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The Weather ForffuM: ralr toolcht and Thursday: warmer Thursday. Temperature: HlthfKt viMmlay 89 Lonett this morning 60 Very Small Cost If that house stands vacant, who'i going to pay the taxesT This also applies to rooms and apartments, I,ct a small adv. In this newspaper find ten ant at a very small cuU to jou. Medford TFIBUNE Full Associated Press Full United Presa ThirtV-Second Year MEDFORD. OREGON. WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 11. 1937. No. 122. NIAfn wm EAS i i- Avs 1 SIDETRACK ACTION iifd : BELIEVED WORK OF i tMMM& FARM Rill RRflllP . J P w mnn miniiiiiiH iujiiim wh , m nil 11 .-r ; III 1 I I III lill w i ii I I I a .' tfSv-. liy II. R. linukimgc (Copyright 1937, by the North Amer ican Newspaper Alliance, Inc.) WASHINGTON. Aug. 11. The most political of Washington's supposed-to-be -non -political bodies, the fed eral communications commission, is due for a cleaning, cither from with in or without. Friends of the president say that his Idea has been to find a Hercules to fill the position of chairman, made vacant by the death of Annlng Prall. and turn the streams of organization P efficiency through these Augean stables. A sizable list of candidates has been scanned privately with this 4 In mind. The alternative to the cleaning from within is a thorough congres sional Investigation. The administration, it Is whispered, doos not want an Investigation. Enemies of the president would, of course, relish the opportunity to get the Roosevelt name Into the head lines by summoning Elliot Roosevelt, vice-president of Hearst Radio, as a witness. The president's son Is not only a radio executive, but he is a pros pective station owner as well. So Is Mrs. Elliot Roosevelt, both having purchased Texas stations subject to the approval of the commission. James Roosevelt had a brief earner as a commentator on the Yankee network while he was In the Insur ance business In Boston. (When Elliot Roosevelt was acting as broker In the sale of lour south west radio stations to the Hearst chain, two of the stations were trans fnrred without hearings before the commission. Tills, however, Is not an uncommon procedure with the com- - missing, hut might be a target for the captious. When the first tempoary commis sion was appointed In 1937, the mem bers were particularly anxious to ob tain the blessings of congress and the assurance of permanency. They were so nice that senators and others, with constituents demanding a frequency for a new station or Increase of power for an old one, hopped to It and were might ty pleased with their success. But there was bound to come a reaction. The skyways are wide, but the demands for wave lengths are many. And when John Doe's new or more powerful station crowded the ether. Richard Roe began to cry "in terference." The backfire Immediately brought charges of political pressure Into the open that otherwise might have been silenced. However, the practices established early In the game took hold, and no one on the comm'sslon seemed to have the iron-fistet. courage to step out and stop It. Chairman Prall had served In congress himself, and pre sumably had a tender heart for the pleaa of his former colleagues. The sins of the commission may perhaps be exaggerated omo may be only slna of omission, but the tale like the following, while per haps not typical, gives pause. Quite recently, a woman with considerable radio experience and adequate poten tial 'financial backing, wished to purchase a radio station. Ignorant of Washington ways, she asked a friend what her first step should be. The friend knew no other approach than to talk directly with the P. C. C. She followed directions, and what was her surprise to be told that the first thing she ought to do was to see her congressman 1 That Is why the president is sup posed to have instigated a search for (Continued on Page Six.) THE DALLES. Aug, 11. (AP) The Dalles apricot pool. In which 94 growers, controlling 95 per cent of ) the district's 1200-ton crop, particl- pa ted. brought prices which will net growers better than 145 per ton, the best in many years. SIDE GLANCES bj TRIBUNE REPORTERS Hugo rrohretch searching the poultry marts of Vancouver and Portland for white guinea fowl and returning to Medford empty-handed., there being none, and ho now de pending on Yankton, 8. D., as a .ast resort. Bd Walker becoming too hungry to keep his pledge to remain at his Rogue fishing spot for a wek if necessary to get another steclhead strike, the EUgenlte hieing b-wk to town at the supper bell. Thireen-yaar-oid Billy Frederick seeing a (2 bill for .he first time and manifesting grert curiosity therein, f It being a prize iward from the MT Charlie Hoover, ebullient Oranger. rahlng a rew high In enthusiasm as the prior, of nogs soara. House Rules Committee Calls Off Meeting Slated Thursday for Debate of Administration Measure WASHINGTON, Aug. 1 1 . ( AP ) Secretary Wallace said today if con gress wanted to help farmers with government loans on this year's crop It would have to "remain in session or come back, before next year." His statement was interpreted gen erally to mean that he was op posed to crop loans without enact ment of crop control legislation. He made It at a press conference at the close of a day In which various congressional groups had discussed the possibility of making leans this year to farmer who would con tract to abide by whatever crop con trol legislation was enacted early next year. The senate agriculture committee had before It a bill recommended by a subcommittee this morning and based on that principle. WASHINGTON. Aug. II. ( API Stubborn opposition at least tem porarily blocked the administration's wage-hour bill today In the house rules committee. Plans to clear the way for debating the measure tomorrow were side tracked unexpectedly when ' Chair man O'Connor (D., N. Y.) announced without explanation a meeting of the committee had been celled offi There were strong Indications the decision was intertwined with at tempts to work out some sort of settlement of the crop loan-farm legislation situation. Some rules " committeemen have announced they would try to keep a wage and hour bill from the house floor until they bad assurances a farm bill would be enacted. Proponents Lark Votes Following announcement of the postponement, one administration leader told reporters proponents of the bill simply did not have, at the time, enougb committee votes to get the wage hour measwe to the floor. Members of an unofficial "steer ing committee,' pledged to support the wage-hour measure, met. mean while, and decided to take "whatever steps are necessary" to bring the bill to the floor this session. Representative Healey fD.. Mass.). chairman cf the group of 25 mem bers, said they would campaign for a democratic caucus If that proved advisable to wrest the bill from the rules committee. Speaker Bankhead, however, told his press conference caucus action was not being considered by the house leadership. The house lAbor committee was wrestling with the wage and hour problem at the same time. Chairman Norton (D., N. J.) said several amendments had been agreed upon which would put the legislation In a "much stronger position before the rule committee.' The labor committee agreed not to (Contluned on Page Seven.) Heart Attack Takes Frederick Strauss NEW YORK. Aug. II (ft1) Fred erick Strauss, 72, for many years a partner In the banking firm of J. & W. Sellgman & Co., died at his home here today of a heart attack. ' He was a director of Electric Bond & Share Co., Radio Corp. of America, Trl Contlnental Corp. and National Broadcasting Co. Strauss was regarded as an expert on railroad reorganization. Democratic Peace Dove Flatters About Banquet Amid Music and Gaiety WASHINGTON, Aug. 11. ;p) Pledges of party harmcny echoed mong senate Democrat today, but the voice of President Roosevelt was missing from the chorus. The president, because of "pressure of other things." did not attend the "harmony" dinner held last night by the Democratic senators, recently split ovrr legislative Issues. He paid tribute to the honor guest Senator Barkley of Kentucky, new majority leader in a note, whi'-n said In part: "He has two great glfu for mhlb he ought to be thankful and for which we are truly grateful sense of perspective and a sense of humor which enables him to dis tinguish between the ridiculous and the serious. Puullcly there was no comment on the pr:dnt'd failure to attend or to make a general appeal for part1 Child Slayer Confesses Officials or New York Mild l.awrencc .Murks, 4f (left), ex-convlrt, confess ed the attark-hlnvtng or Paula Magacnti, 8, In Brooklyn. With the con fessed killer Is Detertlve Edward Miillanev, CANF1ELDS SAY ADIEU TO SOUTHERN OREGON; LEAVE FOR COLORADO Mr. and Mrs. David H. Canfleld paid their last visit to Medford to day before leaving for Estes Park, Colo., where Mr. Canfleld will make hla headquarters as superintendent of Rocky Mountain national park. Mr, and Mrs. Canfleld were to leave by motorcar today for their new Colorado home upon compTe tlon of the packing of their fur nishings at their residence here, 1317 Queen Anne avenue. They were to be accompanied by Mrs. Canfleld's maid. Miss Hannah Nunn of Jack sonville. Mr. Canfleld. superintendent or Crater lake national park alnce 1934. was recently promoted to the super lntfndency of Rocky Mountain na- ( Continued on Page Two.) ASKED IN DOUGLAS CO. ROSEBURO. Arig. 11. (AP) Pe titions asking continuation of pin ball and mnrble games In Douglas county were In circulation here to day. Directed to District Attorney J. V. Long, who has issued an order ban ning the gaming devires effective midnight, August 14. the petitions call attention to the fact that courts have disagreed upon whether the plnball and marble boards are gam bling devices, and ask that the ban be withheld pending final determina tion by the supreme court. harmony In his message. Some of the who fought his court bill, how ever, speculated privately about Its possible significance. Among those preaent was Senator Copeland of New York, who on Mon- j Ing party harmony and of seeking reprisals against those who fought hla court program. There was no mention of these mundane thlnm at the dinner, held amid music and merriment. A live pWn, symbolising a 'doe of peace fluttered about the banquet hall. Spun sugar doves nestled on the Ice cream, and the piece je resistance was squab. The most significant development of the evening, some of the guev said, was a remark by Barkley that as leader he would upeak frankly In convey (n the views of the senate to the president and vice vers. i 1 1 Jbb T EXECUTES 72 E TO MOSCOW, Aug. 11. lpy The execu tion of 72 alleged Par Eastern rail road wreckers accused of conniving with the Japanese secret service was reported today by the Irkutsk news paper "East Siberia Prarda. The executions followed others In series, but the group was one of the largest to be executed in Soviet Rus sia's farflung Siberian purge. Now the total of known executons In this Par Eastern campaign, to root out spies and wreckers Is 3G0. The Irkutsk band was described as made up of Trotkylt. rightist terror- IsU who wrecked trains along the Siberian railway at thft behest of the Japanese Intelligence service, thus weakening Soviet transportation In the case of war with Japan. 4 BASEBALL American. CLEVELAND. Aug. 11. (AP) His teammates' H-hit artillery gave Bob Feller a 5-2 victory over the St. Louis Browns today. Feller went the distance, giving the Browns seven hits, and walking five, while fan ning the same number. The game was the first half of a doubl-header. Score: R. H. E St. Louis 2 7 0 Cleveland 6 11 0 Bonetti and Fcmsley; Feller and Pytlak. First game (14 Innings) R. H. E. New York 8 16 2 Boston ft 11 2 Ruffing, Murphy, MAkosky, Ma tone and Dickey: Grove, Wilson and Berg, Desautels, Foxx. Philadelphia 4 7 0 Washington . 5 8 1 Thomas. Fink and Brucker; W. Ferrell and R. Ferrell. National. Brooklyn at Philadelphia, post poned, rain. R. R. E. Pittsburgh 1 5 0 Chicago - 5 11 1 Lucas, Swift and Pad den; Bryant, and Hartnett. Boston at New York, postponed; rain. Wine Shop Owner Held For Arson TILLANTOOK. Aug. 11 -(API-Warren McMlnlmee, district attorney, said today that Albert C. Fabry, owner of a wine shop In the Haber lach bulldtnt which was destroyed by fire August 8, has confessed to setting the blaze. The prosecutor said Fabry assigned as a motive the collection of 1900 Insurance on his stock. A chsrge of numing personal property with Intent to defraud an Insurance empsny was filed and bail was set at 82,000 EVOLUTION A JOKE TEACHER CLAIMS SHE TOLDPUPILS Pennsylvania Pedagogue Charged With Cruelty and Incompetency Is Given Hearing by County Board WAYNESBURG. Pa.. Aug. 11. (AP) In a hot, gas -lit country school Jammed with overall - clad farmers and glnghamed housewives, a discharged school mistress testi fied early today she had told pupils evolution was a "Joke." Bugs dashing against the screened gas lamps threw shadows over the square little room as the middle -aged Mrs. Laura Elms Morris, charged with cruelty and incompetency, admitted she struck a 14-year-old student with a three-foot board. A hearing on the charges turned for the second time to an Investiga tion of the teaching of Darwin's theory after counsel for the Whlteley township school board recalled four pupils to "get at the bottom of this monkey business." A student testi fied at a eesMon last week that Mrs. Morris taught "men came from mon keys." . Children Sleepy. Barefoot children dozed on the front seats of the school room aa the hearing moved on past midnight. Testimony was completed but the board of farmers and a state high way department mechanic reserved until Friday their decision on whether to re-employ Mrs. Morris The middle-aged teacher, mother of two and member of Oreene coun ty's first families, denied the charges and demanded a hearing under the new teacher's tenure act. During the hearing, Mra. Morris '.t at the teacher's desk In the (Continued on Page Three.) . The general county fund expendi tures of Jackson county up to Au gust 1, Is 8.3 percent under budget allowances and expenditures as a whole are 4.Q percent under the bud get according to a report complied by the county clerk's office. The general fund expenditures for July amounted to $13,681.40 and the expendlturea for all funds to $31, 7B3.48. During the month of July, a new fund (dependent children fund) went Into operation with an 811,000 appropriation. It takea the place of the mother's aid fund. The state makes the payments with ttie county reimbursing the state for the coun ty's share. July payments amounted to 9665. Old age pensions for July amount ed to $2308. HEAD OF DOKEYS TULSA, Okta., Aug. 11. (API Judge David J. Davis of Birmingham, federal Judge of the northern Ala bama district, was elected Imperial prl nee of the Dramatic Order of Knights of Khorassan today for the next two years. The auxiliary Dokey organisation, the Nomads of Avrudaka, chose Mrs. Florence Tosh, of Oakland, Calif., to the office of maharanl, the wom en's highest post. The Dokeys named Thomas E. Payne, Roanoke, Va Imperial Basha, who customarily succeeds to the of fice of Imperial prince, of the next biennial convention. Other Imperial officers named In cluded Fred J. Johnson, Portland, Ore., aatm. STIFFEN PENALTY FOR Autolste hailed before Justice of the Peace William R. Coleman of the Medford district hereafter will be assesned when guilty $3 60 and $4.50 costs for nnn-poesesslon of a driver's license. The previous flno baa been $1 and costs and the new order will hit the derelict motorists' pocket book for $7, Instead of $6.50. Announcement to the above effect was made today. "It has been 40 days alnce the final time for aiHoista to get their 1937 driver's license and several have re ceived warnings to procure them without repilte," the court said. "Tlje increased penalty may get scene," TO Fifteen Ships Anchor at Shanghai Marines Land to Reinforce Garrison Nankow Reported in Flames By the Associated Press Tokyo answered today with a war like display of naval power what Japanese considered the assassina tions of a Japanese naval officer and seaman at Shanghai Monday, The advance of the Japanese first fleet 12 destrojers and three light cruisers anchored at Shanghai and landed a detachment of 500 marines to reinforce the Japanese garrison. The resulting Increased tension In central China was matched by a re ported major battle between Chinese and Japanese troops at Nankow pass, 30 miles northwest of Pelptng. Unconfirmed Chinese reports were that the Japanese army was being defeated. Japanese said the Chinese city of Nankow, coro of the area where forces of the two nations have been massing for two weeks, was In flames. Arrival of the Japanese warships at Shan g' at, coupled with evacua- (Contlnued on Page Ten.) WITH UNITED STATES LUEBECK, Germany, Aug. 11. (P) ine great uerman oceangoing sea plane Nordmeer flew across scenes of Spanish marine war today, beginning ner maiden survey flight for a new trans-Atlantic airline between Ger many and the United States. This afternoon, six hours after she had loft this city's Travemuende out port, the Nordmeer was over the Bay of Biscay on her way to Lisbon. She passed the mouth of the Loire around noon, flying high above low- hanging clouds, she reported by wire less. The engines were functioning smoothly. The 16-ton flying boat took off at 7:50 a. m. (1:50 a. m eastern stand ard time) from this Baltic port. Flight Captain Joachim Blanken burg said from Lisbon the Nordmeer Is scheduled to fly to the Azores where the catapult ship Sen waben land is standing by to refuel and launch the plane for the 2,300 mile final hop to New York. The flight la the first of eight trips scheduled this year across the Atlan tic for the Nordmeer and her slater ship the Nordwlnd, making Oerman'a opening bid for trans-Atlantic pass enger and freight service. PORTLAND, Aug. 11. (AP) The U. 8. fleet, in Its 13-day visit to Portland last month, spent $7,390, 000 here, the navy department in formed the chamber of commerce officials. IDAHO'S SINKING CANYON HAS SCIENTISTS BAFFLED BUHL, Idaho, Aug. 11. (P) Be cause of acute danger, curious visit ors to Buhl's "sinking canyon" were barred today from Viewing the strange geological phenonmenon. The order was Issued by Emit Borde wlck. general manager of Orlffln ranches, on which the land Is sinking mysteriously. Five acres on the farm of A. H Robertson already have aunk between 125 and 150 feet, Bordewick said, The disturbance, accompanied by deep rumblings In the earth and rising of duftt clouds, hat geologists baffled. STOWAWAYS WHEN SHIP HOUSTON, TH., Aug. H-(AP) Blond ,nd buiom Mr,. Esthr Wor m,n, who endured 90 da?, of H0 degree heat In t ship', hold to find ber mlM-.ng hubftncl, stood but ft poor chance today of taking Dim back to England wHb her. Chief Immigration Inspector Ij. D. Orouman eent her to Oslveaton to be deported for lack of proper papers. Her husband had not been heard from. Mrs. Wormsn, meanwhile, had nothing but kind words for rapt ). o. Smltfl of tie steamer Hibert. Norwegian Heat Melts Glaciers Into Tidal Wave OSLO. Norway, Aug. 11. (AP) Norwegian glaciers melted, It was so hot today, A huge section of the base of Hard anger glacier dlstlntegrated under the Intense heat and fell off Into Demme lake. The splash created a tidal wave 160 feet high which washed away twelve houses, destroyed nearby crops and filled fields with large boulders. No casualties were reported, however. MAY SEEK DELAY i Possibility, with no definite an nouncement as yet, that pin-ball ma chine and similar device distribu tors and operators might seek In junctive relief to forestall the order ed removal of the devices by Wed nesday. August 26. was considered today by the district attorney and i sheriff offices. It has been reported such a course might be taken. Sheriff 8yd X Brown yesterday served formal notice of the banish ment date, and registered letters should reach all effected today. The action Is taken In accordance with a ruling of the state attorney gen eral, based on a supreme court de cision. City attorneys throughout the state have handed down rulings that no part of the license money paid cities pan be returned under the law. It la the understanding of the dis trict attorney's office that punch boards come under the ban and they are scheduled to go the way of the marble games. There are not many punch boards but a few appear on counters of establishments In cities and In summer resorts. They have been periodically ordered out In the past but always return. Chief of Police C. P. Talent of Ashland reports that 83 machines are In operation In that city, net ting a quarterly license revenue of $487.50. FORTY YEARS FOR MINNEAPOLIS. Aug. 11. UP) Clair Gibson, 31 -year-old bank robber, was sentenced to 40 years In a federal prison by Federal Judge Gunnar U. Nordbyo today. Gibson pleaded guilty to robbery of the State bank of Cold Springs, Minn., tn June, 1936, and the State bank of Eyota, Minn., In December, 1936. Judge Nordbye sentenced him to 30 years on each charge and speci fied the sentences were to be served consecutively. Judge Nordbyo sentenced him to "such penal Institution as may be designated by the attorney-general of the United States." Federal agents said Gibson, captur ed ten days ago In Roseburg, Ore., also confessed 30 other robberies. An entirely new canyon, bordering the course of the south fork of the Salmon river, is being formed. The rrea affected la almost a mile square Land all around the area la crack ing In fissures. Farmers reported they could "actually see the land sinking." Geologists, headed by Horton B Abell, Nampa, Idaho, are studying the disturbance which they believe la caused by alleviation of pressure tn a cavern far below the earth's sur face. The geologists announced they would make a thorough Investigation of the region starting Aug. 32. DOFF DRESS CATCHES FIRE who "loaned me a pair of pant." Capt. 8m!th came to the rescue when fire In the Hyberfa hold rout, d Mrs. Worman from her hideaway. With her came another stowaway. Abram Klper, Belgian who slipped aboard at Antwerp. Neither was clothed. The 36-year-old Engllahwoman ex plained they disrobed because of the heat. She boarded the Hybert ftt Lon don, bound she thought for New York, where she had beard her hus band, a prtrefighter, tied landed sfter deserting her five years ago. HOUSE APPROVAL CONCLUDES FIGHT OVER COURT BILL Measure Now Waits Roose velt's Pleasure Judio- . iary Committee Head Be lieves Change Welcomed WASHINGTON. Aug. Uv (AP) The house ended tills session's bitter court controversy today by approving the lower court procedure bill and sending It to the WW to House. The legislation was embodied In a conference report which the senate had accepted yesterday without a word of debate. Deleted from the measure were President Roosevelt's recommenda tions relat.ng to the supreme court the cause of a bitter senate fight. Chairman Sumnera (D., Tex.) of the judiciary committee, presented the conference report and made a brief statement explaining the meas ure. "I believe this legislation will be welcomed and supported by the courts of the country," Sumnera said. The bill followed closely the agreement reached by senate leaders when the Roosevelt high court pro posals were aide-tracked. It con tained four major point: Direct appeal from lower oourts to the supreme court tn cases Involving the constitutionality of acts of con gress. Intervention by the attorney gen eral In lower court cases Involving constitutionality of acta of congress. Three-Judge lower court to sit to suits for Injunctions to block en forcements of acts of congress. Transfer of judges, within judicial circuits, to meet congestion. FAILS TO MARCH 0ALEM, Aug. Hvpati expect ed delegation of dlsmlsseu WPA work ers from Portland and Salem, who were to come to the governor's office this moinlng on a "mass Job bunt," failed to appear today. Governor Martin, who said he has) a list of 4,000 Jobs to submit to tba delegation, sold he believed the dele gation may come Friday; The delegation was to march from downtown Salem toward the capttol at 9 a. m., but at that hour there was no sign cf the workers. Oovernor Martin, who plans to go on an Inspection tour Friday of the Canby Irrigation project, said he may cancel the trip so he could be in his offloe Friday to receive the delega tion. The WPA workers were dismissed when the government limited Its WPA appropriation to $1,600,000,000 for ths present fiscal year. 250 FEEDER PIGS BRING HIGH PRICE In Una with rising livestock prioai the country over, O. C. Hoover, sbJip per of the Jackson county Grange Agriculture committee, today an nounced the sale of 2S0 head of feed er pigs at 13 cents a pound, highest price received since 1036. Purchaser was R. W. Hanna, 'rice president of the Standard Oil xm pany of California, The pigs will bv fed on hla large ranch near Sacra mento, Two truck loads of fat hogri and lambs will be shipped to Portland next Sunday, Hoover said, and added that the Jackson county Orange Ag riculture committee la now the lanj est shipper to tho Portland market. Hoover stated that the hog, to be shipped to Portland would probably bring 3S a head to the owners. He said that the lambs should bring t cents a pound. WOMAN DRIVER INJURED WHEN SIGNAL IGNORED EUOENK, Aug. 11. OP) When her car was struck by a freight train at Springfield yesterday afternoon. Mra. John Tomaetb, Goshen, received se vere brutaea on her lega and minor Injuries to her arm. Mra. Tonueth said that although the bell was ringing, she went ahead, assuming that the engine was stand ing on the track. WABHINOTON, Aug. llj (AP The bouse passed and tent to the senate today legislation authorising tba securities commission to Inter vene In oorporr.ta reorganization court proceeding, to protect Individ ual Investors. i 1
