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Newspaper Page TextMr The Weather Forecast: Fair, but with con siderable cloudiness Sunday and Monday. Continued low temperatures. Highest eterday - 4 Lowest yesterday 20 SECTIONS 22 Tribune FORD PAGESTODAY Thirtieth Year MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY. FEBRUARY 2. 1936. No. 267. mil Associated Pres foil United Press MED SHITE. bies mm i - j f By PAUL M ALLAN Copyright. 1936, by Paul Mullon WASHINGTON, Feb. I. -It Is cus tomary for the president to recom f dend a legislative program at the be ginning of a congressional session. A ouiiu uiuutu tiago- ed this year be fore Presldelt presented a. sing le legislative rec- o m m e n d ation. Then It was a pointed sugges tion that con gress find a way to pay that bonus which It was so anxious to pass over his veto. No important P.U L MALLON legisl atlon has been enacted except the bonus; none considered except the substitute farm program. The senate has not even taken the trouble to meet, except upon nlno days during the month. The house has been meeting dally, but mainly to permit congressmen to make poli tical speeches for the record, so that they may be franked free to the vot ers back home. So far this has not been a session of congress, but largely a bt-partlsau political rally at government ex pense. A leather medal for withdrawal of the marine band (rom that patriotic women's banquet here Is being pin ned by admirals upon Assistant Navy Secretary Roosevelt. They have passed the word around that neither they nor Navy Secretary Swanson knew anything about It until the following day. Whether or not this Is true, the navy and marine corps set a, new fleet .record for buck-pasalnfr .of responsi bility. Mr. Swanson told all Inquirers to see Major General Russell, marine commandant. General Russell has al ways maintained the open door policy at his ortlce, but this time he rushed Into seclusion with his aides, an nouncing he was too, too busy. Ques tioners were shied olf to his assistant. Major General Little. General Little Just did not know anything about It. although his office was supposed to have made arrangements lor the .band to attend the banquet. At last reports, the buck had been run down to the last buck private in the marine corps. When Interviewed, he suggested that the marines, re nowned for their discipline, must have decided they did not like the reflection passed upon their commander-in-chief and combusted spon taneously. In all the ensuing row. no one thought to Inquire what the marine band was doing at a private unoffi cial dinner party In the first place. In this connection. It may be notable that Assistant Navy Secrtary Roose velt's secretary was one of the lead ing delegates to the women's confer ence.' Also significant but unnoted was the fact that when the band folded Its Instruments and walked out. It went over to the White House to play for an official function. And the worst of It was that ihe withdrawal orders not only included the band but Cap" Edward Duff, navy chaplain, from delivering the In vocation. Thus the ladles were left prayerless. speechless and without a song. The Incident Is important only as an Illustration of the excrutiatlng but not entirely humorless tension which has completely absorbed Hie capital city. Here Is the reason why Mussolini has suddenly become calmer about the threatened oil embargo: He has been able to store up enough oil to keep his Italian war machine going In Ethiopia for eighteen months. At least, that Is Information which nac reached the charmed circle here. If Mu.isolinl cannot conquer Ethi opia In eighteen months, he can never conquer It, as he well knows. Those published comments about the Landon rsdlo speech did not mean much. Mot were made for po litical effect. More Impressive wao the off-the-record decisions of tin political experts. About twenty-four out of twenty-five top political writ ers privately expressed disappoint ment, not In the speech, but In Lan don's rsdlo style. Accustomed to the radio personal ities of Mr. Roosevelt. Ai Smith, Sen ator Bornh. the new Hoover, et al. the cracker box Jury was too sur prised lo return a definite verdict. Thry did not know wheltter the lack of a Major Bowes voice mould he;.: or hurt Landon politically, tio-n-thought that any stvle different from the many expert ones would be a ro ller Others thouvht that the voice of the Kansas Coolldse would be lost In the existing radio melee. Mr. Roosevelt's political Bdvln.-!. are saying he will nvrr ,ner Al (Continued on tm 6U) EMPHATIC VOTE IS REGISTERED 4 Sales Tax Defeated by 6 to 1 Portland Approves $300,000 Airport Bonds and Street Car Franchise PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 1. IAP) Principal Issues and the results of the voting thereon l.n several Oregon cities Included: Salem: City manager plan de feated. Eugene: Proposal to furnish free light and water to the munici pality defeated: civil service for firemen approved. Marshfleld: Proposed 10.000 bond Issue for docks approved. Oregon City: civil service lor firemen defeated. Medford: Civil service for fire men passed. Albany: Civil service for fire men approved. Corvallls: Proposal for full-time fire department under civil service defeated. pnRTl.AND Feb. 1. (API Ore gon's special election showed defi nitely that this state does not favor a sales tax, that It Is opposed to changing the date of the primaries rmm u.n tA Rentember. that It does not care to allow lt legis lators to set their own salary scaic ..... that I. rfn.i not Intend that student fees at state educational Institutions should be compulsory. The emphatic "No" vote on all four proposals grew In majority as near-complete returns were received tonight. Th. rn.ult. from 1B37 of the state's 1631 precincts showed the following; Primary date change: Yea, 80.354; no, 160.624. Legislators' pay: Yes, 28.213; no 178.007. Sales tax: Yes 31.254; no 181.200. Students' fee: Yes 49,954: no. 157.316. TO a tA 1 defeat of the sales tax, offered to the voters as a means of obtaining match-money to oomin rtral nM air pension funds, was the worst setback the proposal re ceived in tne tnree wme i. been before the electorate. The measure provided for a one-fourth of one per cent tax on gross whole- (Continued on Page Three) TEN HUGE AIRPLANES FOR AMERICAN LINE LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1. (API Orders for ten additional 24-passen-ger Douglas planes were placed to day for the American Airlines by C. R. Smith, president of the trans portation compsny. An order for ten planes recently was placed by the air lines, and the fleet of 20 planes Is expected to be In operation by mid-summer. The planes will be manufactured by the Douglas compsny at Santa Monica, Calif. DeLAPP PROMOTED TO UTILITIES EXAMINER SALEM, Ore.. Feb. 1. (UP, Perry De Lapp, formerly of Klamath Falls, today was promoted to office exam iner of the public utilities depart ment. He succeeded Russell Pratt, who was advanced to the post of sta tlstlcan and rate expert. IONE. Feb. 1. (AP) Winter's coldest nip In Washington was felt here early today when the tempera ture dropped to 15 degrees below zero. Sales Tax Proposition Suffers Third Defeat (B.r the AdMK-lated Pre) Oregon stood alone today as the only count state without a sales tax. The defeat of the proposal In FTi day'a special state election waa the third and by far the most decisive snubbing Oregon voters have given It. California's sates tax became effect ive August 1, 1033. Idaho clamped on a sales tax March 10. 1035. The utate of Washington followed May 1. 1P.1S. , Tlv Idaho supreme court Is expected to rule within a few wks on wheth er the Idaho sales tax Is subject to a referendum. Meanwhile the tax Is bringing in cash for relief. Any sur plus will be divided between schools and :he states general fund. Oir :on voters hr.n rejfcied a 2 per cent retail snd a 1 per cen;wnolesale sales tax by more than a 2'-to-l MATE SWAPPERS Mr. and Mrs. William M. Werder of Redwood City, Calif., are pic tured honeymooning at Del Monte after their marriage completed half of a friendly wife and husband swapping. Werder's former wife, Desfree, and Mrs. Werder's ex-huband, Roy N, Burnett, Jr., are ex pected also to be married. The two wives obtained Reno divorcee. (Associated Press Photo) FIRE DEPARTMENT IS APPROVED HERE Medford voters approved civil ser vice for the fire department at the special election Friday by a majority of 406 votes. The vote In the 21 Medford pre cincts was: Yes 1240 No 834 The vote by precincts was as fol lows: Yea No North Main 60 45 South Main 64 42 North Central 59 31 South Central 44 47 . South Riverside 39 26 North Riverside 58 50 North 7 81 Oakdale 65 24 Newtown 80 King 62 Northeast 73 41 Cottage 73 Southeast 87 35 Queen Anne . 41 32 East 8 16 Southwest 54 3 . South - 9 64 West - 81 30 Kenwood 69 36 Northwest - 19 Haven - 24 'Totals - 1340 834 , 1 . JOHN TOM Word was received here yesterday of the death Saturday of Mrs. John R. Tomlln. beloved Medford resident, at Arrowhead Springs, Calif. The news of her death came as a shock to hundreds of Medford friends, after a news dUpatch last week In dicated that she was recovering from her Illness. Mrs. Tomlln becsme 111 while en route to southern California with her husband and sister, to spend the Christmas holidays. Funeral ar rangements at Medford will be an. nnunred at a latr dst. ratio in July, 1933. The vote was 45.003 yes, snd 167.813 no. The 1933 legislature referred the proposal to the people as a means of easing prop erty taxes. The legislature took the bit In It teeth at tlx second special session of low and passed a l1 per cent school relief sales tax. However an In itiative referendum placed the meas ure before voters who rejected It by more than a 2 -to-1 margin. The count was 64,677 for, and 156.182 against. Th measure votd upon yesterday called for a 2 per cent gross retsll sale tax and a one-fourth of 1 per cent wholesale tales tax. It was de signed to raise between 3.500,000 and 4 000 0000. The 1915 speia. legislature referred the matter to the people, who gave It a blistering beating. HONEYMOON IL IN E ITALY'S SITUATION ROME, Feb. 2. (Sundayl fl, Premier Mussolini talked for two hour on ths titaltattr political' and military situation at a session of the fascist grand council which closed early today. The meeting of the fascist leaders came after Italians had read a warn ing In II Duce s own newspaper that "Italy will defend herself with teeth and nails. She has long been prepared for any eventuality." An official communique concerning the meeting of the grand council, which adjourned until another ses sion Feb. 4, gave no Indication that any Important decisions had been taken. The brief communique did not go Into the nature of the council's dis cussion, but the fact that Mussolini spoke at such length was taken as an Indication the council thoroughly threshed over Italy's position. Although, the announcement did not mention the possibility of a blockade of Italy by sanctlonist na tions. In reliable quarters the belief waa expressed this waa one of the main points in the grand council's discussion. FRUIT PRODUCERS The meeting to which all fruit growers of the Rogue valley have been Invited waa set yesterday for 3 p. m. next Saturday In the Jackson county courthouse auditorium. In setting the time and place of the meeting, Ray Ward, president of the Fruitgrowers League, urged all valley orchard Lsts to attend. The meeting Is to consider a report of a special committee appointed last fall to study the feasibility of eatab IJahlug a cooperative pe cannery here. ETHIOPIANS CLAIM A Bv the Acwclaled Prew) The ''annihilation" of a northern Italian army by Ethiopian warriors was reported Saturday In a Reuters (British) news agency dispatch from Dwye. It said the Italians, under Gen eral Dlamantl, were defeated In the largest battle of the war and that the famous blarkshlrt division "28tb of October" participated In the en gatfement Faaciiims highest leaders gathered In Rome under Premier MiiMollnl for a crucial meeting of the grand coun cil. They csme together shortly after II Dure s owi newspaper said in an editorial that a blockade of Italy la possible and that surh a step by sanctlonlsts would mesn a European war. Emperor Halle Selassie sought to bulwark his eruthrn army, report edly falling back before bard driving Italian motorized columns. n inTrn ni i iii iii i w iii iihii ii n UUuItU KUIVI HtAU tA-NUKot nlNIo SAYS COMMISSION FOR FALL' Allen Declares Practices Not in Public Interest Mc- Mahan Veritable 'Bull in China Shop' Is Accusation! PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 1. (AP) A blistering criticism of the policies of the Oregon liquor control commission was made today by Jack E. Allen, whose resignation as administrator became effective today. The ex-admlnlstrator declared the practices of the present commtston are not In the public Interest "and will lead to Its downfall and the re peal ol the law." Allen was particularly outspoken In his reference to Arthur K. Mr Mahan of Albany, chairman of the commis sion. He said McMahan "has been a veritable bull In a china shop." "It has been apparent, even to the casual observer," Allen declared, "that Chairman McMahan has been attempting to use his office to fur ther his own political ambitions." The Allen statement continued: "During the last few months he (McMahan) has absolutely dominated the commission, dictated its policies, its personnel and even routine mat ters connected with the operation of (Continued on Page fbree) L READY TO FLOW ; ..WASHINGTON. b. l.r-(APV Pliesh Brants of federal aid ar raady to start flowing to 13 itates and tne District of Columbia next weeK in the inauguration of what New Deal officials call the nation's widest step toward social security. Other states are rapidly being added to the list and before the end of this fiscal yeer half of the states will be receiving aid In one form or another from the social security program. The social security board has asked $490,000 for the aged In Idaho and (18.000 for the relief of the blind In the same state. NATIONAL- DEBT FAR FROM LIMIT NBW YORK, Feb. 1. (P) Dr. O. M. Sprague, former economlo adviser to the Bank of England and former monetary consultant to the U. a. treasury, ssld today the national debt could expand safely to MO.000,000, provided there was a tapering off in annual deficits. Bpeaklng extemporaneously before the Columbia university club forum on publlo affairs, the Harvard pro fessor of banking and finance said the national debt could attain the 4C.000.000.000 total ""without weak ening of government credit. 1 1 BAR TO INJUNCTION BAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 1. (AP) The Sailors' Union of the Pacific pe titioned the United States district court today to dismiss an Injunction suit filed by the International Sta men's Union and dissolve a tempo rary Injunction which had tied up the sailors' union funds and prop erty. Attorney Albert Mlchelson, who filed the petition, said It attacked the I. S. U. suit on technical grounds, contending the psrent organisation, under Its constitution, la not author ised to Institute such action and that the complaint doea not state a fit cauae for action. BONNEVILLE FISHWAYS 50 PER CENT COMPLETE BONNEV1LLK, Ore., Feb. 1. (AH) Contractors for Bonneville dm said today work on the flshways was nearly 50 per cent completed. Work on the cribs also progressed rapidly this week. It waa declared, and con. tlnued dry weather was expected to further speed work. SPOKANE. Feb. 1 (AP) Olrls at tending the Epworth lysgue Institute here today condemned by rewlutlon the growth of the smoking habit among women and disapproved of feminine cigarette advertising poses aa "degrading to womanhood In gen eral." Nearly J00 girls attended from eastern Washington and north Idaho. NEW REVELATIONS IN BRUNO CASE Texas Woman Quizzed by New Jersey Investigators Nursed Man Resembl- ing Isidor Fisch, Is Claim DALLAS, Tex.. Feb. I. (UP) Gov ernment Investigators said tonight they understood that the story of Mrs. Roy Hailman of Pampa, Tex., re garding the connection of Isidor Fisch with the kidnaping of Charles Lindbergh, Jr.. was investigated thor oughly more than a year ago. Her story was examined at that time by Attorney General David C. Wilentx of New Jersey and Col. Nor man Schwartzkopf, head of the New Jersey state police. The government has no further Interest at this time In her story, they said. PAMPA. Tex., Feb. 1. (UP) A possibility that a new angle of tne Lindbergh baby murder case may be uncovered waa revealed tonight when it was learned that Mrs, Roy Hal la- man, of Pampa, had been questioned by two men representing themselves as New Jersey Investigators. Mrs. Hailman, former nurse and wife of a Pampa oil man, more than a year ago said that a man suffering from tuberculosis she had nursed In Colorado several years ago resembled photographs she had seen of Isidor Fisch. Fisch was the man from whom Bruno Richard Hauptman, convicted slayer of the Infant son of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh, claimed ha ob tained the ransom money found in hla garage. Mrs. Hailman said ths men gave their names as J. W. Pelotroau and Ed. Jackson, They told her that they wore officers .from Trenton, N. J. She described to them the patient she had nursed In Colorado, and ex plained points of similarity which led her to believe he was Fisch, the Ger man furrier, whose death several months after the Lindbergh baby was kidnaped removed, perhaps, an im portant witness sought by the state In the trial of Hauptmann. ISLANDERS BATTLE HUNGER AND COLD BALTIMORE, Md Feb. 1.UP) Hundreds of residents on two ice bound islands In lower Chesapeake bay battled hunger and cold tonight as military and civil authorities rushed plans to send aid by air. Thick ice which stretched from shore to shore marooned Tangier and Smith 'Islands, where food supplies were virtually exhausted and Illness was prevalent. Forced to abandon relief attempts because of darkness, plans were made to send 1.000 pounds of food and medical supplies to the Islands Sun day In a blimp. If possible. Army bombers will follow later with addi tional thousands of pounds of sup plies. 4- OF Mrs. Donna Graffls, beloved Phoenix resident and pioneer of southern Ore gon, psssed away at a local hospital lat Saturday night following an op eration undergone t week ago. A complete obituary will appear in this pnper at later dale. Mass Migration of Jews Planned From Germany WASHINGTON. Feb. 1. (VP) Plana for one of the greatest maaa migrations In history, In which more than 100.000 would leave Germany in protest salnat antl - semltlsm, were announced tonight by the na tional conference for Palestine, at tended by prominent Jews from aU over the world. They announced they would start raising $16,000,000 to aend European Jews, wearied of persecution In cen tral snd eastern Kuropean countries, to other lands. Detail of the plan. nnouned by Simon Marks, British rhaln store uiNKiifii. vVrt.i'rd the hope that at least 50.000 of the Jews would find refuge in Palestine. The remainder would go to western European coun tries and to the Americas. Delegates to the conferei.r In cluded Sir Hubert Samuel, former Five Saturdays In February; 7 th Time Since 1752 XEV YORK, Feb. 1..VD To day waa tle first of five Saturdays In February. It won't happen again until 1964. The fact the first day of the month was Saturday and this Is a leap year la responsible. It's the seventh time slnco the Georgian calendar whs adopted In Great Britain and this countrty In 1752 that the month will have had five Saturdays. BULLIS IS NAMED LONG WITH FIRM Promotion of Beth Bullls to the position occupied by the late J. C. Thompson wss announced yesterday by the California Oregon Power com pany. The post will be known aa district manager Instead of division manager, aa the position waa called when occupied by Mr. Thompson. Mr. Bullls, who lives at IB Flor ence avenue, has been a resident of Medford since 1913.-He became affiliated with the California Ore. gon Power compauy in November, 1018, as superintendent of the Rogue river division under Harry Walther, then division manager. After five years Mr. Bullls was appointed construction superinten dent for erection of a transmission line made necessary by expansion of the company. When the line was completed he waa named assistant to the generating aupertntendent. For the past ten yeara Mr. Bullls has been engaged largely In acci dent prevention work. In his new position ho will retain contact with the safety work of the copco system ( PEN PRIVILEGES JOLIET, ni.. Feb. (UP) Nathan Leopold broke his self-imposed sil ence today and from his cell at State- vllle prison denied that he and Rich ard Loeb, co-klller- of little Bobby Franks, had lived In luxury denied to other prisoners. "I don't want biag." be sal'l but there was a toil reason for the jobs we held (director of the prison correspondence oboe.. . "We were the only ones In the prl son able to hold Jobs like that." Leopold, whoso companion died of razor slashes Inflicted by a fello convict, made It clear that superior Intellect and not the bribing of pri son guarda made their special eov ployment possible. VALLEY COLD SPELL IS DUE 10 Continued low temperatures today and tomorrow were forecast by the meteorlogleal bureau fist night. Fair weather but with considerable cloudi ness wss predicted. Maximum temperature tcsterday was 40 degrees as compared with 49 Friday. Yesterday's low of 30 degrees was two under Friday's minimum and only one degree above the sea son's lowest mark of 19 registered In November. The mercury last night was hovering two degrees under the corresponding marks of the night be fore. Brltth home secretary and first British high commiMloner for Psles tlne and Lord Bears ted, chairman of the British Shell Oil Co. Marks outlined a four-year pro gram of migration In which Jews between the ages of 17 and 8ft will attempt to become self supporting In other nations. European Jewry is expected ' to furnish $ft.000.000 of the needed amount, with the re mainder being collected In this country. "Wa are hopeful, Marks said, "that at least 60 per cent of the emigrants will find a home in Pales tine, where they can find dignity again In the reconstruction of our ancient homeland." Msrka bitterly assailed the nasi government for dlsfranch'slng Ger man Jewa snd ' forcing them into the ghett again.' OVERWHELM ALL STATEJEASURES Thirty Per Cent Vote Cast in County Sales Tax Hit Hard Three Pre cincts Only Opposed Jaokson county voters at the e- clal election Friday voiced decisive protests sa:nst sll four measures on tno state ballot by overwhelming ma jorities. In Medford. the voters sDDroved of civil service for the fire department by a majority of on votes. The fury of the voters reached Its height against the state measure to sllow members of the legislature to fix their own pay. The least majority waa registered against the sales tax. Intended to provide funds for old age pensions. The students fee bill earn next. With nine of the 70 precinct In the county missing, the county vote (Continued on Page Ten) HEAVY RAINS FALL LOS ANGELES, Feb. 1 (tjpi Blanketing California from San Di ego north to San Francisco, heavy rains fell tonight, particularly along tne oan Bernardino mountain, where an acute flood danger threatened more than a hundred families near Ontario. A small cloudburst In the tooth 111. above the San Antonio height area; at Ontario caused settling basins to become clogged with debris u the water swept Into residential district. Storm warnings were posted alorur the coastline from Sari Diego to Point Arguello and small craft eouttled to safety. . In moat section, there waa no fear of flooda but the heavy downpour near Ontario fell upon hill already denuded of vegetation by forest fire last summer. One street was washed out after a debris basin was filled and overflowed. An Inch of rain fell In a few minute In some spot. OF Southern Psclflo railway official stated yesterday that Medford citi zens should note that stsrtlng to day No. 329, morning train from Portland, Is due to leave Medford at 8:33, but can leave Central Point a early aa 8:09 a, m., arriving In Med ford at 8:10 a. m., and that those meeting arrival on this train should bear this In mind. Northbound evening train No. 830 can reach Medford a early a 7:M p. m. but will not leave before 8KM p. m. WASHINGTON TOWNSEND CLUBS GAINING RAPIDLY SPOKANE, Wash., Feb. l(UP) State area manager Carl V. Blackraon, Seattle, natd here today that Wash ington Townsend clubs are gaining 10.000 members a month. Blackmon apoke before 10 dele gates from 9S fifth congressional dls- . trlct clubs In the semi-annual con vention. 4 VOTE BY TOWNS Th, vote in the city of Medford. with all precincts complete, on Stat messures was a follows: Primary Change Tes 831 No 1904 Leglslstors Compensation Tes 3M No - 39.M Ssles Tax Yea 4 No . - 1334 Students' Fees Tes 841 No 1383 The vote on th meaauret In til Ashland precinct, with one missing, was: primary Change Yes 313 No - 131 lslNlntors' Cnmnenflatlnn Yes 123 No 407 Siilra Tax Yea 818 No - - - 739 NtlKlriils' Tees Ye 379 No 780 The vote In the Incorporated tovns of the county on measures wis: (Continued on Fags Cta)