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Twenty-eighth Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, SEPTEMBER 3, 1933.
Comment
on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS
fHERE will the money com from
with which to finance. Oregon
unemployment relief program this
winter?
That question U causing lot of
worry. Money, for ANY purpose, Is
hard to find this year.
HERB Is one answer that has been
suggested:
Take over the sale of liquor aa a
state monopoly, much aa they do in
Canada, with atate liquor atorea and
buyers' permits, the state taking all
the profit then la In the business
and applying It to relief of the un
employed. THAT would produce revenue, but
not IMMEDIATELY and the
need for unemployment relief la Im
mediate. In order to produce Immediate rev
enue. It la urged, we might base an
Issue' of. state bonds on the state's
liquor monopoly, retiring Interest
and principal out of anticipated pro
fits. , Such a bond issue would be aelf
llquldatlng, and might sell. At least.
It might be taken by the RFC.
THUS immediate revenue would be
provided, to meet the decidedly
Immediate needs In the way of un
employment relief.
THE Idea, you see, la to make the
liquor business provide the mon
ey with which to alleviate the pov
erty arising out of unemployment
Well, there would at least be a
certain element of poetic Justice In
that. Liquor has certainly CREATED
enough poverty.
It would be only fair for It to re
lleve some of It.
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HATEVER the method. It la this
writer's Judgment that It will
be better to borrow the money for
unemployment relief this winter. If
possible, than to attempt to raise
it by means of a tax.
Relief money will be needed at
once. Tax money, even If voted
and all new taxes, you know, have
to be voted by the people of Ore
gonwill come In alowly.
. The need, in all probability, would
have passed before the money would
be available.
BESIDES, if business improvement
continues, the atate of Oregon
la going to have PLENTY of money
In a few years. Payment of delin
quent taxea and the proceeds of ex
ceedingly high Income and excise
taxes will take care of that.
If business Improvement DOESN'T
continue, nothing much will mat
ter. THAT brings up this question
again:
WILL business Improvement con
tinue? Will unemployment djmlnlah
and Jobs increase In number? Will
volume of business expand, enab
ling employers to go on hiring more
people and paying more wages?
In brief, will HRA work?
IT O
in
OUGHT to. It has everything
Its favor.
Remember that by last aprlng de
flation had about run It course
Prices were low. Surpluses of manu
factured goods had been pretty .well
consumed.. A lot of debt had been
paid. The water soaked up by busi
ness during the boom period had
been pretty well squeezed out.
Business had hit bottom, and was
about ready to start back up. The
trouble was that there was no cour
age, no confidence, no enthusiasm
as to the future.
NRA supplied these.
IF N1TA had been launched two
years ago, or even a year ago, it
WOULDN'T have worked. Deflation,
then, hadn't proceeded far enough.
The fever hadn't yet run its course.
But now condltlona are ripe for
recovery. NRA 1a floating with the
economic current not trying to
swim against It.
So it has every chance to aucoeed
JEXASlDlS
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FORT WORTH. Texan. Sept. 3.
(API T. B. Barlow, 40, Dallas, ad
ntltted communist, and once candl
date for lieutenant governor of Texas,
was taken unconscious from the
county Jail at 7 p. m. tonnht and
died hah" an .hour later In the city
rounty hopltal. Hla death waa caused
from head Injurlea. according to
physiriana. who made a preliminary
examination. Every prisoner on the
fifth floor of the Jail, where Barlow
was held on charges of unlawful aa
scmbly. waa being questioned.
RRIGAT10N VOTE
FRIDAY TO BACK
RFC LOAN PLEA
Authorization Refund Bond
Issuance Sought, if and
When Needed to Procure
Loan Benefits Recited
An election. In the Medford Irriga
tion district, haa been called by the
board of directors for Friday, Septem
ber 8. to authorize the Issuance ot
M60.000 of the refunding bonds ot
the district for the purpose of refund.
Ing and retiring tne auutanuiug
bonds of the district In the total
amount of M.150.000 and accrued In
terest since January 1, 1031.
The dlrectora of the Medford Irri
gation district have made applica
tion to Reconstruction finance cor
poration for a loan In the amount 01
H460.000 for this purpose and It la
sought to authorize the proposed
bonds for the purpose of issuing them
to Reconstruction Finance corpora
tion tn case thla application for the
loan la granted.
The law under which the new bonds
are to be Issued provides for a lim
ited liability on the part of the lands
of the district. ' No tract of land can
be taxed for more than lt pro rata
share of the amount necessary to pay
these bonds, except for a small emer
gency assessment which can be lev
led, if necessary, in the event of
heavy delinquencies in tax payment
In addition to this any tract of land
in the district can be taken out from
under the bonded debt and relieved
from all further liability for assess
ments for the payment of bond prin
cipal and Interest (with the excep
tion of the emergency assessment
above referred to) by surrendering
bonds or paying cash In the amounts
of such tract pro rata share of the
debt.
The board la of the opinion that
the proposed arrangement, if It can
be carried out, will result in great
advantage to the land owners and
bondholders aa well. It will mean
that the maximum assessment of
the district In the future, for all
purposes, can be kept well under $7
per acre per year and under normal
condltlona that these assessments
should average around $6 per acre
per year. On the other hand the
board la strongly of the opinion that
more money can be realised for the
bondholders by thia method than in
any other way. A full vote at the
election may prove substantial aa
slstance to the board In its endeavors
to carry through the proposed solu
tlon of the district's financial prob
lems. If the district should not be
successful In obtaining the loan from
Reconstruction Finance corporation,
which has been applied for, none of
these bonds will ever be Issued, but
the board will endeavor to work out
some other plan of refunding which
will again be referred to the land'
owners for their approval.
Those whose lands lie In the dta
trlct north of Barneberg rosd and
east or Bear creek will vote In the
Hlllcreat packing house; those who
live south of Medford between Barne
burg road and Kings highway, will
vote at the Ever Shady Auto camp:
those whose landa He west of Kings
highway and Bear creek will rote at
the Oak Grove school house.
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F
TO
FOR KIDNAP ROLE
KANSAS CITY. Sept. 3. (API-
Walter H. McGee. ex-Oregon convict,
today was sentenced to be hanged
October 18 for the kidnaping of Mary
McElroy, daughter of the city man
ager.
Judge Allen C. Southern overruled
Mr Ore's motion for a new trial.
Ralph T. Harding, counsel for
McOee, waa granted an application for
appeal to the state supreme court,
which likely will delay the execution.
McOee's motion to be permitted to
appeal .as a pauper was taken under
advisement.
Judge Southern allowed Harding
until November 11, the last day of
the court term, to file a bill of ex
ceptions. "I don't believe I should have been
sentenced to death." McGee said when
the Judas asked him to step forward
before sentence waa pronounced.
TRENTON, N. J.. Sept. 3 (AP)
Kidnaping for ransom now la pun
ishable In New Jersey by death.
Governor A. Harry Moore signed
today the Richards bill Imposing the
extreme penalty on convicted ransom
kidnapers unless the Jury recom
mends leniency, in which event the
punishment would be 30 yeara to life.
Where no ransom la demanded the
lesser penalty would be Imposed.
Under existing statutes life Imprison
ment 1 the maximum penalty for
abduction.
PORTLAND, Ore.. Sept. 3 (AP)
The federal bureau of public roads
announced today that bids will be
opened here September 30 for the
grading of 4 5 miles on the Willam
ette highway In Lane county from
McCredie Springs westward. Con'
struct tin is expected to start early
next month.
LAMSON DEFENSE
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ON 'OTHER WOMAN'
SAN JOSE. Cal., Sept. J (API
Furrows of fear and worry. Imbedded
in hts features by the ry of mur-
dercr as the state pieced together Its
case of circumstantial evidence sup-
nortlnz ita charge that he beat to
death his pretty wife, were replaced
with confidence today aa David A.
Lamson prepared to battle for his
life.
In hla cell today aa he conferred
with attorney briefly, he said: "I'm
tickled. I think the case Is already
won.. The state ahowed I had no
connection with the case."
Lamson. who the state charged.
grabbed the hair of his attractive and
popular wife. Allene Thorpe Lamson.
Jerked her head down and crushed
her skull with a short piece of Iron
pipe, will take the atand, probably
late next week, to deny he knew
how the Y. W. C. A. secretary came
to her death.
An attempt to defeat the "other
woman" angle In the defendant's life
will occupy the defense almost from
the start aa It opens It case next
Tuesday. . Carroll Ray. sister ot Eld
ridse Ray, atate highway department
employee, who testified for the atate
he had seen Lamson visit Mrs. Kel
ley, will be called. She was staying
with her brother during the spring
months of this year, when the ata,e
saya Lamson left Stanford to go to
Sacramento on hla numerous visits.
Miss Ray alept in Mrs. Kelley'a apart
ment, adjoining that of the Ray's.
Also Included among the early wit
nesses will be Mrs. Kelley, who calls
herself "the dizzy blonde In this
case," and who aays there was noth
ing but a business relationship be
tween her. and Lamson.
SLEEPING PLAGUE
ST. LOUIS, Sept. (AP) En
couraged bv an , Indication that
"sleeping sickness" la caused by. J
filterable virus, health officials to-
night pressed their attempts to
learn more of the . dread disease
which has brought death to 59 per
sons here alnce July 30.
Credit for the first real progress
In a study of the mysterious enceph
alitis, about which science knows I
virtually nothing, waa given to Dr. I
Margaret G. Smith, assistant proles-1
sor of pathology in Washington unl-l
veralty. Miss Smith la one of a
core of experts who have been
working almost unceasingly since the
current outbreak firet occurred here.
Today, a few hour after disclosure
of her discovery of a virus common
to sleeping sickness victims, she de
clined to discuss her findings.
Dr. Howard A. McCordock, patho
logist at a central laboratory set up
to study the outbreak, defined a
virus as "an agent which can be
demonstrated only by Its ability to
produce disease." A virus, he ex
plained further, contains no germ
visible under the microscope.
Two deaths from sleeping sickness
occurred in St. Louis today. Three
persons died yesterday. A total of
453 patients have been reported in
greater St. Louis.
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Y FUGITIVE
READY FOR CELL
KANSAS CITY, Sept. 3. (API A
tall man entered the office of Wil
liam H. Davenport, head of the fed
eral secret service here, towed sev
eral counterfeit 15 bills on Daven
port's desk today and said:
"I'm hungry, ready to go to prison
for the winter or even longer."
He said he was Carl P. Freeman
former assistant chief clerk of the
Missouri penitentiary, and had been
sought on a fugitive warrant alnce
April. 1931, by federal stents In Los
Angeles, who arrested hla companion
In counterfeiting.
He waived preliminary hearing on
a counterfeiting charge and bond
was fixed at 93000.
"I'm through," he said as he was
sent to Jail.
rfcnnic
WASHINGTON. Sept. 3. (AP)
Awaiting the approval of President
Roosevelt, a tentative plan for pour
ing out some of the reconstruction
corporation's millions to aid willing
but financially disabled employers
who are trying to operate under the
NRA tonight was nearlng completion.
The rugged out 1 1 nes, as d isclosed
today, embrace mortgage corporations
formed by business men In various
communities to receive funds from
the RFC and In' turn lend them to
buMneu firms to supply money for
the lnri'aed payrolls incidental to
the recovery program.
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Flaming Death for Flier
At Take-Off for Sea Hop
r " t s ,-.
Associated Press Photo.
Francesco rlr Plnedo, noted Italian filer. shown at the control of
the plane In whlt-h lie was cremated early Saturday when attempt In jr. a
take-off for Persia from Flojd Bennett field. New York.
NEW YORK. Sept. 3. (AP) Mar-,
quia General Francesco de P:nedoj
died In the flames or hla blazing j
monoplane today as he attempted
to take off on a non-stop solo flight
to Bagdad that was Intended to dis
pel the cloud of obscurity surround
ing his brilliant career In aviation.
His heavily-loaded plane, a "flying
gas tank" containing, 1037 gallons
of fuel, wobbled off the concrete run
way at Floyd Bennett field, skidded
Into the dirt and plunged Into an
iron fence near the administration
bufldtng at 6:20 a. m., E. 8. T.
In split seconds It wax a pyre for
the 43-year-old twice conqueror ot
the Atlantic, who wan planning a
record-breaking distance hop for the
glory of Benito Mussolini, who forced
de Plnedo Into retirement and ob
scurity. Several spectators, grouped near
the administration building, nar
rowly escaped death or injury from
the Plnedo's oncoming plane, The
Ulier applied screeching .brakes in
time to avoid hitting the group,
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WASHINGTON, Sept. 3. (AP)
The commerce department announc
ed today that exports to every ma
jor country except Australia were
larger In July than a year ago, and
imports were greater In value from
alt big nations
Total American exports Jumped
from 106.B30,440 In July 1032, to
144.197,334 In July of this year,
while Imports increased from 79.
420,718 to $142,991,638. To Japan,
which took $15,046,473 Qf American
goods as compared with $5,707,270.
Australia's purchases dropped from
$3,376,752 to $2,257,005.
The United Kingdom and the Phil
ippines ahowed the biggest Jump In
sales to the United States. The
formers rose from $4,278,909 to $12,
577.079, while the Islands sent $13.
409,228 worth of goods this year as
compared with $5,527,027 last.
FUSSI
MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., .dept. 3
(AP) Prospect of a reconciliation
between Mrs. Aimee Semple Mcpher
son Hutton and her husband, David,
appeared tonight.
Hutton, who left Seattle for Min
neapolis, was not on the train when
it arrived here one hour late tonight
He had left the train at Glencoe,
Minn., the conductor said, and plan
ned to motor to Minneapolis
His wife, reticent and cautious In
answering questions concerning the
whereabouts of Mr. Hutton, refused
to deny that she had any communi
cation with h'vii todav or nteht
Previously she nad emphatically de
nied that she had heard from Hut
ton alnce hla departure from the
west coast.
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COPENHAGEN. Sept. 3,-(AP) Cot.
Charles A. Lindbergh went to examine
hla sen plane today and Mrs. Lind
bergh accompanied him to have a
look at the wireless apparatus. After
wards they were guests of the sta
tion's naval officers.
Although Col. Lindbergh had an
nounced no plans, rumors were cur
rent that he Dlrnnrd o Hy to Eng
land in a dav -r o. ih-n board
liner for the United Slaves.
White faced and speechless, more
than 200 friends and associates of
the famous former ace of the royal
Italian air force, saw the dramatic
climax of de Flnedo's "beau geste,
For the flier's determination to add
to the glory of his homeland and
re-establish himself In the esteem of
Mussolini was well known to hla In
timates here.
"This writ probably be de Plncdo'a
lat big flight." one friend said re
cently while the filer waa preparing
for hla takeoff. "He wants above
all to regain his place In the sun."
Entwined too. in the emotional
background' of the flight waa the oft-
heard rumor that the flier, a bache
lor whose fortune was estimated at
about (4,000,000 once waa engaged to
the former Princess Glovanna Eliza
beth, daughter of King Victor Eman
uel of Italy, the rumor never was
confirmed.
Effort to pull de Plnedo out oi
hla wrecked plane was balked by the
flames. The Marquis, aclon of an old
honored Italian family, was burned
1 beyond recognition.
MARSHPIELD, Ore., Sept. 3. (AP)
Members of the Naswrene church
here were reported to be the only re
fusals received by NflA consumer
pledge solicitors, as the campaign
ended tonight. Stating they wcro in
accord with President Roosevelt's re
covery act, their reluctance to sign
vb based on chapter 13 of revela
tions, verses 16 to 18, which refers
to "the mark of the beast."
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SALT LAKE CITY, Sept. 2. (AP)
A plan of reorganization drawn up
by tho board of di-tors of the West
ern Loan and Building company
which waa recently placed In the
hands of the Utah State Banking de
partment, was taken under advise
ment today by John A. Mails. Utah
banking commissioner.
Mr. Mnlia will leave here tomorrow
for San Francisco to attend a confer
ence with California and Nevada
building and loan commissioners with
a view to working out problems ot
tho $26,000,000 Institution, which haa
stockholders In eight western states,
Meanwhile. H. L. Mulllncr, attorney
for Mr. Mails, will leave tomorrow
for Boise, Idaho, and Salem. Ore., to
confer with atate officials of Idaho
and Oregon relative to reorganization
of the firm.
TOTSIMEU
TO MOTHER, FALL
BUTTE, Mont.. -pt. J.(AP)
leaning out of a thlrtf story window
Of A RllftA hnt.l aHII t h.u aV,M,,tat
uood-hy. to their mother. James and
Robert Rouah, two and four years
old, tumbled 7ft feet to a cement
sidewalk tonight. Hospital attend
ant said condition of the children,
sons of Mr. and Mrs. Karl Roush, of !
Lima, Mont., is dangerous, but they
may live.
The family was visiting in Butte
for the day. The motheT had started
shopping preparatory to leaving with
her family on the evening train for
home. The father was in the room.
Mrlkf ( o.Ht
ST. LOUIS. Sent. 3. -I API Drest
loa of about aio.MO.OO'J worth of
busln-aa aa a result of tha atrlkear being reported aa taking refuse
lounrhed almost a month ao, Hoe- In Curry county, believed to be the
ti.-d !':'-,:.. at-.orney for ti sr- remit of the forest fires along the
Mattl gsrj iiit industries
'Louii, stated tonight.
of Ot,
FREE E
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AS OPENING hvehRS
Panic Makes School Foes
Vocal, and Final Decision
Up- to People Soon
Handicaps Are Outlined
WASHINGTON. Sept. 3 (API-
September, calling the children back
to the school, meant more and deep
er wrinkles for educators who think
thla country'" free education system
Is threatened. If not doomed.
There is a very serious question
to whether our free education
system can continue," Belmont Far
ley of the National Educational as
sociatton publication division, said
today.
"The schoola have something more
to fight than the economic crisis.
Opponents of free education have
become so vocal in their demands
that parents pay at least for high
school education that the people of
the country may be compelled to a
definite decision soon.
Only 55 per cent of those eligible
for 'high school education were In
the schools last year, though high
school enrollment was fast rising
Elimination of child labor under the
codes will this year send It shooting
higher.
"Education costa must Increase
one-third or one-half In the next
decade, or the system go by the
boards.
"Certainly there Is no Immediate
prospect of Increase. The recovery
program of the schools, tax-support
ed Institutions, will Inevitably lag
two or three years behind recovery
in private Industry."
An "emergency in education" ex
lata and a Joint commission of the
National Educational association and
the department of superintendents
Farley said, is nearlng the close of
an extended study on financing d
ucatton, and soon will announce its
findings and recommendations,
"The whole sltuatlop Just about
simmers down to this?' Parley said.
"The country Itself Is going to have
decide whether the free educa
tional ideal of our founding fore
fathers -can go on. t ,, .
Fifteen thousand fewer school
teachers than last year, Farley said,
thla September will start teaching
perhaps 300.000 mora schodl children
than last year.
They will do it, he emphasised, on
lower salaries, fewer supplies, and
with deteriorating plant equipment,
under the discouragement of having
personally to pay higher prices for
what they buy.
Please don't misinterpret ma," he
said. "Teachers are patriotic. 1 and
will do everything in their power
to further the recovery program of
the N. R. A.
But their own Incomes are re
duced, and they have no chance to
have thelm raised thla year perhaps
not for two years or more. At the
same time prices are boosted, and
they are Inevitably pinched between
upper and nether millstone.
"If this New Deal works and pros
perity returns, .bringing better wagca
In industry, ambitious teachers will,
of course, desert their profession for
industry. That happened during the
World war."
Harry Hopkins, the relief admin
istrator, recently announced 33 states
had reported 80.000 unemployed
teachers, a figure which Farley call
ed "too low" In view of reports reach
ing N. E. A. headquarters.
On the school plant situation, Far
ley gave ths following figures
Four thousand badly needed rural
school buildings have not been con
structed.
Eighteen thousand school district
have not been able to make the
minor repairs necessary to keep
buildings in operation.
Two hundred fifty thousand chil
dren last year attended school part
time for lack of school room.
Fifteen thousand children were
housed In temporary buildings.
PORTLAND, ept. 3. (AP) Ore
gon Is laying plans to beat the gun
man to the draw.
A meeting will be 4ld here Wed
nesday at which all law enforcement
agencies of the federal, state and
county governments will be repre
sented, to discuss proposals and per
fect plana for combatting any pos-
"i"1'"1 .n P f
criminal element,
The meeting waa called today ,by
Carl C- DonauRh, United States at
torney for Oregon.
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FLOCK TO CURRY
ooijj nr.fkcn. ore. sept, a (ad
; Thousands of tiny golden eanarlea
north Oregon coast. Port Orford re-
ported thousands In the town limits,
LAKLY P.U'LK MONDAY
The Mall Tribune will go to
press about noon Monday, Labor
day. In order to permit observ
auce of the holiday by news and
mechanical departments.
VOLUNTEER ARMY
OF BLUE EAGLE
NEAR OBJECTIVE
Drive to Place Every Em
ployer and Every Family
of Nation On R. N. A. Lists
Shows Favorable Progress
A volunteer army 250 strong is
engaged in Medford and Jackson
county thia week In a war such aa
never lias been waged before In any
country. Tills army comprises the
local volunteer workers in tho Blue
Eagle campaign. Each member of
the army Is wearing a button by way
of Identification upon which will bo ,
found the word "Volunteer." j
We are making a thorough Job of
It." said "General" B. E. Harder in
command of the local sector of the
Blue Eagle battle front yesterday
while giving directions for lost min
ute preparations. "By the enti of
the week we hope to hava our can
vassers call at every home In Med
ford and Immediate vicinity. The ob
ject of thia house to house canvass,
which Includes also all places of em
ployment In the city, Is to see that
every employer la on the dotted Una
for the Blue Eagle and that every
family in Jackson county signs the
consumer's agreement with the presi
dent and displays the insignia. These
canvassers also are checking on com
pliance with the president's agree
ment and reporting violations to our
local headquartera.
"Many questions are being asked or
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Theodore Crandall, about 40, who
operates the Dr. I. D. Phlpps ranch
in the Snowy Butte district was sev
erely injured about 6:30 o'clock Sat
urday night when gored by an In-
urlated bull at the ianch. Cran
dall suffered a broken right leg, and
several broken ribs, also on the right
side. He was successful In making
his escape without assistance, and
Dr. E. A. Dodson was called to the
ranch.
Crandall was brought to the Sac
red Heart hospital by ths Perl am
bulance, where treatment was given
the Injured man. Dr. Dodson re
ported later In the evening that al
though Crandall' Injuries were ser
ious, he would probably recover.
Tha bull, which charged at Cran
dall, is a prize possession of Dr.
Phlpps, and la valued at $1000. The
animal Is a four-year old and weighs
1800 pounds.
SHORTAGE LOOMS
WASHINGTON. Spt. 3 (AP)
Four and a half million gallons to
slake a pre-prohlbltlon 167 million
gallon thirst that roughly is the
situation America will face If pro
hibition is repealed in the next few
months.
The bonded warehouses now hold
considerably more than 18.000.000
ga I Ions of wh Iskey , a nd the stock
grows dally. But there is a law
which saya distilled spirits must be
aged four years before they may be
placed on the market.
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SALEM, ept. 3. (AP) The bop
harvest proceeded orderly today In
thia section, following disturbances
In (wo yards yesterday.
Some 300 to 500 employees return
ed to work today at the McLaugh
lin yard, after stopping yesterday
when they heard that no hops would
be received at the checking station
unless picked absolutely clean from
leaves and stems. Superintendent P.
B Gwlnn Informed pickers that cara
ful work and not perfect work was
all that waa expected of them.
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Oang Rnund('p.
LOS ANGELES, Sept. 3 (API
Three men from New York state and
one claiming to be of Hollyocd, wer
held In Jail by police today aa rob
bery suspects and for Investigation
into the deatha of Harry Mackley and
Fred Koller, alias Fred Kitty, shot
down by three men In a fashionable
Hollywood restaurant last Monday
night.
UNION CLAUSE IN
CODE IRKS FORD;
MAY BATTLE NRA
Auto King Plans to Carry
Campaign to Public and
Restore $5 Minimum Pay
Scale to Defend Position
DETROIT, Sept. 3. (AP) With
Henry Ford's vacation of silence neor
Its close and hts long-awaited declara
tion of policy on his failure as yet
to sign the NRA automobile code ap
parently near, first repercussions
came today from the code's collective
bargaining provision, one of the fea
tures to which Ford's associates say
he objects.
While the 70-ycar-old motor manu
facturer, atlll maintaining silence on
his NRA plans, apparently prepared
to return to Detroit to launch what
observers believe will be a spectacu
lar "go It alone" campaign, denial
came from the Chevrolet Motor com
pany here It la discriminating against .
union employes In the traditionally
open shop automotive industry.
Simultaneously, the Chevrolet com
pany announced details of a plan for
"company union," In which em
ployes might deal collectively with
the firm In accordance wth NRA pro-
visions, but emphasized carefully that
membership in the organization, to
be known as tho Chevrolet Employes'
assoclatlnn, la voluntary.
Although Ford has made no public
statement, associates, refusing tha -
use of their names, have said tha
collective bargaining provision of tha
NRA code la one of the major objec
tions he finds to the agreement.
"Mr. Ford." said one associate, "will
not recognize labor unions and ha
will not accede to any law or emer
gen ry arrangements whereby his ri
vals can get access to other manufac
turers' figures. He holds that these
should be inviolate.
This, the associates, say is a lead
ing reason why the motor manufac
turer, according to all present Indi
cations, will not sign the NRA code,
will let the deadline for signing next
Tuesday slip paat, and will launch
forth on a campaign on carrying hla
case to the public in a firm battle
with the NRA.
Ford, the associates believe, " la
going "fsr beyond the NRA" provis
ions, in hla forthcoming plana. He
may even announce a return to the
famous $0 a day minimum wage, they
say. His employes now receive a
minimum of $4 a day, for an eight
hour, five-day week. , The NRA code
provides 43 cents an hour for a 35
hour week.
Oil Code Tested.
WASHINGTON, Sept. a. (API A
thorough teat of the etfect on urlcea
of bringing America's oil production
in accord with market neods was
called for today by Secretary fekes
as the flrat move In foderal auper
vision of the petroleum Industry
under Itn NBA trade code.
For the time being. Ickea vetoed tha
appeala of a wide section of the 13.
000,000,000 business and suggestions
from members of its own planning
and co-ordination committee that
the government embark upon full
price regulation promptly.
Tnis decision made, the Interior
secretary, who also la oil adminis
trator, set the national dally produce
tlon at 2400,700 barrels, prohibiting
net wlthdrawala from storage except
with hla conaent, and limiting Im
port to about 80,000 barrels dally.
The Heather.
(Forecast for Sunday and Monday)
Oregon: Generally fair Sunday and
Monday, but unsettled in northwest
portion; slightly cooler Monday;
slowly incresslng humidity; moderata
changeable winds offshore.
WILL-
ROGERS
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Sept.
1. Well, like a lot of my big
idpiis, they just don't seem to
work out. There must be a bit
oi college professor in me
somewhere. You remember
couple of days ago 1 wanted
to have the home folks meet
their senators. Now that sound
ed practical, but you would ba
surprised at the amount of re
sentment that lins come to my
roll-top desk..
My idea was as "wet" as the
state of Washington. They all
claini they don't want to see
their senator. That's why they
elected him, to get rid of him.
If they had wanted him at
home they would have kept
him at home, so there goes an
other big Rogers idea in the
ash can.
QlUI attNluiM lyaalnte, Ina,