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Medford Mail Tribune Hatch the TBlBUNt's CLASSIFIED illS . . Ixits or food bargain tbat meio genuine savings. Lowest till! morning 47 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, "WEDNESDAY, ATRIL 25, 193-1. No. 29. nnnrnrn rvn HTi w 93 Start Work in Medford Are Under SERA The Weather Forecast: Unsettled tonight; Thurs day cloudy: not much change In temperature. HI eh est Yesterday 6ft By PAUL MALLON. By PAUL MALLON (Copyright, ' 1034, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, D. C, April 25. The snowball Is going uphill. At last th regenerating forces of business are working tor tneir own expansion and Improvement. F a c t o r lea are rounding out a four months' trend of Increased pro duction beyond seasonal expecta tions. Their grad ual pick-up Is ab sorbing employ- m.nt and DaVrOllS are being enlarged. - .,. i m n r a v in Mill Maiion purchasing power and opening the way lor more proaucuon, more cm vtlnvm-nt snn- more waces. It is the vicious cycle of the. last lour years in reverse. How long that process will continue no one knows. But at no time during the last four years have such healthy signs been noticeable four months in succession. Since January production has grad ually Improved eight points beyond he normal seasonal flow. Employ ment has Improved about seven points, payrolls 13 and department etore sales nine. It leaves us now with production about 86 per cent of normal, employ ment 78 per cent, payrolls 66 per cent and sales 77 per cent. The way automobiles are being sold and spring clothing Is being bought clearly Indicates that this Increased purchasing power Is not being hoarded. The money obviously la going back Into trade, which should build new business. A seasonal reaction from our pres ent peak Is due within the next 30 days. Steel and automobiles are hold ing Up unexpectedly well, but textiles are showing some signs of slipping. The automobile output . for April probably will be around 400,000 cars, which la 50,000 better than March. No one can say what May will bring, be cause production schedules are being held as near as possible to demand. The government guessers may be somewhat optimistic, but they believe that the recent wage Increases In steel, automobiles, coal and some other In dustries helped at least 1,500.000 workers. That Is why department etore sales are running 35 per cent to 40 per cent above last year In dollar volume. A 20 per cent price Increase accounts for part of the rise. Things are moving so rapidly that It is impossible to estimate within reason the number of those still un employed. The public works program Is get ting nowhere fast. The extent of its Inability to meet the situation was never more obvious than in March, when 872,000,000 of public works contracts were awarded. That was the month when Mr. Ickes' outfit was supposed to show some thing, opening the spring expenditure program. But his figure is three-fourtha of what he was able to spend in the frigid month of December. Even the depressed private building Industry made a better showing. Its contracts awarded In March amounted to 102, 000,000. It Is no solace to the PwA that some of the private contracts were financed by the federal govern ment. High prices are retarding the re covery of the building Industry now. Certain piping used In some build ings is up 200 per cent above last year's figure. The general level of construction costs is supposed to be within 10 per cent of the 10S9 boom level. The administration crowd has an Idea that these prices will level off when Its home-bulldlng program gets Into operation within the next 30 days. They think added volume will permit a price reduction, but usually Increased demand for goods results In price Increases. Common labor In the building trades received 52.7 cents per hour this March, which Is 20 per ..ent more than the wage In March last year. Skilled labor received 11.07 this March, an Increase of 70 per cent. Despite all the price boosts in steel, automobiles, department store mer chandise, building materials, etc., the general price level of the country has not changed materially elnce Fresldent Roosevelt devalued the dol lar. It flurtu-fted around 71 per cent of the 1H26 level from last Septem ber to January. Upon devaluation It ran up to a high of 73 8, but la now back to 73 3. That leaves us about 27 per cent away from Mr. Roosevelt's promised land the 1026 price level. Marie Dressier Much Improved SANTA BARBARA. Calif.. April 25. i APi Mir.e Dressier, movie actress, u'l e 1-.T- bcrii vrioit'ly 111 mul-r treatment here for several weeks, to dag wu reported gieatly Haprovecj, V" '1 VS" 1 Closing Talk Made This Afternoon by Guy Cordon for State Fate Up to Jury by Noon Is ' Expectation KLAMATH FALLS, April 25. (fl1) Guy Cordon of Roseburg, assistant special prosecutor, began the closing arguments for the state this after noon. ' He was to be followed by David Vandenberg of Klamath Falls for the defense. Two more arguments tomorrow morning are expected to be completed In time for a Jury of men to receive at noon the case of Horace M. Man ning, charged with the first degree murder of Ralph Horan. KLAMATH FALLS, April 35. (AP) The case of Horace M. Manning, on trial for the slaying of Representative Ralph W. Horan, probably will reach the Jury on Thursday night. The defense, following a morning of state cross-examination of the veteran attorney, rested Its case to day. The prosecution had a few re buttal witnesses to call and final arguments were to start this after noon. Early Close Sought Judge Fred S. Wilson said every ef fort would be made to complete the trial tomorrow. If necessary, provid ing it Is possible to bring the case to a close, Thursday's session might be extended as late as 9:00 o'clock. Manning's sensational testimony of Tuesday afternoon was continued under arduous cross examination to day. Yesterday he said he shot Horan to save himself after his former part ner grabbed a gun from an open drawer and fired the first bullet. Personal Dispute, Claim He said the unwitnessed dispute had been a personal one and was climaxed when Horan, working him self Into a frenzy, threatened his life with one of the two revolvers in Manning's desk drawer. Today the state, with Guy Cordon of Douglas county, conducting the cross examination, had the defendant redramatlze the incidents of the al leged death duel. The aging attorney, swiftly moving from chair to desk as they were placed before the bench, actively de- (Continued on Page Twelve) L RECURRENCE OE HEART AILMENT S. S. EXILONA, at Casablanca, Morocco, April 25. (AP) Recur rence of an old ailment heart trou blecaused concern today for the welfare of the Exilona's captive pas senger, Samuel Insult. He suffered a slight heart attack last night as he puffed at a big black cigar and chatted with fellow pas sengers in the chip's salon. The 74-yesr-old Chlcagoan'a face went white; his expression was one of great patn. Before a word was said, however, he arose and hastily left the room. "Too much smoking," he SRld on .his return a few minutes later. In sull planned to cut down on his smoking today. Aside from that, he apparently took no notice of the alight attack, but others were concerned for his health. 4.. LIBRARIANS MEET ROSEBURO. Ore., April 25. (VPr A conference of librarians and library committee members representing puo lie libraries in the southern Oregon district was directed here today by Miss Harriet c. Long, state librarian Twenty-seven persona representing libraries south of Eugene and Includ Ing the coast district, were present for the morning session. A luncheon was held at noon. Speakers at the conference, which waa to continue throughout the afternoon, were Miss lng. Mrs. Kathleen MacNcsl Clarke of Orants Pass and Miss Marjonc Cheater of Roseburg. GRANTS PASS ENJOYS RETURN FINE WEATHER ORANTS PASS, Ore., April 2S (AP) A cloudless sky and temperate breezes today marked the end of five day, ol howers which brought .57 Inches oi : .111 here, making the month's total 88. The temperature Tuesday was 66 and pxeclrjiuupn wu ,08, Comes West To Speak Edward R. Johnson (above), Roa noke, Va., first vice-president of Rotary International, will address the delegate from California, Ne vada, Hawaii and Mexico when they hold their district convention In Fresno, Cal. (Associated Press Photo! T (By the Associated Press.) Developments In the Dllllnger man hunt: An army of more than 5,000 offlcets combed the middle west for the out law. Attorney '- General Cummings at Washington asked for airplanes, ar- j mored cars and additional men to1 wipe out the Dllllnger gang. Fears were expressed Dllllnger might try to liberate his pals now held in the Ohio state prison at Co lumbus, or his girl friends jailed at Madison, Wis. United States Senator Royal S. Copeland of New York charged that federal, state and local authorities had failed to cooperate In the hunt. Others denied it. At. St. Paul, Dlllinger's girl friend. Evelyn Frechette, who is part Indian, was reported to have admitted she Is not a ward of the government. Con sequently the government will not have to defend her on charges of har boring Dllllnger in a St. Paul apart ment. From Rhinelander, Wis., it was dis closed that an unidentified friend of Emll Wanatka, owner of the Littla Bohemia resort scene of Sunday night's shootings had tipped off federal authorities of the ' presence there of the Dllllnger gang. E! I ROME, April 25. (P) Ouglielmo : Marconi, wireless telegraph Inventor, celebrated his 80th birthday anniver sary today by receiving an honorary citizenship of San Francisco, Cal. The citizenship waa conferred In a ! little ceremony thla afternoon at t'.ie Academy of Italy by the Rev. Pr Oreste Trlnchlerl of San Frsnclsro, representing Mayor Angelo J. Rossi. After the ceremony, Marconi was salted, "How do you feel, now that you are 80?" Senator Marconi, nattily dressed In double-breasted blue suit and wear ing a aold-rlmmed monocle, replied: "How do I look? I feel even better than I did five years ago. 1 feel In the best of heslth." FAR AHEAD LAST YEAR NEW YORK. April 26. (API Ten tative Indications are that first quar ter earnings of representative In dustrial companies were about three times those of the similar 1933 period. says Standard Statistics Co. The first 51 industrial corporations to report show total net of 18.740.0OO as com pared with .8.332.000 a year ago. These results, It la pointed out, "are too fragmentary to be considered con clusive" and later reports may modify the rate of gain. l.onercan Opens quest SALEM, Ore., April 25. (API Frank J. Lonergan ot Portland open ed his campaign for the Republican nomination for governor In Marlon county last night wlt,h the first open air address of the primary fight here. Lonergan spo:e from the court house ften, over a public address system to f. large sited crowd. TUMULTY LISTED SILVERJDLDERS Secretary to President Wil son Has Contracts for May Delivery of 100,000 Ounces, Senate Is Told WASHINGTON, April 25. (JP) A new list of silver holders submitted to the senate today by the treasury Included the name of Joseph P. Tu multy, secretary to President Wilson, as having four future contracts In volving 100.000 ounces. Tumulty, now practicing law In Washington, waa listed as having four long future contracts for delivery in May. This list wound up except for ap proximately 100 names, the report pre pared by the treasury at the request of the senate to determine whether there had been undue speculation In the metal. The first list was pre sented yesterday. Data Hard to Get. The treasury said It hsd difficulty getting the Information about the 100 persons. A senate Investigation may be instituted to get the data from the Indlvlduala. The National City bank waa re ported to have 7,594,166.48 ounces end 50 long and 329 ahort futures con tracts, each Involving 25,000 ounces. In addition, National City subsidi aries in foreign countries were re ported to hold 2,158,260.98 ounces and 5.5 long and 43 short futures con tracts. A. Atwater Kent of New York, radio magnate, was reported to hold 673,- 334.46 ounces and Mrs. Mabel K. Kent, at' the same address, 75.526 ounces. Waruurgs Heavy Holders. Nederlandsche Credlet en Handel- sverelnzlng of Amsterdam, Holland, owned by James P. Warburg, Now York financier, and hla family, was listed for 56 long and 8 short futures contracts for delivery In various months. F. P. Keelon, 44 Beaver atreet, New York city, was reported to hold four long futures contracts for delivery In July, and Francis P. Kellon of f.ie same address, waa listed lor di long futures contracts and five short fu tures through Harries & Vose and Metal Trades, Inc. Frank Keelon was one of the spon sors of the dinner Monday night to members of congress Interested In sli ver. L PROFIT S1 1 0,436 PORTLAND, April 25. (AP) A profit of $110,436 has been made by the Oregon liquor control board in two and one-half months of opera tion. George H. McMorran. chairman of the board, reported the commission Is well pleased. It is even better than we expected." Sale of liquor and permits for the 10-weck period brought In 130,192. Fees for beer and wine dlspenaera to taled (44.986, and this has been turned over to unemployment relief. About 112,854 has been collected In gallonage taxes, and Sammla aald this gallonage tax should ultimately amount to (400.000 a year. LIQUOR GONTRO KIDNAPERS FOILED BY QUICK-WITTED WOMAN badt wnoTU T.va. Anrll 3A (AP) A 28-year-old telephone engl- neer owes his freedom today to a quick-thinking woman gasoline sta - tlon operator. With her husband, she rescued him from tio hands of three kldnspers and aided In the capture of two of them. The third member of the kid-. nap gsng remained at iBrge today. The woman. Mrs. O. H. McKee.! pulled Charlea M. Kella, Jr., from the rumble seat of an automobile yeater- day after the three men drove the j car up to her filling station at Win- 1 I ...... r. tr,,. u v. t.-. Iun . IieiCl, ItJ. HCII. ..o ........... wuv -. stopped by the three men the night ; other of the men In a woods about "" - " " '" , .. ,,; before in Vort worth and had been,, mil. from the station. A forced to ride with them all night In starched for the third with no . '' Inere-u.ng vigilance against e -hls own automobile I cess. ! 'ort ,rom ""J source" to Impair When the trio drove up to the The two men held gave their names ! principle of freedom of the press McKee ga station. Kella had been Homer McCov, 30, and Jo. "u"!-'!''" Jammed Into the rumble rat and the ' .,,,. ' the publishers held, is easentlsl to too closed on him. The men ordered , n bolh "ld b' Det,!cllv'! K"r , national recovery, International trade ' gas and when the woman'a husband. 0. H. McKee. hsd filled the tank they told him they couldn't pay (or It. Mrs. McKee overheard the discus- - -,., n-tnB rn, Ih. a nr-lert i her huabarfs pistol and csme to I the front oi ti station, Tb mio Dog Hero Saves , Children From Deadly Rattler LEWISTOWN. Mont., April 25. (P) A dog was credited today with saving two glrla from the venomous bite of a large rattle snake. The girls, daughters of Mr. and Mrs. Roy Allen, were picking wild flowers when the snake, already colled, struck at them. At the same Instant the family dog Jump ed between the girls and the snake, which burled Its fangs in the animal's 6houlder. Allen, who waa fishing nearby, killed the reptile and with a pocket-knife cut out the wound In flicted upon the dog. He said he expected the animal to recover. HALT RELIEF FOR Tl If local families, listed as relief cases, hope to eat during the sum mer and fall, end to continue receiv ing federal aid, they must start thfir gardens growing. Is the message from relief headquarters today. The Federal Emergency Relief ad ministration does not Intend to aid families who refuse to help them selves by planting gardens, when fa cilities are available. A report received here from state headquarters In Portland reveals that ust one-fourth as many relief caces have responded this year to the re quest to plant gardens. That Is. four times as many people in Oregon last year toolc advantage of this oppor tunity to help feed themselves. Seeds are still available, at relief headquarters in the city hall for all eligible cases, and the committee urees all persons who have Been re ccivtng relief, to apply at once for seeds. There la still time for planting gar dens and arrangements are being made to supply garden space and water to those who do not have lots of their own. The Federal Relief administration. In advice Just received by the Jack son county committee, stresses the need to refuse relief to families who fait to plant gardens, when facilities are available. RETURN SALARY SALEM, April 25. -TP) Eufua C. Holman, state treasurer, today re ceived a letter from Henry M. Hanzan, stat budget director, requesting he allow his salary as state treasurer to revert to the general fund while ne waa campaigning for governor. Hoi man la seeking the Republican guber natorial nomination. Hanzen. In hla letter, declared that "when J. M. Devers, legal advisor for the state highway, comission, an nounced his candidacy for the Repub lican nomination for congressman from the first district, the commission notified him that he must take leave of absence, without pay. If it Is a sound policy for Mr. Devers to forego his compensation while ne is running for congress, it aeema to me that it should also be applicable to your case." nffr1 a .hnlfnin snrf 1 , In payment, but both were refused, Two of them atarted down the road wlth the spare tire to get money at another station, leaving the third , man In the car. About that time the McKees heard j a tapping from the rumble seat and when Mrs. McKee opened It she found Kella gasping for breath. "I've been kidnaped," he told hr. The man who had been left In the sar atarted running down the road, but McKee, firing aa he ran, quickly caught him. While hla wife guarded Va r.n n-lcnnar U.Vh fftltnH n , Howard to be ex-convicts. Aaxeo ; why they abducted Kella. McCoy told ' detectives that "It waa a sudden I "Idea" and that they hsd not mo'. vc Botfi admitted they were drunk. K.n. I. 1,-afflr .nfflnf.fr for the , Southwestern Bell Telephone compa - I nj bert. - i AMERICA'S MOVE IN MING State Department Mum During Detailed Study ol Question Nipponese Bluntly Refuses Explain WASHINGTON, April 25. ) The new proposal of Japan to oversee Chinese foreign relations was on th! list of topics President Roosevelt ar ranged to discuss today with Secre tary Hull. Pending hla talk with the secretary of state, Mr. Roosevelt kept the strict est silence on this subject which ha$ flared in world capitals since the Jap anese pronouncement. The White House look the view that a lot of cross-currents were Involved In this International problem and It was not time to speak out. ny the Associated Press World capitals turned speculative eyes toward Washington today, await ing its move In the delicate situation aroused by Jepan'a declaration of policy in the Far East. The state department was silent, but Is making a detailed study of the question. Presumably It la debating whether to join Great Britain in asking that Tokyo clarify its statement warning western powers not to disturb peace In China and that Japan considers herself responsible for conditions mere. A spokesman for the Japanese for- (Ion offlc hhmtlv rcnlied to re quests for explanation of the declara tion by .saying. - - -... "Our statement has been made. Let others read it as they will." The British request for elucidation was conveyed to Forolgn Minister Hirota by Ambassador Lindlcy this afternoon. Orcat Britain surveyed the situa tion anxiously, but did not commit herself, The London press displayed worry and hostility toward Tokyo's attitude. In Geneva Masayukl Yokoyama, Japanese consul general, said Japan did not want to drive westerners from the far east and Intended to respect treaties. "Japan nevertheless." he added, "cannot accept and will oppose any form of assistance to China which Is contrary to peace In eastern Asia." SANDERS DENIES G.O.P. LEADERSHIP WASHINGTON, April 25. (AP) Reports that Everett Sanders Is pre paring to step out aa Republican chairman because of 111 health were denied today on his behalf by J. Ben nett Gordon, research director for the national committee. Persons In touch with Republican affairs circulated the report of ft resignation being Imminent, and said Sanders had called committeemen to an early meeting, probably in Wash ington. The chairman was out of reach, said to be recuperating at his nearby Maryland farm. Saylncr he spoke as personal repre sentative for Sanders, Gordon called account of the move for resignation "wholly and unqualifiedly untrue." Expectations were evident In other party quarters, nevertheless, that San Ha rat hfrirai Inns U'lttiM rnllnnlllih fhn I chairmanship. Discussions of a prob. able successor have been underway for severs! weeks. 4- OF NEW YOJIK, April S5. P) Amr. i lean newspaper publishers. In their .., - tl.. .Hon! and peace between the nations. - .,v ASTORIA. April 25. (API otruca by a broken line In logging camp near here, Tyler Thompson. 301 of KnSDDS. WSS killed TllMdSy. Ill- IS 1 survived by hla widow and two .cniiasen, Wins Divorce a It- i The "spite" marriage of Janet Snowden (above), ell Investment heiress, to Prince F. Caravlta Sirlggnano of Italy waa terminated by a Mexican divorce. She separated from her husband five days after their New York marriage last Au gust. (Associated Press Photo) L PASSAGE BY FLEET WINS OFFICIAL PRAISE TOKYO. April 25, (AP) Big head lines were devoted today to what vcrunculnr newspapers termed "The American fleet's failure" in Its at tempt to traverse the Panama cunal in 24 hours. - "Passage through- the' canal- in 24 hours has been proved Impossible," one vernacular newspaper said. WASHINGTON, April 25. (AP) The United States fleet's passage through the Panama canal In . 47 hours was described as "a remark able performance" today by Secre tary Swanson. Swanson corrected previous im pression that the navy had hoped to put the 111 vessels through the canal In 24 hours. We figured Vint It would take two or three days," he said. After receiving word from Admiral David F. Sellers that the most gigan tic maneuver of Us kind in history had been completed at 6 a. m. today, Secretary Swanson expressed high praise for the efficiency of canal au thorities and the' fleet's officers and men. "We wanted to see &ow quickly the fleet could go from one ocean to an other," he aald. TO BATON ROUGE, La., April 25. (AP) Jared V. Sanders, Jr., named to succeed the Into Representative Bolivar E. Kemp In congress, de scribed his election as "a body blow to Huey P. Long." As late returns from yesterday's Democratic run-off primary were be ing counted, Sanders said the elec tion "Is a rebuke to the effort of the machine politicians to corrupt" the district. Victory In the primary Is tanta mount to election. On the basis of Incomplete returns, Sanders received 17.088 votes to 15,306 for Harry D, Wilson. Throughout the campaign Sanders accused Wilson of being bricked by Senator Long, but Wilson denied this and asserted his inde pendence. TUBERCULOSIS TAKES AVERAGE DEATH DAILY SALEM, Ore. (AP) Despite the great progress made In the battle against tuberculosis in Oregon, there Is still an aversge of a death a day from the disease, the state tubercu losis association reported today. f BASEBALL American B. H. B. Philadelphia 2 8 1 New York 31 Benton. Kline and Hayes: MacFay den and Dickey. R. H. E. Chicago 8 8 0 Detroit 2 8 1 Jones. Wyatt and Shea, Rucl; Au ker, Prasler and Cochrane. National. R. H. E Brooklyn 4 8 2 Boston - 0 U 1 Muno. Herring, Page and Lopcr: Plckrel, Mangum, Cantwell and Ho .gin, Spohr.r, BEAR CREEK AND ROXY PARK JOBS FIRST APPROVED Additional Approvals Ex pected Absorb Eligible List 50 Cts. Hour Minimum Wage to Be Paid Workers Ninety-three men started work In the Medford area today, under the State Emergency Relief administra tion program, following approval of the first two projects In thla dis trict. Thirty-eight are employed on the Bear creek flood control project and 55 in the Roxy Ann park. Work on both projects was started under the Civil Works administra tion and will be continued under the new relief program, Kenneth B. Wall, manager of the personnel and place- ' ment bureau, opened on Eighth street a short time ago, announced today. No word ha been received from headquarters regarding other projects sought by the Medford district, but It waa understood today that additional approvals would absorb the eligibility list, approved for SERA employment. Work Short Week. The working week under the new program, which la strictly a relief measure, will be a short one, Mon day to Thursday, Inclusive. No Indi vidual wilt receive an amount of work exceeding the minimum of hla bud getary needs, aa the administration. . expects the men to gain outside em ployment, supplementing the small amount given them on the new proj ects. Common labor will be rotated on a two weeks basis. That Is, the men will be on the Job two weeks a month and oft the Job two wecka Still, leaa employment will be given to semi skilled and skilled labor, with each Individual permitted to work but one week and two days per month. Workers will receive a minimum of 50 cents an hour In remuneration, with certain employment bringing an increase In pay. All will be paid In accordance with the table released by the state administration head quarters. SALEM CRASH VICTIM SALEM, Ore., April 38. (AP) Mra. John F. Colllni, 30, of Salem, died In an ambulance on the way to a hospital laat nlg.nt alter she had been struck down by a light delivery truck at a downtown Intersection. Her husband. -who waa with her at the time ot the accident, received a broken leg. The truck waa driven by Max Schultz, local Ice company employe. Schultz told police that he made the turn at the Intersection and did not see the couple until they were directly In front ot him. RUNAWAY MULE DROPS ' FRESNO LAD TO DEATH FRESNO, Cal., April 25. (AP) Entangled In a harness chain. Nick Fafcllc, 18, waa dragged a half mil. to hla death by a runaway mule her. today. Will ROGER? 'says: BJiVKKLY HILLS, Cnl.. Apr. 24. WpII thev had Dillinger surrounded and was all ready lo shoot him when ho come out, but another bunch of folks conic out ahead, so they just shot them instead. Dillinger iB going to accidentally get with ioine innocent bystanders some lime. Then ho will get shot. Here is the usual daily A. P. dispatch from Indiana: "Mich igan City, Ind., April 2.1 Four prisoners, three serving life terms, escaped from the prison inflnv " An Indiana sentence from a judge reads, "You are sentenced to prison as long as it's made comfortable for you, and you desire to remain, In ehockinjj out, kindly let tho H arden know, so he will know how ninny will bo there for supper." 1
