Medford Mail Trib jne
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Twenty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 27, 1934.
No. 83.
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By PAUL MALLON
WASHINGTON, D. O., June 27.
Government hand-outs on the busi
ness outloolc are often mimeographed
on perfumed paper. They exude an
optimistic irag
xance. The ones
now being Issued
are no excep
tions. If you look be
hind them Into
the Ilgures you
will find actual
conditions hardly
Justify the strong
scent.
What has hap
ened Is this: PJr
the past four
mnnm (March.
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( April, May and June) business has
been following the usual seasonal
trend rather closely on a plane about
75 per cent normal (1923-25).
oivuMftj atronfflv point to a little
more than a seasonal decline In July
nrt Aiunmt. to be followed oy
etronger-than-seasonal Improvement
In September and October.
One reason that official govem-
nriMrnnAMmtarS are WaXllUZ 175-
41 in t.viir nfricial statements now Is
that the May and June shrinkage in
business was no worse man .
They hsd expected a stronger decline.
The secret of the strength In ln
i.if.riAi nrnduetlon is steel. A price
increase goes Into effect in July, so
the mills have oeen numuiing vo
orders before the Increased price is
effective. That means a sharp curtail
ment of steel production when the
increased prices crow ntus.
Aut-stmnhH nrnduetlon la EOlns fair
Jy well. Figures for June will be down
about 10 per cent irom May. me out
put In April was 356,000 cars, May
010 nnn ani In .Tuni around 300.000.
.mu- i. K.a,,u 4h msnn faefcurers
reduced their prices. Tuey ran up
against trouble when they tried to
put an Increase into effect some
weeks ago. The trouble was caused
' mainly by a large manufacturer who
refused to go along with the price
Increase.
The other big Industry, textiles, Is
n ivrf riAriina. A 12-week- curtail
ment of cotton textile production (25
per cent) wens mwj cucl.
Sllx weaving shut down for one week
in May.
The general level of prices has not
and will not change mucn. Tne price
of manufactured goods will be off
because of Increased competition
since the Blue Eagle dulled its talon?.
Commodity prices should reach mod
erately upward.
There will be no governmental ac
tion to influence prices materially. No
kind of money tampering la seriously
contemplated, either by silver buying,
devaluation or inflation.
The bad note in tne picture is
building.
No one will believe that, after all
h.i pumping and puffing through the
PWA and otherwise, the construction
industry now Is operating at 25 per
cent of normal. Yet that Is the figure.
The main reason for It la Increased
prices and Increased labor costs,
adopted some weeks ago under the
code. These cost are already work
ing themselves down to a more reas
onable level.
n-i .rfmn.trnllnn ! trvlnff tO
build up the housing program to meet
the sltustlon. but, on the Inside
everyone realizes that the housing
program cannot stimulate the build
ing Industry very much this year. It
will take months to get the organiza
tion set up and working.
The June tabulation on building
will be out In a few days. It will show
a slight decrease from May In the
. yalue of contracts awarded.
' The May value wbs H34.000.000, sn
increase of 2 per cent over April. Tnls
might be considered highly encourag
ing were it not for the fact that the
increase is due to one big contract
privately awarded for Radio City In
New York. Generally, construction
was off in May.
The amount of direct public works
and public utilities contracts awarded
actually declined 19 per cent In May.
That hardly fits In with the speech
PWA Director Ickos made a few weeks
ago. claiming Increasingly magnifi
cent success for his program
Of course. Mr. Ickes gets his optt
mlstlc figures by counting the amount
of money he has advanced to states,
municipalities and othera for con
atructlon. Much of that money has
not been spent and cannot be spent
for months.
That la the whole secret of the de
lay in getting the big 13.000.000.000
PWA fund working. Most of the
monev was loaned out and Is now ly
ing Idle. Those who got it are unable
to start work because they are un
able to rail their share of the cost
or because their p'-ans were In an em
bryo atat when they got the money,
or for various other reasons their
work hsa been delsyed.
. The proof of that deduction Is that
f the amount of public wo.-xs contracts
let in May was 171 800.000. a decline
of 5 per cent from April.
. The value of privately f.nancel
(Continued on Pace Pour)
IN WHARFSTRIKE
Plans to Start Moving Cargo
Miss-Fire Police On
Hand, But No Effort Is
Made to Open Operations
SAN FRANCISCO, June 37. (AP)
Archbishop Edward J. Hanna today
accepted the chairmanship of Presi
dent Roosevelt's newly appointed la
bor board to carry forward negotia
tions for settling the strike of Pacific
longshoremen. .
Numeroua instances of violence
were reported in varioua ports as
Edward F. McGrady, assistant secre
tary of labor and member of the la
board, and C. A. Reynolds of Seattle,
regional representative of the gov
ernment, conferred with a committee
of 50, representing the various mari
time unions on walkout. O. K. Cush
lng, San Francisco attorney, la the
third member of the new board.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 27. (API
Employers' plans for working cargo
on the strike-bound Portland water
front miss-fired during the morning
hours today, and large groups of
heavily-armed regular and special po
lice etood idly by as expected emer
gencies failed to materialize. Crowds
of pickets representing longshoremen
and allied workers watched closely
from within their own lines.
Ship operators and waterfront em
ployers has Indicated the "big push"
to break the strike would move this
morning. Squads of police were hur
ried to the terminal No. 4 concen
tration post to provide protection.
But several hours later Chief of Po
lice B. K. Lawson returned to down
town headquartera with word there
were no men at the terminal to work
cargo. -
Beat-Up Gangs ActlTe
Meanwhile, other police were at
tempting to cope with a mild reign
of terror within the city as one man
was kidnaped and a half dozen more
othera were slugged and badly beaten
by reputed "beat-up gangs."
The kidnap victim, H. Fetro, 68, a
longshoreman for 33 years, was at
tacked and abducted by a group of
men as he was buying a bus ticket
preparatory to going to a meeting
place of non-union workers. Several
hours after he was kidnaped, a dep
uty sheriff found him on a street,
just as tw other men who again had
beaten and kicked him were fleeing
from the acene.
(Continued on Page Five.)
BASEBALL
American
(11 innings) H. H. E.
Chicago ........................ 1 12 1
New York 8 16 0
Gaston. Hevlng and Madjeski; Go
mez, Murphy and Dickey.
R. H. TS.
Cleveland ............ 0 8 0
Boston - 6 7 1
Pearson, Bean, Lee and. Myatt; H.
Johnson and. R. Perrell.
National
R. H. B.
Philadelphia - 1 7 0
Pittsburgh 4 0 0
C. Davis, Johnson and Wilson;
French and padden.
R. H. E.
Boston ..,......-....- 8 11 0
Cincinnati 4 7 3
Smith and Hogan; Klelnhans, Prey,
Stout and Lombard!,
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DETROIT, Mich., June 27. (API
Robert L. Hill of Columbia, Mo was
elected president of Rotary Interna
tional today by a unanimous Tote.
He succeeds John Nelson of Montreal.
Postmaster General James A. Far
ley assured delegates today that
there is no danger of any college
professor leading President Roosevelt
off on a haphazard adventure.
ROTARlANS NAM
MfSSOUKlAN HEAD
Banker Harriman Given
Four Year Prison Term
NEW YORK, June 27. P) Joseph
W. Harriman, former president of the
Harriman National Bank Trust
company was sentenced today to four
and one half years In prison on a
conviction or causing false cntrloe
in the books of the bank.
Federal Judge John C. Knox di
rected that Harriman be turned over
"to the custody of the attorney gen
eral of the United States for confine
ment n the penitentiary for a period
of four and one half year on earh
' count on which he standi convicted."
Nice Looking $20
Bills Circulating,
Warning Is Issued
PORTLAND, Ore., June 27. (AP)
A warning that some remark
ably well executed counterfeits of
20 bills are being circulated In
thla area waa Issued Tuesday by
federal authorities here.
The counterfelta ao far discov
ered by Portland hsiiaa were
drawn on the 11th federal reserve
district, and In the left front cen
ter will be found the federal re
serve bank designation with Dal
laa, Tex., In the lower part of the
circle. All bear the serial "K"
and "A." Experts detected the
manufacture of the counterfeits,
federal investigatora aaid.
NEW DEAL RUIN IS
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DE3 MOINES, Iowa, June 37. (AP)
Rex ford G. Tugwell accused certain
big .businesses today of trying to
wreck the new deal program for "so
cial management" of agriculture.
Fresh from his senate victory over
foes who called him radical, the un
dersecretary of agriculture swung into
the farm belt In the vanguard of a
number of high officials who will ex
pound Roosevelt tan policies to the
country before the fall elections.
Emphasizing anew that he la a
"conservative," the No. 1 man of the
"little cabinet" told the Iowa State
Bankers' association:
"I am willing to work for the con
serving of all those things In Amer
ica which I grew up to love and re
spect. "This, I take it, does not preclude
a willingness to treat radically those
forces which are enemies of the com
mon good."
. Some Firms Inimical
Some firms dealing in farm pro
ducts lie hit as Inimical to the AAA.
He arraigned big canners, packers,
millers and milk distributors for their
opposition to the now famous "lost
amendments" to the AAA.
The agriculture administration
asked the last congress to pass
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At the annual luncheon of the
Lion's club additional nominations
and the election of officers were held
today at the Colonial club.
Lion Carol Hays, who has been
serving as "tall twister" for the
past year, was elected president to
succeed H. W. Conger. C. S. Stuart,
who had been In the running, re
signed In favor of Hays.
. Justice of the Peace W. R. Cole
man, the only candidate for first
vice - president, was unanimously
voted to that office. Incidentally he
was the only member of the club to
receive all the votes at the election.
T. H. Grey, "lion tamer" for the past
year, waa elected second vice-president.
Lyle Thurman was elected
secretany-treasurer for the coming
year. "Lion tamer" for the next fiscal
year for the club will be Victor Teng
watd. Tengwald succeeds F. H. Orey.
who was also nominated for that of
fice. "Tall twister" for the club was
vote to L. R. Terkelson, in other
words, fee collector or "finee." E. H.
Mann and L. Pennington were elected
as trustees.
A committee chosen for the Installa
tion of officers rh the near future in
cludes H. W. Conger, chairman; E. H.
Mann and L. Pennington.
W. R. Coleman was selected as a
committee of one to furnish the
entertainment for the next meeting,
which will be one week after July 4.
WARTBURG, Tenn., June 27.
Sheriff H. E. Byrge said today that
Fred Held, vice-president of the
American federation of hosiery mak
ers, reported to him that a crowd of
men who kidnaped him In Harrlman
hsd threatened to "lynch" him.
The court neglected to state that
the sentences be concurrent, but tald
later that was what he meant, and
he had that phrase Inserted in the
record.
Harriman was convicted by a fed
eral court Jury last Tuesday on six
teen count of an indictment charg
ing falsification of the bank's rec
ords and misapplication of funds ot
the bank.
Execution of his sentence was stay,
ed until next Tuesday morning to
permit him to apply to the V. 8. cir
cuit of appeals for a further stag.
IN IM REGION
California Emergency Relief
Funds Granted to Help
Battle Dread Disease
Border States Alarmed
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27. (AP)
With 40 new cases of lnfantle par
alysis reported within the last 24
hours In the Los Angeles area and
four in the San Francisco Bay re
gion, the state emergency relief ad
ministration here today authorized a
grant of $13,760 to combat the spread
of the dread disease.
The number of cases In the state
since May 1 was well over 1300 to
day. In Los Angeles county alone,
center of the epidemic, 1067 cases
have been reported.
In Alameda county, east of San
Francisco bay, appearance of only
one new case in the past 24 hours
encouraged health officers to an
nounce the disease well under con
trol. There are 113 cases there, and
71 in San Francisco.
Forty-four cases were discharged as
cured In Los Angeles, leaving 330
now under treatment In the general
hospital.
Alarm In the states bordering Cal
if or na gave rise to reports today that
quarantines were being considered.
At Phoenix. Ariz., Gov. B. B. Moeur
said he is not contemplating a quar
antine along the western Arizona bor
der, though he Indicated the question
might come up If there were public
demand. At present there are but
five cases in Arizona, he said.
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IN CRESCENT CITY
NVESTMENT CASE
Civil suits sgalnst the Crescent City
Investment company of Crescent City,
Calif., of which Prank P. Merrlam,
now acting governor of California
was president, are pending and more
are contemplated, Deputy District At
torney George W. Nellson said this
afternoon. Merrlam is a candidate
for governor and his connection looms
as a campaign Issue.
The civil suit of Bert Lowry, and
six other Investors of this city Is now
approaching trial, Nellson said. The
case haa been delayed since 1032 by
demurrers, and other legal skirmish
ing, he declared.
Deputy Nellson said 30 or 40 resi
dents of Klamath Falla and Klamath
county were now considering suit,
and that many Siskiyou county,
Calif., investors had intimated to him
they, would take the same course.
In 1931 Alvln Hughes and 26 others
sued the investment company for a
sum approximating (4000 and Judg
ment waa obtained In that amount
by a Jury verdict. Nellson said a
settlement had been made In this
case and others.
Nellson estimated that cloae to 200
residents of southern Oregon and
northern California had purchased
lots in the Crescent City Investment
company, ranging from $60 to $8300.
He said the average waa about $260.
Gov. Merrlam resigned as president
of the Investment company, several
years ago and C. B. Day was named
head.
The district attorney's aide aald no
criminal charges were contemplated
against Merrlam. He said that Mer
rlam had requested him to send affl
davlte, "If there had been misrepre
sentations," and he would reimburse
the purchaser. Merrlam was a resi
dent of Long Beach, Calif., at the
time.
The Crescent City Investment com
psny, the records In the Hughes civil
suit show, owned a piircel of land at
Crescent City, Calif. It was alleged
In the trial that the land was sold
upon "representation., that a resort
hotel, and railroad would be built,
and a national advertising campaign
conducted, by radio and press."
In many Instances the officials of
the Investment company were bonded
by surety companies, some of whom
were named defendants In the action.
PAIRINGS ARE LISTED
Pairings In the Civilian Conserva
tion corps tennis tournament were
announced today, and play will start
immediately on the ladder arrange
ment. Forrest Hng will play John Red
den, Lieutenant John M. Rae Is
matched with C. W. Johnson, Oecrge
Hollenback with Ben Whitsmlth. J.
Wallan with L. GUI, Lieutenant Phllo
D. Smith with Adolph Groth, O. Phil,
lips with Lee Van Aurdsll, John Dal
lalre with Lieutenant Ll!e O. Ross,
and Bud Simon with McDennott
1 Indict CWA HSd
R. C. Branlon (above), Csllfor.
nla emergency relief director and
former state head of the CWA, and
eight other former officials of the
CWA were Indicted by the federal
grand Jury In Los Angeles on
charges of conspiracy to defraud
the government. The general charge
waa that they Improperly carried
out CWA provisions. (Associated
Press Photo)
CHIEF OF CRATER
IS
OUSTED BY ICKES
WASHINGTON, June 27. (AP)
Secretary Ickes told reporters today
an Investigation has been started in
connection with charges and counter
charges revolving around low bidder
for preliminary construction on the
Grand Coulee power dam on the CO'
lumbla river, Washington.
The low offer was approximately
$29,000,000 from Silas H. Mason. Inc.
of New York. Public works officials
aaid the firm had been accuaed by
other contractors of paying unduly
low wages.
A man, whose name was not dis
closed, was sent yeaterday to the pro
ject by airplane. Ickes said he ar
rived today.
Ickes also said that I. P. Davidson,
superintendent of construction on
public works projects for Crater Lake
National park In Oregon, had been
suspended recently. E. C. SolinsKy.
superintendent, and E. R. Edwin,
chief clerk at the park, were aua
pended May IS under what Ickes said
today were "very serious charges.
It was disclosed in Medford today
that federal Investigators have been
busy for some time at Crater lake,
going over accounts and records of
the park service. No announcement
was made locally as to results of their
problngs.
INSURANCE REPORT
DEPRESS! YEARS
SALEM, Ore., June 27. (AP) The
annual report completed by A. H.
Averlll, state Insurance commissioner,
shows that the total Insurance In
force In Oregon for the year 1933
amounted to 1,417,081,720. Life In
surance approximated 608,467,770 of
the total.
The report showed that 098,295.
780 or the total was carried In stock
company fire insurance, 123,249,932
In domestic mutual fire insurance,
46,447,205 on automobiles and 60,
490,943 In fraternal benefit societies,
Premiums paid totaled $MfiB6,9W
for the year compared to 40.631,772
In 1 929. Losses pal -'. last year
amounted to 24, 806,427 against 21,
201,471 In 1929.
In a written statement accompa
nying the report, Arerllt said: "The
years 1932 and 1933 have been a se
vere test of Insurance as nn Institu
tion and as such has, notwithstand
ing Individual failures, maintained its
status as the foundation stone of
the state's financial stabl ty and de
velopment. "While the trend of Insurance In
the state for 1933 shows a further
decrease, there is evidence that the
marked dery.e reflected In the re
port of 1932 has been definitely ar
rested. The premium income of cer
tlan classes of Insurance for 1933
shows an Increase over 1932, with
corresponding decreases In losses
paid."
lnuranre Cae Srt
SALEM, June 27. P; The case of
the General Insurance company of
Seattle against A. H. Averlll, state in
surance commissioner, will be heard
before three federal Judges in Port
land tomorrow, t was announced
here. Attorney-General I. H. Van
winkle will represent the Oregon of-
BATTLE ON CAFE
CODE IS OPENED
IN SALEM
Restaurant Owner Asks In
junction Against Enforce
ment of Recently Ap
proved Rules for Industry
SALEM, June 27. ) I. N. Sturte
vant, local restaurant owner, yester
day filed a complaint In circuit court
asking an Injunction forbidding Max
Gehlhar, state director of agriculture,
to enforce the recently approved code
for the Oregon restaurant Industry.
Sturtevant filed as an Individual
but was understood to be backed by
a large group of restaurant operators
who have refused to pay the license
fee and. other charges demanded un
der the code. Gehlhar, Governor Ju
lius L. Meier and Attorney General
I. H. Van Winkle were named as de
fendants. Names "Nine Faults
In his complaint the plaintiff
named nine reasons why the code
should be declared Inoperative, as fol
lows: That the code violates the due pro
cess clause of the federal constitution.
by imposing a license fee, and an
unknown amount of costs to be in
curred by the state restaurant board.
That the code violates the state
constitution by asking private prop
erty for public use without Just com
pensation. That the state constitution is vio
lated by prescribing different terms
for licensing restaurants now In op
ere, t ion from the rules set down for
licensing newcomers in the business
That the act Imposes a tax without
legislative assembly action.
That money Is withdrawn from the
state library without legal procedure,
That the cod illegally delegates the
law-making function of the legists
ture to the director of agriculture.
That the title is incomplete.
That the tax imposed In the code
Is levied without consent of the par
ties upon which it is levied.
That the act Is vague In not speci
fying the plan for determining
whether or not a majority of mem
bers of the Industry favor it,
Restaurant operators said that an
effort was being made to show that
75 per cent of the owners are opposed
to the code. This percentage would
be sufficient to hare the code de
clared Inoperative.
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BILLS. VETOES 31
WASHINGTON, June 27. ()
Clearing up his desk preparatory to
departing Saturday for Hawaii, Presi
dent Roosevelt today signed Into law
several score bills and tftien vetoed
31.
Among others, mostly of local in
terest, he signed a measure establish
ing a federal credit tin Ion system to
make credit more available to people
of small meant.
The major bills passed at the end
of the session, Including one to es
tablish pensions for railway workers,
had not been signed.
Most of the bills vetoed were pri
vate measures.
The damage suit of W. B. Gilbert,
against Dr. C. T. Sweeney, was cast;
out of court this morning, on a non
suit. A circuit court jury had been
hearing the testimony in the cast for
the past one and a half days. The
court granted the non-suit, upon mo
tion of the plaintiff, following the
Introduction of conflicting medical
testimony.
Gilbert sought 16.000 alleged dam
ages, charging negligence In the set
ting of a broken leg, sustained wh'-'
working in a north-county mine.
Adam Died From Gout Is
Old Manuscript's Claim
LONDON. Eng., June 3, (AP)
Adam and Eva had lot of trouble
over an apple, but evidence came for
ward today that It was gout that
finally put the first men In his
grave.
This theory was advanced by an
ancient manuscript put on display
In London's histories College of Arms.
The exhibition was opened In cele
bration of the 4A0th anniversary of
the association, known as the Kings.
Heralds and Pursuivants of Arms or
ganisation. It dabbles In, 90414 of ko geo
Pendleton Grimed
By Severe Gales
Stirring Up Dust
PENDLETON, June 27. (P)
Pendleton scraped off a coating
of grime from Tuesday's severe
wind and dust storm, and settled
back to normal routine today.
Air traffic cost and west was re
sumed late yesterday after having
been halted during the day by lack
of visibility. Harvesting operations
continued today after a day's lsy
off. Temperatures were lower last
night, and today was sunny but
cool.
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YOUTH'S SUICIDE
Inquest into the death of Wm. A.
Marshall, 15, also known as Billy Jol
ly, who shot and killed himself at
12:30 Tuesday morning, was postpon
ed until 3:30 o'clock this afternoon,
after the Jury requested more wit
nesses be called, according to Coroner
Frank Perl. The inquest opened last
evening.
Among the witnesses called last
evening, were Harry Gill, who found
the boy's body; mate Police Officers
Joseph Folsom and O. A. McKinnon,
County Physician 0. I. Orummond,
City Police Officer Ray Stoneker, Mose
Barkdull, George Kunzman, who
brought the boy Into Medford by auto
Sunday evening; and Arthur Powell,
Billy's grandfather.
Called for this afternoon's session,
as witnesses, are L. C. Thompson, I.
C. Poole, Jack Plymale and Jack Hltz
ler, who were at Plymale'a apartment
in the building at 208 East Main
street, whore young Marshall wae
standing In the hallway- at the time
he shot himself.
Jurymen were dissatisfied with tes
timony, which failed to reveal the
whereabouts of the boy from 6:30 to
12:30 o'clock on Sunday evening.
Members of the coroner's Jury, ars
William Vaugn, Bruce Bauer, Dave
Wilcox, Gordon Green, William Mc
Allister and Kennoth Anthony,
DILLINGER HOST
TAKENBY POLICE
MINNEAPOLIS, Minn., June 27.
(AP) Pat Retlly, former St. Paul
baseball club mascot, sought for
weeks on charges of harboring John
Dilllnger, desperado and fugitive
gunman, was surprised In bed today
and arrested by department of Jus
tice agents.
It waa Rellly, the government
claims, who led Dilllnger and John
Hamilton, chief lieutenant of the fu
gitive, to the home of Dr. N. D. Mor-
tensen, then St. Paul city health of
ficer, last spring for treatment of a
gunshot wound.
Capture of Rellly leaves only Dillln
ger and three of his gang still at
large. They are John Hamilton, Ho
mer Van Meter and Lester M. Qlllls,
alias "Baby Face" Nelson,
SALEM, June 27. (AP) About 300
leaders in the baking Industry met
here today to consider enactment of
a proposed marketing agreement and
code for the Oregon baking Indus
try. The proposed code was similar to
those drawn up for other Industries
and will be submitted to Max Gehl
har, state director of agriculture,
when completed.
DAM FISH LADDERS
FIGURES TOO SMALL
PORTLAND, Ore., June 27. (AP)
Original estimates of the cost of ade
quate fish ways for the Bonneville
dam were far short of what the
Bonneville flshways committee now
flnda to be necessary.
Apparently an expenditure of more
than 11,000,000 will be required to
afford suitable protection to the mi
grant salmon and other fish Inhabit
ing the great stream.
aloRy, ancient manuscripts and such.
The lowdown on Adsm was of
fered In an ancient velum pedigree
of a Saxon king, who proudly traced
his family tree back to Adam. He
added tllumlnatlngly at the end that
the ancesor of us all "dyed of gowte."
The manuscript was Illustrated by
picturesque drawings of Adam and
Eve an apple In their hsnds sur
rounded by an assortment of animals.
The Bible says "and all the days
that Adam lived were nine hundred
and thirty years; and be died." Oen-
NEW BRITISH NOTE
EMPHASIZES WISH
SETTLE WAR DEBT
Short Communication Sent
to Washington in Reply to
Secretary Hull's Sugges
tion for 'Payment in Kind'
LONDON, Eng., Juno 27. (AP) A
new British not was cabled to the
British embassy In Washington today
In which the British government em
phasized lta desire to negotiate a
permanent war debts settlement with
me United States.
Foreign office officials declined to
reveal the exact nature of the note
except to aay "It la quite ahort."
Tne Britiah policy of the paat la
reference to the desire for a discus
sion of a full settlement ot the debt
question waa understood to have been
restated aa part of the communica
tion. Reply to Hull
The note la In reply to one by Sec
retary of State CordeU Hull sug
gesting payment "In kind," but It
cornea with Great Britain already In
the defaulter class. She entered that
status June 15 when she refused to
pay an Installment.
British circles ponted out that the
day following the Hull note Presi
dent Roosevelt took the position that
payments In kind could be only "very
partial" onea.
Suggeatlona at home that England
give Bermuda or aome other posse-
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EAGLES ILL PARADE
MAIN STREET FRIDAY
Commencing at 7:30 p. m. from tha
Hotel Medford a parade will be held
next Friday evening, under tr
auspices of the local aerie of the Fra
ternal Order of Eagles, It was an
nounced this morning by officiate of
the fraternity.
Headed by the Grants Pass Eagles'
drum corps, the local mixed drill team
will parade, followed by members of
the organization and the auxiliary.
The local mixed drill team, comprised
of members of the Esgles and the
auxiliary last week won a prise at
the state convention at Marshfleld '
with only one month's preparatory
drill.
All members of the Eagles and tha
auxiliary are asked to appear at the
hotel at 7:30, as the psrade will atart
promptly at that time, and In view
of the fact that the Grans Paaa drum
corps will be present, It is honed that
a large turn-out of Medford Eaglea
will be on hand.
Immediately following the parade
the regular Eaglea and auxiliary
meetings will be held at the Eagles'
hall at 8:00.
TRAMMELL RECEIVES
FLORIDA NOMINATION
JACKSONVILLE, Da.. June 27.
(P) Senator Park Trammell appar
ently has won the democratic nomi
nation for his fourth term In the
United States senate over his youth
ful opponent, Claude Epper. Tram
mell Is chslrman of the Important
senate affairs committee.
Elimination of water-filled buck
ets, cans and other stagnant water
from the yard will help keep mos
quitoes from a house.
WILL
ROGER?
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., June
26. The pictures of Hitler and
Mussolini nre pouring in on ag
from the press now and every
one of 'cm keep looking more
like they are going to bite each
other.
Sure glnd to see where 'Wil
liam Allen White had received
the high award for American
ism. Ho is a mighty clear
thinking man. That Kansas has
more ronl newspaper men than
nil the rest of the states com
bined. Mr. Roosevelt attended
meeting of Tammany Hall load
ers. First time Tammnny Hall's
namo has come tip in months. I
kinder thought they had given
up their franchise.