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119 Improvement Jobs Found in First Day of Housing Act Drive The Weather Forecast: Cloudy tonight and Wed nesday with fog; continued cold. temperature Highest yesterday 47 Medford Mail Tribune AWARDED Pulitzer Prize FOR 1934 Lowest this morning 30 Tweuty-uintli Tear MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, MARCH 5, 1035, No. 204. ramiM bis mm mmbs By r.iul Mallon CopvTjht. 1935. By Ps.ul Mallon. WASHINGTON. March 5 President Roosevelt haa more concrc&slonal per suaders hidden In mind than congress ever saw oeiore. If ha should let down his arms today, big sticks would fall out by te cord. For Instance, the mayor of a large city called a . White House ad Jvlser on the long distance tele phone the other day and said sub . Manually this: "Say. If the PAUL MALLO.N president needs any help In his relief row with the senate, lust let me know. I can organize a march of mayors from every Important city In this country that will make the last bonus army look like a corporal's guard. They are wiring me about It now. Just give me twenty-four hours." s The mayor was advised to hold nny ruch movement In check, that prob ably too many people have mixed In the situation already. Nevertheless, the offer Is a fairly good hint that Mr. Roosevelt Is as heavily armed as a Huey Long body guard. Something of the same Influence already has asserted Itself. Oovernors of certain states are reported to have grown restless about the delay In re lief funds. Some of them have been VjlrlnK and telephoning In hero, not 'only to White House advisers, but to their senators and representatives. Oovernors and .mayors do not care much about academic arguments over lie! work. What they want Is the money. It may now be denied, but the White House waa ready to accept a compromise immediately after Mr. Roosevelt returned from Hyde Park, and suddenly changed its mind. Cer tain advisers are supposed to have persuaded the president that any sur render would weaken his congression al prestige and encourage later insur rections. This Is why the Robinson compro mise failed so mysteriously over the week-end. The compromise waa actually work ed out by Senator Wagner, although he remained In the background. In general it gave the president dlscie tlon about paying a prevailing union wage. The trouble with it was that It could keep Mr, Roosevelt on the wage apot all the time. He would have to spend most of his time settling wage disputes in different localities. There Is plenty of dirt Inside the NRA If the senatorial investigators choose to dish It. No other govern ment agency (even the AAA) has bo many people In Its employ who are dissatisfied with its administration. law and command. This is one of the reasons why NRA-crs have been run ning around In circles since the sen ate authorized an Inquiry. No one knows who Is going to tell on whom. - and how much. As an Instance of the Inside NRA evidence available. Ruth Avers of the conMiinrrs advisory board (NRA! filed a report January 9 which la a stron? Indictment of codes containing pro visions ccntrary to court consent de crees in anti-trust eases. She cites chapter and verse on a number of caiica tending to show how NRA has promoted monopoly. Fnr the information of iwnato:.. the document Is entitled "Prlvntc Price Control and Code Policy." T.iere la Inner evidence tha: tr.c president Is having difficulty keeptnp up with hta new policy of not com menting on legislation pending in r on areas. In that connection. It was Just ex actly a year ago that a concretions! committe chairman arose and an nounced: "The preldnt Jpst calld me by telephone a moment, aeo and sld he hoped the bill could be passed." (Continued on Pae Ten) Street Surfacing Protect To Start Resurfacing of North Riverside are- je from Sixth street to Andrev.-s nd will stirt within the next veek -r tn diys. ci'Iit rw-n;:'t:rc v-'.i:nc to V L. Q--0ln ght. res;dnt in;;nT of the .?ate hivh-A.iY com rr..ftlcm Work of fwttlr up t':ie mix ::ic p;nt. li a r t. ? k'.'Ards. s .-n-td '.est:dav bv the contractors T.i wcrk w.:i tnt a monti or s t it f, I VK - the pro;: cm ol tLe wort. QUIT REBEL RANKS IS "Surrender or Be Crushed' War Minister Tells Muti neers Commercial Air Travel Halted in Country (Copyright, 1935, by Associated Press) ATHENS, March 5. An attempt J former Premier Venteelos to quit Greece's rebel forces and flee to Alexandria was rumored In the capital tonight aa General George Kondylis. minister of war. Issued an ultimatum to mutineers: " "Surrender or be crushed!" Greek officials at Alexandria asked the government for Instructions as to what they should do If the alleged rebel chieftain attempted to flee from his refuge In Crete to Egypt. i Communications with Crete were completely cut off. General Kondylis reported to the government that he had the rebel forces In Macedonia on the run and that he expected them to surrender en masse within two days. The government hsd stopped all airplane travel, except by military craft, through the country. No for eign planes were permitted to land anywhere and officials hoped that by this method they could prevent the escape from Salonika of General Cam mcnos. the alleged commander of the rebel forces In that district. General Nicholas Plastiras, onc-tlme "dictator-for-a-day" of Greece, 'was reported waiting at Brtndlsl. Italy to see how the rebels' fortunes fared be fore he entered Greece to throw In his own sword with, the rebel cause. A slashing rainstorm drove across Salonika late today, Impeding the ad vance of royal government troops who doggedly pushed forward in an at tempt to beat down rebel resistance. AFTER OPERATION FALt RIVER. Mass., March 5. (AP) Cheering news was learned from Alyce McHenry'e stck room this afternoon by her mother. The child's color is better, her mother said, and "she has a very good start." "There is a long, hard battle ahead," snld Mrs. McHcnry, "hut I am the happiest mother In the world." She said Alyce now was hungry and that she could be turned from side to side in her beo. She does not let her mother out of her sight for a moment without asking for her. Alyce's only comment on the op eration when she recovered consci ousness was "is the operation all over, mummy?" 4 IN PLUNGE OF AUTO PORTLAND. Ore.. Mar. 6. ( AP) Although their automobile plunged over a 200-foot embankment and was demolished after skidding from the Columbia highway near Multnomah Falls today, four men escaped seri ous Injury. The four, employed at the Bonne ville dam. were en route to the dam site, when an ambulance, after racing lng over slippery roads, finally reach- j wire communication today as an ea the scene of the wreck, none of . overnight snow and sleet storm fol the accident victims was to be found. lowed by a temperature drop render Witnesses aald they had clambered ! ed wire facilities temporarily useless. back up the embankment and start- ed out for the dam on foot. Hitler in Huff Creates New International Rift (Copyright, 1B35. by the Associated Press) BERLIN, March ft. Relehsfuehrer Hitler today sensationally cane1ed plans for a proposed eonfeience with Sir John Simon. Brttl.-h foreicn sec retary, attributing his act to a lirad cold. However, diplomatic circles ssto they believed he was anpevd by ff lrl(l Brlftfh crlt:clm of German rearmament and that they !eit a rlJt vithout the slightest Intimation hsd rwn pr diKej mhl"h nucht e-'her tt.a H:tr was 111 or that Sir pr.v.e j-rep.tr.th in present m'erna- .iiin :ind been told not to come to tl-Tal necotisMonv . Berlin The British criticism vas contained; At tfr: daily conferrn'-e. n events :n a white paper presented pariia ! of impr'n'-r or otherwise ire re ment ve.rrdav in Lomlon. Informed j ed to the nembled c.-irrepon uvr Mid Hitler had ated im- i'.!re-ll:r' - i ! i t i sr c' ' . '''. ro I'l'ii" w: trh to lis1 Seen held Thursday. Holmes in Coma i 1 ' V ' ; I . ' Iff 1 WASHINGTON, March 8 ( AP ! Oliver Wendell Holmes has lapsed j Into a coma. This was learned after his attend- Ing physicians paid a noon visit. I Mark Howe, a former secretary, I said the venerable Justice was sink ing steadily and that his death was i only a matter of hours. 1 The former supreme court associate no longer was ablo to take nourish ment, Howe said. ' IN SENATE FIGHT WASHINGTON. March 5 OP) Senate administration forces today picked up two votes the Republican senators from Vermont In their fight to defeat the Roosevelt-opposed pre vailing wage amendment. If there were no other switchers from the previous 44 to 43 roll call, this would be sufficient to cap an administra tion victory. News thnt Senators Austin and Gib son of Vermont, who voted previ ously for the prevailing wage, now had agreed to go against It, spread after the senate apropriatlons com mittee had reapproved the $4,880. 000,000 relief bill. The committee first rejected the MoCorran wage pro posal by a tie of 12 to 12. Austin and Gibson confirmed the report, but said they would not change unless the committee pro visions approved today eliminating broad powers for the president In the preamble of the $4,880,000,000 relief bill and earmarking $330,000,000 for projects Including flood control were approved by the senate. Vermont has suffered 'greatly from floods in recent years. Before winning the reapproval of the appropriation committee, con cessions were made by the adminis tration leaders. MINNESOTsTdAKOTA WIRE SERVICE HIT BY STORM ST. PAUL, March 5. (AP) Sever al northern Minnesota and central ' North Dakota cities were without Highway travel also was slowed by formation of ice. TT.rv mine quarters sucK',,'d that an ent; ,y new International situa tion hud suddenly been created. Hitler's physMrn announced that the leader had a "cold and throat trouble" following his recent appar atT"e at Faarbrue Hen. 'Die MjddrnncMi with "which Hit ler's derisi.-n cam Is ben illustrated by the tart that the dally conference. German nex.pperm'n opened at t miridav ie prpsnanda ministry - dent n r J"urii',ila oni-nrnfl uiv.n f:i- t:r.l 'in'll early f h if :r,-ri:f: bi had loecn parked before the caance.lory, Legion BITTER ANSWER Huey Declares Former NRA Chieftain and Bernard Ba ruch Wrecked Administra tions of Three Presidents Tall for Showdown WASHINGTON. Mar. ft. (AP) Calling for a showdown on Long lam, Senator Robinson, the demo cratic leader, told the senate today "It's about time the monhood of this body should assert itself" and "It's about time he (Senator Long) should know where to take his proper place in this body composed for the most part of gentlemen." Taking the floor after crowded galleries and a full membership had listened to the Loul&iaua democrat assail the administration and Hugh 8. Johnson for the lat ter' speech last night, the Arkan sas senator was applauded as he called for a showdown on Long's tactics. NEW YORK, March ft. De nouncing Senator Huey P. Long and the Rev. Charles E. Coughlln aa "pled pipers" preaching revolution. General Hugh S. Johnson holds out to the na tion two choices: (1) A return to the "solidarity and enthusiasm" which backed President Roosevelt In 1933, or (2) Dictatorship and chaos. The former NRA administrator lashed at Long and Father Coughlln "plausible Punchinello" and po litical padre," he called them at a dinner In his honor last nWiht. "Whether consciously or not." he said, "these two men arc raging up and down this land, preaching not construction but destruction,, not re form but revolution, not peace by a aword." Long Lashes Hack. Johnson said he expected them to hit back, and Long did It promptly. "Those wreckers from Wall street," shouted the senator in Washington, "ruined Woodrow Wilson, Herbert ( Con tin ued on Page rwo) -4- PAYMENT OF $385,000 SET FOR COMING WEEK Disbursement of approximately $.185,000 to bondholders of the Med ford irrigation district, under a Re construction Finance corporation loan, la expected to be started next week, according to Olen Arnsplger, manager of tha district. Pinal ar rangement of details waa being made today for presentation to the Federal Reserve bank of Portland, and the state engineer's office at Salem. The money Is on deposit in the Federal Reerve bank. The disburse ment will be made through the state reclamation office at Salem. According to Arnspiger. approil mately 135.000 will be distributed to depositor of the bonds residing In this county and the balance to bond depositors in PaHfic coast states and the east. One of the bondhold ers resides in England. Average amount to be received by valley bond depositors will be 11000, according to Manager Arnsplgcr. One of the heaviest bond depositors will receive approximately 10,000, Attorney Porter J. Neff and Man ager Arnsplger will leave this week for Portland and Salem, for a final conference with reclamation officials and Federal Reserve bank chiefs. NEGRO SLAYER GRINS AS CLEVELAND, Miss.. March ft. AP Grinning broadly as the black hood and noose were pulled over his head. Alonro Robinson, alias James H. Coyner, huge negro grave robber and eonffMied slayer, went to his death on the gallows early today. He died for the slaying and muti lation of Mrs. AureiiUB B. Turner. who li her In-hand, aaa choked to ; death in their home near"her last I December. Hits Patman Bill for Hauptmann's Wife Won't Allow Baby Visit Death House TRENTON. N. J.. March 5. (AP) Bruno Richard Hauptmann may never see his 1ft months old son, Mannfrled, again. "I will never take my child In there," said Mrs. Anna Haupt mann, wife of the convicted slay er of the Lindbergh baby, as she left the death house In state pris on after a visit with the prisoner yesterday. Under prison rules, children of convicted men may visit the death house once a month while appeal is pending and only once before execution of the death sentence If appeal falls. E OF SALEM, March ft. (AP) Neither house nor senate of the Oregon legis lature enacted any measures during the morning today which would en courage prognastlcators that sine die adjournment would be taken Satur day night. Both houses spent consid erable time on minor measures. Senator Allan Bynon's bill provid ing additional grounds for divorce1, whereby after five years separation either of the parties concerned might file a petition for divorce, went down to defeat In the senate today. Only 10 favorable votes were recorded. The meaj ure would have provided grounds for divorce only when the couple had no minor children living It further provided that the court should award to the party not it fault one-third of the property of the otber party concerned. The senate adjourned for the noon recess before completing discussion of four measures set up as the pro gram of the committee on assessment and taxation, which entail a number of changes in the law relating to col lection of taxes, rha four bills in a group had been mdea special order of business for the early session. In part the , measure would allow payment of property taxes in four Instalments, on all taxes amounting to more than 120 a year. Senator Duncan as chairman of the commit tee stated that the program was wt up with the Idea of collecting a great er portion of delinquent taxes with tno view of decreasing the state de ficit. Other bills passed, none of which have yet been through the house in cluded setting up of an emergency fund for disbursement of funds by the industrlst accident commission: providing property tax exemptions for veterans and widows of veterans; set ting a later season for set net fiahln;; on ine unetco and Wlnchuek rivers. and prohibiting the payment of feei or commissions for preparation of proceedings for financing bond Issues of municipal corporations. 30 DAYS AND $100 C. V. Rendrlckson. charged with driving an auto while under influ ence of Intoxicating liquor, was sen tenced to serve 30 days In the county Jail and pay a fine of loo by Justice of the Peace William R. Coleman yesterday ( afternoon. - Evidence Jn the case showed that Hendrlckaon and Henry Dynge had driven to tills city from Klamath Falls In a state of intoxication, and figured In an auto accident on East Jarkron street. Io Potter of Central Point was fined S and coata on a charge of operating an auto without an ope rator's license. Upon payment of the coats the fine was suspended by the court. 4 WILLING TO BE BANGKOK. Slam, Mar. . IAP) Prlnre Ananda. 11-year old nephew of former King Prajadhlpok. haa ae- reptej me inviiauon 10 emero Ilia unrle on the Blameae throne. It waa announced tnday. The announcement aald the ,hy younr prince la awaiting further de tatlf from r1am at l-aueanne. 8-ltr- erland. where he has bren studying I In an exclusive school. 301! TO GRAVECREEK SITE Foots Creek Operations to End April 15 Machinery Will Be Reerected in New Hull for Fall Operation GRANTS PASS, March 6. ( AP) Now completing seven years of dredg ing operations on Foots creek in Jackson county, the big gold dredge of the Rogue River Oold Co. Is soon to start digging gold on famous mining ground near Lei and, 30 miles north of Grants Pass In Josephine county, where 4ft men under two contractors are already at work clear ing and excavating for the new dredge site. At Its new location the dredge will violate ordinary dredging practice by floating along a hillside where Its huge buckets will gouge up gravel from the ancient channel of Grave creek, discovered at a distance from present Grave creek and on higher ground by exploration drilling and disclosed today by D. H. Ferry, vlce- (Continued on Page Twelve) 4 Floyd Young, government frost ex pert. Is expected to arrive wlthlu the next week or ten days on his annual assignment to the Rogue River val ley, during the frost season. Earl Rogers, Young's assistant, ,1s dueHhls week. A shipment of equip ment to be used here has already arrived. Many orchardlsts of tne valley have started placing smudge pots, while others await drying of the ground before starting the same work. While there Is no Immediate frost danger, according to County Horti culturist Lylo P. Wilcox, a warm pell of weather would cause the fruit to advance rapidly. Present weather conditions are held Ideal by frultmen in retarding the develop ment of the buds. Wilcox figures that the fruit development to date 1ms been normal. Many orcharding are now pruning and spraying. On some tracts this work has been delayed by the wet condition of the ground. 39,391 FAMILY HEADS ON RELIEF IN OREGON PORTLAND, Mar. 8. ( AP) The SERA headquarters announced todsy that on February 1, the date of the last compilation. 39,001 heads of fam ilies were on Oregon relief rolls, re ceiving either direct or work relief, or both. The total number of persons upon Oregon's relief rolls, Including men. women and children, was set at Iflfl. fl03. NRA BOARD CHAIRMAN TENDERS RESIGNATION WASHINGTON, Mar. 8. (AP) S. Clay Williams, chairman of the board of NRA, arranged today with Pres ident Roosevelt for his early retire ment to private buHnee. Nudism Hotly Denounced In Pope's Lenten Speech VATICAN CITT, F'b. . (API Pop. Plua todny dHlvrfd . blttr MttHck .RRlnH nudism In tddrrMlng Hume Lnttn prr.chfri on the eve of lnt. Tlie pngnnl7l IKo of tod.y." de clKrcd nil hollneM "rf I Ir t all open and attentive even, a life to pc-lfl-!!), m i-Jsar.ly ledlrated to pleaa ure and to the wsrch for pleasure "It Is a life no ipeclflrally wanton. Iu mantonneM aurpflwa on many ocraalena that of the ancient pagan llfe "It la called with a horrible word and with horrible blaaphemy the cult of nudity." "In the olden time, nudity waa Id art. hut one could not ray that It waa In life, neither In Home nor 10 Greece." Roosevelt Starts Third Year With Firm Confidence WASHINGTON. March fl.-f.W--After two years packed with events thit made history. Franklin D. Roosevelt was pronounced In top notch physical trim today as bo entered his third 13 months In the presidential chair. The second anniversary of his inauguration found htm at grips with a congress far more self-assertive than the one which hasten ed to pass Roowvelt bills in 1033 Despite this, however, observers saw no sign he wns not as confi dent as ever that his program will o through. RE1 EVINCE INTEREST Reports from the first day of the field survey were very encouraging, it was announced this morning from Better Housing Campaign headquar ters. A total or 110 improvements were turned In by the solicitors, out of ao6 house calls, segregated aa fol lows: Electrical . - - Flooring 4 Alterations . 11 Paper hanging - 13 Building y. 36 Landscaping .............. -........ 6 Roofing W......HH.. 1 1 Carpentry ............ Plumbing Plastering New house Concrete Additions Fireplace ..............-.- 1 While quite a number of those de siring Improvements stated they would make arrangements with their own firms for estimates a large pro portion of those reporting asked for firms to call on them. The prospects in the latter class are turned over to the Interested firms In regular rota- 'tlon and a salesman la sent to the house immediately. "I feel very encouraged over the first day's solicitation," stated Mr. Harder, general chairman of the county bousing act committee, this morning. "And I believe, If almtlar results are obtained every day for the next month, that a tremendous amount of building work will be started In Medford." Mr. Harder further stated that he wished to express the thanks of the committees to the citizens of Med ford for the kind treatment which they gavo the solicitors who reported they were greeted cordially and al lowed to give Information relative to the provisions of the housing act Those who for some reason or other were not solicited or those who de sire further information are asked to get In touch with headquarters should they desire to do any im proving around their homes, 4- Poultryman Given Verdict For $250 F. B. Oarle, Valley View poultry raiser, was awarded a verdict of 1250 by a circuit court Jury late yesterday, In his suit against H. A. Frohrelch, Ashland poultry dealer. Oarle sought 1318. C. S. Ftnley was foreman of the Jury. Oarle claimed that in the fall of 1031 ha placed 02 case of enga in atorage with Frohrelch. valued At IA14.B0. A year later be disposed of the eggs for 8180, and based his suit upon the difference in price. The pontiff then called attention to "another paganizing tendency." He deacrlbed tt aa "tha unconaclmia neaa of the offenae that la rendered conttnuouily to virtue by placing IV In peril aa one doea through the mania of aeelng everything, of enjoy Inic everything." The pope then Invited the preach era, in their aermone. to "pay par ticular attention to the truly afflict' Ing and deaolatlng contradiction which one aeea even among the faithful, even among thoae who fre ouentlv practle their devout exer cuea. between the faith In whlcS thev believe and the Ufa they prac tic. between their profeaaed faith and thir life with Ita atron.' pagan ten dencjr." Bonus CURRENCY PHASE Veteran Organization En dorses Vinson Bill With Mo Specification As to Method of Raising Money WASHINGTON, Mar. ft. (AP) -The merlcan Legion today leveled a vig orous assault on the Patman bill for bonus payment, contending that the currency expansion features of the measure would doom to defeat" cash payment of the adjusted com pensation certificates. The Legion representatives appear ed before the hotise ways and means committee after the committee. In heated discussion, rejected 14 to , a Republican motion to call upon the treasury and veterans adminis tration for an expression of their attitude toward bonus payment. John Thomas Taylor, legislative representative of the Legion, opened the attack on the currency expansion features of the Patman bill by say ing: "The American Legion does not want Its legislation for payment of the adjusted compensation certifi cates tied to any other type. We do not want a stone tied around our bill that will drag It down to defeat." The Legion witnesses endorsed tha Vinson bill, which does not specify how the money to pay the two bil lion dollar bonus should be raised. The Patman bill calls for the Issu ance of new currency. How woud you finance the Legion bill?" asked Representative McCor- mack (D., Mass.). 'The appropriations committee of the house would pass on that," Tay lor replied. "And It Is the Job and prerogative of the secretary of the treasury to decide that. Do you favor two billion dollar In new taxes?" "It's a perfectly unfair question." "In other words McCormtck pur sued, "you come up here and tcu us you want the bonus paid and have nothing to say about how l should be paid?" It's correct," Taylor answered. AUTOS IN ONE DAY OR A NTS PASS. March .(API- Striking an automobile at a crossing for the second time during the day. . the Southern Pacific Sbaata No. 7 , Injured E. W. Prazler and badly dam aged his car here last night. Frazler. who sustained cuts on tne face and left hand, aald he beard the locomotive bell but could not see the train at the Pacific Highway railroad . crossing In the center of the city. Earlier In the day the same train struck a truck at t crossing five miles , north of Eugene and Instantly killed Karl Kendrlch. 45. Eugeno furniture denier. ILL POGEHS SANTA MONICA. Cal., Mar. i. tircece got some kind of a little cotton tnil revolution on over there. I flew thru Athens Jiiminry 31, coming from Intlia , nml went up with one of our officials there nml hud a couple : of hours chat, with this old ' statesman, Venizelos. He speak good English (better than me), pot s lot of humor and is mighty interesting old gentle man. They call him the grand old man of Greece. You see, he is about the lust one, outside of Lloyd George, that wns with President Wilson during those historic old Ver sailles days. Greece has got a lot. of old ruins, but he is not one of them. O
