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Medford I Good Business H Is food buftlneffft to use the classified page of Ihti newspaper. These little ads bring surprising re sults and In most cases prove to be a good InreMment. Try them. BUNE Thirtieth Year (Twenty Pages Two Sections) MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 14, 1935. No. 72. 'MLv IM IT j The Weather Forecast: Cloudy tonight and Sat I urday; moderate temperature j Temperature 1 Wchett yesterday 61 Lowest this morning .... 48 Mail RI JV Juirl -Do ilia I o B0nd By PAUL MALLON (Copyright. 1935. by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON. June 14. The man who Is now supposed to be President Roosevelt's main conservative adviser called at the White House be fore the Hyde JPark trip. He at tempted to per suade the presi dent that the electrocution o t - public utility holding compa nies was too se vere. He wanted them paroled un der a government reform school Instead. $w TEW is -) PALI. MALLON A lew minor amendments to the electrocution section of the Wheeler Rayburn bill were discussed, but no specific substitute amendment was agreed on. However, the adviser went away with the distinct Impression that a reform school substitute would be acceptable to the president. That word was pasesd around In side. From It grew Inspired published prophecies about the New Deal soft enina the sentence on the utilities before the senate vote. In addition, it was the hidden basis on which .ne fight was made for the Dleterich amendment In the senate. The liberal advisers of the president heard nothing about such a change of heart; at least, not from the pres ident. In fact, they went to the ex- Mtiinc . vtter from him say ing emphatically he wanted nothing more than minor enanges in uie cic ... ,,inn plan nr the bill. This they kept In their pocket until the final drive began lor me amendment In the senate. i Senator Dleterich arose and an I nounccd. Just before the close, excit ing vote, that he was "authorized" to say that the president did not have In mind the elimination of good hold ing companies, only bad ones. Th.n h llhersls let him have It. The signed communication from the president was rcoa y o.u. Wheeler. This development Is only one chap ter In the most sensational Inside tale of hard legislative fighting that Washington has heard or will hear for many a year. Congressional cor- j , din in be strewn with cross and double-cross postscripts, not meaning kisses. So far, one thing has been estab lished; namely, what happens when an irresistible lobbying force meets an Immovable lobbying object. The Irresistible force wins by one vote. At least It did In the senate, where the liberal lobbyists for the administra tion defeated the conservative-utility lobbying agents by that margin on the Dleterich roll call. The liberals had a lobbying advan tage because their No. 1 man. Ben Cohen, sat on the senate floor as a government expert assisting Senator Wheeler. That was excusable because Mr. Cohen and his associate. Thomas Corcoran, really wrote the bill. The public utility people had to work from the gallery. A few hours before the roll call, i irnecre rmhpn and Corcoran be gan to aense that something was wrong. Some senators inej u counted as "safe" were not behaving properly. Something had to be done to get their boys back In line. Mr. Roosevelt wan out of town. So (Continued on Page Twelve) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Money like manna falling on two boy Canadians for their flashy fight at the Armory last night. Dick Watson keeping time to his footsteps by slapping his leg with a J newspaper. pon DeVore and Jimmy Moore threatening to beat the other in a round of rkeet. and the round end ing in a draw. Ron finally winning in a shoot-off for a glass of beer. tee Ackley hiking up the street with a lone posy clutched In his hand, and with rain falling from an almost cloudless sky to water It. Tully Williams on his knees Indus triously cleaning out the flag pele slot, receiving much adv)ce from passers -by. Ralph Bardwell and Bill Vawter. a huge rlgar apiece, watching workmen from serosa the street. George Seely. window washer de luxe kneeling In a Jewelry store win dow blowing oil Into a big clock. Auhrey NorrK unconscious of an audience, whistling "You're the One" lustily, - AMENDMENTS ARE' AGREED BY HOUSE IN SHORT DEBATE Vote for Abbreviated Re- covery Program Is 338 to 39 Anti-Trust Amend ment Called Improvement WASHINGTON. June 14. (AP) President Roosevelt today signed the Joint resolution extending the modi fied KRA to next April 1 as soon as he received It from congress. He also signed the Joint resolution continuing the emergency railroad act and the office of rail coordinator for one year to next June 17. Congressional action on both meas ures had been completed only this afternoon. WASHINGTON, June 14. ( AP) Racing against a Sunday night dead line, the house today speedily agrsed to senate amendment to the resolu tion extending an abbreviated NRA to next April l and sent the measure to President Roosevelt for his signa ture. . Passage came after only 40 min utes of listless debate. The vote for the NRA resolution was 338 to 39. Not even the full hour of allowed debate was utilized, the republicans apparently conceding their attempts to defeat the huge house democratic majority would be unsuccessful. When the special resolution, ac cepting the senate amendment to the measure was called up. Representative Mlchener (R.. Mich.), remarked: "Unless I am misinformed, only one rule like this has ever been brought before the house. This is a rarlfled type of gag rule." The Harrison-Borah anti-trust amendment, said Representative Jen kins (R., Ohio), "improves the bill." "We republicans contend," he as serted, "that the NRA either should be continued or allowed to die and not extend In this half-dead shape." Jenkins added that the "president will never live long enough to stop wishing that he could wlthdfaw the remarks he made about a constitu tional amendment" replacing NRA GIRL ART STUDENT SHRIEKS DENIALS LOS ANGELES, June 14. (UP) Shrieking at the top of her voice, Marian Palmer. 31?year-old art stu dent, today denied she had willingly disrobed In the apartment of Wyatt M. Wayne, former university athlete to show him how she had posed for various artists. Wayne Is on trial charged with for cibly disrobing the girl and beating her with a leather quirt. Under cross-e xamlnatlon by Wayne's attorney, the girl dented she had disrobed, that she had been drinking, and that she first threaten ed Wayne with the whip with which she declared he beat her. "I understand part of your cloth tng was left In Wayne's apartment. Where Is It now?" the attorney asked. Standing up In the witness stand, Miss Palmer pointed her finger at Wayne and shouted: "Ask that dirty rat!" Miss Palmer had testified that Wayne Invited her to his apartment to show her some of his pnintir.ns disrobed her. undressed himself, and beat her with the whip. Wayne's attorney said he would prove the girl willingly disrobed and that the altercation between the two occurred when she told Wayne his amateur art efforts were "punk." PRIEST'S SLAYER NEW YORK. June 14. (AP) Joseph Lleb Stelnmetz, 33-year-old Bible student, convicted of man slaughter in the slaying of his young bride when he found her partially dressed In the room of a drunken priest, was sentenced today to 8 to 16 years Imprisonment by Oeneral Sessions Judge Charles Nott. The youth was not tried for the slaying of the priest, the Rev. John J. Leonard, chaplain at the Morris hall home for the aged. Lawrence vtlle. N. J., who was shot to death at the same time. The state has Indi cated it will not attempt to convict him In the latter death. San Fram-Kco Ruttrrfat. SAN FRANCISCO. June 14. I API -First grade butterfat, 29 'yl I. o. b., San Francisco, r limn I nrnn l nr-l l lr-r I n iiiunTiAii Flag Day Marks Birth of Banner 158 Years Agot WASHINGTON, June 14. (AP) Exactly 158 years ago. the con tinental con Kress decreed that the nation should have a flag with 13 stripes and 13 stars and so today Is Flag day. It la the 20th annual official celebration of the event. President Wilson first proclaimed Flag day In 1915. His widow. Mrs. Wood row Wilson, was invited to view a pageant of flags today at the Girl Scouts' "Little House." ROOSEVELT PLEA OF COAL Mil WASHING TON, June 14. P) President Roosevelt today personally asked that the threatened atrike in the bituminous Industry be called off until July 1, and both union and operators' leaders agreed to recom mend it to conferences of laborers to morrow. John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine Workers, made the an nouncement In the Whit. House, fol lowing a talk with the President and congressional leaders, who are press ing for enactment of the Guffey bill to regulate the bituminous coal In dustry. The strike has been ordered for Monday. "The President suggested after canvassing the legislative situation that in the public Interest he -would request, the operators and miners to extend the status quo of the wage agreements In the Industry until July 1 end save the country the expen.ee and Inconveniences of a suspension of work," Lewis said. The President, the union chief add ed, based his requst on the legislative situation and expressed hone for' en- (Contlnued on Page Eleven) MINERS' ASSESSMENT ELIMINATION SIGNED WASHINGTON, June 14. (AP) The miners assessment elimination bill was signed yesterday by Presi dent Roosevelt, Income Shares Quarterly income shares, 1.35 bid; 1.48 asked. Accused Kidnapers Returned to Scene fciia - r - r iJ rt-p'' r "J- -ia6M,n.'ii Mwwrw.jtajH ,i Mimyr ajiairiMj k To face arraltnment In (lie fiwirge Weerhariir kidnaping rae, Harmon Melr Wnlrv and his yniing tlfe, Mrs. Margaret Uale, are Mmnn urrUIng In Teroma late nhierlay by airplane from ?alt Lake ( .It. v. Tliry were under heavy guard of hrpariment of 4titce acnto. The Unlets an- shnwn an lltey left the plane at Pierre County Airport. Mr. Haley Is In the renter of the plane and her hiihand It on the ground. marlni a white rap and wlth his wrlt handrtiffed. I'niW hcaty guard, they nrre ruhrd tn the Federal Itulldlng In Taroma and arraigned heforr Inlted States OommMlonr II. ft. f-'tlrh on rharge of conspiracy to extort and kidnaping and transporting the 9 ear-old Taroma hoy arros the Washing I on statt line Into Idaho. They en tered pleas of not guilty to both rounts. Ball for each waa rived at SI'MMHH) on the extortion charge and ball b not tet on the wotid count. When orreted nt Salt (Jike f'lly lost Hntunliiy they guided ti-men to the pot here Sto,nio of the ;immmmi random irtllrited from 4. V. ee rhaeiiMT family for return of the hoy hurled. After arraignment the Haley were taken to the Ihurnton Cuunly Jail In Oljmpla, the slate (apltal, Associated I'reu Photo. MNNArt-KN Vlh Wr IJ M Shot in Bed MNIIINIillllN BY QLYIfjABASTILE Federal Agents Take Young Weyerhaeuser for Inter view With Waleys Ma han Is Still at Large ,-TACOMA, June 14. (AP) Federal agents rushed nine-year-old George Weyerhaeuser to the Thurston county Jail at Olympia today for an hour and a half Interview with Mr. and Mrs. Harmon M. Waley, charged with his kidnaping May 24. Authorities refused to comment on the visit. Official sources revealed the Waleys saw the lad separately. It was assumed the purpose of the visit was to have George see the Waleys so he could identify them. He was hurried out of the garage in the basement In the front seat of a sedan with two federal agents, one of whom shouted, "Come on, George," as they entered the garage. At Salt Lake City, where the Waleys wero apprehended, officers while still watching for William Mahan, wanted as an accomplice In the kidnaping, were reported seeking an unnamed woman, believed Ma han's companion. It was believed the officers obtained her fingerprints In the Spokane, kidnap hideout. With "two down and one to go," (Continued on Pago Eleven) FALL OFF HAY WAGON FATAL FOR RANCHER EUREKA, Cal., June 14.(jVP) William A.. Robinson, 66. of Brtdge vllle, Cal., president of the Humboldt County Cattlemen's association; was killed' when ho fell from a load of hay and suffered a broke neck yesterday. Robinson was prominent in all farm and ranch activities . of the county. He was also .a member of the Elks and Odd Fellows fraternal organization. His widow, a daughter and four sisters survive. FRONTIER AIR BASE . BILL IS APPROVED WASHINGTON. June 14. (API The senate military committee today approved the house bni ' authorizing establishment by tho war department of "frontier alr-d e f e n s e" bases throughout the country. BOY VICTIM In 1- i A cafe entertainer and model identified as Celia Venabie (above) waa shot to death in a .Chicago hotel by a disappointed suitor. Juat before ahe died she murmured "Tony," and police sought Anthony MaoVina. She waa ahot nine times. CIA PROTESTS LONDON, June 14. (AP) Certain diplomatic quarters here reported to day that China was making urgent representations to the western pow ers against Japanese moves after Quo Tal-Chl, the Chinese ambassador, called at the foreign office to discuss tho situation. It: was reported that China claims Japan's action Is a flagarant viola tion of the nine-power treaty. It was said that Ambassador Quo Informed Great Britain that China wishes to force Japan to adhere to the provisions of the treaty, to which tho United States and Great Britain as well ai other nations-aro -signatories, and that China Is unable to make further concessions to Japan. His formal call was made as press reports from China described an ad vance of Japanese soldiers through the great wall. BAER WILL FIGHT WINNER LOUIS, CARNERA BATTLE NEW YORK. June 14. ( AP) Mike Jacobs, promoter of the 20th Century Club, "announced late today that Max Baor had agreed to flpht In Septem ber the winner of the "June 25 match Iwr between Joe Louis, Detroit ne gro, and Primo Camera, former heavyweight champion. Ik H i I W I j I s T" 4 - PLEA HOLDS INTEREST IE Union Officials Seeking to Restrain Officers From Interference With Picket ing of Oregon Sawmills PORTLAND, Ore., June 14. (AP) Interest In northern Oregon lumber strike was transferred from the gates of sawmills today to the circuit court room In this city. Not even the test case of an arrest ed picket, heard In the Gresham Jus tice court, approached In lmpotancc the scene In Circuit Judge James W. Crawford's court where union offi cials are threatening to secure an In junction to restrain county and state officers from Interfering In the pick eting of mills. At Gresham, where, the cases of the 237 pickets arrested at the Bridal Veil mill east of Portland were to be heard, the union lost the first skir mish when Justice E. A. Eastman de clined to recognize a plea for a change of venue for Alf Johnson, 32. John son was tho first man arrested. To Ask Venuu Change' Chris Boesen, attorney for the un ion, announced that he would file a writ of mandamus for a change of venue In district court late today. It was not expected anyone other than Johnson would be brought to trial Immediately. The pickets are charged with disorderly conduct. Many have been released on ball. While all eyes centered on the In junction proceedings here, the sltua- (Conttnued on Page Three) INSULL ACQUITTAL VERDICT DIRECTED CHICAGO, June 14 (AP) Federal Judge John C. Knox today directed the Jury in the bankruptcy law violation of Samuel Insull, his son, Samuel Insull, Jr., and Harold L. Stuart to return a verdict of ac quittal for all three defendants. Judge Knox declared: "Under the proof submitted by the government the hypothesis of the defendants Innocence Is as great as that of their guilt." Insull, Sr., who seemed a bit stunned by the suddenness of the decision, smiled happily and said : "All I can say Is that I'm happy and I'm through." NAME EUGENE WOMAN STATE P. E. 0. LEADER SALEM. Ore.. June 14. (AP) The state conference of the P. E. O. Sister hood closed here this afternoon after a three-day session. Mrs, A. E. Cas well of Eugene was elected president for the ensuing year and Mrs. M. D. We 11 is of Portland was named as vice-president. Mrs. Caswell formerly served as vice-president of the state chapter. and Mrs. Wellls was the organizer In the state this past year. Over 300 members and delegates attended the session. MENEGAT'S WELCOME DAUGHTER IN PORTLAND PORTLAND. Ore.. June 14. (Spl.) Mr. and Mrs. Paul Menegat announce the arrival of an eight-pound daugh ter, Judith Rae, on June 13 at St. Vincent's hospital In Portland. This Is their second daughter. Mr. Menegat, principal of the Med ford Junior high school. Is now In Portland on vacation. KLAMATH MAN NAMED ON AGRICULTURE BOARD SALEM. June 14. (AP) E. A. Geary of Klamath Palls was appoint ed to the state board of agriculture by Governor Martin. Geary succeeds Henry Semon of Klamath Falls, who resigned following the attorney general's opinion that his membership on the board made him ineligible as a member of the legislature. MAHAN SUSPECT PROVES TO BE ' JOBLESS YOUTH IDAHO PALLS. Idaho. June 14. (API The rtourlst reported to the sheriff's office here today as resem bling William Mahan, wanted In con nection wl th t he Weyer haeuser kid naping, provrd to be a youth looking for work when he was accosted by police upon his arrival here. Rain at Pendleton PENDLETON. Ore.. June 14. (AP) Heavier wheat lands were greatly benefited by a quarter of an Inch oi rain which fell In this area last night. Wheat on lighter lands la re- lajcie4 a beyond aavlng. BASEBALL National Plrat game: B. H. K. St. Louis . 4 10 a Boston - . B 9 1 Walker. Haines, Huesser and Davis: Cantwell, Benton and Hogan. (2nd game, 13 Innings) K. H. E. St. Louis 8 3 1 Boston - 7 13 1 Batteries: J. Desn and Delancey; Betts, Smith, Cantwell and Hogan. Mueller. R. H. E. Chicago 4 11 a Philadelphia 5 8 0 Batteries: Kowallk and Hartnett: Davis and Wilson. R. . H. . E. Cincinnati 3 3 0 New York 0 4 0 Derringer and Campbell; Chagnon. Al Smith and Danntng. R. H. E. Pittsburgh 13 0 Brooklyn - 0 5 0 Swift and Padden; Clark and Lo pez. American. R. H. E. Boston .. ... 10 B 1 Detroit -..... 8 17 4 Batteries: Hockette, H. Johnson and R. Far rail; Hatter. Sullivan, Hogsott. Sorrell and Hayworth. FUN, FOOD, FIGHTS FOR ELKS' PICNIC With a complete program of sports and games, topped off with a 30 round CCC boxing card, the Elks' an nual plcnto will be staged tonight at their picnic grounds on Rogue river. Advance ticket sales indicate that the brothers will be out in a body for the big outdoor carnival of fun, food ano fights. A klttonball game will start at 5 o'clock and the picnic supper, complete with all the trim mings, will begin at 0:30. The fight card will open at 0 o'clock and prom ises to be the best of the hair-rais ing CCC series. P. C. Bigham, chairman of the "feed" committee, has promised some thing out of the ordinary In the way of a picnic -supper. J. P. PJlegel Is general chairman of the event and J. C. Thompson has had charge of the ticket sales. Leon B. Hasklnc is chairman of the concessions commit tee and says there will be many side attracns. Jerry Jerome has worked with Capt. William C. Ryan, district athletic of ficer, In arranging the CCC fight card. It wiU Include ten fistic bouts and will bring together the best of the district's fight talent. Stan Sherwood has handled the sports and entertainment, while Ev erett Brayton la chairman of the committee on grounds and lights. Wil son Walt Is chairman of the music committee, E. C. Ferguson has han dled publicity and Fred Wahl will serve as cashier. W. E, ("Shorty") Morris will be In charge of the parking and says there will be ample parking space for all. GRANGERS HEAR STRIKE VERSION MnMrNNVIIiLE. Ore., June 14. (P) Representatives of tht Sawmill and Timbers Workers' union appealed before the State Grange members In convention here today to present ar guments In behalf of the current lumber strike. The union leaders declared press reports of the atrike had been mis leading and that pickets had been driven from private property. Final consideration of resolutions was underway later today as the state Orange conclave neared Its close. EIGHT DIE IN FLOODS IN UVALDE. Tex.. June 14. Flood waters, following torrential rains, took eight lives In Texas today. Five unidentified Mexicans were dead at Del Rio. C. C. Tober, 05, and two unidentified negroes drowned at Kenedy. Other casualties were feared In Iso lated sections of southwest Texas after record -breaking rains sent creeks and rivers on their second rampsgc within two weeks. WASHINGTON, June 14. (API The war department announced to day award of a contract for con struction of a portion of the re located line of the Oregon-Wash, in b ton Railway to Navigation com pany between railroad mile post 37 and C a sonde Iock. Oregon, to Orlno. Btrkmeler and Saramal, Spokane. WatUlngtOQ. of $703,191, EARLY SHOOTING T 175 Men Start Blazing Away This Morning Many of National Repute Entered in Oregon Classic Two evrnts In th Orrjon Stats trapshoot were completed this after, noon with J. O. Count of Pocatello, Ida., carrying off the trophy In the Wolves event, which Is composed of shooters sveraglng 95 per cent or bet ter. Cotant broke 50 straight. The trophy In the Lamb event went to W. E. warren of Reno. Nev., who also shattered SO targets without missing. Thlrty-flve squads of 175 men were ready to go to the firing lines when the call was Issued at 6:30 this morning for the first major event In the Oregon state trnpshoot being held at the Medford Gun club. This Is one of the largest turn outs of scatter gun artlzans regis tered In this county In recent years, and. the list of competitors In to day's principal number exceeds th line-up for the corresponding event In Portland last year by more than ten squads. It was the opinion of Charles Dockendorf, veteran tourna ment cashier, that the Medford meet will prove to be the largest In the United States this year. Tho first number on today's pro gram was the class championships of 200 targets at 18 yards, dlvldod into eight rounds of 25 targets. The shooters were divided Into A, B, C and D classifications In accord ance with their averages and tro phies and prizes were to be awarded to winners and runners-up in escn class. The squads fire In rotation and with such a large list of en trants It was anticipated that the, event would not be concluded till 'well toward evening. Many of the ace field sportsmen of the west were entered In the class championship number and all ap peared to be In excellent form. Bs- (Contlnued on Page Eleven) OETAllClEN ROXY ANN DUTY Medford's dream of park develop ment at the Prescott Memorial psrk on Boxy Ann became reality today when 1st Lieut. Richard O. Lsng. Inf.-Res., and an advance cadre of 20 men were sent to the camp sit 3 miles east of Medford to begin wont on the camp. The men were detailed here from Camp Wlmcr and will form the nu cleus of the new company to be sta tioned there. The company will be engaged In park development work during the coming months. TEN-DAY TRUCIHhALTS HOSTILITIES IN CHAC0 BUENOS AIRES. June 14. (AP) A ten-day truce took effect In the Chsco at noon today, the Bolivian and Paraguayan general staffs Issuing the "cease firing" order to weary sol diers whose hostilities had virtually halted several hours before. SAYS BEVERLY HILLS, Cal., Juno 13. Setting here on the run ning board of my car, about a hundred people sitting around, we are all trying to make a movie to try to make the world laugh. "Step and Fetch It" just came up with Jesso Owens, the Cleveland . colored boy of Ohio State, who breaks world's rec ords as easy as the rest of us break commandments. He is a very, very modest fellow. Says he will be tickled to death if he can just win these events here Sunday as he thinks these are t lie best boys he has met. He ia entered in four events. He holds the world's record in three of 'cm and is tied for the other. Funny thinp, on the picture with us is Jim Thorpe, our srreatest all round athlete of all time. 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