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Newspaper Page TextThe Weather Forecast: Cloudy with oc casional showers tonight and Saturday; nut much change In tempera! tire. Highest yesterday .......... 6s Lou est thin morning........ 48 Precipitation last 21 hrv ... .18 The Dead Line for Sunday classified AdJ If 5:30 r. M. Saturday If Ton wish your ad on the classified pagr. Later Ads will nfn un der Too f.ate to Classify. Clos ing time 8 P. M. Saturday. Tribune EDFORD Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Second Year (Twenty-Two Pages Two Sections) M EDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, OCTOBER 1, 1937. No. 166. l i l ra mm war ra Ol gamp . Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. V. 8. OPENS WAR ON MARIJUANA CRIME WAVE LAID TO I'SE OF DRUG CIGARETTES OF WEED HELD W IDELY SOLD NEW LAW GIVES CONTROL TO GOVERNMENT ' WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. The name of a, new public enemy will be writ ten on the books of the federal gov ernment by the time this reaches print. She la called the "green goddess. And. he Is charged with nearly every horrible crime on the calendar. Her other name Is Marijuana, pro duct of the prosaic hemp, whose twined strands have ended the ca reers of many of her devotees. Three years ago, the word Mari juana meant little to the police of America. To the public, still less. Few guessed that It was the modern edition of the drug Hashish, chief ration of the ancient Persian murder seen whose name', Hashlshan, gave us our word assassin. ' since 1935, Marijuana has been written across the police blotters from coast to coast, for It Is held directly responsible for many of our most brutal crimes. It la charged with being an Important factor in the recent crime wave. Murder, rape, hold-ups, suicide and Insanity1 have been definitely traced to the smoking of the , so-called "reefers," or cigarettes made of the teed and blossom of the hemp plant, aometlmea as the result of smoking a single cigarette. Until October I of this year, the federal government could do nothing to control the traffic in Marijuana. The law which goes Into effect on Mday makes It possible to take action against anyone who Is not licensed to produce or sell the drug and who sells without a prescription, such as Is demanded for narcotics (Experts question the drug's medical value.) Thle meana the beginning of a campaign which officials believe will be effective, now that Uncle Sam has taken a hand. No big racketeers are behind the sale of "reefers," vehlcb arc obtain able In many dance halls, hsmburger Joints and offered by peddlers, fre quently to high school children. The big racketeer doesn't handle Marlj'uana because competition Is too keen. Any vacant lot can pro duce It. Many do. Of course, there are cultivated plots, too. but many of these are already "spotted" by the federal sleuths and they will go up In oil-fed flames on Friday. Even though the bureau of narco tics has had no law to fight the evil up to this time, it has not been idle. As a result of an educational cam paign on the use and misuse of the drug, many legitimate retailers are returning their stocks and whole salers are not restocking. Further, dealers In bird seed have agreed to sterlllie their product. The connection may not seem evident. Here It Is: Hemp seed is widely fed to birds. At the same time, it la the hardy and prolific parent of the Marijuana plant. Therefore. Inno cent sweepings of seed from bird stores and Its scattering by the house wife over the back fence as she cleans the bird-cage has caused the (Continued on Page Ten.) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Bert Thlerolf trying to decide which of two important luncheon meetings he should attend today. Boa Be worth, Klamath Falla Cop colte, enjoying the mild fall rain here after the more severe weather east of the mountains. Karl Janouch being approached by a very dry pal seeking the location of Uedford s widely publicized "mil lion dollar mountain spring. Four 1srp1s of the P and P bank all trying to get out of the rain this morning under one umbrella, Verne Campbell excitedly booking passage on the football special 10 Eugene, it being discovered, however, that the Oregon-Stanford game wa1 merely a side tu to his real rea son for the northward journey. SPEECH BY GREEN HINTS EXPULSION OF LEISJNIONS Federation President Shouts Defiance at Building Trades Meeting John L. Lewis Is Termed Dictator By JOSEPH L. MILLER DENVER, Colo., Oct. 1. (AP) William Oreen, president of the American Federation of Labor, said today the federation Intended to in vade CIO territory in its battle against John L. Lewis. "We'll carry the war into the ene my's country and we're going to win decisive battles." Green shouted in a speech before the AFL building trades department convention. Observers recoiled that the A PL had chartered the Progressive Miners of America and Interpreted Green's remarks as meaning that the federa tion might Intend to start a cam paign against Lewis' United Mine Workers. Kxpluslmi Hinted The United Garment Workers, an AFL union, also has been preparing quietly for a battle with the Amal gamated Clothing Workers, another CIO affiliate. Green repeatedly has said that the APL would not invade CIO territory until the CIO unions were expelled from the AFL. His speech today was regarded as a broad hint that expul sion at the forthcoming federation convention was in the wind. Without mentioning Lewis by name, Green assailed the CIO leader as an "absolute dictator" of the rival labor movement, "governed by no law and no convention, but ruling by edict and Instruction." Much as the AFL loved the late (Continued on Page rhrea.) L E OP 32:2 PER CENT Vntue of building permits Issued by the city for the first nine months of the year total an Increase of 33.3 per cent over the three-quarter pe riod In 1938, according to figures re leased from the building Inspector's office today. To date, permits with a statct! con struction cost of 9252.975 have been Issued. The first nine months of last year value of permits was $191, 361, an Increase of $61,625. September of this year also showed a sharp rise over the same period In 1036. permits having a value of $34, 660 being Issued last month as com pared to $17,705 In 1936. Included In the 35 permits Issued last month were three for the construction of new residences, totaling $7600. New buildings accounted for $22,000. with the remaining $5060 being repairing, remodeling and reshingle permits. With the exception of May and June, last month was the best of the year. It also bettered the preceding month, August, when permits having a value of $23,176 were issued. Indicating sharply the actual build ing boom In progress this year, It was pointed out that none of the permit Issued so far was for more than $16. 000 (Abbeys garage). Last year, It was explained, several permits were over that figure, such as $30,000 for the Nazarene church and $20,000 for Montgomery Ward. It was pointed out that the general building activity was much better this year because of many more smaller construction Jobs revealing a wider-spread activity. Hoover To Address Massachusetts GOP BOSTON, Oct. I. (AP) Former president Herbert Hoover will d dresa the Republican club of Massa chusetts "about October 35" at its eml-annual meeting. Christian A. Horter, cltib president, announced today. Grins in Today's News Grist Jt ROR-PLAINTirr DAYTON. Ohio. Mrs. Opal John ston's Jury career was short lived. She had taken a seat as a pros pective Juror when she discovered she wa about to sit In Judgment of her own case. Mrs. Johnston asked $26,050 for In juries suffered in an accident. Bv the AwH'laterf Press AMt.S ll-OR FOR MAMMY NASHVILLE, Tenn. A 65-year old negro woman, Welfare Director Roy Garla raid, inquired about an old-age pension. A cae worker found her eligible to receive state aid and so Informed her. Secretary Ickes To Break Silence On Klan Justice Hugo L. Black, who has maintained long and stony silence on the question of his asserted life membership In the Kii Khix Klan, will jive his answer In a radio address scheduled for 6:30. o'rlork to night (MedTohT time) over national hookups. The new Justice shown above coming down the gangplank of Ihe City of Norfolk, at Norfolk, Vs.. after n recent trip nhrond. (A. P. Photo). ' Black Will Speak From Modest Home Of Friend WASHINGTON, Oct. l. (AP) When Associated Justice Hugo L. Black delivers his history-making radio speech to the nation tonight he will speak from the living room ol the modest home of a friend in Washington's Chevy Chase section. 4-H CLUB STOCK 20 CENTS POUND At the first annual Jackson county 4-H club baby beef and fat stock sale, held at the fairgrounds yester day, the price for beef averaged better than 20 cent per pound, with Med ford grocers and butchers comprising the buyers. Close to 400 people at tended the sale. The affair was un der direction of County Agent Robert G. Fowler and County Club Agent C. D. Conrad. Janet Charley, with a second prize Junior ontry weighing 932 pounds, re ceived th highest price 29 cents per pound, paid by Luman Bros. Other exhibitors and sale prices were: Clayton Charley, champion ater. 960 pounds. 28 cents per pound: bought by W. A. Oates. Lee Dsmon, reserve champion. 810 pounds, 18 cents per pound; sold to Con Devore. Merton Bradshaw, second prize sen ior, 910 pounds, 13 cents pound; sold to Luman Bros. Louis Walch, third prlra senior, 785 (Continued on Paga Three.) HOOD RIVER, Oct. I. (AP) The Apple Orowers" association, the oldest horticultural cooperative in the north west, will dedicate Its new five-story cold storage warehouse tomorrow. "I don't want no pension myself," the woman explained. "I'm able to work. I want It for my mammy." Her "mammy," she said. Is 107 years old. nSMNK UN SPARTANBURG. 0. C An alert telephone office operator heard a re ceiver removed from a phone in a downtown grocery during the wee hours. Listening further, ahe heard strange noises. Then she notified police who aped to capture the intruder. They found a kitten -having the time of Its life playing with the phone. Thla was announced today as Black, and his friends completed plans for the unprecedented address, strategi cally similar to radio talks sometimes made by President Roosevelt. Black's talk will deal with the dispute over his appointment to the supreme court. The Justice will speak into micro phones set up In the living room of the home of Mr. and Mrs. Claude E. Hamilton, Jr., on quiet Tennyson street. Hamilton Is general counsel for the Reconstruction Finance corporation, and he and his wife have been friends of the Blacks "for a long time," Mrs. Hamilton sold. The Hamilton home is a compara tively small brick structure of col onial design. The house Is furnished with antiques. Black will reply in the radio spooch at 9:30 p. m.. Eastern Standard time, to those who have challenged his fit ness to serve on the tribunal because of what thoy allege to be his affili ation with the Ku Klux Klan. Never In the history of the court has a justice thus carried his case directly to the people. Many observrrs here were reminded that similar use of tho radio has been made by President Roosevelt, who has outlined In "fireside chats" the plans and policies of his admin istration. Once he made a direct ap peal for support of his court reor ganization program. Three national radio chains will carry Justice Black's speech, making It available to approximately aes sta tions. The content of the address re mained a closely guarded secret, known only to Black and a few of hie close associates. WASHINGTON, Oct. 1 . iP, The supreme eourt apparently expects Justice Hugo L. Black to take his seat on Mondny. It has Included the new Justice's name on ft printed slip prepared for distribution to court visitors to show the seating position of the members. $85,993 0-C REFUND RECEIVED BY COUNTY A government ehek for $85 993.07, Jackson county's share of the Oregon-California land grand, fx re fund monies, wa received by County Treasurer Ralph Bweeney this after noon. It will be aDDortloned bv the as- sencr'a office amM)i the various tax i funds of the county for the coming I ya Orders PartLl Dissolution F E Increase of 12.2 Per Cent Over 1936 Season Seen Caves and Lava Beds Set New All-Time High A new all-time attendance record for Crater lake with 303.403 visitors for the 1937 season, which ended last night, was announced today by Superintendent E. P. Leavltt. This Is an increase of 12.3 per cent over 1936, when 180,362 persons viewed the scenic wonder At the same time, Superintendent Leavltt stated that 65,364 visitors counted at Oregon Caves national monument set a new all-time record there, also. He stated that these vis itors arrived In 17,346 automobiles from every state In the union. Last year, 62.178 persona visited the monument, which was the previous all-time high. Although the official travel season at the Caves ended last night, it was announced that the monument would be open for visitors all winter, with accommoda tions available at the Oregon Caves chateau. Uva Beds Record. The 1937 travel season at Lava Beds' national monument In Call- (Continued on Page Fire.) ELECT Wl. N. HOGAN PRESIDENT A L L f ED The first fall luncheon of the Allied Welfare association was held yester day at the Hotel Medford, attended by 26 members of welfare organiza tions, service clubs and members of the Community Chest executive fi nance committee. M. N. Hogan was unanimously elect ed as president of the group for the ensuing year. J. C. Mann la retiring president. Mr. Hogan Is acting as chairman of the executive finance committee for the 1937-1038 Com munity Chest campaign. The representatives of the various organizations made brief reports and in answer to a request for volunteer workers for Community Chest solici tation, promised lists of names of their membership. It Is necessary that the names, addresses and tele phone numbers of those who wilt be willing to assist In the campalkn be reported to Community Chest headquarters at the Chamber of Commerce by Saturday noon. The telephone number Is 789. Those attending yesterday's; lunch eon were: Eugene Thorndike, Community Chest president; M. N. Hogan, chair man executive finance committee; Mrs. David Rosenberg, executive fi nance committee; Dr. J. C. Hayes, ex ecutive finance committee; Ernest M. Scott, Community Chest manager; Dr. 8. E. Phillips, Active club; O. M Anderson. Lions club; A. B. Humphrey. Lions club; L. J. Knox, Lions club: Mrs. A. Render, Lady Lions; Mrs. M. M. Snider, Business and. Professional Women; Rev. E. S. Bartlam, Rotary club; Mrs. O. B. Morrow. Olrl Scouts; Irving P. Beslcy. Boy Scouts; Oeorge T. Prey. Red Cross and Klwanls club; Mrs. Dolph Phlpps, Olrla' Community chin; Mra. Thomas Freed. American Legion auxiliary; Mis. O. L. Over myer. American Legion auxiliary; Dr. C. I. Drummond. county health unit; Adjutant O. R. Durham, Salvation Army: Miss Helen Bullls, Jackson County Public Health association; C. L. MacDonald, American Legion: Mrs. Blanche Lyman, Jackson county relief committee; Mrs. Leonard Carpenter. Olrl Scouts; Miss Ruth Meusel, sec re tery; Miss Helen Carlton. Japs Firm Against Foreign Mediation tokyo. Oct. 1. ( API Referring directly to Great Britain, a Japanese foreign office spoxesman maoe ciwr today that Japan la determined to accept no jnedlatlon by any third power to end the conflict with China. ' This reasserilon of a previous attl tut. came ftlmultftncoiip.lv with wide spread newspaper criticism of Brit ain. "We desire to make clear." the spokeema n said . "that we do not think mediation is ralWl for at thf present taw of affairs. We will un swervingly pursue a settled policy. ROOSEVELT SEES TIBER TOPPER President Thrilled by Log ger's Stunt Forest Serv ice Provides Demonstra tion of Fire Fighting FORKS, Wash ., Oct. 1 . AP) Stopping five minutes at the Calawa lumber camp, two miles east of Forks, President Roosevelt got a thrill out of watching a logger cut the top from a 175-foot Douglas fir tree today. After the tree top had crashed to the ground with a roar, the chief executive, on a tour around the Olympic peninsula, asked to have the man. Fred Wilson, 34, brought to his car. He wanted to shake hands with the man who had neatly ac complished the dangerous Job. "Did you get out of breath way up there?" asked the president, while grasping the hand of the young log ger. "It looka bad when the tree sways." Mr. Roosevelt and Wilson then had their pictures token together while "Slstle" and "Burzle" Boettl ger, the president's grandchildren, dashed up from another car to exam ine the logger's .saw, They, too, were, introduced and shook the hand of Wilson. SNYDER RANGER STATION. Olym pie Peninsula, Wash.. Oct. 1. (API- President Roosevelt and his party stopped here this forenoon for a 12 minute demonstration by the forest service on the way to fight a major forest fire on his tour of the Olympic peninsula, the country'! "last fron tier," 1 . ' Forest rangers, led by Ed Kava nagh, assistant regional - forester, staged the exhibition. Fire fighting equipment. Including the pack mules and the radios for use In distant fire areas, and the more modern truck (Continued on Page Three.) BRITAIN'S IRON FIST hits at mm . IN JERUSALEM AREA JERUSALEM. Oct. 1. (API Brit ain struck with an Iron flat today to crush a new wave of terrorism in the Holy Land. In a aweeplng offen sive, mandate authorttlea outlawed the Arab higher committee and started rounding up It Influential members. With telephone communication from the city suspended and roads heavily guarded, pollre carried out their large scale operations before dawnJ Silently they surrounded house of Arab leaders And searched them one after the other. Dr. Husalcn Khalldl, mayor of Jerusalem, and rued Saba, secretary of the higher committee, were reported to have been seised and taken aboard the British cruiser Sussex at Haifa. The Grand Mufti of Jerusalem. (Continued on Pag Four.) The English language contains about 496.000 words. Former Call Boy Rales Union Pacific Railroad OMAHA. Neb.. Oct. t. (AP) Wil llam Martin Jeffers, at 14 a Union Pacific callboy, today became presi dent of the road, upholding the American tradition that no position Is beyond the aspirations of the hum blest youngster. Son of a Union Pacific shop work er, the 01-year-old executive never worked for another company, haa spent 47 yeara In the "service." He succeeded Carl R. Oray, who retired at 70 to become vice-chairman of the board of directors. The first president "from his ranka" of the Union Pacific will be (eted tomorrow night at mammotb dinner here to be attended by an estimated 7500 employes and their f amines from II slates. Among those attending wilt be Postmaster General James A. Parley and W. A. Harrlman. Union Paclflo board chairman. "Bill" Jeffers. rotund and bald, with the genial disposition uaually au:,:i.ied to men nf bis build, sat today belors his battered rotltopdeak Solvent Citizens Face Relief Load Of $13.28 Each PORTLAND. OTe Oct. I. (AP) Oregon's relief bill for 1938 and the llrst three months of 1939 will approximate $12,000,000, according to figures released by the state re lief committee today. Estimates released at a special meeting placa the relief load for the solvent citizens at $13.38 per saplta for the 15-month period. These figures, it was pointed out, do not include the even more expensive WPA, CCC, na tional youth administration and rural resettlement administration srograms, nor state-aided Instltu :lonal care. IS BOMBARDING OF HANKOW ZONE By James A. Mills SHANGHAI. Oct. 1. (AP) harp condemnation of Japanese bombing of Hankow and the Hankow-Canton railway on September 39 came today from Bear Admiral Harry Yarnell, commander of the United State Asiatic fleet. A Japanese spokesman had said the Japanese navy was Informed by Unit ed State Ambassador Nelson T. John son that all Americans and other foreigner! had been evacuated from Hankow and surrounding territory by noon of September 26. Denies Jap Claim Till Admiral Yarnell flatly denied saying Ambassador Johnson Issued no such information, but Instead told the Japanese that foreigner would be evacuated from Hankow and the surrounding vicinity after September 28. . "The statement by a Japanese naval spokesman that Japanese au thorities had been informed by Am bassador Johnson that evacuation of Americans and other foreigner from Hankow and thereabout would be completed by noon, September 20, waa entirely In error, as no such In formation had been given out by the ambassador." Admiral yarnell stated. "There were negotiations with Jap anese authorities to withhold the bombing of tho Hankow-Canton rail ways until September 20 to permit thre smsll psrtles of American to reach Canton aafetly. Notice was given them, however, that there (Continued on Pag rhree.) HUNTER JAILED IN SHOOTING OF CALF Blaine Bylas of the Foots creek district near Oold Hill. Is held In the county Jail on a larceny of cattle chargo. In a signed statement to tho sheriff, By lea admits that while hunting last Sunday, he shot a whlte faoed bull calf In mistake for a deer. The statement says he divided the meat with a brother and threw the remainder In Rogue liver, where It waa recovered by a state police patrol man. Ownership of the calf has not been established and Byles claims It bore no brand. and talked bout "human engineer ing." "I still think the esllboy It pretty Important." he said. And "BUI" Jeffeh mant It, for he haa never lost touch with the other men who work for the Union Pacific In fact, he fa th organiser ot the U. P. Old Timers' club, employes with 20 yeara of service, at whose social functions an official I Just another employe. "An official Is more Imporant, per. haps, but not more essential than th man In the ranka," was the way he put It. "Human engineering takes prefer ence In our considerations," he ex plained. "There la no substitute for contentment." Jeflera I proud of th Union Pa cific's lshor relations record. The Union Pacific men have struck when employes of sll railroads struck, but, he ssid: 'There never haa been a strike railed by Union Pacific men and, In my Judgment, there naver will be." PWA MANY EMPLOYES WILL LOSE JOBS Agency to Be Reorganized On Regional Instead of State Basis 6822 New Employed Under Program WASHINGTON, Oct. 1. (AP)-The) public works administration, whlcH haa built (2.303.294,029 worth of pro. jects, will be partially dissolved No vember 1. Secretary Ickes announced fcnrf.v the agency would be reorganized or, a regional rather than a stats bast. Dismissal of many of Its 0,822 am. ployee necessarily "will accompany the change in order to keen th agency within It reduced budget. The reduced .tuff ti -ai4 -hi handle a 1 .988,593.702 program ot 2,980 projects under construction. under contract, or for which allot ment had been made, when Presl dent Roosevelt recently announced the end of PWA lending. Ickea, PWA administrator, did no! announce details of the new regional set-up, but said It would be pat. terned after the "natural geographi cal subdivisions of the nation fre quently proposed by the national resources committee and .mhnmut i pending conservation legislation." ,ne rwA now nas under way a 1.980.992,702 construction program embracing. 2,980 project, either urn der construction, under contract or allotted, , Permit Savings The transfer of work from present state officer to regional . . .. ..v.DutuD, 1 , ,ckb said, "will permit marked savings tn iiruimiirnr, ah Mnu . w.aiucHu, rcjifc. auppuea, equipment and personnel." He said no new persons would b employed and regional ataffs would bo selected from present employe. Ickes. in Instruction to state ad ministrator, said: t "Due to the rapid completion of ' activities under the ntH nm.r.M the necessity for completing the r- ...... .vuinin oi sna publio work administration at a minimum of administrative exnerue. it h. in come necessary to dose all nut. (Continued on Page Three.) llES OF PEARS PACKED Up to September 25, a total . 1.242.800 boxes of pears, all varieties. ' exclusive of Winter Nell, had beet) packed In the upper and central ; Rogue River valley, according to figures compiled by the Rogue River ', Trafflo association, F. Kramer Deuel, secretsry. Harvesting of all near save win. . ter Nells wa completed Thursday, Picking of Winter Nells will start In a week or ten days. Th report show 4,592 tons of Bartlett were delivered to California and Willamette valley canneries. According to the report, up to last Saturday 273,380 boxes of packed pear have been sold and there re main unsold (stored or rolling) tot, 920 boxe. The Bartlett pack total I 347,0oo boxes, with 180.828 boxes unsold. Howells, total pack 30,374, unsold 10.833 boxes. Boscs, total pack 410,178, unsold 399.793 boxes. Cornice, tout pack 34,180, unsold 17,799 boxe. D'AnJoua, total pack 409,108, un sold 349,043 boxes. Selcklea, total pack 10,750, unaold 10,342 boxes. Pear Markets CHICAGO. Oct. 1, (AP-USDA) Pear auction: 1 California car ar rived, 0 Illinois, a Oregon, 18 ear on track, 8 sold. Oregon Bartlett No. I, 744 boxes. 2.00(t2.36; average 42.28; California Bartlett. 3880 boxes 1.85 rj 2.90; average 82.01; Boeo, 150 boxes, 81.96. NW YORK, Oct, 1, (AP-USDA) Pear auotlom 14 cars arrived, 10 California, 9 New York. 7 Oregon unloaded, 17 car on track, market steady, Oregon Bartlett. 90S boxe extra fancy, 81.85a2.25. average 83.10, 2220 boxes fancy 81.059.20, average 13.04: Washington Bartlett. 236 boxe extra fancy 01.762.10, average I1J5, 480 boxes fancy 1j80)I.76, avenge 1.73; California Bartlett, 9906 box 1.80 8.00. average 3J9.