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KLAMATH FALLS, ORE., SATURDAY, JUNE 17, 1933
The Klamath News
Editorials
on thi
Day's News
ily KKAXK JKNKINa
TWO llama In lha nws of lh
day lhat Interest ui hr l
noma:
(1) An delation to promota
tha lolaraata of Tha Dalies-Call-tornla
highway ! formed t
Hand; (2) Olrli from tourlit In
formation bureau! throughout
Oregon and California vlall Klam
ath Fall! to gel an Idea of what
our great country ! like.
Both are Important.
Gil EAT hlghweya don't "Ju'
irow," Ilk Topsy. They have
to be pushed.
Thos of ua who ara Interested
In Tha Dalles-California hlhway
haven't ben puihlni hard enough
la recent year. Th reeult hai
been that thl great road, on of
th nioul beautiful In America,
baa been aadly neglected. It Is
falling Into uch a itata of dlsro
palr that tourlati are beginning
to avoid It.
Th builnei of the new asso
elatlon formed at Bend will b to
get behind and PUSH again.
THEBK girla from the' Informa
tion bureaua In Oregon and
California meet tha tourist fc
to face, telling blm where he can
go and what ha can ee.
We ar EXCEEDINGLY lucky
to get them here In peraon. o
that they may ea with their own
ayea tha wondera of thl groat
country, and o b equipped to
tell of It with authority nd en
thuslssm. We're glad they're here. We
hop they hare a good time. And
we re BL UE they'll Ilk our coun
try. Nobody can hlp that.
IN CONSIDERING prospect for
Improving hualneaa, DON'T for
get the tourlit dollar. It la new
money, brought In from th out
(Continued on Pag Four)
World Looking to
United States for
Action on Money
LONDON. June 1, W Tha
world conomlc conference alter
Important meellnga of Ita mone
tary and economic commlaalona
today decided virtually to mark
time on the major problema over
the week end, pending definite
word regarding Washington's at
titude toward currency atablllia-
Th gold etanderd couutrlo. It
waa aald In Kronen quarters, ao
not Intend to budge until approv
al of a etahllliatlon project haa
been received from the American
admlnlatratlnn.
French Disappointed
Trench detegatea and their fol
lowera expreaaed keen dtsappolnt-
ment over Secretary wooain an
nouncement In Waahlngton that
tha United State, government had
not agreed to any current stablll
tatlon propoaala, which are un
derstood to have Been consiaerea
by French, American and Brltlib
financial leaders.
The French Indicated they had
thought the atabllliatlon question
had been aettled when they con
ceded tha chairmanship of the
monetary commission 10 jnrrm
Cox. second In command of thai,
T'stlfsarl Ot alt east er Fit II It I
Washington Hlil Key
It had been reported that plans .
were afoot to stabilise the Amer
lean dollar at between 1104 to
.1.. u. i.i.i, h
In a formal statement given out
In Washington last night and re-
celved here this morning, the
American secretary of the treas
ury said that "the discussions In
London (regarding stnhlllsati.in
must be exploratory only, and
any agreement on this subject
will be reached In Washington,
not elsewhere."
In the meantime, hiii'sh,
French nd Amerl.-an bankers are
meeting In London to study the
problem, and It was reliably rtat
(Continued on Pago Two)
Will Rogers Says:
BEVERLY HILLS, Jutia 111
Editor The Klamath News:
President has been breaking
hla neck to got
congress "off the
Potomac" before
Thursday (the day
the debts were
due). Ho waa
afraid to have 'em
there when the
bad now arrived. He wa
afraid they would commit
tilclde.
See whoro some American
heiress gave a her reasons
for marrying one of this mes
of Mdlvanls, that ho was
"mart, cute, amusing, Inter
esting and hang around all
the time." Bounds almost
like the recommendation ot a
good setter pup.
Everyone at London Bays
"something must be done"
and It look llko It will be
us. Yours,
INDIAN FACES
FIRST DEGREE
Benjamin Tupper Charg-
edWith Stabbing Abin
Murdock to Death
Hearing Demanded Be
fore Federal Commiss
ioner by Defense Men
First degree murder charges
were filed against Benjamin
Tupper, Klamath Indian. Friday
afternoon with II. S. Commis
sioner llert C. Thomas.
Tupper la charged with the
murder of Abln tlurdock. Digger
Indian, who waa atabbed to
death at Williamson Hirer.
Tueeday night.
Hearing Demanded
Tupper appeared before Thorn
aa with W. P. Myora and Oeorga
Chastaln. attorney be ha re
tained. Myera demanded hear
ing for his client before arraign
ment. The hearing was set for
10 o'clock Thursday morning.
Tupper was returned to the
county Jail to await his hearing.
Tupper Is the only one expect
ed to face charges resulting
from the fray which I believed
to have followed tribal and fam
ily dlfferencea cllmased by the
marriage of Murdock to Tup
per daughter.
Agent Hiicni
II. A. King, special agent with
the United males bureau of In
vestigation has spent th past
two days at Williamson Hirer
and Klamath Fulls Investigating
tha case. He would make no
statement until after the charges
are filed.
Tupper was arrested on elat-
ments of hi daughter that she
was In the room with her father
and husband when the atabbing
occurred.
Sacramento Holds
Coast League Lead;
Portland Victorious
By United Pre
r" Merarnenlo bolstered It pre-
carlous perch on top of the Pa
cific Coast loagus Friday night
with a t to S triumph over the
Mission Reds. Th Hollywood
Arabs training In second place
dropped a 4 to 0 decision to
-Oakland.
Timely bitting coupled with,
four Los Angeles error gave
Portland a 5 to 8 nod over the
Angel In the only day game of
tha circuit. The Angel outhlt
the Ducks. IS to 8, but their
four bobble proved costly.
Seattle Indian went on a
batting spree to mark up a 11
to 8 victory over Ban Francisco.
The acores:
K. H. E.
Portland 6 8 1
Los Angeles 8 18 4
Koupal, Jacob and Palmlsano;
Thomas, Stltiel and Mc.Mullen.
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18 1
18 0
Missions
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' Cole nd Fitxpatrlrk
I ders and Wlrts.
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Costa and Tnbln:
Veil man.
Joiner and
Pretty Boy Floyd
Abducts Sheriff
CMNfON, Mo.. June 16 (UP)
1 Two outlaws, one of them ton
', tatlvoly identified as Charles
Floyd, the notorious Pretty
Boy," fled through western Mis
souri today, inking Sheriff Jack
KlllingHWnrlh of folk county
with them as hostage.
Less than 48 hnnra after three
hank linnrilts killed a sheriff
and stnte highway patrolmen, at
Columbia, Missouri, waa fronted
to another example of outlawry
as hraxen nn any tho state ever
saw.
Sheriff Kllllngsworlh vna ab
ducted when he entered a garage
in Bolivar, whero two outlaws,
believed to he Floyd and Adam
Rlchettl, were having their car
repaired.
Ruth Chatterton
Confined to Home
HOLLYWOOD, June 16 (OP)
Ilttth Chatterton, film star, I
confined to her home with a
serloiia attack of aruto bron
chitis and a nervous breakdown,
her physician. Dr. Wllllnm B.
Urnnch sold tonight.
Miss Chatterton returned from
Europe 10 days ago with her
husband, George Brent, and waa
stricken the next day. She also
was III while In Europe, and her
present attark was termed a re
laps by Dr. Branch.
Roosevelt Speeds Action
On H' v Deal Laws
M;UHON
.lorreepiinilrnt
v, .iW, June 1 (UP)
' -11 hour after the ad
..ment of congress today
rresldent Koovelt wrote his
signature on three pieces of
paper that ara tha blueprints of
the "new desl."
By so doing, be opened the
second phase of hla offensive
gainst buslnes stagnation.
Before congressmen could pack
their travelling bags Mr. Roose
velt signed th national Indus
trial recovery bill, the Glass
Steagall banking bill, and the
railroad reorganisation act.
Machinery Whir
All over Washington In the
low, white buildings that houae
government departmenta the
machinery set up by the special
session of congress waa whirring.
No person in lha United States
will escape the effect of this
Intricate network of legislation.
Nor will there he any delay,
HerdeisHurl
StrikeThreat
OWNER GIVEN TO JOE 84
TO MEET WAGE AHKED
BT LABORERS
The executive council of the
Klamath County Sheepherdera'
association last nlgbt gave own
er until June 84 to meet herd
ers' demand for 180 a month
wagea and announced that a
general atrlke will be called
June 87 It their request Is not
granted.
The action waa taken at a
closed meeting held at the labor
ball.
'J. P. Sullivan, aecretary of
the executive council, said that
the general atrlke would be en
forced by ( per cent of the
herders In the Klamath area
who have Joined the union be
ing organised here.
"The strike I unavoidable,"
Sullivan said, "unle owner
agree to our scale by the data
we have eel for them, we ere
giving them eight day to think
It over."
The herder are now being
paid about 840 a month.
4-L Association to
Meet Saturday to
Discuss Schedules
Minimum wage acalea and
maximum hour achedulea will be
studied at a meeting ot the dis
trict board of the Klamath Basin
district ot the 4-L to be held at
the Wlllard hotel at t o'clock
on Saturday morning. On this
board, both management and
employees are represented, and
at Saturday's meeting representa
tives will be present from the
McCloud Lumber company, tha
Weed Lumber company, Weyer
haeuser Timber company, Ewauna
Box company and the Sprague
River Lumber company.
All ot these concerns are
membera ot the 4-L, and In ad
dition delegates are expected at
the meeting from concerns not
now member but, which ar con
templating memnersmp.
The purpose .of Saturday's
meeting will be a preliminary
study of minimum wage scale
and maximum hour schedule to
be Included in the code under
which the West Coast lumber in
dustry will operate under the
provisions of the new Industry
control bill. Similar district
meetings are to he held at Bend
Spokano. Tacoma, Portland and
other Important lumner points,
and the results of the prellmin
srv studies made at these meet-
lnga will go before tne ooara oi
directors of the 4-L to be held
in Portland, June IS and 14,
when a final schedule of hours
and wages will bo drawn tip and
presented to tho government.
This schedule, If and when
adopted by the federal govern-
ment, will become the basis ot
hours and wages upon which the
Industry will operate In the fu
ture.
J. M. Pond, field officer of
the 4-L. will preside at the
meeting on Saturday.
Forest Worker In Trouble
Sleepwalker Awakes On Railroad Track
My MARGARET HAUGK 1
Clad only In pajamas, a om
nambitllstlc member of th civilian
conservation corps alighted from
a special train enronte to Eu
gene during a brief stop Wed
nesday night. Jamea Smith, the
unfortunate sleepwalker from
Kan-ns City, Mo., awoke to find
himself In the great open spaces
of the west, walking down the
railroad tracks In his bare feet,
sans money, ians clothing, anns
practically everylhlng. Just one
of thriso embarrassing moments.
Early the next morning the
young recruit was missed by his
superior officers, and frantic
telegram were sent to police de
partments of every elty In which
the troop train had atopped.
Tomorrow, for Instance, mo
torists will start psylng 1 H
cents a gallon federsl tax on
gasoline Instead of th 1 cent
they have been paying.
Mr. Roosevelt aald h was
making avallabl at once under
the Industrial recovery bill
1400,000,000 for construction of
state roads, and tl.000,000
for the nary to build ships under
the terms of the London treaty.
Two boards composed chiefly
of cabinet member were named
to help In th administration of
the national Industrial recovery
act. Mr. Roosevelt ld he hoped
the entire program would be
functioning within 20 days.
The Independent office ap
propriation bill carrying the con
troversial veterans compensation
provision that precipitated an
open break between congress
and the White House was signed
by President Roosevelt today
without ceremony,
CHANGE ASKED
IN BEER LAW
City Council Requested
to Permit Sale of Suds
In Local Card Rooms
An amendment to the city beer
ordinance wilt probably be pre
sented to the city council at the
meeting Monday evening, con
taining aa the main change the
permitting of beer in lunch
counters whloh are operated In
connection with pool and card
rooms.
If th amendment la presented
It will be the result of an ex
tensive campaign carried on by
four aueh placea which hare
asked for a change at the last
two council meetings on the
ground that their lunch counter
business Is dropping off because
ot their Inability to eerve beer.
At Meal Only
The regulation will carry atrlct
rules It passed at the request ot
the pool and card room opera
tors, who uueeV'they. Vr -not de
air the beer to be consumed at
any place except at- the lunch
counter In connection with the
meals.
At the last conncll meeting
considerable opposition to the
proposal was ahown by three ot
he councllmen. The police com
mittee composed ot J. J. Keller,
Charles Thomas and J. E. Hoa-
klng met with the operators of
pool and card room Wednesday.
No- recommendation will be
made by the committee at the
Mondav meeting. Keller said,
however he believed an amend
ment containing the proposal and
other minor changes might be
presented ao the question would
be definitely passed or rejected.
290 Navy Planes
To Be Built Under
Recovery Measure
WASHINGTON, June 1 (UP)
Construction of approximately
190 navy airplanes at an esti
mated total cost Ot IV.36X.000
waa authorised ny rresiaeni
Roosevelt today.
The navr department aald the
plane would be attached to S8
vessels, construction of which ia
provided by the 83,800.000,000
public work program Included
in the Industrial recovery act,
Expenditure of 89,8(1.000 for
aircraft would bring the total
estimate for ship and airplane
construction from 8238,020,000
to 8147.S81.000.
BOYS INJURED
Charles Helts, 15, of Tula
Lake, and a youth named Cum
mlngs. received minor scalp
wound yesterday evening when
the truck In which they were
riding was hit by a Southern
Pacific freight train.
The boys are at the Hillside
hospital.
IOS Kg ROLL
Andrew KJolaas, en route to
Idaho from San Francisco, re
parted to police last night that
he lost a hill fold containing
$180 on South Sixth street,
The Klamath Falls police de
partment slipped into Its leutn
ing clothe and got to work
In a short time the patama sold
ier wa located at Hackamore,
Calif.
When he awnko to find him
elf In such a "touch spot." the
young man walked Into Hacka
more, nenr which the train had
stopped when he alighted. Real-
lxlng thnt there were civilian
conservation camps located
that district, he made Inquiries
and turned himself over
Lieutenant Wilson, C. C. C, In
that district. .
Whether or not he will remain
In Hackamore, newly outfitted,
or will be sent on to Join b
company, waa sot reported at
police bureau.
KLAMATH HOST
Frank Troeh of Portland
Wins Class A Event
As State Meet Opens
Californian Winner of
Handicap Doubles; 120
Marksmen Enter Shoot
A strong wind from Upper
Klamath lake greeted 110 trap
sbooters from all sections of the
Pacific coast Friday at the open
ing of the annual Oregon etate
shoot. The sportsmen opened
th event In the morning and
the final shots were fired at
dusk.
Frank Troeh of Portland cap
tured the Oregon Class A when
he cracked 197 blrda out of 100
at 16 yards. Troeb, shooting In
to a head wind splitting the
targets, went through 100 shots
in the morning round without a
miss.
Callrornian High
M. Leffner of Del Monte,
Calif,, was high in the handicap
doubles with 60. J. B. Troeb of
Portland and E. F. Laughton ot
Maryaville. Calif., were tied tor
second with 46.
The first half of the Oregon
state championship will open
Saturday. The final will be
shot off on Sunday.
Preliminary handicaps and the
doublea championship will also
be on Baturday'a schedule. The
handicap championship will be
determined on Sunday.
The summary:-
Claas championship 100 at
14 yard
Clasa A Won by Frank Troeh
of Portland. 197; second 8. G.
Mendenhall of Granta Pass. 169.
Class B Won by A. Knoblock
of Hepner. 195: second, S. 8.
oodward ot Klamath Falls,
90.
Class C Won by J. C. Mor
tis of Portland, 193: second, V.
Bewley of Klamath Falls, 190.
Class D Won by R. L. Bur
nett of Portland, 183: second F.
N. La ruling of L& ..Gxanrla and.
Tracy Hnllister ot La Grande
tied at 179.
Handicap double. 16 yards
Won by M. Leffner of Del
Monte. Cal.. BO: J. B. Troeh of
Portland and E. F. Laughton ot
Marysvllle. Cel., tied for second.
6: Frank Troeh. Portland. K.
Branton of Bend and O. N. Ford
Del Monte, Cal.. tied tor
third. 45.
Rampaging Rivers
Continue to Rise;
Damage Is Great
PORTLAND, Ore., June 16
(UP) The rampaging Columbia
river and it larger tributaries
continued their steady rise to
night, bring feara of greater dis
aster to Columbia basin cities.
Flood damage ao far ha been
estlmsted at dose to a million
dollars. Kelso, Wash., waa still
partially under water tonight
while resldenta fought valiantly
to close a break In the Cowee-
man river dike which sent 1.504
persons fleeing for their lives
late Thursday.
Damage tbtre was placed at
8500,000. Sauvlea island, a 16
mile long area of rich farm lands
In the Columbia, waa swept by
torrent of muddy water which
crumbled seawall. Ten valuable
tarma were almost total losses.
More than (150.000 damage wa
reported.
Suicide Reported
From Bly District
Reports were sent to Dr. Geo.
Adler, county coroner, Friday aft
ernoon that Mike Welch, elderly
sheep herder, who was shearing
sheen at the Everett new rancn.
three milea east of Bly. commit
ted suicide by hanging himself in
a' hsrn.
He wa reported to have been
shearing sheen and last seen
about 9 o'clock. He failed to ap
pear for lunch. A search reveal
ed him hanging hy a rope from a
rafter In the barn, near where he
worked, reports said.
Dr. George Adler, coroner,
who Investigated the case, aaid
the man was despondent and in
poor health. A few night ago
Welch had asked to oorrow a
gun. Indicating that the suicide
had been planned for some time.
An effort is being made to locate
relatives believed to be residing
in California. The body la at
the Klamath funeral home.
CORRECTION
Not With Secretary of State's
Office In a news Item In this
paper. It wa stated Inadvert
ently thnt E. B. Gabriel, who
with W. A. Delxell appeared be
fore a meeting ot formers and
truck owner on Friday evoning
to explain th nw truck and bus
law, ia with the aocretary of
state's office. This Is an- error.
Mr. Gabriel la the owner of the
Gabriel Powder and Supply com
pany, with stores In Eugene and
Salem.
Is He Fourth Victim
I v Y
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t : t aw fc. - - -
Jamea Mattern, above, Is believed
the Bearing sea and little hop
him by air ha been prevented by
ed that he will go down In history as the fourth victim of the
Asia-Alaskan hop. Three Japanese
tic water before blm.
FLIER LOST IN
ARCTIC WATERS
Fears Expressed for Life
of James Mattern,
Round-World Airman
NOME, Alaska, June t (UP)
tfinw-'Malrf , '.misting some
where in the Arctic on an at
tempted 'round-the-world flight.
probably ia down In the Bering
sea area, tt was neiievea to
night. A 14-hour '-'radio search" by
the Japanese station at Para-
mushir revealed Mattern had
not been seen over the sea of
Okhotsk, or over the Kamchatka
peninsula.
Vessels Queried
Land points and Japanese ves
sel were queried.
Lack of information indicated
the Texas aviator bad roared
across the fog-shrouded airway
from Khabarovsk, on over the
Okhotsk aea, up the Kamchatka
peninsula and then encountered
trouble over the Bering aea or
on the Alaska mainland. .
SEARCH DIFFICTXT
NOME. Alaska, June 16 (TJP)
Extensive search tor the miss
ing tiler, James J. Mattern. more
than 30 hour overdue nere on
hi Siberia-Alaska hop, appeared
unlikely tonight.
Two coast guard cutter were
searching Bering ea for trace
of the world flier, but had no
lead to follow lnce he left
Khabarovsk more than 43 hour
aeo.
Months would be required for
even a cursory search ot the
hundreds of miles of open waters
and score ot Islands in the
Aleutian chain. -
Fog HeaTy
Low-hanging clouds and fog.
which may have brought death
to the daring aviator, prevented
the few fliers in this area trom
making an area search for Mat
tern.
Fer. were expressed here to
night that he was destined to
be chalked down as the fourth
victim of the dangerous Asia
Alaska hop. Three Japanese
good-will filers. Kiyoshl Honma.
Tomoyoshl Ishlta and Ellchlro
Baha. dlfflppearea in inw
waters after taking oft from
Sahlshlro Beach, Japan, last
year.
Weather Cooler;
Breezes. Forecast
The backbone1' of tho heat
wave appeared to be broken
Friday when a rise in barometric
pressure sent the mercury scur
rying downward. The maximum
recorded for the day waa 82 de
grees, 13 degrees less than the
high point for Thursday.
Generally fair weather "with
moderate winds wa the forecast
issued for the next 14 hour, by
tho local weatherman. The state
weather bureuu predictions are
for unsettled weather over the
state Friday night and Satur
day, scattered afternoon thun
der storms in the eastern moun
tains, and cooler tempcrntnros.
TIUTKS IN CRASH
A light truck operated hy It.
C. Head of Klamath Falls col
lided with a truck parked at
115t Owen treet last night, ac
cording to a report to police.
No one was Injured, but both
truck wort damaged.
of North Pacific?
- yf v
1
to have been forced down In
I held for his life. Search for
heavy fog, and feara are express
goodwill fliers were lost in Are-
Copco Probe
Starts Here
COMMISSIONER. THOMAS TO
LOOK OVER DISTRICT
BEFORE HEARING
Judge Charles M. Thomas.
state utilities commissioner rom
Salem, came to Klamath Fall
Friday : to conduct a personal
caeca -oa ino- prorc-ot an x
tenslvo Investigation - Into the
California Oregon Power com
pany. Mr. Thomas, compressing
his work here into a brief a
time a possible, probably will
remaiu in Kiamath county until
sunaay.
The commissioner' schedule
Friday Included a tour through
the Klamath Irrigation District.
He planned to Interview officials
ot the district and water users
to determine the result ot the
Lpper Klamath lake power con
dition upon the Irrigatlonlsta.
Outlines Purposes.
The Immediate purpose of hla
visit, he said, will be to deter
mine what phases of the power
company shall he first set for
hearing. Another ot hi chief
aim here will be to ascertain
the Investment and capital struc
ture of Copco as a mean of
tlmatlng rate for the future.
Just when the formal hearing
will open, ha aaid, was indefi
nite. Hi department will be
busy for the remainder of Jnne
with the opening of the North
western Electric company hear
ing at Portland, June 16. Hear
ings Into tne pacific Teiepnone
and Telegraph company win fol
low immediately and then he
expected the investigation into
one unit ot the Mountain States
Power company would be ready
for hearing. Tha . Mountain
States Power company hearing
has been scheduled for Marsh-
field.
Case Here Pushed.
"We hare pushed the case of
the California Oregon Power
company," said Mr. Thomas, "be
cause It la one ot the largest and
most complicated undertaken by
our department.
"Part of the operations are in
nmnn and the rest in Califor
nia. The sale of contracta be
tween units in both states nas
(Continued on Pge iwoj
Press Time
LONDON, June 16 (UP)
The Germans caused a tense
moment at the world eco
nomic conference today when,
for the first time since the
close of tho World War. they
formally proposed before a
forum of the world's govern
ments that their former col
onic In Africa be restored.
ST. PAUL, Minn., June 16
(VP) William Hamin, mil
lionaire brewer, has been In
the handa of kidnaper who
threaten to kill him unless
UIOO.OOO Is paid, the United
Press learned tonight,
PORTLAND, Ore, Jnne 16
(IP) HoaetMirg was select
ed as the convention city for
tho 1DS4 state grange con
clave, which concluded here
tonight.
MKDFORD, Ore, June 16
(VP) Mayor Walter Jones of
Rogue river was pictured
ringleader In the darlim elec
tion ballot theft in Jackson
county aa Assistant- Attorney
General Ralph Moody com
pleted hla opening; statement
late today In the trial of
J one.
3 YEAR PLAN
TO AID GRAIN
Reduction of A c r eage
With Federal Subsidy
to Growers Planned
Farm Relief Board to
Levy Processing Tax;
to Avoid Market Glut
WASHINGTON. June 16 (EP)
A "three year plan" to regu
late the domestic grain industry
was adopted today by the farm
relief administration.
The program involves substan
tial reduction ot future wheat
acreage and tha levying of a
maximum processing tax on
heat.
The excise tax orobablv will
go into effect aometim between
July 1, the beginning of the
heat marketing year, and Au
gust 1. It was understood.
80 Cents Maximum
Since the current . averts
heat prices are acnroximateiv
59 cent per bushel and the
goal set by the price fixing pro
visions of the farm act la about
cent per bushel, tha "maxi
mum" tax la expected to , be
about 30 cent. It will repre
sent the difference between th
pric level at the date of lew
and pre-war "parity."
Summarising the plan Wal
lace said It Included three in
tegral provisions:
1 Contract to be offered
farmers for acreage reduction
oa 1934 and 1935 wheat crop
p to a 19 per cent maximum ot
their average for the past three
years.
2 Cooperation br tha agri
cultural adjustment adminis
tration with existing agencies to
facilitate export movement ot
wheat as provided by the act,
within the limits of Interna
tional agreements.
3 Possible , removal from
the market of a portion of th
supply of certain types ot wheat
produced in excess .of require
ment ot this-year.'
President Takes
Vacation to See
Boyhood Scenes
WASHINGTON, June 16 (CP)
President Roosevelt left hi
troubles behind him tonight a
a fast special train carried him
toward the familiar scenes ot
carefree boyhood in New Eng
land and New Brunswick.
Tha Roosevelt limousine bear
ing the president arrived at the
station only a short time before
the hoar set tor his departure.
Commenting on his first de
parture from Washington as
president of th United States.
Mr. Roosevelt said:
'This la a new experience to
me. '
Postmaster at Bly
Resigns Position;
Serves 14 Years
BLY. Ore. Mra. Delia Walker
has been appointed new post
master of Bly to fill the vacancy
left by the resignation of Ed
Wallls, who - haa been Bly post
master for 14 years.
Wallls is now living with his
son, Butord. in tne um ug
Cabin.
Mrs. Walker took over her
duties Tuesday after receiving
her necessary bonds. "The Duck
Inn," which she owns and oper
ates is In charge of Mrs. Sum
mers. MOTORIST ARRESTED
William H. Walwin ot Ten
nant, Cal., was arrested by city
police last night and charged
with reckless driving. He posted
125 ball.
News Flashes
ORBETELLO AIRPORT,
Italy, Jnne 16 (UP) Bad
weather over the Italian and
Swiss Alp made impossible
the start tomorrow of the)
flight of 24 seaplane from
Italy to Chicago.
PITTSBURGH, Pa, Jnne 15
(UP) Unlesa purchasing
power ia obtained for Indus
try, there I danger of a re
lapse in the improvement
which haa been noted at thl
critical atage In the depres
alon. General Hugh S. John
son, chairman of the Indus
trial administrative board, said
In a speech here tonight.
MILWAUKEE, June 16 (UP)
More than BOOO physician
ended their annual convention
here tonight with an admis
sion thnt the common cold
still baffles them despite the
fact that during the last week
they ialed nodical discov
eries which Indicated aa asw
precedent ed advance tat their ;
science) during toe
centary.
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