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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast: cloudy tonight, rain Friday; no change In temper ature. TEMFERATl'RE llifhest yesterday S3 Lowest this morning . Sl.J USE THE WANT ADS No matter what jour wants may be a small Classified Ad In this newspaper will get rt sults. Many people use th ads regularly Why not jou? Tribune EDFORD ITliirtietb MEDFOKD, OREGON, THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 21, IT Full Dnlted Preaa No. 208. Full Associated Presa M 'AMfKiHUWVtMlAsw'X i'.i'iwA V"tJ Enwwfls-BECT mot em k Fwaurr . . . . , - ; . ) I Tit T iinrrmrnii rnnnro By P.UX MAU.ON. (Copyright. 1935. by Paul Ma lion.) WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. An un noticed but breathless pause In the breathing spell occurred at 8:40 p.m., last N o V e m ber 14. Agriculture Secretary Wallace spoke at that hour on "mat te r a of gravest national Import ance." His words were mild. His Ideas were hinted In the form of aca d e m 1 c theories. C on se q u entiy, only the'achooled I M l. MALLIIN technicians In audience at the and out of his academy of political science. Colum bia university, may have caught the full force of what he appears to have been . driving at. Piecing It together with Mr. Wal lace's latest depressing book and his other recent speeches, the eco nomic experts have concluded that Mr. Wallace Is groping his way toward a more definite program ot new planned economy than the left wing new dealers have been gener alizing about heretofore. It may be known, for convenience, as the Wal lace plan. . The way the economists condense the theory Into understandable lan guage la this: The trouble with Industry la that It la protected by unnatural tariffs nri monopolies against natural pro duction and natural prices. During depressions. Industrial prices do not drop appreciably. The only thing that happena is that nrcductlon stops, causing u,. t employment, until manufacturers can get their oesireo f"" The AAA tried to protect the farmer against that system by also limiting production and by main taining an unnaturally high price for his products. But that system Is wrong for the farmer, aa well aa for Industry. What should be done la to create a free-flowing system for both. Everyone would then be required to produce continuously. Thus everyone would also buy continuously. Pro ducts would be sold for whatever they would bring, except that there would be a celling beyond which 1hcy could not be lifted. No tarlffa. no monopolies. Just all producing, and all consuming. Certain -foremost economists here have grown dizzy, or dizzier, trying to find out what this would mean In terms of practical application. continued on Page Eight) NOVEMBER 30 DEADLINE I FOR WHEAT CONTRACTS WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. Farmers have until November SO to eign applications for 1936-33 wheat Adjustment contracts. -- This deadline was fixed today by tho AAA. ' HOOD RIVER. Ore.. Nov. 31. fAPThe stesmer The Dalles had dlfficultv pulling upstream through the swift current where the Colum bia river Is narrowed lor Bonne ville dam construction, the crew re ported here. The boat runs between Portland and The Dalles. SIDE GLANCES by TKIBUKE REPORTERS Al Wheeler. Mra. L. H. Wilcox and Svd Newton all trying to devise a method of getting Chrlatmaa toys from the store room down to the display floor, but disdaining the suggestion that a chute be made of stovepipe sections and the toys slid down. Ralph Barnwell, an ardent foot ball fan. apparently unable to wait until Saturday to see the Medford team stmt their stuff so pulling up for a few minutes spectatorlng at practice last night. Tuny "Taney Cravat" Bullis bawl ing out this department and de manding an apology for calling his SMitr. coupe a Packard. Admitted, that dszrled by Vsncya own great beauty, the department may have ' been mistaken about the car. Mr. Frank Applegate hailing one of her brilliant sons, town ward hent, from across the street last nlcht with a "Dn't you ever stay home''" sr,rt a Ittarfled man and girl p.-flne by blurting out a "Not very often." In a surprised sort of way. Haro.d Lflrsor. wnnderlng he strerr vi'.Yi a dt-.trwd look on his Mtr tuffiim h:miIf on roan duo a 'r'thed from th Klamath country by crcnies. PUT TO FLIGHT BY Invaders Pursus Retreating Warriors of Ras Seyoum II Duce Grants Leave to 100,000 Fascist Troops By Henry W. Bagley Associated Press Foreign Staff Ethiopia's northern defenders were beaten and put to flight by the fas cist invaders In a mountain battle today, the Italian field command re ported. Four battalions of Infantry and one cavalry squadron were said to be pur suing the retreating warriors of Ras ! Seyoum, Ethiopian northern com mander, after the clash at a moun tain pass south of Makale on the route to Amba Alajl. Italy Cuts Forces Premier Mussolini, at the same time, was strengthening Italy's resist ance to League of Nations sanctions by granting leaves of three months to loo, 000 fascist troops. The govern ment announced they would be used to Increase Italy's agricultural and Industrial production and said the move ha'd no "International slgnlii cance." As Ethiopian warriors fled before the Italians in the encounter. 7.000 feet above sea level, thef carried their dead with them, making a check of casualties Impossible. It was stated, The Italians hoped to surround them before they coluld Rather for a new defense and block the way to Amba Alajl, the Italians next northern ob- i Jectlve, Concentration Ve-n Italiau pilots reported Ethiopians were again concentrating In tbe Mai Mesclc-valley, below Selicot. in' the Makale area, although they had been dispersed there Monday by an air bombardment, As French and British experts re viewed peace talks in Paris, authorita tive French quarters said Premier Mussolini would not be Interested In any Franco -British peace proposals until the new Italian commander. Marshal Pletro Badoglio. .has "had a chance to win a few battles.' They declared the renewed ncgotia- (Contlnued on Page Five) HItO. Hawaii. Nov. 31. v-An earthquake of moderate Intensity oc curred In Hllo and elsewhere on Ha waii Island at 1:20 a. m., (6:50 a. m. eastern standard time) today. Quakes often originate In volcanoea on thla Island, but volcanologtst Thomas A. Jaggar aald today's quake was not due to disturbances within Kllauca, which la often active. Jaggar said the quake centered probably fifteen .to thirty mllea from Hllo. . Auto Fatalities Drop In October SALEM. Nov. 21. There were only slightly more than half aa many deaths due to motor vehicle accident In Oregon during last month than during October. 1934, the state de partment reported. Last month's flg- i ure waa 19 compared to 34 a year ago. The number of deaths so far thla year totaled 204 aa compared to 259 for the corresponding period In 1934. Hauptmann Prosecution Emphasizes Main Links ROCHESTER, N. 7., Nov. 21. lf) Bruno Richard Hauptmann. Pghtlng for hla life at the tribune of final appeal, the United States supreme court, will be given a lie detector test to determine the veracity of testimony at hla trial. Dr. William H. Merston fa d today. A psvchologlst and discoverer of the test. Dr. Me-rston said he hid been requested to make the experiment on the convicted slayer of the Llndberih baby by Lloyd Fisher. Hauptmann'a counsel. Both Hauptmann and his wife are eager to have It done, the doctor added. WASHINGTON. Nov. 21. 'TV Here are the reasons given to the supreme court trtdsy by New Jersey prosecu- tors why Bruno Richard Hauptmann should die In the electric chair. In the night of March t. 1932 Charles A. Lindbergh. Jr.. sn Infant i was kidnaped and murdered." , "Th petitioner Hauptmann) ass.-om money on April 2. 1032. petition ! identified as the recipient of money." jer devoted hit time to stock mar i Referring to 150,000 hansom j. ket speculation " BABY FOUND IN GYPSY CAMP; GIRL HELD AS KIDNAPER ; f I Mra. Stella Cutting, 17-year-old Phoenix, Arli., girl arrested In IF 1 '' '-sal ? ' Oakland, Calif., confessed, police aald, that aha stole two-and-a-half ... I "W i " . yr old James Fox from his parents In Phoenix about three months kviXt I 5" "0 nd trveld to the coast with a band of gypalea after leaving i' r'JL Jf '4 s ' ner huaband for Pete Jones, also held. She told police she could not fWj'W K r -t -j bear to leave the baby. She hkd been employed as nursemaid for the P. hlldL rAaanelatar Preaa Photoa. s.rf. , . u&aMxi&ias&m I I CLIMAX STRIKE - AT OHIO POTTERY PLANT AKRON. O.. Nov. 21. (AP Strike sympathisers climaxed hours ot violence at the Ohio Insulator plant In Barbcrton early today by driving 80 guarda Inside the fac tory with a barrage of rocka ana bottles. - - Tear gas bombs and atreama of water from fire hose were used by tho guards before they retreated. Flarca Illuminated the acene. A fac tory gate house was demolished by the crowd. A succession of outbreaks yester day and last night followed an at tempt bv the company to aunut. former employes to the plant and resume work. A strike, called ny xne pnt.terv Workers' union, naa oeen In progress since September 17. A committee of 25 announced meeting today with the chamber ot commerce to ask that the use or tear gas be halted in order that representatives of the strikers and the company could attempt to reach a settlement. Union offlclala aald they planned to appeal to Governor Martin L. Davey to Intercede and stop vio- lence. Two arresta and two casualties were reported In the succession of outbresks. A woman waa treated for the effects of the gas and a boy 01 7 was hit by a gas shell. PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 31. (API Senate President Henry L. Corbett and Howard Latourette, speaker of the house, said today they have not yet made their aelectlona to the capltol construction commission. "I probably will see the governor tomorrow and compare my list with his," Latourette aald. Corbett aald the governor wished to confer with him and Latourette before the appolntmente are made. 'The petitioner waa identified aa the writer of the ransom notes." "The corps was conceded to be that of the Lindbergh baby." "Pit.f ttnnrr vrr ppn In th lmm. rtint vldnttv of thu Llndbersh home!0' August he held on said March 1, 1932. (Date of the kidnaping) He was driving an auto- mobile which contained a ladder.' "On September 15. 1934, petitioner tendered a tio gold note at a gasoline station in New York City. The note was Identified as s Lindbergh ran som note. "A vast amount of the Lindbergh ransom money" waa found at Haupt mann'a home in the Bronx. "in a closet tn his home, written on a piece of board, was the address gn(j telephone number of Dr. Con- don (Jaftiej." (Ransom negotiator). "The floor board In hla attic and one of the rails of the kidnap ladder were once the same piece of lumber." "After payment of the SSO.OOO ran- KYLE PUGH HELD M Kyle Pugh.. 49. Josephine county rrjner under "a five-year sentence In state prison on conviction In this county of criminal syndicalism, la under arrest In Portland, for assaut with a deadly weapon. According, to Information reaen-ed by local author ities Pugh la at liberty on the crim inal sydioallsm conviction, on $2500 ball, pending decision In an appeal bo the supreme court. Pugh waa arrcated near Central Point In Scplemljer. 1934. for the al leged attempted sale of communistic (Continued on Page Pour) FOR GAS THEFT Woodrow Turpln of this city and Cecil Wise of Talent, charged with gasoline theft, were each sentenced to 30 days in the county Jail, by Jus tice of the Peace W. R. Coleman this morning. The pair were charged with at tempting to steal gasoline from the tank of an auto belonging to Oscar Perdue last night, while It waa park ed In front of the Big Pines Lumber company. A hose for siphoning, and t five gallon can. were found in possession of the youths, both In their esrly 20's. Turpln was hailed Into Justice court last June on a charge of driving an auto without an operator's license. The fine assessed at that time has not been paid. HEAD HAS FAITH WASHINGTON, Nov. 21. (P) Securities commission reports dis closed today that Alfred P. Sloan, Jr., president of Oeneral Motors corpora tlon. bought 30,000 shares of General Motors common stork Auwust 0. The stock has tncreased SAOO.000 In mar ket rvtlue since the purchase date. Sloan reported the transaction In accordance with the securities ex change act. which calls upon cor poration officers to notify the com mission of their dealing In securi ties of their corporations. Tne price Sloan paid was not ststed. Sloan made know n that at the end tots! Of 770.9B4 'hares of General Motors common which have a current value of about M5.000.000. But he disclaimed 'bene ficial interest" In all but 50.400 shares, NO TINKERING SOON IN MONETARY LIS WASHINGTON. Nov; 21. f AP Chairman Fletcher ID.. Fit ) of the long over-worked banking committee, foreran today that so far at banking a nd monetary ! la 1 1 on are con -cerned. President RoowvHt's "brcat.h. ing cpell" will extend at least through the next session of congress. FRED WITT FINED FOR GUN PLAY IN Fred Witt, resident of the Evans Valley district, charged with disorder ly conduct at a Saturday night dance, during which Deputy Sheriff F. R. Jackson was shot in the fleshy part of hla Index finger, was found guilty in Justice of the- Peace, W R. - Colo man 'a court yesterday afternoon and waa fined $10 and costs. The costs include the fees of a dozen witnesses, Sheriff Syd I. Brown said today that he had revoked Witt's permit to carry a pistol. Deputy Sheriff Jackson was called aa a witness, and the wounded forc finger was exhibited. The Injury was designated as "a skin wound." Witt was specifically charged with flourishing the pistol In the dance hall, and using profane language. Jake Moore, who plead guilty to a charge of disorderly conduct, was fined 10 apd costs. Moore was charged with engaging In a fist right with Witt. The evidence at the hearing showed that Witt and Moore had been squab bling, and at Its height. Witt had gone to his auto and procured the stx-shooter. He was alleged to have returned to the dance floor and flourished the weapon In the presence of women and children. Deputy Jack son advanced to Witt with his deputy star showing, and announced Witt was under arrest. Then the tussle oc curred. In which the gun waa fired and Deputy Jackson shot In the fore finger. f. WASHINGTON, Nov. 21 . i AP Secretary Ickea called on the oil in dustry today to halt, voluntarily, shipments to Italy. Explaining at a press conference he had no "authority at all" In the matter. Ickes said "I don't think they ought to" sell oil to Italy. "They ought to comply both in letter and spirit with the efforts of the government to prevent fur nishing war materials to either of the belligerents." CORN BET7MIERS WASHINGTON, Nov. Zi. f AP) A group of "corn blt" farmers asked the supreme court today for per mission to file a brief aupporting the government In the case expected to decide constitutionality of AAA procetwing taxes. Vernon A. Vrooman of Dea Moines. Iowa, who filed It. ssld the 73-psge inKi, Rorsn being mentioned brief was for the League of Eeonomlc j )n lhe top night of Republican presl. Equality, "an organization supported dentlsl possibilities, but Mrs. Borah. !;y farmers and friends in four 01 on( sodaiiy prominent In the capl the corn belt atatcs Iowa. Mlnne- j ta . rxlil bl tc-d no excitement t oday. sota, Nebraska and South Dakota ," ,-i Ynn always aald t think It SAN FRANCISCO ORDERS PUNCHBOARDS REMOVED IS AN FRANCIfWTO. Nov. 21. 't Removal of punrhbord fro-n dura irro.rv and rxmr av.rea as ord'rf'd odsv by Chief of Police William J Ouinn E SPLIT ON PLAN TO GRAB NORTH CHINA; Civil Heads and Military; Chieftains at Loggerheads j Britain Seen Back of Abrupt Halting of Move By the Associated Pre Possibility of an upheaval in the Japanese government over the north China situation was foreseen by Japa nese political expert today due to an abrupt halt In plana for making north China autonomous under pro tection of the Japanese army. Experts in Tokyo described the near-crisis as a conflict between Japan's, civil leaders and her military leaders on the Asiatic continent. Well-informed sources in London said the British government was largely responsible for halting the move through political pressure In Tokyo and support of General IrsI mo Chiang Kai-Shek, the Chinese leader, at Nanking. Chinese 8ee Peril Chinese sources In Shanghai ex pressed fear the delay In msking north China autonomous was only temporary. Chinese bankers, In the Pelplng Tientain area, went ahead with the silver natlonalleatlon - program, to which the Japanese objected as Inter fering with trade. They Inaugurated a branch of the currency reserve board to protect silver reserves. The Japanese army's high com mand in Tokyo instructed its sub ordinates on the Aslatlo continent that officers conniving tn Chinese separatist movements .were exceeding their authority. Japanese military leadcra In China wero reported to have told Chinese national leaders to undertake their own reforms In north China, intro ducing Into that &roaA regime and a public attitude more acceptable to the Japanese. Fear Independent Action Certain Chinese officials, however, pointed out that the Japanese army on the continent has often exercised (Continued on Page Twelve) OPP MINE LEASE CASEIN COURT The civil ault of John W. Opp, Jacksonville mining man, against the Pacific States Mining Co., of which Robert E. Strahorn, famed "empire builder" of the northwest Is an of ficial, Is underway in circuit court before Circuit Judge H. D. Norton. Strahorn, In his long career, has been Identified with the construction of many railroads In this state and Washington. Cancellation of the lease of the Opp mining property to the defendant company; re-possession of the mining property, and alleged damages for "improper and unmlnerly" operation of the mine, la sought by Opp. Opp, a pioneer miner of southern Oregon, was the first witness end was on the stand all day Tuesday, and waa expected to be there most of to day on direct and cross-examination It 1 expected that the case will last four or five days. Opp is repre sen ted by Attorneys Newbury and Newbury and the defendants by At torney Joseph F. Fllegel. Income Shares Quarterly Income Shares, bid 1.83: asked 1 67. Maryland Fund: Bid 18 78; asked 10.. White House Prospect No Boon to Mrs. Borah By PRESTOS L. flROr.R Awnrlnled rress Hlaff Writer WASHINGTON. Not. 31 (API Some women may yearn to move Into the White House, but not Mra. Wil liam E. Borah, blonde wife of the nlor senator from Idaho. She thinks wm,id he "awful would be awful." she said. Aa a "nvvet Interesting" event In her experlent at Washington she re called the visit years ago of tha late King Albert and Queen Marie of Bel. I glum, fihe was one nf the party mith the king and queen on the yacht Mayflower during tha' Wilson admin- lAtratior, Thanks Day Feast Will Cost Dollar More On Average CHICAGO, Nov. 2 1 . Tliat Thanksgiving dinner Is goln tol cost the average family of six near ly a dollar more than It did last1 year. Poultry wholesalers eeMmated turkey would retail at 35 to 36 cents a pound, compared with 31 to 32 cents In 19:H. Here's an itemized cost, est! mated by market observers, com pared with last year: 1034 1935 3. 33 $3.8.) 30 ,3(! .27 jn .11 .35 .22 .22 .31 .22 -2.'- .24 .26 .22 .23 5.S.1 Sfl.l? Ten - pound turkey, Shrimp coetall Celery and olives Potatoes Cranberry Ice Hot rolls and butter Apple and carrot salad - Pumpkin pie 24 Cheese and coffee..., Totals as. 3.1 SHERIFF'S SLAYER CLAIMS HE ACTED SELF-DEFENSE PORTLAND, Ore., NOT. 31. P George L. Fiedler, 33, testified today that he fired two ahotgun blaata at Deputy Sheriff Ernest C. toll because lie feared tha officer would ahoot t-'.m. The nervous defendant charged with first degree murder, said he waa greatly excited. He didn't Intend to shoot, he said, but did when con fronted with the offlcer'a aawed-off ahotgun. Fiedler had been hunting pheasanta out of season The prosecution contended that pellets striking the officer'! gun bar rel at right anglea proved tbe gun waa not aimed at Fiedler, Sqlurmlng uneaatly, Fiedler related that he haa been uncontrollable In tlmea of excitement alnca a motor cycle accident In 1933. He aald bla neck waa broken and he received a broken leg, smashed rlba, out head and other Injuries which rendered him unconscious for a week. He denied that he saw Deputy Loll drive up, and that hla flrat sight of him was with the officer aiming bla shotgun at him. The prosecution charged mat loii waa ambushed and shot from the left. 2 WPA PROJECTS El Two WPA prolocta, elated to start today, have been delayed for varloue reasons, It waa announced today from WPA headquartere. The largeat of the two projects, the start of work on tha Prescott Memorial Park road, haa been delayed becauee tne work slips, aent out from the national ra-em-ployr.-'nr office, have not yet been filled in and returned, according to Lewla Ulrlch, manager of that office. Work on tha grendetand at the aenlor high school football field, also scheduled to get under way. will probably be delayed until December because of a difficulty In assembling material,, It waa announced. Old Mining Camp Swept By Blaze GREENWOOD, 8. 0., Nov. 31. (AP) Fire awept through thla early-day mining camp thla morning, deatroylng an entire bualnesa block and causing damage estimated by property ownera In excess of 150. 000. The Orand Forks fire department made a apectacular S0mlle dash over mountain roada In response to a call for help, but tha flames bad baen checked when It arrived. Aa "most dramatic" she recalled when ahe and a few close friends aat with Herbert Hoover at hla home listening to radio re porta from the Kansas city cnoventlon at which he waa nominated In 1928. "Just as the report of hla noml nation came a huge bat flew In through a window. Some thought It was a bad omen, but Mr. Hoover laughed It off," ahe aald. Bhe pointed to photographs of Presidents Hoover1 and Coolldga, and smiled. 'These are my friends not Billy's." WASHINGTON, Not. 3 1 .) For mer Senator Roscoe M?Cullo?h. Ohio Republican, urged Senator Borah to- i day to run for the presidency, but the Mho aolon atlll waa publicly ' ron-commitAt liter cneir meeunf. (COUNTER DELAY FORM RELIEF Direct Relief Coin Exhausted But Roosevelt Has Power to Continue Future Program Is Not Settled By D. Harold Oliver Associated Presa Staff Writer WASHINGTON. Nov. 31. (A) The money congress earmarked for the dole la all gone, but the New Deal haa power to continue auch relief payments a while longer out of other funds. Official figures disclosed today that out of (4,880,000.000 appropriated laat sesslbn for work-and-reltcf, $680,000, 000 already haa been allotted to direct relief (popularly known aa the dole). Thla la $0,000,000 more than congress set aside for the purpose. However, the Roosevelt admlnlstra tlon haa wide powera to ahlft funds from one category to another. Questions Raised With grants still to be made In 33 states before the dole la due to end December 1, the, figures raised these questions: Will there be further dipping Into the $4,000,000,000 works fund for di rect relief, making that much leas for joba? , If so, will tha remaining . worka funda be aufflclent to carry out tha plan to give 3,500,000 persons Jobs by the end of thla month at pay con forming to existing work relief wagea? Will direct aid be continued after the December I deadline If atate and (Continued on Page rbree) WIN ART AWARD EUGdTE. Ore., Not. 31'. ip Car negie foundstlon of New York again selected. University of Oregon In the west, and Harvard university In the east. As centers for normal art appre ciation training. Dr. O. V. Boyer, 'VnlTersltj of Ore gon president, said this was the sev enth year the school have been desig nated for the work.; : ' The Institute will grant University of Oregon 90000 to provide acolar shlps for approximately 30 students from schools of the west at the uni versity summer session. BRITISH FLAGS DIPPED 10 ADMIRAL LONDON, Nov. 31. flv-The Brit ish navy dipped Its ensigns todsy In memory of Ear Jelticoe, commander of the grand fleet In the only major naval battle of the great war, who died yesterday, after a short Illness, st the age of 76. The funeral was set for Monday. The British press, forgetting the bitterness wltb which some of Its representatives criticised the Earl af ter the battle of Jutland, united to day In paying tribute to the "great sailor whose name will forever be linked with Nelson's." Oh So! SOUS HUNK WATAMAII tD MOUDIM Truck drivers are a very much bunch of guys some p.orle say. But I doanno please I They must traveling all night in a very slowly monot ony speed. Because hig loads of 'goods. That should making them most cranky men avail ablebut I thinking contrary are true . . ." they are a jolly & decent set of sturdy fellows." They can givin? many lesson in road courteous to them liiub horse limousine gents. And do you knowing that truck drivers f?ot secret sitfnslst If truck on behind wish to pass -one light menus Wait I 2 flashes mean OK! Also they can talking a gossip of the road at each other with twittering of tail lights. And I .notice if yon needing help on n gasoline run out they are first to aid. I hope you ditto. 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