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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather forecast : fair Sundav and Mon day; frost Sunday morning, followed by rising temperature. M AWARDED Pulitzer Prize EDFORD MAIL I Highest vesterdar Lowest jotcrday . 31 RIBUNE FOR 1934 ! Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 12, 193o No. 43. Af JOHN ROTH HELD ! B7 BORAH LEADS NEW JURY DEADLOCKED 1 OWN MOTHERS Bjmnd FOR CLUBBING OF Fv';-1?''L - DRIVE FOR BONUS IN LAMSON CASE, f ,-; ASK ABOLISHMENT ' Slfe SMITH TO DEATH & . AND CHEAP MONEY VERDICT DISTANT! 'fi,' CHANCELLOR POST v.i.iiiiri IsT -JT F I. jPMv Jl ...... V . v By Paul Malton Copyright, 1935 by Paul Mallon. WASHINGTON, May 11. It ap pear Father Coughiln haa become the nation's greatest furnace man of ill time. At leaat he la g a 1 n 1 n c that reputation, rightly or wrong ly. In circles where It will do him tho moat good In Washing ton. For example, even the bonus 1 o o-b y l5ts. who know all there Is to know, were aghast when Spnator Thomas made a motion In the senate the other day to hold up his own Pat man inflationary bonus bill. It look ed as If Thomas Intended slaying his own child. That Is, they were aghast until they dashed downstairs to associates of Senator Thomas, who explained with a wink: "H In lust 'holdinp" the bill up for a fex days so Fattier Couehlln can turn th heat on President Roosevelt to sign It." The excuse officially offered was that the American Lepion and Veter . ana of Foreign Wars were to increase temperatures both inside the White House and congress. This was really an after-thought. Everyone connect ed with the show knew Father Cough lin was the man. H has outmoded the tactics of the ' veterans' lobbies, which were pre-eminent in the. Wash ington field until he discovered the radio. He is supposed to have influ ence which reaches higher than they rer hoped to. The reason is not entirely clear. It appears to be founded on congres sional suspicion that the priest is the one who forced the administration into the silver policy against its bet ter Judgment. Also, concrewmen have seen for themselves what he' can do when he turns the heat on them. They concede he defeated the world court, although, of course, they admit he caught the administration off guard on that Issue. j It will be denied, but it Is never- theless a fact, that cowthlfn dfd not chance a senatorial vote on the in flationary bonus bill. His radio heat warmed up the telegraph wires with powtbly 70.000 messages from voter to senators. But the original private polls made by the veterans' lobbies before Coughlin spoke showed the ex act numerical lineup later disclosed In the official roll call. This shows the result would have been precisely the same if he had not spoken. However, this will not nhake Cou;h lin'a reputation as a furnace man. One element of leadership is to find out where the nrmy is going and then ride out in front of It and take it there. Imagine the New Dealers trying to save Andrew Mellon from unfavorable publicity! It may be Incredible, but is confirmable. . The fai-ts seem to be that the eagle eves of the federal trade comml.-slon detected a violation of the coal code. involving sale of five cars of coal slag ; st below code price, bv a Pennsvl- I vsnla mine man who would call Mel- j Ion boss If the two ever met. The FTC brought the matter prl rstely to the attention of the NRA for action, but the MRA protected. In conferences between the two agen cies. NRA-ers have stated that, since rode violations are widespread any way, this seems a small one to prew. To complete the enigma, the labor repreenti!ion within the nra i id Ina with Mellon, probably for the first time m history. The answer to this softheartednesa of the NRA-ers toward Mellon has ramifications. The United Mine Work ers, who now have representation on the NRA board, also have wace con-n-lth the so-called Mellon coal interests. These contracts expire In l:Ji l'A( I. MALLON June, and the labor group wants to on oil tankers providing their em renew them. Furthei more. ;he p-c.- plovers agree to arbitration and cut ion of Mellon on a charg of In- discharge the non-union reamen come tax trickery haa worked out lei now employed, it wss announced than half-well. But, perhaps the be.-t answer Is that only a picayune sum Is Involved ar.d Mellon never heard anything about Anyway. There will be on'.y two more tests of the Ne v Deal In t:-.e supreme court on: Mi The F-arler-Irrr.ke Tarm T"'r.'.:? and i2i t:ie cho en NPA rse Odds are heavily gs:r..'. th co-.;rt Tilly spprrv:nT r-er I--. A c-'-.Aie of op.rin on ::-.e boms '"ss rven notice Able for rr.T.fr.s in Wall Street quarter. A majority of the best rr.ir.cs are said to rave b'n :n favor of paying it and gtt:r.? it and not foe t.e t;es- Murder Follows' Quarrel ? t u f f V X-f 4 Huey And F. Coughlin Take Jurors Rumored Divided! Over Evening Meal p , ftt; C I' Jk P To Air' While Prcsidcnt Seven To Five For Ac' I $ A ; Prisoner Arrested Near I f5- 4 ', 1 Plans Veto Message On quittal Asks For Exhibits j W j Talent, Claims Self-De- if; ''f Jr Fishing Trip. In Stanford Campus, b x ! M fpncp witnpcses Held. 1 - ' "vt l Murder. L A 1 - i-'l 1 II - at r cry iruin oeiiniur ouinu in., laniiu; 1 Ife. j t "n 9 A reputed quarrel between two transients over how the evening meal should '09 cooked resulted in one be ing beaten to death at Ashland Sat urday evening about seven o'clock and the other being charged with first degree murder. A formal charge will be filed Monday. A man giving the name of John Roth, 28, of Bangor. Maine, was ar rested as the slayer of J. J. Smith, 44. address unknown. State police said the fatal tiff occurred In the sheds of the Southern Pacific rail road yards at Ashland. Roth claims self-defense. Officers who arrested Roth alleged that the transient admitted hitting Smith a death-dealing blow over the head with a wooden club, but claimed that the murdered man struck him first, assertedly threatening him with a razor blade with which be was shaing. The argument started over preparing supper shortly after the two arrived in Ashland on a freight Li win. State police, the sheriffs office and Ashland cfty police were investigating the case last night. The prisoner was arrested about two hours after the fight on the railroad tracks near Tal ent. Notified of the murder by other transients who had witnessed it. Po lice Chief C. P. Talent of Ashland took two officers north of Ashland by car and they apprehended Roth as he was walking north along the trucks. He was cut and hrulsed from the fight. The officers who made the arrest were Officer M. P. Dunn and Lieut. Kenneth Baldwin, both of Ash land. Ten transients who claimed they saw the fight and the death of Smith were being held In the city jail in Mcdford last night for investigation. They were Everett Dean, Ward T. Logan, George F. Boyd. Calvin O. Boyd. Charles King. David Lawler. Ted Henning. Pat Burton. Bill Davis j and James Reed, ranging from 18 to 59 years of ttge. They all claimed to have been in the freight yards when the murder took place, The argument started. Roth Is quoted as saying, about 7 o'clock, two hours after Roth and Smith ar rived in Ashland on the freight train from Weed, Col., according to Ash land police. The dead man's local ad dress had not been determined last night, but he was Identified as an ex-service man. The body was at the Dodge Bros. Funeral Home at Ash land. Chief Talent said that the prisoner made a statement in which he claim ed that Smith started the fight Dy knocking him down, threatening to slash him with the razor. Roth then admitted picking up the piece of wood and using It for a club with which he battered the other transi ent's skull. Police said he was evi dently killed Instantly. A state police officer from Mca ford and District Attorney George Codding were in Ashland last night clearing tip the case, before making num. more complete statement from him ng sought. Police said the prisoner was willing to talk and of fered no reslstence wh'n he was taken. Roth was brought to Medtord la.e lat night In custody of state, police and Sheriff Syd I. Brown, to be lodged in Jail here. An inquest will prone bly be held Monday. STRIKERS RELENT PORTLAND. Ore., May 11. (API Striking maritime workers o: Portland voted to return to work here fday. C. E. Carter. local business agent , of the International Seamen" Union. said the count had not been com , pleted but all unions involved in j the tanker stride had voted by a fairly larfj majority to return to : wrk undr the condition stated. The vote was ordered by Harry Lur.dberg. presidi-fi 'A the Pacific Coast Marine Federation Cahhare Mant Rad Tr.e Meri'ird SRA office- ye.-fr-dav announced that cabiiase plants will be a". ilab on Tuesday lor tnose xhx are on the relief roles, including thoe who hae already received gar- den feeds. Thy will be available at the supply depot. Tomato plant? will - r ' n c. - - n t t : ' a r ' u t u r t T : e - ----;. ''"; Hr.d ;-;?- arfO.ru-g -r:b':,'--i 'hrnugh th rural renabi- r ' k 3 . .... . J. .. .o. .. 11 .vn 1 r v q v - .r ' -. -r-, ,u " .'-.yv r-.. 1 lor cneap una auunannc money w- oah jv-1, vnn.. i,m ' , k t j. II Senator Thomas (left). Oklahoma Democrat, and Representative Patman, Texa Democrat. taiKing over tne victory In tne senate of the Patman bill to pry World War Veterans a bonus vvlth $2,000,000,000 of new currency. Thomas was the leader of the Patman forces In the upper house, (Associated Press Photo). T Stciwcr And M'Nary Claim Action Blocks Lowest Power Rate From Bonne ville Dam. WASHINGTON, May 11. (AP) Following a conference with Secre tary Ickes today. Senators McNary and Steiwer, Oregon Republicans, charged that resolutions of the pub lic works board were being Inter preted by government officials to make It mandatory that the Bonne- Till, and Grand Coulee projects, on ,h. Columbia river, be linked In ar- riving at a rate for electrleal energy. Steiwer said the resolution was be- ing Interpreted so that Dr. Elwood 1 Mead and the chief of army engln cers must confer on rates for the two j projects. The Bonneville is being con- j structcd by the army engineers while ; Grand Coulee is a reclamation bur- j eau project. 1 n,. ,-..,,, .snainr cniri llr Mend's I , , tl,ot fmnH sianu uu me hi i Coulee should be made a high dam. primarily for irrigation purposes and i then there would be no necessity of linking the two projects for rate- j making purposes. i "Ickes also favors a high dam at I Grand Coulee." Steiwer said, "and promised today to take the matter j j up with the President in an effort j j to get an early statement from the ; White House." ! Steiwer Mild Grand Coulee as a low . dam would be a losing proposition and there would he an unfavorable reaction toward the administration if it fnPAiii to stand alone. BV linking It with Bonneville it can be carried along as a low dam. Steiwer Is not alone in classing the low dam At Grand Coulee as a poor project. Representative Zloncheck D.. Wash.) having said It would prove a white elephant unless a high dam and .rris:atlon facilities were pro vided. OMiers have expressed similar beliefs '.n the project. If a high dam is constructed at Oram, Coulee. Steiwer said, the prob lem will be solved and there will be no necessity of linking the two. It simply means, he added, that the Ore con delegation will have to become j active behind the project in order to i assure the benefits of the cheapest possible power rates from Bonneville I for consumers of power from that dm, Fair S niday and Monday; fro. east a.-.d south portions Sunday morning followed by rising tempera ture: humidity below normal: mod era' nor! h west wind off the coast SAN FRANCISCO. May weekly outlook for pr:od 18 M.,y 13- Far western states: Generally fa'.r , witii normal temperature, btn un- ."i: .er a t t! ri;1 . !1 'A 4.1 i n '.'Hi . !iOr- Idi.:o :A rvjr ii Or- ; n considerable log on California imiL Lim mjiai NORTHWEST DAMS POWER BUSINESS FAIR AND NORMAL ! WEEK'S OUTLOOK i v Mm PRESIDENT PUTS Til Executive Order Creates 'R. E. A With Broad Powers Available Cash And Court Ruling Only Curb. WASHINGTON. May 11. Au thority to do an electric powe busi ness so broad as to appear unlimit ed at first study today wa vested by ProIde;.t Roosevelt in a "ruril electrification administration" he cre ated under the $4,000,000,000 work relief program. tl(In,lure WM ,,. P fr.ctlvltlcs In power. Ob- ' servers saw only one lmmerllRt che:k on this development tne amount of cash available. In so many words. Mr. Roosevelt directed the new electrification ad ministration "to initiate, formulate, administer and supervise a prograrr of approved projects with respect to ne cenTHtlon, transmission and dir. triimtion of electric energy In rural ti areas, Under one Interpretation, the new unit. "REA." was believed able lo build or acquire lines to power plant of the Tennessee valley authority thus short-cutting a fvierM court In junction ncainst sales of TV A power Supplementing and bolsterin the sxefrtine trrant for "generation, trans- ml!ion and distribution" wavs mi- I thority In the executive order for j REA "to acquire, by purchase or bj the power of eminent domain, any real property or any Interest there in" In addition to selling or leasing property, TO COURT TO SHOW HE NEW YORK, May 11. ip Declar- Ing nself humiliated by Mae West's refusal to acknowledge him as he; husband. Frank Wallace, a vaudeville actor, todav asked the nuprrme cou't to back up his claim. Wallace obtained an order from Justice Ernest E. L. Hammer serving notice on the movie star that he had applied for a declaratory Judgment affirming his statu aa her husband. lie wants the -orld to know, the actor said, that he is not the Inipos ter that Miss West made him appeur to be when she drawled. ' why. I nev er neard of tne guy " On hearing that he contcinplnt' v.i'h a tion. Miss West said last nUlit ;n ho. iy wood tnat r-.e ii juv. r.ave come up sometime and aee my law- ' 'r " suit dopant mean a tnii.fi. she arldec In an affidavit Walla'- declared he married Mise Wfjt on April 1 1. 19! 1. :n Milwaukee while they were appearing tie in a vaudevii mid. and a:;. cvnt;nnM to live with b pmit is a.-ooi,ja, MAE'S HUBBY GOES WASHINGTON. May 11. (APi A cry from Senator Borah (R.. Idaho) for "cheap and abundant money" to day set off a week-end barrage of oratory and argument by which friends of the Patman currency-bonus bill hope to force It through the senate over the presidential veto. Borah stepped into the controversy as Huey Long and Father Charles E. Coughlan, of Detroit, took to the microphone to rally public support for the bill which would pay the veterans with newly-Issued etirrency. Each side gained a vote today, but the net result was to make the chance for the btll to pass over a veto even slimmer it takes two votes for every one against to set aside a presidential veto. With the battle growing more spir ited. President Roosevelt got away from It all by taking a week-end fishing trip. He was accompanied however, with house and senate lead ers who were expected to consult with him on the drafting of a veto mes sage. Even with the president away, tele grams continued to deluge the White House urging the chief executive to sign the bill. Telegraph companies estimated they were arriving at the I rate of about 250 an hour. A quick denouement was promised by leaders of the fight for the bill. They announced they would probably release the measure from the senate Tuesday and let It go to the White House for the president's expected veto. , .. , HUGE FARM TREK BOOSTING AAA TO E WASHINGTON. May .-iV A lean, bronzed Texan who contends most of his fellow producers are sat isfied with the agricultural adjust ment program, today predicted 3.000 farmers will arrive here Tuesday to j give a vl-siblc boost to the A. A. A. A advance agent for the giitherlng, C. H. DAy described himself as a "320-acre" farmer from Plain view, Tex.., who signed AAA contracts for cotton, wheat and corn production co ntrol. Til en he gave his I d ea of what the pilgrimage was about: "We've been hearing back home a lot of noise from a small percentage of farmers who don't like the AAA. We lust got s little tired of this. So we decided that the time had come for those of us who npproved, the AAA to do a little talking." Day said the movement original In Texas, but that Invitations to Join the caravan were sent Into every ma jor farming state. "This Is a little like othT move ments." Day said. "It's going to be a lot bigger than we expected. We'll have around 3 000 farmers In here from almost every state west of the Mississippi and from all states In ths cotton belt. "Our only purpose la to express our appreciation to the administration and to congress for what they have done for the farmers, and to assure our support for any sound AAA pn gram they want to adopt." SECRECY SHROUDS L i Itv Associated I'res) WITH THE U. S. FLEET IN PAC IFIC MANEUVERS. May 11 (AP( -- The greatest aircraft force ever sent to sea rides with the U. S. fleet in the secret maneuvers In the north Pacific. For the first time four aircraft rarrler. arc together under com mand of the highest ranking naval air officer to fly a flag in the American navy. Vice Admiral Henry Varnum Butler, elevated to the new grade Just before the maneuvers. His carrier division. the new Ranker, the mighty Saratoga and Iexlngon. and the little old Lang- ley, take some 270 planes into action, U.hll(. there- are 77 big patrol ships ;,n thft lUHSTrms of flying boat 'of the base force aircraft under rommand of par Admiral Alfred w JohnAOn. ; t Income Shares inoora. share. 1.30 bid; SAN JOSE, Calif . May 11. p( After deliberating a little more than 0 hours, the Jury holding in it hands the fate of David Lanvon charged with wife murder, went to dinner today, with no prospect of an I ..iv m .iht. Most of the morning nad ueen spent In waiting for exhibits it had requested to be sent to the Jury- room, Including Pictures, the piece of plpo with which the prosecution charged Lnmson bludgeoned to death Mrs, AUene Thorpe Lamson Memorial day, 1033. a skull, charts, a rubber doll and a blood -spattered clothes hamper. Reports were current today ' of a first hallot. showing the Jury stood seven to five for acquittal, but this was without confirmation. BAN JOSE. Cal., May 11. (API Seven men and five women today debated the fate of David Lamson in his second trial for murder. Unlike the Jury in Lamson'a first trial, which brought in a death ver dict for the 32-year-old former Stan ford University Press executive only a few hours after It had been given tlie case. Hie present jururs immmvu there was no prospect of a verdict Inst night and accordingly were ordered to bed at 10:30 p. m. Their Jury room discussion recommences at 10 a. m. today. Faces of the Jurors were lined with seriousness when they filed out of tha court house last night to go to their hotel after three and a half hours of discussion. Superior Judge Robert R. Oyer direeied them to retire at fl;30 p. m.. but they took out an hour and a half's intermission for dinner soon afterwards. Five verdicts were possible under the Instructions which Judge Syer read to the Jurors: Conviction of first degree murder without recommendation, the same verdict aa returned In Lamson'a rirst trial, which carries a man datory sentence of death: conviction of first degree murder with recom mendation of life imprisonment, conviction of second degree mur der, conviction of manslaughter or acquittal. Prosecutor A. P. Lindsay nurnea his final argument to a conclusion in the afternoon. He did not men tion the death penalty by name but concluded his appeal after a brief conference with associates with the words: Well we'll put It this way we ask for the extreme penalty." WASHINGTON. May 11. AP) With echoes of a thunderous wel come still In his ears. Rear Admiral Richard Evelyn Byrd turned tonight to the quiet of a Mother's day with his family at his Virginia home. Without ostentation, almost shyly, the explorer moved about the capital today to see old friends and pay of ficial respects. Then with his wife and children, he motored to his mother's home at Winchester, Va.. for the week-end. The Admiral and his wife, after spending a night at the White House as the guest of the President, called early today on Secretary Swanson. principally to "talk over old times.' EXILE NEAR END PENO. Nev.. May 11. (AP) With a formal divorce complaint of 'ex treme cruelty" already drawn and ready for filing Monday morning, Princess Barbara Hutton Mdlvanl completed her residence requirements tonight and made final preparations for dissolution of her marriage to the dashing Prince Alexis. BULLETIN I.ONOVIEW, wash. May 11 (AP) Official announcement ' made here late tonight that Long ) view area woodsmen and mill work- w.r.rf nv.ruhelmillClY agr.tnst .'i scripting the compfmlM plan of- i fered for aetUement of tht I'.clfIC lNoitb.wt lumber SOUTH POLE HERO BACK TO MOTHER ... Robert Bruce OrUcol (above), 43, confessed to Seattle, Wash., Pol' he had .tarted more than 100 flre ,n the city because he was sore at the world." Drlscoll. police. said, admitted setting fires causlnq in estimated damage of $300 000 (Associated Press Photn) GENERAL HOLIDAY NEXT WEDNESDAY FOR CCC FORCES Two years of accomplishment In the Medford CCO district will be celebrated Wednesday when all com panies participate In "organization day" activities. A general holiday has been de clared by Major Clare H. Armstrong to celebrate the district's second an niversary May 15. The holiday la made possible through the coopera tion of the forest and park service agencies who have charge of the work projects. Al 1 men of the Uis trlct except those cngnged on es sential camp duties will be given a one-day holiday. Special field event, inter-camp games, dinners and other activities are being ar ranged. The Medford district was started May IS. 1933 when Major Armstrong arrived here from San Francisco. He was closely followed by Major James R. Bibtghaus who took over the duties of district surgeon. Sec ond Lieutenant Fred W. Greene. Infantry Reserve, of Medford, was the third officer to report for duty at the district headquarters. Major Armstrong Immediately or ganized his two man staff nnd pre pared to establish the district. Through the cooperation of the city of Medford, the old city hall building was turned over to the army as headquarters and the head quarters detachment was also hous ed there. One building at the fair grounds wns also turned over to the army; It Is the building now used as the quartermaster office. Within a few dnys other officers arrived and Major Armstrong's first staff group Included Captain Ed mund N. Hubert, Inf.-DOL, aa quar termaster: Capt. Harold R. Priest as assistant quartermaster; First Lieut. Lewis T. Ross as executive officer; Second Lieut. Robert T. Fredericks ss adjutant and Second Lieut. Greene as assistant quarter master. Companies began pouring Into the district and 16 camps were estab lished for the first period, one of which wan moved to the Eugene district north of Medford. The speed with which the army organlJ-ed Its end of the district was dupllcr-d In the park and forest service offices, and toRcther the ngencirn established an efficient nnd harmonious district. The first company to arrive here was Co. 926. at Camp Applegate. whh'h after two years is being mov ed to Camp Jordan Valley In Idaho. Capt. B. B. McMnhnn, 7th Inf., commanded this company. The other original Medford district and com manders camps follow: Co. 1747. Elk Creek, commanded by Capt. Charles H. Ban well. 3rd Inf. Co. 1647. Camp Ingram, Capt. R A. Case. 7th Inf. Co. 1022. Pistol River, Capt. James Casey, 7th Inf.. relieved early by First Lieut. Robert H. Soule. 7th Inf. Co. 1555, Moon Prairie, Capt. Jos eph Church, Inf-DOL. Co. 165.1. Wineglass, Capt. Carlisle B. Cox, 0th Cavalry. Co. 1842. Lako of the Woods. Capt. Guy H. DoRher, FA-DOL. Co. 1645, Camp Bly, Capt. George E. Fingarsn. Inf-DOL. Co. 904, Camp Agnesa, Capt. Myron J. Rockwell, 10th FA. Co. 1D2I. Camp Wolf Creek. Capt. Thomas N. Stark. 30th Inf. This camp was shortly transferred to the Eugene district. Co. 1746. Camp Kerby, Cspt. Harold E. Stowe. 4th Inf. Co. 165J, Government Camp, Capt. Christopher C. Strawn. Cav-DOL. Co. 06fl. Cliff SpTTngs. Capt. Wil liam A. Wappenstein, Inf-DOL. Co. 1651. Upper Rogue, First Lieut. John F Bird. 18th FA. Co. 1640. Mount Reuben, First l!'. na i."rn. rn-uvu. Headquarter, detachment Socond Leut. n . He-vburfl. wib FA. Resolution Deems Office 'Unnecessary Expense' And Not Justified By Re sultsElect Officers For Year. EUGENE, May 11. AP) The Im mediate abolishment of the office of chancellor of higher education was called for In a resolution passed unanimously by the Oregon Mothers club, an organization of mothers of university students, at their annual mass meeting, with most of approxi mately 500 who are campus visitors , for the annual mothers' week-end In attendance. The resolution which was addressed to the state board of higher educa tion pointed out that the university state college and normal schools each has a president, and added that the , mothers group deems an unnecessary expense the office of chancellor. It was also charged that "the Univer sity of Oregon has not progressed comparably with other Institutions of like nature In other state." The resolution authorised tha ap pointment of a committee of three members of the Mothers' group to pre sent the resolution personally befort the next meeting of the board of higher education. A similar resolution was passed recently by the "Oregon Dads," and it was this resolution, read to the mothers groups by Earl Wellington, which resulted In the mothers' reso lution. At the meeting the mothers elected Mrs. George F. Brlco, Portland, presi dent, to succeed Mrs. A. M. Dibble, Portland. Other officers chosen were; Mrs. Walter M. Cook, honorary presi dent; Mrs. Robert Betts. Eugene, vice-president; Mrs. M. D. Latourette. . Oregon City, treasurer, and Dr. Earl M. Pallett, Eugene, executive secre tary. The executive committee was named as follows: Mrs. T. J. Aughun baugh, Mrs. T. J. McCracken. Mrs. I. C. Peets. Mrs. Roy T. Bishop. Mrs. W. B. Shlvely. Mrs. W. H. Thomas. Mrs. Rudie Wllhelm, Mrs. Nobel Wiley Jones, all of Portland; Mrs. A. W. Norblad, Astoria; Mrs. Jack Spence, McMlnnvllle; MRS. E. E. GORE. MEDFORD; Mrs. Ben Chand ler. Marshfleld; Mrs. Frank H. Spears, Salem; Mrs. J. J. Bauer, Pendleton, and Mrs. Georgia A. Keyes, Bend. IMlSSTO BE OPEN IN 1 EUGENE. May U. ( API Power ful rotary anowplowa will plunge, Into the drllta choking the Mc Kenr.le Paaa Wednesday. May 1ft. with the expectation the paaa will he opened to traffic early In June. It waa announced here today by Carl a. Waahburne. member of the atate highway commlaalon. The highway engineer eatlmate It will take at leaat 20 days to clear the highway thla year aa anow Ilea In great deptha along the mlle-hlgh paaa. Recent anow aurveya revealed anow from alt to eighteen feet In depth with the Big 8u cut eaat of the summit blocked by a 3o-io"t drift. BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., May 10. As this eilitorinl was writ ton wc have 13 navel planes on thoir way from Honolulu to the Midway "islands. This flight is not only going to be great trninintf for the navy fliers, but it's going to drive millions cf Amerieans to a geography. The reason they didn't send 50 planes was there is only room on the island for 48. The wnv von tell a navy plane from uu army piano in the naval planes are made to land on the land and the army has the ones that are made to lnnd on the water. These boys are netting over there pretty elosc to Japan. 1 look for the next Japanese maneuvers to be held off Catnlina islands.