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The Weather Forecast: Unsettled with rain or snow, rising temperature Sunday and Monday; warmer Monday. Hip heat esterdajr ..... fig Loh est j esterday , .., Tribune Medford SECTIONS 22 PAGESTODAY Tliii iA'tb Year Full Associated Press MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, FEBRUARY 9, If full United Pre No. 273. M aa iFijr sI&Ih' aaH 111LL RIEflBS E I NyS I GOVERNOR IVES lly P.ltL MALI.OX. (Copyright. 1936, by Paul Malion) WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. There wa uneasiness In the cloakrooms before the senate took tip the revised farm bill. Senator Bank head was 111. He waa one of the few 1 e g 1 alators with a heart for the bill strong enough to cham pion It enthusi astically. In hl absence the duty was to fall upon the s h r 1 n king shoulders of Agriculture PALL MALLON Chairman (Cot ton Ed I Smith. Many a new deal farm burden has been carried by Senator Smith, but not with enthu siasm. In fact. Mr. Smith was quoted by his colleagues as saying the night before that he did not know whether he would "champion that dad-bummed bill or not." At least that la an expurgated account. In the end. he did champion it with a smile. His championship waa so brief and broad, however, that the press galleries felt he had not vet digested his own report, which was. In reality, prepared by the AAA .crowd. And bis smile was so broad that wily Republican Leader McNary. who was tying him in constitutional knots, once Invited him to be serious. Behind this rollicking incident may be found an enlightening evalu ation of the farm bill by those who know It best. Most of the agricultural legislators .vnt woimtor Rnnlchendi rjrlvatelv suspect that crop control disirulsed a a soil erosion program is prooaoiy as unconstitutional as the original AAA. The disguise Is too thin for .them, although of course they are not go ing to say that out loud. It waa upon their Inside insistence that l provision was added, setting up a permanent (1038) crop control pro gram to be administered through the atates. Indeed, even this did not satisfy them. They later Insisted on, and obtained from the AAA crowd, another provision permitting the state control system to be put into effect Immediately. They all know, of course, that It cannot be put Into effect Immediate ly or within a year. State machinery will take time. Btit they are sure this method Is constitutional. Imme diate authorisation of It helps to cover up their doubts about the tem porary soil erosion method. Pew congressmen are happy about It. Approving Chairman A&hurst of the Judiciary committee likened it to skating. On skates, only half of your course lies within your own power, the other half depending on where the skatea take you. The congressmen will be even more unhappy when they find out In a few months where the skates take the AAA crowd. It Is more than a guess that the AAA-era will trust In their firm belief of the constitutionality of the sou erosion method and will not harten to puthe cumbersome, If not Inefficient, state method Into effect, cither Immedlstely or any time soon. If you start putting two and two together In connection with recent governmental development, you will get some highly Important answers. For Instance. President Roosevelt's withdrawal of appropriations from lrnding agencies, plus his repeal of the Bankliead act, etc., plus hi new federal reserve board ha convinced his most moderate wing of advisers that the new deal furniture la being re-arranged in accordance with sound rules of Interior decoration. Add to this the significant qui etude of Messrs. Hopkins and Ickes lately. Spending Mr. Hopkins ha not ssld anything unconstructlve since he bit C4overnor Landon. weeks so. Mr. Ickes haa not Jibed anyone since he called Ocnerai Johnson a somrthlrfg or other. You may be certain that these merry lads are not qulpless by per sons! preference. Word also comes from Inside that whatever rearrangement have been and will be made, are entirely Mr Roosevelt's om-n Ides. That 1. none or the various school of presidential ad'isers happen to have the presi dential ear st the moment. Tne lat ent movea appear to be entirely on hi own Initiative. Prrrst and easiest of all "Oncres flonsl commute.-, Is tje senate agri cultural committee. The fsrra bill rf from there, or ratiier paused t iere for cnnMlt utlonal refsclng on ls sy fro:n ')ie office of AAA-er ( :i.tt Dsvls. where It orlglnsted. R'culsr hangers-on at the commit tee incl-.ie a variety of unofficial cnttnu experts. Father coiehlln'f WaVTlrlI;-on lit- t-e and a (Continued 00 P SU) TO GET FEDERAL FUNDS FOR AGED Early Action Due and Waits Legal Opinion State Co-operates. SALEM, PCb. 8. (AP) Qorernoi Martin took steps today to provide for an Immediate application for fed eral funds to match stato and county contributions for old age pensions. - As soon as a legal Interpretation can be' received from the attorney general's office, the state relief com mittee will be directed to make the j formal application as a result of the ! filing of the referendum on senate ' bill 43 which would hive diverted funds for straight relief the gover nor said. The formal statement Issued by the executive declared: "I have Just been advised by the secretary of state that petitions, re ferring to the people at the Novem ber election senate bill 43 (Chapter 60. Oregon Laws, 1935, special session) have been filed In his office, which petitions apparently contained the necessary number of signatures. Whether or not the number of sig natures required by law has been obtained cannot be learned with cer tainty until a detailed check has been made by the state department. "Assuming that senate bill 43 nas been referended, I am advised by the attorney general that tho original old age pension act of 1935 (chapter 407) Is now contingently In effect, de pending upon whether or not federal funds thereunder for old age assist ance are made available to the resi dents of this stato under provisions of the federal social security act. "I am also, .studying .the effect, of the act for "the relief of Indigent and unemployable percons (Oregon Laws, 1935 chapter 303) as affected by senate bill 65 (Oregon Laws, 1935. special session, chapter 56). "A study of these laws and of the existing statutes relating to public relief Is now being made at my re quest by the attorney general and the state relief committee to deter mine the present status of the exist lng laws relating to old age assist ance and public relief. t "I have always been a strong advo cate of old age pensions and I re main solicitous for the proper care and attention of our aged people." PORTLAND, Ore., Feb. 8. (AP) The state relief committee stands ready to swing Into action on any old age assistance program legally ap proved, Elmer Goudy, state relief ad ministrator, said today. He pointed out that any pension program would have to be certified as constitutional by tho Oregon at torney general and then be accepted by the social security board and Its attorneys at Washington before be coming effective. Goudy estimated there are about 17.800 persons In Oregon over 05 years of age who would be needy and able to qualify for assistance. He pointed out the federal program, with which the Oregon law waa des ignated to dovetail, does not provide for a straight pension. Assistance Is given according toneed. up to 30 monthly. It was estimated the pensions, hslf to be paid by the federal government and half by the state or the state and counties combined, would aver age $20 a month. This would make the annual pen sion load M .29 1,200. The load would be 96,436,800 at the rate of jO a month, Goudy said he would go to Salem Monday and confer with the attor ney general about the law. There it Indication that the age limit will remain at TO years under the pension act of t'.ie 1936 regular legislative session. The referendum proceedings filed at Salem yesterday held up the special session pension law lowering the age to 65 years and transferring 41.000,000 from the pen sion to general relief funds. E Oregon: Generally cloudy Sunday; occasional snow or rain In northwest and snow In northeast portion; slow er rising temperature In north por tion; frreh to strong southeast wind off coa.'t. with galea otf north coast. SAV FRANC I6CO. Feb 8 (AP Weekly outlook for western states for wee of February 10 to 16. Inclusive: Oenerally fair except snows or rains 1 n Pacific Northwest first of week fcnd by middle of week In California iti the plateau region; temperatures lightly below normal; rising alter muddle of week. Moon Stages Show With Vivid Corona Medford and valley residents who looked skyward last night witnessed a relatively rare spec tacle. They saw a corona, celestial phenomenon produced by beams of moonlight shining through high clouds composed of Ice particles. The corona consisted of two concentric circles. The Inner cir cle was a vivid blue outlined by a fringe of reddish brown. The outside circle was pale blue, the rim being streaked with all the colors of the rainbow. The moonlight, reflected sun shine, striking the Ice particles broke up the solar spectrum, thus giving the variety of colors, the weather bureau explained. The cold wave that blew In from the north Friday abated yes terday and rue official forecast was for unsettled weather with rain or snow and rising tempera tures today and tomorrow, warmer tomorrow. DURANT, GENERAL MOTORS FOUNDER, NOW AJM)PT Only Assets His Clothing Once Worth Millions, the Depression Crushed Him NEW YORK, Feb. 8. (UP) Wil liam C. Durant, founder of the giant Oeneral Motors corporation and direc tor of the Investment of more than a billion dollars In the boom stock market of 1928. filed a voluntary peti tion In bankruptcy today, listing debts of close to $1,000,000. ' 'To" offset those debts'; the' "nVTancfer, once worth many millions, had only his clothing to list as assets In his petition to the federal court. He put them down as worth $250. Durant has been broke many times before In a turbulent career In fin ance and manufacturing. He came out of prevloust depressions to make more millions. The last one hit him harder. Tn recent years ha has turn ed his hand to various enterprises In efforts to recoup his losses, but an Increasing number of judgments ob tained by creditors forced him to de clare himself a bankrupt. His most recent position was presi dent of the Pomeroy-Lay Land Co.. and It was as such that he described himself In the bankruptcy petition. He listed debts totaling $914,213, the Individual items ranging from $9,987 to $174,000. The Pomeroy-Day company Is a comparatively small concern holding property in Flint, Mich. STATE JUSTICES AT Half a hundred attorneys attended the dinner-meeting sponsored at Val entine's cafe last night by the South era Oregon Bar association In honor of the Justices of the state supreme court. All of the justices were present ex cepting Judge Henry J. Bean, who was unable to come to Medford because of the Illness of his wife. Tom Miller, president of the asso ciation, presided and called upon the supreme court Justices and several Medford attorneys for talka. Judge Harry D. Norton spoke on behalf of the circuit court over which he pre sides In Jackson and Josephine coun ties. Justice Harry H. Belt described the working of the supreme court; Justice John L. Rand spoke on the friendship existing between the bench end the bar and recalled many contacts with the southern Oregon bar. Justice George Rossman commented on the growth of the bar In the Unit ed Suva aa compared with that of England and Canada, saying that tn this country there waa one lawyer for every 566 persons whereas In the other two countries there was one attorney for every 1.200 persons. Justice J. O. Bailey described the reception accorded the supreme court to new members and Justice Percy R. Kelly dwelled on the kinship of law yers and the law, emphasising that work waa the paramount command ment. Chief Justice James V. Camp bell summed up the addresses of his colleagues. Talks also were given by Oua New bury and Evan Rearaea. The meeting adopted a resolution expressing tbe bar's sorrow ovr the recent death of Judge William Col vtg. A resolution regretting the 111 nrss of Justice Bean's wife si so waa adopted. In a tliird resolution the Justice re thanked for coming to Medford for the dinner and meeting LOS ANGELES 'EXPEDITIONARY FORCE' AT BORDER In a move designed to item the flow of transients and Indigents Into California, Lot Angelea dis patched squada of policemen to border points throughout the state to cull them out, Hera la the aquad assigned to the checking station at Truckee in the 8ierra Nevada In northern California on on of tha main trunk highways coming Into California (left to right): H. J. Qramm, Charles Fromm, H. A. Wet zel, Police Sergeant Don G. Douglas. L. Q. Weitzel, E. W. Benton, Jack Etlery and Frank Durham. (Associated Press Photo) CITIZEN AT Man Claiming Long Resi dence in Bear State Tells Story" of rlorhbrbok "Re ception; 8 Quit Train Here Medford played host Saturday to eight travelers eager to testify that California's much-vauntea welcome haa turned decidedly sour and the highly recommended sunshine is meant only for those who arrive in lordly array. The light, rounded up Thursday at Hornbrook by the re cently established Los Angeles po lice "bums barricade," were forced to spend the night in the old and deserted Hornbrook hotel building which hia been reopened as a sort of Jat). Friday they were herded aboard a freight car and sent back north, hunger forcing them to de train here Friday night. The Los Angeles police apparently are not so much concerned about the origin of their would-be visitors, aa about the gtate of their finances. Jamea Taylor, who claims long residence in the sunshine state, left his home, 1374 Normandy street. Hollywood, on December 17 to visit a sister who waa 111 In Olympla. Wash. The Californian was en route home Thursday when rounded up with the other travelers at Horn brook and refused admittance. Hera Is Taylor's story. "I have lived In California for many years, owning property, pay ing taxes and trying to get ahead In a business way, I am a veteran (Continued on Page Ten) IL DUCE BLAMES . ALL ON BRITISH LONDON, Feb. ft (Sunday) (AP) The Sunday Observer In an Inter view today quotes Premier Musso lini aa saying the British "have turned a colonial war into what may be a worldwide disaster.' The Interview was with Sir Arnold Wilson, a member of parliament. Referring to the now dead Hoare Laval peace proposal, H Duos waa quoted: "I bad alresdy drafted a cautious formula of acceptance as a basis of negotiation . . . when the news came out that you gentlemen In London who had praised Sir Samuel Hoare so highly in September had dls missed him with Ignominy Decem ber 19. "As a direct result of your action much Ethiopian and some Italian blood roust be spent. You have pro longed the war. A great responsi bility Ilea on you." Sir Arnold said Mussolini "looked tired but robust. Stories, he con tinued, of "his lmjjendlng decay or demise may safely pe Wrnored" for he will "remain at the helm until the hand of death remorea him.' H ha r ton on Jib SALTM, Ore.. Feb. 8 (AP, Wal lace 8. fflufk Wharton. eierutlve secretary to Ooiemar Martin In charge of the budget department, took office here today. VAN VLACK FOUf GUILTY; WILL HANG FOR WIFE MURDER TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Feb. 8. (AP) Douglas Van Vlack, bushy-haired Tacoman, was convicted today of the murder of hia pretty young former wife; MlldrrM look.' antPwltl appear next Tuesday to receive the death sentence the Jury recommended. The verdict flndfog him guilty of first degree murder and recommend ing that he be executed was return ed to District Judge Adam B. Bar clay this afternoon at 3:15 mountain time after the Jury had deliberated since. 6:10 last night. Mrs. Carl Van Vlack, mother of the defendant, took her son Into her arms and kissed and comforted him, whispering reassurance Into hia ear. Joseph F. Hook, father of the slain girl, said only "The state of Idaho gave me Justice." Van Vlack himself apparently waa unmoved by the verdict. As the fate ful words were read, he evidenced the same stolidity that he haa main tained almost constantly since his arrest. Only during hia cross exam ination did his calm attitude fall. Leo Teata, Tacoma attorney who fought doReedly to convince the Jury that Van Vlack was Insane at the time of the killing and had been for some months previously, said the conviction would be appealed. Attorney Oeneral Bert H. Miller, who directed the trial for the state, praised the Jurora for their courage. F 'NEW DEAL' FOES NEW YORK. Feb. 8. (AP) Post master Oeneral Jamea A. Farley as sailed critics who called President Roosevelt's policies "socialistic" with a charge tonight that they were "certain sources which always seek end welcome special privileges at the hands of tha government." The chairman of the New York state and national Democratic com mittees told New York poetoffloe em ployes at a dinner in hia honor that the p reel dent has not been shaken "one lota In hia conviction that the needs of every citizen and every group of clttaens la entitled to Just and fair consideration at the hands of the government." NEUTRALITY ACT WASHINOTON, Feb. IWAP) Congreaidonal leaders abandoned their campaign for Immediate en actment of permanent neutrality leg islation today In an attempt to bring adjournment of congress by May 1. Chairman PIttman (D.. Nev.) of the senate foreign relations commit tee dlncIosd the new strategy. He forecast the committee would report promptly a resolution to extend for one year tbe temporary ban on ship ment of arms snd munitions to bel ligerents. That will expire February 2. H add! there will be "such mndmnt in thr form of addi tional lpglAls'ion as will not Justify unlimited debate." OF STATE RNANCES Treasurer Here On Visit Holds Funds Should Not Be""'Frozen' ' ' Answers Governor, Oov. Charles H. Martin, In an Asso ciated Press dlapatch from Salem Fri day, branded as false the rumors that 11 and a half million dollars were lying Idle In, the state treasury, say ing that all money now on hand la obligated. The governor added that "persons familiar with the state's financial condition know that we have a deficit of more than a million dollars, with an added delinquency in excess of 814,000,000." State Treasurer Rufus C. Holman, in Medford with Mrs. Holman visiting old friends while In southern Oregon to attend the Oregon Law Enforcement association meet In Orants Paaa where Holman waa to speak, yesterday made the following statement: "Certainly we have a deficit of over a million dollars. But we have 11 and a half million dollars actually In the banka and had over 14 mlllllons a abort time ago. True, that money Is all obligated for certain purposes, to be used ultimately for tha purpose for which It la Intended. "It Is my notion that these funds should not be froeen, but should be (Continued on Page Ten) PEACE PACTS FOR WASHINGTON, Feb. 8. (PP) A move by the United State to consoli date the peace machinery of the western hemisphere was revealed to night with tac.lt official admission that President Roosevelt la planning short ly to Issue invitations to an all American peace conference. Tha president plans, It waa stated, to issue invitations to all govern ments of the two Amerlcaa aa soon aa Paraguay and Bolivia have returned formally and officially to tha waya of peace and have officially resumed dip lomatic relatione. It waa understood that at this con ference an attempt may be made to work out a formula which will replace the Monroe Doctrine aa tha bulwark of American natlona against aggres sion from overseas. ' 4 APPEALS REPORT PORT ORFORD. Ore., Feb. 8. (AD Gilbert Oable, head of the several rorporationa developing this area. announrd today a formal appeal would be made In opposition to the United Btat army engineers' adverse report reganJIna; proposed improvement to the port here. He Mid he did not regard the situation aa discouraging apd Indicated con struction of the dx ould proceed. Society Lady Takes Her 2nd M'divani PALM BEACH. Fla.. Feb. 8. (AP) Louise Van Alen, of New port and Palm Beach, was mar ried this noon to her second Mdtvanl prince. Tn the flower -bedecked Van Alen villa, wUt. members of the family and friends watching, tha 33-year-old aoclety belle, divorced in 1932 from the late Prince Alexis Mdtvanl, became the bride of her erstwh lie brother-in-law. Prince Serge Mdlvanl, 33. The bride, great granddaughter of the late Mrs. William Astor who once ruled New York society, married Prince Alexia Mdlvanl May 15. 1931, and divorced him at The Hague In 1033. T OVERJID-WEST Sub-Zero Cold and Storm Paralyzes Rail Traffic Fuel Shortage Feared. CHICAOO. Feb. 8. (AP) A bl! zord, whirling along a wave of sub-zero cold, howled out of tha west tonight In winter's bitterest assault of tha year. Racing 38 miles an hour across eastern Iowa bound for the lake atates, It plummeted temperatures 30 to 80 degrees, paralysed rail and high way transportation, and added from two to six Inches of new covering on tha two-foot of snow already on the ground In that state. Additional deaths, a general Inter- xuptlon - of traffla--schedules, new misery and suffering were reported all over the plains states as the mer cury dropped under aero aa far south aa Texas. Hill city, 8. D., saw the column fall to 53 below. The onslaught of the storm waa so awlft that 400 persons, attending a dedication, were marooned all ntgbt in a school house at Radium, Kas. Further west, temperatures moderat ed after Friday's sudden storm brought Denver its coldest day since 1870 mlnu 35 and three deatha from highway accidents In that state. But tha western storm waa due to reach Indiana during tha night and speed on to Ohio, the central forecast office said. Along the Atlantlo coast, shipping was delayed by storms and New York waa awaiting a blltrard predicted for Sunday, unless conditions changed. A halt doeen freight trains were burled In Iowa anowdlfta and as many or more through passenger trains were held up at stations while the storm raged. Only through trains moved Ui Nebraska, and rail service waa seriously affected in southern Minnesota and South Dakota. Because of tha drifts hlghwaya to tha lignite mines In South Dakota were blocked and a serious shortage, of fuel threatened towns In the northwestern section. Similar plights ware reported many other places. Malt land, Mo., caught In Its worst storm of tha season without fuel, ap pealed to Governor Parks, who or dered two carloads shipped. Kewa nee. III., bins were exhausted and miners found It difficult to get to work because of a heavy anow. KILLER GIVES UP t MVTNO6T0N, Mont., Fab. 8 (UP) Sullen, and with tha possibility that several of hia toes will hare to be amputated, Rudolpn Holly, 34-year-old suspected slayer and kid naper of two persona, aat In a Park county Jail cell under heavy guard corltfut) awaiting probable ext-raditiou to Wisconsin to face flrnt degree murder charges. Unable to withstand longer tha extreme cold of a SA-degree below aero temperature, Hoi ley waa arrest ed at Deaconess hospital in Bore man early today after ha had applied for treatment for hia badly froeen feet and hands. Hia arrest ended a two-day flight westward a crone Montana, during which time ha kidnaped two per sona In his efforts to escape. Sheriffs Alert VANCOl.VER. Wash., Feb. 8.-(AP The Washington Sheriffs' associa tion gave aharp scrutiny of tha pow ers snd duties delegated to atate highway patrolmen, at a meeting here today. 7ern Heallier Blare LtWISTON. Idaho, Feb. 8. (AP) Tha three -story Mason-Ehrman ware house building lay in ruins today, de stroyed by a fire which defied fire men In sera weather. POLITICAL CHIEF, DIES SU0DENLY Former Vice-President Suf fers Heart Attack-From Tepee to Prominence Capital Stunned. "noninuiUN, Feb. 8. (AP, h 'U ' "'"n Public ot- . nee. died unexpectedly ni . i . attack today ,t th(, ,ge 0I 78 thick of Republican political combat, and. denplte hi g,. death cam juit , he wa planning- a return to the arena a champion o hi old Irlcnd and fellow Kansan. Got. AJf I-andon. for the pridency. HI passing .hocked the capital. Expression of regret from thou now "gn in tiw government quickly attested a popularity which took no account of tha party line, by whlcn hi own political career waa rigidly governed. President Roosevelt (aid he was "deeply distressed." Senator Capper, also of Kansas. one of the first to call at the home which Curtla shared with hia sltr, Mr. Dolly Oann, announced the funeral would take plac Tuesday t iopeaa. ine Dody, he said, would leave Washington tomorrow night. Tor several dy Curtis had been suffering from a cold. Thl morning no seemed much Improved, and, en coursged, Mrs. Oann went shopping. Sometime afterward Curtis auffered a heart attack. A frightened maid phoned Mr. Oann to return at one and called Dr. George K. Calrer, congressional physician. Both rushed t to the hrubbery surrounded house In pievelsnd park, but the former vloe-presldent w dead before either arrived. Dr. Oalver returned to the capital, called news papermen and hahded them a brief statement: "The Honorable ' Charle Curtli, former vice-president of the United State of America, died of a heart attack at 10:39 thl date." Meanwhile In the living room et the home, Mr. Oann walked back and forth until Immediate member of the family had been notified. Repeatedly, ahe expressed regret that she had been unable to reach th home a few minute earlier. "He died easily," .he aaid. Tn so glad he didn't suffer." Then he retired- to her room weeping. Prom the White House, President Roosevelt Issued a statement: ','1 am deeply distressed to Warn of the sudden passing of my old friend. Chsrles Curtis," ths Presi dent said. "Whether they knew him as a senator, as the vice-president of the United States, or a tha man that he was In his own right, hi legion of friends will remember him. always affectionately, and -will mourn hi passing." "I was always fond of him." said Vice-President Onrner. "I was asso ciated with him In the house and then the senate. He was a fin man and a good friend." Curtis' successor s Republican leader, Senator McNary of Oregon, praised htm a "a quiet and yet successful Republican leader" and a "popular and efficient presiding of ficer when he wa vlc-preldent. He added: "He wa an able and lOTssbl character." Curtl was born In I860, on a farm near North Topeka, th son of a Kansas pioneer, Capt. Orren A Curtis who had married a girl of Indlsn descent. Curtis, himself, ws one-eighth Kaw Indian, the only person of uch neestry ever elected to the vioe-presldency. . . - FATE THIS MONTH SAN JOSr. Cal, Feb. (UP) David Lamaon. former leader of dra matic and Journalism on the Stan ford university campus, will know hi final fate on wife murder charge, by th end of February, It wa Indicated today. Lamson ha been waiting three year for the answer Jury of seven men nd five women I expected to ; give him In the current trlsl. Regardless of the verdict, th pres ent trial 1 expected to close the case. If Lamson I convicted of sec ond degree murder chsrge or leas aerlous count, It appeared likely hi straightened finance would prevent an extensive serle of sppesls. If he I acquitted, of course the raw U ended. If the Jury deadlock, at it did tn hi second Mat. I w con sidered unlikely Sant Clara count, would seek to prosecute again. lake Lamson It has felt keenly th effect on It pocketbook of continued prosecution.
