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41 The Weather I Forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday; slightly colder with frosts or fog tonight. Temperature Highest eterday . ..,u, 57 Lowest this morning .....,- 15 OET THE HABIT Of following Frank Watanabe's entertaining Oh 80! feature which will appear dally on tha first para of the Mall Tribune. You'll like thl delightfully humoroui Japanese character! Medford Tmbune Thirtieth Year Full Associated PreM MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 21, 1933 full United Press No. 181 mm (Ml TEST WW B3"d By raul Mallon (Copyright, 1935, By Paul Mauonj WASHINGTON, UC. 31. ww" people have been putting tha cur rency stabilization hopea of State secretary nuw together with the stabilization Willi ngneaa of Treasury Secre tary Morgenthau and arriving at the conclusion that stabilization la near. That la not the right answer. It Is not even be ing discussed, except academl- PAUL MALLON cally. That Is why Messrs. Hull and Morgenthau can afford to be so free In their ploua public expressions. Their financial advisers have told them' It la impossible, and that the developments In Europe lately have made It even more Impossible. In fact, the real Inside trend of thought lately has been far beyond eucn orthodox procedure. There has been a revival of Inner Interest In the possibilities of "an International currency other than gold" and In the forgotten Ideal of the new deal, the commodity dollar. i - These are not to be . taken very seriously either as yet, except aa they reflect the remotenesa of the old faahloned Ideaa of atablllBatlon In the new deal mind. i-u. ommnoitv dollar theory Is of course, considered out of the international question by the money n- ii.nriiari of the administra tion. The most optimistic among hmmfnirm. tn the COnCtUSlOn bOGIli to now that It might work all right If trade balances could be cancelled off, but nations must have some form of International money to Py for the excess of purchases over ales. The Inefficiency of gold aa a method of payment Is being con sidered, in view of the fact that the stability of the dollar la drain ing gold from the rest of the world, nmhakiv will continue to do so. The question Is what the rest of the world will use for international hj ments when Its gold Is gone. You may suspect this would en murRM the other nations to be drawn Into some atablUzatlon ar rangement. The reverse Is true. Their gold weakness would place them at a disadvantage in any goj atablUzatlon negotiations. Thus, the gold dog continues to the trade cat in an ever diminishing circle, getting nowhere HMTit toward a. tooth and claw claah In the center. Another reason why Mesars. Hull and Morgenthau feel free to speak la because they know Britain is holding up stabilization and , will (Continued on Page Four.) SEN. N0RRIS DISAVOWS GOVERNORSHIP PLANS WASHINGTON. Oct. 12. (AP) Senator Oeorgo W. Norrls of Nebraska announced definitely today he would not be a candidate for governor of Nebraska next year. The atatement by tha Independent republican came In answer to re ports he would retire from the senate to seek the governorship so aa to see the state's first one house legislature off to an auspicious start. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Web Clark proudly surveying his smart pit bull dog. Every time the dog got sick Web took him to Doc Philips who flied htm up, so the Isst time the mutt got III he Just went out and got In the car. with perempt ory yelps for speed. Nine out of ten people (by actual count) stopping to view the picture of Dick Lewis playing football for Qoneaga, now on yjew at the cham ber of commerce. Clyde Flchtner, walking about be wllderdly under his new dutlea as father of a baby girl, born today. That compressed air gun of Peter Winnes will beave a rock out of sight, according to Bud Llndley. Re port broken wlndom-s to the city or stste police, or Shcrf Brown. A group assembled to new the re mains of a guy supposed to be dead lying on the grass at sixth and Orape. but the corpse thoughtlessly getting up and taking a coram for Itself, disconcerting tha ghouls no en 4. PICK LATOURETTE Corbett To Be Senate Head Right Of Taylor To Seat Challenged On Basis Of Federal Court Post.- SALEM, Oct. 21. (P) The sen ate of the Oregon legislature ad journed this afternoon to recon vene tomorrow morning, thus eliminating the possibility of hearing the governor's address today. Before adjournment the -fenate completed Its' organiza tion. The house of representatives was awaiting the report of ltd credentials committee on two contested seats. SALEM. Oct. 21. iff) The Oregon legislature was stymied at noon to day. The causer Contests over seats In the house and senate. Immediately after being called to order by the chief clerks of both houses the credential committees went into a huddle and called In Deputy Attorney - General Ralph Moody for consultation over the con tests. Moody, ci course, could not attend both sessions at once. Both houses therefore adjourned until the afternoon meetings. The contest tn the senate resulted when Ashby Dickson challenged the right of Nate Boody to his seat. The attorney-general's rule eliminated Dickson and the Multnomah county commissioners named Boody, it was held by the attorney -general that Dickson accepted a federal position and therefore forfeited hts seat. Both Houses Adjourn. The same ruling affected Lew Wal lace in. the house, except lie had ac cepted a state position, that with the game commission. He has challenged the right of Robert S. Farroll, Jr., of Portland to occupy his seat. Both committees reported they could not complete their work by noon and the sanate adjourned to 1:30 and the house tol p. m. The result was expected to delay the scheduled address of Governor Martin at 2 o'clock. It has been cua- ( Continued on Page Eight) SIDNEY SMITH 'FATHER' OF THE GUMPS KILLED CHICAGO. Oct. 81. (API Sidney Smith, 68, creator of the nationally syndicated cartoon strip, "The Gumps" Is dead the victim or an automobile accident. The first comic artist to get a mil lion dollar contract. Smith was killed yesterday en route to his 2200 acre farm between Rockford. 111., and Belott, Wis. He waa alone In a email sedan. The driver of tne second car, also riding alone waa Wendell Martin, of Watseka, 111. He was reported Buffer ing from a broken hip. a fractured (Continued on Page rbreei FOURTH DEATH Iff SXAMATH TA1AS, Oct. 21. (AP) Another death from Infantile paral ysis, making the total four, was re ported this afternoon by the county hialth officer. The fourth person to die within the last ten days was Duane Evan Parker, 12, of Keno. The third victim was Nell Oifford, 12. of Keno, where an empldemlo of the dread disease is raging. The child died Sunday morn ing. Schools at Keno and nearby Weyer haeuser camp have been shut Indef initely. CHRISTIAN SCIENCE LECTURE IS TONIGHT A large attendance la expected at the lecture to be given at 8 o'clock tonight In the Holly theater by Blcknell Young, member of the board of lectureship of the Mother Church, the First Church of Christ, Scientist. Boston. The lecture is free and the puDJie i Invited. Mr. Vourvg will lecture on the sub ject: "Christian Science. Not a Mere Name But Absolute Science " Income Shares Quarterly Income ah ares, bid 1.45; asted 1-59. Explorer Dies IN? kX iiriif -,,1 w ruin,! Major-General Adolphus W. Greeley, Arctic explorer and holder of the con gressional medal of honor, who died In Washington, D. C, Sunday, at the ace of 91. With six of his men. he lived for four venrs In the Arctic un til rescued by a relief expedition in IBM. E ON CAPITOL SITE At the regular weekly meeting of the Ktwanls club today Leonard Carpenter, member of the state planning commission," gave an in teresting and comprehensive explan ation of the commission's recom mendations regarding ttio site lor the new state capttol. The planning commission has gone Into the matter from all angles, secured Information from Innumerable sources, and recom mends that the new capltol be built on the present site augmented by the Willamette university campus, giving a total area for a real state center of approximately 24 acres. The old site, of only about five acres, the speaker declared, would be totally Inadequate for the proper transaction of the state's business, and would provide nothing for proper grounds or a proper setting for as Important a building as a state capltol. If this Willamette plan should be ' adopted, the state will have & real state center, the present build ings will he utilized, all state prop- ertles will be grouped together, and the total cost will be less than the (Continued on Page Eight) Montana Quakes Take Two Lives; Destroy Property Li filjfj fate Marrlw. a nRro, mi cruhrd to death when till hulldlnc cnJlapfed In llrlrna, Mont. One other nearly a score Injured In the e'tere earth shocks ahlrh hit the Montana capital. This picture, rushed to Frees, gives a vlrld tooouni of damage done bj toe tremblof, (Aaso dated Pnst Pnoto , ITALY'S BIG PUSH GETS UNDER WAY Drive On Makale Waits Zero HourReport That Sel assie Ready To Sue For Peace Is Unconfirmed.! By R. H. lllppelheuser Associated Press Staff Writer. Fascist Italy's "big push' In Ethi opia has started. - From Italian Somallland.' the army of General Rudolfo Grazlanl was driv ing today toward Gorrahel, the heart of Ogaden province In southeast Ethiopia. In the north, the main Italian army, massed from Aduwa to Adlgrat, awaited the "zero hour" for the drive on Makale, strategic gateway to the mountainous Interior. The apparent principal objective of the Gorrahel campaign was Harar, the metropolis of eastern Ethiopia. Emperor Halle Selassie's principal defense forces were midway between Makale and Harar, on the plateau about Dessye. The emperor dispatch ed 8000 of his European -trained, modern-equipped Imperial guards to Dessye today. 1 Rich Oases Captured Grazianl'a forces, In their advance, captured the rich oases In the Sola veil desert region In the south of Ogaden province, an Italian military com munique said. The fortress of Dagnerrel, at one of these oases, was stormed and occupied by the Italians. In their advance, the Italians pro- ( Continued on Pais Three) CREW OF 37 LOST LONDON, Oct. 21. (AP) Eight ships searched today for 37 men fear ed lost after abandoning a founder ing freighter In a raging storm which killed 13 and Injured scores in the British Isles. The crew of the 6735 ton freighter Vardulla took to their lifeboats In tempestuous seas 400 miles west of the Hebrides after sending SOS calls Saturday. Since then there has been no trace of the storm lashed crew or of the ship. COPENHAGEN, Oct. 21. (AP) The motorshlp Dlsko reported today that It and other ships were aban doning the search for the crew of the British freighter Vardulla 400 miles west of the Hcbrldlcs, fearing all were lout. - - j -Mm' 4'. ' lit 3 West Coast Banks '. Show Big Increase In Total Deposits SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 21. (AP) Aggregate deposits in the 33 weekly reporting large city banks of the 12th federal reserve district have risen 9195,000,000 In the last year. The Federal Reserve Bank of San Francisco reported today these 33 banks had a total of 1910 mil lions In deposits, compared with 1715 millions a year ago. The in crease last week was 5 millions. 4 During tha last two years these deposits have increased 418 mil lions. Assuming the gain for these banka Is approximately the same as that for the hundreds of banks through the Pacific west, the hy pothetical "average depositor" now has about 12l In the bank for every $100 he had two years ago. QUAKES CONTINUE JANGLING NERVES HELENA CITIZENS HELENA, Mont.. Oct. 21. (AP) Windows were shattered by a freah series of earth shocks which tore to day at the tatit nerves of this capital city of 12,000 persons beset by ten days of tremors and damage of million dollar proportions. At 9 a. m, the total number of tremors since last Friday night had reached 264 and the grand total, since Oct. 12, was 323. As Reconstruction Finance Corpora tion representatives announced plans for loans for rehabilitation of damage to property display windows crashed with recurrent Jolts some of which were of two seconds' duration. No casualties and no major damage wore reported. Additional discomfort war suffered by the 400 to 800 refugees camped In National Guard tents on the 'military grounds west of the city as tempera tures dropped sharply. ' The city council hurried plans for ordering destruction of heavily dam aged structures and control weakened buildings. , Windows along Jackson adjacent to the Montana Record-Herald were bro ken by a shock at 3:33 a. m. At 0:22 a. m. came the latest severe disturbance with others of lighter In tensity following. BUSTER K EATON PLACED IN PSYCHOPATHIC WARD LOS ANGELES, Oct. 21. (API Buster Kcaton, screen comedian of the frozen face, was confined today In the psychopathic ward of the National Military Home at Snwtelle. hoipttal authorities disclosed. Buf fering from a nervous breakdown, the comedian was taken to the hos pital late yesterday In straight jacket. 'Wt 'f.J'Zr f rr arv -ftrif wri - ' T 'i l! s P,T. A. OFFICIALS ARRIVING TONIGHT FOR STATE MEET Portland And Eastern Ore gon Delegates Coming On Special In Morning Cars And Flowers Are Needed. Arriving tonight from Portland on the evening train will be a" group of state officers and committee chair men for the state convention of the Oregon congresa of P.-T. A., which beglna here tomorrow, having been Joined en route by delegates from Sa lem and Eugene. The main body of Portland and eastern Oregon dele gates will arrive on the "parent teacher special" tomorrow morning. A request la made for care to meet the delegates on this special train, and also for other transportation for convention events. Any person able to furnish a car for this purpose Is asked to call Mrs. Lee Watson at J22-R. Mrs. J. O. Tuckjr, In charge of decoration, states that more flow- i ers are needed, particularly for Wed nesday. The complete program for the con vention follows: Tuesday, Oct. 23 ' 0:00 a. m. Registration of dele gates, convention headquarters. 10:00 a. m. Pre-conventlon meet ing of Board of Managers. 13:30 p. m. Crater Lake trip. 8:00 p. m. Opening session: Presid ing, Mrs. Jack Heyland. Invocation, Rev, Ralph Peterson. Welcome: Hupt. E. H. Hedrlck, Co. I'Oonirnued on Pag rhree) singlTIdIor PACIFIC AIRMAIL WASHINGTON. Oct.' 31. (AP The Pan American Airways company was the only bidder today for the mall contract for airmail service from San Francisco to canton, China. The company bid maximum rates allowed under the law for the route 2 00 per mile for the specified load of 800 pounda and 1 per '000 mllea for each additional pound of mall cnrrled. Pan-American officials Indicated privately they might be ready to start service by November 18 The 8.000-mlle route will carry mall and psssengera from Ban Francisco to China by way of Honolulu and Ma nila. The company la completing Its fourth survey flight to Ouam. Altho It has not flown over all parts of the proposed route, airline officials said they had already made survey flights over "the hardest part of the route." in - ntai. naiin ., mi pernnn na known to he dead "nd The Mall Tribune by The Aoclat ply mk P. -T. A. Speaker I . v - , 1 - s, v i l I f s 1 " I?'' Mrs. Hugh Bradford, past presl dent of the national congreNS of P.-T. A., who will speak Tuesday eve ning at the convention of the organi zation here. FIVE AIDES HURT E TROT,. N. T., Oct. 21. (AP) Miss Ruth Nichols, one of Amer ica's ace airwomen, and five of her employes were Injured today In the crash of a big 20 passenger plane at Troy airport. Miss Nichols waa removed to a hospital, where her condition was declared to be "quite serious." Her pilot, Captain Harry Hublltch of New Xork, also was seriously ' in jured, 1 The other four apparently escaped with minor Injuries. They were:' Ray Hanes, Zen. a, Ohio, mechanic. William Holt, ticket taker, address not available. Miss Gladys Bfrklnhelscr,. West New York, N. J stewardess. (Co-tinned on Page Five) ASHLAND, VOTES E' ASHLAND, Oct. 21 . (Spl.)-Tn one of the lightest votea ever recorded In a special election here, the citizens of Ashland Friday auth tort zed the city council to take the necessary steps for the construction of a mod ern sewage disposal plant, but de f rated tho charter amendment pro viding for an additional half-mill levy for Llthla park. City officials rejoiced at the 'result of the first Issue on the ballot, for an aggressive campaign had been waned for Its passage. ' The park board, however, experi enced keen disappointment at the defeat of the extra levy, which means that maintenance df the famed spot Wilt be sharply curtailed during 1036. Avallablo funds will be less than ever before. All was orderly at the polls Friday as the voters straggled In to record their opinion on the two questions. The first won by 03' votes, the second lost by 10. RUNYAN DEFEATED BY PORTLAND PRO TWIN HILLS OOLF COURSE. OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 31. (AP) A new P. O. A., national champion was assured here today when Al Zim merman, slight, blond Portland, Ore., player, defeated defending champion Paul Rtinyan, 3 and 3, in their quarter-final match. The steady, methodical westerner equalled Runyan's par 70 for the morning round, was out In a sub par 34 this afternoon to go three up as Runyan was taking a 37, and re talned his advantage through the last seven holes. John Revolts. Milwaukee, quali fied to meet Zimmerman In the 36-hole semi-finals tomorrow by turning In a 4 and a victory over Eddie SchultB, the surpr.ne package from Troy, N, Y. 20 YEARS FOR SHOOTING PORTLAND WOODSAWYER PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. HI. (AP) Sentences of twenty Tears In prison were Imposed today on two men, convicted of having shot and wounded a non-union woodsawyer during a labor, organlMitlon dispute two months ago. The convicted men, brtrthcrs, were Curt and Willis Bllllngham. They were found guilty Friday ol shoot ing Albert Ertman. ' L ADVISER IS MAIN SPEAKER! 200 Forest Officials, Army Officers, CCC Enrollees And Educators Here For Two Day Conference, Dr. J. B. Orlffing. civil educational adviser for the ninth corps area, was the principal speaker Monday morn ing as the Medford CCO district edu cational and welfare conference got under way at the Elks' temple. Dr. Orlffing spoke on "Trends la CCO Education," before an audience of nearly two-hundred Forest Service officials. Army officers, and CCO en rollees, and educators from Oregon, California and Washington camps and districts. Educational advisers from many coast districts were here for the two-day meeting. - Major George R. Owens, command er of the Medford district, presided at the opening day's sessions, and snoke on the necessity for cooperat ing between all governmental agen cies Involved In the civilian conser vation corps program. Band Opens Session The Medford high school band, di rected by F. Wilson Walt, opened the session with a series of musical se lections. Captain Harley O. Preston, district chaplain, gave tha Invocation. Frank Farrell, city attorney, repre sented the Mayor of Medford In wel coming tha conference to Medford. Eugene O. Golden, district education al adviser, Captain F. H. Canlett, dis trict Inspector, and Captain William C. Ryan, district welfare officer, wers among the morning speakers. The Camp South Umpqua 3-0 orchestra, directed by Lieut. O. A. Frank, ap peared with several numbers. The afternoon session opened with selections by the Camp south' Fork' (Continued on Page Five.) , . NELLIS HARVEST Harvesting of the Winter Nellls crop of the Rogue River valley will be completed In many orchards by Thursdsy, and In all by the end of the week, according to Frank (Pug! Isaacs, manager of a Pinnacle Pack ing plant. Picking and packing of Newtown apples will continue for two weeks. It la estimated the season will end the flrat week of November. The frost of the past three day has been beneficial to picking, ac cording to taaaca, causing the pears to pick easier and with less, stems. Fruit shipments from the Talley up to Sunday night, according to Southern Pacific freight figures, to taled 1,004 cars of pears and 61 car, of apples, " . 1 9 Laura La Plante Saved From Fire DORKINO. England, Oct. SI. (AP) Laura La Plante. American film act rcM, narrowly escaped death today In a fire which badly damaged her home a house formerly occupied by James J. Walker, one time mayor of New York. Miss La Plante, wife of Irving Asher, film director, was 111 In bed when the fire started. Her physician carried her to the neighboring house a short time before the roof fell In. Oh So! says if'A niVK WATiNill V ID HOLD! M Wlion young follow enter col lege he say "I like be ft doc tor." "OK." suy the college. But if ho 8ny "I like joining on the footballing team then the college look up and say "Oh so yon thinking you are a foot balling player heyJ" "Oh yet please," import the Btudent. Then 5 fellows come leaping in, composed of assistant coachen and all sort of inspectors. They looking over him to finding if football bravery are sticking out. For 6 months he fre pruned combed tested rolled thumped sweated & what not. Then the Coach sliy "J thinking that fellow have got ears marks of a All American Substitute. Then he go home one day with a broks now and his proud father call all the neighbors in to look at it My goodnett
