Medford Mail Tribune
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Pulitzer Prize
FOR 1934
Tweuty-uintb Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, 'WEDNESDAY, MARCH 13, 1035. c
No. 301.
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By PALL MALLON
(Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon.)
WASHINGTON. March 13. There
seem to be some contusion about
Mr. Morgenthau's new (told profit
trick.
The new deal's
severest ra o n e
taxy critic Sen
ator Thomas,
leaped from his
eat to cheer It.
A p p a r ently he
thought It wn
the old paper
stunt In which
the magician
tears up a small
pieos of paper
and then throws
out buckets of
PAUL MALLON
eonfettt money.
i The conservative critics applauded
'It Just as much, on the opposite as
sumption that It was the old Illusion
trick designed to make the Infla
tionists believe they see money which
Isn't.
Those who have studied new deal
legerdemain from & less partisan
standpoint were Inclined to believe
Hi was nether. They knew very well
that It KAs the old girl-cawlng o t
Mr. Morgenthau was merely cutting
the gold-girl up without hurting her.
And the conclusion is Inescapable
that Senator Thomas will .not get
the best portion
The confusion seems to have re
sulted at least partially from the
fact that Senator Thomas apparently
was taken back -stage beforehand.
Some of Mr. Morgenthau'a assistants
are supposed to have pointed out
the Inflationary possibilities. That
1s why Mr. Thomas was all ready with
his applause as soon the announce
ment was made.
The new dealers are supposed to
have especially desired such a re
action. LiDt only to keer the infla
tionists In congress quiet, but to
shake the stock market out of its
sound sleep. The market has been
snoozing lately In utter disregard of
inflationary possibilities.
You may consider It highly sig
nificant that the market went right
on snoozing the first day after hear
ing of the new trick and the Thomas
cheer.
The simple fact la that Mr. Morgen
thau sawed off $643,000,000 of his
8 ,8 12.000,000 gold profit and used It
to retire that Insignificant portion
rf the public debt. The rest of the
hocus-pocus was all frill.
The most Important frill was the
further centra liz.irig of money con
trol In federal reserve by limiting the
currency-Issuing post bill ties of na
tional banks. The new deal has been
working for months toward a central
bank In the federal reserve without
designating it as such. This helped
that cause along.
It Is true some additional money
could possibly be issued, and jjroi;.
ably a little will b. But t'e cur
rency angle of the "Alng is wholly
show. You may be sure that the
new issues, when and if made, will
not be sufficient to cause monetary
Inflation.
The thing to remember Is that the
big share of Mr. Morgcnthau's gold
profit la tied up In the stabilization
fund for more than a year yet. He
will use It In a year or o. Just as
he used the $642,000,000 portion of
It. to retire debt. That has bceu
expected from the beginning
For the time being, the inflation
of Senator Thomas ts probably as Im
portant as any other inflation. That
la what makes It a perfect trick
A confidential letter written by a
cabinet officer Is bein: eent around
privately by new dealers to some of
the most Influential business lend
ers. It contains eight piwes t busi
ness letter aire) of stncle-spaced type.
, written conclusion calculi led to
clear up uncertainty rooted in some
business minds.
While much of It l familiar new
deal argument, some portions of it
offer more definite promises than the
new dealers have chosen to offer pub
licly. For Instance. It assures busi
ness men that no new or additional
federal taxes are now contemplated
or likely to be proposed "unless some
action of the congress, like the pass
age of a cash bonus, will necessitate"
extra-budgetary expenditures.
BY .
I tt-
The letter Is marked "tzr informa
tion only and not frr rele:se or pub
lication." It was originally wrlt'en
two months ago. but recently mimeo-r-aphed
copies have made hy
the government for pr'.va distribu
tion. One of the mo. Important
phs of it ts Its hint & to what
to expect on new deal tab.- poi.ry
-we may reason a bit ju Ice the fu
ture developments :n conru!"e jn
d -is rial regulation on hs!s of
Anvifr.iliis demonstrated exper:
en'."' it mvs. "Aiw.n!:i ;is :
plied the pr'.nrip'e of lnd''s;r:al rv
u'.sv.on by means of fixd s-"1
flours of work. The expedience of 20
years shows that the code principle
ha not Interfered with orlvate initia
tive undu'.y and oert-ain'v V:.v nM
rained p.:v:e r-'.w .i. "
(Continued OS Okreaj
ATTEMPT 10 END
Reconsideration of Act to
Give State Courts Power
in Code Violations Ends
Hope for Bill's Passage
SALEM, Ore.. March 18. (AP) Sine
die adjurnment of the Oregon legis
lature at 11 o'clock tonight was pro
vided In the concurrent resolution
introduced In the senate today.
While action was expected on this
a group of house members was circu
lating a "round robin" requesting
holding over until tomorrow in an
effort for an orderly adjournment.
The resolution, if passed, would
not mean actual adjournment at the
time set, but the clocks would be
stopped at that hour and adjourn
ment possibly some time after mid
night. SALEM. March 13. (AP) The
Oregon legislature, through another
move by the senate, definitely killed
the national recovery act for the
state after the bill had been passed
and had gotten to the governor's of
fice. After recalling the bill from the
governor late yesterday the upper
bouse today moved to lay the bill on
the table, proponents of the measure
refused to contest It, being advised
the attempt would be futile. The bill
would have given state courts Juris
diction over Intrastate violations of
the federal act.
Pointing toward final adjournment
sometime tonight, all bills brought
out of committee or Introduced were
placed on the calendar for consider
ation. The senate was rushing
through the last of the appropriation
blUs.
Would Halt Racing
Senator Isaac Staples, following the
Introduction of a bill to repeal the
parl-mutuel racing act, sent a letter
to the attorney general requesting his
opinion as to the constitutionality of
the law permitting dog and horse
racing and the accompanying betting.
The senate today voted down Sena
tor W. E. Burke's measure which
would prohibit a court judge from
suspending sentences In cases where
persons have been convicted of
crimes while under the Influence of
liquor.
Burke pointed out that under the
present law Judges sometimes take
advantage of their parole power to
suspend sentences In such cases af
ter the Jury has recommended terms
of Imprisonment.
Two bills relating to slot machines
and marble games were passed, one
providing for the confiscation and
destruction of slot machines, and the
other giving municipalities and coun
ties the authority to license, limit.
(Continued on Page Seven)
Iff
HOREBURG. Ore.. March 13? (AP)
Phillip Pezoldt. homesteader, resid
ing in the remote Diamond Rock sec
tion of upper Cow creek valley, died
this morning as a result of a self
Inflicted gunshot wound, according to
word received at the sheriff's office
here.
Pezoldt, according to the meager
Information secured by the officers,
was said to have lived for a few min
utes, after being wounded, and was
reported to have said that he shot
himself as a result of a dream.
The report was telephoned from
the Drew CCC camp, located south
of Tiller.
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ACTION ON DREAM
Plan Ridicule Campaign
For Louisiana 's Kingfish
By HIC'll AKII KFXDF.LL
Associated Press Staff Writer
WASHINGTON. March 13. (AP)
Formation of an "anti-Lorn;" bloc in
the house of representatives In an
effort to avhtttle down the power of
the klncflsh either by direct, attack
or by ridicule was underway today.
Tbe spearhead of the group Is Rep.
! P. L- Gassaway (D . Okla.).
j Paying that Rep Dls D.. Tel.).
Rep. Disney D. Okla.). and "12 or
I 15" others" are holding frequent con
! sultationa on the matter. Gassaway.
a wearer of tbe leather boots and
' siring bow tie of the cow country.
; said:
j "We are the rneAnet. rcoundrels In
concrew- and we are damn tired of
! H-iev' pala-er Wr are gning to
knnri hl.n ore-.
"See. List hand there''" tbe con
crewman asked as he extended a tan
ned and gnarled fist. "See where
those flneers were broken. I smashed
'my ft when I knocked on' a feller
veiM aeo hacy home when he sUn
dred Tedd Pxisevelt. And Teddy
wtM republican.
Ingenious Farmer
Finds Seven Uses
For Worn-Out Car
BLUB MOUNTAIN, Miss., March
13. (AP) Hicks Foster contends
there's no need to discard that
worn-out automobile.
Here's what he did with his old
car:
He used the running gear In
building a farm wagon: the fen
ders for a watering trough; the
binges on his barn door; the axles
for pillars under hit house; the
engine block for a doorstep; the
radiator for a fireplace screen: the
radius rods for a wire stretcher.
FEDERAL RULING
NEWARK, N. J- March 13. (AP),
Federal Judge Guy L. False today
rendered a decision In which he
declared the national Industrial act
Is unconstitutional in respect to Its
authority to regulate lntra-state busi
ness.
The Jurist handed down his opin
ion1 In granting the Acme, Inc., of
Jersey City an Injunction restrain
lng the government from enforcing
the fabricated metal code regulating
hours of labor and wages and the
payment of code assessments. The
action also enjoined the government
from indicting or prosecuting the
company for failure to comply with
the code.
United States District Attorney
Harlan Besson Indicated he would
recommend to U. S. Solicitor General
Crawford Biggs that an Immediate
appeal of the ruling be taken.
'We can arrive at .no other con
clusion," Judge Fake said, "than
that the recovery act la unconstitu
tional because It attempts an un
lawful delegation of legislative au
thority." '
"The recovery act, -he added In
the opinion, "and the Incidental
codes Insofar as they attempt to
regulate the hours of labor, the fix
ing of wages or the furnishing of
so-called confidential reports there
on are without sanction under the
constitution and, therefore, are void."
EY
TO AID DEFENSE
WASHINGTON. March 13. (AP)
The senate today amended the
4,880.000.000 relief bill to prohibit
any of the money being spent for
Increasing the national defense.
The amendment, offered by Sena
tor Thomas (D., Utah), would bar
any of the fund going for munitions,
warships and other military mat
rials, but would permit spending on
construction improvements at mili
tary or naval posts.
Senator Borah (R., Idaho, had
proposed a similar amendment but
accepted Thomas' because he said he
did not want to prevent purely non
mllltary construction work that would
provide relief Jobs.
The vote for the Thomas amend
ment was 70 to 13.
PLAN HONOLULU FLIGHT
AS TEST FOR AIRPLANE
OAKLAND, Cal.. March 13. (AP)
After another short test flight this
morning by the department of com
merce airplane trying out new aerial
navigation aids, Director Eugene VI
dal of the department's bureau of air
commerce said the "ultimate" test
probably would be a flight to Hono
lulu. "We don't like for Long to keep at
tacking our president . . . and I don't
have a body guard cither."
"Do you carry a gun?" Qassaway
was asked.
"Hell, no," he answered with a
laugh. "We had a little scrape back
In Oklahoma once and when I got
mad at a feller I handed my gun to
one of the boys and said, 'hold this
revolver while I beat that guy up.'
And I beat him up all right."
Ridicule was the strategy advised
by Disney for the combat with the
Louislanan.
"We ought to keep this thing a
laugh as long as we ran." he said. "It
really la very serious and we think
the beat wav to keep the country
from tklng ting seriously li to make
the whole thing comic."
j Ossaway spoke of Long's activities
j in Oklahoma.
1 "When Oeorge Long. Hueya broth -I
er, was Pinning for corporation com
I mlpstoner he made my. ranch his
headquarters. Huey came to Okla
v. t.k sitd ran the campaign against
hi- ovn brother, we don't Uke that
1 soil of stuff."
BIBLE DISCOVERED
NEAR jfflBHEBA
Ancient Archives With He
brew Inscriptions Gives
Names of Israelites Men
tioned in Scriptures
JERUSALEM. March 13. () (Pal
cor Agency.) One of the most .m-
portant corroborations of the Bible
during the period of the Kingdom of
Judah was made known here today
trtth the discovery at Tel Adduwelr,
midway between Beersheba and Gaza.
of archive with Hebrew inscriptions
which give the names of the most
famous Israelites mentioned during
that period in scriptures.
The discovery was the work of a.
British archaeological expedition
headed by J. L. fltarkey. The find
Is regarded as of unique Importance
because, hitherto, discovery of writ
ten documents of the biblical period
has been rare and pottery usually has
been the only available witness of
the bible stories. Hitherto the arch
aeology of the period of the kings
has disclosed, only two or three in
scriptions. The British expedition has been
seeking light on biblical history for
some time at Tel Adduwelr. which
was known In ancient times aa Lach
1r m.
The remains of the Kingdom of
Judah period would date back to be
tween 900 and 600 B. C. The out
standing discoveries are the archives
with Hebrew inscriptions, apparently
belonging to the leading Prince of
Judah, which were engraved on por
celain In the ancient Hebrew script
In choice biblical language and of a
date prior to the Prist Temple era.
Part of the Inscriptions appears to
be an exchange of correspondence
between the Viceroy of Lachlsm and
the King of Jerusalem, since the
names of famous Isrcalltes of that
period who are mentioned in scrip
tures also occur In the tablet. The
find Is regarded by Palestinian arch
aeologists as one of the most valu
able ever made in this country.
.
TOLL FREE SPANS
SALEM, March 13. (AP) The
Oregon legislature has gone on record
aa favoring toll free coast highway
bridges, and opposing any further
lowering of Income tax exemptions.
In the latter case, however, the up
per house reversed the decision of
the house of representatives- aa the
senate late yesterday by Indefinite
postponement killed Representative
Thomas' bill which would lower the
Income tax exemption for a single
man from $800 to 9000. and would
increase rates to 2 per cent on $1,000
salaries, 4 per cent on $2,000, 6 per
cent on $3,000, and 8 per cent on
$4,000 and over. The vote was 22 to
0 for the adverse report.
The senate paused the toll free
bridge measure by a vote of 22 to 8,
which will authorize the state high
way commission to operate free of
tolls, all of the five new coast high
way bridges.
$80,000,000 FOR
RELIEF SOUGHT
WASHTNOTON, March 13. (VP)
Harry L. Hopkins, relief administra
tor, today re-quested an additional
$80,000,000 to $90,000,000 to supply
relief needs for the remainder of
March.
Daniel Bell, acting budget director,
said the money probao'.y -tould be
t ranaferred from public works ad -ministration
funds.
Relief administration officials to
day estimated average dally cost of
March relief at $5,000,000. The larg
est pre7iotu monthly cost announced
had been $lft7.O00.000 for January.
Ofriclala said all states except
Minnesota and Arkansas had received
relief money for the first half of
March. The? two. they erplatnrd.
had not complied with the relief ad
ministration 'a requirements.
E
PORTLAND. Ore. Msreh I iAP
! A plan for erection of Eplwopsi
dioceses throughout western Amer
j lea. to supplant the lanre number
! of domestic missionary district was
proposed here totlay by the presiding
bishop of the denomination, the Ht
Rev Ka t Wot' perry, D. D., bishop
(of Rhode Island
Dinstmeruished Service
Xr- i
r
s
tiLmm
Grace Moore's vlvaeioui perform
ince In the film "One Night ol
Love" has won her the medal ol
the Society of Art and 8cleneet
for her "coneplcucus achievement
In raising the standard of cinema
entertainment" (Associated Press
Photo)
G.
IS SENTENCED FOR
GRANTS PASS. Ore., March 13
(AP) Indicted only this morning on
& charge of larceny from an estate
of which he was recently the admin
istrator, J. N. Johnston, local attor
ney, presented himself in circuit
court today, waived his preliminary
hearing, entered a plea of guilty and
was sentenced immediately by judge
H. D. Norton to serve throe years in
the Oregon penitentiary.
At his own request, Johnston, who
has served In the past as assistant
district attorney and as city attor
ney, will be taken to Balem tonight
to begin hla term Immediately.
The grand Jury indictment charged
that during 1032 Johnston converted
to his on use $4021.32 from the
estate of David L. Johnston, and that
when he was removed as administra
tor on March 12. 1032. and Orvll J.
Millard of this city nppolnted, he re
fused to turn this amount over to
Millard.
CHICAOO. March 13. f AP Once
again a Jury of his "peers" has given
Samuel Insull the vindication he
sought to charges of dishonesty.
With only two hours and 16 min
utes of deliberation the jury In Judge
Cornelius J. Harrington's criminal
court had returned a verdict, find
ing the aged former "Midas" of fin
ance, innocent of the state's charge
that he embezzled $fi6.000 from his
one-time billion dollar treasury of
the Middle West Utilities company.
Five ballots were, tnken.
4
PORTLAND, March H . .'P, Pro
posals for a six-hour dy for build
ing trade workers here have oeen
discarded by the labor arbitration
board, but workers will receive pay
Increases representing a partial restor-
I atlon of the 20 per cent reductions
j made in 1032.
Building laborer had their pay
! boosted to 73 cents an hur from
60 cento. Carpenters, cement finish
er and men doing aimiWr work, were
boosted to $1 an hour from 0 cents.
The rate of increase for other work
men ranged around 10 centa en hour.
ISLAND AIR LANDING
PERMIT ISSUED BY U.S.
WASHINGTON. March IS. (API
Serretarv Rwnnsnn todav iwied per-
i mlts to Pun-American Atrways for
eonstnietton of lxndlnc facilities on
(three Wand for Its pmrtd Pacific
' pM-nger line.
I haplatn We
PORTLAND. Ore., March IS. (AP
i The Rev. Iifnatlua B. MrOee, 49.
chaplain of Mary hurst collette and
pastor of St. Francis Cathoh" church
here from 11 to ri'fd l.ere
Twtv He had been in III health
ialnte 1931
LEGISLATION, VIEW:
i
Roosevelt's Legal Experts!
Exploring Various Rami-;
fications of Ruling May j
Urge New Banking Bill
WASHINGTON. March IS. f API
President Roosevelt said today that
government studies had revealed no
necessity for new legislation as a re
sult of the supreme court gold decl-
tons.
However, In response to questions
at the regular press conference, he
explained that administration legal
experts were expllrlng fully the va
rious ramifications of the court rul
ing and a final decision on legisla
tion would await further study.
Some government aides had Indi
cated that It might be best to plug
up any - possibility of further legal
attack by a law barring damage suits
In tbe court of claims. The president
la preserving a final decision.
The president declined to comment
on the recent, collapse of the cotton
market but indicated the adminis
tration waa continuing Its policy of
gradual liquidation of the surplus.
It waa generally assumed the gov
ernment would continue cotton loans,
although the president did not dis
cuss the phase.
New Measures Brewing
Mr. Roosevelt has some new mes
sages In mind for congress, but he
is reserving decision on when they
will be forwarded.
He declined to amplify on his mes
sage of yesterday calling for elimina
tion of undesirable public utility
holding companies and attacking
propaganda against such legislation.
There waa some speculation that he
may go to bat for the new banking
measure before congress, but he
would pot aay whether this subject
wns among those ha has in mind.
The mystery surrounding the sub
jects of the prospective congressional
messages has led to some guessing
that one might be a suggestion for
more speed on Capitol Hill If action
is not soon forthcoming on the ad
ministrations program.
However, only as a last resort la
the president expected by observers to
crack the whip" on hla Democratic
congress.
He has In mind a proposal soon to
be submitted to organize all federal
transportation supervising agencies
into a single unit.
PHONE COMPANY PAYS
COUNTY $15,000 TAX
The Home Telephone company yes
terday remitted $lfl.ooo for 103ft tax
es, to the tax collection department
of the sheriff's office. The California
Oregon Power company, and the
Rogue River Timber company, cor
porations In this county with large
tax bills, are scheduled to make pay
ments before Friday, the final date
for taxpaylng without Interest at
tached. The Southern Pacific rail
road made a $70,000 payment of first
half taxea Monday,
A steady stream of taxpayers has
been making payments this week, but
It haa not yet assumed the propor
tions of a rush.
Arizonan Named
As Federal Judge
WASHINGTON. March 13. (AP)
President Roosevel today named Clin
ton Mathews of Arizona to the circuit
court of appeals for the ninth Judi
cial district, succeeding the late Judge
Saw telle.
Oregon Weather.
Occasional rain tonight and Thurs.
day; snows over high mountains:
moderate temperature; fresh and
strong southwest wind off the, coast.
See New Deal Periled by
Congressional Dwadling
WASHINGTON. March IS. AP)
The overwhelming Democratic con
gress ended Its tenth week today
with none of the new deal program
enacted and political Washington
wondering what this signifies for the
Roosevelt future.
Challenged aa never before, the ad
ministration's outward indifference
trward the senate deadlock posed a
puzzler for those seeing to evalu
ate Its strategy.
Interpretations varied widely. Some
quarters were Inclined to consider
the White House at a loss for means
to resolve the lmpase. Others viewed
the "patient waiting" s'tltude aa
deliberately undertaken with a wea
ther eye on 191. and one that de
velopments would Justify,
Still others. In capttol corridor dla
rutviion, h situation aa only
"back to normal'' with the execu
tive and legislative branches having
it out In tha traditional manner.
Student Whizzes
Thru Chicago
College Course
CHICAGO, March 13. (AP)
Lewi Dexter la probably one per
son the absent minded professor
will remember.
The Belmont, Mass., youth
whirred through h i a college
courses so fast he was granted a
bachelor's degree this week after
only 18 months In the University
of Chicago.
His speed, mad possible by the
university's "new plan" allowing
swiftness in proportion to the stu
dent's ability, included ten college
courses In one quarter.
VOTE POSTPONED
TO COMING WEEK
WASHINGTON. March 13. (AP)
A tangle over procedure precipitated
a decision today to delay until next
week house consideration of bonus
payment legislation.
After his rules committee heard
numerous pleas for and against per
mitting the house to choose directly
between the Vinson and Patman bills.
Chairman O'Connor (D.. N. T-), said
on the floor that the situation would
"prevent consideration of the bills
before next week.'
Earlier leaders had reiterated their
previous Intention to bring the bills
out on the floor for discussion to
morrow and for a final vote next
week.
The committee heard predictions
that the president would approve
neither the Vinson nor the patman
bills.
Representatives Andrews (R., N. Y.)
and Cochran (D., Mo.), were forecast
ers of a presidential -veto. The latter
remarked:
. "X do not want to deceive the vet
erans. When either the Vinson bill
or the Patman bill reaches the White
House, the veterans will be disap
pointed.
"The veterans have been led to be
lieve they are going to get their
money. I do not think any kind of
bill would become a law over the
president's veto."
VENIZELOS SAFE
ON ITALIAN ISLE
RHODES. March 13 (API Former
Premier Eleutherloa Venimlos, leader
of the unsuccessful Greek revolt, ar
rived here today with hla wife and
insurgent associates.
The governor of the island received
the rebel leader and told him he is
a. free man aa far as the Italian
government la concerned.
A previous order that the former
Greek premier was to be interned
haa been cancelled, the governor said.
assuring Venlzelos he msy go where
he likes.
Venlzelos probsbly will stay here
several daya at a de luxe hotel with
a private beach. It ia understood he
then will go to the Italian main
land, ultimately proceeding to Paris
to npend his remaining years with
hla two sons.
The former Oreek statesman was
brought here because he could be
given superior police protection.
FARM DEBT MORATORIUM
HELD CONSTITUTIONAL
KANSAS CITV. March 13. fAPt
Judge Merrill E. Otis of the United
States district court today upheld
constitutionality of the rrazler
Lemke amendment to the federal
bankruptcy act providing a 5 -year
moratorium on farm debts.
For the immediate present, atten
tion remainwl centered on the "pre
vailing wage." amendment to the
$4.MO,000.000 work relief bill. The
senate Democratic leadership reiter
ated confidence It would be defeated,
despite assertions of Its advocates
that they would reinsert It In the
bin.
Whatever the outcome cm that,
the issue was conceded to be but a
forerunner of what conceivably may
come on such problems as the
bonus, social security, NRA exten
sion, banking and labor proposal,
ttshtening of AAA. abolition of util
ity holding com pan tea and Inflation.
Six weeks aao. the consensus
among the incoming legislators the
November elections fresh In mind
was that the naw deal would have
tM way on those matters without
undue difficulty. Today only the
boldest fore-cantere would make ape
ciiio prediction.
OUT OF HOIS BK
MISSISSIPPI FLOOD
Illinois, Missouri and Missis
sippi Levees Crumble
Snow and Rain Storms
Sweep Southern Area
(By the Associated presti)
Swirling flood water of the Mis
slsalppl and Its tributaries menaced
homes In a half dozen states today
while snow and rain storms swept
across the south.
Hundreds were driven from theli
homes In Illinois, Missouri, and Mis
sissippi by rising floods that crumb
led levees of the St. Francis river,
near Kennett, Mo., and threatened a
widespread rampage.
National guardsmen were ordered
out In Missouri to help families evac
uate the area from which more than
500 fled as officials t warned levees
would crumble further before the
flood's crest.
Half of Saline county, 111., was In
undated by floods described aa the
worst since 1013.
Kentucky waterways, swollen by
the heaviest continuous rain In two
years, were blamed for one death and
considerable property damage, ' but
freezing weather arrested the Imme
diate danger of more extensive dam
age.
United States engineers predicted
the Mississippi would rise seven feet
above flood stage at Cairo, HI., by
Saturday, and forecast a major flood.
A howling gale swept through the
Carollnas, blanketing large areaa In
snow, disrupting communication, and
unroofing houses, ,
On the Carolina coastal banks, 200
fishing boats were driven to shelter,
and at St. Paul's three houses were
blown from their foundations. Ap
prehension waa felt' aa mountains
, were blanketed with snow above
already swollen streams.
Northern West Virginia and west
ern Pennsylvania were threatened by
waters of the Monongahela, Alle
gheny, and Ohio rivers.
A tornadlc atorm added cold
weather and Ice to flood regions of
Mississippi where many residents of
Jackson wore evacuated as the Pearl
river overflowed. The business sec
tion of Pontotoc, Miss,, suffered
$100,000 storm damage.
The high wind - tore a path 400
yards wide and more than a mile
long through Macon, Ga., demolish
ing small houses and ripping up
trees. A convict camp near Valdosta.
Oa., suffered damage from the winds.
ALL CCG CAMPS HAVE
With the addition of two new
educational advisers, Medford CCC
district now Includes a pnrmanent
adviser for each of Its 37 camps.
It was made known at district head
quarters today.
The two new men are Frank
Hoover and Blaine Brewer, both of
the University of Oregon. Hoover re
ported for duty at Camp Wlmer.
near Rogue River, and Brewer to
Camp Mc Kin ley, which la near Co
qullle, Ore.
Hoover replaces C. T. Brlckell, who
resigned at Camp Wlmer. and Brewer
replaces George Melslnger, who waa
transferred from Camp McKJnley to
Camp Steamboat to replace Joseph
Stanton, who returned to private
life.
WILL
ROGERS
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Mar.
12. Well, Washington is not
doing anything, so we have to
turn to other things in the
day's news.
K?incmbcr "September
Morn"? Sure you do. Well, she
is fat ami she has got throe
children, and I bet none of 'era
can swim.
Taper says the Prince of
Waifs danced with a Baltimore
woman in "multicolored dress
of spun glass and just a single
diamond in her hair." If that
made international news, what
would it have been if he had
dropped her in that glass dress.
Some day there is going to be a
society eal that didn't dance
with him. Then you're jioing
to har of real fanr