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The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Friday prob ably showers; clearing Friday ; cool er tonight. Highest yesterday 49 Mt this morning... 44 nn To Subscribers It your Mall Tribune is not de livered to you promptly, Telephone 3. Office opin unlU J every evening, ripskt call at before that time end e ropy nlll he delivered In four home .EDFORD M 1RIBU Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOltD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 24, 1932. No. 2. m irr SALES Tffi 1 ul i IF!) a iiaii?"-J at-" ":'J j--"-'''-' Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS yEATH Toll of Dixie Tornado F Reachea 273." So read a re cent headline In the news ' of the day. The vernal equinox Is past. Easter U on the doorstep. The windows oi the stores are full of new spring clothes. a But the sure and unmistakable sign of spring is the beginning oi the tornado season back in the East and the South. fOOD OLD OREGON! No torna does. No cyclones. No sudden, angry moods of nature in which hu man life Is taken by wholesale while they last. Not even earthquakes. To find a better place to live than Oregon, you must travel a long, long way. fTXISEA6E Stalks War-Torn China' So reads another headline, which continues: "Famine and pesti lence strike at refugees." Statesmen and big business men make wars. It is the poor devils ot common folk that pay for them, in one way and another, with their lives. QTUDENTS at the University oi Missouri stage a prank, kidnap ing a pretty co-ed who waa to have been crowned "queen" of some stu dent functon or other. Pranks like that have been going on ever since students have been students. But in the ensuing melee some body loses his head, finds a gun handy in his pockets and starts hooting. One boy la shot through " thfrBtotnfvorr-arw! -ls expected- fcr-ttierf' Another la shot through both legs and a third Is wounded In one leg. 1ITHEN people-w thout much brains " find themselves with a gun In their hands, trouble ensues In a surprising number of cases. lHAT happens with nations, as well as with Individuals. A little fuss started at Shanghai, for example. Just as this prank got under way at the University of Mis souri, The Japanese military caste found Itself with a big gun In its hand. You know what followed. The news reel that are beginning to how up In America are telling the story graphically and rather hor ribly. 1I7HAT are we golng to do about " It? Do away with guns? Doing away with guns furnishes an attractive subject for oratory, but doesn't promUe much In the way ot results. About the only hope, In the long run, Is MORE PEOPLE WITH BRAINS. 4-4 IT ERE Is another dispatch this one from Lwow, in Poland: "Emlltan Czhecowskl, chief of the Polish POLITICAL POLICE, was slain today by persons believed by the police to be terrorists from the Ukraine. POLITICAL police! 66mebody with out too great a supply of brains must have devised that institution. 44 IT THE RICH." Is the slogan of a considerable school or tax makers In congress In this year when it Is necessary to raise a tre mendous amount of money in order to balance the budget. This is a political year, and In political years "Hit the rich!" Is a good vote-winning slogan. npHIS writer, whois neither a radl- cal nor a conservative, believes that the msn with money mux, bear the burden of all taxation, because the man with money Is the only one from whom tuxes can be secured In large volume and ALSO because the msn with money can pay heavy taxes without cutting down the food he ests and the clothes be wears But tliii writer DOESN'T believe In soaking the msn with money Just for the fun of soaking him. T IS the man with both money and vision who keepe Industry gulng in this country, and if we keep on osklng him until he no longer has the Incentive to put his money and brain Into the develop JCoatuutfg 94 aS 111 FIERCE DEBATE IN REVENUE AC! Both Parties Split Demo cratic : Leaders in Open ' Dispute G. 0. P. Leaders Hold Firm to Last WASHINGTON, March 24. (AP) Senator Robinson of Ar kansas, Democratic lender, said today he believed conpress would be forced to return after the na tional political conventions In June to finish Its work because he did not think It possible to draft a satisfactory tax blU be fore the party meetings. WASHINGTON. March 24. (AP) The sales tax waa rejected by the house today after fierce debate which split both parties and brought an open dispute on the floor between Democratic leaders. The vote on a count by tellers, was 223 to 153. As the house was In committee of the whole, no roll call vote was taken. In the closing momenta of debate two of the Democratic leaders, both bouse veterans Ralney of Illinois and Byrns of Tennessee arrayed themselves on opposing sides with Ralney advocating and Byrns oppos ing the tax. The Republican lead ership held firmly for the -tax. Necessities Ihitouched The ways and means committee In a final gesture to save the tax had written Into the bill sweeping ex emptions which covered food, Noth ing and long list of necessities. The action removes ahe 2.25 . per cent levy that originally .was slated to yield $595,000,000. The provision formed the base of the measure de signed to return sufficient revenue to balance the 1033 federal budget. Now another search for revenue to balance the budeet will begin. tj.f-JIluee Weeks ' 'Debate,, : 1 Action came after nearly three weeks of bitter debate and spectacu lar scenes In a strife torn house. Bi partisan opponents ran rough shod over their party leaders. The vote was on the amendment offered by Representative Doughton (D., N. C.) a member of the ways and means committee that drafted the bill. Opposition to the sales tax was led by Doughton, Rankin of Mississippi, Democrats, and LaQuardla of New York, Republican independent lead er. It was the first victory of its kind in years. The leadership of the house waa crushed. Speaker darner, Ralney as the Democratic leader and Representative Snell of New York, Republican leader, were unable to muster enough bi-partisan support to put the controverted provision over. Must Seek New Levies It means that if the house Is to pass a bill to meet the deficit, addi tional revenue amounting to $600, 000,000 will have to be raised through other levies offered as substitutes. The sales tax opponents won after Continued on Page Five) NEW YORK, March 24. (AP)-J. P. Morgan delayed .his dinner last night to make his first radio speech. It waa an appeal for support for the "block aid" drive to collect funds In a canvass of 16.000 city blocks here. He pointed out that the canvassers will discover nets' y cases on their rounds, leading to prompt aid. "Many people are too proud and too brave." he said, "to reveal their necessities to charitable organiza tions or to state and city relief agen cies. These people suffer In silence, often they suffer until parents and children are seriously 111." Hoover Hails Revival Shipbuilding Industry WASHINGTON. March 23. (AP) President Hoover today pressed a button In the White House officially launching the new Grace line steam er Santa Rosa at Kearney, New Jer sey, and shortly after made public a message hailing the construction of this vessel as part of a "revival of shipbuilding" in the United States. The chief executive spoke of tfie far-reaching benefits" of the mer chant marine art of 192B. with the a.d of which, he said, orders have been placed for 45 new vessels of 500 000 gross ton-, and for the re conditioning of 19 vessels or 160,000 groM tons. "The addition of tills vessel and the three sister ships which will follow her into the carrying trade between the United Slates and Cen tral and South Amines. Is an augury of clowcr communication and Inter course with our neighbors to the lftau(& U also lame ,KiiUoq (9 Obliging Engineer " Halts Train To Thaw Fire Pump STODDARD, Wis.. March 34. (AP) Old No. 13 on tie La Crosse & Southwestern waa late and the passengers were peeved. But they got over it when they learned what happened. Mrs, Ellen Joseph's home was on fire. The fire department was handicapped because Its hand pump was frozen, so the train en gineer stopped and solved the problem by thawing It out with live steam. IE BILL TO AID FARMER IS SOLON'S Provisions Parallel to Meas ure Affecting Financial Institutions Would Per mit Low Interest Loans NEW YORK, Mart.; 24. (AP) U. S. Senator Burton K. Wfteeler of Montana (Dem.) said today he In tends to Introduce In congress a far mers' refinance bill with provisions parallel to those In the recently adopted measure affecting financial Institutions. "It will provide," he said, "for loans to farmers, so they can save their farms, at the same Interest rate now charged by the refinance corpo ration to financial Institutions. "I don't see how the administra tion can very well fight It because It contains for the farmers almost Identically the earns provisions they have made in their own bill for fin ancial Institutions." Senator Wheeler predicted the sales tax would noV-bo passed By congress "unless It Is applied only to luxur ies." Cant Take Any More "You can't take any more away from the worker and the farmer than already has been taken," he ssld. "The people of the middle west are on the verge of revolt now. If you want to add fuel to the flames, pass the ssles tax. "The general feeling In the north west snd the middle west." said Sen ator Wheeler, "Is. Viat the adminis trations relief measures adopted by congress have not been of any benefit to the amalt business man or the laboring man or the farmer. "They feel that President Hoover's Idea has been to heir) those at the top, and that he has helped the bankers, the railroads and toe Insur ance companies, but that none of this' has or Is likely to seep down through so that the small bulaness man or the farmer will get any bene fit from it. Farmers Need Help "The banks out there are not func tioning so far as the farmers are con cerned. Something has got to bs done to refinance those farmers Otherwise Viey will lose their farms and ' move to the cities, thereby in creasing the unemployment. "I believe that in this country we can have no pickup until the pur chasing power of the farmer and the laborer Is restored, bringing bsck commodity prices." 1 Senstor Wheeler, who "was one of the earliest supporters of Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt's csndldscy for the Democratic presidential nomina tion, visited Roosevelt headquarters today. Road Inspector Crushed by Truck OOLDENDALE. Wash.. March 34. (API Joseph Zaharis, stste highway department Inspector, was crushed to death under the wheels of a grsvel truck near Wlrsham Wednesday. He was checking gravel on the North Bank highway when a truck backed over him and the rear wheels crush ing his chest. the far-reaching benefits ot the con structive legislation contained In the merchant marlr act of 1038. "The result r . revival of ship building industry haa provided em ployment not only at seaboard ship yards, but throughout the country, where are produced and manufac tured a large part of the materials and equipment entering into the rinlshed vessels. "At no time since the glorious American clipper ship era has ihe nation displayed such a keen interest In its ehip activities. The determl- , nation of the American people to 1 possess a first class merchant ma rine haa resulted In the establish ment of a network of regular and dependable ocean service to all the principal porta of the world where our flag it sgaln a familiar eight a symbol of friendship and good will In the development and eipaa iyfl fit Ul&m&caI Kftt x E AIDES IN OFFICE 10 President of Chicago Crime Commission Charges 'Boring From Within' Tac tics by Gang Chieftain WASHINGTON, March 24. (AP) An attempt by criminal organiza tions headed by Al Capone to se cure his freedom through control of public officials was charged to day by Frank J. Loesch, president of the Chicago Crime commission in a letter to Senator Borah. Loesch. In a long letter, review ing attempts of Chicago gangland to control labor unions and public officers, said: "It la my opinion based upon these facts and other indications that the combinations here now formed for getting men into public office turn very largely cm the ef fort of the criminal organisations. headed by Al Capone. to control suf- flclent of the elected public officials, party llnea not cutting much figure, to get Capone freed from the peni tentiary sentences now hanging over his head, or secure reduction of the sentences." Loesch said those who know the situation believe two thirds of all labor unions in Chicago are con trolled by or pay tribute to Al Ca pone s organizations. He charged also that two "per sonal adherents of Al Capone" are members of the Illinois senate. -4 HOPEWELL, N. J., March 34. (AP) Shown dispatches Indicating the kidnaped Lindbergh baby might be on a yacht In Chesapeake bay. Col. H. Norman Schradzkopf, superintend ent of state police, aald: "There Is absolutely no truth In It." HOPEWELL, N. J.. March 24. (AP) Police Investigating the kidnaping of the baby son of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh concentrated their efforts today In a search for two "known kidnapers" who have disappeared aince the child was stolen. They are Harry Fleischer, Detroit gangster, and Able Wagner, an al leged associate. Raids In New York city and Long Island failed to trap them, but the hunt has only been Intensified by their eluslvcness. "Able Wagner, recorded as a known kidnaper, was alleged to have been seen around central parts of New Jersey shortly before the kidnaping." Superintendent of State Police H. Norman Schwarzkopf aald In today's bulletin. Wanted for Quiz. "Since the kidnaping he has not been seen or accounted for In any way. It Is desired to find WaRner for the purpose of questioning him and having him account for hla activities Just prior to and at the time of the kidnaping. "Investigations covering the whole state of New Jersey, New York stale. Long Island, Philadelphia and va rious parte of Pennsylvania have not aa yet disclosed his whereabouts "Hsrry Fleischer, also a known (Contlrued on Page Sis) TO PORTLAND, March 24 (TP) Gov ernor Julius L. Meier snd Mm. Meier left hersv last night for flan Fran cisco, where they will spenl the Ess ter holidays with their two daugh ters, Mrs. Joseph Ehrman, Jr., and Mrs. Fred Gsnz. The governor expects to return to Salem next Monday afternoon. Dur ing his absenoe Willard L. Mirks of Albany will again be governor, by reason of his position as president of the stite senate. It whs Indl csted, however. Marks will not be required to come to the state capltol during the brief interval Meier Is out of Oregon. Union County Gets Relief Flour Share LA OPANDK, Ore , March 24. AP( Rev. Paul Mortlmor. chstr msn of the local Red Cross an nounced today 36.000 pounds o! "relief flour" will be received here from the farm bosrd wheat for dis tribution In Union county. Mortl more requested that the shipment be milled locally, but was informed Ibfct UU? 0Ul4 Apt Pf p acted CROWDS AT EASTMAN FUNERAL SMorlnfcd f'rr i-Ai;0 This Is part ot the crowd which taw the casket of George Eastman, camera manufacturer and philanthropist, taken from his mansion In Rochester, N. Y., to the burial plot. Scores of employe! of Eastman's Rochester factory were amona the mourners. 1 TAKEN BY DEATH AFTER LONG ILL Or. Robert Withers Poellnltz, be loved resident and one of the pio neer physlclana of aouthern Oregon, passed away at hla home, 1121 East Msln street, here Wednesday even ing after an Illness of the past four years. He was born at Qreensboro, 1 Ala., December 27, 1B80. t The i second son of Major and Mrs. Charles Augustus Poellntts of Greens boro, pioneer settlers of Alabama, he started his education at the South ern University of Alabama, entering at the age of 13. Upon graduating he enrolled In the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville, graduating in 1908, with high honors. In 1900 he came west and entered practice at Central Point. In 1911 he came to Medford. His great grand father, Julius Poellnltz, served on the medical staff of Baron Von Steuben during the revolutionary war. He was married to Ada Welch at Medford, April 1, 1013. The doctor was a man of high Ideals and was very charitable dur ing his long practice here. He loved the fields and streama and waa an ardent fisherman and hunter. He leaves a host of friends, besides his wife ard relatives, and la survived by his lfe, Ada; three brothers, four sisters, Dr. Charles A. Poellnltz, Wil liam W Henry W., Mrs. Stella Btlck ney, Mrs. Helen Otte, Mrs. Graham Benners, all of Qreensboro, Ala. Mrs. Banners has been here with the doc tor since last August; and Mrs. Mary L. Walker of Faunsdale, Ala. Dr. Poellnltz was a member of the American Medical Association; Cen tral Point Lodge No. 135, A. P. St A. M.; Crater Lake Chapter No. 33, Med ford; Malta Commandery No. 4, Ash land, Ore.; HUIah Temple, Shrine, Ashland; Medford Lodge No. 1168, B. P. O, E.; Woodmen of the World, and the Jackson County Medical society. Funeral service will be conducted from the Perl Funeral Home, Mon day, March 28, at 2:30 p. m., Father William B. Hamilton officiating. In terment in the Medford cemetery. ALICE LONGWORTH WASHINGTON, March 24. A police guard was set up today about the home of Mrs. Alice Roose velt Longworth, widow of the late speaker of the house, as a result of a letter to her. Frank W. Burke, police inspector, said such letters have been received here by four persons. An arrest was expected shortly. One letter demanded 11,500, under threat of abducting the young son of the recipient, police said the let ter to Mrs. Longworth asked a sim ilar amount, and It is understood to have threatened abudctlon of her young daughter, Paulina. One of the recipients ' was said to have been Ben Lyon, motion picture actor, who was here recently. TO OPPOSE STEIWER LA GRANDE, Ore., March H.tTi Humors are current here that Robert N. fftanfietd, former United States senator, wll lenter the Republican primaries In quest of his parly's nom ination for the toga now vr.rn by Senator Frederick atelwer. Although the rumor was peralat- esl, It could, no, bt verified leotUj. OPERATOR HELD LINCOLN, Neb.. March 34. P) Miss Laurel Morrison, 30, Aurora, Nob., beauty parlor operator, was missing today, and the police ex pressed belief she haa been kidnaped for $1,000 ransom. A -Jotter demanding that amount wflfi received-at Aurora yesterday by Miss Morrisons partner in business, but while neither its contents nor the address on the envelope were In the missing woman's handwriting, the writer explained the substance waa "dictated" by another Individual. Following receipt of the message, which was mailed at Lincoln yester day afternoon and Instructed that the money be mailed to Miss Morrison In care of the Lincoln general lellvery, the authorities Instituted search for the woman, under direction of Sher iff J. J. Mohr, at the request of her father, Robert Morrison, wealthy Cen trsl City farmer. Police were stationed at the post office here to apprehend anyone try ing to claim a letter addressed to Miss Morrison. 4 FOILED BY CHIEF The unexpected return of Clint Baughman. Ashland fire chief, Tues day midnight, from a visit to rela tives at Ortlng, Wash., prevented an incendiary from destroying his home. A kerosene soaked gunny sack, plied with shingles, in one corner of the room, had been set afire, but was discovered ere it had gained .head way. The blRze came three days after an attempt to poison the Baughman watchdog. There are several compli cated angles to the case. The dam age was Insignificant. Mrs. Drake Victim Paralysis Stroke EDEN PRECINCT, March 24, 8pl Mrs. L. A. Drake of this commun ity suffered a stroke of paralysis to day and Is this afternoon rep dried to be in a serious condition at her home. Ann Harding's Film Fame Wrecks Matrimony Ship HOLLYWOOD, March 24. (AP) I Martial unhspplnesa was the price fame exacted from Ann Harding, motion picture star, the actress said . today following a n nou n cement that her union with Harry Ban ff W t nlster, her lead- days when she J was a stage star nu nnr1 ill "5S would be ended ny nivorce. Blame for the rift in the mar ried life of the couple was placed at the door of Hollywood fame. Ann I mrding and announce ment ti the contemplated divorce made by both Miss Harding and Ban nister, revealed a story not unfa miliar to Hollywood since It became tht stamping pound flf geoJus, (t .1 V: mm nj. 'riammmi IN ROCHESTER GEORGIA ROOSEVELT FOR ATLANTA, March 24. (AP) Gov ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt won Georgia's 28 convention votes In yesterday's Democratic presidential preference primary by overwhelming Judge G. H. Howard ot Atlanta, who advocated, the. candidacy of Speaker John 0rnr, The New York erecutlve had a popular plurality of approximately iu 10 l on tne latest wouiauon and 308 of the possible 410 county unit votes had been placed In his column with five counties missing. Judge Howard waa leading only in Catoosa county, and newspaper cor respondents there said complete re turns would give the county to Roosevelt. Latest returns gnve Roosevelt 61, 071 popular votes to Howard's B717. If he captures Catoosa county's two unit votes and wins In the five missing counties aa his supporters have predicted, he will score a grand slam with 410 county unit votes and have the unanimous approval of the state convention. Georgia was the first southern state to hold a preference primary, SEVEN NEGROES MONTGOMERY, Ala., March 24 (AP) Death sentences for seven of the eight negroes convicted atScotta boro, Ala., a year ago of assaulting two white girls were affirmed today by the Alabama supreme court. The death sentence for the eighth negro was reversed and he wss re manded for trial. The supreme court fixed Friday, May 13, as the date of execution for the seven prisoners. The negroes were convicted of at tacks on the girls aboard a freight train Mnrch 25. 1031. Oil lliirgf Kiplnden. NEW ORLEANS, March 24. (AP) Two explosions aboard the oil barge Luhowell, wrerked the vessel today as It waa tied up at St. Rose. Rose, La. One unidentified member of the crew was believed drowned. was the story of how one mate, how ever happily wed, can be ahunted Into obscurity, his own Identity lost In the radiance of the other. "We aro getting a divorce because during our three years In the mo tion picture Industry, we have been plaoed In a position which is un tenable.'' read Miss Harding's letter to the press. The announcement was unpreceded by rumor, for tits married life ot Mlsa Harding and Bannister had been regarded as Idesl. They are the parents of a three-year-old dau ghter. Home Indlrntlon that all waa not well waa Indicated, however, last Monday when Bannister ended his contract with the R. K. O. studies At that time he said he wanted to he a free lance player. The announcement of Mine Hard ing and Bannister did not state which one of the two would sees a divorce. The couple had been married for five and. ono-belf reus. Communication Lines Crip pledSigns Blown Down, Windows Broken Sand Fills Air Planes Land KENNEWICK, Wash., March 34. (AP) The worst aouthwest gale of the year, between 80 and 70 miles an hour, shrieked Into the Kenne-wlck-Pasco district today, damaging communication llnea. blowing down signs, smashing wlndowa and litter ing the downtown streets with debris from the nearby hills. Sand, Isshed by the gale limited visibility to about two blocks, slow ing automobile traffic. Many power lines were down. PORTAND, Ore., tocn 34. (AP) Communication between Pasco, Wwl sna Portland waa broken today by ' what was described there as a "tor nado." Only a brlet telephone dla patch from Pasco was received by Varney Air Lines here, telling of the atorm. The Pasco airport operator reported a high wind blowing and aald a small hangar had collapsed. He warned that It was unsafe for planes to land. Shortly thereafter all communica tion with the Washington point wss severed, around lines, presumably blew down and It was believed the antennae of the Pasco radio stations had been damaged since radio calls to Pases- brought no response. Two planea which were flying to. ward Paaco when the storm broke were directed safely, Roy Warner, flying the regular westbound morning plane from Boise to Pasco landed at Umatilla. Joe Smith had taken off-from Portland ' for Pasco but waa directed by radio to return to Swan Island. SEATTLE, Wash.. March 34. (AP) A 4l-mlle-an-hour gale struck here early today, disrupting telephone and power systems, causing a number of roof and chimney fires, and whip ping the waters of Puget Sound. The wind, which reached Its maxi mum Telocity at 8:18 a, m., was stronger then any during the past winter. Eighteen flrea were reported. Small boats were undamaged as they did not Tenture Into rough water. PORTLAND, Maroh 34. (TV-Funds with which to care for thi needy of Multnomah and to provide work for the unemployed would be raised by a special tat levy and two bond Issues, If a recommendation In the clvlo emergency committee la adopted. WILL- ROGERS BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., March 23. Has your town or city investigated this great scheme called "block-aid" that they have in New York Cityt Each person with a job that lives in that block is asked to contribute a dime, quarter or not more than a dollar per week. Now your block is so organized that each block helps itself. It'g, practical and it works. Every city, town or even country township should or ganize and use it. You know absolutely where your money is going. It's helping your next door neighbor. That's one trouble with our charities. We are always sav ing somebody away off when the fellow next to us ain't cat- Same thing wrong with the missionaries. They will save anybody if he is far enough away and don't speak our lan guage. This is a time when I don't care where you live, you can't throw a rock without hitting somebody that needs help worse than you do, .Here is a sehemo whero charily begins at homo. .aim. Mmat tts4iw.