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The Weather Forecast: Fatr today and to morrow but with tome cloud tnr&a; i lowly lifting tempera ture. Temperature Highest yesterday T - Lowest yesterday , &4 1 Spot - Then Act! Medford Tfjbune TIM advertising on th CUust rim pair this morning will bald your Interest snd gtv you Information that mliht prove pretty valuable to yon. Read the pare ipot what n want then act. fill Alto elated Preu ruil United Preu Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, AUGUST 1. 1937 No. 113. in mm hYR lo)'flRWAl5- AIL (ft HT MM zr i i . . i By H. R. Baukliage Copyright, 1937, by the North Amer- . ican newspaper Alliance, inc. WASHINGTON. Aug. 1. "No need to be afraid of America," that's the edict of Walter A. Jones, millionaire oil man, philanthropist and head of the revivified Good Neighbor league, that organisation which has sudden ly become a potentially powerful fac tor In American politics. ' For a long time "before Chicago' Mr. Jones, whose home Is Pittsburgh but whose per grinat Ions and whose interests have taken him into every corner of America, was conjuring up some kind of a new deal In politics. But he wasn't sure about the dealer. He thought he had him In Al Smith and stepped from the trusteeship of Methodist Ohio Wesleyan university, his own alma mater, to help- the happy warrior who warred in vain. - When that assay didn't click, Mr. Jones bided bis time, searching the political horizon as Diogenes looked for an honest man. At the Chicago convention Mr. Jones ran down every possible candidate and looked him over and Interviewed him. He was going to be sure. Finally, the die was cast and he visited the candidate at his New York City home. He still was uncertain. At the door he was met by the late Out Gennerlch. presidential body guard and master of ceremonies. "When you see me come . to the library door," said Gus, with that twinkle that made anything he said sound like an invitation to lunch, "that means the interview is over." Mr. Jones went In, had his talk, was Impressed about everything but one. After all, here was a New York er, what did he know of America, who only New York knew? as Kip ling might have said, , It nappe nod to be the moment when the then governor of Ne "Yorli had to decide whether or not he was to chastise Mayor Jimmy Walker lor doing what the Sen bury Investi gators said he did. "Governor " Mr. Jones was Just about to take up this delicate mattei when Gus appeared at the door, Mr. Jones rose, explained that he had his exit cue but paused long enough to say he had Intended to explain what the west expected the presidential nominee to do about the unhappy mayor. "Sit down," said Mr. Roosevelt, or words to that effect. Mr. Jones said his say. He didn't wait for a promise, however, he was satisfied. "There's my man," he re marked to a friend afterward. And hts man" the president has been ever since. Now he is stepping in to do what he believes Is going to be a Job of high Importance, Carry on "educa tion" In the ways of liberal thousht. Mr. Jones' belief that America needs such an education began many years ago when he sat on the com mittee which settled the controversy over wages for the window-glass workers. Mr. Jones had the capital ist view. He still believes In capital, heartily, emphatically. He is the fourth generation of glaaa makers, his father built the first window glass factory In West Virginia, the son carried on and built the largest one west of the Mississippi at Shreve port. La. So the viewpoint of the boss was congenital. But when be got through those negotiations he felt something was wrong with the picture. He realized that sub -consciously he and bis fellow-employers were simply fighting against the workers Instead of trying to work out a plan with them. He pondered that a long time. The idea grew. At last he concluded that, before the Idea could be chang ed, politics would have to be altered. He felt that politics wae'a-t the root of the Inability of capital and labor to work together, the obstacle In the way of progress. ' And so Mr. Jones started his quest for s political leader. Satisfied with F. D. R.. he offered his services on the Democratic com mittee. He was made director of finance. The Job. as he puts it, was "directing finsncea Into the treas ury." Then he was called to Washington tri help build the coal code for the NRA. Early In the game he saw the handwriting on the wall. He felt the SUA was doomed. Ho he went back to Pittsburgh and called together the bituminous operators. "Get your lawyers," he told them, "and let's draw up a law. And work on a hypothesis that coal Is a natural resource and that you are destroying tre wealth of the nation when you run your business a you do." He called on John Lewi, then with tbt A. F. of L-, told him to offer his draft. That the birth of the Ouffey coal set. (Continued on page Jbnv,) BOURBON REVOLT NIPPED AGAINST 1ITTLPNRA BILL Child Labor Outlawed In Trade Over State Lines More Drastic Act In House. WASHINGTON, July 31. (ff) Administration forces pushed the re vised Black-Connery wage and hour bill through the senate today, over coming defection In Democratic ranks, A long day of debate and roll-calls on amendments neared an end when the senate defeated. 48 to 36, a mo tion to send the bill back to the labor committee -for further study. This move was quickly followed by another roll-call which passed the bill to the house by a 56 to 28 margin Twenty-two Democrats and 14 Re publicans voted to recommit the mea sure, a move which would have end- ea its consiaerauon ior me session one Republican ana tnree maepena ents Joined 46 Democrats In defeat ing that effort. The measure, one of the major Items In President Roosevelt's legis lative program for this year, was drafted to accomplish some of the ends that NRA once sought to reach. It would give to an administrative board power to fix minimum wages and maximum hours for Industries engaged in interstate commerce. It also would outlaw child labor in trade crossing state lines. The board could not fix a mini mum wage higher than 40 cents ati hour or a maximum work weak shorter than 40 hours. A much more d rattle bill has been drafted by the house labor commit tee, permitting the proposed labor standard board to fix minimum wage as high as 70 cents an hour and ft work week aa low as 85 hours. ' ; . Opponents forced more than a doz en successive roll-call votes ' on amendments. Among major amendments adopted was the substitution of the Wheeler Johnson child labor bill for the child labor provisions In the bill. The Wheeler - Johnson proposal would prevent shipment of child la bor goods Into a state In violation of the laws of that state in addition to barring such shipments from In terstate commerce. The wage-hour bill contained a simple prohibition against Interstate shipments. Both measures fixed the child labor age limit at 16 and, In case of hazardous industries, at 18 years of age. Senator Byrnes (D., 8.0.) appealed to the senate to recommit the bill on the ground It would harm email business establishments. He arid also it would cut farmers' profits by mak ing their purchases more costly. Majority Leader Barkley (D., Ky.). making his first appeal for a major administration measure since his election as floor leader, told the sen ate It was "not dealing with cold economic figures, but human prob lems and social problems." After passing the wage-hour bill. the senate voted to begin debate on the Wagner housing bill when it convenes Monday at noon. One of the closest votes during the day came on a move to attach the Wagner-VanNuys antl-lynchlng bill as a rider. It was delated 46-30. The senate voted to exempt from hour regulation the employes of co operative dairies and persons engag ed in processing and packing of per ishable agricultural products during the harvesting season. It also expanded the definition of agricultural labor, exempt from all regulation, to Include persons en gaged In preparation, packing and storing of fresh fruits and vegetables In the area of production, in their raw or natural state. Employes of express companies were a lo exempted. They are covered by another lv. An amendment by Senator Bailey (D.. NO.) to require senate confirm ation of wage-hour board employes receiving 44.000 or more a yesr. also was adopted. Outlook for period Aug. 2-6, far western states: Pair except consider able colud or fog on the coast and thunderstorms over the plateau re gion during latter part of week; tem peratures will be nearly normal at the beginning of the week snd above normal in Interior districts toward the close of the week. Oregon: Fair Sunday and Monday but with some cloudiness; slowly ris ing temperature and decreasing hu midity in interior; moderate north west wind Off coast. Japanese Gain Scene Of Fighting Shifts jjjjj SIS Pelplng (I), which has been the tenter of Slno-Jiipanese hostilities, suddenly became peaceful when Japanese shells begttn blasting Chi nese forces at Tientsin (2) and units of the Chinese liftth army withdrew to Faotlngfu (3). Meanwhile, Chinese troops were reported on the offensive from Tanjkn (4) and Fenptal (ft). E No Meddling' With Hired Men Edict As Resentment To Organizers Grows. THE DALLES, July 31. (AP) Wasco county wheat and fruit grow ers will seek a showdown with union organizers accused by growers of at tempting to Impose drastic restric tions on farm truck operation. A. resolution adopted by ISO farm ers In a meeting held t the Col umbia Farmers' Union hall, stated that the farmers would "meet force with force" and "refuse to tolerate any meddling" by unions among workers supported by farm Industry. The farmers announced that they planned to appear In a body at a union organization meeting sched uled here next Thursday, and "have It out" with union representatives. Farmers chsrged that they were treated discourteously by union or ganizers at a previous meeting. Resentment among farmers over union activity In The, Dalles hss been brewing for some time, and reached a peak when orgsntswrs for a teamsters' union here declared that It would be necessary for farm ers to have their trucks unloaded by union men, on arrival at ware houses here. It was also Intimated that a campaign would be under taken to organize Individual truck drivers hauling for farmers. Another cause for resentment by farmers Is said to be an edict by the Grocery Clerks' union that all stores must close here at 6 o'clock and on Sundays. At the Columbia hall mass meeting a proposal was sdvsnred for establishment of a co operative store, run by farmers for their own service. It was ssserted that during harvest seasons it is almost impossible for farmers to get to the city end purchase their re quirements before the 6 o'clock deadline. Six prominent farmers, Ray Kelly, Emery Davis. Roy Hultr. Oeorge Wagonblast. Wslter Kortge snd Wal ter R. Bailey, were named on s commit W to keep farmers advised of labor developments involving their Interests. BULLETIN (Night game:) R. H. S. Missions 100 103 0016 14 1 ! Portland 000 001 0001 7 2 Tost and Sprtrut; Hare and Trean. (Night Oame:) ft. H. E. San Diego 001 100 1003 8 4 Seattle 200 C50 OOx 7 11 0 Salvo. Oonrales and Detore, Starr; Barrett and SplndeL F Hopes To Pick President And May Run Himself Oregon Figured To Favor WASHINGTON, July 31. (AP)- John L. Lewis has set out to build political machine which associates say he hopes will make him the dominating factor in the choice of the' next president of the United States. They said Lewis was highly disap pointed with President Roosevelt for refusing to step Into the recent steel strike and was determined to play so large a part In the 1040 election thst his candidate. If elected, would be obligated to support him at every turn. Some of them said his political In fluence might develop to such pro portions before the start of the next oalmpaign that he might decide to run for president. They added, how ever, that Lewis' determination to build up the C. I. O. and Its politi cs! power completely overshadowed any personal ambition. Lewis now counts nine states as spheres of dominating C. Z. O. polltt cal influence. They are New York. Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, 1111 nols. West Virginia, Kentucky, In dlana and Wisconsin. Jn eleven others he figures the O. I. O. vote would have considerable weight. These are Minnesota, Vir ginia, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, Oregon, Washington, California. Maryland, New Jersey snd Alabama. FOUNDER, PASSES PHILADELPHIA. Pa July 31. (AP) Charles B. Hires, 8ft, founder and former chairman of th eHtres Root Beer Manufacturing company, died today. From a small soft drink business In 1869. Hires built the $6,000,000 company thst today bears his name, He was a young medical student at the Jefferson Medical college when a friend. Dr. Russell Con wet I, founder of the Temple university, asked him to assist in concocting a beverage for asle to Pennsylvania miners In the Interest of a temperance movement. GREENWICH, Conn. July 31 (AP) A. Edward Wupperman. 66. of Greenwich, president of the Angos tura Bitters company, died today of a heart attack. Survivors include two brothers, Prsnk snd Ralph Morgan, of Holly wood. Oltr., stage and motion pic ture actors. Complete Mastery of Tientsin DIES 'NEATH AUTO NEAR GOLD HILL Car Operated By A. H. Schneider, Grants Pass, Kills Unidentified High way Hiker. An unidentified man about 70 years old was Instantly killed last night on the Paclflo highway, four miles north of Gold Hill, when he was struck by an automobile driven by Arthur Henry Schneider, 34. of route 3, box 890, Grants Peas. The- tragedy occurred directly in front of the Evergeen Court auto camp. According to investigating state police officers, the aged wanderer was walking south on the highway when he was struck by tho Schneider ma chine, traveling north. Schneider, who was not held, told state police that he didn't see the man until he was right upon htm. The acci dent happened Just as Schneider passed an approaching car. Schnei der, state police said, was driving slowly. County Coroner Frank Perl, who removed the body to the Perl funeral home, was unable to find any marks of Identification In the oldothes. The man, dressed In overalls, a blue work shirt, and wearing an old cloth coat. had no letters nor any Items by which he might be Identified. An old knl" and several scraps of blsnk pspct wore all that were found In bis pockets. t State police said that the man had been warned twice last night by officers to be more careful as he wslked along the highway, Schneider told state police he be lieved the man was about two and a half feet toward the center of the .highway when he struck him, ' Death was directly attributed to several head bruises. He also suf fered a broken right leg and many bruises on the body. The accident happened about 0:30 o'clock. Schneider, who works In Doris, Cal., was returning home, state po lice said. He wss accompanied by his wife. a brother, Marcus, and two sisters-in-law, Margaret and Zella Franklin, all of Grants Pass. He was driving a Chevrolet delivery truck. , AUTO LANE TRYST IN MURDER, RAPE TOPEKA, Kan.. July 31. (UP) oincsrs organized searching parties tonight lor tnree negroea who Inter. rupted a roadside love tryst near here, shot a young married man to death and dragged hit girl companion Into a field where they attacked her. After the attack tho young woman. Mlas Marie Pink. 21, staggered back to the automobile and drove several miles with the body of her lover, Verne Hedrlck, 30, to her home. There she told her step-lather what had happened. Ho accompanied her to po lice headquarters. The Crimea occurred late Friday night and tonight Mlas Pink waa still so hysterical that she had difficulty giving authorities a clear statement of the events. She waa unable to give a definite description of her assail ant and Wayne Horning, chief of police, said that apprehension of the negroea would be difficult. Miss Pink told Horning that she left her home about 9:30 p. m. with Hedrlck, a grocery clerk. They drove to a secluded side road a few miles west of Topeka, Soon three negroea appeared beside the parked automobile. "They ordered Verne to get out and whan he re fused one of them shot him," she told police. "Then they dragged me out Into field." A half hour later she was released She returned to the automobile. Hed rlck waa dead. She drove to her home. Hedrlck had been shot once. The bullet, fired from a revolver point blank, pierced his chest. Powder burns were on his shirt. She told Horning that when she re turned to the car she did not Hed rlck was dead. She only recalls that she bad difficulty shoving him from under the steering wheel and that she recalls nothing of how she start ed the car or of the terrifying drive home, fearing all the time that ne groes would return. IN STATE FACES . "HEW LEGAL MOVE Dismissal Of Injunctions To Pave Way For Prosecu tions In All Counties. SALEM, Ore., July 31. (AP) The plnball and marble board business will be thrown wldo open this com ing week for prosecution by law en forcement officers throughout Ore gon, Ralph E. Moody, assistant attor ney general, predicted tonight. Moody, as special prosecutor' of gambling cases for Marlon county announced that on Monday he ex pects to obtain dismissal of the su preme court appeal of J. H. Camp bell and N. J. Arnold, plnball game owners, from the decision of Clroult Judge Crawford of Multnomah coun ty last February In wblch It was ruled that the game boards were lot teries snd gambling devices and therefore were prohibited by the state constitution and state lawa. Following up ' a renewed war against the marble board business. Moody announced that on Tuesday hs will go before Clroult Judge Lew elllng here and demand that In junctions recently obtained by Ar nold, Campbell, John A. Moore and John Craig, In similar cases, be dis solved. Demurrers to the five sepa rate actions, contending that the equity court Is without Jurisdiction, were mailed today for filing In air cult court Monday morning, 'When these Injunctions are dla mlshed, Injunctions In other counties may be .dismissed and It the district Attorneys want to act, they may stop these machines In every county in tne state," the prosecutor declared. The impending dismissal of the Ar nold and Campbell appeals, Moody disclosed, was provided for In stipu lations which both men signed lsst June, In echanxge for an extension of time In which to complete their appeal. The stipulation provided that It the appellants failed to file their appeal briefs by June 10, making a supreme court hearing posslbls before vacation time, the matter would be that date, the stipulations further held In abeyance until August 1. On specified, either the appallenta would move for dismissal of thler appeal or the state would have the right to do so without notifying them. "They did not perfect their' appeal nor file their brief," Moody said to day. "They did' agree that If the matter were permitted to be con tinued to August 1 without action, they would remove their machines and cease to operate In Marlon coun ty within three days after the case was dismissed." T ROSEBURO, Ore., July SI (AP) Claire Ralph Gibson. 31, alleged Minnesota bank robber, and Violet Bruss, 93, who posed as Olbson's wife, were In the Douglas county Jail today awaiting the arrival of United States marshals to transfer the prisoners to Portlsnd, ' Captured Friday near their hide out at Loon lake. In tha coast range dlstrlot In the western part of the county, Gibson admitted his Iden tity, but denied any part In the bsnk robberies with which he Is chsrged, offtrers report. Federal Indictments charge him with participation In the robberies of the state bank at Cold Springs. Minn., Juo S, 1030, and the Fann er's Bute bank at Eyota, Minn.. November 16, 1096. For several months, officers assert he and Miss Bruss have been occu pying a camp ground cabin on tha shores of loon lake, a remote agri cultural settlement, reached only by a narrow county road which branches off from the Draln-Reeds-port highway. Olbson was reported to hsve told officers that the wo man had no knowledge of the charge against him, and that aha waa told bis reason for hiding was to escspe payment of alimony to a former wife. Miss Russ refused to respond to questions, officers ssld. Irrltsllun Work Awarded. WASHINGTON, July 31. (IP) Secretary lekes awarded a 86,778 contract today for construction of lateral and canal structure on the Sun River slope division ot ths Sun River reclamation prcject In Montana to Otis Williams Company, Vale. Ore. Al m Ml YOUNG BOB ASKS Urges Decanters and Plane Jaunt For World Peace NEW YORK. July St. (AP) Commander Frank M. Hawks, noted pilot, advocates sending aviators Instead of diplomats to world peace conferences. "The trouble with diplomats," Hawks said at a banquet honor ing the three Soviet trans-polar fliers, "Is that they are all of a bunch of sour-faces In stiff shirts who get sore Just from looking at each other before they ever get around to talking about peace. "If I were put In charge of a delegation of pilots chosen to represent their nations at a peace conference, I'd ask for a plane big enough to accommodate them all. "Then I'd fit It up with de canters containing the kind ot drinks understood In every coun try In the world, and when we got to the' place where the con ference waa to be held we'd rn derstand saoh other and settle our problems peaceably." THE SHREW' FIRST PLAY OF ASHLAND FESM READY First Performance Of Shakespeare In Open . Air Theater Monday Night. The Oregon Shakespearean Festival, with a repertoire of three play to be presented over a period of six nights, will open In Ashland's outdoor theatre Monday evening. "The Taming of the Shrew," new to tho festival audlenoo, will be the opening production and highly suc cessful dress rehearsals this-' week promised a real treat for Shakespeare enthusiasts. Besides opening the festival, Mon day evening a show will also mark the formal debut of tha Oregon Shakes pearean Festival association, newly organised group sponsoring the plays. A short ceremony Is planned on the stsge before "The Shrew" opens, with a number of dignitaries present to lend their support to the produc tions. The advance ticket sal for th shows Indicate that record crowds will attend this year's festival. Director Angus Bowmer and his) associates, encouraged by greater public enthu siasm tbsn ever before, have poured all their efforts Into the productions and promise a real entertainment treat each evening. Florence Hubert's "Waits) Queens,1 will furnish music for the shows. In th orchestra an Alicia Applegat, flute; Phyllis Sparr, 'cello; Alice Cog gins, Florence Hubert, Jr., Ruth Har dy, Shirley Walton, LaVerne Rober- (Continued on Pag Six.) - FOR THIRD PARTY DBS MOINES, la- July 31. (P Gov. Philip LaPollette of Wisconsin urged progressive of low today to form a new party and work for political realignment throughout the nation. Speaking to an audlenos at River- view park, the governor, who Is titu lar head of the Wisconsin Progressive party, asserted Republican leadership today "has Its feet In 1037 but It thinking Is stIU In 1837." "The leadership of President Roose velt ha seen the need of and pre sented program for common action on these problems." lie added, "but too often this progressive leadership hs been hamstrung by the awsrm of reactionaries that Infest the Demo cratic party." . r . . Lteens Restored. SALEM, July 81. OP) Oovenve Charlea H. Martin Issued today a conditional pardon to Malcolms W. dmunaon ot Ooahen hi automobile driver' license, Huge Pilchard Catch. ASTORIA, July 31 ) Mora than 4.000,000 pounds of pilchards were brought Into this port between July th state Hah commission said today. Nam Idaho "IT Head. BOISE, Idaho. July 81, Pr AP polntment of Dean Harrison O. Dale ot Miami university. Osford, Ohio, a president ot the University of Idaho at Moscow was announced today. INFANTRY GUARDS AMERICAN HOMES IN BATTLE ZONE French And Mikado Troops Near Break Artillery Fire Spreads Panio In Chinese Port. (Cop.vrlr.ht, 1937, by United Press) TIENTSIN, Sunday, Aug. 1. (UP) The 15th United States Infantry turned out early today In full war equipment to protect 403 American as a terrific Japanese artillery bona bardment spread panic Snd dee true tlon through this ancient walled city. i ne u. b. garrison, Including veto eran doughboya who went through the 1833 trouble in Tientsin, threw up sandbag, and barbed wlrefortlnV cations around American homes In the besieged and crumbling city arte angry protests that the United State government waa showing scant coav. cern forhe safety of Its national. - France Takes Hand (Copyright. 1937. by United Press) TIENTSIN, Sunday, Aug. 1. (UP) Japanese and French troops turned rules and maohlne gun upon each other across the norrow Ralho rlvar In shell-shattered Tientsin today and' there was grave danger of open hos tilities. The International situation, art, trig from the allaged machine-gunning-of a detachment of French troops by the - Japanese, followed the complete collapse ot Chinese resistance and the Imposition of Japanese military rule upon, this ancient walled olty. - Tha Franco-Japanese tension lay creased hourly and diplomat of th foreign concessions where thousands of neutrals, including 403 Americans, were massed behind sand bag and barbed wire barricades held hurried, conferences. Hostilities Move South TIENTSIN, July 81. (AP) Th Jananasa armv annmmnrf tr air force had carried battle agalns tne uninese farther southward wl la the bombing of troop concentration at Paotlnofu. S3 miles smthnut Pelplng. The bombing of Paotlngtu! carried the BOneof hostilities Wll hevnnrf Ik. Pelplng-Tlontsln area, over which th Japanese olalmed to have established almost complete military domination. wun oniy minor mopping-up opera-; tlons continuing, ' Japanese units wars reported ha. control of part of th Pelplng-Sul-yuan railway, outlet tor Mongolia, and China's northwest. . . . . f v' Japanese Infantry, having captured ' the important railway town of Chang ' slentlen, 13 miles from Pelplng ess ' the west bsnk of the Yungtlng river, ' were reported to have advanced ma, miles further to Llangslsng. , Railroads Rule Thme conquests of th teat few days placed the Japanese army astrtd of China two main north-south railways and in control of a sec Mom of the Pelplng -Sulyuan link with tha unuvnH, For the thlnl rf.v j,n..M. Mt . lery DOUnded native sentlnna itf T1.nL. am aa the effort went on to drtv U armed Chinese out of th around th railway stations. umnes troops and gendarme drt en from Tientsin after MIiim 4 their surprise attack Thuaday war reported concentratlnir at xuHmm 40 miles south of here on th railway They were said fen h ,mih lntoroement from tha south and lex organising for further fighting. In Pelplng, soma 2 SO American or Ulana continued comparatively lua urloua Ufa as refugee In th Ameri can embassy compound under pro tection of th marine guard. Th guard's commissary contained food and other suddIIim .nfriM-n a era! months' siege. Band concert ana movM snow Helped pass th time. American authorities STT-iesasd ba llet the amarmnM anon m.,t ended her. LIVING COSTS IN WASHINGTON, July St. P Th oost of living In S3 rep resents tlv cities Portland and Seattle among them Increased an average of four per osnt between March 1B36 and March 1037, a work progress admin istration survey showed today. For Seattle th survey showed th "mslnunanoe level" for working man' family of four was glSSSM la M3S; by 137 It had Increased ta U3oe 82. tn Portland th mslnt) snce level rose from 81331.71 la MM to 31818.34 tn W37.
