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( Medford Stores to Offer Dollar Bargains Friday and Saturday The Weather Forecast: rnaettled with show er ud continued cold to nlfbt and Friday. T EMPERA TTRE Hltheet yesterday - 45 Lowest this morning ., . SI Find It Pays A (rial will convince yon of he pulling power of Mill Trl bone Classified Ads. other, re using this method of ad vertising regularly. They rind It pay, atart something. Medford Tribune Thirty-first Year rnA Associated Preea MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JIARCH 26, 1936. ran Cntted Frew No. 4. ITGffif EB I Bimnd By PAUL MALLON (Coovrleht. 1986. br Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON. March 28. The Hew Deal agricultural adlustera, sot znlnua Chester Davis, are wry much m women a a o u i. the way the new farm urogram li 1 btlnc received ney win b, admit It for i minute, but va rloua little things they have heard from the farm belt have Indl cated that the substitute AAA program la no where near as nooular aa the Paul Mallon m fact the reflective pet aonal feeling within the farm bloc In congress (Democratic aa well " Republican) la that the redeal on agriculture may turn out to be a light misdeal. T n. dealt too fast. After the trapreme court decision Invalidating the old AAA. the New ueai iarm timiia and Drofessional farm organ iters rushed together and started the reshuffle without counting the cards carefully. Many a loyal Democratic farm au- .1 i. mill nnv tell TOU Off the WlUitlry ..... - record that President Boosevelt would have been In a Better ponvwni pu 4i. if h yttA tossed ud his hands at the court decision, said he had done the beet he could. "Worked out careful plan to take Into the cam. palgn with an Idea of Instituting It next year. Note The basic farmer displeasure with the new plan seems to be that he soil erosion excuse for benefit payments fall to measure up to the farmer Idea of soundness. Also great admlnlatratlve dlfflcultlea are antici pated. Aa long as the benefit pay ment are kept rolling. In whatever guise, no alrable farm' revolt la ex pected. Greatest ballyhoo agency of the Hew Deal has been the federal hous ing administration. Ite recent annual report devoted three and one-half pages to disclosing how It had "edu cated the puhllc." Any student of the fine art of promotion will find ttiose pages lndispenslble to an ap preciation of the subject. But it will require a housing ex pert to dig out the untold promo tion in the report itself. For ex ample, the report says thst 170, 084,884. of mortgages was "accepted for Insurance" by PHA In 1935. It does not mention the fact that this waa only 10 per cent of new mort gages made that year. In other word, the private mortgage market etlmulated Itself nine times aa much m the government stimulated It. Worse than that, a statistical bea. gle will find In an obscure figure listing premiums paid on Insured mortgages thst the PHA collected on only aR8.784.978 of Insured loans, in stead of the claimed 170.SR4.000. The confessions of the educators of the public do not disclose how (Continued on Page rwelve) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Esrt Sims rsshly betting that reporter couldn't mow dawn all the Ulna bowling ptne with one fell swoop, and thfn having to hike down and wt them up sratn with much grumbling about this being his "unlucky day." Curt Barnea announcing that Bill Dauuherty had aomethlng brilliant to any for thin column, and Dough arty coming up with "We want Tio back to Stanford." Mra. Jamea Fdmtnton wanting her copy of Anthony Adverse bark, since ha haa a lot of extra time on her hands and haa decided to read U. Vic Dalian, after atacklng up aereral ton of crated bananas, find ing that h'd sealed in the com pany's cat, practically hermetically, and then having to moTt nearly every banana, wishing all the time a tarantula would bite the feline. Peairo OonwUen IVlcastro telling ' MNk Lilian! tliat he s going tr, gt new car that will put Macks to aliame. but spurning the suggestion he buy a new Cord, with the re mark that he wants something ei-pen:v , 1 DEATH PENALTY F Vancouver Jury Agrees After Night and Morning of De liberation Condemned Man Calm at Climax VANCOUVER. Wash, March 3. (API A superior court Jury con victed Glenn Stringer. Medford. Ore.. much, todav of the murder two veara ago of Herbert Capias, tobacco aalesman, and recommended the death penalty. The verdict waa returned at. nwu the Jury having been out since 8:30 o'clock yesterday. Defense counsel asked that wi Jury be polled and each Juror af firmed the verd'et. Stringer. 23 - year - old ex-convict, stood calmly aa the verdict waa read and after he had heard himself con demned to death he turned ana kissed Beulah Wilcox, Tacoma, Wash.. ilrl. Police connected stringer wim uie slaying of Caplea while the youth waa serving a term In the Oregon penitentiary for burglary. Upon hla release he waa brought here for tnai. Caplea waa slain In the backyard of his home on March JO, jum, when he resisted robbers. The state (Continued on Page Sixteen) SMUDGING STARTS ROGUHALLEY; TO Continued smudging of Rogue t1- ley orchards seemed In prospect to day as the meteorological bureau pre dicted unsettled weather with show ers and continued cold tonight and tomorrow. Although temperatures moderated somewhat this afternoon, the weath er bureau was of the opinion that the predicted showers did not presage any material rise of the mercury. Snow was forecast again for the higher al titudes. Maximum temperature yesterday was only 48 degrees. Low this morn ing, as registered officially at the municipal airport, was 31, the same aa yesterday. This afternoon the mar-1 cury was several degrees above yes- i terday's maximum. The first general smudging of the season came to the Rogue valley last night and this morning. The mer cury ranged from 30 degrees down to low as 26 degrees In the Table Rock district where the 'firing' was heaviest, according to C B. Oordy, as slstant county agent. There was no commercial damage In heated orchards. Horticulturist Cordy reported. In some of the orchards smudging started as early as ten o'clock, but scattered clouds and moderating tem peratures eased the situation about one o'clock, this morning. The first smudging of the season came Tuesday, March 17, when two orchards the Modoc and Bear Creek lighted their smudge pots. YREKA MURDERER DENIED REPRIEVE SACRAMENTO. March 36. OP) Gov. Merrlam today denied a reprieve to George Hall, who is to be hanged tomorrow at Potsom prison for the killing of Steven Rnt, state high way patrol officer, at Trek a March 10. 1933. The reprieve -as requested orally by S. Luke How, attorney for Mrs. Hall, who la to be arraigned In su perior court here Saturday on charge of attempting to smuggle guna In' the prison to her husband. PORTLAND. March 2fl. (AP E. A. Burkltt. chairman of the Port land rose festival finance committee, said today thst plans to put the event on a permanently found fi nancial basis by a sustaining mem herahlp of 910 per subscriber were progressing satisfactorily. Income Shares MaryUnd funding, bid 10.40; asked 21 99. Quarterly Inrome, bid 1.58; asked 171. Hoffman Checks Evidence in Accident Victims Of Ashland Form Own Organization Pour Ashland women, who In the past three months have sus tained Injuries from falls In their homes, have formed the "A. P. W. Society.' All their surnames be gin with the letter "W and all live within a radius of three blocks of each other. The meaning of the A. F. W." has not been publicly announced. The charter members of the or ganization are Mrs. Marsh Wag ner, who fell and broke a leg and arm, and has been named presi dent; Mrs. P. P. Whittle, who broke an arm, and haa been chos en secretary; Mrs. Julius P. Wolff, who broke a shoulder, and Mrs. W. J. Wallace, who broke an arm, In a fall. Two other women residents of the same Ashland neighborhood, who were Injured In home falls recently, will be contacted soon for membership, Mrs. Wolff said today. Mrs. Wolf also ssld: "We are all recovering, and having a lot of fun out of our society," Sheriff 8yd X. Brown sustained bad cut over his right eye, i wrenched knee and slight chest In- Juries when the auto he was driving struck a loose shoulder Tuesday morning about 1 o'clock on the Pa cific highway between Weed end Yreks, Cel.. and plunged off the road. District Attorney George Codding, who was with Sheriff Brawn at the time, escaped unhurt. The officials were returning from Sacramento, Cel.. where they attended an extra dition bearing. None of Sheriff Brown's hurts Is regarded as serious, according to the attending physician. Dr. J. C. Hayes. The sheriff was directed to rest for a couple of days. According to Codding, the auto went out of control momentarily. when the loose shoulder was hit, and went Into the ditch. No other autos were near at the time The accident occurred 1ft miles south of Yreka. A panning truck driver telephoned to Sheriff W. O. Chandler at Yreka, who came to the rescue, and took the Jackson county sheriff and dis trict attorney to that city. The car was hauled from the ditch and plac ed In commission, the officials ar riving home late Wednesday morn ing. . K. F. MAN FORGED KLAMATTT PAIaUS. March 93. (AP) Sydney Thompson of Dairy was under arrest hare charged with forging thev endorsement of his de ceased father to an old age pension check. Authorities stated that Oscar A. Thompson, father of Sydney, died on November 1. He had been receiv ing an old age pension of 910 a month and the pension checks .con tinued to arrive after his death. Sydney Thompson, they charge, cash ed four of the checks, forging the endorsements. , Stat police arrested hlra when he called at the courthouse to learn why the fifth check had not yet been sent. At the district attorneys office. It was stated Thompson admitted the forgeries with the remark that he "had to have money to eat on." FIVE-INCH SNOW FALLS IN GRANDE RONDE AREA LA ORAVDH. Ore., March 5,. (AP) The March lion Impersonated Old Man Winter here today, pro viding five Inches of snow for resi dents of the Orande Rondo valley lately geared tn sunshine, bluebirds and early gardening. la Orande was apparently In the center of a storm rone with little snow reported east of Union or west of the Blue mountains. Highway ars reported la good condition. Ml JV ICTEI HEARST PAPERS IS Senator Minton Says Publi cations Used for Private Interests Menace to Press Freedom Is Seen WASHINGTON, Mrch 28. ( AP) Senator Minton (L nd.). a mem ber of the senate lob'oy committee, today accused William Randolph Hearst, the publisher, of "prostitut ing" his newspapers for his own private Interests. . Minton made his accusation In speech on the senate floor as the. committee was preparing to file its replv to a suit brought In District of Columbia supreme court by the publisher to prevent use of certain of hla telegrams seized by the com mittee In Its Investigation Into lob bying. Menaces Press Freedom. 'He Is the greatest menace to freedom of the press In the country," the Indlanan ssld. ss he interrupted the senate's routine "business hour' to attack Hesrst. "Instead of using his newspapers to disseminate news,' Minton said, "he Is using his chain of newspapers to prostitute the freedom of the press to his own Interests." Minton begsn his speech 'With an assertion that when the Hearst suit was filed "the newspaper headlines screamed to heaven that the sacred liberties of the people were about to be violated and the committee was running roughshod over their rights." He ssld the federsl communica tions commission had been accused of Joining the lobby committee In (Continued on Page Two.) TOWNSEND HEADS REAP BIG PROFIT ASSERTS PROBER WASHINGTON, Msrch 28. (ff) Delving Into profits received by state managers of the Townsend old age pension organizations, Jamea Sulli van, counsel for a house Investigating committee, charged today that Ed ward James Margett, California, had been receiving monthl) commissions of 1.800 to ea.ioo. Robert E- Clements, recently resign ed national secretary of the Town send organization, said hs was un able to confirm the amounts with out reference to the records. He sdded, however, thst state man agers, out of their commissions from dues of Townsend clubs and mem bers, must split with congressional district Townsend organisers and pay all office, employe and other ex penses. Upon close questioning by Sulli van, he conceded thst natlonsl head quarters of the Townsend organisa tion had no knowledge as to expenses of the state officials. Clements agreed, however, to fur nish a comptete list of these state managers and the amounts of their salaries snd commissions. He testified thst state area man agers receive 40 percent of all dues collected from new members and 20 percent of all quotas turned In by Townsend clubs to support the na tional organization. Testimony that the Townsend old age pension organ t ration had an In come of $43,396 during the first-10 months of its existence was given by Robert Tfi. Clements. Mra. David Wilcox won the point- par golf tournament yesterday, ladles' day, at the Rogue River Valley Oolf club, with Mrs. Rose Bunch and Mrs. Florence Clark as runners up. A luncheon waa held at the clubhouse during the day. On April 1 there will be a ladles' ladder tournament with prizes offered for low net scores. A two-bsll four some will soon be underway at the eiub. it was aonounced todAy. Eye Olympics 1 V.':'vJ Olympic high diving champion In 1932, Dorothy Poynton Hill la train ing at Lot Angalaa for th 1938 game in Garmany. (Aaaoclatad rraaa rnotci TAX PROGRAM HOUSE HEARINGS IS WASIaTNOTON. March 26. n The house wsys and means commit tee today, accepted without change the tax program worked out by a sub committee as a basis for open hear ings on the administration revenue program. The report contained recommenda tions, already disclosed, for a new form of corporation tax, based on per centages of net Income held in re serves, designed to yield $690,000,000. It Included, too, a proposal for a 90 per cent "windfall" tax on "unjust enrichment occurring as a result of non-payment" of old AAA processing taxes. No new processing taxes, as sug gee ted by the president, or any other form of excise levies, were .embraced In the report. One hitherto unrevealed feature waa that railroads would be subject to the tax on undistributed corporation In come but that they would be allowed to retain the privileges of filing con solidated returns. (Continued on Page Sixteen) - DAMAGING CHILL SAN PRANOlBOO, March 2fl", nTpi Crops throughout California were damaged by freexing temperatures, sgrtculturlste reported today, but state officials said it was too early to estimate the loss. Smudge pots burned In fruit districts and the weather bureau Issued a warning to orchard lata that low temperatures would continue. Toung grapefruit were Injured snd tomato and asparagus shipments re I tsrded. i In the citrus belt the temperature hovered around 93 or higher but no damsge waa reported. Snow capped all southern California mountains. A. B. Morrison, Sacramento county agricultural commissioner, said the frost spotted the delta district. He said he believed pears were hurt only slightly, but the new growth of asparagus was killed, snd cutting will, be held up several dsys. KLAMATH LUMBERMAN DIES OF AUTO INJURIES KLAMATH PALLS. Msrch 29 (AP) R. H. Hovey, prominent Klam ath Palls lumberman, dld at the Alturaa, Cal hospital early this af ternoon. He was fatally Injured yes terday when his auto was forced off the highway and turned over near IJackamora. of mam PEACE PROSPECTS HINGEONGERMANY Negotiators Face Almost Impossible Task Unless Hitler Eases Situation Is Word Given Commons LONDON, March 20. (flV-Anthony Eden, foreign secretary, warned, the house of commons today that unless Germany Immediately contributed "towards easing the altuatlon" the negotiations for peace In Flu rope would face an "almost Impossible1 task.. He said the joint projosala made by Oreat Britain. France, Belgium, and Italy bad allayed the prospects of an Immediate war but. he said I do not view the future with a light heart." At the same time he suggested that France must cooperate to find a feas ible solution to Europe's dilemma. In what was Interpreted by hie Us teners as a direct statement to both Prance and Oermany. Eden declared; "It la fanteatlo to suggest that we be tied to the chariot wheels of this or thst foreign country." After demanding that Prance have an open mind, the foreign secretary said: "And I would llxe to say to Oar- many, how can we hope to enter la negotiations with any prospect of sme- (Continued on Psge Sixteen) KIDNAPING PAIR AVOID OFFICERS; A posse Is still searching In the foothills of the Siskiyou mountains today for traces of two kidnapers who allegedly abducted James O. Grove from the streets of Seattle Tuesday afternoon and forced him to drive them to the Klamath Junc tion south of Ashland. No traces of the two men had been found up to this afternoon, but stste polios said that the vigilance will not be re laxed. All highway Junctions and by roads from Roseburg south to the California line are under scrutiny of state troopers today. State po lice headquarters said that It Is pos sible that the two took the Oreen sprlngs mountain road away from the Pacific highway Junction, hltch haklng, and may have procured a ride. There Is little possibility that the two could hsve escaped over the 81s klyous Into California, for It was from that point that Orove tele phoned state police, and a closm watch was maintained from that minute. Orove, who was also robbed, he told police, wired home for money enough to return with his car to Seattle, and left for the Washington metropolis this morning. In checking his story, police found that during the night, or early Wed-, nesdsy morning, Orove hsd stopped for gasoline In Roseburg, snd that two men were with him In the ma chine at that time This fact check ed with O rove's statement that he had been forced to stop there to pro cure fuel for the trip south. 12 DIE IN CRASH OF BIG MEXICAN PLANE AMECAMBOA. Mexico, March 3fl &) A paaeenjeer airplane, enroute to Ouatemala from Mexico City, crashed near the foot of Mount Popocatepetl killing 13 persons today. The president of the town aald the trl -motored plane passed over Tenant flying low, then circled Popocatepetl apparently Intending to return to Mexico City. It then crashed between PopoostAYpetl and a nelghborlns; vol cano IztlecihuaU. HELEN TWELVETREES INSTITUTES DIVORCE HOU.VWOOD, March a (UP) Hlen Twetvetrees. glamorous acreen star, last night filed eult for divorce against Prank B. Woody, Hollywood broker. The ault, filed under her family name, Mra, Helen T. Woody, charged mental orueligr. Bruno 's Future War Vets Face Opposition Of F uture Solons NEW ORLEANS, March 2fl. P) The "veterans" of future wars, seeking advance payment of a bonus, today had to contend with a proposed future congressmen's benevolent association pledged to vote down the future bonus. A post of the veterans of future ware was formed last night at Tu lane university, the "veterans" seeking Immediate payment of a 1,000 bonus In advance of pos sible action In a possible future war. Meanwhile, an "antl" group was reported planning to organise a future "congress" to vote down the future bonus. TALENT DISTRICT GETS ADDITIONAL ' WASHINGTON, March M.-(p)-The reconatructlon corporation today an nounoM authorization of a drainage district loan or M30.000 to tha Tal ent Irrigation district, Jackson coun ty. Oregon. Attorney Prank P. Farrell, acting aa legal adviser for the Talent Irri gation district, tod (ij aald that the W20.000 loan was that large in theo 30,ooo, and that the tarn rapresenta 07700 already allocated to the dis trict for the payment of 3o oente on the dollar to bondholders. Another fire osnu waa rated by the district. and thla extra $43,000 waa borrowed from banka and other short-term sources. Mow the M haa agreed to take orer those notes held by the bank. pay the banka, and put the extra aura on long term notes along with the original .17700, or, the total 4Jo,- 000 announoed In the above dispatch. Aa spokesman for the directors of the Irrigation district, Farrell aald the additional loan was exceedingly gratifying to officials of the district. DEADLINE TODAY E MAJRBHKIKLD, Ore., March 1 (UP) A teat of the determination of 300 WPA workers who went on strike here and at North Bend yea- terday waa expected today. Harold Orey, Medford, WPA dis trict employment supervisor, said the men would be permitted to re turn to their jobs today, without penalties, and without concessions. He forwarded the petition of the strikers for a pay boost from 4 a month to too a month to Portland headquartera. PORTLAND, Ore., March 26 (UP) WPA wagea are paid throughout the nation on a acale fixed by execu uve order of President Roosevelt, and hence cannot be raised In the MarshfleUl area, John O. Albright, assistant Mate PWA administrator, aald today. The pay la based upon population of the largest tows !e erh county. and for Coos county Is $44 monthly, minimum. Bssed on Portland's popu lation, Multnomah county workera receive 944 minimum. E By the Associated Preea The danger of renewed widespread flood devastation akmg the Ohio riv er subsided today. Down the valley from Pittsburgh the Ohio waa rising. But rlvermen said Ite crest would be far below the disastrous level, reached last week. As rehabilitation work waa pushed steadily throughout the desolated eeteern areea. the death toll from more then a week of floods and storms In the east, south and west mounted to not. The threat of new destruction along the Ohio came from the rise in the Monorerahela above Pittsburgh. But the creet of the "little flood" aurged past the at eel metropolis with only scattered and eomoaratlrely minor Home SPENDS 5 HOURS WITHOUT FINDING CONCLUSIVE CLUE Further Tests Needed Is Declaration On Leaving Bronx House Wilentz Present During Search Copyright. 18M, by the Associated Presa ' tfBW YORK. March M I fa. n "nor Harold O. Hoffman spent al- jnoat live nours in Bruno Richard Hauptmann'a Bronx home t- Oheoklnff evidence nn-.v,n convicted Lindbergh kidnap killer wun cne am nap ladder. The examina tion waa not conclusive, the gover-. nor aald. "We have been looking at H and no conclusion can be drawn un til we make further teste," he daw clared aa he left the houee. The rovernar with V.I- -mm . Attorney General David T. WUentB u ynMcuubion oiuciaia were busy In the Hauntmann houee fmm o - m. until 1.40 p. m. The nrlmarr reeann fra - nor1 a visit to the two-family houaw In the Bronx waa to check on the prosecution testimony at the Haupt maun iriai mac xne four nail hole, found In rail 10 of the kidnap ladder fitted exactly with nail holes In the Haimtmann attln toiat rh atate claim., the rail orlirin&nv - nailed down. The ffovernor wea nnrwMnfju4 - - al mils of havltur thla mmmim M- fully checked eo that the court of pardons could have a report of hla examination when It eonatdere Haupt mann'a eeoond appeal for clemency (Continued on Page Two.) FLOOOOlRS " TOLD IN LETTER T( A gripping description of the hardships and aufferlng endured by victims of eastern floods wsa con tained In a letter received today by I. D, Canfleld from hla slater, Mra. O. M. Flack, of Lock Haven, situated on the Susquehanna river In central Pennsylvania. "I'm writing thla letter la bed with all the clothes I oan get on me," Mra. Flack wrote. "The fire la the fireplace waa made from our piano and radio; ao we are having a musical fire." Mr, Canfleld aaaumcd the radio and piano were used tor firewood because no other fuel wsa available and because the Instrument, had been ruined by water anyway. "I wish I could describe the hor rors of the flood but It Is beyond me." Mrs. Flack continued. "We had five feet of water In the bouse and we were sure the water could not reach ua because the house la ob high ground. We lost a lot. "We took up the rugs and a few other thlnga. Billy (her son) and Clyde (her husband) took their cars over to Main street fur safety, but I did not take mine out and It waa aubmerged In water. Then It snowed and there la attll too much water la the cellar to start the furnace. "We etlil have no telephone Mr- vice but we were without Uehta onlr one night. We have a good water supply and hope to have a fire to morrow. 'I'm trying not to complain, aa some people last everything thsy had. Their home. Just floated away." Jackson county a Red Cross quota of 1675 tor flood relief waa nesting completion today. Oeorff T. Prey, county chairman, reported receipt of 1403 .7a at noon. He expressed grati fication for the generoua response made thus far and urged all to con tribute whet they can afford aa aooa aa possible ao that the county miy be among the first to forward finan cial help to the flood areas. MRS. HOWLETT VERY ILL' IS WORD FROM EAGLE PT. Ward waa received from Eagle point today to the effect that Mrs. 8. I. Howlett, one of the best known pio neer women In southern Oregon, la seriously III at her home In the Bun- ayskle hotel there. r 1
