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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 6, 1936
Full United Press
No. 214.
Mfl ESI
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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-
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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
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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
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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
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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-
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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, ,