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M Weather EDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE Temperature lllislipst yesterday ' - .... HO Luwetit th It morning .'..,..... 54 Precipitation: To !i p. in, yesterday -00 To it n. in. today 00 ...,.Ht and Friday ,sixth Year today's news today MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 30, 1931. 1, ONE 75 No. 128. VET SITE-SURVEY PKOfHISED i KNEDFORD a L Shot It Out Saved Britain. Lit, and Tell It. W Go Down. K, jug Feature Synd., Inc. Lricans. as Lord wortn- remarked, are a aocue I,;1 ana stonu must uuy- BUI o"-o tineWent in.iew ioik. hj j I.- Tk.m l p arouse mem. xincc mom in Harlem had a Urstanding- in 107th it and decided to shoot it r; the course of events, young children were shot k. uue is - die.-1, ' vMtinn miirlit be a bless- it would work. But it is .,1 meanwhile, with speak- ,i nn everv block in New 1 City,' gangsters shooting li nd killincr children, the tli eventually may become limit. dead child, his spine Itered by a bullet that en- his thigh, was five years Hi brother, Salvatore kali, is in the Fifth Avenue iul. Surgeons have takeu bullets from his body. Ille Michael' Cecilnqua, 3 old, has had two bullets (rom his back. The shoot- Mcnrred in a city block oc id largely by Sicilians. refused to give Jiny evi- , knowing that to ' talk Id mean death. line,' well organized, knows lo protect itself. Our so ld "civilized society " does tow how to protect itself, " f f Fliers Smash Long Distance Record in Hop to Turkey H NFS' VISIT CAPONE WOULD III 111! ASSURED IN STATEMENT All Cities Over 5000 South of Portland On Itinerary, Says Bureau Head On : Arrival in Oregon Local C. of C. Plans for Visit M George, after a dan- m operation, was said yes- iy to be near death. Weight years old, Lloyd w is a man of unusual M, despite the great bur- tkat he has carried for than thirty years, and his ft will should help him. tne worst happens. Great 4 will realize, a little late, it owes to Lloyd George. Hout Lloyd George and ffaeeau, Germany would on the biu war. and would probablv be n 8 HohenzollHrn sitting mi British throne today. "ancellor of the British Nuer, Lloyd George nro- i noney for the war. i as prime ministpr li"K FHEWAR. "will succeed if you have 1 People want nn,l T.V.T PKNOW VniT IT A VO 111 ' 111 , 11 11. 'Tom May, like other able Pwts, understands that. "taxinued Page Pour) k Martin p tht V buy o movln- h L" ' " "' "Ue I n ui.r"'"1" o- th' feller fM ,'" n' afraid that rat? ton "Olln- arc him OrtTam Awn t..l.. in urn DKinn. dler General Frank T. Hlnes, director oi tne unibea Biates veterans oureau. uiuiuuuceo toaay trial only ciues in .Via n.nn mnlh nt Dn.tloml ...ac. . n the Cascade mountains In Oregon will be considered In selecting the site of the proposed $2,000,000 nation al soldiers' home for the Pacific northwest. n.nar.1 Ulna. rianlai-.H fl.rt In thlo ovim l?.uihiir(r anH ITiKr u will m. celve Just the same consideration as ocner cities oi more tnan o.uuu pupu latlon. General Hlnes reached Portland to day on an inspection trip of Oregon sitee. He was accompanied by Hear- Irimlnl 17 r DIdo. nhfaf nt tho hll- reau of medicine and surgery of the Uttvy. General times sum: general board, it eliminated Portland and all points north and restricted selection of a location to the area prescribed. The area as designated cannot Include Vancouver, St. Helens or In fact any city or town north of southern city limits of Portland.- TO YlNlt All "..lues Tmpiniv mo .niti nt In.niHnii uri will visit all cities in the area having a population of more than 6,000 peo ple. We Will not inspect muiviuuBi sites but devote our attention to the general location and surroundings." While General Hlnes said he was hot on an Itinerary, and could give no information as to where his visits would carry him, he said he expects to return to Washington, D. C, by August 10, and that the final decis ion of the board as to general loca tion will be made at the first meet ing of the general hospitalization board after that date. The general and admiral said they would complete their work In Port land during tho day, including a trip to Vancouver for a visit with army officials there, and then leave to In spect cities In the prescribed area south of Portland. Hlnes said he will inspect cities of 5,000 population or over from Port land south to the Oregon line. He did not say how long he expects to take on the tour, saying it would be determined by circumstances. Many Considerations "There are several phases to the problem of selecting a site for a home of this type." the general sald."Plrst ,i . v. in n tianr mu of the larg er cities because of the greater facili ties for supplies. "The matter of transportation s not as important as In the case i.f a hospital, for the men assigned to the home are not transient. The question of freight rates will have considerable bearing on the location, for most ol the supplies will be furnished by the central purchasing agency of the gov ernment. "We will not Inspect all the Indi vidual sites offered but will devote our attention to general locations, that is to the character of the city or town near where the home Is to be located. Our engineers are more com petent to select the specific site than we are, and for that reason we will ask the various Interested localities to show us their best site only. "In fairness to Vancouver, wh.ch was recommended by General Woods we will visit that city today but It . int.. hmia fnr selection, rne genera, board designated the area In which tne nomi - -h. and has twice refused to change the designation In any respect. The above A. P. dispatch, when . .,,- nt th, chamber reierrea to oum." ". ,..,, of Commerce today oauwd 8"" relolclne. for mat oisai" S many week, been trying In every way to ure official Inspection of Medford sites, which sites were re quoted by the hospitalization com mltee several months ago. but were nn,ov the last doubt .d means .that General Hlnes and S Mford ani the th, , f ina I site of the veterans' hospital will not be Seclded until the n',"",S80? of aouthern Oregon. ""I'"'" the state south of Portland and west of the pascade. are - asked Endorsement to Roeeburg was "iglnany given and never wltbdrawn.. but, when it can hat city. miltee wouiu i"J- ------- and the matter was to thrown open to the.atate at iarg. "'".:" J. ford naturally Insisted that it be . a r-hanrii that every oThe? action had. That request ha. MW b" Ia!!:. ,.,... hospital committee of the Chamber of Com merce w held thl. afternoon and detailed plan, drawn up General .Hine ana (Continued on P.ge Six Story One) CHANGE PLEAS 10 NOT GUILTY CHICAGO. July 30. (AP) Federal Judge James H. Wllkersou today de- ferred until tomorrow afternoon a decision on a request by attorneys ior -acanaee Ai" uapone for permis sion to withdraw his pleas of guilty violation or income tax and pro hlbltion laws. "The defendant." said Jiidne WU- kerson, "must be made to understand he cannot bargain wli,i this court.1 Attorney Michael Ahem had asked leave to change the plea and place the gang chieftain on trial, contend ing defence and government had entered an agreement approved by the attorney general of the United States, under which the prosecution would propose a lenient punishment Complete Loingest Flight PHILADELPHIA. July 30. (AP) wiuiam L. Mcciean, publisher of the Philadelphia Evening Bulletin and a lormer director oi the Associated Press, died today. He was 79. Mr. McLean, whose son, Robert Mc Lean, succeeded him as director of the Associated Press seven years ago. died at his home In Germ an town af ter being ill a year. He first manifested an Interest In newspapers when he acted as carrier for the Pittsburgh Leader. He later served In- every department of the Leader which gave him an InBlght of newspaper problems and a grasp of editorial -and business management that was to make him 'one of the leading publishers of his time. In conducting his newspaper, Mr. McLean avoided "scare heads." "If you use big headlines every day, you will have nothing In reserve to em phasize the big news when it comes," he would say. FATAL IN ASHLAND Suffrlng with a salted almond In hi. throat and lung since Sunday, the one and one-half year old son of Mr. and Mrs. William Howard Greg ory of Coqullle died at the Ashland Community hospital today. The Gregory lamny naa Deen visit ing relative. In Hornbrook. The ul- mond lodged In the small boy's throat Sunday. Monday, the nut went Into the child's lung after & desperate el- fort had been made to remove It. An operation was performed yesterday, but It was too late to save the boy's life. 1 EXTRA SESSION CALL SALEM, July 30. (AP) Governor Julius L. Meier announced here to day he had made no decision as u calling a special session of the state legislature to consider tax conserva tion and the Indiana plan of tax con trol centralization. He said he was still undecided whether to call a ses sion or to abandon the plan. The governor stated he would con fer with the tax executive committee further before arriving at any decis ion. SECOND SIAMESE TWIN ALSO TAKEN BY DEATH tjrii rnmoP .lulu .in r API Donlh of the second "Siamese twin" today iirraieht nn end to one of Baltimore's strangest medical cases. Doroiny rorner, me surviving uc 1 ti a mn tnlncd nalr died at the uocpv hi-MnttJil where she and her Mster Mary were born July 7. to Mrs. Albert Furster. Mary aiea las ween. FRENCH AERIAL STAR IS KILLED IN CRASH nrnnr Princa .Tutv 30 t AP Lieutenant Bougault. one of the best or tne post-war -ri. was killed today while testing a new hiAh wan tn have been en tered in the Schneider cup races. Th propeuer Drone wmie mc om was in the air and It crashed 1n a pond. CHIANG ASSASSINATION ATTEMPT IS FAILURE eu.vsiu.f Jul 30. (API As sassin failed In an attempt to kill President Chiang Kai-Shek at Nan Chang a few daya ago, dlspatchea re- veaico tij. Chiang waa driving past a wooded nark wnen several ahota were fired it him. The bullete went wild. Chiang a OOOyguarns remm fire, but apparently were equally aa Ineffective. Aaxorintni I'hoto RuH.se II Board mil n (left) f Boston anil his pilot-mechanic, John Po land o, claim a new world's record b y completing a non-stop flight be tween New York and Turkey, In 49 h our, In thtlr plane, the Cue otl. ASHLAND C. OF C. FOR HAND LABOR ON GREENSPRINGS SALEM, July 30. (AP) Bids on two highway projects and the in stallation of an electric light ana heating plant at the highway shops in Salem, totaling an expenditure of about $100,000, were opened by the State Highway commission at Its session here this morning prior to the consideration of proposals oy large delegations. Among these was a group urging reconstruction or the Green-springs mountain highway. The delegation represented Jackson county. The two nignway projects inciuaea the completion of the Lakevlew Burns highway, and approaches to the Rogue river bridge in Curry county. Contracts for the projects wn oe awarded later In the day. The Ashland Chamber or, com merce Joined the Klamath county Chamber of Commerce in urging the commission to use hand labor On reconstruction of the Greenspring mountain highway, as a measure to both relieve unemployment and im prove the road. The commission an nounced it would lane tne matter under advlisement. 1 1 E FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 30. (AP) Horace M. Albright, director of the Nutlonal Park Service, was reported resting easily here today after a successful operation last night. Tfte director, former superinten dent of Yellowstone National park and appointed to his present position after the death of Stephen Mather, first head of the service, was stricken in Mt. McKinley National park Sun day and rushed here Monduy. It was first believed an operation would not be necessary, as Dr. A. R. Carter, Fairbanks surgeon , said bin condition was not serious, but devel opments caused the operation to be performed last night. Albright was with a congressional party visiting Alaska. GRAF RETURNS HOME FROM NORTHERN TRIP BERLIN, July 30. Ib ( AP -Home. from a ttx-day cruise Into the Arctic, the Graf Zeppelin landed at Temple- hof airdrome at 6 38 p, m. Wxlay, (13:38 p. m.. EST) She had circled over the Held is minutes earlier, wunv about for a turn over Berlin, then flew to the airdrome. - GAME AND FISH WARDENS GIVEN JOB ASSURANCE SALEM. July 30. (AP) A blanket commission for the present personnel of the state game and fish commis sions to enforce the state game and fish laws was issued by Charles P. Pray, superintendent of the state po lice, today, the blanket commission to be effective uutll a later date when detailed plans will be worked out for coperate enforcement with the new state police force. Pray said today the game commis sion, under Charles McCleese would operate as Jn the past, and would work In law enforcement under the flupervlslon of the superintendent of state police. The action was taken fol lowing a conference yesterday with the state game commission and Marshall N. Lana, chairman. Members of the operating force of the new state police department, whloh becomes effective Saturday, have been aHHembling In Salem yes terday and today for primary Instruc tions. 4 . MARSHF1ELD. Ore., July 30 (AH) Positive Identification of a leit wing of an airplane as part of the plane of Rex Brlttaln. Cooa Bay aviator, was made here today alter the wing had washed up on the beach at Winchester bay. Brattain and his passenger, W, C. McLaglen, power company engineer, disappeared Tuesday on a flight to Bprtngfleia from North Bend. They apparently crashed In the ocean. Coast guard boats todoy were pa trolling the coast from Coos Bay to Winchester, aearchlrm for the bodies and for other wreckage. AT OTTAWA, ONT., AIRPORT HF.W YORK. July 30. (AP) Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Lind bergh wirelessed Pan-American air way, here that they had landed at Ottawa. Ont. at 4;23 p.m., eastern standard time. , ASSEMBLY BACKING SPANISH PRESIDENT MADRID. July 30. (AP) The pro visional government of President Al- caJa Zamora was given a vote of con fidence by the national aumbly to night. The rote was by acclamation. Today's BASEBALL American R. H. B. Cleveland . 1 ft 0 WaaMiurton - 9 10 0 Batteries: Harder. Jablonowkl and Sewell; Fischer and Spencer. ELUSIVE PAULINE SKIPS AGAIN AT STATE HOSPITAL SALEM, July 30. ( AP) (Pauline PUsek. 30, who escaped from the state hospltul for the Insane about three weeks ago and was recaptured near Che maw a. made her escape again last night. She made her break by crawling through the transom during the night. Pauline PliBek was received at the hospital from the state penitentiary in October, 1Q30. She was described as a slight woman weighing about 111 pounds with light brown hair and grey eyes. She wua born In Turkey. Search was underway for her toduy. The penitentiary reported she was received from Jackson county, Febru ary 14, 1D30 to serve a three-year sentence for burglary. Pauline Pllsek Is well remembered here, where she also exhibited ,her adeptnesa at transom climbing. She escaped from the county Jail via the transom while held on suspicion before charges of burglary were brought against her. She returned of her own accord to recover articles left in the Jail and was locked up again. During the trial which convicted ,Vuir of burglary, she also committed several sensational acts which aroused the doubt of the public regarding her sanity. Iu a fit of rage she threw an Ink bottle at a witness, which grazed the head of a member of the Jury and left a great blotch on the court room wall. Upon ,'ier departure from Medford to the penitentiary, she exhibited a nonchalant air and assured Ike Dun ford, local Jailor, that ahe still con sidered him a friend. Her entire stay In Medford was marked by tempestuous stunts and accusations, which were balanced by equally unusual bantering and lock of concern for her plight. She Is remembered as a rather pretty little woman of blond type with nervous eyts.and a great desire to tftlK. ungIlvalley KLAMATH FALLS, Ore.. July 30 (AP) Once more streams of ltfe givlng water are flowing through the ditches or the Langcll valley Irrigation district. Saturday, water was turned oft because of delinquencies In pay ment by ranchers. As a result Langcll ranchers were up In arms. Telegrams were sent to President Hoover, congressmen and high governmental officials. As a result of this protest Super intendent B. F. Hayden received a message from Commissioner Mead yesterday Instructing him to con tinue furnishing water to rancher whose payments are not mora than one year In arrears. TEETH AND HEART BOTHERINGJIMMY NEW YORK. July 30. ( Afc) Mayor James J. Walker, who says his teeth and heart bother him as much aa city problems, expecU to sail for Berlin and the German health Spaa within a week. Dr. William Schroeder, Jr., tne mayor's personal physician, who la sailing at the same time to lecture on hospital method. In German cities, advised the mayor to lake the treatmenta at Carlsbad and Bad Nauhelm. CAPTAIN KELLY DIES IN PORTLAND HOSPITAL 8AI.EM, July 30 (API Captain P. W. Kelley, 43, aide to Major General George A. White of tne n,,.rH rilnH In a Portland hospital early today. Kelley waa a member of the Portland police department, and with the National Guard for 11 years. He served In the World War, and for two term. was commander ol me ruiumm post of the Veteran, of Foreign Wars. Wire Report on the Pear Market NEW YORK, July 30 (UJ3 D A AP) pear auction: Prices steady: 19 cars arrived; ID Alabama and 20 Cali fornia cars unloaded; 5 cars on track. California Burtletts. 12.035 boxes: Beat .3.75-3.15: few $4.15: ordinary 3. 1S-2B5; common $2.05-3.15: aver age $2.61. Hardy, auu boxes: $l.Ha-2.lu; aver age $2.07. boardman: polando in CHICAGO. July 30. (U.S.D.A. AP) Pear auction: Prices slightly stronger; 11 California cars and 4 others arrived; 12 California cars and 3 others on truck: 11 curs sold. California Uartletts, 5,551 boxes: $1.35-3.15; average $2.05. 4 NEEDED TO PLACE LUMBER ON FEET WASHINGTON, July 39. (AP) Limitation of production to a mini mum, reduction of Imports, and ef forts to increase building of small homes and farm buildings were rec ommended by the timber conserva tion board today as a means of as sisting the lumber Industry. Reporting to Secretary Lumont, the board set forth a series of recommen dations along with statements of general conditions In the Industry. The board urged that withdrawals from stocks of manufacturers be tween July and December 1031 should be not leas than half the Indicated excess stocks of 4,600,009,000 xeet and suggested further: That during that period produc tion be limited to the minimum "w.lch financial and community ex igencies will permit." . That consideration be given by Individual manufacturers to timing reduction In production so as to inflict minimum hardship on depen dent employes. That lumber Importers reduce their Importations, That consideration be given by private and public agencies to the practicaouity tnrougn improved, ex tended and better coordinated means of deferring financing and otherwise of converting potential demand for building Into active demand especi ally for farm business buildings and small homes." liberalIeader LONDON, July 30. (AP) An offi cial statement made public today aid that David Lloyd George "passed a reatrui night and his strength is well maintained. His condition so far continues to be satisfactory." The liberal party chief and war time prime minister was operated on yesterday for a kidney ailment. since the days w,nen the nation watched anxiously for news from the bedside of King George, no sickroom has been the focus of so much Inter est and sympathy as Lloyd George's. Every newspaper today featured detailed stories setting forth the cir cumstances of the operation. SICK MOTHER SLAIN; SISTER IS WOUNDED ...,,. vauv 1 1 1 u 30 iapi Be cause he believed they were stricken ,uu. ufhlr-h theV would not recover, ITed Vlrglllo, 37. shot ana xinea mother early today, critically wound- ... .,.im b.,H than .lint him- ea iii nmvc, " ' " - - self through ihe head. At the hoa- pltal It waa a.m iieimvi nor hla .later will live. BOOST IN CIGARETTES MAY BE INVESTIGATED WA8H1NOTON. July 30.-"(AP) Indications were given In he anti trust division of the Justice depart ment today Viat an Investigation would be made of the recent simul taneous rise n prices of the popular brand, of cigarette.. WATER SHORTAGE ASHLAND, Ore., July 30 (Spl.l With '.too acre feet of the 000 acre feet storage In Reedcr Gulch reser voir already used and the stream flow decreasing, every precaution is being taken to curb any possible wanting or the city water supply, according to Earl Hosier, city water superintendent, Mr. Hosier and one other employee patrol the city constantly to pre vent the "bootlegging of water lor Irrigation during restricted hours. "Water users In Ashland are al lowed eight hours for Irrlgutlon every otlter day and this should be ample to meet all needs," Mr. Hosier declared. TARGET OF GANGSTERS GIVES 'TIP' TO POLICE NEW YORK, July 30. (AP) De teetlvea tonight announced Anthony Bur-rone, a bookmaker known as "Big Teed," had admitted fre was the real target of the gunmen who Tues day night shot and wounded five children, one fatally. They said he had also furnished them with a list of men who might have been the gunmen, Oregon Weather Fair tonight end Friday but over cast along the cost; , no changes In temperature; moderate northerly winds offshore; fair over the weekend. 49 HR. TRIP Alps Crossing Hardest Part of Flight, Is Word On Landing Ocean Passage Fine Except for Fog Men Stand Strain Well IIDKl.lN, July 30. (AP) Clyde Pnngburn and Hugh llerndon. Jr. riylug around the world In their red 'monoplane, landed at Tem pleliof airdrome this evening at 7:30 p. ni. (1:30 p. m. K. a. T.) from Croydon, England. By Prlscllla King. ISTANBL, Turkey, July 80. (AP) Clalnung a new world'a non-atop dlsoance treooicl, Kuaeell Boardman and John Polando brought their trans-Atlantic monoplane Cape Cod down at the airport -here at 1:20 p, ni. (6:20 a. m., EJ3.T.) today. In 'the 40 houra and 20 minutes alnce they took off front Floyd Ben nett Field, New York, on Tuesday morning, they had been sighted only once, and that was over Newfound land Just before they headed across the Atlantic. Grinning broadly and shaking their own hand, above their heads, they climbed out of their aturdy plana while a great crowd, among them moat of the members of the American colony, cheered. Ambassador. Joseph C. ' Grew gave: them a hand out of the cockpit and Introduced them to the governor of Istanbul. A squad of Turkish polled presented arms during the brief cere mony 'Happy Over Feat, : "We are very happy at having ac complished our purpose of beatlnff the world's non-stop record,' Board man told the Asoclated Press cor respondent. "It waa a fine trip. "The hardest part of the trip was lost night, flying over the Alps." lis said. "The Atlantlo passage was fine, with no bad winds or storms, but lb was very foggy. We saw the water only once, near Newfoundland. After tliat the fog waa so heavy we never caught a glimpse of the ocean." Both men were In fine spirits and In good physical condition. They seemed to be momentarily stunned when the drone of the motors, to which they had listened for so lonRV stopped, but they recovered quickly. Tholr steady voice, gave little In dication of air deafness aa they talk ed to officials of American embassy and representatives of the Turkish, government for hair an hour before going by automobile to a hotel at Istanbul, 1ft mtlea from the airport. CROYDON. Eng.. July So! (API ' Clyde Pangborn and Hugh Herndan., , Jr.. who landed their trans-Atlantic .' monoplane In Wales last night ana ' came on here thla morning, took orr for Moscow, their original objeo-. tlve, at 2:13 p.m. today, (H:J3 o.m,, E.S.T.) The takeofr waa nearly six noun after their arrival from Wales. They expect to make Berlin wlth- ( Continued on Page Six Story Two) Will ROGERS HKVKRI.Y HILLS, Cal., July ,'il. Uoen rputlintf of our nruiy Hiirvpy of n new (final by Colo nel Dim Hiiltnii, but what you' haven't rend is the wonderful work lie nnd his crew did dur- n K the Nicaragua earthquake. He moved in with hm whole outfit, unioni; which were noma splendid doctors', and they1, worked day and night there." They and the marincx were in the right place at the right timo that time. He explained the ciuiul to rne down there. Folks that like to dig canals, there in a good place to dig one there. Cost $700,000,000 hut, Lord, tho way we are going what's seven hundred more million in hock for list We are sunk anyhow, so let's get a series of canals. then save the best one. 9 na$ MiKsssti aesoVsM,,