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AIL TRKUNE The Weather - Forecast: Fair tonight and Satur day; slightly warmer Saturday. . Temperature WINNER Pulitzer Award Highest yesterday M FOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Ytar ' MEDFORU. OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 22, 193-1. f No. 79. rAriH0UlG PROGRAM mmngjs trunk found HISSING WOMAN PORTLAND PDLICE&:! 1 THOMAS Hi IN Rmrt.xL Will RF lM RY Ka JSV V Fill ND. RAO TANKER AS J A Til RUN fiffimx&ys 1 APT rlM IIWIIFP MRfi ( v JD V AMNrSA V HV Ak N HAK N ;"S"r-'.'r.s AN IN hW-N M ma: h mtpe.j nil i mil iiiiul.ii nun i i i ir """" t i i uin iuwh i i iu mi wi mwv wivvi u By PAUL MALLON (Copyright, 1034, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, D. C, June 33. Soma new chapters will bo added to the political cookbooka when the kltcben secrets of this administra tion are out. What these new 'Meal cooka did to the eteel . strike situation Is a choice chaptor In Itself. , The high ten sion strike lead er, were In con trol up until a few days ago. Their strike plans hul been made. Pan! SUUIon Everything was ready for their steel kettle to explode. All of a sudden the high tenslon Ists found themselves In the Ice box. When they looked around there was the similarly high tension federal ne gotiator, General Johnson, sitting In the cooler alongside .them ; Control of tbe situation had passed suddenly back to the easy-going steel labor leader, Mike Tigbe. and to soft voiced Prances Perkins, the labor sec retary for President Roosevelt. ; This happy change was not accom plished as naturally as It looked. Some very vigorous spoon-stirring wss done on the Inside by the Joint co ' operation of Mr. Roosevelt and Mr. Tlghe. How Mr. Tlghe won the labor convention over from the rank and file agitators In ft series of meetings In his hotel room is a, story he will have to tell. . Nearly everyone aeema to be satls fled now. Labor has far more confi dence In Madame Perkins than In General-Johnson. Under Tlghe's lead ership It will play along toward calmer plan for holding labor union elections. Its rsnk and file leader ship had clearly carried it too far toward, an angry strike. "The strike issue Is not settled,, but It has been delsyed. at least for two or three months. There are two opposite inside views about the national, labor situation now. You can get one from a con gressional labor expert who could not speak frankly if he spoke openly. In private he says: "I am very worried about Mr. Roose velt' going off to Hawaii. He Is the onlv man In the country who could handle a national iBbor uprising if It came. In view of the labor feeling In the various sections of the country (the dock strike on the Pacific coast, the steel, automobile and other equa tions). I believe there Is Just an out side chance that the labor question n become nstlonslly serious." A calmer view is reflected by a labor spokesman of the administration, wno whispers: , "The labor situation cannot become nationally serious any time soon. There have been many strikes, but there la little relation and no co-ordi nation among them. They are being settled swiftly. Organisations of la bor and their leadership are not yet very strong. They cannot afford to take the bit In their teeth. They are toe. sensible to try It. "Everything will be Ironed out grad. ually during the course of the next year, without any more trouble than we are having now.': . It Is supposed to be a secret, and it may be kept as one, that certain In dustrial leaders will hold what amounts to an open-shop meeting at o a certain hotel In Chicago within a few days. They will organize to con test the lsbor program- of the admin titration. The call for the meeting specified that the matter should be kept conn dentlsl. Uninvited guests will not be permitted to attend. The admin istration already knowa all about It, I Several business leaders had highly confidential plsn at the Hot Springs NRA meeting to aprlng some thlng hot on the labor subject. They had figured out a substitute for the NRA program. It would have aoit ened the labor featurca and made the NRA fundamentally a ce-opcratlve business movement. Wiser hesds prevailed upon the authors of the plan to keep It un sprung In their pockets. It would not have been adopted, If offered but It would have caused a tremen dous fuss. The result was that the meeting went off smoothly In a sympatheti cally NRA vein. There Is so much news in Washing ton now that It sometimes takes year for a congressman to find out what Is going on. Recently, a group of western manu facturera wired their congressman urging him to sppesr for them at sn NRA code bearing. He did. making one of his best speeches, and con cluded with an outraged demand that bla manufacturers be given a code. "But," said the administrator In charge, "this Industry has V.-d ft code for near!? e Tear." "In tl at use." Aid tr? rmgreea' man. -I )'' -ilr to It '' (Costinwd ca Past Treiv.j Business Leaders Expect in- v . I -J I l it nudimue, wnc m creased Volume Will Off- - , j& Jfc y I 1 Panama Canal Business set Loss in Lower Prices jffe , -Lg-ai' j I ' ' m L" Man Turns UP in El Pas0 Celebrations Planned f llk; 1 Hte' AfteP L"fl AbSene WASHINGTON, June 33. (AP) Downward revision of building ma terial prices under NRA codes, to re enforce the administration home building and repair program, was said today by an authority in the construction Industry to be planned within the next fortnight. Not even awaiting President Roose velt'a signature of the housing bill, the Industry was depicted as con templating cuts of from 10 to 15 per cent In Its charges. The spokesman, who did not want his name used, was In a position to know the facts. Net Profit to Remain While components of the Industry have Insisted that present cost-protection prices have been the mini mum at which plants could be oper ated and employment maintained at a maximum. It was said leaders In the business expect the housing pro gram to so Increase volume that there will be no decrease -In employ ment and net profits will suffer but little. I A drive to reduce building costs hss been under way for some time. The reduction has two main object ives: (Continued on Page Four) ERBUS! T WASHINGTON, June 32. (AP) Continued deUIne In the lumber busi ness for the. -week., .ending June 18 wss reported today by the National Lumber. Manufacturers' assoclstlon. Production, as reported by 1449 mills, dropped to 174,519,000 feet, compered with 178,675.000 feet for the previous week, while shipments were down to 144,130.000 feet against 156,- 092,000 and orders declined to 138,- 975,000 feet from 154,388,000 feet. The sssoclatlon's report said the slump to January levels was brought about chiefly by three factors sea sonal ' decline, hand-to-mouth buy ing on the part of retallera and the Pacific coast's longshoremen's strike. CLOSED BY FJRE PERIL PORTLAND, June 22. AP) Log- In r areas In three national forest have been ordered closed July 1 be cause of fire hazards. Regional For ester C. J. Buck announced today. The Involved areas are 6880 acres of the Western Lumber company's timber sale area on the north fork of the Willamette river and 6440 acres of the Hammong Lumber com pany In the Willamette forest; 700 acres belonging to A. L. Cop gins In the Rogue Rfver national forest, and 720 acres of the T.St. Hood national forest. BE DELAYED 30 DAYS PORTLAND, Ore., June 22. (UP) Extension for 30 days of starting time for the marketing agreement for restaurants to go Into effect was granted by Governor Meier late yes terday. Extension was made In order that the state can be fully canvassed as to sentiment regarding the agree ment. WASHINGTON. June 22. (AP) President Roosevelt today reappointed Frank R. McNlnch of North Carolina as chairman of the federal power commission for a five-year term Business Continues to Follow Recovery Path NEW YORK, June 33 JP) Busl-1 nesa continues to show a trend to ward recovery in spite of seasonal in fluences. Dun It Bradstrcet said today in their weekly trade review. The review asserted that the slo broadening process In evidence since the first of the year has removed the isolstcd pesks that outlined progress a year ago, but bas left the general level higher than It was at that time. Early estimate, of fall distribu tion. " a!d the secney, "are running from 15 to 23 per cent aboe the l&33f figures, as the government Kern, de - -NL - I" fleers the body of a woman was -'--A I i 1 m U'-S in a creek-bed 7 block, today. . ,n HIT IV mill (Til Police in Vienna found a wardrobe trunk containing clothes of Mis Agnes Tufverson (right), missing New York and Detroit lawyer whose strange disappearance became the subject of an International Investi gation. Her husband, Capt. Ivan Poderjay, was held In Vienna. Sally Tufverson (left), sister of the missing woman, Insists the attorney met with foul play. (Associated Press Photos. E TO DEAL BLOW AT BOOTLEG RACKET WASHINGTON, June 33. P) By decreeing that every liquor bottle must bear Indestructible marka of Identifi cation, Secretary Morgenthau hoped today to out the price of legal liquor and boost federal revenue. After July 1, the names of symbols of manufacture and distiller must be blown Into the glass of each hot tie. To refill It will be forbidden, Just as refilling tobaoco containers is sub. lect to heavy punishment. ' . . Secretanr Morgenthau called the an nouncement "the most serious blow struck at the bootlegger" since re neal. It was made under a recent resolution of congress. Morgenthau hsd discovered that bootleggers were buying second hand bottles and palming huge aupplies of Illicit liquor off on the public as leg. al atuff. One company making well- known rum complained that 90 per cent of the liquor distributed under Its name was Illicit. Bottles will be manufactured under license and supervision. Morgenthau honed the ateo would Increase legiti mate sales so much that prices would come down. He also foresaw Increases In tax collections. OUSTER BATTLE BISMARCK, N. D., June 23. (UP) The North Dakota supreme court late today upheld Governor William LanKer'a claim to hold hla office, although he has been convicted of a felony. The aupreme court upheld Langer In denying the application of Lieu tenant Governor Ole H. Olson for the title of governor. Langer; one of the few Republican governors west of the Allcghenles, was found guilty at 13:14 a. m. Sunday of defrauding the federal government by conspiring with others to force federal relief employes to donate to a state political fund. He aald he would appeal the declalon and con tended that in the meantime there was no legal way to force him from office. He is a candidate for renoml natlon. SUIT OVER PENNY TO TEST SALES TAX LAW CHICAGO (UP) H. L. Nathenson says he Is going to start a law suit over a penny and will take the case to the supreme court If necessary. He ate a 35 cent meal In a restaurant, waa charged an extra penny as state sales tax. contenda the tax was laid on merchants, not consumers; vows he'll fight to the finish to prove that he's right. termlned to permit no relapse In trade movements, and the plant which are to be disclosed shortly msy result In a more llbersl upwsrd re vision of this percentage, "Both from an Industrial and com mercial atandpolnt the reports re ceived from all parts of the count-y thla week predict the situation as continuing favorable, with only min or seasonal declines noticeable ss yet. "If anything th contrary prevails, and improvement would be more gen eral, if It were not for labor dltl ties, both actual and threetemng in 1 a number of districts. RECENTLY, CLAIM BOSTON, June 22. (AP) The Boston American eaya it has un earthed a clue Indicating that Miss Agness Tufverson. missing New York lawyer, waa alive and In Boston aa late as this month. The American says Mrs. Rutn P. Hall, 20, of Melrose, employed In a Boston cleaning establishment, Iden tified a photograph of Miss Tufver son published In a recent edition of the American aa that of a woman who had visited her place of em ployment twice. The first visit, the American said, waa made on May IS and the second, between June 1 and 10. On both occasions, the American quoted, their Informant as saying, the woman left a dress to be cleaned. ROSEBURG, Ore.. June 22. (AP) Oregon la on the map of the Unit ed States as having the strongest. most unified state newspaper asao elation of any of the 48 states, Harris Ellsworth, editor of the Roseburg News-Review and president of the Oregon Editorial association, declared wI ,. i ,,. u. here this morning ln opening the 47th annual convention of the Asso- elation of Oregon Editors, The morning session was given over largely to the president's ad dress, which followed the official welcome by Mayor J. E. McCUntock, and the response by Ben R. Lttfln, cdtor of The Dalles Chronicle and treasurer of the association., Formation of the code for the printing Industry Involved a gigantic task, President Ellsworth stated, cit ing the awkward situation which grew out of the fact that two codes were provided for the dally newspa per Industry, the only Industry so affected. a FREIGHT CAR LOADING SHOWS GOOD INCREASE WASHINGTON, June 22. (AP) The American Railway association an nounced today that loadings of reve nue freight for the week ended June 18 were 617,640 cars, an Increase of 2084 above the preceding week, 24,800 above the corresponding week In 1033 and 00,251 above 1032. Miscellaneous freight loaded totaled 247,402 cars, an Increase of 5223 above the preceding week. 15,725 above 1033 and 38,094 above 1032 Labor Wage Act Suspended by F. ?. WASHINGTON, June 22. (AP) President Roosevelt has Issued a proclamation suspending provisions of the Davis-Bacon act of March 8, 1031, which provided that all labor ers or mechanics employed In the construction of public buildings In the United States be paid the pre-! vailing rate of wages for work of a similar nature ln that city or area. MAURETANIA HEADED FOR LAST ROUNDUP LONDON, June 33. VT") The queen of the seas Is abdicating. England's giant Cunard liner Mau retanla. whtch smashed transatlan'lc crossing records with almost monot onous consistency for more than 30 years, will be serspiied. It was report ed today, ftlie leaves June 30 on her , llnal run to New Vork. ' SAN JOSE, Calif., June 22. (AP) A telephone call to police headquarters today Informed of ficers the body of a woman wns lying In a creek-bed 7 blocks from the home where Mrs. Sibyl Fldiinque disappeared last Sat urday. A detail was rushed to the spot to Investigate as word was received here a woman claiming to be Mrs. Fldanque had been found In El Fuso, Texas. EL PASO, Texas, June 22, (AP) A woman who told authorities she Is Mrs. Sibyl Fldanque, missing San Jose. CsUf., woman, was found In hotel here today. The woman said she Is the wife of i a Panama Canal Zone business man, according to Deputy Sheriff Harry WUey, who found her In a hotel here. Mr. Wiley said that the woman told hotel clerks that she wanted to speak to officers. Her actions Indicate that she may have been suffering from Amnesia, the officer said. The woman told a story of hav ing been "kidnaped by a man with a gun," from her San Jose home by a man and a woman. Details were vague, and she said she could not remember clearly because she had been drugged. How she got to El Paso she docs not know, she told officers In the El Paso county jail, where she Is held for observation. "I waa In my home and my son had Just left for a resort," she said. "The door bell rang, and I went to the door, a young woman, about 30, stood there looking at me. I asked her If she was looking for my son, and she said yea. "I told her that my son had Just left, and the young woman called to a big, tall stranger to come to the porch. She called him Jim. "Jim put a gun In my ribs and took me back Into the house, where he picked up some of my clothes and put them In a bag. "Then they took me out to a lux urious automobile," she went on. "Is this a kidnaping?" I asked. " 'Hell no, that's not my racket',' replied the - big man. "'Have a drink'." He said It was absinthe. "Then they made me sniff some thing, and I don't remember very well what happened. They drove out of town. "I remembered ht called her 'alrllsk' amrf 'fnrl ' n4 tVtot. vim , tVl M (tfn,. ln onc town and the man said, 'The . . f a"l.the newspapers have got use our heads." The woman said that the man and woman took her to some un known destination, where they forc ed her to dye her black hair red. "Now she'a a dead ringer for the guy we bumped off," she quoted the man as' saying. The woman said she does not re member anything else. The woman told El Paso police she ir, Mrs. Joseph Fldanque and her age Is 39. METHODISTS DEPLORE INDECENCIES IN FILMS PORTLAND, Ore., June 33. (AP) Laymen at the Methodist conference today vociferously deplored Indecent movies. Former CongrcBsmsn W. C. Hawley left the chair to remark: "I am an able-bodied man and have not been to a movie for a year. About a year ago 1 went to what they called a moral movie. Every member of that cast ought to be hanged." ' The lay delegates refused to take an official stand regarding the long shoremen's strike. 4- PORTLAND. June 30. (AP) The tate emergency relief committee will meet here next Thursday to give at tention to the demand of the federal government that unless Oregon de frays a fair share of the coat of un employment relief, federal aid will be discontinued. Oovernor Meier late yesterday Is sued the call for the meeting. He had been advised by Harry L. Hop kins, federal relief administrator, that by August 1, Oregon must have available sufficient money to meet federal expectations for carrying on relief work In this state. No Disorder Seen When Heavily Armed Officers Defy Waterfront Strikers to Lift Lid On Activity PORTLAND, Ore., June 22. (AP) Under heavy police guard, and defi ance of striking watorfront workers, the gasoline tanker "Llo" was dis charging 1,600,000 gallons of fuel hero today. There waa no disorder end there waa no other activity on the Port land waterfront during the morning hours. About 150 uniformed policemen bearing shotguns and tear gas guns, and 10 detectives carrying shotguna and pistols guarded entrances and walls of the well -protected terminal as the tanker pumped the gasoline from her vast tanks. The Llo on Wednesday discharged 1,500,000 gallons of gasoline at an other plant while striking longshore men, eoamen and sympathizers voiced wordy protest, but made no effort to attack the heavily armed groups of police. Plan "Push." While activity today centered In the Llnnton area where all the oil com panles have their terminals, steam ship operators and waterfront em ployers were believed to be complet ing plann for what was described as the "push," by which they hoped to open the port to general commerce by force, If necessary. SEATTLE, June 22. (AP) Striking longshoremen threatened today, police and waterfront employers gradually opened the port to ship ping, to lay down sn embargo In Europe, Australia and the Atlantic coast on all ahlpa loaded here by non-union men. - -. - W T. Morris of Tacoma,1 speaking for the northwest -Joint strike com mlttee of maritime workers, said ar rangements were completed In foreign ports for the embargo on Seattle ship ping and declared notification from longshore leaders here would put It In effect, BASEBALL t American R. H. S. Cleveland 4 10 1 New York 18 0 Pearson and Fytlsk; Gomec and Dickey. R. H. E. 0 3 IB 8 Oster- Chicago 1 Boston U Gaston. Hevlng and Shea; melller and.R. Ferrell. (Tle. 7 Innings, game called, dark ness). Score; R. H. E, St. Louts . - 8 8 1 Philadelphia 8 8 3 Andrews, McAfee and Hemslcy; Benton and Berry. R. H. E. Detroit I 14 0 Washington . - 8 7 0 Fischer. Hamlin and Hayworth; Burke, MUllgan, McColl and Phillips. National Score: R. H. E. Boston 6 0 0 Pittsburgh - 7 IS 3 Betts, Man gum and Hogan; Melne, Blrkofcr and Padden. R. H. . New Vork 3 11 Chicago 15 18 0 Clark, Castleman and Mancuso; Lee and Hartnett, Phelps. (10 Innings) R. H. Philadelphia - tl Clnolnnatl 2 a Collins and Todd; Klelnhss, Derrin ger and Lombardl. . FRESNO, June 33. P) Custody of five year old Barbara Jean Reeder, central figure In a legal battle for ner possession ln the superior court here yesterday, today wss awarded to ttie father, Orln Reeder, rancher of Kla math rails, Ore., by order of Superior Judge Arthur Allyn, Divorce Case Tetimony Twitters London Society LONDON, June 32 fly-Seven days of evidence In the society dlvorc ac tion brought by Edwsrd Frank WlllU James, brother of Mr.. Marshall Field, against Tilly Losch James, th beau tiful Viennese dancer, was completed today before a courtroom of brilliant-ly-dressed spectators who twlttend over scandalous tld-blts. 1 James alleged his wife waa guilty of misconduct with Prince Serge Obo lenaky, a member of an old Russian family. Both Mrs. Jamas and the prince denied th cUaig and the NEW YORK. June 22. (AP) The Whitney Museum of American Art announced today that Mrs. Jullanna Force, director of the mu. seum ln London, has sent an agent to Venice with, Instructions to withdraw the entlro American ex hibit at the current Venice Bien nial exhibition unless the portrait of Marlon Davtes, movie star, Is removed. Mrs. Force's objections to the painting were not an nounced. It was painted by Tade styka, a Polish artist. The Whitney museum has charge of the American division of the exhibit, which Is held every two years and Is considered Important In the world of art. FALLS TO PIECES CHICAGO, June 32, (AP) At least six children were burled, two of them seriously Injured, when an unoccupied frame house ln which they wore playing, collapsed today. Five department squads rushed to the rescue and dug Into the snarl of debris In search of the victims Five were taken from the wreck age within an hour and treated at a hospital. Hundreds of other children and several frantlo mothers swarmed around the ruins. George Wleczorek. 10, and Stanley Bezonek, 12, suffer ed fractured bones. The children were playing on the second floor of the ramshackle struc ture when it toppled. The roof fell In on the trapped youngsters. Scarce ly a timber remained upright. Rain fell heavily as the rescuers piled through the tangle. FIRE EPIDEMIC SWEEPS EUGENE EUGENE, Ore., June 32. (AP) Firs of undetermined origin gutted the. seoond story of the concrete and brick plant of the Eugene Farmers' oreamery hero shortly before mid night last night. Loss was estimated at between $20,000 and 125,000, fully covered by Insurance. The blaze was discovered shortly after 11 o'clock by the night watchman, who heard a dull explo sion ln the upper story and went to Investigate, When the fire trucks returned to the station at 8:30 a. m., the alarm sounded and the trucks went to Vll lard street between Nineteenth and Twenttoth, where they found three houses on fire. The blaze had start ed In an old ahack occupted by tran sients and had spread to homes on either side. ONLY ONE LOST WASHINGTON, Jun. 23. (AP) Only one PWA project In Oregon has been reaclnded, and that action waa taken on the suggestion of the origi nal aponsors. It was announced by the Oregon public works office here today In connection with yesterdsy's statement by Secretary Ickea that 87 allotments, scattered over th coun try, had been rescinded. The one project definitely removed from the field. It was said here, was the Baker sewage disposal project, and this waa done at the request of the Baker city council following an announcement that the .tat emer gency relief administration had prom ised the labor for the aewage dis posal plant If Baker would furnish the material. To finance th latter. Baker la confident of ability to sell bonds In th open market, thus eliminating the necessity of borrow ing from the government. wife entered a cross petition for a Judicial separation. She alleged cruelty; her husband denied that. At the conclusion of the evidence, the co-respondent's attorney, Roland Oliver, addressed the Jury In behalf of th prince. Then the case wss adjourned until Tuesday. Th evidence disclosed that, after the honeymoon, when Mrs. James was playing In th musical show "The Band Wagon" In New York, tn nu (.Continued on Pag. Tenji IT State Utilities Commissioner Says Duty to Continue Present Task Zimmer man Seems Slated Choice PORTLAND, June 33. m Charles M. Thomas, state utilities commis sioner, declared here Thursday he is noi a prospective independent canal- . date for the governorship of Oregou. Having entered upon a task that Is only partly completed," he ss'.d In connection with his work as utili ties commissioner. "I have repeatedly stated that It la my clear duty to continue sucn task until It is v compllshed." By Clayton V. Bern hard (Associated. Press staff Writer) SALEM, Juno 32. ( Organiza tion of the Independent convention to be held here next Monday morn ing was taking definite shape here to day but the final plana would not be announced until Sunday. It was learned from sponsors of the move ment at the state capltol. The convention Monday will be far one purpose only nominating Peter Zimmerman of YamhIU county tor governor but a subsequent gather ing of the same group will be called to name candidates for the three con gressional positions. Candidates for (Continued on Page Pour) COMlKBUSY S.F. SAN FRANCISCO, June 33. (TTP) Citizens', committee reports filed 1st yesterdny charged tbat communist, carefully have driven wedge, of propaganda ln the city's schools, churches and relief agencies. The reports followed a seven-dsy drive by the committee, aiding th. Amerlcsn Legion ln a program di rected at communistic activities In 8an Francisco. "The report, were of specific law violations and acta laid directly to paid alien agenta of communism." aald Stephen Malatesla. chairman of the citizens' committee. Principal charges were made by Charles Ooff, captain of police. He asserted the young communist league has carried propaganda Into the city's grammar and high achools, citing as Instances Portola Junior. Mission, Hlllerest and Olllleo high schools. Communist speaker, gained pulpits "under th. guise of th Youths' Anti-War league," h said. "Communistic activity has been open and pronounced In relief dstrlbution," he charged. a- PORTLAND, Or.. June 33. (API Oregon, Washington and Montana will receive 11,023,903 of the 17,000,-. 000 appropriated for conatruction of national foreat roads for th fiscal year 1935, District Engineer W. H. Lynch announced today. Oregon will receive .610.134, Wash ington will receive 403.27 and Mon tana will receive 1910,333. WILL- ROGER? 'soys: BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., Juno 21. You can't beat Ok lahoma for originality. Guess you read about tlin outlaws with a big truck (with a winch attachment on it) backed up to tho bank to kid nap the safe. Everybody in town camo down to sco tho show. Due to tho outlaws hav ing done no physical work in ao long, they wasn't stout enough to load it, but . they notified the bank that they will be back right away and that tho bnnk is to have smaller safe. The future of bank robberies is to arrange some way to charge admission. So many peo ple aro soeing robberies free is what's killing the business. Yours,
