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WINNER
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rOR 1834
Tweuty-niiitli' Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JANUARY 20, 19...").
No. 256.
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By Paul Mallon
.Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. This is
the moat peculiar congress we have
bad In a long time.
You may have suspected from
glancing at the
front pages lately
that It adjourned
after th opening
lenlon three
weeks ago. Judg
ing from the
nolM made ao far
no one has been
In session except
Huey Long.
.The fact Is that
both houses have
been twiddling
-their thumbs.
S e s a t o n a have
been held only about half the time,
n t. thfc Prurient Roose-;
-One reason ta that President Roose-
. velt has delayed the submission of his
program, but there are deeper and
more significant reasons.
About one-third of the present con
gress Is new. These freshmen hardly
know how to get from tncir oiuce
to the floor and back again without
getting lost. Most of them so far
have only a vague notion what this
legislating business Is all about. It
J will bo weeks. If not months or years,
before all of them get on to the ropes.
Another third Is made up of repub
licans, who are In a very docile mood.
They are not going to start anything-
All you have left are the old-time
democrats, who are the leaders, and
a few old faithful geysers like Long
and Thomas, who spout every hour on
the hour.
The result la that Mr. Roosevelt
and his leaders have the reins on this
congress tighter than on the last on.
But do not let that fool you. Down
underneath, there Is fire. The two
thirds who do not yet know how, or
do not care, to express themselves are
not asleep. You can get a tip on how
they feel by noting the way they Its
ten Intently to the Longs and the
Thomases.
Last session, when Long spoke. It
was a good opportunity for everyone
to go to lunch. He was a clown. No
one took him seriously. This year he
la a genius. Incredible ns It may
seem, most good politicians now con
sider him that; not, of course. In re
lation to common sense,- to finance
or government, but solely In political
salesmanship. He has promised to
make every man a king. No one can
raise him on that one unless a pro
mise Is made to make every man a
dictator, but. even so. a king's life is
softer.
The freshmen may not know much,
but they know Hucy's Hooey goes
over big with unintelligent voters and
also with a lot of intelligent ones who
have suffered so much that they are
past calm reasoning.
Mr. Roosevelt knows this situation
and baa been handling things mainly
to keep the congress from running
after the false prophets. That strate
gy was apparent in all recent moves.
Aa things stack up now, he will be
successful generally, although he will
have to make concessions. But don't
by any means believe everything Is aa
quiet aa it seems along the Potomac.
The mayor of a large eastern city
went to see Long a few days ago. He
asked the senator to visit his town ;
and make a ehare-the-wealth speech.
Long barked back: I
". "I don't have to go traveling all j
around the country. I reach my peo
ple on the radio."
That Is the Roosevelt technique,
but you could hardly classify Hucy's
harangues as "fireside talks."
Reports of the resignation of Hous
er James A. Moffett arc getting to be
a dime a down In the Washington
whispering gallery. Even his friends
admit he plans to sever his connec
tion with the New Deal sometime
soon so he may return to the otl
business, but they ?ay he will not
quit until the senate has confirmed
him.
Some have even gone so far as to
pick his successor. A good bet is
Charles Edison, son of the late Inven
tor, who Is a state official of the
National Emergency Council. Edison
was associated with Prank Walker in
the drafting of the housing legisla
tion and has a keen Interest in the
problem.
The housing administration has' de
veloped publicity science further than
ny other New Deal bureau. Among
other things, It now puts out daily a
digest sheet with circular chart
showing exactly what the press think
of it. One such chart recently show
ed 80 per cent of the press favorable
and 16 per cent neutral.
What pleases the New Deal econom
IsM so much about the Increased steel
production la that some of It ta due
m increased orders for machinery.
Tiat may mean the Mart of a pick-up
in raciory renaDimnurm.
If i? &
PA I I. MALI. ON I
NRA Chairman Clay Williams Idea tnc opening game, meeting an eat
of news was to pledge a reporter to j ern Oregon opponent.
secrecy recently about the fart that
lOominued on Page Three)
,
Urn ThW anUhe
City pour- had found no rlu last
night leadine to the arret of the
b-jrg'.ar or buralars who entered th
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E;g Co. 128 North Grape street.
jonie tirr.e Fnd
with nine rif
r.aiclnc a""ay
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BITTER COLD
S
Eleven Deaths Attributed to
Storm Falling Roof Kills
Roseburg Man Coldest
Weather of Year in Valley
fc Oregon: Increasing cloudlneaa Sun- !
ds follows by anow br Sunday .
night west portion; Monday, unset-1
tied with anow and not qult ao
cold; Increasing east and southeast
wind off the coast.
BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 19. (AP)
Weekly forecast for January 21 to
January 28. Inclusive: Frequently un
settled weather, with occasional
anowa over mountains and plateaus.
Sub - normal temperaturea.
SAN FRANCISCO. Jan. 19. (API
Bitter cold weather was in prospect
again for the Pacific Northwest and
California for the week-end. following
eight days of blizzards and rain, wl,h
eleven deaths attributed to the storm.
Railroad and airline schedules were
disrupted. Communities in Idaho.
Washington and Oregon were buried
under the deepest snow blanket In
years, but main highways were kept
open.
The dead In Washington stat were
Robert Balcombe. 21. and Virginia
Brown. 19, killed when their bobsled
crashed into an automobile near
Aberdeen, and Jack McLeod. 64, who
died of exposure at Belllngham. "
The collapse or a snow packed roof
killed Edward Everts. 44. at Rose
burg. Ote. Frank Cunningham was
killed at High Rivers. Alta.. when a
Canadian Pacific train crashed into
his automobile, and George Anderson.
taxi driver, crashed to his death when
his car skidded. Two pedestrians were
killed in Berkeley, Calif., by automo
biles whose drivers said the rain
blinded them.
At Tacoma. Wash.. Clifford Sevcrln.
18-year old high school senior, was
fatally Injured when his sled hit a
telephone pole.
The storm, spreading into Arizona,
was blamed for two deaths in an ac
cident near Ashfork.
In the Cascade mountains, near
Rnndlc, Wash., state game officials
took hay and feed to a herd of 150
deer trapped In the drifts. A snow
blanket 5 to 7 Inches deep covered
Seattle where the temperature of 15
above was the lowest since 1924.
Frank Dorbandt. Alaskan pilot, and
three passengers turned up safe at
Atlin, B. C, after being unreported
several hours.
The San Francisco bay region ex
perienced the coldest weather of the
season. Ice formed on pools on San
Francisco streets which were washed
by .59 of an inch of rain in 24 hours.
While commercial airlines service
from San Francisco was not Inter
rupted today, the weather condition
between Elko. Nev., and Cheyenne,
Wyo., halted aerial traffic, the UnltM
Airlines reported.
In southern California snow cov
ered the mountain tops. Los Angeles
was visited by lightning, wind and
hall and a near cloudburst struck
Pasadena and Altadena. San Diego
reported a storm wind that reached
the velocity of 30 miles an hour, I
blowing down signboards and treses 1
and disrupting light service
Mercury at 23 Here
Skies cleared over southern Oregon
Friday night, plunging the mercury j
in Mcdford to a new low record for (
this winter. 22 degrees, and changing j
the soft snow or slush, that had pre
viously made travel hazardous. Into
Ice.
Med ford and vicinity were given
freezing weather both Friday and Sat
urday nights, but In some of the
mountain areas, where highways have
been opened through snow lying in
five-foot depths. Increased cloudiness
kept the temperature at a slightly
higher point.
The Pacific highway over the Sis
kiyou was made more slippery by
the freeze, and occasional flurries
yesterday of fine, dry snow Increased
the need for chains there and on the
Greensprlngs road.
Blizzards continued to rage in the
Klamath Palls and Dunsmutr areas.
according to reports Saturday.
The freezing temperature compares
with a mark of 24 degrees reached
here last December 0. and a low rec
ord for the preceding winter of 15
degrees, reached on January 22, 1634.
Autolsta. besides being faced with
the hazards of travel on any of the Ing sun and aridity, they have be-1 Charged with assault with a dancer
hiffhwava leadlnz from Medford. i come unwllllne obtecta of charltr In : ous weapon, William C. Mahan. 45.
opened their doors In many Instances
Saturday morning to find froren ra
dlators.
BULLETIN
PORTLAND. OTf., Jan. 19. ,vp,
ror me l u 'n w ni.tory 01
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Salem high, boat teem, will plav In
Bracket drawings were made here
today for t'ne tournament which w.ll
re he:d at Willamette university on
March 20. 21. 22 and 23.
At usuai. t'.ie to rrtlAn fans
.V 1 1 1 n to the same dl v ui: on and ; f
successful in the flrt round w:il
r-,t in the ifmni eVmmrr.onshlD
- -
( rouaa.
-The
klu represent. :-.g me ja-.-
a innvn. jvt-.n:? h itt-
.i :itet r Portl.tnd champion in
('-a rouad.
1934 Gasoline Sales
In Oregon Show 7
Million Gallon Gain
SALEM. Ore.. Jan. 19. (API
Gasoline sales In Oregon during
1934 gained a total of 7.072.611
gallons over 1933. resulting in a
tax Increase of ll.016.6U, it was
announced from the state depart
ment today. Gallonag In 1934
was 165.976,480 and taxes 8,206,
923. Iaat month 11.807.831 gallons
were sold with a resulting tax of
590,391 . compared to II .070.452
gallons and 553,523 In taxes In
December, 1933.
HAUPTMANN'S BAY
JERSEY COURT
primn CUfprl Ac r:PQf Pip.
Ol UllU OlcUCU H rilol ue
fense Witness Seven
Questions and Answers
Ready State's Case
Draws to Close.
FLEMINGTON, N. J.. Jan. 19. (AP)
Soon, probably next Wednesday,
will come Bruno Richard Haupt
mann's day In court.
For 13 torturing days the slender,
almost emaciated carpenter of Ka
menz the footpad, the church thief
of Kamenz has watched, stared at. I
slumped from and (twice) snarled t
the pointing fingers. His ears have
rung with the reiterated : "It was
Hauptmann."
Before another week la over he will
get his chance to deny the testimony
by which the state ot New Jersey Is
endeavoring to route him straight to
the electric chair, for a baby's mur
der. When that day comes he will no
longer have to alt, aa he has for most
of the 13 days, and shake his head
time after time In violent negation.
No more, probably, will he have
to listen to testimony so disturbing
as to cause him to say (as he did to
the cab driver, Perrone): "You are a
liar." or (as he did to the federal
detective, Stsk): "Mister, mister, atop
lying! You are telling a, story 1"
The state will gather together Ito
bag ends of testimony, and perhaps
some new and sensational evidence
aa well, on Monday and Tuesday.
By Wednesday, if the program holds.
It will be Hauptmann's turn to talk,
and he will be the rtrst of scores
of defense witnesses to take tlie
stand.
When he has placed his hand cn
the court Bible and has sworn to tell
the Bible truth to all questions put
to him, he will speak the simple but
vital lines his counsel have said he
will speak. To all but one of the
seven questions to be asked htm.
Hauptmann will answer: "No."
"Did you kidnap the Lindbergh
baby? Did you kill the Lindbergh
baby? Did you collect the random
money?"
Bruno Richard Hauptmann will sav
"No."
His counsel will ask him then:
"Where did you get the ransom money
which was found In your home?"
Hauptmann. deviating for the first
time from his string of negatives.
I will say: "Prom Isador Flscht"
Once the defense starts the pre-
ntation of its case there is small
...u, f -nv Plirtn mVntifm
, th t whJc
caused Hauptmann's blonde, ex-waitress
wife Anna, to rise from her place
and cry out in interruption of testl
i mony: "Mrs. Achenbach, you are ly
1 ing."
HILLSBORO AREA
FACE STARVATION
HILLSBORO. Ore.. Jan. 10. (AP)
The pestilent spectre of starvation
; faces some AO mid-west drought-
fleeing families who arrived here Justj
in time for Oregon's most severe win-I
ter In years.
Driven from the mid-west by hir-
Washington county.
Under relief regulation,, the faml-
Ilea are classed aa transients and they
suffer through a cut In the transient;
fund allotment. The usual appro.
prlatlon of 7J0 for the county waa1
cut to l'250 for January. fort to patch up family troubles development followed persist-
This amount has been exhausted ! met his wife on the street shortlj ent rrsloTtM that there waa sharp dl
emergenry relief administration em-; after noon. ; vergenee of opinion among members
plovea reported. He told officer, that Vila wlfe,;of lhe board' Itaclf.
It doesn't take care or tne rami-
vp nftve hw MmarkM Rt w
Well, chairman of the county relief
i committee. "With the money gone,
there Is nothing the local relief of-
flee can do for them."
"We cant do a thing for them,"
another relief worker said in d
prratlon. There a noting for them
to do but starve.'
roller (tlrlt Improve I
nrTON u.u t.n lQfAPi
th. oin rtf t.-r h
r vw,"v " .' . . "
a more inquiring mina man nerjper cenv in urimm Viwmwju
predecessor or 50. 2o or even i yars lent new nope looay itt inn-rw-j
' . i M .w i, ... nrt vifV.wrw.rt. rtf Anirrimn rvirV and lard
r - oton. nrLtrint of WeiltvltT col-
I lege
SF
DEAL BILLS
Excutive Asked Quick Ac
tion, but Solons Dawdle
Controversies Due to Flare
Coming Week in Legisla
te; Take Week-End Rest
SALEM. Jan. 19. (API The In
itial skirmish on the floor of the
house on the first of the major ad
ministration measures to come be
fore the members of either house I
sent the budget control bill back to j
th MmmlttM nn administration and
reorganization as the Oregon legisla- ,
ture adjourned today over the week
end. The proposal, known as house bill
3. would center the control of bud
gets with the governor and place the
power of department consolidations
with the executive. , It was on the
calendar for final passage but when
It come up for consideration a fight
was made to send the measure to the
revision of laws committee.
The motion was made by Represen
tative Homer Angell of Multnomah
county, who stated the complete
change in the form of government
should go before a committee of law- 1
yers. His motion was amended to send
the bill back to the committee which
had previously reported It out ami
Angell 's contention was lost by vote
of 30 to 25.
With this action the four major
administration bills, which were
launched smoothly the first of the
week with special messages from the
governor, thus were all back into
committees despite the plea of the
executive to bring them out immed
iately. The four are the placing of
fees and collections made by com
missions and boards into the general
fund, creation of a super planning
commission, the budget bill and the
county unit system for public schools.
The first of the biennial proposals
designed to Inject the state highway
commission Into politics la scheduled
for Introduction into the 38th legis
lature early next week In the form
of a bill to make appointment of
the atat highway engineer by the
highway commission subject to ap
proval of the legislature.
Among other controversial bill
slated for Introduction next week is
one by Representative Ross, prohibit
ing oil companies from selling gaso
line at both wholesale and retail.
The measure is aimed at those large
oil concerns operating company
owned stations to the disadvantage
of privately owned stations. It pro
vldes that none of these major oil
companies could operate, or own
stock in any retail service station in
Oregon.
TO FORECLOSE
TAX
Preparations are being made by
county officials to file tax proceed-
ings as required by law for unpaid
taxes for the years 1928. 1929 and
1930. This list will include the prop-
erty of approximately twelve hundred 6omc 17 yea-r h Junior, In a ro
persons. mance. But there are her letters to
neports coming to the county court ' prove It. Pat as her "Sweet Potato."
indicate that there are some taxpay- I letters read at the trial showed,
era in the county who are not aware '
of the fact that the foreclosure list
may include their property, and all
taxpayers are requested to -carefully
examine their tax receipts to deter
mine whether or not their taxes for
the years Indicated are delinquent.
If the tax ds vers receipts have been
mislaid the information could be
obtained from the sheriff's office or
the county clerk's office where a
complete list of delinquent taxes for
those years la on file.
EUGENE STREETS
EUGENE. Ore., Jan. 10. ( AP)
i Portland, waa held In the county Jail
here following a shooting melee on
Willamette atreet here thla afternoon
during whl"i his wife waa shot.
Mahan. who told of fir. r. he canw
to Eugene Thursday night In an ef -
uiaays iwanan. xa. reiusea ma or-
I mand that she return home with him
; ana. according to nia story, ne puijro
I a small automatic from his pocxet tn
an effort to frighten her.
Mrs. Mahan xrabted for the gun
which went off in the scuffle, the
bullet shattering the end of one of
her flnftrs and breaking the k!as
in a window of a nearby shoe Morrr.
Hog Tpert Itrljh1 er.
! WASHINGTON. Jan. 10 (API An
nfftnml renort of decline of 7 6
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nn th reult of the w per cent slash
la tariff on imported beer.
CRIMINAL SYNDICALIS! N RIAL OF SEVENTEEN STARTS
Alleged communists charged with violating California's syndicalism laws went to trial In Sacramento
with Neil McAllister as a special attorney general heading the prosecution. Four of ths 17 being tried are
(left to right) Lorlne Norman. Caroline Decker. Jack Warnick and Pat Chambers. (Associated Press
Photos
KIN DF COOLIDGE DAKOTA GOVERNOR
REPINES IN JAIL jOUSTED BY HOUSE
FOR STOLEN LOVEiVOTE KEEPS SEAT
Unable to Pay Wife of Her
"Sweet Potato" $5000
Judgment Want Romeo
for Throwing Eggs
Letters Tell All.
RUTLAND, Vt.. Jan. 10. (AP) A
cousin of Calvin Cool Id go and nt-?cc
of a former governor of Vermont,
Miss Bertha Moore, la In Jail be
cause she can't raise the 15.000 a Jury
decided she must pay the wile of her
"Sweet Potato." missing ash collec
tor who was the object ot her af
fections.
She's starting her thirds-month of
Incarceration and Is likely to be held
three months more if she doesn't
find the $5,000 the Jury said was due
to Mrs. Carmen (Pat) Oilman in an
alienation verdict.
Pat, the romeo of the piece la
missing. He Jumped bail after recent
arraignment on a charge of assaulting
a Ludlow restaurant employe. Speci
fically he Is accused of having tossed
eggs at his victim.
Tho middle-aged Miss Moore ha 5
the sympathy of her old neighbors
in Ludlow, where for many years she
served as village clerk. There the
niece of former Governor William W.
Stlckney is known as a kindly wo
man, who kept the best flower and
vegetable garden In the community.
They remember that Miss Moore
with a basket of flowers and vege
tables, enroute to a neighbor, was
an almost dally sight. They hope she
soon will have her freedom.
In Vermont, however a delay of six
months la customary before a person
lfl "wca Pr n. ana
",HV- 11 appears, may De Misa Moore e
avenue of escape.
It la difficult for her old neighbors
i aasocmt miss Moore ana fat,
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 10. ZAP) Rfl-
t newlng his criticism of Secretary
Hull's methods. George N. Peek, spe
cial advisor to the president on for
egn trade, today urged reorganization
of the administration's foreign trade
policies and program.
Peek, former farm administrator
presented a five-point plan to correct
what he railed "mistakes' and give
Amrrlcans an opportunity to compete
"successfully" with other nations.
WASHINGTON, Jan. ID. UP) Don
I aid n. nirhbfrg waa dlKclowrl today
to b, ln almimmrnX, official.
; of NRA- administrative board
rtlchberg. head of the national
l mPrgf,npy concil and also of the
ffrollD n,nrH to draft NR. A policy.
said at ths White House It wa
unfortunate impression" that the au
tomobile code was to be renewed au
tomatically on February 1.
Members of the board had said they
knew of no difficulties in the way of
renewal.
Idhri.k 'talk a hakm
As dlMrlrt governor of the organt-
Mtlon. Glen Pahrlck of this city was
' n, .h.
Kurw, iitun v
j nnirm n:mr chid numr ih.j.
1 hud iven f I n tl larlv honond at meet-
m. "t me f.ugne ana
Portland
(club the day before.
Non-Partisan League Effort;
to Seize State Control
Faces Legal Fight
Executive Dismisses Mili
tary Guard.
BISMARCK, N. D., Jan. 10. ( AP)
Disdaining any but peaceful means.
Governor Thomas H. Moodle today re
tained possession of his office In a
tense political at tun t Ion precipitated
by his Impeachment yesterday In the
North Dakota house of representa
tives. Ordering withdrawn two national
guardsmen who had been on wntob
against possible attempts to remove
him, Moodle declined to give up hla
office to Lieut. Gov. Walter H. Wel-
ford until the situation Js clarified.
He said he contemplated legal action.
Opinions differed whether his sus
pension provided In the case of Im
peached officers until their case li
decided by the senate would take
effect Immediately. Attorney Gen
eral P. O. Sathre, affiliated with the
Non-Partisan league group which
sponsored the Impeachment, advised
the governor yesterday's action waa
Incomplete.
Welford, also a Non-Partisan leag
uer. If he takes over the governor's,
duties, would be the state's fourth
chief executive In a little more than
six months.
Ole H. Olson, then lieutenant gov
ernor, took over the office when Wil
liam Langer. among those behind the
Impeachment move, was removed af
ter his federal court conviction of a
felony. Moodle took office on Janu
ary 7.
Non-Parttaan lehgue leaders plan
ned at today's house session to ap
point a board of managers for the
Impeachment.
The impeachment resolution, with
out specifying violations, charged
"crimes, corrupt conduct, malfeasance
and misdemeanors In office." Lead
ers indicated a charge Moodle "usurp
ed" the office, knowing he was not
a citizen of the United States, would
be the basl of efforts to convict
him. Moodle, born In Canada, has
reiterated that he is a United States
citizen.
FOR ESCAPE GUN
NEW YORK, Jan. 10 (AP)
Cracking under rigorous questioning
by federal department of Justice
agents, members of the notorious 'ri
tte gang tonight were reported by
Frank X. Foy, head of the New York
office of the department of Justice,
to have confessed to robberies In
Pennsylvania and Maryland and to
, , , yort
area.
Robert Mais, the gang leader. And
hla chief lieutenant, Walter Legenz.
condemned murderers, were said by
Fay to have given complete details
of their break for freedom In Rich
mond, Va.
"They admitted," Fay asserts, "that
thev paid a guard named Oeorge
Duke, who sines has killed hlmae'.f,
200 to smuggle guns to them. He
furnllied the guns, leaving them in
a paper stv-k at the end of s cell
corridor.
Put I'ubllr UrM
CHIfAOO. Jan. 10. ( AP) Tne
! mnf
list the nation's "drink-
i ln ere nrd todav to filve first
t inn iv l ao ooo -
,
K5 American let tax collections and
.Miner's profits be a secondary
'concern.
IB.
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FRUIT1NLEAGUE
Prof. Hartman Addresses
Annual Meet On Pear
Market Conditions in East
Dr. Bean Gives Report
J. B. Kirk was elected president of
the Fruit Growers league at the an
nual meeting Saturday afternoon,
Harry Rosenberg, first vice president;
Martin Luther, second vice president,
and A. H. Banwell, secretary-treasurer.
Annual report of Dr. G. Bean
waa given to the growers present. In
cluding comment on freight rates,
spray rcnldue, cannery Bartlett con
irol; professor Henry Hartman's serv
ice In the east, Southern Oregon ex
periment station, Medford experiment
station, fruit crop financing, North
west fruit code and export agree
ments with France.
, The main address of the meeting
was given by Professor Hartman who
covered the fruit situation as he saw
it during a three Months stay In the
east. He found conditions In Chicago
not particularly good and conditions
tn Detroit were described as far from
satisfactory as the city had been hard
hit by tho depression. Another con
dition which reacted against Rogue
valley pears waa the apparent lack
of cooperation In Detroit between
dealers and those Interested In the
fruit trade. Prof. Hartman said. He
found Boston a very satisfactory mar
ket for Rogue valley pears as the
good feeling between the trade and
the auction presented a happy situ
atlon. New York was somewhat the
same aa 1933, he stated, but condi
tions there as they pertained to sale
of Medford pears are aa yet a long
way from normal. However, he said
New York, has consumed more fruit
in 1034 than heretofore. In Phila
delphia, the situation Is similar to
Detroit with certain friction In evi
dence In the fruit trade.
(Continued on Page Pour.
.
' T. O. McCollum, about 36. 122
West 14th street, wag taken to the
Sacred Heart hospital last night and
treated for slight concussion of the
brain; scalp, face and hand cuts he
received In an accident on the Crater
lAke highway, near Agate station,
about 0 o'clock.
Dr. L. D. Inskeep, who attended
McCollum, aald he believed the car
he waa In turned over several times.
The Injured man. brought to Med
ford tn a dazed condition, aald he
had walked from the wreck aa far
as Four Corners.
Dr. Inskeep said at 10:30, tast night
his condition was not serious and
later reports from the hospital aald
he was resting better.
Name of the driver of the car.
which waa traveling toward Medford
at the time of the wreck, was not
learned.
SAY GOLD CLAUSE
DECISION REACHED
WASHTNOTON. Jan. 10. (APl
Nina high Justices of the supreme
court, although guarding their secret
closely, left surface signs after a pro
longed conference today that they
had reached a decision In the his
torlc "gold clause" rases.
In the purely physical actions of
the court trained observers aaw hints
of th possibility of another of the
famous 6-4 decisions. The justices
themselves were silent aa always. But
of the six who remained closeted to
gether after the conference broke up.
five ham ben labeled "progressive."
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HELP SOCIAL
GET
Congress Plans Changes in
Roosevelt Program to In
clude Middle-Aged To
Speed Action Townscnd
Plan Not Considered.
Br W. B. K.HtSDALK
.suelntcd Pre Slarf Writer)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 19. ( AP) A
proposal that the states raise their
share of the money to finance old
age pensions through Income and
inheritance taxes was made today by
Representative Lewis (D., Md.) co
author of the bill to curry out the
administration plan.
Lewis made hla proposal In a radio
speech at about the same time some
other members of congress were ex
pressing concern for the plight of
the man between 40 and 65 arrange
ments were being made for congres
sional scrutiny of the plan in hear
ings next week.
These members, while declining for
the present to be quoted, said they
were endeavoring to work out modlfl
cations to the program of President
Roosevelt which would aid the un
employed person who was more than
40 and less than 65.
These members pointed out that
most business organizations had a
maximum age at which they .em
ployed persons, some establishments
hiring no one over 35. For the per
son between 40 and 68. they said.
It was extremely difficult to obtain
employment.
The old age pension plan of Presi
dent Roosevelt contemplates giving
pensions to persons who have reached
65.
Some of those who aided in work
ing out the pension system said
th a t wh He the p ergon be twee n 40
and 65 would not be eligible for old
age pensions, he would not be barred
from employment In the public
works program which li to be hur
ried through congress.
A close scrutiny of the presidential
program 1 wag planned by the com
mittees of congress that will handle
the plan. The ways and means com
mittee prepared to hear on Monday
Dr. Edwin 8. Wlttc. who headed the
committee of experta that did the
groundwork for the cabinet security
committee.
On the following day. the ways
and means committee will hear Sec
retary Perkins and the senate finance
committee will open hearings by
listening to Senator Wagner (D., N.
Y), the administration -stalwart who
Introduced the bill.
Speaker Byrne said the house
would send the bill through as rap
Idly as possible In response to the
president's request for speed. In the
same breath, he said the Townsend
9200 a month pension plan 'was out.
WAVE FLAG, DRILL
T(
2AT0N ROUGE, L Jan. 19. (AP)
Marshalled In military formation
under a billowing American flag. 340
East Baton Rouge parish citizens were
organized late today Into the head
quarters "shock troop battalion ot
the Square Deal association which Is
challenging Senator Huey P. Long'a
dictatorship.
Assembling in row of "com pa
nlea" at the notes of a bugle call,
citizens of varying classes mechan
ics, laborers and well-dressed business
men fell Into battalion line at the
parish airport to form th Square
Deal association's central "manpower"
unit.
There was no actual drilling or mil
itary maneuvers. There were no guns
carried. But the elements of mili
tary organisation and appearance
were closely followed.
l'llM.ADF.M'HIA, Jan. IS.
Well, I just this minute comn
out of Washinnton. Tho scnutu
oponc! at 12 o'clock. Huey
(.'rnbbcd 'em by the ears at
12:0.") and shook 'cm till 4
o'clock. Well, when he turned
'cm loose they was ready to o
home and behave themselves.
They was talking on the
world court. 1 don't know what
the world court has got to do
with pulling ns through tho
rest of this winter. It's the su
preme court we arc interested
in right now, not the world
court, but that is just about like
tho senate to make that mistake
in the nnms and be arguing
over the wrong court.
riiilndelphia is booming.
) SQUELCH HUEY
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