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4 The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Saturday; not much Chang In temperature. Temperature Highest yesterday . j Lowest this morning gj Sunday Want Ads Medford la be properly ctasslft. moit be tn by 3:30 p. m. Saturday. Ada received later will be run under "Too I.ate to Clasulf?.' Write your ad now for the Sunday edition RIBUNE Fall Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFOBD, OREGON, FRIDAY, JULY .6, 1937. No. 100. km iffl nnu u rwwou on t By H. R. Uaukliage (Copyright, 1937, by tho North Amer- j lean Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) WASHINGTON, July 16. Whatever j you may think of the president's! letter to acting aenate leader Bark ley, ordering "no surrender" In the ' court tight. It was no bluff. That j Isn't a guess, it's authentic. i "May I, therefore," (shades of Woodrow Wilson), he remarks and If ou can sec the tight smile and Jaw ohot forward, "tell you very simply that the objectives of the president ... remain the same." The door was open, the fiddles were muted. It would have been so easy to retire gracefully, bowing, and let the most headedly debated Issue since the declaration of war slip Into the limbo of forgotten things. But today the players In the know know that, come wind come wrack, the court bill Is to be fought out and let the dead faJl where they may. . The Rooseveltlan "Dutch" Is up. But the program was planned calmly, with advisors. The strategy, like the "objectives." Is unchanged, except perhaps that the shock troops will get more action. But armies never stop shooting un til an armistice la signed. The court oppositionists Intend to take the fight into the country, at tempting to build back-flrea In com munities of the senators whose votes they haven't corralled. This Sunday, Senator Wheeler was scheduled to speak in New Orleans before Senator Robinson's death; Monday In Atlanta. The geography Is significant. Senator Overton is from Louisiana. Senator Russell la from Georgia. These are two of the eight sen ators upon whom the pressure la be ing applied. The others are: Andrews of Florida, the Browns of Michigan and New Hampshire, respectively. Johnson, Colorado, Chavez of New Mexico, and Lewis of Illinois. Chairman Hamilton of the Repub lican national committee, la still in Europe, but the boys at home are by no means .idle. If two pieces of strategy, one In Missouri and one In New York, are typical of what is planned In between by some of the O.OJP. leaders. It will become as hard to draw a party line as a royal flush. Tho plan, in brief, is to go right down the lino In the next election for the Democrats who have opposoa the court bill In the senate or who bare been threatened with reprisals by Jim Farley. . Senator Bennett Champ Clark al ready has the backing of the Repub licans In Missouri. One heavy con tributor to the last campaign was told flatly to put hla golden sinews Into the Clark election. In New York, should Senator Cope land run for mayor, he would have (Continued on Page Ten.) $20,000 listedTor HARBOR AT CRESCENT WASHINGTON, July 16. (AP) The non-mllltary appropriations bill, on which congress completed action yesterday, carries $30,000 for mainten ance work on Humboldt harbor dur ing the current fiscal year, and 820, 000 for Crescent City harbor. x CORVALLIS, July 16. (AP) PI re destroyed a barn on the John Beach farm across the river from Corvallls last night, killing a horse and a calf and burning hay and grain. The loss reached about 8000. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Eugene Thorndlke taking trie off from his ressing bank bulsness to become a patron of the art by pur chasing a membership ticket for the Shekespeare festival. George Codding. Capt. Hermnn J. Melring and Goodwin Humphrey boasting of their catch in a run down the Rogue river. Attorney Codding sprinkling his boast with the cus tomary wherefores and wholnunders. Alice Anderson, ticket seller at the softball squabbles, simply ador ing customers who purchase ducats in bunche of fire or more, she. how ever, doing a right-about-face with kiddies who have not yet procured their free passes and try to crash the putt' . Lucille Murray difcoursln? at great en?tb on the horror of habits, and telling how she Just could n't g any work done tn the morning until she Md indulged in her worst a coca cola. Opal Harvey finding bicycling a pretty strenuous ?port but neverthe less declaring htr Intention of trying t again at the fir Ft opportunity. ENVOY DISCUSSES JAP CRISIS SECY. HULL Memorandum Given Adher ents Nine-Power Treaty Action May Be In : formal Invocation of Pact WASHINGTON, July 16. (AP) Dr. C. T. Wang, Chinese ambassador. said today he had discussed with Secretary Hull, China's plea that the United States and other nine-power treaty signatories "take action" In t:e present Slno-Japanese crisis. The envoy conferred with Hull be fore attending the state funeral of Senator Robinson. "We want the various treaty sig natories to take action," Dr. Wang said. "I went over the situation with Secretary Hull." It was learned authoritatively that the ambassador left with Hull a memorandum setting forth China '8 view of the situation and a plea that it be accorded assistance by other nations. Other rowers Informed A similar memorandum, it was learned, was presented to the foreign offices of the 14 other powers which are signatories or adherents of the so-called nine-power treaty. Officials declined to express an opinion es to whether or not the action taken by the Chinese govern ment in presenting Its case to the 14 nations who now guarantee China's Integrity through adherence to the pact constituted Invocation of the pact. Officials explained that the Chi nese government's action might be interpreted as an Informal Invoca tion of the pact but declined to ex press an opinion pending a careful study of the memorandum by Hull and higher officials. The Chinese government led up to presentation of today's memorandum with a series of conferences between the ambassador and state department officials. s ' Discussions Held Hull has discussed the threatening far eastern situation with Htrosi Salto. the Japanese ambassador and the Chinese ambassador on several occasions. After one conference with them the state department issued a formal statement saying the secretary had given the envoys a friendly warning to the effect that armed conflict in the far cast would be a threat to the peace of the world. The United States, however, has taken no definite official action other than the friendly exchanges of opinion and It waa said today this government has not yet made any commitments concerning the nine power pact. VACATIONIST KILLED BY FALL AT BEACH PORT OR FORD. July 16. (AP) A North Dakota family concluded a aad vacation trip to Oregon yesterday and left for the midwest with the body of A. Slonn, 23, who died Wednesday after fall upon the rocks near Tlch nor's head. The youth, a resident of Mott. NJ)., was alone when the accident occurred and the body was not found until late in the afternoon. The coast guard aided In the rescue and brought him to a hospital here where he died of a fractured skull and broken neck vertebrae. The youth was rtslttng at his Bis ter's home. Nation s Great In Homage To Dead Leader of Senate WASHINGTON, July 16. (AP) The nation's great, led by President Roosevelt, paid their last respects to day to Joseph T. Robinson, Democra tlm leader of the senate. At the stroke of noon the throng of frock-coated dignitaries marched Into the gold -and -marble aenate chamber for a simple state funeral, the air waa heavy with the fragrance of flowers. Unen-clad spectator! crowded the galleries. The dead leader's massive silvery casket, almost hidden by t wreathe, occupied the center of the hall. An arm's length aay stood the empty chair Robinson had used during the last of his 34 years in the senate. Special seats flanking the bier were occupied by hit Immediate relatives, Mrs. Robinson, her brothers. Charles and Orady Miller, and their families. Joseph Areaer and Joseph Robinson Jt- nephews of the senator, and their wives. Bride Is Killed In Auto Mishap En Route Home KELSO, WASH., July 15. (AP The bride and mother of Rolland H. Mietake were killed and three other Longvlew persons Injured when the Mletzke car, homeward bound from a wedding trip to Vancouver, B.C., crashed head-on Into a parked truck on the Pacl fio highway last night. The dead: Mrs. Marie Meltzke, the mother, and Mrs. Meltzke, the wife. The Injured: Mary and Delores Moser and Helen Smith. Mletzke, the driver, escaped injury. The accident occurred, near the midnight hour six miles north of here. Blinding lights from a pass ing bus were contributing factors to the fatal mishap. HEAT AND RAINS PLAGUE BIRDMEN SEEKING AMELIA HONOLULU, July 16. (AP) Navy airmen, alternately plagued by scorching heat and blinding rain squalls, today moved toward the close of their hopeless South seas hunt for Amelia Earhart and Frederick J. Noonan. Four massed flights over the vast equatorial area where the pair van ished July 3 have netted not a clue to fliers from the aircraft carrier Lexington, which la running short of supplies. Somewhere In the shark-Infested . (Continued on Page Five.) - , PRESBYTERIAN SYNOD against Liquor ads, all forms gambling EUOBN1S, July 16. (AP) A firm stand against liquor advertising, all forms of gambling including pin-ball machines, and compulsory military training in colleges and universities waa taken by the Presbyterian synod of Oregon in Its closing sessions here late yesterday. The action, which also urged arbitration in labor disputes, came tn the form of recommendations. Liquor advertisements were con demned on the grounds that they create an unwholesome desire, and in no way fulfill a need of society. Com pulsory military training was opposed because it interfered with the right of the Individual to follow bis own conscience' In such matters. - The church should concern itself with tho ethical principles Involved in labor disputes, but should not mix In economic aspects, it was declared by Dr. Louis A. Wood, professor of economics at the University of Ore gon, in an address on "the church and the labor problem." The aynod voted to meet In Albany next year, aa guests of Albany col lege. Brush Fire Burns Murphy Residence GRANTS PASS; July 16. (AP) A 30 -acre grass and brush fire destroy ed the home and possessions yesterday of two families In a state -owned house three miles from Murphy. John Ktncald. state fire farden estimated low at 11000. Residents were Mr, and Mrs. George Hurley and five children and ft Mr. and Mrs. Moore and two children who arrived two months ago from San Francisco. Mrs. Hattle W, Caraway, Robinson's colleague from Arkansas, sat next to his vacant chair In the front row. She was dressed in black. The widow wept as the Rev. 15e bar ney T. Phillips, aenate chaplain, la toned the Episcopal service. The grey-haired minister intoned a few verses from the gospel of St. John "In my father's house are many mansions." During the reading, President Roosevelt sat with his hands clasped tn his lap and bis eyes downcast. Dr. James finer Montgomery, house chaplain, pronounced the benediction. A guard of white-gloved capItol policemen, clad in grey and blue, accompanied the silvery casket Into the senate chamber at 10 a. m. Mrs. Robinson and her relatives remained In seclusion at the Robin non apartment until the last. In the apartment, near the capitol, the i senator wis found dead of ft heart attack. ALTURAS SLAYER DECLARED SANE; FACESJXEGUTION Tuesday Set for Sentenc ing of Harry French Chief of Defense Counsel Plans Move for New. Trial ALTURAS, Calif., July 16. (AP) Harry French, found sane by a jury that had previously convicted him of first-degree murder, today faced a mandatory death sentence for tho "newspaper feud" killing of Claude L. McCracken, 36, Modoc county edi tor. Ten man and two women Jurors returned the sanity verdict last night, five hours and 16 minutes after beginning deliberations. Superior Judge Ferdinand Jamison set next Tuesday as the time for sentencing. Chief Defense Counsel a. Luke Howe said he would move for a new trial before sentence was pronounced. French, 30-year-old member of a pioneer Alturas family, was convicted of fatally shooting McCracken aa the latter sat at dinner in his own home last March 28! The defense contended French, physically frail since childhood, had been driven to insanity by McCrack enu's "persecution.' which took the form of articles In his newspaper, and odd behavior on the street when he met members of the French fam ily. French's parents, Mr. and Mrs. Bard French, publish the Alturas Plain Dealer, a paper which operated in rivalry to Mccracken's Modoc Dally Mall. Testimony showed the papers fought constantly for a pe riod of two years prior to the shooting.'.-- j- ' Bt. In the murder trial the Jury failed to bring in a recommendation of len iency, whch compels the court to sentence French to death. . , COOUllEEZES ARE BOON TO EAST By the Associates press Northwest breezes cooled most sec tions east of tne Rockies today, checking a heat wave that caused approximately 400 deaths during the past 13 days. J, R. Lloyd, of the Chicago weather bureau, aald except for thunder showers In the northwestern areas, generally fair and cooler weather would prevail In the lower Missouri and . upper Mississippi valleys and the Great Lakes region. He said the temperature would rise Saturday In the northern plains region. Unseasonably warm weather pre vailed.' yesterday over most eastern and southern sections. Intermittent showers kept the temperature down in Chicago. The day's maximum was 89. New York's highest temperature yesterday was 06. PEEPER CAPTURED While allegedly peering through a bedroom window at several little girls who were preparing for bed, Joseph Edward Grant,' 47, a transient, was held at the point of a gun until city police arrived by ft woman whose name, at her urgent request, waa not revealed. The district attorney this morning filed a charge of vagrancy In justice court against Grant. Grant, it waa charged, was prowl lng around ft residential section. The woman noticed him at the bedroom window, procured ft revolver, and forced him to remain while ahe had city police called. They arrived at 10:33 p. m. and removed Grant to city Jail. Medford Couple To Wed In Reno RENO, Nev July 16. (AP) Mar riage licenses Issued here late yester day Included: Willti A. Scott, 3S. and Ana Ruth Mellon, over 31, both Medford, Ore FOG DELAYS FLEET ON JOURNEY TO PORTLAND PORTLAND, July (AP) The. fng-deltyed United States naval fler-l began arriving In Portland thla aft ernoon with Its 16.000 officers ana sailors to participate In the "fleet fleata." The heavy cruiser Indian, poll,, flagship of the Is rraft, pushed Itc great. gray noe Into the mooring plsre while thouMLd of Portlanders stood br and cheered. Mae's Man Frank Wallace (above) the man Slae West admitted she married In l!)ll. declares shp Is his favorite movie actress. "There's only been one love In my life and Hint's her," said Wallace. (A. P. Photo.) INDIAN WOMAN HELD IN PITCHFORK DEATH OF TENT COMPANION PORTLAND, July 16.- (AP) The sheriff held Mrs. Lucy Dick, 36-year old Indian, In the county jail today in connection with the pitchfork death, of Mrs. Dorothy Spencer,. 10. another Indian, as the result of an alleged quarrel over a $2 debt. Mrs. Dick told Chief Criminal Dep uty Holger Chrlstoffcrson she struck out with the pitchfork last .night to defend herself when Mrs. Spencer at tacked her with a knife, Mrs. Spcnoer died about 30 min utes after one of the tines pene trated her neck. The women appar ently fought with their fists before the weapons came Into play. The deputy said Mrs. Spencer, of Wiley City near Yakima, Wash., and Mrs, Dick, Auburn, Wash., -came to the Gresham district to pick cher ries.' They were related by marriage and lived in the same tent with their children. TO WASHINGTON, July 16. (AP) Tho Interstate commerce commission said today it will send ft representa tive to the Pacific coast to conduct a hearing on the application for a rail road from Crescent City, Calif., to Grants Pass, Ore, The Oold Coast railroad to connect Port Oxford with the Southern Paci fic up Rogue river canyon requested an extension on the time to start construction. The application said the delay was forced by the threat ened competition to the south. The extension request will bo heard at the same time as tho application for a certificate for the proposed road between Grants Pass and the north ern California community, . BASEBALL First game: St. Louis n. h. ..10 14 ..3 S Philadelphia Johnson and Owen: Walters, Jor gens, Psssrau and Atwood. R. H. C. 13 3 e io o Fett snd Lo Chlctgo .- ,i Boston ...... Lee and Hartnett; pet. ' R. H. E. Cincinnati . 8 10 1 Brooklyn , 19 0 Derringer, Hallahsn, BcJ.iott, Orls som and Lombardl; Hamlin, J'ffcoat and Phelps. (11 Inn:r,a) I Pittsburgh 4 13 New York 3 8 1 Blsnton, Brown. Frankhouse and Todd; Melton, Coffman and Denning. American Philadelphia 4 10 t Chicago 8 18 0 Thomas. Nelson and Conroy; Csln and seven. FORNOJBADMAN Roy Traxler Believed Flee ing North After Releasing Kidnaped Son of Wealthy New York Oil Operator SAPULPA, Okla., July 18. (AP) Posse men stood watch on blockaded highways today for Roy "Peto" Trax ler, the south west's No, 1 bad man, believed fleeing northward after re leasing the kidnaped son of ft weal thy New York oil man. The youth, 31-year-old Balrd H. Markham, aon of Oen. Balrd Mark ham, an official of the American Petroleum Institute, was seized near Ada, Okla. Traxler, his left arm shattered by a bullet, and two com panions, all escaped convlcta, took young Markham's automobile and forced him to accompany them. . Held Eight Hours. Markham was released near .here after eight hours, during, which time he said the men criss-crossed through the country, dodging a posse from which they had escaped by aban doning their own car and taking to the woods only shortly before. Mnrkham. a Yale student. Is work ing for an oil company for experi ence during the summer. His family formerly lived in Oklahoma City, Young Markham said all three men admitted they were fugitives from the Texas prison farm at Huntsvllle. Besides Traxler, he identi fied a second man aa Charles Chap man. Chapman was wounded in the shoulder, Markham said. Fled Prison Farm. The third man, Markham aald, waa referred to as "Fred." Fred Tin dol of Jasper, Tex., was one of the nine men, who with Traxler .and Chapman, escaped from the farm amid gun fire July 8. Four of the nine were recaptured, one killed and a guard was wo'Mded. "Fred" was not wounded, ; . "They discussed tleing me to ft tree," Markham said here today. "But then they decided if they dumped me out far enough from town they would be safe. "They finally decided to let me out of the car near Sapulpa. They seemed to think they could get to Tulsa before police would be noti fied." MAE 1ST PAY COSTS OF CASE LOS ANGELES, July 16,- (AP) The auperlor court ruled here today that Mae West Is the wife of Frank Wallace, and that sho has to pay the costs of the suit he filed to prove it. Superior Judge Robert Kenny closed the case today by hla ruling that "Diamond LU" ot the movtca has been Mrs. Frank Wallace ever since 1011. Tho court told the "come up and see me some time" blonde's attorneys that she would have to pay the costs of the suit. They protested, but the Judge said the long loft alone husband had been "put to considerable trouble In bring' lng the action" and ordered hla counsel to present an Itemised bill for the actress to pay, Idaho Air Service To Base At Boise ONTARIO, Ore., July 16. (AP) Ontario will be tho western termtnus of a loop air plane service starting from Boise, Idaho, and connecting Nampa, Caldwell, Ontario, and Em- melt with the United Air Lines transcontinental service, if the plana of J. E. Lauhaugh and W. R. Bar racbaugh of Boise work out. Laubaugh, and Barracbaugh were In Ontario yesterday to interview city officiate and to secure permission to u Ontario's municipal air port. Longest-Flying Birdmen Honored In Los Angeles LOS ANOEUE8, July 18. (AP) Los Angeles, now Just around th skyway corner from Moscow, show ered civic honors today upon Soviet Russia's longest-flying birdmen, The office of Msyor Frank Shaw In the city hsll wss tidied up as the seen of an official welcome thla sfternoon for th trio of aviators whose non-stop flight across the north po' '"m the Russlsn cspltal to San Jacinto, Calif, Is a world record 8.383 mllea. Even a new event were added to the list of ceremonious tribute to Pilot Mlkhsll Oromoff, Co-PUot Andrei Yumasheff snd Navigator Srrgel Psnllin, It became apparent that their historic feat this week might soon becom conunonplao. Homesick Bride Visiting Sister As Hunt Rages ASTORIA. July 16. (AP) Searchers found a simple solution today to the disappearance of Mra. Norman Thornton, the bride ot a week, from her home at Seavlew, Wash. Her husband received ft pen ciled note postmarked Corbett, Ore., aaylng the bride had become "homesick" and was visiting her sister. "Sorry for any trouble caused," It added. She had been missing since Wednesday. A deputy sheriff took charge of the hunt and enlisted CCO boys from Camp Canby. The coast guard patrolled the beach, thinking ahe had drowned tn the aurf. PORTLAND RUES PORTLAND, July 18. (AP) Julius L. Meier, merchant, statesman and a lifelong cltltsn of Oregon, received honor and tribute In death today from those who worked with him In the business and political life of the state, Prominent executives snd prlvste cttlrens of th state and city attend ed last rites at 11 a. m. today at th Temple Beth Terser for the. formr governor and one time president of tha Meier 8s Frank department store. In th huge synagogue, construct ed with the help of generous dona tions from Mr. Meier,, Rabbi Henry J. Btrlcowltg' conducted brief and simple services. ; - " . William' Robinson Boon played th traditional Jewish melodies on the ! great organ. In front of th synagogue there was an honor guard of state troopers, an orgsnltatton coming Into life at the start of Mr. Meier's administration. Governor Charles Martin, Meier's successor, led the long procession of officials who csme to present their last respect to the executive who died at bis country home ' on th Columbia river list Wednesday. "Today w are gathered tn allenc' aald 'the rabbi, "and bowed with a deep and overwhelming grief, yet all of us witness the truth of this di vine gift of personality. - For tha lovable man waa a unique example of th hypnotic power that one soul csn wield over counties others. "He somehow csst a spell over us all; we were enslaved by his charm and we rejoiced to satisfy his every whim and wish. There was some thing so light-hearted and roguish In his humor, something so human In hla touch, that to be nesr htm wm to be mad happier and gayer.1 The rabbi said Meier's desire to make his administration as governor a successful one hastened hi death. At the Beth Israel cemetery where interment was held, th ' rabbi read the Jewish service, closing with tha ancient mourner's prayer, kaddlah. LI TILLER TRAIL JOB PORTLAND, July 18. (AP) Mo Nutt brothers, Eugene contractors entered th low bid today for clearing and grading on and half mllea of the Tlller-Ttall highway, three and half mile north of Trail between Roseburg and Medford In Jackson county, with an estlmsta of 888, 081.40. ' Bids on th project, which Is t contlnustlon of the 1937 national forest hlghwsy construction, were opened by W. II. Lynch, district engl neer at Portland tor th federal bu reau of publlo roads. K. L. Gates of Trill, with a bid of 880,853.10 waa second low of the four opened. They war ' th second Soviet trio to fly between Moscow and the Unit ed States, by way ot the Arctic, with in a month. Tet third trio waa reported ready to start before Aug. 1. While their Sovlet-bullt plan re mained In a cow pasture whr It landed aafaly. Wednesday morning, prepared for dismantling and ship ment back io Russls, the aviators finished a round of official func tion at San Diego and cam her last night by train. A Jubilant crowd of t.000 was at the station. Voice were raised in "Th International,." Fists clenched In familiar communist salutes. Dis creetly, polios assisted th flying heroe to automobiles which whisked tam so lb Kusslan consulate). DEFIANT REPLIES GIVEN ROOSEVELT COURT JJILL PLEA Foes of Plan Resent Injunc tion to Pass Judiciary Legislation at This Ses sion Armistice Broken WASHINGTON, July 18. (AP) Senator Byrnes (D., 8. C.) ' withdrew today from the race for Democratic leader of tho sen ate. In a statement Issued after -- the funeral service for Senator Robinson ot Arkansas, the 1st leader, Byrnes said he "will not be a candidate." Byrnes made no further state ment, but It was understood from colleagues that he was planning to support Senator Har rison of Mississippi. WASHINGTON, July 18. (AP) A presidential Injunction that It Is "th duty of congress" to paaa Judic iary legislation at thla session, drsw angry, defiant replies today from foes of the court hill. i Th srmlstlce called after th death of Senator Robinson wss shat tered even before his state funeral at noon. We will select our own leader and dispose of the court bill in our own way without dictation from any source whatsoever," said Senator Van Nuys (D Ind.) Senator Burka (D.. Neb.) com mented, "If th president Is deter- . mined to have the matter brought . back to life, he will find the oppo altion ready to welcome the contest,' Foes Strike Back. Opposition senatora struck back vigorously at the president's state ment that he was expressing his' views before Robinson's funeral be cause "I find that advantage I being taken of what, In all decency, should . be a period of mourning." Senator Burke de-'ared the opposi tion's effort to avoid the sontroveray during th period of mourning had. "not been . followed by th . other side." .... President Roosevelt mad his de mand for action on court legislation in a letter to Acting Senste Leader Berkley ' of Kentucky. He followed it up with a confer ence last night with Bsrkley and other senators. - Earlier four freshmen senators had ' discussed the court issu with th president, and according to word passed around by their colleagues, urged him to let the controversial measure go back to committee until next session. Divide On Tactics. Opposition leadera asserted they had enough votes to recommit th bill. But at a strategy conference, a division of sentiment developed as to whether the motion to recom- (Ocntlnued on Pag Thirteen) Labor Situation (By the Associated Press WASHINGTON The labor rela tions board charged the Republic Steel corporation today with a long list' of "unfair labor practices" be fore and during the recent steel strike. The board ordered a hearing here Wednesday on Its complaint, which covered only tho company's Ohio plants. CHIOAOO Coroner's Jury of Ax men heard testimony for third dav at Inquest Into 10 deaths In Mem orial day steel riot. DETROIT Oov. Prank Murphy predicts quick settlement of strike Involving 60.000 Michigan trunk drivers and helpers; orders police to keep highways open. Testimony that Harry Bennett, Ford Motor company personnel dir ector, said the company did not ap prove of any organlratlon of IU em ployes, went Into the record of a national labor relations board hear ing here today. THIRD BANDIT'S DEATH DOUBTED BY OFFICERS PENDLETON. Ore., Julq 18. (AP) Following intensive quitting at th Umatilla) county court house her last night ot two crestfallen young men, Pat Bushmsn and Floyd Russell, held for robbery ot the Grant County na tional bank at John Day. local au thorities today were of th opinion that companion. Jack David or Davis, third alleged bank robber, may till be living. Alter capture, th two young men at tint maintained yesterday that they believed their companion had died after they left him la timber mar th highway a they fled from John Day. Their story was thst tha young msn wss Injured when thler car overturned as they mad their escsp. . - f'i '.
