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The Weather Forecast: Cnsettled and cool er tonight, with shower; Wed nesday partly rloudy. Highest yesterday - 99 I .on ft t this morning. J 65 Precipitation last 21 hn T. Mr Are You One? Tht want ad columns art con slstently followed by thousand! of Mall Tribune subscriber who are Interested In baying, selling, trading, etc Are yo'j one of the thousands? You cer tainly should be. MEDFORD BUNE Full Associated Press J :j l United Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OKKCiOX. TUESDAY. .1UNK 20, 1937 No. 85. jvS WLAP Ml il - X J I5I5IW,' MB. By H. R. I1AI KIIAUE (Copyright, 19??, by the North Amer ican Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) WASHINGTON, June 39 The complexion of the farm lobby In Washington has begun to reveal e delicate flush of pink about the cor ners. Not that the sturdy, bronzed fea tures of the Orange and the American Farm Bureau Federation could get sunburned. But the new national committee- on social planning, which stands at thQ. extreme end (reading fronigtuia- w leftist), Is trying to rftiW to the frontv Last week, after moot of the audi ence and ell of the press had-deserted the hearings on the wages and hours bill, Gardner Jackson took the stand for 17 pages. He la the chairman of the above mentioned group the NTRSP, If we must become alpha betical). And his thesla seemed to be what the New Deal social legislation baa not done for the seamy side of agriculture. The implication was that the administration's achieve ment In thla field was zero, minus. The farm-tenants, share-croppers and, farm-laborers and their Ilk, are all political dynamite and even Sena tor Black, chairman of the hearing, shivered a little as Mr. Jackson st?p . ped forward and began Juggling the explosives. The southern senators re member how the share-cropper In vestigation had to be soft pedalled until after Senator Robinson was safely elected In 1036. Several things In connection with the subject which Mr. Jackson didn't mention would have caused more than a shiver. The present "farm vote," Mr. Jack son said, was a myth. He claimed that It represents the thin upper crust, and that It needlessly fright ened congress Into eliminating bene fits for hla proteges who Inhabit the bottom stratum of agriculture. These "little fellows" of the plow and hoe, from the tenant about to lose his tenancy to the "bundle stiff," as the migratory worker la politically designated, are Just as potentially powerful politically, and are rapidly achieving organization, declared Mr. Jackson. The top 3.000,000 American farm ers who produce 86 per cent of the farm products, he claimed, are out- (Continued on Page Four.) PASSES, AGED 72 NEW YORK, June 29. (jfpj Frank A. Vanderllp, veteran financier, died In New York hospital today after an Illness of several weeks. Ho was 72. A native of Aurora. 111., Mr. Van derllp started life as a machinist's apprentice and rose to the presidency of the National City Bank of New York, one of the world's largest fin ancial Institutions, before he retired In 1919. He entered the hospital June 18 for what hls-aon. Frank A. Vanderllp. Jr., described as "observation follow ing an Illness In California eight months ago." CAVES LIGHTING FUND IS PROVIDED IN BILL WASHINGTON. June 29. n An amendment to the Interior de partment appropriations bill. Intro duced by Senator Frederick Btelwer, and adopted by the senate, provides 120.000 for the Illumination of the Oregon Caves. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Ray Friable saying ha has been mauled around enough for awhile In explaining his Intention of quitting ts referee at the rasslln riots. Coyle Braces offering to sell Tommy Culbertacn 4.000 gallons of gasoline. Tommy being unwilling to talk In anything less than 10,000 -gallon units. Virgil fiwanson spotting a gate rasher at Mack Ullard'a weekly hom icide show and chasing him back to the ticket window. VI? Beach, the J'rille tlme-ptece flxr-upper still registering complaints for being called VI In MT columns. Milt Ottoman congratulating him self for admirable forethought In picking hit cherries last night shortly before the rain. Rues Asheson getting pretty dla J gusted at persistent showere that sZ have caused numerous postponements of the catbail league game. C. 1. 0. SOUGHT AS BRAINS OF TERROR DRIVE Seven-State Strike Front Erupts in New Violence After Few Days Quiet Cambria Mains Blasted JOHNSTOWN, Pa, June 29 (AP) Mayor Daniel J. Shields of Johnstown telegraphed President Roosevelt today that the "peo ple of my city may take the law In their own hands" unless the John L, Lewis steel union forces are withdrawn. 3 WARREN, O., June 29. (P) The Bethlehem Steel corporation announc ed late today a 910,000 reward for Information "leading to the arrest and conviction of the person or per sona" responsible for the dynamiting of two water lines leading into the Cambria worka of the company. WASHINGTON. June 20. The federal mediation board reported to Secretary Perkins today a "man to man discussion around the confer ence table" would be necessary to break the steel strike deadlock. The report was made ready for Miss Perkins after Charles P. Tart, board chairman, and Assistant Sec retary of Labor Edward F. McGrady, 'a board member, had conferred with her. The labor secretary said that In the report the board was reiterating its opinion that a conference between steel corporation officials and lead era of the Committee for Industrial Organizations would serve as a meth od to break the stalemate. Earlier, Miss Perkins had told nowa men that although the government's efforts to mediate the strike had collapsed, she was still studying the situation to determine If further mediatory steps are possible. (By the Associated Press.) WARREN, O., June 29. (T, Auth orities charged today Gus Hall, C.I.O. organizer with being the brains of a plot to halt operations at struck steel mills here by bomb terrorism and threw all available forces Into a hunt for him. Quiet for a few days, the seven- state strike front erupted with vio lence. Dynamite blasted water pipelines (Continued on Page Ten.) THREE YEARS FOR Leo M. Schroder, of Los Angeles, was sentenced to serve three years In state prison on a plea of guilty to obtaining money under false pre tenses, by Circuit Judge H. D. Nor ton this morning. Schroder admitted passing spur ious checks on the J. C. Penney company of thla city, and an upper Rogue river auto camp proprietor, totalling $1150. Schroder told the court he was a "victim of circumstance, and blamed his difficulties upon be friending two girl hitch-hikers. The defendant was arrested at Denver. Colo., and returned here last Saturday, without extradition by Sheriff 8yd I. Brown. The authorities allege Schroder was entangled with the law, in Portland and the south recently on similar charges. FLAMES RAGE IN CANTON, 111., June 29. (AP) Flames which firemen from six cities said were out of control raged through the $3,000,000 plant of the International Harvester company this afternoon. The plant, which covers an area of 10 blocks In the heart of the city, la of brick, steel and concrete construction. Firemen said the fire started In the paint department. Cause was unknown. Fire departments from Peoria. Oalesburg. Farmlngton. Cuba ana Elm wood were summoned to 'S Canton's. FRANKLIN AND ETHEL REHEARSE CEREMONY WILMINGTON. Del. June 38. (AP) Franklin D. RooMvelt, Jr nd Ethel Du Pont will go through the motion, of getting mimed. late to day Just to be ure ttiey know their routine for tomorrow's brief, aolemo ceremony. Bodies of Little Girls Found in Brush l Krv -,..' ll)h& T V : ' ' ' . "T- .j-. ........ The parroted mid brtilwd bmllcs of , . three Utile girls, victims of a de- .: $l$rfys v ' :- generate, were found Inte Monday In . ' $ 1 gulch near their homes In lngle- . r ' ifrjr jfeffifc wood, Calif. The victims, shown at jji v P were, left to rlRht: Madeline JTTiV. .tvhiV Y Everett, Melha, 0, her sister, and M?y$fcr& $ Jeanette Marjorle Stephens, 8. The J S parents and brothers of the Stephens ' jr .5$ri. ff Klr nre shown In renter nt left, as f v 1 police announce the gruesome dlscov- I) . . -::: r a g .. i rry. iit. mi n nirs. iicrin u. nveren r .... r, w tjm- o i C9. ' : I n""'" niut-i. , ill , r " HIM'-1, M ! rfk ' JrX mm WLL BUILD 5 4 aL p BURCH IS REAPPOINTED TO ENGINEERING BOARD SALEM, June 29. (VPi Governor Martin reappointed today three mem bers of the nine-man board of state engineering examiner, their terms to expire July 1, 1943. They are 6. H. Graf, Corvailts: Al bert Burcb, Medford, and P. A. Cup per. Salem. Ajrtulture and sto:k raising are Uia chief Industrie of Mexico. MARTIN TO GIVE VOICE SEVERAL WEEKS' REST SALEM. June 29. Tired of averailng one speech a day for the past several weeks, Oovernor Mnrtln said today he would give his voice a real. He will make few speeches during the next several weeks. He was slight ly hoarse today. AgrruU.r:i.st advise planting of soy-beaua la May. BREEZE AND CLOUDS BRING RELIEF FROM OREGON'S HEAT WAVE PORTLAND, June 20. (AP) A cool hrecKe and an overcast sky bearing promise of rain refreshed Oregon today after the short-lived heat wave. The United States weather bureau forecast showers tonight In the west portion and over the mountains. Lower temperatures will bring relief to hot weather sufferers In the In terior. Moderating conditions' removed much of tho fire danger from Ore gon's forcats, but rangers remained alert to check blazes started by elec trical storms. The Dalles got the weather head line yesterday with a maximum tem perature of 104 degrees. Cooling winds off the Pacific presented (Contluned on Page Seven.) KLAMATH PALLS, June 30.i7P, Klamath taxpayers yeaterday approv ed a $205,000 union high school build Ing bond Issue by the clone vote of 106 to 1 Money derived from the bond Is sue will be used to finance construc tion Of 10 additional claMrooma, a new factory-type shop and a new gymnasium. The expansion U expected to re lleve serious congestion. PARENTS WIN IN FIGHT ON SCHOOL REOPENING PORTLAND. June 29. (AP) A year-long controversy between par ent and the Portland school board ended today with the parents win ning a fight to reopen the Brooklyn grammar school for 360 students. The elementary school cloned lat year and reopened as the Edison stx- year high school. Parents complained It waa a hardship and Inconvenience to send their children to other buildings. KUOENE. June 29. Injuries received In an automobile crash near Lorane Sunday brought death to Charles Stevens of Cottage Orovt at a hospital bera late yesiardaj. FOR FIEND SLEW Most Substantial Lead in Inglewood, Calir., Crime Blows Up Boy Scouts Discover Bruised Bodies Slayer Described INOLEWOOD, Calif., June 28. (P) Law force, of aouthern Cali fornia formed a dragnet today to ferret out tho fiend who kidnaped three little girls here Saturday night, took them to a gully In the HUH, and attacked and strangled them to death. Search concentrated on a bat tered black roadster, llko a 1029 model Ford, without top, fenders or running board, black In color with a box-like body In the rear. Officers aald from Inquiries about the man talking to children In the park from which the girls were kidnaped, the following com posite description of the slayer wa, gained: ' Age between 30 and 33, Height approximately S feet 10 Inches, Weight 155 to 106 pounds. Clothing old dark shirt. Blue overall pants. Dark hat. Complexion deeply tanned. Dirty." INOLEWOOD, Calif.. July 29. AP) What authorities at first consid ered their most substantial lead evap orated today, leaving them In a blind alley In their search for the fiend who attacked and killed three young girls. Several hours after the garroted and bruised bodies of Mel be. Marie Everett, 9; her alster, Madeline Ever ett, 7, and Jeanette Marjorle Steph ens, 8, were found In a Baldwin Hills gulch yesterday an order waa Issued for the detention of othel Leroy Strong, 22. Prom Bherlff L. O, Huntamer of Olympla, Wash., however, came the Information that Strong la working at a tie mill near there and "has been absolved of any connection whatsoever with the killing of the three girls at Inglewood, Calif.' Sheriff Huntamer aatd he learned that Strong had not been out of that vicinity for some time. Murdered Hnturday Last Saturday morning, the three little victims were playing together In centlnele, park, close by their homes. They left some of their play things and ran across the grounds. calling out that they were going to hunt rabbits. By night, County Au topsy Surgeon Dr. A, F. Wagner re ported they had been attacked and murdered. Several suspects were questioned (Continued on Page Ten.) ROSEBURO. Ore, ine' 20. (AP) The road between Diamond and Crater lakes waa opened to travel to day, according to word received at the local headquarters of the Umpqua national forest, Harold Bowman, dis trict ranger at Big Camas, telephoned the Rose burg office that snow had been removed from the road and that the route would undoubtedly be In good condition for travel over the Fourth of July week end when a record crowd la anticipated at the lakes, HELEN JACOBS BOWS, TO BRITISH NET ACE WIMBLEDON, Eng.. June 28. (AP) Dorothy Round of England toppled Helen Jacobs of California from her Wimbledon tennis .InRlea throne to day with a atralght set victory, 6-4, 0-1. WIMBLEDON, Enf . June 2D. (API Alice Marble. United State, title holder, galnea the aeml-flnal, of the aU'EiiKUnd championships today, de feating the second seeded favorite. Mm,. Hilda Krahwlnkel Sperling of Denmark and Oermany. 7S, 3-d, 6-3 Miss Marble will meet JedYlge Jerre- ejowskla of Poland In Thursday's aeml-flnal.. r. R. to Aid Chest. WASHINGTON, June 30. (AP) CharlM P. Tart of Cincinnati. Ohio, announced after a Whit. Houm con ference today that President Room. velt had agreed to Join In a radio broadcast. October la. opening tne annual drive for the community Citt atobUlcaUOB Xoi bwaa Berti, BASEBALL National (1st game) R. K. E. Pittsburgh 18 1 Cincinnati 15 0 Bowman and Todd; Derringer and Lombardl. R. . E. Brooklyn ......................... 0 7 0 Boston 18 1 Butcher and Phelps; Pott and Lo-pec.1- (13 Innings) (10 Inning,) R. H. B. Philadelphia 3 8 0 New York 4 8 0 Mulcahy. Pa&seau and Atwood; Schumacher, Smith and Mancuso. American R. H, E. Detroit 3 8 1 Chicago 8 0 Auker and Tebbetta; stratton and Sewell. : R. H. E. New York - 3 7 0 Philadelphia 3 7 1 Chandler and Dickey; Smith and Brucker, R. H. E. St. Louis ........ 5 10 1 Cleveland 7 13 0 Hogsett and Hcnuley; Whttehlll, Hrvlng and Pytlak. " G. PASS IN DROWNS ATTEMPTING RESCUE1 OF BOY F GRANTS PASS, June 3 (AP) Clyda aunter, 38, florist, was drown ed yesterday afternoon In the Rogue river three mllea below Grants Pasa In attempting to Rescue Clifford Flxaen, 8. Merle Nichols; Gunter'a companion, came to Gunter'a asslstanoe with the struggling boy and swam with Clif ford to shore. But aunter sank in the deep muddy water between Cou- tlneau and Harkness riffles. His body was recovered 48 min utes later with long hop hooks, but artificial respiration and an lnha lator proved futile. The boy, with two others, had been hunting snails on slippery rocks and fell In. His cries attracted women and an angler who could not swim and they halted Ounter, Nichols, and H. D. Elamann returning from an Elks ptcnlo lodge. The trio spread out along the river. Ounter Is survived by his widow and eon, Dale, ft. and alster. and brother,: Mrs. Myra Bailey, Detroit. Mich.. Miss Beatrioe aunter. Astoria; Mra. Ida Burns,. Gerald and Merle aunter, all of Ashland. CLAIMS M'CRACKEN WAS PHONE PESTERER ALTURAS. Calif., June 30 (P Odd telephone calla and letters were brought out In court today In the murder trial of Harry Prench, 30 accused of slaying Claude L. Mc cracken, 46, editor, In a newspaper ,,feud.,, Mrs. Oertrude Prench, mother of the defendant, testified Mccracken had telephoned her between IS or 30 times, always with the salutation, "hello, Ood." Judge P. M. Jamison ordered the testimony stricken and asked Mra, Prench how ahe knew it was Mc cracken calling. "He said It was Mccracken," she replied. One of the calls, .he related, Informed her that her son would not be home because he wa. to be ar- reated. and another atated he had been hurt In an automobile aocldent The defense I, seeking to .how that Prench. whose family published ri val paper, wa. "goaded" Into shooting Mccracken. Superior Judge Perdlnand Jamison w r it to speed up the trial today by ordering the court to convene an hour earlier than usual. Prench, 30. haa been on trial for more than two weeka. Parmer, on th. Jury have been showing Impatience to return to their crop harvests. Amelia Reaches Lae, New Guinea SYDNEY, Austrsll.. June 3. P) Amelia Earhart, on a lazy flight arosjnd th. world, wa. reported to day to have landed her monoplane at Lae, New Oulana. at S a. m Green wich meridian time (13 midnight. E ST.) Mis. Earh.rt left port Darwin. Aus. trails, at 3:19 p. m., Monday, Green wich time. (4:10 p. m.. IiT.1 for the flight across the Arafura ae Prom U,. Muw Earh.rt and ner navigator, Capt. Preddy Noon an planned to fly to Howland Island. tiny American outpost Just abov. the equator. Eoltaoh on tombstone In Oakland cemetery, Rome. Oa.: "A tru. wife 1 du'i beat mendhie to Wit." SIDESTEPPING TAX Alfred P. Sloans - Saved $1,900,000 by Method Is Claim of Commission At torney in Congress Inquiry WASHINGTON. June 30. (IP) A securities commission attorney told a congressional tax Inquiry commit tee today that Alfred P. Sloan, Jr, chairman of General Motor, corpora tion, and Mrs. Sloan, aaved approxi mately 1,00.000 In taxes from 1B34 to 1036 by the use of personal hold ing companies. Abe Portas, the commission expert, testified alM that Mrs. WUhelmlna DuPont of Montchanln, Del., saved 40,405 In 1036 through the Renappl corporatlbn, which derives substan tial Income from securities and re. leases. In quick succession Fortaa had pre sented more prominent namea to the tax Investigators. They Included Henry L. Doherty. president of Cities Service company. Carter Lupton of Chattanooga, and Mrs. Helen 8. Raa kob, wife fo John J. Raskob. former Democratic national chairman. Turning to the Sloan.. Fortaa as serted that Mrs, Sloan of Great Neck, L. I., owns the Jacluon corporation, Snug Harbor Development corpora tion, and half of the New Castle cor poration. He said Sloan wa. a di rector of the DuPont company. Pull- . man company, and owned the Reno corporation, Marquette corporation. and th. other half of the New Castl. corporation. Th. latter three were described o portas as personal holding companies. Tne witness, In naming Mr,. Raa kob. said owners of personal holding compviles, even though subleot to taxation, have "deprived the govern ment of revenues have avoided their full share of taxes" by turning over to their corporation, home., estates. airplanes and automobiles. Doherty, Porta, asm-ted, had saved bout ftiso.000 In 1934 by th. ute of four personal holding companies, Sloan'. Ren. corporation, Porta aid, own. a property valued at more than 11,000.000 and had claimed de duction. In tax return for operat ing thla property. He added that th. Snug Harbor company own. land adjoining th Sloan estate at' Oreat Neck and that expenses of developing this land had been claimed, ON FRIDAY CLOSE A poll disclosed today that a ma jority of Medford merchant ere willing to close their store at 1:60 Prlday so that employee might b. able to attend the aky .how at th. municipal airport. It wa. announced by Al Llttrell, chairman of the retail merchants commute, of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. There was, however, no unanimity In the attitude of the merchant, Mr. Llttrell said. While a majority favored closing, some felt It would not be a wise business move. h. explained. Others, he added, declared they would close If all atores In th same line of buslnes closed. Some of the merchants stated they would close their store, regard)., of whether any others olosed or not, -Mr. Llttrell ssld. All, he added, de clared they would give th. afternoon off to as msny employes a possible who wsnted to go to the air show. PERFECT PINOCHLE HAND CAUSE OF HEMORRHAGE SYRACUSE, N. Y Jun. 33. OTt Jamea Demopolous. M, was described by hospital attendants today a. "very 111" a a result of a perfect pinochle hand. Demopouloua drew a double se quence in bf.rt. which meld. 1.600 point. Demopouloua stared at the h.nd a moment and .lumped In hi. ch.tr. Hospital authorltlea said he suffer ed a cerebral hemorrhage. Smashup of Auto . Laid to Beauties Of Coast Scenery PORT ORPORD, June 33. ) Thla I probably th. tint tlm. Oregon', beautiful coastal country take, the blame for an automobile accident. C. Jeneen of Berkeley, Calif., said h. became M fascin ated by th. scenery h drove hi c.r Into a bank and turned over. Jensen', arm ww crushed and doctor, fear amputation may b necessary. Mrs. Jensen escaped un injured. The victim., who were traveling north, wen taken to Oold Beach hospital.
