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Mebford Mail Tribum nttcb tut XHIHLNK'sl CLASSIMfcD 4118 . Lota of cood bargains I thai mill genuine I ff Lowest this morning . ....... 42 I tarings. Twenty-eisrhth Year MED FORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1933 No. 231. rui IfL an wn JV The Weather Fore exit: Unsettled with occasional rain tonight and Wednesday, Little change In temperature, Hlrhett yesterday at Mi FBES i By PAUL MAM.ON. (Copyrighted, 1933. by Paul Mallon.) Trading. WASHINGTON. Dec. 19. The new dealers amlle and look th. other way when you ask why Greece sud denly changed her mind about pro tecting Samuel Insult. They have a reason to. They tried every open diplomatic means of making the Greeks release the dethroned utility king, with no success whatever. They sent special 4 representatives to plead with ttie Greek courts. They denounced the extradition treaty with Greece In one of the sharpest notes that ever went out of the state department. All . Greece did was to shrug Its shoulders and pat Insult on the back. Th. tactlca that later brought re sults were more subtle. It la clesr that you can chalk the matter up as another victory for our new gen eral International policy of Yankee trading. Sllbletlei. It seems that American Minister Mac Veagh at Athens was Instructed from Washington to bring a little informal economic pressure to bear. He did nothing official. But he let the Greek government know In devl- ous ways that If It wanted Insult It would have to peddle its onves ana olive oil somewhere else than the United States. That Is a language the Greeks un derstand. Their exports to US amount to lees insa ten numvn uvi- lara annually In current bad ex change times, but ten million Is Im portant to them. Simultaneously the Greek minis ter here was seen In state depart ment corridors seeking a good quo ta for Greek wines. He noted that he was unable to get any consider ation. If he was not told outright, he was at least led to to believe j that the Insult case had a bearing ' on wines. Within three days after the tem " " porary wine quota list was given out Greece announced its decision to re linquish Insult. Skipper, Just call Mr. Roosevelt "skipper". All the Inner circles do In private. They hit on that accurate person al title because of Mr. Roosevelt's manner of Issuing codes. He acts aa If his governmental associates were the friendly members of the erew of his yacht, and they gener ally respect him In the ssme way. Tou may recall that Mr. Hoover's Inner associates formerly called him "The Chief." Quletutde. There will be fewer public speech es from General Johnson .hereafter, and fewer national radio appear ances. That much seems to have been decided between Johnson and ths White House, but the resson la not clear. Probably the time for speech making has passed. The general has plenty else to do. It Is generally understood Inside that anyone who wants ths general to make a speee.'fc. now should first get approval from the White House. Verbiage. Johnson's literary secrets were ex posed In that consumers council meeting recently at the White House. The exposing done by his consumer aide, Mary Ramsey. She told the assemblsge that when the general was at West Point he wrote short stories. He turned out a lot of them and they were good enough to make him believe he might have a future In the short story field. But the point she msde was that the picturesque lsnguage used by the general In the NRA campaign Is taken from these old stories. They reeked with "neanderthalers," "chls elers" and crack downs." Fain Pas. Agriculture Secretary Wallace step ped on the toes of consumer work era at that White House conference. He thought the offorts of the gov ernment so far In that respect had not been effective and said so. He described the work as mostly o( the club-study-group type. Wallace must have seen the looks on the faces of the club women there assembled, because .he hsstened to add: 'But that la all to the good. It's all to the good." Nonpnrtlsanshlp. Director Douglas of the consumer council movement said he would soon have 3100 local councils creat ed on a atrlctly non-political, non partisan basis. One of the local council women nudged her neighbor and whispered: "It lnt true; they only appoint Democrats." If Dr. Douglas had hesrd her ths meeting mifcht have become more lively. He Is sincerely trying to keep politics out of his outfit. You will know the answer shortly when names of your local councilors are announced. Note.. You rarely see a dry lobbyist In tills town any more. They overran it ten years ago. The other day P. Scott Mr-Bride (anti-saloon lesguei walked Into the ways and means committee, and no one recognized him. The wave and means committee 1 tax situation is a fair Ilrst example of what usually happens when cong- CosUcuea on Page Courj COASTAL DISTRICT MENACE FLOOD ONSL Two Lives Lost. Shipping Harried Communica tions, Traffic Disrupted Trees Fall Across Roads ASTORIA, Ore., Dec. 19. (APJ Re ports from Nehalem city, a email com munity near Seaside, said today most of the buildings there were flooded, that one man was missing and per haps drowned, and that there had been considerable loss of stock In the Tldeland section, the result of terrific downpours and flooding creeks. Olenn Wolf, a Tldeland farmer, was reported missing, and searching parties were seeking for him In boats. SEATTLE, Dec. 18. (AP) Fresh gales howled down from the north today, persistently hounding shipping to cover, harrying workers who tolled to restore communications In the flooded coast cities, and deluging In undated lowlands until they became a health menace. New Storm Warnings. New storm warnings were broken out by the Seattle weather bureau In gales of wind, rain and sleet that ranged from 45 to 60 miles an hour and sent heavy seas crashing on coasts that had seen four ships dis abled and countless small craft shat tered. Only two lives had been re ported lost. AH along the coast of Washington and Oregon communication and power lines had been flattened, traffic arteries washed by water and blocked by slides and fallen trees, city streets sluiced by overflowing rivers, high tides and heavy rain. The Portland weather bureau promised some respite from the tor rential rains, -which slacked some what In Washington also, though the high winds broke out anew. PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 19. (AP) Diminishing winds and respite from the torrential rains which poured down on northwestern Oregon, were promised by the weather bureau here today. Transportation, communica tion and highway officials began an Immediate survey of loss and damage. Communication Cut. Some coast cities and towns re mained cut off from communication with Portland. Only Intermittent telephone and telegraph communica tion was possible with Astoria. Mo torists were cautioned that the lower Columbia highway was to be used only In case of urgent necessity. Two hundred or more trees have crashed across the highway In the three-day storm, endangering motorists and taking out all wires along the road. Only occasionally would wire ser vice permit communication with Tillamook and Newport, other north coast population centers. The Willamette river at Salem rose 7.4 feet in 24 hours to a stage of 14 feet and 3.3 feet at Portland to ft state of 13.3 feet. 4 PAROLED YOUTH B. T. Bailey. 99, who this fsll was psroled from the Oregon stste peni tentiary, was arrested this momlr.g by city police, on chargea of obtalnln; money under false pretenses. Bailey allegedly passed a check for $3 at the Wltham Super Service station, drawn on the First National bank of this city. He does not have an account there, officers said. Bailey la said to have made a down psyment on a radio with the check, at the service ststion last nigm. The young man was sentenced vo the penitentiary last year for a two- year term, for stealing some guns from the car driven by State Police Ssrgeant James O'Brien. Honest Whiskey Labels Sought of Government rJEW YORK, Dec. 1 (AP) Dr. Shirley W. Wynne, city heslth com missioner, sought federal eo-opere-tlon today In bis effort to secure what he calls honest labels on whisky bottles. Driving ahead with bis proposal to mske vasue labeling punishable here as a misdemeanor, he said: "It Is all very well for New York City to prescribe thst a full state ment of contents be Included on the label, but the only practical way to Insure the contents of the bottles Is to exercise a supervision where they sre filled, and that Is a federal mat ter." Dr. Wynne had announced he would make public Uua week a "black TACOMA MAROONED BY FLOODS A highway bridge on the outskirts of Tacoma, Wash, with a span torn out by flood waters which virtually isolated the city for part of a day. It was the worse flood since 1917. (Associated Press Photo) City Liquor Ordinances Needed While State Is Organizing New Set-Up EUGENE, Deo. 19. (AP) Adoption of a uniform liquor ordinance by all cltiea of the state for the control of liquor ealea during the Interim in which the state machinery for dis pensing liquor is being set up prob ably will be recommended by the state liquor control commission in Portland Wednesday. This was announced today by Geo. H. McMorran, chairman of the com mission, who left Eugene this after noon for Portland. Word from A. J. Tourtelotte, Port land accountant who was commis sioned to go to Vancouver to study the Canadian system, indicated that It would be Impossible for the com mission to set up an adequate system within the short period of 30 days as was at first considered by the com mission, McMorran said. In order to give citizens of Oregon an opportunity to buy liquor legally during the Interim, the commission expects to ask cities to pass an ordi nance covering the situation. "It is likely that city attorneys from strategic sections of the state will be asked to cooperate in framing a uni form ordinance that can be adopted by all cities of the etate," McMorran said. He said he did not know whe ther the attorneys would be asked to FARMS FOR CWA CORVALLIS, Ore., Dec. 19, (AP) Fifty skilled unemployed persons, mostly women, will be hired soon to mske a quick survey of 6000 rural ,home buildings on Oregon farms for the accumulation of accurate data for the government. The announcement was msde by Paul V. Marls, director of the Ore gon State college extension service, and CWA fund will be used In the work, which will be started aa soon as the extension service receives the money. Miss Clarlbcl Nye, state leader of home economics extension, has been selected as chairman for the Oregon survey. WASHINGTON, Dec. IS. (API Secretary Perkins said today that employment In manufacturing indus tries dropped 3.5 per cent between October 16 and November 15, the first decline I nee last March. Employment in November, however, ahe said, was 20.3 per cent higher than In tse same month a year ago and 29.8 per cent higher than last March. list" of poor and Imitation whiskies. He ssld yesterday, however, he would not disclose brand name at present because he la now convinced thst abuse of the whiskey label Is so widespread thst none should be named until a more complete list can be completed. Wynne said he believed the label should show the make-up of the liquid In proportions of sged-ln-the-wood whiskey, specifying each age used: new whiskey and how new: added spirits, coloring matter, wa'er and the proof strength of the whole mixture. Dr. Dcran told the conference that three quarters of the whiskey con Mimed In this country before prohibi tion bad been blended tut flavored. P4 m-&?z meet with the commission or to draw up an ordinance and then submit It to the commissioners. McMorran believes It would be fool ish to sacrifice thoroughness in build ing the system to speed in presenting state liquor to the public. Mean while, he realizes, the people will de mand liquor and that if they cannot buy it legally they will patronize the bootlegger, something the commis- mission emphatically docs not want to happen. It Is believed that cities could adopt a uniform ordinance covering the sale of liquors till such time as the state stores could be opened. While Mr. McMorran made no sugges tions for such an ordinance, he point ed out that It must conform with the Knox law and be subject to approval of the commission. At the commission meeting In Port land tomorrow Mr. Tourtelotte will report on his investigation In Canada and the commission with its attorney will make a thorough study of the new liquor law. Asked regarding the appointment of a state administrator McMorran de clared that so far the commission had no one In mind for the post and he doubted if the appointment would be made for some time yet. SALEM, Dec. 19 yp) Funds now; In sight for construction and recon struction work on Oregon state high' ways will be depleted October 1, 1934, highway depsrtment officials au nounced today. Unless further federal funds are a p. proprolated, the 1034 road building program In Oregon will be at a stand' still at that time. The ,7,750,000 public works money and regular fed eral aid funda made available the past seven months, will be spent. Of that amount, Jobs aggregating M.250.00P have been placed under construction or contract by the high. way commission the past three mon'.hs. Further lcttlnga of 1830,000 are advertised. ELECTION DELAYS L08 ANOELES, Dec. 19. (AP) With the trial of the contest of the will of Miss Margaret Keith, eccentric and wealthy recluse. In recess over the election holiday, attorneys gath ered together evidence today In pre paration for resumption of the case tomorrow. The contest was brought by a bro ther, David, a sister, Mrs. Keith Ek rldge, and a niece, Mrs. Mary Allen Towle, after Miss Keith hsd willed her estate, valued at nearly 400,00j to Albert C. Allen. Jr., Central Point. Oregon orchardlst. SOUTH SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 19 (API Mm F.mllla da Pralo. 20-year-old opera singer and runner-up In a nationwide voice contest In 1027, was shot and killed on the front steps of her home here today. Umberto Gulstl, a suitor, walked to police headquarters and surrendered later. "1 couldn't decide whether to kill inveelf or let the Isw do It." police iel4 he announced. 10 SETTLEJIISPUTES Roosevelt's Order Will Rein force Hand of National Body for Dealing With Balky Steel Company WASHINGTON, Dec. 10. (AP) President Roosevelt has Issued an executive order defining and estab lishing the authority of the national labor board to strengthen its hand in settling labor disputes. The presidential order authorizes the board "to compose all conflicts threatening the Industrial peace of the country. Apparently designed aa a safeguard to Insure the authority of the board, which ts now at odds with the Weir ton Steel company, it aays: "All action heretofore taken by this board in the discharge of Its fuivtlons Is hereby approved and ratified." The order defines the powers of the board, giving It authority to settle "by mediation, conciliation or arbitra tion" all controversies between em ployers and employes. PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 10. ( AP) A reduction of from 40 cents to 80 cents an hour In wages paid women workers was approved today by the national control committee of the lumber industry NRA code authority on appeal of the Pacific Veneer Package subdivision of the Industry. The wage reduction is applicable to all plants of the subdivision In Ore gon, Washington and California, and to the box factories in Colorado and South Dakota. After announcing this decision the committee retired to executive session to fix the 1034 production quotas for all divisions of the lumber In dustry In the United States. SALES TAX FIGHT SALEM, Dee. 19. (AP) Another state-wide campaign for and against a sales tax swung Into full stride to day. Attorney General X. H. Van Winkle was preparing a ballot title for the measure, preliminary referendum pe titions having been filed late yester day. The petitions may be circulated as soon as the ballot title is handed down. If completed petitions are filed before March 9, the salea tax will be placed on the ballot at the May primary election, GUEST OF PELLEHE'S SEES TRADE L. D. Sanderson, representative of a large wholesale jewelry house In San Francisco, Is spending the holi days with Mr. and Mrs. Moser D. Pellette. Mr. Sanderson covers all the western territory along the coast and reports general conditions are stead ily improving In a business way. He la an old friend of the Pellettes aa well as of Mrs. Pellette 'a father, R. H. Whitehead, who ts spending the winter In California. Pear Markets CHICAGO. Dec. 19. P ( VSDA) Pear auction: Three cars Oregon ar rived, six on track, three sold. Oregon Bosc, 551 boxes ex. fn., 11.65-1,79, average $1,69; 500 boxes fancy, I2.U5-3.20, average 12.13. NEW YORK, Dec. 19. (UflDA) Pesr auction: Seven can arrived, 1 New York, S Oregon, 3 Washington unloaded, B on track, market illgh.17 a ro ner. Oregon Bosc: 720 boxes fair and bet ter, $2.20-3 40, average 12 28; 433 boxet ex. fan., 12 60-2 53. average 12 52: 298 boxes fancy. 2 45-2 50, average 12 4B; 484 boxes ex an., as Is, 9i.60-l.75, aversgnl,87; 208 boxes fancy, aa Is, $1.50-1.65, average $153. Howell: 788 boxes ex fan., $1.00 1.85, average $1.78. Anjous: 1440 boxes ex fan., $2.40 2.65, average $2.4tf. GOLD PRICE REMAINS SAME AS YESTERDAY WASHINOTON. Dec. 10. (AP) A domestic gold price of $34.00 an ounce was maintained by the govern ment today for the second time. . This peak was reached yesterday when a five cent Increase lifted the RFC quotation above the two week level of $34.01. 4 Ktpnrt Wheat PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 10 (AP A bid of 73 cents a buA'iel was made by the emergency export corporation tor soft whit whst for fore tun ship ment. This was the same as yeiter dav'i quotation. ISPtRWAyFmS RFC EXTENSION ANOTHER YEAR Bolstering of Depleted Cof fers Will Also Be Asked When Congress Convenes Loan Power Near End WASHINGTON, Dec. 19. (AP) An extension of the lending powers of the reconstruction finance corpora tion for at least another year and a bolstering of Its depleted coffers with more millions will be asked of this session of congress by the ad ministration. Jesse Jones, chairman of the cor poration, .held the view today that as much aa an additional billion dol lars In lending power should be given his gigantic corporation. The lending authority of the RFC expires next month. The corpora tion Is now engaged in carrying on the gold purchases in the administra tion's new monetary policy and for this reason alone It was considered virtually certain that President President Roosevelt will ask its con tinuation, Jones also estimates the corpora tion could use about 500.000,000 In Its Job of opening closed banks and re-enforcing the capital structure of other banking Institutions. The RFC chairman satd the effort to thaw frozen bank, deposits al ready had accounted for loans of around 1540,000,000 for the purpose of making payments to depositors. Only yesterday the Quardlan Nation al Bank of Commerce of Detroit re ceived a. $8,000,000 loan. Meanwhile, the corpratlon today continued Us study of the possibili ties of making loans direct to In dustry. The previously arranged NRA loan plan, under which business men needing money would form mort gage companies In their own com munities In order to circumvent the present ban against direct loans, fcss not proved successful. Jones indl cated congress might be asked to change the basic law to allow loans to Industry. s WALLA WALLA, Dm. 18. (AP) Prank Lsmb, Preewstcr, Ore., fruit shipper, was killed Instantly today In sn aulo wreck five miles west of Kennewlck and Mrs. Lamb Is In a Kennewlck hospital Injured. They were en route to Yakima where Har old Lamb, a brother, operates the Lamb Fruit company. Lamb's auto sldeswlpped a truck driven by Avery Taylor of Kennewlck when the former attempted to pull past. Lamb was district trustee of North west Fruit Industries and manager of the Mllton-Freewater branch of the Lamb Fruit company. NEGROES FOSTER CUBAN VIOLENCE HAVANA, Dee. 10. (P) hootlng broke out near the Presidential pal ac in Havana shortly after noon to days aa nanus of negroes armed with sticks rosmed the streets, forcing shops which hsd closed to open. Violence which saw seven bombs exploded in the city last night, was extended into today. Soldiers and sailors patrolled the streets as the government attempted to stop the new disorders. NRA MEANS HARDSHIP IN DALLAS IS CLAIM PORTLAND, Deo. 10. (AP) Pro testing the validity of application of the NTtA lumber code In the case of the Willamette Valley Lumber com pany at Dallas, Ore., Oeorge T. Oer llnger, president of the company, testified In federal court here today that if the NRA working hour pro vision are enforced, the mill will have to discharge many employe!. Christmas Shopping Far Ahead of Previous Year NPTW YORK, Dec. 10. (AP) Christ mas trade for the first 15 days of December showed an average In crease of 18 per cent over the corres ponding period ft yer ago, ft survey of the nation's leading department stores by the National Retsll Dry Ooorts association ahows. The association reported today that in almost every city Chrhrtmaa buy lug was proceeding "at sii sccelcr ated and highly encouraging rate." The avfltage 18 per cent fain, the Mickey Mouse Has New Playfellow in Disney's Daughter HOLLYWOOD, Dee. 19. (AP) The fact that 7 noted guests were gathered at a banquet to award him a medal for "distinguished service to childhood," made no difference to Walt Disney, creator if the cartoon character of Mickey Mouse. Disney Just grabbed his hat, mumbled his thanks and hur riedly left. While the guests. Including Dr. Rufus von Klelnsmld. president of the University of Southern Cali fornia and toastmaster for the event, were expressing their Bur prise over Disney's act, word was received that Mrs. Disney, the for mer Lillian Bounds of Lewis ton, Idaho, had Just given birth to a daughter, Dianne Marie, eight pounds and two ounces. All was forgiven when the news was circu ited amoiia: the cuest. ION Li L Authority was extended today for the Impounding of bonds of the Tal ent Irrigation district, held locally, to be redeemed upon 00 cents on the dollar basis conditioned on the granting and securing of the Recon struction Finance loan of approxi mately $800,000. The Plrst National Bank of Ashland has been named depositary for Tal ent district bonds. The district di rectors are anxious that all local bondholders get In touch Immediately with either the Ashland bank or Man ager Olen Arnsplger. Likewise, It la requested that any local bondholdera of the Mcdford Irrigation district should forward their bonds to the state engineer at Salem, or get In touch with Manager Arnsplger, who will advise and ex platn details. Manager Arnsplger says that the steps are taken to facilitate action, when and If, the RFC loan Is granted. PORTLAND. Dec. ID. (P)-A cash Christmas present of $286,643 for toe Ochoco Irrigation district at Frlne vllle, and another of $03,375 for the Hood River Irrigation district, are (Continued on Page Eight) 4 Merle Ouches was found not guilty of reckless driving by Justice of ths Peace William R. Coleman, after lis tening to the evidence this morning In a complaint sworn to by Mrs. J. W. Morrison. The case waa the outgrowth of an auto accident December 0, near a "hairpin turn" on the McAndrews road, in which a car driven by Ouches and one driven by Morrison collided Both autoa were returning from a dance. There waa evidence to show Morrison had been drinking, and that whiskey bottlee had been thrown away following the accident, auction testified that ho saw Morrison at tna dance and when proffered liquor, at a price, remarked. "It looks like you are drinking up the profits." Ouches also testified that he Tt ported the accident as due to lights and unavoidable, because "I waa an old friend of the Morrisons and did not want to cause him any trouble." He said he reported the crash the following Monday. ' GET FORMAL PAPERS SALEM, Ore., Dee. 10. (AP) For mal commlmlona were Issued I te yesterday to the state liquor com missioners. The state executive officers dis patched the commissions to Chair man George H, McMorran of Eugene, James D. Burns of Condon and Alex Q. Barry of Portland. association said, compares with a 2 per cent Increase over a year ago In department store sales during No vember, as repr 'cd by the federal reserve system. Stores In the south, retailers In farming and Industrial arras and sev eral western trade centers reported the largest gains. The association reported that trade In several of the larger metropolitan areas did not show corresponding progteta. . . E AFTER DRAMATIC 25,000 JILE TRIP Flying Couple Return to Enjoy Christmas With Baby After Five Months Away Charting Skyways NEW YORK, Deo. 19. (J) Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, fin ishing a dramatic 35,000-mlle Journey over much of the globe, came home today to hang the baby's stocking up for Christmas. They alighted In the East river near College Point, Queens, at 3:30 p. m.. Eastern Stand ard time. The big red monoplane circled low over the East river, while dozens of craft set up a terrific din, and landed near the ramp of the Edo Aircraft company. Las Leg Hurried. The Lindberghs covered the last lap of their historic Journey, the ffSO- mile hop from Charleston, a. O., ut three minutes less than six hours. Lindbergh brought his plane down Into the waters of Flushing bay, about a half mile from shore. He taxied the ship to a float and while Its mo tor waa atUl Idling, work of mooring the airplane was started. Aa the big red monoplane settled gracefully Into the aun-flecked waves of the broad river, both the colonel and his wife, who has acted aa co pilot, navigator and wireless operator on the flight, stood up and smiled broadly toward the shores. Absent Five Months. The Lindberghs came home Just five months and 10 days after hop ping from New York on a thrill-packed survey flight that took them over sub-Arctic lands, Europe, Africa, South and Central America. They had hurried a, bit during the last stages of their Journey so as to be home during the holidays with John Morrow Lindbergh, their 16-months-old son. Before they alight ed they circled over Engl e wood, If. J., and dipped In f&lute to the &;M, which la at the home of his grand mother. Mra. Dwlght W. Morrow. LGOI E ATHENS, Oreece, Deo. 10. . Samuel Insult, dethroned American Utilities crar, plans to go to England when tola nolle permit In this coun try expires January 31, It was report ed here today. local British authorities, informed of the report, said If Mr. Inaull ap plied no visa would be granted him until Instructions were received from London. The 7-year-old fugitive has been remaining In bed most of the time since he was informed he would have to leave Oreece. Originally, be was told his depar ture would be expected when nls per mlt would regularly hav. expired, December 1. On hU formal appli cation, an extension was granted to Janusry 31. WILL- ROGER? SANTA 5I0XICA, Cal., Deo. 18. You sure got to give it to this administration for trying to do Bomcthing for tho down nnd out. Over in Phoenix, Ari zona, the other day I run into something that I had not read about, but I understand there is quite a few in Southwestern Htntcs. It's called a government transient camp. I went out to see 'cm. There was about 700 men and boya (lots of 'era very young) and they kept 'cm thera and fed 'cm and gave 'em clothes. They receive no money, but good food, good cots and blankets. AU had to work. Lota of 'cm were making wooden toys for the children in Phoenix for Christmas. A taxpayer can't kick on his money being spent if it is for food .fa? . ftiU MsMlmal SrisUau, bay '
