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Newspaper Page TextM The Weather Forecast: InrieuMnf cluudlneai ; with rain tonight mid Wed- j nesdav. slightly warmer to- j night. Highest yesterday 45 ! I.OMest this morning . 37 I Convincing- Tribune i The most comlnclnf artn- ment In favor or classified ada In I ho Mall Tribune Is In the j use of them. Let them prove j this statement to von. A trial I will convince. EDFORD Thirtieth Year Full Associated Trese MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, DECEMBER 17, 1935 rull Intted Pr No. 22!). ruin Irft w M re re FfMI ED IT 5)L B&mnd n nwt if mm mm By I'oul Mallon Copyright, 11135, by Paul Mallon. WASHINGTON, Dec. 17. There are actually more than a few persons at and near the republican national committee gath ering who are Baying off the record that the party should screw up an ele phantine smile for the Town rend movement. "They-want noth ing done ofCcl allv. and still less said about whatever Is done. They do not de sire, for Instance, to take over the 'Ill MAI.I.ON careless arithmetic of the Townsend ltes and try to make It add up to S200 a month for the aged. But they do believe a bow of some sort toward that big bloc of votes is in order. What has encouraged this kind of talk is the word that the Michigan election Monday will record an easy victory for the republican congress ional candidate who has gone Town send. They stress the fact that the candidate will get the conservative Votes-or tills-normally republican dis trict, as well as the Tb-iir.rend votes. Despite this. It Is virtually cf-taln that nothing Important will be don. Every really Influential leader at this gathering Is personally convinced the existing situation calls for courage rather than pussyfooting. Dr. Townsend was merely talking for effect when he indicated last week that he would start a third party. No political authority expects him to do It. Ills opponents hope he tries to. The secret of that is: The minute Dr. Townsend steps out as a third party, he becomes a minority party. He will cut from the vote of both major parties, but the slices available to him now will not enable Mm to accomplish much, except a lot of publicity. As now constituted, he Is a lobby ing threat which can exert Influence on both parties. This affords a more ptactlral way to attain hla ends. The truth is the calmest of the top politicians suspect the peak of the Townsend movement will be reached at the coming session of congress, that it will not thereafter be as for midable, either as a third party or a lobbying threat. They expect greatly imnroved business conditions to cease dwindling Interest. That is the explanation of what has happened to Father Coughlln. A year ago he was almost as big a threat as the Townscndites today. Since then, many of his former lis teners have become able to , afford gasoline for Sunday afternoon rides. They no loneer remain at home lis tening to the radio. ' a returning Masf-nchupetta con-grew-man trim In an awed voice or the remarkable orcantzntlon ability diRplaved bv Townsend it In New Enaland. He says they llrst got the lemnants of the old dry croup, a crowd which was politically emotlon nl and liked the charitable purnone. Then clubs were organized inder a central manager for each congres alonnl district. Hecklers were ap pointed to invade the meetings of political speakers, mostly congress men, with demands they pledee alle giance. Pals of Postmaster General Farley made no effort to cover up hla Idea that Prof. Tuewell's upeech -making activities should be curtailed. They iContlmied .'n P"f ?" SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Frnnk Clark, architect, approach Inz Earl Fay who recently had a revoher stolen out of h'.s house, and in a whlpir saving "Here. I'm returning your gun." whereupon boh lautthed. and Foy replied "I a Just as soon you gave me the nvrney yon got for It." w'.-.en Clark couldn't find the thing. Rcue! K. Riaiis and Bob Ker.j-.as-ton. bot'.i fx-marlr.es. having a serv. Ire reunion ;n the ringlde row ot the ArnvTY wi.cn Kennaston d;veo thrcug'i the hmp Into Rians' iap .T-irlt R:, -.'ii"r.i: :,:iamr. UHrb:r. nu:t!r.R tr.e !v ?-shots --f Md'ord to iv m..rr.'';i'.r.iE the trrf.:.& r (i i i p p'd 'a i : li spats, and nr. 1 '- a ry hPf;r3 shoes. ;,y MiKarrt going Sr. for the i; ar.rt to:" n? w;r.it STANDS BY ACTION SUPREME COURT Amount Represents Costs Of Separate Trial And Change Of .Venue For Former Jackson Co. Judge 6 ALEM. Dec. 17. ( AP ) Earl H. Fehl, serving a term In the state penitentiary for complicity In the Jackson county ballot thefts in 1933, was refused an appeal to tne state supreme court on a cost bill of $3,962 assessed against htm. , Fehl, former county judge ot Jacltson county, was indicted by the grand Jury of larceny. He was grant ed a separate trial and change or venue to Klamath county. Follow ing conviction the state filed a cost bill against him of $5,094.50, which was later reduced by the lower court. In the supreme court opinion, written by Chief Justice Campbell, the attempted eppeal from the cost bill was dismissed since "this court has no jurisdiction to review tne order settling the cost bill. In this case there Is no attempt to review the Judgment of conviction." Camp bell held. The above decision means that Jackson county will have Judgment against Fehl for some of the costs, due to removal of the ballot theft trial of Fehl to Klamath county on a change of venue. Jackson county filed the trial cost claim in the interpleader suit of Nle dermcyer. Inc. Attorneys for Fehl, In their appeal, contended that the trial cost pay ments Involved money belonging to Fehl's wife, Electa A. 1Fchl, and his mother-ln-law. Corinthla E. Stailey. E Cfeorge A. Emmert and Josepn Maccrl, CCC onrollpA who entered pleas of guilty to petty larceny, will be returned to their homes. This decision was reached following a conference between CCC officials, the district attorney and Judge H. D. Norton. Maccrl, who can neither read nor write, will be returned to Rahway. N. J., and Emmert to Dayton. Ore. Maccrl has a criminal record In New Jersey, the authorities report. Emmert has no previous record. The pair appeared for sentence In cir cuit court last week, on picas of guilty to robbery of the CCC ware house at Talent. The court insisted the youths came under Jurisdiction of the CCC and should be punished by that organisation. An effort was made to have Em mert retained In the CCC because of his previous good record. The federnl regulations, however, provide a dishonorable discharge for convic tion of a crime and this course was pursued. FOUR KILLED BY RELIEF WORKER LOS ANGELES. Dec. 17. (TV A blazing rifle in the hands of a venge ful WPA employe killed four fellow workmen and wotmdod three others, two crltkniiy Charlea N. Layman, 44. who quit as "water boy" on & drainage project In southwe.it Los Anceles. told police he shot his victims because they had been "picking on me." Rockwell Kent, the artist-author, was born at Tarry town Heights. N Y., in 1832. Legion s Bonus Demand Laid Before Roosevelt j WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. (API ' The American LRion demand for : cash payment of t;ir bonus was laid : qi'rely before President Roosevelt oday s: tl.c White Hons by Ray Murphy, nati "nal rommndr. Tr-.e L -.YMi U;d before the presi dent the ir;..-la;r.e prf'gnun iidpt-a j by the LeKiun. U included, in ad df.t:on to the bonus. pen.ifns for 1 widows and dependent children ol World wr vetrrnns. the universal -T'i-f for 'nr time and ;de- i.e tc II hii li.i-im" Filmland Beauty's Body Found in Car III' fKi?S OL I ilxJwt 75Viiv Captain Bert WallU of the Lou Angeles' police homicide iiuad look at the body of Thelma Todd, blonde screen actress who played comedienne and vampire roles, as she was found dead In her automobile npar her Santa Monica, Calif., home. A late picture of Miss Todil Is shown nt left. (A. P. 1'1iot(i0. CONTINUE ACTION - - ' ) Two hundred persons Jammed into the council chambers of Ashland city hall last night to hear charges of "negligence and inefficiency" against J. Q. Adams, recorder and atorm cen ter ot a community rumpus. Alt the chairs were occupied. Including 100 extras, standing room waa at a pre mium and spectators unable to get within the room filled the corridor outside. Frank J. Van Dyke, city attorney, was present as legal adviser to the council and to rule on the admissi bility of evidence. He waa not called upon to make any rulings, however, as no evidence was submitted. In stead most of the evening was de votod to a rending of Mr. Adams' an swer to the charges and the taking of evidence waa postponed to an ad journed meeting at 7:30 tonight. The hearing was Just getting un der way when Don Newbury', counsel for Mr. Adams, arrived with a 45 page answer to the charges and nu merous exhibits. The remainder of the session was devoted to placing the exhibits in the record and read ing the answer, Mr. Newbury taking up and replying to the charges point by point. (Continued on Page Five) Holiday turkey shipments from the Rogue River valley will reach the peak today and tomorrow, with all buyers in the market, according to County Agent Robert O. Fowler. He estimated that turkey shipments for both the Thanksgiving and Christmas seasons will total between 600.000 and 650,000 pounds. The express company reports shipments totaling 350.000 pounds for the Thanksgiving period. The present price runs from 22 to 25 cents per pound. The Tule shipments are expected to practically clean up the turkey crop of the valley, with a few birds left for late winter selling, according to County Agent Fowler. lor. chairman of the legislative com mittee of the Legion. As they left. Murphy refused to t'omment on the president's attitude but when asked if he thought a i.-ah bonus bill eouid be passed ovp- a veto, replied. We are hoping to have a bonus nil! become law. We are not even discussing a veto. Murphy told newsmen h had "reason to believe" the Legion and the Vetera iw of Foreign Wars would united on bonui blM it the .r.iii.g congrets. In past year they .l.v.e ;uod for conflicting purposes. U. S. DELEGATION ESTO L LONDON. Dec. 17. (AP) The United States delegates to the inter national naval conference promised today they would study British pro posals for a new naval agreement "In a friendly spirit," on the definite understanding, however, that the proposals would not contain a major variation from the principle of ex isting treaties. The British plan Is that each naval power Great Britain, the United States. Japan. France, and Italy should make a "unilateral," or indi vidual, public declaration of Its naval building program for a period which the British sxiggest should be about six years. The British, in enunciating their plan, suggested the present confer ence sidetrack all the ultimate ques tion of the equality of fleets. They urged that the delegations agree to the lde a of the publication of building program, each individual program to be equ!valcnt"to that na tion's need and security. The treaty, it was suggested, should be drawn in such a way that the rights of the various powers to naval armaments necessary for their na tional security would be recognized. The Japaner officially reserved their opinion of the proposal, but well-Informed Japanese quarters In dicated the delegation was likely to oppose the British plan. FOR ROGUE VALLEY After a day of promising sunshine the we t her bureau predicted lncreaa in cloudiness and rain for tonight and tomorrow with alightly warmer temperatures thla evening. The low pressure area that Jiad been stagnant over the Alaskan gulf wos moving eastward today and Ha move ment waa due to bring rain to the valley. Temperature this afternoon waa 44 four degrees warmer than at the same hour yeaterday. Low thla mining waa 27 a against 24 yctrday. DESTROYED BY FIRE In aplte of prompt action by the Phoenix fire department, the home of Mr. and Mra. R. S. Roland, In West Phoenix, waa completely destroyed by fire at noon today. Wind waa aald to be the cause of the failure of fire fighters to aave the building. Orfgin of the fire was attributed to a defec tive flue. Kink in Ten SALEM. Ore. Dec. 17. (APi Cir cuit Judge L. H. MeMahan revoked the parole of E. Rlgney, Balem, who waa sentenced to two years In the state peniUi.tiary last July for bur glary. MeMahan held that Rlgney had violated the provisions of his pa role providing he thou id abstain from the use of Ibloltauug liquor. X'" I IM FRESNO 37-25 ASHLAND. Dee. 17. (Spl) Dis playing a brilliant passing Hi tuck and uncanny accuracy on long shots. Southern Oregon Normal de feated the highly favored Fresno State college Bulldogs here last night, 37-25. From the opening moments of the game when Wayne Harris, former Medford high star, hit two beauties from the key hole, until the final gun. the hard fighting SONS were never behind. Only once, two mln' u tea before the half, waa Fresno able to equal the SONS score. With the count knotted at 13 all. Ted Schopf and Monk Walton connect ed from clow in to bring the score to 17-13 as the half ended, and from then on It waa all SONS. CORAL GABLRS. Fla.. Dec. 17 (AP) Horton Smith. Oak Park. Jill., bettering par by one stroke on his final round, finished the 72 holes of the sixth annual 1 10.000 Miami Bllt more open golf tournament In 2B1 today to shatter the tournament roc ord and take top price, 2,500, In the sport's richest meet. First Federal Pays Dividend Director of the First Pedernl Sav ings and Loan association of Medford yesterday declared a 4 per cent divi dend on all shares of record as of De cember 31, 1035. for past half year, it was announced today by Robert E. I..yle. secretary of the firm. The dividend was declared at the regular monthly directors' meeting. Bar Radio From Pirating News SAN FRANCISCO. Dec. 17 (AP) I The federal court at Seattle waa ord i ered by the ninth circuit court of appeals today to enjoin Radio Station ' OV06 of BHlnffham, Wash., from ' plrsting news gathered by the Asso i elated Press. Income Shares Maryland funding, bid $17 40; asked IB A Quarterly income share, bid 91 47; asked 41 81 DEATH PUZZLES POLICE OFF Autopsy Surgeon Says Life: Ended About 4 A. M., Sunday Friend Tells Of Phone Call In Afternoon. Partner Collapses HOLLYWOOD. Cal.. Dec. 27. ( AP) Patsy. Kelly, screen and off screen partner of Thelma Todd, collapsed when she learned of the glamorous actress' death. "Thelma dead? I can't believe it. She was too full of life. It's Just one of her Jokcs he'a kid ding us." The two had Just glniahcd a new comedy. "An Ail-American Tooth ache." for Hal Roach studios, one of those rollicking farces over which the nation laughed. LOS ANGELES. Dec. 17. (AP) Coroner Frank Nance eald today he would call an inquest into trie death of Thelma Todd, the motion picture actress, "because there are so many mysterious and unusual circum stances in the background of this case." The coroner made known hla de cision as Dr. A. F. Wagner, county autopsy surgeon, completed an autopsy and announced the cause of death as "monoxide poisoning." The blonde actress' heart, he aald, was "organically normal." discount ing a theory of heart attack. Dr. Wagner said the brain examin ation showed "alcohol 13 per cent," indicating, he safd. that Miss Todd had only a few drinks. y- XOS ANOKLES, CaU tcc. 17. (AP) A maze of conflicting and myste rious, circumstances confronted police today In the Investigation of the death of Thelma Todd, blonde screen beauty. Finding definite traces of carbon monoxide poisoning, the county au topsy surgeon said she probably died in her garage about 4 o'clock Sunday morning, after ahe had been driven home from a gay Hollywood party by Erneat Peters, auto livery proprietor. But Mrs. Martha Ford, wife of Wal lace Ford of the films, told police she talked with the actrejss late Sun day afternoon over the telephone. "I am certain It was her voice." Mrs. Ford aald. "She told mo: 'I'll be with you in a half-hour. When you aee who I am bringing with me to Jour party, you'll drop dead I " In Kvvnlng ('lollies Mra. Ford said the voice added : Oh, and another thing I went to a party last night, and I'm still In evening clothes. Do you mind?" Clad in a gorgeoua sequin-spangled evening gown and mink coat, which she had worn to the Saturday night affair a a Hollywood cafe, the actrss was found dead at 10:30 Mon day morning by her maid, May Whitehead. The body was slumped behind the wheel of her automobile In the gnrage. Misa Whitehead aald ahe came back after a Sunday holiday, missed her (Continued on Page Eight) PORTLAND, Ore.. Dec. 17. ( AP Municipal Judge Donald E. Long fined Martin Johnson, laborer, 50 on a dl. orderly conduct charge for passing a half-pint of liquor to a woman pris oner here. Hoover Aims Blast at New Deal Relief Plan BT. LOUIS, Dec. 17. fAPl Her bert Hoover's lashing attack here on new deal relief threw before the nation today a Hoover plan of de centralized relief based on "the vol untary services of American men and women." The former Republican president, anwfr:r;fi President Roosevelt'a re cent speeches, offered his proposal last night as an alternative to th new deal relief set up which he branded aa "typical of the whole gamut of waste, folly, Ineffective ness, politics and destruction of self government." Hla caustic 'indictment of the Democratic administration generally, and Its relief system In particular, drew cheers and laughter from the more than 1.000 persona who heard him address the John Marshall Re publican club of St. Louts and Ita guests. He asserted the administration ot relief needs reform "right now . , , M and demanded a set-up de void of politics. He advanced a plan to "confine public works projects to the pro ject which meet the needs of the nation: "decentralize and turn back to the state and local communi ties" all other form of relief; cut Ministers Urged Include Editors In Pulpit Prayers PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 17. (API Dr. W. B. Norton, former religious editor of the Chicago Tribune, urged today that min isters include newspaper publish ers in their prayers. A aurvey of 20 Methodist preachera of Portland showed that only one a former editor ever remembered the news commentators In his pulpit pray ers. "It Is the usual thing to pray for presidents and other men in public office, even when they hold contrary economic or pol itical views." Dr. Norton aald. "But we forget to pray for the editors of newspapers a body of men who doubtless wield more public influence than any other class in the country." ITALY CONFESSES FIRST DEFEAT IN Ry Associated Press Staff Writer Rome admitted today a aectlon of it army in northern Ethiopia had been out-maneivered by an Ethiop ian force the firat official Itallnn admission that the fascist troops had suffered a reverse in the Italo-Ethl-opt an war. Moving in the valley or the Toxjcaze river, 3,000 Ethloptana were said to have forced back Italian outpoats, with considerable losses on both aides. Italian offloera at Asmara, Eritrea, predicted that skrrmlahea between Italians and Bthioplana on the north ern front were a prelude to mesa as saults by Emperor Halle Selaasle'a men. - . The Franco-British program to act tie the war moved one itep nearer discussion by the league of nations when the French Chamber of deputies tfxpresaed its confidence in Premier I .aval's handling of the situation. E Oeorg J5. Orlftlth. lf of educa tion and Information, United States foreat anrvtce, arrived here today for a conference with H. C. ODye. super visor of the RoRue River national forest, regarding educational work In CCC camps. Mr. Griffith arrived with the forest service "Show Boat," a lecture trucX equipped to show motion pictures and slides of forest work at camps of the CCC. The show host Is In charne of H. A. Thomas of the United States forest service and W. V. Fuller of the state forest service. Mr. Griffith conferred yesterday with forest officials In Oranta Pass and was to leave this afternoon for Camn Wlmer. The show boat waa booked for Camp Wlmer tonight and Camp Ap plegate tomorrow. OTTAWA. Dec. 17. (AP) Sentence of death passed upon Mrs. Elizabeth Tllford of Woodstock, Ont., October 3 Tor the murder of her husband, Tyr rell, will not be interfered with by the governor-general-ln-councll. government allotments to state by more than half and relieve human distress "which suffer enough with out the poison of politic In It bread Political leaders commented with approval at the examples of ,wlt and biting sarcasm In th speech which caused frequent interruptions of applause and laughter. Introduced as "the moat distlng ulahed leader of our party," Hoo ver launched Into a direct attack on the Roosevelt administration. He asserted that under the n deal a vast political bureaucracy has developed. "The inevitable and driving pur pose of any bureaucracy." he aald, "Is to use Its power to secure Its Jobs. The md den appropriations to cities, counties and states were aim ularly timed to elections. , . . "When in the face of a decrease in the unemployed, ths eot of re lief rise from l. 100 000 000 to an Appropriation of $4,100,000,000 In a single year. It la certainly reason for searching Inquiry." "There la no disagreement upon the public- obligation to relieve dis tress which flow from national cal a m i ty .' Hoover as id . "The support of that cornea from th conscience of a people." DEMOCRATIC SPLIT H0PE0FG.0.P.T0 OUT NEWOEALERS Party Convention Set For June 9 In Cleveland Appeal Is Made For Aid Jeffersonian Democrats. By Richard Rendell Associated Proas Staff Writer WASHINGTON. Dec. 17. ( -Unfold I nff part of their campaign plana for 1936, Republican leader rm gaged today In a definite effort to win support of anti-New Deal Demo- craw m tne drive to oust the Roose velt administration. This plan to topple the New Deal 7 splitting away sizeable segment the Democratic party became plain an unexpected resolution announc l by the Republican national mittee lost night after It had decided to hold the party's 1936 convention on June 9 at Cleveland. Appeal To Democrats Specifically, the announcement peoled to the "millions of constitu tional Jeffersonian Democrats" to Join handa with Republicans to pre vent the establishment of what wna termed "socialistic state' Introduced bv R. B. Crear. ta committeeman and seconded by Mark Requa, Californian who Is a close friend of Herbert Hoover, the resolu tion aald: 'The comina election wilt rfetrw mine whether we hold to th a mer lon n system of government or wheth- re we anau sit idly by and allow It to be replaced by a socialistic state, honeycombed with waste and extra- (Continued on Page rbree) FEDERAL AGENTS PRESS HUNT FOR KIDNAPED ACTOR PHILADELPHIA, Deo. 17. p Caleb Milne. Jr., grandfather of the missing young actor. Caleb Milne, 4th. left his home today on an unex plained mission. He and another man, aald to be an uncle of the missing Milne, started by automobile toward the center of the city There were report they were en route to a downtown bank, but these could not be con finned. , NEW YORk. Deo. 17. p Federal agents, spuming the assistance of New York police, pressed a fruitless search today for tho missing Caleb Jones Milne, 4th, scion of a wealthy Philadelphia family. "The New York detectives are oa the outside looking in," said Rhea Whitley, head of the federal agents here. , He declared police failure to coop erate waa the reason for the split. Every clue to the supposed abduc tors of the 24-year-old actor, however, ended In a cold trail. New York po lice continued to record him merely aa a missing person. PIN-BALL SLOTS BEFORE COUNCIL An ordinance affecting pin-ball ma chines was scheduled to come befor the regular semi-monthly meeting of the Medford council in city hall to night. While no detailed Information was available In official quarters. It was understood that the ordinance 1 da signed to tighten somewhat the reg ulations regarding operation oX th machine. Hearing also will be held on the proposed Berkeley Way aewer, per sons having objections being given an opportunity to vice their opinion. PORTLAND DOGS FOUND SUFFERING FROM RABIES PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 17. yp Fifteen biting dens were quarantined last month to determine whether they had tables, and several did, the city nuisance bureau said today. M4 kal.