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The Weather Forecast. Fmlr tonight and Friday; no chance In tempera ture. Temperature: Highest yesterday . 69 Lowest this mornlnf;.. XI An Opportunity II It ft splendid service Mail Tribune classified di render those who ox them. The cost tj immll oompared to results that follow. Write your ad now. Give this department an opportunity to serve you. Tribune EDFORD Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-First Year MEDFORD, OREf , THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 1936. No. 195. fun? i A fl HffilnliTlrOTW M STA1E MOT 1 i I A'o!vs I LARGER RECEIPTS lsJ I IF i-Mwrai til By PAUL MAM.ON (Copyright, 136, by Paul Mullen) WASHINGTON, Not. 13. There seem to be mors behind this talk about a conetlutlonal amendment to revive the old AAA program than publlo chat ter. In iact. It hat some of the nasal tones asso ciated with semi official ventrilo quism. The direct ln- p 1 r r of the thought, of course, la Mr. Ed ward O'Neal of the American Farm Bureau Federation. He was an ardent pro moter for the Roosevelt cause In the last campaign, and there fore, he throws his voice with great Influence, U not with semi-official authority. Ranking officials on President BooseT.lt' s board of farm strategy (Messrs. Wallace, Chester Davis, et al) have been trying to look wise and aay nothing.. They have succeeded In the latter. Their position seems to be one of deep thought on the prospect that something new must be worked out, but they are not clear on procedure. They may or may not get around to Mr. O'Neal's way of thinking. Mo one will call you aRepubllcan aroun dAAA headquarters for sug gesting that the state set-up con templated for 1938 wlU never go Into effect. It Is i vast official secret that most of the AAA-ers would like to get rid of the state plan. They believe It to be unwleldly and lmpoa- -,1.1-. -.fiAiant arlmtnlkt.ro-t.tnn-1 They never liked It In the first place. Congress foisted It upon them. Their enthusiasm for the crop In surance program also is somewhat lass thsn campaign speeches may Have Indicated. This is an Intricate technical problem. Some aay a year should he taken to work It out. It might be wise to wait a year before final enactment, so they say. These conslderatlone apparently (Continued on Page Eight.) SMlraloi GOLD BEACH. Ore., Nov. . AP BtAte Officer Adrian Campbell re ceived s, flesh wound above the knee early today while In the woods north of Gold Beach. Reports here Indi cate he was shot while trailing sports Man ntmtin. nieffsllv at night. The wound was not serious and CampbeU remained at work toaay. nairea persons In roe nunung pnj divulged. KLAMATH DRIVER HELD IN WAELTY TRAGEDY KLAMATH FALLS. NOT. 13. (AP) Alba Burt Comer, taken Into cus todny following the traffic accident AMth nf un Henrv Waeltv. 41. here Wednesday morning, was being held at the Klamath county Ju penning an Inquest tomorrow. . SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Prank Rogers, football enthusiast tossing bouquets at the Medford football team for their remarkable comeback after disastrous Injuries, but putting In a decided complaint at the fact that all the playing went on at the opposite end of the field from where he was standing, regara lesa of his shifting about constantly. V D-i-mnn.4 rirtvoF rOJltlnB dlADar string remarks at the silver dollars In Tod Porter's cash register, referrlni; to tnem as "those pewy cariwnrei.. Jerrv J.rnm aeaumlne the first ehagrlnnd look of his career after firing the half-time gun at tne loov huti r,m. At thr. wrong time, when . nt .rrltwl. anrl he blushing S blush a 16-year-old schoolgirl might have been proud or. Lyle DurRell. bachelor-manager of Safeway, cowering sdoui m with a hunted look today after a M. T. reporter thoughtfully provided him with a wife In a news story. DurRell having to cancel the nuptial theory to cawh a new customer who came In. Bob Edmonds. Aliske sourdough, wishing he were back at Wrsr.gel lland where he can make 30 per week l?at:lmg fish out of the mid water and selling Uiea to cuorlt- PILL NEEDS BUDGET RULES $2,350,000 More Needed for Biennium Balance of Half Million Looms if Recommendations Prevail SALEM, Ore., NOT. 13. (AP) The Oregon legislature will face demands for a direct appropriation of eis,- 868,117 from the general fund to op operate the 110 appropriation units of atate government during 1037 and and 1038, the budget department an nounced today. Thla sum represents an Increase of about $3.3.10,000 over the direct ap propriation for the past two years. but Increased receipts will allow also for a reduction of the real property tax from 4.8 mills to 3.1 mills and will leave a balance In the general fund of more than half a million, If the budget recommendations are ad hered to by the legislature and no additional sums allowed. Many Self-Sustaining The direct appropriation does not represent the cost of all department of the state, since many are self sustaining and other funds will be contributed by the federal govern ment and counties. 31ghty self-sustaining units require about 70,148. 994 which wlU be paid by fees and gasoline taxes. The total fund for atate uses, under the budget recommendations, will be 91.786,468 for the next two years. The original requests of both the sp proprlatlon units and the self-sustaining units were reduced by Budget Director Wallace S. Wharton by more than 3,800,000. Wharton announced that the in come tax receipts the next two years will offset the entire real property fax within- the per tent limitation for state uses. The mlllage to be raised Included .the aum for higher education and other levies voted by (Continued on Page fwelve) v- GET CERTIFICATES rMrt.lflcjitM of election have been issued by the county clerk's office to the following county oiiiccra: Ralph Billings, Ashland, county commissioner; J. B. (Blln) Coleman. 'Medford, assessor; George R. Carter. Medford, county clerk; county treas urer. Ralnh E. Sweeney. Medford: also Prank Perl, coroner, and C. R. Bow man, school superintendent, unop posed on the ballot. r--r, i ft rn tj fm tha legislature and district attorney are Issued by the secretary of state. Certificates of election have been Issued to the following for constable: Medford district. Nicholas Young. Ashland district. Floyd L. Clark. Gold Hill district. B. P. Paul. Jacksonville district, George Hilton. In stoux Indian tradition' It was Ikto who Invented human speech. Eugene 0 Weill Awarded Nobel Prize In Letters STOCKHOLM, Sweden. Nov. 13. (AP) ssugene O'Neill, the American playwright, today was awarded the 1B.18 Nobel prlre for letters. The prlre O'Neill will receive will spproxtmate S4S.OO0. The smount of the 1038 prise, which was not award ed, has been added to the 1038 sum. Interest from the 9.000,000 be quest of the lata Alfred B. Nobel, dynamite Inventor, la used for the prizes. Thrice winner of the Pulitzer prize the only American dramatist to hold that triple distinction Eugene O'Neill., by today's sward, became America's second Nobel prize-winner in letters. Sinclair Iwls was the first. At 48. O'Neill Joined the compsny of Anatole Prsnce, Thomas lljnn. Tagore, Maeterlinck an Rudyard Kipling, one of hla first literary Idols. A product of Baker's famous "47 workshop" nt Harvard and of the American Little Theater movement. CNetU first won the Pulitzer prlz with his play "Beyond the Horizon" lr, 1030. "Anns Cbrime" in 1M2 and f-trsnce Interlude" In 1928 gained ; the award for him twle more. He was last rcporpo worsing n ewyciopedlc sag of American life a cycle of elgnt plays chronicling the 125-year drama of in American ; fwutlv thro'un fire KnraMons. I In snnoiir.clns the stupendous Usfc I the theater guild called It "the most j BARRYMORES AFTER THE CEREMONY I t -I ry- t i I f a I- v XJ J i t 1 , ; ? If 1W f V , John Barrymore and his bride, the former Elaine Barrle, are pictured In the garden of their Beverly Hills hotel, resting after their return from Yuma, Ariz., where they were married In the presence of tha bride's parents and Birrymore's attorney. (Associated Press Photo) GEN DENIES PLOT 10 OUST MINE UNI L WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. (AP) Pacing reprisals by his former col league, the JJnlled. Mine Workarjj William Green denied today that he conspired to have the mine union thrown out of the American Federa tion of Labor. The charges of "conspiracy" wore hurled at the federation president yesterday by the executive board of the mine union, recently suspended from the federation with nine other unions for 'rebellion." The U. M. W. executive board, headed by John L. Lewis, summoned green as a mine union card holder to stand trial bofore It next Wednesday. Green Indicated he would not be present because he must attend the federation convention at Tampa, Pla. TAMPA, Pla., Nov. 13. (AP) The American federation of Labor execu tive council was said today In usually well Informed quarters to be split, nine to eight, In favor of expelling John L. Lewis, president of the United Mine workers, and his ten rebel unions from the federation. 4 P 1 REV BUSWELL 12 REV. BOSWELL ELECTED PRESBYTERIAN LEADER PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 13. (P The Rev. J. Oliver Buswell. Jr.. president of Wheaton college, Wheaton, III., was elected today moderator of tne Presbyterian church of America. The Rev. Leslie W. Bloat of Wash ington, D. C was named clerk of the present general assembly. ambitious and most Interesting ever vndertnken by any modern play wright. SEATTLE, Nov. ia. t'JV Eii.;ene O'Neill, American playwright, ex prc.ed both happiness td surprise today wlien informed by reporters he had been award-vj the 1P38 Nobel pr;? for letters. "Naturally I'm very happy." he Mid at h! new iVattle home. "I feel like i nrt-r- that his Jut been given a o)ste r.aiwn "1 am surprised, too, 1 Kuicne O'Neill I ,72, George 8. . Eubanka, fof 6 1 years a resident of Aahland, for the past 30 3fefcrarcl trwsuferr and ": tat imny years cashier of the State Bank of Ashland, died of a heart Attack In the bank building yesterday morning about 11:30, while working alona on bank books. The body was found by W. M. Brlggs, director of the bank, and O S. Butler, president of the bank, about 13:30 yesterday afternoon. A physician stated Eu banks had been dead about an hour at that time. He hud complained of an Illness last Friday, and had been working hard since. He was eleoted to bis lfttn term a city treasurer of Ashland at the last general election. Ho was born In Henley, Cal., April 34, 1464, and was 73 years old. He came to AslUand when 11 years old. His father was a blacksmith, and for many years served as Ashland city Judge, when a young man, Eubanka was a telegraph operator, becoming manager of the Aahland branch of Western Union In lb89. He served in that capacity until 1006. when he became cashier of the Qranlte City Savings bank, which had originally been the Bank of Ashland. The bank at one time was known as the First National bank, becoming Independent In 1923, with Mr. Eubauks serving steadily as cashier. He was a member of the first city hose' company, the original Ashland fire fighting unit. He played In the first Ashland band, and for many years served on the school board. He Is survived by his wife, Nnn Goodyear Eu banks; a son, George A. En banks, a purser on the S. 8. Coya, now off the Central American coat A radiogram as sent to the son yes terday notifying him of his father's death. A daughter, Mrs. R. 11. Rose of Pacific Grove. Cal., also survives, aa does a sifter, Miss Mary Eubanka. and a brother, A. A. Eubank s, of Portland. The funeral services are In chargtt of the Stock-Lltwlller funeral borne In Ashland, with arrangements to be announced later. LAWRENCE, Mum., Nor. 13. (AP) Th American Woolen Mills com pany announced today a 10 per ru, wau increas", effective Monday. No vember 23, to employes of Its four Greater Lawrence plant employing 13.000 persons. HARTPOP.D, Cv..n.. Nov. 12. (AP) The Royal Typewriter company an nounced today wai Increases of be tween b and 6 per cent for 1U 6000 employ. Cl.EVELAND. Nov. 12, ( APi -Tlie AddresAngrsph-Multigrsph corporation announced today Ita laoo employe are to receive a rah bonus of one week's pay. The minimum bonus, the company Mid, would be 35 even though em ployee in the lowr bracket do not j receive this smount weekly FASCISTS STRIKE IIOUS BLOW AT MADRID KEY Bitter Struggle for Road Into Capital Rapidly. Nearing Climax More Catalan Troops Rushed to Defense MADRID, Nov. 18. (AP) The Madrid war roninmnd asserted Into totluy that govern nii'nt forces. In a smitten flnnk movement from the west, liitri recaptured Oetnfe, eight miles south of Ma drid. Thr announcement wild the capture followed a whort hat tie, and that the icovernment troons found tlte huhurh otxuiled hy only a few Faslst trooix. These were raptured with quantities of arms and ammunition, the gov ernment lenders added. Uy At.KXANlWK H. UIU. MADRID, Nov. 13. (AP) Insur gent armies struck viciously at Ma drid's most vulnerable approach In a driving rain today. They attacked University City, on tha north went, apparently the key to their whole advance. Thla section, on the clty'a outskirts. Is not de feuded by the Nanzanaree river, whlcn haa so far been a barrier to Madrid from the southwest. Buenaventura Dlrmlt, commander of the Catalan shock troops, told the Associated Press that 3000 additional Catalan reinforce men ta would reach Madrid tomorrow and Saturday. bringing to 6000 the fighters from that autonomoua province who are aiding In the Madrid defense. The noted anarchist, who has n- fused military rank of any kind; said he ?aa "won satisfied ' with develop' merits. Moving up through Cssa del Campo, the former game preserve across the (Continued on Page Two.) FLOOD TREASURY WITH BILL ASHES By Kddy (ill more. WASHINGTON, Nov. 12. (AP) This is the season for the treasury's annual harvest of damaged money. All over the nation people are kin dling fires for winter and with the first blaze come walls of woo from kitchen bankers whose currency baa gone up In smoke. Officials of the treasury's redemp tion office have never figured out tlie reason for jt, but the kitchen stove, the fumace and the open hearth re main the most popular places to hide money about the American home. File Many Hob tftorles. A domeo sob stories a day aro filed with the redemption office from mid dle November to the last of De cember. Junior haa started a fire in the stove where daddy hid a roll of bills last summer. Mother discovers to her horror that Daddy haa built a blare In the fur nace where she had been keeping the Christmas money. Tho tales of distress, along wlb what Is left of the currency, go to expert examiners and you would be surprised how much of It is ledeemed at full value. Pi res aro not the only cause of do stroyed money, bowever. Goata and dogs are high on the- list. The government la emphatic Jn Us bqvico nnout goais ana aogs tfui a veterinarian, don't trust home remedies, Won't Henrrh Ashen. And don't get the Idea that Juat becauwo you have some ashes the gov ernment will search them for money. Laat year a man sent In a 37S-pound garbage can which turned out to hold nothing but trash. Rule for redemption are: If three-fifths of a bill are ac counted for, you get full value. If left, thnn three-fifths and more than two-fifths, a settlement for half. Exceptions, of course, have been made when accompanied by affl dftvita and convincing evidence. One time the operator of a barbe cue stand In the south arrived at the treasury with a suit case full of aahe and a story of how fire had burned down his place and consumed 4000. Examiners went through the debrln and found not only every dollar, but 40 more than the man thought he'd lost. In dealing with the redemption of fice don't try any ty t-rioh-qulck schemes, for It a only a step around the corner to the serret service. The highest peak of the Pyrenees ts Ptc De Nethou which U 11,160 feet hi Kb 'FRISCO BAY SPAN OPEN TO TRAFFIC Warships Boom Salutes As Traffic Starts Over 8 1 -4 Mile Structure Linking San Fran and Oakland SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 12. (fl The $77,000,000 bay bridge, dreamed of and talked about for nearly a cen tury and over three years In con struction, opens to automobllo traffic- today amid all the fanfare two metropolitan centers can create. At 12:30 p. m.. while ship whistles blast and warahlps boom salutes, traf fic will start over the 8 miles of water and tldeland the structure Crosse. In Unking San Francisco and Oakland. Not even a prolonged maritime strike, paralyzing marine commerce in thla, major seaport, haa dampened preparation for the celebration, which find Snn Francisco and Onk land street festooned and garlanded for the 'occasion. Governor Cut Chain The festivities start at 10:36 a. xn., when Oovernor Frank F. Merrlam cuts a golden chain on the Oakland side of the bridge. From there, the official party moves across the truc- ture to the San Francisco side where the ceremony will be repeated. " (Continued on Page Eight.) F. R. TELLS GRANGERS WILL PRESS BATTLE FOR FARM PROGRESS COLUMBUS. O.. NOV. 12. (AP) President Roosevelt told the National Grange convention today that a "fight to achlove real equality for agricul ture" would be pressed forward. Tha president's message wis a greeting for the 70th birthday of this farm organisation which his members in 36 states. It was sent to Louis J. Tabcr, National Orange mas ter, to be read at a birthday party thla afternoon. ' jjr.y' "Through you as master of the Na- (Contlnued on Pago Eight.) CODDING PRESIDES AT PORTLAND, Ore., Nov. 12, (AP) The annual three-day session of Ore gon District Attorneys settled down Into a round-table discussion of law enforcement problems this afternoon after appointment of commltteea was completed and the way paved for consideration of the business at hand T. Letand Brown, Wasco county district attorney, led tha afternoon session. Presiding at the convention Is George A. Codding of Jackson county, prrsldont of the district at torneys association. THE DALLES, Ore.. Nov. 13. (TV- Four Biblical pictures, apparently painted by brothers of a Oat hollo or der and once a part of the decora tions In the Catholic mission found ed here In 1048 by Father Rosseau, came to light here recently. They had been in the attlo of the John SUyman home for years. Rockefeller Compliments Farley on Sportsmanship NEW YORK. NOT, 12. YT The Democratic national commit Leo made public today a letter from John D. Rockefeller Jr.( congratulating James A. Farley for hla election midnight statement and calling It "the finest kind of sportsmanship." The letter follows: "My dear postmaster general: "Aa one cltlen to another, I want to give myself the satisfaction of tell ing you that t think the radio talk which you made after mldnlht on election night aa reported In the Sun (New York) waa one of the most statesmanllko utterances made on either aide during the entire cam paign. "Btich words aa these 'We may look forward to four years of unin terrupted effort to accomplish the completion of economic recovery, of Industrial welfare and of permanent Mtabllahment of real liberty In the United State', and 'no American need have any fear of the future. Frank lin D- Roosevelt's mission la to soe that ail of us have a square deal,' Search Prepared For Burial Spot Of Famed Guide OHEYENNE, Wj'O.. Nov. 13. (fl) Excavations to determine If Sacajawea, the famous Indian wo man who guided the Lewla and Clark expedition, la burled In Wyoming may ba made shortly, the federal writers project head quarters here learned today. A government engineer la plan ning to unearth the remains of Bap t late, son of Sacajawea, in the mountain near the Wind river reservation cemetery to see If he can find a medal given Sacajawea by the famous American explor ers. The modal la supposed to hav4 been passed on to Baptist by hla mother. Blasting may have to be done to uncover Baptlste'a body. It has slipped from lta original burying spot and Is tinder a rock ledge. PROBE DEATH OF Tha grand Jury, Clarence T, Noe, foreman, scheduled to resume sea- alona next Monday, will Investigate tha motorcycle-auto accident on the Crater Lake Highway, on Clngcade hill, near Eagle Point laat Sunday resulting In the death of Walter K Van Rheen, tha ' district attorney said today. A coroner'e Inquest Into tha death of Van Rheen haa been set for Friday at 2:30 p. m. Glenn Brown, driver of tha motor cycle upon which Van Rheen waa a passenger, and whose right leg waa amputated, waa reported by author!' ties at showing improvement. Van Rheen also underwent amputation of hla right leg. .The two men were injured when (Continued on Page Two) E AT STATE HOUSE SALEM, Nov, 12. (p The Oregon statehouse waa being picketed today by two men and a woman carrying banners of "Governor do your duty," and "Dont let us starve," while all other members of the Workers' Alli ance attempted to Interview the gov ernor, Upon reaching tho executive office the group waa Informed that "Gov ernor Martin Is not here now," while Mrs. Margaret Langon, personal sec retary to tho governor, gave them an audlenc In an executive session. The pickets previously had paraded In front of the local relief and WPA offices. Claiming that there has been dis crimination In distribution of relief, the grievance committee of tha Ore gon Workers' Alliance la aetktng an Interview with tha local branch of the WPA. 4 Canadian- Cropa Short OTTAWA, Nor. 12. (fl) Lower yields for all the principal grain crops In Canada are shown In the Dominion bureau of statistics second estimate of grain production for 193J, issued today. The whet crop for all Canada la placed at 289,000,000 bushels com pared with 377.300,000 bushel laat year. 4 WASHINGTON, NOT. 13. (fly-Af ter studying tho composition of the next senate, friends of the Bt. Law rence waterway aald today that pros pecta for ratification of a Canadian American treaty providing for the project are much Improved. and 'I know that all who hear these words will join with me In the nope the scars of this great political bat tle will soon be healed.' ''Such words aa these, I aay, coming from you, will go a long way toward tnaplring confidence and bringing about the cooperation of all citizens, Irrespective of party, in dealing with the many problems ao vital to our national Ufa that confront us as a people. Your statement exemplifies the finest kind of sportsmanship. I congratulate you on it. "Very sincerely, "John D. Rockefeller, Jr. Tho letter waa made publlo nth Rockefeller a permission. In replying, the postmaster general and Democratic chairman aald '"I do not know of any letter I have receiv ed since election that gave me great er pleasure than youra. It waa vary kind and generoua of you to write me and I am Indeed grateful." Tha Rockefeller family haa been lon titled with tho Republican party for many yeara NEED OF PRESENT Dean of Oregon State Col-' lege Points Failure of Modern System in Ad dress Preaching . Mission Pointing to ths Chrlstlsn war of living as ths means of solving tb problems of modern-day life. Dean U. O. Bubach of Oregon State collage presented tbo principal luncheon ad dress at the national preaching mis sion conference held today at the Presbyterian church. Dean Dubach atated aa his belief that the whole program of living un- ' der which we now exist haa been proved wrong. He told his audience that In a land of plenty there are millions of poverty-stricken citizens: that the only evident result of ths ' last war la now seen In a world-wide and mad race toward another; that racial clashea can be observed every where; that our sociological system baa failed throughout. . Nerd New Hystem. Although we are apt to get s little too sentimental In our religious be lief, I think that through the exer cise of common sense and necessary modifications, tho kind of life advo cated by Christ can be applied to our present-day problems ss the only (Continued on Psga Five.) ON RETURN TO WORK SAN FRANCISCO, NOT. 13. (Pf Paolflo coaat shippers of perishables waited today on tbe outcome of tha warehousemen's union vote on going back to work before taking any action In securing movement of their crops. The union is allowing deliveries of pears now in storage which would suffer deterioration If held long. , From' the apple-growing areas of Washington to the tangerine pro ducers in southern California, alsrm' has been expressed over a loss of large part of the 0an Franclsoo market. Should tlui strike not be settled soon, growers and shippers feel they will loee ths rich holiday market hers and that prices on ths scant supplies will skyrocket. Shipping organisations from Seat tle, Yakima and Portland to south ern California, had representatives hers on the slert to plsn concen trated action If tha union vote to morrow night makes tt necessary. TWO ARE KILLED IN DEE FIGHT OBNTBTt, Texas, Nov.-19. (IP) Jus tics of the Peace Air In Qlllesple, 53. and Alcus Lilly. 88. both of mock man, were killed and Constable Ed Chapman, 80, waa critically wound ed In s school danos shooting at Stockman at midnight. Sheriff J. B. Sample, Investigating the shooting, said Lilly appeared at ths school and threatened two young men outside ths hall. Tbe men reported the Incident to officers and Lilly was escorted from ths dsncs. Sheriff Sample said ths officers aaked Lilly for his gun and the shoot ing started. Conatable Chapman was shot down and Justice Olllespie kill ed Instantly with another bullet. Chapman drew Ws pistol ano ru-ea at Lilly who died en route to a hos pital. Constable Chapman, with bullet holes In his body, was near death to day. Produce Growers Asked To Parley CORVALLIS. NOV. U. (AP) Prohknu and Doaalbtlltlee ahead of Oregon vegetable growers will be dis cussed at a three -day vegetable grow ers' conference at Oregon State col lege beginning Monday. November jo. a tv B. Bouauet. professor of vege table crops, will be In charge of the conference, ah nmrfucen. whether of a home garden or of commercial truck cropa. will be welcome. Professor Bouquet said. .' 4 Income Shares Maryland fund, bid 10.74; asked 11.74. Quarterly income, bid no; asked
