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I The Weather Forecast: Cloudy with show ers and slightly cooler today; jf nprally fair tomorrow. Temperature: Highest yesterday Tl Lowest yesterday 36 You Can't Lose There are aluats splendid op portunities offered for Invest mrnt In Mall Tribune classified ads. Many people depend on thre ads to keep them ported. Why not form the mime habit? You can't le. Medford TJJBUNE Full Associated Press Full United Press tt Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD. OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 9. 1937 No. 41. PH&T M Jl LIST iHUS ld lWAI JSIPHKIS t B.v Paul Malion (Copyright, 1937, by Paul Mnllon) WASHINGTON, May 8. In con nection with this new sclf-aasertlve-nesa within congress. It Is an over- P-iZi!j tn president and g never got along ery well together i personally. Frank Sly, the are rage congressman does Snot like President 1 Roosevelt. He has never had much I cause to. Two emotions ruui muiioii dominate congres- alonal thought. One Is fear, the other gratitude. The congressmen have had cause to tear the presi dent politically, but they have not had much cause tor personal grati tude. Contrary to the popular opinion, not much patronage has been doled out to the average member of the house. They get a few postmasters now and then, but this really causes them more trouble back home than any other part of their business. The best Jobs have been going to the few powerful Cialrmen of the big congressional committees. , On ton of this, several congress men have come back from their districts, alter making speeches for the president's court program, com plaining that there was a notlce eable lack of popular Interest In the plan. One congressman, making a speech In a Inrge southern city, drew an audience of only 150 peo ple. Also their mall Indicates there la far more popular concern over the approaching nuptials of the duke and Mrs. Simpson. Of such practical things are re volts made. The strange preachings of Agri cultural KeCrotary Wallace lately have stirred considerable commotion among the thinkers of the new order. Thev are all thumbing through copies of his speeches which are supposed to be prophetic of the coming "social democracy (Wallace phrase , , but apparently he means something like a socialized democ racy, i There Is not much new In the Wallace philosophy. He merely eays frankly what some of the less cour ageous new ordalners have been hinting at. He says straightforward ly, for Instance, he wants perman ent confiscatory taxes upon every one who Is making money so the government can continue to give to those who have little money. and thus operate a super-governmental spending machine to "balance the economic order." One point which Is new Is that he want to crush out all corpor ate power and have the government supervise corporations In some kind of cooperative nrrangement for the control of production, prices and labor. He does not know how It can be done, but Is trying to promote thinking along these lines. In hopes that the solution will develop. When this is done, he says the government will then be able to control capital, labor and agricul ture In a near-perfect state. It sounds slightly fascist In some particulars, such ast the control of group Influences, biit.Lwould preserve the democratic derive processes. What many of his bearers are won dering is how lmg democratic pro cesses would last with the govern ment In copfrol of everything. It might work as long as wages and prims' are being fixed ever higher and higher by the government, but vftii ran Imntrln what would hap- pend to the democratic processes tne nrsi ume wns pence uu cratlc state decreed a wage cut for lha nnl Innnl prnnomlf WllbelniT. What Mr. Wallace will have to do first Is to make everyone as pure and unselfish as he Is, and this may require a constitutional amendment repealing the law of human nature. Quite an Inside scramble has de veloped over the high hats to be worn by that world's fair commis sion which will strut officially for the government In New York In 1939. When the bill passed the house. the foreign affairs committee tuea it up to give two of Its own com mitteemen, Messrs. Fish and Bloom places on the commission. The bill provided for a commission com posed of the secretaries of state, sgrlculture. commerce, labor, and chairmen and ranking members of trie foreign affairs committee of the lions" and senate. But the senate did not propose to let that go. The senate elimin ated the secretary of state and added the chairmen and ranking majority and minority members of it own senate committee on com erre. instead of foreign relations But this left Senator Wagner of New York out. so the bill wss Spain changed to add the two New York senator. Waener and Copeland. Tne 1 1 (WoQUuued on fage Ten.) NAZI 1 CHIEF LISTS DISASTER 'AN ACTOF GOD' No Definite Theory On Cause Advanced Ger many Rushes Work On New Skyliner Navy Holds Inquiry. LAKEHURST, N. J., May 8. (AP) Members of a naval board of In quiry prowled today through the Junk heap that waa once the mighty di rigible Hindenburg, They sought an answer to the baf fling question of why the German Zeppelin . burst Into flames and crashed 1000 feet from the end of Us translantlc voyage, bringing death to 34 of those aboard and one mem ber of the ground crew preparing to land it at the U. 8. navy air sta tion here. The Hindenburg death total mount ed to 35 when two men. Capt, Wil liam Speck, of the crew and Erich Knocker, an Importer, succumbed to Injuries early today. Thirty-one per sons remained In hospitals, two of them In serious condition. With Capt. Gordon W. Haines as presiding officer, . the three-man board this afternoon began a "thor ough Investigation of all the cir cumstances surrounding the disas ter." Named by Capt. F. C. Martin of Philadelphia, acting commandant of the fourth naval district, on or ders of the navy department, It waa directed to "report its opinion as to the cause of the disaster and the re sponsibility herefor."t, Captain Haines said the Inquiry would parallel one ordered by Sec retary of Commerce Roper. Public hearings in-both will start at the' air station Monday. A third Inquest, to look Into the death of Allen Haga man, a civilian ground crew mem ber, was ordered by the station's commanding officer, Commander Charles E. Roeendahl. Officers announced the reservation would be closed Indefinitely. Regu lar army troops and marines from other post doubled the usual per sonnel of 400 to handle 4-hour-a-day patrol duty. A spectator at the naval board's session was MaJ. R. W. Scbroeder. assistant director of the bureau of air commerce and member of the de partment investigating board. Head ing this board was South Trimble, Jr., commerce department solicitor, and the third member was Dennis Mulligan, chief of the bureau's regu lation and enforcement division. Germany was to be officially rep resented at the hearings, German Ambassador Luther naming Lieuten ant General Fredlrlch von Voettleher, military and air attache of the Ger man embassy as his observer. Theories as to the cause of the explosion aboard the Hindenburg Thursday night, which set the stern of the airship ablaze, remlaned only theories pending conclusion of the inquiries. A former naval officer. Kenneth W. Helnrtch of Keyport, reported today that as the Hindenburg cruised over New Jersey before It crashed he saw one of Its aft Diesel motors back fire. A theory a spark from a back fire had Ignited the ship's lifting gas. the highly explosive hydrogen, was one of the many to be consid ered In the Investigations. In Oermany. Air Minister Hermann Wilhelm Goering attributed the blast to an act of God, and satd the Ger man people "face the future with an unbending will and passionate heart to continue the work for con quest of the air." Goering ordered builders of the LZ-130. designed as a sister ship to the Hindenburg. to push Its comple tion and officials estimated It might be In trans-Atlantic service within three months. Grlzrled Dr. Hugo Eckener, veteran dirigible skipper and designer, headed a commission leav ing Oermany to come here for an Investigation of the Hindenburg dta- aster. Pending final word on the crash, he said, the Graf Zeppelin would be grounded. 8EATTI.E. May 8. fAP Arthur Crawford. 14 months, was burned fatally tonight in his crib which caught fire from matches In the hands of his three-year old brother. Billy. "I use them for tors." Billy ex plained, not realizing what had hap pened. -I won't no more. Mother told me not to. Chester Powell carried Arthur from the smoke-filled home of the parents. Mr. and Mrs. John Craw ford, wiio were absent when the fir started. Deadline Near for Star's ACCUSED OF yC. ;x 1 Testimony at the Income tax bearing against John J. Raskob (left) and Pierre S. DuPont (right) in New tfork indicated that the former chairman of the Democratic National Committee paid no income tax in 1930. The government claims the two men sold itnrk to each other to establish deductable losses. WALLY CUTS DOWN EDWARD'S LI Duke Also Rises Early For Morning Air Reform Pleases Duke Stroll In Orchard. MONTS, Prance. May 8 AP) Wallls Simpson cut down today on the Duke of Windsors tobacco, beauty sleep and "hard' liquor. Apparently her royal lover liked It. : Employes at the Chateau de Cande noted Edward's smoking had been cut In hall and that he retired ear lier than usual. Mrs. Simpson also Is said to have suggested that light wine be sub stituted for cocktails and other hard liquor, and earlier rising for good morning air. Friends said the duke Is accepting these suggestions eagerly. The duke and his bride-to-be strolled arm in arm through the full-blooming Apple orchard of the Chateau this morning, discussing their future plans. Local civil authorities still were puzzled, however, as to whether their services would be needed for the wedding ceremony. Some 'quarters expressed belief the marriage would take place British consulate, some time after next Wednesday's London corona tion. Police said night detectives would be placed about both the duke's and Mrs. Simpson's suites because of threatening letters she had re ceived. They ascribed the letters w cranks. Monts authorities have re ceived similar letters. With Herman L, Rogers of New York, Edard played golf again thl afternoon. Mr pet terrier. "Snooky.' and Mrs. Simpson's terrier, who fol lowed the golf era. had to be kept from running away with the balls at each green. DENVER, May 6. ( AP)-The Col orado house of representatives adopted a memorial today Inviting Edward, Duke of Windsor, and nts betrothed, Wallia Warfleld Simpson, to make their permanent home In Colorado. KEEPS MATE HOI ! MILWAUKEE, Wis, May 8 .,TV-A j novel method of kwpirw? a husband j home was discovered by police who were called to the home of Mr. and Mrs. Lambert. They found the couple glaring at each other from opposite corners of the living room. "I want to go out snd she hid my wooden leg. Lambert accused. "Yes, and It's gotn to stay hidden.'' h-s wife retorted. The police arrested Lambert on Mj'picion of being drunk and dis order ly. TAX EVASION F Cascade Locks Citizens Say Campaign Promise Unkept Congress To Be Advised On Attitude. PORTLAND, May 8. UP) Charging that Representative Walter M. Pierce has reversed his stand on the sale of Bonneville dam power. Cascade Locks citizens denounced the Oregon con gressman today. The Cascade Locks chamber of commerce Indicated that It planned to express Its resentment to Pierce and to notify congress of his pre-election statement. They claimed that In his search for votes last fall Pierce promised to sup port a switchboard rate, but now was advocating a blanket rate for power. A switchboard rate would set a price for power at the dam and trans mission charges would be extra. A blanket rate would fix one price for all purchasers, regardless of mileage. William Keeler, president, Columbia Oorge Associated Chambers of Com merce, said that when Pierce was here in October he asked him to state his views for publication. "He was all for switchboard rates then," Keeler declared, "but apparently he's changed his mind again." Ira Owen, president of the Cascade Locks chamber of commerce, aid Pierce had flatly contradicted him self. "We don't want congressional ! committer to think Pierce haa the laupport of his own folks on his Bon neville dam program," he said, O: E. Manchester. Cascade Locks mayor, said Pierce's program would rob Cascade Locks and the entire state of any dam benefits. Industries here will mean the greater welfare of Oregon, he declared. Coronation Broadcasts NEW YOflK. May 8. (AP) Cor onation features to be broadcast next week Include: May 8 NBC, 13:30 p. m. (East ern Standard tlme Orpheus choir, music written by Prince Albert; CBS, 12:43 p. m. (EST.), Sir Josiah Stamp talk from London: CBS-NBU. 2 p. m. (EB.T.l, coronation prepar atory service from London, Arch bishp of Canterbury, speaker: NBC. 3:30 p. m. (Efl.T.), Intend? from London; NBC. 6 p. m. (EST), pro gram from London: NBC, 0:30 P m. IE ST.), drama, 'The Crown Jewels. May 10 Coronation expectations. NBC, 11:30 a. m. (EB.T.), Orenad Icrs Guards band from London; VBC, 3 p. m. E8.T.), cavalcade from London. Including Interviews etc.: NBC, 6:30 p. m. lEflX), pro gram from London: CB9, 0:46 p. m IE S T.), talk by Lord Btrabolgi from London LONDON A-JITTER E Parade Rehearsal Today To Lure Thousands King And Family In Castle Re treat Over Week - end. LONDON, May 8. (fr) London, splendid with the blue, the red, the white and the silver of bunting and flags, and bulging with the regal and commoner visitors of an expect ant world, plunged tonight Into cele bration for the coronation of a king. Tomorrow comes "little coronation day" and with It a spectacle, even to the Immense crowds and a preview of the coronation procession, that will rival In Its way the fanfare of next Wednesday the real coronation day of George VI and his Scottish queen, Elisabeth. Holiday crowds Jammed restaurants and theaters tonight. The kln and queen left town tor a quiet week-end at the royal Windsor lodge, Intending to rest for the stren uous week ahead of them. They will attend church services tomorrow, but have made no other engagements. The final rehearsal of the corona tion proceaslon will be held In the early hours and hundreds of thou sands of pscctators are, expected. The government grandstands far beyond the reach of John Bull's poorer rela tive next Wednesday will be thrown open for "thruppenoe" (six cent) a rat.,, ....l.r ..-..-,-.. Coronation officials, aware of the dress rehearsal's significance to many of Its witnesses, havo paid special attention to the mounted units In order to make It good show. Millions of other Londoners who cannot hope to see the real corona tion procession Wednesday, are ready to put on a parade of their own tomorrow through streets garlanded and decorated at the cost of tens of thousands of dollars. Even In the somber workers' dis tricts in the east end, gaily decorated, there are now and will be tomorrow spirited celebrations by pageant-loving thousands. MOTHERS' DAY NEW YORK. May 8. T) As they have done In years past, since Presi dent Wilson designated the second Sunday of every May for honoring mothers, sons and daughters will pay tribute with flowers, telegrams und greeting cards tomorrow. They will go to church and hear sermons on the topic. They will wear carnations, red for the living and white for the mothers who have died. They will make an annual pilgrimage homeward from far away places. Who started It? Borne credit tho late Mary Towles 8aaaeen, a Ken tucky school teacher in the 1880's. Others pay honor to Anna Jams, elderly Philadelphia woman, who as head of Mothers' Day, Inc., fre quently crtticlwa what she calls the commercialisation of tho occasion. ' At any rate, Max Schllng. fashion able Fifth avenue florist, said today that ''we had a hard time getting Mothers' Day started." An official of the Florists' Telegraph association, he is sometimes called "the father of Mother's Day." But now. he said, the florlsta do nothing to keep the movement alive It's established beyond doubt, he said Oregon: Cloudy Sunday with showers In west portion; slightly cooler In smith and east portion; Monday generally fair; fresh southerly wind off the coast, but gales near the Columbia river. Weekly outlook, period May 10-16: Far western states, generally fair in California and the plsteau region and occasional rainy periods In Ore gon; nearly normal temperatures. 4 Old ftpuds Sold PORTLAND, Ore., May 8. fAP A cleanup of holdings In the Klam ath Falls district within the neit few weeks will virtually clona the potato acuaon, a Journal market re view reported today. ; FAIR WITH RAIN FORMING WEEK Decision on Film Strike SURVIVOR TELLS STORY .sat HON c'ft. ' -" NEAR r f ktt - V k Herbert O'Laughlin (right), 38-year-old resident of River forest, Chicago suburb, escaped death in the explosion of the Hindenburg by leaping from the blazing craft before It hit the ground. He Is shown just before boarding a plane for Newark where he was given hospital treatment. (Copyright, 1937, by the Associated Press) NEGRO VALET OF LONG SLAIN FILM l( Plan Pertinent Query On Silence Jeweler Denies ' He Gave Mrs. Shelby Pistol. LOS ANGELES. May 8 (UP) A negro valet, who for 15 years lias pro tested that he knew nothing about the murder of his former master, Wil liam Deamond Taylor, film director, was sought tonight by district attor ney's Investigators along tho cold trail of the mysterious Hollywood slaying. Henry Pcavey, tho valet, believed to be living In Sacramento, la want ed to answer at least one portlnent question: "Did any person, following the slaying, approach him to Induce him to keep quiet about Taylor's life and habits?" Revival of thct Investigation of the "Taylor mystery" was Initiated by a statement from tho sister of Mary Mites M Inter, star of tho silent screen, who frankly admits that Taylor wai "the only man ahe ever loved." Tho sister, Mrs. Marxarot Fillmore, suing her mother, Mrs. Charlotte Shelby, for money ahe claims la due for services rendered, stated In a dep osition that part of those service consisted of "protecting my mothor from the Taylor murder." In tho course of tho new invention tlon a forgotten pearl-handled re volver enmo Into the case of the man who was shot dead Feb. 2, 1922, Mra Shelby admitted owning such a wea pon at the time of the Taylor mur der, but said she did not know what had become of It. She had been given the revolver, sho said, by a Santa Barbara Jeweler. But. when the Jeweler, Harry Harris, manager of the Eaves Jewelry store In Santa Barbara, was questioned he flatly denied ever knowing anything about the gun or giving It to Mrs Shelby. Declaring that they had sufficient evidence to warrant the hope that the murderer of Taylor will bo run to earth at last, tho district attor ney's Investigator turned again tj the valet, peavey, who found his mas ter's body, several hours sfter the crime. Mrs. Dolph Phipps Is UofO Mother Offier EUOFNE, Or. My (UP) Mm. A. C. Grwnwood. Portland, km to day eltl prMldmt ot th Mother, AmocOtlon of the Unlvtrllf of Ore gon. Other officer, elected cr! Vlee Pre,ldent. Mrn. W. C. Schacffer. Eu gene; treasurer. Mra. Joseph F Rlench; dutrlet vlce-preldenu, Mra. Andrew Collier. Klamath Palll: Mra. Dolph Phlppa, Medford: Mr,. E. Aah. Aatorla: Mra. Hugh IUami. Eugene, and Mr,. Minor tor man. Hood Rivor. POLICE DISPERSE Cannery Workers Try To Picket Meier And Frank Store With Longshore men In Union Dispute PORTLAND, Ore.. May 8.TJP) Captain of Detectives John J. Kee gan told 100 Filipinos gathered at the picket line at Meier & Frank company here to desist "or else I'll round up the whole bunch of you and bold you for Investigation and deportation. Police said the Filipinos, who are members of the cannery union, had Joined pickets of the International Longshoremen's association In urg ing workers not to return to the company store. The canners and. the longshoremen are affiliated. The I.L.A. called the strike FrI day on ground the firm had refused to recognize as bargaining agents the association "that , the workers themselves want." r;v The American Federation of Labor has opposed the strike, declaring that Jurisdiction at Meier Ac Frank belongs to the teamsters union and not to the longshoremen. Approximately 75 men and women walked out at the store. The Filipino picket withdrew from tho scene upon Keegan's de mand. Police said the trouble at the big store was a -.rtsdlctlons! one between two unions, nnd that tho presence of the Filipinos might havo led to open violence. F.D.R. EYES POWER HOUSING ISSUES PORT A KANSAS, Tea.. May 8. ) President Koonovelt told a preaa con ference on board the U.S.S. Potomac In the br.y hero lata today ho would confer arllb congressional tcaUera on the general legislative situation when he returns to Washington May 14. Ho aald he alao would meet de partmental and capltol officials ou low-cost housing proposala, but no date had been set for Ibis parley. The dccply-tanned president said the whole field of lightcr-tlian-lr craft was still worth studying de spite the Hindenburg disaster. He refused to comment on Wash ington reporta that he planned to give nia aupremo court bill new Im petus when ho return to the capital. In response to further questions, no said It had not been settled yet whether ho would send a message to congress soon on a unified national power development program. PORTLAND. May 8. (Pi V. 8. Balentlne. atato senator from Klam ath county, will bo principal speaker at a Mothera' Day program conduct ed by the Portland aerie No. 4, Fra ternal Order of Eagles, Sunday. SENTIMENT HIGH T Producers Given Till Sunday Night To Yield Movies Aces Vote In Homes Of March And Cagney. HOLLYWOOD, Cal.. May 8. (API Tho likelihood the Screen Actors' ' Oulld will walk out next week over shadowed other developments on tho movie studio strike front today. Only 85 or 30 more affirmative . votes are needed to conmleta th three-fourths majority aulld voto necessary to authorize a strike Bus. Ineas Manager Aubrey Blair said. Oulld leadera would be emnow- ered to call the strike unless a sat- lsiactory agreement la reached wlta film producera on guild demands for a preferential ahop and benefit . for minor players. Negotiations were virtually at a standstill today. As tho atrlko of tho Federated, Motion Picture Crafts passed it ninth day, tho guild prepared to hold a mass meeting Sunday, night In Hollywood Legion atadlum- to hear reporta on the negotiations and strike balloting. Blair said guild members polled so far In a series of meetings at various players' homes are virtually 100 percent In favor of a atrlko call if necessary, .. "Thoao at a mooting last night at Frank Morgan'a homo -wore 100 ' porcent for a atrlko," Blair reported. . "Only two wore against It In Thurs day night's meeting with James Csgney, and Wednesday night at Cheater Morris', tho voto was 100 percent for. "Others not at the meetlnga havo been coming to Oulld headquarter to vote. Ballots will be accepted up to the time Sunday night's meeting opens." At the Federated Crafts head quarters, hundreds of five-day week workers In the Los Angeles area, oft today. Jammed tho halls to volun teer picketing services at tho stu dios over tho week-end. "It's been a madhouse hers today," ssld Charlea Klmkerlln, F.M.P.O. spokesman. "Everybody wanta to get on the picket lines." Tho F.M.P.C.. which la - striking for a closed ahop and complete union recognition, has accepted of fers of labor organizations wlta units throughout tho country to In itiate boycotting and picketing of theaters. Tho FM.P.C. and the guild each has announced that tho outcome of separate negotiations with producers will not affect the atrlko plana ot the other. Tho Screen Actors' Guilds' Incom pleted balloting waa not on tho question of whether a strike should, be ordained Immediately upon com pletion of tho balloting. Instead, tt was a poll to determine In advanco whether guild executives should b empowered to call a strike If. in . Ihel? Judgment, producers' responses to guild domands were not aatla factory. In other words, if tho producers should capitulate by Sunday night, there would bo no guild atrlke, re gardless of 70 percent or more au thorization by the guild's voting membership. Also, oven If guild executives were authorized to call a strike when deemed necessary, they could delay action until some time next week, awaiting further word from pro ducers unless tho Sunday night mass meeting Instructed them oth erwise. BULLETIN PORTLAND. Ore, May 8.P) Little Ad Uska stopped the losing stresk of the Beavers by abutting out the Seattle Suds tonight with only -five hits. 7 to 0. Only two men reached second on Llska, Muiler In the second on a double and Hunt In tho ninth on hl single and walk. Tho Beavers lit hard on Dick Ban ett. their old nemesis, three hits la the fourth breaking the Ice for two runs and flvo more in the fifth count ing for four. Johnny Frederick hit a homo run over the right field fane in thia Inning with one on, tt was Uska's second shutout In row. Mght Game. R. H. B. : o 7 11 I Seattle Portland . Barrett and Sassier. Fernandas; Uska and Crop la.
