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. Buying Now Good Business Commodity Prkrs Going Up Daily The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Satur day; no change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday , " Low put this morning 58 Medforb Mail Trf Your Vacation wU t mor enjoyable it yoa bate Ilia Mall Tribune follow Jott. No additional coat. Pbone IS and plaoa jour order before leaving. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFOHU, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1933. No. 97. nn M -une BMP Jt Li J IsnniJ . 1 Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS KIDNAPING! Th papera are full of It. aa you know If you read them regularly. Why? Because It la profitable and reasonably SAFE. CRIMF Increaaea as the chances of punishment grow smaller. It de creased aa the chances of punishment Increase. If you doubt that, take a look at counterfeiting. Counterfeiting, la one crime that la relatively rare. It la one crime that 1 sternly and re lentlessly punished. The government shows uo leniency to. counterfeiters. As 8 result, criminals think twice before making bad money. WHEN we think of kidnaping, we naturally think of the Lind berghs, abduction of whose son pro vided the most famous case of recent history. The Lindberghs are now making newa by mapping a new air route to Europe by way of Labrador and Greenland. It Is no mere publicity tun,. Pan-American Airways, with which Colonel Lindbergh la associ ated. Is deliberately planning a trans AUantlc air rout. It has already obtained rlghta to land at Bermuda and the Azores. It wants to know whether the northern route might be preferable to the southern for normal service. Hence ColoneJ Lindbergh's mapping expedition. npHE question of an American ter- I mlna) for this service is now under consideration, with New Tork, Baltimore and Charleston being stud ied. Prom the standpoint of busl' ness, New Tork has Une call, but Its business advantages may be offset by fog and ice conditions in the winter season. It la probable that the northern route, now being mapped by Colonel and Mra. Lindbergh, will be open to the same obpectlon, but when big money la planning an Important new Investment it wants to know ALL the facta. NorE, please, that big money la finally becoming Interested In trans-Atlantic air commerce. That means that flying over the Atlantic is no longer regarded aa.Jnat a stunt. For this service, two large sea planes are being built.' Each will carry 80 passengers. These planea will bo tested this winter, and It Is expected that commercial flights, will be started before Vie end of 1934. Tho world Is moving. COLONEL LINDBERGH, It may In terest you to know, is commonly believed to have made about a half million dollara this spring out of the rise in price of ha Pan-American Airways stock. Do vou suppose the Idea of mak ing a half million dollara on Wall Street ever crossed his mind w.hen he was making that epochal night that proved the possibility of flying ever tiie Atlantic? Probably not. He wasn't thinking muc,'i about money back In those days. THIS news Is carried by the head lines: Russia favors trading with the United States. The United States, at least so far as Mils Insignificant Individual Is concerned, favors trading with Rue- sla If she will pay her bills In GOOD j HARD MONEY. ... v. . h.r the monrvlday seeking federal aid. More than , . , . . ... ... k nn w:.icn u p.j ir ...v .... j. irom us we migm as wen go FIE JAUNT 10 FAIR GRANTS PASS. Ore.. July 14. (UP) A 90-year old woman living in Jo sephine county hiked six miles to Grants Pam today to ask the coun'y court to send her to the Chicago Century of Progress exposition. As a rounty pioneer, sh thought It wou'.d be fitting for the county to send her to the fair, giving her rail road expenses and hot accommoda tion, But County Judjte Grant Matthew did no. . t;i-. m-av. fc"ini.n?n'.n.: courm-rt-:-. -r, he had her re turned to her Some. OF BALLOT TRIAL EXPECTED Suspended Sheriff Tells of Movements On Night of Crime at Courthouse Hear Character Witnesses Suspended Sheriff Gordon L. Scher. merhorn, long time resident of this city and county, on trial In circuit court, charged with ballot-theft, tqok the stand this morning in his own behalf, and will be cross-examined this afternoon. The defendant Is the final witness for the defense In Its direct case, and up to the noon recess Schermerhom had told of his early life and activi ties here, and In Colorado and New York. He took the stand at 11:30. Schermerhom detailed a part of his movements on the night of the ballot robbery and told of hl actlvltlea In relation" to the filing of bonds for L. A. Banks and the meeting In the county judges office between 8 a,nd 6:30 or 6:45 o'clock. In the evening. The bonda were signed by Walter J. Jones, mayor of Rogue River, under conviction of the same charge, and Claude Ward, a brother-in-law of Banks, also a co-defendant. Scher merhom Journeyed to the Hotel Med- ford, had Judge Sklpworth sign the bonds, and released Banks, with the understanding that the district at torney would have "to approve the bonds In the morning." Gave Bunks Advice. Schermerhom testified that he ad vised Banks against having his wife acting aa one of the bondsmen. The suspended sheriff testified that after the bond1 transaction, he then went to his home on North Grape street for supper and returned to the courthouse, going to his office by the sheriffs entry, about 8:00 o'clock. He had an appointment to meet Attor nel T. J. Enrlght he said. Schermerhom was In the midst of his testimony at the noon recesa. It is now expected that the evi dence will be completed by tomorrow noon, when the closing arguments will atart. It Is forecast that the case may be in the hands of the Jury by tomorrow evening. William T. Grieve of Prospect, fore man of the February grand Jury, (Continued on Page Three) L MONTREAL, July 14 . fP) Th e Italian air armada led by General Italo Balbo appeared over Montreal at 12:25 p. m.. Eastern standard time today, having completed their 500 mile flight from Shediac. N. B. The first group of Italian plan's dropped down to the water at the seaplane base at 12:45 p. m. The Italian seaplanes approached from the east .and swung around the city in a wide circle. General Balbo and his aviators left Shediac this morning at 8:51 o'clock and thus required 3 hours and 34 minutes to cover the 500 mile Jour ney. The armada flew over the state of Maine during Its trip today. FEDERAL AID OF DETROIT. July 14 (UP) Thou 'sands of persons whose homes are in Immediate danger of foreclosure, crow(ied the Detroit branch of the home owner's loan corporation to- I 1000 were on hand prior to opening , Squ,d, of gve up ,n, .ttempt t0 maintaln order and advised late arrivals to return home and apply for aid by mall. Three women fainted In the crush and were taken to adjoining offices for treatment. 1 iF ATTiPT SAVE GIRL FORTTjANU. Juiy 14 4i In an attempt to rescue his daughter Mari an William J. Mtller. 54. Portland fireman, drowned In pudding river near Aurora last night. Tie girl was saved by other persons who later re covered Millers body. His widow and three child-en survive. In addition to rur o '.;:-:. :-.-'-'rt::n n-ard and M;;:e- of feam, and Aibert Miller of Albany. Growers OREGON FOR USE State Shares Well in Alloca- tion of Fifty Million Public Works Fund Washing ton Gets Smaller Sum WASHINGTON, July 14. (AP) Allocations by states of the 50.000, 000 fund for forest, park and Indian roads under the public workB fund was announced today by the -public works administration. The distribution. Including nearly every state In the union. Included:. Oregon, $4,373,840: Arizona, $4, 838.606; California, S7.79B917: Idaho, $3,068,415: Montana, (3,641,103; Ne vada, 1 433.268: Utah, $1,878,846 Washington, $3,693,526. WASHINGTON. July 14. (AP) The public works administration to day told how It Intended to dtstrlb ut 1 15,513,610 as the first step In a program to create a mtllton new lobs by October l. Th $115,513,610. Secretary Ickes announced, will be portioned out t,h is way : 64 .56 1 .542 for federal public works: $50,000,000 for roads In parks, forests. Indian reservations, and public lands; $952,068 for mu nicipal water and sewer plants. These brought to $753,513,610 the total allocated frem the tf ,300,000, 000 fund made available less than a month ago. Already, Present Roose velt had approved the expenditure of $238,000,000 on naval construction and $400000,000 on highways. An additional rivers and harbors pro gram awaits the presidential "O. K." First Job Step This ($11 5,000,000 ) a lstrlbution ." Ickes said, "la the first In the pro gram of giving men work so that one million may be employed by October (Continued on Page Pour) WESTERN STATES E E STATE HOUSE, Salem, Ore. (UP) Western states are receiving a larger proportion of the $400,000,000 federal road fund in proportion to popula tion than any other part of the country. Oregon's share of $6,106,898 ts roughly 1 .5 per cent of the total, though population of Oregon is only about .75 per cent of that of the nation. Other western states, par ticularly those with large areas and sparse populations, fared even better. California receives $16,607,354 .of the federal funds. Washington $6. 115.867, Idaho $4,486,249. Nevada 4. 545. 9 17. Montana $7,439, Arl-. zona $5,211,060, and Wyoming $4, 501.327. Apportionment to the states was made ' on populations and V on a basis which gives equal weight to population, area and present road mileage. Texas, largest state of the union, got the largest share, $24, 244.024. New York, with the, largest population, received the next largest, $22,330,101. T ROSEBURO. Ore.. July M (UP) Being decorated by one government department for wounds received in battle 33 years ago and having an- other federal department slash his compensation because It had no rec- oru of his being wounded Is the un usual experience of Henry Young. A res'dent of the National soldiers E Young today was decorated the bsdee of the Purple Heart ounds received at Pelplrw?. China, ouring the Boxer rebellion. He was shot in the les and spent six months in army hnspltals. He recently hd his compensation Ocut from $60 to $20 because no rec ord was found of his disability hav ing been service connected. WASH1VOTON. July 14. E Parker, San Francisco submitted the lox b:d to t'le t-ea-ury today at 95. 170 f.-r contrirt!on of tie new post oihee at Marahiteid. Or. and Sh SELECT JURY TO TRY BOY SLAYER OF GRANTS PASS, July 14. (AP) Closely questioned as to whether they would consider the youth of John Barrier, 17, In holding him account able for his act which y state charges Is the murder on July 1 here of State Policeman Milo Baucom. and as to whether they held scruples against; the death penalty, would con sider the defendant's religion, or held prejudices for or against the state police, 12 tentative Jurors had been seated Friday morning In Barrier's first cegree murder trial In the local circuit court. Declaring that from the nature of things all the news so far given out concerning the officer's slaying must have been against the accused youth, W. T. Miller, for 18 years district attorney here and now trying hla first casa for the defense against the state, failed to challenge only those prospective Jurors who declared t.hey would not be swayed by information securvd outalde the court room be fore the trial. Barrier sat at the side of his moth er. Mrs. J. A. Ban-ler. of Huntington Park, Cal. Attorneys for Harry Bowles, Barrier's pttrtner at the time of Biucom'st death whose defense it was disclosed yesterday would be an tagonistic to that of Barrier, observed the action. TOURIST BUSINESS LAST YEAR SALEM. Ore., (UP) Nearly half million tourists visited Oregon In 1933. estimates the atat motor as sociation. . Out of state cars registered during the year numbered 00,760, a decline of 1'4 per cent below 1931. However, aa laws last year permitted vlaltfhg motorists to travel in the state three days without reglaerlng. It la esti mated that figure represents only about 60 per cent of the cars enter ing Oregon from other states. . Surveys have shown tourist cars carry an average of 3.2 persons ao the association estimates approxima tely 161.60 cars carried 484,051 per sons Into Oregon last year. A law passed by the 1933 legisla ture requires out of state motorists to register within 18 hours after crossing into Oregon. Driving Examination or License Renewal Must Be Obtained by Sept. I With misunderstandings prevalent In this district concerning the grant ing of drivers' licenses in the stat, the following eight questions, pre sented by the Mall Tribune to Ward McReynolds, examiner for operators and Chauffeurs have been answered by him for the readers of this paper. se follows: 1 Who must either take an exam ination or renew their old licenses before they will be- permitted to op erate a car In Oregon after Septem ber 1. 1033? Everyone who does not hold a license Issued after July 1. 1031, must obtain an original or renewal license prior to September 1. 1033. 3 Who must actually take the ex amination and has no alternative to merely renew the license? Thnu whn never hnvm helrf a ,hn v ,n v.ars of aie. , ho h imD.rGd vision or ,r, otlwrwllw incapacitated, or those .,, nlve n convicted ot serious . traffic violations or Involved In serl- ous accidents, and those who In the opinion of the secretary of state may possibly not be qualified to drive a car. 3 How and where may licenses be obtained? For those having old licenses, re newal application blanks may be ob tained from the secretary of state's office, city or state police, chamber of commerce or from the state exam Iner who mttks scheduled visits to sll parts of the stat. The examiner will notarize the applications with out charge. Each application must be carefully filled out and notarized For those who have never held i li.ene. the Mate r,r 1 aviil- sble pe--o'-.allv io al-.e the tents- la tat city hall at Med ford. ippers Each Adopt Fruit Code GIANTSWHO LAG Failure to Speed Restoration of People's Buying Power Exasperating Administra tion Codes Are Drawn (Copyright. 1033, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, July 14. There have been some worried lines In the smiling faces or the highest here during the last few days. A certain large Industry served no tice privately that It does not Intend to go Into the Industrial control setup It has been running nearly 70 per cent of capacity. Large stocka have been stored up at low produc tion costs. Apparently It believes the govern ment does not dare to step Into lta business But even If the govern ment does, the Industry can sit back for a few months and sell the goods It has piled up. That does not make a very pretty picture. But It Is not as dark as painted. It la more annoying than disturbing. Busy officials would not have paid much attention If some disappoint ing statistics had not reached their eyes about the same time. Department store sales were shown to be running under last year's. That Is the most accurate index on buy ing power. It has accentuated what the officials ha privately been fear ing for weeks that buying is lag glng further and further behind pro duction. That la why you aaw Interior Sec retary Ickes shoved Into the public works Job and told to spend all he could as fast as he could. Also why officials became so exasperated at the laggards-holdlng out against the Industrial control machinery which la designed primarily .to bolster, up purchasing power. Those were only the first two steps. There will be others. A year go iug'i troubles might have caused apprehension. They do not now. . They merely pont out the problem. (Continued on Page Thirteen.) Pilot Enroute To . . Pick Up Mattern MOSCOW. July 14 . ( AP) The Tass (Russian) news agency i nounccd today that Pilot Levanovsky hopped off. from .Khabarovsk In eastern Siberia yesterday morning for Anadyr to pick up James Mattern, the American aviator, stranded there, 4 What persons and for what rea sons, may not obtain licenses? No license of any kind will be Is sued to anyone under 14 years of age and no one under 16 will be Issued a regular operator's license. (A stu dent's permit In very rare Instances ts Issued for those between 14 and 15 years of age.) Anyone who can not meet requirements of the state law. A Must examinations eventually be taken by everyone, regardless of renewal licenses obtained without examinations? Probably at some date, although those now holding old licenses must obtain renewals by September 1 even though examinations may be post poned to a later time. Everyone sooner or later probably will be called on to pass the testa. 9 What are the costs of the Ucenses? Operator's licenses (original or renewal), chauffeur's permits, stu dent licenses and emergency licenses are II. Learner's permits are 50 cents. Duplicate operators' licenses are 23 cents. 7 When will the state examiner be available previous to September 1 when old licenses will be declared null and void? Med ford City halt, third floor. July 14. IS. 28. 20. August II, 12. 2ft, 26. When are old' licenses null and void? On and after September I. 1033. Everyone Is urged to take the ex amination or renew the licenses at the first opportunity to avoid the last minute rush which is bound to occur during Augunt, Mr. McReynolds de clared today. Apprixlmaf ety son nno rr."to-its ha.e not yet been reticens ted, be mealed. WINS ROLE UNDER Ita&sjL Cl IF 14.' ffe'T I Mary Rogers (right), 18-year old ash blonde just out of an 'eastern finishing school and daughter of the film comedian, Will Rogers, was given a part In s Hollywood motion picture. Using ths name of Mary Howard, she took a screen test and won role In a musical film and studio officials said they were unaware of her Identity. With Mies Roaers It Lilian Harvey, star of the picture. (Associated Press Photo) E E . WASHINGTON, July 14. (AP) Imminence- of action by President pooMvelt for establishment of na tional minimum wages and maximum working, hours was Indicated today, but the' method remained to be de cided. Two motivating factors apparently lead In that direction, the desire to boost purchasing power steadily and simultaneously to guard against ex cess production under way In at tempts to take advantage of expected higher prices. Tho plan, which would be volun tary, would call for a general weekly level of 35 hours work at $14 mint mum wage for labor; and 40 hours with $16 minimum for clerical and store help. Tho prospect Is for a general call for business and Industry to Join un der a temporary, voluntary agreement on such a limit of working hours and wages. At a press conference, Hugh S. Johnson said as the administrator he belle vcfl he would shortly ask the president to Issue such a call, and that meantime he was gathering a tremendoua volume of Information needed to reach a decision. Tho blanket agreement would be effective until Individual industrial codes, which set up trade organlza- to Improve labor conditions and pur chasing power and to ellmlntae un desirable practices such as overpro duction and price cutting, can be approved. T SAN JOfiE. Calif.. July 14. (UP) Armed guards were placed In can neries and parking plants of this section last night after arson had been attempted at the United States Products corporation plant. A bundle of burning sacks and oil soaked rags was thrown on the roof of the building, but a watchman de tected the blaze and put It out. It was the fourteenth arson at tempt with canneries or packing plants as objects within three months. Inclndlarlsm and labor troubles have jeopardized marketing of the 110.000.000 apricot crop, authorities na Id. Lindberghs Hop For Labrador BOTJVOOD. Newfoundland, July 14, colonel Charles A. Lindbergh and Mrs. Lindbergh who arrived hr I'll mnrnlni on their serial mapping tour of Ihe northland noppM off this afternoon for Csrlwtiit, Labrador ASSUMED NAME JAIL IS CROWDED IL Th-s Jackson county Jail Is hous ing 82 prisoners today three charged with murder, four with counterfeit ing and the rest with various crimes ranging from bootlegging to larceny. Thli number and classification, Jailer Fred Kelly stated this morn ing, constitutes a record 'lor the county prison. The latest addition to t.'io group of alleged killers la Benjamin Tupper. Indian, brought here from Klamath to be transported on to Portland by Deputy United States Marshal Cal Wells. Earl Hans com was brought to Jail last Satur day night following a fight at the Eagle Point dance hall In whtch Al bert J. Tlngleaf received Injuries which caused his death Sunday. As a result murder charges were pre ferred against Hanscom, 29, by Dis trict Attorney George Codding. The third charged with murder la Fred Wolf, who has had the longest stay In Jail. On May 4. at the Wolf ranch near Blrdseye creek, he alleg edly killed William Sheldon as the climax to a love triangle. He met Sheldon, according to the story, re turning from the milking with his wife. Wolf was arrested about 10:30 o'clock that night and brought to Med ford. The four housed here In counter feiting charges awaiting rcmovnl to Portland are: Paul F. White, Truman Phillips, Donald Campbell and Da vid Mlddleton. The latter was brought over from Klamath Palls by Deputy Marshal Wells. The three first .inmed were Involved In coun terfeiting activities In the Applegate section, allegedly directed by White, who was making the money over a campflre. Three, charged with bootlegging, were also brought from the Klamath reservation by Mr. Wells and will be transported to Portland, brlngtng the total to leave here for the Multno mah Jail to eight. EDITORSOFSTATE E COnVALMS, Ore.. July 14 (AP) Newspaper men of Orenon gathered here today for the 1933 convention of the Oregon State Editorial Asso ciation. President Verne McKlnney. editor of the Hlllsboro Argus, opened the annual meeting this morning and Mayor P M. Brandt of Corvalila wel comed the visitors. Harris Ellsworth, editor of the Roseburg News-Review, and vlre-presldent of the association, responded. The editors were Invited by the Hood River delegation to hold the IP34 ni'etlng there In connection with next veara American Legion Mount Hood climb. SPLIT IN MEETING RESULTS IN DUAL L Wenatchee Plan Evolved by Dissenting Group With In tention to Carry Case Be fore Administration Aides SPOKANE, Wash., July 14. (API Two proposed codes to govern tha northwest's tree fruit industries un der the agricultural adjustment act were prepared for mailing today to Secretary of Agriculture Wallace, one of them sent by shippers and the other by growers. Th two codes grew out of tha split in a meeting of representatives here yesterday to approve a tentative code adopted by an organization committee of 20, made up largely- of shippers. A group of growers de manded to be heard, and the meet ing was split, with the shippers moving to one room and the grow ers to another. The shippers said they received a ruling Irom the adjustment adminis tration, supporting their contention that membership In the proposed. Northwest Tree Fruit Industries as sociation Is not open to Individual growers. Growers who act as ship pers, moving their own fruit In Inter state commerce, will be eligible, ship, pera said. Despite this ruling, however, pro ponents of the so-called "Wenatches plan" moved forward with their own (Continued n Page Three) MTNDEN. Nev., July 14. (AP) Elliott Roosevelt, second son of tha president, filed suit here today for a divorce from Elizabeth Donner Roosevelt, of Philadelphia, Hla com plaint charged extreme cruelty. The case will not be heard before Monday when Mrs. Roosevelt ts ex pected to come Into court with a cross-complaint and ask that the de cree be awarded to her. In that event Elliott will present no evidence In support of his com plaint, while his wife's testimony will be read Into tha record from a depo sition that Is to be dispatched, from Philadelphia by airmail today. Roosevelt will be the only witness, snd he will testify only aa to hla residence In Nevada. He and tha former Miss Donner ths daughter of William H. Donner. retired millionaire steel executive, married at Villa-Nova, near Philadel phia, January 10. 1032, and have an infant son. WILL- ROGERS DEVERIjT HILLS, Cal., July 13. I see by the papers where my old governor friend, Bill Murray of Oklahoma, called out the national guard to keep the folks from voting for beer. Now he will havo to call out the U. S. army to keep the folks from celebrating the voting of . beer. . The London conference has decided to hold for two more weeks in order for the hotels to kinder play even on the thing and give the American delegation a little golf against the I'rince of Wales. There is nothing as sad, forlorn and for gotten in the world as a dele gation returning from a con ference. We have forgot now who we sent over. Cie, , Cmt MNnuM trntliiu, Is.
