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MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1933.
No. 229.
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Temperature
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Njfcs I NEW TERMS SENT
BMpd' FROM PARIS WHEN
iilbL WINE QUOTA HELD
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By PALL MAIXON
Copyright, 1933. By Paul Mallon
Barter
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. The new
dealers are getting a reputation in
the capitals of the world as a crowd
of Yankee traders. They are proud
of It and brag about It In private.
No one will believe It but even gen
teel state Secretary Hull ha Deen
transformed Into a sort of Interna
tional Trader Horn.
Without the aid of whiskers, he
has been quietly swapping diplomatic
beads for ivory with the Latin-Americans
at Montevideo.
Here at home his state department
aides have been bartering backstage
with Europe on liquor Imports in a
way which has changed the entire
International complexion of things.
Hull
It Is too early to say now how Hull
will ultimately come out. But the boss
bargainer in the White House was
quite elated about the first new deal.
The Latin-Americans were planning
to roast us at the Pan-American con
ference. The situation largely favored
them because Hull's hands were tied
by existing administration tariff poli
cies. His only hope was to make the
roasting as painless as possible.
He started in by becoming friendly
with Argentina. She had been the
leader of the Antl-U. S. group at pre
vious Pan-American conferences. Her
foreign minister. Dr. Lamas, had his
heart set on an Argentine anti-war
pact. After a few conferences With
Lamas, our state secretary began to
see a lot of good things In that pact.
He and Dr. Lamas became pals.
Results
Our first embarrassing moment at
the conference came when Mexico
proposed a 6 to 10 year moratorium
on all Latin-American governmental
debts.
Fortunately, Dr. Lamas cams for
ward to object. He Induced the con
ference to refer the matter to the
Inter-American high commission
where It wilt rest in peace, probably
forever. : -V
Next the Latins wanted to seat a
league of nations observer. The pro
posal was shunted into a sub-oom-mtttee
and Hull suggested that it be
considered at the next conference,
four years hence. The league may not
be alive then. With the support of
Argentina, that was done.
Then along came the announce
ment from Hull that the U. 8. would
take the leadership in signing the
Argentine anti-war pact. It Is as
harmless as the Kellogg anti-war pac
and worth Just about as little, from
a practical standpoint.
Lamas got what he wanted. So did
Hull at a minimum cost.
Liquor
Hull's assistant bargainers In the
department trading post here care
fully found out which nations were
going to make Dec. IB payment on
their war debts, before our import
liquor quotas were announced.
Several other deals are still in the
making.
Foreign diplomats were Just guess
ing and running around from depart
ment to department for days before
the quotas were Issued.. Then the
liquor control board made it quite
clear that the existing quotas are
ONLY for a three months period and
will be revised.
That keeps the bargaining point
till In our hands.
Irish
The stlffest direct competition for
liquor market is between England
and Ireland.
Irish Minister MaoWhlte Is trying
strenuously to muscle In. For weeks
h worked to figure out a scheme to
beat the British. He hit on the Idea
of Increasing Irish purchases of grain
here in return for a good Irish liquor
quota. He has pushed the state de
partment with memoes on that sub
ject. He even had Agriculture Secre
tary Wallace out to dinner.
MaeWhtte is speaking a language
the administration understands.
The result Is you will get more
Irish whiskey now than you did be
fore prohibition.
Ba.Ms
This may seem to be a some whit
sordid business to Idealists who think
international relations hinge on greit
principles. However, no observer fan
forget that every time we went to an
international conference with wins
and a halo during the past fifteen
rears we usually got our wings singed
and lost our halo, That also applies
to our handling of exchange and tar
iff policies.
The practical basis of our new
method is clearly rooted in our un
fortunate International experiences of
the past.
Plumbrr?
The second big leak In the g 1d
price future has been discovered with
out the aid of the secret service. In
fact the leak himself Is bragging about
it.
A smart Washington broker figured
out that tnasmuci. as the figure is
given out at the same time each da.
' he could arrange to have his London
brokerage connection on the tele
phone at that moment By that device
K.e scooped the regular cable services
reeularly in London He not the figure
here from a public Wall street tlckr.
I Now he is sending letters around
client, advertising Hie fact that
Continued oa Page Six)
America Aloof On Trade
Grants When Debtor Na
tion Plans Boost On Fruit
Imports.
PAIII3, Dec. 16. (AP) TJnrevealed
French concessions to facilitate
American fruit importations have
been sent to Washington.
WASHINGTON. Dec. 16. (AP)
The United States held aloof tonight
from any formal agreement with
France on liquor quotas unt it had
learned the ewent of concessions
reported to have been rrfltde by the
French government in Its American
agricultural product tariff rates. In
cluding lard, apples and pears.
Prevloua word that the French
minister of agriculture intended to
announce substantial Increases In
tariffs on American apples, pears
and lard were viewed as definitely
threatening consummation of the
compact for an Increased wine-farm
product trade between the two na
tions. The offer to take more apples and
pears was reliably reported to pro
vide for an Import license duty of
135 francs a quintal of apples and
17S francs a quintal of pears or.
about 3 to 5 cents a pound At
current exchange rates. (This would
affect D'AnJous shipments from this
valley) Ed. note.
The French concessions will be
subjected to the scrutiny of the
American committee of two which
drew up the original four "months
liquor import quota figures. While
diplomatic negotiations normally
are conducted through the state
department, the liquor import ques
tion has been left to representatives
of the agricultural adjustment ad
ministration and the newly formed
federal alcohol control administra
tion. Acting Secretary of State Phillips,
even before word the Freneh con
cessions was received, said no final
settlement would be made until the
tariff question was cleared away.
The state department earlier had
cabled the embassy at Paris for de
tails on the proposed Increased tar
iff on the American farm products.
The situation was further con
fused by the fact that federal al
cohol control administration yester
day announced that an accord had
been reached which would result in
a '.'substantial Increase" above the
four months Import quota for
French wines.
In light of developments today,
this accord apparently had not
reached the signature stage when
the French tariff complications arose
to endanger the agreement.
The French embassy here did not
evidence concern over the outcome.
Spokesmen Indicated a belief that
American products still would find
a good market in France despite any
possible Increase in Import levy.
AT MIAMI, PLAN
E
MIAMI, Fla., Dec. 16. ;p) Swoop
ing down gracefully from southern
skies, a trim but work-worn seaplane
landed gently on the waters of the
International airport here today,
bringing home the sky-Jaunting
Charles A. Lindberghs.
While thousanda lined the docks
and cheered the famous pilot and hts
wife completed a 900-mile flight from
San Pedro, Dominican republic, to ft
foot on North American soli for the
first time since they left New York
last July on an aerial Odyssey of
three foreign continent.
During these five months, the cele
brated couple compiled valuable data
for air route mapping on a journey
that took them across the North At
lantic to Europe, south to Africa, over
the South Atlantic to Brazil and thru
the West Indies to Florida.
Col. Lindbergh and his wile will
remain here tomorrow and hop off.
probably early Monday morning for
New York. Their plane was pulled
ashore late today for an over-hauling.
Ad Tire, That's All
WASHINGTON. Dec. 1 6. ( AP )
Hugh 8. Johnson, recovery adminis
trator, tonight refused the demand
of a group attending a consumers
conference here for consumer repre
sentation on code authorities, but
told them he would accept ill the
advice they had to offer.
VALLEY STREAM. N. Y.. Dec. 16.
(AP) The mothers of two duck
hunters missing s'noe Sunday In the
marshes of Amityville, Long Island,
telegraphed President Roosevelt to
day asking his help in the search.
TontRht tlx roast guard stations unit
ed in an Intensive search for the
aicn on orders from Waaningtoo,
GIRL ON STAND IN
0 At
Twelve-year-old June Hanson (left) took the stand In circuit court
at Rockfbrd, III., and described the burning of her father's body. June't
mother, Mrs. May Hanson (right) is on trial for the "torch slaying" ol
her husband. (Associated Press Photo
ROCKFORD. 111., Dec. 16. (AP) Mrs. May Hanson, 34, was sen
tenced to 14 years' Imprisonment tonight after a Jury convicted her
of murdering her husband with blazing gasoline.
Mrs. Hanson smiled as she heard the verdict and attempted to com
fort her 12-year old daughter June, chief ; witness In the trial, who wept
on her shoulder. Mrs. Hanson's mother, Mrs. Alice Mulder, screamed
and collapsed.
The verdict climaxed a trial of nearly two weeks In which Mrs.
Hanson was pictured as hating her former husband for several years,
and of plotting his death.
STATE EFFECTIVE
IN MONTH, HOPE
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 16. (AP)
The Oregon state' liquor commission
hopes the new state control system
may be operating within 30 days.
After three days of constant con
sideration and deliberation, the
three-man commission adjourned to
day, to meet some time next week
for further study of the control plan
under whinh every drop of legal liq
uor in Oregon will be administered
by the official group.
Today, Arch J. Tourtellotte, Port
land accountant, hurried" north to the
province of British Columbia for a
speedy but Intensive study of the
control system there.
In Portland it was agreed existing
methods of city and county control
will continue In operation until the
Knox law Is definitely operative. .
The Portland city council has de
cided to co-operate fully with the
state In liquor control. Although
there was talk of a test case some
days ago, such an action now is not
planned.
Chairman McMorran of the com
mission said It may be two or three
weeks before appointment of a liq
uor administrator will be made. The
administrator, on a salary basis, will
direct the entire state control setup
under the direction of the non-salaried
commissioners.
McMorran explained that the com
muaion is interested primarily in
seeing that prices are no higher than
consistent with good business, so
that the bootlegger will not find his
activities profitable.
Federal Tax
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. (AP) A
liquor tax of between $2.10 and $2.40
a gallon was predicted today by
Chairman Doughton of the house
ways and means committee.
After a call upon President Roose
velt, the committee chairman said
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OE AAA. RESIGNS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 16. (AP)
The resignation of Dr. Clyde L. King
as chter of the dairy section of the
agricultural adjustment administra
tion and appointment of J. H. Ma
son of Des Moines, Iowa, as acting
chief were announced today by
Chester C. Davis, farm administra
tor. King's resignation was accepted
Friday by George N. Peck, former
administrator, shortly before he re
signed to head President Roosevelt's
committee on export markets for
agricultural products.
. .
ro,itlng Victim
BELLINOHAM. Wash.. Dec. 16 0P
Gordon Collcy. 13, first coasting ac
cident victim of the winter seaiK'r.,
was hovering between Ufe and deitn
at a local hospital tonight, suffering
from several fractured ribs, two of
which punctured a lung, a broken
arm and numerous cuts and bruivs
The sled on which Gordon was cos.-
ing Friday niglt was struck by an i
automobile driven, by C A. Kcajle.
MOTHER'S TRIAL
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NO SIGN PUBLIC
TO QUIT
BOSTON. Dec. 16. (AP) -The nec
essity of retaining the American
standard of living throughout the
present depression as a guard to
future civilisation was stressed to
day by Newton D. Baker, former sec
retary of war.
Baker spoke before the first gen
eral meeting of the Boston Emer
gency Campaign of 1934 In which
1200 persons participated
The American atandard of living
was defined by Baker as that which
gives the American ctttsen a large
enough Income for living a little
more. The government, he said,
would take care of food and shelter,
but the private agencies would have
to supply the necessities which have
built up the standards of civilization
known as American.
"Our task this year," he said, "is
to make people realize that an as
sumption of the purely material giv
ing of the federal government does
not lessen one whit the necessity for
private giving. The government has
said that no one shall starve, that
no one shall freeze, that no one
shall go unhoused. It was neces'
sary for the government to take
this stand. But It does not relieve
the great need for the sort of un
dertaking you are Just about to
launch in Boston. To fill the ma
terial needs of people who have
been flung Into chaos by this de
pression Is not enough."
MERCHANTVILLE, N. J., Dec. 16
(AP) Awakened by an Intruder
creeping Into her bedroom, Mrs. H.
Ennia Jones, wife of a former Phila
delphia banker, today foiled what po
lice described as an attempt to kid
nap her 11-months-old son, asleep
In his crib In the same room.
Crawling on hands and knees, the
man, described as young and dark
complexloned. had almost reached
Mrs. Jones' bed directly beside the
crib, when she was awakened.
"Don't make a sound," he warned.
Defying him, Mrs. Jones snapped on
a flashlight she kept under her pil
low. Holding the glare In his face,
she screamed for her husband In an
adjoining room.
The intruder fled. Mr. Jones
rushed from .his room, a pistol In
his hand, but caught only a fleeting
glimpse of the intruder as he ran
through the renr door of the palatial
home.
fill Id Killed
CHEYRVNK U'm rve 1 ft IIP,.
Thrown from her frightened horse.-j
Jane Lewis. aed 10. was fatally In
jured at Port P-ancls E. Warren late
totday.
Lire Tor Neelrt
LKESBURO, Va.. Dec. 16 P A
sentence of life Imprisonment wis
imposed today cm tieonie Crawforl.
nrcro. tnr murrirlnu VI; Ajnr- h.
ing Illey. prominent Middleburg. Va .
aporUwomsa.
PARENT THWARTS
BABE'S KIDNAPER
Finds $120,000 On
Street; Hunts Up
Owner to Return
ROCHESTER, Minn., Dec. 16.
(API Joseph F. Melghen. vice
president of a bank at Preston,
Minn., today experienced the
thrill of finding $120,000 in cash
and certificates of deposit on a
sidewalk here.
Melghen traced the owner,
whose Identity was kept secret,
and returned the fortune. The
envelope containing the money
had been dropped near a filling
station shortly before Melghen
drove in for gasoline.
CHAMBERS, VANCE
FINAL REWARD
Tragedy Closes One Career,
Operation The Other
Both Wove Romantic
Tales, Stirring Drama.
NEW YORK, Dec. 16. (AP) Death
closed the books today for Louis
Joseph Vance and Robert W. Cham
bers. Vance he wove words Into ro
mance along strange trails of stran
ger places was burned to death at
his apartment here.
Chambers ha chipped his worda
from the rainbow and changed re
sale Incidents of history into glam
orous drama died at Doctors' hos'
pltal following an operation.
Vance was M; Chambers was 68.
Bums to Death
An employe of Vance's apartment
house found his body, burned badly,
In a smouldering chair. Police sug
gested he fell asleep and his cigar
ette set the upholstery afire.. He
wore only hla trousers.
Authorities began an Investigation,
One theory was that he suffered a
heart attack and collapsed as he
attempted to rise from the chair.
Chambers underwent an operation
for an intestinal ailment three dayt
ago and never rallied.
The two authors had much In
common, Including a fascinating ca
dence In their works. Both began
their careers as artists.
Vance was an artist for a New
York nswspaper aftor .he completed
his studies at Polytechnic Institute
in Brooklyn. Chambers studied art
In Parts and was an Illustrator for
magazines.
Chambers was born In Brooklyn,
where Vance went to school. Vance
waa born In Washlngotn, where his
father was a newapaper man,
Prolific, Popular
Vance turned to writing In 1800
and wrote short stories for maga
zines, using many pseudonyms. Once
he had seven stories appearing si
.multancously under as many differ
ent names.
In 1906, he brought out "The Brass
Bowl," and his fame waa assured.
Later came "The Lone Wolf" and
such glamorous things as "Terrence
O'Rourke, Gentleman Adventurer,1
and "The Road to En-Dor," as well
as such creeping mysteries as "The
Destroying Angel."
Prolific and tireless, he wrote rap
idly and frequently. Many of hla
books were beat sellers.
Chambers, temperamental and re
tiring, wrote hts first novel, "In the
Quarter," In 1B03.
He wrote anything verse, socio
logical novels, children's stories and
plays. But his historical romances
made him famous.
His style was virile nnd he wrote
about things that fascinated him
wars and adventures on the gristly
middle passage of the slave trade, pi
rates and gold and love.
Chambers married Miss Elsa Vaugh
Moller in 1808 and they had a man
slon In Broadalbln, N. Y. They also
maintained a home .here. His widow
and son, Robert Edward Stewart
Chambers, survive him.
Vance Is survived by his aon, Wil
son Vance, who edits a newspaper
in Vienna.
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BY TOT'S COUGH
SAN FRANCISCO, Dee. 16. yp)
Believed by police to have been driven
insane by the whooping cough of her
Blx-ytar-old daughter, Mrs. Ruth An
derson. 32, stabbed the child to deafh
here today and then cut her own
throat.
The bodies were discovered by the
woman's husband, 32, a stevedore,
ffttnr of the chIld' wnen ha turn-d
home from work Th daughter lay
in bed and the mother was sprawle!
on the floor nearby, the knife beside
her.
Anderson told police the child. Jun .
had been 111 with whooping cough for
tome time and that the mother had
lost much sleep because of It. He de
clsred . hnnever. thnt his a-if
apparently in good spirits when he
left lor work.
FERVID EPISTLE IS
CLUE IN1RDER
'Daddy Dear' Note To Mys
teriously Slain Pasadena
Dentist Trip To Resort
Together.
PASADENA, Calif., De. l&C. (P)
Police here today were arranging to
question an unnamed married woman
author of a "daddy dear" letter to Dr.
Leonard fliever, while a coroner's Jury
In Los Angeles returned a verdict that
the local dentist and musician came
to his death here Tuesday from the
hands of an "unknown" person with
homicidal Intent.
Police said the married woman they
will question occupied a room ad
joining the dentist at a southern
California mountain resort in May.
last year, and the dentist paid the
bill. Two hotel receipts and the let
ter were found in Dr. Slever'a trunk. I
A portion of the letter disclosed by
the police read:
"Daddy dear, I'm coming back to
you as soon as possible."
It waa said by police that this wo
man had an appointment with D'.
Slever the latter part of this week.
The woman's husband also will be
questioned, the police said.
The letter read in part:
"My daddy dear: You cams to me
last night In my dreams so sweet,
with your two precious ltpe. so warm,
so passionate and loving, like no othr
woman knows. Oh, daddy, I love you.
I even heard the words of love, my
lover uses with our live, daddy. Dad
dy what have you done to me? Could
any man ever possess me like von
have? Nol Nol Imposslblel For lo?e
we are created and yet for love 1 have
suffered agonies, baby only love la the
sum of my destiny. The fate of ra
soul la in love'a hand. Are they yovra?
The bonds of love Is my master.
Oan I go to. you, do these worda con
vey the meaning and depth of my jove
to you, daddy?
"This I want to tell you, the words
from my very soul that you are the
one and only one I'll ever love. I want
you. I want to be yours, all yours,
with my undivided love, but what
fate holds, who knows, if I have to
give up the greatest and most power
ful of all my love for you, I will not
ba the cause of something terrible
caused only by me for my happiness."
PASADENA, Oil.. Deo. H. P) VeA
on a falM trail by a woman who
acreamed a conreaalon to the killing
of Dr. Leonard Slever, 44, dentist, and
later retracted her etatement, police
turned again to a atudy of the U.'e
of the dentlat In hope of uncovering
some clue to explain till death.
3 KILLED, 3 HURT
WILLAMETTE AREA
ALBANY, Ore., Dec. 16. (N) Two
persons were killed and three were
Injured In an automobile collision on
the flantlam highway three miles eas'
of here tonJght.
Ray Burger, about 49, of Brownsville,
driver of one of the two machines,
and his companion, Lester Green,
about 35. also of Brownsville, were
xmea.
Mr. and Mrs. Jess Wilcox and th:ir
son Asa, all of AumsvlUe, were in
jured. Wilcox, S3, suffered a fractured
Jaw and other serious Injuries. M.-s.
Wilcox, SI, was less seriously hurt.
The son, 28, who wasdrlvlng their car.
received head lacerations. They were
brought to a hospital here.
Witnesses said that Burger's car ap
peared to swerve out of control, near
ly left the highway, then cut sudden
ly across the road and into the patn
of the Wilcox car.
BUOFINE, Ore., Dec. 16. Mrs
Electa Miller, 69. of Eugene was kill
ed tonight when she was struck at
a street intersection here by an auto
mobile police said was driven hy Mrs.
O. W. Lang, also of this city. The of
ficers said Mrs. Lang told them ho
did not see Mrs. Miller crossing the
street until her car struck her.
E
IN HOTEL
LOS A NO ELBA, Dec. 16. fP) T'ie
bodies of a 30 year old woman and a
17 year old girl, who registered Into
a hotel here last Thursday aa Mr.
J H. Schumacker and daughter, Mi as
Mary fichumacker of Chk-ago, were
found tonight In the hotel room. IJe
tectlvca said the elder woman appar
ently had shot the girl and then end
ed, her own Ufe with poison.
Dentist Slain
1 r ' J
ft W W T
Dr. Leonard Slever, 30, promi
nent Pasadena, Cal., dentist., wai
fatally shot by unidentified assail
ants aa he locked hla automobile
Hit pockets were emptied. (Associ
ated Press Photo-
IN BUSINESS FOR
Auburn To Spend Million
For 1934 Needs Chain
Stores, Packers, Parcel
Post Trend Rises.
NEW YORK, Dm. 16. (AP) Sta
tlstlcs appearing during the past
Week Indicated a moderately Inv
proved business tendency according
to Moody's index figures for rreignt
car loadings, electric power produc
tion, and steel Ingot output.
AUBURN, Ind., Dec. 18. ( AP)
The Auburn Automobile company
plans to spend more than 11,000,000
In new tools and dies In preparation
for the 1034 production schedules,
W. H, Besl, president of the com
pany, announced today.
CHICAGO, Deo. Id. (AP) With
sales amounting to a little more than
600,000,000, swift it company, meat
packers, reported today net Income
of 10,1 40.683 for the fiscal year
ending October 28, 1033. This com
pares to a .5,337,708 deficit In 1933.
The company reported having used
net Income partly to set up a 14,
387,000 reserve against possible fut
ure lmues due to declining Inven
tory prlcea.
CHICAGO, Dec. 18. (AP) There
was 30. per cent Increase In the
amount of parcel post handled
through the Chicago postal depart
ment this December, Postmaster
Ernest J. Kruetgen said.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18. (AP) The
domestic sugar bureau reporta beet
sugar deliveries In the United Statea
last month totaled 1,808,038 against
1,707,373 last year.
NEW YORK, Dec. 18 (AP) Sales
of reporting chain stores systems In
this federal reserve district for Nov
ember were six per cent higher than
a year ago.
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KLAMATH FALIA Ore., Deo. 18.
(AP) They don't stage an Im
promptu hanging for It any more,
but It's still a serious offense to
rustle livestock. lister Hiion, con
victed of the theft of livestock, waa
told by the court today that "every
legitimate cattleman In the county
la nervous while you are at large,"
then sentenced him to 10 years In
prison. He was convicted In one
minute.
Hlxon la known In Jackson county.
ASSASSIN VICTIM
SAN JOSE DEL CARO, Lower Cal
ifornia, Dec. 16. (API Benjamin
Dlac Qrajeda, fedrral governmental
commissioner In Lower California,
was ftMOMtnatcd In Tod on Santos to
day, according to dispatches received
here. The alleged killer was arresled
a few hours after the crime la L
Fat,
RETIRES IN JUNE
T
Higher Education Armistice
Agreed Upon Salem Paper
Says' And List Terms.
SALEM, Ore., Dec. 16. (AP) In a
signed article, the Statecman says
"an armistice haa been called In the
field of .higher education In Oregon
if one can fully accredit reports
seeping out to the news front In
ths last fortnight."
The cessation of hostilities Is not
a calm before a new battle, the
article says.
Rather, the various factions In ths
flareup of six weeks past are reported
to be In substantial agreement on
these points:
First Dr. W. J. Kerr will termi
nate hla service as chancellor of
higher education on or about June
30, 1034.
Second No extensive Investigation
will be made by the state board of
higher education Into affairs at Eu
gene, Third A casual checkup of Dean
Wayne B. Morse mny be made mean
while and his wrists slapped. His
removal from the Eugene faculty is
not contemplated.
Fourth Quietly the board will at
ones start the quest for an out-of-state
chancellor, hts services to be
gin the school year of 1034-1036.
Fifth There will be public com
mendation by the board In due time
of the work of Dr. Kerr. In no sense
will his retirement be held an ous
ter. Sixth Governor Julius L. Meier
will be In no hurry to appoint a
successor to Roscoe Nelson, resigned
board member,
SeventhDuring the armistice pe
riod disgruntled Eugene townsmen
and faculty members will keep silent
and work for a succuiful school
year, 1033-1034.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 16. (AP)
A statement that he -has "not re
signed" waa the only answer Dr.
W. j, Kerr, chancellor of higher edu
cation In Oregon, would make to a
report published In a Salem news
paper that he wuld retire at the
end of the school year.
Beached at Eugene by telephone,
the chancellor declined to discuss the
report.
Wlllard Marks of Albany, acting
president of the state board of high
er education, declared, however, that
the board haa not yet taken any
action and that there Is no authorl
taltlve basis for the report.
The Weather
Oregon: Unsettled Sunday and
Monday; occasional rains in west and
local snows northeast portion; no
change in temperature; fresh to
strong wind offshore.
CHICAOO, Dec. 16. (AP) George
Hansen, 34, tonight told police he
was abducted and released near Ur
bane. III., by four men, one of them
Allen R, Hammel, 37, missing guard
for the Brinks Express company,
who haa been accused of embezzling
639,000 from one of the company's
armored trucks.
WILL-
ROGER?
PriOENtX, Arix., Deo. 15.
Itascoe Turner and I just
breezed in here in two hour,
100 miles, to do a little stage
acting at a benefit. Roscoe '
jokes better be good, tor with
the Democrats doing all that
can be done and the Republi
cans keeping still, why it don't
leave me much to work on, so
my little riddles are not so hot.
France handed us their year
ly laugh. We told 'cm it was
debt-paying time and they just
said "yeah!" They have even
borrowed our English language.
Say, with Jesse Jonos offer
ing 34 nn ounce for new gold,
every man, woman, or child
thnt could get a burro and a
pick have gono to the hills. This
country has gone "nuggct
miuded," and if they do what
they ought to do and make sil
ver a money instead of just a
thing to shoot craps with, why
the whole West will boom and
we will have the king coming
over with a pick and shovel.
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