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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.
The answer la simply tbat grass
and horse development go together
and Kentucky la aa well known as
the Bluegraaa state as it la for Its
horses.
The paleontology .professors Insist
they can prove their assertions as
tbe result of study of fossil speci
mens taken by tha university from
the historic Pine Ridge Sioux Indian
reservation In South Dakota.
The specimens are estimated to be
8.000,000 years old and represent
among other geologic animals the
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unless you use SNOWDRIFT.
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ru s.w. park
Portland
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303 Tin
can 10c
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