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Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1034 Twenty-ninth Star MEDFOliD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 1031 No. 116. The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday; temperature somewhat above nor ma 1. Highest yesterday . S3 Lowest this niornin -, ... BS By PAIL MALLON WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. . The first thing Hitler did titer Von Hln sjfenbuig died wai to make the army swear obedience so him. Our ol Cctal exchang ed knowing g 1 a n c e a when they read that. It has been an open secret In diplomatic cir cles for a long time that a strong crowd of fU. Brmy g a v rai. was and still la secretly opposed to Hitler. The.se Paul Mallon generals worshiped Von. Hindenbuig, who kept them In the nasi line. Many of them were associates and frienas of General von Schleicher, who now Ilea murdered oy nazl bullets. It la easy to suspect they had some mental reservations when Hitler ex tracted the personal oath from them , These generals are the only hope I of the Hitler opposition. Hitler could have been legally removed by Vcn Hindenbuig, but now there la no one to remove him. The only way he can be trapped Is by revolt, and the only ones who could conduct a first-clas? revolution against him are the gen erals and their army. The elections are. of course, farces. You can Imagine how many Hitler opponent will dare to risk their necks by going to the polls. Ala the vote-counting Is done by the B&zls. How long It will take the army tc get a revolution started la a matter Sot conjecture. Hitler's power la be ginning to wane. Continuous ec riomlc hardship of the people, the loss of domestic prestige by hla bloody murder purge and foreign Isolation of Germany are weakening hla pop ularity. Yet there la no question here but that he still maintains a strong Jiold on a large mass of people. Our official privately believe he will continue to hold on until condi tions become worse or a new leader i arises. The AAA la about to crack down on a few outstanding violators of the AAA marketing agreements. They expect to do It by "legal action and not by words, aa other crackers-down have done. Some actions already are in the process of preparation. Before the end of the summer it la proposed to hale certain large companies Into the courts. The AAA'ers appear to have no fear about the legality of their pro gram of its constitutionality, else the; would avoid the courts. The way the NRA haa been dodg ing court tests Is a subject of enlck- sffing comment wherever lawyers gather. The Grelf case In Baltimore brought them out not long ago. The Judge became angry because govern jnent lawyers argued technical que ions of Jurisdiction to keep the esse from going to trial. That la probably smart strategy. In hat case the Judge restrained local fjRA authorities from further steps Bgalnat the manufacturer, but that did not stop NRA official in Wash jncton. They immediately forbad. ft he code authority to sell any more clue eagle udu o tne company. The company thumbed its nose by aaylng It had enough labels to la through September. There you are. Whether these labels are valid has not been decided. But buyers will probably prefer to trade with firm whose blue eagles have unsullied reputations. There la where the NRA baa a double toe-hold on a violator without regard to the court. It Is not only illegal to sell ft. garment without the NRA label, but also violation of the retail code to buy an unlabeled garment. The marketing agreement for the big tobacco companlea recently went 'p in a cloud of cigar smoke. The eompanlee and the AAA could not even smoke together peaceably around the same table. Thereby hangs a tale concerning Ir. Roosevelt's diplomacy in effect ing last yoar'a tobacco agreement. It has only recently come to light. The tobacco boys finally drew up an agreement at that time after stormy sessions with AAA officials. T There was only one wrinkle In It to be smoothed out. Agriculture Secre tary Wallace Insisted the agreement Include a statement that "nothing In this can be construed to deprive the secretary of agriculture of any of his powers under the agricultural adjust ment act." The tobacco boys would not agree to that. When the agreement went to he Whle House they went with It. The7 demanded that the President tske the clause out of the agreement before he signed It. Mr. Roosevelt picked up hla pen With a twinkle In hi eye he scratched out the Wallace clause. Tobaceonl.ts -vera df'.ltnted. Then the President signed the agreement as follows: "Approved. Prsnklln D. Roosevelt ;th t--.e understanding, of course. tr:st as a msiier of law. nothing in !ils agreement can deprive the secre tary of agriculture of any of hla pow er, ur.der tlie agricultural adjust jnfnt act." .Copyrght. 1334. by Tsui Mallon.) Mr. and M-s C. D. Falwell of F.aet js'lucn street, are tlie parents of a fne.pound. 13-mince baby girl, born Imi 'morning at let Community boa- u BATTLE TO SAVE Individual Selfishness Dan ger Agriculture And In dustry Says President In Talk En Route East. By Francis M. Stephenson (Associated Press Staff Writer) ENROUTE WITH PRESIDENT ROOSEVELT TO WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. (AP) President Roosevelt traveled on to new western develop ments today wltn a declaration that his administration Is Just beginning a war on Individual selfishness "to save our resources of agriculture and Industry." This statement of battle In a con gressional election year was laid down last night from a tourist cottage on Medicine lake, high up In Olader national park. "I believe." said the president, In a radio address, "we are building a better comprehension of our national needs." Purpose Understood "People understand, as never be fore, the splendid public purpose that underlies the development of great power sites, the Improving of naviga tion, the prevention of flood and of erosion of our agricultural fields, the prevention of forest fires, the diver sification of farming and the dis tribution of Industry." "We know more and more, that the east haa a stake In the west and the west has a stake In the east, that the nation must and ahall be (Continued on Page rhree) -f- SAI.EM, Aug. 6. ( AP) It will be Impossible to enforce the restaurant Industry marketing agreement, as long aa the restaurant operators can not agree among themselves. Max Qehlhsr, state director of agriculture declared here today. The statement by Ochlhar was pro voked by a suit filed here Saturday bv Robert Sawyer, Portland restau rant operator. In which he attacked the constitutionality of both the marketing agreement and the state agricultural adjustment act. Ochlhar Indicated he would defend the code In the courts, and would attack vigorously that part of Saw yer's complaint seeking an order re straining Ita enforcement. "It Is my opinion that most of the opposition to the code haa doveloped among the beer resorts," Gehlhar said. "Many of these operators do not want any code for the reason that they cannot comply with the sanitary requirements. Virtually all of the so-called 'legitimate' restau rant operators favor the marketing agreement and already have paid their annual license." The complaint filed by Sawyer la virtually the same as one previously prepared in a suit brought by T. E. Sturtevant, Salem operator, which was withdrawn a week ago, Gehlhar aald. - SALEM. Aug. 8. (Jf, Three par dons and one remission of fine were issued to state penitentiary Inmates here today by Governor Julius L. Meier. John Burns, serving a 10-year sen tence for assault with Intent to rob. mas pardoned. He was committed from Multnomah county, January 8. 1930. Ocorge F. Hall, 10 years for statu tory offense, granted freedom. Com mitted from Wasco county, July 30. 1831. Arthur Campbell, three years on burglary charges, pardoned because of ill health. Committed from Clatsop county. April 6, 1033. The 1500 fine of Luke Jennings for possession of mash was remitted by the governor. Jennings served a one year sentence on the charge at trie state penitentiary. He was committed from Jackson county. 10 WED BRITISH GIRL MONTE ARI0, Auj. (CP) Jwph M. Srhen'-k. Hollywood f!,m producer, revealed last nldht hla ?n racement to the Bnt:h actreaa. Mr!e Ofoeron. S-rhneck, former huaband of Norma Talmadjre. atar of tlw allcnt film daya, aald the dat for hla rd- dlnj had not been definitely aettled He aded he Is returnlni to the to the Mllmcl t CODtel United Stales on Wfdneadav, from Villefrancha on ti. User U ea voUU. RESTAURAHT MEN BLOCK ENFORCING CODE AGREEMENT LUKE JENNINGS FINE REMITTED Opposes Italians If v If I Informed circles In Belgrade Vugoslavia, aaid the government ol King Alexander I (above) resenti the stand taken by Italy In playlnc i lone hand In guaranteeing the independence of Austria. (Assocl ited Press PhotM BETTER RATING EIRE INSURANCE SALEM. Aug. 8. (AP) Notice of change to more favorable rating of several Oregon cities tn regard to fire Insurance, were received today by Pi re Marshal Earl H. Averill from the Oregon Insurance Rating bureau. The grading for classifications la based on efficiency of the water sys tems, fire department, fire alarm systems, building laws, hazards and structural conditions, and la rated from class 8. which Is In effect In the best protected districts, to class 10, representing no protection. The city of Portland was rated un der classification 3 to 5, and Astoria under 4. Under classification 5 appeared Albany, Ashland, Baker, Bend,' Cor vallls, Eugene. Grants Pass Hood River La Grande, McMlnnville. Med ford. Oregon City, Pendleton and The Dallas. Rated under number fl was Cottage Grove, Dalian, Forest Grove, Klamath Palla, Marsh field, Roseburg. Salem, Silverton, Tillamook and Woodburn. MILITARY RULE TO BE DISPUTED MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 8. (AP) A court Injunction to prevent Governor Floyd B. Olson and the National Guard from continuing the gover nor's rigid restrictions against move ment of commercial vehiclca during the truck drivers strike will be sought by employers, they announced today. The legality of the order closing streets to all trucks ecept those spe cifically exempt and those given per mits to operate by the National Guard will be attacked in the action, which will charge violation of consti tutional rights. MARRYING MINISTER GAVE CABBIES CUT HAGERTOWN, Md. (UP) The Rev. Charles Peter Hoffman who has of ficiated at 110 of the 258 marrJv" performed here In the last two months, was arrested, charged with offering rewards to taxlcab drivers to "bring, take and direct" romantic couples to his home. ' t4 1 I ..III ! " - President Views Grand Coulee Power Project h ' I ... .'""t, '""'.-:--:''-. ..,--"'.,- On a hlli promcinlnrT merlooalni (ha Columbia rlier. President Franklin D. Rnnwvelt Tlrved (a.hrrt hlll.Mra nhera he roiiMrmted the m.inmoth i,riid f oulee poxrr dam In renirai hlnicm. In the phltire, Frank A, R.nk., rhlef nifineer, I, thuwn polntlni out the location ol Uia $63,000,000 ooDuel im uxi E plHS- tSfh tAtnt Booaereit I lUtltif H M buibaiwl, left, Solemn Tribute And Prayer' For Freedom And Honor! Voiced By Nazi Chief ! Entombment Is Tuesday. By Louis P, I.ochner (Associated Press Foreign Staff) BERLIN, Aug. 6. (AP) Chancellor Adolf Hitler today delivered a eulogy of his predecessor. Field Marshal Paul von Hlndenburg, before a packed audience of government officials, leg islators, and citizens In the Kroll opera house. Then he departed by airplane for Tannenberg where, tomorrow, he will preach the funeral oration at the tomb of Germany's war hero presi dent. The ceremonies today were heard in the heart of Germany's capital as befitted the rites for a statesman. Tomorrow's services will be In the great monument which marks the Tannenberg battlefield where, In 1914, Von Hlndenburg, the general, turned back the invading Russians, killing 50,000 of them. Prayer For Peace It Is there that tha old warrior will be entombed tomorrow and It Is there that Hitler will apeak again. In his speech today, the chancellor paid solemn tribute to the late pres ident and prayed for the peace, free dom and honor of Germany. "Deputies of the German Reich- (Continued on Page Eight) McNary Gives Views On New Deal Legislation PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 8. (AP) Home from the national capital. Sen ator Charles L, McNary, republican senate leader, declared "some of the 'new deal' legislation haa come to stay, some v,nl perish and soma will be modified to meet changed condi tions. Senator McNary, who arrived here yesterday and proceeded to hla home near Salem, declared that current congressional expenditures must be supplemented by private ventures and business revival. "The legislative attempt by con gress to improve economic conditions waa no easy task," he asserted. "The difficulty was not due to the number and variety of the problems, but to Purging of Needed to WASHINGTON, Aug. 8. (AP) A senate committee suggested a house cleaning today to purge Wall Street investment banking of "abuses." Declaring banking houses used "shocking" and "scandalous" meth ods In selling the public billions rf dollars of securities, many of which have become almost worthless since 1020, the committee declared: "Many of the abuses In investment banking have resulted from the in competence, negligence. Irresponsibil ity or cupidity of Individuals In the profession. "Such abuses can bs eliminated only by the elimination of such per sons from the field. Other, abuses are Inherent in the American system and are, therefore, susceptible of remedial legislation." Tho banking committee made this ' , J-v;f '. . Airman Pinned In Cockpit Two Days With Dead Friend CLYTHE. Calif., Aug. 8. (AP) Trapped for two days In the cock pit of a plane beside the body of his flying companion on the Colo rado river bottom. William Henry of San Diego lay critically 111 In a hospital today. He was rescued yesterday by cowboys who searched the area when Pilot Walter Ballard severely Injured fought his way through the wilderness and heat of the Imperial valley to bring out word of the crash . Trapped In the plane's wreckage with Henry was the body of Jamea McFadden of San Diego, killed Friday when the plane crashed as Ballard tried to "pancake" to safe ty to escape a severe desert storm. LID ON GAMBLING NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 8. (AP) The lid appeared to have been com pletely clamped down on gambling in New Orleans today when city po lice ordered a ban on games of chance, sponsored by clvicand church organizations, after raiding a lotto party given by the Ninth War Pro tective association. Luxurious gambling casinos In and about the city voluntarily shut down several weeka ago when the state and city administrations started their dispute over "vice conditions" and National Guardsmen, mobilized on order of Gov. O. K. Allen, were In structed to Investigate any gambling operations called to their attention. the fact that the solution of many of them required an apparent rever sal of long-established theories of government. "The attitude of the majority of congress was at all times based upon the substantial thought that the times were too serious, suffering too general and the need of help too great to permit anything other than the good of the country to control ita action or influence its judgment. "A portion of the legislation passed by the recent congress Is temporary in character, experimental In nature and In the coming session may meet with repeal or substantial modifica tion. By that time experience and trial will have determined the effic acy or Impotency of this legislation." Wall Street Save Public statement in tha second chapter or its report on the senate's stock mar ket and banking Investigation, in the course of which It cited past prac tices of J. P. Morgan and company; Kuhn. Loeb and company; The Nat ional City company; Dillon Read and company, and others. The firms dis tributed domestic securities totaling S 5,000, 000 ,000 and foreign bonds ex ceeding 17,000,000,000 since the war. The report cited the preferential lists of several firms whereby per sons prominent In political life and other fields were offered stock at prices under the market. It found that such practice, whatever else It Indicated, did create "a community of Interest and similarity of view point between donor and donee which augured well for their mutual wel fare and ill for that of the public." vita, ' m . ITER 0' ,ET IS Development Of Crescent City Harbor Means Much To Region Engineers Board Told By Rep. Lea, ny H. C. Hutater (Associated Press Oregon Correspondent) WASHINGTON, Aug. 8 (AP) Representative Lea, of Santa Rosa, Calif., urged the army board of en gineers at a public hearing today to consider future needs for a water outlet for southern Oregon and northern California. Ho appeared at a hearing on the Crescent City har bor project. The army's district engineer rec ommended recently construction of a south Jetty at Crescent City, exten slon of the present Jetty and dredging of the harbor to a 30-foot depth, The suggested improvements would cost $4,312,000. Crescent Last Need Lea told the board that with the dredlng of the bar at Humboldt bay at Eureka to a 30-foot depth, only the development of one outlet re mnlncd to provide adequote trans portation to the Pacific coast. That outlet, he said, was Crescent City. The board recently recommended dredging the Humboldt bar to 30 feet for a width of BOO feet. Lea described to the board the po tentialities of the region to be served (Continued on Page Three) 4 Ti VANCOUVER, Wash., Aug. 6. (AP) Injuries which may causo his death were suffered here last night by Leonard LeRoy Wammock, 33, of Seirra Madra, Cal., a non-union sea man, who was man-handled by a group of waterfront workers. Out of a group which waylaid him. three men grabbed Wammock, police said, swung him like a sack of wheat. and tossed him eight feet Into the atr. He landed on his head on the sidewalk and his skull was fractured. He had not regained consciousness today. FAMED AVIATRIX DiES DAYTON, O., Aug. 6. (UP) Mrs. Frances Harrell Marsalls, co-holder of the world's refueling endurance rec ord for women, waa killed Sunday when her plane crashed after round ing a pllon In a 60-mlle free for all handicap race. The avlatrlx with whom Mrs. Mar ital la set the endurance record, Mrs. Helen Rickey, finished second In the same event unaware that her friend had fallen and was fatally hurt. GENERAL MOTORS PAYS 50 CTS. EXTRA DIVIDEND NEW YORK. Aug. 6. (AP) Dir ectors of.Oeneral Motors corporation today ordered an extra dividend of 50 cent t share on the common stock. This extra disbursement, In addition to the regular 25 cent qua terly dividend, ds the largest extra payment to be made by the com pany since 1020. 4' 4 In Court Battle .i yv i y, - it In a legal tilt for control of I anity hearing for Louis R. Payne, convicted Los Angeles killer, Pre siding Judge Frank C. Collier (above) ordered the hearing trans ferred from the court of Judge Harry F. Sowelt. The odd situation came as a climax to a heated con troversy between the two jurists with Collier making accusations of drunkenness against Sewell and demanding hla resignation. (Asso ciated Press Photo THREE STATES TO F Dy the Associated rresa. The last lapa In three spirited pri mary racea were run today with the electorate picking the wlnnera tomor row In Missouri, West Virginia and Kanana. Nomlnatlona for two aenta In the United States aenato both now held by Republlcana are at atake, In Mia sourl and Weat Virginia, No senator ship la being filled In Kanaae. Caudldatea alao are being nominat ed fof twenty-alx aeata In the house of representatives thirteen In Mis souri, six in West Virginia and seven In Kansas. Nine candidates are elbowing their way In a free-for-all for the demo cratic senatorial nomination In West Virginia, with Clement 1,. shavor, former national chairman, former Senator W. E. Chilton and Bush D, Holt apparently leading the field. The winner probably will oppose senator Harry D. Hatfield In Novem ber. While all the democratlo aapl ranta have pledged control to the Roosevelt administration, Hatfield vigorous crltlo of the "new deal" haa met acant opposition from four Republican opponents. There la a atx-cornered race for the Democratic nomination for gov ernor In Kansas, but only one man haa challenged the Incumbent, dov. ah. M. Landon, on the Republican track. BODY OF GIRL IS HOIXISTER, Cal.. Aug. (UP) The body of a young woman, possibly the victim of a gang-style ride, e-aa found Sunday in a clump of willows on the old rock road off the Pruned '.e cut-off, west of San Juan Batista. Authorities sought to Identify the victim aa the first step In tracking aown her assailants. The woman's face waa mutilated by rocaa into which she was thrown from an automobile. 8he was about 35 years old, weighed ISO pounds, had brown hair and grey eyes and i clad In a blue and white atrlpcd cotton dress, I R. S. Staley of Portland, secretary of the Oregon Truckers NRA code as sociation, will be the main speaker tonight at a meeting of the Rogue River Truckers association, to be held at 6 o'clock at the Relnklng Trucking t,o. on norm nr etreet. The purpose of the meeting la to explain to representatlvea of aouthern Oregon trucking compsnlea, the oper atlon of the NRA code. Representatlvea will be present rrom 10 company of the local asso elation, of which Carl Stewart Is president. PILOT LIDS SAFE AFTER LOSING 'PROP TIFFIN. O.. Aug. 8 (AP) Skillful piloting enabled Mllo Burcham, 31 year old Los Angelea atunt filer, to make a successful landing here today after the propellor dropped off his biplane while he waa flying at neurit or looo feet over this city. Burcham akimmed over housetops, trees, and high tension wires after the accident to glide safely Into a cow pasture, the only open apace wltoln a radius of several miles. AT BOARD MEET Only Slight Controversy Over Seating Arrangement Re sults At First Session Since The Election Rift. SALEM. Aug. 6. (AP) All three members of the atate board of con trol were In attendance at the regu lar monthly session of that body here today, the flrat time the governor, state treasurer and secretary of state have sat together at the board acaslon since the latter part of May. The sewlon, also the first since the major rift between Governor Jullua L. Meier and Treasurer Rufua C. Hol man following the primary election campaign when Holman waa reported to .mve said the governor "did not havt the breeding 01 k hog," started oi; with a slight controversy over the seating arrangement. llnlman Demnnds Place The governor requested William Elnzlg to alt In Holman'a usual place at the left of the governor. Holman demanded hla regular place. Then tne governor requested Elnzlg to get another chair and place It between himself and Holman. Elnzlg aat In this position, and tho matter waa dropped. Only minor matters were consid ered by the board at today'a session, which was followed by meeting of the land board and the banking board of which all three state offl clala are members. The governor pre- ..uuaiy jiao Baia ne world not meet with Holman again, but It waa atiM Secretary of State P. J. stadelmaa prevailed upon the governor to per mit attendance of all three membeni at the regular atatutory session, of the board. Up to thla time the bust. nese naa been transacted bv "choat" sessions or by meetings of two mem- uora, euner tne governor and Stadel- man, or Btadeiman and Holman. TO IT LITTLE AMERICA AnturtlM 6 (AP) A second tractor party has set out from Little America on an other attempt to bring Rear Admiral Richard E. Bvrd bark rrnm hi. Inn. ly, Ice-encased observation post 133 mnes 10 tne south. The expedition Vrt mi.fH shortly after word by wireless was rcvoivra irom iJyra. Dr. Thomas Poulter, In charge of the party which was forced by howl ing Antarctic storms recently to turn , back after reaching only the half way mark, was In command of tha group of four. PIONEERS OF ROGUE MEET IN CENTRALIA CENTRALIA. Wash., Aug. fl. (UP Four plonbar sisters, eldest of whom came west from Missouri by ox team and settled In the Rogue River valley in Oregon, held a reunion Saturday. They were Mrs. P. H. Round tree. 85, of Klaber, Mrs. Flora Gtahwlller, Nell ton. 79, Mrs. Nancy Moon, Toledo, 77 and Mrs. D. P. Hlbbard 78. The latter three were born In Oregonr Their ages totaled 310 years. EUGENE WOMAN DIES DURING DRIVER TEST EUGENE, Ore. (UP) Mrs. R. M. Pratt, long-time resident of Eugene and prominent socialite, started her car as part of the routine necessary to obtaining a driver's permit. M. M. Taylor, examiner, noticed the woman slump aa the car turned a corner. He grabbed the wheel: called a doc tor. Mrs. Pratt was dead HONOLULU, Aug. 5. Well, wc Hrc licndins today for the broad Pacific. It's been a won derful week here but it would take months to see it all. Tbey do lots o playing here but these old missionary families do lots of work too. One good thiiiR about 'cm, they put all their money right back in the islands. Attorney General Cummiuss got in yestcrdiiy. Ho is Roose velt's lawyer and 1 guess come out to straighten out some devilment his boss got in while here. Iluey Long is getting more publicity out here in the papers than Hitler. If I am seasick tomorrow you won't hear from me. Youw, rflie Art'.
