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Medford Mail Tribune The Weather WINNER Forecast: Unsettled with occaa- j lunal rain tonight and Tuesday; not much change In temperature. ' Highest yesterday 47 j l.nnet thla morning m Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Tweuty-ninth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 7, No. 213. IF. IB. ft Is Star State Witness in Hauptmann Trial liny Hi Me mm if s if By Paul Mallon Copyright. 1936, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. One ot President Roosevelt's best shush men has shushed privately the im pression that the giwESSEaft1 Idea now Is to v taper off the New Deal. Even before the president de livered hts con gressional m e s sage, this phan tom but unques tionable author ity passed the advice around that anyone who Inter prcts the It - I v".v With Paul Millon , message as the beginning of the end f of the spending era will soon find himself wrong. What Mr. Roosevelt really had in mind was security, not retrench ment. What he Intends' to do is to drive for secure national resources, lives, homes and Incomes. The limi tation of expenditures will be sec ondary, a sort of If-Rnd-when pur po?e, which may or may not get mislead for a .while In the reshuf fle. This interpreation may be some thing of a snowball down the back of the neck for those who rose up to cheer the president's assertion that the federal government must and shall quit this business of re lief. However, you will receive con firmation of it when you get a squint at the new budget. You will see there that the government is reorganizing relief on a sounder basis, but that "curtailment" Is hardly the word for it. You can curtail an Idea with words, but you cannot curtail a hungry stomach with anything ex cept food. Until they start giving food away, it will still cost money, federal or private. The inner criticism of Mr. Roose velt's speech was that it was vague. E-en Democratic congressmen, who lauded it publicly as a great state paper, observed sotto voce that they could not figure out what Mr. Roose velt was going to do. What thev wanted to know was how much he Is going to spend on his program If he administers it conservatively and spends little, thnt will be one thing. But if private business fails to absorb the unenv ployed and he tries to spend twenty. one or twenty-six billions (suggested bv the natural resources board the program will have a directly op postte meaning. There is something In what the murmurers say, but they do not understand or appreciate the Roose velt technique. They made exactly the same criticism of his initial message to congress, but if you go back and read It today. It does not sound as vague hs it did then. The truth is the president does not tell, all he knows in his mes sage to congress. There are good reasons for Re lieving that Mr. Roosevelt now has In mind a very specific and virtually completed plan. Interior Secretary Ickes and re liefer Hopkins have in their pockets right now a definite list of pro jects which might be undertaken. This list is specific enough to dis pel the doubts of the congressional murmurers. but they will not get a chance to see it for a long while vet. It Involves less money and fewer projects than the published report of the natural resources board. But the report of the board has been the guide In selections tentatively made and is worth reading. The plan actually has advanced so far In Mr. Roosevelt's mind that he has been angling fr a man 10 take the Job. The man Is Prank Walker, who formerly was coordin ator. Whether Walker can spare the time from his private business has not yet ben determined, but there would be Uttle surprise among the Insiders If his appointment were announced, say about February 1. The hidden purpce of Mr. Roose velt's vagueness Is now the same as when he delivered his original message. He has laid down a broad program and la sitting back to see the reaction. He can lau shift SO degrees to the rieht or left within the boundary of his broad program, depending on the necessities of the relief situation, the amount of money available, the public reaction, or any other considerations. Hts political opponents are be wildrred. They cannot attack some thine they cannot now se. Later when they begin to see Mr Roose velt, move, they will probably find It difficult to hit a trp"t which csn shift 50 drgres In either direc tion. - Practical politicians and atates iren are spread marveling among throw I '.ft at the cleverness of it. They wondT that no one thought el it before. (Continued on Fae Four. President Gives Hint To Industry To Make More Jobs Message Stirs Dis sent Among Congressmen Bv FRANCIS M. STEPHEN SON (Associated Press Staff Writer.) WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. (JP) Terming unemployment the sole bar rier to a balanced budget. President Roosevelt stirred dissent In congress today with a request for M,000,000.- i 000 In one lump to finance hl new I work relief plan. Despite the sign of great contro versy, however, his forecast of a new peak public debt of $34,239,000,000 on June 30, 1936, was accompanied by recognition at the capltol that the Jobless present a- problem that must be confronted. Hint to Industry.. "As rapidly as private industry 1 able to re-employ those who now are without work." Mr. Roosevelt wrote, "the great disparity between federal expenditure and receipts can be closed up." In this sentence .and given even more definitely In a preliminary White House press conference, was read a bid to industry to make more Jobs or stop demanding a balanced budget. While Democratic leaders in general agreed with his stand, the lump sum feature of the work relief iuna 10 be allocated by Mr. Roosevelt him selfwas criticized from within both parties. Senator McNary, the Re publican leader, regretted the "In ability" to strike a balance now, but RAiri federal care of the unemployed waa "necessary." president Has Cold. The message waa dispatched for separate reading to the senate and house on the dot of noon. Awaiting congressional reaction, the President (Continued on Page Eight) ideIIagles lead state for MEMBER Medford Eagles lodge won the ban ner for having the greatest percent age of membership increase of south ern Oregon aeries during the past six months, it waa announced yesterday at the Southern Oregon Eagle confer ence, by State President D. D. Hall, donor of the trophy. Grants Pass was second, Ashland third, and Klamath Falls, fourth. Lakeview, not having had a lodge for the entire six months did not compete. The conference was attended by ap proximately 150 members of the order from Lakevlew. Grants Pass, Klamath Falls. Ashland, and Medford. State President Hail conducted the confer ence which lasted from 10 a, rh. until 5.30 p. m. . i Luncheon Enjoyed Local Eagles tendered the visitors a luncheon at noon which was thor- j oughly enjoyed by those present. j Each aerie present related Its pro gram of work and although each earie has a very full program, the question of relief work seems to be demanding the most attention. An intesestm report was made by Klamath Falls to the effect that its members had cut and distributed lo the needy of Kla math county 2700 cords of wood. State President Hail announced that Medford had won the banner for the largest percentage of membership increase and awarded a diamond eagle lapel pin to the member of each aerie bringing in the highest number of new members. President Coming The proposed visit of Orand Worthy President George Douglas to Medford on February 9th was discussed at length and each aerie n southern Oregon will assist Medford in making his visit a success. A membership campaign is already underway and it is hoped that the combined aeries will present to President Douglas the largest class of new candidates which he will receive throughout his trip. Stat President Hail li offering a 17-lewel Elgin watch with chain and knife to the member bringing in the most candidates for that class. Tne second prlre will be k diamond Eagle lapel pin. third prl?. a Jewel ptn and fourth prir a gold pin. The resolutions committee appoint ed during the morning session pre sented a resolution urging that the ace limit for old a?e pensioners be re duced from 70 years 60 years. An other Tjolution was submitted urg ing tnit Eagle sign bo placed at the entrant of all cities In Oregon hav lng Eajle lodges. Both resolutions 'were unanimously adopted and will !t submitted to State Prevent Hall fo.- action by all Oregon serif. DefenseTargetlFilMllTMS Betty o. xuiih mirseniitld ul the Lindbergh ha by, who underwent nil ordeal ot cross questioning tmliiy as a state witness In the Hauptmann trial. OIL CURTAILMENT E WASHINGTON, Jan. 7. (AP) In its first decision' on federal new deal legislation, the supreme court today held invalid the clause of the Nation al Industrial Recovery act under which the government is attempting to curtail oil production. Lawyers' said this decision would not affect the remainder of the recov ery act. The decision was delivered by Chief Justice Hughes. He said a wide range of delegation of legislative authority can not be approved without limitation. Nothing had occurred to warrant congress In assuming it had constitutional auth ority to make unlimited delegation of legislative power, he added. The cases challenging the validity of the recovery act were brought by the Panama Refining company and the Amazon Petroleum corporation. both of east Texas. The federal district court for eaat Texas ruled against the, government, but the fifth circuit court of appeals took the opposite view. Fishing Good Reports from Grants Pass Indicate that steel head fishing In the Illinois river near that city is excellent. Scene llfre U a Kni'rat lf of the iiiurlrooin nf the Hunt rrrtnn rounly roiirthou.f at llrmlinlnn, S. J.. during Ilif Ihlril .lav of Ilif trial nf llruiio llliharrl llaiiiitmann. for tlie muiclcr nf the l.lndhfrjh lialiv The jury is In Hie bin, rlsht; the pnnei u linn allonifi. are rnniril arniincl a tahlr. rljht rentrr; the chart are hanging on the m nil hark of the Jndce'a bench ulilch er ued durlnj the une.tlonlni it the first nltliensr.; and Ihe defen attorn';, majr be seen, left center. (Aswtaled Trew Fboto.) SECRETARY STATE! I i Brief Ceremony Marks First; Change In Administration Stadelman Unable To Be Present At Rite. By Clayton V, Bemhnrd (Associated Press Staff Writer) SALEM, Jan. 7. (AP) One week prior to the opening of the 1935 legislature and the inauguration of Governor-elect Charles H. Martin saw the first change In administration take effect at the state capltol to day. Earl Snell, speaker of the house of the 1933 legislature, waa sworn in as the 13th.6ecrct.iry of state In Oregon's statehood. Chief Justice J. U. Campbell, who today automatical ly succeeded John L. Rand as head of the state tribunal, officiated. The brief ceremony was conducted In the absence of P. J. Stadelman. popular predecessor of Snell, who was confined to his home at The Dalles with a hard cold. Stadelman was unable to be at his office last week, nor could he meet .once more with the board of control as was his wont. E.W.L. IN SALEM SUNDAY Everett Carkin of this city re ceived a telegram from his brother. John H. Carkin of Snlem with the sad news of the death of their father, E. W. L. Carkin, who passed away suddenly in the capltol cuy Sunday evening. The news of his death Is a shock to Mr. Carkln's many friends In this city as he resided In the Rogue River valley for more than 20 years before mov ing to Salem where his son John Carkin, Is on the state tax com mission. The bedy will be shipped to Med ford and services, to be held at Perl's Funeral Parlors, will be an nounced later. A complete obituary will bo published tn a later edition of the Mail Tribune. HEAVY DOWNPOUR FILLS ROGUE AND TRIBUTARIES Heavy rains thruout Jackson coun ty Sunday night and early this morn ing, caused a perceptible rife In Rogue river, and tributary streams. Snow fell in the foothills. Harry Ncalon of the Sams Valley district re ported this morning the creeks of that section were "up a bit. and Rocue 'river was full, and running yellow." Grants Pass reported Rogue river was "tomato red," and higher. None of the streams were near to flood stage. of the Trial of Bruno Hauptmann Lindbergh Estate Visited By 5,000 Autos On Sunday HOPEWELL, N. J., Jan. 7. (AP) The scene of the Lind bergh kidnaping Is providing as big an attraction for tourists as the Fleming ton courthouse, a dozen miles away, where Bruno Richard Hauptmann Is being tried for the crime. In two hours, 1,183 automobiles visited the Lindbergh estate Sun day, and County Engineer Walter E. Roberta estimated 6,000 cars were there during the day. PORTLAND, Jan. 7. (AP) Baker county had the call for about 15,- 000 of the $40,000 allocation by the state emergency relief administration today. The committee approved expendi tures of aio.OOO in Baker for rip rapplng and straightening the banks of Powder river. Ten thousand dollars was set aside for construction of a ten-inch cast iron supply main in the Medford water system. This line will supply water adequate for fire-fighting pur poses to the mill dlBtrlct of north Medford. Other projects approved todaj in cluded wood cutting In Jackson county. FRANCO-ITALIAN ROME, Jan. 7. (AP) French For eign Minister Pierre Laval and Pre mier Mussolini plnced their signatures at 7 p. m., tonight upon accords Unk ing France and Italy, In a policy of collaboration which may form the foundation of a new European peace structure. The fact that a full accord had been reached in conversations lasting only 7V4 hours was announced by Laval last night. Observers expressed the opinion that a return to Geneva by Germany may bo a possible result of the far-reaching Franco-Italian agreement reached by the two states men. TWO HELD lN SLAYING PORTLAND GROCERYWIAN PORTLAND, Jan. 7. ( AP) Two men wero ordered held without ball tor. the dlotrlct attorney today as police detectives Investigated the tlnylng la.it night of Oeorgc Alexolf. 65, a grocer, who waa allot to death In an attempted holdup. The two questioned were Jamea E. Orr, 34, a aeaman, and Edward A. Mason. SB, a logger. Police ald two revolvers, and five discharges cartridges from each weapon were .found In their apartment. TO KEEP K AREA ROADS OPEN Heaviest Fall In Two Years Continuing Search For Boy Lost Since Saturday Goes On In Snowstorm. KLAMATH FALLS, Jan. 7. ( AP) Klamath Palls was choked up this morning with the heaviest snowfall of the season. The snow has been drifting down here continuously since late Sunday night. Today a search continued through the storm for Don Hayes, 10-ycar old son of a Klamath Falls police officer. Young Hayes has been miss ing since Saturday afternoon. Searchera have traced him to tne Fremont brldgo over Link river, but discovered no evidence of a drown ing. The river Is frozen at that point. It Is believed the youth might have run away. His schoolmates will be Interviewed today to find out when and where he was last seen. Heavy anowfalla hit main highways Into Klamath Falla from all direc tions. Snow plow crews were work ing awlftly to clear The Dalles California and Clrocnsprliuss moun tains sections where travel Is ex ceptionally heavy. Main street looked like a battle ground with snow piled high on the sides by passing automobiles. I Here and then, some luckless motor 1st found hl.nself unable to pull away from the curbing. The snow was falling more rapidly as the morning progressed. It was tho greatest fall In two ycBrs. FLEMING TON. N. J.. Jan. 7. (Spl Although physicians have declared Bruno ttichard HauptmRnn to be nor mal, the German carpenter actually bears within him the seeds of his own destruction. He is Buffering from the primary statfet of brain dlsense. it was learned today In examining foY tho first time a report of a committee of three doc tors who tested htm in Jnll last No vember 21. Eventually this dlsense destroys the power of the human mind. The advance of the ailment, how ever, in tho opinion of tho Hunter don county prosecutor, Anthony H. HRUck. has not been sufficient to cause Hauptmann to deviate from normal. The state will so Insist, In the event the defense claims insanity as a last resort. t i Assumes Office Assumes Office t4.v.M mXv&N fraswil&hVfc C A R L SNEU Chler .PuMit'e J. U. (umi'lH'll I ml ay administered the oath or office to Furl Snell as secretary of state for Oregon. THREE TAKE OATH AS OFFICIALS OF Oaths of office wero administered this morning to three new Jackson county offlclnUi Sheriff 8yd I. Brown, Commissioner L. O. Caster of Phoenix, and Constable Frank Anderson, by County Clerk George R. Carter. The oath of $ffc was also ad ministered to County Judge Earl B. Day, re-elected to tho position. Sheriff Brown assumed hla office this morning, as did Constable An derson. Commissioner Caster will start his official tenure tomorrow, at the session of the old age pension board. All the deputies named by Sheriff Brown reported this morning, with the exception of Vic H. Beckman, who was reported 111 from a severe cold. Chria Gottllob. named chief deputy in the tax collection department, and Deputy Sherlffa Herbert Moore of Ash land and Glenn Laid ley of this city started their new duties today. The work of transferring the sher iff's office to the new lncuin.be lit waa accomplished between tho hours of 8 and 9 o'clock. E. M. Wilson, public accountant, was engaged In arranging final details. Sheriff Brown stated that the force engaged by Sheriff Olmscheld would be retained for a week or ten days, "until the new men get onto the swing of things." Howard Gault continued m chief legal deputy. Sheriff Brown previous ly announced that no appointment a Jailer would bo made until the first of next month. The bonds of Sheriff Brown, amounting to $40,000 as required by law. were filed with the county clerk this morning. I Unsettled tonlglit unit Tuesday. oceaslonnl rain went portion and ' local rain or snow cast portion: not much change In temperature; treah iaoutherly wind off the coaat. HOLLVWOOn, Cul., Jan. 5. When I wasn't milking faces nt a movie camera this morning I was hustling out to hear the president's message in the cur radio. don't hlninc him for bringing his message up in pcr 4on. It would hnvc been n shame to have to turn that over to some reading clerk. They rend- good, but not like that baby. It wouldn't ever do any good to try to impeach Roose velt. All lie would have to do ; would be to go on the radio and the whole thing would the out when lie hit those "holding companies." lie must have hit a popular note, for I could hear even a few seattering Republi can hnnds. He dug up three new initials for n new unem ployment work program. "Nig business" had its ear to tho ground but all they got in it wt' dust. kL Ts,- vt4 t BETTY GOW UNDER HEAVY FIRE WHEN CROSS EXAMINED Admits Probably Telling Others Of Lindbergh Family Movements Boy Friend Enters Picture. PLBMINGTON, N. J., Jan. 7. (fl I Court adjourned in the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmann at 4:38 p. m., to day with Prank Kelly, fingerprint ex pert of the state police, still on th stand, under direct examination. Miss Gow had returned to the stand for the afternoon session, red-eyed after conference with Colonel Char lea A. Lindbergh and tho prosecutor. Tho atate finished a brief ro -direct examination at 3:14 p. m., and then asked the nurse to remain on nail until the end of tho trial. Trooper Louis Bornmann .followed Trooper Wolf on tho stand and oe oamo a rallying point for vigorous defense objoctlon as tho atate at tempted to put into evtdenoa tho ladder down which tho kidnaper was alleged to have carried tho baby. "Wo must have its custody traced and Its possession ascertained before we can accept it aa evidence," tha defense insisted, adding that the Ud der had been tampered with, its nails removed and put back. Tho state contends tho Lindbergh baby was Instantaneously killed when the ladder broke, hurling it and the kidnaper to the ground. (Copyright, 1038. by The Associated Prow.) FLBMINOTON, N. J., Jan. 7. (AP) Betty Oow, nursemaid to the slain baby Charles Augustus Lindbergh. Jr.' today Identified tho garment worn by tho baby on Its laat night in tho Lindbergh home, and admitted, under cross-examination, that aho "prob ably" told others of tho Lindbergh movements. The little Scotch nurse took the stand as a star state witness when court opened for the second week of the trial of Bruno Richard Haupt mann, Bronx carpenter accused of the murder, and was still undergoing cross-examination when the luncheon recess waa taken from 13:30 until 1:45 p. m. Found Thumb Guard Her direct questioning brought out the finding by her a hundred yards from the Lindbergh home of a thumb guard worn by the baby, a point thru which the state hopes to prove the baby was killed In Hunterdon county. Edward J. Rellly. chief of Haupt mann'a defense counsel, added signif icance to the thumbguard when he held It up and boomed at the nure: "Are you aure you dtdn't drop this yourself?" Miss Oow fro? Into defiance as she shot bark the words: "I did not." She acknowledged to Rellly a prob ability she had told "Red" Johnson the Lindberghs planned not to return from Hopewell to Englewood on Mon day. February 39. 1033, as they would have done If the baby had been well. Phoned Johnson She also acknowledged to the de fense a telephone call between herself and Johnson the - fateful night of March 1. Johnson called her while the Lindberghs dined, she said, in re- snonse to a message she had left at his home. She wanted to tell him she could not keep a date. She told a well of the telephone call to her from Mrs. Lindbergh by which she learned the family was not returning to Engl e wood because of the baby's cold. She explained that Mrs. Lindbergh preferred to act ns nurse to her own baby during the usual weekend trips to Hopewell. Miss Oow remained at the home of Mrs. Dwight W. Morrow, Mrs. Lindbergh's mother. In Engle wood. The night of the kidnaping, how ever, she was In Hopewell, having (Continued on Page Three) Methodist Ladies Hold Services In Flemington Jail PI.EMINOTOri, M. J.. Jan. 7. AP) A group of women from the Methodist congregation cos ducted their regular monthly irrvlce In the Hunterdon county Jnll Sunday, and 11 of the 13 Inmates, all but Bruno Richard Hauptmann, took part. The eight men and four women of the Jury also did not attsnd church. Sheriff John H. Curtlw explaining this was In accord ance with the court's ordsra they should not Join any public gath er! nr.
