dford Mail Tribute
.The Weather
Temperature r
IIUfltOHt yesterday
JjowCHt thU morning.... ...f 51
Precipitation
To ft p. in. yesterday - .17
To 5 n. m. today 0
IN
Forecast: Tonight and Sunday
fnlr, bnt with occasional cloudi
ness. Wanner Sunday.
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MEDFORD, OREGON, SATURDAY, JUNE 27, 1931.
Twenty-Sixth Year
No. 96.
Hearty Meal at
Grants Pass Too
Much For Patient
DEATH TOLL
Trace Flying Father's Progress On Map
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ROSEBURGS
1RWT
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Representatives of Majority
1 Large Posts in Western
Oregon Endorse Umpqua
Town for War Veterans'
Home Site at Meeting
ROSEBURC!, Ore.. June 27. W)
1 pepresentatlves from practically
every large American Lglon post
n western Oregon, nnd several
,;rom eastern Oregon gave their
inanlnious endorsement to Rose
burg as the site of the Northwest
National Soldiers' Home, at a
meeting here Inst night.
i The legion men were invited
here by Umpqua Post No. 10 of
Roseburg which furnished cars to
Stake the delegates over the site
and for inspection trips to sur
rounding sections.
Dr. 1A B. Stewart, Roseburg's
envoy to "Washington, D. C, to
Keek Dassage of the soldiers' home
i, till, reviewed the situation at the
uanqueL mm uisitb.
cnd Money for Data.
.! He declared Roseburg was the
only city in the northwest to spend
money in obtaining data for pass
age of the bill, and denied an as
sertion credited to a Eugene man
that the Roseburg site had been
rejected by the hospitalization
board. The board never has taken
a vote on the site. Dr. Stewart said
but has been working on a process
of elimination. . .
Sponkers from Marshfield, Cor
vallls, Grants Pass, Springfield,
Independence, Medford, .Klamath
Falls, and other points, dlscuBsed
the home site.
Representatives from the Eu
gene Legion post said the organi
zation in that city had endorsed
Roseburg and would abide by the
pledge, r-
Adopt Resolution
Major B. M. Huntley of Spring
field Introduoed a' resolution which
was adopted unanimously and
signed by visiting representatives;
declaring that after an Inspection
of the Roseburg site he was con
vinced the city has '"the most de
tlrable all-year climate in the
state, has an abundance of con
veniences including transportation,
electricity, gas, water and excep
tional recreational advantages, and
that Oregon should stand united
behind Roseburg in the fight."
In addition to the delegations
present. Legion posts of Portland.
Sheridan, Salem; Monroe, Albany,
Cirants Pass and other points pre
sented , reports of meetings at
which the stand favoring Roseburg
for the site had been reaffirmed.
Chambers of Commerce of Oregon
City and Springfloid were repre
sented. .
SCIOTO COUNTRY CT.ttM, Co
lumbus, Ohio. Juno 27.-(P) The
United States won back tho Ityder
cup, emblem of British-American
. professional golf supremacy, today
by capturing four of the first five
singles matches anJ collecting the
even points necessary to clinch
the series.
The home forces took three of
the four foursomes yesterday.
Walter Hagen, the team captain.
snored the seventh and deciding
vlotory for the Americans by Dent
ing off the challengo of Chnrles
Whltcombe, British leader, to win
by and 8.
Abe Martin
Most any man would rather pay
four prices. far a new hat fer hit
wife tharf have her meet him down
town n ana she trimmed herielf.
Ther'a tomebuddy at ever' dinner
.
GRANTS PASS.. Ore.. June
27. A hearty dinner to
celebrate his anticipated re- t
4 lease from a hospital here was
followed almoat instantly yee-
4 terduy by the death of Eugene 1
E. Kohler of Pasadena, who
had been spending the sum-
4 mer hre. "
h The 'California man had
been in the hospital for minor
treatment nnd had been told
he would be able to leave for fr
his home today. He is said to
have asked and gained per-
fr mission to break his diet.
-
IN DEBTS OF
S.
White House Denies Rumors
Government Considering
Moratorium for Southern
Debtors Official Circles
Hopeful Stimson Leaves
WASHINGTON, June 27 ()
The White House today Issued a
statement saying "there Is abso
lutely ,no foundation for stories
circulated in the press that this
government Is considering plans
for or discussions concerning the
South American debts."
The South American debts re
main, it was said, as do all private
debts, solely a relationship between
the debtors and creditors.
The bankers of the country, it
was added, have given aid during
the depression to various South
American "countries and so far as
the administration Is aware those
countries are making every effort
fully to maintain their credit anil
confidence.
WASHINGTON, Juno 'S7. (P)
Optimism was reflected by Amerl-
nnn nffiflnla tnflnv as to the OUt-
come of the pending negotiations
for a one-year war uout repara
tions moratorium.
Acting Secretary Castle of the
state department said he regarded
the approval of the French cham
ber of deputies of the reply of that
nation as an indication of the
strength of the government itself,
and not as an unalterable expres
sion in favor of the French counter
proposal.
President Hoover kept a close
watch upon developments.
PARIS, France, June 27. (P)
Premior Laval and Andrew W. Mel
lon, American secretary of tho
treasury, conferred for two hours
and B half today on the momentous
issues raised by France's answer
to President Hoover'B war debt pro
posal, and announced at the con
clusion that they would meet
again Monday.
A brief ollicial communique was
issued at the close of the meet
ing. "Pierre I-aval received in his pri
vate room today Secretary Mellon
(Continued on Page 6. 8tery 1)
PE
F
FOR CALIFORNIA
Canners and Growers Con
vinced Curtailment Pro
gram Necessary Com
mittee Will Draft Details
SAN FRANCISCO, June 27. (P)
Peach canners and growers, con
vinced a curtailment program was
necessary to aid the industry in
niinPnta toHnv had taken the
first step toward establishing some
sort of control. ...
A committee of 11, headed by
Frank L. I.aney. Sutter county
grower, was appointed at a meet
ing and banquet here last night, to
work out details for a curtailment
plan which will be submitted to
- nf lha ntntA.
The meeting was attended by
Ddley Moulton. San Kranclsco Hor
ticultural commissioner, who has
. t .. 1 mentioned as a
Deeil iienuciiiij
possible state director of agrlcul-
. . jt m mnniuilli
ture. Me appear" "f"""
tative of Governor Kolph but In
sisted It had no significance. Ho
Is a member of the committee to
NO HOLIDAY
AMERICA
ACH CONTROL
PLAN
OSTERED
work out the curtailment yruemiu.
' M i IHEAT WAVE
;l'j; -,-) ykfCVi
Associated Press Photo.
Mi, llnrolil Gnlty, wlfo of the navigator of tlin "Wlnnlo Man," hIhiwh llu-lr rtilldrcn in l.cw An
gelcH where Gntly and Wiley Post nro winging lliclr wuy In nn effort t CHtubllsh a record for n
rniiml-Uic-norld flight. Irf-rt to rli-ln: Mm. Cutty, Alnn, 5; Uoiuild, 2, and MutlKny, 3.
SNEERS FROIVI -INTANGIBLE AND NO FREE POWER
Hi
IRRITATE LION
Service Club Leader Takes
, Rap at .Magazine, Editor
Red Menace of Soviet
. Russia Is Held Challenge
SPOKANE, Wnsh.i June 27 (!)
E. W. Hodges, New York, inter
national president of the Lions ser
vice clubs, declared today that the
"red menace of Russfn" is a chal
lenge to Lions ot America."
He snoke before the Puclflc
liorthwost convention of tho group.
'When some nation of 160,000,-
000 people, with a government of I
bayonets is laying down on our
seaboard more than 150 elements.
of civic life in our country 00 per
cent cheaper than we can produce
them, Isn't it time ror worry?" he
said. "Isn't It your tank?"
"When they meet 30,000 strong,
as they did in New York City last
May day, carrying their red ban
ners of 'Down with government,'
isn't it time to realize the need of
Ktrong men to win?"
Need Loyalty
"What we need now more than
any ono thing is men of mind and
soul, men of common sense, with
love of country, loynlty to church
and school and God."
Taking a rap at H. L. Mencken,
who has ridiculed servic e clubs and
their conventions, Hodges anid:
"Conventions are not debauches.
They are workshops of business
men, Interchange of ideas on busi
ness. If civic clubs do one lasting
tiling it is to develop community
leadership."
Tom Fowler. Senttle, was elect
ed governor of tho northwest and
Vancouver, H. C was chosen for
tho 1!C2 convention city. A. II.
Lund, Seattle, was re-elected sec
retary. F
COPENHAGEN, Denmark, June
27 (fl)Otto Hllllg and Holger
Holrlls, trans-Atlantic airmen who
arrived In Copenhagen yesterday,
basked In their fame today.
They Bpent the day snopping ana
paying calls. They visited the
American legation and newspaper
offices and paid their respects to
Admiral Claude Hlocb aboard tho
U. S. S. Arkansas.
Tonight there will be a banquet
in their honor at town hall, over
which the king s chamberlain and
Lord Lieutenant Buelow will pre
side. SEVEN CHILDREN LOST
WHEN BOAT IS UPSET
THREE RIVERS, Que.. June 27
UP) Word reached here today
that seven children were drowned
yeslerdny when a rowbont upsnt
on the riviere des Envies near Ht.
Severln de I'rouxvllle.
MENCKEN
INCOME RETURN
BENEATH HOPESISTATE EDITORS
SALEM, Ore., June 27. (P) In
come nnd Intangible tax returns
today nre swelling the totals
turned over to the state treasurer,
the tax commission announced, as
I malls are bringing in the last min
ute payments. The malt payments
have totaled higher than the early
returns per person, the. average
sumetimos running as high as (GO.
To date tho commission hus
turned over about 1000.000 cash
nnd assessments for the second
half payments would bring the
total to n million dollars. This,
John Carkin, secretary of the com
mission statod, was about half of
tho funds expected from tho com-'
bined tax. Fourteen thousand re
turns havo been received.
The suit against the Intangibles
tax, filed here the last day pay
ments were being made, had llttlo
effect upon the returns, the com
mission announced.
CRONISE ELECTED
TO
PAT, KM, Oro.f Juno 27. (fl1)
Halph CronlHO nf Albany whb ro
elicte1 provident of tlio Oregon
Kdltoiinl nBHoolntlon nt tho an
nual election of officers held hero
today. llarrlB Klin worth of Rone
but'B was elected treasurer.
OranU PaKfl, CorvalliB and New
port Jointly bid for the 1932 con
vention, the final selection being
left to' tho executive committee.
Chlloquln placed ltn bid for the
1933 meeting.
DOLP LEADS DOCTOR
AT HALF WAY MARK
TAC'OM A, WaHh., Juno 27. &)
Wielding a wicked putter Frank
!op of 1'ortland led Dr. O. V.
Willing of the Mime city 4 up at
the half way mark of their 3G
hole final match hero today for
the Pacific north went nmutcur golf
champlotiHhlp. Dolph nhot a par
71 und Willing a 75 fur tho morn
ing 18 ho I en. .
400,000 Slain and Region
Reduced to Wasteland by
Forays Chinese Outlaws
RHANOHAI. June 27. VP) Chi
nese civic bodies nt Chungsha to
day estimated lit 400,000 the num
ber of men, women and children
slain by bandits nnd communists
In eastern and central Hunan
province In the Inst five years.
Chinese press reports quoted In
vestigators as saying the affected
area centered about the cities of
Ltuyang and Plnklang had been
reduced to a virtual wasteland by
outlaws nnd that the majority ot
the survivors had moved else
where.
The survey said that In 1920 tho
M NARY TELLS
Senator Says Oregon Talk
Nonsense Principal and
: Interest Must Be Paid on
- Federal-Money Advanced
SAIjKM, June 27. UF) Newfl
papermen attending tho state edi
torial convention hero went Into
tonal conven lon hero went into
bus nesa sessions today, for ho '
first time since tho convention
opened, nnd will consider problems
of "shop" and atnoelutlon until
the- election of officers shortly
after tho luncheon program. Yes
terday's program was ono of ad
dresses, visits, golf und banquets.
Four . of Oregon's five repre
sentatives in congress wore guests
nt the editorial dinner last night
nt which Henator Chnrles L. Mc
Nary was main speaker. Henutor
Frederick Htciwer and Congress
men W, C. Jlawley nnd H.
Butler wero present. . Wlllard
Marks, president of the stato sen
ate was tonHtmnster.
Talk Is Noiisritw.
"There Is no such thing as
peoplo getting power for nothing.
The federal government must build
dams nnd give financial assist
ance In power development In
tho Columbia or Wlllamotto rivers
but you will not get that power
without cost." Kenutor McNnry de
clared In his address In which ho
featured Oregon's potential power
development. "It Is nonsense to
talk of freo power in Oregon.
Principal and Interest must be
paid when the government nd
vanccs the mny-"
Tho senator characterized him
self as "unreservedly friendly to
wn rd the development of large
water powor resources by the
federal government, und said such
development would bo urged by
Oregon' delegation In congress.
McNary supported tho Muscle
Shoals project nt tho lust session
of congress.
4
Oregon Weather.
Fair but with occasional cloud!
nftHs tonight and Hunduy; warmer
In tho interior Sunday. Moderate
northwest winds offshore.
PKNDLKTON, Oro., June 27.
W) Old times were re lived agnln
Just night when the river steamer
Umatilla lunded a cargo of 140 tons
of wheat sacks here for wheat fur
mem ot the Inland Empire.
population of the Plnklang area
tot tiled 700,000 while today It wns
"only a few thousand." It esti
mated the number iluln Jn that
area nt 223,000.
In the Lluyang area, the report
said, 172,000 were killed. A woe
ful picture wns painted In the de
tails. The document said reigns
of terror repeatedly swept the
various nrens whenever bandits or
reds gained control. Wholesale
killing, looting and destruction of
property followed.
Chnngsha, the capital, Itself was
sacked and burned last July,
FortyNine Lives Lost Since
Thursday As Mercury
Climbs in Area From Ohio
Valley to Southern Cali
forniaNo Relief in Sight
(Ry the Asrioclated Press.)
Korty-nlne liven havo burned out
since summer went on Its ftust
rampage Thursday and ringed a
path of destruction across the'
country.
Krom the Ohio River valley to
southern California, temperatures i
ttl.Jed at 100 degrees und ahovti.
No relief waa In sight for the week
eml
Tho storm god added his wrath
yesterday to that of a merciless
sun.
Michigan, Ohio and weatorn
Pennsylvania were mvept by wind
storms, raking rains and lightning.
Twelve Uvoa were lost.
Whipped ncroBA Iake Erie, the
Aiorm huthed the ohorollno from
Toledo to Cleveland.
1 to Its Slay Two,
Lightning killed two In Clove-
land. A street leaner w?u elec
trocuted by a fallen wire. Twenty
thouwind telephone circuits were
blasted. A farmer at Winchester
died under a blown-down silo. A
woman In North Olmstead was kill
ed by lightning and a boy was
drowned In Maunee Bay, nenr To
ledo, when waves knocked a boat
to pieces.
In Detroit, a score of persons
wero Injured as wind and rain
duin,aged buildings, homes and
automobiles. At Belfrldge Field,
Mich., a man was killed In the
wreck of a hangar. A farmer was
killed by lightning near Yule. '
A woman died of fright In Pitta
burgh, where the. rainfall was
heaviest lnce 1903. Anothor wom
an was killed by a tree, blown
down In Somerset', Pa. .
llllnolH lDctit Hlt)H 10. 1
I II no f had. .10 more haul deaths,
eight of thorn In Chicago, where
the temperature was nhoved down
to 78 at noon yesterday by lake
j winds, only to onr to 95 again by
evonIn(r The weather bureau pre
e(, 98 fof t0(Xay At Cnntoni ar
an
all-time June high of 104 was re
corded. Over nil tho state, the
mercury hovered near tho century
mark,
Tho burning sun took five more
lives In Iowa, five In Missouri, four
In Indiana, four in Minnesota nnd
two In Kentucky.
The welter spread Into tho Dn
kotas. In Wisconsin, only the Lake
Michigan porta were moderate.
Over all the jrrnln belt, furmers
worked nt night In their ftcldct.
Horses dropped dead In harness
ye.Hterdny In many places. In Ad
ams county, Illinois, tho humane
society forbade heavy work for
horses In the sunny hours.
Kansas Nlzles.
At Cherryvale, Kans., a farmer
dropped dead shocking wheat. For
10 days the state has roasted nt
100 and above. It was 104 at Ba
ll mi; 103 nt Emporia,
Oklahoma, too, burned up. A
new enion high was reported at
Alius 104.
Tho oast nnd south were again
moderate, although It reached U0
and above In Memphis, Birming
ham, Tampa nnd New Orleans.
Lightning killed a man at Huston,
La., and another at Noedham,
Mass.
Washington wn again cool. A
rain freshened neighboring Mary
land nnd the District of Columbia.
The weather man warned of warm
er weather, however, by tonight.
New York' millions weathered
well. The maximum was only 81,
but a hot week end was the pre
diction. WASHINGTON. June 27
President Hoover has suggested
to the farm board that he thought
It wise for It to consider a more
definite policy In respect to sales
of the wheat holdings of the stabi
lization corporation.
It was said at the White House
that the suggestion had been made
In view of the unusual conditions
growing; out of the depression,
although the president has no
authority In determining the poli
cies of the board.
A growing demand that It
pledge Itself not to dispose of Its
wheat holdings while the present
crop Is being marketed has been
ex pressed to President Hoover by
officials as well aa by wheat grow
ers and traders.
Daybreak Movie Crowded
RALKIOH, N. C People
will go to the movies any time of
the day or night f it's free. Po
lice had to be called to handle the
crowds that assembled here for a
free showing of a Picture at day-
1 break.
National.
H. II. E.
Cincinnati i 0 10 1
-New York 4 11 2
Carroll, Kenton, lyttp and Kuke
forth; Uorly and llogan, H eying.
It. H. K.
Chicago 12 17 1
Horttun 3 7 1
Hush and Hartnelt; Cunningham,
I laid and Spohrer.
Tt. It. K.
Pittsburgh 10 17 2
Philadelphia .-. 6 17 3
Wood, Swetonlc nnd Phillipm J.
Klliott. It. KUlott, Itolue and Davis.
Second game: It. 11. K.
Pittsburgh 4
Philadelphia 5
French, Spencer nnd
iteng, Collins and Davis.
It.
Kt. Louis 0
,14 1
1 1 1
(trace:
II. K.
Hrooklyn 7
Johnson, Stout and
Phelps and Iopez.
11
Wilson;
Second gamo: II.
St. Louis 3
Brooklyn 4
II.
1 1
R
8
Wallah:!! and Mancu.sc
nnd Lopez.
Clurk
America u
n. h. e.
Wn.ihlngton 8 13 1
Chicago 2 6 2
Mnrberry, Fischer nnd Spencer;
V; Moore, Faber, Frnzier nnd Tate,
CJrnbe.
First gamo.
New York 5 11 2
Cleveland 12 IB 0
Johnson, Welnert and Perkins,
Jorgons; Forroll and Myatt.
It. IT. E.
Philadelphia 9 13 6
Detroit 5 11- 3
(drove and Cochrane; Herring,
Sullivan nnd llnyworth.
Globe Girdlers Reach Blago
veschensk, Without Mis
hap After 850-Mile Flight
From Irkutsk Face
Nome Leg of 2000 Miles
KIIAIIAHOVKK, S 1 1) c r I n,
Juno 27 (Suiiiliiy) WMllio
weather lierc liHlny ncurod
to ba IryliiK to aid Wiley Ioxt
mill Harold (Julty on their
flight uroiiiid tho worl d.
Hhould they bo ahlo to eitrl
ruto their moiiopliino wlnnlo
IMnu from tho tniidholo la
whleli It ullKhtcd yoHtercliiy at
lllugovOHehciiKlc
HLAOOVESCHENSK. Siberia,
June 27. (fl1) In a shower of mud
ami water, Wlloy Pout and Harold
Gutty, American world idrdllng
fllors, landed here at 8 o'clock to
nlKht (4 a. m. Paciric time) from
IrkutHk, Blborla, 860 miles west
ward. Tbulr monoplane "Winnie Mae"
struck a mmlhnlo In landing, but
without dumaglng either plane or
men.
Pout and Oatty Bald they were in
perfect condition and plannod to
depart nt about 3 a. m. tomorrow
(Continued on Pge 6, Story 2)
F,
- The record making rainfall In
Modford for a Juno, Including .47
of an Inch, which full from yester
day afternoon to 5 a. m. today, the
most of It during the night, and .01
of an inch that fell after that hour
up to noon toilay, bids fair to be
further Increased, as In addition to
light sprinkles at times up to late
this afternoon, the sky was very
threatening and probable showers
are forecast for tonight and Bun
day. The latest downpour Is a further
boon to the fruit, vegetable and ag
ricultural crops of the valley, as
well as a big aid In conservation
of tho small remaining supply of
water In the Irrigation reservoirs
and In prolonging the coming of
the danger In Outer national for
est torrltory.
Up to this noon, the local weath
er records show, more rain has
fallen during the month 3.49 inches,
than In any previous June during
the past 21 years.
The next largest June rainfall
was In 1913, when the amount was
3.09 Inches.
The total rainfall for Medford
and vicinity since September 1 last
up to this noon was 13.19 inches.
DANGEROUS
ALASKA HOP
NOW LOOMS
RECORD
RAINS
PROVING
BOON
F
ARB
LOCAL MAN
Suicide Found in Sealed Box
Car at Antelope, Calif.,
May Be Missing Medford
Resident Name With
held Until Man Identified
Reports of a Medford man.
missing frum his home for more
than on? week, were received yes- .
tordny by Coroner H. W. Conger,,,
following publication in The Mall
Trlhiino of the 1 ense of an un
identified man, dead from a bullet
wound, found Thursday In a
Southern Pacific box car at An
telope nenr Sacramento. The
name of the missing man was
not divulged to the press, but his
description was wired Sacramento
and Mr. Conger Is this afternoon
awaiting an answer from the cor
oner of that city.
The man found In Antelope in
the enr shipped out from Medford
last Sunday had been dead eight
or ten days when found, according
to the description received yes
terday from the California city.
It was believed he had entered
the car prior to June 20, when
it was sealed in thlB olty for ship
ment south. . ,
llelloved Suicide.
Authorities also feel that he
hnd committed suicide, using the
gun found by his side and was
dend at the time the car waa
sealed.' - He would otherwise have
cried' for help and been heard
by the workmen as the unloaded
curs were In . the shipping dis
trict. .
Police of the California city
called the death a suicide and be
lieved the man had taken his Ufa
whon he found himself unable -to
escape from the car. . Thjs theory,
however, was advanced before in
formation was received from
Medford.;---:.'-'-'.1 k ..-t. - '-
Kelatlves- of the missing; Med
ford rnan ' withheld his name toK
day. ' His age is thought to be
approximately that of the dead
man, who was described as "about
60."
Clarence Harris, brother of Mrs.
A.. R. Jones of Orants Pass, is
also believed missing. He was
last heard from many months
ago, when located In Chiloquln.
PORTLAND 'PHONE
FRANCHISE ASKED
PORTLAND. June 27. VP)
The Panlfla Telephone & .Tele
graph company today made for
mal application to the city to
placed under the provisions of an
ordinance similar to the old frnu
chine which expired In 1927. ' '
Hlnce the expiration of the, 1837
agreement the cpmpany hae been
without a franchfue to operate
here, but has paid fees and given
stipulated service to the city.
4-
Plamw Htorm Bound. "
PENDLETON. Ore., June 87.
(JP) Thirty plonea of the north
west air tour were storm-bound
In pttndleton this afternoon. Fly- 1
Ins conditions were bad through
the niue Mountains to La Grande.
Officials In charge said the
planes expected to take off aa
soon as weather permitted.
'ROGER
DEVKRLY IIILIiS, Cal., June
27.Mr. Mellon hna got a tough
job. lie ling to go to Paris and
explain to the French that it's -better
if Germany ditln't pay ; '
anything for a year now. When..'
yon start telling France some-
thing about Germany, that'll .
kinder like explaining politics,
to Calvin Coolitlge, it can't be
done. France will say, "That's
fine, Mr. Mellon, from a Pitts
burgh angle, but we happen to
live right across the river from
'cm and we know what's going
to happen to us soon as they
are able again. What are you
trying to do, shorten our lives
one year!" , .
party that eata all th' celery. .