Transportation
There li a lot of cheap trans
portation advertised In the
I'sed Autos For Sale columns
or the Mall Tribune. Inspect
these carf and choose the best
bargain. The best go first.
Medford
Tribune
Full Associated Press
Full United Press
Thirtv-Second Year
MEDFORD. OREGON. SUNDAY, .JUNE 6. 1OT
No. 65.
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lly Paul Mullun
. Copyright, 1937, by Paul Mallon.
.WASHINGTON, June 4. The mav
erick clan of heavy thinkers dropped
a 100-ton Idea Into the house bill
Tiom the other day. Unfortunately,
, It struck congress
$ with the detona
tion of an altght-
Ijlng feather. Noj
one has considered
It worth noticing.
it Apparently the
onlv fixed orlncl-
'?ple of the clan 1st
Etnat the Hew ueai
Is tame. In accord
with this principle,
30
bill was Intro
Paul Mullon.
duced proposing to
do the Job for President Roosevelt in
a really big way. The bill would
establish a national Industrial expan
sion board In federal hands to con
trol Industrial production, prices,
wages, hours, and Just about every
thing except breathing. It would ex
pand Industry by federal edict.
The clan Is supposed to speak only
for the little group of extremists In
the house, but occasionally It acta as
tuffer for left wing economists In
the new order, and, once In a while,
for the White House Itself.
For example, in the recent relief
fl?ht. It advocated two billions to
effset the conservatlev Democratic
demand for a billion, so that Mr.
Roosevelt could get the billion and a
half he wanted. It was a pre-arrang-e1
Job. As Agriculture Secretary
Wallace has been talking lately about
precisely this method, and as Presi
dent Roosevelt himself has been talk
ing about price controls, the question
has arisen as to whether the think
ers are now again doing some heavy
advance work for an administration
industrial control profrrnm. " -
The answer Is the bill aa the open
ing of a subtle campaign by left wing
economists within the new order to
promote some such remedy, but not
with. the approval of the White House.
Note Hidden authors of the bill
tre the Ezeklel crowd of economists
In the agriculture department.
Behind this matter la the fact that
Dr. Moulton of non-partisan Brook
ings Institution has caused turmoil
among economists of the new order
by suggesting that Mr. Roosevelt Is
going In the wrong direction.
Moul ton's non-polltlcal analysis,
delivered privately to economists last
week. Is being mode public by Brook
ings officially. In a sentence, the
Moulton theory Is that current em
ployment, wages and other Ills could
be cured by a real Industrial expan
sion, but that wage and hour limita
tions are "unwittingly" tending to
ward a lower instead of a higher stan
dard of living. Or. Moulton did not
mention the president's name, out
nearly everyone knows who baa re
cently proposed minimum wages and
maximum hours.
What the mavericks seem to have
done Is take the Moulton theory and
combine it with the Wallace theory of
controlling production to work out
as vast a federal control scheme as
ever was conceived in the mind of
man.
No one seems to be advocating the
F.mpleet solution: (A) to have the
government start pnttlng business on
the back, and (b) vigorous enforce
ment of the anti-trust lawa to break
monopolies and hold down prices.
PWA Promoter Ickes Is 111, but his
men did an excellent Inside Job in
piomottng some consideration for
eirmarklng PWA funds In the relief
bill in the house. Mr. Ickes has been
in a run-down condition and may be
out for some time. His associates,
l-.owever. succeeded in carrying PWA
prospect a little Mrther than the
White House might have carried tbera
tf left alone. Specifically, the plan
now Is to grant federal funds to ell
municipalities which have authorlred
PWA bond issues for "worthwhile
projects."
Incidentally. Mr. Ickes also recent
ly acquired an $80,000 estate In Mary
land, about twenty miles from Wash
ington, which indicates he does not
Intend to leave soon.
The extent to which the 1940 preal
centUl re has progressed was dis
closed hre ti-.t other day when Oor.
George Earie of Pennsylvania ad
dressed the southern society. Gover
nor Ear made a pwh In which
he pointed out that his Pennsylvania
home Is "only an hour's drtve from
ibe Msson-Dixon lire." His birth
place in Chester, lie said. Is even
closer. His imerloeutor. Senator
Reynolds of North Carolina. In intro
ducing him. mentioned the fact that
farle "went south in January. 2916.
for a wife" and that he "comes to
speak to you with a heart that Is
rarm for the south."
No room was left for doubt that
Carle ta smoking hot for the south,
which will hare approximately one
third of twe deietra'.ra to tie leal
i
C-cqt-aiied, oa Fafs tHt.)
PAIR BY CHANCE
LEAVE ILL-FATED
Quirk Of Fate Spares Mrs.
C. Sun derma n And
Daughter Seven Killed
In Crash.
A kindly quirk of fate was all that
saved Mrs. Cordy Sunderman and her
two-year-old baby. Shirley, from a
flaming death In the bus that turned
over near Shlloah. Calif, early Fri
day morning and killed all its occu
pants in a raging gasoline inferno.
Mrs. Sunderman and Shirley wore
coming to Medford, passengers on
the Ill-fflted stage. Their bus was
the second of two stages running on
the same schedule.
During the brief stop at Redding.
Mrs. Sunderman met a woman who
was traveling to Seattle with her
small child on the first section. The
woman proposed that since there was
then a vacant seat In the first sec
tion. Mrs. Sunderman and daughter
might transfer to it. The two moth
ers together might then be better
able to care for the two youngsters,
the woman suggested.
Mrs. Sunderman readily agreed tnat
the suggestion was a good one and
she immediately transferred to the
first section.
The bus coon rolled along Its way,
leaving the stage Mrs. Sunderman
and Shirley had occupied to follow.
Not long afterward all the occupants
of the second section were dead.
The transfer caused considerable
confusion after the accident as the
report spread that a woman and
baby were passengers in the burned
bus.
Mrs. Sunderman and child arrived
here safely at 7:45 Friday morning.
Mr. Sunderman was here to meet her
and the family Is spending the week
end in'MXdford.
Mr. Sunderman la recreational fore
man with the United States forest
service and has been transferred here
from Grants Pass, the forest service
said.
The safety of Mrs. Sunderman and
her daughter clears up the report a
women and child lost their lives In
the bus tragedy. A telephone in
formant of tbe Ml ll Tribune said
Mrs. Sunderman and daughter were
the only woman and child on the
bus until they disembarked at Red
ding. They were known to be on
the bus up to that point, and
friends here were deeply anxious un
til Mrs. Sunderman arrived safely.
REDDING. Cal.. June 5. (UP
The body of C. A. Schafer of Wray,
Colo, one of the victims of a bus
crash 48 miles north of here yester
day in which seven were killed, will
be sent to Colorado for burial after
relatives Identified him from a de
scription of his belongings, authori
ties said tonight.
The belongings of Tim Neville of
Redding were Identified by relatives
but they could not Identify Ms body
among the charred victims.
The latest search of the wreckage
by authorities revealed no - more
bodies nor anything which would
establish more than that the seven
aboard were all men.
Only two bodies remained uniden
tified tonight. Two were tentatively
Identified. They were Neville and
Fred C. Farrar. 24. of Santa Ana. Cal.
Those Identified were: C. A. Scha
fer, Wray. Colo.; Mortimer Wilson.
45, Redding, the driver and Alfred
Vessel 36 Marysvllle Ca., a negro.
BULLETIN
At Portland, the Beavers last nl?ht
won their fourth straight game over
the San Diego Padres, 8-7. The
Padres staged a two-run rally in trie
ninth, sending Al Shealy. who had
relieved Howard LaFlamm. to the
showers. Ad Llska came to the res
cue by retiring three men to enable
the home team to finish ahead. The
visitors used Ward, PUlette, Crag
head and Tobin on the mound.
In the other game under the arc
light. Seattle beat the Missions, 6-4.
taking an edge of 4 to 1 In the se
ries. Dick (Kewp) Barrett started on
the mound for Seattle and was greet
ed with a barrage of base hit, the
Missions scoring four runs in t he
first two innings. Clarence Pickerel
stepped Into the breach, and blanhrd
the Ramm men the remainder of '-be
way. The Indians pounded Otno
Nltcholas and Lamaneki for total
of 14 hits. The Missions played er
rorless ball, while Seattle mad? three
ml scuts.
Rat RlrTrlit Killed
PORTLAND. June 5-(Pr-HU bi
cycle colliding with a garage truck,
Kenneth Miller, 13, was kilted here
yesterday, becoming Portland's 38th
traffic fatality since December I.
Legion Leader passes
SALEM. June fl. JP, Horace Ray
mond White, 40. prominent Amer
ican Lcg'on nrmber. died 'as night
tfter a brief illness. He leaves a widow
and two c&Udrtn.
Trombone Stolen,
But Thief Leaves
Saxophone Behind
LINCOLN, Neb.. June, 5 (AP)
Maybe "the neighbors' some
where can explain.
Miss Alyce Kalina reported to
police thieves took a trombone
valued at 75 from her home
and left a saxophone In Its place.
SENATE FOES OF
HINT MUSI
Compromise To 'Save Face'
Of President Bitterly Op
posed By Borah.
WASHINGTON June 8. (AP) Sen
ate foes of the Roosevelt court bill
threatened bluntly today to filibuster
to the point of exhaustion against
any compromise increasing the size
of the supreme court.
This was their reaction to nego
tiations begun by administration men
in an effort to obtain a vote on a
compromise bill this summer.
Depot, n el ng the move as "pure face
saving." Senator McCarran (D., Nov )
grimly said: "I will stand in the sen
ate until X drop against any compro
mise."
Senator Burke (D.. Neb.) echoed
his views, told newspaper men 40
court bill foes were ready to filibuster
any compromise that would increase
the membership of the high court.
But he and others said a filibuster
would not be necessary, because they
would have the votes to beat any
such attempt.
The administration men have not
announced what compromise would
be acceptable to them, but specula
tion has 'centered on proposals to
name two or three additional Judges
now or one a year. The admlnlstra
tlon legislation as It now stands
would add five at once unless the
flvo Incumbents past 70 retire.
: Senator Borah (R., Idaho) an
nounced today that he is opposed
to "any plan, or scheme, which gives.
ar tends to give, political control
over the courts."
Charging that for years lower court
Judges had been picked by political
machines, Borah took the offensive
with a demand that "instead of
Wringing the court nearer to the po
litical Influences of the government,
we could do the people of this coun
try a great service by removing the
courts farther away from political
control."
AMELIA RESTS AT
BRAZILIAN PORT
PORTALEZA. Brazil, June 6. (jpt
Amelia Earhart paused at this north
east Brazil seaport today to have the
control apparatus of her round-the-world
monoplane adjusted. .
She planned to leave about 6 a. m.
tomorrow (3 a. m.. E.8.T.) on a 287-
milo hop to Natal, near South Amer
ica's easternmost point.
If weather reports are favorable
she said, she wilt take off tomorrow
from Natal on her 1,900-mile trans
atlantic crossing, to Dakar, French
Senegal.
She flew in yesterday from Para
maribo. Dutch Guiana, when head
winds kept her from reaching Natal
F
IS
PORTLAND, Ore.. June 5. iWi-
"Meanest msn" atorle are old stuff
at the Portland police station, out
Patrolman R. H. Burdlck believes he
now knows of the all-time champion,
the man "mother" Tucker, 70 blind
and crippled, commissioned to keep
her grass cut.
The man demanded 90 for his wojjc,
she told the officer, but she had
nly S2.A0 left from her last pension
check and bered for time.
Later. iftr the man had Wt. she
heard someone quiMly enter the rear
of her home. Crawling to Investigate,
she amelled gas and. fumbling, found
the Jets open on her gas stove. The
back door opened again and her purse
was tossed to the floor, the 12.50
one.
When Patrolman Burdlck answered
her call he found the grass uncut.
PORTLAND. June 8. OP, Ore
gong 1937 lettuce crop, reduced by
cold damp weather, will total only
15 000 crate, compared with 30.000
la-vt year and 1928-32 average of
6 000. I he U. 8 department of agri
culture said today.
RESIGN
FDR.
S
Dozen Major Executives
Walkout In . Protest To
Doctor's May 19 Editorial
CHICAGO. June 8. (AP) Dr.
Francis B. Townsend conferred with
associates and refused any comment
today, though apparently undaunted
after 13 major executives of his
old age pension movement submit
ted their resignations.
The mass resignation of national
officers was announced by J. W.
Brlnton, vice president and general
manager of the Townsend National
Recovery Plan. Inc., and of the
Townsend Weekly, after he and 11
other key executives had signed a
formal statement criticizing the eld
erly California physician for carry
Ing on "a fight against legislation
proposed by the president which
has no bearing on the Townsend
plan."
Townsend arrived at national
headquarters shortly after . Brlnton
bad announced the resignations.
Townsend went directly to his office
where he was closeted with associ
ates,
Robert Townsend. 22-year old son
of the old age pension advocate, was
in charge of headquarters today.
Townsend' public opposition to
President Roosevelt's supreme court
reorganization plan, Brlnton said,
first drew a reprimand from eight
executives May 19. An editorial,
Brlnton said, signed by Townsend
and published In the May 31 Issue
of the Townsend Weekly waa the
direct cause of the resignations.
The president's proposal, Town-
send wrote would break down. "the
court's power to stand between the
people.-and a nnal - congress or
power-drunk president .
Receipts at headquarters and from
Townsend' speaking tours, Brlnton
said, had dropped at least 50 percent
weekly during the last month when
Townsend continued his attacks on
the Roosevelt administration, ,
GOVElpFUS
LISTED PROBABLE
E
SALEM, Ore., June 8. (AP) While
It Is still 11 months before the next
primaries, the political picture on
governorship to date has been stated
as follows:
Governor Martin, Democrat, will
seek re-election. He has never denied
It, but has repeatedly hinted he
would run.
Unless enemies of Willis Mahoney.
Klamath Falls Democrat, ruffle him,
he will desist from the governorship
and seek a seat In the United States
senate.
State Treasurer Rufus C. Holman,
Republican, has his eye on the gov
ernor's chair and Is trimming Ms
hat for the ring.
Earl Snell. secretary of state and
Republican, will pass up the governor
race this time and run for re-elec
tlon, although many are urging him
to run for the major office.
The names of Howard Latourette,
Elton Watklns, Democrats, and Ho
mer Angel and Dean Walker, Repub
licans, have been prominent, but the
picture still remains hazy in their
cases. And there are others coming
to the fore.
OVER LABOR DAY
WASHINGTON1, Junt 8. (API-
House chiefs looked over the egis
la live slate with President Roosevelt
today end returned to the capitoi
with predictions thst congress prob
ablr would be In session until late
summer
Speaker Bankhead and house ma
jority leader Rayburn described the
president as anxious for congress to
act before adjournment on:
Revamping the supreme court, re
organizing governmental agencies,
setting wage and hour standards,
planning conservation of water, soli
and power resources; aiding farm
tenants, building low cost dwellings.
closing loophole used by tax ooag
era. and extending nuisance Uses.
"Mr. Roosevelt." Bankhead said
"didn't insist on anything being
passed out but urged that we try to
get all these matters through as
soon as possible." - -
-I think we'll be here maybe until
the end of August," Rayburn re
marked.
Complains of Attack
r
JM m
Prosecuting offlrlals at I.os Angeles
are Investigating a romplalnt hy a;
movie actress Identified by her at-1
iorney. William J. F. Ilrown, as Pa
tricia Douglas (uhove), 20. that she
was attacked at n recent studio party
lo which she sold she and IM other
film extras were taken In the heller
I hey were to perform In a movie
srene.
LOS ANGELES, June 5. P) Dis
trict Attorney Huron Fltts said today
he was seeking a statement from the
man Patricia Douglas, 20, film extra,
accused of beating and attacking her
at a ranch banquet given by motion
picture executives.
Fltts had a sworn statement from
another extra. Ginger Wyatt, 19, that
she was called to the studio with
more than 100 other girls, who were
given Spanish or cowgirl costumes.
and driven to a ranch In the belief
she was going on location for a mo
tion picture.. ' ' -'k.
A large barn was fitted out as a
banquet room, MUs Wyatt said,' the
girls were assigned to tables and It
then developed each was expected to
become the partner of & visiting mo
tion picture sales executive and en
tertain him for the evening.
She said she refused to drink the
liquor offered her and with difficulty
managed to escape from the barn
with a well known actor, who had
volunteered to take her home. '
Senator Wants Lower
Rates, Not 'Vampires
Living Off Public' Sees
Pork Barrel.
WASHINGTON. June 6. (AP)
Senator Charles McNary declared to
day for low power rates In prefer
ence to "vampires living off the pub
lic' 'In expressing opposition to the
Nirris proposal for a Columbia valley
authority to administer Bonneville
dam.
There won't be a building In Port
land large enough to house the army
that will be recruited by the pro
posed authority," the senator Mid.
'Thera isnt' a building In Oregon
large enough to house the Washing
ton branch of the T. V. A. and It
Is only one branch."
He quoted a statement he received
last winter as giving the cost st that
time of administering the Tennessee
Valley authority, upon which the Co
lumbia authority would be modeled.
as Sl.362.4ft8 a year.
Since then TV A has expanded Its
pt rsonnel and Increased Its expenses
Do we want such sn Incubus In the
Columbia basin? Remember, all the
salaries will have to be paid by the
poor consumer of Bonneville power,
he sdded.
H. O. West of Walla Walla, here
tepresentlng the Inland Empire Wat
erways association, said that on his
return he would arrange for gather
ings "in every county" to protest
against the proposed authority.
Prince Weds a Hlonde
BERLIN. June 8. (AP) Prince
Ernst Zu Llppe-Detmold. a couain
of Prince Bemhard, eonwrt of Prin
cess Juliana of the Netherlands, was
married today at the Schooeneberg
town hall to Frauleln Hertha Wei
land. 25. blonde manager of fash
ion shop.
Three file, Anfo Tra'h
DELANO, Calif., June 6 (,P
Three men were killed today when
the automobile In which they aere
riding was etruek by a Southern Pa
cific train near ben.
PLAN7 -'.III
OF
ON FRESH FRUITS
Coast Solons Back ' Buck
Bill To Strengthen Com
modities Act.
WASHINGTON. June 6. (AP)
Committee-approved legislation now
before congress provides furtner
tightening of the perishable agri
cultural commodities act of 1C30. j
P a c I f 1 o northwest congressmen i
generally express approval of the j
proposed changes contained in the !
bill by Rep. Frank Buck of Call-;
fornla, scion of a Pacific coast ship- i
ping family.
The act received strengthening in I
1034 and again In 1938. but Buck
said experience disclosed some loop-!
holes still remained.
Buck's measure would:
Amend the definition of the term
"dealer" In such n way as to carry
out the Intent of congress when
the act was originally passed and
make it clear that packers of fruits
or vegetables that are frozen or
packed In tea are required to be
licensed.
Makes It a violation to substitute
or otherwise change the content
of a carload or lot of fruits or vege
tablco after it has been officially
Inspected by a federal Inspector un
less the consent to such change is
obtained from an authorized In
spector. Lighten the penalty for operation
without license when the shippers
have not wilfully refused to apply
for permits.
Make official Inspection certifi
cates prlm-facle evidence In proceed
ings under the act, and in future
trading oh contract markets subject
to the commodities exchange act,
The bill hns the approval of the
agriculture department, the house
agriculture committee said. -
FOR $20 CAPTIVE
NEVADA CITY. Col.. June 5.
(AP) William Ebaugh, 39. six foot,
235 pound Willow Valley woodsman,
was held In Jail today on a charge
of Mrs. Ray Dclama that he kept
her captive for three months after
"buying" her from her husband for
20.
William B. Woods, sheriff's deputy,
said Ebaugh admitted paying Mrs.
De lama's husband 820, and also ad
mitted he broke her ribs' "when 1
hugged her too tight."
Mrs. Dclama, 39. Is a brunette.
Sheriff C. J. Toblassen started
search for Delama to question him
concerning the contention of both
his vlfe and Ebaugh that he agreed
to the $20 wife transaction.
Woods said Ebaugh waa confined
In the Napa state hospital In 19J7
and often "ran wild" In Nevada City,
threatening people with a shotgun,
Toblassen said sn examination of
Mrs, Delama by the county physic
ian disclosed her body was covered
with welts and that several ribs
were fractured.
The sheriff said Mrs. Delama told
him she escaped from Ebaugh's
cabin last night and ran to a near
by home and was brought here,
where .he signed a complaint on a
technical charge of "Involuntary
custody."
Mrs. Delhma told the sheriff that
her husband became "tired" of her
three Months ago, and she went to
Ebaugh's cabin, presumably to work
for him.
The sheriff said Mrs. Delama told
him her husband later went to
Ebaugh and made a deal with him
to sell his wife n $20.
Weeping. Mrs Delama told the
hVlff Ebaugh locked her In bis
vallay cabin, beat her and draggea
her about by the hair when she
resisted his advances.
FAIR AND COOLER
Outlook far western states period
June 7-13, Inclusive: Pslr, except
unsettled over plateau and Pacific
northwest first of week, and occa
sional fogs on coast: normal tcm
peraturea. Oregon: Fair Sunday and Mon
day; cooler Interior aouthweat por
tion Sunday end Interior west por
tion Monday: foae on coast and high
er humidity Interior northwest por
tion Monday: moderate southwest
wind off the coast.
Longest Eclipse of
Sun in 1000 Years
Comes on Tuesday
WASHINGTON. June 5. (AP)
The total eclipse of the sun
next Tuesday, Juno 8, will not be
observable In the United States
except as a slight darkening ol
the sun In the extreme south
western part of the country.
It will be observable in the
Hawaiian and Samoa n Islands
but only as a partial eclipse.
Nevertheless. In the path of Its
shadow, the 1937 eclipse will be
the longest in duration of any
eclipse in more than 1.000 years.
Totality will be seven minutes
and four seconds. The path
sweeps across the Pacific ocean
between sunrise and sunset over
a distance of B 800 miles.
JOHN D. SR. WILLS
E
Taxes Will Shrink Estate To
Ten Millions Medical
Research Institute To
Benefit.
WHITE PLAINS, N. T June 8.
(;p) The "relotlvely small" estate left
by John D. Rockefeller, Sr., turned
out today to be approximately $25.-
000.000, which may shrink by the
tlmo the tax collectors are through
Principal beneficiaries named In
the capitalist's will, which was filed
here for probate, were Mrs. Margaret
Strong De Cuevas. a granddaughter.
and the Rockofeller Institute for
Medical Research. - , .... .
' Rockefeller,' explained In a codloll
dated October 3, 1034, that he a!
ready had made amplo provision for
his other heirs.
Much of the tremendous fortune
he developed, once estimated in ex
cess of two billion dollars, during
the first half of his life from the
Standard OH trust, mines, railroads
and numerous other enterprises, had
been spread over a variety of phtlan
thropto Institutions long before he
died, on May 23 at Ormond Beach,
Fla. The rest bad been distributed
among members of the family.
Hla public benefactions totaled
8530,830,000, and extended Into every
corner of the world.
The petition for the probate of his
win listed his personal holdings as
over 10,000." The 25,000,000 esti
mate waa supplied by persons famil
iar with his affairs.
FORESTS ABLAZE
PORTLAND, Ore.. Jun. l.iF)
More than 300 tirefigtiter. battled In
vain today to control Oregon', first
major forest flra of the season which
had burned over nearly 1,000 acre.
near ScappooM.
Additional crew., mostly CCO men.
wore being brought in tonight.
Swept by ft strong wind and aided
by low humidity and high tempera
tures, the fire spread rapidly to the
northwest toward logged-oft land.
containing many settlcra' dwellings.
The forest fire patrol association,
directing the fight, reported It im
possible to hold lines In front of the
spreading flames.
The PlAgah home for old men,
threatened for a time Friday, waa re
ported out of danger due to a change
In the wind.
PORTLAND LABOR
E
PORTLAND, Or... June . fly
Rival American Federation of Labor
and Committee for Industrial organ
iratlon leaders drew their battle lines
today for the ahowdown expected neat
week over control of 140.000 wood
workers and 49,000 maritime workera
on the west coast.
The executive board of the Feder
ation of Woodworkers, which include
lumber workera. and 139 delegate, to
the annual convention of the mart-
time federation have meeting, ached
uled here Monday morning, with the
possibility of action on a bolt to the
CJ.O. holding the center of Interest
John Brophy. executive director of
he C I O, and Harry Bridge, coast
head of the International Longshoro
men's association, will adOress the
maritime meeting.
BOY, 9, DROWNS IN
TANK
AT
Howard Cadwallader Per
ishes Unnoticed In Nat
Tank Saturday Found
Half Hour Later.
While score, of laughing, ahoutlnt
youngsters awam and played 'n the
ool waters of the Natatorlum pool
yesterday afternoon, those same wat
ers were taking the life of little How
ard Randall Cadwallader, nine-year-
old only son of Mr. and Mrs. Randall
H. Cadwallader of 413 Benson street.
Howard wa. taken from the water
at 4:45 o'clock by Rodney Stead, a
Junior lifeguard who glimpsed the
boy's body at the bottom of the
tank In deep water as he waa pre
paring to hlgh-dlve from a platform.
All attempts at resuscitation were
futile, and the boy waa pronounced
de ad by Dr. W. O. Bishop less than
30 mtnutea after he waa rescued from
the pool.
No Eyewitnesses.
Apparently there were no eyewit
nesses to the tragedy. Of the many
youngsters Interviewed by the state
police and others, none could My
he saw the boy go under the water.
Mlas Louisa Klumpp. another
swimmer, said she noticed Howard
about 30 mlnutea prevloua to the
recovery of hi. body, playing and '
paddling about In ahallow water, with
an Inner-tube around him. Between
tnat time and the moment he wa. '
taken from the pool, there was evi
dently nobody who noticed, the
youngster. .
Lifeguard Finds Uody.
. "A bunch of u. were diving from
tne high platform," Rodney Steady
Mid. "t wos-Jttat about to dive whsn'"
1 saw something black at the bottom '
of the tank. It thought It wa. prob
ably ono of the round dlsca we have, -.
but decided to go down and sc., any- .'
way. I dove off and when I got
to the bottom of the tank I aaw It
wa. the boy. I brought him up and
took him to the bank
Young Stead 1. a Junior lifeguard
at the Natatorlum. He is 15 year,
old. , .
After the boy vu brought aahore,
Stead. Gerald Fowler, 16, also a Jun- '
lor lifeguard, and Mis. Kathryn
Mead. 17, who was head guard, at
tempted artificial respiration ' until
the arrival of Dr. Bishop. They were
OMlsted by Harold Farmer, O. F. Han
cock and Tommy Holt, CCO enrolleea
at Camp Prescott. Young Stead uld
Howard was still warm when he wu
brought up and while they were ap
plying artificial respiration.
Kesuscltatlon Fall.,
Dr. Bishop, who wa. called imme
diately after the body wa. discovered,
arrived In about ten mlnutea. The
body was taken to an adjoining room
where the doctor administered ad
renalin, but to no avail. H. told
s'.ite polio the boy had probably
been under water about 80 mlnutea,
the officer Mid.
According to Mrs. Ora L. Fowler,
manager of the awlmmlng tank, three
lifeguards were on duty when the
tragedy occurred. They were Kath
ryn Mead. Rodney stead and Oeni-i
Fowler.
"The tank became bo crowded."
Mrs. Fowler explained, "that I put
on Rodney and Oerald extra to help
out Kathryn Mead. I dont know
Just how many swimmer, were In,
hut the tank was certainly crowded."
Elmer Bettell, 14, of 304 South Co
lumbus avenue, aald he saw Howard
earlier In the afternoon, walking along
the ledge that extends out from the
hank three feet under water. He
said Howard was halfway between
the seven and eight-foot depth mark
ers, and that so tar a he knew. How
aid could not swim & stroke.
When young Stead took the youth
from the water, he was In the middle
ol the large tank, and about 30
feet from the bank at the deep end.
The water at this spot la about seven
feet deep.
Howard, so far as could be learned.
went to the Natatorlum alone.
The eoroner'a office Mid laat night
an Inquest would probably be held
tomorrow.
T
IN BLACK HILLS
SIOUX FALLS. 8. D.. June 6. (API
Snowdrifts three to four feet deep
and roads blocked by snow and fallen
tree, were reported from Black Hill,
territory tonight In the wake nf a
capricious spring storm, that oiled
10 Inches of .now on some mining
communities and temporarily Isolated
several amall town.