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EDFORD
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Tweuty-iiintli Year
BEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 30,1935.
No. 265.
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By TAIL MA1.LON.
(Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. The new
dealers are holding a statistical Ju
bilee over the December-January
business figures.
Some larger
:hest here have
sxpanded a full
ilx Inches at the
surprising Jump
;n manufacturing
ictlvlty. employ
ment and wages.
A few optimist
tre even predict
ing sotto voice
that It meant
a hfthv honm In i
the spring.. TALL MALLON
These optimists may be right. Cer
tainly there is some basis for their
Jubilation, yet the calmer ones
among them recognize that some or
the figures may be slightly too n
coursglng. You can see it if you look Into
the causes for the big boost In In
dustrial production. That is the key
index on which most of the elation
is based. It Jumped 11 points in De
cember and probably 4 more In
January. This Increase Is at least
twice as much as expected.
Analyzing It. you will find the
unexpected part of the boost was
largely caused by automobile pro
duction. All other production In
creased a little during the turn of
the year, but automobile production
more than doubled.
This forced an abnormal bulge tri
all seasonally adjusted statistics be
cause the automobile industry has
changed tts season this year and is
grinding out cars fast now at a time
when ordinarily it would Just be
getting started.
With this advance warning, you
may feast your eyes on the following
monthly business dhart, through
which the new dealers customarily
keep track of business. The figures
are theirs, except for the last month,
which la privately estimated. All fig
ures except payrolls and prices are
adjusted for seasonal variations. Each
Index except prices Is based on 100
as represented by the ' averages for
the years 1923, '24 and '25 Inclusive.
The rosiest part about It Is the
way this January stacks up with
the last three Januarys, no matter
what caused it. Look yourself:
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. m A
vast plan to extend federal regulation
to all important forms of transporta
tion on land, sea and In the air, was
recommended to congress today Dy
Joseph B. Eastman, federal coordin
ator of transportation.
A super-agency, In the form of a
recreated Interstate commerce com
mission, would rule the nation's far
flung networks of carriers.
East man urged that Instead of the
present ICC of 11 men, the ne:v
sgency have a membership of ifl.
divided into five units:
A finance division of three mem
bers. A railroad division of five.
A water carrier and pipe line di
vision of three.
1 A motor carrier and air carrier ll
vt?:on of three.
A control board, composed of the
chairman of the commission and the
heads of the four subsidiary divisions
tinder it.
The office of coordinator of trans
portation would be continued and
would be filled by an ICC member
designated by the President.
Under a law proposed by Eastman,
the coordinator could compel unlll
fition of facilities. If orders for co
ordination of facilities were dlsobered
fines a-i high as 120.000 a day could
be imposed.
All transportation would be remov
ed from NRA control. Dismissal wages
would be given men displaced by con
solidations of services.
PORTLAND. Jn. SO ( AP . MM-yj.-u
Triirvlny I the absolute dead
line for licences for retail sale of beer.
Tie edict was issued today by the
Orfffon Liquor Control commission.
. Pisces handling beer on a refill
basl must hae W n-nw r:ed
by mtdnif.t to::.o:re o the com-mii-m
yUI taie step to invoke pen-
LENGTHY LIST OF
L0CALPR0JECTS
Chromite Survey Is Also
Deemed Important
Schools Would Get Large
Share if List Approved
Proposal for construction of a
combined rati and highway tunnel
through the Siskiyou mountains at
an estimated coat of between three
and a half to ten million dollars,
depending on the length desired, was
the chief item In a long list of pro
jects laid before C. C, Hockley, state
engineer for the PWA In Oregon, at
a hearing held here this afternoon.
According to C. C. Hockley, state
engineer for the Oregon PWA, the
meeting called today at the city hall
was primarily an explanatory one.
for the purpose of hearing the needs
of Jackson county. The projects sub
mitted today were not applications,'
he explained, but merely previews
The actual applications .just be In
the state PWA office before Febru
ary 11, however. To accomplish this,
It was stated that they should be In
the mall before February 10.
Many Needs Told
At the meeting today many Im
portant needs In this county were
submitted for Hockley's examination,
chief of whlet. was the plan to con
struct a. tunnel through the Siskiyou
mountains, to accommodate both rail
and auto travel, at an estimated coat
of $1,000,000 per mile. The plan
states' that the benefits would be
the approximate saving of three
hours by train and one hour by auto
between Portland and San Francisco
elimination of 28 complete circles in
a distance of 10 miles; lessening of
danger from auto accidents Incurred
on the winding road, especially dur
ing the winter months; lowering of
highway maintenance costs: reduction
of cost for railroads, .resulting In
great saving to this community In
the shipping of products; possible
Increase in tourist travel,, nany tour
Ists not caring to drive; over the
present Siskiyou highway; excourage
ment of faster train service, and pos
slble use of new high-speed stream'
lined trains on this route, the pres
ent grades making auch a move lm
possible at the present time; increase
of value of Pacific highway aa a mili
tary highway and defense measure,
Length Dictates Cost
The estimated cost of the tunnel
depends entirely upon the length,
which In turn would depend entirely
upon Aie elevation at which It was
eventually located. A survey would
determine this, It was stated. The
possible length of the tunnel la given
aa from three and a half to 10 miles.
This would ben an expenditure of
from three and a half to 10 million
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FEHL'S AFFIDAVIT
MAKER IS JAILED
State police wore advised yesterday
by Salem authorities that J. Taldon
Bunch, defense witness In one oi
the ballot-theft trials, and later as
a state prison mate of E. H. Fehl.
an affidavit-maker, had been arrested
there on a forgery charge.
Bunch last year made an 'affidavit
that on the night .of the b allot -thefts,
he was in the local county
Jail, and exonerated Fehl from any
connection with the crime. The rec
ords of Douglaa county showed that
he was confined in the county Jail
'at Roseburg. when he claimed he
jwas In the Jackson county Jail. The
I affidavits made In state prison, was
! published In the May primary cam
paign pamphlet. "Black Political Plot"
(ln which it was claimed that Fehl
was "framed.
UNDERTAKERS WAR
BOON TO COUNTY
ASTORIA. Jsn. 30 7Pi Two un
dertakers, grappling in a price-slashing
war, are indirectly pouring dollars
into the Clatsop county treasury.
Bids were opened here today for the
burial of Clatsop's paupers for the
year. One undertsker. it was found,
bid one mill for eaoh burial ten for
a cent. His rlrsl offered to Inter the
Paupers free of charge.
The price slashing atartd thiee
year ago when one f:rm was encase J
at 35 a burial. Next year the other
V.'m cut the b'ri to US last year,
after considerable dluatMen, the firt
mentioned undertaker slashed his
price to one mill and got the con
tract. This year tha other went hl.n
one mill better and o:d "no fee."
Now tbe county court is seek.ng
wi'-e. It don't know whether it
an legally accept a "free of chae
s4T
Change
LINER SINKS
Ocean liners, coast guard cutters and other vessels rushed to the position of the passenger ship,
Mohawk (lower left), as It sent out SOS signals after being rammed by the steamer Talisman off the
New Jersey coast. At least 47 lives were lost. At the upper left Is a picture of Chief Steward Julius
Jensen of the Mohawk being removed from a coast guard cutter. Jensen received a fractured hip In the
collision. The damaged bow of tha Talisman Is shown at ths right. (Associated Preas Photos)
SENATE REJECTION
COURT ADHERENCE
L OF N
GENEVA, Jan. 30. (AP) League
of nations circles learned with keen
disappointment today of the United
States senate's rejection of American
adherence to the world court.
The opinion had been held gener
ally that ratification of the protocol
was certain, j
The news brought from represen- j
tatives of the powers expression of i
belief that the senate's action constl-
tutes a severe blow to the building :
up of International law and promo-1
tlon of peace through the policy of j
settling disputes by Judicial process.!
It was pointed out that the world
powers at a special conference of
fered the United States a privileged
form of membership In the court
which no other member enjoys.
Some spokesmen declared the re
sult should be a lesson to Europe to
discontinue offering special privileges
to the United States as the price of
American participation In the Inter
national organisms.
The United States, they said,
should accept the same responsibility
In world affairs as other nations or
remain outside the organizations of
International cooperation.
B.v II. II A HOLD OLIVKK
Associated Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON. Jan. 30. (AP)
The Roosevelt administration, after
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300 ELKS GATHER
BEND. Ore . Jan. 30. Lodge
men from the region covering a third
of Oregon were here last night for
one of the best attended mee tines
of the Elks lodge held in the state
east of the Cascade range. John
Houston of Klamath Falls was in
charge aa the visiting degree team
initiated 35 candidates.
Klamath Falls. Medford. Ashland
and Grants Pass Elks came by a
special train from Klamath Falls, and
nere Joined here by lodgemen from
Lake view, Redmond, Prlneville. Mad
ras. Bend, Burns and LaOrande.
More than 300 lodge members were
guests of the Bend Elks at dinner.
The special tram returned southward
at 2:30 a. m.
SENATE PROMISED DMA
ON WORK RELIEF PLANS
WASHINGTON. Jan. SO. (AD
The administration arel tx!r. at
the requeet of opponn of '.-ertaln
phj of the I4 88O.0OOOOO 'ork re
Urf bill, to ftirnlph the rn appro
prl.tlonn committee Information
ehoTrln how much and f'r what pur
pone the huce fund cccild be ,pnt
on rerloue claaMt of projects.
Bear Admiral Christian J. Peoples,
procurement officer for tlie treaaurr
vho u alaed for an important poet.
In ihe new rehe: aet'ip. pronUMd, to
tasA tiat iv, teaesnvi
in Liquor Board to Give Martin
AT SEA WITH LOSS
MOONVILLE DANCE
FRACAS AIRED IN
COLEMAN'S COURT
R.'M. Conley. complaining witness
in the Justice court hearing today
of charges of disorderly and riotous
conduct against H. W. Todd, Ralph
Bender, Bert Conner, and Charles
Knudsen, as a result of a fist fight
last Saturday night at a dance held
In Caton's hall at1 Moon vl lie, ad
mitted under cross-examination that
he "struck the first blow" in the
rumpus. Conley testified that Bender
called him a name, which caused
him to doff his coat, and prepare
for battle.
Conley denied he carried a revolver,
or that he had threatened to fill H.
W. Todd, another defendant, "full
of lead." He alleged that Todd struck
him In the back of the head with
his fist, while bystanders were hold
ing htm after the combat lulled.
Under further cross-examination
Conley admitted he and Todd had
a dispute over government wheat
reduction money, and a board of
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DIOCESE ARCHDEACON
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jan. 30. (AP)
The Rev. H. D. Chambers, general
missionary of the Eplscov il diocese
of Oregon, was today nominated as
archdeacon of the diocese by the Rt.
Rev. Walter T. Sumner, bishop or
Oregon
The nomination, made during thc
bishop's address at the 47th annual
convention of the diocese, here to -
day, was one of the surprise features
of the meeting.
Bishop Sumner said the action was
taken as "a gesture of good will and
gratitude to a faithful priest for nls
long years of service.
Shipbuilding
Fixed Says
By PBESTOW I.. GHOYER
Associated Preas Pntff Writer
WASHINGTON. Jan. 80. (API
From a wlld-eved girl secretary and
an enraged shipbuilder came the first
positive assertion today In the senate
munitions Inquiry that major ship
butlderf were in collusion on naval
bidding
Mlf Judj Kitchen and Laurence
Runell Wilder, chairman of tha board
of Oulf Indiutries of Peneecola, the
firl'a employer, testified agalnat the
"big three" bulldera.
The three were named aa th New
York Shipbuilding company, the New
port News Shipbuilding snd Drrdock
company, and the Bethlehem Ship
building company.
Mlna Kitchen told the eager muni
tion, inventigators ahe sat In on a
conference where collualon was term
ed a usual thing, and where a "fixer"
In Washington waa described aa hav
ing power to dltrlbut bualneaa for
"a eon.lderatlon."
Her teatlmony waa brief. She gate
the committee records of whst she
claimed took place at a meeting tn a
i wah!iiton hotel on Auguet 9. 19flS.
) it u qmm ft i& tutc"
OF 47 LIVES
PRESIDENT'S BALL
In orrler to clarify tame misunder
standing said to exist as to the price
of the Roosevelt ball tickets, it was
announced this afternoon that they
are one dollar per couple, not one
dollar per person, as some had
thought.
While committees made final ar
rangements for the most elaborate
patriotic ball of the season, Mayo
George Porter stated this afternoon
that the president's birthday dance
tonight at Oriental Gardens Is an
assured success.
Ticket sales Indicate a big crowd,
according to Cole Holmes of the ticket
sales committee, and,', with reserva
tions coming steadily In the Cham
ber of Commerce, everyone seems en
thusiastic over the celebration.
Besides a dance at Oriental Gar
dens, which will begin at 0 o'clock
a dinner will be served at Kotel
Medford, from 6:30 until 0, at
charge of ai. Twenty-five cents of
this amount will be given to the na-
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in
8:30-5:30 HOURS
At a r.ieetlng of the Merchant's
association held thla morning. It was
unanimously decided to continue
rpRUiPr st0re houra In Medford.
Fcr moBt merchants these are from
is&'J to 5:30 from Monday to Friday
! inclusive and from 6:30 to 8:30 on
Saturdays. Storea operating under
i this schedule Include department
stores, womrn's shops, men's shops,
Jewelry , stores, shoe stores, furniture
storea. Wool worth's and Newberry's.
Contracts
Girl Witness
allegedly were proffered to Wilder to
get him some naval building.
Wilder told the committee he had
; been disappointed at the day i bid
ding for naval ships, saying ha was
low bidder on three destroyers but
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failed to get them because
vioue agreement among
three" by which the 37-shlp program.
shared, eech tsalng a third.
MIm Kitchen related subatantlally
! the eame story a "the fixer" given
yesterday by William Calvin, aecre
tary-treaaurer of the metal tradea de
partment of the American Federation
of Ibor.
She reported that Alex B Oravem, a
Waahtrigton attorney, had offered to
get wilder aio.ooo.ooo to aisoooooo
in naval building for a consideration
described earlier by Calvin aa I2S0.
ooo. She quoted Oravem aa deacrlblng
tha "fixer" aa "frankly a chlseler,"
but aaserted the man had power to
have th ."'sl program "extended"
for the benefit of Wilder snd Oulf
Industries.
without assistance or "the fliers,"
he quoted Oravem as saylnf. BO
BieUACM oul4 tot saewsd.
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BACKS UP ALIB
Called for Her at Bakery
and Went Home Early Is
Claim Swedish Car
penter Also Aids Prisoner
(Copyright, 1935, by the Associated
Press.)
FLEMINGTON. N. J., Jan. 30,
(AP) Two witnesses one his wife
today supported Bruno Richard
Hnuptmann a alibi for the night Babj
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., was kidnap
ed and slain.
El vert Carlstrom, a carpenter of
Swedish extraction who said he re-
me in be red because It was his birthday
testified he saw Hauptmann In the
Bronx at 8:30 p. m., on March 1, 1932.
Mm. Hauptmann testified her hus
band called for her at her place of
employment that evening and went
home with her around 10 p. m.
The Lindbergh baby was atolen
from bis crib In Hopewell, N. J., more
than sixty miles away, between 7 and
10 p. m., on March 1, 1933,
Carlstrom said he was In Dunellen,
N. J., March 1, 19S3, and went to cat
In the evening at Frederlckaena bak
ery In the Bronx where he knew Mrs.
Hauptmann as a waitress. He had
been eating there for two months, he
said.
He was In the bakery for 30 min
ute and Mrs. Hauptmann waited
upon him, he said.
Saw Hauptmann There
"Now, while you were in there did
you see anybody else?',' reward J.
Rellly, defense chief asked.
Carlstrom pointed at Hauptmann
in the courtroom. 1
I saw that fellov sitting right
down there."
Hauptmann stood up.
"You were sure he was In there?"
"I am sure."
He said he er.w a picture of Haupt
mann In a newspaper after his arrest.
He told somebody, who told Rellly.
He said hr did not know Hauptmann
personally.
He admitted on cross-examination
the first time he saw Hauptmann
after the Incident In the bakery was
in Yhe courtroom.
"What vm thr sthnufc Vilm ttint.
.repressed Itself upon your mind so
that you would remember his face as
long as you live?" Attorney General
David t. Wllents asked.
"Because he was laughing at me In
the bakery. Because I got mad at
him and when I got mad at some
body then I remember the face."
Alibi For All Dales
Mrs. Hauptmann tremulously of-
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HELD ON CHECKS
Ivan Myers, 30, of Grants Pass, was
In the city Jail today, charged with
obtaining money under false pre
tenses, having allegedly paaaed two
false checks to Medford business
houses. ,
Police said Myers gave the Grand
Hotel a check for $17.50 and Mont-
8ry Wsrd one for 910. both alleg-
j cdly forged with the name of Sam
Gold of the Grants Pass Bargain
Houae. Three other checks, totaling
iaeo.OO, were found In Myers' posaes
jslon and were said by authorities to
be bogus.
I The prisoner, who was arrested
after attempting to make the pay
ment at Montgomery Ward Co., Is ex
pected to appear before Justice of the
i Peace Coleman Friday
I
CAPTURED BY JAPANESE
TOKYO, Thursday, Jsn. SI. (AP)
Rengo (Japanese news agency) re
ported today In a dispatch from
Hslnklng, Manchoukuo, thst a Jsp-anese-afsnchoukuosn
force last night
csptured Kslkha Mlao slong the
Manchu-Mongol border and that the
Mongols were retreating to the south
ward. 33RD POISONALCOHOL
DEATH IS CHALKED UP
OLOVKReTVILLE, H. T., Jan. SO
(AP) The "creeping death" today
claimed a not. her poison alcohol vic
tim, the lflth here and the 33rd In
three central New Tork industrial
SLUtt vVeUitO CtfleU wa U lata.
Desperadoes Caught
I T I
Walter l.egcnza (lop), a ltd Robert
Mais (helnw), termed two of the
country's most desperate criminals.
were among the. rive members of the
"tri-state gang" of the eastern sea
board ruptured by department of Ju
rice operatives In swift raids n New
York, Both are under death sentence
In Virginia. (Aasoelntcd Press
Photos.) .
TO
ACT ON BILL NO. 1
SALEM, Jan. 30. (AP) Still re
verberatlng from the bombshells
thrust into the Oregon legislative
session yesterday when Governor Mar
tin, with strategic awlftneas, leveled
his verbal barrage demanding the
passage of houae bill 1 which would
give the executive control over fund:
and commissions, the two uscs re
sumed the business befjre thun to
day.
As a result of the executives per
sonally delivered special message, an
attempt will be made by the house
today to place the bill on the calen
dar under suspension of the rules.
The measure was reported out of the
ways and means committee without
recommendation.
Reactions of the abrupt message
urging support In obtaining budgctry
control over state funds Indicated the
members of the house were swayed
and would pass the proposal. The
opposite reaction resulted In the sen
ate and the measure when It reaches
there will run Into much opposition.
Late yesterday the governor ap-
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WASHINGTON, Jan. 30. (AP)
Sharp slashes in the working hours
of codes were demanded of NRA to
day by William Green, president of
the American Federation of Labor.
"Drastic reduction tn hours of
worin must be made if we are to
meet our unemployment problem,"
Green told the recovery board when
lit opened hearings on revision of
cede labor provisions.
"The longer the unemployment
problem endures, the more difficult
it will become."
Oreen said that 11,000,000 men and
women were out of work and that
organized labor was throwing Its full
support to 30-hour-a-week legisla
tion aa the only remedy unless code
houra were reduced to that figure.
ZIMMERMAN LEADS IN
OAKMONT EARLY PLAY
OUENDALE, Cel., Jan. 30 (AP)
The only one of the early flnlahers
to crack par, AJ Zimmerman of Port
land. Ore., took the early 18-hole
lead In tha opening round In the
Oakmont aeaoo golf tournament here
today, shooting a Jfl.31 9. This
wa qn ll(SV Udtr perfect fifuis.
MARTIN'S BARRAGE
SPURS SOLONS
Power
RESIGNATION OF
BARRY ACCEPTED
AS INITIAL STEP
Naming of Two Members
Expected Late Today
Albany Man Hinted As
Possible Successor Brodie
SALEM, Jan. 30, (AP) Governor
Charles H. Martin today announced
the acceptance of the resignation of
Major Alex O. Barry of Portland from
the state liquor control commission,
thereby clearing the way for the ap
pointment of a majority of new
members which will give the. Incom
ing executive control of the com
mission. Before nightfall, It was Indicated,
announcement of the appointment
of the two new commissioners will
be forthcoming, although the execu
tive ofrice was non-committal aa to
when the reorganization would be
effected.
Generally the acceptance of the
resignation la Interpreted to fore
shadow an Immediate reorganisation
of the commission and lobby gossip
Is today concerned chieriy with the
personnel of the new commission.
Hint Albany Man -Most
frequtnely heard la the name
of Arthur K, McMahan, Albany at
torney and a former member of the
house of representatives, as the prob
able successor of E. TS. Brodte, who
resigned as chairman of the board to
accept the managership of a Cali
fornia advertising firm.
It is generally agreed that Jamea
Burns, Condon, will be retained aa
tha representative of the second con
gressional district.
It Is conceded that upon the gov
ernor's choice of an appointee from
the third district, Portland, hinges
the Identity and political faith of
the other appointee. The act creat
ing the commission provides that not
more than two of the three members
of the commission shall be mem
bers of the same political party.
Burns, whose retention la consider
ed certain, la a democrat; McMahan
la also a member of that party, and
unless Portland appointee Is a re
publican one of the foregoing two
must be sidestepped In favor of a
republican.
So far the only Port lander of re
publican allegiance to be suggested
with any degree of authenticity is
Stanley Jewett, formerly connected
with the coast biological survey.
Whatever the personnel of the
commission may be, there seems to
be little doubt but that Frank Spen
cer, Portland business man and clos
friend of Governor Martin, will be
the new administrator, succeeding
George Sammls, resigned.
SCHOOLBOY DECLARES
HAUPTMANN GOVERNOR
TRENTON, N. J., Jan. 80. (AP)
Gov. Harold G. Hoffman received to
day the test paper of a Paterson
school boy.
One question was:
"Who Is the goVernor of New Jer
sey?" The answer: '
Hauptmann."
Men will sacrifice more for a poi
son indulgence than for food.
WILL
ROGERS
$qys:
BATON" KOL'OE, La., Jan.
2!). Say, have you slept in on
of these aeroplane sleepers?
Left Los Ancfeles last night at
7 :30. At Fort Worth, Phoenix,
Kl Paso and Tucson why they
just land and net sas and you
sleep riiflit through it. passiui!
. . . . tr i
over here headed lor .ew i wk
and' Washington, nnd I just
couldn't pass up this beautiful
and historic old capital city.
Mussolini has his Rome, Sta
lin his Moscow, but Ilucy hat
his Raton Rouu;e, and it's the
prettiest of all. I landed on the
very air field where the famous
tear !?as war was fought Inst
week. Ilucy has a beautiful new
capitol building here that is
ju.st six inches lower than AI
Smith's Empire huildine. Thfl
national guard have the town
"well in hand."
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