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Newspaper Page Textedford Mail Trt';une To Advertisers Yoa take no chances when you boy A. B. C. Circulation. The Mali Trt. bun U Medford' Only A. B. C, Newspaper. Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JULY 21, 1932. No. 103. The Weather Forecast: Tonight and Friday fair. Cooler Friday. Temperature: Highest yesterday 92 Lowest thli morn lnj 56 M T1J3 MMEI Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. YOU read In the papera ttila head line: "Heat Wave Contlnu.ee to Scorch MldweBt." Bad. Especially for those who have to endure It aa you know, It you have ever endured a Middle West heat wave. Still,' we read further that aa yet the heat hasn't hurt the crops. THERE la much talk ot over-production and what It is doing to js. But don't forget this: When we oome out of this depressed con dition. It will be because of good crops that are saleable at aome sort of price. Crop failures never brought ANY country out of a depression. THERE la talk ot over-production, especially agricultural over-production, on every hand. Most people believe this talk. But fewer hogs, as you have read In this newspaper, are being offered on the Chicago market than at any time since 1883. Cattle ire scarcer than at any time since 188. the market experts now tell us. So, you see, you can't alwaya be lieve all you hear about over-production. It is probable that there Isn't as much of It as tva have thought. HERE Is something taat will In terest you: According to the federal census of distribution, made In 1929, the high est buying power in Oregon la to be found In those communities that are strictly agricultural. Don't let anybody tell you that ag "rlculture Isn't the big basic resource of this country. AGRICULTURE Is the big indus try of Southern Oregon. And, according to this same census ot distribution, Southern Oregon ex ceeds in buying power any other geo graphical division of Oregon. That is something for ua to be proud of. IP YOU want to'get an idea of the Importance of agriculture, talk to any lumberman. T,he farmer la the lumberman'! big customer. He. 1 the lumberman'a rrost dependable customer, for the farmer doesnt use eteel and brick and atone when he builds. He usee WOOD. HE IS wise! For the average build ing requirements of the average man in this country, wood is the Ideal material. It is reasonable In first cost, easily handled and dur able. During the big boom years, when the value of money didn't count for much, substitutes for wood made their greatest growth. In these years, people weren't watching the corners, and the idea prevailed rather gener ally that whatever cost the most must of necessity be the best. In the years that are coming, saner standard are going to prevail and people are going to seek a dollar's worth of value for each dollar they spend. These codltlons ought to result In Increased use of wood as a building material. HERE In Oregon, the manufac ture of wood Into lumber Is our big Industry. This big industry la far from prosperous at the pres ent moment, as everybody knows, and there are pessimist who will tell us that the big days of the lumber In dustry are past that we will never tee it as good again as It has been. This writer, who la not an old timer In Oregon, and so cannot re member very far back Into Oregon history, ha seen the lumber Indus try prostrate before, and every time ha seen It recover. It will recover again. Mark that prediction, and see If It doesn't come true. SOUTHERN OREOON leads the state In production of potatoes, pears and prunes. Among the minor craps. It lead the state In production of tomatoes. Her la something else that Is In teresting: Southern Oregon leads the state In production of gold. IX 1931. according to figures Just re leased by the department of com merce, Jackson and Josephine were Continued oa Page 8 EX-LEGISLATOR IS ACCUSED OF Cyril G. Brownell One of Three Men Entering Port land Office. According to Watchman's Confession PORTLAND, Ore., July 21. (AP) Cyril a. Brownell, Insurance man, former state legislator, was accused today of larceny as the first official action taken In the school consolida tion petition hoax case. A warrant for BrowneU'c arrest was Issued and a detective left the dis trict attorney's office immediately to serve it. The complaint was signed by Hec tor MacPherson of Albany, co-author of the Zorn-MacPherson school con solidation bill, sponsor of the peti tions. Named By Watchman Lotus Langley, district attorney, said Brownell was named by Robert Tallman, night watchman In the Portland office of the consolida tion headquarters, aa one of the three men who, by prearrangement with Tallman, took the petitions from a safe In the offices of Brownell and Sam Slocum on the night of July 4. Shortly after the "theft" of the 20,500 signatures, Brownell confessed to police his story of a forcible hold up was a ,hoax and that the petitions had been taken under a prearranged plan. He said he was unable to give the names of the other men. Heavy Bail Set Ball for Brownell was Bet at 12500. Langley said Brownell refused to make a statement, although he ad mitted, allegedly, that he was In the office shortly before the petitions were removed from the safe. Langley said Brownell explained his visit to the office was for the purpose of storing a Jug of mineral water In, the safe. Brownell .had no official connection with the petition circulation, It Is said. He and Slocum, who had charge of the circulation of the petitions, were formerly business partners and con tinued to occupy the same offices after their partnership was dissolved. Brownell was defeated In the May primary election for the Republican nomination as United States con gressman from the third district. PLOT DEATH OF BY BLAST, FIRE ROSEBURO. Ore., July 21 (AP) An Investigation was put In motion here today Into attempts against the life and property of W. C. Cooley, a resident of Yoncalla, whose barn was destroyed by an Incendiary fire yes terday morning about 4 o'clock. Three weeks ago Cooley narrowly escaped death by his chance discovery of a quantity of dynamite wired to the truck which he was scheduled to drive on a road Job. The ex plosive had been wired to the motor in such a manner, that it would be detonated by switching on the engine Ignition. Fortunately Cooley raised the hood of the truck to Inspect the motor and found the dynamite. As the truck was the property of Fred McCord of Oakland, the officers had been working on the theory that the death plot was directed against McCord rather than Cooley, but the destruction of the latter's barn switched the efforts to find some pos sible enemy of Cooley. The barn fire killed several chickens and a pig and badly damaged Cooley's automo bile. The state fire marshal's office has been notified and Is expected to aid tn the Investigation. SANTIAGO, Chile, July 21 The government announced today It hM crushed a plot to restore for mer Piesldent Carlos Ibanez to power and arrested three of Ibanez friends for "activities contrary to law." Coast Railroad Visioned Here Twenty Years Ago In connection with the current talk of a railroad to the coast, through federal financial aid, It is interesting to note, that 30 years ago come next September 16 an organization was perfected for a survey of the proposed line. The filea of The Mail Tribune for that date, show that a meeting was held in the law offices of Lincoln Mccormick, and "more money than wjui hoped for hd been subscribed, and the survey to the coast will be started within a few day." William H, Goie, banker-farmer, active in the present rail movement. waa elected president, J. r. Hcdqy, Ohio Educator Hinted Oregon Ch IN HOLLYWOOD'S ruh It I s s" .fa aiiaiiMiiriii wrvar-msrun I iiisiiilimiii nanus iirimniiiii ill Associated Prtss Photo Alfred C. Read Jr. (left) and Claire Windsor (right), claim they are "still good friends" despite the $100,000 suit Pled by Mrs. Read against Miss Windsor, charging alienation of affections. Read took the blame In the case, admitting he failed to tell the actress he was mar, rled, and said he would stand bv hsr. CONSOLIDATION OF RAILROADS GIVEN WASHINGTON July 21. (1?) The Interstate Commerce commission to day approved plans of the four prin cipal eastern trunk line railroads for consolidation of all-roads east of the Mississippi river and north of the Ohio river and the North CarollnR state line, with certain modifications. The commission modified Its own consolidation plan of 1929 by com pletely eliminating the Wabash-Sca-board aystem: allocated the entire property of the Chicago, Indianapolis & Louisville Railroad company to the Atlantic Coast line and the Southern Railway systems. The Chicago, Indianapolis tc Louis ville, also known as the Monon, was allocated under the original plan partly to the Baltimore & Ohio. The Baltimore tz Ohio In the four-system scheme sought complete control of the Monon. The commission decision created an Independent system built around the Delaware & Hudson railroad and certain of Its short line connections. ABSURD'-SNELL WASHINGTON, July 21. 0P Re publican Leader Snell has pondered a Democratic charge that the O. O P. campaign la financed out of the federal treasury, and reached this cone 1 us Ion " Absu rd." Thus did the Potsdam, N. Y., Re publican answer an accusation by a New York Democrat, Representative O'Connor, who saw a connection be tween the administration party's campaign chest and federal tax re funds. "I know that any contention tht the Republican administered treasury has financed Democratic campaign funds through tax refunds Is ab surd. But It la no more absurd than Mr. O'Connor's claim that by the same means It has financed Repub lican campaigns." vice-president, Charlea Lebo, treas urer, and Peter S. Streenstrup, sec retary. W. I. Vawter and E. O, Bur gess were named directors. All the officers and directors Bub scribed, end "a subscription ltt will be placed in the Medford National bunk, where all may sign who wish." The article states "that for the present the objective will be sur vey, and to ascertain what the right of way will cost." "An encouraging feature of the situation " say the article, "is that certain financial Interests who have been discussing the project for some time, are manifesting UiVtrcU, LATEST TRIANGLE 7 II ruiiruL BRING RELIEF. TO BLISTERED EAST (By the Associated Press) Torch-like temperatures subsided iThursday throughout the upper Mls- jlsslppl basin as the nation credited jo more aeaino 10 extreme oummci heat. Showers swept mercifully across he northern brow of the land, from the Rockies to the Great Lakes and on Into the North Atlantic 'states, but southern areaa atlll gasp ed In anticipation of relief prom- tWd by Friday. -Minneapolis produced an official ecord for Wednesday with 102 de grees, but last night its citizens slept at 76 degrees. The Dakotas and Nebraska also rcooled off considerably, while show ers and breezes brought much-needed relief to Texas, Missouri, Kansas and Oklahoma, seat of the worst of the 'current wave. The drop averaged (ten degrees, but El Paso still suf fered from 100 degree heat. Twenty-eight heat deaths were distributed widely, St.- Louis report .lnir six, Minnesota and Illinois four 'each and Pittsburg three. Ten others died of drowning or electrocution 'during thunderstorms. I The weather man unqualifiedly ipromised temperatures "not so warm' 'today to moat of Wisconsin, Iowa, Minnesota, the Dnkotas, Nebraska land Kansas, while showera were predicted for the lower lake region. St. Louis thermometers read 69, 'Milwaukee. Louisville and Chicago 07, New York and Washington were 'not too warm at 87. while Pitta- bur and Detroit atiffered at 92. New England weather was merely 'seasonal. Similar reports came from She Pacific coast and the western imountaln region. LOAN PRIVILEGE WASHINGTON, .Inly SI. I API Approximately 318.000 world war vet erans will be able to borrow half the lvalue of their bonua certificates from the jeterens' administration offices jafter Monday, July 3. under the terms of an act signed today by Pres ident Hoover. The new law extends the borrow ing privilege to those excluded from benefits of previous legislation, and 'Frank T. nines, administrator of vet erans' affairs, Immediately announced arrangements had been made for vet erans to obtain loans from their near est regional offlcea next week. The measure, besides removing the previous requirement that two years elapse before certificates could be borrowed on, reduces the Interest on r uch losns to 3!1 per cent from 414. Klamath Seeking Radio for Police ' WASHINGTON. July 31. (AP) The city of Klameth Falls today applied to the federal radio com mission for permission to build i police broadcasting station 61 as watts power. EXTEND BONUS S SEEKERS IN WRANGLE ON GETS FOOD Portland Man Named Leader, Forbids Supply for Groups Led by Rival Chieftains Homeward Trek Grows WASHINGTON, July 21v (AP) Supplementing an order by the treasury to evacuate all government buildings, the District of Columbia commissioners today ordered the bonus army to abandon their camps on all public park property by Au gust 4. The commission's order will de prive the war veterans two weeks hence of all camp sites now In use, except Camp Bartlett, which la not park property. ' All tentage and rolling kitchens belonging to the district National Guard and loaned under bond to the police for the veterana were ordered returned by noon of Au gust 1. PORTLAND. Juiy 21 (AP) A "freight fund" to provide money to be used In sending food and supplies to Oregon's contingent of the bonus army In Washington, D. O., Is being collected here, with milk cans set up at many street corners for the col lection of coins. Food will be collected In a food depot yet to be established. WASHINGTON, July 21 (AP) Who should have the food was be ginning today to bother the capital's bonus marchers. Walter W Waters, commander In cniei or the chartered oonua expedi ttonary forces, had charge of the commissary. But he Issued orders (Continued on Page Seven) CUT LOCAL STAFF Tl There will be no employes of the Standard OH company of California discharged In the change of opera tion of the local agency, which brings a transfer from this city to Portland of the accounting department, ac cording to announcement today. Approximately half the employes will be transferred to the northern territory with the accounting depart ment. All members of the manager's staff and of the sales department will remain here and all employes will remain on the payroll as In the past. The move, which will probably be come effective August 1, Is one aim ed to achieve higher efficiency, sines all records are already carried In Portland and most of the work In the accounting department here Just a duplication of that carried on in the northern city. Names of members of the staff to be transferred and members to stay here were not revealed by the com pany today. A complete report U anticipated within a few days. Offices in the Liberty building will remain open aa in the past, with considerable crew retained In this city. V, P. Palmer of San Francisco, treasurer of the company, arrived in Medford today and R. L. Gay lord, special representative from the bay city, was here yesterday, HUGE STILL FOUND OREGON CITY, July 2!. ( A 200 -gallon still, 70 gallons of liquor and 2,000 gallons of mash were con flacated, and three men arrested in a raid nesr Eagle creek Wednesday, staged by federal, atate and county prohibition officers. The men arrested gave the names of Thomas Oold, Neil Welch and Hank Myers. Officers said the atlll was being operated when the arrest was made. Diving Board Fall Cracks Boys Head CANBY, Ore., July 21 (AP) George Nelson, U, was taken to an Oregon City hospital last night In serious condition after a fall from a springboard at ft awl mm In place In the Mnlalla river south of hare. He slipped from the board, fell and struck his head against the bottom of the stream la ssljpw VfctejV AMERICAN TRADE Premier Bennett Urges A flop tion of Preference Pro gram for British Goodsj in Mutual Advantage OTTAWA, July 21. (AP) A defl nlte offer proposing wider prefer ences for British goods In exchange for greater British preferences to Ca nadlan Imports waa made today by. Premier R. B. Bennett of Canada m mediately after he was chosen chair man of the Imperial economic confer ence. Any auch program of preferences would have considerable effect on the trade of the United States. The premier declared such a sys tem of preference exchanges should be enduring. Representatives of the dominions, he said, must decide now what course they Intend to take and follow It without deviation. His pro posal waa directed to the United Kingdom, but the offer waa extended also to all other parts of the empire wherever its application would be mutually advantageous. Two Methods "Thore are two ways of obtaining increased preference," he said, "either by lowering trade barrlera among our selves or by raising them against oth ers. The choice la governed largely, by local considerations, but subject (Continued on Page Seven) MRSJAUGH-FINEO $10 FOR STRIKING Stating that she had struck Helen' Bush several times "In order to save my home." Mrs. Orville (Ted) Baughl waa fined 910 In Judge Glenn O Taylor's court this afternoon on a charge of assault and battery filed against her yesterday by Bert M Bush, father of 'the plaintiff. Miss Bush said that she was stand lng on the street Tuesday evening when Mrs. Baugh came across the street, asked her a question which she answered, then hit her on the nose three or four times. The plain tiff aald, the records show, that Mrs Baugh then rode off m a car with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Perry L. Randies. Mrs. Baugh, who plead not guilty to the assault charges In Justice courtl yesterday afternoon, today admitted that she had struck Mlaa Bush. She said that ahe had found the young: lady alone with her husband In the kitchen of a local lunch counter. and that Miss Bush had watted for Mr. Baugh In her car In front ol the atore, according to the court re. port. Mrs. Baugh also aald that Miss Bush's sister, Miss Myrna Bush, had "threatened to get me," the record In the court show. CALLSPFC1AL SESSION, OF WELFARE WORKERS Allied Welfare Workers will meetJ for a special session tomorrow at 12:15 o'clock for luncheon In the, small dining hall at the Hotel Med- fnrrf Aa Frmlo?n Jame R. Pack chairman, is being transferred toi Drwa 1 n Trial hn hs Vibsi callrsrf special meeting of the organleatlonJl "Relief Racket" Benefit Mostly for Politicians SILVTR BAT, N. T, July 21. (AP) Describing "all politicians high and low" as ths chief beneflclsrtes of the "relief rscket," Roger W. Babson, economist, todsy told members of ths Silver Bay Institute that the United States today Is as much on a dole as Englsnd and asserted thst until public attention Is focused on men Instead of money "the world will continue to Buffer." "Money." aald Mr. Babson "will no more succeed In getting us out of ths depression than It succeeded In keeping ua out. Nor does the so lution lie In building mora non productive publlo works, but In get ting ths unemployed back to their old productive Jobs." "Organised relief." he aald, "la benefitting the politician more than lbs distressed unemployed, 1) la tf ancellor Choice BASEBALL RESULTS National. R. H. E. 3 7 0 3 8 0 McCurdy; Philadelphia . Pittsburgh . J. Elliott and v. Davis, Kremer and Orace. American. R. H. E. Boston 8 11 0 New York 3 4 0 Boerner, Moore and Connolly; Mac- Payden, Wells snd Jorgens, Phillips. R. H. E. St. Louis 8 10 9 Philadelphia 80 Stewart and Perrell; Mahaffey, Mc- Ktethaa and Cochrane. E E 2 READ! FOR RELIEF WASHINGTON, July 21 .(AP) President Hoover today signed Into law toe $3,133,000,000 unemployment relief bill descrlbtd by him as "a strong step toward recovery." The major items of the big bill In clude: Increase of the capital of the re construction corporation by 1,800, - 000,000. The corporation waa given 92,000, 000,000 by the law creating It. A fund of 9300,000,000 for loans to states to relieve dlstreaa. A 9332.000,000 construction fund. The announcement of the signing of the measure wa. not accompanied by any word whether the president had selected the two directors of the reconstruction finance - corporation who will replace Eugene Meyer, chair man of the corporation's board, and Paul Bestor, farm loan commissioner, a director. T The Medford Association of the Unemployed la now looking for a man who will qualify as executive or manager of the plan for relief of the Jobless recently devised, J. O. Barnes, apokesman of the organisa tion, announced today. No definite action tn the direction of hiring a man for the place has been taken alnce appropriation by the city council Tuesday night of 878 a month to the unemployed control committee to be used In pay lng the chosen leader. Other funds will be solicited when a leader Is decided upon. The assoclstlon will meet tomor row night at the labor hall to issue, additional membership carda, for which the Jobless exchange two hours of work. There are approxl mstely 300 members of the associa tion, Mr. Barnes stated today, and they are working steadily onward toward the solution of their prob lems, Mercury Editor Goes On Trial PORTLAND, July 21. (AP) John J. Nolan, former managing editor of the Sunday Mercury, weekly pub lication here, went on trial In cir cul court today on a charge of al ternating to extort $100 from Porter W. Ye't, Portland contractor. Bomb Brazil Rebels. RIO DB JANEIRO, Brasll, July 81 (ap) Federal airplanes rslned bombs on rebel posllons today near Quelus In the atate of Sao Paulo, the government announced, con tinuing an offensive which resulted In the capture of the village ot Manoel Joaquin. biggest racket In ths country and all politicians high snd tow art Its chief beneficiaries." Mr. Babson urged a "quota plan' for bringing business bsck to nor mal and pointed out "the real taak was to bslance production and con' sumption so as to get everyone back to work. He ssld a simple remedy would be to quota the unemployed against employers and those already employed. "This could be done," hs said, "by having each community budget the number of Its unemployed and quota them among corporations, partnerahlpa, famlllea and Individuals at a wage to be fair to all parties concerned. This would ns only the reverse of wsrtlme practice draft lng men Into Industry Instead of out of It." " DR. GEORGE ZOOK ASKED TO VISIT Collapse of Plan to Appoint President Kerr Results in Invitation for Akron Uni versity Head to Confab PORTLAND, Ore, July 31 (AP) Rumor, current here for two days, but lacking official credit, that Dr. George Frederick Zook. president of Akron Untveralty of Ohio, may be In line for the position of chancellor of Oregon's entire system of higher edu cation, was partially confirmed to day In Akron. Dr. Zook's office at the unlveralty told the Associated Press that the president had been asked to visit Oregon for a conference on the possi bility of his being given the Import ant post. Dr. Zook was In Now York delivering a series of lectures at Columbia Uni versity. When questioned about the matter there he replied that he had not yet received the communication from Oregon and would not comment until he did receive It. System In Turmoil Oregon's higher educational system has been In a state of unbalance and unrest for several months, since the board of higher education determin ed to unify the system under the di rection of a chancellor who will be paid not to exceed (15.000 a year. Under this plan both the unlveralty and atate college will be prealded over Dy presidents who will report direct ly to the chancellor, as will the presi dents of the normal schools. A move to urge the' appointment of Dr. W. J. Kerr, president of the state collegs, as chancellor, fell through at this week's meeting of the board of education, when a prev ious decision to seek a man outside the state was re-afflrmtd. Mas Fine Record - Dr. Zook has been president of Akron University since 1935. Hs la the author of various survey reports on higher educational Institutions. He was born In Port Scott, Ksnsas In 1B85, received his Bachelor of am and Master of Arts degreea at Uni versity or Kansas, and his degree of Doctor of Philosophy from Cornell In 1014. OFFER EXCHANGE OF SALMON FOR PEARS The Rod Cross of Clatsoo countr. of which Astoria Is the county seat, has written a letter to the countr court, Inquiring if this countv would not like to exchsnge canned oro- ducts for canned salmon, as a winter relief move for the unemployed. Clatsop county would like tomato Juice because of Its nutritions! value ' to children. Each countv. under the plan, would pay the freight. Ths matter will be referred to the gov ernor's relief committee for action. WILL- ROGERS fsays: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., July 21. 1 any country wants to pounce on Japan now is the time for every able-bodied Jap anese, man, woman and child, ia here to compete in the Olym pics. There are hundreds of 'em. The big Swedes and Ger mans enn't step without tramp ing on dozens of 'cm and they all have kodaks. , I asked a nice little Japanese girl if her father and mother was on the team too. She said "no they didn't have a kodak." Visiting the studio today waa Matthew Brush, not "late" of but "still" of Wall Street. Three years ago he saw Amer ica going over Niagara falls and sold everything "short" but barrels. Such foresight was naturally investigated by the senate, so he was pronounced clear of at least "astigmatism."