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Twenty-Seventh Year
MEDFOliD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 3, 1932.
No. 88.
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By FRANK JENKINS
THE Democratic convention goes
on record flatly favoring repeal
of the eighteenth amendment and
modification of the Volstead law.
That la to say, the Democrats, who
WANT VOTES, believe that people
are going to vote aa they are talking.
THE Republican convention went
on record aa favoring "revising
and liberalizing the prohibition
laws," so that states that want booze
can have It while those that dont
want It may have the aid of the fed
eral government In keeping It out.
' The Republicans, you see, also want
Totes, are doubtful aa to whether
people are going to vote aa they are
talking.
WHAT will actually happen?
This wrltert who believes In
open confession, doesn't know, or
even profess to know.
Tou can't always tell by the way
people talk how they will vote.
THERE la the 'famous atory, for
example, of the candidate who
on the day before election waa cer
tain he would be elected overwhelm
ingly, and told his friends so. Aa
a matter of fact, he was SNOWED
UNDER.
Questioned about It the next day,
be answered: "Well, all I can aay la
that this county la Inhabited by the
d dest Uara on earth."
SALEM dispatches Inform us that
a plan providing for Installment
purchase of automobile licenses la to
be worked out. Quarterly payments
are proposed under this plan, and It
la to be presumed that these pay
ments will be Indicated by wind
shield stickers, or some similar de
vice. ' '" '"' " T" '
At any rate, It la apparently going
to be made possible for you to buy
your license plates on the easy pay
ment plan, Just aa you buy a wash
ing machine. If you so desire.
'I'HEKE are objections, of course,
,to the Installment plan of li
cense purchase.
It will probably cost more to get
the money, and every dollar added
to the coat of collecting the license
money means a DOLLAR LESS spent
on the roads.
Receipt of license money will be
spread out over a whole year, which
means that the highway commission
Trill not have on hand funds with
which to meet Its commitments. -It
Trill therefore be compelled to bor
row; against anticipated receipts,
which will also mean added expense
and consequently aomewhat less
money to be spent on roads.
THIS writer, considering both the
arguments for and the arguments
against, believes that the plan for
quarterly payment of license fees Is
WISE.
Automobile license fees In Oregon
are rather high necessarily so, be
cause we have built a lot of fine
roads, for which we have gone into
debt, and these fine roads muBt be
paid for.
Whether It Is Justified or not.
there Is considerable complaint
against high license fees. If this
complaint can be avoided by making
It easier to pay for licenses, the re
sult will be good even If it does
mean a little less money for actual
construction.
fpHIS Interesting statement waa
made yesterday to thla writer:
"In periods of depression, you
know, the death rate of thla coun
try DOES DOWN materially. That
la to say, fewer people die In bad
times than In good times."
Did you know that? This writer
didn't.
QTTLL, there Isn't anything par
tlcularly unreasonable about It.
In good times, people go to ex
cesses. They eat too much far too
much. They play too much and work
too little. And an awful lot of peo
ple dissipate too much.
We are wicked, you see, when we
are prosperous, and we Incline to
be virtuous w.hen we are broke.
And It la our sins, rather than
our virtues, that carry us off ahead
of our time.
go, while thla 'statement Is sur
prising, It is quite poastble In
deed that II Is accurate.
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Two-Fisted Texan Choice
Democratic Conclave to
Round out Party Ticket
"Cactus" Jack Who Shattered Deadlock
By Releasing Votes to Roosevelt
Expected to Add Power
By Cecil B. Dickson, Associated Press Staff Writer
CHICAGO, July 8. (AP) A rugged, two-fisted Texan Speaker John
Nanco Garner was selected today by the democratic convention as the
running mate to Franklin D. Roosevelt. His overwhelming choice placed
a strong national democratic ticket b efore the American people.
popular candidate for the presl-i
dency himself, it was he who made It
possible for the New York governor
to receive the nomination on the
fourth ballot by releasing the 00 votes
pledged to him by Texas and Cali
fornia. Colorful, dynamic, enthusiastic, the
Texan undoubtedly will make many
friends when he takes the stump
throughout the country on campaign
tours. He la a good speaker and thinks
fast on his feet.
Back of him. In the house, the sil
ver -haired and ruddy faced veteran
has thirty years of service through
three of the most interesting decades
In United States history. He became
speaker last December.
Known by friends over the coun
try as "Cactus Jack," the virile 63-year-old
Texan Is recognized as an
astute and bold politician. His ca
pacity for making and holding friends
and ability to quickly reach the crux
of a situation, made him long ago a
potentiality for high party office.
Long a member of the powerful
ways and means committee that for
mulates revenue and tariff legisla
tion. Garner became the leading ex
pert in the house on those subjects.
He made that known in 1624, when
he re-wrote a Mellon-Mills .tax bill
on the floor through knowledge and
aggressiveness
It was in the seventy-first cong
ress he assumed the leadership of
his party In the house.
Rallied Party
He coalesced varying factions of his
party into a solid' working organisa
tion that contributed much toward
the seizure of the house last Decem
ber. Garner succeeded his personal
friend but political enemy, the late
Nicholas Longworth, as speaker.
With the White House and senate
In central of republicans, and repub
lican Insurgents encouraging left
wing democrats to desert the organi
zation, Garner had a difficult time m
getting the house to pass a tax bill.
But. he let the revolt run Its course
-nd when he house f- und It had no
place to go, Garner took the unusual
procedure of going onto the floor to
take control of the situation.
Within three days the measure was
sent to the senate.
Garner's decision to accept the vice
presidency surprised many of his
friends. Previously, he had frowned
on the Idea. .
FARLEY ELECTED
By Francis M. Stepltenton
(Associated Press Staff Writer)
CHICAGO, July 3. (AP) Gover
nor Roosevelt in a move for party
harmony extended the olive branch
of peace tonight at a meeting of the
democratic national committee to the
retiring leadership of the Smith com
mittee. The new democratic nominee in a
brief speech to the committee laud
ed the services of John J. Raskob,
the retiring chairman: Jouett Shouse,
chairman of the executive commit
tee under Raskob, and Charles Mlch
elson, publicity director, who served
under the Smith regime.
James A. Farley, of New York, the
manager of the Roosevelt pre-con-vention
campaign, was elected chair
man of the national committee Just
before Roosevelt arrived to speak.
Reminding the committee of 1420,
000 in outstanding obligations, Ras
kob left the room after turning the
gsrel over to Farley. He was not pres
ent to hear Governor Roosevelt.
GARNER SLEEPS
WASHINGTON, July 3 (AP) The
democratic vice presidential nominee
Speaker John N. Garner slept
peacefully today while the Chicago
convention went through the form
ality of naming him for second place
on the national ticket.
Later he disappeared from his office
and friends began a frantic search to
locate him. After more than two
hours, he was found seated before a
radio in a secluded capltol office list
ening to the convention speech of
Franklin D. Roosevelt.
Injured In Crash
PORTLAND. Ore., July 3. (AP)
Reta Bride, 17, of Salem, suffered
face lacerations today in an automo
bile collision south of Oswega on the
west side Pactf.c highway.
ROOSEVELT STIRS
ACCEPTANCE TALK
By Edward J. Duffy
Associated Press Staff Writer
CHICAGO STADIUM, July 3 (AP)
Proclaiming his plans for an In
tense campaign on "the main issue"
of the economic situation. Governor
Franklin D. Roosevelt personally ac
cepted the democratic nomination
for president late today with declar-
atlon to the national convention
that Its platform suited him "one
hundred percent."
As the convention Itself had done
by resolution while waiting for him
to arrive by airplane from Albany,
he invited dissatisfied republicans to
march in the attack on the Hoover
administration bet wen now and No
vember. Amendment Doomed
"The 18th amendment Is doomed,'
he cried with his eyes glinting, as
he congratulated the cheering dele
gates "for having had the courage,
fearlessly" to pledge repeal of , the
prohibition amendment. He did not
mention modification of the Volstead
act to allow beer and wine, which
the platform calls for.
Without going deeply Into detail,
he promised a program aimed u
alleviate distress and unemploy.
ment, restore the farmers purchas
ing power, slash government expend
itures drastically and adjust tariffs
In the interest of the people.
The convention had wound up Its
business a while before with the
unanimous nomination of Speaker
John N. Garner for the vice presi
dency. Parade In Welcome
As In the case of Roosevelt after
the overwhelming selection of him
last night, a turbulent parade of
the states welcomed the choice of
Garner. It had been actively second,
ed from the Smith block of states
and Tammany which held out to the
last for Alfred E. Smith to top
the ticket, but Smith himself was
missing.
Taking the defeat to heart, he
left for New York without waiting
to hear Senator Walsh of Montana
formally notify his rival of the
victory.
Huge crowds greeted Roosevelt on
his arrival, after a long trip bucking
headwinds. A sally at the airport of
"don't forget to make up with Al
Smith" brought the laughing reply
"I'll do that."
But some friends of Smith re
mained skeptical. Some expect him
to leave the country for the dura
tion of the campaign, possibly for
a European trip.
Smiles Broadly
Governor Roosevelt was smiling
broadly as he walked Into the see
thing stadium, where thousands
filled the police patrolled galleries.
Leaning on his cane and on the
arm of his towering son, James, he
was escorted by a committee which
farmed two lines for him to pass
through to the speakers stand.
Among the escort were Hairy F
Byrd of Virginia, John F. Curry,
the Tammany leader; Senator Con
nally of Texas, Mayor Anton Cermak
of Chicago, and James A. Farley,
the Roosevelt manager through the
turmoil of th convention.
For minutes the nominee stood
between his son and Mrs. Roosevelt,
now and again waving a happy re
sponse to the applauding thousands.
A red carnation shone In the lapel
of his blue suit, a pencil peeked
forth from his coat pocket, the one
used for last minute alterations In
his speech as the airplane whirred
across the country.
Arduous Bays
Soon he stepped forward with the
manuscript, and quiet fell. He read
It clearly and slowly, bringing a
laugh at the start when he referred
to "the sleepless hours that you and
X have had," the six arduous daya
past..
Referring to the tradition that he
broke in coming to the convention at
once to accept the nomination, he
asked that It be considered symbolic
of his intention "to be honest and
to avoid all hypocrisy and sham."
The way he firmly gripped the
table In front of him. anl that his
powerful chest heaved as he em
phastzed points hers and there, re
minded one of four years ago at
iCounued. go, sgs Jap
Democratic Standard Bearers
FRANKLIN D.
DEFEATED SMITH
LEAVES CHICAGO
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Aboard Smith Train En Route to
New York, July 2. (AP) Alfred E.
Smith tonight considered softening
the bitter memory of what happen
ed In Chicago by going abroad and
staying there during the 1933 presi
dential campaign.
CHICAGO, July 3 (AP) Alfred E.
Smith, a silent, defeated man, turn
ed his back tonight upon Chicago
and the arriving democratic presi
dential nominee.
Surrounded by members of his fam
ily and close friends, he boarded a
special train for the return trip to
New York while Franklin D. Roose
velt, his successful opponent and
former close friend, was approaching
the scene of bis triumph to accept
th decree of the party.
Smith gave no Indication of
whether he Intended to aupport the
nominee In the coming campaign.
From his associates, however, there
came expressions of belief he would
not. A member of his party said he
had not sent a communication of any
kind to Governor Roosevelt.
The one-time Intimate of Roosevelt
who made good his threat to take off
his coat and fight but who lost that
fight carried home from the fray a
feeling of bitterness.
Strangely enough, William Glbba
McAdoo. his rival of eight years ago,
was one of those who again helped to
defeat him.
S WILL STARI
HUMOROUS AD SERIES
A series of very humorous ads deal
ing with the early life of silk hos
iery will be ruq in the Mall Tribune
by Mann's Department store starting
Wednesday, July iJth. This series
la called "Do You Remember" and
will take a number of people back
to the gay Nineties when silk hosiery
was anything but a success. Watch
for these clever bits of comedy In
Mann's ads from time to time you'll
enjoy them.
Women Cheer and Jeer
Roosevelts Nomination
CHICAGO, July 3. (AP) Demo
cratic women came through the cli
max of the convention's nomination
of Pranklln D. Roosevelt with spirits
buoyant, howling and squealing and
throwing kisses and mingling die
hard Jeers with the cheers.
Nsllie Taylce Rom, their top ser
geant, proclaimed their part In reach
ing harmony "the greatest work for
humanity which women have re
cently performed.
"The next thing to do," she added,
"is to abolish the two-thirds rule
so that one-third of the party can
not enforce Its will over the major
ity." Among the most enthusiastic
cheerers was Mrs. Elizabeth Bass of
Illinois, ftbe said;
ROOSEVELT
BASEBALL
RESULTS
Coast League
R. H. E.
Sacramento 15 3
Hollywood 2 6 3
Tincup and Wirta; Thomas and
Bassler,
. R. H. E.
Oakland 9 IB 1
Missions 3 4 3
E. Walsh and Gaston; Bowler,
Brlggs and Rlccl.
R. H. E.
Los Angeles
Portland
9 9 0
4. 6 3
Stltzel, Ballou, Moss and Campbell;
Bowman and Fltzpatrlck.
Sacramento at Seattle, postponed
(rain).
MATCH PLAY FOR
There will be match play against
par at the Rogue Valley Golf club
today and Monday with prizes for
each day and a grand prize for the
best 38 holes made during the two
days.
Ralph Vlrden and Bayard Getchell
play at 9:00 o'clock this morning
In their President's cup match.
George Phythian defeated Tumy 1
up last week; Russell Seamon de
feated Homer Marx 4 and 3. and
Seamon and Phythlan will meet dur
ing the coming week. Harry Mc
Mahon won from D, G, Tyree 4 and
3 and the winner of fche Getchell
Vlrden match will play McMahon In
the semi-final.
In a hotly contested electric match
O rover Tyler tied R. B. Hammond,
Tyler being forced to shoot a 79 to
pull even with the veteran telephone
magnate.
No Paper July 4th
Following Its long established
custom there will be no Issue of
the Mall Tribune on July Fourth,
to that Its employees may enjoy
a well earned double holiday.
There will be the usual issue,
Tuesday afternoon.
"This has proved again what we
demonstrated In 1910 that we can
nominate without the east tf need
be; we can elect a democratic pres
ident without It."
Mrs. Isabel le Greenway of Arizona,
perhaps the close t friend of the
Roosevelt family in the stadium,
sighed and said, "The dawn has
come. Mr. McAdoo touched the
heart of the situation when he said
we didn't come here to deadlock the
convention."
But Mrs. Borden (Daisy) Harrlman,
outstanding committee woman of
Washington, D. C, didn't approve of
the wtnd-up and said so.
"I'd like to have seen them fight
it out," aha asserted. "1 never liked
Oeal."
JOHN N.
MANUEL
OF PORTUGAL IS
DEAD IN LONDON
LONDON, July 3 (AP) Former
King Manuel II of Portugal, a busi
ness man, sports enthusiast and, In
his day, the subject of considerable
personal scandal, died today at his
home, Fullwell Park, Twickenham-
A throat malady, which had been
troubling him periodically for a long
time, was the cause of death. The
end was unexpected.
Yesterday he sat in the Royal Box
at Wimbledon, where he aaw Helen
Wills Moody win her fifth singles
championship. He had planned to
go to the tennis courts again today.
The former monarch would have
been 43 years old November IS, He
died In the 22nd year of his exile,
most of which had been spent at his
large and splendid estate at Twick
enham, dubbed "the Exiles" club, by
the numerous colony of royalty of
other lands enjoying asylum In the
neighborhood.
In the public mind the nsme of
Manuel was linked for years with
Gaby Deslys, the blonde and slim
French actress with a liking for
gowns that vrould make onlookers
gasp. ,
There were those who said "Gab
rlelle of the 'Lilies" caused Manuel
to lose his throne, asserting the Por
tuguese people were Indignant at the
king's lavish gifts to her, notably a
pearl necklace of great price.
TOWN SEES
Medford's downtown district took
on something of an old tlma guato
Saturday evening, with the heaviest
pedestrian and auto trafflo In
months on Mftln and Sixth streets.
During the rush, policemen were
stationed at Main and Central
streets to keep the traffic from be
coming congested.
Stores of the city reported the best
business of the summer, and cashed
many pay checke.
Highways north and south and to
Crater Lake were crowded In the
early evening hours, aa the magnet
of a double holiday lured many from
Klamath county and northern Cali
fornia points, on trlpa to the sea
shore and lake resort.
Bute and city police reported all
quiet.
FLEMINOTON, N. J- July S (AP(
A Jury of seven men and five
women convicted John Hughea Cur
tis, Norfolk, Ve., boat builder, today
of aiding the kidnapers of the Lind
bergh baby and preventing their
capture. They recommend mercy.
Curtis waa returned to the Jail
where he haa been all weeks to await
sentence July H by Judge Adam O,
Ftobblns. The maximum penally la
three years Imprisonment and a VI,
poo turn-
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GARNER
CITY EMPTIES AS
RESIDENTS ENJOY
E
General migration of citizens of
the city and county to the hills and
seashore for the annual Fourth of
July holiday started Saturday after'
noon. Crescent City, prospect. Dla-
mond lake, Crater Lake, Lake of the
woods and way polnta were meccaa
of the vacationists with many local
resldenta planning on spending In
dependence day at Ashland where a
celebration will be held.
Banks, city and county offices, and
stores will be closed Monday, There
win be a general suspension of busi
ness. Vacationists are warned by the for
est service to exercise caution and
comply with the campflre regulations
aa the timber la rapidly approach
ing the fire danger point, under a
warm sun.
There will be no special observ
ance of the day In this city, a ma
jority of the local population plan
ning on two daya away from the
routine.
The celebration at Aabland will ba
sane and old-fashioned with the ac
tivities of the day centering In cool
Litnia park. The main aport attrac
tion of the day will be the baseball
game between the Jackson County
team of the American Legion Jun-
lor Baseball league and Aahland, at
1:00 p. m. There will also be
band concert, boxing bill, a dance and
other attractions In the evening.
A number of social week-end and
holiday gatherings are planned at
summer cablna of the southern Ore
gon district.
PAYMENT PLAN
SALEM, July a. Abandonment of
any plan for quarterly Installment
payments for automobile licenses was
Indicated In a statement released to
day by Hal E. Hoss, secretary of state.
Hoss aald the sticker receipt Idea
for partial payments appears Im
practical and that he would announce
a definite decision on the matter
later.
In his statement Hoss said the
only legal way for relief along this
line would be through a special ses
sion of Vie state legislature.
10 ASK CHANGE IN
LIQUOR CASE VENUE
Harold Thacker, local taxi-cab dri
ver, Jailed ten daya ago on a liquor
charge, was released from the coun
ty Jail Friday afternoon after (250
ball had been raised. An application
for a change of hearing waa made
Saturday and the case 111 be heard
this week In Jacksonville court, ac
cording to Judge Olunn O. Taylor's
office.
Olen Jones, another eab driver
charged with the sale ot liquor,
quested a change of venue, and will
also ba newd by the Jacksonville I
laiudafe -
EARL FEHL FILES
COUNTER CLAIM IN
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Weekly Editor Alleges
Theater Owner Owes Him
$22,410.60 for Promotion
and Labor on Structure.
In the suit of Nledermeyer, Inc.,
against Earl H. Fehl, the Paclflo
Record-Herald, a weekly. Sheriff
Ralph a. Jennings, the Eagle Point
Irrigation District, and Boy M. Parr,
Fehl, through his attorneys Saturday
afternoon, filed an answer and
counter-claim alleging that L. Nled
ermeyer, owea him the sum of (23,
410.60 for servloes and labor.
Fehl allegea In hla counter-claim.
that Nledermeyer owea him 45.325 aa
his shsre of the lot upon which the
Holly theater stands. $10,000 tor pro
motional efforta before the Holly
theatre was started, and t7.la3.S0 for
aupervlslon of the construction of
the theater, and labor performed
thereon.
Made Many Trlpa
It Is set forth that Fehl, In the
promotion of the Holly theatre struc
ture, made numeroua trlpa to Port
land and San Francisco, conferring
witn architects and moving picture
Interests and that be waa Instru
mental In the securing of the orna
mental street lights on Sixth street
and that he secured a bonded lease
of the theater to Walter H. Lever-
ette for ten years for (65,000. Fehl
also avers that he secured Frank and
King Comedians, a tent snow, to
hold forth on the Holly site to dem
onstrate Its fltneaa aa an amusement
place location.
Fehl allegea that he took the In
itiative In purchasing the lot from
the Knlgbta of Pythias lodge and put
up an option, afterwards Interesting.
Nledermeyer In the theater project.
He aska (5,335 aa a halt Interest tn
the lot,
.. .-.Asks Ten Per Cent
For supervision ot the construction
of the Holly theater, which cost (71,
186.60, Fehl asks ten per cent ot the
total cost, or 47,185.60.
Fehl sets forth that -he tolled In
several capacities, during a period of
ia months in arranging for and
building the Holly theater, and se
cured tenants after It waa erected.
The answer says that the dealings.
now In controversy, were negotiated
with L. Nledermeyer aa an Individual
and that afterwards Nledermeyer, Inc.,
waa loomed.
In opposition to the (33.410.60
claim of Fehl, Nledermeyer Ino, In
Its complaint admits that Fehl work
ed tor approximately 336 daya, and
claims that (10 per day la a fair
wage, which they are willing to de
duct from the mortgage against Fehl
and hla printing house and equip
ment. 14400 In Mortgage
The amount Involved In the mort
gage la approximately (4.400.
Sheriff Jennings and the Eagle
Point Irrigation District are named
(Continued on Page Ten)
WILL-
ROGER?
CONVENTION HALti, Chi
cago, July 1. Did the Demo
oratg go wetf No. They just
laid down and wallowed in it.
They left all their clothes on
the bank and dived in without
even a bathing suit. They are
wetter than an organdie dress
at a rainy day picnic. The
plfink was made from cork
wood nailed together with a
sponge. ' ,
Both conventions' minds and
time have been so taken up
with getting the country wet
that they forgot to put in a
plank to provide the price of
this much talked of drink. It's
going to be lawful to get a
drink but not possible.
Al Smith was by far the sen
sation of the convention and
had by far the best speech, I
just want to know what all
these old dry office-holders
that went wet over night are
going to tell those Baptist
preachers back home. They
going to say "Father, I can't
tell a lie, I saw the votes going
and I had to go after 'emt"
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