Medford mail tribune., June 30, 1932, Page 1, Image 1

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Twenty-Seventh Year
Democrats Complete Ap
proval of Platform and
Take Up Task of Choosing
Party Standard .Bearer
CHICAGO STADIUM, June 30
(AP) The Democratic conven
tion adjourned today , at 6:5
p.m. until 9 o'clock.
CHICAGO, June 30 (AP) A
denial of a rumor that he In
tended to withdraw from the
race for the Democratic nomina
tion was coupled today by Al
fred Emmanuel Smith with the
assertion:
"I am not only going to stick
but I am going to be nominated."
CHICAGO STADIUM, June 30.
(AP) In a demonstration-tossed sea.
aion the democratic national conven
tion completed its platform today and
moved along on a wave of nominat
ing oratory toward the choice of a
candidate. Its managers foresaw an
opening ballot tomorrow, possibly
late tonight.
The outlook seemed trembling in
the balance. The Roosevelt leaders,
needing only a comparatively small
margin of gain to insure victory,
were laboring with the favorite sons
blocs and predicting the required
help would be forthcoming.
There was much talk of a Roosevelt-Garner
ticket, but It remained
undetermined whether the speaker
would accept second place.
ruTPAnn RTAnniM .Tun an.
(AP) Plunging along with a rapid
succession 01 almost unanimous ue-
4alnnn trie Flemrvrn tin reinvention
completed approval of its platform
today and turned to another inter
lude of oratory as a long line of
speakers took up the task of putting
nine canaiaates iormsuy in uunnu-
ilnn fn rhn nrMtrl enrv.
Without roll calls and with roaring
shouts of disapproval, the conven
tion refused to write into the plat
form alongside the prohibition re
peal plank a single one of the ma
jor amendments sent up from the
floor.
Rnnm finnarrd Under.
One plank voted down was for
Immediate payment of the soldier
vmmia t vtam smothered under an
Aw-rahelmlnir rush of "no'a Its
sponsors being unable to muster even
the number of seconds needed to in-
The only amendment adopted to
the platform, as it came irom com
mittee was one proposes Dy a wuiim-.
i nmi i nA O'Dftv of New York,
expressing the interest of the party
In human welfare wdrk, particularly
among ennaren.
A- tw. nnmlnotiilff hp 17(111. aCCOm
nO tliO w..v...n o .
ktt it nana. Interlude ox
cheering and demonstrating for the
convention favorites, it appeared It
would be well on In the evening
before It ended.
viiinvif Rnnwelt.
The first name to be put before
iu. nn m that of Governor
1113 lUUKiiiw" "
Franklin D. Roosevelt, whose legion
of supporters greeted xne euioKy
. . -.((.w t An a nr loud cheers as
mm "'
bla manager went about the floor
seeking the first-ballot rush which
they hoped would about tell the
Alabama yielded to New York to
allow the governors oia incuu,
E. Mack, to place nis namo
the convention.
. Mb- .h nn in a soft voice
,., nn 0otnre. huse nlc
ana making o - -
tures of Roosevelt were unfurled
end attached to various stanuaru..
Large American flags wire brought
in, placards proclaiming htm to
be "the people's canniaaie :
rled to strategic poima.
n...r. ftnrlr Rafters.
As the nominator named his man,
at the end, a demonstration that
rocked the rafters broke acres the
When he pronounced the name of
Roosevelt, the followers of the New
Tork governor blanketed the whole
delegate arena with Monster litho
graphs and banners, and itsrted a
hkh tmmnled all before U
aa It circled dancing and shouting
about the vast hall.
M nnl rrailri tell WhO Started It
New Hampshire and the district ol
(Continued on Page Twelve)
Tribune To Print
Grand Hotel In
Form Of Serial
To add to the pleasure of those
who see the widely discussed pic
ture "Grand Hotel" at the Fox
Crsterlsn theatre next Wednesday
and Thursday, the Msil Tribune
will ptibltrh serialization of
Vickl Baum's novel beginning In
Fridays Issue. The "Grand Hotel"
eerlsl will appear complete In six
Installments, Illustrated by scenes
from Metro-Ooldwyn-Msyera film
J dramatization which featuree
Greta Oarbo. J"hn Barrymore.
Joan Crawford. Wsilace Beery and
Lionel Barrvmore
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Medford Mail Tr
Worn By Illness
r
AlHCtattd Prut Phsit
Photograph of Almea Sample
McPherson-Hutton, the evangelist,
taken at a sanitarium near Lot
Angelea where she was taken at th
start of a $200,000 breach of prom.
Ise suit against her husband.
SEVEN KILLED IN
OF ELECTRIC CARS
HAMILTON, Ohio, June 30. (AP)
Two racing electric cars of the
Cincinnati and Lake Erie - railroad
smashed head-on north of here to
day, killing seven persons and In
juring five. One car carried pas
sengers, the other was heavily loaded
with freight.
The freight crunched through the
passenger car, burying its nose in
the middle of the lighter vehicle.
Five persons were dead when work
men, burning with oxy-acetylene
torches through the tangled steel
reached them. H. P. Smith, general
claim agent of the road, said he
could give no cause for the accident.
CHICAGO, June 30. (AP) Bishop
James Cannon, Jr., the southern
Methodist churchman who led a mili
tant fight against Alfred E. Smith :n
1928, said today the commendation
by Senator Walsh of Montana last
night of the conduct on the conven
tion floor during bte prohbiltlon de
bate was "the most amazing I ever
heard in a political convention."
"The conduct in tne convention was
most reprehenslDle," the bishop said
"It indicated vesy clearly that repeal
supporters did not believe in fair
play. I see no other way to Interpret
the behavior."
Bishop Cannon said newspapers
were hurled at him several times, but
he added they might not have been
directed at him personally. He aald he
did not know who had thrown them
and that others who did not stand
during the demonstrations might have
had similar experiences.
The churchman declined to com
ment on the prohibition plank Itself,
but said In all probability he would
have a statement later.
OR ANTS PASS, Ore., June 30
(AP) Josephine county's rolling can
nery has been brought here from
Corvallis and except for a little work
on the can sealers and minor equip
ment. Is ready to begin work.
The cannery machinery will be
operated by one man but five to
ten persons will be needed to pre'
pare the food to be preserved.
The cannery was assembled at the
farm mechanics shop at Oregon State
college. It was presented to the
county and will be available to any
one. Including the unemployed. It
is capable of 24-hour operation.
CLEAR JENNINGS ON
PORTLAND. Ore.. June 30 fAP)
Indictments cheralnf Wvnter R. Pat
terson and H. Laurence Reynolds
-ith av.nntrvv to embezzle funds
i from the Citizens National bank tn
i violation of the national banking Jaw
, and aealntt Joe Tenet, accusing him
, of violation of the Mann act, were
; returned yesterday by the feder.il
i grand Jury.
A not true bill cleared Cecil J. Jen
' n:n?s of a chanre of poseMion of in
! tox.eat.ng liquor in Medford, March
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MOVE 10 REPEAL
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Co-Author of 18th Amend'
ment Says Will Vote to
Submit Repeal Drys Re
luctant Comment on Plank
WASHINGTON. June 30. (AP)
Senator Sheppard (D., Texas), co-au
thor of the 16th amendment, said to
day he would vote to submit a re
peal amendment unless his party ref-
erendum In Texas in July, ..decided
against it. .
Sheppard's announcement was made
in commenting on the repeal plank
adopted by his party last night in
Chicago.
It came simultaneously with an
announcement from Senator Bing
ham (R., Conn.) that in view of the
Democratic platform he would seek
to amend the Volstead act to per-
mit 4 per cent beer before congress
adjourns.
Bingham E la tad
Bingham, long an advocat of re
peal and modification, was elated by
the action of the Democratic conven
tion. As soon as the Democrats come
back," he aald, "I shall move to take
my 4 per cent beer bill from the
calendar and consider it." .
Bingham estimated that under the
old beer tax of $8 a barrel that still
Is on the statute books, his .bill would
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DEATH BY T
IL
FRESNO, Calif., June 30. (AP)
Five persons were killed when the
automobile in which they were rid
ing was struck by a Southern Pacific
motor train five miles from here to
day.
Identification of the dead was im
possible but through the car registra
tion card ownership was traced to
Joseph V. Acuff, of Fresno. At his
home it was said he had gone to
Sanger to bring to this city Mr. and
Mrs, Carvell Kearns and their two
children, Carvel, Jr., 0, and Walter, 7.
It was presumed that these were the
wreck victims.
GERMANS REFUSE
LAUSANNE, Switzerland, June 30
(AP) Germany refused today to
agree to a suggestion by France that
she deposit a 6.000,000,000 mark bond
with the World Bank In lieu of repa'
rations annuities, pending negotia
tion of revised debt agreement with
the united States.
Baron Konstatln von Ncurath, the
Oerman foreign minister, communi
cated the negative reply to Prime
Minister MacDonald of Oreat Britain
after having consulted with the rest
of the Oerman delagatlon and his
cabinet colleagues In Berlin.
Garner His Choice
4ticr'f PrvtsPfcfttt
The speake of the house will 3:
placed In no: ..nation for president
at the dmo;ratio convention bj
if j fsfe v
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 30, 1932.
STflBTS
Skull Crushed Between Tractor and Tree
BASEBALL
RESULTS
H.
9
S
Detroit
Cleveland - ...
Sorrell. Wyatt, Hogsett and Hay-
worth; Ferrell and Myatt.
R. H. E.
New Tork 18 14 1
Boston 4 10 4
Macf&yden and Jorgens: Michaels,
Jablonowskl, Boener and Tate.
National
R. H. E.
0 8 1
Cincinnati
Chicago
7 12 1
Lucas and Lombard!: Bush and
Hartnett.
R. H.
S 10
8 17
St. Louis
Pittsburg
Batteries: Haines. Carleton, Stout
and Mancuso; Melne, Swift and
Grace.
R. K. E.
5 7 1
.1 11 1
Brandt, Cantwell and Spohrer; Bell,
Hubbeli and Hogan.
R. H. E.
Brooklyn .......... -
Philadelphia
.382
. 8 16 1
Mungo, Shaute and Lopez, Suke-
forth: Benge and V. Davis.
UNITED ON STAND
FOR F. ROOSEVELT
By LESLIES J. SMITH
. Associated Press Staff Writer
CHICAGO, June 30. (AP) With
Oregon's banner in tatters, the result
of a foray by a souvenir hunter, aut
with her name enlisted with those
states which voted so overwhelmingly
to oust prohibition from the Demo
cratic canons, the ten delegates from
the state had little to do today other
than attempt the nomination of
Franklin D. Roosevelt for president.
Although the delegation split 7 to
3 on the liquor question, with the
majority favoring the pronounced
wet view, there will be no such lack
of unanimity when the roll Is called
on the presidential nomination.
Pledged by the presidential -preference
to support Roosevelt, the ten
Oregonlans not only feel bound to do
so, but will voice their own personal
Ideas in so doing. Repeated polls of
the delegation demonstrate that the
governor of New York is the personal
as well as the pledged choice of each
member.
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10 STATE HOSPITAL
Eula Phillips, also known as Rena
Johnson, and other aliases, who
claimed desertion by her mate, and
near starvation, when forced Into
vagabondage, with her nine year old
daughter, was ordered committed to
the state asylum yesterday, following
a hearing Into :ier mental condition.
The child will be returned to rela
tives either In Arkansas or this
state.
Postoffice Supply
Bill Is Approved
WASHINGTON, June 30. (AP)
The house today approved the con
ference report on the $1,056,347,633
treasury postoffice supply bill for the
fiscal year beginning at midnlRht.
Senate action will send the measure
to the White House.
Dripping Democracy and
Moist Republicans Put
Dry Forces in Dilemma
rilirAOO, June 36. (AP) The Democratic rppeal plank, flouting
prohibition sentiment, has brought the organised dry forces face to
fat with a dilemma of major proportions, and Ihe leaders conceded
today there U no, as jet, unanimous choke si to the nay out.
Dr. Daniel A. Poling of New York.,
one of the national prohibition board
of strategy, condemned the Deano
cratlc stand as vigorously as might
be expected, and made known that
the board, war council of 30 dry
organizations, would get together to
day to talk over their future course.
This meeting was planned aa an in
formal and secret one. leading toward
omething more definite tomorrow
Poting d!B?.ned the diverging cpin
;o;is. They are:
To throw Utt orgaju4 4(2
MAY
E
f IRE LEADERS
Prosecutor to Be Provided
With Evidence in Case of
Holding Concern Cod
ding to Confer On Action
SALEM, June 30. (AP) Jackson,
Douglaa and Multnomah counties
may continue prosecution of former
officers of the Empire Holding cor
poration, James W. Mott, state cor
poration commissioner, announced
last night in a letter to Burnett
Goldstein, special prosecutor. These
counties will be provided with all
evidence In the case and the matter
will rest with the district attorneys
of the counties.
Mott declared that while most of
the stockholders considered that Jus
tice had been sufficiently served
through the conviction of Frank Kel
ler, Jr., there was quite a general
feeling that the outcome of the cases
against the other officers might have
been different had the corporation
department been permitted to sub
mit the results of Its investigations
to the grand Jury in counties where
the major operations of the company
were centered.
District Attorney George A. Cod
ding Is today in Salem, where tomor
row he will appear before the su
preme court, to present argument In
the suit of the State Land Board
against Jackson county, et al, the
issue Involving whether a mortgage
held by the Land Board has prece
dence over a tax lien. It Is under
stood that the district attorney will
confer with Corporation Commission
er Mott upon Empire Holding com
pany matters, concerning Jackson
county residents.
ROOSEVELT SAYS
WET PLANK FINE
CHICAGO, June 30 (AP) Gov
ernor Franklin D. Roosevelt today
indorsed the wet plank adopted last
night by the Democratic convention.
In a telegram to James A. Farley,
the Roosevelt campaign manager,
the New York governor said the
country and the party ought to be
congratulated on the platform and
that he was for the prohibition
plank, which he said was substan
tially the same as one on which he
ran for the governorship two years
ago.
ARE CRITICIZED
SPOKANE, Wash, June 30. (AP)
John L. McNab, of Palo Alto. Cal
who nominated President Hoover at
the 1038 republican convention, crltl
elzed both major parties here last
night for spending so much time with
the liquor problem when crucial eco
nomic questions remain unsolved.
"I think It Is one of the tragedies
of the hour," he declared, "that when
all the forcos of the administration
are directed to the stemming of the
tide of economic disaster and to put
the reconstruction farces of the na
tion in action, we can't get the major
political parties to discuss anything
except whether they want a drink or
not."
to Herbert Hoover and the Republl
can modification submission pro
gram;
To seek an Independent dry csndi
date for president and register as
big as possible a protest vote; and
To stay out of the presidential
contest and concentrate on electing
dry congressmen.
Apparently these views had been
takn in expectation that the Demo
cratic convention mould take to the
i Continued, gp, Pa- Xrt .
IBUNE
Walsh Guides
i&aMaiiiMrl
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1 . -mi iiiiii (if
Associated Press telephutu of Hen. Thomna J. Walnh (led) being con
gratulated by James A. Parley, lead er of the Roosevelt forces, after being
named permanent chairman of the national democratic convention In
Chicago.
DEEP PAY SLASH
FOR STATE JOBS
SALEM. June 30. (AP) State sal
aries In Oregon wilt be reduced from
3 to IS per cent beginning tomorrow.
If the recommendations of the special
committee appointed for this purpose
are adopted. The 16 per cent will be
for all salaries above 96000, while
there will be no cuts for salarlea of
less than $1300 per year.
The schedule of reductions la vol
untary upon those whose pay is set
by law, but it la expected they will
comply with thes recommendation
and return the balance to the gen
eral fund of the state. It was esti
mated $300,000 will be saved during
the next six months' period as a re
sult of the cut, If put into effect.
The committee, Lunn 8. McCready,
Eugene; Henry L. Corbett, Portland,
and E. P. Mahaffey, Bend, filed Its
report here yesterday wlt,h the gov
ernor. It will be considered at an
early meeting of the board of control.
The next step down from the 1A
per cent reduction Is on salaries from
$4000 to $6000 being reduced 10 per
cent. Alt salarlea from $1300 to $4,
000 will be reduced from 3 to 10 per
cent on the following schedule, origi
nal salaries listed being on the basis
of monthly payments:
$100 to $139 3 per cent, 1
$130 to $169 4 per cent,
$160 to $109 8 per cent.
$300 to $3290 per cent.
$330 to $369 7 per cent.
$360 to $3398 per cent,
$300 to $330 9 per cent.
IRISH REFUSE PAK
LONDON, Jun 80. (AP) rive
million dollar waa due from the
Irish free atate today In payment of
tha land annultlea waa not received.
th house of commons was Informed
today by J. H. Thomas, secretary for
dominion.
'Nest Monday," ha aald. "1 shall
submit to the house proposals for
dealing with thl situation."
Curtis Refused
Acquittal Order
FI.EMINOTON, N, J., June 30.
(API A defense motion for a di
rected verdict for acquittal In the
trial of John Hughes Curtis, alleged
Lindbergh baby case hoaxer, was
dented today.
Scion of Wealth
Held For Ransom
BT. PAUL. June 80. (AP) Two
men took Haskell Bonn, 31, eon of a
wealthy refrigerator manufacturer,
away In an automobile today. Po.
Ilea aald ha was kidnaped.
A note left demanded 135,000 ran-
'aga,
Convention
EGAN LEADS IN
Ti
PORTLAND, Ore.. June 30: (AP)
Johnny Shields, Seattle' only re
maining hope In the PKlflo north'
west golf association's championship
tournament, found easy going today
and completed the first half of his
quarter-final match 0 up on Joe
Brown of Portland.
Brown roamed all over the course
and carded a big 83, while Shields
came around In 76.
Eddie Hogan and Vincent Dolp,
both of Portland, played neckband
neck and wero on even terms at the
lunch hour. Both posted 74's. two
overpar.
H. Chandler Egan, of Medford, play
Ing for the Waverley country club,
was hitting the ball hard and straight
and held a three-hole lead over Dr.
O. F. Willing at tho half-way mark
It waa a hard fight between the two
former champions but neither could
get under par consistently. Egan
scored 74 and Dr. Willing 77.
Johnny Robblns, of Alderwood, a
favorite was 4 up on George Mead,
of Peninsula. Robblns got one under
par with 71 whtlo Mrad checked In
with a 74.
Sllverton Oarage business operated
by Albright & Holman moved to new
location.
A Parade, Really!
AMMtMII Prsss rSM
C. E. Browning constituted
one-man "wet parade" in Chicago,
Ha obtained an official permit le
itage parade. but nobody fell ,1
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CHARLES HARRIS
AT
Dark Hollow Farm Lad Is
Injured When Spray Rig
Backs Into Oak Wednes
day Body Escapes
Chas. Franklin Harrla, 18, son of
W. 8. Harris of Dark Hollow, south
of Medford, whoso head waa crushed
late yesterday afternoon, when the
spray rig on which he waa working ,
Dacxed into an oak tree, pinning him
between the two, la In a critical con
dition at the Sacred Heart hospital
loaay.
The youth la believed suffering from
a bad fracture of the skull, Dr. Wm.
W. P. Holt, attending physician stat
ed this afternoon. No X-rays have
been taken because of danger, which
might result from moving him.
Internal hemorrhages, occurlna at
frequent Intervals, since the acctdent.
were reportea on the decrease this
afternoon and more hope of recovery,
as a result, waa maintained for the
youth. Hla mind has been clear thru
out the day.
Harris waa brought to the hospital
about S o'clock yesterday in an am
bulance, called Immediately after the
collision.
He waa working with a anrar rt
mounted on an auto, the aame equip
ment he had used throughout the
orchard, and had stopped to block
me wneeis, when the machine atart
ed back, cruahlng him against tht
tree.
' Since he waa leaning over to place
the blocks, hi body escaped the
crash, all of which waa borne by hi
head.
A soon a hi condition will per
mit, X-raya will be taken to deter
mine the full extent of Injuries.
GASOONESALES
SALEM. June an Apt t
of gasoline In Oregon fell off mor
tnmi iwo ana a nan million gallon
Under the sales for May In 1931,
resulting In a decrease In state gaao.
Una tax of about 100,000, tha secre
tary nf MtatA'a nfflu -j
day. May aalea, however, totaled
uuuuv fiimv una nan muuon gai
Jons more than In April.
The total sales for may thl year
waa 19,008,103 gallons, bringing In
a state tax of I63S.804.67, the report
showed. So far this year 31,079,843
gallona of gasoline waa sold, or a
decrease during tha first fin months
of about three and a half million
gallons under tha aame period of
1031. The total tax this year la
3,037.515.48, or about 113,000 less
than In 1031.
WILL-
ROGERS
CHICAGO, June 30. Ahl They was
Democrat yesterday. And we was all
proud of 'era. Hie fought, they fit,
they split and adjourned In a dandy
wave of dissension. That's tha old
Democratic spirit, a whole day wasted
and nothing done. I tell you they r
getting bark to normal.
A whole day fighting over what a
president; no, a platform! no, "Well
then what did they take up 1100 dele
gates' and 13,000 spectators' tlm
for?" Why. "nether Huey Long
(the Louisiana pnrrnplne) was to sit
on the floor or In the gallery. Well,
the "porcupine sticks right on tha
floor" and the other four hour waa
fighting over who would be chairman
nf a convention that's already a week
old. Vnu can't heat the old Demorrata
for corned v.
Time mean no more to them than
to a Mrilran "burro." Today wa will
spend the day fighting over who will
he permanent ticket taker.
"Who will he nominated?"
at, If It takes all spring and thl
I far Into the summer to pick Just
chairman, why It looks like Roose
velt 'a youngest son will he nominated,
as he will he the only living desrend
anf. The Democrats are th only known
race of people that give a dinner and
then wont deride who will he toast
master till they all get to the dinner
ard fight over It. No Job la ever (no
small for them fo split over. Rut yon
would a loved em yesterday. They
was real Democrats. You re
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