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Medford Mail Tribune (lltcil the TRIBUNE1 S CLASSIFIED Al)9 . . Lots of good bargains that mean geoutoe savings. temperature. Hlchett yesterday ............. 83 Lowest this morning .................- 44 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 29, 1934. No. 6. rui Dillinger Hunted on Highwa ; 5 in Medford Region The Weather ! Forecait: Cloudy and uiuettled I with rain tonl(ht or Friday. Moderate j ON DUTY TO G. 0. P. By PAUL MALLOX (Copyright, 1934, by I'aul Mallon) WASHINGTON, D. C. March 29, The secret of the automobile strike settlement lies In the weakness of Ithe union. Labor leaders talked big but they could not cover up their unfavorable Inner condition. They did not have as many workers as they said, or any of the highly skilled workers. No one mentioned that fact, but the employers knew It. So did President Roosevelt. The result was that labor got probably as good a settlement as It could expect, but it did not get what the American Federation of Labor wanted. Those who know the Inside of that game say the American Federation of Labor will never be able to or ganize the Industry strongly under fchat settlement. They expect tne ulti mate outgrowth will be an entirely new labor union setup baaed on sep arate craft guilds (vertical unions) rather than blanket unionism under the American Federation of Labor system. That Is what Mr. Roosevelt had in mind when he spoke about new course in social engineering" find "a new kind of works council in Indus try." The American Federation of Labor crowd caught the bidden implication. 60 did Senator Wagner. He was con alderably perturbed, although he did not let the White House know about It, The general Interpretation was that Mr .Boojevelt was sending ! up to con?ress fm tne thlrd balloon for his gu Id I council Idea and advocates ?Jtr.S JZ L! Sim hi. slogan. "Economic recovery- was started backstage to guarantee tker t Via vaooMnn tt'nil rl fit tMrl. William Green Issued a statement saying the automobile strike settle ment made It absolutely necessary that the Wagner industrial disputes bill be passed. Indeed it did from , his standpoint. The Wagner bill would kill the guild idea. It would abolish the company union, strengthen the American Federation of Labor sys tem. That is the game now to force passage of the Wagner bill and squelch the guild idea. Those who have seen President Roosevelt work from the Inside are sure he will consent. He did not go out far enough on the craft guild limb to be embarrassed, no matter which way the winds blow. Also he has publicly indorsed "the general theory" of tho Wagner bill. It is true his crowd has never played in very closely with the Amer ican Federation of Labor boys. There baa been some private grumbling among the higher-ups about the American Federation of Labor lead ership. They seem lo be a little doubtful about each other under the surface, although they get along all! right on top. Stripped down to us roots, the au tomobile agreement appears to mean the president has settled the auto mobile strike, but notning eise , .1 H ua,,a tn I be settled when the details are work-! out j calling In the lawyers j They are down at the NRA. That always means trouble. Within the last week about 25 at torneys have been .hired, so many that space In an outside building had to be rented for them. They are to serve in the trial section of the code compliance division. Counsel Rich berg has been In charge of setting up the new organization. The Implication Is that the NRA Is soon going to be hell-bent for en forcement of the code's. Other evidence indicates the Blue Eagle Is undergoing a general moult ing and getting some new features. Division Administrator Whiteside pulled out half the conservative plumage when he left. He was in charge of more of the real inside business than anyone else. In recent months no love was lost between Whiteside and General Johson, large ly as a result of a personal matter. Leo Wolman has been novenng half-wav In nd half-way out. Sena-j tor Wagner has pleaded with him to : stay, but his position Is mildly em-, barrasslng since tne Justice depart- ment took Vie Welrton Steel case to; the courts. ! Wolman was always doubtful about ' the government s legal grounds, and , he thought It would be safer to keep j . .K- The big Bit Eagle tall feather see to be growing again. Every, one ha. been talking about oeneral Johnson getting out for nearly a year now. He has denied It at least 50 times, t.he last time last week, and people are beginning to believe him. The situation haa worked around to where he cannot ault. No one knowa enough about the Job to take hl nlare. Clarence Darrow a administration ! John Harding, miner on the Long- P0"r' ""J ' ln "'"' of the NRA review board la consid-1 well propert, went over the river t ' virtually the aame aa that for e-asiv. dnjir than any of Lis prevl-! bank Just after crowing V.e railroad the corresponding period In 1933. one public -.p.irarances. The board 1 at Oold Ray. He escaped from the The drop from the JO.OOO-ton quota ,i5 rot r. ,-.-;..ped anything new since flaming car with few injuries. tor the flrat three months of the year tt lufjn, Dr.te conducts it lite a The remains of the car were i-d w explained by officials as e--nal. court !.u!r.- nuasl-subpoeuas, M-jout Sunday morning and uk., .) a i Importers said the quota was Inade ?44 S4?oi . lcond.-lin(i iM la GOtl Potnl. 1 3itf (0 meet ttdxyu. E State Treasurer Clears Poli tical Horizon by Brief Announcement Formal Platform and Filing Soon SALEM, March 29. (AP) Rufua C. Holman, state treasurer, announced today that he would be a candidate for the republican nori-.totlon for governor. Holman was In Portland today, but his announcement was released thru his office In Salem. In his brief statement he said: "I am persuaded that It Is my duty to the progressives and to the mem bers of the republican party of the state and to all those who labor for their dally bread, who have favored me with nominations and honored me with election, to permit my name to be presented to the voters aa a candidate for governor. "My platform will be prepared and my formal filing made In due time as required by law." SALEM, March 29. (AP) James J. Mott, congressman from the first Oregon district, filed with the state department today for re-election to congress on the republican ticket. His slogan reads, "His rc-nomlnatlon and re-election assures continued active and experienced representation." W. A. Ekwall, circuit Judge of Fort- , ' ' . ' . ,,,, .. Protection and happiness ... I . ..1. .nBp fA- Jackson county products In the Port- j land public market, the largest in the world and conceded to be fie most modern, was welcomed here to day by the Medford Chamber ' of Commerce, when presented by O, W. Jackson, special representative of C. Lee Wilson, president of the Port land Public Market company. The plan, expected to attract all agriculturists of the valley, provides for a Jackson county day at the mar ket on Saturday, October 6, the height of the southern Oregon harvest season. On that day space for all types of exhibits will be granted Jackson county producers with the opportu nity of selling all produce displayed with return of proceeds to this sec- tlon. A committee will be aooointed in the Immediate future by the Cham- ber of Commerce here to perfect plans probable that there will be a special train out from this city to Portland to carry the produce and the visitors who wish to accompany the exhibits north. In October, Jackson county will have available a variety of pears, oth er fruits and vegetables, which local growers maintain are unexcelled In quality. The day at the market will enable them to better acquaint the northwest with their products as well as offering them an unusual oppor tunity to sell them. The Portland public market, opened last December 15, occupies a $1,100, 000 building with parking space within the market for 760 autos. Cold storage and dry storage are pro vided and it Is probable that south ern Oregon stockmen and poultry men will prepare a special offering of meats to be Included In the pro duce show. Shoppers are provided with every possime modern convenience in tne : market. Elevator service is lurnlsnca, conveyances for produce, doing away "! tne oia carry an jour own bundles'1 hazard to shopping. Since open ng of the market, busl- neas aas enjoyed a steady Increase. "r- Jckson stated today, and the of. "-'" - , "lmu to make the project one , ttewlde In "ope- The Medford public market hasi 1 been olosed for several years and the j Invitation to Portland will constitute the first opportunity given Jackson ; unty producer, Inc, IU closing to offer their products In a public mar ket system. MINER ESCAPES WHEN CAR GOES OVER BANK ! TOLO. March S9 (Spl.J rteturn- Rftttirriav about ; Ing from Medford ...n m aft.r wl tiff (nnu enlrf. TO GROWERS FOR 28 Special Last Train of Pears Out Night for Boat at Portland to Be Shipped to France Nets $1.75 Approximately $55,000 will come to the orchardists of the Rogue River valley, as a result of the shipment this week of 38 cars of D'AnJoua pears. The fruit left by special train last night for Portland, where it will be loaded aboard the motor ship "Oregon Express," for shipment to France. The "Oregon Express" 1a scheduled to sail Friday afternoon. This shipment, according to of ficials of the Pinnacle Packing Co., will net the growers approximately 82.60 per box. FAS (freight aboard ship.) ' Robert K. Norris, of the Pin nacle company said this would net the grower "around $1.75 net." Of the special train 38-car shipment, 20 cars were consigned by the Pinnacle company, and the remainder by the SOS, and other fruit firms. 208 Cars Remain. In storage here now, there are 308 cats of pears, 83 cars of apples, and 1722 boxes of loose apples, according to the weekly Rogue river check-up. By varieties, the storage sv.pply Is: D'AnJous 18 cars Winter Nells 108 cars Apples - .... 82 cars Loose apples 1722 bxs. Shipments of fruit up to Wednes day night totaled 41 cars of pears, one of Winter Nelis, mixed varieties two cars, and one car of apples. The storage supply is now low, and according to Mr. Norris, Medford has the bulk of the pear supply of the nation. Norris says this means a good price for Winter Nells the bal ance of the season. Weather Favorable. Weather conditions continue favor- ame. a com area exists over uentriu Canada, Observer Rogers reports. By might shift this way. Cloudy weather is the forecast for the balance of the week. William R. Coleman, amateur weather observer and 60-ycar resident, predicts, "March will go out blustery." Mr. Coleman observes that there has been no equinoctial storm, and thinks there will be one in April. The young fruit is now setting and petals are falling from the Bosc and the D'AnJou trees, according to Horti culturist Lyle P. Wilcox. Some of the settings are as large as marbles. Oorgc Hilton, field supervisor for the Federal Emergency Crop Loan as sociation, says that In his travels over the valleyr he never saw the alfalfa looking so green and good as after the late rains. BLAZE DESTROYS E The Jasper Hanna home, off the Crater Lake highway, four miles be yond Eagle Point, was destroyed by fire about 10 o'clock this morning, a complete loss resulting from the flames. Mr. Hanna, a cripple, was rescued in his wheel chair, all membera of the family being at home when the flames were discovered In the roof of the six-room frame building. The fire, believed started by a spark from the chimney, had made so much headway when discovered, It was Im possible to save household goods or any portion of the dwelling, although neighbors rushed to the scene Imme- lately to offer aid. .. ... ,ome Insurance on the h0UMi according to the report from (n4 dtalr,ct m0Unt was not named. Th H(mn& h0UM WM kn(mn , residents, familiar with the old , I APPLE AND PEAR PARIS, March 39. (AP) The ap ple and pear Import quota from the United States was fixed today at 5000 tons for the three months ending : tt" Senate Overrides- V et Veto; Added Expense a Problem VETS AND FEDERAL 10 WASHINGTON, March 29. (p) Here's what the new independent of fices law means to veterans and fed eral employes compared with the pre vious lew and regulations: Twenty-nine thousand World war veterans are restored to the rolls per manently at 75 per cent of what they were getting prior to the economy act of 1933. The compensation will de pend on the degree of disability pre sumed to have had service origin. Review boards, acting under regula tions Issued after the economy Uw was enacted, had stricken these men from the lists because of lack of proof that their Injuries or diseases were the result of war duty. $100 (o Totally Disabled. 'Permanently disabled World war veterans will get MOO a month in stead of WO aa at present. An unestlmatcd number of Spanish-American war veterans are re stored to the rolls at 75 per cent of their old pensions. Review boards also had eliminated this group be cause they could not prove service origin for their disabilities. Widows and dependents also are restored at 15 per cent. Federal -employes who are now working at 155 per cent leas than they were getting prior to the econ omy act will get back one-third of this out as of February 1 this year, and another third July 1. Cost. Totals $234,000,000. It was estimated by the veterans' administration and government of ficials that the restoration of World war and Spanish-American war vet erans' benefits and pay to federal employes would coat the government about (234,000,000. The restoration of full compensa tion and hospitalization to about 336,716 World war veterans suffering from proved service connected dis abilities, and hospitalization and per manent restoration of 75 per cent of their former compensation to veter ans whose disabilities are presumed to have resulted from war service was estimated by the veterans' bureau to cost $41,800,000 annually. Itestores Spnnlsh Vets. The provision permanetly restoring to Spanish-American war veterans and their widows and dependents 'a per cent of the pension Income re ceived prior to March 19, 1933, was estimated to cost $37,500,000 annually. About $3,000,000 more would be In volved in automatic salary and pen sion Incrcaaes. The restoration of 10 per cent of the pay cut to federal employee was estimated to cost $125,000,000 during the coming flacsl year beginning July 1. Five per cent was restored, retro active to February 1 this year, and would entail $26,000,000. The last census of the civil service commission as of December 31, 1B33, ahowed 591,675 such employes, all em ployed by the federal government. OTTOFKAfDIES OF HEART FAILURE NEW YORK, March 29. (AP) Otto H. Kahn. banker and art patron, died suddenly of hesrt disease at 1:45 p. m. hero today. He was 66 years old. Announcement of hia death was withheld by Kuhn. Loeb and Com pany, the banking firm of which he waa a partner, apparently until after the close of tho market. The medical examiner's office, how. ever, confirmed the death, aa did one of Mr. Kahn's associates In the Metro politan Opera company, of which Mr. Kahn was a leading figure. Mr. Kahn died In his office at Kuhn. Loeb and company, 52 Wil liam street. MARTIN INSULL POSTPONES PLEA CHICAGO, March 29. (AP ) Mar tin J. Insult emerged from a county Jail cell today to be led bcfori- the bar of Justice he had striven 17 months to $vte. Escaped Bandit Reported Seen Near Rogue River JOHN Ma.it, umuiiourt linn Indiana Jail, was reported seen this River. O.S.C. STUDENT KILLED BY PAL IN PLAY DUEL Kenneth K. Kutch, brother of Pnul Kutch, left here this morning by. auto stage for his home in Corvallis, culled there by the trngio death of his brother. Kenneth Kutch Is with the CCC headquarters detachment, on duty at tho fairgrounds here as clork. CORVALLIS, Ore., March 29. (AP) Paul Kutch, 21, of Albany, a stu dent at Oregon State College, was killed here today when a roommate, Robert Venlc, 20, of Alameda, Cal., accidentally discharged a revolver he waa cleaning. The bullet passed through Kutch's head. Coroner A. L. RTeeney said Max Rothenberger of Portland, who waa in the room at the time of the tragedy, stated that Kutch returned from a dance shortly after midnight, and found Veale cleaning the revolver. There waa considerable bantering Rothenberger said, and the two young men suggested a mock duel, Kutch picking up a small caliber rifle. Roth enberger said he paid no more atten tion to the pair until he heard a shot and saw Kutch fall. SEEKS 06 SQUATTERS Argument were heard this, morn ing' by Circuit Judge H. D. Norton in the suit of the Medford Water, Power and Developmest company and the Sterling Mining company, "to restrain and enjoin" R. E. Banks, Roy Hlnes, H. A. Turnbaugh and 63 other named defendant, from further "squatter" mining on the Sterling mine property. Decision In the matter wu deferred by the court until the first of next week to afford the defendants time In which to show title to the land Involved. The court said title to the land was a vital point that needed to be cleared before a decision could be rendered. The defendant contend that some of the land on which they are mining is county property, some homestead ed, and some Is private property. They further set forth that they were given permission to gold mine on the (Continued on Page IT. reel . ! CHICAGO, March 29. W) Calm and dry-eyed. Dr. Alice Llndy j Wynekoop began her trip to prison) today to serve 25 years for the mur-i der of her daughter-in-law, Rheta. Still too feeble to walk, as a result of the heart attacks which once stopped her trial, Dr. Wynekoop wis wheeled on! of the county J3ll i;i an invalid's cijiir to BilUff Osbriei'a big sedan, uu unu or.ipeii temiUy from an afternoon nenr the' town of Rogue I An Inquest will be held following the arrival of Veale's father from Ala meda. The tragedy occurred In the study room of the Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity. Veale is the- son of C, A. Vcale, superintendent of the Southern Pa cific system at Oakland. Kutch was tho son of Alice J. Kutch, Albany widow. Vcalo Is an expert marksman, his friends here said, 'and owns two rifles and a pistol found ln the room. He had Just finished cleaning the pistol as Kutch came In. He had reloaded it, but apparently did not realtra he had done so. Rothenberger said Kutch went over to the rifle and picked It up saying with a laugh, "Well, we might as well have a duel." Veale replied tn the same vein. "Yes, Just as well, but you'll have to be quick." Kutch Is said to have raised the ririe toward Veale and the latter pointed the pistol and pressed the trigger. Kutch fell deed as Veale leaped and caught him. L F H. E. Wlrth of Portland, former Medford resident, wa a visitor In Medford today, and announced that he would be a candidate for the gov ernorship of Oregon on the inde pendent ticket. He plsns to file di rectly after the primaries, ha said. Discussing his platform, Mr. Wlrth said that he disapproved of Oregon owning the hydro-electric power gen erated at Bonneville dam, and 1 In favor of utilities companies ln Ore gon continuing to do business to save the people's money Invested in stocks and bonds. Mr. wlrth said he advocated revalu ation or their holdings and a rate out on service. He declared he did not believe in wrecking m legitimate busi ness, but to aid such. His first In terests, Mr. Wiith said, were "with the farmer t.nd working people who actu ally produce the wealth, " and waa In favor of condition that will be a benefit to all. WILLOW SPRINGS CLUB WILL MEET APRIL 5TH WILLOW SPRINGS, Marsh 29. (BpUMrj. Clyde Hanson will en tertain the Willow Springs Thursday club at her home on the Paclflo highway Aplrl 6, Mrs. Sam Ander son, Mrs. John Cat yand Mrs, Roy Nlchr-ls will have charge of the pro grar.i. This promises to be an c njoy able meeting and membera art urged to be pieeenW Will USE FOR MONEY? FEDERAL HEADS By T). Harold Oliver WASHINGTON March 29. (AP). The administration pondered without Immediate answer today on where to get another $228.000,000 the cost of a surprising overthrow of President Roosevelt's first major veto. What'U we um for money?" that in effect wa the query of govern ment heads after the turbulent capt tol scenes that accompanied the break between congress and the chief executive. There waa no quick reply. Several courses were open. Early speculation had It that either new taxes would be suggested or a deficiency appropria tion voted to expand the budget by the needed amount. The latter course alont. without providing new revenue, would mean swelling the public debt just that much more. No Great Surprise The senate's action last night, after seven hours of furious debate, did not cause quite the surprise engendered when the overwhelming democratic house defeated the veto. By a three-vote margin of 63 to 27, the senate engraved on the statuta books the t33O.0GO.00O Independent offices appropriation bill. - . .' In tt were the Increased payments for veterans and government em ployes which had boen the bone of contention, Republicans 33 in all stood In solid phalanx for the bill. They were Joined by 2ft Democrats and the lone (Continued on Page Three MAY BE SUBJECT The persistent malignancy of some of the talemongerlng that has been sweeping over the county the past two week will probably result ln It being called to the attention of the grand Jury, at It next eeselon. Dis trict Attorney Oeorge A. Codding said today. The county official admitted that the origin and original source of some of the gossip had been traced and that a dozen or so who had told the wild yarn had been questioned, and had promised to divulge who told them first. Some of those questioned could remember perfectly what was told, but not who told them. In one Instance, the evil tale popped up about the aame time ln three sec tions of the comity, giving the sus picion that the gossiping wa or ganised and not "accidental." Both Oregon and federal statutes cover phases of the gossip now prev alent, and provides Imprisonment and fine, or both. The most vicious falsehood has been the fabrication that all the way from two to 14 prominent citizens and officials of the county had been arrested. It broke out afresh till morning, and phones buzzed with In qulrie a to who waa In Jail and why. Denials, and the fact that all the pertlea supposedly arrested are at large and going about their daily duties, seem to Increase rather than diminish the lying. LEFT FOR Men, hired by the Civil Works ad ministration In Jackson county for the week, ending today, March 29. are asked to report for duty again tomor row morning. It wa announced at local headquarters this afternoon. Advice ha been received from Port land, calling for two more days of work and those men will be hired Friday and Saturday. The CWA pro (gram will be officially terminated (Saturday night. Wnat projecta will then be continued under the Emer gency Relief administration, which Jwill supplant the CWA, th local ! committee wa not prepared to an laouaoj (otUft QUIZ POLICE TIP SAYS THUG TRAVEl IN BIG M CAR State, County and City Police Throw Hasty Guard Along Roads in North End of County Cars Checked Reports late tltts afternoon said that two autos, one a small car, followed by the big green auto, had pawed through the town of Rogue River, onto the Paclflo highway. It was thought the gunmen were traveling In the larger car. Receiving a report from Rogue River at 1:55 this afternoon that John Dil linger had been seen there, traveling ln a "big green car," state police, aided by city and county officers, were guarding the Pacific highway at the northern end of the county. According to Sergeant O. O. Wil liams at state police headquarters, the report from Rogue River did not state If the car was going north; or south. An Associated Press dispatch yea terday said two cars, loaded with about 10 men and two machine guns, were seen yesterday at Bieber. ln northern California, while the pre ceding day a report from Brawley, Calif., said a, service station operator positively Identified Dillinger. All cars that passed the P. B. Junction, Just north of town, with the exception of those which women were driving, were checked by six officer. Pour police were sftlll watch ing the highway at press time, armed with a machine guni The Rogue River report was said to have come from the town; and that the person telephoning Medfovd did not know which direction the car took, after it crossed the bridge from Rogue River onto the Pacific high way. GRANTS PASS, Ore., March 29. f AP) Sheriff 'a officials stationed themselves at the junction of the Redwood and Pacific Highways here this afternoon on receiving a report that a man believed to be John Dil linger was heading toward this city from Rogue River, Just over the county line in Jackson county. , The call came from a state police officer. The sheriff and his force left hurriedly. No details were im mediately available. KLAMATH PALLS. March 29. Klamath police went to the outskirts of the city this, afternoon to meet a "huge yellow sedan loaded with flvs men and two machine guns." They met a smalt yellow coupe carrying two peaceable citizens. TALENT MAN MISSING FROM HOME 5 DAYS State police and resident of Talent have yet been unable to locate Lem Stevens, 56-year-old shoemaker, who disappeared from Talent Saturday, State police this afternoon said they had no Information for release on the cae. His mother reside in Talent, and he Is satd to also have relatives In Medford and Central Point. Will ROGER? HOILYWOOO, Cal., SUrch 28. Mr. Wripley, the chewing wax man, did a thing that will eventually bcomo universal. If set aside a sura of money for unemployment insurance. He put by a million dollars. On April 1 steel will raise waxes 10 per cent No April fool joke out of that. Funniest thins in this contro versy over a bill to regulate Walt Street. Wall Street uow wants to write their own bill. They arc pleading guilty, but want the privilege of pronounc ing their own sentence. Wonder who the braintruster was that wanted us to go Mos cow! , Km 1