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Medford Mail Tribune Your Vacation will be more enjoyable If you have the Mall Tribune follow you. No additional cost. Phone 75 and place jour order before leaving. ) Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOliD. OREGON, SUNDAY, JUNE IS, 1933. No. 75. mm The Weather forecast,: jir, except somewhat cloudy 6undav; not much change in temperature. Htfhet jeMrrday HWMWW, btf Lowpit esterdsy bo 8'fF KIBE ill Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS HE.T wave sweeps Southern Ore gon. People complain. "Terrible, isn't It?" they will tell each other. Never w It hotter at this time o! the year. Only a few days ago. these same , people were complaining bitterly about the cold, damp, backward spring. By "these same people" Is meant all of us. We were all doing it. WHAT on earth would we do with out the weather? It provides us with a topic of con versation when he can't think of anything else to say. thus saving many an awkward situation. This writer sometimes wonders what would become of social contacts If we didn't have the weather to get the conver sation opened up. And If we didn't have the weather to complain about, we'd certainly be . lost. ANOTHER odd thing about the weather: This particular individual was go ing along on Wednesday and think ing nothing much about It until he heard that the mercury had touched 100. Before that time, the heat hadn't been noticed; Immediately afterward, it became oppressive. MORAL: Don't look at the ther mometer in hot weather. An other moral: A lot of our troubles are in our minds the heat, for example When we don't know how hot it is. we're happy; when we do. we get uncomfortable. , M MAYBE the warm wave Is a bit un comfortable., but It's exceedlng- ly good for what alls u. With plenty of moisture In the ground, the crops that had been held back by the cold, late spring are booming along. One can almost SEE things grow. And a good crop here In the South ern Oregon country Is gotng to help a lot this year, because it looks now as If a good crop might be worth quite a little money. UsrNBSS." 1 merchant said to D Wis writer yesterday, "al ly beginning to get better. "People have a little more money than they had a while back, and what they have they are spending a little more freely. They have more confi dence In the future, and are not so much afraid to let go of what money they have In return for things they need." THAT Is to ss 'people are begin ning to believe now taht they will be able to get hold of more mop ey to replace that which they spend for what they need. A little while aeb, they weren't at all sure of It. The money In their pockets then lacked like all the money In the world. S- they felt they must r.s-r.g onto It st any cost. With returning confidence in the future, people feel that It is again txte to spend what they can afford for. necessities. That Is one reason why business Is getting better. A LITTLE bit later, when STILL MORE money gets Into people's pockets, and when confidence In the future becomes still stronger, they will begin to spend not only for nec essities but for those things that we call luxuries. When that happens, business real ly WILL be better. It takes free spend ing to make business good. npHERE S Just 'one thing that wor 1 rles me a little." this mer chant continued: "Prices are going up exceedingly fast. If they go up faster than the earning capacity of our cus- tomers, well be hurt." THAT Is true. We look upon ruing prices as an Indication that business Is get ting better, but If prices rise faster than the ability of average people pay these prices business WONT get better. It CANT. Business can be good only as the great majority of all the peo ple In this country have money w.th which to buy what la produced If prices KEEP ON rising fseter thin wsaes. the return of prosperity will be checked. FOR the present.' "however, this Is true: prices rise, those who gt the i-.- ier pi-ires will rx enabled to make a pro:.: I. t:iev are enabled lo make (Continued on f is roui TAINS HIDE FATE PLANE FLIER Score Of Planes Search Wilds For William Young After Disappearance To Portland From Airport. ROtsEBURG, Ore., June 17. P) The wHd. jagged mountains of the Cow creek canyon In southern Ore gon were scanned from the air by & score of fliers today as comrades of William B. Young, 28, Portland avi ator, sought some trace of him or his plane, .unreported since shortly be fore midnight Friday. The missing flier disappeared be tween Medford and Portland and to day the' aearch centered in the Cow creek region after a forest service employe sa!d he had heard a plane circling In the fog last night In the vicinity of Devil's Knob. Flying weath er had been excellent along the Med-ford-Portland airways, except for a bank of fog in the mountain wilder ness. x Young, who formerly flew the Port land airways between Portland and Walla Walla, took a passenger from Portland to Medford last night, reach ing the southern Oregon city at 11:20 p. m. Thirty minutes later he took off for Portland, where he should have arrl7ed 14 hours later. There waa no report from his radio set at 1 a- m., and ground operators became concerned. Calls to his ship went unanswered, and a check with all ground stations brought no in formation. By dawn several planes were in the air in search of the miss ing man. and by noon today IS others had assembled from Portland, Salem and Eugene. Eleven planes were on the airport here late today, alternating In a sys tematic search ' of the wide area in which Young may have crashed or been forced down ' T ALASKA VESSELS W AiS H7 NOTON , June H.(7P) Ad miral William V. Pratt, chief of naval operations, tonight ordered all naval vessels and airplanes in Alaskan wat ers and in the vicinity of the Aleu tian waters to search for Jimmy Mat tern, round-the-world filer missing on a hop from Siberia to Alaska. The navy department said the re pair ship Argonne. in command of Captain Harry Dact, was Jn Alaskan waters and that at least two navy filers also were in the vicinity. They were Ensign William A. Moffett. Jr., son of the late Rear Admiral Moffett, and Lieutenant John Vest. Pratt's order instructed all naval vesels and pilots to make every ef fort, by aea and plane, to locate the missing airman. S PORTLAND, Ore., June 17. (AP) The Ashland, Ore., hlgh'school team won first place m the third annual Pacific coast high school chemistry contest, Professor R. K. Btrong, chairman of the contest committee, announced here today, Ashland high will hold the trophy that ha been In possession of Montesano, Wash., high school this past year. Examinations were written June 14 by Ashland. Snohomish, Wash., and j Polsom City. Calif., winners in their I respective states. The Ashland team, I taught by B. C. Porsythe, Included Frank Billings, Homer Clinton, Charles Oalllon and James Martin. Patricia Carlon. 17. of route 1, is in the Community hospital and H. j A. Smith of this city under arrest as result of a collision at the cor I ner of Fourth and Oakdale streets ! about 10:15 o'clock last night. , Miss Carlon injuries were unde i termlned whep the hospital was j called last night. Her condition was belieTed not serious. Mi as Carlon and Marguerite Boyle were driving in Noel Benson cur. when Smith In his auto met tnem on the wrong side of the street, ac rordlrg to the police reoort. Die ram r-ahd and Mis Carlm wis injur-d ?7vth was arrested for irscaJees dm in BREWER HELD FOR BY Money Ready For William Hamm's Release Verne Sankey Suspected Death Promised Police Interfere. ST. PAUL. Minn.. June 17. if) A 100.000 ransom was reported ready tonight for payment to kidnapers of William Hamm. Jr., 34, millionaire president of tlu Theodore Hamm Brewing company. The kidnapers delivered an ulti matum that they would kill Hamm. heir to a 14.000.000 estate, If authori ties interfered. Police remained In the background as H. J. Charles, attorney for the brewing company, sought to make contact with the abductors. Eager to exchange alOO.000 for the brewer's release, members of his fam ily were reported to have withdrawn that sum from a Minneapolis bank. The few clues were said by police to point toward Verne Sankey, fugi tive for a year since the kidnaping here of young Haskell Bonn, son of a refrigerator manufacturer, and also wanted for the kidnaping at Denver of Charles Boettcher XI. . A taxi driver who handed to Wil liam Dunn, business associate of Hamm, a note demanding the ran som identified a picture of Sankey as the man who paid him a? to de liver It. Hamm was kidnaped at noon Thurs. day as he walked from his office to ward his home. His disappearance was kept secret while associates sought to obtain his release, but members of his family announced it today, re questing authorities to do nothing to endanger his life. Charles issued a brief statement saying: "Mr. Dunn, (St. Paul sales man. ag'er' for the" brewing companyl "ur now the official contact man In deal. Ing with this case. We are anxious to pay the money and get Mr. Hamm back." . The money was to be delivered, un der Instructions from the kidnapers, in sn open empty brewery truck, con taining only the driver and the ran som. FEDERALS WIOVE TO HALT GUNMEN WASHINGTON. June 17. (Fi The federal government, angered by the slaying cf a department of Justice operative In Kansas City, was mov ing tonight toward atamplng out racketeers and gunmen. The slaying of Raymond J. Caffrey. the Justice department mar. In an attempt at Kansas City to free or kill Frank Nash, an Oklahoma, train rob ber, was accepted by Attorney Gener al Cummlnga as outright defiance of a governmental agency which gang dom has long respected. He answered the challenge with an order to set the entire Justice depart ment on the trail of the killers and specifically assigned a detail from points' near Kansas City to the case Cummlngs' order, by coincidence, followed closely a statement by Presi dent Roosevelt last night that "we must protect" the newly legalized trade association "from the racket eers who invade organisations of both employers and workers." Medford'i Rogues will Invade the precincts of the Coqullle Loggers to day to decide which team shall rule undisputed as undefeated team in the Southern Oregon league- Rose burg's Vets will Journey to Ashland for a Joust with t he Te J u vena ted team of the Lithis city and Klam ath Falls will play the Eagle Point Cheesemakers at Eagle Point. Chief interest will center In the battle between Medford and CoquUle. both teams being undefeated In the Southern Oregon league. KANSAS SPEEDSTER SETS NEW RECORD SOLDI RR FIELD. CHICAGO. June 17 4V Glenn Cunningham, Kanaka university's sensational middle dis tance runner tonight sped to a new American record for the mils run. winning the event over s brilliant fteM in four minutes. 9 8 seconds. t'.mpir; his field st the half mile rark C'ltintnghim t his own pay r .in hv eiHi-illt 1 Vltfll AVavr T.?1a i Hutton of Illinois. 6tu aormai, ' ROGUES, COQUILLE j COMPEUNTEREST WORLD LEADERS Secretary hull sBBBMsf&ji - vtuJ i ! ""t-" & fp"' :: " ' ""?'"'"? Delegates from virtually every country sre meeting In the Geological museum, London, to seek ways and meant of bettering the world economic situation. Secretary Cordell Hull heads the American delega tion and Premier Ramsay MacDonald of Great Britain, Premier Daladipr of France and Viscount Ishil of Japan are the chief delegates of their countries. (Associated Preae Photos! L TO BE NAMED ATlFOR YE Tomorrow Is school election day in Medford and the polls will be open from S o'clock to 7 o'clock at the Senior high school on South Oak dale. Any naturalized or natural born citizen of voting age, Who has been In the state of Oregon six months and tn the Medfard school district for 30 days wiU.be eligible ;to ,vot, Voters are not requred to register for the school election, contrary to common opinion. Two directors will be chosen at to morrow's election to serve for three year terms on the board. Two -members of the present board, N. H. Franklin and Eugene Thorndike, are candidates for re-election and Dr. I. D. Phtpps has been entered as a new candidate by a group represented by George Iverson, A. W. Pipes, J. C. Col lins and Leland J. Knox, former mem ber of the school faculty. All persons Interested in the wel fare of the schools and the continu ation of the fine educational stand ard established here during the past several years, are urged to go to the polls and vote. That educational standard, according to announcement of Dr. James Gilbert of the Univer sity of Oregon has placed Medford with the 10 best school systems of the United States in the recent clas sification of Columbia University. Announcement of MM ford's standing was made by Dr. Gilbert in his com mencement address here June 2. Charles J. Bennett of Copper., sn engineer, is being held In the county Jail In lieu of SI 000 following his arrest Friday afternoon by state police, on a charge of stealing groc eries Thursdsy from the csbin be longing to M. E. Porter, a miner on Brunh creek. Arrested with Bennett was his companion Edward F. Fish, a shoe maker, who also resides tn the Car berry creek district. The Bennett family was camped there, according to officers, and the stolen food was recovered there. The two men were taken before Justice of the Peace W. R. Coleman, and Fish was re leased. . Officers stated that the sacks of , food were tied in the trees with new shoe strings, which allegedly belong ! ed to Fish. The Bennetts are sold 'to be transients, without means. VOTE FOR REPEAL NEW HAVEN. Conn., June 17. OP. Connecticut, one of the two itibi which never ratified the I8th smend- i ment, Tuesday will select delegates to its contention to srt on the 21st amendment, which would repeal the prohibition law. The result appeared so certain tht ven th Rev. Fletcher Parker At Hartford, state chairman of the citi zen orsranlxstion against ratifies tlon. in s formal statement said his o-s-anlration did not expert to win Both J. Henry Rorsbach, Republl- i curt state chairman, and David A t Wilton. rmvrtl- atst cliairman. have p-ejictctt that rsttflcsilcn UJ TO eaeur. ONTHEFKHARGE IN LONDON ECONOMIC CONFERENCE CELL RETURN IN COMING WEEK Llewellyn A. Banks, convlctd slay' er, and former lotal agitator, orchard 1st, and editor, is scheduled to return to a cell in the Lane county Jail at Eugene this week, after a . month spent in the hospital, and to have his motion for a new trial presented. Circuit Judge George F. Sklpworth. while no definite announcement has been made, is expected to return to Kittens, upon -completion of the Wal ter Jones ballot theft trial now un derway. The Jones trial In expctd to be concluded not later than Wed nesday. Attorney Enright, one of Banks' counsel, last week presented a mo tion, asking fir six days further time tn which to file a motion for a new trial. The court granted it, with the specified understanding it was to be the last time. Banks waa given until Thursday, June 33, to file the mo tion. It is a month to the day, from the date of his conviction, of second degree murder, which carries with It a mandatory life sentence. Banks was removed to the hospital the day fol lowing his conviction, and two weeks ago he was operated upon for a gland ular aliment. According to reports received the past week, Banks is convalescing rap idly and is able to be up inhfs street clothes, and has recovered "from the effects of the operation. According to report here. Lane county has arranged a cell space on the second floor of Its ancient Jail, for the detention of Banks. He is now a Lane county prisoner, and Jackson county has no concern with the expense of his keep. His hospital bills were guaranteed by a brother-in-law, Charles P. Moran, if Cleve land, Ohio. Banks has also recovered from the nervoua strain of the trial. After the motion for 'he new trial is submitted, it is anticipated that Banks will file the usual appeal to the state supreme court, if necessary which requires from 60 dava to 18 months for a decision depending on me importance or the case. It Is known that In the past three weeks, friends of the conlcted sgl tator have endeavored to produce sif- noaviis from local and county real dent in support of the new tr.a! con tent Ions, Report reaching this city Friday said that Banks was In good spirits, and tsklng keen interest in the nnl lot theft trials now In progress here. Testimony in the La Dleu trial, pic tured Bsnks and his wife, as the all- bl-mskers for his former loyal busl nesj aide, and in the Jonea trial, the testimony show that as one of the leaders of the - "Good Government Congress," he knew of the crime. John Glenn, former county Jailer la scheduled to go to trial, for ballot theft with the completion of the jones trial, m the conspiracy which the state holds was formed to steal the ballots, and thwart the sheriff race. La Dleu. convicted last week oy a Jury, Jone now on trial, Glenn, former county Jailer. Tom L. Brec- heen. Ashland political worker. Earl H. Feht, county Judge, and sunpend-d Sheriff Oordon L. Sehermerhorn are listed as mem hers by the state. Plans for visiting the new govern ment hsichery at Butte rails in the near imure are being outlined oj me cnamDrr of commerce, it was sn nounced yesterday, a caravan trip ' planned and a tour or the hatche.y. which Is deecnoed ss the fine.t fish ria'.chf-v. west of the ftockv mcun- I tains. CALLED TO REST Charles W. Pslm, 73 years old, long time resident of Medford snd cne of Jackson county's best known citizens, succumbed to an extended illness at his home on South Holly street at Eleventh, at 7:00 o'clock Saturday morning, June 17. Mr. Talm was born at Lima, Ohio, on May 10, MM. In the year 1888. at the age of 37. he took up hla resldenre in Medford, where he has ajnee resided. ' Soon upon his arrival here, he en gaged In the real estate business which he followed for a period of 38 yesrs and from which he retired 30 years ago. Besides his wife. Callle Elfert Palm. he leaves one sister and one brother. Mrs. Emma Starrett of Columbus, Ohio, and G. F. Palm of Portland, Ore. Funeral services will be held at the Conger chapel at 3:30 Tues day with the Rev. William B. Ham ilton officiating. Entombment will follow In. the Medford memorial mausoleum. 'Charley" Palm was not only one of Medfnrd's first residents, but one of the largest holders of business property in the city. A great be liever In real estate as an lnveat mnt, he owned at he time of his death the business block at the, cor ner of Msln and Front, partly occu pied by Browns, a similar block of buildings at the corner of Main and Fir. t he corner occupied by Cleo's. alao the Rtalto theatre property, and many residence properties In various parts of the city. Two or three years, ago Mr. Palm was atrlcken by a atfrlou disc as necessitating a major operation by Dr. Coffee of Portlnnd, from which he never recovered. During this per iod, he bore his suffering with the grpateat courage and fortitude, and even when his friends and family had given up hope he kept on right ing for his heslth. Up to within a few weeks of his desth Mr. Palm attended to his own business affairs, being a familiar sight In the center of town where his properties were located, usually In his closed ear with Mrs. Palm, his faithful wife and companion these many years, and his two de voted cocker spaniel dogs. HITS NEW SNAG LONDON. June t7. (AP) News that the American government Is not prepared to accept the currency stab tllratlon plsn draft.-d at London by experU at the woMd economic con ference changed the whole aspect of the parley tor.lght, deatroylng the generally accepted view that the world monetary problem would be the first to yield concrete results. The American delegates heard the report from Washington unofficial ly as they returned from the royal garden pavty at Windsor. Early editions of London Sunday papers were already appearing with the h'-ad line "Conference makes prngTe'" and asserting an srrsnge ment for the stabiliratlon of the poiird and the dollar waa near at hand. Fioosevelt Aboard Boot For Vacation MARION. Mass, June .17 p President Roosevelt boarded the Am berjark 3 at 8:20 o'clook tonUht and shoved out into I he harbor here pre paratory to a at art tomorrow up the Atlantic coast m the schooner. KNEW OF BALLOT THEFTSIS CLAIM Trial Of Jones, Rogue River Mayor, Tends To Show Leaders Of The G. G. C. Aware Of Happenings. Evidence tending to show that the j leaders and organizers of the self-1 styled "Good Government congress," j which held a "conclave" In the courthouse auditorium on the night of the ballot theft, knew of the vote stealing and were counselled by Wslter J. Jones of Rogue River, on , trial as one of 23 defendants, to delay their departure from the courthouse, by the rear door, was introduced by the state at the Saturday morning session. Testimony at the La Dleu trial showed that the "congress" cheered unwittingly as one of the means to muffle the sound of falling glass when the ballot vault window was broken. field Crowd Back Wilbur Sexton testified that Jones! told him he was going Into the and-; ltorlum, and ten "them not to come out now." This, the witness said, was whtle the ballot robbery was nearing its end. Henrietta B. Mar tin, president of the organization, her father. C. H. Brown, its secre tary, his wife. L. A. Bsnks. convicted slayer and honorary president, and h. O. Van Wegan. driver of the red auto, in which they came to the meeting, were in the auditorium, an "unseemly length of time." Attorney Moody said in his opening state ment. Mrs. 0. H. Brown and Van Wejtsn. defense witnesses, were at variance on the number of autos parked. Sexton, 17. who with O. Jean Con ners, vice-president and "parliamen tarian" if the "congress, and listed tin one of the "Green Spring Moun tain boys," entered the vault to re move the ballet pouches, also testi fied that Jones was around the courthouse, "part of the time with a monkey-wrench, and the remainder with a hammer up hla right sleeve, ostensibly on guard. Tones on Guard His station was at the southwest corner. Sexton Identified the mon key-wrench, and said Jonea told him he would nit anvbody in the hend who tried to pa Earl Bryant and James D. Oaddy, of Jsrksonvllle, testified that when they returned to the courthouse from a trip to the "News" with E. A. Fleming of Jacksonville, they were stopped at the southeast, corner of the courthouse by two men. One took Fleming away. Thu other guard ed them and had a hammer In his hsnd Brvant testified. Thev could not Identify the mun but "he told us to hack up against the courthouse, so we would be out of the light.' The trio attended the "conclave." Conferred With Fehl Both witnesses said Fleming re turned in a fftw minutes and all left for Bryant's truck parked on Laurel street near the "Beauty Shoppe.' Fleming, when they reached the truck saltf: "Walt a minute. Judge Feht wants ( Continued from rage One.) VOTE TO DECIDE EATE OF REPEAL CONCORD, N. H.. June 17. (AP) New Hampshire voters Tuesday will ballot to ratify or reject the Hist amendment. The present legislature has leaned toward repeal, the new 3 3 per cent beer waa allowed to be sold by vote of the lawmakers and another bill, which would permit sale of six per cent beer and wines to be sold If the dry law waa repealed was passed by both houses. This bill awaits the signature or veto of Governor John W. Wahant. TO BOOST WAGES WA8HINOTON. June 17. (AP I Agreements among more than half dozen major Industries to raise wages, at ah 1 1 In hours of work snd ban sales below cost of production were understood tonight to be near ing completion for submission to Hugh 8. Johnson, administrator of the national recovery ant. Out of weeks of conferences came authoritative reports that announce ment ready soon would affect mil lions of workers snd set In motion definitely the machinery upon which President Roofevelt rets much of hu expectation of ending the depression DROP OF DOLLAR WAS ENGINEERED BY OFFICIALDOM More Than Law Of Nature Behind Exchange Move ment Is Revelation Came Like Bolt From Blue (Copyrighted by McClure Newspaper Snydicate) By Paul .Mai ion WASHINGTON, Jun- lBTh- wa more than the law of nature behind the downfall of the dollar. Our government nfficiou innv v the cat that swallowed the canary whenever vou mention th nhwt So do offlciala of the Federal Re serve bank of New York and believe It or no- J. P. Morgan. None of those are stupid enough to leave any tracks uncovered. They deny with almost too much vehem ence that they were manipulating foreign exchange to force the Lon don economic conference into Ask ing action. They awear things Just happened that way. And Imagine mcir surprise wnen the miracle trans pired four days before the confer. ence opened. It was like a bolt from the blue j if you know what they mean. With thlnir In that, at I nnmei probablv be better to fell fhi- in.i atory in the potential mood. That means on.y wnat the government, the Federal Reserve and our bankers might have done to run the British pound up from $3.85 to 84.18 within four dava. The ins Me situation the- for lis. We wanted the pound ptg Bsd around $4 as a temporary truce ior me duration of the conference. As lonff ss the Dounrf m armmrf 3 88 the Brltlah laughed at Ua. They wanted It as low as possible to pre-1 serve ineir international trade bene fits., . '. .... .... . Then came the hntt Th mh.. started going up and dollars diwrn. The day the conference opened 1 was (4.18. If this government wanted to run the pound and frnnc up. It would go to the New York Federal Reserve hank. It would suggest that the British could be made to see the light about an exchange truce If the pound were higher. (Continued on Page Pour) T Mr. and Mrs. E. R. Blngmen. of SIS Plum atreet. and the letter's cousin. Oeorge T. Shollenburg, 30. all walked out of city court Saturday morning together, apparently the best of friends, although the evening before Shollenburg had thrown Blngman out the window of his own home (with out opening the window.) The Blngmana appeared at the city police station to file a complaint against Shollenburg, whom they had hsd arrested by city police on Friday night for disturbing the peace. How. ever when the trio appeared In city court, the Blngmans requested the chsrgee be ropped. Blngmsn had sev ersl bandages on his hesd denoting placea where the window glass hsd cut. WILL ROGER? 3Qys: BEVERLY HILLS, Cat., June. 16. Well, I had a tough time communicating with you all to day. I first wrote one de manding the other 90 per cent, of debts. Then I got to think ing that maybe we better grab the 10 per cent, before they changed their minds. So I just finally decided that Roosevelt would just have to handle it alone. I refuse to enter into it. A debt argument i'J just like a religious one, it'n a mighty good thing to stay out of.' Everybody's min'1 is made op iilreHtly. , When that little New Eng land Yankee, Calvin Coolidge, said "they viired the money, didn't they'" he covered all the ground. Yours, (fill '41 ViVivglt tjaelssu. las.
