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Lionel Barrymore at Rialto
Joe Brown in Craterian Hit
How the Sales Tax Would Lower
School Costs in Jackson County
MEDFOBD MAIL TRIBUNE, MEDFORD, ORECOX, SUNDAY. DECEMBER 21. 1933.
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SALEM, Dec. 24. (Special.) The
Mies tax bill for school relief passed
at the special session of the legisla
ture on December 10 will reduce
county tax levies approximately one
mill and will cut (3.000.000 a year
from the school district taxes of the
state according to an analysis of the
bill by State- Superintendent C. A.
Howard based on the state, tax com
mission's estimates of the revenues
It will produce.
Receipt fro mslmllar revenue mea
sures In operation In other states In
dicate that the Oregon bill will pro
duce (4,000.000 annually. Seventy
five per cent of this sum, or (3,000,
000. will be apportioned to the school
districts In proportion to the number
of classroom units, or the number of
teachers required. This would amount
to $400 per teacher-classroom unit,
since there are approximately 7500
such units In the state. On this basis
a one-teacher school would receive
1400; a two-teacher school would re
celve $800; and a five-teacher school
would receive (2000. The bill requires
the county assessor to cut from the
district property tax levy the amount
estimated to be received from this
fund.
or l,0OO.OOO will go to the county
school funds of tht counties on the
bftls of the assessed valuations aa
equalized by the state tax commission
and the county assessor of each coun
ty la required to reduce the county
property levy by the amount received
from this fund. This reduction will
average approximately one mill.
The amounts that would bo re
ceived from the sales tax revenues by
some typical school districts based on
attendance reports of June. 1033, and
the reductions in district taxes that
would result are shown In the follow
ing tabulation. The valuations that
were used In computing mtllage re
ductions were those reported by the
county assessor in March, 1933.
The districts that are marked "Ele
mentary" In thla tabulation are In
either a union high school district or
In the county non-high school dis
trict. In addition to the mlllage re
ductions set opposite them In ' the
tabulation they will participate In
the reductions of the union high
school districts or the non-high
school district to which they belong.'
The tuition charge for pupils from
the non-high school district will be
reduced approximately 615.00 per
The remaining twenty-five per cent pupil as a result of the sales tax.
Jackson county
School District
Teacher
Classroom
Units
Ruch, elem.
Talent, H. 8. and elem.
Applegate, elem.
Near Talent, elem.
Near Medford. elem. ..
1
7
1
1
3
Jacksonville, H. S. and elem. 7
Rogue River, H. S. and elem..... 8
Central Point, H. S. and elem.. 11 4
Gold Hill, H. S. and elem 10
Eagle Point, H. S. and elem. 0
Annual Reduction
Apportion- In
ment from District Tax
Sales Tax Mills
( 400 4.3
2,600 4.2 Approx.
400 4.8
400 4.6
, 800 3.0
3,800 4 5 Approx.
3.200 5.1 Approx.
4,600 4.8 Approx.
4,000 3.8 Approx.
3,000 8.4 Approx.
Lionel Barrymore has the leading
role In "Stranger's Return." at the
Rialto theatre today and tomorrow
for their new double feature program.
It la a plcturtzatlon of the currently
popular Phil Stong novel of rural life,
which follows his recent "State Pair."
As the 85 year old patriarch of a
farm founded and pioneered by his
family, Barrymore has one of the
most Interesting characterizations of
his career.
INSULL GUILTY OF
PARI IN COLLAPSE
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CHICAGO, Deo. 28. (AP) Federal
Judge Evans A. Evans ruled todBy
Samuel Insull, Sr., was guilty of
collusion In bringing about the re
ceiverships of his two billion dollar
group of public utility holding and
finance companies.
The court upheld the contention
of Attorney Samuel A. Ettelson that
no further allowance of fees should
be made to certain receivers and at
orneys. Ettelson had charged that Insull,
Sr., and certain bankers Interested
in .Insull securities they held on
loans to the collapsed finance houses
had collaborated In seeking the ap
pointment of friendly receivers.
Calvin Fentress, one of the original
co-receivers of Insull Utility Invest
ments, Inc., but removed later by
federal court order, asked for pay
ment . of his fees and the petition
brought opposition from Ettelson ao
attorney for his wife, a stockholder
and heavy loser.
The court determined, however,
that the appointment of Fentress
himself was made unquestionably by
federal court order "uninfluenced by
any outside recommendation," and
that Fentress merited approval In
hla conduct of the receivership.
NEW YORK
DAY BY DAY
BY O.O.McIntyre
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IN CWA ASSERTS
WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. (AP)
Hugh S. Johnson protested to the
civil works administration today
against Its paying higher wages than
are being given by many industries
under codes.
"It Is an absurd situation," he as
serted at a press conference, "but It
Is up to the CWA. All I can do Is
call their attention to the Inconsist
ency." He went on to explain that the
code-fixed minimum wages In all
cases are supposed to represent tho
utmost that industries now can af
ford to pay.
He considered it "ridiculous" that
men from bread lines, placed on what
he said amounted vlrtuall to a fed
eral dole, should have more attract
ive pay than those normally employed
In Industries, some In competing
lines.
Told that civil works officials con
sidered the situation an "Indict
ment" of code wages. Johnson said
that was "Just words" and that he
could not bo disturbed by It.
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NEW YORK, Dec. 23. A leisurely
prowl through one of New York's vast
department stores Is as exciting as
any Jaunt on the Island. Morning or
gan recitals, af
ternoon fashion
shows, best sell
ing novelists au
tographing books,
expert bridge
games, aquarr
urns, zoos and
screen and stage
stars.
Here are van!
ties and follies
not surpassed
by Zlegfeld and
Carroll. The pen
ny-pinchers and
splurgers mass together for bargain
hunting swoops, I commend to sing
lers out of rare beauty the array at
any glove coxmter. Why gloves, Is a
secret of department store psychology.
Frequently I submit to the lmpleh
Impulse of fingering some counter ar
ticle, looking . about furtively and
watching the Jumping-Jack appear
ance from behind a reredos of der
bled fellows, known aa store dicks.
They never miss a bet. Prom then on
you are trailed.
Much comedy has been evolved, too.
from those exquisites In garde nlaed
cutaways and pearly striped trousers
the pat rollers of aisles. Yet no class
of workers expresses greater courtesy.
Tap them and you find potential doc
tors and lawyers via a night school
route. Two ex-floor walkers are movie
stars.
Every department store Is electric
with astonishing inside telegraph;.
When Marie Dressier, bless her. Is
spun inward through a revolving door,
the top floor knows It as quick as
that, without telephoning or llp-to-
Up torn - torn m In g, It has the mystery
of a psychic phenomenon. Spooky!
Mammoth stores are unreckonable
outlets for domestic drudgery and
suburban servitude. As much as the
theatre, they are escapes from life's
monotonies. At no coat, the house
wives are pitch-forked to scenes of
splendor. Nowhere may the ordinary
soul come within touching distance
of such brilliant overplus.
Notables wander even aa you tnd
I through the glittering promenades
One may see hard-boiled Bill Hilllgan
with unconscious gravity Idling before
those pyramids of perfume In Eucll
dean dazzle. Or Sinclair Lewis trying
to decide between green and purple
blazers. The green winning the usual
manner of redheads.
I've seen Hoover loiter before treas
rt tn nnmni. Rati Franaclsco. W. H.
Taft often sauntering through Pogut a
In Cincinnati. And I once beheld Mar
lene, in white-trousered publicity
seeking, stroll through Bullock's In
Los Aneiea. In New Yorx irs. nsx"?,
rirr rworo. Alice Lorurworth. John
D. Rockefeller Jr. and one you'd never
suspect as a department store prowier
Eugene O'Neill.
FOR FLOOD HELP
SAW rHANCISCO, Dec. 23. f AP)
An appeal to all Red Cross chapters
In Oresron and Washington to raise
19.000 to assist In the relief of flood
ufferera In Cowllta county, Wash.,
was Issued here today by A. I
w.n.n.r nf th PiulflC
branch of the American Red Cross. I
Schafer said this money would be j
In addition to funds ralwd by local I
chapters to care for persona made j
needy in the northwest by the recent :
Inundations. j
The Rrd Cross msnacer said he had
reports that North Kelio was under
water: that dykes In that vicinity
were breaking or In dncr from
flood waters and that additional Red
Cross worker had been ordered to
the scene from Portland, Ore.
HEAVY DAMAGES
You can find t.ie nwslrd items at
t Franklin's Orfwry and at the PeacM
Street Orfv-7-y flnnmv ami ChrUtm.ts
morning 8 30 to 12.30.
SALFM, Dec. 23. AP) Dr. J. A.
Best of Pendleton, member of the
state legislature. Is defendant In two
damage sulta filed In circuit cqwrt
here yesterday totaling $28,878, grow
Ing out of an automobile accident on
the Pacific highway near Woodburn
rvcember 3. Edna Ball sued for $25,
250 and Letha Alexander for $,1625.
A state police report states that Dr.
Best, accompanied by Representative
Henry Semon of Klamath county, was
driving north when their ear collided
with another driven by Dr. John H.
Alexander of Portland, traveling
south.
PENDLETON, Ore . t 23 f API
Declaring there is no foundation for
His gentle philosophies and under
standing form a refuge for Miriam
Hopkins, in the role of his grand
daughter returning to the farm after
an unhappy love affair. Franchot
Tone, Stuart Erwln and Reulah Bondl
are also featured.
"Chic" Sale Is the leading player
In the other feature on the .same pro
gram, . "Dangerous Crossroads," a
thrilling story of the men who push
tn giant locomotives through all
sorts of hazards to keep on time.
Now at Holly
The thousands of Rogue River val
ley people to whom Lewis Carroll's
Immortal fantasies, "Alice's Adven
tures In Wonderland" and "Through
the Looking Glass," have made an
Indelible Impression since childhood
ought to be delighted when they see
Paramount's screen version of Car
roll's classics at the Holly theatre
this week.
Paramount has spared neither ex
pense nor effort to give films fans a
realistic and authentlo celluloid ac
count of Alice and her adventures In
a land where everything Is backward
and nonsensical. The producers have
taken seven scenes from each of Car
roll's stories and titled the result
"Alice in Wonderland."
In "42nd St.'.'
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"42nd Street," musical comedy
spectacle, opens at the Studio theater
tomorrow.
"Midnight Mary." powerful erook
drama, brings a strong cast headed by
Loretta Young, Rlcardo Cortes, Fran
chot Tone, Andy Devlne and Una
Merkel Into one production to be
shown at the Studio, today only.
damage suits, amounting to $26,870,
filed against him by Mrs. Edna Bell
and Mrs. Letha Alexander of Salem,
Dr. J. A. Best, Umatilla county legis
lator .stated today that the Alex
ander automobile struck a small truck
after colliding with his machlt.e, and
then continued 135 feet down the
highway, making a complete turn be
fore going Into the ditch.
Suit for damages against Dr. Best
was filed In Salem yesterday.
Best said his automobile did not
leave the highway and that It was
not on the wrong side of the road as
the complaint said.
Ph. 315, EADrf, for Fuel Oil Delivery
Equipment to reach any tank. NRA.
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Tuneful Melodies
In Roxy Musical
Crammed full of tuneful melodies,:
pulchrltudlnous girls, and the bestj
talent that Broadway, Hollywood, and
the radio airways have to offer "Moon-!
light and Pretzels," at the Roxy the
ater today and tomorrow. Is a clever
fast moving and refreshing musical.
It Is a backstage romance with
Broadway as the setting, yet contains
none of the stereotyped hokum that
has characterized and ruined so many
celluloid musical comedies. In
straightforward fashion It tells the
story of an energetic young song and
dance man whose ambition It la to
become Broadway's leading songwrit
er. Composed by four of America's ace
songsmlths, the tuneful melodies re
flect the spirit of the times In a man
ner unique for screen musical comedy.
At least three of the numbers In the
score may truly be said to be descrip
tive of the present American scene.
"Moonlight and Pretzels" features
a cast of stage, screen, and radio no
tables headed by Roger Pryor, Leo
Carrlllo. Mary Brian, Alexander Gry,
Lillian Miles, Bern Ice Claire, the Prank
and Milt Brltton Band, The Four Eton
Boys, Herbert Rawllnson, Jack Denny
and his orchestra, Doris Carson, and
fifty of New York's most beautiful
show girls.
Joe E. Brown ne or tne wide
mouth shows the world what he
would do If he were In the navy, as
his latest picture "Son of a Sailor"
docks at the Craterian theatre for
three days starting today. On the
same program, the theatre Is offering
Lillian Harvey in her second Ameri
can screen appearance, "My Lips Be
tray", with John Boles aa her leading
man.
"Son of a Sailor" has Joe as "Hand
some" Callahan, telling the world
tnat ne is notnerea by nordea of
adoring women, but the beautiful
damsels of the cast seem to. have
other Ideas on the subject. The pic
ture, said to be Brown's best In a
long series of hilarious successes,
comes to Medford for Its Pacific coast
1 premiere showing.
I "My Lips Betray" brings Lillian
back to Medford In a light, romantlo
: story of a maid and a king, filled
with Harvey's singing, dancing, and
love-making to John Boles, In the
i role of a king.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. 23. (AP) Wil
liam Oreen, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, has filed
with the NRA a report on the strike
at Henry Ford's Edgewater, New Jer
sey plant, accompanied by affidavits
alleging code violations by the auto
mobile manufacturer.
The report haa not yet been ex
amined by Hugh S. Johnson, but
from his previous utterances It ap
peared likely that if any convincing
evidence was contained, he would re
fer It to the attorney-general for
action.
For Sale At Franklin's Grocery and
Peach Street Grocery Cranberries,
bananas, sweet potatoes, etc., which
you forgot Saturday.
BY DEALS WITH STATE
SALEM, Deo. 23. (AP) The state Of
Oregon has lost $$1,537.70 tn Interest
to date In lta transactions with the
Salem Linen mills, Rufus O. Holman,
state treasurer, announced today. Hol
man stated the state, in assisting the
manufacturing firm .charged no In
terest on loans nor on overdue ac
counts. "This appears to me poor business,1
Holman said, In criticizing the board
of control's activities in some phases
of lta flax industry, "We pay five
and six per cent Interest on loans and
we charge farmers who borrowed un
der the state laod board activities the
same rate. Yet we sponsor a manu
facturing firm without charging ine
cent."
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to Jones. Phone 690.
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Through the Generous Cooperation of
Geo. A.Hunt Theatres Inc.
MONDAY
Dec. 25- Christmas Day
10 A.M.
mm
AT BOTH THE
CRATERIAN
AND-
RIALTO
A Special
Holiday Program
Comedy
2 Cartoons
and the Main Feature
"Rebecca of
Sunnybrook Farm"
With MARION NIXON
and RALPH BELLAMY
Same Show Both Theatres
Everything FREE-Every
Kiddie Welcome