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Thirty-first Year.
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 12, 1936.
No. 117.
The Weather
Forecast: Fair tonight and
Thursday; little change In tem
perature. Temperature
Highest yesterday 86
Lowest this morning M,
lima cms iists r mm
s I DR. WUNDER FIS; income Tax Return Eyed NEGOTIATIONS FOR HAMILTON URGES! baseball I BORAH, ROBINSON
JSkd HOT REJOINDER AT - i SETTLEMENT FAIL ELECTORATE ARISE 1 r TAKE LEAD OVER
jrMUlUMUjfljli mmmspr uh and Lopec; Slvess, Benge and .
ffifeJ FATHER OF PLAN IN ASTOR HEARING AGAINST NEW DEAL . , TOWNSEND PAIR
By PAUL MA1.LON
(Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mallon.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. Those
who eat outside the door at the birth
of the new Jcffersonlan Democratic
party at Detroit
lea mad It was
largely Jim Heed's
baby.
The lncompar
able caustic ex
senator from
Missouri conceiv
ed the original
notion. He had
one of hla pollt
leal friends Issue
the convention
call. He furnish'
ed most of the
leadership at the
gathering. Filially he and hla pal be
came the top office holders of the
new organization.
Al Smith was afraid of that. They
ay Mr. Smith has a strong person
ality too. He dors not mix readily
with other personailtlee of strength.
This explains why he remained In the
celestial labyrinths of his Empire
State domain and dropped eonwwhat
grouchy comment concerning conten
tion suggestions that he would take
the stump for the new movement
Al will stump but under auspices of
his own choosing. s
The question of ausploes also fur
nished the only Inside difficulty at
the J. D. convention. Doormen
thought they heard the voice of Mas
sachusetts' Ely suggesting at the very
first meeting that the J. D.'a Indorse
Governor Landon straight-out.
Objeotlon came mainly from Texas
Joe Bailey, son of the former senator
who thought It would be better In
the south If they Just merely opposed
-President Roosevelt.
The ultimate decision on that ba
ils, however, was purely technical.
Reed let It be understood by all that
he would not only talk against Mr.
Roosevelt, but for Governor Landon.
So did Ely.
The only difference It makes la
that when they speak In the south
and elsewhere, It will be under their
own auspices and not that of Repub
licans. It may save them some em
barrassment. Note Mr. Reed looks only slightly
older than when he was In th esen
iu. but he has not lost the speaking
spark. He actually brought tears at
one executive session.
He and Smith are expected to fur
nish the most entertaining campaign
oratory.
The impression Is general within
the treasury that the decspltated
secret service men (Messrs. Murphy
and Boatwrlght) will regain their
(Ccnt'nued on Page Pour )
ST. PAUL. Minn., Aug. 13. TV
Conditions In northern Minnesota,
spotted with dangerous brush and
timber fires, never have been so seri
ous, Grover Conret, state forester,
ssld today. He warned 'the situation
Is growing worse dally."
Conrefs announcement came with
fresh outbreaks of forest and brush
tires In Minnesota and Wisconsin that
threatened lives and property.
Eight hundred men fought the
Bennett fire In upper Wisconsin as
this blare again changed direction
and threatened both Bennett and
Hawthorne, directly In Its path.
Hawthorne residents were ready to
evacuate.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
J. E. Crawford expressing blank
amazement when Chief McCredle told
him state laws ordered the peniten
tiary for those who burned their own
buildings, even though burning them
to save dismantling bills.
A crowd assembling outside a shoe
shop to gape at the size 1S-EEE shoes
of Elmer Relchert, CCC enrollee from
Lara Beds, said shoes having been
shipped here by flat car to have a
couple of acres of sole put on.
. Dick Phalr, plnball tycoon, get
ting a hasty can to Grant Pass to
fix a recalcitrant machine, at an ex
pense of about four bucks to himself,
and wistfully noting that he wished
hla Job were as lucrative aa so many
assume.
Cass "Rembrandt" Wymore taking
an artistic Interest In hla work of
daubing paint on the 40 et 8 tcbu
tchu before the dilapidated vehicle
left for fiosebmg Lais morning.
Eastern Leader Says Smith
and Townsend Have Sold
Pension Plan Organization
to Coughlin and Lemke
CHICAGO, Aug. 12. (AP) Dr.
Clinton Wunder's charge that Dr. P.
E. Townsend "sold the organization
down the river to Coughlin and
Lemke" reverberated today In the
wake of a widespread ehakeup In the
old age pension movement.
Dismissal of Dr. Wunder, eastern
leader; J. B. Klefer. central regional
director at Chicago; and Will lam
Parker, eaatern regional director at
New Tprk, was announced here last
night by Gllmour Young, national
secretary. 1 n
Conduct Vnsat.sfaitory
. "The specific reason, for which they
were discharged . was inefficiency."
said Young. "The ip' general conduct
In office wan't satisfactory to the
organization, or rather the doctor
(Townsend) felt it wasn't aatlsfac
tory." The national secretary said there
had been complaints that Dr. Wun
der Injected "politics and political
personalities" Into his speeches In
stead of concentrating exclusively on
the pension law.
Dr. Wunder rejoined in a formal
statement Issued In New York.
"I am fired because I objected to
Dr. Townsend and Gerald Smith do
ing the very thing they now accuse
me of," he stated. "They have told
the Townsend organization down the
river to Coughlin and Lemke."
Must Support Lemke
Dr. Wunder said ho was removed
last Saturday, one day after Dr.
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HOLLYWOOD, Calif., Aug. 13. Ti
Elaine Barrie. 21-year-old actreu,
broke her "engagement" to middle-
aged John Barry more, but kept the
screen star's 8V-karat diamond ring
today.
Barrymore, 111 with a serious heart
ailment, lay In a sanitarium secluded
from callers and silent, while the bru
nette New Yorker announced at her
apartment:
"Recent event have shown con
clusively that It would be impoaslble
for us to plan a happy' married life
together. With this realization 1 would
innniteiy prefer to terminate our
blessed relationship at this time rath
er than when we were married.
So came the official end to the
transcontinental Call ban -Ariel ro
mance that bloomed In Manhattan In
the spring of 1835. It definitely with
ered last July 20 when Barrymore
between confinements In hosp.tals,
declared, "I neTer was engaged to
her."
"A man can't get along with a girl
like that," he added.
Queen Mary Model
Displayed At Bank
A sis foot model of the gigantic
super liner Queen Mary la now on
display In the lobby of the Med ford
branch of the First National Bank of
Portland. The exhibit la displayed
through the courtesy of LIddell and
Clark, Inc., general agents for the
Cunard-Whlte Star lines, and will
remain here for several days.
The model is built to actual scale,
and features clever craftsmanship In
construction. Literature available
the exhibit points out the particular
j features of the great ship.
Creameries Unite
To Help Industry
SALEM. Aug. 12. Representa
tives of eight creameries In Lane,
Linn, Marlon and Clackamas coun
ties formed the first creamery test
ing association In Oregon "to a:d the
dairy Industry by lending confidence
In the Industry," State Director Solon
T. White announced today.
Other associations will be ataxted
In various sections of the state. White
said. The organization Is similar to
the cow testing associations.
STATE TURKEY GROWERS
CONVENTION AUGUST 25
CORVALLIS, Aug. 12 (AP A
stste - wide convention of turkey
growers, tbe first to be held In Ore
gon, will convene here August 25.
Oregon Stet college poultry offi
cials have cooperated In arranging a
program of an educational nature
; Many turkey breeders and growers re
j quested the meeting to dlcua their
problems.
Indictment by a Los Angeles grand Jury of Edwin P. Werner, former
city attorney, and hla wife, Helen, a political leader on bribery and grand
theft charges In connection with California liquor law enforcement Ir
regularities, took k new turn today when state Income tax returns of the
couple were placed In the records of the Investigating committee through
a surprise move. The Werners are shown above In an Associated Press
photo. "
STORES 10 Ml
' OPENTO 9 O'CLOCK
Starting Align 1R all Medford
stores will remain open on Saturday
nlghta until 9 o'clock. The laU clos
ing hour will remain In effect until
and Including November 14.
Ordinarily all retail "tores here, ex
cepting the food markets, close at
8:30 on Saturday. During the fruit
season, however, the state labor de
partment usually gives special per
mission to the stores to remain open
half an hour longer on Saturday
night so that pickers and packers will
have time to complete their shop
ping, most of them being unable to
get to town until Saturday evening.
It was explained by C. D. Bean, chair
man of the retail merchanta commit
tee of tha Jackson County Chamber
ol Commerce.
Permission for the later closing was
granted by the labor department last
week and a poll of the merchants
completed yesterdsy showed unanlm
oua approval of the plan, Mr. Bean
said. So starting this week, all stores
In town will remain open until 0
o'clock Saturday nights.
Portland Decides
On Sewage Plan
PORTLAND. August 12. (AP In
accordance with the recommendation
of tta sewage disposal committee, the
Portland city council this morning
passed a resolution for submission
to the voters of a 10 year program of
sewage disposal construction. The
plan, originated by Commissioner
Bean, eontemplatea construction of
tha system In yearly units, the cost
to be paid through sewer use charges
attached to tho water bills.
Candidate Dies
As Votes Counted
PINE BLUPP, Ark., Aug. 12, (AP)
Chancellor Harvey R. Lucas waa nom
inated for the bench In the fourth
JudlelAl district at Tuesday's demo
cratic primary election.
But Chancellor Lucas, known thru
out tho state as the first Arkansas
Judge to declare a depression mora
torium on homestead forecloaurea,
waa dead.
He auccumbed to a heart ailment
at hla home last night, unaware of
the outcome.
DR. SHARP APPOINTED
ON STATE AIR BOARD
SALEM. Aug. 12. (AP) Governor
Martin appointed Dr. Paul Sharp of
Klamath rails to the state board of
aeronautics today.
Sharp will succeed Theodore Gll
ln waters who has moved to Los
Angelea.
KING WILL FEED FISH
$1500 IN GOLF BALLS
LONDON. Aug. 12 ( AP) King
reward VIII took about 11300 worth
of goir balls aboard his vacation
yacht Nanlln Just to send them sip
ping Into the Adriatic sea.
PORT ORFORD WHARF
REPAIRS START SOON
PORT ORPORD. Or-., Au. 12 VP)
Oeorge Gorman, manager of the
Port Orford Dock and Terminal com
pany, nil today work of repairing
the wharf dma?d l last irlnteT's
storm aouid begin l mediately.
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IN ESCAPING POLICE
AFTER LOCAL BRAWL
A warrant waa Issued yesterday for
arrest ot Evan Jones of the Sams
Valley district charged with oarrylngj
a conce ilea weapon, as tha result of
a conflict with tha law last Sunday
night when Jones, In escaping arrest
Is alleged to have "Sonnenberged"
two Medford policemen. Tho warrant
was placed In tha hands of the sher
iff's office for service.
According to the district attorney's
office, Jonea In a Jealoua rage went
to a North Holly street residence
where he allegedly created a disturb
ance necessitating the calling of the
city police. Officers William Peck
and Ray Slonlker aniwared the call,
and a revolver waa assertcdly taken
fiom Jones.
Officer Peck escorted a man and
woman to the polios auto, leaving
Offlwr Slonlker In charge of Jonea.
A Slonlker went to put on the
handcuffs, Jones buttd him in the
stomach with his head, temporarily
putting slonlker out of commission
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Zioncheck Funeral
Seattle's Largest
SEATTLE. Aug. 13. (API Ken
neth Romney. aergcant-at-arms for
the house of representatives, ssld to
day that Rep. Marlon Zloncheek's
funeral yesterday was the largest,
save one. that he has witnessed In 30
yeara aa a congressional aide.
One of Romney's formal duties la
to escort congressional delegations
named to attend funerals of members
of congress, and he ssld he recalls
hut one that of tha late Speaker
Joseph W. Byrns, attended by Presl-
dent Roosevelt which was larger
tnan zioncheck'a. Between 3000 and
3000 Jammed the auditorium and
about 1000 waited outside.
PORTLAND. Aug. 13. (AP) Death
came almost Instantly to Mrs. Annie
O. Tower, 87. wife of Wallace O.
Tower of Oak Grove, aboiit 8 p.m.
Tuesday when ahe walked Into the
side of a car driven by John W. Rayl
of Oregon City on the Portland-Oregon
City super highway near Court
ney Station.
Polly Moran
Husband in
BEVERLY KILLS, Oallf.. Aug. 12.
(JP) The charges against Polly Mor
an 's husband, Martin Malone, of sus
picion of assault with a deadly wea
pon simmered down to misdemeanor
today when Malone pleeded guilty to
"exhibiting a gun."
After hearing Misa Moran. the
comedienne, deny stoutly that 'jer
athletic husband had ever threatened
her with a pistol. Justice Cecil B.
Koliand sild he would drop the fel
ony charge against Malone.
The occasion waa Mi long's prelim
inary hearing on charges growing out
of the tempestuous morning of July
18 when a domestic argument brought
Malone Into the tolls of the law.
Here is Miss Moran's tory of the
lamlly argument that brought police;
He came horns Jutt 4 w olt in
Judge Summons All Wit
nesses to Report Follow
ing Hour and Half Confer
ence of Opposing Counsel
LOS ANGELES. Aug. 13. P) Su
perior Judge Goodwin J. Knight to
day summoned all witnesses in the
marital dispute ot Mary Astor and Dr.
Pranklyn Thorpo to report In court
at 3 p. m., Indicating that negotia
tions for a settlement had foiled.
The judge made hla announcement
after having been closeted for an hour
and a half In hla chambers with op
posing counsel.
Previously Joseph Anderson, attor
ney for Dr. Thorpe, had said that the
obstacle to a settlement was "extra
neaua matter not Introduced la evi
dence."
He apparently referred to what has
booome the focua of the dispute over
custody of four-year-old Marilyn
Thorpe Mary As tor's diary. r
In this private book. Dr. Thorpe
has chsrged his divorced wife wrote
down sccounts of her friendships with
vsrlous men.
Neither Anderson nor Woolcy would
comment on the status of the case.
Judge Knight yesterdsy expressed
hope that an agreement between the
attorneys could be reached, and warn
ed that unless they speeded up trial
of the suit and stopped asking "lrro
levant questions," he would take the
questioning of witnesses Into his own
hands.
Hidden away somewhere in the
movie colony, the lawyers worked
from sundown until virtually dawn to
draft a program of guardianship for
four-year-old Marilyn Astor Thorpe
which would be acceptable to both of
her bitterly Inimical parents.
E
TORONTO, Aug. t (AP) Mrs.
John Nagle last night gave birth to
her tenth baby in ten years to place
her well up among the leaders In the
Charlea Vance Miller "baby mara
thon" for a price ot SOO.Ouu.
Under the terms of the late To
ronto lawyer'a will, the mother giving
birth to the most babies here In the
ten-veer period following his death
will receive the residue ot hla estate.
The deadline la October 31, 1036.
Mrs. Martin Kenny, with 13 chil
dren. Instate ahe leads the race; Mrs.
Arthur Ttmleck, Mrs. Grace Bagnato
and Mrs. Nagle dispute Mrs. Kenny's
claim.
Mrs. Nagle'a baby girl weighed nine
pounds. It waa her twelfth baby since
her marriage at the age of 17. She Is
now 34.
Pelicans Going
To Legion Meet
ROSEBURO, Ore., Aug. 13. (API
Klamath Falls legionnaires are bring
ing four crates of baby pelicans to
the American Legion convention here
the local commission was Informed
by wire today. The delegation ta
scheduled to arrive In Roseburg at
3:30 p. m. and announced that Its
drum corps would tmmedletely open
festivities with an uptown parade
and exhibition.
Income Shares
Maryland fund, bid, 19.08; asked,
10.88.
Quarterly Income, bid $1.78; asked
103.
Sides With
Gun Episode
toxicated, and what would 1 do but
atart my nagging number.
"He aald, 'ah, my llttlt nagging
wire
"You know the ritual, about hus
bands always coming home drunk
from stag parties.
"Well, I gve him some of that for
a while and ended It by saying:
" "Oo blow your brains out I
"Now no one In the world could
have ben more surprised than me
when he went over to a dressing taftle
by the bed and took out a rusty old
gun, an automatic, used to shoot at
flying flab when we went over to
Catalina on our boat.
"It was a warm night.
"The wlndowa were all wide open
&nd I guess all the elghbora heard
me streaming.
"I didn't want him to commit sul
ci tic in the bouse.
G. 0. P. Chairman Adds New
Fuel to Oregon Election
Fire Social Alignment
Attempt Claimed in Talk
PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. IJ. P)-
Oregon Republicanism regarded as
new fuel for a torrid election today
the statement of John D. M. Hamil
ton, national G. O. P. chairman, that
"the time has come for the American
electorate to arise and demand that
their government be returned to them
and to the prlnclplea of common
sense."
Hamilton spoke at a Republican
rally last night.
He attacked aoclal alignment, say
ing "we cannot treat lightly the at
tempt of the president of the
United States who would set class
against class" and declared "the
American people want Just whst Gov
ernor Landon wants. They want to
get rid of this talk of class strife."
In referring to what he termed
President Roosevelt's "declaration of
war" In the latter'a June acceptance
speech, Hamilton said "this talk of
war la delightfully vague" and com
mented that "by a process of elimin
ation" he had decided that by "econ
omic royalists" the president meant
"the owners of American business.
"Now obviously to any thinking
man this charge of domination by
eoonomlo royalists Is ridiculous. X
think that everybody knowa It la a
figment of the presldent'a Imagina
tion." In another reference to the presl
dent'a talk, Hamilton said "It might
be possible to let a alngle speech pass
aa slip but we have too many. other
evidences among Mr. Roosevelt's sup
portera that the, warfare ot ciasi
against class la their design."
In enlarging on hla comment on
war," Hamilton told his audience
last night that "aa a matter of fact
It la not a war Ifa e. fight be
tween two partlea. On one side are the
American people On the other are
ranged the desporate appointees of
Mr. Parley desperate I would remind
you because they are fighting with
their backs against their jobs."
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PT.
PORT ORFORD, Ore., Aug. 12.
(AP) Barricades and special con
stable held tha Port Orford dock
property for representatives of the
Port Orford Dock Terminal corpor
atlon today after the latter organisa
tion ousted tha Port Orford 8ea Pro
duct company which claimed to
have a lease.
George Oorman, acting aa general
manager of property her for tha
Capitol National Bank of Sacramento
ssld hla company doea not recognise
the existence of a lease.
Gilbert Oable, formerly in control
of corporations here, asld the Sea
Products firm returned the lease to
him by request when the property
changed hands and that "It did not
occur" to him to mention the lease
when the property was transferred.
Three men held In tha county Jail
to await the action of tha grand Jury,
have expressed a willingness to enter
pleas of guilty, and ara scheduled to
appear before Circuit Judge H. D.
Norton, Thursday morning for dispo
sition of their cases.
They are Orln Tracy, charged with
attempted burglary of a Gold Hill
garage for the purpoae of removing
an auto Involved In a traffic aoel
dent; Howard Dorman of Gold Hill,
charged with larceny from a tore
and Willis Shapley of the Wlmer dis
trict, charged with receiving itoltn
property, a alaln calf belonging to
Prank McCarvel.
Yacht Race Crew
Got Fill Of Beer
SEATTLE. Aug. 13. (AP) Frank
McHugh, member of the crew of Ray
Cook's ssllboat Circe, which finished
f:fth In the recent Santa Monica-
Honolulu race, said on hla return to
day that they had run out of water
tour days from Honolulu.
'Tor four days then, w had to
drink beer," he aald.
"Pretty tough," someone comment
ed "Nothing but beer, eh?"
"Yes." replied McHugh. "The trou
ble wss, It wasn't Iced."
R. H. E,
Cincinnati 1 6
Pittsburgh 8 11 0
Schott, Brennan and Lombard!;
Swift and Psdden.
(13 innings) R. H. I.
New York 7 1
Brooklyn i IS 3
Qsbler and Mancuso; Mungo and
Berrea.
American
(First game)
Philadelphia 4 I
Boston - 6 7 1
Llsenbee, Flythe and Moas; W. Fer
ret! and R. Ferrell.
(Second game)
Philadelphia 6 10 1
Boston OSS
Kelley and Hayes; Meola, Wllaon
and Berg.
Washington 7 10 I
New York II IS 3
WhltehUI. Cohen and Millies; Had-
ley and Olenn,
R. H. I.
Detroit . 7 11 0
Cleveland 4 3 0
Bridges and Hayworth; Hudlln,
Blaeholder, Lee and Sullivan. '
R. H. E.
St. Loula . S 1
Chicago 8 10 0
Knott, Lelbhardt, Klmberlln and
Henaley; Kennedy end Orube.
PACKERS' STRIKE
AT 4 FRUIT SHEDS
' Packer! from four fruit sheds, strik
ing for a one cent raise from tha five
cents par box prices generally pre'
vailing, walked out at 1 o'clock thla
afternoon, and the plants were shut
down shortly after. The first walk
out occurred at ths Rogue River conv
pany plant, where the packers quit
their posts Juat before the noon re
cess at 12. The Myron Root fores,
and the packers at Sgobel 4e Day and
American Fniitgrowwa stopped work
shortly after l o'clock aa the graders
started work for the afternoon.
At Myron Root's, 21 packers quit
In a body, but nine of these, mostly
local workers, returned Immediately
to the Job. The management of that
plant paid the strikers off Immedi
ately.
By mid-afternoon 10 packera were
at work at the Root plant .but the
other three houses Temalned down.
A group of striken congregated at the
Root plant before 3 o'clock, but were
ordered from the premises. Accord
ing to one plant authority, they In
tended to return tomorrow morning
and prevent opening of the shed, but
this was given no credence either by
packera or by many of the strikers
themselves,
The strike seemed to lack organisa
tion other than a small-scale whis
pering campaign, and waa believed
started by tranalent workers here for
the harvest. Raymond Reter, general
manager of the non-striking Pinnacle
Packing company, one of the largest
In tha valley, ventured the opinion
that Itinerant and malcontent work
ers were responsible for the walk-out,
which he believed would not become
general.
"If tha strike should continue there
Is enough cold storags space in Med
ford at the present time to throw the
entire Bartlett crop Into storage In
loose pack, from where It would have
to be packed slowly by local help.
This would entail large shipments to
canneries at a vastly reduced price
to the grower, and consequently a
lowering of total wage earnings to the
valley," Reter aald.
He stated that the Bartlett crop
could remain on the trees without
(Continued on Page Five.)
NEARLY 20 TESTED
Examination of petitioners for na
turalization papera will be completed
In federal building here tomorrow by
Thomas o. Orlfflng of Portland, aa
alstsnt divisional director ot emigra
tion and naturalisation.
Mr. Orlfflng has been at federal
building since Monde-y and has ei
amlned 30 applicants and their wit
nesses. Those who qualify will be
naturallted at the neat session of
federal court here In the tall, It waa
explained.
Declaration of Intention an lto
being received by Mr. OrUtlng end
any aliens dsslroua of becoming a
naturalised clttren 1 Invited to con
sult him before he returns to Port
Isnd this evening.
Arkansas Senator Has 2 to
1 Margin Over Combined
Vote of Opponents Sen.
Borah Also Far in Front
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. (AP) A
stream of primary ballota sweeping
two nationally prominent senators to
commanding leads for renomlnatlon.
and a burst of clashing argumenU la
the presidential campaign featured
todays politics.
In the slowly mounting Arkansas
returns, the Democ ratio leader. Sena
tor Joseph T. Robinson obtained
better tVian two-to-one margin over
the combined rotes of two rivals.
They ara Cleveland Holland, advocate
of the Townsend old age pension,
and J. Rosser Venable.
Making the "political fight of a
lifetime" at the age of 71, Senator
William E. Borah was outdlatandng
hla Townsendtte opponent, Byroa
Defenbach, former state treasurer.
The Borah lead on tha face of partial
returns waa three to one. In the
Democratic contest for the sanatoria
henora, the cowboy governor O. Ben
Ross pulled away from Federal Attor
ney John A. Carver,
Down In Florida, former Governor
Doyle E. Carlton conceded victory to
0. O. Andrews, Townsendlte and a
former circuit Judge. They contested
In a special primary tor nomination
to succeed the late Senator Park
Trammell.
BOISE, Idaho, Aug. 13. (AP)
William E. Borah, veteran Republican
and Democratic Governor O, Ben Rosa
.(Continued on Page Three.)
SIAKES EXISTENCE ON
Copyright, 1938, by Associated Press.
MADRID, Aug. 12. The Spanish
government stsked Its life today on
two desperate offenslvea on ahell
shredded fronts of the nation's civil
war.
On the northern seaboard and In
the south government militia fought
with two objectives: to prevent fas
cist rebels from controlling the are
bordering the Bay of Biscay, and to
stop In lta tracks a blood-drenched
rebel drive on Madrid.
In the north wist Madrid's militia
smashed relentlessly toward capture
of Ovledo to effect s "great turn" la
the drive to suppress the fascist re
bellion. In the south, concentration point
for thousands of Moroccan troopa
brought from north Africa by ths
rebel general, Francisco Franco, for
the offensive against Madrid, govern
ment militia harried the Insurgent
In the Cordoba, Or an ad a and Seville
areas.
(Tangier dispatches to Paris said
the major drive on Madrid by Moroc
can rebels was ordered for today.)
In the San Sebastlan-Trun region
of extreme northeaat Spain the rebels
Implemented their fresh offensive
toward the seaahore with a steady
rain of artillery shells. Announce
ment from Burgos, seat of the rebel
provisional government, said San
Sebaatlan had fallen.
KIDNAPER LOSES HEAD
UNDER NEW GERMAN LAW
BONN, Germany, Aug. 13. (AP)
Hans Kduard Olese, .13, wss beheaded
today In the first execution under
Germany's new death penalty for
kidnaping.
Olese waa convicted of kidnaping
the 11-year-old ion of a Bonn merch
ant June 14.
Tardy ERA Check
Gets Hot Retort
From Irate Lady
The wife of an ERA laborer
called at the United States forest
service office In federal building
yesterday and asked If her hus
band's check had arrived.
Mlai Janle V. Smith, who keeps
track of ERA checks along with
her other manifold duties. Inform
ed the woman that the payment
voucher had not arrived.
The woman fumed and fussed
and otherwise displayed her anger.
She turned In huff and started
out, but thinking of parting
shot, wheeled about and ex
claimed; "Well, he'll Juat have to quit
thla Job and to to work."