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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Saturday; not much change In lempenHiirr. Temperature: Highlit eMerdny 2 Loet this morning 4H Sunday Want Ads It you want your classified adv. properly classified Sunday morning, ropy mint be tn by 3:30 Silt unlay p. m. Ad ar rrptetl until 8 p. m. fur the Too Late to Clarify column. MEDFORD Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Second Year Kighteeo Pages Two Sections y KDTO.RU, OKKOOX. FRIDAY, JUNK 23, 19:57. No. 82. M A fnW 0) mm um m em . ; c BMmjid j By ii. ft. ti.UKnu;L (Copyright. 1937. by the North Amer ican Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) WASHINGTON. June 25.-I-The- ad ministration heaved a great F.lgh of relief when the question of Ve legal ity of the nit-down strike was bounc ed from Us lap Into the court's. One reason which, of coiir;. has not been bulletined Is the fact that, for the last few days. Washington bas feared another outbreak of this highly Inflammable brand of Indus trial warfare. , It's interesting to not that it was "iTr-4ernl court In Pennsylvania, whose lieutenant governor is Tom Kennedy, secretary, of the United Mine Workers union, which juled the sit-down strike in the Apex hosiery mills Illegal. The terrific pressure at the time of the automobile strike brought to bear on the president and the sec retary of labor to Intervene has not been forgotten. Vice-president Gar ner's words ore still echoing. What was done then to make the alt-downers get up was done behind the scenes. Both the president and the secretary of labor put the screws on. For a while It looked as If John Lewis couldn't do anything about It If he had wanted to. Still, nobody dared to speak above a whisper. Homer Martin. CJ..O. organizer of the automobile workers, certainly was no groat help either. Perhaps that is the reason why he may be looking for a new Job soon. Sidney Hlllman. head of the pow erful textile workers' organizing com mittee, handled the sit-down strike matter summarily. He didn't make any public announcements, but, It Is said, he told members of his union who sat down to get up and get out and stay there. The C.I.O.-A.F. of L. split In un ion labor Is the last thing the ad ministration expeoted; a healing of the breach is what It most wants. In the first place, the new deal labor program was planned beforo the 6pllt occurred. The competitive drive lor organization wasn't contem plated. The cooperation of a single, unified, disciplined body, such as the A. F. of Ii. represented, was countrd upon. But the Inst hopo that Wil liam Green can dominate has faded, although his followers still have to be reckoned with as w?ll as the CJ.O. Meanwhile, good Democrats see on the distant horizon the stark skele ton of a labor party arising. Not yet. of course. But nobody doubts that when there nre enough actual dues paying members behind him. John (Continued on Page frelve) WALIF'EXIO LA. LOS ANGELES. June 23. fAPl Wedding plans for Commander Earl Winfleld Spencer, first husband ot the woman for whom former King Edward VIII of England gave up his throne, were disclosed here today. His bride-to-be, Mrs. Norma Rccac Johnson, appeared at the marriage license bureau to obtain papers pre paratory to filing notice of inten tion to wed. She explained Commander Spencer Is undergoing treatment at the naval hospital in San Diego, ond would be unable to come to Los Angeles until some time next week. Mrs. Johnson said she would for ward the papers to htm for his no tarized signature, and that Spencer wouM return them and would come up for the license on or before June 29. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS George Hunt nonchalantly breaking up fixture In the M. N. Hogan Brokerage company as he demonstrat ed to a group of awed spectators how he tawed out a runner in his younger and baseball-playing days. Gene Orr averring he must be los ing his touch after a futile 15 min utes at a pin-ball device. Deputy Marshal Jack Hayes remain lng cool and collected In the face of numerous questions fired at him sim ultaneously about fact and figure on the fire chiefs convention pro gram. Fire Chief Tom Carion of Bend coming here to attend a nice, quiet convention and finding himself in a veritable epidemic of matrimony, his en Verne st.-wtlrig the thins off Wed nesday and his n'phew. Bill Carion. following up by Announcing bis com ing nuptials Sunday. PLAN PROTECTION 10 Sound 'Back-to-Work' Call for 10,000 Workers of Youngstown Plant C.1.0. Plans Mass Protest Open Tonight. YOUNGSTOWN. O.. June 25 (AP) Mahoning Valley steel mill operators announced today they would open their plants lor two shift operations at 7 o'clock to night. A simultaneous announcement was made by the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company and the Republic Steel corporation. The mills have been strike bound for a month In a walkout called by the steel workers' or ganizing committee after refusal 5f employers to sign contracts. YOUNGSTOWN, O., June 25. (AP) A "back -to-work" call to 10,000 workers in Youngstown Sheet & Tube's huge Campbell plant was sounded today by W. G. Gillies, vice president of the company, as dyna mite explosions boomed a prelude to tho re-opening of strike-locked Ma honing valley steel mills. The steel executive announced the "go ahead" move after a conference with civil authorities and National Guard officers, mopping strategy to carry out Gov. Martin L, Davey's order for military protection for men who want to return to their Jobs. As maintenance crews stoked the great open-hearth fires, ready to start the Industrial wheels rolling once more, President Roosevelt's fed eral mediators in Cleveland confer red by telephone with Secretary of Labor Frances Perkins In Washing ton. D. C. They decided to remain on the Job at least until they hear from Bethlehem and Inland Steel corpor ations concerning a proposal made last night for a "man-to-man'' peace conference with John L. Lewis' C.I.O. Republic Steel nnd the Youngs town Sheet & Tube company, the Continued on Page eleven) Stalin Plants Kiss On Explorer's Lips MOSCOW. June 25 (AP) Joseph Stalin Impulsively kissed the heavily bearded Dr. Otto J. Schmidt full on the Hps today as the Soviet's arctic explorers and cii?ht comrades arrived back from the North Pole. Tho scene at the flower-festooned airport was full of good fellowship, laughter and congratulations all around. APPLES, PEACHES, PEARS TO BE LOWER THIS YEAR WASHINGTON, June 25. (API Tne agriculture department told housewives today that prices of apples, peaches and pears should be lower this year, but oranges, grape fruit ond lemons may be relatively high this summer and fall. .. PORTLAND. June 25. OP) H. J. Stoll, fish meal buyer, predicted sharp curtailment of the pilchard fishing Industry In Oregon today. Only two reduction plants are planned this sea son compared with six land planus and two floating plants In operation Irtpt year. Harlem "God" May Seek Converts On West Coast LOS ANGELES, June 25. (AP) The prospect that Father Divine wll become religiously active In the west em states and may fly here from New York to the aid of his follower John West Hunt, heightened in teres: today In Hunt's trial on Mann ac charges. "Father Divine will -board an air plane and fly to our aid. If needed, said Hugh MacBeth, Hunt's near attorney. "I probably shall send lor him. "As Father Divine's legal repre sentative in these part,'' Mac Bet:, continued, I might say he mean1 to concentrate on this section frons the Rocky Mountains to the ocean h and from Alaska to Mexico. "We mean to let his religion movement take charge of politic out hre." Hunt, variously termed "John tn' Revels tor" and "Jesus Christ." wii testify next Tue.-dsy. Mac Beth scic adding: And what fte's going to say wn Hf the lid off this court bulldine lt' going to be another earthquake When Hunt gets through acqulttin -himv'f. Father Divine will move in cn the went coast." Two of Hunts co-defendants, Mrs. 77? ree A utoists Just As Riot furious pickets ut Youngstown. O., examined an exploded tear gas cartridge, Mime drying their eyes Jut a moment before more tear gns enveloped them and the photographer who took this picture Ed halt, of the Youngstown Vindicator wosshot down. Salt Is recovering. (A. P. Photo.) Iron-Nerved Park Warden Survives 6 Days Of Agony JASPER, Alberta, June 25. (A) A veteran national parks warden lay badly Injured In a hospital today while rescuers recounted his story of six days In agony, three of them spent In crawling just 200 yards to telephone for help after ,h la horse trampled him. The warden, Edward McDonald, had survived the long days and nights In tho cold mountain air, without food and with grizzly bears stalking In the vicinity. It was believed he has n broken pelvis and serious Internal injuries. McDonald's story, as rescuers to3d it: Last week two grizzlies kept him a prisoner in his cabin for two- days after he shot at them. They finally disappeared and he started for Isaac crock after telephoning tho national parks headquarters he would be out j of reach by telephone for several days. McDonald had gone only 200 yards on his horse when the huge bears ; reappeared ad attacked. The horse j bolted and trampled the warden. For ! three days he lay without moving. Finally he Inched his way to a water supply a few feet away. The water revived him somewhat and he ocean to crawl toward his cabin. That took another three days. I Stretched out on the cabin, he took ; hours to drag together enough boxes I so that he could lift himself to the ! height of the telephone. I Rescuers crossed 22 miles of moun- taln trails to put the warden In a boat for the remaining four-mile trip I to Jasper. When they lifted him Into a hos i pltal bed hero, he smiled weakly. "The days were awrui long.' ne said. Speed Mn-ks for AM LONDON, June 25. (API The Brllsh government Is speeding ful fillment of Its pledge to provide every man, woman and child In the country with a gas mask in case of war. Already masks have- been man ufactured for 9.000.000 of the 45. 000.000 people in the British Isles, especially the Tr'lh Free Stnte. Elizabeth Peters, known In the cult an "Peaceful Martha," and Mrs. Agnes "Mary Magdelene"' Gardner, were unable to agree on whether there was a great light where- Hunt was standing when Delight Jcwett, 17. whom he la r-.cc-.ised of betraying, met him In Denver last December. Mrs. Peters testified she saw It and her husband, Dick Peters, saw It. "And then I fainted." said Airs Peters. Mrs. Gardner said Miss Jewettand to assure the orderly harvesting stared at him a long time and some one said she was "Just seeing a light and not Mr. Hunt at all." She her self couldn't see any light. She and Mrs. Peter- decided. Mrs Gardner testified, that Hunt must have hypnotized Miss Jewett at his place in Beverly Hills, or that he was Insane. "There is a cle line between high spirituality and Inxnnlty." com mented Mrs. Gardner. "Mrs. Peters and I knew tnat things were not as they should be at his place, so we decided to 84t out of there." AMde from this, however, both -live r-hsfred wltnesw denied they knew cf immoral rel tlotu between Hun; and Miss Jewell. Broke Out LABOR FEDERATION MARSH FIELD. June 25. (AP) The state federation of labor conven tion, without an audible negative vote, approved resolutions today criticizing Gov. Charles Martin for "domineering arrogance" In his op position to the unionization of state employees. The convention opposed the govern or's position on switchboard rates for Bonneville power, selecting Tillamook for next year's conclave city and then adjourned. Eugene lost the vote, 62 to 42. All officers gained re-election with out opposition. D. E. Nlckcrson. Port land, will continue as president; Paul E. Gurskc, Portland, vice-president, and Ben T. Osborne, Portland, executive secretary. MAIL LINE VIA POLE RUSSAIN AIR PLAN ' MOSCOW, June 25. (UP) V. M. Vodopianov, one of Russia's leading aviators and "pathfinder" of the aerial expedition to the north pole, said last night that he Intends to In augurate a regular air mall route to the United States by way of tho pole. Vodopianov, who la at Archangel cn routo back to Moscow from the soviet polar base, said he would be accompanied by a group of other planes on the Inaugural flight. The routo will He along tho path followed by three soviet filers who flew from Moscow to Vancouver last week. Farmers Meeting Scheduled Tonight Associated Farmers of Jackson County. Inc.. will meet at 8 o'clock tonight in the courthouse auditorium to elect 15 directors and otherwise complete its organization. All county farmers are Invited, farmers are Invited. The association was formed at Its first meeting last Monday niht. Its expressed purpose Is to combat sub versive activities in the labor field and marketing of crops without In tervention from outside agitators. Actor Colin Clive Heeds Last Call HOLLYWOOD. Calif- June 23. (AP Colin Clive. 37. English stage and screen actor, died at Cedars of Lebanon hospital here today. He had been seriously 111 for several days with pulmonary and intestlnt! aliments. Clive was born Jan. 20, 1000 at St. Malo, Franoe, educated at Stonhurst college and the Royal Military col'.ege, Woolwich, England, and later at the Royal Academy of Dramatic Arts. London. Crushed 10 PLUG GAP IN PATROL OF SPAIN Announcement of Use of Added Force to Supplant Warships of Germany and Italy Follows Hot Debate LONDON. June 35. (AP) Great Britain and France have decided to use their own warships to till the gap in the "hands off Spain" sea patrol which was created by Italo-German withdrawal. It was learned tonight. This decision became known after a bitter full-dress debate In the house of commons In which Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain and Foregln Sec retary Anthony Eden Insisted Britain would push the principle- of non-intervention In . Spain through a 27 powcr European agreement. Advised to Keep Con) They asked Britain to "keep cool." over tho protests of liberals like David Lloyd George, who cried that Italy and Germany has ntado the non-intervention Idea a "farce" and sug gested it might be a good idea to scrap It. Eden took occasion to say that soviet Russia, too, had sent "very large" quantities of arms to help gov ernment Spain. Germany and Italy are on 'the insurgent sldo. The Franco-British move to extend the supervisory warship cordon by themselves means they will tako over patrolling tho eastern, or govern ment held coast of Spain, whore Ger many and Italy, left oft. -V The cordon Is Intended to help keep foreign arms ships from delivering (Continued on Page Pour.) CONDUCTOR HALTS TRAIN AND DIES ROSEBURQ, Ore., June 25. (fl True to the traditions of the rail road, Conductor E. Hard man last night fought off unconsciousness long enough to bring his train to a stop beforo ho collapsed. Hard man, a for mer resident of Rorcburg, but who In recent years had been living nt Eugene, was directing switching op erations of a freight train at Cottage Grove last night. Englncmen saw him give an un expected "washout" signal and as the air hissed to the brakca they saw him reel and fall to the ground. He was picked up unconscious and died IS mlnutcA later from heart failure. His train was held at Cottage Grove until another conductor could be rushed from Eugene by automobile to take charge. GOLD HILL WINS E A circuit court Jury, Theodore J. Fish, foreman, yesterday returned a verdict In favor of Gold Hill nnd W. L. VnnHouten. Marshall, and Charles Kell. fire chief, in the suit brought against them by H. C, Messenger nnd N. C, Messenger for $500 alleged damages for tho destruction of a store building a year ago by fire. Tho Messengers claimed the city employes started a grass fire In n vacant lot near the store nnd were negligent In watching It. Tho de fence claimed caution whs exercised in handling the fire, that It was started In the morning end the store was not burned until evening. TRIO ADMIT THEFT S.O.S. MACHINERY Cass E. Wymore. Sam Ray and Jack Ray. charged with grand lar ceny, entered plraa of guilty in cir cuit court this morning nnd asked through counsel, for Immediate sen tence. The court deferred the mttr until thft conclusion of a jury trial underway today. All three men were visibly affected, as they waived grand Jury hearings. Tiie men are charged with theft of two reduction gears nnd nn elec tric motor of the value of 1230 from (lie Southern Oregrsn Bulea, Inc.. on May last. 3y Fa TL! TO R E L I E FPAYROLLS Action Returns Loans and Grants to 45 55 Per Cent Basis PWA Officials Rejoice Over Change WASHINGTON, June 35. (AP) The public works administration an nounced today revocation of an ad ministrative order which for several months had limited PWA grants al most entirely to the money paid re lief labor on projects. With the revocation. Issued by Assistant Administrator Horatio B. Hockett. PWA loans and grants will revert to the 48-65 por cent basis, permitting grants of 45 percent of tho cost of a project and loans to cover the remainder. Tho revoked order had limited grants to 15 percent of the relief labor payrolls. Under tho new policy, sponsors will be encouraged, but not required, to make use of all avail able relief labor. The order In question proved un popular with borrowers and PWA activities In recent months came al most to a standstill. To quiet tho house revolt over ear marking some 1038 relief funds for projects Rep- (Continued on pnge Six.) Numerous merchants have suggest ed that all Med ford stores close nt 1:30 for tho rest of the day on July 3 so that employees and employers alike may attend the sky carnival at tho municipal airport, It was stated today by Al Llttrell, chairman of the retail merchants committee of the Jackson County Chamber of Com merce. The committee first suggested that the stores close from 1:30 to 4:30 but Mr. Llttrell said that tho merchant who had communicated with him were In favor of closing for the day at 1:30. A meeting will probably bo held enrly next week to make the closing unanimous, Mr. Lit troll stated. The closure Is a logical step to take bo cause Medford Is widely known for being aviatlon-mlnded, he declared. SLATED FOR MEDFORD WASHINGTON, June 2fl. (API The Interstate commerce commission announced today It woll hofd h rar ing on motor truck carrier appli cations as follows: Inland Fast Freight, Medford, to operate between Boise. Idaho, and San Francisco, via Jordan Valley, Lovelock nnd Reno, nt Medford July 28. Lester F. FVirnum to ojernte be tween Portland nnd Medford, nt Medford. July 20. MERCHANTS FOR LONGER' CLOSURE Demos Off For PowWow With Picnicking Chieftain ANNAPOLIS, Md., June 25. lAP) More than 100 Democrats Includ ing cabinet officers and congressmen embarked here today to start a series of conferences with President Kooscvolt on Jefferson Island, The preslden, already there, spent the night on Chesapeake bay aboard the yacht Potomac and went ashore on the Island this morning. Tomorrow an: Sunday other groups of Democrats will go to the Island retreat to Iny their troubles. Individually nnd In groups, before the picnicking chief executive nnd his captains. Cabinet officers nnd others were registered ns they boarded four trim naval academy training sups. Democrats of all (actions crowded the small decks. Proponents and opponents of the controverted court bill arrived In sep arate groups. Representative Kenney of New Jer sey showed up with placards nnd stickers to ballyhoo hta l.OOO. 000, 000 lottery bill to "abolish taxes." The Informal "harmony" talks be tween the president and tmocmtlc congressmen may have nn Important lling Redwood Roosevelt Against Third Term Vows Senator Wagner NEW YORK, June 25. ( AP) The New York Evening Journal said today It had been Informed by Senator Robert T. Wagner that President Roosevelt will not seek a third term. "The president told me so him self just after Governor Enrle of Pennsylvania made the third term suggestion," the Journal suoted Senator Wagner as saying. The paper said It reached Wag ner at tho wedding of his nleco. Miss Evelyn Wagner, nt the estate or former Mayor James J. Walker, nt Northport, Long Island. Wagner said tho president In formed him In speaking of Earle's statement: "That Is one precedent I won't break." IT AS MEDIC TESTIFIES ALTURAS, Cal.. June 25. (VP) Two Jurors fainted In a crowded courtroom today na Dr, Waldo Pate, physlclnn, described the bullet wounds In the body of Claude L. McCreckon, newspaper editor, for whoso slaying Harry French Is on trial. They wero Owen Crefce, a rancher, nnd Mrs. Jcsslo Alberry, a rnncher's wife. The Jurors swooned an Dr. Waldo Pate described the fivo bullet wounds. Deputy Sheriff Ernest "Buckr" Ser ver quoted French as saying after his arrest: "Buck, did you ever have anybody aggravate you so you couldn't stand it ony more?" Sheriff John O. Sharp related how he went to the McCrackon home after the shooting and was handed five empty .32 long caliber shells by Ser ver, Tho next day, Sharp said, he found a box of the shells in French's coat at tho Jail. After tho Jurors fainted, court was ndjouraed until this afternoon. District Attorney A. K. Wylie said he expected shortly to call three psychiatrists named by Trial Judge Ferdinand Jamison to examine French. Tho defendant, 30-yenr-old scion of a pioneer AHuraa family, hna pleaded Innocent and Innocent by reason of Insanity. Sheriff Sharp attributed tho shoot ing to a newspaper feud between Mc cracken's paper and a paper publish ed by prench'g parents. REVESTED LAND DEAL HAS COMMITTEE FAVOR WASHINGTON, June 25. (AP) The house public Innds committee approved today a bill by Representa tive James Mott. Salem, Ore., which would nuthorlM tho transfer of 200 acres of revested wostern Oregon grant Innds to the forest service for recreational purposes. The value oi the land must not exceed 3500. WASHINGTON. June 25. (AP) Senator Frederick Bteiwer of Ore gon said todny a sennte sub-committee hnd agreed to restore a provision for 1450,000 for the Deschutes River Irrigation project, near Bend. Ore. which was eliminated from the Inte rior department's appropriation bill hv the house. bearing on many administration pro pom Is. Although party leaders In charge of the week-end meetings at a two story fishing lodge Insisted they wero primarily social, some of the 350 guests nald these subjects might be dlscuHAtd: 1. Compromlso on the Roosevelt court bill, which the sennte will take up next week. 2. The date of adjournment of congress, forecast by many members as late August. 3. Details of the wage-hour, gov ernment reorganization. housing, farm, nnd other administration bills. Mr. Roosevelt cruised down Ches apeake bay last night to be at the IMand this morning to welcome the firsts contingent of visitors. Because nil male Democrats In con gresn, cabinet members and many other government officials were in vited, the party was split into three parts. Each group will pass only one day at the Inland, enjoying a buffet luncheon, fishing nnd refreshments In addition to Individual talks with the prestdeut. SOUTH 0FEUREKA Los Angeles Tourists Burned Beyond Recognition Woodsmen Get Bodies ' After Cutting Tree Apart EUREKA. Cal.. June 25. (API- Three people were crushed and burn ed to death when a huge redwood tree toppled onto their automobile SS miles south of Eureka lan night. Coroner W. Lloyd Wallace said to day he would hold an Inquest today or tomorrow. The three victims, burned beyond recognition, were tentatively Identi fied as Judgo Irving Baxter, 74, Los Angeles, former probate Judge at Omaha, Neb.; his nephew, Clinton Baxter, former president of the Los Angeles board of health commission ers, and his nephew's wife, vie A, Baxter. Wallace said the identification was made from personal articles found In the mochlno and by tracing the license number of the car which was listed to Judge Baxter. The hugo tree crushed, the auto mobile to the highway. Its trapped occupants, If still alive, (Continued on Page Six.) lEDSlATOAnE-OFF T GRANTS PASS, June Q3. (A) A midget Medrord monoplane had a midget accident here yesterday after noon among the toll weeds at th abandoned county airport north of Ctranta Pass. Its pilot was Robert E. Relnlcke of Medford, who built the craft. The plane was unable to gain head way against the weeds In an uphill climb in attempting to tako off, and In a downhill attempt dropped to the ground from a short height aa he approached trees at the end of the field and blew out a tire. Relnlcke was dismantling the ahlp today to take it back to Medford by truck. County Commissioner H. 8. Morgan said the field would be posted with red flags to Indicate It Is not In use. 'FRISCO HOTEL MAN SAN FRANCISCO, June 23. (AP) Clifford Shea, 33, assistant mannger 'U the Fairmont Hotel, received a broken arm todny when he was at tacked nt the entrance of the strike bound hostelry. Policeman Albert Sn email, on strike duty at the hotel arrested a man who (ive his name as Mark Luc key 30. Snemnn and hotel offtctnla said Luckcy was not one of the regular itrlke pickets nnd did not wear a Dleket badge Shen was felled by a blow on the head ns he was paying a cab driver. In falling, he broke his left arm at tl.e elbow. BASEBALL Detroit New York .. 1 o ..8 11 Bridges, OIU and Tonbettsi Ruffing and Dickey. St. Louis 3 4 i Boston i ! -.4 8 0 Bonnettl. Koupnl and Hcmsley: Newson and Dcsautela. National R. H. I. Brooklyn 3 8:1 Chicago 11 U 0 Pltlmmons. Blrkofer and Phelps: Carleton and Hartnett. Bottarlnl. R. H. . Boston . a J Clnclnnotl - 8 10 0 Lannlng. Oabler. Hutchinson and Lopes: Brown, R. Davis and V. Dana. R, H. Philadelphia mir.hitn.1. ..10 14 0 , 8 n l Lamaster, Jorgens and Atwood: Bowman. Bauere, Weaver, Tobln and Todd.
