The WeatKer
Forecast: Fair tonight and
Thursday. Warmer Thursday.
TEMPERATURE
Highest yesterday gi
l.owrst this morning 46
New Life
The real estate market U show
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the Classified Way In this
newspaper. Prospects are Hatch
ing the ads. .
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Full Associated Press
Pull United Press
Thirty-First Year
MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 26, 19?
No. 129.
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By PAUL MALL ON
(ColprriRhf. J036, by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 28. Certain
high Republican counselors axe sup
posed to have suggested to Governor
Land on an extension of the new
method of cam
paigning with
which he has
been experiment
ing. They want
him to:
(A) Make no
more than four
speeches.
(B) Embark on
a more extensive
campaign tour
than any presi
dential candidate
has ever tried,
devoting six weeks or more to "get
ting acquainted visits," to every town
od a railroad, making - only short,
frank talks, "thinking out loud,"
shaking hands, smiling, being himself.
(C) Institute a new kind of pub
licity campaign designed to drama
tize the London personality with hu
man little stories, about his likes,
dislikes, habits, etc.
Note The argument la heard in
creasingly among Republican author
ities that the Kansan Is not drama
tiring his opposition to President
Roosevelt. His speeches lack great lus
tre, they say. The crowd wants more
nappy phrases, more aggressiveness
In talk and action, more punch. This,
they contend, Is necessary to arouse
all the Roosevelt opposition and
swing It Into line behind his leader
ship. Some concessions may be made
to these complainants, but the calm
and unexciting tone of the campaign
wm be maintained.
oome .01 ttooscvoiii -advisers
had their fingers crossed when he left
for the west. His trip has been cur
tailed In an effort to make it snappy
and straight to the point. (The first
stop scheduled was Bismarck, S. D.)
At the same time they were not cer
tain how It would come out.
As they look at It, Mr, Roosevelt
has been getting along all right, and
Is gambling with fortune in this
latest venture. The meeting with
Landon Is considered an extremely
delicate undertaking, requiring very
careful handling.
In view of the unusual circum
stances, the trip was more carefully
planned, step-by-step, and word-byword,
than any the president has
made before. These arrangements have
somewhat allayed apprehensions about
the political reaction to the trip, but
not entirely.
Tou can start an argument In any
eapltol corridor by bringing up the
subject of whether the drought has
helped or hurt Mr. Roosevelt.
Democratic arguers can prove It was
a typical stroke of Roosevelt luck, be
cause It gave him a chance to demon
strate his theories of federal relief
and control.
Republican rebutters present an
equally firm argument that rising
prices of foodstuffs Is causing dissat
isfaction. They both may be right, before elec
tion day. The exhibition of New Deal
relief work la now on; rising prlcee
have only begun. Cities will undoubt
edly begin to foel the pinch first. The
only political question Is not whether
the pinch will come, but when.
Note There are some extremely
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SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Jean Grsnthsm becoming so en
thused over the baseball season, ap
parently, that she wsa discovered
hurling onions forcefully across a
r.rocery atoro with a. delivery Dizzy
Dean would be proud of.
Aub Noma, brogan king, admitting
the store where he works smells like
a saddle shop on account of tht shoes
In there are made of leather.
Stalwart Demo Gene Harregan tele
phoning Oop Chairman Prankls Kar
tell, warning him he was to be slapped
under arrest for pinning a sunflower
on Pres Roosevelt s picture, and O. C.
P. F. saying, "Well, wa wa wa wa wa,
well even that by pinning a donkey
oii our candidate. Mr, Harding." he
wa, that flabbergasted.
Heinle Fluhrer and City Supe Sehef
fel examining s home-made dirt
losder at the new service station
project, admitting the thing could
probably dish din even faster than a
politician.
Jeaner Hamilton being towed about
by a woolly Chow pup. and saying
I've the backbone of a Jellyfish " tn
spolofry for letting the mutt ham
her on the wrong sldt ot all ob
itructlons.
FRANTIC EFFORT
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1100 Acres Under Water,
Continued Spread Threat
enedDamage Estimated
. Near $50,000 Cox Ranch
KLAMATH PALLS, Aug. 26. p)
Water from Tu'e lake sump lay over
1100 acres of rich grain fields today
and threatened to spread further as
a force of 500 men worked frantically
to move out the harvest ahead of
the advancing flood.
Already damage it estimated at be
tween 940,000 and $50,000 and there
was diminishing hope of holding tho
Mood within the confines of the Cox
trot hers' lease, over which it first
&pread.
The break tn the sump dike oc
curred, at 4 p. m. yesterday. Water,
impounded In the 10,000 -a ere sump,
began rushing througtt a 35-foot
breach, and soon widened it to 100
feet. Hope of stopping the break In
the main dike was virtually abandon
ed as all bands turned to salvaging
as much as possible of the grain
crop, valued at more than $80,000 on
Cox brothers' lease alone.
L'ncut Grain Submerged.
Several hundred acres of uncut
grain was lnundateu and mined. Vir
tually all the sacked grain on tho
Mime field, spread over the stubble
where the combines had left It. wat.
rescued ahead of the advancing
waters. The west side Tule lake road,
above the danger line, was choked
with thousands of sacks or grain
hurriedly dumped by the truck crews.
Two combines still were movlm;
. Continued on Page Sight.)
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CARRIES REBELS TO
OUTSKIRTS OF IRUN
(Copyright, 1936, by Associated Press.)
HENDAYE. France, Aug. 26 Gen.
Emlllo Mola'a Spanish rebels batter
ed their way toward Irun today In
the most furious assault this Franco
Spanish frontier region yet has seen.
By mid-afternoon, however, the at
tack has failed to achieve Its goal
Government forces still were In pos
session of the really Important de
fenses outside the city.
PARIS. Aug. 26. (ypj France pro
posed today a virtual conference of
European powera for drafting a for
mal, Joint plan to enforce non-intervention
In the Spanish civil war.
A spokesman said the French gov
ernment had asked other nations to
tamo members of a, seml-permanent"
committee which would meet, prob
ably in London, to coordinate meas
ures for arms cmbargos and to dis
cuss practical application of the non
intervention project.
Col. Sargent Club
Meets Thursday
Col. Sargent Service club will meet
Thursdsy st 2:00 p. m. with Mrs.
Ruth MacColllater at 299 Grant St.,
Ashlsnd. All membera of the auxili
ary are urged to be present.
SGT. McKINNON GOING
TO DUTY IN KLAMATH
Sergeant Marlon J. Barnes of the
Oregon state police office at Klamath
Palls haa resigned to take up farm
ing. It waa announced today, and
Sergeant O. A. MacKinnon from the
Medford office will temporarily as
sume his duties there. MacKinnon,
accompanied by Lieut. A. O. Dunn,
tt-lll vr to Klamath Sunday.
5,369, 000 Soldiers Ready
Soon for European War
PARIS, Aug. 26. (AP) French
statisticians tonight estimated 6.000,
000 men, a third of them Germans,
would be "ready for war" when Ger
many's new two-year term of mili
tary service becomes effective.
While France mapped intensive
plana for strengthening military de
fense, convinced Germany is heading
for war, the statisticians reckoned the
men under arms In Europe's leading
military states would soon reach
5.369,000.
They estimated Germany, In addi
tion to regular fighting units which
t'ney placed at 1.365,000. would have
'00 000 nai militiamen and 275.000
In labor camp orpani7-?d ai;r.g mili
tary linen.
Tb Mtlmatea gava the following
Eleven
Held As Strangler
Winston Gardiner, radio man of the
U.S. 8. Maryland, it shown it Holly
wood police headquarter after hla
arrest on the charge of strangling
hla sweetheart, Lucille West, 19.
Gardiner called a pulmotor squad
to revive the girl, but the wat pro
nounced dead. Police say he con
fessed. (Associated Press Photo)
STATE PLANNERS
TO STUDY NEEDS
OF COUNTY HERE
Plans for the reception of the state
planning board and for attendance
at Its mcotlnga here Friday were com
pleted this morning at a conference
In the Jackson county courthouse.
The planning board, coming here
to consider Irrigation, farming, min
ing and other developments In south
ern Oregon, will hold a formal, oloscd
meeting In the courthouse beginning
at 5:30 Friday morulng.
The meeting will be followed at
13:30 by a luncheon In the Hotel
Medford. Anyone interested la Irri
gation, mining or farming Is invited
to the luncheon and reservations
should be made immediately at the
Jackson County Chamber of Com
merce, it waa announced.
At the luncheon a Medford speak
er, not yet designated, will present
the question of agricultural develop
ment In Jackson county as It relates
to Irrigation. A talk will also be given
by Ormond R. Bean of Portland,
chairman of the state board.
At 3 o'clock the board will hold a
public meeting In the courthouse au
ditorium with Mr. Bean presiding as
chairman. Irrigation and mining
Continued on Page Eight.)
Turks Wax Fat In
War On Crickets
HUNTS VILLI!, Utah, Aug. 28. (AP)
Fat and full of crickets, 84,000
turkeys were returned to their ranch
homes In this section today after
seven weeks) of service In a central
Utah war on Insecte.
The birds were shipped to Tooele
and Juab counties early In July when
farmrs there called for help against
an Invasion of Mormon crickets.
Hungrily the young blrda went to
work. They grew rapidly, and so did
their appetites. In no time at all they
cleaned out one area and proceeded
to the next, making a conquest of
miles of land and millions of crickets.
Vote School Merger.
ARLINGTON. Aug. 28. p In an
election here. It waa voted 65 to 0
to unite seven school districts In Oil
l'am county into a union high school
I strict.
tabulation r; regular fighting units,
based on the situation to be created
by Germany's doubled term of mili
tary conscription:
Germany .....
Russia
1,366,000
1.350.000
1 .500 ,000
654.000
266.000
213.000
141,500
108.000
107.000
63,500
French
Prance
Poland .
Oreat Britain ..
Rumania .
Chechoslovakia
TugoslSTla -
Belgium
Virtually all sections of
opinion asserted Chancellor Adolf Hit
ler's latest decree Increatln? min
ts:;. 'r'!i..ng period from one to
two yre.ra moved him toward srmed
conflict.
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Townsendites Nominated in California
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CONDUCT SCORED
AT
Gov. Hoffman Criticized for
'Going About Searching
for Evidence' Reprieve
Action Not Censured
BOSTON, Aug. 28. P) A special
committee on "publicity in criminal
trials" sharply criticised before the
American Bar association today the
activities of Gov. Harold G. Hoff
man of New Jersey, Dr. John F. (Jaf
sle) Condon, members of the jury and
of defense counsel in the famous
Hauptmann case.
The report, presented by Judge Os
car Hall man of St. Paul, 'criticised
Governor Hoffman for "going about
searching for evidence, tndulglng
In public discussion of the merits of
the case established. In court" and for
making "statemente and Insinuations.
particularly pertaining to the
Irreproachable Colonel Lindbergh, un
warranted by any facta yet disclos
ed." Report Not Authorised
After the report had been present
ed, William L. Ransom, president of
the bar association, commented to
newsmen:
"The publication waa unauthorized
and represented only the views of
Judge llallrr.au and his colleagues."
Judge Hallmsn, however, said:
'The committee which made the
report waa appointed by its section.
and the report was made? before the
proper forum."
The activities of Governor Hoffman
of New Jersey occupy nearly four
pages of the report, which said;
"The spectacle of a member of a
court board of pardons going about
searching for evidence which may
Impugn the verdict, calling upon
prospective applicants In their cells,
Indulging In public discussion of the
merits of the case established In court
ia repugnant to our sense of pro
priety and is in our opinion unwar
ranted. Reprieve L'nccnsored
"We voice no criticism of the ac
tion of the governor In granting a
reprieve or in making auch investiga
tion as he deemed proper In the ex
erclse of the functions of his office,
but we cannot Justify aspersions, in
sinuations or charges made In con
nection therewith unless based upon
fact or demonstrably probable proof."
In conclusion the committee made
16 recommendations for reform of
courtroom procedure. Included were
bans upon th use of cameras in the
courtroom, the use of subpoenas to
secure spectators' seats In court, bul
letins by the defendant or comment
upon the case by counsel or wit
nesses, and vaudeville appearances by
Jurors after the trial.
IP.
Don Newbury, president of the
Medford chapter of the Oregon Re
publican club, haa been named to
lead a caiavan of Jackson county
Republicans to the Landon -Knox
picnic to be held at Jantzen Beach,
Portland, September 13.
Mrs. O. M. Hurd, president of the
Medford chapter of Pro-American,
women's Republican unit, haa been
named co-leader. Every Republican
unit In the state Is Joining In sup
porting the event which will start
with a basket dinner at noon and In
clude an afernoon speaking program.
Newbury said today that .Republi
can leaders wanted as big a crowd as
possible, and asked that all those
Intending to make the trip wiiu had
extra space In their cars get In touch
with him by telephone, several here
hove already expressed their wllllng
nesa to make the Jaunt, to what is
confidently expected to be one of the
liveliest assemblies of Its sort held in
the state, Newbury said.
Fight
To Finish
Looms In Seattle
SEATTLE. Aug. 46. (ft A hitter
f!ht to a finish was predicted todsy
by both side. In the strike which hss
tied up the Beatue Post-intelllajeneer,
morntrur newspaper, for 13 consecu
tive days.
While striking membera of the
American Newspaper aijlld An4 sev-
ersl thousand sympathisers st a mass
meeting last night cheered speakers
who denounced WlUIsm Randolph
Hearst, publisher ot the newapaper, a
group of business m?n met and or
gan!red a "l.w fr-.d order league"
and selected s "cmt six" to com
bat the strike movejji.ni.
MAN FOUND SHOT
PT,
UNABLE EXPLAIN
Police Investigate Strange
Case of Frank Weir,
. Springfield Resident
Friend Sleeps With Gun
State police were today Investigat
ing the atrange shooting near Port
Orford, Ore., Inat night of Frank
Weir. 37, ot Springfield, Ore.
Weir waa found this morning on
the rosd near Port Orford, with a
bullet rotind In his abdomen. He
was unable to account for the wound.
The state police report from Port
Orford ssld that Weir, with Everett
Roberts, 78, of Springfield, Ore., a
neighbor of Weir, were on a fishing
trip to Cuiiy county. They retired
together last night. The aged man
carried a gun, aa he feared a hold-up
the atate police said.
Following, the finding of Weir
wounded, on the road, the state po
lice went to the cabin, and found
Roberto aalcep, "with the gun atlll In
his hand," the atate police report
recited, Roberts denied any know
ledge ot the shooting, but told the
state police, he recalled "a nightmare
during the night, In which he dream
ed he was being held up."
Roberts did not awaken until the
arrival of the atate police.
Roberts and Weir, the report states,
"live across tho street from each
other In Springt leldOro."
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In a suit filed In circuit court yes
terday by D, C, Rudlaell and M. O.
Rudlsell agslnst the Medford Irriga
tion district, treble damagea as pro
vided under Oregon law, Is sought for
alleged damagea from Irrigation aeep
age water. The Rudlsella ask 11500
multiplied three tlmea.
The complaint alleges that seepage
water has earned a atrip of iand un
der the Irrigation ditch, "to sour snd
become unfit for cultivation," and
that requests for the repair of the
d'tch have been unavailing.
In another ault filed, Helen Pierce
seeks 2575 damage from W. H.
Murray, operator of a beauty parlor,
and Iva Hoagland, an attendant, for
alleged Injuries received while re
ceiving a "permanent wave."
Plaintiff alleges that an apparatus
was placed upon her head and caused
burns and scare upon her forehead,
due to the alleged negligence of the
operator.
PARLEY ON PEACE
NE WYORK, Aug. 3fl. p The
New Vork Times reported today that
President Roosevelt la giving serious
consideration. If he is reelected, to
Inviting heads of several nations to
confer on means of Insuring world
peace.
If the proposal Is carried out, th
paper said. Mr. Roosevelt would ask
IKng Edward VIII, Joseph Stalin. Be
nlto Mussolini, Adolf littler, Prest
dent Lcbrun of France, representatives
of Japan and China and a few others
to meet with him at a convenient
site.
Mr. Roosevelt has told his friends,
the paper said, that In event of hla
reelection, he belle vea "he will be In
the best position any'Amerlcen pres
ident has evet been to promote the
cause of world peace."
Weather.
Northern California: Pair tonight
and Thursday, but fog on coast,
cooler In interior of central portion
on Thursday; decreasing northwest
wind off coast.
Oregon: Fair tonight and Thurs
cay; warmer In the Interior Thurs
(ay; moderate northwest wind off
the -joast.
fttRf,e Peeing Popular.
PORTLAND, Aug. 28. ypy Sewage
wing tours have displaced sightseeing
tours for numerous Portland club
wonu-n this week. Daily cruises are
being conducted 071 the Willamette
by Harbormaster Karl Prehn. to en
Lble .he women to get a flrrt-hand
view of the pollution of the stream
by elty sewags.
BASEBALL
American. '
R. H. E.
Detroit 0 5 4
Boston 8 11 1
Auker, Phillips and Myatt; W. Per.
rell and R. Ferrell.
R. R. X.
St. Louis 6 a 1
New York , 3 0 1
Andrews aod alullsnl; Pearson, Ma-
lone Mid Dickey.
R. K. E.
Chicago ..... ; 6 13 0
Philadelphia S 4 1
Kennedy and Sewell: Fink, Llsenbee
and P. Hayes.
National.
R. H. E.
Brooklyn 10 t 1
Pittsburgh II 13 0
Bnandt and Phelpa, Oautreaux;
Swift, Brown, Welch, Blrkofer and
Todd.
R. H. E.
New York .- 6 10 I
Cincinnati 1 11 0
Hubbell and Mancuao; Derringer,
Stlne, Prey and Lombardl,
R. H. E.
Philadelphia 3 10 3
Chicago 4 10 p
Passesu and Orace; Lee and Hart-
n'ett.
TROTZKY AGREES
OSLO, Norway, Aug. a6.--(AP)
Threatened with immediate arrest,
Leon Trot2fty, Wie bolshovlst exile, to
day, signed an agreement to adhere
to strict new regulations which will
permit him to remain In Norway until
December 18.
Tho declaration pledged Troteky,
who. haa said it waa hla "duty" to
avenge the lfl Trotzkyttea executed
In Moscow thU week for a plot
against the soviet regime of Joseph
Stalin, to refrain from any form of
revolutionary activity.
Trotsky, who was accused by the
soviet government of directing ths
Russian plotters, yesterday offered
to atand trial before a court In either
Norway, Denmark or France, at which
the Soviet might present witnesses to
support their charges that he had en
gaged In tcrrorlstlo activities.
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ELECT OFFICERS
CORVALLIS, Ore., Aug. 38.)
McKtnlay Huntington, Brock way.
Douglas county, was re-elected preal
cent of the Oregon Turkey Growers
essoclatlon at the association's busi
ness meeting following adjournment
of the atate Industry convention.
Other officers .named 'were Qeorge
Hall, Oakland, vice-president; Mrs
Christina Mlcelll, Roaeburg, secretary.
and F. W. Wagner, Aurora, and Jos
eph Knpntr, Ooshen, directors. Four
other directors held over,
The association reapproved Its reso
lution asking that turkeys and other
poultry be Included under the state
livestock . Indemnity law to enable
turkey growers to receive Indemnity
for damage done by marauding dogs.
STRIKE CLOSES CAMPS
FOREST GROVE REGION
FOREST OROVE. Ore., Aug. 26.
(P) Campa of the Consolidated, In-
terstate and Connacher lumber com
panies near here were practically de
tarted last night after a walkout by
600 men.
The strike followed failure to settle
a dispute, said by company officials to
concern a "minor detail." No fur
ther Information waa available.
Roosevelt En
Conference
By D. Harold bllver
Associated Press Staff Writer
ABOARD RCOBEVB1.T TRAIN EN
ROUTE TO BISMARCK, N. D Aug.
38. (API Preddent Roosevelt and
hla official party traveled through
Ohio, Indiana, and Illinois today to
ward the eapltol of North Dakota for
the first of a round of drought con
ferencea with governors of 16 states.
Rising lste, the president' could see
fiom his window the green hills and
farms apparently untouched y the
drought, tils prime purpose in going
west is to sound out sentiment of
federal and atate officials as to how
lo gusrd against future prolonged
dry spells end dust storms.
Bis trsln was not due at Bismarck
Pension Plan
Given Worst Setback in
Southern Part of State
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 36. (UP) District Attorney Buron ritts, center
of a bitter contest for hla county office, today was running well ahesd of
the field and was virtually assured of one of two places on the general
eleotlon ballot.
Judge Harlan Palmer, publisher of the Hollywood Citizen-News, drafted
In a popular campaign to oppose Fltts, was running a strong second.
SOUTHERN TESTS
IE
By the Associated Pres,
The return of two New Deal stal-
warta to the senate was assured today
on the. basis of virtually complete re
turns from Mississippi and South
Carolina Democratlo primaries.
Senator pat Harrison hsd a, lead
of 60,000 votes over Sennet Conner,
former Mississippi governor who wss
aided by Senator Theodore, Bilbo in
the bitterly fought struggle for the
nomination, with all but 173 of the
state's 1,650 districts reported, Har
rison's vote totalled 133,650 to Con
ner's 60,950. Conner also hsd pledged
support to President Roosevelt.
In South Carolina. Senator James
P. Byrnes won a 71 to 1 victory over
Thomaa P. Stoney and Col. William
C. Harllee, both of whom had crltl-
otsod the New Deal, Tho vote In 1,,
384 of the 1,474 districts! Byrnes 109,-
061, Stone 18,789, Harllee. 9,850.
The nominations of both Harrison
snd Byrnes are the equivalent to re
election in Mississippi and South Car'
ollna. Headquartera of both vtotors
said President Roosevelt had com
municated with them to express hi
pleasure.
PORTLAND, Aug. 36. (AP) The
atate board of aeronautics went on
record here today as fsvorlng larger
aubsldles from the government for
the development and encouragement
of flying.
Dr. Raymond Staub, delegate to
the national convention of aviation
officials at Hartford, Conn., will aeek
the support of the Rational body for
a measure pending In congress, pro
viding such subsidies.
Earl O. Popp, new regional airport
etiglneer for the federal air bureau,
told membera that the federal de
partment desired to execuUi aa many
of Its functions aa possible through
state boards, Popp Is preparing to
make an Inspection tour around me
state.
New board members, Dr. Paul Sharp
of Klamath Palis, and Morris H.
Jones, Portland, were aworn In.
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Bullitt Appointed
As Russian Envoy
WASHINGTON. Aug. 36. (AP)
An unheralded diplomatic ahlft today
placed William O. Bullitt, envoy to
soviet Russls, In another key post ss
amhasssdor to Prance.
President Roosevelt named Bullitt
after announcing the resignation of
Ambassador Jesse I. Straus, who Is 111.
The appointment of Bullitt, who
will sail for Europe about September
30, removes from Moscow one of me
aovlet unlon'a earliest American sup.
norters. President Roosevelt, In 1933,
ave him the Job of cementing
friendly relatione with the Russlsns
sfter 18 years of dlplomatlo frigidity.
Route to
on Drought
until noon, central itandard time, to
morrow. Other governor conferences
were plsnned at Pierre, S. D.: St
Paul, Minn.: La Crosse, Wis.', Des
Moines, lows;, Springfield, 111., and
Indianapolis, Ind,
The Des Moines meeting wltl bring
together the president snd his Re
publican opponent for the presidency
Gov. Alt M. Landon, of Ksnsss, as
well aa the governors of Iowa, Ne
braska, Oklahoma, and Missouri,
The president made hla first rear
platform appearance at Wlllard. Ohio,
a crowd clapped until he came out
on the arm of his son, Franklin, Jr.
"How's everything going, all right?"
the president asked. "I'm glad to aet
you. Thank you tor the flowers."
Candidates
SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 38. (AP)
Congressional candidates endorsed by
tho Townscnd old age pension or
ganisation did a little better than
break even In California's primaries,
election returns today showed.
Eleven of twenty candidates bear
ing the Townsend stamp of approval
wcro elected over leading rlvala. Lead
ers of the pension movement pro
mised the November elections would
see an approved candidate In each of
the ,30 districts.
Greatest losses to tna endorsed
cnndldates were suffered In southern
California, homeland of Dr. P. X.
Townsend, father of tho movement,
and generally regarded as a Towns
end stronghold.
In ten districts in southern Cali
fornia only three Townsend candi
dates appeared to be on the way to
nomination. The endorsed csndl-
dates have not necesssrUy coma ouf
in favor ot the old age pension plan.
Downey Defeated
But the greatest blow to the old
age pensioners waa Buffered In nor
thern California where Sheridan
Downey, Dr. Townsend' attorney.
was. dereated for' the Democratic
nomination tn the third district by
Rep. Prank H. Buck.
Only one ot the 19 congressmen
seeking reoloctlon appeared to b
Leaded - for. 1aleat. in th Mtlnn
which brought out nearly 60 per cent
of the atnto'S 3,098,839 voters. He
waa Rep. John H.. Hoeppel, recently
convicted of conspiracy to sell West
Point appointment,
Downey conceded defeat when tab-'
ulatlons showed blm trailing Buck,
avowed Townsend opponent, 15,747
to 33,581 In 461 of 737 preclnots.
McOroarty Ahead
Rep. John S. McOroarty (D), who
broke with Dr. Townsend after Intro
ducing In congress the original
Townsend legislation, had 4631 votes
to 3331 for his closest contestant.
J. C. Packard, In the 11th district.
In this ssme district A. I. Stewart,
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BoysTilFOR
DOUSING AUTOS
Homer Clinton of Talent and Hua
Psen nt Ashland. SO-vesr-nlrf votitha
with a penchant for pouring water
on paas!rur motorists, today received
the cold water of Justice court dis
approval to the tune of 5 and costs
on their pleas of guilty to disorderly
conduct. The case was uncovered by
state police while they wero Investi
gating the watermelon hurling epi
sode which last week resulted In se
rious Injuries to Mrs. J. N. Marsh of
Medford. whose throat waa cut by
flying glass when a piece of melon
rind was thrown through the wlnd
ahleld of the car she waa driving.
The youths admitted that on
Thursday evening, , the night of tho
melon rind hurling, they had squirt
ed wster on pedestrlsns tn the Ash
lsnd psrk, and later conceived the
Idea of pouring more water on pass
ing autolsts from atop the underpass
on the Pacific highway Just north of
Ashlsnd. They admitted climbing to
the railroad tracks above the highway
with a teakettle full of water, and
pouring It upon the heads of autolsts
below.
State officers said that no evidence
waa found linking the two with tho
watermelon case. Two girls who wer
with the youths at the time of the
water pouring were not held.
,
Bud Ward Captures
Northwest's Place
PORTLAND. Aug. 36. (P) Bud
Ward, Olympla, walked off with the
Pacific northwest's one place to the
coming national amateur gclf .tour
nament by shooting a par-shattering
73.67140 over the Lake Oswego
Country club course yesterday. He
waa nine strokes ahead ot his nearest
rlvala.
Ward, winner of the recent north
west, open at Walla Walla, tied the
course record on hla second IS.- He
had never played Oswego before.
Income Shares
Maryland Fund, bid 9.7H asked
10.50.
Quarterly Income, bid 1.70; asked
17.