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The Weather futrcait: Lnncttlcd Sunday, fior- mal trmiwrature. I Temperature: j Htgntit etrroaf as ; lament yesterday 31 i Medford nn EIFUNE natch the TRIBUNE'S CLASMF1ED ADS . . Lot of good bargain (hat mean genuine savin!. Mail m mm mm Twenty-eighth Year cn boem liEi eOEaiiaiiLiPS . . L-i ..miinniiLir.n Km i.r-r-nn I 0 J' D: CU TVT C A t.-U 'i llmnr ftnrnnni i im Mekvx IK AN M NAK HIN W A K rHX ivau,u 1C "lluwa 1TiftWva U1 "us"m .. , Ma? h mr N ANN By PAIT MALLOS '(Copyright, 1934. by Paul Mallon) Sabrei. WASHINGTON, Feb. IT. The latest .1 word In our official diplomatic et la that Ruaao-Japanese hostilities will open on the north Manchurian . tront within two montha. Apparently our people received the tip confidentially from the Rusalana. It does not mean war la a cer tainty, merely that the Russians con aider It a certainty. They are not going to start It. They expect to be attacked. The last word, therefore, on that subject should come from the Jap anese. Our boya have no Inside tips from Tokyo, except' that they know Japan la ready for such an attack if she wants to make It. Subtle pressure of the world powers against threatened Japanese aggres sion aeems to have had some effect In Nippon. Japanese militarists were shouting war talk unll they got their huge military budget through the diet recently. Lately they have quieted down. They should know by now that the whole world (except possibly Ger many) will be against Japan In any war move against Russia. Overruled. The supreme court has never been overruled except once. That waa last week. A number of court members had been Invited, among other officials, to see the Washington opening of a prospective Broadway play based on the Scottaboro case, Involving the negro question. Two or three Jus tices sent for their tickets promptly, apparently desiring to see the play. Certain local theater-goers, some of whom are high In public life, pro tested against the play being shown at all. They Induced the manage ment to call It off. TCnmen. Mr. Roosevelt has been privately mulling over tne possiointy oi ap pointing a woman to the federal court 1 Vi.nrh. The woman, whose name Is under consideration, Is Judge Florence Al lan who has a cood record on the Ohio supreme court. The Job she may get is that oi tne imcrai apel late court. That would mean even a bigger new deal for women thnn they expected. No woman has ever been appointed a federal Judge. Evidence. Postmaster General Farley can get a lot of hidden evidence from the In dependent mall lines for his fight against the big companies. For Instance, a representative of Rapid Air Lines (small Independent) Is ready to testify that his bid for a line waa returned unopened by the post office department and that the l line was given to a major company at a higher rate than he offered. The explanation was made that It was an extension of the big company's line. Everyone agrees the Independents were stepped on. but the question among the Washington technicians Is whether Mr. Farley can prove fraud in court. Secret. The NRA 1 a most mysterious place. Its latest little novelty Is a secret system by which the New York NRA hsiirtniiirfArw fatlnhnriM Wah1n7tOn. An Arrangement has ben made 8 that whenever the New Tork boys dial their own telephone number they get Washington, on special wire. But when Washington NRA'rrs want to call New York they have to do it In the regular way. The fellow who figured out that device is supposed to be responsible also for aome of the codes. Credit. Feelers were put out from the tress- ury a few days ago about the pro- posal to establish a federal com-! mercial credit bank. It appears to be part of the campaign to make the commercial banks loosen up on com- i merclAl credit. The federal reserve crowd appar ently is not yet in on the deal, al though such a federal bank would apparently operate through them. The test of whether there will be such a bank rests with the undecided question whether the private banks are going to take care of commercial needs. tndlan. The mistreated misfit, Lo the poor Indian. Is apparently going to get the newest deal of all. A program to Rive him and hi brother Indians a fair supervision by the government has been devised by two wel!known Indian advocates. John Collier. Indian commissioner, and Nathan Margold, solicitor of the Inferior drpartment. The bill they have prepared will re store the tribal set-up. protect lands and funds, create a federal court for Indian affairs and lay out a complete Indian economic program. Voir. Secretary Morgenthau is making CunUnuea oa Pa- Six) TOPPLES 10 DEATH IN SWITZERLAND Body Found After Long Search Jagged Wound in Head Daring Moun taineer and World Figure BRUSSELS, Belgium, Feb. 18. I1DI 1IV,.. T VI nn f Y nilnlgnt waa killed yesterday afternoon in a mountaineering accident. He waa In his 59th year. Driving his own car and accompan- I led by a personal servant he set out : to climb Rocher de Marches Der Dames, a peak near Namur. j He slipped and fell In the ascent. His body was not recovered until 3 a. m. today, after an Intensive search. Attendants found a deep wound In his head and said there was no doubt that he had been killed in stantly. Only two years ago the energetic ruler scaled a 0,400 foot peak in the Alps, and left the Italian Tyrol with records in mountain climbing equal ed by few members of royalty. He was acclaimed a hero after that trip, when he saved a num ber of guides before him on the sum mit of Mount Brenta from probable Injury or death. He held up a huge, loosened rock with his breast and hands until the guides moved out of Its path. He was then in his 57th year. He ascended the summit of Brenta, 11,000 feet; east of Brenta wall, Lower Castle, Refuge Cross, Lower Brenta and Low Tower that sum mer. When King Albert climbed he us ually picked the most difficult route and went clear to the top. Guides who .have accompanied htm have said he was one of the most Indefatlgulable mountain, climbers they had known. In 1033 he also climbed one of the Congolese volcanoes in the Bel gian Congo, Africa. Great energy characterized almost his every undertaking. When he came to the United States after the World war ,he and his queen traveled extensively, the king running a locomotive as one stage of the trip and being received at the White House at another. He kept In constant touch with affairs of state and was known best for his democratic personality. Only last year he succeeded In putting down a government crisis when the cabinet of Premier de Brouquevllle resigned. The king refused to accept the resignation and succeeded In persuading the premier to remain in office in deference mainly to his wishes. Again in January of this year the king was credited with averting a cabinet crista by a compromise on a civil employes Issue. ALBANY. N- Y.. Feb. 17. (API Arctic cold once more held most of New York state in Its grip today. Saranac Lake recorded 35 below rero and Saratoga Springs reported 23 below. The reading here was elcrht below, while In the suburbs a minimum of minus 10 was recorded. Buffalo experienced sub - "wro temperature for the eighth consecu tive day, the longest period of such wather since 1885. Day in Congress (By The Associated Press) President Roosevelt endorsed the prlncaple of the Bankhead bill for compulsory control of cotton produc tion. Senate committeemen trimmed 12. 000.000 from air mall Items In the 1830.000.000 treasury -postof flee bill. Amendment of the postal law was proposed to permit new bids from some of the air lines whose mail con tracts have been cancelled. Hlroshl Saito. new Japenese am ambassador. discounted the possibil ity of war between Japan and Amer ica. House committeemen approved the army mall set up and refused emerg ency contracting powers for the post master general. Senator Smith (D, S- C) opposed "radical" steps at present after the Preident recommended federal com modity market control. Tne department of Justice drafted legislation to prevent public works contractors from evading federal wm scales. Representatives opposed to the ad ministration dairy program went to o-n on a price relief p:an of their ova. ZERO WEATHER IN NEW YORK STATE SAYSG0P CHIEF And Speculating On Next Move and What it Will Cost Chairman Sanders Criticizes CWA Sophistry GRAND RAPIDS, Mich., Feb. 17. (AP) Senator Arthur H. Van denberg (R., Mich.), formally an nounced his candidacy for re election tonight In an address at a belated Lincoln day banquet in which he urged aupport for the president, coupled with "construc tive vigilance" on the part of all Republicans. 'I have no use for petty pol itical sniping. . . . But neither have I any use for that moribund philosophy which thinks that co operation calls for party paresis and party paralysis." 8T. LOUIS, Feb. 17. (AP) Everett Sanders, chairman of the Republican national committee, said tonight the Democratic administration's partner ship between- the government and In dividuals "not only keeps the tax payer end of the partnership broke, but it keeps him In a state of nerves. He spends his time speculating upon what the government end of the part nership's next experiment will be and how much it will cost." Sanders said the government had "51 per cent of the say-so as to how things should be run, but, on the other hand, when the government's method of running the partnership proved expensive, it was the cltlsen end of the partnership, the taxpayer, who1 was assessed to pay for the mis takes and extravagances of the other partner, the government." The effect of the Roosevelt program on the small taxpayer was Sanders' theme, with Jabs at the recovery ad ministration, civil works, the pro posed guarantee of farm and home loan bonds as variations. Speaking of the increase In public debt. Sanders said, "spokesmen for the administration treat this point lightly by pointing out that the per capita public debt of other coun tries is much greater." "They cite the fact," he continued, "that even with our public debt at (Continued on Page Five) EXPLAINS VOTE WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. fTj The solitary member who shouted "no" during the house vote on the 950,- 000,000 CWA relief bill Represents tlve Terrell. Texas democrat finally got a chance to tell why. Blocked for days by the democratic leaders when he tried to make speech about it, the opportunity came at last. Kindly Representative Dough ton, (D. N. C.I, in charge of the 258,0O0.- 000 revenue bill, let Terrell have five minutes to deliver a speech, although It was not about that measure. The small-ststured Texan said: "We have gone too far In stretching the constitution. "How anybody can now say that the federal government con legally appropriate money for state schools or for any other purely local activity in the states, la beyond my understand ing. It Is contrary to the plain lang uage of the constitution." PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 17 (API Activity la Increasing at Bonneville with employment up to the 1000 mark for the first time since pre liminary work on the huge Columbia rovpr dam started. United States District Engineer Charles P. Williams said the men em ployed were about equally divided between private contractor and work being conducted by the United States engineers. Ideal weather permitting new contract projects to start has augmented the numbers. Exploration drilling, re-locatlon of the Oregon-Washington Railroad and Navigation company track, excava tion for the lock and powerhouse, power line construction, surveying and construction of working camps are the main activities now in progress. (a Ta lnrrea.es. SALEM. Feb. 17. (AP January gasoline, sales In Orrgon showed n increase of more than a half million gallons over the same period a year ago, the secrets ry of state's office an nounced today rmlttng In an In crease of 1124,323 Id g-ugluM tax. MEDFORD, OR KG ON, SUNDAY, FEBRUARY IS, Radio Picture tMfx ft' VK mr xt ' V t4iS v,lv,;lltt -"tail, I - ,tx J h? - 1 K ! ! 31 1 I -i I , Y f Wf I 1 v , - v-.K-' iv f ThU ph'turr trlppliotiM'd from Vlrnna to tamlon anil then sent by radio lo .rw ork slum the daniaee done to the Karl Mnrx npnrtinrnli In Vienna when corernmrnt honltrers aliened the awlnllat mroiiEhohl, kllllnc and Injuring ninny. The holes torn In the rrnnt of the buildlnt by the ahells mar be seen. The Karl .Mart apartments, largest In Kurope, were the scene or the bitterest fighting In th revolt. (Associated Tress Photo). TO OPPOSE ITT First District Race Enlivened Union County Democrat Files for State School Head Governor Puzzles PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 17. (fp) On a platform of opposition to state liquor stores. Churles llnll of Fori In ml todiiy announced he again would seek (lie republican nomination for governor of Ore gon In (he Miiy primaries. The former state senator from Coos and Curry counties lins twice before been In the running for governor of the htate. SALBM, Feb. 17. Pj Announce ment through .the Associated Press this week that Oovernor Julius L. Meier would "go to the people" in an address reviewing his administration, has given rise to many conjectures as to the executive's plans for socking re-election, but statements both from the governor and close political friends that no decision has been made still leaves the atmosphere somewhat foggy- The race for congressman from the first district was enlivened today ly the announcement from J. M. Devil's, attorney for the state highway com mission, that he would be a candidate' for the republican nomination acatnst James W. Mott, .ncumbent. Devers made the announcement to Salem newspapermen by lon distance tele phone from Gold Beach where he Is on state business. Devers haa been in Washington of late in the Interests of the five Ore gon coat brldees and may return to secure the contracts Immediately, It was indicated. He has been with the commission since 1919. and prior to that time was district sttorney in Lane county. Devers is well known in I the district and his entry will make the rsce for nomination an interest ing one, prognost lea tors here declared. R. R. Turner of Dallas has entered the demorcattc race for Mott'a seat in Washington, which prior to the last term was held for more than a quarter century by Hawtey. who It has been reported, is also toying with the idea of again seeking a return to the national capital. Reports also state that John D. Ooss of Marsh field would enter the race as a demociat. but no announcement has as yet been male from that quarter. During the past few days the elec tion of statu superintendent of pub lic instruction has attracted J. W. Leonhardt of Union county for demo cratic nomination, Charles A. How ard waa expected to enter the repub lican race for re-election, while Charles Oram said this week he would again seek re-election as state labor commissioner. MONTEVIDEO. Fb. 17. V, An alleged snbservlne p'.ot ajalnst t.e government was reported thwarted to- night. Several soldiers Informed their of ficers that attempts were made to ob-i tain their assistance in a movement. Acting on the information, the gov ernment seized the several persons, and charged them with being the leaders in the plot. Al wcr ordered oourtmirUa.cd. URUGUAY REVOLT NIPPED, REPORT Shows Marks of Austrian Revolt TO KEEP OUT OF AUSTRIAN CRISIS: Three Powers Unite to Pre vent Meddling Situation Quiet French Attitude Blocks British Arm Plans (By the Associated Press) Great Britain, Italy, and France told Germany and the rest of Vie world Saturday that Austrian inde pendence must be observed. The three powers In a Joint dec laration, viewed na a help to Avistria should she accuse Germany of "med dling" In Austrian affairs before the League of Nations, said: "The three governments . . . take a common view as to the necessity of maintaining Austria's Independence and Integrity In accordance with relevant treaties." A government official in Berlin said the maintenance of Austrian in dependence Is "a matter of course" and asked "Who Is threatening Aus tria's Independence?" "The prerequisite of Independence," he added, "la that people shall Jiave a government which they themselves desire." Chancellor Dollfuss of Austria told foreign correspondents In Vienna that the week of socialist anti-government disorders was the saddest in his life and accuwd socialists of plotting against the government "for several years." The French governnifnt refused to discuss rearmament with Chancellor Hitler as long as Germany "rearms" and thereby wilted British efforts to reopen arms talks. In Great Britain, three ministers In addresses made plain that Britain must increase her armamenta if dla armament negotiations fail. The situation In Austria was gen erally'"qulet. meanwhile, except for sporadic firing from automobiles. Socialists were reported Joining Nazi ranks. FOR AUTO CRASH LOS ANGELES, Feb. 17 fAP Suit for 134. &00 damages was filed in superior court here today by George Moran against Myrtle Mack, widow of the other member of the vaudeville team of Moran and Mack of "Two Black Crowe" fame for cuts and bruises Moran alleged he suffer ed In an automobile accident which resulted In Mack's death. WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (API More women In big Jobs, fewer In the leas Important ponts, were re ported today in the Leanue of Wo men Voters annual "survey of wo men In public office." The lf31 total of women In fed- ersl executive civil service was 81. 66 as against 87,506 in 1932. a loss of fl ,93 8. No attempt was made to total state, county, or municipal Jobs, but outstanding gains were noted. Last Night's (tame ftONff 4-1. Chlro Teacher ii 22, Asa- iind 35, Etna Uu 31 FEWER WOMEN IN PUBLIC OFFICES I'M. EXCESS CROP TAX DIXIE CHISELERS President's Plan May Be Broadened to Grains, Un less All Co-operate 'For gotten Man' in Arkansas WASHINGTON, Feb. 17 (AP) The south probably will have a cotton crop rigidly set at 9,600,000 bales this year. President Roosevelt favored such a plan today, A hint of presidential desire usually is sufficient to turn congress In the direction indicated; he wrote a lotter about cotton. The plan which the president said he believed "In principle" best cov ered the situation would levy a tax at the gin on cotton prepared for market In excess of 9.300,000 bslea. The tax virtually would equal the value of the cotton and would make it Impossible for the farmer to sell for enough to pay the expenses of pro ducing It, , The proposal was drawn up with the desire of arriving at a method by which southern farmers who refused to co-operate with the vast majority of other cotton growers In the gov ernment's cotton aid plans would be unable to destroy benefits brought through reduced acreage on the part of the co-operators. Borne persons who refused to co-operate Increased their acreage so that they, themselves, might profit, thereby Imperiling the entire scheme. Whether the compulsory plan will be broadened to Include other crops remains to be seen. There la con siderable opposition In the admlnla- : tratlon to such an undertaking. ! Southern farmers, polled by the de partment of agriculture. Indicated ! they wanted some such method. Another phase of the cotton prob f lein rame to the fore today. Chair , man Smith of the senate agriculture I committee said he believed regulation of the grain, cotton and other com I modlty exchangea should be post I poned to allow the exchangea to work out a system of their own and to allow crop surpluses to be reduced. TYRONZA. Ark., FVb. 17. (AP) Norman Thorns found what he de scribed as the "forgotten man" in the Arkansas cotton country today. Gazing on the frame dwellings and log cabins of tenant farmers, and walking through the farm lands, the tall, energetic socialist leader stopped ever so often to shake his gray head and utter aloud: "Deplorable." He entered cabin homes, shook hands with the occupants and talked with them about their fate under the federal crop reduction program. "Never have I laid eyes on such a deplorable state of affairs as that of the sharecroppers," he said upon leav ing, j "It Is a feudal system, thla system under which the sharecroppers live on cotton farms." he added, "and the federal agricultural relief program has overlooked the little man, the man most In need. As cotton acreage Is reduced, fewer sharecroppers are needed." Wisconsin Kueltlve Hetit I Byron Gordon Roth well, 32, arrest- ed Saturday by city and state police, j l being held In the county Jail on a felony warrant issued out of ffuperlor, Wisconsin. Superior authorities have been advised of Rothwell's arrest, out no word had been received from them last night. Rothwell was arrested af ter information had been received from Portisnd that he was en rou to California. - Washing Machine And Electric Iron Left of $70,000,000 UNIONTOWN. Fa.. Feb. 17. (AP) A washing machine worth 15 a nd an elec t ric iron valued at 935 are all that remain of the 170.000,000 estate of a one time king of coal. The appraisal did not Include realty holdings. claimed by Thompson creditors w.ho permit ted the aging coal king to retain a residence In his 53-room man sion long after he had gone bank rupt. Tho appraisers Indicated that Thompson died penniless last fall In spite of hints In his will thst valuable articles and documents were hidden In secret places about th mansion. DEATH RIDES ON TRIAL TRIPS OF Three Pilots Killed, and War Ace Flays Tragedy As 'Legalized Murder' Local Mail Service Ends LOS ANGELES. Feb. 17. m America's foremost war ace, Captain Eddie Rlokenbacker, here to fly the last mall flight for a commercial air line branded today as "legalized mur der" the deaths of three armv officers while flying to report for air mall duty. The ace declared if the army car ries out Its plan to fly the air mall casualties will mount even higher. Fifteen hours or less flying time will be the goal of the commercial lines last mall flight from Los An geles to New York City which will leave the Grand Central air terminal tomorrow night at 8:40 o'clock. Rfck- cn backer will be at the oontrols. SALT LAKE CITY, Feb. 17. f- Tragedy today marked the entrance of the United States army into the air mall service, with three army filers dead as the result of two airplanes crashes In the rugged Inter-mountain country. One of the pilots was burned to death when his craft plummeted to earth near Twin Falls, Idaho. The mangled bodies of tho other two were found in the cockpit of their plane down in Weber canyon, 00 miles east of Salt Lake City and 30 miles souih of the Utah-Wyoming line. The two planes were being taken on trial runs preparatory to being put Into use on air mall routes Monday. Post office officials Saturday re minded local folk that no letters may be sent by air mall from Medford af ter midnight Monday (tomorrow) as the serevlce from the Medford air port will cease at that time. Air mall letters going to eastern points must either go to Portland or San Francisco by train before being placed on the army planes, which are taking over the service Monday mid night. NFW YORK, Feb. 17. (AP) Draw ing a picture of singing cash regis ters and happy store managers, the National Retail Dry Goods associa tion announced today that a nation wide survey shows a stesdy upward swing In retail sales, wit,1! conse quent Improvement in the general business tone. The association, composed of 4, 500 department and specialty stores, published report from 14 koy busi ness centers showing an average in crease of 35 per cent In dollar sales for the first two weeks of February as compared with the snrne period last year. The stores also reported an approx imate average Increase In unit sates of 10 per cent. Indicating, the asso ciation said, that the Improved dollar sales volume was not due merely to price rises, but that merchants were turning over substantially more mer chandise than In tha first two weeks of February, 1033. Channlng E. Sweltrer, managing director of the association, said: "Retailing has always been a reli able barometer of general business conditions. Increased sales mean more orders for the manufacturer and more work for his employes." H was noted that the gains were recorded In spite of an unusually se vere winter In many parts of the country. Something New BERKELEY. Calif.. Feb. 17. (AP) A western conference on govern mentthe first of Us kind will be ,held at the International House, Un iversity of California here, March 28-30. No. 281. OFF CWA PAYROLL ON NEXTFR1DAY Instructions Retain Neediest Till Last, and Make Big gest Cut Where Work Ex ists Payroll Deceit Hit PORTLAND, Ore.. Feb. IT. Wi Oregon's indistrles, unemployed ranks and relief rolls must absorb 5000 men next Friday when the next CWA cur tailment la made. State administrator Elmer R. Gou- dy today received Instructions from National Administrator Harry L. Hop kins to drop 6.000 from the pay roll February 23 and reduce Oregon's em ployment roll to 31.000. pay will be cut to as low as 30 cents an hour by March 1. The Instructions outlined the fol lowing method of procedure: "Lay off those needing work least, drooping first all workers In whose lmmedlatel family another member Is working, leaving no more than one person gainfully employed in the fam ily, and then workers who have an other resource, making sure that needy women receive equal considera tion with needy men. "Make major reductions In those communities In which seasonal oppor tunities for re-employment are great est or in which there la least Indus trial tinemployment. "Least desirable projects should . be discontinued first. Reductions to be made In education! programs and any other federal projects will be or dered through federal departments and you will be notified. " "Effective not later than March 3, wages paid employes will be the pre vailing rate of wage for the kind of work performed in each local com munity, but in no case less than than .10 cents an hour. Hours of work will remain at 24 hours a week in urban communities and IB hours a week in rural areas pending further' instruc tions. "Rotation or staggering of different groups of employes is hereby prohibi ted. . "Care must be exercised to retain sufficient clerical employes to com plete all accounting records for oil projects. "Civil works service projects here with become civil works projects and must be transferred within two weeks. . "Obligations Incurred contrary o these instructions will not be honor- cd." Kick-back' Plan Ires WASHINGTON, Feb. 17. (P) Pen alties would be Imposed on contract ors constructing projects with publto works funds who employed tha so called "kick-back" system with their workers under a bill being drafted by the Justice department at Secretary Ickea' request. Tha "kick-back" system la ona whereby payrolls are padded by list ing workers at higher wages than they actually receive in their pay envelopes or forcing them to refund part of their wages to retain their positions. The division of Investigation of tha public works is investigating numer ous complalnta that this system Is be ing employed and Inspectors hava been assigned to several projects to prevent its use. New Crop Chief. WASIflNGTON, Feb. 17. (AP) Dr. H. R. Wellman of the University of California was appointed today chief of the general crops section of the farm administration. ROGER? UKVKKLY HILLS, Cat., Feb. 16. Lots of headlines today. Mussolini' troops camped on the Austrian border"; "Hit ler says nothing," which means that he is too busy moving Iroopsj "England lends moral tupport," yes, and two battle ships; "France backs Austrian government," and sends a few hundred planes over to deliver the message; "Japan almost on verge of prostration in fear Russia won't get into this European war." Mr. Franklin D., shut your front door to all foreign ambas sadors running to you with news. Just send 'cm these words, "Boys, it' your cat that's fighting. You pull 'cm npart." 4
