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BUNE
WINNER
Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Twenty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER J-f 31.
No. 202.
i'abductors killed
H OISTELHURST TOTl
By PAI L MAI.LON
'(Copyright. tf34, by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON, D. C, NOT. 14.
The first Inflationary result or the
lection Is beginning to bo notlceab.e
on the Inside. It
Is an Inflation of
the cranium, not
of the dollar.
Newsmen o b -served
It Increas
ingly as they
made their
rounds during the
past week. They
found a lot of
new deal bureau
crats in two-by-four
Jobs appar
ently Interpreted
the election as a
Tlctory for themselves personally.
These two by fours are bursting the
buttons off their vesta with expand
ing confidence. They talked as mod
estly as Huey-Long.
The first consequences of this self
Inflation were apparent In some hir
ing, firing and transferring of per
sonnel In some spots. In certain otl'.cr
spots the last remaining civil service
holdovers found the new atmosphere
ao chilly that their knees are shak
ing. There were some little signifi
cant Incidents elsewhere.
One experienced newsman observed
mournfully. "It's going to be might)
hard for anyone around Washington
the next two years who does not hap
pen to be for the new deal."
Dental Work Furnishes Posi
tive Key to Identification
of Nashville 'Snatch'
Victim, Say Officials
The situation apparently la not jet
general. So far It Is confined to the
peanuts of the new deal and not the
pecAns. At the White House and at
the offices of some of the bigger men
there Is an undertone of respectful
awe for the new responsibilities voted
upon them by the electorate, and
Just a little private feeling of wondci
whether , they will be able to do ail
that the voters expect. These people
remember what happened to Hoover
after his unprecedented landslide of
1928.
Opponents of the administration are
Inwardly glad about the situation.
They are confident Mr. Roosevelt wl'i
never be able to keep his flock of
2x4s from getting him into trouble
The strategist for a leading antl-nw
deal organization explains It very
well: "We can't beat Roosevelt, b t
the new dealers can."
NASHVILLE, Tenn.. Nov. 14. yp)
A nude body found In a shallow grave
on the outskirts of Nashville was
Identified today as that of Dorothy
Ann Distelhurst, six-year-old girl kid
naped &s she was enroute home from
kindergarten on September 19.
The announcement of the Identifi
cation was made by Attorney-Genet nl
J. Carlton Loser, who said the child
was murdered.
Dr. Herman Spitz, pathologist, and
Dr. Leonard P. Pcsgue. dentist and
orthodontist, examined the body and
Joined the attorney-general in -tne
announcement that the identifica
tion was positive.
Skull Crushed.
"The child was murdered," Loser
said. "Her akull at the left side was
crushed by a hammer or other blunt
Instrument. A gag was found In hr
mouth, possibly used as a gag to
prevent an outcry."
The girl's father, A. E. Distelhurst.
who had been In New York In an
attempt to contact the kidnapers and
pay over the $5,000 demanded for the
child's return, left New York this
morning by plane, after being noti
fied of the discovery of the bodv.
He had not been advised of the Iden
tification made by the prosecuting
attorney and the doctors.
"The Identification was established
definitely by the filling in the second
upper right baby molar," Dr. Poue
said. He had filled Dorothy Anns
tooth ehortly before she disappeared
and said the filling In the tooth wax
his work.
Identity Positive.
.. The body was found on the ho&p.Ul
grounds Ute yesterday, but the an
nouncement of the Identification wm
delayed until the physicians made tne
examination which convinced them
the body was that of the girl.(
VANDERBILT CASE
One transfer which apparently hd
an election Inspiration was that of
Marrlner Eccles to the chairmanship
of federal reserve. There can be 10
doubt but that the choice of Eccles
was tentatively made backstage
week. If not months, ago. However
It was not announced until a weel;
after the election. They may have
wished to keep the bankers quiet un
til after they had voted, or else thsy
had some hesitancy about whethei
they could get away with It before
till? vote of confidence rolled in.
Eccles will be the kind of ffderai
reserve board chairman that Presi
dent Roosevelt himself would be If
the law let him hold both Jobs. The
appointment means the administra
tion now has about nil the ccntnl
bank It nerds. Only three things re
main to be done: the isolation of Gov
ernor Harrison of the New York fed
eral reserve or his conversion to the
new deal: passage of two amend
ments by congress, giving the board
power '.o veto selection of governors
and to strengthen board control ovei
credit.
A certain Influential Democratic
senator Is fuming about PWA delays.
His complaint Is that It required ex
actly a year and a half to get a little
over one million dollars for a town
project In hl state. The mayor of
the town made Innumerable trips to
Washington, but could not cut
through the red tape. During the
year and a half the town had to fel
persons who would have been em
ployed on the project.
The senator la going to try to open
up the next public works appropria
tion bill and will unquestionably suc
ceed. Most of his brother senators
have suffered similar experiences. The
trouble Is they will probably open It
too wide. Incldenally, the PWA has
a new alibi. It Is the court. Con-
rf.mnatlnns have been delayed for
weeks and months by legal Involve
menu, the PWA says. Ickes may pro
pose an expropriation law. for ewift
acquisition of desirable properties.
The best stories are always the ones
that are not true. There Is the one
about Agriculture Secretary Wallace
publishing company being sued for
violation of the anti-trust law after
all Mr. Wallace haa done against '.he
truate. The only thing wrong with
the widespread rumor la that Mr
Wallace no longer has an Interest In
Wallaces Parmer, against which the
suit has been filed by the Indiana
Parmers' Guide Publishing Company.
The case Is now before the suprems
court.
Attorney General Cummins Is !.o
longer a member of the law firm of
Cummtngs At Lorkwood of Stamford.
Conn . which la now representing
the Bausch Engineering Company In
, a suit brought by the Mellon-own1
Aluminum Company of America
NEW YORK. Nov. 14. (API The
long drawn-out Vanderbllt-Whltney
guardianship hearing ended today
with this decision by Supreme Court
Justice John F. Carcw:
"The child, Gloria Vandcrbllt, Is
not to havo for the future the life
hat It had from the death of Its
father up till June, 1932."
Justice carew declined to amplify
his statement, or explain whether he
had given the custody of little Glo
ria, 10-year-old heiress, to her
mother. Mrs. Gloria Morgan Vandcr
bllt, or to Mrs. Harry Payne Whitney,
the child's aunt.
"What does It mean?" the Justice
was asked.
"It means exactly what It says."
replied Justice Carcw.
Mrs. Whitney and members of her
party appeared elated when they left
the courtroom. Mrs. Vanderbllt was
not present during the proceedings
today.
The life little Olorla "had from
the death of Its father until 1932"
was. witnesses for Mrs. Whitney
charged, "not the proper one lor a
child." During this period, ho was
in the custody of her mother.
Justice Carew said he would con
fer tomorrow afternoon with counsel
for both sides.
K1WE1
Arizona Recalls Troops From Parker Dam Site
In Urschel Kidnaping Developments
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Next Congress Will Be Asked
to Include Act in Eco
nomic Security Program'
Is Definite Statement
Poet Riley's Pet
Parrot Dies At
Ripe Age of 76
INDIANAPOLIS. Ind., Nov. 14.
(AP) "Polly." last surviving pit
of James Whitcomb Riley, the
Hoosler poet. Is dead.
The parrot at the age of 76
years succumbed to a heart attack
at the home of Theodore M.
Weiss, who cared for "Polly" since
Riley's death in 1916.
"Polly s" grave will be outside
the bedroom window of the Rlloy
home on Lockerbie street near the
remains of thn poet's pet prtodle.
Three persons were held in Oregon on federal conspiracy charges In connection with the abduction oi
Charles F. Urschel, Oklahoma millionaire. Officials said they found Alvln H. Scott (lower right) In posses,
ion of $1360 of the $200,000 ransom money after he had been Injured in an automobile accident near
Roaeburg, Ore. United States Marshal J. T. Summerville (upper left) with Mn. Margaret Hurtlenne in
Portland after bringing her from Eugene. She was held under $25,000 bail and was housekeeper for Scott.
Lower left: Mrs. Clart Feldman being booked after arr-st In Dunsmuir, Cal. Federal agents said shs was
In possession of $1100 of the money. (Associated Ppaa Photos. -:
WASHINGTON. Nov. 14. (AP)
President Roosevelt today definitely j
named unemployment Insurance as a !
part of his social security program
Tor the forthcoming session of con-
! grew.
I In a talk to the advisory council
of the national conference on eo
' nomlc security 1st today at the
1 White House, the president said: 'Un
! employment insurance will be In the
program.
At the same time he called for ac
tion to get the unemployed "back
into productive employment."
He recalled his own proposal of hp
old age pension act for New Yotfc
state but left it to the council to
decide if this la the time for any
federal legislation on that subject.
Discussing economic losa due to
sickness, the president asserted:
'I am confident that we can de
vise a system which will enhance and
not hinder the remarkable progress
which Is being made in the practice
of medicine and surg?ry In the Unit- I
ed States."
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. ( AP)
An immediate "bold strike" toward
enonomlo security for every Amer
ican was suggested today by Harry
L. Hopklnr, federal relief adminis
trator, at President Roosevelt's econ
omy security conference. '
"For the life of me, I can t see why
we should wait till kingdom come to
give security to the workers of Amer-
I lea," Hopkins said.
Just how this security program
could bo worked out, Hopkins added,
had yet to be determined.
MAY GET CALL IN
PORTLAND CLASH
COLORADO RIVER
Action Taken by Governor
Moeur Pending Determi
nation of State Rights at
Place of Construction
tfl ft f 7
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LOST
OFFICERS FEAR
Coach D. K. Burgher and Principal
Paul Mfncgat of tha high school
stated this morning that they would
aocapt a Thanksgiving day gm with
Washington high of Portland II Mfd
ford high were selected. Prlnctpni
Mcncgat announced that negott
tlona are now under ay with Hooa
River high school officiate for a
game with them either on November
23 or 24.
The game with Hood River would
be by way of an elimination contest
ao that It Medford won In the Hood
River contest then went to Portland
for the Washington game they could
lay stronger claims to the Oregon
state mythical championship.
Coach Burgher and Principal MclU'
get. In anawer to the question aa to
whether Medford high would play in
Portland, merely stated that If sat
isfactory arrangements were mane
Medford would go.
A oost-aeason came with aaicm
would probably have to bt played If
Medford high school remained unde
feated after the Washington nign
and Hood River high contests.
Medford high school will play
Grants Pass Saturday, thua winding
up the 1034 football season.
PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 14 (API-
It was believed today that Medford
EXPECTED TO EASE
WASHINGTON Not. 14. (AP) A
new air f optimism that a business
revival wopld Boon eafo much of the
government's recovery load aurrouni
ed certain new dealera today aa the
noosevelt administration made the
first moves to scrap emergency agen
SALEM. Ore., Nov. 14. (API Po!,-. clcs.
: albly In a septic tank at John Mooro'ej As algns of the beginning of a march
restaurant at Brooks, nine miles
: north of here, Is 11000 of the ransom
Edward Feldman, 2i, (left) was named In a conspiracy charge In
Portland, Ore., In connection with the kidnaping of Charles F. Urschel,
Oklahoma millionaire. Ha it the son of Mrs. Clara Feldman who la also
held aa Is his wife, Betty O'Neill Feldman (right). The young Mrs.
Feldman Is held aa a material witness. Two others art also being held.
(Associated Presa Photos)
Baby Fullbacks Visioned
CRATER LAKE ROAD; Through Gland Discovery
money paid kidnapers of Charles F
i Urschel, Oklahoma millionaire, said
1 a atory carried lathe CApltal Journal
i here today.
! While federal officers were taking
Margaret Hurtlenne from nosenjirg to
Portland, the party stopped for cof
fee at Moore's place Friday morning.
While there the Hurtlenne woman
naked permission to go to the rest
room.
Friday afternoon officers returned
to Moore's place and asked permis
sion to search the rent room, explain
ing that the woman was believed to
have hidden IIOOO there,
t No money was found. Officers be
lleved there was a possibility the
woman may have flushed the money
down a aewer.
toward normal, many observers cited
these developmets:
1. Authorltlve Indications from the
White House that no more money
will be asked for the home owners'
loan corporation, which has closed
Its doors to new applications for
loans. The HOLC said private busi
ness would be able to rcassume the
agency's task.
3. A statement by Jesse Jones,
chairman of the RFC, that hit agency
Intended to ask no more funds from
congress. The RFC was formed back
In the Hoover administration to help
private business and banking weather
the storm,
3. The action of the treasury In
removing restrictions on the move
ment of foreign exchange. It seemed
to some onlookers as ft sign that no
further devaluation of the dollar In
Intended In the Immediate future. If
it were, they argued, the govern
ment would not be making It easier
for capital to flee from the dollar
Wall street revived rumors that sta
bllimlon of the dollar with the
(Continued on Page Eight)
WASHINGTON, Nov. 14. (AP) In
terior department approval m-as given
today to a contract for 113.915 with
Dunn & Baker of Klamath Falls,
Ore., for road Improvement In Cra
ter Lake national park, Oregon.
The work Is a public works project
and provides for the grading of a
mile and a half of road and widening
about nine miles of the rim road.
The contract specified the work shall
be completed within 200 calendnr
days from the date of beginning work
Excavating was progressing today
I at the Alvln H. Scott home on South
j Peaeh street, where last Wednesday
nlsht several thousand dollars, ftl
" I ICKedly part of the Charles F. Urschel
BALTIMORE Nov. 1 4 .VP) Mere, and grsduatlng from high school at j kidnap ransom money was round
infants with the strength of a college ten years. buried n ine garage
The thymus gland llee near the practically one entire aide
fullback and the mentality of a col. . nrnt win has front tirn had been due ud
legs professor were envisioned here hen m.d. toward solvtn , officers working on the case and
last night. i the mystery of iu function, said Dr portion of the other side had sevcini
The precocious children were " i RowntWi rhoe experiment hs large holes. This morn'g office
Jured up as the result or descriptions I(lRtrd 20 mor,tha. 'rre also digging near some old pen
of phenomenal growth Induced In off- 'Tb9 speeding up of growth and at the edge of the field on the nort:
spring of white rats treated with .n- I ' QvtT WIWrfJt!ona of rode: side of the property.
jectlons of thymus gland extract. . trMtM ,1th tne tTjlct led B pre. I
Dr Leonard O. Rowntree. director..., , PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 14
nf thi. Philadelnhia Institute for MH-I . . .... Rrroa P. Hurst of Portland, attorney! ford, died suddenly In Portland yes-
, .irifisi in aiuayin qw, miium. mUM ... i frrt belmr made
s s: ROBERT HARTS SON
PASSES SUDDENLY
Robert Vilm Hart. 3-year-old a-n
(AP) i of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Hart of Med
PHOENIX. Ariz.. Nov. 14 (AP)
Gov. B. B. Moeur today recalled Ari
zona national guardsmen from Par
ker dam, where he had ordered them
to patrol the martial law rone at the
Parker diversion damslte.
His announcement followed a con
ference with Adjutant General Oscar
Temple and was considered In effect
to have rescinded his martial law
proclamation.
The chief executive aald he was
calling the troops off In view of the
action by the U. S. reclamation serv
ice In slopping work on the Arizon
side of the diversion dam until the
respective rights of the states In
volved are determined.
When asked whether his Instruc
tions automatically reesclnded h'a
martial law proclamation, the gov
ernor said:
"I presume It docs, but I'll have
to get some law on It."
Adjutant General Temple Inquired
whether the governor desired the half
dozen guardsmen who have been "ob
serving" since last spring recalled
with tho 101 troops dispatched there
from Phoenix and Prescott yesterday.
"Bring them back, too." the gov
ernor aald. "I also want to thank
you and your staff for- the co-operation
you have given me In this mat
ter." When the governor received Ickes' .
message he telephwied Adjutant Gen
ral Temple requesting that the troops
be he:d at Parker yesterday.-
"I believe that we can now settle
this matter,", the governor aald, "and
I do not want to antagonize anyone."
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CANDIDATES LIST
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PUBLIC HEARING FOR
COUNTY'S BUDGET SET
FOR NOV. 20 OR 27
Public hearing on the Jackson
county budget for the coming year
has been set for either November 26
or J7. County Judge Earl B. Day said
yesterday. Definite date will be an
nounced within a few days.
First nubllcatlon of the budet, a
reoulred bv law. haa oeen maae, ann
second publication cornea thla week.
It Is reoulred that the public hcar-
xvt be called not later tnan 10 aays
after the second publlcslion. mo
hearlru? will be held In the courthouse
auditorium and will be attended oy
the budget committee, with Oeorge w
Dunn of Ashland, Ita chairman, act-
lmr as chairman of the meeting
The budget la approximately the
same aa laat year and the chief Items
r runda for roads and relief. Tie
latter Item Is slightly more than 7J.-
000 about one-third of tne total oun
get. For old age pension. $3fi.000 la
sllotted, an Increa. eor aau.iwu oyr.
last yesr.
CAMPAIGN COSTS
First filing of statements of es
pe'nsea of candidate. In the general
election have been filed with tin
county clerk, with gasoline, advertis
ing and contributions to the political
cause -the chief Items.
H. D. (Johnny) Reed of Gold Hill,
unsuccessful Democratlo candidate for
county Judge, expended 9108.20. He
spent 920 for gasoline, contributed
92S to "headquarters." and the bal
ance was for campaign carda, rad'.3
time and advertisements.
Otto Caster, successful Democratlo
candidate for county commissioner,
spent 138.60. He contributed .10 to
"headquarters." and the balance waa
for advertising.
8hcrlff Walter J. Olmacheld spent
180. which Includes a 920 donation to
the "organisation." The remainder
was for gasoline and campaign cards.
Frank E. Anderson, elected con
stable on the Democratlo ticket lor
the Medford district, spent only M.OJ.
and the entire aum was for campaign
carda.
Cannon Bull In Well
MEXICO, Mo. (UP) J. R. Braden
dug a two-pound cannon ball, a
relic of the Civil war, out of his well.
The mlaslle had been fired from a
i. ,.ur J B Coleman holds smooth-bore, mUMle-loadlng gun
that the tax levy will be approxl
matcly the same aa laat year, aa far
aa the county la concerned. The state
levy la also expected to ahow but
slight reduction or Increaae. Tie
lower valuation fixed for corporations
11 expected to cause a slight boost
used In that day.
Luclua
popes.
was the name of three
FARM MORTGAGE
Trrssury Secretary Mnrsmthsu e.
Crated the e:wtton hy crtttns t
(.CooUfluecj so Ff HI . .
STUDEBAKER BOWLERS
TRIM STRANG OUTFIT
fcTsnderaon'a Studebaker bowlrri
were on the long end of a 2-1 ro'in?
In their match w'.th tie Strang D-ji;
Store quintet at the E'.xs lodge Uu
niBhl. deAplle tf.e fact tlist WllV'.'
Pruitt of the dmlsts bumped a
t of 620 pins
Eiictrolux and Texaco anil roil to-oiga?,
leal Research, said offspring of red-: , , incut... for n-i'or Hurtlenne. said she v s
enu treated w'.th the substance had. 1 ' ,lonl "victim of circumstances" and !
a(u-r several generation, teeth at, ' t nocenf of any connection with th
birth, fur shortly alterward. and coul.1 . vanpouvfii wash Nor 14 (API i Urschel kidnaping rase.
awim and climb when two weeks old.' VA . 1 . ,, ' ! Miss Hurtlenne Is on. of the four
Ithij Indicated about a slx-fo'.d apeet-, rr" """" """"v """" 1 hud here on cliargrs of mnplra. y
In concealing I'rscncl ransom, nurai
was retained as her attorney at the
Mrs. Prank Hartman, about 60, dle-J
In; up of growth. today irom ourns suuerea w..r r,
Dr. Rowntree declined to predlc. ' clothing accidentally caught fire at
the ream's should humans be treatod nfI. home here yesterday.
8he was alone with her back to
I the atove when her clothing Ignlt'd
I with the extract, developed by Dr. A
Im Hanson of Faribault. Minn.
n.e rww-ul.tlve imou John. Hop- i
I Wn hoaoital phvaidana who heirdnd flames raced up her back. Fin-,
his address, vlsuillred, If the ctfect-S ally she ir.anascd to tear olf her
were ini:;i:i: flaming clothing M Hen put out
. c.'.ild.rii ueahed s.:.en a i'.-v a tire mhich star:! c:t tie flo-'l
olii; -. at a:x mont. men sae ran ouuuc. ana
I ftelac txycrt '. njao V ftiw IMp. ST
request of the Hurtlenne fsmliy at
torney, E. F. Adams of Taroms, who
wts hero yesterdsy.
for ecrema. Mr. and Mrs. Hart re
turned here today and the body of
the little boy will arrive here to
nU'lit. The funeral aervlces are tc
be conducted "t 1 fnel Pr
lors Thtirrrflay.
WAS1IINOTON, Nov. 14. (AP)
The treasury announced today that
bids on 'construction of the new
Newberg. Ore. poslofdce would be
opened here December 12.
BONNF.VIIAE. Ore , Nor. 14 ,lf
E. V. Booker, 60. of Porliand wsj
k.llcd r'nea st.j.-k by a string o( The Tlmea Bquare subsy station
fl-.'. c blr..j br.-'.:'d into a lo k l the busiest point In He
ex;.viic,n e:t at Bonneville dam-, city', rapid trsnsil lines,
lut lt jreatenlaj. isliow.
ACT HELD LEGAL
LOUI8VIU.E. Ky . Nor. 14 (AP)
The Freiler-Lemke farm mortgage act
was upheld by Federal District Judge
Charles I, Dawson here today aa con
stitutional. He added, however, that
h. believed It unfair and unwise
and that he upheld Its constitution
lite "with reHret."
Judge Dawson ruled In favor of
William rtadford. Christian county
farmer, who had sued to stop by
means of the federal act, a fore
closure against his (arm by the
Louisville Joint Stock Land nana.
Under the federal act a mortgagor
may hold his property five yeara by
nim a reasonable rental to his
creditor.
ORECION CITY. Nov. 14 (API-
York : Edwin O. Caufleld. 76. former pre.si
f,gures dent of the Bank of Oregon City.
Idled bar esterase
WILL
BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Not. II
Well, you actora and politician, can
hare all the race horse, and cigsra
and perfume named after you. but I
got some clippings from dosrn In
South Carolina that was mighty ,-ratl-lylng
to me. Will Roger., an old po
hound, was voted the best hunting
dog In the state, and he took another
prIM for the finest looking dog. Sj
my regards to the champion of aoutn
Carolina.
There ain't nothing better than to
ride up on a little hill at night and
stop and hear 'em running. Yon
don't need to see 'em. You know
who la ahead, whose running second
and third and Juat how clou, the
are to old man fox. Toura.