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MED FORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 29, 1933.
No. 239.
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By PAII, MALLON.
(Copyright, 1933, by Paul Mallon)
Secrets.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 29. Most
Washington secrets usually are passed
around In stags whispers sooner or
later. The recent hurried meeting
of federal reserve bank governors was
one secret that was really kept. Those
In the meeting would NOT even tell
their best friends about it.
The governors are known to have
been summoned hastily. No one knew
where to meet until after their ses
sion opened. Governors from the far
weBt were left out because they could
not get here in time.
After a general council meeting,
the board Itself held a private session
at which the real business was trans
acted. At this session a resolution
was drawn up and signed. Certain
legal authorities were called In and
consulted on the text of the resolu
tion before it was signed.
These facts carry certain definite
Implications.
' Guesses.
The only legal question about which
the federal reserve would be resolut
Ing at this time Is the ownership of
gold held by federal reserve banks.
Their gold Is, or was, the bssl of
our currency. If Mr. Roosevelt de
values to 50 cent he would selie half
of this gold for the government.
The reserve bankers have been mur
muring behind their hands that this
would be Illegal.
The obvious deduction Is that the
council wanted to protest against the
legality of seizure of their gold; that
It Instructed the board to prepare
uch a resolution; that the board
prepared it with legal help and pre
sented It to President Roosevelt.
you can be reasonably sure that is
what happened.
Iloste?
That does not mean the federal
reserve people felt -that Mr. Roose
velt would devalue right away. Their
private Information Indicated that
he would tako no steps along that
line lor U-.ree months.
Other items discussed at the meet
ing were: (a) What about the small
banks which cannot qualify for the
deposit guarantee fund; (b) the In
fluence on banking of direct govern
ment loans to Industry and (c) how
loans may be made to municipalities.
It was these Items rather than the
resolution on gold ownership which
caused all the hasto In-summoning
the meeting.
Resistance.
Congressional Republicans have dis
covered in their private pow-wows
one common ground upon which
they will resist the administration.
They will combat all legislation cen
tralizing more power In Washington.
The keynote to that campaign was
sounded by Senator Vandenberg In a
speech to newspaper business men out
west recently. A good constructive
fight can be conducted on that plane
without Involvement in politics.
State's rights Democrats in congress
can be stirred up to resist the trend
toward federal absorption of au
thority. In fact they already have.
Steps.
That was the feeling behind the
house ways and means action resist
ing the treasury plan of having the
federal government collect all liquor
taxes and refunding the states their
share.
States and municipalities are
already Indebted to the federal gov
ernment through RFC loans which
cannot be repaid anytime now. The
NRA, AAA and PWA have similarly
strengthened federal Jurisdiction on
every side. Prohibition repeal was
hammered through the state legisla
tures by unusual federal pressure.
Banking ll being federalized by strong
progressive steps.
If the administration recommends
legislation to handle municipal debts,
that will mean another strong link
In the ever-widening chain.
This point will probably furnish
the underlying theme for the whole
coming congressional session.
.Milk.
Agriculture secretary Wallace Is
exercising his muscles dally for a
strong blow at the milk problem.
Those nearest to him whlper that
they have heard him howling about
the various producers organizations
being nothing more than "distributors
in overalls."
The solution he Is working on will j
include a fixed farm price, but no j
retail price. He figures that retail j
prices will be lower if permitted to
seek their own level. I
That program will be announced j
uhortly.
Note.
No matter how much resolutlng Is
done, the federal reserve will give
up Its gold I.i the end. Mr. Roosevelt
can avoid an argument if he wants
to. by getting authority from con
gress. Those on the inside at the eco
nomic pheool. Columbia university.
Mil expert Prof Tug well back in
February, but TucMl awo-iatcs
Continued oa Psg Six
STUDENT FIRES
FOUR BULLETS
AT CLOSE RANGE
Duca, Determined Foe of
Nazis, and Friend of Jews,
Target After Conference
With Rumanian Monarch
BUCHAREST, Rumania, Dec. 29.
(AP) Premier Duca of Rumania was
assassinated today.
The assassination occurred in the
city of Sinala. the seat of the royal ,
palace, as the premier was about to
board a train for Bucharest after a
conference with King Carol this
afternoon.
He died Instantly when a student
fired four revolver bullets into his
head at close range. ,
After firing the shots the student
also hurled a hand grenade.
This exploded and a fragment
wounded a member of the Duca en
tourage, Dr. M. Costinescu, a deputy.
The assassin was immediately seized
with two others who police believed
were his accomplices.
He gave the name of Nicholas Con
stantlnescu. Police said both he and
his alleged accomplices were members
of the recently outlawed anti-Jewish
Iron Guard.
In political circles the opinion was
freely expressed the killing would
have far-reaching consequences.
The student refused to make any
statement.
Ion O. Duca, liberal leader and
former minister of the interior, was
made premier by King Carol Novem
ber 12.
He followed Alexander Valda-Voe-vod,
former premier whose govern
ment was overthrown.
Duca had a long record In the pub
lic life of Rumania and at various
times held the post of minister of
the interior, minister of foreign af
fairs and minister of public instruc
tion. Fought Anti-Semitism,
When Duca was made premier he
Immediately began a campaign to
combat a rising wave of antl-scml
tlsm in Rumania.
His cabinet voted to dissolve two
of the Nazi bodies of Rumania the
Iron Guard led by Corneltu Cordcanu,
and the anti-semitie National Christ
ian party headed by Prof. Alex Cuza.
The growing strength of the two
nazl organizations which, however,
hold only 17 seats in the chamber of
deputies, were causing anxiety to the
government in view of recent nazl
victories in the Transylvania district
where Nazis had won 62 per cent of
the total votes cast in a recent elec
tion in Siblu.
Nazis Blamed.
By outlawing the two nazl organi
zations, Duca was expected to pre
vent them from participating in par
liamentary elections.
The most recent disorders In
Rumania were ascribed by tho gov
ernment to nazla. Students fought
police November 27 and on the fol
lowing day the government an
nounced It had restored order and
that the disorders were due to an
outburst of Iron Guard members
against Jews.
Duca's career was marked by
stormy passages. Including a chal
lenge In July, 1931, to fight a duel
with George Bratlnau. dissident
liberal leader. He refused, the chal
lenge, however. Duca Informed Bra
tlnau's second, who called, on him,
that he admitted having called Bra
tlnau "unreliable." but that he meant
unreliable only in a political sense.
The seconds replied that they took
note of his explanation, which con
cerned the cause for the challenge.
a-
AT C-0
In response to numerous requests
from local merchants for aid in cash
ing the CWA checks, which come
into the city each Saturday, the
Chamber of Commerce announced to
day that provision had been made
to cah the checks there tomorrow.
Med ford banks will cooperate in
the plan and checks will be received
and cashed for the workers from 4:00
until 7.00 p. m. at the Chamber of
Commerce building.
More than SI 0.000 will be paid oul !
In government warrants tomorrow In !
meeting the payroll at the various
Jackson county projects. j
PIONEER EDUCATOR j
DIES IN PORTLAND;
PORTLAND. Dec. 29. (API Ssm- j
uel Arnold Handle, '94. an educator j
in the Willamette valley from 1694 1
to 1902, died at his home here last ;
night. He will be Interred in the
Jason Lee Mission cemetery hi Salem 1
tomorrow after funeral servicee here.
Mr. Rendle. who cast liLs llrt vote
In a presidential elecuor for Abra
ham Lincoln, was born in Alton, 111..
in 1839.
Spy Suspect
Y JillUS''"1 ' :J
Robert Gordon Swltr (above), I
native of East Orange, N. J and hit
wife were held in France on charges
of being members of a huge Inter
national spy ring. (Associated Press
Photo)
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PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 29. (AP)
The state milk control board today
advised producers, distributors and
handlers of milk that costs of pro
duction and distribution, deprecia
tion and Interest on livestock, build
ings and equipment, and store dis
tributors data relating to costs of
milk handling, must be submitted
to ti'ie board before action can be
taken to fix milk prices and differ
entials so as to stabilize the in
dustry. The meeting here today was the
first public hearing of the new con
trol board. It was devoted largely
to explanatory discourse In which
the board Itemized facta from all
branches of the Industry.
General questions were asked of
representatives from various divi
sion of the industry in Vie Portland
milk shed, touching only Indirectly
on the future course. In Informal
discussion later, .however, appeals
from producers were presented, ask
ing for a pro-rating of both profit
and loss between producer and dis
tributor. A feeling was expressed
that the middleman has been In a
considerably more favorable position
than the producer.
Although one of the principal alms
of the board Is a establish a price
differential between the cash and
carry system and doorstep delivery,
several significant factors were
brought out.
Rupert Bulllvant, attorney for the
dairy co-operative assocaltion, said
the price of feed Is up about 20 per
cent over a year ago, and recent
floods .have put the milk Industry in
a very bad condition.
It was urged that the price for 4
per cent test milk be Increased 92.08
a hundredweight. Independent pro
ducers are now getting $1.70, from
which freight must be deducted.
Butterfat Is bringing 37 ',4 cents.
GOLD PRICE HELD
E
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. fAP) The
government's domestic gold price re
mained unchanged today at $34 06
an ounce.
This figure was repeated for the
ninth time on the morning after
Acting Secretary Morgenthau'a new
order designed to bring Into the
treasury all monetary gold outside
reserve banks and the reconstruction
finance corporation.
Bar gold In London was worth
$32.03 on a sterling opening of
15.07 to the pound.
MM GOLD ORDER
AT
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. (AP)
Acting Secretary Morgenthau said to
day his new antl-ho.trdlng order was
directed at the big hoarder and that
the treasury expected to get in sev
eral millions In gold and yellow
barks. "There are several million around
in the banks and other places and
we are going after It," Morgenthau
told newsmen. "The drive la ttlll
against the big hoarder, not the lit
tle one, but we think the small
hoarders will come' along and turn
in t.'ieir sold.
"It's a mr.ppinir up at the end of
the yrar. 1 think we'll get several
millions. We mean business."
REQUIRED BEFOR
PAID TOO MUCH
CLAIMSjmOMAS
Utilities Commissioner Re
duces Budget Figures of
Brewer and Boyle Hold
ing Co. Payment Rejected
SALEM, Dec. 29. (A Budget items
or four utility companies operating
in Oregon were rejected by Charles
M. Thomas, public utilities commis
sioner, in orders Issued here today.
The items consisted mostly of pay
ments to holding companies and re
duction of salaries of chief officials.
The commissioner rejected payment
of 1121,000 to the Byllesby Engineer
ing and Management corporation by
the California Oregon Power company,
operating in southern Oregon, and
reduced the salaries of C. M. Brewer,
president and manager, from $7,875
to 96,300 annually and of J. C. Boyle
from $3,525 to $5,000. He also dis
approved of donations to golf and
other clubs, holding it was the duty
of stockholders to make this payment
rather than charge It to rate payers.
The commissioner did approve of
the proposed expenditure of $482,340
for equipment during, the year 1034
by the company.
Other companies affected included!
the Mountain States Power company,
operating in Southwestern Oregon
and in the Willamette valley. The
commissioner again recommended
the salary of C. M. Brewer, president
and manager of the firm, be cut from
$7,875 to $5,300 and that of Z. E.
Merill, vice-president, from $6,375 to
$5,400. Payment of $52,180 to the
Byllesby firm. Approval was given
to proposed expenditure during 1934
of $254,392. ,
Salaries were reduced in hi rec
ommendations for chief officials to
the Idaho Power company, operating
at Vale, and payment of $46,500 to the
Electric Bond and Share company, as
well as numerous donations. The
fourth order affected the West Coast
Telephone company, operating at La
Grande and in southwestern Oregon,
reducing salaries of officials and pay
ment of $4,600 to the Loveland En
gineering company of San Francisco,
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SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 29. (API-California-Oregon
Power company has
declared dividends of 87 cents a
share on Its 7 per cent cumulative
preferred stock and 75 cents a share
on its 6 per cent cumulative pre
ferred. Payments will be made Jan
uary 15 on December 31 records.
These dividends were described as
making up arrears created when the
regular dividend rate on both classes
of stock was halved last October.
PORTLAND JOBLESS
F
PORTLAND, Dec. 29. (AP) Two
thousand men will be removed from
the lists of the federal employment
service here within a few days, It
was said today, as the county CWA
approved 33 additional city and coun
ty projects for Immediate recon
struction work.
The labor payroll on these new
projects will total more than $330,
000 and the purchase orders will
amount to around $65,000.
This Is the largest single group of
projects thus far released by the
Multnomah county civil works administration.
LITTLE GIRL CONFESSES
MURDER OF PLAYMATE
By T. D. IMItKNfirCH
WHITE PLAINS. N. Y.. Dec. 20. P)
A 13-year-old girl has confessed, Dis
trict Attorney Frank H. Coyne said
today, to the murder last Sunday of
her eight-year-old girl chum.
Mary Kavala, Coyne said, told him
after long questioning last night that
she hsd killed Josephine Moropsy.
hitting her on the head with a rork
and then strangling her.
"I did it," the district attorney
j quoted her aa saying. "Josle told
! lies about me and about my family,
i I did it. I lost my temper,"
j Josephine's body was found on
i Christinas eve under the porcn steps
j or St, Matthews Lyceum at Hastings
I on-Hudson. Police believed she hnd
I been slain by a man and It was not
until early yesterday that they start
: ed questioning Mary. Steadfastly she
denied the crime until 1st last night
she broke down and admitted nbo
had killed Josephine
They had gone for s Lt.rd.iy
afternoon, she told tu authorities.
Young Arkansan
Sewed In Undies
Until Next Spring
HINDS VI LLE, Ark., Dec. 29.
(AP) High up here in the Ozarks
the "young 'uns" have been sewed
in for the winter.
On the heels of the first big
cold spell the elders corralled the
children and sewed them Into
flannels, which will not be re
moved until warm weather comes
igaln to the hills. Baths are ta
boo with the youngsters in the
winter time. They simply can't
;et out of their flannels once they
ire "sewed In." No buttons are
used.
FREE SILVER PLAN
WASHINGTON. Dec. 29. (AP) An
Intensive campaign for remonetlza
tlon of silver was assured today when
27 senators went on record for free
and unllmted coinage of both gold
and silver.
Eighteen senators 14 Democrats,
three Republicans and one Farmer
labor attended a conference called
by Senator Wheeler (D., Mont.), a
I6-to-l bl-metaltsm advocate, and
unanimously adopted the following
resolution:
"We favor bl-metallsm the free
and unlimited coinage of both gold
and silver at a ration to be estab
lished by law."
Nine other senators eight Demo
crats and one Republican sent word
to the meeting they were for the
proposition.
Wheeler, announcing the result of
the conference to newspaper men,
said he would Introduce his bill for
remonetlzatlon of silver at a ratio
of .16 to 1 with gold on the opening
day of congress.
He predicted the senate would ap
prove the proposal and tho house
would follow suit If a vote could be
obtained In that body.
TORONTO. Ont., Dec. 29. (AP)
A Canada-wldo cold wave had claim
ed the lives of 15 persons, directly
and Indirectly, disrupted communica
tion systems, and tied up transpor
tation in some sections today.
The temperature fel! below records
of long standing. In the Sudbury
North Bay section the official ther
mometer at the city pumping station
registered 64 degrees below zero.
Wire breaks cut off storm-raked
British Columbia, but It was known
the frigid wave had Increased In In
tensity. MIm Georglna Smith, aged resident
of Wooler, Ont., was found frozen to
death In her home. In Rlchvale,
Ont., Mrs. James Ray, 60, was frozen
dead as she huddled In front of her
kitchen stove.
Phil Stansbury of Ashland has
been appointed a deputy sheriff by
Sheriff Walter Olmscheld. His first
duties will be the collection of unse
cured personal taxes.
Stansbury Is married, and has been
a resident of Ashland for several
years. He was formerly connected
with the state traffic bureau.
Provision was made for the deputy
ship In the county budget. Deputy
Stansbury, besides tax collection
work, will assist In other details.
An argument arose over the stories
she said Josephine told about her.
In a fit of temper she picked up a
roca and struck the girl on her head,
stunning her. From an old mop she
took several strands and tied them
tightly around Josephine's neck.
Then she found an automobile in
ner tube and twisted It around the
girl's neck. Her angry psaslon still
flaring. Mary went to a nearby rub
bish pile, found a bottle and smashed
It on a rock, with a Jajed pieoe
of the bottle pahe slashed Josephine'
face until atie was exhausted. Then
she pulled the body under the porh
steps and went home.
The next day, she laid In her con
fession, ahe returned to the Lyceum
and stripped sll the clothing from the
girl's body. Fearful that it could be
an, she dragged an old abandoned
sled under the porch and placed It
ever the body.
Mry was crying aa she finW.cd .-.cr
reciisj, but quickly regained her calm
and .fined tha oonXca&iou,
OF G. 0. P. POLICY
SEENBY SHELL
Parties Must Yield to Trend
of Thought, Says Con
servative Party Leader
Socialism Is Resisted
By Ceclt B. Dlckion
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
WASHINGTON, Doc. 29. ( AP)
A number of heretofore rigidly con
servative Republicans In congress to
day visualize a more liberal G. O. P.
policy In the- future but not as far
In that direction as they claim the
Democratic party Is tending under
President Roosevelt.
Several leaders today pointed out
what they described as a decided ten
dency toward more liberal thought
among both the senate and house
Republicans at the special session
last spring, when many of them sup
ported the administration's sweeping
proposals.
Snell Sees Trend
In surveying the situation today.
Representative Bertrand H. Snell of
New York, the Republican house
leader, said:
"The whole country, the whole
world is leaning more and more to
ward liberalism. It la the popular
acclaim. Political parties will yield
to It for support.
"We, who want to continue the
form of government that was estab
lished here 160 years ago, realise the
drift.
"But we do not want this country
swept Into outright socialism. We
do not want our present Institutions
wiped out."
Resist Socialism
Snell, who is regarded by his col
leagues as one of the most conserva
tive Republicans, said that while un
doubtedly his party would take a
more liberal attitude in the future,
the back-bone of the organization
would continue. to resist flat social
ism, A claim has been made by some
Republicans that President Roosevelt
has been attempting to develop a
"Roosevelt party" composed of pro
gressive Republicans, who supported
him in the 1032 campaign, and the
liberal and progressive Democrats.
See New Party
Many of these political prognosti
cators predict an opposition party
wilt be formed of Republican and
Democratic conservatives of this day.
Meantime, erforts at reorganization
of the Republican national commit
tee apparently have been at least
temporarily squelched.
Everett Sanders is to remain as
chairman throughout the coming
congressional primary and general
election campaigns in the coming
year under plana approved by most
of the Republicans who have any
thing to say about It.
SALEM, Dec. 29. (AP) Sale or
1934 automobile licenses has lagged,
despite reiteration by State Police
Superintendent Charles P. Pray that
cars on the highways must have new
license plates January 1.
At close of business yesterday
licenses Issued dropped 9387 from a
corresponding date last summer when
half-year licenses were sold. Only
59.004 of the new licenses hsd been
Issued.
In making the announcement the
secretary of state's office said truck
application blanks had been only re
cently available and few trucks had
applied.
It was believed some people In east
ern Oregon would wait until snowy
weather ended before applying for
new license plates, -despite the new
low price of $5. I
TINY JAPANESE PRINCE
IS
TOKvo, Japan, Dec. 29. (AP)
Japan's beloved !it.l crown prince
received a nsme today. In a cere
mony which lasted two hours his
father announced his full name as
Akthlto Tsugo No Mlya, which means
"Prlnre of the august succession and
enlightened benevolence."
If the Infant, born amid great re
joicing seven days ago. Uvea to suc
ceed Emperor H Iron I to, he wilt be
known as Akthlto,
The name day was a holiday
throughout the empire.
Made Huge Profit.
NEW YORK, Dec. 29. ( AP ) Testl -mony
today brought out that Philip
H. Phllbln, Jr., made $000,000 profit
during the spectacular rise of the
stock of Atlas Tack corporation and
through its collapse December 18.
There are 15 separate oil and
fields in Montana,
Fugitive Captured
Ti4
1
IS
Edward Shouss (above), ons ol
tho convicts who escaped from the
Indiana state prison at Michigan
City In September, was captured at
Paris, III., In a gun battle In which
an Indiana state policeman was
fatally wounded. (Associated Press
Photo
T
AIRED IN JUSTICE
'S
"Mrs. Waddell hit two hay hands
over the head with a hoe-handle, and
knocked them out. She Jabbed me
In the leg with a pitchfork, while
her mother kept yelling 'Kill him,
Evelyn! Kill him, Evelyn 1' I thought
she was a great mother, to coach her
child In murder."
So testified Walter Woods, a stock
man of the Eagle Point district. In
Justice court this morning. In the
suit against him by C. W. Waddeu
for $43 for the pasturage of 14 cows.
During the same period of bellig
erency, woods testified that "the boy
had a slingshot, and the girl was
throwing rocks up to 12 pounds." The
encounter occurred during "haying"
last August.
Woods also testified, "I was In
formed Waddell was packing a gun
for me." During the alleged wielding
of the hoe-handle by Mrs. Waddell,
the defendant said "I was cracked on
the shoulder, and can show you the
scar."
, The Waddells, It developed during
the hearing, sold their place In the
Eagle Point district to J. D, Wood
worth, and later re-possessed the
property on a foreclosure. There were
a number of Involvements In this
procedure, and the question of who
owned the 14 cows, and who owned
the pasture became the issue.
About October 14 last, the cows dis
appeared from the pasture and were
trailed by Waddell and Hunter Sage
to the Woods corral. Sage testified.
Waddell testified to details of the
transactions, claimed ownership of
the 14 cows, and denied threatening
(Continued on Page Pour)
AFTER HOLDUP
PORTLAND, Dec. 29. (AP) A
man identified by police as Dick B.
Alexander, an ex-convlct with several
aliases, was captured here today soon
after he had robbed a drug store in
which Patrolman Marshall, an ex
pert pistol shot, was a robbery.
The arrest was made after an ex
citing chase as the suspect at
tempted to escape in a taxicab. Po
lice said Alexander was released re
cently from the Montana state prison
at Deer Lodge, where he had served
a four-yeatf sentence for grand
larceny.
Police said the arrested man Is
known as Louis B. Deerlng and Andy
Earl Fojt, and that he has been ar
rested in Beaverhead county, Mont.,
Carson City, Sacramento, Stockton,
Spokane and Et Paso, on a variety
of charges.
T
ATMORE. Ala., Dec. 39. (JT) One
man was killed and another probably
fatally wounded today as they sought
to apprehend 10 escaped convict
from At more state prison farm on a
highway near the penitentiary.
Orover Klrby, the man killed, and a
companion named Parker, sought to
stop the stampeding prisoners and
one of them, a negro, opened fire,
wounding both men.
Citizens Joined posses In a search
for the escaped convicts.
While authorities at the prison re
ferred all Inquiries to the state con
vlct department at Montgomery, city
officers here were advised that only
10 convicts, seven negro and three
wHita men, participated in the break
STERN REBUKE TO
PEACE WCT FOES
World Political Leaders Must
Assume Blame Says
President In Woodrow
Wilson Anniversary Talk
Three Points Outlined.
WASHINGTON, Doc. 29. ( AP)
President Roosevelt's three-part
plan for a universal non-aggression
pact was outlined to the
world roughly ns follows:
1. Every nation would agree to
eliminate over a period of years,
and by progressive steps, all wea
pons of offense, keeping only per
manent defensive Implements.
Each nation could Inspect its
neighbor to Insure against offen
sive weapons.
2. Every nation would Join In a
simple declaration that no armed
forces would be allowed to cross
borders Into the territory of any
other nation.
8. By ruling that such pacts
would not be effective "unless all
nations agreed, tha nations atlll
believing "In the use of the aword
for invasion" would be pointed out
to the pressure of world opinion.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 29. (AP) Tha
Whtte House today became a listen
ing post for reaction to a stern chal
lenge by President Roosevelt that
world political leaders must assume
all blame for the blocking of a uni
versal peace accord.
The president today la behind a
three-step plan for a world non-aggression
pact, by which, ha said, airy '
nation still believing "in the use
of the aword for invasion' could be
singled out.
Wilson Idea Praised
Standing before a 77th birthday
anniversary commemoration of Wood
row Wilson last night, Mr. Roosevelt
praised the war president's League
of Nations realization as "a prop"
but not tha answer to the world
peace structure. Of the league ha
added, while an audience of Its ad
vocates sat in temporary silence;
"We are not members and we do
not contemplate; membership."
Many observers today Interpreted
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FAIR FLIERS DECIDE
TO STAY UP LONGER
MIAMI, na., Deo. 29. (AP) Tha
record - breaking endurance fliers,
Frances Marsatls and Helen Rlchey, In
a note dropped after they had com
pleted their 910th hour In the air
shortly before 1 p. m. today, said
they planned to remain aloft until
tomorrow or Sunday.
WILL
ROGERS
'says:
SANTA 5I0NICA, Cal., Deo.
28. This is a day and tim
when everybody gives opinions
on something they know noth
ing about. So today I discuss
opera, grand opera.
The Chicago Opera House
opened for the first time in two
years. It was never a success
because it was constructed
wrong. It was built so every
body could see the stage, but
nobody could sec each other, so
now it's been remodeled so you
can't see the stage but can see
the price mark on every dress
in the house, and it's doing
fine.
New York opened its season
with an American opera for tha
first time in history. Ameri
can music has always been con
sidered, by tho opera goers, as
fit for nothing but the car, but
never looked good through a
lorgnette from a box.
That's about all the opera
news fit to print
Tours,