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Merchants to Feature Vacation Bargains Tcthy and Saturday Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Saturday. Slightly warmer tonight. Temperature; Hlchnt Testerdar 82 WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Lowest thli morning ' 48 j Twenty-ninth Ytar MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 29, 1934. No. 85. 19 WMMm 1 I . SWIMS MESTEB rArn GASOLINE SUPPLY -c.H ALARMINGLY LOW; B DEADLOCK HOLDS lfcyf '. By PAUL MALLON (Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, D. 0., Jun 39. Most people here suspected an Inner commotion In the Roosevelt family elrcle when El liott signed up with the aircraft crowd. This Is virtu ally the same crowd with which his father, the president, had so much trouble during the air mall dlsputa. At least, the holders of the largest air mall contract Paul siauon etlck In the national aeronautical chamber of commerce, 01 wmcu Ordinarily this situation would ap pear on Ita race to oe eomewnai. em barrassing to the White House, but It Is not. Members of the executive family have worked out a little ar rangement among themselves which kaiimtj. win nrevent anv misun derstandings. It is to the effect that Elliott may come to the White House whenever he chooses and stay as long as he llkee and he may talk with his father about any subject In the world RTr.nt aviation. That subject 18 The ssme understanding applies to son Jamea and the Insurance busi ness. There are Inner Indications that the aircraft lads are a chastened, crowd politically, at any rate,) since the airmail flurry... They are doing many things to establish peaceful relations with the administration. Certain aviation companies have also employed O. Max Gardner, for mer democratic governor of North Carolina, now a Washington attorney, friendly to the administration. He Is to be the Washington representative of the aeronautical chamber of com merce. Some people will call him their lobbyist. The main secret about Mr. Gardner's employment is supposed to be the contract he has with the chamber. This has not been made public, and will not be, but if you see the right people you can learn that it contains some very Interesting stipulations as to what the aircraft boys can and eannot do In the way of political agi tation, as long as Mr. Gardner Is their eounsel. These stipulations were written Into the contract because the administra tion Is still nettled about what It con sidered the unfair tactics of the big aviation companies In stirring up antl-sdmlnlstratlon sentiment during the airmail fracas. Tou will recall that Colonel Lind bergh wrote a few snappy letters to the president. He will write no more. The Washington contact system of the aviation companies la not much different now than under the Hoover administration. At that time, certain companies employed William Dono van, ex-asslstant attorney-general, as Washington counsel. Mr. Hoover's son once was employed by an aviation company as technical adviser. There was little public com motion over those relationships. Elliott Is the Independent member of the Roosevelt household. He takes the position that he cannot' help it that his father Is president of the United States. He believes he Is en titled to make his own way regard less. He looks upon his air Job as a good chance to fret started right In a coming business. The president was not advised be forehand of Elliott's Intention to sign with the aeronautical chamber. He has neither approved nor disapproved the Idea. The president's view is that the grown members of his fsmily are en titled to make a living In any way they choose, as long as they do not interfere with matters of state. That applies to the writing activities of Mrs. Roosevelt and Mrs. Dail, as welt as to the two sons. The matter is of more than personal interest now, in view of the inner agitation over appointments to the new air commission under the air mall bill. The larger aviation companies, nat urally, want to get what they con alder to be the right kind of men ap pointed to that commission. The army and navy air corps and the postoffice groups have some different ideas about that. The personnel of the new commission will mean a lot to all concerned. The administration is dealing close ly with former Governor Co of Ohio, giving htm a long overdue recogni tion In Ohio political affairs. It was Co who selected Mr, Roosc- ( Continued on Pag Ten) Pickets at Municipal Termi nal Gathered In After Warning to Stay Distance Tankers Await Orders PORTLAND, Ore., June 29. (AP) Nineteen striking longshoremen were arrested here today on a oharge of trespassing on private property after police had warned them re peatedly to keep off No. 1 slip of Municipal Terminal No. 4 In the St. Johns district. This was the first activity of the morning as the marine trades strike went Into Its 52d day at Portland. There was no immediate Indication that steamship operators planned to try to use relief workers In a direct move to open the strike-bound, port. The 19 longshoremen arrested to day were picketing In a boat rented by the International Longshoremen's association. Police in a harbor patrol launch took them In custody, and took possession of the I. L. A. boat, a 3 3 -foot cabin cruiser. While five tankers waited off the mouth of the Columbia river for orders to proceed here or to some other port, the oil shortage in this district became more acute, and the shortage or gasoline was said to be growing alarming. Although the British grain ship Hartlepool moved Into a berth at terminal No. 4 today there was no Indication of an Immediate attempt to load her or the Victor City which has been In berth for several days, SALEM, June 39. (AP) Any ex tended continuation of the coast waterfront strike, particularly as It pertains to the movement of oil, gasoline and some other materials through Portland docks, will result in a serious hindrance to highway construction and maintenance oper ations In Oregon, It was admitted today by R. H. Baldock, state high way engineer. Baldock said the curtailment of gasoline supplies would be seriously reflected in decreased gas tax rev enues, especially If supplies were re stricted over the Fourth of July holl day when automobile travel normally sends motor fuel consumption soar ing. BARTLETT OFFER Pear growers of the Rogue River valley were reported today aa hold. lng out for an Increase In the price of 30 per ton for cannery Bartletts, offered by cannery representatives now In the field contacting orchard- is ts. No sales have been reported at the $30 figures, most of the growers wait ing for an expected "finning" of the market. Advices have been received that Sacramento River valley Bartletts had been sold at 940 per ton. Word received by Horticulturist Lyle P. Wilcox said that California Bartlett growers had been offered 30 per ton In the Uklah district and $35 In the Sacramento River district, with the growers holding out for higher prices. Shippers point out that In the past Sacramento River Bartletts have brought $10 per ton higher prices thsn other districts. They could give no reason for the premium, except "that poalbly Sacramento River Bart, lctts might have better canning quality." SCORCHING DEATH TOLL (By the Amorlnted Press) j More than a score of deaths were attributed today to sizzling tempera- ! tures that scorched much of the . continent from the Rockies to the! Atlsntlc scsboard. Generally speak-i lng. no Immediate relief was In sight. 1 Of the mid-western state, Iowa ap-; parently was the hardest hit, with i six deaths, three due to prostrations ! and three to drownings. A maximum ' of 107 degrees was reached at Water- j loo. j Many of the victims In other states i died when they took to the water to. essape the baking heat. Nebraska: counted three dead: Illinois, one;) Maryland, three: Michigan, four; i Ohio, four; western Pennsylvania, I three, and Indiana, two. James R. "Jimmy" Wcddell, 34 fa mous speed flier, was killed when a small plane In which he was giving instructions to a student crashed near Patterson, La. AT TOLO BRANCH It was believed this afternoon at the Sacred Heart hospital that Guy Bates, of Rogue River, suffered fractured skull when the car 'he was driving turned over after It left the Pacific highway near the Tolo Junc tion about 8 p. m. yesterday. HI restless condition this afternoon pre vented an X-ray examination of the injury. Bates, who was driving 1 alone In a Ford V-B, was unconscious when removed from the upset automobile, and did not regain consciousness for some time. His head was cut badly, it was reported today. The car Is said to have turned over at least twice. Bates is employed at the Foots creek dredge by D. H. Ferry. No one was injured in the acci dent which occurred this morning on the Pacific highway In the Berry- dale district, . when a car driven by Edward Smith Stlmpson, 1128 West Fourth, Is reported to have forced a government truck operated by Lyal Hartman of Jacksonville, off the highway and Into the front wall of the Medford Creamery building, The brick wall was partially caved In. Stlmpson was making a reverse turn, police report, and was unaware of the approaching truck, which left the highway after it was hit by the turning car. The Stlmpson auto was badly damaged In the collision aa well as the front of the truck. Stlmp son, arrested for reckless driving, was arraigned before Justice of the Peace W. R. Coleman this afternoon, and his case was continued Indefinitely. GOVERNMENT BIDDERS CAN SHAVE NRA PRICE WASHINOTON, June 29. (P) President Roosevelt today signed an order permitting bidders on govern mcnt contracts to go under their prices filed with NRA code authorities by aa much aa 16 per cent In an ef fort to eliminate a series of Identloil bids. BANDITS MAKE RICH HAUL FROM PAYROLL OSAWATOMIE. Kaa June 29. (JPt Two gunmen obtained between $25,000 and $30,000 here today In a holdup, executing the robbery as the payroll of the Missouri Pacific rail road was being transferred to th postofflce from the railroad station HEAT CAUSES IN MIDWEST An all-Mme heat record of 113 was registered at Mattoon. 111., while In : Chicago, where one person died from I the heat and scores weri prostrated,! the mercury hit 09 a new high for! the date. In the Pittsburgh district records; of 40 years' standing went tumbling, and Franklin, Pa., saw a reading of 101, the hottest in Ita history. Kansas City's high was 101; Cleve land. 100, a record; Cincinnati. 101; Detroit, 104, and Washington, D. C, 93. Heavy property damage was report ed at Maysville. Ky., after the city had baked In a temperature of 105. A heavy loss of livestock was re ported from some of the drought stricken arms of the mid-west, and crops were withered and burned. ROOSEVELT FLAYS NEW DEALPLEDGE 'Report to Nation' Laughs at Prophets of Calamity Statistics Cited to Show Gains in Jobs, Wages Bt Francis M. Stephenson I WASHINGTON, June 29. P) ! President Roosevelt's lashing of "die- 1 hards" and pledge of a vaster new deal promised today to resound In the campaigns for the fall elections. Friend and foe alike studied the latest "report to the nation" In which the president claimed "substantial gains," laughed at "prophets of cal amity" and again stressed his future program for "the security of the men. women and children of the nation." Sitting in the oval room of the White House, in the steaming heat of a Washington summer, the presi dent gave a radio talk last night in which he: Congress Praised 1. Praised congress as the most un- partlsan since the time "of President Washington himself." 3. Cited statistics to show gains in wages, employment, farm price ana consuming power. 3. Struck at "plausible seir-seeKers and theoretical die-hards" who "tell you of loss of individual liberty." e. Declared tne "most vocnerous oi the doubting Thomases" are those who seek special political or financial privileges. 5. Said the toes of narmiui sen- seekers "are being stepped on and are irolrw to be stepped on." 6. Reaffirmed his faith in wnai nas come to be known aa the "brain trust." - 1 7. Promised protection against ch la den and "unfair skyrocketing" of prices in NRA's "process of evolu tion." Plan Emphasized 8. Again emphasised his hug? three-fold plan for "security" through providing better homes, planning land and water resources and social lnsur ance. The president said: "A few timid people, who fear prog ress. will try to give you new and strange names for what we are do ing. Sometimes they will can n -is clem' sometimes 'communism some- (Continued on Page Iwo) 18 FARGO, N. D., June 70. (m Gov ernor William Langer, after winning the republican nomination in Tues day's nrlmary election, today was sen- tenced to 18 months in prison and fined $10,000 in federal court for conspiracy to defraud the United States government. Federal Judge Andrew Miller lm posed the sentence. Gov. Langer and four others were convicted two weeks ago of soliciting funds from federal relief workers for maintenance of "The Leader," an ad ministration newspaper. Sentences of 13 months and fines of 13,000 each were Imposed on Oa car Chaput, business manager of the Leader; Frank Vogel, state hlghwiy commissioner and R. A. Kcnzer Sr., former executive secretary of the fed eral emergency relief committee for North Dakota. Harold McDonald ,also a codefend- ant, was given four months in the Bismarck Jail, Judge Miller remark- ins In nasalng sentence, that the lighter penalty was Imposed became of the defendant's youth and the fact he was merely a hired agent. A. Roy Wood ill, who for the paat 34 years has been manager In Med' ford for the Blake. Moffltt and Towne paper company, has been promoted to the headquarters, with offices In San Francisco, and will leave here Sunday morning. He plans to go to Los Angeles for a month's vacation and la to report at the 8an Francisco office August 1. At Ban Francisco, Mr. Woodlll Is to have charge of a new department, it has been announced. His promotion Is considered in step with the fine work he has done In the promotion of branches during the past few years. Succeeding Mr. Woodlll in Medford, as manager will be A. O. Arnold, who has made numerous friends In the city since coming here six months ago from southern California. Mr Arnold haa become a confirmed south ern Oregon booster during his atay Bride's Ring Is Only Attire In Nudist Wedding CHICAGO, June 29. (;p) Dress ed in a smile and the bride at least, a wedding ring an AmariU to girl, and a Milwaukee bride groom were pronounced man and wife today In a strictly nudist ceremony at the World's fair. The bride was Jean May, 33, of Amarlllo, Texas, and her husband Charles Mueller, 34, of Milwaukee. Of the wedding party of nine, only the minister deigned to wear clothing. He was dressed in a goat skin, and walked about gingerly in bare feet, stubbing his toes now and then. L HEAR FEHL'S WIFE Electa A. Fehl, was scheduled to appear as a voluntary witness before the grand Jury, in its Investigation of the "Black Political Plot Exposed" pamphlet clrculsted In this city and county on the eve of the May pri mary. Mrs. Fohl asked to testify. Her husband. Earl H. Fehl, serving four years In state prison for con viction in 13 minutes by a Klamath county Jury, of ballot theft conspir acy, also asked permission to be brought here to appear before the grand Jury but the request was de nied by the penitentiary warden and the attorney general's office. Fehl Is credited with being the au thor of the foreward to the pamph let, In which the accusation Is hurl ed that the A65.000 expended by Jack son county In squelching the "Good Government congress" turmoil was "largely used to bribe witnesses and handle the courts." The state police and district attorney's office were charged with "railroading" Fehl to prison, and a former friend of Fohl who loaned him money, and recover ed It by action, was listed aa having guilty knowledge of the ballot theft. State authorities hold that rem smuggled the text of the pamphlet out of state prison. Information also reached this city today, that L. A. Banks, serving Ufa for murder, and partner of Fehl In local agitation, haa been returned to the hog-fuel department of the peni tentiary for discipline for smuggling out by a discharged prisoner, oenun clatory articles, attacking the courts and law enforcement agencies. Bank? was in the prison library for a month after a year's service In the "big house" laundry. For alleged distribution of the Fehl pamphlets, E. L. Fitch Is detained In the county Jail, and May Murray la at liberty on $1000 bonds, on charges of criminal libel. The grand Jury, Floyd Ross, Central Point, foreman. Is expected to make Its final report late today. It has been in session since Tuesday and his investigated a number of local criminal cases. FLYING BROTHERS HARBOR GRACE. Nfld., June 30. (AP)BenJamln and Joseph Adam owicz, aviation's adventuroua broth ers, swung into the eastern sky shortly after dawn on their projected trans-Atlantic flight to Warsaw, Po land, their ancestral home. The wind was light and from the west, and the weather clear as they hopped from Harbor Orace airport at 8;2fl a. m. (3:08 a. m. E. S. T.) Ahead, along the North Atlantic seaway, lay favorable weather. A re port from New York, which arrived as they warmed the motor of their plane, predicted favorable conditions all the way across. PAST A CRISIS SANTA BARBARA. Csl., June 29 (AP) Marie Dressier Indomitable will, which challenged death's threat, carried the 03-year-old actress past a major crlfii in her Illness today after a staff of doctors at her bedside had abandoned all hope she would live to see dawn. 8he was resting more comfortably this morning and reports from the bedside were that death was not be lieved Imminent. 4 About 360 different species of fish are found In waters around Beaufort, N. C. HEAD REINS ON George McMorran, Eugene Merchant, Says Reason for Action Not Clear Name Successor Tonight PORTLAND, Ore., June as. (AP) Governor Meier late today had not announced his selection of a member of the Oregon liquor control com mission to succeed George II. Mc- Morran of Eugene, chairman, who last night resigned at the governor'a request. Unverified reports persisted that the choice had narrowed to two men Ben Chandler of Marsh field and Wil liam McGUchrlst of Salem. PORTLAND, Ore., June 39. (AP)1 Wishing his successor "a much hap pier administration than I have had." George H. McMorran of Eugene today had severad his connection with the Oregon liquor control commission of which he wss chairman, and Gov ernor Meier was engaged In confer ences which were expected to result in announcement tonight of selection of a new chairman. McMorran, in a letter to the gov ernor last night, said: "Pursuant with your request, I hand you my resig nation aa chairman of the Oregon liquor control commission," and he added that "your reasons for that request are not clear." Wants No nickering "It Is not my desire," he said, how ever, "to prolong public bickering which ultimately might Injure the successful administration of the Ore gon liquor control act, in which I believe." McMorran and other members of the liquor commission recently had accused Governor Meier of "sniping" at them, in submitting' his resigna tion, Chairman McMorran observed that the commission's program had been successful, "although a carping mind might pick minor flaws and find a record of trivial errors." The retiring chairman took occa sion, too, to charge that a recent audit of the liquor administration had revealed that "the greatest han dicap of the commission was the early purchases of stock which could not be moved." Holts a Handicap McMorran added that these pur chases "were made by a man you In sisted be placed at the head of the commission's buying department," He referred to Aaron Holtz of Portland, a man Governor Meier is aald to have urgod for the post of administrator, now held by George L. Sammls. The governor today slad It was pos Bible announcement of McMorran's successor might be made during the afternoon, but it was believed more (Continued on Page Six) Rostel Receives Unique Welcome On Escaping Bear Considering himself successful because he was able to get back to the First National bank to work today, after a narrow escape from a bear during his two weeks' vacation at Union Creek, Bert Rostel became faint this morning upon going to his window at the bank. For there, pictured before him, were the horrors of the night he had spent high In a tree to avoid a bruin, after he had become lost on a fishing trip. Fellow em ployes, to show their admiration for Mr. Rosters bravery, had clev erly arranged on the counter be fore his window a small tree, with a Utile man perched In the limbs and a toy bear standing be neath It. DEATH CATCHES UP WITH METHUSELAH OF TURKEY ISTANBUL, Turkey, June 39. (AP) Desth ought up today with Zaro Agha, Turkey's Methuselah who once boasted he would live forever. The picturesque old man who claimed 1(10 yeara and felt deeply hurt when anyone doubted H died by a I quirk of fate In the chlldren'a hoe- I pltal. For two months Zero Agha, whose longevity brought him from obscu rity to world fame and Broadway when he was "paat 150," had been 111. lie was suffering from a variety of allmente, Including height's disease and gland and bladder disorder,. Physicians aald a contributing cause to hia death was worry over sciences nkeptlclsm of hi. age. Probably hit proudest possession Independent Ujmiiiri s M&'&Jt&iit iWdtftiti iff im ii i ii fi i'i i 1 1 i Peter Zimmerman, state senator and exponent of a state bank, was nominated aa the Independent can didate for governor of Oregon at a specially called convention. (Asso ciated Press Photo) HE IS FOR LEGISLATURE William N. (Farmer BUI) Carl Applegate dairyman, announced to day on his weekly trip to the city, that he would be an Independent canai dnte for the legislature In the fall elections. , "Farmer Bill" stated that he would run on a platform of "common sense," "fewer laws," "save Kogue river for the poor man," "to get away from domineering corporations," "economy" and "lower taxes." Carl ran for the legislature In 1930 nnd was dofoated. His platform then was In keeping with the "electrlclty-wlthout-cost-to-the-taxpayers," a slo gan that swept Governor Meier Into office. To date, there has been no reduction in the electric light rates. In his present candidacy, Mr. Carl holds to the theory that the Cali fornia Oregon Powor company, and other public utilities, need some more legislative regulating. He does not adhere strongly to the "distribution of wealth" Idea, although he thinks the distribution could be more even. Carl Is a Granger, but favored the school relief sales tax. Grange leaders have announced they would like to see all legislators who favored that measure defeated at the next elec tion. Carl is the first of the local Inde pendent candidates to come forth with an announcement. Regular Democratic nominees for the legislature from this county are, for state senator, Attorney E. E. Kelly; for representatives, A. Moore Hamil ton and William Grenbremer. Re publican nominees are Glenn O. Tay lor and A, E. Brockway. The two were named by the governor to fill the vacancies. Somo Independent candidates for sheriff are reported In the offing, and about ready to announce their Intentions of running. Carl's announcement Is as follows: "Farmer Bill of the Applegate an nounces himself as an Independent candidate for the legislature. Farmer Bill says our legislature Is getting the reputation of being the biggest gambling den In the state of Oregon, Our legislators are running hog-wild, They only pass from 300 to 600 bills and amendments each session. What our legislature needs most Is men with good, plain ordinary common sense, and I claim to have that. "We only need to pass from five (Continued on Page Three) was a certificate purporting to show he wss born In 1774 before the American colonics declared war on Oreat Britain. Zero had burled ten wives and had another desert him. Number 11 got angry six yeara ago when her aged husband decided he wanted a lath wifeone young and pretty and re fused to come home after playing around In New York and London. The number of children? Zaro boasted that at 0B hla 30th offspring waa born. Ills death ended the possibility of aclentlflo testa might be made to de termine hla age. Specialists had urged him to submit to examinations but Zaro demurred. He was popularly credited with being the world's oldest man. HEARING SLATED E Former Sheriff's Case to Be Reviewed by Trial Judge Skipworth Local Senti ment Remains Neutral The stage was set today for the hear ing tomorrow at 10 a. m. before Circuit Judge George F. Skipworth of Eu gene, on the application of Gordon L. Schermerhorn, former sheriff un der a three-year sentence to state) prison for ballot theft conspiracy. It la the last recourse of Schermerhorn to escape the mandate of the law. the supreme court recently denying a re -hearing of his case. The state of Oregon will resist th parole plea. Assistant Attorney-General Ralph E. Moody, who conducted the ballot theft prosecutions Is here today arranging preliminary details. Attorney John A. Collier of Port land, remembered here aa chief coun sel In the trial of Hugh DeAutre monfc In 1937, In the Siskiyou tun nel quadruplo murders and attempt ed train robbery, will aid Attorney Frank J. Newman of this city in rep resenting Schermerhorn. Judge Skipworth will motor from Eugene to preside at the hearing. The Jurist heard all the vote-stealing cases, as well as the Banks murder trial. To Cite Record Counsel for Schermerhorn la ex pected to contend that the ends of Justice can be served, by granting parole, and to c it his long record as an exemplary citizen; that he Is now an old man, and has suffered mental tortures, since his conviction, more severe than If confined. Old time friends are scheduled to testify in person and by letter to his prev ious good record, and show that he never exhibited any criminal tenden cies until he became entangled with the political plotting of agitators L, A. Banks and B. H. Fehl. The defense Is also expected to show that Schermerhorn was 'th dupe and toot" of more cunning minds. w The evidence In the Schermerhorn trial showed technical guilt and knowledge of the ballot robbery, with no actual participation. He was con victed by a Jackson county Jury after 17 hours' deliberation. Scherm erhorn was & farmer and contractor (Continued on Page Three) PORTLAND, Ore., June 39. (AP) Forrest E. Dun ton. BO, unsuccessful Democratic candidate for nomination as state superintendent of publlo Instruction In the May primary, died suddenly here today. He had been In the hospital since June 33. Death was caused by sep ticemia, following an operation for hernia, Dun ton was principal of tine Mo lalla grade schools. He was defeated for the Demo cratic nomination as superintendent or public instruction in a compara tively close race with J. W. Leon hardt of La Grande. Will ROGER? BEVERLY HILLS, Calif., June 28. Well tonight Mr. Roosevelt is going to talk to the country. I doubt if ever in the history of any country, at .any time, waa the talk of one man so earnestly listened to. The best examplo we have that he act ually feels that we are headed out of the brush is that he is going on this trip to Honolulu. Firemen don't stop for a nap in the middle of a fire. If he feels like its coming out all right, why the rest ought not to worry, for ho has moro in vested in it 'than any man in it. Yours, Clt fa? . lIMHtfJVMtHIAla 0
