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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Wednesday; little change tn temperature. TEMPERATURE Hlghfst vesterday '. &l Lowest this morning . 20 Let Mail Tribune Classified Ads Solve Your Problems. Small Cost! Tribune EDFORD Full Associated Press full United Press Thirty-First Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 10, 1936.' No. 193. M LuiS)L&ui II yiiE , , 4 : - ' i , "Jr I EXAMINER ADVISES Mbf DENIAL OF PERMIT " fjjfc FOR 81-MILE ROAD By PALL MALLOV (Copyright. 1936, by Paul Mallon.) WASHINGTON, Not, 10, President Roosevelt Is going to play only two things heavily for the next two months fish ing and foreign affairs. This will give the hotter domestic issues time to cool off. The next devel opments con cernlng Internal affairs are ex pected In the In augural address, January 20, un less the supreme court throws out the Wagner labor set before that time. The Impending pan-American con ference Is apparently to be a trial proving ground for future foreign policy. The way things shape up there will determine what world moves may thereafter be attempted. State Secretary Hull Is supposed to be carrying to Buenos Aires In his brief case the draft of a treaty which would pledge the nations of this hem isphere to the present neutrality pro gram of this country. It would place an embargo on arms to belligerents, seek to hold down trade with warring nations, outlaw undeclared wars, and generally move along these cautious and safe neutrality lines. - But while both the president and Mr. Hull will be talking such things directly to the pan-American dele gates on December 1. they will ac tually be speaking to the world at large, setting forth what Is to be the American anti-war program, and In viting, Indirectly at least, the coop eration of larger nations to the east and west. ' 1 Advance work done on Mr. Room "velt'a opening speech to the confer ence ts aald to indicate It will be along the same line as his Interna tional radio broadcast of Saturday, but very much stronger. The suggestion of an International conference of world leaders la now entirely out of the question. Mr. Roosevelt had to drop the Idea for practical reason. It met no encour aging response from the dictators. Hitler. Stalin and Mussolini, none of whom would care to leave his eountry. (Continued on Page Four.) TO BAY BRIDGE FETE SAN FRANCISCO, NOT. 10. (AP) tfghtlng ships of the United States fleet sail through the Golden Gate today to form a background for of ficial opening of the $76,000,000 San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge Thurs day. Fourteen ships are due to Join five others. Including the fleet's flag ship Pennsylvania, already in San Francisco bay. An Armistice day program In Oak land tomorrow will open the four dav bridge celebration which wilt be followed by official opening of the eight-mil span to traffic Thursday. PORTLAND. Ore., Nov. 10. API Mrs. E. W. Hill. 48, died unexpectedly a few minutes after she fell against a hot stove at her home. Death was attributed to a heart attack. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Rupert Maddox out on his morn ing rounds for Uncle 8., steam from Its breath heavy on the air, and Maddox optimistically reporting that It looked as though summer were never going to leave. 4 Tuny "Taney Cravat" Bullla, who 'e still huffy about appearing here, losing a finger yesterday and claim ing It Isn't the loss of the digit he minds but the loss of a trip to San Fran to see the new bridge open, lecausa 'They're only going to cpen that thing once, yknow." About every third person In town turning amateur medico and advis ing a pencil pusher what to do for a boll, the su??Mtiona running from fating ground-up grape svd to let ting the amateur m whach It sound :y with a fist. Bob Brewer lookiing a little forlorn at the prospect of starting a veca- ( tlon trip to see Hank Ford tn Detroit, 'a the result of having won a con test, with the trip to start on Fri day the 18th. -St. Prospect for Tonnage Too Remote to Justify Is Word Says Private Capital Would Come if Feasible GRANTS PASS, Nov. 10. (AP) Adverse report of a special examiner for the Interstate commerce commis sion does not stalemate proposals for construction of a railroad from Grants Pass to Crescent City. C. H. Demaray said today. "Exceptions will be filed and argu ments made directly before the com mission, which Itself has not acted.' lie said. Demaray, receiver for the Califor nia and Oregon Coast railroad, al ready built 14 miles between the two cities, said the army board of engineers lias postponed a harbor hearing scheduled to begin today at Crescent City until December 10. WASHINGTON, Nov. 10. (AP) The Interstate commerce commission re ceived an examiner report today rec ommending It deny a Joint proposal from the city of OrtinU Pass. Ore., and the harbor district of Crescent City. Calif., to build a new 81-mIlc railroad through the Oregon-Cellfor-nia timber country. The two municipalities filed a Joint proposal with the commission last August and at the same time applied to the works progress administration for a grant of (3.603.711 and to tho reconstruction corporation for a loan of (3.750,117 with which to finance the project. Development Expected In behalf of the plan, the munici palities said construction of the line would open up development of timber and mineral resourcea in tho area between Grants Pass and Crescent City and pave the way for the latter to develop Its deep. water harbor fa cilities on the Pacific ocean. The examiner reported the pros- (Oontlnued on Page Thtee.) NEW SNAG IN PATH OF MARINE PEACE SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 10. (API A new conflict between maritime workers snd shipowners arose in Hon olulu today to harrass government efforts to end the spreading Pacific coast maritime strike. A mass meeting of 1000 maritime workers in Hololulu agreed early to day to return seven strike-bound ships to the Pacific coast from Ha waii If union longshoremen wore used exclusively and if Hawaiian water front workers are included In future negotiations. Agents of the Matson line, which owns five of the ships, immedltely replied: "That la out of the question. "A majority of the dock workers here ere not union men and don't want to Join. This is an attempt to force unionism down their throats." Hawaiian ports of Hololulu and Hilo have been the only major Pa cific non-union longshore ports since the coastwide 1934 strike. William Craft, International Longshoremen association organizer, reported 819 of Honolulu's 9&0 waterfront workers are members of the I. L. A. end 350 are union men In Hilo. Tho deadlock threatened to Indefi nitely prolong the tleup, since the return of ships from Hawaii has been one of the key questions In resum ing negotiation here. Lone Survivor of Vessel Saved by Quick Thinking LONDON, Nov. 10. (AP) A flash of quick-thinking, Just a few seconds before he lost consciousness, paved the life of 17-year old. Fritz Reothke. cabin-boy and lone survivor of the foundered Hamburg-American motor ship Isls, It was disclosed today. Still exhausted from his 12-hour ordl of being tossed on a storm swept sea. alone In a lifeboat. Frit further described his narrow escape from death. "I thought I was gone. h -elated through an interpret-r. "The waves smashed Into my little boat, and I saw my companion's flwrers slip off the side ... he was lost. Then another big wave crashed o or me it st-,inn"f. mn. T iclt til ffi o.iuy . . . evermin! go-. in o.ack. just before J lost con-1 Injunction on Work Insurance Tax Levy 'Chowder-head' Held Sam "Chowderhead" Cohen, who re cently told a senate committee de tails of strike breaking, la pictured aa he was held temporarily at New, York after an argument with aj group of striking seamen. (Alio-1 elated Press PhotoV LEG AMPUTATION FAILS SAVE LIFE OF Amputation of the right leg, re sorted- to li an effort to save the life of Walter Edward Van Rhernm, 23, failed to produce the hoped-for rally and the Eagle Point youth, whose leg was mangled In a motorcycle-automobile crash near Eagle Point Sunday evening died at the Community hospital at 0:50 p. m. yesterday. In the meantime Glenn Brown, 88. of Klamath Falls, operator of the mo torcycle on which both were riding, and who also underwent an amputa tion of the right leg yesterday, was holding his own. and the attending physician gave him a 50-50 chance In his fight for life. The chance was a better one than was held out to him yesterday, Immediately after the operation. Mrs. Lovlcka, Waymack, county jail matron and driver of the car which a sot ted I y col 1 Ided with the motor cycle, was at first believed to have suffered severe cheat injuries and possible broken ribs, but It was learned today she was suffering only from bruises received when ahe waa rammed against the steering wheel m her coupe plowed Into the bank alongside the Crater Lake highway. District Attorney George Coddnig announced today that there would be an Inquest Into the death of Van (Continued on Page Five.) MM! PLAN IS REJECTED BY PWA ROSEBURQ, Nov. 10.7P Notice of the PWA's rejection of Roeeburg's trunk line sewer and sewage disposal plant has been received by the cltv administration. The city had applied tor a 45 per cent grant with the total cost of the Job set at $75,000. Officials said 14.000 was spent on engineering sur veys and other preliminaries. Reason for the rejection has not vet been ascertained. sclouaness, I Jammed myself under the seat of the lifeboat. "Lucky X was small I The next tmng i anew, nours ,swr, i was sun alive and safe.- Fritz was weak and shaken wnen i ' ' : he arrived aboard the S. S. Western- -ni wv,tMt land, which found him In the bob-1 , LONDON, Nov. 10, p; J. Ramsay blng lifeboat after a fierce Atlantic MacDonald, elderly former prime 'ele had bashed in the hatches of mtninter. was recovered today from the S- &. Isla and sent the ship to an attack of indigestion which caus the bottom, nlong with its crew of d him to faint during the Lord 3P, about 200 mil's off Land s End, ; mayor s banquet. England. MacDonald took his usual walk this Wrapped In blankets and partly re- morning from his home In Hempstead covered, he told the Weetcrntand's j Ratb. commander how the storm struck j During Prime Minister Stanley the Isls Sunday night, of the sink- Baldwin's dramatic plea for "peace trig ship's lurch which sent Its crew preparedness." the white-haired elder scrawling .mo the water and of hit own s:ru;e to remain in the rater , fined bottom of the lifeboat. I P FIRE, DEATH UPON DEFENDERS Aerial Bombardment Fol lows Intense Shelling of Spanish Capital Rebel Drive Within 500 Yards MADRID, Nov. 10, (AP) Three great fascist bombing planes dumped 40 largo bombs, many of them In cendiary, on the southern and west ern sections of Madrid at 3:55 p. m. today. It was the heaviest aerial bom bardment yet of the heMcged Span tsh capital. Fifteen prusult planea swarmed around the bombers as they circled I the city several times before un- c angora over the Toledo bridge sec tor. Intended point of Insurgent pene tration Into the city. Hut,c clouds of debris-Ill led smoke billowed into the air. The successive explolslons jarred tho whole city. The aerial bombardment followed an lntenso shelling of Madrid which started In the morning, while furious fighting broko out in the Casa del Campo sector across the Manr.anaree river. Before they flew over the city, the bombers blasted government frontline trenches In the western edges of (Continued on Page Three. 10 SENATE INVESTIGATION OF DIGEST BALLOTING MEMPHIS, Tenn., Nor. 10. AP) Senator McKellar (D Tenn.) said today he would demand an official Investigation of the national election poll conducted by the Literary Di gest. "I believe an Investigation of the matter should be made by the sen ate and It Is my Intention to offer such a resolution upon the conven ing of congress,1 McKellar 'a state ment aald. "And I wish here and now to ad vise the Literary Digest to keep all of Its books, papers, ballots and every other fact connected with the poll intact so that the committee con ducting the Investigation shall be able to get full, accurate and true Information concerning the entire poll. "After an election, It la usual, cus tomary and proper for the winners to forgive and forget unseemly oc curences In a political campaign," McKeller declared. "I wish this could be done after the election Just passed. "However, the pre-election Literary Digest poll, while It was entirely dis credited by the election, should not be overlooked, end measures should be taken to prevent such a , . . per formance from ever occurring again tn a national election." TO READ HEAVY MAIL TOPKKA, Kas., NOT. 10. (AP) Gov. Alf M. Land on gave attention today to hundreda of communications received since his defeat for the presidency, as he prepared for a con ference late this week with John D. M. Hamilton, national chairman, on future plana for the Republican party. The Kansan deferred plans for a duck bunting trip to dictate replies to the letters and telegrams, said by hts secretaries to have been of a larger volume since the election than during any single week .of the cam paign. v-n ... MacDonald Welt A 1 1 ttateman coliapyd, spreading con- atornatlon among distinguished guest : la the ancient guildhall. ) Newspapers Show 10 Per Cent Gain In Retailers Ads CHICAGO, Nov. 10. Adver tising placed in dally newspapers by retail merchants In 67 major cities of the nation during ti? week ended October 31 was iO per cent greater In volume than dur ing the corresponding period last year, Advertising Age reported. The publication said 20,394.574 lines were placed during the week, against 18,515.852 for the 1935 period. For 44 weeks of 1938. through October 31, the total volume of retail advertising In the reporting cities was 6.2 percent ahead of that for the same time last year. GENERAL THEME AT CCC PARLEY Officer, project superintendents and educational advisers from CCC camps or the Medford district, and a number of higher army and technical agency officials were gathered at the Elks' temple today tor the closing ses sion of their two-day welfare and edu cational conference. Major George R. Owens, district commander, presided at the confer ence with a number of outstanding speakers taking part. Dr. D. E. Wted- man, civil educational adviser for the ninth corps area; M. J. Bowen, special Inspector for Robert Fechner, E. C. W. director; George E. Griffith, chief of Education and information, fbreat service, region six,, and other visitors were scheduled to apeak. The Medford high school hand, led by F. Wilson Wait, director, opened the morning sesalon with several numbers. MsJ. Owens delivered a brief address of welcome and Capt. (Continued on Psg. Three.) STATE CAMP AREA Fl WASHINGTON. Nov. 10. (AP) The national park service announc ed today presidential approval of a $2,940,615 allotment for continuing construction of 46 recreational dem onstration projects In 24 states. The fund la to cover operations from rVtt-rtKM, 1 ir lannnr 1 I At th Mmft tmm tl mm annmitu- od that a?,530.00O had been author. Ired for operation of 43 work camp projects, formerly called transient camps, from September 1 to Janu ary I, The new allotments for recreational demonstration areas Included: Ore gon, Sliver Creek, e87,840. It waa stated at national park headquarters here that the allot ments specified for recreational facil ities referred to the development of picnic and camp grounds In state owned area. The allotments, It was said, have no bearing on develop ment of national parka themselves. SHIPFGUEPEARS Thirteen ear of Rogue river valley pears were dispatched via Southern Pacific last night to New Westminster, B. C., for export to France. Last week 19 cars of peers were shipped to the rune port for export. The shipments were originally scheduled for loading a, Portland. The change was' due to maritime strike conditions, now pre vailing. Pear shipments to date, from the Rogue river valley, total 1557 cars of packed pears: and 443 cars can nery pears. Apple shipment to date total 88 cars. f Wins Oym Contrast, NORTH POWDER, Ore.. Nov. 10 (AP) J. M. MrShaln, La Grande, won the contract for the proposed gymna. slum -auditorium here on a bio of 418,08 and Is scheduled to start work as soon aa final PWA approval la given. 4 Income Shares Maryland fund, bid, tlO.78; aaked Ul .75. Quarterly Income, bid no. asked no. is Skating Races Start 10:30 A. M, Parade at 11 Dance to Wind Up Day Football Game, Dugout, Program Boys' and girls roller skate races . 10:30 A. M Parade 11:05 A.M. American Legion free lunch for veterans at the Dugout . 12 Noon Med ford -Ash land foot ball geme at senior high school field 2:00 P.M. Entertainment at Dug out - 4:30 P.M. Armistice ball and floor show. Oriental Gar dens 0:00 P.M. One of the biggest and best cole- batlons In years Is looked lor when the annual Armistlc Day program of the American Legion takes place In thla city tomorrow. A wide variety of entertainment has been arranged and thousands of southern Oregon citizens will Join with the ex -service men In annual observsnce of the end of the world war. Starting at 10:80 with the boys and girls roller skat lnng races, there will be plenty of fun for all up until the last dance number at the Annlstlo ball at 2 a. m, Thursday. The roller races will start promptly and all entrants are urged to be on hand at the corner of Main and Oak dale not later than 10:18 a. m. The course extends east on Main street to the Western Union office, and cash prizes and tickets to the armory roller rink will be awarded winners. Parade at 11 A. M, At 11:05 the annual Armlstca Day parade will pass In review, starting at the Medford city park and pro ceeding east on Main street to River side avenue, north to Sixth street, west to Bartlett, thence to Main (Continued on Paga Tare,) TO Turkey growers of the Rogue river v&lley have been offered 17c and 18c per pound for their fowls, by buyers, according to County Agent Robert Q. Fowler, who urges growers "not to get panicky," and sell at this figure. "It la my opinion, the growers will get a better price, If they do not weaken," said the county agent. "They cannot break even at that price. O rowers should not establish a price by selling at the offered price' The county agent aald the high price of- turkey feed at 17c and 18c per pound, also operated against the grower, along with tha fact that a large amount of fowl food from the drought areas was In cold storage. Safety Islands Traffic Menace PORTLAND, HOT. 10 (Original ly constructed for tha safety of pe destrians, two "Islands' 'on the west approach to the Burnslde bridge wilt be removed. Police have called the Island "death traps" and trafflo menacea rather than "safety Islands." Numerous auto accidents, several of them fatal, hav occurred at the Islands. Chaplin and Protege Wed On Yacht Is Disclosure tOS ANGELES, Not. 10, (AP) The Efamtner tn copyright. story today, aatd th marriage of Charles Chaplin, film comedian, and his pro tege, Paillette olklsrd, haa been con firmed by namVlpli Churchill, son of tho Hrltlsh rksncellor of th. ex chequer. Churchill, a tIkIt for seteral days In the bx7! eo!oy, ws reported by the examiner as saying: "I am not at liberty to quota Mr. Chaplin directly. But I can defi nitely say Uiat they am married." mends of the couple have whis pered for some time that the dark hatred ttttte actress became the bride of the nold comic In a ceremony performed on his yacht off Catallna Island on fan IS, 1934. She's A Queen X . There should be little wonder that Kent State University of Ohio chose 'Eleanor Bader. pretty aenlor co-ed, 'to relon aa queen over the Instltu- 4lnK'. 10 111 U.M.M.H tt Ok.'. president of tha woman' honor society and a etar in tha campus theatre. (Associated Prase Photo) TO GORE TO BE FILED BY 116 Answer to the suit of William H, Gore, pioneer banker and farmer, against .Jackson county f for spproxl. raatety 88.000 for services asaertedfy rendered by dore In securing passage of the Oregon-California land- grant tax refund bill by congress, will be filed with Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, November 16. Jackson county will be represented by District Attorney Oeorge A. Codding. Trial of tha ac tion has been tentatively set for De cember 15, on the circuit court cal endar. Oore seta forth la his complaint that he entered Into an agreement' with the then county court for a percentage of all monies received by the county, In the event of passage of ; the o-C. tax refund bill. It la fur ther claimed that Jaakson county and 17 other western Oregon counties re ceived In excess of 110,000,000 aa a result of passage by congress of the bill in 1026-27. Testimony In deposition form was taken from Oore last week In circuit court. He gave his version of the preliminary arrangements and con ferences with former Senator Robert N. Stanfleld of Oregon, relative to the Introduction of the measure In congress, and the purported agree ment with the then county court, with W. J. Hartaell as county Judge. Oore Journeyed to Washington, D. C. In behalf of the measure, and sets forth In his complaint he expended considerable personal funds during an extended stay tn the nation's capital, AT Under plana revised today the post office will close at noon tomorrow in observance of Armistice Day.. The sub-station will be closed all day. There will be one carrier deltvery In tha morning. Rural deliveries will, be made aa usual. AH stores, banks, state liquor shop, olty hall and county court house will be closed all day. Captain Darld Anderson tied tha wertdtnff knot, these oft-dented ru mors aald, In hts capacity as skipper of Chaplin's craft, the Panacea. "Mini Ooddard told me," Churchill was quoted by the paper, "that It waa her wish to win film fame on her own not aa th. bride of a film notable. She ts earnest and sincere In this, I am sure, "A similar explanation for th. long delay in announcing the nuptials ku made by Mr. Chaplin. He said that he waa eager to launoh Miss Qod dsrd on a career of her own before letting the facts of her marrlags be known." Two Chapiln marriages have ended Is cUTorosv . Dented FRUIT FIRMS LOSE NITIAL SKIRMISH Judge Skipworth Says Jack son Co. Situation Should Remain Status Quo ttrrttt Case Decided On Merits SALEM. Not. 10. AP) Judge B. F. Skipworth dented today the pre liminary Injunction against tha state tmemployment commlastoii restrain ing collection of fees from the Ptn racle Parking company and others In the suit brought tn Jackson coun ty. Th ruling of the Bugen elreult lodge was recetred by Attorney Halpb Campbell for th. commission. While th. temporary Injunction was de nted, the ruling left the way open for renewal of th motion should the commission Institute criminal or ctrtl proceedings sgsinst the com pany during pendency of the deel tcn of the case on Its merits. Claim Exemption The peeking companies Initiated the suit alleging they were exempt from payment of the nlne-tentha at t-na per cent charge for Insurance because they were engaged In agri cultural work. The atatute exempts agricultural produoera from payment ol tlx Insurance. The second cause of action was that the Oregon Insur ance act was unconstitutional. Pending the argument and decis ion on the merits ot the main suit, tha plaintiffs asked for a temporary Injunction, which the Judge denied tn hi opinion. : In reaching bis decision Judge Skipworth stated that th prslirala ary injunction is "mixed question Of law and fact and caanot be de cided until after testimony la takes In .the case. Tho presumption ts that (Continued on Page Three.) New officer of Walter A. Phillips post S433, Veteran of Foreign Wan. and Its auxiliary were Installed at a ceremony held last night In Odd Fal lows' hall. Ashland. C, M. Black 1 tae saw poet com mander and Mrs. Abb!. Hood 1 th new auxiliary president. Post officers were Installed by Ire D. Csnfteld, past commander of Cra ter Lake post, Medford. Auxiliary officer were tnatalled by Julia JL Canfleld, fast auxiliary president. Medford post and auxtiiary members attended In body. Three Mexican youths from Roxy Ann CCO camp enterUilned with songs and Instrumental music Re freshment wire Mired after whloh the erenlng ws derated to dancing. E Fire thla morning destroyed the attlo and burned part of the roof of th. one-story frame dwelling at 1207 East Main street. Th horn was occupied by Bud Rucktn and owned by C. J. Brommer. Damage was eatlmsted by fire department of ficials at about $300. Lose wis cot- ered by Insurance. Living room wallpaper caught fir from heater which firemen said wa too dose to th wall for safety. The blase ran tip the wall and Into the attic, making suppression diffi cult a th attlo was sealed. Th. Hucktns fsmily moved Into the pise only last week. Th fir department responded ward alarm, sounded at t!d . m. The chemical crew last evening ex tinguished a rubbish fire that got out of control at the Cliff Cass auto wrecking yard on the Pacific high way near the southern city limit. No damage was done. THREE AUTOISTS FINED FOR IMPROPER LICENSES Three eutolat charged with poa Mmtnn nf Imnroner license plates were assessed 1 and cost la Justice of the Peace W. R. Coleman court yesterday. Vernon F. Jackson, farm hand, Route 4, Medford, Colorado li cense: Bob Francis Itlchsrds, Route 1, Ashlsnd, California plate, in Alfred Oraham, California plates. Charles H. Cunningham Medford. vu fined as and coats for sneec'lne cn the Psclflc hlghws; between this etty and Ashland.
