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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesdav, rltlnf temperature Tuesdav. Work For You Tou will Mil time by making Mall Tribune classified Ida work tor you. Thru ids r very effective still they are In expensive. Write, your ad now while you are thinking about It Tribune Medford Temperature IHjhest yesterday Lowest this morning , full Associated Frets full United Presi Thirty-Second Year MllDFOKD. OliKUOX. MONDAY, JULY 5. 19:17. No. 90. o)A U 15) lNK Iran ITU ffiil SAULS VERB By H. It. ll.U KH.U.E (Copyright, 1937, by the North Amer ican Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) WASHINGTON, July 6. The coun try Is about to be treated to a unique phenomenon: In a few days, a group of civil service reformers Is going political and a group of politicians Is going reform, v And for the first time In many an administration, there seems to be a chance that a step will really be taken to check the spoils system. The plan of strategy which has been pretty definitely, but privately, decided upon Is as full of perplex ing paradoxes as Pennsylvania avenue Is of Boy Scouts. All this will take place at the hear ings on the government reorganiza tion bill. This newly-framed mea sure Is a good political bill, carved by a good politician out of the more Idealistic magnum opus of the presi dent's committee on administrative management of the fedreal govern ment. The new, realistic document sweeps a great many smaller jobs right, off the pie counter and Into the classi fied civil service. But In the same breath it creates nearly 2000 fresh political plums by taking this num ber of bureau chiefs out of the ser vice and making them appointive. Point number 2 likewise looks strange and out of place In a bill to further the merit system: The president would appoint, without ex amination, a civil service adminis trator. (Of course, all these appointments would be subject to confirmation by the senate.) How can the reformers swallow ail this? ...-.Well, hero la their cxpl: nntlon: "If we don't get some reform in government now, with public opinion at least to some degree awakened, when will we ever get anything? "We are approaching the hearings with the assumption that the pur pose of the bill la to strengthen the merit system. We will point out that If this Is the case, certain amend ments will lmprovo it." They will, for Instance, urge that the civil service administrator be re quired to pass an examination. Attempts will be made to straight en out some highly ambiguous lan guage In the bill, and to limit the ex- (Continued on Page Two ) Amelia's Relatives Hold Strong Hope MEDFOJID. Mass., July 5. (AP) Mrs. Muriel Morrlssey. sister of Amelia Earhart, believed forced down in the Pacific ocean on her world-girdling flight, today clung to the hop the famous avlatrix and her navigator would be found. "I Just refuse to believe everything won't turn out all right." she said. Mrs. Morrtssey's seven-year-old son. David and hla five-year-old sister. Amy anxiously awaited a letter from Amelia. She had promised the chil dren she would obtain post, marks at all stops she made and mnll the letter to them. PORTLAND, July 5. ( AP) Fu neral services will be held tomorrow for James A. Walker, formerly auditor of the state tax commission who died at his home here Saturday after a long Illness. Walker was born and educated In Scotland. He had been a resident of Portlsnd since 1912. He la survived by a widow and two daughters. SIDE GLANCES bj TRIBUNE REPORTERS Crater club members being sur prised when Karl Janouch sounded as though he knew what he was talking about when he Imitated a Russian filer In a high-Jinks act. they not being aware that Karl actu ally was talking real Bohemian. Observer O. Ken Anderson politer denying use of the weather bureau roof to gentlemen of the press dur ing the sky show. Ken averring the delicate meteorological instruments might collapse or something. Rollln H. Stiehl giving his first public ipeech at the Rogue River celebration, and doing quite nicely, too. Ralph Sweeney declaring he would spend the holiday at a quiet family ptcnic so as to be fresh for his job as county treasurer tomorrow. Mary Virginia Walt begging to be allowed even Just one more fire cracker after her quota for the day had been exhaustrd. but finally hav ing to content hefe1f with a milder form of celebration. SHIPS SPEED TO HOWLAND AREA1 Garbled Messages Continue to Cause Confusion Flier's Husband Accepts Faint Words Encouraging HONOLULU, July 8. (AP) Hopes for the safety of Amelia Earhart and Frederick Noonan, navlgatsr of her lost plane, alternately rose and fell today as the first of several United States navy rescue ahlps neared the South Pacific area of search. The government boats Itasca and Swan started speeding to a point 281 miles north of Howland Island after receipt of a message which officials believed to be the Amelia Earhart plane. The na.val minesweeper Swan, dis patched with other vessels from Pearl Harbor. Hawaii, to aid In the hunt. was 300 miles from Pearl Harbor, or j within 200 miles of Howland Island. 1 at 6 a. m. P.S.T. Uday. Rescue Hope Bolstered Garbled radio messages continued to cause confusion but seemed to In crease belief among navy and coast guard listeners that definite contact had been established with the Ear hart plane. One series of messages. Intercepted variously as meaning the plane was sinking, located on a reef or running out of gasoline with which to operate the radio transmitter were among dozens picked up by scores of sta tions. The battleship Colorado, meanwhile reported it was nearlng tiny Howland Island, the dot on the Pacific for which Miss Earhart and Noonan were heading when they became lost Fri day. ' Three planes on the battleship, the commanding officer reported, may take off late today for an air search If weather conditions are favorable. The messages, which some navy officials said might Indicate the plane waa sinking, was Interpreted more hopefully by other listeners. Messages Fragmentary Coast guard liateners at San Fran cisco and George Palmer Putnam, husband of the missing filer, said the (Continued oo Page rbree ) Raft Trip Resumed After Towing Row CLATSKANIE. July 5. AP) The Giant log raft of the Benson Tim ber company resumed Its tow trip to San Diego today following set tlement of a controversy which held the 6.000.000 feet of logs off the southern Oregon coast for more then a week. W. T. Evanson. Benson official de clared the tug warfare was at an end a "satisfactory adjustment had been made with the underwriters." The sea ranger, which took over the towing after the tug Sunshine had broken a crankshaft., will take the raft south, Evenson said. Jail Is Preferred To Cracker Noise PORTLAND. July 6 ( AP) Maud Leach, 70, preferred Jail to exploding ft re -crack era. The woman appeared at the police station In a highly nervous state and asked to be "locked tip." She said the noise sent her on the verge of a nervous breakdown. Her request was granted. FOLLOWING SIGNAL Roosevelt Reaffirms Faith in Constitution HYDE PARK, N. T.. July 6. (AP) President Roosevelt, after reaffirm ing his faith in the constitution to meet present day needs, turned his last boura at Hyde Park today to a 90-mlle auto drive to help an up state country church cHebrate a fund-raising drive. He planned to leave for Washing ton late tonight after attending a fair late In the day given by the little Dutch Reformed church at Mt. Marlon, on the west more of the Hudson. A communicant of the church. Mrs. Warren Myers, extended the In vitation last February. Her letter made such an impression on the chief executive tbat he resdily ac cepted. WMte House officials said. He waa expected to make a few remarks In response to a speech of welcome. The president's latest reference to the constitution waa Included In a proclamation he issued yesterday setting snide the period from Sept. 17. 1937. to April 30. 1939. as "one of commemoration of the 150th an niversary of the signing ind the ratification of the constitution and WPA New Judges I I m Two new Judge took their places on the Nit th V. 5. circuit court of appeals bench as the court opened Its first summer session. The new members are (left to right) Albert l.ee Stephens, 02, of I.os Angeles and William Healr. .15. nf finite, Idaho. The court sits In San Francisco, Apparently losing consciousness at the wheel of his automobile because of the sudden change in altitude, Ralph Scott Chandler, 64, of 408 Ed wards street, drove his machine off the Diamond lake road 15 miles above Union Creek at 10:40 a. m. yes terday, state police said. Hla wife, Mrs. Margaret Francis Chandler, 49. suffered multiple bruises and shock. She was rushed to Sacred Heart hospital in an am bulsnce where she is confined to day. The attending physician aald siie waa In no danger. Mr. Chand ler received minor bruises and scratches State police who talked with Mr. Chandler quoted him aa saying that he always felt the effect of the chango In altitude when descending from Crater or Diamond lake to lower ground. He told state police he didn't remember anything between the time he was driving on the straight stretch of highway where the acci dent occurred and the moment he regained consciousness after the wreck. The car. a 1936 Chevrolet sedan, left the road as It was traveling south, climbed a slight Incline, hit a large rock and caromed off Into a tree. The radiator waa badly dam aged. Mr. and Mrs. Chandler were picked up by Dr. Hamilton of Portland, a passing motorist, and taken to Un ion Creek where tir.e ambulance of Perl's funeral home was called and removed the two to medford. Mr. Chandler telephoned for a tow cor and hls machine was brought to Medford. Mr. Chandler Is locomotive engin eer of th Medford corporation. of tJ-.e Inauguration of the first prea Ident under that constitution." "We shall recognize." the presi dent said, "that the constitution Is an enduring Instrument fit for the governing of a fnr flung population of more than 130.000.000 engaged In diverse and varied pursuits, even as It was fit for the governing of a small agrarian nation of lesa than 4.000.000." In commemorating the period, he added. "We shall affirm our debt to those who ordained and established the constitution 'In order to form a more pet feet union, establish Justice, insure domestic tranquility, provide for the common defense, promote the general welfare, and secure the blesa Ings of liberty to ourselves and otr posterity'." He said It was appropriate that during the period "We shall ttiink afresh of the founding of our gov. ernment under the constitution, how it has served us In the past, and how in the days to coma It prln ciplea will guide the nstlon ever forward." The president apent a quiet fourth uirrounded by members of his fam ily and friends. Worker Take Bench CITY IS DESERTED AND SCENIC SPOTS Although the desultory popping of fire-crackers by stay-at-home young sters continued to disturb the peace of Medford, streets and homes of the city were still largely deserted today aa residents observed the anniversary of the Declaration of Independence. All business of the city waa sus pended as employes and ownera took a vacation. County offlcea remained closed aa did other business estab lishments. Record and near-record throngs were reported from nearby resorts yesterday and today. Forests, lakes and streams attracted large numbers for camping, fishing and other out door recreation. Community celebration In Ashland. Rogue River, Klamath Falls and Crraccnt City, most of them extend ing over the three-day week-end, played to large crowds of visitors and residents. One-day excursions to scenic spots of southern Oregon found many enthusiasts. A minimum of the usual holiday traffic accidents waa reported, no major Injuries marring southern Ore gon's observance of the day. Cool, cloudy weather yesterday afternoon failed to keep Medfordltea at home and a constant stream of autoa filled all highways until late last night. The large number of Medford resi dents spending the week-end out of town are expected to return to their homes tonight In time for resuming normal activity tomorrow morning. IN YACHT BLAZE ASBURY PARK. N. J., July 6. (APt New Jersey's governor, stubby Harold O. Hoffman, today called his close escape from death at aea aboard flaming 475.000 yacht "Just one of those things that happend." The 41 -year old atate executive took lightly his rescue with hts wife, ' two small daughters and 16 other ' persons from the 60-foot Manchon- j ock a short time before she burned j and tank four miles offshore. No one i was Injured. B-Daroely had the governor dropped a line overboard or a try it tun, fishing after the parade when an en- I gine room explosion aiiook the yacht. Mrs. Hoffman, daughters Llllle. II. t and Hope, 4, and other members of the party were removed to the res cue launch. r.ntplre Has Paper EMPIRE. July 6. (AP) A new weekly newapsper, entitled the Gate way Builder. marte Its appearance :.ere the peat week. Jay Vollmer, North Bend printer, ttsrled the pub lication which Is a alx.psge tabloid sl7c Issue. VENICE, July 6. (API The entire roof of the world famoua Bridge of S.a two tons of lead waa dlerov ered today to have been atolen. The. theft waa found out when rain be gan to leak through the structure ! which ha been visited by literally ' million, of American. Confesses Strangling Three Girls CIO EORCES GIRD FOR ADVANCE ON Tl Troops Moved Into Cleve land to Preserve Peace When Republic Opens Four Big Plants Tuesday CLEVELAND, Ohio. July 6. (AP) CIO's strike legions, pepped by ruurvn ul uutj umiuiw.ii iimnui mat lerrmc rainstorms couia not dismay, reformed their lines today on the last two remaining strike bat tlegrounds Cleveland and Indiana Harbor. Ind. Troops were moved Into Cleveland to preserve the peace when Republic Steel opens It four large plants bare tomorrow. There were no troops at Indiana Harbor where the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company la awaiting guar antees of safety for Its men before reopening: but there were pleaa for troops, and a prediction that "there will be bloodshed if protection la not supplied Immediately." The unlon'a crack orators aought at Fourth of July rallies to put new iron Into their men's determination to "fight it out" (aa Philip Murray, strike chairman, put it) "a week, a month, a year yes. ten yeara." Pennsylvania 'a "new deal" gover nor, George Earle, flew through a thunderstorm to reach a raln-soak-ed rally at Johnstown, Pa., and tell the cheering atrlkers and aynvpath lrera: "You don't need acts df vio lence when you have Franklin De lano Roosevelt in Washington, a Jib etal cOTgreaa",' a flT'i governor.' like me." A committee of alx ministers of Indiana Harbor told the governor "the situation Is entirely out of con trol," and "there will be bloodshed If protection la not supplied immed iately." With the reopening of steel plants here tomorrow, only the Calumet area will remain wltb strike-closed plants, and the Youngstown Sheet and Tube company, the canly corpor ation still affected there, la expected to open possibly by mid-week. BOY'S BROKEN ANKLE RESULT OF PLAYING WITH FIRECRACKERS Med ford's first firecracker injury occurred yesterday when Oeorge Ter rlll, 14, son of Mr. and Mrs. Dean Terrlll of 320 South Ivy street, re ceived a broken left ankle as he backed away from a firecracker he had lighted, extending his leg Into the street where It was run over by an automobile. The car. according to state police, waa driven by Mrs. Clara A. Young, of AIB South Oakdale avenue. LvlS Turrit 1 IS hrnth rt runrM told atate police that George had lighted the firecracker against a tree on the parking directly opposite their home on South Ivy street. He then backed away, Lyle related, with hla right foot on the curb and his left extended Into the street. The Bulck aedan, moving slowly, passed over th youth's left ankle, breaking both bones. Mrs. Young told state pollca she waa driving very slowly because she was going to stop at 304 South Ivy street. She aald aha didn't see the boy's leg in the street, merely the two youths playing on the parking strip. She also told state police she didn't realize ahe had run over George's leg, she thought they had set off a firecracker under her auto mobile. Oeorge was taken to Sacred Heart hospital following the accident. Hos- pital attendant! reported thla morn ing that he waa resting easily. i ALTUBAfl. Calif, July 8. (AP) I Membera of the Jury that convicted : Harry French. 30, of flrat degree mur i der In the "newspaper feud" slaying of Claude L. McCracken. 46. AJturaa editor, were ordered to return to court I tomorrow to try him on hla plea of Innocent by reason of Insanity. Three court-appointed peychlatrlste are expected to testify. The alaylng of McCracken laat March 35 ettmaxed a long rivalry be tween McCracken'a newspaper and a ' paper published by French's parents, I Mr. and Mrs. Bird Francis, 323 Holiday Death Toll; Auto Displaces Cracker As Main July 4th Hazard By the Associated Press. The lives loat during the natton'a celebration of Its lfllst independence anniversary stood at 323 today with not a single death directly attributed to fireworks. . Automobile accidents wer responsible for 192 of the deaths, drownings 70 and miscellaneous causes accounted for 48. EIGHT FATALITIES LIST; 4 (By the Associated Press) Holiday fatalltlea In Oregon totaled seven, but not one waa caused by firecrackers. Three were victims of automobile accidents, two persons were drowned, an aged man was killed In a fall and a negro waa slain. Scores of other persons were Injured. Mrs. Edith N. Noll sen, 31, a sec retary In the Portland school admin istration, drowned while swimming at Cannon Beach. Homer Tucker, Ne halem, brought her from the water, but she did not respond to artificial respiration. Charles E, Bitter, about 20, Pres. cott. Wash., waa the other drowning victim when a boat In which three persons were riding overturned In Langdon lake, about 20 miles east of Weston. The accident occurred when one of the three attempted to change positions in the boat., Kenneth O. Patterson, 19,-was kill ed In an auto, accident near Modoc Point, north of Klamath Falls, at four o'clock thta morning. Naomi Koster, Bend, was driving (Continued on Page Six.) 5EATSLE, July 8. (AP) Teams- tera union drivers "cracked" the American Newspaper Guild picket Una at the Seattle Star today and parked four trucks at the newspaper loading platforms with police assist a nee. There was no violence, but many of the 80 guild and sailors' union pickets In front of the building, be gan massing at the alley entrances Immediately after the trucks went through. The Star was closed and the build ing vacant, except for a few wateh men. The United Press, a news service, which moved out of the Star Satur day afternoon when guild officers advised they could not guarantee safe passage through the picket line, operated from the Times building 1 Th; 7m" w" not affected by the Jurisdictional dispute be tween the guild and the teamsters' union over circulation employes' union affiliations. Informed the paper would attempt to continue publication today, the guild sent a telegram to Senator La Follette's civil liberties committee asking "protection of civil rlghta, L BLAMED IN DEATH EUOENT. Julv 8. API Bovd Owen, stock raiser of Richmond, Ore.. j was shot and fatally wounded by Brady PotUr, s sheep harder. In camp on Warner mountain In the extreme southeastern corner of Uane csunty yesterday morning. Invratlgitlcg officials believed that th shooting was accidental. According to the story told the officers by potter, the two, In the camp alone, were getting breakfast Potter waa cleaning 31 calibre rifle when the gun waa suddenly discharg ed. Potter told the officers. Realizing that Owen was seriously wounded, Potter aald. ha ran to the Logger Butte lookout station several miles distant, whsre ha notified officials of the Willamette national forest. Hs then returned to the camp, he declared, where ha stayed with the wounded man until bis death. In the middle ages dancing tarantella was thought to cure i unity Induced by the bit of j large European aplderi. Bene I name tarantula. . The Independence Day casualty list, the third largest since 1930. was slightly above the average for the past eight years. From 1930 to 1937, the July Fourth death toll was 2.117. an average of approximately 204 deatha for each year. Although the holiday passed with out a single fireworks death, an Asso ciated Press survey showed hundreds were treated for Injuries from explo sives. Thlrty-alr firecracker victims were treated In Chicago alone. New York Leads New York, with 28 desths. led the holiday mortality roll. California followed with 19, all except two the victims of automobile accidents. All but four of the 48 states Dela ware, Nevada, Vermont and Wyoming reported fatalities. Four persons were killed and three othera Injured last night when their automobile waa struck by a train at a grade crossing near PaynesvlUe, Minn. Three other persons, a man. hts wife and a child, were killed last night when their car was struck by a train near WUIIamatown, Ky. Five persons were drowned near Valparaiso, Fla., when a motor boat, carrying 42 passengers, capsized. Fish ing boats rescued the survivors. 1,000 flee Pilot Killed Three were killed In a grsde cross ing accident In Rhode Island. An explosion of a gasoline stove In Wis consin took two Uvea and two died of mine accident Injuries In Indiana. Before a holiday crowd of 1,000 per sons, Arch N. Nutter, 33, an airplane pilot, crashed t;o his death at a Clarksburg. W. Va airport. It waa the first time In a decade no deaths had been attributed to the use of fireworks. It recalled the "aafe and aane Fourth" movement atarted 30 yeara ago by James Keeley, Chicago editorial writer, as he sat at the bed side of his sick daughter and saw how much she waa disturbed by the bar rage of exploalona that resounded In her room. Keeley died In June, 1934, but mean while thousands of othera toak up hla campaign, selling America the Idea of celebrating the day In less dangerous pastimes. A chill wind snd partially overcast akles late yesterday proved a deter rent to many outdoor parties and plcnlca planned In celebration of, the greateat national holiday of them all, the Pourth of July. Warm, aunny weather prevailed during morning and early afternoon, the mercury rising to B3 degrees. Clouds obscured the sun later In the day, bringing threat of showers which failed to materialise. Horns celebrant ahlvered and moved In doors during evening hours. Mini mum temperature waa 60 degreea. Warmer weather waa scheduled to return tomorrow. This morning's foreeaet was: Hair tonight and Tues day; rising temperature Tuesdsy. HITS PEAK FOR YEAR WASHINGTON. July 6. (AP) The National Lumber Manufacturers association said today lumber pro duction for the week ended June 26 Increased slightly over the like pre ceding period to one of the highest figures of the year 290.883,000 feet, produced by 641 mills. Tbt tout was topped only by production for two May weeks. Shipments were 398460.000 feet and booked orders were 218.689.000. Revised figures for the preceding week were; Mills 660; production 290.727.000; Shipments 247,760,000; and orders 210.331,000. Fire Damages Roof On South Central Plre thla forenoon burned a amall hole In tha root of tbs residence at 336 South Central avenue owned by Mrs. Ella Duff and occupied by Mrs. Sara Reynolds. Damage wit slight. Chief Roy tlllott said. Tha blare was atarted by sparka from tha chimney, the chief staled. Tns firemen answered a ward alarm, sounded at 11:36 a. m. COMPLETE STORY IS GIVEN POLICE- Little Girls Throttled One by n a n j ft j Wife and Father 'bf victim uouot uowession LOS ANGELES, July 6. (AP) Safe from possible mob violence, but with prosecutors determined to ask hts death, a 32-year-old WPA worker paced a cell In the hall of Justice today after confessing, Detective Lieutenant Leroy Sanderson said, to the allocking at tack -slaying of three, little girls. By his own words, Albert Dyer branded himself, Sanderson aald, aa the strangler responsible for the deaths of Madeline Everett, 7; her sister, Melba, 8; and Jeanette Ste phens, 9, whose violated bodies were found last Monday In a ravine of Baldwin hills, near suburban Ingle wood, where they had disappeared from Centlnela park the previous Saturday. To ,Uk Death Verdict. "We shall, of course, ask for the death verdict," said District Attor ney Buron Pitta when Dyer's pur ported confession was obtained last night. Dyer, employed by the WPA to guard children at a street crossing, broke down after nearly 11 hours of constant grilling. A threat to take him from the hall of Justice to In trie wood, where enraeed cttleena had milled about the small police station during questioning of sua peats laat week, finally shattered the suspect's composure. Detective San derson reported, and he gasped "Well, I did It." In a few minutes hla wife, Mrs. Isabelle Dyer, reached hla side. "Ha never did ltl He never did It!" ahe cried. His voice hardly above a whisper. Dyer told a ring of official question- era, Sanderson aald, that "I had no other motlvo than sex It wasn't re venge." For a year, the suspect was da. clared to have admitted, he waa ac quainted with the three young vic tims and had developed "more than a liking" for them. On the morning of the fatal Sat urday, he played with the girls la Centlnela park. Detective Sanderson asserted the guard laid plans for tha lustful crime at this time, persuading the childish trio to "hunt rabbtta" In the nearby hills after he finished work at noon. "They said their mothers didn't want them to, but Z kept telling them how much fun It was and finally they agreed that they would meet me," the 138-pound, five -foot-five suspect waa quoted as confess-. Ing. At the appointed hour, his story continued, "I watched tha thre girls coming down the road. They were dressed In bright colored clothes and looked fresh and nice." Kltled Youngest First. Their rout lay through a bean field and down a steep-sided dry ' (Continued on Page Three ) eiAfCl'USlES TF BEND, July 5. (API Oregon's touring aerial circus awung north over the eastern Cascade mountain country yesterday to add color and thrills to Bend's annual Independence Day celebration. Ten thousand persons saw the sky circus wing Into central Oregon after visiting Medford and Klamath rails. The planea will go to Baker for a atop thla afternoon. OSAKA, Japan, July 5. (API Tha magnificent Temple of Humanity waa aold under the auctioneers hammer today ..urnlsh acrap Iron tor war ahlpa of Japan's Increasing navy. BASEBALL R. H. a. . 4 10 1 8 1 Sewell; Pof- Chicago ... Detroit , Kennedy. Cain and fenbertjer n" Bolton. First game: Washington Philadelphia Deshong and R. Perri Brucker. R. R. I. - 6 0" . 0 Caster and National Flrat gams: R. H. . Philadelphia S 0 Brooklyn .... 11 Johnston snd Grace; Hoyt, Blrk offer and Fbelps.