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By ArtDuj Parry
The' final acore of the University of
OregonUniversity of southern Cali
fornia football game at Los Angelea
Saturday, upon which hange the Pa
cific coast championship, will be:
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Kecapltulatlon: Oregon V: Trojana
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A 13-year-old Syracuse, N. Y., boy
Is a full-fledged aviator. If he files
Ilk the average la-year-old boy
drives an auto, It Is not safe to walk
down the street with him.
Jim Bates, the tonsorlallst, la re
ceiving congratulations for 31 yeara
of married life, credit should be given
The NRA oode ought to hold down
the gravel In a turkey'e craw, to a
heaping tincup mil.
The easiest way to decide legislative
vacancies existing In this country,
would be for the governor to appoint
two citizens to stay home.
DISTRESSING, NO END!
(Lakevlew Examiner)
Toung married man want work.
Have a Bulck 8, five passenger
closed car and Ford roadster with
delivery box. Will work with or
without either one.
As near aa can be figured out, al
most aa much has been expended In
Jackson, Douglaa and Klamath coun
ties for relief, as the power trust
planned to expend, before they were
halted by the will of the people, get
ting their electrlo lights for nothing.
Miles Cantrall of Ruch towned Aon.
Ha was very hungry. He aald all he
had to eat this winter waa a pantry
full of canned fruit and Jellies, coun
try sausage, dlvera and sundry pro
ducts of a backyard garden, the
chops, hams and way points of three
big pigs, and what the neighbors
brought In.
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The California prison board has ex
tracted most ot the fun experienced
by giddy females who delight In run
ning around with criminals and get
ting their pictures In the papers aa
"gangster molla". Heretofore, the
whiffets, like the voters, were "mla
led," and the pardoning powers were
kind. Things are different now. Last
Saturday some decisions were made.
The lady assistant of a prominent
burglar will not have to worry about
a beauty parlor date for 40 yeara. Two
other blonde aides of crooks will be
out of circulation for S5 years. It
waa also thought thst the southern
California lady who killed a aultor
with an axe, and burled his remains
In her basement, should remain In
her present cell until next February,
before talking to the board, let alone
getting out. The complaint Is tiled
that the prison board, like the ladles
themselves, la getting "hard-boiled.
A banquet will be held tonight for
Hugh Rankin, of -he forest service,
who finally got out of the woods,
after 80 years.
People can hardly wait to see what
hard liquor will do first cut the
taxes or Improve the auto driving.
A new Industry has arisen In the
valley, via: Answering Mr. Barnes, the
progenitor of a sales tax. This has
Increased the employment ot lead
pencils, some ot which have not had
any work since they were engaKed In
building a railroad to the coast, or
writing the governor to set forth fully
the meanness of the district attorney.
There are several things wrong with
the Barnes Sales Tax. It Is stable.
It Is painless. It Is sane. It will
work, and there Is no way of getting
out of It. The aalM tax aa ronrrvtjvf
by Mr, Barnea, Is more deadly and
certain, than tha monthly payments
on the new auto, which are never
evaded.
A total of 1,718,168 tons of Ir-v
nr and ironstone was produced In
the second quarter of 1038 by mines
In Great Britain. I
.H B. Mathews, profeasor of phy
sics it Houth Dakota State college,
baa taught 9000 students la 41 years.
Mixeaa
Radio News Inaccurate
TJ"VERY little while someone calls up this office and asks if
thiB news item or that, heard over the radio, is true. Some
times they are true. But more often they are not.
Yesterday, for example, a subscriber inquired if the radio
news report that Japanese planes had bombed a Russian village
killing a score of Russian soldiers and civilians was correct. We
had heard nothing to that effect. A query to the Associated
Press brought back the report that such a rumor was entirely
unfounded. A little later another subscriber inquired if it was
true that RUSSIAN planes had bombed a JAPANESE village.
This also was a radio report, credited to one of the national
broadcasting stations. It, of course, was another canard.
This morning someone inquired over the phone if it was true
that President Roosevelt had refused to recognize Russia until
that country changed its religion, or abandoned atheism the
inquirer was not sure which another report from a leading
California radio station.
IT is quite apparent that the large radio news agencies are
either indulging in yellow journalism which we doubt or
are not exercising sufficient care in checking up on news reports
coming to them, before releasing them to their subscribers
which in view of the record we
Securing world news is a tremendously expensive and exact
ing task, which necessitates a
every member from the highest
gatherer, has to be experienced,
We don't know where the
their news, but judging by our
tainly not getting it STRAIGHT. Until they perfect a better
organization they should abandon independent news gathering,
and depend upon the established
mation.
lVEANWHILE, listeners in
a v A thii. rtAflrnwf tiAWfiniinpp
over the air as established fact.
If the newspapers of this country have heard nothing of it
assuming it is a matter of genuine news interest, it is perfectly
safe to conclude that the reijort
Religion Can't Be an Issue
ONE doesn't need to query Washington, to categorically deny
that President Roosevelt has refused to recognize Russia
on religious grounds.
Such an idea is patently absurd. The very cornerstone of
this government is religious freedom. WThat religion the gov
ernment of Russia or its people, wish or don't wish to adopt,
is no American concern.
The unexpected delay in Ruesian recognition or some offi
cial report concerning it has led to all sorts of wild conjectures
and conclusions. Probably none of them justified.
Soviet Russia owes1 this country and ifs citizens, about
8oo,0t)0,000 quite a tidy sum.
agreement on tins ac.m taues cunsiucrauio uiua.
Then there is the matter of credit. If Russia is recognized,
America will want to sell her goods, and Russia will want credit
with which to pay for them.
Obviously American financiers will have to supply that
credit. What will be the terms and the security t Another in
volved and intricate problem.
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FINALLY the matter of the Third Internationale and its
wnrlrl wirln rnvnlntinn. This pnnntrv will nevpr venncnizp.
Russia until this policy is officially abandoned. No doubt 51.
Litvinov is willing to abandon it. But he is a horse trader. He
will want something in return. What that is we don't know.
But to dispose of it, will also take time.
Uneasiness over the delay in Russian recognition, like un
easiness over the delay in returning prosperity, is due primarily
to two things, first, unwarranted impationce, and two, an ab
sence of an understanding of the INTRICATE nature of the
problems involved.
There is nothing so simple about Russian recognition. Presi
dent Roosevelt and Foreign Minister Litvinoff have had no move
time than is necessary to agree on general principles. It will
probably take another week nt
tudinous details.
An appropriation not to exceed
tsoo during the present school year
has been authorlred by the board of
city commissioners at Owensboro,
Ky., for the needy kiddles lunch
fun. .
After Judging 5870 Rlvwa of nelly
in a national contest at Topeka. Kas.
tasting 500 samples in one day
Miss Florence Atwood of the Ne
braska agricultural college had Jelly
and toast for dinner.
ANXIOUS FOR SAFETY OF SON
With hie mother In a state of near collapse, police agencies of
northern California Intensified their hunt for Brooke Hart, 22. believed
to have been kidnaped In San Jots, Cai. Hit parents, Mr. and Mrs.
Alexander Hart (above), have recslv)d dtmandi for $40,000 ransom,
police laid. (Associated Preti Photo)
are inclined to believe.
world-wide organization, where
executive to the lowest news
reliable and ACCURATE.
radio news agencies are getting
own experience, they are cer
news agtncics for their infor
on radio news, better check with
lipfnr nnnfintinr. wViaf tliov lionr
is untrue.
Naturally to arrive at some
least to get together on the multl
A survey conducted by the cham
ber of commerce at Nashville. Tenn.,
showed traffic accidents were moat
numerous during October, Novem
ber and December.
Illinois' dairy industry last year
produced milk with a total farm
value of more than $05,000,000.
Seventy-five University of Ten
nessee Medical college student w.ho
act as blood donors are standard ic
ing their pries at $5 per pint.
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Personal Health Service
By William
aigoeo letter! pertaining co personal aeaita tod ajgiene oot Co du
aw dlaguuolt or treatment. irUj oc answered oj Or tsrad u a ttampta
icll-addressed envelope w enclosed utten wuuld oa artel ana written id
ink. Owing to toe targe oumhei ot letter, received only a iea eao oa ana
wered here. No reply can oi made to quenea not conforming Co tnstroctiona
address Ot William Brady 865 m camlno rteverley Hilu Cai.
NO MOIIB HOME WORK, NO CAESAR. NO ALGEBRA, NO CASTOR OIL,
NO FOOTBALL, FRENCH HKKLS, AMATEL'R PLAYS OR FRA-
TKRNITY H ANG-OUT8
Boy, that 1 only a omall sample
of what I would do It I wore head
man of the school oyatem of this
country. I'm tell
lng you, ao If
ever I do run for
any thing you'll
know what you
may expect from
my administra
tion.
A aad looking
high school teach-
er or principal
with whom I col
lided when I
o a m tearing In
to find out why
In iom where
In somewhere my I hope you will
forgive me. old friends my daughter
waa fully ten minutes late getting
out of school at closing time this
solemn schoolmarm Just added fuel
to the fire by explaining that she
had been trying to Impress upon some
of the pupils the Importance of do
ing their home work. Wow I My
stars! Later. Teacher
felt that homework at least helped to
keep them off the streets evenings
Authors and publishers of latter
day Jlmcrack books you know, 09-
cent books that sell for $3.50 until
the first thousand suckers have bitten
have & similar benevolent theory
You find It applied In the Index. For
Instance If you axe looking up the
subject of cross-eye In the index your
trouble Is rewarded by a curt sug
gestion that you try Strabismus. If
you are a determined or docile sort
you continue the game a bit longer
and wtlh any luck you eventually
come upon the office of Mr. strabis
mus, and if Strabismus is not "In
conference" or out for the day or at
lunch your message eventually may
be brought to his attention and in
reply we beg to state that The srabis
mus Corporation has changed Its
name and moved to another city. It
is now known aa Squint, Ltd.
When the author's or publisher's
stenographer Is preparing the index
she has a fine sense of righteousness,
something like that of the school-
marm who schemes to pile homework
on the young of the squalid masses.
She feels she la keeping you out of
mischief by providing something for
you to do in your spare time. ,
This is the time of year wnen me
homework hounds get In their mos.,
telling blows against the health and
happiness of hlh school children.!
NLW YORK
DAY BY DAY
3y O. O. Mclntyre
NEW YORK, Nov, 15. Sam H. Har
ris Is about the only Mauve Decade
producer to have aucceas producing
these days, witn
the stage gener
ally picking at
the coverlets he
has produced the
largeat quota of
hits, the biggest
being "Of Thee I
Sing." He was
down to the
cushion when
that became a
smash.
Modest and
scorning usual
lions, he is one of unethical tempera
ment, fascinated by the theater. He
began as, a fight promoter on the
East Side, finally piloting Kid McCoy.
Later a partner of George M. Cohan.
mutually profitable combination
founded on a brass rail hand-shake.
Hla Barrle-llke aliyness has the
same flair for lnaplrlhg confidence
that distinguished Charles Frohman,
Irving Berlin, Oeorge 8. Kaufman, et
al. turn out tunes and lyrics for hlra
when others get only a promise. In
the same easy fashion, he acquires
cream of the acting talent.
Out of the sidewalk ruff-scuff, hla
wits edged on Ghetto flagstones, he
salt hla enterprises with beauty and
dignity of a surprising sort. Even his
llrst night audiences, hand-picked,
have a Cartler sparkle.
Berton Braley as a college boy In
Montana with curly brown hair wore
an ensemble completely brown,
smoked a huge brown pipe and led
a brown bull dog. Today he la known
out yonder as "Brownie." Many min
nesingers have expressed a flair for
single color effects. Keats was par
tial to deep blue. Shelly, green. Amy
Lowell liked yellow and Wide, of
course, waa fond of purple.
J. Harold Murray has become one
of the wealthiest American actors.
He la beat remembered for his sing
ing in "Rio Rita" every cafe he
enters the orchestra begins to play It.
His estate near Ktlltngworth, Vt la
show place of the section. While
hla earnings have been tremendous,
the bulk of his fortune resulted from
his friendship with Matt Brush. Brush
began taking him In and out of the
market. Lots of pals will take you
in but few will take you out.
The passing of few American
writers so evoked the editorial pen
aa that of Ring Lardner. A friend of
the humorist was able, with the help
of several dipping bureaus to round
up BIA editorials that appeared after
hla demise. Doubtless a number es
caped and the Ruropean output has
not been compiled. What had In
spired most of the panegyrics was
Lardner's unfaltering devotion to
literary "purity. He never wrote a
line or a word deviating the slightest
from hla high Ideal. What a record I
The newest wrinkle in pocket light-
era Is a llnatick sired dingus that
heats by the air pull through the
cigar or cigarette end-
ft
La, ('kd
war vsVjf
It waa giren I
a
Brady, M.D.
The reason why homework Is such a
heavy part of the high school cur
riculum in backward towns la that
parents there are too dumb and too
weak to have any opinions about the
evil to say or do anyhtlng about It
The incompetent teachers who are
the chief offenders size up the par
ents and decide that such inferior
persons can be dominated easily
enough. Homework la a great lnstl
tutlon It lets the teacher out with
a minimum of effort, responslblllt
and ability.
The arguments poorly trained
teachers offer In favor of homework
are feeble even If one thinks only of
the development of the mind. If one
believes in the dictum of Mens sana
in corpora sano (a sound mind in a
sound body) there will be no "home
work" problem in one's home.
QUESTIONS AXD ANSWERS
Appendicitis.
Our family doctor says append teltis
cannot be prevented. Another doctor
claims It can be prevented by proper
diet . . . . D. L. H.
Answer The family doctor tells
the truth. The other doctor Is look
ing for business. Prom observations
of Mccarlson among native tribes In
the Himalayas, it would seem that a
plentiful supply of vitamins in the
diet may tend to protect against ap
pendicitis. Such vitamins as ire
present In fresh vegetables, fresh raw
milk, eggs, fresh fruits.
Banana for Bambino.
How. should one prepare banana to
feed a six-months -old baby with
marasmus. He Is terribly puny and
thin . . . Mrs. B. M.
Answer No preparation la neces
sary, except to see that the banana
Is quite ripe. Every Infant should re
ceive some banana. Instructions are
given In the Brady Baby Book. Send
a dime (not stamps) and a stamped
envelope bearing your address and
ask for the booklet.
The Throwback Myth.
I am mullato. My husband la
white. I am afraid to have ft baby
for fear It may be black . . .Mrs.
F .
Answer Tha? Is Just superstition.
The baby will not be darker tnan
the darker parent.
(Copyright, 1833, John T. Dllle Co.)
Ed Note: Readers wishing to
communicate with Dr. Brbdy
hould send letters direct to Dr.
William Brady. M. O- 265 El Ca
ml no. Beverlv Hills. Ca.lf !
Impetus when Adolphe Menjou flour
ished one in a Jaunty man-about-town
film. More than any other
Clifton Webb is besieged by marketers
of such dress accessories. The ex
ploiters figure that If he is spotted
with one the article Is made.
I walked the other dusk through
water street, once the roughest,
toughest, loudest brawling street in
Manhattan. Today wayfarers are scat
tery and serene and white-fronted
mission of Jerry McCauley seemed to
blend perfectly Into the placid pic
ture. The block In the 300's where
John Allen's famous bagnio once of
fered a hell-roaring bluster was
equally quiet. "The" Allen was hailed
by reformers of that day as "the wick
edest man in New York." But in com
parison to modern machine gun baby
killers he waa somewhat a saint.
On Water street, too, I saw a saw
dusty fly-blown lunch room whose
chalked window revealed this Quix
otry: "White bean soup with ham
hock, soupy hash and skillet gravy."
Despite the smudgy look, It almost
touched off a drool.
I wondered, walking on, If there are
others for whom gravy haa a magnet
like attraction. Not aa a food, but
for splattering purposes. Any time
they bring gravy near me I get any-
thing from a lapel spot to a lap
drench. So much so that when 1
see a gravy bearer. In the offing I
am afflicted with a sort of gravy palsy.
Just a mention of It and I go into a
rhumba. But I'm Just dandy around
soup.
(Copyright, IMS, McNaught Syndi
cate, Inc.)
Babe Hooks Big One
Baba Ruth, baseball here, proud
ly displays hla prize catch off the
Island of Molokal on hi. recent
vl.lt to tha Hawaiian Islands for
several exhibition aamaa. (Aaa&cl.
' ' ' "
,f a1 b--
sled Press Photo)
Comment
. on the
Day's News
By FRANK JENKINS.
SENATOR HUEY LONG, speaking at
Alexandria, In hla home state cf
Louisiana, gets a barrage of eggs and
over-ripe Xrult from hla hearers. He
responds with a barrage of words,
calling his adversaries "polecats, low
down pups and scoundrels."
Politics Is on a high plane In Lou
isiana, Isn't It?
GERMAN voters approve, practi
cally unanimously, the foreign
policies of Chancellor Hitler and nls
naal regime.
That Is notice to the rest of Europe
to LOOK OUT for Germany In the
future.
IN THE NEWS of the past few daya
appears this paragraph:
"Indications that the German war
board's plan of strategy 'if and when
the next -war breaks out' contem
plated an advance eastward through
Switzerland, rather than through Bel
glum aa In 1914, occupied the atten
tion of British strategists today."
That haa an ominous sound.
THESE reports are denounced by
the German press, which Is con
trolled absolutely by Hitler, as false
and slanderous.
But Switzerland, never Inclined to
be swept off her feet by war rumors,
cornea to the decision to Increase her
border defenses.
Things don't look so good In Europe
Just now.
IlHAT would war In Europe do
I f to us?
Well, If we have the good sense to
keep strictly out of It. it would do us
no great harm. It might even HELP
to pull us out of our present over
production mess.
Soldiers have to be fed, and If Eu
rope insists on fighting Instead of
producing she will have to get food
for her soldiers elsewhere. She will
have to get a lot of It here.
IP EUROPE fights again to the pot
of exhaustion, future European
markets for our peace-time products
will be destroyed. That much Is cer
tain. But, If we have to, we can FORGET
foreign markets, and live on our own
markets alone.
It might be far better for us to
do It.
UT ENOUGH of war.
Representatives of Oregon sav
ings, building and loan associations,
meeting in Portland, report, rather
surprisingly, that already an actual
shortage of dwellings, especially of
the better type, exists In this state.
After all the discouraging talk of
over-production during the past three
or four years, It Is at least refresh
ing to hear talk of shortages.
FOR THREE YEARS? there has been
little or no building.
Remember this:
For something like four years, dur
ing the war, there was little or no
building. That four years of building
inactivity waa followed by several
years of active construction while we
were catching up.
It might happen again.
o
N EVERY HAND, we hear talk of
we hear from every aide the doleful
atory of the burden of debt that
weighs us down.
Listen:
The burden of debt that weighs us
down waa fastened on our backs by
TOO MUCH CREDIT.
During the years when we were
making these debts that now are
troubling us so grievously. It waa TOO
EASY to borrow money,
WHILE the economists are working
out new ways of doing things.
they might put their minds to the
problem of making credit a little
tighter In good times and a little
easier In hard times.
Favors a Sales Tax
To the Editor:
Thanks, Mr. Editor, for your In
vitation to taxpayers to express their
opinions regarding the tax situation.
I have read Mr. Barnea and also
Mr. Hcgner'a communications regard
ing this subject and allude to them
to say they seem too complicated tor
most of ua but would be 'excellent
material for college students majoring
in economics. Mr. Barnea plan pro
vides for tax exemption on homee up
to 81500 valuation, which means 00
per cent of the homes in the smaller
towns would be exempt; we are in
formed that only 30 per cent of our
people pay taxes: if this la correct,
then there should be more people to
help carry the burden and not so
many exemptions.
I favor a SAles tax not to exceed
1 per cent on .11 merchandise sold ;
at retail with no exemptions, and a !
substantial tax on all income, above i
850 per month. These two measures
will make all our people tax con
scious and at the same time make
capital pay a Just share, w.htch Is
not the case at present.
Cltlrena not paying any taxes are
not particularly careful when It
comes to rotlng bonds or taxes: a
sales tax will make everyone more
Interested In the matter of levying
i Communications
and collecting tax money as well aa
spending the same.
Two reasons for the defeat of the
late sales tax are: First, practically
all the wealthy bankers and million
aire evaded Uncle Barn's tax collect
tors, there being too many loopholes
in the Income tax law. Villa was
front-page news in all the newspapers
for several months prior to election
day and naturally there arose the
question, "Why should the consumer
pay?" Another reason for the fail
ure to pass of the law la that the
voters did not understand the law
or were afraid of It, and are of the
opinion that if the law had passed
and produced plenty of revenue the
succeeding . legislature might simply
raise the tax to Increase the income.
Perhaps It la well that the 3 per cent
sales tax with so many exemptions
and exceptions was detested; It did
cause our officials to atop, look and
listen to the voice of the people.
Our legislature should consider the
listen to the farmer and laboring
classes rather than to high-priced
lobbyists sent to Salem by the big
Interests, the railroads, the public
utilities and th capitalists of Port
land. In order to secure the pas
sage of these two measures (emer
gency measures) the legislature
which Is about to convene should
promise the electorate that all the
tax so collected will be used exclu
sively for the maintenance of our
school system and for relief purposes,
and that the rate will not be In
creased In the future as was done
with the gasoline tax.
The gasoline tax at first was rath
er a painless one and It did produce
results, but it Is no longer painless;
It la extremely painful; It provides a
lot of money but not sufficient to
allow spending aa we nave done In
the past few years.
We should limit our spending and
begin paying our obligations, which
la considered good business practice.
I see no better plan than a sales
tax for a solution which will be ac
cepted by tne taxpayers and voters.
E. C. FABER.
Central Point, Nov. 15.
Urges Home Tax Exemption.
To the Editor:
"Civilization should ao function as
to Increase the number of Independ
ent citizens and home owners and
decrease the number of dependent
citizens and tenants. Adam Smith
wrote this 100 yeara ago.
In European states the attitude in
regard to taxing homes Is quite dif
ferent than In our country. In sev
eral European states homes are wholly
tax exempt. Homes were made tax
exempt in Italy by royal decree in
1025. France loans money for single
family home construction at 3 per
cent rate of Interest. Vienna, Austria,
gets no tax or return on capital in
vestment on municipal housing. Rent
consumes only 3 per cent of the ten
ant's Income as compared with 25
per cent in the United States, in
Frankfort, Germany, indlvlduala art)
financed by the municipality, interest
for the first three years la 1 per
cent, and 3 per cent thereafter; as
high aa 40 per cent return on con
struction Is given by the city to home
owners aa a bonus to encourage home
development. Belgium loans 90 per
cent of the cost of building homes, at
2 per cent interest and gives as a
bonus a one-fifth of the cost to home
owners. London gives a capitation
grant of three pounds (815) per year
for 40 yeara for each person rehabili
tated In suburban area homes. If
there were five In a family this fam
ily would get 875 per year for 40
years.
And we have fixed it so 35 per cent
of a working man's Income must go
for ' rent, or if this working man
wants to buy a home he must pay, in
some cases, as high as 16 per cent
interest. Then after he gets his home
paid for he must pay taxes equiv
alent to 5 per cent Interest on i
82,000 mortgage. So a home ceases
to be a retreat, a sanctuary. The
natural Instinct prompts the desire
for home ownership. A desire
strong that It prompted a woman I
know not In Italy, not in France.
not in Germany, but In Medford,
Oregon, to work In a store for 10
years and pay 16 per cent Interest
during all thla time on a loan In
order to own a home that she now
flnda she can not pay the taxes on
Thla la an actual case. Building and
loan book, name of individual and
tax statement on file.
Loans on homes are such poor In
vestments, with present taxes so high.
that these high rates of Interest are
essential if a company making loans
homes Is to be able to keep out
of bankruptcy. The Federal Home
Loan act la for the purpose of rem-
edying to some extent, thla condi
tion, but the appraisers now find It
necessary In appraising the value of
home to appraise them ao low on ac
count of the high tax charge against
them that the majority of home own
ers cannot take advantage of this
5 per cent money.
If these homes were tax exempt
then the measure would bring the
relief it waa supposed to bring, but no
honest appraiser would appraise a
home for a loan very high If there
was a charge against that home for
taxes equivalent to the amount of
Interest that a first mortgage of
(3,000 at S per cent on this home
would annually amount to, and that
Is the case that confronts the ap
praisers appraising homes for home
loans under present conditions.
J. C. BARNES.
SALEMMMlPS
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SALEM. Not. !. (AP) Taps will
be sounded here today for James
(Sunny Jim) Medley. 45, by fouri
members of the Salem Legion drum j
and bugle corps which he faithfully I
served. !
"Sunny Jim." negro overseas veter-'
an. iu more than a property care
taker for the corps. On every trip he
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each member must have hla uniform
Immaculate.
Sixteen states, plus Canada, Bo
livia and Paraguay, are represented
In the enrollment at Drake univer
sity. Dee Moines, Iowa, this fall.
Edmorfc! Oodrhaux haa completed
years service as San Francisco's
recorder.
Flight 'oTime
iMeafora ana Jacasoo count)
distury from cue files ol in.
vlall rnbune ol to and 10 vean
ago.)
TEN YEARS AGO TODAY
(It waa Friday.)
There are SI service stations be
tween Grants Pass snd the summit of
the Slsklyoua. Traffic Officer Mc.
Mahon counted 102 new cars on the
Pacific highway between this city and
Talent yesterday afternoon.
Albert Straus and Paul Schulz, two
Sams Valley boys, win prizes for hogs
at the Portland Livestock show.
Dairying In the county shows a bin
Increase.
Merchants favor city paying for
lighting of Main street.
Ashland c. of C. to feast on tur
key, at annul meeting.
Winter dancing season to be open
ed tomorrow night, with five "grand
opening of dance pavilions" In the
county.
TWENTY YEARS AOO TODAY
November lli. 1!13.
(It was Sunday.)
Heaviest frost of the year hits val
ley. The city council is trying to make
a flicker with the Natatorlum to al
low the continued use of the hitching
ground recently closed.
"In Convict Garb" at the Isia;
"Antics in Ink by Hy Mayer" at the
Star, and "The Farm Girl's Revenge"
at-the It.
Twenty-five hundred people expect
ed in city for White Sox-Giants ex
hibition game tomorrow.
A spurned lover of the city. In deepJ
despair, trlea to kill self with a pis
tol, but only Inflicts a superficial
acslp wound.
More Minnesota high schools than
ever before, 80. are this year offer
ing special Instruction in agricul
ture through federal and state aided
departments.
Jolts The Line
KEE.Blri--a4CK-ux.t.A.
Joe Keeble (a the hard hitting
fullback of the University of Call,
fornia at Loa Angeles' football
team. (Associated Press Photo)
Heads NRA Board
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pe lr-BWyy, '
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KaaitrtwQfc.it.Aviki!
Latitat KlrfitAin llhnua) B..I
merchant, was elected chairman of
the NRA advianrv hnarrt a ...
Walter C. Teagle, who retired. (As
sociated Press Photo,
Physical Ailments
Relieved by Sweilhh .Manage and
cor reel he eerclw.
OSCAR S. NISSEN. P. T.
538 B. .Main. lira. S to ft p. m.
Call 5 For
FUEL OIL
Any Kind Any Amount
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