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PAGE TWO MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE, XIEDFOTtD, OREGON, 'WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 19, 1931 YEAR'S PEAR CROP EXCEEDS LAST BY 5 $16,193,000 Given as Value 1934 Crop $10,780, 000 Value Last Year Apples Also Far Ahead By STEPHEN I,. McrWNOUfill (Associated Proas Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, Dec. 10 (AP Crop production In the United State was estimated by the department of nKrt culture today to have declined 22 per cent dpIow last year, due to drought and government control of output. The total value of all crops pro duced waa 4,762,638,000, compared with 4. 1 14.265,000 last year and $2,882,195,000 In 1032. The acreage devoted to growing cropa was estimated at 386,606,000 no res, excluding land devoted to fruit. Thla waa a decline of 40,000,000 acres, or 13 per cent, from laat year and waa about 10 per cent below the average acreage harvested during the p,t 10 yeura. "It was probably the lowest total harvested In more than 30 years," the year end crop report of the de partment declared. Mnny Pour Vleldi. Exceptionally low yields were ob , tallied In many crops. Field cropa j averaged about IS per cent less than last year and about 30 per cent below the average during the preceding 10 years. Final figures of acreage and pro duction thla year and Its value, to gether with laat year'a figures were announcrd as follows: winter wheat: Acreage 83,048,000; production, 405.034.000 bushels, and vnlue 364, 136,000, compared with 36,485,000 acres. 850,703,000 bushels and 250.73'fi.000. All spring wheat: Acreage 0.200, 000; production, 01.436,000 bushels. and vnlue t78.30R.000, compared with 10.426,000 acres. 178,183,000 bushela and 10R.31H.000. Durum wheat: Acreage 000,000; production. 7.086,000 bushels, and value 7,733.000; compared with 3. 310.000 acres, 16,737,000 bushels and 10.520,000. Other spring wheat: Acreage, 8,300,- 000; production 84,340.000 bushels, and value 70.572.000, compared with 17,115,000 acres. 181,446,000 buahels and 07,784000. Barley; acreage 7,144.000: produc tion. 116 020.000 bushels, and value 01,838.000, compared with 10.000,000 acres, 155,825,000 bushels and 63, 407.000. Production and value of other crops thla year and laat were: Hay (all) : 6fl.60O.OOO tnns. and 776.r30,000, compared with 74.607, 000 tons and 580,540.000. Beans (dry edible): 10,160,000 bags or 100 lbs., and 35,160.000: com pared with 13,338,000 bags, and 33, 983.000. Soy ben ns: 17,763,000 bushels, and 16.640,000, compared with 11,670,000 and a8.41o.000. Cmvpena : 6,208,000 buahels, and 88.012,000, compared wh p.80fl,ooo and 5.308.000. Potatoes: 3B5.287,00 bushela, and 160.000.000. compared with 320,303, 000 and 223,880.000. Apples: 110.855.000 bushels, and ' I02. 178.000. compared with 143.081, 000 and 07.540.000. Prsches: 45.404.000 bushels and 34.770,000, compared With 44 .603,000 and 32 340.000. Pears: 23.474.000 bushels and 16. 103,000, compared with 31,102.000 and 10.7HO.000. drapes: 1.775.108 tons and 35.510.. 000. compared with 1,000,681 and 33,841.000. The total value of commercial truck crops for market, except pota toes, this year waa 161.301,000 and those for manufacture was 41,350, 000. compared with 135,248,000 and 31.557,000 last year. Heroine Of Tragedy 4 Mri. IOtl Warrington, ataward aaa on a paaaangar bua In which thraa men wars killed ae a tree fell on It near Snoqualmle Paae, eaat ol Seattle, Waah., waa pralaed for her herolam In meeting the emergency and keeping the remaining paeeeng era calm. (Aaaoclated Preea Photo) $44,000 BALANCE URSCHEL RANSOM YET JO BE (Continued from page one) money and burled It at scattered (joints throughout Oregon and Wash ington. "We knew that Mrs. Feldman and Alvln H. Scott, her brother-in-law, had knowledge about the money. We didn't want to arrest them unless we could get them with the money on them. "Scott was hurt In an automobile accident near Roseburg. Ore. When they took his clothes off at the hos pital federal agents searched them. We found some ransom money. Then began questioning certain people and found out where some of the other money waa burled. i If you have ever dug for burled I treasure you know what Job we hail. If you are one foot off the ex- j act spot you might as well be a mile away. But we finally got some defi nite Information and some help from people that knew the exact location. Home Found In Me il ford "We dug up about 6000 from the wood ahed of Scott's home near Med- ford. It was contained In fruit Jars. 'Then we got other Information FOREIGN WAR VETS GIVE LARGE CLASS INITIATION RITES Opening ahoi by the Veterans of Foreign Wars, la their drive for mem berahlp, wu fired Monday night when Crater Lake post No. 1833 Initiated large Lu of recruits. Several re crult were unable to Attend because of sickness, but will be taken in with another large class January 7, at tn regular meeting. Commander Etha W. Wall, In his address of welcome to the new mem bers, stressed the Ideals and alms -f the order and In turn cautioned eveiy member against any art that would reflect on the order or the Individual "It la the aim of our order to help In every way possible, every worthy veteran and his family and to keep In mind at all times the high Ideal for which we stand, ' lie said. Short talk were made by all tne new members, expressing their sent; menta relative to the order. The Del Rogue post of Orante paaa sent delegation, headed by Command rr Frederick Paquette, who made an In teres ting talk on veteran welfare work and the general good of the order. Dance ticket for the Veterans' Gold Chervron ball. New Tear's eve. at the Oriental Osrdons, were d.i trlbuted to the members, with the as surance of one of the gayest events of the year. Main event of the evening waa a Dutch lunch prepared by the ladies of the auxillax, for 100 people. Dur ing the lunch an auction was held, the funds derived to help cover ex penses of the kiddles Christmas tree, to be held at the Armory Friday night. Many amusing incidents mark ed the opening of the packages bougnt "sight unaeen." ENGLISH NOVEL CLASS ENOS WORK OF TERM; SIM AGAIN JAN. 7TH SENATE PROBERS DELVE INTO MUNITIONS SECRETS V 1 1 - J VI III a. Smii y- - war , f l' ' " at, U The aenate committee reopening Ita Inveatlgatlon of the munition! buelneae heard evidence that arma manufacturer knew alx yean be fore the World war that "a tremen doua conflict waa brewing," but Iranee DuPont (below, center) mil nltlone manufacturer, declared buelneae waa "almoet dead" during that period. Above, members of the committee are shown In confer ence: left to right: Senatora Van denberg of Michigan, Nya of North Dakota, Clark of Mlasourl and Pope of Idaho. In the rear are Senator Barbour of New Jereey, Alger Hiaa and Stephen Raushenbueh,' chief Investigator. Below are Irenee and Pierre DuPont (left) with counsel, William Donovan (right). (Associ ated Press Photos) 32 AT IN 6-WEEK PERIOD (By Harold Grove.) Apparently the coming of Chrletmas and New Year's day has had no lll- effecta on some of the students of Med ford high, for as the second alx weeks close a total of 32 students succeeded In getting placed on tie Mfriford hlffh nrhnnl h-mnr taII T1h Student of the extension clae In contemporary English novel taught ; PauJlne Roae ai a Bl A A here during the fall month by DrJBetty Vilm Al A2 A2 B A2 Arthur Taylor of the .Southern. Ore- i Dorothy Hammond.. A2 A2 A2 Al C2 Ron Normal, completed their work ( eiiy Thorndyke. B2 A B A Al Calling The Roll In Lindbergh Case and found some more of the treasure I ltv- Monday evening. Thla class, together with other ex tension clsasea over the state, ha been put under the supervision of the Oregon state system of higher educa tion with full credit at the university, the state college or any of the normal schools. Extension cla-ves have here tofore been conducted by the unlver- OF RESERVE BOARD DIES ATLANTA. Os.. Dee. 10 (API u. Rt'ns R. Black, 01, former Kovernor of the lateral reserve board, died at his residence hero esrly today of a heart attnek. He hl been slightly India poei tho past three days. An outstanding cltlrvn of the eotith. President nnosevelt called Mr. Blsck to Washinnton on May 10, IMS. to become chairman of the federal re. serve board. In that poelllon he Kuinrd natinn-wide prominence In miiiir the president In letting the new deal under way. burled In fruit Jars and thermoa bottles In other parts of Oregon snd Washington. Altogether, we recov ered about $40,000. and nearly 180,000 waa recovered In Texaa, "I tell you. It waa a real treasure hunt and a atory that goea Robert Louis Stevenson one better. Out the government cannot try Ita cases, out of court. The real atory of all this ; P. Davlea, E. W. Erlckson, Eagle Point: Is going to come out at the trial." Edna P. Wisely, Talent; Margaret Mre. Feldman and her aon, Edward, i Burroughs, Alan Carley. Ruth E. have been arrested In connection with j Dlckeraon. Mre. Orant H. Edwards, H. the csae. w. Ouatln. Alta Llndsev. Mrs. J. It. The ransom recovered In Texaa waa ! Murray, Blanche Runels. W. E. Thorn- believed to be the share of Oeorge M, Medford: Plorenco P. Allen. Brtlth (Machine CUm) Kelly and his wlfe.ii,. Bork, Doris Hitchcock, Marie Pres- cott. Pred Bchuermsn, Lome Sewet. Lydle Smith, and Bertha A. Stephens, Aahlacd. Wallace Lorry AI Al A A Lois Speaker A2 A A3 A3 A Wauneta Wilson BL A CI B A Dorothy Hopkins A3 B2 'A3 A3 B Jane sollnsky B A A A B Ruth Hedges A Al B3 Bl Phil Lowry Al A3 A A Wallace Ludwlg CI B A A E Nellie Moon Al A Bl B Mlgnon Phlppa Al A Bl B Edith Whlllock A A3 A3 Al Rosa Johnson Al A3 A3 B Beverly Moore.. ...... A3 Al B A Jerry Sampson Al B2 A3 A ft y ' h,A i$ f s f TP Considerable Intereat haa be?n not ed In the course to be taught by Dr. Tnylor during the winter term, Con temporary American novel. The cla ! Fraze Bl A Aa noias it nr i meeiing ac tne Meoiora Senior High school Monday evening. January 7. The members of the class Just com pleted are: Floyd V. Barrett, Clarence Kathryn, both convicted and sent to prison for the kidnaping. i The kidnap victim. Charlea P. Ur srhel. millionaire Oklahoma oil man. wa held captlveon the Paradlae. Tex., farm of It. O. Shannon, who with his wire and the Baileys are serving life terms. Edward Feldman wa brought here to aid Nathan In the Denver treasure hunt but was returned to Oklahoma Monday night. ' Lawyer In Penlal Lanka waa released from custody after bond had been provided. He 1 wined a denial of the government charftea after he wa released. "Parts of this story are so Insane and asinine that they don't require any explanation," Leak aatd. "The statement by Edward Feld man. Mrs. Bate' aon. that he gave m flo.ooo and I never even counted it or looked at It is one that doent require a denial. "I know positively that the boy didn't know anything about what wa Urarhers money or any money obtained by Bate from any other criminal source. "I probably win ask a change of venue from Oklahoma to Denver and I will be counsel in my own defense. ! accepted money aa attorney's frea and I delivered a meMsf; to Mrs. Feldman from her huaband. I gave her a picture of him and a mtsaage of love from him." j Dorothy Shamla A3 Bl A A Virginia Hammond.. A2 A Bl CI Anna Scheel Bl A A2 B Mildred Drury Al Bl B2 A DeWltt Armstrong.. A3 B2 A3 A Billy Wilson A3 A B3 A3 Helen Chlrgutn B A3 A2 A Delia Mae Dale A A2 B A3 Luella Forge -.. A2 A B2 CI Roy Honsley B2 A A3 B2 Glen Harrison A3 A3 B B Virginia Loomle B3 A B2 A2 So pi la Narzock A B2 B A2 Jeanette Thatcher.., A Al A3 A Dse Mall Trloune want ada. Thomai W. Trenchard, supreme court lustlce, presided at early pro ceedings at tho Hunterdon county, N. J., courthouse In the trial of Bruno Hauptmonn for the Lind bergh kidnaping. (Associated Press Photo) WHITMAN BASKETEERS TRIM CAGERS, 36-35 WALLA WALLA, Wash., Dec. 19. (AP) Whitman's basketball quintet defeated Washington State, 3fl to 33. in an overtime game hers last night. Whitman led at the end of the first half. 19 to 17. i The Cougars held the lead only, once during the game, shortly after the second half started when It gain ed a scant two-point advantage. HALL DAMAGE CASE UP TODAY The damage suit of E. C. Hall, member of the contracting firm of Washburn & Hall of Eugene, against C. J. Perrlne. well-known Ashland resident, for 928822.51, Is scheduled to be called this afternoon In circuit court. The suit Is based upon alleged , false arrest In which Perrlne swore i to a complaint charging that Hall ; appropriated a quantity of. lumber' belonging to him. Hall, at the time, was engaged In ' a contract calling for road work near Ashland. Hall alleges that as a result of the swearing out of the complaint he was ; subjected to humiliation and lncon-1 venlence, when the warrant was serv-; ed upon him at Eugene, and that he j was delayed In arrival at an Import- j ant conference In Salt Lake. Utah.. The complaint, charging Hall with j grand larceny, was Issued out of an Ashland Justice court about June l,i 1933. Hall asks $822.61 special damages. ?SO0u punitive damages and $20,000 general damage. Perrlne, the complaint cites, charg ed Hall with the theft of plans owned by Perrlne for use In highway con struction. The proof is in the wear. ' Buy your HOSE at Ethel wyn B Hoffmann's. RANKED HIGH EDITORIAL TEST UNIVERSITY OF OREGON. EU GENE. (Spl.) Seniors In Journal Ism at the University of Oregon far outranked seniors and all other stu dent In four other universities In a widely comprehensive contemporary affairs test given here In November. It was announced today by Eric W. Allen, dean of the school of Journal Ism, who has lust received the returns from the co-operative testing service of ther American Council of Educa tion In New York. The Oregon Jour nalism seniors made an average grade of 125, compared to 104 for Benlors In the other unversltles. Actually, the Oregon students surpassed the other seniors by a wider score than the other seniors scored over fresh men, whose score was 88. The aver age grades made nationally were : Freshmen, 86; sophomores, 90; Jun iors, 100; seniors. 104; Oregon Jour nsllsm seniors, 125. Ranking highest in percentile rank ing for Oregon and as high as any other student of all those tested was j Edward H. (Ned) Simpson, varsity football letterman, whose percentile ranking was 100. Simpson, by the way. Is only a junior who was ad mitted to the senior editing class by sjF.clal permission. Fred W. Colvlg. Mcdford, editorial writer on the Em erald, student dally, was second at Oregon with a ranking of 98. Five students tied for third with a rank ing of 93. They are: Robert O. Lull, Sacramento, Cal.; Ruth McCiain, Hood River; William E. Phipps, Med ford, editor of the University of Ore gon Daily Emerald: Gilbert A. Wel lington, and Norman F. Titus, Portland. The test, which was prepared by A. C. Rurtch and E. E. Wilson at the University of Minnesota, with the ed-, itorlal collaboration of 16 experts in ; various fields of science, social sci ence, economcls and others, covert national and International affairs, politics, art, literature, science, sports, geographical locations, and Includes a test knowledge of use of English a well. A similar test will be given to the students In the spring, to measure their progress during the senior year, It is announced by Dean Allen. TO MEET THURSDAY Morris Leonard, general ehalrmaa of the American Legion's "Ten Night in a Barroom" show, to be staged at the Oriental Gardens Friday evening, has called a meeting of all chairmen. of committees working on the pro duction at his store, the Leonard Electric company In the Holly The ater building, Thursday evening at 9 o'clock. 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