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Thirtieth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, MAY 29, 3933.
No. 58.
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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-
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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
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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
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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.
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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
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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.
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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.