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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Sat urday; slightly warmer to night; coolrr Saturday, TEMPKKATtRB Highest yesterday 96 lowest this morning 61 Sunday Want Ads Prepare that Ad now for the Sunday paper. Ada la before 8:S0 Saturday afternoon will appear on the Classified page. Later Ads run "too late to clas sify. Better write it now. 1' Tribune MEDFORD full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD. OREGON, FRIDAY, AUGUST 20, 1937 No. 130, SELL 01$ 1, 1. BUM 'A SB i : , i- - 4 . 4 Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. ROOSEVELT, LEWIS KEEP KEEN EYES ON CONGRESS BOTH TO REPORT OVER AIR ON SAME DAY LABORITES START FOR GOVERNOR DAYGY'S SCALP BOURBONS OFFER ODDS ON SPECIAL SESSION WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. As con gress writhes toward a clone. It feels two pairs of angry eye boring Into tie bended back. One pair be!ong6 to John Lewi. Th other to Franklin Roosevelt. No wonder the congressmen squirm, because both men are writing down with awful precision. In their dooms day notebooks, 'congressional alna of omlsalon and commission. Both men. by coincidence, go on the air on constitution day In Sep tember, and then will start the accounting. What Mr. Lewis has up hla sleeve hasn't been revealed, but how nearly his theme will harmonize with the president's will be revealed shortly. The president sounaca nis seynuus In hla speech on Wednesday, when he read trom Lord Macaulay'a letter floutlne democracy and added: "Almost, methlnks, I am reading not from Macaulay almost, me thlnks. I am quoting from a resolu tion of the United States Chamber of Commerce, the Liberty league, me National Association of Manufactur ers or the editorials written at the beheat of some well-known news paper proprletora In 1938 and 1937." Meanwhile, labor's Non-Partlsan league la sawing wood, and one old pine tree It has 6Worn to cut down when the merry month of May dawns In Ohio Governor Davey. Labor asserts that It elected Davey. Mow It swears It Is going to replace him with Its own candidate In the next ' primaries. Some Democrats are ottering odds that there will bo a special session of congress. But they hedge by say ing that It all depends on (a) what the final acts of congress are and (b how the country reacts to the administration's story when the peo ple hear It over tho air and other ways. Meticulous listeners to the presi dents Roanoke speech, who were fortunate enough to have before them the text released tor the press, noted the usual interesting interpola tions. The president didn't make many changes. A word here, one of "my friends" inserted there, a "get that?" and a hearty "I thank God for It" after the assertion that "under dem ocratic government the poorest of our population are no longer neces sarily the most Ignorant part of our society." But what marked the greatest dif ference between the written and the nnken word was the intonation. As the president read Macaulay'a words. describing the necessity of curbing the majority, he put that hair-line edge of irony Into hla tone so amus ing to his friends, so anoylng to his enemies. tf the British author of those phrases was tuned In on th celestial (Continued an Pag. rwelvel 1 The national capltol has a sing.e corridor 750 feet long running under both the senate and house chambers. SIDE GLANCES bj TRIBUNE REPORTERS Perry L. Walt industriously pre paring grain displays for the Oold Hill fair. former President Herbert Hoover falling to hook a fish In Crater lake, thus Indicating he doesn't plan to run for anything. Oeorpe Hunt being so engrossed In a curbstone confab as to miss com pletely a gingery pat on the back by a passing friend. Herb Bmwn getting all hopnd up this early In ih game over the 20-30 donkey baseball. Dm Wold averring he has lost 20 bounds In three week In managing the champion Timber Products soft- ball team. Catherine Ford and companion In spiting a swimming pool on a cool ll!) evfi'lng and n.rnl'ng to leave the water to hardier souls. SAILOR IS KILLED; EIGHTEEN INJURED Missile, of Undetermined Origin Strikes After Part of Vessel Heavy Dam age Seen in Fighting WASHINGTON, Aug. 20. (P) President Roosevelt said today that whatever action waa deemed advls- ! able in connection with the shelling ; of the cruiser Augusta off Shanghai ! would be determined by officiate on ! the ground there. I The president told a press confer ence he had received only fragment ary unofficial dispatches on the shell ing. Asked what this would mean as far as any counter action was con cerned, the president said such things were almost bound to happen iil a situation such as that at Shanghai. Asked what he was going to do about It, he said the people on the spot could tell more about that than officials in Washington. In response to other questions, be said official Washington was talking about the advisability of invoking the neutrality act every day. LONDON. Aug. 20. (API Great Britain will hold China and Japan responsible for loss of British lives or damage to British property In the Shanghai war zone. Informed sources said tonight the two Oriental governments were told of Great Britain's position by gov ernment representatives at Nanking and Tokyo. SHANGHAI, Aug. 30. (p) One United States sailor waa killed and 18 wounded tonight when an anti aircraft shell of undetermined origin struck the after well dock of the Cruiser Augusta, flagship of the United States Asiatic fleet. The sailor killed was Freddie John Falgout of Raceland, La. None of the wounded was badly hurt. A fourth of Shanghai was ablaze as Chinese air forces struck savagely at Japanese properties along the Whangpoo river and Chinese artillery blasted at Japanese defense lines. The Augusta, flagship of Admiral Harry E. Yarnell, fleet commander, has been lying In the Whangpoo river a little downstream from the heart of the International settlement, covering the evacuation of American refugees from stricken Shanghai. (Contluned on Page Seven.) $27.50TFFERED FOR BARRETTS Court Hall, local buyer for a Cali fornia cannery, reported today he was still In the market for Bartlett pears at $37.50 per ton. for two and three eights sizes and larger, and 935 for smaller sizes. The previous size was two and one-half Inches and more. According to Hall, there are not as many large sized Bartlette as pre dicted. Hall says that most of the smaller canneries have about pur chased their quotas, but larger can neries seek more. He al ro estimated that about 6,000 tons of Bart let ts for canneries have been sold. Practically all of the packing houses of tho city and valley were In operation today. The Pinnacle Pack ing company opened Its No. 3 and No. 3 plants this afternoon. Picking and packing of Bartlette will be gen eral throughout the valley the com ing week. Alabama Governors Wife Succeeds Senator Black WASHINGTON. Aug. 30. iTr-Mrs. , Dixie Oraves, wife of Governor Blbbi Grave of Alabama, took her oath ! of office today aa the successor In the senate of Senator Black, recently! appointed to the supreme court. I She was sworn on the senate floor' as the fourth woman to hold a seat in that body. Her husband had explained he named her senator only until a spe cial election could be hid to Blank's unexpired lrm of off!-. Mrs. Grave was drMd In du bonnet print, and wore a bunch of gardenias on her shoulder. She was escorted to the vice presi dent's desk to take the oath by Senator Bunk head, senior senator from Alabama, While her certificate of ep- p. intmrnt ns read to the tenate. Mr. Ora-' pat quietly in the rear ! row with Bankhead, her husband. Quakes Golf Has Larger Following Today Than Ever Before PORTLAND, Aug. 20. (AP) Qolf. while becoming the national game, Is not supplanting other sports. Addtcta of baseball, ten nis and other athletics are simply adding It to their list, John G. Jackson of New York, president of the United States Golf associa tion, asserted here. "There are three times as many people playing golf In thla coun try as there are automobiles." he ssld. "More people are playing, more youngsters are playing, more lessons are being given now than at any other time in history." Jackson, here for the national amateur tournament, said he started playing golf In 1896, but "I don't keep my scores any more." E Memorial Program It a.m. Shot-making demon stration by Lawson Little, Jimmy Thomson and Harry Cooper with explanatory remarks by Horton Smith, 1 p.m. H. Chandler Egan mem orial fountain dedication at the clubhouse with Robert T. (Bobby) Jones of Atlanta, Ga., In charge. 2 p. m, -Harry Cooper and Law son- Little vb. Jimmy Thomson and Horton Smith In an 18-hole, bent-ball exhibition match. Four of today's brightest golfing stars and Bobby Jones, peer of them all, will gather at the Rogue Valley Qolf club Sunday to pay homage to a friend and a brilliant golfer of yes terday the late H. Chandler Egan. Over the beautiful 18-hole goix layout that Egan. himself, designed and founded In 1911 for Medford, his home town, the game's greatest professional golfers will perform, starting at 3 p.m. It will be Harry Cooper and Lawson Little versus Jimmy Thomson and Horton Smith In an exhibition match that Is ex pected to draw one of the largest gatherings ever to witness an ath letic event In Medford. Eulogy at 1 p. m. Egan, who In his own right was one of the finest golfers who ever lived, will be officially eulogized at 1 p.m. From Bobby Jones, one of his closest friends during life and one of the moat grief -stricken at his death, he will receive the com mendation and expressions of affec tion that all golfdora now holds for him. Chan Egan, truly, waa one oi golf's "grand old men." and to hla memory and to the man, himself, the dedication will be made. It will ne (Continued on Page Pour.) HOOD RIVER PRODUCE HOOD RIVER. Ore.. Aug. 30. ZAP) Special deputy sheriffs will protect Hood River farmers from pos sible Interference In hauling their product to market. District Attorney John Baker said. "With so much labor trouble oc curring throughout the country, we are going to make certain that law and order are maintained in the Hood River valley.1 the official as parted. and Representative Joe Stamea, of aunteraville, Ala. I Mrs. Caraway (D. Ark.) the only other woman senator, sat In Blacks old seat. In the center of the Demo cratic aide of the chamber. Mrs, Graves Is going to let hen iloveruorhusband shirt for himself : while she site In the senate. "Always before. she said, "we have gone everywhere together done ev , ery'hlng together. "When he became governor. T felt his Job was more Important. I did everything possible to help him. and limited the club activities which had been my principal Interest outside my home." The 55-year-old Alabama woman will serve until a Democratic pri mary next February 1 selects the party's candidate for the remainder of mark' tirm, which end in Jan uary, 1039. Rock Manila as War Refugees T FOR LIBRARY HAS Last Barrier to Immediate Construction Removed New Building to Cost Mil lionPlans in Making SALEM, Aug. 30. (fl The last barrier to an Immediate start on construction of a new state library, authorized by the legislature which also appropriated 9300,000 for the purchase of land on which to locate it, was removed today when Presi dent Roosevelt approved allocation of MoO.OOO u a PWA grant for the project. News of the president's action was contained In a telegram received by Senator Charles L, McNary from Har old ickes, PWA administrator. It read: "President baa J list approved proj ect 1030 -2 -D for grant of M 50.000 for new library at Salem." "I am very much gratified over the president's action, although I was confident that he would approve the project concerning which I talked to both him and Mr. Ickes Just before leaving Washington," said Senator McNary. Immediate effect of the president's action waa to speed up negotiations by the capltol reconstruction com mission for the purchase of a block across the street from the new cap ltol pJi which the library 1 to be located,-- ' ' ' Work on the detailed plans for the structure, estimated total oost of which .! $1,000,000 along with a central beating plant for the entire group of state buildings, la already under way by Wbltehouse & Church, Portland architects. -... 1 Under terms of an agreement with PWA officials they are to be sub mitted for approval by November I and construction operations are scheduled to start within 40 days from that date. Completion of the library la set for not later than June 30, 1939. "There ta no reason why the library project cannot proceed unin terruptedly now," said Ralph E. Moody, assistant attorney general and special counsel of the commis sion who recently spent several weeks In Washington Ironing out details in connection with the grant applica tion. "We know what PWA requires of us and can shape our course to con form to their demands." BLACK GIVEN OATH SANS CEREMONIES WASHINGTON. Aug. 3o Pi Hugo L. Black's office disclosed today he had taken an oath of office as asao elate supreme court . Justice before Charles F. Pace, financial clerk of the senate. Without ceremony. Pace adminis tered the simple constitutional oath In the capltol last night after Bltv.k tendered formal resignation from the senate. It was the same declaration re- i quired of all federal officers. It ! entitle Black to the $30,000 annual pay of a Justice. But the new Justice will not exer cise the authority of his office until he takes the Judicial oath from Charles Elmore Cropley, clerk of the high court. ThU probably will not be administered until the October term of the court. . Riddle Tot Burned .Seriously By Lye ROSEBtma, Aug. 30, (AP) Dar lene Lou. 16 months old daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Darrell Carter of Riddle, waa burned seriously Thursday when a bucket of lye waa spilled over her fee and body. She was playing with a brother on the porch of her grandmother's home when the boy accidentally tip ped over the bucket of lye which waa standing on a table. The liquia spilled down the front of the tiny ijlrl's bdy. burning her from the none to the thigha. She was rushed til Roeeburg for treatment. ftoehurters At Work ROSEBURO. Ore, Aug. 30. (APl Registration at the looal headquar ters of the national reemployment aervlr Is at the lowest point In the history of the office, Frank Chase, manager, reported today. Only 743 nama are on the active list as com pared with a normal of approximate ly 3 000 for the an me period of tbe year In paat aeaaons. Actress Robbed Kettl (.alllan, film actress from France, reported to police burglars had broken Into her Hollywood ran von home and marched off with 920, 000 worth of furs, Jewelry and other valuables while she was away. Heir she Is In her boudoir looking over the mew the tinTRlars left. - . CENTRALIS UNION FOR MEDFORD FORMED WITH MORRIS AS HEAD A central labor unions for Med ford and vicinity was organized at a meeting attended by members of nine unions In the Guild hall last night. Officers elected were Pat Morris, president, Charles Powers, vice presi dent, and Gordon Tldwell, secretary treasurer. Committees were named to draw up a constitution and by-laws and to procure a permanent meeting place for the central and component unions. Organization of the central labor union will be perfected at another meeting In the Guild hall next Thursday night when the constitu tion and by-laws will be adopted Unions represented last night were the electrtoal workers, 'ruck drivers, barbers, retail clerks, culinary alli ance, machinists, typographers butch ers and bakers. Ben T. Osborne of Portland, exec utive secretary of the Oregon State Federation of Labor, conducted the meeting and Installed the officers. Also present waa A. L. Rice of Klam ath Falls, official A.F.L. organizer for southern Oregon. BASEBALL 1 American. R. H. E. Philadelphia 7 13 3 New York 8 11 0 Ross. Nelson and Brucker; An drews, Murphy and Dickey. R. H. E Washington 8 S 3 Boston ..,. 1 8 8 Weaver. Llnke and R. Fcrrell; Orove and Deaautels, Berg. R. H. E. Cleveland 7 14 0 Chicago ......... - 10 1 Gatehouse, Hudlln. and Pytlak; Lee, C. Brown and Sewell, R. R. t. 4 8 1 7 16 I Blanton and St. Louis ... Pittsburgh Johnson and Todd. R. H. E. 6 9 I 6 13 3 and Lopez, Mueller; Phelps. Boston Brooklyn MarFaydn Butcher and New York 1 31 Philadelphia U 0 3 Oritleman, Schumacher, Coffman, and Canning; lyimaster. Jot gens, Kelleher, Crawford, and Atwood, LAKKVIEW, Aug. 30. (AP) A circuit court Jury, after deliberating three boura. convicted Don M tger on a ensrge of aiault with a dan gtrutu weapon. E IS NEW TARGET IN Assistant Attorney General Moody Fires Opening Gun by Seeking Dismissal of Salem Operators Suit SALEM. Aug. 30. iJP) Assistant Attorney -General Ralph E.' Moody. conducting a campaign against oper ators of plnball and marble games, declared war today on theater op erators who sponsor "bank nights." Moody filed a brief In Marlon coun ty court asking the court to dis miss the suit of Carl A. Porter, Salem theater operator, who asxod the court ! to enjoin officers from prosecuting him for conducting a "bank night." Moody said his brief would be a basts for similar suits throughout the state. In most "bank nights" announce ment la made In advance that the theater will give away a certain amount of money on one night each week. Anyone may register and the person holding the number drawn la the winner, whether he be Inside or outside the theater. Moody contended that the court does not have Jurisdiction to pre vent the officers from prosecuting, and held further that the scheme ts a violation of gambling laws. He said the case was similar to that In which plnball and marble games were ruled Illegal. Defendants . In Porter's suit are f Moody, Attorney-General I. H. Van Winkle, and Marlon County Sheriff A. C Burk. "The 'bank night' scheme Is a lottery because the three elements which constitute a lottery prize, chance and consideration are pres ent," Moody said In his brief. Lotteries offend the moral law. The gradual awakening of the con science of the people that gambling or lottery In all forms were wrong, caused the adoption of constitu tional provisions and the enactment of statutes prohibiting such wrong." IDFlDlY ON Clinton Spencer, Jr.. whose parents reside on Kings highway, and whose father Is manager of Brown & White's real estate department. Is aboard the cruiser Auguata on which a blue jacket waa killed today by an anti aircraft shell In the Japanese-Chinese conflict. Charles Wsrd, son of Mrs. J. D. Bowdish of 1360 Sunset avenue, Is serving on the destroyer Barker, also In Chinese waters. The Barker waa ordered some time ago to leave for Vladivostok, Russia, August 30 on a routine cruise but whether the ship will now be held In Chinese waters because of the strife Is not known here. FIFTH CAESARIAN BABY FOR MOTHER IN IOWA COUNCIL BLUFFS, Iowa. Aug. 30. (API Mrs. Walter Llndsey, 38. can lay claim to a thorough experience with Caesarian operations. She recently bore her fifth Cae sarian baby. Her oldest child Is 13. Hoover Cools While Shoes A Medford thoemak.r was today proudly displaying two worn heels formerly supporting the only living ex-prealdent of the United Staten, Herbert L. Hoover. The heels reached their present resting place when Mr. Hoover, who had been fishing at Crater lake, walked Into the small buslnens es tablishment of W. U. Stevena at 418 Rast Main atreet about noon ven ter day. He requested the cobbler to repair a flapping heel on hla aport oxforda. Closer Inspection revealed that the heels really needed replacing rather than repairing and the portly ex president settled himself In a chair to await completion of the Job. While waiting, Mr. Hoover carried on an amiable discourse with Btev ena, discussing the war situation In the Orient. "Tnt Chinese hav nothing to fight with but men," Hoover la re ported to bav, laid. Angling Rattler Noted At Creek Bringing In Fish THOMPSON CREEK. Aig. 30. (Spl.) Wiley Turnbaugh of Nine Mile owes his escape from a bad tempered rattlesnnke to a pine squirrel. Tho snake struck at Turnbaugh but waa prevented from effective aim or reault by the half-swallowed squirrel In Its mouth. The reptile was quickly dispatched by Turnbaugh. Another enake tale la told by Donald and Jim Turnbaugh, grandsons of Wiley Turnbaugh, who report seeing an angling rat tler. The snake, they say, was partially spbmerged at the water's edge of a creek, catching fish. Their grandfather dtsposed of that one also, not Impressed with the snake's unusual talents. E E BEFORE SATURDAY WASHINGTON. Aug. 30 (AP) Congressional leadera vtrtuslly aban doned hope of adjourning congress tonight when senate-bouse confer ence committees failed to reach an agreement on the Important Wagner housing bill. House Leader Rayburn told re porters a resolution for adjournment tonight definitely wouia noi brought beforo the house. He said ho had told Senate Ma jority Leader Barkley It would be Impossible to sdjourn before tomor row and Berkley had agreed witn him. Before Sundown I went to adjourn the house to morrow before sundown," Rayburn said. "I hope we won't have a night session for the last session." He spoke of a possibility of wind ing up the work of the house some where between 3 and 8 o'clock to morrow. Both houses were ready for an un spectacular adjournment after a long, unproductive session begun In January, All major bills on the pre-adjourn-ment calendar have passed both houses, except for the third defic iency appropriation measure which the senate took up today. It Appro priations committee approved the Inclusion of 930,000,000 to afeut the farm tenancy program, funds which the house already had voted. Puns Revenue BUI A bill to seal loopholes in the (Continued on Page rhree.) E REST! BILL PASSES HOUSE WASHINGTON, Aug 30. (AP) Tho house passed the Robcrtaon Plttman bill today, authorizing fed eral aid to atatea In Improvement and maintenance of wild-life restora tion projecta, Including refugea and breeding grounds. Tho measure, which return to the senate, would authorize appropriation of an amount equal to the revenue derived from the 10 per cent excise tax on aborting arma and ammuni tion for distribution to the states on a basis similar to that used In alloca tion of federal highway aid fund,. Heels Here Are Repaired From International affaire. Hoover switched to fishing, a favorlto topic, Ho ouestloned Stevens, who Is also an enthualaatlo angler, about fishing conditions In southern Oregon atreama and lakes. When aaked whether he waa looking for steel head or trout, he expressed hla de sire to try hla luck with both. He made numerous queries and waa curious as to location of a fish Ud der .which had been described to him. He spoke of having fished at Crater lake but did not discuss Bis luck. Hoover gave no Indication of hi, destination afler leaving Medford or how long he waa to be here. He asked about eating places but In qulrlea ,iave failed to reveal whether or not tho party lunched hera. A waitress at Valentine's cafe recalled a party of four and believes one to nave been Mr. Hoover. The ex-presldent waa alone while having his hoea repaired. Hla shoe la "pretty good alee," Steven said. Arrive FIRES ADD TERROR WHILE RESIDENTS FLEE TOJTREETS Shocks Felt for 200 Miles City Plunged Into Darkness by Prostration of Electric Power Wires MANILA, P. I., Aug. 20. (AP) Two sharp earthquakes threw Manila into darkness tonight in a terrify ing welcome to American refugees arriving from war-torn Shanghai. Manila resident fled from homes and hotels Into the darkened streets, on many of which light wire la In a tangled mess. Many fires start ed by the shocks, the worst In 40 years, added to the panic. Several large buildings and a num ber of churches were damaged. Other major structures swayed noticeably. Many Injuries but no deaths were reported during the confusion fol lowing the first shock about 8 p.m. The second tremor added new terror 30 minutes later. The shocks were felt at least 300 miles away. Proves Shaky Haven. Most terrified by the rumbling and shaking of the earth were the 376 refugees arriving aboard the) President Jefferson to a supposed) haven after their terrifying experi ences In Shanghai, One girl among a score of scream ing refugee women and children undergoing rigid Inspection In Vha custom house, cried: "Is that another war?" The refugees had scarcely landed when the quake struck. Delayed mors) than an hour and a half at the breakwater, the eyes of many ot the women refugees brimmed wttn tear of Joy aa the liner pulled Into Its pier. f They had left a city of death be hind and were greeted by the lively tunes of a United States army band and the biasing lights of Manila, Light Go Out. A score or more were still In the customs house when the very earth roared, the building swayed and creaked and the welcoming IlghU blinked out. Terror reigned. The refugees had landed amid con siderable confusion, some of them carrying babes In their arma and others nondescript baggage that they had hurriedly thrown together be fore fleeing from Shanghai. Mrs. Theodore Roosevelt, Jr., and her son, Quentln, had hurried ashore under the escort of President Man uel Quezon's personal bodyguard and were whisked away by automobile. Some of the refugees, with babet In arms, were forced to look for per sona supposed to greet them on their arrival. Others carried their own bundles, some wrapped only la papers and others with their own blankets over their arms.. CITY PARK BAND CONCERT TONIGHT Another of the popular ooneerta by the Elks band under the dlreo tlon of Ralph A. Botts will be held In city pant at 8:15 tonight. Pro gram followa: "Hall to the 8plrlt of Liberty." march .. .- Souaa) "It Looks Llka Rain In Cherry Blossom Lane" LeH Old Time Favorites. medley.3arnard "The Viking March" King "Nobody Knows de Trouble I've Been,'1 Negro spiritual Robert "Let Me Call You Sweetheart," Popular Friedman "Olympian." festival march Rotlt "Organ Orlnder's Swing." popular. Hudson Naughty Marietta Selection Herbert. "Herbert U Clarke'a Triumphal March" "T "Star Spangled Banner" Key FREDRICK S. LaDUE JOINS STATE POLICE Appointment of Fredrick S. LaDu of Salem to a position with tha Oregon state police waa announced today by Capt. Lee Bown of the Medford headquarters. laOue will receive his preliminary training In tills district and may be transferred In the future. Capt. Bown stated. 40-TON WHALE STRANDS NEAR COLUMBIA MOUTH ASTORIA. Ore- Aug. 30. (AP) The carcass of a 40-foot whale washed ashore near the decomposing remain of another ocean traveler, the wreck of the vessel Peter Iredale, near the south Jetty of the Columbia river. The weight of the dead whale wae estimated al 40 tons.
