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Medford Mail Watch the TRIBUNE'S CLASSIFIED AOS . . . Loti of good bargain that mean genuine savings. IBFNE Twenty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMBER 3.1, 1933. No. 240. The Weather Forecast: Occasional rain bund?, i formal temperature. Temperature: I Highest yesterday 6S i Lowest yesterday AU j TP .1 SMITE D f - S( i t HJTa i IWilDMIMPQ IQCI ICfl liQuor tax and money issues face congress at opening B&nd ho CEASE SALES WW k- fefe liquor iSli P4Iiil! By PAUL MALLON, (Copyright. 1B33, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Dec. 31. President I Roosevelt la not ducking New Year's prophesies because he Is glum. The truth Is he la very optimis tic. His own private economic sooth sayers have told (hlm the prospects of better business are excellent for the coming year. They are banking heavily on an unexpectedly strong spring rise. Their own rock bottom estimate Is that the average for 1034 should be at least 10 to 15 per cent better than this year. Reasons Those predictions will never get Into print officially. Word has been passed down to government officials that they must suppress their ln WRrd prophetical urges, and. If they cannot master them entirely, for heaven'a sake keep their optimism under control. The cue for them was furnished by, the president himself In his reg ular chat with newsmen early this week. He said he noticed that all the private prophet are foreseeing bigger and better thlnga for 1034, but that they have been wrong so often, he did not Intend to Join them. He could have added that most of the government officials who tried to enter the field of prophesy ex perienced Just about the same lack of success as Mr. Hoover did with jhls "around the corner" statementa. Two moat notable examples are the lavish predictions made early In the game by officials In charge of the NRA and PWA. Facts The best of business prophesies are nothing more than expert guesses. Too many things can happen which it Is Impossible to foresee In ad vance. At present the "economic 'experts think tftey can see that spring rise very clearly. They are as aure of It as they are that the flowers win eome. Beyond spring no one can see. with any degree of accuracy. The only real danger slgnsls now flvlng concern financing, Dotn puo llo and nrlvate. Nearl a billion and a half of corporate bonda (most. ly public utilities) will have to be refinanced during tne coming year, That Is exclusive of railroad bonds, with which tie government Is try ing to lend a hand. The extent of government financ ing Is indeterminate. There Is an underlying fear In some places that In the coming session congress rill try to spend too much, hoping to fores Inflation that way. The climax on these matters will hsrdly be reached before April. Midwinter Dreaming TSe administration Is veering around on Its budget publicity. At first It talked, optimistically about j the expected billion dollar surplus In the regular budget. Now It Is talking pessimistically about a bil lion dollar deficit to be expected In both budgets. It Is really the same song sung In two different keys. The truth Is that the budget Is written In such a flexible manner thst you can make music out of It In nearly any key. Like Piccolo ' Joe. It can sing a hPgh note as well as a low one. The latest version prescribes that a distinction be made between ap propriations and actual expenditure.,. Instead of counting tfie PWA at three billions, you count only what the PWA will actually spend before June SO next year. ThRt Is fair and loslcal. but very confusing. It will cut the total expected deficit, but no one will know how much until next June 30. It Is further proof that the only accurate way to consider the gov ernment financial situation now Is to look at commitments and expecta tions broadly over a period of years. The yearly budget Is only one cor ner of the full picture. Glowering The NRA and CWA officials are glowering at each other backstage. The atorlea that leaked out only par tially described the real feeling about the CWA paying higher wages than the NRA codes provided. The NRA conducted a survey and found that In nearly every rase ex amined the CWA wace scale was higher for a particular type of work than the minimum In the codes. The CWA people say the Industrialists told the NRA that, and It Is not true. Nevertheless Johnson announced he had submitted a memo to the presi dent. The split Is serious, so serious that the old rumors are going around again that General Johnson will leave th NRA within a month or two. He Is the most resigned man In the ad ministration since Wllllsm Woodln unofficially resigned the. treasury Job. Like the Woodln story, this one will some day come true. nig shot A big real estate promotor from the Middle West recently appeared be fore the senate stock market com mittee to testify about his activities. He told of m'lllon dollsr deals he had transacted. He never mention- ed any sum of less than a million. Forty-eight hours after he leturn- iCouuautu a Pae at One Roadhouse Closes and . iS'fO F u Others to Follow-Prose- lR Jkf f $111113 X cution Under Knox Law IfW nfi j 0&J " in Store for Violators V , V " Hlghllghts of the liquor clean up campaign are: "The Valley View," a roadhouse, has closed Its doors, and retired from business, capt. Lee M. Bown and Sheriff Walter J. Olmscheld said, following a visit to several resorts. The authorities report that they "have reliable Informa tion" others will follow Suit. Sheriff Olmscheld and District Attorney George A. Codding, re quest the co-operation of par ent In warning their children to stay away from questionable places aa they may be subject to arrest for sale to, or posses sion by minors. Complaint have been filed that young girls and boys were frequenting "Joints." The clean-up Is directed against the sale of "hard liquor" by the glajs, and moonshine and alcohol and all other Illicit liquor. Beer and wine, within the law, and drugstore liquor beating gov ernment stamps, and complying, with state and city regulations are not affected. Captain Bown a t a t e d, "All Joins operating Illegally will be closed, and those who do remain open, legally, will be regulated." The sheriff, district attorney, city police and state police are co-operating In the enforcement of the law. Notice was served upon all speak easy, roadhouse, and resort operators in Jackson county, city and coun try, to cease the illicit sale of liquor immediately or face prosecution un der the Knox liquor control law. The warnings- were given Saturday after noon and last night by state and city police, and the sheriff. Prosecution will be under the Knox law. The fact the law Is being con tested In the courts, In certain par ticulars, does not bar enforcement or give the right to sell liquor without restrictions or license, state, city, or federal. At a meeting held Friday between District Attorney George A. Codding, the chiefs of police of Ashland and Medford, Sheriff Walter J. Olmscheld and the state police, a plan of cam paign was mapped. Repeal came December 6, and since then many new "wet spots" have opened in the county, where liquor is dispensed by the drink to all com ers. Some of the resorts did a land office business at high prices, and without any licenses. Many oper ators thought thst the legal con- (Continued on Page Three) AL SITU AT 60 E THRILL - OF YEAR NFW YORK, Dec. 30. (AP) Alfred E. Smith he was 60 today eat at his desk- and pondered over the most pleasing thing In the years gone by. Suddenly he smiled, his eyes twink led and he leaned forward, behind a huge birthday cake: "It was Utah's vote on prohibition repeal!" Then, turning to sertoxis subject, the former governor of New York and Democratic presidential nominee In 192B discussed business condi tions. He's an editor, banker and businessman now. "There's been a derided improve ment In the last month," he said. "And I'm looking forward to a still better rise beginning with the new year." Repeal of prohibition and the gen eral restoration of purchasing power were the principal reasons for the Improvement, said Smith who came to his office wearing his famous brown derby, ruddy complexloned and "hoping to God I live to be 90." His quick response to a question as to the reason for restoration of purchasing power was: "Why. to the operation of natural economic lawa' he paused "and un questionably to the reduction of hours brought about by the national In dustrial recovery act and to the fix ation of minimum wages. "And now politics It out of the window," he said, passing out cigars to his callers. Chiirrh .tide Prtes NORTH FIKTjD, Minn. Dec. 31 tP, Dr. M. E. Wolde'.and. 57. head of the publicity and transportation bu reau of the Norwegian Lutheran church of America, died at hi home here today. - PHILADELPHIA. Dec. 301. Three college. Including the United S'-ates Naval academy, were dropped today from the eligible list of tiie i American aaapclatlon of University n;o;caej. With liquor taxation, budgetary and monetary questions, tax exemptions and a pure foods and drugs bill will assemble In Washington January 3. Shortly after Vice President John A. Garner (left) lets hit gavel Henry T. Rainey (right) doet likewise In the house, the liquor tax Issue will come up. A budgetary debate President Franklin D. Roosevelt (Associated Press Photos) WASHINGTON. 'Dec. 30. (AP) President Roosevelt completed his survey of national affairs today and began writing his messages to con gress. The budget again consumed the almost complete attention of the president as he worked at his desk in the White House and denied him self to callers. There was no Intimation tonight of the total of expenditures which L, Killer Wounded 11 Times Hides in Furniture Store Bed Be-diamoncd Bride - at Bedside; Wicked Career SHAWNEE. Okla., Dec. 30 lP) The "Trl-State Terror," Wilbur Un derbill killer, bank robber, machine gunner and prlaon breaker lay In a dying condition tonight, hl body al most riddled by police bullets, and law enforcement agencies checked off another name on the dwindling lljt of southwestern bad men still at large. "I don't think I can live." he told hla bride, a pretty brunette whom he married at Coalgate, Okla., several weeks ago. Hospital physicians expressed be lief the outlaw would not live, and offlcera voiced amazement that Un derbill had been able to escape from a house where he was trapped and wounded in a gunflght early today. Bleeding from more than half a dozen wounda and scantily clad. Un derbill ran from the house under a a hall of lead and took refuge In a furniture store. Four hours later he was found hid ing in a bed In the rear of the store. He surrendered without a fight, al though atill armed with a pistol. Underhlll was a leader of the break of eleven convict from the Kansas penitentiary Memorial day and la un der Indictment for the machine gun killing of four officers and Prank Nash, federal convict, at Kansas City last June. R. H. Colvln. department of Justice agent from Oklahoma City, and other offlcera trailed UndeThlll to the house. Captured In a raid were a man ten tatively Identified as Raymond Roe. alias Ralph Rowe: a Seminole beauty parlor operator. Eva Mae Nichols, and Underhlll'a wife, the former Ha! Hudson. Rowe was wounded In the rlgnt shoulder by the officers' fusillade, fired when Undrrlilll grabbed a pistol as Colvln peered through a rear win dow and shouted: "stick 'em up. Wil bur." Nichols woman was shot thru the stomach and probably fata'.ly wounded. Sobbing at her husband's bedside Mrs. Underhlll said: "Wilbur's a good man and he's been trying to go straight; but they Just won't let him." The bandit's wife wore several larce diamonds when taken to the hospital to see her husband. Assuring his wife the officers "have nothing against you." Underhill to'.d her where she could find hla auto mobiles and valuable papers. But the only "valuable papers" of flcera had located were a s.300 in bonds cf the Prank'.ln Title and Trust Co.. of Kentucky, found in the out law's clothing after be staggered, from the administration plans for the new year. Late In the day he received a re port on living costs In the capital which will determine how much. If any. of the pay cut for government employes will be recommended for restoration. Congressional leaders have been suggesting a, restoration of from five per cent to the whole 15 per cent reduction that was made. Mr. Roose LEADING CITIZEN, 10 LAST REWARD W. M. Clemenson, M, prominent member of the Medford city council and proprietor of the Jackson hotel, died at 9:10 o'clock last night at the hotel, where he had been critically ill since Wednesday, following a cere bral hemorrhage. His death last night came as a shock to .his many friends through out the valley, his condition having been reported aa Improved earlier In the day. Mr. clemenson came to Medford seven years ago, when the Jackson hotel was opened and had since play ed a prominent part in all civic act ivities. He was also known as one of the city's leading sportsmen. He came to this city from Eugene, where he was also In the .hotel busi ness. Ho had previously lived in Lew- Is ton, Idaho, and Alberta, Canada where he had also been prominent in civic affairs. He Is survived by his widow and one daughter, Mrs. Robert Porter of ban Francisco, and one son, Lawrence Clemenson of Eugene. Both were In Medford at the time of his death, having come Immediately after re ceiving word of his illness Wednes day. The funeral arrangements will be In charge of the Perl funeral par lors. An announcement and the complete- obituary will be published later. POPE PUTS PEACE VATICAN CITY. Dec. 30 (VP) The "terrible silence" of Pope Plus sup ports President Roosevelt's declara tion Thurwtay that not the people of the world but their political lead ers are to be accused of endangering peace, said the Osaervatore Romano, official church organ, today. Although the paper does not direct ly link the two. It publishes simul taneously with quotations from Presi dent Roosevelt's address an editorial which declares that by declining In h!a Christmas address to predict the outcome of the international situa tion Pope Plus delivered a "tremen dous accusation" against world po ll timl leaders. His silence. It aaya, "is Ineffably and forceful declaration that human and materia) passions. Interest and dis agreements had reached a point where 'it )s vsln for me to speak . lllffhwer Repaired. KELSO, Dec. 30. (AP) A detour around a damaged section of the Pa cific highway near Kelso will be open to traffic late Sunday or Monday morning, state highway department maiutemnct workers tald. Uxuj. velt has Indicated at least a pnrt of this cut would be returned. The president, after talks with Director Douglas of the budget, Act ing Secretary Morgenthau of the treasury and Governor Black of the federal reserve board, employed his own counsel In preparing his mes sages. Speculation continued that there would be some new move In Vie In volved gold control-commodity dollar CWA WORK, COIN CHEERS UP VALLEY ATM OF '33 Increased Cheer, Better Mo rale Bright Chapter of Year 53 Projects, Em ploying 694 Under Way A new prosperity for Jackson coun ty, reflected In Vie swing of the pick, the swish of paint brush, and the wielding of shovels, by human hands; will greet the arrival of 1934 here aa the 03 Civil Works administra tion projects, now underway, con tinue into the new year, spelling money In the pocket and food on the shelf again for 604 people and their families. That'a one of Vie good things 1033 has brought. The men and women on the Job are proof of It. Further evidence Is found In the $42,500 plac ed in circulation in this county since the federal program got underway. Of this total amount $38.S00 haa gone to meet the local labor payroll. Only $4000 has been spent on ma terial, for man haa suddenly re placed tihe machine on roads, on street, in ditches. In buildings, and all other places, where Improvement have been approved under the CWA. Smiles Return The result Is smiling faces for 10341 There were many of them In evi dence yesterday, when Uncle Sam met the weekly payroll of approximately $10,000. Men with picks, men with shovels and men with hammers In their hands, dropped them all to re ceive the real money they had earn ed on meritorious projects. Scattered to all ends of Jackson county aa they were on the 83 pro jects underway, each man was reach ed and each went home with money In his pockets, after a smile and sin cere thank you to the paymasters In charge. Many teterans of the World war ,lntermtngle on the projects, for when the first men were hired tney were given preference. If they were In need. Many men, who had been with out pay for at least a year, they stated yesterday, learned the feel of money again when they were placed on CWA Jobs. Varied Projects Some are building roads, others re pairing streets, shingling and paint ing school houses. Improving park (Continued on Page Three) The weather. Oregon: Occasional rain In west and local snow or rain east portion Sunday and Monday; Increasing .southerly wind reaching gnle force offshore Sunday, normal tempera ture. NO F.tri;R TOMORROW In accordance with long es tablished custom there will be no Issue of the Mall Tribune tomor row, i New Year Day) thus allow ing the employees of the paper to ntov th annua! hoUdav i" vlelno for attention, congresa fall In the senate and Speaker awaits the budget message of monetary program before congress meets next Wednesday but Mr. Roose velt carefully withheld Indication of his intention In this direction. In all likelihood, he will send his message on the state of the union to congress on the opening day but even that was not certain. His bud get message, outlining his fiscal pol Idea for the government, which he will stress in. the coming session, will be delivered either the second or third day of the session. RAIN AND GALES EAST COLD ENDS SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 30. (AP) In a blustery mood the old year packed rain soaked baggage on the Pacific coast tonight, while the wea ther bureau saw little hope for sun shine again before 1034. Galea along the coast, which de layed shipping many houra. were re ported abating, however. In the Pa clflc northwest, flood conditions which have caused death and damage were also less severe. Rain was general over most of Call fornla during the day, the heaviest fall being at Red Bluff, In the northern Sacramento valley, where 1.08 Inches weo recorded for the 34 hours up to 0 p. m. (Ry the Ansoclatert Press) Generally rising temperatures gave promise that extreme weather would not Interfere with plans of New Year eve celebrants. Aftr a plunge to six below In New York city yesterday the mercury rap- Idly rose above the rero mark and appeared headed for more seasonable figures. It reached 14 above late In the day and weather bureau officials said merry makers would have rain, not cold, to fear by Sunday night. An upward trend also brought wel come relief to upstate New York and New England, where the mercury had fallen as much as AO below. The minus sixty was reported at Wana kens, N. Y., while temperatures A5 below at Lancaster, N. )!., end 45 below at Lake Placid were recorded before the upswing. More moderate temperatures pr' vailed In the south and west. WILL VIEW CITY RULE FOR BOOZE EUGENE, Ore., Dec. 30. YAP) Liquor control aa It applies to mu nicipalities, will be one of the chief topics at a regional meeting of the League of Oregon Cities to be held at Medford January 4, Executive Sec rctary Herman Kchrll announced here today. Previous meetings at Marsh field and Baker were well attended and the aeries of regional meetings will be continued In other sections of the state, Kehrll said. City off)r)nln and civic leaders from approximately 20 tons of the vicin ity were Invited. Uniform ordinances for liquor con- trol, municipal revenue, federal aid : projects, civic works and the actlvl j ties of the league will be discussed. I Kehrll said there was still much for j the cities to do toward solving the ! liquor problem la an orderly man j bcr. MEET HERE JAN. 4 SO GAYETY WILL GREET M YEAR Business Confident, Markets Show Strength and the Future Brightens Al Smith Is Optimistic (By The Associated Pres) New gaiety appears In celebrations of the approaching New Year which will reach their climax tonight. Legal liquor la in the glasses In many states back after 13 years of banishment. Markets show quiet strength. Hotel and restaurant reser vations for New Year's parties pile to the capacity mark. At the Waldorf-Astoria In New York, the crush led to the opening of a chsmpagne terrace, where cham pagne only will be served. Chicago hotels were prepared for capacity busi. ness. At hotels and night clubs of .he big cities from coast to coast, popping corks and clinking glasses were manl festatlons of what promised to be the gayest and wettest national party held In observation of such an occas ion In many a year. On the Pacific coast, sport fans moven on Pasadena and San Francisco for football games tomorrow which pit Stanford against Columbia and East against West all-stars. The young folks In the house noia of President Roosevelt held a big holiday party last night at the White House whose stately walla echoed the music of a dance orchestra. Yesterday, the last day of the old year for the nation a markets, record ed what many hoped waa a good omen. Curb and stock prices closed firm. Bonds showed quiet strength. Grain pricea advanced slightly. A. W. Robertson, chairman of the Weatlnghouae Electric and Manufac turing company said "the future la beginning to take a more reassuring form than it had a few months ago." Alfred E. Smith, celebrating his sixtieth birthday anniversary, observ ed: "There's been a decided Improve ment in the last month. And I'm look ing forward to a atlll better rise be ginning with the new year." pearDTto E PARIS, Dee. 39. (AP) The gov ernment today promulgated a three- ply trade weapon by tightening Im port restrictions with three-quartera of the quotaa reserved for countries favoring French exports. Agricultural quotas, aa set for the first three months of 1S34, revealed that heavier reatrlctlona on Imports, an extension of the quota system, and the taxation of Import licenses. The full effect of the restrictions the United States will not be known until each country's share la allotted. The move waa decided on, It waa said, aa a direct outgrowth of the bolltlon of the 15 per cent surtax on Brltlah Imports. Commenting on the plana made known last rlRht. Importers of Ameri can fruit said apples and pears now brought Into Prance might be ex ported again to Germany and Eng. land In the event high Import license taxes should be applied. The quotaa are global, It waa an nounced, the sharea of various coun tries to be specified later. The apple and pear quota waa fixed at 34,aoo tons for the first quarter of 1034 an Increaaa of 11.000 tons over last quarter and GI77 tons over the flrat quarter of 1933. PLANT INDUSTRY WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 (AP) Dr. William A. Taylor, chief of the bureau of plant Industry In the de- psrtri. of agriculture, retired to rt it after more than 43 years of ser vice, 30 of which were spent aa head of the bureau. He will be succeeded by Knowles Ryerson, who has worked under Dr Taylor for many years. During Dr. Taylor's service the bu reau of plant Industry developed many new varieties and strains of plants which could be grown under the adverse no it and climatic con dltlons. Introduced crops from other countries and adapted them to com mercial production in the United States. SEATTLE. Dec. 80. (P) Re Id L McClung, dean of the college of com merce at the University of Southern California, waa named today aa the , l(i34 president of the Paclflfl Coast Etoooinie MAvcitUga, L Deposit Insurance Goes Into Effect Tuesday, and Fur ther Increases Expected Large Banks Protest WASHINGTON, Dec. 30. (AP) President Roosevelt tonight Issued a proclamation returning to state bank ing authorities full control over state banka not members of the federal reserve system. WASHINGTON. Dec. 30. (AP) A gratifying Jump In deposits, more as sets and a higher total of loana were reported for the national banka of the country tonight by the treaa ury. t While officials made ready to put the icaerui aeposlt insurance ava- tem in operation three daya hence, tney announced figures compiled from the bank call of October 36 and aald that as compared with the laat auch tabulation on June 30, virtually all Itema changed In the flrat direction. Between those two datca, deposits Increased 281,093,000 to reach a to tal of 17,058,208,000. Assets rose from 30.860,000.000 to 31,108,49r. 000. Loans and discounts were 140. 085,000 higher, the total being 8,S57, 037.000. The figure!, were on a basla of 6,057 banka operating unrestrict edly October 35 compared with 4,003 June 30. The depoelt insurance plan will be come effective Tuesday and from then until July 1 all deposit to a. maximum of 3,500 will be guaran teed In full by a fund made up of assessments upon the banka with a sum of 160,000,000 added by Vie government. After July 1, deposits to a maximum of 110.000 will be In sured In full, from 10,000 to 50,000 wlir be guaranteed 75 per cent and above that 60 per cent , Despite the adverse criticism of bankers, those in charge of the de posit Insurance were enthualastlo about Its prospects for bettering eco nomic conditions. Walter J. Oum mlngs, chairman of the Insurance corporation, naa said he believed 1 would serve to Increase deposits and loans with the banka freed from all fear of runs. The banks, however. Dartleuiariv the larger ones, have expressed Wit) leenng mat it waa an Imooaltlon to aaaeae them' for money which would be paid to depositors of some Institution less efficiently conducted. One bank In Chicago has refused to participate and its case has not been disposed of. The law requires that all national banka and members of the federal reaerve aystem, whether state or national Institutions, become participants. AT END NEW YORK, Dev. 30. (OT Tarn- many moved out of city hall tonight and the last to go waa Mayor John P. O'Brien, the Tiger'a defeated candi date to succeed himself. Shortly after midnight tomorrow Florello H. Laguardla will take the oath of office and Tammany's 16-year ule of the city hall will be ended. The mayor remained In hla office until shortly berore 10 o'clock tonight with two of hla secretaries, signing routine papera. WILL" ROGER? BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Dec. 29 The big Pan-Amerioan con ference in Uruguay adjourned. While it did nothing, it did it so well they all left friends, which is more than nny confer ence in years has accomplished. You can't hopo to gain ground at a conference, you only try to remedy the dmiuiffc done at the Inst one. Our Mr. Cordell Hull must have done a very creditable job for us, for I see ho is able to visit Argentina, Chile, Peru nnd other countries under his own name. Generally, our dele gates arrive at a conference with a band and leave incog nito. Yours, tfi& dill MtMtwtt trafltau. ta. ty 0
