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"Buy Oregon" Keynote of Oregon Products Days Campaign This Week The Weather ! Forecast: Unsettled with rain tonight. nd Friday. Moderate temperature. II Temperature: (I ingnest yesterday 01 Lowes tthts morning 42 Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Tweuty-niuth Year 1JEDFOKD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1934. II LOCAL IN AND GIRL HELD BY AUTHORITIES Long Search for Perpe trators Department Store Raid Ends With Police Action Suspect Another Work, Sole Path To Success Says Mormon's Chief SALT LAKE CITY, Nov. 33. (AP) Drawing from observation of his 78 years, Heber J. Orant, revered president of the Latter Day Saints church, believes the "only way to success is through hard work early and late." "To expect to achieve success In any other way is to hope to pick fruit from a tree that hasn't been planted," he philosophized on the occasion of bis 78th birth, day anniversary today. Tonight he will be honored at a family dinner at which eight of his nine daughters wilt be hostesses. One, Mrs Isaac Blair Evans oi Pasadena. Calif., will be unable to attend. No. 209. SUSPECTS i . : i , - ii Winifred Coe Dix to Wed PROBE BY LEAGUE Theft of an estimated $500 worth 'of merchandise from Mann's depart ment store the night of last October 34 was revealed today, following the arrest of two Medford men for al leged complicity in the ourgiary ana of an 18-year-old girl, said to be im plicated in a minor way. The arrests, all made in Medford Tuesday evening, culminated a search made by city, county and state of ficers, and served to concentrate ef forts of officials to trace a third Medford man In northern Oregon, be lieved to be leader of the foursome- The men arrested are leonara Clark, about 33, of 145 North Oak dale, charged with burglary not in a dwelling, and Stanley Howard, 33. of 603 North Fir street, charged with possession of stolen property. Both are In the county Jail on 93000 bond. League of Nations council to Invest!- having beeu arrested In this city on gftte the anamination of King Alex warrants. They waived preliminary , ,r hrm, nrt bound and of Yugoslavia and Foreign Min ever to tne grana jury. ,bm-' otuvuvu ui taJiw: aa nv Girl Tells Story. calculated to disturb International The girl involved, who according j peace, to the district attorney's office, may M. Fotlch, the Yugoslav delegate to or may not ask for a preliminary j the league, sent a letter to J. A hearing. Is BeuJah Wilcox. 18. who ; Avenol. secretary -general lives here with her grandparents. Fredenburg Roosevelt's No. 1 Assistant Gives Views On Complex Controversy Involving Sec tion 7-A of Recovery Act Mr. and Mrs. V. J. 1303 Ntantic street. Authorities said her mother. Mrs. Gladys Wilcox ot Grants Pass, was expected to arrive In Medford' today to talk with the girl before court action. If any, is taken. She la charged with possession of only a few minor stolen articles, and Is said to have been Implicated against her will. She gave county of ficers a complete story of her minor role. Clark and Howard, both of- whom have lived here for some time ac cording to police, confessed to have stolen approximately 200 worth ot merchandise, much of which has been recovered. An estimate of the missing (Continued on Page Twelve) T NEAR TILLAMOOK WASHINGTON, Nov. 33. (AP) Further evidence that new deal sails gradually are being trimmed was bad today from two directions. 1. The 30 cents an hour minimum wage for work-relief was abandoned by FKRA. 3. For the first time since the NRA blue eagle soared aloft, the govern ment purchased a- Henry Ford pro duct. With fundamental revision of NRA being talked officially, and the ad- l ministration policy toward labor ano social legislation being watched ever the more closely, these development attracted unusual notice in the capi tal. Harry L- Hopkins' abandonment of GENEVA. Nov. 33. (AP) Yugo- j his minimum wage Ideas recalled slavla today lodged a' formal com- uthern protests against this aspect J a 'of CWA last winter. Especially In the plaint against Hungary, asking the MUth was tnla policy considered a trouble maker. The future work-relief wage cri terion will be the rates prevailing in the community affected. Local com munities already functioning will determine the proper wage. Past or ders have been rescinded. WASHINGTON. Nov 23. (p) Any idea of one big union in which a minority ot workers in a pUnt would have to go along with the ma 1 Jorlty, whether they wanted to or not. has been dealt a blow by Doae'd P. Rlchberg, widely known as Presi dent Roosevelt's "No. 1" assistant. The interpretation which the di rector of the executive council placed last night on the celebrated "major ity rule" decision 6f the national labor relations board, aroused wide Interest. Many labor leaders and Industrial ists have understood the board's, rul ing, given in the Houde ai, as meaning that an organization win ning a majority of votes In an elec tion within a group or plant shall represent all employes Is the group or pi an t. for p u rpose of col lee 1 1 ve bargaining. Worker to Decide. But Rlchberg, speaking to the As sociated Grocery Manufacturers In New York, laid down the opinion only a workman himself can decide what "voting unit" plant, craft or other grouping he shall enter. Only after associating himself with such a unit )ll : IP - tf VUJ c. requesting that the matter be placed on the council agenda for discussion The Yugoslav delegate added: "The Investigation Into the Marseille assas sinations brought to light the fact that they were prepared on Hungar ian soil by a band of International terrorists." , PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 33. (API Rare In north Pacific waters, and perhaps tt first ever seen off the Oregon coast, a huge waterspout formed off Tillamook Rook, west of the Clatsop beaches today and swept swiftly past, a quarter of a mile at sea. Appearance of this phenomenon In this vicinity Is so uncommon that the lighthouse keeper at Tillamook Rock flashed word of It to Portland h end quarters. He estimated the height of the spout at 400 feet, '.t reached down ward from a leaden gray Fky to the wind-churned Pacific. Like a cyclonic cloud It formed as a whirling mass and then reached downward toward the sea. When the vortex was near the surface, the water appeared to leap up and meet It. forming a vor tical mass of cloud and water, per fectly shaped. 07IrARE FEATURED BY HEATH NEW YORK, Nov. 33 (AP Dis trict Attorney F. X. Geoghan said today Ruby Clarke, 36, arrested yes terday after the finding of the bodies of three babies in a trunk, probably would be released "If nothing more develops." Miss Clarke, who denied any knowledge of how the bodies came to be In the trunk which she check ed with a Brooklyn warehouse In July. 1932, Is held on a homicide charge pending a hearing tomorrow. She said the trunk contained only odds and ends when she stored it. The lock had been broken since then, she said. The condition of the bodies made Identification Impossible. Air. Winifred foe HIv. well known In Medford. and former wife of Richard Olx. Him artor. Is to wed lr. Ilarlry J. Oundrrwni of Los Angeles about December 1. thev have announced. Mrs. nix. the slsler of Fori Coe who Mas formerly with the American Fruit company here, often visited In Medford. (Associated Prow Photo) SEA SERPENT BODYISALLY RAND GIVEN (Continued on Page Twelve) BIG BURNS MILL MAY SHUT DOWN PARIS. No. 23. (AP) Dissension In "Paradise, G, I.," was revealed to day in a letter received by a Paris ian friend from the Baroness Elolse Bonsquet de Wagner. The baroness wrote the letter June 30. 1933. dating It "Paradise, Gala pagos Islands." The epistle criticized the activities of Dr. Frledrtch Ritter. the German nudist, on the island and indicating that the relations between the Ritter ! camp and her own were strained. The baroness denied that she was crowned "empress" and went around I heavily armed. BURNS. Ore., Nov. 33. f AP) 8tlrred by statements of the mill management that the 14.000.000 Hines Lumber mill here must close unless expenses can be curtailed, a group of business men have Joined to lend whatever assistance may be possible to Insure continued produc tlon. J. C. Pettlbone. manager of the Hines plant, told the chamber of commerce the mill must cease op erations if the overhead cannot be reduced. The mill la reported to have lost more than 1.000 ,000 In about five years' operation. OE MM) PRINCE RUPERT, B. C, Nov. 32. (AP)- Scientists tolled today to re construct the decomposed body of a strange species of sea monster found on Henry island, while the popular auestion asked waa: ' Is It Little Jorda, offspring of old Hlaschucka luck, the great sea serpent?" The monster, discovered by a fish erman, H. Sundstrom, followed a lonif series of reports by fishermen, ship captains and other seemingly vera clous sources that three sea serpents had been seen along the Pacific const many times In the last two years. Dr. Neal Carter, director of the do mlnton f lsherlea experimental station here, brought the monster's carcass here. He said It was about 30 feet long, with a skin like sandpaper head resembling a horse, the hide partly covered by hair, partly by spines or quills. Dr. Carter assembled members of his staff quickly to reconstruct the body for public exhibit, and asked Norman L. Freeman, representative of the International fisheries commie slon, to assist In the attempt to classify the remains. He said the sea serpent, If It was a sea serpent. had been dead about two months. His description of the remains was exactly like that of several persons who reported seeing a swimming ..ea aerpent In the Jordan river shortly after last Easter. The monster wa popularly called "Jordaf by the Ca. nadlans. who fisld H iiiusl lie thi daughter of "Htaschuckaluck Cad- borosaurus." the 80-foot serpent, and his mate "Penda," a 60-foot monsfei both of which had been reported seen by hundreds of persons during we two-year period. Dr. Carter's monster apparently re sembles no species ot marine life here tofore known in these waters, scien tists said, adding that no attempt to classify it would be made until lntrlllcent reconstruction had bee-.i made. BEND, Nov. 32. (AP) In order to reduce the Inventory, the Big Shelvln-Hlxon sawmill here probab ly will be closed on Not. 3D, to re open early In January. FRANCE UPSETS NATIONS' PLANS ON WHEAT CURB Formal Demand Made for Inclusion in Quota Allot ment Would Ship Twice Amount Requested by U.S. Accident Fiend's License Revoked As Auto Driver SALEM. Nov. 33. (AP) The motor vehicle operator's license of Ted Rogoway of Portland will be revoked today for a one-year pa rted. Secretary ot State P. J. Sta'delman announced. His license was suspended last week and hearing held in Portland Monday night. It was shown In the records that Rogoway had been involved In 13 traffic accidents, and had been arrested and fined on several occasions. Other suspensions or revoca tions were expected later In the week. IN PRIVATE DANCE NEW YORK, Nov. 33. (UP) Mls Sally Rand, the" converted rubber- bubble dancer, la now legally a good woman thank God ! The "thank God" Is Sally's. She confessed It was chiefly for effect. You see, I always was a good woman even before the Judges said so, But you know how Judges are! I had to show 'em." Miss Rand showed 'em In a pri vate performance In Chicago for mem bers of the appellate bench, and as result the appellate bench ruled she had violated no known law by switching ostrich feathers In front of her supposedly nude body in puo- He. Sally's 10-day Jail sentence was expunge from the minutes. Sally heard about It last night. "It was ducky of the Judges," she exclaimed, curling her valuable torso on a couch. She was dressed In a navy blue traveling dress the soms one aha wore out into town three days ago and looked Hfca Marlene Dietrich without the pants. "My trunk hasn't arrived yet," she explained. "I've had to wear this dress ever since I got here." In spite of it all. Miss Rand will not revert to fan dancing. She la sold on rubber-bubble work, "which la not only more difficult, but the bubble Is likely to break." By ALBERT W. WILSON BUDAPEST, Hungary. Nov. 33. Prance today upset the plana of the1 big wheat exporting nations by for- j maily demanding of the international wheat commission in session here, she be Included In the nations al lotted wheat export quotas. It woa understood she requested permission to export 30.000.000 bush els of wheat, twice the amount the United States aAked and twice tre allotment suggested for Rusala. Any quota allotted Franc would require corresponding sacrifices by overseas exporters, notably the United States. Canada, Australia and Argentina. Restrictions First. The delegate of these four nation, the big four of wheat exporters, in sisted acreage restriction must be set tled before quotas can be discussed, and Indicated they planned to arrange the - quotas privately among them selves before taking the question Into the full conference. The United States was asked to make a complete reversal in Us wheat acresge program under the terms of the draft of a suggested agreement. Under a proposed paot the big fouj nations (the united states. Canada. Australia and Argentina) would each promise to plan no more wheat dur ing 1934-85 than they did during the past year. In which all of them made .substantial reductions. Increase Completed. The United States has already com pleted most of Its A per cent increase under a program announced by the department of agriculture, August 33, In winter wheat sowing, according to estimates of the commission. Therefore, if Washington accepts the agreement, the country must make corresponding reductions In spring sowing, or else pile up or cut the winter wheat while it la green. It was believed here the United States would willingly reverse Its an nounced program If Canada, Austra'ia and Argentina agree also to maintain the reductions they have made. , "Nuts from all over the world" are j being featured at Heath's drug store, j since tne insiaiianon oi inc new eiec trlcslly heated Double-Kay Nut shop. Many varieties of fresh roasted nuts are avallahle at all times at Heath's, and the neon-Ut "nut shop." which Is enclosed In glass has attracted much attention this week. By being kept In the glass shop, the nuts are kept fresh and wsrm In white enamel dishes. Townsend Club Meeting Friday The regular tr.ert!ng of the Towns end cliih for f.i encouraaement ot the pMwr of the revolving pension ronndin(r lne nMrt nrt will he held In the auditorium nf th rounty court hous at 7: p ni . rrMsy Reverend Batrd pastor of the Firt Christian church oi Me.lf:rd will addresa the meeting and will :e!l why he farore the Towns end c!d pension plan. Itr.s will i-e pool opportunity for those wno hate nM hern well Inform on tne p'.itn to rcom better acquaints with if. Everybody la cordially in- TTd, STONE CASING BOPPED FROM WOMAN'S HEART SAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 33. (UP) An Interested spectator, Mrs. Reglns Bramy. 47. smilingly watched todi) as two surgeons described a rare op eration in which they removed a stone casing that had grown about her heart. Physlrisns of a heart dis ease research commit tre listened a Doctors Haro'.d Rrunn and A. L Brown told of chipping away di ctum growth whtrh rapidly was tur t was the atx'h raj of Its kind In medical history. ft Hearing SALEM. Ore, Nov. 33 ( API Chss M. Thomas, public utilities commis sioner, today set the date for the hearing of the appeal of the North western E:ectrie company from (.he commissioner s ord;r reducing n- property valuation for the '(n'ti for December 3 In the WuJtnomn county circuit court. LOS ANGELES RAILWAY ARBITRATION FAILURE I.06 ANGELES. Not. 17 (AP) Ne goiiitloDs to pr"nt a tie-up ot electric rslltrsy transportation In the metropolitan area of Los Anneles broke down tods? nd union workers of the Pacific Electric Railway Indi cated that the deflnlw time for the threatened walkout of Its employes would be set tonight. TRANSPORTATION STRIKE NEARS IN LOS ANGELES LOS ANGELES. Not. 11 I API - Employes of the cltj and lnterurban electric car lines and motor bus serf. lot here were a step nearer today to a walkout. Pacific Elctrlc rsllwiy tralnn:-'i roied yesterday in faror of a strls. tOV) to ea. In an effort to enf(To their demands for higher wsgca arte rensetf working hours. Tickets for Game On Sale at C. of C. Tickets for the Medford. Hood rtler high school foothill gsme to be played here on Saturday, are now on ssle at the Jackson county chamber of commerce building. It was an nounced today. E-t:i general aomla slon and reverved jaats are ar'llable there. PORTLAND, Ore., Nor. 53 (Ul'l Genevieve Working, Eugene, won tne national prize, for the best essay among Junior high school students In the Women's Christian Temper ance Union contest. It was announced here today by Mrs. O. L. Bulsnd. stRte contest chslrman. Miss Working's subject was: "Total abstinence an asset to the business man or womsn." Her essay also won the Junior high school prIM In tne sum contest. Her nstlonal award will be a medal, to be presented to her by Mrs. Bulsnd when It arrives. BY FEDERAL HEADS Hesitancy of Private Capital May Bring Government Action to Spur Home Building at Low Costs NATIONAL GRANGE OPPOSES FREIGHT RATE INCREASING HARTFORD, Conn.. Nov. 33. (AP) The national Orange adopted reso lutions today opposing an Increase In freight rates "as detrimental to agriculture" and urging uniform regulation for commercial motor ve hicles. A broad program calling for planned agriculture "through the co-operative efforts of farmers themselves" also waa approved. The transportation committee, headed by Oeorgo Sehl meyer of Sacramento. Calif., said In Its report: "We feel that the welfare of the railroads can ba Improved mora equitably by an Increase In the vol ume of freight traffic, rather than by- higher -freight rates." ' The delegates empowered the ex ecutive committee to make a study of freight rates and called on the federal trade commission to Investi gate the "actual physical value" ot railroad property. CHAUFFEURS CONFESSION SOLVES MURDER RIDDLE TAKEN PORTLAND ROSEBURO; Or.. NOV. 33. (AP) Alvin H. Scott, charged with con spiracy in the Urschel abduction case was removed this morning' from the local hospital, where h has been re covering from Injuries suffered In sn automobile accident, and left In cui tody of jack Summervllle, V. S. mar shal, for Portland. Scott, who waa placed under arrest and armed guard after money found on his person was Identified as a part of the Urschei ransom, suffered critical head inju rlea when his automobile rolled off the highway north of Hoseburg No vember 3. BITTER RANGE FEUD LOSE PWA AID WASHINGTON, Nov. 33. (AP) Sec retary Ickea today ordered a re-study of all publlo works projects In Louis iana to take Into consideration dent moratorium and other legislation re cently enacted by tha Louisiana legislature. He announced that no further PWA funds would ba loaned to finance additional non-federal projects In the state pending, completion of the In quiry. Officials said loans and grants for non-federal projects In Louisiana to taled about $14,000.00 and that pro jects now under construction we .-a not affected by the re-examlnatlon. It will' apply to grants made w'.th which construction has not begun. i WASHINGTON, NOT. 33. (AP) A gtgantlo bousing program to spread employment through tha nation was disclosed today by Secretary Xckei to bs receiving the close study of tha administration. Ickes said he believed private capi tal waa not yet showing evidences of being willing to enter Into housing on a largo scale. He added that ha believed with government funds homes could ba built at very low rates, probably com parable to 11.600 or 1.000 dwellings constructed on subsistence home steads. Long Term Payment . He suggested that no down pay ment might be needed and tha cost spread by tha hom owner over a long period of years at about 8 pr cent Interest. . "We would all be delighted to have private industry go ahead on a big building program." the secretary said at hts press conference. "The government Is not looking for any extra work and responsibility. But we can't sit around Indefinitely watting for private capital to come In. We must go ahead on the basis of present conditions." The secretary declined to speculate on how much money might be re- quired for a huge housing develop ment, referring all such questions to the White House. " " Hint to States States and municipalities would da well, Ickes, indicated, to start low cost housing projects of their own. He added, however, that he did not Del leva there were many municipali ties In a position to do ao at the moment. ( With refcpect to competition with private Industry, Zckea said ths aam argument came up In connection with power, but that if "rates tre socially too high, why shouldn't e compete?- Ickes mentioned a "conceivable ar rangement" with labor under which union tabor might be employed on all housing projects, but with a re duction in hourly rates. . . E AWAITS SENTENCE PORTLAND, Ore., Nor. 33. (API Sentence will be passed Monday on Dirk de Jongs, communist leader and speaker, who was convicted by a cir cuit court Jury here lata yesterday of criminal syndicalism. Tha Jury, out 34 hours, recommended leniency. It stood ten to 3 for convlotlbn. ac cording to court room reports. De Jonge made a personal plea to. the Jury In his defense, declaring the communist party did not recommend violence. He suggested members ot the Jury Join "the cause." LAKEVIEW. Ore., Nov. 33 (UP) The bitter water feud of Wagonttre mountain that cost two lives started a range war and led to heated legal actions, flared In court again today. R. L. (Link) Hutton. Thomas Hut ton and their sister, American Suth erland, served notice they would fight to the last legal ditch against a 136.000 action for damagea. They filed a demurrer which will be ar gued before Circuit Judge A. D. Hay. probably late this month. MILLVIUX N. J., Not. 32. vyp) A 31-year-old chauffeur's confession that he battered In his woman em ployer's skull with an automobile Jack and propped her dead ho-iy agHinst a tree at ncaray Laurel lake be-ause she refused to gU him to buy liquor, was claimed by police today as the solution of the fojr-dsy-old mystery of the slain "womsti in black " The chauffeur. Ororge Pettit, At. admitted the slaying. Police Lieuten ant Richard Haines said, althln v eral hours of Identi'lcatlon of the omini body a that ?f his en ploier. Mrs. Mathilda M -0f . 55 in sut'rrtont. Halna ss;d Pe'tU blamed the slijiiig on a drink In TO s LEGISLATURE LEADERS party In which he. his father. Oeo:g Sr., A5; and uncle. Harry. 87. Joined Mrs. McOee in a Millvllle taproom on Sunday morning last, An argument followed after Petti father and uncle had gone P"ttlt and Mra. McOe .eft the Up room and ahlle driving hr car he tfcktd her for more money to pur chase liquor, but she refused. Near Millvllle she stepped out the oar and whhe her be k waa turn ed. Hatnea said Pettit told them. IT truck her with the Jack handle and next upeiker of the house then cut her throat with a prnxnite George Wilbur, chairman of the He le(t the bodv here It fell, dro-. , Democratic state central committee, the car to Mrs MrQee's garage st rtlwill be chairman of the day went home to bed. The aomaVi !crtlc reprenentaMv ALTMRR, Ont., Nov. 33 (UPl William Cunningham, farmer, re cently purchased a cookstove ano now says he also got a radio. The stove, when lighted, gives re ception to a variety of radio pro grams, the farmer reported. When Mrs. Cunningham put the stove Into use for the first time, he said, she tuned In on a radio broad cast. Amaeed, aha investigated ana , found the music coming from tht ' oven. i At first she believed that the 1 rounds came from a passing cr ! equipped with radio, but this proved erroneous. The Cunningham home j has no electric wiring, and la 'r from tha next residence and the nearest road. PUBLIC INVITED HEAR DENTAL AUTHORITY Dr. J, H. Rossman of Portland, who represents the dental profession at the state board or health, will speak at an assembly of tha senior high school students rTldaj morning at 10 o'clock, to which tha publlo Is In vited. Dr. Rossman la here to at end and address the meeting tomor row of all southern Oregon dentists. POniXAND. Hot 4a (API Denro- erslle members of the Oregon l'n lature it-Ill meet her, Saturday, nope I Tul of detsrmlnlng who la to be the nest president of tha senate and lh WASHINGTON. Not. 33 IAPI Hit . federal trade commission, making an- other report today on what It te-nis ' "publicity and propaganda" by posir j and gs, utilities, said they nave spent aa high aa 1:10.000,000 a year for ad vertising. Todsy s report, ons of a series tne commission Is making to the senite : on Its all-year Inquiry Into ullllM- dealt with tha campaign conducted , Demo- j through tha press. Tha nst wllJ snd senstors aummsrlra the commission's story of rwdy, dreawd all In bistk, Monday. wsa foil ad j from up-atat and from Multnomah (county, hav, bean asksd to atteud. I "propsganda" educators, through schools and Thanksgiving Day Is Proclaimed By Acting Governor SALEM, Nov. 33. (AP) Con forming with the proclamation of tha president of tht United Btatea, Pred I Kiddle, acting governor of Oregon during tha absenca ot Oovernor Julius L. Meier. In statement today proclaimed Thurs day, November 3D, aa Thanksgiving day, to he set asld, as public holidsy. The proclamation read: "Let us observe thla nationwide day of Thank.glving In the spirit of tha founders, giving thanks to God for the fuirillment of his ancient promise that while the earth re mains, seed time and the hsrvest shall not fall. "lot ua be duly grateful for tna achlevementa of the year past and look to the future with unshaken faith and courage, tit us giva cheerful and generoua aid to tha many who are anil In sorrow ana need and let ua reverently eek divine guidance in the service of msnklnd
