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AWARDED
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FOR 1934
Tweutv-ninth Year
.MKDFOKU, ORKGOX, TUESDAY, MARCH 10, 1935.
No. 306.
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By PAl L .MAI.LON,
(Copyright, 1935, by Paul Ma Hon)
WASHINGTON, March 19. The
mourners In big business have been
pushed around a lot lately by a
aeries of Inside
tip that the
new deal may go
In for punitive
taxes on big
business.
A well known
writer who re
cently visited
the White House
came away with
the 1 m p r ession
that the head
man Is at least
toying with the
Idea. Somewhat
PAL' I. MAI.LON
the same impresflon was gained by
a prominent New Yorker who called
at the White House within the past
week.
President Roosevelt's coterie of ad
visers do not agree about the pros
pects. The man who is perhaps
closest to him on such matters has
- published a strong editorial indors
ing the theory. Others have doubted
that the president would care to
disturb business further at this time.
This clearly means that the new
dealers are Indirectly sounding out
the country on the proposition. It
does not necessarily mean that the
plan will be undertaken. Once, earlier
In tho game, Mr. Roosevelt con
ducted a similar sound -out on the
commodity dollar theory and ulti
mately dropped It. What has been
done so far, however, has had a dis
turbing effect on financial prices.
Only a direct denial from the White
House can stop that.
The only thing new . about the
ldea is the White House angle. The
theory has been kicking around, up
and down, among the boys in the
.know since the beginning of the
new deal. A reprinting of Supreme
Court Justice Brandeis' book. "The
Curse of Bigness." Is what started
it. Recently a bill to carry It out
was Introduced In the senate by
Wheeler, the progressive, who repre
sent the Brandels-Frankfurter lib
eral viewpoint, but not necessarily
that of the new deal.
It Is very much of a private mat
ter, but the Wheeler bill actually
was prepared by a forcer secretary
to Justice Brandeis. It calls for a
graduated tax on targe corporations,
with a view to taxing bigness out
of existence.
A memo from the Brandeis book
was the basis of Wheeler's speech
Introducing the bill.
The basic theory Is that anything
big is bad. towns as well as busi
ness. Those who advocate U contend
everything has been centralized too
much in recent years-money, credit,
selling, buying, living. They assert
they see a prospect that "by 1950,
half the national wealth would be
under control of large corporations."
(Wheeler's speech.) Also, they con
tend 200 corporations, representing
less than 7-100 of 1 per cent of the
number of corporations, control prac
tically half of the corporate wealth.
The. political aspect behind It now
Is that it would leave Huey Long
holding an empty bag. The economic
seriousness behind it is that it in
volves transplanting almost the en
tire business life to the country, a
process which would require years.
A bit of Inside history which may
be significant is that Mr. Roosevelt
received a confidential, report from
the treasury on a somewhat similar
corporation tax bill a year ago. The
proposal Involved in that report,
which has been kept under cover,
was three-fold: To tax undistributed
profits, unexpended corporation a
nets and large corporate a f sets on a
gadusted scale. The study which de
veloped It was started by the la'
Treasury Secretary Wood in and con
tinued by Morgenthau.
If the new deal is going to tax
blgnee-s It micht well start with
itself. The new deal has become pos
sibly the blgeest thing in the line
of government in the history of
mankind (not excepting Russia).
You can get a sharp slant on that
by peeking into Mr. Jewu Jones RFC,
In his own quiet wav. he haa been
running a ao.ftnn.nonnno nsnfc His
actual disbursements recently amount
ed to S7.0O0 .ooo.OOO. Including 3
600.oo0.000 of repnyments. In addi
tion he has about 2 000.000.000 of
loans authorized but not yet paid
out. That means he ha done a
9 ooo.ooo.ooo banking busine.
But Mr. Jones has been more than
'he bU-cest banker in the history of
the world. He has done what private
bankers were criticized for doing
florins the circus dnv of finance. He
put his repre-en'at're into
Herd of director, purhawd stork,
ivorr.e th world's ;rct intrlok-
Tie o'her dv, he took over the
C ;rke uMiMr prnpr-f.es In Chicago
rved a wmnd to Insull few
yars ag.i i to potest a bank loan.
S . ". " r ! v b ' r i . ! , e V. ft d t n. . u rn e
''T.'.n! of a v.fort r;l'.rnfi Last
year he nam-: t-.e ri.rir.n of one
jgQQViiUM 9B Fk Four.
ITALY AND BRITAIN
ASKED TO CONFER
France, Russia Refer to
British Protest On Re
armament As 'Weak'
Berlin Sees Plane Display
(By the A s wis ted press)
It was authoritatively learned in
London today that France had sug
gested an emergency conference of
representatives of Oreat Britain.
Prance and Italy concerning the Ger
man rearmament situation and that
Italy had agreed.
Germany flew a big squadron of
fighting airplanes over Berlin today
in proof of the declaration that arms
clauses of the Versa lies treaty no
longer apply to Germany and official
German sources Intimated the next
portion of the treaty to go would be
that preventing Germany from build
ing fortifications along the Rhine.
British Protest Held Weak
Both the French and th- Russians
referred to Great Britain's protest
against German rearmament as
"weak" and the Russians added to
this criticism the claim that Great
Britain had "capitulated" to Ger
many. Well-informed circles lu Berlin said
they would not be surprised If the
United States would protest to Ger
many against the rc-establishment of
a complete German armament as a
violation of the Oerman-Amerlcan
treaty.
In Washington, however, PreMdent
Roosevellt and his advisers adopted
an attitude of extreme caution and
jio word was forthcoming from the
White House as to what action. If
any, the United States might take.
France Boasts Enlistments
In answer to Reichfuehrer Adolf
Hitler's announcement of a conscript
German army, the finance commit
tee of the French chamber of depu
ties approved an appropriation of 20,
000,000 francs (91.329.000) for enlist
ment bonuses in the French army.
Prime Minister Ramsay MacDonald
of Great Britain told the house of
commons hts government would ap
point a special subcommittee to In
vestigate England's defenses against
aerial attack.
The British government asked the
commons for an appropriation of
nearly $18,000,000 this year more than
last year for air defense.
A demand for the restoration of
conscription in Austrlla was made by
Minister of the Interior Emll Fey and
his newspaper, the Oesterrelch Abend
szeitung. He declared now is the
time for conscription "to be taken
up by other states which have been
restricted In military establishments
by the peace treatr."
SENATEREETS
RELIEF BILL CUT
WASHINGTON. March 10. (AP,
The senate today rejected a proposal
to slash the $4,8R0.0O0.0OO relief ap
propriation ' to $1 .flRO.OOO.OOO.
The vote was M to 21 sRainst an
amendment by Senator Byrd (D..
Va.l, who assailed the past use of
public works funds as having been
diverted in large sums to routine
departmental expenses.
He demanded that 3.000.ono.ooo be
taken out of the 4.0u0. 000.000 work
fund.
THREE BANK ROBBERS
ESCAPE WITH $16,000
PTEPALTA. Mo.. March IP. API
The Sedalia Bank and Trust, company
was robbed of approximately 16,000
today by three men who rushed into
the building after holding Assistant
Cashier James Norlln, Mayor O. B.
Poundstone and four members of the
Pounds tone family prisoners most of
the nlsht.
Richberg Says Johnson
Is a "Popular Humorist "
WASHINGTON. March 19. ( APi I ing to dominate public thinking, or.
Donald R. Richberg has Joined In before lone will a bored and noise
the rsdlo war. with a speech In which I weary people turn off the rsdloa, turn
he criticized his old boss. Huirh John- sway from the bellowing, In the press
son. ss a "popular humorist" and and on the platform, of obstruction
aimed what many believed to be in- j 1st and destroyers and listen to pre
ferential blows in the direction of : gresstve-mlnded leaders In business
t senator Hu.y Long
and Father
1 Chr E. Couchlln.
PpKtns In the nellonat rdlo fo-
: mm of the Waehlnstoo twnitu Star.
I t h head of the na'lonal emergen
; cif ht to rally to the "proereMiveir
awa:nv. the "old guard ' and "the
1 de.trov.r.
T... old ituard he aald. irould
! "wreck recoverv" by "dnlnj nothlns
etc.pt ohetrtict prcre.," and th de-
.rrr.-. -ri no.r.ej rue u into civil
war ' bv lcni":.t.r.z (: .. . ! !:. -
j "Are tr:e fhmi'cr t-c .-. : ic: e
lud Ih .iM-oCtAvau. " tm tiM. 'so-
FLOODS SWEEP THROUGH SIX
Homes In a half dozen states were menaced by flood Milter from the Mississippi and Its tributaries as ntnrnv
swept the son tli. A national guard plane on a survey of flond conditions in Missouri took this general view of
Poplar Bluff. The main part of the town on higher ground (lower center) was not yet reached.
SONS IMPRESS IN
43-14 WIN OVER
TULSA TIRE TEAM
DENVER. March 19. AP) The
Wichita. Kaa., Grtdleys advanced to
the third round of the National
A- A. U. baskoUjftll tournament here
late today with a late rally victory
over the Shakope. Minn.. Sparklers,
33-31. The hard-won triumph match,
ed the Wlchltans with the favored
Denver Pigs In the third round to
morrow. DENVER, March 19 (AP) Five
contenders, including the favored
Denver Plga and the newly discovered
Southern Oregon Normal threat
among the diminishing ranks of the
collegians watched from the side
lines today as 22 teams sought to
follow them Into the third round of
the national A. A. U. basketball
tournament.
None of the top-flight teams failed
to pass the first round, which wss
completed last night and none of
the five second round clashes on
the same program produced an up
set, although a few had narrow
escapes.
Southern Oregon, with an Afro
Indlsn center -forward combination,
made an Impressive showing In a
43-14 conquest of the Oklahoma Tire
and Supply team from Tulsa.
Charley Patterson, negro, and Cliff
McLean. Sioux Indian, Joined with
Ward Howell, to make It a runaway
for the SONS and to plac them be
side the Utah Aggtes. Rocky Moun
tain conference champion, as a col
lege outfit with chance to win the
title no schoolboys have taken since
Washburn college of Topeka, Kaa.,
was champion In 1926.
FIRS! SHELTER BELT
TREE PLANTING SOON
LINCOLN. Neb.. March 19. (AP
First plantings of 2.000,000 trees In
the plains shelter belt will be made
before April 1 in Texas. Oklahoma,
and Kansas, and trees will be set out
within a few weeks In Nebraska and
the Dakota.
Paul H. Roberta, acting director of
the federal project, revealed today the
definite areas In which plantings will
be made.
and politics?
I The pop. h Mid. do not undr-
itarwl the d.nsern ronfront'np thm
f becauee tntvad of Important newa.
they are habituated ' to eat th, raw.
, tajtropr.e and ootir.i-t. aerved up fori
br-akfat. lunch and dinner.
! -The headline, of th. aallv nreaa.
. mhlch acreajn of crime .ml .rno.Hr.
and personal attack, are their meat." tlon of Raymond L. Laplant of aaeault
he Mid. He explained he waa not aiJ robbery with a daneroua weapon
inrijc it.g neweparwr publnhera he. . ra affirmed.
emu "tl.e .ii'f.ful publisher and Tne r.:tua'lon of no criminal ap-
editor will ace thet Uja people getjpeala before th, court waa declared,
I anal the I ml" 'unuai4 b? court official.
AVIATR1DES PLANNING
AS
TOE
SAN DIEGO, Cal.. March 19. (Spl.)
With Medford aa tho probable hop-plng-off
point, plane now are being
made for a dawn-to-dusk Pacific
coastwlde flight, participated lrr by
women pilots -only, to the California
Pacific International exposition, open
tng here May 30.
Test speed flights are being made
In southern California by members of
the 99 club, organisation of famous
women fliers.
Gladys O'Donnell, speed ace, flew
her Waco In 45 minutes, through fog,
from Long Beach to San Diego In a
trial flight.
More than a down entries already
have been received. The race will be
held In June If present plans ma
terialize. The Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce today wired Floyd Hart,
chairman of the chamber avia
tion committee, who la now In Los
Angeles, to contact San Diego expo
sition officials with assurance of all
co-operation possible In the projected
night.
SET SMUDGE POTS
Orchardista were advised today by
Roy W. Rogers, assistant frost me
teorologist, to distribute their smudge
pots through the orchards as soon aa
possible to be ready for the coming
of Jack Frost. Growers were also
urged to bring In their orchard me
ters for testing at once. Rogera yes
terday completed test on those al
ready turned In.
Settled weather conditions are dry
ing the ground sufficiently to permit
orchardista to spray after ten days
of wet weather. There will be no
general placing of orchard heaters
until the spaying la finished.
In many of the orchards the buds
are swelling and a few warm days
would start slow blossoming. Th
present cool nlghta and fairly balmy
days ere recardfd ss Ideal orchard
weather. It Is estimated the fruit
crop at present is two weeks behind
normal,
Salem To Refund
$130,000 In Bonds
SALEM. March 19. (AP) The Sa
lem city council took advantage of
a recently enacted legislative measure
last night, and voted a 130.000 bond
issue to refund a like amount of im
provement bonds at lower Interest
rates.
The act allowing eltiea to refund
bonds was passed during the last
week of the recent legislative session.
PORTLAND. Ore., March 18. (AP)
A verdict of Justifiable homicide
returned by a coroner's Jury today
exonerated Paul Vandenhurg of crim
lnl rMponbilitjr in the death of
I Vernon Weaver. 17, ahot to death In
Vandenburg", yard' on the nipht of
; March 14.
March U (API Tt lat
ts Pre'a on criminal caae be-
tor the Oregon ,upreme court raj
i dlapoeed of todaV when the eonvlc -
STATES
BE
All young men between ages of 17
and 25 are urged to attend the or
ganiisation meeting of the Young
Mens Vocational club to be hold In
tho council chambers at the city hall
Wednesday at 8 p. m.p it was an
nounced by sponsors of the club this
morning.
As has been announced before, the
purpose of the club is to give young
men an Insight Into the various busi
nesses and professions in Jackson
county and It la believed that by
taking tho courses they will perhaps
be able to better chooss the kind of
business they would like to make
their life work.
Sponsors of the club are B. E. Har
der, Robert W. Ruhl, J. C. Mann, A.
S. V. Carpenter, E. H. Hedrlck, Judge
Earl B. Day and Mayor George Porter.
Quite a number of young men have
alrendy registered for the courses and
It fa expected that a large ntmibrr
will be on hand Wednesday night
when the organisation of the various
elapses will be completed. Those be
hind the movement to form a Young
Men's Vocational club believe that
nothing but good can come from it,
especially If a sufficient number of
young men signify a willingness to
take the various courses which will
be .offered, so It Is hoped that the
meeting will be well attended on
Wednesday.
MERRIAM RECALL
"EUGENE. March 19. ( AP) Voting
in the Merrlam recall special election
proceeded listlessly today and at noon
a survey revealed that but 1384 voters
had gone to the polls In the IS Eu
gene precincts. Polls will close at 8
o'clock.
There la a total of 8.390 registered
votera in Eugene. The total of 1.384
votes cast by noon today comparea
with a total of 2.062 at noon In the
November election.
Friends of Representative Howard
S, Merrlam expressed opinion that
the light vote was a serloua menace
to his chances of remaining In of
fice, since they believed it meant
that principally Townaend supporters
were turning out.
No Indication of the vote In the
county precincts was available to
day at noon.
Klamath School
Principal Stays
KLAMATH FALLS. March 19 fAP)
Paul T. Jackson, after announcing
several days ago that he probably
would not return next year ss prin
cipal of Klamath union high school,
was awarded another contract by the
school board last night.
Jackson, who Is president of the
State High School A'hletlc associa
tion, accepted. It will be his elerenth
term.
BAKER FOR AMERICAN
OFFER OF PEACE AID
CLEVELAND. March 19 AP
; Newton
D Baker, outstanding ad
vocat of American awoclatlon with
the League of Natloni. eipreiwd the
; belief today the United state, ahould
offer Ha aid In aettlltig the European
j political dinrubence arlelnz from
Ioarmiai' raunuaont program.
BOOST BENEFITS
Roosevelt Orders Modifica-;
tion of Economy Regula-'
tiqns Entails Annual;
Increase of $1,800,000;
WASHINGTON. March 19. (APi j
President Roosevelt, in four executive
orders, today modified the two-year-old
veterans' economy regulations,
providing principally for Increases in :
the rates of allowances to widows and I
children. 1
Tho liberalized payments will cewt
the government a total of $1,800,000
annually.
Mr. Roosevelt transmitted the exec
utive orders to congress on the final
day upon which he could act to make
any chance In the economy regula
tions established two years ago.
He acted on the recommendation of
Frank T. Hlnea. the veterans adminis
trator, and after consultation with
Daniel Bell, director of the budget.
Under the new regulations, widows
of deceased members of war time ser
vice connected caaea between the ages
of 50 and 65 will receive an Increase
from 30 a month to $36 and widows
over 65 an increase to 40.
The new regulations also allow in
creases for children where there Is no
widow. Where there are two children,
33 a month would be equally divided
instead of the present $30.
Where there are three children, $46
Is to be allowed instead of $40, with
18 for each additional child.
For widows of deceased veterans of
peace time service connected cases
slight Increases aie provided for those
over 60 years of age.
WASHINGTON, March 19. (AP)
All cash bonus bills which have been
introduced at this session wore made
eligible by the house today for
vote on the floor.
After less than 30 minutes of dis
cussion, the house approved a reso
lution bringing up the Vinson cash
payment plan Immediately for 10
more hours of debate. Then, under
the resolution, any other bill In
cluding the Patman $2,000,000,000
currency expansion proposal may
be offered as a substitute for the
Vinson bin and voted upon.
E TAXES
FOUND THIS YEAR
WASHINGTON. March 19 fAP)
Increased Income tax collections
throughout the country were report'
ed today by Guy T. Helverlng, com
missioner of Internal revenue, who
said that only six collection districts
out of a total of 64 had shown a de
crease from last year's figures.
The treasury's latest statement
showed Its financial position at the
close of business March 1 6. listed
March Income tax payments of $182,
324.281 against $126,006,359 on the
comparable date last year. However,
Helvering said, approximately $55.-
000,000 which the collectors had on
hand was undeposlted. He believed
the first IS days' collections would
aggregate about $246,000,000 when fi
nal returns were In.
Actual deposits of Income taxes the
first half of March aggregated $191
358.009 compared with $147,894
year ago. The treasury reported that
New York state led all others by re
turning $67,066,765 compared with
$56,764,881 last year. California
showed deposits of $8,893,371.79 com
pared with $6,914,609 last year.
Compartlve statement of Income
taxes collected and deposited March
1-16. 1934, and March 1-15, 1936, by
districts Included: Oregon. 1934,
$286,025: 1935, $396,097.
Seizing of War Profits
Urged in Munitions Quiz
By FKE8TON h. OKOVER
AMorlated Press Waff Writer.
WASHINGTON. March 19. (AP)
A sweeping plsn for wiping out
heavy war profits by limiting in
dustrial salarlea to $10,000 a year
and seising Tlrtually all profits over
thrw per cent waa made public to
day by the senate munitions com
mittee. It wsa outlined by John T. Plynn,
New York writer, who was retained
by the committee to put Into shape
its findings bearing on efforts to
mske war unprofi'shle.
"It ta more Important than to
take profits out of war."
Committee members, who looked
upon the red-faced, gray-haired
writer aa an authority on war taxing
methf.ds. Hat attentive as he talked.
r'ly Interrupting with a question.
He outlined the committee's plan
as follows; .
Byrd No Invalid
Is Indicated In
Daily M essages
NEW YORK. March 19. ( API
Dally messages from Rear Admiral
Richard E. Bvrd to his headquar
ters here indicate he la not sif
terlng ill health, Miss H. F. Mc
Kcrcher. a member of his staff, de
clared today.
Miss McKerchrr said the ad
miral reported loss of weight when
he returned last July from his
Isolated portt in Little America.
Later reports, she said, showed
him to be gaining in health stead
ily and rapidly. She said that be
fore Christmas the admiral in
formed his headquarters he had
gained hts normal welcht.
GOVERNOR VETOES
MEASURE WAIVING
PENALTIES ON TAX
SALEM. March 19. (AP) Govern
or Charlea H. Martin today Issued a
veto against the Ickea-Orange power
bill passed by the late legislature, and
in his veto message listed seven reas
ons for his act among the "many
objectionable features" of th bill.
The measure as finally passed by
the legislature, after much amend
ment, waa known as senate talll 404.
SALEM, March 19. AP) Hopes of
delinquent state taxpayers that back
Interest and penalties on 1931 ana
1933 delinquent, property taxes would
be waived, were dashed iate yesterday,
as Governor Charles H. Martin placed
his veto on Senate bill 163.
The measure would have provided
for cancellation of Interest on back
taxes, aa well aa allowing payment of
such taxes In 10 semi-annual Instal
ments over a five-year period.
The governor In his veto message
declared that "the effect of this mea
sure would be to penalise, for their
promptness and sacrifice, all people
who have now paid 7fl per cent of the
1931 and 1932 taxes levied In this
state. It would reward the 26 per
cent who have failed or have neglect
ed to pay taxes. An Immediate and
direct effect would be to betray the
confidence of some 13,000 taxpayers
who paid $800,000 of back taxes, to
gether with $106,000 of accrued inter
est. Into the county treasuries while
the bill waa pending In the 'legisla
ture," The governor also vetoed senate bill
380, which would abolish the office
of auditor In Clackamas county, atat-
(Continued on Page Eight)
CIA FLAT CCC
MARSHFIELD. Ore., March 19-
(AP) Edward Hamilton. 30, member
of the China Flat CCC camp near
Powers, drowned In the Coqullle river
lata yesterday. He had excused him
self from a meeting of workers and
officers to get a drink of water. When
ha failed to return a search was
started and his body was found float
ing several hundred yards away. The
body sunk before fellow workers could
reach It and had not been recovered
this morning. ,
Hamilton was to have been mus
tered out of the service and to have
returned to his home In Chicago late
this week.
COOTER WILL PLEAD FOR
YAQUINA BAY CHANNEL
SALEM.x March 19. (AP) John E.
Cooter of Toledo, speaker of the
house of the Oregon legislature, will
leave tomorrow or Thursday for
Washington, DC, where he will rep
resent the port of Newport in a
hearing before the United States
engineers.
"To take 60 per cent of the first
fl per cent profit of corporations,
and 100 per cent on all over that In
excea profits.
"To limit all Individual Incomes
to $10,000 and to take all over that
in Income taxes.
"To impose income taxes on every
body from 91000 or less up In suf
flclent amount to cover war ex
penses.
"To SAsesa and collect Income taxes
quarterly out of Income as It Is
made..
To check numerous known meth
ods of defeating Income tax levies
"Publicity of all salaries Imme
diately upon declaration of war.
"Industrial management draft sll
general officers of corporations to
he registered In a draft of manage
ment snd when deemed necessary
Inducted into military forces of the
United State,"
E
Adeline Yarbrough, 28,
Mother of Three Children,
Killed in Suburban Home
Roy Biehn in Hospital
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore., March 19.
(AP) Adeline Yarbrpugh, 28. the
mother of three children, waa found
shot to death late last night In a
house on the outskirts of Klamath
Falls.
Roy Biehn, discovered critically
wounded near the woman's body, waa
In a Klamath Palls hospital this
morning with a bullet hole in his
head. Ho Is not expected to live.
A giin was found In Blehn's cloth
ing after he had been taken to the
hospital, officers said.
Authorities today were considering
the "murder and suicide angle."
Mrs. Yarbrough's three children
were In the house when the tragedy
occurred. 4
Aa officers reconstructed the shoot
ing today, they believed Biehn. a
disabled war veteran, shot the wo
man and then turned the gun on
himself. Blinded by the wound, hs
staggered Into a bedroom and fell
across the bed where two of th
children were sleeping. Tbey shoved
him to the floor.
While the 14-year-old girl and 7-year-old
boy huddled In the front
yard crying, their brother, aged. 12,
ran down town for help.
Biehn, 40, had been drawing a
government pension, investigators
said, and asked -the woman to marry
him. She was not divorced, however,
and her husbsnd Is somewhere in
California.
Biehn. a truck driver, served with
the United States army in the Phil
ippine Islands.
Neighbors spoke highly of Mrs.
'.arbrough's character. They said slis
hsd found it difficult to support
her family and only recently had
gained employment In a Klamath
Falls hotel.
FOR LEAGUE QUIZ
OENBVA. March 10. (AP) Ethio
pia appealed to the League, of Nation
today for Intervention In It extended
controversy with Italy which grew out
of a eerlea of border confllcta.
Ethlopla'a appeal was made under
article 16 of the League of Nation!
Covenant which requires that In the
event of auch action the council shall
Institute an investigation.
Tli article also provides for the
council making recommendations for
settlement of International disputes
in which Its Intervention U sought.
SUSPECTED SLAYER OF
MISH GOES ON TRIAL'
PORTLAND, Ore., March 10. (AP)
A Jury was being selected today In tha
trial of Joseph John Osbourne, former
special policeman, charged with the
slaying of Simon Mlah retired mer
chant, who waa beaten to death la
his home last Deo. 12.
Schooner fl rounds
TEOUCiaALPA. Honduras, March
19. (AP) The British schooner Laura
with 104 passengers snd 13 crew
members aboard, went aground today
off Utlla. reporting herself In a pre
carious condition.
SANTA MONICA, Cal., Mar.
18. Well, we just wake up in
the morning to sec who will get
the headline". "Mussolini Ii
Moving Into Abyssinia," "Sta
lin Builds Up Red Army to One
Million," but Hitler took the
play awny from not only the
dictators but away from St.
I'utriek.
And. say, that old gentleman
St. Patrick whs no slouch as a
fighting mnn himself.
Yesterday I dipped me sham
roek into a thimbleful of old
irishowen. and may you be
seven months in heaven before
the devil knows you're dead.
Fag a bealaeh.
F