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Newspaper Page TextTonight Not Expensive There Ii tennant for that home, apartment or vacant room. The quickest and most satisfactory nay to locate htm In through Mali Tribune cln sti fled arts. These ads are effec tive but not expensive. The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday. Rising temperature MEDFORD RIBUNE TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday 0 Lowest this morning 38 Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-First Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 14, IP No. 144. BY A U W J Mail Tribune Bargain Subscription Rates Positively End . urn v- If By 'Paul Million Copyright. 1936, by Paul Mallon WASHINGTON. Sept. 14 President Roosevelt la not campaigning yet. but his associates thought he did as good a political Job of not doing It on his southern trip aa when he was not doing It on hla drought trip. Both, they thought, were re vealing example of the unexamp-1 led Roosevelt! technique. Here's' the close-up pic- ture, as the back-1 a e a .5 nrneu i causht It down f south. The presiden tial motorcade from Ashevllle to Charlotte . . the route carofully se lected through the mill district, ad vertised widely, In communities A-hlch had never seen a president . . the president In an open car with a sub stantial hat for waving . . . mill hands, farmers and their wives, tot ing two or moro bablea, lining the route all the way . . . rain psurs. The top on the presidential car goes up; but It Is put down again at the towns. The president dona his rain coat. With the top up, he leans out and waves". Tithe crowd refuses to be rained out for this road-show of a. lifetime. If they cannot find shel ter In doorways, they atnnd out with out covering and let it pour . . . fin ally Into Charlotte. Newsmen, know-, Ing presidential luck, have already prepared dispatches saying the rain stopped for the prealdcntlal speech, so they can rush these to the wires fast when It does stop . . . but It doesn't . . . right on up to the sta dium, into ths stadium, up to the speaker's atand. It continues. The president appears, hla clothing soak ed, rain on hla smiling face. The au dience la soaked. Then It stops . . ... the president speaka about green pastures and atlil water, working In (Continued on Poge Pour.) STATE FAIR ENDS SALEM. Sept. U.iFiA fire works display on a background or biacic clouds closed the Diamond Jubilee Oregon lair last night while several thou (wild faithful braved the wind and rains to witness the final pro gram of a successful week. Exhibitors and livestock breeders were moving off their materials and animals today And the scene of seven days' holiday became one of damp desolation to await renovation before the 1037 event for which plans are already under way. The paid admissions up to Saturday night reached 76,563, or 3.000 more than a year ago. This sum brought in $10,000 more receipts than a year ago due to the Increased admission fee The receipts at the turnstiles totaled $32,212.60. Director Solon T. White stated the fair was both a success financially and educationally. He lauded the co operation of the exhibitors. Despite heavy showers Saturday about 10.000 people attended the fea ture programs. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Junior high students branding Rum Acheson, coach and Instructor, the school's mesnest man with clawa starting tm Tuesday he gave 'em and gave an exam on Friday I Bruea Ruff, who works In a bank and should know better If anyone does, testing hla luck against a pin bill machine which. Instead of send ing htm home without a shirt, re warded him so handsomely thai Ralph Bard well and nine others clu tercd to watch the fun. Mrs. Bud Bigelow refusing to open tJi door or scatter sugar to entire more files inside where it was warm, after a customer found swatting them to be such great indoor sport he had exhausted the supp:y. Former Rep. A. Moore Hamilton ad mitting that Former Senator Jameo Chlnnock of Grants Pass is probsbly the guy that Chlnnock salmon r? nimed for, and the paracrapher here. In hoping that evn r.undrfd an-i twenty don't call In to adrUe that th two nsmee are spelled differently. aw lisnTi'iia POLICE SEEKING IN TALENT DEATH Everett J. Thompson Struck by Speeding Car at Talent Sunday Kenneth How ard Is Smashup Victim Eight This Year. The deaths of Everett J. Thomp son, killed last night at Talent by a hit-run driver, and Kenneth Engle Howard, killed in an out-of-control car on West Main street early Sunday morning, brings to eight the number of auto accident, victims In Jackson county sinco January 1 of this year, records ot the county coroner show. The death list includes on-s killed by a runaway truck on a Siskiyou project, two mangled un der the wheels of a circus train at Talent, one killed while riding a bicycle, one killed by falling out of a moving auto, and one killed while walking on the highway near Gold Hill, besides the two fatali ties this week-end. Hurtling autos snuffed out the lives of two in Jackson county over the week-end, one man a victim of a hit-and-run driver at Talent and one killed when hla light roadster careened crazily out of control on West Main street at Columbus ava-' nue. The hit-run victim was Everett J. Thompson, 44. Talent, who was knocked down and crushed by a speeding auto naer the south city limits ot Talent at 8:15 last night; the other man was Kenneth Engle Howard, 28. Dead Indian logger, killed at 3 a. m. Sunday here. Thompson was walking Along the highway en route to hla home to cook oysters he had purchased an hour before at the- Park's general staro In the neighboring town. No one ex cept the occupants of the car, who have not been located, saw the fatal crash, but Lon Smith, who lives near the scene, henrd the sickening Im pact and rushed outside. He could ace no auto In either direction. Dies En Koute Hotpltnl He ran to the highway and found Thompson unconscious, bleeding pro fusely and with his head badly cut and bruised. While he was attempt ing to render first aid, Earl Owens, service station operator, arrived In hla car. Smith helled him and the two loaded the dying man Into the back of the car and sped toward the Ashland hospital. They had gone only a few blocks when they discov ered Thompson was alraedy dead. They rushed back to the Park's store and telephoned state police, who were still investigating the caw today. Mute evidence of the force of the blow was broken glass from a windshield, ft radiator ornament from a 1935 Chevrolet wrenched from Its position on the front of the hood, and splattered blood. The car was believed to have head ed south but there are no witnesses to confirm the suspicion. State troop era are busy today running down clues, being particularly Interested In 1935 Chevrolet with damaged fenders or broken glass equipment. Inquest Decision Walts The body was taken to Ashland by Deputy Coroner Will Dodge, County (Continued on Page Eight.) Tl LIVES TOLL .F. KLAMATH FALLS, Sept. 14. (AP) Klamath county today counted two dead aa Its share of week-end acci dent fatalities in Oregon. Frank Marshall Smith. 29, Klamath Falls sawmill worker, died late last night from injuries received when the car he was driving In the feature event of ft Sunday auto racing pro gram here, rolled over him after striking rallposts on a curve. Sam O'Connor, 77, died earlier y tcrday, victim of a skull fracture. O'Connor was hit by the door handle of a car as he crossed The Dalles Callfornla highway two miles north of here Saturday night. Driver of the car. Mrs. Nellie Rlcker of Spokane, was not held. OREGON CITT. Ore., tpt. 14. ( AP) John Bohlander, 62, Beaver creek, died as a result of Injuries in curred late Saturday while he war r-ilfcmg along the Bwerereek high vay. Sta:c police ld he was struc' by a car driven by L. F. S'.aben, also of BeaveTcreek. Sentenced To Hang This picture shows the- expression of Robert S. James aa Judge Charlea Frlcka aentenced him to hang for the murder of his fifth wife, Mary. He was convicted by a Loa Angeles Jury. (Associated Press Photo ARE FORCED DOWN Copyright, 1036, by the Associated Press NEW YORK, Sept. 14. The Canadian press said today the round- trip transatlantic airplane of Harry Blchman aucL.Dlck Merrill was forced down at 1:20 p. m. (E. S. T.) on the northeast coast of Newfoundland. Officials awaiting them at Floyd Ben nett field said they had no confirm ation. Whether either filer waa hurt was not Immediately determined. Attempting to retrace their path over the Atlantic which carried them eastward to a forced landing In Wales, tho two men took off for New York early this morning from a London airport. Today's reported forced landing oc curred at a marsh three miles from Musgrave Harbor, N. P. (Continued on Page Eight.) HEAVY BALLOTING PORTLAND, Me., Sept. 14. ( AP) A decision In the greatest political fight ever waged In Maine approached late today as the electorate rolled up a heavy vote In Its state election. Reports from all parts of the state Indicated the voters, stirred by two months of un precede n ted campaign oratory, had responded by casting more ballots than in some recent elections. Chief In the interest of the voter., was the contest between Gov. Louie J. Brann (D.) and U. S. Senator Wal lace H. White, Jr. (R). for the seat White now holds In the senate Their battle was waged on New Deal Issues Involving state adminis tration and Maine's economic welfare, with White denouncing the Roose velt administration. Brann defended New Deal expenditures. t LmXW, Eng., S"pt. 14, (AP) An' old Bailey court today heard a fan- j Ustle tale of a "foreign power" plot to asftnslnat King Edward VIII and then sentenced George Andrew Mc I Mahon, the narrator, to a year at j hard labor for the celebrated pistol incident at the king's Constitution j Hill parade last July. The charge on which McMahon ; was convicted was producing a re volver "with Intent to alarm his maj esty." Two other chsrgea were dis missed on the JudRc'slnstructlons. But bfore the Jury acted. McMa hon had detailed a so-called attempt : by a "foreign power" to have him shoot the king the month before, on the occasion of hla majesty's 42nd birthday. f King Edward Returns LETHAM. Middlesex. Eng.. Sept. 14. - V King Edward VIII landed at : .'irrirome here at 6:10 p. m. today. Upturning from his mid-European va catlou. py will 74 DIE AS SLIDE SENDS WAVE OVER EGIANT Twin Villages at Foot of Rogne Mountain Virtually Wiped Out .When Huge Avalanche Strikes Lake LOEN, Norway, Sept. H. (AP) Rescue parties today searched beutl ful Lake Loen, turned Into a death trap by a roaring avalanche nnd re sultant flood, for tho bodies of the 74 victims of one of Norway's great natural disasters. The twin villages of Bodal and Nesdnl, nestled at the foot of 6,388- foot Rogno mountain In this famous tourist region, were virtually wiped out when a huge mass of rock slid down Into the lake with a terrifying rumble and sent a great wall or water sweeping over the area. No Chance to Escape The natives, startled from their early morning sleep, had no chance to escspe from the great wave which poured through the narrow valley after the massive rock at least 1.200 feet broad and 1 ,500 feet high- rolled into the lake. Relief workers. Including doctors and nurses who flew here from Ber gen and Oslo, established temporary hospitals In the few remaining homes in this beauty spot. Bodies of human beings and ant mals, as well as furniture and house hold articles, floated on the surface of the lake. There were scores of corpses of silver foxes, bred by the farmers of the region. Water Mile Inland "An' old Steamboat, perched 350 feet up the mountainside since a similar (Continued on Page Two.) E ACCUSED BY LEMKE AS CAUSING NATION'S ILLS PORTLAND, Ore., Sept. 14. JP Rep. William Lemke of North Dakota, Union party candidate for president, left a message with a Portland audi ence that "the situation, tragic though it Is, could be remedied If this nation were not so thoroughly afflicted ?Kh a lot of old line politicians wh still think In terms of yesterday." The presidential candidate spoke at the auditorium here Sunday, later flying to Seattle to continue a speak ing tour. He charged that "nothing adequate Is being done to solve the unemploy ment problem" and said "one out of every seven of our people la on re lief." The candidate characterized Lon don and Roosevelt as the "gold dust twins" of Wall street and said: "The first thing you know one of those candidates will withdraw In favor of the other In order to beat me." He urged a program of farm and home refinancing unfier terms of the Frazier-Lemke measure, and called for strong unionism and collective bargaining. He aasalled Secretary of Agriculture Wallace and the "drlppled A" program, derided the relief setup and ariced for an end to tax-exempi bonds. ASTORIA, Ore., Sept. 14. fTPj Trolling went forward full tilt In the Columbia river area today. Activity began Saturday night after members of the Columbia River Fishermen's Protective association voted 317 to 214 to accept packers offers of 2 cents a pound for all fish caught until mid night. SUBSCRIPTION BARGAIN ENDS 9:30 P. M. TODAY Mail Tribune annual bargain dayi end positively at 9:30 tonight, To accommodate fubcriben the full businesi staff will remain on duty and the office will be kept open until 9:30 this evening. Letters containing subscriptions must be postmarked to day, September 14. in order to benefit by the bargain day rate. Mail subscriptions postmarked after today .will not be eligible for the special low rate. Mail Tribuno bargain days are an annual event during which subscribers may procure the newspaper for about one cent a day. The bargain day period is never extended beyond the close first announced. After tonight the full subscription rate goes into effect again and there will be no further reductions for another year, BASEBALL National First game: R. H. E. Pittsburgh 11 14 1 Philadelphia 4 7 3 Swift and Todd; Benge, Kelleher and Grace. R. H. E. Cincinnati ...... 6 12 o Boston . 0 6 3 Derringer and Lombardl; Chaplin and Lopea. R. H. E. St. Louis 5 13 0 New York 7 8 0 Walter, McOee, Heusser, J. Dean and V. Davis, Ogrodowakl; Gaoler, Coffman, Hubbell and Mancuso. American First game: R. H. B. Washington . 4 11 1 Chicago 5 10 2 (Ten Innings). Apple ton and Hogan; Millies, Ly ons, Brown and Bewail. FASCISTS SET UP Copyright, 1930, by Associated Press. SAN SEBASTIAN, Spain, Sept. 14 Fascist warriors completed their oc cupation of San Sebastian today by setting up a civil administration headed by the governor of Pamplona, provincial capital of Navarre. Strong lines of fascist troops held the city from possible counter-attack by the defeated socialists who fled before tho Insurgent advance yester day with arms, ammunition and other war equipment. Military and civil authorities boson, speedy rehabilitation of public ser vices which had been paralysed for days during the fascist siege of the Basque resort. Supplies of food were 'rushed to the city from which offic ials estimated approximately 10.000 civilians and foreigners have fled. Col. Jose Beorlegul, commander of the fascist' forces, claimed possession of the city formally at 6 p. m., yes terday as he rode Into the community at the head of a procession of sol diers. T T SANTA MONICA. Calif.. Sept. 14. lAP) Irving Thalberg. 37, husbsnd of Actress Norma Shearer, died today. Thalberg wu tho production nun am for Metro-Goldwln-Mayer etudl- os, and considered the most brilliant film producer In Hollywood. Dr. Phillip Newm&rk aald ha euc cumbed to lobar pneumonia. . At the bedside were Miss Shearer, the executive'! parent, Mr. and Mr William Thalberg, the actress' moth er, Mra. Edith Shearer, and Mra, Syl via Thslberg Welngarten, Thalberg'a slater. Mlaa Shearer wu prostrated with rlef. His two children. Irving Jr. six, and Katharine, one, were taken to the bedside thla morning, but Thalberg did not recognize them. He married Norma Shearer In 1028. CAVE JUNCTION TALKS TOWN INCORPORATION O RANTS PASS, Ore., Sept. 14. (AP) Talk of Incorporation Is spreading In one of Oregon's newest towns Cave Junction. The commu nity, known as Cave City prior to the er-tabllahing of a federal postoffloe which took the new name, waa begun but five yean ago. Street lights and a tourist registration bureau com prise new developments. POPE PIUS CALLS Pontiff Declares Foundation of All Order, Culture and Civilization Menaced by Continued Propaganda Hv ANDKl'E I1KRDIXO (Copyright, 11)3(1, by the Associated Press) CASTEli OANDOLFO, Italy, Sept. 14. Pope Plus XI, In strong, pas sionate tones, gave his blessing be fore the whole world today to a mili tant defense against the "mad" forces of communism. Declaring these forces menaced, In tragic Spain and elsewhere, "tho very foundation of all order, all cul ture and all civilization." the holy father, nevertheless. Invoked a spe cial love born of mercy and compas sion for Spanish persecutors of bish ops and priests and called upon the constituted authorities of all nation) to "oppose these great evlta with every remedy and barrier that la pos sible." Utter chaos Looms Sadly, he foresaw utter chaos If "those who have a duty In the mat ter do not hasten to repair the breach If, Indeed, It Is not already too late." Five hundred of the Spanish refu gees to whom the ponttlf tendered hla heart felt greetings and admira tion were in the throne room of the papal villa when the pope entered. His first few words were faltering but hla voice gradually grew strong. At a few of the more Intense mo ments It broke with emotion, but tho (Continued on Page Two) ADELE BLOOD HOPE, ONCE NOIED BEAUTY, HARRISON, N. T.. Sept. 14. (UPl Mrs. Adele Blood Hope, 80. once fa moua actress who was regarded aa the most beautiful blonde on the stage, ahot herself fatally last night, She was taken from her English tudor mansion to United hospital In Port Chester where she died. Mrs. Hope had been a writer and a stock company promoter since her re tirement from the stage. She was widow and had 17 year old daughter. Dawn, who recently made her atagc debut aa a violinist. Police said Mrs. Hope waa worried over financial reverses. Last night Dawn left her mother's home on the fashionable grounda of the Westchester Country club to take two friends to the Rye railroad sta tion. When she returned her mother and two other men friends wore in the living room.- Mra. Hope excused herself, saying aha was going to retire. A few minute later Dawn went up stairs to her own bedroom. She heard a shot and rushing Into her mother's room, found her lying on the floor, fully dressed. Mrs. Hope had ahot herself In the right side of the head, Just above the ear with a .33 caliber revolver, police said. ZOE K. NOUD, 41, TO FINAL REST Zoe K. Koud, 41, passed away at a local hospital early Monday mornlni, of heart ailment. She was born at Clearfield, Pa July 35. 1804. and waa married to John Byrne Noud August 6, 1017, at Salem. Ores. Three children were born to the union. 8he Is survuved by her hus band and two sons snd ons dsughter. Carolyn, John and Richard Noud, all a. Hi.m.tk P..II. fthj. I. aln aur- I vlved by her father, Emmett Hlnkle. ! Klamath Falls, Ore, Mrs, Noud vns a member of Sacred Heart church of Klamath rails. Funeral services, will be held v. Klamath Falls snd will be snnounced later. Income Shares Maryland fund, hid Wl ssktd, 11004. Qusrterly Income, bid 11.74; asked Candidates 4lks& el L tn r: - u r iJ Pa I unz Thomas F. Campbell (top), Repub lican, and R. C. Stanford, Democrat and Phoenix attorney, were noml nated aa their parties' candidates for governor of Arizona. Campbell It a former governor of the state 'Associated Pres Photos) mtphfiuld. Minn.. Bent. 14. mpt Maimus Johnson, homespun former United Ststeu senator, who carried his grassroots philosophy to the halls of congress, died hero Sun day. Death of the e4-ycar-old pioneer of the Minnesota Farm-Labor party movement resulted from pneumonia. Ho was stricken 111 August 33, a few hours before the death of hts friend and fellow Farmer-Laborlte. Gov. Floyd B. Olson. The burly, good-natured Johnson garnished natkoal and state politics for a decode with nis notoriously un couth grammar and his ready wit. He preferred dirt splotched overalls to dignified senatorlsl garb and once startled fellow senators by boasting In congress thst he waa "the best gol darned cow milker In Minnesota." Johnson's last political fight was staged only a few months sgo when he lost to Senator Elmor Benson In mm for the Farmer-Labor nomina tion for governor. His fight sgnlnst Benson, who bore uovornor visoim endorsement, made him a factional too of tho late chief executive, out they remained personal friends. HITLER REVIEWS S Copyright, 103S, by Associated Press wrmNHEna. aermsnv. Sept. 14 Reichschancellor Adolf Hitler warned his soldiers today "serious times msy come but they will never find us .vriiio disheartened or cowardly." Der Fuehrer, In a brief ten-minute eddress st the fourth annum Nan convention, told his troops: "The future belongs solely to the brave." He promised them: "For two years t demand of vou I will return ten years of better health. What you give the fatherland In your youtn will hn reonld to VOU 111 Old age." Hitler reiterated his profession of peaceful Intentions snd said, "you. my soldiers, have oeen cauea oy mo nation not to serve a fsnstlcsl at tempt by exaggerated chauvinism but to keep watch over our laoor, our nennle end our Dcuthland." nie armed might of Germany marched and thundered past Hitler to close the day, packed with the sound and fury o: snm oaniav GOVERNOR CALLS CONFERENCE ON RAIL1YJ0 SEA Meeting at Salem Septem ber 22 Will Prepare Re port for I. C. C. Hearing in Grants Pass On 28th SALEM, Sept. 14. AP) Governor Martin aald today he would consider changing the place for hla railroad conference September 33 to i m point In aouthorn Oregon If tno de mand la made. AoDrleed of the man. n n h. ... -A ot Grant Paas to hniH t. at Grants Paaa or eome place nearer mo scene or proposed railroad actlv. Ity. the dovernor iaM fen tmH nn of audi action aa yet, but that he wuuiu give ine matter consideration. The meeting of representatives of committees on the crn....,. other railroad building proposals waa palled for Snlem. The governor will reim oui invitations to tntereeted cltlea, organisations and Individual lumwrow wj gam meir view for report to the interstate commere commission. SALEM, Sept. 14. (AP) Qovernor Martin took official recognition ot the agitation for an east-west rail, road across Oregon today when h called a conference for Salem Septem ber 33 to prepare a report for the Interstate commerce commission hear ing at Grants Pass September aa. The agitation, which started early .thla yoar and gained atlmulus from Washington, D. C, haa been watched closely by Prank O. McColloch. publls utilities commissioner, along wlta several other project which have sU 1 ready obtained the Interest of the Interstate commerce commission, I The entire situation will be consld ; ered In connection with' the Orsnt pass I, o. o. hearing on the proposed construction of a railroad between Grant Pass and Crescent City. Thla will be the second railroad hearing this year, tho 00 miles construction, between Port Orford end Leland, Just north of Grants Psss. already having been authorised by the commission for atart this year. (Continued on Page Five.) AMATEURS START GOLF TITLE QUEST OARDEN CITY, N. T., Sept. 14. (UP) The bsttle for the 40th United States smateur golf championship opened over the treacherous Garden. City club course today with a record field of 310 British and American club swingers clashing for the title vacated when Lswson Little of San Francisco, winner In 1034 and 1038, turned pro feselonal laat April. Two playera Johnny Ooodman ot Omaha, U. 8. open champion In 103S, and Albert (Scotty) Campbell, smooth stroking Seattle star were nameo by most of the competitors aa the pair who will survive their punishing match play elimination rounda and fight for the trophy on Saturday. But, with neither a Little nor Bobby Jones spread eagllng the field before plays starts, the chancea ar that any of the 4u odd ouiaianawg men veteran and youngsters will smash Into the finals. UP FOR MAJOR TEST Nrur vnrtK. Sent. 14. (PV Tha fi m.lir ImI tn determine the con stltutlonsllty of the holding company set got under way toasy a we o ourltlea and exchange commission, filed Its brief sgalnat tne sriecvne ami Rhsrs comDsnv In th southern district federal court In New York. This enmnanv. which serves 10 per cent of the total electrlo customers In the united Statea, waa one of the im whieh declined to register un der the holding company act, declar ing the statute unconstitutional, sun nnminti it tn reslator was brought by the commission lsat November. DRIVER NEAR DROWNING BY BROKEN FIRE PLUG. SAN FRANCIfOO, Sept. 14P) Leon Hoppe -rl) drowned yes. , terdsy whon )lfauwmobUe crashed Into a fire hydrant, iutlng him be hind the steering wheel, and loosing a fountain of water. He waa treated at an emergency hospital for submersion and a align head Injury.