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Repeal Or Modification of
Reciprocal Pacts With
South Americans Sought.
Washington, Oct. 25 (AP)
Congressmen from 11 far west
ern states were reported today
by Representative Robinson ID
Utah) to have pledged them
selves to seek repeal or modifi
cation of the administration's
reciprocal trade program if tar
iff reductions on agricultural
and mining products resulted
from impending agreements
with three South American
countries.
"You may say for us that we
were unanimous on that score,"
said Representative Robinson af
ter a group meeting at which
plans were formulated to carry
a protest to Secretary Hull and
possibly to President Roosevelt.
Outlook Changes
Robinson said "all but one"
of the congressmen at the con
ference had voted In 1937 for
extension of the trade agree
ments program.
"Now, however," he added,
"everyone of us is ready to vote
against its further continuation
If they arc going to trade our
products off to the detriment
of our country."
Robinson was made chairman
of a three-member committee
which will call on Hull and pre
sent reasons why duties on live
stock and agricultural products
should not be lowered In pro
posed agreements with Argen
tina and Uruguay and on copper
in a pact with Chile.
Oregon Represented
. Other members of the group
Were not named immediately.
States represented at the ses
sion, ' Robinson said, included
Arizona, Nevada, Colorado, Ore
gon, Montana, Utah, South Da
kota and New Mexico.
He added full delegations
were not present from each
state, nor were Idaho, Washing
ton and Wyoming represented,
but that he had talked with the
absentees and that "they are
of the same opinion as the rest
of us."
MEETINGS SLATED
Mrs. Leila Easson, supervisor
of the family credit section of
the Farm Credit Administration
of Spokane, will be guest speak
er nt a series of four meetings
In Jackson County on "family
credit", which are scheduled as
follows:
October 26, Mcdford. 1:30
p. m. court house auditorium.
October 27, Ashland, 1:30
p. m. Southern Oregon College
of Education auditorium.
October 27, Upper Rogue. 8
p. m. Shady Cove School.
October 28, Pomona Grange,
1 p. m. Central Point Grange
hall.
The meetings have been ar
ranged by Mabel C. Mack, coun
ty home demonstration agent
and everyone interested is cor
dially invited.
Mrs. Easson will discuss many
phases of credit which are gen
erally used by families. She is
especially interested In discus
sing the aspects of credit in
which her groups are particu
larly interested and she will
welcome questions from the au
dience. Talent Dance Saturday.
Talent, Oct. 25 iSpl.) The
Talent firemen will give a mas
querade ball Saturday night at
the city hall. It will be the
second annual masquerade spon
sored by the firemen. All nrc
urged to attend and enjoy the
good music, noise-makers and
prizes.
"CHEF PAUL" BULKIN (Formerly of the Chateau) AT THE
RUSSIAN VILLAGE
Portland. Oregon., Announce! a New
Entortnlnmont Policy with the
GRAND OPENING
FRIDAY, OCTOBER 27
of
Dan Warren's African Congo Revue
Formerly ot Club Congo. Lot Angeloi
Featuring Toby Williams and hii Congo Rhythm
Swing Orchelra end Bevy ot Brown Beauties
Three Show! Nightly, Except Mondeyi. wllh Contlnuo;
Entertainment
MAKE RESERVATIONS TAbor 1S23
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PORTLAND. OREGON
OPENING NIGHT ONLY $1.00 COVER CHARGE
REGULAR PRICES 35c WEEK DAYS, 7Sc SATURDAYS
No Hero's
These three men, shown ina Scottish hospital, are German fliers who participated in the
raid on the Firth of Forth. October 16, but who didn't go back to a hero's welcome. Shot
down during the raid, ell were wounded. Picture sent from Scotland to London by telephoto
and transmitted to the United States by radio.
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A circuit court jury, Ira C.
Luman foreman, In a verdict
returned yesterday awarded
Jesse E. Brownlee $257 judg
ment, the amount sought, in
his suit against the estate of
Mae B. Rankin.
The plaintiff contended Mac
B. Rankin acted as a nurse for
John Brownlee, his father, and
that he paid her for the ser
vices. Later it wos revealed
provisions had been made in
the John Brownlee will for
payment , so a return was asked
on the grounds of double pay
ment. The next Jury trial has been
set for Thursday, November 0,
when the damage suit of Rob
ert Littrcll, a minor, against
Lee A. Smith, taxicab operator,
for $3000 for alleged personal
injuries, will be called. The
suit is based on an accident at
Main and Central streets last
June when young Littrcll, rid
ing a wheel, was struck by a
taxi owned by Smith and driv
en by an employee.
W. S. C. DRILLS ON
PASSES OF ALL TYPES
Pullman, Wash., Oct. 25.
(AP) Passes and more passes,
in waves, and single formations,
in laterals, forward and shovels,
will be the Washington State
college strategy when the Cou
gars attempt to halt the grid
Iron winning streak of Oregon
Stale at Corvallis Saturday.
Key points in Coach Babe
Hollingbery's aerial program.
Halfbacks Dick Emerson and
Bill Scwell. are getting over
time work this week.
Two Too Many
Great Falls, Mont. (AP)
There are two cats In Great
Falls, the poundmaster admits
that arc "too smart for me."
Reporting to the city council
on his alley-cat-catching cam
paign, he said the two cats an
noy residents in the Third street
district. "They escape or evade
every trap we set," said the
poundman. "They are as slick
as greased pigs."
C. C. Sees Scheme
Huntington Beach, Calif. (AP)
Possibility of obtaining am
bergis from oil is being studied
by the chamber of commerce.
The immensely valuable sub
stance, which forms in whales
and which is used in perfumery,
has been discovered in petrol
eum from southern California
wells but has not yet been com
mercially extracted.
Gravy
Topeku. Kas. (AP) The To
peku Journal announces it Is
sponsoring a "crusade" that is
expected to strike a responsive
chord. It is attempting to get
restaurants to place the gravy
on the potatoes and not on the
meat.
MEDFORD MAIL
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ATACTWIANMEET
Members of the Active club,
meeting in regular weekly dinner-session
in the Hotel Mcd
ford last night, enjoyed sound
motion pictures of Africa
shown by George F. Kimball,
a mining engineer who resid
ed in northern Rhodesia for
five years. Mr. Kimball sup
plemented the movies with an
interesting talk and explana
tions of the scenes shown.
Frank Hull, guest of the club,
urged all members to vote on
the park development bond is
sue. There was a good attend
ance.
GREEK STEAMER SUNK
BY NORTH SEA U-BOAT
London, Oct. 25 (AP) Fif
teen members of the crew of
the 5,962-ton Greek steamer
Konstantinos Hadjipateras, in
cluding the captain, landed at
an English port In lifeboats to
day reporting their ship had
been sunk by a submarine in the
North Sea.
The captain reported three
members of tile crew and the
English pilot were missing. He
said the sinking occurred early
today.
Capt. Alexander McGee
Salem, Oct. 25. (AP) Capt.
Alexander McGee, 50, U. S.
army retired, died suddenly at
his home here today. He re
tired from active service in 1934
because of ill health. Since his
retirement, he lived in San
Diego most of the time, and
moved to Salem last month.
New Code
Miami, Fla. (AP) Much has
been written about policemen
breaking into places provided
they have search warrants. But
now comes Florida with a new
criminal code, one section of
which gives an officer the right
to break out again "if it is for
the purpose of liberating him
self. Rattler in Playbox
Middletown, Cal. (UP) Two
little sons of Mrs. Nancy Gard
ner reported to her that there
was "an electric wire buzzing
in their playbox." Mrs. Gardner
Investigated. She found it was a
rattlesnake. A neighbor stopped
the buzzing.
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CALIFORNIA FEES
Sacramento. (UP) Califor
nia will begin shortly to collect
registration fees for Oregon com
mercial vehicles operating in
this state, and also automobiles
used by Oregon residents gain
fully employed in California,
Director of Motor Vehicles How
ard E. Philbrick announced.
"Collection of fees for certain
types of Oregon licensed vehicles
is in furtherance of the state's
policy of allowing vehicles from
other states free use of Cali
fornia highways'when those
states extend similar reciprocal
privileges to California register
ed vehiclbes," the director ex
plained. "Since Oregon requires own
ers of certain classifications of
vehicles registered here to pay
fees in that state also, wc will
pursue the same policy."
Philbrick said that interstate
commerce registered vehicles
are exempted and that the naw
regulations in no way apply to
privately owned motor vehicles
He will soon start an investi
Ration to determine what fees
arc due California.
BIKE THEFT EPTDEMIC
CONTINUES IN J'VILLE
Jacksonville. Oct. 25 (Spl.)
Jim Grigsby, Jr., is the latest
victim of the bicycle stealing
epidemic which has prevailed
here for the past several days.
Grigsby's blue and white Col-
son bike was taken from the
school yard Monday and was
later abandoned near the Bybce
corner, where it was seen and
reported by passersby. Before
the owner could recover il. the
bicycle again disappeared.
Job Increase Noted
Washington. Oct. 25. (AP)
Secretary Perkins reported to
day an increase of more than
700,000 in manufacturing em
ployment from mid-July to mid
October. A steady increase in
Jobs, she said, began in the early
summer.
Jacksonville Meeting.
Jacksonville. Oct. 25. (Spl.)
Missionary society of the Pres
byterian church will meet at the
home of Mrs. Reva Henspetcr,
Thursday at 2 p. m. All inter
ested ladies arc Invited.
of Portland
OREGON. WEDNESDAY.
OLD TRADJTION IS
BACK OF OREGON'S
MDJTARYSERVICE
Sterling Record Is Brought
To Mind By Attainment
Of National Guard Goal
By Victor Dallaire
U. P. Staff Correspondent.
Salem. (UP) When the na
tional guard of Oregon com
pleted its quota of enlistments
tile first in the United States
under the present limited
emergency, it added to a tradi
tion of armed service that ante
dates Oregon's statehood.
The first residents of the Ore
gon territory were necessarily
armed and prepared to protect
their homes from hostile In
dians. The idea of military ser
vice for the protection of the
state and country seems to have
been handed down from these
pioneers, although at that time
no permanent organization such
as the national guard existed.
When the Oregon rifles regi
ment of the regular army ar
rived at Vancouver in 1849, the
pioneers constituted an auxili
ary force to assist them in con
trolling the Indians.
Sympathies Divided.
In the American civil war.
sympathies were divided and
the long overland crossing was
formidable geographical bar
rier, but even with those ob
stacles, 2,800 Oregonians fought
In the union forces. It Is pre
sumcd that others, though no
tabulation was made, served in
the Confederate ranks.
No complete records of the
later Indian wars are available
but it has been conservatively
estimated that over 6,000 Ore
gonians saw service in the Mo
doc, Nez Perce, Cayuse, Rogue
River and Yakima Indian cam
paigns. .
When President William Mc-
Kinlcy issued the first call for
volunteers for the Spanish
American war, Oregon respond
ed at once by furnishing a com
plete regiment of infantry. The
regiment saw long service in the
Philippines during the war and
in the insurrection which fol
lowed the surrender of the Span
ish forces.
Mexican Service.
The Oregon national guard
served in the Mexican border
trouble in the year before Amer
ica entered the World war.
Brightest spot in the military
record of the state is the World
war when Oregon was the first
state in the union to recruit all
national guard units to full
strenght. Mobilization, when
war was declared, took place
overnight and Oregon had the
first national guard regiment
ready for action.
The major portion of Oregon
volunteer organizations was
made a part of the 41st division.
This division was used as a re
placement division and the sol
diers from Oregon saw action
in practically every battle on the
western front in which Amer
ican forces were engaged.
First in World War.
The total in service from Ore
gon during the World war, in
cluding soldiers, sailors, marines,
nurses and yeomanettes was 44,
166. Of this number, 15.605
served overseas. 367 were kill
ed in action. 663 died of other
causes and 1,100 were wounded.
There were 191 desertions and
over the whole state there were
only 17 conscientious objectors.
OCTOBER 25, 1939.
Two other firsts In the nation i
were made by Oregon at that ;
time. It was the first state to
complete the war census and i
the first to complete machinery j
for the operation of the selective
service act.
The records show that Oregon
would probably have filled its
quota without recourse to the
act, because so many volunteer
ed for service that only a small
part of Oregon's military forces
was drafted.
'PROFESSOR JIM'
Hartford. Conn. (AP) The i
memory of "Professor Jim" still !
lives at Trinity college three j
score years after the old Neern
janitor's death. Alumni have
provided funds for a new stone
to mark his grave.
The old, weather-beaten tomb
stone said merely that James
Williams was "for more. than
40 years ianitor nf Tnnitv rnl-
lege." The new one, President
nemsen a. ogilby says, will com
memorate "Professor Jim" n
"faithful over a few things."
iJroiessor Jim," nearly 90
when he died, virtually was a
father confessor to the students
of his day and the final, undis
puted authority on matters nf
Trinity tradition.
Education Board
Meets Saturday
Corvallis. Oct. 25 (AP) The
state board of higher education
will hold a regular meeting here
Saturday morning, attend the
Oregon State-Washington State
football contest in' the afternoon
and participate in the annual
Dad's Day events in the evening.
Chancellor Frederick Hunter
win iupuii on enrollment ln-j
creases at the five institution.:
of higher learning and discuss
budget adjustments.
Joke In Will
Milan. Italy (UP) Gilbcrto
Venturelli, one of Italy's most
famous clowns, played a fare
well joke on his son by be
queathing to him his top hat.
When the son dashed the hat to
the ground in anger, a paper
fell out. It was a deposit slip
for 30,000 lire ($1,500) in the
son's name.
Fined
London (UP) London's first
taxi driver, Joseph Brown, was
fined $1.25 at Clcrkenwcll po
lice court for passing a red light.
Brown told the magistrate that
he had driven taxis in London
for 37 years. His first cab was
like a hansom with the steering
wheel at the rear.
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OF
CACTUS IK GARNER
Rex Lampman, well known
in this city, Gold Hill and in
Central Point, where his moth
er, Mrs. Viola Lampman re
sides, is now in Washington, D.
C, and associated with Jack
Foy, in the song writing busi
ness. Lampman has written the
words, and Foy the music, for
what may be a campaign song
for Vice President Jack Gar
ner, mentioned as a Democratic
presidential nominee possibility
next year. The song is titled
'Cactus Jack," has ten verses,
the chorus of which runs:
"Cactus Jack, he's a riding straight.
Riding straight for the White House
. gte.
Don't look away, don't look away.
You can't look away from Texas."
Lampman also has furnished
the lyrics for two other songs,
"There's a Pony on the Range,"
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THURSDAY ONLY!
UMBRELLAS!
Fine 16 Rib Oiled Silks
Attention Blue Ribbon Shop
persl Here's a Sensational
One-Day Sale of fine quality
Oiled Silk 16-rob Umbrellas.
Assorted Fall colors in new
handle styles for only 89c
each. Get your Winter Um
brella tomorrow at Mann's.
Regular $1.29
and "The Trailing Arbutuj".
With his brother, Ben Hur
Lampman of the Oregonian, the
Gnnp writer ooerated the GnlH
Hill News in its infancy thirty
years ago, and saw service on
that paper and the Portland
Journal. Lampman also work
ed newspapers throughout the
land, and was one of the orig
inal reporters on the American
Legion publication when it was
established in Paris during the
world war.
Writes On War
Los Angeles (AP) So bitter
did Mrs. Josephine Mair feel
about war that she wrote a bit
ter arraignment and made the
document part of the public rec
ords by legally filing it with
the county clerk. The lengthy
statement reveals that she is
mother of two sons, aged 23 and
9.
Community Day
Jasper, Ala. (UP) Residents
of this tiny Alabama town not ,
only gather to clean their grave-
yards, but moke a picnic out of
it besides. An ad in the Jasper
paper recently read: "There will
be a graveyard cleaning at
Tubb's Cemetery. All interested
come and bring tools and din
ner." BLUE
RIBBON
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