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The Weather rorecut: Unsettled tonight and Tuesday, with thowcn; cooler. Temperature: Highest yesterday ............... R8 Lowest this morn In M Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Iwenty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1934. No. 98. OTKE 4 Troops Move To Keep Food Channel Open SAN FRANCISCO. July 18. (AP) About 200 men working on the San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge were called out on strike today. The con tractors notified Chief Engineer C. H. Pureell of the walkout. The men who went on strike Included all pile drivers, carpenters, hoisting engineers, steel workers and other craft engaged In building the huge transhay span. SAN FRANCISCO, July 18. (AP) A paralyzing union labor strike went Into effect here and east bay cities today and national guard troops, with tanks, machine gun and one pounders began to converge rapidly upon the striken area. Regular army .troops stood ready tor call at the Presidio military head quarters here. ' Under virtual war time siege, the entire bay district was crippled and loving bands of strike pickets at tempted a complete stoppage of food aupplles to the population of 1,300,000 persons. i Increasing outbreaks of violence were reorted as thousands of workers were forced to walk to their Jobs when all street car service was halted f by the etrlke. Tanks Sent to Scene Tanks were loaded on railroad flat ears at Salinas end sped on their way to the "battlefronts." Menacing '76 millimeter guns were dispatched to the danger zones. More than 30 trucks, carrying guardsmen and ammunition, moved toward the stricken region. A high school bus was pressed Into service to convoy troopers. Bald by mobs on grocery stores In creased. Rioters threatened the pro prietors, smashed windows and strip ped the places of food supplies. Escort Food Trucks The fear of starvation caused state highway police to provide Immediate escort for the first food trucks which attempted to reach the area from Sacramento. The state has 1000 troops at Its command and a regular army officer here said he believed the soldiers would be able to take care of the ltuatlon. Should the regular troops be called, however, the officer said 800 men of the 30th Infantry were ready and 300 more soldiers could be mustered al most Immediately. V Mayor Angelo Rossi appealed to i .acting Governor Prank Merrlam for more guardsmen and companies of eoldler quickly moved to headquar ters on the waterfront here. Forbid Gatherings Police Issued "move on" orders to all groups congregating in the down town streets. Mayor Rossi was the center of a disturbance In front of the Hall of Justice, where he went to confer with (Continued on Page Eight) CRASH OF TRUCK AND CAR AT TRAIL Five person were Injured In an accident on the Crater lake highway last night one-half mile above Trail, I when a CCO truck driven by Orvllle 'Gibson, and a Oraham sedan whose driver's name Is withheld, sldeswlped cn a sharp curve. The Injured, beside the driver and bis wife, are Mr. and Mra. Herb White of the Holly Apartment, both of whom received badly cut heads and fuces, and Mrs. Nora Clark of San Francisco, who received cuts and head injuries. Their condition are reported not serious at the Community hos pital, where they were taken by the Perl ambulance after the emashup. i-h truck is reoorted to have struck the passenger car In the left front wheel, throwing it on a zu-ioov ou, where It crashed Into an Irrigation 4t,.fe Th pftr was badlv wrecked. Passengers of the car stated that It was being driven at How speed, and that the truck was In the center of the rosd. and swerving over. Jerked the car off the bank. State police are Investigating before making a complete report. According to report filed at the forest service office by Deputy u. o ifa-ahaii ln MrLaln and Ike Dun' fftrrt wlrt arrlreH ahnrtlv after ne crash, the government truck w-s bung driven at la miles per nour wnrn it teundcd th'. curve. JUIS VIOLENCE FLARES U OAKLAND, July 16. (AP) Ten men and two women were arrested by Oakland police today following ft pitched battle in which two alleged communists were rendered unconscious nd two policemen Injured. OAKLAND, July 16. (P) Two riot calls broadcast by the Oak land police sent all available po lice squad cars to 22nd and Grove street here today. The officers were reported raiding communist headquarters located across the street from the Key System rail road barns. OAKLAND, July 16. (AP) Scat tered acta of violence, Including the overturning of trucks bearing foods to the bay area, throwing of rocks and creosote bombs through windows of stores and private homes and threats by pickets to gasoline stations marked strike developments today In the east bay area. A group of 50 men stripped a com munist headquarters In Hayward of Its benches, tables, chairs and other furnishings, burning them in .an ad jacent lot. One unidentified man found in . the headquarters was beaten. Detachments of National Guards men were being speeded through the cast bay area by truck, headed for the San Francisco strike zone. Head quarters for the east bay units of the guard were established at the Berke ley armory with Colonel Otto Sand man of Stockton In command. Trucks bearing . foodstuffs were (Continued on Page Eight) IAGE NEW YORK, July 16. A1) Vlole Hilton, 26-year-old Siamese twin, to day waa denied a court order which would have compelled the marriage license bureau to Issue ft license per mitting her to wed Maurice Lambert, orchestra leader. Supreme Court. Justice Kenneth P. O'Brien refused to grant the twin's motion After her counsel had pleaded with the court that the action would be consistent with the accepted theory of publlo morals. MUft Hilton was refused ft licence when she applied at the license bu reau July 6, and went to Jersey City, N. J., where her application llkewe was delcmcd. SEATTLE ESCAPES GENERALWALKOUT SEATTLE, July 16. (AP) Labor leaders reiterated here today that Seattle Is not facing ft general strike. "X know of no one In authority who has even contemplated the Idea.' said Davla Beck, northwest organlter for the International Temstera union. Two men were beaten last night In connection with the longshore strike. They were James Shields, non-union longshore worker and Frank Tretzl, believed to have ben a wltneiw to 'the ratal tViootlntr of Steve 8. Watson, isnecinl d-pury fherlff, in ft clash wit:. I strike sjiripatbucrs. Youth SEEN IN MOVE TO HALT HARVESTING San Joaquin and Sacramento Valley Crops Periled Union Demand 40 Cents Per Hour for Picking FRESNO, Calif., July 16. (UP) Timing their action with a general strike In San Francisco, the cannery and agricultural workers' Industrial union last night atruck at San Joa quin and Sacramento valley fruit harvests. The reputedly communist-led union ordered grape pickers in the Kern county vineyards around Arvin to strike this morning. The union also planned ft strike of peach pickers in Sutter, Yuba and Butte counties. Peach growers Insti gated formation of an American Fed eration of Labor Pickers union and believed thla step had forestalled the strike. ' The peach and pear crops, valued at (13,000,000, will be at the peak of the harvest season this week. Four hundred grape pickers In the Arvin area would be affected if all answer the union's call. It was not known If they would respond. The union demands that pickers be paid 40 cents an hour, Instead of 25 cent as at present, Henry 'vntch ell, union official, said. The union Intends today to issue ft call to grape- pickers at Sanger to strike, Mitchell revealed. The Arvin area grape harvest virtu ally la complete. Spokesmen for large growers aald they would not pay 40 cents, and If the strike Is effective. they will abandon the remainder of their grapes. Most Stockton area peach growers have signed contract to pay pickers 30 cents an hour. Associated farmers of California, Informed of the Stockton strike call, said they are prepared to defend their crops. SALEM, July 16. Alexander Oalt, West Coast Textile company manager of Seattle, was faulty In jured and his wife was In the hos pital here today suffering from ft broken leg, head and spinal Injuries, as the result or a head-on collision between the Gait car and a north bound Pacific Greyhound stage, 16 miles south of here, Sunday. Two of the six passengers on the stage were slightly Injured. Gait's head was crushed, and he died on the operating tab'e at a hospital here. State Policeman Blom, who Inves tigated the accident, stated that skid marks indicated the Gait car was on the wrong side of the road. PUGET STRIKE ZONE Returning to Medford by plane this morning, were Mr. and Mrs. A. E. Reames, who have been spending the past week in Seattle and Tacoma, where Mr. Reames was attending to business matters. Mrs. Reames reported the strike situation as serious there, especially In Seattle. In one manufacturing plant alone, in Tacoma, she aald. 800 men were put out of employment to day because of the strike, It being necrwary for .the concern to close down. Spokesmen for gasoline distributing agencies here tcKSay were unanimous In the declaration that no shortage of motor ful was In sight because of strike conditions, and that present supplies were adequate for tome time to come, even should no more be re ceived. Iiei oil wm declared adequate for isomc months. 1 (MV STOJESS Drowns, SAN FRANCISCO HOTELS ARE CLOSED TO PUBLIC SAN FRANCISCO, July 16. (P) The publte waa barred today from San Franclaco'a leading hotels be cause of strike conditions. The newly opened Cllft hotel on Geary street, which has 150 apartments, furnished tenants with food from Its storerooms and permitted them to cook their own meals. Other hotels with apartments followed the same procedure. Among the other better hotels to lock their doors or post staff men They Say By the Associated Press. Mayor Angelo J. Rossi of San Francisco: "We are con fronted by the most serious situation which has beset us since the disaster of 1906." Hugh S. Johnson, NBA chief: "Why this situation should last 24 hours longer is beyond, my comprehen sion." ..Statement . .of ...."strategy committee" of Central La bor council, Portland, Ore.: ". . . This committee is pro ceeding with all possible haste to prepare plans for a general strike." Robert H. Hinckley, rep resentative of the federal emergency relief administra tion: "Nobody is going to suffer from lack of food in San Francisco. The federal government will see to that." A San Francisco hotel manager: "We've been stocking up for weeks. Our regular guests will not go hungry." Acting Governor Frank F. Morriam of California: "I will not sit idly by and see farm products rot while hun gry people need them in San Francisco." Addressing a veterans' 1 organization, he said: "I know if the call to duty comes again you will stand by to serve your state ns ynu sirved your nntinn." JOHNSON PLEAOS FOR MEDIATION DOCKERS' STRIKE PORTLAND, Ore., July 16. (AP) The militant voice of General Hugh S. Johnson. NRA administrator, plead for peaceful arbitration of the Paclflo coast waterfront controversy which today threatened to engulf Portland In a general strike as It has San Francisco and the bay region. While General Johnson prepared to fly to strike-battered San Francisco today, the policy committee of Port land unions sped general strike plans to completion. Effective Wetlneiday. The walkout, if ordered, probably will be effective Wednesday and 24 hours' notice will be given, labor leaders said. The only possible move to avert a general strike here would be a declar tlon by employers that would arbi trate differences with all marine workers, union officials said. In ft public address here yesterday the NRA chieftain said It la "beyond comprehension" that the strike could "last 24 hours longer" if workers and employers would Join in sincere and unreserved arbitration. He expressed the opinion that the difficulty centered In the circum stance that the shipping Industry has no code and hence labor does not have the benefit of the "section 7-A" of the general NRA code. S1ty L'nlon Favor. It was understood more than 60 lo- icl unions have voted overwhelming- (CoDtuued on Fat Seven Diamond Lake at the entrances to Inform visitors the hostelrles are shut are the St. Francis, Palace, Mark Hopkins, Wil liam Taylor, Falrmount, Alexander Hamilton and the Sir Francis Drake. The hotels are accepting a few transient guests, however, most of whom are businessmen unable to travel to and from their homes. But they are informed the dining rooms are closed aM they must eat else where. NRA CHIEF HERE EN ROUTE SOUTH if Stating that he would remain In San Francisco as long at it Is neces sary, In regard to the strike, although he has an engagement to be In Los Angeles July 20, Cwaftftii Hugh a Johnson, NRA administrator, stopped for a short time In Medford this afternoon, huwever, he did not have much Information regarding the strike in San Francisco, and would rather not comment until after his arrival In the bay district, he said. "The strike must stop. There is no question about that, and when any-1 thing so affects the entire Pacific I coast, it Is a national problem, and 1 so they will deal with the federal gov ernment In such a situation." General Johnson said he had no communication with Miss Frances Perkins, secretary of labor, regarding the strike, and when asked if ha had any communication at all with Presi dent Roosevelt on strike matters, the administrator said: "You are not sup posed to ask too many direct ques tions. It would be best to say noth ing about that. "You understand 1 had planned this trip long before the strike, and X have planned regular stops. I will speak In the Greek theater at Ber keley tomorrow evening, where I made my first and only pub 11s speech before I took over this Job. That occasion was my gradua tion from academlo school In Cali fornia. 4 "I was in San Francisco during the fire, and I think X can get through this all right," Johnson said. With other members of his party, including his secretary, Miss Frances Robinson, Colonel I. W. Leh and W. B. Dolph, radio operator,. - the general came into Medford for lunch before continuing to Oakland In the army bomber in which they are making the flight. They had the plane reservlced at the local port, PORTLAND, Ore., July 16. (AP) Continuing his nation-wide tour In the big army bombing plane that has carried htm from coast to coast, Oeneral Hugh S. Johnson, NRA ad ministrator, departed from Swan Island airport at 1 p. m. today for San Frsnclsco. He wa accompanied by members of his party. Johnson reached Portland early Sunday and delivered an address that afternoon In Multnomah Civic Sta dium. He urged peaceful settlement of the coast waterfront controversy and full support of the NRA program. BASEBALL I American I (First game) Boston .......... ... 8 Chicago .. . 4 IS 8 I H. Johnson and R. frrell; Jones and Shea. (Second game) Boston ........................ 3 T O Chicago 4 8 3 Welch, Rhodes and R. Terrell; Earnahaw and Msdjeskl. Wellington , 10 IS 0 Detroit 8 13 3 Crowder, Burke, McColl and Sewell: Hsmltn, Auker, Msrberry, Sorrell and Cochrane, Hayworth. New York . 7 10 0 Cleveland 4 0 Allen. Rufllng and Dickey; Ue. Ut'lnaaarHna- f. Dm... UailanH inH Mvatt, RESORT BOATMAN, OF UPSET Four Others in Late Night Cruise On Lake Rescued After Craft Capsizes Weeds Hamper Grappling Elwood Schauer, 28, Walnut Grove, Minn., boatman at Diamond lake re sort, was drowned in Diamond lake at 12:18 Sunday morning, when an over loaded boat capsized. His body has not yet been recovered and lies In from 30 to 40 feet of water. Search ing parties, which were at the scene soon after Schauer went under, have been grappling for it since Sunday morning, and after abandoning the search because of darkness, continued early today. There were four others in the boat, Julius R. Wilson and Roy Ssrey, of the U. 8. Geological survey stationed at the lake, and Eddie O. Hudson and Frank Mollarls, both employed at the lake, nil of whom were resaued after clinging to the overturned boat for 15 minutes, E, Mershon of Klam ath Falls, a camper on the shore of the lake, who heard their cries for help, Jumped Into a boat, shouting that he was coming, and rowed out to them. He dragged one of the men, who was near drowning, Into his boat, and pulled the other three to shore while they clung to the sides, after cautioning them not o attempt to climb aboard. Search Spot. Mershon returned to the boat, and marking Its position as near as (Continued on Page Three) FATAL ACCIDENTS SEATTLE, July IS (AP) Slippery hlghwaya, made dangeroua by the first heavy rain In thla area for weeks, were blamed today for four fatal automobile accident In the paat 34 houra, In which three men and a 12- year-old boy were killed, The dead: J. V. Sater. SO. Seattle and Portland bualneaa executive, killed when a car driven by hit secretary, Mlsa Mabel Anderson, 24, Portland, left th high' way between here and Tacoma. Albert Pearaon, 37, atruck down be aid hla young wife, who waa carrying their baby, while they were boarding a atreet car. Th, driver of the car waa Pred Plcht. Emerson Sardar, 38, whose car crashed Into a telephone pole near mionigm laat night. Cheat".' Smart, 14, fatally Injured When a car driven by hla father, Charlce R. Smart, ran Into a ditch. Chief Deputy Coroner W. H. Coraon quoted the father aa saying later he wouin never take another drink." UNION HEAD EXPECTS SCRANTOtf. Pa., July I8.(p) William Oreen, president of the American Federation of Labor, a he does not look for a quick settle ment of th general strike called In San Francisco. "I see no prospect of any Immedi ate during up of the San PrancUco eltuatlon," he remarked when que, tloned about condition on th Pi cnic coast. REVOLTA AND LAFFOON SNATCH PLAYOFF LEAD ST. PAUL, Minn. July 18wj) Johnny Revolta, Milwaukee, and Ky Laffoon, Denver, broke par with 71', today to tk a fuur-hlt lead orer Harry Cooper of Chicago, halfway In j the 3B-hole play-off her for th St. I Paul open golf oaamptorjalilp. Labor Heads Of Portland Plan Strike SALEM, July 16. (AP) G. W. Potts, state president of the Farmers' Union, and Henry Zorn, Champoeg. granger and Farmer Union member, conferred here today and stated they would appeal to Ray Gill, state Grange master, to assist In saving the million dollar seed crop now on the eve of harvest In the Willamette valley. It was their Intention to request Gill to appeal to union labor leaders In Portland to allow sufficient release of gasoline for the operation of combines in the valley, now in readiness to begin work when weather permits and gasoline is available. MEDIATOR SENT IN ATTEMPT TO AVERT WALKOUT WASHINGTON, ' July 16. (AP) While no requests for federal ftssls tanos have been received, official Washington scanned carefully all re ports from the San Francisco strike area today and army, navy and relief agencies evidenced ft readiness to aot If the emergency demanded It, In an effort to strike at the core of the dispute in another sector, the White House announced that Senator Wagner of New York was leaving New York city this afternoon for Portland, Ore., to act as a mediator in the long shoremen's strike in that area. Senator Wagner, chairman of the old NRA labor board, was understood to be going to Portland at the request of the president's new labor board. War and navy department officials and the White House said no re quests for federal aid had arrived here, but they were watching every development. The federal emergency relief Ad ministration indicated tt was ready to cope with any situation demanding Its attention. "Our position Is that we are not mediators In any labor dispute, but we do not Intend to see women and children penalized," aald one author ity. "If they are hungry we will feed them," No special plana have been made for carrying out an enlarged relief program In the bay area. Many enjoyed Sunday at Dead In dian Soda Springs, the newly con structed swimming pool there prov ing a popular spot. Visitors In large numbers bottled supplies of the sparkling mineral' water to take home, some famlllea filling several cases of bottles. The water retains Its effervescent qualltlra If kept tightly capped. Among th other sights at th, re sort la the fin garden raised by Mr. and Mra. O. E. Wilkinson, long-time resident of th region. Despite the mountain location, they have suc cecded In raising a wide variety of garden stuff as well aa many differ ent types of berries. ROOSEVELT RESTS LI ABOARD THE V. 8. 8. NEW OR. LEANS ACCOMPANYINO PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT, July 18. (AP) Presi dent Rooeevelt rested today aa th cruiser Hotiston carried him toward Hawaii and more flahlng. Th, vessel, on Mr. Roosevelt's orders, headed for Cllpperton Island a small Paclfle spot whor fishing Is reported to be splendid. Present plans are to anchor off the Island Tuesday afternoon. Mr. Roosevelt and hla sons, Frank lin. Jr., and John, attended a lellglous service conducted on the deck of the Houston yesterday by Chaplain BauU' bury, PORTLAND. Ore.. Julv 1 m While the Indefinite threat of a gen. eral atrlke drifted ominnu.i. ... city, member, of the so-called "atrat- ay committee of the central labor council here met again thla morning -. a.. ..-unj amnion at which plana for a genoral atrlke, If and when called, were to be outlined. Labor union least,.. u- varloue organlratlona would start vot- .iik ioaay on the atrlke question. Tho arrival of the 60th day of the maritime workers' atrlke found no ov move tor peace. Governor Julius Melcr ' not say what aotlon ha may be considering; city officiate had nothing to say; a utter deadlock ex. lated In the harbor and not more than - .v.- .mimrct. gauona of gaaollno wa, left in the city and adjacent terrl- viz iui uie motoring publlo. Ona Station, Dry. Police ao-ancie m.H. ...... ',iouiaais r an adequate supply of fuel for their emergency vhi,-i.." said the medical association had r- '""n ir a limited emergency eup Ply for physicians. Hundreds of aer. vice station, wera bone dry; others were rationing twn n. ..n " "me, and the price waa being advanced from 33 cent .ii as much as 30 or 40 cent. i atatlona. , The labor "atrategy" committee said a statement" would be lasued at th onclualon of today's meeting. A statement mail. Kb th. Sunday declared "this committee la proceeding with all possible hast to prepare plans for a general atrlke." Thla waa belnc don. th mmmi.... declared, becauae the "attitude of the ehlp owners makes it useleas and Im possible to continue efforts to com pos th differences existing In th wnujnrun- controversy." ivniKout Favored. Sixty locals were renarteri cast overwhelming secret vote to stage a general waik-mit. Hunit. h atatement of union leaders that no union had yet voted. one member of the atrategy corn- (Continued on Pag ElRbt) WHEAT BUYING PRICE ANNOUNCED, PORTLAND PORTLAND, July 18. (P) Th-, Federal Emergency Export Oraln cor poration today lasued a buying price, for th first time sine longshoremen went on strlk May 9. The corpora tion gave no reason for th action, but said dealers were today belne; allowed their full quota at price of 8414 cents, country. WILL ROGERS LAKE WOOD, SKowhcgan, Afc, July 11. Did you ever sco a I'Ihco that looks like it wm hnilt just to enjoy f Well this whole state of Maine looks that way. If it's not a beautiful lake, it's a beautiful trco, or a pretty Ki'een liny meadow and beautiful old-time houses, with barns built right in with the kitchens. Vnsationcrs and everything havo improved 30 per cent, over last year. Roads havo been fixed up with foderal money. Newspaper advertising has increased over 50 per cent. All theso thiiiRj have been done, yet the editorials say that the New Deal is a failure I It's ft funny world. You feed a dog and he bites you, fail, rfc?" . tUlalJllilklJ'4.IUIlu.. I
