Medford Eureka Gridiron Warriors Clash Saturday at Van Scoyoc Field The Weather EDFORD nntrh-inrhTr tt ttt-i Watch the THIHUNE'b LLASSIHtl) IDS . . Lota ot good oargalns that nlll geoulue tarings. FRIBIJN forecast: Fair tonight and Saturdayt but fog In the mornln(. Little change In temperature. i IllChest yesterday 63 l owest this morning ,, ,, 36 Twenty-eighth Tear MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1933. No. 199. JM FMR' MMM H IlMf WHM , y ; AVS By PAUL MAI.LON (Copyright, 1033, by Paul Mallon) Shadows WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. The Mel lona are heading toward a run-in with the RFC which mlgtit possibly develop Into aa Interesting a scrap as Henry Ford la having with General Johnson. It seems that officials of the Mel Ion banks want to co-operate with the administration, but not to the extent of Issuing their preferred bank etock to the administration. Chairman Jesse Jonea of the RFC baa been exerting Indirect pressure on them, but they have been holding off. They do not want to come down to a direct Issue with the government and are trying to find a sensible way out. They may issue a certain amount of preferred to their own atochholdera and try to quiet Jones In that way. The question is whether Jones will be quieted with anything short of some stock in the Mellon banks. Visions The Mellon officials fear that If the government gets stock In their bsnks. It will try to run them. They have visions of Jesse Jonea sitting on their directing bank boards, and hiring and firing aome of their bank officials. That is stretching the possibilities beyond what Jones apparently has In mind. The government will hardly get enough preferred stock in any bank to enable It to exert control. Also, It already has plenty of control now over national banks In the matter of examinations. Purpose "what. Jones is trying to do is to get all banks to issue some preferred stock so as to help put over the de posit guarantee. Through this means h. la sDreadlng cash around so the smaller bBnks can easily come Into the guarantee fund. The Menon banks may not need the cash, but aome smaller banks will be able to us It. Of corse thla step does Rive the government a more Important nana theoretically In the control of na tional banks. Whether It gives any further actual control la a matter tor debate. Texas Steercr Jesse Jones Is a hard man to buck. He usually gets hla way.. It some times takes him a 'lov; while, but If he ever dropped a desire bctore he fulfilled It, Washington has never heard of It. He saya very little. He does not like publicity and paya scant atten tion to criticism. During tfie next few months he will become a very prominent figure because great pow- ra havr. been lodged in nis revnai. Ized RFC. The Inside story of his original ap pointment is now being told by his friends. He la one of the few Hoo ver appointees left In the govern, ment. Mr. Hoover had to appoint a Demo erat to the RFC and asked Speaker Garner (now vice-president, in case vnu hadn't heard) to submit a list of names. Garner did. His list con talned one name that of Jones. Mr. Hoover sent Game" word that he wanted more names on the list. Oar iter never replied. Jones got the ap pointment. Mourning TJie Democratic high command felt blue about the election results, more so than the public reports Indi cated. The LaOuardla result waa NOT such a blow to General Farley aa the combined results elsewhere. For Instance. In Cleveland he had tried to help the Democratic mayor, Mll ler.. He telegraphed out there dur " Ing the campaign: "Best wishes or your success." Miller was defeated. The prohibition returns In North and South Carolina were similarly disappointing because he had visited the states and urged repeal only a few days before the voting. Lesion The lesson behind that situation la the name one learned by every na tional ad mi nut rat Ion in modern poll tin. Invariably the votera go counter to personal off-year appeals from the party in pot?r, Tou will recall Pres ident Wilson's appeal for ft Demo cratic coneress; Mr. Coolldge's futile effort to help his friend Butler in Massachusetts; Mr. Hoover's attempt to save a Tennessee congressman clv to him. In thla cane, the Democratic mas ter minds are thanking their stars that Farley went no further on ft limb than he did. Also that Mr. Koosevrlt wisely kept himself out of the picture ft much as possible. Banners Workmen were busy In the street be ar fore the Skvlrsky home when M. Lit vinoff arrived. They were busy on srwerace pipes below the street level A:ound the manhole they had placed three red flats to warn motorist of . COFFEY LOSES LIFE WHILE ON HURRIED TRIP 10 MEDFORD E Noted Surgeon, Pilot Al Davis, Former Medford Resident, Among Victims Floyd Hart and Bob Pelouze Among Injured Fog Blamed for Accident Stewardess and Co-Pilot Save Injured Passengers From Flames PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 10. (AP) Crashing- Into a hillside within five minutes nfter It left the airport here, a trl-motor transport plunc cnrrlert four persons to their death last night. Six others were Injured, none seri ously. The plane, operated by Vnlted Air Lines and Western Air Express, crash ed on Its side and all passengers on that aisle were killed. The pilot had been blinded by an unusually heavy. Impenetrable fog. The dead: Dr. Robert C. Coffey, Portland, fam ous surgeon and head or the Coffey clinic In Portland. William A. Troftlcr of Chicago. Herman Cohn of Portland. Al Davis of Seattle, pilot. The Injured: Robert E. Pelouze, Portland, frac tured knee cap. Dr. John Straumfjord, Portland, as sistant to Dr. Coffey, cuts and bruises. Floyd Hart of Medford, Injured hand. H. B. Woodworth of Oakland, co pilot, broken nose, rib and burns. M. E. J. Powers, Glendale, Cal., bruises. Mis Llhliy Wurgaft, stewardess, shock. The plane was circling for altitude. "It was foggy and I could not see much," said Dr. Straumfjord. "I don't know how long we had been In the air, but It was not long until there were two distinct Jolts. "I had no sensation of falling, but In a traction of a second, It seemed, the plane crashed." "One entire side of the ship was crushed. Fire broke out immediately. "I was thrown against the panel behind the pilot seat, and the passen ger In the third seat back of me," Dr. Straumfjord related. "I grabbed for Dr. Coffey but he waa limp. I took him by the shoulders and tried to lift him but I could not. In some way I got out of the ship." Stewardess Heroine The heroism of Miss Wurgaft was one of the outstanding memories of the survivors. She and Co-Pilot Woodworth, despite painful Injuries and peril of their lives from flaming gasoline, entered the burning cabin several times to save the occupants. It was more than two hours after the crash In the Isolated canyon be fore Woodworth and Hart could find their way through the tangled under brush to ft telephone to report the accident. Ambulances could get no closer than a mile from the plane. All the survivors except Pelouze were able to walk to the ambulances. Enron te To Dalles The southbound plane had taken off from Swan Island airport at 10:55 p. m. It had been delayed 25 mln utes by fog. The southbound plane from Seattle had been unable to land here and had put down at The Dalles. The Portland ship was to have gone to The Dalles to pick up passengers, and then turn south. But five min utes after it had left the local airport it had crashed on Its side against ft wooded hill. Dr. Coffey and Dr. Straumfjord were flying to Medford to direct some surgical work. Dr. Coffey was known throughout the medical world for original contrl buttons In surgical technique. Among a number of important operations he originated. Is the one in which the con me of the channels from the kid ney to the bladder Is changed, and functioning of the bladder mado un necessary. In 1931 Dr. Coffey per. fc.ned this operation on two patient before 100 surgeons of the western Surgical association, with complete success. Born In 18fi! He was bom In Caldwell county, North Carolina. In 1869. He received his degree from the Kentucky School of Medicine at Louisville in 1893. Moscow, Idaho, was the scene of his first medical practice. He moved to Portland In 1900. Last year he tou. Ed the world and visited Europe at the invitation of the French Society of 8urgery to demonstrate aome of his more delicate operations. Hart I'ndlsmaved Hart, of Medford, who escaped from laM night's crash with a burned hand, advised the Airlines company today to arrange accommodations for him on the next scheduled trip. Not until 7 a. m. today were the his college days at Stanford, bodies of the four victims removed, j A. A. Trostler of Chicago reached They were burned beyond recognition. Portland from Seattle Tuesday. The the coroner said. The heat of the ' Seattle office of the Airlines made ar flre was so intense that parts of the rangements for his accommodations, metal of the plane had melted. The j Davis, the pilot, was a veteran flier ship broke In half as It crashed to the ground Herman Cohn. killed in the citish, was an Investment broker associated with Pelouze in A. . Fltkln Ac Com pany here. They were on their way in Los Anceles for the Stanford- T IS KILLED IN PLANE MISHAP No change In the condition of Dr. L. A. Saladc, who underwent another operation at the Community hospital early this morning, was reported by the attending physicians. While flames swept through the United Airlines plane, fallen in the mountains out from Portland, spelling death for four persons and painful injuries for other, last night, a group of Medford people were feeling the tragedy as acutely as many In Port land, as they waited anxiously for news from the northern city. In the group were relatives of Dr. L. A. Sa lade, gravely 111 at the Community hospital, and his attending physicians, Dr. R. W. Stearns and Dr. H. E. Grcn, who summoned Dr. Coffey from Portland at 4 o'clock yesterday after noon, when Dr, Salade's condition showed the necessity for a second operation. Through the night the physicians waited, watching the pa tient, and listening hopefully for the Indefinite reports coming from the north, after announcement of an ac cident had been made. , Not until 5 o'clock this morning were they Informed of Dr. Coffey's death, and required to make the very necessary operation. Dr. Coffey a son telephoned them at that time, tell ing the tragic news, following receipt of which the two physicians proceed ed with the operation, which had been delayed by several hours. The condition of In. Salade was undeter mined thla morning. The first operation for acute ap pendicitis was performed by Dr. Cof fey early in the week. Dr. Salade was apparently improving until yes terday, when complications arose. On the plans were two other pas sengers, coming to Medford - E. J Poweis and Floyd Hart, well-known local business man and former war ace, who despite injuries received in the crash, assisted in saving others) from the threatening flames. The I pilot, Alfred W. Davis, who met with sudden death, was also well known here, where he spent his lay-overs on the air route, stopping frequently at the Hotel Holland. He was domi ciled In Seattle, where he la survived by ft widow and two daughters, Jac queline and Maxlne. but spent mush time In southern Oregon. Bob Pelouze, among the Injured, also had many friends In the Rogue River valley, where he lived for a number of years on the Palou? ranch out from Eagie Point. He attended the Medford high school and was a member of the football squad. No Information regarding Mr. Pow ers, who was scheduled to leave the plane in this city, could be obtained at the local al rport this morn I ng. but he was known to be coming to Medford. Other report of the accident re ceived at the local airport, stated that the companys' investigation made in the north, showed that the plane left the Portland airport under favorable conditions. Unexpectedly the plane, the Inves tigation Indicated, ran Into a dense fog. In an attempt to bring the craft out of the fog zone, the pilot struck the mountain. Mrs. Floyd Hart was informed of the ftocldent at S o'clock this morn ing, when her husband telephoned from Portland. To avoid frightening her. however, he stated that there had been ft "slight accident." and it i waa not until dispatches from the north were reported that she realized i four persons had been killed in the crash. Mrs. Floyd Hart left this arternoon bT motor for Portland, where Mr. Hart will be detained for a while to recover from injuries received in the crash. Pelouze was a star football player in : In the service, and for many years I flew the mall east from Portland to Pasco, prior to inauguration of the j i reeular passenger service. I The air mall and baggage carried by the plane were dsiroyd by the ! EX-PRESIDENT ON Former President Herbert Hoover (center) It shown as he sailed from Long Beach, Cal,, for a three weeks' fishing trip In the Gulf of California. With him are Wlllits J. Hole (left), owner of the yacht used on the cruise, and William L. Honnold, mining engineer and former associate of Hoover. (Associated Press Photo) KIDNAPERS HINT DEATH RICH SAN JOSE YOUTH SAN JOSE. Cftl.. Nov. 10. (AP) 1 An anonymous telephone caller who demanded payment of $40,000 "if you want to see your boy alive again," started federal, state and local offi cers today on an Intensive hunt for kidnapers a few hours after the dis appearance here of Brooke Hart, 22, son of Alexander J. Hart, one of San Jose's wealthiest merchants. Young Hart, a recent graduate of of the University of Santa Clara who had Just been made a ppjtner of hi father, left' his department store shortly after 5 o'clock to go to a nearby parking lot and drive to his parents home. burned beyond recognition as flames greedily roared through the plane, and only the heroic efforts of a 20-year-old stewardess and the co-pllot kept the other occupants of the ship from a similar fate. Brave Flames. Braving the roar of the flames that might at any time have Ignited the ship's supply of gasoline, Miss Wur gaft and Co-pllot Woodworth, de spite his serious injuries, rushed back to the plane time after time, drag ging out the Injured occupants. They saved all but the four before the fire, with a crackling swirl, swept through the cabin as through a blast furnace. Then, white the stewardess remain ed at the scene, caring for the in jured. Woodworth and Hart, a pas senger, battled their way through heavy, stubborn underbrush two miles to the nearest phone, where they com municated with airport officials about 1:30 a. m. Large details of police and two ambulances slrened up the sky-line road to the point nearest the crash, and the Injured were carried down through the underbrush and rushed to a hospital here. Took Air In Fog. The plane took off from Swan Island airport In a thick fog last night at 10:30 p. m., the same swirl ing fog that had prevented the land ing of the passenger plane from Se attle, and Davis had Instructions to fly to The Dalles, up the Columbia river east of here, where the Seattle plane had landed, and where his ship was to pick up the Seattle passen gers before turning south. A few minutes after the plane took off persons at the airport heard a crash in the hills to the west. Im mediately they feared the plane had cracked up, and their fears grew when they failed to hear from the pilot at the first regular Interval. When the ship failed to reach The Dalles on schedule time, searching parties were hastily organized and sent out to scour the hills north and west of the city. Because of the fog and of the dense underbrush covering the hills, however, the searchers met with no success until Woodworth and Hart phoned the air port. Because of the difficulty that Wood- worth and Hart had In getting to s phone and that police had In reach ing the scene and getting back to the road, he Injured persona were forced to lie In the woods for five hours or so before they were finally brought to ft hospital. Officials of United Air Lines aald this was the first time that ft p'.ane of the Pacific Air Transport company, coast division of United Air Lines, had crashed with resultant fatalities to passengers. They aald a thorough In vestigation of the tragedy would be undertaken. 4 Display Flag Merchants are urged o have their riaga on the sidewalks Ar mistice Day (tomorrow), It was announced by Chamber nf Com merce officials thla morning FISHING TRIP His failure to arrive at home on schedule aroused the uneasiness of his family, who said he had been the Intended victim of what appeared to have been a kidnaping attempt about three weeks previously. At that time, the family sold, three men In a large automobile tried to crowd young Hart's car from a highway but he eluded thorn. . About 10 o'clock last night the Hart home was called by telephone, police said, and a voice demanded payment of ft.40,000 "If you want to see your son alive again." LOBE TO SALEM, Ore., Nov. 10. (AP) The only remedy for the plight of the public schools of the state so far has been suggested for presentation to the legislature. A surtax on Incomes, averaging 3 per cent, will be pro posed In a measure now being drawn up by several house members. It waa learned numerous house members and senators would lend their names to the bill. Conferences with the state tax commission and the state superin tendent of schools .have been held by O. Henry Oleen, representative from Columbia county. He has been busy drafting the proposal and It was declared the surtax features the school relief measure. Oleen has like wise conferred on the matter with Speaker Earl W. Bnell and other leaders of the house as well as the Interim committee on education. His associates In the proposal were not learned. The surtax, which would be an ad ditional income tax from the one ef fective this year, calls for lower ex emptions and a 1 to S per cent tax. Should this be adopted about 70.000 more persona will be required to file income tax returns and those now paying the tax must make out two distinct returns. It was estimated the new tax would bring In about 1,000,000 annually. OF Organization of a milk distributors association was completed at the Chamber of Commerce last night, under direction of H. A. Thlerolf. chairman of the dairy committee of the Chamber of Commerce. The distributor' association will function under Us own officers In the future and will co-operate closely with the chamber In all matters per taining to the dairy Industry, it wss announced. Officers elected were: President. B. f. Van Dyke; vice-president. Geo. Oilman, and L. Clark secretary and treasurer. First duties of the organisation will be to obtain necessary signatures of the distributors on the proposed milk , code for the milk shed comprising Jackson and Josephine counties, ' whl'-h will be forwarded to Secretary of Agriculture Walhve. at sn early Idftfe LAWS FOR LIQUOR L Bar Old Time Saloon and Keep Drinkers From Ex cess Is Advice No Moral Breakdown Seen by Green WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (AP) Labor's William Green sees a. need for after-repeal laws that will bar the old-time saloon and keep Im bibers from buying more than they can afford or more than they can drink without getting drunk. The president of the American Federation of Labor does not, how ever, fear any "moral breakdown" among workers with the return of spirituous beverages. He does expect a "very great many" to be scratched from unemployment rolls when the liquor Industry gets under way again. "Our experience during the days of the open saloon," he said todny, "ought to serve us well now. We ought to apply these lessons we have learned so that the abuses that grow out of the sale of Intoxicating liquor can be controlled. "The laws and ordinances ought to be severe, and then the power to enforce them created and that power exercised without fear or favor, free from political Influence." The responsibility for this regula tion should devolve directly upon the liquor seller. Green said, with re vocation of license the penalty. Green said that any estimate now of the number who would be em ployed through liquor legalisation would be only a guess, but that it would mean employment pick-up In dozens of trades, ranging from bill posters to lumberjacks. Ho plans a statistical study on' this point. In ft lettor to President Wilson, when the federation waa flgthlng the 18th amendment, the late Samuel Gompers predicted that "hundreds of thousands aye. perhaps more than 2.000,000 of wage earners would be (Continued od Page rwo) COLD WEATHER SPUR TO TRADE, RETAILERS SAY NEW YORK, Nov. 10. (AP) Ar rival of cold weather ,haa stimulated retail trade. Dun At Bradstreet said today, and some retailers this week recorded the best sales total for any week since August. "With the good start made during the current week," stated the review, "there are encouraging Indications that most of the deferred fall buying will be crowded Into the period prior to Thanksgiving, with the expanded demand of the Christmas shopping season following almost Immediately, sales for the year may total some what above those of 1032, despite the reduced levels along which mer chandise moved during the first quar ter. "Evidence Is piling up to show that the Christmas buying season will be the best In three years for many retailers, as there are many more millions of persons to spend than last Christmas, some for the first time In two years, while many more will have the advantages of t,he pay increases granted under pro visions of the NRA. "The comparative stability of prices is proving a reassuring base on which buyers are relying planning their fu ture operations, particularly In view of governmental plans which will strengthen further the existing struc ture." 1 IS The board of directors of the Chamber of Commerce today approv ed a mining committee recelntly or gan l red by Albert Burch, director. The personnel of the committee Is: Albert Burch, chairman; Dr. J. J, Emmens, Karl Tumy, Eugene Thorn- dike. A. E. fleames, D. H. Ferry and Oeorge Barton, No definite program haa been out lined, but the commutes will meet at an early date to determine Its future activities. 4 . Wheat Purchased. PORTLAND, Nov. 10. W) Jack Levin, representative here of the Chinese government, announced to day the purchase of the first cargo of wheat to be taken from the Pa cific northwest thla season. The shipment, consisting of about 7,500 tons, will be dispatched from Tort land within two weeks. It is the first full cargo to b sold ber tbla IW. Slain At Jerusalem An American girl, Carol von Nit ifergesaess, known on the itago at Joan Winter,, was alaln by rioting Araba during their rebellion against Increasing Jewish Immigration Into the Holy Land. (Associated Press Press) ORDER SALE OF BLACK CHANNEL TO PAY CLAIM! Findings of facts and conclusions of Uw. filed today in circuit court, award to Cecil W. Clements, $003.60, to George O'Brien, $08.87, and to the Economy Lumber company of this city, $220.00, in their suit against the Black Channel Mines, Inc. It is also decreed that the property be sold to satisfy the Judgments, and If suffici ent funds are not thus realised, to divide the same, proportionately, among the litigants. The awards to Clements and O'Brien embody several claims for labor, the one to the Economy Lum ber company for material furnished by them, and by Hubbard Brothers and W. E. Alexander of this city. A plea for Immediate execution of Judgment was also filed. The claims are for labor and sup plies furnished last winter, and most of the workers are men of families. Secondary Hens aro scheduled to be filed against the property. During the Banks-Pchl agitation In thla county, the Black Channel mine and Its owner, F. A. Bates, became a political controversial issue, second only to the "Dahack case." The pro perty is located on Foots creek, and allegations were hurled that a "con spiracy' was afoot to take the pro perty away from the aged owner. Its tangled affairs were further tangled when L. A. Banks took a hand in Its operation. Many men were hired and none paid. Bates became entangled with the law, and this feature was also enlarged upon. Suite and coun ter suits were filed. It became a highly befogged question, that faded with tho arising of serious felonies. Since last spring, legal actions pending have lain dormant, and the court action yesterday Is tho first stop Lownrns amicanie settlement. SEENSPREADING PORTLAND, Ore., Not. 10 (P) An Indication that th turmoil Involving hlghrr edwatlon In OrrRon has apread outside the confine or the' state, wsa seen today In announcement bv the American Uw School association that Dean Harold Shepherd of the Univer sity of Waahlngton achool of law haa been aalted to Investigate thoroughly higher educational affalra In Oregon. Controversy flared anew hero this week when Roacoa O. Nelson, presi dent of the atate board or higher education, submitted his resignation aftr t had been requeated at a meeting of the faculty of University of Oregon. The faculty action fol lowed an attack on Nelson by Wayne L. Moras, dean of the . university achool of law. 180 P0ST0FFICES GET ROOSEVELT APPROVAL WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (AP) President Roosevelt today approved the construction of 1 BO pnstof f ices to be built on a modest scale. Oregon Weather. Fair tonight and Saturday, but morning fogs in western valleys and on the coast; little change In tem perature: light variable winds off- short. BKRLW, Germany, Nov. 10. (AP) Chancellor Hitler, addressing him self fftpccially once more to German lnbor, hurled defiance at foreign na Hons today in a pre-election cam paign apceco. EDUCATION ROW E TO BE FEATURES ON ARMISTICE DAY Annual Observance Here Will See Long Line in Patriotic March Starting at 11 A.M Football Game Is at 2 The customary street parade com posed of patriotic and civic organiz ations will inaugurate the program for the celebration of the sixteenth Armistice day here tomorrow. I n accordance with long cus torn . the American Legion is putting on ft feed at noon In the Elks club. This feed, which is served in regular army style, is free to all ex-service men. All veterans of all wars are urged to attend as the Legion Is expecting a large crowd. Speakers will be provided, the main address being delivered by E.J5. Kelly, one of Med ford's veterans and ft prominent worker In veterans' or ganizations. There will be many en tertaining features to enliven she noon-day meal. Thla event ie one of the main features of Armistice day, to which the vets look forward as an all-around good time and get together. Medford vs. Eureka. There will be a football game at VanScoyoc field, starting promptly at 2 p. m., which everyone la urged to attend In support ot the local team. A special feature at the game will be the broadcasting of the U. of O. O. 0. O. game being played in Port- (Continued on Page Eight) GOLDHElP 5 CENTS TODAY TO WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (AP) A price of $33.20 per ounce for BFO purchases of newly mined gold was set today, an increase of 5 cents over, yesterday, and a new high. The figure la 0 cents less than the London price of gold convetted Into dollars at the opening exchange rate of 16.13. Previously, the domestic price haa been held at a point well above the world figure. The weakening dollar, however, carried the London price above the domestic prico for the first time late yesterday. After opening today at 15.13 to the pound, the dollar hit a new post war record low at $5.154. Announcement of today's rate was delayed some ten to fifteen minutes beyond the usual time wnne oin- clnls studied the fluctuations of the dollar on today's market. LONDON, Nov. 10. (AP) After ft day dn the foreign exchange In which the United States dollar plumped down to a record post-war low of 5.16 to the pound, the American currency experienced a substantial rally uncovering purchases, appreci ating to 15.11 and closing only slight ly below that flgre at $5.11. Will- 'soys: BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Not. 9. Tammanee. Tammance, big jliir-f got to get out of his tepee to ninke room for ths Italian La Guradoe. Tarrinnnee, Tam mance, swampum, gwampum, voters got no wampum. Out goes Taminnnee. i I liave known this little La Guardia for years. He is not only quite an Italian, but he is finite an American, no used to lie considered radical, but a radicnl of those days is a long liBircd, hard-shelled die hard these times. See where North Carolina wont dry, just through devil ment, and not. through prefer ence. dlUIUiiUiiiiMilti! to