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The Weather Forecast: Occasional rain to night and Fridayt Little change la temperature. TEMPERATURE Hlghet yesterday 63 Lowest this morning . 61 It Is For You Ton eu safely trait yonr wants to Mail Tribune class!, fled. Thousands of eyes ore on thla classified page dally. I'M It It la for you. The coat la imall compared to result. TRIBUNE EDFORD Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, OCTOBER- U, 1937. No. 177. M MM Mire M 'flBIWB ii-i ii i 1 ii .1. ,i - ,i i ' 1 i i i i ii-i.i...... 1M Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. F. t. R- SPFF.rll THROW NEW LIGHT ON FAR EAST POLICY , QUARANTINE THREAT BRINGS COOPERATION a JAP DRIVE LAID TO FEAR OF INTERVENTION ADMINISTRATION TO AID COTTONSEED Oil, IM1 STRY WASHINGTON, Oct. 14. If the general staff in Tokyo had been able to read In advance the last word In the sixth paragraph from the end of the president's Tuesday night speech, It might have sent out different or ders to the armies in the field. The president said it was .his pur pose to "cooperate" with the signa tories of the nine-power treaty, "in cluding China and Japan." President Roosevelt's earlier threat of a "quarantine" of the "aggressor" nations, which, as revealed In this column at the time, startled some of bis advisers, had an immediate effect on the Japanese campaign In north ern China. At least this la so If the Washington experts are reading their maps aright. This hint at possible American "intervention" is credited with hav ing sent out "full speed ahead" or ders from Toklo which sent Japanese troops plunging ahead In the north. In order to protect the advance around Pclplng, repeated announce ments have been made of "big pushes" at Shanghai which never come off. suggesting a ruse to hold the flower of the Chinese army In the south. The ruse hasn't worked, however, for Chiang Kai-Shek is now moving troops northward. The kind words extended to con gress In the president's Tuesday speech, and especially to the south ern congressmen who were reported to be sulking tn their tents, were backed with deeds. On the eve of the announcement of the special session, the depart ment of agriculture announced that the cottonseed oil producers were going to get a generous largess from Mr. Morgenthau. Next to cotton growing', the cot tonseed oil Industry is the most Important In the south, and both the (Contluned on Page Seven.) Catholics Favor Franco Support JIHSW YORK. Oct. 14 (P)A group of 175 Roman Catholics today favor ed Catholic support of General Fran cisco Franco In the Spanish civil war which they assert Is a move to pre serve religious and civil liberties and all the functions of democracy. A statement signed by many prom inent clergymen and Catholic men of letters yesterday urged the end of all foreign Intervention in Spain and charged a recent "open letter" of Protestant clergymen and laymen "misrepresented the facts and Issues of Spain." INDIANAPOLIS. Oct. 14. (i Myron Gurnea. leader of the G-men who rounded up the Brady sang In a gun fight at Bnngor. Me., Tuesday. today brought James Dalhover. the gangster who survtved the battle, back to Indiana where two Indictments charging murder await htm. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS "Sam" Houston describing his feet a wesry does" as he lank Into a luncheon chair after making sn in spection of city mall routes. Norbert Miksche lamenting the metsphorphosts of his given nsme Into "Margaret" In sn MT story ot a St. Mary's scademy holiday pro gram, the item ISus being ruined for Inclusion In his prized scrap book. Betty Vlim grndunlly decreasing her football wasrs from real money to milk shakes as her alma mater loyalty proved betvu than her grid Iron Judgment. Holland hotel cafe workers pannirii General Roy Lee foe barging into a little pasumc of tlieira and leg olf with Uie honors. aalt- Poftmnster Frank DeSouza up to old tricks and showing a photo ot an Alal:a fir-herlnc trout he re ceived from Jurife Wood, poMotflce Inspector and notorious -avel prevaricator. Church in Far East Told to Cooperate In Bolshevism Curb By CHARLES II. OUPTILL VATICAN CITY. Oct 14. (p) A reliable Vatican son ire said today the Holy See. In rarrylng out the Cat hollo church's worldwide campaign against Bolshevism, had Instructed Its hierarchy and missions In the Far Kast to cooperate with Japanese action In China "wherever Bolshevist danger appears active." These orders, the Vatican source said, have gone out in a private mem orandum defining the Vatican's posi tion In the Stno-Japancse conflict. Treat Wounded Alike. These make plain, however, the Vatican Informant added, that com- I plete impartiality is the rule In min istering to the wounded of either side. Tills action. It was asserted by the Vatican source, coming after the rec ognition of insurgent Spanish Gen eralissimo Franco's regime In Spain and after numerous recent assertions of the pope vigorously condemning communism, seemed to Indicate the determination of the Vatican to carry on relentless war against the spread of communism as Inimical to the church. Instructions Given. Tills same quarter said that Japan's action "tends to arrest Bolshevist penetration In Asia." and that the memorandum contains eight specific Instructions, the more significant of which are summarised as follows: "To assist the wounded on both sides. "To preach the necessity of China's comprehending the precept of Jap- I ancse civilization and divesting her self, especially In certain districts, of ferocious Mongolian Influence. "To point out that China's vaat ness, provided the people rediscover the standards of their ancient civilis ation, will tend to permit gradual absorption of Japanese influence. Wherever Bolshevist danger ap pears active, to support, without re serve, Japanese action. "To give Japanese military author ities the clear Impression, that on the part of the Catholic church, there Is obstacle to complete collabora tion." No Intervention, The Vatican source summed up the church's policy as follows: It abstains from every sort 01 in tervention between parties at war. since all men whom war massacres are dear to Its heart, and since It hopes soon to see a reconciliation. But it takes care not to hamper In any way the swift activity of the Japanese army, which, even though It may aspire to final hegemony in China, has the immediate concern of obstructing any Bolshevist design." SHELLED BY REBELS MADRID, Oct. 1 4 ( AP ) Insur gent artillery killed or wounded l persons In a destructive bombard ment last night of this besieged city, once the proud capital of all Spain Four of the shells hit Madrid's skyscraper the telephone building which since the civil war startea has been struck 138 times. Casualties were heavy on the Gran Via, where one shell exploded close to a crowd leaving a theater. The government said 80 persons had been killed and 70 Injured dur ing an Insurgent airplane bombard ment of Campo de Casa. in Astunas, province of northwest Spsln. Many others were reported killed In nesr by Inflesto, where 100 houses were destroyed. - ... - .. Fifteen Americans go abroad for each European visiting America. Grins in Today's News Grist By the Associated Press. ILLKOAL APPETITE MIAMI, Pis. J. E. Oauphan war, In Jail today frr trying to eat In court. Oaughsn. charged with working as a plumber without a city certificate, suddenly selred and crammed Into his mouth an affidavit used aa evidence against him. Judge Cecil Curry supervised recovery of the document and then sent the defendant to Jail for contempt. HF.ATH RANG HRT NEW YORK John B. Kennedy rang the bell of Mrs-Alice Cahlll's Bronx apartment to collect a life Inauranee premium. One of Mr. Cahllla five mall children answered. "Mama won t wake up," the child aald. Kennedv tried to awaken Mrs. .ambulance surgeon said she had died SPOTTY PUEBLO. Colo. County Judge Hubert Olover quickly dlamlased Juvenile Murt when a young girl brought before him a delinquent calmly said she had scarlet fever. An Oklahoma doctor advised her to come to Colorado, she explained She waa placed In obscrvstlon hospital. PAYING WEBSTER, la. Traffic court do Cramer la concerned. One dnv recently he was fined rret. The follux.ui :.y he paid Jeaeil, la, (or recUeM diivluj. OF ONCE AND FOR ALL OF JAPANESE (Editor's Note: On October 9, Yoauke Matsuoka, president of the South Manchuria Railway company and veteran Japanese diplomat. In a signed story from Tokyo explained Japan's alms In the war with China as a "once-for-all housecleanlng" of the troubles plaguing the east for generations. In an interview to day at Tientsin, Japanese mili tary headquarters In north China, he explains how those alms are to be carried out. (Matsuoka, an alumnus of the University of Oregon, was, Japan's chief delegate to the League of Nations who withdrew from the assembly In 1933 when Japan's establishment of Manchoukuo was condemned). (By the Associated Press) TIENTSIN, Oct. 14. In an inter view today, Yosuke Matsuoka, Amerl cRn-cducated president of the" South Manchuria Railway company, dis continued on Page Fire.) ON UNWRITTEN LAW LEXINGTON. Ky Oct. 14. (AP)- The Rev. Miller Olmon Johnson, 47-year-old inter-denomlnatlonal preach who Captain Austin Price and Detective Joe Harrlgan of the L ington police department said signed a confession relating the killing ot his estranged wife and an automo bile salesman, was quoted by the officers today as saying "I believe the Lord will forgive me." Johnson was quoted by Price and Harrlgan, who questioned him In his cell today where he awaits arraign ment on two charges of murder as saying he believed he was Justified "because the unwritten law gives i man the right to protect his home.1 Elliott Roosevelt Hearst Radio Head SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14. (UP) Hearst Radio announced today that Elliott Roosevelt, second son ot President Roosevelt, has been ap pointed Hearst Radio director on the Paclflo coast and general man ager of the California radio system. Young Roosevelt will take over nis post tomorrow when he arrives here. He succeeds Ford Billings, trans ferred to the east. Roosevelt was formerly manager of five Hearst radio stations In Texas. JERUSALEM, Oct. 14. (AP) One Arsb was killed and three Jews wound today by a bomb explosion In a suburban bus. Six Jews were wounded nearby when snipers fired on another bus from ambush. Cahlll. Then he called police. An about 34 hours before. ALIBI rtTOM.H rushing bualneea to far at Ralph 3 for fsilure to .top at an arterial another fine of 13 here, and also at Taxi-Dance Girl Waits Slow Death In 5. F. Hospital SAN FRANCISCO, Oct. 14. (AP) June England, pretty Alvlso, Calif., taxi-dancer, awaited death In a San Francisco hospital today. Dr. John Skaff, throat specialist, said the girl admitted to him alio took two tablets of a deadly, slow acting poison, while In Jail 'in San Jose, Calif., on a charge of reckless driving a week ago. They said It may be a week or ten days before death would claim the girl, from whom they said there was virtually no hope for recovery. FEDERATION OF LABOR SEEKS INVESTIGATION E DETROIT. Oct. 14. (P) The Amer ican Federation of Labor renewed its Invitation to John L. 'Lewis' rebel C.I.O. today to send three represen tatives of a peace conference with a like number of federation leaders. This was the federation's formal reply to the C.I.O.'s Invitation Tues day to name a committee of 100 to meet a C.I.O. committee of the same size to work out a plan for ending labor's big civil war. DENVER. Colo.. Oct. 14. (AP) The American Federation of Labor convention decided today to ask the senate civil liberties committee to In vestigate the United Mine Workers of America. The federation's action followed a speech by Joe Oznnlc, president of the Progressive Miners of America, In which Ozanlc accused U. M. W. offi cials of "a reign of terror" In the Illinois coal fields. Twenty-one Progressive miners had been killed durlrTg the five-year war between the unions, he asserted. With only a few dissenting votes, the convention amended the federa tion's convention to hevip fight the C. I. O. The president was given power to suepend or expel rebel state federa tions and city control bodies. ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., Feb. 14. ( AP) The C. I. O. pledged Itself to day to support legislation to stabil ize farm prices at not less than the cost of production. Leaders of 32 unions affiliated with the Committee for Industrial Organi zation adopted unanimously a resolu tion which said the C. I. O. "recog nises the community of economic in terest between the Industrial work ers and the farmers." Ethiopian Bandits Slay 58 Italians ROME, Oct. 14. (AP) Forty-one Italian officers and 17 soldiers have been killed In attacks by "Ethiopian bandits." an official announcement said today. The announcement was the fascist government's reply to repeated ru mors or Ethiopian massacres. It did not mention the number of native troops killed, but Informed sources believed It may have been large. Brady Gang -- -T" livlCl m " '.ysISJ? -V-Vr-;-t-v. u .,Hri .i ,"...,. - -L. : -f n t L AI liradv, nolorlou. mlde.t gang len,i"r, and flarence Hhiffer. Jr.'one nf hi. henchmen are hnwn rtrail on ci-men mid police ""ot ill i In a Imp ot a fjnn .tore. ihlrrt r 'i.l tn w nmimlei nml eiipiurffl and Bangor citizen are ihoxo looking en In horror tfler the llte-mlnut battle. Brad', bod In lorrgrouud. U. S. MARINE HIT AS JAPS LOOSEN Bloody Shanghai Strafed for Two Hours American Marines Forced to Evacu ate Cotton Mill Quarters STIANOHAT. Oct. 14. -(?) -The worst bombardment in Shanghai's bloody warfare raked the International set tlement today, killing or wounding scores of Chinese civilians and wound lng a United States marine. Marines were forced to evacuate I two .huge cotton mills Inside their defense lines where they had been j quartered. These structures were hit1 by shells believed to have been fired ! from Japanese guns. I None of the marines billeted In the mills was wounded but Milton Hlatt, private In the fourth regiment, was struck In the shoulder by a rifle bul let while on duty Inside a machine gun defense works. Sailor Injured A sailor aboard the United States flagship Augusta, J. P. MoMlchael, was Injured slightly by shrapnel from Japanese shells spraying the cruiser at anchor In the Whangpoo. For two hours the Japanese and Chinese blazed away at each other with the most extensive fire laid down in the Shanghai fighting. Beside ar tillery batteries, Japanese warships In the river, machine gun and rifle fire, the hall of death-dealing missies and explosives was augmented by aerial bombardment. Chinese and Japanese plane squad rons fought overhead as ground forces battled for possession of approaches to the city and fighting swirled around the edges of the barricaded International settlement. Heavy Property Lots American proptrey . In this once- wealthy commercial city was disclos ed to have suffered further damage from Japanese air bombs. It was learned six foreign homes In-the west ern district of Shanghai which the Japanese destroyed had belonged to an American real estate concern. The houses were tenanted by Oer- mans and Britishers, all of whom hap pened to be away when the air raid ers came. The houses were marked with huge flags designating their ten ants' nationality. One British tenant charged that the bombardment of these houses was "willful and without purpose, as there were no Chinese troops within half a mile and It was Impossible not to see the flags." FATHERS GAIN EQUALITY IN PHILIPPINE HOLIDAY MANILA. P. I., Oct. 14. () Equal rights for fathers were recognized to day by President Manuel Quezon when he abolished Mother's day. In Its place he created Parents day, to be observed annually on the first Monday of December. Wiped Out in LY' . BILL MAY BE WRENCH IN SPECIALjESSION Prolonged Jam Feared by Administration Strategists Determined Hostility Displayed by Southerners WASHINGTON. Oct. 14. Ad ministration strategists, seeking swift approval of a five-point program at the special session of congress next month, faced the possibility today of a prolonged Jam over the an tl -lynch ing bill. The senate, to get out of a parlia mentary tangle Ip August, agreed for mally to make the antl-lynchlng measure a special order of business Immediately after a vote on farm legislation at the next session. This agreement, parliamentarians said, was so worded that It holds for the special session called by Pres-1 Ident Roosevelt, Leaders expressed the belief the agreement would not endanger wage- hour or farm legislation but would throw a serious obstacle In the way ' of the president's three other propos als. These are government reorganisa tion, creation of regional planning authorities modeled after the TVO. and strengthening of the anti-trust laws. The wage-hour bill already has passed the senate and would not be sidetracked by the antl-lynchlng de bate unless the administration should unexpectedly abandon the bill now awaiting house action and should sub mit a new one. No legislation In recent years has stirred such determined group hos tility as the antl-lynchlng bill. It passed the house this year, but never has even reached the stage for formal debate In the senate because of fil ibusters. When the farm bill Is out of the way, however, the antl-lynchlng bill can be displaced only by a majority vote. Self Defense Frees Grants Pass Slayer GRANTS PASS, Oct. 14 (AP) Fred W. Berger went free today de spite the fatal shooting of Ueorge Bryan, plumber, last August. A cir cuit court Jury last night, after three hours and 45 minutes deliberation. acquitted him. Berger said he shot In self-defense to frighten Bryan away aa he charged him with a shovel during a dispute over use of Irriga tion water. 1 Sentence 16 More In Russian Purge MOSCOW. Oct. 14. (;p) Sixteen more death sentences for a nti -Soviet sabotage In agriculture were reported today eight from .Siberia, six from Uzbekistan and two In Moscow prov ince. Bangor Street Consul Slain : V: Ki James Theodore Marrlncr, Lulled States consul general for French-man dated Syria uas slain In Beirut. Mar rlner was shot by an Armenian when he stepped from his auto. Copyright Underwood and Underwood from As sociated Press. EYE IDAHO AFFAIRS BOISE. Idaho, Oct. 14 UP) DIs- trlct Judge Cbarlaa F. Koelfcch aald today ha would call a county grand Jury to Investigate asserted Irregular ities In Idaho's state government. "Mattera have been aubmltted to me that In my opinion demand the calling ot grand Jury, ha declared. "Whether these mattera are aufft- clent to Justify Indictment by grand Jury I am unable to say, but they are auch mattors as must be cleared up so the people will know. He declined to amplify his state ment aa to what "mattera" have been submitted. He aald, however, the Jury likely would be called between Nov. IS and Dec. 1. Freezing Weather Chills Easterners CHTOAQO, Oct. 14 (IP) Northern era buttoned up their top coats to day with the advent of freezing weather. . Abnormally low temperature pre vailed over much of the nation east of the Rocky mountains. Freezing condltlone extended south ward a far as the Mlssourl-Arkanaae border and eastward Into Now York state. Patent Gadget To Flavor Cigarettes WASHINGTON, Oct. 14, (UP) Now cornea ths "vanilla" cigarette. Robert J. Relchenbach of Bay City, Mich., todav obtained a patent on a cruriitet for flavoring cigarettes. Hi Invention consists of fitting a oap over the top of the cigarette ana letting the desired flavor permeate Gun Battle the main alreet of llangor. Me., after one u-nian aa shot In the ihuulder " CAFE PROPRIETOR OF CHEST FUNDS i Enthusiasm Is Manifest at Meeting of Workers - Third of $20;000 Budget Achieved, Announcement Enthusiasm flared at a imit luncheon of 46 Community Chert workers In Valentine's cafe this after noon when It was announced that Hy nager, new owner of the Rex car, had voluntarily Increased by 68 pen. cent the contribution asked of hint and In addition offered to donate five percent of the cafe receipts Sat urday and Sunday. The announcement was made bv M. N. Hogan, chairman of the cheat exeoutlvo board. It waa greeted with cheering and served as an Impetus a returns were disclosed for the flrsi, half day of the campaign. The meeting was Informed thai about one-third of the 20.000 goat nad already been achieved and tlua news also waa received with enthua. ' laam. Exeoutlvas pointed out. how. ever, that the first third of the goal waa tne easiest to attain and that, the hardest work still lay ahead. It waa brought out that additional workers are still needed, men and women who can devote half a day ta tha campaign. About la men ane) eight women are needed for service In tha city and an additional tea women for solicitation In the rural areas. Business men were especially needed, the meeting waa told. Any One willing to assist was aaked to report at campaign headquarters, 91t Eaat Main street, before 9 . m. to morrow. Headquarters today buzzed with activity aa division majora compiled returns from their field workers. Coy la Brlggs, colonel In charge, supervised ths compilations, O. R. Durham, Salvation Army tea, Jutant and campaign director, said" every effort waa being made to at. tain the goal long before the close of the drive at t p. m. Saturday. The campaign this year la more Intensln than ever before and hope Is he'd that the $20,000 will be raised before the end of tomorrow, Adjutant Dur ham atated. 4 BOSTON, Oct. 14 -(AP) Prtne. pals In the production ot "I'd Rathef Be Right," new musical fantasy lam pooning President Roosevelt, revealed today a lyrlo "touching on A Smith1 had been deleted out of deference te the wishes of Oeorge M. Cohan, alnv lng and dancing In the leading role. Moaa Hart, eo-author of the show, aald: "There waa 'one lyrlo touching on AI Smith end we cut that out because Mr. Cohan dldnt like It " Other! connected with the pro duction pointed out Cohan, who par odies President Roosevelt In the show, was a personal friend of the) former New York governor. Woman Killed In Redding Smashup REDDING). Cal Oct. 14 -(UP) Mrt. Oract Jacoby of Seattle wae killed and her husband, P. T. Ja coby, was Injured when their auto mobile crashed with another oar near here last night. Henry H. Davit and hi wife, Sarah. occupant of the tsoond oar, suf fered only bruise. The Davie' alas were from Seattle. Aocordlng to police, Mrs. Jacob was thrown from her oar tn the crash, which occurred on the Paclfte highway. Pumice Marketing Company Is Formed HALEM. Ore.. Oct. 14. (UP l In corporation filed today Included: Oregon Bale corporation, Kiamatai rails. Lydla B. Ritchie, P. W. Ritchie and Charles A. Humble. Min ing end marketing of pumlse. Cspl . tal stock 10.000. Filed by Humble. attorney, Klamath Falls. Pear Markets CHICAGO. Oct. 14. (AP-USDA) Pear: Five car Oregon, 2 Washing ton. 1 California arrived; IS care on track, five told: Oregon Bartlett. 15 boxes extra fancy 9 30-80, average Sit; 70S boxes fancy 9.35-76, average Mi tit boxes No. 1, 9.16-7S, average 9.M. NEW YORK, Oct. 14. (AP-USDA) Pears: II cart arrived, e California, 17 Oregon. 11 Washington unloaded, IS on track: market slightly weaker; Oregon Bartlett, 94311 boxes extra fancy 1.70-9.88, avoroge 33-, SIM boxea fancy 1.70-9.40. averag 9.14; 600 No, 1, lJO-aaa, average 2-12.
