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Newspaper Page TextJrlrC hp The Weather Forest cast: Showers tonight; Tuesday unsettled and colder. TEMPERATURES Highest yesterday . ... 76 ton est this morning 43 Use Mail Tribune Classified For Quick Results MEDFORD RIBUNE Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-First Year .MUDFOttD, OK KG ON, MONDAY, OCTOBER If ; No. 174. mm M n ini C"3 "Jj Mb 1 By PAUL MAM.ON (Copyright, 1H3R, hy Paul Ma lion) WASHINGTON, Oct. 18. Belgium's move to slide out of her military al liance wl t h Fra nee was m ore th a n an Idle straw in maw"!!'1'11' the European diplomatic whirl wind . It was an other turn of the war weathervane more definitely toward realign ment of Europe an friendships on a basis of fas cism and com munism. World diplo mats are not giv ing public inter pretations, but they know the rea son behind it. They all inwardly accept Prance as practically com munistic, from an International dip lomatic standpoint. They see not only the Fran co-Russian alliance, but the balance of power wielded by communists In the French chamber of' deputies. The Belgians also .saw that and wanted no part of It. Realistically, they saw, further, that the danger of war In Europe now la between Germany and Russia. They did not want to be drawn Into It indirectly by their old historic alliance with Trance. It doea not mean war, but It does mean the decline of France as a world power unless she can extricate herself. It spoils the last pretense of the old French foreign policy of se curity. It would leave her only Rus- aia as a certain miy. Burrcuuui-u u fascist Germany, Italy and Spain, with such constitutional monarchies aa England and Belgium drawlns away .fronv her. - - . . SB J.'. , French statesmen will undoubted- t' ly do all they can to keep the Belgian King's assertion of neutrality from being carried out luny. Tney may euceeed sufficiently to muddle the situation, but they cannot turn the rind whtch .Is definitely against them. War will come when the fascist samps are solidified and co-related, when the coming fascist government of Spain Is entrenched, when fascist Germany and Italy push up to the soviet border, consolidating their positions and influence In Austria Hungary and the Balkans. Low-sslsrled employees In more than one government office are be- (Contlnued on Page Two.) Politics On Radio Time Is Pnrlflc .standard Tonight . Republican CBS (KOIN 8 p. m.) William Hard and Olfford Plnchot; WEAF, Judge W. P. Bleckley from Buffalo. S p. m. Jeffersonlan-Democratv wjz-nbc 8:30, Balnbrldge Colby end Joseph B. Ely. Democratic WOR and N. t. state network. 6:30, Oov. H. H. Lehman. Progressive WABC-CB3. Frank P. Walsh. Communist -WJZ and N. Y. State network 8, John Little. Tuesday Democratic WJZ-NBC 0:15 a. m "Women of '36." Republican WEAF-NBC 1:30, Lan don Radio clubs, (KQWI. Mrs. Anna I,. Smith and Jcecph Anderson. Katherlno Stll Fun Cheung, young avlatrlx. recently made an air tour of California's Chinatowns. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS B.nn r'buh .YhlhlMnjr a 170- pOUnd blaekta.:! deer he bumped off at Brush mountain Sunday, saying he ho In self-defense to keep the mount-am ox from running over him Farl York scanning the spedfl tlona for the civil service Job of pt exterminator, and Asst. P.M. Roily Beach saying he knew a few guys who had best get under cover until the whole thing blows over. Worst situation of the week: J. F. Haws borrowing Ted Medford's car to go fetch some groceries from the wholesale house, and Medford's two does, one of th'in a g:intlc Chesa peake, rrfuxiivr to let Hats hick in Then In. not Die virtual, he having to walk tn blocks to gt Medford to rail off the pooches. BUI Uppenhammer denying the as sertion, made by Vern VanDyke. that there were rabbits hiding In h'.s bushy beard, but admitting that he -iaj been trorrjed some about the pre- y-.nr o brush, flros throughout the country. NORMAN SPINDLER CRUSHED BENEATH CAPSIZED TRUCK Machine Swerves Into Curb, Turns Over When Brakes Applied Tragedy Tenth On Auto List For Year. Norman L. Splndler, 34, of Ashland, was killed early Sunday morning when the truck which he was driving turn ed over at the Intersection of Ashland Boulevard and Union street, throwing him to the pavement and then crush ing him as it rolled over. Be was taken to the Ashland Community hospital but died 10 minutes later. The death brought to ten the total of fatal auto accidents in Jackson county this year. Young Splndler. who returned from a Job aa a structural engineer In Oak land only last week because a broken hand prevented his working, was re turning with Lee Ashcraft from a road house about six miles south of Ashland, driving a, light pick-up truck owned by bis father, Charles L. Splndler, owner of the Ashland Ice and Storage company. The two were following a car driven by Robert Heath, also -of Ashland, who had been at the resort with them. As they entered Ashland, and both cars were travelling fast, Heath pulled to the curb to atop for a sandwich at a roadside stand, according to In formation from the Ashland police. Splndler. following t closely, applied the brakes of the- truck to avoid hit ting the leading car. The truck swerved to the left, hit the parkway curb in the center of the Boulevard, and then ricocheted back to the right aide of the pavement, turning over. There was no door on the driver's aide and Splndler waa thrown clear, to. be. .crushed under the -spinning. ma chine, Ashcraft, protected by the closed door of the cab on his aide, was not Injured. The accident oc cured at 1:30 a.m. Sunday. Splndler was rushed to the hos pital, but died ten minutes later. In vestigating officers from the Ashland and state police believe that Splndler may have lost control of the truck because of a plaster cast which rend ered one hand practically useless In vestigation showed that the dead youth had not been drinking, police said. The young man is survived by his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Charles Splnd ler, and one brother, Warren, of Ash land; another brother. Ward, of Sparks, Nevada, and two sisters, Mrs. Carlos Lezama, of Chicago, and Miss Frances Splndler, of St, Helena, Cali fornia. He graduated from the Ashland high school In 1931, and from the Polytechnic School of Engineering at Oakland in 1934. Ho had been In Oakland since his graduation from the technical school. Funeral services will be held Tues day afternoon at 2 o'clock from the Stock-Utwlller Funeral Home. CORPORATIONS SEE NEW YORK, Oct. 19 () The ris ing trend of corporation earnings con tinued at a faster pace In the third quarter than has been evident In re cent periods, a tabulation today of the first 45 companies issuing state ments Indicates. With only three reporta showing a decline In the qua'-ter compared with Inst year, net Income Jumped 65 3 per cent to Ml.039.938. Profits for the first nine months of the year at $108,305,315 were. 41.1 per cent ahead of those chalked up in me comparable 1035 period. The native Inhabitants of Guam are railed Chnmorrns. GUARD ACCUSED SLAYER AGAINST MOB VIOLENCE ELKO, Nev.. Oct. 10. (AP) While District Attorney Douglas Castle pre pared a rirst degree murder com plaint to be filed later today agalnat Luther Jones. 32. ex-convlct. accused of slaving four men here Prtdsy. Sheriff C. A. Hn deputized 25 mm to guard the Elko county jmi as a prpcautton against possible mob violence. Sheriff Harper said Jon, former Indiana and Montana convict, calm ly confessed shooting the four men in a csbin near the Elko stock yards. .Ton " -f7 x-l an i It v.;on tame after the three ranchers, who dlMp pcawd Friday, were Xoucd dead with 9 Go F. D. R. GREETS 'PART-TIME' FRIEND When Prealdent Rooaevelt rolled Into Emporia, Kas., on hla campaign tour, he called for William Allen White, noted editor and close friend of Gov. Alf M. Landon, the Republican nominee. The chief executive termed White "a very good friend of mine three and a half out of every four years." The President (upper right) had Just turned sway fter shaking hands with White (lower left) when this picture was taken, (Associated Presa Photo IS LIFTED BY ELLIOTT: The ban on rubbish fires was lifted temporarily today by Chief Roy Elliott as wind velocities decreased and hu midity rose. A strict prohibition wss Imposed when humidity dropped to a dangerously low level at the time the disastrous Ban don fire broke out. Lifting of the ban does not mean that rubbish may now be burned con tinuously. Chief Elliott said. Accu mulated leaves and rubbish must be burned Immediately while hazards are somewhat reduced but no other fires will be permitted until the fall rains set In, the chief stated. He warned that all rubbish fires must be attend ed, with a hose Une at hand for emergencies. Every rubbish fire must be put out completely at the end of the day and not allowed .to smoulder throughout the night, h warned. "The people of Medford have al ways co-opersted with us and I know they will want to work in harmony with the fire deparment this time," Chief Elliott said. "Thee restrictions are Imposed only to protect lives and property. Every large fire starts from a small one and we ha. e seen recently how quickly a little blaze can become a raging conflagration that can wipe out a whole community. Prevention Is still the best way of saving lives and property." TO K. Shi mod a. through s default Judgment sale by the sheriff's office, on the front steps of the courthouw. purchased 2A shares of California Ore gon Power company stock, offered him as security for a $1500 toan to John Kado. now of Toklo, Japan, and a for mer local resident. Kado defaulted In the rctlon. and summons sent to Japan for service were never served. The loan was past due and amount ed to 4000 yen. It was made "In ths Flehth Year of Shown." the fourth victim In the cabin Sat urday, each shot in the head. Sheriff Harper snid Junes told of taking $40 from the ranchers and marching them to the cabin where the fourth man was encountered, The man, an Itinerant occupant of the cabin named Jon Ptecs. ttetj the ranchers at hts orders, Jones was quoted as adding: "I was going to tie htm fSteoca) up." the statement added, "snd ha started to strike back at me and 1 shot him In the head. "He fell over the other three and one of the three fellows said 'Help! Oh, my Oodl I shot the three each of them. My mind was a blank from &e?e on , , ' Down FOR DETECTIVE DUTY If All their customers were as help ful as Don York, vice-president and manager of the Southern Oregon Oas company, policemen would lead com paratively cushy lives. As an amateur detective York's luck may be better than his scientific sleuthing, but like the Canadian Mountlcs, he got his man Saturday night after his car had been stolen from the driveway at his home, 48 North Orange street. The York Chevrolet coupe was miss ing went York went after it. He had an appointment to meet Mrs. York, returning from San Francisco with Ashland friends, since he and their two children. Edward and Annette, couldn't walk to Ashland, he bor rowed a car. Tn Ashland the trio were sitting In the borowrd machine on the Ashland Boulevard near the Normal school, when the York Chevrolet coupe, man ned by three young boys went by headed toward Medford. In the ex citement the Indignant owner had some difficulty In getting the bor rowed car started, but he finally gave chase and overhauled his own ma chine near the Ashland Plaza, where he forced Its young driver Into the curb. He turned the boys, aged 14 to IB years, over to police, and took pos sesion of his own car, a glow of satis faction diffusing his face. The, boys, who were to fnre District Attorney Oeorgo Codding this after noon, said they hfwl driven only from Medford to Ashland, but 14 gallons of gasoline were missing, CLAIIfSTARTHEFT TO George H. Elliott, transient who gave hla occupation as piracher, war, this morning remanded t the county jail on $1000 ball, after hlh offer to plead ullty to a charge of Insanity wan refused when he appeared In Jut-tics court to answer car theft charges. He was ordered held for the grand Jury He was accused of stealing a Ford pick-up belonging to the Brill Metal works, and driving It to cirantA Pa, where he wan arrrntrd by Cltmnie Cltv police. Enrou te he allrgf-dly picked up a hitch-hiker. Paul P.. Burton, who was released from custody this morn ing. When he appeared for preliminary hearing Elliott told the court he win a preaclwr In several different churches, but that he h?.d taken no food for two weeks, ren-jltlng l In nanny, to which charge he would willing to plead guilty, jfe Mid he did not remember tnfclnr;" the BrlU mfhln. stoln from a riown-tori. alley here Saturday night. Income Shares Maryland fund, bid 110 30; asked SI 1.2,1. Criurtesrly Income, bid II 30, Silted With Ship In Lake Erie ROOSEVELT TAKES BRIEF REST F President Returns To White House For 40 Hours Landon Heads West For L. A. Address Tuesday. Ry the Associated Prem President Roosevelt returned to the White Houae today tor a 40-hour stay between campaign travcla while Governor Landon, heading westward (or a 'speech Tuesday night In Los Angeles, challenged the president to aay whether he Intends "to perpetu ate the NRA wllly-nllly." A two-foot stack of mall accumu lated In the Inst few dnys occupied the president as he returned to Washington. He will leave Tuesday night for a campaign tour through Rhode Island. Massachusetts and Connecticut. The major speech of the tour will be delivered In Wor cester. Mass., Wednesday night. Young Roosevelt Quoted Landon. In his statement, referred to a speech which James Roosevelt, son of the president, made at Qard ner, Mass., last week. Landon de clared that the younger Roosevelt's remarks showed he "understanda the president still Intends to make NRA principles live and operate In our government by one device or anoth-er.'- The younger Roosevelt, speaking again last night at Pitehbura, Maaa.. said "It. is obvious that we. must shorten working hours and better working conditions for men and women." Colonel Prank Knox, touring Ne- (Contlnued on Pngs Thtce.) SLAYEROiTAIR L PRINBVII.LB. Oct. 1(1. u, wiill.,. Tavlor. &2. In tail here slnr th ahootlng of tho Puett brother,, Harv ey ana ssn last Tuesday, was found dead today In the bullpen, s suicide. Tsylor. sliss Frsnk Jones, had tak en a light extension cord which had necn given mm last night to provide better Illumination for renrftn,, h.ri fastened one end around hla neck got on a stool and tied the other end taut to the ateel lattice work along the wall. He had annarentlv Ittmned offlcera finding him hanging lifeless. ma icct a nnre two inches above the floor. Jamea Leonard. mAterl-l wit. ness. snld he heard guttural noises trom Taylor's cell about 10 o'clock last night. Authorities believe Taylor was men tally deranged. Last Tuesday he had asscrtedlv fired seven nhnt.a frnn. . .45callbre automatln Into the two Puett brothers following an argument at a rooming nouae, Tliree prinevllle people claimed he had stuck a gun In their ribs earlier that day. SET FIRE PROBED; A five-acre fire In second growth umber on Qrirfln creek was mopped up this morning aa the auto destrlct warden's office began an InveaMfntinii of iu origin. The blare was the re sult of incendiarism, the warden's of fice declared. The fire was discovered about a:30 yesterday afternoon. It was brought under control at 8 p.m. by a state crew of six men. No damage wss done. A grass fire on Blackwell hill yester day noon was quickly put out by state firefighters. While Improved todsy, conditions in the forest were still described aa bad and the public was again coun selled to use the greatest of caution to avert fires. Visibility Is extremely low because oi smoke from coast and California forest fires and thus the lookouts are seriously handicapped in "potting blares, officials pointed out. WPA CREW AT AIRPORT IS BROUGHT ABOVE 50 Eleven men were added to the crew working on the improvement of Medfcrd municipal airport as a WPA project. The increase brought the lotal number of airport workers above W. Tho men are v?flrkin on the drainage of tt enlarged fiekt S AID IN QUELLING Flames In Wcstville Region Under Control North west Conflagrations Yield To Army Of Fighters, SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 19. -(AP) California emerged from a 1 0,000 ,000 flra purge today as showers, high humidity and cool weather came to the aid of harassed blaze battlers Sporadic showers fell In northern California, white the fire menace In the southern part of the state was alleviated greatly by storms that reached cloudburat proportions In the mountainous area. Two young children died In a fire near Madera, but State Forester M. B. Pratt said the blare whtch burned down their house was not caused by a forest fire. The children were Elton Leroy, 314 years old, and Delbert P Perry, three months old. Pratt said fires In the Westvllle region In the Tahoe forest; In the Calaveras, Tuolumne and Madera area were under control. New firea were reported In the region around Noyo river and in Humboldt county were being fought successfully. PORTLAND, Oct. 19 (API Thou sands of men In various parts of the Pacific northwest battled forest and brush fires to a standstill todiy while reports of precipitation on the fringes of the fire areas gave rise to hope that the hazard soon would be elim inated. A forecast for "showers tonight" m Portland also was cheering. The United Statea forest service said "there is no fire In Oregon (Continued on Page Three.) Undaunted by the failure of a previous prediction to materlalloe. the weather bureau again forecast sorely needed precipitation for south ern Oregon today. Showers, the bur eau aald, will visit the region tonight, followed by unsettled conditions and lower temperature tomorrow. While admitting that the expected drops from the bucket of Jupiter Piuvius may not appear, bureau of flclala stated that all observations this morning pointed to rainfall be fore another 24 hours had passed, due to conditions over northern Csl Ifornla and the southward movement of high-pressure areas from Canada The rainfall Is expected to be gen eral over Washington and Oregon and will extend into Idaho, It was stated. Out aide of a fair ahower In Sep tember and trace during October, there haa been no rain this fall and hunters and forest service employes alike are eagerly awaiting the first moisture which will reduce fire haz ards and aid hunting conditions. Bly Is Saved From Threatening Blaze KLAMATH PALLS. Oct. 19, fAP) A disaster akin to the holocaust thst hit Hule Lake last week was pre vented at Dly last night aa fire broke out In the little lumbering town at the eastern edge of Klamath county. Favorable winds and fast work on the part of fire fighters saved tho town, reports here said. One small cabin was burned down In the con gested district and It was feared for a time the blare might sweep most of the town. A patrol wa kept through the night to prevent new flre. should the wind shift. MURDER tSMICIDE ENACTED ON MERULL KLAMATH FALLS. Oct. (IV, Pred Andrews. 154. Merrill, (hot nana Potter, a. Tulrlase, on the main troet of Merrill thla morning, then turned his nlatol on nlni.ielf. Both men died lmmedlstely. The shooting waa said to have de veloped out of lamlly trouble. An drewa and hla wife were tecently sep arated and Andrews Jailed for month st Vreka, Cal , on charges filed by Mra. Andrews. Andrews sssertedly blsmed Potter 1st tils trouble. Still Good Friends Ruth Ettlng. singer who allegedly quit Jimmy Donahue's show In Lon don became of financial disagree, menti, nevertheless was apparently on the friendliest of terms with the Woolworth heir when the two ar rived In New York on the same liner. That's Ruth kissing Jimmy. (Associated Presa Photo) MADRID DEFENSE FOR LAST. STAND DARCBLONA, Spaln."T)et. Iff. President Manuel Azana of Spain arrived In Itarrelmui tonight from Mndrld. Rrpoits that Azana nnd other government lenders had tunilo prepnrntlons to flee Madrid have been Increasingly recurrent of late as the Insurgent armies preaned rloser to the capi tal. There was ito official ex pin nation nf Axana'i arrival In the run til 1 city. MADRID, Oct. 10. (AP) The Ma drid government today mob Hired thousands of taxlcabs to rush rein forcementa to stem the advancing fascist hordes. Three thousand taxis were placed In readiness to carry aid to any point on the civil war fronts around the capital In event of sur prise enemy morea. (Ily the Associated Presa) Madrid Imposed virtual alege orders on Its population today as Insurgent forces pushed their lines within 30 miles of the capital, encouraged by Oeneral Emtllo Mola'a prediction they would enter the capital "within a few days," The government massed a large force of militiamen at Torrejon dc in Calntda, 16 miles south of the capital, and stepped up Its last-ditch defense preparations. Laborers and office workera were drafted to rush the capital's exter ior defenses whtch officials said would be "almoat Impregnable" against a fascia t attack. With rail communications cut to the Mediterranean coast, new orders were decreed to conserve food and power. Gas, water and electricity use was closely regulated. Schamel Fined For Glass On Highway Harold C. schamel. charged with throwing an injurious substance on a public highway, was today fined IS and costs by Justice of the Peace William R. Coleman. Schamel cast a beer bottle out of a truck In which he waa riding. Tom Nenley, Earl Nealey and Clin ton Ncnley, chnrged In a complaint filed In Justice court with hunting on encloaed land, were to appear this afternoon. John Joseph Smith of this city charged with non -possession of an auto driver's license waa assessed i snd rots. MAIN STREET The two men, however, eppeared to be on friendly terms this mornlnit Witnesses said they talked In calm tones as they walked together toward a recant lot farina; the mnln street. There Amlrewa drew hla gim and shot, dropping Potter. He fired three more bullets Into Potter's body and then shot hlmeelt befora witnesses could Interfere. Andrews was s barber and vool hall employe, potter waa a fonrr resident of Merrill. He was tuuaa.rried. Storm FIFTY-MILE GALE ' Seven Cling To Overturned Lifeboats For Ten Hours Until Picked Up Dis aster Without Warning. CLEVELAND, Oct. 19. (AP) The cold, treacherous watera of Lake Erie held today the bodies of 18 men and one woman, all Canadlana, victims of a 80-mlle Rale which overturned nnd aunk the 293-foot Canadian sand sucker. Send Merchant, In the sec ond msjor disaster of the 1038 dret Lakes season. Of 36 aboard, only seven remained today to tell how a majority of their benumbed compantona dropped off. one by one. from the two capsleed lifeboats to which they dung through a terrifying night of wait ing. For ten hours they watched un seeing ships pass them. Then day light brought their rescue five miles off Cleveland. Captain Rescued Ons of the aeven rescued ' was Graham MacLeltand, 30-year old cap tain of the gale stricken ship. An other was Hermsn Dault. erane oper ator, who loat two brothers the sec ond Just 30 mlnutea before the res cue yesterday morning. "It wss the moat terrible night that you could possibly lmsglne." aald Captain MacLelland, his eyes bloodshot, his face haggard. "I owe my life to Dault and (John L.) Ideson, the three -of us left of the seven , hanging to our lifeboat... Just after I gave the signal to man the boats the ship overturned Ilk s, flash, "There waa no warning. The first think I knew I was In ths water and something hit me, I don't know where, and I went out like a light. The next thing X remember was someone pulling my hair and It mad me mad. Unable Attrart Help "During the night several boats passed within sight, in fact one wss only about a quarter of a roll away. We had no way to attract their attention. Several times Dault and Ideson pulled me back on the life-, boat when I thought I waa gone, . After ten hours of hsngtug on, we were rescued. PALERMO. Sicily. Oct. H (AP) Ths death of four crew members tn a fire aboard the luxurious motor ahlp Vulcanla waa disclosed todsy when the vessel reached port, her thlrd-clasa quarters charred by menacing two-hour fire. An orchestra player leaped over board and drowned during ths height of ths blase which caused an SOS and aent 1.100 anxious passengers to the decks. Two stewards were burned to death helping to fight the firs and another was asphyxiated In hla cabin. WILLIAM HENRY DAT, U William nenry Day, prominent c.tlren of Aahlatrd and an active par ticipant In Masonlo affairs In south ern Oregon for tho past 30 yeere, closed his colorful career when he passed away Sunday evening at T:4 o'clock at his Ashland home. Rs had been In 111 health for several months. Mrs. Dsy and s nephew residing In Berkeley, California survive him. Mr. Day. affectionately knows as "Bill" to Masons and Shrlnera thru out ths Pacific coast, was born In ths provlncs of Quebec on March 19th, 18S1. He well remembered incidents during the Civil War and participat ed tn Interesting events of Recon struction Dsys following the bloody conflict. His colorful life Includes several years experience as a news paper man and printer. William Day was Identified with the Msaonlo lodge for fifty-five years and has sorved In many offices dur ing that period. He was for several yeara, secretary for a number of Ma aonlo bodies In Ashland and served as recorder for Hlllah Shrine templs (or several yeara, resigning In 1931 becsuae of 111 health. Funeral services will be held tn Ashland tomorrow at the Presbyter Ian church, beginning st 8:30 o'olock. Masonic services will be held st the grave under ths auspices of Ashland lodge number 93, A. T. snd A.M. Members of ths Masonlo lodge will assemble st the lcxlge hall In Ashland at 1 ;00 p. m. to attend In body.