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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
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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
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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.