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MAILT
EBFORB
RIBUNE
AWARDED
Pulitzer Prize
FOE 1934
Thirtieth Year
MEDFOKD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MARCH 31, 1935.
No. 7.
PRESIDENT OFF ON FISHING TRIP
"3
Co-Ed Shoots Chinese
RAIL RATE BOOST
Behind
TO BE A 'HIRER,
LONGER OLE
S
OLD AGF jJSION;
CABELL NAMED 10
STATE ROAD POST;
SUCCEEDS SCOTT
Retiring Chairman Lauded
by Gov. Martin for Effic
ient Public Service New
Appointee War Time Aid
Executive, and Portlander
By PAI L MALI.ON
I (Copyright, inns, by Paul Ma Hon
I WASHINGTON, March 30. Secre
tary Ickes got quite a shock when
he aaw the press dispatches from
Florida a few
lays ago. Thee
llspatches, writ
;en by newsmen
accom p a nylng
'resident Boose
Tel t. announced
that Harry Hop
kins was to be
the Jumbo-colossus
of the new
relief program.
Now. Mr. Ickes
knew, which the
average news
reader may not.
PALI. MALLON
aewsmen do not
that presidential
make such thlnes up out of their
head. Only two persons could have
inspired that story, Mr. Roosevelt
or Mr. Hopkins.
You can imagine how that made
Mr. Ickes feel. Here he lias been the
J umbo -colossus of the PWA. for many
months, and has aspirations. To add
insult to Injury, the dispatches men
tioned that "perhaps, Mr. Ickes.
am one others' would be permitted
to help Mr. Hopkins.
Mr. Ickes put on hi hat and coat,
and went to the White House.
. There, standing guard, during the
president's absence, was Stephen
Earlv. who Is a diplomat as well as a
secretary. Mr. Early is supposed to
have worked on Mr. Ickes' brow, un
ruffling tt. At least Ye gave out an
official announcement that Mr.
Roosevelt himself would run the new
relief program. There would be no
Jumbo -colossus,
This would have saved the inside
situation. Mr. Ickes has one relief
plan. Mr. Hopkins has an extremely
different one. While Mr. Icke ha
not been seen much around the
White House lately. Mr. Hopkins wa
significantly invited to accompany
the president on the train a fat
Jacksonville.
That la the way it goes. The un
certainty of business, if any, is in
significant compared with uncertain
ty among White House favorite. One
day. you are sitting happily on the
presidential knee. Next day, you may
, be on the floor, wondering how you
B got there.
Consequently the Florida dis
patches conveyed a hint that the
Hopkins plan had the edge over the
Ickes plan. Furthermore, certain
congressmen started grumbling that
if this plan was" all fixed they should
find out what it was before they
passed the relief bill authorizing Mr.
Roosevelt to carry it out.
The result was that a second pla
cating announcement was made from
the White House. It said no plan
would be decidcdon until Mr. Roose
velt returns.
This may sound like a very mud
dled situation, but it is not. The
only part muddled was the Jackson
ville end of the publicity. Someone
did too much talking, too soon.
Unless Mr. Ickes succeeds In forc
ing a revision of the plan. It 1 a
certainty that tt will work out some
thing like this:
Mr. Roosevelt will run it. Mr.
Hopkins will have the biggest Job in
it, the Job of creating immediate
work relief. Admiral Peoples will
run .hc federal building program.
Prof. Tugwell will run the rural re
habilitation end. This will leave Mr.
Ickes the tall end, the remnants of
the PWA (alums clearance and per
tmps a few other odds and ends).
This doe not Imply any lack of
confidence in Mr. Ickes on the part
of the White House or anyone else.
It Is a simple truth that he has been
handling more than any one man
could. Furthermore, certain senators
say they have received a promise from
the White House that Mr. Ickes
would not control the new set-up.
Congress always gets it man.
A confidential survey has been
made of the relief rolls by the FERA
crowd. It shows very simply what
the problem Is. It answers the two
big questions of where the relief
rollers are and who they are.
More than half of them are In 142
cities of the country:
For Instance. California has 206,781
on relief, and 301.315 are in the five
cities of Los Angeles, Oakland, Sacra
mento. San Dleco and S8" Francisco.
New York state has 472.780 on the
rolls and 402.958 of them In the six
cities of Albany. Buffalo. New York.
Rochester, Syracuse. Utlca.
Ohio has 270.987. and 219.152 In
eight big cities.
The major portion of the relief
problem, therefore. Is tn the cities.
The survey further shows that
nearly one-half (exactly 44 per cent")
are factory workers. They were for
merly employed in the manufactur
ing and mechanical industries. The
next larcest group wa In domestic
and personal service trades, then fol
low the groups of transportation and
(Continued on Hae Ten)
m: cmp of iw
PALEM. Ore. March 30. AP, The
1917 legislature win be a.ked to enact
a number of new laws as tiic rult
nf a ianfren,-r held recently tn San
Franisc-o between nffklas of OTcson.
Washinfton, Csllfora and Nevada.
Charles H. Gram, commissioner of la
bor, said today.
BOSTON. Msp-h 3o
rr Ar-;"::"!-". - W
cttve the past ei.
Priest Takes 'Pennies From
Poor' Under 'Social Jus
tice'1 Guise Huey Called
'Purveyor of Bunk' in
Bitter Attack.
CHICAGO. Mar. 80. (AP) Gen.
Hugh Johnson, barbed -ton gued for
mer chief of NBA, lashed out again
tonight at Father Charles Coughlin
and Senator Huey P. Long, accusing
the Detroit priest of trying to be an
American Hitler and ridiculing the
senator from Louisiana as purveyor
of "bunk."
"You have not chosen the Swas
tika." Johnson said of Father Cough
lin in pursuing his Hitler compari
son. "You have a more sacred de
vice ... no swastikas for your Nazis
but a cross."
Of the two men he has dubbed
"pied pipers." Johnson said he "pre
ferred" Senator Long.
The general implied that with to
night's attack, launched over a nation-wide
hookup, he was "through"
with his end of the flaming three
cornered controversy.
Centering his fire on the priest.
Johnson denounced his policies and
ridiculed him personally. He indi
cated he believed Senator Long had
been taken care of in a previous
speech.
As If addressing Father Coughlin
personally, Johnson said:
"Are you a Jack-ln-the-pulplt who
Jumps up one moment in the collar
of Rome, ducks snd reappears the
next moment in necktie?" Johnson
Inquired after asserting:
"Photogrp,jhed In the cassock of a
Catholic priest, while you said it,
and anounclng from the shrine of
the Utile Flower that you were going
s.ter me the Sunday before you did
It you said over the radio 'I address
you neither as the spokesman of the
Catholic church nor as the represen
tative of its Catholic following."
"Someone sent me a parallel of
what both you and Adolf (Hitler)
have proposed and preached and
they are as alike as peas In, a pod.
As a foreign-bom you could not be a
president but you could be a re lens-
fuehrer Just as the Austrian Adolf
became a dictator of Germany."
From beginning to end he sought
to pick to pieces the priest's union
of social Justice "For this he takes.
from the pennies of the poor, much
money never accurately reported nor
accounted for."
He condemned the money system
embodied In the Nye-Sweeney bill
advocated by the priest.
"If a nonsensical monstrosity ever
flowed from the pen of man, this is
It." Johnson said. "Tht plan for
which Father Coughlin has been tak
ing tens of the thousands of dollars
from the poor Is no plan at all."
Johnson warmly defended Bernard
Baruch, financier and friend whom
Father Coughlin has referred to as
"Bernard Manasseh Baruch." He de
nled the Bible contains any accourtt
of "Manasseh sawing Isiah in two"
as he said the priest retold the ac
count.
"There is an obscure apocryphal
story to that effect." he said, "but
consecrated priest do not preach
rrom that apocryphal. In the second
place there is no such person in
America a Bernard Manasseh Bar
uch and well Father Coughlin knows
it."
Then he added:
'Bernard Baruch Is not my Lord
and Master. He Is my friend of nearly
20 years ... he has done more for
humanity and for this country than
a thousand demagogues."
"Father Coughlin running back
to Roosevelt ha left Long, who is
attacking the president dally, out on
a limb." said Johnson.
"If no more ha been done than
to pry those pied pipers apart, it Is
enough.
Branding the Catholic prlet as
cowardly in his previous attacks,
Johnson said:
"This guileless follower of the een-
tie Master says that hi confidants
have heaped his desk with gossip
about my private life but he disdains
to use it. Of course by that remark
alone, he did use it In the most cow
ardly way he could have used it
That was to be expected."
ON FEAR OF CRASH
PORTLAND, Ore.. Mar. 30. (API
Fearing his outboard motor boat
would be rammed by a passing
freighter. Oscar J. Clossett, Portland
insurance msn. leaped Into the Wll-
jlamette river tonight and drowned.
His companion. J. D. Annand, re-
malned In the small boat and es
t caped injury. Harbor patrolmen
Jstarted drazeing the river for the
body.
Trie motor stalled and the small
j craft waa almost in the path of the
I freighter which gave several warning
blaj before Clossett leaped.
Seelt Mater Kljllt
! SALEM. Ore.. March 0 (APi Ap
i pltration for 30 second feet of war
j from tv)t ehr!. tributary of the
1 x fork of the Willamette river
in I count v, wn rr.arle of the
"r.;;i:er M he Maintain Jun
Lumber company of Cuki.
President Roosevelt conversing with hia secretary, Marvin H.
Mclntyre, just before leaving for a vacation to the Caribbean where
he will do soma deep aea fishing. (Associated Press Photo)
E
FOR VINSON PLAN
OF B0NUSPA1G
Legion Chiefs Believe Bill
Has Best Chance for Sen
ate and Presidential Ap
provalSeek Early Action
WASHINOTON, March 30. (AP)
The national executive committee of
the American Legion has been called
to meet next Tuesday In Indianapolis,
ostensibly to give a fresh push to
the Vinson soldiers bonus bill pro
viding for cash payment but leaving
to the treasury how the money Is to
be raised
Beaten In the house, which ap
proved the Pat man measure calling
for payment In 92.200,000,000 of new
currency, Legion officials said today
they believed the Vinson plan had a
better chance of senate approval.
They also thought this bill would be
more acceptable to the. White House.
Senate leaders, however, continued
to claim neither of these bills would
be approved by the president and
clung to their prediction a veto could
be sustained in their branch. Whether
or not the 1936 elections have any
thing to do with it, they are hopeful
a compromise might be worked out
to avoid a veto.
Negotiations to this end this far
have failed to make much headway.
No plans have been made for con
sideration of the house bill by the
senate finance committee, the ques
tion having been delayed until Presi
dent Roosevelt returns from his
southern cruise.
There Is a possibility that the NRA
extension bill, if It requires much
more of the committee's time, might
be sidetracked temporarily until dis
posal of the bonus. Chairman Har
rison has announced only brief bonus
hearings would be held on the latter.
L
NATIONAL DRIVE
TO AID CHILDREN
PHOENIX. Aril?.. Mar. 30. (AP)
The American Legion and affiliated
orgRnlratlon launched a nation
wide program of unified effort In be
half of children as It brought it
area child welfare conference to a
close here today.
National officials of tha Legion
gathered with delegate from 11
western states. Hawaii and Alaska to
outline the program for carrying Ms
child welfare proeram Into every sec
tion of the nation.
rce were lnstrurted to begin
oreanlatlon of schools In all parrs
of their territories to train members
of the affiliated uor.es in child wel
fare work. Offlciala pointed out that
in this manner the Legion would
weld Its child welfare division lino
a nation-wide organization of un
limited power.
Judee Wilbur Alter, of Denver,
said, "t will help children into a
state of mholesome. self-maintaining
adulthood, assure them security snd
enable them to aume their rittVit
ful responsibilities of cltlfnuhlp."
I Storm Lahe Adriatic,
ANCONA. Italy, Marh 30 fAPl
, At lenjt 15 men ere drowned and
1 a n--.mber nf nth- Injured In
t-rm hi"i. lA.-r.eri this sed
ition of ti4 Adriatic aea tods.
QUICK TRIAL OF
N.R.A. TEST CASES
Action Sought Guidance of
Congress in Continuing
Recovery Act Lumberj
Code Validity at Issue
WA iHINGTON, March 30. (AP)
A bi-partisan move began in the sen
ate today to persuade the Justice
department to reverse its stand and
obtain a quick test of NRA's consti
tutionality for the guidance of con
gress In continuing the rocovcry act.
The department recently announced
It would dismiss the Belcher case. In
volving the validity of the lumber
code and NRA, Itself, even though
the supreme court probably would
have decided the issue within the
next few weeks.
The thunder that recently ha sur
rounded the NRA today reverberated
outside congress also, and two federal
Judges added to the recovery agency's
legal troubles by ruling portions of
the recovery act Invalid or Inopera
tive. The two senators who announced
they would Introduce on Monday a
resolution calling on the Justice de
partment to prosecute the Belcher
case appeal were Hastings (R., Del.)
and Clark (D.. Mo.)
NRA Insisted that despite the de
cision to dismiss the Belrhnr case the
lumber code waa still In force. An
aroused industry took the position,
however, that It had. In effect, been
suspended by the refusal to have the
supreme court pass on the ruling In
Alabama that the code was unconsti
tutional. Col. W. R. Orceley, secretary-manager
of the West Coast Lumbermen's
association, the district code author
ity for the Industry, said today in
Seattle that Its board of trustees ad
vocated suspension of the agreement
"until It can be made legally en
forceable." The authority already hns
discharged most of Its employes, ef
fective April ia.
TACOMA. March 30. (AP) At
tacks on the NRA lumber code by
employes of mills whose operations
have been reatrlcted. again figured
In the federal court here today when
Judge Edward E. Cushman set April
8, aa the date to determine Jurisdic
tion In a case now pending.
The request for an interlocutory
Injunction against the West Coast
Lumbermen's association, code ad
ministrator for this district, was filed
November 7 by employes of the Stlm
son mill of Seattle, who claim that
their constitutional rights to earn a
living are denied by arbitrarily re
stricting the number of hours a mill
can operate during a given period.
In assigning the date for a hearing
to determine Jurisdiction. Judge
Cushman Indicated that this partic
ular petition would be denied because
the most money an individual Is be
Injr deprived of la not In excess of
j $700. Under federal laws no civil suit
I can be brought in a federal court
which involves less than $1,000.
It Is also likely that the Mnrs in
the action will be eliminated by the
; time the hearing Is held as the na-
tlonal lumber code authority Is ex-
pected to apply to the nra this week
j for authority to suspend It entire
code.
Name (,raln .Sii iert Wir.
SALT LAKE CITY. March 30
fAP) Harry Ott, sn rnuineer for
the sta. relief administration, to
day was appointed field supervisor
of emergency convrva'.ton work
uiider the Tavior grazing art in
t'tah. Vi'r.o. Colorado Nevada and
o-re n he waa advjwd f 'm Wah
lng lop
SALEM, March 30. (AP) Gover
nor Charles H. Martin late today an
nounced the appointment of Henry
Falling Cabell of Portland as mem
ber of the state highway commission
to succeed Leslie M. Scott, chairman,
whose term will expire tomorrow.
At the same time Hie governor
wrote a letter to Scott lauding the
work of the commission chairman
during the past three years, declar
ing "your record abundantly demon
stratoa the highest order of efficient,
unselfish, high minded public serv
ice." Scott was named chairman of the
commission In Febniary, 1932 by
Governor Meter.
Martin's announcement stated Ca
bell Is the son of Colonel Henry C.
Cabell, a distinguished soldier, and a
grandson of Oregon's noted pioneer,
Henry Failing.
Cabell la 40 years of age. born In
Portland November 28, 1895. He re
ceived his education In the Portland
j public schools, the University of Vir
ginia and at Harvard law school.
During the latter part of the World
I war Cabell was an aide-de-camp to
Major General Martin. Cabell la a
republican.
The governor's letter to Scott was
as follows:
"On the expiration of your term on
the state highway commission. I feci
it la due you that the governor
should formally make of record an
acknowledgement of your conspicu
ous and distinguished service to the
state.
"As chairman of the commission
during the past three years to you Is
due the principal credit for our far
flung and magnificent highway sys
tem. You have been responsible for
the expenditure of millions of dol
lars without a breath of scandal. In
the execution of your office you have
brought a high order of intelligence,
meticulous care and tireless energy.
Your record abundantly demonstrates
the highest order bf efficient, un
selfish, hlghmlndcd public service."
CONFESSOR SAYS
ST. PAUL, Minn., March 30. (AP)
Three murders were pinned on the
Barker-Karpia gang and a life termer
In Stillwater prison exonerated of the
crimes In a confession by one of the
gang held for the $200,000 kidnaping
of Edward Bremer, It became known
today.
On unimpeachalijn authority It was
learned that Leonard Hanklns. serv-
ilng a life term for the murder of
two policemen and a St. Paul motor
1st In the robbery of the Minneapo
lis Third Northwestern National
bank, had been absolved of guilt.
Jess Doyle, Indicted as the money
changer In the Bremer abduction. Is
said to have admitted he drove the
bandit car and Imputed to the no
torloua Barker-Karpls band the spec
tacular holdup of the First National
bank at Falrbury, Neb., two years ago
In which seven persons were wounded
The asserted confession clears up
the slay tugs of Patrolmen Leo Gorskl
and Ira Evans of Minneapolis, mowed
down by machine gun bullets In front
of the bank on December 16, 1032,
and the killing of Oscar Erlck&on, 29-year-old
St. Paul resident, who un
wittingly stared at the bandits as
they changed escape cars in Como
Park, St. Paul.
Doyle, who said he wa dressed In
a chauffeur uniform during the raid,
named In his reported confession as
his accomplices in the $112,000 Mln
nea polls holdup:
Alvin Karpls. public enemy. No. 1,
still at Urge and Indicted aa a kid
naper of the St, Paul banker.
Arthur (Dog) Barker, held In the
county Jail here, awaiting trial In
the Bremer case.
WEATHER OUTLOOK
Oregon: Fair Sunday and Monday:
frost or freezing temperature at
night In the Interior; moderate north
and northwrat wind off the coast.
SAN FRANC IHCO, March 30. ( AP)
-Outlook for the period April 1 to
6 Inclusive:
Clenerally fair with normal tem
perature, but unsettled In noTth Pa
cific states and northern Idaho latter
part of week.
Siiiic hpeetlrr UneiJ.
PORnaAND. March 30. f AP)
Don Cole waa fined $5 hy Municipal
Juries Ing today for speeding with
his truck. "1 think the fine ts too
mu'-n." he arnned. '"Die jiidicment
will le v-t snide and the fine will
he t7 " .t-ii-'pe lyng answered. Ann
that as that.
Revised Townsend Bill
EliminatesThem, Also1
Broadens Tax Base No
Age or Compulsory Spend
ing Change.
WASHINGTON. Mar. 30. (AP)
The Townsend old age pension plan
was revised today by tt principal
congressional supporter, Representa
tive McOroarty (Dcm., Calif.) to
eliminate the millionaires from its
benefit.
On Mondsy, one of his associates
announced, he will Introduce a "new
bill embodying all the old and some
new features."
Originally, the Townsend plan
stipulated that everyone sixty yeara
or more of age should receive $200 a
month from the government, agree
ing to spend it all within the month.
The cost of the scheme, estimated
at $24,000,000,000 annually, would be
borne by a two per cent tax on every
transaction involving an exchange of
.loney.
"The taxing base ha been broad
ened," the announcement said, "in
cluding now not only the transac
tions tax of two per cent provided In
the original bill but also a two per
cent tax on Inheritances and gifts
and a one-tenth raise In alt present
Income tax rate. ,
"Other fen t urea are that million
aire are no longer eligible, only
those who have net Income of less
than $3,400 being eligible: the reve
nue will be paid out pro rata but not
to exceed $200 a month per person;
age limit remains at 60 years; com
pulsory spending the same; to be ad
ministered by veteran bureau and
revenue only to be used for pensions
and administration."
T
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T
IN PLAINS STATES
Another Black -Blizzard
Comes to Stricken Areas
Giant Furrowing Pro
gram for Kansas Planned
Wheat Crop Lowe. .
KANSAS CITY. Mar. 30. (API As
mid western farmers and government
agencies laid heroic plans today to
combat tha menace of dust, the
weather changed Its tactics and also
dished up snow, rain and freezing
temperatures to a wide area.
Four states were hit by the renew
ed dust storms.
In Kansas, where the atste and
government plan to begin Jointly a
giant furrowing scheme to control
drifting soil, there was snow, fore
cast of rain and frost and dust.
Snow fell over the northwest plains
states and rain fell to the south of
Kansas City, but Kansas, Oklahoma
and New Mexico and Texas suffered
again today under the lash of an
other dust storm as plans went for
ward for the vast dust control pro
gram. In St. Louis, State Meteorologist
Roscoe Munn announced that spring
had come to Missouri three weeks
earlier than usual and that fruit and
wheat had advanced to the mld-Aprll
stage, in Kansas City Federal Meteor
ologist Hamrlck predicted rain, snow
and a killing frost for tonight.
Western Kansas received some snow
mingled with dust stirred up by what
waa described aa another "worst
storm of the season." The northern
Texas panhandle was under a dust
pall which so discouraged grain men
that they reduced their estimate of
the panhandle wheat crop to less
than 13.000,000 bushels. Normal pro
duction for the area Is about 30.000,
000 bushels.
SUED FOR ERROR
TACOMA. Mar. 30. (AP) Claim
ing that $4,100.00 In fraud penalties
were illegally assessed on Its income
for 1027 and 1028, the Psnkratz Lum
ber company of Seattle filed an lo
tion against Burns Poe, former col
lector of Internal revenue, In the fed
eral district court here today.
The firm alleges that It paid the
fraud penalties to release Its bank
accounts and that an appeal was tak
en to the board of tax appeals which
ruled unfavorably for the govern
ment on the penalties.
4-
Mill Workers .Near Strike.
SEATTLE, March 30. (AP) Possi
bility of a strike by the recently
organized lumber and sawmill work
er of the Pariflfl Northwest was
' en todav aa a result of a conven
tion held at Aberdeen last week-end
I by the lousei.
INCOME COLLECTOR WASHINGTON SOW
m
George Hlng Slew (lower). Chin
ese student, was In a critical condi
tion from bullet wounds allegedly
Inflicted by Lois Thompson, 18
(top), sophomore at Tahleouah,
TAHLEQUAH. Okla., March 30.
(AP, Lola Thompson, 10-year-old
Northeastern State Teachers' college
co-ed, wa freed under $3500 bond
yesterday after she pleaded not guilty
wheu arraigned on a charge of as
sault with Intent to kill Daniel
Shaw, Chinese student at the college.
The girl was arraigned shortly
after the charges were filed by
County Attorney Sanford Martin.
She displayed no emotion as she
answered "not gulltv" to the charge,
filed before Justice of the Peace J. M.
Rnllng.
The bond was, aigned by four
prominent Tahlequah cltlrena.
AS DRUNK AFTER
PISTOLjPISODE
Lee Tracy Fires Bullets Into
Apartment Below and
Couple Protest to Police
Actor Explains.
HOLLYWOOD, Calif., March SO.
(AP) Lee Tracy, the fUm star, to
night gavo answei to the question
all Hollywood wa asking, "what was
all the shoot In' for?"
Although the actor's tongue rattle
like a riveting machine in his screen
roles, it waa a little too slow to
save him from a $100 fine, assessed
for drunkenness, In the sunrise
court today.
Tracy did not deny the Inebria
tion. But he aald he had a good and
sufficient reason- for firing five bul
lets from a heavy service revolver
through the floor of his apartment
In Beverly Hills.
"Someone waa trying to break In
the hack door," he explained.
Toward dawn today Tracy was help
ed out of a taxi by the driver. "I
was at a night club." the actor de
clared. "I had had a few drinks.
So what?"
Mr. and Mrs. H. S. Lsldlaw. who
occupy the first floor apartment
beneath Tracy's, told police officers
they helped the actor upstairs to
his room. Tracy denied this. "They
did not help me upstairs." he said.
"They merely accompanied me."
A few moment later, the Lsidlaws
said , when they ca 1 led pol loe. five
bullets. In rapid succession, roared
through the floor of Tracy'a apart
ment, and were still going when they
penetrated the celling of their
kitchen.
That's when they called police.
SETS BIRTH MARK
TACOMA. March 30. (API C. B.
Blessing of Buckley, near here, has
sn old white sow which Is dotng her
bit to disrupt the new deal's agri
cultural program. On January 3 the
sow gave birth to 31 pigs.
Blessing reported today that 20 of
them are not only still alive but
thriving mightily. No. 31, died 12
hours sfter birth.
Trugedy nn Farm
ALBANY, Ore.. March 80. (AP)
Milton Aubrey, 38, Tangent farmer.
died In a hospital here today with
a bullet in hla head. His wife said
he had gone out to do the morning
chore and when he failed to return
she Investigated and found him with
a bullet wound In the head. Coro'
ner Fisher said the wound obviously
was aclf-lnfilrtrd and that there
Lfould be no uiueat,
Restoration of Railroad Pay
to 1929 Level Due Mon
day I. C. C. Grants
Right of Emergency
Charges to Meet Increase
CHICAGO, March SO , (AP) Tha
railroads will serve node soon after
May 1 that they will seek a reduction
Irom the 19ao waue levels which be
come effective aum next Monday.
Under the agreement negotiated a
year ago In Washington by which the
rail employes of the country will
receive an Increase In pay estimated
at from $80,000,000 to $130,000,000
annually, no notice can be given by
either side of any Intended change
before May 1.
But railroad executives here Indi
cated that current traffle and earn
ings trends would not permit them
to wait much longer than the 30-day
limitation period before asking modi
fication of the restored pay aralea
which will augment all rait workers'
checks starting April 1.
"The restoration of the baalc rates
of pay to the levels of the high wage
period of 1920 will Increase the oper
ating expenses of the roads so that
either higher rates or greatly aug
mented volume will be needed to en
able them to meet the added charges
ssld W. P. Thlehoff, gonerai manager
of the Burlington road and chairman
of the conference committee of rail
managers, which conducted the last
negotiations with the rati labor rep
resentatives. "The prospects for an Increase In
business are not bright, particularly
for the western roads. In whose ter
ritory the unprecedented drought of
last year haa been followed by ad
verso conditions In wide arena again
this aeason. The poor agricultural
outlook will, unciouotediy, result la
material reductions of business. The
roads must Invariably serve notice,
after the month limitation expiree, of
intention to seek a modification of
the then effective wage rates."
Thlehoff estimated that on the
basis of the average payrolla for 1833-
1034 the Increased pay would cost
the roads of the country $130,000,000
a year. Other entlmatea have ranged
down to $60,000,000.
WASHINGTON, March 80. (AP)
Terming general freight rate advance
an Inadequate and dangerous meth
od" of meeting modern railroad prob
lems, the interstate commerce com
mission today turned again to the
makeshift method of emergency
charges to help tide American rail
carriers over the next IS months.
It flatly denied permission to make
permanent general Increases designed
to raise $170,000,000 a year of needed
revenue. What tt did authorize was
a resumption of the emergency
charge method of rate Increases In
effect from January 4, 1932, until
September 30, 1033.
Some variations were made In the
new charges a compared with the
earlier list. They will be In effect
until June SO, 1036. Major farm pro
duct were exempted from any In
creases. The rejection of the urgent plea of
the carriers comes on the eve of a
A per cent Increase In railroad wages
effective Monday. This wage increase
Is estimated to affect about 9A0.00O
workers and to amount to $80,000,000
a year. Against this the emergency
chsrges were estimated by Commis
sioner Milter of the Interstate com
merce commission as liable to yield
about $85,000,000 a year.
Sliver A chances
NEW YORK. March 30. (AP) Tht
price of foreign bar silver for domes
tic Industrial use was advanced H
cent today to 64' cents an ounce.
PORTLAND, Ore!, March" 30. (AP)
Successful unloading of 70.000 bar
rel of gasoline from the Standard
Oil tanker. District of Columbia, has
extended Portland's gasoline supply
pool by four or five days. A strike
or the seamen's union has blocked
tanker channels.
WILL -
ROGERS
XEW YORK, March 29.
Flew thru these dust utortna
lnt nifiht with the pilot flying
entirely by instruments. Where
in the world i it going to? It'i
a terrible thing and it's going
to bring up some queer cases in
law. If Colorado blows over
and lit!htg on top of Kansa-i, it
looks like KansBH oncht to pay
for the extra top soil, but Kan
sas can sue 'em for covering up
their crops.
Now this week's wind lias
picked up Colorado, which was
in Kansas, taking Kansas with
it and that's what's in the air
looking for a place to light.
In the Middle "West now you
got to put a brand on your soil.
Then in the spring go on a
roundup looking for i