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) Colorful . ' . o 1 thirtieth Y:ar BECOMES BRANCH OF FIRST NATIONAL L A. A. Schramm Becomes Manager Thorndike and Crawford Remain As As sistantsHarder Advisor Tomorrow morning when the First NatnonRl bank opens for business it will be as the Medtord branch of the First National bank of Portland. Ar rangements for the purchase of the First National bank were completed recently. The transaction Included the purchase of the building and fixtures and Involved over 83,000,000 In deposits. Announcement of the transfer was made today by B. E. Harder, who for the past 14 years has been president ol the First Na tional bank cf Medford. Harder to Advise Mr. Harder, while retiring from active banking, will remain with the branch In an advisory capacity. A. A. Schramm, for eight years superin tendent ot banks In Oregon, has been named manager of the branch. Eu gene Thorndike and Oris Crawford will bo assistant managers and oth ers who will continue their work on the staff of the Medford branch of the First National bank of Portland are: O. D. Frazee. W. L. Bccney. P.. E. Payne, Robert Hart, Bert Rostel, R. E. Sweeney. Kenneth Chlldreth. Edith Jacobs, Mildred 8churchard. Maurice Butts. Paul McDuffey. Dick Isaacs, Glrn Thomas and Barbara, Wall. )J. H. Macklc. vice-president of the Porllund bank, and H. A. Freeman, chashler, are In M"l'"rd completing details of the transaction. Mr, Schramm arrived today from 8a)cm to take over his new duties. Growth cause of Action "The rapidly developing business of southern Oregon requires the vast re- (Continued on Page Twelve). LESSON SERIOUS ST. LOUTS, Mo.. Nov. 29. (AP) As turkey carver Fred Peters, brewer, was better at making beer, thought his wife while she watched him struggle over the Thanksgiving bird. '"Here, let me show you how to do that." she offered seizing the knife briskly. The blade cut a deep gash In her husbands right hand, and Peters ended the carving lesson In a hos pital. Lincoln Ellsworth Fate Still Veiled NEW YORK. Nov. 29. fPi Six days since Lincoln Ellsworth and his pilot, Herbert Holllck-Kenyon. disappeared while flying over the Antarctic con tinent, the outside world still waited today for word of their whereabouis and their condition. In a wireless message to the New York Times and North American Newspaper Alliance, the Wyatt Enrp. Ellsworth's base ship, reported It had "moved closer to the Bay of Whales preparatory to starting a search for the men. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Roy Prultt reporting to city police that someone had stolen his heavy bowling ball out of his garaged car I Wednesday, and then being dum founded when Curt Jesrhke, who lives a block away, reported to the police that he had found a bowling ball in the back of his car. j Edward Gould advising Ham Law to hit people In a soft spot instead of the head, when Ham showed up with a chipped knuckle and hts hand done up In a cast. Jack Porter rurfuliy snnounclnc that the only succeful way to hoot clay picens is with a shotcun having : a half-moon shaped barrel. j Tom ruon. Sr.. recalling his early (inys in Ashland, when he was a bul-; wark on the old Normal team, until; he took 5uch a bu.'Ietli.g that he i drctrtfd to throw m the sponge. Ed Simmons. Don Steuart and plenty of other Med ford lies standing j iout the Ashland football field kosI pot.v sUt omeor.e hd started s fieht brsM-r -onif ji.c r.e upTuoteu tr.c F--s a :i; or exuberance. 1ST Yv7efide (Twenty-Four Pages : Will Head New Bank Regime I ANDf'i Y to-' : - Top left: A. A. Schramm, for right venr superintendent of bank In the 8tic of uregon, nnv manager of die Medford Branch of lite i-irsi National Hank of Porllnntl. Top right: n. E. Harder, formerly president of the Flrt National Hank of Medford, now In on advisory en parity with the First National itanK of Portland. Medford Brunch, Lower left: Eugene Thormltke. assistant manager, Medford Hraarh of The First National Hank of Portland. Lower right : Oris Crawford, nsslstant manager Medford tlranrh of the First National Bank ot Portland. POINTED WARNING! GIVEN ITALY BY E By (he Associated pre. Authut Unlive sources In London said Premier Laval of France has warned Italy that an unprovoked at tack on Great Britain would be con sidered an attack against France. t This disclosure came in quirk ans wer to a statement in Rome that Italy was ready to attack the British fleet in the Mediterranean if an In ternational oil embargo in declared against Italy. Authoritative sources In London said they believed the League of Na tions sanctions' committee, meeting Dec. 12 in Geneva would declare an oil embargo to go Into effect soon af ter that date. The .most critical turn in European Affairs hinging on the Halo-Ethiopian conflict In east Africa since the start of Premier Musolinl'a campaign or occupation found Great Britain, mainspring of the sanctions move ment, adamant In a determination to force tiie embargo. London officialdom denied Musso- ( Continued on Page rhree) TAKEN BY POLICE Owen Stanley. C. S. Amous ana John C. Scnnnell, transients, charged with the attempted robbery of J. C. Howard last evening, are held in the county Jail pending a check of their records. Th trio were arraigned in Justice court this morning and civen until tomorrow morning to enter a plea. , According to the story told th authorities by Howard, he was pro ceeding on Fir street, near Wevt 1 1th. when he was approached by the three nvn. By vigorous ue o: a stlrk he as cfirrylng he bat oil his as.viil.ints. momentarily. He then ran ft as his year -roid Pr m!t to a r.esrby heme. He gmned Assistance and the three men fd. to be 1a it arrested. The three men are between W and 30 yrs.pi of skc and recent ar rivals here, the authorities say. ASTORIA. Ore . Nov. 29. ,P Mike Johnson. 50. deckhand, drowned Wrd nesdav nieht whn he 'ilrtpd and Ml fmm t;;e Astoria I rry -hn It was tj'itg up aitcr its ia&t trip. Displays Two Sections) FERA LIQUIDATION WASHINGTON. Nor. 2!). (AP) The administration announced today that federal grants to stutes for direct relief were ended, hut added that some have been given Mifflclent money to continue the dole hejonrt Pec-ember I. ! WASHINGTON, Nov. 29. f AP Complete liquidation of the federal I emergency relief administration, i which since May, 1933, has spent more than $3,000,000,000, waa an j nounccd today by Harry L. Hopkins. President Roosevelt's announce ; ment at Atlanta that the work pro : aram had given Jobs to 3.125,000 of I the 3.500.000 goal preceded Hopkins' I announcement that "all states, the ' District of Columbia. Puerto Rico, the . Virgin Islands and Alaska have been i given their Inst allotment of federal funds by the FERA." The legal liquidation date of FERA ; was given as December 1. t Offlclnls conceded, however, that i the dole nevertheless will continue in many states with funds advanced this month. But Hopkins has refused to (Continued on Page Thirteen.) J'ViLLES WATER PIPE HOOKED UP JACKSONVILLE, Nov. 29. (Spl. Work on Jscksonvt lie's new water supply Is rapidly nearing completion under engineer McDonald. The watrr is to come from the north fork of Jackson creek and be brought directly to town. The new pipe line la laid and hooked up and a tunnel nf about 150 feet Is drl'.en m the hill. The water flow is report ed as loo gallons a minute. FIRE ASSOCIATION TO MEET IN JACKSONVILLE JACKSONVILLE. Nov. 29. iSpD The regular monthly meeting ot the Southern Oregon Fire associa tion will be hejd here Saturday evnlnsr. Among the speakers will be rrpr"T.: . nf I'j'.p F:r "'rii'i-'ii. !'.' ' i i.ifj.f- lll V served slier tne ouiacs aecung Will Feature Chrisfmas Opening Saturday MEDFORD, OREGON, Body of Van MOTHER SHOOTSJN DARE Santa Barbara Estate Scene Bullet Enters Chest of 15-Yar-0ld Lad Fatal Outcome Is Feared SANTA BARBARA, Cal., Nov. 39. (AP) Jesse Llvermore, Jr., 15, son of the famous Wall street operator, was probably fatally wounded early today.: UnderMierlff Jack Ross said Liver more 's mother fired the shot. The mother was the divorced wife of Uvermore, having married him In 1017. They were divorced in 1932. She lfttr married J. Walter Longcope and was divorced from him last year. She was the former Miss Dorothy Wendt of Brooklyn. Since her divorce from Longcope she has used the name of Llvermore. Rosa said both Llvermore and his mother had been drinking. "I was notified of the shooting by Dr, Neville Ussher, who waa summon ed to the Llvermore home by a guest who witnessed the shooting. I went to the hospital, where I ascertained that' h vth- llvermore and his mother were Intoxicated. , "Mrs. Llvermore was placed under (Continued on Page Seven) VALLEY FOG IS DUE TO LIFT Ti Weather bureau statistic today In dicated that the fo? which ha en veloped Medford for sereml days would probably lift sometime tomor row. The fog brought slightly lower tem peratures in the valley today by keep Ins out the warm aunshln. Planes of the United Air Line con tinued todiy to land at Montague, Cal.. because of the fog e round the Medford airport. Pear Markets NEW YORK, Nov. 20. fAP-U. S. Dept. Agr.) Penr auction market: 12 cars arrived: 12 unloaded; 18 on track. Oregon Boscs: 1,000 boxes extra fancy. 2.10-2.00, average 2.57; 1,608 fancy, I.90-2."rt. avenge 2.37; 720 fancy Rnd better, 2.50-2.80, average 2 33. Oregon D'AnJous: 717 bcxes extra fancy, 2 25-3.15, average- 2.4'); 347 fancy, 2-2 45, average 2.22. CHICAGO, Nov. 20. AP-USDA Pear auction market: 3 Oregon cars, 1 Washington arrived; 7 on track; 3 sold. Oregon Boscs: 802 boxes extra fancy, 92.10 a 2.45. average $2.33; 1 .202 fancy, 1 .90 2 .30, average 2.12. BURLING AME. Calif., Nov. 20. IIP, i Vincent Pantallonl plsyfully bit t dog. The dog joined In the fun and bit Pantallonl. Curse of Tutankhamen Descends Upon Scoffer NKW YORK, Nov. 20. fAPl Dr. James H. BreaMed, elderly Egyptol ogist who wa among those first to enter Tutankhamen's tomb and who hart since scoffed at the supposed curse of Its violators, was seriously ill today of an "undetermined" mal ady. At first diagnosed ss tropical ma laria his lllnets was said by hospital authorities to be "not satisfactorily diagnosed yet." "Dr. Breasted :pent a fairly good nlcht, but his condition Is svloun." the hospital announced. He was taken to Medical Center from the incoming liner Conte aavola yesterday. Dr. Breasted, director of the Orien ts! Ins'itute of Egypt's l"r!verl.7 of Chicago and for thirty :i cx- plo;er of fcgypts tcinp.c iXjl tombs, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER ACCUSED Georgians 'Hang' Talmadge Effigy for Opposing F.R ATLANTA, Nov. 29. The crude effigy of a man, bearing several placards on which were scribbled broad criticisms of Gov ernor Eugene Talmadge, antl-ad-mlnlstratlon Democrat, was hand ed from a tree at the state capktol early today. There was no clue to the "lynch ers." Among the notes pinned to the dummy were: "coolldge did not choose to run Talmadge need not either." "Roosevelt need not try to ex plain to Talmadge, 'cause he would n't underst-and nnywav." FIRST AIRMAIL TO PHILIPPINE ISLES MANILA, Nov. 29. T) A 73-ton Hying boat. Pan-American AUw.iyo' China Clipper, brought tha ilrst transpacific airmail lo Manila todny. In 60 hours of flying time, stretch ed to a leisurely six-day voyage by . Thnnktelvlng day stopover t Ouwil, the big ship completed her epochal 8.000-mile flight In riot of official and popular welcome. A fast steamer, leaving Snn Fran clsro bay with the Cllppor last Fri day, would arrlvo 18 days hence. Ovation at Landing. As the Clipper gilded to n eay landing at 3:31 p. m. today (11:31 p. m. Thursday. Pacific JUndara time), army and navy airplanes roared around her. Crowds thundered ap plause from the shores of ManlU boy. It was the second hlstory-moklng event In two weeks for the Philippine Islands. The new Philippine com monwealth was Insugurated Novem ber 15. Manuel Quezon, president of the commonwealth, watched from a near by housetop with Frank Murphy. United States high commission, SB the Clipper wxled vo a landing float and the crew, led by CopMIn Edwin C. Mustek, debarked. JU-ar-Admlral Orin O. Murfln and Major-Oeneral Frank Parker extend ed the official greeting. Hush Mall Ashore. Amid the confusion. government mall-boat was aside the Clipper re moving 1400 pounds of alimall which was rushed to the Manila postolflce for delivery. Ono letter, from President Frank lin D. Roosevelt to President Queon, was brought ashore by C.iptsln Mu jlck for personal delivery to the Fil ipino lender. (Continued oo Page Eleven) CAR MISHAP'CLAIMS HEAD OF VET UNIT EL TIENO, Okla., Nov. 29. -Wp( Ma jor Harry B. Ollstrap of Oklahoma City, regional manager of the Veter ans administration, was MHmI in an automobile accident today. Aiilhor Dies WILBRAHAM, Mass., Nov. 29. Miss Louise Manning Hodgklns. 89, author of many books. Including "Via Chrtstr and "A Ouide to study of 10th century Authors," died today at East Northfield. j whs returning from the valley of the Nile when stricken, j Before sailing for EKyp". he de ( scribed the Tutankhamen omen ps "tommyrot." I "Death shs'il come on slft wings to him that toucheth the tomb of a : Pharoah." la the inscription In hlero i glyptilcs at the famous sarcophagus ' in the Volley of the Kings near Luxor "I defy that curse." Breasted de . dared "nrd !f anyone as exposed I to It, I was. For two weeka slept In I the tomb of Tutankhamen and took i my meals there. I never felt better." i Pie prophecy foiled to de'er any original explorers at the tomb, and It j lis been ridiculed frequently since ' the opening in 1024. evcrsl who first M.ieiM the resting pii-e cf Egypt's undent ruler na'.e since filed. 29, 1933. Vlack's Ex-Wife OF SHOOTING SON i NATION PROMISE ; ! OF DEFICIT CUT! j ! President Is Cheered by Dixie's Greatest Throng As He Slashes at Foes' in 'Well -Stocked Clubs' ATLANTA, Nov. 29. (AP) Com pleting a day crammed with activ ity at ueorKla's homecoming celebra tion In his honor, President Rooso velt left Fort Mcpherson, where he made a stop for luncheon, shortly before 4:00 p. m. Central Standard Time ) today to return to Warm Springs. By FRANCIS HTKIMflvN'SOX (Associated Press Stnff Writer. ) ATLANTA, Nov. 29. (P Before perhaps the greatest gathering in ?lxlc history, president Roosevelt to day assured the nAtlon of a decreas ing defklt and reviewed his adminis tration In comparison with "those Jool'a paradise years before the crah wme." Mr. Roosevelt announced the ub atawi3i achievement of the goal to put 3,500,000 employables to work from the relief rolla by tomorrow. Kevlews Administration, In a lengthy speech which reviewed his administration In detail on the eve of the national campaign, he con cluded : "Aa things stand today, and In the light of a definite aaid continuing economic Improvement, we nave pass ed the peak of appropriations; reve nue without the Imposition of new taxes is increasing, end we can look forward with assurance to a decreas ing deficit." Governor Eugene Talmadpo of Georgia, a critic of the national ad ministration, waa not in attendance aa thousands of Georgians gathered for the president's "homecoming cele bration." The governor was et his (Continued on Page four.) SENTENCE FIELDER 15 YEARS IN PEN PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 29. (AP) George L. Fielder, 23, was sen tenced to IS years In prison and was fined W00O today for slaying deputy sheriff. He was convicted of manslaughter. The sentence was the maxfrnum. Fielder was convicted last week or fatally wounding Ernest Loll, sher iff deputy, who was about to ar rest him and a compnnlon, A. Ferdi nand Wen ton. also 23, for hunting pheasants out of seaon. Fielder's defense was that he thought the of ficer was going to shoot him. Circuit .Judge Hall 8. Lusk, who pronounced sentence, said he would refrain from commenting on the case, lest his remarks prejudice the Interest of Weston, who will go to trial within a few days. Both Fielder and Weston were In dieted for first degree murder. IS OF 5 GREASE SONS The Baker service station at Jack sonville highway and Ross Lnno was entered Wednesday night and five grense guns were stolen. All were of the large variety, nicely colored, Th building waa entered by break ing a window with a brick, city po lice reported. The service station, be longing to the CHI more OK company, wss entered about a year ago when an assortment of articles, including a radio, was stolen. ROSE BOWL OPPONENT ' KNOWN COMING WEEK PAHAOENA, Calif., Nov. 29, (API Al Masters, graduate manager of fttanford university, said today a Rose Bowl game opponent probably would not be announced until next week. He had no comment to make on reports Louisiana Hinte was being J coiwldeted for the bid. Full Cnltcd lfei Shaw, Shakespeare Excepted In Italy's Reprisals Program ROME, Italy, Nov. 29. (AP) Shakespeare and Bernard Shaw are above Italy's sanctions reprisals, It was disclosed today. Orders given by the propaganda ministry to bar theatrical produc tions In Italy from nations apply ing sanctions made an exception of these two noted English dramat ists. Fascists satd they felt Shakes peare belonged "not to England but to the world." Besides, they said. Shaw ranked among the Intellectuals opposed to enforcement e.f League of Nations penalties on Italy for Us Invasion of Ethiopia. ECONT IN GUN DEATH OF ELK CREEK State police and county Authorities continued today their Investigation Into the death of George Hall, 69. bachelor resident of the Elk Creek district, found dead In his home Wed nesday morning by Howard Aah, ft neighbor. Though there ftre three or four bnffllng circumstance connected with the cose to be cleared up the state police, Sheriff Syd I. Brown, and District Attorney George Codding hold strongly to the theory that Hall's death was due to tho acciden tal, and aa yet unexplained discharge of an automatic pistol he waa clean lug, the bullet piercing hla heart and chest, causing Instantaneous death, aa Hall sat at a table cleaning tho weapon. District Attorney Codding said this morning an lnqties would be held an soon aa all evidence had been col lected. Ben Geary, ft resident of the Elk Creek district, who recently was charged In Justice court with- assault and battery by Hall, voluntarily re ported to the state police yesterday and Issued ft full and complete state ment of his movements. Oflry tele phoned Sheriff Brown early Thursday morning to Inform the official he was coming to this city for questioning. Geary, according to the sheriff made a straightforward statement In which he accounted for every hour of Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday of this week. The authorities are now checking on this statement. Geary also gave the name of people who would verify hi whereabouts. Dr. Mallory or the Trail district, who examined the body shortly after It was found, estimated Hall had been dead 30 hours when found, which would make death occurring some time Tuesday morning. Sheriff Brown aald that ft thorough search of the Halt home had failed to reveal a single clue, or a finger print that was not Hall's, There was no evidence of ft scuffle. A large sum ( Continued on Page Five) SLAYER OF HUSBAND I GOING TOP PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 20. 0p A k ties Spadefore, convicted on man slaughter for the slaying of her hus band, was paroled today after receiv ing a one dollar fine and ft Jail sen tence of 18 months. Her husband, Carl, 44, foundry worker, was killed Aug. 18. She testi fied she struck him with a stove iron when he beat her. Circuit Judge John P. Winter sus pended the sentence Immediately and paioled the woman to Mrs. Cecelia Olverlq that she might continue to care for her five young children, TWO CHILDREN BURN TO DEATH IN HOME BKKMERTON, Wash., Nov. 29. AP) Trapped In a flaming home near Bnnor today, Evelyn, three and Warren, 20 months, children of Mrs. Marbelle Blolette, Bangor clam can nery worker, were burned to death this morning despite effort of Louis Arnevick. another cannery worker, to save them USE THE WANT ADS So matter what your wants , may be a small Classified Ad , In this newspaper will get re- suits. Many people use the I ads regularly Why not jou? No. 214. Found SKULL BATTERED, DRILLED By SHOT 1 Bullet Same Caliber As ' Fired by Pistol Taken From Abductor-Killer Prisoner in Different Jail LAVA HOT SPRINGS. Idaho. Nov. 21. ( AP) Sheriff E. r. Prater of Twin Falls county sold here this Afternoon that Douglas Van Vlack was apprised of the discovery of the body of his di vorced wire, Mildred Hook, but denied any knowledge of her death. TWIN FALLS, Idaho. Nov. 20 (AP) Her head crushed with a rock and drilled by a bullet, the body of Miss Mildred Hook of Tacoma, divorced wife of DouglAA Van Vlack, wa found In a railroad culvert nine miles south of here this morning. Deputy Sheriff Oris Cryder, Who examined a bullet picked up from the ground near her head, aald it waa of the same caliber as a pistol taken from Van Vlack when he was arrested near here Tuesday morning. Van Vlack, held on a charge of the murder of State PatrolmAn Fontaine Cooper, was whisked from, the Twin Fall county Jail by Sheriff K. F. Prater half an hour after the discov ery of his former wife's body. The Aherlff said the prisoner would be placed In some other Jail near here while he attended Cooper's funeral thla afternoon at Lava. Hot Sprlnga. Not Told of Find When he was taken from the Jail here. Van Vlack had not been Inform ed of the discovery of the 22-year-old woman's body. Sheriff Prater satd he did not fear' violence against Van Vlack. but that In his absence be did not ' wlah to place responsibility for hla safety on deputies. He Indicated the prisoner (Continued on Page Five.) Medford stores will open the Christ mas shopping season tomorrow morn Ing, It waa announced today by C. D. Bean, chairman of the Jackson Coun ty Chamber of Commerce retail mer chants committee. The shops have been appropriately decorated, complete lines of gift and other merchandise have been put on display and customers will be given every service to facilitate shopping, Mr. Bean said. The streets of Medford are to be decorated with Chrlstmaa trees, ever green boughs and holly wreaths, the trees having been obtained .by men of the CCC camps. OhSa! sous tD HO10EH A certain person in Califor nia were on the radio preach ing reunion. At same time they were answering 3 questions for $1.00 in the mail. Any kind of question for instincts "Will I bo happy if I marry I" "Are the lady'next door stealing my milk bottles?" "Where arc my grandmother's diamond pint" And all sort of things. That person making bag fulls of money. Then they go way to other state without paying of income tax. Now U. S. Income Tax gents arc looking for those person. Meanwhiles this person are asking I'nele Sam to lend ing money to them for build ing a church and I'nclo say "0. K." So while one depart ment of Tho Government are trying to GKT! money a other Department are going to GIVE money. Why don't they getting to gether and calling it event O
