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MEDFORD
PAGESTODAY
MEDFORD, OREGON-.' SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 36, 193
Thirtieth Year
No. 279.
FqIT Associated Press
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By Paul Mannon
Copyright. 1938, by' Paul Mallon.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 Some edi
tors have been bringing bath towels
$o work these days to keep from be
ing drenched by
sudden floods of
vox pop mall.
The entire coun
t r y, apparently,
has taken Its pen
In hand to tell
n e wspapers.
magazines, and
even the con
gressional record
what It thinks
about politics.
It may mean
the country Is
aroused, and
then again It may mean something
else.
For Instance, senator Pope offered
for printing In the Congressional
Record the other day six letters to
thow the opinion of the people of
Idaho about WPA. Pope said the let
ters demonstrated that WPA had
been so outstanding that the leading
citizens of his state could not resist
writing about It. Each of the letters
stated as much.
The trouble was they all stated the
same sentiment on the same dates
In about the same language. Indeed,
three of the letters were Identical,
word for word. (Congressional Rec
ord, Feb. 6, page 1605).
. The timely unanimity of the peo
ple of Idaho Is undoubtedly a psychic
manifestation, but mere are practical
ways of helping such things along.
PAUL MALLON
As all Insiders know, public letter
writing Is an old lobbying trick. It
r if so old that most lobbyists have
dropped It, although there are attll
tome here who assert they can de
liver 80,000 vop pop letters to editors.
congressmen or government officials
on any subject within a week, for a
sufficient sum.
Organized use of letter writers in
political campaigns, however, is i
new wrinkle, and a imart one, work'
ed out by highly efficient modern
political publicity men. They know
the pro bono publico letters are gen
erally printed, and what is more, peo
ple read them, even In the congres
sional record.
However, most publicity men now
offer more diversity In the choice of
language than Mr. Pope exhibited for
the people of Idaho.
More Important than Senator Nor.
rls's excellent speech against the su
preme court was what came after
wardnamely, nothing.
Although his address was ss good
as could be presented for his side of
the case. It brought no reaction eith
er from his good friend, the president
or from congress. This was not an
oversight. The president was asked
about It, but passed the question off
lightly without direct comment.
Congressional Judiciary Chairmen
Sumners and Ashurst have declined
to talk about their recent White
House visit, but It is generally under
stood on the Inside that they were
told to handle the anti-court bills
and consltutional amendments In a
very, very routine way.
Nearly all the president's advisers
believe the constitutional talk is not
doing him any good, and are trying
to discourage It.
If you will look under Senator
Plttmsn's feet whenever he takes a
stand on anything, you will generally
discover a vein of pure silver. He 1
the sliver key to treasury policy.
It was not evident In his apparent
ly Illogical blast against the Japanese,
but If you will assay that speech
with the following dates, you may
find traces of vsluable ore:
13-B-38 Treasury lowers bid on
silver S cent.
12-10-3.1 Treasury lets silver mar
ket break wide open trying to elimi
nate Japanese smuggling of sliver.
' 12-15-3 Plttman blasts Japanese
st Us Vegas.
3-10-38 Pittmsn's heart bleeds
about Japan's conquest of China.
Another unnoticed angle U that It
Is customary for congressmen to start
a Japanese war scare each year, Just
before the war and navy department
bills are considered. It helps to push
the bills through.
One shrewd news observer It ob
ernrut that most of the Washington
new, for the last three years has been
mainly about what is going to nap
pen and most of It never does.
The new assistant treasury secre
tary, Wsyne Taylor, will adequately
fill the Washington social position
mded br his predecessor. Chip Rob
erts. Both are member, of what
pleblana hereabouts Inaccurately call
-the wh'.ui spa" brigade", largely
centered In the state department.
.Tier has been a revival of talk
among Important people about a
coalition republican ticket composed
(CooUnued on Ps ntl
SISKYOUS AIDE
Plot to Hide Accused From
Justice Charged Allege
Tule Lake Farmer 'Delib
erately Run Down.'
TREKA, Calif., Feb. 15. (AP)
District Attorney James Davis de
clared today his intention of pressing
murder charges against French John
son and Maynard Smith, and accused
Oregon politicians" of seeking to In
terfere In the case.
Johnson and Smith are wanted
here In connection with the death of
Elmer Rock, Tule Lake farmer. In an
automobile accident last December.
Smith was arrested In Klamath Falls
today, charged with deliberately run
ning Rock down.
'Monday morning. In the superior
court at 10' a.m., I am going to dis
miss the, negligent homicide charge
filed against French Johnson by the
son-in-law of the victim, Leonard
Olson, and enter murder charges
against both French Johnson and
Maynard Smith," Davis said.
The district attorney stated that
"big political powers in Klamath
Falls, Ore., have attempted to hide
Maynard Smith as a fugitive from
Justice and extradition papers have
been obtained to bring him over the
line."
Sheriff Chandler was In Klamath
Falls today.
At a preliminary hearing Into the
case at Dorrls, m northeastern Slskt
you county, French and Johnson shed
very little light on the case, Davis
explained. It was not even made clear
who had been driving the automobile
or whether the driver -had been In
toxica ted.
The trial .on the -manslaughter
charges has been set for February 18.
It was not known here today whether
the date would be affected by the fll
lng next Monday of the murder com
plaints.
"I'll be damned If Oregon politic
ians can affect Justice being done In
Siskiyou county," Davis said, "and
I'm going to push Vils case If it taken
the whole resources of the state."
KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. Feb. 18
(AP) Maynard Smith of Klamath
Falls was arrested here today on
murder romplalnt issued in Yreka,
Calif., accusing htm of running down
and killing .Elmer Rock, northern
California rancher, with an automo
bile. Yreka officers charged the act
was deliberate. French Johnson of
Tule Lake Is sought in connection
with the same case.
3
BEAT UP
ANTIOCH, Cal.. Feb. 15. (UP)
Threats of lynching tonight led Chief
of Police Al LeRoy to rush three pris
oners In tbe Antloch Jail to the Con
tra Costa county Jail at Martinez, fol
lowing the beating of A. 8. Knight.
year-old recluse. In his shsck on
the Antloch waterfront.
Twice tonight a crowd of 16 to 20
men gathered around the Antloch Jell
only to be dispersed by police. Later,
however, when a crowd gathered two
blocks from the Jail, LeRoy decided
to take his prisoners to Martinez for
safe-keeping.
Knight was In the Msrtlnes hos
pital with a fractured skull, free
tured Jaw and minor Injuries. Phy
scians ssld he probsbly would die.
The three men held by police are
Louis Sly. 86: Boy Bussey, 28, and Pal
Sutton, 26.
LeRoy ssld he-had a signed con
fession from sly that he and Sutton
went to Knight's shack yesterday af
ternoon, after they had been drinking.
to get a .45 calibre revolver Knight
owned and that 8Iy wanted.
According to the confession. LeRoy
ssld. Sly locked them out but thet
tuey returned about 6:30. smashed
down the door and beat the elderly
man. M
Idaho Halllcs llrlft
POCATELLO. Idaho, Feb. IS. (AP)
State highway snow erewa contin
ued their battle today against huge
drifts that block the Orcou Ti.ii
east of Lava Hot Springs, following
the rescue iast night of 33 cars trap
ped yesterday alternoon.
TOW YORK, ma. IS
tary of War Oeoree H. Dern said to
night the tense situation In Europe
waa largely responsible for the ed
mtnlstrstlon's national defetse pro
gram provided for In the recorc peace
time appropriation bill now befre the
tnat.
ROOSEVELT'S HAT IN THE RING
There hasn't been any doubt that President Roosevelt would seek
re-election, but It is now official. Secretary of State Edward J;' Hughes
(left) of Illinois and his aide. Major Amos Richardson, are pictured
looking over the petition which entered the President's name In the
Illinois preferential primary In April. (Associated Press Photol
HOOTS AND JEERS
GREET CRITIC OF
ROOSEVELT RULE
Baltimore Speech of McFad
den Ended by Heckling
Listing of Aide As 'Red'
Starts Fuss.
BALTIMORE, Feb. 15. (AP)
Bernarr McFadden met with so much
heckling after a criticism of the
Roosevelt administration here tonlgnt
that he apparently cut short an ad
dress he was making and eat down
McFadden, publisher of the maga
zine Liberty, was speaking at a din
ncr of the advertising club. Some of
his listeners hooted parts of hin
speech loudly.
The noise from the audience begau
while McFadden was discussing some
of the president's advisers. It was
after he turned to relations with the
Japanese, however, that the noise be
came so great that he stopped speak
ing. The first disturbance came after
McFadden said that Felix Frankfur
ter, a presidential adviser, was "listed
In the red network." A bearer
shouted: ,
"Keep politics out." The interrup
ter was applauded.
Later McFadden charged that
Roosevelt had deserted the Democra
tic platform. From the audience came
a shout:
"Conditions govern platforms."
Prom this point on the noise In
creased until Howard S. Jones, presi
dent of the club, asked those who did
not agree with the speaker's remark
to leave. None left. The noise grew.
Mayor Jackson asked the guests to
extend to the publisher "the courtesy
for which Baltimore Is noted." At this
point a toy balloon, one of those fes
tooning the banquet hall, was ex
ploded. MtFadder. then turned to the Jap
anese question, saying that there
were 25.000 Japanese In California
and 120 fishing boats large enough to
be used as mine layers. This precipi
tated the outburst during which he
at down.
T
FACE EARLY QUIZ
WASHINGTON, Peb. 14. (API
House leaders today predicted ap
proval nest week of a congressional
Investlgstlon of the Tonn(l and
other old age pension movements.
The Townsend plan waa declared
to be "utterly absurd" by Dr. Ray
B. Westerfield. a Tale university
professor, who told listeners In
radio talk tonight that Dr. Townsend
waa "a true child of the New Deal
spree In Utopian fairyland."
RepresenUUr Smith (D.. Wash.)
has asked to be heard by the rules
committee Monday In opposition to
th investlgstloo resolution. Smith
contends there Is no demand by
Townsend club members for the In-vestigatlor
PUTS VETS FIRST
New Deal Plans to Fight
Issue to Supreme Court
to Retain Keystone Policy
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. (A)
Startled by a legal blow threatening
to scramble Its $4,000,000,000 work re
lief policy, the new deal laid its plans
today to fight the Issue up to the su
preme court If necessary.
No sooner had Federal Judge George
W. Welsh ruled in Philadelphia yes
terday that war veterans and their
dependent must be given preference
on work relief Jobs, even if that
means the dismissal of non-veterans
now working, administration officials
went Into hurried conference.
They announced last night that
they would carry an Immediate ap
peal to the circuit court of appeals
In case Judge Welsh refuses to stay
execution of hie Injunction. This in
junction prohibits works progress ad
ministration from employing or pay
ing anyone in the Philadelphia area
unless veterans, their wives and wid
ows are given preference.
If Judge Welsh's ruling should be
come generally accepted by courts
throughout the country. It would
mean the demolition of a keystone lr.
the new deal relief policy,
The administration Insists that, in
general, only persons from the relief
rolls shall be given WPA work in the
14.000,000,000 drive which was de
signed to abolish the "dole" for needy
employables and substitute work
The contention behind thl la that
the neediest cases are on the relief
rolls, although crltlca of the policy
have complained that it excluded dis
tressed persons who had mansged to
keep off relief.
RELIEF 1 RIOT
NEW YORK, Peb. 16. (AP) Con
gressmsn Vlto Marcantonlo (R., N.Y.)
spent more than three hours In a
Manhattan precinct police station to
day for speaking at a forbidden de
monstration, but his release left un
answered the question of who was
the most embarrassed M.rrsnVuiio,
Mayor La Ouardla, or Police Commis
sioner Lewis J. Valentine.
Marcantonlo was one of IS persona
arrested as police broke up a meeting
cf some 10.000 unemployed WPA and
KRB workers In Madison Square. All
were taken to the precinct station In
a patrol wagon.
The meeting had been called by
leaders of the group In spite of the
refusal of city authorlttea to grant a
parade permit with the explanation
that "the slushy conditions of the
street would not permit."
fiiirilres 4-hlory Fall
SAN rRANCISCO. Peb. 15. (AP)
O. W. Swtgert, who fell or leaped four
storle from a hotel room hers yes
terday, has fair chance of recovery
pbyilclani said today
BRUNO TOLD ONLY
HOPE LEFT IS TO
TELL 'THE T
New Death Date Sought As
! Reprieve Expires Wash
ington, D. C, Society
Leader in Case.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 15. (AP)
Samuel S. Llebowlts, noted New York
criminal lawyer, said tonight that
only Rruno Richard Hauptmann could
answer the question whether he
ultimately would be put to death.
"Is Hauptmann going to burn?" a
reporter asked.
"Only Hauptmann can, answer
that," Llebowlta replied.
The lawyer had Just returned from
a five-hour conference at the pala
tial home of Mrs. Evalyn Nash Mc
Lean, WhrsJilngm society woman, who
spent 9100,000 in a vain effort to ap
prehend the kidnaper of Baby Charles
A. Lindbergh and only recently baa
appeared behind the scenes In last
frantic moves to save Hauptmann.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18. jF) Sam
uel Llebowlta, Bruno Richard Haupt
mann' newest lawyer, told reporters
here tonight on arrival from New
York that he would confer with Mrs.
Evalyn Walsh McLean, Washington
society women.
TRENTON, N. J., Feb. 15.
Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who saw
two death dates pass, faced another
tonight as he awaited an Interview
with the lawyer who broke his stoical
calm. ,
Saved ths first time by appeal and
second by a 30-day reprieve from Gov.
Harold Q. Hoffman, Hauptmann's
only hope of escaping the third ap
peared to He any new information
throwing additional light on the case.
The reprieve expired at midnight.
Llebowlta left New York shortly be
fore noon today for Washington.
Llebowlts. who said Hauptmann
"broke down and cried like a baby"
In their "very satisfactory" intervlow
Thursday, will be in a position tomor
row to tell the prisoner that with his
reprieve gone his only hope of escap
ing the chair la to tell "the truth."
ITALIANS START
ROME, Feb. 15 (AP) A new Ital
ian offensive In northern Ethiopia
was described today by Informed
souroes.
It was stated the Italian command
seeks absolute control over the Tem
blen area, where both Italian and
Ethiopian forcea have claimed Tlcto
rles. .
Marshal Ptetro Bsdogllo, Itallsn
commander, was said to be solidifying
his advance line from Abbl Addl, 3s
mllea west of Makale, as far west aa
the confluence of Tarkaze and Uert
rivers.
ADDIS ABABA, Peb. 15. (API
Military authorities were understood
tonight to have ordered precautions
against the possibility of an Ital
ian bombing plane raid on the capi
tal. The air raid was fesred as a re
taliation for an Ethiopian victory as
reported by a neutral observer In
Temblen.
The observer, Marlus Brophll, Irish
Red Cross worker, said 20,000 white
Itallana were bottled up In that bat
tle and had been unable to escape
alive.
Dally report tell of the widening
range of Italian bombing raids Inulde
the northern point,
BULLETIN
KLAMATH PALLS, Peb. 15. (UP)
University of Oregon Proeh wound up
a successful southern Oregon basket
ball tour tonight by deeatlng Klam
ath Palls high Pelican, 46-31, The
prosit led all th way.
Th half-time scor, was 36-t.
BERKELEY, Cal., Feb. 15. (UP)
A last-mlnuU foul goal by Ed Dou
Kery, ub,titut gurd- g Univer
sity of California a 30-311 victory over
Et. Mary's College of Moraga her to
night. ASTORIA. Ore., Peb. 18. (AP)
Corvallis High downed the state
champion Astoria basketball team to
night S3 to 34. The winner, scored 10
point before Astoria tallied and led
at halftlme 18 to 11.
BOSTON. Peb. 16. ( AP-U8DAI
Sale of domestlo wools in Boston
during th past week were very
i moderate, but price, were firm to
(lightly stronger
Short Wave Radio
That Dials Like
Telephone Amazes
SPOKANE, Wash.. Feb. 15,
(AP) An ultra-short wave radio
which can be dialed like a tele
phone amaned United States for
est service executives from all
parts of the country here today.
"A major improvement of great
est Importance" waa the unani
mous verdict of the forest men
who are studying forest service
Innovations In a 10-day confer
ence here. .
- The tiny portable set wsa set
up today In the forest service
warehluse. Two-way conversation
was established Immediately with
an airplane 4000 feet above Spo
kane. "Visibility good; snow every
where; no sign of forest fires,"
said the pi lot-operator. Then he
answered questions from the for
ester demonstrators.
UPSTATE SHIVERS;
OF EASTSUCCORED
Planes Carry Food to Iso
lated Spots Mercury
Sinks to New Lows.
PORTLAND, Ore., Peb. td. (UP)
No relief Sunday from the bitter cold
which enveloped the northwest waa
foreseen today by the weather bureau,
which forecast fair and continued
cold.
Temperature this morning ranged
downward to 80 decrees below rr.ro In
northern Idaho. West of the Cascades
It was below freealng everywhere
north of Roseburg. Extreme southern
Oregon enjoyed mild weather.'
Shippers were warned to protect
shipment during the next 38 hours
against cold.
A bitter east wind out or tne Col
umbia gorge added to the discom
fort against cold.
Low temperatures her Saturday
was 18. which duplicated FVldey'
minimum.
ranr-Ann. stab, is (UP) intense
suffering In the most bitter cold wiv
of winter's prolonged siege wss feared
tonight. Temperatures sana to new
lows.
Airplanes left Rapid City, S. D..
during the day to bring phyelclans,
food, and medical supplies to com
munities Isolated for more than a
week under huge snowdrift.
More snow was forecast but sub
siding wlnda Indicated there would
be no repetition of last Saturday's
bltaaard which paralysed transporta
tion lines for days.
Austin Lytle, south Dakota stat
airport Inspector, directed tho "mer
cy planes" from th Rapid City base.
After a flight to a ranch 86 miles
north of Rapid City, he reported
ranchers feared the loss of hundreds
of head of livestock.
Drift preventd rancher from car
rying food to cattle and many have
frozen to death on the prairies.
BY FLU EPIDEMIC
t anobles. Peb. 18 (UP) An
infliiepra epidemic spread through
mitharn California tonight with
hundreds III. Three school were
cinMl.
Th epidemic, apparently traveling
nuth from the San Francisco 'bay
region, forced closing of the Whlttler
and Antelop valley union nign
rhnoia. and Norwalk grsmmar school.
In one of the schools, nearly nan
the student were 111,
Peers thst other school would be
closed next week were expressed by
health authorities. Juvenile hall has
been Under quarantine several days.
Chilly at llend.
BEND, Ore.. Feb. 16. (AP) Light
anow fell In Bend today as th tern
peratur slowly mounted from last
night minimum of four degrees
above, to 14 degrees at noon.
filten Ltllltles Berth.
SALEM. Feb. 18. (AP) Alvln W.
Miller of th tat utllltle com
mission, ha been assigned to Pen
dleton to serve as field supervisor
of th motor tranaporUrtKm di
vision. He will hav charge of vir
tually all countle east of th Caa
cads mountains,
. t
Mill f atality
PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 18. (AP)
W. M. McPeron. 13, employ of the
Crown-Wlllsmett Logging company
near Cathlamet, died In a hoepltal
hrre today from Injurlea received In
an accident at th mill yesterday.
I secretary 111
U v. 1
:' 4' : W)
Secretary of the Navy Claude A.
Swanson. shown at his desk, lay
seriously III with pleurisy at th
naval hospital at Waahlngton. Hi
I 74. (Aasoclated Press Photo)
WASHINGTON. Feb. 16, (AP)
Secretary of Navy Claude Swanson.
suffering from pleurisy, was gravely
III tonight and, naval hospital at
tendants regarded his condition
very serious.
He suffered a setback this morn
ing and, although the 74-year-old
secretsry rallied somewhat, physic
ians were concerned about him.
He was running a temperature
above 100 degrees.
Secretary Swanson first became m
when pleurlay developed after he
suffered a fractured lib In a fall
In the bathroom of hla horn
week ago.
NI'GURN, KILLER
OF GAPONE
' 'BITESJE OUST'
Public Enemy No. 5, Slain
in Chicago Pool Hall
Linked With St. Valen
tine's Day Massacre.
CHICAGO. Feb, 16. ( AP) A tan
gle of gangland hostilities extend
ing back seven yeara to the St. Val
entine' massacre of 1030 enmeshed
tonight th hunt for the slayers of
dapper "Machine Oun" Jack McGurn.
"Piihlln .nemv No. A" on the origi
nal nhlmtrn list, he died earlv to
day. Just 13 hours past the exact
.nntvanarff nf th sentlinle kllllllg
of Oeorge (Bugs) Moran henchmen
which spotlighted him in national
nAttriatv TnrM nl.tal men ended
his "charmed life" In a near north
west side bowling alley.
There were "just too many rea
sons" why the death of tne cnier
machine gunner of the Capone
"syndicate" could hav been de
sired to make It easy to trace his
killers, aald Mai Coghlan, assistant
state's attorney.
"Police will have to untangle many
nhun nf hla life 'before we can
even get stsrted towsrd a solution,"
he added,
wuii. m Alolslo. nronrletor of the
bowling alley, told po'lee he did not
know the Identity of nia sism cus
tomer until they arrived.
Ite todsy all persons questioned
In the slaying were released. Includ
ing Alol,lo snd William Belmonte.
.-line vhn marie manv of Mc-
Ourn'a suit. Chsrged with disorderly
conduct, the latter two were ireco
under 1100 cash bonds.
BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 18. (AP)
Warden Jsmea A. Johnston of
Alcatran Island federal prison said
Al Capone has not been Informed
of the slaying of "Machine Gun"
Jack McGurn In Chicago today. War.
den Johnston admitted possibility
of tli Information reaching Capone
through "grapevine" channels. "In
time," however.
DfiDAu phMnncMT
UUIIMII UUHMULHI
OF G. 0. P. CHOICE
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (API
Senator Borah of Idaho aald tonight
hs expected to be the Republican
nominee for th presidency.
The statement waa given In re
sponse to a question a to what he
would have to ,ay about a letter sup
posedly en rout to him from the Illi
nois Republican ataU commute de
manding that he pledge hla loyalty
to the party.
"1 have no occaeton for consider
ing any question of loyalty to the
party because I expect to be th nom
ine mlf." was Tils reply.
MM OBJECTS
AS SENATE OKAYS
E
Oregon Senator Holds Bill
Invalid and Faces Court
Test Crop by Soil Sav-
ina P an Pflssano !
are
WASHINGTON, Feb. 18(AP)
Plowing under bi-partisan opposition
by an almost three-to-one margin
administration forcea tnrt.v ,,,
ate passaga of the 6C0.0O0.0O0 sou
conservstlon-subaltly brand or croo
control.
ThS bill now worm tn M,. v
Ths senate vote, climaxing alewn
day of debate rfot-tna. ......
-'. kuivb Hl
measure constitutionality wa chal-
wiiuuca, waa 09 to 30.
Forty-nine Democrats, fl pub
licans, the Parmer-Labonte, Benson...
snd th Progressive, LaFolletU, Toted
mi. um, nine ramonrata and 11
Republlcana opposed It,
Juat before the last roll call, a
motion by Senator McNsry, the Re
publican leader, tn Mnri ,- Km k..b
to committee with Instructions to re
port; out a new proposal In threw
weeks, wa rejected, 84 to 31.
McNary contended th bill waa "un
workable and unconstitutional." Hs
predicted after th senate quit for.
the day that some state would chal
lenge it ib the courts.
supporters argued It wa constitu
tional under the supreme court' In
terpretation of congress' appropriating
authority In Its decision killing the
AAA which ths soil bill 1 Intended
to replace.
The bill, Introduced by Senator
Smith D S. C.) a a substitute for
a somewhat similar measure by Sena
tor Bsnknead (D- Ala.) would au
thorize expenditures of half a billion
dollars In federal subsidies to farmer
based on. the acreage of land, soil-Improving
and eroslon-preventlng crop,
changes In farming practices, and a
percentage of normal production en
tering domestlo channels.
Alter two years, permanent state
eld plans with th same objective
would become operative In any stat
whose legislature approved a formula
prepared by th secretary of agricul
ture. States nmilff IaIm h- h ...
nent sv.tom. hmu-u . .
during the operation of the temporary
, v io wuum do given alter
January 1. lfl.18. in in.
legislature had not adopted a plan.
Although the secretary of agricul
ture vnilM h nnllml,-! -,,K ,
In meaaurlng grants, an amendment
y ocunvur tviara u MO.) wnich waa
approved, would prohibit th total
from exceeding th 8600.000,000 au
thorisation In any on year.
The only ether amendment adopt
ed, aald from Clark's, was on by La
Follette, to authorise the secretary of
agriculture to make use of producer
sssoclatlons formed under the Cap-per-Volatead
aot In allotting funds to
carry out th policy of expanding
foreign and domestlo market and.
disposing of surpluses.
FAIR,lrWNY,
WEEK'S OUTLOOK
Northern California: Unsettled with
rain Sunday: anow over high moun
tain range Sunday; Monday cloudy
and unsettled: snow over mountain:
normal temperature; fresh south and
west wind off ths coast.
Oregon: Cloudy Sunday and Mon
day: probably snow: no change In
temperature; fresh east wind off th
coast.
SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. IS. A
The outlook for the period Feb. 11
to 33 1 for generally fair weather
except rains In Paclflo northweat af
ter middle of week: temperature be
low normal In Paclflo northwest b-it
near normal elsewhere.
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TO DEATH CELL
BOISE. Feb. 18. (AP) Dougiaa
Van Vlack. 81, under sentence to
die April 3 for th murder of hla .
former wife. Mildred Hook of Ta
coma became prisoner 6364 In the
Idsho ,tst penitentiary tonight.
Howard Steward, prison parole of
ficer, photographed Van Vlack 1st
today and h was taken back to
his cell and solitary confinement.
The prisoner, who will b the
seventh to b hanged In th 80-yee.'-old
,tt prison. If an appeal to
the auprem court fall, "co-operated
In every way" In the "mugging In"
process. Steward said.
Van Vlack waa brought her from
Twin Falls yesterday.