MEDFOTtD JriOL TRIBUNE, !MEDFOKD, OREGON, FRIDAY. DECEMBER 22, 1933.
PAGE THREE
COINING OF SILVER
IS COMMANDED BY
PRESUOOSEVELT
(Continued from Pag One)
the paragraph of the presidential
proclamation ;
"The present ratio In weight and
.fineness of the silver dollar to the
gold dollar shall, for the purpose of
this proclamation, be maintained un
tile changed by further order or
proclamation."
The president's order, Intended to
boost stiver's market worth to half
the legal value of 91.29 an ounce, was
Issued by authority of the Inflation
ary powers congress voted him tn the
agricultural adjustment act. It Im
mediately was hailed by Senator
pittman (D., Kev.), author of the
silver agreement written at the Lon
don economic conference.
66 Countries Agreed
This understanding between 1 68
countries against further silver de
basement and depreciation was con
tingent upon an agreement between
major silver producing countries.
Australia, Canada, Mexico, Peru
and the United States agreed to ab
sorb 35,000,000 ounces of silver an
nually for four years. China agreed
to prohibit sales of silver derived
from melting up or debasing coins,
India to limit such sales to 35,000,000
annually and Spain to 6,000,000.
ine president eaia xnaia lureaay
has put the agreement into affect
and "I understand other nations
concerned are about to act."
Mr. Roosevelt said he took the
Joint step of ratification and coin
age, "finding It proper to co-operate
with other governments and neces
sary to assist In Increasing and sta
bilizing domestic prices, to augment
the purchasing power of peoples in
silver-using countries, to protect our
foreign commerce against the ad
verse effect of depreciated foreign
currencies and to carry out the un
derstanding between the 68 govern
ments that adopted the resolution
hereinbefore referred to."
Stabilize Price
Pittman held the president's ac
tion ''undoubtedly will stabilize the
price of silver throughout the world
at 64 cents an ounce until some
other action is taken to raise It to
a .higher price."
"It will enormously increase our
export trade to these (sliver using)
countries," Pittman said. "This of
course will aid in raising commodity
prices and tend greatly to our re
covery and hasten return of normal
conditions."
President Roosevelt ordered that
the treasury's fiO per cent of the
silver turned tn to mints be held
as bullion and not be disposed of
prior to December 31, 1937, 'except
for coining Into United States coins.".
The plan was applied to "sliver here
' after produced In the United States
or Its possessions."
In proclaiming that he found It
necessary that the price of silver "be
enhanced and stabilized' Mr. Roose
velt emphasized International co-operation
in the effort. Referring to
the London agreement, he said:
Eliminate Over-Supply
"This resolution was contingent
upon an agreement between the gov
ernments of those countries produc
ing large quantities of silver and
the governments of those countries
holding or using large quantities,
looking to the elimination of an
unnatural over-supply of silver on
markets of the world.
"This agreement, of course, ' was
for the purpose of allowing demand
and supply to govern the price of
silver by the limitation and neutrall
zatlon of this over-supply derived
from the melting up of silver coins.
"India had the power to dispose
of, on the markets of the world, at
any time, and at any price, hun
dreds of millions of ounces of silver
derived from the melting up of In
dian coins In an amount equal to
the worlds' production from the
mines for a period of two years.
"This power and the uncertainty
attending Its execution was destruc
tive of the value and stability of sil
ver throughout the world."
like or 8 mills on our total tax
levy.
Now as to the burden of the aales
tax on the Individual: I do not sup
post the average family will spend
over (500 per year: that makes 760
per family for the assurance that
your children will got their school
ing. I can see where the man who has
never paid a cent of taxes, and never
Intends to pay any, will have a
squawk coming; but that class of
people had better realize that it la
about time for them to pungle up;
Just remember that the goose that
.has laid the golden egg Is mighty
sick right now and Is going to need
a lot of doctoring.
GEO. IVERSON.
yjedford, December 31.
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IN BATTLE
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The county court to date .has dis
tributed approximately 300 old age
pension application blanks. Of this
number less than a dozen have been
returned. One received was from a
resident of Lane county and will
have to be filed there.
The county court previously esti
mated there were 1600 people In this
county over the age of 70 years and
that half that number would apply.
No date has been set for consider
ation of the applications by the
county court which, under the law,
constitutes the pension board. The
first session will probably be held
within the next week or ten days.
Under the provisions of the law, ap
proval Is given only after a thorough
investigation. The pensions are pay
able in the order of their approval.
Study of the old age pension law
shows It la closely woven, providing
among other things for reimburse
ment by transfer of property and the
ability ox sons, unmarried daugh
ters and other kin to contribute to
the support of the applicant.
Communications
I
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A Christmas santate, "The Lost
Carol," by Francis Simpson and Ruth
Dale, will be presented at the M. E.
church, South, Sunday night at 7:45.
The libretto deals with an Inci
dent In the life of the composer,
Franz Oruber.
The characters are:
Franz Oruber..... Carroll Powell
Frau Gruber..... .Donna B. Taylor
Karl Muller...... .. Dolph Blue
Gruber'a son .Ray Arthur
Members of the quartet are: Mrs.
Oubler, soprano; Mrs. Chase, alto;
Dwlght Albright, tenor; Arthur E
Powell, bass. The quartet will be
assisted by the choir and a group of
carolers.
COUNTY NURSE TALKS
ON RADIO SATURDAY
Miss Blanche Rune la, county nurse,
will speak tomorrow at 11:55 o'clock
over radio station KMED concerning
the Christmas seal sale. The short
talks being given over the station
have been made possible through the
co-operation of the radio station. It
was reported this morning that the
seal money Is being turned In satis
factorily this year, tn small quantl
ties, but by many folk.
(Continued from page one)
of the Oregon National Ouard has
sent orders to various officers In the
state informing them that the orders
of the National Guard pertaining to
liquors have not been changed.
According to the letter forwarded
by Lieutenant Colonel Raymond F.
Olson at Salem, assistant chief of
staff, the training place of National
Guard units must be viewed as having
the same status as a campus of a
university or high school, wherein the
introduction of liquors would not be
countenanced any more than it will
be permitted in the Nntlonal Guard.
down on the place, posting men with
sub-machine guns at the rear to cut
off escape In that direction.
Surrender Demanded.
Captain Stege, Sergeants Frank
Reynolds, Harry Newman and Harry
Bingham remained tn front with
group of their men. After one po
liceman had forced open the door to
a stairs leading to the apartment.
Sergeant Reynolds. Detective Jack
Dawe and Captain Stege, with several
others, crept up. The bell of the
apartment was rung and when the
door was opened Sergeant Reynolds
leaped, forward, shouting, "were po
lice officers, surrender."
Instead of doing so the men at the
door fired three times, but hit no
one. Forcing his way In Reynolds
dropped his foe with two shots In
the head. The second of the trio of
gunmen also fell before Reynolds'
deadly aim, as he stood In the liv
ing room, with two pistols in his
hands. He had blazed away blindly
at Reynolds, and Captain Stege and
the other policemen, who by this
time, were storming into the place.
The third gunman, firing at the po
licemen, as he backed Into the kit
chenette, fell wounded before the
police bullets and was finally killed
by Sergeant John Daly.
Women Gives Tip.
Captain Stege said his information
that the men In the apartment were
connected with the Dlllinger gang,
came from a woman. Daniel Gilbert,
chief investigator for the state's at
torney's office said he had been in
formed that the trio knew the Dil
linger crowd, but were not allied 'With
them In their activities.
The police said they learned that
the apartment raided was that of Mr.
and Mrs. Robert Manner, who occu
pied it for about a year. Mrs. Mar
iner, and her brother, Leonard Priza-
ment, found In the same building,
were arrested . Manner was being
sought. The Investigators, however,
were unable to establish what con
nection. If any. there was between
the Manners and the slain men.
Women Seized.
Miss Jeanette Le Noble who Identi
fied herself as a sister of Mrs. Mar
iner and Lucille Scher McHanlgan, a
friend, were also seized for question
ing by the police when they at
tempted to enter the apartment after
the shooting. They were ordered held
pending the coroner's Inquest.
A veritable arsenal of guns and am
munition was found In the place.
Captain 8tge said he had estab
lished a connection the slain men had
with a $100,000 robbery of an ex
press messenger In 8t. Paul recently
and with the hitherto unsolved slay
ing of two policemen In Chicago who
were killed when they stopped to
question a number of men riding In
an automobile on West Washington
Boulevard several months ago. A re
volver found at the scene of the St.
Paul robbery, the police said, was
once carried by Katewltz.
ROLL ANNOUNCED
Ehe following pupils of the Roose
velt school were on the honor roll
for the second six weeks' period:
lawivreB nay, micoii iuuu(g,
Madeline Heath.
2B Jean Elliott, Joan Humphrey,
Betty Johnson, Joan Cox, Harry Nord
wick. 2A Lois Ann Hubbard, Richard
Stuart, Barbara Xnskeep.
3B Sh lrley Weisenberger. June
Jarmln, Betty Frye, Louis Powell.
Richard McElhose.
3 A Elsie Saunders.
5B Barton Clemens, Alfred Dod
son. 5A Reece O'Neill.
6B Mary Beth Bradflsh.
6 B Gloria Williams.
Oregon Weather
Unsettled with local rain tonight
and Saturday; little change In tem
perature; strong southerly winds offshore.
NAMED FOR PWA
REGION
PORTiiAND, Ore., Dec. 32. (AP)
Appointment of member, of the
planning board for the fifth region
of the PWA organization, comprising
Oregon, Wa&hlngton, Idaho and Mon
tana, haa been completed by the gov
ernor of the respective state. It was
aid today by Marshall N. Dana, reg
ional advisor and chairman of the
regional board.
Members of the planning board are
Charles M. Thomas. Oregon public
utilities commissioner; E. T. Banker
of Olympla, chairman of the Wash
ington Columbia basin commlsalon;
Eugene A. Cox, Lewlston, Idaho, at
torney, and J. 8. James, Montana
state engineer.
Selection of other board members
will be announced later. Each atate
board Is to consist of three cltlEens
at large and four state department
heads.
The function of the state boards
Is to prepare a program whereby each
state will receive the greatest and
best use of PWA money allocated to
the state, with special attention de
voted to the future sound economic
development of the area as well as
to immediate ends desired.
Each state board will have a plan
consultant, a technical advisor and
clerical help provided under the civil
works program.
Although liquor lawa have been
changed, Major General George White
lie's strong for Sales Tax
To the Editor:
The only thing about the col
lapse of the tax situation that haa
eistressed me Is the fact that a lot
of our sohools might have to be
closed, causing an Irreparable loss
among our children.
Then along comes a ray of hope
In the shape of the recently passed
ales tax for the relief of the school
situation. And now, along cornea a
self-seeking blatherakate, whose only
personal interest In the whole mat
ter Is that he might gain a w,hole
lot of votes for himself, and throws
a monkey wrench Into that machin
ery, and oh, how we are all going
. to be stampeded. The public does
' dearly love to be atampeded: w
need some guy with a lantern run
ning around looking for aomeone
with brains.
I secured a copy of the sale tax
bill and have studied it as well as
made some Inquiries among school
authorities as to tw working.
The situation as we face It without
the sales tsx Is that our larger school
systems, like Medtord or Ashlsnd.
could pull through because there Is
a chsnre to do a lot of trimming:
but the smaller districts fsce the
almost certainty of being unable to
open again next September, and It
Is going to be the farmer's children
that will not get the schooling. Now
with the sales tax, we can see this:
Our general levy of 10 per pupil,
and our district levies amount t
about 13.000,000 and about half
of this Is being paid, and the sales
tax la estimated to bring In 44.0OO.
000: so you see the school situation
will r.ot be In bad shape "
Now the other side of the question
Is the relief to the property tax:
fie above figures show that one
tblrd of our school tax will be paid,
and. a I Interpret the bill, will pay
a great deal more than a third in
the small rtlstrlrta where the per
pupil cost Is kept to a minimum,
and In Medtord or Ashlsud will
amount to a reduction of something
HIE
The Christmas
Jewelry Store
Gifts of Lasting Beauty
1
6 FREE
Heath's Drug Store
Medford Bldff.
Phone 884
To the first hundred! custom
ers to make a 50c purchase in
our store tomorrow (Satur
day) we will give a baby doll
absolutely free.
We were only able to get one
hundred of these dolls this year
so come early.
DRUG STORE
WITH THE VALLEY TRADE 18 THE VALLEY MADE
Be Wise Buy Wise And Economize at the
CASH GROCERY
W. A, HOLLOW AY, Owner.
Phone 20
Greetings
To Our Friends
and Customers
1933
1934
We wish you one and all a Merry Ghristnias and a Happy
New Year, and take this opportunity to thank you for
your patronage throughout 1933 and we shall strive by
courteous, efficient service and quality merchandise, to
merit continued good-will, throughout the New Year.
Sincerely yours,
W. A. H0LL0WAY, Prop.
Kindly Phone Orders Early
for Best Service
Phone 20 for Free Delivery
Pineapple, large No. 2V2 can
Dole No. 1 full slices
19c
Peaches, large No. 2lli can . . . 1 5C
Oysters, 2 cans 25c
Best Foods Mayonnaise, pt jar 24c
Corn, No. 2 can 10c
Milk, Morning or Libby's
4 cans 25c case $285
Salmon, red, tall can 5C
SUGAR, 10-lb. cloth sack . . . 55c
POP CORN
"That fancy yellow," pops so big, 3 lbs.
25c
WALNUTS, pound 19c
Fancy Broken Mixed Candy, 2 pounds for 25
Ginger Ale Clicquot, full pint bottle, 2 for .... 25
Ripe Olives, per can 10?
Dry Corn, very fancy, 1 lb. ........ 23
0. and 8. Coffee, 1 lb 27t
l ib. Package Coffee 17?
Laundry Soap, 10 bars for . 25?
Flour, hardwheat, 49 lbs. '. $1.73
Fancy Grapefruit, 6 for
Sweet Potatoes, 4 lbs.
Celery, large size, per bunch .....
Brussel Sprouts, 2 baskets .
Lettuce, head - -
NAVEL ORANGES
Special prices on all sizes,
a very good buy at
D0Z.
29c
ROOSEVELT PUPILS
IN YOLE PROGRAM
At 9:16 on Thursday morning the
puplli of Roosevelt school sang
Christmas carols.
The children from the various
rooms were grouped on stairs and In
the upper and lower halls and their
voices were very lovely as first one
group and then another would sing.
At 1:16 a Christmas program was
given In the auditorium by the
school attended by a large audience
of appreciative parents.
The children then repaired to
their various rooms, where they en
joyed their Christmas trees.
(Continued from page one)
One of the main reasons for the
recent higher gold price was the fact
that wheat prices were slipping.
The White House has been signifi
cantly avoiding any comment on bet
tor business pr-jepecta, but may J ln
the optimistic parade next week. The
strategy on that seems to be that
the White House keeps quiet when
thlnge' look fairly good, and start
talking optimistically when that kind
of talk Is needed.
Chester Davis, the new AAA ohief,
Is no more radical than Peek was,
but he geta along well with the staff,
from Secretary Wallace down. H
and Wsllace both hall from Iowa and
are good friends.
' British firms have contracted for
approximately 2000 bales of Paclflo
coast hops.
Phone 252 for Good Food
Personal Attention1
Prompt Service
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The Christmas Dinner
We have everything for the Christmas Dinner . . Buy for two
days as the stores will be closed Monday.
CHRISTMAS SUGGESTIONS
Heinz Mince Meat . . . Candied Cherries . . . Heinz Fig Pudding , . . None Such Mince
Meat . Home Made Cakes . , . Home Made Sweet Cider . . . Crosse & Blackwell
Mince Meat . . . Heinz Plum Pudding . . . Marmalade . . . Preserves.
Christmas Candies, Christmas Oranges, Christmas Nuts
Dates . . . Figs . . . Cluster Raisins . . . Fresh Limes
Fancy Cheese, Olives and Pickles, Fancy Canned Goods
A fine Line of FRESH FRUITS AND VEGETABLES
SATURDAY SPECIALS
Heinz's Mince Meat, 1-lb. jars ... ....... ....... .............. 29c
Sunkist Oranges, good size, doz. 26c
No. 1 Oregon Walnuts, lb. ...,.,.,., w.,.. 23c
Ovaltine, regular $1.00 size ,.- 85c
Campbell's Soup, vegetable or vegetable beef, 3 for 25c
BEST FOODS MAYONNAISE or RELISH SPREAD, Pt, 24c
We wish you a Merry Christmas
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CeirailfiaH Market
We Have a Fine Selection of Poultry
and Meat for Christmas
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SPECIALS
Veal
Beef
Pork Roasts
10
per lb.
AH Choice Steaks-. . . .15c per lb.
Home Rendered Lard . 3 lbs. for 25c
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