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Medford Mail T IVetcn tbt XUlBUMSs CLASaiHtU Alf . . Loti of ooi bargain that mat a genuine art it ft. rain tonight and Tuesday) little chance in temperature. Highest yesterday 4U lLonest I hit morning - 39 Twenty -eighth Year MEDFOBD, OBEGOX. MONDAY, DECEMBER 18, 1933 No. 230. Lindberghs Reach Homeland EXPECT VISION IS BY The Weather roiNiit! Unsettled n1th occasional RIBUN' VgWs By MIX MAl.LON (Copyright, 1933, by Paul Mallon) Congress WASH1NOTOK. Dec. 18. These barka and yelps emanating from re turning congressmen have no bite behind them. Tou need not be afraid. The din will get louder as the aeaston geta under way two weeks hence. People with sensitive ears may be led to believe that the noisy gang will certainty behead Mr. Roosevelt, repeal the New Deal and blow greenbacks to the four winds. Not at all. A fairly definite Inside Una on them is now available. Most of them have been back In town long enough to afford an opportunity for analy sis. . The analysts Is all pro-Roosevelt. Fnder-Currents This does not mean there Is any thing like the enthusiastic blind willingness to follow him that char acterized the last session. The warm personal admiration of the congressmen has changed to cold political respect during the re cess. There la a rather general feeling that this la no time for congress to start raising a rumpus. Even the bettr class of Republl cana share that view. At the same time there la an un believable mass of specific objections to the NRA, AAA, PWA and all the other alphabetical resuscltators. If plsccd on top of each other, these objections would reach higher than the capltol dome. Possibly 100 bills will be Introduced- the opening day proposing to change certain policies of the relief organizations. The legislative wsate basket will get nearly all of them. Here Is the way the thing probsbly will work out. Money There will be talk, talk, talk. But no action. The Inflationists probably will con centrate on a bill to repeal the pow ers given Mr. Roosevelt at the last session. They can get more votes for that than for anything else. They may get a majority. If so, Mr. Roose velt will veto their bill and they cannot muster two-thirds to pass It over a veto. They probably cannot even get majority for greenbacks. The Demo crats already are beginning to whis per: "Stand by the president." The conservative Republicans will have to stand with him against any radical money measures. The Inflationists will be left In the cold. The only Item In the Inflationist program which has a chance la sil ver and the supposition la general that Mr. Roosevelt will start a silver buying policy before the congres sional sllverltea have a chance to force hla hand. Money talk will be the big busi ness of 'the session, the dominant business, but It is doomed to futil ity. The really sensible congress ional practitioners know that. Their secret hope Is that they can raise enough caln to force Mr. Roosevelt to give them something. Only In that way can they get anything. NRA, AAA, Etc. Senator Borah haa in his sleeve a proposal around which the main NRA fight may center. It would prevent the NRA from abrogating the anti-trust law. It may pass the senate but It can not Ret through the house. Also Mr. Roosevelt la ready to veto It. The really serloua flghta against the relief program will come In the appropriation bills. These bills will carry funds to continue the work of the NRA, AAA, PWA, etc., for the next year. All congreashaa to do to stop certain work la to cut off the money for it. In -general Mr. Roosevelt will get the lump sums he wants, but many of the Items will be cut out. Securities Act It will be evident shortly that the administration Is going to change Its mind again about amend ing the securlttea act. Insiders have found that If any amendment Is offered to Improve the act, It will open the whole question. Therefore the strategy of the liberate Is going to be aealnat any amend ment, even those suggested by them selves. The act ts very likely to stand through the session aa It Is. Taxes 1 The loophole plugging will pass without a serious objection. Nearly everyone wanta to correct the lawa bv which the Wall Streeters escaped surtaxes. A strong move will be made by Senator Norrls to tax hold ing companies out of existence, and It haa a good chance of passing. The Idea will probsbly Include a 100 per cent tsx on all except the Initial holding companies. It Is aimed asslnst such things as the Insull Empire. General tax reform Ideas of the administration win probably wait un til next year. Then Mr. Roosevelt may suggest confiscatory Inheritance tsxea snd stronger surtaxea. Oeneral l.eillatlon The tart Tugwell food and drug (Continued on Page Pour) Shoe Box Cradles 1 Pound Baby PINDLAY. Ohio. Dec. 18. fAP) A baby girl weighing a pound and a quarter was born to Mr. and Mrt. ' Charles Carmen today. The baby dis played no signs of life for two hours after birth. Physiaiiina say It is a norm t 1 child. A shoe boa la used for cilb. ( One Steamer Aground Another Limps Into Haven Port Orford Wharf Swept Sea Traffic Hampered. PORTLAND. Ore., Dec 18. (AP) The freighter Losmar re ported to her agents here today that her deckload had shifted and her steering gear had been rarrled away about 20 miles off Yaqulna Head, where the freight er Henry D. Whit on yesterday was In trouble. SEATTLE, Dec. 18 (AP) At Grays Harbor, high tides and torrents of rain wrought unesttmated ' damage yesterday while S00 persons had to be rescued from their homes. Prom two to four feet of water surged through the entire business districts of Aberdeen and Hoqulam. and much of the residential sections of both cities were under water. Two thousand homes were flooded to a greater or leas extent. At Cos mop oils lsst night, 76 fam ilies were ordered to leave their homes when the city reservoir dam was feared to be weakening. PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 16. (AP) Maintaining headway under her own power, the gale-wracked Henry D. Whlton stood off the mouth of the Columbia river today, after having limped from Yaqulna head In one of the worst hurricanes to visit the Oregon coast in years. The Inter coastal craft, with a crew of 32 was out of danger, her master said, after having been In Imminent danger of sinking yesterday. The Charles L, Wheeler, Jr., driven fast aground on the eastern end of Sand Island yesterday by a 90 -mile gale, resisted all attempt of coast guard ships to pull her free. Storm Moves Inland Meanwhile, more moderate weather prevailed over Oregon and Washing ton today as the center of the week end storm passed Inland after hav ing wrought considerable damage. It gave western Oregon one of the wildest days In recent years. Old residents of the coast country had seldom witnessed such wide spread fury aa the storm released on the Oregon shore. Tremendously high tides, driven by the southwest hur ricane, piled far up on the beaches. Port Orford Hit At Port Orford, Ore., In Curry (Continued on Page Two) Y SALHM. Dec. 18. L. I. Thomas of Portland and former president of the Oregon Retail Merchants associ ation, said here today he was a can didate for administrator for the state liquor commission. His application was filed with the commission. It was understood many applica tions had been filed with the com mission for this position, but that no selection had yet been made. I: waa believed the commission wouM not name an administrator until th-i organisation work had been perfected. Others who were mentioned as can didates were Prank Spencer of Port land and B. Morris of Eugene. Wil liam Elnzig. state purchasing agents said current reports he would seek the post I ion were erroneous. He de clared he was not a candidate for t.ie Job. S PARTS. Deo. 18. tVP) The war chieftains of Prance, in a secret wa sion attended by Oeneral Maxltne Weygand and former Premier Edouarrt Daladler, today decided they wer flatly opposed to a re-armament of Oermany. The army leaders met aa the su perior war council, carefully surveyed the reiterated demands of Chancellor HJtler of Oermany for increased arm aments for his nation, decided ad versely against hla demands, and pre pared to pass on their recommenda tions to the government. World Trade Up Since Spring Is League's Report OFTNBVA, Dec. 18. (AP) A de cisive Increase In world trade has occurred since the spring of 1031. the official economic bulletin of the League of Nations said today. "Figures for October show an Increase aa compared to previous months. the bulletin said. "The increase Is 8.3 per cent for Import and 18 8 per cent for exports at compared to April, 1933. The report added that a signifi cant fact was that while in previ ous years of the depression trade haa been lower In autumn than in the rprlng. the contrary was true this year. r 1$ c JNJI if M? W3t:4 4JLC L mi liIw" JflM1 j CHARLESTON, S. C, Dee. IS. (AP) Col. and Sirs. Charles A. Lindbergh made an unexpected stop at the Charleston navy yard today, breaking their flight from Miami to New York, and it was announced they would remain over night with Rear Admiral James J. Raby, commandant. The famous couple, enroute home to spend Christmas with their little son after a trans-ocean flight which has taken them somewhat less than 30,000 miles, said they would continue 6 DEAD IN LATEST HAVANA, Deo. 18. (AP) Havana counted six dead and 13 wounded today In the capital's latest bloodshed and disorders. More than 100 Spaniards were rounded up and taken, to old Cabana fortress during the night, charged with having participated In the out breaks. While soldiers massed to prevent new violence, preparations were made to receive Jefferson Caff cry, President Roosevelt's representative who will pick up where former Ambassador Sumner Welles left off In efforts to bring a settlement of Cuba's political strife. Shooting broke out yesterday after noon with the sacking and burning of the offices of the newspaper 1 Pals. Firing spread. Soldiers did not succeed In restor ing a semblance of order until nearly nightfall. Throughout tho night, oc casional ahots were heard. A mob comprised largely of negroes fired El Pals offices because they con sidered the Spanish newspaper un friendly to the government. Most of those killed and wounded were struck by bullets fired in Indis criminate shooting In and around the El Pals building after soldiers at tempted to prevent the mob from ! entering. uniy one large dally remains with i the damaging of the El Pals building. I That Is El Diarlo, published under i threats from both government and opposition forces. T IN RECOVERY ACT WASHINGTON, Dec. 18. (AP) Government officials have decided after six months trial of the Indus trial Rowry act that they would prefer not to reopen It to amendment at the coming session of congress. Unless conditions then demand It. consequently, they Intend to ask no changes. One exception, however, may develop from the desire of Sena tor Wagner (D.-N.T.) to get down in black and white the powers of the national labor board which he heads. ASHLAND ARTISTS ON KMED TUESDAY 5 P. M. Tuesday at 8 p. m. station KMED will feature a novel studio program presented by artists from Ashland. The feature attraction la a half-hour dramatization of 'Fooclight Parade." enacted by Kitty Rngle. Tom Cunning. Mildred Konachoot and George V. O 1 lette, Jr., with musical accompani ment by Lawrence Hubert and his glrla' orchestra, "The Wait Queens ' Hugh Ollmore, popular A-thland bri tone, will atng several of the son? hita from the picture. Rain Settle lMit PENDLETON, Ore., Dec. 18. fAP) Some rain fell here this morning in an endeavor to wash away Sun day's dust storm. A heavy wind from the southwest had about died down this afternoon. Change Meeting Members of the t Womsn'a Bible cass of the First M E. church have postponed their biul reA met!rg :r t ; I DcrpmVr 28. wht-n t-iey will meet w:t i Mr. E. fl. Hither, i 338 w. Holly street. SUDDEN TORNADO STRIPS NEGROES DOWN SOUTH SHREVEPORT, La., Dec. 18. () A fitful tornado which roared out of the southwest to break the Sunday quiet of a Caddo Parish lumber canp and a plantation, took four Uvea, In jured 19 and caused heavy property loss. The blast, so terrific that It stripped the clothing from individuals, killed a white woman and two negroes at the Orayson lumber camp, 18 miles west of here, and a negro at Soda Foun tain plantation, 10 miles to the north. Those killed at the lumber camp were Mrs. H. B. Tress. 28; A. C. John son, 44, and Hanna Reed, 37. Char lotte Hill, 75, was fatally Injured on tht plantation. Eleven others were Injured at the camp and eight more at the . plantation. Relief agencies took charge of the stricken areas today. L As this la the last day that Christ mas mall to eastern points can be assured of delivery by next Saturday night. Postmaster William J. Warner said that today would probably see the heaviest shipment of out-going mall for the season, No delivery of Christmas mall will be made on Sunday, aw as Christ- mas Is on Monday, packages which have nat been delivered by Saturday evening, will not reach their destlna tlons before Tuesday, Mr, Warner pointed out. All the regular substitutes were railed on duty today, and two addi tional trucks were to be placed in service this afternoon. Mr. Warner said more men would be called to work Tuesday. PASADENA. Cal.. Dec. 18. J?, After finding a .32-caIiber revolver, under a pillow, police who had taken Thomas Bennett, 35, son of Peter Bennett, caretaker at the Scottish1 Rite cathedral into custody for ques tioning, said today that he waa book ed on a charge of suspicion of the murder of Dr. Leonard Slever. Bennett, bellhop at a hotel, denied any knowledge of the killing of Dr. Slever, dentist, Tuesday in a drive way adjoining the cathedral. Police said they found, besides the .32-callber weapon, which was hidden under a bed pillow In the Bennett home, a .38-caliber revolver. WASHINGTON. Dec. 18 W The government JumpM Its gold price to $14.06 an ounce today for the first upward movement since December I. The flve-nt increase returned the upward trend begun when a price of 81-16 was fixed October 25 at the t(,,:.i: ..; of President Koosev.ts , trip down the Oregon Coast highway .Ion county courthouse was tentatli'fl erforn it.ier.Od to bowt commodity I to relocate routes to accommodate ly approved today, court membera an prices by raising fo'A Taiuea, Uhe propoaed live bridge nounccd. northward about 9 a. m., tomorrow. Word was given out that the Lindberghs stopped here merely for a rest, since Charleston was the halfway mark in the Miami-New York leg of their trip, and that nothing had gone wrong with the plane. Both appeared in excellent spirits as they spent half an hour seeing to the mooring of their plane before coming ashore to be greeted by navy officials. Flying timber, debris and wreckage of houses caused pandemonium at the lumber camp. Camp buildings and mill property were badly dam aged. Dr. L. T. Baker, Dixie physlclv.i, Who administered to the Injured at the plantation, gave a vivid descrip tion of the tornado. "The negroes were standing or fit ting around in their homes one min ute and the next minute the storm had passed, their homes and posses sions had vanished and they were wondering what it was alt about. Three or four of the less seriously Injured were stripped of their cloth ing by the winds and left stark naked." Several cabins were blown .away. TAKES AKIN CASE PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 18. (AP) The Multnomah county district at torney's office revealed today that Dr. Edward O. Helnrich, nationally known criminologist of Berkeley and San Francisco, has been engaged as a special Investigator In the W. Frank Akin murder cane. Akin, shot to death In his apart ment here November 30 a half hour after his wife, a school teacher, had left, was a special Investigator In connection with an Inquiry Into ad ministration of the Port of Portland commission. Police and detectives have been unable to find a clue that might lead to detection of the killer. SALES TAX BATTLE SALEM. Dec. 18. ( AP) Prelimin ary petitlona to referend the one and half per cent aales tax will be filed later today, It was announced here by Dr. A. Slaughter, representative of the state grange who will sponsor the referendum. If the required 18.667 names are secured before March 10, the people will vote upon the mea sure at the May 18 election. DEATH OF AUTHOR DUE TO ACCIDENT IS VIEW NEW YORK. Dec. 18. (AP) Dr Charlea Norrls, chief medical exam lner, expressed the opinion today the death of Louis Joseph Vance, author, waa accidental, Vance's body waa found Saturday on the charred remains of a burned upholstered chair. AUTO CODE CONTINUED BY ROOSEVELT ACTION WASHINGTON, DfC. 18 (API President Roowvelt Uxlny .pprov.d rontlnu.Uon of the .utomoblle rode, without change, until next Septem ber 4. SALEM. Ic. 18. (AP) Members of the state highway commission, highway engineers, and officials of the Oregon Motor association will the Oregon Motor association will leave here tomorrow for a three Any L OF LOCAL An Indeterminate sentence In state prison not to exceed two years, waa imposed this morning by Circuit Judge H. D. Norton upon William Cheater Poole, 10, CCO member of Butte Falls, who admitted four bur glaries, seven larcencles, five auto thefts, one attempted auto theft, and several petty thefta during the past year. The court said It would rec ommend by letter to the parole board that Poole be paroled as soon as he was eligible under the parole law. "The court hopea that what you learn and see In the penitentiary will be of value to you when you come out and that your paying the penalty will be a warning to the constant procession of young men coming Into this court charged with felonies," Judge Norton said In pass ing sentence. t "The court haa granted paroles to many first time offenders, but the result have not coma up to expec tations," the court further observed. "I have Investigated your general character, and find nothing that would Justify a parole In fact the reports have been rather discourag ing. The court will Impose a two year prison sentence. You will come under the parole law. If you behave (Continued on Page Two) PEACE WITH BOLIVIA MONTEVIDEO. Dec. 18. (AP) Paraguay proposed to the Pan-American conference today an Immediate armistice of the war In the Chaco Boreal against Bolivia. The two nations have engaged in hostllltlra more than fifty years over the question of aoveeignty of the great wilderness which Ilea In the interior of South America. The hoatlllttes developed Into a war during the last two years which has seen the employment of every modern type of warfare Including tanks and airplanes. !E BAI-.PIM, Dec. 18. yp) Mtnd&rmu .ectlon to compel the Marlon county court to make a levy for old-age pffn alon pnymenta waa brought here today in circuit court. Hugh Smith. 77, waa named plain tiff, with member, of tht county court, defendant.. Clifford Moynt han, attorney for the plaintiff, .lid he. a. a member of organised labor, waa called In to awilat In bringing about a declmon In the matter. Veteran Ile. BOI8E. Ida , Dec. IB. VTj James W. Shield. 84. aslstant state adjutxnt of the Grand Army of the Repubiis. oled at the Veterans' hospital Mte yesterday after an Illness of several waa Jet. AALEM, Deo. 18. yp Allocation of CWA funds for remodeling the Ma Appraiser's Report Is Sent In Sunday Other Ap praisals Completed End Of Week Is Expectation. AppraUal of the Medford Irrigation district haa been completed and the report dispatched last night to Wash ington. D. C. The Gold Hill district appraisal will be completed today, a3d the Eagle Point and Rogue River 11s- trlct appraisals within the week. All the field work In each district has been completed under direction of F. E. Thompson of Bonanza, Ore. The Irrigation districts seek Recon struction Finance corporation loans aggregating more than 81,000,000 for refunding present outstanding indebt edness. Up for Recommendation. The appraisals will be submitted to Em 11 Sort ram. chief of the drainage, levee and irrigation division of the Reconstruction Finance corporation. Schram will make recommendations re lath-a to the loans, when they jtIU be forwarded for consideration by the Washington, D. C, board of directors, of which Jesse H. Jones of Texas U chairman. A decision on the local Irrigation district loans la expected soon, though no definite date has been set. In the event the loans are made, the Irriga tion district do not lose their Iden tlty. the government, however, acting In a supervisorial capacity. Huge Sum Approved. Jonea in a recent statement said "Loans to Irrigation, drainage and levee districts have been approved in the amount of 813,424,666.94. These are made at 4 per cent with an amor tisation of approximately 1 per cent, oumulatlve, so that the total annual charge la approximately 8 per cent, to cover both Interest and amortization. These 813,000.000 of loans will d'- charge a total defaulted bonded In- (Continued on Page Eight) Keith Bacon, eight-year told aon of Mra. K. V. Bacon of San FrRnclsco, la In the Community hospital with fractured ahull, and five other peraons received treatment yeatorday for injuries auffered when the coupe In which they were riding akldded acroai the Pacific highway north of Central Point and turned over twice. All occupanta of tha car were from San Franclaeo, and were en route to Seattle, according to state police who Investigated the crash, which occurred at noon. Others receiving treatment at the hospital, and were later released, were Mra. Bacon, Mra. Trevor Jonea and fifteen-months old ' daughter Beverly Ann, Mlsa McKlttrlck and William "Andy" Wyman, driver. SIX KILLED AT BIG LAKE. Minn., Dec. 18. p, Six persons were killed when their automobile was struck by an east bound Northern Pacific passenger train here Sunday night. The dead were: Mr. and Mrs. Charlea Magney; thiMr two sons, Ansel, ;6, and Melvtn. 13; Mrs. Knute Weln and a daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Magney, whose name was not learned. All lived In the vicinity of Elk River, near here. They were returning from churcn services. MARKET IN MAZE PORTLAND, Dec. 18. (7P Diiry Industry waa completely demoralized at the week' opening with prices reflecting the sharp declines forced at the cloning of last week. Due to the milk codes, with their higher prices In some sections than the public could afford, together with throwing the surplus Into churns, aa well sa the previous speculative activities In butter ,the latter market waa today standing at the extreme low for the season. The cute in butter which were af fectir at the week's opening totaled 3Ao lb, which action waa forecast during the latter part of last wek Butter also dropped to conform to the lower butter values. 4 AIRPORT CWA PLAN EYED BY ENGINEER Lieut. Basil H. Smith, stats en gineer for the aviation dlvialon of the OWA. waa In Medford today, mak ing an Investigation of applications sent in for Improvements at the loral airport, fallowing the aurvey hers, los oontlnu4 to Klamath jaalls. County Judge In Address To Kiwanis Sees Unification County, State, Federal Plans Sales Tax Urged. Need for a complete reorganization of the tax program, which would brtng about a unification of county. state and federal taxes waa voiced to day by County Judge Earl 8. Day, in an addresa on the aales tax, at the luncheon of the Klwanls club at the Hotel Medford. The work accomplished by the special session of the legislature. If the bills passed become law. Judge Day stated, would constitute a record In Oregon legislative history. The work of the Jackson county delega tion, all membera of which were pres ent at the luncheon, he described aa very beneficial and intelligent. He referred to the sales tax aa the only plausible solution of the present slua. stlon and expressed faith In the co operation of the Orange If the tax la submitted to a rote of the people. Faun in Orange. There u no question In my mind but what the Orange will support the lax, once the membera understand what relief It will afford the property owner and the emergency which ex ists In school circles, x cant under stand why the Orangera have per mitted their organization to be ma nipulated In the manner It haa been In the past." Judge Day declared, referring to the stand of what he termed "upstate politicians." In this county alone, ha explained. the sales tax will lower the property load by $40,000. It will reduce tie budget by the exact number of doll us raised by It. The old age pension law was at tacked by the county Judge, who stated that It haa brought about a pitiful situation in this county, which now confronts the county court. Old people are flocking In by downs, ask ing for the tax, having been con vinced it la due them, only to find that the county has no funda wiht which to pay It. The legislature :n passing the law made no provision for meeting the penslona and failed ts revise the law at the special session. Judge Day also expressed regret Mist the special session failed to put any teeth in the tax collection law. Other Solons Talk. Senator Oeorge Dunn of Ashland and Representatives A. TS. Brockwar and Olenn O. Taylor of this city save short talks regarding the work of the special session. The muslo for today's program waa furnished by James Stevens and Se bastian Apollo, who thrilled the audi ence with voice and piano numbers, which received much applause. Special guests at the luncheon were: Clyde Barrlck of Tillamook, Klwanls governor for the northwest district, and John Houston, Klamath rails, lieutenant-governor; Dr. R. E. Oreen, J. O. Love, Dr. J. D. Rlckert and Tom Delaell. A report of progress of ths party arranged for the underprivil eged children of the Medford schools was given by Everett Faber, who titl ed that the party would be held Thursday afternoon at 1 AS o'clock, FOUND BY ANALYSIS NEW YORK. Dee. 18. (AP) Dr. Shirley W. Wynne, city health com mlasloner, said today that 40 per cent of 35 samples of liquor taken from restaurants and cafea proved, on analysis, to be "Imitation whis key." The samples contained, he aald, a small portion of whiskey with alco hol and caramel or vegetable color WILL- ROGERS BKVKRL.Y HILLS, Cal., Dec. 16. Well, I see where the boss says things aro going along as well as he expected and that he is not going to stabilize the dollnr. Now that will do just as much good as if he had said that he would. Maybe more, for funny thing about the bg men and financiers: after they have realized and got it set in their head they are not going to have their own way, why like an old steer, they sulk a little bit and then join the herd. Everybody likes to make a dollar his way but if he finds he is not allowed to make it his way, why be is not going to overlook the chance of making it your way. . CUU sllKsMlitrillHkk tav
