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v fa: The Weather Forecast: Fair but with tome rloudlnru tonight end Thurwlai; rllng temperature Thursday. HlthMt yesterday 09 Lowest this morning 41 Precipitation Iat 24 lira. T. Classified Way The pulllnc power ol Mall Trl buna Classified adi la being demopttrated dally. If you want quick action and a de pendable method of getting It uia the classified way. It pays. Medford TR" 8UNE Full Asaociated Press nited Fresi Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON. WEDNESDAY, JUNE 23, 1937, No. 80. VMM MflglS LAMB EMM . I . M Afo)' 1 By H. R. BAI KIIAGB (Copyright. 1937. by the North Amer ican Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) WASHINGTON, June 23.-o Xar. revelations In the tax evasion hear ing may not be getting very hot, but revolution just out of earshot is near the boiling point. Alarmlats are already saying that the treasury Is about to lose another under-secrctary for the same reason that two others departed because he disagrees with New Deal policy. This Isn't likely, at least not at this jtnt, for two reasons at least. In thltrt place, Under-Secretary Ros well Magu. int"cated no Intention of walking out'1. .Jn middle of the show; and. second"1' I unlikely that the admlnlstratlon"-oujd let him. .But sooner or later, something will have to be done. There are two elements in the treasury which don't mix. There is Mr. Mngill, who Is a tax expert, and his supporters. He looks on the ballyhoo and the big names In the electric signs about the way a symphony conductor would con alder a strip-tease act during an in termission In Beethoven's ninth. He doesn't believe that a fiscal agency should make such a display of Its enforcement activities as the testimony In the hearings will neces sarily bring" to the front. He Is re ported to feel that a tax law might be written so simply that It could actually be understood without a law yer, and that it would bring In more money. Then, on the other hand, there Is General Counsel Herman Oliphant. "Somebody sold somebody a bill of goods." - S Mr. Oliphant Is said to be an ex cellent salesman, not generally known as a tax expert. He came from the farm credit administration with Mr. Morgenthau when the latter was call ed to take over the late Alexander Hamilton's Job. Down on Capitol Hill there la more applause for Mr. Maglll than cheer ing for the hearings. One reason la this: Before the ad ministration's first big tax bill came up, Mr. Maglll. then Just an "ad visor." took the house ways and means committee through a regular seminar on Its Intricacies. Chair man Doughton and the other mem bers were grateful. They still have confidence In him. There Is a sound in the vicinity of (Continued on Page Six.) ORDER ARRESTS FOR WASHINGTON. June 23. "(AP, Attorney General Cummlngs disclosed ' today he had ordered the arrest of six pickets for allegedly Interfering with United States mall trucks at ' Republic Steel corporation plants at Youngatown and Warren, Ohio. - Cummlngs said he instructed Unit ed 8tate Attorney Emerlck B. Freed, of Cleveland, to "ascertain who In terfered with the mall trucks" ana Issue warrants for their arrest. Warrants, he sal, were Issued this morning against six persons, three at Toungstown and three at War ren." Asked If the persons accused were pickets. Cummlnas said they were, but added that "It doesn't make the slightest difference to me who they are." SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Kernel E E. Kelly chuckling mer rtlr on account of his Lions conven tion address being attributed to Evan 3eames. the kernel averring It was the worst speech hi? attorney friend never gave. Lieut. Pnllo D. Smith running around In vicious circles trying to fird out where his chief Robert Fech-nt-r was. where he was eolne and why. Judge F. L. TouVclle and Ranson Webster dizain? up ancient history on the eve of the Louis-Braddook bat tie by arguing as to condition iur roundtrw the rpoch-makirm LouU--S-rhmeling go Linn Mills getting the last touh Oi. jeering friends who picked Brad ' dock to win. Linn calling the exact rr und and punch thst ended the btttle long before It started j parrell Haws having a difficult; .tmi bearing up under the traln of i convention acttv.Us and a trouble- some toe. PLAN 10 STATE El MPLOYES HELD Resolution Introduced at State Convention Term ing Governor 'Dictator' Brings Pungent Answer SALEM, June 23. (ff) Governor Martin attacked the State Federation of Labor today with ti.e charge that its campaign to organise state em ployes la "damned bunk." Between puffs of bis cigar and In a Jovial mood, the governor said be was "very much pleased" that a reso lution Introduced at the federation convention in Mar&Mleld yesterday but not yet acted upon, attacked him as a dictator. .Nothing to Gain. "I have no objection to any state employe Joining a union." he wild, "but if we can't bargain collectively with them or can't recognize a strike what have they got to gain? "In other words, the only thing left Xor them to gain la social enleve ments In a union, it they want that, let them go ahead and Join. "We can't think of bargaining with state police or the national guard, because we must preserve law aud order. In the Boston police strike, that made Calvin Cool Id go president, rioting was the result. We don't want a repetition of that. .Must Bargain With AH. "But If we bargain with any group of employes, we must bargain with all, and that means also the forces of law and order." The governor said a protest mass meeting of state employes held here recently was only a meeting of two state police, two city employes and a temporary state employe, all of whom he said were merely curious. '. "If the American Federation of La bor Is supporting such damned bunlc. I am very much pi rased they are getting after me.'' DE MILLE IS ACCUSED OF ATTEMPT TO DODGE E WASHINGTON, June 23. ( AP) A treasury official testified before a congressional tax con.mlttee today that Cecil B. De Mllle. the movie producer, had sought to reduce his Income tax payments by Incorporat ing his "earning personality." The official. Guy T. Helverlng. commissioner of the Internal revenue bureau, brought th- name of the movie maker Into the tax hearing when he began describing use of per sonal holding companies to reduce Income tax payments. He said De Mllle contended he made use of a holding company to save money in connection with his business and that this use had been upheld In court. Shortly after De MHle's name was introduced, the hearing recessed un til tomorrow. Helverlng's testimony was cut short before he had a chance to mention other names, or go Into detail on the De Mllle case. GALLOWAY, FISHER KEEP TAX POSTS SALEM. June Tha bourd of control re-elected today State Tax j Commissioners Charles V. Oalloway and Earl Fisher. Galloway was first named to the commission June 4. 1929. and Is Its chairman. He Is a Democrat. Fisher, a Republican, was first appointed De cember 30. 1922. The other member Is J. L. Cargln. ! Republican, whose term expiree Janu ary 1. 1939. Today's appointments were for four years, but either can be removed Dy the governor. . The terms of both expired June 4. snd there was considerable agitation over the failure of the board to make the appointments. Fisher headed the excise and in come tax division, while Galloway was head of the property assessment division. Carkin was In charge of utility assessment. BEND. Jun 23. I AIM Stumbling into the swift current of the Crook ed river, Wesley White. 9, drowne-n Tuesday while playing with other boys. The accident occurred near the Core power plant north of here. Maryland fund, bid 18.98; asked P 83. Quarterly Income, bid $16 90; asxed Very, Very Happy Elaine Barrle la shown above In Iter movie, -mow io Lndress in r-ront Of Your Husband." which brought a suit over the title. HOLLYWOOD, Calif.. June 23. (AP) The battling Barrymorcs. John and Elaine, wero together again to day, "very, very happy," and thrust ing such items as night clubs, tiffs and a divorce decree, Into the for gotten past. The reconciliation was given pub lic showing yesterday before an ap preciative audience In a railroad sta tion when Miss Barrle came home frjyi & tour and was met by her for mer husband and her mother. f.Tl'ey embraced, said the Interlocu tory divorce decree obtained by Elaine Inst April would not mean thing and vowed to begin all over again. Bcrrymore said they would be married again soon. Miss Barrle aald, "We are very, very happy." Barrymore said, "we are very, very happy." "They are very, very happy," was the way Mrs. Edna Jacobs, Elaine's mother, expressed It. And the three left the station, happily. v COUNTY COMMITTEES DISCUSS SOIL SAVING The Jackson county community committees, representing eight com unltles with 24 committeemen, are in all-day session at the courthouse to discuss and map the 1938 soil con servation program, in accordance with governmental requirements. All sec tions of the county coming under soli conservation proceedings arc rep resented. Various phases of the soil conser vation act and Its bearing on Jackson county conditions will be explained. f) LI ' 18 When Heavyweight ' i ' lsf vxm :1nmim' sk Ifm Rraddork, MioHn abote, Thnnim I natlng the Negro tn hl fteftht champion the flrt Negro Tribune, MEDIATORS RENEW EFEORT TO BRING STEEL STRIKE END Secretary Perkins Claims Headway Made Quiet Reigns As Plants Remain Idle Guardsmen on Duty ' WARREN, O., June 23. (AP) C.I.O. leaders today .announced local unions were calling strikes In a movement which will result In a general strike In Trumbull county, John McKeowan, a C.I.O. or- ganlzed, Mid the county, which has 120,000 population, would be paralyzed by tomorrow." The move Is In protest against a court Injunction restraining picketing at the plant of the Republic Steel company In War ren. By the Associated Press CLEVELAND, June 23. President Roosevelt's federal mediation board renewed efforts today to arrange a settlement of the Great Lakes steel ttrlke. Secretary Perkins said in Washing ton the board had "made very fine .end way." "I don't think there is anything that can be announced at this time." ahe told a press conference, "but they pre making very fine headway toward a solution." Conferences Arranged ' While strike-paralyzed mill cities in Ohio's Mahoning valley watched notSefully, under surveillance of 4,400 National Guard troopers, Charles P. Taft. federal chairman, arranged con ferences with executives of the four strike - Involved independent steel Companies Republic. Bethlehem. In land BteeP'fthd "Youngs town Sheet and Tube.' ; President Roosevelt himself was keeping In close telephonic communi cation with principals In the contro versy, he disclosed at a White House press conference. Four representatives of the nation al labor relations board entered the p'cturo today, and a fifth Investigator vas on hla way from Washington. Mark Lauter, member of the labor relations board's legal staff, said the group woxild proceed with "all haste" to gather data on the charges filed (Continued on Page Three ) 12-YEAR-OLD AVIATOR IN FIRST SOLO FLIGHT NEW YORK. June 23. AP) Ed--.vard Somers, 12 -year-old member of an alr-mlnded family, was acclaimed today as one of the youngest pilots ever to fly an airplane alone. Edward yesterday made his first solo flight 3,000 feet over Floyd Ben nett Field. His father Is Andrew L. Somers. a world war flyer. S3 trtlng tatnlv to rle In the eighth round of hi fight with Joe Louis lt nlrht In hlroeo. Referee Tommy corner. Thirty nernnd later the champion hart hren counted out nwrt MuU nas the new world's heavy to win the crown since Jack Johnson. (Associated Pre Telepboto to Sen Frauclkco sod Airmail to Mall Duke Of Windsor , C elebrates 43rd Birthday Quietly ST. WOLFGANG, Austria. June 23. (A) The Duke of Windsor celebrated his 43rd birthday at Castle Wasserleonburg today in strong contrast to the pomp and pageantry of a year ago when he was ruler of the British empire. His bride of a few weeks, the former Mrs. Wallls Warfleld, for whom he abdicated his throne, was understood to have arranged a quiet private party as the sole celebration. The' duke was de scribed as spending the day In "splendid happiness" with the duchess. Yesterday the duchess who wss 41 on June 19 bought his birth day gifts in Vienna some leather goods, etchings and several ties. MEDFORD STORES ASKED TO CLOSE FOR AIR CARNIVAL Closing of alf Medford stores from 1:30 to 4:30 during the sir show on Friday. July 2, waa requested to day by Al Llttrell, chairman of the retail merchants committee of the Jackson County Chamber of Com merce. His request was endorsed by Mayor George W. Porter. Mr. Llttrell said closing of the stores would give all employes an opportunity to see the air carnival at the municipal airport. Attendance of the employes, he added, would help to make the show a complete success. Mr. Llttrell was of the opinion thst little business would be transacted between 1:30 and 4:30 anyway, as most parsons would be at the show. The merchants, .-be- thoug ii, viroul do an unusually heavy volume oi business before and after the show because of the large .Influx of valley residents and tourists who will bs attracted to the city by the sky circus. "As mayor of the city of Medford I heartily approve the action of the retail merchants committee of the Jackson County Chamber of Com merce in requesting stores to close from 1:30 to 4:30 on July 2," Mr. Porter said. "I hope the merchants wilt cooperate so that Medford may have the most outstanding show ol the 10-clty tour of Oregon." Max Pelrce, president of Medford chapter of the National Aeronautic association, said the organization ap preciated the co-opcratlon of the re tail merchants committee. He added that he hoped the stores would close to help swell the attendance as the show la to be the largest air circus In the United States this year with the sole exception of the national races and no one should mtss It. The carnival here will be the first of ten to be held on successive days in cities throughout Oregon. Title Changed Hands L BY CULHUSCIPLE! Delight Jewett, 17, Faces Cross-Examination On Charges of Mann Act Violation Against Four LOS ANGELES, June 23. (p) Pretty Delight Jewett, 1 7-year-old Denver, Colo., high school girl, faced cross-examination today on her charges that John Quest Hunt, dis ciple of the Negro cult lender, Father Divine, betrayed her last Christmas eve. As the federal government's stsr witness in the trial of Hunt and three other persons for Mann act vlo- J la t ions. Miss Jewett testified she did not understand what she was doing j when she had sexual Intercourse with ! Hunt. "Mr. Hunt told me I waa to be the mother of the new redeemer of the world," she told Judge Leon Yank wlch. "It was to be an Immaculate conception." Brought from Denver. The girl said she waa brought from Denver to Hunt's Beverly Hills home, Ellrabeth Peters, the other defend Smlth, Mrs. Agnes Gardner and Mrs. and that In the party were H. B. ants In the case. She said that Smith told her after her arrival In Call fonia fahe waa to occupy Hunt's bed room suite. "On Christmas eve," Miss Jewett testified. "I found Mr. Hunt sleeping In the bed I had occupied the night before. I undressed In the dark and sat In a chair. He called to me and said: 'Come on to bed.' I said I was very comfortable where I was. I 'finally got-Into the other twin bed and Mr. Hunt talked for two hours about Father Dlvljie. Finally, he came to my bed." She said that Hunt then betrayed her and later sent a telegram to Father Dlvlno in New York, reading: "Whom Ood hath Joined together, let no man put asunder," and signed (Continued on Page Three ) Hood River Fruit Hard Hit By Rain HOOD RIVER, June 23. TP) More than SO per cent of the crop of Royal Ann and Blng cherries has been ruin ed by the exceptional June rains. In some orchards no attempt Is be In? made to harvest the crop. Similar conditions prevail In the Moaler district, eight miles east of here. Better prospects are In sight for the Li mbert cherry crop, which has been damaged only slightly, and the Black Republicans, ordinarily used for .pro cosing but which probably will go Into the fresh fruit trade this year. Gov . Earle Of Pa. Unqualifiedly For Roosevelt in 1940 HARRISBRO, Pa., June 23. (A Governor George H. Earle came out "unqualifiedly and finally" today for the re-election of Presi dent Roosevelt in 1940. "I am for Franklin Roosevelt for president In 1940 unqualifiedly and finally." said Earle, who has been mentioned as a possible can didate for the presidency. "I've got a lot of work to do here In Pennsylvania and I'm get ting weary of the questions about my candidacy In 1940. There are many leaders of intelligence and honesty In the Democratic party. There are, however, no men In the Democratic party or any other party who reach knee high In stature mentally and mor ally to Franklin D. Roosevelt. "I have never discussed this matter with the president and this statement Is made without his permission .' STAGE OF K. F. FIGHT SEEN AS ML POINT IN TRIAL FOR MURDER KLAMATH FALLS, June 23. (AP) The manslaughter trial of Jack Roesner moved Into the testimony stage today with the question of whether a family battle between the Roesners and the Emerts was still In progress when a bullet In the chest killed Jesse Emert apparently sched uled as the basla of argument be tween prosecution and defense. Emert waa fatally wounded on a suburban road early on the morning of April 28, climaxing a dispute over c nickens which wandered from home. - Yesterday, first day of the trial, was dbvoted largely to choosing a Jury. Toward the close of the court ses sion, however, District Attorney Har nln O. Blaokmer declared the state will try to prove the fight was ended nd that several feet separated the combatants when Jack Roesner alleg edly fired the fatal shot. FIRE DESTROYS E Fire this morning destroyed the homo, garage and woodshed owned by Eugene Hesenfurther, south ot Phoenix. Loss was estimated at $4000, about half of which waa aald to be covered by Insurance. Cause of the blase was t undeter mined, Mr. Hesenfurther 'and his niece, sole occupants of the house, were working In their orchard st the time. The fire was discovered at 6:4ft by a neighbor. Phoenix firemen were called, but they had only chemicals with which to fight the blase. Interior of the two-story frame bouse was burning fiercely when the fire wss discovered. Only a few pieces of furniture were saved. The fire apparently started In the rear of the house. The flames spread quickly to the garage and woodshed Mr. Hesenfurther is a fruit grower. His plsce Is the former Hargrove or chard. MATTERN WILL TRACE FLIGHT OF RUSSIANS OAKLAND. Calif., June 23 Jnmes Mattern, noted flier, annovne- er today plans today for a non-stop fl'ght from here to Moscow over the mute Just flown by the three Soviet a'.rmen. A new 1100,000 twin-motored mono p.ane has been completed at Bur bank. Calif., for the harardous flight Mat tern revealed after lunching with the Soviet fliers snd Ambassador Alex ander Troyanovsky. Because the plane has a cruising range of only ft. 000 miles It would be necessary to refuel while flying prob ably over Fairbanks, Alaska, Mattern e plained. SAN FRANCISCoT June 23. (API Russia's transpoler filers today mad tentative plans to leave here for Washington, D. O, Thursday where they will be received by President Roosevelt. NINE MEXICANS KILLED IN RANCH GUN BATTLE VIIXAHERMoeA, Tabaaco Stat. M'llco. Jun, S3. (AP) DUpatchM from th ranch of Medellln reported today tha alaylng of nlna persona, in Ending tha Vlllahermoaa police chief. ;n a gun battle that followed an at tempt by police to arrest a vrotip of Cathollca attending religious aerrlcea 'a a prtvat horn: GRANT LAND BILL REDRAFT PLACED BEFORECONGRESS New Measure Meets Objec tions Raised by Oregon ians, Claim Fiscal Fea tures Remain Unchanged WASHINOTON. June 33. (AP) K new draft of proposed changea In statutes affecting more than two mil lion acres of revested western Oregon grant lands, handed congress by tha house publlo lands committee, meets objections raised by Oregonlana re garding fire protection and foreat practices, Chairman Rene De Rouen, chairman, aald. OtherwUn the bill virtually dupll catea a prevloua measure aubmttted by the Interior department, fiscal features remaining unchanged. The measure provides: 1. Sustained yield management, with an annual timber harvest of at Hast one half billion board feet If capacity and market condition, per mit. a. Cooperation between Interior de partment and atate, county and pri vate officiate In auatalned-yleld as management and fire protection. 3. Reclassification of land and restoration to homestead entry any land which la Judged more suitable for farming than for afforestation. 4. Fifty per cent ot tha revenue to the counties; 35 per cent, after retire ment of county taxee accruing to June 30, 1S3S. to the treasury to liquidate a deficit of several millions In tha land grant fund, later revert ing to the counties; 39 per cent to the Interior department for admlnla tiatlon. All the revenue, and more appro priated by congress in lieu of taxea, now goes to the countlea. R08EBURO, Ore, June 33 (A) Proposed revision of the pending btU alfectlng Oregon and California grant landa In IS countlea la apparently a concession to the demanda of the Anaoclatlon of Counties, County Judge Oeorge K, Qulne said today. "The association has not opposed the proposal to put the timber landa on sustained yield basts, Judge Qulne laid, "but haa demanded (hat a provision be made to sell timber, up to the capacity of the forest, and market." 10 MEDFORD BOYS ON '0' HONOR ROLL UNIVERSITY OP OREGON, Eu gene, Ore., June 23. ( AP) Place on the University of Oregon "honor roll" for the spring term were ac corded 133 studenta of whom II made perfect gradea. Studenta who earned e grade potnt average of at leaat SAO Included: Earle O. Canfleld, Ashland: Wllma A. MacKenzle, Rose A. Perry, both of Qranta Pass; Lloyd O, Nicholson, Donald 8. Richardson, both of Med ford. . , Steins Divorced. OOLOPIELD. Nev., June 33. OP) Divorce decreea granted here recently Included: Bonnie Chapman Stein from Daniel Stein. gTOunda desertion; married Medford, Ore., June 33, 1931. BASEBALL Boston Pittsburgh MacFayden. tanning, smith and liopea; Bauers and Todd. R. H. I. I 11 0 4 13 New York Chicago Hubbell and Mancuao: Shoun, Carleton. Root. Parmelee and Hart nett, Davis, Bottartnl. R. H. . Philadelphia . 8(0 Cincinnati . 0 4 1 Mulcahy and Atwood; Vandermeer, Schott, Holllngsworth and Lombardl. American Chicago Philadelphia Dietrich. Brown and Shea; Thomas. Pink and Conroy. St. Louis 8 13 0 New York 3 1 Hlldegrand. and Huffman; Chsnder. Makosky and Dickey. Detroit 8 13 1 Oo ton 6 110 Lawaon. Poffenberger and Tebbeta: Wilson and Berg. Cleveland ,,, , , I IS I Washington 14 17 0 Oalehouse, Hevlng, Andres, and PyMak, Becker; Deshong and R. I' rell.
