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EDPORD
AIL TRIBUNE
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Tweuty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 21,
No. 237.
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By Paul Mnllon
Copyright. 1935, by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. Whoever
aid President Roosevelt la lofting
his punch spoke too soon. The dell-
fate finesse of
the new social
plan was up to
New DeRl stand
ard politically.
Again he has
out - maneuvered
I s opposition
by giving It
something which
cannot be gcner
' ally opposed.
You may score
It aa at least a
nine strike. The
one . pin he will
P.UI, MALI. ON
lose will be old age pensions. Con
duress will hIKc up his proposed
1.H16 a week maximum, possibly even
doubling ,'.t to 30 a week. The rest
of the jjlan will go through with
non-essential modification.
There are reasons for suspecting
Mr. Roosevelt left the old age pin
to be knocked down. His problem
was to fool the Townsendltes, those
emorjo iinnmier. w -
oonar. "J"" "
tou may recall inai. ins mibv .uiu
on the subject some months ago
was that he was going to drop the
old age angle of his program for a
few years. If he had. the Town
sendltes would have 'taken the Issue
out of his hands.
Instead he has given them some
thing milder to play with. It will
not cost much money, even If they
treble his old age ante, because no
one Is to b Immediately affected
except those on relief rolls who are
more than seventy years old.
There are not enough of them to
make the game steep no matter
how high the ante goes.
The political trouble with the
) plan 1 that It may be financially
aound. That fact was not stressed
In the presidential message. It will
not be stressed in congressional de
bate. It must be kept a secret be
cause anything sound la considered
unpopular right now. You will hear
the radical aspects played up In the
coming discussion.
What you probablly will not hear
la that business earnings are not
expected to be influenced. The taxes
for unemployment Insurance will
come out of the pay envelope In
one way or another,' depending on
state lawa to be enacted. Wall street
appeared to be very sure of this.
The market reacted favorably to the
plan.
Also obscure is the tact that It
Is a long-rango venture, which will
not stsrt functioning effectively for
five years and may not reach a
level of efficiency for ten or twenty
years. It will not affect the pres
ent unemployed (except the aged)
and will pay lta own way.
This does not mean everyone Is
for the plan. The fact la no one
hundred per cent lor It, even the
super-brain trust which composed
It. Some of the liberals In Mr.
Roosevelt's own cabinet are dis
pleased with It. They cannot say
anything out loud, but they wanted
to take a bigger first step, some-
The author, are mostly college
professors and welfare workers whose
names would mean little to you
They arc experts on the subject
from Yale. Harvard. Princeton, Cal
ifornia, Pennsylvania, Antloch and
other campuses. Their opinions dif
fered and their work was trimmed
In spots by Mr. Roosevelt's commit
tee, which they served as an Ad
visory staff.
The conservatives are against it
because it starts a vast new system
which may eventually store up fif
teen to seventeen billion dollars in
the hands of the government This
money may be taken from labor's
purchasing power. The government
might use it In Inflationary ways.
There will be a constant tempta
tion for congress to boost the allow
anes every year. Also there Is the
constitutional aspect about the gov-
ernment bludgeoning the states Into
the system.
This developing situation would
seem to Indicate that, economically.
Mr. Roosevelt has aealn chosen the
middle of the road.
Politically, however, he offers what
may be a cheap price for defeat of
the Townsend plan.
One or two of the following trio
may get appointments to the board
which is to administer the new
social program: Abraham Epstein,
wizard in old age pension systems;
Barbara Armstrong of the University
of California: I. M. Rubinow. Jewish
fraternal actuary.
The new dealers are not Bilng to
make the mltake of drafting la8
for thf state ,.fitur-. to P,
going to write to :t execitives
and offer to help ea-h state work
out the ben law to meet Its pniliar
local foetal problem.
India snd Chins ate the
ma):r natmnv hzr t sn
onlv '
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Cactinued. pa Fag four.
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BLASTS HOPE OF
Latest Effort Of Prepared
ness Day Bomb Convict
Fails Next Hope Lies In
Action By Gov. Merriam.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (AP)
Nine mi pre me court Justices to
day gave the government and the
world at least two weeks more of
expectant waiting for Its ruling
on the constitutionality of Presi
dent Roosevelt's money policies.
Without a syllable hinting' Its
.lews on the validity of halting
gold payments, the court recessed
until February 4.
WASHINGTON, Jan. 21. (AP)
Thomas J, Mooncy must remain In
San Qucntln penitentiary.
His latest effort to escape serving
the remainder of his life term for
complicity In the 1916 San Francisco
preparedness day parade bombing
failed today when the supreme court
refused to review the case.
The 51-year-old convict, who has
waged an 18 year campaign for free-
dom. asked the court to permit him
to file habeas corpus proceedings,
thus compelling California to defend
Its action In keeping him Imprisoned.
In asking a review, Mooney con
tended he had been sent to prison on
perjured evidence following the death
of 10 persons and the Injury of 44 In
the bombing.
U. S. Webb, state attorney general
insisted that under present laws Cal
ifornia could not reopen the case and
that Mooney's only avenue of relief
was through amendment of the laws
by the legislature or. a pardon by the
governor.
Pour governors have refused to
pardon Mooney. The present execu
tive, Prank F. Merriam. has had the
case before .him awaiting the su
preme court ruling.
COUNTY WORK LIST
ASKED BY SERA IN
Y
Burton E. Palmer, of the state
emergency relief administration, In a
letter to City Superintendent Fred
Scheffel today asked that that office
cooperate with the state relief office
to the extent of making a survey of
all Incorporated towns In JackAon
county, listing all work needed which
might come under S.E.R, A. classifica
tion, since the northern office la anx
ious to help In all such projects.
Such work as flood control, sewage
disposal, garbage disposal, roads, side
walks, and similar projects were list
ed aa those of interest to the S.E.R.A.
department.
There are now 175 men, under the
S.E.R.A. employed on the flood con
trol work on Bear crec here, working
in the vicinity bf the Jackson street
j the channel deepen.
ing, and building walls to retain hlgn
water. The men are paid 50 cents an
hour, and are allowed 48 hours of
work a month
The primary work on the Court
street project here has been complet
ed, at a cost of ovei 6000. Court
street la now open from the Pacific
highway Just south of the Owen Ore
gon crossing to Central street, but
has not been graded as yet but is
open to traffic. Scheffel stated today
that gravel will shortly be spread on
tne ngnt or way, and the surface
oiled when the weather permits, pro-
bably the esrly part of next summer.
The completion of the Court street
project will mark the culmination of
a long program to divert traffic from
Riverside avenue during the heavy
traffic season. Motorists will be able
to reach the center of town more
quickly, in travelling either north or
south, since the opening of Central
to the highway at the south end sev
eral years ago has provided a diver
sion point at that end of the city.
S.E.R.A. money is also being used to
open a new water main from River-
Bide to the vicinity of the Timbvr
Products company, a sector which
lormeny nao oniy aeao end. and not
circulating, water supply.
Plana for the making of a parkway
along Bear creek from the fairground
to the northern end of the city have
recently been approved by the state
S E R A. board In Portland, and work
will be started ss soon as the men
have been appointed to supervise the
: work. Scheffel stated,
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EIGHT MINERS KILLED
WHEN GAS EXPLODES
niLBERTON, Pa . Jan. 21. (Ap)
E'eht mlnrs were killed, several are
reported missing and two score were
oerrome today by poison fumes In
ir; a evploion in the GUberton
:r nf the pMiIftdf Iph1 and Pearl
Ccai i&d ifoa &ai&jr
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Latest Hope Lost
TOM MOONEV
With refusal today of the V. S. Su
preme court to review his rase Tom
Mooncy's only hope of liberty now
rests In amendment of the Califor
nia laws by the legislature or a par
don hy the governor.
IN BRUNO'S TRIAL
Jurors Sing Hymns
FLEMINGTON, K. j.. Jan. 21.
(AP) The Hauptmann Jurors, re
trlcted from attending public ser
vices, organized a religious service
of their own Sunday In their
Union Hotel quarters.
There was no minister, but one
of their number led In prayer, And
sang hymns such aa "Nearer My
God to Thee," ''
NEW YORK, Jan. 31. ( AP)-The
New York Post today printed a state
ment by Bruno Richard Hauptmann
made public by C. Lloyd Fisher of his
counsel. In part It says:
"I am anxious to take the stand. 1
have listened to a lot of lies In that
courtroom; now I would like to do
my own talking and tell what la real
ly the truth. I want a chance to say
I didn't kill that baby. ' They can ask
me anything and I will tell the truth.
I am not afraid." .
'That ransom money how are you
going to explain that?"
"I will tell how It la repeat money.
It was used over and over again. That
happens In the stock market, It
wasn't Lindbergh ransom money; you
can bet on that."
Aa to the testimony of an agent of
the department of Justice which
caused him to make an outburst In
court, Hauptmann said:
"He said I was sneaking looks out
the window when they were searching
the bedroom In my house and I was
looking at the garage. That la a lie
because In that room where they had
me there la no window facing out on
the garage. There Is only a plain
blank wall In the direction of the
garden and the garage."
"Do you think you have a chance
of being acquitted?"
"Sure. A good chance.!
FLEMINGTOnTn. J., Jan. 31- (APi
Defense counsel moved for mlBtrial In
the case of Bruno Richard Haupt-
mann. being tried for murder In the
Lindbergh kidnaping.
Justice Trenchard denied the mo
tion, treating It very casually.
The motion came after Attorney
General David T. Wllcntz had referred
to a purchase of aviation stock by
Hauptmann.
Chief Defense Attorney Edward J.
j Rellly charged that Wllentz had ad-
mltted that the Intention of his que-
; tlons on the aviation stocks In which
he brought In the name of Col.
; Charles A. Lindbergh was Intended to
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I WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. (AP
Public Works Administrator Ickes
announced today the following pub-
! lie works allotments had been wlth-
drawn:
Oregon: Salem, loan and grant of
3.500.000 for water works construe
tlon, because conutructlon had not
been started.
CHURCH AT ARLINGTON
DESTROYED BY BLAZER :ZTTT.
ARUNGTON. Ore. Jan. 31.-AP
The Method.tt FtoiJwoDal church he.-
! the blez-e apparently smarting from an
j explosion in the furnaoe There waa
( no Insurance on the building or Its
contents.
The building aa erected In 1B8j
hen Arlington was still known as
Alkali." and about 37 years ago was
ircjpiicd,
Martin for Legislation
To Bring Revenue From
Public Lands of State
Special Message Urges Control Correlation
Thousands of Acres Now Produce No
Revenue Is Pointed Out
SALEM, Jan. 31. (AP) Tills week will see some major controversial
Issues before the legislature, Including the gasoline bill which would pro
hibit companies selling both wholesale and retail gasoline, a two-cent tax
on tobacco and probably other luxury tax proposals.
SALEM, Jan. 31. (AP) Legisla
tion to corretate the control of
publicly owned Idle and unreserved
national, state and county lands
and -to make them revenue produc
ing through sale or lease was urged
upon the legislature by Governor
Charles H. Martin In a special mes
sage today.
He advocated:
1, An act authorizing county
courts to grant an option to pur
chase, contract to sell and convey,
or donate real property owned by
the county to the state of Oregon
or to the United States.
3. An act authorising counties to
exchange lands with private individ
uals, partnership or corporations.
3. An amendment to section 1 of
chapter 1P8, Oregon laws, 1933. au
thorizing county courts to lease
county owned lands for a maximum
of ten years. Instead of five yearn
as at present.
4. An act permitting the county
to quiet title on large blocks of
county owned tax title lands in one
legal proceeding Instead of requir
ing aa at present a separate suit
for each tract.
I 5. An act to permit county courts
jto zone grazing land.
6. An act authorizing county
courts to cancel overdue taxes. In
1 terest and penalties on privately
owned land deeded to the stat of
Oregon or the federal government.
Explaining that such legislation
would be of material benefit to Hie
agricultural and livestock industries,
Governor Martin says:
'There- are In . eastern Oregon
13,000.000 acres of unreserved and
unappropriated public domain own
ed by the federal government, wnicn
land uo to the present has been
subject to no control and which
has produced no revenue to either
county, stat or nation. This land
will, however, be brought under
control by the Taylor act passed
by the last session of congress.
In the meanwhile, tne state oi
Oregon owns 800.000 acres of va
cant, unleased and unsold land In
ter spe red with the public domain,
the counties in this area also own
700.000 acrca of vacant, unleasea
and unsold land, likewise Inter
spersed with the public domain. The
aforesaid state and county lands
are now producing no revenue ana
are only an expense."
"The director of the national graz
ing service. Mr. P. R. Carpenter, has
recently been in conierence win.
the eastern Oregon cattle and sheep
men and has suggested changes in
addition to our state legislation
which will make It possible to in
tegrate his service with the bene
ficiary counties and areas of this
state."
BRUTAL MURDER
LOS ANGELES. Jan. 31. (API
Holding the husband of the victim
under arrest for questioning, police
today combed the tangled underbrush
of a lonely ravine In the Hollywood
hills In a search for clues surrounding
the brutal murder of Mrs. Cella
Holmes, comely 37 year old cosmetics
saleswoman.
Missing since January 11, the body
of tn woman, scratched, torn and
' punctured by two bullet wounds, waa
dlscovered yesterday.
Police said the woman had been
killed, carried to the rim of the 30
foot embankment and hurled into
the ravine. Her suitcase of sample
cosmetics was thrown In after her.
Edward E. Holmes. 46, Los Angeles
county probation officer, was taken
Into custody and after an Intensive
! aril ling at police headquarters, was
booked Just before midnight lwt
night on suspicion of murder,
M'
; AFTER AUTO ACCIDENT
Attendants at Sacred Heart he
tCf.nth 8trt mjured In an auto
...... .... w,,.
way In which the car he was driv- t
Ing turned over and skidded more
than 100 fet, was In an improved
condition. He received alight con
cussion of the brain and cuts.
.State poll- Mid the car was
bally damaged, having hit a soft
;houlder and upifc "because of too
'mAKO sped.
SALEM. Jan. 3t (AP) With hun
dreds of supporters of the Town
send old age pension plan scheduled
to attend the hearing late today
on the proposal to memorialize con
gress to pass the act. the routine
acta of the two houses today were
relega ted t o second a ry lm portancc
in Oregon legislative events.
The hearing will be held in the
house chamber before the house
unemployment committee, with Mrs
Nanny Wood Honeyman of Port
land presiding. No memorial Is yet
before the house but the public
hearing was called at the suggestion
of supporters of the Townsend plan
or some form of old age lnsur-'
Following reading of the message
of the governor on land acta for
eastern Oregon, the senate- and
house held brief sessions to clear
the desks. No measures were up for
nnai consideration in either house
The executive office was busy
during the morning and noon hour
with the first session of the state
board of control under the Martin
administration, with Institutional
heads present.
Governor Martin did announce,
however, there would be no new
appointments made today, although
ic was expected D. O. Hood would
be named budget commissioner In
the very near future. Ho was present
here today. Tho resignation of Wil
liam Einzlg as secretary of the
board of control was on the gov
ernor's desk, but It has not yet
been accepted. Einzlg was present
nt the board meeting.
William Haluk of Alameda, Cat.,
Illumination engineer tor General
Electric Co., who waa born and ralaed
In Ruaala av.u came to the United
State. In 1021, waa the prlnclDal
speaker at the regular luncheon of
the Medford Klwonla club this noon
with "Birth of Bolahovlam" hla aub
Ject. Explaining that since leaving Rua.
aia he haa been given ample time to
measure the United state, against
that country, Mr. Haluk declared that
If the average clth-en of the United
Statea would value hla government ns
he doea hie dollar, thla would be
wonderful homeland.
The apeaker likened BolahevLsm to
a dlacaac. War debta are only a drop
in me oucicci compared to the price
the United Statea will pay If we don't
atop the Inroada of Bolshevism and
lta organized effort to overthrow our
government," he aald.
Mr. Holuk, comparing Russia to the
south during slavery, aald that an
archy waa born In Russia and la con
trolled by a group of promoters not
Interested primarily In Rusela but In
the overthrow of all government,.
tne meeting the new Klwanla
maoe tneir debut. The Im-
prumpiu singers were John C. Mann.
Jack Thompson. Ted OeBauer and
i Max Pierce.
DEMOCRATIC REVOLT
DELAYS RELIEF BILL
WASHINOTON, Jan. 21. (API
A revolt In the democratic majority
of the house rulea committee today
resulted In the delaying of leaders'
i plana to rush the M U80.UO0.0OO relief
" -
,
Unable to get an agreement on the
procedure, the committee. recnwxj at
the call of Chairman O'Connor (D.,
N. Y.), who said he would reconvene
the group tomorrow.
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Tlie men who move tho world are
the men the world can't move.
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RUSSIAN RESIDENT
TELLS KIWANIS OF
BOLSHEVISM BIRTH
"He Is the most promising man In
Ioah vvs evtTytwdjy'
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OF POLICE TRAP
Alvin Karpis And Harry,
Campbell Vanish After
Hot Battle With 'Officers!
In Atlantic City Hotel
ATLANTIC CITY, N. J,, Jan. 31.
(AP) Bullets spattered on the walls
of a narrow, dimly lit hotel hall
way. Gunfire flashed in the dark
ness of the hotel stairs, and Alvin
Karpis, tho nation's public enemy
No. I, was free ' from one more
police trap. He Is also wanted aa
co-leader of the Bremer kidnaping
gang.
Outside. In a pouring rain, men
waited with guns In their bands,
trlgger-flngers ready for their part
In the battle that raged within.
Every exit was covered. Every
door was watched. But Karpis was
gone. .
Whllo two detectives blazed away
from the lauding, the ''number I"
of America's underworld walked Into
thin air from the fourth floor of
his hotel hideaway a stone's throw
from the Boardwalk, vacation haunt
of thousands.
Pur.zlrs Follco '
Not until his submachine guns
barked again, from a garage across
tho street, wero the pollco sure what
had happened.
How it happened Is a puzzle yet.
How Karpis with a machine gun
under his arm. and his crony, Harry
Campbell, garbed In only a coat
thrown over his underwear, could
melt Into the darkness and rain
was the mystery touch that was
needed to complete the detective-
thriller story of the gangster's get-
nway.
The villain was there, raking the
narrow hotel hall with a hall of
death ..that zipped all around but
vvcr touched the thren detectives
Eddie Mul hern, Arch Wltham, and
George Brennan who sought to trap
him but were trapped themselves.
The marksman played his role.
shot a key from a woman's hand
without touching her fingers.
Cop Challenges To Fight
Policeman Jimmy Campbell topped
off the drama by dropping his
empty pistol and shouting to bis
machine gun duelist: .
Drop that , gun and come out
in the street and fight like a man."
A deadly "rat-a-tat-tat" was the
anawer to that challenge, . .
The answer was the same from
the time the detectives entered the
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. (AP)
An attack on the Townsend 1300 a
month pension plan was made be
fore the house ways and means corn
meeting today by Or. Edwin I. Wltte,
executive director of President Roose
velt's economlo security committee.
Wltte said the Townsend plan
would not fit Into the present Amer
ican economic system, "nor any oth
er. I think."
He said that under the proposal
11,000,000 people over 00 would be
paid $300 a month or a total cost of
more than $24,000,000,000 a year,
while the total Income of all the peo
ple In the country last year was only
$40,000,000,000.
Wltte said a two per cent tax on
every sale by which It was proposed
to finance the Townsend plan would
produce altogether la a year only
enough money to pay the pensions
proposed for two or three months.
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FATAL TO FRIEND
OREGON CITY. Ore., Jan. 31.
E. Arnold Holllday. 38-year-old oil
company salesman, died In the Ore
gon City hospital Sunday from the
effects of a rifle wound In his leg
and five hours of exposure to the
cold.
Holllday was hunting coyotes In
company with a friend, Walter 8.
Gorbctt, when the accident occurred.
Gorbett reported he saw something
mnv. as nH fKliitrltirc It ak mAta
,r.d Th.' h.,ll.t f?om hi. M-c.Ilber
rifle struck Holllday In the left leg.
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Dwtght Williams Portland attorney,
la the first negro to srve aa an of
ficer of either house of the legisla
ture. He has been appointed to serve
as assistant sergeant at arms in the
house of representatives. For many
years he was head bellman at the
Portland hotel.
j Love resist competition. It gives
I ail 404 dci&ucU ail.
ECONOMIST HITS
TOWNSEND'S PLAN
Roosevelt Wants
Garner As Mate
In Next Campaign
WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. (AP
The capital heard today that
President Roosevelt wants John
Nance Garner to be his running
mate again in 1036.
Some democrat leaders, hearing
reports that some members of the
administration would like to see
Secretaries Ickes or Wallace get
the nomination for vice president,
took pains to learn the White
House attitude. The word that
waa being passed today was that
Garner still Is the president's
choice.
SOLINSKY TRIAL
SLATED FEB. 18,
PORTLAND, Jan. fll-(AP) Efforts
of attorneys for E. C. Sollnsky, de
posed superintendent of Crater Lake
national park, to delay trial of Sollns
ky on charges of embezzling govern
ment money until October, were un
availing today and Federal Judge Fee
ruled Sollnsky must face trial here
Feb. 18.
George Roberts, Medford attorney,
one of counsel for the former park,
superintendent, said the defense pro
poses to call many witnesses from
Medford and that In fairness to the
defendant the trial should be held
whenr federal court convenes In the
southern Oregon city. Federal court
holds but one term a year In Medford
In October.
Judge Fee said "the ends of Justice
demand that the defendant In any
case be brought promptly to trial. It
"ld be a travesty on Justice and
would reflect discredit on this court
to allow trial of this defendant to be
delayed nine months."
RAIN PREDICTION
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With the prediction of rain and
rlalnj temperature, tonight and
Tuesday, aoutlwrn Oregon may b.
conrronted with condltton. mora
aerloua than tha heavy anow that
nas endangered traffic, should a
Chinook wind, accompanied by
climbing temperaturea, aweep .croa.
the heavy anowa In the moun
tain.. Although tha weather man
today foraaw no Immediate Indi
cations for warmer weather In the
mountalna, the valleys have already
seen rising temperaturea that would
cauae devastating flood condition,
should the warmth creep Into the
higher levels.
Snow In th. mountains'- haa
reached a greater depth than haa
been seen at any time during the
laat several years, making main high
way, out of Medford dangeroua to
all travel and condition, have a.
yet Men little change, according
to reporta received at the local
AAA office nd by state police, who
say that chain, are neceasary on th.
Slaklyous, dreenaprlnge and Sexton
mountain.
Little anow for any southern Ore
gon district waa reported over th,
weelc-end by the weather bureau
here. Flurrle. added but little to the
depth on the Siskiyou., but wind,
were reported ahlftlng the anow
along tne highway between Aahland
and the Klamath rail. Junction,
and two trucks and one bua were
aald to have been stalled by thla
new nagaraoua road condition.
Sand ha. been placed on th.
Icy aectlon. of all main highways
leaaing irom Medford.
LITHUANIA MOBILIZING
TROOPS ALONG BORDER
BEnLIN, Jan. SI. (AP) German
new,paper wcuaed Lithuania of
"aaber rattling" today a. a Lithuan
ian official admitted a concentration
of troop, along th, Memel border.
Dr. Jurgu Saulya, Lithuanian min
ister to Berlin, readily acknowledged
the concentration but aald, however,
that Oermany ha. Increased lta
"armed forces along th. Oerman
Llthuardan frontier."
3 SUNDAY FLUE FIRES
KEEP FIREMEN BUSY
The Medford fire department ans-
P"1" T'"'7 to three flue
fires, all of which were extinguished
before damage was done.
At 13:10 p. m.. a call came from
the home of Mrs. W. J. Virgin ot
41 Barneburg road; at 0:45 p. m.
a report cams from R. B. Lageson.
417 Jay street, and at 8:40 p. ra.
a call came from Mrs. Margaret
Sollte of 137 North Oakdals.
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Because of superior instinct, wom
en's first thought art beat, men'i
BALMY CHINOOK
Winter's Forces Abdicate
Before Warming Breeze
Rains In North Nor
mal Weather Expected.
BAN FRANCISCO, Jan. 31. (AP)
The cold wave broke In the Pacific
northwest today, and higher temper
atures were In the making for most
of the Pacific region except the coast
al area south of San Francisco.
A disturbance off the Oregon coast
brought rain to Seattle and Port
land. Forecaster Thomas Reed of tha
United Statea weather bureau said
normal temperatures wer to be ex
pected on the coast after today from
san Francisco northward, with con
tinued sluggish mercury and frosts
to the southward. Temperatures over
the plateau region would rise, he said,
but still would remain below normal.
PORTLTND. Ore., Jan. 31. ( AP)
A blustering but bland Chinook wind,
arch-enemy of the snows, eddy led
Into western Oregon under cover of
night to end a three-day cold spell
which brought rero temperatures to
some points for the first time In sev
eral years.
winter's forces were completely
Touted by the strong wind from the
southwest. At Portland today the
temperature was 30 degrees higher
than It was on Sunday morning. In
a period of five hours from midnight
the temperature here Increased from
33 degrees to 43.
In the Columbia gorge, however,
cold was not so easily displaced. At
Crown Point the morning reading
waa 10 degrees; It waa 0 at The Dal
les and Umatilla.
In the Willamette valley and InN
southern Oregon warmer . weather
prevailed. Salem had a ' 40-degrne
temperature, Eugene 43, Rose burg 40
and Medford 30. Lakevlew which had
had sub-zero weather, warmed up to
34 degrees.
Baker, out of reach of the Chinook.
was cold at 10 degrees. Bums had the
sama temperature. Walla Walla shiv
ered at fl above, and It was 4 above
at Spokane and Yakima.
At Bend the temperature was 13
degrees below Sunday but this morn
ing the reading was 30 above.
L, 8, Dtanard, sawmill operator
of the Dead Indian district, waa
bound over to tho grand Jury last
Saturday In the Ashland Justice
court on a charge of falling to
maintain a monthly payroll date.
A complaint alleging larceny by
bailee. Is held In abeyance, pend
ing the return of Attorney Wil
liam Brlgga of Ashland from Salem
where he Is attending legislative
sessions.
According to the district attor
ney's office, the Justice court hear
ing was stormy In spots.
Dlanard, It Is alleged, owes IS
or 30 employees, wags claims rang
ing from 920 to 1135. Most of the
claimants sre married men with
families. The district attorney's of
fice claims that most of the work
ers planned on the money carrying
them over the winter.
On the larceny by bailee charge.
It Is alleged that Dlanard sold lum
ber In Sacramento. Calif., for ap
proximately 9800 and turned the
money over to his son. Instead of
the employes, as agreed.
WIFEaTEFSH01
BY STEP DAUGHTER
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. St. (AP)
Norman C. Schroeder, 43. police har
bor patrol engineer, remained in a
aerloua condition today from a bullet
wound, and his step-daughter. Mar
garet Beckett, 11, was In custody for
the shooting.
Police were told th. girl fired
point blank at Schroeder aa he waa
trying to break down . door to a,
room In which hla wife had taken
refuge after he had beaten her. The
bullet from Schroeder'a aervlce revol
ver entered hla back. Detective, an
nounced today Schroeder aald h.
would not sign complaint against
the girl.
JACKSONVILLE MINER
MOVED TO ASHLAND
Th. Jacksonville Miner, weekly
newspaper published In Jacksonvll.
for th. past three years, waa yester
day moved to Ashland where It will
i be issued nereaiier unoer me name
I of "Southern Oregon Miner."
SAWMILL PAYDAY
IGNORED IS CLAIM
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