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Medford Ma The Weather j Forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and ! Friday. Not much chance in tem perature. Highest yesterday r 85 Lowest this morning- 39 TJfE Watch the iBlHUNtss CLASSlHtU ADS Lota of good oarjain that niiD genuine WTlngv Twentv-eighth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER 12, 1933. No. 174. TIT nnnfo)o) (g ROUS re By PAUL MALLON Copyright, 1033. by Paul Mallon. Tip. WASHINGTON, Oct. J2. Two three Inflationists have been tipped off by the White House that a mon etary atatement will be coming from the president ehortly. They were led to believe It will be devaluation of a 60-cent dollar, with ramifications concerning silver and per.haps the commodity dollar. They were told to keep their shirts on until the president la ready to do his announcing. That la why they have been so quiet lately. Signs. One senator recently declined to write & story about Inflation because his private Information Indicated Mr. Roosevelt would apeak before the story could he published. Another has been telling his closest friends there Is a good chHnce silver wHl get .helpful action. He Is figuring on bl-metalllsm. but that probably Is too much to expect. More likely a silver purchasing scheme will be what he will get. These eigne can hardly -be accept ed as definite, but confirming In ferences are now coming from an other quarter. The banking crowd la passing the word around that federal reserve of ficials and Mr. Roosevelt have been getting very close to agreement on tv gold policy. Reasoning. The bankers are coming to the Poosevelt way of thinking by a cir cuitous route. They say they were opposed to go ing off the gold standard In the first place. They Infer that they would not have gotten Into this cur- rency problem at all. But now that we are in it. they agree that the thing to do Is to get back on gold. They realize It would be difficult and useless to try the same old gold standard again. So Miey are willing to take a new gold standard on the basis of tfie existing valuation of the dollar. The new opinion was very widely expressed in private by the federal reserve governing croup which was recently here. Also It la known very definitely now that the British have been sounded out on the matter of cur rency stabilization. The British war debt delegates here are probably truthful when they say the subject Is not being mentioned In t,heir debt conferences. But they hide the fact that informal discussions have been going on out side the conference. Our officials are whistling a new tune about that. . They say they would like to have Britain come in on currency stabilization, also France but neither is needed. They Insist France would be forced to devalue if we did. Also that England could run along and roll her own hoop as she Is doing now. TViat kind of reasoning sounds suspicious. Up to now these same officials have been using the recal cltrancy of England and France as an excuse for not devaluing. The most logical explanation Is that our negotiations with England and France, have NOT been entirely successful and our officials axe get ting around to the point where they will take a chance on going Into the thing alone. Opposition. Not, all the barkers, favor the scheme. A bloc of antls recently heard wihat was going on. They started planting yarns around about how much devaluation would cost those who have dollars now. Also the Idea was circulated that devalu ation might prove useless as a price stimulant. These stories are probably true. The results to be exepected from devalu ation have been wldly exaggerated by most of Its advocates. Vet the fact remains that "bylng now' and credit stimulation and all the other current programs are en countering the Insurmountable ob stacles of ft dollar witrt St. Vltua dance. ' New Brain Trust. Mr. Roosevelt has been seeking ft conservative way of calming it. He ssld as much to ft banker who re cently called at the White House. This banker came away with the view that the president waa leaning more and more towards sound mon ey and othrr conservative policies but that he is trying to present ft sufficiently radical appearance to plactee those who are ahoutlng for drastic and quick action. That seems to be the game. If you want any further proof, all vou need to do is watch those who are running In and out of the White Hou these days. Not Senator Thomas or the money radicals. But Gov. Black of federal reserve. Jesse .lons of R. F. C. the conservative t res ury boys led by Wood In and Acheron. It is r!er that i.h money policy ts NOT being fixed by the advanced thinkers or by the brain trust. Ola F.inimion. The NFA folks here knew all about rnsor CtlsM and his re fuss 1 to be blanketed by he blue eirle. They tried to keep the mutter imd'V cov- fcCoaUmud fia JUSTICE DEALS r SWIFT BLOW IN KIDNAPING CASE Desperado and Wife Un moved As Fate Is Pro nounced in Federal Court Jury Deliberates Hour OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 13. (AP) George (Machine Gun) Kelly and his wife. Kathryn. 'Gr seutenced to life imprisonment today on their con viction by a federal court Jury in the Charles P. Vrschel kidnaping con sptracy case. The maximum sentences under the "Lindbergh" law were pronounced by Judge Edgar 5. Vaught, IS days after the Kellya were trapped at Memphis, Tenn., after a haphazard flight over the middle west and south, and only three days after they went to trial. Six Get Life Sentence. Thus six of the nine persons con victed In the 9200,000 kidnaping con spiracy have been ordered to prison for the rest of their Uvea. Also under sentence are Harvey Bailey, the Jail breaker; Albert Bates of Denver, Kelly's aide In the actual kidnaping and Mr. and Mrs. R. G. Shannon, ope- rators of the Paradise, Tex., "kidnap farm" where Urschel. millionaire oil man, was held nine daya. Mrs. Shan non la Kathryn Kelly's mother. The verdict, returned last night after an hour of deliberation, was sealed until today. Even before It was returned federal agenta had per fected plans to take- Kelly by plane to the Leavenworth federal pen! ten tlary. but said the transfer would not be made today. Mrs. Kelly probably la to serve her sentence at the WO' men's reformatory in West Virginia. Calm at Verdict. The Kellya received the verdict and sentence without changing expres- ( Continued on Page Five) 4 ' AT ARMS PARLEY GENEVA, Switzerland, Oct. 13. (AP) The atmosphere of the disarm ament pourparlers was viewed today by the delegates as considerably more pessimistic than yesterday. While the United States. Franca and Great Brltan had united on the stand that there shall be no rearm ament of Germany, divergent views existed among them as to Just what constitutes rearmament In the mill tary phraseology. BERLIN, Germany, Oct. 13. (AP) Dr. Rudolf Nadoly, chief German delegates In the disarmament discus sions, today waa hurriedly called to Berlin to make a report to Chancel lor Hitler. 1383 CARS PEARS SHIPPED 10 DATE A total of 1383 carloads of pears has been shipped from the Rogue River valley, up to Wednesday night, according to Southern Pacific freight statistics. The last of the D'AnJous, and the first of the winter Nells varieties sre now being picked. According to Hor ticultural Agent L. P. Wilcox they will afford the best quality. Pear shipments are below those of lsst year, due to late seasonal condi tions. INSULL HEARING IS SLATED NEXT WEEK ATHENS, Greece, Oct. 13. (AP) The documents In the case seeking the extradition of Samuel Insult, ter mer utilities operator, to Chicago were sent today from the ministry of Justice to the appeal courts. This brought tie case before the court again, with the hearing expected to be set for next Monday or Tuesday. LYNCHERS HANG NEGRO FROM BRIDGE IN NIGHT LABADIEVILLE. La., Oct. 13. (AP) A negro, arrested yeaterdsy for questioning In connection with the slaying of Miss Louisiana La rose. 15-year-old white girl, whose body waa found In a field, was taken from the Lahadlevtlle Jail today and lynched by a mob of unidentified men. The negro, whose nsme wss not dis closed at the time of his arrest, was ;e1rd quietly by the mob and hanged I from a girder of the bridge over Bayou ; LaKourrhe. When early risers in the community the body t dawn and of fleers cut It. down, tbpy found EU-ttca Bote gi&ued to Uii Desperado and V George ("Machine Gun") Kelly and his wire, Kathryn, who heard unmoved a life Imprisonment sen ten re pronounced upon them this morn ing In Oklahoma City federal court for the kidnaping of Charles F. Urschel. (Associated Press photo). OF I IN SALEM AREA SALEM, Oct. 13. (AP) Captain McClaln of the state poilce dispatch ed officers to the Whestland Perry district of the Willamette river this afternoon to return Cleorga Parren and Adolph Bauser, two state escapes, who were reported apprehended be tween there and Fairfield. McClaln- aald they were evidently the pair reported seen In a boat on the river at noon today. Earlier a report waa received here that two men with their feet wrapped In sacks appeared at the former Amea Park Zoo north of iubbard and asked for shoes and matches. Three of the six who escaped from the criminally Insane ward of the state hospital Sunday night were still at large following capture of Parren and Bauser. Elmer Becker was cap tured and returned Monday night. Among the mlaslng Is William O. Bowen. described by officers aa one of the most dangerous prisoners ever held In an Oregon Institution. Dean Welch and A. R. Carter are the others still at large. A suspect, believed to be Dean Welch, one of the an criminally In sane to break from the state hospital nf nniKm Rundav nieht. Is held at Red Bluff. Cal.. for Investigation atate police were advised here this afternoon. Report wss receiveo irom the sheriff at Red Bluff and com plete Information regarding Welch tt-i. immediate!? forwarded to Red Bluff to aid the Investigation. Pear Markets CHICAGO, Oct. 12. (AP) Three cars California, one Missouri, three Oregon, seven Washington; 10 cats on track, seven sold. Oregon Bartletts: 198 boxes, extra fancy, l.05.2.30: average, 3.12; 808 boxes fancy, $1. 70-2.38; average. 93.03. California Bartlctts: 3404 boxea, $1.80-3.40; average 1 87. NKW YORK No pears today; Iday. bol- TIME BOMB HINTED IM PI AMP niSASTFR VALPARAISO. Ind., Oct. 13. (AP) Coroner Carl Davla of Porter coun ty aald today the possibility of a time bomb having wrecked the Unit ed Air Lines New York-Chicago plane waa under investigation. The plane felt near here Tuesday night, killing seven persons. clothing warning "all persons' against attack on women of the section. So stealthily did the lynchers move the Jail and spIm the prisoner. after midnight, that no one in the little town was awakened. Authorl ties aald they wre lnvRt:gttlmi the manner In which the negro ws re moved from the Jail. The body of the I.aross girl waa found amid the tail sugsr cane cf an outlying plantation on Monday. She had tven bea'en and apparently hsd bren dragged through the shsrptfaved rare for sonic distmir", but coroner T. R. Pwgh reported had DTt i Lxea qutufiallf a, tucket Wife Stoical SCREEN STARS TO HOLLYWOOD, Cal., Oct. 12. (AP) The newly formed Screen Actors' Guild will vigorously protest any at tempt to establish a salary control board, aa la reported planned under the National Recovery Administra tion, Eddie Cantor, president of the guild, aald today. A Joint meeting of the Actore Guild and the Screen v Titers' Guild to discuss what they regard as dan geroua and harmful provisions In the film Industry code and to plan campaign against salary control baa been called for Sunday night. About two score Hollywood, actors and actresses, moat of whom axe members of the Actors' Guild, rate "headline" pay salaries running all the way from $3,000 to $10,000 week- (Contlnued on Page Seven) 4 Hope of recovery waa maintained today for Chester Webb, 10, son of Mr. and Mrs. George Webb of this city, who received severe burns Tuesday niftht in Klamath Falls. He waa removed to Medford last night and la receiving treatment at the Sacred Heart hospital. Both legs and his left arm were badly burned when gasoline, which bad dripped on the youth's clothing Ignited. A definite change In his condition Is expected during the next 48 hours, hta father stated thla afternoon. Webb waa driving with a friend Kenneth Sutherland, Tuesday night when he got out of the car and ad Justed the carburetor. Gasoline obvl ously dripped onto his clothing at that time, for when he entered the car and lighted a cigarette, his clothes burst Into flame. Hia friend assisted him In tearing the clothing from hii body, but he was already seriously burned. Webb'a parents were summoned to Klamath Palls and returned with him last night. Prank McQueen, sanitary engineer, who hss been In the city for the past five days submitting sewage disposal plant plana to the city council for ita consideration, left last nlgtit for the south McQueen, whose system waa adopt' ed In the Golden Gate park in the bay city, had called In Medford before regarding the proponed new sewsge disposal plant. The city has. up' to date, rome to no decision regarding letting of the contract, should the j proposed sewage plant be msde pos- aible through the granting of federal funds through the public works pro gram. DAVIS ACQUITTED ON LOTTERY ACCUSATION , NEW TOTIK. Oct. 13. P( eVnstor .Ismet J. Duvia of Pennsylvania, sni Tieodore a. Mil'er r acquitted lare tod? of c.uwn of violating the ie;al totveijr Uii, RELIEF GOAL Administrator Johnson and Secretary Wallace Put Heads Together See At tempt Antagonize Farmer By ROY F. II KM WICK 8 ON Associated Press SUff Writer. WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (AP) An attempt to co-ordinate policies and methods of the administrations two major recovery agencies waa made to day by Hugh 8. Johnson, NRA ad ministrator, In an extensive confer ence with the farm law adminis trators, Secretary Wallace and George , Peek. Undertaking the Important step long heralded aa imperative to or derly progress In the recovery pro gram, the group met In Wallace's office with an evident intention to reconcile the polnta at Issue bj qutckly an possible. Would tiet Together. On leaving. Johnson informed news papermen "we are attempting to get together on fundamental policies, but refused to say whether the trio had reached any decisions. In a recent public addresa he as serted "there la a distinct movement to raise farmer antagonism to NRA the ground that anything done for workers before farm prices are raised to their pre-war relatlonehlp to other prices la unfavorable to agri culture." Today he said "we have been going along pretty faat and we have to check up to see that we are moving Id the same direction." President Roosevelt had the oppor tunlty to get a direct report on the conference from Johnson later, invlt- Ing the NRA leader to a luncheon conference at the White House. Three Main Point. It was reported that the discus slon of the three executives centered around these main points: 1. A growing undercurrent of feel ing In farm administration circles that lta efforts to Increase price to farmers have been more than offset by Increases In prices paid by farmers aa a result of the NRA program. 3. Determination of a ' policy ' of 'distribution markups. The . farm admlnlatratlon has expressed open hostility to 3'i and 7 per cent markups over delivered cost by whole salers and retailers allowed In the proposed master food oode aa It stands. NRA officials, meanwhile, have expressed open approval of pro posed 10 per cent markups for the remainder of the distribution field In the retail code now awaiting action by Johnson. , Co-ordinating administration so to make greater speed on codes over which there la a division of re sponsibility between the two organi zations. NRA responsibilities being limited to hours of labor and wages while the fsrm administration haa authority respecting the fixing of minimum and maximum prices and the listing of numerous practices as "unfair." and "fair." This separation of responsibility covera food products, a substantial portion of the American distribution Industry. CREW WILL COME E. A- Collier, division engineer of the atate highway commission, i In Ashland today arranging for the sending of Locating Engineer Weaver with a crew of. 1ft men. to .that city next week to start work of relocating the Siskiyou highway south. The work, expected to require con slderable time, will make complete data on costs available for the mas ter plan which Includes the territory from nl.ie miles south of Ashland to the California, line. With the data In hand, contracts could be let lm mediately when, and If, the money la made available for the project. I T . The annua) harvest home festival, observed for the past 30 yesra by the Phoenix Presbyterian church, will be held thla evening, in the form of chicken dinner, to be served In the chnrrh parlors, according, to an nouncement The dinner la being put on by the Ladles' Aid of the Presbyterian church and will be served between the hours of ft and S o'clock. Hpeelsi dishes have twn arranged for the affair, tnd the Urge number of Medford people who attend the dlnner sre expected to Journey to Phoenix this 5 WILL BE BY SM POLICE Reduction in Force Due to Decreased Receipts Last 2 Years Word at Salem Late Comers Slated By CLAYTON BKHMIARD (Associated Press Staff Writer.) SALEM, Oct. 12 (T Tentative plana for reduction or the game law enforcement division of the state po lice, by at least five patrolmen, aa announced by members of the state game commission in Portland yester day, waa confirmed here today by Charles P. Pray, auperlntendent of state police. The reduction. It was understood here, was one of aeveral proposals to keep expenditures of the game funds down to decreased receipts experi enced during the past couple of years. Game law enforcement at the same time, records show, haa reduced con- alderably under the atate police con trol, last year showing a decrease of more than 13, 000 a yea over any of the past six years, and the cost this year, under the budget, will be 17,500 under that figure. Costs Lowered. Cost of the gsme law enforcement was lowered some the current yeir by reduction of salaries, but rather than reduce salaries further, tents. tlve plans call for reducing the stalf by at least five after November 1 It was expected these men would be those recently added to the staff, but who they will be haa not yet been determined, Pray said. Records in the secretary of atate 's office revealed that while the state legislature reduced the salaries of all employes, the plan apparently has not been atrlctly adhered to In other oe paxtmenta over which the game com mission has control. Increases of about $10 a month were noted for two officials of the game commission This gave rise to speculation here Whether the commission also planned to make Its administrative and pro duction costs correspond to the re duced receipts. No Information Given. The meeting of the . commission with Pray here Tuesday was an ex ecutive session, and the only oonv ment made by Chairman M. E. Cor- rigan of the commission was that a friendly conference wlrn the state police auperlntendent wss held, and no statements whatsoever would be given out. "My conference with the game com mission was a very pleasant one." Pray reiterated here today, "and we contrived to overcome our respective difficulties with relation to the pay ment problem to the apparent satis faction of everyona concerned. I be lieve the reduction from 35 to 30 men will not impair the efficiency of the enforcement to a great extent, and I am glad to cooperate with the commission in meeting expense diffi culties." The game law enforcement last year required about 40 per cent of th entire receipts, records at the state police department ehow. CHECKPASSER IS "Lm Bailey," who also traveled un dn the nam, of "Penrod Purcell,' and aavral othar allaaea. Including "Thompaon," la under a rest in ho Angelas count;, California, atate no Uce were advlaed here thla afternoon and will be held there awaiting In formation from Medford, forwarded today. Wanted here for paaalng a number or check, diirlng the aummer, "Bal ley," whoaa name (a really not that at all, la alao wanted on charge. In Ca!l fornla. TSj ir an'a real name la not knorni. He pauied a number of check on eatabllahmenU here dur- Ing the aummer. It la charged, but It bad not been determined thla after' noon whether or not ha would be returned to Oregon aoon or held for trial in California. ARREST "KHAKI SHIRTS" ON EVE OF CAPITAL MARCH PHILADELPHIA, Oct. 13. (AP) Raiding three he id quarters of the khaki shirts, poilce today arrested 37 men, awaiting a scheduled march on Washington and selred loaded pistols, knives, clubs and blackjacks. Police said they had received "defi nite Information" the khaki shirts planned to atorm the armory of the tilth regiment, Pennsylvania Na tional Ouard, to get ammunition. Three armories were placed under guard, and the raids on the head quarters were msde when residents called police to protest that armed men were walking around the street. Among the prisoners wss a "gen eral" and a couple of "colonels." but police said they stilt were seeking tbl 9WaJe H4 seW-itjrle4 com- Horse Stealing Trial I n Klamath Like Old West KLAMATH FALLS. Ore.. Oct. 13 (AP) Lester Hlxon dismissed his legal counsel In circuit court yesterday afternoon, undertook hta own defence on a horse stealing charge and got a hung Jury out of It. In an atmosphere of western Informality in keepmg with the nature of the charges, Hlxon placed himself and other defense witnesses on the stand, cross-examined state witnesses argued points of procedure with the court and addressed a statement to the Jury. Judge William Duncan readily admitted It wsa the "strangest" esse he hud ever heard. S. I Henrietta B. Martin, preatdent of the late aelf-atyled "Ctood Govern ment CongreaB," found guilty of rlotoua conduct" by a circuit court Jury and granted a impended aen tence by Judge H, D. Norton, pending good behavior yesterday morning. yeaterday aftrnoon, through ner at torney, W. E. Phlppa. "led a motion for a new trial. "Unqueetlonably a number of the lurors awore faleelv regarding their prejudices and opmlcma to secure placea on the Jury," the motion al legee. Other allegatlona embodied in tne document were: That tha verdict waa ona of paa- alon and prejudice: that the Indict ment did not atau sufficient facta to constitute a crime: that the ver dict waa contrary to the evldenca; that the verdict waa contrary to the instructions of the court; that the defendants were not prepared for trial and that tha court erred In not permitting the Introduction of certain evidence and refusing to di rect a verdict of not guilty aa r quested by the defendant, Henrietta B. Martin. L. O. VanWegan and E. L. Pitch. co-defendants, were acquitted by the Jury on the same charge. Tha evi dence ahowed Van Wegan drove Mrs. Martin to the scene of the attempted buggy whipping, and that Fitch, post. ed agalnat a lamp poat, attracted the attention of Editor Leonard Hall when ,he left the News office. A directed verdict of not guilty waa ordered by the court In favor of C. H. Brown, father of Mrs. Martin, similarly charged. All he did, the testimony allowed, was to purchase the buggy whip for the assault, and hide It In his pants leg. Argumenta on the motion for new trial will take place after the usual ten daya. 1 RETURNS SAFELY A. E. Hart, 48. of Griffin creek who Tuesday evening got lost In the Butte Falls section, while out hunt ing with his brother-in-law, T. A Schollenburg, returned to bis home late yesterday afternoon, having fol lowed a small stream to where It flowed Into Rogue river, then foil lowing the river until he reached the highway. Hsrt obtained an automobile ride Into Medford and upon finding out that a searching party was looking for him, notified the atate poilce that he had returned safely. He made no explanation to them, Captain Lee M Bown said today. Deputy Sheriff Ed Leach and ' member of the state police depart ment spent all day Wednesday search Ing for Hart, and were notified about 7 o'clock last evening that the man had returned home safely. msnder-in-chlef. Arthur J. Smith. It was Smith who announced l.ftOO, 000 men would descend on the capi tal from nine states today and "In stall" President Roosevelt as the na tion's dictator. Smith's order to marrh was being awaited by the khaki shirt when the police arrived. Smith, in announcing plans for the advance on the capital, aald Instal lation or the president as a dictator would he In accordance with the or ganisation's fascist policies. Enrolling men at $3 each and sell ing them trench caps and brown shirts. Smith recruited a large num ber of followers In Philadelphia. His "shovk troops" wore helmets and plume flowed from those of blgb E IN CRASH DEATH Fatal Accident After Night at Roadhouse Arouses Officers New Angles Are Traced' by Officials An Inquest Into the death of A. J. White. 2S, of Hilt, Cal.. killed early esterday morning when hla car turned over at the Junction of Kings highway and Stewart avenue, la planned In connection with the thor ough investigation into the case now under way, District Atorney Cteorge Codding announced thla afternoon. The Investigation of the wreck. which occurred when White and hla two companions, James Creel and Fred Clawson, now In the Commun ity hospital, were returning to the city from Valley View road hotiae, will be thorough In every respect and will Include several anglea w.hlch have not been revealed, officers Indi cated this afternoon. Injured Resting Creel, who received head Inlurlea in the wreck, and Clawson, w,ho sus tained a broken back, were reported resting easily at the hospital thla afternoon. Clawson's wife, who re sides at Ashland, had called upon him, and a number of friends from Hilt,. Cal., visited the Injured men lsat night and today. Both men were employed in Hilt, Cal.. at th box factory. Creel, according to re port given tha officers yesterday, haa momer, Mrs. sneath Creel, resid ing In Oulfport, Miss. (Continued on Page Seven) BY STATE POLICE State police patrols are betns as signed to all roads leading to speek e sales" located in this district, in an extensive campaign to avoid repeti tion of the list of serious !.nd fatal aclcdenta recently reported on south ern Oregon roads and highway, Cap tain Lee M. Bown announced this afternoon. t Numerous complaints have been re ceived by the atate police from all localities, especially from neighbor hoods where roadhouses or "speak easies" are located, and the drive is now on to protect the public against traffle violations, especially thosa committed under the influence of liquor, Captain Bown further stated. Motorists will be arrested immedi ately for all Infractions, and no leni ency will be shown, wherever serious violations are noted. A strict check will be made on ail traffic, but par ticular emphasis will be placed on violations resutlng from intoxication, as the purpose of the drive Is to stop the occurrence of soetdent. which have been on the Increase In several localities of late. There are too many accidents and too many complaints coming Into po lice headquarters. Captain Bown made It clear today, an dsomething Is go ing to be done to halt the violations so far as traffic Is concerned. Will rogehs BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Oct. 11. roor Mr. Roosevelt. He no more than gets one national thing straightened out than, along comes something else. Just getting the codes out of the way when along come Kansas and almost beats Notra Dnme. Now he has to drop overything till he gets Notre Dnmc straightened out. Manager Terry of the Giants was sentenced to five years in New York. Looks like Oonin was really the winner. He was only sentenced to three years in Washington, He is young yet and will be when he gets out. Say, did you know our pop ular governor, Jimmy Rolph, who has worn boots all his life, is not well. Some crazy doctor made him put on shoes. v
