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Chest Workers Meet Court House Tonight; Rally at Armory Friday The Weather Forecast: (loud? ami unsettled, Kith rain tonight and Friday, Temperature: Highest yesterday Lowest this morning - Medford Mail Tribune WIKNEB Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Tweuty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOYEyR 1, 1934. No. 191. mi I Ndws If J uUlM AT N ire NkWr U 1 hi" I'aul Malloo By PAIL MALLON WASHINGTON. D. C . NOT. 1. The muter minds are, trying to be vague about restufflng and remounting the Blue Eagle, and they are succeed, trig. The Whit House a 1 w a y passes off the problem by say ing It is evolu tionary, meaning probably that it U unexplalnable now. Others are going around whispering that the old bird has been slain and the new dealers are Just waiting until the dust of public foregctfulness tz cumulates and buries It. These poses are apparently being maintained temporarily so that the master minds will not have to lay down a specific policy for everyon' to shoot at. If you dig behind them, you will find that the reorganizes have de elded quite definitely what they want to do. but are Just a little uncer tain about how they are going to do It. Here Is what they are up to: They want to change the two fundamental NR. A policies of price fixing and strictlon of consumption. They are not going to abolish these two p'. Jclea entirely, but they Intend to work on the broad basis that there should be no price fixing and no restriction of production. In fact, they have already adopted those two new principles, although they have not announced them. Now they know very well that there will have to be exceptions to these two policies. Pot one thing, the soft coal Industry Is In such a state, th it restriction of production "Is neces sary. An exception will be made for that and for other similar afflicted Industries. Also they know they cannot put their new prlncJples into general op eration lmmedlatt-ly. They Intend to work along quietly, applying their new policies to each case as It comes up, until next June 16, when prac tically all" existing codes and the set Itself expire. Then they will try to revise codes In accordance with their Ideas. E.EI TOLD GERMANY IS BENT ONCONFLICT! Churchill Charges Secret and Rapid Rearming of Germany Saar Plebis cite Focal Point Distrust By ni'RIIKTTE T. JOHNS Associated Press Foreign Staff WOODFORD BRIDGE, Eng., Nov. 1. (AP) Winston Churchill, former chancellor of the exchequer of Great Britain, declared today In a speecn to the members of his constituency that Germany was rearming "secretly. Illegally, and rapidly." In his speech, Churchill rapped tV.e national government for falling to speed up Its program for air defense "A reign of terror exists In Ger many In order to keep secret the feverish and terrible preparations they are making." declared Churchill. "Even In organized military machines alone, Germany will have overtaken us before another year has passed. Aviation Cited "The Germans also have civil avia tion with enormous reserves of pilots and airplanes, many of them faster than our fastest military machines ' Churchill continued: "Vice Premier Stanley Baldwin has said, 'Our frontiers are the Rhine." "Can we besuro that the men now in control of Germany will not reply to that, 'Our targets are the Thames." " Declaring that a national emergen cy was approaching, Churchill said the governments attitude was as tounding "when we consider the char acter of the present German govern ment, the rapidly darkening European scene, and the obligations which mln Isters repeatedly are declaring we have In Europe." There will have to be new leglsl.i tlon at the coming session of con gress. Mr. Roosevelt will rccommepd It In his message opening the con gressional session In January. They may encounter some trouble from the Industrialists. What the white shirt like most about the NRA Is the curtailment of chiseling, under selling, overproduction. That's wrist they wanted for years, but couldu't get because of anti-trust laws. They can decide whether they want to come Into new codes or not. Trie new dealers believe they will come in for cooperative protection. Everybody's heart bleeds for the dear old consumers, but no one ever does much for them aa ft class. Tne bald fact Is, nothing much can be done. All workers are 'consumers. So are all the white shirts. The new dealors have an Idea that If they help the workers and l:elp the Industrialists they are helping the consumers gen erally, without any specific consumer activity. There Is an Idea running around loose In high quarters that a definite consumer movement could be start ed. The Idea Is to organize a v.3t consumer education bureau here, a hundred times blrger than Dr. . Hope's consumers' council, and have It keep tab on prices. When certain prices get unreasonable the newa would be broadcast. Whether that will be done has not yet been deter mined. It Is ten-to-one bet that they will wao'dle along with something like the existing three consumers' protective set-ups. which do nothing more than maintain a pretence of activity. By JOHN EVANS (Associated Press Foreign Staff.) PARIS, Nov. I. fP) Orave fears that war preparations may lead to war were expressed today In high Quarters. An Important cabinet member In a private conversation recently stated the belief: "France faces a state of war." He said the majority of cabi net members feel this to be true. Pierre Laval, minister of foreign affairs, aklrted the subject in a press conference tonight and said: Bark 111 Middle Ages. "We have slipped back Into the middle ages. Civilization Is going to not. We must defend it. The warning which Marshal Henri Indian Wife Uses High Priced Bull To Feed Company SAPULPA, Okla.. Nov. 1. P Wosey Deere, wealthy Creek Indian woman, has established ft new high for beef. Recently Wosey paid 1500 for pedigreed bull for her farm, and a Sapulpan Interested in good live stock went out ft few days later to view the animal. "I haven't got him any more," Wosey replied to his question. "Sell him?" the visitor inquired. "No; kinfolks here for dinner. We killed and cooked him," was the nonchalant answer. $104,755 1 HAY 1 IN Four-Tenths Mile Project .Power Pool Contributed TIRE PRICES JUMP AS MAKERS AGREE AKRON, O., Nov. 1. (AP) With the rubber tire Industry announcing the biggest price increase In years, averaging 18 per cent, Akron manu facturers today disclosed their adop tion of a new deal on prices and dis counts. Prices to the consumer on some tires In some sections of the country will vary upward approxi mately 75 per cent, rubber company executives said. As an example of what the increase means to retail prices, one executive said, a fi-50 by 17 popular sized tire will sell now for 912.90, where as in some places the price has been as low as 96. P. A. Seiberllng, president of the Seiberling Rubber Co., said: "The move was led by the Big Pour and the little fellows are following along. Although all efforts In recent months to get the industry togeiner on a program failed, the big fellows became mellowed with red figures and It looks like we are going to play ball now." The "Big Pour" are Goodyear. Goodrich, U. S. and Firestone. (Continued on Page rhree) An eminent ex-new dealer aays tne explosion which blew him out of the new deal reminded him of another experience. He tells this story: "I was goiiut to niy room at an army post one night when a felljv off.cer In pajamas called me as' tie and asked me to accompany him to his room. He said there was a snac under his bed. that It was sain.-t the regulations to shoot firearms on the military reservation and that he wanted me aa a witness while :ie t?-ot the snake. '1 went loni. watched him point l-'.i pistol under the bed and bts -:y. Imagine our surprise when t ne bed went iip In the air aaoi.t five eet. It dcve'.oped that the smite -m a 15-foot python. Th ; fiscal s ut .or : t :es of t he n--w d 1 w.ll no: rvy to ;.--n'y but th. IS HELD IN ASTORIA ASTORIA, Ore., Nov. 1. (AP) Roy Enberg, 37, an Astoria member of the CCC camp at Boylngton, near Astoria, was held In tho county Jail after camp officers reported he had run berserk in the camp yesterday. Sheriff J. V. Burns said he was told Enberg broke the Jaw of one camp member and threw an officer to the ground in an attempt to ob tain his reolver. Sheriff Burns said he was Investi gating a report that Enberg was at one time a patient at the state hos pital at Stcllacoom, Wash. Three Hie In Ham Burst. GUANAJUATO, Mexico, Nov. 1. At least three persons perished todav, many houses were destroyed and a large area flooded by the bursting of a dam co .atructed by the Consoli dated Mining and Smelting company. FOR NOBEL PRIZES STOCKHOLM, Not. 1 (AP) Wllla Cather. American novelist, Paul El mer More. American essayist and editor, and Eugene O'Neill, Ameri can playwright, were rumored toaay to be possible winners or the nooei prize In literature, soon to be an nounced. A long list of persona, however. l.avA h.in mentioned as possibilities. The list Includea H. O. Well, ol England, Johannes Jorgensen of Den mark and Olor Dunn or norway. PALE IS. VANDERB1LT CONTINUES TESTIMONY NEW YORK, Nov. 1. (API Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vandcrbllt, atlll pale and weak from alx hour, on the witness stand yesterday, returned to the supreme court today to continue testimony In her fight for custody of her 10-year-old daughter, Gloria Laura Vanderbllt. As she entered the courthouse "he was supported by Mra. Harry Hays Morgan, wife of hiir motner. ana by James A. Murrav, personal friend and associate counsel. Will Be Costly Little Butte Bids Also Opened By State Commission PORTLAND, Nor. 1. ;p) Setting a record for competition for road work. 123 bidders today submitted estimates for the 13 Jobs which were expected to be awarded to low bidders by the state highway commission later to- i day. Low estimates totaled $507.944, i showing a variance In figures sub mitted of 9200.000 between low and , high bids. ' j Earl L. McNutt of Eugene was l.wi on two major contracts, bidding $110,141 on the two projects in P'-lk county, followed very closely by Theo dore Arenz of Portland, second low on the two Jobs. MoNutt bid $80,079 on the 3.9 miles grading and 7 8 miles oil surfacing of the Yamhill River-1 Salt Creek sectdon of the Dallas-Coast secondary highway; and $30,062 on the 2.12 miles grading and 3 miles oil surfacing of the McNary-Oak Point section of the Independence second ary highway, Tortliind Man Low. Guy P. Atkinson of Portland was low on the largest single project to be let, bidding $104,755 for the four tenths mile grading of the Barron-creek-Torrent creek section of the Pa cific highway in the SI a Id you moun tains in Jackson county. Two Washington firms entered lw totals on two other large project. More Wealth Than Stock holders Lost Is Claim British Offer Is Revealed FIRST LADY ENDS STUMPING TOUR (Continued from page one.) 423 CCC COMING CHICAGO, Nov. I. (AP) Samuel Tnsull, defending himself against mall fraud chargea today, told the Jury that hts middle western electric power pool had "contributed more to the wealth of this section than stockholders had lost in Insult's two billion dollar commercial failure. A moment after he had made this declaration, pounding his fist em phatically on the arm of the witness stand. Insuli told the Jury that he had turned down an Important post offered by the English government, in 1926, to stay In this country. First Revelation. "This statement, gentlemen, has never been made public," said the 74-year old -utility executive, waving his hnd at the Jury. "Mr. Stanley Baldwin offered me the chairmanship of the British high tension power development," Insuli said almost in a shout. 'He offered me a chance to do, in the country of my birth, what I had done in the country of my adoption. It was a tremendous temptation. Bringing 423 CCC enrollea from the Chicago area, a special train Is ex pected to arrive In the Medford dis trict this afternoon from Port Sheri dan, 111. Of this number. 106 will detrain at Grants Pass, 68 going to the Oregon Caves camp and 98 sched uled for the camp at Rand ranger station. Detraining at Medford will be 170 for camp South Fork of the Rogue, 20 for Camp Selad in northern Call forna, and 28 for Camp Clear Creek, also In northern California. Major George Kraft Is to be train commander and Major James R. Mc Dowell of the medical corps i train surgeon. The staff also includea First Lieutenant Emmett J. Bean and First Lieutenant Wlllard K. Llebel, also five enlisted men. Men for the northern California camps will be taken to their desti nations by truck. FITTS AND SISTER PENDLFTON, Ore., Nov. 1. (AP A high wind from the west swept over this region today, drying up the benefits derived from a steady drizzle yesterday and last night. There peared to be but little prospect' efii! more rain this week. Hallowe'en Prank Blamed In Death KLAMATH PALLS. Nov. 1. (AP) Monroe Ball, 26 year old Klamath Indian, was Instantly killed early this morning when his car turned over on a curve near Williamson riv er on The Dalles-California highway Ball apparently swerved to avoid piles of brush believed placed on the highway by Hallowe'en pranksters. LOS ANGELES, Nov. I. (AP) District Attorney Buron Fitts and his sister-secretary, Mrs. Bcrthcl Qregory were indicted today by the Los Angeles county grand Jury on charges of perjury. The indictments were based upon testimony by Fitts and his sister be fore the 1931 gnand Jury, In connec tion with Its Investigation of the Hollywood girl mart case. Wife Nervous, Sad. CHICAGO, Nov. 1. P) Mrs. Samuel Insuli was "more than nervous," she said as she came Into court today to hear her hus band defend himself' against mall fraud charges. "I'm not nervous I'm sad.' Vie said. Dressed on a caracul Jacket, a black dress and a velvet turban, she took a seat In the rear of Judge James H. Wllkeraon'a court, which was packed for Insult's dra matic appearance. 1 t w Jf TV (Continued on Page rhree) 4 BY NEW YORK, Nov. 1. (AP) James M. Fawcett, counsel for Bruno Rich ard Hauptmann. accused slayer of the Lindbergh baby, said today that Hauptmann told him that Dr. John F, ("Jafsle") Condon had not recog nised him as the receiver of the $50. 000 ransom money Fawcett said that yestorday Bern hardt M. Melsels, associate defense counsel, visited Hauptmann at the Hunterdon county Jail In Fleming ton, N, J., and asked the prisoner a aeries of questions, to which Haupt mann replied: "Did Dr. Condon say he recognized you?" "No." "Do you think he recogniwd you?" "No." "Did ho look as if he recognized you?" "No." ROARING MOB PILLAGES FAIR ON FINAL EVENING BLOODSTAINED HAT ClUE IN MYSTERY FLIERS DELAYED BY OIL PIPE LEAK HONOLULU, Nov. I. (;pi A leaky oil line today caused postponement for 24 hours of Wing Commander Sir Charles Klngsford-Smlth's coastward fllcht. Sir Charles and his co-pilot and navigater, Captain P. O. Taylor, were prepared to take off tt noon for Oak land, Cal., when the leak was dis covered In the plane, Lady Southern Cross, as It lay at Wheeler field. He Indicated he will leave Friday at noon If the weather continues as favorable aa it ta today. CHICAGO. Nov. 1. (API A roar In,; horde of last nlghten plllagrd and sacked the centurv of progress until wee hours today, doing damage estimated by officials at 9150.000. j They tore bulldlnps apart, broke ! down nen Dosts for souvenir, threw chairs and benches Into the Ingoon and protr.itlng p:llcemn in after them and became enttre'.y unmtn- aeenble. Discarded bottle crashed from :ry -. hrre. incoming thf nk:r.de ( r pi iirp'tr fiord Tiie mc tuowd nved wlicu a fat msu, wear ing a stolen table cloth aa a toga, leaped onto the hood of an expen sive car andr shouted 'Yippee, come and get me." The police did. The crowd uprooted and carried off rare plants and shrubbery. It charged the Italian village ana littered It with wreckage because Saiiy Rand said It waa too cold sna :she wouldn't do the bubble dance. Dancers and models In the peep j homs gathered up their srantles snd i Ilfd before the surging mob. and wny n u m.h e r of rcnrinn were clowd before they had intended. THE DALLES, Ore., Nov. l.-(AP) A gray felt hat. Its top crushed nnd stained by blood, was found under the Chenoweth creek bridge today by Fred Wetle, rancher, and state pj Ilce said Its discovery may lead to a solution of the dlssppearance of Cha Rochllltz, Caldwell, Idaho, dairy farmer, missing from his home since October a. A car owned by the missing Idaho man was abandoned here Ortober Bloodstains were found on the rear seat. OSCAR VITT sTgNS"AS MANAGER FOR ACORNS l 4 " OF HALLOWE'EN IS HEAVYJOR CITY Street and Traffic Signs De molished During Night Damage Estimated $250 Mostly On West Side Breaking Whit House tradition!, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt, wife of the president, recently took the stump In New York for the can didacy of her friend, Mrs. Caroline O'Oay, democratic nominee for representative-at-large In New York state. The firut lady Is shown with Mrs. O'Day at a dinner In Albany ending her oampalgn tour when ahs referred to Mrs. O'Day as "my candidate." (Associated Press Photo) As police sat back this morning to survey the disruption of another Hal lowe'en after a hectic night of an swering calls, the toll, while lighter In most phases, than for many yeats past, was extremely serious to the city's street and traffic signs. Fred Scheffel, city superintendent, stated this morning that the damage to signs approximated 1250, most of the post having been maliciously torn up. bent or twisted. Over one-third of the recently in stalled signs were damaged or com pletely removed, Scheffel said, and nine truffle signs suffered from tile attack. Tho damage was confined for the most part to the west side, and a checkup revealed that along West Main between Quince and Col umbus streets nearly every corner had been visited. Oilier Damage slight Other than the wanton destruction of signs, the city was not left aa dis- GET ORDERS ON ET ' Tonight, at 7:45 o'clock, "General" M. K. Hogan will gather his captains, lieutenants and "field force" for the 1034 Community Chest campaign at the Court House to map out the so licitation campaign. The complete program of the drive will be outlined and workers will be given full co operation by the committees and Manager Frank Hull to facilitate their tank of contacting tho public. It Is hoped that the Job will be completed In twenty-four hours In stead of the three days set aside for the campaign. During this short span of 34 hours, however, plans are made to give every person an oppor tunity to participate In the worth while chest program. General Hogan's officers In charge FORD'S COMPANY SEES BIG SALES YEAR COMING UP (Continued on Page Pour.) (Continued on Page Three) THREATEN LIFE OF I umkuii, nor, l. nrj neiuy iroru bb i a toany tnns me ruru mowi company is out of the depression and that Its 1035 production schedule will be set at 1.000,000 units or more for the first time In four years. The depression." Mr. Ford said In a statement, "would be over for the whole country very soon If Amer ican Industrialists would Just forget the alphabet schemes and take hold of their Industries and run them with good, sound American business sense. They should take hold of their country, too, In the same way, and run It with good sound American common sense." - Ford managers, called Into Detroit from all parts of the country, ex pressed the belief that busluesn con ditions generally had Improved suf ficiently to warrant preparations for a "great sales year" In 1036. "Make It 1,000,000 or better." Mr. Ford's statement said. "Our experi ence during the last six months and what we see In the future tells us a yesr of Improved business 1 ahead." STATE LEGION CHIEF INDIANAPOLIS. Ind,, Nov. 1. (AP) Oovernor Paul V. McNutt said to day threats had been made In Lake county against the life of J. Edward Barce, assistant attorney general, who has been Investigating the March 3 escape of John Dltllngcr from the Crown Point Jail. The governor said It waa because of these threats that Barce left the country with the etpht "witnesses' rounded up at Crown Point last Tues day. The governor did not disclose the present whereabots of Barce and thj "witnesses." but the assistant attor ney general was reported to have been In this city this morning. The "wit nesses" from whom Barce has lndl cated he expects to obtain Informs tlon concerning Dllllnger's escape were reported to be quartered In a downtown hotel here. ;e SET FOR FRIDAY Milton Merlthow; 80, of the Wlmer district. Indicted by the grand Jury for a statutory offense Involving a minor girl, is scheduled to go on trial this afternoon In circuit court. It Is the first of the criminal cases pending. Thomas J. Enrlght, attorney, In dicted for driving an auto while In toxicated, Is slated to go on trial Monday. Enrlght last week waa found guilty by a Justice court Jury of a similar charge and waa sentenced to 30 days In Jail and fined ilOO. Hts auto license was automatically suspended for a year, under state law. In the case scheduled for Monday Enrlght waived a Justice court hear ing and went direct to the higher court. There will be no session of the court Tuesday, election day. The damage suit of Bertha Snyder against A. W. Pipes, for injuries al legedly received when she fell down a flight of stairs In the Liberty building, several months ago, Is set for next Wednesday. Civil and criminal cases pending are expected to keep the court occu pied until Christmas. Mrs. H. B. Bentley and Mrs. Ed ward W. Miller, Jr., were expected to leave the Community hospital hers this afternoon for their homes In Ash land, having received treatment for minor cuts and bruises suffered when the car Mrs. Bentley was driving ran Into a ditch along the Paclflo high way at 1 a. m. today. Edward W. Miller, Jr., also a pas senger In the car, was slightly In jured, but he did not go to the hos pital for treatment. According to a report filed at the Medford police station. Mrs. Bentley was looking at the dial on the radio. In an uttempt to regulate It, and the car ran Into the ditch. VIGILANTES PATROLLING L. A. UNIVERSITY CAMPUS OAKLAND. Calif. Nov. 1. f API Osrar Vitt. released by Hollywood two weeks ago a manager, today was t.J,rnd to pilot the Oftk'and C;sst league club for the 1936 season. Post Commander Earl Foy received word late today that State Com mander Joe Chamberlain of the American Legion would arrive hero at 8:55 a. m. Friday en route home from the national convention of the veterans' nrganlr-atlon In Miami. Fla Commander Chamberlain will end a lunch at noon aa guest of the Medford post executive commit tee and will also attend a meMIn In the evening to which all Legion naire of the vicinity are Invited Place of the Frldsy evening nwtlnjt will be announced tomorrow. Com mander Foy said today. LOS ANGELES, Nov. 1, (API Vigilantes selected by students pa trolled the University of California at Los Angeles campus todsy while Dr. Ernest C. Moore, provont snd vice-president. Issued an appeal to universities nnd fraternities through out the nation to "become active helpers of the United States in Us day of difficulty" with radical agita tion among students. The vigilantes came from the ranks of athletes who met in the drilling rain In Westwood hills last night iid vowed to purge the campus ot rrtinllm "with fw. if necessary." These were Uit latest development In the suspension of five student of ficers, announced early this weeh by Provost Moore, on charges of pro moting radical activities. His formal atatement follows: "It will be best when we are not any of us laodlcean (lukewarm or Indifferent) about our country. 'There Is a psychology and a strat egy of bringing about a revolution. It Is not an exact science and is largfly the work of Leon Trotsky. 'The firat direction in that science la 'put the people to sleep.' to cry wolf, wolf "o often that when the wolf attscks no one will pay attention." First Ballot In California Vote "Ag'in" Sinclair WINSTON-flALBM. N. 0., NOT, 1. (yp) The first ballot marked 1p. the California election or anyway one of the first was against Upton Sinclair, Democratic nominee for governor. Iven Benbow Robson, 73-year-old Callfornlan who Is visiting his birthplace in Yadkin county, call ed at the office of nuperlor court clerk here and prepared aa ab sentee ballot. "It's aflalnat that fellow Sin clair." he said. Hobeon lives at Antloch. Cal. BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Oct. 11 tn case you might hart overlooked it, there la a fellow fljlng thla Pa cific ocean with Klngsford-Bmlth, and his name la Taylor, Captain Taylut. All he does Is pick out these little specks In the Paclflo ocean that they are to land at. Do he la not exactly what you would call excess baggaga. That u a great flight. ThU Omith la reai aviator, and there U glory enough for both of 'em. They would have looked pretty good In that Aus tralian race. Thta Is a slngls-moto' Amrrlcsn plane. Ooh, t hope they make It. Tours, 9 MSiTIIcFamiat la
