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Merchants Plan. County -Wide Vacation Sak June 29 and 30 Medford Mail Trtjxjne The Weather Forecast: Fair Sunday, moderate temperature Temperature Highest yesterday 77 Lowest yesterday 46 WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, JUNE 2-t, 1934 No. 80. inrnnn rm rxww iiiffit . ifii uj II EMI pHCE II I ft l I I r I I II nf Hvn GOVERNOR WARNS 3Hb By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, D. C June 22. The allver policy la like an electric fan. tt goea through a lot of motions, but It never gets anywhere, and la not supposed to. The only thing It aecompUa h e s Is to keep the sllverltes and ln flatlonlsta cool for the time be ing. They (Sena tor Elmer Thom as, et al) usually gat heated up about greenbacks at thla time of Paul AlaJJon the year. iha. la t.h atorv. the whole story. and nothing but the story behind the announcement by Treasury Secretary Morgenthau that he Is buy ing sliver "enthusiastically," that he Is going to bid up silver prices grad ually by purchases until he has a 21 per cent silver backing for the currency. No one can dispute any part of Mr. Morgenthau's announcement, ex cept possibly his use of the word "enthusiastically." He may have a different conception of hie own en ergy than other people would have. But no one ever can find out about that now, because no one can find out how much silver Mr. Morgenthau Is really buying. The operations of his stabilization fund are secret. The market-wise experts In silver ay that, whatever the amount Is, It cannot be very much. They think the treasury bought one fairly large chunk of silver and then made num erous smaller purchases. However, the currency to be Issued against It, In any event, Is not enough to be small change In comparison with the total amount of money In circula tion. In other words, It does not mean Inflation. There has been a story going around on the Inside that the president, having dropped the fruitless effort to Increase commodity prices by buy ing gold, will now try to accomplish the same purpose by buying silver. President Roosevelt is quoted In senatorial circles as having said to a certain senator: "Well, now that the gold policy failed, we might as well see if silver will fail." The president may have been quot ed accurately, but still that does not make Mr. Morgenthau's enthus iasm any more significant. The treas ury did not buy enough gold to fill an elephanfa molars. There Is not I ..n.h mirchaxable silver available to permit a forceful effort to influ ence general eommooity price", or establish a 25-15 silver gold ratio during this generation. There was some real Inflation from the treasury announcement, out u lasted only about 15 minutes. In commenting on the announce ment verbally, one treasury official said that the silver had been bought .. an mi an mincn. but the money to be Issued agnln.it It would be based on the old sliver value 01 . an ounce. The inflationary prospects of a policy like that are enormoua. After 15 minutes of fluttering rv avnartjt- it finally de veloped that the announcement was erroneous. The policy in mav re.iire' had not actually been oeicrmmcu. When it is determined it will pro vide lor issuance oi wo iui'ci.vj ) the value of the purchase price. The difference netween tnn jiri-o II .at will be carried on the treas ury books aa an unvalued eommod r i itir nttrm furniture. ' You have to be a magician to keep treasury books these dsys. vvarrona will remember that one of the original reasons for embark ing on the silver policy waa to neip trade with China. Recently the bank of China expressed some views as to the effects of tne policy tnus iar They might be thumb-nailed as fol- "An artificial Increase In the price of sliver la fraught wltn aangcr 10 China. Already there has been a con Mniimta drain of silver from the In terior to Shanghai, and thla must ultimately end In a contraction of rnrrancv and credit In the UDCOUh- try. a fall In commodity prices and the bankruptcy ol rural economy. "Phlna'a ourrhaslnff nower In for elgn markets depends, not upon the establishment of an aruiicany mgo price for allver, but upon the value her enort trade In commodities." That means our silver policy is hurting far-eastern trade, Instead of helping It. One unstated reason why Mr. Mor genthau would not buy bootleg liquor stocks Is because he could nil find any. At least, he pent cut some nsmt'?. (Continued on Pag. Toiee) OF FORCE IVES IF PEACE FAILS Public Demands Commerce Move Federal Aides Coming By Plane Port land Faced With Gasoline Shortage. SAN FRANCISCO, June 23. AP) Forcible opening by acting Gover nor Frank F. Merriam today in tne event of failure of alt present efforts, including one by the federal govern ment, to effect a settlement 01 tne strike of marine workers which has throttled shipping on the Pacific coast. Entrance of the state's chief execu tive Into the tangled situation came while both federal authorities and city officials here were working strenuously to reach a settlement in face of the growing clamor lor move ment of cargoes cluttering the sea ports. Federal activities were speeded ay the sudden departure from Washing ton by air of Assistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. McQrady, who 1 due here tomorrow. Leaders of the Joint marine strike committee an nounced plans to meet him at the airport. It was assumed here Mcarady, com... on his second visit because of tit. -i.rike, has sealed orders from Secrc-Liuy of Labor Frances Perkins, and la clothed with authority to act for the federal government; following confidential telegrams exchanged be tween President and Governor Mer riam. rue governor said flatly that if negotiations fall be would "take steps to lorco the Issue and open up state property 'on- the waterfront to 'the resumption of commerce." I mean it," he added. "This striice Isn't going to last all summer." PORTLAND. Ore., June 23. (AP) Ministers and laymen of the Ore gon annual conference of the Meth odist Episcopal church today issued a call I or parties in the longshore men's strike to recognize a federal arbitrator, and issued a statement as to the "inexcusablUty of violence" in the strike. The resolution stated, "The Metho dist Episcopal church has clearly de fined Its stand and conviction rela tive to industry and economic rela tionships in its faoclul creed of the church concerning the rights of labor to organize with representa tives of their own choosing. "We urge both parties in the long shore strike to rsepond to the request ot Miss Frances Perkins, national secretary of labor, to recognize a federal arbitrator for the satisfac tory settlement of the dispute. "We urge upon the government and both parties involved in the strike the inexcusablUty of violence. "We deplore as un-Chrlstlan the uso of force in the settlement of in dustrial disputes, and urge upon ail parties the exclusive :se of methods of peaceful persuasion ..." Methodists Deplore PORTLAND, Ore., June 23. (AP) Portland faced a gasoline and fuel oil drought late today after three major distributors" were declared "unfair" and prevented from deliv ering supplies by the striking sea men's union and striking longshore men. The General Petroleum com pany, whose two tankers ran the harbor blockaae to sail for C alitor -nit with non-union crews before dawn today; the Standard Oil com pany of California, and the Shell Oil company were originally declared "unlalr" by the local strike commit tee. The Shell firm was later stricken lrom the "unfair" list, Sorvlce stations in the city today wero rushed by motorists seeking gasoline supplies for Sunday driving. Some stations were reported to be turning away customers after their supplies had been exhausted. The strike committee agreed to re lease fuel oil for hospitals, but a number of apartment houses, office buildings and residences were left wltliuut heat. SEATTLE, June 33 (AP) An edict against any more interferons by longshoremen strike pickets with automobiles or trucks, either on the waterfront or elsewhere, was an nounced today by Mayor Charles L. Smith, in a new move to aid the 'breaking" of the strike here. E SAN FRANCISCO, June 23. (AP) OMOllne price, will be Increased two cents a gallon here Monday, oil companlei announced today. The new prices will be 21 cents for first grade choline, 19 cent, for necond grade land third grade, 17'j cent". The In I crease Is the second wlthm t month Youth Goes Berserk, Kidnaps Eugene To Wed Physician Winifred Coe Dix (above), former wife or Richard Dix. motion picture actor, will be married soon, It waa announced, to Dr. Harley J. Gunder son, Hollywood physician. (Associ ated Press Photo) The former Miss Coe Is well-known unions the younger married set or this city. through kin who formerly resided here. 1936 CONVENTION OF ACTIVE CLUB Grays Harbor Named For 1935 Meet By One Vote After Deadlock And Heated Contest. Losing the 1938 convention of Ae- .1... r.umtlnml hv Ana VOtft. fchS Medford delegation In attendance at the convention In Spokane was as sured that the 1038 session will be in this city. Grays Harbor will enter tain the Actlvlans nest year. Voting for the convention city be came quite heated, according to word received from the local delegates, who stated that the vote was still a dead lock after four hours or aeoace, ana two ballota. Attending from Medford axe Glen Pabrlck. Chester Hubbard, and Jonn Nledermeyer. SPOKANE. Wash., June 33. P) nrava Hnrhnr. Wash., a "dark horse ' In the race, today won the 1035 con vention of the International axuve club. rtrava Hnrhor was selected after a struggle that started yeeterday and caused a test vote between mraiorn. Ore., and Aberdeen. The votea show ed 27 delegates voting for each city. Three ballots were required before Grays Harbor won. with 27 votea to 27 for Medford. GEHLHAR'S TALK PORTLAND, Or., June S3. yp Vehement objection to classification of opponents of the new itate restau rant code as "saloon-type" operators by Max ochlhar. atate director of sg rlculture. waa expressed In a ' letter sent to Ochlhar today by the Oregon Retail Alcoholic Dispensers, Inc., and elgned by P. A. Sawyer, president 5f the organization. Addressed on the Inside to "Max (Adolph Hitler Oahlhar," the letter denied that Oregon haa saloon-type restaurants, "even though It may have an old-fashioned saloon bouncer type of agriculture director . . , ' Sawyer answered accusations msde against the opponents In a letter rri day. He denied that the group made "loss-leadera" of food In order to a tract beverage trade, that they were forcing other restaurants either to sell such beverages or close their doors or that the owner were "boore- mlnoed." A Plane for Sale SEATTLE, June 23. OPj The Ttit. child cabin seaplane once owned b7 Prank Dorbandt. famed Alaska file; will be sold at auction here next ( Wednesday: The plane was selrcd by j the government and forleltcd for vio- llatlon of the customs. FOR REBUKE TO 28 Roseburg Methodists Advise Portland Mini sters To Preach Faith, Not Politics --Washington ' Conference Doubts 'New Deal.' ROSEBURG, Ore.. June 23. (AP) Methodist church leaders of Rose burg tonight atood aquarely behind former Congressman W. C. Hawley, Oregon Methodist lay conference president, who called upon the clergy of 'the state to preach the gospel and; not busy themselves with , polls on socialism. "We congratulate you on your posi tion concerning the 28 ministers who have gone aoclallatlc," the: church lesders wired Hawley. i Let Methodism return to the faith of our fathers and we will need no poll on politics. We bellev; in nat ional defense, not for war, but to protect the honor of our flag. Every loyal American will support his gov ernment In the hour of danger, whether he be preacher or layman." VANCOUVER. Wash., June 23. IDI a nnwf at.at.iriff flhat -"the preaent governmental program does not merit the run enaoracmen. wi those who desire to build a social n,ri.r aftar th. nat.tam Of .thri ldealB of Jesus," was accepted here today by the Pacific Northwest Methodist conference, representing churches In Waahlngton and Idaho. The report, made by the social service committee, also atated "Since me motive back of the New ueai la the profit motive, we can be aure that once prosperity, even If It should be only relative prosperity for a fav mi fw in nnwer. haa been restored, all the aoclal legislation for shorter working days and minimum k will either be repealed or nuiuneu by Industry, . . . "It (the present governmental pro gram) has lent Its weight and au thority to preserve and protect vested Interests, but has failed to lend like protection to labor and consumers. It appears at best a rather futile and nltlful A'.temnt to prop up and preserve a system that has already broken down . . . "We recommend a rapid expansion nt anrlAl ownershln and democratic control of natural resources, exclus ive of agriculture and tne primary means of production and distribu tion." The renort also urged compulsory unemployment insurance, ratification of the child labor amendment and t.iia withholding of any relief funds from the army and navy. It Included pronouncements against war, com pany unions, and In favor of pro ducera and consumers cooperatives. The Rev. Fred L. Pederson, of Spokane, was elected secretary of the conference for 1035, to succeed the Rev. Robert Hartley of Llndln, Wash., who haa held the post for the past 2fi years. "A Sheep Hath Strayed" rjntjTT.ANn Ore.. June 23. (AP) A Methodist minister of Oregon who entered a dog In the Vancouver dog races won 1192 but lost his parch mente at thla session of the Oregon annual conference. Dr. J. C. Harri son, superintendent of the portiana district related. He did not identify the minister, nor did he reveal the names of two prominent Methodist laymen who m --mi-af jH a realim all their official positions In their local church because they were involved In aome way with the liquor trade. TEAM RUNS AWAY; P0RTLA1MS PORTLAND. Ore., June 23. fPi A Mi-a Kj.M.nf that .nillri hA7A berl commonplace 20 yeara ago today cost the life of Tom oreer, tro. A team of heavy draft horses Oreer had hitched to a light wagon became unmanagnble on a residential atreet, ran away and crashed the wagon agalnat a tree. Oreer died from his in juries a short time after the craeh. Hie Hater Filings SALEM. June 23. A"; Four lame applications for water permits for mining purposes in orant, too ann Douglas counties were received by the state engineer, he announced today. C. E. Strlcklln. added that these were among the largest requests receive.! in several months. BRIDE'S FATE IS t 4f Police of two continents continue to puih a relentleta aearch fol clues to the disappearance of Agnes Tufveraon, New York and Detroit lawyer, aa Ivan Poderjay (Inset), man of many amours who married Miss Tufverson last December, waa held In Vienna. (Aaaoclated Preti, Phatos) '" " ' . ' ' ' 29-30 FOR VACATION SALES Special Bargains To Be Of fered For Holiday Trips Tourist Literature To Be Made Available Plan County Campaign. A new Innovation wilt b Intro duced by the various merchants of the county, tt was announced 'oy W. F. Isnacs, chntrman of the retail merchants committee of the Jackson County chamber of commerce yes terday. It Is proposed to conduct vacation day sales on June 30th and 30th and every retail merchant In the city will participate. Not only will the (tale feature summer offerings, but spe cial bargains will be presented. It was reported by a number of retail merchants. The hardware stores will offer tennis and golf equipment as well as files for the fisherman. T o grocery stores will feature picnic hams r.nd canned goods wMch will appeal to those who enjoy picnics. Bathing suits, pajamas, sport clothes, sports shoes, wicker furni ture and hundreds of various types of merchandise will be offered at at tractive prices to care for the needs of every vacationist. The retail merchants will also dis play Medford literature In their stores In attractive racks supplied by the chamber of commerce for the benefit of the tourists In town, and It Is believed that many tourists will bo attracted by the splendid offer ings of the various stores during the two-day sale. Another feature of the sale will be an exchange of windows. Stores ad vertising golf clothes will also dls- (Continued on Page Ten) ILL, BUT BETTER SANTA .BARBARA, Csl., June 23. (VP) Reports that Marie Dressier, movie actress, is seriously HI and not expected to live were called exae"' ated today by her friends and physi cian. Dr. F. Jl. Muss urn said the veteran player "Is In no immediate danger." "flhe is much better than she wa s week ?o,' said Dr. MiiKtim. "There u no danger at this time." WORLD MYSTERY E OUT AFTER 'PORK' TO AIDCAMPAIGN Democrat Candidate Urges Administration To Hurry Work On Postoffices In His District Ere Election. SALEM, June 23. (IP) R. R. Tur ner, democratic nominee for congreas from the first district, todsy sent telegrams to James A. Parley, post master general, and to Henry Morgen thau, secretary of the treasury. In what he termed a "test of his strength with the democratic administration." Turnor urged lmmcdate appropria tion for the proposed postofflce build ings at Grants Pass, McMlnnvllle and Newberg, and further asked that work utart at once on the approved post offices at Marshfleld and Hlllsboro. Ills telegram follows: "Applications are now pending for construction of postofflce buildings at Orant Pass, McMlnnvllle and New berg, all of this congressional dis trict. On behalf of progressive new deal cltlnens of these fine Oregon communities t strongly urge that these applications be approved with out delay. Please wire If this can bo done. Also urge that work begin forth with on buildings at Hlllsboro and Marshfleld, appropriations for which were approved some time ago." WASHINGTON, June 23. fyp) Clarence Darrow's national recovery review board, whose two previous re ports had wordy repercussion In Hunh Johnson's office and on C-.pl to I Hill, will make iU third and final report sometime next week. This done, the board will disband and go home. Dsrrow said today the report was virtually completed, It will cover those! codes not commented upon In the other two reports. In addition. It 1 expected the report will Inform Presi dent Roosevelt what the board thinks in general about tto manner in which one of his major recovery plans has worked out with relation to little business. Two Counties far SALEM, June 23.Pr-raht and Columbia counties today remitted their second quarter taxes to the state treasurer. Orant paid $5,274, and Columbia 111,744. TO S.O.S. STORAGE Capacity Increased To Meet Growing Needs And Meet Contingencies Complet ed For Coming Season Use Mgr. Scherer Says. A large crew of men is now busily engaged In laying the foundations for the $65,000 addition to the pres ent Southern Oregon Sales, Inc. p re cooling and storage plant. The struc ture will be ready to receive fruit In less than thirty days. The entire plant will have a capacity of approximate ly 250,000 boxes of pears and apples, making this one of the leading, spe cialized fruit storage of the Pacific const. The methods of handling fruit In the new add 1 tlon , which avoid ro ll and ling fruit after preceding, will be Identical with the practice used in the present plant. According to Captain 8. M. Tut tie, manager of the storage, this has prov ed to be both an efficient and satis factory arrangement and has attract ed Interest from storage men as !ar away as Italy and the Argentine. Tuttle also states that the new plant will be of the same general construc tion aa the present facilities end will be added to the north end of the present building. ;i --- - Paul A. Scheror, - general manager of Southern Oregon Sales, Inc. e preesed hla appreciation of the faith and courage of the board of directors, in authorizing the new construction. "This demonstrates," he said, "that these grower-owners believe that with the continued cooperation of shippers from this district, and a reasonable control of shipments, as practiced last season, we may look forward to a aane and conservative prosperity for the fruit growers of southern Ore gon." "Consideration of construction for thla season." he continued, "resulted from an Inquiry from Alfred S. V. Carpenter, chairman of Jackson Coun ty Relief association, who canvassed this district for the purpose of de veloping any new construction which seemed warranted and required. Funds for the construction were mado available through the Spokane bank for Co-operatives under the Farm Credit association." Colonel Voorhles, president of Southern Oregon Sales, Inc., said, "this indicates that the government haa now recognized the needs of the growers in southern Oregon, not only Jor production needs but is also back ing a program of rendering available proper facilities; and at a low rate of Interest, In this connection It is Interesting to note that the bank for Co-operatives, recognizes the value of storage at point of origin." Scherer said that precoollng and storage facilities here have, during the past fow years, resulted in re duction of freight and refrigeration charges of an amount which has aver aged during the past two yean In excess of 17c per box. "It was only to availability of local precoollng and storsge service that we were able to develop the 720 load which Is now of' so much value to Medford ship pers," he stated. Construction will move forward with rapidity and, beginning the tat ter part of next week, two shifts wilt be employed on much of the work. These new facilities, coupled with the enlargements to other plants this year, will give the grower a position of greater security in event of any railroad or general strikes. It will add materially to the Medford pay roll. Louis B. Humphreys. Medford 1 the architect. Those handling the construction are: L. R. Oraves, cold storage engineer of Spokane and Oll bert V. Anderson, superintendent of construction from Portland, Ore. OSTEOPATH MEET PORTLAND, Ore., June 23 P Dr. Fred Richards, Forest Grove, to day was named president of the Ore gon Osteopathic association at the opening session of the 3rd annual convention here. Mrs. a. B. Holt, Pendleton, was elected president of the women s auxiliary. Other new officers of the associa tion include Dr. W. W. Howard, Med ford, trustee. Mrs. W. W. Howard, Medford. was named vice-president of the auxl lary. Woman WIFE AFTER WILDAUTO RIDE James Ward, Liquor Vio lator, Shoots At Ex-Prison Guard, Steals And Robs On Wild Afternoon Ram pageNow Incarcerated. EUGENE, June 23. (AP) James Ward, 26, Eugene, won in th emmtv Jail this evening facing ' possible charges of kidnaping, armed with a dangerous weapon and assault with Intent to kill, following toaIth quence of events Saturday afternoon '"'""'""lis m tne arrest of Ward, aiuur no naa xorced Mra. Walter Dlllard, wife of the Lan clerk, to drive his car from the scene u. onooung just east of Sprlni. Held. Ward waa arrested near rtaYtat hv a state policeman as he was at tempting apparently to continna hia escape by commandeorlng another vunlgCa win oe determined Mon day by the district attorney and meanwhile Ward waa being held tn the county bastlle. sirs. Diiiard was unharmed, though considerably upset by the hirnx.. experience of driving with an armed min av a nign rate of apeed over narrow country roads. Earlier In the afternoon she , had .agreed to "drive ' Ward out on the McKonzle river eaat of Springfield where Ward had work. She waa accomDaninri hv .r a nr.- dick when aha met Ward, who asked ner to drive him to hla place of employment. During the ride Ward became abusive In his conversation toward Warwick, who la a former prlaon guard at the Oregon peniten tiary and at Walla Walla, threaten ing him and calling him names. At the farm, Warwick got out and Ward dashed Into the house and oame out flourlahlng a revolver with which im Miroaienea Warwick. The enraged man followed Warwick along the road and auddonly fired at him from a distance of not more than 30 feet, missing him by a narrow margin. Warwick ducked and Ward, thinking he had killed tho man, leaped back Into the Dlllard car, forced Mra. Dlllard to move over at the point of his revolver and drove the machine off towards Jasper. People at the house telephoned police. Meanwhile, Ward drove the car to the store at Jasper and forced Mra. Dlllard at the point of the gun to enter the atore. He asked her for aome money. She gave him a dollsr with which he made aome purchaaes. While In the atore Mra. Dlllard, who had other valuables In her purse, gavo them to the clork. When he had finished making hla purchaaes. Ward, Mn. Dlllard, and the clerk went out to tho car. Ward asked for aome matches. The clerk told him (Continued on Page Five; BASEBALL SACHAMHNTO, June 33. (P) R. H. B. Hollywood 6 13 1 Sacramento 3 7 1 Sullivan and Bassler; Salvo, Vine!, Home and Mayer. Will- ROGER? 'says: HOLLYWOOD, Oil., June 22 Yale gave President Hoose vclt a degree but they made him make a speech for it. De grees arc jettiiiR higher priced. That's the most anybody has givon for one in years. The president kinder held up for his brain trust. He said he would take brains any time in preference to politics. He just as good as admitted you couldn't get both in the same body. He paid a very high compli ment to congress and ho should. They had just adjourned the day before. Uil HtMiatat tra, ,t, baa
