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The Weather Forecast : Unsettled tonight and Thursday ; shown tonight ; mild temperature. Highest yesterday Lowest this mnrnlng.. M ail Tribune There Is A Place No matter what you have to fell, want to trade, or wish to bur, there li a place In Mall Tribune classified for your Ad. I se these. Ads and get renlt Jut. a your nelghr-or U dotnf. MEDFO Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 3933. No. 58. Ml RD o) if nTi nn jultlMJliWull; - i KB TH pa Mllot fast ftuft fed laA mil. J U W A By PA IX M.UXON (Copyright, 1935, by Paul M&llon.) WASHINGTON, May 29. A full ex planation of how the NRA got Into the shape It Is now In may bo found In an unobserved order Issued by It about two (! azo. Till one of Us last official acts vas very Impos ing. The head ing showed that It was enough ' frighten Vre wls out of an average reader. If 7u have heart trou ble perhaps you . . j not (All MAI.LON read It. but. right up at the top the paper was flecorawa lng official symbols: "Registry No. 1132-25: approved Code No. 84-Al; Notice of Opporunlty to Be Heard; Administrative Orde. No 84-A1-5." Anyone could see from that that tfie NRA In this case mean: business. And the business It meant was dis closed in the first paragraph of thj order, which said: "The flv-swatter manufacturing In dmtrv. through the basic code au thority, has submitted an application for amendment to the appendix for said fly-swatter manufacturing In dustry by deleting from said appen dix section S thereof, as set forth In schedule 'A.' attached hereto, and hereby made a lrt hereof." The order contained 500 words )us. as Imposing as those here cited. They simply meant that the price fixing and some other features of the fly swatting code were going to ba amended. A hearing was going to be held about It June 5 In the office of Deputy Administrator H. Ferr'a White, and woe be unto any fly swatters who failed to agree. A lot of NRA officials, Including Mr White, probably worked long and hard on the problems of this praise worthy Industry. The preparation of this order must haw occupied a law yer for three days. You may suspect their worK was all In vain because of the supreme court decision, but It may not turn out that way. Some NRA critics are unofficially moving to take up a collection to chisel the fly-swatting order In atone ss an epitaph for the Blue Eagle. Ono sentence will be aded at tne bottom: "Here l'es the NRA. It wore Itself out swatting flies." The best new dealers arc now say ing off-the-record that if they ha:i codified the 10 or 12 major lndustr'es of the oountry. and let the reat go. the NRA would not only have been constitutional but would have be come popular and successful. Looking back, they are willing to concede privately that the point where they made their first mistake was In the blanket application of the Blue Eagle. All expansions undertaken since then only amplified the origins error This Is not entirely second-guessing The issue was hotly debated on the Inside at the time. The dom- (Continued on Page Four.) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Walter Olmeheid. equipped with a straw helmet, stanamg u..u-r iwning to keep it dry- H. N. I-ofland haattlv htru:l.n his roof during the noon hour rainstorm Sam VanDyke. looking In store win dow: "That's a ood looking suit" And Leonard Hicks reply ng: ought be. for 30 bucks." It Chuck Reum and fond parent dash ing around in a new car. sans top and huddling up toward the wind shield to keep from drowning. jyt pun heard all day: The su preme court took more than the cod; It alfo took the vest and pants. PLAN FOR APPEAL PORTLAND. Ore. Mar 29 iATt F C. Sell iuk v, fornifr MipT uitcr.rient of Crater Lake r.n'lir.a'. park, probably will erve his two-yar TT;ti at Mc Nfi! Kanrl prison for manipulation r.f funds rather than appeal h: cav This indication wp.s given Federal Judffe Fee today hen Hush Bices. nf!i!:ant United S.a.s rU t at- r,r".f-. tcirt f.'c ; c.:.-- . v.: totT.pys had f'-.'-'ri :;. ciirt not plan to carry the caM to runner one ESCAPE OF PAIR I HALTED BY DEEP SIDE ROAD SNOWi i I President of Bank and Two; Girl Aides Taken As; Hostages Are Released, Soon After Without Injury! REDMOND. Ore.. May 29. (Pi - Hemmed In by deep snows In eenttal Oregon and pursued by all stat po lice In that area, Frank Watson. 38. of San Francisco, and Earl Davis. 33. of Oakland. cal.. were captured to day less than two hours after the? had held up the Dairymen's bank u: this city and escaped with $1,300 In cash. Their three hostages George Rice president of the bank; his daughter Henrietta, and Ruth Roberts were released unharmed a few miles from this city while the bandits were fle Inff. The capture was effected by State Patrolman Art Tuck, who caught up with them on a side road a short why from The Dalles-California highway: 13 miles south Of Redmond. They of fered no resistance and were broua'-it to this city where they were Identi fied by Rice and the two girls. The money was recovered Intact, officers said. The two men were to be taken to the Deschutes county jail by Sheriff Claude McCauley this afternoon. The tan sedan which was used by the robbers In effecting their escape from the town was stolen In Bend last Saturday. They abandoned It a few miles out of Redmond and were riding In their own car when over taken by Tuck. Miss Roberts had told police both men were armed with automatic pis tols and that there was a shotgun In the car beside them. The pair wore plain business suits. The robbery was effected at noon, when the- two -men forced the three hostages in their car., compelled l. E. Smith, a Redmond lumberman, to lie on the floor, and scooped up all cash in sight in a flour sack. The central Oregon country, with the exception of main routes, is still hemmed In by heavy snows and offi cers had believed capture of the rob bers was but a matter of hours. How ever, by taking a little-used side road the pair had almost succeeded In reaching the through north-south ar terial highway when captured. FOUND AT PASCO PASCO. Wash., May 29. (UP) The body of an unidentified man the second victim of strangling here within three weeks was found yes terday near the old airport. The man had been dead two or three weeks and the body and ground allowed traces of dried blood. A shoe was 100 yards away. A shoelace was wrapped tightly around the man's neck. The man evidently was an ex soldler. Several medals for marksman ship were In his clothing. He was from 35 to 40 years of ae. had brown curly hair and was 5 feet 9 Inches tall. He wore brown army trousers, red sweatshirt with number 7 on the back and the letter A' on the arm. Three weeks ago Mrs. Jessie Bevard was strangled here In her residence. William S. Williams, transient. Is held on a first-degree murder charge. FOR CURRENT YEAR Frost Observer Roy Rogers ends his yearly asslenment here June 1 and will leave for Pomona. Cal.. where he has been detailed for weather obser vation work. The smudzing season for 1935 is now officially over in these parts. During the season there were H niehts on which snnidee pots were hchted. There wa no ln-avy firlnc and no severe frost during the period, Ropers reports. The frofts were of varying Inten.-ity. ranging from light to medium heavy, ART SCH0e1I"C0VERING TACOMA KIDNAP STORY Arthur Schoeni. for many years connected with newspaper work .n this cttv after his graduation from j Un'. ott:: y of Oregon, who is now 1 stationed with L'nitfd Prr.:, at the j Waf-hlnsion State Capitol build'.nj? ; at Olyn.pia. Wa.h . has been a.-.Mv ) 1 ed to Ta'oiua, Waeh . to cover the j Weyerhaeuser klduapinc ca.e, for j that news .service, according to woid ' received in Mf-dford tod;t;. Schocnl t;-. '. a li. United Pre,i portion at Olja.p.a for i Good Samaritan At Death Door Result Of Fall tOS ANGELES. May 29 (UP) William A. Van Brunt, 88-year-old retired manufacturer of Horl con, Wis., who recently presented 94 of his veteran employes with 282,000, was in a critical condi tion today with little chance of recovery. The "Good Samaritan" by an Ironic turn was in Good Samari tan hospital here suffering from injuries received recently when he felt. His friend and physician. Dr. William Duffleld. said if he lived he probably never would be able to walk again due to an injury to his hip. Less than a month ago Van Brunt mailed a $3000 government bond to each of the 94 veteran employes as an expression of his fjratttude for their loyal service. TO LAKE READY FOR The road to Diamond lake will be open for travel Sunday, it was an nounced today. The forest service has been working bull -dozers on the deep snow drifts for some time, .and the road is now not only passable. but in fairly good condition for regular travel. The east entrance from The Dalles- California Is also open. This high way is now entirely surfaced, and in fine condition. George Howard. manager of the lake resort, went in on that road last Sunday, taking equipment and supplies, and 15 men. to prepare for the openfn Sunday. The lake resort will add several new cabins this year, and other added facilities to care for the rush of business already Indicated in ad vance inquiries from California and other coast, points. It is believed that this will be a banner year at the lake, Howard stated. Those who have already made the trip to the lake, some going in over the snow, report that the fish arc biting better than they have for years. Fishing Is also said to be Ideal at Fish lake, with the road to that rendezvous being now open to the lodge. The road to Lake of the Wood; la also open, and good all the way to the lake. The road around the lake has one bad mud hole, accord ing to C. G. Smith, manager of the resort, but he stated that this could be avoided by taking the hill road, and coming in on the Klamath Falls entrance. Many bass are being taken there now. Smith reported, with one take of that variety netting seven fish In 46 minutes. The seven baas ranged in size from two and a halt to five and a half pounds. 31 DEFENDANTS IN DOCK RIOTING CASE DISMISSED PORTLAND. Ore., May 39. (AP) Upon motion of District Attorney Bain, charges against 31 defendants In the felonious riot case growing out of the death of James Connor during the longshore strike last sum mer were dismissed today by Circuit Judge Crawford. The dismissal followed the acquit tal of Art Shearer, one of the orig inal 32 defendants, last week. Poa Bulbosa May Halt Black Blizzards That the winter hhirr;i "r Hie ulndl.lnuii Mill of the niifl - ahnte .iub mule grazing on a npmtbi HOURS AND WAGES 10 BE UNCHANGED Word From Far-Flung In dustrial Front Indicates rreseni iianaarcis un-i touched by Cancellation By J. A. RAWUNf.S AsMtriaterl Prs Staff Writer (Copyright. 1933. ay the Associated Press) CHICAGO, May 29. (AP) Count less thousands of American employes today received the reassuring anwer of "No!" to th equestlon foremost in their mind "Will our hour and wage be disturbed by the supreme court's NRA decision?" From the country's far-flung In dustrial front, reports which poured into this crossroads of the nation j indicated that numerous large Indus tries were standing by their present standards of hours and wages, despite the high court ruling that legally the : blue eagle was as dead as the dodo bird. Dancers Seen Concurrent with these assurances came warnings from Industrial lead ers that hasty price cutting might lpad to a demoralization of business. Evidence that such danger existed came from New York, where some dealers slashed prices of popular brands of cigarettes by about 2 cents a package. Price cutting also was seen In the toilet goods, liquor and book fields. Statements to this effpet came from Philip K. Wrlgley. president of the William Wrlgley, jr., company, gum manufacttirers; John McKlnlay, pres ident of Marshall Field 4 Company; the International Association of Blue Print and Allied Industries; Mark Creasup, president of Hart Schaffner k Marx, clothing manufacturers; T. W, A. Vesper, president of the Na tional Automobile Dealers associa tion; the General Foods Corporation (Continued on Page Plve) E SLAYER OF PRIES! NEW YORK, May 29. (UP) Jos eph L. Stinmetz. 22-year old divin ity student, was found guilty of manslaughter In the first degree in the killing of his 17-year old bride, Ruth Armstrong, by a Jury in gen eral sessions court early today. The verdict carried a strong rec ommendation for mercy. The penalty for manslaughter In the first degree Is from one to 20 years Imprisonment, with five years additional when com mitted with a gun, as in this case. HORSE'S TONGUE TORN OUT BY FARM WORKER ARDMORE. Okla. May 29. (UP) Granville Wisdom, hired man on the farm of Iver Ballew, was charged today with tying a rope around a horse's tongue and beating the ani- Imal until it tore Us tongue out. The charge alleged cruelty to a dumb animal. p;i ljnHna. ;run here rxlrnshrlr since tlianre ditto. erv several jears r - l hi- Imllfiited today li receipt of an order from the j;oernii.ciit lor Kojcue Klter valltj firld of the succulent eras. I'oa bulbo lies dormant Reno Resident? Mrs. Eugen Vidal, wife of thi assistant secretary of commerce for aviation, was reported In Reno, Nev.. seeking a divorce. (Photo copyright by Underwood and Un derwood from Associated Press) RANSOM DEADLINE 6:35 P. M. ny the Associated Tres A summary of today's developments in the kidnaping last Friday of nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser shows: 1. The five days allotted by the kidnapers of nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser in which to raise $200,000 ransom expire at 0:35 p. m. tonight, 2. Two uncles of J. P. Weycrhaeu bor, Jr., father of the missing boy ar rived in Tacoma ostensibly for the Weyerhaeuser Lumber company's an nual mooting tomorrow. They are Frederick Weyerhaeuser, of St. Paul, nnd Rudolph Weyerhaeuser of Clo quct, Minn. They refused to comment on th" case. 3. Tli advertisement telling the kidnapers "we are ready. Percy Min nie" was taken out of a Seattle news paper. 4. Detectives cautioned newsmen not to congr.--Rate too visibly around the house after the Weyerhaeusera had complained. 5. In San Francisco, H. B. Clark told police he saw a boy bearing a resemblance to the missing lad in a downtown restaurant. Police were rushed to the restaurant but the man nnd boy were gone. 8. Police in Vancouver. B. C, were unable to verify reports the boy .was seen in that city. Pioneer Hies PORTLAND. May 20. (AP) Wll liam Perry Berger. 96. Portland resi dent for 65 years, died here Inst night. Berger came to Oregon on muleback as a member of a com pany appointed to guard Immigrants crossing the plains. Income Shares Quarterly Income shares; bid $1.37; asked 91.40. I 1 - F' DEAL SEEKS 4ANS 10 MEET CODE E1RGENCY Key Official Predicts General Breakdown of Code Prac tices Roosevelt Waits Crystallization Opinion WASHINGTON. May 39 Thl new deal probed vainly today for means to meet the extraordinary problem pre.vnted by the supreme court blasting of NRA. Oficials assayed conflicting reports about preservation of code wages ana hour standards. Gratification over public announce ment that many businesses would observe codes voluntarily was offset by private Information of some moven to cut wages and lengthen hours. While refusing to speak for quota tion, one key NRA officer predicted a general code breakdown. Roosevelt Watts. President Roosevelt, pursuing his own studies silently, was believed t be waiting especially for two things: First, a concensus from both his ad ministrative and legislative advisors on how to proceed; and two. a crys tallisation of public opinion. Perhaps surmounting both was n attempt to define "interstate com merce' .n the light of the broad de cision that goods which affect Inter state commerce only indirectly were not subject to federal Jurisdiction. There was a pronounced impression that, tinder the decision, it would (Continued on Page Five) I SENTENCES OF 19 Suspended sentences of 19 persons were continued to the October term of circuit court, in an order slgne.1 Monday by Judge H. D. Norton. The list includes Henrietta B. Mar tin, convicted of a riotiua conduct charge In October, 1933, by a circuit court Jury; Electa A. Fob I. May Mur ray and E. L. Fitch, who pleaded guilty a year ago to the circulation of a pamphlet containing libelous matter, attacking the Jury system and the district attorney, and James E. Stockman, granted probation on a criminal syndicalism charge. Others whose suspended sentence were continued were: Joyce .Helms. Harold Bailey. Pluma Finney, Price Hale, TRoy Wright, Arthur W. Ha7l rlgg. Benjamin Bohb Clifford Cleg?, A. E. Wall and J. D. Wall. J. W. Matney, also on the suspend ed sentence list, was stricken there from, for violation of probation and sentence to a prison term not to ex coed two and one-half yearsMondy- SECURITY MARKETS TO BE CLOSED TOMORROW NEW YORK. May 29. ( AP) All leading security and commodity mar kets in the United States with ex ception of the New Orleans cotton exchange, will be closed tomorrow in observance of Memorial day. of Midwest af. initv M'ne a. HiKhnnige for 5MHH) pound of ecd. 'f he scene In summer and grows in (he winter BASEBALL National. R, H. E. Boston .. 8 13 1 Philadelphia 8 1 Batteries: Brandt, Smith and Ho- gan, Spohrer: Jorwns, Thomas, E. Moore, Johnson and WUaon. American. R. H. B Philadelphia 9 13 4 Boston 10 10 3 Batteries: Dietrich, Cascarclla, Cas ter and Berry; Rhodes, Pipgras, Wal berg, Welch and Berg. GRACE WICK DONS BARREL TO STAGE PORTLAND, Ore., May 29. (AP) A "one-woman" protest parade was staged here yesterday by Miss Grace Wick, defeated congressional candi date, who wandered through the busi ness section clad in a barrel and a pair of bedroom sandals. Miss Wick, who was nominated for congress in a beer garden convention, was defeated by Judge E. K, Ekwall. Among the 40 or more slogans on her barrel were; "One of the forgotten women of the new deal, and "We need more humans and fewer vultures in office." She attacked Republicans and Dem ocrats alike, declaring those In power kept her from obtaining any public remunerative post. She Is a Demo crat. The Orace Wick mentioned In the above dispatch Is a former resident of this city and Jacksonville and Is remembered by scores of Jackson county residents. Ahe figured In a divorce action against her husband, George Merrltt, at Jacksonville ten years ago that was a sensation In tho pioneer town. Before that she figured In several political episodes and was a cainpatRner for the oloc tlon of ex-Governor Walter M. Pierce. Denied a divorce, she moved to Port land, where from time to time she has figured In news of her own mak ing. Testimony In the court action In this county showed she was once an actress and formerly lived In Bos ton. G T NEW TORK. May 39. (AP) Six persons were believed burled In the wreckage of a three-story building in a terrific blast at 31st and First avenue today. Police estimated that at least 10 more persons were In jured. The explosion tore out the entire side of the building, and It burst Into flames shortly after. Two fire alarms were sounded. Broken fflaes showered the vicinity. Ten ambulances from hospitals in the sector were rushed to the scene. as were four police emergency squads and a fire rescue squad. Four persons were taken from the debris and placed in an ambulance for Bellevue hospital five blocks away. IS OPENED TODAY BAN DIEQO, Cal.. May 29. (OP) All the pomp and ceremony of a king's coronation will attend the opening today of the $20,000,000 Call fornla Pacific International exposl tlon at Balboa park. Upwards of 75.000 visitors will throng the grounds for the Inaugural program that will be climaxed when President Roosevelt broadcasts a mes sage from the White Mouse at 6 p. m. The ceremonies got under way at II a.m., when Frank Belcher, presi dent of the exposition, inserted a golden key in the lock that opens the gates. 4 KANSAS CITY. Mo., May 23. (UP. Midwest farmers who hauled tanki of water for their stock In last sum mere drouth today saw their fielos turning to ooze and roada flooded in a season of unusual rains. Crews of maintenance men fought bank-full streams which tore at rail way bridges. Many state highways in Missouri. Kansas, Oklahoma and Nebraska were closed temporarily a d own po irs p 1 led wa ter over tlierr. Issbcr tlua It ooutt Or am. SEED OF VALLEY TO TIE T Government Orders 50,000 Pounds for Use of Soil Erosion Service More Orders Are Expected WJiat u bellevtd to b only the b, ginnlng of 4 tremendotu project m oil conservation undertaken by th soil erosion ervlce of the United States department of agriculture. In areas laid wast by erosion. Is Indi cated by a consljrunent of 50.0C) pounds of Rogue River valley winter bluegrasj seed to be shipped out al once by C. O. Hoover of Medlord. whs developed and Introduced this vain able grass. The seed Is to be us?d In the southwest and middlemen la areas devastated hv rirnnrh . a The shipment will be inspected for the government by H. a. rowler, Jackson county agricultural agent! oince- ins introduction of this grass, Mr. Fowler has worked constantly with Mr. Hoover and the farmers of me vancy m its development. Liiusin or lllni'ernM. Winter bluegrass. or Poa Bulboja. dlstantlv related ti. Kentucky blueffrajw nltbii.-ti. distinct from It. Ita name la r pproprlnte. as will he ,wn fi-rt description. It possesses character istics which are rarely found amon grasses. The plant never nrr.rti.. flowers or seeds. In place of seeds tContlnued on Page Three) SALLEE FOR TRIAL The grand Jury, w. W. Gregory, foreman, late yesterday returned a true bill against Prancls M. Sallee, chnrgod with a statutory offense In volving a seven-year old Central Point girl, and returned a not true bill against John Roth, Bangor, Me., a transient, charged with the slaying of J. J. Schmlts!, as the climax of a fight two weeks ago in the Ashland "Jungles." Roth, held In the county Jail since the tragedy, was free today. He claim ed that he acted In self-defense when he hit 8chmitz over the head with a piece of scantling, after Schmila had knocked him down and kicked him. Sailee was scheduled to be ar raigned In circuit court this after noon to plead. The grand Jury adjourned until next week when It will resume it Investigation of Joe Wilson, charged with Involuntary manslaughter, for the death of a boy bicyclist on the Jacksonville highway two weeks ago, following a crash between the auto driven by Wilson and another car. ALL STORES CLOSE POD MEMORIAL DAT All stores In Medford will be closed tomorrow (Memorial Day) it was announced ccday. It was yester day announced that the federal building, court house, city hall and the state liquor store, and all banks, would be closed. The liquor stor will remain open until 11 o'clock this evening. HOLLYWOOD, Gal., May 28. Poor old "New Dcnl" she wont to bnt three times Mon day with Supreme Court pitch ing and she struck out each time. There was a bill called the. Krazier-Leinke bill (where a fnrmer didn't have to pay his mortunire for five years). Th court said Fi-azier and Lemke were both wrong. Then come the NRA and they washed that up and to make it a Republican holiday then they decided that a Mr. Humphrey that used to work for the fed eral trade commission, should be working there yet even if he was a Republican. So the su preme court just stole the spot light from Jesse Owens. CUM, MMstuht SisaicaU, tea.
