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The Weather Portrait: Fair tonight and Friday; not much change In temperature. Temirature: IHghest yesterday ..- , 9 Lowest this mnrnint .. U Cash Buyer Til short road to market la through the classified ads la tha Mall Tribune. Ads on this pegs have brought csh bnyera to the sellers door. What more eonld one aik? Tribune FORD Full Associated Press all United Press Thirtv-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON. THURSDAY, AUGUST 5, 1937. No. 117. i mm Med (o)fl(Ul IK nates I ft Lffi By H. R. Baukhage (Copyright, 1937, by the North Amer ican Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) . WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Skipper Kennedy of the maritime commis lon Is Just about to bring another big fleet into port. It is only a matter of days until he will be able to announce that the powerful Dollar Line, most Im portant shipping link with the Orient, has signed up. Sixteen Amer ican lines have already passed muster aa eligible for six-month mail con tracts and subsidies from the gov ernment. Capturing the Dollar Line la some what of en achievement. For when Stanley Dollar, long-time fair-haired boy of the old shipping board under President Hoover, walked out on Mr. Kennedy's Inspectors, he made .a hole In the deck. Mr. Kennedy's merchant marine In the Pacific without a Dollar to Its same wouldn't be such great shakes. At the end of June, Mr. Kennedy reported : "The adjustment of the Dollar steamship claims has been delayed pending the receipt of essential in formation concerning the company and affiliated corporations and the completion of the arrangements by the company for providing additional capital.' This la the polite way of saying that Stanley Dollar, accustomed to getting Just about what he asked for In the old shipping board days, wouldn't talk. Since the Dollar Line owed the maritime commission some 1ft mil lions for ships which It had pur chased and loans lor construction, Mr. Kennedy's boys thought they were entitled to have the details of the line's financing. This, of course, applies to any company asking for a subsidy. The examination by the commis sion of the financial structure and reorganizations plana, when neces sary. Is routine. These points must be settled to the satisfaction of the commission before a subsidy can be granted. The other sixteen lines were able to get their clean bill of health by July 1, when their temporary six month subsidies began. But Dollar delayed. At this writ ing, however, everything but Chair man Kennedy's okay on the last page of the agreement Is written, Continued on Page Bight.) SON OF MEDFORD MARYSVILLE, Cal.. Aug. 5. (AP Charles Ross, 13, son of Mr, and Mrs. L. E. Ross of Med ford. Ore., drowned In the Yuba liver while wading with his brother Leonard, and two sisters Wednesday. All four children stepped Into a deep bole, swimmers rescuing the other three. L. S. Ross has been employed In the box factory at Timber Products company for the past several years. Four days ago he left here, presum ably for a vacation trip In Califor nia. It Is not known whether Mr. Ross was In Mar ysv tile at the time of his son's drowning. Howard and Sten Form Film Firm HOLLYWOOD. Aug. 6. (TV-Leslie Howard, English actor, and Eugene Frenke, producer-husband of Anna Sten, are the heads of a newly-formed motion picture company, H. L. Kau:- man, an associate, announced today They nave teamed with an unnam ed oil magnate, Kaufman said, to produce six pictures a year for Grand National release. At least one will co-star Howard and Mlas Sten. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Mrs, A. L. Pech of Lake Creek fas tening her MT subscription to a card with fancy crose stitches elao orate enough to hold a greased pig in place. A. Frederick Stennett wonderinp whether to buy a smaller car or build a larger sarage. seeing as bow his nw petrol wagon is too expansive for the .structure. E. P. Leavltt railing the nation! park service the bes. federal agency, and right In front of United BtaMa forest service boys and girl, too. George Prry In a hectic stew about nrw-etln? a fallow bit-krr at th air port, he re, Tins rotter of his guet fir minutes beXora plana Uma. SPECIAL BUSES TAKE FIGHTERS TO HUGE BLAZE Applegate and South Fork Camps Furnish Men for Emergency Duty 1500 Now Fight Conflagration Rogue River national forest head quarters here were called upon again today for emergency assistance In combatting a roaring fire on the Columbia national forest about ISO miles northeast of Portland. - A telephone call from the regional forest office In Portland thlB after noon said the fire was raging fiercely and spreading rapidly. It was spread over 2,000 acres this afternoon and more than 1,600 men were thrown on the fire lines In a strenuous ef fort to check the leaping flames, the message stated. Issue General Call A general call was Issued today for CCC men especially trained as radio operators for fire service. The Rogue River national forest Is to send Its five radio operators to the fire scene by train tonight. Umpqua national forest also was asked to send all available radio men. First call for help was received here last evening and forces were quickly mobilized by H. C. Obye, as sistant supervisor in charge of fire control on the Rogue River national, forest. At 9:30 p. m. two chartered busses left here with 40 trained CCC fire fighters from Camp Applegate under W. L. White and E. B. Benbow as foremen and 28 from Camp South Fork under John Coodell. Lieut. Sam uel W. Marker of Camp Applegate accompanied the men, . , . -The- fireflghterr toolt their own tools and rations for two days. Executives Needed Later In the evening a call was received for executive personnel and Mr. Obye dispatched Slmerl ' Jarvl, district ranger at Butte Falls; Albert Young, protective assistant at Apple gate; Dee Mills, Applegate CCC fore man; Howard Ash, foreman at Un ion Creek, and Ansil Pearce, guard at Union Creek. The men left here at 11 p. m. In two pickups. Umpqua Aids Responding to the emergency call. Umpqua national forest headquarters last night dispatched 62 Camp Steamboat enrol lee a In chartered buses, tha Associated Press reported. No communities are Immediately endangered by the forest fire, head quarters here said. The fire started In an old burn Monday when a snag was struck by lightning, Mr. Obye said. The flaming snag broke off, slid down a 60-foot embankment and threw flames over a wide area, he explained. Dispatches from the fire lines to day indicated the flames bad leaped to green timber. Fighting the conflagration this (Continued on Page Three.) Urge Extra Session To Pass Farm Laws WASHINGTON, Aug. 6- (AP) Senator Black (D.-Ala.) submitted a petition tlgned by 41 senators today urging a special semlon of congress in the fall to enact general farm legislation. The petition was signed chiefly by Democrats and independents. It said the signers felt It would be "unwise" to wait until Januarv to enact farm legislation because farmers making preparations for then crops should know what laws would be on the books ahead of that tlrnu. Circulars for Senators Rouse Storm of Protest WASHINGTON. Aug. 8. (API Circulation to senators by page boys of a statement urging reconsideration of an amendment to the Wagner housing bill caused an uproar In the chamber today. Circulation of the statements, called "propaganda" by Senator CI irk (D-Mo). was denounced both by the Missouri senator and Senator Mc Nary, Republican leader. Clark made a point of order against the pro cedure. Senator Pittmao (D-Nev), presi dent pro tempore, who was presiding, ruled the pages could not be blamed, and that if any blame attached to the matter It should be laid to the senator who had ordered the distri bution. Senator Wagner ID-N.Y.), author of the bouitlng bill, quickly assumed "full responsibility." He said be had not believed there was anything "Improper" In the procedure and thought "any enlightenment" on the tMue mas "perfectly proper." Clark said the pnxrf In diatnout log tba UtaratUM involved "ealoji- Prepare Sniping Japanese Invaders - - - -- -- 'tj.-aagte I " aSjsSaf i , iafeTarnr'iii 'n I esr?,.fr3S Chinese Midlers, deployed along the Yangtlng river, routhwrst of Pelp lng, guard against Japanese attempts to take over control of the stream and the nearby' railway line: . If the fighting should oome to close quar ter, this sniper- wuuld unleash his big saurrt. (A. P. Photo.) SPEAKS FRIDAY AT ASHLAND FESTIVAL Governor Charles H. Msrtln. ol Oregon, will be guest speslter at the Shakespearean Festival In Ash land tomorrow night. Governor Msrtln, honorary presi dent of the Oregon Shakespearean Festival association, sponsoring this year's series of plays In Ashland's outdoor thester, la making a special trip from Salem tomorrow with Mrs. Martin In order to attend the second performance of "Twelfth Night." The Governor will be the featured speaker on a special program at 8 o'clock before the opening curtain. It will be the governor's first pub lic appearance In southern Oregon (Continued on Page Two.) Cancer Research Money Authorized WASHINGTON. Aug. 5 (AP) Senator Bone (D.-Wnsh.) said today President Roosevelt had signed his bill authorizing an appropriation of 760,000 for construction of a cancer research laboratory here. The bill also authorizes an annual appropriation of 7O0.0O0 to carry on the research work under direction of the public health service and a com mittee of scientists. lng tha machinery of the senate to cover senators' desks with propagan da MeNary asserted that acceptance of responsibility for distributing the statement by Wagner "does not cover the case." The Republican leader said It was "the boldest attempt to Influence legislation I have seen in 20 years in the senate. The statements were distributed to senators in personally addressed en velopes accompanied by letters signed by Langdon Post, as president of the American Federation of Housing Authorities. MeNary told the senate th-t If there was no senate rule now, at the next meeting of the rules committee he would submit a rule Inflicting a penalty on any organisation at tempting to circularize members of the senate In the chamber The statement was Issued by the American Federation of Housing Authorities, the bowing legislation information office, the labor homing conference and the Ka;;onal Assoc ia Um of HoualOi OXXlcUia, to Evacuate Americans Doctors Advance Price For Aiding ! Stork In Landing ST. HELENS. Aug. B. (AP) The stork boosted his prices in Columbia county today. Members of the county medical association agreed hereafter to charge 950 per baby instead of 25, wl th mi leage added If the child is born outside the St. elens city limits. Judge J. B. WUkerson, learning of the action, said he hoped it might be reflected in a lowered birth rate for persons on relief, citing that one couple had had a child each year for three years at the county's expense. But a doubtful doctor observed that "we might as welt charge 100 and forget It; I have three rasea unpaid now." 17 MINERS HURT E PRINCETON, B. C Aug. 5. (AP) Seventeen miners lay Jn hospital today three of them In critical con dition as a government mines In spector sought the cause of a ma chinery breakdown which plummeted their hoist cage down 400 feet of a shaft at Copper mountain mine yes terday. As doctors sought to save the life of the most severely injured, rest dent mine Inspector, J. Biggs, studied a broken bolt found in the hoist machinery after the cage had drop ped back to the bottom of its pit after climbing halfway up 800 feet toward the mlnehead. Those dangerously hurt were: Peter G. Celsllkowskl, undetermin ed brain Injury. Mike Cvotkovlch, spine fracture and leg Injuries, Harold Hart, back fractured. Three others had leg fractures. A counter balance attached to the cage and quick application of com pressed air and band brakes by Hoist Operator John Coggin. pre vented the men from striking the bottom of the pit with the full Im pact of the drop. China Seeks Loan For War Purposes LONDON. Aug. 5. (P) China, through her finance minister, has reached agreement In principle In London on a 100.000 000 loan to his country hM my be world-wide in scope, a Chinese embassy spokesman said today. It would be secured by Chinese customs revenue and probably be raised oy general subscription. The Kpokeaman said interest In the prot ect had net-n shown In the United Franc and Belgium, as well as la Ofet Siiuift. PLACE ON BENCH LEFT BY Klamath Falls Attorney Is Nominated by Roosevelt for Judgeship in United States District of Oregon WASHINGTON, Aug. fl. (AP) President Roosevelt today nominated Claude McColloch to be United States district Judge for the district of Oregon. KLAMATH PALLS, Aug. 5. (AP) "I deeply appreciate th high honor the president has accorded me," said Claude McColloch, Klamath Palls attorney, when Informed at lunch of his nomination by Presi dent Roosevelt to the federal bench. McColloch said he had no other statement to make at this time. PORTLAND. Aug. 8. AP Claude McColloch. appointed to tho federal Judge vacancy in Oregon today by President Roosevelt, has been prom inently associated with the demo cratic party since he was admitted to the state bar In 1009. Aa a resident of Baker, he rep resented eastern Oregon In the state senate In 1911 to 1013. There he was , Identified with the fight to establish Industrial accident insur ance laws and waa one of the spon sors of legislation for the corpora tion department, - - Ha moved to Klamath ; Palls In 1037, first practicing law with Hor ace Manning and tho late Ralph Horan, former Klamath legislator. Recently McColloch has been associ ated in law practice with Harry Boi vln. speaker of the house. . He Is a brother of Frank O. Mc Colloch, former public utilities com missioner. Their father is Judge O. H. McColloch of Baker county. McColloch, who succeeds the late Judge John MeNary, waa born at Red Bluff, Cal., In 1888. He studied at Stanford university and the Uni versity of Chicago. He served on the port of Portland commission by appointment of former Governor Walter M. Pierce in 1933 and 1034. He la married but has no children. Upon the confirmation of his ap pointment by the senate, he will move to Portland. 4 TO CALL POLICEMAN EUOENE. Aug. Pr Alice Blaine again "sat down" In front of a residence today, again adjusting her sign which .read. "A. O. Mathews owes my 83-year-old father 600 for hard labor." Mathews came out to the porch and glared at Mrs. Blaine. One minute later, pretty brunette Mrs. Blslne was drenched by a stream of water, Mathews had turned the hose on the picket and routed her. Mrs. Blaine fled to a nearby store and waa later aald to be planning legal retaliation Mathews admitted that he turned the water on Mrs. Blaine, claiming that he acted under legal advice. "After I turned the hose on her.1 he continued. "I Invited her to come In and use my telephone If she want ed to call the police.' Mrs. Blaine, witnesses aald, refused his Invitation. S. M. Calkins, city attorney, aald today that as far as he could ascer tain. Mrs. Blaine was within her legal lights in operating her "sltdown strike" In front of Mathews' resl dence. OF FAILS TO RETURN ORANTS PASS. Au. 8. PW. B. "Bill" Steffen. who charged he was kidnaped by Orants Pass busln men early Monday morning;, had not returned here this afternoon and his definite whereabouts were still un known. Indications that the charges might not be aired In the courts grew with each delay In his promised appear a nee. A letter apparently from Bteffen written on an Ashland hotel's sta- . llonery and mailed from Ashland last I ntht was In the hands of peaoa au 1 tiumuea. CANFIELD; LEAV1TT IS Park Heads Are Honored at Banquet and Crater Club Initiation Gratitude Is Voiced for Cooperation A farewell was said to David H. Canfleld and a welcome was extend ed to E. P. Leavltt at a banquet given In their honor at the Hotel Med ford last night by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the Cra ter olub. Mr. Canfleld will leave soon to be come superintendent of Rocky Moun tain national park In Colorado, a po sition to which he has been promoted from the super In tendency of Crater lake national park. Mr. Leavltt, now superintendent of Lassen Volcanic national park, will succeed Mr. Can fleld at Crater lake. After the banquet Mr. Leavltt was Initiated a member of the Crater club, the full ritual being used In the cere mony. Regrets Departure Mr. Canfleld said he regretted leav ing here where his work has always been pleasant because of the friend liness and cooperative spirit of tha peoplo. Since the change has been or dered, however, he stated he was glad to receive the promotion, ad vancement being the hope of all fed' eral employes. - Mtr canfleld expressed appreciation of the loyal Bsslstnnco always given him by his co-workers, crediting them with whatever success baa been at tained by his administration of Cr national monument and tha Oregon Caves national monument. If The thanked also other federal agencies for their cooperation speci fying the Rogue River. Siskiyou, Ump- qua and Modoc national forests, the biological survey and the reclamation service. Mr. Canfleld said he did not ask to be transferred from Crater lake and knew nothing about tha change until he learned that Mr. Leavltt was coming here. Later, he added, he was notified of his transfer. Resources Conserved Mr. Leavltt described the national park service as the best of the fed eral agencies. The park service, he (Continued on Page Two.) 'BEAN BALL' HITS NEW YORK. Aug. 8. (API Jake Powell, New York Yankee outfielder, was hit by a pitched ball in the fourth inning of today's game with the Chicago White Soi and had to be carried off the field on a atretcher. One of Monto Stratton'a fast bslls struck Powell high over the left ear. He fell to the ground, his feet kick ing wildly,, and then appeared to lapse Into unconsciousness. Rookie Tom Henrlcb. himself only newly recovered from an Injury, took Powell's plsce and went to first bsse. Dr. Robert E. Walsh, Yankee olub physlctsn, examined him In the club house and announced he suffered an Injury to his left ear. He will remain In the hospital for observation, at least overnight. Papa Dionne s Dander Up Over Emilie s Sore Throat CALLANDER. Ont., Aug. S (Ca nadian Press) Pspa Olivia Dionne got hla dander up today about Quin tuplet Emllle'a sore throat. He said he read Dr. Alien Roy Dafoe's statement that Emllle caught her cold from an "outside source" end made up his mind that Dr. Daloe "was blaming us because Eml lle got sick." Besides, the quintuplet fsther com plained, "we didn't even know she had It until some of those tourist told us Monday." Dr. Da foe answered that he didn't mean It that way. Although he aald he waa certain th Infection came from "someone outside" the nursery, hs added that "t certainly didn't say one of the Donne famly." Papa Dionne, who lives with his wife and als other children Just serosa the road from the nursery, explained he and Mrs. Dionne hsdu't suited IL qulutunJeU lot mote, Periled in China1 i Death and Stork WiU Make Calls . At Same Moment PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 8. (AP) Phystclana at the Philadelphia general hospital stood by today waiting for Mrs. Mary Boccasslni to die so they may deliver an ex pected baby. Mrs. Boccasstnl, 37, is suffering from tuberculous meningitis for which they said there Is no cure. The doctors told the husband, Domlnlck of the situation and that they would perform an ope ration aa soon as death came to the mother, to save the child. They hoped the baby would ar rive beforo the mother passed away. The husband objected, telling the doctors that if the wife must die to let the baby go with her. The physicians sought legal ad vice and the matter was taken before Judge Harry K. Kalodner. He decided that when the time comes the operation can be per formed. "Even an unborn babe has Its rights," he said. . H ELI OF STATE POLICE PASSES SUDDENLY Funeral servloes for Sergeant WU' Ham H. Ellcnburg of the Oregon state police, who died of a heart stuck at 4 .o'clock yesterday afternoon In his home at BJl North River side avenue, will be held at the Keeney funeral home In Oorvallls S t a rday. Tentative plans are for the funeral to be held under auspices of the Oregon na tlonal guard, of which El' lenburg was A Wm. II. Ellenburf major In the 102nd Infantry. It will be a full mil' ltary funeral. Death came to Sergeant Ellenburg following an Illness of less than 34 hours. He suffered a heart attack Tuesday evening and waa ordered to bed by Dr. Edwin R. Durno, where he remained until the end yesterday afternoon. At hla bedside when he died was his wife. Dr. Durno said today the actual cause of death was acute coronary occlusion, with which he had been troubled for about two years. The extremely well-liked and re spected state police and national guard officer leave to .mourn, be sides his wife, three daughters, Doris and Chios Ellenburg of Medford and Mrs. Dick Baiiy of Medford; four sla ters, Mrs. L. 8. Taylor and Irene El lenburg of Roseburg, Urs. Walter B Morris of Los Angeles and Mrs. Ralph Edmond of Portland, and one brother, Geary Ellenburg of Lebanon, Ore. The body wVI be transferred to cor vallls tonight from the Perl funeal home. Friends may see the remains of Sergeant Ellenburg at the funeral home until 7 p. m. today, Prank Perl, announced. William H. Ellenburg was W years old. He was born In Drain, Ore., Feb ruary 36, 1893, and lived there with hla family until 1908. when they moved to CorvaUls. He attended Ore- (Continued on Page rhrwe.) thsn 'a wsek before Emllls csught cold. Furthermore, h said, none of his family had been sick. Th fsther said that whan hs besrd only four of the quint wr being "shown" Monday, hs hurried to the nursery. "A nurse told me Emllle was sick with a sort throat and had a little fever," Dionne said. "1 saw her through a screen." It stood to reason, the fsther ex plained, that strangers who might be disease carriers brought Emilie her oold on one of the tourist excursions to the Quintuplet nursery. Also, Dionne said, he found out once that Yvonne had mumps and hs wasn't told snout It. That Isn't true," Dr. Dafoe re plied. Unaware of th aquabble, Emllle was sble to sit on the verandah to day. Dr. Dafoe ssld her temperature ass bark to normal and that aba was geUlris along veils C o 1 i - i 1 "4 AM FIGHT TO DEATH IS BY CHINA CHIEF Motorized Japanese Col umns Roll North to Halt Chinese Advance Mis sionaries Fear Invasion snANQHAI, Aug. 8. ( AP) Unit ed States oo Hauler officials In all China organized the whole American population tonight to guard their lives and get them out of possible dsnger rones If necessary, while China's generalissimo, Cbalng Ka4 Shek, suddenly proclaimed: "We will tight to the death." By night fall the month-old us deolared war brought these develop menta. , 1. Columns of motorlced Japanese troops rolled north to halt a Chinese advance from behind China's great wall. 3. Generalissimo Chiang Kat-Bhek, China's "strong man" leader of the central government, flew to Killing -to tell the natlon'a ohlef educators that China will resist the Japanese advance "even though It mease fighting Inadequately prepared and to the death." 8. American missionaries, re celling previous Japanese oonquests, feared Japanese domination of Norta China would wipe out missionary awl education work representing millions of d oilers In Amorlcan Investments, and years of the hardest toll. 4. Counsel General Clarenee Gauss at Shanghai directed formation at . (Continued on Pag Tnre. NEW MliCIL TO BE FORMED HERE SHORT TIME A central labor council, embracing eight local unions, will be established here within a week or ten days. A L. Rice, general organizer for south era Oreson for the American Peder atlon of Labor reports. Be says ap plication has been made for a cen tral labor council charter. The unions, recently organised her, are the butchers, barbers, cul lnary workers, retail clerks, electrical workers, truckmen and machinists. The Typographical union has long been established here. Rice said the bakers were also unionised but were affiliated with the Klamath Palls central labor council. Rice said he had met with packing house representatives this week and had outlined the local labor situa tion and a plan, "I think will be of mutual benefit to all concerned.1 Rice aald a statement on the packing house situation would probably be forthcoming In a few days. The A. P. of L. organiser aald his organisation and himself were op posed to all forms of labor agitation whether by individual agitators or Inspired by "communistic" lnflu- t ncea. BASEBALL National R. H. . Philadelphia ., - ,. 4 10 0 Chicago 3 4 0 Walters and Atwood; Bhoun, Bry ant, Root and Harnett, Odes. Brooklyn Pittsburgh Hoyt and Phelps; Blanton, Brandt. Weaver and Todd, (13 Innlnga) New York ,. Cincinnati Caatleman and and V. Davis. R. H. . 3 18 0 oat Dannlng; Orlaaom American R. . . 8 Detroit ,, Philadelphia . Auker and York; Smith and Bruck R, H. t. Chicago New York 8 14 I3 10 1 Stratton. Brown and Sewell; Wick er, Makosky, Murphy and Dickey. R. H. . Cleveland - 4 0 Boston . 8 11 1 Hudlln. and Pytlak; Newsom and Desautels. St. Louis Washington Koupal. Hofsett and Hemsley; Ap nlttoo, Lu Chase and atUUea,
