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No. 224.
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(Copyright. 1933, by Paul Mallon.)
Gunmen.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 11. The Chi
cago mlllt situation has the new deal
ers thoroughly flabbergasted.
Those who pried Into It aay the only
practical solution la for the govern
ment to hire Its own gunmen and
eend them out to enforce the code.
1 They are convinced gangland la In
" the milk business almost aa deep as
it was In beer. And for the same rea
son big profits.
Seriously, the government la at a
complete loss aa to how to proceed.
evidence Indicates the price cut
ting Independenta are making 100 per
cent out of selling milk at seven cents.
The large combine charges around 11
cents.
The little fellowa are quite content
with 100 per cent profit. They swear
no code la going to make them charge
more. Their prices run all the way
down to five centa.
One had hla store bombed, but he
charged that up to profit and loss.
It happened tho day after a gruff
fellow called him on the telephone
and suggested he was not very smart
selling milk so cheap, because he
might awaken some morning and find
his store strewn all over the atreet.
It was, within a few hours.
The gruff fellow suggested on the
stand thBt Jealous Independent had
done the Job.
Maybe It was spontaneous com
bustion. Pleasure.
Francia White took the primrose
path out of the New Deal.
Aa a Republican, he was exiled to
be minister to Czecho-Slovakia. He
left here in March or April, presented
hla credential at Prague and lmm?-
atartjwl on a lour OI r.uiuuc.
He saw all the sights, and aa soon
as he waa tnrougn, no -Czecho-Slovakia
and presented his
resignation. - - "
That might not have been ao baa.
but he had the facetloua audacity
to announce he waa resigning because
the Roosevelt dollar policy had cut
The laugh Is that White salary la
probably the amaiieov
Income.
Business.
Dlplomatlo machinists in the state
department thing they know a lot of
better reason why White quit.
He waa quite displeased because ne
did not get the Cuban ambassador
ahlp or a South American post worthy
of hla dignity In the first place. He
found the Prague Job -wholly unsult
ed to his 18 yeara of experience In
Latin American affaire. It was a
iraste of time anyway because he will
rate an ambassadorship If the R
' publican, ever win agaln-but not
bTqui"" now ud hl BepuS'
llcan opposition cause a good puo
, licit favor. It enabled him to slam
the money policy on his way out.
Bonds.
The admlnlatratlon put one over
on Prof, epragu. m the Jmb"
financing. It was somewhat costly.
p-sbaMy worth the money from
. their standpoint.
Financial technicians say
tereat rate offered was probably ?, or
on. Per cent more than the possible
rock bottom rate. That estimate may
S . little harsh, but certainly con
enable gravy waa v
aure that the bank, gobbled up the
offering. They did.
It proved Dr. Sprague waa wrong
when hVaald no on. want, govern-
.trnth 1. It aM depend, on the
interest rate.
Sugar.
" They are cooking up a
plan back In the White House kitchen
The idea I. to mix up a little home
made candy and let congress do the
cutting. The original plan wa. to
put a processing tax of
one cent a pound on ,"C'LI- Ar":.uJ
Z Wallace got finicky about the
vXSStoidW- the tax could
! be levied under the law. bu 1 there
was doubt whether It could be dis
tributed to the beet and can. pro
ducer. a. a bounty. It would haie
to be levied m a compensating tax
on corn (that would be the !!? "
cuae for it). o the P"Ma w"1
probably have to be given to the corn
farmers.
randv.
To obviate the difficulties,
the administration may ask congress
in January to provide a way for -h-beet
boys to get their money.
That also will obviate the political
dltlcultle. by turning th. whol. con
fused problem over to congress.
What piobably will com. of i.
eventually I a processing tax on
ugar to be distributed among bee.
and cane farmers who promise not
to Increase their acreage.
Notes.
Ford sources aay his busines. was
not hurt during h.s NR.. scrap, but
ih.t m.v ne arecntcd with a gran
' salt.
It la all over no.
It la generally believed that Chair
man A. E. Morgan of the TVA la I01
4 In more Inside f!rht than he is
winning. T;,ey lay Harcourt Morgtn
U really the cha.rmsn.
IContUiued on Pag Four .
SALES TH HOLDS
REMEDY IT FOES
LET ITU. MB
Supt. Hedrick Says Danger
" Curtailed Term Averted by
Legislature's Action
Will Relieve Property
Good news for parents, teachers
and school-goers, was brought to
Medford today in -the announcement
of Supt. E. H. Hedrick that this city
will have a full year of school, Instead
of the four and one half months, for
which contracts were signed last
spring. The remaining four and one
half months of school have been
made possible by passage of the sales
tax, Mr. Hedrick stated.
He described the bill as one which
will also go further toward benefiting
real property than any action taken
In the history of the state legislature,
when listing the benefits to be real
ized by the schools under the two-year
emergency law.
Like California Law
The bill provides for a one and-one-half
per cent tax on retail sales
of tangible personal property and Is
modeled closely after the California
law, but also Includes one and one
half per cent tax on gross earnings
of utilities. No tax Is levied on per
sonal or professional service or wages.
It will give no more money to the
schools as a whole In this state than
they would receive under the present
system If taxes due were collected.
Tax delinquencies, however, have
made It Imperative, Mr. Hedrick ex
plained today, that some other chan
nel be tapped for keeping schools
open to Oregon children.
Relieve Property.
Every cent raised by the sales tax,
passed at the special session, will go
to relieve real property ai.d to finance
schools. The real proprty will be re
lieved from on-fourth to one-half of
the tax now borne for school purposes
In county and district, it la figured.
The budget will be drawn up as
usual and turned over to the county
assessor, who will be required to sub
tract from the property tax the
amount of money forthcoming from
the sales tax for school purposes.
Responding to the claims of Ray
Gill, master of the Oregon State
Grange, that the grange Is opposed to
the sales tax, C. C. Hoover, chairman
of the agricultural committee of the
Pomona Grange of Jackson county,
today stated that ' granges In the
Rogue River valley are not opposed to
this particular measure, which pro
vides for a sales tax for school pur
poses only. While the grange has
always fought a sales tax. he explain
ed. It has also always been lor the
advancement of public schools, which
at the present time are dependent
upon such a tax. Grangers are more
anxious to see their children educat
ed than they are to evade payment of
a sales tax, he concluded with the
statement, "Ray Gill does not express
the true sentiment of the grange."
Mr. Hedrick made no mention of a
possible referendum of the measure,
which has been discussed In several
circles, nor of the effect such action
would have upon the status of the
school situation. He stated that al
tho the measure would not go Into
effect Immediately, Us passage would
tend to loosen up credit to such an
extent that the benefits would be Im
mediate. M ANA OS, Brazil, Dec. 11. (AP)
Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh
plan to remain here today and to
night. Pan-American Airways an
nounced. They will leave about 5 a.
m. (eastern standard time) tomorrow
on another stage of their flight to
reach home for Christmas.
Their Immediate destination was
not known, but Intimates said they
would go by way of Trinidad and
Puerto Rico.
They came down here yesterday
afternoon at the end of a 032-mile
flight from Para. Bratll, a coastal city
at the mouth of the Amazon. The
hope required 7 hours and 37 minutes.
FIVE INJURED WHEN BUS
OVERTURNS NEAR G. PASS
GRANTS PASS, Ore., Dec. 11. (AP)
Five persona suffered bmken bones
and Internal Injuries early Monday
when a United Sta?e Lines bus over
turned at Miller's gulch, 13 miles
south of Grants Pass on the Pacific
highway.
The Injured were: Raymond Mar
ket), 29, New York city, broken nose
and possible Internal Injuries; Jose
Pacheco, W. San Francta.o. Injured
back; Mrs, Hllma Duquette, about 40.
Riverside, Cai bruises and possible
First Soviet Envoy
Th. above pictur. of Alexander
Antonovlch Troyanov.ky wa. mad.
after h. had been appointed at first
ambassador to th. United State,
from Soviet Russia .Inc. recogni
tion of that country. (As.oclat.d
Pre.. Photo)
SEVEN TRAFFIC
ES HEARD IN
JUSTICE COURT
Seven cases, all Involving Infrac
tions of traffic and auto license laws
were heard before Justice of Peace
William R. Coleman this morning,
and fines and costs assessed.
The court granted the defendants
additional time In which to pay the
money.
Three more auto violations were
scheduled to be heard this afternoon.
The grist this morning was as fol
lows: Catherine Moore, Plum street, this
city, fined (5 and costs on each of
two charges, failure to have operator's
license, and failure to give right-of-way
at street Intersection; fines sus
pended, and 30 days allowed In which
to pay the costs. Her car collided
with Floyd Sargent's car at Fourth
and Summit Sunday noon.
Floyd Sargent, no operator's license,
given time to pay as fine and costs.
Mrs. Sargent suffered Injuries to her
back and leg in the accident.
Harry Hayes Nichols, CCC worker,
exceeding the speed limit, $10 and
costs, and granted 30 days to pay.
William C. Wilson, 65 and costs, no
operator's license, two weeks to pay.
Frank P. Turvcy and Harry Ray
mond Waddell, each fined 926 and
costs for failure to have Public Util
ity Corporation license. Thirty days
were granted by the eourt to pay the
assessment.
Raymond E. Walters plead guilty
to having Improper licence plates on
his auto, and decision was reserved
Indefinitely.
! Steam Schooner
Reaches Safety
ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 11. (AP)
Rescued at a time when she appeared
In danger of being swept ashore in a
storm off Grays Harbor, the Steam
Schooner A. M. Baxter, her engines
totally disabled, was today anchored
safely near Rongue Point In the Co
lumbia river, awaiting repairs.
WHEAT GROWERS LAUD
SALES TAX PASSAGE
Mono, Ore., Dec. 11. (AP) Ap
proval of the sales tax and commenda
tion of the state highway commis
sion for resisting further bond issues,
was voted by the Eastern Oregon
wheat league, In annual meeting
shortly before It elected officers and
adjourned late Saturday, to meet next
year at Arlington.
f
Merchant Prince Diet.
CHICAGO, Dec. 11. (UP) Oeorge
Lytton, president of the Hub, State
street department store, died last
night In Passavant Memorial hospital.
He was born in Grand Rapids, Mich.,
j SO years ago and educated at the
Mien urn n Military Acaaemy ana Har
vard university. He entered the store,
which his father had founded and
became Its head.
Internal Injuries; Mrs. John Peterson,
about 40, Seattle, broken collar bone,
cuts on head and left elbow; John
Wagenman, 52, Eugene, broken collar
bone.
Oil on the highway caused the bus
to skid and overturn when It struck
the soft dirt, according to state police.
The driver of the bus, M. V. Enyart,
of Eugene, was reported to be unhurt.
The fourteen stage passengers were
elven first aid a, the home of a far
j mer near the scene of the accident
i before being brought twre.
4 OUT OF 5 BILLS
T
E
Bonneville Dam Power Com
mission Plan Dies in Sen
ateBus and Truck Law
Only Slightly Modified
SALEM, Dec. II. (AP) Clerk hire,
per diem cost and mileage for mem
bers of the Oregon legislature In spec
ial session, cost the state $23,103, It
was computed by the secretary of
state's office today. The legislature
appropriated $46,000.
Clerk hire totaled $13,816, of which
$9000 was charged to the house. Per
diem, or pay for senators and repre
sentatives totaled $3,433. while mile
age costs amounted to $3,834.
By CLAYTON V. BERVHARD.
Associated Press Staff Writer.
SALEM, Dec. 11. (AP) Four of
the five specific actions requested by
Governor Julius L. Meier were enacted
by the Oregon legislature prior to
adjournment of the extraordinary
session early Sunday morning, and
they now await the -signature of the
executive before becoming effective
at once or within 90 days, depending
upon attachment of the emergency
clause.
Final action on the major Issues
was taken In the closing moments of
the special assembly. This late ac
tion resulted In the defeat of the one
proposal failing enactment the
Bonneville dam power commission.
This proposal died In the senate
(Continued on Page Two)
COKHfOVER
LEGACY TO ALLEN
OPENED IN LOS A.
LOS ANGELES, Dee. 11. (AP)
j Trial of two contests to the will of
Miss Margaret Keith, wealthy spins
ter who lived as a recluse In a pala
tial estate In Pslos Verdes, overlook
ing the ocean, began In superior court
today with the drawing of a Jury
panel.
Her will had bequeathed most of
her property, appraised at $327,271, to
Albert C. Allen, Jr., farmer of the
Rogue River valley In Oregon, and
nephew of Miss Keith.
Miss Keith, who died last April
after Inhaling an anaesthetic- and
placing tall baskets of flowers at each
end of her death couch, willed only
small amounts of money to a group
of other relatives. '
Attorneys for Allen suggested today
that the two groups of contesting
helm be forced to consolidate their
eases and the court expressed the
opinion this should be done, although
a ruling was postponed until later.
Both groups contended Miss Keith
was of unsound mind. In the two
years prior to her death she was said
to have given about $2,000,000 to
charity.
Albert O. Allen Is a son of H. O.
Allen, and well known In this com
munity, where he attended achool
and has since resided.
CHAMBER AHEAD
This week is going to be a busy one
for the Chamber of Commerce, ac
cording to the schedule already out
lined. Milk distributors met there
this morning and the special commit
tee on building and remodeling la
meeting this afternoon.
Wednesday the automotive group
will meet and Wednesday evening the
chamber will sponsor a buffet sup
per for guests here for the meeting
of the Horticultural society.
Thursday Is meeting date for the
Rogue Snowmen and Friday the board
of directors will meet.
Tuesday, December 19, has already
been scheduled for the meeting of
the committee from the two rabbit
breeders' associations. Wednesday, De
cember 20, the general committee of
Oregon's Diamond Jubilee celebration
will meet In Ashland.
TROUBLESOME SHEIK
TO BOTHER NO MORE
ISTANBUU Turkey, Dm.' 11. (UP)
Stwik Pahrl, known as a .ackr ot
villages and kidnaper of the prettiest
women In th. neighborhood of Dlar
beklr, wa. killed with hla entire bcxIT
Ru.rd of 14 men today, after a 34
hour battle with th. gendarme, or
dered to arrest him on sight, Pit.
j gendarmes were killed and seven
wounded during tb. battl.. Fabrl
I bad nln wive..
November Auto
Sales Far Over
Month In 1932
DETROIT, Dee. 11. (UP) Salea
of new passenger automobiles In
November thla year were approxi
mately 115 per cent higher than
the aame month In 1932, R. I. Polk
& Co., estimated today on figures
received from M states.
Total salea for the month will
approximate 100,000 units which
would be 38 per cent lower than
October of thla year In the aame
territories.
Motor truck salea reported from
13 states were 92.8 per cent ahead
of November, 1933. Truck regla
tratlona, however, dropped 32.6
per cent from the previous month.
TO
FOIL IB THREAT
HUTCHINSON, Kas., Dee. 11. (AP)
Jack Wisdom. 28-year-old cowboy,
was brought to th. Kansas state re
formatory today to save him from
possible mob violence and wa. said
by W. O. Lyle, Wichita Detective cap
tain to have made an oral statement
that he participated In the kidnaping
and killing of Mr. and Mrs. Harry
Prltchard of Wichita.
Lyle aald the prisoner declared the
actual killings were done by one Buck
Smith, and that Wisdom waa present.
Officers expressed belief that Smith
was a fictitious character.
Wisdom, Lyle aald, related that the
couple was shot to death at a point
about a' mile and a halt north of Wel
lington, Kas., and that the woman
waa slain first. The bodies then were
placed In the back of Prltchard'a car,
covered with blanket, and driven
southward to a point near Blaon,
Okla., where Mrs. Prltchard'a body
was concealed in a culvert.
Th. woman, body waa found yes
terday shortly after Wladom was cap
tured at a hideout near Jay, Okla.
Wladom was brought to the reforma
tory here for safe-keeping after Gov
ernor W. H. Murray of Oklahoma had
called out national guardsmen at Enid
and Kingfisher, Okla.. upon hearing
report, that a mob waa forming In
an attempt to lynch the cowboy.
A man', body Identified aa Prlt
chard'a waa found today along a high,
way northeast of El Reno.
a-
KILLED IN CRASH
VANCOUVER. Wash., Dee. II. UP)
Clark county offlclala today were in
vestigating the death early yesterday
In an automobile accident of Mr,.
Dorothy Thompson, wife of a regular
army sergeant, and the Injury of her
companion, Mrs. Martha Shelton, also
a sergeant's wife.
Mrs. Thompson's body and th. un
conscious Mrs. Shelton were found In
Mra. Thompson's wrecked automobile
which waa in the ditch. Th. car ap
parently had swerved across the high
way and crashed .idewlse agalnet a
telephone pole.
Th. two huaband. are detailed to
COO duty in southern Oregon. It wa.
said at th. barracks.
Sergeant Thomas B. Thompson, who
has been on duty at th. pistol River
CCC csmp, left there yesterday for
Vancouver, Wash., upon receiving
word that hla wife had been killed In
an automobile accident, sergeant
Thompson has been on duty In that
camp since June 35, according to
diet Met headquartere, and M:a.
Thompson visited here about a week
in August.
Sergeant John 8. Shelton la on duty
at the CCC district headquartera, ind
said today that he did not plan to
go north unless the condition of Mr,.
Shelton was serious. Her mother waa
with her Immediately following the
accident, according to Sergeant Shel
ton. CONTRACT IS LET
Contract for the widening of the
Pacific highway down Riverside ave
nue through this city under the Na
tional Industrial Recovery act has
been let to Ernest C. Hall of Eugene,
It was announced here today by City
Councilman George Porter following
hla return from the north. The Hall
bid was $19,037.
The sum of 120,000 waa programed
for this project and since that time
materials have advar.ced considerably
in price, so the project may be short
ened to keep within the money set
aside, Work la to atait In the Imme
diate future.
L
T
OF
Highest Waters in Years at
Longview, Auburn and
Tacoma Hundreds of
Families Leave Homes
(By the Associated Press.)
Under glowering skies, a score of
western Washington cities and towns
had the highest flood waters in years
swirled about and through them to
day, and authorities hoped only a few
lives had been lost.
The high waters were described In
various districts in these terms: Long
view "Cowltta highest since flood of
189fl"; Auburn "Worst In 21 yean,"
and at Tacoma, by Inter-County En
gineer B. P. Thomas. "The worst flood
in the history of the Puyallup and
White rivers."
Residents Escape.
Despite hundreds of famlllee being
marooned, however, or being forced
to evacuate hurriedly or be carried
to safety in boats, no verified reports
of flood deaths had been obtained
early today. Thousands of acres of
land were under water, and virtually
all main highways were closed.
The only two deaths Indirectly at
tributed to the floods were those or
John Corbett, 65, a watchman patrol
ling s washed-out highway near Ren
ton, who suffered a paralytic stroke,
and Miss Mary Berry, 16, of Seattle,
victim of an automobile, in the rain.
The fatality Hat was low, compared
with the severe Pacific northwest
storm of last Monday and Tuesday,
to which 11 deaths were attributed,
five of them fishermen, two logging
csmp fatalities, and four auto deaths.
Heavy Rainfall.
Nearly all week long, however, rain
had been falling, drenching the area
and melting anowa In the Cascades.
In 48 hours at Longview, 4.77 Inches
of rain fall; and at Aberdoen 14
inches fell in the first 10 days of
the month.
In the Puyallup, White, Cowllts and
Snohomish river valleys, the condi
tions were "serious" today, while Cen
tralla and Chehalis had several feet
of water In, a main district. The
Grays Harbor district, including the
cities of Aberdeen and Hoqulam, was
also hard hit.
At Olympla, the state capital, out
lying districts were under water. With
highway traffic cut off in all direc
tions, It was believed doubtful If tho
special session of the state legislature
could convene today, not having
enough members present for a
quorum.
Ranchers Marooned.
In the Puyallup and White river
valleys, rich agricultural district-,
many ranch families were marooned.
Scores of cattle, a conservative esti
mate, had been lost. The old Puy
allup river bridge, on the valley high
way, was down, after scores of per
sons had rushed to safety when Its
timbers snapped.
At Tacoma, Inter-County River
Engineer B. P. Thomas said the Puy
allup was running about 35 per cent
more water than In 1017, when flood
losses of approximately ai ,000,000
were Incurred. He forecast a larger
loss from thla flood.
Conservative views said the lors
would be "upwards of 12,000,000."
Trark Washed Out.
Partial service had been restored
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Endurance Flight
Halted By Winds
MIAMI, FIa Dec. 11. (AP) In
ability to refuel their plane because
of high winds today forced down
Viola Gentry and Mrs. Frances Har
rell Marsalis, who are attempting to
set a refueling en durance airplane
record here. They took off at 2:3a
p. m. yesterday and landed at 11:60
a. m. today. The women plan a new
flight to start tomorrow.
Two Pie In Plane Crash.
MUSKOOEB. Okla., Dec, It. (UP)
A. V. Kennedy, pilot, and Dr. Allan
J. Throop, a passenger, were killed In
an airplane crash 30 miles north or
here Sunday.
F
3 MARATHON DANCERS
DIE IN BLAZING HALL
HAMPDEN, Me.. Dee. U. (AP)
The gay and stormy history of Hamp
den's marathon dancing contest has
ended In tragedy.
Fire, breaking out last night while
a bllixard howled ou tilde the pavilion
and the footsore contestants rested
in their cots, cost the Uvea of at
least three and brought Injuries to
many more.
From the blading Paradise dance
hall, where they had plodded many
weary weeka amid the applause and
cheers of their supporters, the thinly
clad dancers fled Into the bitter gale
to plunge knee-deep In snow drifts
piled high by a 30-hour storm.
Pajama clad young men and wo
mea. bar foot and many oi them
Files Divorce Suit
Mary Plckford (above), famoui
motion picture actre.a, filed a aull
seeking a divorce from Oouglai
Fairbanks, film actor and globi
trotter, In Lo. Angele. court.. (A
ociated Pres. Photo!
GERMAN AIRPLANE
FALLS IN LANDING
BERLIN, Dec. 11. (AP) Six per
sons. Including a Mr. and Mrs. Bar
ber of the United States, were report
ed killed today In a crash of Luft
hansa passenger plane D1403 on the
Berlln-to-Hnmburg route at Fubls-
buettel airdrome near Hamburg.
Besides Mr. and Mrs. Barber, who
were not otherwise Identified Imme
diately, the others killed were Prus
sian State Counselor Wagemann and
Pilot Grutfsbach.
Six other passengers In the air
plane were Injured.
Two of these died soon after they
were taken to a hospital. They were
Radio Operator wlcn and a passenger
named Schmarrenberger.
A brief announcement said the
plane struck an obstacle while In the
act of landing because of sudden bad
visibility.
SPANISH REBEL
FORCE SUBDUED
MADRID, Dee. 11. (AP) Govern
ment troops, moving under a merci
less barrage of gunfire, early today
charged and captured the Vllla-Nueva
military barracks In which rebel
forces had held out against a heavy
bombardment for hours. At least
seven of the rebels were slain.
These known dead brought to 65
the number slain In the anarchist
revolutionary movement which broke
out Friday and which flared with new
violence In central and northeastern
Spain yesterday.
Swarming over the walls of the Im
provised fortress, formerly a convent,
the soldiers quickly took over the
barracks, which had been the most
bitterly contested point In the more
than three days' scattered fighting.
MRS. CLARK TO SPEAK
AT ROTARY MEETING
Mrs. Donald S. Clark will speak be
fore the Rotary club tomorrow at
luncheon at. the Hotel Medford In the
interest or the sale of tuberculosis
Christmas seals, It was announced
today. The local drive Is progressing
favorably under the leadership of Mrs.
Alex Sparrow, chairman.
painfully burned, milled about In the
snow and near-zero temperature
seeking partners and friends. The
charred bodies of three were found in
the ruins early today.
The victims were tentatively Identi
fied as:
John Ryan of New York City.
Emlle Pelletler of Watervllle, Ma.
Gertrude Bousa of Dracut, Mass.
Many of the survivors suffered ae
vere frost bites, In addition to their
burns.
The cry of "fire" aroused the drows
ing dancers shortly after 11 p. m. So
rapidly did the wind-driven flames
aweep through the barn-tike dance
hall, that none of the group was able
to atop lot clothing or belongings.
L
SAYS ROOSEVELT
Message Read Before Farm
Bureau . Federation Ad
vises Continued Co-operation
With Administration
CHICAGO, Dec. 11. (AP) Presi
dent Roosevelt told the farmers of
America In a message today that "we
seem to be on our way" but counseled
them to continue cooperating with
the administration's program for a
"controlled agriculture."
The president's message was read
belore the annual convention of the
American Farm Bureau Federation
assembled here to discuss the complex
problems of agriculture and the
multi-fronted attack of the adminis
tration against them.
Edward A. O'Neal, president ot the
federation, pledged himself In an ad
dress delivered after reading the
president's message to stand squarely
behind the Roosevelt agricultural
program, the NRA, and the adminis
tration's monetary policy.
President Roosevelt told the farm
leaders that the "maladjustment be
tween supply and demand," to which
he attributed economlo unrest In
farming, had been yeara In the mak
ing and could not be cured overnight.
Nevertheless," he continued, "In a
few short months the whole complex
ion of the agricultural outlook has
been changed.
"Money Is getting Into the handa of
the people who need It; It Is coming
from higher prices for the things far
mers have to sell; It Is coming in the
form of government checks for those
cooperating producers who are willing
to swap a hazardous present for the
Immediate improvement and a stable
future.
"This money Is paying bills; It la
putting men back to work In tha
cities producing the thlnga that far
mers buy, and enabling those men tn
turn to buy things that farmers pro
duce." PILOTS 'BAIL OUT'
WHEN ICE FORMS
PORTAGE, Pa.. Deo. 11, (AP)
Braving a raging storm to get the
malls through, two planes of the
Transcontinental and Western Air
Lines crashed In the snow -swept Alle
gheny mountains early today, the
pilots hailing out safely.
Wings encrusted with Ice under a
falling temperature the two mall
ships, neither carrying passengers,
lost altitude so rapidly that the pilots
had to take to the parachutes, over
the treacherous mountains during a
snowfall of bllsaard-Uke Intensity.
One pilot, Gene Burford of Colum- .
bus, O., reported he waa safe shortly
after he wont over the side of his
eantbound plane near Portage The
other, Harold O. Andrews of New
York, phoned hours later that he had
reached the ground at Roaring
Springs, fifty miles from Portage.
WILL
ROGER?
P.$gys:
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Deo.
9. U. S. cabinet members can
clianco but when Notr Dame
changes conches you are get
ting into real nows.
Anderson just run into bad
breaks. I bet he will go some
where clso nnd turn out s great
team, and Elmer Lnyden will
come in thero and do great, for
he won't be following Eockne.
Thero just didn't happen to be
anybody living that could fol
low Uockne, and whilo wo are
on football and off the gold,
this Columbia college that s
coming here Now Years, being
New Yorkers, they never was
away from home, so naturally
they are not known out here.
But we have heard of Nich
olas Murray Butler, so we want
'cm to bring "Nicholas" with
'em. We will hear a good speech
even if tha game is bad.
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