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Medford Mail Tribune
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Iwenty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JULY 16, 1934.
No. 98.
OTKE
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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-
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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?"
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