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EDFORD
Full Associated Press
Full United Press
Thirty-First Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, AUGT 20,1936.
No. 124.
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By Paul Million
Copyright, 1938, by Paul Mallon
WASHINGTON. Aug. 20. The secre
tive departure of John L. Lewis for
Europe left a swirl of important rum
ors behind.
A ridiculous one
has reached
print, implying
that the rising
political -labor
leader la trying
to escape Preal
d e n t Roosevelt,
fearing that the
president will re
quire him to
soft-pedal his
steel organization
work and his A.
P. of L. fight un
til after election.
Only slightly better Is the one that
ha la slipping off to cook up some
thing with Labor Secretary Perkins,
who Is meandering around Europe.
(They are due to return about the
same time, early in September.)
A third is that the New Dealers are
trying to negotiate a campaign truce
between Mr, Lewis' C. I, O. and Mr.
Orecn's A. P. of L, and prescribed a
sea trip for Lewis, so they would be
without his disturbing presence.
These ere all Interesting and excit
ing, but the dull fact of the matter
seems to be that Mr. Lewis Is going
to Europe mainly for the ride.
Men who have been at Lewis' el
bow for a long time are confident
he has a complete personal working
arrangement on the Inside with the
president. The first rumor, therefore,
they say, is funny, A misunderstand
ing between Mr. Roosevelt and Mr.
Lewis la impossible. Mr. Lewis will
be guided entirely by what Mr. Roose
velt wants.
The second la almost equally pre-
posterous. Mr. Lewis seldom hss had
anything to eay to Miss Perkins suf
ficiently important to warrant cab
fare for the six blocks from his office
to hers during the last few years. No
body here can conceive of anything
he might want to say now which
would warrant boat fare to Europe.
As to the third rumor, there may
be something In it, but not much. It
appears to be a half-truth built on a
solid foundation.
Those who know the labor situation
thoroughly are confident there will
be no outstanding development, such
as e, strike. In connection with the
O. I. O. organization drive, before elec
tion. They are equally certain that
the existing C. I. O.-A. P. of L. rela
tionship will continue In the state it
now is in, until after the presidential
votes are counted.
At the same time, they decline to
accept the theory that Mr. Lewis' C.
I. O. drive Is solely to help Mr. Roose-
(Continued on tage Stl)
LOSSES BY DROUGHT
WARM SPRINGS. Oa., Aug. 29.
(PV President Roosevelt, owner of
Georgia farm, faces an unprofitable
season because of drought ravages.
He may harvest a fair crop of hay.
planted after recent rain broke the
long dry period.
"We would have made abvilutely
nothing without rains," Otis Moore.
manager of the farm, said today.
"And even with plenty of rain
henceforth, we will only make about
a fifth of a crop."
Oood ll"npy Crop
PORTLAND, Aug. 20. (API The
United States department of ngrlcul
tuie in ft semi-monthly review said
today that honey producing sections
were offering a crop of exceptionally
good quality. The review said that
though shorter thsn Inst year tne
yield is full bodied and light in
color.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Walter Leverette politely declining
to purchase a span of mules for woTk
at his new packing house, after Just
having seen s splendid team of bay
mares and having the leader of he
mares decline to trade them tor
Walt's new red truck.
Cliff Wheelock. right hand of the
Lewis sooper serv, departing from the
conventional sooper serv headgear
and appearing in a 10 gallon beanie
of magnificent lines.
Ward Barnett. Chrysler big shot,
ruefully declaring he'd interviewed
every other perron in town relative
to the wVrebout of fotne trout, and
getting a dlffereut answer each lime,
although he sdmlta he hssn't inter
viewed ny fttla rev.
isrilMiaflhjiiXi''
J OF LINER
!S BRUSQUE -OF
WARNING r
Hitler Will Hold Socialist
Forces Responsible in Fu
ture German Warships
Will Take Measures
By WADE WERNER
(Copyright, 1936, the Associated
Press)
BERLIN, Ajg. 20. Nazi Germany,
in a curt ultimatum to socialist
Spain, warned Madrid today that Ger
man warship commanders had been
commanded to take "all means" to
prevent any repetition of such inci
dents as the reported search of the
reich's liner Kamerun on the high
ocas.
The official German news agency
has announced the Kamerun was
halted and searched by Spanish gov-;
ernment war vessels outside Spanish j
territorial waters, off Cadiz. j
Today's brusque instructions, tele-1
graphed by the Hitler government to
the German charge dartairrs m
Madrid, ordered him to warn the
Spanish government that Germany
will hold it responsible for "all con
sequences" growing out of any simi
lar Incident In the future.
The Oerman press, fired to anger by
the reported search of a German
steamer by Spanish loyalists, saw In
the Incident a severe blow to Euro
pean neutrality negotiations.
Seven additional German warsnips.
It was recalled, now are atcamlng to
Spain.
Their original lnstructlona were to
relieve other ships on duty In the
danger zone since July 20.
The whole situation was viewea
with the utmoat gravity in diplo
matic circles. One non-European dip
lomat said:
"This transfers the key response
blllty from the chancellery In Berlin
and from Madrid to the bridges of
warships in the danger zone."
(Copyright,
1936. by the Associated
Press)
HENDAYE, Prance. Aug. 20.
Counter-attack by mllltla ot besieged
Iran today pushed back the menac
ing fascist rebel column, enabling
government loyalist to re-establish
defensive positions.
'The defenders waged their counter
offensive during the night, after
(Continued on page Two.)
E
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A crew of six technicians arrived
here by truck this afternoon from
Hamilton field. Calif., to repair the
army'a Martin bomber that was dam
aged In a landing at munclplal air
port Monday afternoon.
The mechanics brought new land
ing gear, propeller and control equip
ment to make replacements. Work
will be done under the supervision of
Cspt. R. L. Klrksey who arrived this
afternoon with a technical sergeant
In a Douglas bomber.
It will take until Sunday to com
plete repatrs to the plane, it was esti
mated. The men will camp at the
airport. The plane suffered damage
to the left wing, propeller and cots
trols when the left landing gear col
lapsed as the ship hit the ground.
TOURIST KILLED BY
PORT ORFORD CRASH
PORT ORPORD, Aug. 20. m
Chsrles N. Poster, 7. Los Angeles,
was killed near here Wednesday aft-
cu:i&n when his automobile crashed
down a 60-foof embankment. His
widow was brought to a hospital here
but her condition was not serious.
The couple wss returning home after
a vacation.
Farm Group
Suggested
HYDE PARK. N. T., Aug. 20. (AP
Lo,uls J. Taber, master of the Na
tional Grange, said todsy President
Roosevelt had suggested a conference
of farm organ Ira tions after the No
vember election to consider "an in
telligent approach" to crop Insurance
and rural credit as substitutes for
present drought methods.
Taber presented the Orange farm
program to the president and Secre
tary Wallace at a summer White
House conference. He was accompa
nied by Pred Freestone, chairman of
the Grange's executive commi:tee.
He told newsps per men crop in -sursnce
would be on a federal-state
co-operative bails wltb farmers pay
New Sawmill Will Be
WAR SPREADS'
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Thla photo shows part of th ruin In Algeelrae, Spain, which was
almost completely destroyed by a heavy bombardment, aa tha govern
ment attempted to drive out rebel force. (Associated Prest Photo)
OF
OBTAINED BY BEATING
TRIAL JUDGE IS TOLD
ASHEVILLE. K. C. Aug. 30. iP)
Martin Moore told Judge Don Phil
lips today he was beaten with a rub
ber hose before he confessed the kill
ing of Helen Clevcnger at the time of
bla arrest.
J. F. devenger, of Orest Fslls, Sta
ten Island. N. T., father of Helen Clev
engcr, fainted aa Moore approached
the ctand and had to be carried from
the courtroom.
Mooro said the hose wss wielded by
a "fat man" who also used his feet
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DEFY MINE HEADS
MnnirnT.v Mn.. Aiis? so. I API
Their patience frayed by two days of
iruitiess rescue enoris, a unm tym
pany of coal miners today threatened
to defy officials and force their way
down a water-logged, gaa-fllled air
shaft in an attempt to reach four fel
low workers.,entombed In a collapsed
mine tunnel.
Arnold Orlfflt;., chief state mine In
spector directing rescuo operations at
the main shaft, posted a special guard
at Ihe abandoned air duct to keep
friends of the entombed men from
entering. .
Attempt to reach the imprisoned
miners through the air ahaft were
abandoned yesterday by Arnold, who
said the narrow vent was filled with
deadly black damp. Four-man rescue
crews, working In relays, concentrated
their work on the debris-locked main
shaft.
Th tVinr mintr were entombed
Tuesday afternoon when fire swept
the mine miner-run.cr.ur.
Conference
by Roosevelt
ing nominal registration fees and
woruld cost upward og $25,000,000, a
year, much less tiian moneys now
going for drought relief.
"The president and Wallace." he
said, "suggested It might be a good
Idea to call a conference of farm
organizations and other Interested
parties to consider an Intelligent ap
proach to both these problems, crop
insurance and rural credit.
"MeBnhlle. they Indicated that all
branches of the government are
studying the problem with a view
to giving the maximum relief pos
sible to farmers In distress."
Tsber Vmphsslred his organization
was non-partisan In presidential lection.
RUIN IN SPAIN
ITALIAN AGGRESSION
WILL CONTINUE SAYS
.P.
NEW YORK. Aug. 30. Return
ing from front-line coverage of the
battlefields In Ethiopia, and the
scenes of rioting In Palestine, Edwin
J, Nell, Associated Press staff report
er, arrived today on the liner Conte
dl Savola. envisioning a continuing
Italian campaign of aggression.
"Italy, spurred by her African con
quests," Nell said, "Is looking to
broader conquests. Some of her high
officials told me the conquering of
Ethiopia Is only the beginning of i
plan for an unlimited empire."
Palestine, Nell said, "Is a meet
(Continued on Page Ten)
KILLED BY TRUCK
GRANTS PASS. Aug. 20. (API-
Inquest wss slated today In the destb
of Philip Montgomery Wells, 5, fa
tally Injured late yesterday when his
skull was crushed by a Grants Pass
Creamery company truck driven by
John Sparlln.
The boy was a son of Mrs. Ronsl
Duvall. who with her family came
here from Texas to work in the hop
yards west of town. Coroner Virgil
Hull, who Investigated with Sheriff
E. H. Lister and state police, said he
was told the boy darted Into the side
of the truck.
Mining Conference
Set For Roseburg
ROflEBURO, Ore., Aug. 20. (AP)
Dr. Philip A. Parsons, chairman of
the state's planning co-ordination
committee, has made arrangements to
hold the Southwestern Oregon Min
ing and Minerals conference here.
The tentative date la October 8.
Parsons said the proposal to create
a state bureau of mines would be
discussed at the meeting.
Road To Agness
Completed Soon
GRANTS PASS. Aug. 20. T, C
D, Cameron, rosd supervisor of tha
Siskiyou national forest, said a road
would be completed to the little vil
lage of Agness from Powers by the
middle of September.
The first land vehicle ever to reach
Agness under Its own power was a
tractor opersted by the CCC last year.
Income Shares
Maryland Fund: Bid 9.88; ssked
I0.
Quarterly Income: Bid l.Ta. uked
10.
OF
Accused Leader of Plot
Takes Full Responsibility
at Trial Terrorism Natu
ral Outcome, He Admits
By CHARLES P. NL'TTER
(Copyright, 1936, the Associated Press)
MOSCOW. Aug. 20. ( (AP) Greg
ory Zlnovleff, accused maker of a
bloody plot against the Soviet regime
of Joseph Stalin, testified at his trial
today the terrorist conspiracy. If suc
cessful, would have put Russia on
the road to fascism.
Accepting full guilt for the con
spiracy, alleged to have Included the
Intended assasalntalon of Stalin and
other high Soviet figures, the famous
old bolshevlst declared:
I went all the way from opposi
tion party power to counter-revolution
and terrorism and actually fas
cism." Earlier, In a dramatic moment of
the trial of Zlnovleff and 16 others
testimony was brought out that an
attempt to kill Stalin In 1034 failed
because Zlnovleff s secretary commit
ted suicide rather than carry out
the death orders.
Plot Evptalned
Zlnovleff's admission he had aban
doned the principles of Karl Marx In
resorting to Individual terrorism waa
made aa an explanation of how and
why he had plotted to kl". Stalin and
unseat me government.
However, Zlnovleff defended his ac
tions by saying ''the evolution of our
struggle against' the party naturally
and Inevitably led to terrorism."
Zlnovleff enfessed he had lied and
deceived others for many years, but
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NEWlARDTFOR
The county court has announced
that beginning next week, county
patients while convalescing would be
housed at the county poor farm lu
new and remodeled ward completed
thla year with WPA and county
funds. County patlenta undergoing
major operations and sickness will be
kept In the hospitals until they reach
the convalescent period.
Hospitalization Is one of the largest
Items on the county relief expendi
tures and the new order is expected
to bring a substantial decrease in the
monthly expense.
A new hospital ward has been con
structed for women patlenta and the
men's ward baa been remodeled and
modernized.
A half dozen county patlenta now
convalescing will be placed in tho
poor farm warda next week.
S. P. EARNINGS IN JULY
HIGHEST IN SIX YEARS
SAN rRANClSCO, Aug. 30. P
Southern Pacific lines' July net rail
way operating Income after deprecia
tion totaled 3.378,000, the highest
earnings for the month since 1031,
The Income compared with $1,3U3.
Ml In the 1035 month and 83.318,143
In June thla year.
A substantial Improvement In
freight and paaaenger Income brought
railway operating revenues for ths
month to 17,14,30S, a gain of 3,
198.001 over the month last year but
a alight decline from the 817.086.030
reported for June.
Y0UTHlSTTNir$25
ON RECKLESS DRIVING
Alan Howard Jewett. 18, of Central
rolnt, charged with reckless driving
entered a plea of guilty In Justice
court thla morning and wss fined 12ft
and costs which he psld. He has been
employed In the fruit harvest.
Young Jewett was the driver of the
auto containing seven passengers, all
of Central Point, which skidded Into
a fruit truck, at a curve on the 401
Orchard road last A&turtav noon.
when It struck loose gravel. Three
sustained minor Injurlca and the car
was badly damaged. It wsa charged
that Jewett hit the curve at a blb
rata of speed.
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ACTIVITIES;
LANDL1T0 EAST
Roosevelt Arranges Further
Drought Conferences Be
fore Swing Into Scorched
Western Farm Region
WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. (fl) Amid
a burst of activity among top-flight
flgurea In the major camps of the
presidential campaign. Gov. Alf M.
Landon turned eastward today In the
Republican drive to defeat the New
Deal.
While President Roosevelt, at Hyde
Park, arranged further drought con
ferences prior to his awing Into the
scorched western farm country for a
10-day tour, the Kansas governor set
out from his summer ranch at Estes
Park, Colo., on a trip to carry him
through nine states.
Leaders Keep Up Hre
Leaders of both major parties con
tinued to thrust at opponents.
Speaking before the United Retail
Merchants association last night at
Hageraton, Md., Col. Frank Knox, Re
publican vice presidential nominee,
declared that "the business of this
country can not be run from Wash'
lngton.'
Assailing what he described a
"regimentation" and "cracking down," I
Knox caJled for "fewer laws and bet-1
ter laws."
tn his prepared speech, the Chicago
publisher declared:
"Even where regulation Is clearly
desirable, It Is a very rltAl question
whether It Is a matter for federal
regulation or for local regulation by
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VANCOUVER BLAZE
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VANCOUVER. B. C, Aug. 20. (AP)
A spectacular fire, starting In an
apprentice worker's shop awept
through two shipyards, a motorboat
construction plant, the Vancouver Ice
hockey arena and auditorium early
today, causing lose estimated by Fire
Chief Archibald Dlamld between
9500,000 and 1,000,000.
Originating In the Vaucouver ship
yard shortly after mldnlfht, the blare
spread to the adjoining Fenner and
Hood shipyard, leveled both and de
stroyed four small buildings, raced
over the R. Cliff Sanger outboard
motor plant and Marine Exchange.
Ltd., building, and then leaped to
the noarby Ice hockey arena, all of
Which were destroyed.
Two firemen were Injured, neither
serlotisly.
The Vancouver auditorium, next to
the arena, waa badly damaged.
C. LEEVER OF
CENTRAL POINI PASSES
William 0. Leever, a resident of
Centra! Point his entire life, psssed
away at a local hospital Wednesday
evening, August 10,
Mr, Leaver waa a well known real-
drnt of Jackson county, being in the
hardware business at Central Point
for many years. .
A complete obituary and funeral
arrangements will be In a later Issue
of this paper.
Paternity of
Puzzles
COLUMBUS. O., Aug. 30. (P)
Columbus obstetrtclsns Indicated to
day that the state division of char
Itlea would have a difficult teax
straightening rut a reported case
of divided paternity of twin ilrls.
now ten yesrs old.
Mrs. Luetta Magruder, division
chief, disclosed that a Columbus wo
man had asked her help in obtaining
custody of both girls. The woman's
husband. Mrs. Magrur said, was
willing to let ths mother have one
girl, which he contended was an
other msn'a daughter, but refused to
surrender Uie other, of which he pro
fessed to be the father.
Leading obitetrlrlans here, oeclln
Ini t be Quoted by pem, aald tbat
Near Med ford
Off For London
Harry Rich man (right), alnger and
sportsman, and Dick Merrill, aviator,
leave Loa Angelea for New York.
They propose to fly from New
York to London and back In about
24 hours' time. (Associated Press
Photo)
Pour' persona were treated for minor
Injuries at tha Community hospital
last night following a peoullar head
on three-car collision near tha coun
ty fairgrounds at 0 p. m. Only on of
the four, Mlas Wilms Martin, 33, of
Orange, California, remained confined
today. William D. Atwlll of Orange.
Agnes Cox, 33, also of Orange, and
Robert Keeney, yung Medford ar
chitect, were treated for minor cuts
snd bruises.
Keeney, driving a new Ford convert
ible coupe, wsa returning to Medford
at an estimated speed of about 40 or
45 mllea an hour when he dozed at
the wheel, he said today, Hla machine
swerved to the left and oraahed head-
into a Durant coupe driven by
James R. Bobbett, 1818 North River
side avenue. Bobbett waa travelling
south. The Ford bashed In the front
end of the Bobbett car and then
ricocheted off Into a Plymouth sedsn
travelling south behind the Bobbett
(Continued on Page Three )
Pear Markets
NEW YORK, Aug. 20. (AP-TJSDA)
Pear auctions: 13 cars arrived, It?
California, t Georgia, 1 Oregon un
loaded, 11 ears on track; California
Bartletts, 10,001 boxes, (2.10(9-3, av
erage i2.fi0; Oregon Bartletts, 720
boxes, .)2.3&3.60, aversga $2.42,
CHICAOO. Aug. 20. (AP-USDA)
Pear auctions: 18 California, 2 Wash
ington, 1 Oregon arrived, 10 cars on
track, 0 cars sold; California Bart
Is Us, B.0.12 boxes, $1 .80a 3, average
2.40; Washington Bartletts, 090
boxes, combination grades ll.7O9.OO.
average $1.80.
BOI8E, Idaho, Aug.' 20. (API
Idaho's state board of equalization
ended a 10-day meeting today with
out materially changing for 1038 the
total 1038 valuations of real estate
and personal property on which the
advalorem tax applies.
Twin Girls
Obstetricians
divided paternity was possible but
would be hard to prove. They said
blood tests might Indicate that a
man could not have been tha father,
but could not establish Identity of
the rather.
"I recall two cases In which It was
scientifically demonstrated that twins
could have sepsrated fathers," one
said. "One was about the time of the
Civil war, when a woman gave birth
to a white child and a black one."
He said he did not recall details of
the other case.
Mrs. Msgruder said the Columbus
womsn'a husbsud had placed the
twlna In a Wheeling, W. Va., Insti
tution. She planned to confer with
medical authorltlea before any action
In the esse.
'LOGGING STARTS
NEXT WEEK; MILL
TO START SOON
San Bernardino People Se
lect Medford for Large
Lumbering Activity Mill,
to Employ Twenty Men.
Articles of Incorporation of a new
$50,000 Medford lumber company
were on file in the Jackson county
clerk's office today. Principal -offlca '
and place of business will be In thla
city, the articles stated.
Tho Incorporators are listed aa .
George L. Davis, Maud O. Windier, U.
O. Harrawood. J. Alfred Nelson,
Charles D. White. Jamea R. Land la,
Hugh A. Ritcb, Joe J. Honus, Max O,
Cardy and R. J. Massonglll.
Officers are Mr, Harrawood, presi
dent, Mr. Davis, vice-president, and
Mr. Nelson, secretary-treasurer. Tha
officers and Mrs. Wlncher and Mr. '
Honue comprise the board of dl-
rectors.
The company plana to build a mill
with a dally capacity of 80.000 board
feet, Mr. Davis told The Mall Tribune.
Negotiations are now being conducted
for purchase of a site, he said. Tna
mill probably will be constructed oa
the south side of the city on tna)
Southern Paclflo railroad, he added.
The company owha 800 acres of
timber land on Elk creek and addi
tional tracta are to be purchased, Mr.
Davla stated. The corporation 4
named the Rogue-Elk Lumber com
pany. The firm of Newbury & New
bury la counsel for tha company. (
. It will take about alx. weeks
build the mill, Mr. Davis said, but
logging operations will be started
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LOS ANGELES, Aug. 30. (IP) A
"unwritten law" the right of a ma
to protect hla home at all costs
will be used la an effort to free
James Henderson, 93-year old Alpine,
Texas, cattleman, of a oharga of first
degree minder, hla ohlef counsel,
John L. Fleming, said today.
Henderson appeared In court for
trial ot a charge that he emptied a
atx-ahooter Into the body of Jamea
Leroy Patton, 60-year old beer parlor
proprietor,
"I lived up to what t thought aa
proper, because when I married thla
girl. I agreed to protect her," Hend
erson waa quoted aa saying by Chief
of Police Charles Dies of Santa
Monica,
Testimony at tha Inquest showed
that the Heudersons had been drink
ing with Patton, and that Patton and
Mrs. Henderson, 34-year old bride,
left and went to the tatter's home.
Henderson told police he came upon
Patton and hla wife In the bedroom.
Mra. Henderson said she hsd been
drinking and remembered nothing of
what happened.
SALT LAKE CITT. Aug. 30. WV
Prlncese Suranne Eugalltcheff, Utah'l
sllver-hslred "sliver queen," returned
for a visit In her old hometown to
dsy and Mid:
"I don't went any more husbands.
I've had four and they have ail died.
"ft Isn't because I treated them
badly either. They Just simply died
and that's all there Is to It. No man
will ever get me to marry again."
BASEBALL
National
R. H. a.
4 10 0
3 T 1
St. Louis
Cincinnati
J. Dean and Ogrodowskl; Holllngs-
worth, FTey, Brennan and Lombard!.
-" . R. H. .
Chicago -. 7
Pittsburgh 8 18 0
(11 Innings).
Carleon. French, Warneke and
Hartnett; Bauers. Blrkofer and Pad
den. R. H. .
Philadelphia I J
Boston ,
Dowman, Brown and Atwoodi Weir.
JUs and Lope a.