Medford Stores Will Remain Open Saturday .777 8:30 p. m.
The Weather
Forecast: Vnsettled with occasional
rain. Little change In tempera-,
ture. ,
Highest yesterday ...JmWhhw.hw. 55
I, out i t this morning .................... 86
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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 22, 1933.
No. 234.
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I NkyS I GENERAL WARNING
By PAUL MALI.ON.
(Copyright, 1933. by Paul Mallon )
Virtue.
WASHINGTON, Deo. 23. Mr. Roose
velt ha a neat way of making a vir
tue out of & necessity, ao that no one
knows the difference.
All political leaders atrlve to mas
ter that trick but few have been able
I to approximate the finesse which ap
pears to come natural to the Presi
dent. He showed his mastery to best ad
vantage In his Blue Eagle executive
orders. The White House announced
firmly that he was Issuing the order
continuing the campaign. The im
plication was clear that everything
avas Just perfect, that nothing was
being changed, that the program was
to go on as usual.
That Is the way the story went out
Pnct.
The truth Is that Mr. Roosevelt
does not have the legal authority to
continue the Blue Eagle as la. Aai
be did not try to do It.
That program rests on Individual
contracts Mr. Roosevelt signed with
each employer. Those contracts ex
pire January 1. They cannot be re
newed unices each employer agrees.
If the President tried to get a spe
cific agreement from each employer.
t. waiiM Via difficult and Dosslblv em
barrassing. Everyone Inside and out
side knows that phase of the na
program has been least successful.
Borne employers would not sign again.
(A majority probably would.)
Ill t 9nnMlt A A In hid DBW
1 executive order was to Invite holders
of the Blue Eagle to continue unaer
t. ho merelv keeolnff their Blue Eaele
signs up. Whether that constitutes
legal renewal of the contract Is
MiiBt.!An for la.wvers to determine.
at an rat, nil a man has to do
now to get out of the Blue Eagle is
to take down ms aign.
That makes It a lot different from
what It was before.
AAlesmanshln.
Am Man fMH0fT nmOf Of blS abil
ity lay behind his executive order
authorizing federal loans to
tee Valley citizens for the purchase
jwtulnment.
The way the announcement wis
made. It sounded like a minor -perlment
designed solely to encour
... i.mt.it oanltal to follow suit.
The fact la that those who Inves
tigated Inside the Muscle Shoals ares
found that the power development
was encountering a serious problem.
New electrical current facilities were
being provided with prospects that
they could no ne mt"j -
....... Mnimiri had no money.
The great masses of poor people
have no funds to buy eiecinc
m.AinN. heaters. Irons, refrig
.,.. .rM uch. In that condition
they were not likely to become sales
i.... th. jmhlect of chap
electricity. The Whole experiment
might fall on that unexpected point.
Merry
t. .viwiit.lv. of a large corpora
tlon enscrlbed hia Christmas cards to
friends as follows:
"An old wish not yet taxed, Ucens.
a n .tihiiiml: not NRA manufac
tured. AAA production controlled, or
AFL organized: nor gold content re
duced, paper money value Inflated, or
brain trust1 regulated, on which
there have been no hearings. Inves
tigation, or radio broadcasts Is to
wish you a Merry Christmas ana
Happy New Year."
tintUfnrtlon.
t .in v. Murrv Christmas for the
large food compsnles, even If Santa
Claua never comes near m.
merrv because they were
able to get the handling of the food
codea away from tne noeraia m
AAA and into tne bm.
A food company lawyer was ao anx
lous for the transfer that before
hand he wrote out a draft of a Pre!
n.ntiai nri.r maklnff the transfer.
tvii. u not the order the President
finally Issued. That one was written
by government lawyers.
ithie.Peiirlllnf.
The transfer permits Clarence Fran
els, vice-president of General Poods
company, to keep an eagle eye on the
codes.
Insiders at the NRA are blaming
him for alterations In the main food
. 4. ti,.m rttnn are mid to have
been eliminated: (1) That the gov
ernment have accesa to company
books: (2) That there be a consumer
representative on the code author'ty.
and (31 the grades and standards re
quirement. A section was Included proposing a
price mark-up feature.
Those changes will NOT stick. Mr
P.oovrlt Is a heartless copyreader on
codes. He lo net use a pencil, bu'.
a typewriter.
Nnlc.
One of the leading New York busi
ness advisory services Is out currently
with a confidential prediction of a
business upturn for the first to
, months of the New Year. It pred.cti
internment financing trouble to te
encountered after that
Co&Unueci on Fh
ISSUED AS WATER
SLIDES INCREASE
Worst Conditions in Many
Years Reported in Area
Drained by Willamette and
Lower Columbia Rivers
General Winning
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 22. (AP)
"Don't venture out on the high
ways unless you absolutely have
to."
This general warning was Issued
today by the Oregon Motor asso
ciation which refused to guarantee
for more than 30 minutes any
road Information given during the
day as flood and slide conditions
along the major highways grew
worse.
PORTLAND, Dec 22. P) All
highways between Portland and
Seattle were blocked today by
flood waters and earth slides.
Deep water over the highway
at Woodland, and a slide between
Kalama and Kelso prevented use
of the highway and a huge earth
and rock slide barred the road at
Prescott, on the Oregon side.
Nearly 500 automobiles, Includ
ing several stages and trucks,
were lined up at the Prescott
blockade, unable to proceed and
unable to turn around.
PORTLAND, Dec. 23. (AP) One
of the worst floods In many years
for the area drained by the Willam
ette and lower Columbia rivers was
predicted by the weather bureau to
day. --- . . . -.. . ,
Edward L. Wells, federal meteorolo
gist, warned that the unprecedented
heavy rains over the Willamette val
ley are forcing the Willamette to rise
rapidly.
"There is nothing to check the rise
at the moment," he declared.
The upper Willamette and Its roar
ing tributary, the Santlam, were
booming higher In their banks.
Willamette Goes High.
The Willamette reached a stage of
20.7 feet In Portland at 8 a, m. Flood
stage Is 18 feet. The river reached
the 24-foot stage during the floods
of last June.
Failure of communication lines In
several directions made It Impossible
for the weather bureau to get re
ports on the condition of the Cowlitz
and other rivers In Washington,
which have been flooding wide areas.
While there Is another succession
of storm areas heading Inland from
over the Pacific, bringing more rain
for the Paclfto northwest, no storm
of particular violence Is expected. Re
ports from vessels In the north Pa
cific were few today. The wind di
minished on the coast during the
night, dropping to 27 miles an hour
from the south at 8 a. m. today.
Portland Deluged,
Portland had 2.48 inches of rain
during the 24-hour period, a phe
nomlnal amount In view of the ter
rific downpours experienced the past
week. At Cascade locks one of the
most torrential rains In history oc
curred from fl p. m. yesterday to 7
a. m. today. In the 14 hours, 2.0
inches of rain felt.
Salem had 1.88 inches of rain, and
other cities In the Willamette valley
were drenched.
Union Pacific railroad officials at
The Dallea were uncertain whether
trains would be able to get through
today. No detours were immediately
available for motor traffic through
the gorge.
Slide Wrecks Home.
The two-story home of the Iver
Elde family on Portland heights was
wrecked during the night when a
huge earth slide which dropped from
a hillside, crashed against it. Other
homes In the district were menaced.
Elde, his wife and small son, had
Just crawled from the building when
a second slide smashed the building
and moved It 18 feet.
Many Portland streets were blocked
by mud slides, and Terwllllger Boule
vard was closed Intermittently.
Both stage and railroad traffic to
Astoria was moving on slow schedule
today.
Woodland Flooded.
Woodland, Wash., sent a call to
Portland this morning for power
boats. The report said the flood
there was the worst In history.
The Mount Hood loop road was
blocked near Parkdale, where water
swept over the highway. Latest In
formation aald It was still possible to
go through the Wapinltla cutoff,
however.
During the day the Mosler tunnel
slide on the Columbia highway was
removed sufficiently to permit one-
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SALEM. Dec. 33. iTr Wallowa and
Grant counties today remitted about
17.000 to the state treasurer for last
half of 1931 taxes. The former paid
12354. which pays m full Its l."t
half, while Orant oounty remitted
at.fdi. fjarual parent al Its taxes.
Held In Embezzling
A'
r &s
ver a f i
siiniiitfMiiiiiiiiiiir l a ankif sWisms
David Y. Patlak, Chicago attor
ney, was held for grand jury action,
In lieu of $50,000 bond, on charges
that he embezzled $130,000 or more
from clients seeking aid from tht
Home Owners Loan Corporation.
(Associated Press Photo)
ALLEGED 'SHINERS
ARE HELD FOR U. S.
Fred O. Gamble of Rogue River,
charged with operation of an unli
censed stilt, and John Weed m an n of
-this city, .charged with rectifying
liquor contrary to the federal revenue
laws, were bound over to the federal
grand Jury yesterday. Federal charges
were filed against the pair. Enforce
ment of liquor violations now rests
with the government. If It concerns
revenue angles of the traffic.
Under the federal law, operation of
a still, unless licensed, having a dis
tillery's permit, is Illegal. State laws
governing the same were repealed.
Wcedmann Is alleged to have en
gaged In the rectification of liquor,
and when arrested, had 20 gallons of
synthetic liquor in his possession, ac
cording to the state police.
Weed m an n la also accused of the
theft of a beef from Nichols and Ash
pole, and will probably be held on
the state charge first. Two men.
alleged to be partners of Weedmann
are also held. Other alleged opera-,
tions of Weedmann are under In
vestigation, Including suspicion of
theft of a large amount of ham and
bacon.
Weedmann has been a resident of
this section for more than a year, and
originally came from Coos county.
Oamble was arrested a week ago
at his cabin In the Rogue River sec
tion, and beside the operation of
still, is alleged to have set a trap
gun in the trail leading to his cabin,
as a protection against raiders. This
is a felony under Oregon law, and a
state charge will protwbly be filed.
A green colored ctrlng led from the
trail to the trap gun, which was on
a hair-trig per.
Reports to the authorities Indicate
that a small boy, traveling the trail,
narrowly escaped death or Injury.
YULE PARTY SATURDAY
Fifteen skits will be presented to
morrow evening st 7:43 o'clock at the
Eagles party, which members of the
order are giving for their children.
In the lodge hall. All children thir
teen yeara old and younger will re
cede treats from the Chrlstmaa tree,
at 8:43. at the close of the program.
All membera of the lodce and their
children are requested to attend.
14,000 POUNDS OF PORK
FOR COUNTY RELIEF USE
With 14,000 pounds of government
pork to be distributed In Jackson
county, announcement wa made to
day by the county relief committee
that all distribution of the pork i
to be over and above the present
average consumption of these particu
lar foods by the families and persons
to receive them.
"They are Intended to augment
and not be In lieu of present relief
standards." the announcement statet.
Indicating which persons may re
ceive the pnrk. the bulletin says tht
"the distribution of surplus .com
modities may be mda in each locality
to all persons and UmUKc on relief
3
IN BATTLE
Sensational Raid On Apart
ment Hideout Ends Ca
reers of Suspected Bank
Bandits Arsenal Found
rmrinn. nee. 23. f API A banc!
of aharp-shootlng Chicago policemen
bent on capturing John DUllnger ana
members of his ring o: escapes
Tnrilana convicts, wrote finis to the
careers of three other gunmen with
bullets In a sensational raid on an
apartment In the Rogera park dls-
trlct.
In a short, but decisive, gun fight
the police shot and killed the trio last
night, and for two houra afterward
believed that their vlctlma were DU
iincw. and two of hla lieutenants,
Jack Hamilton and Harry Plerpont.
Fingers Reveal Identity.
Finger prints taken from the dead
men, however, revealed that they
were Louis Katewlts. 38, and Charlea
Tattlebaum, 30, alias Chuck Tllden,
both of whom were suspected of help
ing to hold up the Union National
bank of Streator, 111., and Sam Olna
burg, 33, a paroled convict from the
Michigan atate prison at Jackson.
A total of sSS.OOO-svaa obtained in
the bank ' robbery which occurred
May 16. 1032.
Katewlts and Tattlebaum had been
sought since last June J5 when they
escaped from Jail at Ottawa, 111.
Receiving a "tip" from an unidenti
fied Informant that the first floor
.rortm.nt t. 142 I"arweU avenue
was a hideout .for DUllnger and hla
men, 19 picked officers, led by Super
vising Captain John Stege, swooped
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CONTROL BOARD
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 33. (API
Representatives of sll divisions of the
milk Induatry producers, distribut
ors and dealera have pledged aup
port to the atate milk control board,
created by the special session of the
legislature.
Members of the board E. O. Har
lan of Eugene, chairman and admin
istrator; O. M. Plumber of Portland.
Burge Mason of Klamath Falla met
here Thursday to establish headquar
ters and confer with members of the
Industry.
The board has power to license all
establishments where milk Is sold aa
an article of merchandise; to set
the price to be paid the producer
and the price to the .conaumer; to
designate "milk aheda" rrom wnicn
milk ahall be produced for a mar
ket, or sales area outlined by the
board, and to employ agenclca to
handle and dispose of surplus mult.
ILLINOIS SALES
TAX IS LAWFUL
SPRINOFIELD. 111., Dee. 22. (AP)
The 2 per cent retail aalea tai
law was upheld as consuiuuonai
today by the Illinois aupreme court.
The court also upheld the diver
sion of gssollne tax funda to the
financing of unemployment relief.
The aales tax declalon, s victory for
the admlnlatratlon. validated the use
of salea tax revenues for unemploy
ment relief and will permit the gov
ernor to proceed with his plana to
eliminate or reduce the atate tax on
property next year.
rolls, to able 'persona employed on
clvi) works projects, to families not
on relief rolls, but In need of relief,
including families whose heads are
employed on civil works projects '
The latter Includes mother s aid,
old age astUUnf-e. relief through
private welfare societies, etc... AM
beneficiaries must be selected on the
basis of Investigation. Names of per
sons to submitted, shall be furthered
to the county relief committee and
the surplus food la to be distributed
by the committee to the persons or
families so recommended and ac
cepted, through the regular public
relief rolls in the various localities.
Silver Coinage Ordered
By Roosevelt to Hasten
Commodity Price Boost
Sadden Expansion of Monetary Program
Will Add Million? to Nations
Mine Wealth, Spar Exports
By WILLIAM L. BEALK
Associated Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON, Dec. 32. (AP) Silver coinage today waa commanded
by President Roosevelt in a sudden expansion of his monetary plana for
lifting commodity prices.
By proclamation, he opened federal
mints to newly-mined silver In a
program estimated to push the met
al's price from around 43 to 64 Vi
cents an ounce, add millions to the
nation's mining d wealth and spur
exports to silver-using countries.
Silver produced domestically from
today until December 31, 1937, will
be accepted by the mints. Half will
be coined and returned In dollars to
the producer, .half surrendered to
the government and held In reserve.
Ratifies Silver Pact
Mr. Roosevelt's proclamation for
mally ratified the London silver
agreement by which It was under
stood the United States would ab
sorb annually at least 24.431.410
ounces of its silver production, ap
proximately the 1933 output.
Simultaneously with promulgation
of sliver coinage, the administration
evidenced anew Its Intention to con
tinue gold buying. The RFC in
creased funds set aside for such pur
chases from 76,000,000 to $100,000,
OOOand disclosed Vi&t 607,485 ounces
had been acquired domestically for
(16,976,000. Thus the weight of both
gold and silver will go on the Roose
velt lever tinder commodity prices.
Itotlo Manltntned
A hint of other moves to come
in the governments' march toward a
commodity dollar was contained In
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OF RURAL HOIS
With Medford the headquarters for
the Southern Oregon district on the
rural housing survey for Josephine
and Jackson counties, 11 field work-
era, three clerks, one home economist
and one consulting contractor will
be put to work early next week, Miss
Clarlbel Nye, state chairman of the
world housing survey, announced this
afternoon. The survey is a CWA pro
ject.
Selections of persons to fill the
positions were being made today by
Miss Nye and announcement will be
made Sunday aa to those who will be
in enlarge of the offices to be es
tablished In the county court house,
through the courtesy of the county
court,
' Jackson and Josephine countt
have been selected as representative
of southern Oregon, and 2000 rural
farm houses will bs visited by the
workers hero. The questionnaires to
bs filled out have been prepared
and furnished by the federal gov-
ernment, and sre expected to give
valuable and accura V Information
as to the homes of rural America.
The survey will determine the
needed Improvements and change
needs, Including extra rooms, or
new houses. It Is the plan of the
government, Mlas Nye pointed out,
to obtain the estimates of coat of
the necessary Improvements, and. If
found advisable, long time loans will
be arranged by the government, to
encourage persons living In the ru
ral areaa to repair and Improve their
homes.
T?iU move Is to Increase .employ
ment by putting men to work on
the houses, the sale of building ma
terial and similar work.
Th survey la to begin next week,
with the 11 field workers under the
Joint supervision of Mrs. Mabel C.
Mack, Jackson county home demon
stration agent, and Mrs. Sarah
Wertz, Josephine county home dem
onstration agent. The three clerks,
home economist and consulting con
tractor will be In the offices for 10
weeks, and tht field workers will
be employed for five weeks, Miss Nye
said. The offices will be opened next
Tuesday morning.
Mrs. Mack and Mrs. Wertr, have
both requested the co-operation of
the rural residents when the work
ers call at their homes to make this
survey, as the various districts In
the two counties will be visited.
Miss Nye, who Is spending today
here conferring with Mrs. Mack, Is
being assisted on tht state commit
tee by Professor William OHmore of
the engineering department of Ore
gon SUte college, also Paul V. Marls,
director of extension work, and Ava
B Milan, dean of the school of home
economics, both of Oregon State col
leee, who bold tht positions of ad-
STOCKS LEAP UP
NEW YORK, Dec. 33. (AP) Net
gains of around 13, to 1 10 for most
stocks, advances of 3 cents or more
a bushel for wheat, a rise of 95 cents
to ai.25 a bale net In cotton and
improvement In many other com
modities measured the reaction of
speculative markets today to the gov
ernment s new silver program.
Stocks with a burst of strength and
around their day's highs. The market
had reacted from an opening up
surge, but rallied vigorously again In
the laat half hour. Metal shares were
the feature.
Silver features showed net advances
of about 1 to 1 cents after opening
advances or a to 3 cents.
U. S. Smelting, leading the proces
sion, closed at 109.37, up i 10.37. Di
rectors, meeting In Boston, declared
an extra dividend of 3 60 a share,
Other final prices were: American
Smelting. i46, up $0.12: Cerro de
Pasco Copper $36.75, up $4.75; Allied
chemical $140, up $8.80; American
Can $07.63, up $4.13; Chrysler $84.87,
up $4.50; Johns-Manvllle $58.75, up
3.13; Du Pont $93, up $4.62; Auburn
$54.50, up $5: Case $68.63. up $4;
American Metals $20, up $2.50. Lig
gett & Myers 'B" was off $4 at $78.
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Postmaster W.' J. Warner announc
ed today that In order to accomodate
the public, a general delivery and
Atamp window will be kept open at
tne pastor rice Saturday evening until
about 0 o'clock. The money ordor and
postal savings windows will close at
1 o'clock In the afternoon, as usual,
Orders from the postal department
offices In Washington state that no
mall la to be delivered on Sunday
or Monday (Christmas day), with the
exception of special delivery pack
ages. The peak of the Christmas mail
was reached yesterday, Mr, Warner
said, and today's incoming fetters and
packagea were not as numerous as
Thursdsy. All deliveries of mall i
being made so thst the poslofflce It
cleared after each shipment.
VATICAN CITT, Dee. 22. (AP)
The pope's snnual Christmas address
will be delivered at noon Saturday,
it was announced today.
Although Pope Pius has not fully
decided, prelates said the message
probably would be broadcast on a
19 84 meter wave, 16.130 kilocycles.
The time would be 6 p. nr. eastern
standard.
WILD JAMBOREE STAGED
AT SILVER MINING CAMP
LEADVIIXK, Colo., Dec. 33. (API
Wild with Joy over President Roose
velt's silver purchasing plan, this
Colorado allvcr mining camp was the
scene of s riotous all-night celebra
tion that continued today.
The ateep atreeta of the two mile
high town were thronged with mining
men from all over the allver-produc-lng
district, alx-guns barked through
out the night, and purveyors of
"Leadvllle moon," a time-honored
beverage, did s brisk business.
Miners gathered In groupa and
speculated on how aoon they could
et back Into to bills to dig for the
Woman Wakening
After Enjoying
Two Years Sleep
OAK PARK, HI., Dec. 33. (AP)
Patricia Magulre, who has been
In a sound sleep for the last two
years, is ahowtng signs of waking
up.
Although still unconscious, she
has shown encouraging signs of
progress. She sits up without aid
for one or two .hours a day, and
her reactions to heat, cold and
hunger are more nearly normal.
She mumbles audibly when un
comfortable, but her words are
still unintelligible.
CHRISTMAS TRADE
OF HUGE VOLUME
NEW YORK, Dec. 33. yp) Dun
Bradstreet says In Its weekly trade
review that business In all divisions
appears to be reacting favorably to
the stimulus of the national recovery
program and that a Christmas trade
of nearly record proportions Is In
dicated. The review says unfavorable signs
have all but disappeared under the
"convincing attestation of recovery"
found on every ride. Including "an
imposing array of dividend resump
tions and Increases and signs of re
Tlval In the capital goods industries."
"The final week of Christmas buy
ing more than exceeded the highest
totals which had been placed for It,
the review aays. "In some of the
large centera preliminary estimates of
sales for the entire Christmas season
were more than surpassed before tne
flnl wecK had been reached.
"Lame factory payrolls, the extw
aion of emergency relief Jobs, and the
release of millions of dollars impound
ed in closed banks have all helped
to swell the consumers' purchasing
power, snd the nationwide readine-a
to accept the renewal of the blanket
code through the first four months
of 1934 Is an indication of the eagei
neaa with which public action now is
being recruited in the endeavor to
give unified support to the progres
sive recovery movement.'
The review points to Increased
freight oar loadings. Increased elec
tric output, larger lumber output and
unusually high steel production as
some of the things already accomp
lished to make representative Indus
trial Indices "more encouraging than
at any time since ths early part of
September."
WAaSHINOTON. Dec. 23. ) T1S
Amerlcsn Railway association an
nounced today that loadings of reve
nue freight for the week ended De
cember 16 were 554,832 cars, an In
erase of 17.329 over the preceding
week, marking the first time since
1010 tha trevenue freight , loadings
have shown an Increase over the cor
responding preceding week Instead of
the usual seasonal decline at this
period of the year.
The total for ths week of Decem
ber 16 was an increase of 39,063 over
the same week in 1032, but was 38,
338 lower than the corresponding week
in 1031.
8AN FRANCISCO. Dm. S3. (AP)
Ths flrat monthly advance sines last
Julf In general bualneas activity on
the Paclrio coast was recorded dur
ing November by the Index of West
ern Business published by the Wells
Fargo Bank ii Union Trust com
pany. The Index atood at (6.1 per cent
of the 1023-1D39 average. This was
8.8 points shove that of a year age
60.7, and 13.8 polnta ahovs the de
presalon low 63.4 In March 1033.
From this low there was a rise to
71.8 In July, and a later decline,
with October at 648.
pale yellow metal that made many
mlltlonalrea In tha era of "Haw"
Tabor.
Impromptu celebrations Included
cheera for "Roosevelt, allver and Santa
Clau,."
Shopkeepers aald It reminded them
of "old - time Chrlstmaa buying
spreea."
Clustered on every street corner
were miners discussing what a silver
mining revival will mean In reopen
ing aoms of the famous allver pro
ducing mines and putting a big ahars
of ths region's unemployed back to
work.
COAST BUSINESS
ON HIGHER PLANE
11 TAX ON
$5 FOR BEER IS
TENTATIVE PLAN
Bill Approved by House Com
mittee Would Bring $300,
000,000 Revenue From
Hard Liquor First Year
WASHINGTON, Deo. 32. UP)
The house ways and means commit
tee today approved tentatively a
liquor tax bill estimated to bring In
$470,000,000 Including revenue from
beer.
By a vote of 13 ayes to 9 Republi
cans voting present, the committee
adopted a levy of $3 a gallon on dis
tilled spirits, estimated to bring In
$300,000,000 In revenue on an esti
mated consumption of 150,000,000
gallons the first full post repeal year.
The committee rejected the admin
istration's proposal for allocation of
portion of the liquor revenue to
the state because of many diffi
culties, Chairman Doughton an
nounced.
To Ponder Tariff
The committee will meet later to
day to act on the administration's
double tariff proposal by which the
administration would bs enabled to
enter Into bargaining negotiations with
foreign exporting countries. Doughton
said, however, that every indication
was the present tariff of $5 a gal
lon on spirits would stand for the
present. He Intimated the ad minis
tratlon would submit legislation for
reciprocal trade agreements not only
including liquor but other Importa
tions. $5 Bute on Beer
The committee also, made a flat $5
a barrel rate on beer. At present
3.2 beer bears the $5 rate but all
brew of alcoholic content greater now
is subject to a $6 a barrel tax.
Tax experts told Doughton that
beer was producing revenue at tht
rate of $160,000,000 a year, and esti
mated wine revenue through domes
tic excise taxes would net $10,000,
000.
Ths rates on wine agreed upon to
day follow;
Wine of alcohol lo content of 14 per
cent or less by volume, 10 cents a
gallon; 14 to 31 per cent, 30 cents;
31 to 34 per cent, 40 oenta a gallon,
whlls all wines and brandies contain
(Continued on Pago Seven)
TWO FATALITIES IN
'SI
SALBM, Dec. 22. p) Two fstal
Itles resulted from Industrial acci
dents the past week, the Induatilal
Accident commission reported today.
There were a total of 871 accidents
In Oregon during that time.
Those killed were A. L, Hunter of
Falls City, a choke setter, and Geora
Kastler of Dallas, fireman.
WILL-
ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, Calif.,
Deo. 21. That Mussolini is a
"darb." In ono day ho inter
viewed 92 mother" with a gross
total of 1288 children, which
divides out to about 11 head
per each.
While our great slogan for
the perpetuation of civilization
was "a car in every garage,"
Mussolini's was "a baby in ev
ery arm and more if you can
carry, 'em." Ho knows no
nBtion ever become great on
garages. You can't win a war
in a Ford sedan or repol an in
vasion in a Chevrolet coupe.
These other dictators think
they are doing some "dictat
ing" when they announce a
budget quota, but when you
start laying out a maternity
quota for the women, then you
are really in the dictating busi
ness. That makes these other
dictators look like amateurs.
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