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Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Friday, little change In temperature. Temperature. Highest yesterday 91 I on est thla morning - 48 VTetch the IR1HLNE si CLASSIFIED AOS . Lota of good bargains I that mam genuine! WTlnii. Twenty-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1933. No. 168.' rui JL a? 11 Lotas 1 en itebk Comment on the Day's News By FRANK JENKINS PERHAPS you read thla paragraph in the daya news: Mllllona of dollare In loana were promlaed today by the reconstruction finance, corporation to enable busl neaa establlshmenta handicapped by Inadequate working capital to live up to NRA requirementa." PEOPLE who talk: about b'.g sub jects apparently have to uae big Morda. What la meant la this: If bualneaa establlshmenta haven't enough money to operate aa NRA re quirea, the government will LEND It to them. If that le done, one of the big hur dles In the way of bualneaa Improve ment will be removed. SPEAKING of credit, aome TWO BILLION DOLLARS are tied up In closed banka over the country. So far aa present requirement are con cerned, that money la DEAD. It doea nobody any good. The prealdent la reported to Save plana In mind to RELEASE thla dead capital. ' If ao, they are sound plana. Two billion dollara 1 too large aum to have tied up where It can't be used. i , SPEAK IN O of plana for the revival of business, a resident of Cam bridge. 111., dlspleya on hla place of business this sign: "The NRA la a failure." Poor, ehort-elghted person 1 If NRA Is a failure. EVERYTHING la a fail ure, and we are all ruined. Gleeful flauntng of auch a predic tion Isn't anything to be proud of. F NRA la failure," you may ask, "why doea It follow that every thing Is a failure?" The answer la quite simple. Bual neaa recovery 1 based upon.. oonflt dence. People have confidence In NRA. If they LOSE that confidence, the ensuing reaction of despair will throw via back into the depths of de pression. So let's not lose our confidence. OUT let's get away, at least for a O moment, from big aubjecta line NRA, restoration of confidence, etc. Lefa turn to the weather In South ern Oregon, which at thla season of the year Is as near perfect aa can be. Crisp, cool mornings. Bright sunny days. Nights with the snap of fall in them. Those who live In beautiful South ern Oregon are Indeed fortunate. SOUTHERN OREGON. generally speaking, has good crops. Crops throughout the country as a whole are short. That means that In response to the law of supply and demand pricea for Southern Orecona crops are higher. Weather had a lot to do with these fine croos. So. you see. weather Isn't Just something to talk about, OUT," you aay, "big crops are Uoften something to FEAR, min er than something to be thankful for." True enough, when the country as a whole, or the world as a whole, is considered. But when ONE RE GION ha good crops In the face of rather Beneral ahortse of production elsewhere. It can't be anything else but fortunate. Southern Oregon, apparently. Is In that pleasant position thla year. For which let us be duly thankful. SLOT MACHINES AIM. mkr.XnM In this CltT Snd Jackson county are scheduled to be turned face to the wall, alter an uo rmrifMA ,n f ajtversl months. At a conference between tne eiate police, district attorney and sheriff this morning It waa practically de cided that an edict rould be I sued banning the popular way with aome to get rid of their nickels and peo nies. Complaints have been received by county authorities the past two weeka that nlckela needed for beans next winter are being placed In the contraptions. Young boys have alao been playing the machines. On top of the local complaints, a statewide drive la under way against slot ma chines. A warning will be issued to slot machine operatora to remove them first and failure to comply will bring official action. Slot machine have been In Inter mittent use In this city lor yea j. MUi bajuiibetl feotn Urn to tm WHITEHILL TAMES GOTHAMITES WITH PORTSIDE SLANTS Senators Stay in Series'Con- sideration by Impressive Victory in Third Game Roosevelt Sees Contest GRIFFITH STADIUM, WASHING TON. Oct. S. (AP) Lefty Earl Whltehlll put Washington back Into the world aeries today as he ahut out the Giants. 4 to 0, in the third game with the Senatora' big bats ringing loudly for the first time. Prealdent Roosevelt waa among the crowp of about 30,000 that aaw the Senatora win for the first time In three gamea. EAI?.L WHITEHILL Prom the moment ho entered the Held In an open car to the cheers of the crowd, the chief executive .brought luck for Vie first time to the Senators, whipped twice In suc cession by the pitching of Carl Hub bell and Hal Schumacher In the open ing games In New York. The rain that fell before game time cleared with the president's arrival the sun came out, and with It came to life the slugging power that failed the highly touted American league clouters entirely in New York. Whltehlll Stingy Pslllng up portly Freddie Fltzslm mons, Giants' rightthand kneckle ball star, for two runs In the first inning, another In the second, and the last In the third, the Senators breezed behind the splendid pitch ing of Whltehlll, who allowed but five hits, only two of them In the last nnlng, and he was In trouble twice, once In Vie second and again in the third. Only three Giant got as far as third. In the third Inning. Joe Moore who had forced FitfcrSlmmona at sec ond after the pitcher singled to cen ter with one out. raced all the way to third on Hugh Crtttf single over sec ond. It was the only occasion on which the Giants hit safely twice In the same Inning, but Whltehlll stopped them there by forcing Bill Terry to roll softly down the first base line. Cronln announced that he would start Monte Weaver, his young right hand star. In an effort to even the series at two games all tomorrow. while Terry decided to counter with his ace southpaw. Carl Hubbell. (Continued on Page Ten) ADMIRAL BYRD'S SHIP SHOWS NO DISTRESS CAPE FEAR COAST GUARD STA TION. N. C, Oct. 8. (Pi A ship be lieved to be the Besr, Admiral Rich ard E. Byrd'a polar expedition vessel, which earlier had been reported In distress, was sighted sbout seven miles out at sea today. Coast guardsmen aald the vessel waa proceeding under Its own power and gave no sign of distress. . . s ll Liquor Is Advertised as Dry Repeal Approaches NEW YORK. Oct. 5 ( AP) The first advertisement since prohibition addresses to the public by a liquor ; dealer, listing famous brands and j quoting prices, appeared In newspa I pers In thla city today. I The advertisement, occupying a full page and headed -for delivery i promptly If and when repeal comes," j quoted black and white Scotch whls i key. Johnny Walker, and Haig and Haig at 125 a case of 12 bottles, plus S14.T7 a case for Import duties and i federal taxes. Hou of Lords gin i will be sold at 930 a case, with a ! similar tax. Martf.1 3-Stsr cognac is quoted at 935 a esse, with the same tax. I All the standbya of pre -prohibit Ion dsya appesr In the advertisement I sloe-gin, llquer-cordial, Oeneva gin, I champagne. brandy-eg tonic, and the bst known American and Cana dian brands of rye and bourbon. I ILxtMa ccr old American wbiaker. CRATER HIGHWAY RESURFACE JOB G0ESAT$43,565 Portland Firm Low Bidders Other Contract Bids Are Announced at Meeting of State Commission By CLAYTON V. BERNHARD Associated Press Staff Writer. PORTLAND, Oct. 8 (AP) Bids on ten projects, rsngtng from 1894.491 to $840,923 were opened by the state highway commlaalon today Just be fore the three commissioners went Into executive conference with Gov ernor Jullue L. Meier and the federal state advisory board In the aecond of a series of sessions in an effort to obtain 81B.O00.0OO more road money for Oregon. The conference, started at Salem yesterday. In which It waa decided to ask for more funds, including 8S.0O0, 000 for a ahort cut from Portland to the sea, and the remainder to be expended on major projects in other parts of Oregon, waa expeoted to ter minate prior to the afternoon ached uled meeting of the commission. In addition to Governor Meier, Marshall N. Dana, northwest public works administration advlaor: Bert S. Haney. chairman of the state NRA advisory board: C C. Hockley, en gineer, and W. H. Lynch, of the fed eral bureau of public roade. attended the meeting. County Court Lists Alms. At the aame time representatlvea of the county court were In session In Portland and adopted two major ob jectives. In the flrat place, theae up atate county offlclala objected to obli gating the atate for more highway funds, and the second move waa tnat If the 18,000.000 program went through the officials were opposed to more than one road from Portland to the sea. It haa been proposed that 89.600.000 of the funds be used for the construction of both the Wolf creek and the Wilson river short cuts from Portland to the coast. The first hint of a salary adjust. ment for state offlclala to be pre sented to the special session of the legislature waa given at the high way meeting when a letter from C, B. McCollough, bridge engineer and assistant state highway engineer, ststed he was losing specialized de signing engineers to other states be cause of the low salaries paid In Ore gon. (Continued on Page Ten) ASTORIA, Ore., Oct. 8. (API- Mistaken for a deer in a thicket, Henry Laurlla, 36. of Brownamead, ehot through the head and killed In stantly by a friend at Clifton, 20 mllea east of here late yesterday. Elno Huld, Astoria fisherman and friend of Laurlla, waa In a state of near collapse aa officers questioned him about the fatality. The two were In separate hunting parties. Huld told the coroner Jie fired Into a clump of brush after sighting what he took to be a deer. Rushing to claim the animal, he found Laurlla with a bullet through his head. The body was brought to Browna mead on a atretcher after axmen had cut a trail for mllea. Long Beach Shaken By Rolling Quake LONG BEACH, Cel.. Oct. 8. (AP) Long Beach waa shaken by a minor earth tremor at 12:40 p. m. today. The quake had an up-and-down and a rolling movement. It lasted an eatlmated five seconds. No damage waa reported. Is priced at $68 for a case of 13 quarts, with a tax of only 93.30 be cause it la a native product. The advertisement stresses the fart that the taxee quoted are "pres ent" taxes. Implying that there may be Increases when repeal becomes effective. Coincident with the announcement 500 cases of 3 -Star Hennessy arrived In Mow VnrV ah (Visa Una T a f Vrf t ! In bond for a distributor. The brandy came In under permits Issued to meet the needs of hospitals. When Lily Pons, roloratura soprano of the Metropolitan opera company, returning from a vacation In Prance, lesrned that the cognac was on the foredeck or the Lafayette and that the arrival of the brandy waa accept ed as an Indication that repeal would be a fact by Christmas, she sang i three bars from her favorite aria. ! Then she went forward to view Xtxt Icpnamaofc WHERE FIRE "V t N ' " " " " i A graphic picture (above) of the program, were trapped and burned to were Injured. This picture was taken Two fmnt line scenes of fire fighters hose. (Assoclnted Press Photos.) TRIAL OE HAINES Testimony was completed and opening arguments started this morn ing In the circuit court trial of Ted Haines, 30, father of five children, charged with a statutory offense In volving a 14-year-old schoolgirl of the Red Top district. It was not a pretty story that came from the lips of wit nesses. Back of It waa neighborhood gossip and neighborhood bitterness, which flared high at times. Haines took the stand In his own behalf this morning and denied wronging the daughter of his mining partner. Capsules, Introduced as Ex hibit A for the state, the defendant declared he had never seen before, or given them to the complaining wit nss. The prescription was torn off, and Haines denied that. The capsules, found by the father In the handbag of the girl, first roused his suspicions. Halnea admitted that he had taken auto trips with the complainant and another girl to Oranta Pans. Esgle Point and Butte Falls. The defend ant testified he hsd had hot words with Ernest Phelster, a stat witness, over the authorship of gossip. The wife of the defendant also came as a witness In his behalf. The trial atarted yesterday with the girl In the case, the first atate wit ness, telling In a low voice the sad snd sordid story of her mis-steps. (Continued on Page Two) CUSI.CK KILLED IN FALL OFF ROOF ALBANY. Ore, Oct. . (API B. D. CUslelt, 86. former Albany banker and state aenator from Linn county In 10U and 1017. was killed today when he fell from the roof of a barn which he was rhlnillng. The acci dent occurred at oilfcey nation, near Albany. Cualck died en route to the Albany hospital. His mother, Mrs. J. W. Cuslck, and !a son, Oeorgc, I've In Portland. I Custrk was a brothr-m-law cf the 1 late Etfgar B. Piper, editor of the loregoniaa. FIGHTERS WERE TRAPPED smouldering canyon In Orlf nth Park, Los Angeles, where M or more men, working on ft count iinemplovment death while righting a raging brusi,-an(l timber fire. The bodies of some of the victims can be seen. Hcorea by an Associated" Press photographer while the fire still raced and before the bodies rould be moved. Loweri Irving to rheck flames that swept through the cannon. Left: Building breaks and (right) carrying a fire SEEK TO TRACE IN FIRE DEATHS LOS ANQELES, Oct. 8. (AP) Per sons responsible, for the disastrous Griffith park brush fire which cost 37 lives, and for ordering laborers Into the fire trap canyon, were' sought In a three-fold Investigation today. With a promise that criminal pros ecution will follow any evidence of negligence, District Attorney Buron Pitts assigned a deputy to attend the coroner's Inquest. At this hearing tentatively set for next Wednesday morning, a Jury composed of fire ex perts, engineers - and foresters, will hear 'evidence gathered by city, coun ty and state Investigators. Coroner Prank Nance aald today the exact death toll of the fire In the box-like Mineral Wells canyon may never be known. The latest re port plsoed the missing at 63, but msny of these were believed to be In hospitals or had failed to make their safety known to authorities. A grticaome box full of bones, which may have been from human bodies, was brought from the fire swept area last night to the morgue. However, Nance declared these will not be regarded as sufficient evi dence of additional deaths unless other major portions of skeletons are uncovered. Police said Robert D. Barr, 39, an unemployed motion picture projec tionist who waa arrested for suspi cion, did not cause the fatal blaze, .ilthoutVi they said he admitted start ing a fire In the park later In the evening. The Investigating officers ststed that Barr. who had been drinking, heard a report of the fire in the recreational center and start ed out to find It. Being unable to locate It, the poll re charged he start ed a fire of hla own. As city, county and state officers gathered evidence they sought to an swer three questions: (1) W,ho start ed the fire and by what means? and (3i after the fire wu started who ordered the men Into the box-like canyon where the wind-driven flame wiped out their lives? and (3) was their action criminal disregard of the men's welfsre? LOS ANOELKS. Oct. IV fUPI A Mexican divorce hss been granted Mrs. Dorothy Dunbar Baer from Max Barr 'California heavyweight fighter, It was learned today. NRA ACTIVITIES By the Associated Press Today Hearings open on hour snd wage provision of farm adminis tration's grocery code draw atten tion to retail code Issues. Yesterday Administration 'invited bids on 844,525 tons of steel rails, to be bought with loans from public works fund. Hugh 8. Johnson starts national buying campaign and urges exten sive sales promotion and advertis ing. Secretary Perkins told American Federation of Labor muat go be yond present minimum wagea and maximum hours. MO LEAVES ROAD MARSHP1ELD, Ore., Oct. 5. AP) Mrs. Sara Abbott of Bandon waa killed last night when an automobile driven by Jim Smith wenfr over an embankment on the Elk river roao near Port Orford. Failure of the light on the car waa blamed for the accident. Smith, who waa returning Mrs. Abbott to her home after a visit with relatives In the Elk river coun try, escaped serious Injury. Death Blow for Freedom Of Press Dealt by Nazis BF.!U,W, Oct. B. IJT) The German government struck a, death blow at the freedom of the press today In Isws declaring Journalist public of flclsls and establishing the supreme penalty for German newspapermen who publish treasonable literature abroard or attempt to Introduce auch wrltlnjta Into their own country. In the law declaring Journal. sts public officials, the German govern ment decreed that Oerman newspl per men must bow to the so-called "leadership principle" meaning they must take ordera from the top with no hope for appeal. "It la the absolute right of the state," asld Dr. Psul Joseph Ooeb beu, minister of propaganda and pub lic enlightenment, "to auperviae the formation of public opinion and see that It doea not purine paths leading awav from the common weal." Chancellor Hitler eigne the mess- IN CANYGN E BOILER BLAST AT Tl A load of watermelons saved the Uvea of fire men at the Dutton saw mill at Sterling yesterday, when about 11 a. m. the sawmill boiler blew up, A boy came to the mill with a load of melons and the men decided to take a few minutes off testing their flavor. Although F. P. Dutton, the owner waa near the mill, the others were some distance away enjoying their feast, when bang) the end of. the boiler blew out, scattering steam and pieces of pipe and lion In all direc tions. By some miracle Dutton escaped Injury, and his employees were not touched. Had they been at their accustomed places, several would undoubtedly have been killed. Mr. Dutton came to Medford today with the report of the accident. He will use a gasoline tractor to supply power for the present and perhaps through the season, for securing and installing a new boiler will take con siderable time. . urn when It was approved by the cabinet yesterday. Under lu stern provisions. Ironclad rules were laid down for Oerman Journalism, whereby Aryanlam and Kaxi patriotism were made primary professional qualifications. Further, It waa assumed by news paper men. although the teat was not msde public, that the "Aryan para graph" barring persona with at least one Jewish grandparent from publtc office henceforth would be applied to Journalism. Kiplalnlng the new law, Goebbela said "the concept of the abaoluto freedom of the press la pronounced. ly Uberallatlc and proceeds not from th. people, in lt entirety, but from the Individual. "The conception of freedom of opinion In Its absolute overestimate Continued pa fag 8lx) QUELL DISORDER E Pickets Accused of Wound ing Over Score in Illinois District Power Lines Cut' Bridge Is Blown Up' HARRISBURO. 111., Oct. S National Guard troop were ordered Into Saline county this morning by Lieutenant-Colonel Robert W. Davis, after picketing miners along a 15-mlle front had been accused by officials of Peabody mine No. 43 of wounding a score or more persons. Davis Issued his order to four com panies and aald he expected 399 sol diers to move into the county later.- Officials of the mine aatd that t least three persons were seriously wounded by the incessant firing of the plcketers, and appealed for medical attention. However, local authorities said they had been unable to get anyone to brave the bullets ard go to me rescue, one amDuiance oper ator having flatly refused to take the risk. Bridge Blown Up. Meanwhile, power llnea leading In to the mines were out by the picket- era and a Big Four railroad bridge about an eighth of a mile from the mine property waa blown up. The blaat that wrecked the bridge was the one heard here early today, and offlclala of the mine who inves tigated said they found 41 sticks of (Continued on Page Two) 4 IS Lll PORTLAND. Ore., Oct. 8. (AT) Announcement that 39 winter O. O, O. camps have been authorised for Oregon waa made here Wedneaday by Robert Fechner, director of the civil-. Ian conservation work. The number of Oregon's camps will thua be reduced from 84 to 30, and the number of recruits from 13,800 to 7.800. Douglas county will have 7 campi. the largeat allotment to any county. Lane will have 0, Cooa 6. Curry 3. Jo scphlne 8, Jackson 4. Linn 1, Marlon 1, and Multnomah 1. Many of the eumme, campa. In cluding moat of thoae In the high mountains and all campa In eaatern Oregon are being abandoned for the winter. Of the 39 to be operated throughout the winter, many will be completely new campa. All summer camps to be utilized during the win ter will be made Into suitable winter quartera by the army. SERIES EXCITEMENT TOO MUCH FOR FAN ARDMORE, Okie., Oct. 5. (UP) The excitement of the sixth Inning of the world aerlea waa too much yesterday for Stoke I y Saudel, 30. clothing store clerk. He fell dead with heart failure while listening to radio report of the game. WILL- ROGERS p3oys: BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Oct. 4. These announcers of the world's series in both radio systems did a great job. I got a radio in my stable. Well they made it seem so real that halt a dozen times I started into a box stall to buy a hot dog and bottle of beer. I like the way they announe ed where the batter came from, his home town, his weight, age, batting average and who he had ,bcen keeping company with, and that's what should be done with radio singers. "This crooner is from Ade noid, N. J. He sings left hand ed, weight 118 pounds without his tonRils. He sang 335 songs last year with nothing to re member 'em by but his manu script. He was first with Clare more, Okla., in the 0. K. league, divorced three times and is looking for a break." llll KtfiwM SradlHti. 1M.