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AIL TRBUN The Weather jorerst: talr and warmer bun day. Temperature Highest yeiterday Hi l,onrt this morning EDFORD The Home News la Important to you while away on jcxj vacation. KMp po.ed by having the Will Tribune mailed to your ad dress. Telephone T5 now. MEDFOKD, OREGON, SUNDAY, JULY 30, 1933 Twenty-eighth Year No. 110. M M E CfflEllFiB MS Ml Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS EMPLOYERS find on their desks pledges to be signed and return ed to the President of the United flutes. Those who sign these pledges agree to shorter hours of work and higher wages. Shorter hours of work are designed to provide more Jobs for more people. Higher wages are designed to create greater purchasing power. Greater purchasing power will mean more business. THESE pledges are headed by a note, which reads: "1. This agreement Is part of a nation-wide plan to raise wages, create employment, and thus Increase pur chasing power and restore business. That plan depends wholly on united action by all employers. For this rea son, I ask you, as anvemployer, to do your part by signing. "3. If It turns out that the general agreement bears unfairly on any group of employers they can have that straightened out by presenting promptly their proposed code of fair competition." The note Is signed by Franklin D, Roosevelt. Hp HE pledge, you see, constitutes. In 1 effect, a contract with tne presi dent of the United Ststes. Violators of the pledges, presumably, may be deal with Just like any othe'r violator of a contract. THE Idea of force, however, Is not stressed. The note that is signed by the President, for example, says plainly: "The plan depends wholly on UNIT ED ACTION by all employers. For this reason. I ASK you. as an employer, to DO YOUR PART by signing." That la to ssy, all employer are invited to Join together freely and give an honest and sincere trial to a great new experiment. rpHAT is exactly what It is a great 1 new experiment. It may work. It may not work. But thl la certain: It won't work unless It Is undertaken by all con cerned In a spirit of sincere and earn est co-operation, with the honest de elre to give It a fair trial and with the determination to make personal sacrifice, If necessary, in order to see that it Is given a fair trial. IF it does work, we shall all gain Immensely. The depression will be routed. Good times will return. A beginning will have been made to ward a new order of human relation ships in which fair dealing will oc cupy a larger part and narrow self Interest a smaller part than In the past. That would be worth making sscrl' flees for. WHEAT, after dropping with a dull thud last week, rises sharply on the big market, recovering ap. proximately half of the losses estl mated a few days ago. Why? Thl sentence In the market news suggests the answer: "Further report of waning cropa was a lead' lng factor In the rise." Supply and demand, you see. with continued report of decreasing sup ply, even the big fright of last week which hit the markets like a cyclone and scared speculstors stiff. Is not sufficient to hold prices down. When there are more buyers than sellers, prices ALWAYS rise, f ISTEN to this: s-i According to the bureau of agricultural economlca of the depart ment of agriculture, dairy product price In June of this year were thirty per cent higher than In June of last year. An Increase of approximately one third la a pretty fair Increase. IITHAT brought about auch an In- TT crease? The bureau of agricultural eco nomic says: "Milk production per cow throughout the country was the lowest on record, due to poor feed conditions." Supply and demand again. When the supply gee down, the price goes up. VANCOUVER FISHERMAN LANDS STRANGE CATCH VANCOUVER. B. C. July 39. lUPl This year's fishing prise for the etraneest rvch goes to A. tlnper of Vancouver. Anplirs In th Pravr river. pot- j ttnrr puIlM cut a rubber b. tKfti 4.x joli clubs intifK STORES 10 CLOSE AT 5 P. IV1. DAILY L Merchants Agree On Uniform Hours And Higher Wage Scale In Plan For In crease Of Employment. "The greatest move In the history of the United States toward unifica tion of the nation" exemplified In the National Recovery Act and the President's Re-employment agreement was endorsed here yesterday by Medford employers. Before the Amer ican 'flag and a photograph of the country'a new chief. President Frank lin Delano Roosevelt, they Jtood, 200 strong, and pledged their sup port to the recovery -program. Later In the day 78 people, repre senting 38 retail groups, met at the Chamber of Commerce, under direc tion of John Moffatt. chairman 01 the retail merchante committee, ana agreed upon opening and closing hours for stores. For the majority, they will be 8:00 a. m. to 5:00 p. m. six days a week, Including Saturday. Neighborhood stores will be open from 8:00 a. m. to 6:00 p. m. The same houra will apply to the neighborhood barber ehops. Auto camps, wnicn nave grocery will be permitted to supply the needs of the tourist. Effective Tuesday The program will go into effect next Tuesday, August 1. The resolution, drawn up In the Jackson county courthouse auditor ium, which the employers filled to capacity, waa wired President Roose velt Immediately after the meeting, called by the Chamber of Commerce for consideration of the national re covery program. The message read: - Wheress, the president of the Unit ed States ha appealed to business and industry to whole heartedly ac cept the nation-wide plan to raise wages, create employment and thus Increase purchasing power and restore business; And Whereas, the success of the National Industrial Recovery Act aa It 1 nut Into o-a?ratlon depends wholly on the united approval and adoption by all employers; And Whereas, it Is in our opinion constructive and necessary move for the rehabilitation of industry and the economic welfare of our peo ple: Now Therefore Be It Resolved. thst those attending this meetmg In the county courthouse auditor lum. In the city of Medford, state of Oregon. July 39, 1933, do adopt the preside;, s re-employment agree ment and rib urge that all business and Industry proceed at once to come within the provision of the Nat ional Recovery Act and affiliate wltn the national recovery administration with the feeling and confidence that by so doing we will restore normal economic conditions throughout the country. A spirit of harmony and enthus iasm characterized all speeches and the discussion participated In by grocerymen. fruit men, clothiers and restaurant opera tors. The program waa broadcast by re mote control by station KMED and opened with a stirring address by A. P.' Johnsen. who acted a chair man. Work already accomplished by the Chamber of Commerce to bring about business harmony among the various groups to prepare them for the actual operation of the recovery program waa outlined. All energy of the Chamber of Commerce from now on, Mr. Johnsen stated, will be concentrated In the success of the recovery act. "The move la the greatest In the history of the nation toward unifi cation and the elimination of dam aging competition." Mr. Johnsen de clared, complimenting the leader In the White House, who now controls the destiny of the nation. "He has instilled the human touch In busi ness." he declared In closing. W. A. Gates, whose groceries have already adopted the new code, plead ed with all employers present to (Continued on Page Four.) SUICIDFPACTBARES CLANDESTINE LOVE SEATTLE. July 39 (UPI Appar ently dead In a suicide pact to avoid a scandal, the bodlea of B. O. Oobcl, 0. Seattle broker, and Mra. E. Rltch- le. 35, were found In a hotel here to day. A note signed "B. O. O." and "B. R" aald they had ajreed upon death to obviate any scandal. The proprie tor said they had registered there as man and wife on numerous occasions for four yesrs. The wr-man h.d been .hot tVoulh the heiJ snd the man in the mouth. I A revolve; was clutched 1A J)- faod. Fehl Hinted Ballot Theft SEWAGE SYSTEM BY 570-21! 3 VOTE Next Step Approval of Ap plication By Government . $30,000 Of $100,000 Issue Will Be Returned. Medford will have a new sewage system If application made to the National Industrial Recovery Act is approved, for local citizens Friday, by a vote of 570 to 213. approved a tlOO.000 bond Issue for construc tion of two new unit to the pres ent, condemned plant. The vote was small but decisive In the Friday election. Indicating that Medford people are anxloua to take advantage of "funds offered by the federal gov-- eminent for public works. I Under the plan outlined by the Chamber of Commerce committee ! and adopted by the city council, the bonds will not be sold If Med ford's application to the administration of the National Industrial Recovery Act is not granted. That la. the sewage construction will not be undertaken without federal aid. $30,000 To Be Gift If the application Is approved, and Medford has been given many reas ons to believe It will be. $30,000 of the sum will come to the city aa an outright girt, and the other $70, 000 as a loan to be repaid the fed eral government over a period of 30 years with an Interest rate of four per cent. The system, planned for Installa tion here, will be self-llauldatlng. and will Involve no extra charges to water users. A 15 per cent charge for sewage service will be added, but the same amount will be sub tracted from the regular water rate by the water department. This plan has been agreed upon by the water department of the city council and the charges, follow ing Installation of the anticipated sewer plant Improvements, will be $2.50 a month, as they are today. Government Buys Bonds The bonds, to be Issued by Med ford, will be taken over by the gov ernment and if the application la not approved they will not be la sued. Medford Is one of many cities plan ning to take advantage of the op portunity offered by the National Industrial Recovery Act to obtain necessary public works and labor for many people at a time when It le greatly needed. The application to the National Industrial Recovery act, has been forwarded to Washington and city officials are eagerly awaiting an answer, confident that sewage plant improvement work here will start In the near future. 4 10 BENDER SERVICES A meeting of beauty parlor oper ators was held at the Chamber of Commerce last Monday evening un der the direction of John Moffatt. chairman of the retail committee of the Chamber of Commerce, and plana were set In motion for perfecting an organization. Various matters pertaining to the operation of beauty shops were dis cussed and It was definitely decided to maintain the hours of opening at 8:00 a. m. and closing at 6:00 p. m. These hours conform with the proposed national code covering beauty parlor ahops. A large number of shop owners weTe represented and a committee was appointed to call on those not present in order to make the hour agreements representative of all beauty shops. A committee compos ed of Mabel Orlgsby. Pearle Chord, and Virginia Frederick contacted, during the week, all the shops in Medford and as a result everyone has agreed to the terms of the or ganisation. This Is one ot the many groups which the retail merchants commit tee of the Chamber of Commerce has organized recently and It Is very gratifying to officials of the local civic organisation to find so ready a response to Its efforts to promote conitructlve action through group work. It is believed that the cham ber cun perform many services to beauty parlor shops In the future which work will be msde all the easier by having this particular group as a sub-committee of the retail merchants committee. Mr. Moffatt has announced that Mrs. Crlby will art as chairman f th Itrp.iilv nttrlnr rnmm1ttaa in thl luUtft, I Marahall N, Dana, Portland, Ore., who aa regional adviser for ths fifth district of ths publlo works administration, will direct plana 'or nugo exponouurea in urcgon, Washington, Montana and Idaho. (Associated Press Photo. BY DELEGATION AT Yesterday was a bad day for a Re publican senator to land In town With meetings to the rtjht and the left or him. endorsing the New Deal of Prlsedlnt Roosevelt. And the' Hon orable Frederick W. Stelwer had nottv lng to say for the latter, when he stepped from the United Airlines plane, shortly after 3 o'clock, greet ed by a delegation of good- old Re publicans (They aren't extinct.) "The political situation in Wash ington la much different than It used to be," the senator declared. And In answer to questions of. what are they going to do about this and that, he replied, "ask Wnlter M. Pierce or Sen ator Martin." "And even they might not know,1 he added with his old-time csmpalgn smile, "there are many surprises in Washington. They didn't know Mar shall Dana was going to be appointed I don't think Dana knew it himself. The public works committee waa also a surprise. Then turning Into a more serious vein. .Senator Steiwer declared he ex pected the O. and C. land grant to turn out all right for southern Ore gon. "It won t be determined imme diately." he stated, "action will prob ably be taken in September. "Have they collected any processor's tax on azrlctfltural products hers yet?" he asked. His question was answered by sev eral people, then the Leeglonnalrea In the delegation, headed by com mander Lee Oarlock, asked to k now What's to become of the soldiers' home at Roseburg?" "The veterans' bureau doesn't know," the senator answered, then added "the veterans may possibly get Into It, If they call themselves some thing elae," and his sore apot was re vealed. "There are so few eligible under the new ruling," he continued, "It may not be necessary to open It. Many totally disabled, however, who used to remain at home on generous pay-1 menta, have had such severe cuts, they'll probably have to go to the hospital for care." I Such a program, he then admitted would be less expensive to the gov ernment, Olln Arnsplger and P. M. Kershaw. Interested In appropriations to irriga tion districts, were assured by Sena tor Steiwer that the money will be divided equitsbly and that Oregon will receive a million or more. Then waving a, friendly goodbye, the sena tor took to the plane agln for the flight north, and home. BAKERY ISSUES CALL FOR EXTRA VORKERS In k.rplni with adoption of th National Recovery a-t and the Preal- dent'a re-employment agreement, w H. Flulirer of the Colonial Bakery l.t n',ht ImuM a call for applicant, for position. In the bakery. Three or four extra men will be needed to enable the b.kery to com ply with the working code. Appllca tlona will be received Monday be tween 10 and 11 a. m. at the retail .tore pf the h.ery. Men must be un- 0r 21 i-f'w of ape ar..1 wllllnz to . rn the bumnea., Mr. Plunjer slat- 14. Here's Agreement Adopted Here's Agreement Adopted By Medford Business Firms Two hundred employers of Medford at the Jackson county courthouse adopted the agreement, offered by ional Recovery Act to create, employment and bring business condi tions In the United States back to cepted by unanimous vote, follows: To Every Employer: 1. This agreement la part of & nation-wide plan to raise wages, create employment, and thus in crease purchasing power and restore business. That plan depends wholly on united action by all employers. For this reason I ask you, a an employer, to do your part by sign ing. a. If It turns out that the general agreement bears unfairly on any group of employers they can have that straightened out by presenting promptly their proposed Code of Fair Competition. FRANKLIN D. ROOSEVELT. The White House. July 37, 1033. . .'resident's Reemployment Agreement (Authorized by Section 4a National Industrial Recovery Act) During the period of the presi dent's emergency reemployment drive. that Is to say, from August 1 to De cember 31, 1933, or to any earlier date of approval of a Code of Fair Competition to which he la aubject. the undersigned hereby agrees with the president as follows: 1. After August 31. 1B33, not to employ any person under 18 years of age, except that persons between 14 and 16 may be employed (but not In manufacturing or mechanical Industries) for not to exceed three hours per day and those hours be tween 7 a. m. and 7 p. m. In auch work as will not interfere with hours of day school. 3. Not to work any accounting, clerical, banking, office, service, or sales employes (except outside sales men) In any store.' department, es tablishment, or public utility, or on any automotive or horse-drawn pas senger, express, delivery, or freight service, or In any other place or manner, for more than 40 hours In any one week and not to reduce the hours of any store or service oper ation to below' 53 hours In any one week, unless such hours were less than 63 hours per week before July 1, 1033, and In the latter case not to reduce such hours at all. 3. Not to employ any factory of mechanical worker or artisan more than a maximum week of 35 hours until December 31, 1033. but with the right to work a maximum of 40 hours for any 6 weeks within this period; and not to employ any worK er more than 8 hours In any 1 day. 4. The maximum houra fixed In the foregoing paragraphs (3) and (3) shall not apply to employees in es tablishments employing not , more thsn two persons in towns of less than 3.600 population which towns are not part of a larger trade area; nor to registered pharmacists or other professional persons employed In their profession; nor to employees In a managerial or executive capacity, who now receive more than $36 per week; nor to employes on emergency main tenance and repair work; nor to very special cases where restrictions of (Continued on Page Pour) KLAMATH FALIjS. July M.J. An drew Berg, mayor of Coqullle, a de- fenea wltneaa testifying out of turn, In the trial or Earl R. Fehl here, declared that the reputation of Wil bur and Burley Sexton, la "bad " Berg admitted under crosa-exam- Inatlon, that ha had told Deputy District Attorney George Kellson, that "he knew nothing personal about the boys." Berg also admitted, under a fiery cross-examination by Attorney Moody that ha waa testifying to the repu tation of a "14-year old boy." and that his testimony covered the resi dence of the Sextons In Cooa county only. The coast magistrate waa permit' ted to testify, by stipulation between counsel, so he could return home. He spent a nervous five minutes on the stand. BABY BONDS ISSUE WILL BE OFFERED KABTHAMPTOK. If, Y., July 29. APJ In order to give the public a wider opportunity to participate In the government's program, the United States treasury Is planning for next month a 1500.000,000 bond Issue In denominations as low as $50. 4 Arretted Saturday John Mann, 80, local laborer, and A I vie fitallworth 44, were arrested by state police fiat' urday night on the Midway road Mann wsa charged with being intoxl cated on a public highway, snd AtiU worth, with being drunk in a public COQUIL MI JV Before and surrounding trade area met here yesterday, and endorsed and President Roosevelt under the Nat normalcy. The general code ac- Recovery Badge MEMBER y U.S. WE DO OUR PART Here Is the new badge of the national recovery administration. t-ii.-U O lAkMAh arlmlnlal-i-Jltai'. plans to have the badge of coopera tlon displayed ay an lactones ana employers cooperating in signing dustrles. (Associated Press Photo) BANKS MUST STAY IN JAILS DOMAIN IS STRICT ORDER KLAMATH FALLS, July 39, Orders were Issued Ssturday, by Assistant Attorney General Ralph E. Moody to Sheriff Tom E. Swarta of Lane coun ty, -hat hereafter, Llewellyn A. Banks, convicted slayer of Constable George J. Prescott, be confined In the Lane county jail at Eugene, and not al lowed any liberty, except upon an order of the court. Information came Fffday to the assistant attorney general that Banks was allowed to walk around the University City, with his wife, and shown other exceptional considera tions, for a convicted slayer. Sheriff Swartz, according to the authorities, permitted Banks to en Joy liberty privileges, upon the rec ommendation of his doctor, who said his health would be Impaired, if too closely confined. Complaint was made by cltteens of Eugene, that Banka was walking around the streets of that city. Reports have come to Medford and Jackson county at various times, since his conviction of the slaying of Con stable Prescott, that he was allowed to play golf, and attend wrestling matches. No confirmation of the reports have been available until Friday. GATES, LYDIARD PORTLAND, Ore., July 39.- (AP) Signed agreementa t o President Roosevelt's blanket code designed to Increase employment and the coun try's buying power, continued to ar rive at national recovery administra tion headquarters here today from employers In all parts of Oregon and Idaho. During the day 1.050 signed agree menta were received, bringing the three-dsy total to 3.080. Among the largest firms reporting were the Brooks-Scsnlon Lumber company of Bend, Ore., 700 employea; the Black well Lumber company of Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, 376 employes, and the Gates 4c Lydlard Grocery and bakery of Medford, 38 employes. IN INTENSE HEAT WAVE LOS ANOELES, July 30 (AP) Sweltering heat on the desert wastes of southeastern California where 110 degrees Is considered only ordinary summer weather, claimed the lives of three men today, bringing the death toll to 10 for the current tor rid wave. Sebastian Out ire?., 40, was found dead In front of his shack at Im perial, Calif., white Emll Wick, 40, died from heat while picking grapes on a ranch near Holtvllle. Tom Hammond, 60, Blythe, Calif., car penfr died In a hospital after be lng stricken yeiterdsy. Oregon Weather fair Sunday snd Monday: irmr n In inlarln, ni-Hsrsl t rifirt h .vlnti BflPLfl Action IWORKERS GIRDING Unionization Making Great Strides 12 Million Still Out of Work Jobs De crease As Prices Advance. (Copyrighted by MoClure Newspaper Syndicate By GEORGE IH'RNO WASHINGTON, July 39. Statistics generally boresome sometimes a-e downright unpleasant. The American Federation of Labor Is about to issue some on the em ployment situation which may fall In the latter category. They are rec ommended to all business men for study, for they will show exactly what this nation la up against. Figures now In course of final prep aration wilt show there are still about 13,000,000 men and women out of work. Rosy reports have been bandied about Wall street and elsewhere that 4.000.000 have been returned to Jobs since the start of the New Deal. Bunk unfortunately. As a matter of fact the number employed between March 1 and June 1 stood at 1,500,000. Since the latter date the upward trend haa been negligible. The gain for this month over last will be about 7-10 of one per cent. As July draws to a close the trade union unemployment trend contin ues to show no improvement over June. The building trades and the -mta trades r -going to show a de crease In Jobs for July despite the fact that wholesale prices In those in dustries are leading the field In re turning to a 1930 level. Trade union employment la the backbone of the situation because It trickles Into so many other lines, urthermore, A. P. of L. Informa tion la going to show the auto and coal Industries are still holding back In putting new men to work. Steel waa In the aama boat until recently. Union labor meantime la letting no grass grow under Its feet. Those on the inside at headquarters will tell you confidentially and Jubilantly (Continued on Page Four.) LAB EXPLOSION BERKELEY. Calif., July SB. (CP) Two students were seriously Injur ed and thirteen others endangered when a bottle of chemlcala exploded In the University of California fresh man laboratory today. The explosion, aendlng poisonous gssea and bits of glass hurtling throughout the room, burnel Jean Tatlock, 19, daughter of a univer sity professor, and Jack Andrew Les ser, 10. Lesser was carrying a bottle of red phosphorous and potassium chlorate In his hip pocket. The mixture. heated to body warmth, exploded when the student lesned against a table. The explosion burned Lesser's hip and thigh and sent pleoes of glass into the right thigh of Miss Tstlock who waa atandlng bealde him. MUSSOLINI'S BIRTHDAY SECRET FROM NATION FORU, Itsly. July 39. (API Pre mier Mussolini celebrated his 60th birthday today In his home town Predsppio, not fsr from the modest stone house In which he wsa born to a blacksmith father and a school teacher mother. All newspapers In Italy wera re- atralned by his orders from publish lng the fact It waa his btrthdsy. BASEBALL Coast Hollywood - 4 11 Portlsnd S 1 Sheehsn and Bassler; Turpln and Pslmlssno. ffacramento t A Los Angeles 6 10 Ollllck, Noonan and woodall; Ward and McMullen, Oakland - 1 1 flan Francisco 8 10 0 0 Kremer, McBvoy and Veltman; Da via and Bottarlnl. Missions i 1 Seattle 3 Lleher and Duigani Cuter, Page Ml Is Claim REV. KRING AVERS 2 WEEKSEARLIER Former Leader In Good Gov ernment Congress Gives Damaging Testimony In Trial Of County Judge. MEDFORD, Ore, July 29 MPr Testimony, damaging to Earl H. Fehl, Jackson county Judge facing trial In Klamath Falla on charges of burglary not In a dwelling, was Introduced this afternoon when Reverend O. R. Krlng. formerly a leader In the so- called good government congress stat-' ed on the witness stand that Fehl had discussed the stealing of the bal-. lota with him about two weeka before they were taken from the courthouse vault. Krlng, a metaphysical teacher, ar rested last March for criminal ayn- dlcallsm, stated that Fehl aald to him February 6: "How would you like a chance to go down into the vault, and take out some of the bal lots?" Fehl had told him "the aafa la generally open and it will be easy." The ballots were stolen the night of February 30 during a meeting of the "congress." Wanted No Watchman County Commissioner R. E. Kealon. who Fehl'a followera had requested to resign after his appointment In Jan uary, testified that Fehl had opposed the appointment of a night watch man after the ballot were aolen. He aald that when county Clerk George Carter Informed Fehl the ballots were stolen "by breaking the vault ' win dow." Fehl leaned back In hls,ohslr and laughingly said: "Who ever hesrd' of a sare with windows In It," Nealon testified. Nealon said that on the afternoon before the ballots were stolen group gathered In the county court and when he opened the door saw "Jo, Croft. Arthur LaDleu, Walter Jonee, Thomas L. Brecheen, L. A. Banks, and lob of others I didn't know. They stopped talking when they saw me." During the cross examination It was brought out that Fehl and Neal on had a near fist fight when Fehl called Nealon "a dirty so and so." The county Judge and the commis sioner had an argument, on whether the vote stealing was an "Inside" or x "outside Job." Then Commissioner Nealon teatl fled, he retorted: 'It's an Inside lob. and we will h able to s'how you how It happened In a day or two." The witness said "Fehl slunk down In his ehalr, and aald: "I didn't steal the ballots. 1 saw Joe Daniels, the Janitor outalde, and talked to htm about eleven o'clock. Commissioner Nealon testified that Walter J. Jones, convicted mayor of Rogue River, J. Arthur LaDleu, also convicted, Tom L. Brecheen of Ash land, next to be tried for ballot then. used the county court offloa aa pri vate headquarter.." snd that O. R. Brown, secretary of the "good gor (Continued on Page Fin) WILL- ROGERS sqys: BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., July 29. Well the London confer ence has closed. It just dis banded, but it ended the day it started. Ton will hear a lot of 'em say that it didn't ac complish anything, but it did. They stayed in session till every nation got thoroughly disgust ed with each other. There is no better place in the world to find out the short comings of ench other than a conference. Now every delega tion goes home to tell tales on the others. Of course we leave as the principal villain. We were sup posed to bring the pie that they were to cut. When we didn't bring it the banquet was a total loss. Where is the next confer ence. We just, love to confer. Yours, i f ffiiiU MtttaUfesJiMl test