Medford mail tribune. (Medford, Or.) 1909-1989, August 03, 1932, Image 1

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Newspaper Page Textedford Mail Tbib jne Facts vs. Claims About 90 per cent, of the leading Newspapers of ttia United States and Canada are A. B. C. memben. The other 10 per cent, fell "claimed" circulation. E Forecast: Tonight ind fair; continued warm. Temperature Highest yesterday .. M Lowest this morninff Thursday IG Twenty-Seventh Year MEDFOKD, .OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1932. No. 114. Uo up SU ire Its rk. M oj vo ba rla il- Quarterly Auto License Payment Rumor Declared Error The Weather dJTOIw 0 y uuivl ) lAbM lyJ 1 Ui; uJ IUJ L& Lm Ip T E FOR ALL Doak Carter Quits As Aide to Waters Mayor Says Al! Carter Does Is Sit in Hotel ' Witlv Boots On JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 3 (AP) Officials of the bonus expeditionary force announced today the veterans will evacuate their camp here about noon tomorrow. The announcement said govern ment tents brought here from Wash ington would be returned "with 1 thanks." As a mass meeting of the more than 7000 veterans came to an end. at the camp grounds, the veterans rlased their right hands, took the bo nus expeditionary force oath ana went quietly to their billets. JOHNSTOWN, Pa., Aug. 3.-MAP) The mayor of Johnstown and lead era of the bonus expedition visited the bonus seeking veterans' camp today to tell them they must move Doak Carter, the veterans' chief of staff, told' the veterans he has reslgufc. K was a sorry gathering of men encamped near here who heard Mayor i Eddie McCloskey and their leaders eay they no longer can expect shel ter on the ground that the mayor provided for them after their flight lrom Washington. The crowd received Carter's an nouncement of his resignation with a. few mingled tears and cheers. A movement among the veterans to name McCloskey In Carter'a place grew Into a real booia. Mavnr Shouts Plea. The mayor shouted his loudest to ( make himself heard In the uproar. As he spoke, a man In the crowd "Are we going to break up and go home?" rrnvrA veiled "no. McCloskey pleaded with the crowd: "I ask you to stick to waters. There was a shout of "We will. The mayor said he was arranging with the Baltimore and unio rail road for transportation of any of the veterans to their homes. The crowd cheered. n.r'lrttrAv nralaed Waters as "a leader" and denounced Carter, whom he said "sits around the hotel with his boots on." Go Home Peacefully.. "We are going to go home peace fully." said the mayor. "If you want to fight, come to me, h rttrht In the middle of It. I'll "Every man Is going to leave here ,1th food and with passenger trans- n,.ttinn. All vou have to do Is hnv vmir discharge and B. E. P. Referring again to Carter, McClos xev said: "We'll put Carter to work clean- m im after the men leave." w told them Governor Plnchot 1s with them "heart and soul JOHNSTOWN. Pa.. Aug. 3. IIP) After conferring with leaders of the bonus expeditionary force. Mayor Eddie McCloskey said today he would obtain trucks tomorrow morning to mrrv the bonus seeking veterans from their camp here. McCloskey declined to add anything to the statemeijt, but said he would have more to say later. Neither he nor the veterans' lead ers revested the destination of the bonus seekers after their departure from Johnstown. The veterans' staff officers said earlier they would es tabllsh a camp elsewhere, probably in Pennsylvania. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. (Py The 'weary and unwanted B. E. P. Is fig urine out today how far It la to home. Routed from the District of Co lumbia, barred from Maryland and VlrB'.nla, received with scant wel come in Pennsylvania, many of the bedraggled bonus seekers decided the only thing to do was what their com mander ordered go back where they came from and establish 48 battle. fronts instead of one. Ptatff Camp Plan. Walter W. Waters, their leader, con ceded in a statement early today that (Contlnued on Page Eight) SWEDE OLYMPIC AUDITORIUM. Zsm An. , Aie. 3 (API (API Pinning Robert He. Iowa 9tat collet alar. In 3 mlnutea and 10 aeconda, Ivar Johansson. Sweden, won the 1932 Olympic middleweight wrestling champlonahtp today. Trie Hesa-Johanwon match became a champlonhlp battle after Kymti tuuko. Finland, had thrown Joseph TunyoBl. Hungary. In the opening bout of the final day of catch-a- catch -ca rppUsc. ' sl UNIVERSITY STUDENT KILLS AUNT jkZA ?WWMJl & George D. Templeton, 20, (left) confessed to San Jose, Cal., police that he cut the throat of hla aunt, Mrs. Lillian Babcock, (center) Manila society matron, as she slept. William R. Babcock, (right) Import er and Olympic Gamea delegate from Manila, waa recovering from several knife wounds inflicted by the University of California student. (Associated Press Photo) CALL FOR RELIEF BY A call for the assistance of Indi viduals and organiz talons In the work of the women's division of the county unemployment relief council la being made by Mrs. A. E. Reames, chairman, who Is rapidly bringing Into shape her organization which will function with, the general coun ty relief council and other co-operating agencies. Realizing that now 1b the time for the preservation of fruits, vegetables and meats, Mrs. Reames Is urging every woman In Jackson county to co-operate In the work of Vie wom en's division, believing with Mrs, W. (Continued on Page Five) MM IS WEARY OF TITLE APPLIED BY 1A' DENVER. Colo., Aug. 3. (AP) What can a man do with a name like "Wnat-a-Man?" Guy Hudson, .husband of Mrs. MInne Kennedy, asked here today. Hudson, whose moonlight marriage to the mother of Aimee Semple Mc Pherson Hutton wns followed by her enthusiastic description of him "What a Man," Is a little weary of the title, he said, as he arrived In search of a Job. Hudson discussed his marital trou ble with Mrs. Hudson at some length "I proposed a usual blanket charge like cruelty or non-support, and agreed to toodle-do-do away and not to enter an. answer." he said. "'Ma differed from me on the divorce and . now I'm going to fight back." Hudson said he needs a Job and he's looking for it here. As he be gan a search of want ads he offered this advice: "Any man who wants to achieve the ultimate in misery wants to du plicate my experience. One good thing for him to remember Is to produce his own cigarette money." Depression End Hinted In July Business Trend WASHINGTON. . Aug. 8. (AP) Bu&lneas, aaya tha commerce depart ment, la locking up. Thua doc. It aummarlza Improved bond prices. Increases In what a number of Important commodities bring. ending of foreign gold withdrawals and a atop In stoct market liquidations. In July, the department says, these things among others "contributed to an Improvement In aentlment.f that Improvement necessary to a full restoration. The favorable factors were considered especially Interest ing since they followed further re- oewlona In June, la the latter monUi, for loataijoe, BASEBALL RESULTS National Pittsburgh at Brooklyn Postponed, rain; double header tomorrow. Chicago at Philadelphia Postponed, rain; double header Saturday. Cincinnati at Boston Both games postponed: rain. St. Louis at New York Postponed; rain. ;. - .,-. American Boston and Cleveland Postponed; rain. . R. 1 a E. 0 1 Washington Detroit Batteries: Berg, Maple; Thomas, Marberry and Sorrell and Hay worth. R. 2 8 H. E. 7 0 6 1 New York ...... Chicago . (Ten Innings.) Ruffing and Jorgens; Lyons and Grube. TERRE HAUTE. Ind.. Aug. 3 (AP) The siege of the Dixie Bee mine In southern Vigo county was con tinued today with desultory firing. Sixty non-union workmen, hemmed in by a ring of union pickets, con tinued bursts of fire at daybreak and then the attackers and de fenders settled down to cautious sniping tactics. The siege began late yesterday. One ptcket has been killed and four wounded. Four defenders of the mine have been wounded. The lat ter are still at the shaft without medical attention. Pickets last night turned bark ambulances sent to bring out the wounded miners. 4 - Chapin Appointed To Lamont's Post WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. (AP) President Hoover today received and accepted the resignation of Becre tary Lament of the commerce depart- ment and Immediately appointed Roy Chapin of Detroit, chairman of the Hudson Motor Car company, as his successor. Umatilla Tom Llllebo, Reedsport, submitted low bid of 914.460 for con struction of bridge over Juniper can- j yon on Columbia river highway, near i here. factory payrolls were off snother 7B per cent; exports declined; 390 com modity prices changed. But In July, after allowances for seasonal changes, several Industries showed increased activity. Among the.e were automobile, textile, ce ment and tobacco. The department did not say so. but experts In Washington recalled that the end of previous deflations had been chronicled in similar fash Ion. Oradual upward movements, beginning In summer months, pre faced continued Increases in com modity nrices in the winter. In many Instances, past improve ment f as not noticed until tlx or seven months after tb actual Chang?, WITH KNIFE BARNUM ENTERS BLANKET DENIAL WIFE'S CHARGES Mrr.-Mabel Pogue, av""Beautrelan,- waa called as a witness at the start of the afternoon session of the Bar num divorce suit. The witness was also called at the start of the morn lng session. She testified that she had accompanied the defendant, with others, on a trip to Portland, when he underwent an operation for goitre; to Klamath county, and to a cabin on Rogue river. George C. Barnum, defendant In the divorce suit of hla wife, Helen V. Barnum, for large alimony, one third of the property, custody of the minor child and 'a decree, testi fied yesterday afternoon and this morning In direct refutation of his estranged wife's sensational charges. Barnum is expected to finish his direct testimony early this afternoon, when he will come under the cross examination of plaintiff's counsel. The taking of testimony Is expected to be concluded late today or tomor row morning probably tomorrow. The liquor party that came to a climax with an asserted "gun-play" by Barnum, which frightened the guests away,, was described by Bar num. He testified that he returned to find hilarity ' under way and "Shake" Hodgklns and "Pat" Daley mixing drinks and told them "you have a lot of nerve to bring liquor in here, where there are children.1 Barnum testified that after aiew minutes he and his wife and Daley engaged In an altercation over a bottle of liquor, and "In the scuffle my wife's sister was hit on the chin with it, and cut." The witness .testified that Daley had leaped at his throat and said: "If I get hold of that I will tear it open4 for you1." Barnum further testified, at the time he was recover ing from an operation for goitre, and the wound left by the surgeon's knife had not healed. (Continued on Page Three) RIOTINlFURES BERLIN. Aug. S. (AP) Rioting, with guns, knives and clubs, has sud- denly flared anew In Germany. Three men are dead ana several omen w- vereiy injurea. At Koenigsberg. communists retali ated for the attacks by national socialists last Monday which resulted In the death of the communist lead er and another man In the party councils. They red a volley Into a nazt meeting, ! .illng one. Four were stabbed or shot during the riot which followed. A socialist laborer, father of ten children, was killed at Zwelbruecken. A retchabannerman was shot dead by nazls at Olendorf. Wedding Of Grid Star Is Revealed NEW HAVEN, Conn., Aug. 3. (AP) Albert Jsmes Booth, Jr., dynamic football star of Yale university, and Miss Marlon Noble were married on July 4. It was made known today. Booth la now on the Pacific coast as a member of, s, cast making football mpTle, E Saving in Supply Purchase Agreed upon Community Chest Pledge to Be Paid With Warrants at Once Ways and meana of adjusting city expenditures to the budget for the remainder of the year with only 80 per cent of the taxes levied, collect ed, demanded the attention of the city council last night and prellmi- nary steps toward further cut were : taken. The future economies, in line with motions introduced last night, will be accomplished in the purchas ing of supplies and equipment. A 25 per cent cut in the salaries of the city library staff waa reported by Mayor E. M. Wilson, which will bring about a saving to Med ford of approx imately $200 a month. . The program for economizing In purchasing department waa agreed upon after Introduction of a motion by Councilman C. A. Meeker asking for declaration of & two weeks' mora torium in the buying of all supplies and equipment by the city. After considerable discussion the move waa decided a.blt too drastic by the city dads and the motion was withdrawn by Councilman Meeker. City Super intendent Pred Scheffel was then Instructed to call a conference of all heads of departments In the city gov ernment with an aim to trimming down expenses by doing away with all items except those absolutely necessary to the carrying on of city government In a safe and sanitary manner, To Report Savings A report on the possible decreases will be made to the council at the next regular meeting. Following Introduction of Council man Meeker's motion several council- men Joined in the discussion empha sizing the positive necessity for fur ther cuts In the cost of city adminis tration. "We cannot spend money which we do not have," Councilman J. O. Grey declared, "I don't believe In de stroying the clty'a credit by over working It." Plan whereby the city will pay Its $1000 pledge to the Community Ches In city warrants, amounting to 9800, was presented and approved by the council. Such action, It was pointed out, la necessitated by the failure of the city to collect taxes. The war rants to be Issued the chest must be handled outside the banks to avoid interference with the city's credit there. For Installment Paying An installment program for pay ment of delinquent assessments to the city was approved by the council (Continued on Page Six) OF PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 8. (AP) Dirk De Jonge, professed communist, today announced his candidacy for mayor of Portland. His platform Included the following proposals: "Minimum cash relief for unem ployed of 10 a week, to be raised by tax on corporations and distributed by unemployed. "Establishing a maximum salary of 2800 for all city officials and em ployes. "Free carfare for all unemployed. "Turning over to relief fund all monies spent for special agents and stool pigeons. "Pre hot liinrhM tnr rHHArmn nt unemnlovcd in nrhool. ..-e m.dlc.i fo- ,m-mt.lnv "Freedom 0f streets for all demon- stratlons and parades A party of 40 men, four women and four children camped today at Ashland en route to Washington, D. C. where they will seek bonus pay ments. W. a. Green of Sacramento, Cel., where the exnedtlton formed, Is In commsnd. ' Green said the party "would stay In Washington, D. C, until they got the money." The eed!tton travels In Its own autos and will seek recruits along tho route. It Is expected the trip to t're nstlonsl capital will take six weeks. The "bonusera" art perls tbelr own Uray as fee go. DISCOVER BODY OF GIRL INTERRED IN BASEMENT LUDINTf'iOV, Mich.; Aug. 3. (AP) The body of 17-year-old Erelyn Sanford, who disappeared last Saturday was found hurled In the base ment of a varant house In the rear of the home of Francis Nash In Free soil today. Nash was taken Into custody for questioning yesterday. Coro ner Rupert Stevens of Mason county reported the girl apparently had been assaulted and strangled. The body waa found by Corporal Colburn Munger of the state poltce and Harold Pfelffer, of Manistee. A spade at the bottom of outside steps leading to the basement, led to the discovery. The body had been burled in about IB Inches of sand. Part of her clothing had been torn oft. Coroner Rupert Stevens of Scotta ville waa called. The vacant house, known as the BUI Hartwell place, la across a aide street from the rear of Nash's home in the outskirts of the village of I FEVER FOR FIGHT WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. (AP) Bolivia and Paraguay were requested to end hostilities In the Chaco area and submit to neutral proposals tt avod war in a Joint note signed here today by representatives of the United States and 18 other American publics. ASUNCION, Paraguay, Aug. 3. (AP) Hundred of excited Paraguay. ans-r-meh and women, society belles, debutantes and farm wives besieged the government today, demanding the right to go to war. ' They came by dozens, hanging on trucks and wagons, crowding out of trains, and rushed for the stadium where recruiting activities looking toward war with Bolivia were cen tered. . ' The women demanded active ser vice on the battlefront. This the government regarded as impossible, as In the deep Chaco wilderness even the mildest non-combatant service Is considered too severe for women. In a proclamation President Gug glarl called upon the army to pre pare to achieve "deeds of prowess." The general staff announced last night It was responsibly informed that 600 Bolivian troops In southern Chaco had deserted, crossing the Pll comayo river Into Paraguayan terri tory. treasuryTeels tax bill effect WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. (AP) The effect of the new billion dollar tax bill was reflected for the first time today In the treasury statement for August 1 which showed miscellaneous Internal revenue reported that day amounted to 93,631.135 as compared with 91.130,500 for the same period last year. Miscellaneous Internal revenue, un der which the new taxes will be listed, declined steadily In July as compared with last year. This was brought about because the first pay ment of tax under the new revenue act, that for the last nine days In June, was not to be paid over to col lectors of internal revenue until the end of July. Three of Crew Drowned. NORFOLK, Va., Aug. 8. (API Three membera of the crew of the Milton B. Lankfort, a small achooner, were believed today to have been drowned after a collision with the old bay liner. State of Maryland. Pour others of the crew of seven were rescued. BuLateral Agreements Reached by Dominions By FRANK I. WF.I.I.r.R (Associated Press faff Writer) OTTAWA, Ont., Aug. 3 (AP) Bl-lateral agreements between the dominions and preference rates for empire wheat In Oreat Britain were set up today aa two of the most Im portant possible results, of the im perial trsde conference. This program, which Includes four other major Items, appeared to have grown out of an Interview granted by Premier Bennett of Canada yes terdsy and a session of the British delegation which lasted well into last n!7ht. I'he four objectives are: 1. A curb upon Russian trade with Oreat Britain, Freesoll, and Is about half a mile from the place on a lonely swamp road where the girl was reported last seen alive. It la not far from the farm home of the girl's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Ed Sanford. Nash waa arrested beoausa of scratches on his face and because, state police said, he seemed to take little Interest In the girl's disappear ance and the search for her. Today one of his alibi witnesses, police said, broke down and admitted he had told a story dictated by Nash. The suspect, who is about 33 years old, la a bachelor and lived alcne. BY SWIFT BOOST STOCK NEW YORK, Aug. 3. (AP) Bears who had been playing for a reaction In the stock market were trapped in the most violent advance of the year today. Prices of many leaders ahot up a to about 7 points, and the clos ing tone was buoyant. Transfers were close to 2,500,000 shares. The sell-off of the previous session completely petered out In the first half hour today, but soma short sell' lng In .expectation of a sizeable re covery continued until after midday, when bears nervously began to cover, and found the market devoid of near by offerings in the leaders. The pan icky effort to cover sent prices whirl ing. Sympathetic advances appeared in wheat and in the bond market. Today's closing prices for IS se lected stocks follow: American Can American T. 6s T, Anaconda ...... Curtlss Wright General Motors 42', 814 1 1? 1 8H 4 ' 'A "ft 35H si V, 454 ia 3134 Int. T. tt T. Montgomery Ward Paramount Pub. Radio .. Southern Pac. S. O. of Cal S. O. of N. J. .. Trans. Am M. United Aircraft U. S. Steel LIONS HEAR TALK BY DEAN ZEEFLE Dean Adolphe Zeefle of Oregon State college was the main speaker tode.y at the noon luncheon of the Lions club at the Hotel Holland, choosing as his topic "The Evolution of Pharmacy." He praised the Med ford drug stores for their present con dition, and advised all people to cul tivate a better understanding and appreciation of drugs, which all use at some time or other. Don Oeddes, manager of the Cra terlau theater, was a guest at the luncheon and announced the popu larity contest to be sponsored by the Lions and theater for benefit of the blind and deaf fund. Entrants In the contest up to date are Mexjorte Marshall, Claudlna Tolle. Lucille LH trell and Ruby Stone. Judge Taylor Now on Week's Vacation Judge Olenn O. Taylor of Justice court, today atarted a week's vaca tion, It was announced at his offices today. Cases booked for the local court will be tried In Jacksonville, Ashland or Oold Hill Justice courts. 3. Creation of an empire bank to clear empire trade balances. 3. freer dominion markets for British products which do not com pete with home industries. 4. Lower preferentlsi tariffs wiin- In the empire. Some observers Interpreted Pre mier Bennett's Interview, wbu.i was something of a surprise, ss an Indi cation that he might have given the British delegation, which went Into Its conference almost at the same time, the direct reply It has sought for two weeks as to how much of an opening Canada Is willing to give British steel and cotton manufac turers for market In Canada, HALF OF CARS IN T No Arrests As Long As Sheriff's Owners Keep Office Busy With Appli cations, Is Word of Police PORTLAND, Aug. 8. Many Portland motorists were given cita tions last night and today to buy new license plates, state police said Wednesday. If those given citations do not heed them they will be taken Into court, the officers declared. The word was passed that drivers caught with 1Q33 license plates on their case tomorrow will be arrested and taken to court. Purchases of license plates' here continued brisk today. Up to and Including July 36. the secretary of state Issued 4033 auto li censes for Jackson county, according to a dispatch from Salem today. Since July 38 the ahertff's office up to thla morning had Issued 1339 tem porary licenses. This brings the total for the county to date to 6361, or about half the autos in the county. The atate police estimate there are slightly more than 10,000 autos In the counfy, and that there are be tween 760 and 1000 foreign licensed cars the year round. Captain Lee M. Bown at the state police for this district said this morn ing that 90 per cent of the autoa and tmcka In use In the county bear new license plates. Radio Rumor Error " The authorities this morning re quested the - correction of a radio broadcast that the governor would authorize the use of quarterly pay mente. This was erroneous and con fusing to many autolsts. Yesterday morning a rumor was widely circu lated In thla city that another mora torium had been declared. This also was groundless. ' Autolsts continued today to pro cure new stickers in a lively manner at the rate of from 160 to 300 per day. Captain Bown of the state po lice said that as long aa applications were received In auiflctent number to keep the sheriff's office busy there would be no arrests. He said his In structions from the governor through ' tne superintendent of state police were to enforce the license require ments. Money Order Receipt "N. O." The state police have been In- - structed not to accept a motley order ' receipt as a guarantee that money for a license had been forwarded to the secretary of state direct. This Is a custom of ten years ago and lenda ftseif to a ruse, the state police aald. The holder of the money order could cash It and still retain the receipt. many autolsts nave announced that they will not purchase a new plate until they know definitely whether or not a new moratorium, or some other concession, will not be granted, ' it waa reported unofficially that Vie Salem authorities would allow a week or ten days for the purchase of (Continued on fage Two) WILL- ROGERS Sflys: BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Aug. 2. Everett Saunders, the Yery able head of the Republican cans' campaign, went clear up to the old boss's home at Northampton to try and get Mr. Coolidge to help keep the Democrats from getting their "bonus" this fall. The army drove the soldiers out) now they want Coolidge to help' drive the Democrats out of Washington. Both armies are equally destitute. In fact, the soldiers have worked since the Democrats have. This is not an election of par-' ties or policies this fall ; it's an election where both side.T really need the work. In fact, I think if you would split the salaries , between every two candidates running they would call off the election.