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Medford Mail T UM, "Tstcb tb TBIBUNt CLAOSlrLtD ADS . . Lots of good bargain, that aiii itaulot Twenty-eighth, Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, OCTOBER 24, 1933. No. 134. ilia sun Ml llV I The Weather I rorecut: Unsettled, with rain to ntfht and Wednesday. Moderate tem perature. ! HlfiheU yesterday .,,.. 76 l.oHffet thli morning 3t rib HUE HE By PAUL MALLON (Copyright, 1933, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Oct. 24.--Conservatives on the Independent non-partisan commissions around town have developed strong pro-Roosevelt lean ings on the inside lately. Intimates of these gentleman re i port that the president's dismissal of William E. Humphrey, a conserva tive Republican, from the federal trade commission has had a wide spread psychological effect. They believe Mr. Roosevelt will haw no trouble whatever hereafter T with cottar vat Ives on the Interstate commerce and tarflf commissions, as veil as federal trade. After all $8500 Jobs do not grow on trees these days. Even conserva f tlves and Republicans have wives and children who must be thought of. These men have heretofore con sidered themselves beyond the reach of the presldnt or anyone else. Their Jobs are semi-Judlclal. They have resisted presidents on many occasions. Their terms have- a specific time to run under the law. What the Humphrey case showed them was that the law does not count for the present. Courts will ulti mately determine their standing In reference to the president, but that will be months hence. Meanwhile Humphrey Is In the position of the man who was put In Jail for doing nothing. Humphrey said the president coul not put him out without cause, but he Is out, and his salary has stopped. Palpitations of his fellow conserva tive commissioners In the government will run high until his case-Is dc- elded, and perhaps after. T Hull. State Secretary Hull was NOT en tirely left out of the Russian recogni tion program, although his part In It was Inconsequential. The real Inside negotiations were handled by William C. Bullitt, spec ial assistant to Hull. He la the man who made a secret trip to Europe last spring. You may remember that the senate became quite excited about It. Republican Senator Robinson smelled a war debt deal and shouted charges all over the chamber. Bullitt's real mission abroad was to sound out European governments as to how they were getting along with the reds. His report was favorable. Hull's personal contact with the subject was largely confined to con ferences In London with M. Lltvlnoff snd Sir John Simon during the late lamented economic conference. His report Is supposed to have been less favorable than Bullitt's. That was because Sir John filled Hull full ef the troubles England was then hav ing about British engineers being tried for sabotage. Hull's Incidental part In the Rus sian program Is being coupled with the fact that war debts were taken iway from him several weeks ago and given to the treasury. Gossips are concluding this means Hull Is on the shelf. That Is hardly a fair statement. A better way of saying It la that Mr. Roosevelt Is his own secretary of state. If his confidence In Hull hsa been weakened recently, none of his associates know It. The treasury department was the logical place to handle the debt prob lem. There the debts would be con sidered on a business basis and not as an International diplomatic prob lem. Likewise the Russian policy is one ef Mr. Roosevelt' own pets. He was thinking about It and working on It long before he thought of Hull as secretary of state. Japan. Russian recognition may stop the threatened war between Japan and Russia If nothing else does. I Mr. Roosevelt did not have that Idea In mind. He was more eager to quiet the farmers here. But his pro gram means Russia will get credit In the United States to purchase muni tions and armaments if she needs them. Japan's credit right now would hardly enable her to buy a cap plsto without laying cash on the line. Moderation of Japanese Far Eastern policy may result. Retreat? The administration strictly csutlon M newsmen not to Interpret the president's Russian program as Rus sian recognition. One reason for that may hare been to leave a way of retreat open if public reaction to the move should be bad. That Is good generalship. Within the psst month, the American Legion. A. F. of L. and many leading Catholics have opposed recognition. However. It Is Inconceivable that the coming negotiations will fall. The matters st Issue are too trivial to be serious obstacles If both sides really want action. Most Insiders are betting on recog nition within two weeks after Lltvln off arrives. That means a month from now. Notes. The funny side of Mr. Roosevelt's Russian move la that he baaed It on the lda that we could not commu- .ICoauaueC) pa Ph four POLICE CHECKING T John Gorch Provides Names' Addresses to Boston Of ficersCondon Says Man Not One That Got Money BOSTON. Oct. 24. (AP) Lieuten ant James Finn of the New York po lice department today said that In formation gained from John Gorch provided a clue to the kidnapers of the Lindbergh baby. After a conference which followed the questioning of Gorch and which was. participated In by Boston police officials and Corporal William F. Horn of the New Jersey state police, Finn said: "Gorch provided us with names and addresses In New York. These wni have to be checked up. What they will prove to be I can't say now." Asked If the Information gained from Gorch was of "real Importance." Finn said, "I wouldn't want to put It as strong as that but It Is a clue. I wouldn't want to go any stronger because to do so would frustrate any plans for the future." Finn said that samples of Gorch's handwriting had been taken to com pare them with the handwriting of the Lindbergh ransom notes. NEW YORK, Oct. 24. (AP) Dr. John F. Condon, known as "Jafsle" during his work as intermediary In the Lindbergh kidnap case, today ex amined a newspaper photograph of John Gorch, held In Boston, and aald Gorch was not the "John" to whom he passed 450.000 ransom money In St. Raymond's cemetery, the Bronx, April 2. 1932. Dr. Conaon, seen at his home In the Bronx, said he had not been asked to go tp Boston to see Gorch, but added he would go If requested. He expressed a belief that the "John" to whom he gave the ransom money had been slain for his share of the (50,000. "John," Dr. Condon said, was of slimmer and more muscular build than Qorch appeared to be from his photograph. -4 $5 Gift Checks To 400 Workers Aid Buying Drive ST. LOUIS, Oct. 24. (AP) The Berland Shoe .Stores, Inc., operat ing retail shops In 30 mlddlewest ern cities, today forwarded five dollar gift checks to each of ap proximately 400 employees and urged them to buy "something that you need." The checks stated at the top that they were void unless spent within one week from date of issue with concerns displaying the blue eagle. I. M. Kay, president of the con cern, said his company was co operating with President Roose velt's "buy now campaign. STRONG FOR REPEAL REYKJAVIK, Iceland. Oct. 24. (p) For repeal 10,137; against 8.437. That's how the count stood tody as slow returns from outlying dis tricts in Saturday' vote onconstitu tlonat prohibition in Iceland gave a steadily mounting majority to repeal. ONE KILLED IN CRASH OF CRUISER, STEAMER SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 24. (AP) The cruiser Chicago, one of the navy's newest fighting ships, was badly damaged and at least one man kilted, one missing and two seriously Injured, In a collision today off Point Sur, south of here, with the British steamer Stiver Palm. Both ships pro ceeded tO:V?d San Francisco, HUNTER'S MISTAKE COSTS LIFE MYRTLE CREEK MAN ROSEBURG, Ore.. Oct. 24. (AP) C. W. Jones, 68. well known Myrtle creek resident, died last night while on the way by ambulance from Tiller to the Roseburg hospital. Death re sulted from a gunshot wound Inflict ed by Ronajd Loffer, 19. of Tiller, who mistook Jones for a deer, while hunt ing In the Hatchet creek district, a mile and a half southwest from TiUei in the extreme southern portion ot Douglas county. Loffer is being held under techni cal arrest pending an Inquest. Jones and Loffer were members of a hunting party which Included the former's son-in-law. Frank West and .Alien Gould, of Myrtle Creek, and J. D Loffer. father of- Ronald, a resi dent of TiUcr, GETS SOME OF f . s 'V. V Mrs. Sybil E. Spreckels won a divorce settlement of $16,250 In cash, plus $7500 payable In monthly Installme.vta In addition to a monthly allowance for the ears of her young daughter, Barbara. Mrs. Spreckels Is shown In Seattle with her daughter. (Associated Press Photo) SELF-CONTROL BY OR FEDERAL RULE WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. (API Secretary Wallace today told delegates to the lumber conservation confer ence here that unless the Industry controls itself iliefe may be "strict regulations by government." Wallace said stabilized employment and a stable Industry were "Impossi ble without conservation and sustain ed production of the basic resources." Government control has been adopted in many other countries, he said, adding public opinion sooner or later will force such action in this country unless the problem Is solved In some other way. The forest Indus tries are to be given every opportunl ! ty, he explained, to work out the so t lutlon themselves, and only if they i fail, will extensive public regulation be undertaken. " The operators are here to consider a program of conservation under their NRA code. Wallace said the objective of the jNRA can be accomplished only if . handled In such a manner as to I "avoid unnecessary destruction of j usable timber and young growth; in isure prompt and adequate regenera- i tlon following cutting; and produce a ! reasonably steady output of timber i and other products continuously rrom year to year." OE TITLED HUBBY LOS ANGELES. 34. (AP) Waiving 311 claims of alimony, Mae Murray, blonde screen actress, was divorced in superior court today from David Mdlvant, prince of the Soviet province of Oeorgla, In foregoing any claim to alimony. Mis Murray said she thought she was giving up something ahe felt she was rightfully entitled to, but "I am also gaining something that Is very Important my freedom," she declared. 28 FEARED DROWNED AS SHIP GOES DOWN SINGAPORE. Oct. 24. (AP) Twenty-eight of the crew of the Straits steamship company vessel Tronoh were believed drowned today when only nine survivors had reached here. The Tronoh sank in a violent storm The fire men, according to state ments of the various members of the party, had spread out across a can yon and were working their wsy up a tributary of Hatchet creek. Ronald Loffer stated that he saw an object across the canyon and about 60 yards distant, and believed It to be a deer. He fired and the bullet struck Jones In the hip and lodged in the body. The young man. after calling the other members of the party, ran to Tiller, where a call was sent out over the forert service telephone line for an ambulance and physician. Jones' death occurred shortly after the trip by ambulance to Roseburg fttuted. SUGAR WEALTH SCHERER ELECTED PRESIDENT FRUIT PORTLAND, Oct. 24. (AP) Paul A. Scherer of Medford was elected president of Northwest Fruit Indus tries, Inc., and Portland waa selected as headquarters for the organisation, at a meeting of the control commit tee last night. The organization will handle the marketing agreement between hand lers of tree fruits in Oregon, Wash ington, Idaho and Montana, and the agricultural adjustment administra tion, The control committee was to meet again today to discuss details of mar keting tree fruits from this area. The crops are estimated to be worth $60,000,000. J. W. Herbert of Yakima was elect ed first vice-president; M. S. Foster, Wenatchee, second vice-president; Ernest E. Henry, Portland, treasurer; W. H. Horsely, Seattle, manager, and Robert M. Kerr, Portland, counsel. The control committee consists of 25 trustees of the corporation, and five additional men selected by ship pers, who are not members of the association. T A final high school rally will be conducted tomorrow at 7;00 p. nv, Just prior to the benefit performance at Hunt's Crater Inn theater, it was announced today by Dr. R. E. Lee, chairman of the civic affairs commit tee of the chamber of commerce. Committees of students snd busi ness men are out today selling tickets for the performance, and reports in dicate extremely good Mies. City Su perintendent Fred Scheffel is arrang ing for a stand to be erected outside the theater and one or two speakers will be on hand to assist In the pre show ceremony. The high school band, football squad and students will march through the streets. The feature picture at the theater will be "Saturday s Millions," a foot ball picture appropriate for the oc casion. Those who have not pur chased tickets are urged to obtsln same at the chamber of commerce Immediately so that a packed house will demonstrate that Medford is be hind Its football team and wants to see the boys get the necessary new sulU. ARTERY SEVERED, STAYTON, Oct. 24 (AP) Private Harding of the Vancouver Barrack walked a quarter of a mile in spite of a severed neck artery to summon medical aid for Lieutenant L. H. Rosenthal fnllowlng a near-fatal acci dent near here yesterday. Rosenthal was unconscious after a blowout caused the car to swerve in the loose gravel, crash through a fence and pile Into an oak tree. Both occupants were taken to a local hos pital, but not until Harding walked back to the wreck after pulling in a cy tot a vftvr, 1 FALLS BATTLING L Daladier Denounces Socialist Leader Blum in Speech Marking Open Break Feud Long Threatened PARIS, Oct. 24. (AP) The cabi net of Premier Edouard Daladier fell early today battling for a balanced budget and Insisting to the last that sound finances alone could avert Im minent inflation and the fall of the franc. Within an hour after Its defeat 329 to 341 on a vote of confidence, the entire cabinet hurried to Elysee pal ace and presented their resignations to President Lenrun. The president Immediately outlined a series of consultations with senate and chamber of deputies presidents, committee heads and party leaders before offering the premiership. Albert Sarraut, a senator, was men tioned as the most likely to succeed M. Daladier. Owing to the bitterness which developed in the chamber, It was not considered likely a deputy would be considered. As M. Daladier fell, he burned his bridges behind him In an open break with the socialists reproaching their millionaire leader, Leon Blum, for negotiating a compromise and then refusing to support It, Usually calm and deliberate, the premier raised his arms In violent gestures as he denounced Blum, who appeared to take tragically the sup posed end of his power seen in the socialist split on the vote. His spare form contrasting sharply with that of the thick-set and burly premier and his voice choking, Blum asserted the government's plan would have TM-ed the way for a further de ficit. "You are going to again reduce the purchasing power of the consumers," Blum cried. "No one U more opposed to Inflation than we, but wa also want a stable relation between wages and prices." In any case, the Daladier-Blum feud long simmering now has come to a head and likely will play a big part In the selection of a new cabinet. CHAPLIN PLEADS LOS ANGELES, Oct. 24. (AP) Hollywood's greatest portrsyer of psntomlme who still believes there Is a placs for ths silent motion picture, Charles Chaplin, broke his silence last night to deliver an address In behalf of the National Recovery Act. "The unemployed havs nothing," said the actor In a nationwide broad cast, "but thers are ninety million people In America, myself Included, who have means who hsvs the pur chasing power to buy now and who can help to put those unemployed bsck to wcrk. After all, we are not making any sacrifices. On the con trary, It Is to our sdvantage If we buy now, because prices sre bound to rise later on." 4- TO GO FOR RELIEF PORTLAND, Oct. 24, (AP) De cision to place In the unemployment relief fund all revenue derived from sale of alcoholic liquors 1n Oregon arter repeal of the 18th amendment, waa reached at a conference here to day of the Wilcox unemployment re lief committee and the Knox com mittee on liquor control. All liquor revenuea and such other revenue from sources to be provided by the special session of the legisla ture, will be placed In this fund dur ing the unemployment emergency, It was agreed, subject to expenditure of the state unemployment relief com mittee. Measure to make this effective will be prepared for presentation to the legislature when it meet Mon day, Not. 20. 4 FROM SLIGHT COLO WASHINGTON, Oct. 24. (AP) President Roosevelt set up his work shop for today in the White House study, remaining away from his office because of a slight cold. The cold was described as a "alight Irritation." The president designated Cord ell Hull, secretary of stst. to preside over the regular meeting of the re WfZ OQU&cU 1 the executive office TRUST FUND USE E Senate Investigators Shown Letter From Chase Bank Files Disclosing Shortage of Nine Million Dollars By Nnthnn Robertson Associated Press Staff Writer, WASHINGTON, Oct. 34. (AP) Evidence that former President Ms chado of Cuba used $9,000,000 out of a 113.000,000 trust fund with the knowledge of the American state de partment was presented today to sen ate Investigators. A letter from the files of the Chsss National bank disclosed the now de posed president was 19,000,000 short In the fund In 1031. The letter, from one Chase official to another, said the matter waa "worrying the president and our own state department." Ferdinand Pecora, committee coun sel, read the letter Into the record, but did not Immediately go Into the trust fund affair. The same letter reported that Ma chado'a son-in-law, who was employ ed by the Chase bank In Havana, was "useless from a business standpoint, but recommended his retention be cause otherwise Machado would have to give him an allowance. Large loans to Machado and his companies, some of which were still outstanding at the time, were dis closed by the letter. It was Identified by A. a. Qelger, second vice-president of the bank, who was on the witness stand. The trust fund Incident was virtu ally unnoticed by the committee aa Pecora hurriedly read It Into the record. ALL QUIET ON T By the Associated Press. The national farm strike made little apparent progress today. MUo Reno, national leader of the Farmera Holldav association nh,.n. ed to Des Molnca from Kankakee, 111, wunouc comment, a group of Kan kakee farmers voted last night to Join the strike. All Iowa highways wore clear st noon as pickets withdrew from around Sloun City and Omaha, In the face of a predicted cold wave. VILLAGE EXEMPTION WASHINGTON, Oct. 34 (P) Hugh S. Johnson, recovery administrator, todsy ssld withdrawal from tnoin. 3.800 or less wss all the modification mat nra wss going to make In Its program, and thst h. intnMi push strslght ahesd with codification of industry ss In ths past, regardless of farm agitation. LA ORANDE, Ore., Oct. H.iT) Twenty-eight thoussnd pounds of government pork arrived In LaOrande today for distribution to five eastern Oregon counties for relief purposes It wss shipped In crates of 100 pounds each. Union and Baker coun ties esch received 80 crates, Malheur 88, Walowa 30 and Umatilla 78. NEBRASKA CITY, Neb., Oct. 24. (AP) Pour robbers entered the Mer. chants National bank today, rifled the vaults and csrrled away the three persons In the bsnk. The amount taken was undetermined, KING OF BOOTLEGGERS HELD IN ROBBERY QUIZ PORTLAND, Oct. 24. (AP) Roy Moore, once known by police as "King of Oregon Bootleggers;' Frank 8. Parker, 41, and Estrel 8. Oata, 26, alias John Burns, were held In jail here today while police Investigated several cases of robberies, holdups and arson to determine whether the pris oners were Involved. Parker and OatK were booked on charge of assault and robbery while armed and ordered held under 120, 000 ball. Moore, listed as ft fugitive from CI ark a mas county, was held with ball at MOOO. His wife, formerly Dorothy Lane or Marahfleld, was held aa a ma teil wltneaj with, bail M tl&M, "Terrible" Photos Win First Prize; They're Paid For KANSAS CITY. Oct. 34 (API Mrs. Russell Hsrrls wss not so sure of her shrewdness In shopping today. Recently she hsd pictures of her son taken. When the bill for M 85 srrlved shs told Mr. Hsrrls not to psy it becsuse the pictures were "terrible." Todsy ths photogrspher Inform ed her thst the pictures hsd won first prlra out of 18.000 entries In a national contest snd that she wss entitled to a 1390 grit. She paid the M S5 bill. EMBEZZLER OF IS FIRE VICTIM ASHLAND, Oct. 24. (Spl.) Search for Tom Cooper, one of the pair of bandits who robbed the State bank of Ashland here, April IS, 1031, was renewed today when news of tho death of T. J. Hlllos, former manager of the Southern Oregon Gas company here, was received from Wichita, Tex. News of Hoi Us' death was received by William Day, secretary of Ashland lodffe No. 23. A. P. & A. M In a tele gram from Palth lodge of Wichita Falls, which stated Hoi Its waa burned to death Saturday, and Inquiring If that lodge should conduct a Masonic burial. Day replied that Hollls had been expelled from the lodge here after his financial activities here had been revealed. State police have communicated with authorities in the Texaa city, requesting them to be on the watch for Cooper, a relative of Hollls. Cooper and J. R. Albright held tip and robbed the bank shortly before closing time on the afternoon of April 13, 1031. As the two men fled, Al bright, carrying a bag with about 100 in silver, was shot dead by Hugh Bates. Cooper escaped. Shortly after the robbery, Hollls, with his wife and children, mysteri ously disappeared. An audit of the books of the Southern Oregon Oas company revealed a shortage of sev eral thousand dollars and a search waa instituted for Hollls. His where abouts waa not learned until receipt of the news of his death here ys tor day. : Potato Dealers In Battle Slash Prices To Bone PORTLAND, Oct. 24. (AP) Fight among wholesalers estab lished In the market caused much confusion In ths potato trade to day on ths east side fsrmers' wholesale market. The fight was csrrled to such an extreme that wholesalers were selling Yakima snd Deschutes Oems with a net loss of as much as 180 centsl. Such tsctlca thoroughly demorsl laed the entire potato trade and local growers wers unable to do business In volume st prices that were satisfactory. The action of wholesalers wss such ss to provs a most serious menses to the fu ture of the msrket and called forth demand from horns pro ducers to eliminate the warring factions. CITY CLERK CONFESSES E1EZZLI BOISB, Idaho, Oct. 34. (AP) An gela Hopper, for mors thsn a decade Boise city clerk, todsy pleaded guilty to embezzling a sum estimated by the prosecution at H9.000 snd was sentenced to one to ten years In the stat penitentiary. Sentence wss pronounced by Judgs Chsrles Wlnstesd, who hsd known the defendsnt since he csms to Boise ss ,a young attorney. Police said Parker told them he took part In the holdup of a police car carrying Western Dairy company money, two service station holdups, a shooting in Kelso, Ore., a safe rob bery at Raymond, Wash., several car thefts, and the burning of a house st Marahfleld for insurance. Detectives said he tried to Involve Patrolman Aubrey L. Chamberlln, guard with the dairy measenger. whom he accused of having given s. signal for the holdup. Police offic ials declared they did not believe Parker. Parker aald Moore was the "brains" th iLc&e4 grim irgm&tfOQi E FOR TRUCKSTERS TO STAYIN FORCE Thomas Tells Allied Truckers Enforcing Law Would De prive 18,000 Operators of Means of Earning Living SALEM, Oct. 34. (AP) The emer-, gency order permitting truck owners to operat on a temporary fee pay ment plan pending legislative action will not be rescinded, the state utili ties department notified the allied truck owners today. Secreary Ralph J. Staeull presented a demand from the allied truckers here yesterday that the bus and truck Isw be enforced as written or a mora torium be declared on the entire law. Utllltlea Commissioner C. M. Tho mas, now at Klamath falls, sent word to Herbert Hauser, superintendent of transportation In the utilities depart ment, that "the departmen will no recede from the position taken." "To cancel the emergency order means that practically 18,000 truck oporators will be deprived of means of earning their livelihood and with ramuies constitute approximately 00,000 persons who will be forced to seek assistance from already overbur- aoned local communities," Thomas stated. "In addition, If law la strictly en forced the state highway fund will lose about- 20,000 per month In gaso line and mileage tax. I am satisfied that when the members of the legis lature learn that the Insurance com panies have doubled premiums on good faith bonds and liability Insur ance and required large cash or col lateral security deposit which ths' small operator la unable -to give that they will approvo the action taken." ' 11 KILLED WHEN BVBREAtTX, France, Oct. 34. (AP) Twenty-two persons were killed snd ten seriously injured today In a wreck of the Paris-Cherbourgh ex press near Saint Eller, nine miles The slightly Injured were rushed to Psrls. senstor Dudouyt narrowly escaped drowning when the engine, the baggage car and three passenger coaches plunged off a viaduct over the Boulolr river. He waa dragged from the wreckage uninjured. Close Stores Armistice Day At a meeting of retail merchanta of Medford held at the Chamber of Commerce yesterday. It waa de cided to close the stores on Armis tice day, Saturday, November 11. Will ROGERS SANTA MONICA, Cal., Oct 23. Left Fort Worth, Texag, last night at 9, in Los Angeles 7:30 a. m. Regular American Airwayg passenger line. The co-pilot made our seats down into a regular bed and all the passengers slept through the landings and taking on gas at El Paso, Douglas, Tucson and Phoenix, Ariz. There is your success of passenger avia tion. Fix it so everybody can lay down and have a good sleep. The air is much better at night. Been on a tour with this fel low Farley for three days.' Thousands turned out to sea him everywhere, lots of 'em looking for a postoffice. When lie finished talking to 'em they all felt satisfied, even if they hadn't received as much ss a postcard. Quite a president maker, that lad. Presidents become great, but they have to be made presi dent first. . Oil ft KaltlMU teev . ,