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Newspaper Page TextMEDFORDSfc, The Weather - Forecast: In set tied with oc casional rains tonight and Sat urday ; not murh change In Temperature: Hl-heet yesterday , ,; 34 Lowest this morning 441 Find It Pays A trial will ton t I nee you of the pulling power or Mall Tribune Classifier) AdJ. Others are ilng this method of advertising reg ularlj. They find It paji. It will pay jon. Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 7. 1937.' No. 40. BASIS II Tweiitv Pases Two Sections iiuis iBiaiiii !i By PALL M.VLLON (Copyright, 1937. by Paul Mallon.) WASHINGTON. May 7. The mll lenlum arrived last Monday. On that day, the house of representatives de clined to pass a pension hill. Lob by - lists, old-timers and Insiders may not believe It, but the Congressional Rec ord shows the house then refused to consider a bill appropriating $5, 000.000 a year more for soldiers, sailors and nurses of the 3panlsh - American war. When legislators Paul Mallon decline to vote for pension bills, you may be reasonably certain that some thing Is wrong with the world. In this Instance, It Is a fairly good In dication that the approprlators are . downright serious about setting President Roosevelt's budget aright. In fact, those who have Joined the house and senate appropriations com mittees In -their corner sessions late ly have It on top authority that Mr. Roosevelt's recommendation for a one and a half billion dollar relief ap propriation would be cut to a flat billion. A majority of the two committees are agreed on It. Their decision will be made public eventually. The committeemen also have some bad news In store for Interior Secre tary Ickes. The sub-committee of the house appropriations committee has decided to trim bis PWA expenditures down to a point approaching aboli tion. What the sub-committee-say usually goes, which means that the Ickes era of PWA spending Is prob ably nearlng an end, by congressional edict. PWA expires June 30. A resolution extending it for two years, lias been under consideration by the sub-committee. Mr. Ickes has obligated the federal government for expenditures amounting to 282.000.000 during this two-year period. In addition, he has a 145.000.000 revolving- fund, which amounts to a drawing account on the treasury. . . . , The sub-committee has decided to let Mr. Ickes spend his 282.000,000 of obligations, but to cancel his drawing account. His 145.000.000 re volving fund la to be abolished. - The money automatically Is applied to curtailing the national debt. -In a word, this would be the end of the far-flung PWA, pet child of Mr. Ickes. If these things work out, you will have to hand It to congress. The workings of this democracy down the ages have created the general sup position that congress la the irre sponsible spending agency and the executive la the sound retrenchment force. Now you have a situation in which the congress, under able and quiet leadership. Is taking the bud get In hand to do an effective Job on It. You have serious-minded leg islators bent on a commonsense re vision of federal expenditures instead of trying to hog all they can from the federal treasury for their local districts. ....... It may swm to be too good to be true, and It probably Is. but, If the current drive la carried through, a lot of legislators who have Just been ordinary congressmen for the last few years, will earn Justifiable re nown as statesmen. What papa said. went. The Farley candidate for the secretaryship of the federal communications commission still la with the Democratic national committee, hoping for a Job In the commerce department. The success ful candidate for the post was Thomas J. Slowle. secretary to Representative William S. Jacobsen of Iowa. His selection was dictated by the presl- (Contlnued on page fourteen A queen wasp will produce from 10.000 to 20.000 offspring. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS ' Dr. A. M. Johnson, former Medford resident, describing 'the tronie fate of Crescent City's brand new f:re en gine which, racing to its first test, caught fire and wa completely de stroyed; before ever reaching . the srene of the conflagration, the build ing which housed Dr. Johnson of fice. Bert Orr being the cause of much Incredulity on the part of friend when he admitted complete Ignor ance of the Hlndenburg disaster un-j til this noon, he explaining the phenomenon by the fart that he re tired at seme extremely early hour! last night I 'ir f J EXPLOSION CAUSE IS DEEP MYSTERY; !Y STARTED Fire, Starting at Rear, En velopes Ship Within Few Minutes Identification of Dead Is Difficult Task LAKEHL'RST, N. J., May (AP) Harry Bruno, press aide to the Zeppelin Hlndenburg com pany, announced tonight that Captain Ernst Lehmann, former master of the ship, died In Paul Kimball hospital. Lake wood, at 5:03 p. m. (E. 9. T.) His wife already had announc - ed plans to sail from Cherbourg tomorrow on board the liner Bremen. The death of Captain Lehmann raised the known dead from -the burning of the Hlndenburg to 31. By the Associated Press. LAKEHURST. N. J., May 7. The flaming destruction of the once seemingly Impregnable dirigible Hln denburg brought swift action today by the American and German gov ernments to determine the cause of the disaster. . Thirty persons were known dead or missing. Of the 07 passengers and members Of the crew aboard when the great est of all airships exploded, burst Into flames and. crashed to earth last' night Just as It was lowering to the mooring mast, and only 200 feet above the ground 68 persons survived. One of those killed was a spectator, burned to death In the falling, -fiery debris. . Unofficial list showed the, surviv ors to be 24 passengers, 44 of the crew; the known dead or missing to be 13 passengers, six of the crew, and 10 others, mostly crew, whose names were not known. The one death on the ground brought the total to 30. Mass of Junk Left, The ruins of the luxurious liner of the skies lay crumpled on the landing, field, at the naval air sta tion a. Junk heap of black metal, a mass of ghastly, grisly framework. On the Hps of everyone was the questionwhat caused the crash, what was the matter? Twenty times had the Hlndenburg crossed the north Atlantic safely. At Washington officials and Or. Hans Luther, the German ambassa- Continued on Page Five.) PLANNED TO HIT HOLLYWOOD, May 7. (AP) The plan of striking film studio crafts men to put new pressure on pro ducers by a national boycott and widespread picketing of theaters gained headway today. The committee for industrial or ganization offered Its help to the Federation Motion Picture Crafts. American Federation of Labor affil iate. L. P. Llndelof, of Lafayette,' Ind., president of the Painter's Onion, aligned with the A. P. of L.. tele graphed Charles Leasing. FFJ.C. bead, asking the names of the strike affected studios. He said when these were received he would ask all labor councils In which painters are mem bers to boycott theaters showing their productions. John L. Lewis, C.I.O. chief, tele graphed C. H. Jordan, local organ izer, that union workers, no matter what their affiliations, would sup port the strikers. "Strike of studio workers should receive the support of all labor peo ple who are Interested In seeing bet ter conditions for workers In the picture Industry." Lewis said The general executive board of the United Automobile Workers, Ci.O. affiliate, telegraphed Leasing It pledg ed "the solidarity of 300.000 auto mobile worker to your fight for da cent conditions In the motion olerure Industry." , : Picketing continued at 10 studios, with Pat Casey, labor conciliator for the producers, declaring only about 1200 men had walked out and that picture making was almost unhamp ered. The P M P C. Mtinates 6 000 are on strike. Income Shares Marrltnd PUM. 6'd 9S0: utrd 10.M. Q i.rt'.'.; Iivx.n, bid 117 7; tiled I19.S. Tragedy Comes in Final jfWf' I'l I rC fife Mif 0F I . Jkfl- 'ills I ! w&m mm: -i don herried named NOEL BENSON ELECTED U. OF 0. VICE PRESIDENT EUGENE, Ore.. May 7. ( AP) The University of Oregon student body elected Barnard Hall. Junior In so clsl science from Portland, its presi dent at the annual balloting yester day. Other officers are Noel Bfnson. Med ford, vlne-presiden; F ra n c e a Schaupp. Portland, second vice-president, and David Silver. Portland, secre tery-treasurer. Th sophomore cIaas elected Zane Ker.iler, Pendleton, president; Vir ginia Regan, Pendleton, vice-president; Kathryn Coleman. Portland, secretary, and Brock Milter, Portland, treasurer. LITIGATION OF FEHL SALEM. Ore., My 7. t AP Chif f Justice Henry J. Bean assigned Cir cuit Judee Ashurst of Klamath Falls to Medford to hear the civil suits brousht against Earl H, Fehl, former Jackson county publisher and county Judee of Jackson county. Fehl 1 now on conditional parole from the stat penitentiary wVere he bad serv ed time for ballot thefts. I. .1 BASEBALL K LStVhL WM L National R. H. E. Pittsburgh 8 18 0 Philadelphia 3 11 1 Bowman and Todd; Lamaster and At wood. R. H. E. St. Louis 2 6 4 New York .. 8 7 2 Welland and Owen; Castleman and Mancuso. R. H. E. Cincinnati ft 11 0 Boston - 3 9 1 Hallahan tnd V. Davis; MaFa;den. Lannlng. and Lopex. R. H. E Chicago 18 1 Brooklyn 12 15 1 Shoun, Bryant. Kimball and O'Dea; Frankhouse and Spencer. American. R H. E Detroit 3 7 Oj Washington 4 8 o! Appleton and Millies; Lawon and j Cochrane, n. h. e Boaotn ' S 1 Chicago 3 8 3 Orove and R. Ferrell; Kennedy and Shea. - . R. H. E. New York : 6 0S Cleveland 7 13 4 Hi'lley. Mnkosky. Ma lone and Dt'-k-e; Ga.ehouae, Fischer. Hudlln. Whitehll! and Ptlk. Minutes of Over Sea Trip J RV A DQUp TRAufriY OALVESTON. Texas. May 7. (API j Shocked by the Hlndenburg dls- aster. President Roosevelt today re-1 quested he be kept Informed of de-! velopmenta In the explosion' that wrecked the Oerman dirigible at Lakehurat, N. J. Immediately upon learning of the tragedy last night, the president, from his vacation yacht Potomac off Port Arkansas, dictated messages of sympathy to the Oerman people and the families of the victims. j Janouch Elected j Chamber Director , Karl L. Janouch, supervisor uf the Rogue River national forest and ' chairman of the Jackson county planning commission, was elected to the board of directors of the Jsk-1 son County Chamber of Commerce ) at IU weekly luncheon-nwtliig in the Hotel Medford today. Mr. Janouch was elected to the board following the resvnatlon of Albert Burch who gave che pressure j of business as hi reason for resign- ! Ing. WASHINGTON. Liay 7. fAP) ! Army orders tod'jy Included: Lieu tenant colonels: Jacob J. Oerhardt, Inf.. Corvallls, Ore., to Fort Lincoln. N. D. J The Riant (ierinnn Zeppelin. Illn ilenhurg, loufrd over New ork yea tenhty aftprnoon, waiting for faor nhle weather to land at Ijikehurst, N. J. Thirty-nine pa.wncers nnrt 01 mcnihera of the crew looked down on the Brooklyn bridge, shown at left In upper picture; mw Itruoklyn ucroM the East river; peered down on the toners of the riminrlul dis trict of lower Manhattan, right, as the German "pride of the air." waited to complete Its first crossing of the Atlantic for this season. Three hours later, Murray Becker, Associated Press cameraman, sent to the Lakehurst field to secure routine news shots of the skyllner! arrival, trained his camera on the ship (at left) at the precise moment It struck the rortn, a flaming pyre. (A. P, hotoN hy wire mid air mall to Mall Tribune), (Additional photos pri PK 13). STUDENT BODY HEAD; SECSEM VOTE HE Donald Herried Is new student body, president of the senior high school, defeating his opponent. Bur ton Daugherty, 214 to lfi2, according to election results announced last night. The office of student-body secre tary, sought by Muriel Stocks and Josephine Bui lis. Is still In doubt, as the two girls polled 183 votes each A special election was to be held to day to determine the winner. Other new officers are: Vice-presi dent. Martin Luther, 241 to Rolland Rlnabarger's 124; treasurer. Donald Montleth, 137. winning over Kay Nakaglrl, 120, and Jack Denlson. 108; business manager. Roger Henselman over Don n Id Ptanley, 138 to 177; yell leader, Joe Fulks, uncontested; And song queen, Catherine Conroy, 191, over Mary Bhreve, 171. , .Herried has held the office of both sophomore and Junior class president. was elected H. E. C. A. president for next year. Is a member of both the Crater and HI -Times staff, had the load In this year's school operetta and Is considered a worthy successor of Ardo Stocks, this year's president. PORTLAND. Ore., May 7. P Monte Harris, 8. lost his life yesterday I when ho fell Into the Willamette river while fishing from a boathouae. I His parents moved Into the floating home only fiaturdsy. A. P. Cameraman on Scene When Dirigible Destroyed By Murray Becker Associated Preaa Photographer. LAKBHI'RST, N. J., May 7. (AP) t have been a newa photographer for years, covering major evenu, but never In my life have I had such a tragic and spectacular picture as the destruction of the Hlndenburg appear before my eyes. I had taken several "ahou" as the Hlndenburg approached the landing field and had backed away tor a general view when the first explosion occurred, f I had my camera up to the aye iKil when the ship buret Into flames. Like a hunter, I had my sights on the target and my finger on the trigger. I shot the picture showing the first puff of flames. Changing my plates. I got a second picture of the alrimlp striking the ground with the flames shooting the length of the ship, and then started running for It. It Is hard to explain my feelings. I wss In a dare and yet I was trying to get all the plrtures possible In the least time. One of them wss of a man half-naked, his telothes burned from him, stumbling Irom the ship. Trying to recall everything now. the screaming o people on the field, the Taming ship, the mad scramble with pictures, I find It Impoasible to coordinate them all. It was a moment of spectacular madness. Pictures taken by Cameraman Becker fait evening In New York, sent by wire to San Francisco and thence by air mail to The Mail Tribune are shown on page 12. E FEDERAL TAX ON UNSPEJjT PROFIT Motor Magnate Describes Law As 'Ramshackle Leg islation Says Ford Mo tor Company Is Target DETROIT, May T. (AP) HtntT Ford, who steadfastly opposed the NRA to the day It waa declared un constitutional, said today he also would oppose the federal tax on un distributed profits. Ho described It, In sn Interview, as "ramshackle legislation." enacted by "politician who are parrots for the International financiers." The Ford Motor company, he de clared, Is the "target." ' The real purpose Is to tax the In dependent!, large and small, out of existence," he said. "The financiers want to drive every Independent bust neas man to borrow money, to make American business pay continual tri bute to the money lenders. Tney want to send the companies they cen't control to Wall street, and It la only the companlea they don't control who are objecting. The others are all In one pockot." Chance Seen In Congress He apoke approvingly of a "changed attitude"- he noted In congroaa to ward that and similar matters "Congress did not concoct this ramshackle legislation, although It passed the bill." he said. "Now It la trying to see how It can do better. For that reason, you hear more good things about congress today than for six yeara past. Of course,, the mem bers have heard from home, but that only means that congress and the people are coming to the same con clusions. "No one with the Interests of the country at heart would plan such a taxing program. It must have had a target. Naturally, we are the tar get. "If we knew where the money Is going, If we knew It was doing any thing to lift the national level, that would be different, But the spot where things are not getting any better are the spots where they aay the money la going. It has kept the people at the aame low level where the depression found them. The only (Continued on Page Ten.) PRENTICE PLANS T Construction of a modern eight bungalow court at the southeast cor ner of Park nd Dakota streets was announced Thursday by Harry R. Prentice when he applied for a per mit at the city building inspector's office. Btated cost of the court, act ual work on which will start Immed iately, waa 313.000. Prentice told City Building Inspec tor Frank Rogers he intended to build five houses 38 by 30 in dimension and three houses 34 by 38 feet In size. All will be modernly equipped with oil heaters, refrigerators and other appliances. Construction of the court waa made possible Tuesday night when the olty council passed an ordinance changing the district from a I -A residence zone to an apartment zone, class 3. The city planning commission had prev iously approved the change. SETTLEMENT OF LOGGERS' STRIKE Labor Relations Board Head Predicts Columbia Walk out Near End 13.000 Men to Return to Tasks PORTLAND, Ore.. May T. (AP) Announcing that logging operators end union repreaentatlvea had reach ed a tentative agreement to arbitrate their differences, Charles W. Hope, regional director of the national labor relations board, predicted that some 13.000 Idle workers In the Columbia river district would return to work Monday. The announcement came early this morning after parties to the dispute ended a conference which continued almost without Interruption from Tuesday afternoon to late Thursday night. The group will meet again at 1:30 p. m. today for final ratification of the agreement. Hope withheld full details of the . plan, but revealed that. If adopted. It will provide that arbitration be completed and a final working agree ment In effect within 30 days. Hs announced the appointment of Father Oeorge Thompson of Made leine parish, Portland, aa neutral ar biter to alt with three union and three employer representatives. He said also he had selected a hiring hall supervisor to replace Charles Oram, state labor commis sioner, but declined to reveal hla name. Hope'a announcement forecast a probable quick end to the dispute which began In March with demands ty lumber and sawmill . workers, unions throughout the northwest for wage Increases of 10 cent an hour "across the board." JUNI t The Taraan 'Plants of the Darlt Hollow section, Robert Edward Har ris, 14, and his brother, David Leroy, 10. returned to their home last night and were back In school again to day, after two days and night of wandering. On a similar escapade month ago the boys remained away from home 14 days. , .Sheriff Syd I. Brown said that It has been determined that the taking of food from three cabins at the Bell As Manklns mine wss not don by the brothers. Investigation showed tt was the work of an older person, who had systematically robbed the cabins, taking about 35 pounds of foodstuffs. "There Is no use trying to make the Harris boya nt-y home." the sher iff &ald. "They are dissatisfied with, their environment, and running off Is the only way they have of protest ing. As long as they live In Dark Hollow they will run off." The au thorltlca hoped the boys would fin Ish up their present terra of school, when arrangements could be made to send them to their father at Oregon Olty. "They are truthful and de pendable, and what they need most la a change In home conditions," it was pointed out. The state police and sheriff's of fice today were Investigating the cabin thefts and getting a statement from the brothers. SUIT IS SETTLED The damage suit of Mrs. Gertrude M. Moffett against J. J. Hendricks, operator of a truck line, between Marshfield and Ban Francisco, waa settled out of court thli morning, and the circuit court Jury, bearing testimony the past two days, was ex cused. The plaintiff asked 375.000 for asserted personal Injuries sus tained In an auto accident at Voor hies crossing, September 37, involving the Hendricks truck and trailer, and two autos. In one of which Mrs. Mof fett was a passenger. Amount of the settlement waa not announced, attorneys holding It waa "confidential." Besides the Moffett suit, settlement waa also made, coun sel for Hendricks reported. In a pending lawsuit, and four possible clalma for damages arising from ths same accident. The plaintiff was represented by Attorneys Allison Moulton and W. Crews, and the defendant by At torneys William M. McAllister and George kf. Roberts.