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Newspaper Page Textfeather .iV.L and 'Wed TO milHCBIBKKH ir your Mail Trthunn Is not dellv rird to you promptly. Telephone 75. Ctrfli-o oetl until 7 every evening. I'lra-He mil ua before that time and a ropy will be delivered tu your home. TELEPHONE 75 No. 140. fnnn Ii.eaduy I II I II II .1 II II af "V II "X -W- 111 , 1 I A -11 W II , . Hs.-- w ih; M i) ufl niLP ft W A ' 'LP ID I 1T HT' !LWJLJU' IVJiiiLlilJ LL JJA-IIJ 11 iCi rcbYeW . TODAY'S NEWS TODAY ' ' " FZ - MEDFORD, PRECOX, TUESDAY, AUQUST 11, 1931. TELEPHONE 75 lodayl fl 11 M ft fo) IrTRiiMnfliri L- ' ... L b feature syna.. inc. r. n.iJAnt TInnver U (118 -HCVUIll" C Everybody in the rtislies nun mom 1 . Konlr. f, Willi " "" ..nAnoiliilitv ' And lOf"""' i -nnioniiirirtn nil pfjier aii-v It of those to whose serv jfToles his time and ,mlelv. he is an units- r Lug man, as he needs fiih the load that lie Lj from his fortunate Ur, Calvin i'Coolidgc. thine to inherit a fnt structure of pros mother to have it tum- kud your ears the, mo- jm enter the White tnd by no act of your U President Hoover was f In the school of bard Be HU find his way out. ban the Hoover dam strike Let the close attention of L Hoorer, the real "boss of Ik" He will want to know r untrsctors that bid In nloa with other contractors, tnit the old high wage prevail, are now taking an of the depression to cut nfttf a request for five dol or coming from men that k temperature as high oa 119, pad that carpenters work tola alx dollars a day. They w ythlag .energetic jtrem Wot of the United states, to they get their money. ft on a contract, before de ll oa a. basis that, would profit of so many millions, FJloe out that .contract now depression, squeezing labor 'lii more millions of profit, kupeal to the president. All Wtlonj Involved should be W to arbitration, with the la control of It. t Hoover will want to WKularly about the off- (i"se of 100 men that had lan (foliar to go to work project and will remind PI that human life and hope,' Wilojman'. demand for w at least as Important as fW profits. ' P It rains, It pours, no 'he kind of rain. If ta 4P. another drops. A u out In South Amnl. FfflWea, the one mubt be a Havana, fortunately with E killed. " Russia, la discovering '""M nature Is hn... ..., h"1 J baptise It with Karl '.""""a- He finds It neces B orders to disciplined 5? Paea Three) wMartin lh sensation o' th' Bet iki . . mi . annn o- seem' H"Jie b in,, (otJ, . tMnp aaJTJ, ,n' that fellers Jump aw. " t,c, quirk, but ' ,h " top notrher to Unt's Birthday ...rTrT EST, Hill m IN "L'ftr.SLta "ISKCi.: HOPEWANESFOR kti.tAje in TWO ' rtria,riff ' ? . AMPunpAPcinnc.- pa rkfr - rramfr millll llllinill I I II I California. 7 others on track, u cars I .... . l m ' ' ' - -- I I "WejVWIBI I U U enlrl , . . . I a-wnaWlHU, UlC, AUK, J, II' t,-tJ...M IW.IIIHn) ---jf - " yiiro nioTniTr,5rl- rrz MIOTR AIRMAN - - - ""- llliLLU UlUlnl Be"-6S- here with the first Dlllard fruit of . Xl TWTT flTTfCTlT ' ' jai'T Tnn'.r. in ,a.,n i.ihi. am i i,.,, , inilT Worry Over Non-Appear-ance on Flight From Point Barrow Given Great Welcome . Upon Arrival NOME. Alaska, Aug. ii.(AP) Colonel and Mrs. Charles A. Unu bergh reached here at 1:25 p.m.. (P. 8. T.) today from Shlsmaref on Kotzebue sound where they were forced down last night on a flight from Point Barrow. After circling the Nome water front several times, Colonel Lind bergh headed for the Nome river, which had been recommended as a landing place. He circled over the river several times and then headed toward Safety Bay, about 21 miles away from Nome, Nomltes had prepared huge bon fires to serve as flares for the land lug here at the request of the Lind berghs, radioed from the plane. Barred From Hhlp. A westerly gale and a rough sea prevented the Lindberghs from alighting beside the United States coast guard cutter Nortland, an chored off Wainwrlght, 90 miles southwest of Point Barrow. The Nortland had a supply of aviation gasoline for the plane, as all gasoline stores at Point Barrow were exhausted last spring when flights with diphtheria scrum from Pa rbanks used up the fuel. The next hop is for Karaginsk, eastern Siberia, about a thousand miles away. They left Point Bar row at 8:53 p.m., (P. S. T.) last night and came down at Shismarcl bay about 11 o'clock after they had flown about 400 miles. Fog and clouds forced them to seek an an chorage In the semi-darkness. Lindbergh, landed at Safety Bay about 1:40 p.m. (P. S.. T.) NEW YORK. Aue. 11. IAP1 Thirty cars arrived, 38 California uruoaaea. 28 on track, market weaker. California Bartlctu. 23.390. best 2.25u 2.90: few. S3 15: ordlnarv 2.00 9 2.50; common, 1.65 f 1.95; average,, $2.20. FRIJ5MGE Medford and Valley Resi dents Find Doors Closed With California Autos Parked Cases Cited ROOSEVELT'S VIFE SAVED FROM SEA SAN JUAN, Porto Rico. Aug. II. (AP) A Pan-American Airways plane. I ,t.l.h tt.nrn Mm ThPOdOre ROOSC- velt, Jr., wife of the governor of Porto Rleo. and live government un' ., tilt nn nhstnictlon late yester day while landing at Ponce harbor and sank In five minutes, it learned today. ah nhnnrd were saved. The pas sengers were guests of George W. Crouse, Syracuse, N. y.. snver manu facturer, on a flight around .Vio Island. The piano landed perfectly but a rn.'lf nr some OtllCT Unseeil object, ripping open the hull while it was taxiing lowara me snuic. GENE TUNNEY FAMILY DAMARISCOTTA, Maine, Aug. 11 (AP) Mrs. Polly Lauder Tunney. wife of the former heavyweight cham pion, was taken to a hospital here a week or ten days ago to await the birth of a child, the Associated Press learned today. A doctor advised her to go to a hospital when she suffered a fall on a motorboat landing on John's Island near here, where she and her hus band had been spending the summer. FILM STARv'lSITING GOLD BEACH FRIENDS MARSHFIELD, Ore., Aug. 11. (AP) Miss Enid Bennett, film star. Is visit ing in Oold Beach at the summer home of the Stanley Anderson family of Beverly Hills. Great diversity of opinion regard ing the percentage of California labor hired In fruit packing houses of Med ford Is being voiced In this city today. Few agree as to the exact number from the southern state employed, but the prevalent decision states that "fewer local people have obtained work this season." An Investigation of the situation has not been made by the county court, showing a 95 per cent hiring of local labor, contrary to yester day's st&tement, County Judge Alex Sparrow announced this morning. The county court, on the other hand, Is thronged with unemployed, who have been unable to obtain work at the Medford houses. . Survey made by -the 'state police department of autds'"aned by mem bers of the packing house crews, tfiowed 40 per cent of them carrying California licenses, J. O. Brlen of the farce reported this morning. These employes have obtained per mits, which are good for three months, and cost them nothing. This fact Is deplored by many workmen calling at the county court. Espec ially by those who have been unable to purchase Oregon licenses for their cars, because they are out of Jobs. Case Cited. E. L. Hyde of Central Point, a resi dent of Jackson county for 10 years, comes in the latter classification. His car was taken from him at Jackson ville a few days ago because he had not purchased a new license. He has a family of nine, and has been re fused all types of Jobs In the fruit harvest. D. O. Garrison of French gulch was cited this morning as another one of the several hundred worthy men cnlllng at the county court for aid. He has gone to every packing house In the city and obtained not.hlng. He Is a large man. physically fit and anxious to work. He walked 25" miles to his home Saturday night to take the groceries, purchased through aid of the court, to his family. Wllllue to Work These men are willing to do any type of work. Judge Sparrow said to day and like the others who crowd the court have been residents of Jackson county for many years. The county court ihad spent In June more than half the budget al lowed for the coming year for caring for these people, Judge Sparrow also stated. The court now faces the most de manding months of the year with the budget more than half depleted and local men still out of work. The court wanta these people employed so the county won't have to feed 1,'iem," Judge Sparrow con cluded. The county Is now helping only thoBe people who have been residents of the county for a year and of the state at least three years. In spite of that fact the budget, allotted to care for this need until December 31, was more than half exhausted In June. PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 11. MP) Open war on China pheas ants has been declared by canta loupe growers In the Dlllard sec tion, according to word reaching here with the first Dlllard fruit of the season. . It is said the game birds have discovered the fruit and are tak ing full advantage of t,le situa tion by testing the quality of the melons. Losses to growers have been bo heavy, it waa explained, that the state was appealed to, and permission given to shoot to kill. i The birds are turned over to the state and distributed to various institutions. Police Seeking Coffee Shop Cook Prongs of Utensil Imbedded in Waitress' Body During Altercation A warrant was Issued today for the arrest of William Chin, Chinese cook In the couee snop at the Hotel Jack son, charged with throwing a fork at Marie Mosler late yesterday after noon. The prongs of the fork were Imbedded deeply In her back, Mrs. Mosler Is also employed at the coffee shon. Mrs. Master said today that Chin was using violent language and wnen r.'ie remonstrated, he threw the Im plement at her.,- When Chin Gee, another cook at the shop, and former roommate .of Chin's waa questioned as to the lattcr's whereabouts, , he stated that he was going to ship Chin's belongings to Portland. He told officers that Chin "moves at night." On July 16. the two Chinese were arrested for the possession of liquor nnd were each fined 50 In city court. Chin was also fined recently In Oold Hill for speeding within the city limits. 4 Agricultural Publicity Head Strikes At Critics 11 (API CORVALL1H. ure-, -Striking back at recent critic, of "pres. .gentry. b"'"oo and publicity" In Washington. D. C- -- , , a- head of all ln- formatlona. service of States oepanmrni. . declared here today hi. P"'"' ' .. .,iiMiitnrftl college ana me amur e' , -.hr intend to expand the service rather than contract It. effectively adult eduction U done '' at small cost to taxpayers. Eisen hower said. ,h He was the first speaker at the . ioth annual tlon of Agncuiiui.i -meeting at Oregon Slate College. Elsenhower answered recent criti cisms of public Informational work. "In agriculture there was never a time when adult education was so imperative as now." the federal ,ir ..m "We mar suffer some deloy in teaching better breeding practices or other production uun . - hut if mnomlc Information la to be of any value at all It must have an almost instantaneous wide-spread distribution. ..t-. tiinr i much too lntelll- gent to be fooled by the sugar ! coated covering on a propaganda pl'l jthat our critic, refer to. and only 'material that Is of general public In terest Is acceptable to me pre. Today's BASEBALL American R. H. E Philadelphia 8 14 0 Detroit 18 1 Grove and Cochrane; Correll, Bulll van and Hay worth. Washington .- 3 8 3 Chlcairo 0 3 1 Marbcrry and Spencer; r a o e r, Moore and Grube, Tate. New York at Cleveland postponed rain. National Chicago at Philadelphia, postponed rain (two names tomorrow). St. Louis at Brooklyn poatponea. wet grounds. (Doubleheader tomor row.) , Pittsburgh at New York postponed wet grounds. (Doubleheader tomorrow.) Danes Believe Mail Route Mapper Forced Down in Sea at Mercy of Storm Searches Prove Fruitless COPENHAGEN, Denmark. Aug. 11. (AP) Parker Cramer, American air man, and his radio operator, lost since Sunday on a flight between the Shetla Lihuuis and Copenhagen, still was missing today and hope for their safety waned. Daulsh authorities were of the opinion tVicy might have come down to a forced landing on the wivves and been blown out to sea by a storm which has been raging over the North sea for several days. The regu lar air mall service over that stretch has been suspended because of the Weather, Drifted to Neti Captain Rita Larson, Arctic filer, aald they might hAve been forced far to the south by the storm and drifted out to open sea w.here It would be difficult to locate them. The water was reported to be choppy and the wind high. A squadron of Danish seaplanes. aided by several vessels, searched the Kattegat from the southern tip of Norway to Copenhagen yesterday and another flotilla of Norwegian planes scanned the Skargaard sea from Oslo to Bergen, but no clui-a were found. BERGEN, Norway, Aug. 11. (AP) Hopes of finding the American filers, Cramer and Pacquette, faded today when three naval seaplanes returned from several hours scariTi of the southwest coast line without sighting che missing plane. 4 HONDURAN FLIER Fear Fliers Lost at Sea APPLEGATE BLAZE HELD IN BONDS ON FAR FLUNG FRONT Danger Not Over Wind Feared As Fighters Work Fast Property Loss Is High Bridges Burned Parker D. "Shorty" Cramer (right) and hit radio operator, Oliver Paquette, are shown with the plane In which they are seeking to blaze new northern air mall trail from tha United State, to Europe. RESCUED AT SEA NORFOLK. Va.. Auiz. 11. (AP, Captain Lisandro Oaray, Honduran 1 flier, who hopped off Sunday after noon on a non-stop flight from Brooklyn to Tegucigalpa, Honduras, was picked up at 10 o'clock this morning by the steamship Blbco, 30 miles east of Cape Lookout, a mes sage received at the local coast guard office said. Oaray reported he had been forced down Sunday night and ihad clung to his badly damaged piano until picked up. He was exhausted when rescued. Oaray sustained a fractured Jaw and minor cuts on the body. Other wise he was unhurt. L BY FIVE NATIONS iwnoK. Auir. 11. (API Rpre enttlve of five grent nation, con- rr1 in AjlluntmenE OI uennBii nnaraKnn. n&Vmmtfl till. eVCHlnR algned a protocol co-ordinating the Hoover moratorium propowl. with the provUlon. of the Young plan. The aignere were memoir, ui u intrnntinnAl committee of experts who had been at work for three week, on technical aspect. OI ine ..... ,,m Th United State. WU represented by Hugh S. Olbnon. am bassador to ueigtum, wnu a. obwrver. vtntOT.i aiernaturm to the document were affixed by delegate from Ger many. Prance. Italy, japan ana u.v Britain. 'SAGE OF HARNEY' HAS KIND WORD FOR MEIER PORTLAND. Am. 11. (API Wil liam Henley of Burr "Sage of Har ney county." newly appointed rtate higbw.y comrnlssloner. wai guest of honor at a Portland Pre club dinner laat night. Thirty well-wl.her. attended the banquet. B P. imne wa. toast master. Henley solicited support for the present state administration. IN BURNED AUTO ANN ARBOIl, Mich.. Aug. 11. (AP) Bodies of four persons, all believed to have been slain, were found burn ed In an' automobile on a road near Willis early today. Th victims were tentatively Iden tified as: Thomas Wheatley, lfl, or nar Denton; Harry Lore, 10. of Ypl lantl; Vivian Oould and Anna Harris. Miss Oould and Miss Harris, both of Cleveland, were vlHltlng at the Lore home In Ypnllanll. The bodies were Identified by Harry Wheatley. father of Thomas. Authorities said they believed the young people were slain and the automobile set afire. CASH REGISTER TAKEN BY DARING HOLDUP MAN PORTLAND, Aug. 11. (AP) A cash register containing .200 was taken from the Hlllvllla restaurant on Terwllllger boulevard last night by a daring robber who .trolled cas ually Into the crowded eating place, shouldered the cashier aside, picked up the heavy register and ran to a parked car. LADY MOUNTBATTEN ESCAPES DROWNING PARIS. Aug. 11. (API The Pari, edition of the Chicago Tribune said today that Lady Louis Mountbattan. wife of cousin of King Oeorge. narrowly eacaped drowning Sunday when Miied with cramps while swimming off Cap Antlbea. Prance. She was rescued by Captain Rob ert Cunningham Reld. her brother- in-law and Stephen Ssnford. New York polo player, and was brought ashore In stale of collapse. Oregon Weather Pair tonight and Wednesday but fog on the coast: cooler In the ex treme east portion tonight; moderate west and northwest wind, olfsnort. SALEM, Aug. 11. (AP) United State. Senator Charles L. MeNary of Oregon today telegraphed to James C. fitone, chairman of the federal farm board at Washington, urging the farm board to give serious study to a proposal to sell 30,000.000 bushels of surplus American wheat at liberal term, to the Chinese government, for the purpose of relieving famine suffer ing and possible death of 10.000,000 Chinese In the Yangtse valley. "Hnve Just received wire from chair man of the Chinese Famine Relief association. New York, suggesting ad visability of your board selling 30. 000.000 bushel, of wheat on favorablo term. In order to relieve starvation of 10.000,000 Chinese," stated the telegram of Senator MeNary to Chair man Stone. "My very great Interest In the agri cultural situation and the activities of the farm board compel me to urge Immediate consideration of this trans action. The large carryover In wheat has a depreciating efTcct on the price level and I surely hope you will slciw every opportunity to reduce the sur plus accumulation In cecals. "I add that this same view can bo applied to recent offer from Germany to buy a large supply of wheat. I am suro the board will give thrsa pro posuls very close study." HELPLESS AT SEA AS ENGINE FAILS THOMKOK, Norway, Aug. 11. (AP) After drifting helplessly with a broken engine In the Arc tic ileus for hours today, the sub marine Nautilus gt under way shortly after 4 p. m., and resumed her Jminiey towards Spitsbergen. HOOVER WILL HAVE WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. (AP) fie nu tor Pent, Hepublk-an, Ohio, said today that President Hoover Intends to have a "concrete proKram" to pre sent to the nest congress on the eco nomic situation. The Oh loan conferred yenOrdsy with Mr. Hoover. He reported the president Is ent?oed In determining the exact employment situation. Henator Pess said the subject of a' special scs'lon was not dlscuAsed st the White House. It was his view that none would be called. TROMSOE. Norway, Aug. 11'. (AP) The submarine Nautilus, In which Sir Hubert Wilkin set out to reach the North Pole under the Ice, to day was reported adrift In the Arctic seas with engine trouble. The report said the mechanical difficulty was or a nature which could not be repaired by the crew. The trouble developed soon after the submarine left Tromsoe yester day for Spitsbergen. There was no way of k nowl ng hero what the trouble waa, but the crew was reported to have worked all night attempting repairs. As the Nautilus has no anchor suitable for use In these waters she drifted with the current while the crew worked. A motorboat has put out from Tromsoe to offer assistance, for the Nautilus Is north of this port at a point where the current la strong; nnd the sound narrow, giving rise to fears she might be driven ashore. SALEM MILK PRICE BOOSTED TO 10 CIS. SALEM, Aug. 11. (AP) Retail price of milk hero was Increased at a meeting of distributor, and pro ducers today from to 10 cent, a quart to homea and from 7 to If cents a quart to atnres. The rise in price came In the wake of the re cent milk war when producers forced distributors to sign a contract award, ing them till", a hundred pounds for grade B milk. Under the terms of the contract distributors were to be permitted to name a price of 10 cents a quart to retail consumers. Cramer Convinced Luck Would Smile On Flight The devastating fire which ha. swept through the. Humbug- and For': est creek hllla near Applegate alnca Sunday afternoon was reported to be "quiet" this afternoon. Flamea which wrought destruction to many farm, and thousand, of acres of timber and brush land were being held within the bound, of trenches dug by fighter, along t,'ie 3D-mlle front. - Danger 1. far from o'-'ar, however, and forester, .are working fast attempting to .top the flame, while there 1. a minimum of wind. , A partial check of property damage caused by the fire shows: Jaoob Nlelson home, barns, ranch building, and all crops destroyed. w. M. Miller ranch, owned by J. B. Andrews, completely burned. House, barns, hay and other cropa lost. - Ralph Plttock barn, hay and cropa In field burned.' - . Aaron Hanson cropa and barn. burned, Sixty-three head of r.heep killed. - Fences and other Improvement, on all. ranches in district leveled. Check .Incomplete . . Complete check, of. the damage Is till Impossible. . All bridges leading up into the Humbug district were burned by the flamea making It Im possible to reach the area by car. ; mories of herolam and tragedy are told by person, who fled with, the rushing (lames .at .their heels. -Mrs,. -W, M. Miller was t .home alone when the first warning of tha lire eame.. She was 111 and had only time to dress herself and flee tor her lit Mra. Miller aald today that th flames wiped out every bit of thelf personal property In addition to the crop, and building, on th farm. The Miller had Just spent their laat cent for groceries which were on th porr,i. All of the food burned. ' Twenty minutes after Mr.. Miller was warned, the flame, wen consum ing the house. A dutch oven waa all that waa salvaged from the fire. .. Mr. Miller was away In Grant Pass seeking employment when th fir spread over th Humbug country Sunday. Children Eacapa At tha Plttock ranch only th chil dren were at horn. When th flamea neared their property on of tHe mall boys rounded up the stock and started driving them toward th Ap plegat valley below. Reglna, 16, load ed some personal belonging, into th family car and attempted to lean the country. Never having driven before ah encountered con.lder.bl difficulty In the form of numerous tree., rock, and bank.. Mis. Plttock had driven th car across a log and was .tailed When fir fighter, rescued her and remedied the plight. Forty-five head of sheep burnd wer from tfi Herman Walt ranch. Eighteen belonged to Ralph Plttock. Other stock in the hill. 1. known to have perished In the flame. A terrlflo explosion occurred when th fir burned Into 200 pound, of giant powder and 60 pound. of quicksilver stored In the Miller house. Th building wss blown to bit and started many more tire, all over th vicinity. Fighter, wer .till battling "th flamea on th Herman Walters' place today. Buildings have been reported burned several times, but were still Intact at on o'clock today. Palling sparks still endanger any unburned, property, , Many Fighters Hundred, of men are .till fighting the nuns today. In addition to other hardships of th fighters, it wa. learned today that on crew of 20 men became separated from th outslda trails and went without food for nearly 24 hour.. Food sent to them was finally delivered laat nlghti Firea on Nell', creek. Lost creek and Kvans creek ware all controlled today. A blaze of about three acre on arouse creek In the upper Llttl Applegat country waa placed under control laat night. A crew was" rush ed to th ' seen. In th afternoon and th fir had been checked by B:30 o'clock. DETIIOIT. Aug. 11. (AP) "Nobody can be unlucky three time, in a row." That was Parker Cramer', firm conviction when he took off from th Detroit river on July 27 on h's third attempt to blsi-e an air trail across the northern Ice cap to Europe. Friends among Detwlt airmen re membered last night, while Cramer and Oliver Pacquett. Canadian radio operator, wer being sought along the coast of Norway and Denmark, that the veteran of two unsuccessful Arctic fllghis had confided to them at the National Aircraft Show last spring hi. tentative plans for third attempt. "And next time Ml make It." t,iey quoted him a. saying. "Nobody can be unlucky three time. In a row." In 10.11. Cramer and Bert Haasell, of Kockford, 111., were forced down In Denmark on a projected flight from Kockford to Stockholm. A year later, he was one of the pilot, of the 'Untln Bowler, which wa crushed by Ire while tied up In northern water, enrout from Chicago to Berlin, EUGENE MAN INJURED AS CAR LEAVES ROAD PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. U, (AP) Francis Jenkins of Eugene, employed on Southern Pacific pile driving crew, whs Injured yesterday when hi automobile left tfit highway between Sllverton and Salem. Hs wa treated at a hospital her for abdominal In juries. , ' Out Again; In Again. PORTLAND, Aug. 11, (AP) Rof Moore, released recently after serv ing an 18-month sent no In on nectlon with a federal liquor eon piracy case, will go on trial tomor row In county district court her) '1 on a charge of possession of liquor.