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MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JANUARY 4. 1934.
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I Afchr I NATION IN RED
By PAIL MALLON
(Copyright, 1934. by Paul Mallon.)
Budget,
WASHINGTON. Jfln. 4. Wise fi
nancial Insiders are Interpreting the
new budget layout as conclusive proof
that Mr. Roosevelt must devalue and
inflate.
No matter what the administration
says about It, these experts can. see
no other way for the government to
meet Its deficit. They had expected
the treasury would run heavily Into
the red this year, tout they did not
realize how much.
They know what the public does
not, namely, that some heavy re
financing must be done In the spring.
The course of expenditures now mark
ed ouc suggest that billions more
must be raised.
That Is the most Important prob
lem the government Is facing right
now.
Jlggerlng.
Administration officials are mucn
more optimistic about It than the
experts are. The officials are appar
ently sincere In their belief that they
can "market an unlimited amount or
debt If they handle It right. For
one thing there are not many places
for people to put their money now.
Also the entire banking structure
rests on the maintenance of a large
government debt. Under pressure the
banks can shoulder considerably more
There Is no question but what this
problem is what has held up the bud'
get so long. For days and nights
during the past week, Mr. Roosevelt
has been lingering and rellggerlng it,
He has spent little time on anything
else.
Soft Peditllng.
The administration Is quietly seek
Ing to soft pedal on college profes
sors.
Several teachers were considered for
Senator Wagner's Job as head of the
NRA labor council. However, the best
minds decided that class was prob
ably already fully represented In
Washington, and a man from another
group would be better.
The desired man could NOT be
found.
That is why Mr. Roosevelt Insisted
that Wagner remain for the time
being.
Silver-Lining.
Notably absent from the congres
slonal silver conference was Senator
Plttman. who la supposed to be the
silver leader.
Those who took charge of organiz
ing the bloc were Senators Wheer
and Borah. Apparently they are to
be the new silver leaders now.
The reason for Pittman's absence Is
clear. He advised and counselled the
administration policy. It Is largely
his handiwork. The Wheeler-Borah
crowd wants bl-metallism In a real
outstanding way. They do not like
the way Plttman handled things.
Private negotiations are now under
way to get Plttman Into the fold, in
name if not in spirit. On the sur
face he mav go along.
Underneath, however, there will
never be complete harmony between
these two silver factions. Plttman
voted against the Wheeler idea at the
lat session of conerea.
n.icksroiincl.
The Nevadan stands ace high at
the White House now. His work at:
the London conference drew several,
private pats on the pack from the
President. Also Mr. Roosevelt clearly
sought to boost pittman in the text
of his silver statement.
Neither Wheeler nor Borah play I
very close to the White House. They1
insist on being lone wolves and they
like to howl. i
This fundamental background will,
be important to keep in mind :
throughout the coming silver fight.;
The congressional bloc Is organizing'
in an effort to force Mr. Roosevelt
into doinc something more for them.
They cannot do anything except rle
caln. without his assent.
Niirlnc.
The government performed some
private Red Cros work on the lltt'.e
banks in connection with the deposit
Insurance program.
Two weeks ago the confidential
government list showed nearly 600
banks would be unable to make the
grade. By the time the announce-1
ment was made January 1, there werei
only 141.
The nursing system used by the
government is a secret, but the RFC
furnished the medicine. It gave the
deposit insurance crowl 200. 000.000
fo- resuscitation work.
You can do a lot of resuscitating
on 200.000,000.
The result was a smart success.
Pocllltv.
Congress 1 made up of a typical
cross-section of American life. Some
men are brilliant, others ordinary and
a few downright stupid.
Individually. 99 per cent of them
are a rather good sort. But there
is something about them, when they
get tocether. that generates lightning
spontaneously. You rn nfv"
when the bolt will strike.
Per that reaon predictions that
they w.ll be docile are necessarily
subject to chance without notice a
month or two from now.
A a grneral proposition, however,
the underlying situation Is such that
there will probablv he an um.s.ia.ly
small trn'nmt p Nvt n: thrntchout
tn e.:nn.
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32 BILLIONS BY
1935PR0SPECT
Budget Message by Roose
velt Tells of Needs Party
Leaders Differ in Views
of Big Govt. Expenditures
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (T) Con
gress learned today the recovery pro
gram is piling up unprecedented def
icits, and forthwith put that prob
lem aside for future consideration to
deal with matters considered more
Immediate.
In a blunt message that told of the
government having to borrow ten
billion dollars in the next six months.
President Roosevelt estimated the
public debt would reach a record
high of almost $32,000,000,000 by mld
1935.. Nine billion of this would be
incurred between now and then.
"Startling" was the way Speaker
Ralney described it, while expressing
no worry and praising the President
for frankness and cutting "ordinary"
expenditures.
"A signal for despair." was the at
titude of Senator Dickinson of Iowa,
Republican.
Pending committee study of the
massive figures, the senate gave at
tention to war debts and other af
fairs, asking the treasury to report
to It on obligations owed here by
foreign nations. The finance com
mlttee unanimously approved the
nomination of Henry Morgenthau, Jr.,
to the secretary of the treasury.
The house went to work on the
bill to tax liquor at 12 a gallon. Some
members, meanwhile, had their eyes
on a petition filed by Lundeen (F.-L.,
Minn.), for cash payment of the vet
erans bonus.
LONDON, Jan. 4. PV London fi
nanclal quarters expressed disappoint
ment today at the absence of fresh
light on the American montary pol
Icy in President Roosevelt's message
to congress yesterday.
NRA CHIEF QUITS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. James
D. Dole, Honolulu business man, re
signed his position as head of the
food production section of the farm
administration today and promptly
Issued a statement saying Initial sup
ervision of the food codes was a "puz
zle." Dole contended the food codes in
no way promoted the alms of the
farm administration to raise prices
of agricultural product.
All codes, except those having to
do with the first processing of farm
products, recently were transferred to
the recovery administration.
It's Christmas Eve
According to Old
Rodanthe Custom
RODANTHE. N. C. Jan. 4. (AP)
Today Is Christmas eve In Ro
danthe and tonight the Santa
Claus of old Christmas will fill
stockings for grown-ups and the
kiddles.
The resident of this Isolated
pot on the outer banks of North
Carolina prepared to spend the
day as ft holiday Just as out landers
celebrated Christmas on Decem
ber 25.
It has been the custom here for
cenerations to regard tomorrow as
"old Christmas." but there Is no
reference to such a day In church
hhtory.
Even oldest residents here do
not know how they came to ob
serve January 6 as Christmas, but
It la an old Rodanthe custom,
handed down from generation to
generation and so far as Rodanthe
is concerned, tomorrow is Christmas.
FRENCH PLANE CROSSES
SEA TO INAUGURATE RUN
NATAL, 8raz.ll, Jan. 4. (AP) The
great French flying boat "Southern
Cross" arrived here early today, com
pleting an Atlantic crossing from
Saint Louis, 8enegal.
The plane landed at 7:10 o'clock
local time, 3:10 a. m., P. 8 T. for a
flying time of 18 hours, 17 minutes
fpr the 1B70 miles.
The four-motored hydroplane la the
French entry In a race with Germany
to set up the first trans-Atlantic sir
mail line between Europe and Smith
America, via Africa.
Within two months, the French
government copee to initial dally
Roosevelt Says Upturn
In Business Will Later
Care for Heavy Expense
President's Budget Message Recounts
Need of Bolstering Recovery
Ordinary Expenses Slashed
By FRANCIS M, STEPHENSON.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 4. (API
President Roosevelt frankly reported
to congress today a prospective nine
billion dollar recovery campaign
deficit for the next two years and
asked that the lid be clamped down
to put the government on a pay-as-you-go
basis by 1936.
Ip , his message transmitting the
bud pet, he estimated expenditures
chargeable entirely to the recovery
effort of almost 7.500.000,000 for
this fiscal year during June 30.
He asked for a two billion war
chest to continue and taper off this
drive in the following year.
Must Borrow Ten Billion.
All of this, he said. Involves gov
ernment borrowing of ten billion dol
lars during the next six months, but
he expressed no doubt of meeting this
problem!
The nine billion deficit, which
I
AT TALENT WILL
The county camp to be maintained
In this vicinity in conjunction 'With
the nation-wide program underway to
keep transients off the railroads and
highways, will be located at Talent,
it was learned today.
'Transients will be transported to
their homes after case reports are
made on each. If they are without
homes they will undergo physical ex
aminations, after which they will he
sent to the county camp, where they
will be provided with board and a
place to sleep, In exchange for work.
The Ames building will be occupied
for this purpose in Talent.
An early opening of the transient
station in the old church building
on North Bartlett here, was also Jore
cast today. Considerable work will
be necessary, however, to get the place
in order.
The depots are being established to
handle the transient problem, which
has been one of long standing in the
nation, and the railroads are cooper
ating In the move by placing rigid
restrictions upon the use of their
properties for free transportation. The
rulings went into effect January 1.
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KLAMATH SEEKS
AIRPORT FUNDS
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 4. (AC)
Applications for airport improve
ments at Klamath Falls and for con
struction of a field at Hood River
were being examined here today by
Lieutenant Basil B. Smlh, depart
ment of commerce, aeronautics divi
sion engineer, working with the CWA
state offices.
The Klamath Falls application, In
volving an expenditure of about 410,.
000, calls for improvements of run
ways and drainage system and ex
tension of the present field.
The Hood River project, to cost
about M000, calls for a temporary
airport there.
ROOSEVELT NOMINATES
100 NEW OFFICIALS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (AP)
President Roosevelt sent to the sen
ate today the nominations of more
than 100 government officials named
to office during the recess of con
gress, Including Henry Morgenthau,
Jr., or New York, to be secretary of
the treasury.
service between Paris and Rio de
Janeiro with a non-stop hop sched
uled over the South Atlantic.
The giant plane, with a wing spread
of 144 feet, landed easily .on the Po
tency river. The filers ssld they
averaged 110 miles an hour.
M. Bonot expressed astlsfactlon
with the ship's performance, Inas
much aa It compared favorably with
the fastest South Atlantic land plane
crossings.
A Frenchman. Jean Mermor, carry
ing six p..engra In a trl-motored
plane In 1P12. set the present record
from 8int LouU to Natsl 14 hours.
37 minutes.
would swell the public debt to the
all-time high of 31,834,0OO.0O0 doea
not take Into account prospective
new taxes from liquor revenue and
plugging of income tax loopholes.
There was no recommendation for
new taxes.
The executive did recommend resto
ration of one third of the 16 per cent
cut In pay for federal employes, ef
fective July 1. and favored continu
ation of the three-cent non-local mall
rate.
As in his personal address In the
house chamber yesterday, Mr. Roose
velt spoke optimistically of the busi
ness outlook.
Recovery Forres Working.
"Powerful forces for recovery exist,"
he said. "It Is by laying a foundation
of confidence in the present and faith
In the future that the upturn which
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FRENCH CALLED
CHEATS, MISERS
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (AP) Call
ing France "a nation of cheaters" and
"defaulting misers," Representative
Britten (R., 111.), in the house today
demanded that an embargo be placed
on French wines and that President
Roosovelt call upon that nation to
pay Its debt Installments.
Britten made his remarks In debate
on the liquor tax bill. He urged the
ways and means committee to Insert
In the measure " a complete embar
go" against French products as long
as that nation "continues to default
in Its payments."
"France ought to be brought to
time," eald Britten as he was loudly
applauded by both Democrats and
Republicans.
"The Frenchman Is a cheat because
his government la a cheat.
"President Roosevelt Is the man
who should use the language of
Washington. Adams and Jackson to
ward France," he said, referring to
the historic demands these presidents
made to that nation to fulfill its obli
gations to the United States.
"He should use the same tactics
against France that France urged
against Brazil. When Brazil said she
was unable to pay her Interest In
stallment to France. France slapped an
emnargo on Brazilian corfee and
France Is a coffee drinking nation."
FREE SILVER PLAN
UP TO ROOSEVELT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 4. (TV The
proposal for free coinage of silver
waa laid before President .Roosevelt
today by Senators Wheeler of Mon
tana and King of Utah, who declared
themselves "very satisfied" with the
Interview.
Eighteen house members from west
ern states today voted for bimetal
lism and agreed to appointment of a
special committee to attempt to har
monic divergent views of other
groups on silver legislation.
The senators declined to predict
pres;aent:al approval of their plan,
but did Indicate they expected fur
ther moves on silver by the President
ITS
ARE ANNOUNCED
WASHINOTON, Jan. 4 (AP) The
public works admlnlatratlon today
allotted 38.ae4.337 for 16? non-federal
project.
These allotment together with a
almllar number to be announced later
In the week will virtually exhaust the
remaining fundi from the original
3.100,000.000 public works money.
Some of the allotment were made
aa loans and grant, the loana to be
repaid ?Hh interest at 4 per cent, the
grant representing 30 per cent of the
cot of labor and materials.
The allotments Included:
In Oregon:
Corvalllft, loan and grant, school
307.70; Bandon, grant, gymnasium
3000; Drain, loan and grant, water,
$21,000.
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Nine hundred person were nerved
s dinner of mow meat at a banquet
of AUsito-Yuxon j;onen m fieattfe.
LEAGUE OF CITIES
CONFERENCE HERE
DISCUSSES LIQUOR TO
Definite Stand On Recently
Adopted Knox Bill Ex
pected Result Kehrli De
scribes Workings of PWA
Tha League of Oregon Cities, In
conference here this afternoon moved
Into discussion of the Knox bill at 3
o'clock, while an audience of dis
pensers and distributors of beverages
and other Interested people awaited
action on the much-discussed bill and
the home rule clause, for retention
of which Klamath Palls la now wag
ing a fight In the courts.
Brlgeje Explains Bill.
The bill was explained by Wm.
Brlggs. consultant for Oregon cltlea,
among those present from Eugene. No
action regarding the league's stand
on the leglslstlon had been taken
when The Mall Tribune went to press,
but a definite stand waa anticipated.
Medford and other cities. It was
understood this morning, postponed
action regarding the constitutionality
of the bill, awaiting the outcome of
today's conference.
The Knox bill. Mr. Brlggs described
as "more etrlct than any ordinance
a city would pass." He stated that
It would not be Impossible for cities
to Impose additional licenses If the
traffic would bear the same. He also
stated that there was nothing In the
Knox bill to prevent them levying a
stamp tax.
The license fee, provided In the
Knox bill, however, he described aa
higher than that any cities would
probably charge under Individual or
dinances. History Reviewed.
He reviewed the history of the bill,
showing when the return of permit
fees to the cities was eliminated and
the protest following, which was ex
pressed In a barrage of telegrams to
me legislature.
The conversion of permit fees from
the city channel In conjunction with
House Bill No. 14, takes the revenue
from the cities. The Knox bill also
attempts to repoal all ordinances and
laws In existence which conflict with
Its provisions. Whether or not this
can be done has not been proven.
Mr. Brlggs stated, adding, however.
tnat the opinion about the leglsla'
ture waa that the courts would up
hold the Knox bill.
Cities Represented.
Representatives of the cltlea of
Klamath Falls, Grants Psas, Ashland
Talent. Gold Hill, Phoenix and Med
ford were In attendance at this after
noon's meeting at the city hall, fol
lowing the luncheon at the Hotel
Medford.
The meeting was opened with an
address by Herman Kehrli, director
of the bureau of municipal research
and service at the University of Ore
gon, who described the workings of
the PWA.
Mayor E. M. Wilson, who presided
at the meeting read a telegram from
Mayor Willis E. Mshoney of Klamatb
Falls, expressing regret at his In
ability to attend the meeting.
City Attorney Frank Farrell of Med
ford la president of the league and
today'a Is Its first meeting held In
this city, and the third conference
conducted In the state.
COUNTIES ESCAPE
E
8ALHM, Jan. 4 (Pi Counties will
be relieved of responsibility for care
and maintenance of non-violent In
sane patients March 10 of this year,
under and amendment approved by
the apeclal legislative aesslon, an
opinion handed down today by Attorney-General
I. H. VanWInkle held
The amendment to the act waa or
iginally passed by the regular ISM
session, but wss vetoed by the gov
ernor. The bill passed In the recent
session over the governor's veto. Pre
viously counties were responsible for
maintenance of these Inmstes.
The opinion wss requested by Wil
liam Elnr.lg, secretary of the atate
board of control, which haa charge
of collectiona of these funds.
FRANCE SHAKEN BY
FRAUD REVELATION
j PARIS, Jan. 4 AP) France waa
shaken today by charge that ten to
twenty million dollar frauds have
j been revealed by the collapse of the
i Credit Municipal Bank of Bayonne,
i which vu the city pawnshop, and
the disappearance of It mysterious
1 founder, Serge Btavlky.
I The managrr of the Institution waa
Jailed Tember 30 and a a. rant waa
lAued for fitavlAky In connecilon
with the recent alleged Issuance of
unauthorized bjpiul.
OF
ADDS SIX VICTIMS
TOLLf FLOOD
Known Dead in California
Now Placed at 42 72
Others Listed As Miss
ing Horror Scenes Bared
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4. () Six
more victim were added to a growing i
Hat of dead in tha southern Cali
fornia flood of New Year's day as
searchers prodded grimly through
piles of debris today, bringing the
death toll to 42.
Official report contained the names
of 72 other persons marked a miss
ing and fear grew that many of them
might be dead as the hours passed
with no word of their whereabouts.
The possibility that It might be
day before the final cost of human
life exacted by the mad rampage of
waters would be known Increased
after engineers had made a close
study of the flood swept sections.
Miirh Work Ahead.
P. P. Fedderson, assistant construc
tion engineer of the road depart
ment, said the work of removing the
debris and wreckage in the Montrose
area, where the greatest damage oc
curred, would require about three
months, and that it would be two
month before one of the principal
streets, Roaemont, could be cleared.
Reconstruction of thl street alone
will cost IS 00 ,000. he said.
There 1 a likelihood, officials
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PENSACOLA, Fla.. Jan. 4. (AP
Two separate tornadoes atruck Pcn
sacola this afternoon, one tearing
along t,he waterfront and the other
twisting squarely through the city,
Injuring at least nine persons, one
child probably fatally, and demol
ishing about 35 residences.
Three-year old Marlon Kenneth
Rlgby waa critically injured and waa
expected to die.
Four members of a family named
Crane were taken to a hospital in
jured In varying degrees, but none
considered ci Itlcal.) .
Three negroes. Better Baldwin.
Elisabeth Morris and James Dexter,
also were hurt.
Two white persons, whose Iden
tity was not Immediately established,
also were carried to hospitals.
Probably 100 houses were damaged
aside from Vioee destroyed.
One twister either blew Itself out
or passed Into the gulf, but the
other last was sighted three mile
north of the city, heading In the
general direction of Alabama.
The Bruce drydocks were torn
from their mooring by one of the
tornadoes.
The freakish winds came up unex
pectedly, each taking a decidedly dif
ferent patfi.
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FOLLOW FIRST PLANS
The recent f.'der of the public
utility commissioner relative to the
underpass crossing north of Ashland
on the Pacific highway has been filed
with the county clerk, and means
that the crowing will be built "ap
proximately as originally proposed."
J Following a conference between the
Southern Pacific and the state high
way commission, the route was agreed
upon. In conformity with the straight
ening of the Pacific highway.
The highway has been constructed,
but haa been closed for several
months, pending a decision In the
overhead croisl ng question.
FIRE ADDS TO HORROR
IN COAL MINE DISASTER
DUOHOV, Cuechoalovskla, Jan. 4
JV Wive and children who authori
ties fear art widow and orphans,
clutched today at the faint hope that
120 miner Imprisoned underground
by a blast In the "Nelson III" coal
mine may yet be alive.
Only four men. choked with gas
and exhausted, had reached safety
and 10 bodies had been recovered
of the 140 men In the working when
an exploiilon caved In the mine.
A fire which broke out over night
had been blocked off and rescue
worker had clesred away much of
the wtwkse w'nl h bsrred them from
, tb uafe:foui4 gusaea. -4
Held in 'Ouija' Killing
C a M
i km,
Mattie Turley, 15, (top) was held
by Juvenile authorities at St. Johns,
Ariz., after pleading guilty to an at
tempt to murder her father, Ernest
Turley, 47, to that "mother could
marry a young cowboy." Turley,
ahot twice, died and a murder com
plaint waa prepared against Mra.
Dorothea Turley (lower) who, au
thorltlee said, Influenced Mattie to
ahoot him. The girl aald "the ouija
board wrote out that I waa to kill
my father." (Associated Press
Photos)
E TO
Steps were taken today for the
formation of a loan association for
Jackson, Josephine and Curry coun
ties, under the provisions of the Pro
duction Credit corporation, a federal
bureau formed to give financial aid
in agricultural production.
Dairymen, stockmen, frultmcn, far
mers to the number of 260 gathered
In the court house auditorium to
discuss details and hear explanation
by W. R. Williams of Spokane, vice
president of the corporation. K. W.
canton, president ot tho Fruitgrow
ers' league, was chairman; County
Agent R. Q. Fowler, secretary.
At the session this afternoon elec
tion of nine t em pora ry d 1 rectors
from the three counties and a tem
porary secretary was scheduled.
Following the formation of a tem
porary organization, application for
charter will be filed with Washing
ton, D. C, and when received the
district association will be ready to
function.
The Production Credit corporation,
it was explained, was formed to per
form the work of the Farm Credit
administration and provide perma
nent credit. Loans, Mr. William
stated, would be made on crop pro
duction, not the land, and all the
branches of agriculture could apply.
It was declared that It was "a sort
of co-operative proposition all be
ing Interested In the success of a
loan and its benefit.'
Mr. Williams said one of the ob
jectives In extending loans was not
to "make tt too large, or ,o small,
but Just enough. An ovei loan 1
a bad as an under-loan," he laid,
citing case where loana were too
small and had been Increased, and
w.Mcn too much they had been re
duced. The main Ide waa to In
sure the producer of sufficient capital
to make a sue com of his production,
and not be crimped at the finish by
Inability to market his crop.
Detail of the plan were discussed
at great length and Mr. Williams
answered all question. Among local
agriculturists who asked question
were Court Hall, Col. Gordon Voor
hles, C. C. Hoover, Walter J. Jone
and Sidney nichardson.
There were resident of Josephine
and Curry county present. It waa
one of the largest attended farm
meetings in several month.
Oregon Weather
Cloudy tonight and 'rlday; light
rain northwest portion; moderate
temperature; fresh becoming strong
south wind offshore.
They reached one of the passages
to find It clear of miners, and than
sprang up the hope that at least
some of the 120 underground might
still be alive In some more distant
gallery which they might have shut
off from the gases.
One of the four who escaped by
climbing ladder from the 1,000-foot
level, one Dnllbar fllkora had an
experience that waa almo.t miracu
lous. Slkora was exhausted after climbing
700 feet and, sick from the gas he
had inhaled, was about to drop from
the rune when the first man of the
rejwue rrew, descending, reached him.
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OF ALLOTS AUNT
Mary Allen Towle Tells ot
Alleged Hallucination of
Rich Aunt Allen De-.
nies Seeking Will Favor
LOS ANGELES, Jan. 4. (AP) A
'pet spook" that danced along the
sill of a window In the form of a
"blue flame." waa one of the obses
sions of Margaret Keith, wealthy
spinster, her niece, Mary Allen Towle,
tcstiried In euperlor court, where a
contest to the million dollar estste ,
of Miss Keith la being prosecuted.
Mrs. Towle. one of the contestanta
in the case which haa been on trial
for several weeks, said ahe heard
about the ghost when ahe went to
lire with Mlsa Keith in her Venice
home in 1923. Mrs. Towle, with a
brother and alster of Miss Keith,
claims she was of unsound mind when
she bequeathed the bulk of her estate
to Albert O. Allen, Jr., Central volnt,
Oregon, orchard 1st and brother of
Mra. Towle.
Allen denied that he had written
affectionate letters to his aunt In
seeking her favor In her will. She
committed suicide last spring In her
Paloa Vordea mansion, presumably In
fear over approaching blindness.
LOS ANOELES. Jan. 4. (AP) The
antipathy of Miss Margaret Keith
toward a movie director neighbor'
children and his chauffeur, and her
suspicion of sea gulls, were described
today in trial on the suit to break
the late millionaire recluse's will.
Mary Allen Towle, niece of Miss
Keith, who killed herself with an
anaesthetic several month ago, testi
fied that the middle-aged spinster
described a "noisy brats" the chil
dren of "a movie director named Ray"
who was a beach neighbor of hers at
Venice, Calif., in 1023.
Mr. Towle testified that her aun
once aald "I would give iSOOO If some- .
one would beat up" tha Ray chauf
feur for her, because "he's after my
body.
Mlsa Keith also objected to aea gull
flying about her house, considering
them manifestation of evil spirits,
the witness said.
An unusual admiration for Japanese
also was attributed to Mlas Keith by
her niece, who told of an Oriental
trip the former made in 1017.
"Alter ahe returned," aald Mr.
Towle, "ahe told us she did not travel
In rickshas while In Japan because
she said It was not fitting that such
a fine spiritual people aa the Japanese
should be employed to drag 'white
trash around."
BENEFIT DANCE FOR
ST. MARY'S TEAM
The St. Mary' all-star basketball
benefit dance, previously scheduled to
be held In the parish hall, will be
conducted in the Knights of Pythias
hall Friday evening at eight o'clock.
It was announced today. Proceed
from the dance will be used to buy
equipment for the squad.
SOUTH FORK CCC WINS
FROM BUTTE FALLS
South Fork of Rogue River CCO
camp last night defeated the Butte
Fall town basketball team, 43 to
20, at the Butte Fall high school
gymnasium. Donaldson and Qoddard
starred for the CCC, with Pinkatafi.
Oebhardt and Norrls being the other
member of the team.
WILL-
ROGERS
9 says:
BKVKRLV A&, C'al., Jan.
.'t. Tho big Columbia-Stanford
football game. Mr. Hoover was
there, looked fine and got a big
reception. He was the main
old grnd from Stanford, I was
tho main old grad from Colum
bia. I took a correspondence
course from there one time in
tenor singing.
Just the name of the skin
that covers the ball beat Stan
ford. If instead of pigskin the
ball had boon covered with por
cupine It id o (with tho quills on)
mavbo Stanford could have
held onto it, but the game was
in keeping with everything else
that happened in sports, gov
ernment Biid economics, the
last year. The experts were
wrong again.
UU MlMmil trtalltle, taav '