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SECTION SECOND 4 PAGES Medford SECOND SECTION 4 PAGES Tribune Full Associated Preii 7ull United Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, APRIL 30, 1937. No. 34. HEM INDUSTRIES'.- SET NEW 3 inted President 200 Companies Report Net Income 44 Per Cent Over Same Period Last Year ; Best Mark Since 1930 Br A. A. ?atton ; (Associated Preas Statistician) NEW YORK. April 30 (AP) Es tablishing a new recovery high under the leadership of booming hear; In dustries, earnings of the first 200 companies reporting net Income for the lnltioi three months of 1937 were 44 percent larger than In the same period, a year ago. Profit footed up to (352.188.877 for tb entire group, from (244,354,103 la 1936. Although a direct comparison with former peak level la not available, analysts call the record the best since 1930. With mills working at rates un heard of for more than seven years, steels led the pack. The 19 concerns earned approximately atx times more than laat year. Building supply companies chalked up a 417 percent upswing In net. The unusually open winter, plus a steady rise In rent commanded by real estate, resulted In a high level of building activity In the larger cities and Increased material sales. Railroad equipments, oils, automo bile accessories, and railroads also showed better than average earning power. Although advances were the rule among the 300 firms, 31 fell below their 1936 figure. Automobile and trucks were the biggest losers. In this case, however, tlelng up of General Motors plants In the recent strike waa a deciding factor. Eliminating General Motors earnings, the total gained slightly. Food processors and coal mining units both consumer goods produc ersreported somewhat lower Income this quarter. TO AVERT CRISIS Rigid Self Policing Needed To Avoid Increased Gov ernment Control, Warns Federal Administrator. Dr. Gordon Singleton (above), ol Mercer University, Macon, Ga., was appointed president of Mary Hardin-Baylor College, Belton, Texas, to succeed Dr. J. C. Har dy, veteran educator, who retired alter 25 years as president of the school. Closing time lor Too Late to Clas sify Ado In 1:30 p. m. LETTERS ARE MAILED ON ALL-STATE EXHIBIT Jackson County Chamber of Com merce last evening sent a letter to every governor in the United States asking for a gem or mineral specimen for a permanent chamber exhibit. With every letter went an honor ary membership card for each gov ernor from the Southern Oregon Gem and Mineral society. The proposed state display will form the nucleus of a general gem and mineral exhibit at the cham ber of commerce. The exhibit Is to be made a permanent feature. Export of machinery from the United States during the first month of this year were valued at (17,273, 000, the highest monthly value since 1930 and a 19 per cent gain over Jan uary, 1P36. WASHINGTON ( UP Administra tor W. S. Alexander of the federal alcohol administration baa warned the alcoholic beverage . Industry "to police Itself so rigidly as to make It unnecessary to atrengthen federal and state control." "The evils of which the public complains have, it seems, largely grown up around the taproom and tavern," aald Alexander. "There we find a scene that Is entirely new In American life women- and young girls drinking at tbe bar. women and young girls soliciting trade, and wo men and young glrla serving . cus tomers. . "This Is abhorrent to the moral sense of the public, and I fear If It is not corrected will' be visited with a terrible punishment. "A wise policy would be for the Industry to police Itself so rigidly as to weed out all these offensive practices and thus make It unneces sary to atrengthen federal and state control," the , administration de clared. , . Represents Industry Alexander said tbat because the retailer of alrobollc beverages comes dlrectty In contact with the public he la considered the liquor Industry by "those who seek to cure these social evils by legislation and - by ballot, rather than by tbe age-old plan of education. He said dry forcea concentrate their attacks on tbe retailer "on the theory that If the retail outlets are extinguished tbe source of supply and of distribution naturally will dry up." The administrator said a group "liberal In views and tolerant 1 in sympathies" had complained that the price of liquor la too high. "Naturally, when there was a small quantity of spirits on band -to meet the large consumptive demand, the price was aa high as the traffic would bear," ha said. Quantities In Storage "But this Is not the oaaa now. Thar is an enormous quantity of spirits In storage. Distilleries are turning out 30,000,000 gallons a month and tht public la consuming only 6,000.000 gallons. "Despite this, the retail price of liquor continue at a level th.u is out of proportion to the cost of manufacture and distribution." he declared. "The universal law of sup ply and demand should operate to reduce prices. If liquor Is no differ ent from other commodities." Denying tbat taxea Imposed on liquor caused the continued high price, Alexander said a high ."mark up" on alcoholic beverages la neces sary to enable the retail trade, de scribed aa "an over-staffed branch of toe Industry," to stay In business under the standardised price sys tem. Fewer Stores Likely "To save the Industry from a se vere blow," he said. "I confidently look to some system to be evolved which will reduce the number of re tail outlets and thereby cut down the price of liquor." Alexander aald the federal alcohol administration believes that "a heavy advertising expense is also laying an excessive toll on the consumer.' "Our Immediate concern is with the content of the advertisement," he said. "To control that we have adopted certain restrictive regulations to prevent deception of the consum ing public, j "We have no authority to prevent or curtail the use of advertising matter which, while Informative to the consumer, Is offensive to the general public. "In view of the present lack of federal power to deal with all ob jectionable advertising practice, the Industry and state enforcement of ficials arc - Invited to give oaxeful thought to the formulation of a pro. gram for the elimination of all of enslve advertising," be said. Incorporates Self x To Promote Study UNCOLN, Neb. (UP) Daniel J. Til ford, 22. of Ralston has Incorpor ated himself to promote his musical education. . ' Under, tertna of articles, filed with tbe secretary of state, Tllford Is au thorised to sell up to (20.000 worth of stock In hi future 2,000 shares at (10 a share. He la president and secretary of the firm. A white leghorn hen, owned by a Maryevllle, Kaa., farmer, recently laid an egg with the numeral "13" plainly inscribed on tbe shell. go naturally together Families who enjoy good food enjoy Brown Derby Beer. They find it equals imported Pilsner but costs less t) French onion soup ... cold cut ... stu ffed J pepperi. If you like such good things to v 2V 7) eat' yu'" Broun Derby, too. ft in- M f J jf y3 U I creases enjoyment of fine foods When friends drop in for the eivning at pleasant homes in this area, cold bottles of Broun Derby Pilsner are often served , for good living hospitality As A part of good living, without extrava gance, many like Brown Derby Beer. Ex pert! here and abroad pronounce this Ameri can beer the equal of European Pilsner. Brown Derby has the creamy, clinging head. The delicacy of flavor not bitter, yet not tweet The sparkling clarity and the wealth of tiny, lively bubble! . . . the thirst quenching tang. These are the thing that made Europe's Pilsner "the king of beers." Order some Brown Derby. Discover bow good it is yet minus the "import" cost. Brown Derby Beer AT TOUR NEIGHBORHOOD GROCERY. . . SAFEWAY NEW DEVICE SEEN AS SAFETY FACTOR Two Young Scientists De velop Instrument Held To Be Solution Of Problem Long Faced By Aviation. By Stephen i, Mc Don our It (Associated Press Science Writer) WASHINGTON What many radio engineers bold Is the answer to tho problem of safe blind landings for aircraft has been developed by two young scientists who turned down an offer from a foreign government after the United States dismissed them. The Instrument, perfected by Dr. Frank Q. Kear and Comer L. Davles, enables a pilot to slide hta plane down a curved glide path from a height of 3,000 feet to a smooth con tact with the ground. It may go far, the inventors believe, toward avoiding accidents near alrporte such as those which occurred recently. Simple To Follow ' Following it In fair weather or foul is a comparatively simple Job of maneuvering the craft until two Instrument needles are squiiyly crossed, then holding them in that position. Development of the device became possible when the two men discover ed how to project radio waves in a pencil-like beam curving upward from a point on the airport run way. Hit By Economy Act When the economy act of 1933 came along Kear and Davlea were hard at work In the radio labora tories of the national bureau of standards and had brought the In strument to the point of testing It in flight. A few days later they found themselves on the sidewalk. Several foreign scienttste had be come familiar with their work, but they refused an offer from one for eign government which they will not name and took less lucrative Jobs with a new organization, the Washington Institute of Technology. The institute projected a new Idea in the relation between science snd Its application for human better ment It employed men xo wor m Dure science, leaving the mass pro duction of instruments and devices they perfected to manufacturing or ganisations. One of the first of tnese is ine blind landing device. Aids To Aviation Both men have much to their credit in Improving alt navigation. While in government service Davles discovered the "mulU pie -beam" ef fect In the radio range beacons, a phenomenon which in mountainous country resulted in the projection of several false beams In addition to the true one and which is be lieved to have been the cause of sev eral fatal accidents. Dr. Kear is credited with perfect ing sn antenna system for the radio range beacons which made them useful for the first time at night. Previous to his work they were use less after dark because of "night effect," a fading due to changes in the layers of air high above the earth which reflect radio waves back to the groundt In addition Dr. Kear was one of the group of scientists at the Mas sachusetts Institute of Technology which developed about 10 years ago a "mechanical brain" capable of solving problems Involving six dif ferent Integrations simultaneously. forerunners of the modern horse. The remains found represent that type of evolution In the horse where It began to develop lon teeth for the cropping of graa rather than the foliage of shrubs or trees. They existed at about the time that what Is now South Dakota be gan to be covered with grasses. The result of chsnglng diet from the eating of shrubs and barks of trees was the development of a longer ltmbed. faster type plains animal with the elongate or high crowned teeth to resist the chewing wear of abrasive grasses. The professors are convinced the 1 blue grass of Kentucky has had much to do with the development of the finer type of horses. Closing time for Too Late to Clas sify Ads la 1:30 p. m. IS 1 TO MOTHERS OOOSE CREEK. Texae (AP) So pleased is Postmistress Flo McElhany with the "baby wfety zone" she in stalled In the local pos toff ice she'd like to see it made standard equip ment for all postofflces. The zone provides a place for Ooose Creek mothers to "park" their children while they attend to bust ness in the poe toff Ice. It la built like a baby'a crib, furnished with little chairs, and enclosed by a fence. "The Investment Is nothing," aava Miss McElhany, "and it aavea moth era a lot of worry.' ED TO BLUEGRASS SCIENTIFIC STUDY BERKELEY. Cal. (UP) Professors of paleontology at the University of California are confident they can tell why Kentucky bred horses win so many steeplechases and races. 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