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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Sat urday. Frost tonight. Rising temp rat ur Sat urdav. TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday &3 Lonest this morning S3 Don't Forget Sunday I th blf classified ad daj. 23 ran to hart your ad numbered among "those pres ent." . Voull be pleased with remit. Ade accepted until 8 p. m. Saturday. Dont turret. Teibune EDFORD Full Associated Press all United Press Thirtv-Second Year MEDFORD. OR EG OX. FRIDAY. APRIL 16. 1937. No. 22. wwmM I I Ism I M In P mm. 5 By Paul .Million , (Copyright, 1937, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON. April lfl, Presi dent Roosetelt has been telling friends privately he ha an absolute """- -""3 minimum maior- f , jywswTjV V ity of five votes jfor his court pack- sing bill In tbe sen late. Postmaster g General Farley ' has been telling me worm auuuob dally that the president will win In a walk. Judlci- &3.1AsUurst says that, Paul .Mallon of course, the mu will not be withdrawn, because no one quits when he la winning. Ordinarily, in auch circumstances, officials do not find It necessary or advisable to advertise their confi dence so strenuously. The conate.nl reiteration of these claims has, In fact, aroused some vague suspicion that something must be wrong some where on the Inside. There la. A fair, careful. Impartial check and double-check of the senate Indicates the Inside situation to be as follows: The president seems to have a good chance to get fifty-one votes, of which ten are by no meana cer tain. The opposition has 39 vote sure and will get at least four more for a probable total of forty-four. Only two senators are atlll really doubtful and they will probably vote against. Thla means the situation la so tight as to be really dangerous from the president's atandpolnt. Mr. R's minimum la really hi maximum. Mr. Farley la bluffing. The president stands to win today by only a margin of alx votes, and he cannot be cer tain even of that. ' A These deduction are not baaed on simple poll. On this Issue, polling Is useless because so many senators are playing a cat-and-houae game. For instance, an Inside poll made by the opposition leaders last Tuesday showed : For 37, leaning for 8 total 43. Against 44, leaning against 10 total M. The trouble with these flgurea la (Continued on Page Three.) WHEAT TAILSPIKS IN SELLING RUSH CHICAGO. April 16. (AP) De moralized general selling reported In European markets regardless of price, with huge stop loss orders executed. led today to excited tumbles of wheat prices here. In a twinkling. 5 cents a bushel on many transactions were slashed from the values of wheat both In Chicago and Winnipeg, the most radical Immediate setback permitted by trade rules. Violent fluctuations then followed, and when comparative order was restored after wild Initial dealings, the Chicago market ruled about 2 cents to 3 cents lower than , yesterday's finish. Leading Chicago specialist In wheat said a world wide wave of general liquidating sales had been precipitated by gold rumors, and that there was, besides, a nearly uni versal impression that the Canadian government grain board had been selling Its holdings of May wheat fut ure at a greatly accelerated rate. Driver Acquitted OHEGON CITY, April 16. (AP) The circuit court Jury acquitted Dr. Harvey W, Freeze. Oregon City, of Involuntary manslaughter yesterday in connection with the traffic death of Albert Faist, 35, near Canby last New Yesr's eve. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Dick Sleight precariously balancing a chocolate soda in each hand while crossing Main street tn busy midday traffic, he succeeding in reaching his destination with both concoctions still intact. Fred Underwood already recruiting players for a Vntatl'. klttenball team and painting advantages of the Rime in superlative terms. Hn H.n-k looking sa pretty as a rouple of pictures in her new and very modish library amock. f)ob Gil trap abruptly calling off a m-ell-planned motor Jaunt to Iuene becauiw the s'rrann t. ere were too h'.th lor fishiny. others in the pirty not caxicE two emu about aaslln. Unions Determined To Strike at 6 P. M. Unless Demands Met SAN FRANCISCO, April 16. (Ap Leaders of two railroad brother hoods announced today that a strike of 8500 Southern Pacific employes would become effective at 6 p m., despite presidential intervention, un less the company granted the unions' The announcement followed a con ference between the brotherhood of ficials and Southern Pacific officials. "We are standing pat on our de mands," declared C. V. McLaughlin, vice-president of the Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen. No Compromise. "There will be no compromise as the brotherhoods want a complete settlement. "It is quite possible that we might get together with Southern Pacific officials again before 0 p.m." The firemen and the Brotherhood of Railroad trainmen have demand ed monlea assertedly due under pro visions of awards by the national railroad adjustment board. They also asked Improved working , conditions and the right of their rep- I resentatlves to represent their mem bers in the handling of grievances. The strike call, result of a mem- j bershlp referendum, would tie up service on the company's lines from Portland, Ore., to El Paso. Tex., Mc Laughlin said. Mediators Mum. Member of an emergency media tion board, appointed under the rail- : way labor act by President Roosevelt In an effort to avert the strike, plan ned a meeting here Tuesday, mean while declining comment on the situation. Spokesmen for the brotherhoods of locomotive engineers and conductors, opposed to the walkout, said they would fight it actively. "Service will be maintained." said S. O. Peterson, general chairman of the engineers. "We do not believe a strike will occur, because It would be clearly illegal now that the president of the United States haa appointed a special emergency' board to Investigate the dispute." commented A. D. McDon ald, president of, the carrier. SOCIAL SECURITY PHASES ILLEGAL BOSTON. April 16. ( AP ) The United States circuit court of ap peals today ruled unconstitutional both the unemployment Insurance tax provision and the old age assist ance provision of the social security act. Two of the three Justices held the provisions Illegal. Both provisions of the act had been challenged by George P. Davis, a public utility stockholder. The court In ruling the unemploy ment Insurance tax unconstitutional said "The Issue is not what powers congress ought to have to meet con ditions as viewed by the executive and legislative branches of the gov ernment, but what powers are vested in congress under the constitution. The supreme court through a long series of opinions haa defined those powers and the limitations upon them. If the constitution as con strued through the years requires amendments to meet new conditions the way Is provided therein." GLENN TERRILL NAMED IRRIGATION SECRETARY KLAMATH FALLS. April 16. ( AP) Glenn TerrlU, for 13 years deputy Klamath county assessor, has been named by the board of directors to succeed A. L. Crawford as secretary of the Klamath Irrigation district. Terrill la a member of a well known Jackson county family and was at one time assistant cashier of a Med ford bank. A imee s Private Nurse Tells of Family Strife LOS ANGELES, April 16. (AP) The private nurse of Amee Semple Mcpherson testified today that Jacob Moldel once told the evangeiist he considered her "Insane, childish, in competent and without any businese sense. The nurse, Ella Nordin, was a wit ness against Roberta Semple, Airnee's estranged daughter, who Is suing Wllledd Andrews, her mother's at torney, for 1 50.000 on slander charges. Moldel told Aimee. Miss Nordin raid, that Rheba Crawford, former associate temple pastor and no Mrs Mcpherson's enemy, felt the wmc way about Aims mentaiity as he d:d. Mrs. Mcpherson said today, com-1 menting upon report that there might be a reconciliation between her and her es'.raiwed mjthor Mn ; Minnie (Ma Kenned., that the; would make oo overtures, j demands In lull. 10 BE Southern Pacific railroad officials In Medford said that the proposed railroad strike would only affect a dozen trainmen at Ashland, southern Oregon division point. PORTLAND. Ore.. April 16. (AP) Herbert R. Rlx, local chairman of the Brotherhood of Firemen and En ginemen. awaited developments in the Southern Pacific Railway com pany labor 'dispute today, assured the strike would go through, at 6 "As far as I know the plans will p. m. go through as T heard them In San Francisco several days ago," he said. "If there has been a change, there must be a hitch somewhere because we haven't heard a thing here or at Eugene." The strike threat created a trans portation problem for Dr. Dexter M. Keezer. president of Reed college and member of the emergency mediation board appointed by President Roose velt. Dr. Keezer prepared .to depart for the south by rail to attend the board's first meeting at San Francisco Tues day. If the strike Is called he Is un certain whether he will travel by auto or plane. . ........ 'The dlsputa will Involve ISO en ginemen and firemen tn Portland, Rlx said. The Eugene local has about 159 members. Switchmen are also involved, but J.. W.. Graham, their representative, could not b reached for comment at his home s. Lincoln Beach. Ore. 'A walkout would mean tleup of rail .transportation in Oregon south of Portland to Eugene and down the valley line through Ashland, and on the main line across the mountains from Eugene through Klamath Falls. eugenb; ore., April le. (Ap The thrpatened Southern Pacific lines strike will throw 300 employes out of work in the Eugene yards, It was estimated here today. The Brotherhood of Firemen and Enginemen and the Brotherhood of Railway Trainmen, the two striking groups, include In Eugene 100 engine men, 125 firemen and 00 yardmen. ROOSEVELT PLANNING TARPON FISHING TRIP WASHINGTON. April .15. (AP) President Roosevelt said today he had definitely decided to leave by train April 28 for New Orleans to embark on his tarpon fishing trip In the Gulf of Mexico. He will be gone about two weeks. No other details of the trip were announced. PARTS, April lfl. (AP) The air ministry disclosed today It was con sidering postponement of the pro posed New York to Paris air race this spring, planned to commemorate the tenth anniversary of Col. Charles A. Lindbergh's flight. Income Shares Maryland Fund. bid 110.14: asked til. 11. Quarterly Income, bid 918.30; ask ed S20.OS. "But the olive branch is always waving on my flagpole," she added. The intimate story of events at Angelus temple s melodrama of wrestling bouts and near fist-fights, of threads and verbal explosions was continued today. Mta Nordin was asked about the evtnta of Friday. March 13. 1836, In Thoenlx, Ariz., m-hen the evangelist says her daughter and Moldel, bigh pressured her into signing contract of which she disapproved. "Sister Almee was very 111.' Miss Nordin said. "Roberta met us In Phoenix and plunged Immediately into the question of signing those contract. She said. 'Mother you re sitting on a ponder-kg and it's go ing to blow you and the temple to pee if you don't sign'. The contract. Almee haa testified, provided four-year Jobs for her lautfhtrr rn'l Mofde nd two othr pT?on.. , ;t nc "knew they were aga.nsl God s will." BY IN GUN BATTLE Furious Fight Waged in To peka Postof fice When Agents Attempt to Arrest Suspects Bandits Flee TOPEKA, Kas., April 16. (A, A federal agent was shot and critically wounded and a bystander was wound ed in the foot today in the lobby of Topeka's postof flee during an at tempt to arrest a suspected New York bank robber and his accomplice. About 20 shots were fired In a furious battle In the building, locat ed In the center of the city's business district. The suspects escaped In an automobile they had left parked out side. - Agent W. W. Baker of the federal bureau of investigation was shot four times and so badly wounded that an emergency operation was undertaxen. The wounded bystander was O. D. Davis of To peka. The shooting occurred In front of the registry window at the post office where three federal agents had kept vigil for several days. As Baker moved toward the sus pect, an accomplice of the man open ed fire from the rear of the building, shooting Baker In the back.- As Baker turned, another shot was fired into his chest. Two more bullets struck him in the legs as the fugitives start ed toward an unguarded door to their car parked across the street. The other agents followed Into the street and fired on the car as It sped away. Frank Stone, assistant director of the state highway patrol, said the fugitives were Identified as Alfred Power. 30, alias Lewis Moore, and Rudolph Brlnker, 38, wanted for the robbery of a bank at Katonah. New York. DELAYED BY RAIN Starting of the sawmill of the Med ford Corporation (Owen-Oregon Lum ber company); scheduled for today, has been deferred on account of rain in the hills making logging operations Impossible. General Manager James H. Owen said today. Logging operations started last Mon day in the Butte Falls district, but were suspended, due to weather con ditions. The ground was so soggy the heavy caterpillars could not operate, and when they did. left a sea of mud Woodsmen are now engaged in at tempting to drain the land to speed the work as much as possible. Owen said the sawmill would be started "as soon as the weather will permit." A few days of sunshine would dry the ground sufficiently, he thought. Under present conditions, not enough logs can be turned out to keep the mill pond full. BUS, TROLLEY SHE PUTS AKRON ON FEET AKRON. O., April I,-(AP) Bus drivers and street car operators staged a sudden walkout today and left 300.000 residents of greater Akron without service. A picket line formed around the Darns and no cars or buses were nva liable. A spokesman for the Akron Trans portation Co., with which the Amal gamated Electrical Railway. Street Car and Motor Coach Employes of America had been conducting nego tiations, claimed the walkout came without warning, although wage negotiations had been In progress for several weeks. EAGLE POINT STUDENTS EXPRESS APPRECIATION The student body of Eagle Point high school today expressed their ap preciation to the many Medford mer chants and business men who co operated with them In producing the school's flrt annual. The year book will be ready for distribution about May 14. according to Ralph Lamb, asslstsnt business manager of the annuel staff. Burl Industry Bmim. SALEM. April 16. fl Five hun dred men are now engaged In digalnc maple and laurel burls In Oregon snd Washlntgon, msklng this Indus try one whlrh Is attracting consid erable attention J. H. Van Winkle. npratlng in the SUverton and Jeffer son sress, Informed stats employment i officials. CANADIAN STRIKE Will Counsel 3700 Men Out at Ashawa to Return to Tasks Monday Pending Agreement With Company OMIAWA. Out., April 16. vJ) Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers of America, announced lute today that an agreement to settle the Canudlan tjcncrul Motors strike of 3,i00 worker:, had been reach ed yesterday In Detroit. OSHAWA. Ont., April 16. ( AP) The Canadian Press said today It hart , learned on good authority that automobile union official, conferring hero on the strike of 3.700 General Motors of Canada workers, would ad vise the men to return to work Mon day pending an agreement with the company. Officials of the Oshawa local un Ion of the United Automobile Work era of America met with Homer Mar tin, president of the International union, and with Hugh Thompson, union organizer. Martin' came here today from Detroit. A mass meeting was to follow, at which proposals were to be placed before the strikers. If the strikers agreed to the proposals, the Canadian Press said, they would return to work Monday and efforts to reach an agreement fcftween the union and the company would continue. ELDERLY WORKERS TO BE REINSTATED PORTLAND, April 18. (AP) J. O. Albright, deputy state .administrator, announced today the Immediate re instatement of all WPA applicants between 65 and 70 years old. They were dropped from the work relief rolls late last year and ' the early part of this year. Albright said the order developed In a long-distance conference with E. J. Griffith, administrator, now at Washington. Between 800 and 1000 persons will be affected by the shift In policy. Reinstatement will depend upon eli gibility for direct relief or ability to work . Griffith' aida pointed out that per sona eligible for old ago pension ben efits under the social security pro gram will not bo removed from the WPA rolls. Those applying for social security aid will remain on the em ployable Hat for federal projects until benefit paymenta are received. Harold Grey, district director, said today that It was Impossible to state definitely the number of former WPA workers In this district who would be affected. Not much reaction was expected tn the county, he point ed out, because some who bad been dropped from the rolls had undoubt edly procured other employment. "The ruling will affect only those persons who were released from WPA employment because of their age. Reinstatements will be based en tlrely upon the present relief need and the ability to perform the typea of work now available on WPA pro ject'." he said. Orey explained that there were only 16 bonaflde signers to the pe tltlon circulated early In March re questing reinstatement to WPA work, and that he knew of several of the signers who had made other arrange ments. Hunt For Glamor Replaces Babies In Feminine Heart WASHINGTON, April 16. 'AP) The American Society of News paper editors heard today that beauty, social ease and style have supersede children, church and kitchen in women's Interests. Alice Hughes, New York Ameri can columnist, said In an ad dress prepared for the editors 16th annual convention that tne new trinity constitutes glamor. "Just as men seek adventure, so women covet glamor." she said "It la not merely a synonym for romance. It Is a romance with bad dose of wish fulfillment. "Now .mind you, 1 sro not de nying there is Interest in the sci--ntlflc diapering of babies ana tha -woivr way of preparing meat and potatoes. But I am saying the (ire the idiom of veaterdsy "' New Chamber Executives : X w v H ""a IMsisHLuiakHBsaiftlH Shown above are the new ofricers of the Jarkson County Chamber of Commerce, elected for the lf37-'38 year by the hoard of directors this afternoon. Olen Arusnlger. who be gins his second term as president. Is pictured at the top I ft. At the right. Is A, 9. V. Carpenter, vice-president. Eugene Thormlike, treasurer, bottom left. Shown at the bottom right Is A. If. Bannell, who U start ing his fifth year as chamber man ager. IS FOR SECOND TENURE Olen Arnsplger was re-elected presi dent of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce at the annual meeting of the board of directors In the Hotel Medford thla afternoon. He will serve for the 1937-'38 year, this being his second consecutive term of office. A. 8. V. Carpenter was elected vice president, Eugene Thorndlke treasur er and A. H. Ban well manngpr. Mr. Banwell has served as manager for the past four years and Is now be ginning his fifth year with the or ganization. The election cleared the way for the chnmbefa annual banquet-meet ing to be held in the Hotel Medford at 6:30 next Thursday evening. Earl Bnsll, secretary of state, will be the guest speaker and musical entertainment will be provided by Miss Mary Ann Gates. Motion pic tures of the San Francisco-Oakland bay bridge will be shown. The chamber management asked that reservations be made without delay. SALEM. April 18. ( AP) The state corporation commissioner approved today the application of the Meier tV Frank company. Inc., to sell 183. S28 shares of S10 par value stock. Roosevelt Holds Silence On Court Pack, Strikes WASHINGTON. April 16. (AP) President Roosevelt declined again t'Klay to discuss congressional devel opments In connection with his court program. He also declined once more to talk about sit-down strikes. Questioned about ihe supreme court decision upholding the Wagner Labor Relations Act, the chief execu tive said he was not prepared to dls ouu It since he hsd not had time to resd carefully the majority snd minority opinions. Questioned specifically about the proposal of Senator McCarran iD- Nev) to compromise the supreme ' court enlargement proposal by pro ! viding for two new Justices Instead ' of a possible maximum of six, the president replied a new amendment j was put forward every ten or flf een ! minutes. I Nevertheless, talk of compromlM persisted as the senate Judiciary com- I mtttee neared the nd of IM long h arlnga on the court measure. Jami E Freeman. Eptf-oiiM t. ;.-p i ol ths Washington diocese, ass the IHII .HL.I.. i mmmi.. mn! t x WVVS FAIR AND FROST PREDICTION FOR VALLEY TONIGHT With the cessation of the contlnu oua showers of the past aeverat days and the approach of a high pressure area from tha coast, weather officials today predicted fair weather for to night and tomorrow, with frost ex pected. Hall and heavy showers visited the city last night, with .18 .of an Inch of precipitation recorded. Tempera tures did not go below freezing last night, minimum reported as 36 de grees and rtftxtriium 83. Official forecast this giorntng was: Fair to night and ' Saturday; frost tonight; rising temperature Saturdny. W. J. Hutchison, United States meteorologist, pointed out that only general forecasts are made from the bureau here, detailed predictions as to frost danger being left to R. Q. Rogers, official frost observer, who checks conditions much later In the day. The bureau merely Indicates probabilities as to what may be ex pected, Hutchison said. A report from the Table F-ock dis trict stated that the recent heavy rains caused a sudden rise In Rogue river, the stream rising out of banks In some low sections and threaten ing plowed fields In a few Instances. (Continued on Page Four.) opposition's leading witness today In what may prove to be the last session of the hearing. He was to be follow ed by former Senator Brookhart of Iowa, a supporter of the bill. Freeman told the committee that tampering with the Independence of tho courts "may lead to a situation that would make this great democ racy an oligarchy, the sport and play thing of ruthless and self-seeking despots." Warning against destruction of "reverence snd respect for law," Free man warned that It might lead to "a situation like those which have dis rupted strong states and empires." "In our fancied security, our trust in our genius snd our free Institu tions' he said, "we may be rudely awakened one day to s realtratlon of our folly, and then only to find ourselves Incapable Of dealing with emboldened forces that have taken the law Into their own hands. The committee will meet tomorrow in closed session to vote on a motion ' tbe testimony. BLDCKADERS PLAN CLOSE SCRUTINY AMERICAN SHIPS Patrol Will Verify Papers of All United States Ships to Prevent Masquerading Under Stars and Stripes LONDON, April 18. Ships fly ing the United States flag In Span ish waters will be questioned by the non-intervention blockade patrol of Spain, officials of the neutrality com mittee disclosed today. The patrol will verify tbe papers of all United States vessels, officials said, as a guard against the possi bility of ships of other nations mas querading under the Stars and Stripes to run contraband to the Spantsh combatants. Bonaflde American shipping, how ever, will not be searched. The lnterntalonal blockade of the Spanish coasts has been ordered to start at midnight of next Monday, April 19, to enforce the "hands off Spain" committee's embargo of fur ther foreign arms or men entering Spain. Warships of Great Britain, Franoa, Italy and Germany will encircle Spain in collaboration with the committee's land agents on Spain's French and Portuguese frontiers. ' The 27 nations participating In the neutrality committee's effort to In sulate Europe from a spread of the Spanish war are bound by the em bargo to prevent their ships from carrying men or munitions to Spain. BY ft TWO MAJOR SECTORS PORTLAND. April 16. (AP) High water left Impaired highway commu nications at two major spots In Ore gon todsy. The Oregon Motor association re ported the east side of the Paclfia highway blocked by floods at Harrls- burg. Traffic has been re-routed down the west side. Twenty Inches of water hid th roadbed south of Ooqullle. A pilot car guided automobiles and trucks over the sloppy stretch. The Crooked river spilled over Its banks and threatened damage to homes In West Prlnevllle. Flood waters rose in Wast Salem but resulted In only minor losses. The Willamette river dropped rapidly through the night at Eugene after reaching a record peak late yesterday. The deaths of J. Fred Mines. Seat tle salesman, In an automobile and William Mehl, Clackamas county, who was struck by an uprooted snag, were the only losses of Ufa In the heavy April rainstorms. The United States weather bureau promised Oregon fair weather tonight and Saturday. Lower temperatures may bring spring frosts. GATES TELLS BAKERS NEW CAKE TECHNIQUE PORTLAND, April 16. (AP) A new ultimate In the baker's art, wedding cake to express the person ality of the individual wedding guest, was described by William A. Oates of Medford to Pacific northwest bakers In session here. ROME. April 16. ( AP) The Ital ian cabinet today decreed sweeping measures to promote an Increase la the Italian birthrate. Including the authorlutlon of marriage loans of 50 to 1160 to induce couplet to wad. Rolf; Of Scarlett Remains Unfilled Says Film Firm HOIXTWOOD. Calif., April 1. (AP) Slznlck International Picture company reiterated to day that no on haa been cast yet In the turn version ot "Clone With th Wind." although Tallu lah Bankhead'a manager an nounced at 8t. Lou la that sha had been offered the role of Scarlett O'Hara. "As a matter ot fact," officials said, "Director Oeorge Zufcor i still searching through the souta for an unknown, or comparatlTsly unknown, actress for the leading part. There haa been more specula tion on the probable cast for Msr garet Mitchell's norel than any other subject In recent film hle tory. Norma Shearer, not long ago, expressed regret ah waa tJiabl to enact th heroine after her name waa mentioned with Miriam Hopkins. Carole Lombard and ofh.rs ss renrJMste. -r
