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edford Mail Tribune Paid-Up Circulation People wbo pay for their newspaper, are the best prospect, (or the adver tisers. A. B. O. circulation Is paid up circulation This newspaper Is A. B. O. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 1, 1933. No. 31. The Weather Forecast : Med ford, occasional rain tonight and Tuesday. Normal tem perature. Highest yesterday 60 Lowest this morning 47 M sa e i aPr 1 Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS. TTE8E words are written at Weed, wbose great sawmills still belcb a little smoke from their stscks, and where yellow pine logs still come down from the hills In tralnloads. But these great mills are running en a slow bell. Still, their owners are hopeful, and are talking of slightly Improved prices nd better demand to come. Lumbermen are a hopeful lot. Dive them a pat on the back for that. IH THE edge of Weed, one Bees an odd eight odd, at least, for this country a colony of negro workers, brought here by Long-Bell a number of years ago. Little black pickanin nies play In the sun among the yet low pines. Paul Bunyan and his blue ox never xpected to see anything like that tn the lumber camps out here on the Pacific coast. AT WEED, Bert Hall, a member or the party, greets a taU, lean cat tlemanname of Duke. Bert knows everybody In this country. Bert asks: "How's Tricks?" Duke answers: "Well, I Just put In an ap plication for rooms and a bath at the poorhouse, and they told me they'd all been taken by the sheep men and the lumbermen." " These cattlemen have to have their Joke. DUKE had a big ranch up between Weed and Klamath. They tell a atory of a boy from Dorrls who came down there once with a bunch ot eattle. He got In late, Just In time lor sup per and bed. About 3 In the morning the cook routed out all hands lor breakfast and they nad-to-shake the tired boy awake. "Good Lord" he muttered sleepily it doesn't take long to spend a night down here, does It?" w fARRy LEON7 WILSON, the nov Jri ellst. used to come to Duke'a ranch usually going to Klamath Falls, and out from there. Duke would make him open all the gates on the road out. After opening a dozen or so one day, they came out finally on a road and Wilson sighed: "Well, thank fortune those gates are opened." Whereupon Duke turned off the row and went miles out of his way to naea more sates. "I thought it was good for him to get a little exercise," he explained. PETER B. KTNEalso came to the Duke ranch, and In time Duke called on Kyne In Los Angeles. The novelist was struggling with a Wild West scenario for Tom Mix, and hav ing no luck with It, Duke sat down with a pad of paper, scribbled for a couple of hours and turned the result over to Kyne. Out of the scrlbblings, Kyne got what he wanted and completed the scenario on time. 4( A FEW MONTH3 LATER," Duke J relates, "a boy brought a cou ple of keys to my rooms at the Palace Hotel In San Francisco. The keys fitted a brand new Packard, which was standing at the curb down In Market street. "The car was for Mrs. Duke, and was from Peter B. Kyne a trifling little return, he said, for the scenario I'D written the scenario, but the car was for my wife, and I never gt to lay a hand on It. A lot of Justice there Is In this world t" BY HAIL AND COLD Saturday's hsil storm and the frost of Sunday morning did no com mercial damage to the pear crop of the valley, according to Lyle P. Wil cox, county agent. The hall was too small and the rent any damage by Vie storm Wilcox aid. The frost Sunday did not get low trees sufficiently leafed out to pre enough to do any damage, the ther mometers going up soon after light ing was started. A survey of pear orchard's through out the valley indicates that the val ley will have the heaviest crop In history. Wilcox said, because little damage has been done by frost and bloom over the valley was as near 100 per ear a could be xpected Persecution Claim Appears Foundation Of Case in Defense EUGENE, Ore., May 1. (AP) Ju rore accepted subject to challenge In the Banks trial late today were as fol lows: Mrs. Madge B. Addison, Isaac J. Yates. Addison Williams, B. Harry Brabham, Charles Stephens, Nellie H. Tyson, Thomas Pearce. R, H. Towns end, J. A. Phelp. Rhoda Hampton. Attorneys were examining the eleventh Juror at 3 o'clock today. Following the acceptance, of twelve Jurors, they will be subject to twelve chiil lenses by the defense and six by the state. EUGENE, Ore., May 1. (AP) With the defense springing surprise after surprise, the murder trial of Llewellyn A. Banks, former Medford publisher, and his wife, Edith R. Banks, got under way in Judge Sklpworth'a court today with "persecution to the point of desperation' Indicated as its main line of counter-attack. The selection of the Jury was the first business after the court was opened and the defense put this im portant work In the hands of Charles A. Hardy, of Eugene, one of the best known trial lawyers In Lane county with a long experience and vast ac quaintance back of him. Add Legal Talent. Also the defense added to Its bat tery of legal talent, Frank J. Loner- gan, of Portland, long-time member of the Oregon legislature and speaker of the house, who has a reputation as one of the cleverest defense law yers In the state. It Is expected he will handle much of the cross-examination of witnesses on political phases of the drama. This gives the defense five attor neys Hardy, Lonergan, T. J. Enrlght of Medford. W. E. Phipps of Med ford, and Joe Hnmmersly of Portland. Judge G. F. Sklpworth opened the court; in a business-like manner and the work of selecting a Jury was be gun. The defense did not movo for separate trials for Banks and his wife and the two are being tried together. The Jury may, however, bring In sepa rate verdicts In the case. They are charged with the first degree murder of George J. Prescott, Medford con stable. Questions Show Defense Basis. As the questioning of the first Juror was begun. Hardy Indicated the di rection In which the defense counsel will move when he asked ; "If the evidence shows that L. A. Banks had, over a period of time, be lieved he was the victim of persecu tion, and that he had labored under that impression until It became un endurable, could you as a Juror con ceive a Benson being In that condi tion and bring In a verdict accord ingly?" The state objected to this line of questioning, but the Judge overruled the objection. "The question," Hardy continued, "is not whether Banks was right in believing he was persecuted, but simply one of what was In his mind at the time." Defensive Mood Theory. - From this line of qtiestloning, ob servers were led to believe the de fense will attempt to show that Banks wbs the victim of conditions which left him In a defensive mood and that he ahot Prescott, not. out of "premeditated malice," but as the defensive gesture of an overwrought mind. The courtroom was crowded as the trial got under way. Eleht prospective Jurors had been questioned and passed by noon, but the state and defense sre still entitled to challenge the prospects. TAX FORECLOSURE JUDGMENTS FILED Judgments for tax foreclosures on 328 tracts of land, for non-payment of 1937 taxes, were filed with the county clerk this morning. The Urgent single delinquency was $175607. and the smallest was 81 cents, with the bulk of delinquencies running between $10 and $15. Most of the landa coming under the fore closure are abandoned plots of mar ginal land, although there are seve ral orchard tracts and river ranches. FOR GOLD HOARDERS WASHINGTON, May T ( AP) The close of business at the treasury to day Is the zero hour set by the gov ernment for returning hoarded gold. Those who fail to heed the order may be punished by a 10.000 fine and ten years In prison. Secretary Woodin has Indicated that persistent hoarders will bp prosecuted. Approximately 1700 000.000 in gold and gold certificates Is still out. the Lbulk ot which la In the United State. BASEBALL National R. 10 Grace; Collins, H. E. 17 0 9 2 Moore, Pittsburgh Philadelphia Bwlft and LlskB, Butler and V. Davis, Todd. American R. H. E. ..161 Chicago Cleveland .8 10 3 nurhnm. Prnxlnr. .Murrav. Miller and Berry; Hilderbrand and Spencer. PORTLAND DEED PORTLAND, Ore., May 1. (UP) There's at least one bandit that be lieves in duplication of his "Job" to make sure he hasn't "forgotten any thing." Paul Wakeman, night attendant of a market here, was robbed early to day. Police arrived and made the usual Investigation. But, as soon as they left, the ban dit, apparently In hiding near the scene all the time, returned and forced Wakeman to drive him thru town. He then refunded 50c of $30 he bad stolen from him. . IN HEALTH PLEA WASHINGTON, May 1. (AP) In a child health day address, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt today advo cated "the use of all possible gov ernmental agencies set up to give 11 people additional Information in order that the children may not suf fer." "We should remember," she said that aa far as possible the children's housing should be heslthful and what money we have ahould be spent on rent, on food, leaving only what money Is actually needed for the minimum amount of clothing." FRIENDS OF MAHATMA FEAR FAST AS FATAL LONDON, May 1 (UP) Friend of the Mahatma Gandhi tonight ex pressed fears that his new fastr to be gin May 8, would prove fatal. His announcement of hia mtendea action, however, failed to occasion' much surprise, for he had threatened to go on another fast If his efforts to eliminate the prejudice In India against "untouchables" failed to pro gress satisfactorily. RIVERS AND HARBORS BILL IS INTRODUCED WASHINGTON, May 1. (AP) A (98,750.000 omnibus rivers and har bors bill embracing 130 projects and designed "to fit In with a public works program for relief of the un employed" was introduced today by Chairman Mansfield of the house committee tiat deals with such leg Islatlon. SLAYS FATHER, MOTHER AND COMMITS SUICIDE TROY. N. T.. May 1. (UP) After murdering his father and step mother, William N. Mann, 30. village "bad boy," took his own life on his mother's grave It was discovered. Snow Halts Trafflo LA GRANDE, Ore., May 1. (API- Highway offlrials here reported today that the Old Oregon trail over the Blue mountains west of here was closed for several hours Saturday night. Seventeen to 34 Inches of snow fell and about half a hundred automobiles were held up in the mountains. Retains Title 8AN FRANCISCO, Cal.. May 1. (UP) Charles Beaver, "Gentleman Golfer" from Los Angeles, retained his title as northern California amateur champion y defeating James Ritchie, Stockton. 7 and 6. In the finals of the tournament at the California club on Sunday. DENVER, Colo., May 1. (UP) A state-wide search was undertaken to night for Mrs. William E. Fisher, prominent Denver society woman, who disappeared mysteriously from her home here Saturday. WALLA WALLA. Wash, May 1. (UP) Umpiring a baseball game Sun day tn which his son was playing shorstop, Henry Fot, 40, dropped dead during an exciting play at sec ond base. ONE KILLED, THREE SKIDS OVER BANK PORTLAND, May 1. (AP) One man was killed, a girl was critically Injured, and another girl and a man lesa seriously hurt when their auto mobile skidded out of control and plunged down a 500-foot embank ment from Terwllllger Boulevard near the Veterans' hospital here to day. The accident occurred shortly after midnight. William F. LUeqvist, 30, of Salem, was fatally Injured and died on the way to the hospital. He was driving a large car. Ruth Brown of Rainier, sunered a fractured skull and compound frac ture of the ankle. Her condition was critical. Don Lundgren of Salem received head Injuries, and Olga Ped. 30, of Salem, suffered an Injured hip. The condition of these two was not seri ous, physicians said. Police who investigated the acci dent said- the driver apparently did not see the hairpin curve and tried to check the speed at the last mo ment, throwing the machine Into a skid on the wet pavement and caus ing It to careen over the steep em bankment. The four occupants were thrown from the car after It had plunged about 100 feet down the em bankment. Llieqvtst, his head crusn- ed, and the other three were found lying on the rocky slope. The bank was so steep rescue parties had to use long 'ropes to move "the -Injured persons from the ravine. Another fatality occurred here yes terday when Thomas P. Btrawbaugh, 38. enlisted man at Vancouver bar racks was killed when bis motorcycle crashed Into an automobile. ARE NOT STUPID BERKELEY, Cal., May 1. (UP) Speed with which persons think Is no Index of their Intelligence, two Uni versity of California psychologists announced today after a series of mental tests. Popular theories that a fast think er Is a superficial one, and that a person of slow mental processes Is of low Intelligence were found untrue. Caroline McCann Tryon and Pro fessor Harold E. Jones reported the findings. The slow Individual Is not neces sarily less Intelligent, nor Is the fast one necessarily superficial," their re port said. "We gave a group of 100 students an Intelligence test which depended In no way on the speed of finishing." OF GIRL LOCATED NORTH ADAMS. Mass., May 1 (UP) An overnight bag and a keen. long-bladed hunting knife were sought tonight aa missing clues In the brutal murder of Leah Lloyd Johnston. 18-yesr-old nursemaid, who was gsrroted and stabbed as she kept a secret tryst here with an unknown man. The bag contained shoes and toilet articles the girl had packed Friday night as sha told her grandpsrents. with whom she. lived, that ahe was going to care for the child of Mr. and Mra Samuel Berger. The Bergera de nted they had engaged her. PARIS. May 1. (UP) French vet erans of the world war and their families will ssll for a five-day visit In the United States sboard the liner Paris, from Le Havre, It was learned today. The excursion la being made In re sponse to an Invitation to the veter ans, extended by the American Le gion. SALEM. May 1. (API In request ing President Roosevelt to consider construction of one unit or tne co Columbia river hydro-electric project Governor Julius L. Meier In a tele gram today reminded the president of bis promts mad In Portland last September. Select Jury Trial of L. A. Banks (left), former publisher, and his wife, Edith (cen ter), for the murder of Constable Geo. J. Prescott (right), opened to day In Eugene on a change of venue from Jackson vntinty. Ivv, jr I s SI BOMBING AND DISORDER MARK MAY DAY'S ADVENT CHICAGO. May 1. (AP) The heart of Chicago's business district reverberated with the detonations of bombs toased with well-timed pre cision early this May Day, causing property damage unofficially esti mated &t many thousands of dollars. One estimate was 950,000. No one was killed or Injured. Attributed by the police to com munists celebrating May Day, five bombs in all apparently were thrown from moving motor cars at tho same time, damaging the establishments at j-whlch they were filmed, as well as smashing windows in surrounding structures within a radius of one block- In each case. All known com munists were ordered arrested. The plants attacked were the Mar shall Field and company uniform di PERU'S PRESIDENT DIES BY BULLET OF ASSASSIN LIMA, Peru, May 1. (AP) Peru was under a state of siege today as national mourning was decreed for Prealdetn Luls M. Sanchca Cerro, who was assassinated by a revolutionary yesterday as he was accepting the plaudits of the public at an army review. General Oscar Bcnavldes assumed his duties as head of the state, hav ing been chosen as permanent presi dent by the constituent assembly. Theatrical performers, movies, and sports events and all kinds of public manifestations were suspended OUTRAGES AGAINST CHILDREN CREATE OF KANSAS CITY, Kas., May 1. (AP) Scores of frightened psrente guarded their children today to the door of the Abbot school near which was kid naped 6-year-old Nadlne Vogel Love, whose mutilated body was found yes terdsy In a field near Bonner Springs, Kas. With fresh terror added to the tragedy by the attempted abduction of s, 16-ycar-old girl near the place Nadlne' body was found, F. L. Schlagle. superintendent of schools, promised cooperation of all school authorities to prevent repetition of the tragedy. He Instructed teachers to designate older pupils to keep watch over younger children enroute home from school, to report any men loitering near the schools snd asked pupils to report any men who may speak to I them en route to and rrom scnooi. A posse of 300 farmers searched the Lloyd A. Billings farm near Bonner Springs today In a futile effort to find a man who yesterday attempted to kidnap Eunice Billings, 16. SOVIET SENDS HOT REPLY TO CHARGES MOSCOW, U. 8. 8. R.. May (AP) The Soviet vice chairman of trhe Chinese Eastern railway board has sent another bristling note to the Manchuchtikuan chairman of the board stating "It Is a direct He when you talk about locomotives being held without authorization in tha U. 8. a. a.- to Try Accused Couple. vision at 434 South Wells street; the Illinois Bell telephone company head quarters at 313 West Washington street; the Sprague Warner and Com pany, wholesale grocers at 600 West Erie street; the Hlbbard, Spencer and Barttett Wholesale Hardware company at 311 East North Water street, and the Howard Wlllett Teaming com pany at 323 East Grand avenue. By the Associated Press. ' May Day, traditionally the occasion for radical demonstrations, was moat widely celebrated today In two "dis similar nations In Russia, where the communists ae all-powerful, and in Germany, where the communists are most hated. A million persons, Including be ( Continued on Page Five) throughout the nation, and every where flags were at half-mast. The new president recolved the Im mediate support of the old ministry, every member of which agreed to rc main in office until the executive has an opportunity to select a cabi net of his own. President Sanchez Cerro was killed by Abelardo Hurtado da Mendoaz, who was Immediately slain by guards, Two soldiers were killed and six sol diers and two civilians one of them a woman Injured In a riotous out break Immediately after the assasal ntalon. THOUSANDS SHEEP PERISH IN SUDDEN PENDLETON, Ore., May l-(AP) Caught In a sudden, devastating oold wave, several thousand head- of Uma tilla county aheep perished In a storm Saturday night and Sunday, It was revealed today, aa word reached here from the country districts. Boylen Brothers of Pendleton said they lost between 3B00 and 3000 sheep In the vicinity of Lena, and other Aheepmn In the district were trying to count their Inns. The sheep, recently sheared, were unable to survive the shnrp drop In temperature, which sent the mercury to 44 degree or lower. Many automobiles were stalled In the mountain passes by the sudden bllrmrd. Traffic was held up Satur day night in the Blue mountains by about 10 Inches of snow. Most of the sheep lost In the storm had Just been sheared and were being taken to the ranges. Int his condl tlon they were caught In the sudden storm which brought on colds and chills, from which sheep die so quickly. Many young lambs, lert without their mothers, probably will die be fore ranchers csn round them up. NEW YORK, May 1. (AP) The visible supply of American grain showa the following changes In bushels: Whest decreased 2.545.000: corn decreased 1P1.0O0: oats depress ed 1C9.0O0: rye lncresse 11,000 barley Increased. 38,000. CONGRESS HALTS E IS WASHINGTON, May 1 (AP) The ftrat week In June was set for the adjournment of the special session of congress In a talk today between President Roosevelt and Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the party leader. ,.",We feet we, are progressing very watls factor fly." lcl Robinson, "and we are hopeful of finishing our work during the first week In June." The majority leader Indicated that If some measures were not disposed of by that time they would be put over for the regular session. WASHINGTON, May 1. (AP) The 600,000.000 bill for direct relief grants to states was passed today by the senate and now returns to the house for action on minor amend ments. Senators Wagner (D N. Y.), La Follette (R., Wis.), and Costlgan (D. Colo., had appealed to senators to speed the bill as reltof funds were al most exhausted. E LB MARS. la., May . (UP) Na tional Rtiardsn.cn established com plete military rule tonight over Ply mouth county and announced that farmers convicted of participating last week In an attack upon Judge Charles O. Bradley would be court- martialed. The situation In the corn lands was so tense that respected citizens carried pistols In their pockets as they attended church services and a priest turned his sermon Into a fer vent plea that there be a halt to violence. HOOD RIVER, Ore., May 1. (AP) The Apple Growers' association here, Wrhlch last season handled 700 barrels of whit cherries by the sul phur brining process, will lncresse the output this summer In case there Is no demand for white cherries by canners. Plans this year call for pitting and stemming locally, thus increasing the payroll here. Indications are that The Dalles, where 10,000 barrels of Mhrasohlno stock cherries werw pitted and stem med last year, may double the out put this year. MISSIONARY FIELD NEW YORK. May 1. (AP) The Presbyterian board of foreign mis sions announced touay mat sirs. Pearl Buck had resigned as a mts slonsry of the Presbyterian church In tr.e U. 8. A. Mrs. Buck, a missionary for many years In China and now on leave In this country, recently wbs criticized by some members of the church for doctrlnsl views ah expressed in a magazine article. M'DOHALD LACKED . S. Officials Learn Early That Premier No Longer Leader McNary Plays Shrewd Hand in Congress (Cnpirlchled by MrCluro Newspaper .Tnniraie) By PAIL MAM.OS WASHINGTON. May 1. Under. neath all the ballyhoo on tha Roose- veit-MscDonald conferences was n unfortunate situation which prevent- i r. ttooscvelt from getting what wanted. Otlr Officials found nut. aarli, lH the game that Premier MacDonald Is no longer the leader of Britain. He was far from bslner th Vini labor party premier who came here j. KO wlin fix government staunchly behind" him. He looked the same. The only difference was that his eye trouble seemed to bother him. Ke wore doiible-thlr.tr 1n his glasses. He seemed e ry tired. prouaoiy would nave made no difference If he felt he had a gov. ernment behind him at .home. The whlsner In RplfUH .iwi.. that If Mr. ROOSflVAtt. WsntAH tj MM suit the British government he should ' ciuiea over wree ottier men: neviue unamberlam, chancellor of the exchequer: Waller Runclman, president of the bonnl nf tMrf. Stanley Baldwin, president of the pnvy council, mess men are all conservatives. Their views uaually differ from MacOonald's. They use htm as a front m.n window dressing. The conservatives mm .iMri. .w Ing charge of Republican affairs in congress. The first breakawav fmm was led by Senator Reed. He was ooistercd ortrstage by Messrs. Hoover, Mellon, Mills, others Joined In, but the Initiative acnln.f. inflafiAH ... furnished by that quartet, The Inner weakness of tha stop was clearly demonstrated by the result. The nominal Renubltcsn iaHr Ma- Nary, declined to Join the move. Th shrewd position be adopted was to vom ior ajj onanges in tha Roosevelt program and then to fnvni tha. hm on Its final passage. . That la far mor kiirtii nniift than was exhlhtori hv o-j crowd. McNary will be sitting pretty wy is goes., ii the program (Continued on Page Eight) L OF RELIEF FUNDS PORTLAND. May l.(AP) Antici pating congresslonsl approval of the huge publlo works program through which vast sums of money will be made available to the several states. Oregon I hopeful of obtaining funds up to 190.000.000 for a vast develop ment progrsm to give work to thou sands of men and add materially to the wealth of the state. Governor Julius 1,. Meier has asked the atste highway commission and the several state relief organizations for- recommendations as to where Isrge sums of money can be best used In event the fund becomes avstlable. In order that It might be put to work for the "rehabilitation .of the Idle man power of the country, to the end that there may be again, established prosperity throughout the nation." SEVEN DEAD IN YAZOO CITY, Miss, May 1. (AP) Seven known dead, scores of In jured and the ruin, of hundreds or homes today marked the path of a week-end tornado, which blew up around Lake Village In southeast Arkansas and leaped the Mississippi river to strike at Yazoo city and dreenvllle In West Mississippi. The storm struck first In the plan tation country southwest of Lake Vil lage, late Saturday night. D. D. Boyd, en. was killed as the blast carried his home nearly 300 feet and flat tened It. Jumping the big river, the storm struck again near Joneatown, shoved several homes Into the swollen Yazoo river and then moved on to the edge I of Yazoo city. Three negroes were - kilted here and many negroes and white persons Injured. Approximately 200 houses were reported demolished. HOOD RIVER. Ore.. May 1. (AP) A general rain extending from the fruit belt over the grain fiida snd on Into the livestock country brought smiles to tha laces ot ranchers on May day. v.