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Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Twenty-ninth Ytar MEDFORD, OUEGON, MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 19M. No. 122. mm n 0 i The Weather rorrcart: Fair l(h Increasing cloudl M tonight and Tuesday. Not much chance In temperature. Highest yesterday .08 Lowest this mornlnK M 17 7 irrpn n FEME! ii n ii j j i i II 1U 111 II Pi I 11 t y By PAUL MALLON WASHINGTON, D. C, Aug. 13. president Roosevelt'a original cam paign was for the forgotten man. By now. however, the forgotten man la apposed to have been remember ed. In the Green Bay speech, Mr. Koosevelt opened , new campaign or the average , man. trvt drew a. lot of applause t-nm the political etr&tcglsts In the . Roosevelt camp. ' These strategists probably would raul Matlon Mr. Roosevelt sppiauu ...... - did. but iney uoa F. good private excuse lor cheering thl time. Nearly everyone masquerading as a. politician here 1 sure that the future of the new deal at the polls ties In an alliance with western pro gressives, either covertly or openly. One of Mr. Roosevelt's reactionary advisers (there are one or two left fcere) commented on the Green Bay Weech privately: "He will have to earry the progressives along until Bfter the November elections." Most impartial observers will add: "And a Jot further." 1 For this reason. If for no other, the vise toys expect the administration to make few compromises with the sonservatlve element In the forma tion of policies any time soon. The bridge behind has now been out away. The AAA crowd la Inwardly fearful that the country may get stirred up fn hnrtaze. They have de- v elded to stress publicly, In every pos sible way. their belief there will be plenty of food to go around, despite th drouth. When all the. figures are given, out you Willi find that crops are between 60 per cent and 35 per cent normal. The AAA technicians have figures showing 50 per cent normal crop, generally, la enough to prevent a food shortage. There will be shortages In produc tion of certain basic foods euch as wheat and corn and, to a lesser ex tent. In meats. Profiteers may use this condition as an excuse to get op erating again for the first time since the war. If they do the AAA has ade quate powera to take the situation In tiand. It will. Smooth marketeera avoided that 50 per cent tax on silver profits. At least eO.OOO.000 ounces (one-third of the domestic stock) were sold after Mr. Morgenthau's list of silver specula tors was sent to the senate and be fore the tax went Into effect. Othera avoided the tax by holding en until nationalization was' an nounced. The government had to de cree (for legal reasons! that the selz I ure of silver stocks under nattonallza Vtion la not In etfect a sale. Hence the profits made by private holders are not taxable. The prophetic wisdom of silver op erators was even moro remarkable two days prior to nationalization. They divined that nationalization was coming and the market went up cents an ounce. There was no leak, apparently. They merely heard about the consular Invoice announcement 48 hours before nationalization and assumed nationalization would follow. One class quietly gunning for Mr. Rftosevelt la the school teachers. They believe the new deal ha not done right by them in the way of relief, particularly offensive Is the require ment that they virtually prove pau perism before they can get aid In the federal educational relief program. Teachers who have life Insurance bolide or any article of value have been denied relief Jobs on occasions. One Inner cause of the teacher' failure to attain proper recognition in Washington la the Inadequacy of their lobby. Another la that the r froup la split on religious and other f grounds. The big Invisible hand of the gov rnment waa seen In the government bond market recently by those who Jiave an eye for such business. The marketeers suspected that the government bought around $75 000, 000 in government in tlie open mar ket the day after silver nationaliza tion was announced. The purchases supposedly were made out of the sta bilisation fund. There Is plenty more in that fund to take care of even deeper dip The D. of J. crowd lifted eyebrows when JiiMin Miller, dean of Duke unlvtrslty law school, was appointed special assistant to the sol I cl tor-gen -eral. Tf move Is designed to bolster the soltritor-genwftl s staff, and it mill. But Miller ts a specialist In criminal law. That haa encouraned the suspicion Uiat the administration will get after code violators, etc., and enforce the new deal in the courts. The bet 'ism fienonblneT Mr. Roose velt t rew deal 1 "tocialied capital im" It accurately Implies retrntlon V Continued on Pace roui. TRUCKMEN SHE FOR $1 PAY JUMP; SPEED JEDIAIH Union Declines Employers' Offer of 50c Wage Boost and Arbitrate Difference 400 Workers Affected PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 13. (AP) Tour hundred drivers left their dray trucks In the garages today as they walked out on a strike which threat ened to tie up commerce. Just re covering from a devastating strike of waterfront workers. The drayage section of the truck drivers union went on strike for higher wages, but about 600 other union drivers, engaged in delivery ser vice and distance hauling were not affected. The current wage scale for drayage men ranges from 14.25 to $4.70 an eight-hour day. The strikers demand a scale of from $5.25 to $6.25. Employera announced they were willing to concede a, 50-cent advance and would arbitrate the difference, but they said the leaders of the driv ers' union would not consent to this. The start of the strike waa followed by swift action on the part of the federal government and by the state. Charles W. Hope of Seattle, secretary of the regional labor board, hurried here for conferences, and the state labor conciliation board went into action on request of the governor. E. P. Marsh, federal conciliator, who was today Instructed by Washington, D. C, to act here, later waa assigned to Los Angeles, where he will attempt to Iron out a labor dispute in the oil region. One of the most aerlous aspects of the strike was the threatened tleup of the docks, recently reopened after 83 days of Inactivity caused by the longshoremen's strike. Most of the hauling to and from wharves here Is done under contract by transfer companies. Pickets were stationed at- most of the transfer companies this morning, but few banners were seen. WASHINGTON, Aug. 13. (AP) The labor department today ordered E. P Marsh, a conciliator, to Portland. Ore., to attempt to settle the truck drivers strike that started there this morning. Marsh has been in Astoria and was expected to get to Portland by noon. Fish StrikelTelayed. ASTORIA, Ore. Aug, 13. (AP) The threatened strike of lower Columbia river salmon fishermen waa post poned another day when packers an nounced today the price of six cents a pound for salmon would not be re duced until Wednesday. Fishermen have voted to strike if and when the price is lowered to four cents a pound, as packers Indicated It would be when quality of fish de teri orates as it usually does late In the season. The biggest run of fish recorded for the present season entered the river last night. Boats carrying catches today settled to their gun wales In the water as fishermen de livered from 700 pounds to a ton each load. SEEK MANDATE 10 KEEP HIRAM OFF TICKET CAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 13. Tj A petition for a writ of mandate to keep the name of Senator Johnson off the ballot at the omlng primary was filed in the supreme court here today by Arthur H. Hnnlng, a candidal for the democratlc nomination for United States senator. Hennlng charged Senator Johnson announced upon his recent return here from Washington. D. C, that he was a "Roosevelt progressive repuoll can," but that there u no such party. The San Francisco attorney also pointed out that Senator Johnson was registered in the republican, common wealth and progressive parties, and alleged article 3. section 3 of the pri mary law had been violated. Henn.iig's petition attacked a statement assert -edly Issued by Senator Johnson, in which be was quoted as saying: PRIZE FINERY OF THUGSJR SALE OKLAHOMA CITY. Okta., Aug. 13. t (AP) Oeorge (''Machine Gun") ! Kelly s 10.000 armored car" and Kathryn Kelly's "3200 platinum wrist watch set with 17ft diamonds" were offered for sale by an attorney In ; a want ad appearing today. The Kpllyt are In federal prisons convicted of participation In the Char'.c r. Vrschel kidnaping last yrar. Gen. Martin Visits Gen." Chas. H. Martin BE HONOR GUEST ;t Democratic Choice for Gov ernorship Will Deliver Non-Partisan Address On Works of Last Congress General Charles H. Martin, democrat ic candidate for governor of Oregon la expected to arrive here this after noon from Grants Pass, and this eve nlng. with Mrs. Martin, will be ai honor guest at a no-host banquet at the Med ford hotel, scheduled at seven o'clock. " ' The general, an Oregon congress man, will give a non-partisan talk on the accomplishments of the last ses sion of the congress and tell specific ally what the body did for southern Oregon. All persons, regardless of party affiliations are invited to at tend, and axe requested to telephone their names and reservations to the hotel clerk immediately. General Martin was guest at a lunch, eon in Grants Pass this noon, and was to be escorted here by a caravan from Medford, which left thla city at 11:30 o'clock. The party planned to stop in Gold Hill and Central Point be fore coming to Medford. The cong ressman will be at the Medford hotel, where all interested persons may get In touch with him. Tomorrow morning the gubernator ial candidate will go to Jacksonville and probably the Applegate section to meet voters. At noon he will be the guest speaker at the regular Rotary meeting, which Is for the members and their invited guests. Tuesday af ternoon General Martin will spend in Ashland. IN CHICAGO LACK CHICAGO. Aug. 13. ( AP) Crime rode high In Chicago headlines this weekend, as gangland's guns blazed as ruthlessly as In the days of Al Capone. But the cold precision which mark ed a "Job" of the former liquor syn dicates was missing with one man back from a "one way ride, another victim still alive with fire bulleU In hia body, and a bystander critically wounded by a stray bullet. The latest victim was Jerry Pilot, alias Stevens, 29, reputed former bootlegger, who waa shot five times In a southslde tavern early today. While thre companions waited, man covered hut face with a handker chief, walked over to Pilot's table and emptied his revolver, while other. patrons scurried for shelter. Still alive, with two bullet In his head, one In the abdomen, and oth era In an arm and leg. Pilot was car ried out to an automobile, after bis AMlIant had fled. But suddenly a small dark sedan gilded past, and gunfire spurted from it as the would-be assassin tried to finish him. John Sandrlk, 33, Whit ing, Ind., who waa walking from a girl friend's home to a street car, crovd the line of fire and dropped critically wounded with a bullet In his abdomen and another In hi leg. Pilot was the fourth gang victim In Chicago since Saturday morning. The leather. Oregon: Generally fair tonight and Tuesday, but overcast on coast and increasing cloudlnes Interior west pr- ti .n; not much change in tempera iture; moderate changeable wind offshore. BANQUET MURPHY-PROVOLT RESIDENTS FLEE FROM FOREST FIRE 15 Families Move House hold Goods From Path of Fire, While Wardens Bat tle Wind-Fanned Flames GRANTS PASS, Ore., Aug. 13. (AP) Driven out by the menace of a for est fire sweeping through second growth timber, 15 families south of the Murphy-Provolt road stood guard by their hastily-moved household goods during the night as state fire wardens completed a trail around the four -mile-long blaze. The fire started about 3 o'clock Sunday afternoon aeven miles south of here and waa driven eastward by a steady wind. It was not definitely cnecked this morning. A 40-acre fire in the nearly inac cessible Brigga valley district, 30 mlle6 by road southwest of here, was brought under control today. Over 100 CCO fire-fightera were called to the blase, which started Sunday after noon. Because of difficulties In reach, ing It, Siskiyou forest officials termed It the most dangerous blase of the season. SPOKANE, Wash.. Aug. 13. (API- Spokane got her first taste of forest fire smoke today when a savage fire broke out in the forest ten miles northwest of the city and was raging toward the Spokane river on a three- mile front. Eastward, toward Idaho, black smolf hung low over the horizon where 2000 men battled desperately to bring the wild fires In Selway na tional forest under control. The blazes, lightning set, were seething through heavy timber and had set a dozen spot fires far ahead of the ma jor burns. Planes with supplies sent from Montana and Washington were forced back to buses when they found emergency landing fields In the forest bidden by smoke. British Columbia, still suffering from dry, sultry weather, continues to have bad fires. Three fires In the Nelson area, deserted by foresters, rage unchecked. Several other blar.es are being fought, one In the Nelway Salmo district balking every effort of combatants. Oregon fires had been tucked In. 5-AT-T1E BABES CALLENDER, Ont.. Aug. 13. (AP) An unobtrusive sign with simple lettering today Announced the crea tion of "The DaFoe Hospital," named In honor of Dr. A. R. DaFoe, the phy sician who has kept stive the famous Dlonne quintuplets for 77 days, an ac complishment never before recorded: Through contributions from per sons and business firms throughout the province. It will house the five sisters, whose combined weight to tals only 34 pounds, 8 ounces. Around the new home will be a six foot fence, "with a barbed wire top" to afford complete prlvancy to the In fants and their two Hcd Cross nurses who have worked with Dr. DaFoe since the birth of the children Even the parents will not be per mitted to live with the children but will be allowed to see the babies at times arranged by officials In charge. It Is planned to keep the children In tha hospital until they no longer require constant care from physician and nurses, said Alderson. CARROLTON, Til., Aug. IS. (API- Speaker Henry T. Ralney of the na tlonal house of representatives is re covering from a slight touch of pneu monia at the DePaul hospital In St Louis, his wife reported today. He was taken to the hospital Friday. Pear Markets NEW YORK. Aug. 13 ( AP) (U. 8. D. A.) Pear auction market: Prices slightly stronger: 28 cars arriv ed: 1 Alabama, 28 California cars un loaded; 13 cars on track. California Bartleetta: 18,122 boxes. 1.1S-3.15; average, 82.M. California Hards: 288 boxes, 91.90 2 05. CHICAGO, Aug. 13. f AP) (U. S D. A.) Pear auction market: 18 Cal- : Ifornla can, I Washington arrived; i 14 cars on trark; 11 cars sold, j California Bartletts: 7.707 boxes ' lal.10-1 10, average, 12.70. SPEAKER RAINEY NEAR PNEUMONIA OCEAN FLIERS LAND IN LONDON, FAR , , , nwisTwiiiiiii in atte.' iKjr .4 i asiMisV Tha "Trail of the Caribou" (below), large twin-motored biplane carrying Jamea Ayllng and Leonard Raid, Canadian filers, on a projected hop from Toronto to Bagdad, landed In London after a flight of 31 houra acrosa the Atlantic. Their plane la ahown aa It took off from Waaaga Beach, Ontario. At top Raid la ahown in the cockpit Just before the takeoff, as he bid farewell to Lee Murray, Canadian representa tive of tha builder of the plane. (Aaeoclated Preas Photoal ORDER ALL SERA WORK HALTED FOR Affects 160 Jackson County Folks Three Weeks' Lull Ordered During Prune and Hop Picking Season With announcement from Salem that SERA work will be discontinued for three weeks, approximately 100 persons Jn Jtacjtaon Qunt w.111 be.,af fectcd by the move, according to fig ures received from the SERA head quarters here today. Alfred 8. V. Carpenter, head of the county work, said he had not been advised whether the canning and recreational projects will be closed down for the three-weeks period or not. Tha projects and the approximate number of persona employed are : Bear creek flood protection, 30 men; Roxy Ann recreational center, 30 men; East Main street widening and strslghtentng, 12 men; county school offices, tabulations, five men and women, federal experiment atatlon, 10 men: Ashland public library, ane wo man; sewing for the welfare exchange. two women; constructing bleachers at Ashland high school field, 10 men: painting and kalnomlnlng at the Southern Oregon Normal school, six men; recreational projects In Medford and Ashland, Including playgrounds, swimming, tennis and baseball, 22 men and women; Medford school dis trict No. 49, tabulating and clerical work, four men and women: relief canning operations in Ashland, Med ford, Rogue River and Eagle Point, 14 men and women: laying new main on the Orandview drive, for the Ash land water department, 20 men and fairground survey by engineering party, with the view to constructing a lake, three men. SALEM, Aug. 13. (AP) Temporary discontinuance of state emergency re lief work for three weeks, between August 24 and September 1ft, haa been announced by Olenn C. Nl'es, state re lief administrator. Nlles stated that although the ef fect of the order would be to throw some 800 persons on their own re sources for a time, most of these men and women would find work in the hop and prune harvest. The administrator addressed a note "to all employes of the SERA work program." and explained the halt In operations as "due to the seasonal de mand for workers In the hop and prune harvest." 4 WA8HINOTON, Aug. 13 (AP) In a further effort to clarify the treas ury'a silver policy, Secretary Morgen- thau today made public a letter from President Roosevelt dated June 14 directing him to Issue certificates against atl silver then held In the treasury but not needed for redernp tlon of any outstanding certificates. The letter merely disclosed whit had already been announred by treasury officials. The sliver referred to amounted to 03.000.000 ounces. It will be used In full as the backing of silver certifi cates Issued at the legal monetary value of 81.29 an ounce. Morgenthau reiterated that silver taken over by the government and purchased under the silver purchase act would be uwd to back currency only on the basis of coat at lea it for the present. S F SALEM, Aug. 13. (AP) Certificate of nomination for Abraham M. Silver man of Portland, as an Independent candidate for governor In the fall election, was filed with the secretary of state here today. He was nomi nated at an assembly of more than 100 voters at Portland, May 24. Silverman said that the words ap pearing after hla name on the ballot would be. "Willis Mahoney platform." He waa here today to file hla certifi cate of -nomination -personally. The latest candidate for governor ran for city commissioner of Portland In '1932 and for county commissioner at the primaries this year. In each, he said, ha received a substantial vote. HEARS FIGHT UPON SEX FILM LAUDED PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 13. (AP) Efforts of the Catholic hierarchy In America to eradicate Indecent motion pictures, through the "Legion of De cency," waa commended here today by his eminence, Alexis Henry M. Car dinal Leplcler, O. S. M , of Rome. Cardinal Leplcler, speaking at a ser. vice of the first American Marian congress here, expressed the convic tion that Mary, the Mother of Christ, would lend aid and Intercession to the faithful In their plan to rid the nation of undesirable and offensive pictures. " The Marian congress, commemorat Ing the 700th anniversary of the founding of the servlte order of priests, known aa "The Servants or Mary," opened here yesterday and will continue through Wednesday. Moat of the cardinal's address to day was given over to an exhortation of Increased devotion to the Mother of Christ. He led the assembled con gregation In the beautiful grotto sanctuary In reciting the traditional Catholic prayer, "Hall, Holy Queen." By short wave radio, Cardinal Lept- cler'a address waa transmitted to Rome, there to be rebroadcast throughout all of southern Europe. STARTLING GAINS' CHICAGO, Aug. 13. (AP) Ameri can farmers wore congratulated to day by AAA Administrator Chester C. Davis for having quit "playing 8anta Claus to tha rrst of the country," and adopting business methods point ing to "a tart ling" gains In the future. Opening farmers' week at the Cen tury of Progress Kxposltlon, he warned them against thosa who say the drought Is "God's punishment" for controlling production. Davis termed the organisation of 3.000.000 farmera In production con trol committees to supervise the fed eral program "a monumental triumph for tha farmera and the farm leader ship of this nation." whlrh will work because "the farmers will make It work." Quake In Mrlro QUERATARO, Mfilro. Aug. IS As the result of several .srthquakes In 34 hours a dome In the churrh of Hants Rosa rollapwl yesterday, No cue wsa reported Injured. SHORT OF GOAL IN POLAR VIGIL Rescue Party Reaches Out post After Icy Battle Ex plorer Cheerful But Weary After Five Months Alone LITTLE AMERICA. Antarctica, Aug (AP) Rear Admiral Richard Byrd'a lonely five-months' vigil on the frozen rim of the world Is over, wpAry tractor party of three suc ceeded In reaching hla solitary woath er observation post, 123 miles to the south, yesterday after a three-day battle against elements of the Ant arctic. Thoy found Byrd, commander of the second Antarctlo expedition, worn and weak, but cheerful. The terse news that the llttla band of three, balked twice before, had pushed through, waa an Immense relief to headquarters here. Deep concern had been felt over Byrd'a situation. "Admiral Byrd Is quite weak, but he will be all right In a moment," reported Dr. Thomas C. Poulter, leader of tht tractor party, by radio. "Admiral Byrd waa even calmer than we were when we met In this place." A few minutes later Byrd took the key himself.. "Tell my friends not to worry," was the message tapped out. "I'm - all right, I've already come up a great ways. You fellows have done a splen did Job and I want to thank you." Byrd had not aeen a human face since March 28. His hair wsa long and shaggy. Dr. Poulter reported he had ft several days' growth of beard, and ahowed signs of weariness and physical depression. "Hello, fellows," was hla greeting to the three men who stepped from tho tractor. "Come on down and get warm. I have some hot soup for you." Admiral Byrd'a weakness, It was assumed here for messages from him have been few and terse resulted from several causes. In June he was made sick by fumes from his kero sene stove, leaving him feeble. He ran the stovo as little as pos sible, because of th danger of fumes. causing him to suffer from cold. It was also believed he was unable to give proper attention to hla diet. Admiral Byrd said temperatures had reached o low as BO degrees be low kero, a record for the Antarctic. (It waa assumed the tractor party would rest for several days, possibly longer, before undertaking the ardu ous return Journey). Dr. Poulter reported there were no signs of scurvy and said: "I am aura tha admiral will recuperet quickly We will release him of many of his duties." The tractor party, composed of Dr. Poulter. Amory H. Walt Jr., radio operator, and B. J. (Pete) Demas, me chanic, were forced to "nurse" the tractor through darkness over the ley barriers to the Bolting observa tion base. They were near exhaus tion when they arrived. BASEBALL First game: R. .. S 0 Philadelphia Washington - Marcum and Berry; Thomas, Rus sell, McC'oll and Bolton. Philadelphia at Washington, second gsme postponed; rsln and wet grounda. ' Returns Houth Joan Andrewa, who haa been visiting her grandparenta. Mr. and Mrs. O. P. Olsln and her aunt. Mra. Elsie Brown, left Saturday eve ning by train for San Francisco. Miss Andrewa has been her. for the past sli weeks, end returned to the bay city In order to enter hlh school to-dsy. IIDENT ALL POLITICS To Dismiss All Candidates on flia jods Plan Purchase Surplus Hay and Fruit Rain Soaks Parched Belt WASHINGTON. An,. ,.,., Preset OOMVelt ,a conf ' mm He authorised ,,h.. 'or government purcn c? h . "' wmiama emphasized thla wss nn growers. hi ..i ' " explained all uppllea would be ade- quate. The president ..... m... toTd?.mEW."n uthorl WlUlama William, reported a "irenerai oon onn V- L 'nought the saa,. worjor.,' i, alone. Ior n He and Secretary Wallaoa arranged the food purchase program. Wallace said after conferring with President Roo,.lt that th. MmT. throu n ultln f the drought through the reauisp n..n .i 6-rlcultur.l adjustment act h. .meCr.n"dent " "mtcUm ! Describing the dnougha aa "th. worat in thla country." the aecr.JJ told renortera: Ti,.r. i. . . food to go around 7 LJL aense." " He .mnhaslzerf th.t ,. doe. not upset th. production ad Justmetn program. Acreage control Is to be consid ered but he .lad , w Uo ,n,', decide on amounta for neat year. u .ctmic in prices aa th. reault of diminishing supply waa Inevitable but he .v. A.S.. T?! admlniatration waa watching against profitecrln gand had adequate power .in any aucn actlyltlea. It wee Indicated the president soon would make a general atatement of policy on th. drought and agrlcul- CHICAQO. Aug. 13. (APlBjXn pattered down today In four r th. atatea harden hit by th. destructive uruugnc. Generally, the precipitation came 1 too late to be of much aid to th. major crops, although in some nm ductlon areaa, among them the N.- orasaa panhandle, it waa asld that the ahowera might Insure a fair cran of corn. Rlsewhere, th. rain waa more than welcome to relieve acute water ahort age and to atav. off a 1035 crop 41s. (Continued on Pag. Pour) PORTLAND, Or... Aug. 13. (AP) Oregon', drought an. la spreading, even as th. state .mergency relief commute .peed. Its facllltlea and spends thousands of dollars to ears feed and forage and to provide water for thousands of thlraty aheep and cattle. Nine of the atate'a 38 countlea hare now been Hated aa drought areas three aa emergency, and all aa sec ondary regions. Nearly S00 men, formerly on th. itate relief rolls, have been given work In the affected countlea. devel oping eprlngs and drilling wall, to that water may be provided for parch ed landa and for thirsty llveatocg. In Harney county 70 men are em ployed on th. water projects: Mal heur haa 4S. Orant has 40, Lake 30, Crook 38. Wheeler 34, Jetferaon II. Wasco 13 and Umatilla alx men at work. Th. relief committee survey Indi cated that a cycle of eome eight yeara of aub-normal precipitation In central and eastern Oregon reatilted In th. aerloua lack of water. Thla attuatlon had to be met Immediately by the drilling of well, and th. de velopment of springs which livestock, wild to alaka their thirst, had tram pled down and ruined. DROUGfjHELIEF ILL DIGGING IN EASTERN OREGON TO ROUT DROUTH
