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MEDFORD, OREGON, TUESDAY, AUGUST 31. 19:37.
No. 139.
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By H. R. Baukhage
Copyright 1937, by The
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RAIL LABOR DEMANDS
"MORE ABUNDANT LIFE"
HIGHER MVINO COST
RETURN TO INVESTORS CITED
ARGUMENT SEEN HAMPERING
GOVERNMENT AS MEDIATOR
OPERATORS EXPECTED TO
SEEK RATE INCREASE
WASHINGTON, Aug. 31. Just how
far William M. Leisorson. crack nego
tiator of the national mediation
board Is getting with the railway
workers In Chicago, they aren't say
ing at headquarters.
But there is more Involved lri the
outcome of the negotiations than a
threat of a strike of some 300.000
men and the tying up of our trans
portation system. Involved is the
broader Issue of the redistribution of
wealth.
The argument of the railroad men
for higher pay revolves around the
one Issue that Is giving the new deal
economists the most headaches to
day: The mounting cost of living
and the whirling spiral which has
started with higher wage demands
chasing the tall of Increased costs.
The railway workers answered the
refusal of their demand for more
pay by the carriers with quite a hom
ily .on raising the standards of liv
ing. They charged that "thus far.
recovery, especially In the railroad
industry, has been characterized prin
cipally by an increase In the share
going to security holders."
As a result, said the workers, they
haven't the Increased purchasing
power "that will enable them to
streamline their existence in ac
cordance with the modern standard
of living."
This discordant note in the hymn
to the "more abundant life" has been
hoard before from the president's op
position. Now, when the "common
man," 300,000 strong, declares that
the "recovery" has benefitted the big
fellow Instead of the little fellow, It
makes the government's Job as medi
ator that much harder.
No sooner had the men sounded off
than the employers began to say pri
vately that the time had come for all
good railroads to get together on a
(Continued on Page Six.)
SALEM. Aug. 31 Pj Governor
Martin and the state highway com
mission will leave here tomorrow for
Bend on an inspection tour of the
North Santinm highway.
The commission will leave Bend
for southern Oregon to inspect roads
In Lake county. They will arrive In
Klamath Falls Wednesday noon, and
then will go to Medford on secondary
highways, arriving there that night
Budge and Fabyan
Win Mixed Doubles
BROOK LINE. Mam.. Aug. 31. (AP)
Donald Budge of California, who
lost his national doubles champion
ship yesterday, salvaged one title
at least from the Longwood title
meet today, when paired with Mrs.
Sarah Palfrey Fabyan of Boston, he
won the mixed doubles laurels from
Yvon Petra and Mme. Sylvia Henro
tln of France. 6-2, 8-10, 6-0.
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Florence Scherrer nibbling sun
flower seeds like a rinary and Mar
garet Boardman felenlng alarm lest
she burst out in song In the solemn
CofC sanctum.
Fisherman Frank DrSura giving
untruths to the press, real farts of
hn week-end angling party being
that Kn Anthony caught only two
trout. Frank Perl one and he none
and that Perl positively didn't use
bacon rind for bait.
Wicliy Wickletn obligingly broad
casting f.ght returns when the MTi
loud speaker system got entangled
vrith f?g or something.
Ef Trowbrldee taking another stab
at assembling his fih and came
committee niter two Litlurw. he hop
ing travel schedules would permit a
quorum to be present this time.
HALT EVACUATION
fIF AMFRIIM RY
VI finite! IIVI II IV W0 I 1
CLOSING OF PORTi
Unidentified Bomber Attacks
Italian Ship Japanese
Open Drive On Strategic
Positions Near Shanghai
SHANGHAI, Aug. 31. (AP) Chol
era broke out tonight In Shanghai's
French concession, where moat of
the clty'a Americans live.
The outbreak became known short
ly before midnight, after a day in
which United States authorities
closed the port of Shanghai to all
American ships except naval vessels,
marooning for the time being some
2000 Americans who have not been
evacuated from the zone of Shang
hai's Sino-Japanese war.
Attack Second Ship.
Meanwhile an unidentified bomber
attacked but did not damage the
Italian operated steamer Lung Shan,
filled with Chinese refugees, and
Japanese forces, on sea, air and land,
opened an offensive 12 miles north
of Shanghai which, they said, result
ed In the capture of strategic Woo
sung, its railway station and Its
forts.
French concession authorities took
every measure to halt the spread of
the cholera, deadly Intestinal dis
ease which yearly takes Its toll of
underfed Asiatics.
Earlier In the day, with cholera
dangers rising from overtaxed sanita
tion facilities and the steady drain
on water supplies, the United States
navy cancelled shore leaves and all
Chinese hands were ordered off the
flagship Augusta.
Bubonic Plague Seen.
Reports of the black (bubonic)
plague in native areas added to the
horrors of war.
Hundreds of rotting bodies of Chi
nese civilians, killed In air raids
and by artillery and machine-gun
(Continued on Page Ten.)
TACOirslES,
CLOSED 38 DAYS
PLAN REOPENING
TACOMA, Wash., Aug. 31. (AP)
Tacoma's 10 closed department stores
began calling key employes back to
work today In obvious preparation
for Immediate re-opcnlng.
Neither store owners nor officials
of the International Protective As
sociation of Retail clerks would make
any definite announcement about
the end of their dispute which has
kept the city's largest retail Instltu
tlons closed for 38 days; but both
sides admitted unofficially the sign
tng of a new working agreement ap
pearod Imminent.
Union and store representatives
were closeted In another conference
this morning, following a vote by
union members last night on the
draft of a proposed agreement. Terms
of the proposal and results of the
union vote were both kept secret.
Confidential sources Indicated the
agreement would call for the end ot
tho dispute Wednesday, although
store executives expressed doubt the
institutions would be able to reopen
on that day, due to the necessity
of arranging stocks and completing
agreements with 13 other AFL craft
unions represented In the stores. No
disputes were expected In these ar
rangements.
Stores closed Include J. C. Penney,
Sears Roebuck. Montgomery Wsrd.
Metropolitan, Kress, Fisher, Rhodes,
The People's and two Woolworth
units.
THREATEN TIEUP
S.F.
I
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug. 31. (AP)
A complete tleup of the waterfront
here was threatened today as the
result of a CIO-AFL dispute.
John P. McLaukhlln. president of
the teamsters' union, an A. F. of L.
affiliate, declared the union would
stop handling of goods tomorrow or
the next day unless forcible opposi
tion of the warehouseman to team
sters' deliveries of California Pack
ing corporation's products ceased.
Louis Ooldblatt. vice president of
th warehousemen, a CIO affiliate,
said there waa no dispute with the
teamsters but chanted 7S men were
locked out by the packing corpora
tion nine months ago.
M'uiuK.iiinii uinuiavuiit i" hi i
te" a crowd of men stopped trucks
carrying so-called "hot goods."
Five
Louis Decisions Fair in Savage Battle
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NAB THREE BOYS
WITH STOLEN CAR
Charged with larceny of sn auto.
thrre Portland youths are being held
today following their arrest by city
i and state police on South Fir street
t 6:10 vesterdnv. State nollee say
they will bo returned to Portland to
face prosecution. , day by a Jury of seven men and five
The three are Thomas , William : women, after having repudiated con
France. 19: David Monroe Williams, i fwon he made following his arrest
20, and Charlps Ernest Montague!
Dunran, 19
The three were arreMz-d when city
and state police stopped a 1035 Ford
coupe on suspicion
The cur Is own-
ed by P. H. Kane. 2731 Northeast
Schuyler street, Portland, who Is the
complainant, according to state police.
Following the arrest, admissions
were secured from the trio that they
hsd stolen the car from a parking
lot near the Circle theater in Port
land about 12:30 a. m. yesterday, and
had taken turns driving It to Mrd
ford, state police reported.
Father Is Charged
With Shooting Son
OAKLAND, Calif.. Aug. 31. AP)
A complaint charging first degree
murder was issued today by Arthur
Sherry, deputy district attorney,
against Donald Page, 53, In connec
tion with the death of his 10-year-old
son. Donald E. Pnge.
The complaint was signed by O.
M Thompson, a police Inspector. Au
thorities said the charge was based
ca the drubbed story of the son
i that
P-ve shot him in a qti&rrel
J over a French military decoration.
Killed, Score Injured in Bus, Sedan
h (C 1 J
DEATH SENTENCE
PASSED ON DYER
I LOS ANOELES, Aug. 31. (IPi Sn-
tenco ol dentil was pnsud throe times
I In three minutes today upon Albert
Dyer, convicted strangler and rnv-
I '"" Inglcwood Blrls.
TUa miiri rlnntH mntlnn tnr a tin 11
H(J Wftfl convlctrd Mt Tu(1R.
unarr ainonua w inn chiw nm.
maucaiiy gors 10 me bihmi mipitine
com for review, following which. If
; the higher court supports the con-
vicimn, anui ubiiaiii,
and time of execution flxpd. The
court fixed San Quentln as place of
execution.
SHOOTS MEDIC. SELF
I.A ORANDE, Ore.. Aug. 31 (AP
William MeWllllam. about 70. com-
in it ted suicide today by shooting
hlmielf throunh the haed tn a down
down office building following the
shooting of Dr, Clsrenee L. Ollstrsp
throucn the lower bar.
GJlstrap.VftA In a serious condition
Invcstlcsting officers were inform
ed that MrWUIlam. s Jsnttor. was
dismissed from his Job, effective to
dev. Oil trap, one of the city's most
prominent citizens. Is married and
has three small cMMrrn. McWillwm
is survived by his widow.
Two remnrknhle pictures, simpped
Inst night In New York, show Tommy
Fa rr, Welsh elin I longer ( left above )
and Joe tan Is, heavyweight champ
ion, hard nt work In their fight
which was won by tanls by a decis
ion. In the upper picture Farr Is at
tempting to get set for a right hand
snuisn at the negro In the early part
of the fray. The fighters are shown
In a hum mi'r-nnd-tongs exchange In
the lower shot. (A. P, Photo hy wire
to San Francisto and Airmail to Mall
Tribune). ' - '"r " ;
HI SCHOOL PUPILS
GET INSTRUCTIONS
FOR OPENING DAY
All senior high school pupils
new to the Medford school sys
tem and not registered for sen
tor high school work before school
was out Inst spring should report to
the senior hl?h building next Fri
day between 9 a. m. and 3 'p- ni. for
the purpose of registering, C. O
Smith, principal, announced today.
All Medford schools will start Sep
tember 7.
Pupils entering senior high who at
tended Junior high last year arc
already registered and are not to re
port for registration Friday, Smith
Raid. Regular class work starts Tues
day, September 7, and senior high
school students are expected to re
port not later than 8:20 a. m. to re
ceive schedule slips and begin regu
lar classes.
The senior hlh book exchange will
be open to receive books from 9 a.
m. until 3 p. m. Friday, and from
II a. m. until 3 p. m. Saturday Smith
I stated. Books will not be sold from j
me excuangc unin lucsuny.
Pupils new to the Medford school
system should see to It that credits
(Continued on Page Two.)
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PORTLAND. Aug. 31. (AP)
Threatening clouds hovered over Ore
gon today ready to resume tho heavy
showers striking the west portion yes
terday. The weather bureau predicted
showers tonight with lower tempera
tures in the Interior. Temperatures,
however, probably will ascend In the
Willamette valley Wednesday.
Yesterday s rainfall brought .70 of
an Inch of moisture to Porttand.
Vancouver, Wash.. Just a stone's
throw away, had 135 inches.
Siskiyou summit reported s 44 de
cree, minimum temperature, tho low
est In the ntate for the last 24 hours.
Ship Cut In Half
By Bow of Another
SAN FRANCISCO. Aug 31. (AP)
The Marine Escliange here received
word today that the Mexican steamer
Cedros was cut In half tn a collision
with the freighter Hldalso off the
coast of Lower California. .
One man was reported killed, the
exchange ssld.
The Hidslijo. operated by the
Keene line, was enroute south from
Los Angeles harbor.
AND RIA7FI
WRECKS PLANT OF
CRUSADING PAPER
Batteries Wired Together
Believed Remnant of In
fernal Machine Paper
Carried Attacks On Vice
'BELLE CENTER, Of, Aug. 31. (AP)
A bomb explosion and fire today
wrecked the publishing plant of J
E. Manahan, who prints under con
tract the American Examiner. Inc.,
a crusading weekly paper.
Sheriff Charles Bewley said he
found In the wreckage of the build
lng six flashlight batteries, wired to
gether, and that they apparently
had been used to set off a charge
of high explosive.
Manahan at first Bald he believed
an accumulation of gas might have
caused: the explosion, but after view
ing the wreckage said he waa con
vinced It was the work of bombers.
He estimated damage at about $15.
000, with 4S00 covered by Insurance.
Founder In Pen.
Manahan declined to say with
whom ha held his contract to print
the Examiner, a paper which was
founded by Grover Fleming. Flem
ing now Is serving an indeterminate
sentence up to five years In the
London, O. prison farm on a charge
of circulating obscene literature.
Sheriff Bewley said that the paper
published special editions for various
cities in Ohio and the mlddlewest,
each edition "crusading" against al
leged vice conditions.
Andy Bold, reporter, said he be
lieved a bomb waa thrown Into the
plant.
Heard Window Broken.
Bold said he waa working tn an
upstairs office when he heard an
auto drive up to tha aide of the
building about 3:15 a.m. He heard
the breaking of glaaa aa If an object
had been thrown through a window.
He heard a man say. "well, that
will do the Job," he reported. The
explosion followed.
BROTHER KILLS SISTER
II
OREGON CITY, Aug. 31 (AP)
The accidental discharge of a shot
gun fatally wounded Dorothy Louise
Tursley, 10, of Meridian late Monday
Coroner Tom Myers and Deputy
Sheriff Willis Koehler said her broth
er, Byron, H, had Just finished re
pairing the weapon when It discharg
ed, the shot striking his sister In the
side and slightly wounding Lydell
Reed, 17, a neighbor.
The brother and Reed rushed tho
girl to the office of an Aurora doctor.
where she died a few minutes later,
EARL REINHARI NAMED
SALEM, Aug. SI, (AP) Earl C.
Relnhsrt, Grants Pass, was appoint
ed horticultural and nursery In
spector In the state department of
sgrlculture' today.
Rclnhart was ersduated from Ore
gon State college In 1B2S and taught
Smith-Hughes agriculture lor twolve
years. He also has owned a farm
nenr Orsnta Pass for three years.
Ho will assist John Wclman, super
intendent of the depsrtment's nursery
service.
NARCOTIC SEEKER TAKES
12TH PHYSICIAN'S VALISE
Southern Oregon's "narcotlo thief"
struck for the twelfth time In the
psst 10 dsys, Isst night. And, as In
all previously reported esses, the rob-'
bery was committed by ransacking a
physician's psrkod automobile, -
Dr. Charles W. 8weeney told city
police that some time during the
night his machine, psrked at his
home on the old pacific highway be
tween Medford and Central Point,
was entered end from It waa stolen
a physicians medicine kit containing
a tew surgical Instruments, tape and
bandages but no narcotics.
Expensive surgical Instruments, In
another case, were left behind by the
unidentified drug addict. Dr. Sweeney
told city police, Chief Clatoua Me.
Credle pointed out that that was
proof the thief waa Interested only
-i
baseball
American
DETROIT. Mich.. Aug. SI. (AP)
Rudy York's 39th and 30th home
runs of the season accounted for half
of Detroit's runs today in a 12 -to-3
victory over Washington In the first
game of a series. The circuit blows
brought Tork's August total to 18.
bettering Babe Ruth's record for
borne runs hit during a single month.
The score: R. H. E.
Washington 8 11 l
Detroit 12 14 1
Appleton. Jacobs and R. Ferrell,
Millies; Lawson and York. -
R.
New York '. 7
H.
18
Cleveland ...... 8 8 3
Hadley and Dickey; Harder, Brown,
Wyatt and Sullivan. .
First game:
R.
Philadelphia
St. Louis H
1
. a
Thomas, Fink and Hayea; Kogsett
and Hemsley.
Score:
Boston
R. H.
6 11
h 7 17
Chicago
Wilson. MoKstn, Neweom, Marcum
and Berg; Kennedy and Sewell.
R.
-
.. 2
Chicago
Brooklyn
Garleton and Kartnett; Frankhouse
and Phelps.
R. H. S.
Cincinnati
. a a 1
. 7 10 1
Lombard!;
Boston ...
Mooty, Hallahan and
MacFayden and Mueller.
R. H. E,
Pittsburgh 0 S 0
Philadelphia sou
Brandt, Brown and Todd; Walters
and . Wilson,
St. Louis ..
New York
Wetland
and Owen; Caatl.man,
Brennan, Baker and Dannlng.
PALESTINE FEARS
NEW RACE RIOTING
JERLSALEM. Aug. 81. (AP)
Race-torn Palestine was nervously on
edge today while police and troops
prepared to quell any violent se
quels to disorders which caused the
death of throe Jews and four Arabs.
There wss widespread fear that the
outbursts yesterday presaged another
period of racial conflict and blood
shed In the Holy Land.
The flareup was attributed In most
quarters to the political situation of
a country torn for years between
Jews and Arabs a situation recent
ly accentuated by Britain's proposal
to partition the land Into sovereign
Jewish and Arab atates.
Authorities told Palestine police
and British troopa to "stand by" and
warned newspapera and others not
to attempt Incitement. Sir Arthur
Orenfcll Wauchope. the British high
commissioner for Palestine, wse hast
ily called back to Jerusalem from his
summer camp In northern Palestine.
GUARDlENlEIN
CITY ABOUT 5 P.M.
A special train bringing Medford's
national guardsmen back to their
homes waa scheduled to arrive here
between J and 11:30 thla afternoon.
The warriors of Company A and
headquarters company . are coming
home after two weeks of Intensive
training and participation In war
games with regular troops at Fort
Iwi, wn., and points nortlv,
In obtaining narcotics. An attempt
to procure fingerprints from Dr
Sweeney'a car met with no success,
Chief MoCredle stated.
Previous to the. robbery last night
four medicine bags had been stolen
from physicians' parked automobiles
In Medford, Ashland police have ra
celved reports of two bags purloined
from Llthla City doctors' parked
cara: four were reported stolen In
Klamath Falls and one In Grants
Pass, all within the paat 10 days.
State and city police of all south
ern Oregon are Investigating the baf
fling series of robberies. It la believed
that the clever thlst la probably
transient, although local state and
city authorities stats that he perhaps
Uvea In Medford, Ashland, Klamath
Falls or Grants Faas.
Crash
STAGE IS UPSET,
24 Taken to Hospitals In
Goshen and Elkhart, Ind.
Autoist Driving Alone
When Accident Occurs
OOSHEN. Ind.. Aug. 81. (AP)
Five persons were killed and more
than a score Injured today In tha
collision of a transport (Oreyhound)
bus and a sedan at a road Intersec
tion live miles north OX Goshen.
Coroner Karl vctter complied thl
list of dead:
Allison Bishopric of Cincinnati, O.
A. Q. Carpentler of Iowa City. Iowa.
Mrs, James Kelleher of Chicago.
John H. Helnsohn of Buffalo. N. T.
Raymond Bufkln, negro porter of
St, Louis.
In the confusion following th,
crash seven were reported dead. Am
bulanoes sent from Qoshen and Elk
hart carried dead and Injured away
while the coroner waa making hla
tint Investigation.
Elkhart and Qoshen hospitals list
ed 34 persons admitted for treatment
for Injuries, Physicians said none of
them waa injured seriously.
Bishopric was driving alone In th
sedan Involved In the accident. At
Cincinnati, friends said he left thla
morning to drive to Old Mission,
Mich. He was president ot the Allison
Bishopric Manufacturing company.
The bus waa damaged badly whesi .
It overturned after the collision.
Bishopric's sedan was demolished.
E
TACOMA. Wn., Aug. 31. (AP)
Pacific Northwest National Guards
men, their two weeks of war at an
end, left the swamps of Fort Lewis
to the regulars today.
Their departure, beginning 1b
earnest at 4 a. m., signalized the of
ficial end of the fourth army man
euvera held in the last month at
San Louis Obispo, Cal., Fort Riley,
Kas., Camp Ripley, Minn. and hers.
Regular army troops from Forts
Lawton, oeorge Wright, and Missoula
and Vancouver barracks remained In
their tent cities, sodden under a
blanket of rain but were to leave for
their home posts Wednesday.
Oregon truck convoys began lear
lng the post here at 9 a. m., and
were to arrive in home cities beforv
nightfall.
FRIEND OF FAMILY
SLAYS DAUGHTER
DETROIT, Aug. 81. OT A 48-
year-old automobile worker. Irration
al alnce the death of hla own daugh
ter eight yeara ago. led police today
to the body of Evelyn Mack, 10, hid
den In a clump of weeds at the out
skirts of the city.
Police Lieut. Walter Bach or ssld
Joseph Jacobs, a friend ot long stand
ing of the Mock family, confessed
be crushed the child's skull with an
automobile crank, yielding to an Im
pulse he could not explain.
Jacobs, the officer said, told mm
he killed the child between S and
o'clock yesterday afternoon, shortly
after he hsd obtained permission
from her mother, seriously 1U, to take
Evelyn to a nearby grocery.
Jacobs said he drove all night long.
while a search for him and the miss
ing child grew In Intensity.
HEAVY RAIN DANGERS
EUGENE AREA CROPS
EUGENE, Aug. 31. (AP) More
than half an Inch ot rain tell here
during the night, the local weather
observer reoordlng ,57 of an Inch of
precipitation this morning. It was the
second hesvlest rstnfall In the past
13 Augusta recorded hsre,
Hop growers eyed the skies anx
iously today, fearing continued rain
fall would ruin their crops. Picking
of late hops was due to start her
within the next few days.
James C Davis Dies
DES MOINES Iowa, Aug. II
(AP) James C. Davis. 80. Dea Molnea
attorney and director general of the
United States railroad administra
tion after the World war, died last
night of heart disease.