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ATT The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Thursday; not much change In temperature. Temperature; It is he t yesterday V4 Lowest this morning 5 Too Valuable If your time li worth anything ut all It Is too valuable to bpenrl In "looking" when a classified ad. at small cost may be ued to turn the trick. Mall Tribune ads cost so little. Medford TRIBUNE Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirtv-Second Year MEUFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JUNE 2, 1937, No. 62. I fo) A' WW filf. j IN "ME? IM I N&s 'CA m w Ity VAIL MALLON Copyright. 1937. by Paul Mallon WASHINGTON. Juno 2. A wise of 'flclal high up In the new order pick ed tip his daily paper which told of the German-Communist war In Spain -T mo red that davi k 4 and the C. I. O- Steel war in Chl- caco (4 dead. 88 N injured the came davt. "Behind thoie f. 4 two developments." .fhe said "lies the snmc trouble, and !the whole trouble with the world, i No leadership any- 1'aul .Mallon. where Is stressing forebcaranco. respect for order or law, or respect for the rights of others. This seenu to be the day of dog cat do. "The Reds bomb a German battle ship and kill twenty-three. The Ger mens bomb a Red - town and kill nineteen. A steel mill disregards the ; rights of workers to organize. The j workers disregard the property rights; of the steel mill, trespass and start a fight. "Leadership which makes these things is strictly war leadership. And Incidentally, tho two organizers who Incited the steel strikers before their march were not listed among the dead or wounded. Hitler and Stalin were far away when the Spanish shooting started. "Arc leaders goling to hurl their forces of hate at each other until they acquire some common sense from sheer exhaustion of war, or are Iherc men big enough In the world to make forcbearancc and respect fa-shlonnblo agahi? This kind of thought has taken hold rapidly In high places here since the first sit-down strike. ' The longer house farm loaders look st the new farm program, the less they like it. Their unannounced Idea now Is to break the pending bill up Into several bills, as they are doing with the president's government re organization program. They will then pass whatever portions they desire and forget the rest. In this case, It means they will (Continued on Page Ten.) CARS ON SHE NEW YORK, June 2. ( AP) A strike by 400 armored car drivers and guards today paralysed shipments of gold and sliver bullion In this city. Union officials said transportation of "at least si ,000.000' and probably more in bullion, payroll moneys, and securities will be held up until the strike Is settled. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Ken Murray knocking off work after a half hour's trial on account of being unable to divert his mind from his first baby, he Just hover ing around long enough to distribute cigars and chocolates and announce that he thoxight he would survive. Ardo Stocks wondering where he was going to get a bath, seeing as how use of the family tub was bar red on account of his naked torso being thoroughly smeared with a re markable mixture of dust, crime, oil and honest sweat, the effects of run n'rtg a bulldozer at the high school field. Jrmle V. (not Veronica) .Smith averring that if her name must be used In the public prints she prefers this pillar of playfulness to the de partment devoted to a history of the county. Janle not considering herself an historical figure as yet. Jack Spalding rasslln with SOS boxes In the heat of day. helping to set the state for the Medford Garden club flower show. Hob Deuel hoping he wouldn't be considered old-fft5hloned for wearing suspenders when city counciimcn stripped to shirt sleeves for an eve ning of buMnera. Hob pointing out list h: braces served utilitarian and quite important purpose. Joe Naumes distractedly wondering how to pet around the fact that tickets to the Catholic boxing fraoae Friday merit give the place as St Mary's gym. the locale having been changed to the armory since pr.nt-ng of t cards and Ticketing! Joe fore seeing difficulties. ACE TALKS OUI 0 M V I gasw ""Jr- a I IMKN IUU MUCH, SAYS FR1CK National Head Orders Sus pension for Detrimental ' Conduct, Good of Baseball NEW YORK, June 2. m) Jerome Herman (Dizzy) Dean was suspended Indefinitely today by Ford Prick, president of the National league, for; "canduct detrimental to the best ln- Frlck said the suspension was meted ' out not as the result of any specific incident but because of an accumu lation of statements and actions by tho star right-hander of the St. Louis Cardinals that prick considered pre judicial to tho game as a whole. Prick did not see Dean today al though the Cardinals were in town for a series with the Brooklyn Dodg ers. However, he personally telephon ed the pitcher, told him he was un der Indefinite suspension and in structed him to report to his (Prick's) , office at 11 ft. m. tomorrow for a confe nce. "Dean has been popping otf and talking out of turn too much." Prick said, "so much so that definite and drastic action had to be taken This applies to his statements and actions, both on and off the playing field. "These statements and actions I consider harmful" not only to the Na tional league but to baseball In gen eral. The time has come for a show down on whether Dean la bigger than the National league. Personally I don't think he Is." Prick declined to amplify his state ment announcing the suspension nor would ho soy how long the star right-hander of the St. Louis Cardin als would be out ot the game. Dean has been the center of a se ries of disturbances both on and oft the field since the spring training season began. IN SUMMER HEAT PORTLAND, June 3. (A) June kept up Its summery start on the weather front today, although with slightly less enthusiasm, by deliver ing better-than-80-dcgrcc tempera tures to most parts of the state. 1 The thermometer passed 82 degrees here at noon but was not expected to reach yesterday s seasonal peak of 90. The temperatures yesterday gener ally set hot weather record for the season. Warmest of cities reported was The Dalles with 94 degrees. .Salem recorded 91 degrees and Grants Pass was a notch under Med ford at 93. while Rose burg reported 00.6, and Eugene 87, all seasonal highs. Elsewhere the weather man re ported 81 at Baker and 80 at Klam ath Palls each has had a higher reading this year La Grande 86, Pen dleton 90, North Bend 68. Bend 83. E SAY HPS' PENDLETON". June 3. (APl- Protcst filed yesterday by Baker against Pasco on the grounds that Pasco won an firegon-Washlnglon leacue baseball game "with the aid of an umpire who was under the Influence of "intoxicating liquor" will be turned over to F. D. Apple gate, league arbitrator. This game in question was uit second nf a oub!e-headrr plaved at Pasco. May 23. Baiter won the first ,nme. 4 to 3 and lost the second. 12 to II. Pendleton and Baker of ficials and Mr. Castcel suggested last night that the game be played again, which was agreeable to Baker. EX-PUGSIEIOORE HELD FOR DEATH PORTLAND, June 3. (API The death of John P. Spalding. 46. from a skull fracture led today to the ar rest of Thomas McCarthy. 37. former puzllist snd a member of the Inter net tional Lonr."orenien's awnclation. for Imesttgatlm by the district at torney. Spalding's death occurred after an alleged fight In the 1.L.A hiring hall here. Questioned about It. McCarthy admlttM tying involved, said Detec tive John Oolt. but asserted be d knofkfd Spalding to t.e f'.oor in self defense after PjwiIrHrig pounced upon him when McCartj objected to hi remarks abiut "a friend.' Hnme. Amelia Takes F1 Amelia Eurtinrt got awny from Miami, l'la.. without mishap on Iter which crashed with her at Honolulu In Marrh. This picture shows the Itleo. MIAMI. Pla.. June 3. (API Pan American Airways reported t:it Amelia Earhart landed at Carlplto. Venezuela, at 10:18 a. m. (Eastern SUindard Time) today alter a light Irom San Juan, Puerto Rico. It was expected that she and ner navigator, Capt. Fred J. Noonan. would remain over night tn the Standard Oil company's guest house there and take off tomorrow for Paramaribo. Dutch Guiana. Prom there she probably would proceed to Natal by way of Para, Brar.ll. The avlatrlx Is flying around the world as near the equBtor as prac ticable, making the 28,000-mile Jour ney for pleasure. OF 26 YEARS SERVICE No Inkling of Successor From White House Rob inson Boomed for Bench WASHINGTON, June 2. (AP) Justice Willis Van Devanter ex changed today his busy 28-year ca reer as a member of tho supreme court for that of a gentleman farmer. His colleagues In a letter expressed high esteem and warm affection" and "a poignant sense of regret" at his voluntary retirement. In reply. Van Devanter said he would carry happy memories of the association "together with profound respects and true affection" for each of those remaining. The 78-year-old Justice attended his final session of the court yester day, when the tribunal adjourned until next October. Van Devanter Intends to spend most of his time at his 788-acre Maryland farm. President Roosevelt ha given no Indication of his intentions In se lecting a successor. Senator Robinson of Arkansas, the Democratic leader. Is being boomed by many of his colleagues for the post. A number of other govern ment officials and widely known attorneys also are being discussed. Legal experts say the president could delay an appointment Indefi nitely If he should desire. Several congressmen pointed out, however, that his court reorganization pro gram was Intended to inject "new blood" Into the court, making It un likely he would postpone action un duly. Whoever is named must be con firmed by the senate. Since 1790. when the court first met. the sen ate has failed to confirm 33 nomi nees. Nine were definitely rejected, four nominations were withdrawn, and the senate either voted to postpone action or refused to vote at all on nine others. John T. Parker of North Carolina still a member of the circuit court of appeals, was the latest nominee rejected for the high tribunal. He was appointed by President Hoover in 1930 to succeed the late Justice Edward T. Banford of Tennessee AfUr Parker's rejection, the presi dent appointed the present Justice Owen Roberts, OOLD BEACH. June 2 tip Com- pletlon of a logging road Into a tract of cedr on aunaera ctccie. east o, here nearrd today and lumber oper ators assembled Veginr cald logging operations were expected to continue for two and one-half years In cur ting the 500.000 feet In the tract. ASTORIA, June 2 I AP) Owen Munn and Richard O. Old. each 17. and from Portland, were arrested Tuesday by Constable Dick Brown of Seatide on a charge of driving i stolen automobile and breaking Into a catatorium and news stand. Pi asses Off for Trip Around Globe f - - - - 1 forge Palmer Putnam l slmwn Earhart, as she left Miami. Fin., on from west to en-t. T FOR CALF THEFT Harold P. 4 Swede) Anderson plead ed guilty to a charge of larceny of livestock In circuit court today and passing of sentence was suspended for six months by Judge H. D. Nor ton, Robert B. Pams worth, who pleaded guilty to the same charge some time ago on an Information, was sen tenced to the state penitentiary for . .. . ' not more than two years. Evidence presented to the court showed that Anderson was a passive participant In the theft of a heifer last March 11, the calf being the property of Marshall Minter, Farns worth shot, skinned and dressed the calf, the testimony disclosed. Judge Norton gave Anderson a se vere lecture and suspended passing of sentence upon the defendant's promise to accept employment wait ing for him in Lakevlew and to keep out of trouble In the future, ArV erson had been held in county jail since his arrest, unable to post 11.000 ball. L IN SISTER CITY ORANTS PASS. June t w-Clty police today conducted dty-wlde checkup on plnb.ll machine,. Inve.- llgating possible .w.tchln of license. which if true would divert license money from the city treasury. permit are granted to Individual j machine and they may not be plwed m ..-- drscrlptlons. or other identification a'lerod. Auditor C. R. Duer said 54 machines are taxed at Ao annually. j Chief of Police Ben T. Oraybil!.! armed with a list of devices and their i descriptions, railed on business houses checking possible alterations. hfa fri.ho. June . i APi Tne body of Toby Warner. 23. who leu from a boat May 24. ws found in the Snake river yesterday. RelierBill projected world fllcht In the plane ship lealng for San Juan. Puerto bidding goodbye to hl wife, AineHtt a :!8,UiM-mUe trip around the world TRANSFER FOREST SERVICE, CONTROL! 0-C LANDS WASHINGTON, June 3. 4 Tuc Interior department asked congress today to transfer to Its Jurisdiction the forest service, now an agency of the agriculture department. Assistant Solicitor Rufua Poolo of the Interior department made the proposal In the form or a proposed H . . v...- I amendment submitted to the house 'nubile lands committee to a bill set ting up new administrative machinery for 2.500.000 acres of revested west ern Oregon grant lands. L, P. Knelpp of the forest service previously testified tho agricultural department could do a much more efficient Job of administering the grant lands than the Interior depart ment under whooe Jurisdiction they have been since their return by the old Oregon & California railroad and the Coos Bay wagon road companies "For tho past 21 years," Poole said, "the Jurisdiction of the Oregon 4c California lands has been In the In terior department. The interior de partment now seeks to Improve thu management of there lands and the department of agriculture has used the occasion to divest ua of our jurisdiction and add to their own." He said the Interior department, In proposing a new administrative set tip and a revision of the revenue fpRtiiw rtf nrmnt atnttiLflN nffetlns j t ,,nd, , , , , tfw rtmlnUlr.tlon. , tu) gov. I nm.nt a,8,nlnUl)n prograrn ,. 1 acllU!(J , ,nU.r)or tnwnt WOUJ(1 ; M ,., u, th(! department of ; conservation. "To transfer the Jurisdiction of the 0rc)0n A California grant lands to department of agriculture would only add rrnpemlblHty to that de. partment, which under the recom mendation of the president's reor ganlratlon plan It would seem should be placed In a department of conservation." Poole asserted. The department of agriculture and Interior have duplicating func- ' tlon In many government actlvltle Including grazing forestry, mineral development, park and recreation! activities and game preservation." PARSON BRAVES: OF 10 Volunteers By Telephone to Perform Ceremony Wal lis and Duke Rejoice MONTS, Prance. June 3. ( AP) A righting north England parson, brav ing the opposition of tho Church of Ei.gland, will give the Duke of Wind sor nnd Wallls Warflcld his religious blessing at their wedding tomorrow Tho middle-aged, "labor" preacher, the Rev. R. Anderson Jardlne, vicar of St. Paul's church, Darlington, Eng., will perform the religious ceremony after the civil service Is read In the Chateau do Oando music room by Mayor Charles Mercier of Monta. It came about this way: Edward was called to the telephone Inst night, after all hope for the do sired religious consecration of his marriage had been given up. An unfamiliar voice said firmly: "I am coining down to marry you." It was the small town vicar, the Rev. Jardlne, known for his work among tho laboring class. The preacher gave his former mon arch no opportunity to protest. "I am coming," he Insisted. Today he taxied, to Cande and bowed to the duke. "I prefer to die rather than seo my king married outside tho church," proclaimed tho Rev. Jardlne, Windsor and Mrs Warfleld were said to have been overjoyed. Both were opreaented as having been ex tiemly dlsappolntd over the Impossi bility of finding a clergyman to marry them, because the Anglican church frowns upon remarriage by divorced persons and Mrs. Warfleld had been twice divorced. Rogers will give Mrs. Warfleld away In the religious ceremony and MaJ. Edward Dudley Metcalfe, tho duke's etjucrry, will bo best man. Rogers and Major Metcalfe will act as wlt- ceases for the couple at the civil cere- mony. Spanish - European Crisis in Brief Invited By the Associated Press) I Washington President Roosevelt I .-ttcd three of his leading diploma tic advisors to a Whlto House lunch con conference today for o general discussion of the European situation, Rome Italian warships established a virtual blockade of government Spain to halt any soviet supply ships: Premier Mussolini prepared a great naval display for tho visiting Oerman war minister Werner, von Btomberg. Berlin British ambassador offered Germany the friendship and support of Great Britain if Europe's peace is maintained. The relch's attitude toward the Vatican grew Increasingly hostile; rupture of diplomatic rela tions feared. London Great Britain reported considering Joint naval action against Spain to protect neutrality patrol snips and offset Italian blockade. Ecen conferred with diplomats seek ing to re-form the International non intervention committee after the Italo-German withdrawals. Madrid Government troops tight ened their lines around La Oranja, northwest of the capital; reported In surgent garrison running low on am munition, " H end aye Insurgent reported a Basque attack on besieging Insur gents eight miles from Bilbao was re pulsed. Washington The Spanish govern ment embassy announced Ambassador Fernando De Lot Rloe bad, been re called to Valencia for consultation regarding the European situation. SIGN REMOVAL ON SALEM, June 3-(AP Declaring that Oregon highways are the 'show windows of the state." the state highway commission sent out let ters last night to all service clubs, lodges and churches to assist In eliminating their signs from the highways. Hlghwsy depsrtment officials stated the placing of these signs along the hlghwsy was In tlolatlon of the state lawa. The commission lUted It had recently recelred communi cations from the state planning board protesting the presence of these Igns. After Compromise Rose City Papa Gives 1500 Cigars On Birth of Boy PORTLAND. June 3 (AP) The biggest box of cigars tn Portland, containing 1,500 stogies and mea suring 13 by 41 by 38 Inches, was distributed to his customers today by E. H. Blxby, restaurant owner, honoring the birth of a son. On the box. was a sign, "we took one boy, not twins, so take one cigar please. Don't be afraid to smoke it, it will not blow up. We want you to come back able to eat." DEATH COMES 10 'PHONE OPERATOR IN AUTOJISHAP Miss Sabrina Thatcher, 21, Dies of Anjuries Was Class Valedictorian. Death last night claimed Sabrina June Thatcher, 31-year-old telephone operator, who was Injured In an auto mobile accident four miles south of tho California Inspection station on the Paclflo highway early Monday morning. She died In Sacred Heart hospital at fl;30 o'clock from extreme shock, tho attending physician stutea. ML Thatcher sustained a brokcti arm, se vere cuts and bruises, and a Jaw frac ture on the left side that extended to the base of tho brain, according to the physician. It could not be learned definitely today whether an Inquest Into tho ac cident would be held. According to tho coroner's office hero, an Inquest was In tho hands of the S' ski you , county coroner, tho uccldent having hapcncd in California. Drivor of the car which brought tiiutii M the popular Medford girl waa Jene Vaugiu. of Klamath Pulls, employe of tho Southern Puclflo rail road bridge and building outfit car, gang 4, according to statu police. Vaughn, state police on id, apparent ly went to sleep at the wheel of his car, a 1932 Ford coach. In addition to Miss Thatcher and Vaughn, the car contained June Houghton of 710 West Thirteenth street, Medford, and Raymond Puller, of Klamath Falls. Tho party waa returning from a trip Into northern California. Following the wreck, the two girls and Fuller were rushed to Community hospital in Ashland, Miss Houghton suffering from minor bruises and Puller an In jured back and a lacerated ear. Miss Houghton and Puller were released from the hospital Tuesday, and Miss Thatcher was brought to Sacred Heart hospital. Joe R. Mailman, of 43 14 Central boulevard, Englewood, Calif., waa ono (Continued on Pag. Eleven) C. 1. 0. BY A. F. OF L. F AS 'ANOTHER FAD SEATTLE, June a. (AP) William Hutcheson, president of the United Brotherhood of Carpenters and Joiners, said today that John L. Lewis" committee for Industrial or. ganlzatlon la another "labor fad which will fade from the picture u aoon as the novelty wean off." In the Paclflo northwest on a tour of Inspection. Hutcheson and hit associates, R. E. Roberts. Dallas, Tel and Abe Mulr, San Francisco, mem bers of the union's general executive board, conferred with brotherhood leaders from this are. "The American Federation of La bor la too big end too well established to be damaged permanently by s movement like this." Hutcheson said. The A, F. of L. has seen the I.W.W. tho Knights of Labor and the ons big union movement rise and fall, and the A. F. of L. ha gone on, out living them all." Hutcheson. a close associate and adviser of William Oreen, A. F. of L. prealdent, described the CJ.O. aa a radical movement. "I don't sny that all C.I.O. 1vo catea are radicals and communists," te said, "but I do say that all the communists and radicals In the labor movement are CJ.O. advocetea." Maryland Fund, bid 8 28 eskd 10.17 quarterly Income, bid 17.33 asked 18.97. SENATE ECONOMY BLOC WILL SEEK ONE-W SLASH Billion and Half Voted at Midnight Session Flood Control,- Mid-West Ponds Promised. WASHINGTON, June 2. (AP) The administration's 1,800,000.000 relief bill, winning midnight house approval after a compromise quashed a persistent revolt, went to the sen ate today for another major battle. Economy advocates In that cham ber said they would renew demands to cut the fund by one-third. A house bloa lost a similar attempt be fore the final 323 to 44 vote by which the bill passed. There were prospects, too, soma senators would try to reinstate amendments to earmark one-third of the total for roads, dams and other special projects. These won tentative house approval last week over the objections of administration leaders. After week-end conferences, how ever, the president's lieutenant agreed on modifications, which were accepted last night. Majority Leader Rayburn (D., Tex.) had argued tying of the president's hands by the earmarking amend ments would force dismissal of more than 630,000 workers from works pro gress rolls. The administration contended the earmarking proposals would take ex tra money for materials and reduce the amount available, for wages, ... r. , House members described the com promise as Including: 1. An administration promise that probably much more than the 4ft. 000,000 tentatively earmarked would be spent for flood control. a. An agreement to revoke an all-relief-labor order which had held up use of 131,000.000 now In the pub Ho works administration's revolving fund for loans and grants to cities. This would mean completion of a large number of projects for which (Continued on Page Eleven) BASEBALL R. - a H. B. 10 1 '1 Pittsburgh Boston Blanton . 0 and ToQd: Hutchinson and Lopes. Score: St. Louis , Brooklyn . Wlnford. ski, Owen; R. H. I. 3 7 1 10 1 Johnson and O'Orodow Mungo end Phelps. Score: R. H. K. Chicago 3 4 0 New York 17 3 ShOun. Root and Hartnett; Oum- bert, Coffman and Mancuso. Score: R. H. E. Cincinnati 8 13 1 Philadelphia 4 7 1 Vandermeer. Bchott, Qrtssom. and Lombard!; Pettlt, Johnson, Xelleher, Jorgena, and Atwood, Orace. American (11 Innlngs)- R. R. I 1 11 IS Washtngtort Detroit Kewsom, Llnke. Cohen, Cascarelle and Hogan; Lawson, Russell and Teb- betts. R. . S H. B. 10 1 New York . Cleveland ' - 4 7 1 Ruffing and Dickey; WhlteMlL Having and Pytlak. Boston at Chicago postponed; rain. Philadelphia at St. Louis post poned; rain. NEW YORK, June 3. (AP) Mr. 3. Borden "Daisy" Harrlman sailed today for her post as United States minister to Norway. The new minister said aha hoped she would be "aa much credit to my country a Was Mrs. Ruth Bryan Owen," minister to Denmark and flret woman appointed to suca a post. PORTLAND, June a. (AP) Frank Nevln's begging cost him the maal mum penalty In municipal court to day 1300 fine and I La months la Nevln posed as a deaf mute But the fraud waa revealed when he tack led a real deaf mute for money end could not reply to the sign language flaahed at him. THE DALLE3, June 3. (AP) Thta city began to wonder today whether It would have a candidate tor m school dlstilct election w'.th the date) three weeks away, not candidal has appeared for the post to be va csted by Mrs. Francla V. Oellowajv chairman,
