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WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
A
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 21. 1931.
No. 51.
Twenty-ninth Year
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By PAUL MALLON.
(Copyright, 1934. by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON, D. 0., May 21. The
man behind the Darrow report la Mr.
Charles Edward Russell.
It iu his Invisible hand which
guiding the aged
pen of the cni-
aago Inconociast.
In fact, Mr. Rus-
j Mil seems to have
at least aa much
do- with the
I M'WM report as Mr. Dar-
VXi row. He likewise
SPf,rffM served aa Dar.
&Am-, ear; Dar
row's hearing Is
not what It used
to be and much
: the open teatl-
Paul Mallon mo"
him.
These facts are Important because
nt Mr. Russell's background.
Mr. Russell was one of the original
muckrake of Everybody Magazine
years ago. He was a member of that
troupe of Upton Sinclair and Law
rence Rlchey detective-Journalist who
exposed the meat packers and nearly
everyone else. He once ran for gov
ernor of New, York atate on the so
cialist ticket. Recently be has been
living here quietly aa a writer.
Mr. Russell waa really the Inspira
tion for Mr. Darrow's recommendation
for socialized ownership and control
of Industry.
The truth Is, Mr. Darrow knowa lit
tle about Industry, but Mr. Russell la
a specialist In that subject.
Where the administration put It
all over Darrow In the back-stage
souffle was on publicity.
. No one can beat him in a criminal
case before .-. Jury, but he was a babe
In the woods when he came up
against tile skilled White House pub
licity men. He knows it now.
Darrow made his report to the
White House May 4. If he could have
handed It to the newspapers the same
day, his charges would have been a
national sensation. Any good pub
llcitv man would have advised him
to have given copies of the report to
nress associations, at least conn'
dentlally. He thought of that him
self, but decided that the report was
made to the president and the presl-
dent should handle publication. or ,
The result was that the NRA spent
the following two weeks preparing a
mmnlete answer to his charges. Ita
report was sent to Mr.
Mav 14.
By publishing the 9000-word answer
nnnoiilv. the 9000 words of
charges were at least partially smotlv
ered.
The effect was to crcato the Im
pression that two good haters like
n.rrnw and General Johnson were
lust throwing 18.000 words at each
other.
BOLSTER LEADS OF
PRIMARYJ1NNERS
Circuit Judge Norton Has
Clear Majority Over Op
ponents Rogue River
Only Precinct Against Him
Circuit Judge H. D. Norton won a
clear majority over both his oppo
nents In the Judicial district com
prising Jackson and Josephine coun- 1
ties, according to complete unofficial i
returns from both counties.
Judge Norton's total count In the
district was 8898 votes, and his two
rivals together mustered but 3439
votes.
The Jackson county vot was:
Norton - 4568
Hough 1185
Anderson 754
The Josephine county vote was:
Norton .......1360
Hough - - 623
Anderson 857
Judge Norton carried every pre
cinct In Jackson county but Rogue
River, which gave Hough 68, Norton
40, and Anderson 30.
The majority means that Judge
Norton, under Oregon law, will be
unopposed In the November election.
The missing precincts reported this
morning, and all the leaders gained.
The closest race of the primary was
between Prank Anderson and Howard
McKlnney for constable on the
Democratic ticket for the Medford
district. The unofficial count gives
Anderson a majority of 38, the vote
standing:
Anderson ... .. 614
McKlnney 576
Syd I. Brown, with all precincts
accounted for has a majority of 339
for the Democratic nomination for
sheriff, over Robert E. Bell, court
house Janitor, and his closest oppo
nent.
The Democratic sheriff vote Is:
Brown . 1157
Bell 818
Roosevelt
County Candidates
Republican,
State.
For Governor Joe E. Dunne.
For Congress James W. Mott.
For Secretary of State Earl
Snell.
For Labor Commissioner O. H.
Gram.
County.
For County Judge Earl B. Day,
Incumbent, by majority 3118.
For Commissioner R. E. Nealon,
Incumbent, by majority 1403.
For Sheriff Walter J. Olms
cheld, Incumbent, by lead 820
votes.
For State Senator George W.
Dunn, Incumbent, by 1403 ma
jority. Democratic.
For Governor General Charles
H. Martin.
For Congress R. R. Turner.
County.
For Sheriff Syd. I. Brown, by
339 majority.
For Constable Frank Anderson,
by majority of 38.
Non-Partisan.
For Circuit Judge Judge H. D.
Norton, by majority 2459 over two
opponents.
Sales Tax.
The school relief sslea tax car
ried In Jackson county by a 3320
majority. It was the only county
In the state to record a favorable
vote.
The vote was:
Yes - 4469
No 2140
NRA Denounced
In Report From
Darrow's Board
WASHINGTON, May 31. (AP) The national recovery review board In
a three-pace statement today assailed the criticism on lts: report, made
by NRA officials, promised a second report before the end of the week and
challenged NRA to answer that one.
Narregan
Sims ..
. no
320
The White House Inner clique Is
quite angry at Darrow. but not ad
ministration left-wingers. They really
like the recommendations of the Dar
row report, although they cannot say
an mibliclv.
In this crowd are the young liberals
nt the administration, who have been
hoping from the start to direct the
NRA Into socialization of Industry.
They have never liked Johnson or his
tactics. During the last few months,
they have been passing around tne
poison on him.
The result of this may be the lop
ping off of a few liberal heads, be
r.n.n tna White House apparently
does not side with the liberals on this
subject.
At least the biggest liberal heads
have lately become uneasy, and one
has already made preparatlona to go
back to the private practice of law.
The White House haa turned Its
furnace blower on Chairman Steagall
of the house banking committee.
Apparently, President Roosevelt is
none too well pleased with the fact
that Mr. Steagall Is handling three Im
portant administration bllls-Jhoua-lng,
loans to Industry and deposit in
surance. In a recent private confer
ence at the executive mansion. Stea
gall'a loyalty to the administration
was discussed.
That question arises because Mr.
Steagall. and hi. alter ego, Mr. Golds
borough, have more advanced Ideas
on bankln.? than Mr. Roosevelt. For
instance. Messrs. Steagall ana uom
borough have been flaying with the
Idea of tacking the bank pay-off bill
or a more liberal deposit Insurance
scheme on one of the administration
measures now In Mr. Steagalls cus
tody. The White House heat la being pri
vately applied in various wsya to keep
Mr. Stesgall a almon:pure administra
tion man.
All of which bothers Mr. Steagall
not at all. He stepped aside from such
pressure last Thursday and went to
a circus, not once, but twice. He
liked the afternoon performance ao
much that he went back again In the
evening.
The lion's Jawa Interested him most,
but he made no effort to teat Uiem
personally.
Experts In bitter words seem to
sgree that Darrow lost hla long-worn
Ashland precincts, Beltview, Wlmer
Eagle Point, Trail, and Rogue River
gave Bell a majority, but this city
and the remaining rural districts
polled varying majorities against him.
Sheriff Walter J. Olmscheld with
all 69 precincts reported had a ma
jority of t-620 over Chief of Police
Clatous McCredle for the Republican
nomination. The vote was:
Olmscheld 1939
: McCredle ...1419
Beeaon . . .. ........ 901
Walker 833
Obenchaln 304
Zundell - 327
County Judge Earl B. Day received
the Republican nomination for county
Judge by the largest majority accord
ed any county candidate, -defeating
Henry Conger 2.11b votes. Day car
ried every precinct but Applegate,
Ant loch, Trail, Rogue River and Wl
mer. Electa A. Fehl failed to carry
a precinct. She received her highest
vote. 19. In the Roxy Ann precinct.
The county Judge vote was:
Day 3,445
Conger 1.337
Fehl 331
Commissioner R. E. Nealon was
nominated by a majority of 1,403 over
Fred Rapp. .The vote was:
Nealon - 2,691
Rapp 1.388
Taylor 979
State Senator George W. Dunn won
by a majority of 1,403 over victor
Bursell, the vote standing:
Dunn - 3.313
Bursell 1.621
The Republican vote for governor
is:
Dunne . 2,192
Holman . 1,019
McAlexander 982
Lonergan 473
Brown :. 383
The Democratic vote for governor
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(By the Associated Press.)
Thirteen persons fell to their deaths
In alrplanca over the week-end.
Four were killed . at Tulsa, Texas.
airport when a plane piloted by Harry
Lynch of Wink, Tex., crashed before
a crowd witnessing dedication or tne
field. The victims were Lynch, two
12-year-old boys, Bruce Anderson ana
Bobble Sesler. both of Wink, and
Willie Ravel, 28. of El Paso. Tex.
Lieut. Frank J. Flndley, 30, of De
troit, and Private George J. Scott. 27.
of the Seventeenth pursuit squadron,
died in flames near Port Huron, Mich.
Their selfrldge field -plane fell ana
burst into flames Just after a taxe-on.
A plana borrowed without tne own.
or's consent orashed and burned near
Muscatine. la., killing Maynara luk.
visky, 20, of Muscteine, a student
pilot, and James Henlck, 23, of Fort
Des Moines.
An accident near Lincoln, Nob.,
killed Orrln O. Jones of Litchfield,
Neb., and James V. Meade, 19, of Oak
ridge, N. J.
Three Washington, D. C men were
killed in a fall Into Chesapeake bay.
The body of William 0. Power was
recovered shortly after the accident
Saturday, but the bodies of the other
victims. Ralph H. Bangs ana iwaico.m
B. Zahn, were not found until yea
trd.v. Bancs waa the owner and
pilot of the plane.
WASHINGTON, May 31. (AP)
President Roosevelt apparently In
tends to let the Darrow board finish
Its task of investigating whether there
have been monopolistic practices
under NRA.
It submitted a partial report last
night excoriating the NRA. Clarence
Darrow, the chairman, and another
member, advocated government own
ership and control of Industry.
It was made known at the White
House that the president will permit
the board to go out of existence when
It finishes Its work, expected In a
few days.
Johnson Bolls.
Hugh 8. Johnson, the NRA adminis
trator, who teucd a sizzling reply to
the report, has demanded the Imme
diate abolition of theboara.
Meanwhile Senator Nye (R., N. D.)
whose criticism was largely instru
mental in leading to the formation
of the board, told reporters the re
port showed that "many of the codes
are working destruction for small
hiialnuaea and entrenching mo-
noDOlv."
Senator Borah (R., Idaho), another
critic, withheld comment.
The board, which had been asked
by President Roosevelt to review the
nractices of the national recovery ad
ministration, stabbed rt the heart of
NRA's principles of Industrial codes
by saying:
Competition Savage.
"All competition Is savage, wolfish
and relentless, and can be nothing
else. One may aa well dream of malt
ing war ladylike aa of making compe
tition fair." ,
The socialistic alternative of gov
ernment ownership was suggested In
supplementary report signed ny
Darrow, 77-year-old lawyer, and one
other board member William
Thompson of Chlcsgo, former 1
partner of Darrow. It said:
The choice la between monopoly
sustained by government, which Is
clearly the trend In the national re
covery administration, and a planned
economy, which demande socializes
ownership and control.
"The . hope of the,. American peo
ple .. . Ilea In the planned use of
America's resources following sociali
zation."
One Dissenter.
One member of the bosrd dissented
FAILED 10 SECURE
Kidnapers' Wife
fi0
s in r ,
FIRE REVEAL BUT
SINGLEUFE LOST
Charred Body of Man Found
As Workers Delve in Hot
Ashes of Saturday's Huge
Holocaust in Stockyards
BUGS AID DROUGHT
DESTROY CROPS IN
MID-WEST REGION
SALEM, May 31 (AP) Only three
Incumbent members of the Oregon
legislature who had filed for nomi
nations were eliminated from' mem
bership In the 1035 sessions, while
another who had not filed was nomi
nated by the write-In method, a sur
vey by the Associated Press revealed.
State Senator W. F. Woodward, vet
eran Multnomah county member waa
eliminated In the Republican primar
ies by Roy K. Terry. Should Senator
Jay Upton be elected for congress
from the second district his place
would have to be fliled In the upper
house.
Efitea Snedecor, democratic leader
In the house last year from Multno
man county, was eliminated In hla
race, while Arthur McPhllllps, Demo
crat from Yamhill county, likewise
lost out In the primaries. Oharles H.
Chllds of Linn county was nominated
by the write-in method.
With these eliminations, the house
will see at least 38 new faces In the
legislature opening next January 14,
while eight new members will bo In
the senate, just half of the number
of the upper house seats vacant for
the 1934 elections. Twenty-seven
house members and seven senate
members did not file for entrance In
the primaries.
f
Mrs. James Kirk as she visited
her husband, James E. Kirk, one of
the self-confessed kidnapers of Wil
liam F. Gettle, In the Lot Angelei
Jail before he waa whisked away tc
San Quentln prison for life. Mra
Kirk, estranged from Kirk, Uvea In
San Francisco. (Associated Presi
Photo)
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RECORD OF POLICE
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Mahoney
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ALL SONORA CATHOLIC
CHURCHES CLOSED UP
NOOALES. Aril.; May 31. (API
All Catholic churches In the state of
Sonora, Mexico, were closed today by
order of Governor Rodolto Ellas
Calles.
POINTS FOR PEACE
PORTLAND, May 21. (IP) R. J
Baakett, spokesman of employers In
the genersl longshoremen's strike ne
gotiations at San Francisco, waa to
v ..advised by Portland waterfront
employes that they have agreed to
four major points in tne mrapn
settle the waterfront strike.
The employers rejected the union's
proposal that "closed shop" operation
be established, and opposed assign
ment of workers by the union. They
agreed to collective bargaining with
representatlvea of the longshoremen
and to arbitration on wages and
hours.
IVheat Crop Short.
PENDLETON, Ore.. May 21. (IP)
A 50 per cent wheat crop for eastern
Oregon unless weather conomons
change la predicted by J. W. Maloney,
collector of Internal revenue and for
mer wheat farmer of Pendleton. The
present condition waa ascribed to the
tsct thst wheat went through the
winter without the usual moisture.
(Br the Associated Press)
With all counties complete and
unofficial, It appeared today that
Judge O. P. Sklpworth, Judge James
T. Brand and Carle E. Wlmborly had
been nominated on the non-partisan
ticket for circuit Judge of the second
Judicial district, comprising Benton,
Coos, Curry, Douglas, Lane and Lin
coln counties.
The vow for the six counties gave
Sklpworth 22,281, Brand 21,738, Wlm
berly 14,981, and Circuit Judge B. L.
Eddy, 14,950. Wimberly tb'js had only
31 more votes than did SMdy.
Epworth League of the First Meth
odlst Episcopal church held a hiking
and awlmmlng picnic Saturday.
Meeting at the church at 1:30,
about 25 leaguers loft for Table Rock.
In aplte of much feared poison oak
and rattlesnakes, everyone climbed
the rock. After spending considerable
time exploring and hiking about, the
group left for Bybec's bridge where
swimming and baseball provided en
tertainment. Under the direction of
France-. Combe, a picnic aupper waa
served, after which gamea were play
ed.
Those attending were: Frances
Combs, Beth Ollltngs, Phyllis Smith,
Janette Trill, Glcnna inear, Mary
Flske, Frances Arnsplger, Jean Olll
tngs, Betty Paske, Eleanora Foffcn
barger, Marie Vandermark, Bl.l Walk
er, And; Severson, Marvin Burk, Ar
thur Cook, John Ollllngs, Olaf Sever
son, Jim Wallam, Milton Hlcka,
Dwlght Short, Red Morris, Lester
Faye, and Rev. Knotta.
1
Many Farmers Spend Sun
day in Prayers for Rain
Yields Cut Much As 85
Per Cent in Some Areas
Reports of six accidents in Medford
and vicinity were turned In over the
week-end to the city police station.
Only one Injury resulted, when
Laura Petlord of Jacksonville received
head injuries aa the result of an ac
cident on the south Pacific highway
yesterday. The report shows that O
H. Bailey of Ashland ran Into the
rear of a car driven by E. J. Neuman,
318 Vancouvor avenue, when Neuman
attempted to pass a third car which
was parked on the side of the road.
Bailey's car also struck the parked
auto, in which were Laura Petlerd and
Augusta Potlerd.
H. L. Roberts, 113 Columbus street,
while driving north on the south Pa
cific highway. Sunday, waa forced by
a defective steering wheel Into an
auto driven by A. M, Robinson, and
then Into the ditch.
, Callie Palm, 343 South Holly,, was
forced off the road several ml lea north
on the Crater Lake highway yesterday,
when a truck, whose driver's namu
was not learned, swung into the cen
ter of the road when the Palm car
was passing. The two autos hooked,
and both turned into the ditch on
the right. None of the passengers
was injured.
When Twlla May Black of Talent
attempted to pass a car driven by
Alpha E. Arthur, also of Talent, as
Arthur waa turning Into an alley, a
collision resulted Saturday on South
Central.
T. V. Wilklns of Los Angeles re
potcd an accident at the intersection
of Riverside and Jackson. Saturday,
when hla car was struck by an auto
driven by Mrs. Florence M. Norman,
210 Haven.
An accident on the north Pacific
highway waa reported Saturday by
Richard Olson of Gold Hill, who col
lided with Ray Roberts of Central
point. Roberta was driving without
an operator's license, the repor
showed.
CHICAGO, May 31'. P) The char
red body of a man waa found in the
rulna of Chicago's stockyards today
aa crews of workmen groped through
the debris of Saturday's 8.000,000
fire, preparing the way for rebutldcis.
Throuch acres of hot ashea, Into
heaps of bricks, skeletons of old land
mark and twisted steel girders, the
explorers dug, hunting valued docu
ments and property that might have
survived the holocaust, and hoping
the losa of human life would not I
grow.
Excitement Kills One.
The one known victim was a man
about 70. initials on his belt buckle
leading to his tentative identification
aa Isaac Means, a stockyards worker.
One other death was attributed in
directly to the disaster, that of Wal
ter Burnfleld. 33, who dropped dead
of excitement as he watched tha
flamea.
The great packing plants of Swift,
Armour. Morris, Wilson were never
endangered aa the hot breeze fanned
the fire eastward and away from the
big processing houses, flanking the
acres of open pens on the west.
These packers, little affected by the
blaze, were operating today, and even
the banka that were reduced to ruins
announced business as usual in tem
porary quarters.
Many Injured.
The Red Croaa said it had treated
1.100 persona for injuries during the
feverish battle to check the spread
of the flames, but leas than a dozen
were hurt seriously.
Chief aufferera wore the cluster of
buildings at the Hatsted street ent
rance to the yards, Including the old
Livestock inn, the Exchange building,
the great Exposition hall, where aiv
nual livestock shows have attracted
thousands, and Drovers Daily Journal
building, the two banka and a num
ber of shops, homea and tenement
houses lying on the fringe Just east
of Hals ted street.
The cause of the blaze was unde
termlned. Some investigators. In
cluding O.TV Henkle, goneral man
ager of the stockyards, said they wero
convinced the conflagration had its
origin in a carelessly tossed cigarette.
Henkle said he did not believe tnere
was any truth to reports that the
holocaust was the outgrowth of labor
troubles.
By the Associated Press.
Drought, aided by grasshoppers and,
chinch bugs, spread further destruc
tion through the grain belt today, in
creasing crop losses to as high as 85
per cent In some sections.
Many farmers prayed yesterday in
churches for rain. Some rains came,
but they were too light to bring much
oeuent. More local showers were fore
cast. Even ideal weather, said agri
cultural experts, could not now af
ford any material relief in much of
the midwest.
Nebraska farmers reported all crops
In the central part of the state, In
cluding oats, hay and other small
grains, have been cut 40 per cent. The
strawberry crop haa been severely
damaged and chinch bug damage in
the worst In the region's farming history.
Indiana's hay crop Is cut 60 per
cent and wheat and oats are severely
damaged. Corn Is germinating slowly.
Dust storms have blown away large
parts of the onion and mint crops.
The frutt crop in the southwestern
region Is periled. Timber and grass
Is drying, and small Insects and tim
ber fires are adding to the damage.
with hay and pastures most af
flicted, crops throughout Wisconsin
are menaced. No spring planting haa
been done In several sections. Com
la suffering.
Minnesota is Buffering from an epi
demic of grasshoppers. The yield of
spring wheat will not reach 86 par
cent of normal. Dust storms havs
blown away plants. Pasture landa are
drying up, and oate and hay have
been hurt.
Some unofficial estimates were that
the wheat crop yield in Kansas will
not exceed 60 per cent. Corn plant
ing will be deferred in several parts
of the state. The apple crop area la
hard hit.
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DR. STEARNS LEARNS
HE'S A GRANDFATHER
Word waa received here by Dr. R.
W. Steams. Informing him that an
eight-pound daughter waa born this
morning to Mr. and Mrs. Charles E.
8aunders of San Jr. cam. airs
Bandera ! Dr. Stearns' daughter.
The little iiil baa been named
StOdra Lou.
SUSPENSION OF MINE
ASSESSMENTS SIGNED
WASHINGTON. May 31. ( AP)
President Roosevelt today signed i
bill for suspension of annual assess
ment work on mining claima neia ny
location in the United Statea and
Alaska-
National.
R. H. E.
Pittsburg 11 1' 0
Philadelphia 4 10 3
Batteries'. French and Paddcn:
Pearce, Moore and Todd.
St. Louis .
New York -
Batteries: Hallahan and V.
Bowman and Mancuao.
Mrs. mini's Mother lilea Mrs.
Robert Ruhl and daughter Alicia left
Thursday for Buffalo, Wyoming, call
ed by the critical Illness of Mrs. Ruhl's
mother, Mra. C. A. Works, who. has
been a realdent of Buffalo for many
years. Mrs. Works passed away Sat
urday morning, the day before Mrs.
Ruhl arrived. Funeral services were
held in Buffalo today and Interment
will be in Mra. Worka' former home.
Rockford, Illinois. .
New York 13 0
Cleveland - 1
Batterlea: Uhle, VanAtta and Dick
ey; Hudlln and Pytlak.
BOMB IN MAIL SHATTERS
HAND OF POSTAL WORKER
WASHINGTON, May 31. (AP) A
bomb concealed In a package exploded
in the dead letter office of the post
office drpsrtment today, shattering a
hand of Myrton Oenung. the clerk
examining It.
The deal letter office Is In the
Waahlngton city postottlee, near the
Union station.
Oenung opened the package and
found what appeared to be a book.
When he turned the cover, the bomb
exploded. Tne book had been hol
lowed out.
1 Postal upectot UamecUatelj b-
ran an Investigation. They would not
a ihm. tne name oi me ucibuu
whom the package waa addressed nor
how lona- It had been in tne acj
letter office.
William L. Jackaon. negro messen
ger, also waa slightly Injured.
Genunff waa taken to a hospital.
where hla Injuries were described aa
serious.
Thomas Mllllgan, Inspector In
chare, of the Waahlngton postofflce
district, said after a preliminary In
vestigation authorities had been un
able to determine from what office
the bomb waa mailed.
R.
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American.
R. H. E
Waahlngton .......................... 5 113
Detroit 6 H 0
Whltehlll, Prim and Phillip"; Mr.
berry, Hogsett and llayward.
JAPANESE KILLED BY
CHINESE IRREGULARS
Masonic organizations, Including
Malta commandery of Ashland and
the Scottish Rite, have planned ex
tensive work for the next several
days, and tonight the commandery
Is holding a special meeting In Ash
land to Initiate four candidates.
On Wednesday evening there will
be another meeting, at which time
flV4 candidates will be Initiated. A
dinner vlll bo served at 6:46 o'clock
at Ashland, and a large attendance
Is desired.
There were a number of members
of Malta commandery Journeyed to
Yreka Saturday evening to attend a
special meeting there.
The Scottish Rite is planning a
re -union soon, according to announcement.
OF
SUCCUMBS, AGED
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TOKYO. May 31 , (AP) Eleven
Japanese. Including five scnooinoys.
were reported to have been auiea
when 100 Chinese Irregulars rslded a
model Japenese settlement In Man-
chukuo.
The report, contained In a dla
patch from Hslnklng (Changchun),
capital of Manchukuo. to Rengo
(Japanese news agency), said the at
tack took place at Lake Chlnpo.
northeast of Tunhua In eastern Klrln
province.
NAB SOCIALIST LEADER
TO PREVENT ADDRESS
AIRMAIL ADVERTISING
CAMPAIGN SCHEDULED
WASHINGTON. May 31. (AP)
The postofflce department la going
to atart an Intensive advertising
campaign to boom use of the airmail.
Marllee Branch, second eeelatant
postmaster general, said today the
drive would atart May 34 with post
ers, newspaper publicity and oratory.
The coat la to be limited to "leas than
100,000."
Agctha Azuba Brandenburg passed
away at the home of her daughter,
Mra. Carl Olasgow, one-half mile cast
of Talent, Ore, May 20. of paralyaia
She waa born In Clinton county, New
York. March 1, 18S1.
Mr. and Mra. Jamca Branaennurg
came to Medford In 1880, residing In
Jackaon county for the peat 84 ycara.
8ho waa one of the earl plonccra of
Medford, being the third woman to
reside In the Medford city district.
She was one of the laat of tne char
ter membera of the Presbyterian
church.
Mrs. Brandenburg Is survived by one
daughter, Mra. Car Olaagow, one
grandaon. Cecil Brandenburg, and
three arcat-grandchlldrcn, also two
nephews and two nieces.
Funeral services will be held at
the Perl Funeral Home Wednesday at
3:00 n. m.. Rev. W. J. Howell offlclat
ina. Interment In Medford I. O. O. P.
cemetery.
LOS ANQBLEB, May 31. (IP) Fed
eral authorities were searching today
for Col. Dan Morgan Smith, vice
president of Corvallls, Ltd., a poultry
concern located at Rlvlora, and J. L.
Russell, presldont of Corvallls Poul
try Co.. Ltd., of Corvallla, Ore., in
connection with an alleged 188,000
awlndle
Federal officials had warrants for
the arrest of the men. charging ue
of the mails to defraud. The Riviera
concern waa aald to have acted as the
aelllng organisation for the Oregon
company.
KIWANIANS ENJOY
SCENES AND TALK
ON FRUIT AUCTION
EXPLAIN PAY PLANS
SALEM. May 31. P) -Oeorge Mc.
Morran, chairman of the atate liquor
commlaslon, with Oeorge Neuner, at
torney, will appear before the board
of control hers thia afternoon to ex
nlaln the salary adjustments of eight
emoloves of the commission, which
had previously been rejected by the
board.
The board of control waa In session
during the forenoon, but other than
approval of several purchase Items,
only routine business waa transacted.
SALEM, May 21. ( AP) Resump.
Hon of the hearing on rates and
practices of he Faclflc Telephone
and Telegraph company In Portland
early next month waa announced to
day by Charles M. Thomas, public
utility commissioner. The hearings
had been postponed because of the
recent Illness of Claude Lester, rate
expert of the commission,
EMPLOYES RROTECTED
IN CODE COMPLAINTS
T A YLO ft VI LLB, 111.. May 31. Pi
Sherlfra deputies took Norman Thom
as. aoclelUt party leader, Into custody
todsy, prevented him from making a
speech on the Christian county coun-
hon lawn, and threw far gas bombs
into a crowd which bad gathered to
inear mm.
WASHINOTON, May 31. (IP)
President Roosevelt haa signed an ex
ecutlve order, dated May 15, under
which any employor subject to a code
who dlsmlMca or demotea an employe
for a making a complaint or giving
evidence of code violation becomea
liable to a 1500 fine or six months
Imprisonment, or both.
SALEM, May 31. IAP) The court
haa no nower to suspend part of a
fine tetitence. Attorney General I. H.
Van winkle held In an opinion hand
ed down here today.
STRIKERS HEADS BROKEN
BY MINNEAPOLIS POLICE
Henry D. Greene, special represen
tative of the American Fruit and
Production Auction association of
New York City, was guest speaker
this noon of the Klwanla club at
the Medford hotei, and showed films
covering the arrival of fruits In New
York and Philadelphia.
Mr. Qreene'a pictures also showed
the Inspection of fruit by the buy
ers, and In addressing the service or
ganization, he told them "It pays to
put up good packa, with uniform
bulge, neat and attractive labeling
and wrapping count.
"Buyers Judge the fruit on quality,
condition and pack, and there la.
generally a good premium for tha
grower of the better fruit," he aald.
"There la evidence of Increased
business and buylng-power In all of
the big eastern centers," Mr, Greene
ssld. "All of the money which keeps
your great fruit Industries going
comes originally from the consumers
In other parts of the country. There
la no aubstltute for consumer de
mand and buying power."
The films showed the animated ac
tion of the eale, and the auction
room, where buyera come from all
parts of Now York to get the regular
supplies for their trade. Retailers
and push cart markets were shown
In crowded districts.
Mr. Oreene will show the picture,
this week at other service clubs, and
on Friday evening at 7:30 o'clock will
show them, together with scenes of
other markets, In the courthouse au
ditorium to which all growers and
Interested persons are Invited. No
charge la being made.
Oueata at todny'a luncheon were T.
J. Toy, Ed M. White, Ocne Thomas
and H. W. Frame, while B. A. Allen
of South Tncoma. Wash., waa a visit
ing Klwanlan. New members present
were E. A. Calkins, prealdent of the
Rogue River Chevrolet company; J.
P. Reynolds, assistant manager of tha
Jackson hotel and J, H. Fletcher,
manager of the Jackson County
Building and Loan association.
TRUCK LINE LOSES
PERMIT IN OREGON
MINNEAPOLIS. May 31, (AP)
Rlota broke out again early today In I
the market district and eight police
men and ten strikers fell aa 300 pick-
eta snd nearly 100 special policemen
clashed over the movement of trucks.
strikers were at the scene at dawn,
aa several produce firms began mov
ing out trucks loaded with vecet
ablca, berries, and other perishables.
Police were already on hand. The
majority of the strikers were armed
with clubs, bat and poles, Many
carried atones.
Aa two trucks rlarted out, a mass
iof pickets stepped Into the alleyway
ito block them.
Police clubs awung. The picket.
surged Into the fray, swinging clubs
themselves. Half a doren policemen
dropped to the pavement, and aa
many pickets, their heads .treaming
blood.
One tall picket drew a flashing
knife from hla belt and awung It
viciously. It slashed the back of a
pollceman'a neck. Inflicting a deep
aaah. Police ran to their cara and
unllmbered their riot guns, taking
attlona around tha outsklrta of the
battle.
The slujolng lulled with the ap
pearance of the ahotuii and strikera
fell back.
SALEM. May 31. (AP) The pub
lic utilities commissioner today re
voked tha permit of tha Heyaer's
Nickel Plate line of Portland aa aa
anywhere-for-ht freight common
carrier, following a neanng. ine or
der charged the, company's opera
tions wero contrary to the require
ment of the law.
STATE RUM MONOPOLY
MEANS FEDERAL TAX
WASHINOTON. May 31. (Pr Tna
auprem court held today the atat of
Ohio, in exercising a monopoly in the
sal of Intoxicating liquor, la ube
to federal taxes imposed on the whole
sale and retail business.
Ohio waa refused permission to ftl
suit against tha United Stat, to pta
rant collection of taxes.
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