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! The Weather ' Forecast: Fair tonight and ! Tuesday; normal temperature. ' 1 Temperature i Hlpheet yesterday . 1 j J Lowest this morning 46 Special Rate j of 80c for one month to new ; ftiibrrlbeni will latt for only j 30 darn, heelnnlnr Auru$t 1. ! All subscriptions must be paid In ad von re. i Medford RIBUNE Thirtieth Year MEDFOTJD, OREGON, MONDAY, AUGUST ID, 3 No. .127. UH1E1 s WESTERN MILLS Std ON EQUAL BASIS By PAIL M.U.I.ON (Copyright. 1935, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Aug. 19 If you gat Ohio politicians here off In a corner, you will have no difficulty learning why Governor Davey la in no hurry to have an early congres sional election In the state which has mothered many presidents and smothered several others. Beet Democrat seers will can didly tell you they have had their Ilnge rs crossed on Ohio since the Rhode Island election. TAIL MALLON You could not get a real bet out of any of them that they would carry the state today. On the other hand, Republlcen crystal garers see the possibilities of a Republican majority ranging from 100.000 to 300.000 votes. There has rarely been a show like the one Governor Davey put on when he came down here to wheedle twen ty milllona public works dollars out of President Roosevelt. Davey has been here many times before, traveling alone. This time he was accompanied by two military aides In uniform, the Democratic state chairman, and the publicity man for the Democratic atate com mittee. Those who saw the well-chosen group draw up at the White House Judged that the governor wanted to make more of a political Impression than a financial one. At least no financial authorities accompanied him. But he could just as well have saved himself the trouble. As soon aa he got Inside the door, and be fore he even saw Mr. Roosevelt, he was handed a letter from the presi dent, awarding him the twenty mil lions. This la the fastest award ever made through the usually cumbersome red tape of Mr. Ickes' PWA. Xt stimulated Governor Davey so much that he made one of his fastest decisions to refrain from calling a special election to choose a new conrress man. Apparently It Is too hot these days to try to be subtle about such things. The Black commltee slipped an un noticed fast one over on senate Re publicans the other day. Under the guise of getting additional author ity from the senate to handle the errant Mr. Hopson. it broadened Its general powers eweepingly. A resolution was proposed by Chairman Black and adopted by the senate, permitting the investigators to police the financial and political operations of all corporations, not only public utilities and holding companies. The legal excuse offered was that It would affect only cor porations attempting to influence public activities, but that Is broad enough to cover nearly any corpora tion resisting the new deal. This may become highly Important at the beginning of a presidential campaign In which Industry appar ently has political Intentions. Unofficial word has been slipped to some administration political strate gists to talk up Mr. Hoover for the Republican nomination. Republican authorities here are so excited about it that they are ser iously considering what may happen under poslble lax enforcement of pri mary registration laws next spring. They foresee the possibility of Mr. Roosevelt's followers voting for Mr. Hoover In the Republican primaries (Continued on rage Pour) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Willy Walt, standing in the down drifting spray from the sprinkling system atop the Toggery, and being reminded that such weather condi tions are the usual forerunner of an earthquake. Lei and Mentzer relating a story about a friend who once caught 20 torn -cod. using the same piece of bacon rind for bait each time. A San Fran publicity man being stumped for a nickname for a looal photographer, whew name was writ 1are serosa Pete Belcastro's public ity nvture. and frantically wrtttrur pe' to if the rm mm had ny rc-"ord, and what hi nicknomes are. Coach Bowerman hot-fcot!iig it across fields this morning for his daily work-out. to get In shape for the approaching iwon, his dog pc-l;-.c him by about 50 feet. Jark Wenel bustUr. about look ire for ,dta cn the Spanish-American war veteran's pension, and be only 211 i - X' Action Means Much to Coast in Competing in Eastern Market Slash Is Re sult of Ten-Year Plea SEATTLE, Aug. 18. (AP) Com menting on reductions in lumber freight rates announced today In Washington, H. N. Proebstel, traffic department manager for the West Coast Lumbermen's association, satd the decreases represent "the biggest forward step in the marked of west coast lumber since the days of Jim Hill." He said the west coast lumbermen may now compete on equal footing with southern pine producers for eastern markets. He added that the Interstate commerce commission de cision, resulting from a 10-year cam paign of lumbermen for lower rates, was "unquestionably a milestone in the distribution of lumber." WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. (AP) The interstate commerce commission today authorized freight reductions amounting to as much as 20 per cent on lumber from the Pacific coast to the east. The reductions are effective August 24. The cuts apply from coastal points and inland mills near the coast to destinations east of the Illinois Indiana state line. Southern and southwestern lum ber mills claimed the new rates would handicap their business in protesting the reductions. Present rates range from 79 to 90 cents per 100 pounds, the top apply ing to most points. The new rate to most points will be 72 cents per 100 pounds. The reduction applied to lumber which has not further advanced in manufacture than preliminary mill ing. The commission stated the new rate still is from three-tenths of one per cent to 18 per cent above the 1918 rate. It added that 88 per cent of the soft timber of the country is In the west while 60 per cent ot consumption is in the east. PORTLANDER ADMITS PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 19. ( AP) Ernest Albano of Estacada, was held in Jail here today, facing mur der charges in connection with the wine-bottle slaying of his son-in-law, Carl Spadafore, 44, na a result of what police said was a family quarrel. Spadaf ore's body was discovered in the street, about 200 feet from his home, by two fishermen early Sunday. The head was badly crushed, and a pool of blood had gathered in the street. A bloody trail led po lice from the body to the Spadafore home, where they questioned Albano. "I did It." Deputy District Attor ney Joe Price quoted Albano as ad mitting. "He was trying to kill my daughter, he was trying to kill me. I took the bottle he was using against us and hit him three times." After cleaning up the kitchen, where the killing occurred, Albano and his daughter dragged Spada fore's body to the street, apparently In the hope that police would at tribute the killing to a hit-and-run driver, authorities said. A drinking party at the Spadafore home, which wound up in a family quarrel, with Spadafore assertediy threatening his wife with a wine bottle, led directly to the killing. Albano heard the argument, he told police, and went to his daughter's rescue. Mrs. Spadafore was not held. I CARRIED BY PLANE SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 19. CAP) Flying out of the lonely, hazardous northland country, four relays ot airplanes combined to travel some 2500 ml'.es at top speed to bring As sociated press photographs of the scene of the fatal crash of Will Rogers and Wiley Post from Point Barrow, Alaska, to the United States The pictures of the crash scene and plane wreckage were distributed to Associated Press member news paper sftr a 42-hour airplane jour ney cruise which would take weeks and months by ordinary mean ot tra exportation. July Advertising Shows Heavy Gain Over July In 1934 CHICAGO, Aug. 19. (AP) Newspaper advertising in 84 cities Increased 5,488.000 lines, or 4.5 per cent. In July over July las; year. Advertising Age reported to day. General advertising Increased 9.5 per cent, the magazine said: classified advertising climbed 11.4 per cent, financial advertising 10.3 per cent and retail advertising about three per cent. Automotive advertising declined 8.8 per cent. DUE TO SABOTAGE HINTS FOLLOWER PITTSBURG. Cal.. Aug. 19. (AP) Possibility of sabotage in the crash here yesterday of an airplane bear ing Dr. P. E. Townsend, pension plan author, was seen today Jn a re port to Sheriff John A. Miller. C. A. Ricks, president of the local Townsend club, told sheriff Miller, a "Mrs. Baker." president of an Oak land branch unit of the organlza tlon. Informed him she saw a strange man enter the cabin of the plane while Dr. Townsend was speaking. The man. Mrs. Baker said, left hur riedly and fled In a waiting automo bile. ' The department of commerce re moved the wreckage to Oakland to day for inspection. Sheriff Miller announced he would conduct a separate Investigation. The ship, with Pilot Hulbert Hln kle at the controls and with Dr. Townsend and Edward J. Margett of San Francisco, state manager of the Townsend clubs. In the cabin, veered suddenly as It went down the run- (Continued oq Page Three) Plianes Bring First Pictures ' - Trf i mTi.li mi " " f FT . - .;!-;.. i-". t . pwv . .,- - ... t . .jt-.. " " . fc ... " -V , ,, , ' i"t1-vai t- -i? s ' ' ' rf ' AJ ' " v - f, ,r;, ? - . ' . '. Thee exrlnthe olatrd Pre, ptmtnijraphs fhow rnpltlcaltr Ihe wene uliere Will Kngfr?., world fflnmm liumorht. aiid Wlky Pint, Ills equnlly hrnnu1 pilot, init their death", 1". ntllet, 0iillntet of liirrow, rmrtlietn tip uf .laka, Aiisii.t 11. In the foreground nt lop I shown (lie tent of the F.'klmo whaler, whlrh Pot mh from the nlr and near which he deM-rmied lo nk his nay to Harrow. HttJ the tent are tktmn In their nntl.e earh, keepfng wnth on the pitiful wrerkiiee of (he plane In wlilrh the famous pair died In-tiinlly nhen Its motor failed on taking ofr. In the hnrkcround the plane ltelf ran be sen. half nulnnerged In the higoon upon wtilrh It alighted. In renter l the Jumhle of wood and metal, all that l left of the plane. The pontoons hlh rre fitted on the plane In Seattle are ihovin f'llilctl oer the top of the oertnrnd hlp. The liw l from the front of th1 hlp. The wmkagc of the plane i fhin in the upper Irft of the lower photo, while In the foreground the naiUft who wliirvMd the tragic end of the famous pair are ihown wamlm themsehes b) a orapHre. Ihe shore of the Arctic ocean It shown Id (he background, with Its ttr present Ice Uoe GUFFEY COAL BILL IN HOUSI 191-168 VOTE Mp.aSlirP PstflhliRhinn Little NRA for Bituminous In- dustry Now Goes to Sen - ate Where Fate Obscure WASHINGTON, Aug. 19. (AP) The house early this afternoon passed the Guffey bill to establish a "little NRA" for the bituminous coal Industry. The vote was 194 to 168 with both parties split to give the majority of 36. The new deal leadership sighed with relief, once the count was cer tain to send the disputed measure to the senate. Throughout much of the roll call, enemies of the legislation had been in the lead: but the final count showed them outnumbered by 25. What the senate will do Is prob lematical. Although the president Included the measure among those he wanted enacted before adjournment, there has been some speculation whether it won't have rough sledding after the tax, legislation Is concluded. Adjournment sentiment is believed by some to be too strong to make It possible to keep both branches in session, once a good part of the pending matters Is cleared up. Under the measure, & new national bituminous coal commission would be set up to. administer a wage, (Continued on Page Two; 4 Income Shares Maryland Funding bid 16.39;. asked 17.04. Quarterly shares bid 1.38, asked l.M. BASEBALL American First game. Philadelphia - 2 S 1 Chicago 7 9 0 Dietrich and Berry: Whitehead and Scwcll. (Second game) Philadelphia .......... 8 9 j Chicago I Mahaffcy. Marcum 4 10 1 and Richards; Tletze, Fischer and Shea. ;New York 7 16 I jitro.t b u i I Broaca, Brown and Adlckey; Sorrell, .nogsett, sumvan and Haywortn. Washington 5 IS 0 Cleveland 11 16 1 Had ley and Holbrook; Stewart and Brenzal. Boston at St. Louis, postponed, rain. National Chicago 2 8 0 Philadelphia 1 9 0 Shoun, Prench. Csrfcton and Hart nett; Bowman, Johnson, Davis and Wilson. (10 innings) Cincinnati 3 8 1 New York 4 10 1 PreltAs and Erlckson; Castleman, E. Moore and Mancuso. CCC BOY DROWNS WHEN BOAT MOTOR FAILS TAPT, Ore ., Aug. 19. (APt An ebb tide running nearly 30 miles an hour swept Bennle God le weak 1, CCC youth from Chicago, to death when his rented motor boat stalled and capsized in the Pacific ocean here yesterday. George Calkins, owner of the boat, dashed through the turbulent waters In a motor boat and rescued WllUa Jesse of Elliott. III., who was in the boat with Godlcweski. The body of Godleweskl was nowhere In sight. BERLIN. Aug. 19. ( AP) Flames that swept part of Berlin's great radio I exposition caused a panicky rush for,, (exits today, but unofficial reports said ;Rlt had escaped safely from the hall 1 where the fire started. of Alaska Tragedy Scene 2T ..; ' ,! I FUNERAL PLANE F"leyFla",e'Smib CARRIES BODIES , , . x- 'in uni i vunnn w-vt- Private Ceremony at Forest Lawn for Rogers On Thursday Plane Leaves Seattle at 11:53 A. M.I SEATTLE. Aug. 10. (AP) Pilot William A. Winston, a soft-spoken Texas filer, took up the task laid down by Pilot Joe Crosson, an Arctic flying hero, a few minutes before noon today. and the bodies of Will i Rogers and Wiley Pont were speeding south to California. Tho slow-moving Winston, with his humorous Texas drawl, and his flying ! companions left Boeing field In their j Doti pi as transport airliner at 11:53 a. ; m. Col. Clarence 'Voting. Pan-Amer-j lean Airways director for the west j coast, and Amon Carter, of Fort I Worth, Texas, were also aboard. Stops Secret "The plane can carry enough gns to take her Into Los Angeles." Winston! I had said a few minutes previously. but ho declined to reveal any planned stopping places or the destination. In a gesture of appreciation for his great work In flying the bodies of the 'two men south from Barrow. Alaska, in sue pnsi xwo nays ana mgi.ts, cros son was escorted aboard the plane at almost the last minute, after a pre vious announcement he would' leave the Journey. With the marine reservists lined up on parade and the crowd In silence. In respect and awe for the great co median and the llyer who died In a crash In barren northern Alaska last Thursday evening, the big airliner was slowly d.-awn from the hangar. The airport's flag, at halt mast since Crosson had arrived from Van- (Continued on Page Three) U ! .... ., r - I Will II 1 1 -7" l - 1 yv hi r "ami-r Postmattar General Jimet A. Farley smiled broadly when Ha waiian Democratic leaders hung lels about hie neck In a traditional welcome ae he arrived In Honolulu on a vacation. (Associated Pres. Photo) BARTLETT PICKING IN ROGUE VALLEY Harvesting of the Rogue Ulver val ley Zartlett pear crop started this morning with picking underway In most of the orchards. A few will not start picking until Wednesday or Thursday. Second picking of Bartletts la expected to start within the next ten days. All of the packing plants of this city started operations this morning and afternoon, and will be In full swing tomorrow. First eastern ship ment of Bartletts la expected to roll next Friday or Saturday. The new $100,000 pre-oooUng and storage ptaut of the Pinnacle Packing plant waa receiving fruit today. All the storage plants have been chilled the past week for reception of fruit. There was no change In the cannery Bartlett price of 927.60 per ton for No. 1 grades, and $23 for No. 3 grades. Some of the buyers were offering 2S for orchard runs, culls out. Buyers and growers estimated that between 0.000 and 10.000 tons of the estimated Bartlett tonnage of 1C0Q0 tons have been sold. It waa reported all of the targe orchards have sold their cannery offerings, and that the canneries for the most part have their quotas. A few canneries were report ed buying today. Many of the growers plan to pack their Bartletts for eastern shipment. SEEK EXTRADITION DENVER, Aug. 10. (AP) An In dianapolis business executive, a pilot and his bride, missing since Thursday on a flight from Heicna, Mont., to Denver, were believed today to have crashed on almost Inaccessible Lara mie peak In central Wyoming. Oovernora McNutt of Indiana and Johnson of Colorado were aiding In the search for Burnslde Smith, presi dent of Aerlo Mayflower Transit com pany nnd several other Indiana firms; Dirk Arnett. pilot and manager of an Indianapolis airport and Arnett'a bride. The only clue to the fate of the party, traveling In a plane owned by the transit firm, was a report by ranchers near Laramie peak that they had heard a plane during a storm Thursday night. ROGERS FAMILY SPEEDING WEST CHICAGO, Aug. 10. (API After a stop of three hours and 46 min utes to change trains, the family of Will nngra left Chicago at 11:10 o'clock IC. 8. T.) today en route to the Pacific coast to claim the body of the famous humorist and actor. The accident which took the life of his famous father will not keep Will Rogers, Jr., from flying. "The accident was Just unfortu nate. It will not keep me from flying." he said. Accompanied by his mother, his sister, Mary; his brother, James: Dorothy Stone, daughter of the comedian. Fred Stone: Mrs, Rogers' sister. Miss Thed Blake; the latter's nephew, Jimmy Blake, and Frank Phillips, Birtlesvllle, Okla., oil man. Young Rogers arrived here from New York In a car attached lo the Pennsylvania Limited. HUGE CROWD SEES BOMBING PLANES AT AIRPORT Announcement of Sunday Morning Arrival Brings Wear 3000 to Field Flight Routine Today Drawn by the opportunity of see ing Med ford's first session of war games, a crowd estimated at between 2500 and 3000 was on hand at the municipal airport Sunday to see 18 huge planes of the 31st bombardment squadron, United States army air corps, drone over Medford and alight for the opening of a full week's bombing practice. Ad va nee 1 n format Ion gl ven the Mall Tribune Saturday announced the arrival of the squadron at 11:00 o'clock, and Just at that hour the ships roared In from Hamilton field. The day was spent In preparing the grounds for encampment of the 30 officers and 100 men, and In making the nine huge Martin bombers reedy for maneuvers which wilt cover a radius of approximately 100 miles two flights each day for the entire week. Activities today were limited to two familiarization flights, in which the bombers were In the air from 7 to 0 and from 0:20 to 11:20 o'clock this mornlrwr allowing the pilots to "get the lay" of the land. Two-hour mis sions will be held each dav Includ ing sham bombing flights to neigh boring cltlca. Salem will be "bomb ed" during tomorrow's maneuvers, when planes will take off, make the flight to the capital city, perform the assimilated bombing attack, and return, flying at speeds averaging 180 miles per hour. Dummy bombs, which will be used during the week for the maneuvers, and which are loaded with sand, were being hauled Into the airport today for loading practice. There will be no actual bombing during the practice. (Continued on Page Ihree) 4 SUSPECT IS HELD THE DALLES, Ore., Aug. 19. AP J, A. Moore of Condon was held In Jail here today facing charge of burning Olaf Nelson of Oakrldge by applying a, match to his "hula skirt as he was dancing for the entertain ment or Legionnaires at their atate convention. District Attorney T. Leland Brown said assault charges will be Increased, probably to manslaughter. In case the critically burned Legionnaire dies Moore, formerly of Boise, Idaho, dented he Intentionally lighted Nel son's grass skirt, but said he had lighted a cigarette and merely threw the match away In Nelson's direction. Moore Is not a Legionnaire. District Attorney Brown said h and atate police questioned 15 wit nesses end virtually all said that Moore deliberately set Nelson's com edy attire afire. LOCAL GIRLS ON ILL-FATED BUS WILLOWS. Calif., Aug. 19. (AP) Twenty-two passengers of a San Fran- clsco-bound Greyhound bua were 1m- periled yesterday when friction from !& flat tire kindled a fire which de I stroyed the vehicle and baggage. The passengers were unharmed. Losses were estimated at 18 000 ror the bus and 12000 for the baggage. According to word received here to day. Miss Helen McAllister and Mlse Mary Elson. both of this city, were among the passengers on the bus. Their baggage was destroyed, but both decided to continue on their way to San Francisco on a vacation trip that was originally planned to take them as far south as Los Angeles. They left Medford Saturday evening. MAN AND LAD KILLED IN PLUNGE OF AUTO PENDLETON. Ore.. All 19. (API C. C. Davis of Iwlston. Idaho, ana hl tiny nephew were Killed Ud.j when a Nat tire cnused their auto mobile to catApult over a bank to a roc ledge SO feet below near Nye Junction south of Pendleton In the Blue mountains. Mrs. Davis, driving the car. was unhurt and walked three miles be. fore given a ride to rancn irom where aha telephoned news of the traced. I
