs George
Newcombe, who recently observed
their Soth wedding anniversary, were
runnera up today and will bt. In view
ot their showing, permitted to par
f cElf NT
INC, AGO AREA
UPHELDBY JUDGE
Constitutionality of Agricul
ture Adjustment Act Is
Verified in Dismissal of
Illinois Injunction Suit
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. (API
Justice Daniel W. O Douoghue of the
District of Columbia supreme court
today upheld the constitutionality of
tne sgricuiture adjustment act.
Dismissing a suit for a temporary
Injunction which would restrain Sec
retary Wallace from enforcing the
Chicago mllkshed agreement, he de
clared the emergency Justified the law
Attorneys Nell Burklnshaw and Nu
gent Dodds for the plaintiffs, an
nounced they would appeal the de
cision.
The suits were entered sgalnst Wal
lace by Milton R. Beck. Stlckney, III,
and the Economy Milk company of
Norman Park, 111. Both are wayside
station milk operators In tho Chicago
suburbs.
They contend the Chicago mllkshed
agreement which places the price at
10 cents a quart would ruin their
over-the-counter cash business. They
now sell milk for 6', cents a quart.
WASHINGTON, Aug. 39. (API
Confident the last major hazards to
his campaign to bring all industries
under codes of fair competition was
behind, Hugh 8. Johnson today turned
to speeding the national drive for
popular co-operation with the recovery
administration.
Calling Into conference the chair
man of the NRA committees for 14
major cities he outlined alms of the
movement to align every employer
and to have consumers buy where
the eagle Is displayed.
Meantime a calm pervaded NRA
headquarters after the tense negotia
tions of weeks past as Johnson and
others worked out the industrial
agreements, topped now by the bitu
minous coal code, which brought
operators of the highly competitive
Appalachian conl fields and spokes
men for mine workers together last
night.
This accord Is being translated Into
final form.
IRE SEA OTTER
SEATTLE. Aug. 39. IF) Tourists
In wet British Columbia, Just over
the border, have reported annually
the peregrinations of Ogopogo. a "sea
serpent with a hesd like a sheep."
who. according to legend, takea a va
cation In Washington lakes occa
sionally. '
Citizens who reported him In Lake
Washington here recently were ac
cused of sighting the reptile through
bottles of 3 3 beer. He waa Identi
fied as a aea-otter, a apeclea almost
extinct In the Pacific northwest now,
but undoubtedly resembling a sea
serpent when swimming.
TAKE FIRST ROUNDS
EXMOOR COUNTRY CLUB. High
land Park, 111., Aug. 29 ('AP) Miss
Virginia Van Wle, Chicago, defending
champion, and Miss En Is Wilson, Eng
lish tltleholder, swept through the
first round of the women's national
golf championship today with easy
victories.
Miss Van Wle defeated Elizabeth
tunn of Indianapolis, by the one sid
ed margin of 7 and 6, losing only one
hole while Miss Wilson, making her
third try for the title, submerged
Mrs. Marlon Turple Lake of New York
3 and 3.
KIDDLE CALLS GROUP
TO CONSIDER RELIEF
LA GRANDE. Ore., Aug. 39. P
Pred E. Kiddle, president of the state
senate and chairman of Oovernor
Meier's apeclal committee of 33 to
consider raising funds for relief of
Oregon's needy during the coming
year, today called the committee to
meet Friday, September 1, at the
Beuson hotel In Portland. The meet
ing Is to convene at 3 o'clock In the
afternoon.
' to go on without each contestant
undergoing a physical examination,
The contest promoters eventually
agreed and out of the 14 entered.
four were disqualified.
Miss Helen Oould, who battled her
way through the finals in the arms
of Jerry cardinal, gave an interview
In which ehe declared that single
men are better thsn married men for
kissing, mainly because t.iey have
Continued on Peg Bight)
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EFFORT TO AGREE
ON JUSTJ.ICENSE
Meeting in Salem Considers
Legislation Mileage
Basis for All Is One Pro
posal Minor Clashes
SALEM, Aug. 39. (.TV-More than
a hundred operstora of anywhere-for-
hlre trucka were here today at the
formal hearing on rates and charges
of this class of trucking under the
new truck and bua act. Herbert
Hauser, supervisor of transportation
for the public utilities commissioner,
presided at the hearing.
SALEM. Aug. 29. (API An execu
tive committee of the Truck Owners
and Farmers' association will consider
truck legislation hero today.
yesterday 60 chairmen of local
groups were made members of an
executive committee, and discussion
of license fees commenced.
A. C. Anderson of Salem, who was
re-elected president, proposed that
all trucka operating in Oregon be
brought under a mileage baala rather '
than Just 801 of the 33,734 trucks
and busses that he said operated
under that basis from July 1, 1932, to
July 1, 1933.
The small truckmen have no de
sire to dodge the Issue that a High
way tax deficit of 91.743.448 must be
made up by a tax on trucka, Ander
son declared.
This license year, on baala of the
same number of trucks operating last
year, tne truck revenue will bring In
9343.087.37 more than last year, An
derson figured on basis of statistics
supplied by the highway department'.
An alternative propossl for fair ve
hicular tax waa made by B. O. Bunker
of Corvallls, who held a property tax
would adjust the present controversy
over highway funda and between
trucking Interests.
The discussion brought forth seve
ral minor clashes between Ralph
Staell of the allied truck Interests
and varloua membera of the small
truck owners' executives committee.
Representatives from Oregon City,
Eugene, Pendleton, Lakevlew, Corval
lls, Albany, Roseburg and other aouth-
ern. Oregon units were present and
each reported growth of the associa
tion units In their respective towns, .
B. K. Orlf fen Of. Roseburg was elect
ed vice-president, w. h. Carver of Sa
lem secretary, Percy Cupper of Salem
assistant secretary, and Paul Wallace
of Salem treasurer.
JOHNSEN IN C-C
Ben E. Harder, a member of the
board of directors for the Medford
chamber of commerce, announced
this afternoon that Albert Burch,
prominent orchard 1st and mining en
gineer who resides west of town, has '
aoeepted the appointment aa a mem
ber of the chamber of commerce
board of directors. Mr. Burch will fill
the vacancv occurring with the resls-
natlon of August P. Johnsen.
"Mr. Burch hss expressed his will
ingness to help the Medford chamber
of commerce In any way possible." Mr.
Harder said, "and he will attend his
first meeting ot the board Friday
noon when the group has Its regular
luncheon at the Jackson hotel."
The new director has taken a prom
inent part In public and civic affairs,
having served for some time as a .
member of the state board of nlgher
education. He Is a director for the
Medford Irrigation district, and owns
a large pear orchard west of Medford.
Mr, Burch -has a number of mining
properties under his supervision at
Reno, Nev., and spends a portion .ot
his time in that section.
"says:
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Aug.
29. Holcn Wills Moody, con
grntulations. Don't believe the
armistice got sa much publicity.
And poor Texas. They would
be unfoi'tiinato enough to have
their prohibition election on the
same day Helen was losing her
championship.
So it will be Tuesday or "Wed
nesday beforo wo hear what
happened down there. Voted
like they drink, I guess, just
for a change.
President Roosevelt Saturday
made a speech to his rich Duch
ess county neighbors, none of
whom voted for him. (Smart
bunch of ladst) I would like to
see the "code" he makes out
for them.
Tours,
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