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The Weather Forecast: Clondy with occa sional rain tonight and Thurs day; little change In tempera ture. Temperature: HlgheM yeterlay 81 Lowest thli morning . 4 Try Them Out To get the best Idea of how well Mall Tribune classified adt "pull" you should try them out. .Many people use them regularly. They swear by them. They prove their worth. Medford Tribune Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON, WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 1937. No. 176. o)(nlo) D) MIL MS liBlIM mm. , 1 Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. FAR EAST TftorHI.ES BRING BRITISH IBAIll; PACT NEAR ENGLAND SEES CHANCE TO GET BUSINESS JAPS LOST CHANCE OK AGREEMENT WITH GERMANY BRIGHTER SEN. SMITH PLANS NEW COTTON SI BSIHY llll.l. WASHINOTON. Oct. 13. One seg ment of silver lining broke through the dark cloud or International trou ble when !t was learned that the present situation in the far east has moved the trade pact with the Brit ish nearer. It's a lair guess that Henry Grady, member of the tariff commission, mentioned the fact to tho president Just before the fireside chat was com pleted. (Mr. Orady has Just returned from the raw materials conference In Geneva. It Is Just possible that, while abroad, he made somo other stops, not officially mentioned.) The point Is that Oreat Britain Is anxious to strengthen her trade-ways now that ahe has a chance to pick up some of the business which Japan Is losing or has already lost. The big obstacles, according to the negotiators, are what they call tho "tory" groups In each country, fight ing to retain high tariff protection for their respective Industries. The British press Is publicly warn ing business not to neglect foreign trade Just . because the armament boom has Increased tho domestic mar ket. In the stato department, an other wise unexplained outburst of optim ism apparently confirms the fact that progress Is again being made. Another bit of trado-treaty news that, for dlplomatlo reasons, Is not being broadcast la the fact that a pact with Germany Is "in the picture again," as one official put It pri vately. Ambassador Dleckhoff. returning from Berlin, told the ship news men when he got off tho boat that Ger many "always was prepared" to dis cuss means for Improved trade. It is privately reported that he la prepared to be much more speclflo when he opens his portfolio. (Continued on Page Six ) WPA OFFICIAL TO E WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (API Corrlngton Gill, assistant WPA ad ministrator, said today he would be gin a flying appraisal of WPA air port projects next Saturday. Inspect ing work already done and studying future needs. He will be accompanied by repre sentatives of the bureau of air com merce, the national advisory com mittee for aeronautics, the Institute of aeronautical sciences, the national association of state aviation officials and the national aeronautic associa tion. Work on more than 10O0 projects sponsored by local communities for construction, repair or Improvement of 619 airport sites has Involved me expenditure of 75.000,ooo in federal funds In two years, Gill said. The Itinerary Includes: Oct. 33. Portland, Ore.; October 33, Medford, Ore. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Walter Leveretw having the whole side of a table to himself at tne Community chest luncneon. School Super EH Hedrlck and Hi Principal C. Glenn Smith Mixing shop exclusively as they muncned luncheon tldblu. WAG Oates displaying a grocery trade Journal that rcprndlx-ed one ol his MT ads as an exampn of ex cellence. Little Brent, the AH Bsnwell n.tr taking hi first airplane ride ana enjoying It no end, sister Pat oeing a veteran at that sort of thing Harry Predette (Retired! Inaugu rating the Elks bowling season oy sliding s:on th- a:'et ef'.er the ball on his ftoim. n. end io.ing iwo bits before tie eveouig was over. LEWIS' CIO TOLD Removal of Three Regional Directors Demanded. Usurpation of Power Not Given by Law Is Claimed DENVER. Oct. 13. p The Amer ican Federation of Labor convention voted unanimously today to Join Brit ish labor boycott on Japanese goods. Along with the British-American boycott, the resolutions committee report recommended that A PL officers peek its extension by' requesting the cooperation of trade union move ment elsewhere. DENVER, Oct. 13. The Amer ican Federation of Labor convention decided unanimously today to ask congress to curb the powers of the national relations board. The decision followed a demand by John P. Frcy, president of the feder ation's metal trades department, that three of the board's regional directors be removed for what he said was par tialtty to John L. Lewis CIO. It also followed charges f'ora half a dozen other A PL leaders that the board had promoted CIO unions at the federation's expense. The regional directors whose re moval Frey demanded were Mrs. Eli nor Herrlck of New York, Mrs. Alice Rosseter of San Francisco and A. Howard Myers of Boston. The resolutions committee report which the convention adopted con tended that the board had "usurped" power which the Wagner labor dis putes act had not given It. in stepping Into the war between the AFL and the CIO. . The act should be amended, the report said, to keep the board out of the dlsputo and to protect craft un ions against Lewis' Industrial unions. Without discussion, the convention also adopted a resolutions commit tee report on wage and hour legisla tion which avoided a direct stand on that Issue. Before federation officials took any stand, the report said, they should consult with officials of the building trades, metal trades, railway em ployees and label trades departments. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Oct. 13. (AP) Harry Bridges, west coast CIO director, told the CIO conference to day the International Longshore men's and Warehousemen's union favored an economic boycott of Japan. Without asking the conference of committee for Industrial Organiza tion leaders to take definite action, Bridges said: "In the Japanese conflict. It la the definite sentiment of a majority of our membership that an economic boycott be Imposed on all Japanese goods even though It means the loss of work for our membership." 4 AGREE ON ROGUE SALEM. Oct. 13. AP) A satis factory agreement between the min ing and fishing Interests on tne lower Rogue river was reached at a conference held at Gold Beach yes terday. Governor Charles H. Martin announced upon his return here to day. Others who attended the confer ence Included the members of the state fish and game commission ana the state mining board. "Our agreement will . Insure in creased fishing possibilities and more mining." Oovernor Martin, said. De tails of the conference and the basis of settlement were not divulged by the governor, Governor Martin saia a statement would be forthcoming whrn the negotiations were completed. Banker Voices Fear of Administration Policies BOSTON. Oct. 13. (AP) The American Bankers association, meet ing here In annual convention, neara concern' expressed today over tne national administration's policies, elecfd fflc.-r. snd received advice to be conservative. Orval W. Adams. 53-year-old Utah banker, was elected the new presi dent. Hennlng W. Prentls, Jr, Lancaster. Pa., manufacturer, warned of "a rigid dictatorship" unless the "road ahead" was "resurveyed- and relo cated. - Pr"r.t;i the first Fprafcrr to mn ::. Pr5idciit Roosevelt oy name. expreud 'concern' over ths thiel Justice Works on Birthday IT L The 65th birthday of Justice Harlan was Just another day to him as he attended a court r-oslun. ( Appearing In perfert health, he Is shown leaving heme fnr his office. JURY LIST DRAWN STARTING OCT. 25 The Jury list for the October term of the circuit court starting Monday. October 39, has been drawn. The list of 31 Jurors! contains the names of only three women, In contrast to re cent years, when they were about evenly divided with men Jurors. Names of but three Meedford resi dents, all on rural routes were drawn. At the opening of the circuit court term, a grand Jury will be drawn. The list Is as follows: Medford Axel Benson, farmer, route 4; B. W. Brock, laborer, route 3; Richard Predenburg. laborer, star route, and Roscoe W. Roberts, farmer, route 4. Ashland Marie Walker, clerk, route 1; Denver W. Klncald. farmer, route 1; Edward B. Baer. farmer, route 1: and Charles Abcry, 837 Terrace, farm er. Central Point R. H. Seegmlller. farmer, route 3: Nellie B. Angle, housewife: Samuel C. Collins, farmer, and Walter Orant, farmer, route 1. Eagle Point Walter Ray Allen, rancher: Stella Haley, housewife; John M. Foster, farmer: Ray Harnlsh. farm er: Prank Pottlgrew. farmer: Ed Put nam, farmer: Marshall Mlnter, farmer, and Carlton E. Bellows, farmer. Phoenix Lester Csrr. farmer. Prospect Horace W. Thompson, re tired.' Oold Hill Charles Avena, pipe-fitter. Jacksonville Prank A. Henspeter. rancher; T. C. Dickey, miner. Trail Clair E. Stearns, clerk. Derby Fred A. Dunlap, rancher: N. O. DeVrles. rancher. Talent Everett Beeson. farmer; Thomas J. Bell, farmer. Lake creek William Parlow, ranch er. First Snow of Kwwin BO AN, 8. D.. Oct. 13. lPr-The first snowfall of the season was ob served here yesterday when snow and sleet fell during a largo part of the day, covering the ground In shaded places. executive's court policy, his federal wage and hour legislation snd relief. H. M. Chamberlain. Utah banker. SMrtd "the Inevitable reaction win come sooner or later" unless bankers followed conservative policies m tne immediate future. Unless banks could meet the next recession, he aawrtea "It Is entirely conlvshle that their functions will he tok'n away from them and placed under federal con trot." The association's state bank di vision. In a resolution, urged dis continuance of the postal savings nyjtem or Its operation "in such a manner that it rould not compete vim chartered bank." tin.. i V-1 Flske Stone of the supreme rourt CONFESSES LONG LIST OF BANGOR, Me., Oct. 13. (yp) Cap tain Frank Foley of the Bangor po lice said today James Dalhover. survivor of the G-men's ambush of the dread Al Brady gang, had confess ed the band had slain three police men. Captain Foley said ho heard the sulky prisoner, during an all-night questioning, admit to federal agents the gang had killed Richard Rivers. an Indianapolis police sergeant, Paul Minneman, an Indiana state trooper, and a Free port. Ohio, highway patrol man, ueorge conn. Dalhover, his skull creased by a bullet, surrendered after a squad of federal sleuths shot and killed Al Brady, John D 11 linger "successor," and the gang's youthful "triggorman," Clarence Lee Shaffer, 21, yesterday In a dramatic 5-minute gun battle on a Bangor street. A No Klew Clerk Foley said the captured gunman also accused Brady of "knocking off" a grocery clerk but said he did not know the victim's name or wbere the slaying occurred. G-men, however, have charged the gang with the death of Edward Lindsay, a Plqua, O., gro cery clerk. "I guess he's given them (the fed eral agents) a pretty complete story of the 'gang's movements since they broke out of Jail a year ago." Foley said aiter the night-long examination In the farmboy gunman's cell. Foley said Dalhover, whose entry Into a Bangor sports goods store sprang the federal trap, appeared shaken by the lengthy questioning and the effects of his wound. The wounded mobsman claimed, Foley ftald, that the gang did not in- ( Continued on Page Two) JURY DISAGREES IN TULELAKE SLAYING ALTUUA3, Calif.. Ort. 13. -"p A Modoc county jury of 11 men and one woman wag dismissed at 0:30 this morning, unable to divide on the guilt or Innocence of Byron Lee Fitch, accused of murdering Earl C. Smith near Tulelake last July. Superior Judge Jamison set Nov 15 for the opening of a retrial. The Jury began It deliberations early Monday evening. Twelve bal lots all resulted In 8-3 for acquittal. COURT REFUSES STAY VAN VLACK EXECUTION BOISB. Idaho. Oct. 13 ;rv The Idaho supreme court declln-d today to Intervene In an llth-hour fight to save Doigla Van Viae, condemn ed Tacoma, Wah., triple-killer from the gallows. The tribunal denied. In a formal or der, a petition of defense attorneys for a stay of Issuance of the supreme court remittitur for &0 days to per mit perfection of sn applloitiin V the nation highest court for a writ ol review. LIFE, NOT MONEY, ULTIMATE GOAL in chest; drive Rev. Bart I am Discusses Needs at Luncheon On Eve Medford Campaign Chairman Explains Budget When the 120.000 Community Chest campaign opens tomorrow morning. It will not be money that will be sought, but life, the Rev. E. S. Bart lam told more than 100 Chest execu tives and field workers at a luncheon rally In the Hotel Medford this after noon. "We who are so close to this task are liable not to see Its real aim. It ultimate purpose," the rector of St. Mark's Episcopal church said. "We aro concerned with the aacredness of human personality. "When sight Is lost of the sacred ness of human personality, as Is now the case In several parts of the world, the life of a human being becomes as cheap as that of an animal. And so In this Community Chest cam paign we are upholding tho sacred -ness of human personality. , Money Is Life. "We are aaklug for money, yea. But In this case money Is life. We are asking each to contribute part of his human personality so that the flame of God may be awakened In others. We are well advised to give our time and effort In this endeavor." M. N. Hogan, chairman of the ex ecutive board, explained the Chest organisation, emphasizing the care With which the budgets for the par ticipating organizations are compiled. Each year, ho said, the board looks for budget Items that -might be de creased, but always it completes, its work with the consensus that the or ganisations need additional funds with which to carry on their im portant services. "Success of the Community 'Chest campaign depends upon the combined efforts of all." Mr. Hogan said. "We are selling the best product any sales- (Oontluned on Page Seven.) BT. IS SHOT IN ELBOW Shot In the elbow by the acciden tal discharge of a .33 calibre revolver In the bands of her son, Mrs. Volney B. Jonea of Butte Falls was brought to Community hospital Monday about 7 p. m. She was released yes terday morning and returned to her home with her husband. According to Dr. William P. Holt. attending physician, the bullet passed through one bone Just above the elbow. He stated that Mrs. Jones waa in no danger unless Infection developed. So far as can be learned, the acci dent happened In the Jones home about 6 p. m. No details of the accidental discharge were reported, but It la believed Mrs. Jonea' son waa cleaning the gun. Dr. Holt said Mrs. Jones told him It was entirely accidental. Mrs. Jones was brought to Medford by Mrs. D. N. Cleveland of Butte Falls, a neighbor. Auxiliary President Taken III In Paris PARIS, Oct. 13. (AP) Mrs. Mal colm Douglas, national president of the American Legion Auxiliary, has been In the American hospital for several days, but will be out of bed within a week, her doctors predicted tonight. She Is suffering from what Is be ll ueved to be food poisoning com bined with heart trouble. Doctors said no complete diagnosis of the III ness had been made and that her condition "never was considered critical." Court Adjourned To November 30 Medford term of the United States district court waa adjourned this morning by Judge Jamea Alger Fee until November 30. The session will be resumed on that date to hear a case Involving the Grunts Pass Irrigation district. It was indicated by court attache that a rrtminal case might also be tried at that time. AFL WILL ORGANIZE AGRICULTURE HANDS SAN FRANC IftCO. Oct. H. (AP) Steps to organlne agricultural work ers of California. Oregon and Wash ington under the American Federa tion of Labor will be taken at once. Fdward D. Vandeleur. eaecutive sec retary of the Csiiforn'a tate Keae ration of Labor, said today. Roosevelt Seeks Approval Main Legislative Program Before Christmas Holiday By NATHAN ROHKRTSON WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (JP) President Roosevelt, ordering a special session of congress November IB, Instituted a campaign today to enact by Christmas, If possible, the bulk of In the last session. Administration officials expressed hope for swift congressional approval of five measures outlined by the chief executive last night In his tenth "fireside chat": 1. Crop production control to "build an all-weather farm program so that In the long run prices will be more stable. 2. Wage and hour standards to "make millions of our lowest-paid workers actual buyers of billions of dollars of Industrial and farm prod ucts. 3. Regional planning to conserve natural resources, prevent floods and produce electric power for general use. 4. Government reorganization to provide "twentieth century machin ery' 'to make the "democratic process work more efficiently." 5. Stronger anti-trust laws In fur therance of "a low price policy which encourages the widest possible con sumption." The proposals foreshadowed bitter and perhaps prolonged controversy. The first four were left-overs from the session which ended In August, but the antl -monopoly recommend -atlon was new. Needed for Prosier It. v. Mr. Roosevelt characterized the program as one which the American people need Immediately to provide prosperity. "The kind of prosperity we want," he said, "Is the sound and permanent kind which Is not built up tempor arily at the expense of any section or group." His speech followed by only five hours his dramatic announcement at a three-minute press conference that he was calling the first special ses sion of congress since the one ho summoned during the 1033 bank holi day. The broad program outlined by the president immediately raised the question of whether congress would return more in the mood to follow his leadership than It waa last sum mer. No Mention of Court. There was no mention In Mr. Roose velt's speech of hla court reorganis ation program which upset the legis lative machinery In the regular 1937 session. He apparently was referring to supreme court reversals, however. when he said the people had been "checked" tn efforts to control pro duction and secure wage-hour stand ards. Although some members of congress aald they saw no need for a special session, such administration leaders as Speaker Bankhead (D.-Ala.) said (Continued on page Two ) IAPANESE SUFFER SHANGHAI, Oct. 13. (AP) A Chi nese spokesman declared today that Japanese forces had lost more than 3000 dead and wounded In a dis astrous attempt to crash the Chinese lines across Wentsaopang creek into Tazang. four miles northwest of the International settlement. The Japanese army used 15,000 men In Its desperate thrust. One Japanese flying column pushed ahead of the main body three miles to the outskirts of Tazang where a murderous machine gun and hand grenade fire forced It to retire to the original position. Tazang is the moat strongly de fended town on the Chinese battle line. Its capture by the Japanese might force the Chinese, troops to withdraw from the hotly-contested Chapel sector In order to escape being flanked and surrounded from the west. Despite withering fire from land, sea and air the Chinese clung to their lines on all other fronts in the ShmRhal district. Firid Sabotage Evidence Aboard New U. S. Cruiser WASHINOTON. Oct. 13, (AP) A navy Inquiry board reported today n had found evidence of possible sabot age to the heavy cruiser Vlncennes now undergoing tests at the Boston navy yard. The board said that In one of tn four red uction gear boxes of t ne 10.000-ton craft, a largo piece ol metal waa found. In another, a me waa discovered later. The damage was not estimated. The board reported an tnvee ligation waa started when a noise was heara from the reduction gear mer...j.ery In It was found a piece of metat wh.ch the board raid was obviously left lo or put In. his legislative program sidetracked DOUBTS PEACE EFFORT ILL PROVE SUCCESS WASHINGTON, Oct. 13. (APJ Senator Logan (D-Ky), a staunch administration supporter on most Issues expressed "doubt" today If President Roosevelt's peace program would be auccessful. Logan, commenting on Mr. Roose velt's radio address, said the presi dent's suggestions were "absolutely sound so far aa domestic problems are concerned. "But I don't know about his for eign policy," he added. "It seems to me he means we're not going to have war no matter what happens. "I don't follow through on what he proposes to do. What if he has his nine-power meeting and It doesn't work out? What are we go ing to do then?" Logan scoffed at "this neutrality business" as being "foolish." He aald that although he voted for the neutrality law he believed It "absolutely useless." He predicted the law would "repeal Itself, because It won't work." AFL LABOR COUNCIL PORTLAND, Oct. 18. (AP) The A.F.L. central labor policy committee today threatened a general "holiday" ".ere Monday If "publlo authorities are unable to restrain CIO forces and prevent a continuance of the law lessness." The federation, Involved with the CIO in a jurisdictional warfare for the control of the lumber mill Indus try in this 'district, asserted the pol icy committee waa . prepared to "recommend to all American Federa tion of Labor unions In Portland that their members take a holiday next Monday." At Salem Governor Charles Martin asserted "If it becomes necessary for me to act I will use every member of the state police department." Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Portland re quested police aid Monday after sev eral hundred alleged CIO followers succeeded In closing the big Ply lock Corporation when it attempted to operate with an AFL crew, GIRL SlUflCLAVE SAVANNAH. Oa.. Oct. 18. WV Mrs. Herbert Hoover, president of the Girl ScoiU, told tholr silver jubilee convention today that girls strongly Influence the United States. Said the former president's wife: "Our girls, out of all proportion to their age, their experience, or their numbers, are exerting their Influence on our country, "The old order changes. The world haa been changing Its waya. It does, during every quarter century. We hope we have been keeping pace with It In ways that are good. We hope we have seen tome of Its more general mis takes and have avoided them." The board said the metal possibly waa placed by an unidentified per son, but could also have been left in accidentally. The discovery led to examination of the other three gear boxes tn one of which waa found a file not ol navy Issue. The Vlncennes was built at tne Fore River, Mam., plant of the Beth lehem Shipbuilding corporation and waa launched February 87. It was undergoing dock trials at the Boston yard when the Incident occurred. The damage to the Vlncennes was the latest of a series of auch in U!irn aboard navy craft in the last two year. T PERMIT SOUGHT AT Two Groups in Competition for Approval of Plans Gable Claims His Back ers Ready to Proceed PORTLAND, Oct. 13. (41 Oregon and California groups appeared be fore Examiner R. R. Molster of the Interstate commerce commission to day In competition for permission to construct a railroad from Josephine county In Oregon to the Pacific ocean. Grants Pass, the Crescent City, Cal harbor district and the California to Oregon Coast railroad united forces In seeking a rail route from Grants Pass to Crescent City. Tho opposition came from the Cold Coast railroad, a corporation already possessing I.C.O. approval for a road from Leland, north of Grants Pass, to Port Orfonl In Curry county. Ready to Proceed. "We are ready to proceed with the building of the Gold Coast road,1 said Gilbert E. Gable of port Orford He assured the examiner his" com pany had "no particular problema" In financing the road. The delay, ha said, waa the result of uncertainty of federal aid In developing the Port Orford harbor as an outlet. He asserted that New York capital was available with a bond issue tak ing care of 00 percent of the cost and the remainder coming from pri vate sources. Would Follow Rogue. In offering what he called a solu tion for a right-of-way dispute, Gable sugested building the route down the Rogue river gorge with a spur goinfl south to Crescent City at Gold Beach) and one going north to Fort Orford. Nell R. Allen, Fred R, Brown and W. T. Miller are appearing for Oranta Pass. Brown. Allen and J. L. Child represented Crescent City and H. F. Norton of Oakland. Cal., la counsel for the California & Oregon Coast road. Testimony will continue through Thursday. DEMURRER FILED TO FEHL'S SUIT PORTLAND, Oct. 13. UP) Assist ant Attorney-General Ralph Moody filed a demurrer In the circuit court today in connection with the $548,000 suit brought against Governor Chsr lea Martin by Earl H. Fehl, former county Judge of Jackson county. In his damage suit, Fehl listed three causes of action charging tho governor conspired with Moody to deny him release from the atato pris on. Aphll IS, 1930, when under the "good time" rule he alleged he should have been released. The demurrer aald none of the causes constituted the action and asked dismissal of the complaint. Fehl was convicted In connection with the Jackson county ballot theft case. FIRST LADY WRITES NEW YORK. Oct. 13. (AP) Mrs, Franklin Delano Roosevelt has writ ten a book on the International sit uation, it waa learned today In pub lishing circles. Tha volume Is titled Thli Trou bled World." The president's wife, it Is understood, present her own. Ideas and suggestions for peace. The book, of 60 pages, will be published Jan. 8 by H. 0. Klnsey to Co. Mrs. Roosevelt, according to George Bye. her literary agent, com pleted the work on her recent trip to west coast. CARAVAN TO ACCOMPANY FARLEY FROM PORTLAND PORTLAND, Oct IS on An auta caravan will accompany Postmaster Oen.ral Jamra A. Psrley from Port land to Eugcno Saturday morning, Claude Kemp, chairman, said today. Portland and Oregon Democrats will attend tha luncheon and postoftlca dedication events at Salem and con. tlnua to Eiijrep? for a banquet 8at urday avenlng. tlrakeman Killed. ClOODINO. Idaho. Oct. 13. (F) Slipping beneath the moving wheel of a freight train, O. R. Mahoney, as. Pocatello railway braaeman. waa killed here today. The train waa switching In the Ooodlng yards. NEW YORK, Oct. 13. P W. K. Jeffrrs. president of the Union Pa clflo railroad, announced today the appointment of Arthur C, Spencer of Portland. Ore, aa western general counsel of the road.
