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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Friday, with rising temper ature. Temperature: Highest yesterday Loneftt this morning 4 As a Result If by chance you should read the classified past of thlt newspaper and ai a reault pick up a bargain netting yon a few hundred . . well ... It hat been done and can be repeated. Medford TRIBUNE full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFOUD. OREGON. THURSDAY, JUNE 24, 1937. No. 81. lUlNWfnWWIMl mw u w w n o)fnlfnl(o) f(ill5)liill5lltlfil flM? M , . I Uy II. It. H.lMI.U.t (Copyright. 1937, by the North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) WASHINGTON. June 24. The de partment of Justice has discovered a link between the national lebor relations act and the United States code that may tie the government's prosecutors right up to situations like the present one In the steel industry. Thumbing their tomes, the depart ment's lawyers have come to the conclusion that criminal action could be taken against employers If it ..were proved that they were Interfer ing "wWakinlon organization or any of the "rights laid down In the K.LBA. VVN ! The statute of the C..S. code In- . volved goes 'way back to reconstruc tion days when night riders were try ing to block the operation of the 14th amendment and the original Ku Kluxers were scaring the negroes out of their votes, as well as tneir skins. The law (sec. 81, U. S. code, title 18) says in part: "If two or more persons conspire to Injure, oppress, threaten, or In timidate any cltlren in the free e erclse or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him under the constitution." Most people In reading the law atop there. But some of the de partment of Justice lawyers, with is thought of the C. I. O. or the present situation in the steel In dustry, read a little further. This Is what they read: "II two or more persona conspire to Injure, oppress, threaten, or In timidate any citizen In the free ex ercise or enjoyment of any right or privilege secured to him under the I constitution or laws of the United states." This -code provides a penalty of not mors than 5000, and not more than 10 years In Jail with the usual curtailment of right to hold places of honor, trust, and so forth. This was Just the wedge the D. of J. used to enter blood, Harlan coun ty, Kentucky, where mine operators were charged with employing force to prevent mlnera from organizing. The national labor relations act ha. n criminal clause except sec tion 12. which pro-Ides for a year's punishment for Interference with the functions of members of the lit ra. or their agents. But the N.L.R.A. reduces to stat ute the specific "rights" to organize Viarnnln POlleCtlVelV. OtC When the attorney-general's legal army gets tt marching orders, it has to march. Just like any oiner m i.r rt. uses the most effective am munition It can get. Such was need ed In the "bloody ...nan - campaign But while it might be unprofes- (Contlnued on Page Eight.) MNlESlELL AI.TUUA3, Calif.. June 24. (API Two eyewitnesses today described the shooting of Claude L. Mccracken. 48. newspaper editor, for whose slaying Harry French Is on trial for his life. Miss Evelyn Oltn. Mccracken's young housekeeper, and Sam Juatls. a neighbor's son, told how French entered the Mccracken homo the night of last March 25. Miss Olln fixed the time as about 6:85 or 7 p.m. Hut 531 Plane Motor WASHINGTON. June 24. ,7 The war department announced today nurchase of 531 Cyclone motors from the Wright Aeronaotlcal corporation. Paterson. N. J., for J5.3is.3io. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS K.n p.rrott obligingly performing the service station duties of Evan Campbell while Evan dashed nwdly to a nearby theater to see If fortune had suddenly smiled upon him. It being however, ano'.hcr Campbell An unidentified California tourist searching madly for a medium, aver ing she must commune with the jplrlts before continuing her Jaunt north. Professor Enselnsrdt, the Ea!e Pomt dairyman, blithely continuing his ix-M-oh for the perfect cow milker. Bir.don Fire Chief C. S. Woomer receiving a grea- hand upon Ms ar rival at tl-.e state convention. Moore Hamilton and Dwlghl Houehton ravine a stMlln; Sehaic on tiw labor iu:ition, each clstmug a moral victory. 10 RESISTI ATTEMPT TO OPEN STEEL MILLS Friday, 7 A. M., Set for Re moval of Martial Law Arbitration by Roosevelt Suggested by Unionist Union to Resist. JOHNSTOWN. Pa., June 24. (IP) James Mark, head of the striking artel workers at the Bethlehem Steel corporation's Cambria works, said today the union "will resist to the best of our ability" any at tempt to reopen the mills tomor row. Marks declared pickets will be arganlzcd about the mill In the morning to prevent reaumptlon of jperatlona. He made this statement after Being Informed Governor Earle an nounced martial law will be lifted tnd that the plants might reopen t 7 a. m. WARREN, O.. June 24. vP) An nouncement that martial law would be lifted at 7 a. m. tomorrow in one sector of the steel strike was made today as another back-to-work move ment started In the Mahoning valley of Ohio. Gov. George H. Earle of Pennsyl vania said the troops would leave Johnstown, Pa., home of the Cambria works of Bethlehem Steel. They were sent In to preserve order after a strike was called at the mills over refusal of Bethlehem to sign labor contract with the steel workers or ganizing committee. Meanwhile, in Cleveland, Philip Murray, chairman of the steel work ers' organizing committee, suggested the Issues in the seven -state strike be turned over to President Roose velt for arbitration. Clash at Hearing. As the federal board renewed peace negotiations In Cleveland with rep resentatives of the four C.I.O. be sieged Independent steel companies Republic. Bethlehem, Inland Steel and Toungstown Sheet and Tube Tom Gtrdler, chairman of Republic Steel, clashed with members of the senate postofflce committee in Wash ington, D. C. Glrdler caustically accused Philip Murray, chairman of the steel work ers organizing committee and chief lieutenant of John L. Lewis, of being a "liar," and charged that Senator Guffey (D., Pa.) "doesn't know what he's talking about." In discussing the steel strike. Basic Issue Cited. The outspoken steel executive told the senate committee that the basic Issue in ths seven-state steel strike "is the right of American citizens to work free from molestation by a labor organization whose apparent policy is either to rule or ruin American industry." Meanwhile, CIO. leaders in War ren notified their union locals to abandon plans for a general sympathy strike in protest against a picket restraining court order and the use of the national guard In carrying out the evacuation of stay-in workers at the Republic steel plant. A Card of Thanks To the Editor: The success of the recent state con vention of Lions International held iv. this city is due to the splendid cooperation of scores of Medford Lions and Lady Lions who served faithfully on the many committees. As chef of the luncheons and the banquet I had an opportunity to wit ness some of this unselfish effort on ;he part of committee members and wish to especially thank Mrs. L. L sunders and those who served on her committee for their fine cooperation In preparing the luncheons and ban quets. L, G. MORTHLAND. Medford. June 24th. InsulVs Furniture Sold For Benefit Of Creditors PAO 1 1NSUIXS 2 col hed CHICAGO. June 24 (AP) Fine old Ensllaii furniture. Oriental rugs, costly china and glassware that Sam uel Inaull collected In hla heyday as utility magnate went under the auctioneer's hammer today "to sat isfy creditors." The scene of the two-day sale was the tin room penthouse atop ..ie s.y.c;per Chicago Civic Opera building, which the former billon aire b illt to house his pet avocatlim. the opera. In the rvderal buil'Ilr.g. not tar n-v the 71-jcar old financier rs involved in a 10,000,090 ult filed Mentioned In U2 I V vv ISlf If Six New Yorkers were named in testimony before a congressional In quiry committee as having purchased his iiiMirnnre piilirlcs in a Ita hamaj company In an effort to reiliic. Inronie lav pigments between 1933 and 1H36. Four of the six were. top. left tu right. Wclinrd K. Pnlejit and Jacob W. Schwab. Lower, left to rtglit, Wlnflclcl Avers and George Thomas. (A. P. Photo). F GRANTS PASS, June 24. ( AP) The . excitement and exertion of landing his first Rogue river salmon evidently proved fatal to Marlon Angus Mark, 44, Lob Angelea manu facturer, yesterday afternoon. Mark reset his pole at Hilton's hopyard, left his wife to watch It. and returned to his car to repair a tire. He was found unconscious and when a physician arrived he was dead. Mrs. Mark said her husband suffered from a weak heart. He was connected with the Pacific Engineering company of Loa Angeles. The body will be sent tonight to Los Angeles for burial. MILL WORKERS BALK DOMINATION BY CIA QUINCY, Calif., June 24 (!Ft Employes of the Meadow Valley Lum ber company at Spanish Ranch, near here, have organized the Meadow Val ley Employes association. "We have formed our own union so that we will not be required to give up our Jobs when somebody at Portland, Ore., or some other place gets fired and the CIO orders an industry-wide strike." said Walter R. Dickinson, president of the associa tion. Dickinson Is millwright for the Meadow Valley Lumber company. ASSESSMENT WAIVER SIGNED BY PRESIDENT WASHINGTON. Juno 24. VP) Senator Murray (D., Mont.) announc ed today that President Roosevelt signed the bill waiving for .the cur rent fiscal year the annual 9100 as sessment work requirement on mining claims held by location. by c.-edltors who suffered loaws in the mid -depression csllspse of his utility empire. Inteieat centered on Insult s co lecticn of "distorted pictures." With a rectifying reflector, they became j recognizable portraits. In mil. born an Englishman, fav ored English furniture. One piece Is a I7lh century English relertory table In turned oak, nearly 12 feet ion? DUplAyed on a Hepplewhlte table of inlaid mahoeany In the dlntng r:-cm er Mmpl" of exquisite china snd liMoire. tir-ludlnz fine blue and ftnlta fitaifordshUt disbci. Tax Inquiry I f t . zk i) - "T; ( lit a rXr A VIRGINIAN M. P. Lady Astor, first woman mem ber of Parliament, is shown on her arrival in New York to visit her brother who is ill in a Vir ginia sanatorium. GREAT DAY COMING. Arriving in England, Mm. J. Horden Marriman, new minister to Norway, id she believed the U. S. vould sonn have i woman nreident. Hrd-hslrfrl Mien lrln in depart' ; mnt tVorea outsell their nionne nni I brunette w'rfn, it na been found. FINANCIAL CZARS CUED IN HEARING! E Mellon, Pierre Du Pont, Ras kob Mentioned by Reve nue Commissioner As Af fecting Large Savings WASHINGTON. June 34. (P) The name of Andrew w. Mellon, Pierre Du Pont and John J. Raakob entered today into a congressional Investiga tion of methods by which the na tion's wealthiest business and finan cial leaders reduce their Income tax es. Their Introduction by Guy T. Hel- vcring, internal revenue commission er, charged a joint senate-houso In quiry committee with excitement. Members listened Intently as other names, Including those of more than half fc dozen additional Du Fonts, studded the testimony Helverlng gave n nd h Ighltghtcd records he Intro -ducod. Heavy savings Just before the committee recessed until Tueday morning the treasury tax official Informed the committee that 1.300 personal holdings, through deductions perfectly legal under pres ent statuses, had made an aggregate tAX saving of 92,038,307 In 1036 re turns. He estimated that an analysis, not yet made, of 4,516 holding company returns would show a tax reduction touting S9.237.000. And that figure, he asserted, represented only a frac tion of the tax avoided through hold ing companies because It necessarily did not cover many returns. Introduction of the Du Pont names provided a moment of tense drama In the hearing. Many persona present nulckly recalled that within a week's time the son and namesake or pres ident Roosevelt, who started the tax Inquiry with a message to congress. Is to wed a daughter of the Du Pont clan. Many Unidentified No names were Identified In tes timony as being those of members of the immediate family of the bride be. Ethel Du Pont, daughter of Eugene and Ethel Pyle Du Pont. The only Identification of members of the Du Ponts was testimony by a treasury spokesman that they were members of the same family. Many other names Introduced also lacked specific Identification, Others of the Du Pont family nam ed In addition to Pierre were Mrs, Ethel H. Du Pont, of P. V. Du Pont. Paulina Du Pont, Mrs, W. Du Pont Ross. K. P. Du Pont and R. C. Du Pont. Helverlng never questioned the le gality of tax deductions taken by the holding companies. He asserted that had the owners filed Individual In come tax returns they would have paid much more revenue Into the fed eral treasury. Plan No Action Asked after the hearing whether any legal proceedings were planned against those named, he replied ne gatively. Included tn the list of holding com pany owners were such names as Thomas L. Lamont, Alfred P. Sloan. Jr., Roy W. Howard, W. fl. Paley, and Rooert P. Scrlpps. E. W. Scrlpps also was named, but newsmen explained to Helverlng al ter the hearing that he la deceased. Helverlng said he assumed a holding company listed under his name be longed to Scrlpps estate. Helverlng did not say at any point that tax-reducing activities of those named were In any way Illegal. Instead, he said they took advan tage of tax deductions allowed per sonal holding companies under the law which are not permitted on In-, dividual tax returns. School Children Say Farewell To Fairy Godfather KIRRETMUTR, Scotland, June 24 7P) Three hundred school children who looked upon Sir James M. Barrle, creator of Peter Pan, as the fairy godfather of alt girls and boys, helped bury him today. Most of those who attended the funeral for the man who made this little village famous as the "Thrums" of hla Scottish tales were the townspeople and children he had known. "Puir Jimmy." said 87-year-old Alexander Lowson. schoolmate and lifelong friend of Sir James. "This Is a ssd dsy for 'Thrums,' but I know he wouln'na want us to mnckle sad." 43rd Auto Fatality. PORTLAND. June i.UVr Henry D. reaglnt, about 64. a carpenter, died early today from Injuries ra wlved last night In an automobile accident, brlnjlna Portlanda traffic toll to 43 lno December 1, MUSEUM TO PUT OUT FIRE' Jacksonville Relic Brought j Here to Show Old-Time Blaze -Fighting Methods' Scene Set for Films How fires were fought In the old pre-horse and buggy days will be demonstrated with an antique hand pumper and a real blnze behind flro headquarters at North Front and East Third streets nt 2:30 tomorrow afternoon. The demonstration forms part of the program of the Oregon Fire Chiefs' association which Is now In annual convention here. The public Is Invited to watch the made-to-order fire battle. A small wooden structure has been set up In the court behind fire headquarters. This will be set on fire and a crew of convention at tendants assembled to put It out. Haiid-lMrked Crew. An old hand-pumper owned by the Jacksonville fire department will be utlllred to fight the blare. The antique machine will be on display during the convention, having been brought to Medford for thla pur pose by Chief R. E. Wilson of Jarv sonvllle. The modorn, automotive machines of the Medford department will also be on display as a contrast to the relic of by-gone days. The Jacksonville pumper, like the old mining city Itself, Is rich In historical background. It was order ed as the latest flre-flghtlng ma (Continued on Paga Vhree.) START TRIMWI1NG PAYROLL OF WPA WAPHINQTOK, June 24. (APh Harry Hopkins, assured thnt con gress will provide 11.500.000.000 for relief In the next 12 months, set the works progress administration today to trimming its rolls to 1.655.477 per. sons. Hopkins estimated 314,750 reduc tion from the total on June ft would be reached by July 1ft. Relief officials said rolls were being cut "simply through not replacing men who founds Jobs in private In dustry." and by checking the lists for lr.eltglbles. - Bo'h house and senate' have passed relief bills, and a Joint committee has been appointed to compose minor differences. 1 WPA employment shrank all through the weeks congress was de bating relief, going under 2,000 000 late In May for the first time since November, 1035, officials reported. That shrinkage, plus summer de clines, encouraged WPA officials to believe they can manage the cur tailment, In the face of protests from worker groups. MAE WEST'S MARRIAGE DUE FOR COURT AIRING LOS ANGELES. June 24. (AP) Actor Prank Wallace's contention that ne Is the husband of Mae West. buxom movie star, will be heard In 3curt. after all. Miss West's attorneys were Instruct' d today to file an answer to Wal lace's suit within 10 days. He claims he married her In Milwaukee. April 11, toil and hss never been divorced He has petitioned the courts to vali date this alleged union. 0he recently declined to give deposition or file sn answer to the ,lt. Composite Bill Submitted Fot Bonneville Authority WASHINOTON. June 34. J'j The I bouse rivers and harbora committee 'sent to congress today a bill setting up administrative machinery for the Columbia rl-er Bonneville power and I navigation p.tJect and providing for 1 a aurvey of Boulder dam power ratca. ! "It Is a good bill," said Chairman Joseph Mansfield (D.-Tea.) after the committee voted out the measure 1 which la a composite of four othor ! Bonneville measures, under conslder ' atlon for months. "I will ask 1or a rule for consider ation of the measure as early aa pos sible." Representative Nsnny Wood Honey man of Portland. Ore., committee member said she was fairly well aat Isll'd with the prop-wed Bnnnerllle set up "except In the matter of di vided authority." Windsor Obtains English Estate For Future Home BIRMINGHAM, England, June 24. fl) An went for the Duke of Windsor was said todny to have purchased a hundred-year-old es tate in Lincolnshire, leading to reports former King Edward VIII would go there to live alter echoes or his abdication have quieted. The little hamlet of Harlaxton. Lincolnshire, was excited by ru mors Its former king may be Its new squire. Harlaxton hall ties near the res idence of Lord Brownlow, a close friend of Windsor who accompan ied the Duchess of Windsor then Mrs. Wallia Warfleld Simpson when ahe fled the country at the height of the abdication crisis brought about by the king's deter mination to marry her. TWO SHOT TO DEATH BY POLICE SEEKING SLAYER OF DEPUTY nnsvEFL June 24. (AP) Two men wero shot to death hero todny by dJ-lecttvcs who idcntfled them ts Walter seeieri, sougni. iwt vw Inu of a Chehalls. Waeh., peace of ficer and 8. B. Wilson of Dcadwood, S. D. Dtuvllve Captain Jamea E. Chlld cre said. "I don't believe there is any toom for doubt about their Identities but are fingerprinting both men to make sure." The captain described Wilson aa "a former convict." The two men were killed by oftl ccra sent to a downtown rooming house to arrest Seelert for the slay ing of Deputy Sheriff 8. P. Jsckson of Lewis county, Washington, last Anrll 7. at dctctivea remained outaldc the- building for two houra, Ohlldera said. When Soelert failed to appear, four of the officers went to hla first floor room, while two others remain ed at a rear entrance. Dc'.ectlva Oeorge Mlllor aald See lert fired a revolver at them when ha and three other officers reached the door of the room. Simultaneous ly, he said, tha other man reocnea under a pillow aa though trying to reach a weapon. The four offlcera all fired. EASIER DIVORCE LONDON. June 24. (Pr The Arch blshon of Canterbury crltlclted "hotel bill" divorce cases In the house of lords today. Speaking on a bill Intended to "modernlM" English dlvorco laws, tha prelate, who stood atadfaat against tho marriage of his erstwhile king to twice-dlvorccd Wallla Simpson, orled: "Adultery Is being treated with a levity which Is really shocking to any sort of moral sense." Tha lords cnoereo mm. A decision on tha measure may coma next week. The house of com mona has adopted it. (Tho bill would make English di vorces easier bv setting up new arounds for the nullity of marriage, Adultery now la tha only ground for dlvorco.) Two Die In Plane. MOORHEAD. Minn., June 34. UP) Earl ru-nti of Minneapolis, and Elliott Nctzer of Orand Rapids, Mich., flying a weather observation plane, ware killed when tho machine craahed near here early today. rlan Wallowa Bank SAN FRANCISCO. June 24. (API Transamerlca Corporation', Orefton banking subsidiary, tha First Nation' al Bank of Portland, win open I btanch at Wallowa. Oregon. July 1 I Tiere Is no bank In tha community. She said aha did not approve the plan to place generating facilities under the war department, and leave tha power administrator, an Interior department appointee, only transmit slon and sale of energy. She said the had reserved tha right to support an amendment which would carry out her views "If one la offered." Representative Martin Smith of Hoqulam, Wash., said tha bill "pro tecta the tntorest of all concerned and added that It "carrlea out very fully tho recommendations of the president and his power policy com mission." Representatives of tha Colorado river basin atates. who fought among themseivea over the Boulder rider to the Bonneville measure, termed the bill "satisfactory." BOURBONS BEAT TO BOOST Administration Forces Rally to Kill La Follette Amend ment in Reconsideration By Vote of 41 to 29 WASHINGTON, June 24. (AP) Administration forces, rallying quick ly, succeeded today in beating a move to Increase personal Income surtaxes after the senate had once approved It. An amendment by Senator La Fol lette (Pro-Wis) to raise surtaxes on incomes above 6,000 was finally re jected after once being approved 35-31. The motion to reconsider was made by Senator Truman (D-Mo), Adoption of the amendment to the ulsance tax bill earlier In the day had had taken leaders by surprise. The vote on Truman's motion was 41 to 90. A few minutes later the senate gave final congressional approval to the tax measure and sent It to the White House. La Follette offered the proposal as an amendment to the administra tion's "nuisance tax" extension bill. which would continue a host of mis cellaneous excise levies for two years. X TO :T BILL WASHINOTON, June 34. (AP) "Harmony" conferences be-t we e n " Piesldent Roosevelt and Democrats In congress will begin tomorrow, on the ore of senate debate over a measure which has divided party ranks the court reorganization bllt. Majority Leader Robinson (D-Ark.j announced last night the senate probably would consider the court bill late next week after passage of appropriation measures required by July 1. Most opponents of the bill will at tend the three-day series of party meetings on secluded Jefferson Island in Chesapeake Bay. NEW GRIEF LOOMS FOR CRESCENT PROMOTER BAN FRANCISCO, June 24. (AP) E, J. Cur tin, former president of the Crescent City Land and Develop ment company, completed a three year term in San Quentln prison to day to find himself facing possible fed en J prosecution. Curtln was paroled to the U, e. marshal who prepared to turn him over to U. 8. Commissioner E. K. Williams to post bond on a charge of evading 1031 Income taxes total! rg tae.o40.B7. AMELIA IN S0URABYA ON CIRCLE OF WORLD BATAVIA. Java, June 24. (P) Amelia Earn art flew today from near by Bandoeng to Sou ra by a, Java, en route to Kupang. Timor Island, on her flight around the world. She plan nod to remain at Sourabaya, about 250 mtlea from Bandoeng, until to morrow. The flight ended a three-day. rest. Kupang ts about 1.200 mtlea west of Batavta. From Kupang she plans to fly to Australia. BASEBALL R. . 4 Philadelphia Cincinnati Johnson. Pssseau and Grace; Der ringer and Lombard!. R. Boston 13 1 Plttsburah IS Fette and Lopez; Swift. Weaver, Tobln and Todd. R. H. E. S 13 a New York Chicago 10 13 : 1 Oumbert, Coffman French, Bryant and Schumacher, and Mancuao; Hartnett. American. R. H . 0 1 13 1 Detroit Boston Auker. Coffman and Tebbetta; O rove and Desautela. R. H. St. Louis ....... sal New York 9 ! 4 Hogsett. Thomas, and Huffman; Hadley and DIckay. R. M. . Chicago 1 10 O Philadelphia S 11 1 I and 8hea: Kelley. Turhevllla, Brown, Fink, Oumpert and Conrof.