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Newspaper Page TextTwenty-Fifth Year Today By Arthur Briabant The Old Catskills. If We Really Thought. Dynamite and Hailstones. .Free Your Emotions. Copyright King Features Synd. Inc. This is written in the Cats till mountains, where Kip Van Winkle hail his long sleep and where, some day, many mil lions will find a glorious sum mer playground. Here, are 1,0(10 natural landing fields, on the ..a nf lilouiiiL' mountains. 40 ... i'll,lil from' the ten muuiles iliglH non ine i i million people that live 111 llinl ; a '. Ynt-k Citv ! round New 1 ' . Ol'OUpS of little moillltllins, osnnfanl lunli liwuil - Vllllll lo .J,."'" v ,. fullv green, and waiting- toi millions that will come. Tim 1 'J.'iO.OOO .children anil ( ' ',' ' . ', ,1 ..,..,i 30,000 teae.hers, just released Him New York City's public i T ' ... i i,,. .....l 1 SCtlnOlS, Ollglll iu " real civilization will find a way to send them, instead of leav inc them in hot New York. There could be no better place for old men and women to spend their last years, looking east toward the troubled At lantic, and worrying Europe, and west, across broad. America toward the Pacific and mys terious, uncertain Asia; they, themselves, at peace, in this happiest of nations. If men were really thinkers, their minds would be fixed on the immensity of tl'c universe, Ihnsmnllness of this little green JlOllf; .lie friujiji tu. 1 ..: P whnt. ana ne uiicciuiim.i lies beyond. But, we arc little inhabitants of a small planet and little things interest us. Lightning struck a boat, car- dynamite, off Cockburn island, in the St. Iawrence, killing thirty, blowing the big $100,000 boat to splinters. We like to read about that. At St. Johns, Newfoundland, windows, roofs; were broken, animals killed by hailstones weighing ten pounds each. Wo have heard of hailstones as big as lien's eggs, but not as big as liens.' That interests 1,000,000 of ns, where Einstein interests (one. The learned DrTw. J. Mayo, earth's greatest surgeon, able to remove anything you have. except your citizenship and your complexes, warns you that restraining your emotions w bad for vour heart. Every lime your mind interferes to dieek your instinctive impulses the heart suffers. That will en- toiirngo modern young people, increasing t lioii- expectation of long life. When you suddenly jam on your four-wheel brakes, your tires suffer, so with vour heart. fben you suddenly apply your W'H and control the emotions which nro your driving force. 'Tro-ciit meats," beef, mut ton, pork carcasses, cut, ready 'or consumers' use in the pitck "ii! house, not in local butcher 'iops, interest retailers of food. Sw'ift & Co. are esperiment inK with the new idea, intro duced by' MY. Chester, presi dc"t of the Genera! Food enm f'ny. in connection with stul ilni freezing, in transparent fMkages, at extremely low 'Wperiitiires. Meats thus pre epUt and rrozen arc said to last ""lefinitdy, losing none of Kinlity. This means imielfth'i, 'ot-7y inVn-'- uieif to ret,.;! .,, ., ... i c i"rr mill nave mmui-i " Undesirable nr impossible to i'"' hi fresh meat and fish nitherto. ciitlniied 0, I'm Three) Med TOKYO, VIA! ALASKA AIM! OFIDIN Plans For Pacific Hop Be fore July15 Completed Hunter Brothers Near To New Endurance Record Conquerors of Atlantic To Visit President. C'H lCU'.o. Juno 2d lPl The ..CUj. or lu..i,lce pUlne flyinir over Sky Hnrhor airport, at i2A" a' '" "-'S'T 1 today entered ,h0 hm- of their fiicht. The world's record non-iitop rel'iielinK "'ni l.s -1:11:2 1:311. They miiM I remain nlufi until .1:01 t 'I'.) to I'Ktnhlish a new re 'ord. taooma. jm. t(A'). non-amp nmiu tr iji Ti.eonia lo ' rokyo will lie Ulleinpleil. prul.alilv ,,(.f,.e July K:is ,;.,;. learned today. T,ln I'lnne. a Pulikor liiplane. pinveieil wllh a 1 2 -cylinder. Ullll a. I. liolls-ltoyce ninUir, will be piloted by tVn Seattle aviator!--, and is scheduled to arrive at Taouma field this week. The chief pilot will be Robert' 15. (liolil w.-.rk, 211. The co-pilot is Kddie L. (lied) 111 own. 23. They are making preliminary chanses .n the plane at Roeini; Field. Seattle, and will brinir It to Taco'ma field where the flight iireparations will he made. Wfli't nmt P.i'nu-n evttnet In ...i'-... three refueling in the air during their flight to Tokyo, and are mak ing arranuemenLs with flyinp con cerns in Alaska to take on pas and oil at Juneau, Nome and finally at Petrovask. across the llerini; Sea. from t'cirovask tney will start their di.sh south across the Pacific toward Toyko, passing over the FCurile Islands Permission to land I at Okyo has already been request- eu trom tno Japanese government through the state department at Washington, I), C, according to novices received from Senator ('. C Dill. ClirCAOO, June 2S (fl) The weary pilots of tho monoplane "Oitv of Chicago," John and Ken neth Hunter, were on the home stretch of an air race against time and endurance tonight. At 4:40 p. m., they had rounded out their llh day aloft. At 5:01 a. m.. Sunday, the plane, if .still aloft, will equal the 420-hour refueling record of the "St. Louis Ilolpin" and an hour l. ter establish a new record of human and mechanical endurance. Dog-tired by the 17-day vigil, deafened by the even roar of their motor, the Hunter brothers breath ed the cool night air. proper droop ing eyelids open and pluckily took their turns at the stick. "All's well. We shall heat the record," they scrawled with tremb ling pencil in a note tossed to the ground crew below. A few hours before it had not been so well. An oil plug, weaken ed by high pressure, burst and sprayed the cabin with hot nil. Their clothes soaked, the brothers tossed it overboard ami toiled in underwear five hours until the break was mended. Then the "big Ben" flew overhead, made contact and dropped fuel, tresli clolhins and black" coffee to fortify the sleepy pilots. Close lo harbor the ship hov ered tonight, droning around a narrow orbit lest some mish'tp find It too far from per; anil the mother ship. Down beneath the re volving eye of Sky Harbor's bea con the re.t of the Hunter quintet Ill-others Walter and Albert, and Sister Irene watched, to carry up equipment, gas and oil. and re freshments for the family cham pions In the alr NKW YORK. June 2S PI Squadron Leader Charles Kitlgs-ford-Snilth Unl his ocean filer" will go to Washington to meet President Hoover on Monday in the biggest plane In America. Thev originally planned to n t the capital In the Southern Cross, tri-motored ship In wnicn I I.tfmlth hns cro-w.-d hotn Atlantic and IMelfle and almost ringed the world, hut H wn de cided today to leave'. be old ship . .... . i. r merhan.ru groom- L t for the flight to Oakland. C,.!.. which probably will hegin on Wednesday nnd wnien m.i! " .lp o, may be interrupted by h stop at Chicago. Anthony II- l'"K' , lhe Southern To-s. pi a red ; Kingsford-Smlth's d!."Pnl 'he S. parage,. Plane of the Mmc ma e. he largest air transport 'n " ....... il was not announced couoii. .. Whether th" """',""' pilot the .' emni himself ouM but it -p the was hellevru no "' control X rr at ea-t n p.". journey. return-rt today K.ngs.oio-.-Mo h ,r;Th: 'w'-ve 'r, S nVtnlH his mother Ih.,, h.- get le-' k frotn l.onV?n In orde nd 10 his fTrV. -Ith whom he Liked telephone fiom here la nlh. J3 ford MANIAC BEFORE '.. ' ' . St '1 . .Jr Shortly before this photograph was taken, Raymond C. Spang (shown in circle), demented war veteran, had hurled his wife and four children 300 feet to their death from a cliff near New Haven, Conn. He then climbed down to the place where he Is shown In the picture while ropes were lowered to him and he was begged to sur render. A few seconds after this picture was taken, in view of thou sands of people, he leaped from the ledge to his death. END COMES FOR LINGLE LINKED SWEET SINGERTO 'EASY COIN' OF VAUDEVILL&F GANGLAND Joe Schenck of Famous Team of Van & Schenck! Dies of Heart Trouble Warbled to Fame From Brooklyn Street Car. DKTKOiT. Juno 2S. !) It was the finti I curtain for one of America's most famous vaude ville teams today. Joe Schenrk. who w i t h friend fius Van. sang his way out of a Itmoklyn street ear, throiiRh Coney Island's munie halls and on to Broadway, died from heart disease in his room at the liook Cadillar hotel here today. He was 3$ years old. ''Van and Srhenek' ns theatric al hunkers knew them, have heen a.oii.ited Tor IS years. When the hlow fell today they had play ed one day of a week's enirane ment at the Fisher theater here. Lnst niht they Mans to a. park ed house, took their Iiowp and ohlitilnly sane anulii. Perhaps Sehtmk wasn't feelint; any too fit then hut he did his turn like the pood trooper he was. l;- noon today he was dead. With him when he died wns Cuh Van. nearly era'ed with prief. Miss Klnara Hulander was chosen Ml.-s Medford" last night nt the close of the dance held nt Oriental Gardens as grand finale of lhe lo cal beauty contest, uponsorcd by tile l.lons dull, and will represent this citv In Portland .Inly lth. when "Miss Oregon" will be named to enter the International contest at lialveston. Texas, c.irls named as ,iin,n.,i. were Miss Helen Itlee. 'first; Miss Audrey Von Stein, ne-- ..nd. C. K. dates acted n.s master or ceremonies and gave a short sket 'h f -he worthy aitlltles carried on by the local l.lons club during pas: years, .lei.n linuilt. chairman of the i.e.iulv contest committee. Intro duced the 20 entrants In the con test, who nujienred flrnt in dance frocks, then passed In review il bathing suit'. lodges were: Mrs. Man' iwrrl ,.,'r .Lines. Mrs. Itay ('. (lalllland. rir. D. A. Chiimbe, 0 Frank P. "I and Turn Swem. poltTI.AND. -lime 2 (D A total of 344 mllH reporting to the West Coast Lumbermen's -sociatlon produced niiproxlmately r,H oon .0(10 feet of lumber during the week ending June 2J. This represents a decrease .) On0. a t,..t compared with produc Hon of 12 mills for the previous jweek. MISS HULANDER NAMED WINNER LIONS' CONTEST MA MEDFORD, ORFAiOX, SUNDAY, JUNE 29. 19:10. LEAP TO DEATH V Slain ' Scribe 'Man Behind Scenes' In Police Promo- tions When Paid For Exacted Fee For Beer and Dog Racing Immun ity. CHICAGO. June 28 tfP)--C!ii-cago's united law enforcement agencies tonight continued to fol low numerous trails In an effort to solve the assassination of Alfred LIngle, Tribune crlmo reporter, and to run down resultant charge of r.n alliance between crlmo and politics. Investigators for the state's at torney said they were examining reports of n "promotion ring" in the police department. They have heen Informed two leading politic ians In l.lngle's 30th ward, hid practical control of police promo tions with LIngle a.s the "man bo hind the scenes." It was said a regular scale of fees was. charged $1,500 for a aergeancy $5.0(10 and up for cap taincies. Further light on these reports was sought by Chief Investlgntor Pat Itoehe and Speclnl Assistant State's Attorney Charles Uathblln. a Tribune attorney, who called Lt Thomas McFarland, former aid to former Commissioner of Police Kussell, for questioning. lie denied, they said, having any money deal ings with LIngle, loana or other wise. Another trail led to Inquiry Into numerous large deposits of silver coins by LIngle In the Lake Kho.e Trust & Hnvlngs Hnnk. The de posits were made in I92X, when the slot mi.chlne ring was running wide open. Several gangsters and police captains were Indicted, hut refusi of key witnesses to testify caused the prosecution lo he drop ped. The heer racket supplied still another clue In reports that Lln gie had been levying trlb'tite of $5 a barrel on nil heer sold In the "Loop", supposedly to "fix things" with the higher-ups. Similar re ports concerned "fees" from gamb ling places and dog racing tracks. LUC FOR 2 AVIATORS MASHFIKLI). Ore., June 28 IA'i An nli'iilane piloted by Myron Caldwell, and carrying William lienchansen n (. passenger, turned over while landing at the North IInd air field todny. Neither of the men were injured. The plane, owned by Claude Caldwell. Klamath Falls, was dam aged considerably. VONKKRH, N. Y.. June UP) Colonel William Hnyce Thompsoi. (11, mining: magnate and philan thropist, died at his homo hr, laxt nlsht of pneumonia. IL TRIBUNE LEGION BACKS LOCALAIRPORT CELEBRATION Official Program Will Be Presented During Visit of National Aeronautical Fleet Visit Night Flights Will Be Feature. A program, which will be fitting celebration for the dedication of Meilford'.s (1.10,000 airport will be presented' at the local field under the auspices of Medford Post, American Legion, when the air fleet, KPansored by the National Aeronautical association, makes Its stop in Medford, according to ten tative plans announced yesterday afternoon -by Seely Hall, chairman of the Legion committee, following receipt rif-assurance that lhe fleet will Include .Medford In its Itiner ary. ? " Tho offlclr.l dedication program will continue through one or two dnys. It will include a night pa rade of planes, one of the most brilliant spectacles ever viewed In this city, stunt flying nnd hosts of other features. The tour will include practically all ships that are sold or repre sented in the Pacific Northwest, along with planes, privately owned, nnd ships of oil companies and other manufacturers. Acrobatic teams from the United States army and perhaps one from the Fnited Static ivy will come to Medford withL!T!.-i -..v- ilei. The tentative program, mapped out by the American Legion will open with the arrival of the planes. Tfie public will then be allowed '.o Inspect the nlrcfafts, motors and equipment.. This will he followed by the official dedication of the local port hy Mayor A. W. Pipes nnd members of the olty council. An exhibit of ncrobntlc flying hy the army and navy planes, acro batic Jumps nnd dead stick land ings will be high lights of the afternoon events. Air races by pri vate flyers will also he featured .'V'l'ln the, day. : Yy . .. ... ' 'The most colorful event of the tentative program will he pre sented nt night, when a fleet of planes. hrlllially lighted, will pn rade through the heavens. It will be the first spectacle of Its kind ever presented in Medford nnd Is anticipated hy nil alr-mlnded citi zens. A dance In the hnngr.r building, which Is 120 by 100 feet In size and covered with high grade floor ing, will also he Included In the night program. Rus I-awson of Portland. North west manager of the tour, will he In Medford this week to complete arrangements for the fleet's stop here with memhers of the Legion. A Northwest nirport conference is being planned in connection with the celebration In this city. Representatives of airports in northern California, Oregon. Wash ington and Idaho will he In at tendance. Figures announced yesterday, compiled since October 15. show that H65 different planes landed at the local airfield. Of this number. 325 were privately owned. These brought In 637 passengers. There were 360 passengers carried on the transport lines and close to 2 300 persons who took off from the Medford field for flights over the vi'.lley nnd to more distant points. Airport receipts have exceeded all expectations nnd letters re ceived from all sections of the const reveal an Increased Interest In tho dedication program, which will probably bring visitors to Medford from tho east as well us west. STATE BUILDINGS 8AUSM, Ore.. June 2H Pt If th?.Htnte of Orenon I to nvold an overcrowd Inn of the peniten tiary, insane hospltalu, boys' ind Klrls industrial whooln and other Inrititutlons that will endanger the health nnd livs of the inmates, it must adopt a laie bultdlnif pro gram to meet future needs, de clares 8am A. Koser,' atate budget director. No pronram has been adopted, he sayj. although tho population of the Institution It Krowin fast er than the population of the stat Kozer believes the time in near when the Htate will need another hospital for the Insane innddltlon to those now located at Halem and Pendleton. CKNTfiA LIA, Wash,, June 2R- (A) A dripping wet keynoto speech, hy Willis K. Mahoney, temporary, chairman, launched a drive aiMlnl lihibltlon shortly after the Iem-! ocratlc Mate convention opened here today. VAXCOrVBH, Wah June 2. At A Clark county Jury last nUM convicted Clifford Do aula Camp bell, 16, of the' second deree mur der of Mr. and Mrs. Itenjumlti Northiup. Fliers Ekchange Associated Press tclcpliolo of ol. Charles A. liludhorsli (left) nii'd Itcar Admiral llyvd comriiiln liitlitK nich iHlicr. Hyrd on tho birth c-f the colonel' son nnd Lindbergh on I In Antarctic explorer's 'turii. DEVELOPMENT PROJECT SEEN Fl Plans For Erection of Elec tric Smelter Underway-First- Equipment Arrives Tomorrow and Local Of fices Rented Few De tails Yet Available. A inanufaeturiiiB nnd Industrlnl project of considerable import une and Interest to the Rokuo Hlver valley. 1m now in the course of formation. It 1b the erection of an electric smelter, on Uokuc liver near Clold Hill. Tlans for the project have been under consideration for some time. The local cnnincor Is Uee Will lams, who said that u detailed statement of the enterprise would be Riven as soon as all details had been completed. He was reti cent to make any statement, on the grounds he had no authority to Mpeak. AriunnemontH have he,,n pletcd. It wan learned last nlht, for the unloading- tomorrow, by the Southern Pacific railroad of n HO.OifO pound smeller, nnd oili er ooiiipment will arrive within the next ten days, to he unload ed near the site. Williams said that lhe riant would employ "at least tiO men. ami maybe more." Williams, netlnti for the con cern, yesterday made arranno ments for the rental of offices In the Liberty buildlnK. It Is said to he the Intention of the company to quarry and smelt ore In the (lold 11111 district. Terrier Mascot Byrd Expedition Killed by Auto MONTCLAIR. N. J.. June 2S (A tfehnuck Is dend. The fox terrier mascot of Admiral Ityrd's fl.-itt'liip In bis Antarctic expedition wax run over find killed last nibt while on r.n expedition of his own. Police burled ;he do with out recoRnlzintt htm. Rut Mrn. Ralph Hhropshlrc, wife of the h yd roffra pher of the ex pel 1 -tion. Identified his collar to day. Hehmiek was picked Hp nt New Zealand by the Ryrd expedition. WINNIPKH, June 28. (A) The Manitoba Free Vrom said toil ay that crops of Western Canndlnn provinces had suffered severe damage In the last 20 dnys and that permanent losses In wheat acreages would he extensive. JR GOLD HILL Congratulations LOVE AND COW DEATH PUZZLE Four Held, Without Charges For Murder of Stockman There Was Triangle. And a 'Red-Headed Wo man'. LA HONDA, Cal., June 28. Kour persons. Including lhe widow of Frank Hoderlck, u wealthy ranch owner whose body as found Friday nt the bottom of an aban doned filled -In well on his lti Honda ranch, were held In San Mateo county Jail today as au thorities continued investigation Into Kodcrlck't denth. No charg es have been filed. Meanwhile an uutnpny disclosed kodcrlck had been, shot, the bullet enterliiK the base of the skull and emeiKlmr by the rlht ear. It was first believed lie had been killed by a bhAv on the head. Ilesides the 3-ycar-old widow, tho prisoners included Will Wood rltiK, :tG, ranch hand whose name has heen coupled with that f Moderlck's In alleged cattle rust ling activities and with that of .Mrs. Itorterick's in a HUpposed "love trlaiiKle" into which outhorl tles were delving for a motive. The others held were Krnest Htl-deht-and, nelfilioorlnK rancher pre viously quizzed In connection with the cnttle-stealinK InvcHtlKntlun which lieRan several months k. and James MeKerney, La Honda teamster. Mrs. Itoderick, Informed of the d Iscovery of t he body, protested her Innocence. Roderick,' s disappenrnnce be came known May 20 when Mrs. Itoderick told the district attorney he beat her and left the ranch In niitomohilc with n "red -headed woman." TROVE FOR DRUGS NKW YORK. June 2R (A) An (ild iron - bound trunk which has rested unclaimed for two years In the bawKo room of a New York hotel was opened today and yield ed narcotic drugs whose worth wa put at tl 20.0UV. The trunk was shipped to tho hotel hearing the name of "Mrs. A. Pnck," believed to be fictitious. La 1)0 U oil the outnide Indicated it had been shipped from vleve, Switzerland. Ht. (Jen- LA HONDA, Cat. June 28. (yp) Recovery of the body of Frank Roderick, 40, wealthy ran cher, from an old well on his place neur here, set officers to work today on an alleged mur der mystery with nn asserted love triangle nnd a cattle rustling plot ( In the background. THEFTS MIX IN No. 99 METHODISTS DISCIPLINE A MINISTER Rev. Bruce Directed to Re Pay $1 75 Because Church Erred In Appor tionments Women in Cigarette Ads Deplored As Detriment to Youth Will War on Nuisance. ASTORIA. June 2S (P) Tho Oregon ennferonce of the Metho dist Kpiscopal church in executivo xesslojn todny disciplined Dr. O. W. Mruec, pastor of the Centr.il Methodist Kpiscopal church, Port land, and ruled he should pay from salary already received about $l7fi because the church had failed to pro-rate its ministerial funds with the correct apportionment to th conference claimants fund nnd the amount due the bishop and district superintendent, according to tho rules of the church. Asked why he had accepted his salary In full when the other claims had not been nut. Dr. Rruee said he hid expected the other quotas to he met. Kugene va.t chosen as the 1031 convention city. A rommlttcc of three is to b named to consider Salem ua a per manent location for the conference meetings after this year. The conference adopted a reso lution censoring ' tobacco adver tisements using pictures of women The resolution said. In part. 'Wi most strenuously object to the to bacco advertisements of recent years In which women are exploit ed as a halt for the - purpose ot promoting a habit which threatons the beauty and strength of th and will use our influenco to sup port every movement to abate thl nuisance." . ' . RELIEF RUSHED E SAN FRANCISCO. June 28. UP) The steel frolghter Onongda wire lessed the coast guard here lute this aterhoon she was dlsabted and drifting rapidly' toward the beach 23 miles north of Point Arena on ther northern California coast. The ship asked for assist a nee. Point Arena is 75 miles north of Han Francisco. The coast guurd prepared . to send a cutter to the assistance of the disabled freighter which was en route from San Pedro to Puget Bound. - - The Onondaga Is owned by the Ford Motor Co. She Iff .of 8,310 grnsM tonnage and a net of 1,440. A second message from the Onondaga to the coast guard said the ship had lost her propeller. The cutter Tahoe, which had heen cruising off the Oolden Oote, was reported to bo speeding to tho freighter's nld. L IS 1 1 5 YEARS OLD TORONTO. Ont., June 28 With delegates representing S3 mil lion members assembled hero for tho International Religious Kducu. tion convention, a statue of Robert Raikes, founder of the Religious Kducation movement, was unveiled today. It was the 1 1 5th anniversary of the founding of the first Sunday school. The statue was presented by J. L. Kraft of Chicago and family. OF SENATE HONOR SAI.KM, Ore., Jun 38 (P) Hi-nnlor Wlllard Mark, Albany, Indicated todny he had received enouKh pledge to (issur hit elee linn Aa president of the, senate nt the next ffpfmlen of the stato legis lature. THK WBATItETO Oreuon: Fair Sunday awl Man day; rising temperature and de erennlnit humidity" over th Interior. Moderate north nnd northwest wind on the const.