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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:,
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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-
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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
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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.
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