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FOB 1934
Twenty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 28, 1934.
No. 84.
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By PAUL MAI.LON
(Copvrlght, 1934, by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON, D. C, June 28. A
business man walked Into the NRA.
"1 manufacture diapers." he eaid.
"What code do I
come under?"
He was sent to
the cotton tex
tile division. The
people In that of
fice were sure
that diapers did
not come under
their Jurisdic
tion. They refer
red him to the
llght-aewlng divi
sion. The llght-sew-
lng administrator
Paul 61allon
looked Into the matter and held that
diapers constituted wearing apparel.
He shunted the manufacturer off to
the apparel office. There the lawyers
went Into a huddle and disagreed
violently. After much argument they
were unable to pin the diaper prob
lem down. It was referred to the
official NBA policy board for deter
mination. The board now has the
matter under advisement.
It only goes to show the trouble
you get Into when you start fooling
with fundamentals.
If that atory la not enough to con
vince you of the Inner difficulties of
NRA, consider what happened at a
recent hearing by the dress code au
thority. ,
The head of the authority was try
ing to prove that cotton wash dresses
belong under the dress code ' Instead
of the cotton garment code. He pro
duced two young women, one clad In
a cotton dress made under the cot
ton garment code, and another wear
ing a house dress made under the
dress code. He explained the differ
ences between the two types.
. Then he brought on a flock of
young ladles and asked the audience
to Judge which onea wore house
dresses and which wore cotton wash
dresses. As the girls walked across
the platform the audience shouted Its
guesses.
The guesses were about half and
half. The code authority turned to
the audience and said:
"Gentlemen, you have proved my
point eloquently. None of these
dresses was a wash dress. All were
house dresses."
He did not know It, but he also
proved that the NRA la reducing It
self very near to absurdities In try
ing to make different specific de
tailed regulations for every manu
facturer of diapers, dresses or dough
nuts. Don't look surprised If that prom
ised wedding of a most prominent
Republican widow and a former Re
publican' party official takes place
suddenly.
The inner lorgnette circle can de
tect the first faint prospective tin
kle of the bells. That is because the
gentleman In the case recently pur
chased an estate In nearby Maryland.
He la furnishing It with paintings
and works of art which cannot be
Intended for his own enjoyment
alone. It is unlikely that the news
about the wedding will come out
until It Is over.
President Roosevelt seems to fol
low the old poker rules In most of
his International dealings: "Play a
strong hand weakly and a weak hand
atrongly."
He had a very weak hand when he
msde that strong threat of trade re
taliation against Germany recently.
You can be sure there will be no
trade retaliation.
The reason la that we have a fa
verable balance of trade with Ger
many. Retaliation would hurt ui.
Last year we sold the nazls 62.000,
000 more of goods than they sold
us. Normally we sell her from 200
to 300 millions more.
We could refuse to sell them goods
and It might help to drive Germany
In the ditch. But It would cost us
upwards of sixty millions a year to
do It.
There are some deep-dyed slteptlcs
who will contend that the extraordi
narily cordial attention given the vis
iting president-elect of Colombia had
certain material aspect.
Mr. Roosevelt din go to unusual
lengths to be friendly with Colombia
and Ita president-elect. State Secre
tary Hull went to the station In per
son to meet the visitors. There were
pictures and statement carrying ex
tra cordiality and friendship. Also.
Mr. Roosevelt Intends to return the
visit In person on his Hawaiian
cruise. It is the only such visit he
will make.
Tou will recall that we made out
first reciprocal trade treaty with Co
lombia and that the treaty now la
pending In the Colombian senate.
Those who know their Colombian pol
ttlca say that the Colombian senators
are somewhat like ours chronically
uncertain. They might hold up their
treaty to see what kind of a trade
bargain their neighbora got with us.
A eroup of Junior executives In the
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GHASTLY DISASTER
WIPES OUT PLANT
IN OLYMPIA AREA
Seven Survivors in Hospital
Fire Follows Explosion
Witness Thought That
Earthquake Had Occurred
OLTMPIA, Wash., June 28 (AP)
Literally hurled to the sky In the
explosion of a powder plant which
left a scene of warlike devastation
and rocked and resounded over the
countryside for miles, 10 persons were
dead today, victims of a ghastly dis
aster. One of them was & woman.
An Investigation of the causes of
the fire and blasts will be under
taken Immediately, Smith Troy, dep
uty Thurston county prosecutor, said
today.
"It will" be difficult to determine
the causes," Troy said. "No story can
be told out of the scene of the dis
aster. It was all obliterated. About
all we can do is to question the sur
vivors." Fire Follows
The perils of a fire following the
terrific blast, which occurred late
yesterday afternoon on Hawks Prairie,
j eight miles northeast of here, handl
j capped parties searching for the . in
jured. Seven survivors, three of them
badly injured, were In a hospital here
today.
The dead:
Ones Carpenter, 55, married and
the father of seven children.
Mrs. Hazel Eppley, 37,
H. J. Denn, 67, father of the planf
owner, who was out of town. .
Alvin Smith, 83, married.
Andrew Hayden, married.
J. O. Adams, married and the fath
er of one son.
John Clausen, 34, unmarried.
Clarence E. Ulery, married and
father of seven children.
Mrs. Pearl Ulery, his wife.
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FOR BARTLETTS BY
Representatives of California pack
ing concerns are now In the valley,
in the market for the 1034 crop of
Bartletts, Aides of the Del Monte
Packing company, Oregon division,
and the Bodle Packing company of
San Francisco are now here contact
ing growcra. C. C. Darby, local Del
Monte representative, and County
Horticulturist Lyle P. Wilcox both
said they had heard of no sales. Darby
said the price offered was $30 per
ton for 23i size Bartletts.
Horticulturist Wilcox ssid that his
Information from California districts
shows the price In the Uklah dlatrlct
for 2i sizes waa (35 per ton and In
the Sacramento district, (30 per .ton.
Wilcox said he had not heard of any
local pricea quoted. California Bart
lett prices In the past have been
largely used aa the basis for local pur
chases, Orchardlsts and packera said today
that other Bartlett buyers were ached,
.uled to enter the local field, but had
no Idea when they were coming.
Wilcox today made preparations to
set up his testing equipment, with the
expectation thst he would start using
1". the first week of July.
Picking and packing of the Bartlett
Is scheduled to start between July 16
nd 20, about three weeks to a month
earlier than last year.
AUSTRIA IS SHAKEN BY
WIDESPREAD BOMBINGS
By Wade Werner
Associated Press Foreign stiff.
VIENNA, June 28. (AP) Wide
spread bombing outrages broke out In
Austria today one of which waa said
possibly to have been directed at
Louis Barthou. French foreign minis
ter. The main line of a railroad near
Bludenc was shattered by a bomb.
Trains were delayed for seversl hours,
but one bearing Barthou to Paris
mli-erd the explosion.
Widespread property damage ac
companied the disorders, on the
1 twentieth anniversary of the assassl
j nation of Archduke ' Perdlnand at
Sarajevo. Bosnia.
A police captain ( led of Injuries re
amed In a polltlal clefh at Graz.
(Ralls were blown up at Judenberg,
Strikers
BILL TO CONTROL
Measure Gives Secretary of
Interior Power Over 80,
000,000 Acres of Public
Domain Orderly Use Aim
WASHINGTON, June 28. (AP)
President Roosevelt today signed the
Taylor bill to give the secretary of
Interior control over the public do
main in an effort to conserve graz
ing lands. a
The measure, which creates graz
ing districts within an aggregate
area of 80,000,000 acres, was approved
by the president after a careful study
of its constitutionality.
In signing the bill, Mr. Roosevelt
issued the following statement:
"The passage of this act marks the
culmination of years of efforts to
obtain from congress express author
ity for federal regulation of grazing
on the public domain In the inter
est of national conservation and of
the livestock industry.
"It authorizes the secretary of the
Interior to provide for the protec
tion, orderly use and regulations of
the public ranges, and to create graz
ing districts with an aggregate area
of not more than 80,000,000 acres.
"It confers broad powers on the
secretary of the Interior to do all
things necessary , for the preserva
tion of these ranges " Including,
amongst other powers, the right-to
specify from time to time the num
ber of livestock which may graze
within such districts and the season
when they shall be permitted to do
so.
"The authority to exercise these
powers Is carefully safeguarded against
Impairment by state or local action"
STOCK SELLERS
T
SEATTLE, Wash., June 28. (AP)
The government's case against eight
defendants accused of mall fraud In
connection with the sale of stock In
the Western States Oold Properties
corporation at Oold Hill, Ore., was
begun today with witnesses who pur
chased stock slated to be called.
An Indictment was returned In
January against Maxwell Gates and
members of his Seattle brokerage
firm. The government, through J.
Charles Dennis, district attorney, as
serted stock was sold In the corpo
ration while the property was held
only by a ftlOOO option and that in
vestors lost more than 141,000, none
of which wss used to develop the
mine.
Others Indicted were Henry L. Le
vlne. Robe; ; M. Brown, J. L. Hodge,
Mandel Mlchaelson, Benjamin Hendl
son, Sigmund Adelmsn and Benja
min Ros.
WIFE JUSTIFIED IN
SLAYING OF HUSBAND
CALDWELL. Idaho. June 38. (IP)
Mrs. Julia Martinet, 38-year-old Mex
ican woman, today waa free of mur
der chargea in connection with the
shooting, laat April 30. of her hus
band. Tony Martlnee. The woman waa
acquitted by a district- court Jury
last night.
The defendant did not deny the
killing but asserted she did It aa an
act of Juatlflable homicide.
In Styria, and telephone cables were
dynamited at various points In that
province.
A power plant at Meuhlau, near
Innsbruck, waa disabled.
The bombing outrages followed t,
clash at Oraa between Austrian
troops and members of the fascist
helmwehr Ihome guard) In which a
number of the latter were Injured.
Not only did the soldiers beat the
helmwehrmen. theoretically the main
stay of the Dollfuss government, but
they tore down pictures of Prince
Ernest von Starhemberg, vice chan
cellor and a powerful government
figure.
Deep political significance was at
tached to the outbreak. During the
iclarh some bjstandert shouted "Hell
Hitler."
Give First Sign
Housing Bill Signed by F.R.;
Building Costs Cut 10 Per Ct.
OLD
10 BE FINANCED
WASHINGTON, June 28. (AP)
President Roosevelt today signed into
law the housing bill Intended to aid
In reviving Industry by Increasing
home construction and repair.
The legislation is calculated to
make available several hundred mil
lion for new homes and moderniza
tion through government Insurance
of private loans.
The president prepared to set up
Immediately the machinery to put
the housing program into operation.
He la counting upon this step to aid
employment aa well as to improve
living conditions.
Wearing the end of the stack of
bills passed In the closing days of
congress, Mr. Roosevelt still reserved
decision on the farm mortgage mora
torium, the railway pension and the
Taylor grazing measures.
He had these on his desk today
but waa reserving a good portion of
the day for the preparation of hi
talk to the nation over the air to
pight. He did not expect to write
and. finish this report to the people
until late in ihe day.
Three major moves already have
been made in the broad plan to aid
home owners:
The interstate commerce commis
sion has been given power to reduce
railroad rates on shipments of build
ing materials.
The construction Industry has tak
en steps to reduce material costs by
10 to IS per cent.
Negotiations have been started with
construction labor to reduce wages.
It will be 30 days, officials said,
for the lagging construction Indus
try to show any substantial improve
ment. But banks were reported to
have Increased their lending activi
ties In anticipation of the right to
insure loans.
When everything Is ready, the plan
will work about like this:
A man has a $10,000 home. He Is
good credit, and a bank holds an
98000 mortgage agalst that home.
Because of uncertain conditions, how
ever, the bank Is not sure that the
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ST. GEORGE LINKS
SANDWICH, Eng., June 28. (AP)
Continuing his record-smashing
pace, Henry Cotton, British pro, shot
the Royal St. Georges course today
In 66 eeven under par for a 36
hole aggregate of 132 and an 11 -stroke
lead over Denny Shute, the defending
champion. In the second round of the
British open golf championship. Cot
ton carded a 67 yesterday.
Shute, with a 72 today for a two
round total of 143, was tied for sec
ond place with Joe Kirk wood, the
Australian holder of the Canadian
open, who posted a second-round
sub-par 69. Shute had a 71 yesterday
and Kirk wood 74.
REDS CENTER EFFORTS
IN CALIFORNIA. CLAIM
8AN( FRANCISCO, June 28. (IP)
The Associated Farmera of California
and Albert Hogsrdy, local communist
official, were agreed today that Cali
fornia has been selected by the com
munist party aa a focal point for a
world-wide revolutionary movement
aimed to overthrow existing govern
ment. "California has been selected as the
focal point by communist leaders."
said 8. Parker Prlaselle of Fresno,
head of the newly formed Associated
Farmers, Inc.. "because of the vulner
ability of Its perishable crops."
SALEM, June 28. tPt A proposed
marketing agreement and code for
the Oregon baking Industry was dis
cussed here yesterday by about 200
members of the Industry In the state,
meeting with Mai Oehlhar, state di
rector of agriculture. No definite
agreement was reached.
The agreement waa to be submitted
to Oehlhar when completed.
Gangster's Wife Convicted
Of Aiding Officers Murder
Norma Mlllen, 10, shown with an officer outside the Tied ham, Mass.,
court house, where she was convlcterri early today of being an accessory
In robbery and murder. Her husband, Murton Mlllen, whs lender of a trio
which held up the N'eedhum Trust company and killed two policemen last
February,
D ED HAM, Mass., June 28. (AP)
Norma Mlllen, daughter of a former
minister and mate of a machine
gunner, was convicted today of be
ing an accessory after the fact of rob
bery and murder.
Her trial, which lasted six days,!
ended shortly after midnight wlth
conviction on three Indictments a
clean sweep for the state In Its pros-
ecutlon of one of the most audacious j
crimes In Its history.
Norma's husband, Murton Mlllen,
leader of the trio, his brother, Irving,
and Abraham Faber. all were con
victed recently of murder.
Their convictions arose from the I
BASEBALL
American.
PHILADELPHIA, June 28. (AP)
The Philadelphia Athletics, aided by
Bob Johnson's 23rd home run of the
season and Jlmmle Foxx's 21st, today
defeated the Boston Red Sox, 7 to 1,
behind the five-hit pitching of Bill
Dietrich.
The score: R. H. E.
Boston 18 3
Philadelphia 7 11 1
Batteries: Welsh, Pennock, Mulli
gan and R. Ferrell; Dietrich and
Berry. e
R. H E.
New York .......-.......... 4 8 0
Washington - 0 8 1
Ruffing and Dickey; Weaver, McColl
and Phillips.
R. H. E,
Chicago
I 14 1
Detroit . 8 13 1
(Ten Innings),
Jones, Hevlng, Earnshaw, Lyons,
and Madjeskl; Marberry, Rowe, Ham
lin, Auker, and Cochrane.
MOE AND WARD FIGHT
FOR SEMI-FINAL SPOT
SPOKANE COUNTRY CLUB, Spo
kane, Wash., June 28. (AP) Spo
kane had all but clinched the semi
final match which Don Moe, Portland,
and Bud Ward, Olympia, were out
In front for the places In the other
battle tomorrow as the eight -competitors
In the Pacific northwest
amateur golf tournament reached the
half-wa; point In their 36-hole con
test today.
JACKSON COUNTY TAX
REMITTANCE $22,810
8ALEM, Ore., June 28. (AP) The
state treasurer's office today received
a remittance of 228I0.3. from Jack
son county in payment of Its third
quarter 1031 state taxes,
of Accepting Peace Plan
robbery of the Needham Trust com
pany In which two policemen fell
mortally wounded In the snow on a
frosty February day.
The verdict seemed to unleash a
torrent of emotion, t Groans swept
across the court house, Interspersed
with sounds of approval.
Norma,- standing erect, stared
straight ahead. It seemed that she
had exhausted her capacity for dis
may; that the past four months of
Incarceration culminated by her gru
eling had drained her completely of
emotion. She will come again before
the bar next fall, to hear the sen
tence. NEARINGJTHE END
SANTA BARBARA, Calif., June 28
(AP) A special nurse was In con
stant attendance on Marie Dressier,
60-year-old actress, whose prolonged
Illness had reached a critical stage to.
day.
"The outcome Is dubious," said Dr.
P. R. Nusum. But he promptly quali
fied his statement by saying "It la
not anticipated that she will pass on
Immediately,"
The actress, who came to an estate
here for a rest a few weeks ago, Is
suffering from various complications
Including ailment afflicting the kid
neys and heart. In the last few days
her condition has taken a sharp
change for the worse, attendants said
At her Hollywood studio It was dis
closed that Miss Dressier' health has
been falling for about two years and
in hir latest pictures she has been
able to work but a few hours dally.
DILLINGER DEAD CLAIMS
MAN CAPTURED AS HOST
BT .PAUL, June 28. (AP) John
Dllllnger, long hunted outlaw, la dead,
Albert "Pat" Rellly, held on charges
of harboring the fugitive here this
spring, told federal Investigators to
day. Rellly told questioners that Tommy
Carroll, during a conversation In
Minneapolis with the former baseball
club mascot before Carroll was slain
at Waterloo, Iowa, June 7, had con
'led to him the desperado was dead
The statement regarding Dllllngcr'e
death came during the questioning
IMMEDIATE SURGE
OF CONSTRUCTION
EXPECTED RESULT
WASHINGTON, June 98. (AP)
A ten per cent reduction In the price
on lumber and building material waa
ordered today by the National Retail
Lumber Dealers association to aid the
administration's housing program,
The ten per cent reduction In
housing material will apply to the
20,000 members of the association.
Spencer D. Baldwin, the president
said In a statement.
Baldwin estimated the reduction
will mean a aavlng of at least $60,
000,000 to home owners who repair
and build new homes In the next 12
months.
He said he expected a "revival of
business by fall
"The executives of the national re
tall lumber dealers assoclatlqn." he
said, "expect an Immediate and sen
sational surge of building as asoon aa
the machlnsry of administering the
housing act gets In operation. They
are already marshalling their field
forces to take advantage of the revi
val without a day's delay.
"Dodge report! havo repeatedly de
clared that there are a million and a
half potential builders of homes
ranging from 13000 to S7000 each,
Estimates of the labor bureau have
the number at close to 2,000,000.
"The research department of the
association expects the first revival
of building to register Itself In jobs
of repairing and remodeling Joba
that cost all the way from $100 to
$2000, the limit of the loan for re
pairing under the housing act.
"The amount of re-employment
that la the logical promise of the re
vival of building has been repeatedly
estimated at a million and a halt
men In the building trades once the
program gets in full swing."
I
CREW OF TROLLEY
MILWAUKEE, June 28. (API
Street fighting, the first Instance of
a major disorder during the daylight,
broke out today at the Oakland Ave
nue barns of the Milwaukee Electric
Railway and Light company aa strike
pickets pulled Motorman John Nixon
from hla car and beat him and his
guard, John Zak.
Detachments of picket kicked in
the car doors, swarmed Into the car,
shattering wlndowa, and mauled
Nixon. One assailant struck him
over the head with a control handle
and he rolled out the door to the
ground. Others In the crowd mean
while felled Zak and kicked him In
the atomach.
STRIKE BY STEEL
El
WASHINGTON, June 20. (API
Settlement of the threatened steel
strike waa announced today at the
White House.
The agreement entered Into with
the government by representatives of
the employers and employes provides
for appointment of a board of three
to arbitrate differences.
Each side has agreed to accept Ju
risdiction of the board.
of Rellly, which began Immediately
after his capture In a Minneapolis
apartment and continued unabated
today.
While Rellly was making this dis
closure Chicago authorities heard Dll
llnger attended a bait game between
the Chicago Cubs and Brooklyn
Dodgers In the Illinois city two daya
ago.
Pressed for Information about the
whereabouts of the elusive outlaw.
Rellly Is reported to have said:
"Tommy told me that John U dead."
CHIEF OBSTACLE
TO SETTLEMENT
.F.
Joint Control of Hiring Halls
Is Proposed Portland
Dockmen Would Extend
Group Into Washington
SAN FRANCISCO, June 28. (IP) A
longshoremens' committee of ten to
day gave ground on the hotly contest
ed queatlon of control of hiring halls,
chief stumbling block to a strike
peace, and offered President Roose
velt's newly appointed labor board a
new proposal for Joint control of the
halls with employera.
PORTLAND, Ore., June 2B. (Py
Extension into the state of Washing
ton of the organisation of a group
of longshoremen "who are willing to
return to jprk under proper police
protection was announced here today
by the Columbia River Longshore
men's association.
Thla group, numbering, Its sponsors
say, as many as 380 active longshoremen,-
was recently Incorporated In
Oregon. The Washington unit, to be
recognlMd aa the "Washington Long
shoremen's Protective association" al
ready la organized In five Washing
ton ports ,the Portland leaders satd,
and a oharter Is to be applied for at .
once In Olympia.
' Violence at the hand of "beat-up
gangs" cruising Portland streets con
tinued today aa the waterfront atrlke
entered Its Mat day. There was no
Indication of orystalllzatlon of plana
for reopening the port to commerce.
Two men from The Dallea who had
signed up as special waterfront po
lice, were attacked and beaten In the
lobby of a hotel here but were res
cued' by regular police who arrested
three of the reputed attackers. One
of the three said the group had been
dispatched to the hotel from long
shoremen's strike hesdquarters.
THREATENED BK STRIKE
KENTON, Ohio, June 38. (AP) .
A picketing onion striker was shot
today as a deadlock continued In the
dispute that threatened to ruin the
million dollar onion crop of the rich
Scioto marshland.
Tunle O'Dell, 35, suffered wound
in the neck as he and other plcketen
sought to halt three teamsters from
returning to work on the Scioto Land
Co. fields.
Normally valued at a million dol
lars, the onion crop of the marsh
lands is half lost now, the operators
declare.
SC0TTSB0R0 NEGROES
SENTENCE IS UPHELD
MONTGOMERY, Ala., June 28 (IP)
The supreme court today upheld
the death sentences of Clarence Nor
rls and Heyward Patterson, negro de
fendant In the Scottaboro case and
set their dste of execution for Fri
day, August 31.
MILL
M ROGERS
.Soys:
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Juno
27 Congressmen coming drag
ging in from AVashington, some
or 'cm look like -they had
liitclihikcd. Now their real
work starts. . That is trying to
get clcetcd this fall. I tell you
it's no ensy life when you con
sider that battle to get back
there. .
I just don't know what they
are going to promise the voters
this fall- This is a tough time
to think up something new.
About a man's only chance is
just to Ray, " Well, boys, I don't
know what I will do. I will just
have to wait till I got there
and see what Mr. Roosevelt
wants, lie knows more about it,
than mo."
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