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The Weather Forerut: Cloudy tonttht; probably rain Saturday, cooler Sat unlay. Temperature: Ificheat eterday Lowest this morning .......... 3? Transportation There U a lot of cheap Irani porta f tart zitectlte in the Vsed Autos Tor Sale columns of the MaU Trlhaoe, Inspect the car and choose the lint bargain Ttie bent jo first. Medford R7BUNE mil Associated Press ? UniUd Prea Thirty-Second Year Twenty Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY, APRIL 30, .1937. No, 34. luinrpim nmi if Ml mm sail I MM Br PAIL MALLON. (Copyright, 1937, by Paul Mallon) WASHINGTON, Aprtl 30. Presi dent Roosevelt seems to hava deft-! nttely changed his mind about how sto stop prices and 1 regulate industry. IhIs position Is In jthe process of I complete reversal. The movement I could be dlscern fed in recent se- irles of stage man. aged mane uvers. I nut oniy ny uiobo with soma official knowledge of how Paul Mullon he Intends swing ing around. Three steps have already been taken: (a) The wholly unexpected move to Indict Mr. Mellon's aluminum mo nopoly, which was absolved once of violating the anti-trust law. (b) The very vague letter which Mr. Roosevelt sent to Vice-President Garner, urging that the Miller-Tyd-Jngs fair trade practices bill be held up, implying the president has some substitute method in mind. (c) That needlessly forceful letter from Attorney-General Cu minings to Mr. Roosevelt, saying the govern ment could not do anything about steel price fixing and urging revis ion of the antl trust laws. TJp to this, Mr. R. had been think ing about his price wage, hours prob lem from the old NRA standpoint. His unofficial attorneys General Cor coran and Cohen, have been trying to work out new price bills and new wagea and hours bills along the same old theory which Inspired NRA. That Is, their viewpoint was that of creating rather than abolishing mo- nopoly and regulating It severely to promote certain wages and hours or labor and certain price bases for in dustry. Their approach was toward collectivism, fascism, or whatever nicer words they chose to call It. Several things have happened lately to make them see the error of that way. Biggest thing was the Wagner labor decision by the supreme court. It cut the ground right out from under the Roosevelt method of ap proach by specifically giving labor the right to get Its own hours and wages, under restrictions of a fed eral board. At the same time. Gene ral Corcoran and General Cohen ere supposed to have torn up some dozens of drafted bills, which were unsatisfactory effort to reach Mr. Roosevelt's purposes. Those which survived are said to have been wholly unsatisfactory to the president. These left loopholes, fell short of reaching the problem, etc. - During all thia period of NRA remnant thinking, the "anti-trust Jaws were as dead as Attorney-Gene (Continued on page fourteen PRESIDENT'S SHIP RESUMES CRUISE NEW ORLEANS. April 30. (AP) A radio report to temporary White Kou&e headquarters here today said the destroyer Moffett carrying Pres ident Roosevelt on his fishing vaca tion was cruising In the gulf after developing alight engine trouble near the mouth of the Mississippi river lt night. The message said the new 1830 ton destroyer developed a clogged oil line and put In at pilottown at the mouth of the river shortly before 10 p. m. The trouble was remedied and the Moffett got under way again early today. She was expected, to transfer the president to the U. S. S. Po tomac some time during the day. With memories of a rousing recep tion in this ancient crescent city. President Roosevelt cruised "some where along the gulf coast," footing for fighting tarpon. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Oene Thorndlke getting thorough ly excited over a first-hand descrip tion of .dust storms. Caroline Wvmore having a dread- fdl time trvtng lo keep up with her pet pan!e punpr. I Fa ye Brrnner, Eula Falwelt and Msxine Roberts doing a lot of spit-' ting and sputter. ng when they got salt in their coffee at a bankers' i morning repast. Delroy Oetchell declaring he knew alt about typoraphUai rrrort oe cause he was a printer ooc luauetf.j F. L HERTFORD, IB. IS STRUCK PILE RIDING JCYCLE Ernest Cannon, 23, Held by Police Liquor Bottles . Found in Car Inquest Is Scheduled for Saturday Francis Lee Heryford, 16, sopho more In Medford high school, died In Community hospital at 12:38 a. m. today from Injuries received when the bicycle he was riding was struck by an automobile driven by Nelson Ern est Cannon, 23, of 1122 Sunset ave on North Riverside avenue near Fourth street at 11:10 last night. The driver of the car was being held by city police today pending the coroner's inquest tomorrow morning at 10 o'clock. City police stated Can non had been drinking. A one-gallon wine Jug practically empty, an empty pint whiskey bottle, and one-hall pint of wine were found in the car by city police, who also said Cannon had no operator's permit. Skull Fractured Young Heryford was rushed to Community hospital following the accident, and never regained con sciousness. County Coroner Frank Perl attributed death to a "very severe skull fracture." According to Investigating city authorities. Cannon was driving a 1934 Chevrolet sedan registered to his sister, Helen G. Fox, of 302 Vancouver avenue. In the car with -him was bis 13-year-old brother, Clayton Cannon, who also lives at 1122 Sunset avenue. Travelling north on North River aide, the automobile struck the rear end of the bicycle ridden by young Heryford directly in front of the Southern Oregon Salvage company and opposite the Jennings Tiro shop. police were told. Heryfordwa thrown L bicycle and landed over 30 feet from the point of Impact. Marks on the pavement indicate the bicycle was dragged 68 feet 9 inches before be coming disentangled from the auto (Continued on Page Four.) TOMATO PLANTING GETS UNDER WAY Planting of tomatoes la now under way In the Rogue river valley. W. A. Gates estimates 400 acres will be planted this season, but that due to planting the tomatoes closer to gether the yield will be increased 25 percent. The close planting will also provide shade for the tomatoes in the hot months. Gates is asso ciated with the Bagley cannery of Ashland. Tomato planting machines are be ing used this season, for the first time in this section, according to Gates, - Two planting machines ate In operation one purchased from the factory end the other formerly used in Douglas county pioccoll fields. The planting machines plant, and water, and If desired sprinkle fer tilizer. They do a faster Job than by hand. uaiea uw predicts mere win oe an increased onion acreage In this sec- j tlon this year. WOOD BLOCK PRINTS EXHIBIT AT RYCHARDS Fortnight's exhibit of Japanese wood block prints Is being held at R?ch ard a in 310 Med ford Center building, The exhibit Includes 147 plates on varlous subjects. The work was done by hand In Kobe, Japan, on mul- berry paper from cherrywood. Little Effect Seen From Roosevelt Economy Plea WASHINGTON. April 30. (AP Flwal experts predicted today Presi dent Roosevelt's appeal for extra economies in government between now and July 1 would hare little effect In whittling the current fiscal year's budget below 7,781.000.000. Department heads must reply by tomorrow to a recent letter from the president asking what savings they can effect by "eliminating or defer ring all expenditures which are not absolutely neeesfflrv.' That letter preceded his revised spending about 296.OO0.000. Officials said that revision took Into account some possible cuts. They expressed doubts any further reduction of importance could be made. While the treasury awaited the de Tiri mental reports, house and senate 'artera clJhe1 over methods of re ducmg nu vein budget. Rebel Dreadnaught Scuttled by Loyal Airplanes 'DocT Back in heaven' - Harlem Joyful Fir l , - i : -IP w Cult members who worship rather Mnjnr ttvine (lef.) as find weTe because their Utile leader had been releaeiJ from Jul I. IHiine jpejit a him in Milforrf, Conn., where he fled fni lowing n btiibhlng in one of his held In his Harlem "No. 1 Heaven" lost night. HIGHWAY COMMISSION PLANS MEETING WITH COURT HERE MAY 17 SALEM. April SO. AP) Confer ences and hearings in oiympia, Wash.: Grants Pass. Medford, Ash land, Albany and Portland will draw the attention of the 'state highway commission and engineers during the next month. Secretary H. B. Glaisyer announced today. - The first series will be held May 17, when the commissioners will con fer with the Josephine and Jackson county courts on the secondary high way program in that section. June 2, the commission will go to Oiympia to confer with Lacey Mux row, head of the Washington state highway department, in a second meeting on the move for a tree ferry service across the Columbia rtver at ABtorla. No definite action was tak en at the meeting held recently In Portland on the issue. The legisla tures of both states have authorized the commissions to take this step. 'On June 3 the regular meeting of the commission will be held at Port land, at which time bids on addi tional road projects will be opened. The list of Jobs has not been an nounced. A hearing on relocation of the Pa cific highway through Albany will be held In that city June 4. EXCEPTION LIMIT SET ON COAST LINE DEPORT WASHINGTON, April 30. m The interstate commerce commtr-ston set May 15 today as the date by which exceptions may be filed to en examiner's report recommending against construction of a railway line from Grants pass. Ore., to Crescent City, Cal Examiner W. J. Schutnimp told the commission he could find no eco- nomic justification for the line and opposed Issuance of a certificate of nerewit.v and convenience. Senator Robinson of Arkansas. t.:e Democratic Jeader, Joined those de manding a fiat cut of 10 per cnt In all 1938 appropriations. Leaders of the "economy bloc" with whom he thus associated him self challenged the declaration of Speaker Bankhead fD Ala.) that Presiden t Roosevel t favored a pro posal for leaving the responsibility for cutting costs In bis hands. Some (senators contended the prei dnt had taken no part in the dis pute orr whether the cut should b made by congress or the chief execu tive. Bank head explained to reporter! todsy he bad never discussed the Impounding proposal with Mr. Roose. velt. but had made his statement that the president favored it because DaniJ"! W. Bell, acting hv.dret di rector. -,ad made the suggestion to Cannofi. BASEBALL National, R. H. . Chicago a 11 3 Pittsburgh 10 1 Farmciee and O'Dcs; Bauers, Bian-ton,- Tobla and Todd. . r- r . .v Brooklyn ...... 2 7 1 New York U 14 I Birkofer, Btitchcr, Jeff coat, Peter son, and Klumpp; Ifubbelj and Man- CUJSO. B. H. E. Boston 10 14 a Philadelphia 2 6 0 Turner and Lopez; Jorgens, Mul cany, Sivesa and Atwood. American. R. H. E Philadelphia ft 1 Boston - IS IB 1 Thomas. Turbevllle, Oumpert, Nel son and Brucker; W. Pcrrell and R Ferreil. St. rain. Louis at CliJcngo postponed; VROMAN IS DENIED DAMAGES IN CRASH A circuit court jury returned a verdict In favor of Louis J. Vppf In the damage suit against him, filed by C. D, Vroman, as the reauJt of an auto accident at North Central avenue and Fourth street last De cember is. It was the second suit fil'd sgaisst Upp as a result of the accident. In which damages have been denied. The first action was filed by Judd Doty. The Jury deliberated about an hour. Fred W. Goddaid, former Klamath county )udg, now a resi dent of thla county, waa foreman. Vroman sought recompense for in juries allegedly sustained when the auto he was driving' was slrurfc by the Doty car, aft?r a collision wjth a car driven by Upp. Upp was driv ing on Fourth street and the other two cars were on North Central ave nue. Testimony In the trial showed that Up had stopped his auto after the crash, tout that the Doty car con tl nued a cons! dera ble d Is ta nee before striking the Vroman car. Upp was represented by Attorneys OeorKe M. Roberts and William N. McAllister, and the plaintiff by At torneys Porter J. Neff and Otto rronhnmsyer. Guard Negro Youth From Mob Violence SAVANNAH. Oa., April 30. (UP) A Negro youth accused of an at tempted attack on a white woman was brought to the-Chatham county Jail last night Jot sale-keeping. The negro, Willie Hawkins, oad been viwd by a band of white men near Midville, o. Law, howM'er. It was rportd his raptors surrendered him 1o Burke county authorities fto brought him here to prevent possible violence. . P. Veteran IMes SALEM, Apirl 90. AP( Oliver L, Darling, Southern Pacific ticket agent and telegrapher here for more then 42 yearn, died at i u t.ome yeMerday. Funrel aervires will bt heid Monday afternoon. overflowing with happiness today night In a relJ after police found "..raven?.." This gay -party G-MEN TAKE SUSPECT IN MATRON KIDNAP TO TAMA, IS m CUSTER. S. D., April 3C (API Jctwc Ickes. suspect in the Mattson kidnaping caw who was held In Jail here five weeks, was Relieved to be en route to Tacoma, Wash., today In custody of federal officers. A source close to Sheriff Ed Oray of Custer county said Ickes had been released last Tuedny. "Sheriff Oray said several federai agents had questioned Ickes while he waa held here. Another source dis closed that impressions of tires on Ickes car and photographs of the exterior and Interior of the machine hart been sent to Tacoma. Sheriff Oray said several federal on the report, but admitted he had released Ickea to a federal agent named "Bryce." presumably for trans portation to Tacoma. TACOMA. Wash., April 30, AP Dr. w. W. Mattson said today "I hope it is true and not another false rumor; but Z don't know thing about it," when Informed Jesse Ickes, Custer, 8. D was rumored to have confessed complicity in the kidnsp slaylng of Charles Matt son 10, The physician, father of the vic tim, sftid he was Inclined to doubt the report. K. F. RESERVATION HEAD DISCHARGED WASHINGTON, April 30. tAP) Secretary Ickes approved today .the dlM?harge of Wade Crawford, a mem ber of the Klamath Indian tribe, as superintendent of the Klamath agency in Oregon. John Collier, commissioner of In dian affairs, aald the dismissal was necesAltnWl "especially because of the Indians inability lo maintain harmonious relations" with Crawford. Ke Raid Crawford had experienced trouble with administrative affairs hut there was no reflection on the superintendent's honesty. Collier said tJw discharge should not no taken to mean fckes has abandoned his policy of placing In cllsns In executive positions in the Indian service. Savants Eye Dump For Lost Radium SEATTLE, Wash., April 30. (UP) ScientKU bent their leaf&ed head over Seattle's city dump heap today, quietly searching for 93.QOQ worth of ftdium believed accidentally lost, like a needle In a hayatarfc, beneath ton of trash, it waa revealed. In a tiny brass tube, the radium disappeared from the office of Dr 1. L, Stephens, it was lntenf(M for cancer trfatment. Ih. Stephens went over every part of his offlr-e with an Hectroaeope, searching for the tube, an inch long and ihe thlckneet of a fencit, without avail NBW YORK, April 30 UP !-Bf- nard college today told lis students they are ail girls that they could not smoke near leotiire haii. out not tor the reason you think. The oudd- itg aren't tlreproof. TOWNSEND SAYS COHORTS AGAINST CHANGE IN COURT Pension Plan's Founder Sup posed to Be Visiting in Medford Vicinity To Lecture in Salem Sunday The ten million Towssseudites In the United States do riot vrant any changes In the supreme court, Dr. Francis B. TownseTtd. founder of the old age pension movement said In a statement released through Portland Thursday by his publicity man. Portland news oureea jm Id the statement was supposed to have been given out by the pension father while in Medford. However, if Town send pold Medford a virtt Thursday, his followers here kept the fact a deep secret. Although It waa reported Town send might be In seclusion at some neaTby ranch here, seeking a rest before continuing his Journey north, Townaendites contacted today pro fessed to know nothing of his where abouts. "We want no packing of the su preme court, because a court packed for us could later be packed against us." the statement continued. "Our proposal ia honest and our fight must be conducted honestly. "We have absolute confidence In the court's integrity atsd ability as now constituted. We do not know what would happen i psUtictftat are permitted to pack it. , . "Congress will pass our WU shortly and ' whoever is president of the United States will sign It. If the supreme court should held that we have exceeded constitutions! author ity and must have an amendment to make our law valid, we wiil resort to the honorable means of accomplish ing our purpose. In less than 12 months we could pass a constitutional amendment so there is no reason to resort to po litical trickery." Dr, Townsend is scheduled to lec ture at Salem Sunday afternoon and Portland Sunday night, before con tinuing on to Seattle. JOCKEYS SELECT DERBY FAVORITES NEW YORK, April M. APtD. fcr'.ng vn more wldrty thnn the tralnera, "Jury" ot 11 who tm UxSkj wtocfctf a rmlf-rtozen iiomts o their choice lor the Ken tuctcy derby Inure!. Where the same number of inMa- voted !most eoHdty for either Mre. Ethel y. Mer e Reaping Hewerd Samuel Rlddle'e War AdmS-a! or 3. M. Umchelm'a Pompoon, the jockeya their bailsu for the "h!r three." the H. R. Bradley entry ot BrooMyn and Billionaire, Heelly trom the TVs a-oned Three Di stock farm and Maxwell Howard' Scene-hitter Reaping Reward received five totea, three picked War Admiral, an eay -tnner of the Chesapeake et&kea tftat Saturday, while the remaining lour were acattered amorr HeeSfij. Pom poon, SceneahiTter and the Bradley entry. Aome of the Jockeya favored the horae they W111 Tide on May 8 Horrors in Destruction Of Basque City Related (By Cannon Alberto Onalnaii toM (o I'eHN Press) as (Copyright 1M7, by United Press) BIARRITZ, Pranco-flpunlih fron tier, April 30. ( UP i saw the oombiiig and burning of Outntki one of the terrible crimes of this age. I walked through streets thick with blood and saw bodies Of the dead many of them dismembered. There were bodies of oid men, women and children. . And behind the carnage of Ger man aviators I saw the blood-erased Moors move through tafcn tc nlgM. Taping wives and daughters of the innocent. t watched, sick with horror, while more than 1 000 human beings were aianghtered. And later 1 wmiaed .nto the town, over street that were slip pery with blood, and saw the crime that war has wrought 00 the once bemitiful Basque "holy city." Now I am going to try to see the pope, and beg hint to intervene, I believe I am one of the few 11 v in witnesses to the destruction of Ouernlca On the tfteraoon i Tuesday t t waa passing throw, b Ouefnica, on my Straw Hat Day For Local Men Here Tomorrow Tomorrow la the day for RctftM vaUey men to don straw hats. Thla aprlng taahlon convention waa decreed a ahort time brg at a meeting of repreaentatlvea ot department etorea and zn?n'a ahopa here. It waa agreed then that no immfr headgear would be diaplayed or put on Bale until May a. So tomorrow he eld ltd goe off and the new lid goej oa. It ta the official opening of the atraw hot "paaon, LOGGERS ASSOCIATION PONDERS PEACE OFFER FROM COLUMBIA UNION PORTlAm, April 30. AP) Ex-; ecuUvec of the Columbia, Bas'n ixjg- gers association pondered the Lum ber and Sawmill Workers' union pro-, poaal today to arbitrate differences in labor controversy bringing Idle ness to appro. mutely 000 vrorts. A spokesman for the employer or ganisation said the anion suggestion was for arbitration nottilng more. He added that the Issue would need "considerable clarification before tlut association would answer one way or the other. Acceptance ailght brijig the reop ening of logging operations vrlth the return to work of 8,000 idle employes and removal cf a threat of a ioa; shortage what would create 7,000 more Idle workers tit the district's saw mm a. - 'Tli toggle cam pa were ' closed Monday by the- operators when their ultima turn that sympathy strlJtej in a number of operatlona and alow down tactics in the working agree ment co ii t raver ty must cwise was Ignored by the union. washing beauty wins ip to paris : in 'frisco contest SAM FRANCISCO. April 30. (p) Nineteen -year-old Bhlrley Joy Ellis of Seattle, her permanently-waved auburn locks still showing the Im print of the brilliant crown of vic tory she won at the Mlns "Western America" conttst, locked forward to day to ft trip to Parts, JYimc. That will fee her tew&rd tor win ning the judges' sward last night a the most poised intelligent and gen erally ch&rmful of the 11 beauties from as many states who competed for the crown. Second place winner was Oenevleve Hansen. 24, of e&o, Nev., who with third place victor Mauri ne McKcn te, 33. of Salt Uke City, wfU be a trip to British Columbia. MUa Ellis, vtrha now la a mode, said she expnctd to enter the Uni versity of Washington next Septem ber. Eventually, she hopes to cnieT radio drarastjes. Her trip to France will be to rep resent the OoJdrn oate JnternatJona exposition eemiriittee at the Parts world fair this summer. The beauty contest was sponsored by the exposition. 1 way to Marqulna J waa oa the road. lea than mile from town, when the bombardment began. The UtVe town of Oeanuri in the Ubidea sector, IS miles from Bilbao, waa raided at rht toy the arae Moors, the terrible scourge of towns that are !-tJfen or destrored, 7 "her rode thiougti the Tillage, attacking 34 women and glr!, including a girl of And cow X witnessed the attack on Guernica. Or.e rebel pursuit plane led then three others. They flew tow, spattering SuUeta Into people who fled along the streets Thirteen trl-motored bomber followed, The latter began dropping incend iary boznbi. They continued dropping bombs until 8 p. m.. and right pur suit planes flew low, strafing the streets. Ouernlca la surrounded by moun-l tains and the population fled, eek tng refuge in the forests, but they 1 were almost annihilated by pursuit j planes which followed knd machine-j gunned them. Rescuers, reachins Jose Wnaa hos-; 910.43. p.tal. found the sic had Been burn-! Quarterly Income, bid (17.34; ail ed to death in their bed. 1 id 111.90. SINKING IS FIRST ! DUE TO AIR BOMBS N NAVAL HISTORY ; Hundreds of Casualties Prob j able Feat Expected is Gain Wide Interest Among Nations Now Rearming SANTAXftfK, Spain, April 30 Xpy The gowtrnment aerial twjsjb that sati th inMirnt feattiesti.p Kspono today went aijuarfjy tnto her single' fnri d hurst in ner munitions maf iwi lie below decks, J ua report- ed hrc Conlgltt. BILBAO, Spain April 30. The Sp&nlsh Insurgent battleship spnB was sunk today in 33 'J fath oms of Siseayaa sea by Ugh ting fieet of government bombing planes possibly with hundred of casual ties, she was the first war vesssl or any slzo to be sunk by an air plane la all r.avnl history. One hundred and ten member of the crew off the 1 6. HO -ton Epana were known to have been saved by the Insurgent destroyer Velaaco, by government fishing boats and by armed government trawlers from Santander. Hence, if the Sspana carried her full complement of 854 officers and men. that would leave 744 unaccouiit ed tar. it ws possible, however, that many of the rescued were not ia mediately reported. 1 It waa also possible the Xanana was far &hort ot aee maKltnum vons pwsnent. tnsuTgent communiques up to this eveiiieg did not n mes tlon the sinking.) The fcatf government offlcera aji, will have the widest of repercussions in naval and air circles, not only j Spain hut ever the rest of the re arming world. The fiipana, one of the mains tsys of the battered Insurgent blockade of Bilbao, plunged under the seas with in sight )X!tlt bombed squarely amtd ships. The Insurgent cruiser Veiasoo. which was supporting the Espana ta an stuck on a British merchant ship when the government air armada Continued on Page Nine.) FIRST LAOyISBOSY N 'FRISCO VISIT ON FLIGHT TO SEATTLE SAK PaAKCISCO, Aprtl SO (AP) A vlalt To Chi iiji town. trip ccroat t!w !sy taWp tnd mm wr, tiering around' occupied Mra. naaJriis B, 8ooae4 tadaj be for it SBrMtf by airplane to rlait her daug&ur la The nation. Unit lady koltiad calmly ca a white scarf whiia IU dosSng tir plana at a prraa confer en, she taJJrrd of houalng, expert nwntsng. wrtathm and the prtTati We ol a puiUe Ilguzt, Mrs. RoaatfveK aaid her hublnS related the true picture of condi tions recently when he eafd in radio hroadcoat that a third of the nation ta "!!!-housed cad US clothed." i "J still m rery much Interested 1n hmiatng.' Mra. Roosevelt said. "The resettlement and decentralisa tion projects are exceedingly Inter esting, The housing industry is al most medietas', the same method, are used thst have always been used " Mrs, SosseeU's plene teaees fef the north at 1 :SS p. m. She said ah, notified h-r dauliter, Mrs. jaha BoetMgcT, ntlfe ot the puhUsher ot the Seattle JVsit-tateUlgenoer, (hat shs would appear at one mass meat- ' tag, hut hoped to hare ta rest ot her time there In pri-rate. Coronation Faced By Busman Strike LONDON, April 30 (AP) Ion don's tanas rated today to strut at midnight. To tsresteited &ikort by ttS. 000 men, which rosy paralyse she city's ntsln public transport system on Coronsllon Day. May 12, became a nrtusl certainty when union dele Kate, decided to Instruct their nsn to quit. Income Shares Maryland r-.-.nd, Bid t.t; caked 4
