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Newspaper Page Text"Oregon Products Week" Launches "Buy Oregon" Campaign The Weather ! Forecast: Rain tonight and Saturday, i Somewhat warmer tonight. J Temperature: Highest yesterday , A6 lowest thl morning .. 40 j. Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award TOR 1934 Tweuty-ninth Year 22 Pages Two Section! MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 1934. No. 204. mm nn u JU ncrp n tW feel n it- ( By PAIL MAIXON (Copyright, 1934, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, D. C, Nov. 18. Just before the election, a very big voice In the new deal whispered the word down the Una that the White House did not care particu larly who was to be speaker of the house. All It was interested In was to get a good floor leader. Only a few In terested Insiders n the democratic lde of the house heard about it and they have kept the matter to tnemselves. They never doubted the authenticity ot the statement. As a matter of tact, they thought they recognized the authoritative voice of Louis Howe behind It. and they know that when ever Howe speaks, the president thinks. The Implication was clear. It meant that the White House would Inter pose no objection to the candidacy of Joseph W. Byrns aa speaker and would be content to get Its own man. Bam Rayburn, In as floor leader. That Just about ended the fight, or would have ended It. had not cer tain other considerations come up. which may cause Howe to get on the telephone again shortly and change signals. t'aol AlalJoo For one thing. Rayburn has flatly refused to be floor leader. That l not an Insurmountable obstacle, how ever, because Rayburn probably could be Induced to change his mind the White House ordered- It More disturbing, from the White House viewpoint, is the fact that the election result showed tho ad ministration Is going to have a house problem on Ita bands much bigger than It thought. There were exactly 69 changes made In the house personnel at the polls. In that crowd of newcomers there are many hlgn tenslon democrats whose views range up and down from Upton Sinclair to Karl Marx. Administration strate gists consider It advisable to pet a trong man. In whom liberals have confidence, to handle the wild-eyed bad boys. No one fills the require ments of the situation better than Ravburn. For that reason the fight that was over Is now being resumed. There are Indications that Rayburn la making a formidable tleup with McCormacX of Ma.-sachusetts for floor leadership on his ticket, and there may Oe plenty of trouble before It Is over. That portly shadow that has been moving in and out of President Roosevelfa private office lately Is Frank Walker. Vou may recall that he left the co-ordlnator'a Job early last summer to handle hie private business enterprises, which Include a string of motion picture theaters No announcement has been made and none will be for at least a few weeks vet. but Mr. Walker Is very much back In the picture. At present he is acting as a sort ot Colonel House to Roosevelt: that Is. an unof ficial roving minister without port folio or pay. The plBn is for Walker to drop In regularly every two weeks on certain confidential advisory mat tera. A bigger Job la ultimately In store for him. The treasury recently wanted some figures on loans ami sent -to a pri vate corporation which was Issuing such data, asking the source of Its Information. The firm replied It got Its figures from the treasury Itself. Officials scurried about and found the department's expert, only to learn from him that he based his figures on data obtained from the firm men tioned. Actually, the situation was that neither the treasury nor the firm had any really worth while fig ures. The treasury expert based his estimates on an eatlmate from the private source. With ail the Improve ments made by the new deal to get good statistics, a lot remains to be done. , When the securities exchange com mission failed to hear from a small stock exchange to which It sent the usual registration papers, It wired the exchange, asking a reply. When there was still no response. It wired again. Days Ister It received a post card reading: "Oent'.emen: This postal ts all we ran afford. Please stop wiring us We've been out of business for two vears ' EXTREME DANGER or Group Named by Roosevelt to Survey Country-Wide "Situation Makes Report New World Is Visioned WASHINGTON, Nov. 16. (AP) Strong criticism of NRA and the farm administration was contained today in a report by the national planning board appointed by Presi dent Roosevelt to survey the country-wide situation. The critical portion was made In separate reports prepared at the re quest of the board and presented as "supporting data." The board said It assumed "no responsibility for the views and opinions" of the authors Lewis L. Lorwin and A. F. Hfnrlch. "Extreme danger" was seen In the administration's "basing" Its agricul tural program on "curtailment of output." Wagr Structure Chaotic The report also said "the total wage structure of the country re mains In the same chaotic condition as It had been before the NRA came into existence." The report was transmitted to Sec retary Ickes last August 1, but was not made public until today. Fred eric A. Delano, chairman of the board. Is an uncle of the president. The report envisaged a "new world" for America through national pan ning. Reviewing the record of the NRA, the, report found the recovery organi zation had brought some benefits, but had at the same time in some cases Increased Industrial difficul ties. Made Mttle Progress "One of the basic problems of the NRA." the report said, "Is that of wages as a factor in fair competition, put the NRA has made little prog ress so far in settling the difficult problems of wage differentials be tween industries and sections. "As regards long range objectives. It is difficult to find any semblance of planning in the NRA. In fact, the NRA has set up new difficulties in '.he path of industrial planning. To begin -rith,.the process of code mak ing for the purpose of recovery was so directed as to Impede rather than advance the reconstruction of in dustry. "The codes were set up hastily on the assumption that a bad code was better than none at all. Much Guess Work "Th- was thus much guess work and a I. of bargaining In their mak ing. As a result, the NRA has brought about a rift In the Inter-relations of Industries. Each Industry Is suppos ed to contrive a solution of Its own problems and the 475 codrs in ex istence are a complex and confus ing system." "The emergency agricultural re covery program has been seriously affected by the drought of 1034 the report said. 'What has, been brought home to us Is the extreme danger of basing a program on cur tailment of output, - "The line between plenty and scarcity is too thin, and In any case In regard to most agricultural pro ducts the American people are still below an adequate diet level. Problems Loom "It Is also obvious that before long an attempt to carry out the present short-run program will create large problems. For instance, the program Roosevelt Will Visit Jackson Shrine ; I i gB&YQ '0 IS DEDICATED BY F. R. IN KENTUCKY! i . j President Tells Big Crowd Americans Still Busy Hew-; ing Out Commonwealth j Greater Freedom Objective : Many prcMilenlM lic been tisiiors at the hrrmllugp, near ' NhOivHm',' Ten'n.', the home of Andrew .Iiu k.tuii, and soon Its stately halls will re-echo to the visit of another chief executive. President ItnoMMelt plnus tn visit the Jackson shrine en mute to Warm .springs, a. The old mansion was built In 1823 and is now state oivium). TO AID LEAGUE IN PACIFYING CHACO LA PAZ, Bolivia. Nov. 18. (AP The minister of war announced to day that Paraguay lost 8.000 men in clashes in the Gran Chaco during the Inst few days.1 "Victorious drives of the last few days showed that Paraguay lost 5,000 men, and $2,000,000 of war materia ia and provisions, and withdrew about 125 miles from their occupied posi tions," the minister said. GENEVA. Nov. 16 (AP) The United State. If wax learned today, has declined to participate directly with the League of Nations in efforts to settle the Chaco war. A letter refusing to Join the league's Chaco conciliation commit tee was read at a private session of the Chaco consultative committee. It was understood the United States agreed to continue cooperat ing in a friendly way with the league's Chaco work but cho to act Inde pendently and, especially at this late; hour, not to participate in the com mittee. Washington thus reiterated its previous position of aloofness In con nection with the handling of the war under the covenant of the league, to which she does not belong. Bud pot Hearing November SB The public hearing on the coun ty budget will be held at the court house on Wednesday, November 28, starting at 10 a. in.,' and bp pa J unity will be given for a lull am, rompleto discussion of 1U provisions. George W. Dunn of Ashland, chairman of the county budget committee, will preside. A previous statement thnt the bud pet meeting would be held Novem ber 26 or 27 w Incorrect. L HELD BY POLICE Orvll H. Couslneau, 39, of till city. E DEFENSE REPORT (Continued on Page Eleven) Nealon Spent $16 making Campaign Commissioner R. E. Nealon. defeat ed for election, spent $18 for cam paign expenses, according to a state ment filed with the county clerk County Judge Earl B. Day expended $95.51. his campaign statement says The largest Item waa for stamps-$26. LOCAL V. F. W. GOING G. PASS INSTALLATION Installation of officers for the Del Rogtie post of the Veterans of For eign Wars Is to be held In Grants Pass tomorrow evening, and locai members of the V. F. W. or the auxil iary, .who wish .to attend, are . re quested to meet at tne armory here at 6:30 o'clock, where transportation will be furnished. Puppets h (tilled EALEM, Ore., Nov. 16. (UP) En tertainers were spilled on the high way today when a house-car con taining the puppet show of the Wal ter Scott family was demonlfahed by a stage carrying- a negro -vaudeville band. Mr. and Mrs. Scott were injured. Pledge Given Grange for Developing AAA Policy A . committee appointed by B. E Harder, president of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, to study national defense for the stat of Oregon has submitted Its report, which waa adopted by the board of directors, .with copies being sent to the Portland chamber of commerce and Oregon's congressional delegates Members of the committee are: Gain Robinson, chairman: H. A. Stanley, L. O. Devsney, Carl Y. Teng wald. E. E. Kelly. W. H. Ellenburg was In the county Jail today on 1000 ' Floyd Hart, O. L. Overmyer and Earl bond, charged with obtaining money i Foy. under false pretences by passing I Today. In response to the repc.i. bogus checks amounting to a sum I A. H. BanwcH. manager of the Jack estimated at more than 60. i u County Chamber of Commerce. Couslneau waa arrested here last ' received the following telegram from night by state police, and will appear " varies l. McNary, united states sen. for preliminary hearing In Justice court at 10 a. m. Saturday. State police said the checks, of which ap proximately $60 have been recovered, have been passed within the" last 10 days, both In this city and In Ash land. It Is expected further investi gation will disclose more of the checks, all of which were. drawn on the MedTord National bank. lniliArMUi bps o ifo it Itirj I'nrrl from ,.r r. r . j4Amtnt Ron met and thoroughly went over , 1 1 chamber or commerce directors by ... -1 ,,.,,, their commltte on national defense, a robbery which occurred last night In Central Point, at the Associated strvlce station operated -by -L C. Grimes. The burelar. who reached through a broken window without going within the building, stole U. 8. L. battery. 12 quarts pi cylinder oil, and a carton of flashlights. 8tate police, who Investigated, said today that a suspect may soon be appre hended. In a recurrence of clothes' robbing In the West Second street district. Fred Wolfe, of 026 West Second, re ported to city polito this morning that about 20 articles of clothing had been stolen from his washing ma chine, after a burglar had gained entrance through a screen door. Chief of Police McCredle stated tne ! offense la the third or fourth of Its kind. Mrs. Floyd Watklns, or 711 West Second street having reported a se ries of similar robberies on October 28. last. ....... HARRODSBURG, Ky., Nov. 16. vVt .f Before a monument to the pioneer! of the west. President Roosevelt to-1 day asserted "we are carrying on, we I shall carry on" the spirit of plonear j :ng. "Mere survival calls for new pioneering on our part. the president told a throng spread on the hillside just ouUlde the old log stockade erect-1 cd by the first settlers west of the Allc;henle.s. Sun flooded the crowd which en thusiastically greeted the smiling president .on Jiia brjef atop, here.cn route to the Tennessee Valley experiment. Introduced as Pioneer. Governor Laffoon met the presi dent at the station and presided over the exercises. Senator Barkley Intro duced Mr. Roosevelt aa a "pioneer.'! Mrs. Roosevelt, after a night ride by pWine from New York,. Joined the president at Danville early today. Secretaries Hull and Ickes stood be side Mr. Roosevelt on the platform. Governor McNutt or Indiana Joined In the celebration. The president spoke or tha mv.iy 'Tlrst things" established in this early western outpost, and ths crowd laughed aa he remarked "The first corn was raised In Kentucky.'! Dressed in a blue suit, Mr, Roose vclt spoke bareheaded. Hope still Reigns. . "We. too, are hewing out a com monwealth,.' ,ht -concluded, ft, com mon wealth of the states which wi hope will give to its people more tfu'.y than any that has gone before, the fulfillment or security, or freedom of opportunity and of happiness which America asks and Is entitled to receive." . . The crowd applauded vigorously. The text of President Roosevelt's speech follows: "Governor Laffoon, my friends of Kentucky: "We. pioneers of 1934, are .ooate together today to honor the ptoneera Will Rogers Quip On Debt Holiday Rouses Kingfish BATON ROUOE, La., Nov. 16. ( AP) Irke4 by a quip of Will Rogers about the Louisiana two year debt moratorium. Senator Huey Long today wired the humor ist that a legal opinion on the btll would coat him alOOO. Will asked, "does this Huey Long debt cancellation apply to i man that moves In from another tate?" Huey replied to Will: "Would wire you copy of debt cancellation act, but you wouldn't understand It anyway. Please send taw fee of $1000 and wire you legal opinion. - "HIT2Y LONG. "Attorney at Law." ator: "Thanks for report special dc fense committee, which I shall con sider at tha first opportunity. Re gards." The report follows: Mr. B. E. Harder, President. Jackson County Chamber of Com merce: Dear Mr. Harder: The special com mitted you appointed to report on the needs of national defense ror Or- ( Continued on Page Three) (Continued on Page Sixteen) BIDDLE NAMED HEAD " OF E I In line with its purpe or making the Tennessee valley a lsnd of mil and honer. the TV A !s using a mli ture of plaster containing honey on some ot Its buildings down there. Commerce 6cretry Roper hs re ceived 7000 requests for cop: of that (Continued on Page l'n) HARTFORD. Conn,. Nov. 16 fAP) Cheater A. Davis, asserting that ine "welfare of agriculture U being re stored," gave his pledge to the na tion's farmers today that the AAA will carry into action "the expressed wishes of the country In the develnn. ment "of our ultimate agricultural policy. The administrator of the agrinjl tural adjustment act told the Na tional Grange convention: "The policies of the AAA have de veloped from the country. They wti: continue to develop there. That 'places a mot nertotis pre(win-lbll:'"' right where it belongs. H Is safely 4 placed only If It Is accepted propeilj i and seriously by a people who arc j willing to keep informed." Describing the goal set for itsc.l 'by the AAA. Davis said: j "We want to develop, democrst'c ! ally, r policy directed toward the I production of the maximum of goods 1 and an equitable dltrlbut;on of thrwe ; goods so that It will bring the great est benefit to the greatest numV; of people. A satisfactory policy for agriculture must be in harmony with this goal for the nation as a whnle Such a policy Is more Important than any plan or any organization or any ' politlrsi party that either suppoil 'or opp'ncs the development ot that I polirj.- iWOMAN, 107, BOASTS I HOUSEWORK ABILITY PER ROLL, Spain. (UP)--On her 107th birthday, Senora Maria Bar j reiro boasted she could still do ht housework better than any of the j younger omen of the province. Yes i terdsy she went to the stove to pre- i 'pare the family meal, aa usual, a fiw minutes later fainted and fell dead. Captain Lee M. Bown of the Med ford state police was slightly Injur ed In an auto accident near Rose burg. Wednesday, according to word received .iere by Mrs. Bown. Captain Bown was enroute to Co qullle and Mnrshfleld on official business when the accident occur red, Mrs. Bown said, and although she was given only an Incomplete report of the accident. It Is believed here that h wa only bruised, and that hi car was not badly wrecked. Mrs. Bown said a truck, coming onto the highway, collided with the state police car. Captain Bown waa taken to Rose burg, and Is expected to return to Medford this week end. He left Wed nesday morning. DOG HERO BECOMES MEMBER OF POLICE MOMENCfc. Ill (UPt Phl'lp Mat. rotte received a cheek for 1B 46 t r a summer's work. It was all he got for the entire crop of corn raised on 40 if res. He operates a "model'" farm for Mr. Ann Brssrd, whom h divided the mony. drought and chinch bugs did it. (A. McRell. NFWAPK. N. J (UPl Jark fw.r-year-old fo terrier, bfcame a poller- man today, with a badge around hli neck. The dog saved three sms'l daughters of Mrs. James Myers of Brooklyn from death by gas. Jack was brought here by a department HI istore, made the hfro of a dog show r.if and decorated by Police Chief Jimes WASHINGTON. NOT. 16. (AP) Francis Blddle of Philadelphia to day waa named chairman of , the labor relations board. 1 In this position he will direct the administration's effort to maintain an Industrial truce by settling labor disputes. The appointment, made by Prejl- dent Roosevelt, was announced by the board. BY LEGISLATURE BATON ROUG. La., Nov. 18 (AP) Reducing Ita procedure to. the. roere mechanical opening and cloalng or electrical voting machines, the Louis iana Irglalatura today completed lt aaalgned taak of giving Senator. Kuey P. long everything but a royal crown and mantle, and adjourned sine. die shortly before noon. Overriding hopeleasly futile floor opposition that developed over a pro posal whloh gave Long the pcer to fire municipal police chiefs, the atate senate passed all of the "ItlngflsVa" 44 power-heightening' pelal aeaslon recommendations, Including his two year personal debt moratorium. The debt moratorium bill waa of- L PROJECT TO WAIT LEGALJLEAN-UP Power Company Has Time for Appeal of Recent Decision-Case Has Been in Courts for Past 8 Years That wore would start on the new hydro-electric plant to be constructed by tha Beaver Portland Cement com pany at Gold Hill aa aoon aa a clear title to the water rights waa legally determined. wa Indicted yesterdiy by W. H. Mulrhead, vice-president of the company. The case, whi.-h has been prose cuted by the Cellfc-nia Oregon Power company, has been -n the courts for eight years, according, to Mulrhead. the last appeal by the pV.-ver company having taken 23 monttu' for a d-;-clalon. which was finally ha. ed do.vn on November 6 In favor of thv nemont company, by virtue of a twe urti;e decision. The third, or adverse J; Ige. also granted many of the Beaver com pany's claims, aald the Beaver com pany, official. Time for Appeal. Mulrhead pointed out that the pow er company has a certain length of time In which to appeal the case, and until definite steps are taken by that organisation, no construction will be possible. Even were the decision not (Continued on Page Flve BEEKEEPERS PLAN CONVENING Another convention for Medford haa been lined up for 1939, according to Cole Holmea, chairman of the con vention committee for the Jackson county chamber of commerce. Word haa puat been received here that the State Beekeepera' aaaooiatlon. will meet In Medford the coming year, In convention seaslon. . Other organization ' which have previously Indicated their Intentions of meeting In this city are the State P.-T. A., the state Building and Loan league, and the State Trap Shoot association. An effort Is being made to secure the meeting of the State Dairymen's association, It was learned. (Continued on Page Nine) DOG POISONER WORKS ' IN ASHLAND DISTRICT ASHLAND, Nov. 16 (Spl.) Two degs have been poLsoned In the past week In this district, It la reported by the local police atation. A police pup belonging to J., Q. Adams la the latest victim, and one waa poisoned In Bellvlew a few days ago. SALEM- U. P. MANAGER PROMOTED TO ROME PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 16. (UP) Virgil Plnkley, manager of the Salem Capitol bureau of the United Press for the p sat year, has been promot ed to the post of assistant manager of the. United Press bureau In Rome. With hla wife tnd daughter, ptnklcy left Balem last night. NORMAL SCHOOL PLAY SCHEDULED NOV. 23-24 The Southern Oregon Normal play, "The Living Corpse," directed by Angua L. Bowmer and presented by normal school students, will be staged at the school auditorium on Nov. 33 and 34, at eight o'clock, It waa announced today. The presentations will be assisted by the Medford aleemen, under the direction of James Stevens, and will be sponsored by the Ashland Com munity theater. Tickets are on sale at the Toggery, thia city. Death Takes Original 'Alice in Wonderland WESIT.rtHAM. England. NeV. !. (APi Mra. Alice Hargreavea. the origin!, of "Alice .lit .Wonderland." who Lewis Carroll's Imaglnmon sent adventuring after the white rabbit intr a fantastic world of nonsense. died today at the age of 83 years Mrs. llargreaves, wno nan uvea m retirement for many years, emerged from her quiet home In 1B33 long enough to Journey to New York and discover a new wonderland of sky scrapers while she took part In the Carroll centenary celebration at Co lumbia university. Because of Mra. Hargreaves. all wise 'children sre fsmlllsr with tin Msd llstver. the March Hare, tna moc Turtle, and the Cheshire Cat. whose big grin lingered after he was gone. Thry know all that whimsical pag eant, for the little old lady who MieH tnriav nnt nnlv Insolred the tale. but. through her Insistence, csused H to be written down. Alice Pleaaance Llddell was born May 4, 1843, In Westminster. She was 10 veara nM when her father, hav- lln become the dean of Chrtst Col- Faithful Horse Guards Body Of Master 24 Hours PORT MORGAN. Colo.. Nov. 18. (AP) The horse of Homer O. Cole, a farmer, stood guard over his maater'a body for 34 hours protecting It from co, atea and wild hogs, It was discovered to day. The body wu found by search era In the Columbine district north of here. Cole, 03 years old. apparently waa killed almoat In atan ly.when he fell from a wind mill. Nobody witnessed the fall but when he failed to return home laat night a searrh was atarted. - Hla horse waa standing over tha body, keeping a pack of wild hoga away. lege of Oxford unlveralty, she and her two sisters csme to know the pedant, tha Reverend Charles Lut wldge Dodgson. His scholsrs knew him ss a dry-ss-dust msthematlclan, but the little Llddell girls, whom he called "the cruel three," made him thetr' play fellow. It was July 4. 1883. that he took the trio on an expedition up the Thames and told the fairy tale which Alice made him write down. He published It under the pseu donym "Lewis Carroll" and sent countleaa children and adults, too down the rabbit hole Into a classic world of make-believe, where the Mad Hatter and the March Hare are atlll trying to put the Dormouse Into a teapot. And there are those who see more than nonsense In the works ot Lewis Carroll, for cheaa scholars have made a key to his "Alle through the looking-glass" and moved chessmen serosa a board, accompanying Alice on her advsntures with the Red Duchess and Tweedledum and Tweedledee. BEVERLY HILLS, Nov. 15. Well, we wns just feeling fiiio and wo thought wo had listened to our last campaign speech out here for two more years, when who comes in hero on a bnrn-stonnir.g tour but John J. rtuskob. Ircnno du Pont and Edward F. Mutton, thrco hundred million dollars worth of talent. They got n plan called, (no not El'IC). Theirs is called Lib erty league. They feel that un der the New Deal, that the U. 3. constitution is the forgotten man. So they are doing a mod ern I'aul Revere and arc going JOwn the valleys in three pri vate railway cars, arousing tho people. "Block that kick, block that kick. The Democrats ar kicking our constitution around. " They are all three mighty fine, estimable men and if they happen to play your town get ill the big wigs out. They are darn nice fellows and got the best show on the road this reason. Yours, ' l9l4.Mslhvigkt Sralllcale.ua.