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Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOB 1934 Twenty-ninth Ytar MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JUNE 19, .1934. No. 76. nn nn7 rn JV The Weather rortcMt: Partly cloudy tonlfht and Wednesday; illghtly warmer. Temperature Highest yesterday - 11 Lowest thll morning 47 M8B i By PAUL MAIXOX. WASHINGTON, D. O.. June 19. Those who know the inside of busi ness feel a little better now. The adjournment of congress, Pres ident Roosevelt's attitude (he la so confident he 1 ' going away for a six weeks' vaca tion), the soften ing of NRA pol icy and. a num ber of other fac tors are remov ing the glum looks from those who have been sour because they did not get a better spring Paul MalJon Improvement. That Is why the stock market has been stronger recently. There will be a July recession. There always Is. It will be no shock to sentiment. Pros pects for fall are fairly good. You can expect increased activity begin ning September and carrying through probably until November, The spring peak may be exceeded, but not by a very great margin. The main thing is, Mr. Roosevelt's pockets are bulging with money The sum he has Is so vast that It cannot be accurately calculated, but It la somewhat near ten billions. This in cludes the f iv billions he can use out of the RPO, the remainder of the public work funds, drought relief, AAA funds, eto. He will not spend all this money unless an unexpected emergency arises, but his economic calculators are figuring now on putting out moro than two billions before tho first of the-year. How much they spend will of course, depend on economic re quirements. At any rate, ha Is well fortified to meet any possible demands. Mr. Roosevelt Is playing the John Maynard Keynes game. That is, he is quietly accumulating from con gress this session authority to spend these very great sums with a view to using them to balance the business situation. He calls it "priming the pump." Unquestionably, his rate of expen diture will Increase during July and August. His treasury Is in good shape. His only worry will be to balance the budget during the fiscal year begin ning July 1, 1935. His prospects of do ing that are not very good, but that Is a long way off. There la no prospect at all that he will have to Inflate for money to carry his expenditures during the next six months. No one in authority expects very much out of the home repair and modernization plan this year. Insid ers are not saying so publicly, but they have their eyes set on stimulat ing new construction next year, us ing this means to supplant the pub lic works program, which will then be about played out. Prices of manufactured goods gen erally will probably ease off In rela tion to other prices, ,:hlch may help to spread a larger volume of con sumption. There will be labor troubles and plenty of them, but no more than we are now having. The president is really serious about getting the war debt paid In goods. His advisers on that subject privately believe that Is the only way they can be paid. They have a scheme already worked out, but it cannot be offered publicly now In view of the British attitude. This schema would have the debtor 1 governments purchase from their own producers or manufacturers such goods as rubber, tin, potash, per fumes. These goods would then be shipped to the United States govern ment which, in turn, would sell them to American Importers and credit the money received to the debtor's ac count. No cash would be involved. There win be much Jockeying back and forth during the next six months on this subject, but. In the end, you may see a final agreement along these lines. World statesmen saved their faces at the Geneva disarmament confer ence, but not much else. Instead of admitting they could not get anywhere, they appointed committees to "study the situation." The principal ministers then went home and left the committees to sub ordinates. There will not be any disarmament any time soon. The world is not ready for It. The Democrats are arranging to make big use of Mr. Roosevelt's mes sage on social trends for the fall cam paign. They admit frankly that it waa a congressional campaign docu ment and was so Intended. The Republican political strategy Is to bear down heavily on Mr. Roose velt's expenditures. They know It u t hard Issue to get over to the people. The average man pays very little at tention to government figures, even when he pays his Income tax. Their publicity men are trying to work out some plan to popularize the figures. The general supposition among the political master minds la that the Re publicans will .sm atio'.it fifty iiouf l. .:' L fER SLATED BY LAW TO ASSUME JOB Resigning Official Says Re cently Acquired Duties As State Masonic Master Will Require Absences Ezra M. Wilson, mayor of Medford, announced this morning that he would submit his resignation, effect ive, July 1, at the regular meeting of the city council tonight. Mayor Wilson gave as his reason that his recently acquired duties as grand master of the Masonic lodges in Oregon would require frequent absences from the city and bis pri vate business would require the re mainder of his time, necessitating the relinquishment of the mayorship. The mayoralty will automatically fall upon Councilman George Porter, chairman of the finance committee. Mayor Wilson has served the city for six years two years as council man and four years as mayor. He was twice elected mayor, the first time by a majority of 14 votes over Earl H. Fehl when the latter waa riding on a wave of popularity among local voters. Mayor Wilson stated this morning that his tenure of office had been pleasant. His resignation came as a surprise to the general public. Business men generally protested the action, and have endeavored to have him recon sider, If possible. Mayor Wilson also said that before he retired he would like to see steps taken for a revision of the city char ter to the end that certain antiquat ed features be removed. He said he said he would endeavor to have pre liminary moves made between now and July 1. r .u, nan SEENNOMINATED By the Associated Pre. Two United States senators Hen rik Shlpstead of Minnesota and Fred erick Hale of Maine were virtually assured of re-nomlnatlon today by returns from their states primary elections. Shlpstead was running far ahead of Congressman Prancla H. Shoemak er for the farmer-labor nomination; Hale, republican senator since 1917, held a secure lead over Louis A. Jack. Gov. Floyd B. Olson of Minnesota won the farmer-labor nomination from a single opponent, John Lind, Martin Nelson, Austin lawyer, led three opponents for the republican nomination for governor, and Fred Schllpltn, St. Cloud publisher, was Bhowlng the way to seven democratic opponents for the gubernatorial nomination. SEEK 10 CORNER PORTLAND, Ore., June 19. (AP) The Journal said today that specu latlvc Interests "are trying to secure a corner on Oregon onion supplies because of a threatened shortage throughout the United States this season." One dollar and sacks net to grow ers is being offered for contracts on the 1934 crop by various oper ators, the statement said, "end con siderable business Is already reported at the price but most growers are not at all willing to tie up their crops this early In the season." There Is said to be a shorter crop of Oregon onions In prospect than previously anticipated, with some curtailment of acreage as a result of aphis and maggots. The survey said "the midwest crop promises to be a mere shadow of the normal." METHODISTS TABOO PROFESSIONAL DRYS PORTLAND, June 18. (AP) Pro fessional dry reformers are on the "black list" of Chicago Methodlam. It was said here today by Bishop Erneat Lynn Waldorf, general super intendent of Methodist activities In that region. Bishop Waldorl reached Portland today to preside over the Oregon annual Methodist conference. "We have decided In Chicago," he said, "that there must be a readjust ment of the temperance situation." FARMER'S FEET HACKED BY MOWING MACHINE PORTLAND, June 19 (AP) Carl Theobald. 50. Tualatin farmer, was treated In a hospital here today for serious Injuries he suffered this mor ning In a hay-making accident on his ranch. Hl feet were badly cut by mowing marlilne and pliy.l-lnns jffsrcl It ronW he ncrcvary to am putate Doth of uem. Pioneer Stage Coach Driver Traces Old Route From Air U Above the same route over which he drove stage coaches 55 years ago at less than 10 miles an hour, Fred Tlce, Medford pioneer, got a new thrill when he rode over the old stase trail tn a United Air Lines three-mlle-a-mlnute transport as a part of the Oregon Diamond Jubilee cele bration here recently. Tlce Is shown with Miss Arvllla Burns (left), attired In-the styles of 1877, and Cornelia Pcterman, In the modern garb of a United Air Lines stewardess. BY LOS ANGELES, June 18. (JP) Fif ty graduate nurses were aought to day for special duty In the general hospital, center of the fight against an epidemic of Infantile paralysis here. A total of 811 cases have been re ported in the city and county since the epidemic started last May 1. The number of new cases had been de creasing until yesterday, when 35 were reported In the city. Twenty-nine in the county area were reported today. It was revealed also that five physi cians and 30 nurses who have been handling Infantile paralysis cases at general hospital are now infected with the disease. The exlatenoe of many mild widely scattered cases In San Francisco also was reported today by Dr. J. C. Oelger. city health officer there. He said there have been 44 cases there since May 1. four deaths resulting, as contrasted to 330 cases and 37 deaths in the 1)30 epidemic. Eight persons have died In the l'f. Angeles county epidemic. In 1930, there were 26 deaths out of the 454 cases recorded. One of the victims here Is Hal Res son, film cameraman, estranged hus band of Jean Harlow, actress, hut physicians said his case had passed Its crisis and no permanent ill effects I were expected. I Miss Harlow was solicitous about her rormer nuaDana ana Keeping in touch with him by telephone. f T PLAN DISCUSSED WASHINGTON. June 19. (API- President Roosevelt and the state de partment are Inquiring Into the pro posal of Oreat Britain to Impound the trade profits of Oermsny to off set the refusal of that government to pay foreign debts. It has been decided definitely that the United States government has the power to do thla, but whether It will take action haa not been decided. This was made known today at the president's semi-weekly press confer ence along with word that Mr. Roose velt had arranged a meeting with Secretary Perkins and SenBtor Wag ner (D-, N. T.) to organize the new labor setup under the emergency legislation passed by congress. 1 Fine Drunken Muggy Driver. FALLS CHURCH. Vs. (UP) From now on It's the wster wapon for thirsty buggy drivers In thla little town all because the town council has become a stickler for sobriety and cracked down on drunken charioteers I of horse-drawn vehicles. Under a new -rdlnsnre. driving a bliegy white drunk will rout aino to tnoo, or from 'one to tlx idobUu la Jail II PLANS TO ERASE PORTLAND, Ore., June 19. (AP) While representatives of shipping In dustries worked over plans for open ing the port despite refusal of union workers to agree to peace terms, an nouncement was made here today that a new longshoremen's union will be Incorporated and completely or ganized within 24 hours. E. J. Ella son, a longshoreman, whose home was surrounded late yesterday by a large group of reputed waterfront strikers, who threatened him until squads of police drove them away, declared this afternoon that 3S0 men had signed up with him to organize a new union, members of which will return to work on the waterfront as soon as protec tion is arforded. "The attack on my home yester day by the International Longshore men's association beat-up gangs,' EUasen said, "was Just another act of Intimidation and a desperate effort to keep the registered longshoremen of Portland from breaking away from the radicals, who have seized control of the union and who outnumber the longshoremen." T AGAIN IN FUMES MULHOUSE. Prance, June 19. iff) The old battle front around famed HartAmanns-Wellerkolf flamed be neath dense smoke once more today, Once more French soldiers stormed the 3, 000-foot peak, even as they had in 1915. and again they were met by blasts of shells and bombs. But today the enemy they fought was a forest fire which swept across hundreds of acres, its heat exploding old long-burled duds which failed to kill 19 yesrs ago. Troops have been fighting the fire since Saturday, but their task has been rendered difficult by the two months' drought hereabouts, Several villages are endangered. LEAK IN NRA HINTED BY WASHINGTON. June 19 AP) Hugh S. Johnson said today he had "some evidence" that confidential documents were being disclosed at NRA. He made the statement st a press conference In connection with the dlftmitval yesterday from the labor advisory board staff of John Donovan, whn I nraiMant nf UDi Iwal OI nf the American Federation of Govern.! mer. Employes. I PCf " Mln' of J"". w" Thre waa some evidence thalt8tnic Monday confidential government document wr hln riiM'lrwrt" Jnhnwin wild, "I said If it w proved those people would be diftchaigca." 73 rd Congress " Concludes T ENTERS PICTURE PODERJAH PAST Bloodstains Found in Trunk of International Don Juan Slender Blonde Claims Recent Divorce in Belgrade VIENNA, June 19. (AP) The newspaper Telegraf today said blood stains had been found in a trunk In the apartment of Ivan Poderjay, held for questioning In the disappearance of Miss Agnes Tufverson of the United States, but the police did not Imme diately comment on the report. LONDON, June 10. (AP) Records of the Paddlngton register office here opened today to show that Ivan Foderjoy, held tn custody In Vienna In connection with the disappear. ance oi his American wife, Miss Agnes Tufverson, married Susanna Ferran. with whom he was living In Vienna, March 33, of thla year three montha after he married the Ameri can woman In New York. By WADE WERNER. Associated Press Foreign Rtnff. VIENNA, June 19. (AP) Another woman emerged today from the past ot Ivan Poderjay, International Don Juan, as police sought to draw from him a solution of the strange disap pearance of Agnes Tufverson, Ameri can lawyer. Mme. Zhlvka, a slender blonde, brought forth documents In Belgrade to show that she was divorced from the Yugoslavian officer November 16, 1633 one month before his New York marriage to Miss Tufverson. Eager for news of Fowerjay, Mme. Zhlvka described him as unreliable, but "charming" with women. She said 410,000 disappeared from her safety deposit box about the time Poderjay left the country. Six months after their marriage In 1026. ahe said, she discovered Poderjay was preparing to marry in (Continued on Page Two) BASEBALL American (First game) Cleveland 3 9 1 Washington . 6 13 0 Htldebrand and Pytlak: Stewart and Sewell. Detroit at New York postponed, rain. Chicago at Philadelphia, postponed, rain. National Brooklyn 7 H 1 Cincinnati - -....II 14 S Bablch, Munns, Beck, Leonard and Lopez; Frey and Lombard!. Boston ......... J 8 1 Chicago - 14 0 Brandt and Spohrer; Malone, Join er and Hartnett. New York fi 11 1 Plttsbvrrgh S IS 0 Schumacher, Hubbell and Mancuso; French, Grace, Hoyt and Padden. PIRATES FLEEING SHANGHAI, June 18. (AP) Chi nese brigands abandoned their pirate junks In the Yellow river today and fled Into the hills with 30 human hostages, six of them British citizens. They landed with their victims after racing from United States and British warships which pursued them after the pirates had overpowered the passengers and crew of the British steamship Shuntten, off the mouth of the Yellow river yesterday. During the melee aboard the Shun tlen a foreigner, not Identified, was reported wounded. The pirates, long a scourge of the China seas, took their captives away In a fleet of Junks. WASHINGTON, June 18. fP President Roosevelt today signed bill empowering the supreme court to prescribe rules of practice and pro. cedure for the federal courts and de scribed it aa "one of the moat Im portant steps ever taken In the im provement of our Judicial system." JEFFERSON. June 19AP)-Jm 1 afternoon by an automobile driven by wore cinwnwr oi Lm-yion, natin i tnterwtion of Main street and tbe Vac die hl&b here NDEPENDENTS TO E Convention Called for Mon day in Portland Is Revela-' tion May Name Candi dates for Other Offices By Clayton V. Bernhard Associated Press Staff Writer. SALEM. Ore., June 19. (AP) nA convention for the purpose of nomi nating an Independent candidate lor governor, has been called for next Monday In Salem, the Associated Press was advised today by a reliable source of Information. It was understood a formal call will he Issued, perhaps tonight, convening the acsslon at 10:30 a. m. Monday. The convention will be held In the house of representatives In the capl tol building. In addition to nominating an Inde pendent candidate for governor, there were prospects that the convention will consider whether to propose oth er Independent cendldates for other offlcos, In opposition to tho republi can and democratic nominees named In the May primary. HARDER ELECTED ON AT STATE CONCLAVE ASTORIA, Ore., June 19. (AP) Frederick Greenwood, assistant man ager of the Bank of California, Port land, waa elected president of the Oregon State Bankers' association at the conclusion of the annual conven tion here today. Kugene Courtney, manager of The Dalles branch of the First National Bank of Portland, was elected vice president. D. W. Byre, manager of the Salem branch of the United States National Bank of Portland, was named treasurer of the associa tion. Members of the executive commit tee are B. S. Harder, president of the First National bank, Medford, chair man; C. C. Colt, vice president, First National Bank, Portland; R. J. Beat ty, assistant manager, Canadian Bank of Commerce, Portland; A. H. Parker, cashier, First National, La Grande. and George D. Brody of Johnson, Bros., Dufur bankers. GIRL GLIDES TO E WENATCHEB. Wash., June It. (AP) Soaring over Orovllle for two hours and five minutes last evening, Audrey Artman, 16-yoar-old bird wo man, set what Is believed to be an unofficial world's sustained glider record for women. During the flight Audrey rose 1200 feet above the take off point on Mt. Hull, or 8000 feet above the valley floor, where she ul timately landed when forced down by darkness. She waa taught to fly by her brother, Cloyd, who recently mad, a flight of more than eight hours from the same point. PORTLAND SEEKS F PORTLAND, June 18. (fl Twelve teams of sodlttors today opened the campaign of the Portland Chamber of Commerce to raise $69,000 with which to promote the business and Indus trial development of Portland and to prepare for realisation of oppor tunities to be opened by construc tion or the Bonneville dam. The ob ject of the drive Is to bring more na tional conventions, mors branch plant and distributive offices to Portland. The 189.000 fund is to sup plement the expected ,120.000 income of the chamber thla year. MORMON MISSION LEADER APPOINTED SALT LAKE CITY, June 19. (AP) Appointment of Joseph H. Qulnney, Jr., of Logan. Utah, as president of the Northwestern Slates Mission of the Latter Day Saints church waa an nounced by the first presidency here today. - He will succeed William R. Sloan, who has been president of the mis sion, with headquarters u Portland, Oje , tlnce January, 1827, Lindberghs Wait Coming Of Stork Is New York Hint NEW YORK, June 18. (AP) The Daily News says today that Jon Morrow Lindbergh, closely guarded son of Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh, may soon have a brother or a sister. For three weeks, the News says, Mrs. Anne Morrow Lindbergh, has been making regular visits, to the New York office of Dr. Edward M. Hawks, the physician who attended her at tho births of Jon Morrow Lindbergh, now nearly two years old, and the late Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., victim of kidnapers. Dr. Hawks and Mrs. Lindbergh would not comment, referring In quirers to her husband's New York office, where it waa said "Col, Lindbergh In not here." D. IN HOME BLAZE David Cronemtller ot jackuonvllle received severe burns on the hands, head and shoulders early this morn ing when his residence, located on the old Phoenix road between the Beekman and Sutton residences Just out of Jacksonville, caught fire and was completely destroyed. The Jacksonville fire department arrived on the scene to find the frame structure a mass of flames and only succeeded In saving the neighboring buildings, which were scorched by the intense heat. Oronemlller awakened after the fire had gained considerable headway and received burns while making his way out oc the house. ' The fire department was unable to save anything from the Crone miller house, but removed furniture from adjoining buildings when it was feared that they would catch fire. Cronemtller was taken to the Jack sonville sanitarium and treated by Dr. W. G. Bishop of this city. His condition was reported Improved this afternoon. 4- IS FOUND GUILTY NEW YORK, June 19. (AP) Jos. W, Harrlman, former head of the de funct Harrlman National Bank A Trust Co., waa convicted late today by a Jury In federal court on charges of falsifying records and misapply ing funds or the banks, Albert M. Austin, rormer executive vice-prest dent of the bank, was acquitted. Harrlman and Austin were charged with misapplying tl,713,060 of the bank's funds, and with causing false entries to be made In the account of the bank'a larcre depositors. They were also charged with lend ing 9300.000 tn Improper collateral, and with cnvertlng the money to their own uses. The government con tended the defendants used part of the money to bolster the market price of the bank's stock, Harrlman was tried on 16 counts and the penalty of conviction Is five yeara' Imprisonment, or 99000 fine, or both, on each count, FIERMONTE A PALOOKA TO NEW YORK. June 19. p The New York State Athletic commlaslon todsy warned Madison square garden that It will not approve a light heavy weight title match between Maxle Rosenheim, the champion, and Enzo Plermonte. pugilistic husband of the former Mrs. John Jacob Astor. "Plermonte may be a champion to the former Mrs. Astor but he Is sttU Just a young man who hasn't fought around her for two yeara and even then never reached the status of main bout performer," said Bert Stand, secretary of the commission SALEM, June 19. (AP) No opin ions were handed down here today by the supreme court due to the absence ot Chief Justice John L. Rand, who was In Walla Walla at tending a meeting of the board of trustees of Whitman college. Probably the court will not meet until late In the week, since moat of Its members wilt go to Roseburg Wednesday to attend the funeral ser vices for Clenrge Brown, former su preme court Justice, Session OUTLAY OF NEAR SEVEN BILLIONS SETS NEW IRK Finale Featured by Dramatic Coup of Insurgents 'Kingfish' Stages Uproar ious Farewell to Session By Cecil B. Dickson WASHINGTON. June 10 (AP The seventy-third (New Deal) con gress which, among other things, ap propriated an estimated 96,800,000, 000, passed Into history today. Its finale, which came at 11:49 o'clock last night (eastern standard time), was marked bv a dramatla coup by Insurgents and an uproarious farewell sally by Senator Huey Long. Tne congress, besides appropriating nearly seven billions dollars a sum without peacetime eaual. Drobahiv. In the records of any congress or par liament In the history of the world. guaranteed an estimated seven billion dollars In home mortgages and farm bonds, set up a two billion dollar stabilization fund, passed thousands oi miis, approved between six and eight thousand nominations and ratified a score of treaties. Independents Save Bill The SUmrlstnz end umi hurt nUhfc alter party Independents arose In the senate ana smote opposition to the uiu-urossor Dill to set up a national board tO conciliate lnhnr nnsl nmnln- era In their disagreements In the rail way industry. President Roosevelt and n&rt ors had wanted the bill to go over to the next congress, for they feared iuiH.1 action wouia mesa & prolonged, session, fhe Insurgents, however, with suoh senators iu WhMla, .(iv. Mont.) and LaPollette (R-Wle.) In the loreiront, Kept driving ahead for ac tion, overcoming a one-man filibuster by Senator Hastlmn lR-nl i nrf finally winning against the opposi tion or aanunistration leaders. Housing Program Enacted The administration's housing gram, providing for partial govern ment guarantees or loans for home building and renalr. and other ures to set the construction ball roll ing, waa the last major Item to go through. Earlier the Frazler.LamlrA hui mlttlng a virtual six-year moratorium " mortgages naa passed the final stagea of onactment. A filibus ter by Senator Long (D-La.) In favor of this made the galleries roar with laughter. , He said a oonferenos report on It was missing and suggested that John Dllllnger would do well to hide with the lost pspers. "These city slickers who dont want nothing done for the farmers are tak ing us country boys for a snip hunt he said. "It's enough to make a nun cry right here on the floor." Papers In Long's Pocket After the Daners tnrnMl i,n ference committee clerks said Long (Continued on Page Two) Klamath To Halt Curb Beer Sales KLAMATH PALLS, June IB. (AP) The city police bureau today was ordered by the council to halt curb ssle of beer to motorists. Failure to observe the mandate will bring recom mendations for the cancellation of state licenses, Mayor Willis Mahoney declared. WILL ROGERS Piays: HOLLYWOOD, Cal., June 18. China (by far the smart est nation in the world) has a word that I don t know how in the world we live without. It's called "face," saving face. We have it just as much as China docs and call it by a hundred other things, but it all gets back to the same thing "face." How can I do noth ing, and still make it look like I done something!" Congress would have ad journed Saturday night and tho country would have arose this morning in the happiest and most optimistic mood, but each congressman tried to get his pet bill through, ao he could go home and save "face.", ami Mrff" I IrnHfiri 1 (Continued on Pa$ 6U