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Newspaper Page TextOregon Products for Oregon Dollars' Objective in Coming Week The Weather Mebforb Mail Tribune Forecast Fair tonight and fcaturda.v moderate temperature. Temperature: AWARDED Pulitzer Prize FOR 1934 Highest esterday Thirtieth 'Year (24 Pages Two Sections) MEDFORD, OREGON', FRIDAY, .MAY 3, 193,). No. 36. SrelDE As I PORTLAND,ASTORSAr BjjBkld WORKMEN QUIT TO i By PALL MALI.ON Copyright. 1935 By Paul Mnllon WASHINGTON. May 3. The Ins and out of the anti-lynchlng fili buster were not appreciated in the senate galleries. Prom there it looked Ilk any other dull debate. But down on tho floor nearly ev eryone had a good time. You could see It in their faces. Viee President Garner, the Tex an, walked around with a cigar In his mouth, grinning Incessantly. Sen ators slyly ab PA CI. MALLUN sented themselves from roll call oc casionally and playfully poked fun each other in debate. Only the coun tenance of Floor Leader Robinson wore a slightly pained expression, suggesting a. remote Inner emotional conflict between the necessity of get ting down to business and the inef fabtllty of the situation. What they all knew that the gal lerles did not know was the fact that only a few of the nominal adminis tration leaders, who were supposed to be for the bill, were really for tt. While President Roosevelt was pri vately twitting them during the firs; few days of the filibuster, they were more or less laying themselves flat so the filibusters would have no trouble walking over them. There were several reasons for the lack of real Interest in the bill it self. One was that it was thought to be Improperly drawn. At least it rep resented a somewhat rndlcal view point on the subject. Many of Its friends privately thought it was un constitutional. Furthermore, the leg islative situation was such that it never had a. chance, and nearly every Insider knew it. But perhnps an important factor may be partly explained by relating a. story which has Just come to light, about what happened in the 1932 sen atorial fight over the antl-Iynchiiu? bill. The senate Judiciary committee, then controlled by republicans, de. dded the bill was unconstitutional and killed' it. A republican leader was Ira t e whe n he heard a bou t it. H t went to the chairman and said .th; bill must be reported to the senate floor for consideration no matter what the committee thought about Its constitutionality. Unless it wits, his constituents would defeat him for re-election, he is supposed to have said. Thereupon, su or more committer members were persuaded to chant;? their minds and approve the bill, with the understanding that the demo crats would filibuster against it and prevent its passnce by the senate. This was done and everyone was hao- py- Therc Is no evidence that anything like that was done this time, but It is probable that, in the end. senators on both sides of the issue similarly will have their cake and eat It too. It is not very often that anyone put anything over on .RFC Chairman Jeee Jones, but the other day a New York slicker accomplished the Impoi sib. The RFC received an application for a loan from a New York firm deallnc In elder, vincear and similar harmless household liquids. The firm said it had a warehouse full of such bottled goods. An inspector looked It over and the RFC approved the lnnn A few days later. Mr. Jones read in th newspapers that the man to whom he had made the loan was un der arrest for violating liquor laws. A eheck-up revealed the warehouse wa filled with dlulsed liquor. The RFC is now wondering what to do with Its collateral. The mall man at the White House tm not overburdened after Mr. Roosevelt's latest fireside chat. The explanation is that the White House did not expect him to be. The presi dent Intended to make a calming speech. No bsnkinc cr'.Ms was at hand. H said nothing part.leu.arlj exciting. The mall wh)h came in was bout four to cine approving. Mwt of the objections came from p-rvp. apparently opposed to the bill abol ishing holding companies. T.ie unrxpU'.ned reason why M RAnsevelt chose to make another fire, side chat at this -.m was tlmt lie wanted streps ?ie speed at wh'ch he ep"t"d to p'i o-it h:s new re r' mor!". Thr ;'::v..irv t m t" e :"ou ' t,.u-,;t1"' :n t h.it a . (Continued on Paee Tweive) e for 1. on Mr and Mrs. J H p-tmo-e of Pa'.. l.vie 1:. tn:s rro-r:n rv t- .:i ' r Ia -:-.. 0e , - -tv -a-jH mx :;ie.r .l.ne io. a w.ii.c. by: t 725 More Join Strikers in Portland When Mills Re fuse to Comply With Wage and Time Wishes PORTLAND. Ore., May 3. (AP) About 725 mill and lumber camp workers In the Portland district walked off thctr Jobs shortly after the mills opened today, joining 1.100 men who already had struck In this area. The men. members of the newly organized Timber and Sawmill Work ers' union, an American Federation of Labor affiliate, quit their Jobs af ter the mills had refused to comply with their demands for 75 cents an hour wage and a 30-hour week. The code minimum is 42 cents an hour. They work 40 hours a week. The strike became effective this morning In the Eastern 4r Western mill In Portland, where 325 men walked out; in the Crcesett-Western plant at Wanna, where 2M) men struck, and at this company's logging affiliate, the Big Creek Timber com pany, employing 250 men. Last week and this week the Clark &i Wilson Lumber company mills and camps at Portland, Vernonla and Prescott closed down after 1.100 em ployes quit work when their demands were not met. Three large mills continued to op erate here this morning. They were (Continued on Pave Three) TANDBUSI SEATTLE, May 3. (AP) Another "extremely good" week for 519 down and operating lumber mills In Wash ington and Oregon, for the weekend ing April 37. was reported today by the West Coast Lumbermen's associa tion, production for the week was 100.831.954 board feet, approximately 1.150.000. feet above the preceding week. The average weekly production for the year to date has been 85.702.267 feet, compared with 85.909.703 feet for the same week last year. In addition, new business for the week was 118.837.619 feet, against 100.831.954 feet production and ship ments of 120.667. 101 feet. The ship ments were over production by 19.7 per cent and the curernt sales were over production by 17.9 per cent. The orders, however, were about 3.7 per cent ' under those of the previous week. I A group of 426 identical mills show t total orders for this year to date of i 1.555,433.508 feet .compared with l.-j 307.492.270 for the same period last year, an Increase of 19 per cent. The unfilled order file stood at 391.552.- 000 feet, approximately 3.300.000 feet ! under the week before. No I ncendtarism Found At Capita! SALEM. May I tfft The final re- , port of Investigators who have been j working to determine the cause of the recent state capltol fire, win not be filed before Monday. H. H. Pom- eroy. representative of the National j Fire Underwriters, announced todav. i Pomeroy had completed question- Ki$ ui n iiuiiiuT-r vi iwreuna who were in the building when the blare start ed. He Indicated that nothing had been found to show the fire was of incendiary origin. Spy Swapping Liberates Feared Polish Plotter R A- H. Merfprild i A wlated Pn-ss Foreijrn Staff) BFRLIN. May 3. The Polish baron, j Oeorce Sosnowski. retarded by secret a woman, the beautiful Ptau Theo police as one of the mo?t dangerous ; dora Ogurek Drazga. "pte In Europe, has been given back J to Poland. It was learned today. In ! exrhnnee for three German spies cap- tured by Poland. I It was In the tripptn up of Sos-' ,noMii that Germany dirrd t-o husband. Frt Drarea. . natl-e Or- y,v Rr)irh timekeeper, winning of it. iWlr-romn. Barunev biim man. and a mm not Immed.atel, nt from fnrk of mnlh(, nn FtUk'nlnvn and Frau Renfttr ..on .demifiM. termed by the Pollrh po-. ,t thf ArmorTt p1nn1n(r th,Ir tho.,ld Nat7m,r. ere serving ... tpim Itre dngrmi spy." i e.-B to the mat violently with the aaalnn thir homeland. The twooer- Whn rru Dm res was arrested In1 -nn hammer man women were beheaded February 1 P33 he ms a Polish eitt7n ar,d uo-l '. ; IB. out ?"nTki. a foreirner. ' pared to h M'-hinzed for three Ger- , iva.iv I A in h;t ca;nuie. a soman 4iao New CCC Chief Major (.eorge R. Owens, above, ar rived tn Medfiird this week nnrt will he In com ma nd of the Med ford CCC district with 'the departure of Major flare II. Armstrong about .lune 1. Major Owens comes here from Fort Worden, Wash, TWO IRE YEARS WASHINGTON. May 3. (API American Federation of Labor sup-! port was thrown today behind the administration's efforts to continue NRA for two yeart; - Ar the 'constitutionality of the present recovery law was argued be fore the Supreme Court, members of the federation's executive council told President Roosevelt they were behind him and against the senate finance committee proposal to con tinue NRA until next April 1. Before, a. packed supreme court chamber, Donald Richbcrg. head of NRA. upheld the constitutionality of the recovery law. In response to ques tions he said that price fixing )n the automobile Industry "limits the lib erty of contract of two people." He was followed by Frederick H. Wood. New York attorney represent ing the Schechter Poultry corpora tion, who asserted the government's attempts to control business were "destructh'e of our dual form of gov ernment and subversive of our poli tical, cconomio and social Instltu-1 Hons." ' The poultry case was selected by the government to test the salient1 features of NRA. j Senators, representatives and busi-; nessmen as well as government offl- j ctals were In the crowd. Rlchberg declared that congress (Continued on Page Eleven SAVES SMUDGE Oil A rllght rise In temperature last night brought out the valley imudg irs only in small bands, and the flring-up was scattered and only in the low parts of the valley, according to Meteorologist R. J. Rogers. Th lowt temp.-,ture recorded officially wft8 30 drgr,, A, tnf t,mp,rlltur, , expected to conllnue upwd tonight .the meteor. OIOgt , mtv bt n0 mud?. s.n.rd.v nwni Oregon Weather Fair tonight and Saturday: moder ate temperature: gentle changeable wind off the coast. , played a part In Baron Soanowskl'a irirnir, iui uiir ui ruinitu 9 iiriiwnrrn. i given up for the star npy's safety, was1 The exchange was understood to have been made nine days aito. but! Jnhn Wtlkinsm running Into the the niUir aa so secret that not a catcher at full speed trying to steal hint was gUen out until today. j home, falling on the ground, and de- Freed with Fmu Dr7da wan her,rlrln tn,lt 11 d'1"'1 h'irt ml- married Fne married Drartra. a Oer- man. In ,Tnuarr. 1P4 hlle till tn i-r.n m order to obtain Grmn citizenship. .R. ARRIVES 10 TAKE OF Successor to Major strong Slated to Arm Take Charge About June 1 Saw Service Overseas . Major George R. Owens, 14th Coast Artillery, arrived here Thjrsday eve ning and will assume command of the Med ford CCC district with the departure of Major Clare H. Arm strong about June 1. Major Armstrong will leave the dis trict early in June for a short rest before entering the command and general staff school at Fort Leaven worth this fall. . Major Owens came here from Fort Worden, Wash. He Is no stranger to Oregon, however, since he command ed Fort Stevens, at Astoria, from 1927 to 1931. An ardent sportsman ha has fished most of the southern Oregon streams and Is familiar with the territory covered by the Medford district. Overseas Veteran Major Owens graduated from Vir ginia Polytechnical institute in 1917 He was commissioned In the Infan try In June, 1917. He was detailed to the Slgnau Corps in 1919 lor four years and was transferred to the Coast Artillery corps In 1923. Major Owens served overseas with the Sixth division. He spent one tour of duty In the Philippine Islands and another in Panama. Major and Mrs. Owens have two children, a son 18 years old and a daughter 15 years. They have taken a house at 19 Geneva, street. Armstrong Here Two Years ' When Major Armstrong leaves hen next month, he will end more than two years of service aa commander of the Medford district. He arrived here May 15. 1933. to open ths dis trict and has been in commend ain-e. Under his leadership the district has pioneered many new developments in CCC administration, and is recognized as one of the outstanding districts of the United States. BIG STEEL MERGER CLEVELAND, May 3.-H7P, A fed eral court decision virtually assured today the consummation of the big geat steel merger In years a 1336. 000.000 union of the Republic Steel corporation and the Corrlgan-Mc-Kinney Steel company. The decision given by Federal Judge Fred M. Raymond, of Orand Rapids. Mich., denied an injunction asked by the department of Justice, which contended the merger would violate the Clayton Anti-trust act. It was not. Immediately determined whether the department would ap peal. Judge Raymond In his decision sain the injunction was denied because the government failed to show that the merger would substantially re- duce competition in the steel Indus-I try. ! Republic's assets were estimated at 127.000.000 and Corrigan's at 163.. 000.000. With Headquarter IM'tarhmrnt Sidney nmmlnga of Portland has as sumed duties at Medford CCC dlstric headquarters detachment, having been among those who arrived thu morning by tram. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Audrey Lofland. finding a heavy coat and the bright sun too much to bear at the same time, shedding the coat while walking up Main street. Oeorge Nellson getting a shoe shine. and presenting a rebuttal en some- thlng Howaid Boise had Just wild. Jak Marshall preparing for an on ftlaueht on Oar Wand's crown, tinker ing with a motor boat,. D Hamilton "Dep-ea Dan" Lewis ith enough 1'iresre tn founder he ram. preparing to depart lor 0iell llak Medford Bar Million A' April L Jr g I of Year Turnover of money in the three Medford banks during the month of April tells an amazing story of Increased business activity when compared with the same month of last year. An Increase of nearly a million dollars Is shown In the total complied from figures on debit checks furnished by the nrst National. Medford National and Farmers and Fruitgrowers banks. The total for April. IBM. was 2. 70.065.08, compared to 3.6.S8. 098.29 In Aplrt this year, the In crease being 1950.032.31 , or ap proximately 36 per cent. REALTY POINTS All Indications in the city of Med ford point to Increased prosperity tn 1935. with a strong tendency back to normal In practically every line of business, and especially In the sale and rental of houses, according to various authorities In that field; Chas. Ray, president of the Medford Realty Board staled yesterday" that rental prices are increasing in the city, and aet 15 percent as the con servative estimate on the rate of In crease. The sale of homes he lndl catea la undergoing a similar rise as compare.! to 1932. "Medford." said Mr. Ray. "began her comeback earlier than many coast towns. Just why that Is true it would' be difficult to say. but one factor was that she entered the de pression without a large surplus of houses. There are at the present time an estimated 200 CCC officers renting In the city Whether we would be able to absorb that surplus if the companies were transferred away from here, I do not know." The fear of finding that many empty houses on their hands, Ray stated, will effectively curb any ten dency to overbuild, but It is an as sured fact that a steady rise will come In Medford building activities. R. r. Kyle, manager of the Flrat Federal savings and Loan association here, stated that the rentals of his (Continued on Page Eleven) -- BASEBALL Natlonat R. H. E. Cincinnati 2 8 3 New York 9 Ifl 0 Frey. Brennan, Hermann and Lom bard!,' Hubbell and Mancuso. R. H. B. Pittsburgh l 6 0 Brooklyn a 0 1 Weaver and Padden; Mungo' and Loper. St. Louis at Boston, postponed; cold and threatening weather. NEW YORK. May 3. ( AP) All American league baseball games scheduled for today have been post- poned on account of rain and threat- nng weather. MARSHFIELD MEET A number of the members of the Rotary club, mith their wives, will leave Saturday noon for Marahfleld. where an Inter-clty meeting will be held In conjunction with the Rotary club of that city Saturday evening. The entertainment for the evening will be provided by members of the Medford club with W. A. Gates as chairman of the program committee According to present plana, the Medford delegation will arrive in the Coo Bay metropolis about 6:30, In ample time for the inter-city bant quet. A dance Is planned following Hie e.ei.lng s entertainment, and the following day will be devoted to golf, fiahlng and aiehtseelng In the Coos Bay area. Autotst Held For Crash With Stage OR A NTS P.VtfJ. May 3 - ,Ti- Claud II. Brunei. P.-wtland. was held here today on a charge of driving while intotiested fter hi rr collided 1th a southbound Mage a mile north of Grants pes isst night. Mre R. F. 0.r, of California, a -ge p..r.j.ri Wrre-ed a bad'T br'Haen" arm when the stae tipped on its tide. LEFTIST LEADERS E EOR THIRD PARTY Some Ultra Liberals Inclined Toward Kingfish As Ally Sen. Long Again Uses Air Against Roosevelt WASHINGTON, May 3. (AP) With Senator Long (D.. La. again assailing the Roosevelt administra tion, half-a-huudred or more left wing lendrrs headed for a conference here tomorrow to decide whether the time Is ripe for a national third party movement. Some of the rallying ultra-Liberals appeared Inclined to look upon the Louisiana dictator as a possible ally, although feeling that his program does not go far enough. The call for the conference Issued by four congressmen and Howard Y. Williams, national farmer-labor party organizer, among others added to the political speculation that Is plentiful here. Iluey on Air Again Long attacked the administration once more as "the St. Vitus Dance Government" In a radio speech last night. Ho suggested that congress might well "contract with Mr. Vincent As tor and his $6,000,000 yacht, not only to take the president out In tho Brit ish waters to fish for a Tew weeks, but to keep him thero several more months and trust to luck the country would find lta way back to nor malcy." The senator divided his address be tween thrusts at Mr. Roosevelt and advocacy of his own "ahare-our-wealth" plan. He' suggested that his listeners send telegrams to their sen ators, asking them to back the (Continued on Page Five) ROSEBURO, Ore.. May 3. (AP) H. H. Stallnrd, Portland Townsend speaker, was booed from the plat form at Myrtle Creek last night when he attempted to address ft meeting of the Myrtle Creek cluh. Feeling against the speaker was aroused by an Interview ptibllshed here Thursday, criticizing the leaders of the state organization, whom St nl lard charged with attempting to manipulate the organization for po litical purposes. Joseph W. Lcmmer. president of the Roscburg club, today issued ft written statement to the Townsend clubs of Douglas county urging re pudiation or SlaNard. who was, It la stated, recently dismissed from the state organization. BAKER. May 3. fAP Jesse t. Dodaon, Baker county farmer and for mer county Judge and commissioner. died this morning of a sunshot wound accidentally Inflicted at his farm home near North Powder Thurs day afternoon Relatives sold Mr. Dodson left the house with Mrs Dodson to shoot ft mflRpte and while handling an auto matic shotgun in tho woodshed pre paratory to firing at the bird dropped the butt of the gun to the floor. Th ssfety of the shotirur. was off and the gun discharged, vndlng most of the load of shot In the man'a Jaw. Favorable Factors Lead Weeks Trend in Business NEW YORK. May 8 (AP) Dun A: Bradstreet In lta weekly trade review declared today favorable fac tors took prcedenre In trade de velopments during the week The conclusion was based on re port of "a widening of operations in some Industrial divisions, an ex pansion in mining and building ac tivity, and rUrtenre of a broaden Ir.a cf '-oneumT demand " "Thr fxit.t of the latter tehOra to nipp irl the contention that the spring buying Mason may be pro- lonmvl with mnrh of the deferred purchasing of April to he releae during Mar." the survey said. "There are growtnR Indication! or a strong desire to move ahead and Will Rule Elks E.MV. Winkle (nnorc) elected Inst night to succeed II. N. Hutler as exulted ruler of Medford Klks lodge, will he Installed with subordinate officers on June 6. THREE SKULLS AND L SAN JOSE. Cnllf.. May 9. (AP) Three skulls and a red-haired rubber doll were flourished before the Jury In the second trial of David Lamson for wife murder today, aa Defense Counsel Edwin Me Ken tie's final ar gument stretched into its third day. It appeared unlikely the Jury would get tl,e case before next week, which will be the twelfth of the trial of Lamson (or murder of his wife. Allene Memorial day. 1P33. With the doll and skulls. McKensle reviewed the causes of "ring frac tures." or those of several cracks which radiate from a center where a head has been struck against a flat surface. McKenrte la seeking to con vince the Jury Mra. Lamson died of an accidental fall against tho wash basin, as she slipped in the bath-tub from a standing position. T LOUISVILLE. Ky May 3. (AP) Furious wind storms accompanied by lightning that killed three persons and drenching ralni spent themselves eastward today after spreading dam age over sections of western Kentucky and southern Indiana. Churchill Downs, where thoroughbreds are on edge for the Kentucky derby tomor row, was undamaged, but the sensi tive animals were excited by the thunder and lightning. More than 100 homes and some 80 business buildings 1 n Louisville, decked out In Its beat dress for the derby, were unroofed. Power lines and trolley cables were severed Part of Louisville, a half dozen nearby towns, and Frankfort, the state capi tal, were without lights. Trees, shrub bery and festival decorations were scattered In Louisville streets beneath clearing skies this morning, TIGARD HIGH TYPERS FASTEST IN OREGON CORVALLI8, Ore.. May 3. (API Announcement that Tlgard union high school had won first place for speed In the annual state typing con test was made last night by Oregon State college, where the events were held. Pranklln high of Portland placed first for accuracy. It was the third consecutive win for each school. to find ways of working around ex isting obstacles by the force of In dividual Initiative and sggresslve neas. "Forward buying of more generous proportions Is helping a number of UidUKtrlea to prevent schedules from showing the normal recession ex pected at this season and to main tain employment totals. "Extensively advertised sales at tracted the Urgent number of week end shoppers thus far this vear tn many sertions. This impetus, to gether with the added volume of hi i nines resulting from the latt Kanter, ralaed the level of April sales for the country as ft whole: 4 to 13 per rent aboe that of year Hgo. according to preliminary estimates." HALT RELIEF FLOW TO ILLINOI! IS Hopkins Makes Good On Threat Despite Fears of Serious Trouble 150, 000 Families Without Aid By THOMAS J. HAMILTON, JR. Assot'lalPd Press Staff Writer WASHINGTON. May 3. (AP) The governments ability to make states pay a substantial part of the cost of relief was put to the acid test today. In the face of avowed threats that "serious trouble" might result, Harry L. Hopkins, the relief administrator, csrrled out hi recent threat to with hold federal funds from Illinois until that state agrees to contribute 000,000 a month. Fear Outbreak There were Immediate expression of fear by Illinois relief officials that outbreaks might occur if they were not able to resume activities before the end of the week. Cook county arranged to give emer gency food and medical orders to lta big relief population until about May IB, but auditors for the Illinois relief commission estimated that 64 down state counties ceased all relief effect ive last night. Approximately lOfl.000 families were reported to be without aid. Hopkins had warned the state's legislature In advance that he would send in no money to meet May relief ' needs until It arranged to pay "a fair fthare" of the bill. The IlllnoJa house of representatives Wednesday night rebuffed a sales tax proposed to meet his demand. No attempt to bring the measure to a vote again waa expected before next Tuesday. To F plain Methods Hopkins "cracked down" about the same time that the senate appro priations committee, beginning a gen eral Investigation of his handling re lief, called upon him for an explana tion of hla methods of dealing with states. He aald at his presa confarenca yes terday that Illinois' failure to put up the money requested was due to tht efforts of "two newspapers" and minority of politicians. He added he had no plans to take over the Illinois relief administration. He Indicated federal funds would go forward to another recancltrant state. Pennsylvania, on the basis of an agreement that appeared In sight there. Six states In addition to Illinois received no allotments as Initial May relief grants were announced, but of ficials explained this was only be cause of the amounts to be given them had not yet been worked out. IS FOR LEGAL SERVOS Bult was filed In circuit court yes terday by Attorney V. A. C Ahlf. of Grants Pass against Prof. J. C. Engls hardt, her former client, for the col lection of S250 allegedly due for legal services. Application for a writ of at tachment was also filed. The plaintiff represented the de fmdant in a recent divorce action, wherein the wife was granted a de cree of divorce and one-third of the community property. SANTA MONICA. Cal.. liny 2 The (fr'test argument with nil Aniorii'iins who ynt to joiu in with Kni-ope and help set th world right as that anyone) that was not in favor of it was lirc'ty narrow-minded and self. Mi. In plain words, it s tho dumb folks that are "ajrin" it. Well, read today's papers. The premiers of Canada, Aus trlin Smith Afriea and New Zealand have never been con sidered anything but intelli gent, yet they notified hnglaml tn unit ineHiini? nrnund on the opposite bank of the English channel. So (lie American diimn ones are in pretty (rood eom- pnny. t I'ltTKiNsvsat Ijaa'luu. Ua.