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TFBUNE
Thirtieth Year
MEDFORD, OREGON WEDNESDAY, JANUARY 15, 1936.
Full Associated Frew
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By PAUL MAIXO.N
(Copyright. 1936, by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON, Jan.' 15. For six
long years, John J. Raskob's 1839
Income tax stood approved by the
MPA.w.HNfmH Internal revenue
MHk. ' J hureau. It aud-
denly developed
spontaneous
symptoms of a
fraudulent plot
In the early part
of thla January,
1936.
Mr. Rtitot
said he thought
the time of dis
covery had some
thing to do with
the coming dln-
iti!L mallon ner of hla and
Mr. Du Pont'a American Liberty
league. Mr. Raskob may have his
dinners mixed.
What he may not know la that
the bureau charge against' him was
filed in public record on January
8, two days before the Jackson day
dinner. The bureau apparently was
not very proud of It. At least, the
record lay around four days until
an alert newsman, with a sharper
eye than hla colleagues, dug It out
and published It two days after the
dinner.
If Mr. Raskob will scrape his
memory, he may recall another thing
that happened Just before the Jack
son day dinner; say, for Instance,
a certain communication he made
to rostmaster-Oeneral Farley. He
may recollect that It waa something
to the effect that he wanted that
825,000 which Mr. Parley's Demo
cratic national committee still owes
him. Also something about suing
tnv t.hft monev If the
e.25,000 was not paid from all those
thousands of dollars - ,
aRn-a-nlate dinner.
The Inside crowd here will wager
even money that Mr. Raskoos win
had at least aa much to do with the
resurrection of his dead and burled
income tax troublea as the Liberty
league dinner next week.
nri Raskob are
Messrs. , .
supposed to have had plenty oi
VV . . - . - I r BnH forth
unpuouaneo m -
lstely. You may recall that Mr. Ras
Icob held the mortgage on the oia
democratic homestead, now Inhab
ited by new dealers. FMley has
been paying him off grudgingly,
little at a tlrr..
During last May, June and Au
gust, Parley paid Raskob 50OO a
month, and last March he gave
,10.250. But he started cutting the
payments down In the-fall. In Octo
ber he gave only 4000, In Novem
ber 82500 and December $2500.
What the boys Inside would like
to .see Mr. Raskob do Is to give n'
remaining 825.000 debt aa a con
tribution. They point as an example
the case of Mr. Morgenthau (prob
ably senior, but not Identified wltn
the record). The committee owed
Mr Morgenthau 610.000. but he
wiped It otf the slate recently u
a contribution. It la notable that
Mr. Morgenthau has had no Income
tax troublea.
When Mr. Raskob attributed
tax trouble to the Liberty league
dinner, he must have had In mind
two other fellowa. They are hla co
conspirator. Pierre pu Pont, and -
(Continued on Page rbreej
SIDE GLANCES
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
A flock of feminine admirers rally
ing around to give O. A. 'Bodacious"
McKmnon a good send-off at the
tehu-tchu for hla trip to Portland.
R. W. Denman standing calmly In
hla new barber shop on North Cen
tral atreet, while workmen of all de
scription buraed and bustled about
him In a great hurry.
Delroy Oetchell. banker, quitting a
perfectly warm reataurant last night
to to out Into the rain to argue
economics with a friend.'
A bottle of milk coming whistling
down off the Medford buildlnga
fourth floor Just before two o'clock
thla afternoon, missing a woman pa
deatnan by 11 Inches, and splatter
ing as far away a to Verne Shangle.
standing 30 feet away.
Ray Mlksche answering innumer
able questions regarding the demise
of the Monarch Seed parrot, which
haa been sating "hello" and "good
bye" to arriving and departing cus
tomer for year, although not always
In the proper order.
A. B. Cunningham sourly surveying
the torrent of water roaring down
South Oakdale In front of hi home
aa though wondering if he could m;;
CAUSE OF PLUNGE
Removal of Broken Bodies
Difficult Identification
Near Hopeless Task
Machine Torn to ' Bits
(Copyright, 1930. by Associated Press.) ;
GOODWIN, Ark., Jan. 15. The
broken bodies of 17 persona who rode
to death In the palatial American air
liner "Southerner," were removed to
Memphis today tor a perhaps hope. I
leas attempt at Identification.
Although all the dead were known,
only four bodlea had been Identi
fied hours after the big t win-motored
ship fell in a wooded swampland near
here.
These were Mrs. Samuel Horowitz,
38: her four-year-old eon. Seba, and
her mother-in-law, Mrs. B. Horowitz,
all of Wakefield, Mass.. and Miss Perls,
Oaspartnl, 23, of Fort Worth, liner
stewardess.
Frank Thompson, Memphis funeral
director, aald further effort of of
ficials at Identification would be use
less. "Relatives will have to pick their
own dead," he said.
Kin of the victims 14 passengers
and the crew of three were hurry
ing to Memphis from various parts
of the country today to take up this
gruesome task.
By Ed L. Campbell '
(Copyright, 1938. by the Associated
Press)
OOODWIN, Ark., Jan. 15. (AP)
Appalled by the worst disaster of
American plane travel, volunteers
struggled, through knee-deep mud
and water today to recover the man
gled, bodlea of 17 persons killed by
-the crash of the luxurious? American
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SPURS INTEREST;
LIONS HEAR TALK
So much Interest has been created
in the campaign to encourage new
home construction under the federal
housing act that the five administra
tion agents who arrived here Monday
have been kept busy every minute
since their arrival and the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce has
been flooded by inquiries seeking de
tailed Information.
The federal agents have been
combing the city, explaining the
finance features of the housing act
to merchants. They have also been
carrying out other educational fea
tures of their program and today
were considering the feasibility of
erecting a model home to show
graphically what can be obtained
under the federal housing act.
John H. Hoppes, Oregon field rep
resentative, thla noon addressed the
weekly meeting of the Lions club at
Valentine cafe. He pointed out the
advantages of new construction and
equipment buying to the whole com
munity, stressing that it la not the
selling merchant alone who benefits.
Mr, Hoppea emphasized that fi
nancing under the housing act In
volves sound credit aa It prevents the
I JJ III UUMCl illIll Clitilll5 IW UWJ'J
Into deferred buying.
"It la only the unintelligent use of
credit that Injures the Individual
and brings distress to Industry In
general." he declared.
Mr. Hoppea aald the housing cam
paign requires the cooperation of the
whole community. "We are all work
ing tor a common objective," he de
clared in pleading for the assistance
of the Lions.
John R. Towles. assistant to the
regional director, and Leslie Peyton,
manager of financial relations, were
In Ashland today working out de
tail of a campaign there to link with
the one here.
OP
The Ashland cliy council met in
regular session last night without
selecting councllmen to replace uer
aid H. Weriner end Ouy T. Apple
white who resigned.
An executive session waa held after
the regular meeting but what trans
pired was not divulged. It was ex
pected hat the sew councllmen
would be named at next Tuesday's
regular session.
Pony -ne thousand acres are con
. California s etal redaood
areas.
School Boys Give
Boastful Adults
Spelling Lesson
PELHAM, N. T.. Jan. 13. ;p)
Ten prominent New York City and
Pelham business men who boasted
they could spell better than Pel
ham's high school boys, hung their
heads In chagrin today.
The two groups met In a spell
down last night, and at the close
all the adults had been eliminat
ed while seven of the ten boys were
still going strong.
First of the men to go down In
defeat was William A. Shlmer, edi
tor of the Phi Beta Kappa maga
zine. He fell on the word sateen.
Last of the men to tall waa Al
bert Rldout, English teacher. He
met his nemesis In the word abhorrence.
SCHEFFEL LAUDED
A supplemental application for
130.000 of PWA fund to modernize
the municipal airport waa being com
pleted today for submission to the
Portland office.
Fred W. Scheffel, city auperlntend
ent, was hastening completion of the
application following conference yes
terday and toCay with A. W. Martin,
aeronautic consultant for WPA in
Oregon, who canui from Portland to
assist In the preparation of plana and
specifications.
The supplemental application will
replace the one submitted by Med
ford recently ; for $366,000. It was
found that there waa not enough
eligible relief labor available to carry
out the $366,000 project and so re
vision waa required, Mr. Martin told
the Mall Tribune today. The grant
of (130,000, he explained, la in addi
tion to the 943,000 now being spent
on the airport. About 275 men would
be required to carry out the supple
mental project and work, if the plan
Is approved work would begin aa soon
a the present airport Job la com
pleted, he stated.
"The supplemental project will give
Medford a first-class terminal air
port and It provides practically every
thing contained In the original 9360,
000 plan,' Mr. Martin related.
The procuring of the same results
with substantially less money was
made possible by the development of
a hard surface material by Mr. Schef
fel, Mr. Martin aald.
Under the original plan, he ex
plained, It waa Intended to use a
costly patented plan mix for surfac
ing the runways, but under the re
vised plan a carboniferous ahale de
veloped by Mr. Scheffel will be ultlllz
ed, he stated. Testa show that the
shale will s(and up under the weight
of the largeat airplanes, he averred.
The shale la located on the prop
erty of F. W. Nelaon near the airport.
The city council recently entered in
to a contract with Mr. Nelson for the
shale at ten cents a cubic yard, the
city to get it out. Clearing work la
now being done and It la expected
that ahale removal will soon be
under way.
The revised plan call for the hard
surfacing of the runways to sustain
the largest ships; establishment of a
main runway 6.400 feet long and 200
feet wide; a cross-runway 2,700 feet
long and 200 feet wide; and exten
sion of the drainage system,' Mr. Mar
tin aald. Because of the cost of the
patented mix only a 100-foot width
waa to have been surfaced under the
old plan, whereas use of the oil shale
makes It possible to pave the run
ways for their entire length and
breadth, the WPA consultant related.
The hangar. Including 'the office,
la to be entirely repainted and re
furbished inside and out, Mr. Martin
aald. Immediate extension of the
lighting system along the runway,
as first contemplated, la not now
necessary, he stated. Alternate atrlps
of white limestone, ten feet long and
four feet wide, however, are to oe
placed along each runway for night
and daylight marking, he explained,
adding that such marking greatly aid
pilot coming into a at range field.
The runway baae will be eight
inches deep and composed of rock
and gravel, the bard surface to be
four inche deep, Mr. Martin aald.
" Mr. Scheffel deserves great credit
for developing the oil shale a a sur
facing material," Mr. Martin declared.
"He haa worked hard and hla effort
makes it possible to give the runways
a hard surface for their entire length
and width. Development of the ahale.
If It proves successful, wilt mean
much to this community, and there
seem to be no doubt that It will
prove successful. -
KIPLING IMPROVED BY
SECOND NIGHT'S REST
LONDON. Jan. 15. I AP) Rudyard
Kipling's condition showed further
Improvement today after his second
restful night since he underwent an
emerrency op rf . ' Monday, hut his
ohyslrians still i..t "great snuietj"
Mlie A Usmt tuttcc
E SUBMITS
TEN-POINT PLAN
TO REPLACE AAA
Ask Completion of Con
tracts Partially Carried
Out Revival of Legisla
tion Believed Impossible
PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 15. (AP)
The return of more than $1,500,000 In
processing taxes placed in escrow by
eight processors of wheat and meat
while the constitutionality of the
AAA waa being tested, waa requested
in a aeries of motions in federal court
today.
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. (AP) The
National Orange, dean of organized ;
farm groups In America, submitted :
to the senate agricultural committee !
today a 10 -point program for a new
national plan to replace AAA.
Orange officials said tt represented
a crysatllzlng of farm sentiment
against constitutionally questionable
rewriting of AAA to control agricul
tural production through subsidized
soil conservation.
In the first definite break with
administration plana to draft a bill
retaining AAA principles along lines
adopted by Beretary Wallace's farm
conference last week, the Orange
asked congress to provide:
1. Appropriations for the comple
tion of contracts entered Into In good
faith and partially carried out by
American farmers.
2. A soil conservation program
through wise rotation of crops and
through a system of government
rentals to build up national resources.
3. Speed up the retirement of mar
ginal and aub-marglnal landa for
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MEET SATURDAY
Annual meeting of the Fruitgrow
ers' League, Inc., will be held at 3
p. m. Saturday In the Jackson county
court house auditorium.
The meeting will be addressed by
Prof. Henry Hart man of the Oregon
State agricultural college at Corvallla
and Dr. W. W. Aldrlch, associate hor
ticulturist of the U. 8. department
of agriculture, ' who la now at the
Medford experiment station. Mr.
Hartman la considered an authority
on fruit storage and maturity and
haa directed the work of caring for
fruit In eastern market for the
Washington-Oregon pear bureau.
During the league'a business ses
sion officers are to be elected and
directors chosen for those whose
terms are, expiring. The treasurer's
report will be given and B. W, Carl
ton will give a report on the frost
protection fund.
League officers are Ray Ward, pres
ident; A. S. V. Carpenter, vice-presi
dent, and A. H. Banwell, secretary-
treasurer.
TOKYO DELEGATES
QUIT NAVY PARLEY
LONDON, Jan. 15. (AP) Japan
ese delegates tonight announced their
withdrawal from the International
naval conference.
Their decision, signifying the end
of five-power discussions seeking to
effect an agreement on naval limita
tion to replace the expiring Washing
ton and London treaties, wss an
nounced following a "anowdown" tes
slon fo the conference.
The discussions have been dead
locked on a Japanese demand for
fleet equality and a "common upper
limit of tnnnsire.
G. 0. P. Leader Disgusted;
Radio Yields Only Music
WASHINGTON, Jan. 18. (API
Imagine Henry P. Fletcher's disgust
when ha tried to tuns In on sn anti
new deal radio aklt and Instead got
dance music.
Fletcher, national republican chair
man, put aside all other engagements
last night to hear "Liberty at the
Crossroads" broadcast from an Inde
pendent Chicago station. But his
radio set could not pick It up.
It was broadcast from the Indepen
dent station alter th two large radio
ohslna declined to carry It, on say
ing that big Issues shouldn't be
trested on a basis of "dramatic
license." Fletcher replied tha chain
either feared the administration or
mere eserclslng unwarranted censor-
To Speak Here
E. B. McXaughton, president of the
First National Bank of Portland who
will address a Joint meeting of the
Jackson County Chamber of Com
merce and the Rotary Club at noon
at the Hotel Medford next Tuesday.
Ills address Is titled, "The Outlook
for 1036
SEEKS LAW ADVICE
(Copyright, 1938, by the Associated
Press)
TRENTON. N. J., Jan. 15. Gov
ernor Harold Q. Hoffman announced
through hla press aide today that
he was still studying the Haupt
mann case and waa undecided on
tha matter of a reprieve. . .
His comment csms as two de
fense lawyers, a paper signed by
Bruno Richard Hauptmann In their
pocket, sped to Washington, Intent,
It waa understood, upon Institut
ing habeas corpus proceedings In
the United Statci supreme court or
before a aupreme court. Justice to
prevent Hauptmann's execution Fri
day night. .
William 8. Conklln, speaking for
the governor, said Hje governor waa
continuing hla private Investigation,
and was seeking legal advice upon
hla power to reprieve at this late
date.
ROOSEVELT SILENT
ON BONUSJTENT
WASHINGTON, Jan. 15. (AP)
KvnnMtlnn. In IQnu Democratic
quarters that President Roosevelt
may aign the baby bond rjonus pay
ment bill brought neither confirma
tion nor denial today at the White
House.
One Capitol Hill authority termed
It a "pretty good bet" that Mr.
Roosevelt would sign the measure.
Another close to the White House
advised taking auch bets. ,
The president himself was saying
nothing.
Preferring not to be quoted by
name, the same official who con
sidered presidential signing a good
bet. also predicted the senate would
pass the bill this week with only
18 voles or less In opposition.
Salem Will Spend
Heavy For Schools
SALEM, Ore., Jan. 15. (API The
total coat for Salem's school con
struction program will be 91,114.460,
It was revealed at last night's meet
ing of the school board.
Thla figure Included t622,6l0 for a
new senior high school building,
180.107 for added construction at
Leslie Junior high school and 127, W0
for a new grade aehool.
As the broadcast hour drew near
Fletcher sat down In his study In
hla stone house on Q street. He drew
a ehlnts-covered easy chair before
the radio.
He began at the bottom of the dial,
first turning up the amplification
knob to get plenty of power.
"A little bit Independent . . ."
walled a torch singer In tones that
almost shook tha pictures on the
wall.
The chairman winced and turned
the dial.
"Shhhh" whispered s vole, "you
are about to hear the third In s
series of mystery ..."
He turned again.
"The music Roes round and , . ."
It was Inevitable.
"Ms mik" IMAtt Md. S'WOI UJV
HIT BYSENATORS
Late President 'Falsified' in
Chronicling of Circum
stances Is Contention of
Nye in Senate Hearing
WASHINGTON. Jan. 15. (AP)
Chairman Nye of the senate munitions
committee asserted today that Wood-
row Wilson "falsified" In chronicling
some of the clrcumstancea surround
ing American entrance Into the world
war.
He attacked Wilson's post-war
story that he did not know, at the
time thla country went Into the
struggle, of secret treatlea between
the alllea for the redistribution of
Europe.
Nye and Senator Clark (D., Mo.)
Joined In asserting that documents
they had ready. In state department
tiles and elsewhere, but which they
said could not be published, proved
both the war-time prealdent and hla
secretary of state. Robert Lansing,
knew of the the treaties.
"Wilson and Lansing were fully
apprised by Balfour of the secret
treatlea to which tha British were
committed," Nye said.
Previously, Clark had charged that
Cot. Edward M. House, confidential
advisor to Wilson, agreed to bring
the United Btatea Into the war with
out the knowledge of congress.
Hla accusation brought a atlr at a
aenate hearing that In the main waa
so unexciting J. P, Morgan chose to
atay away.
While the elderly financier remain
ed at his hotel quarters, George
Whitney, one of hla partners, re-
malnted as an observer of the in
quiry. . , - - - . - , . -K' 1
Clark's thrust was oasea on an
agreoment between House and Sir Ed
ward Orey, British foreign aecretary,
for a peace conference; House had
backed the proposal with a threat
that If Germany refused to agreo tne
United Btatea probably would Join
the allies."
MEDFORD PRECINCTS
HAVE FEWER VOTERS
Medford precincts show a decrease
of 622 registered voters since the 1934
general election, according to flgurea
at 'the county clerk's office. The
1934 registration wah 6518. It Is now
5764.
Ashland precincts for the same pe
riod enow four less votera.
The registration for tha Medford
precincts for the complng special
election Januay 31, and for the 1934
general election compare aa follows:
Precinct 1935 1934
North Main . 376
South Main -- 303
North Central 383
South Central 195
South Riverside )80
North Riverside 315
Oakdale 248
448
354
258
328
189
300
234
358
358
321
316
343
259
183
267
430
362
290
226
280
321
Newtown
, 313
. 331
, 308
, 288
, 311
. 219
. 172
. 265
. 408
. 802
. 271
. 192
, 248
. 283
King
Northeast
Cottage
Southeast
Queen Anns
East' .
Southwest .
South
West
Kenwood
Northwest ....
Haven
North .
Total 6764 6516
Evsry one of the 21 precincts shows
a decrc c, nth the heaviest drop In
tha North Central district with 131
leaa registrants.
THRETlLDREN
KILLED BY MOTHER
wear Chester. Pa.. Jan. is. yp)
Apparently temporarily deranged, Mrs.
Joseph Oberle beat her three chil
dren to death with a three-foot pinch
bur while they alept today, and then
tried to kill heraelf.
The tragedy wwa discovered by Dr.
A. I.eroy Barber after he had been
summoned by telephone to the Oberle
home by Mrs. Oberle ' frantic word.
"I Juat killed them
The dead were:
Mary, 17; Louise, 9; and Joseph, 7.
Mrs. Oberle was removed to a hos
pital In a critical condition.
one waa alone In the home with
the children overnight. Her huhand
waa in Atau College, Pa on e. but4
Exposed Shanks
Urged In China
To Aid War Fund
NANKING. China, Jan. 15 m
General Feng Yu-Hslang, once
known aa the "Christian General,"
haa launched a proponat which he
saya will save the nation many
millions of dollars annually ' and
make It possible to fight "the en
emy" meaning Japan.
Marshal Feng proposes that all
the men of Chins shorten their
gowns one foot, thus raving money
on their clothing bills. He also
proposes that Chlna'a 400.000.000
people stop buying buttons for
their clothes. Tills last measure,
he believes, would save enough
money In a year to buy 400,000.000
bullets, which he believes would
kill at least 60,000,000 of "the en
emy" In the event of war.
E
MEDFORDREGION
SALBM. Jan. 16. Reductions In
farmer telephone line service and
seml-publlc telephones In Medford,
Gold Hill and Jacksonville aa or Jan
uary 1, were ordered Tuesday by
Frank C. McColloch, public utilities
commissioner.
At Medford and Jacksonville the
farmer line service was reduced from
18.40 to 87.50 as well as having avail
able the farmer business line service
for the same rate. The latter for
merly was 812.
At Gold Hill the farmer lines were
reduced from 8 a year to as.
In all three cltlea tne coin-box ser
vice was reduced from 20 cents a day
to 15 cents.
R. B. Hammond, manager of the
I , , m.lu.Mn& -, TalMMnh Nun.
rwmv i.ijuvi .u .,vb.m .....
pAny here, today announced that tills
change of rate la being maas to con
form with rates In other comparable
exchanges of the P. T. T. company
In Oregon, operating under similar
condltlona,
Mr. Hflmmond stated that the coin
box service reduction mentioned to
effective only In Medford, aince tnere
la no auch service In Jacksonville or
Oold Hill,
EAGLE PT. RANCH
P. V. Cook, formerly of Pomona,
Calif., has leased, with option to
buy, the Kamm estate near Eagio
Point! Cook, who for years waa in
charge of the W. A. Kellogg estate
in aouthern California, win sioca
the 126 -acre Kamm place with young
stock, which he Intends to buy as
soon aa possible.
Mr. and Mrs. Cook have already
taken up realdence on the property.
"We came to thla district because
of the friendly and unhurried at
titude of the people In thla district.
With a twinkle in hla eye for the
protracted rainy aelge, Mr. Cook
added that tha abundance of water
waa also a factor In his choice or
southern Oregon aa a sii iur i
venture.
The Cook's son and daiwhter-ln-law
will Join them here in the near
future.
MILL REOPENING
WAITSWEATHER
The Medford Corporation (Owen
Oregon) Is making plana to aurt
spring operations in both the woods
and sawmill, as soon aa weather con
dltlona will permit. General Manager
Jamea H. Owen announced today.
Owen returned the first of the week
from s conference In Portland with
company executives.
The present tentative plan, accord
ing to Owen, la to start loaning oper
atlona about March 16. and the saw
mill about April 1. It Is figured that
weather conditions will be such by
the middle of March tliet logging can
be started.
An average of 80 men are now be
ing employed to malts general re
pairs to machinery and equipment
In all department.
"We ars doing this." said Owen,
"to be ready to start at th earliest
possible time."
GIRL ROUSES FROM
RELIGIOUS TRANCE
DETROIT, Jen. 18. (AP) The
family of 17 year old Shirley Tapp.
who awakened from her six day re
ligious "trance" laat night, debated
today whether she should go back to
school or devote her life to the
church.
The girl became unconscious lu
what physicians described as a coma
Induced by religious fervor, when ens
. , sttended a rttlisl meeting or uie
llJtuli Wjsvuea S&eei." iuuufi l
E DISPOSAL
ASSESSMENTS DUE
AIRED BY LEAGUE
Regional Meeting of City
Heads Threshes Out Per
plexing Problems Med
ford's Success Related
The regional conference 'of tne
League of Oregon Cltlea held here
yesterday waa described by city offi
cials today aa one of the most In
formative and stimulating ever held
in the state.
Methods of municipal procedure In
a wide variety of matters were ex
plained by officials of aouthern Ore
gon cltlea, the different ways In
which the municipalities handle the
same problems were expounded and
ldeau on the perplt xltlea of local gov
ernment functions were exchanged.
Pertinent information thus ob
tained la to be correlated and pub
lished In bulletin form by the league
for distribution to and study by Its
members and be used as a basis for
uniform procedure and for obtaining
state "leglsltilve aid where needed.
Plant Here Explained
A technical discussion of sewage
disposal plants occupied much of the
time of the business session held In
the Elks' temple following the lunch
eon at the Hotel Medford.
The delegate went deeply Into tha
question of aewcr rate charges, types
of planta, method of operation, con
struction costs and the experiences
of cities that are building or operat
ing auch planta.
Medford officials explained fully
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HELD IN ASSAULT
GIRL HITCH-HIKER
Kenneth ("Dummy") Powell. 36, of
Central Point, Is In the city Jail to
day In connection with an alleged as
sault on the pretty, blonde, 21-year-old
wife of a sailor In the U. 8. navy.
The assault Is alleged to have oc
curred between 9 and 8 o'clock this
morning In a lonely section near ths
Tolo overhead crossing on the North
Paclflo highway. -.
Acoordlng to the woman's story to '
state and city police, she was hitch
hiking from Long Beach, Cel., to
Bremerton, Waah. to save traveling
expenses In Joining her husband, who
Is now at aea en route to the Wash
ington naval baae. She arrived In
Klamath Falls on a truck last night
and came to Medford by stage. An
employe of the Lewis super service
station offered to take her to tha
north edge of town so that her chance
of obtaining a lift would be better.
She aald that ahe waa standing on
the edge of the highway near the old
Central Point road Junction at about
3 o'clock this morning when Powell
came along. He offered ' her a ride,
she aald. saying that he was travel
ing north. She got In with him and
they atarted In that direction, ac
cording to her own story. At the
north end of the overhesd crossing
he turned bis sedan to the left down
ths Willow Springs road, and stop
ped. Choking her Into submission,
he brutally assaulted her, ahe aald In
relating the attack to police.
She finally managed to escape,
unclad except for a pair of aheer
stockings, and made her way to ths
highway through the mud. She Just
missed catching a north-bound bus,
but waa picked up a short time
later by two boya In a vegetable
truck, en route south. They wrap
ped her In blankets and brought her
to Medford. where a waltresa In a
cafe furnished her with clothing.
State and city police were in
formed of the attack, and set out
Immediately for the scene. Tracks
In the wet mud showed that the
car of ths attacker had been driven
far up the Willow Springs road.
Ths girl's clothing, which had been
In two eultcasee, had been scattered
pleoe-mee! over a long winding
routs In that general vicinity.
By dint of close tracking, the
police followed ths meandering trail,
finding hers and there that ths car
had lift th road and on several
oocaalons become stuck In the mud.
The trail finally led to the Pacific
highway, and to the Powell realdence
In Central Point. Powell waa ar
reated at the Ttmlier Products com
pany mill here this morning, while
at work. He admitted the attack,
police said, and was scheduled to
sppesr In Justice court this after
noon to face chargea. He intimated
to city pollc. they tald, that he
would enter a plea of guilty, and
"get It over with." Pollc said that
tn woman, whoa nam they refused
to divulge, had been married only
sine 'August, although ah was mar
ried for fiv months In a previous
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