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The Weather Foret-ut: rloud.r. Mh ocrailonal ll(tat rain tonltht and Thurida;. Not much change In temperature. ! HlEheit yesterday 43 i l.otvt thl, morning ji I Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOB 1934 Tweuty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 26, 193-1. No. 236. By I'AL'l. MALI.OS. (Copjrrlglit, 1934, by Paul Mallon.) WASHINOTON, Dee. SB. Now that Santa Claua haa gone. It may be per mlaslble to dlscloM that th ChrHt- maa eve greetings x e h a n ged by Messrs. Rlchberg and Johnaon were not exactly heav enly. They were ln liplred by exlgen ciea of ordinary political pollte neaa among brethren of the new deal, and by aomeone with a telephone who was able to tell both boys what the exigencies of po litical polltene&s In the new deal are. But It la Just as well the greetings were exchanged between Me&sra. Rlcb berg and Johnson by telegraph. Each one still knows what the other thinks about him. If these thoughts are ever faithfully reduced to writ ing perhaps each can sue the other for libel. Paul MaJloo What happened was that Mr. Rlch berg has been hearing stories that General Johnson la supposed to have been telling off the record. These verbal yarns are not the kind on which libel suite are usually based. They merely reflect personal opinion of one man for another. Mr. Rlchberg had no direct Infor mation of what was In Johnson's book. He did know that Johnson's opinions were usually expressed in a blue streak. If made a matter of official record by publication, they might be libelous. He hoped to keep his warning confidential. 166 Deaths Listed On Holiday, Mainly In Auto Accidents -" T - Arrest 6 in Raids on Illicit Rum Resorts ?rnr(rj 1MV (By The Associated Press) The Christmas holiday death toll mounted grimly today when an au tomobile waa struck by a train at a crossing near Harvey, a Chicago sub urb, killing seven persons. The seven automobile occupants were believed to have been workers In the Illinois emergency relief sta tion at Chicago Heights. The crash brought the Christmas holiday death list to at least 166 per sons. 17 We In Train Wreck A train wreck near Hamilton, Ont., resulted In the loss of at least 16 lives while fires, motor car accidents, drownings, suicides and other trage dies turned the day from Joy to sor row for scores of families through out the United 8tates. As Is usual on holidays the heavy traffic on highways caused most of the fatalities, at least 115 of the dead perishing In motor mishaps. The auto death toll by states showed: Indiana 3: Pennsylvania 6; Mis souri 13; North Carolina 3; Louisiana 5; New York S: New Jersey 2; Ohio 6; Arkansas 10 (since Sunday); Mich igan 14 (since Sunday); Texas 6; Washington State 7; Idaho 3; Utah 3; Oklahoma 4; Georgia 3; Califor nia 14; Illinois 2; Massachusetts 2; and one each In Florida, Alabama, Kansas, Maine, Connecticut and Oregon. Fires In Missouri and other sec tions helped considerably to swell the death toll. A mother and her three children perished in flames at Sedal la. Mo. Another mother and her three children were burned to death at Joplln. Mo. Chicago counted two dead in fires. A 4-year-old girl was HIT BY EXPRESS HAMILTON, Ont., Dec. 28. (AP) The official death list In the train wreck at Dundas stood at 15 at noon today. The lint follows: P. F. Sise, Toronto. Dr. G. A. McGuffin, Cooksville. Ont. Harold Pryce, Jr., Toronto. H. Stewart Jones, Toronto. O. H. Erlach. Toronto. Mrs. Kathleen Erlach, Toronto. Marian Parker, aged about 12, To ronto. Miss Alice McDougall, Toronto. P. E. Smith, parlor car porter. F. Green, parlor car porter. Mrs. Winifred Markham. wife of W. W. Markham of Toronto. 1 Daniel W. Markham, Toronto, Miss Spackman (first name un aval lable ) Toronto. A. M. McDougall (identification incomplete). One unidentified woman. Calling The Roll In Lindbergh Case There wore thres copies of his let ter of warning against publication of libel. The original went to the mag azine editor, who. probably, did not give it out. The aecond went to .he publisher of Johnson's book. The third was kept by Mr. Hlchberg under lock and key. One of the three copica fell Into the hands of newspaper men, and that Is the way the story got out. It was the best possible kind of pub licity for the Johnson book. What General Johnson's friends really believe Is that Mr. Rlchberg got Johnson out of the NRA. They aay that Is the basis for Johnson's feeling. In a way they are right. Mr. Rlch berg found the NRA too confining for himself and Johnson. Just be fore President Roosevelt started on his Hawaiian cruise last summer. He thought the general's tactics were detrimental to success of the NRA A lot of people agreed with him. It was shortly after Mr. Roosevelt's return from Hawaii that Johnson left. Of course, the Impetus of Mr. Rlchberes Influence played a part In Johnson's withdrawal. Whether there la anything else la a matter for argument, but no one will care to start It, as no accusations have been made, and probably none will be. The NRA Is showing occasional a'.gne of being Just as hard-boiled as ever. The board has been somewhat care ful about Imposing codes on recal citrant big Industries which still have no codes, but has shown three un noticed flashes or fire lstely. The main difference from the old days appears to be, that the board is being close-lipped about its crsck-down blows and loud-mouthed about its moderate atepa. "i Thla la a reversal of the Johnsonian technic, ue. The picturesque genersl himself could not hsve been more authorlta iv. in the cotton garment code case. When garment makers resisted the 89-hour week, the board adopted a ruel banishing from the code author ity any one who did net cooperate. That effectively banished the code authority Itself. (Continued on Page Seven) FRENCH AIR ACE MAKES 312 MILES PER ISTRES, France, Dec. 26. (UP) Raymond Delmotte, French air ace. set a, new world's record for land planes yesterday, entitling him to a Christmas present of 300,000 francs ($198,000). Making four laps of a prescribed course In the amazing time of 21 seconds, Delmotte averaged 502.456 kilometers (312 miles; an hour, sur passing the late Jimmy wcdell's mark of 490.800 kilometers (308 miles) an hour. FANATIC TRIBESMEN KILLED ON WARPATH MANILA. P. I.. Dec. 26. fVP) Twenty-one Filipinos were killed when fanatic mountain tribesmen wc 't on the warpath on- the island of Minda nao, advices to Philippine constabu lary headquarters here today said. Sixteen" of the dead were members of the mountain tribe, killed when they attacked constablulary camp In Agusan province last Saturday. CHINESE FINANCE HEAD DENIES CHANGE PLANNED SHANGHAI. Dec. 28. (AP) H. H". Kung, minister of finance, declared today that rumora the Chinese gov ernment Is planning to nationalize sliver, adopt paper currency, and devalue Itsatandard dotlar "are apread by unscrupulous persona hoping to profit from disturbed financial mar- kets. and ire without foundation." HAMILTON, Ont., Dec. 28. (AP) The splintered wreckage of a Christ mas excursion train was searched to- IContlqued on Page rwo) GALE AND DOWNPOUR PORTLAND, Dec. 26. (AP) Storm conditions appeared to be clearing today aiter a night of south gales and terrific rains In western Oregon. The gale reached a velocity of 40 miles In Portland: 48 miles at the mouth of the Columbia river, and 68 miles an hour near the entrance to Puget Sound. ' The wind ripped limbs from trees, tore out power and communication lines here, and carried away part of the roof of an airplane hangar at Swan Island airport. EYES HUGE BUDGET TOKYO. Dec. 26. While mili tary and naval leaders talked of the empire's security being In Jeopardy, the Japanese parliament met In an nual session today to consider the largest defense budget In history. More than one billion yen (approxl mately $288,000,000) were provided in the proposed budget prepared by the cabinet more than a month ago. IBETTY GOW SILENT PRESIDENT WOULD E REVEAUHRIAL Scotch Girl Returns to U. S. Closely Guarded to Tell On Stand Story of Lind bergh Baby Kidnaping FI.fiMINGTON. N. J.. Dec. 26. (AP) In Hunterdon county century -old court "houe a special panel of 48 prospective Juror 27 men and SI women was drown today for the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, Jan uary a. Dr. John F. Condon, who became known as "Jafsie" through hit ef fort! at Intermediary In the Lind bergh kidnaping, may be the star witneta when Bruno Hauptmann ?mes to trial in New Jersey.- (A, "iated Press Photn WASHINGTON, Dec. 26. (AP) An effort to find means of stimulating purchases of electrical appliances through regular private utility chan nels is being made by President Roosevelt. He said today at his press confer ence that the government Is seeking NEW YORK, Dec. 2.-(UP)-BettJ , ... - . ... JGow. demure Scotch girl who was!ot th .,,-,- hom, .nd flrm the last person to see the Lindbergh FOR ELECTRICITY! Appliance Purchase Stimu lation Is Planned to Create Greater Demand for Power and Cheapen Rates pnin AmAMniMp UULU rtUVHIIUIIIU OVER ID-WEST TO EAST COAST With rain- Intermittently In 'Med-, ford today, the weather man forecast cloudy weather, with occasional rains for tonight and. Thursday, and said there would not be much change In temperature. Although the mercury went down to 31 at II o'clock last night, today's lowest was reached at 0:30 a. m. Preciti.un between b p. m. Monday and 5 a. m. today was .14 of an Inch. baby alive, returned to the United States last night under a heavy cloak of secrecy, to tell New Jersey courts what she knows of the Lindbergh kidnaping. Olad In tweed coat and brown scarf, she paused on the deck of the Cunard liner Aqultanla Just long enough to say, "I can't say any thing." let news photographers snap her picture and was whisked away in black limousine to the Morrow estate Englewood, N. J. Miss Oow was the last person to leave the Aqultanla. Police surround ed her, and it waa only after diffi culty that reporters could get close enough to shout questions into her ear. She declined to say whether ahe would testify for or against Bruno Hauptmann, Bronx carpenter charged with murdering the 20 months' old son of Colonel Charles A. Lindbergh. And so she was swallowed in the same secrecy that surrounded her departure from Scotland. She had traveled Incognito, but newspaper men recognized her. Federal agerlts reportedly had been assigned to guard her landing, be- of the electric home and farm au thorlty In the Tennessee valley to aid In financing purchases of electri cal appliances. HI theory Is that by encouraging the utilities to produce appliances for the homo and farms on a large scale, the price to be considerably reduced. . Cheaper Kates Aim The presidential attitude was In terpreted a a distinct willingness by the administration to cooperate with private utlltles In efforts to obtain cheaper power. Some utility heads have pledged cooperation to Mr. Roosevelt. The Edison Electric Institute has started court action against the administra tion power program, seeking to text Similarly, the board trampled all over the lumber code authority. It ordered a hearing on controversial price fixing provisions, over the pro tent of the code authority, and then knocked out price flxln. Thirdly, a hearing was ordered on the bt and shoe code when the board noted that many factories were moving to small towns. The board suspected that code provision per mitted lower wage in small town. In the Johnsonian era, each of these steps would have been blown up into a headlined sensation by the skilled publicity staff. The world championship medal fcr hU-M!nc ee to the new Texas ctv.emor. Jme V. Allred. without a question. When AUred went down to Re'ief Administrator Harry Hopkins' ofllce (Continued on Pag Pour) Ethiopia Charges Italian Trespass ADDIS ABABA. Ethiopia1. Dec. 26. (AP) The Ethiopian government charged today Italians had settled In Ethiopian territory and were continu ing to fly airplnes over It. The statement claimed the Italian are building an automobile road from Radir to Ado and Querlogubl. in this country. Ungrateful Beggar Robs Host, Is Shot And Killed In Act CHICAGO, Dee. 26. (UP) Ed win Busch. 32, entered the tavern of John Conslgltarl early yesterday and asked for a meal. It was Christmas, so Conslgliari locked the tavern and took Busch to a restaurant, where he ordered a hearty lunch. Leaving, Consig. llarl pressed a bill into Busch' hand and wished him a merry Christmas. Then he visited friends. Two hour later, Conslgliari re turned to hi tavern and found Busch rifling his cash drawer. He shot and killed him. (By the Associated Press) The season's most severe cold wave, already entrenched In the north cen tral section, swept across the middle western United States today and ad vanced into the east. The coldest spot In the United States was Eveleth, Minn., closely fol owed by Bemldpl, Minn., with 377 be low. Dcvllst Lake, a. D., recorded minus 34. Other sub-zero tempera ture were: Duiuth, 26 below; Mlnne- spoils, 18. In Canada 44 below was recorded at Dawson. In Chicago the temperature dro pped from 2Btat midnight to 2 above at 9 a. m., with weather bureau offi cials predicting a drop to 6 below In the city and 10 below In' the suburbs tonight. A letup was predicted for tomorrow. Driven from Canada with an icy blast that gripped Montana, the Da kota and Minnesota last night, the cold wave advanced Into Wisconsin and Illinois, and today pen era ted In dlana, Ohio aand the north and mid dle Atlantic states. The wave ad vanced as far south as the Iowa Missouri boundary, C. A. Donnel. Chi cago weather forecaster, said, and was felt In northern Texas and Arkansas. In many places the cold snap ham pered both train and highway transportation. Millionaire Straphanger Dies After Brief Illness COAL CODE REVISION WASHINOTON, Dec. 26. I API NRA today ordered a public hearing January 4 on revision of the bttuml nous coal code. The order for the hearing followed suggestions for changes from both the Industry and the United Mine Workers of America. They were prompted by reports of widespread violation of the price filing clauses. Among the amendment proposed was one to forbid future contracts for coal at less than code prices. Continued on Page Two) CONFESSES GUILT MOSCOW, Dec. 26. (AP) Leonid Nicola leff, alleged assassin of Sergei Klroff, waa announced today to have made a confession to the murder and. with thirteen alleged Leningrad ter rorists, was turned o-er yesterday i.o the military collegium of the supreme court for trial. They will be tried as members of the contra-revolutionary Zlnovlcfflst group alleged to have organized the assassination early this month. An dfftclnl communique said N.col- aleff confessed : "I had to show the murder of Klroff a an Independent act In order to hide the participation of the ZlnovleffisU In It." He was also announced as having said he received money from a cer tain unnamed foreign consul. Mrs, Roosevelt Says Townsend Plan Impossible WASHINOTON. Dec. 26. (UP) Although an ardent advocate of old-age pensions, Mrs. Frsnklln D. Roosevelt today condemned the "Townsend plan" aa Impractical and Impossible to carry out. "I have worked for old-age pen slons." ahe said. "I believe them vitally important to any society that plans for the future. "But I do not believe In the Townsend plan. It la utterly Im practical. It I unfortunate that the Impression should be given that such a plan can be accom plished, for It cannot." The Townsend plan call for payment f 1200 a month for per sons over 60, provided they spend the sum the same mon.h and re frain from gainful work. STATE POLICE AND SHERIFF DP UP' ON CHRISMS EVE Midnight Club Operators Jailed M embership List Proves Surprise to Off i cers Arraignment Today J TIN CRASH E (Continued on Page Two) Miss Carble Oswald, about 22. em ployed at the H. A. Marx home, 16 South Orange, waa taken to the Com munity hospital about 1 :30 a. m. Tuesday suffering from fractured rib and a sprained back after an acci dent on the Jacksonville highway, The car In which she was riding skidded and turned over In a ditch. Mis Oswald waa permlttted to leave the hospital yesterday for her home, 526 Berrydale, her Injuries de scribed by Dr. Robert W. Stearn a not serious. . Reports filed with city police and given by hospital attendants, Indi cate that she was A passenger In a car driven by W. B. Dcathrage, 30, of thla city. It was reported that an In a series of raids against alleged Illicit liquor resorts In thla city and adjacent area conducted by the state police and sheriff's office Christmas eve, three places were raided, and liquor and slot machines seized, and six persons arrested. Further arrests were scheduled for today. William A. King and William A. Horn were arrested In a resort known aa the "Midnight Club" in the King Highway district. Two slot machines and a quantity of liquor were seized. Kenneth O. Carman and LaVon L. Garman, brothers, and Carl L. White were arrested at 4G2 South Central avenue. A quantity of liquor waa also seized In this place. virgie L. Miller, charged with the operation of an Illicit liquor resort at 327 West Second street, pear the Junior high school was arrested. Arraignment Today. Charge of sale and possession of liquor, and maintenance of a "com mon nuisance" will be filed, and ar- R. O. Stephenon of this city ha been appointed federal farm census upervlsor for Jackson county, ac cording td advices received by the county agent's office. The farm census, the first taken since 1930, Is scheduled to start in January. The supervisor ha the power to recommend the appoint ment of enumerators, and attend to other details. The census was pro vided for at the last session of con gress, t The census will Include the count of farm stock and equipment, num ber of acres cultivated, extent of crop and varieties. Heretofore, farm census figures hae been gathered at the same time aa the regular census. The forth coming one will be In more detail. J'VILLE MASONS BROCKTON. Mass.. Dec. 26 (AP Nicholas Zuchaehuke. 80. died here toti from fractured skull suffered when r.e fell down a Mcht of a'alr yestt;day while pitying the role of Sot CUu (or a Xr.titt'1 Ugulfr YONKERS. N. T.. Dec. 26. (AP) John E. Andru. 'millionaire p- hanger." died at hi home today. He waa In his 4th year and had been 111 three days. Andru. who made a fortune esti mated at one time at 200000.000 in ore. timber, medirine. hanking and real estate, glnd the title of the "millionaire straphanger'' because he rode tqe subway daily for many years In going to and from hi Man hattan office. In 1927 he abandoned the aub way for an automobile. But he con tinued to take an occasional subway ride In order, he explained, "to keep in trim." The s'lbwav. he once Mid. was lisn any other mode of travel suffered a g Injury when knocked Itinvn in a subwav lam. That waa I the beginning of his abandonment of the underground train. Oir-e before he had received an In Jury In a subway rush, but returned his straphangtng when he recovered, j Andm planned a trip to lurope by airplane whenever aerial travel became aa safe as riding the ub wav. He never made the trip. I He wouldn't eroes the Atlantic by steamhlp because, he said, he couldn't afford the time from bis work. And rut served terms In congress and a mayor of Yonker. On hi Mth birthday he announced he would leave 45 per cent of hit f Art nne tn the form of a trmt fund tfor endowment of an lntltutlon for Caution Fails To Save Legs Of Pedestrian DETROIT, Mich., Dec. 28 (UP William R. Carnahan, 35, be lieved most everyone should he home In bd at 4 o'clock Chritt mn morning, and that It mould be a good time to go for a walk. He wan extra cautious beratine his leg had ben broken in an automobile accident six month ago, and It was the first t'me he had stepped butild e the house since then. Croeeing a street, Crnahan wa trurk and knocked down by an other machine. Both lg enr fmrtiired Warren lodge number 10 of the or der of Masons and Adrel Star chap ter number 3, will hold Joint Instal lation of officers next Thursday, Deo. 27 In the blue lodge at Jacksonville. After the Installation ceremony a turkey dinner 1 to be served. Most Worshipful Orand Master of the State Ezra M- Wilson of this city will conduct the rites, and Orand Persoverelgn of the grand lodfre, J. E. Crawford, also past master of War ren lodge number 10. will be acting marshal. Lulu Balsbury will be the Install ing officer, and Mrs. T.. O. Rtdriell will be installing marshal for the Stars. KLAMATH FALLS. Dee. 28 A poat-ChrtatmM now storm whirled Into Klamath Palls early th! morn Ing. quickly motherlnf the city in a deep coattnf of great wet flake. Crew were rushed out to main highways t dawn to keep road clear Blizzard were reported from Crater Lake park and Cascade mountain communities. Trains were late arriv ing here. Tive outlook wa for a conUnutl& of U storm. WELLINGTON. Vew Zealand, Dec. 28. ( AP) Lincoln Ellsworth, Ant arctic explorer, and hi pilot. Brent Balchen, were reported today to have mt.de a successful airplane flight Christmas day across the Antarctic from Deception Island to the Bay of Whale. The report did not say whether Sir Hubert Wllklns, the partner of Ells worth on the expedition, was In the piano with Ellsworth and Balchen. It did, however, aay that the mem bers of the expedition Intended to have a great time In their encounter with the expedition headed by Ad miral Richard E, Byrd at Little America. (Continued on Page Seven) OFFICE JANUARY 7 Syd I, Brown, elected sheriff at the last general election, and Otto Caster of Phoenix, elected county commis sioner, will be sworn Into office Mon day. January 7. The district at torney' office ha ruled that the commissioner takes office at the same time a the sheriff. Tbey will be the only two change in the official fam ily of Jackson county. Brown succeed Sheriff Walter J Olmscheld, and Caster assumes the chair in the county court now held by R. E. Nealon. Brown has announced that he will announce his list of appointments "thortly after Christmas." There 1 reported to b a long list of appll cants for deputyshlps under the sheriff, $18,000"lN" payroll SEIZED BY BANDITS LANCASTER, S. C, Dec. 28. (API Pour highwaymen robbed three guards of an a IB. 000 payroll four miles from here today after shooting the tires of the guards automobile. The payroll was being taken from Lancaster to Chester where there are textile mills. (Continued on Page Seven) REAMES BACKED BY JOE CARSON PORTLAND. Ore., Dec. 28. (AP) Reports current here that Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Portland wa being prominently mentioned for ap pointment to fill one of the two va cancies on the federal court of ap peals, brought from Carson the statement he Is not a candidate and that his support Is being given Evan Rcamca of Medford. PHOENIX, Ariz.. Dec. 28. (AP) Clifton Matbowa, U. S. district at torney for Arizona, has been recom mended by U. 8. Senator Henry p. As hurst, for appointment to the bench of the ninth circuit of appeals, made vacant Inst week by the sud den death of Judge William H. Saw tetle. The San Francisco post waa offered Senator Ashurst by President Roose velt and Ashurst in turn recommend ed P. W. O'Sulllvan, 67-year-old Prescott attorney. As Mr. O'Sulllvan declined, both threw their support to Mr. Mathews. Oregon Heather Generally cloudy, occasional light rain In west portion tonight and Thursday and snow or rain and cold er In east portion tonight; decreas ing west and northwest wind off coast. Outlook for 1935 Bright Yet Dubious Says Filene BOSTON, Mass., Dec. 28. (AP) Edward A. Filene, widely known Bos ton merchant and economist, today described th outlook for 1Q3S a "at the same time very bright end du bious" and pointed to several "two way signs." Filene warned that If business and the supreme court failed to co-operate with the president, the country might be "compelled to turn to so cialistic measures." "Amrlc has decisively endorsed the new deal," he said, "thus ending that uncertainty whlrh constituted such a drag upon recovery In 1B34 In 1P35, however, th supreme court may rule that certain vltsl part of the new deal are unconstitutional, thus demoilshmg our half-built struc ture of recovery and forcing a new beginning tinder most difficult cir cumstance. "Riiiine Is pledging ro-opration doubtedly a more widespread under standing that prosperity, both for able goods industries depends basic- able goods Industries derendst basic ally upon the buying power of the maasea. There 1 no telling, how ever, how far thl promised co-opera tion will go, and we cannot expect rapid Improvement until business generally acts upon thla new under standing. ''Congress will arrange for nation wide unemployment Insurance and probably for old sg Insurance thor oughly sound business measures and millions of Americana will begin to spend money which they have nV dared to spend before, satisfying their long accumulated want and Immedi ately stimulating business, and pro viding more employment and more buying power. On the other hand congress may more than undo all thl good work by nirtlng with unsound rerilcAl leBislatur, particularly cur- Roosevelt Carving Prohibits Gorging WASHINOTON. Dec. 28. (AP) President Roosevelt observed today that he was kept so busy carving turkey at the family dinner yester day he had no chance to over-indulge In Chrlstmaa food. With a smile, he told newspaper men at his press conference that he had to serve so many second helping he hardly had a chance to do any eating. UEVKHIA' HILLS, Cal., Doc. 2.". If rumor is any good at all it lool;s like Knylanil is hnviiiK their best Christmas present in years between Ireliind annoy ing the life out of 'cm (I think more for pure devilment thRt anything else) and the prince not marrying and Lloyd (ieorgc'n memoirs they hnvo had a pretty uneasy life. I imagine he has met a lot of girls that looked good enough to 'cm but in the language of the royal ritual, they vera "mongrel." When, you have to take one that is sired in tho purple, it kinder cuts your field of operation down. But this Swedish princess looks mighty lovely and they are a great peo ple, all those Scandinavians. So we will nil cheer with Kng land. Yours, 1
