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The Weather Forecast: I'naettled Bandiy and Monday; moderate tem perature. Temperature: Highest yesterday 6? Lowest yesterday 32 Added Dollars Thar may be a tip on th clas sified page this morning that will mean added dollar to your pocket. No harm In finding out. Turn to that pace rljht now and cheek It over. Medford Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Frets -79 Tbirtv-Second Year MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, APRIL 18, 1937 No. 23. jvTOlnliyjliE I Njslffs -1 ! SURE CANDID Hy Paul Mullon Copyright, 1937, by Paul Mallon. WASHINGTON, April 17 President Roosevelt 1 said to have a new anal ogy for his supreme court problem. Once, long ago, he likened his early iffwNew Deal situation to the problem of football team. iwlth himself as quarterback, call- ling the signals. Now he Is thlnk ilng about his 6 to 1 I supreme court Jllne-up In terms of Isolf. "I feel." he said. In substance, to ft I'aul Mallmi friend, "like a gol fer starting out fresh on a nine hole course, four down." It will sound absurd now, but the .not nnflrmed those three all-pow erful members of the national labor relations board wunoui a iimiiiis ui debate. Doubt It If you will, but there la not a detectable scrap of evidence In the committee or congressional rec ords as to what kind of men compose this new labor aupreme court. Or at any rate there la only one Inconse quential scrap. It Is a letter from someone protesting that one of the spolntees owed something over $400 and declined to pay It. but the lawyer for the appointee pointed out that the court had ruled out the bill on the statute of limitations. If there la anything else, the senate clerks who handled the nominations have been unsble to find It. The answer to this phenomenon Is that few senators really thought the board was constitutional or would ever be Important. No one paid any attention to the appointments when they were confirmed In August, 1935. The general supposition was the ap pointees would serve until the court kicked out the Wagner Act. Even clerks declined to take Jobs with the board or sought transfer because po sitions there were considered Inse cure. It Is now the board's turn to laugh. Jobs there sre not only secure, but the toard has been given greater power under the recent court decision than most of the other boards In Washington. It Is even difficult now to ascertain who was behind the appointments and who recommended them. Senator Joe Guffey. maestro of Pennsylvania politics. Is supposed to be the backer of Board Chairman Madden, a former University of Pittsburgh law profes sor. Mr. Guffey slso Is being credited with the second Pennsylvania ap pointee on the board. Donald Wake field Smith, a, former Homestead ateel worker whoBe father Is an assistant superintendent In the mills. The third board man, Edwin S. Smith, a Harvard man from Brookllne. Mass.. Is attributed to Senr,or Walsh of Massachusetts. It Is clear, however, that Senators Guffey and Walsh were Just the front men who got clearance papers for th appointees In the senste. Labor Secretary Perkins Is supposed to have dug tip the board men with the help chiefly of her Wyzanskl group In the labor depertment and Senator Wagner. Edward A. Pllene. the Boston department store enthusl ast for the co-operative movement, probably first suggested Edwin Smith, who formerly was a personnel man ager In the Fllene store. Smith also Is classified In the Frankfurter group It seems probable also that D. W. Smith was put forward originally by Attorney Oeneral Maglottt of Penn sylvania, a former Republican who trains with the Esrle crowd now There la no question that the board Is thoroughly lsbor-consctous. As between; the Green snd Lewis factions t'lere 111 evidence that It has formerly been cloeer to Lewis thsn to Green, but not obviously so. Labor lesders generally consider It "very f air": employers csil u packed for isi)'-or.' MM Rowevelt's surprising lack of enthusiasm after hla aupreme court victory la said to have iwn derived, nt le at In part, from the attitude of hit two unofficial attorneys general, Mr. potaen and Mr. Corcoran. Nearly evenf legal development around the Whltfe House Is generally attributed to them, and about 90 per rent of the attributions seem to be right. I I ; VI. Mr. Cohen certainly failed to toss his hst In the air at the decision To hla friends he puwd the under standing thst the court haa frequent It baaed decisions In the pant upon "the stream of commerce" theory of interstate commerce. They Interpret ed It as no departure. That, at any rat, la what they an string In conversation. The essence v' their feeling seema to be that they fjspect the court of playing a trick cr them. fiat. t'. fr"r drop t.Cl: ; CoaU&uotl on Page aVeTsnj re IN '38' FOR MARTIN OR STE1WER POST News Broken To Young Democrats War Declar ed On 'Mugwump Repub licans' On Federal Jobs. NORTH BEND. April I7. API Allan Greenwood, young Oswego aviator, was elected president of the Oregon Young Democratic clubs by a vote of 31 to 19 over A. Ray Martin of Eugene. The election was a triumph for Governor Martin's supporters. The governor was rep resented at the convention by W. L. Gosslln, his executive secretary. C. C. Carlson, retiring president, did not seek re-election. Waiter Too-se, 3d. Oswego, withdrew in favor of Martin. The convention will meet In Pen rtiftnn in 1938. That cltv was i with out opposition for the meeting. NORTH BEND, April 17. (API- Young Democrat attending the state convention here tonight had an answer to the question "What will Willis E. Mahoney do In next year's elections" In the tacit statement by the Klamath Falls man that he would be a candidate "for ft major office" In 1938. The governorship and senatorsnip are the only major offices to be re filled, which narrowed his . choice to those two. Gov. Charles H. Martin has not definitely announced yet whether he will seek re-election. Senator Fred rick W. Stelwer, keynoter of the last Republican national convention. Is expected to seek another term In congress. Mahoney launched- his campaign openly by blasting "mugwump Re publican" office holders under Dem ocratic administrations and by mak ing flaming pro-labor speech. "The WPA and PWA and other alphabetical orgftniza'ons are eatur ated with these mugwump Rcpub- Ucans." Mahoney said, "put there by mugwump politicians who think that Is the way to win Republican votes. "But I can assure you that after the next election there will be no mugwump Republicans holding pol itical office In Oregon." In discussing Industrial conflicts. he hailed the Wagner labor act which guarantees rights of collec tive bargalnln as a "new magna charta for labor." The Klamath Falls Democrat said the supreme court decision uphold' lng the law was "the greatest vic tory for the masses since the sign ing of the declaration of inaepena- ence. He said workers used sit-down strikes "only In protest against re peated violations of Industrial lib erties -which congress has recognized and branded antl-unlon legal man euvers of employers as "organized and calculated and cold-blooded sit- down against feeral law. ' BRAND ANALYZES PRESIDENT PLAN T The real Issue Involved In Presi dent Roosevelt's supreme court pro gram is this: Shall the constitution of the United States as construed be changed so that legislation now un constitutional ray become constitu tional? Judge James T. Brand of Marsh field, member of the board of gov emora of the Oregon State Bar, so defined the Issue in an analysis of the president's proposals at a din ner-meetlng of attorneys in the Ho tel Medford last night. The state bar governors and several visiting attorneys were dinner guests of the Southern Oregon Bar. The en- tire board rame to Medford for Its April meeting and transacts routine business at sessions yesterday In the federal courtroom. In presenting Judge Brand, A. A Smith of Baker, president of the Ore on State Bar, pointed out that a ref erendum vote showed the state bar to be 4'j to 1 against the president's court program. He said that the Ore gon state bar Is non-partisan and hs furnished speakers on both aides of the qtiestton but the board hd con cluded that because of the over whelming vote sirens should be placed on opposition to the projected court Charge. Judge Brand stated t!-at the presi dent's proposal was so fundamental that it merited calm and dlspawlon at study before a conclusion should be ventured thereon. He then took up the argument presented by President Roosevelt in support of h-.a ourt proirram find ot 1 fered :t li :-r !-! Mc. to tSi- jCoaUooed oa Pa Taxee.) Medford Hi Debaters Win Western Oregon Title 'Purges' Cabinet Premier Mitchell Hepburn ol Canada (above) demanded resig nation of two members of his cab inet to assure government unity in a great Canadian "economic crisis." Hepburn Is in active op position to the CIO Canadian Gen eral. Motors organization drive. E WILL BUILD LARGE Construction Of Two-Story Building 60 By 250 Feet To Start Soon Modern Design Will . Feature Construction of a modern two-story building, sixty feet deep and 350 feet long will be started within about two weeks at the Bear Creek orch ards, two mllea south of Medford, ac cording to the Rosenberg brothers, David and Harry, operators of the targe fruit concern. The new building, to rise directly In front of the present packing plant, will be one of the most unique from an architectural standpoint, on the Puclfic coast. Following somewhat the lines of Chicago World's Fair structures, the building, which will face the Pacific highway, will be flanked by two towers encased In stainless steel, with heavy black bunds around them. Observation rooms atop each tower will give a fine view of the valley. A sign "Bear Creek Orchards," In large script, will appear between the towers and su perimposed on the front of the building will be a largo symbolic black bear. Upper part of the structtire. toward (Continued on Page Three.) ROOSEVELT TOILS OVER RELIEF AND !E1 WASHINGTON. April 17. (UP) President Roosevelt worked overtime In hla White House study today. charting the government's probable Income and spending plans for 1937 1P38. with the hope that no new taxes will be necessary at this session of congress. The president sought to hold re lief expenditures for the 12 momh after July 1 to less than 1.500,000. 000 (B) to bring the national budget near the balance line and still keep his administration's pledge to care for the needy. Whether he finds this can be done will be known next Tuesday or Wed nesday when he sends a special met satre to congress, asking for money to continue federal work-relief. The administration, it was learned. haa decided to make a tentative si lotment of t, 1 3.V) .000.000 to provide jt l.VO.000 needy on WPA work roils during the next fiscal year. tANBY. Ore- AdtU 17. lAPl Canby Union high school, with a t-anny union nign nnwi , wnn campus of 33 arm. claims the larg- ... .1 J. I m. jarreji were added at sn election this week. r .. ...... . . IK- 'M I i m IGS 'MU KIM f ON 0-C TAX BILL DeRouen Bill Distribution Features . Opposed By Oregon Land Grant Coun tiesDay On Committee. The Introduction in the house of represent atlves In congress of a bill by Congressman DeRouen affecting the present status of the Oregon and California grant lands and the tax equity of the 18 O. fc C. grant land counties of western Oregon, haa again focused the attention of Oregon upon the local rights Involved. These landa originally comprising over two million acres, were granted to the railroad company to assist In the building of the Southern Pacific railroad, most of the lands being pat ented half a century ago. The rail road was required to sell the lands to actual settlers In tracts of not over 160 acres, at 2.50 per acre; vlolatlqn by the railroad of this requirement resulted in litigation, which termin ated in 1916 In an act of congress which took the title- to unsold land from the railroad company 'and. re vested It in the government. At that time there were accrued taxes against the property in the 18 counties which approximated 11.000,000. The. govern ment recognized the right of tbe countlea to receive these taxes and they were paid to tbe several counties. The act of 1916 provided that the goyernme .should, sell . the .jevtMtetf O. & 0. landa and, after repaying (Continued on Page rwelve) FOR START TODAY OF BLOSSOM WEEK Rogue River valley's first annual 'Pear Blossom Week" opens today and until next Sunday orchard blooms will be the predominant featuro of the celebration sponsored by the Crater club. The blossoms broke Into bloom yesterday as If cognizant of the opening of the festivity today after being held in check for days ny cold, rainy weather. With clear skies prevailing It was expected that many motorists would today make the trip around "pear Blossom Way" to see the orchards In bloom. The first organized tour of the blossom route will be made by the Eagles who will hold a dis trict convention here today.- Signs have toeen erected to direct travelera to Pear Blossom Way. the route of which follows: East on Main street to the Hlllcrest orch ards: south to Phoenix bridge: east up rem valley; south over the hill to the Suncrest area near Talent: west through Talent to Anderson road: north on Anderson road to Phoenix; west on the Pboenlx-Jack-sonvllie road to Jacksonville; north on the Old Stage road to Beall lane; east to Pacific highway; along the Pacific highway back to Medrord. Oeorge Henselman. J. Verne Shan gle and Dwlght Houghton were ap- (Continued on Page Three.) FARM FIELD HELP T ST STOCKTON, Cal., April 17. (UP) A strike of all cannery and agri cultural field workers from here to PTrano threatened tonight following failure on the part of food compsny operators and union workers to reach an agreement on a dispute involving demands for union recognition, ''In creased pay and shorter hours. Strikes hare been called against five food processing and canning plbntA here and more than 1.500 per sons were said to be affected. Riley Sramlln, financial agent for the union, said that the strike would be extnded to workers who now are preparing to harvest the aeparagu and splnarh crops in thousands of acres between here end Pre-ao. micro Ann. it (AP. More i w yivim wua; r- ed drowned In floods on the Jap I D. falanft rt (to k h 1 1 r thsn 100 persons todsy were report ! Whole village were submerged by -overt lowing rivers. 1 Girl Bride, 13, Is Mother, 7 Lb. Babe, 'Doing Well' Report SAN FRANCISCO, April .17. (AP) A 13-year old wife, Mrs. William Rudd of Vallejo. Calif., gave birth to a 7 pound, one ounce daughter at the University or Cslifomla hospital. The birth occurred late last night and phy slclsns reported todsy that the young mother and her child were "doing well." DELETE WHEELER'S NEWS jEEL TALK Governor Now Willing To Restore It If Senator Aggrieved Farley Grilled, . TOPEKA. Kan., April 17. (UP) Qoveraor Walter A. Huxmaa said to night that "if anyone feels aggrieved," he would gladly restore remarks by Sens tor Burton IC. Wheeler, D., Mon tana, which were deleted from the current edition of the March ot Time news reel. The speech by Senator Wheelar, whtel, was deleted by the state board of censors, concerned Wheeler's op position to President Roosevelt's pro posal for reorganization of the Judl- clarym -a. 4 ...- .". : ..M.- Huxman said he had not author ized Miss Maa Clausen, chairman of the board, to delete the speech; She said she ordered the deletion "be cause the senator's remarks were par tisan and biased." "I am too busy with Kansas af fairs to Indulge In argument with Senator Wheeler," Huxman said. "However, if anyone feel their consti tutional rights have been Invaded and wish to make a personal com plaint to me I will see that the de leted part of the film la restored." Huxman said he learned what the deleted remarks were after the reel was cut but he evaded answering a question as to whether he thought the deletion was Justified. "I think one should know what the rules of Kansas censorship are and how they are applied before you can say the act was unjustified," the gov ernor explained. In the speech, Senator Wheeler said: "You can say that the privilege of appointing postmasters wilt not be accorded to me. You can say that I'U get no more project for my state. You can say what you please but I say to you and to Mr. Farley ( Postmaster-General James A. Farley), to everybody else, that I will vote against this proposition because It is morally wrong: It Is morally un sound; It ts a dangerous proceed ing." DETROIT. April 17. (UP) Offic ials of the United Automobile Work ers Union perfected plans ton)gh for a special meeting of Its execu- ttve board in Washington Monday to map a flnsl program for the drive to orgs nine Henry Ford's M0. 000 employes." Local U. A. W, A. officials, claim ing "'thousands of members" among the Ford workers, reported they were ready to begin the "final drive" as soon as the executive board ap proves the plans. The executive board will meet In the offices of John L. Lewis' Untted Mine Workers Union and It was believed probable that the C. 1 O head would Join in perfecting the Ford plana. Lewis has cautioned the auto workers union to wait until It haa Ford workers well organised "before engaging Kenry In conver sation." There was no definite Indication when Ford might institute the wage increases he recently hinted were forthcoming but a source close to the manufacturer Indicated the raises probably would be announc ed when the 198 model goes Into production. War Leader Psssea KKOLEWOOD, K. J . April 17. ( AP) General Jay Johnson Morrow, former governor general of the Pan ama Canal Zone and a brother ol the late U. S. Senator Dwight W Morrow, died last night at his home. He was 67. UNION LAYS PLAN TO OUTWIT FORD 1 ; 'TARZAN' ROLE BY 2 Edward Harris H, And Brother 10, Elusive Away From Home Ten Days And Defy Capture. Edward Harris. 14, and hts brother Roy, 10, Dark Hollow district youths who for the past ten days have been enacting a Juvenile Tares n role, would.be back in school by next Monday, the sheriffs office predicted last night. Tbe lada left their home Wednes day, April 7, snd have been away since. Sheriff 8yd I. Brown suspects they are receiving food and shelter from "sympathetic neighbors." Deputy Sheriff Herb Moore made the prediction, and based It upon the belief that the lada "have had enough of the Tartan stuff.' State police said they bait neen officially notified of the adventures of the ' brothers, but had taken no action. Deputy Moore has mad several ef forts to round up the two feoys. The two youths have also defied efforts of their step-father, Joseph Schmeleer, and two older brothers, to induce them to return home. . The authorities attribute "ucaat- isfactory home condition and a dis like for school," as the cause of the boya' actions. - Sheriff Brown, said that "It would .take. A hundred . posaemen to catch the boys." owing to the brushy na ture of the country and their knowl edge of it. The area borders on a farm area abounding In dsirtei, hen coops and orchards. , ... . . Sheriff Syd I. Brown aald no effort would be', made to return the lads to home and studies, . "We will Just bide our time and sneak up on them when they are not looking." the sheriff said. .The two boys "run 'like deer" at the approach of any person. They live with their mother, a step-father and two brothers, In a humble shuck beyond the Oammlll and Powell or chards In the Dark Hollow section. Deputy Herb Moore said the roof of the house was leaking when he call ed the first of last week. Sheriff Brown- said the expense of organising a posse to return the boys was not Justified, and further stated that members of the family did not seem particularly concerned over their absence. SANTA CRUZ, Cat., April 17. (UP) Alien D. Boggs. A3, socialite and retired U. 8. Army major today shot and It was believed fe tally In jured his beautiful 37-year-old wife because he mistook the sleeping form of his own 13-year-old son for "an other man." Arrested by deputy sherlffc who traced htm to the fashionable Palo Mar hotel where he had registered under sn assumed name, Boggs re vealed he had fired two bullets Into his wife's body, believing her to hsve been unfaithful to him. After he came home early this morning snd found a note from his wife saying she was going to spend the night at the home of Mr. and Mrs. James Harris. Boggs said he was convinced she was keeping eft Illicit rendezvous. He borrowed a revolver oa the pre text of going "hunting," sped to the palatial Harris home, forced his wsy past a frigs f-ened Negro butler, searched the house and then came upon tre'roorn In which his wife was sleeping. Ther w.re twin beds In the room. In one of them h saw his wife. In the other he saw what appeared to be a man's erra, hf said. Without varnlng. Boggs opened fire. One b Met coursed through his wire s cheat, ( tincturing her lung. A second struck her In the abdomen. ft was then (hat the "form" in the twin btd arose, Bogga saw that in stead of "snottf r van" as be had ex pected hit wtfeV companion was their own son. nenn)? 19, a frightened boy who ran acma mi rig from the room. PORTLArD, April 17. (AP) Sari I. Rinthattt, principal of the Hol brook nfot on the lower Columbia highway pleaded not guilty in dis trict court to a charge of assault and battery involving an ll-ycar old pupil, Dtlbert U Foe. EX-ARMY OFFICER IN TRAGIC ERROR SHOOTS HIS WIFE . Aimce Teslifies Aimee Semple MrPher.ion, noted tvingeust, completed tier testi mony against her daughter, Rob erta Semple, at the latter's JIM.- M slander salt in Los Angeles, by nearly swooning- and In tears. She dabbed her eyes as she toM now sne inea to oe a food mother, E LEASED FOR MJ. Roberts. And Fluhrer Prop erty Secured For Depart ment Store Location. " One of the largest real estate trans actions and moving programs of tbe year was announced Saturday by the Charles A. Wing agency and Charles Adair, co-owner with Barney H. Wil liams, of the M. M. department store. The announcement involved the sale of the building at 318 East Main street owned by Mrs. Martha Roberts to Clarence Meeker and the leasing of that building, with the one directly oast at 220-222 East Main street own ed by Mrs. Elizabeth Pluhrer, to the M. M. department store. The M. M. cepartment store will move from Its present location at Sixth and Cen tral avenue to the combined space of the two buildings after they nave undergone a complete remodeling and moderntratlon program. The F. W. Woolworth company will move from Its present location at 126 East Main street into the build ing now occupied by the M. M. de partment store. Charles Adair stated that no def inite date had been set for his store's occupancy of its new quarters, but will remain in Its present location for some time. There wss no mention of purchase price or lease terms. The building purchased by Clar ence Meeker, former owner of the M. M. department store who recently sold out his Interests to Adslr and Continued on Page Pweive) SAN FRANCISCO, April 17. (UP) A shakeup of San Francisco's po lice department, now under fire and grand Jury investigation following charges of a million dollar yearly 1ce and gambling payoff, waa an nounced today by Police Chief Wil liam Qulnn. The shakeup. however, Qulnn said waa merely along line set down In a recent city charter amendment to "provide the city with t more ef fective type of police administration' and had nothing to do with graft charges. Latest of these charges Involved assertions by Special Investigator Ed win N; Atherton that three policemen had consorted' with prostitutes id a downtown area and one had attempt' ed to force a reformed prostitute to resort to previous practices. Qulnn said he would investigate these accusations ts the grand Jury stood adjourned until Monday night when Atherton will resume testi mony on his report of wide-spread po lice corruption. PASO ROBLES. Cal., April 17. (AP) Six persons were killed sna four others Injured in a head-on collision of an automobile and .ruck at Kecks Corners, 40 mllea esjtt of here. E BEAT BEAVERTON 2-1 TO WIN WAY TO STATE FINALS Title Contest To Be Held At Corvallis Public Util tiy Control Is Topic Debated. A win over Beaverton high school debate team yesterday afternoon gave Medford debaters the western Oregon championship and the right- to enter finals for the state title. Burton Daugherty and Barbara Hampson, Medford speakers, won a 2- 1 decision over the Beaverton squad on the question of "Government Ownership of Electric Utilities." The Medford team, which also Includes Lela Henderson and la coached by Kenneth Scott Wood, will debate the eastern Oregon champion for . the state title In Corvallis. The local orators tied with both a rants Pass and Ashland for the southern Oregon conference cham pionship and were later accorded the title by the Judges through a point system. They then defeated Coqullle for the district before going on to beat the Beaverton squad. EUGENE, April 17. (AP) The Medford high school debate squad de feated Beaverton here today a to 1 In the contest at the school of educa tion here for the championship of western Oregon. The subject was "Government Ownership of Electric Utilities." Medford debaters were Burton - Daughorty and Barbara Hampson, who uphold private owner ship. Beaverton debaters were J7 Gibson and Lyman Webb. EUGENE. April 17. (AP) West Linn, Tbe Dalles, and Oregon City high school, triple winners In Class B, and Lebanon high. Class 0 cham pion, carried off major honors in the Mtn annual Oregon state high school band contest on tho University of Oregon campus here today. SALEM. Ore.. Anrll 17 apv ' Dallas high school and Franklin of' Portland won ma tor honor in th Oregon high school extempore speak ing ana interpretation contests which closed today on the Wl Harnett university campus here. Dallas took two first places and a second and Franklin a first, a second and two third Dlaces. Dallas won th aarlmii Interpretation contest for the second nine sno xnus won permanent pos session of the trophy. Bernard Shecack of Franklin speak ing on "A Little MRA for the Coal Industry" tokk first In extempore speaking. In serious lnternretAtlon Paul . of Dallas was first. "Beyond the Lest Mile." Second went to Hape Ballagh of St. Helena and third to. Plckard of Franklin, SHOWERS SLATED northern California: Fair Sundaj but becoming cloudy in extreme north po Ion with light ralna -Sunday: !lghty warmer In Interior of central and south portlona: light tarl able wind off ooaat. Oregon: Increasing cloudlnea, with ram In northwest portion and oa coast and In west portion ffunday: slightly warmer In northwest por tlon tonight: light rarlabl. wind off coast, becoming fresh southerly. SAN FRANCISCO, April 18. (AP) Outlook for far western state for April 19-24. Inclusive: showers In Pacific northwest and axtrsm northern California and generally fair weather elsewhere: normal tm--perature. LIMA, Peru. April IT. (UP) Scores of persona were Injured today In an earthquake which partially destroyed the Andean city of Caja bamba. 390 mllea north of here in Ubertad province, It waa reported from Cajamarca, Seven heavy shocks were frit with in a few hours. The report added that th terror stricken Inhabitants of tht entire region were abandoning their home. Authorities feared new tremors might entirely wipe out the city. Cajabamba. 9.500 feet up In the Andes, has a population of 3 00, . , TERROR IN WAKE PERUVIAN QUAKE
