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WINNSB
EDFORD
Pulitzer Award
rOB 1934
Tweuty-uiuth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 3, 1935.
No. 268.
M
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$14000 OFFERED
She Duped a Major
By PAIL MALLON
(Copyright. 1035, by taut Mallon.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 2. The new
deal has hit upon a, new minor pub
licity promotion Idea baby bondj.
The plan la the president' own,
anno that fact la
supposed to be a
secret. He sug
gested It origin
ally In a confer
ence of fiscal ad
risers at the
White House.
Some of them did
not think much
of it. For one.
Governor Eccles
of the Federal
Reserve la sup
posed to have ob
jected. No one
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HCmtte
PAUL MALLON
E
Ex-Deputy Tells of Plot to
'Rub Out Kingfish'
Square Deal Head Brands
Probe 'Publicity Stunt'
can expect him to say so now, but
the best banking circles have heard
that he had two strong objections :
(1) that the public might get skit
tish at, times, and sell, as It did In
tjfe cane of liberty bonds after the
war; and (2) that savings bank de
posits might be depleted. These are
good, substantial financial objections.
Nevertheless, the authorization was
Included in the new (45.00O.OO0.0OO
faeoi inw Because me president insist
ed. The treasury has already started
whooping .it up. It asserts that it
expects to sell a billion In bargain
counter lota from 25 up. Mr. Roose
velt Is to buy the first one, probably
at a ceremony where pictures can be
taken.
If it works, the nation will become
as baby-bond conscious as it became
quintuplet conscious after the DIonne
phenomenon. But the eternally skep
tical bankers are saying the results
will hardly be phenomenal. You can
not make people have quintuplets
through the power of suggestion
alone, aay they.
The real explanation of the Infant
bond prodigy seems to be that Mr.
Roosevelt does not expect to sell
enough to make any banking or bond
market difference. He will not sell
a billion or half a billion. There la
nowhere near that much money in
the barpaln counter market. Hence
the bankers need not worry,
v But every purchaser of a $25 bond
iwM become a bondholder In the'New
Deal. The psychological effects of
that may be tremendous.
A million holders of 25 govern
ment bonds will become a million
people thinking more or less In terms
of government expenditures and gov
ernment debt. What money the trea
usry would get out of It may not be
worth the trouble, but the White
House may look forward to political
and psychological sextuplets or even
septuplets. That seems to be the sole
purpose.
The two Wild Bills of Labor (Green
and Lewis) turned out to be a couple
of smartiea who spoiled the NRA par
ty the other dsy.
The National Industrial Recovery
board took precautions to make Its
labor hearings a quiet affair. To make
certain of It, the advisory labor board
of NRA actually furnished speeches
generally for labor leaders. ThL- gen
eralized assertion will be denied, of
course, but It can be proved that the
board at least furnished figures on
which several speeches were basei.
Also, it tried to get copies of all labor
speeches In advance, and it did itet
the Important ones, except the two
most Important.
Messrs. BUI Green and Bill Lewis
decided to let the board hear their
speeches from the floor. They paid
their respects to NRA in rather caus
tic language. Lewis called the NRA
failure, demanding the thirty-hour
week Instead.
Next day. the board tried to re
establish subtle disciplinary quietude
by confining speeches to fifteen min
utes and to the subject of hours and ;
wages. That failed to work also. The j
next industrial witness was on the
stand an hour.
BATON ROUGE, I., Feb. 3.
(AP) Huey Long's military
grip on the Loualana capttol
loosened tonight wben many of
his national guardsmen were de
mobilized following Indefinite
continuance of hie "murder plot"
hearing. f
BATON ROUGE. La., Feb. 2. (AP)
Still surrounded by rows of hand
picked National Guardsmen and pri
vate body guards, United States Sen
ator Huey P. Long today postponed
Indefinitely his "murder plot" In
quiry after hearing a witness testify
as high as 930,000 had been offered
for Long's head.
The same witness George (Red)
Davis a former deputy sheriff, look
ing straight Into Long's eyes, and
speaking without a show of emo
tion or fear, described what he said
were several attempts to kill the
senator. !
After the hearing Ernest Boureols.
president of the an tt -Long Square
Deal association, said the "whole
court hearing and murder plot In
vestigation is nothing more than the
usual Huey Long publicity stunt.'
Long, the political ruler of this
agitated commonwealth, left the 33-
story state house he had turned Into
a virtual military stronghold, closely
flanked by alert soldiers, with the
statement that "I might stay here,
go to New Orleans for a 'while, or if
world court business needs my at
tention in Washington I may go
there soon."
The third session of the probe into
charges that a group of his arch ene
mies had conspired to kill him was
reaumed this morning under the
same military air as on yesterday
when Long personally examined wit
nesses and first heard direct testi
mony that a conspiracy to kill him
had existed.
Davli testified ha had conspired
with another deputy aheriff on sev
eral occasions last November to kill
Long and described attempts ' made
to "rub out" the "kingfish" with
rifle shots through windows at the
governor's mansion and at the state
house.
The witness said these attempts
were futile because of the close watch
state police kept on the area In
which Long confined his activities.
Davis, trill and square-Jawed, testi
fied he used an automobile assigned
to the office of the east Baton Rouge
sheriff during the travel t co-incident
with the attempts on Long's
life, and that rifles they carried be
longed to a hardware company owned
by relatives of Sheriff Robert i. p
tit of East Baton Rouge.
Fred O'Rourke. the first witness
to refuse to testify, was described
by Long as the "chief agent" of the
Stsndard Oil Company of Louisiana
during a revolt last Saturday In
which an "army' of cltl7ns met a
detachment of National Guardsmen
on the airport, One clt.lr.en was
wounded slightly.
Troops from varying sections of
the state were loaded Into busses and
started homeward as the Louisiana
dictator called a respite In his at
tempt to show that he was the In
tended victim of an assassination
conspiracy.
Brig-Gen. Louis F. Guerre, who
has been In command of National
Guardsmen since they poured into
I the capital a week ago following the
srming of anti-Long citizens, sato
"about half" the soldiers were being
sent home. He declined statements
' fin
UPSTATE SOLONS
PLAN CURB UPON
STRIKEJSORDER
Bills Framed to Thwart
Repetition of Longshore
men's Walkout Ills
Session Faces Relief Fund
Problems Without Solution
SALEM. Feb. 2. (AP) A brace of
bills declared sponsored by legisla
tors from agricultural districts and
directed against the program of
organized labor, wll be dropped Into
the house hoppea Monday, It was
learned here today.
One would hit the anti-injunction
law ruling labor disputes aad another
would authorize the state police In
maintaining order during strikes.
These .were declared outgrowths of
the recent longshoremen's strike In
Portland.
BULLETIN
tar Witness
SALT LAKE CITY. Feb. I.
AP-lght men. seven of them
armed with revolvers and another
wlih machine tun, held up anil
rohhed the Denver and Kio
Grande Western mall train In
the outskirts or this city late to
night. Railroad official were unable to
estimate the amotint of loot pending
a check of the mall aboard the train
Officers said seven or the robbers
apparently boarded the east-bound
mall-passenger train when It stopped
in the railroad yards here upon Its
arrival from the west.
While the train was leaving the
yards, the robbers took possession of
It and holding the mall clerks and
crew at bay, forced the engineer to
stop at Thirteenth South street.
A truck, driven by the eighth mem
ber of the gang, was waiting at that
point. The bandits piled their cargo
of mail Into the truck and drove
away.
Grace Brandon, stenographer from San Antonio Tex., leaving the
courtroom In Topeka. Kas., under guard of an U. 8. marshal after she
had testified about love letters received from Maj. Charles A. Shepard.
The army officer it charged with the slaying of his second wife.
TOPEKA. Kan.. Feb. 2. ( AP)
Grace Brandon, admitting she had
duped Maj. Charles A. Shepard re
garding her financial and social af
fairs, testified today they were alien
ated by his plea, after arrest on a
wife-murder charge, that she burn
his letters.
"Why would he do that If he were
not guilty?" Bhe demanded.
Major Shepard 's love for the young
Brooks Field, Tex., stenographer Is
described by the government's charge
as the motive for the poison death of
Mrs. Zenana Shepard at Fort Riley.
Kansas, 5 years ago.
Miss Brandon admitted she re
ceived many gifts from the now 63-year-old
major and that she had sub
mitted to him bills for doctor service
which sho did not owe to obtain
money for other purposes.
She admitted too that she had been
"going out" with other officers in
San Antonio when receiving gifts and
money from Shepard. She said "he
was Insanely Jealous.
- She was questioned closely about a
will Shepard made in her favor and
(30.000 In Insurance policies that she
said he made over to her before his
wife's death.
Many States Plan Share
From Gambling to Aid
Welfare Needs Oregon
Listed As Considering
Similar Action.
CHICAGO, Feb. 2. ( AP) Old age
pensions and other public welfare
funds will come tumbling out of slot
machines la numerous bills, pending
or planned, are approved by the state
legislatures.
At least 21 state's governing bodies
arc working on legislation calculated
to get a share or a bigger slice of
the money tossed Into almost every
form of gambling from horse racing
to those marble game nickel-catchers.
Most of the proposed legislation deals
with parl-mutucls and slot machines.
The Illinois general eseembly has
under consideration a bill to tax slot
machines, the money to go into coun-
as to exactly how many were depart-ty pension funds. Oregon may con
ing.
The fastest thing that was put over
in the NRA hearings waa at the ex
pense of a union labor leader (not
Green or Lewis.) This witness did
not want to discuss the subject as
signed to him by the labor advisor
board, but the board persuaded him
to do It. Much data had been prs
pared for him by the board and he
used it all with confident assurance
that he had the New Deals own fig
ures. Imagine his surprise when A. D.
Whiteside, member of the NRA board,
lit into these same facts and figures.
The witness was unfamiliar with
them, tripped and stumbled.
It shows you cannot always safely
submit the facts snd figures of one
New Deal ajrncr to another.
There la another reason why no one
needs t worry about congress boost
ing the old arc pensions out of slfiht
The bilijnow provides, and will In the
end stipulate, that federal contribu
tions nyist be matched by the states
In vlewvof the existing financial con
dition f state governments. It is
hle'.ilv n:nprobfirle that the ltd will be
blown tjoo hieh.
FP&WP.F RRITAIN
I uniiUL, uiuinm
NEW AGREEMENT
EUROPEAN PEACE
PUFFED SLEEVES
F(
Modes Give Women Most
Feminine Clothes in Year
Soft Curls on Forehead,
Starched Bonnets Return
elder a similar plan, under which 25
per cent of the "take" from the ma
chines would aid in the support of
the aged. Missouri may tax slot ma
chines, but does not Intend to legal
ize gambling with them, while the
Texas legislature has before It a pro
posal to levy heavy taxes on slot ma
chines. Such contrivances recently were
barred from stores handling liquor
In Ohio, but the state liquor control
commission may let them remain and
put a tax on them. Minnesota and
Nebraska have billa which would leg
alize and tax coin machines up for
4rlnn rinv 7 M Bhitrflt nt At-kan
LONWri. o. mri "M"- ,. r.aounfi ,
ment by Great Britain and France j u of b&nneC altogether. Pennsyl
vania and Maine legislator see pos
slbilitles In slot machine taxation
upon a comprenensive program shi
lling issues causing European ten
sion and relieving Germany from the
military restrictions of the Versailles
treaty appeared assured tonight.
The Anglo-French talks were ad
journed ahortly before midnight and
well-informed French quarters said
the conferees were In harmony and
that only a few minor points re
mained to be cleared up tomorrow.
A communique la expected after
that session. Pierre Laval. French
foreign minister, plans to return to
Paris Monday.
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonsId
and Sir John Slmot. British foreign
ecretATT. in ttatements to the Asso
ciated Press. Indicated that they also
sntl'pnte a complete agreement.
PARIS, Feb. 2. (AP) Styles
launched in Uie days of the English
prince whose father fought America's
bid for Independence will be worn by
smart American modems this spring.
The new ll35 mode, today's fash-
Ion shows demonstrated, is replete
with touches taken from the period
when the son of George III was
prince regent of England.
Wider evcrs capes worn oy tne re
gency rakes, and the full swishing
skirts, dropped shoulder oeconeies
miffed sleeves, white starched collars
and bonnet affected by their ladles
are all seen,
" Current musical comedies and
plays and the New York beaux arts J
ball are credited with having Inspired j
the return of the regency vogue.
bringing women back to the most!
feminine clothes they have worn in
many years.
Half the mannequins who display
the clothes are wearing fringea or
masses of soft curls over the fore
head and short curls at the back of
the head.
Suits which are Important are
fashioned of brown, beige, grey, green
or fiower-hued wool tweed with wide
shoulders fitted at the waistline.
Black, beige, brown and green coats
are designed with fitted waistline,
wide, bold revers and li"B sleeves,
while scores of navy and black day
dresses have short full sleeves and
fairly wide gores on bias skirts and
starched white pique collars.
SALEM, Feb. 2. (AP) Still faced
with the most gigantic task to be ef
fected unemployment relief the
Oregon state legislature today reached
the half-way mark of the scheduled
session, with no outward Indication
that any method of aproach to the
problem had yet been worked out.
Legislators generally were at a loss
to know how to proceed chiefly be
cause of the accepted fact that the
power of the state assembly had been
depreciated due to federal demands
and restrictions and because the
electorate of the state undoubtedly
would vote down any wide-spread
form of taxation In an attempt to
raise funds for the care of approxi
mately 76.000 people out of work.
These two factors, in the words of
John D. Goss, senator from Marsh-
field, virtually tie the hands of the
legislature, and yet the relief solu
tion must be outlined within the re
mainder of the session. A problem
causing plenty of worry among lead-
era.
Meanwhile next week will see the
two houses In full swing on the
numerous other tasks which have al
ready appeared and which will con
tinue to flood the assembly the next
few days. The coming week will see
long hours of labor ahead, both in
meetlnga and In committees. !
To date the legislature haa dis
posed of but 40 of the 374 bills al
ready introduced. Thirty of these
went to defeat either by the indefi
nite postponement route, by vote on
the floor or by withdrawals. Sixty-
six other measures have progressed
half way through the assembly.
In addition to all other matters to
be considered. Governor Charles H.
Martin's planning commission, auth
orized under the only bill signed by
the executive the past week, was
working out more proposals, one for
departmental consolidation and the
other for public works proposals.
The executive named the nine
members of his original "brain trust,"
who have been working for some
time on the tasks before them. It was
believed some definite proposals
would be worked out beforo the ses
sion adjourns in order to establish
enabling acts for culmination of
these views.
The planning commission bill, the
first of the administrative proposals,
was the only major bill so far to get
through the assembly. Two others
placing fees Into the general fund
and county unit system for public
education have passed the house.
Others, including the budget con
trol and the later primary election
dates, are still In committees. Still
others, sustained yield for forest con
servation and matters In the offing
are to be Introduced.
First Degree Murder Charge
Against Divorcee Who
Ended Romance With Bul
lets Surrenders. After
Killing.
IV I ; t i
LINDBERGH BABY
TO
Mrs. Morrow to Refute De
fense Charge Against
Dead Violet Sharpe
Colonel Also to Be Re
buttal Witness for State
By John Ferris.
Aisorlnlfd Prm Btaff Writer.
(CopyrlBht. 1038. by the Amoclitwl
Press)
FLEMINOTON, N. J.. Feb. 3. The
grandmother of the murdered Una-
.. . j. iberch bsbv my be called to the
partment of justice Investigator, !Kneaa stand In the Bruno Richard
nnupbiiiann uiii lie ec w j"
was the principal prosecution wit
neas in the trial of 17 alleged com
munists in Sacramento, Cal. The
17 were charged with criminal syn
dicalism. He was a state Investi
gator Into communist activities.
(Associated Press Phnto
AWAITING STORK,
SLAYS MERCHANT BAKER TROPHY FOR
BUY OREGON' AID
TO
KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 3. (AP)
First degree murder charges were
filed today in the Justice court
against Miss Marlon Meyerle accusing
her of the slaying of Lawrence Lis
ter. Klamath Falls businessman.
District Attorney Hardin O. Black
mer said Miss Meyerle was an ex
pectant mother.
A blaxe of bullets from a gun in
the hands of the woman ended the
life of Lawrence Lister, 42-year-old
meat market owner, here last night.
A few moments after the shooting
Marlon Meyerle, about 36, walked into
the Klamath Falls police station and
gave himself up. I
She readily admitted killing Lister,
officers said.
The woman was placed In the
bouhty Jail after a brief Interview
with the chief of police.
Lister was killed in his room at a
lodging house Just half a block away
from the police station. His body was
found face down In the corner of the
room, a pool of blood beneath the ,
head. I
Two bullets from an automatic1
found by an open closet door had i
entered his body. There were soars
of four other shots on the walla and
through a pillow on the bed.
The body was partly clothed. There
was little sign of a struggle.
Miss Meyerle, a divorcee who haa
been keeping company with the
merchant for about a year, made no
formal statement.
Officers said they believed the kill
ing was a result of a recent bseak Id
the pair's friendship.
Honor Won in State-Wide
Competition With Coope
ration of C. of C. and
W. ji. GatesCampaign
Urged Home Products
vide a murder night alibi for one
of her sen-ants the dead Violet
Sharpe.
Mrs. Dwlght Morrow, widow of tne
one time ambassador to Mexico and,
Morgan partner, was the employer
of the Sharpe woman on March 1,
1932, when the Lindbergh baby was
kidnaped. There has been defense
testimony that the young English
womanwho subsequently commit
ted suicide when police returned to
question her was seen late on the
ntirht of the crime, and that soe
was carrying "a golden haired baby."
David T. Wllentr. the New jersey
attorney general directing the prose
cution of Hauptmann, said tonight
that he was undecided as to whether
he would ask Mra. Morrow to face
the crowded courtroom aa her daugh
ter. Mra. Anne Lindbergh, did in the
early days of the trial. Much will
depend. Wllentr said, on whether
her testimony Is deemed necessary t
rebutt that given yesterday oy nw
H. Sommer.
There are other witnesses, Wlienta
pointed out, who can teatiry inai
Violet Sharpe could not nav own
the woman Sommer said he aaw late
the night of March 1, 1933, boarding
a New York city street car and carry
ing a babe in arms. She waa accoro
panUd, Sommer aald, by a man
closely resembling the much-mentioned
Isador Fisch. now dead.
Miss Sharpe'a actual whereabout
that night. Wlienta aald, waa at a
The George L. Baker trophy for the
best newspaper cooperation In the
state-wide "Buy Oregon" campaign
Medford Mall Tribune, at an Oregon New Jersey roadhouse not I"
Manufacturer's association banquet Englewood horn, ot the Morrows.
PARALYSIS HALTED
South Carolina. Iowa and Indiana.
on the other hand, are seeking meas
ures to get rid of the machines.
((jo-tinued on Page Five)
deil's mot
F
FEDERAL CELL TO
PRIZE OFFENDER
HIGH COURT OUSTS
BISMARCK, N. D., Feb. 7. (AP)
Governor Thomas H. Mocdle late to
day was held ineligible in a state
supreme court ruling for an office he
had held less than a month.
He Immediately accepted the de
cision and called upon North Da
kota citizens to cooperate with his
successor Lieutenant Governor Wal
ter H. Welford.
Elected and Inducted Into office
amid scenes of political atrlfe. his
right to serve questioned even before
his Inaugural January 7, Moodle was
told by the court that he had made
himself Ineligible to act as governor
by voting In Minnesota In 1930.
THIS WEEK SEEN
S-vedeifs mot exciting flnsnctsl
iK-fln1f4 sl the bl7rre Ivaar Kreu
ger di ma was revealed today with
the it fnuu arren of Haron Nil?
Stifm1 tedt. court rlianibriLim tn i..e
HONOLULU. Pb. 2. (API Cus.
toms offlrlsls today announced sel7.- PAN rrtANUFCO, Frb. 2. lAPi
ure of 1215.000 worth of opium and ; OuMonk for period of February 4 to
the arrest, of a Chinese. Chew Leong. phrusry 9, Inclusive for far western
when he arrived here aboard the liner . fims:
President Taft Wednesday. The opl-1 Outlook bears for normal tempera-
PORTLAND. Ore., Fb. 3 (AP)
Ted RoBOway. convicted narcotica
peddler, today was sentenced to serve
Iflve years In federal prison and fined
12000 by Federal Judge James Alger
!Fee.
A former pugilist., Rogoway was
ORF.GON: Generally fair Sunday 1 described by the prosecution as not
and Monday: local valley fogs east a user, but merely a vendor of nar
portion: little chance til tempera- ( cotics.
ture; moderate east and southeast j His police record Includes convic
wlnd off the cost. tlons for liquor law violations and
msny trsfflc Infringements.
In Portland Thursday night. News
papers throughout the state working
In conjunction with their chambers
of commerce, competed for this
trophy In a sweeping campaign, to
familiarize the people of Oregon With
the quality of Oregon-made products,
and much credit for the honor which
has been directed to the Mall Tri
bune is due to the splendid coopera
tion of the Jackson County chamber
of commerce, and the various com
mittees participating In the "Buy
Oregon" campaign in the Medford
area. Credit Is also due to W. A.
Gates, who was a. member for south
ern Oregon of Governor Julius Me
ier's Oregon Products committee. 1
The Cteorge Baker trophy was ac
cepted for the Mall Tribune at the
Manufacturer's banquet by th Tri
bune's Portland representative, Ross
Mackey, a member of the firm of M.
C. Morgensen & Company, national
advertising representatives. The
plaque will be sent to this city, and
will be presented to the Mall Tribune
at a Jackson County chamber of
commerce meeting.
The cooperation of the Mall frl
bune, and the work of W. A. Gates
and the Jackson Comity chamber of
commerce committee members
celved considerable recognition t the
Thursday night banquet In Portland.
according to word received here.
Mac M. Wllklns, a member of the
firm of Mac Wllklns St Cole, and an
(Continued on Pate Three)
BAKBRSFIKLD. Calif., Feb. 2.
( AP) One of the medical world's big
problems, the prevention of pollumy-1
elltls (infantile paralysis), apparent-;
ly is being solved here by large scale
Immunization with an emulsion made
from the aplnal cord of infected In
dian monkeys.
With an epidemic of pollumyclltla
prevailing here, and 127 cases record
ed so far. several shipments of a ser
um developed by Dr. Maurice Brodle
of New York, have been rushed by
airplane, and 700 persons have been
Inoculated.
Dr. Joe Smith, Kern county health
officer, who Is in charge of the Im
munization, said today that no con
tact inoculated had developed the
disease.
The serum bas been made avail
able by the New York board of
health. It Is being sent in specially
constructed temperature controlled
packages.
Dr. smith emphasized that the vac
cine can do no harm because the
emulsion la sterilized with formalin
and Is not an active virus.
DUE TO ESCAPES IS. BYRD OFF TO
GREET EXPLORER
jprci.
rrince Carl. Kins
t l 0 I'Alll l( THInON
BOSEBURO, Ore. Feb a. (API
fTanrls C. nndley snd Waltr L. Me.
harry of the Wolf Creek CCC csmp
nm contained In 510 ,mall flat , Hires eiwl CMierallr lair neather. but today were sentenced to prison terms
r?p the officials Mid. hidden In vh a pr .bihr.iu of rain by the after il'allnt tulllv 10 a charce of
c -nnanments built Into t.i ba.ie and -mcWle of the w;k along the coaa misappropriation of lunda from the
OKLAHOMA CITY. Feb. J. (API
Oklahoma prison escapes brouajht
the resignation of Warden Bam Brown
of the penitentiary today sna piaceo
Mrs. Oeorge A. Waters, relormeiorj
warden, under fire.
Mrs. Waters, only woman warden
of a male prison In the United
Slates, also forced Inveatlgatlon con
remind eharses of extreme cruelty
to young prisoners.
In resigning following the es-spe
of two long-Wrm convicts last night.
Warden Brown erltlclMd Marlsnd lor
incltlru! Dtlsoners with his com-
J ment." Marland said he would adopt
, -hard boiled' attitude towerd
FOR EFFICIENCY.
BEFORE POLITICS
She persisted, under questioning at
the time, In refusing to ten
she had been, a servanta of. ma
Morrow estate ba been forblddea
to patronize -UiV .particular place. ;
Almost certain to b called by th
state la Col. Charles A. Lindbergh,
the murdered baby'a father. W re
buttal testimony la expeoted to b
two-fold. He will endeavor to aaslst
In clearing the name of hi, mother-tn-law'a
maid-servant, and ha la
wilt testify that ha haa no recol
lection of ever having met Lou
Harding, a defense wltneaa. Harding
haa testified that he aaw two men
in a station wagon and with a lad
der on the day of kidnaping ana
that they had asked him tna way w
the Undbergh'a Hopewell aetata, nei
ther of the men waa HauptmaoB,
Harding said.
Only few of tne aeverai avanam.
rebuttal witnesses will be needed.
prosecutors asld today, explaining
that they thought tha defense waa
"too weak" to need elaborate: re
buttal. They po"td out that la
their opinion they had succeeded In
discrediting much of the defense evi
dence by cross-examination.
State and defense counsel agreed
that barring unforeseen development,
the fate of Hauptmann may go to
a Jury by the end of the week, with
the possibility of a verdict by Sat
urday. An acquittal verdict would
mean that Hauptmann would be)
turned back to Bronx county, H. T..
authorltlea to face charge growing
out of hla having been found ,to pos
sess Lindbergh ransom money. A con
viction of murder would call for a
sentence of death In the electrlo
chair at Trenton.
MOSCOW. Idaho, Feb. . (AP)
Idaho fana again aang tha praise to
night of the battling, vest-pocket'
Wallv Oeraghty. who led th Univer
sity of Idaho to Its hardest-fought
basketball victory In two year over
Washington State college, 30 to 21.
BOSTON. Feb. . (AP) Mrs. Rich
ard E. Byrd. wife of the explorer, be
gan today a trip to New Zealand,
where she will meet her husband on
his return from his Antarctic expe
dition. Mrs. Byrd said the latest reports
from Little America, beie of Real
Admiral Byrd. expedition, set the
probable date of the party'e arrival
In Dunedln. New Zealand, at "early
next month."
I She will sail to New Zealand Ironi
, bag rcdio, pal. .
PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. 1. (API
New heads wrangled with an Old
problem the liquor problem In
Oregon tonight.
The new Oregon liquor control
commission today named Frank A.
Spencer of Portland as state liquor
administrator. He aucceeds George L
Sammls of Portland who consented
to remain until Spencer becomes fa
miliar with the work.
A flat statement that the liquor
administration would provide "no
patronage Jobs" was made by Spen
cer. ?fe ssld he plsnned no radical
changes In operations or personnel
of Oregon system of state hard liquor
atores.
"I think we have a good organi
sation here." he said. "All t ask now
la efficiency and loyalty. There will
be no politics In this administra
tion."
Today's meeting was the first since
A. K. McMshan of Albany and Stan
ley a. Jewett of Portland succeeded
Alex O. Barry of Portland and Ed
ward Brodle of Oregon City on the
board. The third member. James D.
Burns of Condon, served with the
old commission appointed by Julius
L. Meier when he was governor.
WILL
Xzi ROGER?
Sea Patrol Manned.
WASHINOTON. Feb. 3. ( A.P) A
stronaer llfe-savlna patrol for the
dangerous sea paths that have claim
ed many lives In major disasters
d urine the last few months Is no'
nrnvided hv the coast guard with
nubile worts funds.
.Sgys:
NKW YORK, Feb. 1. Now
listen, tliis Mayor La Guardia
is a Kood friend of mine, but he
has just moved his snow from
one side cf the streets to tno
other. lie didn't seem to want
to take it far from its old home.
Headline in the financial
page 8P.ys "This Week's Clear
ings Rise to Five Billion, One
Hundred Million." So the
Roosevelt administrations are
not the only ones that are tak
ing in billions. We had been
led to believe that there was no
"billions" only on a govern
ment "deficit," but there is
just as much money as thera
ever was. Nobody cat any dur
ing the depression. It's just
planted deeper in the rat hole,
that's nil.
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