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Medford Mail Tribuo WINNER Tortcvh;. , Falr t0I),ht an4 priajj, """it ma.T. Pulitzer Award Temoentura HlfHwft yesterday go l.oiw this morning 41 FOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 21, 1934. No. 78. Ml The Weather mm -. . ABNUldlNta ESNHfE By PAUL MALLON (Copyriuht, 1034, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, D. 0., Juno 21, There Is hardly a man on the Inside at the war department who does not believe that Major-General Fou lols received un necessarily rough treatment from the house mUl tary committee. They feel gen erally that the case has more behind It than a simple effort to Impose Justice. For one thing, Foulols has al ways acted rath er Independently Paul Mallon with congressmen. 1 m ' He made no effort to play politics V with them, as most government of ficials do. He even criticized this name house committee once because It did try some logrolling In the se lection of a certain air field. In fact, he blocked the committee's efforts. That circumstance certainly did not encourage the committee to spare the rod when it had a chance to flay him. More important, however, Is the political aspect. - You can never make war depart ment officials believe that the com mittee rendered a free non-poltlcal Judgment. All the Democratic rep resentatives are up for re-election this year. The failure of the air corps to carry the mails will be an issue that they must answer. The simplest possible answer will be that they tried to fire the fellow who overestimated the army's ability to carry the mails. That clears them. The committee Is denying It was Influenced by such motives. It can point out that the Republican com mlttee Joined In the scalping of Fou lols. which Is true. But they would have a hard time convincing the Jury about their mo tives, aa long aa the results of their action will be to free themselves po litically. War Secretary Dern is not f ttcular friend of Foulols. His par final Judgment may be accepted as non partisan. Privately he Indicated to frtenda before going over the record In detail that he thought the com mittee went much too far. An impersonal opponent of Foulols la Chief of Staff MacArthur. He and Fouloia have been conducting a nat ural Inside battle between the air service and the general staff about the merits of the air service in na tional defense. Of course, MacAr thur can say nothing officially about the matter, but you will find that he let the word drop to friends not long ago that If he had been asked whether the air service could carry the malls he would have made the same affirmative response Foulols did. What really convinces the war de partment crowd in favor of Foulols is the fact that the only serious charge against him is that he failed to follow the directions of congress In awarding contracts. That is fun damentally true, but It was also true of Foulols' predecessors. The Brmy air people think they know how to buy planes. They like, for instance, to get bombers from the Martins, pursuit planes from Boeing, etc., because each manufacturer Is a specialist In his own particular line. Under competitive bidding they might get some bombers from sub marine manufacturers which would narfimti tk submarines. The only Important Issue Involved ! 1 whether the air corps omcero la yered certain manufacturers for less patriotic reasons. No one believes they did. The war department group has the utmost confidence in Fou lols' honesty. It there is anything wrong with him, they say, It Is overenthuslssm for the army air corps, which is hard ly an Indictable offense. The White House felt more harshly toward Foulols than anyone else, be aiise he failed to live up to his promise to cany the malls. Nevertheless there Is every reason to. ixpect that the White House will deal less harshly with Foulols than thfi bouse committee did. fhose who know the Inside at the Interstate commerce commission be llevfe a general reduction In railroad passenger fares will be ordered be fore long. They expect it to be a rather strong reduction, possibly even eliminating the Pullman surcharge. Th fiat assenger rate Is now M cents ja mile. The commission might go as far a cutting It to a cents. The (commissioners are supposed to he somewhat Irked because someof of the eastern railroads refused to co oserafte on a rate reduction and plan to'-ftake maters In their own hands. TWat Is why they ordered the recent llivestlgtaton of paseenger fares. flight killed 8. B. 2817. That la the h")meleM bill which passed the sen- and was on the vcrce of pawing hc house before anyone found out hat It was about. It would have Plen congressmen the right to bor- i row from the home loan and farm cnedlt tills. fWhen congressmen generally found out about It. they mw to It thai, the I (Continued on Page SU) LABOR ACT ED TO END Sqcy. Perkins Asks Workers ,'and Steamer Company to Accept Arbitration Under Industrial Disputes Act SHUTTLE, June 21. p) Violence broil e out on the Seattle waterfront today and several persona were In jured tn clashes between striking longshoremen, police and civilians. Police, with swinging clubs, charged scores of longshoremen In an effort to dear the tracks for an empty freigjht train being shunted to pier 40, und the officers were met by a barrrtge of rocks hurled by strike pick ets. 4t least one man was hurt. The, strikers were sitting on the railrtn-d tracks and blocking the rails with jiiles of ecraplron when Capt. Ralph Olmstead'a "cavalry' and 35 patroftnen started to clear the tracks. Prevjously, police routed pickets from tihe entrance to pier 40, center of the strike-breaking activities here, "and now-union workers were expected to start unloading ships late this Af ternoon.. ' WASHINGTON, June 21. (AP) Secretary Perkins of the labor de partment today invoked the new labor disputes' act In an effort to settle the Longshoflemen's strike at San Fran cisco. Point! B g to the new legislation, the secretary? wired Joseph A. Ryan, presi dent of jthe International Longshore men's association, and Thomas Plant of the Aj-nerlcan-Hawalian Steamship companyi at San Francisco, urging them to ; accept arbitration of their dispute bjr the department of labor. "Will yipu submit the one point still in dispute) between employers and em. ployes In', the longshoremen industry, namely, the control of the hiring halls, to Arbitration by an arbitrator of the TJjilted States department of labor?" tlie secretary's telegram read. "I earnestly recommend this to the consideration of both employers and employe .' In the interests of Justice and In tSte public Interest. "An agreement was reached on all ,'Contlnued on Page Two) MARSH1T1ELD, Ore., June 31. (AP) Stressing the wide-spread value of beneficial legislation undertaken by the Eagles' lodge during the 30 years of its exlBllence, and urging renewed efforts to bring about needed social reforms, Mayor A. B. Peacock of Marshfleldi today formally opened the 19th annvls.1 state convention of the lodge with an address of welcome be fore about, 500 visitors. The delegates and unofficial guests continued jo arrive on Coos bay today and registrations this evening are ex pected to '.have listed around 1000 names from 26 aeries throughout Ore gon. STATE MUST ASSUME 1 E SALEM, Cflw., June 31. (UP) Un less the statu can carry Its fair share of It burdeli in unemployment re lief, federal ' aid for the jobless in Oregon will aesse August 1, Governor Meier was wnrned late today. The warniiig came from Federal Relief Administrator Harry L. Hop. kins at Washington, D. O. The governor was not at his office but member of his official family I were frankly dubious as to the state'a ability to meet Hopkins' terms. EAGLES CONVENE AT MARSHFIELD Yowng Officer Is Hero Norwegian Sea Disaster By BJOItD BCNKHOLDT Associated '.Press Foreign Staff STAVANOEn, Norway, June 31. (AP) A young officer was singled out today as ifhe hero of the wreck of the Nazi excursion steamer Dres den, in which four women died and many passengers were Injured Thi fttramer. carrying 1000 German Nazis on a holiday Jaunt, was knifed ! Injuries. by a nyk lant night In the shallow I Another lifeboat, also carrying 30 fjord. The Dfwden. 1 4. 000-ton ship -women, was being lowered when the of the North Carman Lloyd line, sank ! gear broke the occupant were at 7 a. m. totlsy with only part of 'flung Into the sea. her bow showng above water. ) The young officer, diving boldly Captain Mofler, all the ship s offl- from the third deck of the steam cers. and a Norwegian pilot remained ship, swam to the rescue of the wo hoard the rtyfn Drewlen until 3 mn, rnroursglng them and support it. iru at whlcb t'nw the fchlp had a ii.c the weakest until a boat came to 30-degree list and six ft c4 water, his aid. MEDIATORS SEEK SETTLEMENT OF Edward F. McGrady, assistant secretary of labor, arrived In San Francisco from Washington to con duct negotiations looking to the settlement of a strike which has tied up shipping In Pacific Coast ports and caused violence In some of them. Left to right: Dr. Henry F. Grady, chairman of the regional labor board at San Francisco; C. A. Reynolds, chairman of the Seattle, Wash., board, and McGrady, shortly after his arrival in the California city to deal with the longshoreman strike. (Associated Press Photo) E WILL NAME WIRTH SALEM, June 31. (AP) The con vention of the Independents called for Salem next Monday, will be fol lowed by another assembly at Med ford the latter part of the week to nominate H. E. Wlrth, Portland in. surance broker, as standard bearer for the liberal party. Wtrth made this announcement here himself last night. Wtrth, who announced himself as a candidate even before the primary election, declared his platform would be announced in detail at the Med ford meetl.ig. Nomination by 100 qualified voters la necessary to assure placing of the' name on the ballot. Wlrth's program will Include re tirement of all at age of 60 years with a pension ranging from $75 to $100 a month; reduce income taxes and eliminate tax levies for Improve ments; provide employment for all persons under 60 at minimum of $30 a week; furnish industry money at 4 per cent rate, and take advantage of all federal aid. TOLD TO SEEK 'SHEEP' OUTSIDE CHURCH FOLD PORTLAND, Ore.. June 21. UP) Oregon Methodist preachers were to day advised to quit coddling the "sheep in the fold," and to organize a search for those outside the field of Christian experience. The speaker was Bishop Ernest Lynn Waldorf of Chicago, presiding at the Oregon annual Methodist conference. The conference attendance was al most doubled today when lay dele gates representing virtually eveiy church in the stated convened their session. Tomorrow and Saturday ttv laymen will meet Jointly with the preachers. The ministers spent part of the morning considering the conference claimants endowment fund, or pen sion plan, and in hearing the annual report of the deaconess board. Bishop Titus Lowe, In charge of Methodism in the Pacific northwest, will be here tomorrow to deliver hts annual address. BERKELEY, Calif.. June 21. (UP) The 1934 Guggenheim medal for the most outstanding contribution to the development of flying last night was awarded to William Edward Boeing, chairman of the board of the United Aircraft & Transport corpora- Ulon. In the holds. She was anchored to the shore with heavy chains before she went down. In the wild panic that ensued, 20 women were lowered to the water in a lifeboat; it drifted too close to the whirling propellors and capsized. Three women were lost and a fourth, snatched from the churning j waters, died soon afterward from her BASEBALL- National. R. H. E. Philadelphia 17 1 Cincinnati 4 7 0 Batteries: Holley and Todd; Frei tas and Lombard!. (First game) R. H. E. Boston 4 10 0 Pittsburg .. 1 7 0 Batteries: Frankhouse and Spohrer; Blrkofer, Hoyt and Grace. American. (First game) R. H. E. Chicago 3 9 3 Boston 6 10 1 Batteries: Lyons and Madjcskl; H. Johnson and R. Ferrell. ' (First game) R. H. E. St. Louis - 7 10 0 Philadelphia 6 13 0 Batteries: Newsome and Hemsley; Mahaffey, Dietrich, Flohr, Hndley and Berry, Hayes. R. H. E. Cleveland . 9 14 2 New York 6 11 0 Batteries: Hudlln and Pytlak; Mac Fayden, DeShong and Dickey. GOLD HILL GETS FEDERAL I IRRIGATION DEBT SALEM, June 21. -P) Federal of. flclaU approved the Gold Hill irri gation district's contract with the reconstruction finance corporation for the Issuance of refunding bonds, C. E. Strlcklln, secretary of the state reclamation commission, was advised today. Under the aid by the federal gov ernment, the bond and warrant in debtedness of the district will be re tired on a basis of 61 per cent. The Gold Hill irrigation district is located In Jackson county and contains 1,038 acres of Irrigable lands. Stricklin also received word today from C. H. Scott, president of the na tional drainage levee and Irrigation association, that President Roosevelt had signed the bill appropriating $75,- 000,000 to the reconstruction finance corporation to be loaned to drainage and Irrigation districts for refinanc ing purposes. This appropriation, with funds al located last year will make a total of $128,000,000 available for this pur pose. The state of Oregon already has received the approval of Irrigation and drainage district loans amounting t. $2,250,000. Attorney Frank P. Farrell. attornev for the Gold Hill district said federal funds would "reduce the debt by one half, and decrease the assessments for debt services by two-thirds. Olen Arnapiger, general manager or the Medford and Talent district said the news the president had signed irrigation aid bill, "would give renew ed hope to the Talent district, that their application for an increase In appropriation would be granted Nudist Colony Had $215 Laundry Bill Is Worker's Claim SAN JOSE, Cal., June 31. (AP) Nudist colonies do havo laundry bills. The California Health league compromised today on $215 for a laundry and labor bill after Mrs. Henry MrDonald went to the state labor commissioner with a claim for $527. The bill Included laun dry, removal of poiaon oak from a nudist retreat near Soquel, and grubbing sharp roots from path ways. Jtit what It Is nudists send to the ivmdry. the bill did not dls- COAST STRIKE FLUHRERON WING PORTLAND, June 31. (AP) Four airplanes were converging on Portland from four sections of Oregon today as members of the American Legion developed a spectacular "air round up" to bring the annual membership drive to a conclusion. On the eastern Oregon flight, Dr. C. J. Bartlett of Baker, flying his own plane, was to pick up new member ship cards from Legion posts In that area; from Medford, Henry Fluhrer was flying to Klamath Falls, Bend and intervening points on the, same mission; Herman Hobi of Eugene left Roseburg north to Portland, and from' Salem, Lee Eyerly took the northern route through McMlnnville, Tillamook and Astoria to Portland. Each plane bore an aerial messenger In addition to the pilot. Stopping at designated points, new membership cards were entrusted to the mes senger. The four planes were to meet over Portland at 3 p. m., and a general air circus in which commercial and army planes were to participate, had been arranged. 4- IEF WASHINGTON, June 21. (AP) Hugh S. Johnson was reported today to be planning an NRA speaking tour starting July 10 that will take him through most of the west and to the Pacific coast. The object of the trip was said to be an explanation of the new NRA policies and developments, to resell tho blue eaglo and to stir enthusi asm for the new code eagle. Johnson's trip would take him to key points and It was understood a series of state holidays to celebrate NRA, similar to that Just held by West Virginia on the blue eagle's first anniversary, were being planned. p n d a u. r. uui MEETING FRIDAY The members of the new Republi can county central committee will hold a meeting In the basement of the Hotel Medford tomorrow, Friday, June 22, at 2 p. nv, to which all members who received certificates of election, whether they returned their acceptance to the county clerk or not, are urged to attend. The new organization will be per fected and plans for the campaign to elect the congressional, state and county ticket will be discussed. QUAKES ME TOIL y i fly the AmuH-lafrtl PrMS. A heavy loss of life In western Turkey was reared today in the latest ,of a series of earthquakes which has shaken widely separated portions of i the world. The region of Smyrna was the harrient hit, Intsnhul dlnpfitche said A clouribumt accompanied the quake, causing floods which Inundated nu mfrom villages, Seven miners were entombed In upper Silesia lt night when an i.ith t.'.i'.tr .r;-d a rnv.-.n. Witll of houses in the section collapsed. T ROUSESy . P. IRE Men From Universities Will Be Issue in Elections This Fall Is Indication How Brainy Are They? Asked By D. Harold Oliver WASHINGTON, June 31. (AP) President Roosevelt's praise of the "brain trust" made some of his foe see red today. There seemed no doubt the men from, the universities would bo head. lined aa an issue as the campaigns for the fall elections rise to a cre scendo. Supporters, reading the speech In which the president accepted a de. gree from Yale yesterday, found be tween the lines a challenge. "Bring on that Issue!" It seemed to them to say, . New Deal To Be Issue The path the new deal Is taking promised also to furnish powder for the big campaign guns on both sides. A few hours after the president's New Haven speeoh, Ogden Mills spoke In New York, hitting the new deal with the declaration "a planned economy Is surrender." Judging from the comebacks here today, republicans plan to pose the question: "How brainy Is that trust?" "It will be one of the outstanding topics of the coming campaign," de clared Senator Dickinson (R-Ia.) "We are all for the brains when they are leading us In the right direction, but against them when they take us the wrong way." Friends Keep Mum Advisors of the president kept their own counsel. Not receptive to inter views, Dr. Rexford Guy Tugwell was standing with Professor Raymond Moley on the position that there Isn't any "brain trust" any more. It. was during the 1032 campaign that theyjwid. Professor A. A. Jeerle were principals of the group close to Mr. Rooseevlt that were facetiously denominated "brain trusters.' The term recurred repeatedly In congress, without any notice from the admin istration. But the president himself brought it up at New Haven. "While we have heard a certain amount of ribald laughter about the use of brains In government," he aald, "it seems to be a good practice. It will be continued. We are going to call on trained peo ple." Senator ' McNary, the republican leader, rejoined today: "I think a little brains ought to go along with every administration. I like a 'brain trust' rather than a brainless one. There are a lot of fel lows In the senato brainier than Tug well." FINED $25, COSTS Donald L. Kenney entered a plea of guilty to reckless driving before Jus. tlce of the Peace William R. Coleman and was fined $2: and costs, amount ing to $4.60. He was given a week In which to remit. Evidence showed that Kenney, headed south on the Pacific highway, attained a speed of 4B miles per hour on North Riverside. State police data showed that he passed the "Bras Rail," a roadside beer emporium, with a crowd present and cars moving in and out, at 50 miles per hour, and In a short distance reached OS per, be fore a state police car brought him to a halt. Loyal L, Davis, charged with travel ing about the highways and byways with no muffler on his auto, pleaded guilty and was fined $S and coats. The court granted IS days to pay the fine. Rufua O. Gear ley, charged with non-possess ion of a driver's license was fined $6 and costs, and Marshall Denrer charged with operating a spe cial carrier without a permit was assessed $10 and coats. Roosevelt on Hand for Harvard-Yale Regatta NEW LONDON, Conn., June 31. (AP) Oreeted with booming salutes from gun of the coast guard station and a roll of drum and- flourish of bugles at the submarine base. Presi dent Roosevelt arrived here today for the annual Harvard-Yale regatta on the Thames tomorrow. The president and his party, after cruising In Long Island sound last night following the ceremonies at Yale yesterday when he received an honorary degree, came up the river on the naval yarht Sequoia and headed first for Red Top, Harvard "rw quarters. Th? president son. Frntj.n D. Roosevelt, Jr., pull the number ft oar Book On Suicide Hubby's Only Gift Is Divorce Claim CHICAGO, June 21. (AP) Mrs, Ruthle Dlddlford Powner testified In superior court that one of tbe few presents from her husband, Charles, not purchased with her own money was a book entitled "Two Hundred and One Ways to Commit Suicide." The book, she said, before a Jury In Judge Rudolph Deaort's court yesterday, was a birthday gift from her husband, head of a publishing company, whom she Is suing for divorce on charges of cruelty. Powner denied the charges and said he was willing to go back to his wife. APPLEGATE SPAN HONOR PIONEERS BIG APPLEGATE, June 21. (Spl.) Dedication to the pioneers of the Applegate valley of the new $33,808 steel bridge at Applegate store next Saturday will be featured by one of the greatest turnouts of "old settlers" ever seen In this vicinity. Mrs. Louisa Ray, 87, will cut the ribbon, symbol izing formal opening of the fine new span for traffic. A cordial Invitation has been issued to all southern Ore- j gon and northern California residents to attend. Following a plcnlo lunch at noon, the program will get under way at 2 p. m. Indications point to a large gathering for the picnic lunch and those participating In this phase of the day's festivities will bring their own eatables and table service. Coffee will be served free. Home economics club of the Grange will sell cold drinks and Ice cream. The dedication la being sponsored by the Applegate Community league, the Applegate Grange and the Apple gate Extension unit, The organiza tions have made a special effort to Invite all pioneers of the region to attend and participate In the pro. gram. Any "old tlmera" not yet con tacted are asked to get In touch with E. H. Taylor, master of the Grange, or other committee members In charge. The official program, of which Aubrey Edwards will be master of ceremonies, will be as follows: Invocation, America, community singing with band accompaniment. Address by O. E. Gate of Medford. Selection by band. Address by Arthur S. Taylor, of Southern Oregon Normal school, Ash land. Introduction of pioneers. Oregon state song by audience, with band accompaniment. Cutting of ribbon, symbolizing the opening of bridge, by Mrs. Louisa Ray. Selection by band. The day's festivities will be closed with a big dance at Applegate hall In the evening, given by the Grange and Home Extension Unit committees in charge of the dedication. JUDGES OF HELL ARE BUSY AGAIN PARIS, Francs, June 21, (AP) Another of the boA.bg of "The Three Judges of Hell" was found today In the Pari mall and a new wave of terror swept the city. It was the 11th finding of a bomb In the one-man reign of terror, for police believe that the "three Judges' are In reality one madman. Last week 10 of the bombs were sent out and four person were in jured when they exploded on being unwrapped. SPOKANE. Wash., June 31. (AP) Emery Pramer, 18, waa sentenced to life imprisonment for besting a small girl to death with a rock. He had pleaded not guilty by reason of insanity. in the crimson freshman boat and provided the attraction that brings the nation's chief executive here for the first time since Theodore Roose velt, also a Harvard man, saw the re gatta In 1008. The Harvard freshmen were oilt in the river for a final paddle before the two mile sprint with Yale on to morrow morning's program. Escorted by the naval patrol boat Cuyahoga and coast guard destroyers CO-172 and CG-10 the Sequoia stopped briefly off Red Top, surveyed the situation and then proceeded to anchorage at the submarine base, finish of tomor row morning's events and half-way mark for the varsity race that start at 6:30 p. m. (eastern standard time.) TO USE NEW WEAPON Oppressors of 'Little Fellow' and Chiselers In Business to Meet Swifter Justice By New Federal Procedure By J. R. n racket t (Copyright, 1934. by the Associated Press) WASHINGTON. June 21. ff) j The government, an authoritative south disclosed today, has forged a new weapon to strike at monopolistic op pression of the "little fellow" and chiseling. By a far-reaching change in pro cedure, this source said, the federal trade commission will become a busi ness court to mete out swifter decis ions on charges of unfair practices. " The new weapon, involving a baxe change of the relations between the commission and NRA, is contained in a technical order Issued by the com mission. - KmpliAMlze Judicial Phase Aa this order waa explained today, the emphasis will be placed on the commission's Judicial function. Hith erto its operations have been three fold, it investigated, made com pl&lnts, and then sat In Judgment on Its own complaints. President RoosevMt, it is said, sug gested the commission and NRA get together to iron out apparent con flicts in procedure. Out of confer ence between the two, the new plan arose. An explanation is contained In a private memorandum, technical In character. This does not discus the implications of the order, bit It waa said these three point are Important. May Argue Caao 1. The small business man may ap , . pear before the commission to argue his case If a code authority nea Com ' plained. He thereby obtain "a. leg' . forum" not previously In exwwnc. '" 2. similarly the code authority nuii argue its case before the commis sion. 8. The commission sit a a non partisan Judge; The order In point was Issued 1 ft the case of three rubber concern which NRA accused of violating dt! filing provision of the code, NRA and the companies will argue before the commission, which may either proceed against the companies or dismiss NRA' complaint. NEW YORK, Jun 21. (AP) A topsy turvy scene, with paper strewn over the floor, met the gase of a negro maid who entered the apart ment of Captain Ivan Poderjay last December 23. This disclosure, from a reliable) source, was contrary to earlier, lea reliable reports. It added new fact to the already multt -faced mystery of the missing Agnes Tufverson. Still another new disclosure waa to the effect the dashing, now suspected Poderjay made love to a widowed concert violinist simultaneously with the courting of Mis Tufverson, the successful woman lawyer. The polle learned the concert violinist repulsed him. WILL ROGER? HOLLYWOOD, Cul., Juno 20 Wo wns all Bitting around on the moving picture "set this Afternoon, Xrvin Cobb enter taining us 100 per cent hb usiuil. I said "Irvin, I ought, to wrilo my daily mess, what's something comical in the day's news? "Well. Will, you couldn't get anything much funnier than England and France wanting us to use our influence with Germany to get them to pay France and England." I wouldn't be surprised if they don't try to show where we wns on tho note and they will be suing us. When wc read our papers and found congress had ad journed, it reminded you of Armistice dny. They say tickor tnpes in Now York was a foot thick. ill! MH.lMtTMI.ib fin r
