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Twenty-eiehth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 6, 1933.
No. 220.
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SAFE
By PAUL MALLON.
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(Copyright, 1933, by Paul Mallon.)
WASHINOTON, Dec. 8. A little in
side spat lies behind this current ex
aggerated talk about 20 to 100 llbeials
walking out on the New Deal.
Such quarrels happen In the best
of lamllles. The boys wont leave
home In the end. They are merely
growling because they are tempera
mental and uneasy.
There is something fundamental In
the constitution of a liberal which
makea him hate compromise. These
New Deal liberals are Interested pri
marily In governmental reform. To
them recovery Is of secondary Im
portance. They would resign rathor
than see recovery come without re
form. It probably will not come to that.
Mr. Roosevelt wants reform as much
as they do. But he has the responsi
bility also of promoting recovery.
The prospects are that a little
heart-to-heart talking between him
and the liberals, will quiet the pres
ent feeling of unrest.
Securities.
The liberals harve been uneasy about
the proposed revision of the secur
ities bill for one thing. They noted
that Earle Balllle. member of the
firm of J. and W. Sellgman (Invest
ment bankers) was msde a special
treasury aaistaut. They heard the
story that he was going to do the
rewriting of the securities act. It
probably was not true, but that did
not keep them from being disturbed.
Balllle organized half a dozen of
the largest investment trusts in Wall
street, including the TrI-Continental
Securities corporation and selected
industries.
As chairman of the railroad secur
ities committee, he told the Invest
ment bankers asoclatlon (October 31,
1S33) that the securities act was a
puzzle, stating "It is not apparent
how future railroad financing can be
done."
you can readily see where even an
enormous rumor that he was going
to have anything to do with the
securities act would set all liberal
hearts a-flutter.
Failure.
Every insider knows the securities
act has not operated auccessfull7
They differ about the reasons for
its failure. The liberals say it is
due to the fact that Wall streeters
have conducted a filibuster against
the law, refusing to do sny capital
financing under it. The Wall Street
era say the law is so impractical that
even legitimate financing cannot be
undertaken.
They are probably both half right.
But those in the know whisper that
a new proposition has recently been
put before the federal trade commis
sion which may ahed a new light on
the whole matter.
A plan for financing 7,000,000 of
new securities has been proposed. If
the commission sanctions it, the way
may be opened for breaking the dead
lock. Spring.
All the wise bees around the White
House hive are buzzing now that you
wilt ace no Important money policy
action before the spring pick-up Is
in sight.
That Is the time for money plan
ning a well aa for more romantic
activltlea.
Everyone expects a substantial busi
ness pick-up then, even if the pres
ent uncertainty Is continued. All do
not agree, however, that the Presi
dent can play around with the pre
ent gold price policy that long. They
know he will have to find some new
artifices if he wants to keep away
from stabilization and permanent de
valuation. Not a soul among the topmost
stratum of insiders has an idea what
artifice he could possibly use.
Strategy.
Certain men at the right hand of
the President are complaining about
the stress being laid on the money
policy.
They believe the public has been
misled into believing that la the cure
for all our Ills. Actually It is not
nearly so Important as the NRA, AAA
and PWA. In their opinion. They
have advised a soft-pedaling of the
money talk and some high pressure
salesmanship on Uie regular recovery
agencies.
Ths Idea Is that the opposition Is
using the money feature as a center
of attack, obscuring the reform fun
damentals. You may see administration pub
licity turn on that tack ahortly.
Resignations.
There are goin? to be more resig
nations from the NRA shortly, but
they will not mean much. More men
who left their businesses to enlist
in the recovery organization merely
want to get back to working for
themselves instead or the govern
ment. The NRA master minds are tryin?
to Ilgure out a way to break the story
so that the resignations- will not look
bad.
An administration myi returning
from a T"nar.ke!vlng in Will street
says there are mora brokers support
ing the presidential money policy
than you would suspect. He thinks a
poll would show a reluctant ma)orliy
in favor of the President go nj on
as he is. provided he rots no f.i
Cojiuiiuttt on, Fa our ,
LAND AT NATAL
Rousing Welcome Given
by
. Huge Crowd As
Flying
Pair Reach Haven
16
Hours 10 Mins. in Fli
ight
NATAL, Brazil. Dec. 6. (AP) Col.
and Mrs. Charlea A. Lindbergh ar
rived here thla afternoon after a
1875-mile flight across the south
Atlantic ocean from Bathurst, Gam
bia, Africa.
The great monoplane landed on the
harbor here at 3:10 p. m.. Brazilian
time (1:10 p. m.. E. S. T.) Its
average flying speed was 120 miles
per hour.
Huge Crowd Welcomes.
The streets and docks were thronged
with huge crowds of Brazilians who
had waited throughout the day for
the arrival of the famous American
couple. .
By general agreement, all business
houses and stores In the city were
closed for nearly an hour before the
Lindbergh arrival In celebration of
the great event.
The streets were gaily decorated for
the "fiesta."
For more than a week past the
populace had been excited by the re
ports that Col. Lindbergh and his
wife, the former Miss Anne Morrow,
would return to the American conti
nent through their city.
Third Crossing.
For Lindbergh It was the third
aerial spanning of the Atlantic. His
first flight. In 1927, skyrocketed him
to tho attention of the whole world.
On that occasion, flying the famous
old ship "Spirit of St. Louis." he
stayed In the air 33 li hours before
the. lights of Le Bourget field ap
peared before him. The distance on
that occasion waa 3610 miles, almost
double what he did today with his
wife at the'wlreleaa net.;
Ho flew the Atlantic again this
summer, but It was by easy stages
that time, as he surveyed a proposed
north Atlantic air route for the Pan
American Airways, of which he ls.tcch
nlcal adviser.
On the flight today the Lindbergh
monoplane waa In tho air 16 houra.
10 minutes from the time of the
takeoff at Bathurst, uambia.
BOSTON, Dec. 6. (AP) The Bos
ton Traveler early today found Mrs.
Anne Lindbergh too busy to be Inter
viewed during her flight across the
South Atlantic with her husband.
At 3:30 a. m.. while the Lindbergh
plane waa speeding over the ocean,
the Treveler sent a wireless messa'ge
reading:
"Mrs. Anne Lindbergh: Would you
answer a few questions for the Bos
ton Traveler In the first Interview
from an airplane? Distance 6000
miles."
Mrs. Lindbergh replied Immediately:
"Walt a minute. I'll ask Llndy."
There was a pause and then:
"Thank you very much, but I think
wo are too busy here and your mes
sage may take too long to send
through. Heavy atatlc Interference.
Must wait. Sorry. Will try you later.
Anne."
ARE BURNED 10 DEATH
GLACE BAY, N. 8.. Dec. 6. (API
Trapped by fire, a man and wife and
two of their four children, for whom
they sacrificed their lives, were burn
ed to death early today as flamca de
stroyed their two-story frame home.
The dead were Sam Aucoln, 38. Mrs.
Addle Aucoln, 36, Josle, 11, Harold, 7.
GIGANTIC SEA SERPENT
THRILLS DUCK HUNTERS
VICTORI A B. C. Dec. 0. (AP) A
view of "Amy Cadboroaaurus" Van
couver Island s famed sea serpent,
from only 10 feet away was almost
too much for a young duck hunter,
but he lived to write about It.
His view of the creature (whatever
it Is) was the closest of the upwards
of 30 or 40 reputable citizens who
have reported seeing it In the past
three months. Among them were
Capt. W. N. Prengel and Klrst Officer
A. E. Richards, of the Orace liner
Santa Lucia, who reported sighting It
in the gulf of Oeorgia.
In a letter to a Victoria newspaper,
Cyril B. Andrews, 31, tell how he
and a friend, Norman Oeorgeson, were
duck hunting last Sunday.
They had wounded a duck, and
were paddling out to recover it, wHen
the serpent appeared beside their
boat and seized the bird.
"I was still only 10 feet away, when
that thing to my horror, gulped the
bird down Its throat," Andrews wrote.
"It then looked at me. Its mouth wide
open, and 1 could plainly see Its teeth
and tongue.'
Then, despite their ruh to get
letr boat to shore, Andrews saw
tome mo;?
Romance Here?
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When Jack Oakle of the films
tailed from Lot Angeles for Hono
lulu, he received farewell greetings
from Hazel Forbes, heiress to tooth'
paste millions. (Associated Press
Photo)
HEAVY WINDS HIT
NORTHWEST AREA
PORTLAND, Dec. 6. (Torren
tial rains literally, deluged the north
west Tuesday and Tuesday night,
bringing to Portland a total of 3.47
Inches or precipitation, heaviest De
cember rainfall in -24 hours since
1882, starting rivers roaring toward
their banks, interrupting communi
cations and transportation and caus
ing minor damage here and there over
Oregon and Washington. East. of the
Cascades, the rain at several points
became snow and left a blanket of
white over much of the country, ex
tending into western Montana and
northern Idaho.
The rainfall at Portland was the
heaviest in any 24 hours since No
vember, 1021.
The highway at Clackamas was
flooded during the night, and other
roads where drainage was not good,
probably were swept by water.
In scattered sections of Oregon and
Washington telephone and telegraph
lines were taken down by yesterday's
terrific gale which reached a maxi
mum velocity of 90 mile san hour on
mum velocity of 90 miles an hour on
land was 34 miles Marsh fie Id re
ported a 65-mile southeast wind, ac
companied by rain squalls, lashed
Coos Bay yesterday, forcing shipping
to a standstill. X,
The Union Pacific's Portland rose
train from the east, due here at 7:35
a. m. today, was delayed in the Co
lumbia gorge by a mud slide about
100 feet long and seven to eight feet
deep. The train was announced as
"indefinitely late."
The weather bureau here predicted
continued unsettled weather. The
winds moderated gradually on the
coast.
(Continued on Page Five)
TRAINMEN KILLED IN
VIRGINIA SMASHUP
FREDERICKSBURG, Va Dec. 6
(fP) Two trainmen were killed and
five other trainmen and two passen
gers slightly injured early this morn
ing when a Seaboard Air Line pas
senger train, northbound on the K.
T. St P. tracks, crashed Into the wreck
age of a southbound freight train
which had been derailed an Instant
before by a landslide.
"Its colls rose at least six feet above
me. gradually sinking under the
water again. Its head waa like that
of a horse, but without ears or nos
trils, and its eyes were In front of the
head, which was flat.
"I would swear to the head being
three feet long and two feet wide."
The creature's breath came In
"short, sharp pants, like a dogs after
a run."
"Its length when I first saw it lying
In the bay waa fully 40 feet long, and
from head to tall I would say it waa
all of that length as It appeared in
front of me.
"Its thicks was between two and
a half and three feet at the thickest
part gradually tapering to the tall,
like a anake. In color It was a brown
ish grey, ths skin smooth, with no
spikes or fins whatever. It swam
with Its head breaking water."
Kleven othtr person. Andrews
wrote. Including 0. O. Parkyn, Justice
of the peace, saw the creature.
(Note to render): It Isn't the "day
-itter prohibition repeal" In Canada
LICENSE OF ILK
DISTRIBUTORS CUT
BY CITHOUNCIL
Forty Per Cent Slash Inau
gurated Beekman Sewer
Cost Reduced Phipps
Opposes Oil Plant Erection
Ordinance, .providing for a 40 per
cent cut in the license fees paid by
milk distributors, was passed by the
city council In regular aesslon last
night at the city hall. The new
ordinance also provides for a change
in collection. Gallonnge. fees, form
erly due each month, will be col
lected in advance on a quarterly ba
sis. They will be due In January,
March, July and October. '
The plan la expected to benefit the
distributor and at the same time
prove a saving to the city In elimi
nating collection costs.
A decrease in the asssessment for
Installation of a sewer on Beekman
atrcet was also approved by the coun
cil last night, when recommended
by S. A. Kroschel, chairman of the
committee appointed to Investigate
the situation after protests were made
by citizens of the street. The de
crease amounts to 38 cents per front
foot. The delegation of citizens fil
ing the protest was present again
last night and advised of the re
duction. Opposes Oil Plant ,
Attorney W. B. Phipps appeared
before the council and filed a pro
test to the Installation of a plant
for wholesale distribution of oil on
blocks 4 and ft, North Riverside. The
protest refers to the permit granted
Val Fischer of the Richfield Oil Co.
Mr. Phipps stated that when he first
learned of the plan, he understood
it was for Installation of a service
station and voiced no objection.
Yesterday, he said, he was Informed
that the plan "constituted a move
by one of the big oil companies to
get a city location lor' wholesale tils'
trlbutton of oil. "
If such is the case, he further
stated, he felt sure that all resident
of the street would protest. He in
formed the council that he was the
owner of seven or eight lots on the
street and had paid taxes on the
property for the past 35 years. In
cluding streets assesments, "to the
tune of 95000," and felt that he
ahould have some consideration In
the matter, "as it would' constitute
a great fire hazard."
Fire Marshal Approves
Frank Rogers, city building Inspec
tor, in response to Mr. Phipps' claims,
stated that the state fire marshal
had been interviewed regarding the
project and had approved It. Other
oil companies have larger tanks
than that planned on North River
side, located within the city limits,
Mr. Rogers also stated, and announc
ed that the section had been changed
to a business zone In 1930.
If the zone was changed at that
time, Attorney Phipps replied, "it
was done illegally and not according
to the accepted process."
The matter was referred by Mayor
Wilson to streets and roads and pub
lic safety committees, which were
given power to act. The motion
passed by the council also provided
that the action of the previous meet
Ing approving the permit be held in
abeyance until Investigation Is made
by the committees.
Would Straighten Main
M. N. Hogan, representing citizens
of the East Side, appeared before
Vie council, offering the co-operation
of a citizen group In urging the
straightening of East Mian street on
the hill. The work is to be provided
under the civil works administration
If the city will furnish the property
necessary. City Superintendent Fred
Scheffel stated. Purchase of the land
was referred to the streets and roads
and finance committees with power
to act.
Johnny Johnson appeared before
the council later In the evening in
the Interests of the same Improve
ment, stating that he had a fin
ancial Interest In the property in
question.
Merls Merrlman informed the
council that the Merrlman black
smith shop and plant la moving
back Into Its old location on South
Riverside and announced his Inten
tion to rent the property back of the
public market building from the city.
A Joint committee was applnted to
negotiate with Mr. Merrtsan.
Move Riverside Poles
Councilman Dade Terrett reported
that the poles on Rlveinlde are be
ing moved by the Postal Telegraph
and the Pacific States Telephone and
Telegraph companies preparatory to
the widening of the street.
Communication from Orion M, Mc
Donald, seeking co-operation of the
Farmers' Exchange Co-operative In
the construction of side walk on
North Fir was read by Mayor Wilson
and referred to the streets and roads
committee.
SWEENEY TO APPEAL
TO SUPREME COURT
Notice of an appeal to the state
supreme court has been filed in cir
cuit court by Dr. C. T. Sweeney in
the suit of Oeorge Da vies against
the physic ten. Da vies was awarded
1500 damages by a Jury for alleged
! improper medical attention to an
arm Injury. Davies asked aaa.OOO on
Ashland Roused
By Removal of
Relief Station
Following "the storm of protest"
reported In Ashland yesterday re
garding the establishment of a
transient relief station here and
withdrawal of federal aid from tho
Mission, previously serving aa re
lief station In the Llthta City, it
was made clear here today that
the matter was one controlled by
Clarence Reynolds, state director
of transient relief, headquarters In
Portland.
The change was not Influenced
by Medford, according to local of
ficials. This city, howevert will
furnish equipment for the station
and the county has rented the old
Methodist church building on
North Bartlett as location, it was
announced Monday. Request of
Mr. Reynolds for location and
equipment here was reported by
Mayor E. M. Wilson to the city
council last night.
CITY WILL SEEK
GAINED OFF RUM
A definite attempt to bring Into
city coffers tha license fees to be
charged for liquor traffic, when the
state machinery awlnxa Into action,
and return of feea already realized
from beer, waa crystallized here laat
night at the meeting of the city coun
cil, when City Attorney Prank Parrell
waa instructed to telegraph Medford's
dealrea and needs regarding legisla
tion to the legislators from thla coun
ty at once.
Action will also be taken today by
the local liquor regulation commit
tee, named laat night by Mayor E. M.
Wilson. In a move to prevent all
tunda going to the atate.
Revenue Needed.
Cltlea and schools are already lack
ing In revenue, It waa pointed out
at the meeting of the city dads; and
since the enforcement of control will
probably be largely up to the mu
nlclpallty, It la Imperative, City At
torney Parrell atated, that license fees
be retained here.
Under tho present setup the first
tax money collected goes to the atate.
If there are delinquencies, they are
suffered by cltlea and schools. Re
tention of liquor license f.i by the
cities. It was maintained at the meet-
(Contlnued on Page Two)
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SALEM, Dec. a. (AP) Governor
Julius L. Meier, In a special message
to the Oregon legislature today urged
the Introduction of the prepared
measure calling for a one per cent
privilege tax on "persona engaged in
the business of selling tangible per
sonal property and utility and other
services."
The governor scored the master of
the State Orange and the head of
the State Federation of Labor from
whom he Bald the chief opposition for
such a tax bill came. He said both
of these officials were "obstructionists
in the sense that while they are al
ways prolific with objections to any
and all aolutlona presented, neither
has any remedy to present for thla
or any of the other serious problems
confronting the state."
IAGKS0N CO. BUDGET
SALEM, Dec. 8. (AP) The Jack
son county delegation bill to vindi
cate Jackson county officers for ex
ceeding their budgets was passed
Representative Taylor explained that
Jackson county will pay alt the coat,
the bill merely precluding any crimi
nal proceedings against the officers
for perforce exceeding their budget
expenditures. The bill now goes to
the governor for his signature.
AFTER SHORT ILLNESS
Mary Curtis passed away at her
residence, 712 North Pine street, at
an early hour this morning, after a
short Illness. Mrs. Curtis was born
at Walker, Cal.. December 15. 1801.
and had been a resident of this city
for several year. Her husband, prank
Curtis, panned away about x months
ago, when the gasoline truck he was
driving turned over and caught fire.
near Sacramento, Cal.
She leaves one son. Prank Curtis of
Med ford ; th re sisters, M rs. A lire
dhepherd and Mrs. Clara 8t. Clair of
Medford, Mrs. Anna Thran of Stock
ton, Cal.; four brothers. Prank Quig-
ley of Medford, Tom, John and Char
lea Quhtley of California.
Puneral srvlcM under direction of
the Perl Puneral Home, will b u
uacoa later, .
FIGHT
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STATER! SALE
Knox Bill Feature Calling for
Liquor Stores Due for Op
position Many Lesser
Bills Are Disposed Of
SALEM. Dec. 8. (Jp) While the
senate committee on alcoholic con
trol Juggled the Knox liquor bill, with
Indications a hard fight will be made
on the floor to wipe out the state
owned store features, and Initial floor
action on the bus and truck bill de
ferred by the house until later in the
day, the two chambers of t:e Oregon
legislature swept through leaser Issues
today with the result that many bills
were either killed or withdrawn.
Two measures which would divert
portions of the state tax on gasoline;
to xmemploymcnt relief, were inde!-
inltely postponed on adverse commit
tee reports. The house bill, Mo. 107.
which would divert two cents of the
tax, waa Indefinitely postponed and
the senate proposal. No. 94, which
would divert one cent, met the same
fate In the upper house.
Kxclse Ta Chance Seen
Some radical changes In the excise
tax law were expected aa a result of
an executive committee meeting of
the hotise group Isst night. The re
port of the committee on the bill,
known as KB 62, had not yet been
announced, and newspapermen were
barred from the sessions of the com
mittee. It waa understood the move
wlH be made to Include utilities un
der the provisions of tne excise tax.
Utilities arid similar firms udder the
present act are exempt.
Debate on the Knox control bill,
already passed by the house, not
expected in the scnat until late to
morrow or Friday, and It was an
nounced at the sen a is committee
last night 'by Senator Jay, Upton ho
would have a substitute bill intro
duced which would eliminate the
state from the liquor business.
Mart Night Sessions.
The house placed the controversial
truck and bus regulatory and license
bill on special order this afternoon. It
was expected night sessions would be
started tonight, In what appears an
almost futile attempt to clear the
desks by Saturday night. Indications
of a second special session for at
least a week longer were strength
ened. The house deferred action" of tho
measure Introduced by Representative
John Lewis calling for the creation
of a new power commission to handle
the Bonneville dam power and to
construct transmission lines. The
bill, scheduled for special order this
afternoon, was put back f the util
ities committee. Tie administration
recommended several measures deal
ing with the same issue, aa did also
the Orange by way of the senate. '
Teachers Must Know History,
Among the bills passed by tho
house today included one requiring
teachers to be versed In Oregon his
tory In order to teach In elementary
schools; sevedal bills clarifying the
income and Intangibles tax laws; and
a bill authorising governing bodies
of counties and cities to contract for
the purpose of carrying administra
tive functions at Joint expense.
Several bills killed In the house In
cluded authorizing counties to issue
bonds for unemployment relief, and
increasing Inheritance taxes for school
relief.
The special message of the governor
will be read in both houses at the
opening of the afternoon sessions.
A bill calling for a special election
to be held May 18 for measures that
may be initiated, was Introduced by
Senators Zimmerman, Burke and
Brown. An appropriation of $15.'
000 to cover the necessary expenses
was asked.
Gas Diversion Dies
Only Senators Brown and Spauldlng
voted agafhst a report of a senate
committee that Indefinitely postponed
a bill that has as its purpose the
diversion of one cent of the state
gasoline tax for unemployment relief.
The vote waa 27 to 2, with on absent.
Professor flooding Here 'Prof. L. M.
Good ln of Oregon State college Is a
visitor in Medford today, conferring
with forest service officials regarding
blister rust control.
DOCTOR BEATEN TO DEATH
IN L A. HOME, WIFE HELD
LOS ANOELES, Cal., Dec. 8v (AP)
Dr. W. Dem-ey Wightman, promi
nent physician and anesthetist, was
shot and beaten to death In his pa
latial home overlooking Silver Lake
early today.
Detectives Immediately took into
custody for questioning hla attract
ive, red-haired wife, Josephine, a
former nurse.
"I didn't see or hesr t thing." was
the only statement the pollca oould
get from the woman.
Neighbors said the couple had re-
Convicted
fr-!ifW ,i At
Mark H. Shank was convicted in
Benton. Ark., on four charges ol
"polaon slaying." An appeal was
being prepared, the defense con
tending ha was insane. (Associated
Presa Photo)
IS
IN FAMILY FEUD
ROSEBURO, Ore., Deo. 6. (AP)
Mra. Amanda 8erder( 31, residing
four miles east of Suth'erlln, was shot
to death today In the kitchen of her
home, and her brother-in-law, Kojo
Serder, 60. suffering from a bullet
wound through his hand, was held
for questioning. He was captured at
Sutherlln a short time after the kill
ing.
- The slaying apparently culminated
a prolonged family feud, which, a few
weeks ago cnused the arrest of the
woman's husband Louie Serder, on a
charge of assault and battery brought
by his wire, the husband claiming
that he beat the woman In an effort
to keep peace between her and his
brother.
The tragedy occurred at the Serder
farm home about 9 a. nv, while the
husband waa engaged In the chores,
leaving his wife and brother-in-law
alone In the kitchen where Mrs. Border-a
short time before had refused
to prepare the brother's breakfast,
forcing him to cook his own meal.
The husband told officers that ha
heard shots at the house and rushed
from tha barn In time to see hut
brother disappear Into the nearby
woods. Kojo was shot through the
right hand, and officers believe that
the bullet waa fired by Louie, whose
rifle contained an empty cartridge
and showed evidences of having been
recently discharged. Louie, however,
denies shooting at his brother.
The body of Mrs, Serder was found
In the corner of the small kitchen
with several bullet wounds In the
head together with evidences of hav
ing been struck a hard blow on the
head.
Officers have been unable to secure
a statement from kojo, who doesn't
speak English, He Is under arrest
and the husband la being held for
further questioning.
IS FOUND GUILTY
DECATUR, Ala., Deo. (API
Clarence Norrls, the second of seven
negro defendants In the "Scottsboro
case," retried on a charge of attack
ing a white woman, was convicted
today by a Morgan county Jury. The
sentence automatically carries the
death penalty.
Norrls was the second of seven
negroea to be retried and convicted
on charges of attacking two white
women near Scotsboro, Ala., on a
freight train two years ago.
Heywood Patterson, the first, was
convicted last week and given tho
death sentence.
while before they heard the ahot and
notified police.
Beside the body of th physician,
who was fully clothed, lay a .32-
calibre rifle, Its stork broken. Police
said tho man had been struck re
peatedly with the weapon and that
a bullet from It had pierced hla
body. A hammer waa also found in
the room where the body lay.
The couple are the parents of three
children, the youngest 14 month
and the oldest ft years.
Dr. Wightman cam to Loa Angeles
several yeara ago from hla home In
Globe. Art? , where he had a large
practice. He was tho son of phy
IN fK fit 8T
LEVY INCREASED
IN COMING YEAR
H.4 Mills Inside High School
Districts 20 Mills for
Non-High School Districts
Medford 59.1 Mills
Tho general state and county tax
for Jackson county for 1033, payable
In 1034. will be 14.4 mills Inside
hlRh school districts, except In the
city of AVMand. where It will be
13.8 mills, due to that municipality
levying Its own road and library
tax.
The levy last year waa 14 mills
for high school districts. Including
the high school levy. This year li
is 14.4 mills, not Including the high
school levy, which la 5.8 mills, and
making the total atate, county and
school levy 20 mills, an Increase of
8 mills for the non-high school dis
tricts. For high school districts the
levy Increase la .4 mills.
The high school fund levy for dis
tricts outside of high schools la 5 0
mills, Vie districts fixing the levy
themselves, instead of the budget
board. Last year thla levy waa 3.4
mills.
The levy, apportioned as to tunda,
la aa followa:
1033
. 9 .0
- 1.7
5.
- a.
3
1033
35
1.7
3.1
3.7
3.4
8tate
Elementary school
General county ...
8chool library
County library
General road
Murket road -.
4. None
.4 S
.8 2
Emergency
The general county fund mlliaga
ahowa the heaviest in
crease 3.8 mills. Thla la duo chiefly
to the suppression of the Banks-Fehl
agitation, the turmoil trials, tha
county commissary, gasoline purchase
extravagance and other "economy
moves."
The Midway water levy, covering
the purchase of Medford water In
tho Berrydale district, Is fixed at 8
mills.
Under. an act of the legislature,
there are no special road taxes thU
year, all the 13 districts ot the coun
ty being consolidated Into one dis
trict, outside ot Incorporated towns.
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TUESDAY'S LEVEL
WASHINGTON, Deo 6. P) Th
government left It gold price un
changed for the fifth time today at
34.01 an ounce.
The offer for bar gold In London
waa $33.64 an ounce on th basis of
sterling opening at fl.l7V4 to th
pound.
The HPO gold quotation ha re
mained unchanged since last Friday
when tho highest point to date, M4.'1
was reached.
ICKES SAYS BANKERS
RETARDING RECOVERY
WASHINGTON, Dec. 6. (AP) Sec
retary Ickea today accused a syndi
cate of bankers of non-cooperation
with the recovery act because they
demanded what he termed "the un
conscionable rate ot six per cent", for
113,400,000 of ban Francisco bonds.
He did not name the bankers.
WILL
ROGERS
BKVERLY HILLS, Cel., Dec.
5. Talked to tho Philippine
delegation going through here
on their way to Washington.
Missed seeing Manual Quezon,
their very able leader.
They will he a uniiuo delega
tion in Washington and one
that I believe tho president will
welcome, for they are asking
for liberty and not money. A
thing like that is unheard of.
Vliytcan't we set the Philip
pines frco nowt We kept 'cm
for years just on aecount of
their sugar.
When they take you off
liquor you cravo sugar and
sweets. Well, today we go back
on a liiuor diet, so they can
take us off sugar. That auto
matically sets tho Philippines
free.
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