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MEDFORD. OREGON. TUESDAY, OCTOBER 26, 1937
No. 187.
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Copyright 1937, by The
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paper Alliance, Inc.
EXPERTS SAY PROSPERITY
ONLY BUDGET BALANCER
LESS REVENUE, MORE
SPENDING SEEN AHEAD
CORN LOAN PROPOSAL'
MARKET SLUMP CITED
McCARL AIDS PROMOTERS
OP CHICAGO SUBWAY
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. There Is a
Itttle group of long-Jowled, long-time
planners In Washington who are pre
dicting1 that, unless a certain old
man who. they say. Is not lurking
around the corner, actually shows up.
there'll be no budget-balancing act
on' the New Dears program next year.
He Is the fellow Hoover said was
there and wasn't.
Taking an upside-down view of the
financial situation as well as a long
time one, these prophets philosophize:
"You can have prosperity without
a balanced budget, but you can't have
a balanced budget without prosper
ity." This Is the picture as they paint It:
The president had hardly admitted
that this year's budget was $700,
000,00 out of balance when up bobbed
the corn loan talk. This loan, added
to other expenditures that the next
congress may well authorize, might
run the red figures up to a billion.
This wouldn't be so bad If the
stock market hadn't kicked up and
scared off Old Man Prosperity. But
it did, and that spoiled everything:
The rosy prospects of Increased rev
enues, the hope that recovery would
cut down expenditures, lessen tho
burden of relief.
The crash, with $25,000,000,000 loss
In stock values In two months, will
mean that Income taxes will go down
proportionately.
Of course, there's a big farm ln-
Continued on Page SU.)
BIG STEMS
E
NEW YORK, Oct. 3. Dlreo
tora of United States Steel corpora
tion today declared a dividend of $1
on the common stock.
The corporation announced the
election of Benjamin P. Fairies,
president of Camegle-Illlnols, aa
president to succeed William A. Ir
vln, effective January 1, 1038.
On that date Irvln will become
vice-chairman of the board. Myron
O. Taylor, chairman. Informed hla
board he would not accept re-election
aa chairman at the next annual
meeting. April 4. 1938.
It la planned that Edward R. Stet
tlnlus, present chairman of the fi
nance committee, shall succeed Tay
lor as chairman of the board.
Net Income for the September quar
ter was (30.617,638, equal to $3.78 II
common share. This compared with
36. 15.682 for the June quarter, or
3.43 a ahare, and 13.636.177 or 84
cents a share for the September quar
ter of 1936.
For the nine months ended Sep
tember 30, the corporation's net In
come waa I95.352.853 against -9.-874.904
for tho first nine montlfe
last year.
CLIPPER FOGBOUND
OVER ALAMEDA BASE
AIiAMEDA. Cal.. Oct. 26. (API
The Pan American China clipper,
tog bound for three hours, landed
at 12:0S p. m. today at Its Alameaa
base.
I
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Admiral Ernie West rounding up
spealtera for Navy day.
Bill Eberhsrd. the Ashland acrtoe.
packing up for Portland and a
United Press Job.
Dean Pleper conducting a one
man search for the name of a news
paper in Coqullle.
Bert On getting so wrapped up m
a davenport sales talk as to be late
fot lunch.
Owner Patton lauding at -ntlflc
rasslln at the armory.
Stan Kunaman showing kn tn
tarest in tbi rumens ampu Hot.
EXPENSE
IS REPLY TO PLEA
Governor Says Present Pen
sion Legislation Co
incides With Federal Pro
gramReferendum Cited
SALEM, Oct. 26. (P) Oov. Charles
Martin announced last night he
would not call a special session of
the legislature to consider Increasing
old-age pension payments, as request
ed In petitions, bearing 85,000 signa
tures, submitted by Townsend organ
izations. In a statement accompanying the
announcement, the governor said so
cial security legislation enacted by
the last legislature coincided with the
federal program, that payment of a
$30 a month minimum would Jeop
ardize federal contributions totaling
$5,594,400, and that the Oregon con
stitution prohibits enactment of a
revenue measure with an emergency
clause attached to prevent the refer
endum being Invoked against It.
. . Referendum sure
"A referendum on a revenue meas
ure at this time would certainly be
Invoked," the governor said, "as It
would require only 12.513 signatures,
and for that reason the calling of
a special session would Impose a
heavy bill for legislative expenses on
the public which would be thrown
away."
A delegation representing the peti
tioners, he pointed out, had recom
mended a 3 per cent transactions
tax, estimated to produce 920,000,000.
Diversion of $1,000,000 from the
highway fund, as waa also suggested,
would result tn a loss of $4,350,000
annually from federal grants, the
governor asserted.
'This would mean that 75 per cent
of the extension and development
work of the state highway commis
sion would be stopped and the com
mission would be forced to operate
on a bare maintenance basis," he
said.
(Continued on Page Six.)
ALBANY. Ore.. Oct. 26. fAP)
Linn county school officials found
their own difficulties paralleled else
where In Oregon today and warned
that a crisis exists threatening to
eclipse the worst depression condi
tions. Prank M. Bennett, Albany school
superintendent, told board members
from Lebanon, Sclo, Harrlsburg and
Brownshvllle last night that the
problems arose from' restoration of
salaries, re -establishment of courses
eliminated during depression years.
Increased enrollment, the addtton of
new teachers, and the cost of equip
ment. The district representAtlves agreed
that the situation can be met only
by boosting the county's common
school fund levy. Virtually all the
districts, Bennett said, are handicap
ped by a depressed tax base and the
8 per cent limitation law.
Firemen Helpless
As Man Burning
BALTIMORE, Oct. 2fl.(AP Wil
liam Schlarb, 66, burned to death
today, Just Inches from firemen cut
ting away a door they couldn't open
because his body blocked It.
The man, trapped by flames in a
basement, collapsed against Its only
door. Firemen heard him plead tor
help and were able to see his ires
as they chopped hinges from the
door.
Japan Apologizes
For British Death
LONDON. Eng., Oct, 36. (API Ja
panesc Foreign Minister Kokl Hlrota
handed an official apology to the
British ambassador at Tokyo today
for the machine nun death of a
British soldier st Shanghai lait Bun
Ciy. Pear Markets
CHICAOO. Oft. 29 (AP-USDA)
Pear auction: Five Oregon .-srs ar
rived. 4 Washington: 33 on track; 1
car sold. Oregon Bnrtletts. 631 boxes
fancy 1.3525, average $3.05.
NEW YORK, Oct. 36. AP-USDA)
Fear auction: 33 cars arrived, 3 Cal
ifornia, 14 Oreeon, 4 Washington un
Inaofd; 40 ears on trsrk. Oregon
Bflrtlrtts. 1045 boxrs extra fancy
$2.153.75. average 13 42: 1465 boxes
fancy I2 05 ?3 40. averasre $2.23
D'AnJous. 30 box unclassified II 80
f3.O0, averse UM,
Ashland Truck
Sheriff Passes
-hcrirr K. II, Lister, All, lor
years jneppmnc county peace otri
cer, who died In Orants Pass Mon
day after a week's Illness.
FAILS TO CHOOSE
PORTLAND, Oct. 36. (T) The
state board of higher education con
cluded its regular October meeting
without acting upon or discussing
publicly the selection of a successor
to Dr. Valentine Boyer, who recently
resigned as president of the Univ
veraity of Oregon.
The board disclosed that enroll
ment increases of 1 and 0 percent
respectively in the university and Ore
gon State college necessitated the ex
penditure of approximately $37,000
for salary Increases and additional
equipment.
The state college supplemental re
quest for $20,000 Included provision
for the addition of six staff members.
The university sought an additional
$11,000. Costs of research scholar
ships were approved for both schools.
Tho gift of a bust of the late Gen
eral Ulysses Grant McAlexander, valu
ed at $1 ,000, to be placed on tho
state college campus, was acknowl
edged. Mrs. Frances T. McAlexander,
the general's daughter-in-law, was
the donor.
Howard Hobson, University of Ore
gon basketball and baseball coach,
received a $300 a year salary Increase,
setting his Income at $3,300. The
board Increased the salary of John
Warren, freshman coach, from $2400
to $2600.
THREE KILLED ON
SALEM, Oct. 26. (AP) Three
persons met death and a fourth
was injured last night when the
automobile In which they were rid
ing collided with a pulp-wood truck
In a fog on the Dallas highway
three miles west of here.
The dead:
Mrs. Clara La Chapelle. about 43.
who lived near the scene of the
crash.
Vera La Chapelle, about 11, her
daughter.
Joseph Milton Noyea, about 43,
of Chehatia, Wash.
Ernest La Chapelle, 44, husband
of Mrs. La Chapelle. was taken to
a local hospital, suffering from bead
laceration.
K. C. Laudahl, 33, Dallas, driver
of the truck, was uninjured.
Bank Robber Given
65 Years in Prison
CLEVELAND, Oct. 36. ( AP) Fed
eral Judge Paul Jones today sentenced
James Wldmer, convicted murderer,
to 65 years for robbery of two Cleve
land banks.
Federal suthorltles said Wldmer,
who pleaded guilty, would be taken
at once to Alcatras Island, wst coast
prison for desprate criminals.
Jtioe Jones also sentenced lO-year
old Hoy Sbaurer. of Lorain, to 30
years after 8be.uvrr pleaded guilty to
robbing a Woodvllle. Ohio, bank of
12,100 last September 7.
War Admiral Wins
Churchill Handicap
LAUREL. Md., Oct. 36 (API War
Admiral 3-ycar-old rhamplon, return
ing to the track after a five months
layoff be-rauai of a hrokn hoof,
captured the $1,200 Churchill hand!
cajsi mlit and ;itath feature today.
aa!5R),ii Cak. -aaJa
CIO PEACE PLAN
IN CONTROL AFL
Delegation Suggests Crea
tion Of New CIO Depart
ment Within Federation
AFL Group Delays Reply.
WASHINGTON, Oct. 26. The
Committee for Industrial Organization
proposed today a reconciliation with
the American Federation of Labor on
a basis which the C. I. O. leader said
probably would give John L. Lewis
control of the federation.
Lewis' 10-man delegation, negotiat
ing for peace with the federation,
suggested creation of a new C. I. O.
department within the federation
which would bo authorized to organ
ganlze workers In mass production,
marine, public utilities, service and
basic fabricating Industries.
The A. F. of L. committee, without
an immedtato answer to tho C. I. O.
proposal, announced shortly after the
meeting recessed that It "anticipated"
It would be prepared to reply tomor
row when the session la resumed.
On a basis of membership claimed
for the rival organizations, the C. I. O.
would have 3,718,000 members In the
federation, compared with approxl
mately 3,200.000 workers the federa
tion now claims.
"This eema to us to be a case
where we would control the federa
tion by sheer strength of numbers,"
said Lee Pressman, C. X. O. genera
counsel.
"We think this proposal puts final
settlement of the Issue up to the
other side. The federation conferees
cannot afford to accept or reject our
offer Immediately."
The peace proposal brought a recess
of the conferees until tomorrow,
apparently to give the A. F, of L.
delegates time to study the C, I. O.
plan.
O.S.C. STUDENTS
CORVALLTS. Ofe., Oct. 36. (UP)
A wholesale desertion of the Oregon
State campus Monday for an Inva
sion of the Oregon campus at Eugene
In celebration of a football victory
was In violation of orders from Presi
dent Pcavy, who was In Portland
attending a school board session.
President Peavy telephoned the
school to warn that no classes were
dismissed. His orders were disre
garded. Students paraded the campus
as early as 7:30 In the morning bear
ing placards reading "no classes
today."
Those who attempted to attend
lectures and laboratory sessions were
outnumbered when serpentines of
college student paraded through the
buildings, making class work im
possible. PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 36. (API
John A. Collier, an attorney, surren
dered Keylor Noland. 23-year-old vio
linist, to police today for questioning
tn connection with the milk bottle
slugging of Winifred Avers, assistant
history Instructor at Reed college.
Captain of Detectives John J. Kee
gan said he had filed no charge. The
case, he added, is before the county
grand Jury.
A pajema-clad Intruder struck Miss
Ayers on the head last week. Police
believe the attacker was Interrupted
by the Instructor as he sesrehed a
college dormitory for a co-ed who
Jilted him.
Only Three Nations
Still Fit to Live In
NEW YORK, Oct. 36. (API
Bruno Frank, expatriated Oermao
author, reached New Tork on tne
way to Hollywood today and as
serted. "The United Slates, France, and
England are tho only decent places
left In which to live. The world "a
gradually narrowing down against
liberalism."
The author of "Lost HerltagtV' and
"The Msn Called Cervantes." 'ho
has become a British cltlcn. ia
he will do "rrativa work" for
Us uo Oold w j a- t-Uysr .
Driver Killed Instantly in Crash
GEORGE PLEDGES
BRITAIN TO SEEK
E
King Opens Parliament With
Promise Of Air Raid Pro
tection' For All England,
More Aid For Needy.
LONDON. Oct. 36. (jp) King
George VI, an earnest figure In the
splendid trappings of Britain's anci
ent majesty, pledged his government
today to attempts to restore peace to
China and Spain.
At the same time, the monarch
promised air raid protection for all
England and forecast morn help for
England's needy families.
Ho opened his first parliament from
the throne dais tn the somber house
of lords with Queen Elizabeth In a
chair of state at his side and con
cluded with this unusual benediction:
"I pray that under the blessings of
Almighty God the outcome of your
deliberations may advance the happi
ness and well-being of my people and
the peace of the world."
Usually the king merely Invokes a
divine blessing on parliament's "la
bors." Otherwise, however, the speech
delivered to the associated members
of parliament In the musty grandeur
of the house of lords hewed to the
usual formula.
. , H peak of War.
.. It bejan with: '"My relations with
foreign powers continue to be
friendly." ...
It told the legislators that the mon
arch had Invited Belgium's King Leo
pold to visit him In November and
Rumanla'a King Carol next spring.
Then It dealt with the spectacle of
war on two continents.
"My ministers hsve followed with
growing concern tho continuance of
conflict In Spain. It Is their aim
to do everything which lies In their
power to assist toward restoration
of peace among the Spanish people.
"They believe a atrlct application
of the International policy of non-;
Intervention In Spain will materially
contribute to this end," the king de
clared. "TM position In the far east will
continue to engage the earnest at-
(Contlnued on Page Five )
FOR FILM BEAUTY
HOLLYWOOD. Oct. 36 (AP) It
will be a Christmas wedding for Vir
ginia Bruce, widow of John Gtlbert,
and J. Walter Rubin, who fell tn
love when he started directing her In
a motion picture.
The blonde actress said today the
ceremony would be performed In
Hollywood sometime during the Yule
tide season.
Rubin, divorced last year from
Mildred Stephenson Rubin, has
known Miss Bruce casually for sev
eral years. During the current pro
duction of "The Bad Man of Brim
stone," however, his romantic Interest
developed.
A classic beauty, reputed to be
heart-free since Otlbert's death In
January, 1035, Miss Bruce recently
bought a two-acre site and planned
to build a $60,000 home.
She and her 4-year-old daughter,
Susan Ann Gilbert, Inherited approxi
mately $250,000 from Otlbert's $400,
000 estate. She was ths late actor's
fourth wife.
ED KELLY NAMED
AS
PORTLAND. Oct. 36. (AP)
Claude C. Hockley, regional director
of the public works administration,
announced completion of reorgan
ization of the Oregon, Washington
and Idaho offices as region No. i
under ths new, consolidated set-up.
Appointments Included Eugene
Hoffman, now Washington state di
rector, aa assistant to Hockley; Ross
A. Orldley, engineer inspector Tor
Alaska, aa engineer, and Edward
0. Kelly, counsel for the stats of
Oregon, as counsel.
Stata offices will ,be abolished No
vember S.
Three thousand promts with a
total estimated cost of aa.ooo.uw
now under contract or for which
funds have b-wn allotted, will be
assumed frf U regional tfio few
Securities Commission
May Act for Stabilization
Of Stock Market Is Hint
Hyde Park, N. Y Oct. 26. (AP) Chairman William O. Douglas of the
securities commission said today the commission may have something to
my "before long" on the stock market situation.
He made that statement, answering i
a newsman question, soon after a
call on President Roosovelt at the
chief executive's family estate here.
Douglas said, however, he did not
discuss with the president the matter
of the commission Issuing such state
ment. Joseph H. Kennedy, former secur
ities commission chairman and now
maritime commission chairman, was
another caller at the temporary White
House.
Both Douglas and Kennedy said
they had discussed general business
conditions with Mr. Roosevelt and
Douglas added he talked with the
president about tho stock market sit
uation "in a very general way."
They had separate appointments
with the chief executive.
Doiglas was asked by a reporter
If he had anything to say about the
market.
"Nothing right now," he replied.
"We may have something before long
we may as a matter of routine and
check up."
He explained the "we" meant the
commission and that In using "check
up" he did not mean a check up of
Individuals or specific concerns.
"Wo are speaking," he said, "in
terms of economics and the general
financial situation."
Douglas described his Interview
with the president aa "a rather gen
eral discussion of affairs pertaining
to the fi. E. O. and Its relations to
out- problems under the three stat
utes, the securities act. the exchange
net and tho public utilities act."
In answering newsmen that the
stock market was discussed generally
with the president, Douglas asserted
that "nothing as specific" as the pos
sibility of manipulation was taken up.
200 SEElTf DIVE
TO DEATH FROM TOP
OF EMPIRE BUILDING
NEW YORK, Oct. 26. (AP) Wit
nessed by 300 horrified sightseers, a
well-dressed youth plunged 65 stories
to his death today from the obser
vation platform of the Empire State
building the world's highest building.
In his vest pocket, police found a
small piece of paper on which was
written the namo "Arthur Marullo"
and an address in New York.
The death plunge came as 300
sightseers stood on the outdoor plat
form with a uniformed guide.
Suddenly the young man left the
crowd, walked briskly to the four-foot
parapet and hurtled over. In falling,
his body described an 85-foot outward
arc, clearing 12-foot setbacks at the
62nd and 70th floors and a 60-foot
setback at the 60th floor.
He dropped more than 1,000 feet
to the glass and chromium marquee
over the 34th street entrance.
It was the fifth fatal plunge from
the skyscraper, three persons having
fallen from the 66th floor and an
other, an employe, from the frame
work on the building before It was
completed
The youth had 85 cents In his
pocket.
RECEIVER NAMED FDR
STATE OIL 8 GAS CO.
PORTLAND, Or., Oct. 38. (UP)
John B. Look waa today appointed
temporary receiver of tha State Oil
& Oaa Co., Inc. to protect property
of the corporation during -reoelver-ahlp.
O. W. Clark and the corpora
tion, of which he la prealdent, are
under Indictment In Lane county.
The appointment of Look waa made
by circuit Judge James W. Crawford
on petition of Harley C, Weeks, who
alleged In hla complaint that the
company, thrown Clark, mlaappro
prlated and mlaapplled funda, and
that the company waa Insolvent,
Clark purchased five acres from the
company In Harney county.
Dead Doe in Auto
Costs Autoist $25
Charged with killing a doe, Jonn
Wrilry Argrevea, 48, of Klamatn
Palla, waa fined 136 and coeta ol
MAO by Juatlce of the Peace H. O.
Rrd in Oold Hill laat night.
Argrevea waa arreeud by Mate
police on the Cralr Lake highway
during a road check. The deer waa
concealed In tha car, atat polloe
STEELS, MOTORS
ACT AS DRAG ON
STOCK RECOVERY
NEW TORK. Oct. 3S. (API Steele
and motora dragged the itock market
down fractlona to a dollar to ,17 or
so today.
Througnout the session traders
Jumped nervously from the buying
to the selling aide and bewildering
price awlnga resulted. 1
At the start stocks slumped on
slow dealings. Later a brisk advance
brought net gains of around $1 to
$S or ao In a rush of buying which
left the ticker about four minutes
behind trading.
In the late afternoon decline aome
Issuea held gains. "
The erratic price gyrations were
tied to no special nows developments
from trade and Induatry,. brokers
said. Financial men satd Indlcatlona
there would be no lowering of mor
glna In the near future prompted
some aelllng. .
Lowers were U. 8. Steel at $68,
Bethlehem 147.60, Allied Chemical
$158.80, Oeneral Motora 140.90, Chrys
ler 189, Montgomery Ward e.40.35,
Consolidated Edison 24.75, Anaconda
S29.25, Kennecott 1,15 00, DuPont
154.76, Santa Pe 40.80, and Now
York Central 10.00.
Issuea which had limited gains at
the finish were Saora Roebuck st
87.36, United Aircraft 117.76 and
North American 18.03.
Transfers were around 1,000,000
shares.
Today'a closing prlcaa for 33 se
lected stocks follow:
Al. Chem. Je Dye w.. I6B14
Am. Can - 80 'A
Am. & Pgn. Power . 4V4
A. T. c T. 161
Anaconda 30 Vi
Atch. T. & 8. P. . 40 'A
Bendlk Aviation 13'.
Beth. Steel . - 4714
Caterpillar Tract. SO 14
Chrysler .-.. 9
Coml. Bolv -ft
Curtlss-wrlght .-. 3','t
DuPont - 133
Qon. Electrto 41
Oen. Poods .... B2Yt
den. Motors ,-..-...- 40Vj
Int. Harvest. . 76
I. T. at T. - 8 'A
Johns-Man. ...- 86
Mont. Ward 40
North Amer -. 17
Penney (J. C.) - 7914
Phillips Pet. 434
Sou. Pec. - 30H
Std. Brands .... 10
Btd. OH Cal ...... 8-V4
Btd. OH N. J. . - 60V
Trana Amer. 13
Union Carb. 19 '4
United Aircraft -- llVt
U. 8, Steel . 6
PARIS, Oct. 38 WPr-Tbs death of
the Duke of Talleyrand In his Paris
home on Monday waa announced
today.
The duke, 78, waa married to Anna
Oould, daughter of the lata Jay
Gould, after her divorce from Count
Bonl de Caatellane.
Servants aatd they found the head
of the famous family dead In his
bed on Monday morning. Phystclana
said death waa caused by a heart
attack.
The duka waa a descendant of
Charlea Maurice Talleyrand-Perlgord.
the French diplomat and statesman
who played a prominent role In the
French revolution of the 18th cen
tury. Jane Addams Left
Estate of $15,097
CHICAGO, Oct, 38. (AP) A final
accounting of the estate of the late
Jane Addama, founder of Hull House,
which waa on file In court today,
listed Its value at I6.0B7.3..
Mlsa Addams died May SI, 1036, at
the age of 74. Her nephew, Professor
Jamea Weber Linn of the University
of Chicago, fllrd the accounting.
Two nephews and a niece were be
queithed portloni of the net astate
at tu,u.a.
EVERETT SPRINGER
IS THROWN UNDER
WHEELBYJMPACT
Accident Occurs On New
Stretch Of Highway Eas
Of Talent Victim Born
In Talent 30 Years Ago,
Everett Nathan Springer, 80, ej
316 Gresham street. Ashland, mat
sudden death at 6:30 p. m. yesterday
when the truck he was driving
collided with one operated by Xvaa
Paul Williams, of 163 Granite street,
Ashland, on the now atretcb of Pw
clflo highway under conatructlo
eaat of Talent.
Deputy District Attorney Oeorgaj
Nellson stated today there would
probably be no Inquest, aa Investiga
tlon by atate police revealed tbf
traglo mishap was entirely sodden
tal.
Funeral services, In charge of UM
J. P. Dodge and Sons chapel ta
Ashland, are pending the returq
from Tule Lake, Cal., of the ylctlmH
father, F. E. Springer. They will M
announced later.
Crashed By Wheels
Springer, a truck driver employee
by Jacobson and Jensen, Portland
contractors In oharge of the com
atructlon project, waa killed whc4
he fell from the cab of hla truce)
aftor the collision and waa crushed
by the right rear dual wheel n
the truck driven by Williams, stata
polloe said, Ono tiro' passed ovef
hla . cheat and one over hla bead.
The accident occurred about one)
mile north of the southern Inter
section of the new road with und
present Pacific highway route.
According to the Investigating
state police officer, Springer wad
driving south In an empty White
truck and Williams was traveling
north In a Chevrolet dump truoi
loaded with gravel and road ma
terial. Both drivers were alone.
lilt Head On
Williams told state police he wad
traveling about 30 mile an houd
on hla own aide of the road when
auddenly tho approaohlng truck op
erated by Springer swerved to tnt
wrong sldo of the road. Wllllaind
then swung hla own vehicle to thd
lert to avoid a crash, he reported,
at the earns time Springer twisted
back to hla own aide. The trucks
crashed almoet head-on, and as tnd
White truck reeled around after t)
lmpaot; Springer fell from the cad
door directly undor the back wheel
of the heavlly-ladon Chevrolet, Wll
Hams told atate police.
There wero no eyo witnesses d
the crash, according to state police.
Williams immediately telephoned
Deputy Coroner Will Dodge of Aah
land, and the latter removed
Springer to the Dodge funeral home.
(Contluned on Page Seven.)
MERCHANTS PLAN
PORTLAND, Oct. 36. (AP) Tn
Oregon Merchants Leglalatlva leagtst
authorized Its attorney, Walter W
Tooee, to prepare and aubmlt
tha executive committee an inula
tire meaaure to amend the atatsj
constitution to permit operation od
"trade stimulators" such aa plnbalt
games.
The committee waa authorised td
file tha petition and take steps d
bring the Initiative to a vote.
Too re. addressing the league ses
sion last night, satd the program
was not Inspired by a profit motive,
but to "provide a basis lor stats)
legislation dealing with gambling
and alleged gambling" for the pui
pose of reducing gambling practlod
to an "Irreducible minimum," pro
tecting youth from all forms of gam
bllng, and deriving from it lunoa
to pay for policing and aid In pro-
Tiding social and economic seoui-
Ity.
School Distaste
Leads Youth, 16,
To Kill Himslef
PITT8 FIELD, K. R- Oct. 3S
(AP) Lewie P. Ledue, it, waa
dead today because he didn't want
to go to sohool.
The boy'a father, John, told au
thorities Lewis went to hla room
last night after an argument with
hla parents about continuing hla
classes In high school. A ahort
lime later, the father reported, a
rifle shot waa heard. Lewis died
Instantly a bullet through hta
brain.
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