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Thirtv-Second Year
BEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, APRIL 32, 19:17,
No. 27.
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By PAUL M..LLOX
(Copyright. J937, by Paul Mallon.) j
WASHINGTON. AprU 22. Mr. R. j
wrote his budget argument to con
gress hi type or normal size, but he
attached a proving table of figures
"printed In sensi
litlonally fine type.
The figures were
:ertalnly too small
Jfor elderly legisla
tors to Tead with
1 their aging eyes.
but some of the
younger congress
men could make
them out with the
use of glasses.
Their con elusion
was that perhaps
I'uul Mallon
the figures should have been in even
smaller type.
For one thing, these figures show
ed President Roosevelt's new budget
on the whole is about 68,000,000
more than the one he submitted In
January. Also, the appropriations he
la seeking are only about 6 percent
less than the expenditures now con
templated this year.
The basic story of the budget was
not even evident to good legislative j
eyesights from a face analysis of the I
fine print figures. They needed 4 1
pencil and pad to figure It out. and
tome of them are still at it.
The uncertainty in the face value
of the figures is amply illustrated
by one extreme instance:
Offhand they appear to show a cur
tailment of some $275,000,000 in sup
plemental Items of the revised hud
get, meaning the odds and end of
government expenses. The 450,000.
000 total of the January budget was
shown to be cut to $176,000,000 In the
revised one.
But a footnote on another 'Item
(not on this one) Indicates the new
figure does not Include CCC. as the
old one did. Th) time. CCC 1 list
ed separately. So. If you add In CCC.
the $275,000,000 saving in the odds
and ends estimates really Is a $73,
000.000 loss.
Instead of disclosing a disposition
to curtail sharply, the odds and ends
item really Indicated a disposition to
let things elide.
The whole set of figures Is moro
or less like that.
Thus, the layman and the expert
re likely to get two opposite con
clusions about Mr. Roosevelt's propo
rtion. The layman will not that
the president "regards It as extremely
(Continued on Page Two.)
CANYON CITY TO
BAKER, April 22. (AP) Plana
were underway today for rebuilding
Canyon City's business section along
the state highway a short distance
west of the suet gutted by fire
Monday night, according to word re
ceived here. The buildings would be
on the eadt side of the road facing
Canyon creek.
Plans of several property owners
awaited the adjustment of Insurance,
not yet completed.
PENDLETON. April 22. (AP) In
the face of disaster. Canyon City
people never forgot for a moment
their famous hospitality, according
to members of the Pendleton Cham
ber of Commerce who yesterday took
from here a check for $300 gladly
given by local people for relief of
the flre-rn?.cd town, and who were
entertained yesterday evening by a
number of Canyon City citizens at
a dinner in their honor.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Horticulturists Cliff Cordy and Will
Aldrieh standing in the middle of a
street studiously inspecting a bunch
of twigs that seemed to possess un
usual importance.
Bill Chtrs sayinc he was going to
stay away from the San Francisco
brlcse fiesta so there'd be room for
three or four others.
Kernel E E. Kelly declaring the
30th infantry was comprwd of a fine
bunch of boys, the kernel knowing
his soldiers very thoroughly.
Ward Spata giving serious consid
eration to possible Democratic can
didates in 1938 contests.
Harold Johnson beinc deeply con
cerned over ronaressional legislation
that hasn't yet even reached the con-
frees.
CALLED TO KEEP j
PEACEjN MAINE
Charges of Riotous Assault
Lodged Against Three
Union Officials Court
Declares Strike Outlaw
LEWISTON. Me., April 22.
Police Captain Joseph Plcard today
arrested Powers Hapgood, New Eng
land secretary for the Committee for
Industrial Organization, and William
J. Macksey, CIO director of 29-day
shoe strike involving 6400 workers
and IB factories in the Lewiston- Au
burn area.
In addition Ernest Fenry. a union
organizer, was also arrested. The three
men were seized at their hotel.
A police warrant charged them with
"riotous assault." It was Issued In
connection with the stoning of State
Police Lieutenant George Fowler,
knocked unconscious yesterday by a
stone as state and Auburn police
turned back 1.000 strikers at a bridge
head. Guardsmen on Duty
While 300 National Guardsmen
walked back and forth In a drench
lag rain, and only a few curious peer
ed from doorways or braved tne oown
pour to appear on the streets, the
scene shifted temporarily to the mu
nicipal court where the three lead
era and two strikers arrested wlh
them were arraigned.
Judge James A. Pulsifer told the
five prisoners the time had come
for "a discontinuance of leniency
He continued the hearing until
I Continual in Page rwalvel
PROPAGANDA SEEN
AS
BY PEACE TALKER
"If America gets Into a world war
it will be because we are propagan
dized into It," declared Ray McKalg.
legislative chairman of the Idaho
State Orange, in an address before
a largo gathering last night at the
First Christian church on No For
eign War Crusade."
A dynamic speaker, McKalg Is one
of 300 to 500 men now campaigning
In the Interests of the 1037 program
of the Emergency Peace Campaign
of which the "No Foreign War Cru
sade' is the second subject chosen
to be brought to the attention of the
American public.
McKalg stated that the atmos
phere today wus the same as that
before the World war broke out,
throwing nations Into a conflagra
tion that cost 30.000.000 human lives
and untold property damage.
Myths Exploded
He exploded end called "ghastly
Jokes1 the myths that were used as
propagenda to force the United
States into the World war. Com
menting on the sinking of the Lust
tanla. on which 126 American citi
zens lost their lives in the Irish
sea when the English ship was tor
pedoed, McKalg said that German
advertisements appeared in New
York City newspapers before the
sailing of the ship warning Ameri
cans to not take passage and that
It was later proved the huge ship
carried a cargo of machine-gun am
munition for delivery to Oreet Brit
ain. He said the Belgian government
recently announced It had no record
whatsoever of mutilation of women
(Continued on Page Nine.)
The Medford Corporation (Owen
Oregon Lumber company) yesterday
started operation of its sawmill here,
furnishing employment for 125 addi
tional men, and bringing the total
number on the payroll close to 400.
General Manager James H. Owen
said the sawmill operation would be
for as long a period as conditions
Justified.
The sawmill opening, scheduled for
March 15. has been delayed by wet
and stormy conditions, delaying log
ging work in the Butt Falls district.
Settled weather the past week en
abled the wood crews to turn out
sufficient logs.
Income Shares
Maryland Fund- Bid 1Q.29: askM
. 11 27.
Quarterly Income: Bid 18 56, askMl
1 30.33.
Sit downers Face
Prison Stay For
Endangering Life
NEW YORK. April. 32. (AP)
A verdict convicting 16 sit-down-era
and a union leader of endan
gering the lives of hospital pat
ients by their refusal to work
made them liable to prison terms
of 12 years each, as 38 fellow
strikers went on trial today on
similar charges.
The two groups, arrested in two
strikes at the Brooklyn Jewish
hospital last month, were accused
under an old section of the penal
code that classed as a penal of
fense a refusal to work that en
dangered human life. The 17 will
be sentenced April 30.
AT
TO
STOCKTON. Calif.. April 22. &)
Stockton canners announced after a
conference today that they would re
open tomorrow morning the first of
four strike -closed canneries and
would follow with the others as soon
as operating details could be arrang
ed. A formal statement signed by the
four canneries said:
"Perishable crops require imme
diate attention and cannery workers
are entitled to resume employment
without further loss of time and
wages.
"Local authorities have announced
that law and order will be maintain
ed.
"The cannery employers and em
ployes call upon all Interests In the
community to insure fair play and
insist upon the preservation of
peace.' .
No pickets were on duty today and
no effort to operate the canneries
was made, although the truce estab
lished Tuesday night at Governor
Frank F. Merriam's request was of
ficially at an end.
Practically all bartenders were on
furlough with the closing of all bars
and liquor stores.
Vance Ambrose, chairman of the
union strike organization committee.
drolared members would be called
out from canneries In other cities if
the operators sought to open the
plants by force.
"All organized labor -In Stockton la
ready and willing to back us," he
added.
BOSTON, April 22. (AP) A new
world peace declaration by President
Roosevelt, linking the United States
and Great Britain In "this common
objective." today appeared in the
Christian Science Monitor,
Canyon City Residents View Ruin Left by Fire
I
The business district of Canyon City, historic mining: community of early days in Oregon, was virtually devoured
breaking out Monday night and burning until Tuesday morning. Residents are shown here surveying a section
i smouldering ruins after the exbartng battle cgainut the flames Fifteen business buildings were lost and several
destroyed. Damage wm estimated at about $100,000. Canyon City bai about 350 residents. (Associated Press Photo. "J
PASSIONATE PLEA
FOR GABLE'S LOVE
IS READJN TRIAL
Letter Which Caused Indict
ment of English Woman
Says She Is Different
Now Loved Him Long
LOS ANGELES. April 22. ( AP)
The "Indictment letter' the epistle
in which Mrs. Violet Wells Norton
pleaded for Clark Gable's love was
read into a federal court record to
day. It was the letter which brought
Mrs. Norton. 47-year old English
women Into court on charges of
mall fraud and conspiracy. She Is
accused of having named Gable, blc
eared screen idol, as the father
of her illegitimate child and asking
him for money to support her.
The letter was addressed "Dear
Frank."
Mrs. Norton has said Oable re
sembles the "Frank Billings" with
whom she carried on an Illicit ro
mance In England in the early 20"s,
from which 13-year old Gwendoline
was born.
"Why don't you change your mind
toward me." the letter read. "I have
loved you all these years. I'm a dif
ferent woman now. Now X don't, have
my hands full tot children. They are
free to satisfy all your wants.
"You and I understand each other.
We could have a swell time. Nobody
in the world would ever know. I
would sooner make love to you than
harm you, but I get desperate at
times.
"I give you my heart and nund.
You have had my body."
The letter was dated March 0,
1936.
The government also placed Into
the evidence Gwendoline's birth cer
tificate, doted July 34;- 1023, Essex.
England, and a copy of the marriage
certificate issued to Mrs. Norton and
Herbert James Norton In March,
1025.
While the prosecution thus wound
up its case. Gable remained In the
office of Prosecutor John Powell,
waiting to be called as a defense
witness.
ARMY MOTORCYCLIST
KILLED 'IN PENDLETON
PENDLETON. April 22. T Sgt.
William Nettles, about 30. of servlc?
company 20, 38th Infantry. U. B.
army, Salt Lake City, was killed al
most instantly at an Intersection hero
about 0 o'clock this morning when
the motorcycle on which he was rid
ing In advance of a column of arm7
trucks collided with an automobile
driven by Bert. Jerard. Pendleton
Speaks Tonight j
f:? "
l.iirl Mll'll. MM'll'UU III Mill
(ahme) will speak on "State (im
eritmeiit" In the principal address
to lie given at the annual banquet
meeting of the Jackson Count y
Chain her of Commerce In the Hotel
Med ford at (1:30 (his evening. The
pulillc 1 Invited to attend.
AT
LAST MINUTE IS WORD
With reservations doubling between
3 p. m. yesterday and 10 a. m. today,
a large attendance was looked for at
the annual banquet, meeting of the
Jackson County Chamber of Com
merce In the Hotel Medford at. 6:30 j
this evening. j
Chamber officio,. said that persons
unable to procure tickets until the
time of the banquet would be ac
commodated. It was expected that
several business men who have been
out of town would return in time to
attend.
Earl Snell. secretary of state, will
be the principal speaker. He will ad
dress the gathering on "State Gov
ernment." An entertainment feature Is to be
presented by Miss Mary Anne Gates.
After the banquet motion pictures of
the San Francisco-Oakland bridge are
to be shown, the films portraying the
entire construction of the huge spnn.
PERMANENT CCC GIVEN
HOUSE COMMITTEE OKEH
WASHINGTON, April 82. fp)
The house labor committee approved
a bill today to establish the civilian
j conservation corps on a permanent
basis for 300.000 men, m recommend
ed in a recent message by President
Roosevelt.
IS PV.JY
SF.JNG
OF U. S. WAr JEBTS
Chancellor Chamberlain Re
fuses Detailed Discus
sion of Possible Methods
Liberal Leader Assails
LONDON. April 22. (AP) Brit
ain's premier and her chancellor ot
the exchequer expressed qualttied
willingness today to talk war debt
settlement and to Join the other na
tions In a conference on the world's
economic perils to peace.
The war debt statement In the
house of commons by Chancellor Ne
ville Chamberlain was really a re
iteration of what England already
has told the United States: That
Britain is ready to resume war debt
discussions when she considers the
time Is ripe. Chamberlain did not
say that the time had come, nor
would be led Into a detailed dis
cussion oft possible methods.
Before the same listeners. Prime
Minister Stanley Baldwin asserted
Great Britain was ready to enter
Into a world "mutual understand
ing" conference such as Adolf Hitler
this week suggested President Roose
velt call but only If an Investiga
tion shows a conference Is likely to
succeed, and If there has been ade
quate advance preparation.
Prime Minister Paul Van Zeelana
of Belgium now is trying to find an
approach to solving the international
economic problems which are consid
ered major impediments to such
matters as disarmament and lasting
peace. He Is acting at the behest of
England and France and will see
President Roosevelt In June.
Sir Archibald Sinclair, liberal load
er, was quick to assail Chancellor
Chamberlain for making no provision
for solution of the war debts ques
tlon.
He declared it vu true New York
businessmen, "whilst they do not ex
pect to be paid in full, resent very
much the cold and callous way In
which the chancellor of the ex
chequer has told them: 'I am not
paying; I am not even discussing it'.
Willard Hotel To
Add Sixty Rooms
KLAMATH FALLS, April 22. Pi
Sixty rooms will be added to the
Willard, largest Klamath Falls hotel
W. D. Mllkr. owner and optrator.
announced today.
Extension of the hotel grill to U
elude a coffee shop and remodeling
of the lobby are also planned. ToUi
cost of the addition and other im
provements will be about B8,000
by fire
of the
homes
Insurgent Cannon
Renew Assault On
Center Of Madrid
MADRID. April 22. (API In
surgent guns, stilled for a time by
government cannon, sprayed Ma
drid's "great white way" with a
terrific new rain of shells this
afternoon, kilting or wounding at
least 30 more victims.
A score or more explosions along
the broad Gran Via left great
boles in the pavement and addi
tional piles of twisted debris.
Most of those killed or wounded
were by shrapnel.
EVERETT EADS, 52,
PASSES AT HOME;
RITES T
Everett E. Eads, Medford resident
for the past 37 years, 'died late last
night . In his homo at 29 Kenwood
avenue. He had been seriously til for
the past several months. He was 52
years old.
Mr. Eads was a member of the
Eads Transfer 5s Storage company.
established here more than 30 years
ago. He was a member of the Med
ford Elks lodge. During hts long res
idence here he made many friends
and established a reputation for In
tegrity. He assisted In many civic en
terprises Intended to advance the de
velopment of Medford and the Rogue
valley.
Mr. Eads was born In Ottawa coun
ty, Kansas, on January 10, 1885. He
spent his early life and acquired his
formal education In Kansas.
In 1900 the Eads family came to
(Continued on Page Five.)
AWARDED FIRST PRIZE
FOR BLOSSOM WINDOW
Rein hart 4b Barker, men's- store
was awarded first prln of 120 today
for having the best window decora
tlon to carry out the motif of pear
blossom week.
Second price of 110 went to The
Toggery and third prlre ot IS to
Hubbard Brothers. Honorable men
tion was awarded to Ethelwyn B
Hoffmann. Montgomery Ward, Mann's
department store, the Render Tea &
Coffee company and Jacque Lenox,
Committee of Judges making the
awards waa composed of George Hen
setman. Dwlght Houghton and J.
Verne Shangle.
Photographa for the amateur pho
tographers contest must be registered
at the Jackson County Chamber of
Commerce not later than noon Mon
day, It was announced. Pear blos
som week ends Sunday.
Tonight at 7:30 the Medford senior
high school band will give a pear
blossom concert In city park.
Trll of th dmK Ht of Mri.
Jpnn Wood. agalnM. Dr. Harvey E.
Miller and Mra. Loulw Batea. tor
3O00 general damanea and 1400 spec
ial damage,, for alleged Injurlea ma
lamed while receiving an electric
treatment, started today In circuit
court, before a Jury composed o?
eight women and four men.
The complaint chargea that an
electrical pad waa placed upon Mra
Woods, and negligently allowed to
remain until It caused an abdomi
nal burn. It la also alleged that Mrs
Woods' outcrlea went unheeded.
The defense denies any Injury or
that Mrs. woods made any outcry,
and If she had It would have been
heard by other patient nearby. The
defense further holds Mrs. Bates, the
attendant, waa close by and the ap
pliance waa set at a low gear.
The defendants are .epreeented by
Attorney Allison Moulton, the plain
tiff by Attorneys Oeorge M. Robert
and William H. McAllister.
Main Chinook Run
Appears In Umpqua
ROSEnURCl. Ore. April 23. JPt
The long expected run of Chinook
salmon Is In the Umpqua river, flan
ermen report, several good catchea
having been made yesterday. A few
stragglers had been caught earllei
but the main run ha apparently en
tered a the water receded after the
recent freshet. The largest ftsn
caught yesterday was a 86-pounrler
taken by Vernon Dart at Winchester
Salmon fishing la expected to reach
Its peak within the next week or ten
days, and will continue. It la believed
untu the lest of May.
TRY DAMARF SUIT
AGAINST DOCTOR
LABOR ACT BEING
VIOLATED BY S. P.
Statement to Mediation
Board Asserts Company
Fostering Type Unionism
Secret Pacts Charged
SAN FRANCISCO, April 32. fly
Donald Rich berg, former NRA coun
sel today charged the Southern Pa
cific company with violating the na
tional railway labor act by fostering
"a type of company unionism."
Rich berg's statement Was made to
day to president Roosevelt's emerg
ency mediation board inquiring her
into charges brought against the com
pany by two railroad brotherhoods.
The board's Investigation started
after the Brotherhood of Railway
Trainmen and the Brotherhood of
Locomotive Englncmen and Firemen
voted last week to postpone & threat
ened strike of 8.500 employes on the
company's Pacific lines.
Rich berg also charged that the
Southern Pacific violated the labor
act by denying Its employes the right
to bargain through representatives of
their own,, choosing. The former NRA
attorney represents the two com
plaining brotherhoods.
He stated the Southern Pactfle
made secret agreements with the
Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers
In February, 1936. and with the Or
der of Railway Conductors In Octo
ber, 1936, which, he said, violated the
national railway labor act to the det
riment of the two Junior brother
hoods.
The very existence of the agree
ments were denied by the carier.
Rlchberg said, "and the. secrecy shows
their illegality. Under the act the
employee may bo represented by any
brotherhood of their choice, whether
or not that brotherhood Is named la
the original contract with the car
rier."
Rlchberg said that under the "se
cret agreements" the carrier pledged
that every claim by firemen would be
referred to a rival organ trat ton and
that the carrier would take no ac
tion not agreeable to the rival or
ganisation.
GUILIY PLEA ENTERED
Bf TRANSIENT YOUTHS
Henry Elmer Dale and Robert Jun
ior Parker, transient youths, aged IT
and 18. waived grand Jury action and
entered pleaa of guilty In circuit
oourt yesterday afternoon, to the
hold-up of the Shady Sprlnga aervlco
station In the Slskiyoua, three week
ago. Judge H. D. Norton deferred
passing of scntenco pending further
Investigation of the case. Neither
youth has a previous record, auth
orities say.
The pair held up Robert F. Crontn.
service station operator, at the point
of a pistol. At first Cronln thought
It waa a Joke, and laughed at the
bandlta. who advised him It was no
laughing matter. They took 113 from
the till, but returned 10 or mis turn
to Cronln. They lft after Instruct
ing Cronln not to report the rob
bery. They wero arrested later by
the Ashland city police.
Dale, younger or the pair, claims
to be an orphan, with no known k'.n.
Both have been roaming around t!t
country, doing seasonal farm work
Allen R. Ruddell, charged with
theft of 3.910 pounds of steel piping
from the Opp mine near Jackson
ville, entered a plea of guilty, and
waa granted a suspended sentence
upon condition he go to Deschutes
where he has employment In a saw
mill. EUGENE. April 33. 0P Breaking
camp at :30 thla morning, troops
ot the 30th infantry regiment of the
Presidio at Ssn Francisco left Eugene
en route north, after an overnight
stop here.
The 170 vehicles and t J20 men un
der the command of Col. Irving J.
Phllllpson arrived In Eugene yesterday
afternoon, traveling In four dln
slona The regiment camped on col
lege hill south of the city, where
troopers were exposed to some rigor,
ous weather as a high wind swept
the hill-top. accompanied at times
by slight rain.
Last night the regimental band
gave a short concert at the Eugene
armory, playing to a capacity house.
Officers were entertained by the Eu
gene Ilka' club. '
REGIMENT CAMPS
IN EUGENE RAIN