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Twenty-ninth Year -
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 5, 1934.
No. 12.
By PAUIj mallon
(Copyright, 1034, by raul Mallon)
WASHINGTON, D. C, April 5. The
Blue Eagle has sounded lately as It
It was getting ready to bite some
one. Industry also baa been squawk
ing In a tone Indicating It might
take a few bites out of the Blue
Eagle.
. There will be no biting.
Despite all the screeching you have
heard, tempers on both sides appear
to be well under control.
. That code was Imposed on the coal
Industry because it had to be done.
That Industry Is unique. It Is de
moralized by cutthroat competition.
There was not a chance of the op
erators ever getting together. The
more sensible among them agreed
that the only thing for the govern
ment to do was to step In and bite
them.
There Is no Intention of Imposing
codes on other Industries. You can
accept that as a private promise from
the old bird himself.
Another screech was let out when
the millers tore up their proposed
code and went home. That Incident
made It appear that the millers were
starting out as an Industry to fight
the NRA.
That is another fight which will
never occur.
The inside split came when the
millers representatives charged that
the government operatives were put
ting some things Into the code at
the last minute that did not belong
there. Before the millers packed their
bags to go home It was agreed that
the government would draw up two
or three different codes and send
them around by mail.
The millers can vote their choice
by return mall. All parties seem to
believe there will be a code agreed
on within the nest 60 days.
At any rate, the millers cross their
hearts and swear that a fight Is the
last thing In the world they want.
Industry will never confess It open
ly, but as a general thing, collect
ively. It does not hate these codes
nearly as much as It makes out. Tho
steel industry, for Instance, will flut
ter Its feathers against letting the
A. T. of L. organize its labor, but It
would not want to surrender its code
today.
These current incidents, which are
being played up as major battles, are
largely haggling over terms.'
Business is always for getting the
best of the bargain lor ltsself. So
. are the government operatives. Some
times haggling comes down to the
point where one side tears up the
papers and walks off, as If angry.
Negotiations are usually resumed
when both sides cool off.
Certain government operatives In
the NRA were talking that very mat
ter over recently among themselves.
An outsider sat in on their gabfest,
listening to them argue about how
they mig.ht Jockey a certain indus
try into accepting the government's
terms.
Finally the outsider suggested:
"Why don't you Just offer the best
terms possible, and if the Industry
does not accept, tell them to go to
hell?"
"yes," replied a government agent,
"but after you tell them to go to
hell, then what do you do?"
That is the fundamental situation.
The government does not want a
fight; it wants a code. It has the
power to impose codes and to license
Industries, but everyone knows such
action would bring on a national
light over the NRA to the bitter end.
Neither side wants to get near the
bitter end just yet. ,t
Despite all reports to the contrary,
the government Is going to ask con
gress to renew the licensing provi
sion of the NRA. It expires in' June.
The licensing power has never been
used. There was no Intention that it
shall be. Yet It has been a good
weapon In the hands of the govern
ment for haggling purposes. The hag
flers do not want to lose it.
Even those In the administration
who opposed the provision In the j
first place are now convinced that)
the NRA should keep the weapon. j
There la a lot of backstage talk
about some of the mugwumps, brain
trusters, or Anthony advocates, get
ting requests soon for their resigna
tions from government services.
That possibility was mentioned by
an Influential administration author
ity recently in a private conversa
tion. He was talking more for ef
fect than In seriousness. Nothing
will be done about it.
The effect will be that the boys
under fire will drop their cudgels
and look innocent lor a wnue uncu
the fire dies down.
The boys who keep an eye on such
things whisper that Henry Ford is
obeying the automobile code as much
as or better than If he was In it. The
Idea is he could not afford to take ft
chance on being caught violating It.
Those who know say It costs close
to 150,000 a year to run a yacht like
Mr. Astor's Nourmahal. It Is air
conditioned throughout, has a wood-;
burning fireplace in the living room
and carries a crew of 40, A double
bottom makes It safe and a gyroscope 1
stabilizer device keeps it from roll-
ing.
A banker once asked J. P. Morgan
about the cost of keeping a steam
yacht he intended to buy. Mr. Mor-'
can replied: "More than you can af
ford." The banker drew back and
pjrti: "How do you know I can't
afford It?'" Morgan replied: "Be
o.:"; If you have to worry about
what It will cost you to run It, I
knov ou can't afiord it."
At the White House Easter eeg
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STERLINGS LAND
Question of Ownership Only
Consideration Says Court
New Company Plans to
Develop Mine Property
An Injunction enjoining and
straining "gold mine squatters' from
further operations on the Sterling ;
mine property, was granted this mor- j
nlng by Judge H. D. Norton In favor i
of the Medford Water Power and De
velopment company.
The Sterling mine was recently
purchased by an eastern syndicate
and according to Attorney Porter J.
Neff, they plan Immediate working
and development of the property.
The syndicate representative, DeFord
MacCormlck, Is In charge now.
The Injunction suit was filed
against R. E. Banks and 70 who have
been engaged in prospecting on the
property for periods ranging from
four years to three months.
According to Attorney Neff, 'a six
ounce nugget was found by one of
the squatter prospectors last Satur
day. At the prevailing fixed price
of gold its value Is closo to 8200.
The injunction came up for hear
ing last Friday and the court delayed
a decision to enable the defense to
produce evidence In support of its
contention that the land the squat
ters were working, was county-owned
or homesteaded land. The mining
company held that the land belonged
to the Sterling company.
The defendants further stated that
they had been granted permission to
mine the land by Fred J. Blakcley.
former lessee of the mine. The plain
tiff held that any promise or per
mission made by Blakeley wts not
binding upon the new operators.
The court held that the only ques
tion, was who owned the mined land,
and showing of a title was necessary
by the squatters, not to come under
the trespass provisions.
Attorney Porter J. Neff this morn
ing said that the prospectors (had
"evidently struck a pretty ricTt
streak," and that "thousands of dol
lars had been removed In the past
three or four years."
The squatters themselves said thoy
were "making only a bare living and
the best of luck Is not much,"
With the start of the depression In
1929, gold mining was revived and
dozens of people went to the hills
with pans and shovels to seek a live
lihood. At one time it was reported
500 people wore engaged In gold
prospecting in the Applegate district,
and the Applegate river and tribu
tary streams were lined with camps.
Many came from outside states.
The Applegate mining activity was
followed by a renewal of gold mining
owMonviiw, a naif dozen rigs
being set up on the lot
of the
pioneer town.
TEXAS ADDED TO
FLOOD TERRITORY
By the Associated Prwj
Texas entered Into the natlon'a
flood picture today with four victims
as nine bodies were recovered In a
western Oklahoma flood In which
nearly a score' may have perished.
As was the case In the Oklahoma
flood which centered around Klk City
and Hammon, the southwest Texas
deaths near Menard occurred when
a stream, usually shallow, became a
torrent because of heavy rains.
C. p. Smith, district P. E. R. A.
engineer, reported the Oklahoma
flood damage at ,625.000.
It waa estimated that damage of
several million dollars waa done In
northern and western Wisconsin by
rain and melting snow. Nine persona
died.
FLYINGTLAGS TO
Medford will fly the American flags
from the sidewalks and homes to
morrow In observance of Army day
It being 17 yetira since the United
States entered the world war. Army
day, however, Is to acquaint the peo
ple of the country with the peace
time activities of the large body and
the civilian conservation corps head
quarters in Medford, In command of
army officers, Is an example of such
work.
On Saturday, in observance of the
day. CCC headquarters have an
nounced that Camp Evans Creek will
be open to visitors from Medford and
surrounding county; Camp Kerby for
those in the vicinity of Orants Pass,
and Camp Cape Sebastlon for resi
dents of the southern Oregon coast.
Dr, John Dickson
Dies, Los Angeles
PORTLAN D, April 3. AP) The
death of Dr. John Forrest Dickson.
61. past president of the Oregon
State Medical school, and dean emer
itus of the medical school of the
tint vers! ty of Oregon, was rpo-ted
I'fre todsv from Lee Ansrle. H" 1 .3
been ferlouly ill for
from 4 heart ailment
Sues Producer
Marjorie Whiteis (above), known
on the screen as Marjorie Gay, sued
Harry Joe Brown, motion picture
producer, for $100,000, charging
breach of promise. The trial was
held in Los Angeles. (Associated
Press Photo)
SALLY EILERS ON
LOS ANGELES, April B. (AP)
Blonde Sally Ellers, movie actress and
expectant mother, waa called to the
stand today in superior court as a
witness for Marjorie Whiteis, who is
suing Miss Eiiers' husband, Harry Joe
Brown, for $100,000 damages, alleg
ing breach of promise to marry.
Her testimony was confined to two
words.
"Sally Brown," she said, when she
was asked her name.
Then Judge Arthur Keetch ruled
that she need not testify concerning
an interview with her that appeared
In a motion picture magazine.
She was excused from the stand.
At this, the attorneys for Miss Whiteis
rested their case.
Miss Ellers was attired in a black
ensemble. Her black dress had a saucy
white Jabot at the rounded neck.
Her black coat was quilted and the
brim of her black felt hat drooped
over, her eyes.
Dr. J. J. Emmens, prominent Med
ford physician, suffered a very slight
stroke of paralysis the first of the
week, while vacationing in tho south.
It was learned here last night, and is
now receiving treatment In the
Scrlpps Memorial hospital at LaJolla,
Cal. His condition last night was
reported much Improved and his re
turn to Medford is expected In about
two weeks. Mrs. Emmens and sons.
Tom and Bob, are with him In the
south.
Dr. Emmens left Medford for a va
cation trip south several weeks ago
upon the advice of Dr. Phillip King
Brown of San Francisco and Drs.
Knox and Rockey of Portland. He
was then suffering from complica
tions resulting from an attack of In
fluenza, which the southern climate
was expected to benefit.
CALT, Colombia, April 5. ftp)
Newton C. Marshall of Milwaukee was
reported found alive today, the only
survivor of an airplane crash on
March 10 in the Andes.
The report of the discovery was
made officially by the Bollrer-Valle
department.
It was said that five bodies were
found ln the cabin of the- airplane,
the Von Krohn of the Seadt airline.
Details f how Marshall may have
survived- three weeks in the Jungle
after the crash were not immediately
available.
TIDINGS CITY EDITOR
TAKES NEW POSITION
ASHLAND, April (Special) C.
B. Bolce, who has been city editor of
the Dally Tidings fot several months,
left today for Medford, where he has
accepted a position with the Shell
Oil Co. O. M. Oreen will assume
the position of city editor of the
Daily Tidings temporarily.
WOMAN IS BURNED BY
DYNAMITE CN STOVE
RAINIER. Ore.. April 5 (API Mrs.
C. H, Pantz of the 8tehman district,
was seriously burned on the less and
arms yesterday when a small quantity
of dynamite which her husband was
warming In the oven of the cooking
stort. caught fire.
Two Withdraw
SALEM. April 6. (API Two can
didates for state representative today
withdrew their names from the list
of filings. They were Merle O, Camp
bell, republican, and Oladys M. Ever
ett, democrat, of Portland, who iad
both fllfd for nomination to te
veral years house from the fifth district. Mult
jaomth. county
GLOOMY MENCKEN
SEES BIG SMASH
WITH NEW YEAR
Baltimore Sage Home From
Cruise in Europe, Takes
Hot Shot at NRA, Insult,
Veterans and Clergymen
By MORRIS WATSON
KBW YORK. April 5. IP) Henry
L. Mencken, the sage of Baltimore,
returned from a Mediterranean cruise
today sufficiently refreshed to take
right smart cracks at the following:
(1) The New Deal.
(2) Insull.
(3) The veterans.
(4) Clergymen.
Coming up the bay on the liner
Europa In sunshine, Mr. Mencken was
pleasantly gloomy about almost every
thing. He said he was for a planned econ
omy, "If you can find somebody to
plan it." But as to the New Deal,
he referred to it as the running of a
ship by the ship's barbers.
"My private opinion is that the big
smash Is going to come next year
when the tax bills come in, when the
people learn that the bills have to
be paid," he said.
Visited Athens.
Mencken visited Athens Just after
Samuel Insull, fugitive, left there.
He sighed. "Athens is ruined," he
said. "It ha forgotten Socrates, and
now it has only Insull, and he Isn't
there any more."
He referred to recent exposes of
power utilities Influence upon legis
latures as "spot," and averred that
prosperity had returned because, ho
said, "the thieves are getting back-
all the bogus war veterans are on the
rolls again."
He said that during the cruise in
the Mediterranean he tried to convert
several clergymen to Christianity, but
"It can't be done."
He also took time out to take
crack or two at the humanists.
All Men Moral.
"All men are moral," he said. "Their
systems differ, but universal opinion
is agreed on the basic Ideals. The
trouble with the humanists is they
assume that if a man does not have
their standard he has no standards
at all."
"But tell me," he asked, "what Is
doing In newspaper circles?"
Ho was told that reporters had or
ganized a union. He snapped Thls
fingers.
"I know," he said. "How is It get
ting along? Is It organized in Balti
more? Yes? I am going right down
And join. I am eligible because I am
not an executive officer of my paper.
It. Is something I have always be-
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BAN FRANCISCO, April 8. (AP)
Two Medford, Oregon, officers started
northward today with Mrs. Naomi
Joyce Helms, 22, pretty five-day bride
of Addison Helms.
Her honeymoon with her husband
was Interrupted here yesterday when
local officers arrested her on a tele
graphic warrant from Medford. The
warrant charged her with grand theft
and with being a fugitive from Jus
tice. "I don't know what it's all about,"
she sobbed today as detectives hur
ried hr on to the train, "I haven't
stolen anything. They're Just trying
to break up our marriage."
Addison Helms left Medford yester
day with the deputy sheriff, who was
to return Helms' wife of a few days
from 8an Francisco. Helms arrived
In Medford by motor Wednesday and
conferred with the district attorney
before going south with the deputy.
Portland non-owing Again
PORTLAND. Ore.. April . (API
After having been on a nominal caah
basis since March Si. the city of
Portland had to go to the bank Wed-
nesday and borrow ,oo.ooo to me!m)lk produce will be held at the
Ita payroll!, to be paid today. The . cnamber or commerce. Friday, April
payroll total la ,115,000. 6thi lt WM announced today by H. A.
LA GRANDE, oTe" Aplrl 5.-(AP Thlcrolf, chairman of the chamber
The weatern union meeting, Asso-jOf commerce dairy committee.
elation of Brother.hood of Locomotive
Engineers, and the 0. I. A., will hold j asked to attend But not tnoae wno
their 1034 convention In La Grande produce buttcrfat. Mr. Thlerolf stat
in July, It waa announced today by ed the meeting will ' commerce
officera of the La Grande order. Ex- promptly at 8:00 o'clock and It 1
act datea havo not been agroed upon, hoped will be well attended.
Kingfish and Harrison
Stage Senate Wrangle
WASHINGTON, April 5. (AP)
Antagonism between Huey Long and
administration leadcrsl ip burst forth
in the senate today with Pat Harri
son of Mississippi saying "the opinion
of the senator from Loulslona is les
respected by the membership of this
body ai a whole and by the country
than any other senator here."
The two outspoken legislators had
been In several lesser deputes earlier
at a senate finance committee hear
ing on the confirmation of D. D.
Moore as Internal revenue collector
in Louisiana, opposed by Long.
Edward Rlghtor, Mnore's attorn').
waa Invited by Long to "go outside" 1
aftor Rl&htor lasd iU4 04 enwsoaJ
Wrist Watch Found
By Mrs. Gardner In
Shipment of Drugs
Mrs. Nancy Gardner of the
Gardner Drug store can quality as
a lady Diogenes. Wills unpack
ing a shipment of goods from the
Upjohn Pharmaceutical company
of San Francisco yesterday, she
found a valuable lady's wrist
watch In the excelsior covering,
where It had been lost by a
woman clerk, who probably docs
not know where she lost it. It was
evident that the wrist-watch had
become loose from the strap and
dropped. The silver wrist band
waa broken. Mrs. Gardner sent
the trinket back to the drug firm
in the hope they will be able to
find the owner.
SUPREME COURT
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SALEM, April 5. (JP) Arguments
in the appeal In the case of L. A.
Banks, now serving a life term in the
state penitentiary for the slaying of
Officer George J. Prescott at Med
ford on March 16 of last year, were
heard before the supreme court here
today.
Seven alleged assignments of error
were shown. These Included admis
sion in evidence at the trial of cer
tain articles found at the Banks home
following the murder, refusal of the
trial Judge to give certain instruc
tions to the jury, denial of a new
trial motion and failure of the trial
court to direct a verdict In favor of
the defendant.
Banks was tried in Lane county
under a change of venue, with Judge
G. F. Skip worth presiding. The prea
ecutlon waa handled by Ralph E.
Moody, assistant attorney -general,
while Frank Loner gan of Portland act
ed as chief counsel for the defendant,
assisted by Attorney Charles A. Hardy
of Eugene.
A' rock bur.fceA coopscd Tuesday
night causing injury to two men
and delaying the furnishing of rock
for maintenance on state highway
projects in this county, it was re
ported by the local state highway
office today. The bunker Is located
near the Oregon Caves road Junc
tion. H. E. Gale, state highway Inspector,
sustained a broken shoulder blade,
broken ribs and eye Injuries are
feared. Gale was also thrown a con
siderable distance.
F. Float of Roseburg, a worker,
sustained minor Injuries.
Truck Driver Yoder of this city
left with a load a few seconds be
fore the bunker collapsed.
12 CARS PEARS
TOTALTOR WEEK
Fruit shipments for the week end
ing last night, from this point, totaled
13 cars of pears.
Tho total Hhlpmenta for the season
now are 2000 cars of pears and 132
cars of apples. The season is Hear
ing the end.
Pears In storage, as of last night,
were :
Three cars D'AnJous; 102 cars Win
ter Nells; 81 cars packed apples; 1072
boxes loose apples.
MILK IN 10 MEET
AT C. OF C. F
A meeting of milk distributors and
ah producera 01 wnoie mux are
race track In Louisiana "that's your
track, senator." Long called the state
ment an "Infamous falsehood."
The exchanges between the Louisi
ana senator and Harrison, who heads
the finance committee, pertained to
conduct of the hearing.
Again a crowd waa on hand, many
of whom went to the senate floor
latrr and heard Long In a speech
calling for heavier taxes on the
weatthy.
Then Harrison undertook a reply
to a speech yesterday by Long, blam
ing the Democratic leadership for
"helping the Hoover administration
to send the country to hell."
A surplusage sprecrt." Hitrrlion
termed Loag a earlier ftddroaii
TWO INJURED IN
BUNKER COLLAPSE
PLOT TO HAMPER
TO
Political and Commercial In
trigue Seen by Realty
Board , Highway Com
mission Criticizes Stand
PORTLAND, April 8. A charge
of the Eugene- Realty board, in a let
ter to President Roosevelt, that a
campaign of political and commercial
intrigue Is being waged against the
proposed highway from Eugene to
Sluslaw harbor, was criticized here
today by members of the Oregon
highway commission.
Commissioner Carl Washburne of
Eugene declared he felt the Eugene
charges of intrigue were "very pecu
liar," ss waa publication of them on
the same day that the highway com
mission was awarding contracts for
three miles of construction on this
road, known as "Route F," and for
the construction of four bridges on
the same highway.
"That," Washburne said, "ia the
best anawcr the commission can give
to the charge that there la discrim
ination against route F."
F. C. Dlllard of Medford was low
bidder on $18,051 on the construc
tion of 1.28 miles highway roadbed
and one trestle on the Austin Creek
Upper Yach bridge section of the
Little Nestucca highway In Tillamook
county.
Three Portland contractors Joined
forces In submitting a low bid of
$685,040 for construction of the Ore
gon coast highway Alsea bridge at
Waldport. This bid was offered by
Llndstrom & Fclglnson, Parker &
Banfleld, and T. H. Banfleld.
E
OF POSTMASTER
With a cylinder falling SOOO feot
from the engine of the monoroupe he
waa piloting shortly- after 6 o'clock
laat ovenlng, Aubrey Sander of thla
city successfully landed the email
plane in Chr's Gottlleb'a wheat field
southwest of i.:jdford. without Injury
to himself or passenger.
The cyllpdcr whistled down to nick
the roof of the" home of Poatmaator
Prank DeSouaa, 334 South Orange
street, burying Itaclf, amoklng In the
yard, Just outside the front window.
Martha DeSoura, sitting near the
window", heard the noise, and aeelng
the smoking Object In the ground,
thought someone had thrown a bomb
at the house.
Only the landing gear, damaged
when the cylinder fell from the motor.
was broken on the ship. Sander gnaea
down to tho field after the motor
stopped in mld-alr.
The name of Sander's passenger
could not be learned today, but waa
said to be a man employed at the
Sander ranch. The plane waa dis
mantled thla morning, and returned
to the hangar at the Sander place.
ON POLICE GRILL
ST. PAUL, Minn., April 5. ( AP)
An auburn-hatred woman, parrying
police queatlona with cryptlo anawora
stood today between federal agents
and possible captva of the notorious
John (Wooden Gun) Dllllnger.
The officera continued silent on
the progreaa ot their Investigation;
but reporta were circulated that the
woman la Bernlce Norton, a friend of
Evelyn Prechetv. who, In turn, la a
friend of Dllllnger.
The woman occupied an apartment
with Eugene Green, & Dllllnger aseo
elate. Green waa severely wounded
and the woman waa captured Tuca
day night.
FINGERPRINTS IN
SLAYINGSJRACED
BREMERTON, Waah., April 6. TT)
Fingerprint work under way today
promised to decide tho importance or
an arrest at Coeur d'Alene. Idaho, In
the search for the slayers of an per
sona here a week ago tonight and
the outcome waa awaited with In
tense Intereat.
In hla Seattle laboratory, Luke S.
May, noted crlmlnologlat, had before
him the flngerprlnta of Harry Kimble.
53, a erlf-ajaerted profeaalonal gam
bler, arreated at Coeur d'Alene, two
days ago. May had also a large num
ber of flngerprlnta taken from '.he
death house, for comparison.
He haa aald he believed one of the
slavrs waa seriously wounded In the
terrific battle before the killing.
V. S. Homla flo t'at
WASHINGTON, April 8. (API-
Secretary Moraonthau aald today the
first tifenty-four hours Indicated the
treasury a exchange offering of a Bil
lion In 10-U yeara 3'i per cent
I bond "Will go oyjl. WZ feiy
Charges Kidnaping
Marjorie Crawford, avlatrlx and
film actress, entered a complaint In
t-oa Angelea againat R. C. Dowllng,
acreen actor, charging ha forced her
to accompany him to Yuma, Arir.,
where he attempted to force her to
marry him. Dowllng voluntarily
returned to Loa Angelea (Associ
ated Press Photn)
PASSES, AGED 97
Mrs. Eunice Maria "Grandma"
Lumsden, beloved Medford pioneer,
died at an early hour this morning
at the home of her daughter-in-law.
Mrs. H. V, Lumsden, death destroying
one of her fondest hopes, which had
been to reach her centennial, Just
three years distant.
Mrs. Lumsden celebrated her 07th
birthday last August, and ' had en
Joyed good health until a few months
ago, when strength seemed to .desert
the Viking-like spirit, which had car
ried her through many Illnesses that
previously threatened her life. The
hope which carried her through the
trials of pioneer days and the hor
rors of several wars, to which she
sent brothers, husband and grandson,
suddenly ebbed away and relatives
rcallncd that death was going to con
quer the very little woman, whose
smile was known to Mrt ford's oldest
ind youngest settlers.
Mrs. Lumsden was born near Day-
tlcn, O., In 1836, es Eunice M. Hutchi
son, oldest In a family of 13 children,
In Indiana in 1856, she was married
to O. J. Lumsden, who preceded ner
In death many years ago. Four chll
dren were born to the union and all
of them have also crossed the great
divide. Mrs. Lumsden lived on a farm
until she was married, and later re
sided in many states, In city and In
country. She traveled to Minnesota
with her husband in 1856 behind
team of oxen. Her husband, two
brothers and two brothers-in-law
fought in the Union army during the
Civil war. Her husband also fought
In the Indian war, nd her grand
son, Treve Lumsden, formerly of this
city, in the World war.
Hers was never a particularly sturdy
life; she was a very small woman,
was terribly frightened by -Indians,
she used to recall, and did all of her
years the things which brought pleas
tire to her In life, leading among
them cultivating friends.
She knew many sorrows and en
dured many hardships, but always
continued to make new friends until
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YOUNG REYNOLDS TO
GET ESTATE SHARE
BALTIMORE. April . (P) A alight
Illness detained 38-year-old Richard
J. Reynolds In Baltimore today. Ke
came here yesterday to receive hla
share of his father's $100,000,000 es
tate. No Information waa given at the
Safe Deposit and Trust company,
trustee ot the estate, whether ap
proximately ,29.000.000 had been
turned over to Reynolda under the
terma of hla father's will.
UTILITY REFORM BILL
DIES IN N. Y. SENATE
ALBANY. N. T., April 5. (AP)
Governor Lehman's chief public utili
ties "reform" bill, Intended to per
mit municipalities to go Into the
power business, was defeated by the
senate today.
The vote was S3 ayes and 33 noes.
Twenty-six votes wero needed 'or
passage.
NIAGARA ICE BRIDGE
FINALLY BOWS TO SUN
NIAGARA FALLS. 1. T April 8.
fAP) The Ice bridge below Niagara
Falls, one of tho leading winter scenic
attractions, went out today after the
longest stay on record. The Ice moun
tains, huge piles of Ice at the foot
of- the American Falls, still are In
place, seemingly unaffected by the
mild April weather.
Ore (ton Went her
Fair tonight and Friday, with oc
casional fogs on the coast: light lo
cal frosts east portion Friday morn
ing; moderate northerly wind off
shore.
PORTLAND, Ore., April 5. (APi
Harry Powell, 71, died last night after
.having been struck by an automo
bile. His wife. Mrs. Hattle Powell,
70, was seriously Injured. Witnesses
told police the elderly couple became
confused In crossing the street. They
were strurk by a car driven by O, A.
fii CtfWAM
OLD AGE PENSION
DOING LITTLE FOR
NEEDY OF OREGON
Not More Than 3200 Out of
6800 Applicants Receiv
ing Help Average Bene
fit Less Than $10 Month
The county ccurt yesterday ap
proved of additional Old Age Pension
certificates, bringing the total to
date to 85.
Six applications were denied by the
board on the grounds that the appli
cants have property In excess of
,3000 in value, or have lncomea suf
ficient for their care.
Slow progress Is being made in
granting of the pensions, and a com
plete oheck la being made upon each
applicant. It la necessary to write
a dozen or more letters for each ap
plication. Care la being exorcised to
see that the pensions go to those in
actual need.
The average amount of the month
ly allotment In this county under
the Old Age Pension la between
,11.60 and ,13.
Under the present financial condi
tion of the county, every penny must
be guarded, to Insure a pittance lor
the deserving aged.
By Leslie J. Smith
Associated Press Staff Writer. "
PORTLAND, Ore., April 6. (API
Of the more than 6800 elderly men
and women of Oregon who l ad
hoped for and applied for some fi
nancial aid under the old age pension
law, not more than 3200 are receiving
aaslstance, and the average for each
of these la somewhat less than ,10 a
month.
An Associated Preas survey of every
county In the state showed that all
But six of the 36 had taken soma
steps to relieve those resident of up
ward or 70 yeara who are in penury
and distress.
Coos Most Generous
Coos county, with an average
monthly pension of $19 a person, haa
led all the othera In generosity.
Curry, Ita neighbor to the south, waa
at the bottom of the pension llat
with an allowance of only $5 a
month a person.
About ,780,000 baa been budgeted
by the counties for use In relief of
the destitute aged of Oregon, and all
except two are drawing thla money
from th general fund. Klamath,
Although paying each person $11.40
a month, made no budget allowance,
and emorgincy funda are being used.
In Wallowa county there was no caah
In sight, and warrants are being Is
sued to the elderly needy at the rata
of $10 a person each month.
$30 Is Maximum
The old age pension law, adopted
by the 1033 session of the legislature,
made no provision for a minimum
(Continued on Pago Seven)
f
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E
Tax collections by the aherlff'a of
fice up to April 3, from January 1,
totaled $533,600.07, The total for the
laat six months of 1033 (July 1 to De
cember '31) waa $433,184.09. Thla la
an lncreaao of $100,416.08 for a three
month period of this year.
This means that the tax delin
quency rate for 1034, In the final ac
counting will be reduced from 1033,
when lt waa about 43 per cent.
The tax collections by years, since
January 1, are as follows:
1B33 $397,000.00
1033 87,109.31
1931 37.714.99
1930 9,7830)3
1939 .... 1,903.65
PORTLAND, April 5. (AP) Word
waa received here today of the death
In an automobile accident last night
at Superior, Wis., of Henry Turrlab,
70, for many yeara prominent In Lum
ber clrclea in Oregon, Idaho, Minne
sota and Florida. He was killed while
driving to Duluth to attend tho fu
neral of hla daughter.
WILL-
ROGERS
p,4gy$:
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Apr.
I. Sco wlioro tho president is
prolonging his fishing trip, go
ing to stay away from congress
till they get about a dozen
bills, then come back and veto
'em all at once.
It's going to be pretty tame
for liim when he gets back. He
has been used to fishing for
real fish, like the broadbills
and the swordfish ; then como
home and have to bait his hook
for some little postoffie e
worms and Iish for mudcat
congressmen and eel senators.
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