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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and luesdav, coler tonight. Temperature Hi 5 lie st yesterday 83 Lowest this morning 41 Twenty-eighth Year 71 DJSTT tMEM IKHfe " l i r ' " . Akron, Sky Queen Wrecked in Storm Off N. Jersey Coast FLOYD BENNETT FIELD, N. T., April 4. (AP) Airport official! Ill-re were notified this afternoon that a naval plane, searchlnr. for wreckage of tne dirigible Akron, was mlslnE off the New Jersey coast. The craft in one of six "hell diver" planes of the V. S. navy, which have been combing the Tlclnlty of the crash. Officials said thev vere told by telephone that five planes returned to Lakehurst. after completing their search, but the whereabouts of the sixth was unknown. The other five returned to the coast to look for It. NEW YORK. April 4. (AP) The ) u. 8. S. Akron, largest airship ever flown, crashed at sea off the Jersey coast early this morning with the probable loss of 73 lives. This afternoon the little navy blimp J-3. searching for the AXron wreckage, also fell In the sea with Its crew of 11. Members of the Akron crew stuck Tallantly to their poets, with perfect discipline, through a violent electri cal atorm that the ship could not ride. Three Survlvers Pour men were rescued. One of these died. The body of another was found later. Still missing were Rear Admiral William A. Moffett, chief of the navy's aeronautical bureau, and 70 others. The Akron sighted the storm that doomed It at 8:45 p. m.. last night 30 miles south of Philadelphia. Jt pro ceeded on an east and northeast course through a light night and over a fog that obscured the ground. Lieut. Commander H. V. Wiley, rescued "sccbricl 'In command, reported the ship was then In good static con J dltlon. 1 Surrounded by Lightning He said the sea was heavy. At 10 p. m., the Akron reached'the Jersey shore and at Barnegat light was sur rounded by lightning. It ran an easterly course until 11 p. m., and then turned to the west until mid night. Sighting a light on the ground, the officers changed the course to 130 degrees. The ship began to descend rapidly from Its flying altitude of 1600 feet as lightning enveloped it. Ballast was dropped forward to re gain altitude. Continuing Commander Wiley's re port: "Three minutes later seemed to be In center of storm. Ship began to shift about violently. Called all hands. Ship commenced to descend. Stern Inclined downward. Control Wrecked . "Dropped ballast. Rudder control carried away. Descent continued to water. - Ship demolished upon Im pact. His report was sent to the navy department by wireless from the coast guard cutter Tucker which car- 4 (Continued on Page Five) I BEBLEN, April 4. OP) The govern ment announced today that the anti Semitic boycott will not be resumed Wednesday. The Nazi party, which called the one-day boycott last Saturday, re servei. the right, however, to rein state the- boycott In the event the "atrocity campaign" la resumed abroad. A Jewish quarter In the eastern section of the city. Inhabited by poorer classes was raided today by a large police force, assisted by Nazi auxiliaries. Street were closed and pedes trians were halted while houses were aearrhed for weapons and papers. Worshippers leaving synagogues were searched and those not carrying double identification cards were ar rested. . . INCOME AND EXCISE TAX RETURNS HEAVY SAtBM, April 4 (ffi -A total of a24 187 in corporation, wise and Income taxes were collected by the state tAx commission up to last night. It was announced today. Returns are still coming In and with last half payments it was expected the est: m.itea 1 .500,000 for the year would be reached. Tne estimated revenue, however Is abou' 33 per cent lower than the year prev-.oiis. although the actual cas'i reduction under a year agr due largely tOiv',r f'r!rt half pay menu, U only 22 per cent M LAST MINUTES ON AKRON DESCRIBED BY 2ND OFFICER NEW YORK. April 4. (AP) A message signed "Wiley." and stating that the dirigible Akron, In the cen ter of a Btorm, crashed about six minutes after midnight today, was given out by the coast guard at Staten Island today. The message which carried no ad dresses, was sentXfrom the cutter Tucker to the cruiser Portland and Intercepted by the coast guard cutter Champlaln, moored at the coast guard base at Staten Island. .-, The. Tucker la the vessel to which Lieutenant Commander H. V. Wiley, second In commond of the Akron, two other survivors and the body of a fourth member of the crew were transferred from the rescue tanker Phoebus. .The message, as given out by the coast guard at Staten Island, follows: "Sighted thunder storm about 30 miles south of Philadelphia about 8:45 p. m. and proceeded on east and northeast course. Light night, most ly to south. Ground obscured by fog. Ship in good static condition. Ap proximately 5000 pounds. Heat heavy. In vicinity of Jersey shore at ten o'clock. "Surrounded by lightning at light (Presumably Barnegat Light). Night atmosphere not very turbulent. Ran east course until about 11 p. m., then enssed to west at midnight. Sighted light on ground and changed course to- 130 degrees. Ship began to de scend rapidly from flying altitude. 1600 feet. Dropped ballast. Became entirely aun-ounded by lightning. "About 12:03 a. m. ship began to descend rapidly from flying altitude of 1600 feet, dropped ballast forward and regained altitude. "Three minutes later, seemed to be in center of storm. Ship began to shift about violently. Call all hands. (Continued on Page Three) E BARRED FOR HALL George Hall, charged with slaying two Siskiyou county ofricers. while resisting .arrest, for the kidnaping of E. L Ballinger, custom patrol of.?icer, was denied the right to enter a plea of rot guilty by reason of insanity yesterday. The court he'd that the time had expired for using the ''in sanity dodze" as a defense. Hall de clined to plead, and the court entered a pU'a of not guilty for him. Th death penalty will be asked by the stnte. Ha!l slew State Patrol Office- Stephen Kent and Lester Qulg ley. in the street of Yreka, on the evening of March 10, and went to trli three weeks later. . Eckener Stunned By Loss of Akron BERLN. April 4. (API Dr. Hugo Eckener. who pilotted the Oraf Zep pelin around the world and on many other long dMance ftlehts and who delivered another German-made air ship, the Los Angeles, to the United States navy, was deeply moved today by the news of the Akron disaster. "I am unspeakably sorry. The news of the Akron stuns me," he said. WIDOW OF DOUMER PASSES IN PARIS PARIS. April 4. ( AP) Mm. Blanche Doumer. widow or the assas sinated president, died today. Mme. Doumer, who was 72 years old. died at her home eleven months after the assassination of her husband last Mar . ."Vie had eight children, of whom Jour sons were luUL during the world war, O EDFORD FATE OF AKRON WASHINGTON, April 4. (AP) The proud Akron's tragic fate sent a shock through Washington today from President Roosevelt to the -man in the -street, leaving a sorrow that was accompanied by demands for In vestigation. For hours in the silence of the navy's communications office, offi cers had sat grimly hoping for the finding alive of more of their com rades than the few picked up In the early morning. But as the day drew on, what hope there was diminished. Aides of the president decided not to disturb his sleep when the first report filtered in rrom the Jersey coast. Once the circumstances be came plain, however, a bustle stirred the White House akin to that at the navy to make sure of prompt relay of the situation-for Mr. Roosevelt. From Capitol -Hill, senators and representative poured Inquiries into newspaper offices aa to Just -what had happened and the prospects. De mands for an Investigation . were made even as the navy itself moved to Initiate one. The accident also aroused slumber ing opposition to the expenditure of money for llghter-than-air vessels. As the demands arose on Capitol Hill for an Investigation, Senator Walsh of Massachusetts, democratic, of the. naval committee, asserted that a "prompt, thorough and direct in vestigation should be undertaken without delay." "The tragedy that has overtaken the Akron Is appalling," he said. 'I thought the large number of aircraft catastrophles in the army and navy had led to the exercise of such care and caution that an accident of this proportion was almost impossible." Senator Dill, (D-Wash.), a former member of the navy committee, who had consistently opposed appropria tions for llghter-than-air craft, called the mishap another "illustration of the awful waste of money of build ing great gas bags that serve only as sky shows in peace time and are worthless in war." "One little airplane would put them out of use In a minute," he contended. STATE WAGE CUT WILL BE TESTED SALEM, April 4. (AP) Following closely upon the heel of the writ of mandamus to test the validity of the new warrant law, C. D. Thomas filed another petition In the Oregon supreme court late yesterday to teat the constitutionality of the bill to reduce salaries .a straight A .to 30 per cent. Thomas, boiler Inspector In the bu reau of labor, who won his suit to compel the state treasurer to stamp warrants to make them Interest bear ing and negotiable, this time filed his petition for writ of mandamus against the secretary of state to com pel him to pay $180 as his March sal ary as reduced by the labor bureau instead of 9172, as cut by the new wage law. FREEDOM OF PRESS IS CARE OF SEN. ROBINSON WASHINGTON, April 4. (API Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the democratic leader, said today he would ask the foreign relations com mittee tomorrow to amend the house bill penalizing publication of the government's secret diplomatic codes so as to remove all question that It would Interfere with freedom of the press. HIGH FLIERS FALL NEAR MT. EVEREST CALCUTTA. April 4, (AP) One , flew above Mt. Everest, crashed to !day In a flight over Kanchanjunga, ;a nearby peak nearly as high as Everest. It wa bltved that the , pilot was P. F. M. Fellows, technical I adviser to th expedition. R. C. W. lEUlaoa wu believed to b with May M MEDFOHD, OREGON, TUESDAY, APRIL 4, 1933. When Akron The lT. 9. S. Akron shown being moorrd to mast of the mnthershlp U. S. S. Pntoka In San Francisco bay, on the western trip of the craft last year. The arrow indicates one of the most hazardous Job, that of a sailor on top of the mooring mast who fits the toggle of the Akron's nose Into a socket. Immediately above him Is a flying . sailor, who lets , down the mooring lines. (Associated Press Photo.) . ........ CRATER ENTRANCE OPEN IN TEN DAYS If anyone wants an Invigorating, early-morning trip, A. H. Banwell, secretary of the local chamber of commerce suggests a Journey at 6:30 o'clock to Union Greek. He knows its Invigorating, for he made the trip there this morning and reported that the snow plow being used to clear the west entrance to the lake was making rapid headway. The state plow started operations Saturday, and had traveled two miles In clearing the road in two days, Mr. Banwell stated. It is expected that the entrance will be open In ten days or two weeks, if no unforseen diffi culties arise to halt the clearing of the roads. Mr. Banwell said that the plow at the present time is operating in about three feet of snow, and that although the snow is deeper this year, It Is not as solid. While Mr. Banwell was visiting the "clearings," he timed the anowplow operations, and stated that the plow cleared about 230 feet in a half hour. The snow Is deeper at Whiskey creek, Mr. Banwell reports, and work for the next five milea will be some what stow. MUETZELS TRIAL GRANTS PASS, April 4. (API Trial of Otto Muetzel, formerly of Douglas county, on a charge of first degree murder. U to start in circuit court In Oranta Pass Monday morn ing, it was decided late yesterday when Muetzel appeared before Judge H. D. Norton for arraignment. Muetzel was indicted by the grand Jury after he had presented himself to local officers declaring he had had j a strinrele with Sol Stone, asted I Jump-Off-Joe creek miner. In the letter's cabin, and had awakened I from a stupor later to discover that I Stone was dead. OAK BRANCH ON FIR, IT A contribution for Ripley's "Relieve It o.- Not" has been found on Black well hill, and the Chamber of Com merce announced today that a photo graph of the wonder will be forward ed to the New York oflcea of Ripley. A tree with a trunk about four feet hlgr. has a horizontal branch of oak whfe the trunk of the tree ascending above the branch la fi ail Tribune Visited West T HAS FIRST PRIZE CAKE IN CONTEST Mrs. Kay W. Wright wea the win- ner of the cake contest, conducted by the General Foods corporation and Swift 4c Company, in conjunction with The Mall Tribune. The cake sale, for the benefit of the American Legion I auxiliary. Is being conducted this afternoon, following the Judging of the cakes by w. A. Gates. Heinle Fluhrer and Mrs. E. N. Vilm. Mrs. Wright will receive the beau tiful Hotpolnt "Vogue" percolator, presented through the courtesy of the California Oregon Power company, Tne second prize, a radio dial j toaster, given by Palmer Music and i Electric store, and a 49-lb. sack Plggly ! Wlggly flour, given by Plggly WlgRly : tore. went to Mrs. Jessie Lalng. Mrs. Earl Gaddis won the third award, a Gold Medal house dreas, given by the Band Box, and a large recipe book. given by General Foods Sales corpo ration, aa well as the special prize of $3.00 in cash given by Swift ft: company, Mrs. Gaddts' cake was made with Formay shortening. Mrs. C. C. Darby's cake secured fourth place, winning a hand-painted cookie Jar. given by the M. F. and H. company, also a handy rake set (cake pan with air ventilator: cake mixer, 3 spoons, spatula, square pan. cup and recipe book) given by General Foods Salfs corporation. , Tli fifth prize, a Holmes and Ed wards masterpiece pattern Jelly relish server, given by Brophy's, Jew elers also 3-lb. can Formay shorten ing, given by Plggly Wlggly store, went to Mrs. S. W. Bateman. Mrs. R. P. Price won the six-piece cake set. given by General Foods Sales corporation, also a 3-lb. tin Formay shortening, given by Swift & com-. pany. 1 The seventh prize cake was baked I by Mrs. Royal Lee. who won a pack acre Swans Down cake flour and 6 I piece cake set. given by General Foodg i Sales corporation,' also a 3-lb. can j Formay shortening, given by Swift & company. j Mrs. Hal Piatt won a six-piece cake jset. given by the General Foods Sales corporation, and a 8-lb. tin Formay shortening, given by Swift & com pany. The ninth prize, a three-pound can Formay shortening, given by Swift & compsny and a l-1b. can Calumet, given by General Foods Sales corpo ration, was secured by Mrs. Leo Wil liams, while tenth place and a 3-lb. can Formay shortening, given by Swift Ac company, and a H-lb. pack age bakers cocoanut, waa taken by Jessie KJzer. Some exceptionally fine cakes were submitted, according to the Judges, and widespread Interest was mani fested In the unique contest. Foreat products rank third In Ten ns as a source of rash income to farmers, being exoeeded only by cotton and tobacco i in i i mi i 1 i1 ARE KEPT LOW IN MOSHOWNS Milk and Brew Fees On Parity in Roseburg High ' Prices Talked for Portland Opening of Wet Days At tonight's meeting of the city council, the beer ordinance pre pared by the citizens' committee and the council llcene commit tee. Is to be adopted, according to present pinna, announced this artfrnonn by Mayor E. M. WHson. Three license fees, one for the wholesalers, another for distribut ors and a third for dispensers, are to be Included In the ordin ance, Mr. Wilson said. ROSEBURG. Ore., April 4. Milk and beer license fees were placed on a parity last night In ordinances adopted by the city council, the fee for beer dispensing privileges being placed at $30 per year, while the average milk distributor will pay the same license, under the provisions of the city's new milk ordinance. The beer regulations provide for a committee of five members of the council to pass upon applications, which shall be submitted annually. Ilcenres are granted on a quarterly basis. Retailers selling In the orig inal package will pay a license fee of $13 per year, dispensers $30, and dis tributors $120. Outside distributors, selling directly to retailers, rather than through local licensed distribu tors, will be required to pay the full amount of the fee provided In the ordinance. PORTLAND, April 4.-4) Portland collected $8,000 on the first day on which- beer licenses were, available here Monday, and more than 400 per sona presented aa many applications. Most or those were for permits to sell In restraints, the only establish ments lii hich beer may be sold by the glass. - Clyde O. Huntley, collector of In- (Contlnued on Pag Three) F E SAINT NAZAIRE, France. April 4 (AP) The French dirigible E-9, a smsll ship, waa badly damaged today In a forced landing at St. Andre des Eaux, near here. The dirigible, carrying a crew of 12, was on a practice flight when the engine broke down and an emer genc.y landing had to be made. Two men were slightly hurt, Cap tain Benac and Ensign Vauzelle. They were taken to a hospital here. FOREST JOB SPOTS WASHINGTON. April 4. (API- Spots In the nation's forests where t.he weather will permit the immedi ate beginning of work by men em ployed by the government were sought today as foresters were called to meet with the new director of the forest conservation program Robert Fern ner of Massachusetts. Ferhner. a vice president of the International Association of Machin ists, hoped to be able to start his first contingent of recruits for the woods by April 16. T VISIT YEAR AGO PORTLAND, April 4. (Almost a year sgo the U. 8. a. Akron, de stroyed by lightning today, gave frsl den'a of several northwest Oregon cities and towns a thrill aa she soared nortr-ward en route from flunnyvale. Cel.. to Fort Lewis. Ccmmander Frederick T. Berry, guet officer on the Akron when she plunged into the sea early this morn ing, waa well known In Portland, hav ing been here several times when In destroyer service. In 1023 he mar ried Miss Charlotte Laidlaw of Port land, daughter of the former British consul. Med ford Ministers Oppose Licensing For Liquor Sales At the meeting this afternoon of the Med ford Minist erial associ ation, a resolution was adopted opposing the Deeming and sale of liquor. In any form or manner in the city. The group, which met In the Presbyterian church, said they did not plan to have a repre sentative at the city council to night where the beer regulatory measures are expected lo be made. E DRAFT DEFENSE L. A. Banks, agitator, ex-orchardtst and editor, held In the county jail, with his wife, Edith R. Banks, on a Joint Indictment charging first de gree murder for the wanton slaying of Constable George J. Preacott, on the morning of March IS, held a three hour conference in his cell yes terday afternoon with his attorneys, Joseph R. Hammersly of Portland, and William E. Phlpps and Thomas J. Enrlght of this city. Preliminary plans for the defense were mapped, but no definite an nouncement waa mode. Another con ference la scheduled for today. Near the end of the conference yes terday, Mrs. Banks wa brought from her cell and Joined it. According to Jail attendants. Banks waa depressed following the inter view, but was In a more cheerful frame of mind this morning. - Wliile no definite announcement has been made. It Is general belief of lawyers and laymen, that Bank will plead Insanity as a defense. Former friends of the accused man say It la his personal wish to plead Invasion of hli constitutional rights, as Just if I- (Continued on Page Pour) FOR DRY REPEAL DETROIT, April 4 (AP) At least 86 out of a possible 100 votes in Michigan's special convention next Monday will be cast for repeal of the ISth amendment to the constitution. This became certain today as addi tional returns from Monday's referen dum showed the tremendous strength of the antl-prohlbltion forces. The total vote In 2488 of the state's 3417 precincts gave: For repeal 706.843; against 104,504. The election of delegates, however, was by state representative districts totaling 100 members. Up until 1:30 a. m. today, only one delegate pledged to vote for retention of the national prohibition law ap peared to have been definitely named. Thia was In Barry county. ; which voted dry In the referendum on elimi nation, of Michigan's bone dry law in the election last November. FARM MORTGAGE RELIEF BILL GIVEN APPROVAL WASHINGTON, April 4. UP) The administration's sweeping farm relief bill and mortgage refinancing pro gram, combined in one measure, was approved today by the senate agri culture committee and ordered favor ably reported to the floor for con sideration tomorrow. SENATE WILL PASS SHORT WEEK BILL WASHINGTON. April 4. (AP) Pnstor Robinson of Arkansas, the democratic leader, today predicted the senate would pass the Black shorter work week bill tomorrow ih an amendment- providing for 3S or 36 hours a week Instead of 30. McFADDEN CHAIRMAN RACING COMMISSION PORTLAKLf, Ore., Ap U 4. (AP Senator J. M. McFaddvn of Corvallts waa today named chairman of the Oregon racing commission, at it or ganization merging here today, A secretary was to be selected later In the day. HUGE NAVY BUILDING PROGRAM IN PROSPECT WASHINGTON. April 4. (API Chairman Vinson or the house naval committee today told newspapermen tJiat a $230,000,000 ravy construction proeram "la to beyJneluded In the public works bliir 1 . A quail burner's club has been or ganised, at Bowling preen, Ky, Paid-Up Circulation People who pay for thetr newspapers are the beet prospects for the adver tisers. A. B. C. circulation la paid up circulation. This newspaper Is A. B. O. No. 11. T WILL BE SUBJECT TO FEDERAL REIN Probe of Morgan and Co. Planned to Put Frivate Banks' Under Control Roosevelt's Backing Hope WASHINGTON, April 4. (AD Itir striate today granted the broadmt Imwer In Its possnulon tar an Inrrstieatlnn of prlrata banker.. Ini-hidlng J. p, Morgan and rompanj, b.v the banking committee, Without debate, the senate adopted the Fletcher resolution extending wide power to the banking committee to make the Inquiry Into private hanking which President Roosevelt has sponsored. By PAl'l, MALLON. (Copyright by McClure Newspaper Syndicate.) WASHINGTON, April 4. The deep dyed purpose behind thla Investiga tion of J. p. Morgan la to put him and otrtcr private bankers under some kind of control. That la tha order passed down to the senatorial Investigators conll dentlally from the White House It self. The Investlgatora are going after evidence with a vengeance. All they have to prove la that the Mor gana have a bank. They are going " mat you must have a bal ance of something like a million dol lars to keep. a. -checking .-account there. Having proved Wat, congress win' pass a law miltln. m,i. .... i.. style of banking under federal sup. Up to now the Morgans and the Others have been run II lr. .vai - clubs rather than bank Th.u .n. wer only to God. No examiners, state ur leaorai, asre touch their books. They run their business as they Jolly please and file no rennrt nimh. Their constant plea has been that winy are not a nanx. The evidence will how th.t. thB le at least a dispute about that. noway nere suspects the Morgana of having any Harrlman or Mitchell skeletons In t,h rinut tv.- sleuths are not looking for scandal. (Continued on Page Eight) RAILROAD RELIEF 'LAN READY FRIDAY IS WORD WASHINGTON. April 4 (P) Sec retary Roper said today he expects to have proposals ready by Friday for rall'oad relief legislation and for re organisation of the government trans portation agenclea into one unit. - WILL ROGERS PeSflys: SANTA MONICA, Cal.,' April 3. Walter LippniHn, you all rear! him.. If yon don't you ought to. He was a Democrat before the delude of Democ raey. Hut his writings were so fair ami impartial that Repub licans used to sneak off around behind the house and read 'em. But being Republicans, they never profited by his sago ad vice. , But now they read him ami weep. Well, he was out to our igloo I and broke corn bread and chile I with us the other day. He thinks the green lights are with us, and the only thing can stop us again is prosperity, (There is nothing that sets a nation back as far in civilization as prosperity). Ho is proud of all parties uniting this pilgrimage of "back from Ga-ga." Ho thinks that America will not only remain on the gold, but will remain on its feet, which is more important. Yours, fcXM Sim ft1
