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the Weather Forecast: lair tonight and Satur day, but with for. Not much change In temperature. Highest yesterday M i l-otvest this mornings 80 i M Mail Trie we ! Matrh the TWHtNI.S Ijj A ; CI.ASSIt IKD AOS . . I Lota of good bargain that mean genuine Cfjiw aavlng. mm EDFORD Twenty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 5, 1934. No. 244. "inn Dfo)nfP0T( i - . lT i av,. innNTRii muni vm?mw I ' ' sct ii uuii i nut. ujiu By PAt'L MAM.OX (Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon) ' Confusion. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. A promi nent house Republican from New England recently sent letters to 100 Republican business men In his dis trict, asking advice about how he should act In this session of congress. He is taking no chances on getting in trouble with his constituents. The early replies suggested he re sist any trend toward radicalism, but co-operate generally wTth Roosevelt. But that Is beside the point. The main Idea Is that It shows clearly the confusion some Republl cans are suffering. Leader. The dominant man In the picture backstage Is McNary of Oregon. He is the senate leader for the minority party. It is too early to start picking presl dential candidates for 1936, but if you are Inclined to make any long ahot beta, McNary la the man to back. He Is the counselor of patience amidst the confusion. When a press association was gath erlng comment on the political out look a few days ago, he was the only one wise enough to' say nothing. He does his talking mostly when he gets hia Republican friends around him. If you could listen In, you would hear him say that watchful co-operation Is NOT only the most sensible, but also the political thing to do. He ! a very practical man. He has been In the game long enough to know nothing Is to be gained by starting the shooting so early and so openiy. Issues will bob up during the ses sion which will generate spontaneous opposition. He Is smart enough to wait for those Instead of starting opposition position. Chances. Through the political spyglass, you can plainly see that the presidential prospects of McNary are on sound ground. It will probably do him no good to have that aired around. His competitors may start putting plna In his chair. But you can note how obvious his chances are when you call the roll of ellgiblea. The next Republican nominee will have to be a man who can get the west away from Roosevelt, and at the same time pacify the conservative eastern element of the party. That combination Is needed to win. Atl the other m?n mentioned now are easterners with eastern recordi Mills. Snell, Wadsworth, Edge, Gov ernor Wlnant. McNary's only serious western competitor, Borah, will not be a candidate. The others do not measure up. A miracle would have to happen to bring Hoover Into focus, Background. Also McNary Is NOT labeled by any particular faction of his party He insurrected against Coolidge and Hoover on farm relief and many other things He has always been personally friendly with the LaFollette-Norris clan, Hiram Johnson, the conserve tire Young Turks, and even the Hlllea, Watson, Saunders boys. His record on legislation Is Just as open-minded He lacks national prominence, but he will get that as senate leader during the next two years. Gold. Additional confirmation now la available on the Inside showing the federal reserve board balked mildly on giving up their gold In their se rrrt meeting here a few weeks ago. They made no threats to hold back their gold If the president devalues, but suggested to him quietly that if he wants the gold, he had better get authority from congress to take it. In other words, they will surrender their gold to the treasury whtn the aonar is aevaiueo. ou. iney warn law specifically requiring them to. Mr. Roosevelt will accommodate them by getting a law. .(Jot hen. There was a wholly different at mosphere about the opening of this session of congress. You could notice It In many little ways. The usual starch of formality was missing. Frock coats were rare. Only five senators wore talis and evn fewer members of the house. Most wore soft collars and business suits. One senator (Nely of West Virginia) wore a yellow one. People outside of Washington will not appreciate the significance of this fact, but all old timers here will. Ordinarily more than half the sena tors and a third of the representa tives dress up for the opening day. The congressmen noted the in formality of the Roosevelt at the White House and desired to follow suit. Th7 noted Mrs. Roosevelt in plain cloth sltttng In the gallery with Slitie crawling over her tap. But whn the president came in, he was all dresed up In formal attire,- Note. Democratic leaders at the senat hive pasted the word along to Treas- (Continued on Paga nva.) ORDERS DEPOTS CHARGE 30 CIS. State Officials Fix Prices Here Pending Meeting Within Three or Four Days for Permanent Action Following months of negotiating here, aimed to bring about a uniform price on milk, which would necessi tate an increase In the price charged at milk depots, action was taken up state today, transferring the matter from local Jurisdiction, when the Ore gon State Milk Control board set prices for the Medford as well as the Portland area. The tentative schedule for the Med ford district provides for a five cent raise In the price per gallon, charged at milk depots, of which there are three in and adjoining Medford. Where 25 cents a gallon Is now being charged the state control board de mands that 30 cents be charged. One depot reported tht change In price made this afternoon, and It was understood that the proprietors of all milk depots were endeavoring to gain special concession up north. One depot, It was reported, had emphati cally announced that the price In crease would not be made. Await Information. Another, when Interviewed, stated that the price would be increased If the special provision could not be gained from the Milk Control board, adding that no change would be made until further Information was ob tained from the north. The Wyant depot later announced that the price had been Increased to 30 cents a gallon and 10 cents a quart. Milk Inspector C. W. Austin, when questioned regarding the situation, stated that he had no Jurisdiction in the matter, had received no Instruc tions from the north and would take no action toward enforcement of the new ruling here. It was understood from another source that an official from the state dairy and food commission would be in Medford this afternoon or tomor row to enforce the provision of the state milk control ruling. $1.90 to Producer. The other prices established pro vide for 11.90 per 100 pounds to the producers; wholesale to stores, eight cents a quart; cash and carry and doorstep delivery 10 cents. These prices constitute no change over those now prevailing In most In stances so no increase or decrease in the price of milk to consumers from other sources other than the depots is expected. Two depots, Llndy's and Wyant's, are operated within the city limit and Lockwood's between Medford and Jacksonville. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 5. (AP) The Oregon state milk control board today completed Its schedule of prices for the Portland area, and had set tentative schedule for the Medford district, it was said today, although the Portland range was not to be an nounced until a meeting had been held some time today with a con sumers' committee. E. G. Harlan, chairman of the con trol board, explained that the tem porary schedule designated for Med ford was to exist only until the board can meet there, probably within three or four days, for a hearing at which definite and permanent prices will be established. Temporary prices were made, he said, merely to ameliorate a tendency toward uncertainty In that area. Meanwhile, dealers In the Port land milk shed and In other sections of the state were receiving applica tions from the board. These applica tions cost $1 and must be signed, re turned and approved by the board. The dealer must agree to all terms imposed by the board. Chairman Harlan explained that If any dealer sells or offers to sell, or buys or offers to buy milk at a price not approved by the board, his li cense will be taken from him. No unlicensed person may deal In milk. Slx hundred feet will be cut off the top of Oregon mountain In California by hydraulic sluicing, to make w.y for the Redding -Eureka automobile highway. Business Entering Year . With Cheerful Outlook . GBNBVA. Jan. S. (T) The Inter national labor office aald officially today that the United States leads a world-wide improvement in the un employment situation. The office issued a communique which declared: "In the United States the rise in the employment index is very marked 73 5 in October, 1933. a compared with 59 in October. 1033." NEW YORK. Jan. 8. tr The Dun St Bradetreet weekly trade review said today that business entered the new year ref-ectlng "cheerfulness over the outlook for int retail sad Yo.cuf "Moon" Massage For Cattle Too Much For Judge FERGUS FALLS, Minn., Jan 5. (AP) Joseph Pollack's story of using moonshine as a body rub for his livestock did not stand up In federal district court and he was fined 200. Charged with concealing liquor without a- revenue tax, Pollack told Judge M. M. Joyce his 13-year-old daughter found the five gallon crock of "moon" in a brush pile and that he hid It In a hay loft for use In case his 24 head of rattle needed a rundown. SUMW1ERVILLE TO BE U. S. MARS L ASSERTS FARLEY PORTLAND. Jan. 5. (AP) A special dispatch to tho Oregonlan from. Washington, D. C, said Jack Summerville, 58. Portland democrat. will succeed Jack L. Day, Portland republican, as United States marshal for Oregon. The dispatch credited the state ment to James A. Farley, chairman of the national democratic committee, and said Congressmen Martin and Pierce have Indorsed Summerville. Tonlgh, the article said, Farley will consult the president with reference to selecting E. J. Griffith of Portland for the RFC vacancy. Summerville Is well known In this city, coming here In 1905. He left In 1916 for Portland, to be a deputy Internal revenue collector. When Democratic rule ended. Summervlllo remained and took up Insurance agentlng. Summerville operated a barbershop on North Central avenue, and was a city councilman when Medford had Its paving and realty boom. He was a Jackson county Democratic warhorse, and figured In several exciting politi cal events while on the council. He also dabbled In mining, and was a- fish enthusiast. One year he was mentioned as a candidate for county clerk, sheriff, and county treasurer, but did not file. BRINGS RED FACE WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. (AP) The simple question "who carried the first bottle?" sent the house of rep resentatives atmgllng today. Two Illinois members, Britten and Sabath, were the principals, the for mer being an advocate of an embargo against French wines. "You are an expert on French wines," Sabath told him with a re proachful air, "I don't want to talk with you." "I want to ask the gentleman when he is going to pay back that bottle of gin he borrowed from me three years ago?" Britten returned. Face reddening. Sabath waved his hand toward Britten to cease. "I'll return It when it Is legal. I don't want to carry It through the streets," he wavered. "You don't want to carry it?" de manded Britten with an Incredulous tone. "Who carried the first bottle?' The exchange stopped there. Liquor la still lllegnl In Washing ton, because of the local dry act. PORTLAND, Ore.. Pan. 8. f AP) Deposits in the six Portland banks responding to today's call, amounted to 1140.804.460. The same banks at the call Octobr 31. 1933, reported deposits of 139,828.057. The gain was shown despite the circumstance that the First National bank turned back 3. 000, 000 in deposits to the United States postal savings system la.it month. divisions of trade in consumer goods during the flrat quarter." "With the confirmations pouring in regard lng the unexpected large to tals of retail sales last month," as serted the review, "uncertainty re- gardlng the strength of consumer buy.ng powr is being dispelled "While after-inventory reporu re not spectacular, except in a few iso lated Instances, for the first time in four years many houses are showing the balances on the right side of the ledger, while countless others find the figures on the other side reduced to such a small amount that they hare tvcom convinced that recovery u oU to a 3004 aiv)' OFFICE LOCATION IN CONTI Salem Legalites Headquarters Located There Contend Must Be Buying Power Also Discussed Bv CLAYTON V. BERMIARP (Associated Press Staff Writer) SALEM, Jan. 5. ( AP) The an nounced policy of the state liquor control commission that it would purchase liquor directly and not through the state board of control, and Its recent discussion of whether or not the main office of the commis sion would be located at Salem, have given rise to controversy among the legal fraternity In Salem and several state officials. As far as the location of the main office la concerned, the act under which the commission was formed and le operating specifically states In section 4 that the "principal of fice of the commission shall be in the city of Salem." Location In any other place would be contrary to law. Precedent Set. A precedent In the establishment of n state office elsewhere and ordered returned was found ln926. when the circuit court here Issued a mandamus against the state banking department ordering removal of the department from Portland to Salem. The case was brought by George Putnam, editor and publisher of the Capital Journal at Salem, against Frank C. Bramwell, then superinten dent of banks. The decree. Issued by Judge G. F. Sklpworth, ordered the department to be located at Salem. At that time the principal office had been established at Portland. The mandamus order declared the office must be located at the state capital, .hmmMIhh . Lot Hmnu11 annatUrf to tha supreme court,--but -in the meantime the administration changed and the offices removed to Salem, so the case was dismissed. Purchasing Moot Point. Differences of opinion have arisen. however, over the purchase of liquor by the commission rather than through the state purchasing de partment over which the board or control has full authority. Some attorneys hold with the com mission in Its stand that It -has the sole right to purchase all liquor be cause of the act, which specifies in section 13 that the commission shall have the "exclusive right to purchase" any liquors, and further In section 0, that the commission's functions, duties and powers lnchide "to buy, . . . In Its own name" alcoholic liquor. Further arguments In favor of the commissions' stand la that the repeal ing clause of the act, found in sec tion 61, sets out that all "acts or parts of acts In conflict with the provisions of this act are hereby re pealed." Opponents of the stand, In con sideration of the wording of the act, hold to the fact' that the law au thorizing the state board of control to purchase all supplies and equip ment for all state agencies was not specifically repealed. They further state that this act la not In conflict since giving the commission exclu sive right to purchase docs not mean It must purchase directly.. 'U' PACIFIST PUPILS COLUMBUS, Ohio, Jan. 3. (AP) Five Ohio State university students were expelled today by President Geo. W. Rlghtmlre because they refused to accede to an order that they register Tor military training. The five are Edward Lepon of Cleveland, Richard Baumbardner of Cambridge, David Telfair of Sablna, Donald Leach and Carl Sutley of Co lumbus. The dismissal was made In the face of widespread protest from ministers and church organizations. OREGON COUPLE HELD AS COUNTERFEITERS DENVER. Jan. 8 ( AP) Mr. and Mrs. Raymond A. Ross, formerly of Milton, Ore., were arrested In Bur lington, Colo., on a charge of parsing hundreds of counterfeit half dollara In southern and eastern Colorado cit ies, Rowland K. Ooddard. U. 8. secret Uarvlce agent, aald here today. The couple were brought here and are being held pending a hearing. Ooddard said ' Row and his wife cam from Oregon and lived on ft ranch near Longmont for a time. 14 heat Cargo ".old. PORTLAND. Jan. ft. 0P Tie I,m of the flrat full cargo of wheat to Europe in at least 15 months waa confirmed bg ka Uerf too.1 LEAGUE OF CITIES TAKES NO ACTION L Many Dissatisfied With Li cense Provision for Drinks Under 14 Per Cent Alco hol CWA Need Is Told No definite action regarding the constitutionality of the Knox bill and no move toward retention of home rule In Oregon cities evolved from the meeting of the League of Oregon Cities here yesterday, al though most of the afternoon was devoted to discussion of the sub ject. A telegram from Mayor Willis E. Mahoney of Klamath Falls was read, urging cities represented to. co operate in the fight for home rule Mayor Mahoney 's wire stated that Dallas, Salem snd Marsh field would also file briefs contesting const it ii tionallty of the law. Silence fol lowed the request. Dissatisfaction with the licensing of beverages of under 14 per cent alco holic content was expressed, however, by numerous city officials, who are of the opinion that the cities should receive the funds Immediately and that more time than now estimated will be required to raise the three million dollars to be diverted Into relief channels before cities obtain their revenue. ' No Move by Medford. There has been no move on the part of this city, Medford officials pointed out, to take out of the state's hands the control of hard liquor. There was also no desire to over throw the Knox bill as a whole, but to keep for the cities the license money accruing from liquors under 14 per cent. "Everybody wants the state to control hard liquors," It was stated, "but everybody also wants the city to collect the license money on j 1 The liquor commission. It la un derstood, will ask cities to make rec ommendations regarding the Issuance of licenses. This shows that the re sponsibility and authority will be thrown back to the city government. If such Is the case, cities are of the opinion that, in all fairness, they should also make the collections, en- Joying horns rule to that extent. May Vote on Measure. City Attorney Frank Farrell was out of the city today and there was no Indication that Medford would Join forces with Mayor Mahoney in carrying the fight Into the courts. (Continued on Page Five) ASK EAST SIDERS E All residents of the first ward in Med ford are urged to attend the meeting called for this evening at the city hall for selection of a nom inating committee to recommend a representative of the ward for a posi tion on the city council. A successor to Councilman W. M. Clemenson, whose sudden death left a vacancy in the organ! rat! on, must be named. The meeting has been called for 7:30 o'clock and Councilman George orter will act a mayor in the ab sence of Mayor 'Wilson, who la leav ing for Portland. In the past, when meetings have been called for selection of council men, few representatives of the wards In question have attended, and the council Is anxious to have a more representative gathering present to nleht. NEVERS, rrance. Jan. 8. (AP Evelyn Frost, 30, the American avla trlx, was burned to death today In the crash of an airplane. Miss Frost, who was piloting the plane, en route to Egypt, collided with high tension wire In a fog. The plane burst Into flames and the flier was trapped In the wreckage. The British filer, Ruttled. who ae companled her, was slightly injured. The plane was purchased recently and was a tourist model. Miss Frost's home was Red lands, Cal. OOr.nl.IT7., 0rmny, Jan, 8. The flrat court orW for a atrlllra tion under o.rmanj'a new eugenic, Iiv t'M decreed here toda?. The court ord.red Oeo.-g Puegner. M. a workman, awrlliwd for con tributing to the delinquency of a minor. He a'mo committed to JU (? ope pa J u s4 a&mti' ASKS HEART BALM . Summon, and complaint In a $150,000 breach of promlao action brought by Bee Starr (above), circua aerialiat, were eerved on Max Baer, heavyweight boxer, but Baer aald he never had met the olrl. (Asaociated Prrn Photo TO TO SEA GR RANTS PASS, Jan. 8. (P An application to the PWA for funda to extend the C. Sc O. O. railroad, owned by the city, from Waters creek to the California state line on the survey to the Crescent City harbor, waa voted unanimously last night by the Grants Pass city council. The council session was the fourth to consider the application plan, and finally passed It in the presence of James Twohy, Jr., of Portland, buildor of the flrat U miles of the line. Twohy, with C. H. Demaray, receiver for the railroad property, and James T. Chlnnock, city attorney, went to Crescent city today to secure the Del Norte harbor board's application for PWA funda to build the line from the state line to the harbor, companion move to laat nights action here. Josephine and Jackson counties In southern Oregon, and Siskiyou and Del Norte counties in northern Call fornla, are organized to seek the 15,- 000,000 PWA project as a major pub lic works activity for this mld-Pacir: area, not yet touched by the PWA. Approval by tha army board of en gineers In Washington on January 7 is expected for the Crescent City har bor project, contingent upon rail con nection here, and If secured the whole campaign will be concentrated on the railroad plan. , The railroad construction would de vote more than 80 per cent of Us cost to direct labor providing 3.000 Jobs, could start Immediately all cost ly and alow surveys and prelimin aries being accomplished, would be self-llquldatlng and when completed would add permanent social and eco nomic value to the entire mid-Pacific region and new taxable wealth to state and nation. In the words of local councllmen, who called It today an Ideal public works project. MAJOR LEAGUE BALL ADOPTED FOR YEAR NEW YORK, Jan. 8. iT) The standard ball for the two major lea gues for 1934 will follow the specifi cations used by the American league last season. It means a livelier ball for the National league. Auto Designs Influenced By Icebergs, Teardrops Br RAYMOND t'Roni.F.V. NEW YORK, Jan. 5. (AP) Plih tall cara . . . tear drop cara . anow ahoe cara , , . care that bend their kneee . . . cara that ahoot ahead aa "amoothly a, a grape belnf aquceied out of It akin " All Ihcue and more are belnu ar rayed In all their glory today for the 114th annual national automobile allow, which open, tomorrow In arand Central Palace. Dealgnera ha atudled Iceberga, anow ahoea and teara. Tha aaleamen, eahauating the dictionary, have coined new language to deacribe the crea tion. Aero-ntrcam. for Irw'-ance. The accent thia year la on etream Hning Engineore found that Ice- tnu, wsiui numb uttfa FROM MAX BAER GETS APPROVAL L( WASHINOTON, Jan. 8. (AP) The new liquor tax bill estimated to bring in 9470.000.000 In revenue from spirits, beer and wine waa passed to day by the house and sent to the senate. More than a score of amendments were offered to change the rates, but all were battered down. The measure levies a 12 a gallon tax on distilled spirits on each proof gallon and a proportionate tax at a like rate on all fractional parts of either proof or wine gallon. Chairman Dough ton (D., N. C), of the ways and means committee, esti mated that the liquor tax would re turn 8300.000.000 on an expected 150,000,000 gallon consumption an nually. The bill provides a flat 85 a barrel tax on beer of all alcohollo strength, estimated to bring In $160,000,000. The house voted down an amendment to reduce the beer tax from 85 to aa, Wines levies graduated from cents on that of less than 14 per cent alcoholic content, up to 40 cents gallon up to 34 per cent. All wines containing more than 34 per cent will bear the 83 spirits rate. Blended and rectified liquors were taxed 13.30 a gallon. The vote on final passage was 388 to 8. THE DAU.FS. Ore,, Jan. 8, (p) The stern wheeler Hercules, bound upstream from Portland, struck submerged rock in the Columbia river at three-mile rapids and sank to day. Early Information did not state whether all of the crew of about 12 men were safe. The Hercules, owned by the Shaver Tranaportalton company of Portland, was bound for Celllo canal with general cargo and was to have picked up a wheat cargo for the return trip The rapids where the boat sank is about three miles above The Dalles, round In front, pointed behind like a anowahoe or a fiah. Soma cara are built with theae llnea In mind. Another achool of body de aign favora more familiar llnea, but with amart new atyllng. Everything looka faater, amoother. Lampa. hlngea. door handlea are utreamllned. Bpare tlrea are tucked away where the breerca won't hit them. Ctuthlona are deeper, aofter, englnea more powerful. Borne pleaaure cara have auperchargera, hitherto charac terlatlc only of racing machine.. The long-legged peraon haa more room for hla kneea. Price rang from under 500 to more than 70O0. Along with th. 350 cara and chaaae on view win be a million ac'iere' MILLIONAIRE AUNT TO IALTHJT DEATH Strange Wish Told at Trial of Will Case Didn't Want to Be 'Exhibit A' at Funeral She Declared LOS ANGELES, Jan. 8. (AP) The Jury hearing the contest of Miss Margaret Keith's will heard today that the millionaire recluse wanted .her entire estate, estimated at more than $1,000,000, converted Into cur rency after her death and burned with her In a crematory. This strange wish waa communi cated to Mrs. Mary Allen Towle, aha told the Jury, six months before her aunt committed suicide last Aorll in her Beverly Hills mansion, leav ing her estate to Albert C. Allen, Jr., brother of Mrs. Towle. It was In November, 1033, that Aunt Margaret called me at a hotel to make that wish," Mrs. Towle testi fied. "She said she desired that after her death her body be cremated and all her property turned Into money and then burned with her. She said she wWied that no one look on her because she didn't want to be 'Exhibit A' when she was dead." Mrs. Towle said that In another telephone call that month her aunt told her she had heard that Mrs. Towle and her brother were In the hands of an "Infamous fiend," and wanted to warn her against the plot. Miss Keith's brother and sister. Mrs. Etta Keith Eskrldge and David Keith, and Mrs. Towle are contest ing the will on the charge that Mlsa Keith was of unsound mind. Her rage when an astrologer pre dicted she would be married within two years to a nice man waa pic tured among othor evidence given by . Mrs. Towle. She said Mrs. Keith gave her a note In 1630 to deliver to an astrologer. Mrs. Towle returned with an an swer and aald Miss Keith flew Into rage. "Miss Keith tore up th enote and accused me of playing Joke on her. Then she chased me out of the house. She bed a gun In her hand." Mrs. Towle 'related. Later she said Miss Keith called her and gave her an envelope containing a check for $200 for herself. HEARING SLATED WASHINOTON, Jan. 8. (P Hugh S. Johnson will hold a public hearing February IS on the proposal of Amer ican bankers to adopt uniform service charges to depositors under the bank code of fair competition. Johnson said today he was laying down no rulea as to whether tha bankers should bring in new pro posals for the public hearing or whether they could present the high schedule of charges which the code authority had sought without his convent to establish the first of the year. The NRA chief announced also ha probably would call In the code com mittees of the almost 300 Industries now under agreement for a general session in February to reconcile con flict between Industries, complaints against the functioning of individual codes and the "whole flock" or ad ministrative troubles. Will ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Jnn. 1. TliHt .Roosevelt handled tlint congress yesterday just like a mother tvould a fretting baby. Just when another mother would have told it to hush and he a good bahy and not cry, ho lidn't tell 'cm a single thing to do. Just slipped 'cm all a piece of candy. (The little black Re publican babies along with the white ones) and he left 'em feeling that mother had confi dence in 'em and they were all just tickled to death, rolling on the floor, with their toes in their mouth and goo-goo-ing at each other. . aiIU elttttalU lllil'fifi
