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Forecast: Cntettled tontght
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Temperature
Highest yesterday 48
Lowest this morning 29
Thirty-Third Year
lHISInl&K
The
Capital
Parade
By Joseph Alsop
and
Robert Kintner
Copyright, 1937. by The
North American News
paper Alliance, Inc.
CON.SKRVAT1VE DEMOS
MAKING OVERTURES
RAYBI RN AND CLARK
IS MTBMISSIVK MOOD
TEXAN'S SEEN ANXIOl'S
SAFEGUARD PATRONAGE
LAV SENATOR'S ACTION
TO PRESIDENTIAL HOPES
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. Many
people are whooping with pleasure at
the thought of the president, pros
trate beneath the heels of conserva
tive Democrats. The w hoopers will
be Interested by a reliable report that
two leading conservative Democrats
have made post-election overtures to
the White House.
The two are House Majority Leader
Sam Rayburn of Texas, a close crony
of Vice -President John N. Garner,
and Senator Bennett Champ Clark of
Missouri, who is widely reputed to be
Garner's 1940 presidential choice.
Rayburn has Just left Washington
after a call on the president. Clnrk
made his overture Indirectly. Neither
Rayburn nor Clark has discussed the
matter, but White House sources
which, while Interested, are usually
accurate, state that both men were
In rather submissive mood.
After the voters' recent swing at
the New Deal, you might expect men
like Clark and Rayburn to be en
couraged In conservative rebellion.
But there are other, brutally prac
tical considerations to be remem
bered. Clark's case is special. He la now
running so hard (or the 1940 nomin
ation that, If he were a shorter
winded man. you could hear hla encer
puffing from coast to coast. His
chances have been handsomely Im
proved by a big home-state majority
on election day. yet he runs the risk
of having started the race too soon
to finish. The one thing that can
assure him of the great prize Is the
president's approval. If the presi
dent should approve Clark, the con
servative DemoeitUs would accept the
arangement with alghs of gratitude,
for he is really the conservatives
man.
(Continued on Pag Ten)
Grants Pass Cuts
City Expense $70
GRANTS PASS. Nov. 8 (AP A
elty tax budget of 981.313 50 was ap
proved Thursday nlaht, dropping 77
below last year's figure which result
ed in a tax decrease. With $11000
Increase In city net valuation report
ed today, the miliar levy Is expected
to drop again In 1039.
All Out of Step Rut One
MANSFIELD. Ohio. (UP) A Junior
high school band memlier did a
"Corrlpan" at n foothall game, when
he marched ono way while the rest
of the band marched the other. The
"wrong way" marcher evidently be
came more Interested In hla music
than in the formation the band was
forming, the leader said.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Ulllan Woodford Hung annoyed
at a scribe friend's forgetfulness,
she having good reason to be. too.
for which the acrlbe humbly apolo
ld. Maude Codding taking a Havering
compliment In a m.nt?r-of-fact man
ner, she knowlna all the time the
flatterer was right.
Mary tye Maentr. whipping about
the old home town looking up old
frlenda and completely forgetting
about previous appointments.
BUI I Jitterbug l Cunningham par
ticipating In an early momlng chat
r:tl n friend and deciding that eery
often life was a huk until a right
aood washing m.ichlne aale came
a:ons; and made things bright again.
PWA Travelling Engineer C. .
Stewart rrgretttne his PWA travel.
' we -pt. h-m fr.-'ni P-ein;:
Ala. aua pi igoiotii a ail Uu
Shoppers
Medford
Full Associated Press
T REPORT ON
'QUEER ATTITUDE7
OF U. S. LEADERS
Summons Follows Ordering
Home of American Envoy
Nature of Report to De
. termine Next Nazi Step
WASHINGTON, Nov. 18. (AP) A
German embassy secretary said today
Ambassador Hans Dleckhoff, called
home to Berlin, probably would leave
from New York next Friday on the
Euro pa, the first fast German boat
leaving for Europe.
Reporters and photographers who
appeared at Dleckhoff's residence this
morning were ordered away by pri
vate guards, "In the name of the
German government."
"This Is German property," they
were told.
BERLIN. Nov. 18. (AP) Germany
today called home her ambassador
to Washington for a report on "the
queer attitude" of President Roose
velt and other American leaders
toward the wave of violence and re
strictive measures against Jews in
nazl Germany.
The summons to Ambassador Hans
Dleckhoff waa sent Just four days
after announcement United States
Ambassador Hugh R. Wilson had
been ordered home by President
Roosevelt for report and consulta
tion. The order for Dleckhoff to re
turn came as a surprise even to
many foreign office functionaries.
It waa Interpreted as meaning For
eign Minister Joachim von Rtbben
trop and other members of the cabi
net have found it difficult to be
lieve Dleckhoff's cabled reports con
cerning American reaction to Ger
many's antl-Semltlsm.
To Give Details
DNB, the official news agency,
said "the ambassador will inform
the foreign minister In detail con
cerning the queer attitude toward
events In Germany of a domestic
nature which is apparent from decla
rations by Roosevelt and other au
thoritative personalities in the United
Rtatea of America."
Officials generally had expected
Dleckhoff would return to Berlin to
report only after Wilson had con
ferred with President Roosevelt.
Upon the nature of the American
envoy's report, the gist of which
Dleckhoff had been expected to
learn, would depend the next Ger
man step, informed circles believed.
Yesterday, however, it was reliably
learned, reports from the United
States were considered by nazls to
be so unfavorable the Immediate
summons to Dleckhoff waa decided
upon.
Indignation Seen
Those statements were said to
have compared the general attitude
during the Czechoslovak -Germ an cri
sis In .September with the present
American frame of mind and to
have noted a change from approval,
because Americans felt Germany's
annexation of the Sudeten areas
meant the union of Germans with
Germans, to one of "95 per cent"
indignation over the. handling of
the Jewish situation.
,(In a press conference Tuesday
President Roosevelt aald public opin
ion In the United States had been
profoxindly shocked by news of nun
antl-Semltts violence.)
Young Mother Confesses
Baby Left in Lot to Die
OAKLAND. Cat If., Nov. 18 (AP)
A young mother lay In Alameda
county hospital today recovering nor
mally from unattended childbirth
and apparently unconcerned about
the death a few hours earlier of the
Infant daughter police said she
abandoned In a vacant lot.
The baby, swathed only In ft dish
towel and placed In a flimsy shop
ping bag. was found blue with cold
yesterday momlng. She died 10 hours
later.
Hospital attendants paid Mrs. Rose
Pojdch. 38, showed no interest when
they told her of the baby's death.
They said her own condition was
normal and no complications had
arisen from her del f -deli very.
Insoector Thomas Duffy said crim
inal charges probably would be filed
against her although final action
rested with the district attorney.
While Alameda county hospital
doctors fought to ave the infant's
llf, police ben a hou ho ' -gbacfcug
q( tb Migbbortwod hic&
Take Advantage of Annual Bargain Day Offers
' i
ma
Doffs Slacks
Q
fe.t. .A,. V..
Helen Hullck (above). 28-year old
I.os Angeles teacher, who favored
slacks to dresses and Insisted on
wearing slacks Into court despite a
Judge's warning, spent about an hour
In Jail and was forced to don the
usual jail variety of denim dress for
her Insistence. She was sentenced to
five days In Jull ror con tempt on her
third appearance In court Iri slack,
but won a release, on a habeas cor
pus. (A. P. Photo).
T
EXTEND PERMITS
OF VISITING JEWS
WASHINGTON. Nov. 18. (API
President Roosevelt told a press con
ference today that on humanitarian
grounds he had proposed a six
months extension for between 12,000
and 15.000 German and Austrian
refugees who are In the United States
on visitors' permits.
The president said unless this ex
tension were granted the permits of
this large group would be cancelled if
the refugees were not back in their
native land by the end of the year.
He has Informed Secretary of Labor
Perkins, he aald. it would be a cruel
and Inhuman thing to compel thews
persons to go back to Germany and
faoe possible mistreatment In con
centration camps or other persecu
tion. The president smiled but had no
comment on the summon home of
Hans Dleckhof, German ambassador
to Washington, to report on ths
"queer attitude" of the president and
other American authorities on domes
tic affairs In Germany.
Aa for the refugees here on tem
porary visitors' permits. Mr. Roose
velt said he would present the facte
to congress and If congress took no
action the refugees would be allowed
to stay In this country.
led to the home of Mrs. Rose Por.lch
They found her in bed, dared and
sobbing.
"Yes, It Is my baby," she wept. "I
was afraid of Joe."
Joe Is her husband. "My husband
has been accusing me of going with
other men." she told Inspector Tom
Duffy. "When 1 found 1 was going
to have a baby. I was afraid of what
he would aay. So t hid the truth
from him. I told him I was develop
ing ft tumor. I don't know whether
I deceived him or not. But 1 didn't
tell him the truth.
The mother aald the child was
born Wednesday white her husband
and three children were not at home.
When Beatrice, 0. came home from
school. Mrs. Porlch told her It was
neighbor's child.
"She did not know It waa her own
sister.'' Mrs. Porlch said. "She
thought It wu ft baby left here. 1
told her we could not keep It. She
ltpr-d nv wrap It In a tlih tov.'
j Beauut left It la tha lot tat ma,"
ItEDFORD, 0REGOX, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 18,
RECITES STORY 0F!U. S. CONTENTIONS
TORTURE BY GANG
Baker Subjected to Severe
Beating by Abductors Is
Testimony at- Trial of
Four Olympia Residents
OLYMPIA, Wash., Nov. 18. (AP)
The defense in the "torture kidnap
case" pleaded today for permission to
offer a defense of "entrapment" with
offers of proof that Dr. Kent W. Berry.
50, was persuaded by prosecutors to
"beat up" Irving Baker, retired coast
guard lieutenant, Instead of having
him arrested on a charge of raping
Berry's 27-year-old wife.
The trial recessed at noon with
argument on admissibility of the de
fense offer Incomplete. The prosecu
tion announced in court It would wel
come a grand Jury Investigation of
events before and after the charged
abduction.
OLYMPIA. Wash.. Nov. 18. (AP)
Broad-shouldered Irving Baker, for
mer retired coast guard lieutenant,
was to face cross-examination today
by attorneys for four men accused
nr kirinnnitw. beatlmr and attempting
to mutilate him last August 19.
Baker yesterday gave nis own awry
h arrir nnri stMdfnstlv denied
he had forced intimacies on the pret
ty, young WUe OI ur. ften. w. oerry,
50, Olympia physician, after ft Fourth
of July patty at nearby Mud bay.
Baker said the defendants. Dr.
Berry, Jaes4ttfdlck. William . K.
McAloon and Robert H. Smith, took
him to an abandoned gravel pit ti
ter forcing him from his home at
gunpoint on the strength of ft fake
arrest warrant and there subjected
him n nimont Incessant beating
and torture for more than an hour.
Tried To Bnalrh nun
"McAloon and Smith got mo at my
hAm. TViker testified. "Rcddlck WSS
driving the car, parked in front of
my home. Wc drove around the block
and Dr. Berry stepped from behind
a tree and got Into the car.
"While we were driving out of town
I aaw McAloon'a gun. I made a dive
for it and tried to ahoot It, but Mc
Aloon had hla hand pressed over the
hummer while the nun was pointed
j at hla stomach. Berry bein pound
I ing me on the head with a flash-
light and later McAloon nit me on
i the head with the revolver butt. I
! hvi inct consciousness"
He then told how he waa bound
hand and foot end drafted from the
car. Berry, he aald, constantly ac
cused him of raping Mrs. Berry and
he said he insisted he had not.
8lncks le! As flag
The torn slacks Berry aald his wife
wore the night of the asserted as
sault were stuffed Into Baker's mouth
aa a gag. he testified. Then, whllo
McAloon stood guard. Reddlck held
a flashlight while Berry "pave me
tk.a. nr fftllf tJXT.flC kicks ti thO
aide."
"Then Berry tied a sweater around
his hand and atarted to pound me
in the face. , , . They had me on the
h was klcklns me ter
rifically. Someone of the men told
him: 'Don t kick him.' men ne urn
rv. nvr nnri said: 'Somebody pull
up his shirt.' Reddlck pulled up my
shirt. Then Dr. Berry puuea nm nvi
out and beat me across the back for
about five minutes."
Mutilation Prevented
After again hurling accusations
Baker had raped Mrs. Berry, which
Baker still denied, Dr. Berry "put on
a pair of rubber glovea, kicked me
and got holdNof me with ft pair of
pliers."
Baker aald Reddlck was holding ft
surgeon' scalpel in htft hand and
that Dr. Berry said he was going to
mutilate htm, but that Smith inter
ceded and en Id he "wouldn't let him
cut me."
Baker then told of struggling to
a nearby houw for aid. He said ha
wanted to go home first, rather than
to ft hospital, because Berry had told
him he waa going to town to rape
Mrs. Baker, and Baker wanted to "get
a gun to kill Dr. Berry."
ASHLAND, Nov. 18 (AP) A school
hue was ditched on the Oreen Springs
highway east of here today but the
passengers, two students and the
driver, R. A. Miller, were uninjured.
Several studenta waiting to be
picked up along the route were late
for high school claa-es at Ashland.
The bus wa forced off the road
by a trwk two miles from the Gretii
hptum inoujauia summit.
OR
NIPPON REJECTS
Ideas and Principles of Past
No Longer Apply Is Re
plyJapan Establishing
New Order in East Asia
TOKYO. Nov. 18. (AP) Japan to
day rejected all major contentions of
the United States note of October 6
protesting against "unwarranted In
terference" with American rights in
China and declared "Ideas and prin
ciples of the past" no longer apptled
to the Chlnece situation. -
The Japanese reply, handed to Am
bassador Joseph C. Grew, said In con
clusion: "In the face of the new situation
any attempt to apply to the condi
tions of today and tomorrow the in
applicable ideas and principles of the
past neither would contribute to the
peace of Bnst Asia nor solve the Im
mediate issues.''
The Japanese note, which had the
approval of the cabinet and the
sanction of Emperor Hirohlto, dH
clared that Japan was engaged In
establishing a new order In East Asia
"which Is an Indispensable condition
of Japan's very existence."
The note took up the points of the
American protest one by one. On
some points the allegations of tho
United States were denied. On others
counter-arguments were offered. Else
where pleas of military necessity wero
m.'",le. - -
- 'The Japanese reply was authorita
tively Interpreted aa notice that Jap
an considers that tho new conditions
created by her conquest of a largo
portion of China have rendered out
dated the International agreements
concerning China reached Immediate
ly after the World War.
Already responsible Japaneno
spokesmen have Indicated a determ
ination that Btich pacta as the 1022
nine-power treaty, by which Japan,
tho United States and 'seven other
nations pledged themselves to respe.-t
Chlna'a terltorlal Integrity and Inde
pendence, should no longer bind tho
Japanese empire.
BIG SALES EVENT
DRAWING THRONG
TO LOCAL STORES
Annual autumn Dollar Days at
tracted a large number of Bhopper';
to downtown Medford today and an
even larger number Is anticipated for
tomorow, last day of the big sale
event.
The retail trade division of tho
Jackson County Chamber of Com
merce, sponsor of Dollar Days, aald
that many shoppers were utilizing
tho bargain event to lay In ft store of
Christmas presents. It waa pointed
out that a wide variety of merchan
dise autable for gifts could be pro
cured during Dollar Days at attrar
ttvely low prices.
The Dollar Day sale li not ft clear
ance of old merchandise but ft gen
uine bsrgaln sate of new stock bought
especially for the annual fait selling
event. It waa emphasised. Because of
this many artlelea purchased now
can be put aside for Christmas pres
ents. Shoppers were advised to peruse
the Mall Tribune advertisements
carefully to note the extensive var
ltv of articles suitable for Yuletlde
gifts.
Night watch Faces
Charge In Arson
PORTLAND, Ore.. Nov, 18. (AP)
An arson charge was placed against
Raleigh X. Morgan, 36, ft night
wafhman, today In connection with
the 82.000 fire at the Irving dock
October 29.
Detectives Al Elchelberaer and Her
man H. Horaek. who arrested Mor
gan Wednesday, said he slvned an
alleged confession last night. Aftr-r
two previous Incendiary attempts
failed, ft third damsd the it rue
ture and destroyed 70,000 sacks of
sugar and 11.000 tons of grain.
Fabulous .Mine Hunted
ORACLE. Arlr.. (UP) Thwarted In
his long-time search for the "Mine
With the Iron Door," R. Shiner of
Orac'.e has gone back up into the
Santa Catallna mountains to try
again. Shaner believes that such ft
gold mine docs exist some pla?e on
the north slope of the Santa Cat-
fRIBUNE
Full United
GAUO n
Fruit Growers Disappointed
By Small Reduction of Duty
In New British Trade Pact
(By the Associated Press)
Paclflo northwest shingle producers and fruit growers expressed disap
pointment today after considering the efrect the new United States-rirent
Britain-Canada trade parts, signed yesterday, would have on their respec
tive Industries.
R. D. Mackle, president of the 1 11 1
United States red cedar shingle in- 1 1
d us try, said In Hoqulam "the agree
ment with Canada simply knocks the
props out from under the United
States shingle industry."
"The agreement closes the United
States shingle business out," he add
ed. "We can't maintain our wages
and hours against Canadian competi
tion and this treaty virtually throws
the United States market wide" open
to the dom initio's shingle mills.
In Vancouver, B.C., A. L. Hughes,
president of the Consolidated Red
Cedar Shingle association of British
Columbia, expressed disappointment
the right of freo entry for Canadian
shlnglea on a unrestricted basis was
not restored.
Still Prohibitive
The Yakima fruit exporters, who
handle largo tonages of apples and
pears going to Great Britain, ex
pressed disappointment when In
formed the treaty with Britain re
duced the British duty only one
third. J. Walter Hebert, manager of the
Yakima Valley Fruit Growers associ
ation, said "the tariff has been pro
hibitive. They have cut the tariff
but It still la prohibitive."
The exporters contend the pear
tariff could well be eliminated since
those from this country do not com
pete with those marketed by Qreat
Britain's possessions. They also
worked for ft 60 per cent reduction In
the appt duty and were willing to
accept less but did not expect to get
so little, they said.
Lumber exporters In Seattle, who
refused to be quoted by name, said
tariff reductions for west coast
lumber "wouldn't mean a thing" be
cause lower costs of production In
Canada put U.S. exporters at ft dis
advantage. noon to Wheat
The exportera were awaiting ft re
port from Col. W. B. Greeley, secre
tary of the West Coast Lumbermen's
association, who la In Chicago.
Charles E. Johnson, Spokane man
ager of the North Pacific Growers,
Inc., had an optimistic view. He said
elimination of the 6 cents a bushel
duty on wheat will be a "boon to the
wheat growera of the Pacific north
west." "Under the preferential treatment
the Canadian growera monopolized
the market but we should be In a
more favorable position now," he said.
(More about treaty on ltige 6)
Poor P.yeslght? Another Hit
KENTON, Ohio (UP) People have
warned James Hastings, 83, to give
up hunting because of failing eye
sight but he wont hunting anyway.
He fired 2A shotgun shells and re
turned with 17 mudhens.
Radio Highlights
Medford station KMED will air por
tions of the Ohio Stats-Mlchtaan, and
Tsiaa Chrlstlan-Rlee garnet Saturday,
starting at 13:45 p.m. (Medford time)
and will carry the full Oregon-Washington
gams, starting at 1:4S p.m.
(Medford time.)
(Ily Associated Press)
(Time la Eastern Standard)
Saturday root hall
1:30 p.m Yale ts. Harvard, WOR
MBS. 1:4.1 Ohio State vi. Michigan.
WEAP-NBC and WOR-MBS about
4:10.
3:45 Notre Dame ts. Northwestern,
WJZ-NBC. WABC-CB8.
4:30 (approximately) Texat Chrla
tlen vs. Rice, WEAF-NBC.
:lt (approximately) Stanford v.
Callforlna, MBS.
NEW YORK, NOT. 18. (AP) Two
leaders of tho American Tederatlon of
Labor are to Join In the current
broadcast on the situation In Oer
many, tonight at 10:30 Tla WABO
CB on "Labor Looks at Oermany "
William Oreen. president, will tal
from Washington: Matthew Woll.
rtce-president, from Syracuse, N.T.
Theater of Stara, Wednesday nleht
feature of CBS, la moving up a half
hour earlier to tales tho hour from t
to 10 next weex. John Barrymore
will replace Adolphe Menjou aa mas
ter of ceremonies.
Programs tonliiht (Friday): WJZ
NBC 10 middleweight fight. Prnd
Apostoll vs. Young corbett ITT.
What to expect Saturday: WXAF
HBO 13 noon, Schubert concert
from Berlin; W ABO-CBS 13:45, des
cription of blasting In San Jacinto
funnel; WJZ-NBC 13:30 p.m., na
tional Oranja convention.
Press
Trade Pacts in Brief
(By the Asaorlnted Press)
The United States' trade agree
ment with Oreat Britain and Can
ada bring the number of recipro
cal pacts to 10. The new treaties
will run at least throe years, be
ginning next January 1.
Oreat Britain granted tariff cuta
or other concessions on about 460
American Products: Canada gave
concessions on 1480 American
products. The United States gave
Britain ISO concessions and Can
ada 400.
In general, Britain lowered tar
iffs on various American farm
products, and Canada on many
American factory goods. The
United States cut duties on Brlt
lah manufactured goods and Can
adian raw products.
Concessions by the United Ststes
go automatically to countries hav
ing "moet-favored-natlon" treaties
virtually every nation except
Oermany.
ASSESSED VALUE
f
OF
T
Total assessed valuation of Jackson
county for 1938 la 33. 832, 385.32, an
incrense of $2,822,670.69 over last
year, according to figures compiled
by the county assessor's office. The
1037 valuation was $31,000,006.73.
The increased valuation Is largely
on property In the city of Medford,
and due to an increase In utility
valuations, and re-appralsement of
town values, County Assessor J. B.
Coleman aaid.
The 1938 city of Medford valuation
Ib listed at $9,693,736.02. For ,1937 It
was $7,671. 52.V64. This Is an Increase
of $2,022,212.38. All of the county
valuation Increase,, save $600,464.2!
waa on Medford property.
The Ashland valuation for 1938 Is
placed at $2,S17,789.88, an Increase of
$239.8,34.64. For 1937 the Ashland
valuation was $2,377,965.24,
For the past 18 months, the asses
sor's office has been engaged In re
appralsement of Medford property
values. One Is now underway In the
Talent and Phoenix districts, and ono
Is planned next year for rural areas
and farms. Similar action Is under
way In all counties, of the state.
No figures on the' tax levy mlllagc
for the year will be available until
after the formal approval of the 1938
county budget, and extension of the
budget on the tax books. A public
hearing will be held at the court
house auditorium next Tuesday
morning, for this purpose, with A. C.
Hubbard of the budget committee
acting aa chairman.
fourToyTciied
Pour Ashland youths were to be
arraigned In Justice of tha peace
court here this afternoon on a
charge of grand larceny.
The four defendants went listed
as James D. Bailey, 1, O. O. McLean.
34, William Tycer. 19, and Harold
W. Wlgen, 31. Their arraignment waa
being delayed pending arrlvel from
Ashland of Attorney prank J. Van
Dyke, who waa to defend them.
The youths are accused of steal
ing a 3-pleee suit and nine pairs
of trousers from a Yreka Laundry
company truck near a North Pacific
highway resort Isto last night. The
truck was driven by Lee Parker, po
lice aald.
Medford city police wera notified
of the alleged theft and stats police
went out on the Investigation. The
state police arrested the youths early
thla morning In an automobile In
Ashland. Police said they were In
possession of the stolen olothlnc.
A complaint was Issued and signed
by Mr. Perker thla afternoon.
state police and the district at
tomey'a office were continuing an
investigation of the defendants' activities.
Today I Friday
Molt people Uk to hv their
want Adt In the sunder morn
ing edition. Well, today le Fri
day. Time to prepnre that A dr.
Closing time for Classified page
Is 3:30 p. m. Sntnrclaj. Ad
closing time 8 p. m.
No. 206.
M
TALK PROBLEMS IN
L CONCLAVE
Prices and Parity Big Words
in Discussions Pride in
Calling Is Supplanting
Urge for City , Life
PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 18. AP)
America's farmers got together and
compared notes here today as the
1938 National Grange convention,
hustled through a full program. The
people who fill the nation's larder
gathered In hotel rooms and lobbies,
talked their common problems and
got a slant on the local difficulties
In other fields and crops.
A tobacco grower from South Car
ollna heard a corn belt man from
Nebraska fight the chinch bug and
chipped In with hla choice polemic,
anent the plnhocrker V bad fellow
who takes the profit out of tobacco
If you ain't on your toes."
Cotton Problems
A Texas cotton grower said tha
farm bill referendum on cotton
would carry In Texas but asserted
the present program wasn't working
too well down home where "30 per
cent of the farmers are on WPA.
A Maryland dairyman told an Ore
gon wheat grower the solution of
farm troubles In his country depend
ed on "education, not regimenta
tion." '
O rangers from 36 states and Alaaks
were at the convention.
Prices and parity were big words
In the conclave halls. Parity equal-1
lty between prices of farm produce
and the commodities farmers must
buy Is unachieved In too many
crops. An illustration was offered by
a South Carolina grower who said,
the parity price In cotton was 15.7
cents per pound and the present
price, even with government subsidy,
reached only 8 to 0 cents. Corn and
wheat failed to hit tha desired pries
balance but were not aa badly off aa
cotton. In most sections of the south
tobacco waa In the email bracket of
profitable crops with prices at or
slightly above parity.
Farm Pride Returning
Pride In the farm has supplanted
the one-time urge of almost every
boy and girl to leave the farm, ac
cording to farmers from the four
comers of the nation and the once
humble soil tiller Is no longer tht
self-effacing rustic of yore.
"Some of our children will leavw
the ferm." said Thomas R. Brook
of Harford county, Maryland, "but
the way we look at it one of ths
farmer's Jobs Ib to produce good,
clear brains for the city."
The urge to leave the farm dis
appeared with the auto, radio, elec
tricity, and the other comforts of
the machine age. said Mrs. Lou La
Taber, wife of the National Orang
master.
Ralph W. Moore, master of tha
Texas State Orange, warned unless)
a better program for cotton la evolv
ed cotton farmers simply will havv
to look elsewhere for a living. Ha
laid ft lot of It to "too much con
trol." HER SMIRK WORSE
LOS ANGELES, Nov. 18 (AP)
Mlas Helen Hullck may wear slacks la
court If she likes, but her "smirk
(Municipal Judge Arthur Ouertn said,
she smirked) la something else again.
Thla waa the opinion handed down
by the appellate division of tha su
preme court today In dissolving Judge
Ouerln's order sentencing the kinder
garten teacher to five days In Jail
for contempt.
' The court ruled what Mlsa Hullck
wore waa not within the control of
the court and not proper subject
for a contempt eltatlon.
But the decision mildly reprimand
ed the school teacher for what tha
Judgea termed a "type of exhibition
ism which may have tended to Im
pede orderly procedure" of the court.
The contempt action waa based cm
Miss Hullck'a attire In Judge OuerlnV
court where she testified In a crim
inal case.
ROGUE H WATER
JOB TO ME CO.
ROODS RIVER, Nov. IS (AP)
Shoule and Walter of Seattle are suc
cessful bidden among eleven firm
for an Improved city water ayatem
oosUlu; slightly under laMe