Eat Turkey Before Holidays and Help
The Weather
Forecast: Fair tonight and
Wednesday but becoming
unsettled. Normal tempera
ture. TEMPERATURE
Highest yesterday w
Lowest this morning 37
Thirty-First Year
By PAUL MALLON
(Copyright, 1936. by Paul Mallon.)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 17 Well ln
iplred talk Is still going around con
cerning the possibility of a revival
of the old AAA
or a constitu
tional amend
ment lor federal
crop control. The
matter Is In the
study stage.
Anything may
come out of it.
But what Is more
likely to come
out of It than
either of these
widely discussed
possibilities Is
5iw
this:
An amendment to the soil con
servation act may be sought at the
coming session of congress repealing
the part which provides for the states
to take over toll administration. Jan
uary 1, 1A38. This would leave ad
ministration In federal hands. Bene
fit payments would continue as at
present, but on a reorganized basis,
especially as to wheat.
The wheat surplus may reach about
300,000.000 next year, due largely to
the fact that wheat farmers have
been getting benefit payments for
curtailing their sideline crops other
than wheat. This practice would be
eliminated, and wheat put on the
same basis as cotton and tobacco.
Legislation would not be required for
thu change.
Such a reorganisation, of course,
would Just be dressing up the old
AAA In new whiskers. It would be
production control m a new guise.
The triple A lawyers would rely
upon the tone and extent of the new
whiskers to prevent the supreme
court from penetrating the disguise.
First, the benefits would be on a
eondltlon-grant basis. There would
be no contract between government
and farmer. The fanner could get
his payment by proving he had Im
proved his Bollfcrough devoting cer
tain acreage to 'alfalfa, clover, etc.
Secondly, there would be no proc-
easing taxes, at least no direct ones.
There would be no particular group
of taxpayers to bring suit and get a
oaee Into the courts. The money
would come out of the treasury till,
unaer an annual appropriation by
congress, so the court would not be
In the same strategic position to con
alder or enforce a decision, as under
the old AAA. As congress would do
the appropriating each year, it might
be able to change the wording of the
appropriation to conform to a court
decision. If one ever came, etc., etc.,
etc. So think the AAA-ers.
Some variation of the outline will
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GEORGE ADE, HUMORIST,
IN CRITICAL CONDITION
MIAMI BEACH, Pin.. Nov. 17.
(API George Ade. 70-yenr oM In
diana humorist and author, li grave
lly 111 at his winter home here and
la undergoing treatment in an oxy
gen tent. It waa learned today. He la
aufferlng from a lung aliment.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
The nsme of C. W. Davis, former
MMifnrd citv super, listed in the
ohone directory at 104, which is the
number of the present city aupe's of
fice, albeit Davts Is not there, and
hasn't been for 10 years.
Hairy Hansen's lace falling farther
and farther aa Jim Collins described
the freezing propensities of 0:1 In
guns so that In suS-zero weBther you
couldn't even shoot a Jackrabblt and
Jerry Jerome making matters worse
by describing frozen railroad s'gnal
lantern In Minnesota, Holry not
knowing whether he was being en
lightened or having his leg pulled
out a few notches more.
J. C. Hunter heckling a pitchman
selling a new kind of household ce
ment, asking If the samples oeJng
used In demonstration were taken
from stock, the pitchman obliging
by having Hunter pick one at ran
dom, and then howling In race as
the local Spanish prof started to
meander off without waiting tor
demonstration.
Tex Beheld jelling at Buxz Brown
to "box this guy. don't Iiht him"
last night. Brown lookln? around to
see what Salke'.d was hollering aiut.
and Jack nay a'.mojt knocking him
dlazy with a neht crow walls he was
QMiLiyjifliQ iy)uiuiyjj
I Nthvs llMAYIHK RFRFIVF
Bjttfr ! FLAT REJECTION
ffflfell FROIflSECRETARY
looking the other way.
MEDFORD
Full Associated Press
Reaffirm Stand Against
Arbitration Fundamental
Principles; Operators and
Strikers Meet in San Fran
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17
(AP) A peace meeting of ship
owners and striking maritime
men ended today shortly after
It began and Harry Lundeherg,
secretary of the sailors union,
reported the em plovers "wouldn't
budge un Inch" on the key Isiue
of the widespread walkout.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 17. (AP)
The United States conference of
mayors was advised lato today that
longshoremen and cargo checkers at
Portland, Ore., were willing to ac
cede to arbitration of issues involved
in tho maritime strive.
WASHINGTON. Nov. 17. (API-
Harry Lundeberg. secretary of the
sailors' union of the Pacific, tele
graphed the United States confer
once of mayors from 8an Francisco
today the union "can not arbitrate
the fundamental principles" Involved
in the current maritime strike.
Replying to the suggestion of nine
mayors of east and west coast cities
that both sides In the controversy
submit the Issues to arbitration by
hoards to be named by the president,
Lundeberg said the sailors union had
"unanimously reaffirmed" Jts stand
at a meeting of 1000 member la
which It waa decided they could not
arbitrate "fundamental principles."
Mayor William J. McCracken, of
Oakland, Calif., one of the nine
mayors who signed the arbitration
proposal, said he Interpreted Lunde-
berg's telegram as a "flat rejection"
to arbitrate the queatlon of jurisdic
tion over hiring halls.
SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 17. (AP)
Operators of strike-bound vessels met
with their striking employees In a
joint conference today for the first
time since the walkout of 37,000
maritime workers here precipitated a
nation-wide shipping crisis.
Representatives of shipowners,
headed by their counsel. Gregory
Harrison, met In closed session with
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HOLLYWOOD. Ca1., Nov. 17. (AP)
Madame Ernestine Schumann
Hclnk, whose heart matched her
voice In greatness, rallied today In
a critical Illness, her physician said.
The noted contralto, 75, her last
birthday. Is suffering at her Holly
woodland home from a blood ail
ment. It recurred Saturday vlth
hemorrhngea of tho throat and lungs.
Immediate tranafualone wero neces
sary, Dr. Samuel Alter eald, to save
her lire.
"Her condition la still serious and
we aro watching her carefully," the
physician added. "She has rallied
since- the transfusions."
A similar attack, though not so
serious, occurred when tho beloved
singer returned from a summer vaca
tion In Wisconsin. At that time, two
blood transfusions wero made and
sho seemed to be on the way to recovery.
Wallace Outlines Plan
For Insurance on Crops
HOUSTON, Tel., Nov. 17, (UP)
Secretary of Agricultural Henry A.
Wallace lato yesterday outlined a
tentative plan for federal crop In
surance. Such Insurance Is vitally necessary
for urban business and city wage
earners. Just as It Is for the farmer,
the secretary said In an address be
fore 500 educators and (arm experts .
attending the 50th annual convention
of land grant collegea and unlversl-;
tles I
I Outlining a plan which he empha-j
1 slrd stlil was in the formstlve stage. J
Wallace said: (would not be able to obtain all of
"The Idea would be set up all j the Information which wou'd be
rk Insurance covering a certain par. needed, he said. In addition, the
centege of average yields, ss figured j government could take premium pay
ovr a period of years, ments In kind and "fairly well ellm-
"It would be wnollv optional with
rmeti whether they wished to i-ome
? p'.an.
"The premiums on a given .'arm
j would be based upon the !o el
FINEST TURKEY
illi!lliiiiail!
1 man ' "'"IWWaWW'f "f "wfi '''j''1'" t J
Jeanne Struthere of Salt Laka City displays a trophy the Northwestern
Turkey Growers Aaaociatlon, composed of ranchers of 14 states, will
award to the season's finest bird raised by Ita members. The prize
turkey will be sent to President Roosevelt for his Thanksgiving dinner.
The bird her looks mighty fine, but It's reported as Just, a sample,
(Associated Press Photo)
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SLIGHT RELIEF FOR
UP-STATE REGIONS
PORTLAND, Nor. 17. (P) The
skies will have to ba more enthusi
astic about their precipitation If the
Pacific northwest Is to be satisfied
but every little helps.
Such was the gist of 'comment to
day regarding general light rauia of
yesterday and last night. Most west
ern sections of the state shared In
the mosture, but the weatherman to
day was not too sure there would be
more of It Immediately.
Generally fair weather was forecast
for tonight and Wednesday with the
exception of western portions. Tem
peratures In the main were normal.
Light showers were reported from
North Bend and Eugene. Grants
Pass reported a traoe. Portland had
.33 Inches. Sklea remained dry but
overcast here today. A bright aun
displaced clouds at Granta Pass.
Klamath Falls failed to get Its ahare
of the meager drops, as did most of
eastern Oregon.
. The mid-Columbia area, however,
welcomed showers.
Poor vlsablllty hampered flying. A
plane from San Francisco found
Portland condltiona bad and return
ed to Eugene to discharge passen
gers and mall. The southbound
plane from Seattle did not attempt
to land at Portland, proceeding di
rectly to Medford. Southbound pas
sengers today were taken to Trout
dale and packed up by the Seattle
plane.
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Income Shares
Maryland Fund:
11.63.
Quarterly Income
no.
Bid 10.53: asked
Bid, no; asked,
perlenced on that farm as shown
over a period of years together with
the loss experience of the county as
an adjusting factor."
Wallace said payment of loasea to
farmera might be made In commo
dities or in warehouse receipt; or
that farmers might be given an op
tion on the given quAntfty of the
stored product due them.
which
could be liquidated or for
which i
they could receive checks.
Only the federal government could
Inaugurate a plan that would work.
Wallace said. Private, companies
mate the price factor.'
ite a!d that It was probable that
T,n insurance at f!rt would be
confined to only two or three crops
psbstoly wheat, corn and cotton.
MEDFORD, OREGON,
FOR PRESIDENT
RADIATOR GAP THEFTS
SOLVED By ARREST OF
THE MEDFORD LADS
A collection of 32 automobile
radiator caps, mostly stolen stye
Hallowe'en, was recovered this morn
ing by city police from three boys
whose names were not disclosed. The
youths Involved will have to confront
tlon of the case.
The collection ranges from the pro
saic little round metal caps In general
use a few years ago, up through the
ornate, exepnslve and heavy metal
adornments that grace the prows of
today's new streamlined models.
Some of the caps had simply been
unscrewed from their moorings, while
others, of the permanent type, had
been wrenched away, Irreparably
damaging them.
Police said that the nobbing of tfic
trio clears up one of the minor mys
teries of the recent Hallowe'en de
predations. As nearly as could do
discovered by a check with second
hand stores and auto parts bouses.
the caps have no commercial value
whatever, and police were at a loss
to explain the wave of thefts report
ed to them almost dally.
Those who have lost radiator orna
ments are asked to call at the city
police station In an effort to Identify
their property.
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GRANTS PASS, Nov. 17. (AP)
A conference on plans connected with
the proposed Grants Pass-Crescent
City railroad will be held tonight at
Crescent City, Calif., according to
word received by C. H. Demaray re
ceiver of the California and Oregon
Coast railroad which operates a line
for part of the distance.
Demaray said Tom Price, engineer
for Henry J. Kaiser, will come here
from Oakland, rut and will attend
the meeting, as will James Twoby.
Kaiser and Twohy would construct
the railroad if It is financed and ap
proved by the government.
ENDANGERED BY
HEAVY ATLANTIC SEA
NEW YORK, Nor. 17. (AP) Two
ships, one with her tAptaln dead,
wirelessed they mere in distress today
In heavy seas on the Atlantic.
Marooned In his radio room, the
wlretaM operator of the British
steam'T Twedbsnk dUpatched word
two men had been washed overboard
nd the captain had born killed.
About A3 ml! en from Hamilton.
Bermuda, her destination, the B-ltlsh
steamer Sheaf Boear, rneanagM that
her engine room waa leaking adly.
Vwls !n the lrlclnlty were asked
to stand by
TUESDAY, NOVEMBER
PLAN 10 RELIEVE
Birds Now in Prime Condi
tion and Prices Reason
ableCooperation Cafes
and Householders Urged
A plan to Increase the consumption
of turkeys and thus reduce surplus
stocks in the Rogue valley was pro
mulgated today by tho Jackson Coun
ty Chamber of Commerce. Sole pur
pose of the plan. It was emphasized,
la to promote the best interests of
tho county as a whole.
To carry out Its plan the chamber
attks that jsvery family financially
ablo purchase ft turkey now for
consumption before Thanksgiving.
Families that can reasonably :.fford
to do so aro asked to buy a turkey
once a week from now to Chrlftmoa.
Restaurant Aid Urged
The chamber today sent letters to
alt hotels and restaurants in Jack
son oounty suggesting that turkey
dinners bo featured on tho menu aa
often as possible during the next six
weeks.
If this plan Is carried out chamber
officials believe that the county's
turkey surplus will be quickly wiped
cut and small growers will be relifcved
of the costly burden of feeding the
birds. The money spent now for tur
keys by consumers will go to local
growers and will circulate Immedla,-
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COUNTY BUDGET
HEARING FRIDAY
Publlo hearing on the 1038 budget
will be held Friday morning, Novem
ber 20, at 10 o'clock In the court
house auditorium. Oeoiye Bid win
Dunn of Ashland, chairman of the
budget committee, will act In the
same capacity at the public hear
In. The budget is less than last year
and will yield a lesser tax levy ac
cording to court house officers. The
levy will not be definitely known
until the budget Is formally signed
and approved and mado up by the
assessor.
The budget which allocates $3000
for weed control, $3000 for a soil
survey and provides for a ten percent
Increase in the pay of court bouse
employes will be read item by item
and opportunity presented for dls
cusslon by taxpayers.
Besides the county court members
the budget committee members are
George E. Dunn or Ashland, chair
man, George T. Prey of Medford,
secretary, and Stewart Weeks, orch
ardlat of the McLeod district.
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NEW YORK, Nov. 17, (AP) J. P
Morgan returned home today from
as long vacation In England and Scot
land, and successfully met a barrage
of questions on subject ranging
anywhere from Mrs. Walllo Simpson
to the Roosevelt landslide.
The financier, who usually avoids
Interviews, consented to see reporters
In his sitting room on the Queen
Mary, but they got precious little
out of him.
Before anybody could ask him ft
question, Morgan announced:
"I'm not going to say anything
about anything."
"Well, ho are you feeling?" he
waa asked.
"Im feeling fine, tliank you."
He appeared to have recovered
completely from the Illness with
which he was stricken last spring.
He had a ruddy complexion and
seemed to be in good spirits.
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PINEHURST. N. C, Nov. I7.WV
Pay Coleman of Culver City, Cel., to
day won the qualifying medal In the
professional Oolfera' association cham
pionship. The 31 -year-old former
amateur star added a 76 to his sub
par first round 64 for a 36-hole total
I of 143 over the par 73 No. a Plnehurst
Country club course.
Dispose
Full United Press
"U, 1936.
G.0.P.0F-
SPENT $57,301 IN
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Democratic Committee Re
ports $13,740 Expended
in Behalf of All Candidates
Mahoney Was Lavish
SALEM, Nov, 17. P The Repub
lican state central committee spent
$57,301.70 In Oregon In behalf of Re
publican party candidates during the
elcotton campaign, tho final report
to tho secretary of state showed to
day, in addition, the Multnomah
county Republican committee spent
$13,703 for tho Republican candi
dates. The Democratic state central com
mittee reported spending $13,740 in
behalf of President Roosevelt and all
Democrat io candidates. Others re
porting expenditures for Democratic
candidates were: Tho Jackson county
committee, $1,164: tho La no county
committee, $738; Marlon county com
inlttee, $1,103; and tho Young Demo
cratic clubs of Oregon, $1,49?..
The Benton county Republican
committee and the Bon ton county
Pro-America club and the Republican
club spent II.0A7 for Republican can
didates. Personal expenditures In behalf of
Democrats included $360 by Howard
Latourette; $100 by John J. Bnckman;
$150 by A Mi by Dickson and $300 by
Lew Wallace.
Mahoney Lavish.
The Democratic national committee
spent l,B0O in behslf of Willis Ma
(Continued on page Pour.)
GOING TO EUGENE FOR
TURKEY DAY CONTEST
Medford high school's band and the
girls' dmm corps will accompany the
football team to Eugeno for the
Thanksgiving day game with the Eu
gene Axmen, It waa revealed today
by W. A. Gates, chairman of the
Junior activities committee of the
Jackson County Chamber of Com
merce. Medford football enthusiasts are
being contacted for aid In raising
$160 to defray traveling expenses of
the two school organlsiatjons. Thirty
dollars was pledged for the purpose
before any solicitation was made, and
it la believed by Claude Baylor, who
is In charge of the solicitation, that
the entire sum will be speedily raised.
Both the band and drum corps
have added greatly to enjoyment of
football games here this season and
It is recognized that appearance of
tho two groups at tho Eugene game
will be greatly appreciated by the
university city, as well as giving the
Medford students a deserved treat
after their months of practice.
LIONS CLUB LEADER TO
GIVE DALLAS CHARTER
DAJjLAA, Nov. 17. (AP) D A.
flkern. International director of the
Lions clubs, will arrive here from
fla.lt Lake City tomorrow to present
charter to the newly organ ired
Lions club at Dallas-
Thursday ekeen will address the
club at finlom.
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F. R. Reviews Situation
On Eve of Departure
f WASHINOTON. Not. 17. (TP, Presl-
dent Roosevelt made a rapldflro re
view of tho domestlo situation today
and said the hoped-for accompllsh
; ments of his trip to foreign shores-
starting tonight wero self-evident.
Facing a largely attended pre
conference In the red-tapestried oval
room of the Wlhte House, be told
questioners his hopes by personal at
tendance ftt tho Initial session of the
peace conference of 31 American re
publics which he himself called many
months ago, spoke for themselves.
He leaves tonight for Charleston,
3. C, where he will board the cruiser
Indianapolis for Bunoa Aires.
Plankrd by more than 100 news
papermen, the president . said ha
would return to Washington shout
December 18. but might delay It 48
hours if he stopped off at Warm
Springs, Oa.
The president answered ft series of
questions on domestlo affairs. Borne
of the responses were that;
of Valley Crop
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Critically 111 )
Madame. Ernestine 8chi.iminn-
Ilelnk, noted contralto, who Is suffer
ing from a blood ailment at her Hol
lywood home, was reported he-It cr to
day following blood tnuisfiiMlons.
(A.I', photo).
FOR FAILURE STOP
Lester Messal, 38, of Lake Creek,
ntsnda charged with "failure to stop
a motor car, at the scene of an acci
dent," In an Indictment returned
this morning by the grand Jury, Clar
ence Noe, Medford, foreman. t
Under the Oregon law the offense
can be either a misdemeanor or a
felony, with & penalty ranging from
a county Jail sentence to a maximum
of five years In state prison, nnd a
fine of $5000. Ball was fixed by
Circuit Judge H. D. Norton at $1300.
Messal is serving a 46-day sentence
In the county Jail on a traffic viola
tion charge. The sentence expires
tomorrow.
On Sunday evening, September 13,
un auto purportedly driven by Mus
cat, struck and killed Everett J.
Thompson, 55, of Talent, aa Thomp
son was walking down the PaciXio
highway.
Bits of glass and a radiator cap
were found on the highway, near
where the victim or the hit-run
tragedy waa found, and through
these clues the car was traced, to
Klamath county.
Following the accident, Messal was
employed in a lumber mill in Klam
ath cotinty, and three weeks later, on
a visit to this city, was arrested by
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SNELL SEEKS REPEAL
OF EXTRA PICKUP FEE
AALEM, Nov. 17. (AP) Secretary
of Btat Earl finell will recommend
repeal of tho $10 license fee on
"pick-up" type- automobile at the
coming legislative session, he an
nounced today.
Tho Increase from $6 was made
at the last legislative session but a
decision of the Marlon county cir
cuit court ordered a refund of the
extra $5 for such cara used In naul
Ing farm produce and other com
modities. Thousands of other light
trucks in tho same classification
wero still paving tho fee, Snell said.
He had about finished the total
estimates for the new federal budget
but that Daniel W, Bell, acting bud
get director, had as yet to wind up
hearings on details with the depart
ments. He might have ft statement to make
on re-employment before leaving
Charleston.
Ho has approved $25,000,000 or
$10,000,000 of new public works proj
ect grants, confined to projects that
can be finished by July 1, 1937.
No new studies are being made of
a proposed federal Industrial licens
ing law.
Plana of Brazilian and Uruguayan
governments will determine whether
he makes addresses In those coun
tries on tho way to and returning
from Buenoa Aires.
He could not say whethei there
would bo any federal move In the
maritime strike berora he embirked
at Charleston.
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sified page work long noun for
small pay. If you hare a want
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and satisfactory results.
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DEBT U
MAIN FARM NEED,
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National Farm Group Ad
vised to Put On Educa
tional Campaign On Ad
vantage of Debt Riddance
COLUMBUS. O., NOT. 17. (API-
Federal Land Bank Commissioner A.
S. Qoss told the 70th annual conven
tion of the Natlonat Orange today,
there waa a determination on the
pare of thousands of Amerlcsn farm
era to get out of debt.
1 belters the national farm organ-
tzatlona could render a real service
to agriculture If they would put on
nn educational campaign on the ad-.
vantages of getting out of debt," he
said. "I wish every iarmer could have
seen what happened to the debt-burdened
farmer during the depression
sa compared to the debt free farm
er." Terming adequate farm credit "as
necessary to successful farming aa
good transportation." doss asserted
that agriculture needed credit not
based upon tho amount of security
the borrower could put up, but upon
hla ability to repay.
Explaining the activities of teder-
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HEAVY BOOSTS IN
DIVIDENDS, WAGES
ADD TO UPSWING
NEW YORK, Hot. IT. (AP) rem
the headwaters of Industrial recovery,
many tributaries fed today the na
tion's rising stream of purchasing
power. Including enlarged dividends
totaling nearly 40,000.000 by 35 com
panies, and more wage boosts and
Chrlatmaa bonuses.
Kennecott Copper, American Smelt
ing 4j Refining, General Poods and
Coca-Cola joined In pushing year-end
disbursements to shareholder, .In a
dosen big corporations tho past fort
night above ajoo.OOO.OOO.
Many thousanda of shareholders la
nearly all sectors of Industry wore
In line for extra and Increased pay
menta before Chrtstmaa.
The cotton textile Industry, swept
by the biggest cloth and yarn buy
ing boom veterans have Ken In years,
raised wages over s broad front.
Pay boost announcements by lead
ing mills In the south and New
England were accepted by soma cot
ton textile men as Indlcstlng a gen
eral Increase for the Industry's 434,
000 workers, with an annual payroll
totaling between 379,000,000 and
(Continued on Page Three.)
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AIDE TO SWANSON
WASHINOTON, Nov. 17. (IP) Presi
dent Roosevelt today appointed Char
les Edlaon of New Jersey, son of the
late Inventor, aa assistant secretary
of the navy. He will succeed Henry
It. Roosevelt, who died last winter. -Edlaon
Is expected to assume bis
post under Secretary Swanaon with
in a few weeks. The president aatd
he waa glad to have a man of his
type In the navy department snd
added Edlaon had been In touch with
naval affairs during the war,
Edison's father waa chairman of the
naval consulting board during the
war. The new appointee has been
serving aa New Jersey state director
of the national emergency council.
First Woman Sits
On Salem Council
SALEM, Not. 17. (AP) After re
ceiving a majority vote In two city
elections, Oertmde F. Lobdell thwart
ed further sttempts to prevent her
taking a seat as Salem's first woman
member of the council.
Mrs. Lobdell recelTed a majority
tote In the May eloctlon over Bratler
Small, but later It was found she
had not resided long enough In the
city to qualify for her seat. She ran
again In November, after her resi
dence status was satisfied, without
opposition. An attempt to declare her
election Invalid waa defeated, la the
council last night. ,