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TBIBUNE
Full Associated Press
ull United Press
Thirty-Second Year
M KDFORD, OKKliOX, MONDAY, JULY 19. 1937.
No. 102
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By II. R. B.UKHAliE.
(Copyright. 1037, by North American
Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
WASHINGTON, July 19. The In
come tax collectors aren't the only
merabera of the treasury department
who are worried about "loopholea."
The men who have to garner social
security taxes are finding that there
are old dogs who have learned new
tricks In this field, too.
It Isn't admitted officially and no
figures are available, but here la one
dodge that la being used.
A man who always thought he
, had been a salesman, vi&a treated as
such, suddenly awoke one morning
and discovered that he was a dealer.
A dealer, of course, wouldn't be In
the employe category and therefore
his company would not have to pav
taxes on him under the old age pen
sion and unemployment Insurance
provisions of the social security act.
But It Jan't evasion that's worry
ing the social security tax collectors
so much as delinquency. At least, so
they say.
Right now collections are $58,000.
000 short of estimates made a year
ago and covering what it waa hoped
would roll Into the treasury in the
first six months after the law became
effective.'
The Internal revenue bureau isn't
getting ready to sharpen Its knives
for these delinquents. ?t knows hu
man nature and It thinks It knows
why the people have been ,alow to
pay.
First, these are brand new taxes to
a lot of people who never paid a
federal tax before. They are Just
putting off doing anything about
them until they get a little Jolt.
Second, corporations delayed re
mitting until the supreme court be
latedly decided that they had to by
upholding the social security law.
Large bodies move slowly. WHolfUW
accounting systems have to be de
vised, new departments organized.
General Motors alone. It la report
ed, Is spending $5,000,000 annually
to meet the requirements of the law.
quite aside from the tax Itself.
As Washington awaits the first
volley In the new court bill fight.
It la beginning to hear rumblings
from the business world over the
efforts of the Johnstown citizens'
committee to build a national or
ganlzatlon on the back - to - work
movement.
While it was expected that this
attempt, backed by one of the Urge
professional money-raising firms ol
New York, would awaken the shouts
of fascism on the left, the aloofness
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PORTLAND. July 19. ( API Chas
H. Oram, state Inbor commissioner,
announced new regulations under
the welfare commission today reduc
ing work In hours for women from
48 to 44 a week and boosting the
minimum wsge scale from 27fc cent
to 30 cents an hour.
The changes are effective on Octo
ber 1.
Oram said a large number of In
dustries will not be affected because
they are already paying more than
the minimum and working 44 hour
a week or less.
The regulations Include women and
minors employed In manufacturing,
needlecraf t. mercantile establishments
offices, hotels, restaurants, personal
service and telephone and telegraph
companies.
SIDE GLANCES
bjr
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Vlo Tens aid being mistaken over
the phone for brother Carl and aver
ring they look much alike except that
Vie baa more hair than Carl.
Hnchel Obye puritanically resist
ing the temptation to allp into a re
freshing swimming hole, he stoutly
maintaining It would be very unbe
coming of a forest officer to be
caught au natural in a sylvan pool.
t. Harrison Thomas describing the
carefree Joys of a vacation he spent
entirety at home.
Taroda Meyers dashing In to town
from her Sardine Creek abode for
poison oak relief, het face having
puffed up like a carnival balloon.
BUI Walker regntfully anticipating
a return to work after a vacation Ttilt
with old friends here.
Bob Young winning the "battle of
the century" from a big salmon which
grabbed his light tackle near Dodgf
bridge Sunday.
'CEASE FIRING' IS
i
GRIM EDICT GIVEN
Fighting Renewed in Zone
West of Peiping Tues
day Is Deadline for Ac
ceptance of Ultimatum
TOKYO. July 19. (AP) A Domel
( Japanese) news agency dispatch
from Tientsin tonight said the Japa
nese army command there had served
a virtual ultimatum on the Chinese
military, declaring it would "take In
dependent action" unless all Chinese
firing against Japanese ceased Imme
diately. His threat followed a renewal of
fighting in the zone west of Pelplng.
where Japanese and Chinese troops
have been In Intermittent conflict
since July 7.
Jap Captain lilt
Japanese military reports said Chi
nese soldiers making a concrete pill
box near Lukouchlao. on the Yung
ting river 10 miles west or Peiping.
fired on a Japanese detachment,
gravely wounding Captain Mlsayoshl
Yamazlkl.
The attitude of the Japanese com
mand was described tn dispatches as
the most determined it has yet as
sumed in the north China crisis.
Its grim notice to the Chinese was
said to declare that unless al) Chi
nese firing ceased the Japanese
would begin action Tuesday, presum
aoly any time after midnight (11 a.
m. Monday, EJ3.T )
(Another Japanese version was
that the deadline was set at noon
Tuesday (11 p. m. Monday, EJ5.T.)
Grave Situation
Japanese army leaders wcro . report?
ed to regard the situation as extreme
ly grave and to consider the new
clash violated the local, oral settle
ment reached by military leaders of
the two sides at Tientsin Sunday. j
It Is near Lukouchao that the first
Slno-Japsnese clash of the present '
crisis occurred 12 days ago. I
The Chinese government vigorously i
protested to Japan today that Japa
nese scouting planes had machine j
gunned Chinese troops and supply i
trains In Hopeh province, violating j
China's territorial sovereignty.
The Chinese counter-charge came
soon after the Japanese government !
officially had accused China of ag- '
gravatlng the tense north China
crisis by a direct aggression against
Japanese Interests.
EDUCATION BOARD WILL
FEAST AT MARSHFIELD
MARSHPIELD, July 10. ( AP ) -Civic
and service clubs of the two
Coos bay cities will fete the members
of the state board of higher educa
tion at a banquet when the board
holds Its summer meeting here July
26 and 27.
CHINESE MILITARY eacner enies qckuuis i
Equality With Airmen
Amelia s Major Goal;
Played for Big Stakes
"I have tried to play for a large stake. If I succeed, all will be well.
If I don't. I shall be only too bappy to bop off In the midRt or such an
adventure." Amelia Earhart In a "farewell" letter preceding her 1928
Atlantic flight.
SAN FRANCISCO. July 18. (API
In nine years of playing lor "a
large stake," Amelia Earhart seem
ingly was urged on by two major
considerations an Insatiable desire
for new aerial achievements and a
longing to see women on an equal
footing with men.
She wanted no consideration for
her sex. She couldn't endure being
told she could not do something be
cause she was a woman.
Little incidents between her num
erous aviation 'feats strongly reflected
these principles.
After her first flight across the
Atlantic as a "passenger with Wll
mer Stults and Louis Gordon she was
asked why she did It.
"When one Is offered such a tre
mendous adventure." she replied. "It
would be too Inartistic to refuse It.
I knew the moment the chance came
to me that If I turned It down I
never would forgive myself'
There was no such exhuberatton
at the end of her most spectacular
flight the 2.400-mile hope alone
across the Pacific from Honolulu to
Oakland. Cal In 1935. She merely
climbed out of the plsne. turned to
onlookers who hsd worried over her
tardiness and long radio silence and
said:
Im tired.
With the completion of that flight
Mlsa Earhart was one up on the men
In her field. No one else has flown
that eatery stretch alone.
Three months later she was away
on a projected non-stop flUt ol
2,500 miles from Los Angeles to Mex
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Pretty Isabcllc Halllh.ts shown above arriving with her counsel,
Daniel Canning (left) nncl her father, C. Fred llnllln. ' to attend n
"public hearing" arranged by her friends In Saugus, Mas.., to enable
her to answer "malicious rumors" fhe served cocktail to IiIrIi school
students. The school hoard denied Mf llnllln a public hearing and
"Invited" the teacher to rrlpn.
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NEAR BEAGLE; PATROL
SAVES - OUTBUILDINGS:
Mre yesterday afternoon totally
destroyed the Blanche Sweet resi
dence and storage house on the
Meadows road about a mile south
of Beagle.
Other outbuildings and stacks of
hay were saved by a state forest fire
patrol sent from headquortcrs on
(Continued on Pae Hires )
ico City but was frustrated by a tiny
bug which got Into her rye and
forced her to land at Nopalo! Hidalgo,
barely 60 miles from her goal.
"Catty things" which men say
about women did their share toward
spurring her Into the trans-Atlantic
solo flight In 1032. "
"When there is a traffic Jam on
fifth avenue.' she said later by way
of Illustrating, "men always com
ment, 'Oh, It's woman driving I' I
have gone up with a mechanic who
didn't know the compoAs from the
altimeter, and when I've come down
heard people say he probably did
moat of the flying. 8o I determined
to show them.'
The trans-Atlantic solo flight grat
ified her In one respect but shortly
thereafter she dropped a hint In
dicating she wanted to do still more
Important things.
"Outside of demonstrating that a
moman can fly the Atlantic alone,
I don't see that I have added any
thing to avrttlon, science or any
thing else." she remarked.
But something homey and conven
tional In her nature manifested Itself
when she stepped out of her plane
at Culmore, Ireland. In 1932.
"I've done It!' she almost shouted.
Then the first thing she did was
to hurry toward a telephone to call
up her husband, Ocorge Palmer Put
nam, In New York.
"After a flight I always check In
like a good girl." she explained.
Shortly thereafter she flew non
stop and alone from the Mexican
capital to Nw fork City another
new achievement la the Held.
Butler
ROBERT BOYL HURT
WHEN WHEELUOCK
ON SISKIYOUS ROUTE
Robert Boyl, 24, well-known former
Medford man, Is confined In Com
munlty hospital with a fractured
shoulder as a result of an automobile
accident occurring a short distance
north of the California state quaran
tlno station on thu Pacific highway
late Saturday night.
Boy), who has been employed In
Yreka, Cal., by the California Orcgou
Power company for tho past two or
three years, was coming to Medford
to visit his aunts, Mrs. Sue Hazel
rlgg and Eleanor McQulston of
1404 East Main street. A sudden ap
plication of the brakes aa he tried to
avoid an on com I rw? car apparently
made them lock, and the machine
turned over.
Boyl was picked up by a passing
motorist and taken to the quarantine
station where he was placed on a
northbound stage and brought to
Medford. His car was towed back t"
Yreka.
Although living In Yreka, Boyl
spends much of his time in Medford
where he has many friends. He Is the
son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Boyl of Eu
gene and Medford.
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Fire this afternoon gutted the
warehouse of the Rogue River Valley
Canning company on South Pront
street at 13th str-et and badl aam
erd the Joe Rhultt residence in the
roar at 530 South Central avenue. The
Shults garage anl an adjacent garage
were destroyed.
For a time the entire neighborhood
was endangered. The big two-story
wooden warehou3 burned like tender.
The fire had gj)4 statt before 1
was discovered by some children. Or
igin was not immediately ictermlned.
A chemical crew was called at 8:27
and a few minutes later a general
alarm waa sounded. Every piece of
equipment excepting one truck was
sent to the fire. The blaze was
brought under control In about 20
minutes.
4 '
The biggest shark ever caught with
rod and reel near Australia recently
was landed by Dr. Erlck Pi:her. a
Danish consul. It weighed ,049
pounds.
Victim of Green Springs Crackup
T FOR AMELIA
IN SOUTH PACIFIC
Weary Searchers Start;
Homeward After Greatest
Ocean Hunt Ever Made
250,000 Miles Combed
HONOLULU, July 10. () The
mystery of Amelia Earhart's fato was
left unsolved today In the south Pa
cific vastnesa where she and her nav
igator disappeared July 2 as weary
scared ire gave the pair up for dead
and started homeward. '
Four naval vessels, manned by mors
than 1.500 , heat-plagued men, sailed
away empty handed from the torrid
equator where they completed tho
greatest ocan hunt ever launched.
More than 250.000 square miles of
ocean, reefs and Islands was scoured
by ships and planes In desperate ef
forts to find Miss Earhart and her
companion Frederick J. Noon an.
Somewhere near the equatorial dot
which Is Howland bland, the pulcky
avlatrlx and her companion dropped
from the skies In their fuel less land
plane on a 2,570-mllo flight from Lac.
New Oulnea to the mld-Paclflc sand-
spit.
The tousle -headed. 30 -year -old flier,
known the world over for her avia
tion exploits, was circling tho earth
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RETENTION CHANCE
FOR 0. AND C. FUND
IS
EUGENE. July 19. (AP) The 18
land grant counties of the state,
fighting to retain federal funds In
lieu of taxes on land grant lands,
are In an excellent position at pres
ent, according to Ouy Cordon, Rose
burg, attorney for the counties, who
was in Eugene today conferring with
County Judge Krcd Plsk.
There Is a possibility that con
gress may adjourn this summer with
out acting on the bill now pending.
Cordon said, this being possible In
view of the battle over the president's
court bill.
"However, we are reasonably sure
the bill will be enacted as one of
tho first orders of business when
congress meets next fall," Cordon
declared, "and In any .event the
counties will not lose If the meas
ure Is held up till next session."
Cordon, explained that In the bill
now pending, the 18 land grant coun
ties of the state stand to receive
from 60 to 80 percent of tt:e tax
claims which, under provisions of
the act. would be paid direct to
county treasurers. This latter pro
vision was regarded as a victory by
the counties as the bill first pro
vided the money be paid to the
state treasurer thence distributed
to the counties. Leaders of the fight
believed this would make the fund
a political football, with the counties
standing to lose some of the money.
LIGHTNING FIRES
PUT IN CONTROL
PORTLAND. July 19. (AP) The
fire control division of the United
States forestry service reported all
week-end blazes started by lightning
either out or under control today.
Normal fire weather conditions
prevailed although only light rain
fall occurred In most of the forest
regions.
Thre were many "strikes'' tn the
Mt. Hood area but only 10 danger
ous fires. Foresters, aided by mois
ture, had these wiped out and were
picking up previously unreported but
minor blazes.
About 60 serious strikes wre cov
ered on the Washington aide of the
Columbia river. Except on the upper
Cowlitz, there was virtually, no rain
The forest service said the fire west
of Outer swept about 10 acres of
green timber and old burn.
Headquarters reported that tight
nlng "undoubtedly struck" in other
Oregon and Washington forests but
apparently none waa serious.
,
PORTLAND. July 19. (API Port
land's 47th tratflo victim of the po
lice year attll lay unidentified in the
morgue today. An automobile struck
the 60-year old woman at she at
tempted to walk across an Intersec
tion yesterday.
BATTLE
0
IF SPANISH WAR
Insurgent and Government
Planes, Artillery Strafe
Opposing Lines West of
Madrid Heavy Losses
MADRID, July 19. (AP) The
heaviest battle of the Spanish civil
war thus far raged west of Madrid
today as Insurgents launched a fierce
drive to hurl government troops back
to the capital.
Insurgent and government planes
and artillery crashed bombs and
shells Into opposing lines near Bru-
nete, newly-won government position
12 miles west of Madrid.
In the air, an estimated 160 planes
fought for supremacy, with govern
ment forces gradually - gaining a
slight advantage.
The Insurgent air force renewed
a smashing bombardment of govern
ment front lines and communica
tion routes. A duel between big guns
ranging In size from 3 to 10 lncbes
echoed all day tn the capital.
Besides tho Brunete spearhead Into
insurgent lines, government forces
kept chipping at Insurgent positions
closer to Madrid.
Government guns shelled a mili
tary camp near upper Carabanchel.
outside the southern limits of the
city. Government aircraft followed
un with a heavy bombardment of
tiy camp, where Insurgents have
concentrated a reserve contingent In
former alrforco barracks.
Tho Cuatrovtentes airfield south
of Madrid also came under, heavy
government fire.
The fighting brought heavy losses
to both sides, but government of
ficers declared Insurgents suffered
heaviest casualties through exposing
their forces In the counter attack.
Recapture of Brunete was regarded
aa vital for Insurgent forces because
government artillery, from' new em
placements. Is shelling Insurgent
positions near Madrid from both me
front and rear,
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ANOTHER ASCENT
ROCHESTER. Minn., July 19.
(AP)-Or. Jean Plccard announced
today he expects to make a stratos
phero flight In a new type aircraft,
made up of many small balloons,
which hie ascension yesterday was
declared to have proven la practical.
Plccard returned here today after
he made a tree-top landing at Lan
sing. Iowa, six hours after his
"Pleiades' soared 11.000 feet into tho
air. The 'trial flight was made with
OA four-foot sounding balloons, such
as are used In weather observations.
Plccard ssld he was looking for
sponsors for a flight tn a similar
craft, made up of two cluster! of
the thin rubber balloons, which
would be made one year after finan
cial help was assured.
"We have learned many things,"
he said, "but there-are some changes
to oc maae,"
He said he did not consider the
fire, which broke out In the gondola
as he landed In a deep valley in
northeastern Iowa, destroying the
duralumlnum shell and damaging
the equipment, a serious matter.
Court Change Foes Plan
Early Senate Showdown
ABOARD SPECIAL CONGRES
SIONAL TRAIN. July IB. (AP) Op
pom ts of the president' court bill
snnotsced today they would seek a
senate Vote on thst bitterly-fought
Issue eally this week.
Senst.- Burke ID-Neb), a leader of
the opposition, said a motion to send
the supreme court reorganization
measure back to committee for fur
ther study probably would be made
tomorrow, and added:
"we are confident we can carry
the motion by a comfortable mar
gin." Ending the political truce declared
Immediately after the death of sona
tor Robinson (D-Ark) Democratic
senate leader, last Wednesday,
Burke's atatement Indicated the five
month struggle over the Judlilary
legislation waa nearlng it end.
If the motion to recommit the BUI
Is carried. It would bury the measure
for tlx rest of this session. It de
Admits Slaying
i)wm- - sa
m
iH. I i
Morril Juliiiftou, btulea utturncy at
rittsrleld. III. announced the Rev.
C. R. Newton. Al (above), admitted
lie struck Mrs. Dennis Kelly 4.1,
Paris, Mo., on the head with a ham
mer and tossed her body Into the
Mlmlulppl river.
TO BE NAMED IN
GRANTS PASS, July 19. (AP)
Curry county will fllo- Injunction
BUlU against . a . number ot largo
placer mln. operations In Jackson
county aa soon as sufficient Informa
tion can . bt : gathered, trie Curry
county, reporter, weekly Gold Beacn
newspaper, announces In Its latest
Issue.
Sixteen major 'operators In Jose
phine county wcro named last week
with the plaintiff taking a perma
nent Injunction . against defendants
dumping mining talllnga Into the
Rogue river or ..It tributaries or
along thai banks.
Contracts, have, been made wltn
ownera of property along the atream
and a "sizeable fund" raised for the
purposes of paying the expenses of
action, the reporter said.
The ault Is filed In the name of
the state of Oregon by the district
attorney of Curry county, the re
porter said.
The complaint, . aays the report,
charges damagos to the Rogue from
the standpoint ot navigation, use
for domestic and livestock raising
purposes, fish life and fishing, rec
reational attractions, change of chan
nel, destroying property In time of
floods, and other Items,
FRUIT RATE BOOST
Ti
HOOD RIVER. July 10. (AP)-If
appeals to shipowners? fall, the Hood
River Tratflo association said It was
prepared to carry a proteat to the
federal maritime commission agslnst
a proposed rat Increase on apple
and near exports to the European
market. -
The association will ask the sup
port of other fruit traffic organisa
tions at Medford, Yakima and Wen
atchce. Shippers and producers aald exist
ing raws are too high and another
Increase will be more then the In
dustry can beer.
feat many senators agreed, might
bring a apeedy collapse ot the opposi
tion, which expects to muster lit
greatest strength on the recommittal
motion.
Burke's challenge quickly ws ac
cepted by Senator Mlnton (D-Indl,
one of the court Bill's most vigorous
defenders, who declared:
"W are ready to vote any Mme.
and 1 know that we can win."
roes of the BUI scheduled a club
car caucus for this evening, when
they will work out final detail, ot
their strategy. It will be attended
by Burke, Senator Wheeler ID
Mont), auahoney (D-Wyo), Clark
ID-Mo) and halt dozen others
who have been most active In the
fight.
Vice-President. Garner, who Joined
the party at Little Rock, told sena
tors he would take no part Id the
court controversy, nor In he equally
close drawn atruggl for the senate
leadership.
CAR PLUNGES OFF
130-FOOT BANK IN
ROUNDING CURVE
Auto Salesmen of Klamath
Receives Fatal Injuries
En Route to Visit Family
Here Rites Wednesday
John Asher Butler, 37, of 833 South
Sixth street, Klamath Falls, died In
Ashland Community hospital at tM
a. m. Sunday from Injuries received
when his automobile left the Green-,
sprlnga highway one-quarter of a.
mile south of the summit at about
7:80 Saturday evening and tumoled
down a 130-foot embankment. It
was the eighth Jackson county auto-,
moblle-aocldent fatality since the
first of the year.
Butler, a salesman for the Chevro
let Motor Co. In Klamath Falls, died
from a crushed cheat and seven
scalp lacerations. He waa 'alone In
tho .car, a 1930 Chevrolet aedan, ex
cept for hta tiny bulldog puppy.
which wss killed Instantly.
Rounding Curve
According to reports, Butler was
traveling to Medford to visit his wife,
Mrs. Ruth Butler, and three children,
Pauline, Joan and Billy. Coming
around a sharp left curve at a fairly
taat rate of speed, the car slipped on
the road's soft ahoulder and plunged
down a aheer cliff to the old high
way below..JButler was, thrown clear
of the spinning machine after about
60 feet.
Two men, whose names 'were not
learned, were In a car directly behind -that
driven by Butler, and brought
the Injured man back up to the
highway. They then sent word to
0. B. Howard at the Summit ranch,
who in turn telephoned to Ashland
for the C. M. Utwlller ambulance.
Butler waa rushed to the Commu
nity hospital In Aahland, where he
regained consciousness only a few
ttmea before hla death. i
Auto Demolished
The auto waa totally demolished. ,
In addition to bis wife and three
ohltdren, Butler la survived by his
parents, Mr. and Mrs. W. c Butler
ot Eagle Point; two sisters, Mrs.
Emma Kllgore of Klamath Palls and .
Mrs. Nellie Savage of Halsey, Ore.,
and one brother, James P. Butler of
Aubora, Cal.
' Servlcea will be held from the
J, P. Dodge and Bon funeral home In
Ashland Wednesday at 11 a. m the
Rev. D. E. Nourse of the Neighbor
hood Congregational church officiat
ing. Interment Is tentatively set for
Mountain View cemetery.
John Asher Butler waa burn ln
Aahland August 10, 1899, and lived,
there with his parent a number of
years during his youth. His wife and
family reside tn Medford.
Junior C. of C. To Quit
PENDLETON. July 19. (AP) The
Pendleton Junior Chamber of Com
merce, organized nere iour years ago. .
has decided to disband, according to
Its president, Ray Mitchell. Reason .'
given was that members believed
combining with the senior chamber
ot the city, resulting In one organiza
tion, preferable to continuing the
two.
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National
R. H. E.
St. Louis
ass
New York
3 S 1
Johnson and Owen: Oumbert
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Philadelphia t IS 1
Bowman, Brown, Weaver, Brandt
and Todd; Walters, and Grace.
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