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Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1931 Twenty-ninth Year" MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 1934. No. 117. FF Silver Shirts Offered Coin fox Guns Is Testimony I The Weather I Forecast : Mrdfoi d fair and warmer 1 tonight and Wednesday. Temperature: Highest yesterds.r i J Lowest this morning ., , 43 pre TT I -TN ""X I " I f g t " m" r f? rrjv F"V?3 rw mm. wmWB JL1 T IS By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. T. President Roosevelt ritualized the Pa cific northwest irrigated to full fer tility And pulsat ing with new electrlcsl energy. That started tome of our beat economic seers to visualizing the nation of the fu ture. It is quite delicate subject, e suDjeci. t-J-a ardly a. f?JJ Ml politically S' ff J : about as . m "i and h safe to talk northwest. Con- gallon sequently, the bright boys are keep ing their discussions private. Tney have an idea that the trend will continue along lines of decen tralization of population. At birth. . .i ., . the eaod aeaDOrta. In her teens, she extended along the railroads; in her maturity, ene wm expand along the new smooth main highways. This does not mean the cities will necessarily lose, but that the even tual United States will be on con tinuous city. It Is not an astounding prophecy becsiw It la already being partially fulfilled. The main highway from Washington to New York la practical ly a continuous city. There are very few stretches of highway arteries where you can get more than a few minutes away from gasoline stations, lodgings, lunch rooms and garages. Accompanying this development, the seers foresee the ultimate spread of city facilities for comfort and In dustry through the whole country. Hydroelectric power development will bring energy for factories whose prod ucts can go out on trucks and upon nearby railroads. The TVA dream of electric washing machines, stoves, cooling systems and furnaces In many homes Is not con fined to the Tennessee valley. Presi dent Roosevelt will make other sec tions then the northwest dam-con-actous and. If he doesn't, someone else will. Then there will also be tele vision for amusement, and probably even the city noises and gasoline odors. Up to today the Democratic mem bers of congress have been faring xtarordlnertly well In the primaries. Only seven have bit the dust out of approximately 200 who faced the machine gun ballots of their party voters. The Democratic congressional cam paign committee has a good excuse for every casualty. Mr. Roosevelt's prestige or the new deal's was not involved in any of the defeats, they say. That la, all of the seven (Nesblt, Illinois; Jeffers and Allgood, Ala bama; Abernathy. North Carolina. . e,..nfc- rViw,nn and McCllntlC. "HQ anniin., -Oklahoma! are supplanted on the Democratic ticket oy men jum drallsh as they were. The primary casualty list In both .... t. im,,iiniiv AinAll. More can didates have lost becaufo of their own ambitions. Puny 10 ucmocrain. membera of the house have been de feated trying to get the party nomi nations for the senate or for gover- The senate Democratic situation Is .... nn nmvrAtlc senator (Prlckson of Montana) failed to win renomlnatlon. A rather complete line on the situ ation will be available when returns are In from the five primaries Mon day and final return come In from Kentucky. j Mr. Roosevelt was not fooling when n predicted that a high Irrigation dam would be built above the present food control and power dam at Grand Coulee. Although he did not say when, everyone here believes It will tart as soon aa the present low flood eontrol dam la completed. There will be strong political pressure for It. Also the unsnswerable argument that It construction will be cheaper If continuous. The Democrat are Inwardly per turbed about the election coming In Maine. September 10. The situation hss been taken up In several private pow-wow among the master minds. Mom.' and help will unquestionably be forthcoming ehortly for the Maine Democratic organization. That la the only atate to elect con gremen before the regular election in November, and It always gets a lot of publicity. The Republicans coined the slocan: "Aa Maine goes, so goes the nation." and Induced the country to bc'.:r-e !t. The Literary Dlg-st poll on Maine wa too c'.oee to be comforting to the Democrats. Roosevelt led 8501 to 7708. Secretary Mo-genthau'e move to curb politics In his department is serious. He will be able to succeed only to a decree, but the decree will be greater than Washington thought penal b. The pc-nliir thin:: alout l.at 1 the t:r dpartmen (Pr- .J toutlnued on, Pa Four., . Agitation of Alleged Unlaw ful Acquisition of Land and Water Rights Been Going On for Years 8ALEM, Aug. 7. (AP) Charles M. Thomas, public utilities commission er, discussed the general lnvcstlga- tlon proceedings Involving the Klam ath Lake phase of the California Oregon Power company probe. In an order Issued here today. The lake controversy has been agi tated for many years, with alleged claims of fraudulent acquisition of land and water rights by the power company from the federal depart ment of Interior. The order states that charges of fraud had not been sustained by evi dence submitted. Separate Probe The Klamath Lake operations have been Investlgtaed separtely from the rate Investigation of the California Oregon Power company, but In con nection with the same case. The commissioner's order stated that in 1905 the federal government, supported by state legislative enact ments, became' definitely committed to a huge Irrigation and reclamation project In southern Oregon and north ern California. The major water auppiy around which the plan was bullded was upper Klamath lake and the Klamath river. The order continued: "The reports of government engi neers and the testimony of early settlers clearly show that the orlgi- ( Continued on Page Flv FEDERAL RELIEF ;i5 SALEM, Aug. 7. (AP) Issuance of certificates of Indebtedness not to exceed 8250,000 a month for the next five months to match federal unem ployment relief money was author ized by the state board of control In a special session late yeaterday, It was learned here today. The board made the authorization upon request of the state relief com mittee, and -ordered the state treas urer to borrow the necessary money from available funds to support the certificates of Indebtedness. The au thorization was made under an act passed by the second special session of the 1033 legislature. The action was taken after the re lief committee had Informed all mem bers of the board by letter that fed eral relief funds would not be forth coming after August unless the state contributed more to that end. It was the belief of the board members that funds not. to exceed 8250.000 a month, or a total of 81,350,000 would con tinue the federal contributions until ihe 1935 legislature could take neces sary action. The board session, attended by Gov ernor Julius L. Meier and Secretary of 8tate P. J. stadelman. ordered the Issuance by resolution. E Indicative of steadily Improving conditions In this city, the Medford Burgnin House at 27 North Grape street. Is expanding Its stock and en lerging Its quarters, according to an announcement today by Harry Ruben stein who, with Harry Kaplan, owns this concern. The store location ad joining the present home of the Med ford Bsrgaln House will be taken over snd remodeled. giving thla firm combined floor space of 7.500 square feet. New stock will be added for the enlarged store, according to Mr. Rub ensteln, and the remodeled location will be open for business on August 15. although the public win be serveo In the present store until thla open ing. PRUNE CONTROL PRICE AGREEMENT REACHED SMFM Am. 6. (API Closing a t.-u-.iv wuinn here lit'f last night, the lately orpanl7d control board for the prune Industry reached an agree ment on minimum price rates tor dried and green prunes. The prices were Immediately approved by Mas Oehlhar, slate director of agricul ture. base price on 36-count Italian prune, was set at ,87 per ton. with a ediiril:n of 1 per ton for each pu.n'- unallrr. and hflrlttion of S3 per ton for each point larger. LAID TO REST IN Hitler in Emotional Eulogy at Bier Says Late Warrior Statesman 'Opened the Door' to German Nazis TANNENBURG, Germany. Aug, 7. (AP) Germany burled Paul Von Hlndenburg In a shrine It holds sa cred today after Adolt Hitler In an emotional eulogy at the bier said the late president "opened the door" to Nazism. Brief and simple waa the funeral, as the old warrior-statesman had wished, but thousands of uniforms gave it a military atmosphere. The body of the 86-year-old leader was placed to rest In one of the tow ers of the national war monument, erected on the scene of Von Hlnden- burg's great triumph over the Rua- slan army In 1814. The entire nation paused during the funeral hour In a farewell trib ute to Its revered leader. Falls to Tell Alms Hitler, aa on yesterday at a memo rial service of the relchstag, eulo gized In glowing terms the man whose power he took, but he failed to give the expected Indications of his future policies. Von Hlndenburg, said Hitler, his voice trembling with emotion, "open ed the door to the representatives" of German resurgence, referring to his National Socialist party. The coffin was placed In front of a slender, tall cross of bronze. Hit ler and the Rev. Mr. Dohrmann, Von Hlndenburg's army chaplain,-' were the only speakers. The chancellor, praising the man who served Germany aa field mar shal when he himself fought aa a lance corporal, said : "Twice In the life of a soldier honorable mention somes to him alone after a great victory and after death." Career Reviewed Hitler then reviewed Von Hlnden urg'a eventful life, beginning with (Continued on Page Eight) F IS KEPI BUSY BY Mice have apparently run up and down the kitchen cupboard of O. W. Wilson, 332 Vi South Ivy street, four times since last evening, and If they did little damage, their escapades caused the fire department consider able worry, as each of the trlpa Into the cabinet resulted In fire. The first call came last evening at 8:25, when a truck was called to Wil son's residence to extinguish a small blaze In the kitchen cabinet. Smoke was discovered Issuing from the cup board again thla morning, and after returning from that call, the fire de partment again received word at 0:10 that there was a blaze at 232 South Ivy. This was extinguished. The fire department wa still Investigating a continuance of z Ware this after noon when the Mall Tribune went to press, having answered a fourth call at 1:45. Chief Elliott stated that a nest of the mice In the cabinet was the only clue to the fires' origin, the pesky rodents evidently having scampered about on matches or electric light wiring. I Pear Markets NKW YORK, Aug. 7 (AP) (U8DA) Pear auction market, prlcaa slightly weaker. 22 cara arrived;; 33 Cali fornia cars unloaded; 8 can on track. California Bartletta: 11,840 boxes. 1 033 30: average 83.83; 895 half boxes 81.30(9 1.80; average. 81.48. California D'AnJoua; 000 boxes, 83 8 2.70; average, 83 41. CHICAGO. Aug. 7. (AP) (tJBDA) Pear auction market, 7 California cars arrived; 8 cars on track; 8 cara sold. California Bartletta: 3808 boxes. II 65 3 00; average. 83 44. WILLIAM S. VARE, POLITICIAN, DIES ATLANTIC CITY. M. J., Aug. 7.- (APl William 8. Vare, former politi cal leader of Philadelphia, died at his a'.mmer borne here today. Mr. and Mrs. C. J. Oabrlel. 1713 North Riverside, rre the parents of a boy w.tphlnc 8 pounda and 12 tvinrr. lvm thl. mnrnlne at the ll-ommuultj, hospital. AUSTRIAN MONARCHISTS GAIN HOPE "? r its ' it r - Ob : i lvnmjL Tna appointment of Dr. Kur & & I "i3 Schuschnlga at chancellor of Aua lgV" 1 r" ria waB Cnaered y monarchltti jiii JS wno ,oek t0 P,ace Archduke Ottc O (left), the Hapsburg pretender, on Kjv a . . the throne. Dr. Schuechnigg, al a r 1 " if though a frank monarchist himself, !JaS.:cS m..-: ( not expected to attempt to fur ET J ner Otto'a case while the Interna P''t ? f tlonal situation remains unchanged. J""-? . f vi-r Above Is Otto'a mother, ex-Empresi I i " Zfta wlth whom he ,,vlno ,n Bel I -: : Qium. (Associated Press Photos) 1 BANQUET PLANS COMPLETED FOR baseball THURSDAY NIGHT American R. K. K. New York 4 13 1 Washington SAO Murphy and Dickey; Weaver and Bolton. First game: R. H. E. St. Louis 3 6 0 Cincinnati 0 6 8 J. Dean and Delancey; Johnson and Lombard!. R. H. B. Philadelphia ... 1 7 3 Boston .... 8 7 0 E. Moore, Johnson and Wilson; Brandt and Hogan. R. H. E. Chicago 18 3 Pittsburgh 4 0 1 Lee, Root and O'Farrell; Melne and Grace. R. H. E. Brooklyn ..... 4 10 0 New York 8 8 1 Babtch, Clark, Leonard, Carroll and Lopes; Salve son, Hubbell and Man cuso. American R. H. S. Boston 4 8 3 Philadelphia 6 13 0 H. Johnson, Mulligan, Pennock anfl R . Ferrel,, Lrggett; Marcum and Berry. ALLEGED RADICALS REFUSED BAIL CUT BAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 7. (AP Eighteen persons charged with vag rancy following arrtfHta In police raids on alleged radical headquarters here were denlfd pleas for reduction of their a 000 ha 11 tod ay by 6u perl or Judge LUe T. Jacks. McNary Not Candidate For President in 1 936 SALEM, Aug. . (AP) Senator Charles L. McNary, who returned to his farm home near here yesterday, "will not be a candidate for the Re publican nomination for prealdent In 1D3S, nor mould he accept such a posi. tlon were It offered to him." the Ore gon Statesman aald In a signed story here this morning. The senator waa not explicit aa to hla reasons, the article said, but waa sppsrently quite content to go on representing this state aa effectively as possible aa leader of the opposition in the senate, rather than enter the national campaign. McNary eapected to take some psrt in the congresslonsl campaign this fall, going east In October to confer with the senate committee at Chi cago on the campaigns being con ducted In the various slates for the re-election of Republican senators In November. He predicted many close fights, "with the new dealers making every effort to add several neophytea to the 60 senators they already have In the upper house." Tile senator will not take nil active part In Oregon uhmatnr.al cam paign this tall, but will ptobably coa- Arrangements for the banquet be trig sponsored by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce on Thursday night are now completed, It waa an nounced today, following a meeting of the entertainment committee held thla morning. The program folio wa: Numbers by Reg Flfer's Melody Boys orchestra; Introduction of CCC, forest service, national park service officer; Intro duction of C. J. Buck, regional for ester; five-minute stunt by the Grants Pass Cavemen: five -minute stunt by the Medford Craters; five-minute talk by Col. C. O. Thompson, superln tendent of Yosemlte national park and former superintendent of Crater Lake national park; 15-minute talk by Amo B. Cm merer, director of national parks, and 15-minute ta.x by Robert Pechner, director of the CCC. B. E. Harder, toastmaster for the affair, stated this morning that the banquet would commence punctually at 7 o'clock and la expected to con clude at 8:30 p. m. Raymond R. Reter of the Plntiacio Fack'.ng compnny, 1 ripening some Medford pears for the distinguished guests, which will be placed in their hotel rooms. While reservations are coming in at the Chamber of Commerce, officials pointed out that It Is Imperative to purchase tickets early so that the hotel authorities may be notified of the number to expect. Reservations have been received also from Oranis Pass, Ashland and Redding. Cat. Any one desiring to attend Is urged to notify the Chamber of Commerce, telephone 63. fine himself primarily to national Issues, the statesman said. He praised the administration of Julius L. Meier as governor, saying that In Its major outlines he thought It among the beat the state had re celved. In continuation the article read: "As Republican leader In the senate, Senator MrNary explained that he had taken the position of a progres sive leader of the opposition. In many details the Democratic proposals have been unsound and they are admlnla tratlvely weak, the senator pointed out. However, he said such acts as the regulation of sale of securities and of the stock exchange had re ceived his approval, while he averred that the broad outlines of the AAA were not essentially different than the plans proposed in the Mc Nary Hsu teen bill. "Senator McNary believes that the element of time, mors than any other factor, is bringing recovery to the nation," the interview concluded. "The next two years will see great progress made. In his opinion, 'We nrc a young, Virile, energetic people; r.nthlng csn hold us back,' he de clawt" L Farm Administration Hatch ing Idea Modeled After This Year's Corn, Cotton Loans Aid Many Crops Br BTKPIICN J. MCDONOUGH (Copyright, 1934, by the Associated Press) WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. (AP) A gigantic crop loan plan which would leave control of 1933 supplies In the hands of farmers who grow them Is hatching In the farm administration. Modeled after thla year's corn and cotton loans, the plsn will call for government loans on a wlda range of other crops. Thera will ba a stipula tion that supplies must be sold when prices rise to a certain point. Pegged Prices. Laat year the government advanced ten centa a pound on stored cotton, and 45 cent a bushel on corn sealed In cribs or warehouses. This pegged prices at those levels and officiate say the plan was a success. As prices advanced beyond tnoae levels recently farmers began selling crops, paying off loans and making a profit for themselvee. The farm administration declarea the Idea will assist farmers In holding their eropa Instead of selling at har vest time when marketings are ordi narily heavy and prices consequently low. (lives Soma Cash. They will thus ba able to obtalH soma cash, keep their crops readily marketable as needed, and sell them at any time the price ranges between the loan value and the upper limit. The program would be co-ordinated I witn secretary wauaces ice iur "ever-normal" granarlea. In bounti ful years the stored gralna would be held off the market. Ownership would be returned to farmers without repay ment of the loans If they would agree to cut production the next season. Thus supplies would be kept at about the level of consumption, plus amounts assured of sales abroad. CRATERS WILL MEET H. D. (Johnny) Reed, big eruption of the Craters club, announced today that a meeting of the Cratera would be held Immediately after the Cham ber of Commerce banquet Thursday evening for Arno B. Cammerer and Robert Fechner, government ornciais, Mr. Cammerrer Is an honorary mem ber nf the Craters. Col. C. O. Thomp son, former superintendent of Crater Lake national pnrk. and also a Cra ter, will attend the meeting, it haa been announced. i NEW ORLEANS, Aug. 7, (AP) Senator Huey P, Long's personal po litical publication today tentatively confirmed reports that state adminis tration forces planned to reconvene the legislature In special session to broaden state supervision over the af fairs of the city of New Orleans. A front page artlole In Long's news paper today said Oovemcr Allen might call a special session to repeal a city ordinance levying taxee on side wslk signs, Pedestrian Worm Turns on Speeding Autos In France PARIS, Aug. 7. (OP) The pe destrian worm turned on the automobile In the suburb of Ca chan on the Paris-Orleans high way today when cltluna formed a barricade along the road and forced thousands of week-end mo torists to drive five miles an hour through the town limits. The cltlwns carried banners which said "re are tired of being crushed. Ws do not pay uxes to become fodder for rerkless drivers.' nictate Kill, Bulrldes SEATTLE, Wash., Aug. 7. (AP) After dictating 1:1s own will to a fellow employe, Thomas Cummlngs. 70, a night watch mar. was found shot through the head, apparently a suicide, In the state liquor control bosrd wartliousa bers sail today. Devil Guided Him Asserts Boy Who Killed Playmate SPRINGFIELD, HI., Aug. 7. (AP) With the words. "It seemed like a devil guided me." Billy A t a r e s. 13-year-old "problem child," confessed, the state'a at torneys office said, that he slew Raymond Wylder, 11, of Auburn, III., with a shotgun August a. "I knew the gun waa loaded when I took It on the hill, and when I shot Raymon Wylder some thing got hold of me and made me pull the trigger," State's At torney Oreenlng quoted him as saying. Billy la locked up accused by a playmate. Jack Beam of Auburn, where Billy was visiting for the summer, of having shot Raymond because he had "squealed" on a robbery in which Billy allegedly had a pert. ROOSEVELT GIVES DEVILS LAKE. K. D., Aug. 7. (AP) To a dust-covered but cheer ing throug from thla arid aectlon, Prealdent Roosevelt today promised his best efforts to find a solution to the devastating drought problem. The president spoke from the sta tion after a 60-mlle ride over dust- blown roada around the edgea of Devils Lake, Slowly vanishing for want of water, and which residents of this section hope to refill by diversion of the Missouri river, "My friends," said the president. "I can't honestly say my heart la happy today because I have been seeing with my own eyes what I have been reading about for so long. It Is a problem that I wouldn't try to fool you by saying that I knew the so lution." j The president added that "If It la possible to do something about It, j we are going to do It." j As for the' Missouri diversion) scheme, he said the engineers were1 not certain yet that a dam could safely be built to store waters In Devils Lake, but he assured his au dience a conference would be called within a few weeks In Washington to analyse studies already made.. L L PEEK SKILL, N. T. Aug. 7. (AP) Two companies of national guards men turned their bayonets and gun butts on one another in a free-for-all at Camp Smith that led today to tin official Inquiry. A 30-year-old guardsman, Private Alfred Fleming of New York, who was to have matriculated at West Point In the fall, ts In serious condition from a bayonet wound In the skull. Half a down other officers and soldiers wers Injured. The fight took place Thursday night when a group cf guardsmen. singing and shouting aroused sleepy members of another company. Words passed and the battle was on. It did not become generally known until last night when Lieut. Col. Ames Brown announced he would preside at the Investigation tonight. 4 T I VIENNA, Auk. 7. (AP) Courts- martial todsj sentenced two members of the nar.l putsch against the govern ment of Chsncellor Dollfuss to be hanged. One death sentence waa pronounced at Klaitenfurt against Karl Kostelnlf The other waa ordered In Vienna against Ernst Plecke, a regular army soldier. When the death sentence was pro nounced, Felcke raised his arm In a naal salute and cried: "Hell Hltlerl' he was pulled back to his bench by a guard. MANY STATE SOLONS ON HOLC PAYROLLS WASHINOTON. Aug. 7. (AP) Horace Russell, chief counsel of the Home Owners Loan corporation, la quoted by the Washington Post todsy as saying a "goodly number" of atate legislators art employes of the federal corporation. While state legislators are on the HOI.C payroll. Itussell said, thera are no mam bars of congress. PLOT BARED HY Evidence at Congressional Hearing Shows Offer to Buy Stolen Government Munitions at San Diego LOS ANOELES, Aug. 7. (API Virgil Hayes, former United States marine, testified at a congressional sub-committee hearing here tods7 that he was offered 910 each for stolen government rifles, 150 each for machine guns and 20 a case for am munition by an official of an organi zation known as the Silver Shirts. Hayes, testifying at the request of Representative Charles W. Kramer, chairman of the sub-committee In vestigating asserted un-American ac tivities throughout the nation, de scribed how he Instructed the Silver Shirts In military tactics, small-anna firing and street fighting at a rendez vous near San Diego, Calif. Acted On Orders The ex-marlne said he Joined the Silver Shirts under Instructions of the Intelligence department of the marine corps at San Diego, to which he had reported the alleged offer to purchase stolen arms. Hayes named W. W. Kemp as the official who made the offer. He de scribed Kemp aa commander of the San Diego Silver Shirts. "I was told by Kemp that anything the Silver Shirts did would be coun tenanced by the San Diego sheriff office with the exception of the undersherlff, who was a Jew." Hayes quoted Kemp as telling him 'the Sliver Shirts will not be both ered when (he -Umfl comes to act. Firearms of both the sheriff's office) and the police department will be turned ovor to us. The undersherlff will be liquidated." Roosevelt Advised by Reds "Kemp added that President Roose velt was being advised by many per sons sympathetic with communists," the witness testified.. "He mentioned the names of Secretary Morgenthau and Assistant Secretary TugweU. He anld all Jews must be removed from public office." Hayes said he ones saw the Nasi flag in the home of Donald Nlsswan der, whom he named as another offi cial of the Silver Shirts. The witness aald the aim of the Sliver Shirts was to "take charge of in united states government and, if necessary, to use force In effecting the change." He said the organization also plan ned to deport all Jews. German Church Idea Flayed By Pope Of Rome CASTEL OANDOLPO. Italy, Aug. 7 (AP) Pope Plua today made a severe attack on the German na tional church movement during an audience granted 30 membera of the German Cathollo Youth ao clety. Declaring that the German na tional movement "lacks common sense," Hit Holiness urged bit visitors to "continue coursgeoualy to practice Csthollclam." when they return to their country. "In Germany, thera la enormous confusion," said the pope. "Thera Is absolutely no sense to such terms as 'positive Christianity and others used In Germany to apply to a new religion." ABOARD Empress o Can tula, Aug. 6. Fine bout, fin trip, interesting pooplfl from four corners of the earth going and coming. Everybody feelinjt optimistic ami telling of how their country is recovering. No wnr talk that's all in the edi torials Bt home. Lots of Japa nese and Chinese aboard. Arrive in Yokohnma ccit Sat urday. I miss Floyd Gihbom cn this trip. We had a great time coming out before. Did the president ever get home! I think ho had a great trip. He was feeling fine. 'r
