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TRIBUNE
Thirtieth Year
Full Associated Press
MEDFORD, OREGOX, FRIDAY, MARCH 20, 1936.
roll Doited Pin
So. 309.
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By Paul Mallon
WASHINGTON, March 20, Presi
dent Roosevelt's build-up for bta re
lief appropriation, this year was what
la known In the
promotion trade
ae a "lalapaloo
aa," meaning a
thing of beauty
and a . work of
art. ,
The grand scale
on which it was
managed would
have made that
old master pro
moter o f syn
thetic excite
ment, Mr. Tex
Paul Mallon Rlckard. himself,
go off and lie down. If he had not al
ready done so In response to a greater
summons some years ago.
In his absence, no one seems to
have caught on to the perfect techni
que, although Mr. Roosevelt has
-worked it the last two years with only
slight variation this year.
Mr. Rosevelt asked congress for $4,
800,000.000 last year. You may recall
that, Just about that time, his good
stooge, Mr. Harry Hopkins, began
throwing fits dally In public because
be had no relief money left. He actu
ally curtailed and even threatened to
top relief for a while although at
that very tune. Mr. Boeevelt was sit
ting upon hundreds of millions of
unexpended balances, some of which
he has not spent yet.
This year the gag was Tarled only
lightly. While Mr. Roosevelt was
lowly composing a request for an
other 11,800,000,000, Harry began Is
suing orders proposing to cut. but
. not actually cutting, people off W
rolls. For Instance, the cut ordered In
Illinois required curtailment of ap
proximately 20 per cent by June 80.
This year and last, the effect was to
taring the Democratic politics down
en congress from everywhere. They
howled about what a bad thing It was
to curtail, especially In this, an elec
tion year. For the past two weeks
they have fretted congressmen into a
state of mind where the legislators
would be glad to approve anything
Mr. Roosevelt asked, without serious
question.
Through It ell. Mr. Hopkins main
tained sil'nce and a straight face.
A slightly new sideline frill was
added this year. For example, the Dis
trict of Columbia welfare board re
ceived private orders a week ago to
out the local relief rolls by two
thirds. This Impossibility was sug
gested Just a few days before Mr.
Rosevelt'a message went to congress.
ft had an alarming effect on all the
good budget-balancers hereabouts.
They saw visions of disorders and
riots. Not only that, but the relief
money la sustaining many business
lines whose leaders envisioned the
Doaslblllty of this business being
wept away.
. The pressure they brought on con
gress was stronger than that of the
soldiers' lobby for the bonus, al
though almost entirely under the
surface. Thus, these advocates of a
balanced budget were squeezed right
out of their position. The demand tor
adequate relief became almost unani
mous hereabouts. The economy psych
ology of the public has turned entire
ly around for the occasion.
These shrewd inside maneuvers
would be a minor phase of an im
portant matter if anyone hereabouts
really thought that a substantial cur
tailment of relief Is seriously in
tended. No one does.
(Continued on Psge rwelve)
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Mrs. Clyde Flchtner. apparently
firmly convinced that spring has ar
rived, out touching up the fsmlly
baby buggy with a new coat of
paint.
Bill Bolger, philosophising on the
return of track to Medford: "It's a
mod thing track Is coming back.
We've had some good fast men
arouud bare, and now they'll have
something to do with their speed
besides run away from the cops."
Wilton White, efficient grease
monkey at a service station, giving
the impremlon that hs hsd shifted
callings and taken up taxi herding,
'.belt he was )ust taking the cab up
to get Its face washed.
Rrd Sam. backet ball cavorter for
the Blue Raiders, getting the work
out of his career trying to dodge
the fumes from bis own pipe, which
was throwing out a mighty smudgs.
Del Cox returning to work in Med
ford after several months of labor
in Chico. and mighty glad to be
bark, where the beat won't bother
klm.
fo)'M Met
1 GERMANY'S HONOR
BEFORE PEACE IS
Four Remaining Locarno
Powers Agree to Join in
Military Alliance if Hitler
Refuses Rhine Proposals
HAMBURG. Germany, March
20. (AD Adolf Hitler asserted,
here tonight that he would not
retreat a single centimeter' to
the Rblneland and would "ac
cept nothing which Infringes on
German honor."
(The Locarno agreement map
ped In London would require
Germany to withdraw her troops
In the Rhlneland 20 kilometers
back of the frontier.)
By Charles P. Nutter
Associated Press Foreign Staff.
LONDON, March 20. (AP) The
house of commons was told today
that, the four remaining Locarno
powers have agreed to join in a
virtual military alliance If Adolf
Hitler refuses to consider proposals
to re-establish the security of Eur
ope. The proposals agreed to by Great
Britain, Prance, Belgium and Italy
were published In a white paper sub
mitted to the commons as Anthony
Eden, British foreign secretary, began
sn explanation to the lower house.
A German spokesman, shortly after
the proposals were made public, said
the plan "might form a basis for
discussion "if certain unilateral parts
like the police rone and The Hague
court reference were elimlnatd." He
declared Germany must he treated as
an equal and would not tolerate for
eign troops on hersolL, , .
Would Overhaul League
The plan envisages an Internation
al conference to overhaul the League
of Nations and greatly widen Its
scope from existing limitations.
Provision was also made to set up
a buffer rone against Germany along
the Franco-Belgian borders. The
zone would be occupied by Interna
tional troops Including British and
Italian forces until a new security
treaty could be drawn.
The proposed rone would be 20
kilometers (about 12 miles) wide,
from which German troops would be
withdrawn. The proposals demand
that movement of German troops
(Continued on Page Eleven)
SLAYSSELF, WIFE
LOS ANGELEb. March 20. (AP)
An Invalid, former army officer, leap
ed to his death today from his sec
ond story apartment, and in the
apartment was found the knlfe-slash-
ed body of a woman.
Detective Lieutenant Reed Kofford
identified the pair as Cole Randle.
38, and his wife, Marian, and found
a note reading:
"We love each other too much to
be separated, and we will go together.
Cole and Marian.
"P. 8. The dearest and most won
derful wife God ever gave a man.
and I won't leave her to face the
world alone."
Kofford said a flatlron and a bunt
ing knife had been used to kill Mrs.
Rsndle. Randle apparently cut his
wrists and turned on the gas, said
the officer, but decided to leap from
the window when be heard the steps
of a milkman on the street below.
His plunging body narrowly missed
the milkman.
Kofford said Randle was a first
lieutenant of artillery during the
world war. .
ADOPTION PLANS
EVANSTOW. 111.. March 20. (UP)
Disgruntled at publicity attendant
on the proposal of Mr. and Mrs.
James J. Walker of New York to
adopt a baby, the Evanston Cradle
society today announced It had ad
vised the former Gotham mayor and
bis wife to drop adoption proceed
ings, Mrs. William B. Walrath, manager
director of the Cradle, made the an
nouncement after wide publicity was
given discovery that Jimmy, who
first took to kissing babies as New
Torh's wiM-crscktng mayor, and his
wife bad taken out adopt ion papers.
KLAMATH FALLA. March 20.
The Klamath country today knew
spring was here. Advance bands of
big white pelicans have been sighted
on Klamath lake. Flocks of wild
ducks and geese are winging north
ward from their winter resting
MSB
Flood Crest Strikes Cities in New England Area
TOWNSEND CHIEF
OF STATE OUSTED
IN STOW MEET
James Logan . Succeeds
Charles Hansen as Leader
of Movement Barde Re
instating Cause of Action
PORTLAND, Ore., March 20. (AP)
Pressure by the state area Town
send board of 21 members brought
the resignation of Charles E. Hansen,
head of Oregon Townsend clubs, early
today.
The board went through a stormy
14-hour session before emerging with
Hansen's resignation and with Jsmes
Logan in his place.
The action followed open resent
ment with Hansen's action In rein
stating as a lecturer J. N. "Jaok"
Barde, previously deposed. The board
retained Hansen as state director of
"visual education."
The board retained Elbert Eastman
In charge of broadcasts.
Hansen had reinstated Barde as a
"true, loyal and tireless" Townsend
worker and dissatisfaction Immedi
ately appeared among other Town
send leaders here.
Logan has been an "accredited
speaker" for the organization since
Hansen, who brought the Townsend
(Continued on Page Three.)
SALEM TO PLAY
T
SALEM, March 20. (AP) Astoria
high school ran up the highest1 score
In state tournament history In de
feating Myrtle creek 60 to 28 today.
Ted Sarpola, Astoria's all-state for
ward for the last two years, scored
27 points alone, one more than Myrtle
Creek's total score. The defeat
eliminated Myrtle Creek from the
tournament.
SALEM. March 20. (AP) Benson
high school of Portland and the host
team of Salem advanced to the finals
In the consolation series of the Ore
gon state basketball tournament
here today with fifth place as the
highest award. Mill City and Bend
were eliminated in the morning con
tests. It was a surprised Benson team
during the last half of their battle
with Mill City B team when the
smaller outfit took a four point lead
from the Portlanders and held It up
to the final minute and a half when
Marchl, Benson forward, sunk two
long baskets. The Benson team was
aided In the closing minutes when
Selm, Mill City star forward, was
lost on personal fouls. Final score was
27 to 29.
Sslem had little difficulty In de
feating Bend after the first part of
the contest. Bend started the scoring
with six points, but the Salem boys
soon overcame the lead and at half
time the score waa 23 to 15. The final
score waa 38 to 30.
PERCY LOCEY TO
O.S.C. STAFF
DENVER. March 20 (AP) Cosch
Percy Locey of Denver university re
signed tods? to Join the administra
tive ataff of Oregon Bute college.
His resignation Is effective Immed
iately. Ha has been head football
coach at Denver since 1033.
He said he will leave for Corvallls
within three weeks and plans to quit
coaching "permanently."
LcniMMahoney, graduate manager of
athletics, said a new contract was
offered Locey but the chance "for
advancement In a new field at Ore
gon state was too attractive to him
to turn down.
"I hate to leave the coaching pro
fession, but I cannot afford to pass
up this opportunity," Looey said.
Income Shares
Maryland fund, bid. SI0 43; asked
121.00.
Qusrterly Inmm. but 11(7; aied
BENSON QUINTET
T
AREA IN OREGON
BE
Corn Acreage Will Be 63,
000, Compared With 59,
000 Last Year Most In
dications Exceed Average
PORTLAND, Ore.. March 20. (AP)
Acreage planted to corn, spring
wheat and potatoes in Oregon will
exceed 1935 figures, the U. 6. depart
ment of agriculture said today.
The department said the total acre
age of corn, spring wheat, oats, bar
ley, potatoes and tame hay In Oregon.
Washington, Idaho and Montana as
Indicated for 1038 wil be 11,835,000
compared to 10,637,000 in 1035.
Neither the indicated acreage for
harvest nor the base acreages used for
comparison has been revised to the
basis of the 1035 census.
Th department estimated In Ore
gon an acreage of 63.000 for corn in
1938 against 59,000 last year, 242,000
for wheat against 231,000, 253,000 for
oats and 1,061,000 for tame hay, both
the same ae 1935, 41,000 for potatoes
against 37.000 and 114,000 for barley
against 127,000, the only decrease.
With the exception of corn, the in
dicated acreages all exceeded by sub
stantial margins the 1928-32 average,
which was 63,000 for corn, 177,000 for
wheat, 238,000 for oats 81,000 for bar
ley, 38,000 for iiotatoea and 923,000
for tame hay, - - i
The department'a figures were
gathered from reports made by 42,000
farmers throughout the nation on
their plans as of March 1.
"The reported acreage Intentions
have been adjusted to show the acre
ages that would be harvested In 1936
If the relations between growers' in
tentions and harvested acreages are
similar to those which have prevailed
in the past," said O. J. Bo rum, de
partment agent.
E
TRADING SYSTEM
TOTJNOflTOWN. O.. March 20
f AP) U. S. Senator - William K
Borah condemned "trade and barter"
methods of choosing presidential
candidates last night as he swung
Into bis speaking campaign for Ohio
delegates to the Republican conven
tion. 'See to It that you have some
voice in the selection of the party's
nominee for president,' he urged an
audience In Stambaugh auditorium,
attacking the Ohio Republican par
ty's "favorite son" plan for its dele
gation to the convention.
"Do you want to send an unln
structed delegation which may be
gathered In some hotel room at 8
a. m. under conditions I will not de
scribe and have there a trade and
barter entered Into that will deter
mine the selection of the nominee?"
INGOF
GOLD BEACH, Ore.. March 20
(AP) Businessmen here petitioned
Governor Charles H. Martin and the
state planning board to keep the
Rogue river and Its tributaries free
from mud from mining operations
during the salmon run
The river Is teeming with salmon
which cannot be taken because the
waters are so muddy. It waa stated.
TRAIL MAN HELD FOR
BARRAGE WITH RIFLE
Disorderly or riotous conduct
chsrgss were to have been filed this
afternoon atalnst Charlie Mathews.
50, of the Trail district, according to
District Attorney Oeorge Codding.
Mathews was arrested Wednesdsy
night by state police after he had
sllegedly taken several pot-shots at
bis sister with a rifle, and than fired
several shots at buildings of the
Sunset -On-Tht-Rogue resort In that
vicinity.
He has been held In the county
jail since his arrest while authori
al lnwli(pltfl(l It $aajtj
mm
RIVER REPEATS HISTORY AT
,
ISA"
Whsre th famous flood ef 1889 swept with a lot. of mors than 2,000 Uvea, Johnston, Pa, waa again
devastated by rushing waters In one of the floods which caused tremendous Ufa toll and prop.rty dam
age throughout th eastern states. Th reaulta are shown In thla aerial photograph. (Associated Press
Photo
AS 5 ARE BARRED
The Lost Creek school has tempor
arily lost one-third of Its enrollment
and when the five absent pupils
would be able to resume their studies
seemed doubtful today. Normal regis
tration at the school Is about IS chil
dren. ,
The five absent pupils are Thomas,
Jsmes and William Short, children of
Mr. and Mrs. J. B. Short of Lake
Creek; and Dorothy and Lucille Vle
aux, nieces of Mrs. Short. All five are
grandchildren of the Rev. William M.
Carle, . retired Presbyterian minister
and father of Mrs. Short.
Last fail the five children, together
with Harriett, John and Carle, other
children of Mr. and Mrs. Short, were
stricken with scarlet fever. The quar
antine, lasting 80 days, waa lifted
November 6, It was stated by the Rev.
Mr. Carle.
Subsequently six of the eight chil
dren suffered from measles and again
the Short home was quarantined.
Early this month Harold Patton,
son of Mr. and Mrs. M. C. Patton of
Lake Creek and a pupil at the Lost
Creek school, was stricken with scar
let fever. After making an investiga
tion. .Dr. A. N. Johnson, county health
officer, found that the Patton boy
had visited at the Short home a few
dsys before he became ill with the
fever, the doctor said today. This and
other factors, Dr. Johnson stated, In
dicated that the youngster hsd prob
ably been Infected through contact
with the other children.
The children at the Short home
were therefore suspected of being car
riers of scarlet fever germs. Dr. John
son related. An examination of the
five attending the Lost Creek school
showed their tonsils to be badly In
fected and It was concluded the ton
sils might be harboring n.ritt fevr
microbes, tt waa explained.
Dr. Johnson said he advised having
the tonsils excised. The children were
taken to the fsmlly physician, it was
said, and ha gave the same advice.
Mrs. Short wss willing to have the
(Continued on Page Three.)
SET FOR MARCH 31
TRENTON. N. March 20. (AP)
Bruno Richard Hauptmann's execu
tion has been fixed for the night of
Msrch 81, It was definitely learned
today aa Col. Mark O. Klmberllng.
warden of the state prison, mailed In
vitations to official witnesses.
Kauptmann, convkted of killing
Charles A. Lindbergh, Jr.. will go to
the electric chair at A p.m.
Governor Harold O. Hoffman,
meanwhile, was still trying to ar
range an Interview with Dr. John P.
(Jsfste) Condon, Lindbergh ransom
Intermedisry, In the abort tuna before
fhji tst&HiMQ& Jta
7wi
Missing Son Seen
In Roundup Photo
Mother Believes
GRAlrs' PASS,' WrchT o!
(AP) A news photo published
here of a group at the wild horse
roundup in the Applegate district
last Sunday may be the means of
reuniting Mrs. K. O. Myers of
Murphy and her son Billy, 16.
Billy has been missing from
home almost a year. Mrs. Myers
believes she recognizes him in the
photograph. She Is anxious to get
In touch with him as Mr. Myers
Is critically 111 In a veterans' hos
pital In Walla Walla, Wash., she
said.
F
FINANCING FIGHT
AGAINST. HEARST
WASHINGTON, March 20. (AP)
The senate today passed legislation
to make 110.000 "Immediately avall
ab1e'r fur hiring a lawyer to combat
Injunction proceedings brought
against the lobby committee by Wil
liam Randolph Hearst.
The proposal now goes to the
house. If approved there, It must
be signed by President Roosevelt,
It was Introduced by Chairman
Black . (D-Ala.) after a two-hour
speech defending committee action.
Hearst petitioned the supreme
court of the District of Columbia to
enjoin the lobby committee from ex
amining his telegrams.
The committee's authority was
questioned In the senate today by
Senator Stelwer (R-Ore.) who said
the courts "almost . universally"
frowned on "fishing expeditions."
His objection brought- from Black
of the committee a contention that
"these protests are not new;, they
have been made against every com
mit Uo Investigation."
K. F .ROTARY MEETING
KLAMATH TM1A. Msrch 30. Ti
Oeorge Ford, 08, official of the
Columbia Utilities and well known
In Oregon business circles, dropped
a cad ut a heart attack at the Rotary
club luncheon here this noon.
POLITICAL POT COLD
AS DEADLINE NEARS
With ten days left for candidates
to file lor the May primaries, the
polMtoal pot In Jtr.kmn ounty is not
boiling. The state attorney general
has ruled that Monday, March 20 la
the final day for declarations of in
tention to run for office. There have
been no filings the past week. The
local political scene Is so serene, few
are even being "rnentloncd' as csn
didaies. and there are no political
USAUSttata-
p U ILlLiu
JOHNSTOWN
Tfjr w
RED CROSS SETS
E
FOR FLOOD HELP
The local chapter of the American
Red Cross was requested today to
raise $450 Immediately for the relief
of stricken families In flood areas.
Plans were made forthwith by
George T. Prey, chairman of the
Jackson county unit, to raise the re
quired quota. Donations, he said,
may be left at any Medford bank,
Red Cross officials in the courthouse,
the Fltst National Bank of Ashland
or the . First State Bank of JOogle
Point, "
Mr. Prey received the following ur
gent telegram from Admiral Gary T.
Grayson, notional Red Cross chair
man r.
"Reports Indicate 38,000 families In
Continued on Pag Eight.)
STORK ARRIVES
DESPITE FLOODS
BtniNnPIHI.n. Mui. March 30.
'l IDl TSun hihlu nut hnn, bull.
with the help of the fire depart
ment after flood oondltlona shut off
electrlo lights.
The Mercy hospital delivery room
waa In darkness until firemen ar
rived with flood lights.
MILTON, Pa., March 30. (API
Mrs. Helen Mausleller, a flood refu
gee, gave birth to a daughter In the
biology laboratory of the high school
today.
' Bhe wss one of a number who
found shelter In the building.
William Wright, aged Central Point
district farmer, Injured when his
wood truck was atrurk by a north
bound passenger train at the Central
Point crossing on the morning of
March 3. Is showing gradual Im
provement although he la not yet
out of danger, the attending physic
lsn reported today.
Suffering from a bndly fractured
skull, Wright still hss periods of
corns, but rallies with Increasing
atrength each time, and the physic
ian aisled Uiat ha thought the In
jured man would recover fully.
KLAMATH FALLS COPCO
RECEIPTS SHOW GROWTH
KLAMATH PALLS. Ore... March
30. (AP) Tie California - Oregon
Power company reported receipt the
past year were 37.ooo In excess of
those for the previous 13 months'
period. The year's total waa n
MUBM4 H 4i947a
HUNGER, DISEASE
AND PANIC STALK
Death Toll Placed at 138
Over 200,000 Homeless
Material Damage Near
$300,000,000 Surveyed
By FRED VANDER8CMMIDT
(Copyright, 1938. by the Associated
Press)
Busy cltlea of Mew Knrtnnrf anrf K
Ohio valley bucked the crest of th
vast eastern floods today.
Elsewhere, smltf falUno' .
civil and mllltarv authnrlHM nt
atrtcken sections fought to quell pan
ic, hunger, thirst and disease.
The death toll atnnrf thi .fhmwM.
at) 138.. Morn than Qnn nnn .
lleved homeless; unofficial rxrt nt
uomage over tne la states Beared
300,000,000.
Two Score Cities lilt
Late develonmenta rmm im f.n.
flung area of disaster Included:
1. Two score New KmrUnrf HH
Including Hartford and Mlddletown.
Conn.: Springfield. Lowell, Lawrence
and Haverhill. Mam.; and rr.AHi
Manchester, Keene and Hcoksett, H,
a., were gravely distressed,
Approximately 100.000 were home
lee. The main aectlon of Hookaett
lay in wine. Water from both th
Connecticut and Oak rivers was
reaching Hartford's main street and
15 per cent . of the city was under
water. Sandbags wore plied n th
business section. Governor Brann of
Maine estimated the loss In his state
at tl6.000.000. Manv mmmntiltlM
had no water, light, gas or telephone
service. National guardsmen prevent
ed looting and calmed panicky crowds
in some places.
a. Debrls-fllled waters of the Ohio
coursed southward Into their lower
valleys, finding residents In many
Ohio and West Virginia cities either "
evscuated or prepared. Flood levels
did not reach the 1913 figures, al
though water ran deep In the street
of Marietta and other cities. Back
upstream, Wheeling. W. Va, polio
had reports that two more persons
were drowned In an attempt to re
turn to' their bomea on flooded
Wheeling Island.
8. Pittsburgh, thrown Into a brief
psnlc by false police reports of a
major bridge collapse, marshaled It
(Continued on Page Eleven)
fateTlamson
SAN JOSE, Calif., March 30. (AP)
The fat of David A. Leroson, charg
ed with slaying his wife, wa placed
In the Jury' hands at 13:13 p. rn.
today.
The Jurors were taken Immediately
to lunch and will begin deliberation
upon thslr return.
Lamaon, who twice before bad
watched th Jury file from the room,
sat ilk a statue, the knuckles of his
hsnds showing white s he gripped
the arms of his chair.
Th defense In It closing argu
ment pleaded: "The defendant has
suffered enough. Let him go horn
end raise his young daughter."
"Lot him go home?" Prosecutor A.
P. Lindsay asked In a dramatlo clos
ing argument.
"la that the principle of Justice by
which w are governed? Then we
may a well abandon our penitent!
arlea and let them all go home."
E
AT GRID CONTESTS
PORTLAND, Ore, March 30 (AP)
The football fan who goes to the
bUt game with a bottle on his hip
may run Into a lot of trouble next
fall If City Attorney Prank Oraut lias
his way.
Orant drafted a proposed ontlneno
which would prohibit drinking at
games or In other public places, or
appearing at such plsres Intoxicated.
Mcmbcra of the city council re
fused to secede to the pro pons! of
th Oregon Pood and Beverag Dis
pensers that a penalty be !mposta on
minor who misrepresent their ag to
buy liquor.
The association charged yeaterday
that Circuit udg O. H. Gilbert had
used an attempt to curtail tbe sal
of beer to minor Into a poUtloal ga
ui MT AloaaUL