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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Wednesday; ftllglitlj wanner. Temperature: Hllhest yesterday "' Lowest tbla morning..... 69 A Better Car Bun-down cart run-up bills. Had you thought of making a trade (or a better car? Con ault the Used Car Dept. on the claMlflfd page of this new paper for the bent buy. Medford Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirtv-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 3, 1937. No. 115. AM WM AT LLILnLqui) 13 EE . 1 m b in By H. R. BAUKHAGE (Copyright, 1937, by the North Amer ican Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. Splits are the rage In Washington these days. The banana variety has now been supplemented by one which. It Is In sisted In certain labor circles, smells decidedly of banana oil. This one Is the reported C. I. O. leadership "split," and there seems to be some evidence that It Isn't quite what It seems. Long ago, those who were supposed to understand the strategy of the O. I. O. campaign and the difficul ties that might arise, predicted that Sidney HUlman, suave, diplomatic, soft-spoken, was to be put out In front If gruff John Lewis proved too tough a proposition for public opin ion to accept. When Mr. Hlllman visited the White House last week no statement was issued, but the event provided basis for a report, which was not of ficially confirmed or denied at that time, that Mr, Hlllman would lead the C. I. O. column from now on. C. I. O. knows that the nearer John Lewis gets to the White House the more the anti-New Dealers cheer. It Is no secret that certain politi cally sensitive members of the labor department likewise are subject to the "too-much-Lewla'' affliction. There is a- significant story behind at least one senate vote on the wage and hours bill. It reveals, between the lines, how some of the not-too-vocal conserva tives in the Democratic party may remain within the New Deal fold and still manage to bait their hooks for some of thlr conservative sup porters back home. The vote referred to was Senator Bulkley's and It shows a formula which may be adopted for others who would like to run with the hares and hunt with the hounds. - -: ---- The Ohio senator, whose support ers are by no means confined to those who might be classified among the forgotten men and women, said "no" to the wages and hours propo sition. Thereby, it is stated, he won back considerable conservatlce sup port that he needs In next year's primaries. Senator Bulk ley, it will be remem bered, was one of the "stalwarts" who voted against recommitting the (Continued on Page Four,) CASCADE LOCKS, Aug. 3. (AP Governor Charles Martin concluded a three-day tour of the game commis sion's facilities at a grange picnic Sunday with a pledge ' the farmer shall not be robbed of the returns he has won by the sweat of his brow.' "I do not intend to let him be harras&ed by rncketpeers." the gover nor continued. "The laboring man 1 all right, but we must suppress labor racketeers." The governor urged the state "to get together In a spirit of comrade ship" and march to better times. The governor advised the commis sion to keep out of politics and rec ommended in his talk at Bend that all funds collected from sportsmen go back Into wild life conservation projects. DESTROYERS LIMP IN WITH PUNCTURED HULLS VALLEJO, Calif.. Aug. 8. (AP) The destroyer Worden arrived here today with a seven-loot bole In her tern. Naval authorities refused to make any statement. It was reported she was In collision with the de stroyer Reld ISO miles south of San Francisco last night. The Held also was reported head ing for the Mare Island navy yard here, under convoy. Report, aald she also had a hole In her bow, above the water line. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Chl-f Roy Elliott dashing around In sesrch of a house fire reported variously on Chestnut street and Ross Lane, he being unable to find even a grass blase. Ray Frisble upholding an unpopu lar cause single-handed, he shout ing lor the Blsck Dragon at the ratslin' riots, thus showing be isn't led by mob psychology. Horsce "Utile AdJIe" 8romley out drumming op attendance for to night's Leg;oo meeting. GRACE LINE PLANE SIGHTED IN WAVES NEAR CANAL ZONE Destroyers Speed to Scene No Signs of Life Is Word of Aerial Searchers Left Ecuador Monday BALBOA, Canal Zone, Aug. 3. (AP) The United States destroyers Babbitt and Taylor steamed at top speed today toward a point 30 miles off Colon breakwater where, airplane observers reported, the submerged luxury amphibian Santa Maria was seen in the sea. A Pan-American-Grace Air Line spokesman said there was no Indica tion as to whether any of the ten passengers of three crewmen had survived. The fact that the plane carried an ample supply of rubber rafts caused some hope here for the occupants. Late reports said the wrecked, plane was partly afloat, with one wing en tirely under water. Baggage was seen afloat nearby. Indicating the passen gers might have escaped from the eabln. WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. (AP) The war department received a message from its Panama military establish ment today asserting an army plane had located the missing Pan-Ameri can-Grace Airways flying boat 90 miles northwest of Cristobal but had found no signs of life near It. The brief radio message said mere ly that the air liner, which carried ten passengers and a crew of three, was located "totally under wtaer with no sign of life. The Pan-American-Grace ship took off yesterday from Guayqull, Ecua dor, for Balboa in the Canal Zone. In its last radio message to Pan ama, it reported it was circling down ward because of overcast skies. f " NEW YORK, Aug. 3. (AP) Ten pasengers, including two commerce department officials, and three crew members, were aboard the Pan-American-Grace airliner missing In the Canal Zone, John McGregor, vlce-preslc'nt of the airline, an nounced In a revised list today. The passenger log, as made public here, originally contained names of 11 passengers, Including that of Sam Oliver, address unknown, but a later revised list received from Balboa omitted his name. The revised list: Thomas Wakely National City Bank, Santalgo, Chile. Rex Martin, commerce department, Washington. G. Q. Caldwell, commecre depart ment. Osoar Millar, Ford Motor Co., Lima, Peru. Mrs. Amy Levering, Cristobal, wife of an Airways employe, and two chil dren, Jimmy and Jessie. Ernest Wood, Airways employe. Cristobal. I sld or Bcudza, Santa Maria. Calif. P. K. Yumle, address unlisted. The crew consisted of Stephen Dunn, pilot, Cristobal; Lawrence Ar nold Blckford, co-pllot, Cristobal, and Herma Dlez Canseco, steward, Lima. Kumle was en route to Los Angeles and Wakely to Miami. The destlna tlon of the other passengers was Hated as Cristobal, ; . CHAMPAIGN, 111.. Aug. 3. (AP) Kirs. VUet Jane Schmidt, 70. first dean of women at the University of Illinois and widely known in colleg iate educational circles, died yester day. She was a former president of the American Association of Universi ty Women. Long, Bloody In Northern Editor's Note: The veteran chief of the Associated Press bureau In Khnnrhal, Morris J. Ilarrll, thus analyzes the critical slno Japanese situation and the po tential dancer of major warfare In the troubled Far East.) SHANGHAI, Aug. 8. ( AP) Early re-establlshment of peece n north China seems a remote possibility. Both foreign and Chinese observers, wstchlng Japan's army entrench It self In commsnd of Pelplng and Tientsin, the prlnclpsl north.rn cities, and of the two chief north south railways, take a gloomy view of the immediate future. Chinese quarters maintain Chins la on the verge of a powerful counter-thrust In defense of her rich northlsnd provinces; thus to pre cipitate a major battle In the unde clared war. Informed foreigners consider It more probable, however, that Japan ese lgions will continue tbeir south ward march, meeting only the occa sional opposition of the Chinese forces scattered throughout the north China region. A lone bloody Informal wac l Emilie of Quints Suffering From Respiratory III CALLANDER. Ont., Aug. S. (Canadian Press) An upper res piratory infection today put Emi lie Dlonne on the quintuplets' sick list and Isolated from her four lively sisters. A Toronto children specialist, Dr. Alan Brown, called into con sultation by Dr. Alan Roy Dafoe, said Emilie should recover In a few days from the Infection ap parently "obtained from outside sources." Dr. Dafoe aald examination of the other children and the quin tuplets' hospital staff disclosed no disease germs that would have infected Emilie. Emilie Is quarantined with a special nurse to care for her. BIRTH OF CHILD FATAL FOR OELRICHS HEIRESS N17W YORK. Aug. 8. (AP) Mrs. Eddie Duchln, wife of the orchestra leader, died at 6:30 a. m. today In Harbor sanitarium from complica tions following the birth of a son last Wednesday. Duchln was at his wife's bedside at the time of death. He had flown here by airplane from Chicago, where he Is playing an engagement. The baby, who weighed nine pounds at birth. Is well and strong, according to atttaches or tne sanita rium. Mrs. Duchln, the former Miss Mar- goric Oelrlchs. a wiety beauty, un derwent a series of blood transfu sions in an effort to Bave her life. She and Duchln were married June 5, 1935. Mrs. Duchln was 29 years old, a year older than her husband. Her mother, Mrs. Marjone ueincns of New York, pave her full scope to her energies. She encouraged her in operating an exclusive dress shop and In writing. In 1937, Miss Oelrlchs created practically an international contro versy through a magazine article un der her name In which It was as serted that the foreigner who marries an American girl for her money is an exception. After the publication of the article. Miss Oelrlchs said American men are handsomer and healthier than foreigners and that everything in the article was not Just as she had written It. When her engagement to Duchln was announced, she explained she had first fallen In love with him while watching him, night after night, play the piano In his orches tra. They were married In her mother's suite In the Hotel Pierre. As the result of her marrying "out of society," her name waa dropped from the social register. 4 TO Bids on Medford'a tSO.OOO street repair bond lnaue are scheduled to be opened at tonight's semi-monthly meeting of the council In city hall. The bond Issue, together with a specla tax evy. was approved at a special tax levy, was approved at a special election a short time ago, the funds from the bonds and the tax structlon of paved streets. The council will convene at 7:30 In chambers on the top floor of the city hsll. War Looms China Area foreseen, for the region demands eco. nomlc dominance and complete free dom from the central Chinese gov ernment, long a matter of dispute between the Oriental powers. A minor clash July 7 between Chi. nese and Japanese soldiers touched off the crisis that has seen almost a month of sporadic fighting and gradual Japanese military dominance of most of the north. The end will come, most observers believe, only when Japan concludes the frontier of her influence has been pushed far enough. Then, for eigners predict, Japan will set up new puppet-state similar to adjacent Manchoukuo, once Chinese Man churia. Arbitration of the deadlocked la sues seems Impossible without loss of prestige by one side or the other, neither of which appear to be will ing to concede. Japan laid the groundwork well for the north China campaign. For two years a steady stream of Jap anese capital sought control of stra tegic Chinese industries, and since trouble flared into the open, huge military reinforcements and supplies have ben rushed to the mainland from Japan, F. R. SEES ON IIDPATTERN Letter to Senator Thomas Gives Opposition Basis Complexity Rapidly Shift ing World Scene Cited WASHINGTON. Aug. 3. (p Presi dent Roosevelt said In a letter to Senator Thomas (D., Okla.), made public today, that "it would be dan gerous to adjust ourselves to any rigid pattern" In seeking to stabilize the value of the dollar. Mr. Roosevelt referred to "the com plexity of toe rapidly shifting Inter national scene at present" In raising objections to Thomas' proposal to create a sliding scale of values by altering the dollar's theoretical gold content. Thomas Reveals Views. Thomas made public the president's views at a senate hearing on his bill Mr." Roosevelt wrote : "I am In complete sympathy with your objective with respect to tho elimination of unnecessary fluctua tions In the value of the dollar. The United State Is still seeking 'the kind of dollar which a generation hence will have the eame purchasing power as the value wo hope to attain in the near future. "I am sure that you also agrse with me that stabilization of the value of the dollar will be attained not merely by monetary means and devices though -these are necessary but much more by the achievement (Continued on Page Eight.) . BOLD SNEAK THIEF Working in city A sneak thief entered the home of Mrs. M. E. Middlebueher at 330 East Ninth street yesterday morning and stole purses containing nearly , 930. the victim reported to city police yesterday afternoon. Mrs. Mlddlebusher told city police that entrance to the house was gain ed through an unlocked back porch door while she and her sister wcro sitting on the front porch between 10 and 11 a. m. A black billfold containing five A bills and two l bills was stoWn, as a was a pur ho containing leu than $2 In silver. Both wero lying on the dining room tabic. Mrs. Mlddlebusher told the police. Mrs. Alice M. Klncald of 308 South Central avenuo also reported to city police yesterday that sometime laH Saturday a purse containing about $4 in silver was stolen from her home 1 EXPECTS JAPANESE ATTACK NANKING, China, Aug. 4. (Wed nesday) (AP) Pear gripped China's capital today that It might be the next objective of Japan's war planes. Even the city white buses were be ing camouflaged with battleship grey paint against dreaded air raids Foreign circles, both diplomatic and private, were asked to obliterate prominent marking on their proper ties. (Japanese reported from Tientsin and pelplng that their scouting planes were surveying wide areas In advance of Infantry troops marching south from the North China area.) As a result of the alarm, high Chi nese authorities warned government employes to move their families to more sheltered places In the hinter land. A wholesale exodus began. Trains were Jammed with refuees fleeing In land and south, away from the spreading front. TO ORANTS PAflfl, Aug. 3 (AP) Williams high school district property-owners yesterday voted 38 to 14 to abandon their school. Join the Jose phine county non-high school dis trict, and send their students by bus to Orants Pass. About 30 students are affected. The two teachers under contract will be employed In the Grants Pass syittem. said Superintendent M. B. Wlnslow. They are A. B. Collett of Sams Valley. prmr and Mrs. Edna B. Hardin of Sherwuod. GREEN SAYS F. R. WAGE HOUR BILL Labor Federation President Announces Attitude After White House Conference Three Changes Aim WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. (fl1) Wil liam Oreen, president of the Ameri can Federation of Labor, said after a White House conference today that President Roosevelt had agreed in principle to three amendments sug gested by the federation to the wage- hour' bill. Oreen said the three amendments, which ho would propose, were: 1 Clarification of the bill to make sure there would be "no setting aside of collective bargaining agreements" when minimum wages and maximum hours were fixed by the labor stand ards board, provided for In the bill 3 Prohibition against the boardu fixing any minimum wage In a local ity lower than those provided for in collective bargaining agreement; also a provision that the board con sider prevailing wages In the locality Although differentials would be al lowed, Oreen said the second amend ment also would prohibit a minimum rate In one locality from discrim inating against another locality. S EllnUnatlng of the section which would put the wage-hour pro visions of the Walah-Hcaley act, un der which standards for government contracts are fixed, under the super vision of the new board. Green said the federation "will be for the bill with these amendment " He did not say what stand the organization would take If the amend ments failed. Green, assumed responsibility for a one day's delay In hearings on the bill by the house labor committee but said he had requested the post ponement, with Whlto House knowl edge, In order to acquaint the presi dent with his proposed changes be fore submitting them to the com mlttee. L SALEM. Ore., Aug. 8. (AP Judge Hall Stone r Lusk of Portland took his place on the Oregon supreme bench today during a 16-mlnute cere mony conducted by Chief Justice Henry J. Bean. Judge Lusk, who succeeded the late Justice James U. Campbell, was sworn In at 10:0ft a. m.. swearing to uphold the constitution of the Unit ed States and Oregon and to accept no other office than his Judicial of flee.. Governor Martin said he was pleased to have been able to appoint "such an outstanding Justice as Judge Lusk." He said Judge Lusk would maintain the Integrity or the court, which he termed as the "last resort of American, liberty.' Assistant Attorney General Ralph L. Moody said: "Judge Lusk Is one of the most outstanding lawyers ever named to the supreme court and the people and the bar of Oregon are to be congratulated." lakeTIItiwi HAS LIFE CHANCE Douglas Huff, 34, lay In a critical condition in Community hospital to day, suffering from injuries result ing from a 40-foot fall down a cliff near Kerr Notch In Crater lake na tional park yesterday morning. He was conscious only part of the time. Chances for recovery, however, were considered good. Huff ts suffering from a probable skull fracture, brain concussion and multiple lacerations of the face and body, the attending physician said Employed as a surveyor by the bu reau of public roads, Huff was work' lng on a cliff on the Sam Otina rtm road construction job when he lost his footing and plunged 40 feet to the bottom.' He waa brought to Community hospital by Herb Brown, deputy coroner. Huff resides In Portland. DALLES BOY MISSING IN MOUNT HOOD AREA HOOD RIVER. Aug. 1. IIP, State troopers, forest service men and th famed Hood River Ctag Rats searched the Lost Lake country In the Mt Hood aAa today for William Kennedy 34. of The Dalles. Th youth Ms cmd missing sines Sunday. Whenf Councilmen Fight atfsaaaaaaataaMbU ..w.,... ,.-a.. .,f...w,.J.. - .flJ fc J The bandaged and lacerated Councilman W. A.' Walker Is shown In recorder's court In llupcvllle, CM., where his right with Councilman B. U Mulllnj on the city hall lawn waa aired. The court considered a demand that a charge of assault with Intent to kill be docketed against Mulllns. The fight was said to have heen over cl.lo matters. ITTLE PIG BLESSED POSES FOR PHOTOS With ducks that chase the. nelgh- Lbors' dogs, cats with bob tails and six toes, maple loaves measuring more than 30 Inches across, dogs that help dellvor 'mall, whits deer and other eurloso, Jsckson county is rap- Idly becoming a paradise for rue atrangc-as-lt-scoms . and beneve-if or-not gentlemen. Now comes J. C. Haaklt of Tame Rock Into Tho Mall Tribune office with a week-old pig having two LIU. One tall is where It ought to be. Tho other, boneless, dangles from a midrib on the right side. Otherwise the pig, nsmed Suslo, Is normal. Susie was born lost Wednesday, one In a litter of five Chester Whites. The extra tall was olght inches long at birth, but It got In Susie's way and often tripped her up. So Mr. Hasklt cut It off to a mors conven ient length. , Alt the other pigs In the litter were normsl. As a matter of fact, Susie la the only freak to enter Mr. Hasklt's experience In more than id years of hog raising, he said. Little Susie was photographed ny Verne Shanglo for A. H. Banwell, manager of the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce. Mr. Banwell said he wilt send the photos to John Hlx who composes the "Strange As It Seems" newspaper feature. Mr, Banwell Is determined to publicize Jackson county, one way or another. F. R. CLAIMS POWER TO FILL COURT VACANCY WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. MV- Pre! dent Roosevelt said today he had the power to make an appointment to the supreme court and Indicated he might make one before the senate adjourns. He made the observation to a press conference shortly after Senator Borah (R-. Idaho) had told the sen ate no court vacancy existed for Mr Roosevelt to fill Heavier Production Costs Hike Oregon Bread Prices By the Associated Press. Oregon bakers looked at mounting production costs today and ordered a one-cent Increase In breed prices. Tho boost wss almost general throughout the state and Included Mcdford. Orants Pass, Pendleton Salem, La orsnde, Eugen. and Roseburg. Although a number of lesding bakers In the state reported the authority for th. Jump cam, from the Oregon bakera' control board, B. M. Btadel, administrator, said: "Price raise probably will but I don't know how soon. Is no general move yet." come. There Btadel, who Is ilso secretary of the Oregon Bakers' club, added that any Increase now hsd been undertaken by Individual bakers. He said lllgnt adjustments probsbly were necessary 1 TENDERS RESIGNATION TO PERMIT LONG Tl The resignation of J. O. Isaacson as mayor of Central Point was today in the hands of the city council. It was made effective yesterday.- Mr. Isaacson, in his resignation to the council, said that since becoming mayor at the first of the year he hud old his Central Point home and business Interests and was now plan ning an extensive trip that would take him away from the city for about a year. He said it would "be unwise for me to hold the office and thus handicap the city council through non-attend ance at council meetings; hence his rcfilffnatlon." He stated It had been a pleasure working with the council men and thanked them and the cit izens for their oo-oporation. Mr. Isaacson has resided in Central Point for 39 years. He was associat ed with the Central Point bank for 31 years. T Extension of Moll Tribune carrier service to Include Rogue River and Pacific highway way-points was start ed August 1. The new motor route, which Is being handlod by Sandy Sanderson of Central Point, also ex tends a mile up Foots crack. Return to Mcdford via the old Stage Rosd. Tho new carrier route was made possible by the addition of 3a new subscribers In that district. Thirty three subscriptions will be trans ferred from msll to carrier service, cutting delivery time by several hours in the district. The village of 'cheddar, Eng., IS noted for Its cheese. to meet higher cost "In all things,1 particularly labor and feed line. Pendleton bakera upped pncee one cent on pound and a half loaves There was sn Increase for buns, but none on pastries, standard slse loaves went up a c at Salem, with wrapped largo loaves at 18 cents snd other larg. loavea at 16. Smaller loaves of specialty breads advanced a cent, but there waa no Increase on small white and whole wheat. La Orande prices went up one cent on all grades. Josephine and Jackson county bakers at Grant Pass and Medfora listed one cent boost on pound and a half loaves, establishing ths prices st IS and 19 cents. Pound loaves will be 10 cent straight rather than th. ona cent differential for sliced bread. Overslwd loaves win be re duced to standard weight. OF :T Factional Friction Said to Be Result of Fourth of July Celebration Deficit Row Staged at Dance Fistic activities In tho town of Rogue River, Involving Townee nd club finances, and what the district attorney's office ' described as so "evenly balanced factional quarrel.'" occupied the Justice court and ths) sheriff's office today. Roy Edwards, charged with as sault and battery. In a complaint signed by Fred K. Dover, auto camp proprietor, went on trial 'be fore a Jury In Justice of tho Peso William R. Coleman's court. Deficit Basis of Row. The Rogue River Townsond club) sponsored a Fourth of July celebra tlon last month which Incurred ft deficit , of more than 11000, the district attorney's office says. Ed wards went to the Dover place to collect 7So "for boning of the bar bee vie beef," and In an ensuing argu ment, is alleged to have struck Dover, breaking his glasses and In flicting a gash In the forehead. Dover Is then alleged to have knock ed Edwards down, and Mrs. Dover revived him .by turning a garden hose upon him. Hearing of the doren witnesses called in the case la expected to take- . all day. with Attorney W; M. Mc Allister . representing the defense. and District Attorney Frank J. New man the state. To clear the Fourth of July cele bration deficit, the Townsend ciuH has been staging dances, and Satur day night there was a disturbance, with Special City Policeman Harry R, Randleman'reeelvlng black eye -' " A complaint charging Roy Milton, Wilbur Milton. Cloyd O'Kelley and Andy Ballard with disorderly con duct was filed late yesterday by Randleman. Warrants Issued for their arrest were served today. Fighting Charged. The complaint specifically charges "use of obsceno language, and fight ing." The disturbance occurred m tho city park at Rogue River, at ft dance pavilion erected by ths Town- send club for the observance of ths -birthday of the nation. The town of Rogue River ths past six months, set a record for tho number of special elections, and . voting upon changes In charter, ths -recall of the mayor and councilmen, and the Issuance of a beer license. 4PER1NTWEASE SEEN IN LIVING COSTS WASHINGTON, Aug. 3. f AP) A works progress administration survey showed an average Increase In tho cost of living today of 4 per cent In 33 representative cities. The study Included Portland ana Seattle and covered the period be tween March, 1935, and March. 1937, Tho maintenance level for a work ing man's family of four In Portland rose from $1331.73 to 131B.3. It compared with a Jump In Seattle ol ftom 11.233.33 to 11.309.83. BASEBALL American NEW YORK, Aug. 8. (AP) Home runs by Lou Gehrig. Joe OlMagglo and Tony La swirl gavs the New York Yankees 7-to-3 victory over tho Chlcsgo Whlto Sox, In the first game of a double header today. Gehrig's homer celebrated hla 1800th consecu tive game at first for the Yankees snd csmo In the first Inning with two men on bases. It waa the first win for the Yanks over Thornton Lee, White Sox Hurler, this year. First game: R. H. B. Chicago 3 10 1 New York 7 9 0 Lee and Sewell; Ruffing and Dickey. R. H. E. 3 8 3 13 18 1 Cleveland Boston . Harder. Hevlng (7), Whltehtll (7), and Pytlak; Orove and Desautel. R. H. Detroit 1 7 Philadelphia .. a Brldgea and Bolton: Thoma. Pli.k (4), Nelson and Brucker. National R. H. E. 4 14 1 6 10 I Brooklyn Pittsburgh Frankhouse nnd Phelps; Blanton, Swift, Weaver and fodd Seoond gam.: Brooklyn - R H. . 4 t 10 14 I Plttsburgh Burcher snd Phelps; Brown, Bavwrs (8), and Todd. r
