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Newspaper Page TextTvfc The Weather roreoast: Unsettled with occa sional rain tonight and Fri day: little change In temper ature. TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday - 49 Lowest this morning .. 99 They Get Result! A pleasing fact about Mall Trf. bune classified ads la that practically erer? reader of this newspaper reads these ads. That la why ads get results. Medford Tribune 'Thirtieth Year Full Associated Press MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY",. DECEMBER 26, 1935. Full United Tresa No. 236. Ml JY BIS mm mm Bv PAl'L MAU.ON (Copyright, 1935, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Dec. 36. Wise Sen- aftr Rrah HiH littla rialairn.a- counting under his breath before he toK his leap into the presidential swim. He hatched his advance pros pecta and he re hatched them. In the end he counted up pri vately to exactly 17 9 delegates. This Inside fig ure represented the force he thought he could reasonably e x - I'UIL MALLON pect to accumu late for the Republican nominating convention In Cleveland June 9. It la roughly one-tthlrd of the del egates who win be there, not enough to nominate, but probably more than anyone else would have If the dele gates were assembled today. The way Borah and his counsellora arrived at their figure Is simple. They eounted up the twelve states In which delegates are to be selected by pub lic primaries instead of private party convention. They dropped one or two of these, and added a couple of states wh'e he has a convention ehance. Prestol Change-ol 179 dele gates. if Borah can win anywhere near that many primaries, he will, of eourse. be the people's choice. The number of his pledged delegatea will not count up to as much aa the manner In which he won them. The strong men of the party will then be compelled to take one of two .vlli:-iAi.JBorah, or (B) a can didate who will not be the peoples ) choice, whose chances of election . therefore may be diminished. This Is the plain unadvcrtlsed strategy behind the Borah candidacy. It has enlivened his personal hopes. Tbe game will probably not work cut that way. Since leaping. Mr. Borah has received several unsympa thetic Republican friends who might not have called except that they saw tola scrawl upon the wall. It la possible they may be able to do business with him on compro mise terms. Falling in that, the whole Repub lican strategy may have to be altered. Tjp to now, the party thinkers have been trying to avoid fights. They are encouraging candidacies of favor fte sons and step-sons In various atates, also working for unpledged delegatea In others. They want to wait until convention time to do their nominating. That may prove to be too late. They cannot beat someone with no one. They will have to face Mr. Bo rah In person now. or In the prima ries, with a real candidate. At least, that la what Mr. Borah hopes. Senator Borah Is Inherently a sil ver man. but he has apparently reached the unannounced conclusion I Continued on Page Pour.) VANCOUVER, Waah.. Dec. 3, (AP Fire which broke out shortly after midnight destroyed the large Henry Oregerson general store at Battleground. 18 mllea northeast of here. The owner estimated the loss at 120.000. It was partly insureo. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Earlwyn Cutler walking about a bit dazedly under the impact of Mrs. Cutler's Christmas present to htm an eight-pound son born' at 4 this ) morning. H. W. Ward, Eagle Point cheese salesman, Impaling a reporter with a speculative eye and saying: "Yes, that burglar I chased off my back porch last night was Just about your size. Same build, too." but finally drop ping the inquisition. Vic Tengwa'.d playing the "March of the Wooden Soldiers" on toy xylaphone his wife gave him for Christmas. Just to get even with her. Milt Ot torn an remembering with whoops of glee tJie time he got a "tailor made" shirt which fit all right around the neck but fell in folds over the rest of him. the sleeves long enough to encsse a boa constrictor comfortably. E:no Hemmila garing dgiistodiy at h!s dog "Peanuts." which animal mil not remain home for any pro traced stay, undrr any circum stance, disappearing for days and coming heme covered with fless. RU5S Brcwn, col leaf '.atf now. Stan Kunr.man and Jerry Trill having happy rfun.rn in memory of their high school depredations. Mpr.h .ma "II .'J.'".1 M FOR SERVICE SAYS RELIABLESOURCE Italian Airplane Shot Down Pilot Is Beheaded Spies Are Rounded Up by Italians Three Executed ROME, Dec. 20. (AP) Pre mier Mussolini's navy, reliable sources reported tonight, Is pre paring for action, and about 13.000 naval specialists were understood to have been recalled for service. Most or the specialists, It was stated, formerly served In the gun or powder rooms of Itnilan ships. By the Associated Press. The reported loss of an Italian airplane and alleged apy activities on both the Italian and Ethiopian sides were the highlights today of the Italo-Ethloplan war. The Ethiopians deported a Greek on the charge he had engaged In espionage activities In Ethiopia. A caravan descending' the slopes from the central plateau to the Danakll lowlands east of the north ern lines was enroute to the Ethio pian salt fields In the northeastern part of the country when It was at tacked by Danakll Irregulars fight ing for the Italian army, said the advices. The Ethiopians were reported rout ed with heavy losses. The Ethiopian government an nounced at Addis Ababa that an Italian airplane had been shot down at Daggah Bur. Ethiopian officials said the pilot was beheaded. Marshal Pietro Badoglio's military police rounded up 12 natives wear ing Italian uniforms and brought them before a court martial to be charged with spying. Three were turned over to a firing squad, and nine were given prison sentences. In the United States the Kellogs Briand pact renouncing war as "an Instrument of national policy" was both criticized and supported In discussions of America's future neu trality policy. Representative Tinkham of Massa chusetts announced he would intro duce a resolution to abrogate the treaty, charging President Roosevelt was "using this psct to support English Imperialism and to main tain English control of the Mediter ranean" in the Italo -Ethiopian war. GHENGTTJ, SZECHUAN PROVINCE. China. Dec. 26. (JP New reports of an earthquake in southern Szechuan tcld today of whole villages being swept down mountain sides, carrying all their inhabitants to death. Details of the quake, which oc curred Dec. IB., remained fragmen tary, however. Authorities said it was impossible to determine yet the exact extent of the disaster because of shattered communications and the remoteness of the afflicted area, but expressed belief the number of deaths probably would mount to the thousands. 36 Die In German Railroad Smashup GROSS HERINOEN, Germany. Dec. 26. (AP) Germany's first major railway tragedy In several years crowded out Christmas holiday Joy In this Thurlnglan town and left 36 persons dead today after a collision between a local train and the Berlln BsmI express. The express glanced off the local train on the bridge over the River Saale Christmas eve. plunging sev eral of the lCMal coaches Into the Ice waters. Santa Claus Generous With Quintuplet Sisters CALLANDER, Ont., Dec. 26 fAPi The DIonne quintuplets, having seen their second Christmas come and go. frolicked today among enough toys to last them at least until next Christmas. The guardians of the itve sisters we re ex pe: ted to pursue the same policy throughout 1036 as they did tn this year, giving Annette, Cecils. Frnllie, Marie and Yvonne each one present to play with until it is worn out or broken and then replacing it with new ones from the store. Breaksee runs high with the vigor ous Uttle girls, and as they reach a num- venturesome .-je ne precau tions are becoming more and more n'e.rrv Dr. A. R. On Foe, theii pby-uclan- LEAVE U.S. TO LIVE IN ENGLAND . Col. and Mrs. Charles A. Lindbergh tailed secretly for England with their three-year-old eon, Jon, and will establish residence there because of recurring kidnap threats against the child. (Asaoclated Preaa Photo 3 ESCAPE DEATH AS AUTO PLUNGES 0FFK.F. Two Klamath Palls men, Goldle Yorton and Glenn Putnam, and the letter's 4-year-old son, Mark Merle, received probably the most precious gift in southern Oregon on Christmas eve their lives. The two men and boy were en route from Klamath Falls to Medford about 10 o'clock Tuesday evening to spend the holi day with Mr. Putnam's mother, Mrs. Mark Putnam, of 828 South New town, when their auto skidded off the Icy road on a curve near Keno and plunged down a 75-foot embankment. The machine, after several dizzy gyra- Contlnued on Page Five) E KEEPS EXTRAS OH Christmas mail continued to ar rive a', the postofflco here today In such large volume that it was found necessary to keep the extra crew of 11 carriers on the Job. About 700 parcels were dispatched out of the postofflce this morning for city delivery and another 800 for rural delivery, Postmaster rrana DcSouza said. Another large volume of mail was expected on the even Ing trains. This Is the first time In -years that the extra carriers were required the day after Christmas, Mr. DeSouza said. 400 Register for Course In Mining GRANTS PASS. Ore., Dec. 36. (AP) More than 400 persons already have registered for the public works administration's projected mining school here. Superintendent Karl Ladewlg announced. A portion of the fairgrounds Is now being cleared for buildings. Classes are scheduled to start In January. The courses will be free to even-one. guardlsn, has Installed shatterproof glass In the hospital windows and has Introduced unbreakable dishes and crockery into the qunltuplets' cup board. While Mr. and .Mrs. Oliva D.'onne and their five elder brothers and sis ters of the quintuplets were guests at the hospital for Christmas dinner yesterday, they did not enter the nursery. They hud Blight colds and did not want the quintuplet to be exceed. The parents and other children stood outside the glass panes from which visitors look Into the nursery and waved and called Merry Christ mas" to the quintuplets. Aa the members of th family left all re- BURGLAR FORCES LOCAL RESIDENT TO LOCATE CASH W. H. Walker, salesman who lives at 53 Ross Court, was awakened about midnight Christmas morn ing by an unknown man stealthily entering his bed room, but later assured city police that the man was not Santa Claus, but a robber. The burglar, calm when he found Walker awake, asked him where his money was kept. Walker told the intruder his money was in his wallet in the pocket of his trousers hanging in the closet. The burglar went there but failed to find the money. Re turning, he ordered Walker out of bed and forced him to find the wallet and turn over the money, meanwhile warning htm not to turn (Continued on Page Eight) SCHEDULED FRIDAY The mandate from the state su preme court at Salem, affirming thn conviction of Oeorge A. High and Robert N. (Babe) High. Ashland resi dents, under a four and one-half year sentence In state prison for burn ing the Balfour-Guthrie barn. Is scheduled to be received tomorrow. The 20 days permit ed for the filln of a re-hearing petition ended yes terday. Commitment to the penitentiary will bo issued as soon as the mandate la received. Both brothers are held In the coun ty Jail, swatting final action. George A. High, who has been at Los An geles, and at liberty on bonds, vol untarily eu r re n d e re d Wednesday morning to the sheriff, and to de tained in the county Jail. "Babe" High has been there in lieu of bonds since last July. FAR OVER LAST YEAR PORTLAND. Ore.. Dec. 26 (AP Preliminary estimates Indicate the farm value of principal Oregon crops in 1935 was 150323000 an In crease of about $1,000,000 over 1934 and a decrease of $13,000,000 from 1433, agricultural statisticians said. Field crops In 1935 were valued at $34,579,000 fan increase of $41. 000 over last year) and orchard crops at $8 202.000 (a decrease of $571.000,. the bureau of agricultural economics reported here. Flat on the Hhum SPOKANE. Wash.. Dc. 2. (AP) Customers of H. L. Sternberg and Harry Nobs at -heir chill free on Christinas dsy along w.th the poor They ;ere told when they tried to pay that the cash p-giAter was locked. The rhtll psrl'ff owners estimated they led 8oo persons. JERSEY I c NOT PLANNING TO DELAY JXECUTION Hauptmann's Death Week of January 13 Is Going Through So Far As Pres ent Plans, Official Word TRENTON, N. J.. Dec. 28. (AP) Governor Harold G. Hoffman's press representative announced today the governor had authorized him to say "at the present time" he did not contemplate a reprieve for Bruno Richard Hauptmann should the court of pardons refuse clemency. The announcement was made aa a reply to published reports that the governor would grant Hauptmann a 30-day stay of execution if the par dona court falls to act. William Conklln. the press repres entative, said Governor Hoffman would not be at his state house of fice today, but had authorized him to say "At the present time I have no such plan in mind." Previously, the governor had said any report of a contemplated re prieve was "unauthorized." A last minute reprieve would not be unusual. One was granted. John Favor I to. the last man to go to the chair at state prison, and another was recently granted a negro, Ro maine Johnson, whose new death sentence has been fixed for . next week. NEW YORK. Dec. 20. (AP) Jack Lalt, newspaper writer, asserted last night he had learned Col. Charles A. Lindbergh was driven into exile by threats that he and his wife would be kidnaped and killed if Bruno Richard Hauptmann is exa cuted. ; The assertion was followed by a declaration of Col. H. Norman Schwsrtzkopf, in command of the New Jersey state police, that threat ening letters received by Colonel Lindbergh did not Indicate this to be the case. Lalt, however, said the threats that drove the Lindberghs to embark for an indefinite stay in England were made "by potential murders actuated by a desperate sympathy for the convicted kldnap-slayer of Charles Lindbergh, Jr. Hauptmann's execution date Is the week of January 13. T A WPA sewing project designed to furnish employment for women on relief Is being h-sld up pending the procurement of suitable quarters, Tom Del mil, director, said today. The project Is sponsored by Jackson coun ty court. From 1,500 to 1.800 square feet of floor space are needed, Mr. Delzell said. His office, he stated, has funds for rents! and wages and If a suitable plaoe Is available it will bo leased for three months or longer. Anyone hav ing an appropriate place for rent was asked to communicate with WPA of fices in city hall. SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 2fl. VP A 100-foot section of Lone mountain, in the western part of the city, slid 7S feet nto Francisco Hclghta sub division shortly after midnight to day, breaking water and gas mains and electric lines. The slide started within 60 feet of the west dormitory of the San Fran cisco College for Women, where U Sisters of the Sacred Heart were awakened as a transformer exploded and burned below. Pavement was lifted 20 feet into the air. Smaller slides continued throughout the early morning as a fire department searchlight played on the cut. Lone mountain, once crowned with a buRe croas. was a rallying place for Spanish-American war volunteers, who encamped on Its surrounding sand dunes. For sports followers, it was a backdrop for old Ewlng field. Governor Receives Grist of Greetings SALEM. Dec. 26. Jpf Oovernor Martin said today he had recti red more than 1,000 Christmas telegrams and four tunes that number ot letters I and enrds. "Tn neftsaes were deeply p I predated." the governor stated, "and I wish I had the time or office force ' to rcpljf Individually.' OF CHINESE OFFICIAL PRESAGESJRISIS Pro-Japanese Vice-Minister of Chinese Railways Shot Down in Shanghai Stu dent Rioting Continues (Copyright, 1035. by the Associated Press) SHANOHAI, Dec. 26. ( AP) Major General Rensuke Igosgal, military at tache of the Japanese embassy, pre dicted tonight there would be seri ous effects from the assassination yesterday of Tang Yu-Jen. the pro- Japanese vice-minister of Chinese railways. The Japanese general Indicated the serious effects would concern rela tions between China and Japan. Other Japanese military sources had declared earlier that the assassina tion "throws a dark shadow over the future of Sino-Japanese relations." Ban rublln Gatherings . The police at Nanking forbade all (Continued on Page Pour) CHRISTMAS BABY GOMES TO HOME OF F The honor of having Mcdford's only Christmas baby went today to Mr. and Mrs. Fred carr or im West Jackaon boulevard. To Dr. Edwin R. Durno went the dlatlnc tlon of being the city's only physic ian to deliver a Christmas baby. The child, a girl weighing six pounds and 13 ounces, was born t 11:50 yesterday morning at Commu nity hospital. The precious Yule gift was named laabeii Barnara. Mr. and Mrs. E. B. Cutler of 824 East Bennett street, missed having a Christmas baby by foui hours. Today they became parents of baby boy. born at 4 a. m. at eacrea Hesrt hospital. The youngster weigh ed eight pounds, three ounces. Dr. L. D. Inskeep was the attending physician. Mr. Cutler Is the son of Mr. and Mrs. E. W. Cutler of Tacoma, Wash, Mrs. Cutler is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Brlggs of Medford Dr. Inskeep said he has delivered a baby on every holiday of the year, excepting Christmas. Mr. and Mrs. W. H. Shearin of Eagle Point came close to having a babv born on Christmas day. The child srrlved in time for Christmas celebrating, however, for it was born at 8:65 p.m. on Christ mas eve. It was a boy, weighing nine pounds. Dr. J. C. Hayes was the attending physician. PORTLAND FREIGHTERS DOCKBOUND BY UNION PORTLAND. Dec. 26. (AP) -Four freighters were idla here today be cause of a deadlock between Pacific coast shipowners and their seamen over length of working hours while In port. The McCormlck Steamship com pany cancelled sailings for California until further notice. Three of Its vessels were dockbound here by the labor trouble. The Hammond line steamer Watsonvllle also was Idle here. The McCormlck ships were the Munaml, Peter Helms and Ernest H Meyer. VICTORIA. B. C. Dec. 26. 7D Mrs. R. B. Wilson, the former Helen Tatlow of Vancouver and one of Can ada's leading women's doubles tennis players, wss killed when thrown from her horse while riding with her hu band in the Uplands district here. States School Set-up Is Main Extravagance PORTLAND. Ore., Dee. 28. typr Dr. Paul J. Orr of McMlnnvtlle told delegates to the Oregon State Teach ers' association here today that the 2700 individual school districts com p 1se the greatest single extravagance in Oregon's educational organization. His plea for rural school dlstrrlct consolidation was made In the pres entation of a committee report pre pared undor direction of J. T. Long fellow of Oregon City. Dr. Orr pleaded for greater parttcl pitlon by the state In financing ele mentary and serondsry education, and urged that the state ultimately AHSume "a major portion of the bur den of school support." "The 2200 separate and almost in dependent school district in the Healthy Quintet, 3 Boys, 2 Girls, For Nicaraguans MANAGUA,' Nicaragua, Dec. 36. (Pi The birth of qulntuplofcs to a Nicaragua n couple was reported In the Managua press today. The parents of the children are Senor and Senor Tlmoteo Lalnca, residents of the village of Sabana Grande, in the department (state-) of Matagalpa. The quintuplets consist of three boys and two girls, all In perfect health. Medical authorities here were Interested in the report but wor ried because the infant death rate is high in Nicaragua,, especially In the outlying districts such ss Mat agalpa, where communications are meager. ROOSEVELT BUSY ON CONGRESS EVE By NATHAN ROBERTSON Associated I'rtss Staff Writer. WASHINGTON, Dec. 38. (AP) President Roosevelt got down to serious work today on hla recom mendatlona to the congress whlcn meets a week from tomorrow. Tha chief executlva stayed in his second floor study In the White House, Instead of going to his office In order to concentrate on draft ing his annual measnge on tho state of the union and budget figures for tho financial year beginning next July 1. Ha had only two appolntmenta. one at noon with Daniel Bell, act ing director of the budget, and a luncheon engagement with David Sarnoff, president of the Radio Cor poration of America. For eeveral weeks, he haa been Jotting down notes on his message to conaresa. but today waa hla flrat opportunity for detailed work. There was no Intimation at the Whlto House as to the contents or the probable aire of the message. It waa regarded, however, aa highly probable that much of It would be devoted to the International Situa tion and recommendation! for neu trality legislation. The present neutrality law ex pires February 29, and the president (Continued on Page Four.) LARGE SUM HOME WASHINGTON", Dee. 28. (AP) Members of the Civilian Conserva tion corpa from Oregon and Wash ington were shown by war depart ment records today to have aent home $11,104,000 since the corps waa organised In April, 1D33, to the end of November, 1938. Of this amount, the department aid, 18,830.000 went to Washington state homes and 8,3B8.000 to Ore gon. As of September 30. the depart ment records showed there were 28,- 728 men enrolled from Washington and 20.848 from Oregon. At CCO headquarters It waa aald there had been additional enrollment since that date. RIPPER SLAYER'S VICTIM DISCOVERED IN HALLWAY NEW YORK, Dee. 20. ifP) Atltop ay surgeons sought today to deter mine whether an unidentified blonde woman whose body had been found In a hallway was the victim ot a "ripper" slayer. Marks on her body gave rise to such a report, but the police ssld they could only await tho autopsy re port to learn the cause of death Bloodstains, they ssld, might have come from a minor Injury. state, with overlapping and duplies ting functions and staff; with small schools maintained for few pupils, with 3200 separate business mtUiage ments and purchasing agencies; all of theae mean unnecessarily high costs with no corresponding educational re turn," he said. "The only solution for this prob lem Is larger units of administration and greater state support." The committee studying the Ore. gon educational plan, recommended tnat a large state equallratlon fund be developed through other than a real property tax. to remove Inequali ties In school support. Further study was ordered, Indicating Uttle hwe waa placed In a sales tax for school support, 52 DEATHS LISTED IN BITTER COLD OF NORTHERN STATES Exposure, Fire From Over heated Homes and Traf fic Accidents Take Heavy Toll N. Dakota Coldest CHICAQO. Dec. IK rm two known deaths were attributed to day to axposure. fire in hit., ni. and to trafflo accldenta on highways no urar aero temperatures and anow swept south after blanketing the Dorthcrn half of the nation. inree died In Illinois of exposure. fOUr In OhlO. tWO Anfh In Tat... 1.,,- Consln. West Vlrirfntn p.nn.D'i... and North Dakota, and single deatha were reported in South Dakota, Mla-sc-url, New Jersey, Indiana, Tennea- aco ana raontana. Icy hlghwava claimed nln. i Ohio, five In Indiana, four 4n Mary. lana. two in Michigan, and one each In Illinois and North Dakota. Fltea took three three Uvea In a CCO camp In Vermont In bitter cold and 6 In Ohio, and resulted In twn mmm k. Ing overcome by smoke and 25 other iciianw oeing driven to the streets In ft four story building at St. Louts. The coldest reported spot In the country waa Mlnot, N. D., with 24 de grees below aero. Numerous other states tn the nnrthnrn ur.lnH ed sub-zero temperatures. Fifty families were marooned by 18 foot snowdrift. In UnMrunA. .7,11.. near Jersey village on Delaware bay! ine temperature waa 12 above, and a 31 mile wind waa piling the anow still higher. A howling wind whipped snow across Kentucky. Tennessee and Mary- inna, smasmng store windows in Louisville is It awept toward Dixie. Highway travel was perilous In Ken tucky and Maryland, with the state blanketed In white. FUGITIVE KILLER BUTTE, Mont., Deo. 36. (AP) Posses from several mountain coun ties followed a trail toward rugged Yellowstone park today in a widen ing hunt for a desperate gunman. The fugitive, who left two dead and two wounded here In a Christ mas day pistol battle, was Identi fied by a woman companion aa Harry Knight, reputed ex-convlet wanted for killing a deputy sheriff, Shot to death In yesterday's battle In a rooming house were Policeman Tom O'Neill, 37. and Prank Walsh, 24. Wounded were Mrs. Florence Bene- vue and James Mooney, camera eyed detective who encountered kid naper William Mahan tn Butte last summer and recovered a part of the Weyerhaeuser ransom. Mahan es caped apparently over the ssm route Knight had taken today. Mooney was shot In the shoulder and both arms. Hut condition waa serious, but not critical. The wo- man's wounds were superficial. GIRL SCOUT OFFICIAL EFI Miss Marguerite Twohy of the na tional staff of the Olrl Scouts of America, will arrive In Medford to morrow to conduct a two-day confer ence of local Olrl Scout leaders. Tomorrow's meeting, which will open at 10 a. m will be a general meeting of council members, with captains of troops and other officials Joining In the meeting. McKenzie Pass Continues Open BEND, Ore., Dec. 26. (AP) Cen tral Oregon's Christmas storm failed to block the McKenzie pass sad Chat mountain road remained open to general travel today, tt was slick, however, and hemmed closely bT snow near the summit. Highway maintenance crewi re ported that heavy rain fell on the mlle-hlgh divide- yesterday while freezing conditions prevailed In por tions of the lower country. JACKSONVILLE GRANGE YULE TREE TOMORROW JACKSONVILLE. Dee. 39. (Spl.) Jacksonville Granite will have a Chrlatmaa tree for members and friends on Friday eventnu. Kach one attending Is requested to bring a 10 cent gift for the tree. There will be a good program and treats for all, Cattle nutlers Tn the vicinity of Owe;. Kss., butcher their aolen beeves on the spot, say Sheriff Tom tlaaaa.