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Newspaper Page TextMerchants Feature Washington Birthday Sale Saturday and , The Weather Forecast: Unsettled with Ufht ralm tonight and Thursday. Little change In temperature. TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday 89 Lowest this morning 42 Thirtieth Year By Paul Mannon Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mai Ion WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. A porten tlous story behind the TVA decision was hinted rather broadly on Justice Brandels' face. The liberal leader on the su preme court bench winced and clucked his tongue when Chief Justice Hughes ruled A that any power company stock -holders have the right to sue the government o n all these federal power projects. PAUL MALLON Again Brandels flushed noticeably and bit his own words off with Indignation when bis turn came to object to that sole phase of their Joint eight to one rul ing. It waa plainly not' Just a Judicial disagreement over a legal technicality. Brandels waa aroused. Now when Brandels geta so excited about Hughes voting with him, you may be sura there Is something wrong about the unanimity of the court. Shrewd court lawyers thought they could see clearly what It was. Bran dels scented a pyrrhlc victory for bis side. A good many court lawyers agreed that, while the government won . the case, It might prove, to be an ex tremely costly decision in years to' come. . What Hughes said was that Wilson dam was constitutional because It was built for legitimate national de fense and navigation purposes. There fore any power Incidentally generated from It In peace tlmea could legally be sold In whatever way the govern ment wanted to sell It. But no other dam on the Tennessee river or any other river stands up to exactly the same) legitimate tort. It does not apply to Norrls dam, Boul der dam, Bonneville, Grand Coulee. All were constructed under entirely different circumstances. What Hughes said about those dsms was that any stockholder of any power company who felt dam aged by them could come up and sue before him sometime. Another thing Brandels Is supposed to have had In the back of hla mind secondarily la the AAA decision. Law yers say that stockholders have al ready sued some companies asking (Continued on Page Pour.) Fl 17 PROJECTS ON FILE PORTLAND. Ore.. Feb. 19. (AP) There are no more PWA funds avail able. C. O. Hockley, acting public works director for Oregon, aald here on his return from Washington, D. O. He advised communities with worth while projects to prepare plans, how ever, since "no one knows whether there will be further allotments.' He said 17 Oregon projects, calling for an expenditure of (9,300.000, were oa file when the funds ceased to flow. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS La Smith, textdriver, recalling the time a drunk Indian tried to step out of tha oab while the machine waa stepping along at 00. Smith pulled him back by the collar. Bill "Porky" Porter getting Into a dispute rt. the tlght-of-wiy with Mrs. Georg Pertuaoos collie dog. stepping on tha animal's tall en route by. The pooch retaliated by tsklng a luscious mouthful of Porter's pants. Clara Fuaon wanting a reporter to know that her name is not Clara Fuson, but Claramary Fuson. She still want to write this Just one day. Tom "CltybuH" Robinson bragging about hi car radio, which he claim cn pick up Suit Luke city at 3 o clock in thf afternoon without an real. Imestlitatton show It picks up dun better than anything !?. with or without aerial. Dor Runs Sherwood stumbling into the heavy supsr on a plot machine alien the bail got stuck, and then jumped into the right prooe. but the machine registering wrong, Bud Bsge low shelled out anway. H IBIP'1 WSm SEB3HEBSCE MEDFORD roll Associated Press i.30 FOR Second Reprieve by Gov ....ernor Virtually Only Hope for Further Delay Coun sel and Governor in Row TRENTON. N. J., Peb. 19. (AP) A source who heard the death house Interview Sunday between Bruno Richard Hauptmann and Attorney Samuel Liebowttz quoted Hauptmann today as having said at that time: "I guess my story sounds pretty weak." The source Bald he heard the en tire four-hour discussion. TRENTON. Nl J.. Peb. 19. ( AP) The electrocution of Bruno Richard Hauptmann was fixed today for the week of March 30, with a second re prieve from the governor as vlrtuslly his only hope for further delsy. Justice Thomas W. Trenchard, 111 at hla home, signed the third death sentence shortly after informed sources reported Governor Harold Hoffman bad held a heated midnight conference with Defense Counsel C. Lloyd Fisher and Attorney Samuel Llebowltz. LlebowltE denied the meeting, but from other persons came word that the noted criminal lawyer and Hoff man had disagreed over the manner m which further questioning of the convicted Lindbergh baby slayer should proceed. Date Left Open , Assistant . Attorney General Joseph A. Lanlgan took the warrant for H&uptmann's execution to Justice Trenchard's home, where the veteran Jurist has been kept by a throat In fection. The date for the execution, Lanl gan said, was left to Trenchard's dis cretion. By law it must be between four and eight weeks after the war rant Is signed. The assistant attorney general aald It would be delivered later In the day (Continued on Page Three.) E LE SALEM, Feb. 19. (AP) Complying with the 193S legislative act which provided for continuance of a stsnd tng committee to propose legal pro cedure reform In Oregon, Governor Martin today appointed a group of both attorneys and laymen. The group, of which Juattce George Rossman Is chairman, will meet in Portland February 39. Laymen named were Frank McCas lln, W. H. Treece, Harry A. Swsrt, John B. Godfrey, of Portland; Dr. Elam J. Anderson. McMlnnvllle, Rob ert W. Sawyer. Bend: William Mc gllchrlst. Charles A. Sprague, Jcrold Owen. John S. Marshall and George Foster of Salem; and C. E. Ingalls. Corvallls. Legal members were James T. Brand, Marehfleld; Charles H. Carey. Salem: A. E. Clark, Estea Snedecor, Nicholas Jaureguy. Hall 8. Lusk. Ar thur C. Spencer and Charles A. Hart. Portland; Lawrence T. Harris and Wayne L. Morse Eugene: Dexter -Rice. Roeeburg: and Alvan A. Smith, Baker. 0. AND C. TIMBER SOLD BY ROSEBURG OFFICE ROSEBUnO, Ore., Feb. 19. (AP) Five salea of O. & C. grant land timber were announced at the local U. S. land office today. The total salea amounted to 4(1.737.02. The an lea were ss follows: W. A. Woodard Lumber Co . Cot tage Grove, 160 acres, Lane county, 118 .853.84. Squaw Mountain Timber Co., Port land. Ore.. 120 acres, Clackamaa county. 0480.17. W. J. Miller. Monroe. Ore., 130 acres, Benton Co.. 7735.44. Willamette Valley Lumber Co Portland, 80 acre. Polk county. 3737.48. Dennis McCarthy. Marahfleld, 130 acres. Coos county. 18820.10. Plenty of Hater. BFND. Ore.' PVb 19. ( APf Be tween 3V0OO and 40.000 sre feet of watr the largeat amount since the reservoir wa constructed 15 years ago probably will be Impounded in the "tank' ' near Prlnevllle this -prlng. Glenn Coi. manager of the Ohoco irr. Ration ditrUt. aald here. He declared muter content of the tow i,i the Ocnoco bill la the largest In history, 1 WEEK OF M House QUESTIONS BRUNO FOR HOURS s & j r PI' ? Li- Samuel S. Lelbowltz (left), noted criminal lawyer who has Inter ested himself in the Bruno Richard Hauptmann caae, la shown as he left the New Jersey state prison after spending four hours talking with the man who waa convicted of the Lindbergh baby's kldnap-murder. With him was the Rev. John Matthleaen (right), Hauptmann'a spirit, ual adviser. (Associated Press Photo) SPECIAL VALUES IN 2-DAY EVENT The retail stores of Medford will re main open all day Saturday. Wash ington's birthday. It was announced this morning by C. D. Bean, chairman of the retail merchants' committee of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. For the first time in the history of Medford a salea event will be con ducted on Oeorge Washington's birth day and exceptional merchandise will be offered by all the merchants, "Like the Father of our Country, I cannot tell a lie." stated Mr. Bean this morn ing, "and I can assure everyone that they will find wonderful value In all the storea during tha Washington's birthday sales event, on Saturday and Monday." The committee In charge of the selling event made the following (Continued on Page Two.) TO RULE COUNTRY (Copyright, 1B36, Associated Pre) MADRID. Feb. 19. The Spsnlsh government resigned today in the face of an appsrent election victory by the radical parties. The government, headed by Pre mier Manuel Portela Valladarea, has been In office since Dec. 30. The resignation, . which removed from office all appointive admlnla trattve officials, was regarded as preparing the way for the establish ment of a new government of radi cal political complexion. The resignation came shortly after Premier Portela hsd Investigated leftist charge that conservatives and army officers might attempt a coup d'etat to prevent the establishment of a leftist government. OF UTICA QUENCHED UTTCA, N. T., Feb. 19-fAPl Flames smouldering beneath the TJtlca, buatneea district were extin guished today and scores of work men awarmed Into an excavation at the chief bmlneas comer to repair gaa and water mains. Fire Chief Joaeph N. Sullivan aald be thought bufineM In the down town area, which waa shaken by gaa exploalons yeeterday and today, could be resumed tomorrow. National guardmn, called last nijrht when fire spurted high from manhole, nere withdrawn from duty a t&e situation Unproved. MEDFORD. OREGON, WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 19, 1936. Orders 3 FREEZING SPELL 10 CONTINUE IN PARTS OF STALE By the AswtHted Press. The cold wave will continue over eastern and northern Oregon to morrow, the weather bureau chron icled today. - Light rains In tha western por tion of the state and snow In the east were, In prospect. Temperatures today were allghtly warmer In the Icy areas, but at 111 below freealng. A light fall of enow occurred at The Dallea and at Baker. The wintry weather extended southward to Klamath Falls, which was visited by wet snow this morn ing. However, southwestern Oregon's balmy weather continued, to the ac companiment of warm rains. Tem peratures dropped slightly In the Umpqua valley. Temperatures remained below freez ing during the morning hours In the snow-covered Willamette valley, CHICAOO. Feb. 19. (AP) Oae, and fire perils today gave a cold buffeted nation new anxieties. Belleville and East Et. Louis, 111., cttlmna kept windows open deaplte bitter cold, to reduce danger from gas leaks. Four have died, and 64 others have become 111 In the two cities. The midwest aub-swro belt' waa warming up as the record-breaking cold moved east, engulfing all the Atlantic states except southern Flor ida. Forecaatera said a low-pressure area over Utah promised relief at least by the end of the week. Rescue expeditions of akl-equlpped planes were organized In Meade county. South Dakota, where seven isolated towns. Imprisoned by frown 10-foot drifts, appealed for aid. The air rescue efforts, directed from Spesrfiah, began bringing out adults and children needing medical at tention, and dropping food supplies, Forest Fire Basis Heavy Damake Sa .PORTLAND. Feb. 19. yp) The forest fire which swept over Cleok a maa county In September. 1929, ig nited a 1112.500 damage suit In fed eral court here today. Harry A. and Minnie B. LaBarre aeked the damage to cover the coat of their famed tavern. Log LaBarre hotel, and two quarter aeotiona of tlmberland, which burned September 15, 1929. Klamath To Curb Juvenile Drinking KLAMATH FALlX Feb. 19-(AP) Seeking to curb tha use of intoxi cant by Juveniles, the city council laat night passed to the aecond read ing an ordinance preventing the pur chase of alcoholic liquors by minors Under the proposed law both the eller and the buyer would be sub ject to floe and imprisonment, 1 Investigation of URGE NORTHWEST FEDERAL AGENCY TO SELL Regional Planning Commis sion Recommends Plan Somewhat Different From TVA to Cover Four States SALEM, Ore., Feb. 19. (AP) Gov- enror Charlea K. Martin of Oregon, who waa one of the prime factors while in congresa In obtaining .the Bonneville dam improvement, said to day he had not studied the proposal for a single federal agency for the northwest power projects, but stated he had previously favored a separate proposal for Bonneville. WASHINGTON. Feb. 19. (AP) A bill for distributing Grand Coulee and Bonneville power to the whole Pacific northwest through a alngle federal agency waa planned today by Senator Pope (D, Idaho). The measure would follow substan tially, ha said, the recommendations yesterday of the Paciflo northwest planning commission to unify Col umbia river power development. It would wipe out state lines for power marketing purposes by placing distribution of electricity from the two- big northwest- projects In the hands of a federal corporation. WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. (AP) The Paciflo northwest regional plan ning commission recommended - to President Roosevelt today creation of a single federal agency to market and distribute power, from the Orated Coulee, Bonneville and othtr similar projects. The commission's findings were transmitted to the president by Sec retary Ickea, chairman of tbe na tional resource board. The commloal on disregarded state ltnea and conceived of a federal au thority functioning for the benefit of the Pacific northwest as a whole. Differs From TVA. It recommended early legislation by congress creating a federal cor poration or agency somewhat w ferent from 'the Tennessee valley authority; The commission defined tha Pa cific northwest aa "an unusually coherent sub-national 'region," em bracing Washington, Oregon, Idaho and western Montana. Adoption of a general plan of power and public worka development for the region was advocated, with all functions except the marketing and tranamtsslbn of power remain ing In the hands of existing agencies such aa the reclamation bureau and war department. In recommending a power author- (Continued on Page Four.) Woman Candidate For Sheriffs Job OREGON CITY. Ore., Feb. 19. (AP) The first woman candidate In history had Clackamaa county butt ing today over the campaign for the office of sheriff. Mrs, Alt H. ("Ma") Origga an nounced yesterday that she will take enough time from the management of restaurant here to run for sheriff on the Reptbllcan ticket. Postmasters Named WASHINGTON, Feb. 19. (AP) Postmaster Oeneral Farley announced today appointment of the following acting postmasters: R. J. Wood, Welser, Idaho; Lora 0. Ooykendsll, Oak Orove, Ore.; and Henry J. Atlee, Banks, Ore. Mouse On Piano S hares Interest Of Congregation LAWRENCE, Kaa.. Feb. 19. (AP The aermon of Rev. K. J. Knox didn't have much chance, what with that mouse scampering about atop the church piano. The preacher devoted himself to hla topic, but the mouse bad the amused and undivided attention of the congregation. William Kr. x rose to tha occasion. He tip-toed down from the choir loft, raised a hymnal above the unsuspecting mouse, watted for a dramatic pause In the sermon, then brought tha book down with a, resounding whack. The congre gation turned Ita attention to the pulpit. Tribune LIGGETT'S WIDOW L Jurors Free Former Boot legger After 3V4 Hours Deliberation Slayer Hunt to Go 0nf Says Governor MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Feb. 19. (AP) Mrs. Walter Liggett, widow of the assassinated newspaper publisher, today revealed what she claimed waa an attempt on her life In the early stage of Isadora (Kid Cann) Blu men- field's trial, which ended in hla ac quit) last night, on a charge of mur dering her husband. The attempt, she aald In an Inter view, waa made January 29, last, when unidentified persona In an automo bile tried to run her down aa she crossed a street near her office. MINNEAPOLIS, Minn.. Feb. 19. (AP) Giving herself "about a month to live" ahould she carry on with her slain husband's crusading weekly pa per, Mrs. Edith Liggett disclosed today aha is leaving Minnesota. With Isadora (Kid Cann) Blumen- fleld, former bootlegger, acquitted of murdering Walter M. Liggett, a new attempt to solve the crime waa or dered by Governor Floyd B. Olson to day. Blumenfteld, a liquor salesman and former boxer, waa acquitted by a Jury in district court laat night. The Jurors were out three and one half hours. Hunt to Continue Governor Olson aald every avail able state agency would be used in an effort to locate the actual slayers. Responsibility for pursuit of the In vestlgatlon waa delegated to the state attorney general's office by County Attorney Ed J. Qoff. , Governor Olson, frequent target of editorial attacks by Liggett, declared the state "has not rested." . "Minnesota's bureau of criminal ap- (Continued on Page Four.) TRIALS PROPOSED TO TEST PROFITS PEAR CANNERY Oeneral trade conditions and tha cost of construction do not at pres ent warrant the launching of a co operative pear csnnery here, It waa agreed by the commerce and agricul ture committee at a meeting In Hotel Medford yesterday afternoon. The project waa not dropped, how ever, aa It waa the consensus of the meeting that an experiment should be conducted to determine tha pos sible returns from a cannery. It was decided to experiment by sending 600 or 1,000 tons of peara to a co-operative cannery already func tioning, provided the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce, tha Rogue River Traffic association and the Fruit Orowcrs League, Inc., concurred In the proposal. The plan Is to be submitted for de cision to the three organizations. Three members from each organisa tion compose the commerce and ag riculture committee to which the can nery project was referred at a meet ing of ore hard I ats last Saturday, The committee, ovar which A. 8. V. Carpenter prealded, spent most of the afternoon discussing a lengthy factual report on co-operative canneries pre pared by a committee of the fruit growers league headed by Edward w Carlton. Emergency Board Meeting Called I SALEM, Feb. 19. (AP) A meeting j of tha state emergency board waa called today for February 27 for the i purpose of considering emergency ap 1 proprtatlona for the state labor com ; mission, the child welfare and several ' otier agencies. The meeting waa called at the sug j gestlon of Oovemor Martin. It will be the first legal meeting of the ! board during the Martin admlnlatra ! tlon. 4 Opening of tha new 40-foot road ( serosa Boulder Dam Affords a num I per of new auto trips through the California and Arlrona desert, aa well 1 as la southern Nevada. full United Press Townsend Plan Hot Skillet Spank Puts Step-Mother Behind Jail Bars LOS ANGELES. Feb. 19. (AP) For spanking her 9-year-old step-daughter with a hot frying pan, Mrs. Mary Hlguera waa sen tenced today to serve 180 days In Jail and placed on two years' probation. Justice of the Pence Marlon suspended half the sentenoe. leaving Mrs. Hlguera only 90 days to serve. Mrs. Hlguera pleaded guilty to spanking the girl, Agnes, but aald she used the skillet only because It waa the handiest pnddle avail able. STREET SWEEPER T BY CITY; Purchase of an Austin atreet s weeper waa voted laat night by the city council upon the recommend ation of the streets and roads com mittee. The price waa 7,250 leaa 100 allowance on the city's old eweeper and 2 percent discount for each 30 days, bringing the net oost to 7.007. The matter waa - referred to the streets and .roads committee at the previous council meeting when the Austin-Western Road Machinery com pany and the Loggers and Contrac tors Machinery company submitted identical bids. Larry Schade, committee chairman, told tha council that -a thorough study had been made of both ma chines and that tha Auatln waa con sidered better fitted for Medford's needs. The present sweeper la an Austin, In use since 1927. Frank P, Farrell, city attorney, gave the first reading of an' ordinance set ting up regulations covering the gaa business, Including rules for lnstalla- (Continued on Page Three.) SEEK LEGAL TEST TRAMP BLOCKADE hOa ANOBLB8, Peb. . P) In a suit attainting validity. or the Los An gelet polios blocksds along the Cali fornia border, John Langan, Holly wood mining man, petitioned federal court today (or an Injunction against sny attempt to prevent him from en tering California from other states. The petition was filed by John C. Padkerd, attorney for the American Civil Liberties union, which contends the blockade vlolatoe the federal con stitution, depriving persona of their liberty without due process of law. Polios chief James I. Davis, de fendant In the suit, sent 130 poltos ment to the border mora than two weeks sgo to halt the Inflow of In digent transient. Langsn said he ,wsa detained by Los Angeles polios at Blythe when he attempted to return from Arlsona, where he had been three or four days on mining buatness. COUNTY'S RELIEF Relief expenditures by Jaokeon county during January totaled 5. MA.20, a decided decrease compared with prevlou months, according to the monthly report of the clerk's of fice. The decline waa due to the state assuming all expenditure for Indigent relief. Under the new plan, the county will handle all relief funds except the Indigent fund. Later, the state will reimburse the county for half of Ita relief expenditure. The county clerk' report ahows that for the month of January, tor all county activities and department, a total of 20,fm.77 waa expended. Re lief lotAled approximately 2A percent of the total. During January, tlie county paid 12.103 for old age pension. 1.7Mt31 for hospltAliMtion, $201.02 for drugs, 440.43 for mlsoellaneoua relief, ind 1829 AO for mothers aid. The University of California has student from as foreign countries. Monday Too Brief Many times Clawlfted Ad li too brief. While it costs a little more to tell your ftory In detail It really pays. Give classified A fair chance to nerve you well. No. 282. IS EOE Townsend Is Branded As 'Charlatan and Quack' As Doctor of His Besetting U. S. Social Structure WASHINGTON. Pub. 10rAn Investigation of the Townsend and other old age pension plana waa or dered today by tbe house. Approval of the Inquiry was voted, 340 to 4, after Representative Mell (D Mo.l had charsri that. n. . v Townsend was a "charlatan and a quack as a doctor of the Ills which auue. our socisi structure." In the debate nn thj, ln..,tlDtt Representative Celler (D., N. Y.) also ssserwa ma Townsend movement was yleldlniz sa.ooo a wm.it ...h . rw Townsend snd R. E. Clements, co founder and secretary. Fool or Knave 'Dr. Townsend la etth.v m rM n- knave," be aald. Bell'a resolution, whlrh t. vA,,u adopted, calls for appointment of an eight-man Investigating committee. it requires no senate action. Bpeax er Byrnes ssld he would appoint "a fair committee of sound and capable Judgment" after confevencea with mi nority and majority leadera. It was reported the committee membership would be divided equally between Democrats and Republicans. Some house members who favor the Townsend plan said before the vote they had no objection to the study. One, Representative McOrosrty (D., Csl.), asserted he "welcomed It and hoped soniuhlng will come of It." Bell emphasized In debste that he Intended no reflection on Dr. Town send aa a medical practitioner, but contended: None Can Rwape If the Townsend plsn should be come law, no one may hope to escape from Its throttle-bold." "You people who are groaning un der taiea thst you think are heavy, stop and listen to this," said Belt. "You havan't seen anything yet." The Mlsourlsn referred to the 2 per (Continued on Psge Five.) A1EE SUED FOR tOS ANCrat.ES. Feb. 19. (IP) Charg ing that Evangelist Almee fiemple Me Pherson called her "a devil out of hell," Vivian Denton, former Angelua temple publlctat, filed a 1400,000 slan der ault today. Miss Dentdn attempted suicide last week after a quarrel with Mra. Mc pherson. It wss during this quarrel, her com plaint said, that tbe evangelist said of and to her, "You oan't do anything with anyone aa coarse and common as she Is." "You are a devil out of hell," "You are not a Christian; only a brat." Miss Denton's complaint said tola caused her "great and grievous men tal and physical suffering,'' and dam aged her reputation Irreparably DENY ITINERANTS ROUGHLYJREATED TREK A, Oal., vb. 10 -flherlff Chandler of Siskiyou county denied charge of two men whu complained to Oregon authorities laet week they were mistreated by Los Angel border polluemen enforcing a tranaient blockade. The reports of James Duffy at Klamath Palls be waa thrice repulsed ti: an attempt to enter the atate, and Intends to bring suit for tha alleged mistreatment, the sheriff said Duffy "never did appear at the Dorrla or Horn brook state lint, nor waa he turned back after a aupoeed bus ride to Weed (Calif,) DOCTORS FACE TRIAL FOR STERILIZATION SAN TOANCISOO, FYb. 10. (yT Municipal Judge sylratn J. iAsarua announced today he would hold two phyalclana for superior court trial on mayhem charge for the atertllration of Ann Cooper Hewitt, unless defence attorneys showed some good reason why he should not fto so.