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A IT The Weather rorecait: Occasional rain to night and Tudj; no chance In temperature. Temperature: lliKhft .reterday - 44 isvmt th; morning 34 Turn Into Cash I he discarded articles yon bare stored around the prem ises and have no further need for. The quickest, surest and most satisfactory way Is through Mull Tribune classi fied ads. Medford Bribune .Thirtieth Year Full Associated Frees MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1936 Full United Press No. 214. Mfl ESI ET3 f M E. IMI Is By rau Mai Ion (Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mai Ion) WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. If the facts ever get out about Postmaster General Farley's Jackson Day din ner promotional campaign, there may be a pub lic clamor to make him dir ector of the budget. Hie few Insiders who have learned about his newly developed gen ius In putting over the 50-a-plate light snack repast are al- I'AlX MALLON ready calling his name sotto voce, of course. It may be too late for this year. The budget Is today limping to ward congress. But next year, some new dealers feel, a healthier ap pearance for It would be assured If the Parley epicurean -sandbag cure were tried on It. Modesty and opposition may for bid. The general's friends are man ifesting a reluctance to talk, and he cannot be expected to. However, there are a few government em ployes In at least one department who are Insisting that such genius should not go unnoticed. They will talk. If certain that no one will hear them. Through them you may get the details ot this remarkable cure for deficits. It seem the general's friends were correct in denying recently that the Invitations to the $50 de jeuner were sent to all government .mninvnft Tn onu larce Government bureau, they were sent only to .employea earning more man .o.uw annually. There Is reason to be Jleve that a similar distinction was made In all government depart ments. But this was only the Initial come-on Inducement. A follow-up man was sent around later. He merely went politely through the offices of this partic ular rinflitmfnt with a list of names, asking each prospective guest whether he mtcnoea w come, turn ing more was required. The em ployes had been talking the matter over among themselves. Certain of them pointed out that, after all. 50 is only 1 per cent of 15.000 and 1 per cent Is a rather reason able fee to pay for holding on to a Job. The follow-up man worked his (ConUnued on Page Pour) AWARD CONTRACT FOR IB. SALEM, Jan. 6 (AP) Contract for construction of the third floor of the State Tuberculosis Hospital at SMem and a nurses home at the In stitution was awarded to Dusan Hammond company of Portland to day by the state board of control. The sum allotted for the two pro jects. Including equipment for the hospital floor, with federal aid. to tals B3,307. It was doubted the fund would be sufficient to complete the nurses home but construction will be started, the board announced. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS t p k ij, anarar-ir Earl Cos. Jr.. fondly caressing a new born moustache which Is shyly peeping forth In all Its fuzzy glory. . . Br Taber. Hank Fletcher ana J Sebastian Apollo In animated con rersstlon. their eyes snarkllng. over the pleasures to be derived from playing with kids Christmas toys, particularly electric trains. Vert Ptepl.ron and Bill Prouty working up a lot of weird sounds trying to attract the attention 01 tame wild-duck, enthroned In the back Best of parked car on South Central. Jimmy Elliott admitting he's ready to believe In the honesty of the masses, since he left his bike parked near a theatre and didn't go back for It for two days, finding It still there. . H. H'drick and O'.c Arnspiger talking about their experiences m the N R A. Not the blue cattlt one. but the National Rifle Association, of which they are former mem bers. Dr. R. E. Oreen lias a walkir.s , rane made entirely of compreMed i pottage stamps. -- States' Rights Invaded Is 6-3 Rule of WASHINGTON, Jan. 6. (AP) Provident Roosevelt and Immediate tides agreed today to ak funds to pay off farmers for performance un der AAA contracts entered Into prior to today's supreme court decision Invalidating. by James W. Doutnat, Associated Tress Stuff Writer. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. (AP) The AAA met the fate of NRA today In the supreme court. In a momentous six to three decision, the tribu nal killed the extraordinary New Deal farm relief plan under which over a billion dollars has been paid to men of the soil since May, 1033. Justice Roberts gravely read the , majority opinion. The act, even as amended last August, was held an "Invasion of states righto" and Its taxes beyond the "general welfare" clause of the constitution on which the government relied. Justices Stone, Brandel and Car dozo dissented. Tremendoos Effect Seen The administration planned coun cils at once to meet the setback. None disputed the tremendous po tential effect on the warming presi dential campaign. Senator McNary, the republican leader, Immediately projected his twice-vetoed plan to make the tariff effective for farming communities. The packed courtroom was tense and silent as the historic opinion was delivered. The Justices seemed calm. "The suggestion of coercion finds no basis In the record," Stone said In his dissent. The ruling appeared likely to doom other farm legislation such as the Bankhead cotton control act, the Kerr-Smith tobacco act and the War ren potato law. These were compulsory laws. However, the court had not an nounced Its opinions In those cases. It took exactly one hour to read the main opinion and the dissent. When Stone concluded the tension of the audience aaed, It shifted its fOoi.tlnued on Page Eight) COLLECTION OF TAXES AFTER 5-YEAR SLUMP Tax collections In Jackson county. the pist year, for current and de linquent taxes, totaled $1,264,284.61. according to the tax collection de partment of the sheriff office. This does not Include partial tax payments. Sixty per cent of the 1035 current taxes were paid. For the past five years current tax collections have ranged from 43 per cent In 1933 to 50 per cent. Current taxes collected last year, amounted to 9840.274.35. The amount to be collected was $1,404.- 758.47. In 1934, the current tax collected totaled 1805.581.95. The 1935 current tax collections were 934.692.40 more than In the previous year. Delinquent tax collections were also brisker than in the five pre vious years. Payments for 1934-1933. and previous years, amounted to 9424.010.26. FILLING ASHLAND COUNCIL PUT OFF A conference scheduled for today for the selection of successors to Ger ald H. Wcnner and Guy T. Apple white on the Ashland city council was postponed because of the Illness of Dr. w. E. Blake, council member who was confined to his home with a cold. Mr. Wenner and Mr. Apple white resigned last week as an after math of the dispute over J. Q Adams who successfully defended hie right to remain as Ashland recorder. In view of the fact that the con ference could not be held it was con sidered likely that the mating of the council scheduled for tomorrow night would be postponed until Fri day as the principal Item of busing ts to select two new councllmen. Mr. Applewhite, a World ws: vt ersn, today had msde application for a month's treatment at the veterans hospital In Portland. He Mil leave fot Portland as soon as the application Is approved. T.V.A. AND COTTON ACT AWAIT COURT RULING WASHIVOTON. Jan. 6 iff1, The supremo court adjourned today until next Monday without announcing oe cis'.ana on TV A and the Bankhead cot ton act. Tie rulings may come a reek hence or tater. Grade crowing accidents Increased la California in 1935. Judges A FIGHT DECLARES LEADER OF CHICAGO. Jan. 6. (AP) The supreme court's AAA decision brought a statement today from Edward A. O'Neal, president of the powerful American farm bureau fed eration, that "This means a fight.' The chief of the big farm organ ization, which claims a membership of 500.000 farm families called the decision "a stunning blow." and declared : "Those who believe the American farmer will stand idly by and watch his program for economic Justice fall without a fight are badly mis taken. "The fight Is on, and this time It will be with the gloves off." He said he would have a more detailed statement after he had time to study the decision. WASHINGTON, Jsn. 8. ( AP) New farm legislation wss projected In congress today only minutes after the new deal's AAA was killed by the supreme court. Senator McNary, the Republican leader, told reporters he would In troduce In a few days a substitute providing three optional plans de signed to make the tariff effective and raise the farmers world price for surplus crops. They are the old export deben- (.Coiulnued on Page Bight) IK CALL ISSUED By COMPTROLLER WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. iffy The comptroller of the currency Issued a call today for the condition of all national banks at the close of busi ness Tuesday, Dec. 31. The comptroller Is required by law to Issue a call for condition of all national banks at least three times each year. Today's was the fourth af fecting the calendar year 1036. It was expected, as treasury practice has been to time one call as of the end of the year so accurate compari sons with previous periods may be made. Simultaneously, the federal reserve system called for statements of con dition of state banks belonging to the system and the deposit insurance corporation fjr Its state members. This call also was aa of the close of business Dec. 31. SALEM. Jan. 8. p Mark H. Skin ner, atate superintendent of banks. lsAucd a call today for the condition of all Oregon state banks aa of De cember 31, 1935. 307 MORE G-MEN TO FIGHT CRIME WASHINGTON. Jan. 9. iff', presi dent Roosevelt asked today for J 07 more detectives, an an U -crime col lege for district attorneys, and more prison guards to tighten the nation's protection against the lawless. His 19S7 bud c;et recommendation to congress proposed strengthening four major detective agencies with 113 new "O men." 85 new postorflce inspectors. 80 new secret service men and SO new treasury special agents. The more than COO "O men m ho would be ' i the field under the plan mould launch a redoubled drive on bank robbers, under a new law ex tending their Investigations to rob beries of all banks insured by the federal deposit Insurance corporation. TRENTON. N. J., Jan. 8. (AP) The court of pardons will consider Bruno Richard Hnuptmann's plea for clemency at 10:30 a. m., Saturday. Budget LASH OF FEAR IS Former President Loosens Blast Against Message To Congress Departure From Ideals Are Noted. OGDEN. Utah, Jan. 6. iffy Presi dent Roosevelt stood Indicted by Herbert Hoover today with "using fear to coerce the common man." In a prepared statement Issued here last ngtht while en route to New York City to attend a business meeting, the former president charged that the executive. In his message to congress last Friday night, set up "a bogey to create fear in those on relief." Commenting for the first time on the mesage, Mr. Hoover said: "Mr. Roosevelt's message on the state of the nation might have been entitled 'War on earth and ill-will among men. It was a good oratorical word picture of proper national, ob jectives snd Ideals, and a good sam ple of the political method of accus ing everyone as being terribly wicked and corrupt who objects to the many departures of the new deal from these objectives and Ideals. "It also embraced the familiar theme that before the date of cre ation was moved to March 4, 1033, 'the world was without form and void.' Departures Cited. "A few samples of the many de partures from the Ideals stated might (Continued on Page rhree) CHICAGO, Jan fl. (AP) An Im mediate sharp rise In hog prices today followed announcement i the supreme court's decision Inval idating the AAA, a provision of which was a $2.25 per hundred weight processing tax on swine. The big Chicago hog market, weak and 25 cents tower early in the day, was spurred Into great activity shortly before noon wwn the court's decision i.c-ca.iie known. The early top for choice hogs had been $0.55 but the 25 cents loss was more than recovered in the active buying that closed the mar ket. The late top waa quoted at $0.75, an advance of 20 cents in an hour. JOY TAKES OATH AS NEW COMMISSIONER SALEM. Jan. 6. W) Jesse C. Joy. new member of the state accident commission was sworn in here to day by the secretary of state. He suc ceeds Otto R. Harfvtg on the com mission to represent labor. i Roosevelt Reads Opening Message OTT5 MiSWi.1 Pretident Rooevelt It shown In this Assisted Press photo as he delivered hit message on The State of the Nation" st tn unuiuH Joint nlo'it tetsion of conoreis t the capltol In Wash.ngton, o. c. Seated above and behind him are Vice Prtident John N. Osrner (left), prtttdent of th$ senate, and Rep. Joieph W. Byrnt, SRVjk&T 91 the n0JM lA$$ocjt. P-TJU ?Mi& Message Employes of AAA Wonder Whether Jobs Knocked Out WASHINGTON. Jan. .. iff1) Approximately 6.500 AAA employea this afternoon wondered whether they would have a Job waiting for them tomorrow morning. The employes, of whom about 800 were In the field, awaited an Interpretation of the supreme court's decision to determine whether or not the government had any right to pay them addi tional salaries. In scores of offices at the an rlculture department, stenograph ers and clerks went through the mechanical motions of carrying on their routine work. But It was evident that all attention was cen tered In the question "do I have a Job?" NINE LOSE LIVES AS FIRE SWEEPS THREE-STORY INN WESTPIELD, Mass.. Jan. 6. iff Firemen recovered four bodies and searched for five others today In the smouldering ruins of the Van Deusen hotel, transformed three weeks ago from an old residence. The three-story brlck-veneer structure, opened last month by Spencer Van Deusen for apartment guests, burned like match wood last night. Before trying to check the blame firemen endeavored to rescue the 40 guests, many of which clung to third story window sills or 'huddled on nar row, unbu.nod parte tot a flat roof at ,he rear. The flames became too sweeping, however, and nine persons were ba lleved left In tho building. The bodies of Henry Van Deusen, 17. son of the proprietor; George Alex ander. 72. Henry's grandfather; Miss Nathalie E. Jones, hotel matron, and Mrs. Minnie C. Janes, a widow, were taken from the blazing hotel about midnight, en hour after the fire was discovered. Confusion among rescuo workers had brought an earlier report that six bodies had been found. Fire chief Thomas H. Mahoney said the missing were: Miss M. Race Pick ftt. Miss Bessie J. Malone, a Mrs. Chamberlain, Dllbo Bernardino, and a roommate of Bernardino whoso name was not known. SE WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. Wl The house ways and mcani committee to day approved a cash bonus bill sup ported by three major veterans or ganizations. Committee members said an at tempt would be msde "as soon as possible" to obtain a rule end bring the measure to the floor for a vote. Sees Deficit for MOTHER PLOTTED TO KEEPFORTUNE Ann Cooper Hewitt Sues Parent And San Francisco Doctors For Alleged Ster ilizationAsks $500,000 8AM FRANCISCO. Jan. 0. (AP) Ann Cooper Hewitt. 31. heiress to millions, filed a t500.000 damage suit in superior court today charg ing her mother. Mrs. Maryon Hewitt McCartcr, Immensely wealthy and socially prominent, had her etern ized ao Mrs. Mccarter never wouia loss the benefit of a $10,000,000 trust fund. The girl, asserting she Innocent ly believed she was undergoing an appendectomy, charged the opera tion was performed by Drs. Tllton T. Tillman and Samuel O. Boyd of San Francisco. Both physicians issued statements saying they performed the sterlllrA- tlon upon the mothers orders after they had examined Miss Hewitt and "found her feeble-minded, with the mentality of a child of 11 years." Deliberate Assault The suit, however, described the operation as a deliberately planned "assault." occurring August 18. 1034. eleven months before Miss Hewitt would have been 31 years old and free to marry. The girl's father, Peter Cooper Hewitt, who died In 1031, set up the trust fund, which provided his widow wa to receive two-thirds ot the Income and his daughter one- third, the portions to be reversed if his widow remarried. Tile complaint alleged Mra. Mc Carter had squandered hundreds of thousands of dollars of her daugh ter's money at such gambling re. orls aa the Villa D'Este, Italy; Deauvllle, . France; Monte carlo. Monacco, and Agua Caliente, Mc ko. It also charged Miss Hewitt was held a virtual prisoner in her moth er's luxurious penthouse apartment here, forbidden to eat with the rest of the household and some times struck by her mother, olrl Not Hiibnnrmal Three trained nurses assigned to (Continued on Page Plve) JUSTICES 10 ATTEND BAR MEETING HERE Members of the state supreme court will Attend the meeting of the South ern Oreon Bar association to oe held at the Hotel Medford at 6:30 Satur day evening. It was announced today. Because of the attendance of the Jurists all members or the association were urvzed to be present. Tom Miller of O rants Pass is association presi dent. Portland Banks Report Healthy Deposit Growth PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 8. (,T) A gain during 1035 of $36,010,061 brought total bank deposits in Portland to $107,413,754 as of Deo. 31. This report mas made today in response to the federal bank call. The United States National con tinued to top all others In de posits with a total of $102,841 ,623 compared with $8G,085,97B at tho close of 1934. Deposits in the First National bnnktlncreascd from $52,- 378.814 to S6R.824.722. GANGSTER KILLED. TRIO WOUNDED BY SEATTLE POLICE SEATTLE. Jan. 6. (ff1) The Seattle police department concentrated today on the "clean-up" of a spectacular safe-cracking case that brought death to one suspected gangster, wounds to three others and the arrest of John P. Oarvln, well known Seattle lawyer. - Springing a well-laid trap yesterday the police, acting on advance Infor mation! unloosed a shotgun barrage which Detective Chief Ernest W. Vor ls said broke up a gang responsible for numerous Seattle' safe robberies In recent months. j Bakery Is Site The site waa laid at one of the city's largest bakeries. The gang, Yor ls said, had marked It for a sfe rob bery. Four suspected safe -crackers, ho explained, walked Into tho trap un expectedly. The man killed was Carl Thomas, 35, suspected ring-leader of the gang Those critically wounded were Joe O, Neal, former Seattlo policeman, re cently paroled from the state pent (Continued on Page Pour.) y SAKRAI Mary Cleopha Sakralda passed away at her home In the Phoenix district early Sunday morning from blood poisoning, aged ia years. She was born at Emmett, Kans., March 19, 1919. and was a student of St. Mary's academy, and the only daughter of Mr. and Mrs. August Sakralda. She was 111 only five days. She leaves her parents and seven brothers, Richard. Paul, Leo, Bernard, Vinson, Edward and baby Robert, and grandmother, Mrs, Anna Oercty of Colorado Springs, Colo. Funeral services will be held at the Sacred Heart Cet hollo church. Tuesday at 0 a. m.. Father Francis Black officiating. Interment In Sis kiyou Memorial park. Recitation of the rosary will be held at the Perl Funeral Home this (Monday) even ing at 7:30 o'clock. CENTRAL PT. BOYS GET NEW CHANCE Chester Kamberg, Jack ONonpey and Ross Painter. Central Point youths who pleaded guilty December 31 to charges of burglarising the Central Point high school, appeared In cir cuit court before Judge H. D. Norton this morn'ng, and received suspended sentences of six tnutiths, pending their good behavior. It was brought out at the hearing that none of the tihre had previous criminal records, and sfter talking to them confidentially, Judge Norton re leased them. Harold VanDyke. 18 years old. was paroled to the central Point marshal, Bert Hedge-path, upon lledgepath'a own request. VanDyke was paroled from the tte detention school In June. Kamberg. ODaepey and Pain ter range in age from 17 to 19. U. S. AND MEXICO AGREE ON SILVER QUESTION WASHINGTON. Jan. 6. ( AP Secretary Morgenthau reported to day a '"mutually satisfactory agree ment" had been reached In stiver conferences with Edusrdo Suares. Mexican finance minister. . This brief statement was made after a meeting today at the treas ury. The conference began a week ago and Morgenthau said "They have been concluded." ... Relief INCOME TO EQUAL REGULARSPENDING ROOSEVELT HOPES Relief Requirements W?;i Send Expenses One To 3 Billion Over Receipts Congress Is Informed. WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. ;p -Preel-dent Roosevelt's financial budget for 1937, unbalanced by at least a bil lion do Hera, waa blasted Into new uncertainty today by the supreme court's deathblow to tha AAA. Included In $6,752,608,370 of expen ditures projected to congress for the year beginning July 1 was $610,000,000 for the AAA. Counted In among esti mated receipts In that period were $547,000,000 of processing taxea. Coupled with these, figures was a warning that should the attack on the AAA be sustained, "w will have to face the problem of financing ex isting contracts for benefit payments out of some form of new taxes." WASHINGTON, Jan. 8. (UP) President Roosevelt today submitted to congress a 1937 budget, balancing regular federal expenditures with esti mated receipts, but which forecast a deficit, because of relief requirements, of from $1,000,000,000 to $3,0JO,000, 000. After estimating receipts at $5,654, 000,000 and expenditures at $6,060, 000,000, the president indicated an excess of $385,000,000, of which all but $5,000,000 would be needed for debt retirement. This, however, did not Include relief. Less Than Last Year. Mr. Roosevelt's only promise on this point was that It would be "far less,, than the M, 000 ,000, 000 voted last year, and that the 1037 deficit would bo smaller than the $3,234,000,000 esti mated for 1936. The budget message, covering the fiscal year beginning next July 1, Included these polpta: 1. -It anticipated receipts of $5, 854,000.000, the second largest nation al Income In United States history. 2. It asked $1,000,000,000 for na tional defense, matching last year's billion dollar preparedness program and reflecting the president'! reaction to unsettled world affairs, which ha mentioned In his annual message Fri day night. 3. It committed the new deal to permanent farm control, through the Agricultural Adjustment Admlntstra- ( Continued on Pa(r Eight) 4 Announcement has been made by tne county court that George A. Andrews, of the BePvtew district, has been named superintendent of tho county poor farm, and his wife will net as matron of the In stitution. They will take the place of Mra. Irene Wells, ' who by reason of 111 hen 1th was forced to retire, after , years of efficient service. County Judge Earl B. Day said today, Mrs. Wells "was an ablo and conscientious worker and there Is not the slightest criticism of her work over a long period. Unfortun ately her health ts such she could no longer continue." Andrews la a practical farmer of long experience and will have charge of the farm work and general sup ervision. Southern Oregon farmers will b en t crta I ned tomorrow, Tuesday, by the Hubbard-Wray company at 2V North Riverside In conjunction 1th the John Deere company. The pro gram will betrfn at ten o'clock and continue until four o'clock. A free lunch will be served at noon. A big double bill of moving pic tures fr.tuilhg "Sheppard & Son will be shown by John Deere fac tory representatives who are In Med ford for this u n usual event, according to M. T. Wray, of the Hubbard-Wray firm. Income Shares Maryland Fund, bid $17.98; asked S1B51. Quarterly income shares, bid $L-M, asked $1.M, ,
