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Over Supply If yon hin an over-supply ot anything that U saleable and The Weather Tribune Medford Forecast: Fair and warmer tonlfht and Thursday. Temperature Highest yesterday , , 90 Lowest this morning 57 worth advertising nae the elssslfled e o I n m d of this newspaper. Quick and satis factory result, almost Invari ably follow. Small cost. full Associated Prat full United Press Tliirty-Secoud Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, JULY 28, 1937 No. 110. nfinfia-A in AMI? ME mm K B8AISV Lv H. R. BALKIIAGE Copyright. 1937. by The North Amer ican Newspaper Alliance, Inc. WASHINGTON. July 28. Governor Wln&hlp. when he sails back to bis poet in Puerto Rico Thursday will carry In his pocket a plan, so far carefully guarded from the -eyes of the public. If he goes through with It, the charms of Uncle Sam's some what obstreperous ward In the An tilles may become a rival ofMallbu and Miami. According to the blue-print, the In sular government would spend some $300,000 a year for the next two years on tourist lure. It Is presumed by the few men who know the details that the Island littoral would be convert ed Into another palm-covered bathing beach with a bathing beauty under each palm. Anyhow, the governor expects to have the services of a publicity ex pert who glorified the sirens of Flor ida and mado the bathing suit the second thing a tourist looks at In any resort ad. Into the beguiling picture of lux urious leisure that la to be Puerto Rico, thsre will sail a famous ship- none other than the storied Levia than, now tethered to a Hoboken dock by rusty hawsers and to the United states government by a heavy mortgage. If the special three-weeks1 aurvey now under way ahowe her to be sat isfactory, the Leviathan la about to add to the many roles she haa el' ready played aa mistress of the seas; as the liner Vaterland before aha was seized and made over Into a troopship, then a luckless and expensive liner again under the American flag, governmental white elephant, and now a sort of mortgaged "trade-in" for the new ship the International mercantile marine is pledged to build In her place. It Is understood Maritime Commis sioner Kennedy's oxeh has been given to transform the ship Into a floating' hotel, anchored as near the beach of San Juan as her deep draught will allow. Under these conditions, the United States would probably be the owner while a hotel company oper ated her. After using the Leviathan aa troopship to pack soldiers to France and bring them back, the government paid Germany $12,000,000 for the Le viathan. It cost about M.ooo.OOO to recondition her. . Anyone who slept among her atandeea or messed beans and alum In her great dining room, with the Kaiser's picture dec orated with highly uncomplimentary references and smeared with tar, will understand She haa carried (not too comfort' ably, as this writer can testify) more than 2.000 aoldlera at one time. there la room aboard for plenty of paying guests. There arises In connection with (Continued on Page Six.) DttTHllSlNIER OF Tom Jefferson, smaller of the twin boya born last Sunday to -Mr. and Mrs. E. A. Reablll of tola city, died last night, the attending physician reported today. Oxygen was used In an effort to save his life. The Infant weighed one pound and fifteen ounces at birth. Hla twin brother, Edgar Allen, weighing two and one-half pounds, la progressing nicely In the Incuba tor on a special milk formula, at. w O. Bishop reported today. Tha twine were seven month bablea. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Mrs. Pearl Campbell boasting of her cow. Spotty, who gave birth to twin heifers Tuesday a. m . causing considerable excitement In the Cairp, bell borne. Homer Marx dutifully sleerlng hie offspring to the circus, while Mrs. Marx la away, but being forced to enlist the aid of a friend to keep the youngsters In bounds. Bea Wright exhibiting a more or leas snooty attitude toward all and sundry, the explanation being highly painful stiff neck. Edits Nichols untangling family relationships to elucidate on the dif ference between sisters and cousins, she averring this to be a kinship sometimes confused by the press. City Supe Fred Schetfel going Into a statistical trsnce and tracing min utely the cost of this department and last. Marines Establish Emergency Haven In Peiping Battle PKirlNQ. July 28. (Delayed almost SO hours) The last remaining telegraph line from Pelplng to Tientsin went dead at 6:45 a. m. today (5:45 p. m. Tuesday. E.S.T.) Pelplng's only communication with outside world was through limited radio facilities. PE3PINO (by wireless to Shanghai) July 28. (AP) The majority of the '5 American civilians In Pelplng took refuge In tha United States em bassy compound tonight at the cloae of the first day of major Chinese Japanese hostilities in this area. The five hundred United States martnea of the embassy guard hur riedly set up an emergency encamp ment for the civilian refugees. Marine Wounded Julius Fllszar of Baston, Penn.. a member of the marine guard, was wounded slightly when fired upon by Chinese soldiers who apparently mis took him for a Japanese. The Unit ed Statea embassy aald it did not consider the Incident serious. It apparently was confirmed to night that the Chinese 29th army had scored heavily against the Japa nese, who are attempting to expel them from Pelplng and the nearby trouble area. , Chinese took a number of Japanese cosualtlea when the Japanese attack ed them at Nanyuan, south of Pelp lng, early today. The engagement opened with 17 Japanese planea dropping exploaive and Incendiary bombs while artillery shelled the Chinese lines. Take Heavy Toll Chinese Infantrymen withdrew to positions from which, well eetabllsh ed reports said, their snipers found targets among the Japanese forces. Ninety wounded Chinese soldiers who arrived at Pelplng tonight said they took a heavy toll of Japanese lives. The Chinese said they had cap tured Fengtal, Japanese field head quarters. This waa considered by military authorities here as "thor oughly possible" since Japanese had withdrawn as many troops as possi ble from the Fengtaln garrison when they launched attacks to drive out the recalcitrant 29th Chinese army elsewhere. Reinforcements from the 37th di vision of the 29th army came east ward across the Yungtlng river to aid In the Chinese offensive. Tungchow Captured Chinese officers also declared their troops captured Tungchow. east of Pelplng. They aald Yin Ju-Klng, head of the Hopeh province auton omous regime, which favors Japan, had been captured at Tungchow, his "capital." (A Domel (Japanese) news agency report to Tokyo aald Japanese forces opened a heavy artillery bombard ment of Cblneae positions at Lu kouchlao and Wanplnghslen, south' western and western suburbs of Pelp lng.) The Japanese embassy circulated a statement which reaffirmed previous declarations, the Japanese army did not Intend to take action against Pelplng nor bomb the city from the air. The statement aald the aafety ot all foreigners In the city was assured. Chinese Entrench However, the Chinese 29th army dug trenches In front of the embassy quarter. Japanese airplanes flew over tne city, dropping leaflets asserting their determination to oust the 29tn army Fighting subsided In large measure aa the day ended. When darkness fell, cannon could be beard booming In the distance, however. Americans and other foreigners within the walla faced the night cheerfully, apparently convinced the embassy quarter waa a aafe refuge. Bloodthirsty Senorita Barred From Warfront By RALPH E. HEINZEM (United Press But Correspondent I PARIS, July 28. ( UP) Senorita Pilara La Fpente, 22-year-old girl anarchist of the Spanish loyalists who boasts of having slit the throats of 1.000 wounded rebels, was forbid den today to return to the lighting ranks. Pilara, known as "La Llbertarla" among her comrades. Is In a hospital at Oljon on the Biscay coast, recup erating from wounds received In tne bitter fighting around Ortedo last February. Tte loyalist high command decided to use the bobbed-haired "Red Car men tor propaganda work smot-g Spain's women. The decision waa made after the death yesterday of Oerde Taro. Polish rewspsper woman and ' war corre spondent ot Um Pari Cx'mmiinlat TALK EVACUATION U. S. NATIONALS IN BELEAGUERED CITY WASHINGTON. July 28. (AP) Secretary Hull said today that possi ble evacuation of American civilians from Pelplng was being considered as one eventuality to be met In the present Stno-Japanese crisis. He made the statement at hla press conference shortly after . It became known that President Roosevelt was keeping In constant touch with ' far eastern developments, to determine. among other thlnga, whether the neutrality act ahould be Invoked. The secretary said no decision had yet been reached on the question of evacuating American natlonala. He added, however, the question of pre' serving the safety of all forelgnera In Pelplng waa a subject of continuous conferences among American em bassy officials and the representa tives of other foreign governments. There are approximately 675 Amer icana listed aa residents of Pelplng, most of them affiliated with reltgt? ous and educational Institutions. In addition, a force of -800 men and officers comprises the American ma rina guard tor Its embassy, i Hull told newsmen the question of evacuation of forelgnera from Pelplng has arisen now for the tint time since adoption of the Boxer protocol of 1901, which was written to care for Just aucb an emergency. Following the Boxer rebellion In which many forelgnera were slain In the old Chinese capital, foreign nations agreed with Ohlna under a formal compact that they would maintain military forces sufficient to keep Intact the railroad line between Pelplng and Tientsin, the nearest seaport, so there would be no doubt that forelgnera could flee In times of danger. Hull emphasized tha Japanese gov ernment baa given assurancea foreign Uvea and property .would be protect ed and that the Nanking government of China had assumed the same gen eral attitude. He Indicated that be cause of this, only reasons ot utmost urgency would Impel the united Statea government to suggest that American men and women1 In Pelplng leave that city. 1 . Bette Davis Sick From Sun-Stroke HOLLYWOOD, July 28. (AP) Bette Davis of the movies suffered a sun-stroke which will keep her confined to a hospital In Carpln terla, Calif, her husband, Harmon O. Kelson, said today. He said his wife, who was vacationing, Is too 111 to be moved to her home here and that she haa been ordered to remain In bed for at leaat tour weeka, 1 - Colusa Times Hit By $15,000 Blaze COLUSA. Calif., July 28 (P The oomposlry room ot the Colusa Times, published by I. O. Zumwalt, was swept by fire today with an estimated loss of 815.000. One fireman waa Injured. newspaper Ce Solr. on tha Brunei front west ot Madrid. Oerda, 26. was rallying tha Inter national brigade of tha loyalist armies to a counter-attack against Bruneta when she waa kilted. As sne stood on the running-board of an automobile, ahouting to the troops. a rumbling tank ailpped and slde- 1 wiped the car. "La Llbertaria" bad been regarded among the loyalist troops as the suc cessor to "La Paaslonaria, awartny Austrian woman whose real name Is Dolores Ibarrurl and who was the first womsn to carry a gun Into bat tle In Spain. "La Paaslonaria,' whose husband is communist functionary In Rus sia, haa given up fighting and giving nightly radio talks to women from s Valencia station. A loyalist itiment sUU bears her lu-me. how- eveca Oregonians In Peiping WASHINGTON, July 38. P) A list of American citizens residing in Peiping, announced by the state department, Included the follow ing Oregon residents: Portland Mrs. Ylm-Klng chow and daughter, Jean Shlb-Chln, Mr. and Mrs. John Bear drosbouse, Belle Trenholm. Klamath, Falls Mr. and Mrs. Jamea Dodge White. Rock Creek ranch. Orenco Elizabeth Margaret Car lisle. Corvallls Mr. and Mrs. Ray mond Deloy Jameson and son, Michael, Oregon State college. Canyon City Mr. and Mrs. Adlal Albert Ester, and daughters Ade line H. and Lucille E. Leaburg Jean Elizabeth Mll-llcan. The Dalles Louise Victoria Smith. WIFE OF PRISONER DEMANDS AID FOR SELF, 2 The wife of Jacob Krai), held In the county Jail on a charge ot rap-, filed by hla 16-year-old niece, called at the sheriff's and district attorney's offices yesterday, and threatened "alt-down" strike unless she was pro vided with relief for herself and two children. Sheriff Byd I. Brown said. According to the sheriff, Mrs. Krall demanded aid and declared "I wlH stay right here until X get It, If It takes 10 years." She then went to the district attorney and repented her demands. After a short stay she de parted. Both oflclals advlred the worn 411 re. lief waa outside their jurisdiction, and to make her request to the county relief committee. Mrs. Krall, acordlng to the district attorney's office, cam here from Ar cadia, Cal., to bo near her husband. and la without funds. Preliminary hearing of Krall, at his own request, has been set for Thurs day morning In Justice court. Krall was arrested at Yreka, Cal.r last Sat urday and roturned here. The complaining witness alleges that while on a hunting trip four months ago with Krall, in the Sams Valley district, she waa attacked by him. t E STRUCK BY BOLT BEND, July 38, (AP) Now elec trical storms sweeping over central Oregon last night In the wake of thunderheads which flooded Mitchell to tne northeast Sunday and pre sented an electrical display unmatch ed In yeara inflicted new damage today. An Interior wall of the home of D. W. Mulcare here was stripped of plaster by a lightning bolt which knocked a radio to pieces, tore holes out ot a celling and shattered win dows. Mulcare, 111 In bed a few feet away from one of the windows bro ken escaped Injury. Across the street the home of Don Bradbury was scorched. CENTRAL POINT DRIVER FACES DRUNK CHARGE Clarence Eugene Avert). 48, of Cen tral Point, was scheduled to appear In Justice of the peace court today to answer charges of driving an automo bile while Intoxicated. He Is being held -In the county Jail. Ave rill was arrested by atate police at 10:48 last night on the Pacific highway near Central Point after he allegedly had driven his 1839 Ford aedan Into the ditch several times and stood In the highway trying to flag down passing motorists with bis shirt. Bute polio found a halfplnt of whiskey In his automobile, they re ported. EXEMPTION IS SOUGHT FOR WORKERS IN FRUIT WASHINOTON. July An amendment to the hours and wane law, proposed by Senator Cbar.es McNarr of Oregon, would exempt the handling snd canning of perishable fish, vegetable, fruits snd berries, as j commodities requiting handling re- igardless of working hours to pxovent sUms. . . . . . N WAGE, HOUR ACT Labor Committee Would Give Board Power to Set Minimum Wages High As 70 Cents 35-Hour Week WASHINGTON. July 38. P) The house labor committee drastically re vised the administration's wage-hour bill today to give the proposed labor standards board power to establish minimum wages as high as 70 cents an hour and a maximum work week as short as 35 hours. The house committee acted wh'.lP the senate debated the admlnlstra tlon measure to permit such a board to fix wages no higher than 40 cents an hour and hours no longer than 40 a week. The house changes were made, com mittee members said, after Chairman Norton (D.-N.J.) voted to break a tie. The changes were prepared by Rep reaentatlve Wood (D.-Mo.) Although declining details of the amendment. Representative Rams- peck (D., Or.), ranking majority member, predicted It would defeat the bill In the house If left un changed. "Representing the section I do." he said, "X know I will vote against the bill If these changes remain." Across the capltol, Senator Vanden- berg (R.. Mich.) said the Black-Con- nery measure undei consideration there might place Industry In "straight-Jacket." He called for "a period of adjust ment" to the Wagner labor relations law before placing the nation under a "new code." "There Is such a thing aa economic Indigestion," he said "There Is also such a tlung as economlo suicide.' While Vandenberg spoke. President William Green of .the American Fed eration of Labof said to rn statement that amendments offered by the Michigan senator yesterday were "the first step toward government control of unions." Vandenberg proposed amendments to the wage-hour bill designed to In crease labor's responsibility In dis putes with an employes. "We protest the proposed amend ments," Green said, "because we can not accept restrictions Jeopardising the future freedom and democracy of the membership of the American Federation of Labor." He said the unfair labor practices sections of Vandenberg's proposal "provide for an extent of regulation of unions by the government that falls little short of the example set by Fascism Germany. Vandenberg coupled his attack on the wage and hour bill the Black- Connery measure with a demand that the "one-way street" of the Wag ner labor relations act be revised to govern the conduct of. union organlz atlons. Submitting changes In the labor relations measure as an amendment to the wage-hour bill, Vandenberg asserted that "protection of civil lib erties cannot be a permanently one way street, no matter who controls the street." 4 ROSEBURO, Ore., July 37 (AP) Arthur Joelson, engaged In the ope ration of a sawmill In the Elkhead district near Yoncalla, was brought to the Roeeburg hospital today suf fering from a broken leg, fractured ribs and a crushed shoulder, which resulted when a logging truck broke from control on a steep grade. v Twenty Injured in Police V"v. if At .a HHui.a iniurfin. the fonltan-MrKlnney-plant of Into toe plant. Hers act noJlos CITE PRECEDENT . F. H'S TAX Assistant Attorney General Declares Treasury Found Radio Contract Brought in No Taxable Income WASHINGTON. July 28. p) Rob ert H. Jackson, assistant attorney gen eral, said today the treasury had merely followed precedents In ruling that a radio contract did not result In taxable Income of Mrs, Franklin D. Roosevelt. Mrs. Roosevelt, Jackson told a Joint congressional tax committee, "receiv ed no Income for herself and was no richer directly or Indirectly for her labors." Because the contract provided Philadelphia charity should receive $3,000 after each broadcast, Rep re sentatlve Fish (R.-N. Y,), had accused the presidents wife of using a tax loophole. Jackson was called at the Insistence of Republican committee members to explain the ruling. Deny Clever Scheme During his testimony, the assistant attorney general denied vigorously that Mrs. Roosevelt had employed "1 clever little scheme" to avoid tax pay ments. "Doesn't the cose of Mrs. Roose velt come In the category of 'a clever little scheme" to use the president's own words?" asked Representative I Tread way (R,-Mass). I "There, you are questioning her motive," Jackson replied. "I think it does not come In such a category. If Mrs. Roosevelt had wanted to avoid her taxes, she would not have oome near. the bureau." He contended there was no dis crimination In favor of Mrs. Room ( Continued on Page Six.) 4 ACRES ADDED ROGUE FOREST TO WASHINGTON. July S8. (P) A bill signed Tuesday by President Roosevelt will add two hundred acres ot Oregon and California grant land to the Rogue River national forest In Oregon. The secretaries of Interior snd agri culture will appraise the land, and an amount equal to Its value will be transferred by the treasury from na tional forest receipts to the land grant funds of the counties Involved. The land referred to above com prises 130 acres In the Dead Indian soda aprlnga area and 60 acres In the McAllister aoda spring section. The forest service plana to develop the .300 seres for recreational uses. carrying out Its policy of opening for est areas for the public's free utilis ation, headquarters here said. Tho plans include the protection and use of the aoda aprlnga which are considered of benefit for oertaln ailments. Tranalioot Veteran Dies PORTLAtD. July 28. (AP) And rew J. Winters, 73, for many years one of the outstanding trapshootlng experts of the northwest, died at his home here Monday. Im iwiiira,fn.ii. were tnliired In a Republic s.te.1 (aroraeion In Cleveland when police soujlit to clear pata althlng one sector of Uia nickel Una, BASEBALL American R. . 7 -11 Cleveland Philadelphia Wyatt; Feller (7). Hevlng (8) and Sullivan; Ross, Nelson (7) and Bruck er. R. H. E. 8 13 8 Chicago Washington It 1 a Kennedy and Sewell: Unke, wea ver. Cohen and R. Ferrell. St. Louis 4 8 0 Boston 8 11 a Hlldebrand and Remsley: Newsom and Desautela. Detroit - New Vork Aukor and Hayworth; toy (7) and Dickey. Gomez, Mad- National R. . 1 Boston Cincinnati 8 10 1 Lannlng. Hutchinson (8), and Muel ler; R. Davis and V. Be via. R. H. B. Brooklyn 8 11 0 Chicago 7 10 0 Butoher and Phelps, Spencer (8) French, Root and Odea. R. H. E. Philadelphia 4 10 a Pittsburgh . 8 13 0 Passeau, Kelleher (6), Jorgena (7) Mulchay (8), and Atwood, Wlleon (8); Weaver, Brown (7), and Todd. BELFAST TERRORISTS STAGE GREETING EOR BRITISH SOVEREIGNS BELFAST, Northern Ireland, July 28. .Terrorlat ahattered the peace of Belfast and .mater's Free. State border with bombs, arson and gunfire today In hostile greeting to King George VI and Queen Elisabeth. Police blamed the outbreak on Irish republicans.. While the king and queen, on coronation visit, were driving to the Belfast alty hall through crowded streets, a gas main exploalon a half mile away boomed through a wide area of Belfast. After tha British sovereigns were received at the olty hall, attended a atnte luncheon and a garden party, and saw a parade of youth organiz ations. Investigators decided the gas exploalon probably was accidental.' . However, the Royal Ulster constab ulary at Belfast said they were In vestigating the possibility that the blaat might have been caused by a land mine. Other explosions and disorders, In cluding the burning of 38 customs houses between Carllngford and Bun doran were attrrlbuted to a "big plot," rumors of which had reached the ears of the authorities last week Crowds lining the streets cheered the king and queen on their drive through the city. The throngs start ed gathering last night and hundreds ate plcnlo breakfasts In the streets to keep their places. At the city hall tha king replied to an address of welcome by saying: "We cannot thank .you enough for the' kindness and warmth of the wel come you have given us. Wo are de lighted to find ourselves among you onoe again to renew our acquaint ance with our loyal people of north ern Ireland, whom we wish ever-tn creasing prosperity and happiness.' -Picket Clash clash between pickets and police at THREATENS DELAY Determination of Indiana Democrat Expand Newly Written Measure May Postpone Adjournment WASHINGTON, July 38, (API- Senate foea of the original Roose. velt oourt bill aald today a proposal by Senator Mlnton (D Ind.) to ex pand the newly-written lower court . reorganisation bill threatened a con. test which might prolong the eona gresslonal aesslon. Mlnton reiterated today hla deter mlnatlon to ask tha senate to amend the aubstltute court bill to require two-thlrda decisions by the supreme court to Invalidate acta of congress. Soon after Mlnto had spoken It became known that President Rooae velt bad aummoned senate and nous. Democratlo leaders to the Whit House for a late afternoon confer, ence to discuss the legislative pro. gram. To Bee Farm Leaders Those asked to talk with the pres. Went were Senator Berkley of Ken. tucky, new senate majority leader! Speaker Bankhead and Represents. tlve Raybura of Texas, the house floor chieftain. Mr. Roosevelt also arranged ta confer during tha afternoon wit representatives of major farm organ. laatlona who are seeking paasage this seaslon of new farm legislation. Senator Wheeler (D.. Mont.), lead.. ar of the faction which forced ellm. lnatlon of the supremo court phases of tha Roosevelt court bill, quickly announced his opposition to thai Mlnton move and aald It would be violation of our understanding with Vice-president Garner and otbef administration spokesmen. Wheeler referred to tha sgreememl under wbloh the Roosevelt bill waa dropped last weak and tha judiciary oommlttee ordered to draft a aubstl. tuts dealing only with the lowea oourte. New Flgbt Feared -'It will probably start tha fig all over again and we thought we ll ad settled It," Wheeler aald. Under the agreement to which ha referred, the Judiciary oommlttee was ready today to submit tne redrafted court bill to the senate with a unan. lmoua report. Its approval waa ax pec ted to speed tha end of tha ass. alon. Administration ohteftalna Wvsa fighting to hold congress in eesstoes long enough to pass what they eon. sldered the moat vital parts of tha Roosevelt leglsUUtve program. They realized that one tha court bill waa disposed of, It would be hard to hold oongreaa hare much longer. Mlnton explained he would pre. sent hla amendment "entirely on my own hook," without any promise of support from administration lead era. Direct Appeal Provided Tha new oourt bill provides fort Direct appeal to the supreme court on private cases Involving tha eon. stltutlonallty of acta of oongreaa. Intervention by the attorney-gen. eral In any case attacking a federal law In a federal oourt, and appoint. ment of a three-Judge court to bear pleas for Injunctions agalnat federal statutes. Tha revised oourt bill makes aa reference to tha supreme court. It la aimed directly at speeding up lltlga tlon In tha lower courta. - u UPS FIRE HAZARD . i By the Associated Press. High temperatures and contlnax' ally lowering humidity Increased flra hazards today In northwest forests. harraaaed by lightning storms almost dally since Sunday. Crews of civilian conservation corps snd other fighters moved against blasts In widely scattered parts of the northwest. Most of the blaaaa, notably In central Oregon, waatera Montana and North Idaho, and la western Washington, were believes) to be n earing or under oontroL Lightning acaiMred biases In tna Heppner, Meacham and Uklah re. glons of Oregon, tne Cascade nna. the Longvtew regions of westers Washington, and In many secUces) of western Montana and north Idaoav Sky Refrigerator Drops Ice Cube GRANTS PASS, July aav UP) heavenly refrigerator showered tea cubes on Claude Trimble and Jamea Nance near the Golden Wedge mine In Sunday's storm, they reported hera. They said "pieces of aolld. clear tee not ball rained from the aky, one to three Inches long and frora one to two Inches thick." Trimble displayed a aevere bruise on hla head, ftaaot aa protected Mr (tra .
