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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Thursday; not much chance trt temperature, Temperature: Highest yesterday . 79 Lowest this morning 36 Cash In "Just what I am looklnf for" la an expression often heard from people who make a dallj practice of rending the classi fied ails. Better get the hnhlt. Might cash In the first day. Medford R7BUNE Full Associated Press United Press Thirty-JFirst Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY; SEPTEMBER 16, 1936 Xo. 146. HD,; ephm u noses mm AMES j NEW DEAL GAINS BMtd EVEN BREAK IN HlM MICMTEST By Paul Mai Ion Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mallon WASHINGTON. .Sept. 16. when Hitler prodded the reds with a bay onet at Nuremberg, the average con clusion here was that he had sud denly gone crazy. This was not the conclusion In speechless offi cial quarters. There, It was gravely, realized again that Herr vi'.Ui- was being crazy like a fox. The Moscow newspapers had the right dope, or part of It, as It reached those who know most about such matters here. Hitler wants Czechoslovakia. He wants It by peaceful preparation. ' A consti tutional reorganization thet e. sup planting the republican form of gov ernment with a federal fascist fitate, would suit him. and he intends to ret It. He cannot carry forward hi plan with the reds mllltantly resisting htm, especially through their ally, Prance. Ho must frighten Moscow Into quiescence. He must move while France Is too troubled with Spain to worry much about R-iasla. So he did. Frankly, our beit Judges thought it was clever, dangerous gamble, and probably would work. Note In the forefront of Hitler's achemtng mind likewise Is the Anglo French revival of talk about renew ing the Locarno agreement, which attempted to preserve the Eur:pean statu quo. The French and English will not be thinking or talking ser iously about Locarnos amid the cur rent brandishing of arms. The Reds can atop Hitler only one way by lighting. The knowledge of that fact at the top here hae caused extreme, although a'.lent. con cern. Moat authorltlea felt the sit uation vaa mora dangerous than when the British moved their fleet Into the Mediterranean during the Ethiopian war. Military men doubted It. The reds ax In no position to fight. Behind (Continued on Page Four.) OF EAGLE POINT PASSES Tnomaa W. Clngcade. 57, a resident of the Eagle Point district for over SO years, paased awsy early this morning. Funeral services will be held Friday afternoon at 3:30 In the Conger chapel, il'h the Rev. Stllle officiat ing. A complete obituary will appear In the Mall Tribune at a later date. American Squadron To European Duty WASHINGTON. Sept. 16. (AP) The nary today announced the crea tion of a temporary European squad ron under the command of Rear Ad miral Arthur P. Fairfield. The squadron will consist of the light cruiser Raleigh, which will be Admiral Fairfield's flagship, the de atroyera Hatfield and Kane and the coast guard cutter Cayuga. The last three named have been on emergency duty In and outside of Spanish waters since the Spanish revolution broke SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNfJ REPORTERS Mare Porter, while awaiting the be lard arrival of City Attorney Frank P. Parrel at council meeting, asking Moses Alford to tell about the first vacation he has had In nine year and Most relating, aa the counctlmen propper up their ears for an around -the-world tory. that he spent the time In Prospect, of all places. J. R. Marshall. Demo county chmn., finding the campaisn really gettfng hot laM night when his house almost burned down, but the abode not suc ceeding an well as did hi one on Orlfftn erlk, whirr, was devoured by Tame several years ago. Joe FlelEel. stalwart Gop. denying any significance In the fact that the Republicans have installed their head quarter la the new gas building. Noel Benson discovering that those waterwafjons that football teams use cos: in the nrfshbo-hood u: 300 buck, and he wanting to know it they serve mixed drinks out of the thing. ill Murphy Wins Fight With Welsh for Democratic Nomination for Governor Townsend Loses in N.Y. By the Associated Tress Names known the nation over fig ured In triumph and defeat today as the returns rolled In from primaries held yesterday In five states. Senator James Couzens, one- time motor car magnate who turned to a political career and has served 14 years tn the senate, lost to former Governor Wilber M. Brucker In the Republican senatorial contest in Michigan. Former Senator George H. Moses, long a power In conservative Republi can councils, failed in a comeback attempt In New Hampshire. The 39-year-old Gov. H. Styles Bridges, beat him for the Republican senatorial nomination. Curley Nominated Governor James M. Curley won the Democratic senatorial nomination In Massachusetts by a large margin over his nearest foe. Mayor Robert E. Greenwood of Fltchburg. son-in-law of Democratic senator Marcus Cool Idge, Henry Cabot Lodge, Jr., cap tured the Republican nomination. Some of the primary result In more detail follow: Michigan Couzens, who conducted a "silent" campaign only broken by hla public endorsement of President Roosevelt, had 173.364 votes to 279,757 . for Brucker, antl-Ncw Dealer, with more than half the precincts In. In tho Democratic gubernatorial (Continued on Page Three.) LETTOCESTlERS SALINAS. Calif.. Sept. 16. (tP) A vicious struggle between striking let tuce workers and officers occurred in the heart of the business district here today, while at Sacramento Gov ernor Frank F. Mrrtam declared he was convinced communis t were lead ers of the disturbance. At least five men were Injured ser iously tn the hand-to-hand battle which occurred on Main street after pickets cut ropes on a lettuce truck and dumped the crates. Three gas bombs were hurled by police and state highway patrolmen, who tised their cluba to drive back the angry crowd. Officers fired gaa shells at long range before the pickets surged for ward and reports said the missies had struck and Injured several other per sons. MARY ASTOR CHEERED AT PICTURE PREVIEW HOLLYWOOD. Sept. 16. iVP) Mary Aa tor attending preview of her first film since her sensational fight to regain ler daughter, waa nearly mobbed last night by cheering admirers Sho wept at what she said was the "kindness" of the demonstration. Miss Astor, who was awarded di vided custody of her four-year-old daughter with her ex-husband. Dr. Frankly n Thorpe, several weeks ago. attended the showing of "Dodaworth" In which she plays the "other wo man." incomFtax receipts show huge increase WASHINGTON, Sept. 16. 4 Es timated third quarter Income tax col lections between September 1 and September 15 were reported by the treasury today at S26t.2fl2.145, an In crease of (40243.667 over the corre sponding period. Landon Planning Drive . In Midwest Farm Area TOPKKA, Kss, Sept. 16. (AP) A drive for presidential votes In the farming m id wst was m a pped by Governor Alf M. Landon today after a northfant campaign which he said showed "we are moving forward to a victory in November." An agricultural prrgram. s-xisl security and the New Deal's recipro cal tariff were designated by the Re publican nominee for discussion on a swlntr starting next Tuesday thru Rwa, Mlnnewiln. Wisconsin and 1111 i ri. T p.r.iJ to crowdf. lit Llinoii, la1 a and Missouri yesterda; ' a sound program of soU and water 1,700 Held In Death Quiz Thaddeus Pickens (above), 21, for mer secretary to 78-yearold Mrs. Anna Powell Crookahank arid nam ed as a major beneficiary of her wilt, was held by Loa Angeles police as a material witness pend Ing an Investigation of the cause of her death. Mrs. Crookshank's as tate was estimated at $100,000 In value. Associated Press Photo) COUNTY RECEIVES 0-C TAX Jackson county yesterday received from the department of the Interior a chock for $92,369.56, In payment of the county's 1933 share under the O-O land grant tax refund bill. The payment, due last October, was deferred due to lack of federal funds, and further delayed last spring when the certified tax rolls were mis placed In Washington. D. C, through a clerical error there. The Important document was misplaced In depart mental archives a .id found after a second list had been prepared. Jackson county la still behind In tlie O-C payments for tho years 1934 and 1035. The 1934 payments amount to (86.033.36. and 192.661.91 for 1935. They are due In October, and total 8178.595.25. Of the (92.661.91 received yester day. (29,389.59 has been allocated by County Treasurer A. C. Walker to the school districts. The Wlmer district la apportioned the largest amount, (6,020.94: Butte Falls la next with (5,843.15; Pine hurst (Lincoln) receives (4,488.51, ami Cold Hill, (1,452.94. The city of Jacksonville, In which a ma)1 parcel of O-O land lies re ceives (8.85. P-l IF SHE UNSETTLED SEATTLE. SeptC 16. (AP) Charles B. Llndeman, associate publisher of the Seattle Post-Intelligencer, morn ing newspaper strike-bound since August 13, today announced the paper would be "liquidated" on order of lta owner. William Randolph Hearst, unless Immediate settlement of the newsroom strike Is made by the American Newspaper Guild. Income Shares Mnryland Fund, bid 9.75;' asked 10 65. " Quarterly Income, bid 1.73; asked 1 P0. conservation to combat drought and flood and to create genuine employ ment Instead of makeshift Jobs." hut tef t details for dlsriiMion at rf Moines. Reviewing his second eastern cam paign swing to newtmen today, Lan don said; The spirit shown by the people of every community visited on the trip to Maine, through New England, the east and ths middle west, con vinces me that thene people have de e.ded to rfpudiate federal wane, ex-t-ait:i c, and Incompetence, to ruminate politic from reltff and to tutors self-government la America-" Fascists IS FOR CITY TO PAY E Council Asked to Make Re imbursement for Injury to Gentner Girl Regular City Election Is Called The city was requested at the coun cil meeting last night to make "rea sonable" reimbursement for the "grief and expense' suffered by Mr. and Mrs. L. Q. Centner of 20 North Orango street as a result of Injuries sustained by their 16-yenr-old daugh ter Catherine, on August 15 when she fell from her bicycle under the wheel of a passing wood truck. Mr. Gentner addressed the council and stated that his daughter fell from her bicycle when the wheels caught In the old, partially covered trolley tracks at West Main and Quince streets. Sine the trarks were ex posed, Mr. Oentner said, he felt the city waa liable. Mr. Gentner asserted that bis daughter narrowly escaped death and that ths Injuries had caused the fam ily "considerable grief and expense" for which he asked "reasonable reim bursement." Tells of Injuries. The matter was referred by Mayor George W. Porter to City Attorney Frank P. Farrell and the finance and public safety committees. In response to a question by Mayor Porter as to how his daughter waa getting along. Mr. Gentner said alw probably would suffer no permanent Injury. He explained she sustained four broken ribs, a fractured dla- (Contlnued on pjge Seven.) FOOTBALL PLAYERS CLASSED AS ACTORS ATLANTA, Sept. 18. (AP) M. H. Eustace, - special assistant attorney general, said today "football players are paid the same as actors to put on a show. His remarks were Included In a plea to Fedornl Judge E. Marvin Underwood asking dismissal of a suit of the Georgia University system to escape federal taxes on athletic ad missions. Eustace declared evidence showed football players "are men hired spe cifically to play football, and not make good marks In history or Eng lish." KNOX RETRACTS CLAIM DETROIT, Sept. 18. (T Dr. Lu ther A. Harr, Pennsylvania secretary of banking, said today he waa "happy to say" that Col. Frank Knox had "retracted" a statement which Hut considered an adverse reflection on the conditions of banks. The Republican vice -presidential candidate tn a speech at AUentown, Pa., ten days ago said, "today no life Insurance policy Is secure; no sav ings account Is safe" The Pennsylvania banking official wrote to Knox, demanding a retrac tion or data supporting the state ment, and cited a state law making It a misdemeanor to speak falsely about the solvency of financial In stitutions, OREGON BAR GOVERNORS WILL FEAST RECRUITS SALEM, Sept. 16. (tP) The fll suc cessful applicants for admission to the Oregon bar will be guest of the board of governora of the state or ganlratlon at a luncheon Friday fol lowing taking oath as attorneys. The oath will be administered by Chief Justice J. U. Campbell of the supreme court at the 10 o'clock ses sion. The board of governors will hold lta regular meeting during the after noon. AMERICAN CAMERAMAN PRISONER OF REBELS CASABLANCA. French Morocco. Spt, 16. fAP, Rene Bru. French cameraman, who waa captured by fasrtat soldiers and later released, re ported today his American colleague. John Dored, Is still held prisoner by the Insurgents In Seville. Dored, a newtreel cameraman who went to Madrid after photographing the Italo-Ethioplan war. wai seized by the faswisu while accompanying government front llns troops, Bru etld. Will Be Blown BASEBALL National, First game R. H. E Pittsburgh ........ . 15 1 New York 2 5 1 Blanton and Todd; Smith, Coff man and Mancuso. First game R. H. E. Cincinnati ... 4 8 2 Brooklyn 7 10 2 Davis, Schott and Lombard 1; Frank house, Jeff coat and Phelps, Berres. First game R. H. E. St. Louis 3 7 2 Philadelphia 7 12 0 Haines, Ryba, Earnshaw and Davis; Walters and' Grace. First game . R. H. E. Chicago m m 3 7 1 Boston 2 8 0 Carleton and O'Dea; Lannlng, Rels and Lopez. Second game R. H. E. Chicago 4 10 0 Boston . 2 S 2 Lee and Hartnett; Smith, Cantwell and Mueller. BY MEAN $35,000 SAVING SALEM, Sept. 16. (AP) Four thousand customers of the California Oregon Power company In southern Oregon will save about (35,000 an nually In electric bills aa the result of a reduction announced by the public utilities commissioner. The company operates In portions of Douglas, Josephine, Jackson and Klamath counties, and serves the c'tles of Roseburg, Grants Pass, Med ford and Klamath Falls, The reductions which become ef fective October 1 Include: Eliminating demand feature In the former tariff on the commercial lighting schedule. Will save about (S3. 500 annually to 2678 customers. Readjustment of the urban resi dential lighting schedule which pro vides a 90 cent per month reduction to customers using small quantities of energy. Rural residential lighting schedule reducing rate to 1,200 customers. 170,489 VISITORS CRATER LAKE, Sept. IS. (AP)-r-A new record for vial tori at Crater Lake national park waa act today when the aeeeonal total reached 170,. 4(10. The prevloue record waa aet In 1931 when 170.284 pereona rlalted the parte. The preaent eeaaon haa two neka to go before cloalnir Bept. 30. Thle year'a total la 70 per cent above laat eeaaon, the hlgheat per centage lncreaae reported by any na. ttonal park. During July and Augiiat 110,000 persona arrived. BEND, Ore., Sept. If. (API Superintendent David Canfleld of Crater Lake national park reported today that all roads Into the park are again open to travel and In good shape following the week end storms. Poreatera reported all roads open In the central Oregon deer country and that Indian summer weather preralla. MOUNTAINEERS VICTIM UNARMED IS TESTIMONY OR A NTS PASS Sept. ' lfl, Testimony that Martin Jennings and Roland Burr were apparently not armed when Burr waa fatally wound ed at Clarenoe Burke'a mountain oahln In April, 1934, was on the court retards here today. W. T. Miller, defense counsel, tn his opening statement, had said that Burke fired at Jennings when he di covered him picking the lock to his cabin and after Burke had heard an other shot. 3 WITNESSES MISSING IN BLACK LEGION CASE DETROIT. Sept. 16. tlf Detective Jark Harvlll reported today at th trlal of 13 men charged with tne Black Uglon killing of Charles A Poole, that three state witnesses, all admitted members of the hooded se cret society, have been missing for two weeks. The disappearance of the witnesses, Luther Olasgow, Elmer Anderson and Emraon Becker, waa not made pub lic previously, Harvlll said, In the be lief that secrecy might aid ths search for tfcira. WILL AIO DEFENSE OF JOBJNSURANCE Attorney General Says La borites Will Employ Port land Attorney to Represent State Auditor J. B. Krause SALEM, Sept. 10, (AP) Organized labor will aid in the defense of the unemployment Insurance act In Ore gon when the suit brought by the Pinnacle Packing Co., Inc., and others of Jackson county on the constitu tionality of the law la tried at Med ford, Attorney Cleneral I. H. Van Winkle said today. Tho unemployment commission will be represented directly by Ralph Campbell, assistant attorney general. Van Winkle said. However, labor wished to be represented and Attorney K. C. Tanner of Portland will repre sent Auditor J. B. Krause who like wise was named (defendant with the commission. Information obtained here woe that organized labor will provide the ser vices of the additional attorney to represent Krause, since the latter Is an employe. Tho set would provide unemployment Insurance under the federal social security act from collec tion from employers. Workers are not required to pay under the Ore gon act. Attorney General Van Winkle said he did not know what effect the de cision yesterday of - the Washington supreme court would have on the (Continued on Po Three.) OLYMPlA, Sept. lfl. (AP) A for mal statement over the signature of Attorney General Hamilton today said he definitely had decided "not to pe tition the supreme court for a re hearing" of the unemployment In surance case. "Such a petition," he aald, "would only delay the matter unnecessarily and postpone the return of the amounts collected from employe." The supreme court yesterday held the state law "Inoperative. FROST CHASES DROUGHT IN NORTHWEST REGION CHICAGO, Sept. lfl. (ff1) Ths drought and heat which plagued ths nation's northwest for several months had fallen back today before frost and freezing temperature. Massed air from the North Pacific ocean, "extremely cold for this time of year," probably will extend Into other portions of the middle west by tonight, Forecaster J. R. Lloyd predicted. In Chicago the temperature fell Into the low 60's after a siege of 2.10 Inches of rain which brought the September total to 7,17 inches, compared with a 8.14 normal for the month. ALFALFA QUARANTINE REGULATION REVISED SALEM, Ore., Sept. lfl. (UP) Re vision of Oregon's alfalfa weevil qusr- antlne, eliminating necessity of screening potatoes from quarantined areas, was announced today by state agricultural officials. The action followed recommend ations made at a meeting of the western plant quarantine board In Boise. Ida,, laat June. Modern meth oda of packing, In which potatoes run through grading machines, ended need for screening. Italy Maps Big Program For Exploiting Ethiopia WASHINOTON. Sept. lfl. (AP) Reports to the commerce department Indira ted today that Italy plans to Iiunch a broad, empire-building con struction program in Ethiopia when the rainy season ends late this month. Under plans outlined by Mussolini, advices to the department said, con struction of a 3500-mile network of modern highways will be an initial undertaking. About 1000 technicians. 30,000 Ital ian laborers and 70.000 native will be needed in the road program, the department was informed Up With Fort Film Producer Dies Irving Thalberg (above), 37, noted hotlon picture producer and hus band of Norma 8hearer, film a'a-i trees, died it Santa Monica, Calif., of pneumonia cauaed by a cold con tracted on a vacation trip. (Associ ated Press Photo WASHINGTON, Sept. lfl. (AP) A future Whit House conference of bankers waa Indicated today after In surance company officials talked with President Roosevelt yesterday In what the chief executive described as a discussion of mutual cooperation between their' concern find govern ment. One of the insurance executives, Charles F. Williams, Issued a state ment praising the "stabilizing activi ties" of the government with regard to Insurance during the depression, and called life Insurance "the safest of all possible securities." He said the statement was endorsed by the half dozen other conferees. President Roosevelt asserted that Col, Frank Knox's argument that in surance policies and savings deposits are threatened by New Deal spending waa not discussed. The president said he probably would talk with leading bankers Inter, White House aides aald the Insurance meeting was one of a (Continued on Page Two.) HEART TURNS TO STONE IN RARE MEDICAL CASE SAN FRANCISCO. Sept. lfl. (ZD- Mrs. Reglna Dramy, "the woman with the atone" heart," Is dead. Kept alive a year and a half after a delicate operation, the 40-year-old woman died from calcification of tho heart muscles hero yesterday. The malady Is rare, physicians stating her case was one of only sli on record In medical history. Last year Mn, Dramy, wife of a flan Francisco attorney, was spared death when three physicians chip ped nwny a layer of calcium that was Impeding her heart action. POLITICAL RIOTS ADDED TO TROUBLE IN FRANCE PARIS, Sept. lfl. (AP) Militant French worker declared fresh strikes today as France's troubled labor situ ation ws complicated by political riot In which 84 persons were In jLred. Employes in factories at Nancy, Brest, and La Rochelle Joined In de manding French employers begin the 40-hour week for Industry in addi tion to wage Increases for the work- Looking toward establishment of 12-hour air service between Addis Ababa and Rom, a new flying field will b built on a platform sis miles from the capital. Several Italian companies have been formed to exploit the new empire. Among other things, these plan to produce coffee, cocoa, meat, hides, cut ton and milk. Organized In Milan, the "Ethiopian Cotton company' ha established of fices In Addis Ababa and Is planning broad si-Mo cotton cultivation, ad rloes to tto department aald. CONFERENCE WITH AND INSIOE Refusal to Release Women and Children Brings Ter rible Decision TNT Set in Readiness for Blast Br James C. nidiiM Copyright. 1030, by Associated Ftm, TOLEDO, Spain, Sept. lfl. (AP) Government Diana to blow im tv s'i ell -battered Alcasar and It 1700 Fascist occupants are virtually com plete, a reliable authority disclosed Socialist sources aald th "te-r.hi decision" to blow up tha crumbling fortress atop Toledo had been taken after ten daya of futile effort to Induce the Fascist commander. Joe Moscardo, to release women an4 rhii. dren in the building under pledges of sua conaiKB xrom both the govern ment ana tne diplomatic oorps. High explosive charges, each con taining more than a ton of TNT, Lave now been set in place. Electrlo cable eonniMt wit-.h h charges along two underground mine (Continued on Page Three.) . - Pear Markets! KBW YORK, Sept. 18. (AP-TJ8DA) Pear auctlona: 37 cars arrived; 1 Idaho, 10 Oregon, 3 Waahlngton un loaded, 17 on track. Slightly veaXer. Oregon Bartlotta, 447 boxes etrs. fancy, a.0O-SS, average 344 148 koxea fancy, ll.6J-a.80, average M.l California Bartletta. tg.S37 ro.M 1.03 -3. 30, average 13.03. OHrOAOO, Sept. It. (AP-tJSDA) Pear auctlona: Arrived S cars Cali fornia, J Oregon. 10 on track, 4 sold. Csllfornia Bartletta, 1,793 boxea, 12.18-65. average ta.42. Oregon Bart letta, 730 boxes fancy, 13.00-30, aver ago 3.30. FOUR DIE AFTER EATING ; HOME PRESERVED BEANS WATAUOA, 8. D., Sept. lfl-(AP) Four persons stricken Monday eve ning wlthiood poison died last night and today. Or. O, L. Olson, their at tending physician, reported. Their deaths occurred a an air plane sped north from Kanaa City with serum expected to aid physic ians In efforts to save the Uvea of the four, believed by Dr. Olson to have been poisoned by home pre served beans. SOUTH DAKOTA ENJOYS BELATED SPRINGTIME MILBANK, 8. D., Bept. 18. W Nature, dlarrftardlna; the calendar, ha decreed Its bloasom time In South Dakota. Following months of drought and acorchlng heat, choke-cherry trees ar blooming in Myron Canady'a gardea here, Jena Borenaon'a Whitney crab apple tree at Plandreau ta blossom Ing for the second time this eeaaon. and flowera are beginning to bloom In other localities. UMPQUA PRUNE CROP REDUCED BY WEATHER TtOSEBtmo, Ore., Bept. 16. (Pe rtain end a short season have com bined to cause loss of from 35 to SO per cent of the Umpqua valley prune crop, growers report. Instead of th usual 30-day drying period, growers are now beginning to close dowa their planta after an average of about a 15-day run. Nearly all dryers, It la expected, will be closed by the end of the week. Legionnaires Told To Be Their Age At Coming Convention CLEVELAND. Sept. Pf Of fensive horseplay, aald American Legion officiate today, will not be !erated at the Legion's eighteenth annual national convention, open Injr here Sunday. 'ThU convention." said one of ficial, "la going to be different. Leglonnalrea now average 43 In age. They have grown older and considerably more aenslble. They are going to be their age." Whtch means, If the Legion lead era have their way, that paper sncka filled with water will not be dumped from hotel window upon uneuepectlng paaseraby, that men wilt not promenade In scanty underwear, that hotels will still be Intact after the -week' convention. o
