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MEDFOHU, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY 14, 1933.
No. 97.
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Comment
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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
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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)
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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.
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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
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WESTERN STATES
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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.
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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
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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)
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. 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.
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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
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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
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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.