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The Weather Forecast: Fair today and to morrow; not much chance in temperature Temperature IllghMt yesterday - , 90 Lowest yesterday 66 Thousands Willie you are reading th Classified ad In ttali newe paper, remember thousands of others are reading them wlfb, you. Thit is why theu ads brine big returns. lou should use them. TRIBUNE FORD Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON. SUNDAY, AUGUST 8, 1937 No. 119. wmiw fpnnralo) nnioi to v. man t l Med SIM By II. B. BAUKHAGE (Copyright. 11137. by the North Amer ican Newspaper Alliance. Inc.) WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. If any one could claim credit tor the way con gress, despite the cries tor adjourn ment, settled down and sawed wood the last week It ought to be Sam Rayburn, majority Iloor leader of the house. With Vlco-Presldent Garner preaching the gospel of "rest for the weary" and Speaker Bankheod em phatically. If silently seconding the motion. Representative Rayburn has hung on with the tenacity of a bull dog. But hanging on la In his line. It was the way he hung on to the bill that created the securities and ex change commission that made the financial world sit up and take no tice. And It was banging on to an idea that he got Into his head when he was a youngster that-brought him to where he Is: majority floor leader of the bouse of representatives. A barefoot boy up In the corner, reading the biographies of the coun try's great men, was the avatar of this congressman. And he wea still a school boy when he announced that he was going to run for 'je state legislature aa soon as he finished his law course, that he waa going to be apeaker some day and after that run for congress. And that's Just what be did. And all he had to start with was A2S and his father'st blessing. Young Sam Rayburn was one of eleven children, whose forbears came by way of Tennessee from Virginia to a border line county In Texas (he waa born In Bonham) and there turned the virgin furrowa In a neigh borhood that still wins Its bread from the soil. The country school house was the . oommunlty-center of the times and here on-tneny a festal 'day thoRay burn buggy was tied while the whole family heard the local politician's oratory, or attended the recitations or spelling bees and discussed the latest news In the weekly editions of the Courier-Journal. When Sam had absorbed all that the country school had to offer either In its regular sessions or when some visiting pundit proclaimed his views, he went to bis father and said be had to go to college. The father was In favor of the notion but regretruny explained that there was nothing In the till for raccoon-skin coats flivvers or the local equivalent of the day. He did, however, present his ambitious son with $25 In coin of the realm and escorted him to the station on the branch line that waa to take him to the Texas Normal col lege. The boy was a good student, bright and determined to learn all that was taught him. But when he finished hia course, and since he was, as we have noted, already on hla way to congress, the next step was naturally the state university law school. His shingle was hardly floating on th Bonram breezes when he was ready for the legislature. At 24 he was elected. He was a member for four years and then, as per schedule, waa elected apeaker and served In that capacity for two more. Mean while, tn the summers, he practiced law. Then one day in 1913 the coun ty paper announced In black-faced headlines: "Storea closed all day and every body out to hear Fannin county's gifted son who is candidate for con gress." Just how this specialist In mea sures dealing with some of the most Intricate and abstruse principles of political economy translates his record Into votes for his constituents would seem difficult to fathom. His purely agricultural district is far more interested In stock with four legs and a moo than It Is In a stock exchange, and a transportation act to them Is chiefly the act of trans porting a bale of cotton from aithei to hence. But he gets things done tor the home folks and they seen, to take him and hla other achieve ments at their face value. Today disinterested observers rank Sam Kayburn as one of the most Im portant members of the house end yet, except tor his present Job as floor lead-er, to which he was elected In January of this yeai, and hi, chairmanship of the Interstate and foreign commerce committee, he has held rank without title.. Written In large leltera of achieve ment against hla name are the securities and exchange act. the holding company act and the url electrification act. all, and especially the first two. representing long and bitter battles. The pressure exerted on Represen tative Raylmrn during the inttle for I lie securities and the holdinn com pinr bills aas terrific, rhe president knew this would be '.lie case and that waa the reason the Iexan was chosen to handle them. Everyoody knew that, once he got hi teeth into ie mear-ur;-. .cu -rr ..m nor E E TO Moody Declares Counties, Not State, Have Power To Take . Legal Action SALEM, Aug. 7. (p The district attorneys and not the attorney gen eral are responsible for the enforce ment of the criminal statutes in their respective counties. Assistant Attor ney General Moody today advised Le Iflnd T. Brown, district attorney -of Wasco county. Moody's letter was in reply to one from Brown urging the attorney gen eral's office to take the initiative In enforcing the criminal laws of the state against marbleboard, plnball machines and other similar devices operating In violation of the lottery and gambling laws of the state. You suggest for the attorney gen eral to take the Initiative In the en forcement of this phase of the crim inal law because this office has borne the brunt of the prosecution of these cases," Moody said. "The attorney general is without power to direct the district attorney in the performance of his duties and cannot act in -the capacity of a dis trict attorney unless directed by the governor." Moody then pointed out two stat utes which authorize the governor to act In criminal prosecutions, "The governor directed' the attor ney general to Investigate and prose cute the violation of the laws against gambling in Marlon county," Moody continued, "and In the performance of such duty and assignment the as sistant attorney general conducted the proceedings against marbleboards. pin-ball machines and other similar devices In Marlon county." . Moody said that from decre&s en tered in the Marlon county cases the operation of marbleboards, pin-ball machines and similar devices violates the lottery, gambling, nickel -In -the slot and public nuisance statutes of the state. He also averred that the Oregon law, which purports to license such gomes and others of like char acter is unconstitutional Insofar as It applies to marbleboards and pin-ball machines. "Consequently," Moody said, "any license of these machines Is void and should be disregarded." Moody's letter continued: "It would seem to me that your duty in the premises Is plain. If in Junction proceedings have been lnstl- tuted In your district enjoining you from acting, you should promptly have the court dismiss the Injunctions and dismiss the cases. On this being done you should proceed at once to enforce the criminal laws of the state against these devices." Copies of Brown's letter were sent to all other district attorneys of the state, together with copies of all pro ceedlngs in the Marlon county pin ball and marbleboard injunction cases.' CORBLY RENAMED AS DAV. ADJUTANT COLUMBUS, O.. Aug. 7. (IP) Viv ian D, Corbly of Cincinnati, storm center of the national convention of Disabled American Veterans of the World war. was reappointed national adjutant today by the organization executive committee for a period of 60 days. Corbly was criticised by the Ohio department In a resolution adoped at the state convention last week pro testing his reappointment on the grounds that he "failed to cooperate." Tho committee appointment la a customary procedure said MaJ. Maple T. Harl of Denver, Colo., newiy elect ed national commander, w :o will make the permanent selection. Corb ly has held the post for the past 12 years. WITH BANK YEGG PORTLAND. Ore. Aug. 7. (API Deputy U. S. Marshal Leo McLaln left tonight for St. Paul, taking Clatre Ralph Olbson. 31. wanted Minnesota, on two indictments charg- ing him with bank robbery, at Cold Springs and Eyots Olbfon was arrested In the moun tains of Douglas county last wee with Violet Bruss, 23. with whom be was hiding out. She will be prose cuted here en ohar$es of harboring s known fugitive. M-Lain I oar. was formerly stationed Born Minute After Mother Dies is"-' V.; . ' l :iM;.-: '. '.. ; -s;;;- The three-and-a-half-pound girl In the Phtaledelphla general hospital one minute after the mother, Mrs. Mary Bocrasalnl, died of tuber cular meningitis, was said to have a good chance to survive. It ganned but did not cry, when born. The Infant is shown a few hours after birth. PHILADELPHIA. Aug. 8. (8UU- day) ((P) )A baby life, snatched once by surgery from death, waa claimed by death again early today Frances Mary Boccasslnl, deliver ed fn a post mortem caesarlan oper ation, died In her alr-condltloned in cubator at the Philadelphia hospi tal. Death occurred at 13:05 ajn., EST. Physlclana failed to revive the baby from her fifth choking attack of the night, artificial respiration and heart stimulants being applied without ef fect. Dr. Corblt and other physicians SENATE APPROVES COURTPACK BILL Garner In Surprise Moves Puts End In This Session To F.D.R.'s Scheme. WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. (API The historic court controversy in the senate ended abruptly today with passage of a compromise Judiciary reform bill dealing only with lower federal tribunals. There was no roll csll vote. Vice president Garner gavelled the meas ure through after less than an hour of perfunctory debate. Few senators were on- me nui when he banged his Ivory mallet on the desk and declared the bill passed by unanimous consent. - Several senators, caught by sur prise, sprang to their feet and pro tested that they wanted a chance tovote against the legislation. Garner promptly ruled their ob jections came too late, but said they could nave tneir opp"" noted In the record. The measure had been agreed to by administration leaders, after they abandoned President Roosevelt's or iginal proposal to appoint additional Justices to the supreme court If In cumbents past 70 years of age did not retire. Speaker Bankhead Immediately predicted the house would pass the measure with dispatch. He said the bill probably would be sent to a senate-house conference committee Mondsy merely as a mat ter of form. The substitute bill, drafted by the senate Judiciary committee, provided for four procedural reforms in lower courts. Senator Austin (R.. Vt.), an en emy of the abandoned bill, asserted that the aubstltutc had been drawn up "with entire Impartiality" and "without a trace of partlssn bias." Majority leader Berkley (D.. Ky.) predicted an adjournment "by Au gust al or perhaps a mtie sooner. He said the senate would consider leclslatlon Monday to govern the operation of the Bonneville dsm and rawer nlant In Washington, and that the sugar bill would be. taken up Wednesday or Thursday. A ui loophole bill. UH being drafted In the house, and a few score minor measures then will be the only remaining business. Marlon Tax Check SALEM. Ore, Aug. 7. (AP) The Marlon county court house flnane ing plan was altered here today so that the maximum tax for next year ! ! will not exceed two mllla. Minister Hurt ALBAMT. Ore, Aug. 7. (API The : Rev. H. R. Tyler of Calvary Baptist : church. Cove. Ore., attending he Baptist assembly at Cnsradla, was rr- covering satlslr '-t - ?vly from tn , Juries inched In . 175-toot ft. idown a mouiitalA sKle iatt Bundajr. continued their effort for a quarter of an hour. Then they pronounced the girl was dead. The baby's mother died early Frl day of tuberculosis meningitis, for which doctors Bald there was no cure. Nurses who had watched at her bed side for 36 hours waiting for her to die called Dr. Corblt, asleep In an ad joining room. A minute later he bad delivered the tiny girl alive. She would not have been born nor mally for another two weeks or a month. ASKS TO Labor Board Called 'Racket' And Members 'Reds' In Letter To Roosevelt. STAMFORD, Conn.. Aug. 7. AP) Lester P. Barlow, Stamford Invent or, demanded In a letter to President Roosevelt, made publio today, the re moval from office of six federal of ficials, Including three cabinet mem bers, as a result of a hearing held here recently by the national labor board. - Barlow, who waa thratened with federal prosecution after he had In tcrupted the hearing with a denun ciation of the NLRB members aa "reds" and its proceedings as a "racket," asserted he would start cir culation of a petition to congress for the Impeachment of Mr. Roosevelt if within a week "there Is no indica tion on your part that the above demanded removals will take place in the immediate future. The six officials named In the 'let ter were Postmaster Oeneral Parley; Attorney Oeneral Cummlngs; Secre tary of Labor Perkins; David Mosco wltz, NLRB attorne; Mrs. Elinor M. Hertick. NLRB regional director; and Louis Y. Oaberman, assistant district attorney at Hartford. POLITICAL FAITH HIT BY WPA CUTS PORfTLAND, A 114. (JF) Reduction of WPA rolls here brought a switch In political allegiance from the Demo crat to the Republican ranks of many of the persons affected, James Olea son. tn charge of the registration bu reau, said. He said some 60 persons had ap peared at the courthouse during the past two days to change their regis trations, F Oregon: Oenerall fair Sunday and Monday but unsettled northwest por tion Sunday; cooler northeast portion with somewhat higher humidity: moderate northwest wind off coast. Outlook far western states period tiust 9-14: Pair w-ather a ii'i tcm- ft.urM guiualJj abov norma. BELIEF WPA JOBS HIT BYGRIFF1TH Tendency Descried In Letter Private Employment Tests By Workers Alli ance Loom. PORTLAND, Aug. 7. (P) WPA workers should be "discouraged In the tendency to consider WPA employ- tnent as a permanent type of employ-1 ment Intended for their future secur ity," K. J. Griffith, WPA adminis trator for Oregon, said today In a let ter to Elmer R. ooudy, state rollef director. Explaining reasons for the dismissal of 2,200 WPA enrolleea, Griffith said that the large voluntary withdrawal of workers within the past few months Indicated that private employment waa available. He told Goudy that workers being released were aliens who have not declared their intention to become citizens prior to passage of the 1937 relief act, non-certlfled workers, those physically unable to perform the work available, and others located on small, Isolated projects near agricul tural areas. PORTLAND, Aug. 7. (4) Job seek ing on a mass scale with bannera and placards will be the answer of the Oregon Workers alliance to tho atate ment that "private Industry will ab sorb workers from WPA rolls," lead- era said today. "We'll toon find out tf there are any Joba in private Industry," one leader ahouted at the meeting of al liance members , and sympathisers here today. . , Job Hunters will vlatt several of tho city's large Induatrles and bus iness establishments. If unsuccessful alllanco member plan to go to Salem next Friday to demand relief atten tion from Governor Martin. SUGARBlLVETO WASHINGTON. Aug. 7. (AP) Senate sugar bloc leaders discussed today the posslbllty 01 a compromise on new sugar control legislation with the hope of forestalling a threatened presidential veto. Senator Adams (D., Colo.,), chair man of a group of senators from western ana southern sugar produc ing states, said "we are seeking way out" of an lmpassee over a pro posed limitation o refining in Hawaii and Puerto Rico. In the face of a warning Presi dent Roosevelt would reject a bill "discriminating" against the Island territories, the house voted 135 to 92 yesterday to retain the disputed curb and then passed tho bill. 4 FELON NAMESAKE FOLSOM PRISON, Cel., Aug. 7. (UP Wrrden Claicnce Lark in of Fotsom state prison doesn't like It. Warden Lsrkln la 6 feet. 4 lncho tall. Latest prisoner to be entered was 6 feet, 4 Inches tall and his name was Clarence Lark In. BULLETIN (Hy L'nlled Press) Ad LUka, Portland'a star aubmar ine ball hurler, set the San Diego Padres down with 8 hits Saturdxy night In the feature game of the Pacific Coast league baseball raoo The Beavers won 6 to 0. LUka was given the upper hand In the flrat Inning when the Beav ers forged Into a 3 to 0 lead. Ttt Psdrea failed to solve his submarine delivery, and he waa never In dan ger. Wall Hebert waa nicked for all of the Beavera runs, and receipted for the toss. Joe Gonrales, former University of Southern California pitching star, huleo the ninth In ning and waa not aoored on. R. H. I. San Diego - 0 I Portland 8 IS 0 Hebert. Oonrslea and Starr: LUka and Tresh. (Night games) R. Missions -.....-.-.- "" itlle I w. Re- and Prjnconch; H. 7 7 Barrett ' I aud tyludeU STATE UNITE ON Private Meeting Of Oregon Leaders Monday Night To Name Candidate For Post. PORTLAND, Ore., Aug. 7. (AP) Governor Martin called a meeting of "Oregon leaders" here Monday night to unite on a candidate for admlnta trator of Bonneville dam. White the object of the meeting was veiled in secrecy In the Invitation letters sent out from Salem today by Wallace 8. Wharton, executive secre tary to the governor, It was learned the governor will take steps to name an Oregon candidate as opposed to J. D. Ross of Seattle. Tho letter merely advised the "re cipients thfct Oovernor Martin "wishes to hold a private conference of Ore gon leaders" Monday night at 8:30 at the Portland hotel "on a matter of vital Interest to the welfare and development of the state,'' adding that the subject required ' immediate attention." The executive has been an out spoken critic of Ross. Three names were mentioned as possible Oregon candidates, Tom Del Ben, formerly with the California Oregon Power company; O. O. Hock ley, PWA administrator for Oregon; and E. C, Robinson, secretary of tb Willamette oemocratio society. ALIEN AGITATOR TO LEAD STRIKE- ORAND COULEE. Wash.. Aug. 7. (AP) Harry Bridges, San Fran cisco leader of the International Longshoremen's association, will per sonally lead the strike of C.I.O. workers at the Orand Coulee dam project, William Hlllyer. C.I.O. field agent, said today In explaining why he had counseled the International union of dam construction workers to delay their strike over the week end. "We need strong leadership," he asserted, "someone who can solidify the men and hold them to their purpose. The strike waa voted as protest against the "closed shop" agreement signed by tho contractors with the A.F.L. last week. Under the contract the company recognizes only unions affiliated with the federation of la bor, -. -t E PIERCE HOP BILL PORTLAND. Ore., Aug. 7 (UP) The Pierce hop bill, authorlalng tne department of agriculture to pro vide hop marketing agreements un der the AAA, waa passed today by the house, a dlspstch from the Journal Washington correspondent reported. The bill, which admits hops to the aame rlghta enjoyed by other agricultural commodttlea under the AAA, waa passed after Representa tive Walter M. Pierce, Ore., (D.) sponsor of the messure, had assured Wisconsin delegatea "It would not rales the cost of a glass of beer.' WALLIS TO MEET INT VIENNA. Aug. 7. (UP) In order to avoid embarrassment aa much aa possible when the Duchess of Wind sor meet the Duke and Ducnesa of Kent for the first time tomor row, Wasserleonburg will bo crowd ed with guests, it waa reported to night. The Duke and Duchess of Kent arrived by automobile tonight and went Immediately to the Bristol ho tel. They expected to lesve for Waa serleonburg early tomorrow. Orei'in flood Control WABHINOTON. Aug. 7. (API Fourteen Oregon atreama were added to the flood control Bill now In con ference including the following rivers: and their tributaries: Deschutes, Klamath, Orande Honda, Burnt. Hw.Iim Malheur. Nestllf-Ca. ChetCO, i Smith, Alaca. CUUka nla. Bandy and j willow, , Dog In Roll of Auto Driver Fails On Helena Hills HELENA, Mont.. Aug. 7. (AP) Spot, the dog. la retiring aa an automobile driver after today'a harrowing experience at the wheel. Mrs. Ray Evans of Basin left Spot In her car while ahe went ahopplng. The car Jarred loose and began a Journey downhill. With Spot In the driver's seat, front pawa on the ateertng wheel, the car rolled two blocka through the clty'e Mislest Intersection. The car hit two others, crum pling fenders and breaking bump era, Spot barking excitedly all the way. Mrs. Evans witnessed the speo tacle and enjoyed the show as much as anyone else In the crowd until she realized suddenly It waa her car and her dog. YIELDS BABY ABDUCTION CASE Adoption Papers Signed By Real Mother, To Give Tot 'Better Home.' CHICAGO, Aug, 7. (AP) The weemna mother of Baoy Donara Horat surrendered him today to the woman who had cared for him since the day of hla birth. The dramatlo four-day tignt over the custody of the 81-months old lad came to a sudden end with the announcement bv Attorney John Jfi. Johnson that Lydla Nelson had algn ed a document consenting to - the adontlon of the child by Mr. ana Mra. Otto Horat. '' Mlaa Nelson collapsed tn tears after affixing her signature to the paper. The act, ahe aald, was nromnted by a belief the Horsts could give the boy a better borne than aha. Mra. Horat offered her consols' tlon. then commented: "I'm so haDDv I am numb all over." She aald no money waa Involved In the agreement. Johnson opined the settlement precluded a court battle over cus tody of the dark-eyed boy. He in dlcated formal adoption proceedings would be Instituted In court Mon day. Meanwhile, little Donald remained in St. Vlncenfa orphanage, confined to his bed by a alight fever caused by excitement. - The Infant waa born to Miss Nel son and her common-law husband. John Regan, a machinist, on Jsnu ary 8, 1636. He waa given to Mrs. Horat and her husband, part owner of a sound equipment company, IB minutes after his nu'lvlty. Last Tuesday he was carried away from the Horst home In an exclusive northwest aide residential district by the Regans. The police first believed he hsd been kidnaped. T ON NEXT SPEECH HYDE PARK, H. Y Aug. 7. (UP) Secret service agents and state troop ers enforced the president's desire for prlvs'y tonight aa he worked In the atudy of his family estate here. The presence of guards at the gates and of two secretaries tn the big house overlooking the Hudson led to speculation that tb president waa spending1 hla week-end "holiday" drafting speeches to be delivered In August and September. Mr. Roosevelt will speak at Ronoake Island. N. C Aug. 18 to celebrate the 360th anniversary of the birth of Virginia Dare, first white child born In what became the United He makes another address Sept. 17, a national radio broadcast marking the lOOth year since the signing of the U. S. Constitution. IN RECORD HEAT BORDEAUX. France. Aug. 7. UP More than 80 serious fsrm and for est fires that broke outlnvarl us sh est fires thst broke out In various parts of tho country in the !t 48 hours were blamed tonight on the unusual beat wave that aent the tem perature above 100, Alpine glacier melted, causing av I alanche and filling mountain tor- rent stream wn.cn normally era aij ttjouout m summiTi , JAPANESE LEAVE Evacuation Ordered To Pre vent Spread Of Strife Diplomats Hope For Peace. SHANOHA4 Aug. 7. (AT) Jap anese and Chinese diplomats tonight expressed hope that formal, declared war between their countrlea could he averted, but war fears still gripped central China and in the north for midable armies moved toward fresh oolltslona. Hasty withdrawals of thousande - of Japanese from widely-separated parts of China reaohed a climax when the Japanese navy, under In- atructlons from Tokyo, ordered complete abandonment of the Jap-' anese concessions at Hankow, great port and industrial center of thm middle Yangtze valley. Orders were Issued for all Japanese In Hankow. Including 400 marine and volunteera, to be aboard abipt on the Yangtze river by noon Sun day. Even five Japanese naval vessels lying in the river were expected to withdraw. Administration of th area was to be turned over tempor arily to Chinese officials. The evacuation, according to au thorltlve sources, waa a result . of agreement following long Chinee Japanese negotiations seeking to prevent the month-old conflict m the north from spreading to central China. Shlgeru Kawagoe, Japan's ambas sador to China, returning to Shang hai after a month aa an inactive on- ' looker in North Ohlna, declared. "I Intend to exhaust all- diplomatic pos sibilities In seeking solution." But he added that "clrcumstanOM seem gradually to be pointing to ward a grave crisis.'' , . In Nanking a froelgn office spokes man said "If Kawagoe desires to open negotiations there will be ne gotiations: they can be entered Inty at any time aa lorn; as diplomatic relatione exist." He added, howeveri "Relations of China and Japan have reached auch a critical stage that the Issue of war or peace must ha determined quickly, but It still 1 not too late to avert an armed conflict If Japan will make a gnat effort to that end." MATTSON SUSPECT JAILED RESEMBLES EIEND LORAIN, O., Aug. 7 (AP) A evs pect in the kldnap-slaylng of ten year old Charles Mattaon, of Tacoma, Wash- as being questioned hra tonight, police disclosed. Inspector George Knapp of Lorain aald the man bears a "remarkable" resemblance to descriptions of the Msttson slayer and that h waa questioned at length by police and an agent from the federal bureau of Investigation office at Cleveland. The suspect said he lived In Cleve land and the foreign accent and hooked nose ascribed to the Mattsom kidnaper, police said, and bis sge. 30. and height, ft feet, 7 Inches, corresponded to police circulars. Polios aald the man's account Of hla whereabouts since the kidnaping laat December 37 waa full of dis crepancies and his stories of visit to Bt. Louis, Chicago and Buffalo since then are being checked. The suspect was arrested on Lor aln'a bualest thoroughfare laat night after he bad been "apotted" by L. V. Jonea, Nickel Plat railroad detective who authorities said. famed for his ability to racognU orlmtnals from polio circular de scriptions. LIOUOlSALES BY T PORTLAND, Ore. Aug. 7, (API The etate liquor control commission operative rounded up nearly a score of Portland tax lea b driven the past week on chergea of selling liquor without licenses. Two drivers pleaded guilty and were fined 133 each. The others will demand Jury trials. Deputy District Attorney Col liar said he had learned the drivers re ceived price ranging Item S3 to M a pint which has a retail value of 80 oanu at to aUvU) liquor etoros. (Continued on Pae -J
