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The Weather Forecast: t'nsettled with light rain tonight and Tues day; little change In temper ature. Highest yesterday 49 Lob est till morning - 41 It Really Pays Thouiands of eye in an Mill Tribune classified, adl dally. Make yonr want known through ihese columnt far quirk and satisfactory result. It really pays! Tribune MEDFORD Thirtieth Year . ruu Associated Press MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JANUARY 27. 1936. Full Cnlted Press No. 262. mm fMl nn M By Paul Mallon (Copyright. 1936, by Paul Mallon) NEW YORK, Jan. 87. The big fellows here are not as enthusiastic as they were when they made thetr new year proph ecles. At a b o a r a meeting repre sentative of the bulk of business last week, It was agreed that, while the Imme diate future la bright. It Is by no m e a n a all aunsbtne and roses. The prospects and effects of a PAUL MALLON hot political campaign are now seen more clearly than a few weeks earlier. Many businesses and busi ness men will be under fire and firing. More federal taxation require ments also have arisen lately. This means only one thing. In dustry has had to be wary In spending lta safety reserves for ex pansion since the depression. It has not yet relaxed lta caution. The men here who make the mar ket for government bonda (In a way) are not at all perturbed about the 1936 prospects, but are Increas ingly apprehensive about the end of It all In the future. They know the treasury will have to do a lot more new financing this year than last. It raised about l.eoo,000,000 of new money last year. The bonus alone will require more than that thle year. Tet the treasury Is still In ft posi tion to Just about write lta own ticket (with ..reservations) . on fi nancing. That coincides with the Washington viewpoint. Park avenue political debutantes will never get over the way T. R.. Jr.. handled the predicament of ad dressing memorial dedication exer cises to his father from the same platform as his far, far distant cousin, the president. Young Teddy waa surrounded by political strangers. Including not only President Roosevelt, but Demo cratic Governor Lehman Bnd unat tached Mayor La Ouardla. Aa he started Into hla own highly non polltlcal address, he bowed only to the chairman, who sat at bis left, and then looked straight out at the audience, saying: "Mr. Chairman and distinguished guests." The president was on the right (Continued on Page Pour) ACTIVE CONVENTION WILL BE HELD HERE PORTLAND. Ore.. Jan. 37. (AP) The annual convention of Active In ternational, parent organization of Active clubs In the Northwest, will be at Medford June IB and 20. the board announced today. William McAllister of Medford. In ternational vice-president, will be in charge of the convention. 4 SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS ta witrHAr. Klwanls nresldent. after political dlscuwlon at meeting: "Well. I feel sure that none of you know how to vote after that." Oils Amsplger. R. B. Hammond and Ted OeBauer listening to Ev raber'a tale f woe anent hla recep ton In Portland, where some kind hearted soul put sugar In his crank rase, "roonlng" his motor. Tiger Tsskoff trying to disguise himself by shaving off hla mous tache, but It availed him nothing since Olto Prohnmayer and ft re porter both recognired him. And Tod Porter also masquerading under ft pork-pie hat. with equally amall success. Neatest comeback of the week that made by ft wood salesman in reply to Ed Lamport'a charge that his wood wsnt any good: "It ought to be: I Just cut It." Thre-C lads. 27 strong by actual count, lined up In front of Ernie Rosters m.iglc lantern rlewe of Crater luxe In the C of C window Saturday night. Mrs. Alice Huff recalling, with wry smile, trie cnlrkory-lad.n coffee that tr.ev serve In Louisiana, which will make vcu dlrry as one of Dude Chick's spina. 8ltillirffllaartai ROOSEVELT'S VETO IS OVERRIDDEN BY VOTE 0FJ6 TO 19 Action Raises Problem of Finding $2,491,000,000 Question of New Taxes Remains to Be Decided WiSwronTOM Jan. 27. (API Shortly after congress made Imme diate payment of tne soraiers- douu law over bis veto, President Roose vn. issued orders to the treasury and veterans' administration to pro vide for payment "aa expeoiuouoij aa accuracy will permit." Mr. Roosevelt asaea mat paueuie be exercised" because of the "mag nitude of the administrative task." "The president Is advised that more than 7.000.000 Interest calculations will be necessary and that It will require between 2800 and 3000 addi tional personnel working for approxi mately six months to do this Job. It hraiM ha remembered that the amount due each Individual veteran must be separately worked out ior each case. The additional personnel to handle thle enormoua figuring and clerical Job must, under the law, come from the civil service rolls. "Application blanks will be avail able In all regional offlcea of the veterans', administration and In the hands of service organizations with in the next two-or three days. If tiie veterans will keep In mind that the bonda are to be Issued dated June 16. 1936, and after, filing their appllcatlona will refrain from wiring follow up letters, they will greatly assist In the prompt administration of the new law." ; By D. Harold Oliver (Associated Press Staff Writer') WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. (AP) Immediate payment of the soldiers' bonus waa made law by congress to day over President Roosevelt's veto. The senate, with Its big Democratic (Continued on Page fKree) L FOR LAURA GODLOVE AI 2:30 Funeral services for Mrs. Laura Belle Oodlove will be held In the Conger chapel at 2:30 tomorrow af ternoon. The rites will be conducted by the Christian Science church. In terment will be In Siskiyou Memorial park. Pall-bearers will be Jamea Elliott, George Brooks, Hugo Ouenther, Ho mer Harvey, M. P. Sheets and Wil liam Warner. Mrs. Oodlow died In her sleep at her home, 345 North Bartlett street, after she had retired Friday night. She waa born March IS, 1867, In At chison county, Missouri. She had been ft Medford resident for 2S years. Mrs. Godlove la aurvived by her husband. Sherman C. Oodlove, re tired mall carrier: two daughters. Mrs. Etha W. Wall of Medford and Mrs. Charles Harrison of Redmond: a nep hew, Wilbur Oodlove of Los Angeles, and seven grandchildren. L CLASS PROPOSED A meeting will be held at the courthouse auditorium, 8:00 p. nr. Tuesday. January 38. to organic an adult class In public speaking. Mrs. Mabel C. Mark, county home dem onstration agent, announced today. The class will be organized and a definite date set for regular weekly meetings. Kenneth Woods of the Medford Senior hlgb school, will be Instructor. Enrollment la limited to twenty. Anyone Interested In tV. course should plsn to attend fie organization meeting. Classes are open to both men and women. A similar class was held two years ago under direction of Ralph Bailey, of the Medford high school and was to successful that many requests have been received for another course. Mr. Mack stated. Announcements haw been mailed to the Oranges of the county, home extension units, recreation club lead ers, and other community ladrs. PORTLAND. Jan. 27 (AP) With formality an, dignity. Oorernor Charles H. Martin waa officially re ceived aboard the Qerman cruiser frnden hee today. The Gk-rmsn battle cruiser, here for feve.-al days on a good-will Tlslt. fired te 19-gun salute due the gov ernor a a guard of honor stood at rifi'i salute. PRISON WALLS SAFEGUARD KILLER ltaiil i ' Jr (, -v 1 rap ! Fear of possible lynch action caused Fresno, Calif, officials to rush Elton Stone, 30-year-old paroled convict, to Folsom state prison for safekeeping after his announced confession of the slaying of Mary Stammer, 14, while she was reading In her home two months ago. Pictured at the prison are Deputy Sheriff John Ford of Fresno. Stone and Warden Court Smith. (Associated Press Photo) SIX MEMBERS OF FEDERAL RESERVE WASHINGTON, Jan. 27. ( API President Roosevelt today named six of the seven members of the new fed eral reserve board to take office Feb ruary I. It will be headed by Marrl ner S. Bcclea of Utah, the present governor. The other nominations to the board sent to the senate today: , Joseph A. Broderlck, of New Tork City, for a term of 14 years; M. 8. Saymczak. of Chicago, a present member of the board, term of 12 I Continued on Page Sight) WASHINGTON, Jan. 27 (P) Fed eral officials today expressed regret at the death of El wood Mead, Irriga tion specialist, and reel air. ml on com missioner for more than a decade. Mead, who observed his 78th birth day January 16. died last night at hla home after ft week's Illness. Associates said death was caused by thrombosis und the compllcatlona of old age. Secretary .Ickea expressed "great distress" when he waa Informed of the bureau chief's death. Mead had spent a. half century lp. Irrigation enterprises and In the luit few years had been a ilirecting fcrcc In the governments vast reclamation projects In the west. YOUTH FINED $1 ON DRIVING CARD LACK Wendell Goble. 18. of Shady Cove, entered a pier, of guilty In justice court this morning, to driving an auto without a driver's license, and was assessed 91.00 and costs. Goble admitted ha had ' been driving an auto for some time without a driver's license and knew it waa a require ment He claimed he did most of his drlv'.ng when his folks were along. . tie court advised Ooble to procure a drlver'a license aa soon as possible A he was to continue driving. He was granted until February 15 to pay the fine and costs. G. RAZED BY FIRE GRANTS PASS. Ore.. Jan. 27. P, The First Baptist church burned o the ground yesterday, but with thi ashes still hot plans went ahead to day for construction of a new houe of worship. The board estimated Ids at 17.500. Insurance totaled The Janitor built a furnace fire ue fore Sunday school and later smoke was wn pouring from the enure., door. Th ronrT(rt1on meets tonlgh at the M rtlt church to lay pli.ru for a new building E IN COUNTY TAX FOR NEXT YEAR A total decrease of $5,403.91 In Jackson county taxes for the coming year, as compared with 1935 la ahown In the summary- of the assessment roles compiled by Assessor J. B. Cole man. The state and county levy for 1935 la 15.7 mills, in 1935 It was 13.8 mills. Total valuation of property la 31. 946.690.9S, and this Includes the val uation of corporations fixed at $6, 886.840.96. Total tax listed for collection In 1936 Is 1,399,154.56, Subdivided as follows: State, county school and other tax t485.412.23 High school tax 69.276.83 Special school, city, and Midway tax 704.715.84 City liens, fire patrol. Irri gation and herd liens.... 151,715.84 Under classification of property, It la ahown there are 819,777 acres of land In Jackson county, of which 105.141 acres are luted as tillable, with a valuation of 85,780,030. Continued on Page Five) -4 URN AFTER STRIKE rORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 37. (AP) Nine motor truck companies here re sumed work today after a two week shutdown which followed a strike of automobile mechanics. Although full crews did not report work at the start of operations this morning, officials of the com panies said additional employes would return during the day. Police patrolled the nine plants as a precaution against trouble. TWIN PALLS, Idaho. Jan. 27. f API The state rested Its case short ly bcrore noon today in the trial of Douglas Van Viae of Tacoma on a charge of murdering his former wife. Mildred Hook. . The development followed an un successful attempt by the defense to strike testimony of 'Sheriff E. P. Prater and Deputy Bherlfr A. C. Par ker concerning admissions of the laying they declared, the defendant msd MIDDLE WEST COLD SNAP SHATTERS ALL RECORDS CHICAGO, Jan. 27. ( AP) Ice locked from the Rockies to the At lantic by a wek of rro weather, a froren nation today gave up all hope of relief for at least three more days. The weather man could set "no drastic change until Wednesday or Thursday" In weather maps that showed : Temperature below eero In a vast seml-clrcla from westrn Montana to Nssbvlllf. Tenn., and Buffalo. N. V, Niagara FslU frozen over for the third consecutive day for the first time In man's memory. Thermometers registering 28 below 7ro at Devil's Lake. N. D. AH 20th century records for con tinued cold shattered In th mid-aesc AS STONE PLEADS Slayer Mary Louise 'Stam mer .Rushed Through 2000 to Plead Guilty May Be Sentenced Today . FRESNO. Calif.. Jan. 87 (AP) Elton Stone, 31-year-old for mer convict, tv as sentenred to death today for the slaying of Mary Louise Stammer, daughter of ft prominent Fresno family. FRESNO. Callg., Jan. 27. fl El ton Stone pleaded guilty today to a charge of murdering 14-year-old Mary Louise stammer. The mechanic, who was rushed by armed officers through crowds num bering mors than 3,000 which jam med the courtyard and courthouse waived hla legal right for a continu ance to another date for further pro ceedlngs. The waiver meant the prisoner un daubtedly would be sentenced dur ing the day by Superior Judge R. T. Thompson and returned to Poison, prison, late this afternoon. There waa no concerted evidence that citizens intended to try to take Stone from the officers. Several shook their fists and t young man, dressed In a leather Ja'jk et and nondescript trousers, shouted "let's take Stone." Te started moving forward In theNcrowo but three high way patrolmen stepped ur and he subsided without further uemonstra tlon. pernolLIFeto TAKE SHORT WALK Johu W. Pernoll, Applegate post master and storekeeper, wounded three weeks ago when ahot by a ban d'.t, while fleeing from an attempted holdup, la now able to bs up and walk short distances, according to friends. Pernoll waa shot In the arm and leg, both bullets miraculously missing bones. He waa also beaten over the head by the thug with a pis tol. Though the state police and sher iff's office are still working on the case, no vital clues have yet been discovered. A score or more of men have been Interrogated, Jackson county, through Its sheriff, offered a reward of 8100 for evidence lead ing to the arrest and conviction of the bandit. The robbery occurred at night, and Pernoll Is able to give only ft meagre general description of his asssllant. No one saw the bandit leave the scene. c. IS LAID TO REST John Clinton Thompson, division manager of the California Oregon Power company who died at his home last Friday morning, waa laid to rett In Siskiyou Memorial park this af ternoon. Funeral services, attended by hun dreds of friends, business and f rater nal associates, were held at 2 o'clock in the Presbyterian church. The serv ices were opened by the Rev. B, S. Bertlam, assisted by the Rev. R. 6. Peterson, after which Malta Com mandry, Knights Templar, conducted ritualistic rites. A service waa con ducted at the graveside by Medfcrd A. F. and A. M. No. 103. Perl funeral home waa In charge. Snow and sleet In central Teias, and freezing weather over all the southland but Florida. Alde from the region west of the Rocky mountains when thermom eters atayed near normal New Eng land states were most comfortable. Eren they were well below freezing, with a 10 degree drop due before tomorrow. Ten more titl were added to the cold's Hat of victims, boosting the total to 235 since Wednesday. Property damage continued to roll up. Illinois peach growers estimated their losses at 11,000.000 or more, snd Indiana orchardista saw most of their crop mind. Traffic on the OMo rtvr waa psmlyred by the worst trees tlnct 191' EQUIPMEN T TAKEN BY ITALIAN ARMY Strategic Town of Neghelli Occupied by Invaders Ras Demtu's Army Is Completely Disorganized ADDTS ABABA, Jan. 37. (IP) Red Cross offlclala today confirmed Ital ian reports that Italian forcea have occupied the atrateglc town of Neg helli In southern Ethiopia. The officials said that the Italians had seised alt the equipment of Swed ish Red Cross units. Rumors that Swedea bad been taken prisoners was. however, denied authoritatively. The defending Ethiopian army un der the command of Raa Deeta Dent tu waa reported completely disor ganized since the bombing plane had spread their operations over an Area 300 miles north of Wadifa. making It Impossible to transmit orders. Tho Ethiopian government was rep resented today aa gravely concerned over the lack of resistance to the Ital ian attack In the south. The government ordered all Red Cross offlclala In contact with the re gion to cease Informing the press aa to what waa happening In Sldarno province. Dr. Hanner, the Swedish consul, returned fror an airplane flight to Sldarno but aald only:. "My llpa are aealed." An Ethiopian Red Cross unit head ed by Auatrlan and Polish doctors, telegraphed to the capital that It had been bombed twice by Italian air planea Jan. 18 near Makale. The report said three women and two children who were being treated In an ambulance at the time were In jured by the bomba. "The Italians," said the message. "aimed especially at. our plainly- marked Red Cross emblems.' 4- January today became the wettest month on record here. The highest previous monthly precipitation rec ord waa surpassed by .01 of an tnoh. From 5 ft. m, yesterday to 5 ft. m. today .08 of an Inch of rain waa measured. This brought the total rainfall for the month to 8.67 Inches aa compared with 8.66. the previous all-time high recorded In November, 1926. Local weather bureau recorda go back to 1911 Normal rainfall for January la 3.78 Inches. There Is thus far this month, therefore, an excess above normal of 4.39 Inohea, Total preclpl tatlon since September 1 la 13.66 Inches, a seasonal excess of 8.83. Forecast waa for unsettled condl tlons with light ralna tonight and tomorrow, not much change In tern peratures. The mercury stepped up several degrees over the week-end. yesterday's high of 49 degreea being nine ahove that of Saturday, It was considered likely' the temperature would go over 60 this afternoon. 4 The sub-committee of the genersl committee appointed to formulate plans for construction of a model home under the federal housing act will meet this evening with retail lumber dealers at the Hotel Jack son. A dinner at 0:30 will precede the meeting. Purpose of the meeting is to per fect an organisation for the actueJ construction of tiie model home, Bt uce Bauer, anib committee chair-, man, aald. The meeting will also Jlsr.uss house plans, types and metnoris of procedure, selection of a site and manner of construction, vhether by contract or otherwls, Mr. Bauer stated. The aub-commttte is to report to tha general commltWa at a meeting In the Jarltaon County Chamber of Commeroa at 10 o'clock tomorrow morning. On the sub-committee with Mr. Bauer are W. . Bolger and Jack Butler, ' i DOORN. Th Netherlands. Jan. 37. AP Wht'e-bcsrded Wllhelm of Hohenroleri, former kaiser of Ger many, nerama 77 years old today, still proudly erect and enjoying firm hrsRh. Formal observance of his birthday ar.nl'eraary waa postponed until Fr1 'jay In rspt to tha memory of his ' vl 11 be burl4 tomorrow a Windsor. Hard Plain Life Means Happiness During Old Age PASADENA. Calif.. Jan. 27. (AP) Mrs. Anna Cronk, 100 years old today, says you can live to a happy old age If you work hard and do without luxuries when you're young. White haired, alert, she regariia her centennial anniversary as Just another birthday. Born In West Murttnaburg, N. Y.. Mrs. Cronk moved to the Kansas prairies In the late '50a and reared four children there. A one-room sod house was her home for nearly twenty years. GOVERNOR PLEADS FOR SALES TAX TO FUND AGE PENSION SALEM, J.n. 27. (AP) Governor Martin-pleaded for the passage of the salea tux referendum, designed to match federal f unda for old age pensions. In a statement Issued ovor the week-end. Declaring himself wholeheartedly for the support of the tax measure, the governor said he would not, however, call the legislature back Into a special session should the people of the state reject the meas ure at Frlday'a election. "I have no fondness for a salea tax and for any oadlnary purpose would not support It. But we are confronted by a serious human con dition and I cannot Join with those who would sacrifice the aged In their necessity for the sake of main taining etubbornly an economic theory," the executive said. "Therefore, I support thla salea tax wholeheartedly, not because It la a aalea tax, but because It Is vitally necessary ... '. "I would be much distressed If the people of this state should reject the proposed tax measure . . The legislature, at lta speclsl session, on lta own Initiative, gave thla ques tion the most thoughtful considera tion and could find no other meana to raise the necessary revenue for old age assistance. "The Greek are at our gates.' I, appeal to all the people of our beloved atate to perform their patri otic duty In the present emergency by voting for the salea tax for old age assistance Let us not leave the old folks In want." In his lengthy statement the gov ernor reviewed the effort to obtain funds to match federal money In various other ways, stating that no other form of taxation could be de vised to raise the money than the one-half of one per cent to two per cent ayatem, aa outlined In the proposed sales tax measure. 20 YEARS IN PEN TACOMA. Jan. 87. CAP) Super ior Court Judge E. D. Hodge today sentenced Peter Marlnoff to serve 30 years In state penltentlsry on a charge of manslaughter in connec tion with the death of William Usatalo. Usatalo, teamsters' union picks,, waa slain during labor trouble at the Northwest P.relng company, here lsst Msy. Marlnoff was charged aa an accessor before the fact in his slaying. s H. H. Watt, formerly leader of brewery gu'.rdA and alleged drive-.' of the ear from which the fatal bullet was flrej, also drew a 30-year sen tence, Theo Trgerson, who admittedly flrert the fstal ahot, waa sentenced to one year In the Pierce county Jail. With credit to be given for the eight nouths ha haa already served. Judge Hodge pronounced a one year sentence against J. L, Hanford, fourth defendant, and suspended sentence. OF STARTS IN JEFFERSON PORTLAND, Jan. 37. ( AP) Forty men went Into Jefferson county to day to begin the work of reatorlng 200,000 acres of seml-arld, depleted wheat and range land to native cover. The work. WPA project. Is under tha direction of Walter A. Duffy regional director of the resettlement admlnlatratlon. The conservation area, a small part of which extends Into Crook county embraces 100.000 acres of land being acquired by the resettlement admin 1st ration; 30 000 arrea of public do main, and B0. 000 arrea of Mate county and prtvstaly owned land SMITH'S ATTACK DRAWS HOT FIRE FROMJEW DEAL Virginia Democratic Solon Addresses House As 'My Fellow Rubber Stamps'--Liberty League Flayed Ily Douglas I). Cornell (Associated Press Staff Writer). WASHINGTON. .t.n 17 , .n. New Deal sDokeamn .nr.n. i stant and relentless attack on Alfred nmiin in congress today for his excoriation of Roosevelt policies. TollOWinC Un COntAnt.lnn h H. cratlo leaders In a press conference tuai me rormer Hew York governor's speech contradicted his record. Repre sentative woodrum (D., Va.l recalled prediction before the Liberty League dinner that the 1028 presidential nominee would "nn. hi. . the President and give particular hell too uemocratio administration." Addressing the tense legislators as 'My Fellow Rubber Rtumm ' - v,..- acterleatlon used by Smith, the Vlr- gininn proceeded with the first of a series of counters to the New Yorker's charge that the 10.12 nlntrnrm t.... been betrayed. Liberty League Flaved Barring Intermmtinna nrw.. told the house "License, not liberty, Is the object of the American Liberty league license to pillage and plunder and control the functlona of zovem. ment." In Its membership, he said, "are Republicans whn km .Ituan -.. Join any honorable activity which will bring confusion to tho Democratlo party i tno secona class is a small group of disgruntled, disillusioned (Continued on P'ge Eight) BILLS DISCUSSED Pro and con of tha various bills to coma before tha voters at tl.a rpcclal election Friday wore dlscurjed at the regular noon luncheon of the Kl wanls olub today, Dr. Robert E. Lee opened tha political d'jcusslon when no spoxe, witnout rebuttal, on tha adoption of civil service for firemen, enumerating the various advantages to be derived from that status. O. O. Lemmon and R. B, Hammond took opposite sides on the discussion of the change in primary electlona from May t.nttl September, confining their remarks to humorous com ments. Otto Frohmayer and James Hoey did much the same thing In re latlon. to tha matter of raising the compensation of members of the stata legists turf The sales tax bill, to raise money for tha aged and Infirm, waa com mented upon by Oeorge T. Prey and Eugene Thomas, while Carl Y, Teng wald and Ted OeBauer lined up on opposite sides of the student activity feel bill. Tha choice of speakers was not msde through political affilia tion. Otto Frohnmayer reviewed the death of Jack Thompson, charter member of the Medford Klwanls club and a past president, and spoke feelingly of the place held by Mr. Thompson In every Klwsnlan'a heart. President J. H. Fletcher called those assembled to their feet, and all stood for one minute In silent tribute to the dead. The following resolution waa read and adopted: WHEREAS, death, seemingly un timely, has taken our valued fellow member, Jack O. Thompson, a charter member and past president of this club; and WHEREAS, ha waa a man of great ability and sterling qualities, a loyal, true friend with a most genial na ture, and hla passing la a deep loss to his family, his frlenda and the community: NOW, THEREFORE. BE IT RE SOLVED that we, tha member of the Medford Klwanls Club, take this method of expressing our sincere feel ing towards him and tha distinct loss we feel by hla passing. BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the president of the club deliver to Annabella A. Thompson, his wife, to Helen, hla daughter, and to Jack Jr.. hla son, a copy of these resolutions; and BS IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the sei!retar of the club file a copy of these resolutions In the clubs minute record and that he deliver a copy thereof to tha Medford Mall Tribune for publication. MEDFORD KIWAN1S CLUB. By J. H. Fletcher, President. CARL Y. TENOWALD, Secretary. KHABOROV8K, Russia, Jan. 37. (AP) aovtet Russla'a far eastern military tribunal condemned to death today five men charged with aeek ing to pa to the way for military intervention from the Japaneae-ad-Tlaed state o! Mawfcukuo,
