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Mr The Weather Forecast: I'nseetled tonlfbt and Friday; allcrttly warmer Friday. Highest yesterday 64 Lowest this morning 49 Precipitation last 24 hre M Act Promptly Watch the Classified Ad far tht beat bargains In Real Estate. It pari to art promptly when the property yon want la advertised. Other waste no time. Too late, too bad. Trtbune Medford Full Associated Press united Press . Thirtv-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY. JUNE 10, 1937, No. 69. m vm oVrliNl mm i . V -.. . . . , i I Ndws liDEMAND $25,000 f Hi , By PAIL MAIXO.V Copyright. 11)37. by Paul Mallon) Pruning WASHINGTON, Juno 10. It la too much to say any farm bill Is ever dead, but the pending O'Neal-Pha-roah-Wallaca bill la Is as dead as iiw Hiring on could get. i The reason you 4 have heard no J sounds of It Is be J cause It Is being 4 garroted by legls latlve friends vt the farmer in mo house. They are nn, raMv tn male a n y announce I ment vct' ' nut i sua 'till''"' cle:l'el thelr raui M&uon. course, iney plan, to prune the ever-normal granary provision for wheat and a mild ten ant farm provision from the meas ure. These two Ideas they will pass before adjournment. The bulk of the omnibus bill (production con tra!, surplus control, crop Insurance, etc.) they do not want. If they go through with their In tentions, as now seems certain. It will be the first time In history that a farm bill, backed by farm organi sations and the federal government, ever failed. The bill, as you know, ta sponsored by Chairman O'Neal of the Farm Bureau federation, based on some Ideas from Pharoah, and worked up by Agriculture Secretary 'ellace. The opposition, as you ehould know by now. Is based on belief thst the farm situation Is being pretty Tell handled at present, thst the new production control measures may wreck the existing system on con stitutional rocks. ' Outlook - The line-up -:on Otter .important legislation has not changed mucn lately. The prophets are somewhat fearful that President Roosevelt will spring a coup for a two-Judge com mlse on supreme court packing. There ar about six senators you cannot put your finger, on. They might backslide. However, odds still are against any increase In the court. The minimum wage-maximum hour bill will become law with minor al terations. Word has come from the White House that It Is must ... the power planning program Is also must, but not In capital letters. The plot la to Jam it through near the close of the session, but the plot may fall. A few legislative stoppers will be put In tax evasion holes, after some auto magnates, a friend of Coolldpe, several publishers snd a few ex-Llb-exty Leaguers are fried in publicity (Continued on Page Eleven) TACOMA, Wash.. June 10. () H. O. Harmany, former assistant vice president of the National Bank of Tacoma, in a signed statement today admitted embezzlement of an undis closed sum for the National Bank of . Tacoma, largest financial Institution of 'he city. 1M shortage was officially an nounced by R. R. Mattlson. president o; the bank, early today. He Included an announcement of the discharge of Harmany. who headed the bank's bond department. He said the loss was fully covered by a surety bond. He declared a rumor the amount waa $100,000 was "only a guess." A few hours later. Harmany volun teered his admission of the embez zlement. Mattlson said Harmany had jeen an employe of the bank for 24 years He added the federal comptroller of the currency had been notified of he ember.rlemf nt, but said no charge h.J been filed. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Stan Sherwood being the object of a frantic search by fellow postal em ployes who were scared he would be late In getting their airmail rose ex hibit off In time for the Portland show, Stsn arriving on the scene In time to have the flowers prepared for this morning's plane. Col. Robert A. Miller, pioneer fitl n of JTItle visiting here yesterday snd reminiscing as to old times when the old mining town was the center of all activity In th region. An Espee conductor pointing out that a wandering reporter should be wearing a raincoat and said . A.r,nw in trial opinion after being thoroughly doused RANSOM NOTE; G-MEN TAKE HAND Middle-Aged Pair Sought in Latest Kidnaping Case Rich Lady Missing STONY BROOK. N. Y., June 10. (AP) Federal agent and Suffolk county detectives Installed a battery of telephones today In the North Shore Long Island home of Mrs Alice McDonnell Parsons, wealthy missing matron, as her husband William H. Psrsona was reported ready to pay a &.000 ransom demanded for her safe return. Two theories murder and kidnap ing held the attention of the Inves tigators, though the former theory wat considerably weakened by the an nouncement of Dr. Alexander Ooettler New York city toxicologlat, that blood stains on a hatchet found on the Parsons' grounds, were those of an pnlmal and not. as was first supposed those of a human being. An axe also was found, but there were no stains on It. Chief of Police Edward Bridge, of Prookhaven township, said late today a search was being made for a man snd a woman of middle age, believed to be the couple that called at the Parsons home about 11 o'clock yeater dsy morning and with whom Mrs. Parsons, 38 and socially prominent, was reported to have gone away. The demand for the as.OOO ransom was contained In a note, left In the Parsons' car as It stood outside their white colonial bouse In Oould road yesterday. The note bolstered the abduction theory. It was pencilled on cheap whit ruled paper, enclosed In a cheap envelope, addressed to Parsons, and contained -the sinister suggestion that police activity might mean death for Mra. Parsons. The ransom note was found last night shortly after Parsons, returning ! from a. trip to New York city and J finding his wife mlaalng, notified the state police barracks at Bay Shore, on the south side of the Island. It waa addreased to "Bill Parsons." The authorities would not disclose Its contents, but It was learned from a reliable source the note read: "I have your wile. Bring (25.000 to the Jamaica bus terminal within the next 24 hours and my men will meet you and call you by name. Do not bring any cops. If you do Alice will never speak to you again." The mystery deepened early this afternoon when Mrs. Leona Newton, a former postmistress of Stony Brook, tcld the police she had seen Mrs. Par sons driving east through the vll'age about 1:30 p. m. yesterday, about two and a half hours after the ttme fixed for her departure by Mra. Jupryonovo. Mrs. Newton was brought to the Parsons home and looked at the Par sens car to see If It waa the one she had seen. She said It waa not the car. Mrs. Parsons, she said, waa ac companied by another person, but the police did not disclose whether it wss a man or a woman. The road over which the car was moving would take It to Orient Point or to Montauk Point, roughly 35 or 40 miles away. Prom Orient Point a ferry runs to New London, Conn. BASEBALL National. R. 6 S H Cincinnati Boston S 3 T 0 Vsndermeer, Hollingswortb, Orls- som and V. Davis, Lombardl; Hutch lnaon. Smith and Lopet. R. H. E. Pittsburgh - 4 16 0 Phllsdelphla - - 6 11 1 Swift, Bowman and Todd; Walters Ind 0t R. H E 9 16 1 Chicago i.; a lO 1 ! Lee snd Hsrtnett, O Dea: Elsenstat, Frsnkhouse. Bsker and Spencer. St. Louis st New Tor postponed; rain. American. R. H. Philadelphia - W Detroit - 4 7 Caster and Brucker; Bridges and Tebbetta. R. H. t. New York 10 1 I Chlcaco 8 9 3 HadT nd Dicker; Kennedy. Cain and Peell. Button at CKrlind poponed; vet ground and cold. To t'ntHI Plaque, SALEM. June 10. (API The un veiling of the Carl Oregg Doney plaque at Willamette uniTertity, non orinff the former President of tne Institution, will take place tomorrow as a part of the 05th annual com - Battle Line Drawn Near Michigan Steel Plant' Christmas Mail Delayed JNEW TAX SOURCES 7i nJtM lM I ...V. V3 .liZ&kmn '.. M Christmas mall was strewn over the rugged terrain near Alplna, L'tah, when, a transport plane crushed last December IS during a storm. Note the holiday, stickers on the paoKages shown In this picture, Seven person were killed In the accident.. . L " ' . E MORALSJN LOOSE Health and Timber Also Need Care. Ousted Agency Head Tells Senate. ' WASHINGTON, June 10 un charging maladministration resulting In (1,139,000 losses to the Klamath Indian tribe. Wade Crawford, dis charged as superintendent of the Klsmsth agenoy, filed an attack egalnst John collier. Indlsn commis sioner, with the eenat Indlon af faire committee today. Crawford's statement said Collier's bureau misapplied funds and receiv ed and misinformed congress rela tlve to the management and affairs of the Klamath tribe. He asserted that Collier withheld information to the department of the Indiana In connection with the mod ification of timber contracts. Ho said the tribe had been demor alized by the practice of young ooys and girls living together as man and wlf without correction from the bu reau. Crawford charged "malsdminlstra- tlon of Indian health, property snd money, of utter neglect and Indiffer ence to social and moral progress of the Klamath Indians: of malfeasance in dealing with the property of minor children and orhpsns; of defending and retaining In the Indian service persons whom he refused to inves tigate or have Investigated, wnicn Investigation would have shown the facte about Indian timber ana.rs. AMELIA ARRIVES PARIS, Prance. June 10. APi The air ministry snnounced that Amelia Earhsrt. flying around the world, landed at Oso. French West Africa, at 7 AO p. m. today. Green wich time (:80 a. m. E. 8. T.). after a Sop from Daknar. Sen'gsl. Telearsms from trte rrench mill tsrv commandant at Oso to the min istry reported the American air woman made a perfect landing after a fliiM of 7 hours M minutes Miss tarhart and her navigator. Captain FYed Noon, told rrench su thoritlea they would remsln In Oso over night and take off tomorrow for Krmrt.,um. Anglo-Eeyptun Budsn Oso Is on the Nicer river. slmjit 1 on the meridian of Oreenwich and GIRL FRIEND OF Told Kidnap Tale to Re establish Friendship With John D.'s Grandson. CHICAGO. June 10. (AP) ABMtt ant State's Attorney Emmet Moynl han said today Miss Margaret Mont gomery' admitted a story she told of a plot against John Rockefeller Pren tice, grandson of the ' late John D. Rockefeller, waa a hoax designed to "make a martyr" of herself. The 27-year-olo: nurse, whom Pren tice said he met last September while a hospital patient from Injuries In a motoring collision, had told police two men abducted her last nlnlit. I drove her about the south side for some time and then directed her to summon Prentice to a meeting place. Aioyninsn said tne girl admitted she fabricated the story In the belief Prentice's regard for her had cooled, and aha wanted to re-establish their friendship On the basis of her story. Police Lieutenant John Coughlln had an- j nounced a theory Prentice "was .o j have been kidnaped and held for a larne sum of money. Prosecutor Moynlhan, after an In terview with the nurse, said Miss MontRomery admitted "she framed the whole thing" to "mak martyr of herself because Prentice's affec tions were cooling." Prentice, an attorney and son of the late John D. Rockeleller Cr.'s sec ond daughter, had told police he be lieved Mips Montgomery's story be cause he had received several mys terious telephone calla recently. The lawyer addfd he bad no rea son to euffpect anyone of wanting to kidnap him but "a great mat.y people seemed to think I had moiify. although I am not an heir to my grandfather' estate." BIDS CALLED FOR PORTLAND. June 10. (IT) The bureau of public roads, through W. H. Lynch, district engineer, celled for bids on two Oregon projects today Construction of a one-mile unit of the Willamette national forest highwsy will be up for bids until June 23. Improvement of a four mile section of the highwsy a:ons the east shore of Diamond lake will bt open for bidding until June 30. FOR OREGON NEEO SOON, SAYS BOARD Old-Age Assistance Cost for Year Estimated at Four Million Ask County Aid SALEM. June 10. IP) Th com mission on state and local revenues, meeting for the first time yesterday, estimated the cost of old-sge assist ance on the basis of 05 years and 130 month, starting January 1. 1938, would be 4.0OO.OOO a year. The last . legislature created the commission to study means of rala- ng revenue for social security meas ures and other governmental expens es of both the state and the coun ties. The state of Oregon la bound to grow and there Is no doubt but what new tax sources will be required." t-std Charles V. Oalloway. chairman. B. T. McBaln of Portland, secre tary, proposed a manufacturers' and wholesale transaction tax exempting retail levies and food. Oalloway said the plan would not be constitutional The commission considered shifting tecondsry roada to the state system to reduce the country road levlea and leave more funda for aid age assist ance and other requirements. "We will never obtain a direct di version of gasoline or automobile tax funds from the highway department," said Representative Carl Engdahl of Pendleton In recommending expan don of the atate road map.' "Our present school tax system la a rello of the horse and bugty days, Engdahl commented In reference to a suggestion to revamp the ayatem and reduco costs. Replying to Oust Anderson. Port land labor leader, Oalloway said tne income tax this year would yield ap proximately 13,000.000 against ,3.200,. 000 last year. Anderson proposed rsls. Inir the tax for the higher braclteta. The commission estimated 23.000 person will be eligible for assistance by the first of the year. County officials and organizations will be contacted for suggestions t boost the suite a Income. 40 PER CENT COS! RELIEF PROJECTS WASHINGTON, June 10. (AP) A senate appropriations subcommittee hewroto the administrations ai.600. 000.000 relief bill today to require local com muni tie to eupply 40 per cent of the coat of relief project. Economy advocate lost by a 6 to 4 vote a move to reduce the lump sum appropriation to 1.000 .000 ,000 but the committee voted not to re appropriate unobligated balance from existing reller iunaa esumawu as high aa 1323.000.000. A two-year extension of the pub lic works admlnlatratlon, already ap proved by the house, waa added a an amendment, with changes to per mlt uae of available money and the PWA revolving funda up to 1300,- 000.000 for construction project. The aubcommlttee acted ahortiy after the senate had authorized the creation of a special committee to Investigate unemployment and relief policies and to formulate permanent programs for handling them. Other changes In the relief bill made by the subcommittee, Included fixing a limit of five per cent on administrative expenea. except relief funds expended through the general accounting office, treasury. resettlement sd ministration and the compensation board. Chairman Adam (D.. Colo.) aaid hia group earmarked none of the l .500 000.000 lump aum for specific purpose. The subcommittee draft must be approved by the full com mlttee, which meet tomorrow. BULLETIN BIRM1NOHAM. Mich , June 10. AV-Alammln' Sam Snead. White Siiiphur Springs, W. Va the boy won d. of the professional .nks snd lre,hman favorite in the tojrnament. shot an eagle three on the home nolo late today -o post a 89. three under par, and take a one -shot lead over he field In the first round of the U. S. open golf chsmpionshlp. Marylsnd rund, bid 0; aked (1030. Quarterly Income, bid 17.48, asked 13' AIR NEUROSIS IS HELD CAUSE MOST PLANE TRAGEDIES Oxygen Lack High Altitudes Gives Pilots Irresistible 'What the Heir Attitude, Claim. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., June 10. (AP) A "what the hell" attitude which airline pilot find ImposslDle to overcome when flying at high al titudes Is responsible for a large number of airplane see id en ta Dr. Al vln L. Barach of New York said today before the American Medical asso ciation. This "air neurosis," ha declsrcd, result from a deficiency of oxygen either In flying for a short time at high altitude or for long periods at moderate altitudes. It affect the heart to some extent but its prlnclpel harm i to the brain. The pilot Is unable to read his Instrument, to keep his sense of balance, or to co-ordinate his mus cles, sjid cannot help feeling that "nothing la very Important." A majority of all airplane accident have been held by bureau of air com merce Inspector to be due to "pilot error." Dr. Barach said, whereas many of them must be due to lack of special oxygen supply for him. This, be believes, was the cause of the airplane crash In which the late Sena tot Bronaon Cutting of New Mexico was killed, which resulted Jn the recent drive for "safety In the air." The pilot of that airplane had been tn the air for , nine hour pre vious to the crash, the New York phy sician said, during which he waa ex posed to oxygen deficiency and hia mental faculties could not have been functioning normally. Tha solution for this problem, par ticularly tn the program for flying at altitudes greater than 13,000 feet now under way, must be the provi sion by airplane companies of a re serve oxygen supply for all pilots "for the sake of the flying public and the health of the aviator them selves," Dr. Barach said. All of the muscles and nervea of the body, Dr. Eben J. Carey of Mar quette university, Milwaukee, said today, are singing constantly In high frequently electrical harmony like the humming of telegraph wires. Theae high frequency electrical waves produce sounds hound reds of tlmea too high In pitch for the hu man ear to hear them, he declared, but they are the mechanism by wnicn everyone walks, eats, works, hesrs, or performs any other activ ity, it is possible, he added, to measure their frequency, which la changed by diseases and drug ef fects, and thus give a new test for physicians In diagnosis and treat- ment. L DEATH HELD ACCIDENTAL BY CORONER JURY A coroner's Jury Investigating Into tha drowning of 0-year-old Randall Howard Cedwallader last Saturday In the Natatorlum swimming tank re turned a verdict at B o'clock l,st night finding oeath due to "accl dental drowning," but recommended "a grand Jury Investigation of nit death pertaining to the mansgement and conditions of the pool where he met daeth. The findings and recommendation were algned by tha following mem hers of the coroner's Jury: Walter O. prank, John R. Knight. Alien Whit lock, T. M. Kurtr, w. p. Oliver and Nelson Dunn. Seventeen persons testified at the Inquest, which waa started Tuesday morning and continued until yeeter dsy morning, snd then ended last night. Aa In previous Informal In vestlga.ion following the recoiery of young uaawauaoers body from the bottom of the tank by Rodney stead Junior lifeguard, the Inquest failed to discover anyone who witnessed tbe actual drowning. Miss Louise Klumpp told the Jury sn nsd seen ifowsrd about 30 mtn utes before he waa taken from ti.e pool, paddling about In shallow water with an Inner tube around him. She also sskl she had seen Mm previously In deep water, and had token him out several times and warned him not to play In water over hia head. Two of his friends alio testified they had seen him In deep water I Contluned on Pen Seven. I Tax Dodging Quiz Starts Next Week, Excitement Looms WASHINGTON. June 10. W The senate contemplated congrea slonal authorisation today for an Inquiry Into tax-dodging. Congressmen described todsy the Impending" tsx-dodgtng Inquiry aa the year's fourth "big show" on Capitol Hill. It will begin next week If tha senate agrees promptly to house changea In th. resolution author izing the Investigation, which President Roosevelt recommended. Some Waahlngtonlana predicted Interest In the tax Inquiry might rival th. excitement over the 1033 banking Investigation when J. P. Morgan was on the stand. It ru then an enterprising press sgent placed a midget on the financier lap. ' ATE OF FIELDS REM JURY Arguments, Instructions End Defendant Clings to Story On Cross-Examina tion. Th. second degre. murder ess. of William J.. Fields waa expected to reach the Jury by mldafternoon fol lowing summations by counsel and Instructions by the court. Fields is on trial before Judge H D. Norton and a Jury of eight men and four women In district court for the admitted slaying of Marvin M Mow, Ashland laborer. In th. Jsck sonvlll. home of Mrs, Fields last February . The trial has attracted conalderabl. attention, the courtroom being filled at eaoh session and packed to over' flowing yesterday afternoon while the 66-year-old defendant waa under cross-exsmlnatlon by District Attor ney Frank- J. Newman. Fields withstood the crost-examl nation without changing th direct teatlmony h. gave In tha morning. He denied time and again that any of hia four young eons who testi fied against him were In th. House at th. time h. ahot and killed Mow who had. been paying attantlona to Mra. Fields over her husband s Pro test, Fields also stuck to hia story that Mow sprang from a ehalr, pulled off his hat and coat and advanced to ward him with a threat to "break every bone In your body." Three of Fields' young sons had teatlfled that Mow waa sitting In a chair smoking a cigarette, hia hat and coat hang ing on th. wall, when h waa shot, Photograph, ahowlng th. hat and coat hanging on th. wall, popcorn scattered on th. floor and other ob jects In the house after the shoot ing were admitted aa evidence after pictures of Mow's body had been d. leted. Defense counsel. Newbury Newbury, withdrew objections to th. (Contluned on Page s.,.n.). - PIERCE PLAN FOR THE DALLES, Jun 10. (TV-Th Oregon Grange approved resolution todsy providing for disposal of power from Bonneville dam along the llnea suggested In the Pierce bill before congress. This measure call for alngt ad ministrator drawing it si 0.000 annual salary, preferential atatu for publle bodies and cooperatlcea In the sate of power and rates uniform through out the transmission arras. Another resolution requiring a two thirds msjorlty In the supreme court before law enacted by congress can be declared unconstitutional was adopted after a lengthy debate. The action reprewnted victory for Ray GUI. Orange master, who hsd pro posed the two-thlrda ml. Durlnj th debate. P. M Olll, Tha Dalle. brother of th Orange leader, took a stand aslnst his brother's proposal. Effort of the Grange legislative committee In opposition to the anti labor bill at th last session of the legislature were tndoreed by th del zste through, t leaolutlon. SPECIAL POLICE, STRIKE PICKETS CLOSE TO CRISIS Gov. Murphy's Truce Plans Fail, May Send Troops to Preserve Order at Newton MONROK. Mich.. J,un. 10. (P) Special police, determined to reopen the strlk.-closed Newton Steel com pany plsnt, and strikers' picket faeed each other, only 300 yards apart. thla afternoon while Governor Mur phy attempted to negotiate a true, by long dlstanc telephone. The lines were drawn at an Inter section a mil. from th. plant. A conference In th governor'a of fice broke up 1st today with th steel company'a representative, Harry Holloway, asserting th plant would reopen tonight. H. rejected an appeal by th. governor to defer th. opening ' until Monday. . Th. governor said he waa ordering a small group of atata .policemen to Monroe at once to act'aa observer,. A larger force, will be sent, If neces sary to preserve order, he said, but not to take any part In the atrlk.. He refused to discus th possi bility national guard troops might be ordered to . Monro. There waa an open telephone lln. between th governor's office and hous near th Intersection where th oppoalng forces stood. Representatives of both th pollc and th striker were celled Into th telephon conference frequently.- Reopenlng of th plant had been scheduled for 4 p. m. (MX.) An hour after that time, th oppoalng forces, 160 special policemen armed with tear gaa and clubs, and 130 picket, 30 of them women, all armed with cluba and atones, stood their ground. Th pickets stood defantly across the rosd leading to th. plant, be neath an American flag. They re jected demand by Folic Chief Wu Fisher that they open th. highway.' While th. telaphonlo conferences proceeded, many of the special police men aat down In th. roadway,. Th. only arrest up to tt p. m, wa that of one of th. special, police men, for Intoxication. He waa strip ped of his armband, th. distinguish ing mark of th. specially deputized civilians. LANSING, Mich., Jun. 10 (UPI Got. Frank Murphy said tonight a had sent state trooper to Monro. Mich., scene of fighting between CIO picket and non-striking em ployes of Republio Steel corporation a, "observers" and had ordered 'oth er unite to stand ready to "preserve pesce and act (Imply in the publla intereet." The governor said h had talked on th telephone with th chief of po lice at Monro and that th official haa told him: "Th situation look terrlbl. tt look Ilk there will b bloodshed." Earlier Murphy had called a con ference of CIO men, non-strlklng em ployes and city official of Monro. Also present waa Harry H. Holloway. vice president of th Monro plant. Murphy said ho asked Ho'loway to postpone reopening of the Monro plant until Monday, and quoted th vie president aa having replied: "We have a heavy Investment In that plant and can't hold up th scheduled reopening. We said we would reopen today and th worker Insist upon It." Murphy kept In telephone com munication with Monro, and re quested CIO officials to Instruct their picket not to foment violence ther. When Holloway lert Murpnys oi flc. he said: "If all over. They're open and working." LIQUOR REPEAL ATLANTA. Jun 10P) Geor gians gave the "go ahead" slgntl to day to th broad social security pro gram of Governor B. O. River but the ban against legal sale of hard liquor remained. Complete but unofficial returns from Tuesday .lection ahowed 103. vn to 04.693 against repeal of state lawa that nan liquor but permit th sslr or beer and wine. The result left Oeorgl lined up with Tennessee, Oklahoma. Mississip pi, snd Kansas as th only "dry" state. Th rot on 39 constitutional mendments. embodying th "new deal" program of th governor, wa Incomplete but gav heavy majort tl lor ratUlcaUoa of all proposal.
