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Newspaper Page Textail Tribune AWARDED Pulitzer Prize EDFORD FOR 1934 42 Thirtieth Year BEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, APRI v, 1935. No. 22. The Wer.ther Fureca-t: Fair tonight and Thur da. but becoming unsettled with rain; Hit hi I. warmer tonlchl. but with frovt ThurMlay morning. Umc-t this mornlns 11 M M ?! By PAVL MA1.LOV (Copvrlglit, IfiS.1.. by Paul Million) WASHINGTON, Apirl 17. The story Is going all around the world by word of mouth that Switzerland will go off gold next, then Holland, lastly France. These de velopments are supposed to be more or less of a reasonable cer tainty during the next few months. The point gen erally made is that these devel opment will up set the differen tial which our currency has en- PAUL MALL ON Joyed since devaluation and that President Roosevelt will have to de value again. The story seems to be Kenerally sound, except the final con clusion. It may surprise financial authori ties to learn that the new dealers are not primarily thinking In terms of further devaluation now. They believe that, after the gold bloc is dissolved, the president will try to call an Internationa) monetary con ference prior to any further devalua tion or stabilization moves. To devalue Independently would Injure chnnces of eventual stabiliza tion. Our currency is undervalued now anyway. We are a creditor na tion with a favorable trade balance, and this will hold the dollar up re gardless of monetary moves. The new deal crowd is thoroughly smoked up on the inside about the growing vocal volume of its opposi tion. Mr. Roosevelt is actively or ganizing to match voice for voice and word for word. That is why the' cabinet Is being pushed out on the stump-again. In side of a few days, last week, half of them were out defending the new deal. Interior Secretary Ickes was sent to Philadelphia to answer the Douglas attack. Agriculture Secretary Wallace used his trip to Atlanta to help quiet resistance to the cotton program. Treasury Secretary. Mor genthau took to the air. Professor Tugwell explained to a New York teachers' group that the new deal was "the third economy," somewhere between individualism and socialism. He also termed It "delicate social surgery.' But the best example of the tech slque now being employed In resist ing attacks Is the story of how the White House organized to handle the New England governors. The governors, led by Governor Curley, came here with blood in their yes, prepared to put on a good cam paign aeainst the cotton program. They wanted elimination of the pro cessing tax. protection against Japan ese eompptitlon and some other things. Their pockets bulged with statistics. They evrn had an ex hibit of cheap Japanese goods at their hotel. But Mr. Roosevelt organized M ex f tenslvely to meet them as they did to bring pressure on him. State Sec retary Hull was loaded with counter statistics. These were used by Mr. Roosevelt to show that Japanese competition amounted to only 1 per cent of domestic production. Com merce Secretary Roper, among other enbtneteers. was pressed Into service. Roper's statement was a little speech in which he suggested the (Continued on Page 81x SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Fred Srheifft and Mose Alford in a close huddle for an off-tackle play Into a pile of. Important looking doc uments. Harry Hinman. hatlcss, in a Cen tral street marathon, with a handful of papers. I, vie Glenn scurrying about the city hsll corridors brandishing aloft a thre foot steel- rule. George Carbons, brief case In one hsnd ppray of early spring Mars In the other, answering a hearty hale from across the street. le Oarlock, threatening to start after the elusive trout In two weeks, if the weather stays nice. L. J. Holbrook. keeplnp check on the sua by winding his watch on M.v.n srcet. M. N. Hocsn. cork t tic a weather eye the dy's stork reports. p.vrer sr.d I Vlr.ch i window TMirg slip- i for Kprir.K by K Rt the Tncsery. Chet Hubbard sparkling in a set ting of blue coupe with big squlshy ti:c. Ptv.wc'A be;i,c op:i;ni,-".c ab"t,i t:-.e tpv.v.z ?thcr by purchasing a ms'-eiproof haw i T AIRPLANE HOPS PACIFIC IN Alights in Pearl Harbor Ex actly On Schedule Aviators Declare Trip Un eventfulWeather Good HONOLULU. April 17. ( AP) The big clipper plane "Pioneer" alighted on Pearl Harbor here at 7:57 a.m.. Honolulu time (10:27 a.m.. Pacific standard time), after a 2400-mile flight from Alameda. Calif. The plane roared over Honolulu at 7:05 a.m., Honolulu time, setting a new record for the east to west crossing of the Pacific. Gliding gracefully down in a wide circle, the clipper split the waters of Pearl harbor exactly three min utes before her scheduled landing time. The ship had spent S2 minutes cruising over the city and adjacent cane fields. Cuts Record 7 Hours. It cut exactly seven hours from the best time made In the six pre vious crossings from California. The clipper's time was 17 hours and 45 minutes. - Commander Kneffler McGtnnls led a mass flight of six nnvy p'anea to the Islands January 11, 1934, In 24 hours and 45 minutes. The clipper, which left Alameda at 3:50 p.m. (Pacific standard time) yesterday, reached almost 160 miles an hour at times. Frequently, however, it slowed down to keep on its exact schedule. Weather conditions were unusually favorable for the flight, and the crew frequently messaged about the scenic beauty of the aunset and the moonlight as it skimmed through the clouds. 1 Majestic in Its flight, the clipper dipped a greeting to the thousands of residents who gathered early to await its arrival. Exactly On Time. Through the gray mists the huge silver wings and large hull of the clipper suddenly appeared nenring the islands. , Exactly on schedule. Captain Ed win C. Muslck and Pilot R. O. D. Sullivan pointed its nose directly over the city. With smooth precision the clipper, after cruising over the city, settled on the waters of Pearl Harbor. Captain Muslck sent her along the choppy channel for a short distance, then turned and headed Into position before the concrete ramp. The roaring motors were idled, then two of them were stopped, the other pair being used to maneuver the ship into position. The plane taxied to the ramp and halted before about 1000 cheering spectators. ' Commander Wayne Todd of the fleet air base, accompanied by Col onel Clarence M. Young and J. Parker van Zandt, local manager for (Continued on Page Five) 150 APPLICATIONS SEED L Approximately 150 applications for farm credit seed loans and emer gency crop loans, filed under the farm credit act, were signed this morning by Dr. George Deane and Eucene Thorndlke. comprising the Jackson county seed loan committee. The applications will be forwarded to Spokane, Wash., for further ap proval. Most of the loans are for small trart owners, for truck gardening, to mato raising, hay growing and some fruit growers. Maximum amount that can be loaned under the provisions of the credit act Is $500. and only a few applications are for that sum. The average amount nought Is about $100 with many between $50 and $60. The highest application Is for $460. Committeeman Thorndlke said the loans would spur small gardening and farm projects. IS COURTROOM 'LAB' SAN JOSE. Cal.. April 17. IAP, Prevented from presenting actual courtroom laboratory tests, the de fence of David Lamnn nrn-rrth,,'s went ahead today with plans to in troduce further chemleal testimony tn his second wife murder trial. 1 The evidence was aimed particu larly at prowcutlon testimony tra of blood were found on th piece of pipe which the state claims Lam- t son uvd to beat his wife to 1enth I 1 in ti-.e bathroom of their home on My 30 1931 The pipe a found In a ri?'oih fire tenrtM bv Laniton the morning of bis wife s death- Germany Sharply Censured by League Nations Portland Police Strike Snag When Booking Hawaiian PORTLAND. Ore., April 17. (AP) Clerks in the police record bureau 'experienced a sudden at tack of "the stutters" combined with writer's cramp when they filed the name of Marcus Wets bar th. a Hawaiian, arrested as a strike disorder suspect. They want ed his middle name. Welsbarth pronounced It several times and finally had to write it for them. It was "Kamakananalkaoullokal anl." HELD ON CHARGE Franklin Salle. 24. of the Yankee creek district. Is in the county Jail today, held on $5,000 bond, on a charge of assault with intent to com mit rape, growing out of his alleged attack on a seven year old school girl a short distance north of Cen tral Point yesterday afternoon. The charge alleges that Sal lee, at 3:15 Tuesday afternoon, intercepted the Little girl as she was on her way home from classes, and criminally at tacked her. Sallee was In an auto mobile It Is claimed. The child was leleased about 4 o clock, and ran home to her mother, who Immediate ly informed the police. Sallee was arrested at noon today at the place where he was working, by state and city police. He has been Identified by the child, the district attorney's office stated today. Sallee has demanded a lawyer, and a hearing has been set for 10 o'clock tomorrow morning, to see if he wants to waive preliminary hearing. Authorities are Investigating his previous record. According to city police, Sallee has a wife and family living in the Yan kee creek district. TORONTO, April 17. A strik er was killed and three strike pickets wounded today in a skirmish between pickets and guards at the Kaul Clay Co. plant here. As Clipper .-., z- 'i -,. pfcdga ' '' , ' T '? ' Zt' i ""Verity. . " 4 ' " S ThU phot'Ttraph. taken at the start of the naniurt Inn of Hie flrt commercial flight to Honolulu, lnr et mernater lej of the r.illfornla-f lilna erilre. hnw Ihe 1f-nn l,aii-imrl',aii fMlte boat heading tor Hoimtiiln and patit oer the eatbav wrtlon of Ihe an I r nrUm- Oak In nil ha brldfe. retrying nine of ib re iadnrf. Thl .Wo luted Pre photo hnwa nme of the trJwork on tcrha Huena Island and a tram -ha j f-rrjboat below the mJd-ratlflc-bound aerial ship. DANCING TO 2 A J. Ordinancfi Passfid On Rec ommendation of License Committee Marble Game Ordinance Is Amended An ordinance was passed at the reg ular meeting of the city council lasi night allowing public dances In Med ford to remain open until 3 a. m. Ab dances on week nights were alrcadj permitted to stay open after mid night, the new ruling affects dances on Saturday nights. The ordinance was passed upon the recommendation of the license com mittee, to which the matter had been referred at the previous council meet ing. Before the vote was taken there was considerable discussion, during which the opinion of the council as a whole was expressed in a report by J. F. Fliegel, chairman of the license committee. Cut Traffic Hazard He said that the ordinance should be adopted to eliminate the traffic and moral hazard that has existed after 12 o'clock Saturday nights, when young people are turned out of the dances in Medford and immedi ately set out for the dance halls In Jacksonville, Eagle Point and Gold (Continued on Page rhree) RATE ON CALL MONEY NEW YORK, April 17. (AP) The official rate for call money was low ered today to of 1 per cent, es tablishing the lowest cost for such credit In the history of Wall street's money market. The former rate waa of 1 per cent, which had been the lowest post ed on the New York stock exchange since May 3, 1004. Since December 7, 1933, the official rate had been pegged at 1 per cent. Left San Francisco Bay i,mm was BASEBALL National. R. H. E. Cincinnati - 7 11 3 Pittsburg 4 13 0 Batteries: Derringer and Ericsson; Bush. Swift and Fadden. New York at Boston. Brooklyn at Philadelphia. St. Louis at Chicago postponed: cold weather. American. (10 Innings) . R. H. E. Boston 4 7 0 New York 3 0 2 Batteries: Rhodes. Walberg, Welch and R. Perrell; Ruffing and Dickey. R. H. E. Chicago . 7 10 3 Detroit 6 7 0 Batteries: Jonea. Wyatt and Sewell: Rowe and Cochrane. R. H. E. Philadelphia . a 10 a Washington 4 8 0 Batteries: Cain. Dietrich and Foxx: Whltehlll. Russell and Bolton. Cleveland at St. Louis postponed; 'iDERlLLSllS' PLACE ON A. P. BOARD NEW YORK. April 17. (AP) The board of directors of the Associated Press named Victor F. Bidder of New York to fill the vacancy caused by the death of Adolph S. Ocha, whose term would have expired this year. On advice of counsel the board was compelled to depart from a long-es tablished precedent of not filling va cancies prior to the general member ship meeting, a provision of the by laws making It mandatory that a member from New York state must sit upon the board. OHIO' CONVICTS RETURN TO PLACES OF LABOR COLUMBUS, Ohio. April 17. (AP) Ohio penitentiary warden, James O. Woods rd, announced today that all but 78 of the 1,058 convicts who went on strike Monday returned to their posts In the prison shops and mills today. Woodward said that during the morning he had talked with the convicts and had told them "to go back to work or else' ,nait BONUS PAYING By Sen. Harrison Says Presi dent Will Approve Bill if Passed by Congress Cost $500,000,000 More WASHINGTON. April 17. (AP) A bond-redemption method of com promising the cash bonus Issue estimated to cost $1,300,000,000 and designed to meet administration re qulrementa was introduced today by Chairman Harrison of the senate finance committee. Ha said his bill, which he fore cast President Roosevelt would ap prove If passed by congress, would cost tha government soo,ooo,ouu more than the present law. It would advance the maturity date of the adjusted service- cer tificates from 1045 to 1038 and of fer to exchange for them negotiable bonds, rradliy convertible Into cash, find Ready Market. The bonds, which the veterans could get in exchange for their cer tificates, would bear Interest at 9 per cent, which Harrison said In a statement would make It possible for the soldiers to "find a ready market for them." But as an Incentive for veterans not to redeem their certificates for bonds, the bill would extend to them the right to hold the certifi cates until the old maturity date of 1945 and obtain 4 per cont Interest, compounded annually. Harrison said If all veterans took advantage of the exchange offer, the compromise plan would cost the gov ernment $500,000,000 more than the present law. He estimated the total cost would be $1,300,000,000 or $1,000,000,000 less than the cost or the Patman bill which passed the house. The Patman measure, how ever, would expand the currency to cash the certificates. fiends Off Pensions. In an effort to head off future demands from the veterans, the bill would declare a policy against gen- (Continued on Page six) About 88 per cent of the orchards ! In the valley fired up laat night In the most general smudge of the year, although as yet this spring no freeze has been hard enough to warrant smudging In the higher levels of the vallev. Frost was again forecast for Thurs day morning, and R. J. Rogers, me teorologist, expected that the firing will be aa heavy aa It was last night. No damage was reported from last night's freeze, although moisture that remained on the buds from re cent rains, having frozen, may cause markings on that fruit that will not become evident until the crop ma tures, according to the meteorologist. Temperature laat night ranged slight ly below 28 degrees In the lower porta I of the valley and 31 degrees In Med ford. SUBPOENA MANY FOR TRIAL OF SOLINSKY In preparation for the trial of E. O. Sollnsky, former superintendent of Crater Lake national park, sched uled to starv April 23, In federal court at Portland, subpoenas for approxi mately 76 witnesses, residing in this city and county, have been served. A number of business men of this city are included. The witnesses have been subpoenaed for both the gov ernment and the defense. Sriinsky la charged In a federal Indictment with mismanagement of federal funds. Terror Reigns In Polish Corridor FRFE CITY OF DANZIO, Aprit 17. AP Dispatches reaching here to day said a reign of terror had been produced by a continuation of anti German agitation at Wejherowo In Pomorre Province of Poland. The dispatches said groups of you t lis paraded the streets of the Polish corridor city nightly, hurling stones through the windows of Ger man's homes. Prehlatorle Whale akull found OTTER ROCK, Ore. (UPl A. E. Baker discovered and chiseled a 700- ' pound prehistoric whale skull from solid rork on Otter Rok bcarn. Srl ientistA estimate the foaall to be J, 1000.000 years old. JNIGHT AT AI AMfl.SA Land Office Move On Woman s Whim Says Mrs. Pierce PORTLAND. April 17. (AP) A special dispatch to the Journal today from Washington, D. C, said Mrs. Cornelia Marvin Pierce, wife and secretary of Congressman Pierce, made Inquiry at the gen eral land office aa to why the office at Lakevlew Is to be moved to Klamath Falls. "Her comment was caustic." the dispatch said, and then quoted her as follows: "They tell me that the assistant commissioner. Miss Antoinette Funk, who makes a trip out there about once In two years, doesn't like the hotel accommodations In Lakevlew. It looks as though the people would have to submit to the change, so this official may have the hotel ahe likes." I IS PEAR TREES HOOD RIVER, April 17. (AP) Although Hood River orchard ists at Infrequent Intervals the past twenty yeara have shown alarm over dis covery of fire blight attacking pear trees, no appearance of this disease ever has aroused such action toward control at the recent outbreak In several districts. Today the winter pear Industry Is fast reaching a par with apple raising and estimates, based on planting of this fruit, Indicate the pear volume annually will soon exceed that of apples. Fire blight responds to treatment for eradication, A tree-to-tree can vass is now being conducted by fruit growers to dlscovor Infected speci mens. All branches and twigs show ing the disease will be removed and burned. Tlie eradication campaign Is Intensive, growers hoping to find the last vestige of the blight before the blossoming period when bees and In sects would scatter the Infection. HIGH DUST CLOUD ALBUQUERQUE, N. M., April 17. (AP) Miaa Laura Ingalls, forced down yesterday at Alamosa, Colo., on an attempt to break the west -to-east women's transcontinental flying rec ord, arrived here from Alamosa short ly before noon today. She la en route back to Burbank. Cal., from Alamosa and planned, to stop here until her mechanics can determine whether dust storms have dsmaged her plane. ALAMOSA, Colo.. April 17. (AP) A blind battle with dust four miles high, more terrifying than a treacher oua tranalAndean flight, grounded Laura Ingalls In this farming center while a mechanic was sought today to prime her mystery monoplane for another cross country speed attempt. Before ahe would retire for a light sleep the 120-pound woman pilot made a hurried three mile trip to the airport to see that a deputy sher iff was guarding her black ship. She had a telephone talk with her New York backers, who were understood to have encouraged new plans for a fifteen-hours-or-leaa crossing and she found time for her first food since being foced down by vast clouds of sltt. She chcee a sandwich and a cup of coffee. "Stupendous, terrific, tragic," were the adjectives selected by Miss Ingalls to describe the black blizzard of th upper regions whin she descended at 4:A0 p. m., M3-T. yesterday. "I wax up 32 0O0 feet and It still was above me. I must have flown as far as Wichita (Kansaa) In that haze, (Continued on Peg Six) JIMMY OUI OF DANGER FALL PIVEn. Mum., April 17. 'AP) Jimmy NfM.on, 11-year old 8ftn JOAe, CMlir.. boy who has been tn a serious condition at Truesdate hohplul itnce his operation mora than a week ago for diaphragmatic hernia, was pronounced definitely out of danger today by doctors at tending him. Tht California boy has withstood the post-operation crisis which prov ed fatal yesterdsy to William Spleg, Iblatt, . of Newport, B. I III 1 1 t W W I LI OF SAYS SPOKESMAN League Will Take Steps to Prevent Future Repudia tions by Nations To Use Economic Persuasion (Copyright, 103S. by the Associated Press) O EN EVA, April 17. The council of the League of Nations today sharply censured Germany for violating the Versailles treaty and took immedi ate steps intended to prevent any nation In the future from repudiat ing Its International obligations. The council met In private session and named a committee which wilt endeavor to define economic and fi nancial measures which might be ap plied if any nation In the future endangers peace by the unilateral repudiation of Its International ob ligations. With only Denmark abstaining, tha assembled nations voted unanimous ly In favor of a resolution prepared Jointly by Great Britain, France and Italy in which was condemned such treaty violations as Germany's uni lateral abrogation of the military clauses of the Versailles treaty. Thin resolution also called for a study of means of applying . "sanctions" against violations In the future by any nation. Resentment Expressed German quarters tn Geneva open ly expressed their resentment of tha council's action and said they be lieved It might block any possibility for Germany to return to the leagua from which she resigned nearly two years ago. A German spokesman said his country would pay no attention to the resolution and would remain outside the league "Just like the United States." Dr. Peter Munch, Danish foreign minister, tn the discussion which preceded the voting, explained Den mark would not cast lta ballot be cause she feared adoption of tha (Continued on Pag Pin) LUMBER STRIKE HELD CERTAINTY PORTLAND, Ore., April 17. (AP) While union men described the state ment as "the same old lockout threat," Frank Ransom, president of the Eastern A Western Lumber Co. here, declared: "We certainly will close down," If the proposed May 6 strike of lumber workers actually to called. The walkout Is planned by the United Timber Workers," a union affiliated with the American Federa tion of Labor. Leaders said a strike i a certainty unless employers boost the minimum wage to 78 cents from 43' cents an hour and Install a fl-hour-fl-day week. 4 WALLA WALLA. April 17 Earl K. Mctnroe. sheriff here between January 1937 and 1935, today was an nounced as deputy warden at tha penitentiary, a position vacant alnoa the death of Thomas J. Millard mora than a year ao. BEVERLY HIMjS, Cal., Apr. 10. Now here is where this Hitler kinder hns these other nations in the hole when they start yelling about his arming when he was supposed not to. In the treaty Germany wasn't to arm for so mnny years, but and here is the hut they were to disarm down to a certain point by then. Now it's a ques tion of "who has broke whose treaty!" Trouble with all those treaties is that the euys that make 'em are generally kicked out by the time they cot home and the new bunch says: "That's not our sicnatnro." But nobody is fightinp. so what'i all the worrv about?