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(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.
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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
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, . 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-
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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.