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Ask Community The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday; not much change In temperature. TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday 76 Lowest this morning ........ 41 Thirty-First Year By PAUL JIAI.I.OX (Copyright. 1936, by Taul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Oct. 6. Mortality prospects of the reconvening supreme court are not encouraging to those who expect it to be reorganized by deaths and new during the next four yearB. The Insurance table of life ex pectancy, based on American ex perience, quotes the following Im personal odds on the Jus tic est (Their names are omitted becauso the statute of polite limitations out laws birthdays for males after the first sixty end for females after the sixteenth.) Life Justice A&e No. 1 74 Expectancy 6.68 years 5.49 years 6.68 years 4.39 years 6.68 years 8.48 .years 11.67 years 13.47 years No. 3 No. S No. 4 ...... NO. 6 No. 6 No. 7 No. 8 77 74 80 74 . 70 74 61 68 No. 9 10.54 years In words, this means the oldest Justice has an Insurance expectancy of outliving the Now Deal even If It gets a leaaoof four more years. This Justice, furthermore, happens to be the leading advocate for some of President Rooscvclt'st constitutional lnternretatlons. ... Equally pointed. Is the Inside news that tho only two Justices ailing dur ing the recess are among the so called minority. Their passing would be of no help to Mr. Roosevelt. Note. The table also shows five Justices heve pased the retirement age of 70, and a sixth has reached it. Howover, all expectancy of vol untary retirements has long ago been absndoned. Dope books of court rail birds In dicate that st least one more New Deal move may be overthrown by the court during the session. Odds are against the government In the Wag ner labor case. The old question of whether manu- (Oontlnued on Page Four.) IN COAST FIRE PERIL PORTLAND, Ore., Oct. 8. (AP) Cloud-swept skies of western Oregon dumped buckets of rain on a thirsty country over the week end, bringing almost definite end to tho flro peril. Rain began falling Saturday night along tho south coastal region and continued all day Sunday. Many fires were extinguished and others were taken out of the danger class. Sluggers Sought. ROSEBURO, Oct. S. (AP) State police and sheriff s officers aro con ducting a county-wldo search today for three women and a man, travel ling In a blue sedan, bearing a Wash Ington license, who are reported from the office of Sheriff Percy Webb to have slugged and beaten Prank Hathaway, farmer, who resides near Cougar creek In the Tyee district, west of Roseburg. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Ben Whitesmith, cynic that be U sourly examining one of those elabo rate picture advertisements on .the bottom of a Sunday comic, and say ing he reads them assiduously Just because them make blm mad. Some dizzy kid riding a oleyele down the middle of Main street wltrt his hands off the handlebars and get ting quite vituperative when Yancy Cravat Bullls saved his life byhonk ing and swerving out of the way. missing the lad by Inches. Mrs. Pred Erlckson holding the fort while hubby was away at coun cil luncheon, and very efficiently quoting statistics on pipe, tanks and or her complicated matters. Cliff Gsrneit down from Prospect o spend riotous week-end In the big city, standing disconsolately on Lie 'main drag trying vainly to think up Kmettilng to do ylstlddy alter-soon. I I WOBBLE GIANTS SUf1 SAVE CHANCE FOR K;. Itel SER1ESLAURELS M Full Associated Press 1 i Long Fly by Terry in Tenth Frame Scores Moore With Winning Run Crowd Is Tense As 'Clutch' Comes By EDWARD J, NEIL Associated Press Sports Editor YANKEE STADIUM. NEW YORK. Oct. 6. (AP) Bill Terry'a long out field fly scored Joe Moore from third In the tenth Inning of the fifth game ttday to give the Giants and Hal Schumacher a dramatic, trouble strewn 6-to-4 victory, prolonging the world series. The Yonks lead In games, 3 to 3, as the scene shifts tomorrow to tho Polo Grounds. The 'Wobbling Giants saved their chances for the world'a champion ship after first losing opportunities to end the game and then valiantly staving off a Yankee rally In the ninth. Rally Falls Short With the score tied, 4 and 4. Pat Malone, who replaced Red Ruffing for the Yankees on the mound In the seventh, led off with a single past Travla Jackson, Giant third baseman, but he was forced s.t second by C'O setti's bunt, the batter being safe. Rolfo forced Crosettl but beat the relay to first and Dl Magglo walked. With two out and two on base. Col umbia Lou Gehrig oamo to the plate. Schumacher got strikes past him on tho first two pitches and then threw three balls. With the crowd so tense one almost (Continued on Page Eight.) World Series Play By Play First Inning. Giants Mooro up: Moore smashed a hit down the left field line on the first pitch for two bases. Bartell up: Bartell hit down the right field lino for a double, scoring Moore. Terry up: Terry fanned, swinging. Ott up: Ott grounded out on a hopper through tho box. Crosettl to Gehrig. Bartell advanced to third. Ripple up: Rip ple dropped a base hit In short left, scoring Bartell. Mancuso up: Man cuso smashed the first pitch to right for a single, sendng Ripple to third. Whitehead up: Whitehead alashed a hit between Lazzcrl and Gehrig, scor ing Ripple. Mancuso stopped at sec- (Contlnued on Psge Two.) DIRECT NEW BARRAGE Tl By RICHARD O. MASSOCR (Copyright, lf)38, by the Associated Press) HTOLEDO. Spain, Oct. 5. fAP) Victorious fascists holding Toledo be gan a new barrage on socle Mat mili tiamen today, shelling a government encampment east of the Alcazar city. Fresh fighting broke out after week-end skirmishes between insur gent patrols and government troop? at the field training quarters of the former military school two and one half miles from the city's eastern boundary. Insurgent artillery poured shells Into tho camp where 200 socialists were estimated to have congregated. Moorish legionnaires added machine gun and rifle slugs to the barrage. Government soldlera opened an at tack on supply roads leading to Santa Ollala and Maqueda but fiercely fighting Moorea drove t'nem back with casualties. The fighting was so near Toledo today fascists quartered among the rutna of the Alcaar were able to fire rifles from the battered parapets. REAL ESTATERS MEET GRANTS PASS TONIGHT OR A NTS PASS. Ore., Oct. 5. (API A regional meeting of real estate dealers will be held here tonight. Representatives are expected from the Willamette valley as well as routhern Oregon points. YANKEES HIT HUBBELL FOR 5-2 WIN SUNDAY NEW YORK, Oct. 6 (AP) A rec ord crowd saw the Yankees "homicide Kiid" hand Pitcher Carl Hubbcll tod tix Giants 6-2 defeat Buodaj. Chest Contributors EDFORD Named To Tokyo Posl James A. Mills (above), wldel) known Associated Press forelgr correspondent, has been namec shier of The Associated Press Tokyc bureau by Kent Cooper, general manager. Mills succeeds Glenn Babb, who Is returning to Join the foreign staff in New York after 1C years In the Orient. (Associated Press Photon CURB FOR FASCISTS EXPECTED RESULT OF BATTLING IN PARIS PARIS, Oct fl. (AP) Speedy sup pression of French fascist groups by the socialist government was predict ed today after belligerent political foes battled through the city's streets. "Organized combat" by fascists at tempting to break up a communUt meeting. Informed sources declared, had shown the new social party to bo a military league rather than a political organization. Street rioting characterized as "the worst in many years' transformed the area near the Pare des Princes into a shambles yesterday and brought 12,000 policemen and mobile guards Into action as the political battlers surged In attacks and counter-attacks. Fifteen hundred persons were Jailed temporarily, although all but a few wera released later after the fighting had been halted by energetic and strong armed guards. The aeries of running fights la which heads were cracked, property damaged and Sunday peace shat tered completedly started when com munists took over the park for a rally. Fascist previously had declared they would hold a session In the same location, but tho comunlsts got up early and got there first. FEDERAL OFFICERS COMING FOR COURT Federal officials headed by Federal Judge Jamea A. Fee of Portland are scheduled to arrive late this after noon by auto for opening of the an nual term of tho federal court for the southern Oregon district here tomorrow at 10 a. m. Besides Judge Fee, the official ptrty includea United States Attorney Carl O. Donaugh, United States Mar shal John T. Summervllle. and Clerk ol Court Arthur 8. Kenyon. While no announcement to that effect has been made, tho Tuesday Motion of the federal court is eipvt ed to be devoted to hearing motions, routine matters, and pleas. Trial of David Copperfleld. Klam ath reservation Indian, charged with assault, is set for Wednesday morn ing. Ted Captain, charged with assault s scheduled to go on trial upon com pletion of the Copperfleld case. Four defendants charged with liquor violations Involving Indians and two civil cases are scheduled for hearing. Has Bab? Record PORTLAND. Oct. 5. (API U Mrs. Oeorge Brackenbury of Troutdale were eligible, she prohably would be a leading contender In tomorrow's n.aternity derby. Mrs. Brackenbury has given blbrth to 18 children. Thir teen of them are living. She says aie &u 0?e oi iiaiUii 26 oiUkUea, MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, OCTOBER 5, 1936. 1D4K EDICUF DUCE Sweeping Financial Decree Sets Capital Levy On Property Owners Taxes Stock Dividends, Profits NEW YORK, Oct. 6. (AP) Finan cial circles, welcoming the lira into the family of readjusted monies, said today devaluation of the currency was another step In Europe's pro gress towsrd monetary and world trade recovery. By Andrue Herding j ' AscGoclated Press Foreign Staff ROME, Oct. S (AP) Premier Mus solini reduced the value of the Italian lira 41 per cent today In a sweeping financial decree approved by ' the cabinet. The new value of the Italian mone tary unit was set officially at 10 to the United States dollar and 90 to the Brltlah pound although the lira's gold content was registered at 92.46 to the pound. The cabinet also approved a capi tal levy on property ownera who were required to subscrlbo to a loan to the ytnt of 5- per cent of the v9Jue'on of their property. Dividends Taxed II Duce, In addition, ordered new taxes on stock dividends and com pany profits, prohibited price rises or Increases In public service rates and decreed a 83 per cent reduction In customs duties for' grains and cereals. . . '.;. (The premier's sctlon fixed the value of the lira at approximately 83 cents as compared to 7.8 cents. the closing quotation on the Now York foreign exchange market Satur day.) (Mussolini, In effect, has restored the ratio which existed between the lira and the dollar before the United States out the dollar to approximate ly .5S In exchange.) (Thus, the Italian currency, meet ing the 41 per cent devaluation of the United States currency, was de valued 41 per cent.) Currency Increased Devaluation gave the government and the bank of Italy an estimated 3,000,000.000 lire Increase In paper currency to add to estlmsted gold and foreign currency holdings of 5.000.000000 lire. "H Duce examined the Anglo-French-American declaration preced ing the alignment of the franc and declared he agreed with the concep tion that economic recovery of the world Is one necessary condition for collaboration among pcoplea looking toward peace," the communique de clared. HUGO BEZDEK OUSTED AS PHYSICAL DIRECTOR STATE COLLEOE, Pa., Oct. 5 (AP) The athletic policies of Hugo Ber. dek, director of the school of physi cal education at Pennsylvania State college, led to his removal Saturday. Besdek, connected with the Uni versity of Oregon tn 1005 and again from 1013 to 1018, was given a leave of absence for a year with salary after a special committee of trustees aald a "want of confidence" had developed In his leadership. At tho end of tho leave Bezdek may accept a position with tho col lege outside the athletlo department or resign. No specific charges were marie. Rehearing Requested on Women's Minimum Wage WASHIKFTON, Ost. 5. (AP) Con tending that the law should "meet changing economic conditions, Mas sachusetts asked the supreme coiut today to reconsider its decision of last June t holding unconstitutional the New Tork Isw establishing mini mum wages for women. Ths court probably will announce next Monday whether it will grant a rehearing requested by New York state. Reconsideration seldum Is granted. In a brief filed aa "friend of the court," Attorney General Paul A. Dever said that "probably no decision In recent years has so affected the entire working population of America and the mllltone of their dependent PI fieprlyu Uffl Qf '3- to "Give iHir skssss' His Hit Helps BILL TERRY With the count two strikes and three balls. Bill Terr-, malinger of the Giants poled out a long fly to ll MhekIo In renter field, allowing Joe Mtwre to score front third titter the cntch, with the run In today's aeries game which saved the (.Ian in' a chance for the wortd championship AI P. Photo LEGION DELIVERS 12T0NS PRODUCE TO BANDON FOLK Approximately twelve tons of pro duce, assembled from Rogue valley people for the fire stricken city of Bsndon, hss 'been delivered to the ,att city and la now being canned to aid In the feeding of hundreds of people through the winter, according to Lee Osrlock of Medford who, with Earl Foy, Qeorge dates and soveral others, accompanied the three trucks which took the offering to the burned city. Shortly after the first pica, for of ferings had been sent out by the American Legion here, apples, pears, onions, potatoes, carrots, cabbage, turnips, a half-ton of tomatoea and a ton of aquaah had been brought to the supply depot estsbllshed here. The 13 tons of stuff was hauled In trucks donated by the O. E. Oates Auto company, the Foster-Klelscr Sign company, and the Southern Ore gon 8alea, fruit company. An extra 1500 pounds that could not be crowd ed onto the three vehicles waa car ried free of charge by tho Pierce Auto Freight company. One ton was dropped at Coqullle, where many Bandon refugees have taken up shelter. The Coqullle Le gionnaires and other officials are feeding everyone In need free of charge. At Bandon the produce Is being canned In favor of using food now on hand that can not bo pro served. A hearty word of thanka was sent back to Rogue valley residents who made the offering, according to Oar lock, who said that the gutted town would be faced by horrible privation throughout the winter unless simi lar offerings are made by other sec tions of the state. The citlwns of Oregon hsve come splendidly to the aid of the victims, he ssld. Politics On Radio NEW YORK, Oct. . (AP) Politi cal brosdcasU on the air Included: ;Tlme la eaatern standard) Progressive CBS 10:30, Mayor La Guardla of New York. Communist WJZ 11, Robert Minor Tuesday: Democratic WJZ-HBC 13:15 p. m. "Women of '35." Republican WTAF-NBO 4:30. tan don Radio club, Dr. Charles .Burkett jind Dr. J. F. Brvson. tection In safeguarding their tlghu." With a quantity of New Deal leg islation already on the docket, the supreme court Ivgan a new, sight month term considered certain to write new chapters In the history of American government. Their- four-month vacation ended, the nine justices returned to thler great marble building to file through three crimson-draped doors Into the court chamber promptly at noon, while tho official crlrr uttered a sol emn "Oyer.! Oyer! Oyezl" No moment Joust decisions wera on today's schedule, however, and it ap peared unlikely that there would be any final opinions on Important New Oeal legislation until after Noember a. the data of the pretldeutlai dec at Least Tribune Full United Press 4 24 Companies, in Addition to Headquarters, Will Make Up District Some Men Returning to Middlcwcst Twenty-four companies, in , addi tion to Headquarters detachment, will make up the Medford CCC district during the winter period, according to Major George R. Owens, district com mander. Tins will represent a gain of four companies over tho summer period. Definite plana for most of the camps have been announced, but the final disposition of one or two la still In doubt. Although thcro will bo a chango In companies, Camp Prescott on Roxy Anne will be continued as a full strength camp. nlsliand Five Companies, Five companies from tho sixth corps area are being disbanded and the men returned to the midwest to be assigned to other companies, but their places will be taken by new companies being formed In the seventh and eighth corps areaa. The companies being dlsbandrd aro Cc 1023, Sltkum: Co. 1834, Annie Springs; Co. 1643, South Fork; Co. (Continued on Pago Three.! NINE INJURED IN AUTO COLLISION The nine persons Injured In an au to crash four mil north of Contril Point cm the Pacific highway Satur day evening wera reported rocovorlng today, O. O. Robbins, of Gold Hill, driver of one of the cars, waa tru most seriously Injured, suffering n fractured pelvis and numerous cuts and bruises. Ho Is at ths Community hospital but his condition Is not con sidered critical by Dr. R. W. Stearns, physician. Mrs. Robbins, who sus tained serious cuts on head, arms and legs, la also confined In the hospital. Mnrk Ax tell, of Grants Pass, driver of the other machine, Incurred a frac tured knee and minor cuts and abras ions. He has been transferred to a O rants Pass hospital. June Robbins, 13, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Robbins, sustained a broken ankle but Is re cuperating at home. The other Robbins children riding In tho car at the time of the accident Stanley, 11, Joyce. 9. Winston, 4, and Nell, 3. received minor Injuries but have returned to their homes. Mrs. Rose Hamon also of Goto Hill, moth er of Mrs. Robbins, who waa also nn occupant of tho car, was bruised and aufferlng from shock but Is recover ing at homo. Mrs. Ora Nledcrmeyer, who was knocked down by a car driven by Har vey Stump as alia waa crossing Sixth street Saturday afternoon, waa rest ing comfortably at tho Community hospital today. Dr. R. W. Clancy, at tending physician, atatcd she sus tained no bone breaks or fractures but that serious Interim! injuries will necessitate her confinement In the hospital for an Indefinite vrfrlod. She Is suffering considerably lrom shock, Dr. Clancy ssld. 90 PER GENT OF F.R. HYDE PARK. N. T., Oct- 5. (AP William Green, president ot the American Trdtrratlon of Labor, said today he hsd Informed President Roosvelt that 00 per cent of botn orgai (nod and unorgfintrcd labor throughout tho nation was for Roose velt's re-clcctlon, Orcen, a lum-hcon guest at the summer Whit House with Prank Murphy, Democratic candidate for governor of Michigan, said he also discussed the Industrial-craft union controversy with the president and reported prospect for labor peace were "better." ROSEBURG, Ore., Oct. 6. API Dsrwln Miller, wanted in Or ants Paas on a charge of non-support, was taken Into custody here today, according to a report from state police head quart, and Is being h"ld for Sheriff I, & Utft of JoaepfeiA ceuQty, One Day's Pay" Society Debutantes Lose Jobs In Movie Protesting against a group of Santa Barbara, Calif., society girls who took Jobs as "extras" In a niw pic ture being filmed there, movie play era forced Director Frank Tuttls to fire them and use "legitimate ex tras" In their stead. Among the aoclety girls Involved was Miss Polly Forsyth (above), daughter ot Mrs. Frederick Forsyth. (Associated Press Photo) 1934 PREDICTED BY Registration for the general election November 3 wilt show an Increase over the 1034 figures when It waa 18.804 for all parties, according to County Clork George Carter, and will probably pass the 20,000 mark, the of ficial said this morning. County Clerk Carter estimates there are clou to 30 new voters In Jack son county, now registered, The ma Jorlty of these registrants are from North Dakota, South Dakota, Okla noma, Kansas and Arkansas. Former residents of Arkansas led the new comers, the clerk said. Of the newcomer reslgtrants It la estimated that 85 per cent reglatercd aa DeinocittU. Both major parties are predicted to show gains over tho 1034 election. In that year the reglatra tlon totaled 18,804, with 11.163 R publicans and 7,348 Democrats. The remainder were reglatercd to minor parties. Registration was heavy all last week, particularly In the evenings. Satur day night the applicants filled the clerk's office and overflowed Into the hall. A force of regular clerks rnd two extra clerks, la buay segregating the registration cards as to party and classification and precincts. FOUND IN HOTEL OAKLAND, Calif., Oct. . (API Pound starving In a hotel room. Miss Mania Hansen, 18, of Salem, Ore., was taken to a hoepltnl today while luvcnllo authorities communicated with her parents, Mr. and Mrs. Nels Hansen. Miss Hansen told Dr. Harold Kay he came hn three weeks sgo with friends to seek employment. Bhe had saved 138 from her employment as a domestic at Salem after she left high school last fall. The girl obtained temporary work as a theatre usher. Hor money grad ually became exhausted and ahe fainted Friday while seeking employ ment In a store. Then she went two days without food and was found In bed by a hotel maid. Miss Hansen told Juvenile authori ties she had not run away from home but came here with her parents' con- RAID LlDOTllIO AFTER STREET RiOTS LONDON. Oct. 8. (AP) Fifty maraudera Invaded the Jewish colony In London's Fast End today U raid shops after police had quieted ,n earlier antl-faselst demonstration. With bricks and stones, the rosm- ing band smashed windows and plate glsss fronts In a renewal of street rioting which forced cancellation of a parade planned hy Sir Oswald Mos- ley, BrttWi tiscjit kadej, fe. V iM J STARVING GIRL IS Use Mail Tribune Classified For Quick Results No. 162. HIT RUN DEATH SEEN Lester J. Messal, Lake Creek Logger Admits Hitting Everett Thompson at Tal ent Sept. 13, Police Claim The hit-run death of Everett J. Thompson, 44, of Talent, who wa killed by a motorist while walking on tho Pacific highway near Talent at 8:15 p. m. Sunday, September 13, waa believed solved oy police Satur day night upon tho arrest by city police here of Lester J. Messal, 3),' Lake Creek logger who has been. working near Klamath Falls. Messal was arrested by City Officer Walter Rclnklng aa he drovo his 1035 black Chevrolet coach into a local service station at U p. m. Saturday.. Folios had been looking for him fol lowing a tip received from state po lice officers at Klamath Falls that he waa headed toward Medford. AilnilsMon Claimed Messal was taken to the police sta tion and questioned by city and stats police. Ho at flrat Insisted, according' to police records, that he had hit a. deer near Lake Creek, the Impact resulting In the marks found on his Cat, out, 3nU;r, AcvorulUK to iho police, omitted that he waa the driver who had hit Thompson He told officers that he was drly lng south on tho Paclflo highway, headed toward tho McCollum mill 18 miles west of Klamath Falls on the' Oreensprlng highway, whore he was .employed, ..Just south of Talent, ha told police, he met an oncoming car with bright llghte which partially blinded him. Thompson, he said, was walking on the highway and In Jumping out of the way of tho north bound car leaped directly Into tho path of Messal's machine. Messal ojW that he hit the man with ths left front of his car, knocking him over the hood onto the roadside at tho right of the highway. Messal aald that he did not stop because at the time of (hi tragedy, he was operating nrr auto without a driver's permit. The permit had been revoked by the secretary of state upon the recommendation of Justice -of the Peace William R. Coleman when Messal was convicted of reck-' less driving In Justlca court here on July 0 after he had hit a house on West Main atreet July 3. He waa fined 73 at that time, and his driv er's permit suspended tor six months. Ilerume Flustered The prisoner told officers thst he knew at the Impact that he bad kilted Thompson, and had become flustered when he realized the seri ousness of the case In addition to his lack of a permit. He aald that he drove to the Jackson Hot Springs before stopping, and that there be had debated with himself as to the course to pursue before driving on. On the following Tuesday, before Ms car had been repaired, he received word that his wife had given birth to a boy at a local hosptal and drove to Medford In the alleged death ear, he told police. He returned the next day and some time that week secured parts to repair the machine In Klam ath Falls, he said. District Attorney Codding today sMd that a charge of driving an euH without a permit would probably M filed against the man. with the prob ability that a manslaughter charge would be filed, or that the case v.ould be rcmandco directly to the 8rand Jury. No preliminary date had been set this afternoon, and Messal was held without bonds. RE-ENTER FORESTS 8AIJSM, Oct. 8. (AP) Governor Martin lifted the ban on entry to all forests In Oregon today with the ex ception of those In Lincoln, Coos and Curry couiilles, with the announce ment the game commission would likewise llfo the hunting restrictions with ths same exceptions, tlonal forests had been closed by fed- Tho exceptions were listed not due to fire hards, but ss protection for the hundreds of men In that region fighting fires. Entry to hunters, the governor aald, might endanger Uvea of those men. The executive department stated, that the proclamation opened both national and atate forests unless na tional fresta hart been closed by fed eral order. Tho governor's office stater! It hsd no knowledge of any fedeial order.
