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Medford Mail Tribune The Weather Forecast: Rain tonljht and Frida ; not much chaiia In temperature. Temperature: HlrliMt yesterday , ..50 loet thla murnlnj 33 AWARDED Pulitzer Prize J FOR 1931 Tweuty-nintb Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, MARCH 7, 1983. No. 290. lifE .( I Yews I MjuniN WILL SIGN HMEE 1"Jd MEASUR By PAUL MA1XOV (Copyright, 1935. by Paul Mntlon) WASHINGTON, March 7. The ra dio Job which General Johnson per formed on Huey Long and Father Coughlln w a a dressed up like a one man affair. Actually there were more handa on It than will ever be disclosed. The general tried to absolve the New Deal from any con nection with it. Tet guests at the dinner noticed tgnlflcantly that President Roose PADL MALLON velt's good friend and adviser. Prof. Raymond Moley, eat nearby. Mr. Mo- Uy not only sat, but he made a few remarks before Johnson spoke, and these, remarks were tn prlase of Gen eral Johnson, The truth of the matter Is the New Dealers have been staying up nights lately praying for someone who could answer the Long-Cough-Jln duet In Its own raucous tone. Statesmen around Washington have been too prissy or too sensible to get Involved In a melee with either. They realise It means tin 11 ml ted and un restrained vituperation and they con cede at least Long's supremacy in that art. The Johnson speech was an answer to these prayers, and It did not ex actly come from above. There can be no question about Johnson accurately reflecting the un spoken attitude of the New Dealers from the lowest to the highest. He did not exaggerate their sentiments a bit. This fast wilt be evident shortly when other hidden guns are un masked. Johnson only fired the ! opening shot. The last one may not be heard until the presidential cam paign next year Is over. ' While agreeing with Johnson's con elusions, some men near the top here did not believe he should have made the speech., not for the reasons he cited, but because the general him self Is vulnerable. They thought his business and military background would prevent his remarks from strik ing home with the Long and Cough lln followers whom they want to reach For that reason, It ts felt the ef fectiveness of Johnson's remarks may not be as strategically effective out In the country aa they were In Wash ington. Others who were on the Inside of Johnson'st plans were members or of Jlclals of Father Coughlln'a church. One member la supposed to have been Al Smith. Johnson himself Implied as much. It la a political axiom in Washington that Father Coughlln numbers very few Catholic church officials among his national follow ers. One reason Huey Is so hard to an swer ts that he is wisely vague about his "ahare-thc-wealth" plan and the figures which, should go with it. The only specific aproach he has offered 1 to seize all personal wealth of more than 10 million dollars. The precise wealth of the country Is not known. Latest figures place It between 250.000 .000. 000 and $300. noo 000.0000. Impartial economists (not New Dealers) calculate roughly) that the share of this wealth held i by people with blocks of more than aio.000.000 each Is about S25.OO0.0O0, 000. But even this Is not the proper pool which Huey wants to split up because even he proposes to leave the wealthy ten million boys something. So tnke $15,000,000,000 as a fair round number of what we might split up. It exists in the form of , rocks and bonds largely. These could not b divided as you split up a piece of pic. The government would have to take it and operate the factories, mines and other Indus tries It represents. The income from this certainly could not average more than 4 to fl per cent. If that much. If It la o P" cent- tne mcunt of mor.py which Huey would split up every year would be about 8900.000. 000. This la about one-fifth of the wealth PreMdent Roosevelt proposes to spilt up next year through relief expenditures. Fair economists who have tried to f!sure out how Huey Is eolnc to cct his promlwd $5000 for even family are equallv puzuea. ju rmir imagination to the point where row can conceive that Huey can $25,000,000,000 of wealth and split it tin dirertlV, in miiuui.. -oM be only about 1600 per lam 1 1 r . put Huey dor. not propose to o that .-.th nrt ron- If you ani ... dr tn poMioni j '- uxe all the wra nllt It HP. n in inf cvumi fair estimate that th- VIM 'c,ul(1 onnt to . mlu .:".ld be rra.ly d-v inc societhind. but It would require more t uheIc than any of the po-j-tlcal mattcians have dtepl"Pd (nr. The rcry nur.utf mnt l:ed t'O-nc' the ern ene a it 7poatmue4 pom F ?Ct EIS HELD BYBAGKERS Ban On Commercial Fishing Becomes Effective Ninety Days After End of Session Senator Dunn Speaks SALEM. March 7. (AP) The bill to close the Rogue river to commer cial fishing was passed by the senate during the noon hour today after debate lasting nearly two hours. The act becomes effective ninety days af ter adjournment of the legislature, unless vetoed by the governor, which was declared by supporters as highly improbable. The measure, brought up on divid ed reports, first goes back to the house for concurrence In the minor corrective amendments. No delay in obtaining that approval was antici pated and the measure should be in the executive office by Saturday. Carries 21 to 9 The move to refer the closing bill to the people was lost when the min ority report was rejected by a vote of 23 to 8. Vote on the passage of the measure providing Immediate closing was at to 0. President Harry Corbet changing his previous vote. The measure, debated In many past sessions and several times voted upon by the people, always creating a bit ter fight, was put through both houses with the strenuous opposition of the past missing. The house ap proved It with but two negative votes. While the senate was debating this i and other measures, the house like wise following a lengthy debate, a few minutes later passed the meas ure which would lift proposed tolls on the five Oregon coast bridges and repay the federal government loan from other highway revenue. The bill, approved by a vote of 30 to 20, now goes to the senate. Speaker John Cootcr led the fight for Us passage. Chain Store Tax Killed Prior to these debates the house withdrew the chain store tax bill which was chedulcd to come out on the floor on committee report. It was withdrawn before any move was made to bring It out of committee. Senator Chin nock declared the Rogue fish bill had been before many legislatures. "The Rogue river valley is purely and entirely a recreational area," he said. "It attracts tourists from all over the world. At the mouth (Continued on Pag rhree) TO OCEAN BEACH SPEEDWAY. Day tonla Beach, Pla.. March 7. (AP) Sir Malcolm Campbell, British speed King, flashed to a new world's land speed record on the beach today, making an average of 276.818 miles an hour on the north and southbound runs over the measured mile in his Bluebird racer. Running against the wind. Sir Mal colm made the southbound run in 13.20 seconds for an average of 272.727 and on the northbound trip shoved the Bluebird through the measured mile at 281.030 miles an hour. His giant Bluebird, evidently better balanced to the hazards of these hard packed sanda today than it had been when he recorded three failures, rode the 11 mile strip like a queen and his two trips up and down the course were made with clock-like precision. HEAVY FALL OF SNOW KLAMATH FALUS. March 7. &) Fifteen lnchea of snow fell on Sun Mountain pass on The Dalles-California highway as the Klamath coun try encountered another day of blus tery March weather. This rmich trafeled section, however, waa kept open by state equipment. Despite a prediction for .clearing skies, snow flurries and strong winds continued to sweep the city. Mountain stations reported heavy falls. S. P. TRACK WASHED OUT NEAR ARBUCKLE, CALIF. COI.USA. Calif., March 7 (API company', main line track ( -f I rlvpr 'M washed away lmt night five mile, north of Arburki- when -,, n. wn. of .., banks rMilt of the torrential rains. Tr; damitr was dicoverrd an I vur hrr th arrival a north 1 bound fast train. Exporte of Canadian bacon tn 1034 were valued at about I19.0OO.0O0, and Canadian farmers derived an Income. from the hoz Industry estimated at between ninety and ona hundred l4p dolUrfc Ten Killed in Russ Parachutist Claims 22,100 Ft. Leap Sets Record MOSCOW. March T (AP) The army parachute Jumper Kaltanoff claimed a world record Jump of 22.100 feet today, for leaps with out an oxygen device. Kaltanoff encountered a tem perature of 41 degrees below zero when he Jumped from the army plane after It had reached abso lute celling. The chute opened after a "650 foot fall." The jumper said that for a few moments at one stage of the fall he kept turning over and over and at another atage he had an almost lrreststable desire to sleep. He la now planning an attempt to Jump from the strato sphere with oxygen equipment. ROGUE RIVER WINS IN OPENING ROUND OF CAGE T Results of fames this morning and early this afternoon: Rogue River 3.1 Coos River 17 Myrtle Creek 59 Merrill 18 Olendale ..S2 Talent 18 Gardner S2 Gold Hill 26 The eighth annual secondary high school basketball tournament at Ash land, sponsored by the Southern Ore gon Normal school, got under way today, with 12 games scheduled. There are 26 teams entered from all points In southwestern Oregon. More than 300 players, coaches and school offi cials are In Ashland for the tourney. The winning team will have the right to attend the state tournament In Salem. In competition with the larger high schools of the state. Sams Valley, the team which rose to de feat the favored Rogue River five earlier In the month, Is leading In the betting. Many teams from th county are entered, Including Sams Valley, Jacksonville, Phoenix, Talent, Cen tral Point, Eagle Point, Gold Hill and Prospect. A large delegation of root era is expected from each school, and activity In the Llthla City -Is brisk. The remainder of the games sched uled for today Includes: 2:30 Prospect va. Argo. 3:30 Madras vs. Malln. 4:30 Eagle Point vs. Williams. 6:30 Bandon vs. Riddle. 6:30 Paisley vs. Phoenix. 7:30 Smith River vs. Sams Valley. There are also two second round games to be played thla evening, the first called for 8:30, with Rogue ; River, victor over Cooa River in the first game, to be pitted against Jack sonville, which team drew a bye In the first round. The next game, at 9:30, features Myrtle Creek, winners over Merrill, playing Elk ton. All of the games are being played In the Ashland Junior high gym. CLUES NEEDED TO PORTLAND. Ore., March 7. (AP) Police can trap the dog poisoner only after receiving some clue, how ever slight, as to his Identity. To get Information on the persons who scatter deadly poison where fam lly pets may find It, Chief of Police Nlles today posted for the police department a standing $23 reward for Information leading to the arrest of any dog poisoner. "We must have some scrap of evt dence to work on," Chief Nlles said, in outlining the police campaign to rid Portland of poisoners. "Somebody knowa who Is poisoning dogs. Just as somene knows who la involved in nearly every oilier crime committed." Rich Bride's Death Remains Mystery PINEHURST. N. C, March 7. f AP) A coroner'a Jury today ruled the death of Mrs. H- Bradley Davidson. Jr.. 32-year-old millionairess bride of two montha. was due to carbon mon oxide poisoning under circumstances not known to the Jury. BLASTS BREAK ICE JAM IN GRAND RAPIDS RIVER GRAND RAPIDS. Mich.. March e. AP) Pvnamtte hlaats loosed the Ire Jama in the Orand river today , flood waters whlh had driven 00 I families from their homes, rapidly Voiunterra worked throughout the night, blasting a ay at the Jima in the river, and the slush-thickened water rushed through the channel. Advertising expenditures in Canada amounted to almost MS 000.000 In i 1913. not including expenditures on poatera, street cara, t&d radio. REBELS THREATEN TO BOMB PIRAEUS, PORT OFJTHENS Island of Samos and Chios Capitulate Rumor Ex King George May Be Re called to Take Throne (Copyright, 135, by Associated Perss.) OHEVGHELLI, Greek-Yugoslav Frontier, March 7 Tne Greek govern ment fought a spreading revolt dog gedly today aa reports were heard that former King George may be re called to the throne to end the pres ent condition of chaos. Admiral Demestlchos. commander of the rebel fleet, reports here said, has threatened the Greek cabinet with bombardment of Piraeus unless the government capitulates lmmedt ately. Visits of rebel ships under the ad mlral'a control brought about capltu latlon of the Greek islands of Samos I and Chios, each with a population of more than 70.000. Foreign Ships tn Area The British battleship Royal Sover eign and the French destroyer Verdun sent to the area to protect the na tionals of the two countries are In the area threatened with bombardment. Piraeus Is the port of Athens. Meantime the rebels showed no signs of surrender, i To add to the government's worries, it was reported today that unemploy ed in the great tobacco growing dis tricts of Vavala had Issued a procla mation against the government. Many American tobacco companies . (Continued od Page L'en) CONDlNATl OF WASHINGTON, March 7. (AP) The relief administration was author ized today In an executive order sign ed by President Roosevelt to con demn unproductive land for retire ment from cultivation. The order also authorized Harry L. Hopkins, federal relief administrator, or his agents to buy, sell, or Icaso land. The relief administration already bad authority to purchase land and had made arrangements to secure be tween 5.000,000 and 7,000.000 acres to be administered by It or agencies of the Interior and agricultural de partmcnts. Officials said $20,000,000 or an or iginal $75,000,000 fund still remain ed available and that condemnation would be used only where attempts to secure land by purchase had fall ed. E LOS ANGETL.ES, March 7. (AP An earthquake, apparently centering In Compton. about fifteen miles south of Los Angeles, today waa of suffici ent strength to break a number of window and shake dishes from shelves. The selsmologlcal laboratory of tho Carnegie Institution of Washington, located In Pasadena, did not record the shock. Long Bearh and South Gate also reported feeling the shock the former city reporting it lasted for five sec onds. A checkup of southern California communities showed the only damage reported was in Compton where the loss will be but a matter of a few dollars. Redistribution of Money Is 1 936 Political T.N. T. By WII.IJAM l RCALK. Jr. ( VwHiatrtl PrrM JtalT Writer) WASHINGTON. March 7-fAP) Rediatrlbuticn of money whether nd:r"P"BI or inwnie ur .vn.. OUT HI a, inirujuiB unit ui ' " dynamite headed toward the 1P36 election rontenta. Prom the very throne of banking control the o'.ernorshlp of tha fed eral reserve board waa heard advo cacy of a new distribution of the nation's Income. To this, Oovernor Marrlner 8. Ecclei, added: Hie most effective way of arhlev- ling betfr balance la through in Ltxx&e uxee. Premature Oil May Be President Or. Joae A. Preane (above), ax rector of Havana unlveralty, wai being mentioned aa probable preal dent of the Cuban provlalonal gov ernment to succeed Carlos Men dleta. (Associated Preaa Photol L BEST COUNTY HAS SEEN WITHIN RECENT BBS Spring labor activity In the county will be the greatest in four or five years, reports Indicate, due to pri vate and governmental, projects, ap proved or contemplated. The Oetz. Lewis, and Jantzer saw mills in the Prospect district, em ploying close , to 100. are preparing for spring and summer operations, including the purchase of trucks and caterpillars. The sterling mine in the Applegatc section has started installation or machinery for mdre extensive opera- tlons. Hydraulic activity on the prop- erty has been underway for some i time.' Re-surfacing of North Riverside avenue from Sixth street to the north city limits, will get underway with in the next week or ten days. A plant for mixing tho surfacing material is being set up near the stockyards. The project will employ about 30 men, to be hired through the Na tional Re-employment bureau. ' Work on widening and re-surfacing of the Pacific highway through Oold Hill, Is expected to start about April 1. Building In the valley, will be the best In several years, according to Frank C. Clark, architect. A large amount of home re-modeling Is now underway and several new homes are planned, according to Clark. PORTLAND. March 7. The executive committee of the Portland council of churches today requested a chance in the navy department's plana to hold fleet maneuvers in the North Pacific adjacent to the Aleu tian Islands. The committee expressed fear the maneuvers, scheduled for May 3 to June 10. would tend only to tense the rwltnK between Japan and the United Slates. The committee voted to send a copy of the resolution to President Roosevelt and the navy' department. Hnow In MarMifleld MARSHFIELD. Ore., March 7. AP) A 18-mlnute anowfall ahortly before noon today blanketed Coos bay In white for the second time this week. Subsequent ratn aoon mined the wintry mantle. A swirling but shortlived snowstorm hit the bay area early Monday. Rain hla been general for several days. Inference by some that Ecclea' statement to the home banking com mlttee yesterday might represent the Roosevelt admlnlatratlon'a reply to Senator Huey p. Long's "share th wealth" campaign brought denials In offlciat quartern. Ecr.es. it waa madr plain, spoke for himself. But the political-minded could ; not overlook the fart that E"re. holding these views, had been lifted to a high financial post by an ad ministration besieged by a host of men pushing what they term reme- jCtocUnued 9a fDi 2-YEAR EXTENSION OF NRA URGED BY Director Emergency Council; Suggcests Limiting Codes to Industries Engaged in Inter-State Commerce lly NATHAN ROIIFIITSOS (Associated Preaa Staff Writer.) WASHINGTON, March 7. VP) Donald Rlchberg. outlining the a4 mlnlatratlon'a views, asked the aen ate finance committee today to ex tend NBA "substantially In Its pres ent form for two years, but with codea limited to "those trndea and Industries actually engaged In Inter state commerce." The director of the emergency council waa the flrat witness In the commlttec'a Investigation of the re covery machine and Ita vast coJe structure. Rlchberg served under Hugh 8. Johnson aa general counsel of NRA during the early montha of the blue eagle's spectacular flight. lgllatlon MiKce.teu. Virtually the full membership of the finance committee waa present to hear details of President Roose velt's program for extending the re covery administration. Rlchberg began with a prepared statement, listing 17 epeelflo auggea- tlona for legislation. They Included a recommendation to empower tho chief executive to Impose "limited codes" containing requirements for minimum wagea, maximum houra, prohibition of "notoriously unfair bualness practloea" and provisions to protect natural resources, . Congress Itself, Rlchberg said, should set the standards of mini mum wages and maximum houra for administrative application In limited codes, with some flexibility provided. He recommended also that the pres ent exemption from antl-truat lawa ahould be restricted to apply only when the codea themeclvea have been (Continued on Page l'en) ! f- E C. W. Austin, city milk and dairy Inspector, pointed out today that In the drive launched yesterday by the city to clean up delinquent license fees, the same exactions apply, as to licenses, to all handlers and users of milk and cream In the city as to other operators. Tills group of business men Include some 160 restaurant, hotel, h amour ger stand and soda fountain owners who dispense milk and crenm to the public under permission of the city. Inspector Austin said that although the license fee Is nominal, many milk and cream dispensers have fall ed to make payments on time In the past. City Recorder M. L. Alford reported today that up until noon no results from the drive were noticeable, al though license fees are expected to start coming in to the recorder's of flee soon. Delinquent fees must be paid before Tuesday, March 10. or the liccnsceca are subject to arrest. MEETING CALLED A meeting of all tomato growers of Rogue river valley has been cnlled by County Agent R. O. Powler for 1 -M0 o'clock, Saturday afternoon. March 0, In the courthouae auditor ium. Anyone Interested In the grow ing of tomatoes Is urged to attend. Problems connected with the In dustry will be dlscuaned and cannery men will be present end outline plans for the coming season. Phld t'autev Death NEWPORT. Ore.. March 7. f API Jam ea Baker, 25, waa killed on the Newport-Corvallla hlRhwny late yes terday when his IriKk skidded from the road and rolled down an em bankment. Baker was dead when taken from the wreckage. He waa un married. Attend the Korum, All Interested In what la being done to develop Jackson county and In what the future can bring to the county, are urged to at tend the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce forum luncheon at the Hotel Medford tomorrow noon. Well Explosion No More Blondes Is Dark Prospect Facing America MINNEAPOLIS, March lr (API if gentlemen In the future stick to their preference for blonde,, they'll have to leave the United Slates to find them, says Prof. Albert E. Jenks. noted anthropolo gist of the University of Minne sota. Professor Jenxs haa found the first group of tall, "blonde people who Immigrated to thla emntry the Clermans, English, and Scan dinavianshave lnter-bred with later arrlvala, the ahort and more heavily pigmented groups from aouthern Europe. The reault, ha asserted, will be a typically American race fairly tall, dark haired, dark eyed, and darker skinned than the present average. ' TO FIRST OF WEEK WASHINGTON. March 7. (AP) The ways and means committee voted 33 to t today to submit the Vinson bonus payment bill to the house, but agTeed to procedure under which the Potman currency expansion method of payment may be offered as a sub stitute on the floor. Chairman Doughton (D N. C.) said, however, the formal report on the bonus would not be submitted to tho house until next Monday. There fore, it would be Tuesday or Wednes day before the question could . be brought to a vote. The committee today, by a vote or 13 to 10. Instructed Doughton to ask the rules committee to let the house have a direct vote on whether it pre ferred the Patman or the Vinson methods of payment. The Vinson bill, which haa the support of the American Legion, sim ply authorises an appropriation out of general treasury funds, whereas the Patman bill would direct the is suance of sufficient new currency to buy up adjusted compensation cer tlflcatea. WASHINGTON'S RELIEF BILLS PASS HOUSE BY COMFORTABLE MARGIN OLYMPIA, Wash., March 7. (AP) The house today passed the old age pension and unemploym-nt re lief bills, calling for a total appro priation of S20.000.000 for social se curity during the next blennlum. The pension measure was approved, 79 to 20. and the relief bill 81 to 10, with every member present. The two bills are a part of Gov ernor Martin's proposed "four-point' program to conform with the re quests of the federal gvefnment in enabling tlie state to continue to ob tain federal funds. They now go to the senate behind the house-approved measure estab lishing a new department of public welfare to administer relief In Wash ington. The other "point" of the program ts the $30,000,000 tax bill which Is designed to raise the revenue to pro vide for pensions and relief, and which will be considered In the lower chamber tomorrow. Under the terms of the pension bill, a person would be eligible to sno a month If he was without ade quate Income, waa at least 69 years of age and a citizen of the United Statea and a resident of the state at least five years within the last 10 years. DENTIST'S APPEAL T D WASHINGTON, Mareh 7. (AP) The supreme court Indicated today It would dismiss the appeal of Harry Semler. Portland dentist, challenging the validity of the Oregon law pro hibiting advertising by dentists. After P. 8. Senn, counsel for Sam' ler. had concluded his argument by contending the prohibition an Invalid encroachment on the constitutional right of dentists. Chief Justice llughea, who had taken a pool of the court, announced the Justtcee did not wish to hear argument by state coun eel. 4 Staley sued the transportation com' pany to recover 110.000 damages after hla eon. George, had met death on 1 May 80. last, in a fall from a sidewalk I trestle owned t7 the railroad. New St. George, Utah, Field . Is Scene of Tragedy Many Badly Burned by Blinding Sheet of Flame ST. GEORGE, trtah, March 7. f AP) Cltlaens of this southern Utah town awoke this morning, dazed by realization that ten of their number had perlihed during the night in a tragic oil well explosion. Shortly after 10 p. ra. a terrific blast rocked the countryside. Start fed citizens rushed Into the streets. Five miles to the south a tragedy had occurred. A deadly charge of nltro-glycerlne, dropped Into an unfinished oil well being drilled on a promising field, ex ploded prematurely, ripping the der rick from lta moorings and hurling It into a crowd gathered to witness the spectacular "shooting" of the first well In this district. A blinding sheet of flame spread over the crowd which surrounded the well. The force of the blast lifted the top from an automobile nearby. Scores were thrown to the ground. When the casualties were counted ten (Continued on Page Ten) f WASHINGTON, March 7. (AP) The senate today approved an In crease of 49.250 In the enlisted strength of the army, raising the total from 118,700 to 169,000 men. It rejected a proposal by Senator Clark (D., Mo.), to eliminate the In crease, ae approved by the house and senate appropriations committee, af ter a debate In which predictions were made and denied that the United States faced the danger of war. The rote against Clark's proposal was 60 to 30. HAICHOW, Kiangsu Province, . China, March 7. (PV American med ical missionaries, both men and wom en, plunged today Into a silent fight against a mysterious scourge of ori ental black fever, which. Is causing thousands of deaths. The medical personnel of the Amer ican Southern Presbyterian mission, with headquarters at Nashville, Tenn., comprise the group trying to save the hordes of porevty-stiicken fever victims. An area of 39,000 square miles, con taining a population of 9,000,000 Chinese Is affected. 4 Only 31 log houses are In use In Iewa, a survey by Iowa State college disclosed. WILL . ROGERS e&ritc BKVKRLT HILLS, Cal., Mar. 6. A real old atandpat Repub- icaii Koveriiur of the great state of California readied tho Townsend plan ano yesterday. And I am a-Mlin' you that I am on tho waiting list not many years away. I don t know where tha money would come. from. In faet, I don't know where any of fall this money ia coming from we arc spending now, any more than a congressman does, but if Americana arc going to stop and stHrt worrying about whether they can afford thing or not, you are going to ruin the whole characteristic of our people. There wouldn't have been a do.'.en automobiles sold if that was the case. til AaTVV'