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Medford Merchants Will Hold City -Wide Dolj ir Sale Saturday ail Tribune The Weather M M Watch tin TRIHCNE'S H A I I CLASSIFIED ADS . . CjT- Lot. of good bargain. V that mean genuine t&3 I Barings. EDFORD Forecast: Occasional rain tonight and Wednesday. Little chant In tem perature. Highest yesterday ,', ,, 61 Lowest trio morning 41 Twenty-eighth Year SlEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, FEBRUARY 27, 1934. Xo. 289. 940 rui By PAUL MALLON. (Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Feb. 2f. The brain trust has been superseded on the Inside hereby the Young Anthony advocates. Some Irreverently, call them "the hot dog boys" because most of them are proteges of Felix Frankfurter, the eminent reform philosopher of the Harvard law school. The title la not a misnomer be ) cause these boys are red hot. They are all lawyers much smarter than the average Wall Street lawyer and congressmen. They burn with youthful zeal to remake the world and have done very well so far. You never hear of them, because they are shy about publicity and keep In the background, but if you look behind most of the major poli cies you will find their finger prints. They are real powers behind the throne. Stock Job The latest spectacular Inside Job they did was on the stock exchange reform bill. It is called the Fletcher R&yburn bill but neither Senator Fletcher nor Representative Rayburn ever saw it before It was handed to them by the Anthony advocates. The smart boys worked on it for weeks In hiding belore one of them submitted copies to Mr. Roosevelt. Their handiwork was so clever that all the lawyers In Wall Street have been, sitting up nights ever since, try ing to figure out a way to tear It down. They made It appear to very lnno- cent and legally logical. No shrewd er bill was ever prepared. You have to read between the lines to get its " hidden Importance. It says "on the one hand" and then "on the other" but between the two you will find Wall Street is made into a govern ment reservation. Securities An even better example of their cleverness is the securities act. That is the law which requires all corpo rations to give the federal trade com mission a full financial accounting of new financing and threatens cor poration officers with ail if they make a mistake. Bfg and little business has been scheming against that law for months now and have not been able to make a dent in it. The Anthony advocates drew it, and one of their number is now administering it. Their Job has stood the teat of time except for one item in it. An amendment will be put througn congress before adjournment taking off the Jail sentence for Innocent mistakes. Roll ; The Young Anthony advocates who were In on that Job include: Ben Cohen (PWA), Tom Corcoran (RFC), Max Lowenthal (Pecora committee) and Jim Land is federal trade com mission). All are about 35 to 40 years old and learned the practical side of law fighting Wall Btreet in New York. Others prominent in the group are Herman Oliphant I Morgenthau's le gal adviser), Jerome Frank (AAA) and Nathan Margold (solicitor of the interior department). It was Oli phant who discovered the legal loop hole on which the gold price policy 1 was first based. There are a dozen or so others hid den In the NBA. CWA and elsewhere. They have several common meeting places at the home of friends and at house where a few of them are liv ing together. If they si:fc cut to repeal the law of gravity legally, they could prob ably do It. Jobs The PWA .has been missing on a few cylinders lately. Its continued Ineffectiveness can be at least par tially attributed to the unusually cold weather which has held up all kinds of construction work in most sections of the country. Thet figures show 103.000,000 of PWA contracts were let in January. During the first half of February th amount shrank to $36,000,000, and included in that figure was some CWA work. The whole building Industry suf fered similarly. Total contracts filed In December were 207.000.000; Jan uary 1131,000.000 and Febniary (two weeks), $59,000,000. Tlie big public works employment drive will begin when the ground softens (about April 1). Minns Some of Mr. Roosevelt's advisers have been taking him out on rather perilous tree limbs. Certain Insiders believe the An thony advocates did Juat that in going oo far on tlie stock market bill, but tha; measure will probably be modified considerably and passed wlViourt serious consequence. It will not be so ey to get out of the airmail cancellation move. Postmaster General Fary took him out on that one. i Likewise, Mr. Roosevelt Is still rocking on the editorial wind attired tip when he txk General Johnson's Engineer and Fireman Be lieved Dead in Wreckage Cause of Accident Re mains Mystery to Officials PITTSBURGH. Feb. 27. vP) With the recovery of two more bodies, nine persons were known to be dead today In the wreck of an Akron-Pittsburgh train that crashed from an overhead bridge Into a Pittsburgh street. PITTSBURGH, Pa., Feb. 27. (AP) Almost 12 hours after an Akron Pittsburgh train plunged from the Pennsylvania railroad tracks, workers today removed the last body of seven persons believed to have lost their lives In the wreck. More than 25 of the 40 Injured are In hospitals. The engineer and fireman are miss ing and searchers believe them to be dead in the wreckage. They are W. M. Shaw of Newcastle, Pa., engineer, and O. C. Douthltt of Youngstown, Ohio. Cause V n known Railroad officials, who discarded an I earlier theory of a frozen switch be ing responsible, said they believed the two had been removed by friends. They added they did not know what caused the tragedy. Next to be removed wast the body of F. R. Dravo, millionaire contract ing company head, who .had boarded the train 30 minutes before on a trip to Washington, D. C. The other identified dead: David A. Diicharme, 50, of.Ansonla, Conn., and Akron, O. Clarence J. Mayer, 45, of Ingram; Pa., a meat market owner. Mrs. W. Miller Dardrop of Pitts burgh, wife of a Pennsylvania rail road official. Thomas Jerry, negro, of Youngs town, O. Bodies of a negro and white wo man are unidentified. 70 Passengers Aboard Railroad officials said about 70 passengers were on the train. Two Pullman cars were to have been transferred to a New York express and few of these passengers were hurt. Most of the uninjured con tinued east on later trains. Wrecking crews, aided by a huge crane, worked through the night and into the day clearing up the tang led mass of steel, Iron and brick, looking for any additional bodies. The train "1638" was ten min utes behind time when It Jumped the tracks at 9:32 o'clock last nlg'nt. The engine Jumped the track and ploughed down a 30-foot embank ment. The five steel cars, discon nected, drove on, wrecking a two story signal , tower and knocking (Continued on Page Two) NEWS BROADCAST AFTER MARCH 1 Arrangements tinder which broad casting circuits and independent I radio stations have received news ! from press associations and lndlvld- usl newspapers will be discontinued : March 1 and a new policy will prevail I throughout the country. Following a meeting of representatives of news I papers, press associations and radio i groups It was decided, some time ago, to organize a bureau In co-operation I with the publishers' national radio ; committee, designed to furnish radio ', broadcasters brief dally news bulle j tins. Such bulletins will be handled through the bureau with all expenses i Incident to the bureau functions to be borne by the broadcasters who care to avail themselves of the scr- I Due to the fact that the Mail Trl ; Mine's arrangement with local station KM ED Includes the use of Associated Press news matter, the new arrange ' ment will preclude the Mail Tribune I furnishing items for broadcast over KM ED as has been done for the past, l several years. ! The ajianagement of KM ED Is nego j tlatlng for other news service and ; pending completion of arrangement, i will be unable to broadcast news Item after March 1, until the new , set-up Is completed. PAY CUT CONTINUANCE FAVORED BY SENATE WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. vF The senate today voted to continue the 15 per cent pny cut for all (tovern r nt employes drawing more t"..r ! fitO rr :-i ':M '..- rnfr'i - Immediate Cash TRAIN WRECKED, SHIP GROUNDED The blizzard that twapt th northeast left at least one train wreck In Ita wake, stranded many more, caused several ships to send out distress calls, and caused heavy damage and much aufferlng. Above la shown the wreckage of the train at Revere, Mass. Two were seriously hurt and scores were shaken up as It crashed Into a snow plow and then In turn waa itruck by another train. Below Is the steam collier, Northern Sword, which went aground on the boulder-strewn shoals off Wlnthrop, Mass., during the blinding snowstorm. It waa believed the ship could be salvaged. (Associated Press Photos) OFFICERS ENJOYED AT LEGION IE! One of the most Interesting and instructive nroerama of the year was enjoyed by members of the Amerlcsn Legion and Auxiliary at the Armory ! last night. A double program which 1 was made possible through the coop- leratlon of the Ladles Auxiliary fea - tured an address by County Judge Earl B. Day on "National Defense" and a talk on "The Sales Tax and Ilts Application to the County School System." bv C. R. Bowman, county superintendent of schools. Judge Day who was Introduced by Past Com- mander Horace Bromley, chairman of the program commute, told his hearers of the need for adequate de- fense against not only external cne - rntes but Internal atrlfe as well. He also touched upon the European situ- atlon which at present is causing no little concern among the world pow ers. In closing. Judge Day who was a prominent member of the state leg islature until his appointment last year as county Judge, presented an Interesting background for Survr'n indent Bowman's talk on the Sales Tax by giving a brief history of the Oregon Sales Tax and it reason for being. Superintendent Bowman covered his subject in a most comprehensive manner not only pointing out the many advantages of the sales tax as the only practical solution of Ore- gon'a present tax dilemma, but also answering many of the argument I advanced by its opponents. He also 1 explained numerous details which j have been the cause of needless argu Jment and discussed the entire subject I In a frank and convincing manner which left hi audience with a much better realisation and undcrstandlnz of Oregon's tax problems. Another enjoyable feature of the evening's progrsm waa a clog dance by Mr. Roaebcrry accompanied at the I piano by Mrs. Larlson, During the regular business session at last night's meeting a communica tion from national headquarters was read announcing the 15th anniversary 1 of the American Legion On March 15. In this connection a nation-wide I membership campaign will be con- ducted from March 1 to 15 and every ! post is urged to do Its part. A report on the St. Patrick's Day dance wis made by Chairman Bunch land it la expected that this affair will prove one of the outstanding events j of the spring season. Chairman 'Bunch urged everyone to reserve the date. Saiurriflv. 'rcli 17 and to be present at uua jig leg.oa fial, "Kissing Bees" in State Printery Are Investigated SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 27. (AP) Dignitaries of California's admtnistra. tion turned today to Investigating re ports of promiscuous kissing In the state printing office. James F. Lyon, 64-year-old super- : vising copy reader accused of kissing m feminine subordinates, replied he waa no more guilty than 14 or 15 I er male employes. During legislative sessions, he said. ; senator and representatives ! oroppea in ror a kiss or iwo or may- 06 a lc anyway, he said, there I WM nothing wrong with it, "the l, women are au married. f The printing trades council ' of Sacramento asked an investigation DV an unbiased board not Including Director of Finance Rolland Vande- &"rlft under whose administration the ! department Is. Vandegrtft promised . complete investigation. Stat! ! Prlntcr Harry Hammond prepared to leave his sick bed to Join questioning F At a meeting of the local retail code authority held last Frtday, it was definitely decided by the mem be rs that the assessment for those Stores which come within the scope of the authority would be 76 cents for this year. It was announced to - day by E. E. Wilson, chairman LRAC. Under the aet-up of national and' local code authorities, th employes mint contribute toward their June- tlonlng, and 2a cent, mint be sent the nations; avthorlty for each per - son employed. The local authority esnnot assess the employes more than $1 In totsl. The 75 cent assessment here will ! provide the local organization with 50 nta per employe per year for operation expenses. Those store affected by this rul ing Include retail clothiers, depart me n t s tores a nd d ry goods , read y -to-wear, furniture, variety, hardware, music, art, books and stationery, paint, paper and glass. nes and op tical goods. Orocery stores come un der a vprate code authority. do other types of retail stores, but as sessments will be made in their va rotis groups. Mr. Wilson has applonted a com mittee to prepare a budget for t.ie local authority for the ensuing year. Another meeting of the local au thority will be held on Friday next at which time the budget and the matter of aiuesiimenta will be gone L-glQ 4A Bonus Plan Rejected by IN BLIZZARD and Governor James Rolph, Jr., was expected to take a hand In learning the truth about charges of "oscula tory misconduct." From his sick bed at Byron, Ham mond said that last week he advised Lyon to resign because he had acted unwisely. "Tills kissing has been going on for years," the printer fin Id, then added he knew nothing about the matter but what was contained In charges , filed with him. "charges have been filed against Lyon," Hammond said. "I have had j rive girls In the plant interviewed and have talked with Lyon i ; irls said Lyon kissed the j them to go out with him." i The head copy reader denied he had tried to date the girls, j president C. R. Swltjier of the ; Sacramento printing council said for years report had been heard of "In discretions If not immoral conduct1 of workers In the office. MARTIN GIVES F. R. PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 27. ( AP) A special dispatch to the Journal to- day from Washington, D. C, said Congressman Charles H. Martin, by i invitation from the White House, 1 railed velt. Monday or-President Roose- 'He found, he said, 'that the pres- Idem waa In aped,) quest of lnfor- nwtlon a, to general bunlnnu and 'arm conditions In Oregon," the dls- : patch ststed, "but In .half an hour s conversation they covered many top- Jc. Including Bonneville dam and the ' political stustlon. The Journsl s correspondent quot- i ed General Martin as hsvlngsald: "I j was surprised again, as I have been before, by President Roosevelt's rloua Interests." BENGTSON PERMANENT OREGON ATTORNEY NOW SAI.FM, Ore.. Feb. 87 O. H. BenffU on, Medford attorney, waa today per manently admitted to the Oregn bar by action of the supreme court. LONDON. Eng., Feb. 27 IAP The gruesome story of how Rputln, the monk, waa killed was retold to day In an English law court In which Pflncesn trtna Youssoupoff 1 suing 1kTat.mlnliiwvn.MAver Picture. Ltd. alleging -he libelled by Via Illm J ' ftUUft t4 W 6iE37 JOHNSON BEATS NRA CRITICS TO DRAWAT MEET Program Already Drafted Is Revelation Dishonest Criticisms Denounced Economic Revolt Seen Br JAMES COPE. Associated Pre Slaff Writer. WASHINGTON. Feb. 27. (API- Hugh S. Johnson today welcomed a hall Jammed with critics of NRA to cut loose with anything they had to say on the organ I ration's "errors, mis takes and blunders." revealed an fll- ready drafted program for code re- , visions and denounced "dishonest criticisms." Loud and vlgorotis applause greeted his NRA review, which Included an emphatic assertion that It had ful- ! filled the predictions made for It. He promised that whatever of worth was developed at the ensuing hear Inors by the critics would be included with his 12 points In the revision to be done next week by the massed code authority of Industry. It's Economic Revolution. Thereupon he turned the platform over to Donald Rlchberg. NRA coun sel who emphasized that Iti. program is one of economic revolution, but not political revolt. "Some people may prefer marching blackshlrts, brownshirts or redahirts," he said, "but we In the NRA believe In marching toward the old goal. The greatest happiness for the great est number of people, We mav not be marching In step, but our hearts nr Dentin 'n tire. He was followed by George H. Hous ton of Philadelphia, president of the Baldwin Locomotive Works, nml rpn resentlng the National Association of manufacturers and allied groups, who said Industry had co-operated. Wages, Prices Problem. It was a problem, he said, a to whether It was possible to Increase wages as fast as prices. He contended the only way of really Increasing em ployment was to stimulate the capi tal goods Industries. The NRA's program, he said, should be directed at alms of recovery, rather than business reform wherever the two points conflicted. William Green, president of the Federation of Labor, concluding the morning session, with a delineation of the labor position. Johnson escorted Clarence Dafrow and other members of the newly cre ated "review board," which is to seek to protect small business, to the White House for a conference with President Roosevelt. The 12 correction which Johnson ssld already gathered data ha shown to be necessary were: I. A more uniform and equitable t rule or price stabilization where nec t essary to prevent cut-throat competl- tion, with further Insurance against f Continued on Page Five) The grand Jury impaneled at the opening of the Febniary term of the circuit court, Is expected to conclude Ita deliberations late this afternoon. Three criminal matters, the district attorney's ofMce stated In court, would be presented. Floyd Ross, merchant, Central Point, waa nsmM foreman. Few matters will come before the new grand Jury as a large portion of pending case were considered by the last grand jury. Agrilo RfifumlntT t,'a lieiuimiljj trom Detroit In Chrysler Airflow H. F. Lange of Armstrong Motors, Inc., ha received a telegram from A. D. Lewis, jr., that he received de livery of a new Chrysler Airflow In Detroit Monday evening and Is head ing west to Medford, accompanied by Mrs. Lewis. In hk telegram Mr. Lewis expressed enthusiasm for the performance of his new Airflow, one of the first of these new models to be driven west. Despite extremely cold weather and try highways, the Airflow Is performing perfectly. Import of Mr. and Mrs. Lewis' westward trip will be received dally by Mr. 'ange. His Itinerary will In clude stops at Indianapolis. Bt. Louis, Oklahoma City. Port Worth, El Paso. Tucson, Los Angeles and San Fran cisco, When Mr. Lewi arrives In Medford it will afford people of this section ' of Oregon their first gllmpM of the ,VeaUSiWl SiW ffiSSfi! Divine Favor Not for F aithful Only Methodists Told PORTLAND. Fob. 27. (API Declaring "we must no longer in terpret the values of religion in petty personal favors." Dr. W. 8 Bovard of Chicago, discounts the suggestion that God "hands out special favors" to his followers, and metes out punishment in the form of natural disasters and accl ients to the wicked. Dr. Bovard discused "a mood of faith and sacrifice" at a city wide Methodist rally here last night. For .many years he has been corresponding secretary of the Methodist board of education. "I don't think God Is playing favorites with, man," he said. "I don't think he Is giving any man an Inside 'tip' to stay off a certain train, or boat, or stago. or air plane, or to stay out of the stock market, or away from a mountain." T A sad testimonial, verifying that "Never pick up strangers" Is good ad vice could be written today by Ned Wold or the Phoenix district, who reported his experiences of Sunday to state police late-yesterday. Heading for Medford in his car, Wold stopped to give a hitch hiker a ride. When he arrived In the vi clnlty of the Jackson county fair grounds he discovered that the gas supply was getting low. At the same time he made his Investigation, his new companion struck him over the head with his elbow and started a battle, which ended with the hitch hiker starting down the highway with Wold's overcoat and two dollars, which he removed from the driver' pocket. Unable to trail him In the car be cause of lack of gas, Wold told frlenda here last night, he watched the hiker continue down the highway and ac cept a ride with another motorist, Wold then walked on Into Medford, got some gas for his car and con tinued home. The state police officer, to whom Wold reported, was not on duty here this afternoon and details of the in vestigatlon made of the report could not be learned. U. OF 0. DEBATERS' Professor Casteel' debate team from the University of Oregon entertained the member of the Medford Rotary club at their luncheon today In the b use ment banquet hall or the Hotel Medford, with Interesting talks on the property tax relief question. John MofTatt, acting chairman of the meet lng, Introduced Prof. Casteel, who In turn presented the quartet of charm ing feminine debaters. The school tax situation was trod need with a general talk upon the fallacies of the present tax sys tem In Oregon and the failure of this system to assure the continuation of the Oregon school program. Accord ing to the first speaker, four million dollars are needed to provide educa tion and, with other system inade quate, the sales tax remains a the only solution of the problem. Point both In favor and against this tax were presented. The reorganisation of the entire school system la paramount In the Interest of economy. In the opinion of the Oregon univeisity debaters Through a consolidation of school district through a county unit sys tem, a great saving will be effected, as evidenced by the substantial sav ing noted in several Oregon counties in which the unit system is employed It 1 estimated that approximately one million dollars will be saved through this plan, according to the figures presented by the speakers.; The unit plan will also greatly facili tate the administration of state tix money. As one of the features of today's luncheon. Rogue Valley cheese was served, through the courtesy of Tom Quast. manager of the Rogue Valley Dairy Products company. Frank Jen kin. Klamath Falls newspaper pub lisher and prominent In state-w'-de newspaper circle, will address the Rotarln next Tuesday at their regu lar meeting. The following week's talk will be given by Lelth Abbott, adrertialtiff manager for the Southern Pscific system In Portland. S niimhof nt vli'ttntr notarial! aVIUl UwW AJPW- Senate USE VETO POWER Fifty Million for Ex-Soldiers Added to Independent Of fices Appropriation Vote On Bonus 66 to 24- WASHINGTON, Feb. 27. I.oiuled down with more than $,',.',0,(100,000 In new veterans' bene fits and addltlonnl federal pay, the Independent offices bill was passed hy the senate today and sent back to the lioune to the ac companiment of administration veto threats. There wan no rec ord vote on final approvnl. WASHINOTON, Feb. 37. (AP) The senate today rejected a proposal for immediate cash payment of the 92, 400,000,000 soldiers' bonus. It took this action after adding more than $50,000,000 for war veter ans to the Independent offices ap propriations bill. This brought the total In the bill to more than 100,- 000.000 beyond administration de sires. Only a while before, also, the text of a letter President Roosevelt had written Speaker Ralney was made public, saying flatly he would veto any bill for payment of the bonua. The bonus amendment was pro-' posed to the Independent offices bill by Senator Long (D La.) The action brought a halt to the rapid-fire approval of new veterans' benefits. Many bonus advocate opposed the Long amendment on the ground It should not be Incorporated In a dis ability relief measure which they re garded as the primary purpose of the pending legislation. The vote against the bonus waa 04 to 34. Seven Democrat and seven Re public. is voted for the amendment but It was defeated by 34 Repub licans and 39 Democrat and the lone Farmer-Laborlte. Senator McNary and Stelwer of Oregon voted against the bonus pro posal. SPEED HELP TO ICE CASTAWAYS MOSCOW. Feb. J7. &l Soviet steamera are being loaded with air planes and supplies at Pctropavlovak and Vladivostok. Siberia, and will sail soon to rescue nearly 100 men, wom en and children, marooned on Ice In the Bering straits. The vessels will malte for the most northerly point In the Bering aea, where they will eatahllah a flylni base. The atranded persona are aur vlvors of an expedition to Wrangel Island. Their ship was rammed and sunk by drifting Ice. February IS. Ten nlrplanea are being put aboard the stonmer Slomrnak at Vladivostok and the stcp.mor Stalingrad la loading up with airplane fur, and radio aup plica at Pctropavlovak. WILL ROGERS '5Qyst XKW VOItK. KM). 26. Sav. tlicsp Now York weather fel lows deliver the Konds. They ailvcrtittHl in all the papers that they had iinother storm in reheai'siil, that they would bo ready to prodiiee one that would he' a liijmer production Hum the hist cine. And bv nosh I believe it looks like the boys are ifoini; to make good. tjlark Uanio is DaeK nere ap pearing on the stage, and T am here trvinsr to keep the women off him. The liif? brokers of Wall Street arc nil moving down to Washington, for all their bit; clients are on tlio stand there all the time. They are putting tickers in the investigating rooms now.
