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"Crime Doctor" Opens at Rialto
'Carolina' at Roxy
At Studio Today
HURLEY DEMANDS PROOF OF G. O. P. 'CONSPIRACY'
MEDFORD MAIL TRIBUTE, JIEDFORD, OREGON, STOTDAY, JUNE 24, 1934
Patrick J, Hurley (right), secretary of war In the Hoover administration, demanded In Washington
that a senate committee require A. V, Dalrymple, former prohibition director and now a special assistant
to the attorney general, to prove his story of a "consp!racy"to keep republicans In the prohibition service
"or convict him of criminal libel." Left to right at the hearing: Senator McKellar of Tennessee, Dalrym
ple, Senator Bulow of South Dakota and Hurley. (Associated Press Photo
WASHINGTON, Juno 23. (AP)
Members of the house committee ln
Testlgatlng war department pur
chases said today they expected Pat
rick J. Hurley and other former de
partment officials to testify before
the Inquiry Is over.
Committeemen eald there was noth
ing to Indicate any blame attached
to Hurley, former secretary of war,
but that hie knowledge of the gen
eral situation while he was secretary
would be valuable.
Several former assistant secretaries
The army chief of staff. General
Douglas MacArthur, was before the
house military affairs subcommittee
today.
Committeemen sought his reaction
to charges that the law directing
Third Major Offensive Har
vests 2000 Dead Just
Like Old Times In Great
War, And Same Tactics.
might be called. The present assist- competitive bidding In airplane pur-
and secretary of war, Harry H. Wood.
ring, already has testified.
chases had been
I lated.
consistently vlo-
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WASHINGTON, June 28. (AP)
Attorney General Cummlngs today
offered a reward of 10,000 for the
capture of John Dllllnger. the des
perado, and $5,000 for his fellow
gangster, Lester M. GUlia, allaa
George "Baby Face" Nelson.
He also announced $5,000 would be
paid for Information leading to Dil
Unger'a arrest and $2,600 for similar
Information about Gillie.
Posting of the rewards followed a
conference of Justice department of
ficials at which plans were made for
beginning a comprehensive campaign
against crimes of violence that fell
under federal statutes.
In this they will be aided by a
number of laws passed at the last
session of congress.
FIX LDMBERRATE
10 CURB EVASION
WASHINGTON, June 28. (fl1) To
eliminate possible evasions . of the
NRA minimum prices on bids for
lumber to be shipped to the Panama
canal zone, the lumber code author,
ty today set a freight rate of $8 i
thousand feet from the west coast
division to the canal.
To this rate, which will become ef
fective June 28, the authority ruled,
will be added other delivery costs as
provided in previous orders on mini
mum prices for Douglas fir and west
coast hemlock.
DEBT TALKS BID
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'ESCAPES AFTER
WILD AUTO RIDE
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where to find them In the store.
While Ward was in the store, Mrs.
DIUard made her escape.
A farmer told the police that Ward
was hiding In a barn. Officers search
ed several buildings but found no
trace of Ward.
One of the officers looked up the
highway and saw Ward trying to
break Into another car.
Just as Ward had opened the car,
by breaking one of the door handles,
and as he was searching through
Mrs. Abell's purse, the officer order
ed him to halt. Ward started to put
up his hands, then he suddenly
reached for his gun. The policeman
hit Ward over the head with a flash
light, then forced him to surrender
and forced him Into the car and
brought him on Into Eugene.
Officers tracing the DIUard ma
chine, said tracks showed that the
car had been driven wildly, careen
ing from one side to the other. They
wore at a loss to account for Ward's
sudden actions, but pointed out that
he had been arrested frequently on
various liquor charges in the past
here.
MINNESOTA CI
MINNEAPOLIS. June 23. (AP)
Charging that men employed on fed
eral public work projects "have been
forced to contribute to the farm
labor association." republican lead
ers today requested Secretary L.
Ickes, public works administrator, to
Investigate the handling of federal
funds in Minnesota.
Ward P. Senn, chairman of the
Hennepin county (Minneapolis) Re
publican committee, demanded that
Governor, Floyd B. Olson, farmer la
bor, submit to the taxpayers of Min
nesota " a detailed statement" cov
ering the expenditure of approxi
mately $24,000,000 In federal funds
which, G. O. P. leaders claim, passed
through the governor's hands.
BUENOS AIRES, June 23. yp) Bo
livian dispatches from the Chaco war
front tonight claimed 2,000 Paraguay
ans had been killed or wounded In
an unsuccessful attack on Port Balll
van, backbone of the Bolivian de
fenses.
Wholesale slaughter of men under
a withering artillery barrage on I
front only half a mile long was re
ported In the advices from La Paz,
which asserted Bolivian casualties
totaled only 61 dead and 170 wound
ed.
The Paraguayan command did not
put out a definite estimate of cas
ualties and was silent beyond claim
ing that withering machine gun fire
had caused irreparable losses to Bo
livian forces.
Advices indicated the Paraguayan
army had been unsuccessful, however.
in its third malor offensive since
March against the Bolivian strong
hold.
Bolivian sources said a complete
Paraguayan division, led by Colonel
Brlzuella had smashed through a Bo
livian defensive line only to run Into
artillery trap.
Canon of large and amau caUDre as
well as mortars were used by the Bo
livian defenders to blast the Para
guayan attackers, stalled In their at
tempt to encircle the fort behind
Condado in the Polcomayo sector.
Military tactics were brought Into
olav by the Paraguayan comma na
reminiscent of World war days In
Europe.
PIONEER SPREE
CAMAS, Wash., June 23. (P) Some
12,000 Oregon and Washington resi
dents today were present at the third
and climatic days of Camas' wild
spree. Feature of the day was a mile
long parade with prairie schooners,
stage coaches and other remnants of
the old west In prominent positions.
A rodeo, whisker contest and a
dance were Included In the day's pro
gram. The celebatlon will close Sun
BERLIN, June 23. (AP) Dis
tinctly encouraged by the British in
vitation to talk over the problem of
i foreign debts, German government
officials, led by Chancellor Hitler
himself, devoted their attention to
day to a series of conferences on the
problem.
The chancellor was understood to
be taking an active part In the de
liberations, and it was evident that
eventually Germany will accept the
British proposal, after a policy has
been decided upon and negotiations
named.
The British Invitation, coming In
the midst of threats to collect inter
est on the Dawes and Young loans
by impounding a distinct victory for
Dr. HJnlmar Schacht, president of
the Relchsbank.
CARLTON, Ore., June 23. (AP)
Mrs, Dotsey Hurner, 38, was found
In a few Inches of water SO feet be
low a bridge between here and La
Fayette late today, with her back
broken, apparently In a Jump from
the bridge In the dark. A six-pound
sledge hammer and a macklnaw with
the sleeves pinned behind the back
were found near her. She was taken
to a McMlnnvllle hospital. j
Mrs. Hurner had been despondent I
because of a separation from her
husband, officers said.
Jury Disagrees Again
PORTLAND, Ore., June 23. (P)
The second trial of Mrs. Hazel Mall
ton, 37, charged with the first de
gree murder for shooting her es
tranged husband, ended today when
vthe Jury disagreed and was discharged.
MEDFORD EAGLES
WIN MIXED DRILL
MARSHPIBLD, Ore., June 23.
f AP) On competitive drills of the
Eagles convention the Portland team
took first honors, with Salem sec
ond. Medford's mixed drill team took
first place. and the Pendleton
women's team wss declared a winner,
with Cottage Grove second.
The Cottage Grove aerie took first
in class A ritualistic work with a
drill team, and Klamath Falls took
first place In Clasa B.
SEES BLOODSHED
WEIRTON, W. Va., June 33. )
Accusing the welrton Steel company
of maintaining a "reign of terror"
among its employes to prevent their
Joining a union, William J. Long,
outspoken "young guard" leader of
the steel workers organization tonight
predicted a new and sanguinary strike
as imminent "unless the government
acta." '
"The Homestead steel strike In 1883.
when about ten were killed and scores
were hurt will look like a playground
affair to what will happen here if
the government doesn't atop this,"
Long asserted.
"The Fleet's In"
NORFOLK, Va., June 23. VP) Af.
ter en sbsence of more then two
years the scouting force came back to
Virginia waters today and received a
welcome from state and city ornciais,
Oil Field Tragedy
KILGOrtE, Texas, June 33. (API-
Two men were dead and ten Injured
as a result of flames which swept
the Southport Petroleum company
refinery here today, after explosions
Damage was estimated by the owners
at more than $100,000.
SHIPS ARE TIED UP IN HARBOR IN DOCK STRIKE
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More than 60 cargo vessels wars laid up In San Francisco bay due to the longshoremen's strlks which
has affected all ports between Canada ind Mexico on the Pacific coast. A section of the 8an Francisco
waterfront Is shown with Ships it plr and anchored In ths stream to lavs wharfage charges. (Asioel
ted Press Photo)
SACRAMENTO, Cal., June 23.-
(AP) A warrant for the arrest of
Mrs. Virginia McKenzle charging at
tempt to murder waa telegraphed to
day by District Attorney neu mc
Alllster to Portland, Ore. McAllis
ter accused Mrs. McKenale with an
attempt to poison Mrs. Georgia Mo.
Kenzle, her two children ana Mrs.
G. A. Mosher, her mother, with chew
Inn num.
Mrs. Virginia McKenzle la the wire
of R. B. McKenzle, a former Sacra
mento contractor, and Mra. Georgia
McKenzle la the divorced wife of Mc.
Kenzle.
Three weeka ago four aampleatlcka
of gum were found on the porch of
Mra. Georgia McKenzle'a home nere,
Examination, authorities saia,
vealed sufficient poison In the gum
to have killed a dozen persons.
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Scorning the beaten paths of de
tective stories, and unfolding In a
novel and daring manner, "The
Crime Doctor," with Otto Kruger,
Karen Morley and Nils Asther feat
ured, plays today and Monday at the
Rialto theatre.
Kruger is shown as a noted crim
inologist whose wife's love for an
other man turns him away from the
side of the law, and plots a diaboli
cal scheme for a murder, with the
lover pointed to as the guilty person
through a fine web of circumstantial
evidence. As each damning fact Is
piled on the next one, .tightening
the net of evidence against the Inno
cent man, the suspense mounts, to
culminate in a powerful climax.
WASHINGTON, June 33. (AP) A
dictatorship over the nation's entire
industrial man power and Industries
In war time and the elimination of
all profit from war through stringent
federal control were advocatr today
by Bernard M. Baruch, International
financier and chairman of the war
Industries board during the World
war.
In an address before the army In
dustrial college, Baruch pictured the
World war and its destructive eco
nomic aftermath as a horrible object
lesson. He advocated complete nat
ional control of all industry in the
event of another war.
Baruch said virtual conscription of
the nation's resources as well as Its
citizenship was vitally essential to
win a war and to prevent a repetition
of the "prostrating economic and soc
ial aftermath of the war."
"Today we are suffering from the
economic, social and moral aftermath
of the war," Baruch said. "We try
to pay for It and get rid of It, but,
after 16 years, we are Just seeing
our way out. It is our purpose and
our duty to see that It does not hap
pen again.
"Society demands the elimination
of profiteering and above all the
profit Incentives of war," he contin
ued, arguing that all Industry during
wnrtlmo should be sharply limited
to a bore margin above actual man
ufacturing costs.
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ETL PASO, Ter., June 23. (AP)
Mra. Sibyl Fldanque, 39, of San Jose,
Calif., who told El Paso officers when
located yesterday at a hotel here that
she was kidnaped from her San Jose
home June 10, waa released from the
county Jail here at 10 p. m. tonight,
She left with her son, Jack, 10,
who arrived today. He said they
would drive around El Paso for the
remainder of the evening and It was
understood they would board a train
for Los Angeles shortly before mid
night.
Jack Fldanque, 19, the woman's
son, who arrived here this afternoon,
asked 8heriff Pox to permit him to
return his mother to their home to
night, but definite permission was
refused. She was found htre yester
day at a hotel, where she had regis
tered last Wednesday night.
To Btmch Vacancy
OLYMPIA, June 23. (AP) Tim
othy A. Paul, Walla Walla attorney
and a member of the state advisory
commission on liquor control, was
chosen by Governor Clarence D. Mar
tin today to ill the vacancy created
on the Walla Walla county superior
court bench by the death of Judge
John O. Shnrpsteln earlier in the
week.
With a star-studded cast, headed
by such stellar performers as Janet
Gaynor, Lionel Barrvmore, Henrietta
Crosman and Robert Young, opens
at the Roxy theater today.
Laid against a Southern back
ground of far-reaching tobacco plan
tations, the story centers about a
decadent southern family striving to
regain Its former glory. The son of
the. family falls in love with a poor
daughter of the north who has come
to raise tobacco on a portion of the
land. Although his mother and uncle
object to the girl, the young man
Is impressed by her talk, which stirs
him to ways and means of rebuild
ing the plantation. How the young
girl breaks down the icy dignity of
ths aristocratic family and brings
prosperity and happiness to the old
southern plantation Is heralded
being one of the most vivid dramatic
plcturl nation ever to he screened.
9 NEGROES KILLED
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Ramon Novarro and Jeanette Mao
Donald, two of the scroen's foremost
romantic singing stars, are united
at the Studio theatre today in one
of the really memorable photoplays
of the year.
It Is "The Cat and tha Piddle,"
which, as you probably surmise, has
nothing whatever to do with cata
and very little with fiddles. It is
high romance flavored with heart
drama and spiced with some of tha
most glorious musto of recent years.
"The Cat and the Piddle" embodies
such glorious harmony that, when
Ramon and Jeanette sing It, it will
linger in memory for many a day.
of March field, army air base near
here, will leave tomorrow for Wright
field, Dayton, Ohio, preparatory to
taking over eommand of the army'a
announced flight from Washington,
to Nome, Alaska. He will board a
commercial air liner at Los Angeles
field.
OATAWBA, N. C June 23.
An Investigation was begun today Into
the collision of two trucks nesr here
last night which killed nine negroes
and Injured 28 others, some of whom
are not expected to recover.
The negroes, all In one truck, were
enrouto to Mooresville, near here, to
attend a celebration. The crash oc
curred on a sharp curve. The other
truck driven by Ed Allred of Mount
Airy, was carrying a consignment of
rayon.
Neither Allred nor O. H. Setzer, of
Newton, drlvor of the truck which was
transporting the negroes, was Injur
ed. The two drivers, both white men,
were held under bonds of $3,500 each
pending investigation.
Ilrafls Nome Flight
RIVERSIDE, Cal., June 23.- (AP)
Lieut. Col. H. H. Arnold, commander
Attention I.O.O.F.
Charles P. Poole, grand master, will
make his official visit to our lodge
Tuesday evening, June 20. ne will
he accompanied by Brig. Oen. John
Oliver, department commander P. M.
All members and visiting members
requested to be present. Refresh
ments. A. M. CLARK, Noble Grand.
"The Madrona Dairy's pure, raw
milk Is a tempting treat for ev
eryone In the family. Children and
adulta alike enjoy thta milk be
cause It has the Full Flavor of
natural milk. It's good for them,
too extremely low in bacteria
count high In bntterfat content
and full of healthful vitamins."
snya Billy Break O'Day
MADRONA DAIRY
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BY EXILED BYRD
LITTLE AMERICA, Antarctica,
June 23. (AP) Read Admiral Rich
ard E. Byrd has described by wire
less a narrow escape from carbon
monoxide poisoning on June 17 . In
his solitary base, 123 miles south of
here.
Carbon monoxide from his kero
sene stove and lights and from the
engines which he uses In connection
with scientific work ere major haa
arda of the admiral's "farthest south"
position. t
His report of the spresd of rums
on June 17 explained why he broke
off a wireless conversation shortly
that day.
"I felt rocky." he reported, "and
decided It would not be wise to con
tinue operating the amall engine
mounted on a ahelf In one of the
tunnels leading from the shack."
The door of the tunnel had boen
left open and the poisonous fumes
were penetrating the shsck. '
Salvationists Meet
BOISE, Idaho, June 23. (AP)
With three high offlclala of ths Sal
vation Army present, 100 young men
and women membera of the organi
sation from La Grands and Baker,
Ore., and Boise. Twin Falls, Pocatello
and Idaho Falla, gathered here to
night for a division conference which
wilt close tomorrow.
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