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WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Twenty-ninth Ytar
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, .JULY 19, 1931.
No. 101.
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PAN FRANCISCO. July 19. (AP) The San Franibco general strike
committee vuted today to end the unprecedented ma walkout of union
labor here. The vote was announced as 191 to 174.
Hie committee advised all ttnlona I
ea sympathy strikes to return Im
mediately to their work and declared
it would accept arbitration for Im
mediate termination of tho walkout.
Declaring It had done everything
In Its power to avert a catastrophe
threatening the community, the com
mittee called off the strike. At the
same time It pledged all Us resources
tor the successful termination of the
maritime strike.
The resolution passed by the gen
eral strike committee (aid:
"Whereas, there exists a crisis
threatening the community with a
disastrous result attendant upon the
breaking down of civil government
when superceded by martial law; and
"Whereas, the gentral strike com
mittee has done everything within
Its power to avert this catastrophe;
"Whereas, this general strike com
mittee has proposed a fair and equit
able basis upon which this general
strike may be ended at once;
"Whereas, the president's long
shoremen's board has endorsed the
action taken by this cucra,L strike
committee as follows;
" The general strike committee of
the 6an Francisco Labor Council ha
declared Itself In, favor of the Im
mediate submission to arbitration of
all questions involved In the dis
pute; the waterfront employers' un
ion has agreed to submit to arbitra
tion by this board the issues In dla
put In the longshore strike and be
bound by the decision of the board,
the International Longshoremen's as
sociation should agree now. The
steamship companies should agree
that If collective bargaining with the
elected representatives of their re
spective employes does not result in
agreement within 30 days after the
election the ship companies will sub
mit to arbitration Issues in dispute
with respect to wages, hours and
working conditions and they should
agree now. The maritime unions
hould agree likewise and they should
so agree now. All strikes should be
called off Immediately.
' 'Men should be returned to work
without discrimination because of
union affiliation or participation in
the strike.'
"Therefore, be It resolved, that this
general strike committee assembled
on July 19, 1934, now proposes upon
acceptance by the shipowners, em
ployers of striking maritime workers
of the terms of the president's long
shore board, for settlement of this
trike, that this general strike com
mittee will accept sucb a basts for
the Immediate termination of the
"Resolved, that thia general strlkc !
committee hereby advises all those
unions that are now out on strike
out of sympathy with the maritime
workers and longshoremen, to Imme
dttely resume work, and that we
pledae every resource, moral and fin
ancial, for the continued prosecution
for the successful termination of the
maritime workers and longshoremen's
strike."
SAN KRANCiSCO. July 19 (API
S'gns of raptd return to normalcy
were observed on all sides today as
San Francisco and Oakland shook off
the headache of a general strike
which, although not called off. was
J disintegrating rapidly as various un
ion groups returned to work.
Resumption of street car service
by the Market Street railway was
expected here shortly while eastbay
tranportatlon will start again to
morrow. Approximately 50.000 union work
ers in San Francisco are still on
strike, although many have returned
to their dutiM of "public conven
ience and necessity," declared Ed
ward Vandeleur
Vandeleur, president of the San
Francisco Labor Council and chair
man cf the general strike committee,
called the committee into session
again to consider the situation.
"We are still waiting for the pres.
Idcnt's mediation board to report
bark rn our solution offering to
arbitrate." Vandfleur aa.'d- "We have
bn given to undrsn! that It has
hm pwl on by the shipowners
for their cnn.'idcratton."
VandHMir reported every
thing "qul'l and peaceful" :n labor
nr s. and denied tnat the general
a.nke had been cUrd off.
Officials of the Market Street rail
way announced that "as many car
f a p.ib!e" wnuM l'e placed in sr
vhi'.r M iiiir.pai rai:'t;. h?ads
tlontuiueu on Viat fr.tu
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BY POUGEJORCES
PORTLAND, Ore., July 19.AP)
Under Instructions to break up all
communistic activities In the city, de
tectives today continued their raids
on headquarters and on reputed sub
sidiary organisations of the organiza
tion. The International Labor Defense
league headquarters was raided during
the morning, and police later paid a
call to the quarters of the Marine
Workers' Industrial union. Nine men
in the union hall were arrested and
much radical literature was confis
cated. At the Labor Defense league office
police waited In vain for some one
to appear. Piles of communist litera
ture, newspapers and books were
found,
In fire similar raids yesterday police
arrested 35 persons and seized a card
Index cabinet containing about 700
names of reputed communist party
members and applicants.
SAN FRANCISCO, July 19. (AP)
A promise to drive asserted com
munists from San Francisco and keep
them out was made today by Mayor
Angelo Rossi.
Referring to roundups of the last
two days of hundreds of radicals In
raids of police and self-descrlbcd vigi
lantes, the mayor told his citizens
committee.
"I pledge you that ... I will run
out of San Francisco every com
munistic agitator, and that is going
to be a continuing policy."
PORTLAND, Ore., July 19. ;p)
The strategy committee of the Cen
tral Labor Council here stated todnv
it had pledged Senator Robert F.
Wagner of New York that it will ilk:
Its influence to postpone the calling'
of a general strike In Portland, until
the senator has had time to reach
San Francisco to present to the fed
eral mediation board the Informa
tion he has gathered here.
Senator Wagner reached Portland
as an observer for the White
House and of the federal labor board.
The senator will leav for Sin
Francisco by plane tomorrow morn
ing, he said today.
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PORTLAND, uly 19. (AP) The
sale to the Chinese government of an
excess of two full cargoes of flour was
announced here today by the Pa
j ciflc Northwest Emergency Export
corporation.
The flour, milled in the Pacific
northwest by each mrmber mill on
an allotment basts, will be shipped as
toon as the waterfront strike has been
settled.
The erport corporation did not la
sue a price today for wheat for foreign
shipment.
PASTOR DOUBTS RAIN
WILL HEED PRAYERS
OTTAWA. Kans.. July 19 . fj"
William A. Elliott, pator of the Ot
tawa First Baptist church for
years, doe not believe pravrrt
bring rain, hold in- that the unl
irrs operates tindrr established nat
ural ;-..
He declared t!iat the people of t
day rniut consider the burxiiround of
limited knowiedc of natural
v-Vrh prevailed at the time t:ie OV
Z "tsiiirnt r;ttf:). PjT r oT
iKni'H'' s-e li re'it. :, .d, i m
r.n must not be expected as a rfu;'..
U
Montgomery Ward
Shows Big Profit
For Current Year
CHICAGO. July 19. (JF) Net
profits for June of 1533,592 were
reported today by Montgomery
Ward, as compared with a loss of
$301,626 for the same month last
year.
Net profits for the five months
ended June 30 were 3.842,538.
compared with a loss of $4,046,072
for the same period last year. Earn
ings on the current five months
represent 73 cents per share on the
common stock outstanding, after
providing for current class "A'
dividends,
BUTTE FALLS GEI
WASHINGTON, July 19. The
Public Works Administration today
allocated Ml,28.405 to 236 non-federal
projects in 43 states and Puerto
Rico.
Under the new public works ap
propriation, (236.200,658 has been al
located for construction of 1,510 non
federal projects and more than $100,
000,000 for federal programs.
Projects approved today were esti
mated to create 194,802 man months
of employment directly on construc
tion sites and about twice that much
In industries transporting and pro
ducing materials.
The allotments today Included:
Oregon : Union county, school,
grant $14,500; Sheridan, school, loan
and grant $42,000; Newberg, water
works, loan and grant $2,000; Day
ton, water system, loan and grant
(22,500; Harper, school, loan and
grant $18,000; Prairie 'Jity, water
works, loan and grant $14,500; Mult
nomah county, waterworks, loan and
grant $11,000; Butte Falls, water sys
tem, loan and graut $5,000; Jackson
ville, waterworks, loan and grant $13.
000; Portland, sewage station, grant
$2,240,000.
Ten thousand dollars of the loan
and grant to Jacksonville will be used
for the laying of a new pipe line be
tween the service reservoir and the
suply reservoir, a distance of about
8,000 feet, according to Ray Coleman
of Jacksonville.
The other $3,000 granted the for
mer county seat will be used to aug
ment the present water supply, to
clean up the springs now In use. and
to develop any other nearby springs.
A storage reservoir Is now located
on Jackson creek, and the water la
piped to the small service reservoir,
about a mile and a quarter distance
A $10,000 bond Issue was voted by
Jacksonville in 1931, and about a
year ago an application was put In
to the PWA for the loan and grant.
F. R. INTERVIEWED
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ABOARD CRUISER NEW ORLEANS
ACCOMPAMTINO PRESIDENT
ROOSEVELT. July ID. (AP) News
paper men aboard this naval craft
hold their press conferences with
President Roosevelt by wigwag flag
slsnals as he speeds across the Pa
cific stKard the cruiser Houston for
hla visit to the Hawaiian Islands.
Enlisted men and communications
officers of the New Orleans co-operate
In sending messages from the
newsmen to the Houston for the
president, and the answers come bark
by signals across the expanse of the
ocean separating the cruisers.
iNEBRASKANS STAGE
OREGON TRAIL FETE
GERINO, Nb., July 19 MP
Plonera from western Nebraska and
eantrn Wyoming thrond the streets
of this town tnday, at the opening of
the to-day Oregon Trail day cele
bration. Many who came here In covered
wagons renewed old acquaintances
and made new friends.
Indians from Pine Ridge reserva
tion in South DskoU opened the
pmgram and all affrnoon and even-in;-
fr'f art snd entertainment were
to be provided.
ll r,
to Insure Orderly Harvest Rogue Pears
BY LANGER FORCES
I
Lieutenant Governor Takes
Possession of Ousted Ex
ecutive's Office Will
Fire All Langer Henchmen
BISMARCK, K. D., July IB. (&)
Lleutenant-Govorner Ole H. Olson,
acting governor, took physical posses,
slon of executive quarters today with
out untoward incident, as hints came
from partisans of William Langar.
ousted chief executive, they are ready
to march on Bismarck.
Olson's first official act was to or
der the doors of the legislative as
semblies locked as legislators, a ma
jority favorable to Langer, preparod
to convene In special session pursu
ant to call by Langer, but revoked
by Olson.
Shortly afterward, however, the
doors were ordered thrown open by
Olson, who explained he sought to
"avoid even a semblance of force.
Langer In Hiding.
Langer was still In seclusion to
day, and If he had any plans to at
tempt to continue to exercise execu
tive authority, they were a secret.
Posted on the doors of the legisla
tive chambers was Olson's proclama
tion revoking Langer's special session
order.
State circles. looked for swift action
by Olson In ousting close political
(Continued on Page Seven)
CASE; IS JAILED
James T. Klnkade, CCC worker, who
sued the sheriffs of Jackson and
Klamath counties for $3,500 damages
for alleged false imprisonment, la held
in the county Jail on a bench war
rant charging contempt of court, for
alleged non-payment or $25 monthly,
as ordered In a divorce decree, for
maintenance of his wife and five
children.
The contempt of court warrant, Li
sued by Circuit Judge William M.
Duncan of Klamath county, came
shortly after a circuit court Jury
Frank Upton, Central Point, foreman
had returned a verdict In favor of
the sheriffs, and denying Klnkade any
damages. Klnkade, through counsel,
withdraw the punitive claim of $1000
The case occupied two days.
Klnkade was arrested last Febru-
(Contlnued on Page 6cven)
BASEBALL
National.
R. H. ft.
Cincinnati t 13 0
New York - 4 11 C
Batteries: Dsrrlnger and Lombard!;
Schumacher and Mancuso.
ft. H. E
Chicago a 0
Philadelphia - - 14 1
Batteries: Malone, Warneke and
Hartnett; E. Moore. Hansen and Todd.
R. H. E.
St. Louis . t 11 1
lVten - 3 7 1
Batteries: J. Dean and Davis; Smith
and Spohrer.
It. H. 1
9 10 1
Pittsburg
Brooklyn 4 10 0
Batteries: Swift and Paddn; Zarh
ary, Leonard and Lope.
Amerlren. I
l M E
New York 4 9 l!
Chicago . 9 0
Murphy and Dickey; Oaston, Kev
:nt and Madjetki.
R R E
Boston - ft 13 J
Ovetind 6 If. I
0trnuelier. Rhodf, Prnnovk a:wl
ft rrrrell: H jdlln. L. Brown and
i Pytlak.
I V v f I UM 11 1 j La 1 1 Si
Cops Conduct Roundup of S.
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oirN n i i i i?fffffrTi!f'f'7 " "m
awf JPfc ' j'i 0SBil
San Francisco police, harked by the mllltla on the wnterfront, began raiding radical headquarters during
'he general strike and arreting ansertcrt lenders. Top, loading some of them Into a patrol nagnn. Lower, a scene
while they were being booked. (Assorlntert Press Photo).
NAZIS QUIETLY SLAYING
OPPONENTS SAYS STEEL
NEW YORK, July 19. (AP) Jo
hannes Steel, former German official
who fled from the relch because of
his opposition tn the nazl program,
declared In a copyright story tn the
New York Post today that "a quiet
wave of murder Is sweeping the con
centration camps" of Germany.
The writer wid that the Inmates of
the camps "have, according to a secret
order of General Ooering (premier of
Prussia), been cut off completely from
the outside world."
"Their relatives," writes Steel, "have
been without news from these pris
oners for three weeks. It seems that
massacres have taken place which are
beyond human Imagination.
"The toll of deaths has been put
by absolutely reliable sources at no
lens than 3000 men and women."
SALEM, Ore., July 19. (AP) Frank
tlinto, Bslem chief of police, today
gave orders to all patrol cars and
patrolmen In t'io clt to pick up all
suspicious che.racters and bring them
to police headquarters for question
ing. The order was received fallowing
word rtcelve'i from officials in the
larger cities that a number of known
comnunlsta and "reds" were desert
ing the Jarger centers and coiuen
tmtlng their allfgd agitation artlvl
t.cs In the smaller localities.
10,000 DEATHS CERTAIN
IN HONAN DROUGHT AREA
HWATKANO, North ltonan Pro?
ince, China. July 19 I AP-Ths
great hat wave In north central
China lessened today but, with no
rain, the crrpn continued to burn.
The death toll appears rftti. to
br at least 10 within Honan prov
ince, north of the Yellow river.
The writer said, "a Ufa and Sath
race between communism ant, con
servatism has begun," and added:
The odda are 0 to 4 for the conserva
tive solution.'
Steel says: "The army, during the
last week, has been able to consoli
date Its position ar.d the military dic
tatorship Is complete. (Vice Chan
cellor Frsnn) Von Papen at this mo
ment Is the man who runs everything.
He has come out on top."
Steel says Hitler "Is the absolute
prisoner of the relchswehr (army)
which watches every move he makes
and it waiting for the moment whenJ
Hitler's prestige has dissipated to such
an extent that he can be put away
Mfely."
GETS 5 YEARS
JACKSONVILLE, Bs, July IS
(AT) Edward Young Clarks, former
high official In ths Ku Ktux Klan.
was scnttncd In ffdersl court today
to five years In the Atlanta peniten
tiary on six counts of ulni ths malls
to defraud In connection with the
oresnlratlon of Enskaye, a fraternal
order.
Ills wife, Mrs Martha Ann Clarke,
was sentenced to two years In the
women's federal Industrial Institute
st Aloersr.n, W. Vs., on each of tho
six counts.
ftentencrs were to run concur
rently. DRESSLER'S CONDITION
REMAINS UNCHANGED
SANTA BARBARA, Cat. July 19.
(APj The condition of Marie Dress
ier, veteran act res, confined for three
months hrrn with a complication of
cancer, h'art trouble and uremia, was
reported unchanged today,
jiiiyuu
F. Agitators
SLATED TUESDAY
IN CIRCUIT COURT
Electa A. Fehl, wife of E. H. Fehl,
serving four years for vote stealing
conspiracy, and her two co-defend
ants. May Murray and E. L. Fitch,
under Indictment for criminal libel,
will go on trial tn circuit court next
Tuesday, according to the criminal
docket completed yesterday.
Tne court appointed Attorney K. E.
Kelly as counsel far Fitch and May
Murray, and Kelly will also act In
the sar.ie capacity for Mrs. Fehl.
The tttal is expected to be short.
Fitch has been in the county Jail
for two months. The two women are
at liberty tn 11000 bonds.
The chirgo grew out of the distri
bution of a pamphlet entitled "Bltrk
Political Plot Exposed," during the
last primary campaign. Authorities
rialm It was written by Earl H. Fehl
from his prison coll.
The Indictment names specifically
the following parsRrsph in ths pam
phlet as criminal i:vel:
"Jackson county expended $45,000
in the ballot trials, wHrh money was
largely used in the bribing of wit
nees and Jit'Ors, and the handling
of the court'
(Contmued on Page Seven)
MASS ALASKA FLIGHT
AN FRANCISCO, July 19 (.VP)
Six bur navy seaplanes Wok off today
from ParsdUs c ovs In the bay here,
resuming their mass fllRht to Alaska.
Meut. Commander Janva w. Shoe
makrr commanded the planes, com-
prlAlne sousdron VP-7.
Astoria, Ore., la the first scheduled
strm on the flight north from here
After leaving Astoria they will touch
ni-ofively at tWttls. Ketchikan,
.Mineau. Cordova. Pfward, Kodlak,
PuKU Harbor and Sitka,
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WARNING SERVED
IENT
I
All Orchards and Packing
Plants to Be Safeguarded
Fruit Workers Them
selves Named As Officers
Two hundred special deputy bher
tffs, chiefly employed orchard workera
and Packing house employe,, were
aworn In thia morning by Sheriff
Walter J. Olnucheld, aa "a precau
tionary measure and for tha lawful .
protection of orchard and packing
house property and the products
thereof." The men received their ap
pointments and carda of authority
thia morning. The protection covers
every orchard and packing plant In
ths county.
"The sheriff's office has no Interest
In any dispute botween employer and
employee over wages." Sheriff Olms-
cheld said this morning, "it Is ths
duty of the sheriff to protect prop
erty. No vandalism or nonsense will
be tolerated, from any source. There
have been reports of attempts to atlr ..
up agitation. The peace and pros
perity of the city and county, will be
safeguarded. There may be no trou
ble. If there Is, this office will be
prepared to toko legal steps to halt
It."
Tne district attorney's office and
other law enforcement agencies of the
county reported today, "we are check-
(Continued on Page Nine)
Chester VIrgU Hendrlckson, 81, 91
Cottsge street, arrested yesterday by
state police on charges of maintain
ing a public nuisance, was arraigned
before Justice of the Pesos W. II.
Coleman this morning and bound,
over to the grand Jury on S300 ball.
Hendrlckson wss arrested on a atita
warrant for selling liquor, and la al
legedly a partner of Henry Dynge. re
cently convicted on liquor selling
charges.
WILL
ROGERS
'says:
SAX FRANCISCO, July 1S
Wi'll, for a littln fresh air away
from Hollywood. Made a littlo
two-hour flight up to Frisco
last night. Lovely historic old
place, but it seeing nothing ever
hnppens here. Never saw it as
quiet. About tho only Dews,
Max Baer, who lives near here,
announces that he won't fight
this fall. That set the old town
kinder acog.
I see amoim the hotel arriv
als is General Hugh Johnson,
who is passing through going
to Los Angeles. lie is lecturing
for the NI?A. I want to see
"Bobbie" belore she gets out
of town.
Some talk of President
Koosovclt pulling in here for
fuel, but I see where he has
gone to Honolulu instead.
Nothing ever happens in this
town. Oh yes, the national
guard is using the old town as
is summer camp, instead of
Monterey. That brings in a
littln extra money. The Cham
ber of Commerce landed them,
to kinder stir up a little inter
est in the place.
The governor spoke on the
radio last night on "Civie
Pride." Certainly a quiet, rcst
fill old city, but nothing ever
happens here.