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M
EDFORD
M
ail Tribune
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Tweuty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, DECEMBER 20, 193-1.
No. 232.
Bt PAVL MALLON
Copyright, 1934. by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON, Dec. 30 Vou could
see a wholly different business atti
tude toward the administration on
the Inside-of that
White SulDhur
Springs meeting
Df Industrial
naster mlnda.
Six months
. igo, these same
business leaders
were tearing and
nortlng at the
new deal. But at
Ills meeting, they
actually held up
thetr program
until thV could
get word from uu
the White House that It would be
acceptable.
There was no whispered criticism
of President Roosevelt or hta poli
cies, but only a genuine and some
' what meek desire to work things
out amicably.
What the effort will amount to
remains to be seen. The real reason
that the meeting was called was to
create unity among the white shirts.
The U. S. chamber of commerce was
always saying business wanted one
thing, while the National Associa
tion of Manufacturers frequently as
serted It wanted something else.
The administration has often told
business representatives privately that
It could not do very much for busi
ness until business agreed on what
It wanted.
The new cooperative organization
la supposed to keep the new deal
advised on what business needs from
the government. In that respect,. It
.will probably work out very well.
There was a lo of Inside sparring
at the start of the meeting be
tween the chamber of commerce and
the manufacturers' association. Both
wanted to get control of the key
positions.
The manufacturers' crowd Is young
er and more militant. The chamber
group favored a liaison with the new
deal, all right, but it did not care
to move as far or as eagerly as
the manufacturers.
. The manufacturers thought they
walked off with the show when they
got seven of the nine key committee
chairmen. However, this coup was
not as sweeping as the figures Indi
cate because some of the seven are
also members of the chamber, al
though their first love Is supposed
to be for the manufacturers, five
of the seven are officials of the
N. A. M.
The rivalry really did not go very
far outside of the officers of both
organizations. The delegates did not
ceem to care much about It.
There may be some trouble on
that score later, but no one be
lieves It will Interfere with the new
co-operative effort.
This new business spirit does not
mean that the business organiza
tions have changed their economic
policies and embraced Mr. Roose
velt's. The manufacturers started the
move for the conference and they
have a fixed program which does
not Jibe with the new deal. They
want a balanced budget, dollar sta
bilization, no government ' competi
tion with private Industry, reduced
relief, outlawing of sympathetic
strikes, and abandonment of the
majority rule of unions.
The change merely means they are
going to try to get these things by
cooperating with the new deal rather
than fighting It.
The new deal Is trying to whoop
up the businesA advisory and plan
ning council and make It the really
representative and Influential liaison
agency.
It is composed of about the same
crowd that met at Whlto Sulphur,
but business men do not like It very
much because they believe It is
under the thumb of Commerce Sec
retary Roper. However, the head of
It, H. P. Kendall, Boston textile
manufacturer, conferred with Mr.
Roosevelt a few days ago on arrange
ments to step up Its activities.
The council has been meeting
every two months, but henceforth
will meet monthly. The executive
committee will meet every two weeks.
PI MAN SEES
EARLY START ON
L PUNT
C. C. Hockley, Engineer for
Administration, Says Con
struction Can Start Soon
After Plan Contract Signed
After a conference yesterday with
Fred Scheffel, city superintendent,
and Charles P. Parrell, city attorney,
concerning construction of the Med
ford sewage disposal plant, C. C.
Hockley of Portland, state engineer
for the Public Works administration,
announced that work will be started
on the plant within ten weeks after
the contract for plans and specifica
tions has been closed with Greeley &
Hansen of Chicago. Construction will
be started, Hockley said, Immediately
upon receipt of the plans, and Is es
timated to require four or five
months.
Hockley made a day's trip to Med
ford yesterday to arrange final details
with local officials on the project,
and also to confer with officials on
the proposed Butte Falls and Jack
sonville water supply systems.
He said that Greeley 6s Hansen, the
Chicago engineering firm which as
sisted In preparing the application
for the 9100.000 government loan. Is
considered one of the best for sewage
disposal projects, and that the Med
ford plant, when completed, will be
comparable to any sewage disposal
facilities In the country.
Must Plan Ahead
The state PWA engineer sounded
a warning that public bodies must In
the future be prepared in advance to
secure either local or federal aid for
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L ACCORD IF
TREATY FAILS
LONDON, Dec. 20. (AP) A spokes
man for the United States naval dele
gation said tonight that Great Brit
ain and the United States are like
ly to sign a naval accord between
themselves after 1936 If there Is no
general International naval treaty
by that time.
The statement was made follow
ing the close of the naval conversa
tions which have been carried on for
the last two months among delega
tions from the United States, Great
Britain and Japan. These conversa
tions, designed to pave the way for
a new naval treaty, did not result In
an agreement.
The American spokesman said all
three powers concerned were making
efforts to bring about a general
agreement but. If Japan declined to
enter a new treaty which would be
satlsfactry to Great Britain and the
United States, then the Americans
and British undoubtedly would make
their own agreement.
F.W.STREETSIS
OF
The extent to which NRA la being
challenged in the courts these days
Is shown by a private check-up from
the files of Its litigation division.
In the past six weeks more thsn
300 NRA cases have been docketed
for legal action.
Altogether, a total of 874 cases
have been docketed sine NRA began.
Of this number, 485 have been re
ferred to the Justice department.
There are 153 caws now pending In
courts.
Virtually all these case result
from efforts of NRA to get com
pliance with codra or administrative
orders under them.
Word has recently been received
In Med ford of the sudden death of
F. W. Streets, former well known
resident of this city. In an automo
bile accident on the Ventura high
way near Santa Paula, California, on
November 31. '
Mr. Streets was motoring from
Ventura to his service station on
Harvard Boulevard and Steckel road
when another car driven by a Mrs.
Lola Morton of Pasadena ntn Into
his. Mrs. Morton was also Instantly
killed and a woman companion of
hers seriously Injured.
Mr. and Mrs. streets lived In Med
ford about 1A years ago when Mr.
Streets was for a time secretary of
the local chamber of commerce. Lat
er they moved to Grants Pass where
Mr. streets for a time managed the
Oxford hotel In that city. A few years
ago they moved to California to be
near their daughter, Mrs. Herbert
Kentner of Ventura. To keep himself
occupied Mr. Streets who was well
along In years purchased and opera
ted service station In that popular
tourist section of southern California.
The census bureau has completed
a survey showing that one-fourth of
the factory wspe earners of the
country are In 11 counties.
A total of 11.700 banks hare signed
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PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 20. (UP)
Men plunged Into the bargain coun
ter alMes of one downtown depart
ment store here today without being
harawrd by theelbows and titters of
a feminine horde.
The store opened at 8 a. m . for
men only. At 0:15. hen the men hid
made their purchase of pink un
mentionables for wivra and girl
friends, thev fled out r-lde doors be
fore the clamoring invasion of o-
Choctaw Squaw
125 Years Old'
On Last Trail
MILL CREEK. Okla.. Dec. 20.
:p Klzlah Hotao, 135-year-oid
full blood Choctaw Indian woman,
died at her home near Granite
Mountain yesterday.
A a 15-year-old girl, she rods
a pony over the "Tiail of fear.''
followed by the Choctaws in 18.3.
when they were evicted from Mn
siMippl to the land that la now
Oklahoma.
Hair a century ago she wa a
familiar figure at family pow
wows, but quite her social actit
Ulee at 75. She never had aetn
a railroad train. Her hearing an?
evecht were nearly perfect unt:l
her flenth.
World Markets
Will Be Closed
Over Christmas
NEW YORK. Dec. 20. ( AP)
Christmas day will be marked by
suspension of business on all Im
portant security and commodity
exchanges throughout the United
States and abroad. It will also be
observed as a holiday by banks
and other financial Institutions.
All the New York exchanges will
operate on Monday preceding
Christmas. Members of the New
York stock exchange are circulat
ing a petition for a special holiday
on Monday preceding New Year's
day, but not the Monday preced
ing Christmas.
RACIAL OUTBREAK
AS
Ti
FLIEGEL RESIGNS
PLAN COMMISSION
FOR COUNCIL SEAT
Joseph F. Fllegel today announced
that he has submitted his resigna
tion as a member of the city planning
commission to Mayor George Porter
and members of the commission. In
order to fully assume the dutlea of
councilman from the first ward, a
position he received In the last city
election. The resignation will be
considered by the city council at Its
next regular meeting.
Mr. Fllegel stated that, although
he resigns with deepest regrets, he
feels his resignation la necessary for
the fulfillment of the duties Invested
In him by his election as councilman.
He was appointed a member of the
planning, commission on February 15,
1927, by former Mayor O. O. Alender
fer, and has served on the board con
tinuously. Although the planning
commission had existed several years
prior to that time. In that day the
commission was still pioneering, com
pared to Its present functions. Through
experience with the restriction of
property use, the commission gradu
ally gained recognition and Influence
until today It Is considered one of
the most valuable boards of the city
administration.
Mr. Fllegel, In . summing up his
work with the commission, stated
that lta principal objective la to plan
for the future, as It has no power to
remove properties or Interfere with
their present use. By compelling re
stricted use of property in the future,
Mr. Fllegel said the commlsson can
attain Its objective.
He believes that the city of Med
ford has never spent a sum of money
for better purpose than the 1500 ex
pended to obtain the services of Jacob
L. Crane, consulting and planning
engineer for New York city, whom he
said has been a great aid In system
atizing the procedure of the com
mission, and In simplifying its work.
Mr. Fllegel said that, although the
commission has not been very active
during the past few years, due to the
lack of building. It has taken an Im
portant part In numerous projects
supported by federal funds and has
been publicly recognized by several
federal represents Itves as ranking
with commissions of the best planned
cities on the coast.
TAX COLLECTIONS
Collection of current taxes In
Jackson county for 1834, will show
an Increase of 16 per cent over 1033.
according to Gertrude Martin, chief
deputy of the tax department of the
sheriff's office. Total amount of
1934 taxes collected Is 1797,838.84.
This year 59 per cent of the total
tax levy was paid. In 1933, It was 43
per cent.
Delinquent tax collections the past
year will, according to the chief
deputy, "aggregate close to $400,000."
or nearly double the 1933 delin
quency payments.
Returning confidence, federal loans,
and Oregon tax laws, permitting
quarterly payment of the taxes, are
given as the reason for the Improvement.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (AP)
President Roosevelt today accepted
with thanks the services of a com
mission to administer funds to be
i collected at the president's birthday
: ball celebrations January 30.
i The commission, to be headed by
Henry L. Doherty as chairman and
I Jeremiah MUbank of New York as
I vice chairman, will administer the
30 per cent of the funds to be devot
i ed to Infantile paralysis research. The
' other 70 per cent. It was announced,
will remn In the various commun
ities to aid victims.
KINGFISH MUST FACE
$500'000 LIBEL SUIT
Tennessee Governor Orders
Troops When Lynch De
termined Mob Runs Wild
and Burns Court House
SHELBYVHiLE, Tenn.. Dec. JO.
(AP) Six hundred national guards
men marched Into town today after
disorders of the last 34 hours in
which the courthouse was burned
and two men were killed In a racial
outbreak.
The troops were ordered here by
Governor Hill McAllster after a mob
ran wild yesterday on the scent of a
lynching, fighting to carry off a ne
gro whose trial on a charge of at
tacking a young white girl was Inter
rupted as the sullen, raging group
stormed the courthouse.
Dawn brought a dismal sight to
Shelbyvllle, its once proud court
house a hulk of scorching bricks,
and a litter of debris covering the
courthouse square where two were
killed and a score wounded in yes
terdays attempt to seize E. K. Harris,
negro on trial charged with assault
ing a white school girl.
The list of dead and wounded was
unchanged during the night, and two
men earlier pronounced dying at the
hospital were reported "resting eas
ily." The death list of two Including
Raleigh Edwards. 30, wounded in
Wednesday second mob attack, and
an unidentified man. The latter, ac
cording to Dr. Jnmes Morton, hos
pital superintendent, was pronounc
ed dead at the hospital after the
shooting, but was removed before
Identification could be made.
There was quiet throughout the
early morning hours. Throughout the
night the embers smouldered luring
only an occasional automobile load
of curious.
The courthouse was fired last
night after the mob had been re
pulsed earlier In its efforts to gain
entrance and seized Harris.
T
Milton Merithew, 80. of the Evans
Creek district, convicted last October
by a circuit court Jury, of a statu
tory crime Involving a 14-year old
girl, waa sentenced yesterday by Cir
cuit Judge H. D. Norton to serve an
Indeterminate sentence of not more
than four years in state prison.
Upon the -Jury's recommendation
of leniency. Merithew waa granted a
parole upon condition that he not
make his residence In Jackson or Jo
sephine county, during the parole
period. Merithew Is paroled to Dan
Ketlaher of Salem, state police offi
cer. Another condition la that he "be
a law-abiding cltlswn." Violation of
either condition, the parole order
states, will result In revocation of
parole.
The parole order also states, "the
complaining witness has now left the
state."
Merithew was convicted last Octo
ber, but sentence waa deferred pend
ing Investigation of the case by the
court, to clear certain points.
During the trial of the case the
public was barred from the courtroom.
BIDS ARE OPENED
According to a dispatch from Port
land today the low bidder on the
paving work on the north Med ford
section of the Pacific highway waa
the Jacobson and Jensen company
of Portland, with a price of 18.313.
50 for the 1.4 miles.
The Mountain States Construction
company of Eugene was low with a
price of 9.34Q for the quarter-mile
paring of the south Ashland section
of the Pacific highway. '
It waa reported the state highway
commission, bureau public roads and
state forester, would recommend
100,000 allocation of forest road
funds for the Tlller-Trall cut-off.
Accused of Death
PRESIDENT ! JERS
TAX SYSTEf JBE
TO HALT OvtnLAPS
i
1 Federal, State and Munici
pal Systems Will Be In
vestigated by Treasury
Gas Tax An Example
Portland. Ore., police charged
Joseph J. Osbourne (above), 29
year.old special policeman, with
the slaying of Joseph Mlsh. At Mi
first court appearance Osbourns
was hit own spokesman. (A.io
elated Press Photo!
TD
Official confirmation that no par
don will be granted L. A. Banks, for
mer local agitator and orcharding
serving a life term in state prison for
the murder of - Constable George
Prescott, March 16, 1933 has been re
ceived by District Attorney George.
A. Codding In a letter from Governor
Julius L. Meier.
The letter from the executive of
ficer reads:
"X have before me your letter rel
ative to a pardon for L. A. Banks.
"You have undoubtedly learned
from the press that I do not contem
plate any action on this case during
my term of office."
Banks, through relatives, sought a
pardon after serving but 18 months
of his life term. News of the pardon
plea, caused a wave of protest to
sweep the state and the" governor
was swamped with letters opposing
the granting of exccutlvo clemency.
Charles P. Moran of Cleveland,
Ohio, reputedly wealthy, brother-in-law
of Banks, promised to take Banks
back to Cleveland, If he was pardon
ed. A number of upstate cltlrens and
residents of Portland were enlisted
by Moran in support of the Banks
pardon. Many later withdrew their
support when apprised of the evi
dence and facts.
County officials who have return
ed from Salem this week, report that
paroles to Walter J. Jones, former
mayor of Flo true River, and E. H.
Pehl. serving four year terms In the
penitentiary for ballot theft, are not
likely. Both men filed parole appli
cations at the last parole board meet
ings. Protests against Fehl's parole
were freely signed by residents of
this county and submitted to the
parole board. The petitions also ask
ed that If Pehl should i be granted a
parole, he be barred from returning
to this county, during the parole
term.
No protest. In the shape of peti
tions, were filed against a parole for
Jones. Petitions favoring It were re
ceived from Rogue River and Cres
cent City, Calif., residents. Jones was
a leader In the so-called "Good Gov
ernment Congress" activities that
lead to the vote-stealing. He was also
one of the "alibi witnesses" for
Banks at his trial for murder.
.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (AP)
In a move Intended to prevent the
' overlapping of taxes, President Hoose- I
j vclt today directed the treasury to J
' investigate the federal, state and
; municipal tax systems.
A national conference on taxation 1
next summer may result from the .
Inquiry. i
Secretary Morgenthau disclosed the !
plan and shortly will name a staff
to make the Inquiry,
"The study will look forward to
zones of taxation and eliminating
overlapping," Morgenthau said. "It
will be a long range study with the
possibility the president may call a
conference next summer of the vari
ous agencies Involved In taxation.
Collection Economy Claim
"It will Include the -'question of
who collects taxes the most econom
ically. It might Involve the question
of the federal collection of all In
come taxes."
Morgenthau said the gasoline tax
was an excellent example of a levy
employed by both federal and state
and sometimes local governments.
Investigators will look Into the
question of whether In such a case
the federal government should mako
all the collection and then distrib
ute revenue back to the states and
local governments.
The question of tax exempt secur
ities also will receive attention along
with duplication In the assessment
of liquor taxes. The treasury for
some years has favored a constitu
tional amendment to eliminate the
exemption from taxes of some feder
al and state Issues,
Broadening federal Inquiries Into
bank credit conditions, Morgenthau
also announced the treasury would
make a special study In the Cleve
land federal reserve district to sup
plement Its recent Inquiry In the
Chicago region.
IRENE DUNNE VISITS
PELLETTS BRIEFLY
En route to Seattle, where ahe wu
to have been on location today 'a
the moving picture in which she is
working. Irene Dunne, screen star
was a brief visitor yesterday at the
Med ford municipal airport. It waa re
vealed by Mr. and Mrs. Homer Pcllet
of the R. H. Whitehead residence op
South Central avenue -
Passengers on the United Airlines
plane Included L. D Sanderson of
San Francisco, who is acquainted
with Mr. and Mrs. Pellett, and who
said that the screen star la expected
to return south December 29, p-
albly to make a brief stop in Medford.
Human Guinea Pigs Freed
After Test of T. B. Serum
My ROBERT E. tiF.K.I R
(Associated Preat Staff Writer.)
CANON CITY, Colo.. Dec. 30. Ml
The thread of life outside prison walls
wsa picked up again today by two
life term convicts who risked death
but won liberty by volunteering their
bodies aa the show windows In which
doctors witnessed a battle of tubercu
losis baellll.
Carl Rrickson, 88. of Denver, wha
nerved 19 years for slaying his wife
went back Into the world a bit b'l
llgerently. MJke Schmidt, 63. who
paid with 13 years of Imprisonment
for assaulting hit daughter, wept.
"I've got a mining proposition ahtaJ
of me and I'll get along If they Just
let me alone. muttered Erlokaon
There's not a friend left to me
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. ( AP) The
District of Columbia supreme court
ruled today that Senator Huey Long
of Louisiana must face trial on the
MO.OOO libel suit filed against him
by Samuel T. Ansell.
Justice Peyton Gordon, who deliv
ered the opinion, rejected Lynn's e'.alm
that hi wnat do, It Ion entitled him
t izm'jfrXL list UteJ 1499 yM $$$t &rt Ut dottft't BHr
much." Schmidt said in his limping
Engl Lab. "r don't know Just wnat
I'll do."
He added that he Intended to tto
to Denver and look for a job. he
worked on a railroad before he went
to the penitentiary.
Oray, sharp shadows , of a wlnt:r
dawn were cast about the formidable
prison as the two convicts we.e
brought from their cell today by
Warden Roy Best and told the tlnn
had come for prison ga'xs to open far
them.
"The governor told yoJ if you would
permit the doctors to test out their
tuberculosis serum upon you, thV
vou would be liberated.' the warden
tuid "You have carried ut your e.irt
of t,te DargAin and now the governor
u carrff out hxs
LEGISLATORS END
WORK FOR HUEY
BATON ROUGB, La., Dec. 20.
(AP) Huey Long's special session
of the legislature adjourned at noon
today after enacting 31 new laws.
Long, through his new bills, took
a big leap Into local government
In the state, put taxes on the "big
money Interests" and launched a
few "poor people" and altruistic
projects.
Through bill amendments slipped
in today and yesterday Long's ad
ministration took control or the city
government of Alexandria, made
sweeping changes In the government
of Baton Rouge and put a tax on
his old self-asserted enemy, the
Standard Oil company of Louisiana.
CAR MEL, Cal., Dec. 20. (AP) A
foot-by-foot search for the missing
Mrs. Eliot Boke Schaffner, 30, society
matron, waa begun this morning by
335 officers and men, some of hem
on horseback, from the United States
army presidio of Monterey.
An army plane . from Crlssy field,
San Francisco, scheduled for tactical
maneuvers at the Presidio, was to be
diverted to the search upon Its arrival.
The men were from the 11th cav
alry and the 70th field artillery.
They were afoot with the exception
of a platoon of cavalrymen, who
were scouring the Carmel woods.
Mrs. Schaffner, wife of Joseph
Schaffner, clothing manufacturer, dis
appeared from her home here early
Tuesday.
While Sheriff Carl H. Abbott of
Monterey county believed Mrs. Schaff
ner had fulfilled a threat to com
mit suicide by walking deliberately
Into the bay, the Intensive search
was launched to remove any possible
doubt that she might be dying of
exhaustion or Illness In the rugged
country near her home.
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PRICES ARE FIXED
PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 20. (AP)
The market for turkeys Is fast be'
Ing made here with some slight In
crease In sales to retailers In. the past
24 hours. In a email way the resale
price to retailers was established at
24 cents for toma and 25 for hens
of extreme top quality.
Toms weighing more than 10
pounds were not sought generally.
The latest purchases by whole
salers were around 22 cents straight
across for toma and hens, while up
to 23 cents waa paid for hena which
continued In rn""t demand.
Leading distributors aald today
they have In sight about all the tur
keys they will need, with ahtpments
continuing at least until Monday,
BUSINESS CHIEFS
Rogers Has Pears
To Prove Someone
Reads His Humor
At lsst Will Rogers has "round
somebody that reads his articles."
and he has a box of Medford pears
to prove It.
The famous humorist, whose re
marks on world events sr a dstly
feature of the Mall Tribune, vis
ited here about two years ago and
later stated In one of his widely
syndicated commentaries that, al
though he hsd spent the better
psrt of a day listening to the tolas
In Medford telt what a great pear
producing section this Is, no one
offered him any tangible evidence
to back up the claim.
The typically Rogerlan remark
was contained In a telegram re
ceived yesterday by O. R. Oreen.
Medford manager of the Amerlcsn
Fruit Growers, who had sent the
humorist a, gift box of the com
pany'a "Blue Goose" brand Corn
ice peara and a personal letter re
calling his "fruitless" visit here.
Rogers replied by Western Un
ion as follows:
"At last I found somebody that
does read my articles. Thanks for
pears. I won't doubt you all any
more."
$228,731,000 NET
WAR PROFIT IDE
BY DU PONT FIRM
Senate Committee Investi
gator Reveals Huge Sum
Left After Deduction of
Taxes During War Years
WASHINGTON. Dec. 20. (AP)
Alger C. Hiss, senate munitions com
! mlttee Investigator, testified today
j the Du Pont Powder company had a
: net profit of 1228.731.000 after taxes
j had been deducted during the World
war.
Hiss told the committee the com
pany's annual statements showed It
did a gross business during the years
1015 to 1018 Inclusive of 91,167,000,-
000.
Of this, a225.O00.000 went Into sal
aries, aaoa.000,000 into materials.
72.000.000 to taxes and 115.000,000
to employos in bonus payments.
CARIL AREA FOR
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20. (AP)
Dr. Harold B. Myers, toxlcotoglst. has
reported to Captain of Detectives
Keegan that the 22 "dehorn" deaths
here this month have been traced to
one five-gallon can of denatured al
cohol. Police have charged that the con
tents of this can of poisonous alco
hol were sold through a drug store
operated by Solomon Miller. Miller.
his son, Spencer, and a clerk, Irving
Schwartz, hava been charged with
manslaughter.
Dr. Myers said the stuff that the
22 men drank and died from In the
north end district waa approximate
ly "100 per cent poison."
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PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20. (AP)
The airways and the rails, commen
deered by Santa Claus for this very
busy Christmas, are thundering
record volume of mall and expresa In
and out of the city of Portland.
All records for airmail volume were
shattered this week when 633 pounds
went out on Tuesday. The entire
second section of the Southern Pa
cific limited from the south last
night consisted of mall and express
cars. Because of the rush trains from
alt directions were running about 35
minutes late.
WHITE SULPHUR SPRINOfl, W. 1
Va.. Dec. 20. ( AP ) America's "big
business" dispatched lta auggestlons
today to President Roosevelt for ''the
revival of the normal process of In- J
dustry and trade," decided upon in i
three days of Intensive study by some
90 prominent executives. ,
The 11 point report which will be
presented possibly today waa drafted
by such leaders as John J. Raskob. !
a former Democratic national com- ;
mittee chairman and now a director
in General Motors; Henry I. Harrl
man. prrsldrnt of the Chamber of
Commerce; Owen D. Young, General
Rleetrlc company, and C. L. Barrto
and Robert L. Lund, chlefa of the
National Asaorlatlon of Manufacturers.
ftan 1 mm I mo liulterfat
SAN FRANCIHCO. Dec. 20.-(AP)
-First grade buttelat 31 fob. San
i Franc leco.
Ex-Film "Heavy"
Says Bank Roll
Now Totals $11
LOS ANGELES. Dec, 20. (P
Ona suit, shiny with wear, ta all
Erich Von Strohelm. former Aus
trian army officer and later one
of Hollywood's most unique ceHb
rttles. haj to remind him of (he
days when he was paid as high as
ft. 000 weekly for hi services as an
actor and director.
Von Srohelm, who began his
film career nearly a generation ao
under D. W. Griffith, and later
directed e rotation I mcccMes. de
clared In answering a fsllure t i
provide complaint of his divorced
first wife, that he today la fir
tually pettUu and unemployed
In fsct. the former actor-dlrec
tor declared his oank aocor.nt
amounts to onlv III 11.
WASHINGTON, Dec. 20. (AP)
Irenee Du Pont told the senate mu
nitions committee today "the only
way to wage war Is to have an abso
lute monarch at the head of the
government.'
The powder manufacturer made
this observation while being ques
tioned about the advisability of con
scripting industry in time of war.
Du Pont added that conscription
of industry would bring "a terrible
amount of lost motion and confusion."
"We will have a hell of a time In
case of war. whatever the system."
Du Pont testified, standing with his
pipe In his hand.
Discussing plans for war, Irenee
Du Pont said:
"The only way to wage a war Is to
prepare In advance, otherwise you
ar going to have a hell of a time.
If we are well enough prepared we
will never have a .war."
"Germany waa well prepared,"
Chairman Nye said.
Yes." Du Pont replied, "extreme
ly, but she was an aggrcslva nation."
FREE MATINEE FOR
ALL CHILDREN ON
The annual Mall Tribune Christmas
matinee for southern Oregon boys
and girls, presented through the gen
erous co-operation of George Hunt
theaters, will be held Christmas
morning, beginning at 10, at both
the Craterlan and Rlalto theaters.
Two fine Mickey Mouse comedies,
"Mlckeys Orphans' and "The Oro
cery Boy' have been secured for
this fine program to be shown with
an especially fine children' picture.
"Black Beauty."
All children are cordially Invited to
enjoy this fine program, which wilt
be shown at both theaters, and aa an
added treat applea will be given to
all kiddles attending.
The pictures, especially appropriate
for this free matinee, were secured
by Mr. Hunt with the Idea of general,
all-around entertainment for boya
and girls of all ages. Esther Ralston
and Alexander Kirkland are the fea
ture playera In "Black Beauty," and
plenty of action and thrills are prom
ised. The staff of both tht Rlalto
and Craterlan theaters have gener
ously offered their services In the
staging of this free matinee.
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 20. (UP)
A tiny stain on a hatchet found In
the dwelling of Special Officer
Joseph Osbourne, 24, waa classified
today as human blood, strengthen
ing the police charge that Osbourne
killed Simon Mlsh, 70, retired furni
ture dealer.
Dr. Warren 0. Hunter Identified
tht spot aa human blood. It waa
on the handle of the -weapon. The
stain waa so small It wsa Impossible
to classify It more definitely.
Police have contended that Mlsh
waa struck from behind, either with,
a sharp meapon such as an axe, or
by a square bottle, usually contain
ing liquor, which Is missing from the
Mlsh residence.
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Dec.
19. Read all the papers thru
today and I enn't find a new
plan to save the country. Kind
of slack season before Christ
mas, I piles. Boys ain't think
ing as pert as they usually are.
That Yugoslavia, they just
seem to want to fight anyhow.
Re. a good joke on them if no
body prevented 'cm.
Vc had heard of all kinds of
likely wars between nations,
but this one that Mussolini dog
up is a new one Italy versus
Ethiopia. That's goinc a long
way for an enemy.