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Medford Mail T The Weather , Forecast: Indented nit h rain tonltht and Friday; moderate temperature. Temperature ! Highest estrrday ,. 55 lowest tliti morning .. 37 WINNER Pulitzer Award rOR 1934 Tweuty-uiuth Year MEDFOKD, OKEUOX, THlTiSUAY, FEBRUARY 21, 103." No. '-'4. 1' Mai aVaNsWtM kibxjne m By Paul Mallon (CopyriRht. 1938, by Paul Mallon.) WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. The dis illusionment of the new deal In world politics Is just about com plete. U. 8. d I p 1 o mats are now throwing up their hands In final despair at the subtle way that the plan for control of arma m e n t manufac turing and traf tlc is being wrecked at Ge neva. You may read more about It In a few days. PAU1. MALLON Our "good .neighbors," as President Roosevelt calls them, have succcss itully navigated the plan Into the Khoals of European politics. There the unidentifiable waves can be counted on to do the rest. What has hurt most is that our best neighbor. Great Britain, has been foremost In the piloting. She has suddenly seized the wheel by contending that the plan must await a general disarmament convention. That Is Just the same as scuttling the Idea directly. Prospects of a gen eral disarmament convention are exactly zero. Conservatives In the New "York fi nancial district took the gold de cision very hard. The sum total of their personal expressions was that a majority of the court is undoubt edly thinking along new deal lines. They say the last possible hope ol plutocracy has vanished. It may not be as bad as they think. The next Important case to come before the court probably will be the railroad retirement legisla tion. Mr. Roosevelt banded It faulty when ho signed It. Then will come the teat of NRA constitutionality and Vhc case on appeal fom Louisville 'to determine Mr. Ickes' right to seize slum clearance property by eminent domain. The new deal Is not likely to fare so well In theso cases. Agriculture Secretory Wallace has been broken up since his AAA purge. He Is a fslr-mlnded man and did not like the idea of making Meters. Prank, Howe and others walk the plank. To make amends, ho recently called Jerome Prank on the tele phone and offered him a Job as counsel of the bureau of wild life and pure foods. This Is the bureau which mainly handles birds. It has had more success with the live ones thsn with the ones In congress, especially on the pure food legisla tion. Frank said he could qualify for the food end of It. but did not know about the other. He also has received an offer of a political grave in the RFC. but will probably prac y tlce law. Certain groups oT" self-possessed Intellectuals arc taking up Huey Long. At an Important university ol higher learning, close enough to Washington to know better, an every man a king club" has been formed with Huey as honorary presi dent. It was formed, not by students, but by the learned prolessors. who say they acted more or less In Jest. However, they listen to Huey s red hot speeches and praise his so-called oratorical abilities. Their disillusionment mtiy come when they write to lng and ask him to send along their crowns. Other strange recent additions to the Long entourage are two wealthy young ex-Harvard men. one a mod ern artist from San Francisco and the other an interior decorator from Cleveland. They are arranging to circulate a new type of sound pic ture of Huey out through the coun try. The pictures will be still slides, to be thrown on the screen, and ac companied by Huev's speaking voice. The trouble with It Is they cannot get Huey to remain still long enough for an unblurred picture. They may have to use movie. There will be more trouble If their wea'.thy fathers ever find out about It. Educators are bnnelnc preseure on the new deal to expand its aid to school systems. The FERA has an nounced it will not permit schools to close, yet there are now nearly f;ur million young peop'.e out of school and out of work. More than 5000 schools (according to t.-.e N t xr.al Education association) wlll clce bv March 1 un.ess leflcrai a:a 1 extended Money spec? en spools in this s-h:ol vnr will be 6475 000.- coo le than In 19-30 One amonc 1'" r'.fh than "M v amount to m r fire now 23 952 nr; i;np!d innoTOOOO The-e er teachers em - plowed than in 1933, , Mr. Roeve.: has furd a r.rr p:P : to conftren.in in h'.p 'frr..r k. f (Cwnu&ued cd tt DEATH OF LOVERS BELIEVED CAUSE Horrified Witnesses See Beautiful Girls Drop 1500 Feet Hand-in-Hand Daughters of U. S. Envoy (Copyright, 1935, by the Associated press) UPMWISTER, Essex. Eng., Feb. 21. Two beautiful American girls, Eli zabeth and June Du Bois, the only children of the United States consul general, plunged from an airplane to death today. Friends said they start ed on their last flight heartbroken over the recent crash-deaths of two men of the Royal flying corps. They fell from a commercial air plane speeding to Paris at an alti tude of 1.500 feet. Horrified witnesses, looking up, said they plummeted to earth "clasped hand in hand In a. last embrace." (irlcf I'ncontrollcd London friends of the girls, the daughters of Coert Du Bois, United States consul general In Naples, said the girls' grief was uncontrollable over the loss of the big British sea plane "Ace of Diamonds,' which smashed into a hillside near Messina, Sicily, Feb. 15. The friends said they did not know which of the nine men killed in the Ace of Diamonds the girls had been especially interested In although they had learned the girls were in the company of the British fliers a num ber' of times when the Ace of Dia monds was In Naples during January and the early part of February. The girls had been living In a west end hotel In London for the last four or five days, coming to England only a short time after the funeral of the British crash-victims In Italy. Their (Continued on Pae Three) ON END OF ROPE TUTUILA, American Samoa, Feb, 21. (AP) With bedraggled sailing gear flapping from her masts and her pumps Working continuously. The American radio schooner Scth Par ker anchored at Pago-Pago today. The little sailing ship, whose dis tress calls ten days ago echoed around the world and brought the third son of King Oeorge to her aid aboard H. M. S. Australia, was towed Into port by the U. S. naval tug Ontario at 10 p. m., last night (4:30 a. m. today, eastern standard tlmeK Although not badly damaged the craft on which Phillips Lord, mas ter and down cast radio character known as Seth Parker, hoped to sail around the world, was a sorry sight. All of her masts were still stand ing but one or two spars had been torn away, her Jib sail was ripped to ribbons and minor pieces of rigging were torn loose by the south sea stcrm she weathered. Her pumps were worked continu ously to keep the water down, al though she was not taking water badly in smooth weather. What wilt be done with the Scth Pnrker was not known; Lord said he did not plan to return to the United States until he has circumnavigated the globe. The Ontario took the Seth Parker In tow last Friday, four days after the British cruiser Australia, with the Duke of Gloucester aboard, ar rived alongside for the second time. Kerr lo Protest EUGENE. Feb. 21. (API Chancel lor W. J. Kerr left here this morning for Salem to protest before the Joint wavs and means committee against attempts to cut over MOO .000 from the higher education budget. German Aggression Aims Seen by Russian Papers ftv John I. low) Associated Press Forelzn Staff. MOSCOW, Feb. 21. (AP) The of ficial organs of Soviet opinion ip- , braided Germany today with accusa- tions or plans ior -ere?ion in doi:i eastern and central Europe, on the he:a of the approval of the tendon sc-remrnts rxnrtM by Mav.m Lituroff. commlr for for - ; ter- affairs, on the condition the;- are j TfUlc ffertlve In their entirety, l.'e autnoritat.ve pres pictured the Na:Ms m hunery for war under the dtsgule 1 I of "diplomatic cr.atter'.ns." WM cna:sv by c u?lt?tT 'Nn ::!:;! pci::;i;a that Jt'-rTt- jr-- F. R. Suffers Setback MELLON ARGUES William D. Shepard (left) was one of the attorneys for Andrew Mellon (right), former secretary of the treasury, at a hearing In Pitts burgh, Pa., on the government's contention the wealthy ex-cabinet member owes $3,000,000 in taxes, (Associated Press Photo BY HOOVER'S PLEA WASHINGTON, Feb. 81. (fly Former President Hoover's proposal for an immediate return to the gold standard stirred . up. a hot debate among senate Democrats today in which Senator Connally (D., Tex), contended the government was al ready on a gold standard but Senator Giant. (D., Va.), asssrtfld "we are on a flat currency basis." The controversy flared shortly after Secretary Morthenthau, the adminis tration's financial spokesman, said he was "satisfied" with the present pro gram and saw no reason to change though the policy still was on a day to day basis. Connally, a Texas Democrat, who (Continued on Page Two) ESCAPEDTlFER' I SALEM. Ore.. Feb. 21. (API John Knight Giles, alias Jack Llard, life termer who escaped from the Oregon state penitentiary November 7. will not be returned to Oregon unless he is cleared of a federal matl train rob bery charge at Salt Lake City. Llard was arrested In St. Paul a few dnys ' ago as a counterfeiter. A telegram received by Warden Jas. Lewis of the Oregon state prison to day from St. Paul said Llard had been turned over to postal inspectors at St. Lake City. He waa arraigned at St. Paul yesterday and his bond fixed at $25,000. The message said a removal hearing was dated for Bait Lake March l. WORSE DEPRESSION IN 1949 IS PROF.'S FEAR SEATTLE. Feb. 21. (UP) The' 1920 economic crisis will not com pare with that to come in 1949, Dr. Rudolph A. Clemen, president of Whitman college. Walla Walla." Wash., averred today. "Lack of public lead ers due to Influences of stagnated business and economic chaos of the . present depression" w cause the 1949 crisis, he said. war against the Soviet Union. T.ie Influential Pravda and Izrestta, how ever, concentiated their attacks on Germany with incidental Jibes at Enelsnd. "German fascism." said Pravda, "is ?ettlr? rady to occupy east and cen- tral Europe In order to prpre for war on trie weaiern irom. init ir , why !t Is acainst the eastern pacM ' and mut sal aw:tsne. 1 "Further, It Is trying a 1th Ena'.wh j help to destroy Pranco-faovt. coopera- tion. The Ensllth bourgeoisie must take :r,to account that the niavi of Er.r'.:h toile.s dors not want mar and doet c, approve of encou.-aglug uns'.ic plans of German fas-j bv Good- ear Tire and Rubber com pany officials, they bavt announced. AGAINST TAX IS WILD LIFE REFUGE PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 31. (AP) The sale of the historic "P" ranch, G6.000-acre cattle barony in Harney county, for use as a (cderal game refuge, was announced today by car C. Dona ugh. United States attarney. who turned over a check for $675. 000 to the Eastern Oregon Livestock company to complete the transfer. In the area famed in the romantic history of the Oregon-cow country. Peter French fought the wilderness and Indians and battled hostile ranchers to carve out his vast hold ings In "Donner und Blltzen" valley In the riotous, gun-fighting days of 1R70. He established the "P" ranch, headquarters for the thousands of rolling acres. After French's death the "P" ranch stretching 70 miles from Malheur lake to the foothills of Stein moun tain, passed into the hands of several land development companies. Under direction of Bill Hnnley of Burns, last survivor of the great cattle barons of Oregon, the land was turn ed Into a vast hay ranch. The marshy lands stretching 35 miles bark from Malheur lake have always been a favorite breeding ground of migratory waterfowl. Mil Hons of durk and geese breed tl-erc annually. Naturalists for years have urged Its acquisition by the govern ment. Today the sale was completed and the great ranch will become a year-round sanctuary for wild life undrr direction of the biological sur vey. E THE DALLES. Ore.. Feb. 21 . ( AP) With his throat slashed In three places, a man who said he was Ar- thur Jobe. h2. of Walla Walla, was In hospltnl here today for treatment. Attendants said he would recover. Bleeding profusely from tho deep wounds, Jobe walked Into the house of a Japanese family last night and asked that they call a doctor. He was rushed to the hospital. Physicians said the razor wounds were self-lnfllfted. Jobe Faid he has a sister. Mrs. Bessie Patters, In Wal la Walla. SALEM. Feb. 31. ( AP (-Petitions were filed with the clerk of the u preme court today nominating Sidney Telser and Gilbert E. Hamnker. botn of Portland, for the office of gov ernor of the Oregon Bar association from the third congressional district, pursuant to the recent legislative act regulatlns the practice of law in Oregon. THE DALLES, Ore,. Feb. 31. i7P, j An investigation Into caUlc tlWta lr i 4onthrn wsaco county resulted to- i rtir in rh rr.i rtf frmr men hv Hriff w.rt -.,. maalia . They Mid a fifth ma m'.at be arres'-fd b-fore the day wai o'.r. The Investigation Us'cd ae-.eral months. AKRON. O. UP) Be nous dangers, arising from tire blow-outs are ex ported to be eliminated through a deiopmen? roon to be announced BROKEN FOR TO RESTORE PLEA Former President Says Action Needed to Return Confidence in Currency and Aid in Real Recovery Col. Roosevelt Agrees NBW YORK, Feb. 21. (PWCol. Theodore Roosevelt, president of the National Republican club, "agreed most heartily" today with former president, Herbert Hoover's assertion that the gold standard should be re-established 'to re store confidence in our currency ' Commenting on Hoover's state ment made yesterday at Tuscon. Ariz., Colonel Roosevelt demanded adoption of "plans to balance our budget and discontinue this scandalous squandering of public money." TUCSON. Arlr... Feb. 31. (AP) ! Smashing his sell-established, prece dent of silence as a, "private citi zen," formar President Hoover urges reestabllshment of the gold stand ard to "restore con fider.ee I n our currency" as a needed contribution to "real recovery." If the dollar were made convert ible at the present 59 cents of gold, he said In a prepared atatement here last night, "it would tend to check Inflation, replace relief with real em ployment, and contribute materially to general recovery." ' Breaks Long Silence, In his comment' on the supreme court's gold clause decision, Mr. Hoo ver broke his consistent policy of refusing to express his opinion upon political matters a policy he began when he left the presidency March 4, 1933. As recently as Monday he declined to comment on the gold decision with his habitual remark, "I am no longer in public life." (Continued on Page Shcj BRITISH EXPERT RAPS U. S. CODES LONDON, Eng., Feb. 21. (AP) Sir Joslah Stamp, noted British econo mist, rapped the NRA and Secretary of State Hull's new policy of separate trade pacta with foreign nations In a speech before the American Chamber of Commerce today. "America," said Sir Joslah, "Is pur suing a highly eentrall7d nationalis tic policy which Is Ill-fitted to the needs of clostly knitted world trade Improvement. "The NRA codes have not paid very tjreat attention to international fac tora and the uncertain condition In America has been brought about by codes. "The piecemeal treatment of the problem, nation by nation. Is wrong." WASHINGTON, Feb. 21. p) A petition to force consideration of the Patman bill .for paying the 12.100. 000,000 bonus In new currency, was filed In the house as a precaution against possible blocking the meas ure In the house ways and mean.1 committee. The petition was filed by Represen tative Patman (D., Tex.) who waa the first signer. In less than 10 m.nute more than 20 of the required 316 had signed, gathering In the well of the hous arodnd the e'erka uesk H A UPT MANN EXECUTION STAYED BY ERROR WRIT TRENTON. N. J.. Feb. 21. (AP) The execution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann, convicted murderer of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr., was atayed Indefinitely at 12:18 p. m. today when a certified copy of a writ of error waa filed; with the cvrk of the state prison. kennamerTfate in HANDS OF JURORS PAWNEE. Okla. Feb. 21.-(APt0- H W" p,tcWI n " "mm,n The case of Phil Kennamer. 19-year- table and his head raised to a semi old federal Judges aon. charged with 1 sitting position. H was given stlmu the murder of John F. Gorrell, was UnU but his condition became worse, given to the Jury shortly before noon I He stopped breathing and his heart today. j stopped," said Dr. Bryant. in Relief DELAYED AGAIN BY1 OF Hope of Adjourning Legisla ture by Saturday Lost No Holiday Tomorrow or Saturday for Lawmakers SALEM, Feb. 21. (AP) For the! i third time the proposal to assets a , ! two percent surtax on Incomes for re-1 lief of taxpayers on real property was! referred to commltteo and final vote in the house on the measure was fur- ther delayed. It was scheduled to i como up under special order this j morning. Reports today that the major ap j proprlatton bills would not be intro I d viced this week put to an end any hope of adjustment by Saturday as was predicted by democratic house leaders prior to the opening of the session. No Holidays Bills were being written by the ways and means committee but sev eral definite policies must be deter mined beforo they are Introduced, It was announced. One of these la the matter of salaries for state employ ees and officials, whether or not to continue the reduction another two years or whether to modify U, Washington's birthday tomorrow will be no holiday for the legislature, although it waa expected short ob servance of the occasion will be held during the afternoon. Sessions will It kewlse be held Saturday by both houses. Breaking off in the middle of Us debate on two bills providing for tho creation of -the olc f'.ir Jury com mlssloner In Multnomah county, tho senate adjourned at noon today af ter an hour s discussion of the meas ures. I) clinics Jury Commission Senator Allan Bynon spoke for a bill which would create the office of Jury commissioner at an annual sal ary of 93,600. Such commissioner to be entirely responsible for the selec tion of the Jury panel and the ex amination of each Juror. Senator Dorothy Lee backed a sec ond measure, which would limit the power of the Jury commissioner to examination of the names on the Jury panel .and report his finding ; qntinued on Page Seven) DEEECTIVEBESIGN SAN FRANCISCO. Feb. 31. (AP' A defect In the design of the dirigible Ma ."! her to founder and fall Into the Pacific ocean off Point Sur. central California. Commander T. L Catch, Judge advocate of the navy court of Inquiry, declared today. Commander Catch, summing up ev idence before tho court, asserted preponderance of testimony brought the cncluslon that "a sudden pressure from a gust of wind striking the after part of the upper fin (of tre airship) transmitted the, pressure to the forward part of tho fin and the four holding down bolts at the base of frame l7'a. To that frame waa directed the pressure to the outer ring and from there to the dloagonal glrdera causing a strain to be thrown on them and one or more gave wriy Catch declared undoubtedly the diagonal girders punctured the gas cells, allowing the tall of the ship to be unsupported and causing It to drop Into the ocean. Life Returns as Wife Phones for Undertaker TYLER, Tex., Feb. 21, (AP) Life 'i that apparently left him for five min utes returned slowly today to 71-year-old W. A. Strang. Dr. Howard Bryant, who revived the former Smith county sheriff by injecting adrenalin Into a stilled heart after he had folded his pa tient's hands in "death" said Strang's chances for complete recovery cr good. Dr. Bryant, who termed the case "extremely rare," 'aid Strang came to his office veaterday. apparently i aufferln(t from coronary occlusion. Wage War On Narcotic Traffic Is Urged In Coming Week 8ALHM, Feb. 21. ( AP) In con neotion with the observance of Narcotic Education week. February 21 to 28. a statement was Issued here by Governor Charles H. Mar tin urging the "people of Oregon to exert every effort and Influence through our churches, schools, cluba and nil other organizations to bring about a cessation of the demoralizing work of dope ped dlers." "This increasing narcotic men ace, must be curbed," the atate ment continued. "It la to be hoped that the legislators thruout the country will pass the uniform state narcotic bill which has been presented or will be presented for their consideration." INENTAL 37 OLD RECORD NEWARK, N. J., Feb. 21. (P) Ice land 8. Andrews, in a single motored monoplane, today set a new. trans continental transport record, covering the flight from Los Angeles to Floyd Bennett airport. New York, In an elapsed time of 11 hours 21 minutes and ono second. Ho knocked 37 minutes and S9 sec onds from the. previous record, set by his brother-in-law, Major James R. Doollttle, on January IS. Andrews landed at Newark airport at 2:23 p. m. The 42-year old American Airline pilot lowered the record despite the fact he landed and pent 14 minutes at Washington, D. C. He was flying tho same type of plane a Vultee all-metal low-wlngcd monoplane as that used by Doollttle. lUs war-time buddy. In his record breaking flight. The ship was pow ered by a 750 -horse power motor. With Andrews waa Henry Meyers, co-pilot, and O. D. Reyburn, radio operator. Andrews did not touch his wheels at Floyd Bennett as has been the custom of record flights. Even If that should void his time to that point, his time of 11 hours, 31 minutes, one second to Newark would stand as a new mark. TACOMA. Feb. 3 1 P The retail lumber Industry, which during five years of adversity has shown remark able capacity "to take It on the chin and still smile," soon may be "In the midst of activity that will be a major factor In breaking the back of this depression. Henry W. Traak of Mis soula, Mont., president of the West ern Retail Lumbermen's association, told delegates at the 3?nd annual convention here today. He referred to early targe -seal functioning of the iederat housing plan. The convention will hold a dance ton Iff ht and a banquet Saturday night as the concluding feature. Although not as much has been accomplished by the lumber code as many expected, lumbermen should b gratified for some results, Presldcut Trask asserted. SAN DIF.IO. Calif.. Feb. 21 (Pi- New ton D. Bitker, secretary of war under Prcnldcnt Wilson, arrived here today with his wife from Cleveland Ohio. They plan to visit the Sin Diego exposition grounds. "I told his wlfo he was dead and she called an undertaker." Dr. Bryant said he tied the man's hands together and covered him with a sheet but Instructed an attendant to stav with him until the under taker arrived. "I went back In a few minutes and decided to try adrenalin." said Dr. Bryant. "Hie heart began to beat. He began to breathe lightly. His oxygen waa forced Into his lungs from a gas ma chine. His color picked up and soon he appeared to be much better. He apparently had a typical attack of coronary occlusion." Ten hours later the patient ap pcarrd normal. Dr. Bryant said. His , pulse was of good voliuut Battle senateIopports PREVAILING SCALE McCarran Amendment Is Adopted by 44- to 43 Vote Glass Declares Action Will Mean Veto Measure WASHINGTON. Feb. 21, (AP) By one vot the senate today aided with organized labor and against the ad ministration In the relief bill con troversy by adopting the McCarran amendment requiring payment of prevailing wages on emergency public works. The vote for the McCarran amend ment was 44 to 43. Just beforo the vote a letter from President Roosevelt was read assert ing existing wages would be protected In administering the bill. Tho vote, coming after two days of debate on the Issue, waa the first major defeat for tha Roosevelt forces In the long relief contest. Veto Vlsloned Just before the vote Senator Glass (D., Va.) said he had "subs tan tlatlva reason" to believe President Roosevelt would veto the 4.80,000,000 bill If It reaches him containing the prevailing wage agreement.. For a while administration forces had the amendment defeated by a tie vote, but Just before the decision was to be announced Senator Frazler (R., N, D.) entered the chamber and swung the decision for the amend ment by voting aye: The roll call follows: For the amendment, Republicans: Austin, Barbour, Borah, Capper. Ca. rcy, Couzens, Cutting, Davis, Dickin son, Frazler, Gibson, Hastings, John son. McNary, Norrii, Nye, Schatl, Stelwer, Townsend, Vandenberg, and White total, 31. Democrats: Adams, Black, Bone, Bulkley, Costlgan, Donahoy, Lonergan. Long. Maloney, McCarran, McGUl, Murray, Ncely, OMahoney, Reynolds, , Schwellenbach, Truman Van Ntlys, Wagner, Walsh. Wheeler total 91. Progressive: LaFollotte, total 1. Farmer Laborer: Ships tead, total 1. Grand total for, 44. Against the amendment: Republicans: Hnle, Metcalf to tal 3. Democrats: Ashurst, Bachman, Bailey, Bank head, Bilbo, Brown, Bu low. Burke Byrd Byrnes, Clark, Con nally, Cool id Re. Dletcrlch. Duffy,) Fletcher George, Gerry, Olas, Gore, Ouffey, Harrison, Hatch, Hayden, King, Lewis, Logan, McAdoo, McKel lar, Mlnton, Moore, Murphy, Plttman, 4 Pope, Radcllffc, Robinson, Russell. Shappard, Thomas (Utah), Trammel, Tydlngs total 41. Grand total against, 43. MORALS SQUAD HALTS SEATTLE GIRL SHOW SEATTLE. Feb. 31. (UP) Four teen scantily covered girl dancers; six managers and men employes, pro jection machines and films and re ceipts of tho show were In the hands of police today. Three thousand male spectators drawn to tho I mil by pri vately circulated advertisements, boo ed loudly at the morals squad Inter , ruptlon but did not get the 1.00 to $1.30 each paid for admittance. WILL CIIICAUO, Feb. L'O. Paper's full of the colli decision. Folks couldn't be more excited if they hud had any fiold. Quite a few of the editorials have shown what the court ought to have done. We are always saying let the law take its course, but what we mean is "Let the law take our course." 1 have told a lot of alleged little jokes about the court splitting 5 to 4 on every thing, including the weather. So 1 have been vindicated in this decision. But regardless of that, I think they are a mighty trusty pillar for our country to lean on. Dut I do think there was just a slight warning in that decision to the Democrats to not try any more monkey business. lilt m?ny nd ToUnd were preparing for O
