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Thirty-Second Year
MEDFORD. OREGON", WEDNESDAY. APRIL 28. 1937.
No. 32.
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ny PALI. M.U.LON
(Copyright, 1937, by Paul Mallon)
WASHINGTON. April 28. Industry
Is continuing to swell Its output
ven beyond 1 929 bounds. Tou may
shave noticed the
i"l hoard nfftclallv an-
Jnounced the other
Sday that Industrial
production had
reached 119 per
scent In March, as
compared with the
I IIS. Now, It Is
I being estimated
un officially but
Paul Mallon authoritatively
here that April will be up 3 points
more to about I2l per cent, which Is
3 points above 1929. This makes the
question ol where we are going a
matter or acute immeoiaie wnwu
to the powers-that-be.
BIewIks In the stock market gen
erally know about changing trends
before outsiders. At least mat is
their business. Prom the manner In
which the market has been .acting
lately. It Is evident that they sense
a recession.
This guess Is sanctioned by nearly
every economist In the government,
but only In private, of course.
The economists seem to agree
unanimously that a period of read
justment Is In prospect, that It
probably will . not be extensive or
serious. They disagree about when
It will come: some say now, some
say In the fall.
A rather significant hint appar
ently Ilea In the fact that prices,
which have been going up steadily
since last summer, reached a peak
four weeks ago and have been casing
steadily downward since that time.
This may mean that expanding
production has reached' a temporary
(Continued on Page Plve.)
WASHINGTON, April 26. (P)
The house appropriations committee
asked congress today to pay 9465,000
to western Oregon counties in lieu
of taxes on revested grant lands of
the old Oregon & California railroad.
It also provided in Its deficiency
appropriations bill a $12,576 allot
ment to the counties as their share
of proceeds from the sale of Coos
county wagon road grant lands and
timber.
KLAMATH FALLS. April 28. Pi
Frank Jenkins, publisher of the
Klamath Falls News and Herald, to
day was elected head of the Klamath
County Chamber of Commerce.
John Houston, insurance man, and
E. M. Chllcote, real estate agent, were
named vice-president and treasurer.
F R E S N 6RKT a"uRA NTS
FACE STRIKE THREAT
FRESNO. Cal.. April 28. fUPl
Eighteen restaurant and two hotel
dining rooms, employing nearly 400
workers, will close their doors to busi
ness If the cooks waiters and bartend
ers unions carry out their threatened
walkout at noon Saturday officials of
the restaurant owners association said
today.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
An un-named student at the Jack
son school remarking upon receiving
his report card: "Well, 1 didn't get no
A's and I didn't get no Fs so I ain't
Cot nothln to be proud of and I ain't
got nothtn' to be sorry for.
Tom Oinn. on reading that the
president was warning against price
rises, averring that FDR wss a little
late.
Jack Dpnison maintaining an ad
mirable .if-control whn tbe audi
ence Informally Joined him In articu
lating an oft-repeated remark of the
character he portrayed in the senior
class play last night.
Mall Tribune staff being kept busy
answering such telephonic questions
as how to spell pate de fole gras and
tf it win be cold enough tonght to
butcher a steer
'BALANCE-WHEEL'
BACKING TO FOES
McCarran's Action Virtually
Assures Unfavorable Re
port Is Claim Ballot
by May 18 Is Decision
WASHINGTON. April 38. OP) Sen
ator McCarran (D.-Nev.). the "bal
ance-wheel" member of the senate
Judiciary committee, announced op
position today to the Roosevelt court
bill. His action virtually assured an
unfavorable report to the senate on
the measure, those close to the com
mittee said.
McCarran announced his position to
the committee today at an executive
session at which it was decided to
vote on the bill and all amendments
by Msy 18.
The Nevada senator strongly urged
the committee to accept his com
promise, which would provide for a
flat Increase In the size of the court
from 9 to 11 members. He announc
ed positively be would oppose the
president's bill as It sow stands,
providing for the naming of as many
as six new Justices unless those now
over 70 retire.
Previously, chocks of the commit
tee membership had shown nine mem
mers or half the committee were
opposed to the president's bill and
would vote against It. McCarran made
the tenth adverse vote and assured
an adverse report provided no one
should change.
McCarran had been one of the
tightest-lipped members of the com
mittee prior to today. No one knew
how he would vote on the preal tent's
bill If his and other ' compromises
were rejected.
Shortly after McCarran made lilt
announcement, . two other heretofore
publicly non-committal senators
Hatch (D-NM). and O'Mahoney (D
Wyo, announced they would oppose
the Roosevelt bill for six new mem
bers of the court.
They did not change the committee
count because they had privately In
dicated previously how they would
vote.
The three announcements, however,
made ten members of the committee
publicly committed against the presi
dential bill.
Opponents expressed delight at the
developments. Senator Burke (D-
N'eb), one of the opposition leaders,
said he no longer was fighting for a
' mere majority" against the bill, but
was seeking to run It up as high as
possible.
Other opponents said the three
committments also virtually ended
eny possibility of a compromise In
the committee. They said they would
hold out for an adverse vote on the
bill.
LONDON. April 38. UP) A travel
agency announced today thst It Is
prepared to relieve the loneliness of
Americsns and other coronation vis
itors by providing them with in
triguing male or female companions
at 88.35 a day.
Male visitors will be able to ob
tain the exclusive services of pretty
English girls from 10 a. m. to 8 p. m..
or alternately from 7 p. ro. to mid
night. Handsome college men will be
provided for women visitors at the
same rate.
Elderly people who prefer older
companions may obtain the services
of men or women about 40 years old.
NEW YORK. April 28. (, The
Rev. Dr. Charles LeRoy Ooodell, 82,
radio preacher, died of bean disease
last nleht.
New Deals "Juggernaut"
Rapped by Industry Head
WASHINOTON, April 28.
President Virgil Jordan of the na
tional industrial conference board
contended today the Roosevelt ad
ministration has built "a vast polit
ical organization designed to main
tain it in permanent power."
His general denunciation of tbe
president's policies, prepared for tbe
convention of the United States
Chamber of Commerce, was the first
of the meeting.
Assort trig thst government mech
anisms forged by the administration
are designed to bring about "a sys
tem of state capitalism." Jordan
sakl:
"The most Important thing to rs
ember about this governmental
Jii&vernaut is that It Is irreversible.
No matter how many there are who
may desire it reversed, no political
Klamath Rancher Shot
FAVORS AIR BASE
AT TONGUE POINT
Bill Authorizing Develop
ment Cut to $1,500,000
Mott Says Government
Failed to Keep Faith
WASHINGTON, April a8. (AP)
The house naval affairs committee
approved today a bill authorizing de
velopment of a naval air base at
Tongue Point Ore., after cutting the
authorized cost to $1,250,000 from
11.500,000.
The bill lacks sanction of the navy
d.partment which baa held tbe base
Is not vital to the defense ot the
Pacific coast.
Representative James Mott of
Salem, Ore., author of the measure,
contended at committee bearings the
government failed to keep faith with
the people of Oregon who donated
the land for the base.
He asserted Oregon was without
defenses and the base would serve to
guard the mouth of the Columbia
river, Oregon's artery to the sea.
E RIVET
GIVES WAY TO STEEL
AT Tl
BAN FRANCISCO. April 28. (p
The 839,000,000 Golden Bate bridge
waa officially completed today with
out the benefit of a vanishing gold
en rivet.
Dedicatory ceremonies yesterday
centered around the MOO rivet, which
was supposed to be the final link In
tbe great steel structure. But the riv
et couldn't take It.
Heavy blows of the rivet eun show
ered cheering spectators with pow
dered gold at the crucial point of
the ceremony.. Then the rivet head
popped off. The rest of tbe rivet was
punched out and disappeared. Wheth
er the broken pieces fell-Into waters
of tho Golden Gate of somebody's
pocket no one seemed to know, but
anyway there wae no gold In the
bridge today.
The bridge's 4.200 span makes It tbe
greatest single 'suspension span yet
built. With approaches Its length to
tals 9.000 feet. It Joins the Redwood
highway on the north and San Fran
cisco on the south. Ground for the
bridge was first broken Feb. 36. 1033.
Official opening to traffic Is set for
May 27, to be celebrated by the Gold
en Oste bridge fiesta.
40 Autos Stranded
In Idaho Blizzard
TWIN PALLS. Idaho. April 38.
AF Between 40 and W motor cars
were stranded today by wind-driven
snow on a highway east of here and a
state-owned rotary plow was dis
patched to dig them out.
The tieup developed on a drifted
stretch between the south central
Idaho villages of Hansen and Mur
Uugh, on state highway No. 30. 30
miles from Twin Palls. .
No concern was felt, but the state
highway department announced an
other rotary plow was being assem
bled for use should the storm con
tinue. WICHITA. Kans.. April 28. iJV
Ed Carruth, 46, Herlngton. Kas., for
mer national vice -commander of the
American I-egton, died today.
lesdr or party today would try to
re7era It."
Reciting various a d m tnlatratlon
pollcitM, Jordan said these set up gov
erBmerrui machinery "that has been
operating during the past four years
to undermine and destroy the ( pri
vate i enterprise order.
"It is practically complete but a
few more gadget are being foiyed
and witi be fitted Into plsce as soon
as at) constitutional obstacles are re
moved. "It ta tngineered out of error forg
ed out of falsehood and driven by tbe
porr of mass delusion mobilized by
dar.vuery."
T-e national industrial conference
board makes studies of economic
proi:r. issuing statistical and other
report. It has headquarters In New
Tor. J
"Unloaded" Rifle
Causes Death Of
6-Y ear-Old Girl
IOKE. April 38. (AP) Discharge
of a supposed 1 y u nl oaded .22 -caliber
rifle in the hsnds of her
brother, Don, 8 waa believed today
to have caused the death yester
day afternoon of little Edith Ball.
8-year-old daughter of Mr. and
Mrs. Louis Ball of lone, according
to the report of Dr. A. D. McMur
do. Heppner, county coroner. The
little girl and her brother were
playing In the bathroom of their
home and Mrs. Ball wss away from
the house when the accident oc
curred. Mrs. Ball returned to find her
daughter lying in a pool of blood
on the floor. The little girl was
rushed to a Heppner hospital,, but
died within a few minutes.
CITY POLICE NAB
Arthur William Rosslter, 17, Med
ford youth, was bound over to the
grand Jury today by Justice of the
Peace William R. Coleman when he
waived preliminary hearing. He was
charged with burglary not In a dwell.
Ing and ball was set at $1000.
Rosslter, on parole for the robbery
of Coleman's store In Jacksonville
about a year ago, was arrested by
city police at 3 o'clock this morn
ing in Brown's Billiard parlor while
allegedly ransacking the showcases
and attempting to open the safe
He wss discovered by City Officer
Clyde Plchtner, who saw him througb
the front door .working on the safe
behind the counter.
Officer Flchtner called Charles
Adams, merchant night patrolman.
(Continued on Pse Ten.)
PLAN WIDEFLUNG
GRANTS PASS. April 28. (TP)
Signalled by the close of the Irriga
tion district dam at Savage Rapids
which win temporarily drop water
almost to summer low, a 2ft-mlle
patrol of Rogue river will be made
tomorrow morning for the body of
Dr. C. R. Lucas, drowned Sunday.
It Is planned to be the greatest search
ever organized here.
Tho upper IS miles from tbe point
Lucas sank to Robertson bridge, be
low Grants pans, has been divided
among 18 experienced rtvermen in
boats. Scores of men from civic and
business houses will patrol the banks
In the community-wide search. Be
tween Robertson bridge and Hell's
Oste bridge the CCC will patrol the
river. Exact hour for closing the
dam has not yet been set.
A wide-mesh stock, fence was
stretched across the river this morn
ing. Yesterday a McKenzie river
boatman aided the search, attempting
to chart the undercurrents with a
dummy body.
REX PUTNAM BACKED
FOR SCHOOL POSITION
PENDLETON, April 38. (AP) Re
liable sou rce here reported tod ay
that several eastern Oregon sc hool
men are uniting with Willamette
valley educators In support of Rex
Putnsm, superintendent of Albsny
schools, for the position of state su
perintendent of public Instruction,
which C. A. Howard said yesterday
he would resign September 1 to ac
cept the presidency of the Eastern
Oregon Normal school at La Orande.
KLAMATH STOREKEEPER
SUICIDES NEAR DUMP
KLAMATH FALLS. April 28. fAP
Dick MOee, about 80. small store
keeper, was found shot dead In an
automobile parked near the city
dump Tuesday afternoon.
McOee bad a bullet wound in nta
head and held an automatic pistol
in his hand. Coroner Oeorge H. Adier
pronounced it a case of suicide.
PARK HOUSING BILL
HIT BY DEPARTMENT
WASHINOTON. April i8. ',V-The
department of the Interior refused
today to sanction (Senator Charles
MoNarys bill authorizing loan for
construction of recreational housing
accommodations In nstlonal forests
and parka.
The bureau of the midget said the
plan "la sot In accord with the pres
ident's program.
L UNI
STAGE CLASH IN
600 Workers March Out of
Plant After Night of Riot
ing Closed Shop Ques
tion Basis of Trouble
AKRON, 0 April (AP)
The Firestone Tire & Rubber Co.
announced today an agreement
had been reached with repre
sentatives of the I'nlted Rubber
Workers of America to end the
eight-week strike of 10.000 em
ployes at the company's plants
here.
CONNERSVIUJS, Ind.. April S8.
(AP) Eyea blood-shot from lack of
sleep, approximately 600 workmen
marched from the Rex Manufacturing
company'a plant bare today amid
hoots and catcalls of more than 300
United Automobile Workers of Amer
ica who had patrolled outside of the
building.
Shouts of "we want a closed shop"
came from UAWA pickets.
The exodus from the plant was In
decided contrast to the band-to-hand
combat last sight In which three men
suffered injuries requiring medical
attention. Dozens of other workmen
were cut and bruised In the rioting
which followed the calling of a UAWA
strike.
Elmer Davis, UAWA orgsnlrer, an
nounced a temporary truce bad been
ordered pending a conference with
Thomas Hutson, state' labor commis
sioner. Early In the day a conference of
labor leaders and company officials
ended without agreement. Another
parley was set for 7 p. m.
Davis ssld he had Issued a demand
for a closed shop. He asserted he had
pointed out the existence of two rival
uolona tn the same plant was Im
possible. The too workmen who marched
from the plant were membera of the
Cabinet and Refrigerator Workers
Protective association. They refused
to Join the UAWA strike celled late
yeeterdsy.
The rioting began when the UAWA
pickets prevented approximately 00
night shift workers from entrlng the
building.
Davis ssld the strike had been
called "because the company discrim
inated against UAWA members end
declined to confer with a grievance
commttee.V
At Indianapolis, 80 -odd miles awsy,
Gov. M. Clifford Townaend awaited
Hutson's report before considering
possible establlahment of martial law.
TO
Oregon State highway commission
will visit Grants Psss and Ashland
on Monday, May 17. It was stated
this afternoon In an Associated Press
dispatch from Portlsnd, where the
commission wss In session.
The commissioners will dtacuaa
southern Oregon road problems at a
luncheon In Oranta Pass and then
continue to Ashland for a banquet
meeting.
At the meeting In Portland tnia
afternoon the commission, acting
upon the advice of 8. H. Boardman.
superintendent of state parks, au
thorized preliminary condemnation
for an 80-acre tract for park pur
poses on Crater Lake highway near
Trail.
Exact site of the tract could not
be ascertained here Immediately as
those familiar with the state park
program could not be reached.
PORTLAND HOT SPOTS
FACE CLOSURE SUITS
PORTLAND, April 28. up, The
district attorney's office and the state
liquor commission obtained circuit
court restraining orders today against
three night clubs here, the Roof Oar
den, Cotton Club and Club Royale,
penning trial of suits for alleged vio
lation of the state liquor control act.
Under the suits, the clubs would
be closed for a year unless each post,
ed a $1000 bond to Insure observance
of the liquor act. ,
Income Shares
Maryland Fund, bid 80.78: aiked
HOW.
Quarterly Income, bid 817.80; asked
MM
in Row
RELIGIOUS FASTER NEAR DEATH
Jackson Whitlow, 45-year-old farmer of Stooping Oak, Tens., con
tinued his religious fast although a physician warned him he had
only a few days to live unless he starts eating again. Weighing
only 100 pounds and too weak to get out ot bed. Whitlow Began
his forty-ninth day of fasting by declaring he will not eat until
"I hear a call from the Lord."
F,
IN EARLY TABULATION
OF LUMBERMEN'S VOTE
PORTLAND. Ore.. April 28. (AP)
A glimmer of hope for peace in
the Columbia river district's lumber
labor controversy appeared today as
votes were tabulated In a lumber
and sawmill workers' union referen
dum on the question of submitting
their differences with employers to
an arbitration board.
A union spokesman said early re
turns showed the membership "over
whelmingly" In fsvor of arbitration.
Employers, however, made no com
ment on tho plan, saying no pro
posal for arbitration had been sub
mitted to them by the unions.
Operators of both logging camps
and sawmills stood pat on their de
mands that sympathy strikes and al
leged slow-down tactics of the unions
be terminated.
The loggers backed their ultima
tum today by closing operations em
ploying 6000 men.
Sawmill operators set the dead
line for termination of sympathy
strikes st three Oregon plants for to
dsy. They did not state what meas
ures they would take if their de
mands were unheeded.
In any case a continued shut
down of logging camps would force
mills to close for lack of logs within
a few dsys, throwing another 7000
men out of work.
British Pe7 Tariff
Reduction Is Asked
WASHINOTON, April It (T)
Senator Lewi Schwcllenbach of
Washington asked a reduction In the
British tsrlff on pears In a letter to
Secretary of Ststo Cordell Hull.
The senstor ssld he felt that the
42-cent-pr-box tariff Imposed at
the Ottawa trade conference waa not
Justified by statistics.
GRANTS PASS. April 38? (P
Youngbrry and loganberry crops In
Jonephlno county will be short this
year because of cold weather and
dlsesse, growers told the Redwood
Granae. 1
President Would Tie Up
Part of Appropriations
WAAHINO'JOJI, April 28- (JT)
Speaker Bar X head said today he was
author teed ti state that President
Roosevelt faed Impounding 18 per
cent of all apropriationa for gov
ernment departments and agencies
for the next fiscal year.
A resolution to Impound that pro
portion of appropriations was intro
duced yesterday by Representative
Cannon (D.-Mo.). None of the 18 per
cent would be available for expendi
ture unless released by the president
Bankhesd said he did not believe
there would be any Immediate action
on the resolution. He said he thought
It sbouJd be deferred until after all
appropriation bills have passed.
"Frankly, If It goes through,"
Bank head said at his press confer
ence, "It will be left up to the pres
ident to see what savings be can
make
Over Chickens
IS
IN GORE SUIT MOTION
TIME
FOR REPLY SET
The motion ot Jackson county
seeking to have W. H. Core make
"more definite and certain" his sec
ond suit against the county, for
3168.33. sought for services ren
dered In behalf of the Oregon-California
land grant tax refund bill
has been overruled by Circuit Judge
H. D. Norton, and Jackson county
given ten days in which to file an
answer.
In the present suit Qore seeks one
per cent of all money paid Jackson
county under the 0-0 tax refund
measure, claiming he had a compro
mise agreement with the 1038 county
court for this sum. Payments for
years before 1932 are barred by the
statute of limitations.
In the original suit Qore contend
ed the agreement called for payment
of five per cent of all O-O monies,
approximating 888.000. A circuit
court Jury denied hla plea. Gore
Journeyed to Washington. D. O., and
(Continued on Page Two.)
FASTER MAY LIVE
TEN DAYS LONGER
STOOPING OAK. Tenn.. April 38.
(API Dr. R. e. standlfer ssld today
Jackson Whitlow, the fasting moun
taineer could live probably 10 daye
longer, 'even If he does not break his
fast.
The Dunlsp physician, after exam
ining the man who claims he haa not
enten for 40 days, said Whitlow need
ed medical care If and when he eats.
Whitlow, 47-year-old trapper, who
weighed m when his fast begsn. Is
down to 07 pounds.
The mountaineer said "the Lord"
told him to start fasting and that he
would not take food until he had re
ceived word he could end the fast.
. The speaker said he, too, approved
the Cannon proposal.
. It appears evident, he added, that
the president favors it In preference
to a horizontal 10 per cent cut la all
appropriations a suggested by Sena
tors Byrnes (D.-o. C.) and Represen
tstive Taber (R.-N. T.).
"It Is practically Impossible," ths
apesker asserted, "to provide for an
absolute horizontal cut In alt ap
propriations. You Just can't do It
without injustices In certain spots"
The house appropriations commit
tee, spurred by the economy demands
cut 818,838.805 today from the bud
get's estimates (or the second defi
ciency appropriation bill. The meas
ure carried a total of 870.30843.
.Yesterday, house committees ap
proved a 878.000.000 increase In the
army's allotment for next year, out
rejected a 1300.000.000 pnvram for
siding state school systems.
NEIGHBOR FAMILY
HELD BY OFFICERS
FOLLOWING FIGHT
Jack Roesner, 21, Admits
Shooting Jeff Emmert in
Head Battle With Clubs
Precedes Revolver Fire
KLAMATH FALLS, April 38.
A Jade Roesner, 31, and his parents,
Mr. and Mrs. Pred Roesner, were be
ln held In the city Jail today whlla
pollco Investlgstcd the fatal ahoot
lug of Jeff Emmert, 83, early this
morning in an alleged row over soma
chickens.
Young Roesner. who surrendered to
authorities shortly after the shoot
ing, admitted he fired the gun whtta
killed Emmert, according to Pollco
Desk Officer Thomas Judge, to whom
Roesner told his story. His hand was
broken.
Fired Five Shots
Five shot were allegedly fired at
Emmert, one of which pierced hla
forehead. No examination has yet
been held to determine whether any
of the other bullets found their
mark.
The Roesners and Emmert are
neighbors In Pleasant View, suburban
tracts south ot Klamath Palls. Em
mert bought some chickens from tho
Roesners, and last night allegedly be
came Involved In a dispute with Mrs.
Pred Roesner over the deal.
Shortly before 6 o'clock this morn
ing, according to the story Mrs. Em
mert told Officer Judge, the elder
Roesner called hen husband, and re
sumed the argument. They were Join
ed by young Roesner and hla mother,
and a fight with clubs ensued.
Mother In Battle
Jack Roesner claimed that Mrs.
Emmert had a gun. When he aaw iha
was thus armed, he told Judge, he
went after his own 38 caliber pistol
and returned to find Emmert alleged
ly battling with his mother.
He aimed at Emmert, according to
his story, and fired five shots. Em
mert fell at one aide of the road sep
arating the two houses, rose, stsgger
ed across the road and collapsed dead
tn the ditch on the other side.
The Roesners then drove Into Klam
ath Falla and gavs themselves up to
city police.
CI ty police, on a warrant from
the sheriff's office, last night at
8:30 arrested Oeorge Louis Kern, 44,
in his room at the Lake hotel at
130 West Main street. He was charged
with obtaining money by false pre
tenses. Kern, who is employed by a local
packing house. Is alleged to have)
passed four worthless 88 checks on
local business concerns. He waa turn
ed over to the sheriff's office today
by city police, and will probably be
arraigned tomorrow. Sheriff 8yd Z.
Brown said.
Kern Is said to have cashed the
checks, drawn on the Plrt National
bank, Med ford branch, and signed
with his own nsme. to the Pas time
pool hall. April 31; tho Shack, April
33; the Grand hotel, April 34, and
the Shack April 38. Police say all
the checks were returned marked no
account.
BASEBALL
National
R. R. t.
R. H. E.
.10 1. a
. 8 11 1
Cincinnati
Chicago
Derringer, and Lombardl; French,
Root, Bryant, and Odea.
R, H. .
Brooklyn .
New York
.8(1
. 8
Mungo. Weir, and R. Moore: Schu
macher, Smith, Oumbert, and Man
cuso.
R. H. .
..4 a
7 It " 0
Boston
Philadelphia
MecPayden, Pr aster, and Lopet;
Pssseau and Atwood.
American
Chicago Sit
Cleveland 1 11 1
lee. Rigney, and Be well; Harder,
and Pytlek.
New tork ,
T
8
Washington ...... nMm
Gomes and Jorgens; Caacaretla.
Cohen and Millies.
FOUR BAD CHECKS
CHARGEDJO KERN