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A ' Cure-All" Here's remedy that bu prov n heptul to many people. In fact. It could be called a "cure all". It norki differently on people. If susreptlble It work! wonders. He refer to Mall Tri bune classified. The Weather' Forecast t Fair tonight and Tuesday. Light frost tonight. Temperature: Highest yesterday 64 lowest Ihlj mornlng...m38 TRIBUNE EDFORD Full Associated Press United Presi Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, APRIL 10, 19:17 No. 24. M 1-; M IBJ'I HI V Si 0111 u Uvyij I BRUISES INDICATE CANYONVILLE GIRL WJ HAD BEEN BEATEN By Taul .Mullon Copyright, 1937, by Paul Mallon WASHINGTON. April 19. The gov ernment ts moving along daily with a dull spring air of assurance, but underneath there has rarely been a such lack of order. I Nearly everything i see ma to be ln- Ivolved In confu sion. Price policy, 4 budget, alt-downs. i taxes, government M nances, govern Iment reorganlza- Itlon, new NRA, new supreme I court, hours and I wages, armaments. 1'uul Mallon and nearly any thing you can mention. Some of these conditions may clear up shortly; others may become more serious. But, for the present, mere U little clarity of thought about action or detailed purposes In con nection with anything. . For instance, there la no legislative program and has been none since congress started In January. Old hands cannot remember when a legis lative program was lacking after three and a half months of congres sional debate. The reason Is obvious. Congress cannot formulate a program when It does not know what legislation Is to be marked "must." President Roose velt has been blocked and delayed for one reason or another In working out his objectives. 1 What he does In the next thirty days may tell the tale for the next three years. A very definite semi-official assur ance Is abroad In certain financial on arte r that there will not be a tax bill, -r- . - -. - . . The explanation for all this . talk about one, they say, Is treasury fi nancing strategy. Experienced bond market men have noticed that, when ever the treasury Is confronted with a financing problem, as at present, a flurry of unofficial tax Increase (Continued on Page Four.) CAPTURED BANDITS TO FACE MURDER CHARGE G TOPEKA, Kas., April 19. UP) The government made ready today to charge two New York gunmen with murder and demand death penalty while the father of a young federal agent who was cut down by bulietF In the postofflce here Friday, pre pared to return his son's body to their Arizona home. United States District Attorney 8. S- Alexander said be planned to Is sue warrants charging Alfred Power and Robert Suhay. accused New York hank robbers, with the murder of Wtmberly Wj Baker, 27, federal bu reau of Investigation agent. Baker was shot in the back as he participated In an attempt by G-men to arrest the two men when they called for mall at the postofflce. They were captured Friday night without a shot being fired, by Homer Sylvester, fl foot. 4 inch, sheriff, and his deputy at plattamouth. Neb. Sher iff Sylvester recovered 4.800. An ad ditional $6,954 was found In a room in a Kansas City hotel the men had occupied Thursday. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Almiral Ernie West reporting he and Doc C. E. Kunz made a limit trout catch on Big Butte yesterday and inviting skeptics to view the fish reposing In his refrigerator. J. Farrell Haws pointing with pride to his new petrol wagon and declar ing It was worthy of a notice in this pillar of playfulness. H. C. Obye describing the exact .state of obesity of five deer he saw near Prospect. Frank P. Farrell being held by the nieetle of polite conventions to his chairman's chair while visiting at torneys expounded upon great lg; rnmplextties at even greater length Pmochie-shark Joe Fliegel explain ing the finer points of the game to Leon Haskins. said lesson taking sev eral hours and several locations to complete Chief Roy Elliott and his staltt'.-J' appearing at a fire splotched ait white, they having abruptly left a kalKKcinlcg job at headquarters. ! Ira f r ; rr? sWitiswrffi'nfi Doctor Refuses To Sign Death Certificate Step Mother Denies Adminis tering Severe Punishment ROSEBURO, April 19. (AP) Sheriff Percy Webb and State Po lice Corporal Paul Parsons question ed Leonard A. Hopkins. 25. Canyon- ville barber, and his wife, Vlcla Cor delia Hopkins, 20, last night fol lowing the death of Hopkins' 4-year old daughter by a former marriage. Barbara Irene. Sheriff Webb said Dr. J. C. Max son. Myrtle Creek, found the girl In a dying condition Saturday night and later refused to sign a death certificate. When M. E. Rltter. Roseburg un dertaker, received the body he noted Its bruised and battered condition and called the sheriff's office. Mistreatment Claimed Sheriff Webb said his office had received several complaints that the girl was mistreated. On one occas ion, shortly after the Hopkins fam ily moved to Canyonvllle, Investi gators were told that the child bad received a black eye and bruises In an automobile accident. Another time the parents said she had fits and had fallen off the porch dur ing a seizure, Sheriff Webb and Corporal Parsons asserted. Tlie Hopklna family, the officers said, came to Oregon In 1935 from Oklahoma. They said Hopklna work ed In Eugene for a time before moving to Canyonvllle. about 30 miles south of Roseburg. Whether form al ch ar ges wl U be brought against Hopklna and his wife depends, Sheriff Webb said, on the outcome of an autopsy, expected to be held late today, when It la hoped to establish the definite cause of death. Had Fainting Spells Claims of the father and step mother that the child was subject to fainting spells have been par tially substantiated by the Myrtle Creek physician who had treated the child previously for digestive disturbances, Webb said, However, the bruised condition of the body, particularly parallel marks, he said, would Indicate that Injury was from causes other than a rail. The . step-mother said that she administered a light whipping on the child's leg Friday with a stick of kindling, the sheriff sntd, but denied that the punishment was unduly severe. The father, Webb re ports, refused to make any com ment. Sheriff Webb and Sergeant H. W. Howard of Med ford, state police In vestigator, are In Canyonvllle today continuing the investigation. BOY BEATS TEACHER WITH BASEBALL BAT TOLEDO. Ore.. April 10. ( AP) H. R McBee. 30, of Dallas, principal of Harlan a two-room schoolhouse. Is In a Corrallla hospital today with a fractured skull and broken Jaw. A student, John Franklin Miller, 1 5. has been bound over to the grand Jury on a charge of beating the lepcher with a baseball bat. The youth was released on a $1000 bond at a preliminary hearing Satur day. He Uvea In eastern Lincoln county two miles from Harlan In the Big Elk district. Registered Boar For Elliott Farm Elliott Farm on the Central Point Jacksonville road, this morning re ceived a 7 months old registered Du roc boar from Oregon State colleg: to head their herd of purebred Du roc sows. The exceptionally fine boar Is clteil by tho owner as another step in Jack son county's advance toward better livestock. GARAGE RUBBISH FIRE" QUICKLY EXTINGUISHED A rubbish fire In the basement of t he Chevrolet garage at 32 North Riverside avenue was quickly extin guished this afternoon and no dam tge was done. The fire department answered ward alarm at 2:08 out the blaze was out upon Its arrival Came mas attributed by Chief Roy Elliott to spark? from a welding oper at'.on on the main floor. f'en'ii Now 1 rgd NEW YORK. April 19. ( AP)-ug-istlon that the 1940 census be taken now rather than when scheduled was put forward today by Dr. Roland P. t-Vkner. of the Information division . the national Industrial conference . ..ird in repponff to the pa of Sen , star Vandenberg iR-Mlehj (or an ac curat count of Uw unemployed. If Royal Neighbor Leaders 1 FOE OF COURT PACK WASHINGTON, April 19. (AP) A leader of the senate opposition to the Roosevelt court bill said today the measure would pass If the presi dent would accept two. Instead of a potential six, additional supreme court J us tees. The senator, who asked not to be quoted by name, said a modification would win over enough Democrats who Vant to "get right" With their party leader and their constituents to pass the bill. It was the first time any of the lending opponents of the hotly con tested measure had agreed It could be enacted with a provision for any Increase In the size of the supreme court. Opposition leaders heretofore have Insisted they had a solid block of 43 votes against the bill and that no measure could pass the senate with that many fighting opponents. The senate Judiciary committee lesumed hearing testimony today un der an agreement to continue for week or ten days. The opposition presented Alan Llnburg, New York lawyer. Llnburg told the committee the Roosevelt program was a "reat blun der" leading toward dlctntorjhlp. RECKLESS DRIVER POSTS $25 FINE WITH OFFICERS Charged with reckless driving. O. E. Hall, 30 was released upon pay ment of S25 ball shortly after mid night last night after he had been arrested by city police at a north Medford resort. City authorities state that Hall, driving a 1934 Plymouth coupe, drove in a rccklea and wobbly manner on North Riverside avenue before mld nleht last night. He had not appeared for his sched uled hearing todav, police reported. Mum 30th Infantry Band Will Pla3' for Medford f$- 3 nwjtetfsrj n.r. i. ih. inih Infuntrr hand, ifrt In thr HI, pmfc Tilfinr "'Hint 1 o'rlork. Warrant Officer iHI. Tli. plilur. . I ikrn nn the pnniilr -rniiml, t Ihf ITf.lillo of mo.f rolnrful mllllnn hind. In tnt Inllrrt f'latr.. thf rrxk outfit mil ibr .Ivkvin count) latr(round u n, ten-mil, kw tontoj arrlte. Corp Fboto). Among those taking a leading part In the state convention of the Rojal Neighbors of America are Kathcrlne H. Benton of Portland, (upper left), state supervisor, Leonora Rrnllt of Ashland, (upper rig hi), district deputy, and Mabel RagMlale of Baker, (at left), state oracle. L OPEN CONVENTION Final details were completed today for the quadrlennlal state convention of the Royal Neighbors of Anertca which will be held here tomorrow end Wednesday. Heaquarters will be in the Hotel. Holland with business sessions and programs scheduled for the armory which has been decorated as en "Oregon rose garden" for the occasion. This la the first Royal Neighbor state meeting to be held In southern Oregon and the Medford and Ashland camps. Joint hostesses, have worked diligently to make the convention an outstanding auccesa. Arrangements have been with the assistance of Kathcrlne H. Benton of Portland, slate supervisor, who has been In Medford for several days, and Leonora Broill of Ashland.' district deputy, who Is general chairman. About 250 delegates arc expscted to Attend the convention, 50 coming from Portland. Registration of dele gates began today at the Holland. A reception and open meeting will be held tomorrow evening for Royal Neighbors and friends. Business ses sions v.ill be held Wednesday with a program In the evening. Mabel Rags dale of Baker, state oracle, will pre side. The convention will be form ally opened tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. ZIMMERMAN RECEIVES MARTIN'S HOT REPLY SALEM. April 19. (AP) Taking Issue with Peter Zimmerman's pro posal for state-owned transmission lines from Bonneville, Governor Martin in a letter to the former senator made public today declared that through the bill now before congress the "state will be relieved of heavy expenditures that you have attempted to saddle upon the backs of our people. The letter was In reply to Zim merman's communication to the gov ernor In which Zimmerman again urged the executive to hasten steps for state-owned lines. an ' on, of In. rnillHn'llnr malrJ 30TH INFANTRY HERE IQMORRQWi First Of 1400 Men And 75 Officers Due At 2:30 P. M. Tuesday Program Of Activities Drawn Here. 30th Infantry Day Tuesday Afternoon 2:30 Regiment arrives at fair grounds from the south. 3:30 Baseball game, 30th Infantry vs. Medford town team. 3:30 to 7 Public inspection of Teg mental encampment at fair grounds. 7:00 Free public concert or 75 plece band at city park. 8:30 Regimental band Invited to attend performance of the "Whits Hussars" at Medford high school, 9:00 Engles "Army Day" dance at Oriental Gardens. Wednesday Morning 6:00 Regiment departs for Fort lwls. Tuesday will be "30th Infantry Day" in Medford, and from about 2:30 o'clock In the afternoon when the convoy of 150 vehicles begins to ar rive, until 6 a. m. the following day. when It departs for Fort Lewis, the city will be host to 75 officers and 1400 enlisted men of the regiment. The day haa been a?t aside by offi cial proclamation of Mayor George Porter of Medford and a full program of sports and entertainment has been arranged. Flags will lino the streets, and all business houses will display cards wicomlngtho.30thjlnfaivtry to Medford. 7 At Redding Tonight The regiment left the Prealdio of San Francisco this morning, en route to Fort Lewis, Wash- to Join other units of the third division for a month's maneuvers. It will camp to night at Redding, and leave there at 6 a. m. tomorrow for Medford. Col. Irving J. Phllllpson, comman- (Continued on Page Eight.) THREE LIVES TOLL PORTLAND. April 19. (AP) Three persons died In automobile accidents on the highways of Oregon and Port land's streets Sunday. Two young persons were killed In stantly and three were Injured when sn automobile In which they were riding failed to make a turn on the Oregon coast highway, near Rockaway and crashed Into a stump. The dead are Martin Vachter. 24. and Miss Irene E. Gilbert, 22, both of Portland. Miss Kathryn Myers, 20. Jack Retthaler. 23. and Bruno Paris!. 23, all of Portland, who were riding in the death car, suffered serious In juries. Retthaler was driving the machine. Kenneth Jackson Vlar, 22, Portland the third victim, suffered Injuries which proved fatal when a motorcycle t.e was riding collided at Southeast 15th avenue and Clatsop street with an automobile operated by Lawrence H Wrleht. Portland. orranlratlont or the Pnildc cnl, , i V, r "-, ' 1 " -T-r"'"T'7",r iyrm l.jnnr li.rk.r. rtlrnlor ol the htntl, I, sun l riimlM-o. Hrr- Itir rrjlmfnt I. r,U. ahnM nl th. roiimy tomorrow Tlw 5 ofleer, and 100 men will ha COUNCIL OF LABOR EXPULSION OF CIO High Source Predicts Unions In Lewis Group To Be Driven Out Immediately Talk Future Policy. WASHINOTON. April 19. (AP) A j high labor source predicted confl-1 dently today that the American Fed eration of Labor executive council, In session here, would move Immediately toward expulsion of untons In John L. Lewis' committee for industrial organisation. The first step toward expulsion of the CIO unions, now under suspen- 1 slon, would be for the council to call ; a special convention of the A. F. of I L. The labor authority, who asked tha( nls name not be tised. said the I council would make that move dur ! Ing a three-day session, which started ! this morning. I As the council convened. Lewis. president of the United Mine Work ers, met with members of the United Automobile Workers of America ex ecutive board to decide upon future policy In the organization of automo bile workers. Homer Martin, president of the United Automobile Workers of Amer ica, was especially Interested In advice on proposed organization of employes of the Ford Motor company. He also planned to discuss with his associates of the board policies to be pursued In connection with the General Mo tors strike In Canada. Before the UAWA board convened a UAWA official said he doubted the organization would approve another strike In General Motors plant In this country In sympathy with the (Continued on Page Three.) IS TO GREY AS HEAD OF NEWSPAPER AD GROUP PORTLAND, . April 19. (AP) Harry Schenk, advertising manager of the McMinnvllle Telephone-Register, was elected president of the advertising managers' group of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers asso ciation which met here Saturday. Ttoyer Thompson, of the Astorlan Budget, was named secretary. Herb O. Grey, of the Medford Mnll-Trlbuno, retiring president of the association, presided at the aes slon. A noon luncheon meeting was presided over by Frank Jenkins of the Klamath Falls News-Herald. A round-table discussion Included the question of boosting advents Ing rates, an action held likely because of the Increasing cost of production. A program of addresses on ad vertlstng problems Included Robert Bertsch of the Eugene Register Guard: Anton F. Peterson, national advertising manager of the Oregon Journal; Relnhart Knudsen, student at the University of Oregon school of Journalism; Arne Rae, manager of the Oregon Newspaper Publishers association, and Ralph Mort and P, H. Young, Portland. Execute Wounded Man PEIPING. April 19. (AP) Drag ged from a hospital bed by police executioners, Liu Yung-ho, notorious Chinese robber, was shot and killed today at the "Bridge of Heaven." hlh will piny a In pnhllc ron- rrrn wllh nrr l the fxlr.mr. t,,llnnrn llrrmrit onr of Hie and "play Ihf ri'ilfflrnl'' Into camped oiernlcht htra. (SljnaJ Huge Dead Whale Creates Problem On Florence Sand EUGENE. April 19. ( AP ) Slue! aw forest officials were In a quandry as to what they should do with a 69 -root whale discovered on the beach near Florence yester day. The monster, apparently washed ashore during the recent storm. Is believed to have been on the beach a week or so, but was found only yesterday by a forest service guard The odor of the huge mammal Is only one of the many worries con nected with the discover), officials said. It Is though dynamite will be used to aid In disposing of the huge carcass, but as one official remarked, "there's a lot of smelly flesh In a 69-foot whale." TREES IN BLOOM Ideal weather conditions prevailed today as Med ford's Pear Blossom week elebratlon opened and the city pre pared to welcome the 30th infantry regiment from the San Francisco Pre sldo which Is to encamp here tomor row. High temperatures and plenty of sunshine over the week-end brought on rapid flowering of pear orchards In the valley and the official "blos som way," -route arranged to take motorists through the most beautiful sections of the valley, was crowded with sightseers yesterday. Visitors yesterday Included scores of lawyers from southern Oregon cities here to attend a Southern Oregon Bar dinner get-together Saturday night. Many other out of town residents spent part of the day driving over valley roads which wind through orchard sections. Fair weather was forecast by weather officials for tonight and to morrow. Orchard tats state that con tinued sunshine throughout the week will bring all varieties of pears into full blossom and that the blooming trees will present an Increasingly lovely panorama each day. Llpht frost la expected tonight, weather officials report. Scattered firing of smudge pots In the south and east sections of the valley has occurred twice this season, according to R. J. Rogers, frost observer here. Temperatures dropped to 27 degrees in a few orchards April 11 and to 28 degrees Saturday morning. Only low sections were forced to smudge and tnen only lightly, Rogers said. Further light smudging may be necessary in a few tracts tonight but the firing la not expected to be at all extensive, the meteorologist pointed cut. No damage haa been reported eo far but buds are now enough de veloped so that a heavy frost would endanger trees, according to Rogers. WOMAN FREED ON BATTERYCHARGE Mrs. Nelly Rlckert, charged In a complaint filed by her sister, Mrs, George Senn, with assault and bat tery, was found not guilty In Jus tice of the Peace W. R. Coleman's court Saturday. Testimony In the trial showed that the two sisters had engaged In a controversy last week In a restaurant operated by Mrs. Rlckert, over a family matter. Mrs. Senn, a former local resi dent, en route with her aged moth er to the mid -west, stopped here for a short visit. Mrs. Senn alleged the defendant pulled off her slip per and hit her In the head with It. Mrs. Senn said she took the slipper away from her kin and replied In kind. Both principals exhibited bumps of the tussle to the court. ROGUE FLOOD MENACES GOLD BEACH HIGHWAY PORTLAND. April 19. (AP Ang lers were cheered somewhat today by the weather bureau's forecast that tne coming week will have at least a share of fair weather. The Wtllam ett river at Portland reached IS feet esterday noon which was thought to mark the crest of the present high water. State highway crews worked Satur day night and Sunday without Inter mission to prevent severance of th Oregon Coast highway, two miles north of Gold Beach, by the rushing waters of Rogue river. Crews sought foverishry to prevent the waters from washing out the pavement by placing sacks of gravel along the stream banks. REMODELING PLAN IS ANNOUNCED BY FIRST NATL BANK Work To Begin in Two Weeks $1,500 Improve ment Says MacNaughton Business Growth Factor E. B. MacNaughton. president of the First National Bank of Port land, announced today that the Medford branch of that banking In stitution would be completely re modeled and modernized at a cost of 916,000. Actual work will begin In about two weeks, he stated, and completed in 10 days. Mr. MacNaughton, who Is In Med ford today comp suing final arrange ments for the program, said that "the amazing Increase of business In Medford and the exceptionally bright future of the entire district" were the guiding factors In Wis bank's decision to carry out tho plan. 'The entire Interior of the build ing will be remodeled snd modern ized." the president said. "New fix tures will be installed, the number of teller's cages Increased and the lobby space doubled." Eliminate Cage Bars The new fixtures, MacNaughton explained, will eliminate the present bar-type cage in which the teller Is separated from the customer by 'ugly and unsatisfactory bars." The new cages and windows will be of the latest and moat modern type, being constructed to enable teller and depositor to see each other clearly. Because of the greatly increased business, more teller's cages will be) added .enabling the bank to render better and faster service to Its de positors and calling for a possible addition to Its et&fiy ' The entire floor of the building will be ripped out and a new and artistic tile flooring Installed," Mac Naughton stated. Medford Growth Cited Commenting on the general bust nee conditions of Medford and dnlty and particularly on the rapid strides made by the bank, the pres ident said, "We feel that Medford la one of the fastest growing cities on the Paclflo coast and that to keep pace with It we are sincerely glad to. remodel our bank." We are now financing all the fruit-packing house business la Medford," MacNaughton stated, "and X believe that that la a very fine record. It proves that the people of Medford realize- that we can do business as well as any other In st l tut Ion." MacNaughton also as Id that the bank was enjoying a large volume of auto-loan business, and that loans of all kinds and deposits were increasing rapidly. Actual work on the remodeling program will start aa soon as the materials and fixtures' arrive. The fixtures are being manufactured now, the president said. 1 BASEBALL National BOSTON, April 19. (AP) Tha Philadelphia Natlonala defeated tlx Boeton Beea, 2 to 1, In 11 Innlnga today In a morning Patrlot'a day game, A crowd of 10,000 watched the aoaeona opener. The score: R. H. Philadelphia a . Boston 14 1 Johnson, La Master and Wilson; Bush and Lopes. Second game: K. n. M. Philadelphia It Boston Walters, Williams 0 4 and Ar wood; Macfayden and Lopez. American . K. B. .4 (1 . t 1 1 Philadelphia Washington .. (Ten Inntngsl. Smith and Brucker Caacarella and Hogan. Oregon Electric Freight Derailed PORTLAND, Ore.. April 19-(AP) A train crew of five men and four translenta escaped injury when southbound Oregon Electric freight train of 18 can left the track at Metrger station about midnight Sat urday. Word of the accident was not re ceived here until several Hours after the accident aa L. M. Green, the con ductor, had to walk some distance ts a residence to report the wreck. About 60 feet of track waa uprooted as the cars left the track. Income Shares Maryland fund, bid S10.08; asked an 0ft. Quarterly Income, bid 118 Hi
