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Tribune
Full Associated Press
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Thirtv-Second Year
Tweuty Pages Two Sections
JtEDFORD. OREGON. FRIDAY, AUGUST 13. 1937.
No. 124.
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(Copyright, 7P37, by the North Amer
- lean Newspaper Alliance. Inc.)
WASHINGTON. Aug. 13. TV A Is
about to step out In front agatn, and
not as a yardstick tills time, either.
At least this Is In the cards If an
exceedingly earnest little group , of
westerners, under the leadership of
Senator Pope of Idaho, has Its Tfay.
While air Is filled with the cotton
farmer's presen ttroublea. this group
vedy quietly and very methodically
la starting out to solve what la now
generally admitted to be America's
greatest agricultural problem the
great phosphate robbery.
American production of this vital
element of the soil fell off more
than 500.000 tons In 1036. as against
1930, but the exportation has not
appreciably diminished.' The. eartlVs
supply 1b limited. We are sending
out of the country nearly a third of
what we produce, most of It to Ger
many and Japan.
The experts tell us that phosphorus
(provided by phosphate) la ' a ne
cessity In animal life, human and
plant nutrition." They say further
that a large proportion of our soil
Is deficient In this element, causing
low yields and low quality of crops
and pasture
In the United States, 80 per cent
of the deposits lie In the west In
Utah, Wyoming, Idaho and some ad
Joining states, although the nation
relies almost wholly on the small de
posits In Tennessee and Florida for
Its present supply.
Senator Pope and others are alarm
ed over the present si tuatton, but
they are still more worried about the
future. The Idahoan says that for
eign agents are now In the United
States seeking control of the deposits
and processes for , manufacturing
phosphates.
Therefore, he believes three things
to be essential.
1. Manufacture and sale of phos
phates by TV A as originally author
ised. 3. Development by TV A (also said
to be covered In the original act) of
new plants on tre scene of the west
ern deposits.
3. Restricting manufacture to phos
phate for home consumption only.
Many peole have forgotten that the
chief argument for tHe government
purchase of Muscle Shoals after the
war was to obtain nitrate for mili
tary use and fertilizer
Now It Is recognized that nitrates,
which can be replaced by planting
legumes, aren't as important as phos
phatea. But the term "fertilizer" in
the law creattlng TV A covers both.
Once plants and animals are ship
ped out of the country, the phos
phates they have absorbed go with
them. The nitrate plant at Wilson
dam has been standing by while elec-
( Continued on Page Ten.)
BOM HURLER HELD
ON CHARGE OF FELONY
LOS ANGELES, Aug. 13. ()
Accused of hurling a liquor bottle at
a priro fight and Injuring movie
comedian Chlco Marx and his wife.
Theodore Watts. 27, Negro, was held
In default of 1500 ball today pend
ing his preliminary hearing next
Monday.
He was charged with assault with
a deadly weapon. Marx was cut on
one hand and his wife on one eye
by the flying glass. Al Jolson and
his wife. Ruby Keelcr, sat next to the
Marxes, but escaped Injury.
For More Beer
PORTLAND. Aug. 13. (API More
beer for Portland was sought today
by Mayor Joseph Carson, who said he
would ask for repeal of a city council
ban against additional beer parlors
on the grounds It was injurious to
legitimate restaurant owners who
had been unable to get licenses.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Vera Nlnlnger listening with pati
ent sympathy to a friend bent upon
reciting details of an operation.
J. Farrelt Ha-va thinking up a gfm
for this pillar of playfulness and then
forgetting It.
C:ty Attorney and Chamber Presi
dent Frank Van Dyke blng blamed
by visitors for th lark of aler In
Llthla park drinking fountains.
Kerb Orey rushing hit work in
preparation for a vacation Jaunt to
the northward.
Cttj Cop Clyde F.chtnr (hlnlng
his xu lor duty at the band con
ceit WiiitiU
CREATE HAVOC IK
Artillery Duel Sets Scores of
Fires Major Holocaust
Feared U. S. Asiatic
Fleet Ordered to Scene
By MORRIS J. HARRIS
SHANGHAI. Aug. 14. (Saturday)
(A3) Shell fire and flames left this
city of 3.500,000 seemingly Irretriev
ably doomed today to the principal
role in 1937'a bloody chapter of Slno
Japanese tragedy.
Hostilities between Japan's blue
Jackets and China's army regulars
flared from Shanghai proper all along
the ten-mile, way to the Woosung
forts, where the clty'a busy Wrang
poo river flows into the mighty
Yangtze.
Casualties, though yet Indefinite,
were believed low. Japanese news
men said they saw two Japanese blue
jackets wounded by shrapnel.
Giant Wharf Shelled.
On the Whangpoo. warships of the
Japanese navy shelled Shanghai's
giant municipal wharves so the Jap
anese said, to drive from them Chi
nese soldiery who fired on a Japanese
man-o'-war as she steamed toward
Shanghai proper,
The Chinese fought back with can
non and machlno gun.
The United States, her 1,050 ma
rines on day and night patrol of
Shanghai's International settlement,
sent the flagship of her Asiatic fleet
at forced draft from Tslngtao, to the
north.
The heavy crnlser U. 8. S. Augusta,
the flagship, will help protect the
4,000 Americans here most of them
in the International areas Just south
of the scenes of battle.
Chinese field pieces and mountain
guns smashed at the Japanese posi
tions in the Hongkew area north of
the international settlement. Machine
gun and rifle fire crackled all day
Friday.
Fire Fanned by Wind.
Fires roared through buildings in
the northern Chine; areas of Chapel
and Klangwan, fanned by a strong
wind that threatened another holo
caust like that of the Slno-Japanese
hostilities of 1933.
Flames engulfed the municipal
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RICE IS COMING
FOR EGAN RUES
Grantland Rice, nationally known
sports author and feature writer, will
attend -the H. Chandler Egan Mem
orial golf exhibition to be held here
Sunday, August 32, at the Rogue
River golf club.
Rice will be accompanied by Bobby
Jones, Jr., ' former national golf
champion. Jones will make the mem
orial dedication. Both Jones and Rice
were long-time acquaintances of
Egan.
Jones and Rice will arrive Satur
day, August 31. Lawson Little, Hor
ton Smith. Johnny Dawson and
Jimmy Thompson, famous golfers
who will give exhibitions, will arrive
the same day.
SERVES SENTENCE FOR
ASSASSINATION SCARE
LONDON. Aug. IS. (fJT Oeorge
McMahon, who caused an assassina
tion scare In July. 1936, when he
threw down a pistol as the then King
Edward VIII passed him In a pro
cession on Constitution Hill, was
released from prison lant night.
Half Year Relief Cost
In Oregon Is $3,449,005
SALEM. Aug. 13. p. Relief ac
tivities In Oregon cost S3.449.006 dur
ing the first half of this year, the
state relief committee reported today
to Governor Martin.
Public assistance cost ll.724.B38. the
state and counties sharing the costs
equally, while old age assistance coat
1.653,895, with the federal govern
ment paying half and. the state and
counties a quarter each. Blind as-
slstance cost ,M,392, the government was $20.89.
paying half and the state and coun- j Aver aye monthly blind pensions of
tlea a quarter each, while aid to de- j I2S.06 have been psld to 406 persons
pendent children cost (19 980. the this year, of which 199 are In Mult
government, state and counties eacb nomah county. In the last eight
paying a third. months of last year $37,968 was &pent
Under the $1.724 383 public assist- for blind pensio u. compared with
tne Item were $1,227,797 for care of; $54,992 during the first half of this
the poor, $138 433 for mothers' aid. year..
$64,833 for soldiers and sailors. $124.- a to til of 1.327 dependent children
972 for poor farm, and $16 840 for rrlved average payment of $11.74
ho pitni treatment. , a mouth, or a lotU of $15,480 during
Our g all of 1838, 3,tx6.7U -UuiU months period.
Subcommittee Approves
Nineteen Die in Collapsing
The collapse of three frame dwelling! on Htnten Island. New York,
Pollre and firemen ore shown search Inc the ruins. Heavy rains were said
MOJER URGES LAW,
TO PROTECT YOUNG
EUOEN-E, Aug. 13. (AP) Mrs.
Gertrude Dawson, Springfield, whose
12-year-old daughter, was the victim
of an attack by a dog early thu
ween, dispatched a letter to Governor
Charles H. Martin today, urging
passage of a legislative bill for the
disposal of "vicious animals, namely
dogs."
'In behalf of the children of Ore
gon. I would like to bring to your
attention for Immediate enactment
of a bill relative to disposal of
vicious animals, namely dogs," the
letter declared.
Mrs. Dawson assured the executive
that "you will receive the heartfelt
gratitude of all persons In all com
munities for your early attention to
passage of such a bill.'
This letter followed the arrest of
R, E. Burns, owner of the dog which
allegedly attacked Marilyn Dawson.
A number of neighbors signed the
statements and affidavits, only to
find that there was no state or local
regulations governing the disposal of
dogs.
4
Kenneth G. Harlan,
Rate Expert, Dies
TACOMA, Aug 13. (API Kenneth
O. Harlan. 47. public utilities rate
expert whose reports have been
widely used In various llttgsllona In
Portland. Seattle and Tacoma In the
past several years, died todsy at his
Gravelly Lake home nesr here.
Harlan had been In poor health
for some time, but his death was
unexpected.
Hsrlan's work had received wide
publicity during municipal versus
private ownership power discussions
In varloiw northwest communities.
spen. for these activities, the state
and counties theji sharing the costA
equally.
The atat paid average old age pen
slona of t'21.38 a month during the, Detroit 7
f.rat hslt of this year to 13.500 per- HllderbraniT and Hemsley:
vona. During the last nine months oill and York,
of 1936, 1. 999.761 was spent for
pensions, the number of cases rising' R
from 6.617 In April to 11.994 In De- j Boston 0
cember. when the average pension
J - TV IWr 1
I.
NEW YORK, Aug. 13. (UP) While
squads of rescue workers today sifted
through the rain-soaked wreckage of
a tenement building which collapsed
during a storm Wednesday night,
carrying at least 10 persons to their
death, police and other city officials
launched five separate Investigations
Into the disaster.
Nineteen bodies had been dragged
from the sodden debris and two
others a man and a woman, be
lieved to have been In the building
when It crumpled and sank Into ts
foundations were missing.
Five others, are in a hospital, crit
ically Injured.
Mayor Florello LaGuardla took per
sonal charge of. an Investigation to
determine whether the rickety brick
building, an abandoned factory con
verted into a two-family tenement
but actually harboring eight families,
had been properly Inspected.
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BASEBALL
National.
R. H. E.
Brooklyn 3 6 3
Boston . 8 9 0
Hoyt and Chervlnko; Fette and
Mueller.
R.
0
E.
0
0
and
Philadelphia
New York 6
Lamaster, Jorgens, Kelleher
Wilson; Hubbell and Dannlng.
R.
6
33
Cincinnati
Chicago
Derringer, Hsllahan. Cascarella.
Mooty and Lombard 1; Parmelee, Root
and Odea.
American
R. H. E
New York , 8 3 0
Philadelphia 4 8 3
Gomez, Malone and Dickey; Rosa,
Smith and Brueker.
R. H. B.
Chicago 3 8 3
Cleveland - 7 10 1
Kennedy and Rensa; Herder and
Sullivan.
R.
H. B.
S I
13 1
Wade,
St. Louis
H. E.
8 0
S 0
i v.aniniun s
Marcum, Ostermileller. Walberg and
DeSautela; Appleton ahd R. Pcrrllt.
GIFFORD PINCHOT WILL
WEEK-END ON McKENZIE
tUOENB, Au. 13. (AP) Forest
service officials said Olfford Plnrhot.
former governor of Pennsylvania and
lorestr and conr.s.natlon leader.
would Apend II..' vek-rnd on tie
MeKenzle WW Wtth ft number 01
guest.
Tenements
brought death to at lcat 1H persons.
to have been the rnnw of niHupsc.
CALIFORNIA BREWERS
PORTLAND, Aug. 13. (AP) A
suit filed In federal court here by I
the California State Brewers Instl-1
tute, naming officials and locals of
the Teamsters' Union as defendants, j
asked 91,800,000 damages for the re-1
fusal of the teamsters to distribute
"Red Label" beer In Oregon.
The plaintiffs! claiming to repre
sent 1 1 brewers In California and
one In the east, assert that their
business has "almost entirely ceased"
In the state as a result of the block
ade. Actual loss Is placed at 9600.000
and triple damages are claimed un
der the provisions of the Sherman
and Clayton anti-trust laws.
Defendants are David Beck. Seattle,
international vice-president of the
Teamsters' Union; Dnnicl Tobln, New
York, president; Al Rcscr, secretary
of the Portland local, and the Port
land, Eugene. Astoria and Marlon
county locals.
The complaint sets forth that the
plaintiff breweries employ members
of the Brewery Workers' Union on
all Jobs Including delivery, and that
their employes would strike if tne
plants acceded to the demand of
the teamsters that only Teamsters'
Union members handle the product
The complaint charges that the
blockade was made "In order to de
stroy competition by the plaintiff's
asAlnors with the teamster brewcriea
in the state."
Quints To Resume
Public Exhibition
CALLANDER, Ont., Au. 13. (UP)
Ceclie Dionno sat up In bed today
nnrt studied her homework "The
Btory of the Tlirco Beers" while re
covering from a cold snd sore throat
which afflicted all the famed quin
tuplet sisters early this week.
Her four sisters Emllle, Yvonne
Annette and Marie have recovered
sufficiently to be allowed out In the
nursery grounds.
Tomorrow their dally public ap
pearances will bs resumed, with only
Cccllo remaining indoors. Bhe will
not be allowed outMde the nurnery
until Monday. Dr. Allan Roy Dnfoe,
the quint' physician, announced.
German Seaplane
Lands In Azores
KORTA, THE AZORES. Aug. 13.
(APt The German seaplsne Nord
meer reached here today to end the
second leg of her maiden trana
r.tlnntic survey flight from Lucbeck.
Cermany to New York
The huge ship arrived al 4;30 p. m.
111:30 a. m. Eii T.) Approximately
six snd one-half hours after the
Inkeoff from Lisbon. Portugal. Prom
Horta. the Nordmeer will hop to
Port Usthlngton. N. Y.
PORTLANDr ""Aug. 13. (UPI
Emma Van Al&tlne. 69, who had neon
1 Oernondrnt over the death of her
:.- ,tand In March, followed him to ,
the grave i-.-tf nlay L; i oJlc..li.:( ti.-1
'inicctant, tbe ournoxe reported tudy.)
Nomination of
RUSSIAN FLIERS;
IS SILENT
Flight Representative As
serts Lack of Word Not
Construed As Meaning
Poie-Hoppers in Trouble
SEATTLE. Wash., Aug. 13. (AP)
After long silence, A. Vartanlan. Rus
sian flight representative, wild at
13:13 p. m. (P. 8. T.) today that he
expected Russia's third trans-Polar
plane to land at the Fairbanks air
port within the hour.
It was recalled that when the plane
hopped from Moscow at 6:13 p. m.
Wednesday (7:13 a. m. Thursday, P.
S. T.), the pilot estimated the flight
would require 30 hours or a ached- i
uled arrival at Fairbanks of 1:13 p.
m. (P. 8. T.) today.
Signal corps officers here estimated
the tllght distance from Moscow to
Fairbanks at 4100 miles.
Vartanlan said the flight pilots
would decide their course southward
from Fairbanks after arriving there.
When the hour passed, Vartanlan
stopped pacing the floor nervously
and went Into a closed conference
with signal corps officers. He had
said the plane's continued silence was
not construed as meaning she was In
trouble, and It was recalled the pro
gress of the recent trans-Polar non
stop flight from Moscow to San Ja
cincUo, Calif., also was unreported
for long periods.
PEACIRS-
10 MEET MONDAY,
Meeting of all Jackson county
peach growers In the courthouse
auditorium here at 7:30 Monday
night was called today by H. A.
Thlerolf, chairman of the local
chamber of commerce agriculture
committee. The meeting was ar
ranged by the chamber and the
county agent's office.
Data on this year's crop, prevail
ing prices and other pertinent mat
ters will be presented to the meeting
and the feasibility of forming an as
sociation of peach growers will be
discussed, Mr. Thlerolf said.
To direct attention to the meeting
the chamber of commerce last night
mailed letters to 160 peach growers
"The meeting Is of vital Impor
tance to all county peach growers
oven If they have only four trees,"
Mr. Thlerolf stated.
MOTORCYCLE RIDERS
FORM ORGANIZATION
GRANTS PASS Aug. 13. (AP)
The Southern Oregon motorcycle club
organized hero last night with 13
members from Grants Pass. Medford,
Central Point and Grave creek. Mem
bers voted to sign safe riding and
driving pledges.
Meetings will be held at the local
airport on alternate Thursdaya with
officers to be elected August 36.
LAKE COUNTY RELIEF
NOT FOR ABLE-BODIED
EUGENE. Aug. 13. (AP) The
Lano county relief committee passed
a resolution barring able-bodied men
and their families from receiving
slstance during the seasonal employ
ment period.
The August relief budget was re
dured ftl.ftoo from the July figure.
Changes in Wagner Act
Seen as Labor Benefit
PORTLAND. Aug. 13. (AP) Rac-
keteerlng under the Wagner act or
mifhlr, partisan decisions by the na
tional labor relations board pave the
surest way to kill the law. Causing
H. Peck, Portland lawyer, told the
regional trust conference today.
Labor unions should be among the
first to work for amendment of the
act and by insisting upon fairness to
forestall loss of public confidence, he
asserted.
"If union representatives over
reach and make a racket of their
occupations and Institutions, the
public will revolt, will repeal the act
and will give continuing effect to
the principal of equality In labor
o raining by the establishment of
public units with trained negotiators
who will conduct an laoor oargain-
iiw." he declared.
Feck said ftiUCUOincuU needed In-
Big Waterfowl
Crop Predicted
For Sportsmen
WINNIPEG. Man.. Aug. 13. (ff)
Plenty of waterfowl for American
n im rods to soot at this fall was
forecast today by observers In Can
ada's far flung duck and goose
Incubator.
Game guardians, woodsmen and
other observers reported that water
fowl crop probably would be fully
as big as In 1036 when It exceeded
that of the previous year by an
estimated SO percent.
Canadians generally attributed
maintenance of production to a
game protection campaign, string
ent shooting regulations and ex
pansion of the game sanctuary
movement.
A. B. Howell, provincial game
guardian here, said Manitoba, fav
ored by migration of ducks from
drought - stricken Saskatchewan,
will likely show an Increase this
year.
BARTLETT PICKING
t
Harvesting of the Bartlett pear
crop of tho Rogue River valley will
start next Monday In some orch
ards and will be general by the mid
dte of the following week. Under the
warm sun of the past fortnight, the
pears have sized at a greater rate
than at any other time this season
according to the county agent's or
floe. Somo of the growers are holding
back the start of picking operations
for the gain In sice.
Tho Pinnacle1 Packing company's
No. 1 plant will open Wednesday at
one o'clock and the No. 2 and No.
3 plants will open Friday. Other
(Continued on Page Nina.)
WPA DELEGATION
WILL SEE MARTIN
SALEM, Aug. 18. (AP) A delega
tion of Portland and Salem WPA
workers who have been forced off
federal relief by the government's
retrenchment policy will confer with
Oovornor Martin at 4 p. m. today
about getting Jobs In private in
dustry. The governor will give them a list
of 9,604 Jobs, paying between $2 and
$7 a day. About 2,000 have . been
forced off the WPA rolls In Oregon,
with 10.400 still receiving federal
assistance.
Governor Martin left this morning
to inspect the proposed Canby Irri
gation project, which may bo ap
proved this fall by the federal bureau
of reclamation. It alreadya has re
ceived war department approval.
He aald ho would be back In time
to meet the WPA delegation.
Tomorrow he will go to Mount
Angel to attend the second annual
flax festival.
Plead Not Guilty
In Game Law Case
Through an error It was stated
yesterday that Goorge Avgerla and
Gust Avgerls, Siskiyou sawmill op
era tors, had pleaded guilty to pos
session of untagged deer hides. They
entered pleas of not guilty and
hearing was scheduled for thla aft
ernoon In Justice court.
( elude the rlgh-, of the employor to
tell his employes his opinions of un
Ion membership, prevention of eco
nomic pressure or Intimidation by
unions, reserve the right of lockout
to the same extent that the right
of strike Is reserved, prohibit slow
down or sit-down strikes, require the
labor board to support Its findings
by tho greater weight of evidence and
not by any evidence such as hearsay,
and provide that courts la reviewing
board proceedings may disregard
hearsay evidence.
H. M. Bnrdt. trust officer or the
Bank of America. Los Angeles, said
that "not only are taxes becoming
exceedingly burdensome but tax
problems and confusing laws, regula
tlotia and cumbersome tax collecting
machinery are adding enormously to
both liabilities and costs for corpor
at fiduciary oi)gaakatlous.M -
Black
CUMMINGS RULES
IS
LEGAL
Senate Judiciary Group Re
jects Move to Hold Up
Supreme Court Appoint
ment for Legality Study
WASHINGTON, Aug. IS. (AP) A
senate Judiciary subcommittee swiftly
approved today the nomination of
Senator Black (D., Ala.) to the su
preme court. J
It acted only minutes after Presi
dent Roosevelt told a press confer
ence Attorney General Cummlnga
had Informed him that It was per
fectly legal and constitutional to
appoint Black of Alabama to the
supreme court.
The Judiciary subcommittee of wAx
members voted to report Black's
nomination favorably, after reject
ing a move by Senator Austin (R-
Vt.) to hold up action pending study
of legal questions In vol v. 4.
Austin Disapproves.
All members of the subcommittee
except Austin voted, for approval of
the nomination and rejection of the
New Englander's proposal for de
lay. Borne details of the secrecy In
which Black's name waa sent to
the senate were brought out at the
president's conference with news
men. Asked when he decided to noml
nate Senator Black, Mr. Roosevelt
said he could not disclose when at
made decisions. ...
Responding to further questioning,
he said he wrote Black's name on
the nomination, certificate with ata
own hand and told only Black about
It In advance of Its going to tha
senate.
Secretary In Dark.
When asked If his press secretary.
Stephen T. Early, knew about It
ahead of time, the president laughed:
and explained hla tardiness In re
ceiving the newspapermen today was
due to his and Early's apologising to
each other on that score.
At the senate committee hearing,
Austin questioned Black's eligibility
under the recent act of congress pro
viding for retirement of supremo
court Justices at full pay; He sug
gested It might make any member
of congress ineligible either en tho
basis of creating a new office, or
of Increasing the emoluments of
the office.
Questions of his eligibility had
been raised from the first by some
senators who, like Austin, cited his
membership in the senate during
action on the supreme court retire
ment bill.
It waa to answer these that tho
president made known the opinion
(Continued on Page Three.)
F
KLAMATH FALLS. Aug. 18. (AP
Worthen K. James, operator of the
Diamond Lake fox farm, today waa
arrested In connection with the theft
of 19 sliver foxes from A. E. Warsen
skl of Spokane, and will be taken
to Spokane to face larceny charges.
Warsenskl accompanied sheriff's of
fleers this morning to the Diamond
Lake farm, 75 miles north or here,
where they allegedly found two foxes
whose ear markings bad been
changed.
James formerly worked for Warsen
skl. and the Spokane man said he
suspected blm when 13 of his ani
mals were stolen some time ago.
ELKS BAND PLAYS
K
Third of a weekly aeries of band
concerts In city park by the Klks
band under the direction of Ralph
A. Botts will be held tonight starting
at 8:15 o'clock. Program follows:
Manhattan Beach March Sous,
In a Little Hula Heaven (Popular)
. Ralngex
Pleasant Recollections (Medley).....
On tho Campus (March) Ooldman
When My Dream Boat Cornea Home
(Popular) - Prlend
Happy Days Are Here Again (Popu
lar) , i i -Ager
The Old Refrain
.....Transcribed by Krelsler
Capitol City (Mrch) Del Bulgers
Rio Rita (Selection) Tlernoy
The Stars and Stripes Forever
(March) Sous
The Star-Spangled Bannat..,,. T