The Weather
Forecast: Unsettled with occa
sional showers tonight and
Saturday; slightly warmer to
night. Highest yesterday gl
Lowest this morning 45
START SAVING NOW
for tha Mull Tribune Annual
Bargain Days which are to be
announced loon.
Be sure your subscription to
the TrlbdOe Is paid up to Sep
tember 1, m that toii can take
advantage of the big savings
Tribune
EDFORD
thirtieth Year
(Twenty Pages Twq Sections)
MEDFORD, OKKCOX, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1933.
No. 149.
WTOIL
M
iillST tM llivl "SILEIm
HE
TAIN SET
By
Boundaries of City As Known
in 1864 Rule Location
Special Session Expected
About September 30th
SALEM, Sept. 13. (ffj Approval by
the federal government of the pro
posal for a 45 per cent grant toward
the 3. 500.000 capltol building, an
nounced lat yesterday, and the opin
ion today by the attorney-general re
stricting the location territory for the
atructure. marked further steps to
ward hastening the capltol construc
tion program.
Only two altes now remain for con
sideration the old site without add
ing more land, and the possible an
nexation of Willamette campus the
attorney -general having . ruled that
the alte must be within the city lim
its of Salem, as designated In 1864.
Hillside aites In South fealem were
thus eliminated, particularly the al
ternate proposal of Governor Martin,
the Candalarla Heights.
Design Next Step.
The next step for the building
proper will be the presentation of
designs, type and size of the struc
ture for consideration by the lcgis
ture. The state's 55 per nt pay
ment, it will be recommended, would
be by direct appropriation at the spe
cial session and the regular session
next year. Architects have been work
ing on the building plans.
Oregon's application for more land
has been completed and. was to be
forwarded by the Portland public
works officials at once. The appli
cation will be for a loan and grant
of $750,000 for the purchase of Wil
lamette university site, the money to
"be used in constructing new univer
sity buildings on the proposed Bush
pasture location for the Institution.
McNary Urges Speed.
Of the entire sum, the PWA "was to
furnish 45 per cent, or 337.500. The
t Continued on Page Pour.)
CREW TO RETURN
MARS HP HELD, Ore.. Sept. 13.-(AP)
Workers and their employers at the
Port Orford cedar plant here Joined
today in the announcement that
more than 150 men will return to
work Monday after having been on
strike since Sept. 3.
The announcement said the mini
mum wage of 45 cents an hour has
been Increased to 47' cents.
The union was asking a uniform
wage scale, recognition of the union
for collective bargaining, a 40-hour
week and no discrimination against
union workers, but none of these
points were mentioned In the settle
ment. Forty five men remain on strike at
the Ostling Furniture company here.
FOUR OREGON WORKERS
KILLED DURING WEEK
SALEM, Ore., Sept. 13. (AP) Four
fatalities out of 886 accidents In Ore
gon Industries were reported to the
state Industrial accident commission
during the week ending September 12.
Tlwy were w. H. Fisher. Salem Jani
tor; T. E. Broadley, Kings Valley mill
worker: C. E. Whltworth, Port Orford
trimmerman. and Vern C. Martin.
Dallas laborer.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
J I mmy W 11 bu rn , northwest auto
driver fchamp who Is to race his car
at Grant Pass today. Friday the 13th.
listening to Jack Wenzet telling In
gruesome tones, about seeing several
drivers crack up badly at Ascot.
Dan Watson driving up in a cloud
of dust to see the, football practice,
only to Bee the lads taking a two-lap
run before quitting for the evening.
Danny "Daring Young Man" Savich
missing the rtng rope trapeze, and
with a surprised look on his counte
nance sailing out of the ring for
about 30 feet before landing upon hif
jowls on the floor.
Remarkable memory note: F.Jmer
Kyle rsn remember the first names of
people who worked for htm six years
BSD.
Herb Strang branding himself a
"aktliful winner", when, by a lucky
throw, hs won at the dsrt game after
missing 20 previous heaven.
Earl Sims says he's superstitious
iirvit having people poiat gm at
BASEBALL
American
First game:
St. Louis
Boston
2 s 1
Batteries? Walkup, Thomas and
Hemsley; W. Ferrell and R. Ferrell.
Second game: R. H. E.
St. Louis 4 13 O
Boston ...... .. 2 10 0
Batteries: Andrews, Knott and
Hemsley; Walberg, Rhodes and Berg
R.
H, E.
Detroit - 13 11 2
New York 5 0 3
Rowe and Hay worth; Oomcz, Ma
lone and Dickey:
r: h. e.
Chicago 7 8 1
Philadelphia - 10 19 1
Batteries: Phelps, Salveson. Chollnl
and Scwcll; Huckleberry, Lelber and
Berry.
R. H.
Cleveland 3 7
Washington . 5 13
E.
1
0
Lee, Hllderbrand and Brenzel; Had'
ley, Pettlt and Bolton.
National
R.
Philadelphia 6 14 0
Pittsburgh 15 0
Batteries: C. Davis and Todd;
Swift, Hoyt, Blrkofer and Grace,
R.
H. E.
Boston 0 8 0
Cincinnati 18 1
Batteries: Brandt and Spohrer;
Htlcher and Lombard!.
R. H. E.
Brooklyn .... 17 1
Chicago 4 10 0
Batteries: Earnshaw, Emit Leonard
and Lopez: French and Hartnett.
LAURA
SETS
FLOYD BENNETT AIRPORT, N. T..
Sept. 13. (UP) Tiny Laura Ingalls
smashed the women's tran continental
speed record by more than three
houra last night when she brought
her "Auto-Da-Fe" airplane out of the
west after a non-stop flight from Los
Angeles.
Her official landing time wan
11:18.05 p. m (E. D. T.l, giving her
a record of 13 hours. 34 minutes, 6
seconds.
The bob-haired pilot narrowly
missed brenklng the non-stop record
for men set by Frank M. Hawks on
June 2, 1933, when he crosned the
continent In 13 houra and 27 min
utes. She shattered two women's records
held by Amelia Earhart Putnam, the
non-stop mark of 19 hours and five
minutes, and the speed record of 17
hours, 7' minutes.
Unsighted the last half of her flight,
diminutive 30-year-old flier had
aroused fears for her safety. Bud-
(Continued on Page Nine)
1 3 carsTearsTeave
Export shipment of pears from the
Rogue River valley are now under
way, with 13 cars dlspatclui yester
day for loading on ships for European
lands. Ten carloads were ttent yes
terday and three to San Francisco
for foreign shipment Thursday. East
ern shipments yesterday tctalei 31
cars, with IS dispatched via Ogden.
two vis Klamath Falls and four vli
Portland.
The season's total to dste for pack
ed pear Is 4 58 oars, and for cannery
pears 480, a total of 968 cars. To
day's shipment are expected to bring
the total past the 1000 ir mark.
Cannery shipments Thursday totaled
16 cars.
Fall Business Exceeds
, General Expectations
j NEW YORK. Spt. 13. Jp) Ac ol-
i eratlon of the fell business pece above
j estimates was reported today by Dun
i Si Bradstreet in its weekly review of
j trade. ,
"Assuming a quicker pa-e than a
! week earlier, the general expansion of
trade movements attained propor
i tlons that exceeded estimate set for
Inl :al full programs. ' it was stf.i
"Retail distribution swung for-
ward, favored by cool weatiicr and
most cencrous response to new me;
chanrttsc offerings In five yesrs.
"With the strennh of consumer
buying power tested, wholesale mar
kets turned more active, with mall
order especially heavy,
"Post -hoi ;d a y rebounds were mark
in t!ie chief Industrial div,nr.. wlh
trie ex--eplc.n of tiio identified with
PRESIDENT PLACES
WORK RELIEF PLAN
Bulk of Coin Remaining
From Permanent Projects
Must Be Spent On Tern
rary Jobs Next 4 Months
HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. 13.
(AP) President Roosevelt announced
orders today for the works progress
administration under Harry L. ICop
kins to take over the works relief
drive until the permanent public
works program of Secretary Ickes
reaches a greater volume of employ
ment. In a detailed explanation of the
whole works problem at his regular
press conference today, the president
related that yesterday's parley pro
vided a program for the coming six
weeks with $85,000,000 additional for
direct relief another reduction in
this
Aa for the contest between Secre
tary Ickes public works plan and
Harry Hopkins' temporary works idea,
he Bald the problem was reduced to
the proposition of dollars, men to
be employed and the time for com
pletion. Must Fill Cap.
He stated It was unlikely that the
funds already allocated for perma
nent structures would reach a peak
of employment before next June.
Therefore, the gap must be filled
in by temporary work under Juris
diction of Hopkins he explained.
Because of this, Mr. Roosevelt said
the bulk of -the remaining 1,250.
000.000 from the four billion fund
to be spent in the next four months
would go to temporary Job.
This must.be done, he asserted, H
the objective of taking 3,500,000 from
(Continued on Page Four.)
4.
CENTRAL OREGON. FOR
I OF
Karl Jamouch, supervisor of Rogue
River national fores, returned this
morning from a several days' tour of
resorts situated In central Oregon.
The tour, conducted this year for the
third time, was headed by the Central
Oregon Resort Owners' association, an
organization sponsored by the Bend
chamber of commerce.
Besides Janouch and Cordy Sunder-
'man.
recreatlonsl fewer for Rogue
River national forest, others who
made the tour were . and Mrs.
George Howard of Diamond Lake re
sort, Mrs. Glen Smith of Lake o the
Woods resort, and Mrs. Grieve of the
Prospect resort.
Janouch said . the purpose' of the
tour is to give resort owners an op
portunity to exchange ideas in tourist
eintertainment, to develop resorts and
their facilities and to agree on prices.
When a tourist is ready to leave one
resort, the owner will be fitted to
recommend an Itinerary that will in
clude other resorts of the area. The
tour will ' be expanded In the near
future, under present plans, to in
clude all. resorts tributary to The
Dalles-California highway.
A group of 47 made the tour, which
Included resorts at Prospect. Diamond
Lake, Crescent lake. Odell lake, Buttle
lake, and the Met oil us river recrea
tional area.
f .
Income Shares
Maryland funding: Bib $17.03; ask
ed 918.44.
Quarterly Income shares: Bid 11.42;
asked 1.56.
1 Retail sales gains were 15 to 50
f per cent over the preceding five-day
I period, it was estimated, and sales
for the country as a whole were 10
to 25 per cent In excels of the total
for the corresponding 194 week,
when a rising trend m-s in evidence
"With initial purchases of fall mer
chandise moving out at a more ac-
c?.rs'-a ra.i man eTperTa. D'jyers
were forced to make hurried trips to
tr-ewholesale market this wek, and st
I some centers the to Ml number of
visitors was the largest since Jsnu
; ary." the report continued.
I "The advance of the general indui
I trial average has yet to be checked,
j ss activity recovered quickly frtm the
i holiday interruption, and advenes in
: schedules in both capital and con-'-
fjmpr Items mere reported for the
! Spans U. S.
laura Ingnlls. diminutive 30-enr-old flier who yesterday loomed east
ward across ihe continent In 13 lion rs. 31 minutes, five second, to shat
ter two women's reiords held by Amelia Karliart Putnam. (A. P. Photo.)
SUPERSTITIOUS WORRY!
TODAY IS FRIDAY, 13th
Without even the benefit of clink
ing chains, the rush of bat wings, or
mysterious voo-doo music, the city
awoke this morning to find Itself
confronted with the fact that today
is Friday Friday the 13th!
A survey of the town reveals that
the citizens are standing up fairly
well under the Jinx. Of course, here
and there are people who seem gen
uinely worried as to their immediate
future, such as William Kennedy, New
England Irishman now In the city.
Kennedy had a Job picking pears yes
terday, he said, but todav was wor-
' rled about climbing a ladder, and so
refused to return to his labors. Har
ry Crumc. starting out this morning
blithely seeking a new Job, discovered
to his dismay that Friday the 13th
was upon him, and refused to go fur
ther. t
The survey shows that women are
ROGERS RELEASED
BOND IN DEATHj
OF
CIMPCD
OIMULIA
WEST CHESTER, Pa.. Sept, 13.
(AP) lr. 11. B. K. Davis, who
performed C lift aulnpsy of Evelyn
lloey, nrtres, found hot to
death at the farm of Henry H.
Iloppr, II. said today that "every
evidence pointed townrd a sui
cide." Offlrlnl report of the nu
t.py has not yet been made
public.
ny FRAVCIS A. JAMIESON
(Copyright. 1935. by Associated Pre.)
WEST CHESTER, Pa , Sep.. 13. VP;
. 7. i vl rt ' f aTvvi
was released today from ine jaii
where he has been held since early
Thursday In connection with the
death at his form home of the sing
ing actress, Evelyn Hoey.
Freed with him was William J.
Kelly, young freelance movie cam
eraman. Kelly, with Miss Hoev was
a house guest at the farm. "Indian
Run." when the shooting now con
sidered by Investigators as probably
suicide occurred Wednesday even
ing. Mother Nit Present.
Mrs. Benjamin Rogers, firt wife or
the late Standard Oil multi-millionaire.
Colonel Henry Huddlevon Rog
ers II. and mother of young Roqers.
was In town when her son. Irfigzard
worn and extremely nervour emerg
ed: but she did not appear at the
jail.
Bond of 12.500 was fixed by Judge
w Butler wtndle of Cheater coi-nty.
l Continued on Page Five)
DENY BRITISH ENVOY
SENT LONG FLOWERS
NEW ORLEANS. La, Sept. 13
f API The British consulate general
here said today that dispatches re
porting the sending of fiowers to the
. funeral of fna'or Huey P. I-nnsr on
: behalf of the British royal family
meet z to
in Fast Time I
.ociatct J'rei. Photn
more superstitious than men, or more
honest In revealing their supersti
tions; it would bo hard to say which.
The pet superstitions of many men
must be dragged from them almost
by force, while the women 'fesa up
frankly.
Owney Patton picks up Dins If the
point is toward him, Fred Scheffel,
upon finding a horseshoe, spits on it.
takes three steps forward, and heaves
It over his left shoulder. So does Tul
ley Williams, while Tutley's father,
Wallace, always puts his left shoe and
sock on first when dressing. Dan Her
ring shudders If he catches himself
putting his hat on a bed, white light
ing three on a match assures Ed Lam
port that a friendship Is about to be
broken.
Ralph Bnrdwcll doesn't like to have
a cat in the car with him, while Joe
(Co-tinned on Page Five)
LITTLE CRUSHES
GOODMAN, 4-3, IN
SEMI FINAL DUEL
THE COUNTRY CLUB. Cleveland.
Sept. 13. ( AP) Surviving .a amash
ing rally by Omaha's Johnny Good
man this afternoon W. Lawson Mttle,
Jr., came back to crush his rival, 4
and 3 with a sub-par finish and gain
the final round in defense of the
United States amateur golf champion
ship. Little put a dramatic climax to his
semi-final match by sinking a AO-foot
putt on the 33rd hole for a birdie
three. It was the champion's fifth
- birdie In eight successive holes, and
.completely demolished Goodman, who
;had shot a record-equalling 32, four
i under par, to be all square In 27
; holes. Little was five under par this
I afternoon and six under perfect fig
j tires for the day.
On the 33rd and last hole. Little
i was on in two. 60 feet to the right
;of the pin. Goodman putted from a
i slightly longer distance and partially
'stymied the champion who rolled the
ball around and watched It click Into
jthe cup for an electrifying birdie
i three, ending the match. i
Sharpshooting Walter Rmery. Uni
versity of Oklahoma law student, won
the rlzht to play Little for the cham
: pionshlp In the first tournament for
! which he has ever qualified. He con
'quered Joseph Lynch. Boston. 4 and
3. In a prolonged and somewhat era
; tic seml-flnil match.
'SPARKS' AND SHIP LINE
SETTLE PAY DIFFERENCE
1 NEW YORK. Sept. 13. P T.ne.
Radio Telegraphists association and
the Blak Diamond Steamship line
today reached an Seteemert In the
1 union's demsnd for lncreaJ pay for
; ship radio operators.
The flrfirement, signed by both pf
; t:B, rais the pay for operators on
the Black Diamond line from W) to
LONG L
WOULD TRADE FOR
PEACE WITH F. R.
Stoppage of Federal Funds
for Louisiana Sore Spot
with Huey's Followers
Successor Is Undecided
BATON ROUGE. La.. Sept. 13.
(AP) Lieutenants of Huey P. Long
were reported ready today to barter
wun ine national eominisirauon to
smooth some of the troubled waters
left by the death of the state's dic
tator. There were many rumblings of dis
content among those who had sat
close to the throne and these bad to
be eliminated.
Long, before he was fatally wound
ed by a, bullet fired from the gun of
Dr. C. A. Weiss, Jr., had his willing
legislature pass laws which aroused
the ire of the Roosevelt administra
tion and which cut off the flow of
millions of dollars of federal funds
Into Louisiana.
. Tax Probes an Issue
One issue was Income tax Investi
gations. Several persons close to Long
politically have been Indicted for In
come tax violations and the returns
of the senator himself have been In
vestigated. Long left no one who could step
into his shoes. He would allow no
one in his organisation that was not
subservient to him. . His word was
law in Louisiana
Since his death those of his an
notated left are: O. K. Allen, the
governor; Seymour Weiss, his political
treasurer; Allen Ellender, his speaker
of the -. house of representatives;
George Wallace, assistant attorney
general and the man who wrote the
(Continued on Pago Seven)
1
HULL'S APPEAL TO
ROWING NATIONS
HYDE TARK. N. Y.. Sept. 13. (AP)
President Roosevelt today announced
thorough endorsement of the appeal
by Secretary Hull for adherence by
the quarreling countries overseas to
the Kellogg peace pact and expressed
his concern over ths stuatlon.
Responding to questions at his reg
ular press conference, the president
made It clear that If war does break
out abroad, this government is very
definitely neutrsl by the recent act
of congress declaring six months' neu
trality and embargo on arms.
He remarked that the situation
overseas Is being watched very closely.
He said he thought the statement by
Secretary fn11 summed up the propo
sition very well. He emphasised the
concern of the government and the
people.
(By the Associated Press)
Italy faced a front of League of
Nations' members sworn to uphold
their covemant against war today fol
lowing a declaration by Premier La
val of France that his nation would
not evade lenus obligations.
A government spokesman In Rome
Immediately commented that Laval's
speech was "neither favorable nor un
favorable and certain not to change
Italy's mind or line of action.1
In London, however, his statement
waa welcomed aa a pledge that France
would back up areat Britain In the
latter natlon'a opposition to war be
tween Italy and Ethiopia.
(Continued on Page rare)
Today Is Anniversary
Of St. Mihkl Battle
WASHINTON, Sept. 13. f AP) ,
American World war veterans remem-
bered today not as Friday the thlr- j
teenth but as the 17th anniversary
of the battle of fit. Mihlel.
Many remembered the day also as
the 75th anniversary of General John
J. Pershing. !
The battle of St. Mlhtel begsn 17
yesrs ago yesterdsy, Sept. 12. 1918,
In a manner described by one veteran
ss a "practice march " It continued
through Spt. 16. 1910 although vir
tually completed In two days.
Talking of that engagement on the
Western front, a group of men who
took part In it, all of whom are high
ranking marines now. said It put the
American army on the world's mili
tary map.
Also, they said, San Mihlel marked
the first appearance of sn American
army under Command of an Amer-
lian e.nap.l nm at tiiinnaan hallla.
McAdoo Will Wed
WILLIAM
SAN DIEOO. Cal.. Sept. 13 f AP)
Senfttr Wininm nthhK UrAflnn 71
nd M,M Crow, 26-year-old
daughter of Mrs. Nellie Cross of this
city, will be married tomorrow at 4
p. m. at a private ceromony In the
home of the senator's daughter in
Washington, Mrs. cross said today.
Miss Cross was graduated from the
San Diego high school In 1027. Later
she took a nurse's training course at
Santa Barbara, and since that time
has been engaged In social service
work,
Senator McAdoo mot her at Santa
Barbara, and their friendship ripened
into romance when their paths
crossed later in Washington. It was
learned.
10
AT
The sawmill of the Medfofd Cor
poration (Owen-Oregon company)
will start next Monday morning. Man
ager James H. Owen reported, this
afternoon. The planing mill and
shipping department will start later,
: the dato being Indefinite. Tha saw-
mill will employ 110 men, besides
j those now working.
During the past weeks, logs have
been arriving at the mill pond by two
trains dally, and the pond Is now sui
, flclently full to warrant starting next
I week. It will be a week or ten days
I before the sawmill Is running at full
I capacity.
j The plant, with all departments In
operation, will furnish work for be-
j tween 200 and 260 men. Clone to 100
will be employed in the timber.
The start of the mill which has
been operating on part time or not at
all for the past two years, will bring
back to this city, an Industrial pay
roll. The length of time the mill will
operate Is indefinite depending upon
continued Improvement In the lum
ber trade and economic conditions
The yard of the plant Is depleted at
present.
The logging operations are In tim
ber this side of Butta Fails, and con
ducted with caterpillar tractors. The
previous operations were in timber
east of Butte Falls.
The Med ford Logging railroad has
been placed In condition for operat
ing, the past two months, by the re
organization company.
42B HURRTCANEDEATHS
JACKSONVILLE, Pla., Bept. IS.-
(AP) Conrad Van Hynlng, Florida
emergency relief administrator, today
said latest FERA figures showed 420
persons known dead In the Labor day
1 hurricane which swept the Florida
keys.
Of these, 3S6 were veterans In the
three work camps on the keys.
Eighty-eight of the 690 veterans on
the pnyroll August 31 still were not
accounted for.
In addition, the half million sol
diers and marines who succeeded In
driving the Germans from the Ban
Mihlel salient composed the largest
number of armed men any American1
general, up to that time, had ever
commanded on any field.
"The day we took the San Mihlel
sector was one of the hottest days X
have ever known." said the marine
corps' Brlgsdler Oeneral Hugh Mat
thews. "And when that day was over,"
said Lieutenant colonel Frank White
head, "I remember I never had been
any tlreder In my life."
"Tha res! importance of San Mihlel
was a moral one," said Lieutenant
Colonel Whitehead.
At Ran Mihlel, the half million
Americans and 100.000 Frenchmen,
under General Pershing, captured 16.
000 prisoners, took 443 field guns and
came into possession of vsst supplies
badly needed by the Germans. Amer-
EAGLE POINT RFC
Farmers Will Be Enabled to
Carry On at Annual Cost
Not Exceeding $5 Per
Acre Aids Land Values
TJpon receipt of a wtra aent from
Portland by T. R. Semon, manager
of the Eagle Point Irrigation district,
Prank p. rarrell. attorney for the
district, announced today that the
Reconstruction Finance Corporation
loan for which the district haa been
working for aome time, haa been
closed. The loan will reduce the bond
ed Indebtedness of the dlf rlct from
approximately 350.00O to approxi
mately aoo.OOO, at an Interest rate of
4 per cent per annum.
Fnrmera of the district, under tha
new loan, will be enabled at an as
sessment of not to exceed 5 per acre
per year, to care for all maintenance
oporatlona Including bond service,
rarrell stated. The RPO loan la made
on a basis of 36 cents on the dollar,
to all bondholders.
Under the new act-up It Is expected
that there will be an active demand
for lands of the district, and as tha
officers have long been working to
secure tho loan, all resident of the
area are well pleased with the ac
complishment. The Eagle Point Irrigation district,
under a board of directors consisting
of A. O. Mlttelatadt, Charles Humph
rey and J. K. Stanley, comprises about
fiOOO acrea of Irrigated lano served by -an
adequate water supply. The dis
trict Is devoted chiefly to clover and
forage crops.
With the Eagle Point loan secured,
all Irrigation districts of tha valley .
with the exception of the Talent dis
trict have been refinanced through
(Continued on rage
Pour)
-f-
ENDS ON SEPT. 20
Notice was Issued from the Med
ford relief headquarters this morning
that, effective September 20, there
will be no more transient persona or
families accepted for rellof in this
district. The same will apply to all
of the state) of Oregon, upon orders
received from the federal relief ad
ministration. Sign .proclaiming this fact are be
ing put up today. The measure Is
expected to put a stop to aimless
drifting by transients who In V1 past
have expected local relief sgenctes to
support them regsrdlesa of where
their previous homes had been.
PORTLAND, Sept, 13. (AP) The
victim of an unusually vicious slug-,
ging and robbery. Fred Sorok, 60,
was In a critical condition today.
Found badly beaten and unconsci
ous at a roadside here. Sorok waa
found to be suffering from a ukuJI
fracture, back Injuries and head and
face outs. He had been struck with
a sap or brass knuckles and robbed
of one dollar all the money he pos
sessed. Sorok lost a hand in a logging
accident near Carlton a few yesrs ago.
WASHINGTON, Bept. 13. (AP)
The federal home loan bank board to
day reported new advances to member
institutions Increased nearly 2,000.
000 during the week ended Aug. 31.
The rise wss attributed to a growing
demand for mortgage loans for the
building of new houses.
Net outstanding advances by the
banks have risen nearly 20 per cant
In the last four months, and now
stands at tRd.025,434.
- SEATTLE, Sept. 13. (AP) Renew
ed protests of Washington and Ore
gon Douglas fir Industry against in
creasing British Columbia lumber
Import were reported by the West
Coast Lumbermen's association today
when It waa revealed that, for the
firat time In history, the U. S. Im
ported more Douglas fir in May and
June than it exported.
The Douglas fir Industry on the
coast Is 100 years old.
The figures were obtstned by the
association from ths U. S. bureau et
if oral cm and rtnmwVf ym