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TVfe The Weather Fortran; Fmlr tonlht and Sat urday.' Not much rhange In temperature. TEMPERA Tl'RB Highest vnterdny S3 Lowest this morntnf . M Three-Thirty Sunday U tha blf Classified day. Be aura your J Is la this edition. Ads In before three-thirty Saturday wtU ap pear on the classified pa ice. Closing time 8 p. m. Saturday Tribune DFORD Full Associated Press full United Press Thirty-Second Year Eighteen Pages Two Sections MEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 6, 1937. No. 118. MM wis Me I W Av m mat lir B" sen -V a .xvn V PASS9 B7 1 I I 7TP By H. B. I1.U KIIACE (Copyright. 1937. by North American Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) WASHINGTON, Aug. 6. Add to possible candidates for the supreme bench: Harold I. Ickes. This column professes to pick no winners, back no entrants, but merely records the following fact: Considerable pressure la being ex erted on the White House to name the secretary of the interior to the post made vacant by the retirement of Mr. Justice Van Oevanter. His friends say that Mr. Ickes' position geographically (middle west) and reading from left to right (con sistent, liberal) la correct. They say that tt Isn't so hard, according to tradition, to get' a cabinet member confirmed for such a post by the senate that Mr. Ickes would undoubtedly have men like Senator Johnson of California behind him. Why. ask some of Mr. Ickes' critics, should the president regard a man who has stirred up so much trouble In the cabinet? This Is one answer you can get to that: (a) Mr. Ickea" eccentricities. If he possesses them, would become the chief Justice's problem, not the presi dent's: (b) bad Judgment In ad ministering a department doesn't mean a bad Judge. Secretary Ickes was on the presi dential yacht last week-end. It must be admitted, however, that so was the bo'sun tight and the midship mite, none of whom has been men tioned for the bench. But Mr. Ickes Is definitely on the Hat. snd further up than some of the mentioned candidates. Now that Senator Wagner can lean back with a sigh of relief as he sees his dreams for cheap, clean houses :or the poor begin to take shape. the administration has decided that It's time to do something for the average flat-dwellers. The federal housing administra tion hsa been talking about It for some time. The president made some pertinent remarks about' It at' a' re cent press conference. The. heavy In dustries have been hoping something more would be done to stimulate tfre construction business. Now, there Is at last semi-official recognition that housing, like Gaul, Is really divided Into three parts. And the middle heretofore forgotten part, makes up, not one-third, but 51 per cent of the whole. This Is (Continued on .Page rwelve) ELKS BAND PLAYS IN PARK TONIGHT Under the direction of Ralph A. Botta, the Elks band will give Its second of a series of summer concerts In city park this evening starting at 8:18 o'clock. The public Is Invited, Program follows: The Liberty Bell March... Western World, Overture Sweet Leluenl, Popular 8ousa ..Chenette Owens Talhnft March Mllltalre The Shepherd's Dream, Walte..Taylor Avl Wares. March . miuuinti The Best Loved Southern Melodies Hayes Trust In Me, Popular...8chwartB Hall of Fame, March Ollvatotl 8tar Spangled Banner Key SCHERMERHORN TRIAL JUDGMENT SATISFIED Notice of satisfaction of Judgment in the case of the state against Gordon L. Schermerhorn. former sheriff. In the letter's' trial casta here In 1934. has been filed In circuit court. The amount Involved was C633.70, and $15 for supreme court appeal costs. SIDE GLANCES bj TRIBUNE REPORTERS John Wilkinson holding an Im promptu batting workout with his little son. Donny. on their front lawn, the latter responding to his dau's shout to "hit It a mile" by belting one of the old man's fast balls through $5 worth of glass front door halting practice for the day. Bill Gitea averring that what tne Softball league needs Is a committee of public-spirited citlrens to add E?at to the game by raring the umps and confusing the pitchers. Milk bottles slowly accumulating cn Harre Young's back porch while toe Mrs. la away. Scoop Punl recruiting baseball faro for a tr ov-r the hill to see thr Seals pis Klamath' Red Sox. E OF- Seven Hundred Million Au thorized in Next Three Years Several Changes Made in Wagner Proposal WASHINGTON. Aug 8. (Pf-Sen-tors McNary and Stelwer of Oregon Joined tlx other Republicans and eight Democratic senators In voting against the Wagner low-cost bousing bill. Washington! Aug. . (AP) The senate passed a modified Wagner housing bill today and sent tt to the house. ' The vote was 64 to 18. The bill - would authorlsse a bond Issue of (700.000,000 during the next three years and an Initial appropria tion of 826.000,000 to make loans and grants to public housing authorities for construction of low-rent dwel lings and slum clearance. ' The measure was one of the major points In President Roosevelt's legis lative program. Adopt Amendments Most of the discussion centered on restrictive and clarifying amend ments, many of which were adopted. They included an amendment plac ing the proposed housing authority under the supervision of Secretary Ickes1 interior department. ' One of the principal changes waa a restriction proposed by Senator Byrd (D-Va.) that no new housing project could be built with federal aid at a cost of more than 84.000 a family unit or 81,000 per room exclu sive of land cost and expense of slum demolition. The senate eliminated from the (Oontluned on Page Seres.) FOR MEMBERSHIPS A campaign to enroll all eligible for membership was begun today by the Associated Farmers of Jackson County, Inc., farm group recently organized for the legitimate protec tion of t agricultural enterprise. The aim Is to extend the organiza tion Into every part of the county and to enlist everyone engaged In any phase of farming so that all may take part In a program of mutual aid. It waa explained by William J. Warner, president. Membership Is already representative of all lines of agriculture in the county but It Is desired to make the organization all inclusive, Mr. Wamer said. Any person regularly engaged In any kind of farming, whether as ten-! ant or land-owner, is eligible for membership, Mr. Warner related. A statement issued today explained ; that the primary purpose of the Associated Fanners of Jackson County 1 is to guarantee the orderly harvest-: lng and marketing of agricultural! products without damaging Interfer ence by outside professional agita tors. It was emphasized that the Asso ciated Farmers of Jackson County la not opposed to labor unions, the right to organize or to quit work be ing deflnitey recognized. The group, however, Is unalterably against in terference with men who want to work and are satisfied with condi tions under which they are employed, the statement said. "Our efforts are not directed against reputable union officials but (Continued on Page Five.) CASCADE WRECK DUE 10 FISSURE IN RAIL KLAMATH FAL8, Aug. 8. (API Southern Pacific railroad officials blamed a transverse fissure today for wrecking a special section of the Cascade llmtted near Yamsey Mon day. The report said the fissure began from a pin-point size snd spread through the rail, weakening it to such an extent that It broke under the weight of passing cars. The accident resulted In Injuries to 18 persona and derailed six cars. The company forwarded the report to the Interstate commerce comm. is ilon. SAUNAS, Calif.. Aug. 6v (AP) George Adams, former Oregon State college star football eod, arrived here today to be head coach of the Sa !lns Junior c -Hear. Adam ha L-.en at the Corral Us. Ore, high school Claim Boy f 4 vtPv, ;:V T7' V L-w John Regan, 26, a machinist, and Lydla Nelson, 25, (top) who first said she was Began' wife and then said they were not married, claimed SO-montha old Donald llorst, reported kidnaped In Chicago, was their son. The boy, found at Regan's home, was seized frorn the arms of Mrs. Otto llornt (below), wife of a well-to-do manufacturer, who admitted to authorities he was not her son. A.I. Photos), TRAIL CREEK BID PORTLAND, Ore.. Aug. 8. (AP) Tom LiUeboa of Portland proved low bidder on construction ol a 130-foot bridge across the Trail creek near the south end of the TlllerTrall na tional forest highway. His estimate to the bureau of publlo roads was 22.347. Engineer W. H. Lynch said four bids were received here todsy. He stated completion of this structure In Douglas county will permit travel over the new grade which has been In process of construction during the past several years. Two grsdlng contracts are operat lng at tne present time adjacent to the bridge site but probably will not be completed until the 1938 season. BASEBALL National. New Yor 8 13 1 Pittsburgh S S 2 Hubbe'l and Danstng; Lucas and Todd. First gvno: Boston . R. H. 8 15 Chlcsgo 13 18 Hutchinson. Lsnrlng, Rels (8), and Mueller: Carleton, Davis, and Hart nett, Ock-a. American Chicago . Boston ... 8 11 0 7 m a Dletrtcl, Rlgney and SeweU. Shea; Wilson and Berg. Detroit .. , 10 18 0 Waahlngton 3 B 8 Wade snd York; Weaver, Cohen. Link snd Millies. Is Their Son FARLEY OFFERED AUTO FIRM HELM BUFFALO. N. Aug. 8. (AP) The Buffalo Evening News said to day Postmaster General James E. Farley had been Invited to "head the sales organization or possibly become the executive head" of the Plorce Arrow Motor corporation. No official of the motor company, whose main office is here, could be reached tor comment. The News said Farley commented. In Washington, thst the matter bad been put up to him, but bad refused to confirm or deny the report. Later today. President A. J. Chan ter of the Plerce-Arrow corporation, asked by newspaper men about the Farley report, snld: "You'll have to talk to Mr. Farley about that.' He had no other comment. ALLEN OR WED PORTLAND. Aug. . (AP Politi cal "kingmakers" todsy mentioned Jsck E. Allen of Pendleton and Jack Caufleld of TWsmook as likely suc cessors to Claude E. McCulloch as state chairman of the Democratic central committee. Allen served In the senate and sought the Democratic nomination for state treasurer In 19M. He was reported to have the support of one wing of the party organisation. Caufleld, who was defeated by few votes for the position by McCol loch be;' re the last general elections, counted yd support of pnrty leaders woo betted him at that tuns. Bank Robber Makes Big Haul WORRIED BROTHER KILLS 2 SISTERS MOTHER AND SELF Bullet-Pierced Bodies Found by Another Brother On ; Arrival Home From Work Notes Reveal Cause PITTSBURGH. Aug. 0 (AP) A i young unemployed bookkeeper fatal- If shot his widowed mother and two sisters and killed himself today with a new rifle. Police Inspector Gus Ellen and Lieutenant Edward ftlrby said 30 year old Bernard Oregor killed the three In the bedrooms of their west end home. Three notes written by Bernard In dicated he was driven to the act by worry over the family. Another brother, Frank, 37. found the bodies when he came home from work tills morning. Hlmt In llrad The mother, Mrs. Anna Gregor, 47, lay on the floor of her room. In beds In another room were sprawled the bodies of the sisters, Mary Ann, ID, and Betty, 25. Their heads had been pierced by bullets. The body of Bernard lay at the side of the bed. One of the notes, found by homi cide detectives Fred Good and Edward Scanlori, stated; "Oh, if there were some way other than this out of our misery Bernard lay near the bed, a rifle beside hint. The sisters were sprawled elose together. They were In night clothing. The' body of Mrs. Anna (Continued on Page Five.) QUARREL OVER WATER OF GRANTS PASS MAN GRANTS PASS. Aug. 6.AP) George Bryan, about 70, plumber, was critically wounded by a shotgun charge In his right chest about A o'clock this morning. Constable Fred Houston .said Wil liam Burger, 79, was arrested and placed In Jail pending Investigation. He said Investigating officers believ ed there bad been a quarrel over Irrigation. The shooting occurred at an auto camp just south of the city limits, J. E. ("Cap") Verdln, Burger's neighbor, said be was awakened by shouting. He ran to the Burger house, where he'sald he found Burger very norvous. "I saw the Bryan car there and asked Burger who was hollering," he said. "He pointed to the car and I hurried over there but could not find Bryan. A woman nearby waved to me and X ran to her house and there was 'Bryan sitting on the porch, bleeding badly." Bryan told Verdln, he said, that he was In his tomato patch when he was shot, and said the shot was fired at a distance of about ten feet TO A. L. Rice, general organizer for the American Federation of Labor in southern Oregon, reported today that he had been unable to locate W. L Bteffen, acting secretary of the cul inary union of O rants Pass, pur portedly ldnsped early Tuesday by masked and armed men from his room In O rants pass, and told to depart. Rice said that Bteffen had em barked on a atsgo at Klamath Falls W4neadsy morning and his Inquiry showed he bsd left It at AshJsnd. The genersl organiser spent Thurs day in Ashland but was unable to find trace of the mlastng man. Stef fen Is supposed to have written a letter to Orants Pass friends on Hotel Lit Ma stationery. Rice said "It looks like Ateffen Is 'hidlng-out, but what his motive Is, I don't know.' We here tried to con vey to him the Information that If he will return he will be given the fullest protection, legal and other wise. I am going to visit Orants Pass today to look the situation war there. No complaint has been filed In the strange rase, Jackson county and Josephine county authorities, and ths state police report, WAR FEVER RISES PREPAREJR GAS Enemy Planes Expected to Drop Bombs Momentarily Japanese Move Nation als Out of Hankow Region NANKING, Aug. 6. (AP) China' capital verged on war fever tonlgat while Japanese bluejackets in Han kow, central China's great trading center far up the Yangtze, feverishly evacuated their people and faced Chinese soldiers across street barri cades, A Nanking air defense association bought gaa masks, trained Its mem bers, and told the people what to do In the case of bombs or gas at tacks. ' Such simple directions were neces sary because most of Nanking's more than a million people do not have the money for masks. "Bo prepared." said one city-wide slogan, "the enemy airplanes are expected to drop bombs momen tarily." Thus, actual preparations for par ticipation In the month-old unde clared war . spread . afar : from Its Pelplng cradle. Japs Evacuate. All Japanese In Japan's Hankow concession and nearby areas were ordered, to concentrate at the Yang- tee river waterfront for. wholesale evacuation, which was to be com pleted tonight. River steamers are carrying th "Japanese - down to Shanghai. t Three hundred Japanese marines were ashore at Hankow. Chinese troops In and near the city were estimated at! 80,000. Japanese ma rines and Chinese Infantrymen In full war kit were facing each other across- barricades only the width of a street apart. (The Tokyo war office said the Japanese naval forces on the Yang tee had taken special measures to meet Chinese attack after the Chi nese surrounded the Hankow Jap anese concession. Chinese forces, it was said, built trenches a ad broke communications lines leading from the Japanese concession.) (Continued on Page Three.) Removal Hearing Waived By Robber PORTLAND, Aug. fl.AP) Claire R. Gibson, wanted In Minnesota for a series of bank robberies and for questioning about bank robberies snd three killings In South Dakota, waived a removal hearing before federal court today. Gibson, arrested In a mountain hideout 60 miles west of Roseburg Isst week, appeared before the court on one charge, robbery of the Cold Spring.. Minn., bank In November. 1030. Post-Modem Babe Has Good Chance to Survive Say Attending Surgeons INFANT BORN AFTER MOTHER'S DEATH ON MAY 1U0ING WELL HIAOARA FALLS. Ont.. Aug. 8. M, A post-mortem oaby born here Maj IT apparently waa thriving today under the care of ber father and four-year-old sister. fihe la Seraphlne Antoinette fiords born eight minutes after her mother died with a serious kidney ailment Or. Samuel McCallum, a physician said he sent Mrsf Sortie to hospital after she had suffered a convulsion. She suffered another and a nurse call ed In Dr. Harry Wrong, a staff phy sician. The mother was found deal Without waiting to aterlilze him self or his Instruments, Dr. Wrong used an ordinary scalpel and per formed a caeaarlan operation, Dr. afo Callum said, adding "the baby has thrived ever since. She now weighs eight pounds." The baby's father la Ants. Sordt, at present out of work with a broken rib. Doctors and neighbors have taivht his funr-yjsr-oui c-iijhter JennM, to "mother" Antoinette, Choice for Judge zJ2. Claude MColloch, Klamath Falls attorney, who was nominated yester day by President Roosevelt to fill the vacancy on the federal bench In the Oregon district. T TO BE NSURANCE MEET The annual convention of the Ore gon State Agents' association went Into tta second day here with a morn lng session at the court house audi torium with George Haerle, chair man of the executive committee, pre' siding. Jteglstered delegate totAi aa. Secretary James O. Collins reports the attendance Is past the 100 mark, as a number of delegates have failed to register. The annual banquet will be held tonight at 7 o'clock at Hotel Med ford. Papers concerning the technical aide of Insurance, other than life insurance were resd, the first by E. A. Valentine of Portland on "Inland Marine Insurance. . William H. Menn of Los Angeles, a member of the Natlonsl Association of Insurance Agents, discussed "The Importance of National Organisa tion.' A message was read from W. G. Rich of San Francisco, chairman of the Oregon conference committee. F. Schuyler Dua waiter of New York City, director of the business devel opment offloe, spoke on phases of insurance organizations. At a noon luncheon et the Hotel Medford, Attorney William M. Mc Allister, Jackson county representa tive In the legislature, gave an ad dress on the "Insurance of publlo property." The luncheon was pre sided over by John O. Strum of Port land, past president. The closing business session will be held this afternoon with the filing of committee reports and the nomi nation and election of a president, a chairman of the executive om- (Continued on Page Eleven) PHILADELPHIA, Aug. . fP) A newborn baby girl, delivered from her dead mother early today In a stirring drama of modern surgery, stood a "pretty good" chanoa of living If It survived until tomorrow. "Of course, anything can happen In a case like this," ssld Dr. John Corblt. resident obstetrician and as sistant chief surgeon, who brought the 8'4-pound girl Into the world by caeaarlan operation, one min ute after her disease-doomed mother. Mrs. Mary Boccaaslni, 37, had died. "We cannot tell yet whether It baa passed the critical atage." said Dr. Corblt, adding the Infant's tempera ture had been reduced to 101 from 10S at birth. "We will attempt to get the tem perature down to ft op 100 and hold It there." he said. Immediately after the poat-mortem operation, the baby was placed In an Incubator and given oxygen. Hos pital attaches said there waa a "fall" chance the baby would survive. Doctors bad watted for tbe mothei. Mra. Mary Boccaaslni, 37 to die. In curably afflicted with tubercular meningitis, she wsa on her death-bed as the time approached for the birth of her child. She waa too weak to endure an operation for the delivery, and at the same time her consuming fever wm jConUaUsd aq pact 51UU), PERSONNEL COWED L TIME LOCK 1RKSJM VAULT Stevenson, Wash., Institu tion Loses Between $20, 000 and $30,000; Watch Roads for Automobile STEVENSON, Wash., Aug. 8 (AW) A robber bound the Janitor and tTvo officials of the Stevenson Na tional bank this morning and esoap ed with cash estimated between 120, 000 and S30.000 In currency. Sheriff M. T. Borden said tha rob. ber forced Dave Wessel, 70-year oM Janitor, to let him in the front door about 7:30 a. m. He bound the aged worker and then lay In wait for other employes. When M. W. Bock, vlce-preeldent- and Walter .Oregorlus arrived at 8:SO o'clock he held them at the point of a gun until the time lock opened the vault at 0 a. m. Appeared Intoxicated The robber, whom the sheriff said appeared Intoxicated", forced them to open the safe and take out virtually all the money the bank had on hand. He tied up Wessel and Oregorua and locked Beck In the vault. A release In-the vault enabled Beck to and spread an alarm. The sheriff reported the robber had been seen around the town for about three days. He apparently waa transient, the sheriff said, and re celved little attention. His face waa uncovered when he robbed the bank Officers learned he probably mad his escape In a 1934 or 1S35 modal sedan (Ford V-S) carylng Callfor nla license number starting with thai letter X. 'He was perhaps 48 years old and weighed about 139 pounds. He wore overalls and a blue coat. He had s heavy black mustache. ' Highways Watched Borden Immediately spread word af the robbery tn Oregon and Wash ington police. ' A watch waa set up on all highway. Captain Vayne Gmrdane of th Oregon state poltoe at Portland ord ered troopers to Join town marshal . (Continued on Fags Three.) FRENCFlSTHANG FOR 'FEUD' MURDER DF ALTURAS EDITOR ALTURAS, Cal., Aug. 8. (API Harry French was sentenced today to be hanged at San Quentlu prison for th "newspaper feud" murder of Claude L. MoCracken last March 36. Superior Judge P. M. Jamison said the date of execution would be sub ject to action by ths state suprsma) court on French's appeal for a new . trial. Pour motions tor a new trial were denied by ths court, after which Luke Howe of Sacramento, chief de fense attorney, filed notice of appeal to the supreme court, French waa remanded to ths cus tody of Sheriff John Sharp, who wsa Instructed by the court to remove- th 30-year old prisoner to San Quenttn, A Jury returned a first degree mur der verdict against French June 38, and the same Jurors July 15 returned a verdict that be waa sans. New Office To Aid . Forest Traveler Rogus River national forest head quarters have opened a, registration and Information office In the room formerly occupied by ths Stats Bank of Ashland next to the postotfle in Ashland. Winston Hotell. firs guard, la In charge. Campflre permits will' be Issued at tbe office to those entering the for est anas. Information regarding camps and drives In the forest will slao be given. 3-ACRE BRUSH BLAZE IS CAUSED BY SMOKER A stats patrol of 13 men last night put out a three-acre brush firs bs tween Yankee creek and the north fork of Little Butte creek. Tbe dis trict warden's office said tha buvas waa caused by smoker. SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 8-(AF) Testimony that ah received nine black eyes In nine months of mljr ied lire won a divorce today tot Mrs. Naomi Tegon, from William Tcgen, San Francisco fireman. She explained he was so big she did not dan hit back, t
