AIL TFJBUN WINNER EDFORD Pulitzer Award FOE 1934 Tweuty-niuth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, FEBRUARY; '2'2, No. 285. Ml The Weather Forecast: I nettled with rain to night and Saturday; cooler tonight. Tein perature: Itlgheat yesterday .'. ...nm, iW Lowest thU morn In j i 4-i M M E (0) sal l By Paul Mallon Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. The president's NRA message seemed to hand congress soma primary paints and tell the legislators to make their own future pic ture of the NRA. That Is what : congress thinks. Gleeful legis lators are actu ally telling themselves that they are going to compose some Important legis lation for the first time sines the new deal (started. They really believe PAUL MALLON President Roosevelt failed to send up a diaic of an administration bill be cause he was moved by all the talk about congress beco.ulng Just a rub ber stamp. If that were true, everyone might aa well dig In here and prepare to remain Indefinitely. If congress Is going to have a fre hand In remak ing the NRA. It probably will take years. There Is no need for any such prep arations Just yet. riisre are facts be neath the surface which Indicate that Mr. Roosevelt has privately arranged to keep the situation welt In hand. In about three weeks, you probab ly will sec Chairman Pat Harrison of the senate finance commltcec shnke from his sleeve the draft it an ad ministration NRA bill. It tmy not be called that, but that It will be. Thero are several reasons why It was Inadvisable for Mr. Roosevelt to offer a bill now. Presidential strategists agree it twould be foolish because of tlio In Jternal situation In tli,eser.atc, for one thing. Senators arc all excited, clamoring for an Investigation of this or that phase of NRA. They would surely toar any administration pro posal to shreds In a moment. . . , After the administration gets through presenting all its facta to tha senate Investigators, the Internal situation may clear. The new dealers may know exactly how far they may safely go; at least, they can expect to have a better chance. And all the time the senators will be thinking they have written the legislation themselves. 8o the underlying fact seems to be that all Mr. Roosevelt really did in his NRA message was to develop a new way to make congress take bad medicine, without knowing It. The strategy seems to represent a studied variation rather than an ac tual change In the White House method of handling congress. For which, all may be grateful. If you think this plan Is slightly too smart to be true, consider what has already been done In the matter of the senate Invest lention of the NfTA. No more delicate Inside Job was ever attempted than the one by whlh the new dealers are trying to keep the Investigation out of un srmpathetic hands. The Inquiry was demanded by Nye and McCarron. They could hardly be called new deal leaders. They wanted , the Investigation conducted by the j commerce committee. In charge of j that committee Is Senator Copeland.j whom the White House alw has fail ed In enumerate among Its leaders. Word was spread among the new deal faithful that they could not af ford to let the NRA Investigation fall Into any such hands. The adminis tration already had made one mis take like that when It let Nye con duct the munitions Investigation, The first thing it knew Nye was in vestigating all the democrats in a most unsympathetic way. Rather openly, they arranccd to snd the Investigation to the finance committee. A stretch of the imagina tion was needed to believe thnt the NRA had anything to do with fin ance. The stretch was accomplished by the bright Idea that down deep In NRA somewhere there is some thing about tariffs, and. of course, the finance committee handles all tariff legislation. put If the Investigation finalh go thre. It will be rafmably safe and constrictive. It will moat as suredly be handled with sympathy. An added complication marie the greaMng of the NRA lnvesticatlon sk:ds even more difficult. It was of fered bv Senator Borah, who has be-n the ne deals severest NRA critic. Borah stimulated a desire within the senate judiciary conim! ee to have retention conducted by that tlv F fL A bod? of which hr t a m"mtvr. H' i at, fcd n N' c. from an NRA stand point, and. of course, much worr than C'nplnnd or McCarron. Of course, these personal difficul tly! wre mentioned only In inner most wr.atorlal circles. The new deal ers managed to pu: a good front for the fir.ar.ee cmr.'ttw bv balnc trier v: t "; r t t;.r ::: Continued on P reej. LANDS IN DESERT AFTER 125 MILES Propeller Damaged in Land ing Plane Without Wheels . Hopes to Try It Again: in Few Days Says Flier! LOS ANGELES. Feb. 22. (IF) Un daunted by the failure of his first attempt to fly the sub-atratosphere from Los Alleles to New York. Wiley Post returned here today from Muroc Dry lake, where he was forced down by an oil line leak, and aald he hoped to start the flight again "In a few days." Post, who had gone only US miles when he saw hla oil gauge had drop ped and realized he would have to land, said he believed ho had "lost" hla weather, and that conditions would not be rlgbt tomorrow or the next day. To Try Afialn Soon "But I hope to get going agan very soon, possibly in a few days," the flier said. "I got away fine," Post aald, "and climbed rapidly to 24.500 feet, where I levelled off. I think 1 was about 35 minutes from Los Angeles at that altitude. Everything was running fine. Compasses ami radio were op erating perfectly. "Then I noticed my oil pressure dropping. I found out In a few min utes I had a leaky oil line and de cided to turn back." Trucks were sent to the dry lake, situated In the central part of the Mojave desert, and mechanics were installing a new proncllor, one blade of which was damaged when Post brought the high winged monoplane to landing on Ita wooden skid, doing Plenty Fast Asked how fast he was going after the takeoff, Post said Well. it wea plenty fast. Boy, how I was travelling. I'm going to make It next time, too." LOS ANOELES, Feb. 22. (API Wiley Post, sub-strfttcsphere filer, was mistaken for "a man from the moon" when he was forced to land his airplane on the Mojave desert to day. Realizing hla leaking oil line meant the end of his high altitude flight . from Los Angeles to New (Continued on Page Four.) CITY'S ACTIVITY With banks, city, county and gov ernment offices closed, the city took on a quiet air today in the observance of Washington's birthday, although many social and civic events were scheduled for this afternoon and eve ning. Among the largest gatherings for the observance of the, holiday is the Colonial party being held at the par ish hall, sponsored by members of St. Mark s Guild. George and Martha Washington will be Impersonated in a program Including colonial music and cards. Tonight other social events will bt held and towns-people will probably turn out in large numbers for the annual Ashlnnd-Medford basketball game. WIFE ACQUITTED OF MARTINEZ, Call!.. Feb 22. (UP) : A Jury last night acquitted Mrs. j Minnie Zimmerman. 33. of El Cer- i rlto. of murder charges connected with the death of her husband De cember 22. The Jury had deliberated seven hours. Mrs. Zimmerman, answering the murder charge, claimed that she shot her husband. Wesley. 34. , "accident ly while in the act of defending her f if." She claimed Uat he frequently had beaten her, and that she had seized a gun In their home to pro tect herself from his attacks The gun was dlscharsrd accidentally when he started toward her from a chair, she claimed. WASHINGTON'S BIRTHDAY CLOSES BIG MARKETS WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. f AP) All leading security and commodity markets in the United Stat, ejerept cattle, mere closed today. Washinj- trn birthday. E;iropan market erf ojn fne MJgar Plant CROCKETT. Cal.. Feb. 22 fAPi Th. CHfnrnl HftTdlltn S'lEsr Re finintz corporation last nieht Coxed ,t n:.nt here for an indefinite ne r r thrr.!'c Vlfl frr-l fiV?. Hill :o.;o:n.: u.tiea ith un I ion repre&cnuit.ea, Senate $200 Age Pension or Else-'Townsend Informs Congress DATTON. O., Feb. 33. (AP) Dr. r. E. Townsend. sponsor of a congressional pension bill, said to day: "Wb will not temporize for less than 200 a month give us the Townsend plan for old age penalona or we will get a new con gress. "For an era of good government and permanent prosperity we must free the old people from want. Meager pensions mean meager spending. We won't have a paup per'a dole In thl country any more." PRAIRIE STATES AS GALE RAGES LINCOLN. Neb., Feb. 22. p) Western Nebraska, western Kansas and portions of Colorado today were brushing their way back to normalcy after one of the worst dust storms In years. . Choking dust, whipped by a 56 mile gale, descended on the afflicted sections yesterday afternoon to vir tually halt all outdoor activity. Black dust clouds shrouded the tun until street light were turned on In the middle of the afternoon and motor traffic moved at a creeping pace. At Dodge Ctty, Kan., and Sidney, Scottsbluff and Big Springs, Neb., visibility was reduced to a minimum. Airport broadcasts reported "no ceil ing and no visibility" at Sidney, where- two small buildings were blown down by the gale. Wyoming's part In the storm wu a light, squally anow storm at Chey enne and some dust at Pine Bluffs. The storm touched other states in varying Intensities, reaching down to the Texas Panhandle where, how ever the dust was high and caused little inconvenience. Many telephone l:nea were levelled and scores of windows blown out in the Sidney area. An automobile was overturned by the wind on a highway west of Sidney, and two automoMlo accidents in Sidney were blamed on the gale and poor visibility. Busi ness men locked 'their shops hours before closing time CLOSURE HINTED SALEM, Feb. 22. (IP) The question of diversion of tha mlllaee tax from the higher educational Institutions to the general fund was thrown back to the ways and means committee today by Governor Charles H. Martin. Following conferencea last night, the governor announced all additional Information on the needs of the In stitutions as presented by Chancel lor W. J. Kerr would be presented the ways and means committee and that If that changis the minds of the members or alters the diversion set-up, the executive would concur with the decision of the committee It was understood here yesterday that while no def.nlt augReatlons could be made aa to what Institu tions might be closed, that those most likely would be the normal schools at La Orande and Ashland. Indication! today were that the waya and means committee may stand firm on Its move to divert only about $73. 000 of the mlllage funds, and would be opposed to the entire diversion. ERE COAST ROAD AIM SALEM. Ore.. Peb. M.--(AP) Ind eral funds for 'construction of the Troutdale-Cascade road, free tolls for the Oregon Coast highway bridges, and a saving in Interest by Immedi ate Issuance of bonds to pay tha fed- ; eral bridge loan was the plan an- nounced by the stat highway com- mission ana uovrrnw v,nricj n Martin here yesterday. The compromise plan for solution of the controversial question of moving tolls from the Coast highway bridge, now under construction with PWA funds, which has threatened to resolve itelf Into a lenlslatlve battle as orkd out todav In a conference between Governor Martin nd mem1 bers of the highway commission. - I TOLEDO. Ohio, Peb. 23, P. Dr. i Elmer I. McKeon. M. known for hli - invention of ga anaesthetic appll- fI r in..i.IiMi. vtm;. ...o ... - -"re uaed in every civilized vui.try. Attitude LEGISLATORS KILL E 2 Today Is Last for Members to Receive $3 Pay Major Battles in Offing Over Delayed Measures SALEM. Feb. 22. P) The houe , of the Oregon legislature, by tabling a resolution for sine die adjourn ment March 2, indicated the session would continue over that time. To day was the last day for which leg islators receive their 3. Grinding through routine business on so-called minor legislation, the legislature did not take time out for any observance of Washington's birthday. Major battles were In tne offing, however, aid desks were be ing cleared for debates on many Is sues which have been delayed from day to day. Power Bill Reported Speeding consideration on the b!g power bill, a combination of th? Ickes suggestion and the State Grange power proposal, the houto utilities committee reported the measure out favorably today after re ceiving It the day before. Requests for a public hearing on the combination measure were turn ed down by Chairman J. F. Hoscli of the committee, who declared he meant to get the bill passed In the house and those interested In the bill could go to the senate for their hearing. It was scheduled to be upitnnt Bll wW- Mwlm 1 havc tor final passage in ;he house tomor- in sympathy tor Hauptmann, I won- row. It la known as house bill . School BUI Approved County school superintendents will be elected on a non-partisan ballot, the legislature rule when the senate concurred with the house In approval of the measure making those pro visions. After being re-referred to the house Judiciary committee after being placed on special order yesterday, the policemen's and firemen's pension bill will be reported back to the floor to- ( Continued on Page four.) SALES SHOW DROP SALEM, Feb. 32. ( AP) Sales of gasoline In Oregon took a sharp drop In January aa compared to Decem ber, 1034, It was shown by the secretary of state's report, with gal lonsge totaling 10.44S.825 last month as compared to 11,807,831 in Decem ber. Taxes last month totaled 1522, 291.28, or considerably less than In December with 590.381.58. However, last month's sales were 89.393 gal lons greater than In January 1934. with an Increase In taxes of 94460.69. TINY WOMAN MOTHER OF HUSKY TWIN BOYS BLOOMFIELD. Mo., Feb. 22. (AP) A mother 61 Inches tall and weigh ing slightly more than 100 pounds, today was "doing nicely" as were her twin sons with a combined weight of 17Vi pounds. The children were born Thursday. The parents arc Mr. and Mrs. Otla Smith. Post Plans I i Wllev Po.t, round-the-world tiler, U .hown eiamlnlng the Inflated oxycm pie.Mire .lilt he wore on his attempted stratosphere hop from L Angeles to New York. With him la Hilly Parker (.enter) a pilot from PoM- home town of BartleMllle. Okla. PLture nn left hciw the .mall luralnmln-riiered wkhI -kid TO hlh P'l landed hi. plane K.dav IT, miles from III. Xarllng point he ill-unered a lck In Ihe hlps oil line. He had dropped the pUne', nheels after bopping off. (AMOvUird Prr riiutin). Kills Roosevelt Dionnes Eclipsed When Stork Brings 6 to Negro Woman NEW ORLEANS, La.. Feb. 22 (AP) Now It's sextuplets. Dr. Edward Schumann, of the medical faculty of the University of Pennsylvania, said he had been informed of the birth of six chil dren to a negro woman on the African gold coast. Speaking at a medical meeting last night, Dr. Schumann exhibit ed picture of the asserted scx tuplets which he said was sent to him by a medical missionary. He sRid he was Informed by what he considered a reliable au thority that the Infants were eight days old and still living when the picture was taken. FIRST LADY QUOTED AS GLAD SHE WASN'T I ATLANTIC CITY, N. J.. Feb. 22. ( AP) The Atlantic City Evening Union quoted Mrs. Franklin D. Roose velt today as saylug In an Interview that the would not have cared to serve on the Jury wmca convicted Bruno Richard Hauptmann of the Lindbergh kid nap -murder. The president's wife came here to address the American Council cf Guidance and Personal Association, and expressed her opinions on tho Hauptmann trial before attending a luncheon. 'I would not have cared to be on cent person under the same circumstances."'- y. SJie explained that she considered her opinions In the trial were "of little value" because she did not at tend court and knew only whnt she read In the newspapers. She said she was not In favor of capital punish ment, but believed It should be en forced where It was on the statute books. TO PORTLAND. Feb. 22. (AP) The second payment of corn-hog crop re duction checks, totaling 9230.000, were being distributed to Oregon farmers today. The payment Is for 1934 contracts. N. E. Dodd, chairman of the Ore gon state board ol review, said tho third payment, of about 9460.000 will be mailed as soon aa final com pliance records have been checked In Washington. D. C. "These payment s." Dodd said, "along with the rise In hog prices, have materially Increased purchasing power of Oregon hog producers." RECOMMEND DEATH FOR SLAYER OF JAP GIRL OI.YMPIA, Feb. 22. (API A Thurston county superior court Jury of clRht men and four women today found Mcrrltt Hunter. Jr.. 20. guilty of first decree murder for the alay- inR of his attractive Japanese-Amerl cmi sweetheart, Lillian Kanda. lu. , the Jury recommending Imposition (of the denth penalty. to' Try Again ROOSEVELT LEADS NATION'S TRIBUTE TO WASHING! Lays Wreath On Tomb of First President at Mt. Vernon Congressmen Listen to Farewell Address WASHINGTON, Feb. 22.--7P) 1 Lealng the nation In paytnp tribute to George Washington. President Roosevelt arranged today to motor to Mount Vernon to lay a wreath on the tomb of the first president. Mr. Roosevelt remained awny from . hla desk and held no bimlnesa con ferences. The only caller was E. Gor don Dill, a dean of Dartmouth col lege, a personal friend. The senate and house turned the clock back 139 years today to listen to George Washington's farewell ad dress as though this were 1796 and they were hearing the mc&snge lor the first time. An Old Tradition In assembling on Washington'! birthday to hear aaln the famous advice of the first president, con gross followed one of Its oldest traditions. Senator Austin (R., Vt.) was chosen to read the 8,000 word message be fore the senate. Speaker Byrna wait ed until tho last nilnuto to choose e representative to read It. Washington, In that memorable ad dress of approximately 8,000 words, said he hoped hla counsels might be "productive of some partial benefit. (Continued on Page Five.) kGEEl TO Samuel A. Oreeley of Greeley & Hansen, Chicago engineers for Mcd ford's new sewage disposal plant, ar rived this morning to spend Friday and Saturday hero with local offi cials completing plana and specifica tions. During the day Mr. Greeley has made Inspection of preliminary work at the plant site north of town and will meet tonight with the members of the city council, who last Tuesday passed an ordlnanco authorizing the Issuance and sale of 978.000 in bonds for the project. Mr. Greeley Is going over the plans submitted by hla firm with Fred Schcffel, city superintendent, having previously conferred with C. C. Hock ley, state PWA engineer, and with Fred Strieker, etate health officer, STATE POLICE POST Captain Lee M. Bown. of the Ore gon state police headquarters here, today announced that state police officer Harry Mtnto has resigned his position, and has gone to Salem to Rrcept a position In the state houie Phil. Stanabury. formerly deputy sheriff under Welter Olmscheld, has bepn appointed to fill the vacancy. Stanabury will reside for the present In Ashland, but will work directly out of the Medford state police head quarters. in Few Days I. X I t . I Works Program Romantic Chinese Name First Born Eugene Mill Race EUGENE. Ore., Feb. 22. ( AP) The historic, romantic mlllrace on the University of Oregon campus has a new and unusual distinc tion. A few years ago King Y. Chau of Kwongst province. China, was a student In business administra tion at the university. He met, wooed and won Peal Tze, attend ing the Eugene Bible university. Word has been received here from Nanking that their first child has been named "Eugene Mlllrace Chau." DECLARED GUILTY PAWNEE, Okla., Feb. 22. (AP) Phil Kennamer paced his cell In the old sandstone jail today, outwardly calm after his conviction of first de gree manslaughter In tho slaying of his friend, John F. Gorrcll, Jr. The husky, 19-your-old son of Fed eral Judge Franklin E. Konnatner must wait until tomorrow afternoon to learn hla sentence a term which may range from four years to life In tho atato penitentiary. Defense attorneys, however, said a motion for a new trial would boi filed at that time. 1 The verdict was returned last night. seven hoirs and fifteen minutes af ter the Jury of farmers and small town business men had taken, the case. Before that Jury he had told of Gorrcll's death laat Thanksgiving night at Tulsa. He said he shot In self-defense while seeking to frus trate an alleged extortion plot against the family of the girl he loved. Before the Jury reported, the dap per, black-haired defendant Joked with his Jail mates, several of whom are serving sentences Imposed by his father. "How long do you think that damn Jury will deliberate?" he asked a vis itor. Waiting In the court room before tho verdict was read, Kennamer sat and glared at W. P. (Dixie) Ollmcr, an assistant prosecutor who earlier In the day had shouted: "Killer, kid naper, Kennamer there he Is," point ing to the defendant. Kennamer accepted the verdict without a show of emotion. He leaned over to pat the shoulder of hla father, who sat slumped In the next ohalr. "God bless the Jury," commented Gilmer. FEAR K. F. TRAPPER DROWNED IN LAKE KLAMATH FALLS. Feb. 22. (AP) Fearing he had broken through the ice on upper Klamath lake, searching part I en were out today looking for the body of Paxil Fagernas, 28, a trapper, Fagernaa left Rocky Point last Sat urday night to cross the frozen waters on skis. He was on his way to Klam ath Falls to got attention for ai ailing tooth. He did not keep his appointment. His tracks were found In the snow this morning. POP.TIAND. Feb. 52. (API Louis Ie. 10, half-Chinese, naa held In thj county Jail today to await action by the federal grand Jury on a charge that ha wrote an extortion letter to hla father, Jimmy Lee, St. Paul rancher. Lee, arrested near Salem this week, will be examined by alienists. Federal department of Jwttce agents said he disappeared last Sunday and then mailed a letter to his father saying he had been kidnaped and demanding that 150,000 ransom be left at design ated ,ipot. KEY TO SARDINE CAN SWALLOWED BY INFANT OAKLAND, Calif., Feb. 22 (AP) A kfy to a aardlne can In her stom ach, four-year-old Betty Jean Rogers lay In Alameda county hospital to day while physicians debated the ne cessity of an operation. MtDDLETOWN, Conn., Feb, 32 A) Dr. Andrew Campbell Armstrong. 74. professor of philosophy emeritus at Wesley an university since 1930. died today ol a heart ailment. E E VETO A CERTAINTY Flat Statement Made by Spokesman of Adminis tration Some Solons Suspect Use of 'Big Stick' WASHINGTON, Feb. 22. UPj A flat statement from Senator Byrnes. (D., S. C), an admirjstration spokes man, that the works program of the 94.880,000,000 relief bill "Is dead" threw senate circles in a turmoil of speculation late today as to the ulti mate outcome of the legislation. Many senators looked upon the statement as merely a threat -to force a reversal on the prevailing wage amendment. Senator Robinson, the Democratic leader, and Chairman Glass who la In charge of the bill returned earlier to his appropriations committee, .re fused to say what pi una they had. Byrnes, who took a leading part In fighting opposition amendments In committee and who kept In close contact with the White House mean while, told Interviewers after the sen ate quit for the day: "The president will veto the bill with the prevailing wage amendment In It, but the senate Insisted on put ting It In. The work program 1 dead." Even before the senate returned the bill to committee on Robinson's mo tion so the 9880,000,000 direct relief portion could be brought Into the senate aa a separate bill, Speaker Byrnes had predicted the" house would uphold the president In oppo sition to the prevailing wage amend ment. Despite the statement by Senator Byrnes, other senators believed the committee either would report out 9880,000,000 next week to carry tor ward direct relief and develop some thing later on the work phase, or recommend 91.880,000,000 to continue the present set-up for a year. SUICIDEPACTlDIN 8ILVERTON, Ore., Feb. 33. (AP) That Mr. and Mrs. Albert Dahlen, whose dead bodies were found In a room in their home here Monday, February 11, died as a result of a suicide pact was revealed today when a note from the dead woman was discovered among tier effects. The note, found by Mrs. Jake Dick, sis ter of the dead man, reads: "Mother and Dad. Bruno (the Dahlen dog), Al and I are all going together. Take good care of my bird. Everything I Have Is youra. Helen." The note was written on the bottom of a bo of stationery. WILL ROGERS "$gys: CHICAGO, Feb. 'Jl. What would you uny was tho biggest and most prosperous conven tion held in Chicago! It's not autos, Hteel or bankers, tho only industry that Ims never asked for government relief. Frank BchriiiK, manager of the big Sherman hotel, says it's the only convention that paid their room rent since 19-!). It's the slot machine conven tion, manufacturers and opera tors. Those iames where yon put "in a nickel, pull a lever and plav marbles with yourself. It's replaced jfolf, bridge, kelly pool and the New York stock ex change for exercise and gamb ling. Your next ambassadors and senators are coming right from this business for they (rot the political campaign dough. They are showing 'cm here that have lunch wagon attachments, where you can play 24 hours a day. We will win the next war in a wall; if they let us shoot mar bles at 'cm. j I Wi7Htf4IUaraVaiMl. UtV