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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonlfbt and Saturday; little change ta temperature. TEMPERATt'BB niftiest yesterday M Lowest this morning 56 Sunday Want Ads Tribune tondsy Is Uin big clssslfled dsy. Ads In by 8:30 p.m. Sat urday wlU be classified, ad received Uter will run Too Late to Classify." Closing time 8 p. m. Saturday. FORD full Associated Preu Full United Preu Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY, JULY 30, 1937. No. 112. mist cam b reel m 1 Jl MED MM ,1 r B.Y II. R. H.U'KIMGE Copyright, 1937. by the North Amer ican Newspaper Alliance, Inc. ! WASHINGTON, July 30. Sincere Democrats who look up the Tift be tween the majority and the White House, which aeems to be growing wider day by day, are mumbling "might-have-beens," They eay, Aertously, what sounds frivolous that bacon and eggs might have helped matters. What they mean la that there haven't been enough In timate Invitations to gatherings, such aa President coolidge sponsored, when congressmen who otherwise never got more than a handshake from the ex ecutive, had something they could write home about. President Roosevelt doesn't' have breakfast parties. Critics In congress say that his dinners bog down with the members of the executive branch. Breakfasta are cheap a few saus ages, as one com plainer puts It. The Coolidge "fish-hash" became famous, but It was potent. There might have been a half a dozen congressmen at these frugal gatherings, and not much conversation, but the home town newspapers only mentioned their own representative. It sounded ex clusive It made him seem Import ant. These days, the bedroom-breakfaA is a secretariat affair. Secretary Mclntyre to talk, over the schedule of the day's visitors, Secre tary Early to get answers to such questions the press might ask, or ex planations of announcements to be' ex leased to the waiting world. Frequent ly, Charles West, liaison man Is on hand. But no senators or congress men. Many a member of - congress 'met the president at Jeflerson Island, for the first .JJme-T-unless you count, a handshake tha 'reception Ana of a thousand. . . President Wilson, for U his auster ity and aloofness, used to call In con gressional drafting experts to help draw up the bills he suggested. He Invited - chairmen and committee members. The Hoovers were lavish en tertainers and managed to get around the congressional membership pretty veil. Of course, President Harding had a wide poker circle. Youth must be served these days In congress. The senate "freshmen1 who caused so much excitement marching down again against early adjournment, aren't the only ones who are making trouble. Now. first-term Jerry O'Connell, representative from Montana, seems to have placed a tack on Senator Wheeler's chair. He want the sen ate seat himself, It's said, and is ready to battle for It. Just to help the folks at home. Congressman O'Connell Introduced a bill last January to "authorize com . pletlon, maintenance and operation of certain facilities at Fort Peck, Mon tana," to provide another one of those "authorities" for the "genera tion, distribution, and sale of elec tricity." A flood control project at thla point was already provided for. Senator Wheeler apparently didn't (Continued on Page rwelvet ALICE MARBLE BEATS JADW1GA IN FINALS OTA BRIGHT. N. J., July 30. (AP) Blonde Alice Marble of San Francisco who three times had lost to Jadwlga Jedrzekowftka, in European matches, defeated the Polish national cham pion today to win the women's final of the Sea Bright Invitation tourna ment. The scores were 6-3, 5-7, 8-8. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Todd Porter complimenting himself on bis fine job of repairing Raymond Driver's driver which he broke driv ing a long drive on the golf links. Ashland's Mayor Thornton 8. Wiley coming out for Bbakexpeare. Med ford's Mayor Oeorge W. Porter hav ing beaten blm to the draw. Harold Williams, back for a visit, turning against hts old home town by claiming he now likes Salem best. Jacque Matlaque afraid to look at the Great Dflmsr for fesr the hyp notist would put the "eye" on him. EH Hdrlok breathing lgb of re lief when Lamport's finally beat the 90-30 club at softball last night, the school superintendent having prev iously offered a present of 15 to the drt"sri - tr.T1d n cl u imn should they coma through, with a via. DANIEL C. HIE OF LAKEVIEW IS Car Crashes Into Tree When Driver Apparently Naps in Early Morning Ride Body Badly Broken Xpparently falling asleep at the wheel of bis 1930 Ford coupe, Dan iel Coleman White. 27, a truck driver of Lakevlew, Ore., waa Instantly killed about 1 o'clock this morning when his car left the Crater Lake highway four miles north of Pros pect and crashed into a tree, ne was the lone occupant of the ma chine, which was completely demol ished. . According to his operator's license and other Information found on bis person. White had previously been employed by the Peterson and John son Brothers Lumber company oi Lakevlew. The coroner's office to day was attempting to locate rela tives. They reported that a telephone call to Lakevlew had failed to dis close any information regarding the dead man, with the exception of word that he had had a partner in some logging operations there. A man waa attempting to contact the partner today, the coroner'a office stated. Southbound. Traveling south on the highway. White's automobile gradually left the road, hit a large rock, turned upside-down, and then crashed Into a tree, according to the coroner's office. The' accident was discovered by an unidentified motorist who re ported It to Dewey Hill at Prospect. Hill then notified the state police and coroner's office, and the latter removed the body to Perl's funeral home. It will be held there until word la received . from . a relative, Deputy Coroner Herb Brown stated. Among White's possessions was a letter from his mother. Although the postmark was Indistinct, It la be lieved the letter was mailed from Hayward. Calif. It waa signed only "Mother." There waa no other in formation to be discovered on his person. Bodv Badly Broken. Deputy Coroner Brown said that It was almost certain that White was Instantly killed. He hnd a frac tured skull, a broken collar bone, and several broken ribs, the deputy coroner stated. 1 LONG LOST CRAFT PORT OBFORD. July 30. (AP) Captain F. H. Hardy and Lieut. V. D. Patterson of the department of com merce steamer Guide reported today they believed they had discovered the long missing schooner South Coast on the sea floor off the south ern Oregon coast. The South Coast sailed from Cres cent City, Calif- In August, 1930, for Coos Bay and was never seen again. Not a single body of its crew of 19 was found. The Guide is making a wire survey in the Port Orford roadstead and the officer said the line hit what was probably a ahlp mast. They located the spot near the Rogue river reef. A diver will investigate. NEWTON. Iowa, July 30. (AP James H. Rhodes, publisher of the Newton Dally News, announced today the paper will cease publication "un til further notice. following a strike of a group of mechanical department employes this morning. F. R. Keeping Close Watch On Sino-Japanese Conflict WASHINGTON, July 30. (AP) President Roosevelt said today that the far eastern situation was very disturbing and that he would keep In dose touch with developments over the week-end. The president make this brief ob servation on the far eastern situation at bis regular Friday press confer ence. Just across the street at the state department, coded wireless messages flying halfway around the world brought latest reports on the safety of Americans In China. Secretary Hull said at his press conference that latest official reports were that conditions were quieter In ooth Pelplng and Tntin snd that Americans In both places are safe thus far. Late yesterday Hull said he saw no occasion yet for any action. At the navy department Admiral Charles K jCo-irtney. director of com auakaUoiis. u la direct coaitct b 5 Missing When Defending Peiping's Marco mmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmmrtmmmK ""'''''"''''BH?'' Member, Of the CMtlPW 2IHh ami) i. Y : . S who defended Marco Polo bridge. 14 " , t MH!X .--Mf miles southwest of Pelplng, China. d jTJR ugnlnst an attack of Japanese, troop Jr i Bg C J during recent hostilities. Private V - --mt Julius P. Fllticr (left, below) f the f u, s. mounted marine detachment In I eesassiaew K I Helping was wounded by utialmed. A "k I LmIST' rltle fire during a clash between Chl- J t I 1 ' "T 7 - rrl.V.' nese and Japanese .Midlers. aCot. ,sW , J f J tSPc John Marston (lower right) la In 0m" command of the U, H. legation guard 'v t - ff ' In Pelplng. (A. P. Photon). fr-ff TAX LEAK TIGHTENING yj jf Vi MEASURES AGREED ON tVS? B JOINT COMMITTEE Klamath County . Buying Power Is Tops In Oregon PORTLAND. July 30. (AP) A buying power Index went a long way to convince Oregon Ions their state Is a pretty good place to live. It listed the average spend able Income of Oregon resident as the third highest In the United States. Breaking It down Into counties, Klamath leads In buying power with Multnomah In second place. The survey, complied by an in surance company, said the Pa cific coast excelled In living stan dards. The buying power Index placed Nevada first and California second. Third place Oregon has an average of 146 compared with the national avrasr of 100. WASHINGTON. July 30. ( AP) The bureau of sir commerce granted Jimmy Matte rn today a permit, ef fective "early next year," for a flight across the north pole to Moscow radio with tbc United States marine station at Pelplng. It la the admiral's office that is act u' ly keeping Washington officials informed of what is going on In China. From- the radio station within the marine compound of the embassy go messages to Shanghai. There they are relayed to Cavlte on the coast, thence to the Asiatic fleet and to Honolulu and San Fran cisco. The state department has a di rect wire to the naval division of communications. Courtney la one of the few offi cers still In active service who took part In the 1900 relief expedition of the Boxer rebellion. His ship, the Newark, was the first arrival in the international armada sent to rescue foreigners beleaguered In the Pelplng International settlement. Senator Pittman (D., Nev.) mean while yesterday criticized persons he said were "impatiently and unreas onably" urg1n Mr. Roovelt to lh- 104 lbs new neutraUty acU TAKE EXAMINATION EOR DRIVER'S CARD Ward McReynolds, auto driver's li cense examiner, will be here tomor row and Florhannah Mae Becknell, serving 30 days In the county Jail for non -possession of a driver's li cense, is considering taking the ex amination, the sheriff reports. Mrs. Becknell was denied a driver's license by the secretary of state's office, be cause she failed to furnish her birth date. She has expressed a willingness to take the examination, and fill out the application properly, according to the sheriff. Justice of the Peace William R. Coleman, said this afternoon: "If she does, X will consider action to release her from the county Jail, but have come to no definite decision. There Is nothing for sure yet." Mrs. Becknell was sentenced last Saturday when she refused to turn over her 1931 driver's license upon which she had been driving the past six years. The court In passing sentence de clared, "You have been defying the state police, the secretary of state, and this court long enough." LOS ANOZLE8. July HO, (AP) The palatial homes of two west Los Angeles cinema celebrities were rob bed of Jewelry and other property of an estimated value of 33.000 In dar ing burglaries early today. Police reported approximately 25. 000 in Jewelry and expensive table furnishings were taken at the home of Oary Cooper, screen star and that gems worth were stolen from Sol Wurttel, film producer. At the Cooper mansion, someone cut the screen of a bathroom window and ranarky the house while ser vants wax attcu Liner Burns in Chesapeake Bay Polo Bridge I WASHINGTON. July 30, (AP)--A special senate house committee agreed today on recommendations It will make to congress for preventing the seepage of revenue through tax law loopholes. Details were kept secret. Chairman Doughton (D., N. C) said the suggestions probably would not cover all tax evasion devices which the treasury described In open hearings but that they would cover "the most Important ones,' "We'll have to have further leglsla tlon on this matter next winter," he said. The committee will' meet ' again Tuesday. By then, the chairman said. It la hoped to have the formal re port ready for presentation to sen ate and house. A bill to seal tax loopholes also may be ready by that time, he added. The legislation la on the list of measures the administration would like to see enacted before adjourn ment. Hearings to give affected tax payers a chance to present their views may be necessary. Members of the committee said the new legislation would apply to 1937 Incomes In the hope of picking up 160.000,000 to $350,000,000 additional revenue. G. ORANT8 PASS, July SO. (AP) Twelve meat market employee of Grants Pass voted last night to peti tion for membership In the Medford local 503 Amalgamated Meat Cutters and Butcher Workmen of North America, A. P. of t. Grants Pass has comparatively few unions. The organlrers, A. L. Rloe of Klam ath Palls, field msn for the state federation, and Hi K. Hunsaker, presi dent of the, Medford local, and D W. Bond, secretary, said Rogue river valley membership la sought with organisation at Ashland pro jected next week. , The Medford local haa requested contracts for a M-bour week but may revise them to 50. Hunsaker stated. The valley organization was proposed to meet objections from one city to differing business hours In other cities competing for trade. CLIPPER COMPLETES SECOND OCEAN TRIP POTNES. Irish Pree State, July SO. (AP) The Pan-American clipper m completed tta aecond eastward crossing of the North Atlantic when It reached her. shortly befor. noon todsj. . IN AMERICANS SAFE AS BATTLE RAGES PEIPING ZONE General Fighting Reported About Walls of Ancient Manchu Capital Chinese Planning Attack in Force FEIPINQ. July 30. (AP) J. Lel- ghton Stuart, .American president of Yenchlng university, came through1 a new Sino- Japanese battle area southwest of Pelplng tonight to re port that a group of Americans tak ing refuge there was safe. On his way here Stuart was caught in a skjrmlsh. He told of hiding in a field during the sharp battle, and later reaching Pelplng on foot. '.'Neither our group nor the Amer ican property there was molested," Dr. Stuart said. The university is Amen csn-su pported . Peiping's gates were swung thut tonight because of new conflicts nearby. The central Chinese army was reported to be sending 80,000 crack troops to the Pelplng front. Chinese Flee Tun go how. Japanese flyers rescued their gar rison at Tungchow. east of here, which waa assaulted yesterday by Chinese gendarmes. Chinese fled from the district toward Pelplng. Dr. Stuart explained on his ar rival that Americans remained at Tenchlng university as "the best method of protecting the property.' PIMPING, July 30. (AP) Heavy artillery firing started suddenly this arternoon southwest of here at xen chlng university, refuge of a group of Americans, as China was report ed to have ordered her crack central army into action to drive the Jap anese army out of north China, Fighting wss general once again all about the ancient walla of the Manchu capital.. The Japanese army waa believed to be engaged In re lentless "mopping up" operations against the remnants of the' 39th Chinese army, the main body of which now holds positions across the Yungtlng river to the west. . Firing was especially heavy west of the city. Indicating a major en gagement might be In progress. Jap anese troops were reported attempt- (Continued on Pag. Ptour.) Demand Full Time Doctor In Douglas ROeEBUao, Ore., July 80. (AP) Aroused by rumora the county court might not provide a full-time officer to head the Douglas county health unit, following the resignation of Dr. J. E. Campbell, effective Au gust 1, to enter private practice, . large delegation met In Boseburg to day to demand employment of physician to replace the retiring health officer. County Commissioners R. h. steam, and H. B. Roadman were reported to the meeting to fa vor dividing the public health work among practicing physician, of the city. Nugent and Page Caught In Impromptu Interview Eddie Nugent' and Bradley Page, popular motion picture actors, cam. out of their southern Oregon hiber nation long enough today to visit Oeorge Hunt at his New Oraterlan theater. As an unexpected Incident they ran Into a gentleman of the press. The Incident seemed to be regretted by all concerned. In the first plane tne gentleman of the pres. did not want to talk about xisn; in mo scounu place Nugent and Pag. were not properly dressed to talk about any thing else. Aside from wearing checkered pants, an Incongruous shirt and a besrd-stubbl. face, Nugent wasnt dressed so badly. ' But Page well, Pag. Is sn oily villain on the screen, always attired In th. height of .van- lng fashion. Today, however, the movie heavy was wearing a baggy pair of pants big enough to accommodate blm and Oeorge Hunt together and still ieav. room for Walter Levertu and lino Hemlla, all of whom were present at th. Impromptu Interview and can vouch for the truthfulness of this report. In addition, Page waa wear Ins a battered felt hat that some soldier probably wore In the Cuban campaign. He had on a tan leather Jacket whoa, sleeve, cam. almos to hts elbows. Page declined to tell where h. got the outfit. He waa too busy apolo gizing. "If I had known we w going to see gentleman of to pres. Pear Salad From Bartlett Surplus Looms For Poor WASHINGTON, July 30. (AP) Paml ilea on federal relief soon may have pear salad on their menus. A considerable quantity of sur plus Bartlett pears on the Califor nia markets are to be purchased by the federal surplus commodi ties corporation, agricultural ad justment administration officials said today. In order to avoid price drops. Production of the pears In California, Oregon, and Washing ton was said to be 25 per cent greater than the average produc tion from 1033 to 1030. WAGE, HOUR BILL WASHINOTON. July 30. (AP) The senate, reversed Itwlf today and rejected a propoaal by Senator Ray nolda (D., N. C.) to exempt nrma employing ten penon. or leaa from the provlalon. of the admlnlatratlon'a .wage-hour leglalatlon. Although thla amendment waa nrat accepted without a record vote, tho aenato later reconaldered It. action and then voted the amendment down. The vote waa 53 to SI. - The vote waa oonaldered a victory for the administration forces, badly bat tered by a aavage all-day attack from (tepubllcainFnd some southern Dem ocrats. - - t--rw-- . --..-. The amendment, eliminating email firms, waa adopted the first time without a record vote. BASEBALL National n. X. 1. Boa ton '. Pittsburgh Bush and Mueller; Todd, i . a o T O . 1 Brandt nd b. m. b. (81 Mew Tors; Chicago Oumbert and Dannlng; htt and O'Dea. , American n. h. a ITS M0 Kemsley, At. Iul New York - Bogaett, Strickland and Heath; wloker snd Dickey. K. H. I. a e a IS 18 0 Cleveland . Washington whttehlll. L. Brown and Pytlak, Becker; DeBhong and R. Ftrrell, 1111 lies, R. H. B. Detroit t 11 1 Boston . 11. 8 Bridges, Ooffman snd Raywortb; Grove, Walberg, Wilson snd Desau- tela. I'd hav. worn swallow-tells," h said In hla moat auave manner. The two Hollywoodera have neen fishing every laka and stream in southern Oregon for th. past week or ten days. They bare made Boun tiful catches and hav. given an ins fish to forest guards. Now, they de clared, the guard, won't look at them or a fish either. When they sneak back Into town under darkness of night they're supposed to be Incognito they stay at Leveratte's Lltbla Springs hotel In Ashland. "We've been occupying th. gover nor', suit." volunteered Mr. Nugent. 'Tut thst In the paper." exclaimed Mr. Leverette, always with an ay. to buelneaa. "Walt till we hear what Mr. Nu gent haa to aay .bout the hotel, suggested the gentleman of the pres.. "What follow, now Is off th. reo- ord." said Mr. Nugent, and Mr. Lever ette wu thus put In his place. Mr. Nugent turned philosophical. "W. have Mother. Day one. every year," h. said, and everyone agreed "But think of s mother salmon who rears millions of bablea .very year. What does a mother salmon get out of Mother's Day?" Nobody could tell him and h. was greatly depressed "Yesterday," chimed In Mr. Psge. "we could catch nothing but sura. era. ' That reminded us of Holly, wood." He was greatly depressed. Mr. Runt asked tbe boys If they .Communal OA fid tout-l IGHT OF HORROR IS RECOUNTED BY Visitors at Shore Resorts Witness Burning of City of Baltimore Flames Swiftly Envelop Craft BALTIMORE, July SO (Pi ATI but five of the 98 passengers and crew driven by flames from the liner City of Baltimore In a night of hor ror on Chesapeake bay reached land today with tales of amazing rescues. Of the four not counted among the survivors, two were known dead and two unaccounted for. The dead: J. R.'pollkoff, an Aiken, 8, a lawyer. ' An unidentified member of th. crew. . Th. mlsatng: R. Paige, a passenger, address un known. Cy Raynle, an oiler. . A fireman whoa. name. Una offic ials .aid, waa not known. Planes In Hearch. Three navy seaplane, began a aerial search of the bay shortly aftw dawn, seeking bodies of possible vte tlms. Th. liner,' en route to Norfolk, tw os me a floating furnace 14 mile. bs low Baltimore. names, passenger, said, roared from th. lower holds and within Vires minute, alter the first -lers had enveloped two-thirds of the boas. Th. passengers, eoat of whoa war. at dinner, scurried to th. nils, many still clutching their napkins Other. tumbled from atateroonu. The arf surged up from tne hold. Two miles sway, resort resldsnM who 'had been sitting on their lawns a moment before talking about th. mildness of th. night rushed down to the water', wig. aghast a. th. horror befor. them. Boats put out from th. beacrMa.. Pishing craft near the liner hurried toward Iter. . Huddle la Bow. With th fire licking up the deck. the passengers, joined by the craw, huddled toward the bow. Screams could be heard ubora (Continued on Pag. Four.) Fi ORGANIZE TO GUARD; AGAINST SUBVERSION GRANTS PASS, July SO, (AP- Organisation of th. Associated Farm era of Josephine county has been completed and membership rolls at open to bona fid. tenant and own at farmers, it wss announced bar. to day by officers. Temporarily affiliated with tb As sociated Farmers of California, It a patterned after an writer organise tlon In Jackson county designed safeguard the nation and th. state against the Infiltration of subverstv. doctrines snd to protect farmers la their right to plant thetr crops. M harvest them and to more them fa. market.' The method was explained! "Should farm employe, hav. aa hours or wage dispute with any member employer. It t. up to that member and .bis employee to solv. their problems peaceably. But should there be a strike and any agitator, unlawfully attempt to keep ftnout wanting to work from their Jobs, w. shall make every legal attempt guarantee them thetr right to worts." BAND WILL PLAY Program for the Elks" band eonoer scheduled for tonight at 8:16 o'clock In the city park haa been announced by Ralph- A. Botts, director, as fol lows: El Cspltan, much Sous Yankee, rhythm, medley Tho Purple Carnival, march -Alford Alexander'. Ragtime Band, popu- ltr . ..... Berlin Rio Verde, Mexican serenadePulton Kin. Cotton, march Sous. Teddy Trombone. characteristic , --. PUlroor. Junatlme, selection Pulton Trlbue to Souse, mareb-. Ooldman Star Spangled Banner
