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The Weather forecast: Partly cloudy mm lot tonight and Saturday. Little change In temperature. TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday " 54 Lonest this morning li Action Tribune Medford The way to jet quick action In selling, Buying, Trading, Lost and Found Articles Is to adyer Use In the classified Column of this newspaper. Try and lee. Thil l i.-tb Year fuU Associated Press MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, JANUARY 31, i 3. Full United Presa Xo. 2tG. iuM ft u r 2 ekgm -i . Fl Nfes. GASOLINE BLAST BSkd m INFERNO j' iBm OF PRISON TRUCK " By PAIL MALLON. (Copyright. 1936. by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Jan. 31. Al Smith did not say where ho would take that walk to, but some of .hla top comeres in luc Amer lean Lib erty league have a destination. Their strolling plans were adopt ed at a few se cret confaba be fore and after they heard Al apeak at the din ner. It was all un official, of course, but nonetheless PAUL .MALLON definite. While It may not now be confirmed, officially you may mark It down in your memory aa the agreed charted course of Ala pais. If not of Al himself. (a) If the Republicans nominate a conservative on a conservative platform, they will support him. (b) If Senator Borah or Senator Vandenberg (these two names were mentioned specifically) or "any one like that" la nominated, tney will not support him. (c) If they cannot aupport the Republican nominee, a third party "will be put Into the field." You can have one guess and no more as to the Identity of the can didate of that third party. Note The underlying Importance of this decision Is far beyond what Al hinted. It cute his party ties more definitely than he did. It meana that any Idea of a pre-con-ventlon tight to prevent President Roosevelt's nomination Is out the window. It precludes the possibility of any change which would make Roosevelt acceptable. It shows that the big Idea la to beat Roosevelt and that the moat practical means of attaining that end la to be fol lowed. Shrewd antl-TVA lawyers privately profess Increasing doubt as to whether the supreme court will de clare the Tennessee Valley Authority unconstitutional. They have tipped congressional friends that they are not at all certain the court will continue Its demolition of the new deal. Chalk up as a columnar error the assertion recently made In these llnea that John Raskob's Income tax for 1929 stood approved for six years. A 60-day letter, first asserting the deficiency, was mailed by the (Continued on Page Twelve) , FOG PI Prediction for slightly warmei weather failed to materialize and In stead the mercury slipped a couple of notches lower. Today's lowest tem perature was 23 degrees as against 24 yesterday. The mercury In mldafter noon stood at 43 as compared with 17 at the same hour yesterday. The meteorological bureau was somewhat more cautious today, saying HttlA change In temperatures was ex pected. Forecast was for partly cloudy weather with fog tonight and to morrow. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Barbara Wall and Carol Dodge bask ing In the warm sun on a corner, with Barbara making Carol Jealous x by bragging about her day off to 4 ay. on account of elections. polk Hull, Civil war vet. having a fine time in the Allen hotel lobby convrtr.g with the hotel canary Two people never seen without su gars: Doc Jensen and Johnle King A. B. Cunningham is right up iu front, too. Jack Woods flaunting sartorial con vention by wearing a Tyrollan hat in pork-plc fahton. The effect is some what startling. Chuck Hanwram mounted, on a streamline Bn Hur trailer, tightly rhitrhinff a hue- ertrlc rrfrirator to kfp it from fnlllntr off. Tom i s and BUI Fit h n m a y t r discovering lor the firt time In their live that there are two cupola on top cf the Medford Pharmacy build- Inc.' Ou Newbury getting out In the mirirfie of Main utrret before think- V f to look lour wajj ail al u&cc, Alabama Guards Unable to Rescue Convicts Being Taken to Road Work Explosion Cause Unknown SCOTTSBORO, Ala., Jan. 81. (AP) Twenty negro convicts burned to death today In the cage of a prison transfer truck following ex plosion of a 30-gallon drum' of gasoline. Two other convicts were seriously Injured and guards Mlddlebrook and Wasson were seared on the hands and face in attempting to rescue the victims. Reports as to the cause of the fire varied. Guards said sliding of the truck on the icy highway apparently sloshed gasoline to the floor, where It wa ignited by beat of the burn ing coals In a fire bucket placed to shield the convicts from near zero temperatures. Say Match Struck. At Montgomery, Ala., however. State Highway Engineer later said a negro had "struck a match" near the gasoline drum. "The first thing we knew of any thing wrong."' Guard Middlebrook said, "we heard the negroes shriek ing for help. "As soon as I could stop the truck I dashed to the rear, and Was son and I unlocked the door and attempted to puli them out. "Two near the door we could save. (Continued on Page Six) F CALLED 10 MEET !EI All Rogue valley fruit growers were Invited today to attend a forum In the Jackson county court bouse audi torium next week to discuss the prac ticability of establishing a pear can nery here. The Invitation was Issued by Ray Ward, president of the Fruitgrowers' league, following a meeting of league directors yesterday afternoon in the Jackson County Chamber of Com merce, where- the special committee named some ,ttme ago to study the cannery proposition submitted fact-finding report. The day and hour of the forum would be an nounced later. Mr. Ward said. Instead of reaching any conclusion themselves, the directors yesterday voted to place the committee report before all the growers of the valley for their consideration and decision. Contents of the report were not re vealed, though it was said no recom mendations were made. The question of a co-operative can nery was raised last fall when dis satisfaction arose over the methods used by California canneries In quot ing prices for fruit. It was contended that the California buyers withheld quotations until It was too late for the growers to do anything but sell their fruit at the prices offered. The growers then talked of establishing a co-operative cannery of their own and a, committee was named to study the proposition. Lighthouse Chief Pie. PORTLAND. Ore., Jan. 31. fAP)--Frank A. Muth, 40, superintendent of the 17th lighthouse district, died here I today after an operation. He had been i ill for several months. He became superintendent of the Oregon-Wash-f inctnn district last Thankselvtng day. Oregon Employment Up Ten Per Cent in 1935 SAN rflANCIeSCO, Jan. 31. (AP) Employment averaged about 10 per cent higher In Oregon through 10A5 than in 1034. the Federal Reserve Bank of Ban Francisco figured today. Employment In the lumber Indus try showed about the same gain a industrial employment generally. Dereinbr data indicated a decline from Nrmbr of a little more than nernvmal prportion. while payrolls alio declined, but les than season ally. The survey covered lOfl firms. Payrolls for the year averaged 24 per cent hislier than In 1034, and av eratre weekly earnings per worker ex ceeded those of the preceding year ""by a etitwtantta) amount," The state's employment was com 'fti to te 74 ptr 'nt ol t;.e l ..in- i2k iuU 'AC A jt--fiQflrA LOEB KILLED 1 . -vC '-jfwo j r He i lb ui 1 Richard Loeb (left), 30, one of the principals In the sensational Loeb-Laopeld eaae at Chicago In 1924, was killed In the Illinois pen itentiary at Jollet by James Day, a fellow convict, who slashed him 62 times with a razor. With Nathan Leopold Loeb was sentenced to life In prison for the murder of little Bobby Franks. (Asaociated Preaf Photo LOEB SLAYING CLAIMED "DELIBERATE MURDER" JOLrET. m.. Jan. 31. P) State's Attorney Will R. McOabe asserted to day he bad. obtained Information, while quizzing Statevtlle penitentiary prisoners, supporting hla theory that Richard Loeb'a slaying there Tuesday was "deliberate murder." The Will county prosecutor, who Is making hi own investigation of the 30-year-old "thrill alayer'a" death, would not say what his new infor mation was, but asserted it source was Edward Steplowakl. 8teplowkl, convicted Chicago hold up man, waa the cellmate of Nathan Leopold, Jr.,. partner of the slain Loeb HALF BILLION IN L TAXES NEEDED, SAYS F. R. WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. (IP) New taxes to bring In at least $500,000,000 were projected by President Roose velt today tor enactment by this con gress. How much more revenue may be asked will depend upon s study un der way on needa arising Irom the $3,249,000,000 bonus payment cost. In one administration quarter the tax figure mentioned in connection with the bonua was S30.000,000 an amount designed to amortize the pay ment cost by 1045 when the bonds to be issued to the veterans msture. Bonus Need Undesignated. The president himself did not ins gest any specific smount of revenue for the bonus. But should the J30, 000,000 be decided upon, the new taxes Impending would Jump to the neighborhood of 750,0O0.0O0. Mr. Roosevelt made hla statement on taxes and the necessity of voting them In an election year at a press conference. Dispute over ourrency Inflation to meet the farm snd bonua costs was troubling Cspltol Kill. As for presldentlsl views on cur rency expansion, offlclsl Wsshlngton considered them fully presented in (Continued on Pase 8lxt compared with 84 In November and 64 In December 1034. Payrolls in December were 88 per cent of the 1023-1025 base, compared with 73 in November and 49 in De cember 1934. The lumber Industry's employment ma computed to be 65 per cent of 1023-1075. sgstnM 71 In November and 35 in December 1834. In the United 8tate aa a whole, employment waa computed by the Bureau of Labor statistics at 85 per cent of 1923-lfii5. the same aa In No vember and 78 In December 1934; payroll 55 against M and 49. Average weekly wage: Oregon me tal industry 121.99: text Ilea 118 12; food product 120.20; Atone-clay 124.12; lumber 122 27; paper-printing t?75; other 28 20: average 23 1 " roirHHsred jnth li!2 7 in Nuvemoer IN PRISON In the murder of Bobby Frank In 1024. MoCabe made the statement after he bad been closeted with Steplowakl for nearly three hours, in prison office. Earlier, the prosecutor asserted he was convinced Loeb's death waa care fully planned, preaumrly by fellow convicts, with the bloody task of car. rylng out delegated to Jamea Day, the confessed killer. McCabe added he would continue hla effort to question Leopold, who thus far ha refused to dlscuas the Loeb killing. 3 DIE. MANY HURT WHEN FAST TRAIN GOES OFF BRIDGE (Copyright, 1936, by Associated Press.) SUN BURY, Pa., Jan. 31. Three dead and 31 Injured were counted to day a railroad crews and volunteers, working In sub-zero weather, took the last of the casual tie from the wreck age of the Reading company's express train which plunged 30 feet from a 8uquehanna rltar bridge. . The company had announced that a fourth person, an unidentified Bucknell university student, was kill ed. He waa accounted for later among the Injured, the company said. Speeding through the night on li run from Wllllamsport to New York.! the express "WllJIamsporter" hurtled i from the north end of the span last night, down to the bed of an aban doned canal, not many feet from tne Susquehanna, itself, The dead were: Dr. Guy Rothfusa, 32, of Wllllams port. Washington Da nan aw, Tamaqua, the fireman. William Ramp, Tamaqua, the en gineer. Dr. Rothfusa and Dan ah aw were found dead In the wreckage. A broken neck killed the engineer, In a hospital a short time later. The injured were rushed to the Mary H. Packer hospital In San bury. crowding that Institution to such an extent that many f those hurt were laid In rows on the floor. The hos pital said 33 victims were being treat ad there but gave no Indication of how many were seriously injured. The locomotive plunged from the (Continued on Page Nine) GERMAN-JAP TREATY PARI.S. Jan. 31. l,V The news paper L'Oeuvre aAvrtid trday thst Germany and Japan signed "a treaty of friendnhlp with element of a df- , Tensive alhan'v" early thi month j Denials of aurh a treaty have man- atefl from both IWHn and Tokyo. The newspaper stated that a a re milt of the aileed treaty, Nicnola Tituleacu. foreign minister of Ru mania., ha been able to win over Ihe British government to hla conviction ! that Soviet Ruaala must be Included tn the ffuarant "which the central . E'lropran and Balkan power are IN BRUNO'S CASE SAYS PROSECUTOR Governor's Statements to Police in Reopening In vestigation Fail to Add New Angles, Is Claim TRENTON. N. J., Jan. 31. Attorney General David T. Wilentn. commenting; on Governor Harold O Hoffman's order that state police re open the Investigation of the Lind bergh kldnap-murder case, said to day the governor's statement "con tain no fragment of new evidence The case stands a Is." Wllents Issued the following state ment after a conference with Col. H. Norman Schwarzkopf, head of the? state police "All the columns of Interviews, statement, and published report by persons Interested in behalf of the de fense, and all the statement of the governor Including the letter to Col Schwarzkopf, contain no fragment of new evidence. The case stands as is. Wilenta and Schwarzkopf were the heads of the prosecuting and Investi gating staffs that convicted Bruno Richard Hauptmann of the murder of Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr. t A reprieve by Governor Hoffman of two weeks ago on the eve of his exe cution gave Hauptmann a temporary lease on life. Wllentz said that all the evidence In the cast "pointed to the guilt of Hauptmann and Hauptmann alone." The attorney general added that while he did not speak for Schwarz kopf, to whom Governor Hoffman ad dressed his orders for a new luvestl gatlon, "the colonel la a good soldier and takes orders. He wilt give the governor inn per cent cooperation, ' Schwarzkopf said he had "no state ment to make." OF GREECE DIES Copyright, 1936. by the Associated Prens ATHENS, Jan. 81. p) Oeneral George Kondylts, 86-year-old former "strong man" of Oreece, died sud denly today from a heart attack, and the Athena garrison waa ordered to stand by on guard against any even tualities. Authorities said no trouble threat ened Immediately, but they .took the precautions in view of a recent state ment by Kondylls, which caused con siderable apprehension, that he had Intended to use force, If necesaary. to prevent the liberal venlzellsts, who won Sunday's elections, from gaining control. The general, long a sufferer from asthma, died at noon after a heart attack during the night. Reflecting the troubled political situation, rumors soon circulated that Kondylls waa poisoned by political enemies, but this was quickly denied by his own associates. WASHINGTON, Jan. 81. (AP) Administration housing officials said todays they have almost completed a program Intended to encourage private capital to build at leant 200. 000 homes this year. The program would amplify gov ernment assistance to privately-fi nanced home construction. It has been under consideration for several weeks. A primary aim was described a making home ownership possible for person In the lower Income nracKeia. Formation of mortgage loan asso ciations which would deal exclu sively in Insured mortgngen may be Included. These may be backed oy the reconstruction corporation or some other government agency. Officials sstd they did not know what effect the program would have on the government's slum clear ance and low coat housing plans. Pin Ball Games Will Be Barred VANCOUVER. Wssh.. Jan. M. UP.; Pin-ball game and punch board will be forbidden in Clark county after February I, Piweutlng Attorney E O. Cuanlng promised today after a ! conference In Olympla with Gov Clarence D. Martin. Cuahlna and Sheriff Inland F. Morrow banned the county of slot machine several montha aco, but hid not bnthem; pin-ball game on the aaMimpUon UuV er yiV4Ui ib lav . 200,000 HOIS IS BUILDING Al E FOR NEW HIGHWAY NORTH OF G. Senator Chinnock Proposes $7,000,000 Improvement Eliminating Road Curves1 Grants Pass- Roseburg GRANTS PASS. Jan. 31. ;P) rA 7,000,000 bond Issue for badly need ed improvements on the Pacific high way U. S. No. 00 was proposed to day by State Senator James Chinnock to the Oregon Pacific highway asso ciation, with membership stretching from Portland to Ashland. C. H. Demaray of Grants Pass. president, and C. A. Ayr of Salem, secretary-manager, said they would immediately lay the proposal before the association. Senator Chinnock suggested the Pa cific highway cities follow the lead of the coast highway association which seemed fnoney for Its bridges by state bond issue. Bonded For Bridges The state of Oregon was bonded for 83,000,000 for the construction of the coast bridges to relieve the bot- tContlnued on Page Pour.) OF SANCTIONS IS HINT By Aasoclntert Press. Informed sources at Rome pre dicted today a program of retalia tion Including possible severance of diplomatic relations, may be Pre mier Mussolini's answer to further war sanction against Italy. As three new taxes became effco llvo to bolster the notion's economic policy, the Italian premier prepared to advance his plan of opposition be fore the fascist grand council to morrow night. On the war front, the Italian command reported continuation of systematizing activities interspersed with minor engagement between ln- vndera and defenders. "Reconnaissance columns between Ncghelll and Dawa Parma captured scattered groups of the enemy," Marshal Pletro Badogllo, fascist com mander, reported. "Galla Borana chiefs and notable continue sur rendering to Nrghelll authorities with warriors. Nothing new on the Erltrcan (northern) front," NINETY DAYS FOR THREATENING F. R. NEW YORK, Jan. 01. Auatln Phelps Palmer, retired electrical en gineer of Park avenue, today was sen tenced to 90 days In the federal de tention house for aendlrtg threaten ing letter to President Roosevelt. The maximum penalties which Fed eral Judge Robert P. Patterson could have Imposed were five years' Im prisonment end a $1,000 fine. The court imposed the sentence after a plea by Palmer's attorney that the Sl-ytmr-old man bo extended "ex treme leniency." Palmer wrote letters to the presi dent In which he blamed the govern ment for hi financial reverses, and threatened to strangle President Roosevelt with hla own hands. Millions of Dancers Aid Fight Against Paralysis WASHINGTON. Jan. 31. Mil lions of dancing feet acroaa the na tion. In metroolls and village in cluding Warm Springs, Ga., where more than a few can't even walk today had swelled the president's birthday fund to fight the acourge of Infantile paralysis. The parties were pronounced a grand success though not enough fut ure had come In today to permit an estimate, of the, total raised. It at estimated that 5,000.000 person at tended 6.000 ball. f In the capital, where centered the ; cMebmtlon of President ltooaevelt'a ; 64i h birthday, the chief executive, himself a victim of the drend disease 15 year ago, voiced thank to the nation last nlht and "very personal greetings to several hundred thousand victims," Mrs. Row? volt and the vivacious Oinaer Roger, too whir led from ho tel to hot!, where tav partlea were In prrr',e. end ahere fwurallve fcUiaiftlUc Clt ciKXjng doUax into Villagers Profit When Railroad Is Placed in Discard ALDRICH. Mo., Jan. 31. (AP) When the "leaky roof" branch line of the Kansas City, Clinton & Southern railroad was abandoned this happened: Villagers used the ties for tire wood. The coal house became an outbuilding on Coon Miller's farm. 07xle Young made a hog trough of the watertower and a hen house of the planks. And Fred Jarnegnn got a ten load hay crop off the abandoned right of wity. INJURED BY FALLS TWIN FALLS. Idaho. Jan. 31. (,T Dougls Van Vlack took the wttntae stand today in his trial for the mur der, of his former wife, Mildred Hook, and testified to mental lapses he said he suffered following boyhood acci dent. His hald leaning on his hand, Van Vlack asserted he could not remem ber about a fall frfom his bicycle ex cept that he awoke in his home af terward and was told about It. Ho suffered from headaches later, he said. He remembered a second accident when he fell on his head in a gym nasium, the defendant testified, but he could recall nothing until he re gained consciousness at hla home, lilt mother, Mrs. Carl Van Vlack, pre viously had testified he walked home after the fall with a gymnasium in structor. Speaking calmly, the defendant wan led by his attorney through hla curly years. He told of his birthplace, the grammar school he attended and the gymnasium. He referred to hla ac quaintance with Harold Myers, an earlier defense witness, and sntd he taught Myers gymnasium tricks. Morley Barnard, who previously tos tiffed he bad refused to loan the de fendant the pistol with which It is alleged ha killed his former wife, was recalled to the witness stand by At torney Leo Teats for 'the defense. Asked If he did not make state ment to a Tacoma newspaper re porter that he had loaned the pl&toi to Van Vlack, Barnard testified ne had made no auch statements to a reporter or to anyono else. VOTED CONFIDENCE PARIS, France. Jan. 31. (AP) Primler Albert Sarraut won a vote of confidence, 361 to 160, on the first test of his new government In the chamber of deputies tonight. The vote, resulting in a majority far greater than even Sarraut's sup porters had claimed, followed a tu multuous debate In which rightists and leftists shouted invectives at one another. Gen. Louis Felix Maurln, the new minister of war, was attacked for his former connection with the Industries supplying the government. Jean Zay, under-secretary for the premier and a liberal, was accused of once calling the flag a "dirty rag." Income Shares Marly and fund, bid S18.7B; asked lao.aft). Quarterly income shares, bid II 52; anked t 67. the Warm Springs Foundation cof fers. In New i"ork. society put on ft pag eant before the president's mother, Mrs. James Roosevelt, at the Waldorf-Astoria. Nearly 4,000 persona paid 13 each to go to the party. The president wife rushed around the hotels so fast she tired out a fireman who was assigned to help her wade through the crowds. The president wa at home. He was giving a atsg party for wverM old friends who always get together on January 30. Toward midnight. Mr. Roosevelt broadcast his birthday message. He wild the report Indicated the celebration would "exceed our fond eat hope of succes." The people, he said, "have reso lutely aligned themaelvea to carry on the fucht m-Alnat luluitlle paralyse until I hla rt read snrt rosHv iI1mssf la brought under definite and Jloal AS BOY, HE CLAIMS APATHETIC VOTE SEEN IN EARLY Look to Sunshine to Spur Afternoon Polling Polls Open to 8 P. M. Rural Sections Also Laggard Apathy on the part of votra marked the morning hours In the special election today In Jackson county, with the hope that the orignt sunshine would bring out an Increase of people to the nalla in both city and country. Interest In the election throughout the cam paign has been luke warm Slow voting waa reported from several ru ral precinct. In the North Mala precinct of this city up to 11 o'clock, but ten citizens had cast their ballot, vot ing at the rate of three per hour. Similar, but slightly better, condi tions prevailed in the other pre cinct of the city. Fifteen voter were reported In the Oakdale pre cinct at the same hour. The North Main precinct ha ft registration of 378 voter and 1a one of the largest in the city. The 15 voting precinct tn Med ford have a registration of 6.894 voters, and early polling Indicated leas than 30 per cent of the vote would be cast. The polls will be open until 8 o'clock this evening. Four measure the sale tax to provide funds for old age pensions, the students' fees, legislative com pensation, and change tn the pri mary date are on the ballot. City of Medford voters also vote on civil service for the fire department. PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 31. (APW Four lsues two of them bid fa some respect brought only a light turnout of Oregon Voters at today' special election. Personalities played little part, since there were no enndidate for public offices, Election officials forecast a vote of not more than 35 or 40 per cent. Less than 10 per cent of Port land' voter cast ballot during the morning hours. NO EXTRA SESSION FOR AGE PENSIONS PORTLAND, Ore., Jan. 31. (AP) The state rellof committee In session hero heard Governor Charles H. Mar tin declare there will be no extra session of the state legislature to pro vide old-age pension fund If the sale tax proposal la defeated. The statement followed an all-day session at which the cou ties' relief budget of 4286,000 for February wa approved and State Administrator Elmer Goudy was instructed to con fer with WPA officials relative to ob taining more projects In Oregon. The commission Indicated a balance of $274,3(18 would be on hand at the end of this month from the 1,000,000 appropriation for relief. Members ex pressed the hope the relief bills after April 1 could bo met from profit ac cruing from the state liquor control act. Fi Posies already, and frost on the ground In the mornings heavy enough to ski onl Mr. and Mrs. Larkln Reyn olds of the Applecate valley found the first flowers 'of 1036. when they picked a bouquet of yellow daisies, "grass widows," and white rock flow ers today. The flowers were found (rowing on the south side of lower Table Rock, and are the first wild flowers reported this year. Quart of "Corn" For Tying Knot DUNN. N. C, Jan. 31 (API Ths backwnoc!mn and his bride bowsd somewhat ronfuwdly as trie Tier. W. H. Carter finished the marriage ceremony, and then the groom pro duced a parangs wrapped In heavy pner, which he handed the minis ter. "I think you'll like this present." he sntd, "I made It myself." Tile present? A quart of 00 rn whisky, fmin a charred keg. 8POKANB, Jnn. 31. P The coun cil of the. Turin Credit administration of Spokane met yesterday and will continue to :t today as a board of A I 1 It. unl.. mlll. V Schoente'.d. Corvallls. Ore . n X
