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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast: Cloudy today anil tomorrow, with (of. Normal temperatures. Temperature: Hlgheat jesterday Lowest yesterday . so SECTIONS 22 Medford RIBUNE PAGESTOOAY Thirtieth Year Full Associated Press , MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, ARCH 1,-1936. rail United Press No. 291. nllflljV f weir WS 1H flIKI JE4JE BSBmrid By PAIL MALLON (Copyright. 136, by Paui Mallon) WASHINGTON, Feb. 39. It la pop ular now to say what has been wrong with business lately la the weather. The current eco nomic picture is supposed to be right outside your window under the snow. The, accepted theory is that few persons buy autos when the roads are covered with ice. Few go any farther than necessary beyond the corner gro cery in the snow PAL'L MALLON and muck covering most of the Unit ed States, off and on, during the last sixty days. It Is a sound theory, but the point of it melts perceptibly in the glare of a monthly balanced business chart. Weather damage to one Industry has been offset statistically by weather benefits to another. While autos, gen eral sales and building activity have been hurt, coal, railroads and winter goods have been helped. The sum total of it Is that nature has complicated everything, but the net national effect is nearly negative. To see how nature evens up, look Into the net effect of the Improve ment on railroads Blone. The Increased demand for consum er coal naturally caused the railroads to haul more of It. but also caused the railroads to use more of It. Their operating expenses always Jump In cold weather. This may explain the Item carried the other day In a fin ancial Journal Indicting that the net loss of an outstanding coal-carrying road was probably as great this Jan uary as last, rtitplte the Increased traffic. ' But the railroads took advantage of the lull In auto demand for steel. They placed a few btg steel orders which kept the steel business from suffering at all from the cold. All this leaves us today Just about where we were when the fall bulge lifted us up lsst October. Industrial production will average this month about 66 per cent normal, the same as last October. The other Impor tant Indices are also near their Oc tober levels, as you will see from the following chart. Note All figures represent percent ages of normality existing at the times deslgnted, with normal being computed as the 1923-1935 averages for everything except prices, which are baaed on 1926. Seasonar varls Hons have been eliminated, so that the figures do not Indicate the vol ume of business but only the rela tionship of the volume to normal. iContinueo on Page SIX) ACTION TO START OF FARMjaP BILL WASHINGTON, Feb. 39. (AP) AAA offlclsls said today they were reedy for .Instant sctlon to launch the new fsrm relief progrsm when President Roosevelt signs the soil conservation - subsidy measure Into law probably Monday. Secretary Wsllace msde a routine official examination of the engrossed printing of the bill this morning. Other officials said they expected It to be signed within 48 hours. The first action of the AAA Is ex pected to be a formsl announce ment celling regional meetings 01 farmers at Memphis. Chicago. New Tort City, and salt lake City to discuss details of the s500.000.000 program to retire crop land for soil conservation. One conclusion appesred certain that ths new program will provide subsidies for a considerably greater number of Individuals than did the AAA. but that th, average amount of payments will be somewhat smsller. It was emphasised by some offlc lsls that the progiam must be gen eral In scope, snd that every farmer who wlfhes to do so may become eligible for the payments, regard leea of the commodity produced. Several privately raised the possi bility rS organlrlng volunlsry pro ducer co-operative associations to obtain production control If such messures should be deemed neces sary. ftr. Win. Brady has written three special artlclea on the "Plu." Watch for them March 3. I and 4. in The Mali Tribune. WANT AND MISERY FUNDS USED FOR POLITICS. CLAIM Kansas Governor Flays Con gress for Failure to Pro tect People in Lincoln, Neb., Address. LINCOLN, Neb.. Feb. 39 AP Gov. Alf M. Landon of Kansas, stand ing beneath a "Landon for President" banner, tonight criticized federal re lief policies and charged the Roose velt administration with "discrimina tion' 'in agricultural policies in sn address before Nebraska Republicans at their Pounders' day celebration here tonight. John K. Selleck. business manager of the University of Nebraska athletic department, said approximately 5,000 persons were In its coliseum to hesr the' Kansan. The address climaxed a full day of celebrations snd organizations by Ne braska Republicans. Hundreds of members of the party from Kansas. Colorsdo. Iowa. Wyoming snd other nearby states Joined In the programs. Vigorous applause greeted -Landon' challenge of New Deal relief policies. "When a national administration takes millions and mllllona paid in taxes by the American people to build a partisan political machine out of want and misery, that admin, lstratton does an Indefensible thing," Landon asserted. The Kansas governor was Intro duced by John Landls of Seward, Jun ior president of the Founders' dsy organization. He presented Landon "s one who by his life and record represents the Ideals of constitutional government." Reiterating the theme of his re cent Topeka address, Landon struck at what he called "slip-shod national housekeeping." " He conaumed only 28 minutes of his allotted 30 on the Columbia ra dio network. He spoke from the same platform where last month Her bert' Hoover, former president, was cut-off by the same network when he consumed more thsn his allotted time. After ths address Landon held open house as the crowd pushed to the stage to greet him. Among those who came to the stage were Mayor Chas. W. Bryan of Lincoln, threo times gov ernor of Nebraska and one-time Dem ocratic vlce-presldentlal nominee. Landon called upon Republicans to make clear to the needy "that the changea we pledge will bring order out of chaos by purging" federal re lief "of partisanship, of waste and of Incompetence." Governor Landon said: "When a national administration takes millions and millions paid in taxes bv the American people to build a partisan polltcal machine out of want and misery, tnar. aamimstrauon does an Indefensible thing. "And a congress that failed to pro tect its own witnesses, when sum moned to testify In regard to the waste of this tax money, would be guilty of deserting one of its gravest responsibilities under the constitu tion. ' "In short," said Landon In his sec ond speech since being mentioned as possible Republican presidential candidate, "what we propose Is to make relief both honest and effect. tlve." Beyond his attack on federal relief policies, the KBnsas governor charged the New Deal administration with "discrimination" In sgricultural poli cies snd a "political debauch" of the civil service. He urged a "sound and stable monetary system" and "more effective budget making by.the execu tive." 'Idealists msy hsve been at the front door preaching soclsl Justice, but party henchmen have been at the back door handing out Jobs." he said. He asserted centralization of rellel control In Washington produced a costly breskdown of local respon sibility." Federal financial aid was onvi- ously necessary In our recent emer gency." he ssld, "but every com munity knows best how to care for Its own. 'We cannot go back to the days before this depression. We must go forward facing our new problems, solving them under the old eternal verities, cherishing the Amerlcsn tra dition, of free men, surrendering the unessential for new and necessary beneflta," he concluded. T K1CW TORK, Feb. M. fFW Amor lean networks will Join la the Brit ish Empire broadcast, the first amor he became kin?, by Edward of Eng land on Sunday morning at 11 o' clock IE. S T) They will include NBC. CB, and MBS. The king Is jTpctd to iTslt 1? Tv'pnla or vy with a mus:cl p ivy ram to complete the LiA btoai Kb AKd Gold Hill Lad, Engine Hits Man 81 Only Breaks Nose BURBANK, CaU Feb. 29. (AP) John Sax. 81, was struck by a freight engine from behind and thrown to the side of the road bed. He wss taken to a hospital where it was found that hit only Injury was a broken nose. REPORTED SLAIN RETURNS TO POST Okada's ; Secretary 'Sacri ficedTokyo Revolt Col lapses, When Rebel Lead ers Surrender. By GLENN BABB. (Copyright. 1938, by the Associated Press) TOKYO. March 1. (Sunday) (AP) The alleged lesder of Tokyo's abortive four-day revolt, Capt. Ter uco Ando, shot himself In the head Saturday and died. He was said to have followed the suggestion of martial law authori ties that suicide was the only way for him to keep his honor because of his leadership of the mutiny of army officers and troops.. Premier Kelsuke Okada. . whom the Insurgents' apparently believed they had assassinated In their attempted coup Wednesdsy, took the helm of government again, although In au thorltatlve quarters the opinion was expressed he soon would be relieved of his post. . (Copyright, 19M. by , Jths Associated Press) TOKYO. March 1. Sunday) Pre mier Kelsuke Okada, back from of ficial "death," directed the Japaneso government again today aa soldiers maintained peace in the governmen tal office district from which rebels had departed. The citusenry stayed Indoor, thank ful for pesos and lor the fact that their beloved Oksda lived. They and the world were told officially last Wednesday that the sake-loving statesman had been killed by assas sins. Although he still la nominal head of the government, political observ ers were of the opinion that Okada will not b In power muob longer. Authoritative source stated that his premiership must be terminated and replaced by a government beaded by "a man of great prestige and influ ence, capable of restoring the shaken national morale." The government Itself disclosed Okada was still living s loyal troops moved Into the are of government buildings which 1.000 rebel soldiers had held since lsst Wednesday when they attempted to overthrow the gov ernment. it was then that members of their group shot down Admiral Viscount Makoto Salto. former premier ana lord keeper of the privy seal, Kore TnkahaAhi. minister of finance. Geif. Jotaro Watanabe, chief of mili tary operations, snd Admiral Kantora Suzuki, lord chamberlain of the Im perial court. (Continued on Page Four.) Northern California: Fair Sunday and Monday; continued mild; gen tle to moderate northerly wind off the coast. Wsshlngton and Oregon: Cloudy Sunday and Monday: fog: normal temperature; moderate south to west wind off the coast. BAN FRANCISCO. Feb, 29. (AP) Weekly weather outlook for far western state for March 3 to March 7, Inclusive: Occasional rslns Pe ctflc northwest; but fair elsewhere; temperatures slightly shove normal. PALO AITO. r . Feb. 29. (UP) Former President Hoover's next trip esst mill begin late rjevt week, hie secretary, Paul Season, announced to day. The former chief executive and bis party, which will Include hi son. Alsn Hoover, and Ben Allen of San Francisco, will stop off at Colorado Soring, where Hoover will address mating of voting Republicans (iU JttOflQ. 4A4CS J- MILITARY Li'- -s ! ' -' iv" V-Jfe" V'-' A group of young militarists precipitated, a grave crlsl In Japan official In an attempted coup. The rebellious troop later capitulated other force sent against them. This picture (howl typical example heart of Tokvo. (Associated Pre Photo) GARDEN PLANTING ORDERED FOR ALL RELIEF: CLIENTS Free Seeds to Be Granted Savage Rapids Tran sient Camp Closes March 31. Portland, ore.. Feb. 29. (AP)1 Every relief client In 'Oregon must plant a garden this year If abl to do o, the state relief committee announced today. The various county committees will earrv on the 1936 csnnlng pro grams as In the paat, furnishing csns and supplies. Seeds will be dis tributed free. ijit ver the state relief commit tee purchased more thsn 1,000,000 csns of foodstuffs preserved under the program. County committees wer Instructed to pay particular attention to locat ing relief client In seasonal harvest employment. PORTLAND. Ore., Feb. 39. (AP) B. J. Griffith. Oregon PWA sdrolnls 1 ..nniiniwi todav that Wash ington ordered all Oregon transient csmps closed. They house sdoui itw Itinerants. .tv.. n.nttnm f. a m d In Marlon county and Csmp Haven at Rhodo dendron already nave ciosea. nine othera will close at intervals until June 1 Camp Coqullle was tentatively scheduled to close March : Csmp in Jsrkson countv and Camp Roosevelt at Roseburg. about Msrch 31: Csmp Wilson at Tillamook ana Camp Clackamas about April 15; Camp Lane, near Eugene. May I. and Camp Clatsop, ths largest of the trsnslent hsvens, on June 1. nrlfflth was nartlcularly nxlous thst the Clatsop csmp, where 840 men are housed, remain open no work is completed on th psrsde ground at Fort Clatsop. Wherever possible the transient workera will be reassigned to other mil nmiecta. Clrlfflth said. Many of the men doubtlea will tak to the open road (gain, It was ststea. LEAPTEARBABY TO FLOYD REEDS A Leap Tear baby girl wss delivered by Dr. W. O. Bishop at S;30 yesterday morning to Mr. and Mrs. Floyd Reed at thetr home on Hlllerest road. Die child weighed seven pound. Having been born on February 29. the little Miss will bsve birthday only once in four years. It wa Dr. Bishop who won . the 1034 Stork Sweepstake for Mr. snd Mr. Mehtn Hsndsaker of Berrydale avenue by delivering them the first bsby of the New Year on January I. The Hsndsaker were awarded an as sortment of uaefu! gift by Medford merchant lor being the parent of tile Uil bJf 01 iBt an m. 12, Killed in Highway TAKES HAND IN TOKYO CRISIS t. .leant, T ' J TRALITY BILL; T Immediate .. Application to Italy and . Ethiopia Or dered Held Aid to Amer ican Peace. , WASHINGTON, ' Feb. 39 (VP) A new appeal to Americans to refrain from excessive trading with belliger ent nation ws Issued today by Pres ident Roosevelt, coincident with hi signing of th amended neutrality resolution and his Immediate appli cation of It to Italy and Ethiopia. Hailing the addition of a ban against loan to warring nations aa 'a new and definite step" toward American peace, despite conflict abroad, the president sdded this statement: "On Oct. 6, 1935, I Issued a procla mation which msde effective the (arms) embsrgo (of the earlier law) with respect to exportatlons to Italy and Ethiopia, and I bare sow Issued a new proclamation In order to meet the requirements of the new enact ment." The measure be signed Into e extend the neutrality act of 1935 from today until May 1. 1937. It cen ts ins authority to embargo arms and ammunition to belligerent, with the addition of a prohibition against loans or credit to such countries. It forbids also either the purchase or ssle of any obligations of a govern ment against which an arms embargo has been declared. In general, the law would not ap fily In the esse of any Latin or South American republic engaged In war with a non-American -power. Had the chief executive not signed the legislation today, the United States would have been without pow er to embargo munitions shipments, aa the earlier law provided this au thority only up to midnight tonight. ABE RUEF, FRISCO GRAFTJDE, DEAD BAN FRANCISCO, Fb. 29. (AP) Abraham Ruef, central figure In a San Francisco munlclpsl politics epi sode that ended In a Ban Quentln prison term for slleged graft follow lng th 1904 earthquake and fire, died from heart dlsesae tonight at hi home. He was credited with electing Eu gene T. Schmlts. t musician, to mayor snd wsa long Identified with clvle sffalrs. ' His prison sentence followed serle of graft "prosecutions" In which Francis 3. Heney. now living In Los Angeles, played th rol of chief prosecutor. Relatives snd frtsnds steadfastly held hi conviction wa the result of political machination. PORTLAND, Ore!. Feb. 39 (AP) Nine followers of the open road were locked In Jail here today a police sought the msrsudlng gypsies who robbed and fatally inju.ed an elderly eKoeior it crorty. Wn. Wedatdjr "a J by asassslnatlng sevarsl cabinet after martial law was declared and of war gam demonstration In the FIGHTS FOR LIFE AFTER, OPERATION Woolworth Heiress, and Re cent Mother Under Knife Twice Past Week. LONDON, Feb. 38. (AP) Four physicians labored tonight to save the life of Countess Barbara Hutton KaugwltB-Reventlow, Woolworth heir, ess and one of the wealthiest wo men in the world. She was reported to have survived two operations a caeearlan delivery of a son last Tuesday and another for the relief or an abdominal ob struction Thursdsy. Tonight the physicians Issued the following bulletin: "The condition of Countess Haug-wltB- Reventlow Improved slightly during the day. Her baby continues to do well." - The doctors In attendance on the countess at her home were Lord Horder, physlclan-ln-ordlnary to King Edward. Dr. Cedric Sydney Lane Roberts, noted gynecologist. Dr. James files Inger, her personal phy sician, and an unidentified colleague of the latter. Despite tonight's reassuring bul letin, physicians continued to come and go from the house up to a late hour. Lord Horder left, returned and then went away again. One of two doctors who came out looking cheerful and laughing, said "There probably will be no further bulletin tonight, but we can not say anything definite." It Is known that previous to the countean' confinement she suffered from anemia and was under treat ment for this condition. TWO IN DIE FOR LOVE OF A MAN OOALmoo. Oal , FVrb. 20. (UP) Rivalry over affection of a woman and smouldering bltternee engender ed by a previous quarrel were given by authorities today aa the motive for aerloiu wounding of Edward Bor dleu. 66. pioneer San Joaquin valley stockman, and suicide of hi assail ant, John (Red) Barcroft, oil field worker. Bordleu w shot down at his Pal- vadero Ranch Inn near Coallngo uut night when he reached for & shot gun following Barcroft demand to "ahoot It out." At the Inn at th time of the slay ing was France A Hard, arena! wait ress, whose frlendflhlp for Bordleu, officers aid, aroused the Jealousy of Barcroft, SEATTLE, Feb. WiJPfThb hall but achormer Kodlak, which ha been rushing two month off the California eoat, came Into port today with her flag at hall nust. Peter Brine, S3, an unmarried fisherman, wa lost lat Thursday night off the Columbia rlccr, Capt. Uh (fetupbcU reported.. t Sparrow Branded Feathered Fireburg OCALA. Fit.. Feb, 29. (AP) An English sparrow menaced th First Methodist church building with fire today, when It picked up a lighted cigarette and flew with It from the street to Its tinder-like nest in the eaves of the cMirch. Fire Chief Tox Sexton and hie men said they found sufficient evidence to charge the bird with arson. But he flew awsy when the alarm sounded and hasn't returned to survey the damage. Should he come home he would find his nest In ashea and a big hole in the metal roof where fire, men chopped their way in to ex tinguish the blaee. HOFFMAN BLASTS STATE POLICE AS Jersey Governor, Irked by Lack of New Evidence, Raps Schwartzkopf in Curt Note. TRENTON. N. J., Feb. 39. (CP) Governor Harold Hoffman, on the ev of the fourth anniversary of the kid-nap-murdfr of the Lindbergh baby, tAntDh,. piirflv Infnrmerf his state no lice that he considers their handling of the erlme "Use .moat bungled case In police history." The governor's sharply worded statement wss soaressea w vui. n. Norman BchwartrJtopf, who a head of the state police, ha been the spesrhsad of th Inquiry since the night of March 1, 1933, when Charles a. Lindberah. Jr.. was taken from bis crib at Hopewell, N. J. Hoffman, at oaoa politically ana n...n.iiv with HchwartKkaDf waa un usually blunt. He told th state po lice chief that If h considered the esse settled with the conviction of Bruno Richard Hoffman It waa hi duty to answsr th "doubts" pro pounded by tne governor in a ouuu word brief last January 3. Urn reltentteri hla ODlnlon "which 18 shared by thousands of people that h. r.inriherirh kldnsnlna. murder and extortion of 60.000 w not a 'one- man Job.'" and told Bcnwartsaopi that he wa not Interested In "fur .v... vi rennrtM slmrilv Indicating that the usual conferences rt being held." T-n. r-n-mnr'm criticism waa In spired by a brief report from the po lice chief inaicsting in, no new evi dence had been unearthed In relation to the esse. The report wss the fourth In a serle demanded by Hoff man shortly after he reprieved Haupt mann from th electric chair until the week of March 80. On sentence In th report hinted th.t. men rnnresentlng themtelve to be aide of Hoffman bad approached member or tne state ponce iBMBiini to th renewed Invcstlgstlon with "truest and promises." To tnis Honmsn repueoi "YntiF letter revesls that you have i...-.. n. l-,irint (hat occurred a month ago when your 'finger print expert," Frank tuny, ws cunmtwu by a representative of mine. Thl was done at my direction although I hsvs no knowledge ot mrea-s or nromisea' for the Durpose of secur ing certain Information that I believe to be Important and Involving an activity of which I am quite sure Kelly has not aovitea you. BohwsrtrJtopf merely pointed to a sign In his office shove his head Marftn. "Nn enmment" when asked to explain thla enigmatic paragraph. lis wsa equally n-iimuui..ii the criticism of hi method voiced by th governor. E 3' OREGON CITIES WASHINGTON. Feb. 38. (AP) Sa lem. Aitorla and Madras, Ore., shared today In the list of ft slrnort pro ject approved by the bureau of air commerce of the commerce depart ment. Approv! means the projects were technically satisfactory but act ual spending of money rest with th WPA. Projects included: Bslem. 14, ITS: Astoria, S.RSo: Madra. M,18. Grand Durness 111 AMORBAOH, Oermeny. Feb. 38 (P) Orsndducncs Cyril of Russia wa reported near death today at Iht residence of her son-in-law, Prince Cliules ot Lelalrjgea. Mishap SWEPT TO DEATH AS CARjWERVES Car Driven by High School Student Swerves to Miss Truck Then Comes Tragedy. A car loaded with Medford high school student en route north to attend the Medford-Orant. ... ketball game in Grant Pass, struck .no. instsntly killed Richard Flem ing, 13-yesr-old Invslid son of Mr. and Mr.. R. l. riming of near uoia hiu last night about 8:30. aa. members of the m.min- .. a .nmiiy were lk!ng Into Gold HIU to attend a dance snd to allow young Richard to listen to th music, which he oyed. According to Mrs. Fleming, who waa holding the hand of her son at the time, a. .h i ... - lutpMjv, Cne car, belonging to Mrs. Mary o. Brown of 163S East Main strset in thla city oy usroi Corcoran, Med ford high school student, ws trav eling north, and In passing a south bound truck, went off the pavement, striking the boy. Mr. Fleming said the car waa traveling "close to 80 ...; nn nour, tne passenger of the death car ssylng they were trav eling at "35 or 40." ine lad was knocked from hi mother's hsnd, nd dragged 30 or 40, feet. Hls.skull waa fractured, hat left leg wa mangled horribly, and Internal Injuries and scratches all over his body produced Instantan eous death. In the hope that life might still be remaining, the Fleming family wsa brought to the rMmmnnih, i... pital In this city by Burt Luman. a passenger in the death car. but the DOT WSa desd hefnra att reached. Other passengers were Boh Browne, whose mother owns the car. Pat Moran, Karl Coas and one girl, Melva Llndlev. Alt are the Medford high school. Corcoran, the operator of the car, was to be held In the city Jell for Investigation last night, according to atate police who msde the report. The police also Intimated that the rest of the nartv tnlaht h. h.lrt City police said thst Lumsn. who uruvo m, ismuy nere wnue tne rest of the passengers remained In Oold niu, naa apparently not Been drink ing. The car. a Plymouth sedan, was the same nr. whlrfe X, I MaIiv Browne wa driving when she waa jeraeo ny a (winging door from the driver' sest severs! months ago. the car rampaging over fire East Main street .lawns before coming to a hslt against a porch of a residence In thst district. The desd boy U survived by hbs parent, two slaters, Louise, IT, and Mary IS. and two brother. Leslie, fin4 nn. vhni. nam. wa vtnt. lea-n- ed. Those named were all witnesses or the tragedy. T)i. twwt a? th. krt. a... fak-An tA the Perl Funeral home. Funeral ar rangement win no announced later. 'S WILL OPPOSE F.D.R. WASHINGTON, Feb. 29. (UP) A conservstlve Democratic campaign to block President Roosevelt' renomtns tlon led off todsy with announce ment, thst Col. Henry Breckinridge of New York would enter the Demo cratic presidential primary In Ohio. Breckinridge la legal adviser to Col. Charles A. Lindbergh- Announce ment of his csndidary wss made In Cotumbua by Carl Weinman. The White House refused comment on Breckinridge' candidacy, but Post master Oeneral James A. Farley an nounced this week that Mr. Roosevelt would enter Ohio and some of th IS other Democratlo presidential pri msrtrs. Democratic lesder were surprised by the Columbus announcement, which put Breckinridge first In the field with formsl csndldacy against Mr. Roosevelt. There ws wldespresd speculation whether the New York attorney had any political understanding witb other New Deal bolter. New Dealers were not Inclined to assign even a remote chance to his Ohio thrust but If he succeeded there Is no doubt It would five tremendoua impetus to th anti-Roosevelt movement.