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MEDFORD. OKKGONv WEDNESDAY. JUNE 16. 1937.
No. 74.
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WASHINGTON, June 18. The talk
about an adjournment date for con
gress Is meaningless. Only one man
jllW1 lull I nl
could have a alight
notion when It
be, and he has
not made up his
mind. It Is his pro
gram and he will
have to decide
now mucn 01 it t
fgfto be trimmed.
iFor the present, he
says he is In no
I hurry.
Neither Is con-
, PAUL MALLON gress. Both houses
middling along. The senate met
"jcViwo days last week, although a
dor--'Jor bill are pending there.
In cofaftttea or on the floor. The
house hasen trying more seriously
to handle ifa- business, but the rep
resentatives are-1-Obviously dawdling
on the farm bill an-fme others.
Behind this unusual situation Is
the not very great secret that con
gress does not like the program. It
la not exactly In revolt, but It la
just not very much interested. There
la. of course, a full-fledged senato
rial revolt on against court packing,
and this has undoubtedly caused , the
president to withhold the whip. On
the few recent occasions when he
haa attempted to use It mildly back
stage. It has failed to bring results.
Thus, the president la waiting out
congress and congress la waiting out
the president.
The effect Is about the same as
that of a "slow-down" strike, which
has been tried In some factories by
labor groups. The outcome la equally
uncertain.
The sugary supreme court compro.
mlse (two additional . judges,, with
each judicial district to be repre
sented eventually on the court) has
caught on well Inside the house, but
not at all In the senate.
The senators are so much aroused
they will not take anything In the
nature of a compromise which con
tains any packing of the court. They
are likely to remain that way, be
cause they still have control of the
situation.
Progress which has been made In
the house toward patronage-coating
of the president's plan, therefore,
seems to be of little moment.
Prospects for the legislation now
(Continued on Page Six )
POPE AGAIN RAPS
CAjSTEL OANDOLFO. Italy. June
18 (JP) Pope Plus spoke out again
today to assail "the blind battle
against the church of Christ." which
l.e said, rages on In nazl Gennany
He gave his "special great b'esslng"
to a group of graduate priests of the
GermanHungar:an seminar? in Rome.
He spoke of this "hour of persecu
tion" In Germany In whlcn. he said,
"esch la persecuted because of bis
love of Christ."
The pontiff congratulatea the
priests on the work they will return
to In Germany, "wtjere a really brave
spostolate la needed."
.Hue(Hh King Is 19
STOCKHOLM. 8weden. June 16.
(APt King Gustaf V, Europe's old
est re. inlng sovereign, celebrated his
TOth hirthday only with a game of
tennis at TuJlgarn palace, his sum
mer reMdenre. while cannon boomed
salutes In Sweden's beflagged cap
ital. SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Asa Hubbard valiantly resisting a
rtde to the clouds when he grabbed
the ropes of football and Lions club
street banners ripped loose from their
moorings and carried aloft like kites
by a hurries nic wind.
Bill A)len promising the city coun
cil he'd come In to town now and
then, his new home being all of
three miles away.
Vern Woods retting a new high
record of some kind by eating an
enormous dish of trl-colofrd Ice cream
at fire headquarters aftr he and bis
voluntAT colleagues had been sent
through a stiff hose drill by the
genial chief, who did pretty well with
tha refreshments himself.
Mrs. Marcel! a Morthland astound
ing the management of her regular
hreakfart POt by ordering tea In
tead of her Invariable coffee, the
phenomenon causing ail activity to
eotaa to a standstill
I .1 f 4
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DYNAMITE BLAST
KIDNAPING STIR
JOHNSTOWN MAYOR
Idle Workers Threaten Trou
ble on Youngstown, 0.,
Front Lewis Scored.
WASHINGTON. June 18. (API
Phillip Murray, chairman of the steel
workers' organizing committee, said
today he would ask Secretary Per
kins for federal Intervention In The
steel etrlke.
YOUNGSTOWN, Ohio. June 16.
(AP) A back-to-work movement,
designed to re-open the strike-slewed
mills of the Youngstown Sheet and
Tube company, ended Inconclusively
today as a dynamite explosion
heightened the tension on anotner
front in the big steel strike area.
A similar back-to-work move in
Detroit however, gained momentum
In some General Motors corporation
plants with the settlement of a walk
out that has kept 13.000 employes of
the Ternstedt Manufacturing com
pany of Detroit Idle slnc June 7.
A warning that some 10,000 strike
Idle steel workers In the Mahoning
valley are "becoming Impatient," and
that there would be "serious trouble
soon" If they are held bsck from
their Jobs, was placed before Frank
Purneil. president of the Youngstown
Sheet and Tube company.
Mayor Daniel J. Shields appealed
to President Roosevelt to Intervene
In the Johnstown steel strike to "re
move the murderous element that
now infests the city."
The mayor said that kidnaping had
been added to a dynamite bombing
In tho disorders of the sixth day of
the strike at the Cambria works vt
the Bethlehem Steel corporation.
Shields wired the president after
i man giving the name of James
M. Hess. Identified by police as a
worket In the mills, reported he was
seized by six men. stripped of bis
clothing and thrown out of their
automobile.
"Save Our Homes" '
"Will you not please save our
homes by discouraging Mr. John L.
Lewi against such un -American -Isms?"
his wire said.
"Arj our cltleens to be the victims
of po; It leal connivance on the part
of John L. Lewis and other bidden
Interests?"
The steel workers' organising com
mittee proposed to the Bethlehem
Steel corporation that an election be
held at the strikebound Cambria
works in Johnstown, Pa to deter
mine whether John L. Lewis steel
(Continued on Page Five)
LAND GRANT BILL
UP COMING WEEK
WASHINGTON. June 16. (VP)
Representative James Mott. Salem.
Ore., said today the house public
lands committee would begin execu
tive consideration of Oregon and
California grant land legislation
"probably next week."
A pending bill would revise stat
utes affecting nearly Q. 500.000 acres
of revested railroad and wagon road
lands In western Oregon.
ASCOT. Berkshire. Eng.. June i6.
CAP i King George VI and Queen
Elizabeth were Jolted while riding in
the royal carriage down the Ascot
course just before the first race.
One of the wheels struck the fence
as the coach was turning off the
track. The carriage was backed twice
; and on the third attempt went by
safely.
Mother of Leopold
Loeb Victim Dies
CHICAGO, June 16. ( API Mra.
Flora Gresham Louer. 60. mother of
Bobby Franks, the boy victim In
1934 of the "thrill slayers," Richard
Loeb and Kathan Leopold, died last
night.
Her first husbsnd. Jacob Franks.
i father of Ssbby, died several yeara
after the boys murder. They had
two other children. Jack Franks and
Mrs. Josephi n Olaseer.
Loeb and lopotd were sentenced
to W year prison terms aftr con
viction of the Franks kldnap-slay-lng.
Loeb was stabbed fatally last
year in prison by a fellow convict.
Permanent Qulx Body
WASHINGTON. June 16. ( AP)
Representative Dies (D., Tex.) fol
lowed President Roosevelt's attack n
what f. called a pernicious surr
lobby rty Introducing today a rear
iutioc to create a permanent hows?
comn-ittee charged with In vest Is t
tat lobbying activities.
Navy Flier Dies
A Brawl in
"Scab." cried picket at thla Negro worker at tha Cambria plant of
the Bethlehem Steel Co., whereupon the man drew a revolver (arrow).
He nas knocked down forthwith and several men were Injured In the
scuffle that followed. Note pollreman rearhlng for the pun.
FLEE BILBOA AS
REBELS - CLOSE. IN
LONDON. June 16. (AP) The
Basque capital of Bilbao, besieged
by Spanish Insurgents, was appar
ently cut off today from direct com
munication with the outside world.
HENDAYE, Franco-Spanish Fron
tier, June 16. (AP) Terror-stricken
women and children fled Bilbao In
droves today along the few avenues
of escape left by the Insurgent le
gions closing In on the city's out
skirts.
French refugees reaching border
points near here reported the popu
lace In near panic with the center
of the provincial capital now an
artillery target of Insurgent batteries
ranged to tho north and south.
President Jose Antonio Aguirre.
they said, remained in the city vow
ing to die on the spot rather than
surrender.
Many militiamen were reported to
have bolted to the Insurgents ac
cusing the Basque government of
deceiving them with false reports of
the Invincibility of the "Iron ring"
defenses that the Insurgent offensive
haa smashed.
Loyal Basque troops Installed ar
tillery In the heart of the city to
bombard their advancing foe. Insur
gents, .answering the defense fire
from well within the city, battered
residential and business districts with
a heavy bombardment.
Columns of smoke were said to be
rising over Baracaldo on the west
bsnk of the Nervion river. Insurgent
observers reported disorders had
broken out In the city.
Basques who wanted to evacuate
were said to be fighting the extrem
ists who sought to fire the houses.
Four large merchantmen and a
fleet of amall fishing trawlers flying
the flag of the Red Cross, brought
many of the women and children to
Santander.
TO GET AID
W ASH TO OTON. June 16. (jp, The
house Indian affairs ommlt
tee approved today legislation to make
tribal loans to members of he Klam
ath, Oregon. Ind'sn tribe to nelp
them be self-supporting.
The measure sponsored by Re pre -ientattve
Walter M. Pierce, Democrat
of near La Grande, Ore, would au
thorize the wetting aside f $100 000
n 1938 snd $50,000 a year thereafter
as a capital reserve fund.
Pierce said the money could be
lr,ni in Indiana Wi thst the rnuld
Irnfue in industrial or farm ooera-
:on.
The committee also recommended
tor passage a bill by Pierce luthoilz.
It payments of I1.5O0 to Ktamsth
Indiana In lieu of land allotments.
Jobless Meet.
SACRAMENTO, June lS.-Wvp Un
employment, compensation officials of
California. Oregon. Washington and
' Nevada will attend a restonal con-
fTeriee here tomorrow. Officials of
Ithe national social security board will
jba present.
Bethlehem
s fry. j
FIELDS
DENIES HE SWIGS
2 QTS. RUM A DAY
RIVERSIDE, Cal., June 16. (AP)
Bulb-nosed raucous-voiced W. C.
Fields, one of the screen's top-flight
comedians, roared a denial today to
charges he drank two quarts of
whisky 4 day.
"Nonsense I It's a He,' shouted
Field In answer to statements of
Dr. Jesse Citron that the actor's ex
cessive drinking made his hospital
case nard to handle. "Why. t never
drank two quarts a day. not even In
the rood old days. Right now, I m
a teetotaler."
It was Fields half of the Inning
as he came Into Judge O. K. Mor
ton's court to defend himself In a
$12,000 medical fees suit brought by
Dr. Citron, who mlnlatcred to him
for a month last year when the c
tor was critically ill.
The film comedian haa filed a
counter claim against Dr. Citron for
125,000. alleging that a Bleep-producing
diug not recognized by the
American Medical society was ustd
In his treatment. Fields contends
$1,000 would have been a fair fee.
HOUSE COMMITTEE
BACKS UP FARLEY
WAfaHINGTON. June 16. (AP
The house postofflce committee re
ported adversely today a resolution
to require the postmaster general to
give congress all Information on
charges the postal service had .'e
fused to deliver mall to Ohio steel
plants where workers are on strike.
Committee Chslrmsn Mead (D
N.T.). made public a letter from W.
W. Huves, acting postmaster general,
denying the department had refused
to make delivery of mall which con
formed to "established conditions "
Howt.s added, however, postal of
ficials at Youngstwon, Niles and War
ren, Ohio, "declined to accept par
cels of a character not hitherto mail
ed to the addressee Industrial plants.
The resolution called on the post
master general to say whether any
etoppnge or Interference with ihe
mall ou the pert of either companies
or labor group, had been encounter
ed or permitted.
In response, to that Inquiry Howes
said there had been objection by
labor gro-ps to the delivery of food
and other Items of merchandise to
the punts at Youngstown. Niles ard
Warren but that "our normal mail
service has been maintained.'
Find Lmt city.
PANAMA CITY, Panama. June 16.
'41 The Panama-Colombia border
commission reported today it had
discovered the ruins of the lost city
of Sunt Maria La Anelgua Del Da
rlen. believed to be the oldest city
In the new world.
Mrs. Zlonche'k In f ilm
HOLLYWOOD, Cel.. June 16
! AP) Rubye Nix Zioncheck, 72
1 widow of Congressman Marlon Zlm -,
check f Washington, cm f erred h.e
; today aith agn.s arranging for her
debut la motion l&uxca
ON MAIL INQUIRY
in Yoncalla Plane Crash in Fog
SCHEFFEL CITES
IMMEDIATE NEED
STREETS REPAIR
City Engineer Tells Danger
in Delay, and Urges Vote
On Friday Election.
If Medford's million dollar Invest
ment in paved streets la to be saved,
repairs must be made without fur
ther delay. It was emphasized today
by Fred W. Scheffel, city superin
tendent. Citizens will decide the question
at the special, election to be held
from 1 p. m. to 8 p. m. Friday, They
will vote on a proposal to Issue $60.
000 In bonds and to levy a special
assessment of not more than two
mills a year for five years. The reve
nue thus raised would be used for
the repair and reconstruction of
paved streets.
"Repair of the most badly broken
pavements must be done this sum
mer to avoid the necessity of re
building the streets up from the
bottom." Mr. Scheffel said. 'We can
not go through another winter with
out danger of sacrificing the streets
altogether. Besides, the longer we
defer repairs, the more they will
cost In the end."
It was pointed out that most of
the streets now in need of repair
were paved between 1910 and 1816
when traffic was light. The pavement
In most cases, It was stressed, has
long since passed beyond Its normal
duration. In addition, It was stated.
very little money haa been available
in -recent years for ordinary mainte
nance. Among the streets which, It I
generally acknowledged, are urgently
In need of repairs are cast jacx
son. Weat 6th, Beatty. Minnesota,
Sherman, Weat 10th, North Orape,
North Fir, Third. North Peach, South
Holly, South Orange. Newtown, Mis
tletoe. Quince and West 11th.
The repairs. It was pointed out,
are not urgently required for the
full length of these streets, but only
for certain sections which total about
48 blocks.
STAGE COMEBACK
LEXINGTON, Ky Juna It tfr
Clara Bow la tager to M a movie
actreaa again, ahe dlacloaed today,
Reclining In a chair at a health
cllnlo here where ahe haa been a
patient alnee June 3, tha red -head
who roae to fame aa the acreen'a "It"
girl In the lat 30'a, aald she wanted
to act In a etory baaed on her life
alnce ahe deserted Hollywood three
yeara ago.
She would like to hare her cowboy
actor husband. Rex Bell, play op
poeite her and Tony, her two and a
half year old son. to have a part.
She alao would like the picture to
be In colora.
SACRAMENTO HAY,
ORCHARDS SUFFER
SAN PTIANCISCO. June 18. (Af)
The heaviest aprlng rain In nortn
ern California In recent yeara todsy
damaged the Sacramento valley bay
crop, caused loeeea In orcbarda and
loosened rock slldea on the Waldo
(norti ) approach to tha Golden date
bridge.
Highway crewa quickly cleared
away the debria.
Cherry orchards also were damaged
by tha hwvy rain wnleh apllt un
plckei cherrlea.
FIRST LADY HELD
'A VITAL FORCE'
JEnflEV CITT. N. J., June !. P)
Mrs. rranklln D. Rooeetelt. awarded
an honorary degree of doctor of law, ;
by John Marshall college of law, was I
told today that alnce she became
"first lady of the land" ahe had "made
of an empty title a vital and living
force."
ISTANBUL, June li. VPi The
government today announced more
than 6.000 Kurduh rebels hsd been
killed or wounded In tne aupprei
. Hon ,! a revolt In the Derslm region
'of eaeMra Tuxkar
Appeals to
"X-;-5srV ' iL lie
Breaking a four-day silence since the mysterious disappearance of his
wife, William H. Parsons (seated) appealed to the "persons or person re
sponsible" to "communicate with me Immediately." Frank McDonnell,
(In white sltlrt), Mrs. Parsons' brother, stood at Parsons' side as he made
his public appeal from the lawn of his Long Island, N. Y. home.
"STONY BROOK. N. Y., June Ifl.
(fl) The federal bureau-of investiga
tion, with a noteworthy record of
solutions In the Lindbergh Weyer
haeuser, Stoll and other spectacular
kldnaplngs, today tackled tha mys
terious disappearance of Mra. Alice
McDonnell Parsons, north shorn Long
Island society matron.
Even as the federal men awung Into
action there came reports, quickly
PLOT TO RUPTURE
PORTLAND. June 18. (AP) The
maritime Federation of the Pacific,
In convention here, adopted a reso
lution today charging that Portland
Immigration officers are intimidating
delegates and attempting to rupture
the convention program.
The charge, quickly denied by Roy
J. Norene, chief of the U. 8. Immi
gration office here, presumably grew
out o the asserted discovery last
week oy Harry Bridges, longshore
men leader, that a hole had been
bored Into the well of his hotel room
from an adjoining room and a list
ening device affixed to It.
Copien of the resolution were tele
graphed to President Roosevelt and
Mad a nie Secretary of Labor Pericina.
The resolution charged that Immi
gration agents forced themselves Into
delegates' rooms, took some dele
gates Into custody and questioned
them. ' Action of the Immigration
offfcla, indicates to us collusion ry
government agency with forces hos
tile to isbor," the resolution said In
part.
Bridges had also charged t!:at l is
brief case had been raided and sev
eral letters taken.
CASE FOR RITES
ALTURAS. Cal.. June 16. fl Ten
Jurors were selected tentatively to
day to hear the murder trial of Harry
French, 30, former state employe, for
the slaying of Claude McCracken, 46,
newspaper editor.
The tentative Jurors Included nine
men and one woman. Mn. Maude
Robnett. Thirteen persons. Includ
ing three relatives of the accused
man. were escused from duty today,
and two jurors were selected subject
to challenge.
Court adjourned this afternoon for
the funeral of John Davis, assessor of
Modoc county for 10 years.
Rogue River Adopts
New Charter, 7645
GRANTS PA8S. June 16. - P,
Rogue River yesterday adopted a new
city charter. 76 to 45. Tlu proposal j
, mraa defeated at a Prvoua flection, j
Abductors
denied by the government agents, that
u defli11te.contact:had been establish
ed with tha supposed kidnapers,
. Outwardly the federal men concen
trated on the third -day 'a search of
the dense woods and undergrowth
northeast of tho trim little farm
house from which Mrs, Parsons van
ished a week ago today.
Behind the scenes they veiled t)elr
activities with utter secrecy.
PRESIDENT SEEKS
GREATER BUYING
POWER FOR POOR
WASHINGTON, Juna ' 18. W
Administration economists spurred
by President Roosevelt's re-statement
of economic policy, sought methods
today for generating greater purchas
ing power among low Income groups.
Mr. Roosevelt told his press con
ference late yesterday this would
boost the national Income, speed tht
flow of tax revenue Into tha treas
ury, and bring tha budget into bal
ance. Aa an example, the president said
If taxpayers paid the government $6,
000.ooo.ooo when the national Income
wis $60,000,000,000. revenue might be
expected to total 19,000.000100 If the
national Income reached $!)000.000,
000.
Besides meeting revenue needs, he
a'd, such a development would whit
tle expenditures by reducing the re
lief load.
He promised details in a "fireside
chat" this summer or at another press
conference.
Studies already made, Mr Roose
velt said, have substantiated nil state
ment that one third of the population
Is Ill-fed, Ill-housed and M-cIothed,
WAHINOTON.une 16. Sen
ator Byrnes (D.-S. C.) appeared to
thr senate todsy to req-itre local
communities to provide 40 per cent
of relief projects costs.
'The emergency that caused us to
give a lump sum for relief without
restriction on how It waa to be spent
has passed." ne said,
Byrnes sought adoption of a com
mittee amendment to the $l.S0.000,
000 relief appropriation bill wbtch
would require a 40 per cent contri
bution by sponsors of relief projects
except when they demonstrated In
ability to pay that amoont -
"We may as well be frank" Byrnes
told the senate. "Recovery has taken
p. ace."
He contended a restriction by con
eress on the manner of spend'ng the
relief funds did not suggest "distrust'
of the president.
Income Shares
Maryland fund bid 8.09; asked
$0.85.
Quarterly Income bid 118 91; asked
116 oa.
PARACHUTE JUMP
SAVES COMPANION;
FALLS INTO TREE
Plane Left Here at 5:30,
and Hits Mountain Side
in Heavy Fog.
YONCALLA, Ore., Juna 16. (P)
Lieutenant Commander Paul r. Irea,
40, died laat night at a farm house
near hare an hour after the naval
reserve plane he waa ferrying from
quantum, Mau., to Seattle, Waah,
cruhed Into a hillside In a dense tog.
Petty Officer 3rd Claaa Charier Ern
est Broatrom. machinist, ordered by
Ivee to ball out shortly before tba
crash, escaped uninjured. .
The pilot, with both arms and both
'egj broken, died without retraining
consciousness.
Brostrom, whoaa home la U Saugua,
Mass., told Sergeant Paul Parson of
the Oregon state police that tha
plane became enveloped tn a dense
fog ahortly after taking off from
Medford, at S p. m. -
After vainly trying to get above tha
fog. Broatrom related. Lieutenant
Ives decided to attempt to land and
ordered the machinist to ball out
with hla parachute.
He aald he plainly heard the craab.
aa the ship struck the hillside while
drifting in mid air.
Tha chute became entangled In a
fir tree 200 feet from the ground,
Biostrom descending with tba aid ol
a allk acarf. v '-
Henry Parka, a, farmer, had aeaa
the flyer leap from the plane and as
sisted him in descending tha trw.
Tha two searched vainly for tha
wreokage before summoning help from
nere.
Irea addresa waa given aa 100 Mlla
St., Boston, Maaa. He waa a member
of the 17. 8. naval reserve. j
I Tee and Brostrom arrived at Med
ford municipal airport about A:30
p. m. yesterday. They were flying a
Ommann attack plane. Thoy arrived
from Redding, Calif., and continued
their flight north about 6 o'clock arte-
their plane had been serviced. .
ROSEBURO, Ore.. June 16. P
Charlea Ernest Brostrom. 22-vear-old
naval aviation mechanic of Saugua,
Mass., rested here today following
harrowing experience laat night whea
he leaped from a navy scout plan a
few second before It carried hi Oum
mander to death In a crash landing
eait of Yoncalla.
The plane, Brostrom said, had been
flown at low altitude, keeping under
lowering elouda and waa forced to
(Continued on Pag Three )
DUST BOWL RAIN
GREETS GARNERS
AMARTLLO, Teg., June 18. (API
VIce-prealdient Oarner on bla way
home from Washington with Mra.
Oarner, rode Into the heart of tb
dust bowl country last night, but
couldnt find any signs of duat.
He arrived In one of the ralnatonn
that In recent weeks have trans
formed sun-baked plains Into a
land of green fields and banktul
streama.
Between Shamrock and McLean the
party waa delayed an hour by hlgn
water.
"To think w were held up by
flood water In the Panhandle I" tha
vice-president said.
BASEBALL
r. h. a.
.88 1
.4 II 1
New York -
Pittsburgh
Smith and Mancuso: B I an to a,
Swift, Brown and Todd.
Boston at Chicago, postponed; rain.
American.
R. H. .
.11
. 4 8 1
Cleveland
New York
Gatehouse, Brown and Pytlak; Co
mer., Schumacher and Dickey,
, R. H. I.
Chicago
Boston
.a
.8 11
Whitehead, Brown, Rljney and
Sewell; Newaom and Oeaautela.
R. It.
St. tkuls
.
Philadelphia
. a 10
Knott and Huffman; Kellej end
Kra -