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Medford Mail Tribune WINNER Pulitzer Award FOR 1934 Tweuty-ninth Year MEDFOUP, OREGON, THURSDAY', FEBRUARY 7, 1935 No. 272. Ml JM The Weather Forecast In wit led with snow or rain lontlii. I rlclay fair; moderate tem perature. Highr-: jrsterda.F .. ft; l,uwrt Mils mottling 45 1EFEME EMS EM - ' 1 By Paul Mallon (Copyright. 1935, by FauJ Mallon) WASHINGTON. Feb. 7. The cur rent in-fighting between labor lead ers and new dealers Is no parlor game. There has rarely been such biting and sera tchlng In the clinches on any Issue, but If you . will look closely you will see that each parti cipant Is being very care ful about whom he scratches. Most of the fingernail work has been done PAUL MALI. UN so far on the hide or Donald Ricn v berg, the new deal adviser who is frequently miscalled "assistant pres ident." Mr. Richberg makes an ideal victim for both sides. He was selected first by the A. F. L.-ers Green and Lewis. There Is nothing Insincere about their dis like of him. They have an old score to settle with this ex-labor attor ney, and their private Intention Is to force President Roosevelt to drop him in self-defense. That, however. ' is a comparatively personal matter. Th e rea 1 rea son Mr. R ich berg makes such an excellent goat from a labor standpoint Is that fighting I against him does not call for a I break with the White House. I tv whit Hnnte iiirc. that anerir of It also. You can see this underlying motll in the fact ' that, while labor claws at Mr. Richberg. it Is paying suit to Secretary Perkins. Publicly. labor Is accepting inside word from the labor department that Madame Sec retary knew nothing of the nuto code renewal, and if she had. Mr. Richberg would not have been able I to mislead the president. It Is true most labor leaders do not believe this. They cannot under stand how the labor secretary could have been snubbed by the White House on a matter which was con sidered to be one of her pet sub jects. Indeed, some skeptical labor ttes are suggesting that she kept Mr. Green away from the White House, stalling him along, until Mr. Richberg could finish misleading the president. It is not customary for everyone connected with a labor dis pute to tell the truth, so this mat ter may have to be left to a Jury. But mentioning it will give you an Idea of how bitter the fight is and how careful. Through this confusion there arc certain rays of light. One is that the new deal labor policy Is yet undetermined, but it will not long remain so. The question of free self-determination of union affilia tion for workers is now in the courts (Houdc, Wclrton cases). These V decisions will have far more to do with determining new deal labor policy than the auto code. Also evident is the fact that the White Hou&c is not particularly sfrald of the A. F. of L., which has about 3.000.000 members among the 26,000.000 wage earners. And the A. F. of L. Is not particularly anxious to break with anyone except Mr. Richberg. No funeral will be held for Sen ator Borah's resolution to tnvesti gate religious persecution in Mexico, but it will be burled some dark night without you knowing about It. A rather general private under standing exists among members oi the senate foreign relations com mittee that they will not even take up the resolution if they can pos sibly avoid it. The reason is that they do not consider It a proper function for a senate committee. The state department is trying hard not to say so, but It Is neaa set against the proposal for fear or diplomatic effect in Latin Amer ica. nop-,bll n ogr Sn !;.rM .moment the th" Democrats came trooplne Into the JIOUM! OH (lie 1 pOMi investigation of General Far leys stamp gifts. There were about I9 Demxrats present when the ses :on opened. No such turn-out us ually aprvars unless Mr. Roosevelt is delivering a menace in pcr-on. The Republicans did not know it then, but a confidential call had been sent around by hou leaders demanding the presence of all Dem ocrats on the floor at noon. It Is hardly a secret that General Farley ha been at work for some time fixing that. The hish pressure lobbying groups have found a new trick. It was li-eri successfully in Inducing ?n amr to vote aasinst the wwld cpurt and is now bring used by veterans l- ivmrv rn t:.e h-.mua. It l fcuiKird on an o.6 i"c;3 l;rr.e cu..:'tm. itte Ire:.;ure very i-Mrn a1'-pt rr-;;:';cr,s afk.r.g con g:es to p,iw or Ofrat cerMln nst lr Ki".at i ;n. It a pimpl mt t-r for lobbvn-.g orsatuaatioiu ito p - ' ke' w!lo e go0d. on'con-s;;-. rvu:;:rS -d-pted by t..C .g b k pro. lrp-.-rttnr". ll"r"' '"'"' ,t ,-'"J-'- ...... p mm-A?t to the Orezon prs- II WITNESSES YET TO TESTIFY Effort To Close Presenta tion Today Falls Short Ladder Evidence Of State Hit By Defense Witness. FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 7. Charles J. DeBisschop, Waterbury, Conn., lumberman, was still In the stand when court adjourned In the trial of Bruno Richard Hauptmanu at 4:52 p. m. today. Adjournment came after an extra long court day In which an effort was made to close the defense pre sentation of testimony. Edward J. Reilly. chief counsel for Hauptmann, toltl J as t ice Thomas V Trcnchard that he had two more wit nesses to call after DeBlssehop. (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated ' Press.) FLEMINGTON, N. J., Feb. 7. (AP) The defense of Bruno Richard Haupt mann brought a boy with a plane into court today in an effort to refute the ladder evidence by which the stale seeks to connect Hauptmann with the kidnaping and murder of baby Charlres A. Lindbergh, Jr. The youth used a plane with pen ells In a demonstration to show that ln ,PIm blade would change tneir relationships according to the angle the plane was held in use. A similar demonstration, designed to show the marks of Hauptmann' plane were on the kidnap ladder, was given for the state by a government wood expert. Nail Holes Missing The defense demonstration followed Its pursuit of a hint the part of the ladder evidence was "framed,' with (Continued on Page Ten) .... 4 . ' E WORK RELIEF BILL WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. (AP) The senate appropriations commit tee today further amended the ad ministration 4. 880. 000 ,000 work-relief bill by requiring labor on all public projects to be paid "not less than the prevailing wage" of pri vate Industry in the locality. The amendment, offered by Sen ator McCarren (D., Nev.) and ap proved 12 to 8. was In direct con flict with administration plans to pay wages below those prevailing In private industry to a-old draw ing workers away from private em ployment. This defeat was offset .in part, however, by restoration of one pro vision of the bill authorizing the president to acquire property, by purchase or the power of eminent domain and to "Improve, develop. grant, sell, lease (with or without the privilege of purchasing! or otherwise dispose of any such prop erty or interest therein." Chairman Glass (D.. Va.) ex plained this provision, restored at the request of Senator Norbeck ID.. S. D.), was put back to permit the purchase or condemnation of cer tain western lands. Senator Carey (R.. Wyo.) said the language was needed, to carry forward the vast tree shelter belt program from the Canadian to the Mexican border. The committee did not conclude rewriting the bill, but called an other session for tomorrow when it was expected the work would be finished. No attempt was made to revive the Democratic conservative substl- hf conflne (he iure to direct aid or the "dole." ! (Continued from Page Ten) F S4LF.M. Feb. 7. tip, A public hearing on houe bill 179. repealing Oregon's peddlers' license, will be held at the state house Friday after noon st 4 o'clock, it waa announced ihIik k- Port .Hmw T. S-Wt. cM!r i m,n of thff rrprAl of commit" I ..rt:1M. T.Y.a law. pna'tH in 1933. rcgals'!. the prance of distr'b'itlng prodir !n Orcein. rquirln pedd.ers to py a len fee each year. It reeu'.ate" activ.tiea of commission merchant RUDY AND FAY r w v v Principals In a New York court action In which Fay Webb Vallee seeks additional separate main tenance from Rudy Vallec as they entered the supreme court chambers at the opening of the hearings. Left: C. E. Webb of Santa Monica, Caf., accompanies his daughter as Vallee (extreme right) walks In with his attorney, Hyman Bushel. (Associated Press Photos) I BY POLICE HERE Making the sixth arrest In two weeks on charges of forgery, Ed ward W. Griffin, 22, a kitchen police employee at the CCC head quarters at the fair grounds, was j arrested yesterday at the Mont-1 gomery Ward atora here. According to city police, who made the arrest. Griffin was attempting to pass a bogus check for W.50. Police also stated that he had previously pass ed three other worthless checks at the same store, in amounts of 6, $7.50 and 'ilO, using the names of Chas. H. Anderson, John B. Arn old, and G. R. Griffin. In ail cases, according to the authorities, the writing on the face of the check and the endorsements were identical. The "phoney" (Taper was passed at Intervals of about two weeks, generally during the rush hours, police stated, and further said that yesterday Griffin attempt ed fils fourth check at the Ward store, and that the manager en gaged him in conversation while city police officers were summoned. The local officers state that Grif fin at first denied having written the checks himself, stating that his brother had given them to him. but later denied the former state ments, only to reverse his story again later, and admit authorship to all four. Griffin gave his address as 029 Filmore street, San Francisco. He had" been maintaining lodging at the Lake Hotel here. He is being held in the city Jail pending in vestigation of his past record. T L PARIS. Feb. 7. fAP) With the anniversary of "Bloody Tuesday" safely past, the police today released all but 56 of the 1201 communlstf they arrested yesterday, Of the 56 still held, 33 are for eigners. They will be expelled from France; the rest will be prosecuted on a charge of carrying forbidden wea pons. Citizens who were burying their dead or bandaging their own wounds this time last year prepared to forget the sad day for another 12 months. The communists, only group which attempted to revive the trssric lnci denta of a year ago yesterday, found hundreds of their comrades locked in cells awaiting the decision of au thorities on whether to undertake prosecutions. GUILTY MANSLAUGHTER POTTSVIIXE. Pa . Feb. 7. 'pi A WASHINGTON. Feb. 7 fAP) A Jury that deliberated for 65 hours rMonittnn authorising sn Investiga re turned a verdict of voluntary mm- j Unn nf American Telfphone At slaughter today ajalnst Joseph J (Telegraph Co. by the fedra! com Briino. former county detective, chai;- j mutation rommlMlons was approved ed with murder in tne K el a;, re el?c 'today bv the house Interstate corn- tion eve shooting outbreak in whica five wre a'.atn.' The wrdlct provide for six to 12 year Imprisonment. Bruno waa convicted aperiflca'wy for the slaying of Frank FlD.-ella. He can be tried four more times for life, .n-- in e-h of tjie remaining Indict-menu. START COURT FIGHT VALLEE TAUGHT WIFE TO DRINK DECLARES FATHER NEW YORK, Feb. 7. (AP) The father of Fay Webb Vallee testified in supreme court today that his daughter was taught to drink liquor by her husband, Rudy Vallee. "That's what he did to my little girl," the father Clarence Webb, po lice chief of Santa Monica, Cal., said. "He taught her to drink. The first time I ever saw my daughter drunk was after her marriage to Vallee. I was shocked." Webb's testimony concerning his son-in-law's tutelage ln tippling came during the cross-examination b Hyman Bushel. ValleeV attorney, in Fay's suit to have a maintenance - . ...... - TENTATIVELY SET BETWEEN $75-78 WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. (AP) A tentative price range of $75 to $78 for a 10-year bond maturing at $100 has been set by the treasury for its first Issue of ''baby bonds" on March 1. " In making the announcement, Un - dersecrctary Coolldge said a price of $75 would yield 2.00 per cent Interest on a 10-year maturity while the higher price would net a return of 2(j per cent, Coolldge he d the view the bonds ,, . ... ,i..i , suld not bo eligible as collateral at would not bo ellglbl' cominedclal banks as they did not enjoy the transfer privilege. He said, however, they would be readily ne gotiable at commercial banks a$ well as federal reserve banks and all local agencies of the government. The amount of the first "baby bond" Issue was not disclosed. These savings, bonds, issued In denomina natlons as low as $25, remain In the hands of the treasury with the buyer obalntng a receipt. President Roosevelt will buy the first bond. IN KLAMATH AREA KLAMATH FALLS, Feb. 7. (AP) Th'e Klamath country's spell of mild spring weather vanished today. Just aa certain as the groundhog retreated from his shadow, winter re turned. Snow was falling rapidly and it looked as though It planned to stay 4ndeflntely. It li only recently that Klamath Falls dug Itself out of the greatest snowfall ln two years. FAVORED BY mrre committee. The measure, by Committee Chair man Ray burn fD., Tex ). would direct the commission to look into reasons for what mas termed the general fail ure to reduce telephone rate and charz" during the years of declining prices. OVER MONEY agreement set aside under which ehc , receives $100 a week. "I heard that young man give my j daughter temperance lectures that would go over big," he added, "and then he would leave bottles all over the floor." The startling testimony came as a boomerang to Bushel when he asked Webb If, on one occasion when Val lee placed a long distance telephone call to his wife ln Santa Monica. Mrs. Vallee had been too drunk to answer the phone. -Webb -replied -that this was true. (Continued on Page Ten) E F IS PLAM OF ARMY WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. f AP) An enlisted reserve force of more than 100.000 partially trained young men recruited from CCC camps Is proposed In a bill now being drafted V... rinnnro 1 rtniicrliis MncAfthlir. II f 111V 1 cntcf of staff MacArthur's bill, being drawn at the suggestion of the houso military committee, would provide for volun tary enlistment of CCC camp grad uates for two months intense milt "M-B ' mrtM,. I tary . training after the two months ' 6 ... .... ..,. IMPy WOUIO iCV CI v l-U IllUt-Uiu dwihio, There Is now no available reserve men to fill the ranks of the regular army quickly in an emergency, Mac Arthur told the house committee. The young men of the Civilian Con servation corps, toughened by work In the forest camps, would make ideal recruits for a short, intensive training course, he said. After serving two months the en rollees would be paid $24 per year. sufficient to maintain their Interest in keeping the war department in formed of their whereabouts, and periodically presenting themselves for physical examination SCIENTIST PASSES CORVALLIS, Feb. 7- ( AP) Word of the death of James Dryden. world ; famous poultry srlentist and for 14 years head of the Oregon State colle? poultry department, hss been re- reived here. For the pat 10 years Dryden has been ln the commercial poultry breeding business In Modesto Cal.. where he died. It was under Dry-Jena leadership that the state course here developed In 1913 the worlds first hen with sn official record of more than 300 esgs In a year. A few years later he de lve loped the world's first hen to Jay 1000 etfgs in a lifetime. These records, first scoffed at by "expert" elsewhere later became the br.ils of breeding de velopment that have made such hl?h production commonplace. ASHLAND LIEUTENANT ADVANCED TO CAPTAIN WASHINOTON. Feb. 7. fAP) The promotion of 125 first llutnnts to captains, approved WedneMy by President Roosevelt, Included the names of Leslie H. Wellmsn of Rose hure snrt Arthur W. Ellti of Ahland I Ore. SLAYER CROSSES E OF Clarence Frechette, cx-Avi ator Relates Gruesome; Story When Captured On i Nevada Mountain Road. SACRAMENTO, Cal., Feb. 7. ( AP) While sleet pounded against the : windows of a lonely outpost high ln the snow bound Sierra Nevada moun- j tains, 25 year old Clarence Freeh- j ette, one time aviator, told rarly to- j day a gruesome story of violent death i and a transcontinental automobile ride with the body of a man he ad mitted killing. The story was taken down by Capt. Joseph Blake, of the highway patrol, after he and two other officers had wrung an agreement from the sus pected man to tell how the body of Robert Brown happened to be In a trunk inan automobile Frechette was driving. "What did you kill him for?" be gan Blake. Tells Murder Story "I killed hiin well. 111 tell you the story." replied the rather tall, well dressed French-American, his vol ice showing signs of strong emo tion. Ho said ho had been working for Brown driving a truck and hauling freight. "Well, because of Brown's Inabil ity, and he had nlentv of It on ac count of ftinning around with wo men and paying no attention to busi ness. I lost the truck," Frechette re lated. He Indicated Brown held the lien on the truck and attempted to col lect $75 from him although the ma chine already had been sold. The afternoon of January 29 he said they left Kalamazoo, driving In an automobile owned by Brown's mother, and Intended to go to Pon tlao by way of Lansing. He told of listening to an orchestra playing over the machine's radio and betting with Brown the name of the conductor. He said he won the bet. Quarrel Over Girl They stopped at a town named Howell and ate dinner. Leaving the town they stopped again and Brown began bragging about his affairs, Frechette related. The truck driver aald he remarked there was one girl who had nothing to do with Brown, and that his em ployer replied wtth an oath on learn ing he referred to Frechette's girl. j Brown told him, Frechette said, I that he had associated with the girl t and "I knocked him down." I "He crawled to the car and rcach- (Continued od Page Three) HIT BY EKWALL WASHINGTON, Feb. 7. Pi Re.") Ekwall. (R., Ore.) believes adoption of the Townsend old age pension plan "would rapidly bring on financial chaos in this country and in the world.' In his maiden speech In the house Wednesday, the ex-clrcult Judge from Portland denied he ever had sup ported the Townsend plan which, he convinced, would be Impossible to finance. The congressman said he belle v-jU that tho Townsend plan "If In oper. at Ion only several months, would bring In the wildest sort of Inflation, defeating the very purpose desired.' "I favor." the Oregon Republl-'tn then continued, "cooperating with the President In putting Into effect thr best law we can enact, with further amendment from time to time, in the best interest of the aged, as ex- ' perlence and time teach we may aafe- y employ." butteTaTlsexpects The contract, whereby the city of Butte Falls will procure a 15000 losn from the government for water sys tem Improvement, la expected to be completed and ready for signing by the Butte Falls council and the gov ernment agents by the end of this week. Attorney Otto Frohmayer. rep resenting Butte Palls, s'Ud today. Necesssry changes In the specifica tions for the work, and other de tails, have caused some delay. Thlrf J.Whe 111 SAI.KM. Feb. 7. ( AP) Chief Jus tice J. U. Campbell of the state su preme court waa confined ln the ftalem hospital tody. due to illness, it waa learned here. He waa expected to be returned to his home by the end of the week. Wealthy Woman And Pug Husband Agree Two Days NAPLES. Italy, Feb. 7. ( AP) The mid-ocean reconciliation be tween Mr. and Mrs. Onro Fler monte appeared today to have vanished again. The couple, who embarked on the Roma from New York ten days ago, arrived in Italy by widely separated routes. Mrs. Flermonte, the former Mrs. Madeline Force Astor Dick, was still on board the Roma when It docked here. Her ex-prlze fighter husband sailed into Oenoa on board the Dutch liner Christian Huygens from Algeria. The Roma's purser said the re conciliation at sea lasted Just two days. Other officers said the Fier montes quarreled frequently. SERA HOURS, PAY STARTING FRIDAY An announcement released today by local relief administrative offici als, outlines a new schedule of hours and wages to become effective on all SERA work division projects ln Jack son county. February 8. A decrease of twenty percent la the present wage scale will become effective on that dato and will apply ln this propor tion to all classifications of labor. A compensating increase of twenty five percent ln the hours of labor now being performed in each individual case will be effective on that date to prevent any decrease In the planned earnings of any individual partici pating In the work relief program. The function of the works division program of the BERA is primarily not of an employment nature but was carefully, worked out in its inception for the purpose of administering re lief in the most desirable form. Many Improvements beneficial to the citizens of Jackson county, arc being effected through this division of the SERA, and the members of the Jackson County Relief commit tee have expressed themselves as be ing very appreciative of the fine measure of cooperation given to their efforts by the, various sponsoring bodies, as well as by those Individ uals receiving work relief 1 in this manner. FOR POSTMASTER WASHINGTON, D. C, Feb. 7. (4 Frank DcSouza today had the sen ate's confirmation of his nomination for tho Med ford, Ore , post mastership. FOUR AGE PENSIONS At the regular monthly meeftng yesterday of the old age pension board, composed of the county court, ten old age pensions were rejected and four accepted. The total num ber of old age pensions now operative in this county Is 207. Of the ten rejections, six were made because the applicants declined to sign property releases, as required by state law, and four because their children were able, to contribute to their support. Some of the rejected applications have been on file for s year. SIGNING STARTS SOON Signing of the 1935 hog-corn con tracts in Jackson county la scheduled to start next week, according to County Agent R. O. Fowler. The first hog-corn meeting for this pur pose la slated at the court house next Thursday, February 14. Last year there were 105 hog-corn contracts ln thlc county and Josephine county, and It la expected the list will be slightly larger this year. The 1035 contract have been simplified and slightly modified. Federal payments on the 1934 hog corn contracts continue to arrive in small lots, the county agent said. WASHINGTON POSTPONES SYNDICALISM LAW VOTE CAPITOL. OLVMPIA. Wash.. Feb. B. (AP) Wllh membr prtMnt undfr Mil of th houw. tli lower clumber of ttw 1fglltur voted, 73 to 37, today to Indefinitely postpone H. B. 93 which would repeal the criminal iyndlcalum and abota law. FISHNETS, TRAPS OPENEDMATE Measure Placed On Calen dar After Public Hearings House For Firemen's Civil Service Requirement SALEM. Feb. 7. (AP) Fight en the highly controversial proposal to put before the electorate for vote an act abolishing all fish gear such aa traps and selns ln the Columbia river was started In the senate shortly be fore noon today. The measure. Introduced by Sena tor F. M. Franclscovlch and Repre sentatives Walter Norblad, Grace Kent Magruder and O. Henry Oleen, was placed on the senate calendar following public hearings on the pro posal, and was being debated only after an attempt to further delay voting by putting It on special order later. The proposal would place on the ballot the Issue af abolishing gear in the Columbia and all streams In the state. The only river affected would be the Columbia, Franclscovlch de clared, as the - gear had previously been eliminated from other streams. Would Han Itace Betting Seeking to abolish all pari-mutucl racing In Oregon, Senator Peter Zim merman today Introduced a bill ise pealing the present statute permitting horse and dog racing. This adds an other to the growing number of meas ures affecting the present statute one way or the other, but was the only one advocating repeal. Cities with 5000 or more popula tion will 'be required to aubmit to the voters of the city the question of civil service for firemen under the provisions of a bill passed hy the house today. : The bill taking Klamath county from the 17th senatorial district which provides a Joint senator with Lake, Deschutes. Crook and Jeffer son and giving it a separate senator from what would be known as the 19th senatorial district, which Is now shared by Morrow, Umatilla and Un- (Continued on Page Ten) APPLE, PEAR QUOTA PARIS, Feb. 7. (AP) A further increase ln the United States quota of apples and pears was said to be probable. French importers hava asked the government -to add most of the remaining unasslgned quotas of ap proximately 300,000 bushels to th United states, which Is the only nation ablo to send good applea promptly. The government Increased the quota for the first quarter of 1935 over that of the previous year, butt Importers aald the market will ba able to absorb much more because no European countries have apple to sell, and Chile la too distant to send additional fruit during thla quarter. WILL ROGERS SRUGMAN, Ariz., Feb. 6. Yesterday afternoon I was fly iiig out of New York nnd Wash ington with every principal newspaper to road, all the hiuh jrado editorials nnd all tlia news from Washington. This evening as I have to send my message I am at a little railroad division point and real cowtown out in Ari zona, no rapP1-. no editorials, but just to talk to these old boys. Beats all your New York dailies, all your learned editor ials. They want no part of Ktirope, they think our markets arc at home, they want to see our country pay ics way. That is they want to sec congress every lime it votes an appropriation to vote what is to be taxed o raise the money, nnd interest rates are so high that the banks can't lend, for nobody can make more than that. Gosh, t wish some of you folks would talk to somebody besides who is just in your own little clique. (Continued oo Page ftU
