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The Weather forecast: Partly cloudy tonight and Wednesday. Not much chance In temperature. TEMPERATURE Highest yesterday to Lowest this morning &j . Prices Advancing Medford J RIBUNE Heal Bststa U eomlnf back. The faster It returns the high- r prices will so. Some people km slresdy mala Investments. How about your Read tht Clas- llted Ads In thlt newspsper ror reusDie tips. Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Second Year . MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY. .1 UN E 8, 1937. No. 67. essssw sjwswfceswiejsw ssssna WWM Bill; By PAIL -MAl.tON (Copyright, 1937, by Paul Mallon) Salvage WASHINGTON. June 8. AU tiiat President Roosevelt's so-called revival of the supreme court Issue amounts to Is simply this: Senate Leader Joe Robinson has been authorized to put the six-Judge bill on. the auction block In the cloak room and to sell It for the best pos sible compromise. L2U What he can get, If anything substantial. Is de batable. Even raui juauon. staunch friends of the six-Judge bill will whisper In your ear that they are licked by at least three or four votes. The opposition claims more, and seems to have more. Neither side Is Inclined to argue much. The destination of the bill probably will be the senate "table, ' a legislative Umbo where legislation Is consigned In lieu of the waste basket. But If. In addition, some unobjected features of the program (creation of a supreme court proctor, enlarge ment of the lower courts, etc.) can be whipped Into shape along with some corrections In supreme court procedure, this "compromise" may be passed. That any new Justices can be added to 'the court is extremely doubtful. It Just bolls down to Mr. Roose velt's desire to get "something'' with out tearing his party apart. It ts only' a question of salvaging (with the accent on the first syllable). Lure Those who are watching Robinson work In the cloakroom note that he seems to be playing one point heav ily. He is not unmindful of the vanity of some of the milder opposi tion senators who could use the pow erful credit of sponsoring an accept ' able compromise. The compromise must come from the opposition because It Is In con trol of the situation, end the man whose name goes on the compromise as author may rate a footnote In history. At least, the temptation for fame Is a considerable factor and the opposition, leaders are worried. This angle casts the only doubt on the outcome. Common Sense The opposition is shouting threats of filibuster, but privately planning exactly opposite tactics. When and (Continued on Page Six.) E ASK GRANGE MEET THE DALLES. Ore., June 8. (AP) Klamath Palls and Eugene launched campaigns for the 1038 State Orange convention among the 800 fraternity members attending the 64th session today. Eugene representatives had no sooner started thetf move than Klam ath Palls delegates pointed out that they stood aside last year for The Dalles In view of the completion of her Columbia river terminal for ocean-going ships and Bonneville dam. They said they felt tbey should have recognition for 1038. Reports of officers and routine business occupied today's session, with the election of suite treasurer and selection of the 1938 convention city elated for tonight. Meetings of the Orange are secret. BERLIN. June 8. (AP) Poia Negri, the actress, was reported to night to have suddenly been stricken 111 a week ago at Bayreuth and rush ed to a Berlin hospital. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Cltykop Rsy Sloneker finally forced to summon outside aid when nls car inconsiderately stalled at the Intersection of Central and Stxtn treete. thereby blocking traffic ef fectively for several minutes. W. O. Webster being warmly greet ed, on his first appearance down town after a lengthy illness. County Clerk Oeorge Carter being violently aroused from peaceful slum ber at 8 o'clock of a Sabbath morn to pay a 3 bounty to E. M. Smith of Dallas whose car knocked over a big bobcat as It was crossing the highway at the north end of Gold mil. George being more surprised at the prevnee of the animal tn town than annoyed at the audacity of the visitor for getting him out of bed. Stu Good watching the rastiln riots with tranquility while all about him were shaking the rafters with houttngm and laughter I sejrr'Jl DR. BOYER GIVES POOR HEALTH AS REASONJOR MOVE Action Surprise Higher Education Board Delays Final Action Until Next September. Personnel adjustments for the coming year passed upon by the ' board Involved hundreds of mi nor changes always Incident to a new fiscal year, Included: Southern Oregon Normal Jean P. Eberhart. coach and director of physical education, given rank of assistant prcfessor and tndef Inlte tenure. PORTLAND. Ore, June 8. (API Budgets adopted by the state board of higher education show the rela tive amounts provided for the Indi vidual Institutions and services to be on almost exactly the same basis as ! total needa for the past year as lost adjusted by board members or '.no finance committee announced at the meeting today. For Southern Oregon Normal at Ashland, i83.361.33 was allowed. PORTLAND. Ore.. June 8. (API Palling health of himself and his wife caused Dr. O. V. Boyer, presi dent of the University of Oregon tor only three years and two months, to submit his resignation to the state board of higher education In a sur prise move today. Members of the board, most of whom said they heard of the Impending retirement for the first time late yesterday, declined to ac cept the resignation Immediately as recommended by chancellor P. M. Hunter, but. on motion of P. E. Calr lister, deferred action until the Sep tember meeting. In a letter of resignation read to the board by Chancellor Hunter, Dr. Boyer asked that he be relieved of present duties September 30, "or as much before that time as the board sees fit to select a successor." Boyer's statement follows: "For over a year my energy has been declining until I have no reserve energy left to meet the demands of the office. It would be unfair both to the university and myself to con tinue longer In the office under such circumstances. I am resigning with great regret, for my relations with the atate board of higher education, the chancellor and the faculty have been most pleasant and stimulating. If health permitted I should like to continue In sn administrative ra pacity doing what I could to advance the educational Interests of the uni versity, the state system and educa tion as a whole. "I hope still to continue with the university as dean of the college of arts and letters and head of the Eng lish department, contributing what I can as teacher to the educational welfare of the youth of the state.' Regret Retirement Members of the board and Chan cellor Hunter were profuse In their expressions of regret at the volun tary retirement of the university head. Dr. Hunter said President Boyer "has done a most constructive piece of work, bringing about grow ing Integration of the work of the university, and Improving the rela tionship of the Institution with the board and the people of the state." For the board Calllster said he felt most deeply a sincere regret over Dr. Boyer's retirement request. He said he Is familiar with the entire his tory 'of his regime and what he nas (Continued on Page Ten.) MAY TOTAL 11 ,1 59 I SALEM. June 7. (AP) The num- ber of out-of-state motorists In Ore gon took a Jump to 11.159 during the month of May. setting a new record for registrations of non-resident automobiles. Secretary of State Earl Snell report to today. This number Is 2300 more than were recorded during the same month In 1936. a banner year for tourists to the atate with a total of 139.855 Msy's t"tal brings the year'a quota so far tr 30.188. each month showing a gain over the same period a year go. PORTLAND, Ore.. June 8. (APi A resolution calling for an Imme diate vote by the membership of counclus affiliated with the Federa tion or Woodworkers on the question of Joining the CIO hung fire tody while delegates to the federation meeting here battled over methods of voting and procedure. HERSHEY. Pa."june 8. AP Zoo attendants found a missing sea Hon on a wash btstn n. a rest room making faces at himself In a mir ror yeterday. They r:ad searched all night 'or the animal which dlwp- neared non after its arrival from i California -dh-- -,ftnriT SUMMER SESSION. Don't look now, but It's a joint congressional hearing on the ware and hoar bill. The hard-working-legislators trying to keep cool are Rep. William P. Conner?, Jr., of Massachusetts (left) and Senator Allen J. El lender of Louisiana. Dust Storm Blots San at Pendleton; Levels Power Poles PENDLETON. June 8. (AP) The "worst storm since 1905, In the belief of old-timers, hit this area late yesterday afternoon, blowing down trees, telephone and light poles, and doing some dam age to crops. The wind reached a maximum velocity of 44 miles per hour, and duet' blotted out the Bun so completely that household ers were forced to turn on electric lights. The Pacific Power and light company reported this morning that more than 100 lines were blown down here and nearby. Motorists stopped on highways, unable to see ahead of them be cause of the blinding dust which came like a heavy cloud from the northwest. SOOTH ATLANTIC IN RECORD TIME DAKAR, French Senegal. June 8. (vP) Amelia Earhart flew here today from St. Louts, capital of Senegal. I for an easier takeoff on the next I leg of her flight around the world Aviators here said Miss Earhart' time, of 13 hours and 33 minutes for the 1900 moles from Natal Brazil, to Saint Louis, Senegal, where she landed yesterday, apparently was a record for the eastward South At lantic crossing. The westward mark of 13 hours and ft minutes also Is held by a woman, Maryse Bastle. Miss Earhart flew through rain most of the way across the ocean, she said. The visibility at night fall was bad and her wireless worked poorly. The slim American filer, after her arrival here from the 'Senegalese cap ital, laid up her plane for repairs. She said it would be tomorrow or Thursday before she could , hop off acress Africa. She planned to follow the Brltlih routo to Khartoum, In the Angio Egyptlan Sudan, to avoid flying across the Sahara. Miss Earhart disclosed she landed at St. Louis. 125 miles north of here, because of bad weather. Sne had originally planned to land at Dakar when she took off from Natal. Only slight repairs and adjustments were needed by her twin-motored monoplane, she Indicated. Miss Earhart set her plane down for the unscheduled landing at St Louts effortlessly after once circling the field. TAX COMMISSION TO BE NAMED SOON SALEM, June 8 (A, The state ! board of control let another day go i by without appointing members to the state tax commission, and tndi- -cations were no appointments wouJd be made until later this wtek or '. next week. , . The appointments will be made following a conference between the three members 'of the board. Gover nor Mirtln stated, but to date If such conference ha been held r.o Information about It has been made known. The delay was declared caused by either the governor or Treasurer Rufus C. Holms n, or both. Secre tary of atate Earl Snell. It was learn ed, expected to vote for the reap point mnt of Charlfs V. Oallor.ft. and Earl pisher. whose terms expired June ' PRESIDENT'S TAX EVASION QUIZ IS HELD 'BLACKJACK' Rep. O'Connor Flays Brain Trusters, Calls On Con gress to Cease Being 'Rubber Stamps.' WASHINGTON, June 8. AP) House debate on a presidential aug eestion for an Investigation of tax codgers started today with a declara tion by Represegjtatlva O'Connor (faC, Vt. YTftfiat "publicity' for the in quiry "is proposed as a blackjack and Is nothing less.' He said he had entered reluctant y Into a compromise on the project ed Investigation "because X do not btlleve the 'weapon.' as It Is frankly called, of publicity Is American." Referring to the drafting of the or iginal resolution for an Investigation by the administration, O'Connor thrust sharply at "brain trusters." He said he was especially concerned over whether congress and the house In particular should "surrender to so called "braln-trusters. still bearing the print of the clout and holding unimportant government Jobs, to dic tate not only the form but the pol icy of congressional action. "May I suggest," he added "that those Individuals drop their diapers of anonymity and bravely enter the political arena for election to con gress." The rules committee chairman spoke Just after calling up a rule to permit consideration of a resolution to create an Investigating commit tee of six senators and six represen tatives. The rules committee compromised with the ways and means vomnflttee to authorize a majority of the investi gators to disclose Information about financial affaire of any taxpayers. PRICE OF WHEAT CHICAGO, June 8. (AP) Black rust menace rushed wheat values skyward today, five cents a bushel at Minneapolis, the extreme imme diate permissible limit. In Chicago, the wheat market wildly bounded up around four cents Just before trading ended for the da y . Late re ports of ad ve rse crop conditions In Canada and In do mestic areas southwest added im petus to buying. At he close. Chicago wheat fu tures were 2H3H above yesterday's finish. July 1.09"-U'. Sept.. $ .08a s 1-09: corn i2i up. July $1.174 1.18: Sept., il.03t4g1.04, and oats Hi 11 sdvanced. Boulder Rider Ready WASHINGTON. June 8. 7P The house rivers and harbors committee reached a tentative understanding today to attach a rider amending the Boulder canyon project act to pending legislation for administration of the Bonneville dam project in Oregon and Washington. Strike Clc Ptm-ktard. EAST ST, LOUIS, III,, June 8 f AP) The national stockyards here was ordered closed at S p.m. (C8T) today until further notice, tt was said by Claude Raugh, representa tive of the United States department of agriculture, because of the atrike of 300 livestock handlers. WASHINGTON? June" ftWr Pres ident Roosevellt sent to congress late today a request for 110 000. COO appro priation for the maritime commis sion to start new ship construction under the new subsidy ac Newly wed Windsor Unable to Make Dog Stand on Hind Legs NOETSCH. Austria: June 8. (AP) The Duke of Windsor's fa vorite Cairn terrier, Snooky, in jected a stubborn note today Into the abdicated British monarch's honeymoon Idyll. The pert terrier effectively re sisted his master's efforts to teach him to stand on his bind legs. Snooky'a lessons started yester day after the duke and his bride took a surprise stroll to the vil lage nestling near Castle Wasser leonburg where they are spending their honeymoon. The sun came out In late after noon after a rainy day and the newlyweds took advantage of It for a brisk 80-mlnute walk. OF BONE SHUNTS HUNT FOR SKYLINER'S DEAD SALT LAKE CITY. June 8. (AP) Search shifted radically today lor the bodjes of seven victims of a December air crash after discovery of a human leg bone, a shoe with laces neatly tied and large fragments of fuselage. . The bono was a fractured atrip only four inches long, but It was Immensely significant to searchers as the first trace of a human form amongst several hundred pounds o! strewn wreckage and air mall dis covered on a mountain-top cliff ledge 25 miles southeast of here Sunday morning. The find shunted search activities from the knife-edge southern tip of Hardy Ridge, approached only from the village of Alpine, to the base of its 1000-foot precipice best reached from the Salt Lake City (northern) slope. There, at the edge of a giant snowfleld which the sun touches only briefly each day, 30 men dug and scraped away hopefully at Ice and debris, "There is every indication now that the bodies are In that snow and In some places It's 80 feet deep," said Barrle, vice-president of West ern Air Express which owned the destroyed liner. Crews, turned back several times by Impassable cliffs, finally found a way up two different canyons to the glacial tomb. How to get the bodies off the mountain, once they are found, re mained a problem. Crew members said use of toboggans, with pulley hoists over several sharp declines, probably would be the solution. M. G. Wenger, postal Inspector, said 90 per cent of the mall load would be recovered, most of It on top of the ridge. "About 200 of the 870 pounds ap parently went over the cliff In the plane's tall," ha added. Wenger said the plane, flying up a canyrn from Alpine In darkness and storm last December 15, evi dently e truck Hardy Ridge only 30 I feet from Its top, then showered I over f cliff. Need of the Nation. WALLA WALLA, Wash., June 8 p, Ervtn E King, master of tha Washington State Orange, said In his : sddress today to the 49th state j Orange convention that "we need a I constitutional amendment providing j for a two-thirds or a seven-to-two ivote far more than we need tempo--(ary expedient action." I PORTLAND. June 8. ip, The ! state fish commission voted today to 'supply ammunition and powder for ' mines to destroy seals In the Tttla 1 mook Bay area, although deferring action In carrying out the plan until titer a conference between Mastei Flali Warden Mike Hoy. Comr.Js!ono . ) Robert p. Cronen and the fisherman. I SCIENCE RECORDS PERFECT. LONGEST ECLIPSE OF Totality Is Viewed From Lonely Pacific Island and Corona Is Photographed WASHINGTON. June 8. (AP) American Astronomers Isolated on s lonely mld-Psdflo Isle recorded for science today an epochal total eclipse of the sun. What they reported as "absolutely perfeo'. weather" favored the Joint ex pedition pf, the. ..United states Davy and the National aeographlo society as the sky gaeers recorded the eclipse, the longest In 1200 yeirs, from Barron Canton Island, 8000 miles out In the ocean. This lle waa one of the few polnu of land within the path of totality. Scientists In Washington heard ra dio deacrlptlona of the phenomenon relayed to expedition headquarters here, end were enthusiastic when they learned excellent photographs of the sun's corona had been caught by the equipment at Canton, A few minutes before totality, which was reached at 2:00 p. m., (E. S. T.), the flecked sky over Can;on cleared rapidly, exposing the sun fully. For three minutes and 33 sec onds during the totality the IS sci entists, artists and naval observers worked feverishly. They reported that stars popped out, buds flew Into the barren Island to roost and the sun shot brilliant fingers of Its corona millions of mllea outward. Five minutes arter the eclipse, the radio report said, clouda swept Into the line of vision. Had they soiled In front of the aun a few momenta earlier, the astronomers said, weeks of traveling and effort on the sun baked lalsnd would havo been ruined. The party reported views of the corona, a strange pearly fringe of light, shot out from the sun as the moon psssed between telescopic eyes and the big orb. BASEBALL American H. H. E. New York ..!.. 4 9 1 Chicago . 8 13 '0 Broaca. Murpby and Dickey; Lee and Scwell. n tr w. Philadelphia i. 0 1 3 Detroit 8 10 0 Kelley and Hayes, Ankr and Teb betti. Washington at St. Louis, postpon ed; rain. n. h. b. .10 16 2 ..871 Boston .... Cleveland MrKoln. Wilson. Marcum and l Saute Is; Allen, Hcvlng, Wyatt and Pytlak. National. n H. E. Cincinnati . .. 4 9 1 Boston a.. 0 4 0 GrlMom and V. Davis; Fette, Smith and Lopez. Pittsburgh .M... 8 13 0 Philadelphia 1 6 0 Bauera and Todd; Lamaater, Jor- gens, pettlt and Grace. St. Louis at New York, postponed; rain. Doublcheader tomorrow. Chic a no at Brooklyn postponed; rain. WASHINGTON. June 8. fAPi Wade Crawford, former auperlntr.' ent of the Klamath Indian reserva tion in south central Oregon, said tcday he wouM request a hearing before the senate Indian affairs com mittee In an effort to clear his record. STRICT PRIVACY FOR LAST RITES OF JEANHARLOW Kin Forestall Curious Throng at Funeral Tomorrow- William Powell Grieved LOS ANGELES, June 8. (ff) Tha body of Jean Harlow, clad In whits, lay In a bronre casket today as a close associate recalled that the blonde actress once voiced a premonition of death. Less than two weeks ago, the day she waa stricken and rushed home from the studio on which aha was working, aha expressed her fears, Violet Denoyer, friend and make-up attendant, said. Tha . 26-year-old actress whose sparkling screen career, ended with her unexpected death yesterday : .om uremle poisoning, will not He In state before private funeral services at 11 a. m. tomorrow at the Wee Kirk o the Heather. Her mother. Mrs. Jean BeJlo, and her stepfather, Marino Bello, axe mak ing efforts to forestall the gathering of great throngs of curious persons like those which saw Rudolph Val entino as he lay In atate. Shortly before ahe died yesterday, she asked for William Powell, actor, her closest friend for two years. "Why did this have to be?" cried Powell. "X loved her. I loved her.' Warner Baxter, Powell's olostHt friend, waited across tha hall while Powelt waa In tha room as she died Little warning had been given that the end was near for the girl who did her flrat screen work In 1028 and shortly was rocketed toward stardom as a platinum blonde In 'Hell'a An- gels,", she left the set of "Saratoga. in 'which she was to have starred with Clark Gable, last May 29, feol lng 111, Until a year ago aha lived In a large white mansion In Beverly Hills. Then she sold It and moved Into a mer est home not far away, which lacked a swimming pool or tennis court. This despite tha fact ahe was earn (Continued on Pag Ten.) OFFER NEW BILL TO 'SAVE FACE' ON COURT PACK PLAN WASHINGTON, June 8. (AP) A proposal by Senator Andrews D Fla.) for a flat enlargement of the supreme court to It members re ceived consideration today by sen store seeking a compromise for the Roosevelt Judiciary bill. Informed senators said administra tion leaders had encouraged Andrews. possibly with a view toward accept lng his suggestion as a aubatltuta for the president's recommendation to add five Justices unlets those over 70 retire. Andrews declined to discuss the situation, other than to say that In creasing Interest In his proposal bad been evidenced. - - Provision might be made. It was said, to qualify Andrews schema by allowing appointment of only one additional justice in a year. Andrews also haa proposed a con stitutions! amendment to force re tirement of Justice! at 78, Opponents of the bill said they understood an amendment by Sen ator Hatch D., N. M.) for a court of fluctuating sire had not been discarded by administration sup porters. The Hatch proposal would author In the president to appoint one additional Justice a year for each Justice over 7o years until a maxi mum of 15 waa reached. The num ber would drop back gradually as the older Justices left the bench. Senator Burke fD., Neb.) reiterated that any enlargement would be re sisted In months of debate, If neces sary. , Indications were that the Judiciary committee report opposing the Roose velt bill would be submitted to the senate in a day or so, unlesa major revisions were made. Discussions of strategy when tha senate takes up the measure engaged senators on both sides. Opponents Intimated the flrat test vote might come on a proposal by them to post pone consideration of the bill in definitely. Army peath Inquiry AATORIA, June 8. Corporal How ard pemberton. 32, died at fort Stev ens today and Major Allison, com manding, said a board of Inquiry bad been summoned. Pending outcome of the Investigation, the major declined to disc use any details of the death, Pemberton had been at the fort a year and was born at Marshalltown, Id ah 4 SONS TESTIFY AGAINST FATHER IN MURDER CASE Defense Opens This After noon in Trial of W. J. Fields Bar Estranged Wife's Testimony. The state rested it. ... n... this morning In the second decree murder trial of William J. rielda. 63 . Jacksonville laborer, who shot and killed Marvin M. Mow sn ..t.i laborer, In the Jacksonville' home of rains- estranged wife last February 6. Recess waa then taken. The defense beean nrMnttitn . Ita case at the resumption of court at 1:30 this afternoon. Fields la be ing tried In circuit court before Judge H. D. Norton end a Jury of eight men and four women. In opening state ment, yestordsv defendant's i.mlna.) admitted that Field shot and killed .-now and aaid acquittal would . be ought on the theory of self-defense . end the unwritten law. In the trls.1 record tadav testimony of Fields' four young aona who testified against their father. Permission waa sought of the de- 'vuaant to nave Mra. Fields testify tor the atate but defense counsel ob jected and the woman was not call. ed. ' Last of the Fields" children to be called waa . Arthur. 'ia.vear.oM -mm. who ww a stats', witness this mora lng. He went over much of the same ground covered by his three brother wno nsa aireaay testified. Arthur stated that Mow was sitting In chair, with hla elbow, on.hla knees and hla hand on hla face, when he wa shot. He testified that he threw a bag of popcorn at hi father as ha waa pointing the revolver,, tt Mrs. Fields after shooting Mow. Ar thur said be then ran to neighbor's nous and telephoned the polios. Under cross exsmnlnatlon Arthur sala Field oame In the front door and talked to hla estranged wife for about II minutes. He asked Mow who wa (upportlng the family. Mow or Flrlda, and Mr. Field replied that Jackson county relief waa. the boy tes tified. ' Field then went out on the back porch and returned In a little while wr.eralinnn Un ukl him .hw. the wood wa going to. the family' supply of wood apparently being dl- minivuea tnrougn uioiia, Arcnur stated. After five or' ten minutes. Field shot Mow, he testified. In answering crow examination nuestlana Km it . whnm Un ' .'.ni with when he visited Mrs. Fields,- ths soy replied tnat he went' to bed be fore Mow retired. Routine testimony wa given for the state by Sheriff Syd I. Brown,- Dr. 0. I. Drummond, Verne Snangle, who (Oontluned on Pag Seven.) NAME NIXON HEAD E PORTLAND, Ore, June 0. (AP) The state mining board appointed today Barl K. Nixon, encaged In hy draulic operations in southwestern Oregon, as administrator of tha new mining bureau. The board, of which W. H. Strayer of Baker is chairman, met here today to complete tha organisation of tba bureau. Nixon, who also has been engager; In mining In tha itata of Washington, will have complete charge of the organisation and will employ what assistance he require to carry out tha work for which the legislature appropriated $50,000 a year for tba next two years. Features of the mining law are tta SO grubstake provision for prospec tors and tha free assaying to be con ducted LADY GOLF QUEEN OF STATE BEATEN PORTLAND. Ore. June . (AP) The medalist Jinks fortified hi hold upon the golflsg gentry today by knocking Mra. Martin Hunter out of ths first round of the Oregon wom en's golf championship today via the parson of Miss Jeanne McOrew, who conquered her, 1 up. Miss McOrew's victory ww all the more remarkable In that ahe wa playing In her first tournament. The tournament favorite. Manas McDougall, coasted through th first round with s 3 snd 1 victory orer Charla llgner. Maryland fund: Bid .44; asked S10.34. Quarterly Income: Bid HTM; asked
