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Tweuty-nintb Year MKDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY 1, 1935. No. 267.
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INTO BATON ROUGE
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By PAUL MAIXON
(Copyright. 1935, by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. The King
fish Is not getting along aa well as
he appears to be. Behind those re
sent clashes In
Louisiana Is more
trouble than
Ruey can handle
with a bayonet.
Up to now the
people against
.tong In Louisi
ana have been
those with re
sponsibilities, the
business class
and women's club
groups. They
could not afford
to fight him with
PALL MALl.ON
his own slightly soiled weapons. -,
The Baton Rouge uprising was dlt
ffcrent. It was fomented by workers.
They can be aa rough as Hucy and
more so. Apparently It Is true some
of them were Standard Oil workers
thrown out of Jobs by Huey'a tac
tics. Any one of them may take
notion at any time to crown the
lcingflsh with a radio set, an alley
apple or anything handy.
Those in the know say Huey, needs
hia bodyguard now nvTC, than ever
before.
Thore are several sub-surface fac
tors in the business situation which
do not show up In the figures. The
cunreme court will have before It
continuously from now until sum
mer a lame number of cases affect-
tine manv lines of industry. The
uncertainty is already having a de
terrent effect. Also there Is the ques
tion of holding company legislation.
It 18 planned only for utilities, but
there Is some uncertainty about It
Likewise the full effect of railroad
pension payments (about 178,000.
000 a year) is Just now beRlnning to
be fully felt and Is disturbing from
,a financial standpoint.
f These are minor .influences now.
They may be over-ridden if the natu
ral acceleration of business continues,
but they should not be overlooked. .
Fractlonally-wltted politicians arc
gossiping with Increasing awe about
Huey Long and Father Coughlln since
the wreck of the world court. If you
put a dictaphone In the congres
sional cloakrooms, you would hear
. surprising number of political
tradesmen avowing that they are
the two biggest political leaders out
side the White House. This idea has
been more or less poll-parroted
around the country as an open se
cret. The White House Itself Is sup
posed to believe It.
The truth la the really wise poll
' tlclans laugh at It. They figure It
out this way: A great many people
are dlBsatlsllcd with their lot. As
Jong as they are dissatisfied, some
of them will cheer any speakers who
also express dlssatlsractlon. But as
Jar as organizing national political
movements on such ft basis (a sc
i nous Long-for-presldcnt campaign In
'36, for lnstancof. It does not seem
to be possible.
Proof of that point Ilea In the
lact that, while Long. Ccughlln. Up
ton SaYiclalr and others have some
ef the same following, they have
rever got together on anything, and
never will.
Huey Is secretly trying to build up
a national political organization
through Ihrfo share-the-wcalth clubs
out through the country. He has
fabulous figures as to the number of
them. No one knows how many there
are. but everyone knows, Including
tinc. that It will be extremely dlf
flcult to onranlr them Into an ef
fective DOlltleal party.
Huev Is reputed to be wealthy
and can throw In enough money to
make quite a fight, but President
Roosevelt will have more money
than Loni!. after the M. 800.000. 000
relief bill causes. This will make
rather effective political antidote tor
Long-cvlty.
Furthermore, the New Deal has
hidden long of Its own under wraps
He Is Senator Bilbo of Mississippi
who flehts the Long way. Bilbo u
being grocmed as the man to take
on Long tor the administration
through the south In the next cam
paign. Scandal tongues are waging f6ln
about a Texas irrigation project. In
terior Secretary Irkes started it by
pushing for grand Jury action here,
end acting mysterious about It If
nothing more happens than has hap.
pened cn recent similar grand Juridi
cal moves by the New Deal (the in
terns! revenue cne. war department
frauds, etc), it will not be very
rnnttonal.
A the in!rie try goes. Ickea has
upenod two men. one In the de
partment here and one in Trxa. A
complaint was rende by a large New
v ,r hiKldin cDrDoratlon against
-iur th" cnfrnmmt afcea
f:- bit! only on ocd ttle w hich
.lav t ie N-' wr"..
I;---m r-i
Tlic r'f !-' Uih
vohi- n !47nMi eneln"
ertnf, feewhl-'hi
H 'tippf-M to have been obtained
Y- ( rm x!'h v hi'-h a government
o ' 11 hv. ( bec:i ronnerf'l
tC'.QUuueu ju Paftt iei.cj
Drastic Martial Law Forbids
More Than Two Citizens
Gather On Street News
papers Under Censorship
BATON ROUGE. La., Feb. 1. p
Ernest J. Bourgeois, president of the
Square Deal association of Louisiana.
fighting Huey Long's dlstatorshlp,
was arrested today at asoclatlon head
quarters here.
A' detachment of the guardsmen
surrounded the skyscraper building
In which the Square Deal offices are
located, went upstairs, and placed the
militant Bourgeois under arrest.
He was led down to the street by
guardsmen, followed by a great crowd
of spectators.
Bourgeois was taken down the
street toward tht hotel tn which
Senator Huey P. Long has bis head
quarter!. Bourgeois, who disappeared when
armed Square Deal members he was
leading were forced to surrender last
Saturday by militia, was arrested by
state police at his office In a down
town bank building.
Bourgeois was hustled up to the
statehouse. strongly guarded, brought
into a rear room and bundled Into
a private elevator and carried up to
ward the fourth floor on which the
hearing Is being held on charges of a
plot to kill Long.
He was later reported transferred
to another elevator and switched
higher to the twelfth floor where the
of Ice of Brtg.-Gen. Louis 8. Guerre
(Continued on Page Eleven
At the regular weekly meeting of
the board of directors of the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce held
this afternoon, O. O. Alenderfer was
unanimously chosen to take the place
of Floyd Hart, who has been forced to
give up the remaining portion of his
term a director, due to business rea.
sons. Alenderfer's term will expire
April 1. 1936.
Dr. B. O. Barkwell, president of the
Ashland chamber of commerce, ap
pointed the following members for
the Ashland committee on county de
velopment: Guy Applewhite, F. J
Van Dyke, Frank Jordan, J. E. Thorn
ton. . President B. E. Harder of the Med
ford chamber appointed tbe following
men on the Medford county develop.
ment committee: Albert Burch, F. W.
Scheffel, W. A. dates, O. O. Alender
fer, Judge E. B. Day. A. S. V. Carpen
ter. On the county committee he
appointed Verne D. Brophy. B. F. Van
Dyke, D. H. Ferry, w. C. Leever, and
Oscar C. Lewis.
The president also called another
meeting to be held Thursdaj, Feb. 7,
aC 8 o'clock.
DIVORCEE ASKS $75,000
FOR HARD POKE ON JAW
RENO, Nev Feb. 1. (AP) Charg
ing Pitt M. Nutty "without provoca
tion" had struck her tn the face with
such force she may have to have some
teeth removed, Mrs. Lavlnla T. Tuck
er, a divorcee, has brought suit for
$75,000 against the Pittsburgh, Pa.,
social register! te. ,
Majors Love
Revealed by
TOPEKA. Kas., Feb. 1, (AP) The
story of a shattered triangle romance,
haltingly told by tbe tall, attractive
Orace Brandon waa added to the tes
timony today in the government's
second attempt to convict Major
Charles A- Shepard of wife murder.
The 28 year old army stenographer,
for whose love federal prosecutors
contend the 63 year old retired army
surgeon allegedly poison d his sec
ond wife, was expected to complete
her story of the May and December
romance today.
Sometimes tn tears, hc related the
officer's expressions of love, before
) mysterious death of Mrs. Shepard
, t Ft ntiry. Kans.. In Jun 1929. and
hl$ 5Uf?r.ttons that they elope
..H(. kpl tiling
me he bad never
lovefl nv other woman like he loved
me v.ell, you know thing like
that." he jmd haltingly.
fi-rr ;trt 111 tl1 fedefhl I ' I T " TO i 1 1
I mi'l tittered
The slender, eenous-fared deleud-
LONG TAKES OVER CONTROL
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Lieut, L. C. Cave of the Louisiana National Guard is shown taking
over the East Baton Rouge pariah sheriff's office from Deputy W. R. M.
Whitney as Huey Long strengthened his hold on the parish he plana to
make a little District of Columbia. In another move In the Louisiana
fight, Judge W. Carruth Jones (insot) defied Long's Identification
bureau by authorizing the East Baton Rouge sheriff to appoint needed
deputies without approval of the dictator's bureau. (Associated Press
Photos.
FIRE PROTECTION
PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 1. (AP)-
The little town of Gold Hill, one of
the most famous of Oregon's early-
day mlntng communities, was suc
cessful today In obtaining from the
state emergency relief administration
an oppropriatlon for fire protection.
Last summer a serious fire got out
of control and for a time threatened
to destroy the entire town.
Th relief committee today approv
ed a work relief project to overcome
an existing fire hazard by creation
of a fire guard to be 24 feet wide
and one and one-half miles long
circling within and around the north
city limits.
Other work approved today Includ
ed: Relocation of grade of main canal
In Rogue River Irrigation district In
Jackson county; widening and
straightening 3 miles of main irriga
tion canal of Gold Hill Irrigation dis
trict; money for operation of furni
ture and household repair and con
struction shop for relief families In
Marlon county; more money for pub
lic education and library work tn
Jackson county; additional cash for
sewing unit for women at Ashland,
and clearing and grubbing mile of
road near Elmlra In Lane county.
SPANISH REBELS DIE
BEFORE FIRING SQUAD
OVEIDO, Spain, Feb. 1. (APJ--Jcsus
Arguelles Fernandez, a civilian
leader in the October rebellion, and
Sergeant Vasquez, another participant
were executed by firing squada for
treason today.
THREE-STORY TUMBLE
INJURES HOTEL MAN
ABERDEEN, Wash.. Feb. 1. (AP) -
Falling three stories to the ground,
from a window, Fred F. Sarff, man
azer ot the .Washington Hotel, was
'critically Injured.
Expressions
Tearful Girl
ant, who once before had heard the
Brooks Field, Tex., stenographer tell
the tloiy of their romance, sat mo
tionless. At the previous trial he was
convicted and sentenced to serve a
life term.
The physician's third wile, who
aided him financially In his success
ful appeal to the supreme court,
turned her face from the witness.
She testified she had burned two
suitcases "crammed as full as you
could cram them" of letters she had
received before Mrs. Shepard'a death,
but had ?aved the rest. They are gov
ernment exhibits.
The day Mrs. Shepard died. Miss
Brandon said he wrote her:
"My darline Cirare. my wife died
peacefully an hour (or mabe)
t-o hours atfo.
"'My ronwlrn'-e Is rr. he wro'c.
'I did all 1 could for her.'
After an hour and 1 minutes on
thr ntund tlir court wai adjourned,
ani Miv Friinii.n k.'t tl)'' rouriroom.
, o''
men
tig Site hps effortrd by poii'e
Tl
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OF
PORTLAND, Ore.; Feb. 1. (AP)
Oregon nuta, fruits and vegetables
have won a secure place Jn the rtgard
of the great consuming area of great'
er New York City.
This was the word brought to Port
land today by B. 8. Hlggins. member
of the New York firm bearing his
name.
"Our firm," he said, "Introduced
the large white meat Oregon walnut
in New York City. It was several
years ago. The demand for Oregon
walnuta now Is such tn the great
metropolis that when the 1034 Oregon
walnut crop failed to reach expected
volume, the shortage was very embar
rassing." Hlggins and California nut and
rruit producers "are looking with
anxious eyes" on the preference of
New Yorkers tor Oregon products.
The Callfnrnians could afford for
many years to Ignore the competition
of Oregon." the New York dealer stat
ed, "but aa producers here are send
ing a larger and larger crop each year,
the situation has changed."
Now," he continued, "I have learn
ed that many large California packers
are deliberating on the policy of ex
tending their land holdings to the
producing sections of Oregon."
Hlggins said he believes Oregon has
a long way to go tn supplying the
nut and dried fruit demand on the
Atlantic seaboard. "The market Is
not yet touched by the volume now
coming from Oregon,' he stated.
1 1 DIEIrfGRASH
OF AERIAL LINER
t
BERLIN, Feb 1. IJPi Even per
sons were killed when a passenger
airplane crashed last night at Poder
Juch, near Stettin. The dead are the
plane's crew of three and eight pas
sengers, all Germans.
The ship was a low-winded plane
of the Oerman-Ruaslan Airways, en
route from Koenldsberg to Berlin
Fog and rain clouds forced the pilot
to fly low. Close to the Stettin air.
drome the radio operator announcsd
the plane's altitude at 500 feet. Ten
minutes later the plan ran full speed
Into a hill 450 feet high.
TWO KHedTcrash
LA REVIEW. Ore, Feb. 1. (UP) A
Southern Pvrlflc switch engine demolished-
an automobile at a grade
rrowing here late ye.it e-day fatally
injuring two men and Injuring three
Ot her persons.
The dead are Robert Hawn. Lake
view, and C. E. Fuller, pitiah. Ore.
Injured :e Tli.-mas Mulxey. Lake
view. In critical condition with a deep
-alt wound and a broken lej,: M;,r
tie Kn it Lakevte a, and an unidentl
I lied woman.
ON PLAN WATCHED
Pension Bill Father Denies
It's 'Cock-Eyed' Aide
Will Testify Before Ways
Means Committee Monday
Cold Shoulder
OLYMPIA. Wash., Feb. 1. (AP)
Advocates of the Townsend old
age pension plan, pending before
congress, were given the cold
shoulder by the senate of the
Washington legislature today,
which defeated. 23 to 30, a memo
rial to congress urging Us enact
ment, The plan would give persons
over 60 a 1200 pension, to be spent
In, one month. It waa estimated
10,000,000 persona would be eli
gible, with perhaps 8,000,000 ap
plying the pensions.
"The memorial should be sent
to the authorities, at Setlacoom
(state hospital) to see If It's work
able or not," commented Senator
P. Prank Morrow (King).
"It would bankrupt the nation.
he said.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1. fl Re- j
strlctlon of federal contributions on j
old-age pensions to 115 a month la j
believed absolutely neceasary oy j
President Roosevelt to prevent an !
ultimate unbearable cost upon the
government when the social security
plan la tn full operation.
Under this payment the cost to
the government la estimated to reach
s maximum by 1980 of I58S.000.0O0 a
year.
fr. Roosevelt talked over the social
security program today with Secre
taries Morgenthau and Perkins, and
they will go before the congressional
committees Tuesday to present some
modtflcatolns which have been agreed
By C'LARKNCK M. WKMiHT
(Associated Press Staff Writer.)
WASHINGTON, Feb. 1.-H7P) Sixty -eight-year-old
Doctor Frank E. Town
send left a hospital bed today to
deny that his pension plan waa "cock
eyed" and to warn members of con
gresa that "millions of people arc
watching your actions on this bu.
and will be guided accordingly."
Appearing before the house ways
and means committee, the author of
the 1200-a-month pension plan for
persona over 60; asserted that "much
has been written and said that Is
false and misleading about this pla',1,
including testimony before this com.
mittee."
Denies it's "Coek-Kyea."
"I refer particular to the aaar
tion that it la 'cock-oyed'," the Long
t Continued on Page Four )
PORTLAND. Feb. t. (AP) Thirty
Filipinos and four white women were
questioned today In connection vlth
the slaying late yesterday of Martano
Dulay. Filipino, said by police to have
been shot to death by a country
man In a quarrel over a white girl.
Domingo Vlllalon, 22, was charged
with the murder.
Mrs. Vlllalon, 10. white, said In a
signed statement to police that he
married Vlllalon in order to keep
from being returned to the state re
form school. The statement said she
had lived In Seattle and California
with another man and that Vlllalon
threatened to kill her unless she
returned to him. She left Vlllalon
a week ago, she said, after a quarrel
over Dulay.
Police said the white girl told them
she had been engaged to Jimmy
Walker, convict, who with Mrs. Edith
McClaln, waa shot to death and
thrown from an automobile in a
gangster killing near Scappooae last
year.
FIRED IN PORTLAND
PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 1 (API-
Chief of Police Nlles meant exactly
what he satd when he declared police
offlcera found drunk on duty would
be discharged
Ho reported his announcement to
day and ordered the discharge of Pa
trolman Frank Lechleidner who hd
oe-n aoruj-ed of being very drunk and
abusive while on duty.
nnlr of ll'lp
SPOKANE, r.a. I. (Feb.) TMfl
fire companlM ruhed on ell to in
outlying dUtrlct. but found plenty of
help there to ftht tlie blire. Tiif
roof of flrt ,ttion No. u on fir.
GIRLS QUIZZED IN
FILIPINO SLAYING
DEFEN
SAYS BABY
Pictures of Dead Figures in
Hauptmann Trial Identi
fied As People Seen On
Ferry Night of Kidnaping
(Copyright. 1933, by Associated Press )
FLEMINGTON. N. J., Feb. 1. The
defense dropped a bombshell into the
trial oa Bruno Richard Hauptmann
today aa a witness Identified a picture
of Isador Flsch aa a man he saw as
siting a woman with a blond a-year-old
baby on the night that Charles
A. Lindbergh. Jr.. waa kidnaped.
The same witness, Peter H. Som
mer, who described himself as a fin
gerprint expert, also said that a pur
ported picture of Violet Sharpe. sui
cided Morrow maid, closely resembled
the woman.
(Copyright 1835 by the Associated
Press.)
FLFMINOTON. N. J.. Feb. 1. (AP)
A defense witness In the trial of
Bruno Richard Hauptmann today
Identified pictures of & man and a
woman who he said he saw with a
blond baby on the night Baby Charles
A. Lindbergh Jr.. waa kidnaped and
slain, and the defense announced the
pictures he Identified were of iMdor
Flsch and Violet Sharps.
The wltnesa waa Peter H. Sonuner.
who said he was a fingerprint expert,
now employed In the public welfare
department of the city of New York.
He said he saw two men cross the
Hudson river to New York from New
Jersey on a 42nd street ferry at 12:40
a. m.. the morning of March 3, and
saw the men assist a woman with a
baby to board a 42nd street tram on
the New York side.
FLEMINGTON, N. J.. Feb. 1. The
combined opinion of eight state ox-
perta that Bruno Richard Hauptmann
wrote the Lindbergh ransom notes
was disputed today by John M,
Trendley, first deferue expert, and
Hauptmann's attorneys formally dls
claimed part of the so-catted "Flsch
myth."
Former Intimations that; the dead
Isador Flach might have written the
notes or kidnaped and slain Baby
Charles A. Lindbergh. Jr., were wiped
away by the defense chief Edward J.
Reilly during a recent argument.
Claims FlKch not Ransom
Reilly held, nevertheless, to a con
tention that Flsch, not Hauptmann.
was the receiver of the futile $00,000
Lindbergh ransom.
Trendley declared It his opinion the
(Continued on Page Five)
ST. PAUL, Feb. 1 (AP) The Dis
patch said today In a copyrighted
story that the Reverend H. J. Schaar.
of Morris ton. 8. D., had identified
Bruno Richard Hauptmann. on trial
In Flemtngton, H. J., for the kidnap
murder of the Lindbergh baby, a
the man who engineered the "Hohen-1
zollern Jewel" swindle In the north
west nearly nine years ago.
He was quoted as identifying
Hauptmann through newspaper pho
tographs.
Several other victims of the swind
ler, who obtained thousands of dol
lars In the Dakotas and Minnesota
In 1026. have Identified newspaper
photographs or Hauptmann aa the
man who posed ss a German prince
and "borrowed" money on royal
jewels of the house of Hohcnsollern.
the Dispatch said.
4 i
Farhart to Utilld In Wyoming.
CODY. Wyo. (UP) Amelia Ear
hart Putnam, the famous aviatrlx.
and Oeorge Palmer Putnam, her pub-
Hsher-husband, plan to build a sum
mer home In Park county and make
It their legal residence. It Is under
stood here. They spent several weeks
here last summer on a fishing trip.
INJEIlsS'pi
Bad Weather Brings Call
For Winter Merchandise
NEW YORK, feb. 1. (AP) Th
Revere ve.ther over ft large rea ef
the country during the put 10 days
haa caused auch a demand for winter
merchandise that stockj have been
reduced to the vanishing point, ac
cording to the weekly trade review
of Dun Si Bradatrcet.
WholeflRle volume waa bolstered by
larger spring commltmenta than last
veur, the renew aaya, and a heavier
flow of orders than could be han
dled for Immediate ahlpment were
reported In many cane.
' The peralitence of .the uptrend In
Industrial dlvlelon continue, to
irmntnln uno,ueetloned leadership In
' progrew now being recorded,"
ii-r iwnn i irrrrnflni i r"M 1 1 IT I
Woman Gets Toe
By Advertising
In Newspapers
PARIS. Feb. 1. (UP) More
proof that it pays to advertise.
When a pretty Prench woman
from the colonies appealed to Dr.
Francis Dubois to graft on a new
toe to replace one she must have
amputated, the doctor put an ad
vertisement In newspapers. He got
000 offers and selected a toe from
a woman who had six on one foot.
The toe was granted on the doc
tor's patient today and both worn
end will be happy with normal
feet when they don their sanduls
next summer.
BOURBON LETTERS
TO
SHOWN AT
WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. (AP) Cop
lea of letters sent from Democratic
headquarters In the fall of 1032 ask
ing shipbuilders to contribute to the
Roosevelt campaign fund to put
"other than a pacifist in the White
House" were Introduced In evidence
today at the senate munitions com
mittee hearings.
The letters bore the typed name of
Arthur P. Homer, Washington marine
achltect, who yesterday was described
variously as a paint salesman and a
close friend of President Roosevelt.
The letters were introduced by Sen
ator Vaudenberg (R.. Mich.), sole
committee member present at the
time.
Vandenbefg listed Homer aa head
of the "Marine Division of the Dem
ocratic National Campaign Commit
tee. Btltinore. Hotel, New York City.'
One of the copies of Homer's let
ters presented by Vandenberg waa
addressed to Charles M. Schwab, of
United States St el corporation, dat
ed October 27, 1932. The letter de
scribed Roosevelt as "marine mind
ed," - - v '
"As a rceult of the events of the
last thro weeks," It said, "ws believe
that tf the shipbuilders of the United
States are to get a square deal, It
will be necessary to ma Ice a change
on November 8...
"Z hope that you are tn accord
with the Idea.
tf so, we ask that you help us with
a contribution to the campaign fund
of Governor Roosevelt, who, aa you
know, la marina minded and hasn't
the opinion that International af
faire can be settled with a blue-print
navy.
' "Checka should be made to r. c.
Walker, treasurer (personal chscka,
of course), and mailed to him In the
enclosed envelope. The writer win
personally acknowledge your contrl
button and see tnat the news of It
reaches the governor's ears."
,' The senator did not discloss where
copies of the letters were obtained
but told newsmen several of the
orlKlnals would be Introduced later
In evidence.
PHONE QUIZ FEES
SALEM, Feb. 1. (AP) Further In
vestigation Into the claim of Clark .4
Clark, Portland law firm, of $0,760 j
fees as special attorneys for Charles
M. Thomas, public utilities commis
sioner, was requested of ths attorney
general today by Secretary of State
Earl Snell.
The bill was presented for payment
during the last part of Governor
Julius L. Meier's administration, but
the voucher to date has not been
paid. The fees were declared chsrged
by A. E. Clark for assisting Thomas
In Investigation of th rates and
charge of the Pacific Telephone and
Telegraph company.
In one opinion by the attorney
general It was held the board of con
trol hsd no authority over the claim
and that If the claim falls within the
statutory authorisation the secretary
of state was authorised to issue the
warrant.
the review atate,. "In ahort. during
the Jlrat month of the year a defi
nite revival haa developed In nearly
all branches of bualneea."
In virtually all reporta of retail
distribution for the week, the agency
says, attention waa directed to the
gain made over the preceding wee,
when heavy anowa Interfered with
shopping plana, with the rue over
last yeafe comparative totals eatl
msted at 13 to 10 per cent. The
lanroal sales were reported for the
Industrial centers of th middle west.
Dun Bredsireef buelnes ac
tivity barometer stood at 74.1 at the
end of the wee, or 20 per cent
sbove Its position on the same dste
I last year.
TAX RELIEF GIVEN
Clatsop and Tillamook Given
Previous Concession
Martin Prepares to Name
Planning Comm. Soon
SALEM. Feb. 1. 'Iff Governor
Charles H. Martin announced tod jit
he would retain the nine members of
his advisory board aa the new mem
bers of the state planning commis
sion. He likewise expressed satlsfse
tlon at the bill authorizing th crea
tion of the board and which he sign
ed today.
.The members of the board:
Philip A. Parsons of the University
of Oregon; W. A. Schoenfeld of Ore
gon Stat college;' D. O. Henney of
Portland, advisory engineer of th
Bonneville project; Ed W. Miller of
Marsh field; C. J. Buck, Portland, dis
trict engineer for the federal forestry
department; Guy Boyington of As
tori a, and John W. Biggs of Burns.
SALEM, Feb. 1. (AP) Voting IS
to 14, tha senato of the Oregon legis
lature today granted relief from pay
ment of state property taxes to Jef
ferson county for part of 1034 and
for the current year. Jefferson coun
ty did not pay the last half of 1034
taxes due the state.
Opposition to the proposal was
based on the fear that the mov
would set a dangerous precedent as
other counties, similarly In distress,
perhaps likewise would appeal to th
state to eliminate state taxes. Pre
viously relief along this line had been
given Clatsop and Tillamook coun
ties, both having, suffered through
major fires.
The measure now goes to th
house. It was Introduced by Senstor
Wallace and Representative Rodman.
Tn Name Planners Soon
Governor Charlea H. Martin was
preparing today to name his perma
nent planning commission, following
passage by the legislature of the bill
which would provide 93O.0OO funds
for use In tha advisory commission.
Th measure would provide for nln
members. Speculation waa that all pf
the governor's temporary "brain
trust" would be retained on th
board.. ,
Ths members of th present board
are D. O, Henney, O. R. Bean. Jamle-
(Contlnued on Pag Fiv
PORTLAND, Feb. l-(AP) Organi
sation of the new state liquor con
trol commission will be perfected aft
a meeting of the three commissioners
hero Saturday morning. '
In addltlpn to selection of a chair
man the commission wilt appoint an
administrator to succeed Oeorge L.
Sammts, resigned. Frank A. Spencer
of Portland haa been most generally
mentioned for this post.
Judge James D. Burns of Condon
Is the only member holding over
The aw commissioners are Stanley
O. Jewett of Portland and A. L. Mc
Mahan of Albany. The Albany man
Is expected to be made chairman.
Th wife of President Woodro
Wilson Is said to have given the nam
Leviathan to the great German liner,
Vaterland. which the United States
seized during th Worl dwai
WILL
ROGERS
NEW YORK, Jun. 31. New ;
Orleana got thu finest airport 1
ever saw, built on made land ,
from the lake, just what Chica
go or any water town could do.
Flew in a little two-cylinder
plane from Baton Rouge to
New Orleans top speed 70.
Flew up to Washington lait
niijlit.
I had no idea in the world
but what that world court
would pass. Lots of senators
feel better about it. They wa 1
voting through promise and not
by conviction for it. Senator
Joe Robinson made an out
standing fight for it and b .
didn't have much wholehearted
help either.
Well, today they were) all
settled down to spo if they
couldn't do something for
America.
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