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edford Mail Trifune Watch the TRIBISES CLASSIFIED AOS . . Loti of food bargain that mean genuine saving. Highest yesterday Lowest this mornlnr .. 30 Twenty-eighth Year ilEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JANUARY 30, 1931. No. '265. Ml UJ U DEVALUING EDICT- Birthday Greetings Quake Rocks Southwest Region . , The Weather Forecast: Cloudy tonlrht and Wed- i nndir. Moderate temperature. Temperature. I M mmmmm mam i i - SfflffT 0 KRED B.V PAUL MALLOX (Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon.) . WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. You can't beat this administration for smart politics. Just when all possible tricks seem to have been tried, along comes Mr. Roosevelt with a new one. The latest Is the unprecedented manner In which he submitted the stock market and communications Is sues to congress. Instead of sending a message making specific recommen dations for legislation as all presl- dents have done, he merely slipped an envelope under the door of several congressional committees. The en velope contained recommendations, not from him, but from two boards he created, to study the stock market and communications problems. He said absolutely nothing about what he wanted or how, when or where he wanted tt. Concerning the communications re port, he advised the congressional committeemen to come up and see him at the proper time. That was all. This subtle step Is supposed to have been devised by certain wise old heads among democratic leaders on the hill. It was well thought out. They are passing around the so called Inside yarn that the purpose is solely to get congress out of town as soon as possible. They say the presl dent does not care for action on such questions Immediately. There seems to be an Inside to the Inside on that Idea. By refraining from specific recom mendations the president also re- trains from taking a chance on get ting his fingers burned about such doubtful Ideas. The method seems to be the third phase of his well -conceived plan for controlling congress. ! The first phase was his opening message to the session. Instead of submitting the customary legislative program, he offered some ideas about what a great thing It was that they were all pals together. Then when he really wanted some specific legislation later, he sent up a fast message demanding action on It, and only it, at once. Witness the money bill and the supplemental re lief bills. The Idea has worked brilliantly. If a full legislative program had been submitted at the opening of the session, time would have been offered for formation of the usual opposition blocs. As it is the opposition cannot . get started. By feeding out his recommenda tions from time to time, he controls even the subjects to be discussed in congress. The same day the stock market and communications letters were left under the door, the president sent a message In the customary official channel. He asked for C950.000.000 more for th relief program. He left no doubt about what he wanted done on that question. New Yorkers who knew Mr. Roose velt well at Albany are amazed. They point out that he did not handle the legislature, the press and the oppo sition party with such cleverness as he has exhibited since he came to Washington. The answer specifically applicable to the congressional angle is that he has had the wholehearted confidence of three or four very smart veteran legislators. Vice-President Garner, Senators Byrnes and Pat Harrison, Congress man Rayburn. as well as the nominal leaders, have been of valuable assist tance. LEBANON IN IN JAIL ALBANY. Ore., Jan. 30. p) Ac e lined of violating the state kidnap ing law, two men were held In Jail here today on the complaint of John Bowles of Albany that they had threatened him with death unless he gave them 30 "ransom." The men. residents of Lebanon, were Clay Cornwell and Dorsey Lanis bury. The former was arrested Mon day at ht home. Police said they found him hidden in a closet Lands bury was takfn Into custody at the lumber mill where he worked. State Policeman Walter Winters said both had prison records. LONDON. Jan. 30 (AP) The cm eral Idea of ne satiations deigned to lea4 to eventual stabilisation of the pound and the dollar would be wel comed In Oreat B-ltatn. It was stated authoritatively today. laondon. r-mreie. has rece trrd no overt n-a to br;n such talk.. sur ges ted by Hf nry Morftithau, Jr.. United sutei secretary of treasury. DUE WEDNESDAY President Issues Order for Taking Over of National Gold Supply After Sign ing Devaluation Measure WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (AP) President Roosevelt issued Hie orders necessary to take over the national gold supply late today, shortly after signing the dollar devaluation bill. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (AP) ! President Roosevelt late today signed : the bill giving the treasury title to I the gold in the federal reserve banks ! and bestowing upon him the power to devalue the dollar by from 40 to ' 50 per cent. i The president signed the bill at 3:54 p. m.. In the presence of Secre tary Morgenthau and members of the press. He withheld Immediate announce ment of the first moves under the new monetary authority. It was indicated that a proclama tion fixing the value of the dollar somewhere between 50 and 60 cents would not be Issued before tomorrow. Smiling and Joshing with the news papermen circled about his desk, the president remarked as he picked up his pen: , "This Is about the nicest birthday present I ever had." SEASONALSAG IN SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30. (AP) Industrial employment in Oregon declined seasonally In December, the federal reserve bank of San Francisco reported today after a study, of 115 firms. Largest decreases, both In payrolls and number of employes, were In the food products and lumber and allied Industries. The bank's data Indicated "the number employed in Oregon Indus tries was about 18 per cent, higher in. 1933 than In the preceding year, an increase considerably larger than in the United 3tatcs as A whole," the report said. T PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 30. (AP) A reduction of one cent a dozen In ' Ulfl BCiliUg fJitlQ V Ttfto moil iiiouc I here at noon today. It was said by j George C. Keeney, general .manager - of Pacific Cooperative Poultry Pro ducers. 1 j The new price made extras 27c, j standards 15c, and mediums 14 cents ! a dozen. j Butter prices were held Intact dur- lng the late session of the produce exchange with all curb values un j changed. SOUP KITCHENS FEED NEW YORK. Jan. 3C (AP) The cold wave that brought a 62-degrce drop in temperature yesterday caused the mercury to drop to 6 degrees above zero today and saw one of the most elaborate relief setups organised in New York in operation. Seventeen field kitchens were ad ded to the fifteen set up late yester day under special orders issued by Mayor F. H. LaOuardia, which provid ed that every resource or the city be made available to hotise and feed the poor during the emergency. Rogers, Sans Dress Suit Enjoys Garners Dinner Br TIKMS J. HAMILTON, .lit. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. Take ' it from Will Rogers, the e:abor:ci dinner staged by the man he eill; 'Cactus Jack" Oarner and his wife ' for Mr. and Mrs. Prankiin D. Hw wit "sure was a fine party." Why, said Rogers, sneaking loud e:io;iah for Senator M"Nary of Ore-' gen and Representative flnell of New; Yorit to hear him. "there was Jjst; enonrh Republicans there for d:a-! turbanre purposes." j H added t:iat for hi part of the o. liner he had lmhtd evcrj bo-Iy. t tuit no on etmM to in.r.d Tiie vice-president and Mia. Cared . Today the people of the nation ire wishing their leader, President Rooeevelt, happy birthday. The oeeaslon la being celebrated at eome 5,000 birthday balla from coast to coast. WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (AP) President Roosevelt waa deluged today with a mighty birthday greeting from every sector of the country. Looking forward to his birthday party tonight with hl "buddies of 1920" and workers at the White House, the president knanged to acknow ledge his 52nd birthday celebration In a talk over the air at 11:30 p. m., E. S. T. Telegraph greetings were estimated at 180.000. Birthday cards were calculated to total another 100.000. Bundles carrying all manner of gifts were stacked high in the executive office. Birthday cakes were on about every desk. . ROOSEVELT BALL AT Announcement was made this after noon by the committee in charge, that the Roosevelt ball will be held In the Oriental Garden at the Nat attorium tonight, and the Elks club hall will not be used unless crowded conditions make the additional hall necessary. The announcement stated that inability to secure sufficient or chestras for both halls made the change in plans necessary. Dancing will start at 9:30 at the oriental garden. The national radio program will be received here be tween 8:30 and 9:30 o'clock and loud speakers will be placed In the hall so that all interested may hear with ear. The ball, which will be one of thou sands held throughout the nation to night, will honor President Franklin D. Roosewlt on his 52nd birthday and the proceeds will be devoted to the Warm Springs foundation for the cure and prevention ol Infantile paralysis. FORMER TEACHER OF SO. SALEM. Jan. 30. (AP) Mrs. Ella Anderson England, 48, well known school teacher and singer of this and southern Oregon communities, died here late yesterday. She was gradu ated from the state normal school at AMi land in 1005, while living at Med ford. Among places where she taught was Eugene, where she was employed In the schools four years. Her father, J. D. Anderson, died three weeks ago and her mother died last May. had the honor of being the first to entertain the President and M;. Roosevelt at dinner this season, and as proof of their social success the party lasted until nearly midnleht. Staged on the glaavd-In roof of one of Washington's smart hotels, with the interior warmth accentual by the coldet weather here in year, the party was lent more brilliance by ceiebrltlea and a caviar-down-the list-menu. Rogers, who fw here with his wife fiom California Jut to attend. evi hsd a jckf on himflf. He wa t:f oily one not wearing "white lie and tails." SETS IN MOSCOW. Jan. 30. (A,P) A soviet civil aviation stratosphere balloon, which took off on an unannounced ascension today was reported In message from its crew to have reached the record-breaking height of 30,000 meters (67.585 feet). The balloon, known as the "Oaoa vlakhlm." attained that altitude at 11:59 a. m., Moscow time (4:29 a. m., E. S. T.) A radio message from the bag said a descent was being atsrted imme diately. At that position, the crew reported the temperature outelcle was between 33 and 49 degrees below zero and 4 below Inside. The message "all la well" was flashed from the balloon only to be followed with the additional word that visibility was so poor the crew could not determine their exact posi tion. Airplanes were dispatched from the Moscow military airdrome to help the stratosphere crew locate themselves. The balloon was taken up In spite of bitter cold weather in an effort to beat the mark of 02,304 feet set In September by the Russian military balloon Stratostat U. S. 8. R. TO DETROIT, Jan. 30, (AP) A fund of $50,000 today was presented to the Warm Springs (Oa.) Foundation by trustees of the Horace H. and Mary A. Rackham fund. In connection with the nation-wide observance of Presi dent Roosevelt's birthday. The fund, totMIng 18,000,000. was established by the late Horace H. Rackham, Detroit attorney and early day associate of Henry Ford. POTAMfOG AGREEMENT TALKED WASHINGTON. Jan. 30 (AP) The farm administration announced today tt was considering formation of a marketing agreement between potato growers and shippers. The agreement would sck to bring about orderly marketing and prevent the antieipated large crop from hav ing a depreulon. ' POPULATION SHIFT AMONG F. R. PLANS 10 BEIIERNAIN New Machinery to Expend Billions Being Set Up for Reconstruction CWA Fund Speeding Is Sought WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (AP) New machinery that may expend bil lions, altering In its course the na tion's industrial and agricultural map today advanced in part beyond the blue-print stage in the administra tion's reconstruction laboratories. I Among the developing plana were these: A movement to shift hundreds of thousands of unemployed from com munities where once booming Indus tries have left them stranded Into the open country or "smaller com munities where industries are mov-; lng." Plan Dairy Aid A half billion dollar emergency program to aid the dairy Industry throughout the country and to help cattlemen located principally In the west: A new effort toward modernization of homes that the federal home loan organization hopes will send hun dreds of millions Into such channels and the construction of new dwel lings; A movement on Capitol Hill to speed the appropriation of $950,000, 000 for carrying on the civil works program, at least until spring, and providing fresh direct relief funds: The mapping there and at the labor department of an unemploy ment insurance bill, .designed in the words of Secretary Perkins, to do away with bread lines; Consideration at the agricultural adjustment administration of pos sibly applying a compulsory program (Continued on Page Three) CRUMBLING ICE BAY OF WHALES, Antartlca (Via Mackay Radio.) Jan. 30. (fT) The four-mile Ice front of the Bay of Whales where Admiral Richard E. Byrd and his Antarctic expedition are attempting to land supplies for their winter camp from their flagship, ap peared today to be disrupting. The whole Ice barrier was crevass lng rapidly. Tnls afternoon a crack opened Just behind the half-way relay depot one mile and a half from "pressure camp. Admiral Byrd said he feared that Pressu re cam p is m e n a ced t oge t h er with lta tons of stores which had been cached there for transport to Little America, site of the permanent camp. KLAMATH EILES LIQUOR APPEAL SALEM. Jan. 30. (AP) The city of Klamath Falls, plaintiff In the re cent Knox liquor control test suit, Monday filed a transcript of appeal in the state supreme court. Aa soon as briefs are filed, probably tomorrow, the court will fix the time of hear ing. Judge L. O. Lewelllng, in a circuit court decision here last week, held the law constitutional. Trial proceedings has In no way interfered with the routine of the state liquor commission which Is completing plans to establish state liquor stores and to license dealers in beverages containing less than 14 per cent alcohol. PORTLAND. Jan. 30. f AP) Fire, which police believe may have been i set by two men seen running from the place, destroyed the tlOOOO home of Peter Vran, a nurseryman, here before dawn today. Vran en id he was awakened by a muffled explosion. He saw two men running from the houso and fired ! two shotgun chargea at them. He j then discovered the entire lower floor ' of the house In flames. 1 He told detectlvea that two meeka ' ago he received a threatening letter ordering him to move from the real deive. on of the show places of the 'district HITLER DISCLAIMS Charicellor Is Vehement in Address to Reichstag and Foreign Diplomats Crowd in Great Ovation By 1,0118 P. LOrilNER Associated Tress Foreign Staff. BERLIN, Jan. 30. (AP) Chancel lor Adolf Hitler of Germany declared today that Germany had no inten tions of violating the security of i Austria. His declaration was made during an address to the Reichstag and a crowd of foreign diplomats packed into the Kroll opera house, where Germany centered Its celebration of the first anniversary of Hitler's ascen sion to the leadership .of the Reich. Given Ovation. When Hitler left the chancellery to go to the opera house his path j down the famous Boulevard TJnter den Linden was a acene of unprecedented : enthusiasm. Thousands of spectators formed a solid bank along the entire route bursting Into wild cheers as the chancellor passed. "To the German government! great regret," said Hitler, "its rela tions with the present Austrian gov ernment are not satisfactory. s "The fault la not ours. The asser tion that Germany plana to violate Austria Is absurd and Incapable of proof, "But It Is only natural that an Idea which has deeply stirred and per meated the German nation would not halt at the frontier posts of a coun (Continued on Paga Eight) L TAMPA, Fla., Jan. 80. (AP) A band of men early today lynched Robert Johnson, negro, held for In vestigation for an alleged attack on a white woman. Deputy Constable T. M. Graves re ported he was kidnaped, beaten and' then freed when the negro, whom he was transferring from the city Jail In charge of state authorities, was shot down. The shooting took place in an Iso lated section 16 mllea from here a short time after Graves took the negro from the Jail. Police released Johnson to Graves when the deputy constable appeared with warrants charging Johnson with petty larceny, KIDNAPERS SILENT FOURTEENTH DAY ST. PAUL, Jan. 30 (AP) Fourteen days days of alternate hope and anxiety have passed since Edward G. Bremer, wealthy St, Paul banker, was taken by kidnapers demanding $200. 000 ransom and still no sign has been given, outwardly at least, as to when he might be freed. Persistent reports that at least one contact with the gang had been ef fected since the original ransom note was found shortly after Bremer waa seized Jan. 17, continued In the face of family denials and a new display of optimism by kin of the 37 year old owner and president of the Commer cial State bank. Mills Slap at Bourbons Seen as Candidacy Hint WAflHIrJOTON. Jan. 30. (T) Senator Robinson, tha Democratic leader, said in a formal statement to day the Topeka addreaa of Ogden Mills, Hoover secretary of the treas ury, was "notable In that it indicates his candidacy for the presidential nomination on the Republican ticket and tha platform upon which he ex pects to run." t TOPEKA, Ksns., Jan. 30. (A', De- clar:ng be la opposed to "revolution- ary change without popular mandtt. I and to government by men without I any practical limitations br law, Og 1 den L, Mills, secretary of the treasury i under President Hoover, last night I urjed hla fellow Republicans to be on guard against unwlat and unde ' lrabl public policlea. Anne Lindbergh Awarded Medal For Flight Aid WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. (D Mrs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh to day was awarded the Hubbard gold medal by the National Geographic society for her "brilliant accom plishments as radio operator, aernl navigator and co-pllot." She is the first woman to receive the medal. It has been conferred on nine men, Including her hus band, Charles A. Lindbergh, with whom she recently made an ex tensive air Journey. OF PLANS 10 FREE OUTLAWS' LEADER INDIANAPOLIS, Jan. 30. ( AP) Lieut. Chester Butler of the Indiana state police this afternoon ordered j road blockades established at Monon j and Medaryvllle following reports j that three automobiles bearing armed J men were headed for Crown Point I where John Dllllnger may be placed In Jail tonight. FC.T WORTH, Tex., Jan. 30 (AP) John Dllllnger, mid western gang I leader, arrived here by airplane from Tucson, Ariz., at 8:44 a. m. today In custody of four officers who are re turning him to Indiana to face mur- I der charges. When Dllllnger emerged from the plane for an interview with newsmen at El Paso he was wearing an officer's overcoat, bare-headed and hla ahlrt waa torn down the front. Dllllnger said he had been ''rail roaded." He complained that officers had dragged htm out of hla Jail cell at Tucson, Arls., without coat or hat and forced into the plane, depriving htm of the benefit of a hearing which ha said had been scheduled for "to morrow." TUC0ON, Arte., Jan. 30. (yp) The last of the Dllllnger gang of Indiana Harry Plerpont, Charles Makley and Russell Clark were put Into a pri vate car here this morning to be attached to the regular train sched uled to leave at 10:59 a. m., mountain atandard time, for Indiana. Being taken with them was Mary Kinder, wanted for aiding in a prison de livery. GET PEN TERMS PORTLAND, Ora., Jan. 30. (P) Arlln Arthur Adama, 33, waa aehtenced to four yeara In federal prison, and Buck Maxwell, 28. received a aii-year sentence today when they pleaded guilty to passing counterfeit Mo notes. Secret service agenta said the youtha passed many of tha bills hers during the Christmas shopping rush. They Implicated John M. Stadia; In tha manufacture of the apurloua bill". Stadlg waa Indicted here but waa re antly arrested In California and will Ni prosecuted there. Adama served a previous sentenoe in San Quentln prison for forgery. PHONE SALARY SLASH RESTRAINER EXTENDED PORTLAND. Jan. 30. (AP) A temporary order restraining Charles M. Thomaa. Oregon public utllltlea commissioner, from enforcing salary reductions ha has ordered for the Pacific Tolephone Ic Telegraph com pany, waa extended by order of Fed eral Judge James Alger Fee Monday. He spoka of perils of a govern mental dictatorship and declared the Democratic administration haa at tempted to extend the powers of the federal government. "The abdication by congress and the delegation of powers to the ex ecutive," Mills asserted, "are in effect creating a government of men with out any practical limitations by law" It u the duty of the minority." he continued, "to Insist that import ant measurea shall not be adopted until they have been subjected to the teats of critical analyst and open discussion, unhampered by inttmida tlon of any kind, to the end that public opinion may be informed, ani the people themselves afforded the opportunity to reach sound Judj , mnt." NEVADA, IS OF SERIES SEVERE SHAKES Dozen Buildings Damaged 1 1 hi ty omuuks nuuui uuu Schools Are Dismissed Children Kept Out of Doors MINA. Nev.. Jan. 30. (p) Nearly a dozen buildings were damacrd, some badly, in a series of earth quake that rocked this area today Thirty shock, or decreasing in tensity, were felt within an hour after a major quake at 11:24 a. m. They were continuing at Intervals of every few minutes this afternoon. The Palace Garage building a brick structure, was badly damaged. Stores suffered heavily, the stocks being tumbled to floors. Chimneys top pled from homes. Schools were dismissed for the day and children were kept out-of-doors. No injuries were reported. SAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 30. An earthquake described by Univer sity of California seismologists as "very sharp," was felt in widely Svr arated parts of the west today. Four shocks were recorded on the University of Nevada seismograph and reports from Yerlngton, 100 mllea south of Reno, said the shocks crack ed a wall In the Lyon county court house. At Sac rumen to, Cal., a light quaka was felt at 12:18 p. m. IP.ST.) Na damage waa reported although build Inga swayed and chandeliers in tha ' state cap Hot swung for several min utes. Occupant of several tall bulldinga at Salt Iake City reported they felt the quake at 1 :20 p. m. M.S.T.l They said the shock was slight and no damage waa done. WASHINOTO!. Jan. 30. (P) Representatives from two more groups of states came into the growing house silver block today and pledged them selves to work for free coinage with out a fixed ratio. After a discussion led by Represen tative (D., Colo), prime mover of '.he- silver harmonizing efforts on the house side, the following committees were named to work with previously Organized tones: ' Pacific coast: Knute Hill (D., Wash.), Pierce (D., Ore.), and Ford (D., Cal.): middle-west, Magnus John son (F-L., Minn.), Wlllford (D., Iowa), and Duncan (D.t Mo.) WA3HINOTON, Jan. 30. (API- President Roosevelt today nominated Joseph B. Poind enter of Hawaii to be governor of Hawaii. In naming Polndexter governor of the Pacific Islands, the- president abandoned a previous Intention to appoint an out sider to this post. SALEJM. Jan. 30. iP) Four hear ings involving applications to operate as motor carriers under the state transportation act have been aet for February S, in Salem, Herbert Hauser, superintendent of state transporta tion, announced todny. WILL ROGERS 'soys: NEW YORK, Jim. 20. Well, visited tho spiinte Snturclny and renewed mnny plensnnt ac (iiiiintiinees. Thoy are a finn buncli o fellows when you tnkn into consideration the Rmoiint of tiling the people lay onto them. Tliey rant at eaeh other in there, then cme out and arn good fellows. Hud the pleasure of tsittintf hy Mrs. Aliee Longworth in thn senate nailery when the (.'old bill was pnsseil. Aliee, due to the Roosevelt tradition, took it right on the ehin and smiled. She sincerely believes that no president ever carried the faith of as many peoplo as this dis tant relative. . lH Ktfsmal Iratlota, Ua.
