Medford Mail tribune
AWARDED
Pulitzer Prize
FOE 1834
Thirtieth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 11, 1935.
No. 17,
The Weather
ForflMst: Fair tonight and Friday,
but cloudy ana unsettled at timet.;
frost Friday morning,
HUhfet yesterday 68
Lonwt this mornlnj 16
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(By Paul Mai Ion)
Copytight. 3933, by Paul Malloa
WASHINGTON, April 11. The few
feaily lie portant newr deal big-wigs
discovered on their desks the other
day privately printed book, ele
gantly prepared
and bound with
glazed bule lea
ther. I contain
ed a plan which
apparently was
being aubmitted
In conference.
plans hava
been jumping
out of envelopes
here for years.
' Occasion ally they
have been as
thick as the par
ticles in a dust
atorm. This one waa different. You
' could discern that the minute you
lifted the glazed leather cover, car
rying the gold embossed title: "re
covery or radicalism" '
There, on the first two pages, were
Indorsements quoted from one of the
president's most Influential advisers
In good standing. The only party
named as author was the unidenti
fied "Committee for economic recov
ery," but the book was accompanied
by a letter from Allie S. Freed, of New
York, who said he would call later
and explain.
Mr. Freed la the man who arranged
those dinners between business men
and new dealers several months ago
when liaison committees were estab
lished. He speaks generally aa a
friend and authority of the new deal.
This is why aome gasped when they
noted that "his plan counseled Mr.
Roosevelt to change the middle-of-the
roa4 course at once; fight the
radical (naming Townsend, Long,
Coughlln and Upton Sinclair); pro
mote the durable goods industries;
amend the securities act; discount
real estate mortgages; in short, aave
the country from an-Inevitable radi
cal crisis by a awing to the right.
Obviously the book was prepared
on the assumption that its deduc
tions would not be publicly circulat
ed, because It speaks more boldly
than frienda of the new deal ordin
arily do. It says, for instance, that
"we must make real headway toward
substantial recovery or expect radi
calism by 1938." It refers to Father
Coughlln as a demagogue who la able
to delude 5,000,000 people; Dr. Town
send aa an Impractical dreamer; Up
ton Sinclair aa a dangerous radical,
and Huey Long aa the Hitler of Loui
siana's return to the dark ages. "
"There is only one real cure for
this type of radicalism," the book
continue. "It Ilea solely in economic
recovery.
"We should put full steam toward
recovery and relegate everything else
to a position of secondary import
ance. Thinking people should be made
to reali7 that the nation ia facing a
very serious crisis and that our hope
lies in the leadership of Franklin D.
j Roosevelt.
jf "If an Individual like Townsend
must be taken seriously at thia time
anything is possible a year from to
day if economic recovery shall not
have been obtained."
Section charta based on returns of
1928 and 1932 are carried in the book
to prove that the radicals may de
feat the president and cause the elec
tion of a minority republican admin
istration. '
To thwart this, the first phase of
tha proffram advisee four steps:
3. "Economic recovery must be
made the paramount issue ".
2. "A definite program of counter
action should be studied and plan
ned malnlv by men outside the gov
ernment. Thia must include leader
from all walks of life."
3. "Newspaper editors and radio
broadcasting stations should be edu
cated in order that they may under
stand the damage threatened by denv
acogues we ahould be careful
not to Interfere with free speech.
w should, however, prevent the
quotation of statistics which are
without proper bsais, and of willful
mts-statementa of fact.
4. "Important members of both lib
eral and conservative groups shou'.d
be brought to the realization that,
while they debate their own beliefs
unprincipled radicala are eonpirin
tcj destroy the nation.
The economic plan accompanying
the proffam ia detailed and extensive
There axe fifty puses of charts fthe
book ha ninety-six parea in au.
showing how "eight minion people
can be re-employed beginning June
1 at the rate of one million a month
Most of the unemployment ia in
durable Roods and the service Indus
tries, tup deferred demand for pro-
6u-t of each of th?e indufttrl 1
rarfu!! calculated, and totals 49.
273 000 000.
Tbe deferred demand a estimated
for severs! of the major Industrie la:
autoa (deficiency for 3 years! M-000,-000;
home building (10 years! $20.
000000; industrial p'.ar.t ocwolescence
f5 rears i 5. 000 000 000; riertr'.al en-"r-
(10 var. 14 50 00 Yt electric'
(CotiUnuKt pa rii I-'z-l
HAL ATTAINS
HIGHEST LEVEL
N IE YEARS
Bloc in Congress Resumes;
Campaign With Vigor ',
Drinks On House in Tono-
' pah Old Mines to. Open!
Bv the Associated Press
Silver prices boomed tne world over
today in response to the announce
ment that the United States treas
ury would pay 11 cents aa ounce for
newly mined metal from American
mines.
Silver mining circles In the Rocky
Mountain area were Jubilant. They
hoped it was a step In restoration of
the old statutory price of silver at
91.29 an ounce.
The sliver bloc in congress resumed
its campaign with vigor. The senate
agricultural committee approved the
Wheeler mandatory 18 to I silver pur
chase bill.
Sliver prices shot up to the highest
levels in nine years in Kew York and
London. The Montreal silver futures
market boomed. The London price
reached the Kew York equivalent -of
64.745 centa an ounce.
Fireign metal was later sold in
New York at 68 cents an ounce, up
1V4 centa from yesterday'a final bid
price. '
Shanghai bankers, however, took a
gloomy view. Since China is on an
actual silver money basis, rise- Is
Its price waa said to have a defla
tionary effect. Nevertheless, the sit
uation has been partially mitigated
by imposition of a silver export tax.
TOKAPAH, Nev April - XI. Wt
Drinks were "on the house" in some
Tonopah saloons today aa Jubilant
miners enthusiastically greeted the
government's increase in the price of
newly mined silver to IX cents' per
fine ounce..
In many another old Nevada min
ing camp, the increase was hailed as
the bijagest mining event in man?
years. Tonopah, Virginia City and
Eureka, ail "bonanzas," in their day,
expected greatly increased mining ac
tivity.
Scores of other "ghost towns in
(Continued on Page Two)
MAY 1 ZERO HOUR
FOR MRS. PIERCE
SALEM, Ore., April 11. (AP) May
I will be the final day for Mrs, Cor
nelia Marvin Pierce to resign aa
member of the state board of higher
education, It was learned here late
yesterday.
If Mrs.- Pierce, who has indicated
from Washington, D. C, that she will
not resign, does not change her mind
by that time Governor Martin will
take the first steps toward her re
moval, it was reported.
The governor will charge that Mrs.
Pierce has not attended board meet
ings regularly, the records showing
that she had attended few of the
board's sessions since Walter Pierce
was elected congressman from the
second district and she became his
secretary.
Mrs. Pierce waa named to the board
by former Governor Meier and was
reappointed in 1933. Her term dees
not expire until 1840.
exmMaie-'
S JAIL VISITOR HERE
Vrrell H. Hasp, one of th first In
mates of the government prison on
Alcntrai Island In San Francisco hay,
was detained In the county Jsll for
a few hours yesterday en route to
Chehalla. Wash, where he faces an
other charge, Raap. whose prison
mates were Ai Capone, Chicago gang
ster; "Machine aim" George Kelly
and other notorious outlaws rounded
up by Uncle Sam, was arrested as he
finished a term for postofflce rob
bery. He was transferred from Mc
Neil's Island federal prison to Atca
trsx. Rasp was In the custody of
Deputy Sheriff B. H. compton and
ni.trtct Attorney Sorrell of Lewis
county, Washington,
AQUITAN1A PULLS OFF
SOUTHAMPTON FLATS
SOUTHAMPTON. Aplrl 11. (AP!
The S. 8. Aqultsms. sfwr brtng
aground on mudbsnk sine yt-
dT, ss rff!ostd t 8:10 p. m. to.
dsy n! hrIi up the Solfnt for
the Southsmpton dorx.
MRS. DOTY AUTHOR OF
MAIL TRIBUNE POEM
The poem. 'The right ts On.-j
published in Wninedr' edition of (
' the Mll Tribune tompojM oj
i Mrs. w D. Dow. The nimt a us- j
sdvstUnUy left oil. 4
Jackson
Dixie Howell Of
Rose Bowl F ame
Seriously Hurt
LYNCHBURG, Ya., April 11.
AP) "Dixie Howell, former Uni
versity of Alabama football star,
now a rookie with the Detroit
Tigers, suffered a skull fracture
In practice here today.
Tossing a ball around with his
teammates, be was felled by a
hard drive from the bat of Johnny
Mtse, Players of both teams car
ried him from the field uncon
scious. His condition waa reported
aa serious. t
Howell figured prominently In
the Rose Bowl r football game of
last Sew Year's day, his forward
passing helping Alabama to vic
tory over Stanford.
PERIL FOR LEAGUE
SEEN BY BERLIN IN
FRANCO-RUSS PACT
Copyrtghtd, 1935. by the Associated
Press)
BERLIN. April 11. An official
German source stated tonight that
Berlin sees the League of Nations
"being destroyed" by the Franco
Russian agreement.
This agreement yet to be signed,
la for mutual assistance in case the
league members fall to combine
against an aggressor.
The Franco-Russian move, coming
almost simultaneously with the an
nouneement that Premier Mussolini
intends to keep 600.000 Italian sold
lera in uniform until the atmos
phere clears, was regarded officially
as kiPlng the Stress conference at
its birth.
"The Paris and Moscow policies,"
said a German government spokes
man, "will result In the moral end
factual weakening of the League of
Nations rather than a strengthen
ing." The two powers were said by this
accord to have "followed the eastern
pact principle but In a different
form,"
While no extraordinary uneasiness
was displayed over the possibilities
of the new step, several "trial bal
loons" have been sent up to feel out
the French on the possibility of
Pierre Laval, French foreign minis
ter, hatting at Berlin on his way to
Moscow for a talk with Reichsfuehrer
Hitler. .
PORTLAND, Ore., April II. (AP
The appointment of Estcs Snedecor.
Portland attorney, as auditor-referee
of the prolonged controversy between
the city of Salem and the Oregon-
Washington Water Service company
over condemnation of the Salem sys
tem, waa announced here today from
the office of Federal Judge JamesJ
Alger Fee.
Peace of Europe May Hinge on Stresa
Hi
F RAN
t?i.s-r.- W
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sat i - a-ainut. mm
With the peer of Europe In the balsnre, the leadinf dlplomelte feprewirtsihee of F.ntlarsd. rranr end tut met et Mre, IfeOy time tn m
Irtpertite serurttr eonferenee fo determine whet erttoa to tske IB eitawer to OerntsBjf riotellen of th Versiii, trrair. Th Inrefion of ttw
la fliown en the map end the aeene of the eonferenee Is ptrtsred. lower left. The ronreraeibHw sp pea red lllietr ?o eedomlneled fcf. left to rtihi,
hove, t'spt. Anthony Idem end Wr 4nh slmnn, leadint Brfiflt dlplomete; Inltls ,otlrh, ilatlan under aeeretery for Jirrtn fft; Mleree M
tal, tretM-h fiireim miniter: and Premier Henito Mumltnl of Italy (lit tit J, boat ts th eonfereBt, lt Is etpeeted to prearot frfeii of united
actloa ot tn three power. (Aaaoaated Press rbotos
County
FRENCH INSIST ON
GERMAN! KEEPING
ARMSJJMITAIN
Stresa Conference Opens
With French Determined
to Make League Appeal
Basis of Tri-Partite Action
MOSCOW, April II. CAP Taas !
(Off lets! Russian) news sjceney i
tonight confirmed reports the So- i
vtet and France had reached an
agreement In principle for a
"Franco-Soviet convent ion of se
curity which will be concluded In
the veryynear future.
By the Associated Vr&s i
The premiers of Great Britain, i
France and Italy went into seclusion '
at Stresa today to discuss Europe's '
peace problems while the rest of the
world looked on with varying emo-
tlona. Not since the Paris pease con-1
ference had there been a meeting!
between the heads of the three gov- i
eminent.
In Berlin, German officials, main
taining an ironic pessimism, express
ed the view the next move regard
ing Germany's rearmaments is up to
the Stresa conferees. Germany Is de
manding equality without any
strings attached and a German
spokesman said that unless equality
ia granted, "we can't discuss further
conferences."
Authoritative quarters is London
were informed the newly-developed
agreement between France and Rus
sia on mutual assistance would have
to be explained at tha Stress, confer
ence wtth a view toward determining
just what relation it has to the
League of Nations covenant.
Moscow Itself was silent on the
Franco-Russian agreement as Maxim
Lltvinotf, Russia's foreign commissar,
started for Geneva to attend the
league council meeting called for
April 15 at which Germany's rearm
ament will be discussed.
With - the question of the Inde
pendence of Austria one of the chief
subjects for discussion at Stresa, an
official Austrian newspaper suggest
ed the question of what should -be
regarded as Interference In Austria
affairs should be determined solely
by the Austrian government.
Continued on Page Se?en
MOTHER HURLS CHILDREN
TO DEATH FROM TRAIN
PAOEBBOBH, Germany, April 11.
(API Elisabeth Freundllch, 31, to
day confessed hurling her son, 9 years
old, and . her baby daughter from a
speeding train "becaua of poverty."
The boy died tn a hospital and the
girl, physician said, ptob&blj
will
die.
MILAN
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Bank Building
Divorce Pending
li
Mrs, Lot Spreckei (lower), for
merly the socially prominent Loia
Clarke Da Ruyter of New Yor& Ha
jatabllshed residence at fteno Nevn
preparatory to seeking divorce from
Adeiph 5, Spreckels (above), an
hair to ih Sprecksta sugar fortune.
Associated Press Photc
ENGLEHARDT ASKS
DIVORCE DISMISSAL
3. O. gsgiehardi yesterday filed
answer in circuit court to the dlvorc
mtt of hie wife Dora Englehsrdfc,
filed more than a year ego. and aeeks
dismissal of the suit without cost,
and no di?fskm of property, aa
sought, Supporting affidavits of Hei
nle Undehacht and Esther Srickson,
are submitted in support of the plea.
The answer further aitegea that the
plaintiff advised the children not to
mind the defendant, that the two son
sold vaiu&hle dairy cows at the sug
gestion sf the plaintiff and disposed
of hams without itjtijwrtty of the de
fendant, and that any division of
property would srtrat bankruptcy,
and "reduce the plaintiff to penury.
The affidavits set forth that tha
dairy ranch, located on Rojrue river,
has a monthly Income of ts which
recently rose to 100 per month.
Attorney V, A, C. Ahlf of -Grant
Fasa appears as counsel for Sngie-
hardt.
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IlinnrP mil nfl HT
iiuru run ritutr
FROM DUST KILLED
BY LATEST STORM
Dun-Colored, Clouds Have
Swirled Through South
west for Month Dust
Pneumonia Taking Toll
KANSAS CITY, April H. (AP)
Hying dust and sand choking, op-
presslw, Inevastbl lightened their
t grip on the southwest tods.
Where In other years at tW sea
; son, wheat and other crops nave
spread thetr checkerboard pattern
i over the landscape, them are fesrren
fields without a blade of (trees and
deserted highways,
I For " a menth dun-colored cloud
have awtrie-d and feUlowed. Hopes for
, relief, rslsed earlier this week by
i promising weather forecasts were
IshaUered yesterday by a dust fells
1 ?at& labelled as the "worst" s? tha
I A the tstpefc storm roared overj
Kanss Colorado. Oklahoma, Texas
and New Mrxtco, the government's
monthly crop report was released.
, Wheat Ctep Tere.
UA large proportion of the acre
sge'ln this Important winter wheat
rp& was heSng abandoned, ti said.
Tl5 condition of ihi wheat tmp in
six Kansas eountiwi Graham Oaw,
Greeley, W I e h i t a Hamilton ano:
Krarney was .tste4 aa ro.
Kenneth Welch, relief adminis
trator tn Baca emtniy, Colorado,
Mf no crop whatever can fee ex
pected in sonthest?m Colorado xn
let heavy spring rstns come,
"I do not see lisw anyosse cart
continue to l!?e hers If these storms
continue. Welch added, .
r?mrmonfa incmufs
15ust jmenmonla it fnrreatng
rapidly among ehiktren in Bae
Continued on. Page Seven!
ALLOTTED STATE
SALESf, Ore.'Aprtt It, f APJ A
telegram stating that Oregon had
been allotted for ynemptby
ment relief In Aprit was received
here today by Governor Martin from
relief officials at Washington, D. C.
The governor had requested !,
ir,QGQ In relief money for April.
The telegram contained no word
sa to where or how the money was
to be distributed. The governor said
he expected further communication
explaining those details, ,
Conference
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Sold to
Reel Fight Scene
Is Too Realistic
Joe Brown Hurt
HOLLYWOOD, April II, AP
A motion pscture fight scene that
became Uttla too realistic put
Joe E. Brora, motion p'.cture com
edian, under the care of docjora
today witii as injured back.
Brown was knocked down and
trampled In mob scene from it
new film. Two tendoss were tmn
and it ba4 not been ascertained
today whether any of his ribs were
broken. Physicians said the asel
dst aggravated an ofeS injury sus
tained during Brown s circus days
when ha fell off a high trapeze
and broke hts back.
MELLON RETAINED
BANK STOCK WHEN
SECRETARY. CLAIM
PITTSBURGH, April IL CAP)
The government today pursued its
charge that Andrew W, Mellon sever
diveated himself of !0,000.0K5 worth
of hank: niock before; becoming; secre
tary of the treasury in 1921,
Mellon counsel claims, at the
hearing now tinder way before the
board of tax appeals that the stock
was sold to hi brother, R, B. Mslioru
Through the bcK&s of R B. Melton,
Attorney ?, E shearer for the govern
ment sought to ah&3f today thai the
financier received In 133 i a sum al
most equal to the dividends derived
from the stock by R. 8. Mellon, .
The books showed R. B. Mellon re
setved dividend of &O0 that year,
and the government claim 735,-
39?,.S4 was transferred .to Andrew w,
Mellon aa interest on the note gives
hy a. B, spoil receipt of the stock.
The hank stock was tha first ques
tion tackled by government attor
neys aa th?j" launched into thefr
esse to prove their claim that Mel
lon owes the government 3.0S9.0GO
In taxes for 1931, Presentation of the
Mellon side of the caw, so f ar aa th
Pittsburgh 'witness are concerned
waa completed yesterday. The case is
to be taken to Kw York probably
shout four or five weeks hence.
The tax coram tsalonsr petition
too ih position that th 1804,000
in dividends paid to B B. Mellon
Is 1831 should have actual!? been
reported by Andrew W, Mellon
dividends, instead of the 755,307 re
ceived from B. B and reported as
nsieresW Upon th! tha- petition
contends, Metlon's taxable income.
subject to the surtax rat should
be increased by 47,133.
OLD AGE PENSION
BOOSTERS SUFFER
SETBACK IN HOUSE
WASHIHOTOH. Aprtl It. (API
Hanse grattpt eupporslttt Use Tvmss-
enJ or oUwr iibersi em sge pension
KtitaiM ttttfered iaWrt defetS na
a smashing one ts U house tods
took up she sdmmsstrstions tocin
seeuritT MB,
The ctiMl toU w on resolu
tion msilni the sociaS seearttj bill
the pesfiine btaiises. The rso'.s-
ttsE pemtftted oniy ejsesdmentstiss
r.ormallT weotd be Is order, eacaers
of the Townsend end ttsndeett (sills
imroedleteJy ehtae4 ttwt
"ei" iitt their pEso.
Thtf sought to B(Mi the itMttl
tton so ;o specifiesllf eUriw
pweetttetBwt of the T8wnseB4 nO
Lyndeen biiit.
After Democratic seaders essorif
them ReprejenUttre O'Connor iD.
S, T.t had eitprease the hope that
th Towtoeixl end Lundeers MIU
ootsid be ottered at amendmer.U
issfestltusea. th hotae heat dowa, i88
ts S4. the proposed emendrrteBt sp'
ettiesUy etttaoriaisg their presensa-
4iart.
The resolution wise adopted, M
to ioj, on a roil tali Tote,
SHOT DURING
VER CHILDREN
Btmrm, Ors.. pr it. cap
Harry Church. . Haraey esantj
rancher, wee held in Jtl here today
whtt th sheriff office Inreetfgeted
the aisflnit fart night of Johis Mc
Mantis, ahotit so, a wighBor, who
waa shot to death in Churo,' home.
Sheriff 0. W. Fraeier eaid Church
declared he shot to ett-defBa.
The two men had quarreled, the
rttertff said, orer at! rttme!st that
Imoteed email sons st both fami-Uec
RANCHER
FUSS 0
Littrell
DEPOSIT WAIVERS
TO SHARE PROFIT
IS ANNOUNCEMENT
Valuable Property On Main
and Central Will House
Drug and Jewelry Stores
Purchase Priee Not Told
a tlttren, owner st Use UttteM
Ants Pktim company Isess, t5da7 c Tr.-
ptetf isegoitaUsBS for tS Barertue
'ji. for & unaBnosiseeti I'-j.n.
aftfft was spproverf b7 the
o mnctam tst tlx tessk, whlejs cSsssea
to ixn ob Much SJ, J93i. Mmaf
fto!t from the t&ts wOl be use
Itqttffy the eWtta of tinse GtpoMsi
irt8snet c SO percent writer ; tt
Uttiell Meted ths; M tonpsn i
t&s b'iidin;. wMeh Is .o be eompje
If remodeled, wtll be sesupiea Iw s
dnT ore, Bd the part, Uctsg
a Cfvurx. street be ts.ea. ctst
6y Iocs! sseter, we H h?e to
u.-? of the si a'a Bqe to tr.e fs&
. r '. finsl details h'-:t sat yet fcees
ctecKd up, he deetttted ta ntss B
sew ocTupj::
In..udj in the remodelfts tr.s
re piste Kinds frost lor
both ttdee ot the taWig, n4 to
tertor reOsSefchsg, siihoueh ttt see
on. iU-jtj o'.'.'f iriu r. be
t'.tA at thte time. Work wilt usxt c
ptefee ot thte city, bss co.-npseted bit
figtEres, tss 0mtrcta ess be let, 1A
tmi Mtd. .
.'''rQtiatlb.- for tha p.i rebate m
etaned a'oout J dj jjor It
learsed. - .
WARNING ON FROST
'ROBABLE TONIGHT
A frost warning wltj profesWy be
aerst out to erchartiists agais torslght,
according to t6sessssty egestlt Of
fice, the weather bureau harinjf fore
cast freeUsg temperafars tor FtiHtj
Bamatsf. The, wee titer wee expected
to beeosse unsettled at time a. hw-
ever, and the aeveritf at th ftp
ratnrtot be determines mstll tot this
everting.
Only a tew orehtnUats smtMged
I!', night, tbe temperature hs'.nj
reached only to M degree IE Usd
ford. There waa a Kgo hare of
emttdge is the lower pert of thi
reiiej t sun rise.
41 Drunk Drivers
Bereft of Permit
BALES, April II. (AP) The pes.
ait? of hjtvtng their openttog ii
ecisex RTofced w tapeeM oa
etstsmobile driven during Mr?h(
the secreterj of itAie's o.'.'.ce re
ported today, Brieistj whtie totolt-,
ca',d was reepostsihi for 41 of the
revocations.
Thsrnty-t'i'o ilcinij suspeseio&e
were iiated during the month.
ASTORIA, Ore.. April H (AF)
Jstatt Keilsese of Portland, a trtsk
drtwr, droRed te tfce tewle end
Cierk rirer near here today when he
slipped from a log boom.
WILL
BEVEBLT HILLS, Cal.f Apr,
11 My boss i dead, my friead
i dead. Adolptt Otehg, owoer
fE the great Xew York Times,
in the first man tlmt I fcr
wrote for and it was him rcr
stiBalltr that got we to try it.
Tfctiik of being lucky enough to
break in at the tap. r thrt
paper is the top. He sm
fine frifnd ami lias eitken.
Then another good frienJ,
Warren Bobbin, onr minister
to Cands, is Botte too. K
the man who took me in to gee
Mntsoiini when I got the fam
ous "castor ei!" interview, He
next took me to see the presi
dent of Mttle Sstt Salvador
when he truss minister there, A
fine feiiow, Wrre(t, and otir
dil1om8tte itenrtca will mim
hta,
ids.
t lUXlTZX! iia aata la.