Medford mail tribune., December 31, 1933, Page 3, Image 3

JiFEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE. MEDFORD, ORECiOX, SUNDAY, DECEXfBER 31, 1033.
PAGE THREE
PUIS BANK CODE
IN EFFECT FEB. 1
NRA Director Delays Sched
ed Price Boost and Dis
misses Subordinate Fol
lowing 'Misunderstanding'
All Medford and southern Oregon
banks were prepared to Invoke the
banker code of the NRA, January 3,
and o advised patrons. The tele
gram below changes the date until
February 1, and Is sell-explanatory:
New York, N. 1., Dec. 30, 1933.
Oris Crawford, President '
Southern Oregon Bankers Ass'n.
First National Bank,
Medford. Oregon.
The effective date of operation .
of all shedules of fair trade prac
tices under the bankers code has
been postponed until February
first Nineteen Thirty Four by
order of General Johnson nation
al administrator In order to give
him ooDortunitv for further study
of the matter.
FRANK W. SIMONDS, Sec.
Banking Code Committee.
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WASHINGTON, Dec. SO. (JP)- Banks
in every corner of the nation were
under sudden NRA orders today to
withhold projected schedules designed
to sharply Increase bank charges to
customers.
While the Capital speculated upon
the final outcome of the swift move
by Hugh S. Johnson In cancelling the
Increased levies, the NRA administra
tor himself added only silence to his
order that the charges be suspended
"Indefinitely and Immediately." or at
least until he had approved them.
The first action came as the result
of what was officially described as a
most unusual "misunderstanding."
Johnson lost little time after learn
ing that a proposed uniform higher
schedule under the NRA bankers code
had been circulated by the code au-
thorlty among all clearing house as
sociations with the notation that
Johnson had approved them.
The NRA chief declared immediate.
Iy to newspapermen that he had not
approved the schedules; In fact, had
not even seen them, simultaneously
he summarily dismissed Cary N. Weis
lger, Jr., deputy administrator In
charge of the banking code, who was
said to have been Instrumental In a
public announcement that Johnson
had approved the banking code au
thority plans.
Although the proposed higher
schedule circulated among the clear
ing house associations was not made
public. It was understood to approxi
mate a "metered" system by which
customers would pay more for vir
tually all bank services.
In addition to uniform service
charges on all small checking ac
counts, it was said to Include levies
of so much per check above a certain
number of checks, charges for each
deposit slip and each Item on the
slip and a minimum charge of ten
cents for cashing checks presented by
non -depositors.
Johnson said In a brief public state-
ment accompanying his order last
night that he Intended to give "a
careful scrutiny in the public In
terest" to every schedule of charges
submitted by local or regional clear
ing house associations. The associa
tions were given an extension until
February 1 to submit them.
The Christmas lighting contest,
conducted by the Chamber of Com
merce ended Friday, when a commit
tee composed of Mrs. Louts Ulrtch,
Mrs. J. R. Woodford, and Col. W. R
Payne visited the residential sections,
and named the prize winners, it was
announced by the Chamber of Com
merce. The committee reported that It was
very difficult to pick the winners,
as the decorations were extremely
beautiful this year.
However, after a very careful survey
of the city, the following prize win
ners were announced:
For the best decorated homes
First prize. P. C. Dlllard, 39 Summit
avenue; 2nd prise, Val J. Fisher, 61
Summit avenue.
For the best decorated trees First
prize. George C. Huber, 1316 E. Main
street; second prize, J. T. Davis, 1113
East Main.
Honorable mention for the best
decorated homes went to George F.
Phythlan, 828 Minnesota avenue, and
F. H. Reum. 933 S. Oakdale avenue,
and honorable mention for the best
decorated tree was awarded to P. W.
Taylor, 339 S. Central avenue.
Merchandise prizes were awarded
to the winners as follows: First
prize for the best decorated home,
$13.50 electrical merchandise prize;
second prize. (6.35 electrical mer
chandise, both donated by the Peo
ple's Electric Store, and for deco
rated trees, first prize, 613.50 elec
trical merchandise, second, $6.25 elec
trical merchandise donated by Palmer
Electric store.
I IN Ml
Mrs. Rase Rica and Juanlta Stone
of Klamath Falls are In the commun
Ity. hospital, Mrs. Rice suffering severe
cute to the face and her sister Miss
Stone has a brolten Jaw as a result
of their car crashing Into a parked au
tomobile at one o'clock Saturday
morning In the six hundred block
on North Riverside avenue.
According to the report placed on
file with the city police, L. J. Oanten
beln of 515 west Eleventh street
atated that his car had run out of
gasoline, and that he had left It there
and walked on to the bakery where he
Is employed. When he returned, he
found his car had been run Into.
Mrs. Rice and Miss stone were drlv.
Ing the car registered to Ira I Zum
walt of Klamath Falls.
LICENSE PLATES
OR STICKER ONLY
. AUTO PASSPORTS
After the first of the year, passenger
cars must have 1034 license plates or
temporary stickers. Captain Lee M.
Bown of the Oregon State Police
stated yesterday. Money order receipts
showing that plates have been order
ed, will not be accepted as perm la to
drive the car.
Due to the new legislation concern
ing trucks and the necessity of ob
tain ing new licenses and forms, strict
compliance of trucks to the license
law, will not be demanded for a week,
Captain Bown stated. Howevr, by
January 8, all trucks will be required
to display the new plates in order to
operate.
All foreign license plates will be
checked by the state police, and thru
a reciprocal agreement made by the
state department, out-of-state cars
will be extended the courtesy of their
home states, relative to the date of
receiving new plates.
SALEM. Dec. 30 P) Issuance of
1934 automobile licenses was still be
low par as the last plates which will
reach motorist by January 1 were
Issued today.
At close of business last night 66,-
939 sets of plates had been Issued,
compared to 78.425 for a correspond
Ing date last summer when half-year
licenses were -sold.
State Police Superintendent Charles
P. Pray haa announced that motor
ists must have new licenses If they
wish to drive after the first of the
year.
Get Milk Permits
For Coming Year
Milk producers, distributors and
dispensers are obtaining permits from
the city recorder In compliance with
Medford'a milk ordinance No. 3541
which requires that stores, soda foun
tains, hotels, restaurants or anyone
delivering or serving tble milk or
cream must secure a permit January
1 of each year.
Discing the soli bordering fields In.
feated with grasshoppers last summer
la one means of guarding against tne
Infestation next year.
TO CEASE SALES
OF
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test over the Knox law gave me
right to sell or dispense liquor, unrestricted.
Federal Action Looms
Rigid enforcement of the Knox law
will be undertaken, and is separate
from any federal action, that may be
forthcoming. Government agents have
been in the city and county for two
weeks, checking up on revenue law
violations. Uncle Sam is quite par
ticular when evasion of taxes is con
cerned. Two local cases one for
rectification of liquor, and one for
still operation are now awaiting fed
eral grand Jury action.
The campaign will also mciue sun
operators, rectification and blending
of liquor, transportation of liquor,
importation of liquor, laise laoeung,
drunken driving, sale to minors, and
possession by minors. The minimum
state penalty is atx months in the
county jail and $250 fine, and the
maximum sentence w tnree years in
state prison, or $3000 fine.
The federal law carries sugnuy
higher penalties.
The law also provid $ tnat an auto
used in transportation or importa
tion of Illicit liquor, may be confis
cated. Liquor may be transported In
bonded carriers only.
To Cose "Joints"
On the heels of repeal came a num
ber of "social centers," where drinks
were served, Tfre call of "easy money"
also resulted In drinks being served
from a bottle under the counter. All
did a good business, and paid no tax
lloense fe. They have enjoyed
three weeks of unrestricted sale.
Fires were built under many stills,
according to reports, and moonshine
flowed in from the coast and north
ern California. Some of the supply
posed as "bonded stuff." The cam
paign Is intended to atop all this.
The clean-up Is conducted under
the nuisance clause of the Knox law,
which provides for a lien against a
building, where liquor is sold un
lawfully to pay Vie fine and costs.
In part It reads as follows:
"Any room, house, Building, noai,
structure or place of any kind where
alcoholic liquor la sold, manufac
tured, bartered or given away In vio
lation of the law, or where persons
are permitted to resort for the pur
pose of drinking alcoholic beverages
In violation of the law, or any place
where such beverages are kept for
sale, barter or gift In violation of
the law. and all alcoholic liquor and
all property kept and used In said
place, hereby are declared to be a
common nuisance: and any person
who maintains or assists In main
taining such common nuisance shall
be guilty of a violation of this act.
And if it shall be proved that the
owner of any building or premises
knowingly has suffered the same to
be used or occupied for the manu
facture, sale or possession of alco
holic beverages, contrary to the pro
visions of this act, such building or
premises shall be subject to a Hen
for, and may be sold to pay all fines
and costs assessed against the oc
cupant of such building or premises,
for any violation of this act; and
such lien .Viall be enforced immedi
ately by civil action In any court
having Jurisdiction, by the district
attorney of the county wherein such
building or premises Is located."
Urging Jacksori county people to
respond to the call for funds to aid
the flood victims in Washington, the
Red Cross here Issued another state
ment yesterday. The $300 quota,
asked of Jackson county. Is far from
realized, officials here stated, and
the need Is an ever-increasing one.
It is believed that Jackson county,
which has responded often In the
past to calls from much more dis
tant neighbors In distress, will not
fall to help the refugees in the north.
A report from the Benewah county
Red Cross chapter shows that many
of the refugees in that section lost
everything. A great many cattle,
chickens and pigs were drowned. The
river rose so rapidly it was impossible
to save all the livestock. Many also
lost their winter supply of food.
Woodland, which Is a dairy-farming
area, presents a desolate picture, the
overflow from the Lewis river dam
having deposited tons of mud.sniTd
and debris on farms and in homes.
as well as destroying 30 homes. Stock
feed has been destroyed. Two thou
sand cows were moved to higher
ground, where milking Is continued
through co-operative farm effort.
More than 1000 homes have been
damaged or destroyed, many of them
being wiped out In the stricken
states of Washington and Idaho.
The need for immediate aid la para
mount and anyone, who can, Is asked
to respond immediately to the call or
the Red Cross that Jackson county
may not fall short of her quota.
which will help make life bearable
to victims of the flood.
EAGLE LODGE 10
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Eagles' headquarters will be moved
from the Medford National Bank
building to Dreamland hall, It wns
decided at a meeting of the organ
isation held Friday evening. The or
ganization .has already Increased to
such proportions that It Is expected
more persons will attend the meet
ings in that hall.
It was stated at the meeting that
the Eagles' sessions will In no way
Interfere with the dances, which will
continue to be held on Wednesday
and Saturday nights as In the past,
Dances will be sponsored by the
Eagles. wit,h Jack White well known
radio and orchestra player, as leader,
Inventory blanks, in small or large
quantities. Commercial Printing Dept.
Mall Tribune or phone 79.
NEW YEAR'S BALL, Monday even
ing fit Central Point Orange hal!
Good music. Everybody welcome.
CHEERS UP VALLEY
AT CLOSE OF '33
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and irrigation district projects and
others participating In clerical work
necessary to the surveys being made.
All receive their money from Wash
ington, D. C, where the final okeh,
which determines whether or not
work shall go on. Is given. From
Washington the money Is allocated to
the states, where boards accept the
applications of each county's admin
istrative board. Allotments of skill
ed and unskilled labor are appor
tioned to each project approved, and
the local administration has no Jur
isdiction over that number. Jackson
county to date, has been allotted 04
men. They are all at work. The
county allocates the men on projects
up to the quota strength granted by
Vie state.
There are now 3500 persons regls
trede for work In Jackson county.
The first atm of the CWA Is to put
men to work, the second la to keep
the work economically sound. All
projects, approved In this county,
have been meritorious ones, the com
mittee pointed out yesterday.
The skilled labor la paid at the
'rate of 50 cents up to $1.30 an hour,
the unskilled 60 cents an hour. The
money paid each man Is his to use :
as .he pleases. There la no red tape
attached to It, which separates the
work from any relief or dole char
acteristics, which it. might otherwise
have. The first allotment of men,
however, was taken from the relief
rolls. In keeping with Instructions
from Washington, D. C, the first aim
having been to aid those persons In
greatest need.
The Oregon CWA has already ap
proved projects for Jackson county,
which will absorb 600 additional meiv
As soon as the federal governments
grants allocation of these men, they
win be placed on Jobs. Men are
chosen, as closely as possible, from
the proximity of the Job, whether it
be at Copper, Dead Indian, Butte
Falls or Medford. They are now at
work on project that far reaching.
There are 60 at work on the re
taining wall, bordering Bear creek,
where it flows through Medford; 33
are building the Roxy Ann road: 40
are Improving Summit street; 30 are
at work on Hamilton street and 48
on Monroe in Medford, and so on the
allocation goes from the Bellvlew
school to the Evans valley road. In
every case hand labor Is used to the
greatest extent possible, and a sur
prising amount and quality of work
has been noted by the various fore
men. "The men are getlng wages
and trying their best to earn Jhem,
and they're doing a good Job," they
declare.
To expedite the cashing of their
checks and to aid the stores In avoid
ing congestion at the close of the
day, the Chamber of Commerce yes
terday arranged to cash checks.
Around 60 persons had been cared
for at fl o'clock.
Under the CWA each person works
six .hours a day and five days a week
and every week brings a pay day.
FETE AT
HOTEL MEDFORD
Among the New Tear's Eve event
scheduled In Medford la the dinner
party this evening at the Medford
hotel, according to announcement
made Saturday by Pete Denson. man
ager. A musical program will be pre
sented by an orchestra, under the
leadership of Henri Warner of Tal
ent, who recently came here from
Chicago,
Other members of the orchestra are
Chester Wood, cello: Genevieve Brown,
piano; Jack Terret, bass: Lyle Tames,
trombone: Warren Barr, cornet;
Clarence Palmer, drums, and Mr,
Blood, clarinet.
Alined "FI.r,, Nabbed.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 30. -(AP)
Edward Savan, a ball broker and
Oscar Sherman, merchant, waived pre
liminary hearing today on a charge
of receiving atolen property. The
complaint charged they had In their
possession on December 18, 36 suit
of men's clothing valued at $700, al
legedly stolen from Wtckenden'a store
at Salinas, Cal.
For FUEL OIL deuvery. Phone SM.
Relnklng Trucking Co. Pump and
long hose. We give 8. & H. stamps.
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W. R. Lydlard ot this city haa been
appointed aa one of the three mem
bera of the atate mining board, the
other two membere being Robert Mc
culloch of eastern Oregon. The new
board will have a meeting early In
January to organizer of J. H. Batch
eller, of the school of mtnea at the
Oregon State college, acts as secre
tary. - L. M. Lydlard, in addition to being
greatly Interested In the mining In
dustry. Is a successful bualneas man
and his appointment will be of great
benefit to the mining Industry of the
state and will keep southern Oregon
lntouch with one of the principal industries.
Chalena Bernlce Cook, 26. a mar
ried woman, charged with the forgery
of a 14 check on the J. C. Penney
Co. store, was given a suspended
sentence of six months by Circuit
Judge H. D. Norton Saturday morning.
The court, In pawing sentence, de
clared an epidemic of check forging
was prevalent In the county, and
that It could be curbed by merchant
and others ceasing to "cash checks
blindly." The court declared thla
"made a collection agency out of the
district attorneys office." and in
many Instances the forger escsped
prosecution because of the delay on
the part of the merchants In report
ing to the state or city police.
Aulhorltles report that many checks
are cashed without the merchant in
quiring about the check passer, and
that If a forged or fraudulent check
li cashed, the merchant first hunu
for the person who has bilked him.
to secure the return of his goods,
and then falls to report to the au
thorities. The court suggested that a curb
would be placed on forgers. If mer
chants would Investigate the financial
stability of the check writer, befor,
cashing, his check.
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