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The Weather Forecast: pair tonight anl Saturday; not much change In temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday 93 Lowest this morning..,.... 41 There's a Reason Right nov would be a good time to write that Classified Ad for the Sunday edition. Sunday papers carry 23 to 80 more classified than on week days. There's a reason. Tribune EDFORD Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-First Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 9, 1936. No. 166. 6)N(nP in vml Spain Charges Italian Troops Aiding Rebels BETTER HARBOR M nPi?i5(s BffI ' " . aw By PAUL MALLON (Copyright. 1936, by Paul Mallon.) WASHINGTON. Oct. 0. Political prognostlcators have rarely been so far apart at this stage of a presl den tin 1 campaign. Notable ex ample: Local polls In Ohio show President Roosevelt 1 e a cl ing, while the Digest poll Indi cates Gov ernor Landon Is ahead by 2 to 1. Demo cratic Seer HurJ has Ohio down as a reasonable cer tainty for his private list. So has Chairman Hamilton. Example No. 3: A large newspaper sent two reporters Into New York In dependently for a studied opinion. One reported the state with the larg est electoral vote sure for Mr. Roose velt, the other sure for Mr Landon. The confusion throws light on the fact that nearly every traditional fac tor ts different In tills election. Not only are there such obvious conflict ing defections as the Roosevelt intor party alliances, the Coughlln-Town-send-Lemke situation, the Smith Reed walkout and the Roosevelt la bor tie-up, but a less obvious one, which Is Important In Ohio and New York the unmeasured chipping of the ordinarily solid Republican block of negro votes. Agriculture Secretary Wallace start ed this public campaign move with a speech to Tuskegee Institute, fam ous negro seat of learning, several weeks ago. He was sharply cltllclzed by some of his campaign associates. but his friends assert he won the support of the Institute for the farm program and promoted a kindlier feeling toward the AAA among north era negroes. One of the tangible unobserved re si lit of the speech was the acquis!' tlon by the agriculture department of a negro publicity man for the first time In government history. He la A. L. Hoaley. negro on leave from Tuskegee, now occupying a desk be hind a screen In the office of Wal lace's publicity agent. He handled publicity for Tuskegee and writes farm handouts for the negro press, although he la carried on the rolls as a ''field agent and recently return ed from a tour of the south In his capacity as an AAA official, attend lng regional meetings, etc The story of BHlott Roosevelt's con tract with Airman Fokker has been common knowledge in the avlatloa Industry for more than a year. Even airline mechanics knew or It. The White Hous was aware of It. The senate munitions committee decided It did not require investigation as far back as last January, in a secret meeting. The story did not get out until an aviation trade magazine pub lished the charges and smoked out the committee. " The reason it was kept burled so long apparently Is this: The terms of young Roosevelt s contract were not specific, and the correspondence which could be offered in evidence wan likewise not clear, fokker con tended the youngster wu paid (6,000 and promised a huge sum to get bus iness out of the Russian government, while Mr. Roosevelt hsd a less seri ous understanding of hts employment. In any event, the contracted deal did not go through, whatever It wa6. Nor did Mr. Fokker get back his 5,000. (Continued on Page Twelve) Silver NEW YORK, Oct. 9. (AP) Bar silver steady and unchanged at 44ic SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Kenneth Bcott Wood trying out the new public shouting machine at toe h. a football field, calling out ao Imaginary game so realistically that open-mouthed studfnt almost wrung their necks trying to discover what game he was watching. Jim Lynch being said hello to by a reporter upon whom he once work ed the old snipe hunting trick, but that so long ago. and the scribe hav ing changed h. that Jim thought he was being greeted by a stranger, . Philander MeEntyre, out of the wis dom of his 100 years, admitting thl Is sn unusual autumn, alt.no bes ee-n lets like It, and predicting the month will hare "whlwt corners around It" beloie many more days. Arthur Schatz declaring he'd like to take a few echatc (ouch) at the guy who put the finger on hts Chev roup the other nig lit. said Chev still -sr J T E . c. c. Southern Oregon Counties Struggling Under Handi cap of Non-Competitive Transportation Facilities SALEM, Oct 9. ( AP ) Governor Martin gave official support of the proposed California and Oregon coast railroad construction between Cres cent City and Grants pass today in a letter addressed to the Interstate com merce commission at Washington. "It la my opinion that the best Interests of Oregon and Its people would be served by construction of a railroad from Grants Pass to Crescent City. California. If adequate assurance Is first given that Improvement of Crescent City harbor as a sea-port capable of handling and forwarding the traffic originating on the pro posed railroad Is to be undertaken by the federal government,' the governor wrote Commissioner Meyer. Competition a Phase. The governor also urged the gov e foment consider the possibilities of destructive competition between the Gold Coast railroad; permit for con struction of a line from Port Orford to Leland, near Grants Pass, having been already authorized, and the Crescent City line. Hearing on the proposal was held at Grants Pass September 38, the (Continued on Page Ten.) BEER DISPENSERS PORTLAND, Oct. B. (AP) The state liquor commission, In a hear ing today, suspended licenses of eight concerns in Klamath Falls on a var iety of charges, and revoked one. An applicant In Lane county v refused a license and the Uoeiiae of another was suspended and a license holder at Gold Hill suffered suspen sion of his permit. Suspensions: Lost River Dairy, Klamath Falls, 14 days, failure pay certain licenses. failure to submit Itemized expense accounts and pay back taxes. John Malatchl, Klamath Fails, 10 days, failure to file expense account, pay certain licenses and back taxes. Carl Stelnselfer, Klamath Falls, 14 days, failure to file expense accounts. pay certain licenses and back taxes. Erlandson and Rellly, Klamath Falls, 10 days, selling beer to Intoxi cated persons. Falls, 7 days, selling beer to Intoxl Myrtle Billiard Co., Inc.. Klamath cated persons. Herbert Ml Hard. Klamath Falls, 7 days, selling beer to intoxicated per sons. C. A. Chafer, Klamath Falls, 14 days, selling of beer to Intoxicated persons. Revocation: Aiden and Anna E. Fenwlck, Klam ath Falls, selling beer to Intoxicated persona and disorderly place. Other suspensions: Nelson W. Coffey, Vlda. 10 days, selling beer to intoxicated persons. F. W. Bonney, Oold Hill, 30 days, selling wine without meals and per mitting liquor to be drunk after 1 a. m. Denial: Harold A. Sorce. Eugene, because sufficient license near proposed lo cation. Henry Hudson, English navigator, began hi first voyage of discovery In 1607. H died four years later. Coughlin Theories Wrong Claims Brother of Cloth WASHINGTON, Oct. OP Chal lenglng the monetary views of Father Charles E. Coughlin as " 90 percent wrong." the Right Rev. John A. Ryan of Catholic university was in the thick of the campaign fray today battling for the re-election of Presi dent Roosevelt. Monalgnor Ryan. In a broadcast ad dress tindr the suspire of the Dem ocratic national committee, said last night: "The charge of ommunirm directed at President Roosevelt is the silliest, falsest, most cruel and most unjust accusation ever made against a presi dent In all the years of American A: f'.t J Jrgii, Father Coughlin de layed a scheduled address to listen AFFIDAVIT NAMES in !, 1 1 ir-lM i j ' " . The Senate Munitions Committee made publlo what it aald was an affidavit by Anthony H. G. Fokker (right), noted airplane manufact urer, stating that he had signed a contract In 1934 with Elliott Roose velt (left), ton of the President, to give tha latter a commission of $500,000 to sell 50 military planes to Russia. Young Rooaevelt said ha had contracted with Fokker only to represent him in sale of commer--clal planes to private foreign corporations, had never personally received a dollar and that he had terminated It himself without trying to sell a plane. (Associated Press Photos! LEGS FOUND IN HARBOR QUTNCT, Mass., Oat. . (OP) A Qulncy mm vat questioned today In connection with, the mysterious disappearance of Mrs. draco Asqulth, 41, of Weymouth, who Boston police believe may be the victim of the harbor "murder" mystery. It was an nounced another man was sought. BOSTON, Oct. 9. (UP) Police to day announced discovery of evidence Indicating the woman whose hacked off legs were found In Boston har bor was Mrs. Once AsquHh, 41, Weymouth widow who has been miss Ins; for three weeks. Evidence which the office of Dep uty Police Superintendent James Calflln said "seeks to break the case wide open." Included: A Boston newspaper dated July 13. 1S3S. and blood stained sheets. One of the victim's legs, found floating In the harbor Monday, was wrapped In a Boston newspaper also dated July 18. The newspaper and sheet were found In Mrs. Asqulth's South Shore cottage. Description of Mrs. Asqulth cor responds almost precisely with that of the harbor victim, whose head and torso still are missing, Investi gators revealed. She was described a, five feet tall, 120 pounds, with natu ral medium-brown hair that had been bleached. She wore a size three shoe. The victim, according to a recon struction by Medical Examiner Wil liam J. Brlckley, was: Between 28 and 40 years old: about five feet two Inches tall: about 118 pounds: black or brown hair; small, well formed feet of size three shoe. Tragedy Results When Gun Dropped ALTURAS, Calif., Oct. S. (API Boy Ash, 48. of Csllstoga was killed at Rush Creek today when a rifle waa discharged accidentally. The owner of the rifle. John Meyers of Callstoga, told Deputy Sheriff Ray Tlemcy that Ash and a companion were riding In the seat of a truck. Meyera said he shifted the gun to the back of the truck and It fell to the floor, the bullet striking Ash In the back. Asha's widow and children live ht Cflllntoga, the radio priest's "monetary theories and proposals find no support In the encyclicals of either Pope Leo XIII or Pope Pius XI." Then the Detroit prlect told his audience In Pittsburgh's Syria mosque that he would reply to Pather Ryan over the radio Saturday. "If I am wrong, J shall pas out of this picture entirely." he said, "and If I cannot prove Monslgnor Rjan In wrong, I will likewise pus out of the picture." He aald Mr. Roosevelt holds no membership csrd In the communist party but entertains "doctrines end theories that are held by the com munists." Father Rvan. who la professor of moral theology and Industrial ethics PRESIDENT'S SON T0WNSEND1TES SPLIT ON WHO TO VOTE FOR IN PLACE OF LEMKE CHICAGO, Oct. 0. (UP) Town- send! tea and Townsendlte ' "heretic. split Isat night on the question of how1 to vote when It Isn't possible to vote for William Lomke, presidential candidate of the union party and fa vorite son of orthodox Townsendltea Dr. Francis E. Townsend, originator of the $200 a month pension plan, announced he would vote the Repub lican candidate. Governor. Alf M. Landon, because Lemke's name will not be on the ballot In California. John B. Rlcfer, one time central regional director and member of the national board of the Townsend movement, endorsed President Roose velt for re-election, on the theory that "a bird In the hand la worth two In the bush." He accused Dr. Townsend of "delu sions of persecution" and the Rev. Oerald L. K. Smith, bearer of the Huey Long toch, of being a "profes sional" bent on taking Townsendltea for a "Louisiana hay ride." WASHINGTON, Oct. 0.(AP) While Democrats and Republicans hurled "spy" charges at -asch other In the battle over Pennsylvania's WPA, the Republican national com mittee announoed today it had sent a down new affidavits of alleged "new deal corruption" to the senate campaign funds committee. Today's affidavits, the Republican national committee said In a state ment, were "for the most part from WPA workers who had been fired by their foremen, acting on orders trickling down from higher -ups, for refusing to knuckle under and swear allegiance to Roosevelt." The spy charge was first hurled by Harry U-Hopkins, WPA adminis trator, who said yesterday that agents of the Republican national commit tee circulated among WPA workers, "took them out and fed them, and probably drank with them." to obtain statements of political coercion from them. He said Sam Jones, chief of the Republican publicity office here, la "well known In labor epy circles." The W. I. Vawter residence, at main and Holly atreeta, In the business dis trict, will be remodeled into a fow sulte apartment house, It was an nounced today. Plana for the change are now being drawn by Frank C. Clark, architect, end will be ready for contractor's bid early next week. Work on the change will start at once. The cost has not been determined. Contract for the construction of the Elk creek school, located a half mile off the Crater Lake highway, on Elk CTeek. has been let to R. I. Stewart and Sons, and work has started. The srhoolhouse Is a WPA project, costing aio.ooo, on a grant to t-he Nf A SQUABBLE COMMUNISTS DEFY FRANCE 10 CURB ALSACE MEETINGS Fears of Open Hostilities Current Abrupt State ment by Party Blocks Ef forts to Reduce Dangers By EDWARD KENNEDY. (Associated Press Foreign Staff) PARIS, Oct. 9 (AP) French com munists openly defied government ef fort, to rest riot their meetings historic Alsace-Lorraine today. Amid threats of virtual civil war In the border provinces, the com.' munlst party declared It was pro ceeding with plans to hold widespread demonstrations there. Fears of open strife Immediately were current, A party communique flstly repu diated previous, semi-official reports to the effect only ten meetings would be held in Alsace-Lorraine. It stated the original number planned 127- had been reduced to 68 by regional organizations,., not by the central committee. Claim 50,000 Followers. The communique said "the com munist party declares it never agreed to limitation of the right of reunion Clalmlna 60.000 followers In the border provinces, the party asserted tt refused to curtail Its activities "be cause such Is the desire of fascists acting on orders from Berlin." The abrupt party statement blocked the efforts of Roger Salengro, minis ter of the Interior, to reduce poten tial dangers of th week-end cam paign. The communists kept the exact times and places of their proposed meetings secret, but strong forces of police were' on guard throughout the district. . r Moscow's Itand Seen. Angered rightists plastered sites of the proposed communist meetings with posters which denounced tha sessions as "under Moscow's domina tion." Communists, on their part, retort ed fascist activities of Col. Francois (Continued on Page Eleven) LANDON WET SAYS PROHI PARTY HEAD CHICAGO, Oct. 8. (AP) Edward E. Blaka, national chalrmaa of the prohibition party, today labeled Gov. Aim M. Landon of Kanaaa a "wet" and aald the Republican candidate's recent Indorsement by St. Loula wet leaders would cost him thousands of votes. Blake charged Landon with having "abrogated the constitution" of his state by "permitting the brewers to sell beer all over Kansa without any restriction aa to alcoholls content." "Tearing the dry mask from Lan don," he aald In a statement, "and definitely placing him aa a wet will reault In a greatly enlarged prohlbl tlon vote for Dr. Leigh Colvln (pro hibition party presidential candidate) In November." Referring to a recent story from Topeka, Kan., that Gov. Landon was "satisfactory" to a group of St. Louis wet leaders, Blake aald "Any candi date satisfactory to wet lender, can not be satisfactory to thoee who be Have In prohibition." He aald It waa a "matter of record that the Landon forces In the state senate blocked legislation In la8 to make Kansia -really dry." ON ZEP JOY ABOARD AIRSHIP HINPENBITRG OVER NBW YORK CITY, Oct. 9 (AP) The aeppelln Hlndenburg was turned Into a showboat today, mak ing personal appearances In sis states and carrying the most Impos ing passenger list in air history. With a gro':? of 73 of the natloo'i business and financial eaders aboard, the sky liner took off from Lak hurst, n. J it I a, ni. (F.tstrro Standard Time) for a 620-mlle rip, The trip had a double objective to re interest business men in rep pelln in general, and to put the Hlndenburg, in particular, on dis play over New Jersey. New York. Connecticut, MAssachusetts. Rhode island sad Pennsylvaru. in aa sii 6X Kifc Shipowners, Union Withhold Details Labor Secre tary Aide Flying From Washington to Seek Truce SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 0. The International Longshoremen's associ ation took under consideration today a new compromise proposal submitted by shipowners, who said It contained "substantial concessions." The new terms were presented the I. L. A. negotiating committee after the Pacific coast employers' commit tee rejected a compromise proposal of the I. L. A., which at the trme of Its formulation waa termed "final." In rejecting the I. L. A. ouggnstlona. the employers again asked the X. L- A. to submit unsettled Issues to arbi tration. Renewed hope was seen In the loiter of rejection, however, as the employers said they were In ac cord with certain provisions. Neither the I. L. A. nor the ship owners disclqsed details of their com promise offers. Renewed threats of a shipping tie up brought an announcement that Edward F. McQrady. assistant secre tary of labor, would fly here from Washington today. The truce, un less an agreement la reached which would permit another extension, ex plres October 13. If a strike should be called on the Pacific coast, McQrady aald In Wash (Continued. on PogaFour.) ROOSffiTlKS TO DUBUQUE, Iowa, Oct. 0. (AP) President Roosevelt opened his west ern campaign here today with a declaration that he was not "wor ried" so long as the future conduct of the nation remained In the hands of the people. Addressing a welcoming crowd of lowana from the rear platform of his campaign special, the chief exec utive asserted there was a "great moral lesson pointing the direction Which our country must needs go," In an oration given by Father Sheehy at funeral services several months ago for Senator Murphy of Dubuque, Iowa, who was killed In an automo bile accident. He quoted at length from that tribute which Included a statement that "drastic measures" were neces sary to meet social problems when Murphy took office, and while some of those measures may have been unwise the senator "couldn't stand idly by and do nothing." JAPS SEE SMALL HOPE NANKING SETTLEMENT TOKYO, Oct. 9. (AP) Japanese officials declared today that the con fere nee between Generalissimo Chi ang Kai-Shek, China's dictator, and Japanese Ambassador Shlgeru Kawa- goe, did not -warrant optimism for settlement of the Bl no-Japanese cri sis. A Joint communique Issued after the conference at Nanking, author! tatlve sources said, suggested Chiang regarded the Japanese demands 'excessive" and Indicated negotiations would he protractd and difficult. Reasons for 'Walk' Will Be Detailed by Al Smith PHILADELPHIA, Oct, 8. (AP) Alfred IS. Smith, former Democratic candidate for president, indicated to day his two remaining speeches in the campaign would be devoted to giving hi reason for "taking a walk" from his ptrty and supporting Gov, Alf M. Landon, the Republican pres idential nominee. He started his explanation in a speech here last n'ght by telling an audience of 4,500 the chief reason for hi "walk" was "the almost complete abandonment of the Democratic plat form by the so-called Democratic" administration. "Never as far crk a I can remem ber or as far back as I am able to read history," he asserted, "did I ever see so complete a repudiation of a platform In letter. In spirit, In prin ciple and In detail." He made no mention in ha speech Sweet Spud Chips Developed After Year Of Testing WASHINGTON, Oct. 0. (AP) After a year of frying and tasting, a department of agriculture ex pert bobbed up today with a recipe for sweet potato chips. Beyond saying "They are sweet er than Irish potato chips," the Inventor, Byron c. Brunstetter, did not go Into detail about the recipe. It wilt be made available to the public later. He hinted that tha potatoes must be carefully selected, sliced lust so, and cocked just right. ON RESTRAINT OF Arguments were neard yesterday in circuit court before Judg Frank I Skip worth of Lane county on the motion of the Pinnacle Packing com pany and five other Rogue River val ley packing plant and Leonard Car penter, orchard 1st, seeking a. tempor ary restraining order prohibiting the state unemployment insurance, com mission from levying or collecting fees under the act. Judge Sklpworth waa assigned to the case on an affi davit of prejudice. The restraining order Is part of a suit filed by the Pinnacle Packing company attacking the constitution' allty of the unemployment insurance act. Judge Sklpworth took under ad vise ment the motion, for a restrain ing order. ' . . . , ' ' Attorneys for the stato unemploy ment commission and tha packing companies were given until Monday, October 10, to prepare a memoran dum brief on the plaintiffs' conten tion th unemployment insurance law la unconstitutional and that the packing companies corns under the agricultural labor . exemption clause of the law. Judge Sklpworth aald he expected to returft here in about a month for the final argument ana rulings, placing the case at Issue and In shape for a speedy trial. Yesterday's ses sion lasted most of the day. The packing plant were represent ed by Attorney George M. Roberts of th! city and the unemployment commission by Assistant Attorney General Frank Campbell of Salem and Attorney W. A. Hampson of Port land. The packing plants contend the unemployment Insurance act circum vents the state and federal consti tutions by diversion of tax powers and that inasmuch as the greater portion of their labor la transient, they come under the agricultural exemption clauses of the law. GIVEN CITY WARNING City Superintendent Fred Soheffel today warned merehanta against the practice of eweeplng refuse from their sterns and tldewalka Into the gutter In the downtown area. A city ordin ance forbids the procedure, he aald. "The city haa a aweeper working at night on th. street.. The responsi bility of keeping the sidewalks clean Ilea with the merchant., but If they persist In the habit of sweeping ref use Into the gutter, the atreeta will never be clean. AU dirt from stores and sidewalk, alike should be picked up and dlaposed of with Ihe garbage," Soheffel said. audience of "great danger to our Democratic form of government." This, he said, lies in the "possibility that a majority of the people may put the sump of approval upon a political party that abandons It platform and goes back on It pro-, ml sea." "For years," Smith aald, I wa ready at the drop of th hat to hop all over a Republican who said any thing. I can't do It this year. 1 will tell you why. When you hop at a fellow, you have got to be right yourself." Outlining hU plan for his future speeches, he aald: "During the rest of tha campaign. I propose as far as It Is humanly possible io do It, to develop my reason for the walk." He l schrduled to speak In Chi cago October and Albany. M. October 3J 700 PARTICIPATED IN BALEARIC ISLE E, IS CU Russian Representative De clares Satisfaction With Proceedings International Committee On Neutrality LONDON, Oct. -AP) Clem ent K. Attlee, leader of the labor party In the house of commons, said tonight he had been assured by Neville Chamberlain, chan cellor of the exchequer, that Great Britain would withdraw from the Spanish neutrality pact If H were proved that other na tions were aiding the Insurgents. (Copyright 1036, by the Associated Press) LONDON, Oct. fl. (AP) The Span ish embassy, coincident with critl cat sessions of the International com mlttee on neutrality, late today charged that 700 Italian troops had participated with Spanish fascist In the capture of tha Balearlo Islands of Ivlsa, September ao. It whs contained In a communica tion which the embassy asserted waa delivered to the British foreign of fice. An embassy spokesman said ha did not know whether the matter bad been placed before the noninterven tion committee, which at the tlme was seeking to soothe the crisis caused by Russia's ultimatum on al leged fascist aid to the Spanish In surgents. The communication gave dotalla of the alleged participation of tha Ital ian troops commanded U alleged by one "Count Dl Rom I." , , It contended the uoops were taken to the Island In a ship which al legedly bore an Italian flag painted on It side. , Two Italian planes, the document (Continued on Page Ten.) ENTHUSED BY HOPES OF AID FROM SOVIET (Copyright, 1836. by the Associated Press' MADRID, Oct. 9. The Spanish go ernment burled It. disappointment orer military fallurea to check an Insurgent drive on Madrid today and hailed Joyfully the possibility of Russian aid. At the same time, triple column, of Insurgent fascists, battling through mountainous terrain, slammed against wavering government Unea toward a military Junction 36 mile, west of this city. Fascist warrior, captured three strategic town, in the rugged country aoutheaat of Avlla; San Martin de Valdelgleslaa. Navalperal de Plnare. and Sotlllo de la Adrada. San Martin fell , before the on alaught of a column commanded by Oen. Emlllo Mola advancing south ward from Cebreros. Between Mola's forces and the troopa of Oen. Francisco Franco, marching north from Almora, stretch ed a crumbling socialist defense line. The two fascist division, were only eght mile, apart, their commander, said. Politics On Radio (Time Is Eastern Btandnrd) Tonight (Friday) i Republican OBS, William Hard, comment period: WEAF. WOY. WBEJf 8, and again at 10, Col. Frank Kno. Brooklyn ad dress: WEAF-NBO 8:30. Gov. Alf M. Landon from Chicago. NBO Red net work 8:30 (central standard tlms). Democratic WJZ. NEBO at 8:30, Harold L. Hlcka from Columbus. O.; WAB-CBS 10, James Knox from Day ton., Progressive WABCCBS, "nooeevel Progress." Harry Hopkins. Communist WJZ-NBO 10:48. Bart Browder. Saturday: J.fferaonlan Democrat WJZ-NBO 8:43, Balnbrldge Colby, Democratic WJZ-NBO, WAB-CBS, WOR-MBS 8, President Roosevelt Chicago. KOW Robert W. Sawyer, "Th. Caa, of the Republicans," 8:18-8:30 p. m. (Pacific standard time) Sunday, October 11, . ) Income Shares Maryland Fund, bid 10.18: asked 11.04. quarterly Is come, 3,00. bid 1.81; asked,
