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The Weather rorrii(: fair Innlcht an Saturday. Willi frot or freezing temperature huiishl. flight! pienlyv 4t I'impM thl ninruln $s EDFORD MAIL TRIBUNE AWARDED Pulitzer Prize FOR 1934 Tweutv-uiuth Year -MEDFORD, OKIXIOX, I'll LDAY, .MARCH 15, 19:3.1. No. 303. m PliillE3 I I COAST-TO COAST Pm 1 -fS1 cLtANUP mm BY GOVERNMENT mmars . m -.7H By PALL M.MXON Copyright, 1035, by Paul Mallon WASHINGTON, March 15. Presi dent Roosevelt has quietly abandon ed his pose of not commenting on legislation pending In congress. His message on the holding company " bill was com ment as strong as any congress over has receiv ed. There will be more Inter on the Wacner la bor bill and per haps on N17A and the bank bill. This is further evident--? tltat the president Is be PAUL MALLON ginning to take hold. The touch of white protruding from Senator Pat Harrison's coat sleeve Is not his cuff, but a skeleton of the administration's Nit A reorganization bill. You may recall that the new deal ers have more or less seriously main tained the Illusion that they would not offer a new NRA bill. They may continue to maintain It for diplo matic reasons, but the Harrison draft already has been In circulation pri vately among senators and labor leaders. It was prepared under direction of Coordinator Rlchberg by Blackwell Smith, the big Inside man at NRA. Those who saw It a few days ago no ticed it contained only one impor tant change from the existing NRA set-up. That change would make ex plicit the president's right to Impose a code. There Is another NRA bill In pri vate circulation. It Is a hot one, pre pared by leftish new dealers. They submitted It to the A. F. of L. crowd tlic other clay, and thought, they ob tained a promise by labor to come out in favor of It later. Tills bill would shorten hours and Increase pay, adopting the thirty hour week basically, but allowing board exemptions. Also, it would adopt a strict majority rule on sec tion 7-A, give labor equal represen tation on the code authority and con tinue the present five-man adminis trative board. The hottest feature, is a provision authorizing the president to appoint public trustees to take over and op eratcany business not Joining NRA. This would mean that the govern ment would, for Instance, seize the Ford nlnnt and onerate 1L. nit iiin rins nnt havi the an. 1 proval of the White House, but the j scheme behind it is to stir up the progressives in the senate and have them gang the administration. These two bills do not tell what Is going to happen to NRA in the end . They merely represent the two con flictlng viewpoints around which the congressional clash Is being organ Ired. The most significant indication of how the fight may work out lies In the fact that Mr. Roosevelt is be ginning to take hold of It. He let It drift until recently. He will have to make some compromise with the la bor viewpoint, but he stands a good i chance of preserving the general NRA , framework. There have been htntf lately that he may buy labor off by championing the Wagner bill. The fanciest of all Inner govern mental disputes now is the one about Mr. Roosevelt's diet. It seems that Agriculture Secretary Wallace's bureau of home economic has devised four model diets. Mrs. Roosevelt served a sample at the White House months aeo. and the war started when grain Interests Wtl fourd it recommended consumution -, of 200 'pounds of gram a year, where- i 4 as Americans now are consuming an average of 240 pounds. The craln boys! have ben pulling Wallace's coat tails rvpr since. Rrcntly the mrat packers discov ered that two of the lo ver cost diets rceunmrnded. consumption of more grain and less meat, and they have joined the melee. This does not hurt the cram flcht because the two high er cost diets rrrommcndrd more rr.ea.t. leis grain. Both factions have manned to krp ctrMvely stenmrd up nbnvit the ridiculousness of an agriculture department urging less enr.suniption of grain or meat, or both. Mr. Ickcs ra.Td out of the Moses rr.Mtrr as grace;, lily as a hog tr:p P'ng h-MIy out of a mud puddle. He slipped so of: t!:at even he hsd ' to lai:c::i. Tr'.e?"''' may rw eomriitlnfc deeper be l-.:nd t!;r ..;n;;iv re'rftt. b'lt the fac. ff;r, to tr'li'V'f that Mr. I-fce (art Mrft ai'.d t',; t tr :r.j to iorre t!. nis-.jonrr out or U a trrror'.inj '.es t!,at all are af-Vd to h" t a n i the r.Tr.n w'-.v ' ' r . rT :t (CocuuueiJ on i'imt ieitj 741 Arrested by Alcohol Tax Division 257 by Narcotic Agents 26 Held On Counterfeit Charges WASHINGTON, March 15. (AP, A total of 1.219 arrests by noon to day was reported by treasury law en forcement agencies as a result of a coast-to-coast drive against law vio lators. The alcohol tax unit reported It had mode 741 arrests. The narcotic division returned 257. The customs bureau was responsible for 195 more, while the secret service arrested 26 on counterfeiting charges. The alcohol tax unit reported that its 15 districts had established 922 cases, and had seized 673 stills in ad dition to 3.211 gallons of Illicit spir its. It also seized property valued at $125,397 Including 94 automobiles. The 257 persons arrested by the narcotic bureau Included six women, the treasury said, all of whom were seized lit Washington. What was described as an "impor tant counterfeiting plant." was seiz ed by the secret service at Osstnlng. New York, where Domlnick Costa. Its owner, was arrested. In New York City sis alleged coun terfeiters were picked up. and a quantity of spurious money confis cated, consisting of varloxis denomin ations of federal reserve notes drawn ! on banks at Cleveland, Dallas and Kansas City. E E HELD CERTAINTY WASHINGTON, March 15. (AP) As the debate-stlrrrd senate neared a vote on the prevailing wage amend ment to the $4,880,000,000. relief bill late today, Senator Lafollette (P., Wis.), went over to the administra tion compromise forces, along with Wagner (D., N. Y.). and O'Mahoney (D., Wyo.), making defeat of the Mc Carrin plan virtually certain. LaFollctte, who voted with the oth er two senators for the prevailing wage amendment on Feb. 19, des cribed the Russell compromise as an "honorable one" and one which would Provfde "substantial protection- the wage earners. Prior to that Senator Couzcns (R., Mich.), and Neely (D., W. Va.). as sailed the compromise and said they would stand by their former posi tions for the McCarrln amendment. IS WASHINGTON. March 15. (AP) Louis M. Howe, sorretnry to President Roosevelt, is seriously ill" at the White House Howe. 64. was taken sick following his trip with the president on Feb ruary 23 to Boston. His condition, It was learned, was regarded as critical earlier this week, but the White House reported today that he was Improved. ' Dr. Ross T. Mclnttre. White House physician, has diagnosed th illness as a recurrence of an old bronchial trou ble complicated by cardir.c weakness. Howe lias been secretary to the president since 1914. He left news pap work to Join Mr. Room vol t, who was then assistant sf cretary of the navy. He was named by tr.e president as th had o' his secretarial staff lm- mediately following the 193 election, Stamps Like Grabbed - WASHINGTON. Mamh 15. ( AP) Eag-r mobs of stamp collectors pack- ' ed the corridors of the Philatelic arenry. the postal station in the new j post office department building and j the city postoffice this morning to r,our thousands of dollars across the J i cuiiinrrs xo ouy imprriorate siamps. 1 xentv iK.Mirs or imrunmi'd. iin- perforated .'-tamps Identical to those . . ,rw iiiVJ.'n t p Pn:m.trr Cier.err,; James a. Farle . r..e ,iu.-!ir -a, ordwd ftr Far.-. bec, v-.trcly cr.;;clscd .or h: stmp :n.. More than an hoar before the win-! do oined. line, or pro-uertive i-.rc..:. n !;.-.rt i.t.,n n.to ;-.pUi.t ,;:,t '-! orr.;mM of men i: -: t-.t. of n.-ev. nrnijr of.'K.ers tin uniform and children. Second "Belly Skid" Landing Made 4-t Tills Is luiw the veteran alrnliliie of Wiley Post minnireil Bt an ultltnde lit mine than an.llllll reel as II streaked rroin Los Alleles toward New York 111 an attempt to hreak all exulting time reeords between the two points. Assorlnted Press Photo) STERILIZATION OF IS MARTINEZ. Cal., March 15. ( AP) Charges by one member of the grand Jury that women on relief here ; had been coerced Into sterilization operations by threats to remove them from relief rolls have been placed : before the social service committee of that body, it was reported here to day. The name of the Juror was. not re- reeled, but a usually rouble source said the charges were a sequel to the recent indictment of Mrs. Ruth Mc- Cord, former head of the cotmty wel faro board. Mrs, McCord, charged with falsification of records and mis appropriation of funds, Is a fugitive, officials say. Dr. E. W. Merrlthcw. county sur geon In charge, of . the county hos pital an l the largest stockholder In other hospitals here, said today he doubted the charges. "I dor.'t believe anyone was forced to undergo such an operation," he said. "I think it is a lot of baloney." Records show 112 operations for sterilization In the Contra County hospital since 1929, 85 of them in the last two years. "Such operations have been per formed Dr. Merrlthew agreed. 'I don't know how many, but In every one there was consent." PORTLAND. Ore.. March 15. ( AP) The sheriff's office today under took further investigation of the death last night of Vernon Harry Weaver, 17. shot to death last night on the outskirts of the city after having been challenged as a prowler. Paul Vandenburg. householder, told police he fired at the youth after he discovered him In the back yard of the Vandeburg home. A charge of j UUVn.1illll Oil U h IJIC UUJ 111 IIIC UOt.lV. lad to halt but, Instead, he started to run. 1 For weeks residents of the district have complained of thefts by prowl ers. Several articles were stolen from the Vandenburg home. Police records disclosed that young Weaver was arrestd Iat year on 'charge of stealing automobile licenses. Farley Gift by Collectors ... A special detail of police was on dutv ln eRCh cnrTUJoT. but th. . . e sor"'"- Individual orders ,by dealers ran j Into the thousands. There were many who displayed checks for from 91 .000 a f)on h K cnases. , n. uic rnvrniice W ine main pOSl- office, adjacent to the union station.' nd "r.t d.y coveM--fnvclol.es on hlrh t.mw could be glued MMl mailed on tne firm d.y of ule. Postal official, estimated a Jim rtv bualnraa of from 2SO.aoo to 00 000. A totl of 1.700l00 In amp. have been printed for the wle. which will conUnu M long a U.r last. Makes Cleveland ""''ik; si Midnight Deadline For Payments On Tax To Uncle Sam WASHINGTON. Mar. 15. ( AP) Midnight tonight is the dead line for paying first Installments of the federal tax against 1934 Incomes. The Internal revenue bureau warned that forgetfulness or wil ful delay beyond that hour would be costly. Persons who fail to make the Initial quarterly pay ment on time will have to pay 25 per cent additional tax. It wan said, and the penalties for wilful failure to keep the date with Uncle Sam's tax collectors may range as high as (10.000 and one year's Imprisonment. SOLONS ACCUSED OF AFFILIATIONS WASHINGTON. March 15 fP) An assertion by William B. Shearer, bt,? navy advocate, that nine senators were "recorded In the department of Justice records with past afflictions with the communist party," was read Into the record of the miato muni tions committee today. Justice department officials promptly denied that any such rec ords existed. This climaxed a tumultuous ses sion almost rivaling the one earner In the week when Shearer thundered out a denunciation of big ship buUl ers who once had empl -yed him as a "propagandist" at the naval limi tations conference in Oem-va In 1027, and later broke with him, purported ly in a disagreement over pay. AmiMMl In l!ti. His referpnee to senators on the communist list was in & letter writ ten by Shearer to Homer L. Ferguson, president of the Newport News Ship building and Drydock company, Marh 27, 1929. In an effort to Justify hU claim for further compensation. He recited his activities In favor of further naval appronrintlons. par ticularly calling attention to a pend ing appropriations for crut-ers. 'Twelve senators onlv onnowrt the cruiser bill." he -vrot "of which nlu ' are rro.'dfu hi tli! ri Jtrtment of Jus .ce records with past arillatlons wi.n the communist party." "Who are these senitorh" askd Aenator Bone (D . Wash.) lanin( over the desk. "I'd like to know who some of my companions are." Shearer, who prior to tint time had business himself at the witness de.slt (ConMnued on Page Twelve) ! STATE LEGIONNAIRES TO GATHER AT BEND BEND, Ore.. March 15. -AP) '.Scores of members of the American Legion from Interior counties of Orc- gon. will be Joined by state depart ment officii: here this wt-ek-rnd to dicuss vital problems relating to the lygion and its (m-mbern, Tne Legion Auxiliary wi!l hold separate meetings Rnd thr '!U bc Jolnt "fTrt. fta'.urnny nint j p Athletic Field Has Sera Approval ' ,MW M, ern!;,trr,n t(Kly p. ; prow, o:k relief projwu Tinning , thound. ol dollar,. 80 per Lent of which will n for wane,. work on the athletic find at J Klamath union hltn vhol ; authnrtwd. aa vaa eona'ril'llon of a j hur.rtlnu at EilRone for th state Ililsliway commiwlon. - - j -?, vv - BONDHOLDERS GET RFC COIN AT BANK The Rogue River Valley Irrigation district the first In the state yes terday closed a loan from the recon struction finance corporation in the sum of 984.427.20 for refunding of I bonded inde btedness in the district. The money Is now being disbursed by the First National bank of this city, holder of the bonds in trust pending completion of the loan, and payment Is made upon surrender by the bondholders of their respective certificates of deposit. Several pay mcnts were made today. Legal matters In connection with the loan were conducted by Attorney Harry C. Skyrman of this city. Prac tically every dlstrlst in the state, has applied for a federal loan. Moat of theso applications arc now In the process of closing. However, the Rogue River Valley district Is the first in Oregon to actually procure tno money. The bonded Indebtedness of the Rogue River Valley district totaled $193,000, principal and Interest. Un der the refund a saving of approxi mately 9109.000 Is made. The old bonds bore 6 per cent interrst. The loan procured from the federal re construction finance corporation will be repaid over a period of 33 years, with Interest at 4 per cent per an num, with the district having the option to take up the bonds at any time. The Roguo River district comprises 4716 acres, lying north of this city. its officers are Victor Bursell, chair- (Continued od Page Three PATHS SEPARATE HOLLYWOOD. Calif., March 13. (APt Motion picture "team" of Laurel and Hardy, oldest and bcAt ktK.wri comrdy duo In the Industry, has oren broken up. Hal Roar-h. produrcr of their plc- announced today Stan Laurel Uic bcwiidend. sad-faced half of the combination, had not signed a new contract. "Inability to agree on stor- lc" WH lnu reuoon given by Roach I he producer said Oliver Hardy would remain at the atudlo. a.s the r.!ar of a aeries of domestic comedies. I.nnel and Hardy have been to gether for fceven years. LA NDLAbTj AILED- FOR REPEATING ON RENTERS CHICAGO. March 15(L'Pl The rtpartment was beautifully furnil.ed. Inrl lulling a 1.VKJ grand piano, and t:ie rent was 30 a montu But jOf cph Marahall haled the landlady. Mrs &i!Mc iJcJ.n-fr?i. into court tKiay. Siic refund to let him move in. he said, and then he found she h.d reined the apartment to ?!:it other person .She was foind ttullty of ohUtliiing money under f a p-e-te iim. K"PS APPOINTMENT TU HI n lIMr MCDT IMC vviiii ulu rMivui i.Lr iuul NKWyoitT BEACH. Calif.. Mnivh 15. (UHi J.k Iteuther. 18. left a not for his friends telling them not to "take too seriously what I'm about to do I have made arrange ment with King Nrptumv' turn tor,k his small saiihost out to sea. The boat wsai found Un night, empty a for th boy coat. In Stratosphere JUNIOR COLLEGE MEASURE VETOED 3 Tax Refund to Jefferson andj Tillamook Counties and Sunday Closing Act Arc Slaughtered by Governor, What Session Cost SAI.EM, Ore., March 15. (UP) Employe cost of the 1035 legis lature totaled 959.899.50, compar ed to 146.990 paid out for clerks, stenographers, doorkeepers and other functionaries of the 1U33 session. The senate, which two years ago paid out $19,297 for clerk hire, this year spent 21,021.G0. House of representatives spent 38,278 for Its employes compared to $27,693 for the session two yenrs ago. This year's session ran 59 days, lacked on day of equalling the record (10-day session of 1935. SALEM, March 16. (AP) Governor Martin today vetoed senate bill 359, the Walker bill, requiring that all special attorneys employed by state departmenas be appointed by the at torney general, with the declaration that he Is "going to prevent a con tinuation of this racket and to hold all boards and commissions to strict accountability to me and not to the attorney general." 8ALEM. March 18. (AP) Governor Charles H. Martin today Issued veto messages on four bills, throe of which were declared unconstitutional. The three were the' refund of taxes to Jefferson county ond to Tillamook county and the Sunday closing act. senate bill 60. house bill 430 and house bill 453, respectively. The other veto message was the Junior college mousure, known as senate bill 00, which waa predicted yesterday. In his message. Governor , Martin declared there were "many ob- j Jectlons to thla bill, which provide , that school boards of any first class district, or union high school dis trict, having an assessed valuation of fi.ooo,000 or more, and enrollment of 200 or more, shall have au thority, to furnish two years of standard college work for high school graduates, nnd authorize a 2-mlU tax levy." Thy Too HlghWow The chief reason pointed out was that "it is a well known fact that most of the school districts In our cities have pushed the level of taxa- (Continued on Pago Nino) Winter Returns To Klamath After Sun KLAMATH PALLS. March IS f AP, Wintry weather had returned to the Klamath basin today after several days of sunshine and warm temperatures. Snow flurrlea swirled over the city last night and the ground waa coated with frost this morning. DIVORCE DENIED PAIR IN WIFE SWAP ANGLE LOS ANOELES March 15. A't Mr. and Mrs. Walter W. Emerson, two of the principals In the quadrangle "wife awapplng" divorce cane, were denied divorce and deprived of cus tody of their three children In a de cision rende'red today by Superior Judge Ben B. Undsey. 4 l)al to Klu inut h Verne Davis. assistant technician for Rogue River national forest. Is ln Klamath Palls today attending to official business. Present Business Surge Soundest Since 32 Low NEW YORK. March 15. (AP) Dun Ac Bradstrect In Its weekly trado review declared today the present bunlncas upturn represents the soundest revival since the depression low of 10:12. "Neither the vagaries of March weather in all of It pre verse mani festations nor the continued uncer tainty of the course of national leg islation have been sufficiently po tent to swerve the movement of gen eral business, by any wide degree. from Its definitely-charted course." deeiared the review. "Hie recession which appeared In some divisions during the last three weeks seems to have been checktd, as a fuller reallr-ntlon has been reach ed that the present upturn repre- tents the soundest revival that has 1 occurred since the nadir was touch ed In 1B32. "With natursl forces vigilantly di- Justices Unmoved During Excitement Of Apartment Fire WASHINGTON. Mar. 15. (AP) Two Justices of the supreme court handed down no opinions today on a fire which caused a furore of excitement and destroy ed much shrubbery on the roof of a fashionable Connecticut ave nue apartment house In which they live. Justice Willis Van Devanter "didn't know there was a fire" and Justice Benjamin N. Cardozo was quietly reading law books. Senator Borah of Idaho,, also a resident, "wasn't disturbed." TO THREE MEN TAKE ny JOSKI'll V. WAMNKY I' nlted Press Muff Correspondent TRENTON, N. J., March 16. (UP) The "most hated man ln the state prison death house" will be left In solitary possession of that prim cell block this week. Bruro Richard Hauptmaun will un dergo the torture of seeing three men one after another trudge past his cell to tho electric chair ln the ad joining chamber. These three, to die because they killed a man for his 500 savings, detest tho condemned alayer of Baby Charles Augustus Lindbergh, Jr., with an Intensity amazing to state prison guards. Prom the moment . Haupt maun was brought Into the death house to wait until Jersey Justice has ground out It last formal recourse the trio of murderers has taunted him with screams of "Baby killer." Each in Push Cell Hauptmann's cell la first of a row of nine and nearest the heavy door which leads to the death chamber. Each of the other men will go past his cell on his "last mile." to retribu tion. Unless their spirit Is quenched by nearness of death, they probably will hurj an epithet or two at the solid German cxmachlno gunner an they pass. ( "n. The condemned men are Michael j Mule, 24; Connie Scarpone, 28, and George De Stefano, Jr., 25. They were convicted of killing John Szczytkow skl, 37, at Trenton on the night of October 3. 1033. j The victim had Just drawn 9500 (Continued on Page Twelve) . AFTER PEN FIGHT SAN FRANCISCO, March 15. (AP) A fight with a fellow prisoner, pos sibly a convict who charged that he received special favors, sent Al Ca pone Into solitary confinement ln grim A lea t ran Island prison, It waa revealed today. Capone struck the man, whose name prison officials declined to re veal, as they worked ln one of the prison shops. The man, suffering cut over one eye from Capone's blow, lunged back at the former king of racketeers, and sprained a wrist as he struck a machine. It was rumored that the object of Capone's sudden Attack might have been John Stadlng, "collegiate coun terfeiter." Blading escaped from a deputy United States marshal ln Richmond, Calif., while en route to Alcatraz from Portland, Ore. rected by men whose experience has weathered stress and storm periods of many economic readjustments, the spread between buoyant sentiment and tangible results Is being nar rowed constantly, and proofs are mul tiplying that the gloomy views held In some quarters have not been wholly unwarranted, In the light of current reassuring developments. "After a slow start, a lesa Inter rupted expansion during the next six months appears In prospect for the distributive branches." Spring buying has started, the re view said, with the public going ahead with purchases . despite the weather. "Instead of having paused the sea hon's pak, as had appeared possible In February, new highs are Indicated for many industrial divisions before spring runs will havt been complet ed," It reported. Flight LACK OF OXYGEN HALTS ATTEMPT J! Safe Landing Made With Winnie Mae Despite Ab sence of Wheels Terrific Speed Made On Flight CLEVELAND, March 15. (AP) Wl ley Post, round-the-world flyer, seek ing a new Los Angeles to New York airplane record by stratosphere, land ed safely at Cleveland airport at 9 :3a p. m. (E. S. T.) todny. Post was forced to abandon hl fllBht when the supply of oxygen fot him to breathe ran too low for him to continue. He made a good land. Ing and a few minutes later was en gaged In the task of getting out o. his fttratoephcro suit. Airport officials said he had made a speed of approximately 340 mllea an hour between Los Angeles and Cleveland. Ho had hoped to make tho 3447-mile distance from Los An geles to New York ln eight hours or less. LOS ANOELES. March 15. (AP) Wiley Post, noted round the world flier, took off from Union air ter minal at Burbank todny on his sec ond attempt to span the continent In eight hours or leas ln a 3,477-mtla flight through the stratosphere to New York City. Maintaining his usual quiet man ner. the Oklahoma pilot waved "so long" to a group of sleepy-eyed well wishers at tho field nnd roared away In his globe-glrdllng plane, the "Win nie Mae." . Post's first -cross country strato sphere dash several weeks ago end ed abniptly when he set his motor tronbled ship down on the Mojave desert less than an hour away from Loa Angeles. ' Expect High Speed Post dropped the "Winnie Mae's" detachable landing gear aa the ship left the ground, and wtll land on tho plane's belly when he reaches Ployd Bennett field In New York. Post's take-off todny had previous ly been canceled because, ho said, of (continued on page nine) TAKE BIG SLUMP A taperlnK-off of arrests for Illegal parking in the downtown area Is re ported by the city police, who have been tagging all autos parked over one hour ln the restricted district. 91nce the st,art of the drive on Mon day, February 35. 101 persons have been caught red-hnnded. and hailed Into the city police station. About DO of tho offenders enriched the city coffers by about 00. the remslnder being shoppers living on farrts a long way from town who had not heard of the ordinance. These people were allowed to de part with their fine still In their pockets, but with tho warning that the next offenso would bring a heavy reckoning. The drive, city traffic of ficer Tom Robinson stated today, ha been very effective In reijevln; the truffle congestion that waa developing ln the lewtiicted eone. IlKVKRr.V HILLS, March 11. Shv, did joii rend nboul wlint Mr. Koosevi'lt said about those "holding" companies.' I wouldn't want my worst enemy to enll mo names like that. Now Ilury Lonit and Father ('niiKhlin and Otioral Hugh Johnson ran rail caeh other names. Hut theirs is all in Rood, clean fun. They don't really mean it', any of 'em, but Mr, Roosevelt ain't kidding. And what makes it worse is that it's true. A holding; com pany is a thinij where you haM an accomplice the poods while the policeman searches you. Yours, fOJ. llcKauAtlroSeaia, la