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The Weather Forecast: Unsettled with occa sional showers tonight and Saturday; slightly warmer to night. Highest yesterday gl Lowest this morning 45 START SAVING NOW for tha Mull Tribune Annual Bargain Days which are to be announced loon. Be sure your subscription to the TrlbdOe Is paid up to Sep tember 1, m that toii can take advantage of the big savings Tribune EDFORD thirtieth Year (Twenty Pages Twq Sections) MEDFORD, OKKCOX, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 1933. No. 149. WTOIL M iillST tM llivl "SILEIm HE TAIN SET By Boundaries of City As Known in 1864 Rule Location Special Session Expected About September 30th SALEM, Sept. 13. (ffj Approval by the federal government of the pro posal for a 45 per cent grant toward the 3. 500.000 capltol building, an nounced lat yesterday, and the opin ion today by the attorney-general re stricting the location territory for the atructure. marked further steps to ward hastening the capltol construc tion program. Only two altes now remain for con sideration the old site without add ing more land, and the possible an nexation of Willamette campus the attorney -general having . ruled that the alte must be within the city lim its of Salem, as designated In 1864. Hillside aites In South fealem were thus eliminated, particularly the al ternate proposal of Governor Martin, the Candalarla Heights. Design Next Step. The next step for the building proper will be the presentation of designs, type and size of the struc ture for consideration by the lcgis ture. The state's 55 per nt pay ment, it will be recommended, would be by direct appropriation at the spe cial session and the regular session next year. Architects have been work ing on the building plans. Oregon's application for more land has been completed and. was to be forwarded by the Portland public works officials at once. The appli cation will be for a loan and grant of $750,000 for the purchase of Wil lamette university site, the money to "be used in constructing new univer sity buildings on the proposed Bush pasture location for the Institution. McNary Urges Speed. Of the entire sum, the PWA "was to furnish 45 per cent, or 337.500. The t Continued on Page Pour.) CREW TO RETURN MARS HP HELD, Ore.. Sept. 13.-(AP) Workers and their employers at the Port Orford cedar plant here Joined today in the announcement that more than 150 men will return to work Monday after having been on strike since Sept. 3. The announcement said the mini mum wage of 45 cents an hour has been Increased to 47' cents. The union was asking a uniform wage scale, recognition of the union for collective bargaining, a 40-hour week and no discrimination against union workers, but none of these points were mentioned In the settle ment. Forty five men remain on strike at the Ostling Furniture company here. FOUR OREGON WORKERS KILLED DURING WEEK SALEM, Ore., Sept. 13. (AP) Four fatalities out of 886 accidents In Ore gon Industries were reported to the state Industrial accident commission during the week ending September 12. Tlwy were w. H. Fisher. Salem Jani tor; T. E. Broadley, Kings Valley mill worker: C. E. Whltworth, Port Orford trimmerman. and Vern C. Martin. Dallas laborer. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS J I mmy W 11 bu rn , northwest auto driver fchamp who Is to race his car at Grant Pass today. Friday the 13th. listening to Jack Wenzet telling In gruesome tones, about seeing several drivers crack up badly at Ascot. Dan Watson driving up in a cloud of dust to see the, football practice, only to Bee the lads taking a two-lap run before quitting for the evening. Danny "Daring Young Man" Savich missing the rtng rope trapeze, and with a surprised look on his counte nance sailing out of the ring for about 30 feet before landing upon hif jowls on the floor. Remarkable memory note: F.Jmer Kyle rsn remember the first names of people who worked for htm six years BSD. Herb Strang branding himself a "aktliful winner", when, by a lucky throw, hs won at the dsrt game after missing 20 previous heaven. Earl Sims says he's superstitious iirvit having people poiat gm at BASEBALL American First game: St. Louis Boston 2 s 1 Batteries? Walkup, Thomas and Hemsley; W. Ferrell and R. Ferrell. Second game: R. H. E. St. Louis 4 13 O Boston ...... .. 2 10 0 Batteries: Andrews, Knott and Hemsley; Walberg, Rhodes and Berg R. H, E. Detroit - 13 11 2 New York 5 0 3 Rowe and Hay worth; Oomcz, Ma lone and Dickey: r: h. e. Chicago 7 8 1 Philadelphia - 10 19 1 Batteries: Phelps, Salveson. Chollnl and Scwcll; Huckleberry, Lelber and Berry. R. H. Cleveland 3 7 Washington . 5 13 E. 1 0 Lee, Hllderbrand and Brenzel; Had' ley, Pettlt and Bolton. National R. Philadelphia 6 14 0 Pittsburgh 15 0 Batteries: C. Davis and Todd; Swift, Hoyt, Blrkofer and Grace, R. H. E. Boston 0 8 0 Cincinnati 18 1 Batteries: Brandt and Spohrer; Htlcher and Lombard!. R. H. E. Brooklyn .... 17 1 Chicago 4 10 0 Batteries: Earnshaw, Emit Leonard and Lopez: French and Hartnett. LAURA SETS FLOYD BENNETT AIRPORT, N. T.. Sept. 13. (UP) Tiny Laura Ingalls smashed the women's tran continental speed record by more than three houra last night when she brought her "Auto-Da-Fe" airplane out of the west after a non-stop flight from Los Angeles. Her official landing time wan 11:18.05 p. m (E. D. T.l, giving her a record of 13 hours. 34 minutes, 6 seconds. The bob-haired pilot narrowly missed brenklng the non-stop record for men set by Frank M. Hawks on June 2, 1933, when he crosned the continent In 13 houra and 27 min utes. She shattered two women's records held by Amelia Earhart Putnam, the non-stop mark of 19 hours and five minutes, and the speed record of 17 hours, 7' minutes. Unsighted the last half of her flight, diminutive 30-year-old flier had aroused fears for her safety. Bud- (Continued on Page Nine) 1 3 carsTearsTeave Export shipment of pears from the Rogue River valley are now under way, with 13 cars dlspatclui yester day for loading on ships for European lands. Ten carloads were ttent yes terday and three to San Francisco for foreign shipment Thursday. East ern shipments yesterday tctalei 31 cars, with IS dispatched via Ogden. two vis Klamath Falls and four vli Portland. The season's total to dste for pack ed pear Is 4 58 oars, and for cannery pears 480, a total of 968 cars. To day's shipment are expected to bring the total past the 1000 ir mark. Cannery shipments Thursday totaled 16 cars. Fall Business Exceeds , General Expectations j NEW YORK. Spt. 13. Jp) Ac ol- i eratlon of the fell business pece above j estimates was reported today by Dun i Si Bradstreet in its weekly review of j trade. , "Assuming a quicker pa-e than a ! week earlier, the general expansion of trade movements attained propor i tlons that exceeded estimate set for Inl :al full programs. ' it was stf.i "Retail distribution swung for- ward, favored by cool weatiicr and most cencrous response to new me; chanrttsc offerings In five yesrs. "With the strennh of consumer buying power tested, wholesale mar kets turned more active, with mall order especially heavy, "Post -hoi ;d a y rebounds were mark in t!ie chief Industrial div,nr.. wlh trie ex--eplc.n of tiio identified with PRESIDENT PLACES WORK RELIEF PLAN Bulk of Coin Remaining From Permanent Projects Must Be Spent On Tern rary Jobs Next 4 Months HYDE PARK, N. Y., Sept. 13. (AP) President Roosevelt announced orders today for the works progress administration under Harry L. ICop kins to take over the works relief drive until the permanent public works program of Secretary Ickes reaches a greater volume of employ ment. In a detailed explanation of the whole works problem at his regular press conference today, the president related that yesterday's parley pro vided a program for the coming six weeks with $85,000,000 additional for direct relief another reduction in this Aa for the contest between Secre tary Ickes public works plan and Harry Hopkins' temporary works idea, he Bald the problem was reduced to the proposition of dollars, men to be employed and the time for com pletion. Must Fill Cap. He stated It was unlikely that the funds already allocated for perma nent structures would reach a peak of employment before next June. Therefore, the gap must be filled in by temporary work under Juris diction of Hopkins he explained. Because of this, Mr. Roosevelt said the bulk of -the remaining 1,250. 000.000 from the four billion fund to be spent in the next four months would go to temporary Job. This must.be done, he asserted, H the objective of taking 3,500,000 from (Continued on Page Four.) 4. CENTRAL OREGON. FOR I OF Karl Jamouch, supervisor of Rogue River national fores, returned this morning from a several days' tour of resorts situated In central Oregon. The tour, conducted this year for the third time, was headed by the Central Oregon Resort Owners' association, an organization sponsored by the Bend chamber of commerce. Besides Janouch and Cordy Sunder- 'man. recreatlonsl fewer for Rogue River national forest, others who made the tour were . and Mrs. George Howard of Diamond Lake re sort, Mrs. Glen Smith of Lake o the Woods resort, and Mrs. Grieve of the Prospect resort. Janouch said . the purpose' of the tour is to give resort owners an op portunity to exchange ideas in tourist eintertainment, to develop resorts and their facilities and to agree on prices. When a tourist is ready to leave one resort, the owner will be fitted to recommend an Itinerary that will in clude other resorts of the area. The tour will ' be expanded In the near future, under present plans, to in clude all. resorts tributary to The Dalles-California highway. A group of 47 made the tour, which Included resorts at Prospect. Diamond Lake, Crescent lake. Odell lake, Buttle lake, and the Met oil us river recrea tional area. f . Income Shares Maryland funding: Bib $17.03; ask ed 918.44. Quarterly Income shares: Bid 11.42; asked 1.56. 1 Retail sales gains were 15 to 50 f per cent over the preceding five-day I period, it was estimated, and sales for the country as a whole were 10 to 25 per cent In excels of the total for the corresponding 194 week, when a rising trend m-s in evidence "With initial purchases of fall mer chandise moving out at a more ac- c?.rs'-a ra.i man eTperTa. D'jyers were forced to make hurried trips to tr-ewholesale market this wek, and st I some centers the to Ml number of visitors was the largest since Jsnu ; ary." the report continued. I "The advance of the general indui I trial average has yet to be checked, j ss activity recovered quickly frtm the i holiday interruption, and advenes in : schedules in both capital and con-'- fjmpr Items mere reported for the ! Spans U. S. laura Ingnlls. diminutive 30-enr-old flier who yesterday loomed east ward across ihe continent In 13 lion rs. 31 minutes, five second, to shat ter two women's reiords held by Amelia Karliart Putnam. (A. P. Photo.) SUPERSTITIOUS WORRY! TODAY IS FRIDAY, 13th Without even the benefit of clink ing chains, the rush of bat wings, or mysterious voo-doo music, the city awoke this morning to find Itself confronted with the fact that today is Friday Friday the 13th! A survey of the town reveals that the citizens are standing up fairly well under the Jinx. Of course, here and there are people who seem gen uinely worried as to their immediate future, such as William Kennedy, New England Irishman now In the city. Kennedy had a Job picking pears yes terday, he said, but todav was wor- ' rled about climbing a ladder, and so refused to return to his labors. Har ry Crumc. starting out this morning blithely seeking a new Job, discovered to his dismay that Friday the 13th was upon him, and refused to go fur ther. t The survey shows that women are ROGERS RELEASED BOND IN DEATHj OF CIMPCD OIMULIA WEST CHESTER, Pa.. Sept, 13. (AP) lr. 11. B. K. Davis, who performed C lift aulnpsy of Evelyn lloey, nrtres, found hot to death at the farm of Henry H. Iloppr, II. said today that "every evidence pointed townrd a sui cide." Offlrlnl report of the nu t.py has not yet been made public. ny FRAVCIS A. JAMIESON (Copyright. 1935. by Associated Pre.) WEST CHESTER, Pa , Sep.. 13. VP; . 7. i vl rt ' f aTvvi was released today from ine jaii where he has been held since early Thursday In connection with the death at his form home of the sing ing actress, Evelyn Hoey. Freed with him was William J. Kelly, young freelance movie cam eraman. Kelly, with Miss Hoev was a house guest at the farm. "Indian Run." when the shooting now con sidered by Investigators as probably suicide occurred Wednesday even ing. Mother Nit Present. Mrs. Benjamin Rogers, firt wife or the late Standard Oil multi-millionaire. Colonel Henry Huddlevon Rog ers II. and mother of young Roqers. was In town when her son. Irfigzard worn and extremely nervour emerg ed: but she did not appear at the jail. Bond of 12.500 was fixed by Judge w Butler wtndle of Cheater coi-nty. l Continued on Page Five) DENY BRITISH ENVOY SENT LONG FLOWERS NEW ORLEANS. La, Sept. 13 f API The British consulate general here said today that dispatches re porting the sending of fiowers to the . funeral of fna'or Huey P. I-nnsr on : behalf of the British royal family meet z to in Fast Time I .ociatct J'rei. Photn more superstitious than men, or more honest In revealing their supersti tions; it would bo hard to say which. The pet superstitions of many men must be dragged from them almost by force, while the women 'fesa up frankly. Owney Patton picks up Dins If the point is toward him, Fred Scheffel, upon finding a horseshoe, spits on it. takes three steps forward, and heaves It over his left shoulder. So does Tul ley Williams, while Tutley's father, Wallace, always puts his left shoe and sock on first when dressing. Dan Her ring shudders If he catches himself putting his hat on a bed, white light ing three on a match assures Ed Lam port that a friendship Is about to be broken. Ralph Bnrdwcll doesn't like to have a cat in the car with him, while Joe (Co-tinned on Page Five) LITTLE CRUSHES GOODMAN, 4-3, IN SEMI FINAL DUEL THE COUNTRY CLUB. Cleveland. Sept. 13. ( AP) Surviving .a amash ing rally by Omaha's Johnny Good man this afternoon W. Lawson Mttle, Jr., came back to crush his rival, 4 and 3 with a sub-par finish and gain the final round in defense of the United States amateur golf champion ship. Little put a dramatic climax to his semi-final match by sinking a AO-foot putt on the 33rd hole for a birdie three. It was the champion's fifth - birdie In eight successive holes, and .completely demolished Goodman, who ;had shot a record-equalling 32, four i under par, to be all square In 27 ; holes. Little was five under par this I afternoon and six under perfect fig j tires for the day. On the 33rd and last hole. Little i was on in two. 60 feet to the right ;of the pin. Goodman putted from a i slightly longer distance and partially 'stymied the champion who rolled the ball around and watched It click Into jthe cup for an electrifying birdie i three, ending the match. i Sharpshooting Walter Rmery. Uni versity of Oklahoma law student, won the rlzht to play Little for the cham : pionshlp In the first tournament for ! which he has ever qualified. He con 'quered Joseph Lynch. Boston. 4 and 3. In a prolonged and somewhat era ; tic seml-flnil match. 'SPARKS' AND SHIP LINE SETTLE PAY DIFFERENCE 1 NEW YORK. Sept. 13. P T.ne. Radio Telegraphists association and the Blak Diamond Steamship line today reached an Seteemert In the 1 union's demsnd for lncreaJ pay for ; ship radio operators. The flrfirement, signed by both pf ; t:B, rais the pay for operators on the Black Diamond line from W) to LONG L WOULD TRADE FOR PEACE WITH F. R. Stoppage of Federal Funds for Louisiana Sore Spot with Huey's Followers Successor Is Undecided BATON ROUGE. La.. Sept. 13. (AP) Lieutenants of Huey P. Long were reported ready today to barter wun ine national eominisirauon to smooth some of the troubled waters left by the death of the state's dic tator. There were many rumblings of dis content among those who had sat close to the throne and these bad to be eliminated. Long, before he was fatally wound ed by a, bullet fired from the gun of Dr. C. A. Weiss, Jr., had his willing legislature pass laws which aroused the ire of the Roosevelt administra tion and which cut off the flow of millions of dollars of federal funds Into Louisiana. . Tax Probes an Issue One issue was Income tax Investi gations. Several persons close to Long politically have been Indicted for In come tax violations and the returns of the senator himself have been In vestigated. Long left no one who could step into his shoes. He would allow no one in his organisation that was not subservient to him. . His word was law in Louisiana Since his death those of his an notated left are: O. K. Allen, the governor; Seymour Weiss, his political treasurer; Allen Ellender, his speaker of the -. house of representatives; George Wallace, assistant attorney general and the man who wrote the (Continued on Pago Seven) 1 HULL'S APPEAL TO ROWING NATIONS HYDE TARK. N. Y.. Sept. 13. (AP) President Roosevelt today announced thorough endorsement of the appeal by Secretary Hull for adherence by the quarreling countries overseas to the Kellogg peace pact and expressed his concern over ths stuatlon. Responding to questions at his reg ular press conference, the president made It clear that If war does break out abroad, this government is very definitely neutrsl by the recent act of congress declaring six months' neu trality and embargo on arms. He remarked that the situation overseas Is being watched very closely. He said he thought the statement by Secretary fn11 summed up the propo sition very well. He emphasised the concern of the government and the people. (By the Associated Press) Italy faced a front of League of Nations' members sworn to uphold their covemant against war today fol lowing a declaration by Premier La val of France that his nation would not evade lenus obligations. A government spokesman In Rome Immediately commented that Laval's speech was "neither favorable nor un favorable and certain not to change Italy's mind or line of action.1 In London, however, his statement waa welcomed aa a pledge that France would back up areat Britain In the latter natlon'a opposition to war be tween Italy and Ethiopia. (Continued on Page rare) Today Is Anniversary Of St. Mihkl Battle WASHINTON, Sept. 13. f AP) , American World war veterans remem- bered today not as Friday the thlr- j teenth but as the 17th anniversary of the battle of fit. Mihlel. Many remembered the day also as the 75th anniversary of General John J. Pershing. ! The battle of St. Mlhtel begsn 17 yesrs ago yesterdsy, Sept. 12. 1918, In a manner described by one veteran ss a "practice march " It continued through Spt. 16. 1910 although vir tually completed In two days. Talking of that engagement on the Western front, a group of men who took part In it, all of whom are high ranking marines now. said It put the American army on the world's mili tary map. Also, they said, San Mihlel marked the first appearance of sn American army under Command of an Amer- lian e.nap.l nm at tiiinnaan hallla. McAdoo Will Wed WILLIAM SAN DIEOO. Cal.. Sept. 13 f AP) Senfttr Wininm nthhK UrAflnn 71 nd M,M Crow, 26-year-old daughter of Mrs. Nellie Cross of this city, will be married tomorrow at 4 p. m. at a private ceromony In the home of the senator's daughter in Washington, Mrs. cross said today. Miss Cross was graduated from the San Diego high school In 1027. Later she took a nurse's training course at Santa Barbara, and since that time has been engaged In social service work, Senator McAdoo mot her at Santa Barbara, and their friendship ripened into romance when their paths crossed later in Washington. It was learned. 10 AT The sawmill of the Medfofd Cor poration (Owen-Oregon company) will start next Monday morning. Man ager James H. Owen reported, this afternoon. The planing mill and shipping department will start later, : the dato being Indefinite. Tha saw- mill will employ 110 men, besides j those now working. During the past weeks, logs have been arriving at the mill pond by two trains dally, and the pond Is now sui , flclently full to warrant starting next I week. It will be a week or ten days I before the sawmill Is running at full I capacity. j The plant, with all departments In operation, will furnish work for be- j tween 200 and 260 men. Clone to 100 will be employed in the timber. The start of the mill which has been operating on part time or not at all for the past two years, will bring back to this city, an Industrial pay roll. The length of time the mill will operate Is indefinite depending upon continued Improvement In the lum ber trade and economic conditions The yard of the plant Is depleted at present. The logging operations are In tim ber this side of Butta Fails, and con ducted with caterpillar tractors. The previous operations were in timber east of Butte Falls. The Med ford Logging railroad has been placed In condition for operat ing, the past two months, by the re organization company. 42B HURRTCANEDEATHS JACKSONVILLE, Pla., Bept. IS.- (AP) Conrad Van Hynlng, Florida emergency relief administrator, today said latest FERA figures showed 420 persons known dead In the Labor day 1 hurricane which swept the Florida keys. Of these, 3S6 were veterans In the three work camps on the keys. Eighty-eight of the 690 veterans on the pnyroll August 31 still were not accounted for. In addition, the half million sol diers and marines who succeeded In driving the Germans from the Ban Mihlel salient composed the largest number of armed men any American1 general, up to that time, had ever commanded on any field. "The day we took the San Mihlel sector was one of the hottest days X have ever known." said the marine corps' Brlgsdler Oeneral Hugh Mat thews. "And when that day was over," said Lieutenant colonel Frank White head, "I remember I never had been any tlreder In my life." "Tha res! importance of San Mihlel was a moral one," said Lieutenant Colonel Whitehead. At Ran Mihlel, the half million Americans and 100.000 Frenchmen, under General Pershing, captured 16. 000 prisoners, took 443 field guns and came into possession of vsst supplies badly needed by the Germans. Amer- EAGLE POINT RFC Farmers Will Be Enabled to Carry On at Annual Cost Not Exceeding $5 Per Acre Aids Land Values TJpon receipt of a wtra aent from Portland by T. R. Semon, manager of the Eagle Point Irrigation district, Prank p. rarrell. attorney for the district, announced today that the Reconstruction Finance Corporation loan for which the district haa been working for aome time, haa been closed. The loan will reduce the bond ed Indebtedness of the dlf rlct from approximately 350.00O to approxi mately aoo.OOO, at an Interest rate of 4 per cent per annum. Fnrmera of the district, under tha new loan, will be enabled at an as sessment of not to exceed 5 per acre per year, to care for all maintenance oporatlona Including bond service, rarrell stated. The RPO loan la made on a basis of 36 cents on the dollar, to all bondholders. Under the new act-up It Is expected that there will be an active demand for lands of the district, and as tha officers have long been working to secure tho loan, all resident of the area are well pleased with the ac complishment. The Eagle Point Irrigation district, under a board of directors consisting of A. O. Mlttelatadt, Charles Humph rey and J. K. Stanley, comprises about fiOOO acrea of Irrigated lano served by -an adequate water supply. The dis trict Is devoted chiefly to clover and forage crops. With the Eagle Point loan secured, all Irrigation districts of tha valley . with the exception of the Talent dis trict have been refinanced through (Continued on rage Pour) -f- ENDS ON SEPT. 20 Notice was Issued from the Med ford relief headquarters this morning that, effective September 20, there will be no more transient persona or families accepted for rellof in this district. The same will apply to all of the state) of Oregon, upon orders received from the federal relief ad ministration. Sign .proclaiming this fact are be ing put up today. The measure Is expected to put a stop to aimless drifting by transients who In V1 past have expected local relief sgenctes to support them regsrdlesa of where their previous homes had been. PORTLAND, Sept, 13. (AP) The victim of an unusually vicious slug-, ging and robbery. Fred Sorok, 60, was In a critical condition today. Found badly beaten and unconsci ous at a roadside here. Sorok waa found to be suffering from a ukuJI fracture, back Injuries and head and face outs. He had been struck with a sap or brass knuckles and robbed of one dollar all the money he pos sessed. Sorok lost a hand in a logging accident near Carlton a few yesrs ago. WASHINGTON, Bept. 13. (AP) The federal home loan bank board to day reported new advances to member institutions Increased nearly 2,000. 000 during the week ended Aug. 31. The rise wss attributed to a growing demand for mortgage loans for the building of new houses. Net outstanding advances by the banks have risen nearly 20 per cant In the last four months, and now stands at tRd.025,434. - SEATTLE, Sept. 13. (AP) Renew ed protests of Washington and Ore gon Douglas fir Industry against in creasing British Columbia lumber Import were reported by the West Coast Lumbermen's association today when It waa revealed that, for the firat time In history, the U. S. Im ported more Douglas fir in May and June than it exported. The Douglas fir Industry on the coast Is 100 years old. The figures were obtstned by the association from ths U. S. bureau et if oral cm and rtnmwVf ym
