Medford Mail Tribune
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Twenty-ninth Ytar
MEDFOUD, OREGON, TUP:SDAY, JULY 24, 1934.
No. 103.
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The Weather !
Forecast: Fair and slightly cooler
tonight and Wednesday.
Temperature:
Weliest yesterday .,-, - ,.,, -r ,,., fll
Lowest tht morn 1 dp ... . 5 7
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(Paul Mallon. whose signature
usually appears over this dis
patch, Is on a brief vacation. Dur
ing his absence the column will
be composed of contribution
from leading Washington corre
spondents.) (Copyright, 1B34, by Paul Mallon.)
WASHINGTON, D. C, July 24.
When the postofflce department an
nounced that, as the result of the
last fiscal year's business, It was about
5,000,000 to the good, Instead of
being, as usual, many millions out of
rxket, everyone thought there must
be some catch in It. But there Is
no trick concealed In It at all. ac
cording to officials. Its the conse
quence, they say. of no legerdemain of
bookkeeping, but of simple, econom
cal business administration. Big sav
ings were made on the air mall con
tracts and on several other Items, yet
it was the adding together of many
smaller economies which enabled the
riutoman deficit to be overcome.
As an example of these, the cost of
carrying the mall to and from rall-
i-ad stations to postofflces Is clteo.
There were 21.000 contracts for this
service, which should be let by ma
ding. It was found, however, that
lhl regulation had not been followed
In the Immediate past end 12,000 of
the contracts had been allowed to
run on, being renewed from time to
time, without being submitted for
eomrjBtltlvs blddlnK. These were an
put up for bids, and a saving of
around $2,000,000 was effected In this
small part of the system alone.
Before boasting too much about
wiping out the deficit, however, the
department might turn its attention
to speeding up the delivery of mall.
When a letter, even one carrying a
special delivery stamp, which leaves
Washington around midnight Is not
delivered to Its New York address
earlier than noon the next day, the
postal service Is not so hot ,
In relation to the San Pranclsco
strike, tha alienee of Jim Farley fur
nished a striking contrast to the vo
ciferousness of General Hugh 3. John
son, and, in the opinion of "observers
In the capital, was Immensely more
iseful in bringing reasonableness Into
the situation. Jim did not have to
say anything in his official capacity,
he simply stood for certain things
and served as a mnemonic obelisk to
the ship owners. They could not look
at his towering form and. placid face
without being reminded of a lot of
things.
The first aid to memory was that
he was postmaster-general. Then,
they didn't have to think very far
back without recalling that he had
been instructed by the president to
make an investigation of ocean mail
contracts and determine whether they
were not out of line with fair com
pensation. While on that line of thought, they
had no difficulty In recollecting that
two mail contracts out of San Fran
cisco bring In 648,000 a voyage, or
1,248.000 a year on each contract.
It was not forgotten, either, that
one route was extended so that It gave
$1,684,000 of government money to
the lines In one year, Instead of
1.243.000. It popped Into their heads
also, doubtless, that the route out of
Seattle to Manila pays 910 a mile and
adds 81,000 a voyage to the revenues
of shipping lines which were making
handsome profits even before the mall
contracts were given them.
It is considered here that mulling
over facta of this kind may have had
much to do with the change of front
by the ship owners In agreeing to sub
mit all the causes of dispute with
the strikers to arbitration. If they
did not think about them, with Post
master General Farley standing right
there. It must be supposed they don't
believe in signs.
Various stories put out last week
from Tokio, Oeneva and London
about the naval conference and the
attitude of Japan, Oreat Britain and
the United States with reference to
the Pacific were regarded here ar. tf
forts to draw this country out and get
It- to make commitments favorable to
th other nations.
Among the stortcs was one that
Prime Minister MacDonald, ho la
on hw way to Canada for a holiday,
hoped to have an opportunity to talk
with President Roosevelt about the
Parlflc naval puliation. It does not
Kfm likely that such, a desire on the
part of the British prime minister
will receive, strong encouragement
from the White House.
During his ast visit here, with the
British delegation to discuss the sub
jects to be considered at the world
economic conference, Mr. MacDonald
assured the president that the war
debt question would not be brought
up at the sessions cf the conference.
Nevert heles, when the conference
met Mr. MacDonald Wmseif was the
firt to hrnch the defct issue, saying
1t wculd have to conrldrred in any
nrrcrsm of world revovery. Thla
about-tace did not make a hit with
pres. dent Roosevelt, and it is probable
he does not particularly crave hear
tng more of Mr. MscDonald'p palaver
Finding niri to vrve on the arm
(.CuaUauea oa Paa Sli
ARREST 1200 IN
PLOT TO SNATCH
Socialists, Communists and
Nazis Declared Banded
for Campaign of Terror
Aimed at Government
By WADE WERNER
(Associated Press roreign Staff.)
VIENNA, July 24.--yp)--Twelve nun
drcd Socialists were arrested today In
connection with an Alleged plot to
overthrow the Dollfusa governmen
It was the biggest roundup of polit
ical prisoners since the bloody Febru
ary civil war.
Political police were picking up
threads of evidence which they said
Indicated Socialists, Communists and
Nazis had verged Into a common
front for a huge campaign of terror
against the Fascist government.
Prisoners were herded Into a former
coach building plant.
Police were uncommunicative, but
a government spokesman explained
most of the arrests were merely "pre
ventive," pending a search of sus
pects' homes for explosives and in
criminating documents.
Those whose connection with a plot
cannot be established "will be re.
leased within a few days," he said.
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FAIRBANKS, Alaska, July 24.
(AP) Completing a training flight
of almost 4000 miles across the Unit
ed States and Canada from Washing
ton, D. C, 10 bombers of the United
States army air corps awooped down
on Weeks Held here at 12:16 P. 3. T.
The planes left Washington July
19. Commanded by Lieut. Col. Henry
H. Arnold, commanding officer .it
March Field, Riverside, Calif., the ex
pedition made stops at Dayton, Ohio,
Minneapolis, Minn., Winnipeg, Man.,
Edmonton, Alta., Prince George, B. C,
and Whltehorse, Y. T.
Perfect coordination between the
alrcorps and the army signal corps
was demonstrated.
MINNEAPOLIS, July 24. (UP)-1
Trucks again rumbled through Mln
ncapolls streets today. Striking pick
ets muttered their resentment, but
offered no resistance.
Strikers were restrained for two
reasons. Police squads armed with
shotguns accompanied the trucks as
they carried "necessities" around the
city. Governor Floyd B. Olson, farmer-labor
executive, promised to placs
the entire city under martial law If
violence was renewed.
PORTLAND, July 24. P) With B
bid of $67,723, the Commercial Iron
Works of Portland was low when pro
posals were opened here yesterday by
the superintendent of the 17th light
house district for construction of the
lighthouse tender Rhododendron. T;e
Alblna Engine and Machine Works of
Portland bid 179.900.
lcr .vV
phnle al the left of John Milliner, pnMIe enemy No. 1. ho hl bily It rr.ti-d In a pstrnl asjon brrnre It M carried t the hlran
He a ntalli h"i h fnirrai arni and p"l're jfier lenilni mnif. email (Hunt) qukkl) fathered near Ihe theater he attended before
into the ambiuk o( olfkeri a ho acre asllln, nrat. (Associated Pre. I rbototj.
The
Mioftur.
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Dolfuss Fights Nazis
Chancellor Engelbert Dollfua of
Austria hat begun a new drive
against nazis and the campaign of
terrorism which has caused almost
daily bombing in that country.
(Associated Press Photo)
ALL IS QUIET ON
FRUIT FRONT OF
All Is quiet upon the agitation
front in Jackson county, with the
picking and packing of Bartlctt pears
for cannery consignments and eastern
shipment moving ahead rapidly.
There are plenty of workers, with less
transient labor than in previous years.
Despite the apparent calm, the dis
trict attorney and sheriff's office are
watching the local situation carefully
and are prepared to nip quickly any
attempt to create labor discord. Copies
of Communistic literature planned for
circulation, have been secured. A close
tab Is kept on all activities. The 24q
special deputy sheriffs sworn in last
week without pay have been organ
ized for quick dispatch to any or
chard.
A meeting of the so-called "Cannery
and Agricultural Workers Union" was
held at the P. Js E. lot last night.
According to the authorities It was
decided, "the time, was not ripe for
action." Sheriff Olmscheld said he
had reports an attempt would be
made to call a strike, "but it was!
called off." One of the speakers, at
the meeting, according to official re
ports, revealed that he had been dis
charged "for agitating." Few of the
100 or so purported members of the
"Cannery and Agricultural Workers'
Union" are employed in the orchards,
officials say.
The majority of the orchard work
ers are opposed to any agitation, the
authorities say, and the authorities
blame the threats of discord upon a
group of malcontents. Evidence has
been secured by the district attorney,
linking the "Cannery and Agricultural
Workers' Union" with Communistic
activities. The same group has been
(Continued on Page Ten)
ELITE AND HUMBLE AT
MRS. CROCKER'S RITES
SAN FRANCISCO. July 24. f)
Society's elite and the humble min
gled at funeral services in flan Mateo
for Mre. William H. Crocker, phllan
throplst and wife of the Sen Franclsoo
banker. Burial was In the Cypress
Lawn cemetery
Messages of condolence were receiv
ed from all parts of the world.
Scenes at Chicago End of Dillinger's
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DILUNGER TIPOFF
RESULT OF
PLACED ON
Bandit Broke While Alive,
But Worth $15,QpO Dead
Informer's Name Kept
Secret by Federal Agents
By JOSF.I'H RAWL1NGS.
CHICAGO, July 24. ( AP ) Gold
lured John Dllllnger on his career of
crlnr and gold lured him to his
death.
Officers found $7.70 In his pockets,
after his body, punctured with bul
lets, had been picked up in an alley
near a north side theater Sunday
night. Dllllnger. private Investigators
concluded, was broke, or unable to
reach any hidden bank robbery loot,
and therefore could no longer pay
to keep closed the lines of communi
cation to the authorities.
Worth 915,000 Dead.
Alive, Dllllnger wasn't worth much
In dollars. Dead, there was a price
tag of 15.000 on his head. And that,
the Investigators concluded, is why
someone "put him on the spot."
Who It was, is a secret.
There were reports that a woman,
dressed in red, was beside the des
perado when the federal agents
pumped their deadly bullets Into his
body, and that it was she who lured
him to his end. The same reports
said the womnn now Is hidden away'
In a hotel, closely guarded by federal
agents.
'I won't discuss It," said Melvln
Purvis, chief of the federal agents
who laid In wait for .Dllllnger at the
theater.
"Probably." said Purvis, "the per
sons who gave the tip will never be
known."
Informer Known.
There was every Indication, how
ever, that federal officials knew who
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JILfED LOVER RENIGS
ON SUICIDE PROGRAM
RAMSEY, N. J. (UP) William
Storms, 55 and Jilted, set fire to his
barn. Then he threw his life savings,
2500, to the flames. The deed to his
property followed. Storms then ran
into the barn, intending to die. The
pain was too much. He ran out
screaming and plunged into a spring.
CHICAGO. (UP) Gilbert Olson
30, said his wife hit him In the mouth
with her fist: knocked a lighted cljar
down his throat; then poured hot tT
mato soup on his head. He asked a
divorce; got It.
BANDITS ESCAPE
BARRAGE OF SLUGS
OXFORD, Kas., July 24. (AP)
Four bsndlts robbed the Oxford bank
here today of an estimated $5000 and
fled with five hostages after shooting
up the town.
Marlon Carson, manager of a lum
ber company here and patron of ths
bank, and one of the bandits were
wounded by vigilantes shotgun fire
as they climbed Into the car. Carson,
shot In the shoulder, was not believed
to be seriously wounded. The bandit
also was believed to have stitfered only
a minor wound. He was shot In the
cheek and was bleeding profusely,
witnesses said, as the car sped out of
town.
Harold Llttrell, 18. was shot In the
is i m n til fricnri 1 ri a. . I i -m t u . , - . 'i ......: i i i
Declaration of
Independence To
Bring Huge Sam
MELROSE. Mass., July 24.
( AP) A yellowed copy of the
Declaration of Independence, bear
ing what is believed the rare sig
nature of Button Gwinnett, 30th
signer of the document, may
bring Mrs. Laura Why not Harlow,
dressmaker, a lot of money."
The document has been in Mrs.
Harlow's possession for 20 years
but the possibility of Us being of
great value did not occur to her
until she read autograph collec
tors had paid as high as (22.600
for genuine signatures of Gwinnett.
E Dill
The criminal docket of the circuit
court the shortest In five years
was completed yesterday, before
Judge H. D. Norton.
The Jury In the case of Chester O.
Webb and Evan L. Crow, indicted by
the last grand Jury, lor grand larceny
was the only Jury trial. The case
against Webb was dismissed, and the
court Instructed the Jury to bring In
a verdict of not guilty In the case
of Crow. Webb appeared as a state
witness. The district attorney re
duced the chsrge from grsnd lar.
ceny to taking an auto without per
mission.
Perry L. Ashcraft, garageman of
Ashland, and Webb were the state's
witnesses, and according to their tes
timony the transaction had the as
pects of a mlsunderstsnding.
, Webb and Crow visited the garage,
and started negotiations for the pur
chase of an auto, Ashcraft testified
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CCC EDUCATION HEADS
E HERE
Before a meeting of all managers
and educational advisors of CCC
camps In the Medford district, held
this morning at the headquarters in
this city, J. B. Grilling of the corps
area headquarters, Presidio, San Pran
clsco, led a discussion of the various
plans and problems In the educa
tional program. Representatives o!
all the 30 camps In this district were
present, and took part also in mak
ing plans for the future.
abdomen by the bandits as they raked
the street with machine gun fire In
their flight.
All the hostages were released a
short time after the robbery.
LOS ANGELES, July 24. (AP)
Ruscll A. Leldy, 32, radio patrolman,
was shot and killed early today aa he
and Officer Ohen Tucker pursued two
robbery suspects, who were sur
rounded In a downtown district, an
hour later by more than 100 police
men and captured.
The men were Identified as Hsrry
Wilson, 20, and Paul McDonald, 28.
Police said the two men held up a
cafe of 83 In cash and a bottle of wine,
fleeing In an automobile.
IV1ERC!LESS RAYS
Generally Fair and Warmer
Forecast for Middle Sec
tion of Country Live
stock Suffers Intensely
By the Associated Press
Generally fair and warmer"
nounced the weather forecaster to
day as man mopped his brow and
the beast felt his parched tongue
swell utter a week of contlnuel ab
normally iilgh temperatures.
Scores were added to tne nnuon s
death lift from the heat which had
reached 18 at 10 a. m. (Central
standard time) today.
Old Sola radiance beamed Impar
tially on all sections with the excep
tion of the Paclflo and the north
Atlantic coasts where fairly moder
ate temperaturea prevailed. Precipi
tation has been almost negligible In
the Ust 24 hours.
'Hope of Relict
A solitary hope of relief was held
out for the Great Lake region In a
high pressure area from Alaska
sweeping over Canada ana expected
to reach Chicago Wednesday night.
Livestock throughout the central
west suffered Intensely. Farmers
frantically tried to rush supplies to
markets, virtually all of which were
glutt.-d. The Chicago stockyards
sought the aid of a federal court to
settle differences with Its 1500 strik
ing employes. The combination of
strikes and heavy shipments virtually
eliminated trading.
A few high readings were St. Louis,
108, Jollet, 111., 107: Pond Du Lac,
Wis., 107; Kansas City, 100: Des
Moines 100: Oklahoma City 97; In
dianapolis 83; Detroit 92. On lr Pa
cific coast Los Angeles wsa 80; Seat
tle 80, Portland, Ore., 88 and Kan
Francisco 83.
Missouri leails List
Missouri continued to lead with the
greatest number of deaths, 178. Illi
nois reported 131, Ohio 05, Nebraska,
19, Michigan 18, Wisconsin 18. Penn
sylvania 13, Texas 11, Oklahoma 7,
South Dakota 3.
At noon. Chicago experienced the
hottest weather in the history of
the weather bureau, the thermome
ter reading 103.3 degrees. The pre
vious all time high was 103 on July
33, 1001.
CHICAGO, July 24. (AP) Weak
ened animals had to be shot at the
glutted union stockyards today as a
strike stopped efficient feeding and
watering In a blistering temperature.
The livestock commission mens
union, local 819, Joined a walkout of
stock handlers, bringing the total on
strike to 1,600. The commission men
had helped handle the animals and
when tht; quit only a handful of
workers remained to feed and water
the 76,000 head of atock.
There was no market and the ac
tion of the commission men put an
end ta all hopes there would be one
today.
A police cordon wss thrown about
the yards.
1
CULT FOLLOWERS DECIDE
RESURRECTION FAILURE
OrtOVIUE, Csl July 24. (UP)
Followers of Brother Isaiah Cudney,
who died Trlday, gave up hope of his
resurrection today and reported his
death to authorities. Brother Isaiah
had convinced his cult of his lm
mortality. A year ago he testified at
an Inquest that two of his cult d'.ed
because they disobeyed tenet of the
religion.
Theresa I'aulus left t and Mia MnleUkl, shown In renter with Dr. C. Alott, a ere hit by stray bullets whea
federal urn I, and nollre cloned In on John Itllllnfrr, Iniliana de.perado, and fatally wounded him as he left a
I hlrsfn moiie iheaier. rdiJir l.llemnd (rljht) was believed to have keen tht only ejewltnesi to the brief burst
of funflra ahlch cut the outlaw dowiL (oclted Press Photo).
BASEBALL
National.
R. H. E
Cincinnati - S 7 3
Boston 3
Frettaa, Brennan and Lombardl;
Rhem and Spohrer.
R. H. E.
Pittsburgh O 1
Philadelphia 13 3
Lucas. Blrkofer, Chagnon and Psd
den; Johnson and Todd.
R. H. E
Chicago 8 6 0
Brooklyn - 1 3
Lee and Hartnett; Mungo, Clark ano
Lopez.
ROSEBURG SLATfD
NEXT CONFAB
EUGENE, July 24. (AP) Roseburg
wa virtually assured the encamp I
ment tor 1935 by the United Spanish
War Veterans In annual session here
today as that city waa the only one
making a bid lor the honor. Tenta
tive prospectt for The Dalle to re
ceive the encampment tn 1030 were
Been, although nothing official waa
done In this respect.
Work on resolutions got under way
this afternoon as the veterans settled
down to the second day of the state
convention nere. One resolution
adopted during the morning business
session endorsed a movement insti
tuted by the Portland Ktwanls club
urging a flag In every home to be
properly displayed on all patriotic
occasions.
William H, Armstrong, national
commander, spoke again Tuesday
morning, strongly urging the elec
tion of a new congress and state leg
islatures favorable to the veterans'
cause.
Discussion, at times sharp and pen
etrating, featured the morning ses
sion on subjects of pension restora
tion, hospitalisation for veterans and
various candidates for public office.
General Charles Martin, democrat
ic candidate for governor, was round
ly denounced as opposed to all vet
erans.
Ada May Smith, Newport, won the
nomination for president of the de
partment or Oregon auxiliary to the
veterans at their session this morn
ing. Blsnche Lundburg, Portland, was
named for asnlor voce president.
Other officers nomin sited Included
Rose Burkltt, Rogue River, assistant
conductor.
TEXAS TO PROBE
E
HUNTSVILLB, Tex., July S. (ZD-
Three fulgltlve conrlcU were hunted
along by-roads of Texas and Okla
homa today as the Texas state prison
board gathered here to Investlgite
their sensational escape from "deatn
row."
Texss rangers led the search for
Raymond Hamilton, arch criminal of
the southwest: Joe Palmer and
"Blackle" Thompson.
No word of tho fugitive trio has
been heard since they roared away
from the prison Sunday.
Three companions of the men were
stopped by picket guard bullets.
Whltey Walker was killed, Charlia
Prerler wss probsbly fatally wounded
and Roy Johnson wss slightly nun.
Crime Trail
RESULT OF VOTE
E
Longshoremen Completing
Ballot Today Quiet
Reigns All Fronts Arbi
tration Believed Favored
SAN FRANCISCO, July 24. (AP)
Striking Pacific coast longshoremen
were completing their balloting today
on whether to submit their troubles
to arbitration, while President Roose
velt's national longshoremen's board
prepared for the holding of elections
among organized maritime workers to
choose representatives for collective
bargaining and arbitration efforts.
The vote of the longshoremen prob
ably wilt not be announced until to
morrow afternoon, as several locals in
Washington delayed balloting until
William J. Lewis, district president of
the International Longshoremen's as
sociation had addressed the groups.
or. IjOuis Bioch, secretary to the
president's arbitration board, said the
members "would stay up all night If
necessary" to get the vote announced
at the earliest possible time.
PORTLAND, Ore., July 24. (AP,
Tension slackened on the waterfront
today as laborers and employers alike
turned attentatlvely toward the presi
dent's mediation board to learn
whether Paclflo coast longshoremen
had voted to arbitrate their differ
ences or to continue their prolonged
stlke against working conditions.
Prom noon to duek here yesterday
members of the longshoremen's union
voted on whether to submit their case
to arbitration. Late last right tha
uncounted ballots were sped to 8an
Pranclsco by airplane, there to be
tabulated by members of the media
tion board. .
There was every Indication here,
and at Vancouver, Wash., and Marsh
field. Ore., that the longshoremen had
voted to arbitrate.
Meanwhile cargo was being worked
on five vessels here, and It waa
planned to take a caravan of about
20 trucks to Municipal terminal No.
4 this afternoon. Police, however, had
urged that hauling activity at the
terminal be postponed until the re
sult of the arbitration vote was an
nounced. Alt the talk of a threatened general
strike was quieted until the outcome
of the balloting was learned.
PARLEY REACHES
PORTLAND TODAY
PORTLAND, July 24. (AP) "Big
Jim' Farley came to Oregon today to
make a testimonial for the new deal.
T!ie postmaster general and chair
man of the national democratic com
mittee, was to reach Portland by
train from San Francisco at 8:4S p.
nr. and was scheduled to speek at
8:30 p. m. here at a banquet In his
honor. He will leave at 11:30 p. m.
by train for Seattle.
The genlsl field marshal In the
Roosevelt campaign for the presi
dency, was to be taken to the Bon
neville dam site this afternoon, and
waa later to confer with various poli
tical leaders of the state and city.
The public banquet, at Multnomah
hotel, was scheduled to start at 0:90
p. m.