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Medford Mail Tre To Advertisers you take no ehancei when 700 buy A. B. C. Circulation. The Mall Tri bune Is Medford's Only a. B. C Newspaper. Twenty-Seventh Sear MEDFOliD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 18, 1932. No. 100. ' The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Tuesday fair. Not much change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday ?6 Lowest this morning M 'JUNE Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. . HEBE la a statement that will In terest you, because you will probably disagree with It: ,More- outside cars have entered Oregon this year than entered during 1 the corresponding period last year. M OST people are of the opinion that guest travel Into Oregon this vear Is materially under the figure for last year. The secretary of state's office, however, reports that during the first six months of 1833 non-resident permits were Issued to 38,103 out-of-state motorists. During the corresponding period of 1931, 34.810 permits were Issued. The Increase for this year amounts to 187. ALONG that line, here Is an In teresting statement made to this writer the other day by the manager of a large service station: "Among the guest cars coming through this year, there is a dis tinctly larger percentage of big cars, driven by apparently well-to-do peo ple. The tin can tourist" who was to much in evidence a few years ago has practically disappeared. "The people who are seeing the country this year are chiefly people to comfortable circumstances who can afford vacations." THESE comfortably situated peo ple who are taking vacations this year, however, are not throwing their monev around recklessly. Hotel men, rather generally, report smaller- vacation patronage than In past years. In spite of these figures that indicate, a somewhat larger number of guest cars. The difference seems to be counted for by the fact that more people are staying at automobile camps. If you will notice tese camps, you will see at them consid erable numbers of prosperous look ing cars cars of the type that In the oast has stopped chiefly at good hotels. r - . THAT raises an 'interesting ques tlon: , Are these apparently well-to-do people stopping " at motor camps this year because they Jeel that they' HAVE to practice economy, or are they doing it because they feel that being economical is the correct pose? FOR many, manyyeare in the past, people generally have lived be yond their incomes and have boasted of It. "Keeping up with the Joneses has been a national habit. Are' we startng a NEW national habit? Is economical living be coming the fad? Is spending LESS then you can afford coming to be something to be boasted about? THESE are Interesting questions. They have a quite Important bearing upon the conditions of living that we shall face during the next few years. The status of business will depend rather largely upon the answers to them. vvfhat Is thrift? To lust what " extent Is It good for everybody, and at what point does It cease to be a virtue? These, too, are Interesting ques tlons. - . H" ERS Is a good, old-fashlonea reclDe for success: "vork like hell, and never spend a cent." But suppose that everybody worked like hell and never spent a cent WhBt would happen to business? ECONOMICS wss formerly known CON the "dismal science." That was In the days when the eco nomist taught that when wages get above the point absolutely neces sary to keep body and soul of the worker together, prices of the pro. ducts of labor rose to the point where people would no longer pay them, and so business crashed. In these days, we hsve a more hopeful theory of economics. We believe quite generally that the way to make business good is to pay to labor a wage sufficiently far above the margin of bare living to enable those who receive this wage to BUY the product, of Industry, thus ere atlng a large market. (Continued on Page 811) Salmon Packers Cut Buying Price ASTORIA. Ore, July 18. (AP) A 1-cent drop In the price of raw sal mon. to 5 cents a pound, went Itno effect here last nieht, according to nwmhm nf thj Avtnrla Parkers' asso. Clatlon. although rumors persisted to- day that aome of the packers will not make the cut, J0BLESS RELIEF Three Members of Oregon Council for Relief at Meeting With Court and Local Executive Comm. Making a survey of the state of Oregon In contemplation of the dis tribution of funds frgm the (2,122. 000,000 federal relief for unemploy ment measure, three members of the Oregon council for unemploy ment relief met with the Jackson county court, the local executive committee and all women Interested In food conservation and other ele ments of the program to be carried out In their division, at the county court house this morning. The gath ering was the most representative and 'enthusiastic one, dealing with the unemployment problem, held here since realization of the period of stress. Judge Victor P. Moses, Judge of Benton county and . representative of the county courts of the state, presided at the meeting at the invitation- of Judge C. B. Lamkln. Conditions Bared. Other members of the council present were Mrs. W. W. Gabriel. chairman of the women's division and Paul V. Marls, director of ex tension service at Oregon State col lege. Miss Claribel Nye of the ex tension service was also present In the Interests of food conservation. Information, listing the needs of Jackson county and portraying realistic picture of present condi tions here was presented the council by members of the county court, Miss Lillian Roberts, executive secre tary of the Jackson County Red Cross chapter, Mrs. Mabel Mack, home demonstration agent and Mrs. A. E. Reames, newly appointed county chairman of the women's division in the state work. Following three .hours of intensive consideration11 and discussion of the plins presented by members of the state council, a motion ln-duced by Mrs. Edwin L. Knapp was passed delegating to the local executive committee power to set up working committees and a program to deal with the various phases of the prob lem involved. To Name Committee, The committees will -be appointed at an early date to enable Imme diate operation of the relief program In this locality. The positive need for outside re lief in this county was emphasized by County Commissioner Victor Bur sell, -who stated that "The people are unable to carry the burden any longer. We are unable to care for the unemployment, emergency with out outside assistance, we are liv ing In hope of aid by federal appro priation." Victol Tengwald, secretary to the county Judge, was then called upon to list the number of unemployed In the county and placed the total for family heada at over 1000, who are absolutely In need of work. The number dependent upon part- time labor reached 2317 last winter, Mr. Tengwald stated. There are now 1100 dependent upon part time work. An Increase for-the coming winter waa estimated at 20 per cent over the present figures by Judge Lamkln. The amount of money requirea in Klamath cocnty to care for the same number of persons over a six months' period. Judge Moses informed tne organization, waa listed at $330,000. The amount required In Jackson county, he stated, would probably be slightly lower In view of the fact that conditions in general are a little better here through diversified farming. Script is Promem. The problem today, Mr. Maris stated, in presenting the program of work involving issuance of labor print in trade for nroduce. Is "What hall we eat. What shall we drink Where wlthall shall we be ciotneu. (Continued on page five) Jusserand, Friend of U. S. Dies of Kidney Ailment PARIS, July 18. (AP) Jules J. Jusserand, former French ambassador to the United States, died at eight o'clock this morning. He was n last February. For some time he had been suffering from a kidney aliment, but although health was dellcste his death waa not ex pected. Death came peacefully as he lay 111 In his Paris home. It was learned he had been under the constant care of a physician for the past eight daya because of a constitution weakened by a setles of kidney operations some years ago. Madame Jusserand was with him when he died. "Up to the ve,ry last." she said, "my husband thought and talked of the America which he loved so dearly. ' He wanted me to tell your people this: That he wss deeply worried in recent times by the feeling In the United States airslnst France. Despite his 111 health he had tried by radio spehes and otherwise to explain the two peoples to each other." Recently M. Jusserand was honored I with membership In the Frem-h In- ' .-.itute sect.on of Morsl and Political . Sciences. I As one of HU last gestures tgRWd BASEBALL RESULTS American. (First game) R. Detroit . 8 Washington - J 12 I Batteries: Whttehlll and Ruel; Brown, Coffman, Burke, Marberry and Berg. H. E 6 3 8 1 Chicago SS 4 - 6 New York . Batteries : Gaston, Gregory and Berry; Pipgraa and Jorgens, R. R. E. Cleveland 2 11 1 Boston 4 9 0 Batteries: Russell, Brown and Myatt; Andrews and Connolly. R.H. I 12 8 13 St. Louis ... Philadelphia ..- 8 Blaeholder and Ferrell; Krausse, Grove and Cochrane, National. H. 13 10 Philadelphia Pittsburgh (Eleven Innings.) J. Elliott, Collins and V. Davis; French and Grace. New York- -13 0 5 Chicago Batteries: Bell and Hogan: Bush, Smith, May, Grimes and Hartnett. WILL TALK CHOICE Matter Topic at Meeting in Afternoon With Press and Public. Barred President Kerr of 0 S. C. Is Present PORTLAND, July 18. (AP) No action on the selection of a chan cellor for Oregon'a system of higher education was taken at the morn ing board meeting here today al though It was intimated the subject would be brought up later In' the day. All members of the board attended. Procedure was slowed considerably when Mrs... Cornelia Marvin - Pierce asked that minutes of previous- meet ings be resd. The meeting con vened at 0:30 a. m, and it was 11:30 a', m., before the reading of the minutes was completed. Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of Ore gon State college, was at the meet ing. He has been mentioned for the post of chancellor. Recess was taken until 3 p.m., after which the board was expected to go into executive session, with the press and public barred. Mrs. Genevieve Turnlpseed, di rector of dormitories at Eugene,' was appointed by the board to be director of dormitories of the college, univer sity and normal schools under the board's unification program. VETS'WiESPAN E WASHINGTON, July IB. (AP) Bids for the construction of a bride across the Umpqua river at the Rose burg, Oregon, soldiers home were opened today at the veterans admin istration offices. .. The low bids on the super-structure were: Portland Bridge company, Portland, 136.900: Plttsburgh-Des Moines 8teel company, Pittsburgh, Penn.; M7.8BB; Fred J. Maurer 4t Sons, Inc., Eureka, Calif., $28,000. The low bids on the sub-structure: Union Bridge company, Portland, (18,370: Parker Schram company. j Portland 116,220: Winstrom & Stegen- son, Portland, eie.eae. Jules J. Ju.erand America, he was host st a banqviet to , William Guthrie, president of the French Society of New y.otlt, l i in k Irfi man mim PROCEDURE DMA Meier Wires McNary for De tailed Provisions of New Bill $7,200,000 Avail able for Highway Work SALEM, July 18. (AP) Governor Julius L. Meier today wired Senator Charlea L. McNary lor detailed pro visions of the federal relief bill, par ticularly referring to that section appropriating $300,000,000 to needy states for relief work, and for pro cedure in securing such a loan. The governor today said he was not In a position yet to say whether Oregon would make a request lor a loan, and II so how much would be required to take care of unem ployed and other rellel provisions. Following a reply to his wire to Senator McNary the governor said he would lnvestiga the situation thoroughly. Must Show Necessity. In a recent telegram from Senator McNary the governor was Informed that "the sum made available by congress for rellel ol destitution ahall be payable to the governor ol the state upon application, who shall certify necessity lor lunds and that state resources and private contri butions are Inadequate to meet re lief needs." It Is upon this phase the governor requested additional In- (Continued on Page Two) D! TO HALT INROADS T LOS ANGELES. July 18. (AP) The romance of Mra. Minnie (Ma) Kennedy, mother of the evangelist, Almee Semple McPherson-Hutton, and Guy Edward Hudson, came to an end today when she signed a divorce complaint. As Mrs. Kennedy sat beside the desk of her attorney, Marlon P. Betty, modlshly gowned In a Mha knit sport dress, and silk- hat to match, she explained that blue typi fied her feelings,. .v- - - Referring to life with Hudson, whom she married a year ago in a moonlight ceremony on the banka of a Washington lake, she said he owed her (4200. His demand for money. she said, had ruined her bankroll "old sock," she called It. Hudson, she continued, was Just "a vagabond lover," and when "the old sock began to unravel, Wh ataman began to travel." He Is believed to be enroute to Las Vegas, Nev where a Job Is open to him. He has denied he was going there to obtain a divorce. Mra. Hudson said: "I'm not only love broke I'm financially broke. It was 'Gimme, gimme, gimme,' from the first night of our second ceremojiy and now all I have left are Mr. Hud son's promissory notes for $4200. Hus bands are more expensive than law yers. "Believe me, there's a big run In the old sock now." The notes, she said, were given to meet the expenses of their first mar riage near Long view, Wash., Jun 28, 1931, . the subsequent annulment when Hudson's first wife reminded hlra he had not obtained a divorce, the divorce of the first wife, and the second wedding and honeymoon. "The very first night of our sec ond marriage," she aald, "I knew It couldn't last. But I always stick by my bargains. I hoped I could straighten Mr. Hudson out and get him Into some business where he eould make his own- way. But he deceived me, spent the money I gave him for liquor and when I remon strated he threatened my life. "I'm Just a little girl trying to get along and I can't stand the strain any longer." TYLEpAlOi BEST IN PAR PLAY To Orover Tyler went first honors In Saturday's play against par st the Rogue Valley Golf Hub and also best combined score for Saturday and Sunday In the two days competition. R. B. Hammond, Sr., won Sunday's tournament. G. E. Pierce, who last we?k bought himself s act of Booby .Tones Irons burned up the course Friday with a 79 by way of christening the new Implements, according to D. Mac Pherson, club maker for the local links. E AT 8eventy-ilx members of the Jack son County Recreation club and their guests enjoyed the outing at the Dead Indian Soda Springs over the week end, according to reports brought back by Medford members. The group started their festivities with a supper Saturday evening, followed by s pro ;rrm. litv-M, games and other events were on th Sunday scheuie. SHOT THAT MISSED AIRED Af REYNOLDS INQUEST i e. -I a?-" ?? . ' FT I j A coroner' Jury Investigating the death of 8mlth Reynolds (rignt), quesnonea nis wiaow, ino former Llbby Holman (left), about bullet that barely missed the tobacco heir In a Long Island cottage (above) which she leased last aummer before they were married. The former Broadway singer explslned that Reynolds was teaching her how to handle firearms when the weapon, a pistol, was accidentally discharged. WILLIAMS' PLANS FOR COAST ROAD HELD CONFIRMED A confirmation of the mention made Sunday morning in The Mall Tribune that Dee Williams, general manager of the Kermlte Metals, Ltd , project In these parts two years ago, waa now engaged In a coast railroad proposition, was received today. , A gentleman, who said he had been engnged in making a survey for the Williams plan in the tsrrl tory to the weatwerd, called and said that Incorporation under the Nevada laws waa contemplated, but had not -yet been consummated. It is reported that announcement of the plan will be made within a week or ten days. The caller was pleasant, but un communicative, and desired to know the source of the "leak." '.He fur ther stated that Mr. Wllliama "pres ent associates had agreed to stand back of him,' and "represented capi tal." He said he had talked to W. H. Gore about his rail plan, but wna unable to get any information out of him, worth mentioning; The Medford angle marked time today, though there was a report that a private subscription would be sought, to provide $1000 to pay the expenses of W. H. Gore to Wash ington, D. O., to secure a federal re construction bureau loan. The local charge that District At torney George A. Codding had wil fully and maliciously .."blocked the railroad" waa widely regarded aa "too ridiculous for words." Members of the county court said that Deputy District Attorney George Neilson pointed out the law relative to un authorized expenditure of county funds and that they knew where It waa in the law book, as well as he Commissioner Victor Bursell said that during his 13 years on the county court, he had read it many times, and that it was one of the most widely invoked laws In the statute books. E SUSPECTS TAKEN PORTLAND, Ore., July 18. (API Suspected by police of robbing the McDonald theatre at Eugene, Ore., in a daylight holdup Saturday, Ray Kl ser, alals Ray Phillips, ai; Jack Barnes, 19, and Edna Parks, 36, were captured here last night. Attracted by a large automobile in which the three were riding, Detect ives Ferry and Keegan of the auto theft squad crowded the car to the curb. Police expressed the belief that the ssme trio was responsible for the rob bery July 10 of the El Paso theatre In Sacramento, Cel., and that the automobile In which they were cap tured was the one they were using In both theatre holdups. GLIDER TRAVEL 65 MILES FOR RECORD mjIRA. N. T.. July 18. W) A new record of 8S miles for gilder fly ing had been posted today for the entrants in the annual national gild Ing meet here to fly at. Pilot Martin Schempp of Pitts burgh, Pa., took off In his motorless glider jesterdsy and flew to Oellstt, Pa., 6J miles away. The farthest an American glider had ever been flown before was n. miles. Simultaneously, John O'Mera of New York waa gliding 83 miles to Blnghsmpton, N. Y. Florenz Ziegfeld Rushed To Hospital HOLLYWOOD, al, July 18 p) Rushed from a desert sanitarium where he had been confined for the past several daya, to a local hospital, Plorena Zlejrfeld, New Vork musical comedy producer, ws, declared by hi, physician to be In a "very seri ous but not critical condition" to- UT. ,i-r x - , n - fVf ft AGREE TO BUILD WASHINGTON, July 18. (AP) The United States and Canada this morning agreed by treaty to con struction of the $80000.000 St. Lawrence seaway. In a brief ceremony at the state department, Secretary Stlmaon signed for this country and Minister Her rtdge for Canada. Pending 11 years, the gigantic pro ject calls for development of the St. Lawrence for a 180 mll stretch from Montreal to Lake Ontario an eight year task. It will enable ocean-going vessels to travel to the heart of the continent, while at the same time provide up to 3,000,000.000 horsepow er electrical energy, to be divided by the American and Canadian sections bordering on the waterway. It Is now a binding agreement be tween the two administrations, but yet must be ratified by the legislative bodies of the two countries before going Into effect. - CITY'S PROBLEMS Problems how confronting the city of Medford were discussed today by City Attorney Frank P. Farreli at the noon luncheon of the Kl wants club at the Hotel Medford. Mr. Farreli made special mention of the inves tigation of California Oregon Power company rates, now being conducted by the state utilities commissioner. He also discussed the sewage prob lem, outlining action taken toward installation of a new system. Ensign Pack was also a guest of the club today and announced his de parture from this territory next week. Harold Clrey of the local American Legion post extended an Invitation to the Klwanlans to attend the show ing of "Tom Brown of Culver," which will be presented at the Holly theater Wednesday and Thursday, under aui- pices of the Medford post. The young son of F. C. Thompson, this city, suffored sn Injured thigh yesterday morning, when he fell at the corner of Tenth and Oakdale streets. Mulberries on the walk were the cause of his fall, according to re ports at the city police station. The child was taken to the Sacred Heart hospital for treatment. Action was taken this morning by the prop erty owners, snd the sidewalk was cleaned of berries today. The place was Just leased Saturday by the own ers. Planes fltrafe Rebels. RIO DE JANEIRO, July 18. (AP) Federal airplanes today attacked the rebel air field at Marts, on the edge of the city of Sao Paulo, capital ot the stats dominated by the revo lutionaries. They refrained from harming the capital. Humane Policy to Rule Farm Mortgage Action WASHINGTON, July 18. (AP) I President Hoover, In a letter to Sena tor Btelwar (R., Ore.) today, said each federal land bank had agreed to pur sue a "humane" policy with regard to mortgagee on farm property,' The president forwarded a letter which ,ie and the chairman ot the farm land board, Paul Beator, hsd written last October to the banks urging leniency in dealing with farm debtors. Mr. Hoover said he took the mat ter up with the farm loan board last October when he was about to recom mend to congress an appropriation of U5,000,000 to aid the banks. He discussed the problem with the board, he aald, "In a desire to have the federal land banks function In a thorouaily humane and construct ive fashion with relation to our farm erg," lie adjed) n Atsoaiated Vrttt I'hoto IS FOILED WHEN DEVICE LOCATED The first forest fire of the season In Jackson county was prevented Sunday when the state polios by chance discovered sn Ingenious con traption planted near a trail In vte heavily wooded timber southwest of Ashland, near the Silver Creek mine. The device consisted of a cheap microscope attached to a piece of fence wire and stuck In the ground, with dry leaves and bits of brush piled around It. The microscope was so arranged that It would catch the rays of the sun and Ignite the leaves and the fire spread to the dry grass. A cloudy sky was all that prevented the plan of the firebug from working. A miner of the Silver Creek dis trict first discovered the device while coming down the trail, being at tracted by a stray glint of sunshine on the microscope. He reported the matter to the authorities. Members of the state police and forest service said It was the first time they had ever found a micros cope fire-starter, though they long suspected their use in forest incen diarism. It Is thought that the trap was set In the evening, giving the arson ist plenty of time to cmrer his tracks, and blame the blase on a care lessly thrown cigarette. FLEMINOTOK, K. J., July 18- (AP) John Hughes Curtis, recently sentenced to a year In prison for hindering capture of the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby, waa released on bBll today.' Curtis, a Norfolk ship builder, was sentenced to serve a year In prison and pay fine of I10O0. The maxi mum sentence was three years ana 1000. but the Jury which con victed him entered a piea ior clemency. Appeal action waa begun . arier sentence wss Imposed and toaay bond for 10,000 was furnished and the prisoner was released. Curtis left town. f MANAGER KILLED BSTES PARK, Colo., July 18. (AP) Robert P. Smith, 41, of Chicago, gen eral manager of the American Legion Publishing company waa Instantly killed while mountain climbing tO' day as a boulder, flying down the north slope of Long's Peak, struck him In the head, Smith was in a party of seven that included his wife, four other women and a man companion. How the rock was dislodged Is sot known. Smith's home was In Indianapolis, "Although I have no authority over the policies of the board, I felt that. as I waa about to recommend to the congress the furnishing of 1128,000, 000 to the fsrm losn banka for the purpose of enabling them to treat the farmers who were Indebted to them with proper consideration In these timea and to strengthen their situation both In loans and to their bondholders, I had a right to some undemanding from them aa to what policies they would pursue In esse I made such a recommendation to the congress. "The farm land board was most sympathetic In the entire matter and, aa the result of our discussion, the enclosed letter waa drafted by myself and the chairman of the board and sent to each of the banks. "Responses were obtained that they would pursue these policies, v WEEK-END RIOTS Government Moves to Halt Bloodshed Nazis Block Ban On Uniforms New Decree Is Stern Document BERLIN, July 12.rV) The Ger man government Issued decree to day banning all outdoor demonstra tions following & week-end of politi cal rioting in which 15 persons were killed and scores Injured. The cabinet was faced with a num ber of other possibilities, such ss the declaring a state emergency as de manded by various political groups, forbidding the wearing of uniforms as the Nazis demanded, but It con as the Centrists and trade unions want, or outlawing the Communists as the Nazis demanded, but It con sidered a general ban on all outdoor processions and demonstrations the most effective method of avoiding further bloody week-ends. Block Uniform Ben. Permission to wear uniforms con tinued, however. The cabinet rein stated them under pressure from Adolf Hitler, Nazi leader, and could hardly afford politically to rescind Its own orders. In some quarters It was maintain ed that as long as the uniforms are permitted the possibility of further clashes will remain. Thousands took part In the bloody battles of the past week-end. (Continued on Page Three) HOME LOAN BILL' UNDER STUD! BY WASHINGTON, July 18. (AP Al though President Hoover has sent the home loan bank bill to the comp troller of the currency for study, sen ate leaders predicted confidently be fore the session s end that he ..ytouid sign the measure. The abler executive has consist ently sought establishment of banka to aid In financing homes but the provision attached to the measure for currency expansion caused him to ask a report from the comptroller. Thla amendment, sponsored by sen ator Olaas (D Va.), a former secre tary of the treasury, would give na tional banks authority to Issue bank notes backed by government bonds not heretofore eligible aa security for currency Issues. Treasury officials were opposed to the currency rider to the bill, but (Continued on Page Six) INGT WENATCHEB, Wash., July 18. (AP) Dally World correspondents of a dos- sn towns In all parte of north oen- 1 W...nn,nn HtU4.. -t.lt tremors felt In their localities at 10:02 last night. Dishes, doors and windows rattled and aaveral person said they nearly were shaken from their ehalra or davenports. Concrete in the power station at Snohomish was reported cracked. The tremor waa north and south. SEATTLE, Wash., July 18. (AP) An earthquake shock Here shortly after 10 o'clock last night shook fur niture noticeably. No damage waa reported. TACOMA, July 18. (AP) Slight earth tremors were felt In Tacoma at 10:05 o'clock last night, lasting approximately one minute. No dam age waa reported. MANILA, July 18. (AP) A sever earthquake alarmed Manila and caus ed Injuries and damage In nearby provinces at 1:03 o'clock this after noon. FEARS FOOD RIOTS AMONG JOBLESS ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., July IB. (AP) A "winter of discontent," marked by widespread food riots, la what the council ot th American Federation ot Labor expects this year. because of the failure of congress to enact "adequate" unemployment re lief measures. The forecast of rlotl' and social disorders was mad by William Oreen, president of the federation and spokesman for the council, who ex pressed the council's "keen disap pointment" yesterday at the adjourn ment of congress before It made am ple provisions for the unemployment situation. The council also waa disappointed. Oreen announced, because congress did not deal with farm relief and be cause It did not modify th Volstead act to nermlt Immediate manufactur of 9 70 par cent beer. BY QUAKE i