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The Weather Forecast: Prohable showers to night and Friday; not much change In temperature. Highest yesterday uj Lowest this morning 66 This la The Last Week Saturday, August 31 li abso lutely the last day that new subscribers can secure the Tri bune for 30c for one month. AM subscriptions must he paid In advance. FORD RIBUNE thirtieth Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGUST 29, 1935. No. 130. ran rn m mm Med m i n lid V UU .Mir Bv PAIL MALLON WASHINGTON. Aug. 29 Business men have been murmuring from habit lately about Instability. If the government Jig" urea do not lie. -ihls country haa experienced the most unuaual period of stabil ity in Ita history during the last eight months. The trouble is the stability la caught, hooked and fastened on a plane about 80 per cent of nor mal ( 023-25 be- auo PALL .MALLON intr considered as normal.) The government business chart ahows that the main business In dices have clung closely to seasonal lines since January. Industrial pro duction today la figured at 88 per cent of normal, which la only two points off since January. Factory employment today has been Improved only half a point since January: payrolla 2.4 points: freight loadings off 3: department store sales up 10: building contracts tip 10; prices up 1.7. You can trace the trend for your self from the chart which follows. Each figure represents the percent age of normal existing at the times stated. Normal (100) la the 1023-26 average for each Index except prlcea. They are based on 1028. All figures have had the seasonal warp cllmi-, sated. (Continued on Page Bight) WASHINGTON. Aug. 29. (API Jesse H. Jones said today he had been authorized by Mrs. Wilt Rogers to announce that her husband carried onlv 1530.000 Insurance. The RFC chairman, an old friend, talked with her dally by telephone alnce Rogers was killed In an Alas kan plane crash. Jones quoted Mrs. Rogers as saying first reports that Lloyds. Ltd.. of London, had paid a $2,500,000 acci dent Insurance policy were erroneous He said Rocers carried S250.000 In accident Insurance, and 280.000 In regular life Insurance. 'STRIHOUlEY KTr.VT.PTON. Ore.. Aug. 29. (DP The largest gallery ever drawn to ROGERS INSURANCE SET AT $530,000 TO DRAW GALLERY 1 a minor golf tournament . pected at Sllverton Country club Thursday. Ladles' day committee an nounced a "strip" tournament In which the Ioer on each hole must an article of clothing a la strip poker. Prizes will be awarded to plavers who reauce xneir upiitc to the closest approximation ot nudity. It was understood that, de spite the heat, few feminine entrants would appear at the starting tee In familiar two-plecc shorts costumes. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Wig Ashpole. tired of having tres passers romp through his property, getttnp four padlocks, completely equipped with husky chains, to hold A his gate closed. One lock won't do It. cause then they take the hinges off. Chan Eean kidding Milt Ottoman about the crack flyers coins? through on the 8. P.. and asking him if they really stopped here. Which Milt ad mitted that they did. but also con fessed that most were afraid to ride on them. Mrs. Billy Smith hoping that she wouldn't have to work on "theater" night, and then being disappointed after attending, because someone else's name was was called. Rot Pinch: "Trll my public that I don't know anything. Not a thing." John Patton trytna to hold Bob fpsldinc s car from clipping off the road on the fhptvrv cumbo on the s'.de of Roy Ann during yesterday's squall. HaroM GeBauer hastily strapping a tarpaulin cover oer his open road ster so that he won M n't have to sim ulate a duck and up to his ears in wa:cr on his Cnvt ho.Tje d'.:flng the sterna APPLEGATE AREA PEELS BRUNT OP D'Anjou Loss Placed at Average of Eight Per Cent Trees Flattened and Power Lines Torn Down Damage to the fruit crop was esti mated today from one to ten per cent, averaging eight per cent In D'AnJous. as & result of a violent thunder storm which swept across Rogue River valley Wednesday eve nins rMnhlnv tornadlc nroportlons In the Applegate section and at Gold Hill. Pear trees were stripped In some sections as a gusty, 25-mlle an hour rmturi Medford from the Grif fin creek section, bringing with It a nminriintr rain that totaled nearly an Inch In the areas hardest hit. rvAntmi nenrs. At a Btaee of ripe ness where they would easily drop, suffered a loss of nearly IS per cent at the Del Rio orchards near uoia Hill, where a high wind swept up the omnia river, mectlne the southerly wind In a swirling cloudburst. rhoenlx In rain ir fim t.nrm center In the Phoenix district, crop damage was also high, amounting to six or seven per cent of the tonnage at Bear Creek orch .,nrriittv t.n David Rosenberg. The Seckle crop was damaged slight ly. Lyle Wilcox, horticulturist ior Southern Oregon Sales, Inc., reported less damage In their orchards, and County Horticulturist c. a. uoray renorted that other damage in the valley was scattered. Serious damage to the vaiuaoic Bartlett crop was prevented by the fact that Bartletta have been har vested In most sections. The few pears of this variety left on the trees were damaged to some extent. Trees were flattened, power lines blown down and from three or four feet of mud and debris swept over roads as the storm ripped across the Applegate valley. Homes from Ruch to Grants Pass were cut from electric power as large trees crashed across wires. Buildings Blown Down At the Ray Offenbacher ranch, a w. blacksmith ahoo. garage and mowing machine were destroyed by (Continued on Page Nino) TOMAlSl BY HEAVY RAINFALL An attache of the Bagl.'y Canning Co. of Ashland stated today that as a result ot the wind and rain storm which struck the valley yesterday af ternoon, 15 per cent of the company's ripe crop of tomatoes was damaged so badly that It wiM have to be cull ed. Rain which soaked the ripe fruit caused the loss, as when contacted by aunshlne. the ripe tomatoes will dry and split. Damage by wind to the chop was negligible. Much green fruit belonging to the Bsley com pany not yet ready for harvesting es caped damage. Local tomato growers announced that many crops in this vicinity will suffer no appreciable loss es a re sult of the storm. County Agent Robert Fowler stated that grain and other field crops were spared, but It waa reported that con siderable corn was down In the Ap plegate district, where the wind struck with greatest fury. DINAR SLAYER T T 8ALT LAKE CITY. All. 29. f7P A man Identified aa Frank Melanos. wanted for the slaving of Chief of Police F. R. Daw of Dunimulr, was arrested here today by police. He had a score of buckshot In his body and police said he was expected to die. PORT SAn, Eeypt, Aug. 29. ( AP) Suez canal workers sweated today a Italian transport shipa crowded one another for pafsage through the cut. Three transports, the Prtnclpessa Giovanni, the Nazarlo Sauro and the Timaivo. pasd through to the Red sea with 4.500 troops and a quantity of mules and munitions, nrturnirs frcm Eritrea with 200 in tiidi. t.ie S. S. Urania pa&std through in the orpo<e direction. ITAI MM TDAMODflDTO 1 1 i 1 1 i m y inu.ur.ini a i i n in l n ii imiiii HURRY THROUGH SUEZs'LlMarkeu j Belgian BASEBALL National R. H. E. St. Louis - I f 0 Pittsburgh S 10 0 Bstterles: J. Dean and DeLancey; Weaver and Grace. R. H. K. Chicago le 3 Boston 3 7 0 Batteries: Lee and Hartnett; Frankhouse, MacFayden, Betts and Spohrer. R. H. Z. Brooklyn 8 10 1 New York 7 15 a Batteries: Bablch, Leonard, Rcls and Lopez; Castleman and Mancuso. American R. H. E. Boston - B 10 0 Philadelphia a 8 0 Batteries: . W. Ferrcll and R. Fer- rell; Marcum and Rlcharda. AREA FEELS LASH OF REDDING, Cftl., Aug. 29. (AP) Scores of men worked feverishly to day repairing about 1,000 feet of Southern Pacific railway tracks and a portion of the- Wecd-KJeir.dth Falls highway, washed out by a cloudburst on the west slope of Mount Shasta. Thousands of tons of boulders. trees, dirt and water were brought down from Whitney glacier by the storm, which temporarily halted' rail and highway traffic over the affected area. The washout is about 10 miles north of Black Butte. Trains were being routed north via .Reno, Nev., and Ashland, Ore. No. damage was reported in nearby towns from the cloudburst. Every available railroad man from derbcr, Cal., to Klamath Falls, Ore was summoned to aid In repairing damage to tracks. KLAMATH FALLS, Aug. 29. (AP) Bright sun prevailed here this morning after a night of disastrous rain storms which left Klamath Falls Isolated from railroad traffic. ' It waa expected scores of visitors to the national convention of the As sociation of Twenty-Thirty clubs, opening here today, would be Indefi nitely delayed. GRANTS PASS, Aug. 28. ( AP) Heavy rainfall accompanied a thun der storm here last night, flooding gutters and cutting off power fdr short Intervals. The sky was still overcast today. SALEM. Ore., Au. 29. ( AP) Show ers throughout western Oregon last night reduced materially the forest fire hazard which has existed for sev eral weeks, Lynn Cronem tiler, state forester, reported today. Cronemllier said reports indicated that the Row river fires In Lane county were under control and that similar encouraging conditions pre vailed In other forest sections. The ban on logging operations In several counties was expected to be removed in a few days. ROSEBURG, Ore., Aug. 29. (API Forest protection crews worked under handicaps today mopping up after one of the worst electrical storms to lash Douglas county In re cent years. Scores of lightning strikes were reported In a storm which last night covered the entire western slope of the Cascade range and ex tended westward to the coast range. Fires were started In a wide belt from the Umpqua-RoRue river divide on the south to the Bohemia district in the southern part of Lane county on the north. Telephone lines were wrecked, forest roads were made al most Impassable by the downpour following the electrical display, and fog this morning blanketed lookout stations, making it Impossible to ac curately ascertain the number of fires. Twenty-one fires were known to be burning this morning in the Ump qtm national forest, with probably others yet undetected. These were under control, with the exception of one near Fawn camp on the Umpqua Rogue divide. NEW YORK, Auj?, 29. yp, ( USDA t Pear auction aven cars arrived. 17 CAlifornle. 1 Wlilnon unload ed. 7 on track; market slightly strong er. California Bartletta 14 713 boxes. 2.01 ' 3.15. average 12.90; Washing ton Bartletts 701 boxes, 11.952 25. average 12 08. CHICAGO. Au. 29 .TP) (U6DA) Pear auction Eighteen car Cali fornia arrived. 20 on track. 12 old. ! California Bartletts 7.222 boxes ' 12 05 s 2 80, sverase 2-M. , Queen GOVERNOR LANDON CHOICE OF CURTIS ASG.0.P. Revelation by Ex-Vice-President Brings Concurrent Statement From Senator Capper Landon Silent By Nathan Robertson (Associated Press Staff Writer) WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. (9P) Former Vice-president Curtis declared today for Governor Landon of Kan sas to be the 1D3G Republican presi dential nominee. Revelation of his position Impelled Senator Capper of Kansas to assert his support of the governor. Although his views had long been known to friends. It was the first public word. "I am glad that he makes that statement," Capper said. "It Is In line with the wishes of Republicans of Kansas." He predicted the state delegation would toe solid for Landon In the : convention. Curtis expressed himself In an In terview in which he denied publish ed reports (not carried by the Asso ciated Press) aligning him on the side of Colonel Frank Knox of Illin ois. "I'm for Governor Landon of Kan sas, if he Is a candidate," said Curtis, himself a Kansan. "I have never Joined up with the Knox movement though X have a high regard for htm, "I'll never commit myself for any one else until I know whether Lan don is a candidate." Although Governor Landon never (continued on page nine) GRAND CANYON, Ariz., Aug. 29. (AP) Postmaster General James A, Farley left here today declining to comment either on the statement of William R. Hearst that Alfred E. Smith would make a powerful presi dential candidate, or the ascertlon of Upton Sinclair that Farley's viewpoint was now more In conformity with the EPIC program. "I refuse to comment on matters political until I return east," Farley said. He has been to Honolulu and the Pacific coast. Death Car Driver To Face Charges COQUILLE, Ore.. Aug. 28. (API J. J. Birman or Rose burg faced In voluntary manslaughter charges to day for the automobile accident death Monday of B. R. Nicholas of Wedderburn. At a hearing In Justice court here yesterday the state charged Birman with responsibility for the collision of his car and Nicholas car near the Coos-Douglas county line east of here. NOMINEE Roosevelt Will Balance Federal Budget by 1939 Declares George Creel NEW YORK, Aug. 29.- (AP) George Creel asserted today In a mag azine article, which was described as based on information from authori tative administration sources, that President Roosevelt plans to balance the federal budget In 1939. The director of war-time propa ganda and recent gubernatorial op ponent of Upton Sinclair In Califor nia, writing In Collier's Weekly, to be published tomorrow, said the plan had been worked out by treasury experts at the president's dictation. Regarding the administration at titude toward the consitutlon. Creel declared that the president would have no alternative but to go before the country with a constitutional amendment. If that document should be interpreted so as to leave "the present generation powerless to meet social and conomlc problems that were not within the knowledge of the founding fathers.' Plans Keteuled Creel presented what waa described as "a complete exposition of the president's plan," Tr. was said to be n "answer to rccnt critic Urns of K dd Prodigy Killed Carol Ann Barry, seven-year-old musical prodigy of Altadena, Cahf, was killed by a stray bullet from a hunter's rifle when she went to feed a pet puppy In the yard of her parents mountain lodge. (Associate cd Press Photo) WASHINGTON, Aug. 29. (AP) President Roosevelt, today signed the Frazier-Lemko three-year farm mort gage- moratorium bill, designed to re place the law declared unconstitu tional by the supreme court last spring. The measure permits debt-burdened farmers to go into federal court and obtain moratoriums of as much as three years on their mortgages. During that time their property, In effect, would be under court control. Farmers are allowed to remain In possession of their land during the moratorium but must pay a "fair" rental, cither every six months or at the end of each year, as the court may decide. At the end of the moratorium, property which has been protected by It must be re-appraised by the courts or on court order. The farmers then may clear their land by payment of. the appraised value. But If they fall to do so, se cured creditors can obtain court orders directing that the secured property be sold at public auction. The bill was forced through the house late In the session by contin uous pressure from scores of farm state representatives, after hope for passage had been all but abandoned even by Its chief advocates. Adopted unanimously with but one amendment, the measure was hurried across the capltol to the senate where it required only a matter of minutes to win final congressional approval. Representative Lemke, (R., N. D.), co-author, has described the act as giving "a breathing spell" to the farmers. NORTH BEND. Ore., Aug. 2DWAP) The body of Grover Cleveland Sherman, SI, state . highway depart ment employe who died of heart dis ease Tuesday night, waa aent to Sa- ( lem. where his widow Is understood to be residing. tne president's failure to take the country Into his full confidence re garding future policies." wun respect to a balanced bud get," Creel wrote, "the president holds that tho best and quickest way to balance the national budget Is to balance the budget of the American citizen. "Even so, receipts and expenditures are being given the ultimate In care ful consideration, and the treasury experts already see the day when the budget can and will be balanced and( that without Ignoring an essen tial governmental duty or human obligation." Analyzing the president's thought on business. Creel asserted; "It Is not his thought that industry should j be put back Into rompers, but It Is I his determination that the big fcl j lows must give up their loaded dice Iand play the game fairly and square ly with the little fellows. "He stands like granite on the ! premise that It is a prime function of government to make the word JCcnUoued on Fags Nloe FRAZIER-LE1E FARM BILL MADE LAW BY SIGNING in Automobile Smash upm RETURN TODAYi . i Former Sheriff Plans to Visit Boyhood Scenes in New York State After Stay Here, Say Friends SALEM, Aug. 29. (AP) Gordon Schermerhorn. ex Jnckson county uliprlff sentenced to a three-year prison term, was to leave the state penitentiary today a free. man. He was pardoned last night by Governor Martin, after the , state parole board had recommended that Gordon l Schrrmcrliorn he be released. The pardon will be delivered to tho penitentiary some time today. The governor said Bchermerhorn waji freed on recommendation by G. F. Bklpworth, trial Judge, based on a stipulation at the time sen' tenco was passed, that ho should be recommended for pardon after he had served at least six months of his sentence. The former sheriff was convicted In Lane county of participation In the Jackson county ballot theft case. He had served approximately one year. - nordnn L. Schermcrhorn. former nherlff nf Jackson countv. and for 40 years a highly respected and widely known resident, to be reicaseo (Continued on Page Two) DEBT REFINANCED GRANTS PASS. Aug. 20. (Spl.) Completing refinancing of a H00.000 debt owed by the city of Grants Pass on a basis which means an In terest saving of 4000 In the first year, Mayor B. 8. Anderson and City Auditor C. R. Ducr Wednesday signed new city bonds for the California and Oregon coast railroad debt. Un der the plan the debt will be re duced annually until It is wiped out entirely In 20 years. The debt was contracted by the city approximately 20 years ago and monthly Interest charges have been about $1000 per month, meaning that In the 240 months the city has paid $240,000 without decreasing the principal of the debt by a single dollar. , PWA APPLICANTS ARE 10 D. L. Buckingham, PWA Inspector for the Medford sewage disposal plant, announced this afternoon that he will be at the- elty hall from 7:30 to fl o'clock this evening for the purpose of Interviewing all those public bodies who wish to apply for PWA projects. He will receive repre sentatives of school districts or other officials. He msy also be con tacted by telephone at B39. Ho win be at Kerby for the safiie purpose Friday evening from 7:30. to 0:00 o'clock. CRYSTAL GAZER EXITS WITH WOMENS JEWELRY . BLOOMFIELD, N. J.. Aug. 3D. (UP) Ten days ago a fortune teller told a score of women who con sulted her to bring money or Jewelry to be placed In a huge crystal globe, and that In a week she would fore tell the future for them. Today the fortune teller was missing and so waa the loot worth 110.000. Income Shares Msryland funding: Bid, U. asked. ,17 82. Quarterlv income shares: Bid, 11.37. asked, II 60. 9 if. , "k; ; ' 'Jj Mail Tribune Adds 794 Subscribers in August Campaign During the month of August , 794 new subscribers have' been added to the Mall Tribune Hsu of which 570 are within the city. These new subscribers have taken advantage of the special one month rate of 30 cents to acquaint reader with the paper before the beginning of the annual bargain days, on Sept 21 this year. An Interesting side light of the selling drive was carried on among the carriers, each of whom receiv ed a quota to fill at the first of the month. The first carrier to reach his quota was George Wat son on number 3 route. He turned In 15 new subscribers on the first day, and his been maintaining a rapid pace since. Watson was the first of the carriers to receive the cash award offered, and others who have now entitled themselves to the award Include Robert Cuf fel. Wm. Goodman, John Dickin son, Don Krouk, Dick Shreeve, Glenn Harrison, Robert Purucker, Delmer Annlng, Ardo Stocks, Al vln Thorbus, Delmer Wright, Wm. Reed and Billy Strang. Rural carriers who received awards are Sandy Richardson, W. E. Church, Albert Forman, Harold McAbee and Don Tungnte. BOY SCOUTS BACK WITH MANY TALES OF EASTERN TRIP After spending the past several weeka In visiting the principal cities In the east, 31 Boy Scouts of Crater Lake council and four leaders return ed to their homes In southern Oregon and ' northern California on this morning's Shasta, travel-weary, world wise and happy. With huge grins the boys stepped smartly off the train to greet their families and friends, looking much as they did the day they left. Many expressed the belief that they had had a better trip In Just touring the cast than they would have had If the Jamboree had, not been cancelled, since' as 11 was they were not tied up in a camp in Washington during the sweltering weather. Perhaps tho two proudest boys of the lot were warren Bayllss of Hilt and George Lewis of Grants Pass. When It was announced that two boys from the Crater Lake council were to be guards for President Roosevelt when he addressed all Boy Scouts on a nation-wide radio hook up, the local- troop drew lots to sec who would be the lucky ones. Bayllss and Lewi's won, and stood as guard of honor, with four other scouts, directly behind the president. It was while standing there that a photog rapher snapped a picture for tho Washington Post, and both young men are proud pu&scssors of copies of that Issue. AU of the boys were In fine con dition when they arrived here. Of course. It will take them some time to re-adjust themselves to small town (Continued on Pag Five ) MRS. VARE LEADS MINNEAPOLIS, Aug. 20. (API Mrs. Olenna Vare of Philadelphia rallied to win the last three holes In succession to take a 3-up lead over Ellaabeth Abbott, Los Angeles, half way In their 18-hole quarter final match today In the national wott.ci's golf championship. Playing par golf, Beatrice Barrett, young Minneapolis girl, took a 4-up lead over Marlon MacDougall of Portland, Ore., who was blanked without a hole on the front nine. Effigy of Kingfish Hanged Down South OSYKA, Miss., Aug. 29. (UP) A yelling group of 200 persons hanged and burned Senator Huey P. Long of Louisiana, In effigy laat night. - The effigy was suspended from a pole on the state line between Louis iana and Mississippi, BOARD OF CONTROL IN FLIGHT TO PENDLETON PORTLAND. Aug. 29. (AP) The airplane carrying the state board of control from Salem to Pendleton took off from the Bwan Island sir port at 11:15 o'clock this morning after refueling. The plane picked up State Tress urer RuXus Holms n here. AT WHEN AOTO HITS ROADSIDE TREE Death Comes in Few Min utes for 29 -Year -Old Queen Sudden Swerve of Automobile Unexplained WASHINGTON, Aug. 29, (AP) President Roosevelt messaged Leo pold king of the Belgians, today the American people "will share the grief of the Belgian people in the loss of a queen who so graciously personl ned the ideals of Belgium." . The president's message said "Mrs. Roosevelt, and I have been deeply moved at the tragic news of the death of her majesty, the queen. We hasten tn - 4.uiiU tu your majesty our hearfeit sympathy. .... HCOHio or tne United States will share the iri.r .... People in the loss of a queen who graciously personified the ideals of Belgium. I earnestly hope that your mslesty will rapidly recover from the injuries Which I understand im.i i sonally suffered. Mnd you my affectionate re gards in this hour of your greRt sorrow." (Copyright, 11)3.1, by the Associated Press) KU8SNACHT, Switzerland, Aug. 29 Astrld, 20-year.old queen of the c.Bi.n,, was fatally Injured today "... mo auiomooiie ner husband. King Leopold, was driving swervod (Continued on Page Seven) KME IN SMASHUP AT E, PRINEVrT.M rtr. .... 1 . . UH. ... lrtrJ Lieutenant Wlstar Hosenburg. 31, and Captain H. W. Klllpack. about 33, army fliers from Vancouver. vvasn, Darracks. were killed when their airplane crashed here todsy. Lieutenant Rosenburg was piloting the plane. " A horrified witness to the crash was the pilot's father, Dr. J. H. Rosenburg of Prlnevllle. The two army men flew here last night from Bend. Ore., and viirH .1,1. n- and Mra. Rosenburg. ur. nosenourg said the plane waa up about 100 feet when It crashed. Captain Klllpack has been select ing sites for civilian conservation corps camps and the two flew to Bend last night from eastern Ore gon. Captain Klllpack selected a site iur a reclamation ccc camp In this vicinity and then the two took oil for Prlnevllle. Witnesses said the service plane climbed ateeply on the takeoff and suddenly the engine stalled. The plane slipped back and plummeted to the grond. It waa demolished. STATE OFFICES SHIFT IN SALEM LOCATIONS SALEM. Aug. 29. (AP) Plans were being made today to move the office of the atate engineer, now lo cated on the fifth floor of the state office building, to a downtown loca tion. The offices of the governor, state treasurer and board of control, now In the supreme court building, would be mov:d to the space racated by the .'.ate engineer. No definite location for the engin eer's office had been determined. The Ethiopian . Situation (My the Associated Press) BOLZANO, Italy A communique Issued by the Italian cabinet says Mussolini haa decided upon military measures against sanctions. This ts considered by political circles a warning to Great Britain. LONDON The British government looks upon the Kellogg pact as the laat bulwark against war. ADDIS ABABA Emperor Halle Selassto prayed for victory In bat tle. PARIS French officials, fearing that an Italo-Ethloplsn war Is In evitable, hope Premier Laval can keep it from reaching Europe. TOKYO A government upokesmsn denied that Japanese mun.Uona had been sent to Ethiopia.
