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Newspaper Page TextSTATERS ........ ,18 BEARS .20 NOTRE DAME . .26' FORDH AM 7 DUQUESNE 13 YALE ,.,..,.,.,.14 DARTMOUTH . . 13 OREGON...,. 0 CARDS 0 NORTHWEST. . . 6 GEORGIA ...... 7 MARQUETTE 0 HARVARD,, ,.13 PRINCETON .13 MINNESOTA .....24 IOWA . .25 INDIANA ., 20 ILLINOIS 18 IDAHO . 13 MONTANA 24 GONZAGA 8 WISCONSIN . .. 0 TEMPLE ,W.,...Q PURDUE ...,,...,,.20 CHICAGO, 7 DAKOTA ,..,...12 S.F.DONS... .i 7 C. of P. S. 0 MEDFORDJfelk, The Weather Forecast: Fair Sunday and Mon day; little chanfc In tempera ture. TEMPERATURE . Highest yesterday . 13 Lowest yesterday is Reading Time DeTote a part of yonr Sunday morning reading time to tne rlaslfled page. You will find interesting facta that may proTe profitable to you. Most people hare this habit dally. TlOBUNE Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty First Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, NOVEMBER 22, 1936 No. 203. I By Paul Mallon Copyright, 1030, by Paul Mallon. WASHINGTON, Nov. 2U During the next sixty day you will witness torn Important newa develop menu sow In the making, which will show that the hoped for "era of good feeling" la not Just a phrtue. A strong dispo sition la develop ing among busi ness leaders to take hold of na tional economic Issues and fur nish soma aelf leaderahlp to ward their solu tion, before the government does. Few realists seem to be deluding themselves with visions of conditions they would like to ha,ve, but are get ting ready to meet conditions with which they are confronted. They are tired of politics. They offer very little criticism of the president, even In private. Sincerely, they want to cooperate with blm and among them selves. - - ' There will be. no more conferences criticizing the New Deal program, but several more things along the line of the recent wage Increases. Theso In creases may have been Inspired by. the new taxs on undistributed earn ings, trut were nevertheless a, fore runner of a real cooperative effort to Absorb unemployemnt, Increase pur chasing power and, get things started on s substantial basis. . . The impending change of front Is the best possible assurance anyone ean get of Increased business activity in the Immediate future. It almost guarantees progress. ' panssssnM $5? si The undisclosed events lead In? up to Prof. Tugwell's departure may be one, two, three, a follows: 1. Tugwell went to see the presi dent and presented a grand farm tenant plan, leaping upon the prob lem In a big national way, creating a federal corporation for the purpose, etc. President Roosevelt told him to take the Idea up with Agriculture Secretary Wallace. a. Wallace saw Tugwell, but could not see the Tugwell plan. Wallace had his own Ideas about a more gradual approach to the problem. 9. Tugwell then went back to the i president and attempted to put his V idea over. That received no 'encour ' agement. At a later visit, a stenogra pher Wtis called In. and a letter of resignation waa dictated as well as the acceptance. Some say the presi dent dictated both letters at Tug well's request, but no outsider Is In a position to swear to that. The presidential letter of accep tance started off In the customary manner: "Dear Rex.' Thus, Tugwell Joined the exclusive "dear dash club" of ex-New Dealers, who have been awarded friendly letters on their de parture. Membership of the club In cludes: "Dear Hugh" Johnson; "Dear Joe" Kennedy; "Dear Ray" Moley et al. v The name of the club ha develop ed from the apocryphal supposition that Mr. Roosevelt keeps a file of resignation blanks so that all he has to do is to fill In the name when the proper moment arrlvea. Newsmen here were rough on Re publican National Chairman Hjnll' , ton In his first post-election press T conference. They cuffed him around the room with question. What aroused them most waa Ham ilton's plan to have the Republican etna tors and congressmen furnish the leadership for the 17,000,000 persons who voted Republican November 3. Skeptics could not stretch their imag ination to the point of believing any leadership could come out of such a hodge-podge collection of economic beliefs a represented by congression al Republicans, with House Leader Snell at one end and Senator Prarjer at the other. As one sharp-witted newsman told Hamilton: "There will be no one to caucus except Arthur Vandenberg, Preddle Hale and Wallace White. They could hold It In a telephone booth. Ours tike Praxier and Nye will not even attend. Nevertheless, Mr. Hamilton atuck to his solution, probably not because he liked It. but because there Is no other. The Indisputable fact 1 no one here cn adequately represent f the 17.000,000 except the Republican -i.atJonal committee. Inasumch as the committee la In the hole mere than ( Continued on rage KgnVi n j CHARTER VESSELS 10 HELP ALASKA Hawaii Also Faces Food ' : Shortage Wait F.D.R.'s Approval Strikers Pre pared To Hold Out Till April.' SAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 31. ( Government officials and, unions to day considered possible federal Inter- ventlon In the maritime strike in be half of Alaska and Hawaii, while the walkout spread to the Canadian west coast with longshoremen deciding to quit their Joba at Vancouver. Col, O. F. Ohlson, manager of the government owned Alaska railroad, reached here and conferred with As sistant Secretary of Labor Edward F. MoOrady on plans to charter ships for movement of necessities to Alaska. President Roosevelt authorised this move earlier In the week. - The question of using government ships to move supplies to strike-Iso lated Hawaii awaited word from Pres ident Roosevelt. The navy ordered a survey of Its supply ships to deter mine which vessels might be used If the president-authorized the move. Dr. Ernest H. Omening, territories director for the Interior department, M1U W1T3 SJltl bCtJllg Ui JlvsbQ aM.JJ j consideration. . . . Intervention Anked These moves' were made a the re sult of many appeals that the north ern and Island territories were run ning low on food and other necessi ties. The attitude of the unions toward government operation of private ships remained to be disclosed. - MoOrady announced he would In form strixe leaders of the govern ment plana and urge them to move the ships. Some sources expressed the view unofficially that the unions might not desire to cooperate by manning the private ships,-although no gov ernment official said specifically that unions would he asked to supply the personnel. - After talking to MoOrady and union representatives, Ohlson said the strikers had offered "certain con cessions" toward the release of ships for emergency use. He said he would discuss the matter further with unions and shipowners Monday. Engineers Quit NEW YORK, Nor. 31. (UP) Wll ium m nmwn m.ttanal nreeldent of the Marine Engineers Beneficial as sociation announced tonight that a general strlKe call for marine engin eera on the east and west ooasts had been taeued. The walkout is eiiecuve Monday. SAN FRANCISCO, Not. 31.-r-(UP) Striking maritime workers, 37,000 strong, axe prepared to "hold out" until April, If necessary. In order to win their battle for Increased wages, shorter hours and "humane'1 work ing condition. This waa learned exclusively by the United Preaa today when reportera were sent to learn "how long can this strike last?" The strike strategy committee of (Continued on Page Eleven) 1- IN SOIL SURVEY WASHINGTON. Hot. 31 (AP) Oraln belt farm sentiment for revision of the administrations soil conserva tion program to permit expanded plantings of wheat and corn next year waa reported today by the AAA. In view of Secretary Wallace'a re cent , forecast that acreage In these crops would be Increased next year, the recomendatlon of the farmers waa regarded aa a strong Indication of the trend of next year's farm program. The soil conservation plan, started this year, provided federal benefit payments to farmers for Miming acre age from these major commodities, classed by the government aa soil-depleting, and also for soil building practices such as fertl Illation. BOSTON, Nov. 31, (AP-UBDA) Aa unusually strong upward movement of domestic wool prices attended ur gent buying by a number of mills and top-moleers In the Boston market today, notably in short combing flee territory wools. TESTS MINIMUM WAGE LAW Mrs. Elsie Parrlah, 37-year-old grandmother, la pictured on her Job chambermaid In an Omak, Wash., hotel while wondering If tha United Stat supreme court will uphold Washington's minimum wage law for women and grant her $216.19 In back wages from a hotel at Wenatchee, Wash. She lost her case in superior court but won In tha state supreme, jourt. Married at 15, Mrs. Parrlah la tha mother of alx children, tw . . of. them now married. (Associated Preaa Photo) - GIRDS TO FIGHT 9 DUELSJN ROW Lack Of Goulash For Dinner Irks Battles For Honor Of Expectant. Wife. BUDAPEST. ' Nov. 31. (AP) Ab sence of goulash from the family dinner table not the nine duela he Intends to fight Monday and Tuea day evenings bothered Dr. Franz Sargaa tonight. -' ' Sitting down to hie evening meal riv a, brink nractloa with a cavalry sabre, Interspersed by an- . Mn4 nouncemeroe ne waa dent," Dr. Sargaa said he could not understand why a physician had for bidden Mngda, his pretty blonda wife, to eat the national dish. Magda, who la expecting a baby, has been placed on a etrtct diet, -tn.. A-,D,n tha nine- challenges, which must be fought off within 48 hours under the dueling coae, u- from too time lest February that Msgda disappeared from tho home of her father. Eugen Darko. a univer sity professor. That waa prior to the wedding. Budapest at once buzxed wltn n -n.-r wr remarka to the effect the doctor waa marrying Mng da for her money; mat no -"gigolo." There were flat fighta and some of tne gosslpers offered public ecol ogies. But Dr. Bargss. contending the lady's honor waa Involved, refused. Magda's family waa enraged by the publicity but Magda refused to give up her new busbsnd. Standing five feet five Inches, she Is somewhat taller than her dark, rather rotund husband. She is 20; he is 35. F Washington and Oregon: Pair Sun day and Monday but local morning fevs in western valley:; little chango In temperatures: moderate north to east wind off coast. BAN FRANCISCO, Nov. 31. T, The outlook for the period Nov. 33 to 39; In far western states; fair weather to nearly normal temperature except occasional rains In Washington and western Orflgrm toward end oi week. E BEST SINCE 1929 Increased Dividends And Wages Spur Shopping And Employment Merchants Ready. NEW TORK, Nov. 31. (AP) Mer chants prepared today for an expect. ed nation-wide Christmas shopping surge, partly supported by Industry's war-end outpouring of extra divi dends, wage lncreasea and bonuses, The National Retail Dry Goods as sociation estimated nearly 600,000 ad ditional workers would be needed toi handle the prospective Increased hoi! day trade, the largest extra force since pre -depression years. . The nation's stores, the association said, have made "lavish plans," laid In large stocks of merchandise, and emphasized a "festive tone" more strongly than In any year since 1939 Retail men are looking to the dis tribution of many millions of dollars to greatly enhance the Christmas trade volume. PHILADELPHIA, Nov. 21, (AP) Bishop Titus Lowe, Portlnnd, Ore, urged an educational and legislative war on "the prevailing gambling spirit In America" In a report at the closing session today of the Metho dist Episcopal board of home mis slons and church extension. "We feel that the gambling spirit prevailing In the stock market was respond Me for many of our deprer alon heartaches," the bishop's report aid. Careful consideration of the needs of churches In sections of the country where new families are coming from drought territory also waa advised. DENVER, Colo.. NOV, 21. (AP) The constitutionality of the railway labor act, as amended, was upheld by the, federal circuit court of ap peals today. The act forbids, among other things, any railroad to deduct union dues from the wages of em ployes. DUBLIN. Irish Free State, Nor. 21. (AP) Postmaster Oeneral James A. Farley . kissed the Blarney stone at Blarney castle todsy. Later hfl left for Klllarney lakes lor an orer night atsy. Agriculture Department And O.-W. League Join On Three Point Plan. WASHINGTON. Nov. 31. ff)-J The agricultural adjtmtment administra tion announced today a diversion pro gram to encourage new markets and new uses for surplus fresh fall and winter pears grown In Oregon and Washington. . The program will be conducted un der an agreement between the sec retary of agriculture and the Oregon-Washington Pear League, Inc. It Applies to pears of a grade equal to or better than U. S. No. 1, Although any one box, or container, may vary 20 per cent from the No. 1 grade. Under the program three types of outlets are to be announced. .These include shipments Into cert&ln states not now normal markets for Oregon and Washington fall and winter pears, exports to certain foreign coun tries, and diversion into new uses such aa the manufacture of pear concentrates, pear brandy, and other byproducts, CEMETERY TIE-UP NOW THREATENED SAN FRANCISCO Nov. 21. (UP) One hundred and ninety organised grave diggers tn San Francisco threatened tonight to call a strike next week unless cemetery owners and associations granted them a wage Increase from their present scale of 5.37 a day to 8.76 a day. It was reported they pUtnned, If necessary, to picket cemeteries to prevent burials. If this action Is found necesaary to enforce their de mands. . ' Ctty officials Announced Immedi ately that they would call a confer ence between the employers and em ployes Monday In an effort to avert trouble. CURTAIL RELIEF IN DROUTH AREA WASHINGTON, Not. 31. (AP) A sharp curtailment of federal re lief actlvltlea In drought areas was underway today by the two agencies directing aid for more than a million Individuals In the farm area, Officials expressed hope of holding to 300,000 the number of families carried through the winter. TJhU would be less than half the total aided heretofore by WPA and resettle ment. J. W. Tapp, chairman of the special drought committee of the agriculture department, which baa designated 1100 counties tn 3i states as emerg ency areas, said the entire list was be ing reviewed with elimination of many counties as the goal, TOPEKA. Kan.. Nor. 31. (AP) Oov. Alf M. Land on entertained two of hts presidential campaign support ers, former Governor Glfford pinchot. of Pennsylvsnla. and William Allen White, Emporia editor, at a dinner to night but postponed until tomorrow a discussion of politics to attend a wedding. After chatting informally at the dinner table, the governor and Mra. L n don withdrew later to attend the wedding of Miss Josephine Burrow, Topeka, to Frederick M. Harris, Jr., of Ottawa, at the First Presbyterian church. The dinner had been arranged for a discussion of future plans for the republican party. PENDLETON, Ore., Nov. 3! (AP) Of the 1000 elk hunters who In vaded the Umatilla national forest, 301 were successful, J. F. Irwin, su perintendent of the forest, announc ed todsy. 1 Salem Report Says Sen. McNary Backs Reames For Judge SALEM, Ore., Nov. 31. ( AP) Prominent Democrats here declar ed tho appointment of a federal Judgo to succeed the late John McNary har narrowed down to two men Circuit Judge Earl C. La tourette of Oregon City and Attor ney Evan Reames of Med ford. La tourette la a brother of the na tional Democratic committeeman. Republicans, on the other hand, stated that should Senator Charles L. McNary wish H, he might win the appointment for himself. Friends of McNary are disagreed as to whether he would welcome such a proffer. Soma aatd McNary would favor the appointment of Reames. FEDERAL RESERVE CREDITFREEZING Hint Reserve Requirements May Be HikedHeavy Gold Imports Eyed. WASHINGTON, Nov, 31. (fl) Ap. prehenslvely watching a steady In low oP gold, the federal recerte board gave s strong Indication today It may ,lnor&e reserve requirement again, to curb credit expansion by "freenlng" mora than $1,000,000,000 of excise bank reserves. After a . work of conferences about the effect of heavy gold Imports on the national credit situation, the board, through Chairman Marrlner S. Eoclee, announced that "careful con sideration" waa being given to the question "with a view to taking such action st such time as appears to -be neccssnry in the public interest." ; Reserve officials said this Indicated a .probability that, unless the pres ent situation changes, reserve require ments may be further increased tn January or February, after funds withdrawn for the holiday .season flow back Into the banks. On Aug. IB, the board Increased requirements by B0 per cent to elim inate about $1,AOO.OOO,000 of excesa reserve as a basis of "possible In jurious credit expansion." Under the law, It coud Increase re qulrementa by another SO per cent of the level existing prior to Aug-uat IB. Excess reserves are banks' idle funda over and above those held as a required reserve behind deposits. Economists estimate that every dol lar of excess reserves (an support from 18 to 910 of credit. Thus, to guard against - "runaway" credit In flation, the federal reserve board seeks to keep excess reserves at a "controllable" level. ILL GIANTESS IS KANSAS CITY. Mo., Nov, 31 (UP) Bertha Mathls, 60 year-old negress. became 1)1 tonight and summoned an ambulance. Two drivers responded They attempted to place her on a stretcher. She was too heavy. They called two other ambulance drivers The four placed her on the 00- pound steel stretcher but It doubled up. Finally, thay started downstairs. There was a crash.- The five were thrown Into the street when the stair way collapsed. Ten minutes later she was placed In an ambulance and taken to a hospital where the receiving ward at tendant asked 1or how much she weighed. "Well, J used to weigh about 480 pounds," the replied, "But lately I haven't blrn watching my diet and I'm up to 400." IS DENVER. Not. 3IW-Ph con dition of Senator Frederick Stelwer of Oregon, who recently underwent an operation for gall bladder, waa "much Improved," according to au thorltles at St. Jophs hospital. IfflMA BATTLE TO DEATH THOUSANDS FLEE Total Destruction Before Surrender Of City Is Defi To Insurgents No Major Attack. . MADRID, Spain; Hot. 91. (UP) Tne evacuation of women and chil dren from Madrid waa speeded up today aa the capital, nemmend In by the Insurgent armies, . prepared to face total destruction rather than surrender. . 8oclallata and communists demand ed that Madrid be cleared of ncm- oombatanta ao that a atruggle to tbe death could be fought tn which one aide or the other would be annihi lated. In consequence, refugees etreamed eaatwarU along the roada leading to the Mediterranean coast. They car ried a few pitiful possessions In their arms aa tbay huddled in buses end charabancs. Many were tn teara and the majority ware hungry and under nourished. . i The weather waa miserable, with heavy, cold rain and a chilling wind. Although cannon and rifle fire waa heard to the aouthwest and north west of the city early today, there waa no enemy attack of consequence Ind the1 strlokan -oepltel ' had a, brief nmplie from .the furloua bombard ment of artillery and airplanes whloh have made It a llvlng hell for more then a weelc. ,' , , i Because of the weather, airplanes oould . not . operate and - the ralda ceased. Similarly, the Inurgent In fantry made no attempt to edvance over the muddy ground. , The defense committee announced It waa requisitioning 1000 taxlcaba to evacuate women, . children and the aged. . It .waa .estimated that between 300,000 and ..300,000 persona, or one fourth of the.clty'a poplatlon, had been forced to abandon their homes and seek refuge In another part of the city or flee to the coast. BULL EYES HOUSE JOB PORTLAND. NOT. l.JPr-RVT-sentatlre Vernon D. Bull, Democrat from Union county, aald here today he would be a candidate for apeaker In the lower ho-jee of tbe state legis lature. "I hare Just visited number of membera elected to serve In tbe ap proaching session," his statement aald. "Encouraging conversations lead me to formally announce my candi dacy for the position of speaker of tha house of representatives." Harry Bolvln, Democrat from Klam ath county, previously announced his candidacy and aald he was "assured" of sufficient votes for election. -f- E HELD LOVE THIEF 158 AHOBLBS, MoT. Si. (UP) Pretty blonde Christine Fltepatrlck tonight held a 130,000 Judgment in lieu of her handsome purser hus band'e lore, which she claimed waa "dazzled away" try Mra. Thelma Clark, rich copper widow. . 1 A Jury, by a 10 to a vote, decided for Mra. Pltr.patrtck last night In her alienation or affections suit against Mra. Clark, widow of the late W. A. Clark m, heir to a Montana copper fortune. Jurymen later explained they were convlnoed Mra. Clark knew Michael Fltzpatrlck waa married but never theless sought hie company. The ault asked 150.000. Mra. Clark claimed their relation ship waa "pletonle." e ' Famed General Dead WASHINGTON. NOT. 31. (AP) Major Oenerel Robert 0. Callan, re tired, died last night. He waa com manding general of the third army corps area at Baltimore until Feb ruary, 1038, and had served la assis tant chief of staff. He wsa chief of artillery of the American first army durtm the world war, T Vermont Marble Exterior Assured Work Starts In Fortnight Mrs. Voorhies To Go East. PORTLAND, Not. 31, (AP) The state capltol reconstruction commis sion awarded a contract for tbe building of Oregon's new atatehouae to Rose B. Hammond, Inc., Portland construction compsny, today. Month, of planning for the state's new structure came to an. end at a morning session of the commission when It accepted a bid of 3,00,ia7 by the Portland firm, one of seven companies whloh sought tine ' eon tract. On the question of art work, the commission decided to send Commis sioner R. W. Sawyer. Bend publisher, end Mrs. Gordon Voorhies of Med ford east to Interview artiste recom mended and get their opinions about designs which would be harmonious with the construction planned. ; 1 By accepting the 'hid, the com mission sasured the cltleena of a capltol of marble exterior after the design made by the New Tork arch-. ltecta who won the contest of plana, last May. Trowbridge and.Mvlngetor,, aaeoclsted with Prsneia KeelVy. -i ,; . , Pednctlena Made -' ; "-r. The original Hammond bid for marble exterior waa 13,140,94s. This was more then glOO.OOO In eauwai ef the amount the commission Bad available for construction, - 13,018. 18 63. By deducting certain alternate work from the Hammond bid. It was brought within the available funde. a total of 1184,611 being; sliced off the original bid. ' The commission aaked the areh! teeta, however, to study the alternate work deducted and determine what might be restored and etui keep ex penditures within available funda. Rosa B. Hsmmond, head of the company, aald work probably will start within two weeks. On Monday, he will sign a contract with tbe commission, post his bond and atext wheels turning toward aotual con struction, excavation work on the capltol site already having been completed. He estimated that Oregon elUoenf would have their first glimpse of the completed capltol about 18 monttoe hence. Specifically, the construction the exterior will be "white Vermont merble," considered among the finest stone In the world. No Voting Machine Under Its rules, the commleslon can, within 60 daya, restore any of the alternate work rejected today. It waa Indicated, however, that It will permanently eliminate a 43.0O0 ex penditure for an electrle Toting ma chine for the legislature. Also eliminated were bronze win dow frames and caslnga In favor of Iron but the commission desires bronze If the funds can be made available and It waa expected this would be accomplished. In the discussion of alternate work. Dr. Ht H. dinger argued for restoration of some of It. 'It la like buying your wife fine sealskin coat and then getting some cotton stocks and cotton 'atitm my to go under the oat," he re marked, while the large audience at tending the final ceremonies of get ting Oregon's capltol underway smiled. ' "I don't think old man Oregon the kind of a fellow who wants do that," the doctor continued. "We are going to have a fine building a we aught to complete It In. fine shape all the way." The discussion waa left at that point for settlement la the future. DRBlCHjOATES HELD BLAMELESS LAKEVIEW, Nov. 31. (AP) The Lake county, grand Jury returned a not ' true bill to manslaughter, chargea In the ease of Lieut. . C. Coatea and Dr. T. 0. Bunch, both of Med ford, who were Involved In a fa tal hunting accident near here last fall. ' 4 Autotst Losea Arm NSWPORT. Ore, Not. 81-(AP) Andrew Kerp suffered the loaa of his right arm when itwaa crushed be neath an overturned car oa the hlgh wey near here.