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FOR 1931
Twenty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 28, 1934.
No 57.
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ninlROSSIANDCODOS IrT, CUBANS ATTEMPT j
By PAUL MALLON.
WASHINGTON. D. O., May S
The altruists did not wast their time
trying to Influence the congressional
conference com
mittee working
oa the stock mar
ket blU and se
ourltles act
changes.
They Just mov
ed Into the pri
vate conference
room and helped
to superln tend
the Job. so they
would be sure It
was done right.
Altruists Nos.
2 and 3 (Tom
Paul Malion
Corcoran and Ben Cohen), never
missed a conference committee meet
Inc. Altruist No. 1 (Jim Landls).
came In only when the securities
act amendments were under consiu
eratlon. He was so busy adminis
tering the act downtown he could
not spare more time.
It Is customary for a congressman
to explain the results of each con'
fldentlal meeting afterward to the
nress. That lob was performed esch
day for the stock market conferees
by the No. 8 altruist. Ben Cohen,
who explained everything Setter than
most congressmen do.
Thus. Mr. Roosevelt's Little Bed
Riding Hoods have been putting it
over on the wolves of Wall street
again. In fact, they tied the wolves
up outside.
The congressmen were glad
enough to have them do It. Indeed,
they Invited the hoodsmen In. There
is nothing particularly wrong about
that, If the advice given Is good.
Experts of the government usually
consult in private with congressional
committees and sit on executive
sessions. All these three are govern'
ment employes.
Messrs. Corcoran and Cohen wrote
the stock regulation bill and Mr
Landls wrote most of the securities
act. No one knows more about them
The Wp'.i streeters charge they are
prejudic e, but they Insist, they are
working for the people.
At any rate, there Is a moral In
that for all aspiring young altruists
If you wsnt the right kind of legis
lation, write It yourself, guide it
through congress yourself and then
administer it.
The best phase of the hoodsmen's
work was on modification of the se
eurltles act.
The original changes Included one
whereby a man who loses his money
In stocks cannot sue for damages
unless he proves that he relied on
an untruthful statement of a corpor
ation official in buying the stock.
Lawyers can see what that would
do to securities regulation. Pew stock
buyers would ever be able to estab
lish such proof. The punitive features
of the act would not be very sharp,
The altruists changed that around
coyly so the burden of proof la re
moved from the loser. All he has to
do Is to say he relied on an untruth
ful statement of a corporation of.
flclal, and he can sue. That puts the
teeth back in. It permits almost any-
one to sue.
The result Is that, unless the law
yers find some new hidden loopholes,
the original claws of the act will not
be dulled materially by the current
changes.
The altruists could have done little
without excellent congressional lead
ershlp. Their mslnstsvs have been
Representative Rsyburn. Senstors
Fletcher and Byrnes. Messrs. Ray-
burn end Byrnes contributed the
shrewd congressional strategy, while
Fletcher acted as mouthpiece.
Nearly all democratic and some re
publlcsn congressmen placed entire
faith In the hoodsmen. Even Presi
dent Roosevelt went to their assist
ance at times when they got Into a
particularly tight plsce.
The result Is that the conservstlves
were completely out. for probably the
first time In the history of such reg
ulatory legislation.
The administration has also been
at work actively, but quietly, in an
other quarter for the Wsgner labor
board bill, another llbcrsi measure.
Some people have had their doubts
as to whether Mr. Roosevelt sup
ported the measure, but, on the In
side, he has been working hand in
hand with senator Wagner and Xllas
Perkins for It, all the time.
The current wave of strikes over
the country enables them to push a
reluctsnt aenste committee Into re
porting the bill.
The same thing Is hsppening in
rocard to this leglslstlon as on the
stock bill. In the end. It will go
through despite the objections of
manufacturers' organizations.
The Waaner bill opposition was
mlsicd to Mr. Roosevelt's announce
ment that ho was going to send con
gress a special mewscc on social
legislation. He to'.d Democratic Floor
leader Byrnes he would recommend
that such legislation be submitted to
a colurCMlona! committee for Invest
lat'.on dnrina ths summer, with
-j-ll(t
ti?w to action next session
would delay It.
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HALT FLIGHT FOR
REPAIRT01T0R
Hop From Le Bourget Field
Is Accomplished in 38.5
Hours Crowd On Hand
to Welcome Pair to U. S.
NATAL, Brazil, May 28. (AP)
The French tri-motored mall plane,
Arc-En-Clel, landed here at 3:05 p.m..
today after a flight across the south
Atlantic simultaneous with the north
Atlantic flight of the Joseph Lebrlx.
BROOKLYN, N. Y., May 28. (AP)
The French fliers, Rossi and Codos,
brought their trans-Atlantlb plane
Joseph Le Brlx to safe landing at
Floyd Bennett field at 1:38 p. m
Eastern Standard Time, today.
They appeared over the field from
the northeast at 1:32 p. m.. and cir
cled the airport three times, dumping
gasoline in preparation for their land
lng.
They came down in a long grace
ful glide and rolled their big plane
for a considerable dlstanoe before
bringing It to a stop.
Took 38 Hours
Their elapsed time since taking of!
from LeBourget field, Paris, was 3814
hours.
A crowd of several hundred per
sons had gathered at the field In
preparation for the landing whlcn tne
filer had said they would make In
messages on their trip down the
New England coast. In these wireless
reports they asked that field officials
be advised of their Intention to tann
to make repairs of some "minor
trouble" to their ship.
A large detail of police was or
hand to cope with the orowds. Dep
uty Chief Inspector Edward A.
Bracken was in charge, with fifty
foot patrolmen, twenty mounted pol
icemen and twenty motorcycle ponce.
Deputy Commissioner of Docks John
MoKenzle was there representing the
mayor's office, and Lieut, commander
Robert Hlckey, in command of the
navall air base at the field, also was
on hand.
Crowd Greets Pair
Rossi and Codos no sooner stopped
their motor snd Its propeller than a
crowd of officials and meohanlcs arid
others numbering about 1,000 sur
rounded the plane.
Immediately a motorcycle escort
was rushed to the plane to pick the
fliers up as soon as they alighted
and escort them to a hangar for a
little rest while the repalra were being
made.
When they brought their plane to
land, Rossi and Codos had been In
the air 38 hours and 28 minutes
since their takeoff from LeBourget
field. Paris, and had covered a dis
tance of approximately 3,700 miles
of their projected flight to the west
coast. ,
Rossi, who was at the controls
when the Joseph LcBrlx landed on
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BOYlDEME
MT. IDA, Ark., May 28. (UP)
Telling a strange tale of kidnaping
and of being forced Into "virtual
slavery, by a gang of botleggers, Jsbo
Fox, 19-yesr-old farm youth, missing
since May 8, returned today.
The object of a wide search since
he was kidnaped from his oressy
Cove. Ark., home the youth was
found working on a Nashville, Ark
farm, unaware of the disturbance his
disappearance had caused. Sheriff
Frank Hale brought him here.
13 BURNED TO DEATH
WHEN BUS OVERTURNS
PARIS. May 28. (UP) Thirteen
persons were burned to death today,
trspped In an overturned motorbua
near Llposthey. Six others escaped
with bd burns. Ties fire spresd to
the surrounding forest. The victims
were believed all Spaniards on a tour
to Paris.
Code Suspensions Held
Beginning of NRA End
WASHINQTON. May 38. (AP)
Hugh 8. Johnson today suspended
fair trade practice provisions of seven
service trade codes under NRA In
compliance with the executive order
issued yesterday by President Roose
velt. Tho president's order brought from
Representative Britten (ft., III.) a
statement that suspension of service
trades from codes mas "the expected
cracking up of the NRA."
Britten also said he would call for
a congressional investigation of the
recovery administration "unless prlce-
fixing monopolists are halted In their
; manipulation oi prices ana commis
5 .ions in restraint of trade."
The suspension was ordered lor;
lfi ASSASSINATION OF i
.HI I I I
Millard Hickman shown behind
the bars In San Francisco where he
Is held on a grand Jury Indictment
:harge he attacked and killed Louisa
Jeppesen of Ogden, Utah. (Associ
ated Press Photo
,F.
KLAMATH FALLS, May 28. (AP)
The city council tonight will be
asked to take measures to -rid the
city of an infestation of "black wid
ow" spiders.
Thousands of spiders, regarded as
the most dangerous in the United
States, have been discovered here,
The growth has been attributed to
the mild season.
Authorities declare the spider la
almost instantaneously poisonous and
often its bite results in long illness
or death.
BOISE, Idaho, May 28. (AP) Dr.
William Erkenbeck of Grand View
began today his fifth day of uncon
sciousness from the bite of a "black
widow" spider.
With his throat paralyzed by the
poison, the elderly physician had to
be fed artificially and has shown
little Improvement since he was
brought to a hospital here, -
PHYSlCiANLEAVES
PORTLAND, May 28 (AP) Several
educational, religious and philanthro
pic institutions In Oregon were named
beneficiaries of the $200,000 estate
left by Dr. Angele It. Ford Warren,
physician, who died at her home here
May 21 at the age of 70 years.
Mrs. Warren left 95000 each to Wil
lamette university, Albany college,
the Salvation Army of Portland, the
Portland YWCA, the church extension
club of first Presbyterian church here,
and to the board of trustees, as well
as to the Women's Missionary society
of that church.
A 110,000 fund was set aside, to be
known as the Ford Warren scholar
ship fund, 'the trustees to turn over
the Income to the trustees of First
Presbyterian church and society tor
aid of young men and women who
are unable wholly to meet the ex
penses of their education.
HOLLYWOOD, May 28. (UP)
Mnureen O'Sulllvan, Irish film actress,
telephoned to police last night that
she had been warned of a kidnaping
plot against her.
Miss O'Sulllvan said a man called
at her home to Inform her of the
alleged plot. He was a young man,
neatly dressed, and told her to "be
careful," she said.
Offer of police aid and protection
were refused by the actress.
"I donSt mant to see any detec
tives," she said. "I'm afraid It might
worry my family in Ireland."
Motor vehicle storage and parking
trade.
Bowling and billiard trade.
Barber shop trade.
Cleaning and dyeing trade.
Shoe rebuilding trade.
Advertising and display Installation
trade, and advertising distributing
trade.
These Industries will continue to
be bound by the maximum hour and
minimum wage terms of their na
tional code and also are under obliga
tion not to employ child labor and
to respect the collective bargaining
I Mahta of their employes
a- -v.iwtnM u ith ti.au lrm 1
member of the trades will be en- j ford co-ed, aa announced her to-I with the senate to settle ths dlf
tltled to display the NRA Blue Esgle. day. fereneea,
U.S.
Havana Raked by Police in
Search for Four Who
Fired On Home of Jeffer
son Caffery From Auto
HAVANA, Cuba, May 28. (AP)
Unidentified persons, armed with ma
chine guns, today stopped the auto
mobile of H. Freeman Matthews, first
secretsry of the United States em
bassy, and broke the windshield with
a pistol butt. Matthews was not In
the car at the time.
As ths group smashed the wind
shield, one of the men declared:
"This for Matthews!"
By Edmund A. Chester
Associated Press Foreign Staff.
HAVANA. May 28. (AP) The en
tire strength of the Cuban national
police was thrown into a search to
day for four men who made a daring
attempt yesterday to assassinate Jef
ferson Caffery, United States ambas
sador to Cuba.
The cabinet, shaken by the affair,
met In a special session to discuss the
plot against Caffery'a life. The ex
plosion of two bombs in a residential
section shortly after midnight, added
to the excitement which gripped Ha
vana. Search City for Four
Authorities expressed a determina
tion to put an end to terrorism which
haa harrassed Havana for months.
Police raked the city and Its environs
for the assailants. All automobiles
were searched in the vicinity of the
diplomat's home.
Caffery spent the night there. A
heavy guard surrounded the resi
dence. The attempt, made In gangster
laanion, mo. not narm uanery out
may cost the life of Francisco Ortega,
a soldier on guard at the Caffery
home.
Four unidentified men rode slowly
by In an automobile and blazed away
with aawed-off shotguns Into .he en
trance of the home. It was the hour
Caffery usually left for the yacht
club.
Guard's Leg Shot Off
The ambassador was some distance
away at the time. One of the sev
eral shots tore off Ortega's leg. He
was reported better today, although
gravely wounded..
Police blamed "communists
other radicals" for the attempt.
Thirty radio equipped cars were em
ployed to run down elues which
authorities said were "very good."
Communists leaders denied any
connection with the Incident.
We knew communists would be
blamed," said one of the leaders, "but
we had absolutely no knowledge of
the Caffery plot."
President Carlos Mendleta and
nearly every cabinet member visited
the ambassador's home before the
special meeting and expressed regrets
at the Incident. It Is on a hill over
looking Havana, six miles from the
embassy.
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POLITICAL RACE
SACRAMENTO, Calif., May 28.-
(UP) Sheridan Downey, Sacramento
attorney who withdrew from the gu
bernatorial race In favor of Upton
Sinclair, announced last night he
would seek the Democratic nomina
tion for lieutenant governor, as Sin
clair's running mate.
Hta Joining with Sinclair marks the
first "north and south" ticket entered
in the political contest.
Downey said he withheld announce
ment for lieutenant governor until
hit close friend. State Senator J. M.
Inman had assured him he (Inman)
would not be a candidate for the of
fice. Downey will campaign through
out the state for Sinclair and himself,
1
ITi
DEL MONTE. Calif , May 38 (UP
E. V. Mills, San Francisco, carded
73-73148 to win the 38 hole golf
tournament of Islam Temple Shrln
ers here Saturday and Sunday.
Jack Camp and Arthur William
tied for second, with net 147c. Wl-1
Ham Parker. Del Monte, was Satur
day's blind bogey winner with 77 and
O. F. Wall won Sunday bogey honors
with 75.
4-
STOCKTON. Cal, May 28 (UP)
The engagement of William C. Cor
bus, all-American football guard at
Stanford university for two yaers, and
Miss Msry Louise plainer, daughter
: nt m l.tf Rtrv-lrtstn h.nlrrr an1 Stan-
Postoffice Will
Celebrate Its
Golden Jubilee
While Oregon Is celebrating its
Diamond Jubilee In Medford next
week, the city of Medford and tho
local postoffice Is observing their
Golden Jubilee. The first Medford
postoffice was established In 1884.
The first office consisted only of a
large cigar box In which all In
coming mall was received and
from whlch patrons sorted their
own mall.
A Jubilee postoffice will be et
tab Hailed in the Medford Chamber
of Commerce, using the old
equipment and operated as It was
back In 1884. Postmaster Frank
DeSouza has made all arrange
ments for the pioneer office, which
promises to be one of the most
novel attractions of Jubilee Week,
Tentative plans have been made
for the sale of souvenir postcards
to be mailed from the temporary
office, with each one carrying a
special Jubilee cachet, a fact
which will be of widespread in
terest to stamp collectors.
BASEBALL
National
First game: R.
H.
6
6
Pittsburgh . a
New York 3
(13 innings).
French and Padden; Schumacher,
Luque and Mancuso, Richards.
R. H. E.
Cincinnati 8 16 1
Brooklyn 16 3
Frey snd Lombardl; Herring and
Lopea, Berrea.
R. H. E.
Chicago .... . - 3 6 3
Boston ...... 6 11 3
W. Lee, Tinning and Hartnett; El.
llott, Smith and Spohrer.
R.
H. E
St. Louis 10 16 t
Philadelphia 0 7 S
Hallahan and V. Davis, Delsncey;
O. Davis, Pearce, Qrabowskl and
Todd.
(Second game) R. H. E
Pittsburg - 0 ft (
New York 1 ft
- Batteriesi Berkofet and Grace; Hub
bell and Richards. '
American.
R. H. E.
Washington - 7 12 3
Chicago .. '. ....11 17 4
Batteries: Thomas, Russell, Mc
Coll, Prim and Phillips, Berg; Lyons
and Madjeskl,
R.
0
..12
Boston
Detroit
Batteries: Grove, H. Johnson and
Ferrell; Frasler, Marberry and Hay-
ward.
The score:: R. H. E.
Philadelphia - ft 7 1
Cleveland 6 14 0
Marcum and Berry, Hayes, Moss;
Hll do brand, Pearson and Pytlak,
(10 Innings).
HUGE HAILSTONES
HOLLI6TER, Calif., May 28. (UP)
Hall stones an Inch and one-quar
ter In diameter raised havoc Sunday
with the (2,000,000 apricot crop of
San Benito county.
The hall storm, unparalleled in
county annals, lasted for 15 minutes.
A United Press correspondent on a
tour of a 75 mile region around Hoi
lister was told by orchardmen that
the damage would at least be
000.000.
Orcharda were In apparent ruin. The
immature fruit waa slsshed from the
trees and scattered on the ground.
The San Benito apricot crop was
figured to be of normal volume end
tine quality this season, estimates of
destruction rsnged from 50 to 00 per
cent. The storm struck at a p. m.
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QUALIFYING PLAY
PORTLAND, Msy 28. (AP) Bill
Stanley of the Astoria Country club
took the lead In the qualifying round
of the Oregon State Oolf tournament
today with a 18. five over par 13 on
the Lake Oswego course,
Stanley had a bad 41 on the first
nine, but cut It down to 37 coming
home. He was low msn of the early
finishers of the slim field of 58 men
who teed off, although none of the
locsl favorites hd checked In at 1
p m.
Other scores Included: Laddie
Martin of Roseburg, 84; M. Clark of
Orsnts Pass, 86; Bob Crove of Bend.
88; M. Eastman of fillverton, 88; O. C.
Beechler of Woodburn. 88.
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WASHINGTON. May 28 (AP) The
house today Insisted upon Its amend
ment! to the 8440.OOO.O0O industry
loan bill snd agrwrt lo a conference
QUIET PREVAILS
IN SHE AREAS
AFTERMENCE
Toledo Mediators Working to
Avert Threatened General
Strike Unions to Vote
On Vital Question Today
(By the Associated Press)
Calm prevailed today in the riot
area of strike-torn Toledo, but New
Orleans longshoremen and textile
mill workers In Laurlnburg, N. C.
were counting the Injured after yes
terday's riots.
Eight were reported wounded v one
possibly fatally, in Laurlnburg. In a
night riot. Guns and brickbats were
brought Into play, after a parade by
scores of strikers through the mill
section.
The Prince mill last of the four
units of waverly Mills, Inc., to be
affected by strikes was "temporarily
closed."
In an atmosphere of tension, fed
eral mediators In Toledo worked to
avert a threatened general strike.
State mlllta men patrolled the strike
area, where five days of violence re
sulted in a Hat of two dead and nearly
200 injured.
Hope for a settlement by nightfall
was expressed by mediators, led by
Chsrles P. Taft, in the electric Auto
Lite company strike.
To become effect Ice, the peace pro.
posal must meet the approval of tho
union majority. Union members have
been called to assemble at 7:30 p. m.
With more than half of the Toledo
labor unions on record as approving
s, general strike In protest of labor
conditions, mediators reauaea tnei
work was barely begun. The Toledo
electrical workers union has voted to
strike Thursday.
Striking longshoremen fought with
policemen yesterday on ths New Or
leans river front, after rushing tho
dock where a steamship was prepar
ing to depart. ;.t. . -
A negro suffered a bullet wound
In the arm. and an officer's hand
was broken.
NEW YORK, May 28 (AP) The
clamor of conflict between radicals
and police swelled In an ominous
crescendo toward the arraignment
today of a group of demonstrators,
Twenty patrolmen were posted
about the dingy Tombs court today
In an attempt to check the bitter
strife of the laat two days.
One thousand men and women
rioted Saturday outside, the depart
ment of welfare offices.
Two hundred of them Jeered and
hooted In court yesterday, then
fought the police In the streets aa
ten of their number were arraigned.
Today the same ten came to court
for another hearing, with two others
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TEACHERS 10 GET
Announcement was made this
morning by O. O. Smith, high school
prlnclpsl, of the results of a thorough
study of the finances of school dis
trict No. 40, which has been made
In view of opening the schools next
fell.
At the special board meeting held
Thursday, May 94, It waa reported
that teachers In this district will be
offered contracts tor 4! months, but
that any raise In teachers' salary Is
undetermined. The school year will
open about September 17, It was an
nounced.
Mr. Smith's statement la as fol
lows:
'A thorough study of the finances
of school district 40 wss made at i
special meeting Thursday, May 24
Teacher will be offered contracts for
4(4 months with school opening
about September IT. It was found
Impossible at this time to authorlte
any raise In teachers' salaries."
5 and 1 0 Heiress Ready
To Quit Prince Is Hint
By ADELAIDE KERR
Aaaorlated Press Foreign Btaff.
PARIS, May 28 (AP) Reports that
Barbara Hutton Mdlvanl wss consid
ering a separation from her Georgian
Prince today were met with silence
by her friends here.
Questioned aa to reports that the
heiress to Woolworlh millions waa
now In London, awaiting her father's
counsel, a friend aald:
"It la Impoaalble to say snythlng
about this now. The wrong move
might wreak havoc. There msy be
something to say later."
At the hotel where Princess Mdlvanl
and her huabsnd were atejlng, it
was admitted that she had gone to
i London.
Killed Officer
1 jeV' .
According to officers Leo Hud
gins (above) confessed he killed Lt.
Comdr. S. J. Trowbridge, attached
to the San Diego, Ca1.t naval hospi
tal, at they were riding across Kan
as. (Associated Press Pnotol
ROGUE, UMPQUA
GRANTS PASS, Ore., May 38. (AP)
Gerald F. Hlslop, about 34, was
drowned at the Wetherbee riffle 30
miles below Grants Pass In the Rogue
river while fiahlng Sunday afternoon.
Attempts begun last night to locate
the body were still unsuccessful this
morning.
Hlslop, employe of a Safeway store
here, was married. He had no chil
dren. ,
ROSEBURG, , Ore.; May 28. (AP)
tr. I. Hunnlcutt, 88, shop superin
tendent for ths Roseburg News-Re
view, was drowned Sunday when he
fell off a gravel bar while fishing In
the North Umpqua river at Idelyld
park, 24 miles east of here.
Hunnlcutt attempted to swim
across the river but was csught by
the undertow when he was about
four feet from the opposite shore,
witnesses said.
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SIGNED BY F R.
WASHINGTON, May 38. (AP)
President Roosevelt today signed the
resolution to prohibit sale of arms
for use by Bolivia and Paraguay In
their Chaco war.
The resolution was signed Imme
diately upon Its receipts from the
cspltol.
State department officials were
ready with a proclamation to put
the embargo into effect.
An early conference at the White
House on this proposal was In pros
pect.
BAKER, Ore., May 28. (AP) Rob
ert Davis, who came to Baker a few
days ego from Spokane, and Chaun
cey Chadsey of Baker were arrested
Ssturday night by city police officers
on a chsrge of "break and enter" In
connection with the tiieft of four
quarts and two pints of whisky from
the state liquor store.
One of Chadsey's thumbs was cut
when he Is alleged to have broken
the glass In a rear window and offi
cers traced him to a house on the
east side by a trail ot blood. A phy
slctsn sewed up the wound.
The blond American girl has been
married less than a year to Prince
Alexis, the youngest of the three
Mdlvanl brothers. They returned only
recently from an around-the-world
honeymoon tour.
Franklin L. Hutton, father of Prin
cess Mdlvanl, sailed from New York
Saturday night for London.
The New York American said ne
was making the Journey In an effort
to help his daughter solve marital
troubles.
"But a series of tearful letters from
Barbara to her rather complained that
her dashing Georgian prince has been
lavishing more attention on the Polo
nnHlu aliA HV him A . WrHfilnB
present than on hll lovely young
wife."
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VERGE COLLAPSE
FEAR SPOKESMEN
Heroic Action by Some Na
tion Needed to Save Situa
tion, Is Word in Geneva
Confusion Holds Sway
OENBVA. May 28. (AP) A last
minute plea not to let the disarma
ment conference fall was delivered to
the conference steering committee to
day by Louis B&rthou, French foreign
minister.
"There can be no question of clos
ing the conference." declared Barthou
at a committee session which ap
proved the action of the chairman,
Arthur Henderson, In calling the
parley for tomorrow.
Henderson warned the committee
members that the conference has
reached a critical stage and demanded
that the spirit of defeatism be sup
pressed. Representatives of the United
States and Great Britain earlier had
conferred and had indicated that there
Is grave danger of a complete col
lapse. The Anglo-American conferees were
Norman Davis, ambassador-at-large,
and Hugh Wilson, minister to Switz
erland, for the United States and Sir
John Simon, foreign secretary, and
Capt. Anthony Eden, lord privy seal,
for Great Britain.
It was understood that Sir John
gave no inkling that Great Britain
would propose concrete steps to save
the conference.
Never haa an international conclave
been accompanied by such tenseness
and such confusion.
Premier Mussolini's speech in
Rome, referring to the possibility of
war, served to Increase the pessi
mism. It was rumored that Italy
might bolt from the conference. .
The economic rivalries which Mus
solini mentioned are also regarded
here as Increasing . the difficulties of .
leaders who seek to push on to A
disarmament agreement.
Prance wants a public showdown
in the conference itself and la ready
to disc um a European pact of mut
ual assistance which Maxim Lltvtnoff,
Russian foreign commissar, probably
will recommend.
A French spokesman said: "A pact
of guarantees will depend for 1U suc
cess largely on the attitude of Russia
and the United States who are the
great producers of raw material."
PARTNER'S DEATH
DALLAS, Tex, May 28. (AP) A
letter written a month ago by Clyde
Barrow, slain bandit, telling ot hll
determination to "wipe out" Ray
mond Hamilton, his former pal, was
dlscloeed here today by R. A, Schmld,
Dallas county sheriff, who Intercept
ed It.
The letter, whloh referred to Ham
ilton as a "yellow rat," was mailed
from Memphis April 27 to Hamilton
in Jail here. It accused Hamilton of
steeling "the money from us on the
Lancaster 'Job'", and added "I
should have killed you then." The
Lancaster "Job" waa the robbing of a
private bank in that town, 20 miles .
south of Dallas.
10 START JUNE 2ND
PENDLETON, Ore, May 28. (API
Announcement was received here to
day from postal officials at Washing
ton thst tho first air mall flight from
Pendleton wilt be made June i la
United Air Lines planes.
Work on the new airport here was
being rushed today so that dedica
tion ceremonies msv be held Satur
day afternoon.
STORES, BANKS CLOSE
Instructions have been received by
the state liquor store to remain closed
all day Wednesday (Memorial Day)
but to keep open until 10 o'clock
Tuesday night, for the accommoda
tion of patrons.
Stores, public offices and banks will
also be closed In observance of the
day.
Soviet Rejects
Debt Pay Plan
MOSCOW. May 28. (AP) A pro
posed basl for negotiation of th
settlement of Russia's pre-revolutlon-
ary debt to the United Statea has
been made by the American govern-
ment, and rejected by th soviet. It
I was revealed toaay.