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Medford Mail Watch tht TRIBUNE'S CLASSITIED ADS . , Loti of food bargain that mean genuine laving. Twenty-eiclith Year MEDFOKD. OREGOX, TUESDAY, JANUARY 2, 1934 No. 241. mi m mil 1 in The Weather Forecast: Rain tonight and Wednes day; moderate temperature. Highest yesterday ...... , M Lowest thli morning To H a. m. today ,00 TRIBIl NE By PALL MAIXON. t WASHINGTON. Jan. 2. No one need shed a tear for Mr. Roosevelt be cause congress Is opening tomorrow. If you have tears, prepare to ahed them for congress. It needs them, while dealing with Mr. Roosevelt. Already he la taking up the Job of outmaneuvering the boya on the hill Just where he left off at the last ses sion. The Inside tale of what hap pened to the two well-known progres sive senators shows that. They came down to the White House two week ago with blood in their eyes. They are western republi cans, not of the stripe which openly supported Mr. Roosevelt during the last campaign. In fact they have been crltlcical of the administration off and on. It was a lively scene when they bearded Mr. Roosevelt in his den. Fists fell heavily on the presiden tial desk. They argued that the NRA was ruining the small business man. It lifts the anti-trust laws from the big fellows, lets them Join unrestrain edly in co-operative ventures, while the little fellows are left out In the cold. Something must be done, said they. Mr. Roosevelt amazed them by re sponding In effect (these are not his exact words) : "Gentlemen, I think you are right. Something must be done. Now you two gentlemen know a 'lot about the subject, probably more than anyone else. I propose to appoint a committee In the NRA to handle this subject of the anti-trust laws and I am going to name you two men as that committee." The gentlemen neafly fell through the floor. What the president proposed would have roped them Into the NRA or ganization. It would have made them responsible for protecting the anti trust laws against violation. Mr. Roosevelt went on to explain that what he wanted was a commit tee like the labor committee headed by Senator Wagner In the NRA. The mere mention of their names as members of such a committee would be accepted by the country as absolv ing the administration from blame, although he did not say that. They recovered their tongue and suggested there should be legislation to amend the basic NRA law in that respect. The president accepted that Idea, but insisted that they serve on the committee. The best answer they could think of was that they would let him know In a day or two, whether they would consent to serve. Days passed and they did not show up at the White House. To tell the truth, :ir. Roosevelt may not have expected them back. He had the Indian sign on them whether they came back or not. If they had attacked the administration severely, all he had to do was to announce publicly that he had requested these two gentlemen to help him straighten out the matter and they had de clined. A few days ago they did come. Ad ministration sympathizers who tell the story say Mr. Roosevelt summon ed them. What transpired is not yet available for publication, but no ap pointments to such a committee were then announced. It Is highly Im probable that the two gentlemen will ever permit themselves to be maneu vered Into taking the Jobs. It Is also improbable that they will come back to the White House 'ii any similar i-lssion any time soon. The current plan of having con gress Investigate the administration as It goes along la based on the some what same Idea. It has been suggested at the White House that Mr. Roosevelt likes con gressional investigations and wel comes them. However, he doej not like the old system of Investigating things alter they hap, en. So he may propose to have congresa appoint committees to inquire into NRA, PWA etc.. all the time. Tli at is a sensible way to go about it. but the chances are Mr. Roosevelt will get a lot more out of the ar rangement than .congress will. The scheme ha been worked with success on the Internal revenue bu reau. There is a Joint congressional committee which Is supposed to keep a watchful eye on tax refunds, and does, within the limits of Its ability. It has been operating for several years now. Its work Is largely secret. As a re mit you hear little criticism of the bureau now In congress. The tenden cy clearly seems to be to make con gress more friendly toward the bu reau. That ako will be the result of the continuous investigation Idea general ly, if it goes through. For tl:e-e reasons, and others. It appears that current fears about con gress running wild this session, are groundless. Mr. Ra-wevelt will have troubles aplfnty. He will hart to make com promises and sccept some things he dors not like. That 1 as It should be, became, alter all, congress cannot be :ong all the time. But for the first Continued, on Pag Fout-l Cloudburst in Los A. Area Spreads Ruin SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 2. t7P Central and northern California today remained shrouded by the wake of the storm, which spread death and destruction in the Los Angeles area, as a new disturbance moved down from the Washington coast. While predicting "probably clear" skies for southern California by to morrow, the weather bureau reported the rest of the state may expect more 'rain and snow from the north. LOS ANGELES. Jan. 3. iVP) The horror of another catastrophe, the third In nine mqnth, locked southern California in its grasp of misery, dis tress and enormous damage again to day. Last March an earthquake terror ized the southland, claiming 102 lives. In October, 29 men were cre mated in a brush fire. And Sunday the greatest single day of rainfall In history loosed flood waters which had drowned at least 31 persons, probably more. Between eight and 15 Inches of rain, suddenly pouring down as though a trapdoor had been sprung in leaden skies which had threaten ed bad weather for a week, created scenes of havoc second only to the appalling damage in the millions done by the March earthquake. Many Injured. Besides the known dead, police authorities' had listed 27 persons as missing. 35 had suffered more or less serious Injuries and scores, running into hundreds, were treated for lesser Injuries inflicted as avalanches of debris were scattered ruinously from the surrounding mountains over pop ulated areas. Hardly an acre of the metropolitan area escaped without some scar but by the fury of nature running wild. From a week-end normally counted as one of the happiest here, augment ed as It is not only by the Christmas holidays but by the famed tourna ment of roses and Rose Bowl football game, southern California awoke to day to scenes of disaster that taxed the Imagination. - Seek Missing Kin. People, fear and grief written Into their faces, searched the morgues and hospitals for missing kin. Property owners, hearts gladdened by the rush of a holiday business that had better ed the records of three years, sur veyed store stocks damaged by silt I and water, possibly 3.000 homes and 1.500 automobiles damaged badly by j water, a score of bridges washed out, highways swept away, railroad tracks inundated and roadbeds greatly soft ened. The collapse of bridges and the washing away of homes caused most of the human casualties, numbering babies, boys and girls, young men and women, middle-aged and elderly per sons. So furiously did the rood waters (Continued on Pe Three) 4 BY ROTARIANS AT Members of the Medford Rotary club continued their last week's dis cussion of taxation under the lead ership of County Judge Earl Day, at thetr regular meeting this noon at the Medford hotel. Judge Day again reviewed the financial condition of the county and state and pointed out the necessity of the sales tax if Oregon's schools are to remain open. The futility of raising much needed school funds through other methods of taxation was explained by Mr. Day who la thoroughly con versant with tax problems In this state and was formerly a member of the legislature. "The greatest portion of funds de rived by a sales tax will be paid Jiy people living in municipalities.- Judge Day said. "This method of tnxatlon will evenly distribute the burden of maintaining the school and nubstantlallv relieve the tax load of the property owner. Following Mr. Day's pertinent re marks, members of the Be- ry club eneaged In a general discussion un der hts leadership. Before the taxation session. Rev W. R. Baird contributed to an In teresting program with an amusing reading. A general "song fesf was also featured for the first meeting of 1934 under the direction of Ed Shockley. The feature of this song period was the duet by George Hunt and Lee Bishop. Dave Rosenburg was a guest at todays Rotary meeting. Warner Honored ! By Postal Men W. J. Warner, who retired as Med ford postmaster December 31, to be (succeeded by Prank DeSouza. was I honored by members of his staff and ! custodians of the federal building last Friday night, In addition to the entertainment, . honoring him. he was presented with a splendid gilt. 31 y IN CATASTROPHE LOS ANGELES, Jan. 2. (yp) The revised death list In the Los Angeles flood of Sunday showed 31 dead to day, with 23 bodies identified. The dead : Mr. and Mrs. J. E. Moore and daughter Martha, 7, San Gabriel. Sherman and Toots Hubbard, brother and sister, Wilmington, drowned with the Moores when their automobile plunged through a broken bridge. Mrs. Dorothy carter, Monterey Park. Marilyn Ghosltn, 4, Glendale. Mrs. Myrtle Adams, Montrose. Elwood Plumb, 55, Long Beach. Clyde Dowell, CWA worker, Tu- Junga, Frank Gereghty, 45, North Holly- Mrs. E. n. Higley, Montrose, wood. Mrs. Ruth X. Relhl, Montrose. Mrs. Margaret Smith, La Crescents. Chester Hen-era, 12, Los Angeles. Clark Harmon, Montrose. Sam Wilson, 10, Montrose. Mrs. Vera Kahn, 40. La Crascenta. Wilson, 12. a brother. Betty Lorraine Klaas, 10, Montrose, Homer Hlgley, 28, Montrose. Winston Doty, 20, Venice. Weston Doty, 20, Venice, twin broth er of Winston. Sam Carter, 70. Van Nuys. Three unidentified men, two un identified women, three unidentified girls. Wit hthe exception of Carter, all or the bodies were found in the Glendale. Montrose district, where the storm reached its height. The following persons were report ed missing: Joan McDonald, 6, Los Angeles. Edith Warfield, 6, .Montrose. Charles Warfield, 15, brother of Edith. Mrs. Etta Thomas, Montrose. Virginia Pulllam, Los Angeles, Phyllis Brooks, Los Angeles. Wendell Farr, San Fernando. Mr. and Mrs. J. Stanley Jackson, Glendale. Mr. and Mrs. Ralph Knlfftn, Mont rose. Martha Oray, La Crescents. George R. L. Young. Montrose. Ida Hamilton, Montrose. Peggy Hamilton, 15, twin sister of Ida. May Hamilton, 14, sister of Ida and Peggy. W. R. Scully and wife, Jennie, Montrose. Mrs. Clark Harmon. Montrose. Lorraine Neacher, 25. Highland. Mrs. Ella L. McLean, 60. Montrose. Mr. and Mrs. H. A. McKenzle and their son, Lawrence Dunlap, of Fllnt ridge School for Boys. Harry Wilson. 2, Montrose. Clara Horowitz, 21, of Los Angeles. Melvln Belols, Glendale. Georgia Hollie. Glendale. Richard Brommet. 2, Glendale. Gladys Fisher, 22, Glendale. Mrs. Hannah R. McAllister, Glen dale. Thomas Cook, Montrose. W. A. Lennon, Montrose, and four children, Bernice, Kenneth, Allen and Marie. PORTLAND. Jan. 3. (Bpl Oeorge Neuner. attorney for the state liquor control commission and former fed eral district attorney, was Injured near Redding, Calif., late Saturday when his car akfdded on slippery pavement and went over an embank ment. He continued to Portland with his family by train and was confined to his bed. Mrs. Neuner announced that he suffered a chest Injury and probably will be unable to leave his borne for two or three days. Mr. and Mrs. Neuner and the three children were In the car when the accident occurred. They had been driving through a terrine rainstorm land In places the highway was un der water. As the car approached ;a sharp turn. It skidded, itruck I telephone pole and plunged down the t embankment, W feet high. It rolled over twice. Mrs. Neuner and the I three children were not injured be lyond minor bruise and. tboc. Roosevelt Will Read Message to Congress E Drastic Reductions Ordered When Company Presents Budget Payment To A. T. and T. Also Rejected. SALEM, Jin. a. (AP) Drastic re duction In salaries of officials of the Pacific Telephone and Telegraph company. In San Francisco, Seattle and Portland offices. Involving Ore gon's share of these salaries as well, waa contained In an order Issued by Charles M. Thomas, public utilities commissioner, today. The commissioner based his order upon budgetry requirement Issued by the company, and further reject ed the payment of $101,000 for 1934 to the American Telephone and Tele graph company for alleged services to the Pacific firm. Means Big Total Total amount of salaries were or dered reduced from 9233,739 to $137, 525. Oregon's share of these salaries na contained In the budget were cut from (78,768 to 958.989. Thomas' order would reduce the salary of H. D. PUlsbury, president, from 954,587 to 921.000. Oregon's share of thla salary waa cut from S4846 to 91864. Other salarlea as far as Oregon was concerned were cut In like proportion. In the San Francisco office, other salary cuts recommended were : N. R. Powley, vice president, from 931,820 to 916,200; F. J. Reagon, vice president, from 921,802 to 912,000; W O. .Klelnschmldt, secretary-treasurer, from 913.62r to 99000; C. E. Kleager, vice president, from 918.155 to 910,200; 0. S. Casassn, general auditor, from 921,802 to 912,000. In the Seattle office, the salary of R. D. Sheldon, auditor, was order ed reduced from 911.991 to 98.393. rnrlland Office Hit Portland office officials were or dered reduced as follows: E. D. Wise, general manager, from 913.607 to 99.525; F. Scholl, assistant general manager, from 96.550 to 93. 895: C. P. Toussleng, plant manager, from 97,077 to 96.370; M. J. Dodge, commercial manager, from 99,565 to 97,645: R. D. Miller, chief engineer, from 97,084 to 96,375; F. Prince, traf fic manager, from 97,895 to 96.380, and O. C. Hoff, plant engineer, from 98.174 to 96,540. Thomas ba&M authority for his order on chapter 441 of the 1933 Oregon laws, which gives him power to reject budget Items of public util ities or order reductions In such Items. The order approved the pro posed expenditure of 91244 for ad ditlons to the plant during the com ing year, and the donatton of 95 to the volunteer fire department at Monmouth. BUSy YEAR FOR JUSTICE COURT The Justice court, for the Med ford district, justice of the Peace William R. Coleman, presiding, had a busy 1933, according to vie an nual report filed by the" bench. There were a total of 900 caae close to averaging three a day. There r?re 364 civil actions, 37 small claims suits, and 610 criminal mat ters. The severest sentence was Imposed upon two men living in the Phoenix district, found guilty of petit larceny, after they had been paroled by the court for Issuing a check for $1.28 with no funds In the bank. ' Drunken driving convictions in 18 Instances were rewarded with 30 days In the county Jail, 1100 fine, a lecture from the court and man datory su pens jn of their driver's license for one year. The firmness of the court caused a loss of popu larity for drunken driving at least they were not as frequent in the last six months of 1033 as in the first. The court announced today that If there la a recurrence of drunken driving "I will Increase the penal iir losITfingers PLAYING WITH AXE When the two children of Mr. and Mrs. Oene Mee of Jacksonville were playing with an ax Sunday, Eleanor, aged four, lost the two small fingers of her right hand. Her brother accidentally chopped them off with the hatchet. The little girl was brought to the Community hospital for treatment, where no other details of the accident wt.e learned. MUD SLIDE BURIES FARM HOME Milo Allen, 50-year-old farmer living near Clatskanle, Ore., and three tons were engulfed In mud when a slide bore down upon their home from a narrow ravine when water had collected behind debrii. The picture shows the site at It looked after the tragedy. (Associated Press Photo) TALENT IRRIGATION OE IS A telegram was received this after noon from Prancls J. Keenan, Wash ington, D. C, financial advisor to the Reconstruction Finance Corpor ation for Irrigation districts, that the RFC had approved of a loan for 376,0000 for the Talent irrigation district. The Talent district a.-fted for 5 00. 000. The 9375,000 loan was made for the purpose of retiring outstanding bonds and Interest at the ratio of 33.43 per dollar. A formal notice of the granting of the loan was placed In the malls today according to Olen Ansplger, re cipient of the message, and general manager for the Irrigation district. A similar telegram was received this morning from Senator Stlewer saying that the loan had been granted. SALBM, Jan. 3. 4Jf) Postponement of arguments In the Klamath Falls attack on the Knox liquor law. sched uled to be heard today before Circuit Judge L. O. Le welling here, was an nounced In view of the reported In ability of either attorneys for the de fense to be in attendance. County Clerk U. O. Boyer received a request last night from the com mission to have the arguments post poned, and he got in touch with Lew ell tng before announcing postpone ment. No time had yet been set for resumption of the case in the Marion county circuit court. HARTFORD, Conn., Jan. 3 (AP) A temporary Injunction restrain ing General Hugh 8. Johnson, na tional recovery administrator, code autho.iMes and United Statra of ficials from enforcing provisions of the coat and suit Industry code against five Connecticut manufac turers had been granted by the U. S. district court. Issuance of the Injunction was dis closed when the restraining order was served on U. 8. Dlntrlct Attor ney Frank B. Bergln. w.ho was named one of the defendants. The order was Issued pending a hearing Jan. 18 by Judge Edwin 8. Thomas. The petitioner' affidavits contend ed that they had suffered personal hardship as a result of alleged dis crimination by the cods authority, particularly In reference to mini mum wages. fAport heat PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 3. (AP) The Emergency Export corporation did not set a price today for toft white wheat for foreign shipment. The las', price quoted waa 76 cents a bushel, made last Thursday, t Milter NEW YORK. Jan. 3 (AP) Bar eil'.er turn, hiut: at i4. NRA RESTRAINED BYSUITfAKERS ....-'.. 3 Defy Blizzard To Be First Atop Mt. Hood In 1934 PORTLAND, Jan. 3 Three Portland men braved a lashing blizzard Monday to scale the sum mit of Mount Hood, 11.253 feet above sea level. They were Henry Kurtz, Ralph Calkin and Joe Lenthold, all mem bers of the Wyest club, and their names were the first to be written in the Hood roster ot 1934. A flashlight provided visibility for about 10 feet as the mountain storm raged, but nature alone, an accurate compass course and good equipment saw the three m'n through the adventure. E OE Fifteen arrests were made by city officers on charges of drunkenness In a public place and disorderly con duct over the h ?llda. city Judge A. D. Curry was busy today, hearing the numerous cases. Tracy Deveney, 38, arrested Satur day night on a disorderly conduct charge, was fined 15; Dan Haas, 35, arrested at the same time on a simi lar charge. Is scheduled to appear at 4:30 today; Alfred Dttvla forfeited $10 ball when he failed to appear to an swer charges of being drunk In a public place. Bill flhann, arrested early Sunday morning for drunkenness, waa ftned 10 and his wife, also arrested, has not appeared In court yet. Ten dollar fines were meted out to Charles Jeaalman, W. Paulson, Victor Cooper: 30 and Harold R. Johnson, 31 for being drunk In public, while Walter Williams and James McDonald each were fined 15 for disturbing the peace. Charged with disorderly con duct, John Forster, 30, was fined $6. Ed. Rlggs, 67, who was fined 10 on charges of drunkenness, agreed to work out the amount, for the city. In Justice court, William E. Gonle, 33, of Applcgate, waa fined $25 on charges of reckless driving. He was arrested near Medford Sunday night by state police. Archie McLeod. 10. and Harry L. Little. 31 of Camp Car berry, were remanded back to Jail, and their trials set for later in the week on charge of disorderly con- dnct. State officers arrested them at I Jacksonville Saturday night. I Nye Matthews, who was arrested by I city police last night, was turned over I to the atate police who held ft war- ;rant charging him with reckless drlv- j Ing. and driving while his driver's license waa suspended. Matthews pleaded not guilty In Justice court to day and his trial was set for two o'clock tomorrow afternoon. According to state police Matthews' driver's license was revoked on Jan uary 11, 1033, and on April 3, 1033. Jesse C. Long waa fined 15 In jus tlce court today, having been arrrnted yesterday by state police for having four persons In the driver's seal oi his automobile. DR. C. C. WU, FORMER MINISTER SUCCUMBS HONOKONCl, Jan. 7 . Dr. C. C. Wu, former Chinese minister to the United flutes, died suddenly today of cerebrsl embolism. He wss 46 yesrs old. He hid been Inactive In public (or moie lino 1 Jfcsx. AND FAMILY PORTLAND, Jan. 3. (AP) An ad minlstrntor to direct and manage Oregon's state liquor control system will be appointed this week. This was announced Monday by Oeorge H. McMorran of Eugene, chair man of the liquor control board, which was In session here today. Much of the board's time at today's meeting was devoted to Interviewing candidates for the poet of adminis trator. This official, responsible di rectly to the control board, will have complete charge of the liquor distri bution system. Members of the con trol board have declared they will engage the best administrative talent available. Chairman MoMorran and Commis sioners J. D. Burns and Alex G. Barry agreed todny that the control com mission shall do Its own buying of liquor. They said it would bo "very dangerous" for any other state agency to be permitted to have anything to do with the liquor purchases. The meeting held here today by the board was a closed session. The tsble was stacked high with applications for Jobs, indorsements of applications snd proposals and suggestions. TO BE FILLED By El To fill the much regretted vacancy occurring in the city council through the sudden denth of W. M. Clemen son, representative of the first ward, a meeting of residents of that ward has been called by Mayor B. M. Wil son for Friday night of this week. It will be held In the city council chambers. At the meeting. It is planned, a nominating committee will he elected to make recommendations to the city council. This method of ap pointment, Mr. Wilson stated, will give the people of the. ward an op portunity to express their wishes concerning the appointment. It Is hoped the nominating committee will recommend at least two persona, so that the city council may have a first and second choice. Several other appointments were to be made for the new year. Mayor Wilson stated today, but none will be made at tonight's meeting of the council. In the first ward, from which a new councilman U to be chosen, the territory from the railroad tracks east and south of Main afreet to Crater Lake avenue la Included the territory east of Crater Lake avenue. TELEGRAM LEASE CASE REHEARING IS DENIED SALEM. Jan. 3. (API Petitions for rehearing In the case of Rone Rarde and others against the Port land News-Telegram Involving lease of the Telegram building, and In the case of Ry Fennel against Kenneth Hauaer and Cue C. Muser and oth ers. Involving campaign expenditures lor A. W. Norblsd, were denied by itl.t Oregon iuircw court today. IS OF Big Budget Will Be Asked Is Hint Few Recommend ations To Be Made In Annual Message Solons. WASHINGTON. Jan. I. President Roosevelt notified congres sional leaders today he planned to deliver his first annual message to congress tomorrow In person. This waa disclosed In authoritative quarters today as congressional lead ers busily engaged in preparing for wis convening or congress. It will be the first time a President has read his message In person at a Joint ses sion since the Coolidge administra tion. Preparations were made for receiv ing the President, but It was said that plans were not Xlxed definitely and no final decision would be an nounced until noon tomorrow, the meeting time of congress. Speaker Ralney was one of the Democratic leaders at the White House last night on plans or the session. Asked how large the budget wsg going to be. he smiled and said: "It la going to be surprisingly large." "la It going to be larger than 18, 000.000.000?" he waa asked. "I won't answer that, because may be you know." he replied. Ralney said the President disclosed last night he had not written his message to congress yet. He predict ed It would be a short summary of the condition of the government and that few actual recommendation would be Included. The President's advisors have urged him to make but few recommenda tions now. They have suggested thst he submit his major proposals to congress singly in order to expedite action. "Everybody Is for a short session. especially the President," Ralney said. "What do you mean 'short ses sion'?" "Adjournment by May 1," answered Ralney. "Some of the conferees seemed to think last night that we might get out by April 15, but I rather doubt it." TRANSIENT RELIEF The county court has signed ft lease with t.he Four Square Gospel church through William W. Wheeler, trus tee, for use of a portion of build ing, as the transient hotel, estab lished by the federal government. The lease runs for one year at $23.60 per month rental, effective January I. The church la located Bartlett and Fourth streets and It known m "The Old Methodist Church." The county court first considered leasing a building from Orion Mc Donald on South Front street. The court signed the lease but McDon ald did not, after considerable par leying. ft. F. Iltitterfat SAM FRANCISCO. Jan. 3. (AP) First grade butterfat, 33c f.o.b. San Francisco. ROGER? SANTA MONICA, Cul., Jun. 1. It looki like the old year went out without a single mourner. Ami, at that, it hasn't heen a bad old year (as years have been going lately.) In fact, in ycarg to come, when all these professors switch from economists to historinns, they are liable to label 1933 as the historical year, the year of the big switch from worse to bet ter. So, so long 1933. Panics corns every 'JO years, o we will be seeing you in '53.
