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Medford Merchants Plan "Harvest Days " Delays October 5, 6 and 8 The Weather forecast: Fair tonight and F rid a 7. No change In temperature. Temperature; Highest yesterday - Iff Lowest this morning..... .. ST EDPORD' MAIL TRIBUNE WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 STwenty-nirith Year MEDFOUU, OR KG OX, THURSDAY, SEPT.1 11 27, 1SKU. No. 161. IU1 mm mm M By PAUL MALLON. WASHINGTON. D. O., Sept. 37. The story behind General Johnson's rick hint of NRA dealings with Supreme Court Justice Brandeia may remain for ever a secret be tween the gener al and the Jus tice. Johnson probably never Trill choose to amplify his lnu ndo. Mr. Brand ls naturally can not dignify the incident by even letting his friends unofficially reply raul Mallon In detail. There Is, however, one place where you can get some salient facts. A certain presidential adviser, not con nected with Johnson or Brandels, has known the essential details of the meetings for some time His account bears its own air of authenticity and ts partly confirmablc in a respon sible NRA quarter. This account indicates that If Mr. Brandels has been In any way an invisible guiding Inspiration to the ew deal he was oertonly no Inspira tion to General' Johnson, for the ruth seems to be that while tho gen eral sought the advice of the Justice fee failed to follow It In any particu lar. A friend of the elder Senator Bob La Pollette first took General John eon to the Brandels home here In May of last year. The original NRA legislation was -being drafted then and the general wanted the advice of the Justice as an eminent citizen. Mr. Brandels told Johnson that the JJRA was wrong in principle, that the Black 30-hour-week bill and a strong er labor law would afford a much bet ter approach to the problem, in his private opinion. The Justice is sup posed to have asserted also that he did not, as a citizen, approve of let ting business groups form trade asso ciations, which, In effect, suspended the anti-trust laws. That was all. Some time during the summer of last year Johnson telephoned Bran dels at the Brandels summer home. Chatham, Mass., 'to announce that he had settled the garment workers' strike. NRAers say they assumed Johnson was proud of that accom plishment and wanted to tell Mr. Brandels about It, ns Mr. Brandels was once a union attorney. Their next meeting was in Wash- ington several months later, when Johnson, apparently disturbed by cri ticism, sought out Brandels for ad Tlce. The Jurist refused to be drawn In, said that, as Johnson had refused his earlier counsel, he could only say. "I told you so." Six months afterward Johnson again went to Mr. Brandels for advice (it was In May this year) and again asked for Brandels' views. At that time the general was very much on the run. The Justice told him that the only thing for film to do was to resign, as he had let things get out f hand; that business had ridden roughshod over the administration as a result of Johnson's policies, since then Johnson had seen Jvistlce Bran dels no more, but the general has finally resigned. In view of this situation, It Is quite possible the Incident will be marked closed and relegated to that limbo of duds which have fallen In the midst of Washington gossip circles with ter rific excitement and have failed to explode. President Roosevelt certainly over Ycoked a bet by not subletting the Vhlte House this summer. He prob ably could have balanced the budget If he had. A check-up shows he has been out of Washington about three months since the first of the year: that he has been here 43 days since June 1 and 18 days since July 1. His trips this year included: March 3 to April 14. In Florida flshlns?: May 31 to June 4. Gettysburg apeecT. and Hyde Park visits: June 31, at Vale for a degree: July 1 to August 10. Hawaiian cruise; August 18 to September 30, at Hyde Park. But the end Is not yet. The presi dent plans to go to Warm Springs about Thanksgiving for a few week... There are stories going around that the American Liberty league has received I25.0O0 In private donations hv mall, mostly in dollar contribu tions. League sources say private!) tbey are getting 2000 lettera a day. and have accumulated considerable cash. However, that Is one thing they do not have to worry about. Relnrili fnim 1'ottl.nttl -Soot: D . . .r returned by train tn:s mrnlr; f.om tecka bu.ness trip to Pon.o4- I ft SURPRISE VISIT ENABLES FLIER EYE HAUPTWIANN Colonel Disguised by Horn Rimmed Glasses and Cap Prisoner Unaware of Scrutiny in Bronx Jail NEW YORK. Sept. 37. JP) Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh made a surprise visit to the Bronx county building to day and, disguised and In a line of detectives, viewed Bruno Richard Hauptmann, former German machine gunner charged with extorting $50,000 from the flier. District Attorney Samuel J. Foley disclosed the meeting after Haupt mann had pleaded not guilty to an indictment returned by a Bronx coun ty grand Jury yesterday, charging ex tortion In the Lindbergh kidnap case. Col. Lindbergh made the trip from his Englewood, N. J., home, accom panied by several members of the dis trict attorney's staff, and rushed to the county building. Colonel Disguised. He entered the building unnoticed, and as a disguise wore a pair of horn rimmed glasses and a cap. Whisked to the sixth floor of the building In a private elevator. Col. Lindbergh took his place In a line of detectives and the prisoner wis brought In. The disguise served to prevent Hauptmann from knowing that Lindbergh was In the line, but further details of the meeting were not disclosed by Foley. The district attorney said the outcome of tbe meeting would not be made public. The visit of Col. Lindbergh In the "line-up" at the district attorney's office lasted 10 minutes. It resulted from a wish expressed by the flier to see the prisoner. During the "line up" Lindbergh did not utter a word. Charles Brodle. chief clerk in the dis trict attorney's office, announced after Foley had made the meeting public. Foley also said that Lindbergh did not comment afterwards, either to Foley or any member of the prosecutor's staff. When the "line-up" was concluded, Col. Lindbergh left immediately, also unnoticed. Prisoner In Daze, The line-up caused a delay in ar raignment of the prisoner before County Judge Lester W. Patterson. Hauptmann appeared in a daze when h was led before the bench, wearing a wrinkled light grey suit, a white shirt with tho collar open, and no tie. He had a stubby growth of beard (Continued on Page Two) TWO DEATHS IN CHICAGO STRIKE CHICAGO. Sept. 37. (AP) A day of terrorism tn the Chicago bus strike resulted In the deaths of two persons. A series of attacks throughout yes terday reached a climax with the slaying of an elderly woman last night and death early today of a man who was beaten and ahot several hours before by what police described as hired assassins. The woman. Mrs. Mary Kennard, 5 was fatally Injured when a heavy steel pellet crashed through the windshield of a southbound bus she was riding, grazed the neck of an other pa&senger and struck her In the temple. James Kelly. 49. father of two chil dren and a driver and dispatcher for the Chicago Motor Coach company, whose union drivers have been on strike for 40 days, was the second victim. An Informal get-together for ill persons Interested In Stanford uni versity la to be held with Harlow Rothert. alumni association secretary. Sunday from 3 to B p. m. at the hn of Nell Allen at 700 North Fourth street In Orants Pass. Movies of the 8tanford-U. S. C football game, and the big gsme be tween Stanford and the University of California, both won by Stanford last year, will be shown. A buffet supper Is to be served be tween 5 and 3:30 o'clock and. In or der to know how many to provide for. It haa been requested thst any one interested In attending, telephone I D. H. Ferry at Oold Hill. SO, before Friday nlcht. The cather.na- 1, not limited tu : alumni, but anon Interested Is In ' Uted to atlfDd. Lindbergh Arrives in Court This Associated Press photo, sent from New York to San Francisco by radio, shows Col. Charle A. Lindbergh arriving at court after a flight from Los Angeles to testify In connection with the Initial legal proceedings against Bruno Richard Hauptmann, who was arrested In connection with the Lindbergh baby kidnaping. J IS BETTER THAN REST OF NATION SAN FRANCISCO, Sept. 37. UP) Pacific coast business has gained .in usual momentum for this time of the year, contrasting with conditions gen erally throughout the nation, the monthly report of the Federal Reserve bank of San Francisco demonstrated todiry. Rallying from the strike -depressed state of trade of June and July, most lines measured in the bank's care ful and detailed survey showed cheer ing upward turns. The far west's Important food can ning industries contributed generous ly to the improvement. Industrial gains listed Included a substantial upturn in lumber produc tion in the Douglas fir region, ex panded flour milling operations, a rise in department store sales of consider ably more than seasonal proportions, continued spectacular gains In sales of new automobiles, reaching the highest level for Auguat In four years, greater water-borne traffic, higher re turns to farmers for their crops, and expansion of financial activities, in cluding loans to real estate and eom mrrclal firms. Bftnk deposits climbed to the high est level in three years. BABIES SOLD TO PAY SACRAMENTO, Sept. 37. (AP) Charges that babies have been "sold" In California to pay their own way into the world were before state offi cials here today witn three agencies promising investigations. The accusations. In the report of Elizabeth Owens of the state depart ment of welfare, aald: "We are find ing physicians who are selling bsblcs for their own fee and that of the hospital." BASEBALL American R. H. E. Chicago . 11 14 0 Detroit , 0 7 6 Earnshaw and Madjeskl; Row Murberry and York. National P. H E Boston - 7 11 2 Philadelphia 3 0 1 Cantwell and Hogan, Spohrer; Co; I Ins and Wilson. R, H. E Pittsburgh - 3 a Chicago 4 9 1 Rlrkofer and Grace; Lee and O Par-reiL 6-HOUR WORK DAY SURE OF APPROVAL AT SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. 27. ( AP) Overwhelming approval of the six hour, five day work week by the American Federation of Labor In Its annual convention, which will open here Monday, was predicted today by Frank Morrison, veteran secretary of the organization. Morrison, who set up convention headquarters after his arrival yester day, said he was Informed that dele gates from practically all unions af filiated with the Federation favor the 30 hour week of five days. This year's convention." Morrison said, "is one of the most important In many years. The great unemploy ment problem and efforts put forth by President Roosevelt and his ad ministration to improve conditions are of pnramount Importance." Morrison said William Green, presi dent of the A. F. of L-, will arrive some time between today and Friday morning. Preliminary sessions of divisions of the federation started yesterday when the metal trades and building trades delegates met to hear reports of their officers and discuss their problems The label trades division, which In cludes all those displaying the union label, opens sessions today. Veteran Hies. rtOSEBUOO, Ore., Sept. il.HFj William Hlllman. 82. a cook durin; the World war In battery C. 60th Ar tillery. C. A. C.. an Oregon regiment, died this morning at the Veterans' Administration Facility hospital here He was born at Lima, Ohio. Novem ber 27, 1871, and prior to admittance to the Veterans' hospital was engagr-d In fsrmlng at Msrshfield. 1 Meteor Explodes In Path of Plane Nearing Oakland OAKLAND, Calif., Sept 27 .AP) A blazing meteor burst early today seemingly within a few hundred yards of a well-filled air liner. Co pilot Archie Anderson of the early morning transcontinental plsne reported on his arrival here. Anderson said he was nt the rontrols in the sky over Fairfield. Solano county, when he saw the meteor, Instinctively, he swerved the plsne; then realized he could not expect to dodpe anything com ing so fast. At that moment the meteor exploded. "I looked around suddenly when Anderson swerved the ship." said Pilot Jsrk O'Brien. "Just In time to see the final ftsnh of the me teor. Boy I It was close! That fire call cenifd riht In front of th projeltnrp," I Cannot Be Reproduced by Bureaucrats Says Ex President in Portland Community Chest Address PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 37. (AP) Observing that "the kindly radiance of sympathy and encouragement which goes with voluntary efforts, cannot be reproduced by bureau crats," Herbert Hoover today lauded voluntary service In the relief of dis tress. The former president, serious again after two happy days among Oregon's valleys and streams, was the guest of honor and the principal speaker at this city's community chest exposi tion. ' Idealism Seen. "We have needed every agency in the disasters of the past five years," he said, "and I know of no greater evidence of the growing Idealism of our race than has been shown during this period. The twenty odd million ram t lies who have had employment have with manly courage and wo manly sympathy taken the burden of support or that 4,000,000 families whose breadwinners have been ren dered Idle from no fault of their own." He mentioned that atatisttcs for each six months since 1034 show a steady decrease In Illness and In adult and infant mortality and that there haa been no general sickness or death from hunger or cold. People fared For. This, the ex-presldent concluded. "Is complete proof that the people as a whole, at all times since the de pression began, have been organised and better looked after than ever when the nation was without eco nomic anxieties." "Herein," he declared, "is proof of spiritual growth of our people." For that growth and the effectiveness ol this service, he said, "the voluntary agencies deserve the major tribute." For, he said, they had "bullded the public conscience," and at the start of the depression the burden was al most entirely theirs, and It gradually became greater. "In these days when there are vast agitations to have the government nssume all these responsibilities." Mr. Hoover said, "some truths might be worth observing. "One is that the kindly radiance of sympathy and encouragement which goes with voluntary efforts cannot be reproduced by bureau crats. "And one of the oldest soundest bservatlons ever made to humanity la that the only property you take out of this world Is the gifts you have given." f. BATHTUB DEATH Harry Von Kessler, about SO. was found dead In the bathtub at his home, the corner of Ninth and Bart lett streets about 8:30 p. m., Wednes day by Mark Patton, who also resides at that address. An Inquest Into tne death waa being conducted at the Perl Funeral home this afternoon. A member of the state police ana Fire Chief Roy Elliott unsuccessfully attempted to revive the man by the use of artificial respiration. Dr. C. I. Drummond, attending physician, said that death waa due to a heart attack. According to Patton, he called to Von Kessler several times after he had gone Into the bathroom, and re ceiving no answer, flnslly broke Hie door down, to find the man In the tub, with his hesd partially aub merged In water. Von Kessler's only known relative Is a sister In Austrslla. JERROLD OWEN GOES TO BOND MEN'S MEET SALEM. Sept. 27. fT) Jcfrold I Oven, executive secretary of the World Wsr Veterans' state aid com mission, left today for Chicago to at . tend a convention of bonding house I executives and bond buyers. 1 Several matters of Interest to the , commission will be considered at the j convention. EAGLES CALLED TONIGHT FOR INFORMAL SEARCH An informal meeting of all memoers . of the lUglea lodge are requested to meet in their hall this evening, to discuss matters of importance to the organization. It was announced to ds v. Officers, the drji, team ,id mem be. a are specially urwl to b; ' present. U. S. PARTICIPATION IN PEACE IS HOPE OF Litvinoff Tells League of Nations His Country Has Not Abandoned Idea of a Permanent Conference n? JOSEPH E. SHARKEY Axsorlated Press Foreign Statf GENEVA, Sept. 27. ( AP) A per manent peace conference In which the United States could participate Is still a goal of soviet Russia, Maxim Litvinoff, her commissar for foreign affairs, told the assembly or the : League of Nations today. j Litvinoff took the rostrum to dis-1 cuss his surprise resolution y ester-J day asking the league council to se-1 cure a report on whether the world disarmament conference could be re sumed with a possibility of success. In resonant English Litvinoff, whose country was admitted to the league only last week, announced he had not abandoned the Idea of a permanent conference devoted to the consolida tion of peace movements a proposal which was not accepted by league leaders earlier In the year. "1 feel confident the plan can suc ceed and the Idea is gaining ground," Litvinoff said. "There is still outside the league one great counCry whose co-operation we highly value and we must establish, a common ground for this collaboration," he asserted, al luding to the United States. Litvinoff is believed to have sug gested a plan whereby the United States could officially and effectively participate tn peace activities of the league of Nations without, actually Joining It - Litvinoff stressed the necessity Ot creating special permanent organs ol the league which would deal with an problems related to peace, Including disarmament. ONIONS SETTLE BREWERY EIGHT PORTLAND. Ore.. Sept. 27. (AP) A prolonged battle, bloody at times. between factions of labor unions themselves, had apparently been brought to a conclusion today. Por several weeks the truck drivers' unit of the brewery union and tho teamsters' union, both A. r. of L. affiliated, had been up In arms over which had Jurisdiction over drivers of brewery trucks here. The controversy centered around the Northwest brewery, of which Peter Marlnoff Is the head. Oust Anderson, secretary or the Portland Central Labor Council, an nounced Inst night that Marlnoff had finally agreed to let the teamsters' union have Jurisdiction. Union driv ers at the plant who had been work ing under brewery union regulations will be taken from the trucks and given Inside Jobs. f E A case of Infantile paralysis, a .3-year-old boy residing nesr Tslent, was reported todsy by County Physician C. I. Drummond. The boy arrived here with his family by automobile two days ago from the drouth-stricken section of North Dakota, the doctor said. The youth's legs are both parslyzed. Dr. Drummond said, but otherwise his condition Is satisfactory. The boy was not well when the family left North Dakota, the doctor was inform ed, but the nature of his Illness was not known. The family is under strict quaran tine at home. Dr. Drummond stated, and as nearly as he can determine members did not contact anyone else in this section before the qusrantlne Occasional cases such aa this hare been appearing for yeara. the doctor ld, dismissing any cause for Alarm of an epidemic. 240 JOBLESS TEACHERS WILL BE GIVEN PLACES SALEM, flept. 27. (AP) Plans lor the employment of approximately 340 needy, unemployed teachers In a flre polnt educational relief program were announced todsy by Charles A. How ard, superintendent of public Instruc tion. In a message to city and county school superintendents, who will have rha:fce ot the program and the selec Hon ol teachers In their respective dietilcu. Receipts For K. O. In the latest display of fisticuffs In Hollywood's film colony, Herbert Marshall (above), English actor, took the count as John Monk Saunders, prominent writer, deliv ered a haymaker to his chin. It waa a one-punch fiatlo classic. The altercation occurred at a party glv en In honor of Max Relnhardt by Director Ernst Lubltich. Saunders said Marshall used an objection able word while Marshall was un available for hla side of tha story, (Associated Press Photo E1 Group Arrested in Los Ange els Trap Linked With Ten Holdups in That Area 4 Men, 2 Women Are Held LOS ANOBLES, Sept. 37. (P) Capt. Harry Seager of the police rob bery detail said today members of a group arrested In' a police trap last night had been linked to 10 bank robberies in the Loa Angclca area, and nine others throughout the state, and one of the group, locb L. Cossack. Los A rwre 1 es lawyer, co n f ease d som e of the robberies hsd been planned in his Spring street office here. The group of four men and two women were held on suspicion of rob bery. Seager said Pete Carlson, 37, also told police he waa robbing banks in efforts to raise 15.000 to pay two Loa Angeles politicians who had agreed to obtain commutation of the death sentence ot a friend of Carlson. This friend, Senior said, Is George Hall, now In "death row" at 8an Quentln prison for the killing of an Oregon officer and another man near Yreka. Cal. Confronted with a police recordinz device, Cossack, a former San Ber nardino lawyer, admitted he was at torney for the others and said some, but not all, the robberies under In vestigation were planned in his of fice, Geager said. Tho recording de vice was accreted in Cossack's offlco The police trap which resulted In arest of the group waa sprung before officers hsd finished obtaining evi dence, because it was learned the bus pects planned to hold up a bank at Twelfth and San Pedro streets todsy, said Detective Chief Joe Taylor. NEGRO IS HELD IN MAltSHPim-D, Ore., Sept. 37 (AP) Ed Lund. 48, I, In a North Bend hospital today as a result of a shoot ing affair last nlht. William Butler, a negro, la held In the MarahMeld Jail facing possible charges of assault with a dsngerous wespon. Officers assert Butler shot Lund when the latter entered his home last night, shortly after woman ac qualntance of the pair called on But. ler. Lund has a bullet near hla heart, but Is expected to recover. OREGON ENROLLMENT INCREASE NOW 327 KUOENB. Sept. 37. ( AP) A deft nlte Increase in enrollment at the University of Oregon was made cer tain here today when figures were re leased showing a total of 181 stu dent had drawn registration mate rial on the first morning. Last year the total for this prrlod was IM4 making an Increase this year of 3X7, or 32 per cent. BOARD OF FIVE WILL BE TO President to Appoint Group Succeed Johnson Within 24 Hours Sunday Radio Speech Given Attention WASHINGTON. Sept. 17. (AP) President Roosevelt todav reoe riinlr.pd NKA. appointing a com mittee or six headed by Donald R. Rlchberg to take charge of broad policies and future legisla tion. He named another board of fire members to take over the actual administration of NRA, In place ol the one-man Job held by General Hugh S, Johnson. It was Indicated at the Hblte House Colonel George A. Lynch, ot the NRA, would head this special board. In his anceplng reorganization, the president also stipulated all future decisions of policy and legislation be reserved to nimieli. WASHINGTON, Sept. 37. (AP) President Roosevelt expects to name a board of five within the next 34 hours to administer the reorganised recovery unit. The president has decided definite ly upon a board of five members to replace the one -man leadership of the resigned nugn a. Johnson. Pending announcement by the pres ident there were few lndicatlona to day as to who he had In mind to take over NRA. It was assumed the new board would taka over much of the task of reorganizing NRA. Ponders Itadlo Talk Mr. Roosevelt gave thought to the radio address he will deliver Sunday night In another report to the na tion. In It, he probably will discuss la some detail his thoughts for the fu ture for NRA as well aa hla Ideas on the business situation. Tonight the president will make brief radio speech In connection with the New York Herald-Tribune cur rent topics discussion. Among the possible topics the pres ident may discuss in his "fireside chat" with the nation Sunday night, tnese were considered likely: Tne future of NRA; a word or two (Continued on Pag Two) Dam Track Moving Contract Awarded WASHINGTON, Sept. 37. (AP) Tin war department today announced award of a contract for relocation of tracks of the Oregon- Washington Railroad and Navigation company be tween mile poit 87.85 and Cascade Locks, Ore., to Sam Or I no, Ralph Bell and C. T. Malcolm. Portland, Ore., for S840.347.60. Portland Banks Boost Check Fee PORTLAND, Sept. 37. (AP) A charge of four centa for each check In excess of Issued during on month will be made against com mercial depositors here who have an average free balance of leas than A100, the Portland clearing house bank members have announced. This will be In addition to the current charge of ! a" month for accounts averaging under $100. Oregon Weather. Pair tonight and Friday, but be coming overcast Friday over north west portion; no change in tempera ture; gentle changeable winds, be coming southerly off the coast. NKW YORK, Sopt. 26. Well, the old boat docked in time to rush to boo the East-West polo giinir, and it was a real game, and hats oft to the Knstern kids, for they are a bunch of young fellows. They played a vrreat game and deserved to win, 14 to 13. You can't get it mich closer than that. Our team did mighty nobly and the fine thing about it there was no protests and no hard feelings. Our boys just got, to go home and dig up a couple of more goals by next year. ClM'CViltaMMfc'aa'iaaU.Ufc