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Pulitzer Award
FOR 1934
Tweuty-ninth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 7,
No. 213.
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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
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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.
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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.
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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.