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Newspaper Page TextI MEDFORD.JTBUNE The Weather ' Forecast! Generally filr to. day and tomorrow, but becom ing cloudy; cooler with rising humidity. , Temperatures Highest yesterday XI Lowest yesterday , 40 Snappy Ads There ars a lot of snippy ads OA the classified page this morning. Many of the offers will be taken before noon, so better check the pug. Select and act quickly. Thirty-Second Year BEDFORD. OREGON, SUXPAY. OCTOBER 10, 1937 No, 173. mm UiiUW Bii Ml M u Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. "QUARANTINE" PLAN FOR AGGRESSORS WOULD HIT U. S. . .' Id PER CENT OF OUR TRADE WITH JAPAN, GERMANY, ITALY . NIPPON BEST CUSTOMER AFTER BRITAIN. CANADA ' . SILK MERCHANTS, COTTON EXPORTERS MOST CONCERNED WASHINGTON, Oct. 10. With the chancelleries ol Burope thumbing their dictionaries and consulting crystal, gazers to find out what the president means by a "quarantine" of aggressors, the cold-blooded calcu lators are working their pencils to figure ; out what . a real, . man-sire economic quarantine would cost.; ' These ' unemotional statisticians aren't attempting to prove that our national attitude would be decided on a dollars and cents basis. They merely are assaying what the sacri fice would be If world trade were temporarily Interrupted, and which Industries would have to bear the brunt of it. If America were to take part In a move that would cut trade relatione with the three nations Inferentlally placed by the president in the "non pesos loving" claw Japan, Germany and Italy It would be quite a blow to our pocketbooks. In the first seven months of 1937 theet tbre countries turned over $300,000,000 to. us, which represented 18 per cent of our foreign trade, !. , 4'. ' On the other side of the ledger, we bought from Germany, Italy and Japan goods worth 309,000,000 in the same period. Japan, moat likely the Immediate object of an embargo if such a step were taken. Is the most Important of the three when. It cornea to foreign trade. She buya more -of our goods, normally, than - anybody but Great Britain and Canada, and we buy more of her products than from any one but Canada, Recently, of course, Japan has had to- restrict her purchases because of her war expenses, and the sooner she quits fighting, the sooner business, as far as she Is concerned, will be "stabilized," aa Secretary Roper put It. The two groups most Interested In each other's business In Nippon and the United Statea are, respectively, the raw silk merchanta and the cot ton exporters. Our trade balance be tween those two products Just about balances. In 1036. Japan sold us I8S.000.000 worth of raw silk: she bought over aga.ooo.ooo worth of cotton from us, . Our next most Important export to Japan are used in war crude oil, Iron, tin and steel scrap. She bought nearly S15.000.000 in oil In 193" and approximately the same amount of scrap. To stop cotton ahlpmenta would bring a bowl from the aunny south that would even drown the walla of the ladles If their silk stockings were cut off. Already the southerners have felt the weight of Japan's re stricted cotton buying. It Is report ed she bought- for storage and Is pretty well supplied. England might step into the breach there, however, for, if she recaptured some of the Japanese trade In cotton goods, sbe might use more of our rsw staple. To stop buying silk from Japan, however, would be a terrific blow to th Island empire. It Is her chief export, the backlog of ber finances To lose America's trade, where a silken shank la as much the require ment aa a powdered nose, would do more to produce a revolution among the Japanese people than all the agi tators Moscow could muster. Meanwhile, to Interfere with the stocking manufacturers' business here would throw a wrench Into the whole machinery of recovery. Oa the other hand, despite the doleful warnings of the statisticians. It Is only fair to say that, whatever the cost ot quarantine, unless it failed to keep us out of a war. It would be cheaper than getting into one. And It Is hard to believe that American women would Insist on sheathing their calves In silk at the price of having their sons wind theirs with ollve-drsb lyings. W hslen Rertxnft KKW YORK, Oct. . (AP) Orover A. Wbslen e reeiened ea chairman of the board of Schenley Products corporation and has been elected president of the World's Pair corpo ration on a full-time basis. Mortimer K. Btirkner. chairman of th evrcu tire committee, announced todaj. HIGH COURT HELD RFAFIY FOR RIIIINR S.IIVI I VII llVklllU l SUITS Alabaman Still Secretive Right To Judicial Seat Under .Legal Fire An nouncement Monday. : WASHINGTON, Oct. . . (AP) There were ' strong Indications to night the supreme court decided this afternoon whether to permit further proceedings on two challenges ot 1 Justice Hugo I. Black's title to his position on 'the tribunal. This ' belief among legal experts wm bolstered by the fact Black emerged from & secret conference of the justices long before the meet ing was over. This indicated he ex cused himself while his colleagues discussed his eligibility to serve on the bench. If an agreement was reached, an announcement will be made Monday.- ; Two conferences were held earlier Ln the week. Black remained at both until the end. Chief Justice Charles Evans Hughes, who began bis Judicial career- 27 years ago tomorrow, presided orer this afternoon's meeting. The Justices completed action on approximately 300 petitions filed during the four-month summer re cess. They included litigation Involving to some extent six Roosevelt admin istration laws. Black, i who took his seat last Monday, still remained secretive about his goings and comings and his office continued to reject tele phone calls. s Challengers of his right to sit on the bench were Albert lvltt. former federal Judge In the Virgin Islands, and Patrick Henry Kelly. Boston attorney. - - They contended the retirement of Justice Willis Van Devanter, whom Black succeeded, did not create a vacancy and that he must resign before Black could be legally ap pointed. Van. tevanter still Is sub ject to duty on lower courts. In addition. Levitt argued Black was constitutionally Ineligible be cause he was a member of the sen ate which boosted the "emoluments' of 'Justices by permitting them to retire at full pay -after becoming 70 and serving 10 years. Speculation was widespread In the capital as -to whether the new Jus tice had discussed, or planned to discuss, this question with Presi dent Roosevelt, ARREST FACED BY E LOS ANGELES. Oct. 9. (AP Harold B. Dahl, American aviator who won freedom from e. death sentence through his wife's plea for mercy to Spanish Rebel LeJ Francisco Franco, will . be arrested If he seta foot on American soli. Detective Lieutenants Bert -Jones and R. R. Coppage said today. Dahl, who la expected to be freed from a prison ln Spain In a few days, is wanted by Los Angeles police on three counts of forgery and on a charge 6f violating a parole. WINDSORS READY FOR BERLIN TRIP PARIS, Oct. 9. (Pr The Duke and Duchess of Windsor spent their last afternoon ln Paris writing last min ute notes to friends before their scheduled departure Sunday for Ger many. After their 14-day trip, the Wind sors plan to return to Paris, leaving again for the United States. ' The duchess will be accompanied by her secretary and four maids, the duke by bis secretary and bodyguard on the trip to Berlin. BULLETIN EURZKA, Calif, Oct. f API Humboldt Stat college opened Its football season with a 94 to 0 vic tory -over Southern Oregon Normal school here tonight. Humboldt pushed over two touch downs In the first period, one In tr.e second and two more ln the fourth. ncet-tooted rarl Menewesther.Col orado halfback, led the attack with bullet-like paiaea and dazzling runs. Southern Oregon Normal threat ened to score In th third wiien they resched the two-ysrd line. Hum boldt's defenses tightened and took the ball on downs. Hudson was the itsndout for the loeer. Hn o-vard dssh In the third quarter opened t:-e Oregon team's only scoring threat. Staters Protest High Meat Prices HARVEST BOUNTY fr7l- 'iJ PROMISES TO CUT Gpr mmm in food If ?w .. , I II s - 2" jut, H suMviion I V if ; ux mis Vn II 2 7?z Lie si Ji rj I p j it ' . Demanfllni a 10 perrent reduction the Consumers- league In New York picketed parking plnnts. Mean while, fiOO koshpr meet Oinri were closed. Picket are ahnwtl en duly. ITALY'S REFUSAL TO JOIN PARLEY CREATESCRISIS British - French Move On Spanish Intervention Held Evasive Diplomats 'Regret.' LONDON. Oct. 9. fp Italy reject ed tonight the Anglo-French bid to a three-power conference to dlacuss the issue of Italian volunteers fight ing ln Spain. The action confronted Oreat Brit ain and France with what informed sources celled decisions of "utmost gravity. Replying to the Jo'.nt Invitation In which the two countries proposed the conference, Italy refined ln a note to enter any talks unlew Germany Is Invited and attends. She suggested that Intervention problems should continue to be dealt with by the 37-natlon non-intervention committee which has Its head quarters In London, Officials here and In Parle express ed their "regret" at the action and declared the reply "was not reaMur lng as to Italy's real plans." (In Parts. French Foreign Minister Tvon Delbos said: "We must act; (He made it clear that "we" refer red to the French government but also that the two nations were acting In complete accord. (Just what was meant by "act" was left for the British and Fronch cab inets to decide). L iTEJpATIC OAKLAND. Cel.. Ot. 0 f UTM William Milburn. 3". bought a re volver today to kill his swethesri. Miss Margaret Col bum, clerk In a magazine stand who had broken off her engagement to him. But rte didn't have the heart to shoot her. he told Oakland police wien he gave hlmalf up after first threatening Ml Colb'irn with the gwn, snd thn I throwing tt on the floor at her feet. in Major Upset, 0. ' K n iir s-r In meat prices, women members of PRESIDENT TALKS Special Session And Inter national Situation To Be Discussed In Broadcast. WASHINGTON, Oct. (pt -pres ident Roosevelt will make another of hie radio talks to the nation Tues day night, which will give him chance to talk about the need for a special session of congress. High on the list of likely speaking topics, too, was the International situ ation. A brief announcement of the pres Identlsl plans came late today from the White House. It gave no Inkling of what ho planned to talk about be yond saying he had a report he want ed to make to the country following his recent western trip. Later the Columbia Broadcasting system announced the "fireside chat" had been scheduled for 6:30 to 7 p, m. (PST), and thnt the president would speak from the White House. Slnse his return to Washington, he has talked with Secretary Wallace and others closely associated with the preparation of new farm legislation. AlreRdy he had asld haste would be needed If a new farm bill were to be passed and the needed machinery set up to make It effective for next year's 'crops. Secretary Wallace has strongly arivnrnted a special session. The top guesses as to the principal topic of tho speech tonight were that the president would say his swing through the west snd his talks with people there had convinced him of the need for a special session. rrt tire f'heiked . SANTA PAULA. Calif .. Oct. 0. (AP A forest and brush fire that swept over an ent'.matcd 10.000 acre In this region was put out during the nlKht and fire fitrhtera tortAj i mated damage at S7A.000- LOS ANORLES. Oct, 9 John R. Roland, Sr., who was left 100 lo the will of his daughter, Ruth Roland star of the allnt film serials Is con teslln It probate, contending she was of tin ou nd mind and was unduly Influenced. COSTS New Deal Has Answer To Housewives Protest- Meat Prices Increase Past Year. WASHINGTON, Oct. (p Ad ministration loaders found two fa vorable trends today In their search for an answer to give angry house wives, mayors and governors who are demanding tho federal government do something about the high cost of liv ing. They said the larger crops harvest ed this year already had pushed down the prices of several Important food Items, and eventually would reduce meat prices. Their charts showed the farmer waa getting a larger share of the dollar spent for food than he bad been get ting. Advisors of Secretary Wallace, who kept a constant check on retail, mar ket and farm prices, oald- retail foods recently bad been about 30 per cent above the depression low point, but were still about 30 per cent under the 1029 peak. They said the average family now pays S8.60 for a baskot of food that cost $8.40 a year ago. During the de pression this same amount of food cost only $0.67, but It was $10.90 in 1999. V ; ' . ' Government data on retail meat price Indicated theso recently wore from 30 to 40 per cent higher then last year and from 60 to 7o per cent above the depression low. Economists said fresh vegetables and fruits had been cheaper most of this year than last, and that these reductions had partially offset higher meat costs In the, total food bill. Bumper crops of potatoes and apples have led these food price declines. They estimated at recent prices the average laboring man's Jamlly needed $3.19 to purchase a year's supply of the 68 principal foods. This compared with 1343 last year and $416 In 1939. Food costs have risen steadily since the low of $264 ln 1033. The econom ists said the average family spent $295 In 1934 and $331 ln 1935. At the same time, they said, tho farmer's share of tho average dollar spent for food had Increased from 35 cents In 1933 to 44 cents last month. PERISH IN FIRE SAN MATEO, Cel.. Oct. 9-UP) Fire starting ln a hay pile swept through the Gymkhana club stables hero tonight. An undetermined number of blood ed horses were reported burned to deatb. The stabes house between 46 and 60 saddle, polo and show animals owned by socially prominent residents of San Francisco and the San Fran cisco peninsula. Stable attaches tried desperately to lead the horses from the blazing stables. Many of the animals, how ever, It was reported, broke loose and rushed back Into the burning struc ture. FIRST LADY BACK IN WHITE HOUSE WASHINOTON, Oct. . P Mrs. Pranklln noosevelt waa hack In the White House today after a well re corded -off the record" vacation. She Ignored a Monday birth anni versary In the belief "the more you forget your birthdays aa you grow older, the younger you atay." Instead of a celebration, she arranged a press conference, the first with Washing ton reporters since esrly July. ntorm Mils nrer.ll RIO DE JANEIRO. Brazil, Oct. . (API Sixteen persons were known today to hare been killed and ai-ores injured by a violent wlndetorm wbich wrecked the town of Santa Marls 4 Hoover to Talk SYRACUSE, N. Y., Oct. . JT) For mer President Herbert Hoover will be a apeaker November U at dedication exercises of the new Maxwell school of cltlrenshlp at Syracuse university, officials of the university announced today. Defeat FRISCO HEIRESS AT GRANTS PASS Front Page Figure Of Year nyu iviarneu in oui prise; Ceremony Then Flees. GRANTS PASS. Get. 9. (p) Pur sued by the publicity which she sought to avoid, Ann Cooper Hewitt, 23, San Francisco heiress who was the central figure in a sterilization suit last year, left here today with her husband of a few hours, Ronald McMillan Gay, 32, Oakland, Cel., gar age foreman. The wedding ceremony was per formed yesterday afternoon In the chambers of County Judge Grant W. Mathews In the presence of two women friends. The Judge waived the customary three-day notice. Neither Judge Mathews nor County Clerk F. L, Coon, who Issued the license, was aware of the couple's Identity. Daughter of the late Peter Cooper Hewitt, rich Inventor, Miss Hewitt's name was splashed on the nation's front pages last year when she filed suit agalnt her mother. Mrs. Maryon Cooper Hewitt, for $600,000, charging she had been tricked Into submitting to a sterilization operation. The suit still pends, but two phy sicians were acquitted of mayhem charges when they testified the sur gery was performed because Mlas Hew itt waa "feeble-minded" and 'dan gerously oversexed." Besieged at a hotel here this morn lng by reporters and photographers. the couple dented their Identity when found st breakfast. They escaped to their room but later consented to pose for pictures If no "unusual" shots were taken. Mrs. Pauline P. Rodrlguo, who sign ed - their marrlago application, said Miss Hewitt's trousseau had been completed "for over a year." The couple left hero ln a car with an "Oregon guest" sticker bearing Miss Hewitt's name. Mrs. Gay volunteered Information that the wedding trip was to last only "a couple of daya." 4 PEACE APPEALS COME AHEAD OF BOYCOTT PLANS WASHINGTON. Oct. B. p) The United States and other nine-power treaty algnatorlea will exhaust every effort at their forthcoming confer ence to restore peace ln the Orient by the voluntary consent of both China and Japan before considering possible compulsory measurea. This seemed assured tonight If the participating nations adopt a League of Nations suggestion that the con ference endeavor to stop Japan's ag gression In China "by agreement prior to "examining other possibil ities." Authoritative quarters Interpreted this ss a recommendation the nine- power oonference concentrate pri marily on conciliatory efforts aimed at bringing about an agreement be tween Japan and China to end their undeclared war and seek a pesceable settlement of their difficulties. And they predicted this objective will bo the first subject for consid eration on the conference agenda. Should such an outline be followed, It would have the effect of project ing Into the Indefinite future any decision on a possible boycott or other punitive action against the Nipponese empire. CHILD DENIED TO OKLAHOMA CITY. Oct. 9. (API The fight. of Mrs. Leslie Hatfield of Rweberg. Ore., for custody of tne 10-year-old daughter she gave up more than eight years ago will oe carried to the state supreme court, her attorney, John Knahey, aald today District Judge George H. Olddlngs denied Mrs. Hstfteld writ of hsbaen corpus when she sought to obtain her d slighter from Mr, and Mrs. Marshall Hands, Choctaw. Okla., farm couple. Olddlngs held the earn the couple had given the child estab lisned s superior right. Huskies Virginia Women 39 With Broken Neck Bears Child, No. 19 ALEXANDRIA. Vs., Oct. 0. JP) Mrs. Myrtle Arrlngton, 39, who broke her neck last Sunday and gave birth to her t9th child Thursday, was happily convales cent today. Patting the healthy eight-pound 10-ounce daughter, Mrs. Arrlng ton smiled when doctors told her she probably wiH get well. She said she was glad the baby's name Nadlne Oenevleve had bean de cided. "I've had so many children." she said, "I'd almost run out of names." Mrs. Arrlngton, wife of a rail road worker for 91 years, was In jured ln an automobile accident. Fourteen of her children are liv ing. Nation's Most Important Fete Takes Precedence Over War's Grimness, SHAN OH AI, Oct. 10. (Sunday) (AP) While a million youthful sol diers under Chinese Generalissimo Ohlang Kai-Shek and a quarter of a million of Japanese Emperor Hl- rohito's warriors were squarred off today on all fronts, the rest of China observed the nation's most Important holiday the "double tenth. The anniversary on the tenth day of the tenth month marks the revo lution which re.-MHed In the creation of the Chinese republic. The celebration, subdued because of the grave national crisis, came as there was a comparative lull ln the fighting at Shanghai, due to torrents of rain. Despite a lessening In activities slong some hsttlefronts. the Japanese advanced along the Tientsin Pukow railway, carrying the war well Into Shantung province as the Invaders pressed southward to Techow. Reports received at Pol ping said Japanese forces opened a drive yes terday against Chinese lines along the Hutoso river ln an effort to reach Shlhchlachuang, Hopeh province. Toung and old throughout the nation solemnly pledged redoubled efforts to prevent Japan from ex tending her domains toward China tn observances ot "Independence day." (A Domel (Japanese) news agency report from Tokyo aald the Italian Ambassador G lac In to Aurltl there as sured Japan of Italy's approval of Japanese measures ln China and that Italy "will never spare general sup port to China." (In Rome an official said the Italian government viewed develop ments In the orient with "complete comprehension of the alms of the Japanese.") F Northern California: Pair flunday; cooler near the coast Sunday; gentle northerly wind off coast. Oregon: Pair Sunday, with some cloudiness and foga In west portion; little change In temperature; gentle changeable wind off coast. SAN FRANCISCO. Oct. . (API Outlook far western states, for per iod October ll-lo. Inclusive: Con siderable cloudiness with showers In Psclflc northwest aftr Monday and probably In northern California and the northern plateau about the mid dle of the week; wanner over pla teau first of week but cooler gen erslly middle and latter part. ON AGE AID, OFF TT. A MATH PALLS. Oct. .() Governor Charlea H. Martin Indicated here today he would not call spe cial session of th legislature to re vise the state old-age pension set-up Addressing a publlo luncheon' meet ing, the governor denied that the state was niggardly In dealing with those In need of assistance, pointing out that a ,;5, 000,000 biennial fund baa been set up for th purpose, 6 to 3 GRAY'S HEAVE TO Washington's Title Hopes Crimped, After Field Goal Lead Most Of Game' Fumble Costly. ji . i SEATTLE. Oct. .AP1 A lyninta ' of guys named Joe put a crimp la mo uiiHmpionsnip nones of the TJnU veralty of Washington todov when Joe Gray and Joe Wendllck worked a short pass that gave Oregon Stat college a "laat-mlnut" S to s victory over the Huskies In one of the majof upemva uj mis griairon day. Seventeen thousand partisan Wash. ington fans couldn't believe thel eyes when they saw their undefeated ' wnaningion team, defending cham. plons In the Paclflo Coast conference, give up the victory touchdown, th first scored against the Huskies In three games this season. A rumble, the bugaboo of tha Or. gon State Beavers In their first twej game defeats, gave the warriors of uomcn ion miner the chance the were looking tor late In the last period and they went to town tm a hurry. Captain Waskowlti of Washtngtoa pulled th blooper after making nice run of a punt return. Th ball slipped away when he was tackle hard and Center Orr recovered fe Oregon Stat on the Washington 3T. Mercer and Kolberg plunged to five and Gray, the "gray ghost," whipped a pass to Wendllck to reach) the Washington 38. After waatlng three more shot M vain. Gray risked everything on long heave to Robert Reed. The toat dldn't com close to Reed but New. ton, Washington quarerback. wax) charged with Interfering, and th Beavers gained new life on the Wash ington six-yard line. Oray dashed to the left for on yard then hurled a world aeries pitch to the corner of the end cone tha Wendllck hauled down aa he fea across the flag-marker for the victor score. Hutchlns' kick from placemen boomed low Into a mob of players- but then It wasn't needed. By catching th touchdown paaa, Wendllck redeemed himself In grand style for the fumble he made In th second period which enabled Wash Ington to collect Its field goal. Wendllck'a error cam after ha ha) caught a pass from Oray, and Waa. kowlta pounced on the bait on tha O. S. C. 26. Miller rushed Into the game and Thompson, sophomore fullback, cam to tha rescue and booted a field goal from placement from - th 13-yard Una. Th ball waa partially deflected by a Beaver man but managed ts get over the bar. With Washington keeping th Beavers busy In their territory most of tha time, the Huskies twice charg ing to the Oregon Stat two-yard lln In the first half, the three-point lead, loomed bigger than ever aa tha gam progressed, but the battle lasted little too long for tha Huskies. tn th first period Washington marched 47 H yards to the O. 8. O. two-yard atrlpa when Fullback Jam failed to gain on fourth down. Again In the second quarter th Huskies came back with a rush oa 70 yards to the asm two-yard point, where a fumble by Halfback John, ston on the third down cost them a possible score. John Wstta, Beaver tackle, recovered the fumbl and Duncan punted out of danger. Oregon State pounded Into Wash. Ington territory but never doe t (Oontlnued on Pag 8U.) CITY NAMED FOR PUBLISHERS' MEET PORTLAND, Oct. 8. (API Th executive committee of th Oregon Newspaper Publishers' association, meeting here, voted to hold the ISSS association convention at Medford. with dates to be set later. Invitation were also received from Lakevlew, Albany and Marahfleld. gerlra Service. The fifth game of th world wrles between the New York Ol ants and Yankees will be describ ed play by play over th Mall rrlbune'a publlo address system In front ot the newspaper office on North fir atrct today (Sunday) ntnrtlng at 10:45 a. m., Medford time.