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Medford Mail Tribune tvatcb th, TKIIlUNLb CLASSIFIED AOS , , totji ot good bargain that nui lenuinr t1di. night and Thursday. Cooler Ttaurs- Highest yesterday Lowest this morning Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON". WEDNESDAY, APRIL 18, 1934. No. 23. ELF, ji The Weather Forecast: Increasing cloudiness to. mm (MTUftf I By PAUL MALLON. (Copyright. 1934, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, D. C, April 18 The alphabet aoup ta going to be recooked, boiled down. During the next alx months or a year you will ee all the government emergency agencies (NRA, AAA, PWA, et al.) melted down Into permanent government aet-ups, differing In tone and even In personnel from tne exisf Ing emergency organizations. At least, the long-range thinkers for the White House already are working on the broad outlines of auch a new theme song. The NRA reorganization probably will come first. Sole exception Is the relief outfit (CRA). No one has an Idea what the demand for relief will be. Hence, no long-range formula for It la being considered at present. This Is to be the second phase ot the new deal, the permanent reform phase to replace the passing emer gency phase. In general, it will represent a mod eration of the original strong doses, elimination of duplication and con flict among the various agencies, a weeding out of misfits, a settling down of government policy to a long' range basis. The term "radical" or "conserva tive" Is not used by those who are thinking the thing out. They profess to want to keep away from eitner ex treme. Instead, they want to make a practical solution based on the ex perience gained from the emergency rjroeram. They have in mind that most of the rest of the world has reorganized Its governmental methods since the war. In Italy, it was Mussolini: In Russia, the Soviets; In Germany, Hit ler. Prance la now starting out on a similar path, although no one can see yet what way her organization is going to go. England'a was worked out rather mildly through the laborlte and national governments. ., You will gathor from talkli.; to the planners that ours is to be the demo cratic eoulvalent of tha reorganiza tions In the rest of the prominent nations of the world. . ,4ml that ttl hllJttilV concocted alphabet soup waa not , strictly along democratic lines, that It wna highly seasoned with coercion as a temporary necessity. It is their Idea that the second phase will be better rootca in principle w Another thing they have found Is that good soup cannot do coohcu fast as this one was. Too many sour onions get in. Thousands of employes were se . . ao hA1ira pnmlderatlon. When one of the relief organizations waa set up It waa Impossible to choose the best available men. or even to . rtf men were being picked. The need for haste Is now pasBlng. . ... That consideration seems to fur nish the whole background of tone . tnnD-h-. calmer, more deliberate working out of the various pr'.nI!l'. nv new or revised legislation found necessary will await 8 tu. nt. ennoreas the convening 01 v.... In January. These deductions all rest upon on the record" assertions by those com Mtent to speak. It Is what they have pewnt tu F3 .ministration me of the S.ry and is P'T colored with that authority, but It fit in basically '" slder. her. are f .... n. It SISO IB r new deal always has been that way. preferring to law ciown lines within which it haa comfortable leeway for movement. Specl..c.lly,U,..dm,nUtr.tlonh.. no mMfle aaia on expect a won . . We are now at the probable pea of j. .-. xim km bound w " a seasonal moderation beginning in May. For Instance, the automo bile industry hit a new high f output fcr last week, but its confidential schedules Indicate that It Is wash ing consumer , demand very closely The bigwigs of the Industry say frankly. In private, that they will produce only enoiig'i to satisfy tne market, that they are not going to stock up with cars. In that case (which is representa tive). It Is Impossible to estimate how far production will decline. Industrial recessions will be met. In part, by acceleration of the home building. PWA and private building programs, but no sensible person will try to guess how much. There are good reasons for believ ing that the summer recession will be less than seasonal, but that Is as much predicting as can be done now. There Is some inside talk about switching Commerce Secretary Roper to Pootmsrter-Oeneral Parley's Job and letting Parley -handle the Demo cratic national committee, but noth ing definite has be ". done about It. At a dinner hre recently, attended bv nrsrly everyone who amounts to anything In Washington, ex-Senator Jim Red received ' ITS" hsnd than m:: ol the active practicing statesmen. BASIS OF ROW IN AUNG'S OFFICE HINTEDBY STATE Accused Lawyer Wanted Speed in Legal Matter Judge Clips Gruesome Pictures From Evidence KLAMATH FALLS, April 18. (APj Judge Fred S. Wilson this after- noon clipped the "gruesome features" from picture exhibits showing Ralph Horan's body as It lay In the office of Horace Manning. The pictures were then admitted as evidence. The court room was filled with articles of furniture from the death scene. Rex McMillan, deputy sheriff whom Manning telephoned to report the shooting, was the first witness for the state. KLAMATH FALLS, April 18 (AP) A single piece of legal business con tested between the offices of Horace Manning and Ralph Horan may dis close the motive leading to the slay ing of the young legislator here more than two months ago. 1 Theodore allien waters, county prosecutor, today revealed the content of the matter discussed between the attorneys before Horan was found shot to death In Manning's private office. It was a law suit Involving the foreclosure of a claim against a Klam ath Falls sanatorium. Horan and his partner, Claude McColloch, repre sented a lumber company which held a Hen against the property. Manning and his associate, Don F. Hamlin, were counsels for the sanatorium and (Continued on Page Ten) RUSH TO REGISTER SEEN ON LAST DAY Registration for the county pri mary closed yesterday with a final rush of voters between 4 and 5 o'clock. Included in the list were a number of teachers In the city schools. The county clerk's office estimates that between 400 and 000 citizens registered the final day, a large num ber being change of precincts. The registering period saw a num ber of voters switch from Repub lican to Democrat, and vice versa. Outstanding in this category was P. O. Bigham of this city, who went Democratic. Early in the registering George Cars tens registered Republican after 80 yesrs of battling for Dem ocracy. All the Democrats in this city and rural precincts who registered Re publican to participate In the Re publican primary have swung back to their first political love, it Is now estimated. Aproxlmately BOO registration cards were cancelled by former residents who have since moved to neighbor ing counties. Josephine county leads this list with Douglas second and Coos and Curry counties well repre sented. A number of registrants also have stnee returned to California, Oklahoma, Colorado, Arkansas and Texas. There was an Influx of new voters In the spring and fall of 1933. County Clerk Carter estimates the registration will total between 13, S00 and 14,000 the normal Jackson county registration. In 1033 It reach ed the all-time high record of 10, 139. Solicitors were then loose reg istering voters at a dime a name. It will be ten days before the final revised figures on the registration are compiled. FARM PIE AVERAGE HOLDS STEADY LEVEL WASHINGTON. April 18. (AP) The bureau of agricultural economics reported today prices received by farmers remained at 74 while prices farmers paid for commodities were unchanged at 120 per cet of 1910 1914 figures, from March SB to April 4th. Lower prices for w.heat, corn. hogs, lambs, milk, eggs and tobacco rere offset by higher prices for cotton, fruits, hay, cattle, calves and horses. 4 Secession Talk Wins Cheers At Alabama Meet B1RM1NOHAM, AU., April 17 iX) a statement of Theodore Swann, chemical manufacturer, "secession" may be the answer to the fight of the southern Indus trialist to preserve his status and the wage differential today brought upplauj from 300 reprewnta,tlvf of inditMrv m tlie rtiitti. AT THE END OF Flashing a big amlle, President Franklin D. Rooaevelt returned to Washington from his vacation fishing trip In southern waters. Here he It addreaalng the 200 memberi of congress and others who were at the station to welcome him home. He said ha waa sorry to get back for he had a wonderful time. (Associated Press Photo NEGRO SPOOK GULTISTS BEAT OFFICERS IN RIOT ' DETROIT, April' 18. (AP) Negro followers of the "Cult of Islam," estimated by police to number 600, rioted today at police headquarters, where they had gathered In the mis taken belief the court arraignment of some of their leaders was to be held. They trampled and beat nearly a score of policemen. Six policemen required hospital treatment. Dozens of other persons suffered less serious injuries before the rioters were dispersed by a Tlot squad of fifty men, swinging night sticks. The violence was the aftermath of a raid Monday on the "University of Islam," whose curriculum, police In vestigators said. Included such sub ject as "general knowledge of spook civilization." FOUR BODIES CREMATED IN PLANE CRASH FLAME LEWISVILLE, Texas, April 18. AP) Four charred bodies, those of two men and two women, today were freed from the twisted wreckage of a cabin plane that carried its occu pants to death In a forced landing nine miles northwest of here late last night. Two farmers who witnessed the tragedy, aided by neighbors, lifted the bodies of the occupant from the cooling steel of the demolished plane. The dead are: Harry Fowler, 36, Dallas; pilot. Jack Pools, 40, Dallas. Lillian Rose, IS, Dallas. An unidentified woman. AirRort officials said the party of four left Love field, Dallas, shortly SAVE GIRLS SLAYER FROM MOB BENT ON LYNCHING 8HREVEPORT, La., April 18. (AP) Soldiers of Louisiana guarded a confessed girl slayer today from any attempted renewal of the mob vio lence that swirled for hours last nipht around and even Inside Caddo parish's million dollar court house. Th mnh ffrfiwlncr in numbers dur- ; Ing the night until near midnight It ! mtmhr-red nenrlv 3.000. was after Fred iAf.irhrt .iR.vrnr.oirt salesman of artificial butterflies. Earlier in the niBitt. h hari confessed to Sheriff T. R. Hughes that It was he who at tacked and killed 16-year-old Mae Glffin. Stragglers from the mob milled about the Jail early this morning, and there were reports that many men from outside tho parish were ! BRIDGEPORT, Conn. (UP) Mrs , Violet Van Amrtng's testimony that 1 her husband held strong cheese un. der her now until she became r.u- scated. won her a divorce in aupeiior 1 court on grounds of cruelty. HIS VACATION '' Fourteen leaders and instructors were arrested, charged with contribut ing to the delinquency of minors and with subversive teaching. The crowd of negroes first gath ered today in Clinton street, adjoin ing police headquarters, and after 15 minutes of fist fighting, was broken up. A few minutes later, the fight ing was resumed In front of police headquarters. A riot squad of 50 policemen finally scattered the dem onstrators by using their night sticks. The curriculum of the "university" contained some ten standard subject and In addition such studies as "general knowledge or the spook being displayed for 6000 years," "general knowledge of spook civilization," and "the duty of a Moslem." after 10 p. m. for a "local spin." Fowler was a world war pilot. A farmer, whose name was not learned, described the crash: "I never saw a plane flying so fast. It came in from the southwest, cir cling and circling. Each time It seemed to get lower and lower to the ground. It looked as If the pilot had apparently lost control of the ship. Suddenly It struck the ground with terrific force and bounced about fifty feet. "Flames shot out from the ship reaching at least one hunrded feet into the air. The flames roared tor fully a half hour before they died out." Farmers stood by helpless while the ship burned. on their way to Join them. Officers were confident, however, that any further attack could be stopped by the two companies of national guardsmen, hurriedly called to duty by Governor O. K. Allen when the advance of the mob threatened to overpower the sheriff's resistance. Sheriff Hughes said that Loclchart confessed to luring the girl from the home of her widowed mother, and slaying her. Small crowds and groups of men about the Jail, en ; raged by the murder of the girl, be ! came unmaneneable alter the confes sion was made known. The crowd grew by hundreds Into an excited throng estimated to num ber nearly 3.000. Mobsmen, cursing and shouting, took possession of the basement and first floor of the com bination court house-Jail. SALEM, April 18. (D Mrs. R,.y Matson of Portland was appointed by Governor Julius L. Meier today as a member of the child wuirc commit. t s:on to succeed Mrs. H ' resigned. L. corbett COL ROOSEVELT FLAYS POLICIES F.O.R. Campaign to Rebuild Repub lican Party Along Liberal Lines Follows Blast Against the New Deal NEW YORK, April 18. (AP) A (.mupttifc11 la icuuiiq but? xvcpuuiivtiu party along liberal lines was launch- j ed today after an attack on the poll- j cles of President Roosevelt by his j cousin, Col. Theodore Roosevelt. "The so-called new deal is not lib- I eral and is not new," said Colonel j Roosevelt. ". . . It Is reactionary and un-American." A leader of the younger and po litically more active element of Re publicanism, Colonel Roosevelt Issued his denunciation last night at his Installation as the new president of the National Republican club. Davison to Aid With him were Installed other young Republican leaders among them P. Trubee Davison, former as sistant secretary of war, as second vice-president. Backed by the older element of the club, the new leadership plotted a course of conferences and membership drives to make the club & center of Republicanism and a major factor In national politics. "Together," said Colonel Roosevelt, "we will strive to make the National Republican club an active factor In these critical days when the future of the nation Is being determined." McXary Lauds Move j Messages of congratulations or sup port came from United States Sena tor Charles h. McNary of Oregon, F. C. Walcott of Connecticut and David A. Reed of Pennsylvania; Represen tative James W. Wardsworth of New York, Governor James Rolph of Cali fornia, Prank Knox, publisher of the Chicago Dally Hews, and William Al len White, editor, of Emporia, Kas. - The keynote of the campaign was sounded by Colonel Rosevelt, who said: "If the so-called new deal pre vails, the hard-fought gains for liber alism and individual liberty are lost." The new deal, he said, "Is not lib eral because It is confessedly an at tempt to reduce the American people to a 'regimented' group, submissive to the dictates of a small group or a single Individual at the head of a vast bureaucracy," t Ho said It is not American because "it predicates for the future an auto crat rather than a president." f BASEBALL PHILADELPHIA. April 18. (API Babe Ruth's first hit of the season was a home run In the eighth Inning of today's game between the Ath letics and Yankees. The Babe, first man up In the Inning, sent one of McKelthan's pltchea over the right field fence, where It struck the roof of a porch and bounced Into an open window. CINCINNATI, April 18. (AP) Chuck Klein's second home run In as many days, and Quy Bush's stesdy pitching, helped the Chicago Cubs to an 8 to 4 victory over the Cincin nati Reds In the second game of the series here today. American. R. H. B St. Louis 3 8 0 Cleveland - 0 8 0 Hsdley nd Henuley; Pearson and Pytlak. R. H. E. Washington 5 8 0 Boston ;. 4 6 0 Batteries: Weaver, Thomas and Berg; Wetland, Russell, Pen nock and Perretl. R. H. E. New York . 11 12 1 Philadelphia 8 0 1 Ruffing and Dickey: Marcum, Ben ton, McKelthsn and Hayes. National, R. H. E. Chicago 8 1! 0 Cincinnati - 4 8 3 Bush and Hartnett; Vance, Stout and Lombard 1. R. H. E. Philadelphia 2 8 0 New York 8 f 1 Batteries: Moore a'nd Wilson; FitR slmmons and Richards. R. H. E Boston .... 3 11 1 Brooklyn - 2 8 1 Frankhouse, Betts and Hogsn, Spo her; Carrol). Perkins and Lopex. BURGLARY INSURANCE RACKET, SAY BANKERS HOT 8PRIN08. Ark.. April 18. Charges of the American Bankers as sociation protective committee that abused to a degree which finds crime tha n fm . niisintM rux." wen considered today by the orgsnlr.stlonV'. executive council in its scenno en slon of a two-day conference here. AIR MAIL SUITS CALLED EFFORT AT LAWJVASION Postoffice Solicitor Says Government Cannot Be Sued Without Consent 20 Days Granted Farley 'WASHINGTON. April 18. (AP) Karl A. Crowley, solicitor of the post- office department today character. ized airmail suits against Postmaster General Farley as "a weak effort to evade the law which says that the United States government cannot be sued without its consent." Four aviation companies whose air mail contracts were cancelled today asked the District of Columbia su preme court to enjoin James A. Far ley from enforcing the cancellation order and to award them damages The exact amount of the damages sought was not specified. Attorneys said the companies had not yet been able to calculate their losses. The companies were Boeing Air Transport Inc.; National Air Transport, Inc.; Pacific Air Transport and Varney Airlines. 20 Davs To Show Cause The court gave Farley 30 day to show causo why the Injunction should not be granted. Crowley pointed out that Trans continental Se Western Air'a efforts to obtain a similar Injunction failed In New York federal court because It was directed 'against the government. The fedoral government cannot be sued without Its own consent. "This la a suit against the Unltod States government," Crowley said, in dicating he felt basically the. suit waa little different from that disposed of In New York. Attorney General Cummlnga, he said, would direct the defense. Senate airmail Investigators heard Mark L. Requa, California Republi can national committeeman, deny he (Continued on Page Seven) HAN DENIES SALEM, Ore., April 18. (Spl.) Ru fus Holman, candidate for governor on the Republican ticket, today em phatically denied that if nominated and elected he would pardon L, A. Banks, ex-County Judge Fchl, or other Jackson county malefactors now serving terms of from life to four years In the state penitentiary. The statement, while mentioning no names, was declared to bo the re sult of tvn Inquiry here by the editor of the Ashland Tidings. The rumor has been general In southern Oregon, where It is known Holman la the candidate of the Banks organisation, the Good Government Congress; and It Is alxo known that before the tragedy In southern Oregon, Holman and Banks were close personal friends. Since his conviction and Incarcera tion in Salem, It Is not denied that Holmsn has frequently visited Banks and has conferred with Mrs. Banks many times. It Is also reported that at the time or tho murder of Con. table Fresco tt by Banks, Holman talked with the latter over long dls tance and advised him regarding en gaging of attorneys. Holman, while not mentioning Banks, declared: "I havo not made, nor will I make, any secret promises of any kind, na ture or description. I do not deal Ire anything so keenly that X will stu tlfy myself to get It. Already too many men have become governor on broken promises for me to add to the number. ABOARD THE S. 0. EXILONA AT MILAZZO. Sicily, April 18. (P) Sam uaI Insull has softened his attitude toward photographers, but ha still Isn't ready to talk for the films. It was only a day or so ago that he angrily muttered, "This mug Is my own." when cameramen clamored f'ir nlcturea. Today, however, as the Ex llona put In at Mlla7.ro to take on 80 tons of olive oil, he altered nit siana. He aareed to pose for photographers, but it was "nothing doing' to all entreaties that he "say something'' for movie sound apparatus. I r nth Prcinmilllon True ALBUQUERQUE. N. M. (UPl Mtllquldes Martinets, 29, had a pre monition that death waa near. He sat at his desk and wrote a fare e 11 tn l.ia wlfM ft ml Avrrnl vnimi I fhlldrcn. Within an hour ha was Idead. Dog Saves Family When Night Bine Takes Resid- PORTLAND, Ore., A; , (AP) Severe burns we; flexed last night by W. E. 8 ey and his son, Bruce, 18, their home and store bur ' the ground. The barklj -,i a dog awakened the family The caise of tin . .had not been determined t'-i.r starkey said he valued his stock at 95000 and there were valuable account books, 413 in cash, and 100 in checks In the store. No estimate was given of the value of the building. T BY CITY TO TOTAL $67,855 Six applications to the State Emergency Relief administration for completion of projects underway here were approved by the city council in regular meeting last night, with the understanding that the city would finance transportation of labor and workmen's compensation Insurance on five of them and Jackson county on the sixth. The projects total ap proximately $67,858. The greatest sum is asked for Bear creek improvement and flood control program, estimated at 820,000. The remainder of the sum asked of the relief administration Is divided as follows In applications forwarded from here to Portland: Roxy Ann park project, 117,000; Medford airport Im provement, 818,600; straightening of East Main street, 81,189; municipal planning survey, 86,000, and installa tion of street signs In Medford. $1,200. The airport application ordinance waa passed, but followed by a motion demanding that the contract with the State Relief administration be held m abeyance until finance and airport committees can work out a program for financing tha transportation and In surance on the Job. It was estimated the two would cost approximately $850, which sum would undoubtedly be returned to Medford In taxes, It was stated by council men, if the project la approved and the money spent for local labor. The ordinance granting the city tho rteht to enter into a contract with the relief administration for comple tion of the Roxy Ann project, was also followed by a motion stating that the contract would be contingent up on a written agreement of the county court to pay transportation and com pensation Insurance on the project, The others were passed without res ervations. All projects approved by the SERA carry the provision that the city u anence transportation and Insurance compensation. The program la ex clusively one of work relief and no employe on any Job will be permitted to earn more than 830 per month. It was explained last night by City Sup edlntendent Fred Scheffel. E TELLS OPTIMISM HOOD RIVER, April 18. (AP) The pear nd apple export outlook l Ronerslljr encouraging, according to Arvo Huknrl, foreign sales manager ot the Apple Orowers association who returned today from a thiee- months' tour of the United Kingdom and continental markets. English business conditions especi ally, he said, have Improved this year, Exportation of liquor and wines Is reflected In Increased demand tor fruit, Hukarl said. $3,072,988,066 TREASURYDEFICIT WASWNOOON, April 18. (AP) The treasury deficit for the fiscal year ending June 30 today reached 13.073.988.066 exceeding the deficit for the entire fiscal year of 1033. The figure Is for nine months and 18 days. Mid-April financing, Involving the retirement of a billion and a quarter In securities, and the Issuance of new treasury bonds, operated to push up the deficit more than 1300.000.000 In one business day. A principal factor In the Hidden Jump was a 1300.000.000 purchase of bonds for the sinking fund which for the fiscal year must total 8488, 131.900. It stood today at 1351,076.. 000. MediTwhTTUar Cancer Pathology I)r. E. D. Purrer of Eugene, pathol oglst, will this evening show pictures on pathology of oeneer, at the meet ing of the Jackson County Medical ! society, at the home of Dr. P. O , Trioyer Dinner will be a?rved. and the meeting called at 8 o'clock, E OVERRIDE F.R. ON E Legislation to Pay Off De positors in Closed Banks May Be Voted On De spite President's Wishes WASHINGTON, April 18. P) De spite administration opposition, house advocates of legislation to pay off depositors in closed banks sought to day to obtain congressional action this session. It was made known at the White House that the President has defin itely laid aside the McLeod pay-off bill. However, he haa Instructed the Reconstruction corporation and the treasury to seek a more liberal policy in making loans on assets In closed banks. After a conference between house -supporters of the leglf'iatlon and Speaker Ralney, plans were made for filing a second petition to force ac tion. If signed by 145 members, the McLeod bill, now before the rules committee, would be brought to the house floor for a vote. It has been approved by the bank ing committee, which amended It to limit the amount to be paid off In full to $2,500. It would apply to national, state and private banks, "We don't know yet Just what we will do I wish we did," Ralncy told reporters. BAKER 10 SPEAK AT ANNUAL MEET I MAI MAIM UWVI lid v VI II lllllUII Annual meeting of the Medford chamber of commerce has been def initely fixed for Wednesday, May 2, It was announced this morning by K. W. Kendrlck, who was appointee! chairman of the affair by President W. 8. Bolger. Mr. Kendrlck Is or ganising a committee to take care of the many details. Incidental to tha meeting, but announced this mmn- Ing that the main speaker would be Qeorge .L. Baker, for many year, mayor of Portland, and now manager of the Oregon Manufacturers' asso ciation. "George Baker ttf well and favor ably known In this section; In xsot, all over the Pacific coast, for that matter," stated Mr. Kendrlck, 'and we confidently expect that with him as main speaker, we shall have the largest annual meeting which this chamber ot commerce haa ever ex. perlenced.". Complete details regarding th. meeting will be announced as soon as they are arranged, chamber of com merce officials stated this morning. BYRD REPORTS EXTREME COLD AT LONELY CABIN LITTLE AMERICA, Antnrtlca. Apr. 17. (via Mackay Radio) (AP) From his lonely advance weather baso 123 miles by trail south of Little America, Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd today reported temperatures varying between to and to degrees below wro. .igys: SANTA MONICA, Cal Apr. 17. A wonmn died at Savnn nnh, Qa., ape 123. Sho had smoked a pipo for 112 years, while cigarette smokers figure they are passing out daily at the ripo old age of 30 and 40. I think it's the fntiguo from tapping 'cm on the cigaretto case that wears 'cm down so early. Saw a picture of the con- Kro8smcn in their march to meet the president at tho depot in Washington. It was a bonus march, for today they asked him for ono and ft half billion more to ho spent by the government in their rcspectivo districts, especially the ones where they come up for reelec tion this fall. m I MiNmslttriKlMie, la ROGERS
