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County- Wide Chamber of Commerce Membership Drive Launched Today The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Wednes day; somewhat cooler tonight. Temperature: Highest yesterday ya lowest this morn I n j 64 It's Vacation Time Hare the Mall Tribune follow Joa on your mmcr vacation. Better j than letter from home. Telephone I 73 or drop a postal giving your old ond new address. BEDFORD Thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, JULY 36, 1933. No. 98. Mail Tjibune WW iLiLiSlgMiL tl CT t By PALL MALI.ON Cupvrlcht, 11)35, by raul Mai Ion WASHINGTON. July 16 Tlie beaas you see on the brows or congress men these days are not due entirety to the weamer, but to a. certain political heat wave. Excellent cooling systems it the capltol are not adequate to combat the record tempera tures being raised by the senate committee lnves ilgatlng the utili ties lobby. The basic mo tive behind that PAIL . MALLO.N ini-Mtipntinn has not been a secret. The new deal congressional board ot strategy decided more or less openly that the only way to save Its origi nal Wheeler-Rayburn bill, after the house defeat, was to dig up and broadcast the transgressions of the power people. It was arranged that Senator Wlieeler would delay the bill until the Investigators had built a publicity backfire which would mafce It hot for those congressmen who opposed the new deal version of the bill. The Initial success of the endeavor has been more than the most en thusiastic new dealers expected. Anyone who has been watching congressmen closely the last few days could almost see a few of them wlit. The leading new dealers say that a dozen or more house mem bers have already Indicated a desire to change their votes, before the Turkish bath torture goes any rur ther. However, at least 35 must change. If the new deal Is to win. This will take some time. If Indeed It can be accomplished at all. The prospects were greatly en livened by the strong majority rolled up In the house for the new deal TV A amendments last week. Every Insider realized the swerving Impli cations behind that vote. Furthermore the power people themselves are glum. They do not know how to combat this sort of thing. One confessed mournfully a few davs ago that he thought the Jig was' up: that It Is only " ques tion of what congress will do to us." What is helping the new deal game along Is the fact that the power lobby, as usual, overplayed Its hsnd Jn some Instances. A typically Idiotic Incident Is one which happened to Chairman Rayburn of the house committee In charge of the legisla tion. He has never told about It. but about a month ago he received over 100 letters from the small town ot Denlson. Texas. All were virtually Identical In wording and all urged him to defeat his own bill. Rayburn acknowledged these let ters and was surprised to find that J2 of his acknowledgement came back undelivered because the post man could find no euch persona liv ing at the addresses given. A check er, iT,Hir-ati.i that many of the names were those of persons no longer liv ing, or who had moved awny from town. Some were children, under voting age. Another el!p-up occurred when worker, of a utility plant In a Texas city were ordered to write Icters against the bill. The company sup plied the stationery and stamped envelopes. Most of the employes tucked bare sheets of paper Into the envelopes and sent them to (Continued on Page SU) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS S'an Blden. ex-footballer from here and now of Los Angeles, looking vry proud because Rnger Dew named his young son. Stanford Charles, for him. A state police officer In street clothes parking his official car where several men were holding a bull feat near the curb, and they being very obstreperous until they noticed the official lnlgnla on the car, and then all smiles. Attvs. Kelly. Roberts and Gus Newbury holding an Impromptu court meemg as all three large men ersrnbled out of one small sedan. Twenty people ell trying to ride at ence In the lO-passenger elevator at the Medford building while work men labor on ne stairs. Barbara Schmidt wondering what her rame would lock like In print. Aiwa n cb'.isr.r.ff. '.n est: cat '.on dis floied thv. :t ciowly reea;b.ei tiiis; A FIELD OVER WHICH L Opinion Handed Down in Appeal of Hoosac Mills From $81,694 Processing and Floor Taxation BOSTON. Mass.. July 16. (AP) The agricultural adjustment act. under which the administration seeks to control agricultural production, raise prices, and recompense farmers for crop reduction, today In large part was held unconstitutional by the U. S. circuit court of appeals. The court not only ruled that the power under which nearly a billion dollars In processing taxes had been collected was v unconstitutional, but alpo expressed the opinion that the "congress has attempted to Invade a field over which It has no control." The decision of the court was handed down In the appeal of the receivers of the Hoosac Mills corpo ration from a district court 'decision. The lower court had refused to order the government to return to' the cor poration (81.604 In processing and floor taxes. The court adjudged both processing and floor taxes unconsti tutional. The authority of the administra tion for Its entire program for con trolling production of such diverse commodities as pork, cotton, tobacco and grain Is thrown Into question by the declsln which will be appealed at once' to the United States supreme court. The circuit court's decision was based upon a test case brought by receivers of the Hoosac mills, which sought recovery of $81,694.48. The decision was subscribed to by Judges Scott Wilson and George P. Morris. Judge Oeorgo H. Bingham, senior Justice, dissented. Control Is Aim "It Is clear," said the decision, that the main purpose of the act "Is to (Continued on Page Ten) OF BERLIN. July 16. (AP) Jewlen rioting last night brought forth a "warning to elements Inimical to the state" by the state police today. It followed demonstrations on the Kurfucrstendamm boulevard whlcn lasted until the early hours of the morning' and which the press called putting a "damper on growing Jewish arrogance." The police warning read: "It la understood that demonstra tions against the provocative be havior of Jews once again yesterday attracted all sorts of dark element which believe that In situations like this they may pursue their anti governmental purposes and, through tumults, bring the state and the (nazl) movement into disfavor. 19 EUGENE, July 16. (AP) Bids for construction work on the new Uni versity of Oregon library will be opened August 19, and It is expected actual construction will be under way early In September, It was announced here today by C. D. Byrne, secretary of the board of higher education. Depression on Way Out Says Women's Leader SEATTLE. July 16. VP "It locks as if the depression were on the way out." aald Mrs. Gellne MacDonsld Bowman, national president here for the biennial convention of the na tional federation of business and pro fessional women's clubs today. "Many women have written me that tiey are bo rushed with business that, for the first time since 1323. they will be unable to attend the na tional convention. Tnere were about 2.000 out of a membership of 60.000. however, here for the pre-ccnventlon group mytin? which started yesterday and continue until tonight's opening session in the civic auditorium. Last night's feature was a mass meeting in the Metropolitan theater ai)0'n11 tne Olympic hotl con'.en ::on hend quart c:s, f. w.i'.ori Mr . Bo---nn re-. leed w;iat wm described a tj6 ii;t ooaipreliewJ'.e survey NUDIST ASKS AIMEE IN FOR TEA IK:";. -f Zorlne, leader of the nudist colony at the San Diego, Calif., fair, has Invited Almee Semple McPherson to tea In the nudist garden when the Lot Angeles evangelist visits the exposition. (Associated Press Photo) AT anfrrwTT.T.lr. N. T . JulT-16. f API Two untamed creatures of the Jun gle a python and a lion bowed to man today, but not until mi; naa laid low two of their captors. Thi vtotlm wrrn trainers at the wild animal camp of Frank Buck. noted Jungle explorer. Thi ntlinn nttsrked OttO LlOVd yesterday as it was being taken from a cage in wnicn it naa oecn oruiiK"', from the Malay Jungle. It colled Its 26-foot body around Lloyd as fellow handlers fought to tree him. In the midst of the struggle, a large male lion broke from Us hand lers as they were transferring It to a permanent cage. The animal lunged at Stuart Roe. slashing his arma and shoulders before It was subdued. It took five minutes tor four hand lers to pry the python away from Lloyd and place the snake In Its per manent case. Lloyd, an experienced snake hand ler, remained calm as he lay In the grip of the snake. He was unable to give dlrectlona to his rescuers. The two men were taken to Reed' hobpltal. where attendanta said Lloyd was critically Injured. WASHINGTON. July 19. I API In the face of the Cincinnati circuit court decision denying federal power to condemn land for housing projects. Secretary Ickea said today he was considering filing of condemnation suit against the site of a project In Minneapolis. Income Shares Marlyland Fund: Bid, $16.27; asked, 17.59. Quarterly Income shares: Bid, $1.34; asked. 11.47. ever made of women In public office. She and the ether speakers Miss Charl O. Williams, first rice p:esl dent, and Rosa E. Cunningham, leg islation chairman lea It largely with the federation's campaign to have married women given the same rljiht to employment held by men and un married women. Mrs. Bowman reported that Idah has a policy aa!nst married women holding Appointive office, and that Oreffon has been reported considering thn same ban where the husbani makes a reasonable living. She said 42 governors answered her question naire about women In public wff!ce. and that Georgia led In elective wom en officials M. and Maryland led In appointive romec official with 108. ' "Both parties sre be-jSr.ning to : realize women's poer." s.ie fi.i also urged a campaign in be.-.aif of awrritol women eciiool teachers. 1 The membership campaign spon sored by the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce officially got under way this morning. It was announced by B. E. Harder, president. Last night Mr. Harder, the board of directors, the membership com mittee and a special group met at the chamber of commerce to perfect plans for a two-day campaign designed to provide additional memberships for the chamber of commerce. As a re sult of that meeting, this morning at 9 o'clock the various tpams were circulating throughout the business dlstrlc and at the time of going to press It was announced that many new memberships had been obtained. According to Mr. Harder, It will be necessary to curtail the work of the chamber of commerce unless suffi cient funds are provided for carry ing out the program as at present constituted. Much Interest centers around the new fnrmer mcrrlbcrshfp by which a farmer can Join the organization for (10 a year and obtain voting privi leges. It Is reported that most of the work done by the chamber of com merce is of benefit mostly to those who live outside the city of Mcdford, and for that reason the board of di rectors believes a ceratln amount of support should be received from the outside communities. The new artlsnn membership for employes of members Is also meeting with ft ready response. It Is expected that the campaign will only last two days and at the conclusion the names of new mem bers will be published. SECOND MAN KILLED REEDS PORT, Ore., July 16. (AP) The second fatality attendant upon the construction o! the new highway bridjre across the Umpo.ua river with in the past week had been recorded today In the death of George Moek. ; 45. a carpenter, who fell into the j water from the pier on which he was working late yesterday. I The body was recovered but effort at resuscitation failed. ! The other recent fatality among : bridge employes here occurred Friday I when Jewi Tray lor. steel worker, was . killed when he fell agalnn a steel girder. 120-Degree Heat j Results in Death j INDIO. Calif.. July 10. ( AP) Tne O-dgree heat that has enveloped the Coachella valley was blamed to i day for the death of Prank H. Law. I ton. 40. Los Angeles bank teller, who i died at Thermal, near here, last : night after binp overcome earlier 'in the day. His d-ath wan the ser : ond from neat in the vaily this I ISM. NEW DEAL SEEKS TO FEND BLOW OF I Administration Plans Prompt Appeal of Process Tax Finding House Tables Move for Adjournment WASHINGTON. July 16. (AP In congress and the offices of its best legal minds, the new deal sought today to ward off a blow aimed at the AAA by the circuit court of appeals at Boston. The court held the processing taxes which help finance benctlt payments to crop-reducing farmers were unconstitutional. Administration officials said the; would appeal promptly to the su preme court. Efforts were renewed In the senate, meanwhile, to pass legislation which would throw all such litigation out of court. The house Investigation ot lobby ing for and against the utility hold tng company bill again held atten tion. Rep. Maverick (D.. Tex.) testi fied that Hep. Brewster (R., Me.) had assured him he favored the bill's provision to abolish some hold ing companies by 11)42. Brewster has charged Thomas Corcoran, RFC at torney, threatened to stop the Passa maquoddy, Maine, tide - harnessing project If he did not vote for the abolition section. "When I saw Mr. Brewster walk through the long line (In the teller vote by which the abolition pro- (Continued on Page Four) ELKS CONVENTION ATI. A. IN COLUMBUS. O.. July 16. P The Benevolent and Protective Order of Elks unanimously elected Judge James T. HallUian of the New York supreme court grand exalted ruler of the order today. Los Angeiee was awarded the 1038 Orend lodge con vention after Miami, Fla., Withdrew Its bid. Judge Halllhan succeeds Michael P. Shannon or Los Angeles. The new ruler has been an Ells for 25 years and Is a past exalted ruler of the Quccnsborough, N. Y., lodge. He was born in New York City In 1680. was admitted to the bar In Jan uary, 1912, and was elected to the supreme court for a 14 year term in 1931. More than 35,000 visitors, Includ ing some 2,000 official delegates rep resenting as many lodges, were M at tendance today at the Grand lodge's 71st annual convention. BANDIT ESCAPES TACOMA. Wash., July 16.-f AP Fear that the Ortlng bank bandit and slayer of Chief Prank H. Chadwlck and aPtrolman Harry Storem of Puy allup had slipped through the cordon of peace officers spread around the Puyallup valley last night and today and had gone Into hiding In Seattle or Tacoma, was expressed here today, after the entire morning failed to bring forth any additional clue as to his whereabouts. Possibility that the bandit and killer could have been William Ma han, Weyearhaeuser kidnaper, was discounted by the Pierce county sher iff's office today, when It was an nounced at the office that descrip tions of the man furnished by half a dozen witnesses of the holdup and slaying did not tally as closely with Mahan as at first thought. "We are working on a different he ory." James Milone. chief criminal deputy, announced today. CVA' DESIRABILITY 10 BE INVESTIGATED WASHINGTON, July 16. (API The national resources board acting at the request of President Roose velt, has authorized a three-fold in vestigation Into the desirability ot .setting up a Columbia valley author ; Ity for development of the natural resource of the Columbia river basin, j Senator Pope (D., Idaho) author I of a bill creating such an authority I disclosed the action of the resources i board In a statement today In which ! he suld he a convinced the in j vestigmion would "establish the de sirability" of a unified plan for the bailO. SOCIAUECURITY. Senate and House Conferees in Agreement Except for Single Point Will Seek House Vote on Measure WASHINOTON, July 16 .iff) Sen ate and bouse conferees said to Jay they had reached a complete agree ment on the administration's social security bill except for the senate amendment to exclude private pen sion plans, on which there was a deadlock which will call for a vote in the house. Chairman Harrison, of the senate conferees, announced that the house managers would report a disagree ment on the privnte pension amend ment and ask the house to vote on It. On other major controversies, tne conferees agreed: To adopt the LaPoUette amendment added in the senate, permitting com pany reserve for unemployment in surance, if states chose that method In place of state-wide pools. To accept the house provision mak ing the social security board In In charge of administering the set Independent. To permit states which have con stitutional prohibitions against old age pensions to get the federal 115 a -month grants for two years provid ed they set up their own adminis trations. The appropriations of cities and counties for old age pensions would temporarily be considered as matching state funds. To Include all employers of elg.it or more persons under the proposed 3 per cent payroll tax for unemploy ment Insurance. The house bill cov ered employers of ten or more, the senate bill of four or more. To exclude Indians from the old age pensions, by dropping the sen ate amendment which Included them. To Include pensions for the blind as In the senate bill, but covering all blind and not only those tolally blind. To require that persons 65 years of age must retire to get their pensions. BASEBALL R. H. E. 0 12 0 Brooklyn . Pittsburgh 3 10 4 Batteries: Zachary and Phillips; Swift, Weaver and Padden. ' n, H. E. New York 6 0 1 Cincinnati 7 11 2 Batteries: Parmelee, Stout and Dannlng; Dcrrlngrr and Lombard 1, Ertckson. American R. R. E. Detroit M 2 18 0 Philadelphia 8 0 1 Batteries: Crowder, Hogsett and Cochrane; Blaeholder and Richards. R. H. E. Chlcapo . 0 2 1 New York 2 6 0 Batteries: Whitehead and Bcwell; Allen and Jorgens. R. H. E. St. Louis 8 n 0 Washington . 4 11 0 Batteries: Cain, Thomas, VanAtta, Coffman and Hemsley; Hadley. Pet tit, Newsom, McLean and Holbrook PORTLAND, July 16. (AP) "Peelln' fine" after having spent the past six months In aouthern California, William (BUI) Hanley, long-time operator of one of Ore gon's largest cattle baronies, was in Portland today after a aea voyage from Los Angeles. Eclipse of Moon Marks Break in Heat on Coast PORTLAND, July 16. (AP) The man In the moon covered hi face with both hands last night and i when he again grinned down on the planet earth with full glow at n:3 p. m., he found a much relieved populace, especially In the Pacific northwest. Almost coincident with the eclipse came a definite break In the burning heat wave which reached Its full force over the week-end and had gradually receded since. Last night was definitely cool here, compared to recent temperatures. Indications today were that the mercury would not shoot above nor mal seasonal marks. Br the Associated Press, The moon, totally eclipsed by the earth, shone copper-colored from , refracted rya last night and early IttOX la cle&llal aprt&cU tat Salem Scientists Think Earwig Is Part Of Eclipse SALEM. July 16. (API An ad venturesome earwig staged an eclipse of his own here Inst night as observers were viewing the moon's eclipse through a telescope at the B. L. Bradley home. The Insect crept Into the Brad ley Instrument unannounced, and many spectators had made an Interested study of the "eclipse" before It was discovered they had been viewing an enlarged bug in stead of the obscured natplllte. 20TH BURGLARY OF FABER STORE GOES ON RECORD The first eclipse of the moon must have been tremendous news to the Neanderthal men who witnessed It. So must have been the robbing of the Paber general atore In Central Point the first time thieves broke In. But subsequent eclipses of the moon hsve waned In newa value, because they are expected and even titlcl pa ted. The same might be said to apply to the Paber store. It was robbed last night for the 20th time In 25 ycarsi E. C. Paber, owner of the place, Is considering the Installation of a revolving door, so that his "patrons" won't stumble over each other In entering or leaving. When the series of robberies bey an. Paber could do little about It. Dogs wouldn't frighten the thieves away, so he got a night watchman to sleep In the building. This Uie watohman did, snoring the night lustily away while a prowler entered and made off with consider able merchandise. Then a burglar alarm was hiatal led. It didn't, tow ever greatly alarm the bunglers, who came and went as the caprice moved them, completely Ignoring the "alarm . So a better alarm was built, con nected to all windows and doors. Ist night the thief, or thieves, cut a hole (Continued on Page Ten) LJ KINGMAN, Arlr,., July 16. (AP) Initiated as a member of the air men's caterpillar club, Major General George E. Leach, chief of the United Statea National guard, today nursed a lacerated arm and Joked about having balled out of a burning army plane and wandering for hours through Arizona wastelands near here. , , The general, flying from Washing ton, D. C, to army maneuvers at Santa Maria, Cal., parachuted to sarety when the ship, piloted by Captain Charles M. Cummlngs, caught lire. Cummlngs carried the plane on abo,ut 10 miles and then balled out himself near a ranch house. Berkeley's Lion On Oakland Visit OAKLAND, Calif., July 16. AP) Berkeley's mountain lion Invaded Oakland early today. A woman who did not glvfl ner name telephoned police to say ahe had seen the animal at 62nd and Grove streets. Officers surmised tne Hon was the same animal that clawed Charles Eckles, 20, In down town Berkeley Sunday night. . kept millions of Americans up past bedtime. The ecllpM tu the longest TUlble In thu country In 60 year,. There will not be another of such lengtn for another half century. The phenomenon came with direct alignment of aun, earth and moon, the moon alldlng through the earth a umbral cone, which extenda 860.0OU mllee Into apace, at a point approxi mately 228.000 miles away. The refracted raya from the aun. which gave the ecllpaed moon a pale phoapnoreacent copper color and made It atlll vlalble. were bent around and directed Into the earth's umbra by vaporoua substances about the earth's aurfaca. Scientists at Terxea observatory In Wlsconaln said thflr obaervatlona showed no changes In the craters on the moon'a aurfaca sine the last EFFORTS OPPOSED Petitions in Circulation Hit ting Repeated Agitation for Slayer's Pardon Would Put End to Activity Wayne L. Morse, dean of the Uni versity, of Oregon law school, In a statement to the press at Eugene yes terday, denied the statement of Mrs. Ariel Burton Pomeroy of Central Point, that he (Morse) told her the L. A. Banks case should be Investi gated. The Morse statement read: "I did not make any such state ment. Mrs. Pomeroy came to my of fice and asked me to sign one of the petitions. I told her I never did such a thing; furthermore, that I would not commit myself until In vestigation had been made disclosing all the facts." A number of University of Oregon alumni residing in this county, said yesterday, they intended to write Dean Morse relative to the stand at tributed to him by Mrs, Pomeroy. Petitions, directed to Governor Charles H. Martin, protesting against any pardon to L. A. Banks, serving a life term In state prison for mur der and "deploring the constant and persistent agitation for clemency for Banks," are In circulation in Jackson county today. The petitions also ask that "a final determination of these frequent pleas be made, at the August 2 hearing set yesterday by the governor, to the end that the people of Jackson county be spared In the future thp fear that this cold-blooded murderer be turned loose." Governor Martin set the date for a hearing on a pardon for the former local agitator, upon the request of Mrs. Ariel Burton Pomeroy of th Central Point district, one of Banks' (Continued on Page Ten) TAKE $22 FROM Two or thr unidentified young men entered the Shell service station at the corner of Front and Slxt h streets at about 0:30 last night and escaped with about 922 from the till when the manager, A. O. Tollefson was busy in the greasing department at the back of the station. People were passing by at that time, but none got an accurate description of the marauders, believing nothing to be amiss since one of the men was dressed In white, In simulation of service station employes regalia. Sev eral people told city and state pjilce that they saw a tall, blonde young man and a shorter young man In the neighborhood at about that time, and that the tall one was dressed In white. Tollefson told police that one night last week ho entered the office from the rear, and found the till opn, with 12 missing, and that he be lieved the same thieves must have struck again last night. .SAYS' SANTA MONICA, C'nl., July 15. California has been lucky. AVe eseaped the winds, the floods, the drouths and the heat, but pestilence finally caught us. The bowevil de scended on us in trainloads. Thirty-five hundred lawyers of the. American Bar association are here eating us out of house and home. They are here, they say, to "save the constitution, to pre serve state rights." What they ought to be here for, that would make this con vention immortal, is to kick the crooks out of their profession. They should recommend a law that every case that went to trial, the lawyer should be tried first. Then if he comes clear, he was eligible to defend. As it is now, they are trying' the wrong man. C IMa. sU&aufct Siadlcst. la.
