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Medford Mail Tribune
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
TOR 1934
Twcuty-uinth Year
JIEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, DECEMBER 28, 1931.
No. 238.
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(Copyright. 1934, by Paul Mallon.)
WASHINGTON. Dec. 38. Political
mechanicians who gauge public opin
ion for the alert new deal have not
been very well
mtlsfied with the
Vay the last few
moves have gone
over.
You will never
hear It from
Uem directly,
but It la true
that the reaction
to the proposal
for limiting war
profits was Just
eo-so. It was a
one - day sensa-
tion which fail-
ad to keep public Interest sustained.
The thrust toward building pub
lic power plant In New York was
fiXd, but not exactly electrifying.
The handling of the White Sulphur
Springs business conference program
was badly botched by everyone who
touched It. That really U ths re&bon
why the stock- market has been
shrinking. Marketeers are frankly
wondering If the new dealers have
fccen soft-soaping them again with all
the autumn talk about helping bUSi
B'MS. For these reasons, the mechanicians
re laying great hopes on the Presi
dent's forthcoming message to con-gi-ess.
They say President Roosevelt
will pack a lot of meat in It. Some
of It may be sharp to the business
taste (budget, expenditures, social
legislation), but generally It will be
nutritious, and It will be fed In such
a. wsy as to make It nutritious which
Is Important.
Shipbuilder's Story Would
. Blast Claims of Accused
State Ready for Trial
With Startling Evidence
NORFOLK, Va., Dec. 28. (AP)
John Hughes Ourtls, of Norfolk, has
notified the New Jersey police he Is
prepared to testify Bruno Haupt-
mann showed him some of the Lind
bergh ransom money on one of his
meetings with Kauptmann and others
between the time the money had
been paid by John P. (Jafsie) Con
don and the finding of the Lind
bergh baby's body, counsel for Curtis
announced today.
, Curtis Is prepared to swear he had
direct personal contact with Haupt
mann. his counsel said.
Curtis. Norfolk. Va., shipbuilder,
was convicted at Flemlngton of ob
structing Justice in the Lindbergh
investigation two years ago.
TRENTON, N. J.. Dec. 28. ( AP)
Mm. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, It was
learned from an authoritative source
today will be called as a witness for
the prosecution In the trial of Bruno
Richard Hauptmann which starts at
Flemlngton next week. Hauptmann la
eharged with the murder of Mrs.
Lindbergh's Infant son.
The authority from which it was
learned Mrs. Lindbergh will testify
said she will be "an Important state
witness."
The most daring rescue of the holi
day season was effected when Chair
man Eccles of Federal Reserve was
taved from engaging In a controversy
.with Senator Glass.
Mr. Eccles was writing a reply"to
Senator Glass on Christmas eve, News
men were waiting eagerly. ' Word
came that Mr. Eccles had It half
written. Expectancy Increased. The
body of Mr. Eccles could be seen
visions 11 y drifting closer and closer
to the Virginia buzsaw. Then came
foe announcement that Mr. Eccles
would make no formal reply.
What happened was that certain
influential insiders called Mr. Eccles
on the. telephone In the ntck of time.
They told him that people who haw
lived in Washington longer than Mr.
B.ccles unanimously agree that the
easiest way to spoil a budding reserve
board career Is to get In an argument
with cactus -tone ued Carter.
By JAMES Y. LAWRENCE
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
FLEMINGTON. N. Z?C. 28.
TAP) The f.tate will' declare at
Bruno Richard Huptmann'a trial, a
prosecuting oficial disclosed today,
that the Lindbergh kid nap -slaying
suspect has had In his possession In
the last two years 149,600 more than
all his avowed sources of Income
provided.
The monev will be Identified by
the state, this official said, as the
bulk of the (50.000 ransom whldi
Dr. Jrhn P. Condon, Lindbergh in
termediary, paid In a Bronx ceme
tery April 2, 1932.
Efforts to trace the ransom notes
were redoubled after Hauptmann's
Glass usually knows whom he Is
spanking before he puts out his pad
dle, but thla time he hit the wrong
fellow.
The root of the trouble was that
the Federal Reserve board handled Its
press release inefflcter iy when It an
nounced a cut from 3 to per cent
In. bank Interest rates on deposits.
It, linked Its legitimate action with a
doubtful one" by the Federal Deposit
Insurance corporation. The FRB had
mple authority to order the cut by
its own members, but the FDIC prob
ably overstepped Itself when It ari-d
to extend the order to banks outside
the deposit insurance corporation.
The question Is purely . technical.
The FDIC obtained an opinion from
legal counsel that Its order was legal,
although laymen may not understand
bow it could be.
Glass knew all that. He merely
tised the unimportant opportunity for
an Indirect shot at the way the ad
ministration has centralized banking
tinder the FRB and FDIC. He will
be shooting at that off and on from
now on.
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Mr. Roosevelt had an experience at
Warm Springs some years ago which
tnsy furnish an explanation why he
la so eager to reduce interest rates.
At least the memory of the experi
ence Is vivid In his mind. He re
lated it recently to a frWnd.
A negro farmer near the President's
Oeorgla farm approached him and
ked for a loan of 200. The negro
aid he needed the money to buy a
mule team, seeds and farm imple
ments. He contended that the bank
levied such charges on him that the
Interest would amount to 12 per cent.
After investigating. Mr. Roosevelt
advanced the loan at 4 per cent. It
was all repaid.
Oovernor Eccles take his Job so
seriously that he has made a habit
of studying each night for two hours
on credit, finance, banking, taxation,
no matter what time he get home.
Treasury Secretary and Mm. Mor
trnthftu neveT fly in the same plane.
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PORTLAND COP QUITS
WHEN 'QUIZ ORDERED
PORTLAND, Dec. 2B. (p) .Rather
than face a board of commanding
officers on ft charge of conduct un
becoming a policeman. Patrolman Jos
Hammersly, for ten years a member
of the traffic squad here, resigned late
yesterday. He Insisted he was not
guilty of the offense charged to him
by a woman with whom he was said
to have been on a "wild party."
Riding at the head of nearly every
parade here In the past decade, Ham
mersly was well known to thousands
of Portlanders.
SALEM TRUCK STRIKE .
ARBITRATION FAILS
SALEM. Dec. 28. ( AP) A settle
ment of the truck drivers' strike here,
In effect since last Monday, appeared
no nearer today despite conferences
between union representatives and
employers' yesterday.
Arbitration meetings yesterday re
sulted tn ft deadlock over the "cloied
shop" question, with truck company
officials holding that an open shop
was legitimate under the NRA. "The
strike is still on and probably will
continue indefinitely." A. C. Ander
son, spokesman for the employers"
group, stated.
Editor Roosevelt
Scored Beat With
Portable Press
WASHINGTON. Dec. 28. (AP)
Thirty seven editors of college
dailies heard from the, president
today how Franklin D. Roosevelt,
as a, one-time Harvard editor,
scored ft nine-minute "beat"
against his opposition Yale paper.
The story went back to the
1900'a when Roosevelt, as editor
of the Harvard Crimson, carried
a one man press Into the Yale
bowl and printed an account of
the game on the ground.
It was off the press nine min
utes ahead of Yale's own publica
tion, the president said. . ...
The editors, holding a conven
tion here, told the president of
their purpose to organize and
campaign for an uncensored col
lege press.
SECURITY TREATY
COVERINGEUROPE
France and Italy to Co-operate
in Proposal, Is An
nouncement From Source
High in Diplomatic Circles
Accused Lawyer
STRIP SHELVES OF
NATION'S STORES
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. (AP) In
ventories of holiday goods were re
duced to the smallest proportion In
years, said the Dun & Bradstreet
weekly trade review by the excep
tional volume of Christmas buying
which reached peak levels last Mon
day.
"Preliminary ' estimates for the
country as a whole," asserted the
summary, "place the' Christinas sales
at an Increase ranging from 35 to 40
per cent by comparison with those
of last year, with the possibility that
final totals will show the best trade
in dollars since 1929.
'With the surprisingly large ex
pansion of the December volume, the
compilation of the final returns for
1934 doubtless will reveal an Increase
In sales of 15 to 20 per cent over the
1933 figures.
"While the possible trend of the
industrial operations In 1935 may bo
variously InterpreteC: there Is no un
certainty regarding the boldness with
which recovery has proceeded since
the mid-summer lows.
"For. ten consecutive weeks the
Dun & Bradstreet business activity
barometer has climbed upward
steadily, and for the current period
scored the sharpest upturn In many
years. From 09.8 for the week preced
ing It Jumped to 74.5. or a gain of 7
per cent, which carried it beyond the
mid-summer peak to the highest lev
el In three and a half years."
LONDON, Dec. 28. (AP) An au.
thorative diplomatic source state
today that Great Britain, with the
cooperation of France and Italy, will
propose a general security pact em
bracing almost all the countries of
Europe, immediately after the Saar
plebiscite.
The suggested convention. It was
said, will be submitted at Geneva,
the seat of the League of Nations.
The plebiscite Itself Is to be held
January 13. and the council of the
League of Nations Is to meet Just
two days before the balloting by
which the Saarlanders will express
their desire as to the future sover
eignty of the Saar basin territory. v
The suggested pact would be a
Joint pledge and guarantee of the
Independence of Austria. It also
would pledge the signatory nations
not to make any moves against one
another involving Austria or any
other question In which two or more
countries had an Interest..
Germany, it was stated, has given
assurances that she will participate
in the conventions.
Prime Minister J. Ramsay Mac
Donald and Sir John Simon, foreign
secrtafy, were said to have been the
men who conceived the proposal.
Sir John's present trip to France,
diplomatic quarters were given to
understand, Is for the purpose of ar
ranging preliminary steps toward the
pact. It was said that he had been
given the full cooperation of France
and Italy In the British proposals.
STELLA SCHRITT
PASSES. AGED 50
Stella Schrltt. wife of C. H. Schrltt
of Medford, passed away at a local
hospital at 7:55 thla morning at the
age of 50.
Mr. and Mrs. Schrltt have been
residents of Medford for nearly ten
years and have many friends here
and elsewhere. Mrs. Schrlt'i death
followed an Illness of three months
during which time she was a con
stant sufferer.
Besides her husband she leaves her
rather, L. J. Harvey of Goble, Ore.,
and two children, Evelyn Marq and
Howard E. Schrltt of Medford; also
the following brothers and staters:
Mrs. R. C. Bruce, Ooble, Ore.; Mrs.
Earl Pickering and Oeorge Harvey of
Warrington. Ore.: Will Harvey, Port
land: O. W. Harvey of Astoria and
Roy Harvey of Aurora.
Funeral services will be conducted
at th Conger chapel at 2:30 Monday,
Rev. W. R. Baird officiating. Inter
ment will be In the Slsk'.ycu Me
morial park.
Unauthorized Collectors.
It has been reported to the Mall
Tribune that unauthorized persons
have made collections from sub
scribers. Only those having the
regular receipt blanks Issued by
the paper should be entrusted with
subscription funds.
BY II. S.
PORTLAND. Dec. 28. (AP) Fed
eral officials here said today no
trace had been found of E. C. 80-
llnsky, former superintendent of Cra
ter Lake National park, whose In
dictment on charges of embezzlement
and payroll manipulations was an
nounced yesterday.
Carl C. Donaugh. United States at
torney, said efforts to trace Sollmky
through his last address at Berkeley.
Cal., .have failed.
Sollnsky was Jointly Indicted with
two subordinates, A. R. Edwin, chief
clerk and disbursing officer at the
park, and I. F. (Ike) Davidson, su
perintendent of park construction.
The three were dismissed last May
by Harold L. Ickes, secretary of the
Interior after anonymous complaints
had resulted In a quiet Investigation
which revealed alleged irregularities
in park management.
According to Attorney Ous New
bury, who arrived from San Francisco
this morning, he was with Bollnaky
yesterday when an airmail letter was
sent to U. S. Attorney Donough In
Portland, Informing the latter that
Sollnsky had Just learned that an
indictment had been Issued and giv
ing Soltnsky's address. Newbury de
clared today that the Sollnsky family
has lived at the same address in
Berkeley for 15 years, and he Is at
a loss to explain the statement that
the federal officials had been un
able to locate the former park superintendent.
An affidavit outlining the mannei
In which Ben Laska (above), vet
ran Denver attorney, allegedly re
celved part of the Charles F. Ur
ichel ransom money was disclosed
by government prosecutors in Den
ver as complicity charges against
the attorney were filed. (Associated
Press Photo
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SET NEW RECORD
10,692 Packages Handled
128,890 Cards and
Letters Sent Out Early
Mailing Aided Clerks
FEDERAL JUDGESHIPS
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County Jail terms were Imposed
late yesterday by Circuit Judge H. D.
Norton, upon two v of the nine de
fendants, arrested Christmas eve, In
a series raids ht stvte police and the
sheriff's office, upon local Illegal
liquor resorts.
. William 8. King, who plead guilty
to sale of liquor, was sentenced to
serve three months In the county
Jail. King operated with others the
"Midnight Club" In the Kings high
way district.
Vlrgie Miller, who plead guilty to
sale of liquor, was sentenced to six
months In the county Jail, and fined
$50. She operated a place on West
Second street, near the Junior high
school.
William Hahn, Mabel King, and
Emma Burdell are scheduled to be
arraigned next Monday morning, to
enter pleas to Illegal liquor charges.
LaVon Garman, his brother, Ken
neth Garman, Carol L. White, and
her daughter Elsie Langslot Thurs
day afternoon entered pleas of guilty
to "maintaining and aiding In the
maintenance of a common nuisance,"
and the court deferred sentence until
next Monday. They 'operated a place
on South Central avenue.
The district attorney Indicated that
the clause of the Knox Liquor Con
trol law, providing that costs of ac
tions could be assessed to owners of
buildings "knowingly" rented for Il
legal liquor sales.
LaVon Garman tcld the nurt that
he was a student in ft San Francisco
barber college, and was spending
Christmas with his brother Kenneth.
He said he wan a "guest, and had
nothing to do with any sales." The
court remarked, "at any rate you
were In bad company."
Kenneth Oarman testified that he
waa employed at Oold Hill, "but had
been at the pure off and on, for the
past three months."
Carol L. White, testified "she sold
drinks, and made Just enough to get
by. I did It because I did not want
to go on county relief. I wanted to
An all-time record for Christmas
parcels coming in to the Med
ford poatofflce was set this year, It
waa revealed today with the comple
tion of a summary of the Christmas
business for 1934. postmaster Frank
DeSouza, terming the season "most
gratifying," announced that the post
office handled this year a total of
10,692 Incoming packages, or 1048
more than were handled In the pre
vious banner year of 1931.
Incoming packages last year num
bered 3.929 less than thla year, but
showed a gradual uptrend In Christ
mas business since 1932. the year fol
lowing the mailing peak. This year's
climb may be attributed generally to
better business conditions.
According to the conceling ma
chine's records, a total of 128,800 let
tors and postcards were sent out this
year, or 19.220 more than In 1933.
Tills mark, however, doea not equal
the number of postcards and letters
mailed out In 1931.
Stamps Top I,ast Year
It was revealed by ft check on
stamp sales, the only way of figur
ing the outgoing business, that ft
total of nearly $1000 more of stamps
were sold this year than In 1933.
Stamp sales are ft basis upon which
an estimate of the amount of out
going parcel post and letter mall Is
made.
An exceptional feature of the
Christmas business this year, post
master DeSouza said, was the early
mailing, which enabled the postof
flco to distribute lncomtng mall and
dispatch, outglng mall more rapidly.
The public has. become educated as
to the importance of early mailing
and careful addressing, DeSoupa said.
Despite this factor, there will be a
great many Christmas cards which
will not reach the addressee due to
improper addresses.
Another Interesting feature Is the
fact that there were many more In
sured packages mailed this year, due.
DeSoura said, to the stress that the
pos toff ice has placed on the value of
Insurance.
During the Christmas period this
year 12 substitutes were employed
at the postofflce in addltton to the
regular force,
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Drinking, Betting Peril
Grid Sport Is Warning
Reliefer Harry Hopkins. In hta
C:irl.tmas announcement, referred to
December 2 as the "birthday of
who d)e!:ked poverty," etc., which may
b worth debating In view of biblical
evidence to the contrary.
I Mr. Farley's prestidigitator. Emil
K.irj.i. bought himself a 110 gold
.e.re fnr ChrHtmas end brazenly
ears it on his watch chain. I"he
iCeotlDued en Pg Rft-U
NEW YORK, Dec. 28. (AP) A
warning against the practice of
drinking among spectators ftt foot
ball games and the evils of betting
on games was served on the American
Football Coaches association tooay
by Qua Dorais. head coach at the
University of Detroit and chairman
of the committee on public relations
iv.r: : , reporting at the flrrt busi
ness session of the roaches, said
both factors nad become sn increas
ing menace to the game in recent
rears and added that It la up to
the coaches to do their part in elimi
nating, or at least minimizing them.
Trie committee recommended as
Mir step in the program that col
lege refuse aiaiiUinct to gnica
of persons under the Influence of
intoxicants.
The report also rapped the activi
ties of coaches who pick football
winner In the newspapers.
"We lose sight of the fact too often
that the game belongs to the boys,
not the coaches." the report added.
Publication of "Wolf and Bfar"
rtrtea was termed unth!.
The report waa the principal fea
ture of the business session 01 er
which Dana X. Bible, head coach cf
the University of Nebraska, presided.
The conches took no action on
the report of the rules committee,
submitted by Joe McKenney. of
Boton UnlverHtr. which revealed
hat 80 per cent of the coaches favor
tht rules as thej oow I'sud,
WASHINGTON, Dec. 28. Spec
ulation arose here today ca to who
might be nominated to fill two va
cancies on the bench of the ninth
circuit court of appeals at San Fran
cisco. The senate failed to confirm ap
pointment of Judge Frank H. Nor
cross. At the office of Senator Pitt
man (D , Nev.) It waa said today no
further recommenrietlon had beon
made In the matter of appointing a
judge to the ninth circuit bench.
A. E. Reamee of Medford has been
prominently mentioned as a possible
snpolntee for the circuit court of
appeals.
PHONE SHAREHOLDERS
OF LINE 19 TO MEET
WILLOW HPRINCJ8. Dec. 5 (Bpl.l
Shareholders of telephone line No.
19 will hold their annual meet Int.
Saturday evening, December 29, at
7:30 at the W. K. Parker home.
La Orande Warming t'p
GRANDE Ore., Pec. SB. MP)
Bright sunshine and more moderate
temperatures prevailed In the Orande
Ronde valley today although the
mereurv dropped to 21 above during
last msht. ThurfdA)- s maximum nas
1 39 ftbovs.
IS
SNOW RUINS GLUE
False Teeth May
Lead To Tracing
Suicide Identity
SALEM. Dec. 38. (AP) A set
of false teeth might be the only
possible means of Identifying the
decomposed body of a man found
dangling from a rope In a tree
yesterday two miles south of
Sunnyslde, County Coroner L. E.
Barrlck stated.
The gruesome discovery was
made on the Frohmader Brothera
farm, nine mllea south of Salem,
by one of the owners of the farm.
Barrlck said this morning that
no identification had been estab
lished, and that there was only ft
remote possibility it would be.
Tli at the man took his own life
wss "beyond question," District
Attorney Ttlndle declared.
GOTTLIEB, GAULT
BY NEJJHERIFF
Sheriff-Elect Syd Brown An
nounces First of Appoint
ments Others Later
To Take Office January 7
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DRAFT BEER RULE
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PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 28. (AP)
Without having Intimated In any way
that It might change Its position, the
Oregon Liquor Control Commlsston
today had taken under advisement
a atrong protest from druggists and
grocers who have been ordered to dis
continue the sale of draft beer.
Members of thd commission were
to meet In executive session here this
afternoon to give the new regulations
further consideration. .
The liquor commission ;ast week
ruled that after Jan. 1 drug stores
and groceries may sell bottled beer
for consumption on the premises, but
that none of these places could draw
beer from the barrel.
At a meeting with the commission
here Thursday representatives of
druggists' and grocers' associations
filed ft formal protest. They contend
ed that of all the places selling beer,
their groups had conducted tholr
business with the least disorder.
AH 193S licenses must be on dis
play In selling places by January 1,
the commission stated.
As itr bs road houses and beer
places outside city limits rre con
cerned, the commission has said each
will be Investigated separately before
a license Is Issued. The mere fact
that ft beer parlor Is set up outside
city limits does not mean It can op
erate without restriction, mem here of
the commission stated. The recom
mendations of county courts will go
a long way with the commission
when the time comes to lssus licenses.
BALF.M. Dec, 28. (AP) The atate
highway commission today announc
ed the awarding of two contracts
held over from the last meeting of
the commission. They were:
Plttsburg-Vernonta section of the
Nehatem secondary highway In Col
umbia county, 1.91 miles crushed
rock or gravel resurfacing and bit
uminous wearing surface, to A. T.
Dolan of Tillamook for 120.646.
South 'Ashland section of the Pa
cific highway In Jackson county.
1.188 lineal feet of pavement widen
ing, let to the Mountain States Con
struction company of Eugene for
19.349.
EX RAILROAD FIREMAN
I SUES ON WRECK INJURY
I RAN rBANCISCO. Dw. 3d (API
iJkitim B. Colll.r. former rmltTMd fir,.
m,n, fllM ult tor 15 000 dmr
i bne Thiir1y aniiinat tin Bouth.rn
i Pacific Rlljr comptny for Inju
i rlf h uminl he rcrflvM In the
wrack of Southern Pacific freight
irain on h1rh he orklng lt
June In Ukc county, Orra&n. The
u tin ft derailed by t Un;liH.
FOREST OROVE. Ore., Dec. J.8. P
Between 00 and 75 men again today
pushed their way through th denae
unlerbruh of the Wllaon river wllda
In aearcli for Harlan Le Toumeau of
Portland, lost In the woods alnce
December 21.
The discovery yesterday near the
head of Clear creek of footprint be
lieved to have been made by the miss
ing man, gave searchers their flrat
due. Last night, however, aa weary
woodsmen rested, a anow storm cam
to cover up the trail. A gale was
blowing thla morning.
Aa the lost man had no malchea
and no equipment other than a am all
pistol, searchers fear ha could not
have aurvlved the eight daya of blus
tery weather.
La Toumeau, a welder, wsa on hla
way to a logging camp when he miss
ed a trail and became hopelessly
lose in the Jungle-like forest.
FOUR MAROONED IN SNOW
ARE TAKEN TO SHELTER
BUBANVILI.E. Cal., Dec. 28. (AP)
Four persons. Including twe chll
dren, who hsd been marooned for
several houra In deep enow on the
Plttvllle highway 20 miles north of
herf, were brought safely to West
wood, Cel., today by rescue partlea.
PORTLAND, Dec. 28. (A1) Approx
imately 8,1000 applications for old
age pensions were made In Mult
nomah county thla year, and of thla
number 1,200 were acted upon fav
orably, and 3S6 are pending for In
vestigation and action.
The minimum pension allowed has
been $2 a month, and the maximum
was 820. The average la 811.80 a
month. The very amalt granu were
supplementary allowances to appli
cants who had some other Income or
relatives on whom they could largely
depend.
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Appointment of Ohiia Gottlieb aa
chief deputy of the tax department.
and Howard Clault as chief office
deputy, was announced late yesterday
by Syd I. Brown, aherlff-elect, who
will assume office Monday, Jan. 7.
Clottlteb, widely known In southern
Oregon, Is highly experienced In cler
ical handling of tax collection work.
For 18 yeara he was tax collector of
the city of Kansaa City. Mo Mr.
Oottlleb la owner of an orchard tract
and hns resided here for 35 yeara. -
Clault. chief deputy, has held that
position for the past threa months.
He Is a law student and acquainted
with all legat angles of the berth, be
ing particularly well fitted on account
of hla legal training and study. Ha
Is a native aon and gradual of the
Medford high aohool. For aeveral
yerrs he waa clerk of the Medford
Justice of the peace court.
Appointment of a Jailer and two
deputy sheriffs will not be made by
Oherlff-elect Brown until next week.
The sheriff-elect has been virtually
awampod by oral and written appli
cations for deputyahlp appointments.
Close to ZG0 fippiiialiuiia have beeti
filed for the berths.
Brown expecta to make other ap
pointments in the tax collection de
partment. In the minor poslttona, but
they will not be effective for aeveral
weeks.
Otto Caster, county commissioner-
elect, will take office January 7, and
hla first county court session will be
Wednesday, January B. Caster Is
Phoenix district farmer.
The present county court will hold
sessions today and Monday, to close
up the business of the year. Commis
sioner a. B. Nealon will end his ten
ure of office with the regular sesslosi
of the court, next Wednesday.
HEDR1GK RETURNS
MUCH IMPROVED
The many frlenda of . H. Hed
rlck, city school superintendent, will
be glsd to hear that ha returned
from the aouth today on th morn
ing train. Mr. Hedrick reported that
he was feeling much better, and
hoped to be back In harness at th
school offices before long.
Mr. Hedrick wns forced to give up
sctlve school work last March when
hla health failed, and since that
Mm he has been taking health treat
menu In California. A gradual Im
provement has now allowea him to
return to hla home here, although
he doca nut expect to take up hla
duties right away.
SAN FRANClflCO, Dec. 28 P
Rain and snow pelted every atate
weat of the Rockies today with a new
storm thundering Into the northwest
off the Alaskan gulf.
Snow fell In practically all the
plateau region. In part of Oregon
and Washington, and In moat of Cali
fornia abov th 8.O00-foot level.
Blsewhere, It either rained steadily
or showered.
Recovery Chief Stresses
Peril in Unemployment
CLEVELAND, Dec. 28. (AP) Don
ald Rich berg said today that Amer
ica faces "Internal dissension" unless
the unemployed millions are given
work.
Voicing ft hope that business will
"do its part." the president's recov
ery rhtef said there sre "ft large num
ber of business men" who "now fa
vor the dole because It will cost them
leas than to give men work."
Crltlelrlng this view as "very short
sighted M he said:
"Perhaps It might be cheaper even
In ft money senae to find work for
these idle hands to do than to aup-
, o't live armies nereviary to hold
them back IX ones these millions of
pleading fingers were turned Into
threatening claws'
'It Isn't slm-ays sound business
Judgment." Rlchberg said, to pay the
eheapeat price for ft thing. And It Is
very often very bad political Judg
ment to buy the cheapest protection
of national security.
We may have some reasonable feara
of a foreign foe. But the graveat dan
gers that threaten America sre those
of Internal dissension."
Rlchberg spoke at ft luncheon open
Ing the clvlo eipoaltlon.
As one means of reducing the
number of unemployed, Rlchberg
suggested the nerd for better hour
ing and the replacement of obsolete
machinery and equipment.
IS
PORTLAND, Ore., Dec. 28. (AP!
Sam Wlldarrnan of University of Ore
gon was announced today as the win
ner of a poll taken among Paelfte
coast sports writers to determine th
most popular of th college press
agents on the ccaat, Billy Stepp,
porta editor of th News-Telegram
here, conducted the poll. Don Lleb
endorfer of Stanford was second, and
Art Taarre or Oregon state was third.
Wllderman had 178 points, Lleben
dorfer. 144, and Taaffe. 138.
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Dec.
27. Well, Christ ma is all over
and tliey say there was more
buyi:i(,' and more money spent
than any time in four years.
Now comos New Year's and
iilonu with it cmiies New Year's
predictions of our leading men.
This year they will read as
follows," all of 'em: "I am an
optimist and always have been,
but we must be assured of no
inflation and a fair return on
our investment. If the govern
ment will just, 'ay off us every
thing will be line."
Now wAteh New Year's and
xee how far we miss it.
Yours,
fli)ls2lt0iell. 1
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