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MEnraRDJtt&.. The Weather Forecast: Cloudy Sunday and Monday, 'o change In tem perature. . .... TEMPERATURE. Highest yesterday 41 Lowest yesterday 35 They Are Happy If yon wish to put out a mea iage that will "tltrk". try oalng the classified page of this newspnper. Many people de pend on It solely and they are happy over results obtained. Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-First Year JIEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, DECEMB1 1936 No. 214. J Pope Pius Stricken By Paralysis Of Legs BRITISH KING IN MM MAY DM 1 4. - By PAUL MALLOX (Copyright, 1936, by Paul Mellon.) WASHINGTON, Dec. 5. King Ed ward's friends here never contended te was a wizard at statesmanship. They Jcnew also he would sooner or later attempt to assert hla In depen dence of the British poli ticians In his private life. That seems to have been his one ambition for ISjjW I years. But no I one sasDected he I TH I woud De foolish LJJ enough to fight an Issue he had no chance of winning. They expect ed him at least to choose a question in which he had the right and popu lar side. - - Behind the turn of events during the last few days la. of ccurse, the same old inside struggle between king and prime minister, going back to Victoria's day and beyond. Their relationship in the British govern ment often makes for a natural con flict of personalities, which Edward's predecessors have solved by Invariable subservience. Those who know about such things arc wondering what would have happened this time If the spunky but unwise king had chosen tin Issue In which the church was not Involved. He might have had a chance If he made a marriage choice, or selected a line of private conduct, displeasing only to Premier Baldwin, whom be never liked anyway. As it was, Baldwin wisely remained In the background and let the church take the leadership In presenting the problem to the British nation, - The impression is 'general In of ficial circles here, therefore; that the king really lost his fight when he first chose the issue. To abide oy the wishes of church and cabinet meant permanent recognition of bis limited sphere. To abdicate meant surrender. Published dispatches relate that Baldwin told the king tho American government had informally advised him it was opposed to the marriage. Mr. Baldwin must have misunder stood what he heard from Washing ton, or else he was using an Imagin ative argument to Influence the king. The American government has told him nothing, Informally or other wise. It will not even whisper Inter nationally about the matter, because tt hat no Interest In It.. The ex-Mrs. Simpson Is a British subject. But If It makes any difference to Mr. Baldwin or the king, most Amer ican officials personally agree with the stand taken by the cabinet and the church. -They timed their an nouncement of the state department ban on alien marriages of American diplomats to Indicate what they though about International marriages of American diplomats. It was a wholly Indirect step and had long ago been decided upon In connec tion with another matter, but It was nevertheless a hint. Three or four government ofiicials here knew Mrs. Simpson, and they are for her. The others, who look aV the matter more abstractly as a problem of government, decidedly are not. What interests the American gov ernment more than the Slmps-m af fair 1 the British employment flpure Indicating a new high recoid at 1 1 ,103,000, an Increase of 7P7.0O0 above the boom peak of 1920. The booming building Industry ther ac counts for much of the disparity between their unemployment, and ours. Production in the British building materials and building groups constituted a record fo: the ..third quarter of 1038. Ours was about fifty per cent of normal. Readers out through the country have detected one factor holding back building which was omitted from a recent analysis published in this spot. That Is taxes. The Iowa Association for Tax Jus tice says the tax load on invisted real estate makes It cheaper to pet a trailer and live In It. rather than rent or build. The citizens volunteer committee of Minnesota asserts tenant-occupied property Is almost un salable at any price In some sections because of local and state taxes, and large residences are worth ft small fraction of their cost or accessed rtUie. Among the many talked -of legis lative suggestions which will never be passed is the one of the innate campaign Investigating committee proposing to limit presidential cam paign expenditures to II. 000 .000 for each party. practical politicians know It would t only cause campaign organizations to "break up into a variety of subAidlar- ( Continued on Page Eut.j T Australia Reports King Will Leave Throne Cabinet Meeting Called Mrs. Simpson In France. CANBERRA, Australia, Dec. 6 (Sunday) (AP) It was unofficially reported tonight that the Australian cabinet received secret information that King Edward was likely to ab dicate Britain's throne Monday. This report came after Prime Min ister Joseph Lyons telephoned Lon don several times and then announc ed a special session of parliament for Wednesday. The full cabinet meets Monday. Bhould Edward abdicate Monday, it waa asserted, parliament would have to pass an act of complemen tary legislation to provide for the ac cession of the Duke of York. LONDON, Dec. 6. (Sunday) Brit ain's king early today studied "cer tain documents" handed him In se cluded Port Belvedere by Prime Min ister Stanley Baldwin. What the documents were, or wbat they portended, was not revealed, but authoritative sources said they might be: 1. First drafts of voluntary abdication papers. 3. An expression of opinion from hla majesty's dominion gov ernments. 3. New proposals from hi cabinet ministers. Reports from Canberra, Australia, tbat Edward might abdicate Monday were unconfirmed In London, where officials asserted that the summon ing of the British cabinet to meet Monday afternoon showed there bad been no decision reached as yet by either the' king or his cabinet. ; V- Public Helpful These developments were disclosed while a growing sentiment "to give Edward more time" spread through both supporters and opponents of a marriage between the monarch and the twioe-dlvorced Wallle Warfield atonpson. ... The former Baltimore belle, mean while, reached the Cannes villa of Mr. and Mrs. Herman Rogers, former New Yorkers, after a two-day auto mobile flight across southern France. Whether Mrs. Simpson would re main with her old friends or would avail herseit of Mrs. Reginald Fel lowes 70-ton team yacht In the harbor off Monte Carlo, no one pro fessed to know. There were some who thought Ed ward himself might Join Mrs. Simp son In the Rogers' villa, but there was no Indication that the sovereign was considering such a plan. With Mrs. Simpson safely secluded, for the time being at any rote, from the eyes of a startled world, friends urged tbe king to play for tlmo In what tbey sal,, waa his continued determination to surrender neither hla throne nor his right to marry as he chose. The partisan support and opposi tion to the match hardened stiffly throughout yesterday (Saturday) with at least one Influential statesman, Winston Churchill, .publicly cham pioning the monarch against the re peated demanda of hla prime minis ter to choose between Mrs. Simpson and the throne with no alternative. Baldwin Confers Baldwin, bitter opponent of the king's association with Mrs. Simpson, held several conferences with high government leaders on the crisis. Visitors to No. 10 Downing street Included Home Secretary John Simon and Lord Craigavon. prime minister of North Ireland, whom Baldwin summoned from Belfast. Simon has been said by authorlta- (Continued on Page Eight.) SALEM. Ore.. Dec. 5. f AP) The first anniversary of the organization of the state capltol reconstruction commission yesterday saw the start of actual ork on the 3,00fl,137 capltol building. Workers under Contractor Ross B. Hammond of Portland were on the ground late In the dy to complete the extra excavation required by re vised capltol plant. As soon as the extra foot of bailment is cleared, the structural work will start, and the work from then on will be rushed. The capltol reconstruction commis sion, created by the special legisla tive session, met for the first time last December 4 and began Its task which today was n earing completion. The bulk of the cc'Jimlssion'f worie was over with the letting of the t contract pctetnbfT SO. J Time Extended When Num ber Falls Short States Rush Insurance Laws WASHINOTON. Dec. (AP) With the registration of 36,000,000 workers for federal pension accounts falling short of Its pans, the government decided tonight to extend the dead line for applications until midnight Tuesday. December 15. The action climaxed a busy day In which tbe social security board di vided attention between a last-hour rush by workers to return their forms and unemployment Insurance activity In various states. ' The original workers deadline was midnight tonight. The board said today ao many Inquiries had come In that an extension was necessary to allow time for proper preparation of the questionnaires affected. The treasury is preparing the extension ruling. Under the law, both the taxpaylng employers and workers are liable to fines and Jail sentences If they fall to submit the data required. Olvlng no hint of punitive action, the board expressed apprecltlon for "the co-operation evident throughout tbe coun try on the part of employers and employes." The latter were reminded that application forms , can be ob tained from their employers or post- oflces. . . The pension system Is entirely a federal affair under the lw, -Unemployment Insurance la left primarily to. the states. Within space of 34 hours Pennsylvania had Joined the 18 -state with insurance laws, and Virginia, West Virginia and North .Carolina scheduled special leg islative, sessions for the same pur pose. Information from Maine led offi cials to expect a legislative call In a day or 'so. Early action . In Florida and Tennessee, and possibly In Dela ware and Kentucky, was looked for by some. - - Commissions are studying the sub ject in a number of other states. In cluding Ocorgla, Michigan, Missouri, Minnesota, Kansas, Washington and Wyoming. E Ti 'A MILLIONAIRE1 LOS ANGELES, Dee. 5. (UP) Almee Semple Mcpherson defied court commissioner today and re fused to tell whether or not she Is a millionaire. The famed evangelist, making a deposition for a $1,080,000 slander suit brought by Mrs. Rheba Craw ford Spllvalo, balked at the ques tion: "la tt a fact that you have 1.000, -000 In stocks, bonds, and Jewelry in various deposit boxes under fic titious names?" "I refuse to answer upon advice of counsel," snapped the evangelist to this and other financial questions which Mrs. Spllvalo's counsel con tended were pertinent to show whether Mrs. Mcpherson has one million dollars to be sued for. Orville Thomas Forrester, another deposition witness, testified that Mrs. Spllvalo halted a Los Angelee radio vice crusade because "she made a deal with the administration." Forrester, who said he managed finances of the crusade, testified he protested to the former California state welfare director and one-time New York "angel of Broadway." "I said It put me In a bad spot." he said, "but she told me t could do as I like, sa they were making a eeaj with the administration" He did not Identify "the adminis tration." ' EX-COP GIVES UP SACRAMENTO. Calif., Dec. fl I UP) Authorities today considered the release of Lawrence Doyle. 31, conscience -stricken former New York policeman who gave himself up only to find that he was not wanted on murder charge or forgery complaint. Doy: surrendered because, be said, I wanted to strat?htn everything ;p for liw sake of my wife and baby." 'Chiselers9 Compel Salvation Army to Lock Xmas Kettle ST. JOSEPH, Mo., Dec. B. (UP) Salvation Army officials trust their street corner Santa Clauses but tbey can't say as much for some of those who contribute. That's why they put locks on the coin kettles this year. "The bell ringers are honest but we have suffered losses In other years because some unscrupulous persona would drop In a quarter and take out 30 cents In change," the army captain said. TREATY SANCTITY ; TO INSURE PEACE World Headed For Anarchy ' Unless Nations Adopt ' Policy Of 'Fair Dealings.' BUENOS AIRES, Deo. 8. (UP) Secretary of State Cordell Hull told the Inter-American peace conference today that "the world will head straight toward International anarchy and chaos" unless the sanctity of agreements again Is recognized and there Is "faithful fair dealing" among nations. The chairman ot the United States delegation. In hie first speech to the conference since It opening last Tuesday, Hull reviewed abuses that seem to be driving large sections or the world to ware, war; ' atd cited some of the steps which could' be taken, particularly by the nations or the . Americas, to banish armed con flict from this hemisphere and to In sure peace. -. - HuH said the growing international disregard for treaty pledges Is the most dangerous 'single development of recent years. Nations and gov ernments, he asserted; must revive their-respect for treaty pledges and honor their obligations end the trust plsced in them, If war Is to be avert ed. "May I aay here that this 'Is not a time for crimination or recrimination, nor Is such In my mind during this discussion." Hull said. "There must be the fullest patience and forbear ance, one country with another, as tbe nations . endeavor to .climb back to that high ground of wholesome end elevating relationship of loyalty to the-given word and faithful fair dealing." EX-SHERIFF CASE No verdict had been reached by the Jury at midnight last night In the trial of J. H. Turner In federal court on a charge of setting and leaving unattended a fire near timber on the public domain. The onse was given to the Jury at 11:30 yesterday morning after defense counsel had noted exceptions to Judge James Al ger Fee's charge. Mr. Turner, who has a ranch near Gold Beticft; Is a former sheriff of Curry county. He was tried on an indictment containing two counts. The Jury waa composed of James H. Heraey, A. A. Madden, A. 8. Barnes, John Cupp. W. H. Norcross, 8. A. Peters. Alfred C. MIUelMeedt, J. N, Branscombe, tt. A. Frost, George W. Howard, Summer Chase and Frank Jordan, FASCIST BOMBS MADRID, Dec. fl. p; Fascist aer ial bombs wrecked an occupied houne near the American embassy today in a raid apparently aimed at raging an entire section of Madrid not half a mile from, the U. 8. official building. At least 20 Madrllenos were killed In the second raid in as many days. Inhabitants of a house In Qlorieta de Quevedo were burled, dead or alive. In the splintered debris of their home, struck directly by an expos Ire bomb. Two of the raiders were shot down i !n MrMVtiLiii.- halt I with fnt-rn. ment pursuit ships which took the air when the Invaders, were sighted. While rescuers dug In tht ruins piled up by the air bombs. Insurgent land batteries opened up on the American -owned telephone building housing hundreds of refugees, and said to be the strongest edifice In Madrid. LOSE 1 2 MILLIONS " UK DOCHTRIKE Union Of Farm Interests To End Walkouts Exports Hit Perkins Optimistic. , HEPPNER, Ore.. Dec. 5. (AP) A union of farm Interests to end labor strikes' crushing blows at agricul ture's pocketbook was recommended to the Eastern Oregon Wheat league at Its annual convention here. Persons of the Pacific Northwest's Inland wheat country who may never have seen a great ocean freighter today learned the maritime strike had cost the wheat farmers of the ter ritory from 12 to 15 million dol lars. The staggering sum was added to other untold losses which will come next season when the effects of tho autumn drought, broken now by rain and snow, begin to show up In the new crop. The estimate of the wheat pro ducers' losses waa presented by Dean William A. 8c hoe nf eld of Oregon State college. He anok for Governor Charles Martin, prevented from at tending the convention by Illness. Dr. Scboenfeld said the damage already was done and could not be removed by an early termination of the waterfront tie-up. The north west's fall and winter export season Is virtually over. Argentine and Aus tralian wheat Is ready to enter the competition for world markets. For eign buyers are offering good prices for Oregon wheat, ht said, but their orders cannot be met. t The- 300 members of the"1" wheat league were Urged to support what ever action was undertaken to pre vent a repetition of the disastrous strike. Expressions or resentment against the strike were strong and today discussion of remedial meas ures were scheduled. .Farmers said the maritime strike came Just when they aaw prospects of pulling out of the depression period, " (fly the AMoclated Press " " Thousands ot striking maritime workers paraded , along San Francis co's Market street yesterday (Satur day) in a bid for public support while (Continued on Page Eight.) -4- TO BE IRKED BY PATRONAGE CUTS WASHINGTON, Deo. 8 (UP) The administration Is preparing for con gress a patronage potion which may embitter some members of the house and senate snd even arouse vengeful congressmen to legislative rebellion this winter. Congress will get Its bad news first from the works progress sdmlnlstra tlon. Administrator Harry L. Hopkins has decided to reduce his administrative payroll by firing 6.000 employes and to cut tho number of patronage, placed WPA project supervisors and foremen by approximately 30.0O0. Most of these Jobs pay from l,000 to S2.000 a year. There are almost 123.000 patronage employes In the WPA set-up per forming clerical and supervisory Jobs. By firing ono of every sis In the In terest or economy, Hopkins will csuse practically every Democrat In con gress scute sngulah where It Is most effective back home smong the con stituents. More bsd patronage .news may come from committees Investigating reor ganisation of government, congress created two committees and Presi dent Roosevelt has a commission from which a prellmlnsry report may be available this month or In early Jan uary. Objective of the studies Is to reduce governmental expenditures. The most obvious mesns Is reduction of personnel by merging overlapping agencies. I'lan New Courthouse HOOD RIVER. Dec. 5. (AP) Hood Rive- will get a new county courthouellf Its ais.ooo offer Is se cepted forltne Butler Banking com pany bullilng. The cash offer was mnde torn the structure erected ten years itfo at a cost of $100,000. rirst Auto Death PORTLAND, Dee. 5 (AP) The oeeth of James R. Ka&tuens, 8J. was the fir traffic fstsltty of Port land's new ;xllce year. Kathrens died of Injuries received In an accident on October 18. Holy Father Stricken FT " s 5T Pope PORTLAND, Deo.- . CP) Dusty whent fields or. northeastern Oregon were under four Inches of snow to night as the first msjor storm of the winter , swept through Oregon. . Onowplows wers called out In that section for the first time this year. ' Otrccts of Baker were whitened and heavy snows fell In the Bins and Wallowa mountains country. Flakes drifted down on psrehed Klamath falls In south central Oregon and overcast skies tonight promised more of the welcome moisture. Ixing-awalted snows came to the central Onscado mountain region and Bend reported the McKcnite and Santlam passes blsnketed. Motorists were told by highway officers they could travel the McKenrle only at their own risk. Rain feil generally In western Ore gon. Heavy showers drenched Christ mas -shopping, throngs (ln downtown Portland. Pendleton had Its first good rsln slnos September 8. Nearly a quarter or an Inch of moisture descended. Rain In the west and light snows In the east with dropping tempera tures In the northeast corner of the state were forecast. RENO, Nov., Dec. fl. (UP) Court bsttle of Mrs. Mary B. Smith of Now York to obtnln a shnre In the $2,000, 000 estate of the lete Oeorge Edmund Smith, her divorced husband, receiv ed a setback today. District Judge Thomas T, Moran sustslned s demurer riled by attor neys for the estate of the former president of the Royal Typewriter company against Mrs. Smith's suit seeking to set sslde her HMO Reno divorce on grounds Smith had "schemed" to force her to divorce him. ' Mrt. Smith's amended complaint, Judgo Morsn held, did. not present facts sumclent to warrant ' setting aside the divorce decree, She was al lowed 20 days to file a substitute. She chsrged her former husband's "fraudulent" ststemens led her to believe he was worth only $183,200. Her alimony of 6O0 s month, she added, wss "grossly Inadequate." More Hall Time WASirmaTOM, oec. b. (AP) The interstate commerce commission granted the Oregon Pacific and East ern Railway company an eitenaion from January 1, 1037 to January 1, 1038, in the time fixed for begin ning construction of a Una of rail road In ln county, Oregon, ( lee men To Meet All Oleemen are expected to be sssembled next Tuesday night at the Baldwin Piano Shoppe for regular rehearsal, it was announced yester day. The rehearsal win Include work on the minstrel show, and on Christ mas carols. 4eoototd Press Pnofo Pill, E. IN PRISON CELL SAN FRANCISCO, Dec. 8. (AP) The trio of young terrorists sought lor a killing, series of jibberles and a kldnsplnj, kas reduced to one today by the suicide of Frank Sena, alias Crone, In his Jail cell. Bena's body was found early today dangling at the side of his cell. One of his rompsnlons In crime, William Dally, shot himself under a church In Merced when the pursuit became too uncomfortable. The remainder of the youthful gang, Ernest Pla, 18, looked at Sena's body todsy and remarked bitterly: j "The dirty has left me to face It alone." Ten counts of robbery and one of murder were filed against Pla and Sena this week In connection with the robbery of a tavern here and slaying of Dsn O'Connell, watchman. Their combined ball was set at $1, 000,000. . Pla surrendered to Merced author! ties a few minutes after Sena was captured there and Daly had com mitted suicide. E ENTIRE MID-WEST (Hy the AMorioted Press) Sharp winds from Canada drove thermometers downward Saturday night over a large section of the middle and far west while anow and rain brought smiles to the faces of farmers and stockmen. Forecasts for Sunday called for warmer weather, genera tly. In the area east of Ohio, but westward, with monotonous regularity, the forecasts read "cold wave" and "continued cold." Snow waa In prospect for practi cally the whole middle west, but most mountain states anticipated clearing weather. Wyoming, with snow predicted, was an exception. The cold wave In most areas was moving down from the vicinity of Edmonton, Alta., where Saturday's minimum reading was 24 below. 4 BULLETIN EOCENE. Ore., Dec. 8. (AP) Uni versity of Oregon's hsrd driving bssketbsll team showed up well In spurts here tonight to turn bsck Multnomsh Athletlo club of Portlsnd by s 97-4H score. Urgel "Slim" Wlntermute, sopho more center, took high scoring hon ors with 17 points. SEATTLE, Deo. 6. (AP) In their first game of the season, the Wash ington Huskies defeated the Alpine basketball team of Seattle tonight. Plsy was ragged snd the Alpine teim wss hnrdly s testing block for ths Huskies. VATICAN ASSURES ri WORLD CONDITION IS NOT ALARMING Holy Father Cheerful De-. spite First Serious Illness Worries Over War Threats Blamed. VATICAN CITT, Dee. 8. (AP) Pope Plus XI drifted Into a troubled sleep early today, suffering pain from a blood clot on his left leg and with both lower llmba partially paralysed. Relatives who visited Vatican City said, however, they were assured bis condition wss not alarming. Information Issued by the Vatican tended to minlmlso the seriousness of tthe pointings Illness the first serious trouble he has had since he became pope February 8, 1031 but his Intimates said tbey recognise his 70 yesrs enfeebled him. His holiness accepted bla discom fort with cheerful resignation, par rying on some of his duties. Shortly before bis bed-chamber . was darkened for tbe nlgbt be talked, freely for nearly half an hour wttb Senator Crlapl, father-tn-law of one of bis nieces. Donna Anastlne Camlnata ItasU, widow or Plus' brother, and nephews snd nieces also visited the Vatican. After talking with Mongalgnor Oon-, falonler. the pontiffs private secre tary t&ey said they were reassured on the pope's condition. . 1 Prelates expressed hope the ports, would be relieved of psln within few days and would be able to resume his normal routine. The holy fsther Insisted en using his keen mind and unimpaired areas to carry on the duties of his church yesterdey. ...... 1 Serenly confident that God's win would permit him to rise shortly, tbe 79-yesr old pontiff nerertheleas re- signed himself even to death should It come. - . . "I am In the hands of Ood." i high prelate quoted the pops. Whereupon, he summoned bis as slstsnte and took up "with complete guod cheer" the work of wis day, dictating snd signing letters from his bed, determined to carry on the arrslrs or church. The pope's Insistence on perform ing msny of his duties snd his re fusal to allow, performsnce of a small , blood-letting operation caused pre occupied vstlcsn officials to summon a specialist. Father Agostlno Oemelll, from Milan. His valet, Malvestltl, was the fires to discover the pontic's sffllcatlon ' when he went to ssslst him with his vestments In the esrly morning. Vatican physicians were summoned and found the pontiff barely able . stir the left leg. Itr. they noticed hesvlness of ths limbs hsd spread to the right leg. In a preliminary diagnosis, they ssld his condltlln wss aggravated also by a combination of arterlo sclerosis snd high blood pressure. Official notlcea called his Illness " slight dlsturbsnre." . The pontiff hsd a messsge pre pared to cardinals, archbishops and other church prelates awaiting him for today's flnsl ceremonial sfter s week of spiritual eserclses. He excused his absence because of his Illness snd chsrged Csrdlnsl Bu genlo Paceltl, papnl secretary of stste, to congratulate the prelates for hav ing observed the Important religious exercises. "Worries' of recent weeks, over . threats of wldespresd strife In Bur ope, were responsible for ths pon tiff's condition, the. Vatican news paper Osservatore rtomano reported. Vatlcin ' prelatea said the holy father had been worried greatly by the Spanish civil war snd Its pos sible expsnslon Into a "class wsr" through all Europe. cancelled. FOR COMING WEEK SAN FRANCISCO. Deo. 8. (API Outlook In fsr western states for December 7 to 13 Inclusive: Occss lonsl rain along Pacific, slope with snows over mountains and plateau regional otherwise cloudy westher; temperature below normal In Pacific Northwest and by end of week else where. Oregon: Cloudy Sundey with local snows over mountains snd rains northwest portion: Monday generally (air but cloudy west portion: colder northessl portion: fresh southwest to west wind off the coast, , 1
