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"Be A Good Neighbor" Again Slogan Of Community Chest Campaign ATT The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Friday; slightly colder with light frost tonight; rising temperature Friday. Temperature Highest yesterday 12 Lowest this morning 37 Use Mail Tribune Classified For Quick Results MEDFORD RIBUNE Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-First Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, ' ; 3BER 15, 1936 No. 171. EM M 1VL Ms SYd)Wc; J Mum 00 MEMBERSHIP VOTE By Paul Mallon (Copyright, 1S36, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Oct. IB. If the man In the street Is worrying about Mr. Morgenthau's latest monetary move, he should atop right now, and turn to the funnies. What Mr. Mor-! genthau did a few weeks Ago was to agree with John Bull and La Belle France that they would play a respect able three-handed monetary poker game, ac cording to Hoyle. with no kicking under the table and only the usual amount of bluffing. What ho did the other day was to agree that they will use gold lor chips as expected, the same chips at the same 35 per ounce value which he has been buying and selling to the same people since January, 1934. It makes very little difference to anyone except Mr. Morgenthau, John Bull and La Belle France, and not much difference to them, as they assumed as much. There was no other way to play. October 28 Set As Possible Date If Differences Not Settled Peacefully Sim ultaneous Action Is Aim. The progress of the second move over the flret has been called many things. Including "the creation or a new gold standard." A more accurate term would be "a tentative gold standard." Like wise It has been called, officially, "the second atep" toward stabilisa tion. Rather It lr the -drawing-of the lagging foot up to the position of the first foot. It represented no for- wnra mJnv". The only actual progress of the whole business to date Is that Prance has been drawn by devaluation Into the monetary status quo which has been preserved between the United States and Britain for many months. It would be a real new gold stand ard If all parties had not reserved the right to devalue further. If they had not reserved the right to cancel their gold arrangement on 34 hours' notice, If the other nations, like Italy and Germany, were strong enough to go Into a free gold agreement. If Britain were committed to a gold standard, If. If, If. What will come out of It, no one knows, the goal, of course, la stab ilisation on a gold basla, but that Is still beyond the horizon of current events. Italy has strengthened her self by devaluation, but not enough Germany must now seek to promote her world markets, to sell more than I Continued on Page Four.) BY PARTNER'S SHOT ALBANY. Ore., Oct. 15. P) W. 8. Elliott, Portland, was the pheasant season's first hunting casualty here, aside from pheasants. Elliott was neat the pith ot bird shot when his hunting companion fired at some pheasants Superficial wounds In the chin and one hand re sulted. The ehot was removed at the Albany general hospital. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Jerry Jerome sleepily telling i story on ills wife, she having perked him out of bed at 4 a. m. to go pheasant hunting for 20 birds she was ure were lurking In a bunch ol tules. she to scare the birds out and Jerry to shoot them, the tule patch finally yielding one lone sparrow and lightly disheveled bunny. Ten thousand Med ford people being jolted awake this morning by the bombardment of shotgun fire, Ray Sloneker voicing the opinion that most of the shooting was being done near the intersection of Mam and Sixth streets. WASHINGTON, Oct, 15. (AP) The maritime commission today pro- pared Its demands for an uncondi tional truce in the Pacific coast shipping dispute and promised "thoroughly Impartial" Investigation of all Issues Involved. Chairman H. J. Wiley told reporters the commis sion was "not excited" over a union threat of a walkout unless differ- ences with ship operators are settled peacefully by October 38. BAN FRANCISCO. Oct. 15. (AP) A simultaneous atrlke of all maritime unions on the Pacific const looms as a possibility today in the event dif ferences between waterfront employ' era and employes are not settled peacefully by October 28. To a federal maritime commission demand for an indefinite waterfront truce, executives of the several mari time unions answered with appeals to their 38,000 members to vote them authority to call a strike at midnight. October 28, "if no satisfactory agree ment Is reached" before then. Present working agreement, which were to have expired September 30. were continued under a 15 -day truce scheduled to end at midnight so- night. Martlme labor leaders have Indicated willingness to extend the truce to October 3fl and employers to an indefinite continuance. ' Only the International Longshore men's association has already submit ted the strike authorisation proposal to Us membership In the form of a statement-ballot. Executives of the six other major waterfront unions agreed to submit like proposals to their membership so that "eimultane- ou action" may be taken If It deemed advisable. Members of the I. L. A. were asked: "Are you In favor of giving to your representatives on the Joint nego nations committee full author Ity to call a strike at midnight, Octo ber 28, If no satisfactory agreement. Is reached between the I. L. A. and the employers on the fundamental Issues? " ENDS IN COURTS HOLLYWOOD. Oct? 15. (UP) The two-year old romance of Stan Laurel, film comedian, and Mra. Ruth Roftera Laurel who married him in Mejlco before his divorce from hie first wife had legally Jelled went to pieces today In a cannon ade of suits, affidavits and Injunc tions. Mra. Laurel filed suit for separate maintenance, charging Laurel told her he "did not love her, never did love her and married her only to spite his first wife." She also tiled affidavits and an Injunction suit asking Laurel be re strained from committing "physical violence on her" while the suit was being pressed. SALEM, Ore. Oct. 15. (AP) Rufus C. Holman. state treasurer, returned to his office today one year older after celebrating his birthday In Portland yesterday. Holmsn. a na tive of Portland, was born 60 years SCO October 14. King's Friend To Seek Divorce E E E TO GRANTS PASS. Oct. 15. (AP) The cost of operating Josephine county In 1837 will be higher than this year If the figures offered by the budget committee are accepted. Increases of $4700 were made In the general budget and 5500 In th road budget. " Five thousand dollars was set sslde for the county poor farm building. S3000 additional for old age pensions and smaller amounts for various oth er Items. A reduction of 300 for elections partly offset the Increase. SPUD PICKER ADMITS SLAYING TRANSIENT YREKA. Cal ., Oct. 18. ( AP) Juddle W. Savage. Tule Lake potato picker, today confessed the district attorney's office announced, the slaying of an unidentified transient at Tule Lake on the evening of Oct ober 13. Candidates Carry Battle To Indiana and Michigan Above Is a previously unpublished lilcture of .Mrs. Wallls or Meld .Simpson, former Baltimore woman who has been frequently Included among the guests of King Edward VIII of England, she is shown (rignu with friends at a London dinner, Mrs. Simpson today applied for a divorce In London, from her husband charging him with misconduct,-III husband, Ernest Simpson, la shown below In the costume he wore at. masquerade party at Melton Mow bray. England. The picture Is one of the few ever taken of the British broker. (A. P. Photos)- $383,000 GIVEN G.O.P. :t CHARGE BASIS OF ACTION BY By Frank H. King LONDON, Oct. 15. (AP) Mrs. Ernest (Wally) Slmpaon. following the example of an American friend who first introduced the former Baltimore debutante to Ring Ed ward's Intimate circle, charged her husband with misconduct today In divorce proceedings. The suit based on the charges which alone are grounds for divorce in England has been set for hearing at the Epswlch Assises opening Oct ober 27. Simpson himself announced the suit after he and his dark-haired wife, friend and traveling compan ion of the British monarch, moved out of their Bryanston court apartment. Mrs. Simpson, the former Miss Wall Is Warfleld of Baltimore, sent her belongings to a new home In Cumberland Terrace, less than a mile (Continued on page Seven.) SAYS SENATOR GUFFEY NEW YORK, Oct, 15. (AP) Sen ator Joseph P. Ouffey. chairman of the Democratic senatorial campaign committee, said today the Dupont family and their business assoclatea had contributed a total of 383.000 to the Republican national campaign up to September 30. Senator Ouffey said the list of Dupont contributors was prepared by him aftor "an extensive investigation from all available records," made by Investigators retained by him as chairman of the senatorial campaign committee, "On the basis of my investigation," Ouffey ssld, "I feel safe In saying the Dupont contributions to the Republican campaign will total more than three quarters of a million dol lars bv election time." At the head of the list of Dupont contributors as given out by Ouffey was Lemon t Dupont with a contri bution of $106,000. By the Astoria ted prcua Governor Landon carried nls battle against what he terms New Deal 'trtiuniW InfA Inrllirit'i farm , j . T! . tM. MU President Roosevelt to ex Dial n wheth lands today, while President Rooae- . . velt headed for Dttroit to dr'.ve home Colonel prank Knox. refrrlne In a speech at Springfield, 111., to a recent Democratic alliance with p-rmer-La-bo rites In Minnesota, challenged Glen Foster, secretary to U. S. Atty. Carl Donaugh, sending a reporter Into the lion's den rather than serving as martyr hlnuelf In Interrupting conference between hla chief and As sistant V- S. Atty. Mason Dillard. Ken Parrot, Conni Latham ani .y Prtsbie. all tentacles of toe oil octopus, casting weather orb at the thermometer bv set if It were warm enough to devour milkahakea. or whether they should order hot chok Ut ma lead. his point that nis administration pulled "the train of American bold ness" out of the dlh. In a rear-p'.atform pech at Ken dulville, Ind., the Republican nomi nee declared that "it la the farmers and workers that eventually will play Santa Claus to "the New Deal's pro gram of recklew xlravaganoe.' President Roosevelt moved into Michigan after telling a Chicago au dience last night mat he was fight ing against "abuse"' of the "power of concentrated wealth," not against pri vate enterprise. ,. slid his adnVnla- er he endorsee ;he Farmer-Labor platform. Knox said thia piitform was "pure Socialism." embracing auch pro posals as government ownership of mine and monopoly Industries From Senator Joseph RoUnaon, Democrat, of Arkansas, came an as sertion that Alfred E. MiHth'n "walk" will carry him on a lonely path "letd Ing through a cemetery w.th over hand ng cynreM boughs." Robinson pra:aed Mr. Roosevelt in a speh at Canton, O. 6neak!ng on the tame program with Dr. P. E. Townsend at Dallas. Texas, lart night. Representative William Lemlf, Un-on party nominee en- trat.on acted to save "economic dera j dorsed "any old iwe pension plan that ocracy." I prone ea an honest Unnq." 24 PICTURE ACTORS SUSPENDED BY GUILD NEW TOnK, Oct. 15. (AP) Twenty. four motion picture actors and actresses, among them Lionel Barrym". Rosalind Russell, Alice Brady and Jack Oakle. were under suspension from the actors equity today for fsiiure to Join the Screen Actors Oulld. The Council of Equity, lesdlnit theatrical protective orftsnlmtlon, ordered the auspenslons. an an nouncement aald. after the 34 ig nored ft warning to adhere to an sgrement between the equity and the guild. FRUIT AND VEGETABLE SHIPMENTS INCREASE PORTLAND. Oct. 18. f,7 A con tinuation of an upward trmd In car lot shipments of northwestern fruits snd vegetables appeared this weelt with the total movement placed a 4563 cars, a gsln of 2S3 ortt the pre ceding weeK. Apples held first place with a total ot 2.0B4 cars, followed by potatoes with 1,377. and pears 727. MRS. HOOVER AGAIN HEADS GIRL SCOUTS CINCINNATI. O.. Ort. IS. (API Mrs. Herbert Hoover, wife of the for mer president, waa re-elte;d presi dent of the Olrl Scouts of America today at the 22nd annual national convention. Mr. Benjamin Harrison, widow oi President Harrison, was named an honorary rtce-presldeot, Wind blowing at 35 milea an htnfr this morning toppled over the shelter housing weather Instruments of the Rofue river national forest service at Dutchman's Peak lookout station on the Siskiyou summit west cf Ashland. The wind guage outside the shelter also was blown over. High wind velocities were confined to the upper altitudes, there being nothing unusual on the floor of the valley, the weather bureau reported A light frost occurred In the valley last night, second of the year. No crop damage waa reported, however. It was exactly a month ago that the first frost ooetirred. it waa much heavier at that time and some dam age was done to tomatoes. Frosts are normal at this time of year, the weather bureau said, but no severo frost la expected until after a rain. Maximum temperature yester day waa 72; lowest this morning was 37. The Rogue river national forest ser vice warned today that fire hazards are still great. It waa pointed out that forest areas are still closed, which means that campers must carry ahovel, ax and bucket. Permits are required for camp fires and no smok ing la allowed while traveling, ex cept in specified places, It waa emphasised. E. Doubling Of Biennium Esti mates For State Depart ments And Institutions Brings Executive Protest. SaLHM, Oct. 15. iff') Wlti. the 921,300,000 budgetary demands of state departments and Institutions for the next two yearsdouble the amount appropriated for the current biennium before him today Gover nor Martin emphatically voiced his displeasure and declared that Oregon waa no Santa. Claus. "Oregon must continue on a pay- as-you-go paala without increasing the tax burden on real property and without resorting to bond Issues In any form, t am revealing these fig ures now before the election so the legislators may know what they face rather than wait to Inform them af ter the assembly is In session," the governor said. Fui'lng Heudacihe The total, he aald, was predicated on existing legislation for social aid expenditures which. If modified by a reduction of the qualifications will Increase the amount needed. "I will reiterate my primary fiscal policy of keeping the state on a pay-as-you-go basis. If we don't Oregon will face a headache within the next few years and the tax load will rise to unheard of levels. "It la time that the people realise thla and tako such steps as are nec essary to preclude the slate of Ore gon from becoming a Santa Claus." The governor said tho stim In Us entirety would not be approved by Japan's Husbands Do Hou sework While Wives Idle .TOKYO, Oct. 15. (AP) Wives ruled homes In many part of Japan today while their husbands did the housework. The celebration was an annual ceremony during which Japanc men recognise formally the duties their wives roust perform on all other days of the year. At the town of Mamatsu, near Kobe, the entlro population gath ered In the town hall where hus bands scrubbed floors, washed dlahe. and did the family wash. The wives, meanwhile, enjoyed themselves eating end drinking 10,555 REGISTER L (Continued on Page Three.) GLAUDETTE COLBERT'S SKULL HAS' FRACTURE HOLLYWOOD. Cal.. Oct. 1.;P) Claudette Colbert. 1934'a first ladr or the screen, la confined to her home with a alight basal fracture of the skull, her physician, Dr. Samuel Illrshfleld. aald today. The Injury, sustained In an auto mobile accident In Hollywood about two weeks aito, forced her temporsry retirement from the picture, "Maid of Salem." Paramount studio attaches said to day the brunette star, former acad emy award winner, la expected to re turn to work Monday. She attempt ed to do thla shortly after the acci dent, but collapsed. ICC EYES TESTIMONY WASHINGTON, Ot. IS. -TP The record of the testimony on the appli cation of O rant pass Ore., for per mission to build end operate a rail road between Oranta Pass and Cres cent City, Calif., was aaslgneo to an examiner for study by the nterstate commerce commission. On the examiner's report, expected In about two weeks, the commission will base Its final action. Income Shares Maryland Fund: Bid $10.17: atlud II 07. Quarterly Income: Bid II 1: aakefl 13.00. E (Ry the Associated Prea) New feara for peace spread through Europe today. Two blows one from Belgium, the other from Russia left diplomats perplexed over tho future course of collective security. They were: I. King Leopold of Belgium urged his cabinet to return to strict Euro pean neutrality. Hla advice waa In terpreted as a step toward repudia tion of Belgian defense treaties with other powers and, possibly, of duties under the League of Nations covenant. 3. The Soviet government's re- queat for an Immediate meeting, of the committee to control European non-intervention In the fipanlah chfl war waa denied by Lord Plymouth, the chairman. Moscow stood pat on proposal that France, Britain, or both, establlnh a virtual blockade of Portugal to prevent shipment oi arms to Spanish Insurgents. The demand was renewed by Ambassador Ivan M. Malaky In a call at the British for elgn office. FRENCH DISCOUNT RATE WHITTLED THIRD TIME PARIS, Oct. 15. (AP) -The Bank of Prance reduced its dlcount rate today from 2 to a per cent, the third cAit since the tripartite mone tary agreement announced on Sep tember an. The reductions were dealgned to rttimulat business and Industry, The rate on 30-day advances was lowered from 3V4 to 3 per cent In a move to free business from high In terest coats. Dliuippearft From Ship SEATTLE, Wash,, Oct. IA. (AP) Mrs. Gertrude Rogers, 88, of Portland disappeared from the Canadian steam- ahlp Marguerite while the vestel was off Port Towneend last night on ite way here from Vancouver. B. 0., com pany official reported today. E Check In 35 Out Of 36 Coun ties Shows Republicans Lost 4,700 Democrats Gain In All Counties. Jackson county registration for all precinct outside of Medford and Ash land totals 10,fi5S voters Republicans S.5n5. Democrata 4,775, tnd mlacella neoua 22ft oters. Democrata lead In elgnt rural pre clncta by narrow margins, for the most part. They have a lead of one In Trail, four In Wlmer, 11 In Roguo River, alx In Orchard Home, 30 1n Howard, three In Poota creek, five In Brownaboro, 23 In Ptnehurst, 10 In Butte Falls, and 7s In Clokl Hill. Oold Hill also leads the county In mta cellaneoua voters, with 10 'registered. The hlghsat Republican margin Is listed In North Jacksonville precinct with a lesd of 00. The toglstratlon. In tho majority ot the rural precinct and cttlea, la close. ' Rogue River precinct with a regis, tratlon of 613 for the November 3 election, Is the largest precinct In the county, Gold Hill with a regis tration of AOS, la second, and Central Point la third with a total oi 685 vot- cra for two preclncta. Rogue River also showed tha great est voter gain, with 183 new regis tration. The precinct had 430 vot era In the U33 presidential election. Party registrations In Rogue River are: Republican 289, D'mocratlo 200, and 32 miscellaneous. Sterling precinct shows a political tie, with 45 each for tha two major partlea, and no miscellaneous votera. The registration for all preclncta, outside of Medford and Ashland, la: PORTLAND, Oct. 15 yp) Ore- gon'a registration of voters for tha November 3 presidential election sky rocketed to an all-time high today with 35 out of 38 countlea completing their check of voting lists. With only Grant county missing, the total registration Republicans and Democrata reached 532,834. with Republicans listing 338,839 votera and Democrats 245,005. Tho total figure did not Include registration for other parties, but without this addition the 1038 fig ure completely overshadowed' the 1032 record ot 486.148 and the 1034 marx of 484.401. The lncomplcto flguira revealed that the Democrata had pteked up more than 03.000 votera since 1834. while the Republicans had lost about 4.700 at thla point, with the Qrantf county figure still missing Grant, In the past a Republican county.' ahowed a registration of 2430 Repub llcana and 863 Democrats fcr the 1034 election. A recapitulation of the list showed the Democrats registering a gain in each of the 35 counties reported. while the Republlcana madi gains In, Counties In .which tho . Republican registration fell' off from 1934 were Benton, Clackamas, Crook, Gilliam, Lane, Multnomah, Tillamook, thna tllla. Union, Wheeler, Clataop.'Colum bla. Cooa and Malheur, Compared to the last presidential year, 1032, the Republican registra tion ahowed a loss of approximately 33.000 while the Democrat figure waa up approximately 90,000. Precinct Antloeh Applcgata Barron Bellvlew ..... Brownsboro 88 153 74 180 88 B. Falla 130 C. Pt, N C. Pt.. S. Climax Derby Cola'n (Dr) Eagl Pt 100 Flounce Rck. 156 Foota Crk . Oold Hill.. Griffin Crk Hlllcrest . Howard . N. J'vllle S. J'vllle ..... Lake Creek . Mound Orchard Home 308 Perrydale .... Phoenix East Phoenix West Plnehurst .... Rogue River Roxy Anne.... Bame Valley Sterling Eaat Talent.. West Talent Trail . 180 Union 87 watklna 86 Willow Springs 08 Wlmer - ISO Reese Creek.. 80 Totals 6555 Rep, Dem. '72 116 40 13.1 73 140 214 108 11 30 35 163 06 60 326 64 72 224 146 123 40 118 314 175 106 200 61 206 186 115 45 141 161 181 07 80 86 134 84 4775 228 360 18 51 31 72 351 102 75 104 336 163 100 120 361 180 245 30 285 216 77 45 304 331 Mlso. 1 4 13 5 1 1 3 4 4 10 3 1 5 3 6 3 0 8 10 ' 3 3 7 33 6 S 4 11 6 6 8 t 11 3 225 () Democratic reglstrstion Total 181 278 132 321 141 274- 455 432 90 00 67 363 166 146 696' 168 148 423 383 381 142 263 430 446 287 457 107 813 407 106 00 240 303 325 180 103 184 276 176 10.663 leada. ciuuoPEE. Mass., Oct. 15. P Vlncenty Smdlcaynskl, 80. widely known In Polish-American affalra, died today. Recovery Spurs Gigantic Steel Expansion Program ST. LOUIS, Oct. 15. (UP) Mount ing Interest In the coming presiden tial election evidenced oy unprece dented registration totals Ihrougho'-f the nation may Increase by upwards to 10 percent the 1033 record vote when more than 30,000 000 persons wont to tho polla, a United Press sur vey Indicated today, Reglatrntlon Increases ranged from 5xto 15 percent In key centers with only scattered reports of slight de creases. Political leadera, generally, were re luctant to explain or amtlyze the In crease, it was Indicated that It prob ably waa due to the Intensity of the presidential campaign plus numer ous local factional fights. The greatest registration increases were recorded along the eastern sea board. New York Cltv's registration of 3 ,809,133 exec coed by 560.310 the 133 total. E ' GOES ON TRIAL Charles Pennine ton went on trial before Jude James Aler Fee In fed eral court thla afternoon on a charge of trespass, on a national forest. Mr. Pennington la abused ot fenc ing and farming a'HMit eight acrea of the Rogue rivet national forest land adjoining his ranch .n the Bjtte Fall district and refusing to vacate the premises. It la the first case of Ita k'nd tried here In recent years. Jurors called for thla session of court were excused this afternoon by Judge Pee until December 1 when It wsa Indicated the tederal court would convene here again. The present ses sion was scheduled to end thla af ternoon. PORTLAND, Oct. 15. (P) The theory that Jews vote as a mass drew a sharp reply from Assemblyman Jet ferson E. Teyaei, San Francisco, presi dent of the district grand lodge of B'nal B'rlth, In an address here. BIRMINGHAM, Ala., Oct. In. IP: Coupled with a statement by It chairman that "happily the tide ha turned the rhythm of recovery has been established," the UUted States Steel corporation announced today an expansion program estimated at 29. 000.000 in the Birmingham district. The announcement of the building program, which will add several new ptanta Including a tin mill and pro vide employment for 3.500 when com pleted, waa announced by William A Irvln, president of the ateel corpora tion, at a luncheon meeting of in dustrialists and business men. In one of hla Infrequent atatement on business condition, Myron O. Tay lor, chairman of U. 8. Steel, pointed toward recovery Indications and said: 'We believe that we read these algns aright at thla time and that the revival which we have seen and are witnessing In Its earMer stages Is the beginning of a progressive re sumption of full operations of Amer ica's vast productive nterprtm. Politics On Radio (Time Is Raatern Standard) Tonight (Thursday): Republican! CBS. W. Hard comment period: NBO 0:30, Col, Frank Knox from St. Loula. Democratic WOn. WSYR, WABY, WOR, WIBXt WNBF. WMBO. WOOL. 0:30, Oov. H. H. Lehman. Jetferaonlan Democrata: WJZ-NBO 8:30. Balnbrtdge Colby (repeat to Mountain and Pacific coast at 11). Friday: Republican WSAF-NBO 4:90 p. m Landon Radio oluba,
