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The Weather Forecast: Occasional rain to night, Saturday showere; lit tle change In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday in ?8 lowest this morning.. Si Precipitation last !4 hri OS Sunday Want Ads Prepare your adr. now for the Sunday momlnf edition. Cks lug time tor regular clai lifted par 9:30 p. m. Saturday. Ada accepted till 8 p. m. for Too Late to Classify. Tribune Full Associated Presi Pu' .ted Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JUNE 18. 1937. No. 76. mm . . nr as rak tans ! By II. B. HAIK11AGB (Copyright, 1937, by the North Amer ican Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) (Paul Mallon has resigned lrom the Korth American Newspaper Alliance, Inc., and will aoon leave on an ex tended trip to Europe. During hi absence, and until further notice, his piaoe will be taken by H. R. Beukhage, a special newspaper correspondent, employed by the same syndicate.) WASHINGTON, JUNE 18 "Wand ering Jack" Garner will soon be back o knit the ravelled aleeve of admin istration cares. .r He aoesn't "now It yet, but a hlgh y power, dlrect-bv-mall camDalan has ' 'J"1! een planned to wring his heitf an turn his wayward steps to ward'"shlnton. It heorsn't melt at the first of the serleA' of sales-letters, a real, algned-ln-ln'!;. appeal from the head of the firm lSielng reserved for the clincher. . V. Before that' happens, "bis Intimate friends say, his vacation will be over anyway, and he'll be ready . to turn the prow of hla 16-cyllnder cruiser northward. Right now, some of the Democratic congressmen who have been getting queries from home over the alleged "break" between the president and nla right hand man on the hill are chortling. They have decided that the vice-president's absence la going to do more good than harm'td party solidarity. This la how they explain it: "Jack" is the one man In the government who actually links the executive and administrative branches, the only member of congress who sits In on cabinet meetings. He Is the buffer. The vice-president gone, the executive f end for the first time gets -the real shock, head on and no cushion. The president to going to realize, the chortlers predict, that congress has got to be handled with gloves from now on, If it 1 to be handled at all. The friction on the hill Is so bad that you can see the ball-bearlnga smoke at every hearing. Despite that good old prosecut.ng: attorney mettle of Senator Hugt. L. Black, the wages and hours bill Isn't sliding along at all. Incidentally, congressmen . raised "their eyebrows when they read the stories about the terrific blow that the death of Representative Connery would mean to the wages and houra bill. They are full of praise for the late (Continued on Page Eleven) ieaWebb WASHINGTON, June 18 (AP) The bouse farm bloc aaked agriculture department help today in halting a decline In wheat prices whioh mem bers said, haa cost the country's farmer about 1200.000,000 on the current crop In the past two months. . The bloc, composed of praiie states congressmen, arranged a conference for next week with .Secretary Wallace to allow representatives from wheat states to outline their problem. Representative Ed Elcher. Washing ton, lows, bloc Chairman, said cash wheat prices on the Chicago exchange had declined from an April 3 high of $1.49 a bushel to $1-31 a bushel on .lune ll and that futures declined correspondingly. Domestic Wool Quiet BCTON June 18. (AP-USDAi Most types of domestic wools wore quiet todsy and sales of spot wool were for filling In and sales were small. Oood French combing, fine territory wools In original bags brought around 95 to 97 cents scour ed bsfis. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS John com providing himself with no-draft foe' ventilation by cutting slices out of hla leather knee boots. forester H. C. Obve being loo re nted with the weather to Issue the usual Fridsj recreational bulletin. Postmaiter Prank PeSouza dashing, madly to tbe airport to m airmail) loaded on a big Mainline, that could-1 I t land In l.ttle old Portland I George Oates driving south to bring iiomr his son. George. Jr.. tbe younger Oeor,re baring finished a rear of school in Hollywot-d and the whole matter being slightly confusing aa to umaa, FRETS FARM BLOC mm RETURN TO JOBS; PICKET LINE GROWS THIN Mediation Body Lacks Power and Neither Side Definite . Rail Strike Threat (By the Associated Press) CLEVELAND, June 16. CIO shout ed, "carry on!" to Its striking steel workers today to counteract a "let's call-the-whole-thlng-off' chorus from non-strikers-who want to go back to work. - Hundreds of men gathered at Johnstown, Pa., last night and raised calloused hands in a united pledge to continue the strike against the Bethlehem plant there "for weeks and weeks." if necessary to win a signed contract. But the Johnstown picket lines were thinner; and plant officials re ported work was going on "much better." A Chicago mass meeting heard speakers1 lambast the four strike-affected steel corporations, and then sang the strike theme song, "sign on the dotted line." The back - to - work chorus was heard on several sectors. At Johns town a citizens committee, organized .to. preserve .order., adopted a resolu tion Insisting that there be "no com promise with the right to work." Rep. Clare Hoffman, militant Michigan Republican who offered to lead a citizen "army" to the aid of Monroe, Mich., several days ago, ad dressed the citizens' rally at John stown and called upon "true Ameri cans" to "Join hands and fight to gether to triumph over disloyal forces of disorder and destruction." The tone was different on the ros trum of the Chicago mass meeting, where Lieut.-Oov. Thomas. Kennedy of Pennsylvania was the principal speaker, filling in .for, John L. Lewis, who was obliged to cancel the en gagements. . . Bald Kennedy: "No power on earth can stop in dustrial unionism (CIO) under the guidance, of that great outstanding American (Lewis) who is leading or ganized labor to the point where It will compel collective bargaining in every Industry in this nation. Cleveland, however, became the focal point of Interest aa the federal government's mediation efforts took form. The first meeting of a three man mediation board which Secre tary of Labor Perkins named yester day, was called for tomorrow by its chairman. Charles P. Taft. II. the other mediators rre Lloyd K. Garri son of the University of Wisconsin and the veteran trouble shooter, Ed ward P. McQrady of the labor de partment. The board has no power of com pulsion, and there was no Indies tlon today that the steel companies or the CIO were ready to rest the fate of 'the strike In the hands of such a board. "We will co-operate," was as far as either side was willing to go." Taft, a Republican who drafted that party's planks on relief and so clal security In the Landon plat' form, hoped to get the decks cleared for action today. Garrison Is expected (Continued on Page Four.) SEEK THIRD MAN IN MOTOR THEFT An Information charging Samuel E. Ray with grand larceny waa filed In tuatlce of the peace court this morn ru by figt. H. W. Howard of the state police. A warant for Ray's arrest was issued. ' The Information accused Ray of stealing two reduction gears and a one horse-power electric motor from the packing plant of flout hern Ore gon Sales. Inc., on or about May 0. Value was given as $230 Ray has been employed it the packing p'ant. Cass E. Wymore and Jack Ray. .Samuel's brother, were arraigned In justice of the peace court yesterday afternoon on the same charge. Preliminary hearing for Wymore was set for 2 o'clock Monday after noon. Jack Ray was given until 10 (-'clock Saturday morning to waive or demand a preliminary hearing, wy more was released on his own recog nizance. Ray was held in a 1000 bail DAUGHTER SLAYER GIVEN 13 YEARS RIVIRHEAD. N. T, June 18 (AP) Bloode Mrs. Helen Tie man sat .n a Suffolk count; Jail cell tort-y. romet.ines laughing, sometimes tear ful. toomed to spend at least 13 years in prison for tha brutal elayjng of tier seven-rear old daughter. Tax Evasion Attributed Medford Jerry Vawter, (left). Jack Thompson, assistant scoutniaster( center) and will represent the Crater Lake area council at the fifth world Boy Scout J.mboree to be held In Holland July 29 to August 11. The three will leavi Medford Sunday - night, traveling east with the contingent of thirty scouts of Crater take area attending the national Jamboree in Washington, p.C.t June 2 to July P. BASQUE DEFENSE OF BILBAO GIRDS FOR LAST STAND Government Moves As Rebel Forces - Close Enoircling Chain Franco Asks : Rightsi (By the Associated Press) Basque defenders of Bilbao, their government already gone from the city, retired today to rear-guard po sitions to the west aa the besieging insurgents fought to close the only avenue of escape from the refugee Jammed capital. In the full flush of his BUdjo successes, insurgent generalissimo Franrtsco Franco asked Great Britain for belligerent righto which would give him a. standing under interna tional law and permit him to attempt a recognized blockade of his govern ment foes. The government of the semi -autonomous Basque provinces, allied with the csntral Madrid -Valencia regime. waa said to hare left for "another point in Basque territory." . One report said the government had been established at the vlltejje of Truclos, about 30 miles west of Bilbao Franco's officers reported the movement to complete Bilbao's en clrclement was In full swing west of the city. There the Basques were massing last stand" troops. To the north of Bilbao, the con querlng Insurgents held the wealthy suburban town of Las Arenas. Three government snipers, who remained hidden wben their fellows fled, wore subdued nfter houra of shooting. Valencia authorities pushed an in qulry Into the death of 18 govern ment sailors and the wounding of 100 others In a mysterious internal exploMon on the battleship Jaime I at Cartagena. At Lisbon. Portugal. 633 Irish vol unteers who had been fighting or Prano embarked for home, after serving their six-months enlistment period. - The government-held Mediterran ean port of Tarragona Cleaned tip following an Insurgent air raid which left one dead and more than thitty wounJed. WASHINGTON. June 18. (API A group of government experts decided -.oaay mat eitner tue. public must eat more turkey or farmers miut -viae lewer of the festive hint. I Although consumption of turkeys last Thanksgiving and Christmas set in all-time high, they said, more turkeya were carried over Into cold -torage than ever before. Sugaratlona by the committee for ncreastn? turkey consumption In cluded : Raising smaller turkeys, a, market survey abowed most families want a bird weighing from 9 to 14 tounrla. Teaching the public through adver tising that turkeya are good food all ' -ear. ' Cutting olf the bead and feet of sobblera before marketing j Selling turkeya In parts, frozen and I raadj to cook. I EXPERTS PONDER ; lUKKtTMLtM Scouts to See -.&sr, jMTlMIIB HIS ! PRESCOTT PARK TO BE DEDICATED BY LIONS ON SUNDAY Principal ceremony of the Lions state convention here on the opening day Sunday will be the dedication of Preacott park on Roxy Ann. The park waa sponsored by the Medford Lions club as a memorial to George Preacott, member of the club, who was shot and killed while carrying out his duties aa a peace officer. The. dedication ceremony will' be carried out In the park at 4:30 p. m. Larry Pennington will be In charge. Invocation by the Rev. Dr. Sher man L. Divine will be followed by a brief history of the park. An address will be given by A. E. Reamea as personal representative of Gov. Char les H. Martin. .. Unveiling of a monument contain ing a memorial plaque, will follow the address. Earl White's Jacksonville Boy Scout troop will give a drill and the Elks band will provide music. E TAX APPOINTEES SALEM. June 18. (AP) P. H. Young, manager of Oregon Business i.nd Investors, Inc., urged tbe board of control today to name two mem bers of the stato tax commtsslrn Im mediately so the board can have a quorum. The board's next meeting will be Monday. Young, In a letter to the hoard, said 'slnoe June 4 there has not been a egal quorum of the Oregon state tax commission. "A continuity of definite policy, or the establishment of new policies at as early a date as possible. In the administration of Oregon's tax lews, highly desirable. - "Political considerations. If tny, that may be delaying the reappoint ment of Commissioners Charles V. Galloway and Earl L. Fisher, or the cppolntment of their successors, are not vital to the purposes of Oregon Business and Investors, Inc., ft non-partisan organisation. " BASEBALL .National R. H. a,. New Vork 8 1 Cincinnati 1 1 Hubhell. Oumbert, Coffmen, and Mancuso; Oriaeom and V. Davis. R. H. . . Brooklyn 1 Pittsburgh - 6 10 3 Muneo and Phelps; Bauers, Brown and Todd. American R. H. K. Cleelond - - 4 8 0 Boston 8 8 4 Allen. Andrews and Pytlak; Ostci mueller, Wlleon snd B-rg CUKago at New tork, postponed, wet grounds. . Requisition Ashed. SALEM. June 18-AP) Tha re turn of A. P. Lowndsgin, wanted at Baker for obtaining money under false pretenses, was sought by Gov ernor Martin today In a requlaltlon on Idaho officials. Europe Richard Thlerolf. all of Troop 3. SENATE LEADERS BACK COMPROMISE ON RELIEF COSTS Communities to Bear 25 Per Cent Under New Plan Democrats Balk.' ""' WASHINGTON, June 18. (AP) The senate's democratic 'and' repub lican leaders backed a compromise today in the heated controversy over local relief contributions. Senator Robinson (D., Ark.) sub mi tteq an amendment to tbe a 1.600. -000.000 relief bill requiring state and cities If able, to bear the 36 percent of the cost of non-federal projects. It was suggested originally by. Sen ator McNary (R., Ore.). The proposal brought a three-way split in the large democratic major ity. Party membera who refused to follow Robinson were divided over two alternatives: 1. The original proposal of Senator Byrnes (D S. C.) to shift 40 percent of the federal relief burden to local communities. 2. Continuance of the discretion now held by President Roosevelt and Works Progress Administrator Harry L. Hopkins. Byrt.es said he- would vote for Roo tnson ; amendment. Leaders express ed hope the senate would wind up Its week-long debate over the relief bill today. Some democratic senators who us ually follow Robinson's leadership broke with him on the issue. Sen ator bchwellenbach of Washington denounced the amendment as a Re publican proposal. Senator Berkley (D... Ky.), often mentioned as the new floor leader should Robinson be appointed to the supreme court, announced he would vote f gainst his senate chieftain. Robinson's proposal would permit Hop k las to determine as at present tne percentage which local commun Itles should contribute toward relief projects If they were unable to meet the 25 prcent requirement. E I STATE HOPS PORTLAND. June 18. fVp, J. W. Scavey, Portland, widely known grower, buyer and broker, said .hop growers were facing a serious situa tion which threatened the future of the hop Industry because brewers had turned to the Import trade. He said only five bales of hops were sold In the past week. Imports of hops In the United States this year have already passed the 80,000 -bait mark, amounting to approximately 10.000.000 pounds of hops. - For these imports, Seavey said, 34 cents a pound waa collected, amount ing to 13.400.0000. Bark tin ItnuT MONTREAL. June 18 (Up) The eiry rouncll'ii executive committee late today ordered the unemploynvT I relief commission to restore 4.JO0 destitute women and children to tna dole lists after 100 women Invaded the city ball clamoring for food. ORZGON CITT. June 18. (API The United Sta'rs public bealth ser vice awarded a scholarship at Vile unlveislty to Dr. Courtney M. Smith, Clackama county Health director. to British Movie Actor DOUMERGUE TWICE FRENCH TO LAST Elderly Statesman, 73, First Protestant to Hold Presi dency of France. AIGUES-VIVES, Franco, June 18. (AP) Gaston Doumergue, 73, former president and twice premier of France, died today in his native village. The elderly statesman had lived in retirement among the vlneyarda of his countryside since ha slipped quietly out of Paris Nov. 15, 1934. at the enc of his second term aa prime minister, "Papa" Doumergue, aa he was known throughout France,' was elected to the presidency In 1M4. the first Protestant to hold that of fice under tha third republic. Despite hla ntckname, Doumergue waa a bachelor until he waa 67. At waa married to Madame Jeanne Grave a widow. Just 12 days before he left the Elysee palace at tha end of hla presidential term in 1931. In February, 1934, after the bloody "StaAlsky" riots, the aging statesman was called to the service of hts coun try once again to weld all par tits except socialists and communists Into a national government. In November of the tame year, however, ha resigned the premiership when the cabinet split over hla de mand for more power. . I Upon awakening .this morning, nla widow said, Doumergue seemed to be feoilng well end showed no sign of Illness. A little later, however, he suddenly told hla wife he felt 111. Ha fainted and died without regaining consciousness. , Government officials In Paris in dicate') that the cabinet would con sider funeral arrangements toddy. Doumergue may be accorded a state ceremony, a military procession and a funersl oration by a member of the government. E PORTLAND, June IS. (AP) Carl O. Patterson of Baker waa named grand lodge master of the grand Masonic lodge of Oregon today at the close of the three-day session here. He succeeds R. Frank Meters of Hlllsboro. Othr officers elected were Frank- lln C Howell; Portland,' deputy grsnd master; L. 8. Flnseth, Dallas. senior grand warden; Earl Snell, Sa lem, Junior grand warden; R. E, Plnnej, Portland, grand treasurer; D, R. Cheney, Portland, grand sec retary Carl C, Donaugh, Portland, member Jurisprudence committee. T01SEND CHIEF DENIES CHEATING SAN FOANCIOO. June 18 (UP) Edward J. Margett. former California leader of the Town send old sg peti tion movement, branded aa untrue a statement that he "cheated" Or Fran el. E. Townaend and the old age pension plan out of 8100,000. Margett teat I fled in federal court where he Is suing Dr. Townaend for 3637. He also baa filed two libel u 1 U to ta 1 1 ng H 50 ,000 a gal nst the pension leader. Margett's denial came as a reply to a crose complaint filed oy Town send In which he alleged that Mar trett failed to turn over certain funds to him collected for the Town- send movement. SITE PICKED FOR OLD POLKS HOI PORTLAND, June 18 (AP) Dr. H. O Wilson, pastor of the Ftrat Christian churcb here and northwest reprea.ntA.tlve. of the national benev olent association of the church, ss'd today a site for the nortnwesl area old peopla a home about two miles east of Beaverton on canyon rod had been decided on, BOSTON7 June 18 TV-A strike Involving all wool r.adlcrj about 400 today slowed the jiulic of the Boston wool market during tha peak ablpment aeaaoa. Severe Sun-Burn Important Factor Harlow9 s Death LOS ANGELES. June 18. A) A severe sunburn the lata Jean Harlow Incurred a year ago was an Important factor In her death, a speaker at the University of Southern California's institute of government Indicated today. The reference came when Henry M. Busch, head of the division of social sciences at Cleveland col lege, waa discussing tha folly of too ardent exercise and exposure to the sun on the part of health seeking adults. GRANT RIGHT TO Strike . Town Postmasters Held Food Deliveries Mr regular,' Senate Quiz Told WASHINGTON, June 18. (API Louis J. QAiarantlerl, attorney for tha Republic Steel corporation, told am ate Inveatlgatora today that poatof- flce jfflclala at warren and Niica. Ohio had refused to accept four packagea of food for delivery to Re public plants on grounds that they were "Irregular mall." The young lawyer testified befjre the aerate poatofflce committee that the Nllea post office had delivered a bottle of medicine to a non-atru trig tvorker In tha Republlo plint there, after two union officials naa "consented" to Its delivery. , A 'w minutes earlier Philip Mur ray. 'cader of the atrlklng workers, demarded that tha committee auD poena records of four companies ar fected by the abut down In order to discover how much- they had paid for spies, munltlona, and "tha inv portatlon of thugs and gunmen." - Guaranlerl acknowledged' In reply to questlona ' of committee members that Hie Warren and Nllea postal of tlclals acted under tha advice of the Unlte-i Statea dlatrlct attorney of Cleveland and that "regular" mill waa being delivered to the plant. He Mid he first attempted to mall the four parcels of "non-perlahahle foodsruffs" at Warren, after be had been Informed plcketa were holding up null trucks bound for tbe fac tory. . - "Wilter Zleglar, the parcel poet clerk, told ma very politely that ne waa unable to accept tha packagca the attorney testified, adding that Harry Dickson, tha acting postmaster later told him such mall waa "Irreg. ular." Similar packagea, Ouaranleri con trnurd. were refused by Bert Fla herty, aaalstant poatmaater at Nllea. "Flaherty told me," ha aald, "that only the day before a man had come to tha poatofflce with a bottle of medicine for delivery to someone m aide the Nllea plant and gave per mission for tha parcel to be opened, A postal inspector who waa pres ent sent for two union officials, Ben Galloway and - Walter Payne. Toey Inspected the package and when they found It contained medicine, they readily consented for Its deliver" ON PAVING BONDS Med lord cltleens went to tbe poila In a specie 1 election today to decide whether .rr not funda are to be pro vided for tha repair and reconstruc tion v tbe clty'a paved atreets. Tha ballot contained two propo attlona on which tbe clttune were' to vote separately. Both propoaltloiia were linked, however, to provide a unlMe-l repair program for the next fire years. One propostllon waa tor tha Issuance of 460,000 In bonds tor Immediate repaira this summer. Trie other was for a special tax levy if not rr.ore than two mills a year 'or five ycara to provide annual revenue to carry out the repair project over the flie-year period on a pay-aa-you-go bat la. The polla opened at I ' . m., and will cloae at 8 p. m. Polling places: first ward. 412 East Msln street; mcoik' ward, court house; third warn. Pichtnera garage. Plr and Blith streets fourth ward, city hall, Fifth street and Central avenue. Earl I,. Cook Rltea POI11LAND, June 18. API Fu neral tervlcea will be held this aft ernoon for Earl L. Coo. 44. former assistant professor of military science at the University of Oregon and at the University of dab USE OFFOREIGN AT SENATE QUIZ Actor Laughton Effected Substantial Savings Electric Razor Magnate, Westinghouse, Jr., Listed WASHINGTON, June 18. (AP) Elmer L. Irey, treaaury tax Inveatl gator, told congressional Inveatlgatora today Oharlca Laughton, the actor, had "effected aubstantlal reductions' In taxes by turning over his Holly wood earnings to a British corpo ration. A ahort time before tha traaeure Investigator laid before the commit tee the names of a group of proml nent capitalists who. he asserted. eacaped American taxes by forming loragn corporations, irey aald Lau ghton, described aa an English cltl n. set up a holding company In engiano ano contracted with It to pay him a 830,000 salary in 1038. At the seme time, he aald, Lau ghton handed over to tha company an nia earnings for that year from American moving picture activities, . These totaled, ha aald, 8180,380. . The earnlnga of the British com pany, the treasury ofriclsl asserted, were entirely those which Lauglflon obtained from the American movie Induatry.' "May Be Legal." i He added that the entire arrange ment "may be perfectly legal." But It la Just another Illustration, he aald, of methoda uaed to get around American tax laws. Roe well Maglll, undersecretary of the treasury, remarked while com mittee membera were asking about more namea that George Westing house, Jr., had established a corpo ration In the Bahamas, capltallned at 83.000.000. He said one year Westinghouse might submit a tax return from Newfoundland, another year from . British Columbia, and a third from Jamaica. "There la no ' catching . up .with him.' Maglll aald. adding that he could name a dozen similar In etances. Senator Harrison (D., Miss.) asked If Westinghouse could be Identified. Hard to Catch, "It's hard to Identify him," Ma glll replied, "because he Jumps, around like a bug." At the conclualon of today'a hear ing tha committee. In closed session, authorised Chairman Doughton. ID.( N. C.) to ask the house appropria tion committee for legislation for 880.000 for expenses. f ' : Vice-Chairman Harrison (D.. Miss.) said the Inquiry "may last a good bit." ' . Irey aald these men had formed foreign companlca: Phillip Dcronde, associated with several New York financial. InatltU-' tlona, and a participant In various steamship financing operations. . ' Jules 8. Bache. Whom Irey de scribed ss "a prominent New York capitalist." . Jacob Shlck, a former army col onel, and now a citizen of Canada, ; Percy K, Hudson, a former member of the New York stock exchange. Col. Schick Slick, Committee membera leaned for ward as Irey brought In the nam or Schick, whom he described aa manufacturer of electric re flora. . The name of Wallaos Orovea, New York financier, also waa brought In, but Irey aald Grovea apparently acted on the "honest conviction ha waa within hla rights," In hla methods of reducing hla Income tax pay ments. In November, 1838. the witness) aald, Schick formed a Bahamas oor porstlon, to which he saalgned 8138,- 000. The tax on this transfer was 817 -737, Irey ssld, "but If Colonel Schick had reported hla Income In a per sonal return, the tax would been much larger." "Apparently not satisfied with this saving," the Inveatlgator continued, "Colonel Schick In December. 1838. formed three other Bahama corpo rations to which he transferred 87, 793 aharea of Bhlck Dry Shaver cor poration atock. This waa practically all the atock outstanding." .This transfer waa made possible, Irey aald. because Schick previously had become a Canadian cltlwn. (Continued on Page Three) Kyne Owe, 818.084. t r-,m mnvlTS Jutut 18. 4H Th government today billed Author Peter 8. Kyne and hla ire. Heien, ror , n. Thj inMm ta Men aet forth that they owed the amount for addi tional Income taiea. The Kynea are residents of Ban Francisco. Maryland Fund, bid 8.88. asked .84. Quarterly Income, bid I8.88, eaked 18 81.