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ATT The Weather THE CLASSIFIED WAY The quickest and moit satis factory way to find a buyer, renter, or solve your many needs Is to use Matl Tribune classified ads. The cost Is sur prisingly small compared to results. Forecast: Showere and colder tonight. Wednesday partly cloudy. Temperatura Highest yesterday 49 Lowest this morning . a; Trjbune EDFORD Thirtieth Yrir Full Associated Press MEDFOBD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1935 run Onlted Cress No. 200. fin Ms M SKuSS :sem TO BE Ngs I ROY BOOHER AND ERNEST DECKER gggffl FATALLY INJURED By Paul Mallon Copyright. 1035, by Paul Mallon WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. A couple of very practical and wet Republi can politico from Chicago Are sup posed to have dropped In on Governor Alf Landon at Topeka the other day to find out how dry he la. The sound-out men were dis turbed by the in side talk In some wet Republican quarters that ban don's nomin ation as a presi dential candidate would reopen the dangerous prohi bition question. PAUL MALLON Also they noted that New Deal Pub licity Director Charles Mlchaelson haa fired a few dry shot at. tandem, as to fix the range. The Inquirers went away with the distinct undertandlng that, the Hans en believes there are only two basic national Issues now: . (a) "Waste and extravagance," and (b) "Socialism vs. Democracy." They felt that he con sidered the national prohibition Issue settled and dead; that the liquor con trol Issue Is one for the states to handle In their own way. There are excellent additional reas ons for believing that this will be the official Landon answer to the dry talk, when and If the time comes to make It. Whit Mr. Landon la supposed to have told them substantially w this: ho was the first governor of Kansas In the fifty-seven years since prohibition was adopted to say pub licly thai the people of Kansas had a right to voto on whether they want- ei to retain their prohibition arnend- ment; that he so recommended to the Kansas legslaturo and tho legislature sumbltWd the emendment to the peo ple last November. He opposed repeal of the amendment when It was sub mitted, and also opposed repeal of the eighteenth amendment In the 1932 campaign. But It was repealed and the only open question now, In his opinion, la wlrat each stat wants to do about It. He was Inclined to thlnlc that the attempt to revive prohibition In 1936, u an answer to criticism of the New Deal, would be received by the public aa ridiculous and unimportant. There are Inner Indications that the state department la embarking on a campaign to "educate" the public along the line ot Increasing the presi dent's discretionary power to pro hibit all trade with warring nations. whind it la to bring pressure on congress In January. The New Dealers want tneir nra-"j . tmAH.npri Thev know con gress will not agree unless public (Continued on Page Bw.) CCC TO NUMBER WASHINGTON. Noy. 13. (AP) nf hi. civilian con servation corps at Its present strength of 600,000 for the first three months of next year was de cided upon at a meeting voonj President Roosevelt and Robert Fechner. CCC director. Pechner aald that, beginning In April, replacements would be atop it. ..m it. was planned to establish the CCC on a permanent basis of about aoo.ouu oj ; SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS rhft. Rftteman describing his wife as "one of those girls that knows more football than moat men. one can eal the next play, and the score, ahead of time. She makes me foamed of myself." .7rth wiikinMm mumbline uncom iimntrv remarks about the driver who had Just pulled out In front of him, making mm almost ran n. own motor to get stopped In time to keep from hitting him. Fletch Stout stabbing madly at a sign in front of a drug store to keep It from falling over in the wind, and then sheepishly picking It up after It had fallen while pa.verpby laughed at him. Tom Fuson. upon relating the story of meeting Marl Riding, fcr rner Meflford school teacher, on an Alaskan cruise: "So I pulled the old wheere "It s a small world alter all'." John Bogsis demonstrating an rr.edcl tra Ford by dashing back and forth at mad speed within the con fines nf a small used car lot. Mi I 'II' I iiiiN M Grants Pass Youth's Neck Broken When Pinned Be- neath Car Five Others In Cars Receive Injuries. GRANTS PASS, Nov. 12. (AP) Automobile accidents took two lives In Josephine county over the Armis tice day week-end. Roy Booher, 17, of Grants Pass, was pinned beneath his car when It failed to make the turn off Rounds avenue Into Leonard road some time before 11:30 last night. He died of a broken neck a few minutes after reaching the hospital. Two other occupants of the car received minor Injuries. ' Ernest Decker, 30, of Glendale, was fatally Injured near Wolf Creek Sun day night whert the car in which he was riding with three othera turned over and crashed on the slippery road. His chest and back were crush ed and he died early today. He was unmarried. Bill Nelson, southpaw pitcher for the Grants Pass Merch ants, accompanying Decker, was still In the hospital today with minor cuts and bruises. Madeline Reed of Leland and Fay Brady of Eugene, other occupants of the Decker car. Buffered bruises and sprains. Decker has been working for the Southern Pacific near Oakridge. BEND, Ore., Nov. 12. (AP) Verna Anderson, Bend high school Junior, was near death today from Injuries received Saturday night In an auto mobile crash that fatally Injured Les lie Walters. Walters, 38, died -In -a. hospital here Sunday, The third occupant of the car, Gor don Erlckson, was dazed when the machine crashed on an Ochoco high way curve near Redmond. He wan dered into Redmond early Sunday after stumbling through fields and over rough terrain the entire night. His Injuries were not serious. ASTORIA, Ore., Nov. 12. ( AP) A man tentatively identified as Nick Uhryn, 60, of Brownsmead, was fatally Injured last night when struck by an automobile at the Brownsmead Junction, 20 miles east of here. Sam Nudelman, Astoria clothing store manager, told police his car struck Uhyrn as the latter was crossing the highway. GRANGER Wyo., Nov. 13. (AP) Walter M. Mlddleton, 26, of Mont peller, Idaho, an Oregon Short Line railroad brakeman, was killed in stantly last hight when he was struck by an auto' while checking railroad cars backlog Into a switch. T Conductor Edwards was hit by the same car and was taken to Pocatello, His Injuries were said to be serious, TAKEN OFF RAFT MANILA, Nov. 12. (AP) The United States navy destroyer Peary wirelessed today that "three crew men of the Sllverhawl were picked up from a life raft at 5:18 p. m," The message Indicated that rescue had begun of 84 people of the wrecked British freighter in San Bernardino straits. Since , Sunday, the five passengers and 49 crew members of the 811 ver hazel had clung to a rock and to the forepart of the vessel which was broken In two against It. With a typhoon advancing toward the bleak Southern Luzon Island coast, several vessels had tried vain ly to take off the marooned peo ple. High winds and waves that boiled through the straits, 350 miles southeast of Manila, beat off the rescuers. BLOND EX-SECRETARY IS HELD FOR MURDER ' NEW YORK, Not. 12. (AP) Clad in his nightshirt. Dr. Fritz Gebhardt. 43, Oerman Industrialist, was shot to death today In his fashionable twenty-first floor apartment, allegedly by his former secretary, blond Vera Siretr. 26, who lived two floors be low. In her apartment police found a note which Indicated, they said, that shs had planned suicide. It read: "I am tired of It all. I am leaving this world in good sound mind." Miss Strete. fully clothed, was ar rested on a fire escape of the (sky scraper apartment building a Tew minutes after the shooting. She cslm- KINGSFORD-SMITH MISSING OVER BAY OF BENGAL The Southern Cross In which Sir Charles Klngsford-Smlth won flying fame by crossing oceans and continents Is shown it right. The Intrepid Australian airman, feared lost In the shark-infested area of the Bay of Bangal, Is pictured at tho completion of a flight across the Paclfio ocean. (Associated Press Photol , BLAZE DESTROYS CENTRAL POINT Fire, attributed to an overheated stove, yesterday morning destroyed the Ford garage and machine shop In Central Point, with a loss estimated in excess of $3000. Only 500 insur ance was carried on the building by George Ford, veteran volley mechan ics who had carried on business in the building for the past 17 years. The flames, when discovered at 6 a. m. by S, J. Brlstow, had already enveloped the front part of the struc ture and were spreading eo rapidly that the entire building was ablaze when the fire department arrived a few minutes later. A shell of the structure was saved. The low represented tho destruc tion of a work of a life-time In the development of one of the best equip ped machine shops in the county, the value of which was difficult for the owner to estimate. A Central Point resident for the past 30 years, Ford, also formerly known as "Uncle Dud ley" has been a mechanic through all that time, and his shop, like himself, was an important part of Central Point civic life. Yesterday morning, following his usual routine. Ford built a fire in the office, over which were his living quarters, and walked two or three blocks to Main street. Thirty minutes after he had left the shop, It was a mass of flames. 242 AGE PENSIONS ON COUNTY BOOKS Jackson county 1s now payin; 242 old aige pensions monthly. At tho last meeting of the. court, acting as the pension board, eight applications were granted and 11 applications denied. There was an exceptionally large number of rejections, Including many pending for several months. The re jections were based on a number of reasons Including refusal of the pen ion applicant to sign a property re lease to the county, as required by the old age pension law. possessing Incomes in excess cf the amount the county could pay, allotments from sons In the CCC and below the age limit. ly admitted then, police said, that she did the shooting. Later in the po lice lineup she refused to talk about It. A lovely ah blonde, Miss Btrctz kopt her face burled In her fur collar during the questioning. At her arraignment before Magis trate Michael A. Ford in homicide court she was held without ball for a hearing November 31. She entered no plea. Gebhsrdt was described by friends as a wealthy and learned German. He was a member of the tlrm of Frank von Knopp. Inc.. Importers -and ex porters of shoe machinery. 8 IgArttMti WiHsC 'Wife W? -Nvs n i i NEW ORLEANS. Nov. 12. f AP) President Roosevelt wrote the Ameri can Bankers association, In a letter read at the annual meeting here to day, that "all banks are now In a strong position," and urged extension of credit to business, Industry and real estate "on a sound basis." "I hope they will take full advan tage of the new banking act and pro vide credit when it can be done on a sound basis to business and Industry and to real estate," wrote the presi dent. Jtwee H. Jones, chairman of the Re construction Finance Corp., read the letter. High administration officials today outlined atepa to the association they said would bring about a withdrawal of the government from the fields of banking and private business. The 81at annual convention of the association previously had heard Its own leaders demand such action. Jones, the first administration rep resentative to address the bankers to day, told them he was "aa anxious as any of you can possibly be that the government get out of the money lending business aa soon as possible." but he warned that the steps should not be taken "too soon." Yesterday the financiers were told by three of their number that govern ment competition for deposit and loans was seriously handicapping the banking system. ARMISTICE DAY IS LIVELY HERE Armistice Day, 1038, has passed into history after one of the most enthusiastic and successful celebra tions ever to be held here. The fuse of the day's activities was touched off by a colorful and well prepared parade In the morning, which progressed through streets crowded with a particularly care free holiday throng. A football game in the afternoon between Med ford and Chemawa gave many local fans an opportunity to see the shining hopes of grid mentor Bowerman In action, a large crowd of spec tators attesting the drawing power of the boys. Activities of the dsy were cli maxed with the annual American Legion ball last evening at the Oriental Gardens. Nine hundred dancing Legionnaires and friends crowded the floor In what W. J. Looker, head of the committee in charge, terms "an Ideally successful affair." The Legion "dugout" 1n the nat atorium was one of the high lights of the day's celebration. SUPREME COURT DELAYS HANDING DOWN OPINIONS SALEM. Ore,, Nov. 12. f AP) The state supreme court did not hold Its usual Tuesday conference today and consequently no opinions were hand ed down. It was expected a few opinions would be ready tomorrow. SCIENTISTS AWAIT CHECK OF DATA ON WHITE LAKE, 8. D., Nov. 13. (AP) Examination of rarlfled air sealed tubes, records of delicate Instruments and photographic platen, obtained by stratosphere filers 13 miles above the earth, waa awaited today by tha world of science. Dsta gathered by Capalns Orvtl A. Anderson and Albert W. Stevens In their record - breaking stratosphere flight yesterday, were packed for ship ment to Washington by officials of the National Geographic society, co sponsors with the army air corps. The flight started In the natural bowl at Rapid City at S a. m. (O. 8 T. and ended on the farm of John Matheye, 12 miles south of here, at 4:13 p. m. yesterday. Seek Data on Ray Valuable Information about the cosmic ray, long a puzzle to science, was sought by the two airmen who reached an unofficial altitude of 73,- 000 feet, the highest point ever reached by a human. Studies of sunlight and skylight, observations on sky, sun and earth brightness, studies of wind direction and velocity, checks of barometric altitude acales and atudy of balloon navigation, were aome of the sclen- tflc observations . recorded by the filers. The Instruments were reported un damaged when the huge balloon land ed without even so much ss a bounce. The flight probably was one of man's greatest achievements In con quering gravity, but scientists looked for even grester accomplishments as a result of the expedition Into the thin upper air. For more than eight hours the two balloonist,, making their third at tempt to ascend above 70,000 feet, were aloft and most of the time waa spent In scientific observations. Trip Vntroubled They spent an hour and a half at the "celling," which Captain Ander son estimated at 73,000 to 74,000 feet. 000 feet. The trip, they said, was made with out any of the troubles that beset their two previous attempts In 1034 when the balloon ripped and they were forced to "ball out," and last July when the new bag, Explorer II, burst before ascension. One accident, a 30-foot fabric rip. waa remedied before the takeoff. A patch, slmllsr to a tire patch, wss cemented onto the bag by an sxpert from the factory which constructed the bslloon. As the balloon elesred th Black Hills flight base near Rapid City, a down draft of air caught It, making It necessary to drop 800 pounds of lead ballast. The bag drifted southeast, following l;ontlnued on Psge Hues) Rev. Towne Heads Oregon Lutherans SIt.VFRTON. Or Nov. 7.Hf, The nv. A. h. Towne of Portland heads the Oregon circuit of Lutheran chnrchea, aa a result of sn election during the convention here. The Rev. O. K. Davidson of Port land Is vice president, the Rev. N. J. A, Arltand of Cantoy Is secretary, Henry Torvend of Sltverton Is treas urer and the Rev. R. Bojrfttad of Eu gene la financial aecretai. TALY THREATENS LEAGUEMEMBER Warning Given Nations Par ticipating In Sanctions Economic Reprisals Also Hinted By Mussolini. ADDIS ABABA, Nov. 12. ( AP) The Ethiopian government announc ed todny that many had been killed on both sides In a battle between an Ethiopian infantry detachment and Italian tank and machine gun units at Ankele, Ogaden province, on the southern front. Italians attacked, the natives with a murderous fire, an official com munique stated, but Emperor Halle Selassie's warriors captured four tanks In the bloody struggle. The field was said to be strewn with dead of both armies. By n. R. Hlppellieuwr (Ascsoclated Press Staff Writer) Fascist Italy threatened implicitly today to leave the League of Nations. In a warning to the nations par ticipating In the league's sanctions punishment of Italy for It aggres sion against Ethiopia, Mussolini's gov ernment said: "Ttaly has not wished until now to disassociate herself from the Geneva Institution despite Italy's opposition to the procedure followed to her dan ger, because she desires to prevent a conflict, such as that now being con sidered, from leading to more vast complications." Nations Warned The wamlnjr, to the sanctlonlst nations which challenged tho lea- gue'a authority to place sanctions In the hands of a coordinating commit' tee, and which rejected the accusa Won Italy violated its league coven ants, In Invading Halle Selassie s cm plre was contained In a vote sent direct to the nations and not to the league. In addition to the threat of with drawal from Geneva, It threatened further economic reprisals. At the same time, in an official (Continued on Page Pour.) AS RAINS COME PORTLAND, Nov, 12. (AP) Tem peratures were somewhat above nor mal In Oregon and Washington to day but the weather bureau could give no assurance they would re main that way. Today's forecast was for "showers and colder tonight," with a south erly wind expected to veer to the northwest. Snow seemed to be In stOTe for the eastern part or the state, but the west was expected to escape with nothing worse than rain show ers. In very few parts of Oregon tfid the temperature drop lower than the freer,! ng point last night. THIRTY DAIRY COWS LOST IN BARN BLAZE TOLEDO. Ore.. Nor. 13. (AP) Thirty dairy cows were burned to death today when flra destroyed a barn on the I,eonsrd Mann farm at Neotsu. near Ocean Lake. Insurance covered the losa of livestock and equipment. Portland Theater Robbed Of $1000 PORTLAND. Ore., Nov, 12. Vp) A solo bandit compelled Manager Grover Hendley of the United Artists theater to open the theater safe and hand over approximately $1000 In currency last night. The gunman escaped. Handley was held up In hit office a few minutes before police were scheduled to arrive to convoy the day's receipts to a bank. HALL PLEADS MASS SLAYING CHARGE PORT ORCHART), Wash., Nov. 12. ( AP) Leo Hall, Seattle cx-pugllist, pleaded Innocent today to charges of first degree murder for the Erland's Point "mass alaylngs" of a year and a half ago, In a half-hour arraign ment. Superior Judge H. O. Sutton dented two motions by Defense Attorney Everett O. Butts, one of them calling for a separate trial from Mrs. Peggy Pauloa, Hall's accuser, after brief arguments. The other motion. Defense Attor ney Butts called for the striking from the complaint of one of two sections which he said conflicted. O&e of the Fishermen Claim Ocean Went Off And Left Boats MOSCOW. Nov. 12. (AP) Thousands of fishermen returning to Caspian ports today told an astonishing story of having been marooned on the bottom of the sea for five days, dispatches re ceived here stated. Equally astonishing was their report that at the busiest period of the flailing season the sea Itself retired from under the fleet. The sea receded along 150 miles of the northrn shore tine leaving the boats high and dry several kilometers from solid earth. , Alrplanea dropped food to the marooned men until the tide flowed back and allowed them to refloat their ships. STEPS ARE TAKEN TO OF City and county officials moved swiftly snd positively today to fore stall an epldemlo of Infantile paraly- sls following the closing this morning of the Howard school. Two pupils of the school were stricken with the dlseaao Friday even ing, i. One, Strauss Oustln, 7, son of Mr. and Mrs. H. W. Gustln, died at noon yesterday. The other, Verne Strayer, 13, son of Mr. and Mrs. C. D. Btrayer, waa gravely HI this after noon. The achool waa olused this morning for an Indefinite period by order of the achool board. No new cases of the disease In the city or county were reported today and health authorltlea said there waa no cause fos alarm. All Medford resi dents who hsd been In direct contact with either family wer asked to communicate with Dr. L. D. Inakeep. city health officer, while county resi dents were requosted to notliy ur. a, N. Johnson, county health officer, Those, known to be In contact with the families were quarantined this morning by Dr. Johnson. Health, city and county autborl' ties met this noon In the office of Dr. J. O. Hayea to lay plane for the curtailment of the disease. At the meeting were Dr. Johnson, Dr. In skeep, Dr. Hayes, Dr. o. . oweeney and Dr. Warren Bishop; Mayor oeo, W. Porter and W. W. Allen and Fred Heath, Jr., of the city council health committee; and Eugene Thorndlke, member of the county health com. mlttee. Upon recommendation of Dr. Hayes, the meeting voted to request alt per sona who have had Infantile paraiy. als In the past ten years to communt cate with Drs. Johnson or lnskeep The doctors plan to prepare a serum for combatting the dlseaae, the eerum being made from the blood of persons who have survived the ailment. This, It was said, waa the most effective moans of fighting Infantile paralysis The doctors emphasized that thla la merely a precautionary measure, a atep being taken before the disease hss obtained a foothold. Dr. lnskeep Informed tha meeting that he communicated this morning with officials of the Hooper Research Foundation in San Francisco, recog- (Continued on Page Five) SPECifUSESSION SALEM. Not. 13. (AP) The re' cent special seaslon of the leglS' lature cost between $56,000 and e8,ooo, the state department here estimated. The legislature appropriated s60, 000 to take care of the expenses of the session. Any of that amount not used will revert to the general fund. The special session of 1933 cost more thsn 70,000. INNOCENT sections, Butts argued, stated that the slaytngs were premeditated, while another declared they were commit ted during a robbery. "The complaint sets up two theor- les of tha slaying," Butts said. Hall remained standing during nearly the entire half hour appear ance In the court room. He was self controlled, and at times smiled. After the reading of tha complaint. Judge Sutton queried Hall, "Your plea la not guilty?" "Yes, your honor, Hall replied. Butts then proceeded with his mo tions. About 100 men and women wora In the court room, partly filling It EXPENSE $55,000 L indbergh Kidnaper Con victed After Trial Resem bling Circus Declares Counsel In Long Petition. WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. (API- Bruno Richard Hauptmann appealed to the auprcme court today to save him from the electric chnlr for the murder and kidnaping of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. A 32-page petition filed by Egbert Roaencrana. counael for Hauptmann, asked a new trial on the ground that the stolid German carpctor had been convicted after a trial which resem bled a "circus." The petition also contended Haupt- mann'a constitutional rights In the sensation-packed trial at Flemlngton. n. J. Supreme court attachca aald the nine Justices probably would an nounce on December 33 whether they would review hla conviction. That would give HauptrdSnn either glad tldlnga or mournful newa for a Christmas present. If a review were granted, attaches said arguments normally would be heard In Fobruary or March and final (Continued on Page Bight) E S RANOOON, Burma, Nor. 13. (APr Three of the planes seeking Sir Chsrles Klngsbrd-8mlth and his co pilot, Tom Pethybrtdge, lost on an England-Australia flight, reported today that the search: waa "virtually hopeless." Two Royal Air Forca flying boats arrived here from Singapore, Straits Settlements, where the Australian pilots were due Isst Friday, after a frultleas search over a wide area off the coast and ovor the Bay of Bengal. Officiate announced, nevertheless. that tha hunt would continue. BUTTER SKYROCKETS CHICAGO, Nov. 32. (AP) Butter futures prices soared to tho highest level In five years In heavy trading today. Gains of around $180 per car were recorded. The rush of buying sent November butter to a top of 30e, highest since March 31, 1031, closing at 80 . December got up to 30 also, the highest since December 4, 1030. Bullish news concerning the heavy movement of butter out of storage prompted the buying, mercantile ob servers said. Central Point Budget Calls For $9,795 The budget of th city of Central Point, as approved by ardlnanc. has been filed with the county clerk by City Recorder duy Teie of Central Point, The Wal levy for the coming year la listed at S9705. Of this sum, 4S34S Is allotted to the general fund of the city and 550 for bond redemption and bond Interest. Oh Sa scuts ID HCODI Pretty soonly College will ihut for season. Doctors law rera engineers & all nort of elevated hat professions will be dumped out in the world. Where can finding those high tone jobs for so many I Dont we needing plumbers carpenters brick Kcntlenien--cooks--bont mnkci-8 & other usefulness! Are not them honorable duties! Thousand and thousand of fel lows step out from collego with a rich whito shirt diploma but end up with a disappointid heart & stomach. But if those student biting off what he can chewing in first place he will arriving there and.be happy instead of selling gasoline.
