Medford Mail Tribune
AWARDED
Pulitzer Prize
FOR 1934
Tweuty-niutb Year
MEDFORD, ORKGOX, SUNDAY, MARCH 17, 1933.
No. 304.
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tis ; mod r rate temperature.
Temperature
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By PALL MALLON.
(Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON, March 18. The
AAA would like to start a campaign
to plow under every third, rumor.
The latest one
which haa sprung
up to annoy the
officials Is the
Bironeous story
that cotton loans
might be stop
ped. This yarn Is
supposed to have
been largely re
sponsible for the
recent break in
the cotton mar
ket. The admin
istration has ln
veatigated to
VAVl. MALLON
learn who started It And has a fair
idea of the identity of the culprits,
but no proof.
As a result, the AAA-ers are prod
ding Chairman Jones of the house
agriculture committee to hurry along
his bill requiring a reporting system
for the cotton markets, similar to
the one now In force on the grain
exchange. This would enable the
government to know which operators
are short or long and likely to profit
by fanning bad rumors. They say
this reporting system has virtually
stopped rumor-fanning on the grain
exchange.
Another sour one now In circula
tion Is that the AAA has Insufficient
money to meet the third payment
on the corn-hog contracts. Whoever
started this one failed to read the
AAA law. It Is so worded that such
a situation never can arise.
The treasury may advance AAA
funds for payments on contracts and
then reimburse itself later from
processing tax receipts. Therefore the
AAA can pay until the treasury it
self runs dry.
The. business of rumor-spreading
U not confined to marketeers.
Whenever any particular group
eannot find out what the new deal
la eolng to do to an Issue. It usually
Invents a rumor that the adminis
tration will do such-and-such. This
fictitious story arouses administra
tion officials, who then announce
what their real course will be. The
fictitious story merely acts as a
bonfire to smoke the government
out.
As a result, there are generally
more' rumors In Washington than
starlings.
The system is not particularly
new, but brisk activity has given It
Increased prominence lately. (You
may recall that President Roosevelt's
holding company message was in
spired by planted rumors that he
would withdraw the legislation.)
No neater plumbing Job was ever
done In congress than the one the
plumbers did in the senate appro
priations committee.
When the relief bill came out of
that committee, it contained a
strange provision permitting Mr.
Roosevelt to put the government into
any business, except the plumbing
business. It specifically required him
to let all relief works plumbing out
to private firms. All lobbyists gasped
at the provision with envy and won
dered how It got Into the bill.
The truth seems to be that the
labor group fixed that congressional
pipe line for the plumbers. The in
dustry Is highly organised. The lanor
boys knew the provision would rum
antee them a union wage scale for
plumbers, even if they failed to wet
the prevailing wage for carpenters,
plasterers, etc.
Therefore, labor Senator McCarran
threw the Stlllson wrench Into the
bill for the plumbers, after his pre
vailing ware amendment was defeat
ed. The pink slip which you filed with
your income tax this time never will
be made public. All concessional
authorities are certain that the re
pealer will be passed by concrete some
time before adjournment. Even the
progressive senators fighting against
It will privately admit they have little
chance of stopping the repealer. They
can filibuster for a while, but not
from now until the end of the ses
sion, .main St a small bill like that.
The treasury la planning to make
the sltps public in October, so con
gress has lot of time.
Cfencral Johnr-on may c1- rich out
of f!a!l'ng the pved plpera. He Is
swamped with contract offers, has
signed three luscious magazine con
tracts and is publishing a book. HI
spokesman says he is so baT he rill
not have time for much radio work.
His ofllre here is as big and as busy
as Hury Lone s. Political meteors
come up fast, and disappear the same
wsv.
s-tjj ;n 5iinr V".'i;e he f-.rr' ?o
v,rp 3 irz fuh. It was no" rr,r.nA",
M in nny wsy jt rj recent radio
sffray.
There ire twenty-or je;:'e snd
d:.Tinrt co an Vi":r ; f ,.ii:i-'
under the rr?':: r.
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VERSAILLES PACT;
PUNSBIG ARMY
War Excitement Grips Euro
pean Capitols, and France
Sees Pre-World War
Germany Seeks Air Force
CI.EYF.I.AVI), Marrh 16. (AP)
The foreign Affairs Institute
heard the news of Relrhsfuerer
Hitler's latent order In Its rloMng
session today, and expressed be
lief "the I lilted States cannot
stay out of a European war."
The Institute's clohinjr an
nouncement was that it agreed
"the I'ntted States should adopt
a more aggressive program in
world afralrs."
Itr. James T. Shotwell of Col
umbia university, chairman of
the American committee of In
tellectual ro-operation of the
League of Nations, said Hitler's
action Is "shocking."
(By the Associated Pre)
War weary nations 16 years ago
adopted the world's most far-reaching
treaty, designed to crush forever
Germany's military power, only to
have that pact scrapped yesterday.
Modifications and revisions have
marked the instrument since. Oppo
nents of Germany charge the ground
work for the kill was laid with the
advent of Adolf Hitler to power.
The cry of violation arose months
ago from Paris as Prance viewed with
fear Hitler's enormous semi-military
group of storm troops.
Geneva circles considered the first
official step to break the treaty was
the disclosure six days ago that Ger
many, forbidden to have a military
air force, would transfer its large civ
ilian corps to the direction of the
relchswehr (regular army).
This followed the British move for
an Increase in defense appropriations.
the government pointing to Germany
as the reason. Because of this Hitler
cancelled the prospective visit to
Berlin of Sir John Simon, British
foreign secretary, but Simon is now
scheduled to make the trip within
three weeks. Hitler gave a cold as
the reason.
Berlin's announcement yesterday
followed within 13 hours the votes
of confidence given Premier Flandln
by the French chamber of deputies
for his demands of a doubled mili
tary conscript service in view of Ger
man's "vast rearmament."
(By the Associated Press)
Intense excitement gripped Euro
pean capitals Saturday as the Ger
man government, suddenly slough
ing off the military provisions of
the Versailles treaty, decreed com
pulsory military service in the Reich.
The action, following soon after
Gen. Herman Wllhelm Goerlng's an
nouncement that Germany haa an
"official" military air force, was
taken in many quarters to be the
relch's direct answer to the French
adoption of two - year compulsory
service and the recent British white
paper criticising German rearma
ment. ' PurU levered.
Paris. In particular was stirred by
the news from Berlin. Frenchmen re
calling the similar sequence of events
thst preceded the outbreak of the
world war.
'T.-iephone wires between London.
Pirls and Rome, prime movers In an
ittempt to weld Furopean nations
into an Inclusive security agreement
that might lessen the danger of war.
were kept hot as statesmen of the
three nations consulted as to the
significance of the German move.
Old Fe Blame other.
Berlin Denouncing G e r m a n y's
neighbors fcr rearming in B3erted
violation of the Versailles treaty.
Adolf Hitler cited the French action
In doubling the term of armv con
script service as the last straw lead
ing to the German cabinet's decree
which. It was estimated. wl up
proximately quadruple the relch's
regular army.
Psrls France, asserting the Ger
man action had wrecked the pro
posed elaborate set-up of anti-war
and mutual assistance pacts, pic
tured Europe again in two armed
camps, each struggling for the bal
ance of power. Just as was the case
before the world war.
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h-irM. tonicht revealed she risd In-1
tinj'ed prrvwiiinr to dtv.rre her,
hnhnnr1. Pnnr A!eis Mdivanl i
TrUaTht Barbarn rernmnefi m j
rluion ;n her hotel suite. ith her'
ms!d and masseur ft so company.
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vorrepr'veeirrs had h-en maniT'i-
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OAKLAND. Calif.. Mar. 16. (AP)
The department of commerce experi
mental precision flight plane soared
through blinding fog over the Pa
cific today and Its crew was able to
determine Its exact position merely
by looking at a quivering needle on
an Instrument board.
Returning here from a test flight
of more than four hours, members
of its crew said they were "elated"
IMPERILS CREDIT
SALEM. March 16. (AP) Federal
Public Works Administrator Harold
Ickes today by telegram to the gov
ernor, lent additional opposition to
the so-called Ickes-Grange power bill
passed by the legislature when he de
clared that placing the proposed
Bonneville transmission lines on the
tax rolls "might detract from secur
ity of the loan."
Ickes' telegram was In response to
that sent him by Representative O.
Henry oleen. Fred E. Harrison and J.
F. Hosch. In which they asked him
If the attachment of the clause which
would place the proposed transmis
sion lines to bo built by the state
power commission on the tax rolls
on the same basis as private utili
ties, would "Injure prospects secur
ing public works funds for the loan
to Oregon to build these lines."
Ickes stated further In reply, "it
Is Impossible to answer question cate
gorically. The tax burden on state
owned transmission line might bear
upon whether or not project was self
liquidating. Estimated receipts and
revenues of rural electric line- might
be decreased by reason of tax levies.
"Of course, question of tax ex
emption Is matter of state oollcv.
My only purpose Is to submit for Oregon: Fair east and cloudy west
your consideration fact thst credit I Portl'J Sunday and Monday, occa
of state Is not pledged but bonds of I "lon" r,ln Sunday northwest por
authorlty are payable solely from ! "cn: "moderate temperature; moderate
revenues and so taxation might de-! to ,r"n ",,tn shifting to northwest
tract from security of loan." I wln1 " "le c0"-
The Ickes bill for rural electrlfl-1 SAK FRANCISCO. Mrrn iB.,AP)
cation was much amended by thc.-outiook for pl01 Mrcn , 2,
legislature and as passed was declar- I inclusive-
ed virtually the "grange power bill" I General rain first part of week and
as endorsed by the grange leaders intermittently thereafter In North
who were lobbying for the bill here. I Pacific states. Temperatures some
The power Issue was one of the ma-1 what below normal.
jor controverslsl subjects of the leg
islature, it is now before the gover
nor for veto or signature.
ALL PROSECUTION
OF INSULLS ENDS
CHICAGO. Marrh 10 ( APi The : performed to rieTeaa the rellrf bur
state gave up all effort today to send an on destitute famine wa prom
the Insulls to priwn. , ' lscd today by District Attorney Frsn-
iwmii ia noio namuei ana,'"' "r"v.
Martin Instill criminally responMble
for the investment debacle which
cost holders untold millions had
proved fruitless, and State's Attor
ney Thomas J. Courtney announced
his prowutora would move Monday
to dismiss the last indictment re
mstnin. Sumnej. at 7.V t renrty to plunge
hn r k into hi i i n m in mi fi vi wry
ruparity with some industrial firm
finsnee. a close associate said today.
rud out.
Martin. t-n years younger. Is un-derti-Kd
to hae arepted a business
offer in Canada, uhirher he mut re-t-.irn
s. an aiicn under ternis of hi
CAtt aittion.
IMUI9 operaior, ana -apx. Albert r.
at the performance of the new type
radio compass they were testing with
view to making ocean aerial naviga
tion a more or less automatic pro
ceeding. Figuratively the plane was able to
follow radio waves sent out by or
dinary ship, shore and broadcasting
stations. By watching the compass
needle tho crew was able to tell ex
actly when the plane passed over a
ROOSEVELTS WED
30 YEARS TODAY
WASHINGTON, March 16. (AP)
The Franklin Delano Rooscvclts
quietly observed the eve of their 30Ui
wedding anniversary tonight, but
preparations for a family reunion
tomorrow showed many little signs
of sentiment and remembrance.
Because of the Illness of Louis
Howe, chief of the president's secre
tariat, the only entry thus far on the
Sunday schedule was a family dinner
and on that dinner's menu was
scrambled eggi.
Almost Invariably during these 30
years; the Roosevclts have served
scrambled epgs Sunday night and
that custom goes back to the wedding
day.
Among the gifts was a handsome
silver chafing dish. Mrs. Roosevelt
presided over It at their first Sunday
night supper and she will preside
again tomorrow night,
All the president's Immediate faml-
ly had planned to visit the house
but various developments Interfered
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POOR UNDER FIRE
MARTTNKZ, Cal., March 18 (AP)
A thorough investlitatlon of reports
that sterilization operations were
Healey previously announced the
Contra Cotta county grand Jury had
been seek t nit information on reports
that a number of women Inrludlnjt
an 18-year-old unmarried Rlrl. under
went operstlont on the advice of Mra.
Ruth MrCord. former county social
welfare dirertor.
Ilex Rover. at'iMant rtiriri attor
ney .ld Mrs Mrf.ord hsri unred
utenli-yition for heads of destitute
families.
Rum fVuird freiuirin
BALKM. Ore.. Marrh 18 (AP Th
state liquor control commission will
mee for i w three.day aiwinn
in rortiar.d. b8innltn next Monday,
i was tiuiouiiccd ijto touay.
Heaenberger, U. S. A.( navigator.
ship 12.000 feet below, but the fliers
saw neither the ship nor the surface
of the water.
The plane was rolled Into a hang
ar. James L. Kinney, of the depart
ment of commerce staff, said it might
make another short flight tomorrow.
He aald weather conditions between
here and Hawaii continued unfavor
able. The big air cruiser's untlmate
goal Is a flight to Honolulu.
EX-DRY AIDE 10
MIL CELL FOR
FALSE AFFIDAVIT
PORTLAND, Ore., March 16. f AP)
Reasserting the axiom that law en
forcement officers must be above
suspicion. Federal Judge Fee today
sentenced J. C. (Tony) Spear, former
special Investigator for the Oregon
liquor control commission, to serve
15 months In McNeil Island federal
prison for defrauding the government
of $27 In a false claim for fees.
Spear was operating In Portland
when he was rallrti as a witness in
federal court here. He had previ
ously been working in the Grunts
Pass area. The complaint said that
notwithstanding the fact ho was In
Portland on business when the case
was callrd ho filed a claim with the
government for transportation from
Orants Pass and return.
Spear Is a former federal prohibi
tion officer. The court refused to
entertain pleas for leniency, spear
knew. Judge Fee said, the penalties
for filing such fnlse affidavits. The
fiovernment further charted that
Spear received compensation from
both the federal and state govern
ments for trips he took from Rose
bunr, Astoria and Seaside.
At McNeil Island Spear will be a
prison mate of many men he sent to
the federal prison for liquor law vio
lations. WASHINGTON. March H (API
A record total In new security Issues
during the life of tho securities com
mission !29..'.00.000 since March 1
today caused Robert E. Hcaly of
ihe SEC to predict that the lona
SFCIK RIVF
PROSPERITY SIGNiFERA AID VOTED;
frozen capital market hsd begun to j continue the federal relief admlnls
thaw out, tratlon another year, but deferred
The Roosevelt administration haa llol"m ',nt11 Monday on a proposal
been watching for such z!-r.s with to ,Jttn'1 th pw two additional
the hopeful earnestness of Esklmoea ;'"
looking for spring. Many economists! Tne ,nl't ln presidential plans, at
have asserted that a revival of the Urncd M n amendment to the in
securities market la essential to r- I flfl0 W.00 work relief bill, stirred oon-
eovery,
The total thus far In March waa
larger than for all of January and
February and was larger, also, than
for any similar period since the se
curities act of 103 berame effective.
RAM fRANClwro. Mreh 1. -AP
Oeneral acttrlty along the pacific
(want was reported even with recent
wyks but showing a fair gsin over
last year. Automobile sales made a
spectacular gain, but retail and
wholesale trade was unchanged. Car-
loadings were lower, and moat agri- i
iunuxa. tux wua awujr.
GOVERNOR ORDERS
OOLE FUND PROBE
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Final Report in Month and
No Publicity Till Com
pleted Federal Audit
of Expenses Satisfactory
BALKM. Ore., March 16. (AP) A
full and Impartial Investigation of
the administration of unemployment
relief in Oregon, with no attempt at
whitewashing or the suppression of
facts, will be undertaken immediately
by a committee of three rltlzens ap
pointed by Governor Charles H. Mar
tin. The investigators, whom Qovemor
Martin said he had not yet selected.
will be governed in their conduct of
the Inquiry by five conditions im
posed by the executive:
I The Investigation Is to be com
pleted within 30 days and a report
made directly to the governor, in or
der thst the uncertainty and unrest
occasioned by the inquiry shall not
unnecessarily be prolonged
3 Affidavits of persons having
complaints to make are to be taken
by the committee and investigated.
3 There shall be no publicity given
to the committee's operations until
the final report Is made public by
the governor.
4 The committee shall have access
to all the financial records of the
relief administration, but the confi
dential nature of personal case rec
ords regarding clients will be main
tained with the understanding that
racta may be ascertained direct from
clients In the form of affidavits. This
la required by federal regulations.
Announcement of the Investigation
and the manner In which It Is to be
conducted followed a two-hour closed
conference between Governor Martin;
T. L. Edmunds, regional federal re
lief administrator for tha ninth dis
trict, and members of the recently re
organlKod stato relief committee.
A spot audit of the state relief
activities woe now virtually complet
ed ny the federal administration, T.
L. Edmunds, regional federal relief
administrator, stated today after he
had been In attendance at the exec
utive session stilt In progress In the
governor's office between tho execu
tive and the relief committee.
He declared all vouchers were re
ceived In the audit and the federal
probe Included everything but case
records, and that everything had been
In regular order and the administra
tion satisfactory.
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SAN FRANCISCO, March 16. (AP)
Attempts to rob the tomb of Peter
Donahue, San Francisco's early clay
"iron king.' were discovered by police
here today and a double guard was
established at the expensive crypt
containing six members of the family.
The vandals apparently entered the
musty tomb on two successive nights.
The first night they pried loose gran
ite slabs walling up two of the or
nate caskets. These caskets were un
covered. They contain the bodies of
two small Donahue children.
Whether anything of great value
had been taken from the tomb was
not apparent to police. Relatives of
the family were sought In an effort
to learn whether Jewelry or other
valuables had been burled with their
possessors.
DELAY PI PLAN
WASHINGTON. March 16. fAP
Responding to President Roosevelt's
request, the senate today voted to
slderable speculation. Mr. Roosevelt
hsd said the FKRA waa to be abol
ished as quickly aa possible undev
the new setup.
In more than one capital quarter
there were private observations that
with the delay of the social aerurlty
program and some other pl'.ns, a
partial continuation of the "dole"
might be necessary next winter.
Lady l.titdy to Me'.loo.
NEW YORK. March 16. (AP)
Miss Amelia Rsrhart. noted flier,
accepted today an l.ivitation ex
fended by the Mcxicr n ronsul gen
eral, Fdtiardo Vlllnnennr. to make a
good-will flight to ixtco, D. F,
Mpurt Prlc and Crop
DFNVER, Colo, March !. (AP)
Agricultural adjustment administra
tion officials tJday presented to the
potato groweri of five we tern state
a plan for the regulation of Dot a to
ipiouucUoa icd aa luueaM in pnece.
PEOPLE ASK JOBS
10 AID FAITH IN
WASHINGTON, March tfl. (AP)
One of the country's foremost indus
trial leaders Henry I. Harriman be
lieves President Roosevelt has lost
some of his popularity during the
last four mouths.
The president of tha Chamber of
Commerce of the United States ex
pressed this view in an address last
night to the Washington board of
trade. In which he said that "the
people still admire the president and
want to have faith In his policies,
but they also want Jobs."
Speaking on "The First Two Years
of the Roosevelt Administration."
Harriman observed that, although the
president maintained his "remri.rkn.ble
popularity" until recently, "the story
has been different during the last
four months.
"Some blame the last administra
tion for the bitter daya of '30, "31
and "32." he said. "Now they are
beginning to wonder whether the
new deal will give them work and
the comforta 6f life. They see seven
to ten million men still out of work,
and they see a sixth of the popula
tion dependent upon the dole for
support. They are asking whether
this should be so after two years of
almost absolute power."
The speaker expressed the belief
that tho country is "not so much
Interested Just now in experiments
looking toward permanent economic
and social reforms, as It la In action
that will bring an acceleration of
business with a consequent further
Increase in employment."
PLANE WITH SIX
ABOARD LOST IN
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BRAZZAVILLE. Middle Congo, Mar.
16. (AP) Six airplanes awept back
and forth across the Congo's Jungles
today in search of Edouard Renard
governor-general of French Equator
ial Africa, his wife and five com
panions, who crashed somewhere In
the Jungle district. .
Orave fears were felt for the Uvea
of tho seven since the district ta
awampy and known to be Infested
with cannibals.
Four military and two commercial
ptanea were ordered to keep up the
hunt In the hope that the party may
have landed In some clearing and
still bo alive.
A native of Holland, Mme. Renard
was the widow of Michael Wlnburn,
wealthy American soap manufactur
er and philanthropist and Paria no
ddy leader. She married Renard In
Paris, Oct. 10, 1033.
The big plane in which the party
set out on an aerial tour of Inspec
tion was last heard from at 10 a. m
Friday, when It reported by wireless
that It was flying through thick fog,
buffeted by storms.
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KANSAS errr, Mo.. March 18.
(AP Tha begrimed and vlnd-buf-
feted plains states were granted a
partial letup today from the worat
dust storm In years.
Clouds of dust partlciea high In the
air still obscured th sun, and soli
snd sand continued o blow from
the scarred and drifted fields of
southwestern Kansas an parts of Ok
lahoma. Rut the gr.lellke winds which
whipped over wide areas li Wyoming.
Colorado, Nebraska, Kansas. Oklaho
ma and th Texas Panhandle yester
day and last night, bearing away
tons of top soil, hnd aubslded for the
moat pftrt. i
Relief came to part of the area. In
the form of snow and rain, chiefly
In Wyoming. Nebraska and central
Kansas. Temperatures have dropped
sharply.
The Kansas City weather bureau
reported that the dust waa being car
ried high In the air today over Mis
souri and Iowa Into Illonots. Belief
waa expressed that the clouda would
be noted far In the east.
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Oratory fur Indians
PENDLETON, Ore., March 16
(AP) Judge Stephen A. Lowell, Pen
dleton attorney, and E. A. Towner of
Portland will addresa the Indiana of
(he Umatilla reservation hey next
Thursday on the Wheelei Howard
measure to ehs.nge the status of res
ervation tribef-men.
Admit Mt'trtton.
TACOMA, March 18. (AP Arnold
Bailey, 31, entered a plea of at
tempted extortion today In superior
court. Sentence will be passed next
Saturday. Bailey waa accused of writ
ing threatening letters to Prank S.
Raker. Tacoma publisher, in which
&a dauaAdtd 16000,
LINES RECOGNIZE
EASEDJN DOCKS
Stevedores Resume Loading
Ships at Portland Labor
Troubles in East Vex
New York Moves to Balk
Utility Strike.
PORTLAND. Ore.. March 1rAn
Partial settlement of lh .m.rv
strike waa announced here this after.
noon wun word that three steamship
lines signed recognition acrcemcnta
In New York with the International
8eamen'a union.
C. E. Carter hn.ln.
the Portland local of the aeamen'a
union, announced that the Calmar.
Isthmian and Shepard lines agreed
to recognize the union for collective
bargaining purposes and to employ
union members upon their ships.
Rejoicing over the nffrAm.n. ti,
shlp'a crew returned to the ate'amer
Steel Trader of the Isthmian line
and longshoremen heron nn.vin.
cargo. The Teasel had lain Idle a
er wnn union seamen and long
shoremen refusing to board her.
Three oil tankera, the Tejon. Merl
coa H. Whlttler and Mojave. remained
crewlesa at ithelr respective dock
because oil companies and the sea
men s union nad not come to terms.
Under the new agreements opera
tions also were resumerf nn th. c.t.
mar line freighter Portmar where a
alu-hour atrlke occurred today. Since
tne crew waa union. It remained on
board but refused to koep up a head
of steam to operate loading winches.
The agreement eased tension here
where the longshoremen's strike of
last summer waa particularly bitter.
The Shepard line steamer Wind
Rush, tied tin at nenttl. tit n..
week, was expected to complete her
wars in i-ugot sound and come to
Portland not week. , ,
n v the A ssocl a t ed Ptess
Labor troubles splotched the na
tion's Industrial map Saturday. An
thracite, electric service, shipping,
firearma and cigars were among the
commodlttea affected.
Striking women employes of a San
Antonio cigar factory clashed with
police . and eleven were arrcsttd.
Bricks were hurled, but there were
no serious casualties.
Because they refused to call off
a strike at tha olen Alden Coal
company's operations, 39 officers or
the United - Anthracite Miners of '
Pennsylvania were Jailed for con
tempt of court.
New York prepared to meet a
threatened strike of utility employes
with Mayor Laguardia promising that
the city will not be plunged into
darkness if the walkout occurs.
An orderly strike at 1000 employe
of the Colt'a Pater.t Firearma Manu
facturing company continued at
Hartford. Conn., while granite work
era In the Br.rre, Vc. territory de
cided on a 14-month truce with em
ployer!. . The national labor relations board
In Washington pondered the case of
the Chv.y, Ind., Screw and Bolt com
pany which, the board said, haa re
fuse! to file a certified payroll list
or Ad on a request to hold an elec-:
tljn.
In the soft coal field a commit
tee of operators and United Mine
Workers prepared to meet ln Wash
ington Monday to draft new wage
and hour contracts for the vast Ap-.
palachlan territory.
Portland People Pungle t p
PORTLAND. Ore., March 16. (AP)
More than half of the current tax
roll of 16.286.66S waa collected up
to March 18 for the first quarter of
the tax collection season. The col
lection broke all recordt for prompt
returns.
Rogers
SANTA .MONICA. Cal. Mai-.
15 I was reuding a rather sur
prising tliintc. Of course, you
know that a whole lot of tho
states are honding themselves
very lieavily to pay their pro
portinnatc share of their own
relief. Hut did you know that
some of 'em don't do anything
they just let the federal gov
ernment pay tho whole, thing.
Now, that tiling can t go on.
You are going to hear a howl
like a pet coon if they find the
government is handing out a
whole bisi'iiit to one state and
just a half to another state.
They are going to testify at the
ballot box in 10.16.
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