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MEDFORD M"ATL TRIBUTE, MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY, JULY 22, 1937.
1i AUTOMOBILE GAIN
TO REQUIRE NEW
HIGHWAY SYSTEM
Number of Machines On
Roads Will Increase 50
Per Cent in 23 Years De
clares Research Engineer
DETROIT, July S3. JPr-Charles
F. Kettering, research engineer, told
the American Society of Civil Engl
seen today that a new highway sya
torn must be provided to accomodate
700,000 motor vehicle by 1980.
The number of automobiles on the
highways will Increase BO percent
within the next 23 years, he said,
while "an increase In motor vehicle
registration on our present highway
system would almost prohibit much
of our usual driving." Six millions
of the motor vehicles roaming the
roads In 1Q0O will be trucks, he said.
. Kettering, president of General Mo
tors research corporation, spoke at
the 7th annual convention of the
engineers' society.
"Men in the automobile Industry
believe we should have a highway
system made up of typea of roads
designed to carry traffic safely," he
aid.
"Such a plan would require a prl
mary system of high speed highways
eroaslng the country In all directions,
It Is estimated that 50,000 to S0.000
miles of such super-highways would
be sufficient."
Kettering said that new highways
should be designed for speeds of 60
miles an hour and more. The public
would not consent, he said, to regu
latory devices fixing speeds at leas
than so miles an hour. Few acci
dent occur at higher speeds, he said
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BALK AT CIO !
TAOOMA. Wash., July 33. (P) A
split In the' ranks of John L. Lewis'
newest affiliate, the International
Woodworkers of America, took defin
ite form today aa the Tacoma local,
representing 9,000 of the woodworkers'
100,000 member, refused to Indorse
action of the convention which Toted
the organization Into the CIO.
Homer It. Raney, business agent for
the local, announced members had
declined to support the convention
action after hearing representatives
of the new organisation and the Fed
eration of Woodworkers, ATI affiliate
which It replaced. He said the union,
while not specifically repudiating the
convention, refused to vote Its ap
proval of the move taken here Mon
day. . , .. . .. .
Pioneer Burled
MILTON, July 23. (AP) Funeral
services will be held here Thursday
afternoon for Mrs. Jennie Bell Rob
inson. 74, pioneer Milton resident,
who died here yesterday. She lived
In Milton from 1879 to 10O0, moved
to Virginia, and returned three years
go.
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A "Queen of the All" In more than name la tiny Edna Fielder
of Portland, who will rule ever the largest fleet of amateur-bulll
plane ever assembled In U, 8. aviation history during the Third
Annual National Amateur air meet, to be held In Eugene, Oregon,
In conjunction with the Oregon Trail Pageant celebration at Eu
gene, July 22, 23, and 24, She haa flown her own ship for mors
than two and one-half yeare and la rated aa the beat woman pilot
In Oregon. Her "kingdom" will be an extensive one, for 70
planea are expected to be en the field and the audience will be
augmented by the 30,000 apectator drawn to Eugene for the tri
ennial oloneer pageant.
EIGHT MORE JOIN
Eight new namea were added to
day to the list of sponsoring mem
berships In the Oregon Shakespeare
Festival association sponsoring the
series of plays which will open In
Ashland, August 3.
The new members are all from Med-
ford, the Ashland committees report
not being available here today, com
mlttees are at work In both cities
and have been met with enthusiastic
response from social and civic lead
ers anxious to support the annual
Shakespeare festival. The new mem
bers:
George Renselman,
Farmers and Fruit Growers Bank,
Jacque Lenox,
Hotel Med ford,
Mrs. Henry Fluhrer,
Reginald H. parsons.
Mrs. George Roberts,
Walter H. Leverette.
Sponsoring memberships, which In
clude six (l reserved seat ttcketa.
may be obtained from any member
of the committee: Dorothy Prultt,
Doreen Leverette, Rychard Sleight and
Roy Craft, or at Prultt 's Muslo and
Radio Center in Medford.
FUSELAGE OF HOPPER
CARRIES FIGURES '37
NORFOLK, Neb., July 32. UP)
The grasshoppers Invading Nebraska
are this year's model definitely.
N. J. Nelson of Norfolk killed one
this morning and discovered a row of
"37's" five on each side, on the in
sect's torso or fuselage.
DECIDE CAUSE OF
WASHINGTON, July 33. (IP) The
bureau of air commerce said today
that fire, caused by an electrostatic
spark which Ignited a mixture of
free hydrogsn and air, "probably"
caused the destruction of the dirig
ible Hlndenburg at Lakehurst last
May a. Thirty-six persona were kill
ed In the disaster.
"The cause of the accident was
the Ignition of a mixture of free
hydrogen and air." the bureau's re
port said. "Based upon the evidence,
a leak at or In the vicinity of cells
four and five caused a combustible
mixture of hydrogen and air to form
in the upper stern part of the ship
In considerable quantity; the first
appearance of an open flame was on
the top of the ship and a relatively
ahort distance forward of the upper
vertical fin."
The report declared that suspicions
of sabotage were unsupported by any
evidence.
EX-K. F. COUNCILMAN
SLUGGED BY ROBBERS
KLAMATH FALLS, July 32. (JP)
J. D. Bagley, former member of the
Klamath Falls city council, was found
lying unconscious In a pool of blood
on a sidewalk In the city's Indus
trial district early today. He had
been robbed of 140.
Several Indiana found near the
scene of the attack are being held
pending Investigation.
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TOPS PROSPERITY
RETURN STATE
First Six Months Construc
tion in 1937 Found 116
Per Cent Greater Than
Same Period Last Year
PORTLAND, July 22. UP) The
prosperity curve of business carried
all Oregon industry above June, 1999,
levela In the last month, and with
the exception of livestock for which
three and six-month fieurea were un
available, the 1997 half-year and
quarter record topped those of 1930.
The research deoartmene nf th
Portland Chamber of commerce, In
a second quarter study of Oregon
business, found the greatest activity
In the bulldlna trade, where the firt
alx montha of 1997 topped 1939 by
no percem.
Other gains were:
Bank clearings. 19.70 percent; bank
debits. 30.23; postal receipts, 9.8:
money order (three months), 138;
express ahlomenta. 0.70! RloMrin
ergy sale, 13.04; manufactured gas
wiea (enree montna), B.03; newspa
per advertising. 7.BB; custom oaiim,-
tlona, 29.9; lumber production (fir).
iv.a; (pine), 10.08; brass and alumi
num casting (three months), 93.1.
Livestock Gains.
June. 1937. livestock renorts hn.
ed a gain of 19.8 percent over the
corresponding montn of last year.
Discussing improved banking re
Porte, the summary said the Increase
In deposits ha "nartlallv h . r,
brought about by government spend
ing however, the better price
being received, cartieuiariv hv .m.
era of farm and livestock nrmiii.b
generally, as well aa better conditions
iu vn umoer inaustry, probably rep
resent the major portion of thla Increase."
Building's boom would soar even
higher except for rising costs of la
bor and material, the review fn.mri
and the mortgage lending facilities of
saving and loan aisoclatlon "will
n taxed lor several year before the
toan need are satisfied, according to
numerous sources."
Higher price and the beat pastur.
age la years have elded livestock
men. -
Heavy winter tad spring business
shot lumber production upward but
astern itrlke have tapered It off
The accumulation of orders from the
maritime strike boomed production
In addition to the upswing, the sum
mary said. "The Industry la still In
a strong position, with amaller In
ventories and 60 percent more un
filled ordera than a year ago," the re
view commented.
Export Call Dwindles.
It pointed out, however, that "one
of the greatest handicap of the west
coast lumber Industry remains the
aerlous loos of It former export mar.
ket. British empire preferential tar
iffs having taken over 89 percent
of our former off-shore Bales to Brit
ish dominions and with the disturb
ed conditions In the Orient, our to
tal off-shore business 1 less than
one-third of what It used to be."
The summary found that labor, re
ceiving a large part of the gain in
lumber, wa getting an average wage
at camp and sawmill of 76.9 cent
In May against 67.9 cent a year ago.
Tourist travel In the first six
month gained 23 percent and the
advertising campaign of Oregon was
credited with much of the Improved
showing. , -
A review of national prices for farm
products a compared to prices paid )
in Oregon, ahowed that raisers of
oat, barley, rye, potatoes, veal calve,,
butterfat, milk cows and horses were
receiving more on June 19 than the
national average, while raisers of
wheat, corn, hay, apple, hogs, beef
cattle, sheep, lambs, wholesale milk.
live chickens, eggs, wool and mules
were getting leas.
Three Men Injured
In Logging Mishaps
l.OSEBURO, July 22. (P) Three
men were In the local hospital today
suffering from Injuries resulting
from logging accidents. K. R. Hard
ing of Garden Vallley Buffered a
compound fracture of the left leg
when struck by a rolling timber In
piling yards In north Rceeburg.
Claude K reiser of Brockway, em
ployed by the Klein Logging com
pany nearly severed his left leg at
the ankle when an axe allpped. J.
W. Wlsenhunt of Camas Vsluey. em
ployed In shaving piling ha a badly
Infected hand resulting from a
bruise.
Navy Men Rescue
Girl From River
PORTLAND, July 22. (AP) Rob
ert E. Bailey, radioman third elasa,
and Palmer N. Lewis, turret captain
first class aboard the light cruiser
V. 8. 8. Richmond berthed here with
other naval ve&sela, rescued Mr.
Marie Beck, 28, from thr. Willamette
river early today, where she either
had fallen or leaped. The Bailors
heard a splash, used a searchlight
to spot the woman floattng In the
river and Bailey Jumped In to rescue
her while Lewis manned a whale bo.t
and brought them ashore. A hospital
examination Indicated the woman
suffered a broken back.
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