Medford Mail T
The Weather
Forecast: Unsettled tonight ind
T h ursday ; occasional light raliu ;
moderate temperature,
Highest yesterday 59,
Lowest this morning 35
Watch tht IttlHUNfs.
CLAS3Ultl ADS .
Lou of good oargaiu
that men genuine
tarings.
Twentv-eiahth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 13, 19:53.
No. 226.
RIBUIE
FMTEM El
1 1
IP
u u xy u iza u
NyS I SCHOENFELD SEES
Mm BETTER TIMES IN
uBk INFLATI0NP0L1CY
OTM15 J Horticultural Society Ad-1
By PAUL MALLON
(Copyright, 1933. by Paul Mallon)
Optimism.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. The confi
dential reports Mr. Roosevelt la get
ting on the business outlook are
highly optimistic.
The experts who work In his own
private economic laboratory have ad
vised him that things generally look
rosy for at least three months to
come.
That Is NOT propaganda, but ap
parently sincere opinion. Such opin
ions have not been worth much since
so many of them went wrong In 1929,
but these are as good as you can get.
Factors.
Their conclusion Is somewhat amaz
ing. Most of the business Indices have
been slipping a little during the last
few weeks, or at best, holding their
own with difficulty. Still, automo
biles, car loadings and even com
mercial electrical consumption have
been frozen by the first winds of
winter.
The optimism Is based on obvious
expectations. Banks are generally in
good shape for year-end statements.
The money policy howl has died down
to a gurgle. The belief Is general
that the gold price will not go much
higher. .
The government is passing out
money on a scale which will reach
its height some time during January
and February. Its financing worries
are largely over until April 1.
Christmas sales reports are gener
ally good. The money policy has
helped cotton Immeasurably through
the south. The wheat and corn-hog
checks are doing the same thing for
the west. The Hopkins relief checks
are thawing the purchasing power of
the city poor. Prohibition repeal has
started a large legitimate new busi
ness.
The Wall Strceters decline to credit
any bad news and are sending the
, .market up. The belief is general
that higher market levels will be
reached within three months.
On top of all that you have the
normal business trend expectations.
Business always starts to awaken as
a normal prelude to spring.
Congress,
Usually the experts become fright
ened at the convening of congress.
Not so this time.
Mr. Roosevelt has congress fairly
well under control. There, will be
no appreciable split In Democratic
ranks on the money issue. Senator
Glass may cuss a little, but the Demo,
eratlc majorities of both houses will
be largely with the president;
In addition he will have the pro-
gresslve Republicans.
That leaves about 20 per cent of
congress, the group of Republican
conservatives, as the only opposition.
That kind of opposition may help
. Roosevelt's game more than it will
hurt.
The prospects therefore favor a
tame Roosevelt session rather than a
lively opposition one.
Money.
The one trouble spot to which the
experts are looking forward Is the
financing the government will have
to do in the spring.
All these expenditures coat money.
They are going to make financing
more difficult. Action must be taken
regarding a billion In liberty bonds
coming due April 1.
Also there is the troublesome ques
tion of capital financing. Opinions
about It differ. The majority says
Mr. Roosevelt will have to thaw the
capital finance market or his recovery
will hit a spring setback. They are
demanding amendment of the securi
ties act.
There are some, too, who believe
the wild men in congress will remain
placid only for the first few weeks.
If they do, you can msrk It down
In your notebook that Mr. Roosevelt
will veto greenbacks, and they can
not pass such an Idea over his veto.
Anyway the problem of crossing
these bridges will be more Important
. when we come to them.
f Leak.
The treasury Investigators believe
they have found out what caused the
gold leak.
The figure Is telephoned to the
federal reserve bsnk of New York as
soon as It is fixed. The federal re
serve bank hss open cable connections
with the bank of England. The news
gets to London almost Instantan
eously. In announcing It here, (Officials
walk from the telephone to a mimeo
graph machine. An announcement
is concocted and run off. Under this
setup the figure has reached London
seven minutes before It arrived of
ficially in Wall street from Washing
ton. Speculators.
The way the gold price has been
running lately no speculator could
make any money out of It.
Ad'nce knowledge concerning It
would not be worth a dime to any
one. Treasury orfklals really do not be
lieve any speculator has bribed a
treasury employee. Tby will be sur
prised if they get any evidence to
that effect.
Nnte.
Some observers also are worried
(Continued on Page Eight)
Horticultural Society Ad
dressed by Agriculture
Dean at Annual Meeting
Here Election Tomorrow
Wayne A. Hutchlns of Berkeley.
Calif., Irrigation engineer of the De-
oartment of Agriculture, addressed
the State Horticultural society session
this afternoon on "Irrigation District
Re-flnanclng," explaining Its pur
poses and plans, and what had been
done to date.
Hutchlns declared that "because of
the lack of confidence, the re-flnanclng
had to be done by the govern
ment, and that funds would be dis
tributed equitably, and where It
would do the most good, to the great
est number."
He said that in one Texas district
82,500 people would be affected.
Hutchlns made an economic survey
of the valley two years ago. He sub
stituted for W. W. McLaughlin, chief
of the Western Division of Reclama
tion, who was hurriedly called to
Washington D. C, late yesterday.
The following committees were
named this afternoon:
Resolutions: H. S. Marlon, H. Van
Hoevenberg, and John Mohr.
Nominations: A. W. Peters, Leonard
Carpenter, and O. S. Fletcher.
Convention place: R. J. Earl, H. C.
Heller, and Leroy Chllds.
"Controlled Inflation," as now con
ducted, should prove beneficial to the
fruitgrower and farmer, William A.
3c hoe nf eld. dean and director of agri
culture at the Oregon State college,
told the 48th annual meeting of ths
Oregon State Horticultural society, at
at its opening session in the Elks'
temple this morning.
Dean Schoenfeld presented statistics
and figures to show that shipments
of farm produce, wheat and fruit to
Europe will increase, and said that the
British pound would now buy two
boxes of pears, where formerly It
bought 1.3 boxes, and this meant
cheaper fruit and more would be
eaten.
"The Dollar, the Pound, and the
Fruitgrower" was the subject of the
Schoenfeld address.
, Any Step Justified.
Dr. Schoenfeld said several phases
of the monetary situation were open
to argument, but that he did not
want to be placed in the light of
criticizing, as any step was Justifi
able to remedy the present serious
situation. He expressed the belief
the President would hold to his pres
ent policies and his administration
would "keep a firm hand on the steer
ing wheel and a heavy foot on the
brake" to prevent "controlled infla
tion" from becoming uncontrolled
He said he believed that the Presi
dent had sufficient power in con
gress to prevent Inflation extremists
in that body from passing measures.
He cited the German mark as a sam
ple of over-inflation and its dangers.
Arch Work Talks.
Other speakers at the morning ses
sion were Arch Work of the federal
experiment orchard, who discussed
the control of soil moisture by lrrt
gatlon. and the best drainage meth
ods. and how to maintain the mulch
and W. W. Aldrlch of the bureau of
plant industry, stationed at the fed
eral orchard, who spoke on the "Re
sponses of Anjou Pear Trees to Irrl
gatlon," and Illustrated his talk with
slides. Prof. Aldrlch said Anjou trees
on sticky -soils presented the chief ir
rigation problems, and "like man, the
best method of handling them was
to feed them."
"Humus Losses In Cultivated Soils-'
was the subject of a talk by R. E
Stephenson of the soils department
of the Oregon experiment station. He
discussed the methods for retention
of chemicals in the soils, tillage, cover
crops and the use of fertilizer. Ex
tenstve cover crops were held to be
advantageous In orchard production.
Welromed by Carlton.
E. W. Carlton of Table Rock gave
the "President's Address," and for
mally welcomed the delegates and
speakers for the two days' session.
The attendance for the opening ses
sion was approximately 125 persons,
chiefly orchardiats of this valley.
Speakers at the afternon session
were Dr. Manvllle of the University
of Oregon medical school, who dis
cussed the food value and vitamins
in pears; Prof. F. C. Relmer of the
Soutrern Oregon experiment station;
Robert K. Norrisof the Pinnacle pack
ing company, and J. W. Mayo of the
North Pacific Cannera association,
scheduled to speak on the canned pear
outlook.
At S o'clock, the fruitgrowers will
be the guests of the Medford Cham
ber of commerce, at a buffet suppr
to be served at the Elks temple.
The session will close tomorrow
with the annual election of officers
and business meeting.
The program for tomorrow Is as
follows:
10:00 a. m. "Oregon - Washington
Pear Bureau. D. R. Rosenberg, presi
dent Oregon-Washington Pear Bureau.
10:30 a m. "Production Credit."
B. L. Potter, division of Agricultural
Economics. O. 6. C. A.
11:00 a. m "The Northwest Fruit
Industries, Inc.," Paul Srherer. gei.
eral manager, s. O ts.
11:30 a. m. W H Hor ley. secre
tary N. F. I.
1:00 p. m "Codiing Moth Spray
Swindler Makes
$60 Per Day By
Slick Methods
PORTLAND, Dec. 13. (AP)
William Bowen, the "million dol
lar swindler," doesn't know what
a depression is. Police here say
he has averaged $60 a day through
forgery and allied varieties of
swindling since he escaped from
the Oregon Insane asylum Octo
ber 0.
Private detectives here have
been advised that Bowen Is plas
tering the mid-west with spurious
travelers' checks drawn on the
United States National bank of
Portland.
He escaped from the Salem state
hospital with several other men
after beating a guard Into Insensi
bility. He led the revolt.
SOVIET PRESIDENT
IVES U.S. ENOYV
COROIAL WELCOME
By STANLEY P. RICHARDSON
(Associated Press Foreign Staff.)
MOSCOW. Dec. 13. (p) A cordial
exchange of official greetings took
place between United States Ambas
sador William C. Bullitt and Mikhail
Kalinin, president of Soviet Russia.
They met for the first time in the
old "Winter Palace" of the Kremlin,
executive offices of the U. S. S. R.,
when Bullitt presented his creden
tials. He apparently made a distinctly
favorable impression upon Kremlin
officials.
Bullitt said he found Kalinin a
"delightful human being.".
In presenting his letters, the Amer
ican conveyed President Roosevelt's
"cordial and friendly greetings, as well
as his earnest hope for the welfare
and prosperity of your great coun
try."
"I do not come to your country aa
a stranger," he continued. "My pro
found Interest in It has existed for
many years and I come with a deep
conviction of the importance ana his
torical significance of my mission.
"That mission. Mr. President, is to
create not merely normal but genu
inely friendly relations between our
two great peoples "who for so many
years were bound t oeacn ower oy
traditions of friendship.
"A firm establishment of world peace
is a deep desire of both our peoples,"
the ambassador said, "and a close col
laboratton of our governments in the
task of preserving peace will draw our
peoples together."
HI JOHNSON SEES
NEED OF SUPPORT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 13. (AP)
Senator Johnson of California said at
a press conference today the country
must go through with the Roosevelt
program or It was "going to hell eco
nomically." Pledging anew his support of the
president, the California republican
independent said the country was go
ing through an economic and social
revolution which was resulting in a
different alignment among human
beings, and that the situation was
bound to bring about a realignment
of political thought.
He told newspapermen grouped
about a desk In the capltol that the
political realignment he had In mind
did not necessarily mean formation of
another party.
"But there Is a loosening of party
lines," he said.
"Everything has gone topsy-turvy
which leads to a loosening of party
lines, but to say there is to be a dif
ferent label, I don't know six
months from now. maybe."
KLAMATH FALLS
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., Dec. 13.
(AP) Two Klamath Falls duck hunt
ers. Ernest Nitschelm. 40, and Walter
Wood, 38, were believed drowned at
Agency lake late yesterday. The men
failed to return last night and search
ing parties were sent out today.
Nitschelm s dog was found on the
shores of the lake this morning.
Nitschelm la a prominent restau
rant owner here. Wood, a service
station worker, came here from Bend
about a year ago. He has a wife and
daughter at Salem.
Developments," E. J. Newcomer, sen
ior entimologist, U. 8. D. A . Yakima,
Wash.
1:30 p. m "insect Control in the
Rogue River Valley." I. O. Oentner.
entomologist. Southern Oregon Ex
periment station.
2:00 p. ri. "Spray Residue Remov
al from Apples and Peara." R. H. Ron
inson. chemist, Oregon Experiment
ftUUOO.
KEEP CWA GOING
UNTIL SPRING IS
ROOSEVELT'S AIM
Increasing Employment Has
Immediate Attention
Great Industrial Adjust
ments Seen On Horizon
WASHINGTON. Dec. 13. (AP)
Prestdeut Roosevelt was shown to
day to have his immediate attention
on increasing employment, and de
termined to keep the civil works ad
ministration going until spring to
do so, while in the distance he sees
potentially great Industrial adjust
ments In a new order of things.
One of the several Involved ad
ministration studies under way, it
was disclosed, deals with a simpli
fied communications setup. Tenta
tive conclusions suggest it would be
well to merge telephone, telegraph
and radio agencies under strict fed
eral regulation and public reaction
to such a possibility Is awaited.
Gold Price Unchanged
Monetary policy remained quies
cent, with the dollar value of gold
at $34.01 an ounce for the eleventh
time. More at the front was formu
lation of budget recommendations,
with a decision on bow much more
to spend on public works being of
fered. It was said at the White House
that no relaxation of the securities
control law Is contemplated, any
changes being limited to clarifica
tion rather than easing of control
Liquor authorities decided to let
In slightly more than 5,500,000 gal
Ions of foreign spirits in the next
four months while negotiations will
be under way to have the exporting
nations take American farm sur
pluses.
Bi -Lateral Treaties Aim
International conditions, It devel
oped, have led the president to the
view that the best method toward
reducing tariff barriers Is in bl-lat-
eral treatels between Individual
countries. Secretary Hull moved to
that end In the Montevideo Latin-
American conference yesterday.
Looking to the cold months, the
president has had Harry H. Hopkins
as federal relief administrator put
ting his major emphasis on the CWA
employment. The latter told him 4,
000,000 men will be at work under
it by Saturday; and also that 100.000
women already have been given Jobs.
TRANSIENT RELIEF
AT LIONS SESSION
C. W. Reynolds, state director of
transient relief under the federal
program, here to assist city officials
In setting up their transient relief
work, was speaker today at the noon
luncheon of the Lions club at the
Hotel Holland In one of the most In
teresting programs of the club year.
Mr. Reynolds stated that his work
ia directly connected with the dis
bursement of federal funds and An
nounced that two case work centers
will be established in the state of
Oregon in the near future, one at
Portland and one in the southern end
of the state. Where the latter will
be located he did not tell today. One
camp will be established at each cen
ter with accommodations for 100 men
Mayor E. M. Wilson and the other
city officials were meeting with Mr,
Reynolds this afternoon.
Another interesting feature of the
club program was the travelogue of
Alaska presented by Mr. and Mrs,
Cowden. Colored slides were accom
panied by a descriptive lecture, given
by Mr. Cowden.
Other guests for the luncheon were
Oeorge O'Dowd of the Shasta Cascade
Wonderland association. Dr. and Mrs.
Root. E. Lee of this city and Captain
Dunham of the Salvation Army.
The program for the day was ar
ranged by Charles Reames and Lew
Reynolds, chairmen.
EY
FRIDAY MORNING
Jack Dempsey, former world's
heavyweight champion, is due here
early Friday, along with a squad of
wrestlers to take part In the big mat
card slated for the Armory Friday
evening. Dempsey will officiate as
referee.
Moat of the matmen coming with
Dempsey have never appeared here
before, but all have proved drawing
cards In Portland end other northwest
cities. The tour of the "Manas
Mauler" has attracted huge crowds
throughout the coast and It Is pre
dicted that one of the largest throngs
ever to witness an event at the Ar
mory will be oa band here.
WESTERN WASHINGTON BESIEGED
f; . 14? hi ..III- 9
Cjcoma, Wash., reported the worst flood In the history f the city as the Puyallup river, swollen by
torrential rains and melting snow, overflowed its banks and flooded the lowlands. Eleven deaths were
attributed to the storms over several days period. Property damage was estimated In the thousands of
dollars while transportation was disrupted. Photo shows part of the main line between Tacoma and
Seattle completely Inundated with water halfway up the telephone poles. 8tranded autos may ba seen
In the background. (Associated Press Photo)
Eccentricities of Aliens
Aunt Pictured in Effort
Other Kin to Break Will
LOS ANGELES. Cal., Dec. 13. ( AP)
Attorneys for the contestants
against the will of Miss Margaret
Keith, before a Jury in the superior
court, drew word pictures today of
the wealthy and eccentric 49-year-old
recluse who chloroformed herself
In her Beverly Hills unfurnished
home last April.
The attorneys pictured her as a
woman of great beauty and attract
iveness, who, nevertheless, was not
Interested In men, but who spent
most of her time alone, with black
earphones tied to her head, listening
for a ghostly hum that stie tnougns
was the voice of spirits.
None among those who served her,
or with whom she had business, saw
her features because she always wore
a black veil. Few in fact ever were
In contact with her.
The council said testimony would
be produced to show she was a wo
man whose mind no one could know.
They said she was careless of fin
ancial matters, given to writing
checks exceeding the vast amounts
she had on deposit, and that she
was a person of fine feeling "genius
by birth and environment."
When she Inherited a great for
tune from her father, the late Da
rid Keith, multl-mlllonalre mining
ERI
LEGISLATION
SALEM, Dec. 13. (AP) With more
than 80 bills still In the hands of
the governor, the chief executive of
the state was considering the meas
ures at his Portland offices today,
with indications none would be sign
ed today.. None of the major issues
for which the special session of the
legislature was called have yet been
finally approved.
The enrolled bill regulating buses
and trucks was In the executive of
fice last night, and Governor Julius
L. Meier has had the 3.000.000 un
employment relief bill In his hands
for several days. It was expected he
would alt until he signs the liquor
control bill before he attaches his
signature to the relief measure,
which hinges upon the liquor reve
nue. .
(By the Associated Press.)
Winter's weapons of snow and cold,
responsible for 62 deaths In the na
tion the past several osys, were aimed
today at widely separated sectors.
Pierce galea lashed the Atlantic
ocean, The second storm In thiee
days pounded Nova Scotia's south
western shore, damaging fishermen's
gear and keeping vessels In port.
A gsle swept the British coast. In
terrupted trans-channel navigation
and Imperiled small craft.
The nation's refrigerated area was
a strip along the upper Atlantic aei
board. Oreenvllle, Me., reported a
temperature of 10 degrees below aero
Ion-eat in the country.
F.iliiratnr lles
MOUNT VERNON. Iowa. tc. 13
(AP) Dr. James E- Harlan, 88, pio
neer Iowa educator and former presi
dent of Cornell college, died today
from pneumonia.
52 DEAD COUNTED
IN WINTER'S PATH
operator of Salt Lake City, she spent
money, the attorneys said, literally
"like a drunken sailor, meanwhile
living In another world, according to
her relatives, unmindful of such ne
cessities as food and shelter unless
her friends cared for her."
Ltaer she built two beautiful
homes In southern California, one
in the Palos Verdes hills, overlooking
tihe Pacific ocean, and the other in
exclusive Beverly Hills.
A will left her estate, valued at a
third of a million dollars, to a neph
ew, Albert C. Allen, Jr., an Oregon
farmer, living near Medford. Other
relatives contested probate of the
will, this contest now being heard In
the superior court here.
It was disclosed that before her
death she had left Instructions,
among which was this statement:
"I sincerely hope the will will not
bo contested as I want my nephew,
Albert C. Allen, Jr., to have he in
come and the estate when he is 35
years old. He Is a fine young man.
His mother was too 111 to know what
she was about and In this state deed
ed her property to her .buband.
I saved the life of Albert the day
he was born, so I have always been
Interested in him. Please mention
this in case the will Is contested."
E
BY EARLY QUAKE
SAN JOSE, Cal., Dec. 13. (AP) A
sharp earth shock that rattled win
dows, but did no damage was felt
here at 7:30 a. m. today. The shock,
which lasted about a minute, was
the second within a week.
The dtsturbanoe registered on the
seismographs at Santa Clara univer
sity and Lick observatory for a lit
tle more than a minute. Dr. Albert
New) in of Santa Clara reported the
shock was a local one.
A slight tremor was felt here Mon
day.
APPLE PRICE TOO
IS
YAKTMA, Dec. 13. (AP) Fred
Eberle, pioneer Yakima fruit shipper
todny resigned his place on the com
modlty board for the Northwest Fruit
Industries as a protest against the
refusal of the control committee to
Increase the minimum scheduled
price for apples. A number of other
leading shippers are also In revolt
over their Inability to get through
an Increase in the minimum price
of apples and are today, under the
leadership of F. E. Miller, arranging
for an appeal direct to Secretary of
Agriculture Wallace.
WOMAN, 101, DIES IN
HOME AT ROSEBURG
nofiEBUno. Ore., Dec. 13. (P)
Mr,. Mary Margaret Rthrldge, wio
lat October reached the ace of 101
years, died tn RoAeburg; last night si
the home of her daughter, Mrs. Wll
Ham Burchett. Mrs. Ethrldge waa
born In Louiavilie, Ky.. October 7.
and afwnt the greater part or
her life In California, coming to Ko
burg laat May to reaide with bar
daughter.
BY FLOODS
WITH AUTO THEFT
Gordon T. Johnson and Cornelius
Schmidt, members of the CCO sta
tioned at the Car berry carnp on the
upper Applcgate, are charged In a
complaint signed by H. U. M Itchy 11
827 Franquette street, this clty,rlth
grand larceny in the theft of his ae
dan, valued at M00. A warrant his
been issued for the pair's arrest.
Mitchell alleges that the youths
stole his auto, drove It to a point
near the camp, and hid It In the
brush. The two were brought to Med
ford yesterday by Lt. H. J. Harper,
commanding officer at Carberry camp.
State and city police are Investigating
the case and seeking Information
from Portland.
Harold Anderson, charged with
driving on the Jacksonville highway
last Saturday night while intoxicated,
was scheduled to appear before Jus
tice of the Peace Coleman this after
noon, and enter a plea.
Walter A. Collins, charged with be
ing drunk on a public highway, en
tered a plea of guilty, and sentence
was continued Indefinitely,
T. J. Whalen of the Trail district,
charged with operating a car with im
proper license plates! appeared In
court this morning, and entered a
plea of guilty.
"It was a case of buying a license,
or buying groceries, so I bought the
groceries," Whalen told the court.
Whalen said he bought the auto
for 119, with an Idaho license, from
a city fireman, promising to pay when
able. He was working on the Tiller
Trail road, but the weather caused
an unexpected suspension. The auto,
he said, was the only means he had
of hauling supplies to his cabin. He
said ha was the sole support of bit
pn rents and own family.
The court deferred sentence, to look
into legal phases of, the case.
A warrant was issued this morning
for T. J. Greer, charged with reckless
driving on North Riverside avenue
last evening. The complaint was
sworn to by Deputy Sheriff Ed Leacn.
FISHING VESSEL
MONTEREY. Cal., Defl. 18. T)
The ship which caught fire and sank
off point Plnos. near here, last night,
was identified today as the Japanese
abalone fishing boat Utah.
Identity was determine; when the
ship's crew of four, headed by Cap
tain Y. Tan uma, made known their
presence here this morning, saying
they had abandoned the vessel short
ly after the flra broke out, taking to
a motor tender which had been in
tow of the abalone boat.
First reports Indicated the vessel
might have been an oil tanker or some
ship of considerable alee.
GREEKS ASK RETURN
OF SAMUEL INSULL
NEW YORK. Dec. 13. (A) A petl
tlon aiftned by more than 35.000 Amer-
lean citlwms of Oreek extraction, ask
in gthe Oreek government to deport
Samuel Instill as an undesirable alien,
will be sent to Athens Saturday, the
American-Greek Democratic associa
tion announced today.
.
Oregon Weather.
Unsettled tonight and Thursday,
with local light rain; snow over the
high Cascades; fresh to strong south'
erly winds offshore; moderate temper
a l ore.
TEMPLE
Deep Mystery Surrounds
Finding of Body at Early
Hour by Milkman Note
in Pocket Provides Clue
PASADENA, Dec. 13. (yp-j Drench
ed from an all-night rain, the body
of Dr. Leonard Siever, dentist, about
35, socialite and art patron, was
found in a driveway adjoining the
Scottish Rite cathedral, early today,
by a milkman who thought he had
stumbled across a drunken man.
Bullet wounds in the head and
chest, the discovery of a note in on
pocket, reading: "11 p. m., Tuesday."
and signed by a Pasadena man who
name police did not disclose, quickly
led detectives to a theory of a mur
der plot.
Robbery Hint a Stall.
The doctor's wallet and watch were
missing, but police regarded this as a
"stall" by the killer an attempt to .
disguise the trsgedy as the work of
robbers.
Harold Fox, the milkman, found the
body as he wslked vp the driveway
to deliver milk to Peter Bennett, care
taker at the cathedral. At first Fox
thought he had stumbled across the
body of a drunken man, but he quick
ly saw his error.
Fox summoned the police and the
body waa removed to an emergency
hospital where Dr. Robert Cunning
ham, aststant surgeon, said the vic
tim apparently had been shot in the
head first. As he fell to the drive
way, evidently the killer fired, into
the prostrate form from close range, '
Dr. Cunningham surmised, for the
chest wound was flecked with pow
der marks.
-The second bullet pierced the body
and flattened against the stone drTy-,
way. " .' "
Presence Unexplained.
The shooting occurred near the rear
of the driveway, but why Dr. Selvr
was there pollou had been unable to
learn. There had been no meeting '
last night at the cathedral and the
doctor's offices were located mor
than a block away from the scene.
Examination of the body Indicated '
that a watch and purse had been,
taken from the clothing, in the auto- '
mobile door police found a key pro-
()q8i3 aSSf no pannjjaoo)
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. IS. (AP)
Three thousand more Jobs for un
employed men are to become avail
able at once.
T.he state committee of the civil
works administration today announc
ed the original allotment of 31,000
Jobs has been Increased by 3000 and
that these places will be filled before
Friday.
The 3000 Jobs are the unfilled po
sitions from the federal project al
lotment Hit of 7000. The men are
to be selected from the national re
employment service listings and put
to work at once on state CWA pro
jects. Raymond B. Wilcox, state chair
man, who has passed out 91,000 Jobs
in Oregon since the middle of last
month, said the Oregon counties will
be able to absorb Vie additional 3000
Jobs within three days.
The CWA re-employment plan will
be kept at full operation until Feb
ruary IS at least.
WILL
ROGERS
fsoys?
BEVKRIjT HIILS, Cul., Dec.
12. From the prices they are
charging for drinks all over
tho country I guess there never
was as much temperance us
now. Unless tho government
makes the drinkers some kind
of a lonn, they just can't carry
on.
Let tho government do like
they do ic other federal pro
jects, match you dollar for dol
lar, or in this case, drink for
drink. Tou buy one, the gov
ernment buys tho next. (Hcttcr
let the government buy the
first one.) '
i f CUII attNsWM toajllttU. tat,
t