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MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 13, 1936.
No. 196.
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By Pnul Mallon
(Copyright, 1936. by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON. Nov. 13. Cltlzena,
particularly bualnesa men, would do
"Well to get out their ear mtfffa. A
blizzard of Wash
ington rumors la
on. It la heavier
and thicker than
four year ago,
and probably will
prove just aa vet
In the end.
You hear on
colossal author
ity, for Instance,
that President
Roosevelt Is go
ing to revive the
old AAA, that he
favors the John
son plan of NRA, that he favors the
Rich berg plan of NRA, that be favors
a constitutional amendment for both
NRA and AAA, that he Is going to
throw out the cabinet, that he Is
going to rejlgger hla old commodity
dollar theory, and ao on.
The simple fact behind these ru
mors is that, while Mr. Roosevelt has
been delivered from bis enemlea by
the election, be la yet to be rescued
from his friends.
Out of the 25,000,000 people who
voted for Mr. Roosevelt, about 34,
999,999 apparently cdnslder the elec
tion result aa a personal vindication
and a mandate for some pet method
erf reform they have In mind. And
each of the thousands of poll tic tana
who worked for hla election will
whisper to you In private that Mr.
Roosevelt la going to do whatever
they happen to want him to do.
The warning which the president
Rave in a prees conference the other
day wae not a cuatomary evasion.
Hla advice against predicting the
ruture course or government was ap
parently sincere, for the obvious
reason that he haa not made up hla
4und what he la going to do. That
tm, bis purposes regarding NRA, AAA,
etc., are well known,, but his meth
ods have not been selected, even In
general outlines.
The snow makers, of course, . are
merely attempting to Influence his
decision.
The prealdent's working technique
now Is the same as during the early
days of his administration. He ac
cepts recommendations and orders
studies by half a dozen dlfcrent ad
visers on the same topic.
ror example, on NRA. everyone
knows ho wants to accomplish 11ml-
( Continued on page fourteen
CAR HEATER BLAMED
FOR LOSS OF A TOE
PORTLAND, Ore. Nov. 13. (AP)
J. C. McNulty of Eugene, alleging he
becifme numb from exhaust gas and
subsequently received a burned foot
on a car heater and lost a toe. filed
suit In federal court here for (75.000
ts an aftermath of an auto ride wltb
Hans Zlngler, Singer sewing machine
representative at Eigene. The Singe
company was named as defendant.
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SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Admiral Ernie West poohpoohlng
this Friday the 13th stuff, saying It's
one of the lurklest days on tap In
the navy, but Issuing a warning
against ever going aboard a ship that
hd a cock-eyed cook or one which
had been built without sticking s
coin under the mast.
Jos Gagnon. nawinUl tycoon and
upstanding Frenchman, bristling no
ticeably when John Peter told him
his signature looked like that of a
Dutchman, even If It couldn't be
read.
Ben Gotxihall, landscape architect
at Camp Proscott, stalking about with
a worried u.irea&lon trying to find a
Spanish Instructor so he can take
lessons and catch up with the lingo
tossed by newcomers at the camp.
Tom Glnn starting in with a placid
sir to clean a big plate glass window,
and finding that as he went along
the window got dirtier and dirtier,
he finally giving up the project in
disgust.
Larry Duff demurring at putting
one of the new St. Mary'a high wind
shield stickers on his car until after
he gets back from the Santa Clara
St. Mary's game, he being a Santa
Clara man and not wanting to come
back with a thick ear.
Mark McCoy, linotype operator at
the M. T., doing a trick that rivaled
the mystic east In effect, with smoke
coming out of his pants leg. his pocket
and hi trouwr aeat. McCoy saying
the trick is easy to leam, and is done
br igniting a handful of matches in
the po;kct.
EXPULSION
EXCHANGE LOOMS
Shares of Atlas Tack Corpo"
ration Boosted From
$9.50 to $30.23 Through
Manipulation, Is Claim
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. (AP)
The securities , commission today
charged the Now York stock exchange
firm of W. E. Hutton and Co., Its 11
members and H. H. Mlchels with ma
nipulating stock, and ordered them
to appear December 7 to show cause
why they should not be expelled from
14 stock exchanges.
The firm, as well as Mlchels. was
accused of manipulating stock of
the Atlas Tack corporation, which re
sulted In boosting the stock from
$9.50 to 930.25 per share.
Partners named in the order were
James M. Huttou, James M. Hutton,
Jr., John Christie Duncan, Charles N.
Poster, Joseph A. Hall. Carroll V.
Geran, George C. RUcy. W. E. Hutton.
2nd, C. Kenneth Smith, and Joseph
A. W. Iglehart.
Mlchels is a partner of the firm of
William Cavalier and Co., which 1a
now a member of the New York Stock
Exchange, the New York Curb Ex
change, and other exchanges. The
firm wae not mentioned In the order.
SINCLAIR SLATED
FOR ASSASSIN
IF ELECTED, CLAIM
BAN FRANCISCO. Nov. 18r (API
Upton Sinclair disclosed today that
President Roosevelt assigned Los An
geles secret service men to Los An
geles to protect him because of an
assasslnatlr n threat when he was the
Democrat I o nominee for governor In
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Here for a Congress of Western
Writers, Sinclair said Information hi
received Indicated he would have
been assassinated within a few min
utes after election returns were in
had he defeated Gov. Frank Mer
rlam, the Republican candidate.
I was to have been shot down In
the radio studio where I was to have
made my speech of acceptance and
thank the voters," Sinclair said.
"The actual killing was to have
been done by a wealthy California
business man." Sinclair said. "This
man had made his will and settled
all his worldly affairs In preparation
for the deed."
Sinclair said he was not disturbed
by the threat.
He said a second plot to break up J
the EPIC movement was revealed to
him by New York friends who ap- !
pealed to President Roosevelt to aid
in checking It.
"The president notified secret ser
vice men who put the Chicago and
New York gangsters on a train and
sent them east.
"X was to be crucified made tho
Pascal lamb in sacrifice to those who
oposed the EPIC (End Poverty In
California) and the production for
use movements," Sinclair stated. "But
If the EPIC is revived, even though
1 am now through wltb politics, 1
again will lead It if requested."
ROOSEVELT INSPECTS
HOUSING DEVELOPMENT
WASHINGTON. Nov. 13. (AP)
A trip by President Roosevelt todsy
to look over a 90,000,000 suburban
housing development at nearby
Oreenbclt, Md.. was Interpreted here
aa more than a mere routine tnspec-.
tion Journey. j
Informed sources believed it might j
help determine the status of such j
projects in future unemployment re- j
lief programs.
BABY'S BODY DISCOVERED
IN DEAD LETTER OFFICE
&AN FANClfiCO, Not. 13. ( AP
The body of a baby believed to be
about a week old was found in a
package opened by clerks of the San
Francisco dead letter office today.
The package was addressed to
"Frances Munger. St. Mercle Hos
pital, San Frisco" and the return
address was given as '274S Maiden,
Oakland. Calif."
There Is no $uh an address, and
there Is no St. Mercle hospital nere.
The postofflce department first de
livered the package to the St. Mary's
hospital here November 11 but It was
sent to the dead letter office when
It was learned there was no "Pran
ks Muner" at the hospital.
PosU; -tli-rli no tied an odor and
ipened the psckuge today.
As Greatest Bridge Placed In Use
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There was a doulile ceremony of cuttlnr chain barrlem when the "7,ono,onn San Frnnrlco-Oakland Itay
hrldfic, the world's largest, wa opnned for truffle jctenlny. At tp I tlmwn ioernor I'rnnk F. Met riant
of California cutting the chain on the Sim Frnnclco side with a tnrrh. WtU the governor are, lert to right,
Ctiarles II. riircell, chief bridge- engineer; former President llerliert Hooter, Mnjnr William 4. Mrfrarken of
Oakland, (lov. Merrlam, C. B. HendiTMtn, a director of the RFC, and fen. William o. leAdoo. Helow Is hnwn
I lie first nnh of Irnffle ns the grrat hrldpe was opened to use. Thousand" lraered Its eight and a niMrlrr
miles of. length In autoi and others walked part of the way, although ordinarily pedestrians will not he per
mitted on H. M- I'. Photos by nlr mall tn Mali TrllttHie.)
INA CLAIRE AWARDED
MEDAL FOR DICTION
CHICAOO. Nov. 13 .(AP) Ine
Claire's fhort upper Hp curled into
a smile at Its own expense today.
That was because the blonde ac
tress, sfter 24 years In the theater,
possessed the annual gold medal for
good diction on the stage, awarded
by the American Academy erf Arts
md Letters yesterday.
Tho Chinese wapost of Pukhol was
opnfd to roreiirn trad In 1870.
Frank flpenoe, poaUl inspector as
signed to the case, turned the pack
age over to the police department.
Dr. Sherman Leland, autopsy surgeon
for the coroner's office .said he would
conduct an autopsy.
The body; the sex of which had not
been determined because of Its con
dition, was wrapped In clothes and
tied In paper.
Liter. Dr. Leland Mid the body
, A-na that of a boy. He sa!d an a'jtopay
I probably would detrmln whether
I th baby was dead at birth.
I Pos'al Inspectors put the blurred
i return address undr a magnifying
' a'9 and said the address was not
i Oukland. Calif., but that the package
.-ooably originated somewhere in
j UUm.
FOR ALL IN FLEE!
PORTLAND, Eng.. Nov. 1J. (p)
Amid lusty cheers, King Edward to
day finished hts Inspection of the
British home fleet by ordering the
signal:
"Splice the main brace I"
I It meant:
r "Serve a tot of rum to all hands."
The King had royal weather for his
final day of visiting tho huge grey
i watchdogs of the sea, massed here In
Portland harbor.
j LONDON. Nov. 13. fl'i Chpron
i ed by "Aunt Dsle," Mrs. D, B. Mer
i ryman of Washington, Mrs. -Walils
j Simpson settled down tonight at her
; Cumberland Terrace hmne for the six
, months period of her divorce decree
; nisi from Ernest Aldrlch Simpson.
Mrs. Merrymsn, It was learned to
. day, reached Southampton November
! 10, aboard the Queen Mary.
1 Her niece, the glamorous friend of
; King Edward, went to Waterloo sta
tion, accompanied only by hr pt
son.il mntd, to m-t the boat train,
i TORrLAN D, Nov. 13. VrW rvd
j rites will be held today for Mrs. Sadie
E. McCullocb. 78. resident of Eugene
for IS years prior to coming to Port
; '.and 30 years ago. She died Wednes
day. A daughter and three sons sur
t vlve.
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LOCAL LIME TRUCK
I
A gleaming new motor truck and
tralter, one of the Oregon -California
Fast Freight units operating between
thin city and Han Francisco, was the
first commercial unit, of Its kind to
pass over the new Ban Pranclsoo
Oaklad bridge that opened to traffic
vesterdav. it was learned here last
night. ' I
Miss Mildred Orttsch, daughter of
Mr. and Mrs. Franx Oiitch of 335
South Ivy ttreet, telephoned from
San Francisco last night to tell her
fa m fly about the un usual honor.
Miss Orltech works In the Aan Fran
cisco office of the firm snd her!
father Is the Medfr-rd manager. j
The truck was a brand new one.)
as was the trailer, the two units j
having been delivered from the east-!
em factory Just In time for the open- i
!nr ceremonies. The truck was driven j
by Frank Bishop of flan Francisco.
Miss Orttsch sold that all day yes-!
terday cars were going over the I
bridge at the rate of 300 a minute.
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Tnn kmn Injured
IIEPPNER. Ore., Nov. 13. (AP)
Ovnrt timing of a gravel truck near
Hermlston sent Joseph Keefe and
Robert Hitler to the hospital at Walts
Walla for treatment of injuries, Both
received broken lea. The boys were
from the CCC camp n?ar here.
By
HEW LEGAL SETUP
State Boards Will Administer
Laws of Land Under New
System Guilds to Ren-
. der Monetary Decisions
By Andruc Herding
ROME, Nov. 13. (AP) Premier
Mussolini has decided to abolish
existing Italian courts of law. sub
stituting state committees and soc;
lalteing tho legal profession, official
sources disclosed today.
Attorneys described tho project as
"one of the most Important changes
In 30th century Jurisprudence."
A committee of eminent lawyers
and otflclals from the ministry of
Justice Is working out the details to
replace the courts with the state
boards, authoritative quarters as
serted. Tho committee's report is expected
to be finished soon, when It will be
handed to the ministry of Justice for
action.
. Abolition la also planned for the
special tribunal for defense of the
state. Tills court was established ten
years ago after an 18-year old youth
attempted to assasalnato the It All an
premier at Bologna In 1028.
It was first Instituted for five years
and then renewed for another five.
The court, created to protect the
life of XI Duco and government of
ficials, condemned half a dozen men
to death on charges of conspiracy
(Continued on pafe fourteen)
SIX FASCIST PINES
FALL iN 'DOG FIGHT'
STAGED OVER MADRID
fly the Associated Press.
Six fascist war planes were shot
down today In a spectacular aerial
dog fight over Madrid, and Qen. Jose
Mlaja, chler of the socialist defense
Junta, said the Spanish capital was
"prepared to withstand years of
siege."
Undaunted by the lost battle, how
over, other fascist planes returned
during the afternoon to bomb a
Madrid barracks and a long line of
fortifications.
Simultaneously, French communist
demands for last-minute Intervention
In Spain to succor the embattled ao
clallnt defenders of Madrid led to new
threats of a rift In Premier Leon
Blum's government.
Moderate supporters of Blum's
popular front regime warned they
would bolt if he yielded to the com
munists' demands, ,
On two other fronts, the Involved
situation took on a darker hue.
In Vienna, a blunt trl-power state
ment of Austro-Hungarian "right to
rearm ." au pportrd by I tal y, atlrred
uneasiness In Rumania.
An Impression grew In diplomatic
clrelea that Italy and Germany, In
the newly-reached Italo-Oerman ac
cord, had resolved to divide south
eastern Europe Into spheres of in
fliieneo for economic and some politi
cal exploitation.
In London, a fierce verbal duel be
tween Dlno Orandl. Italian ambas
sador, and Molseyevltch Ksgan, Rus
sian delegate to the International
neutrality committee, atlrred belief
a rupture of Italo-Sovlet diplomatic
relation was Imminent.
SOURDOUGH SEEKS MATE
BUT SKIPS FRIDAY 13TH
Frtdny th 13thl To soma It hold,
terror,, to om It forebode, bad luck,
to ftomo It Indicates happy event,.
To Bob EdmondA, 60-yenr old Alankn
MurdougU It men, bad lfkk and
nothing else.
On Friday the lath ha ' oke a
knee-cap. On another PTltr.y the
13th, ha had a linger chopped off,
)iur he didn't aay. And now, agnln
on Friday tho 13th, ho la atranded
In Medford, pnytlcally bmka and
unable to find the man he', looking
for to return with him to Wraruiell
laland to apend tho winter fishing.
"I want a man about 40, good
health, no wife or klda. Ile'a gotta
have aoma money enough to get ua
both back to Wrangell, buy material
nnd build a boat for fl.hlng. Yo l can
make from 50 to 300 bucka a week
finning up there and the fishing
WMon la nine moiitna long. H
warmer there than It l here In Mrd
ford,' 'he addd. burkllug hla over
coat a bit more tightly around him
self. Hjb wanta a man to go with nun.
one who la not afraid of work and
can finance the trip, but he'll take
a v.oman If he haa to, he at'iiitr-d
A woman about to, with no fain
Boy Who Serves
i4a Alarm Clock
Not Appreciated
WASHINGTON, Nov. 13. (AP)
Reuben Darby, who furnishes a
deluxe awakening service to fellow
students at the University of Mary
land, admits he has yet to find a
satisfied customer.
Reuben goes to bed at 7 p. m..
and gets up at 3 a. m. After a cou
ple of hours of studying, he makes
the rounds, closing hla customers'
windows, and turning on the
steam heat.
"At seven o'clock comes the
tough Job, though," he says. "They
don't like to be waked up, I
usually have to wrestle with
them.'
Reuben goes around later and
makes the beds. Hla rates are "10
cents per week per room." Reuben
Is a freshman from Baltimore.
E
OF MOTORCYCLIST
The sheriff and district attorney's
office are todsy seeking the driver of
an auto, believed to be a Chevrolet
coupe peering an Oregon license, as
an Important witness In the auto
motorcycle accident last Sunday af
ternoon which resulted In fatal In
Jury to Walter E. Van Rheen of Eagle
Point and, serious Injuries to Olenn
Brown, driver of the motorcycle on
which Van Rheen was a psasanger.
Both underwent amputation of their
right legs.
The men were Injured when they
crashed Into the rear fender of an
auto driven by Mrs. Lovtcka Way
inack, county Jail matron, on Clng
code hill near Eagle Point on the
Crater Lake highway. '.
The dr)ver sought was In one of
the two autoe passed by Mrs. Way-
mack near the brow of Cingcade hill
(Continued on Page Five.)
COUNTY AGENT CLAIMS
The Jackson county farm Income
Is 30 per cent higher than last year
and will total approximately 0,000,
000 this year, according to the an
nual estimate of County Agent Rob
ert O. Fowler, on the basts of present
prices. t
His report ahowi fruit and dairy
yivUucta as leading revenue produc
ers. The fruit Income, principally
pears, Is placed at 4,820,000, which
(Continued on Page Flve.l
FRENCH DEPUTIES SWING
FISTS DURING SESSION
PARIS. Nov. 13 ( AP) Swinging
flats of lertlsta and rightist deputies
stopped a stormy session of the
chamber of deputies today.
The trouble began during a debate
over the world war record of Minister
of the Interior Roger Balengro.
When the aesslon was resumed to
night, the chamber voted 437 to 103
to condemn the campaign . against
Selengro, It was one of the bluest
majorities ever given the Blum gov
ernment In the chamber.
tly and a Utile caah, la Juat what
he'a looking for. He'll even niarry
her to get her Into Alaeka, he aald,
and all her expenditures will be cred
ited to her, to be paid back out of
the fund, from the fishing activities
aftr the boat la finished. Perhaps,
he thinks, ho will hao several fair
applicants eager to anap up the offer.
"Tell m I'm not particular about
looks," the sourdough told a reporter.
"Tell m their money will he safe.
I guarantee to make all my promises
good or I go to McNeils laland."
Edmonds will be at the Jackson
County Chamber of Commerce at 10
o'clock tomorrow morning and ogaln
at 2:00 o'clock tomorrow afternoon.
The flrat man or woman who haa the
necessary cash will promptly get a
partner, he declared.
He said he would meet hla new
partner today, only, onatlng an ap
prehensive orb at the calendar, he
re-checked that Friday the 13th busi
ness, "I don't Hie Friday the 13th." he
said, snd let It go at that. Indicating
that If ha la goUig to take on any
new partners he'll do It on some day
not fraught with such risk svalnst
th, oceult.
Will Ask Federation of Labor
to Oust Ten Rebel Unions
Boycott On Goods Pro
duced by Rebels, , Aim
TAMPA, Fla., Nor. u.;p)
The American Federation of ba
hor'a metal trades department In
structed the president, John P.
Frey, today to Introduce a reso
lution In the federation's con
vention net week calling for ex.
pulsion of John L. Iewls' ten
rebel unions.
liy a second resolution, the
department directed Frey to In
troduce a general convention res
olution nru week rolling for an
A. F. of L. boycott on all goods
produced by the rebel unions.'
TAMPA, Pla., Nov. IS. JPj Wil
liam Oreen, president of the Amer
ican Federation of Labor, forecast to
day complete failure of John L. Lewis'
drive to bring all workers In each
big Industry into one big union.
Addressing the federation's building
trades department convention, Oreen
anld:
"We're going to organize the unor
ganized of America and we're going
to organize them Into the American
Federation of Labor. '.
"When experiments motivated by
vaporous Idealism are completed by
some who have Invaded the field In
dependently when they admit they're
through the A. P. of L. will step In
and do the Job."
Green's only prediction aa to what
&ie federation's general convention
would do about the Lewis rebellion
against the traditional craft form of
orgsnlzatton, w,as that the world will. .
know where we stand wh.n w get
through." ,
A member of Lewis' United Mine
Workers, oreen said be knew the
miners "deep In their hearts lovs ths
American Federation of Labor."
"However," he added, "we're going
to deal with this Issue not by emo
tion but by the Judgment of our
hard heads."
Oreen was applauded when ha said
the Knights of Labor, the Debs move
ment and the International Work
ers of the World, esch In turn, had
tried to destroy the A. F. of L. with
out success. i
1
Suit for M30 damages, MM gen
eral snd Hit exemplary, was filed
late yesterday In circuit court by
D. K. MKIard against Ford Potter
for an alleged rock throwing episode
st ths Millard home at Shady Core
October 47 last.
Millard alleges that Potter malic
iously threw rocks through four win
dows of the living room, "demolish
ing'' a 1376 violin, damaging a marimba-phone
to the extent of too snd
requiring It to be sent to the factory
for, repairs, "nicking" the finish of
(Continued on Page Five.)
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POPE TALKS FOR HOUR
TO MISSIONARY UNION
VATICAN CITY, Nov. IS. (API
Pope Plus XI spoke for a solid hour
today to 3000 representatives of the
Prteata' Missionary union, disponing
rumors that the stste of his health
la serious.
Witnesses asld the holy father made
the speech with but slight and nat
ural evidences of weariness toward
ths close, and that there was no
change In. his tread In walking into
and sway from the benedlotton hall.
First Taxi Makes
Trip on New Span
Through Mistake
SAN FRANCISCO. Nor. 13. (AP)
Uwrence McDermld of San Fran
cisco yesterday unwillingly, and
unintentionally became the first
person to drive a taxlcab serosa
the transbay bridge.
McDermld took a passenger to
an address near the San Francisco
bridge approach. He found him
self In the midst of thousanda of
bridge-bound automobtlea. Polios
and highway patrol offlcera would
not let him turn out of the line.
He was required to drive over the
bridge, after paying a ea-cent toll,
and then, after paying another 63
cent toll, made the return trip.
His taxi stand was only sue
blocks from ths address to which
hi delivered hla fare.