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The Weather - Forecast: Fslr tonight and Tuesday with fog In the morn tag; little change In tempera ture. When in Need of something flrtt read the Classified Ads and If thlt "something" It not listed try advertising. These little ads rt widely read and thrj DO produce splendid reunite. Medford TRDONE Highest yesterday - Lowest this morning , . 78 Full Associated Press Full TJr resi Tbirlv-Seeond Year MEDFORD. OREGON. MONDAY, OCTOBER 25. 1937 No. 186. (vie r 1 Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News v paper Alliance, luc. ROOSEi'M.T HEI.n ANXIOUS TO SUB SON SUCCEED NEW JOB SEEN AID TO JOHN'S POLITICAL CAREER a POSITION IMPORTANT TO ADMINISTRATION COORDINATION WOULD EASE PRESIDENT'S LOAD WASHINGTON, Oct. 35 The presi dent, who Is e pretty keen Judge of news value, may have been right when he said that the new Job as signed to hla son and secretary. James, was only .worth a paragraph on page five aa far as the Job goes. But behind the appointment lurks a story that some day msy break page one a very personal story, of which this may be a most Important ehapter. The Job meeting with the heads of the government agencies once a week in the opinion of some dis interested observers who know the background. Is a challenge. If "Jimmy" makes good In hla new task, It will probably mean far more to his father personally thsn the solution of an administrative prob lem. It will mean that James has moved well along In his political career, that he will be much nearer to "page one" than "page five." Few people realise the significance of this to his father. Those who are close enough to have seen evidence of the president's attitude toward his eldest ssy that it isn't unlike that of John Adams toward John Qulncy. The affection between the two Is well known. It is no secret inav Jsmes Is politically ambitious. But what isn't so well known to those who have not seen the two working together (according to one, at least, who has) Is that the president Is Just as Interested and as ambitious that James win to spurs and saoaie (Continued on Page Four.) IN MONTAGUE TRIAL BLIZABETHTOWN, N. T.. Oct. 35. The elderly, white-haired, moth er of Hollywood's John Montague told a Jury today her son was at home in Bvracuae, N. T., the night he Is ac cused of robbing a roadhouse of $700 In 1030. "He came In at midnight on Aug ust s and wont to bed," Mrs. Mary Moore testified, glancing at her son. known seven years ago as LaVerne Moore. Kin Hana's roadhouse was help up by four men at about 3 a. m. the night of Aug. 4, according to previous testimony. HUGE PEAR HARVEST HOOD RIVER. Oct. 38 (API Hood River valley counted a pear pack of 9S0.000 boxes today and bid for prominence as one of the heavi est producing district In the United States. The pack represented 750.000 boxes of D'AnJous. 150.000 Bose and 50.000 bntea of other varieties. The off-bearing year apple pck resetted 1.750 000 boxes. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Steve Moore collecting a large au dience as he gave a sidewalk exhibit of a elx-polnt mule deer he bagged with a true shot through the neck. Fred Ericsson wishing he hsd the hunting stamina and visual acuity of his young son Ray. Serge Willie Daws patiently ex plaining various gadgets on an army plane to curious atrport visitors. Maury Spats being pushed back to town by foreboding clouds alter he had started In his Waco for the Eu gene grid classic. Pilot Ralph Vlrden recalling the time he was mistaken for a liveried chauffeur as be sat In his Packard Id hit United uniform. O.S.C. INVADERS ARE DUMPED INTO COLD ILL RACE Wild Conflicts Rage In Many Parts Of Town As Result Of "Victory Celebration" By Corvallis Students. EUGENE, Oct. 38. (AP) Eugene I began to be somewhat like Shanghai ' this afternoon as the plans ror a I peaceful reception to Oregon State's victory celebraters gave way under youthful feelings. After state and city police had escorted the Oregon State procession Into town, around the campus and out again supposedly heading them for Corvallis, certain groups return ed and guerilla warfare broke out In all parts of the city. The three bridges over the uni versity mlllrace were the scene of inimt .Mmmbr. Atiiriont. swarm- ed out of nearby houses and dump- ! ed close to a hundred Staters Into 1 the Icy waters. But not without bitter struggles. Bloody noses and . black eyes will keep Infirmary doc tors busy all week. . Cars Overturned As the battle broke out down town cars were overturned and a large group of Staters were besieged and Imprisoned In a cafe. The Stat- ers phoned Corvallis for reinforce- i ments and the weary cops pleaded with the university students to call i off the siege If the Staters would agree to go home. J The main body of Oregon state students approached the borders oi Eugene this noon on a victory march to the University of Oregon campus. Advance guards said they were pre pared to "take the university apart" but they were met by the univer sity student leaders and the uni versity band with friendly greetings, when Dean of Men Virgil Earl re ceived word of the march from rar mera along the way. State and city police moved out to form escort. Cars were Jammed with happy Stat ers, both girls and boys, as they entered Eugene. ... . - Dean Earl turned out the univer sity band and greeted the "invaders" as friends Instead of enemies. State and city police escorted them cour teously through the main street and out to the Web foot campus. A' the morning went on the strag glers coming from Corvallis 40 miles, swelled the ranks of the Oregon State students to about 3000, the majority of the enrollment. Authorities said the "situation la loaded with dynamite." CORVALLIS, Oct. 25. (AP) Ore gon State college students found football victory sweeter than classes today and "ordered" a holiday to (Continued on Page rhree.) Earhart Condition Remains Unchanged The condition of June Earhart, Medford anaesthetist, stricken with paralysis last Tuesday evening, was reported the same today by Dr. L. D. IruOteep, attending physician. - 8he Is crtlcally 111. She was still unconscious, the phy sician stated, and has not regained consciousness since the stroke five days ego. She Is confined In Sacred Heart hospital, and because of her condition can receive no visitors. TREASURY DEFICIT OVER HALF BILLION WASHINGTON. Oct. 35. (API The treasury's gross deficit crossed the half-billion mark October 33 to reach (509.487,311. In hla latest bud get revision. President Roosevelt forecast the gross deficit at W8S. 345.000 on next June 30, when this fiscal veer ends. Dedicate Marble Marker For Dog That Saved Tot At the dedication of a marble marker in the pet cemetery of the Jackson County Humane society Sun day afternoon, attended by 100 per sons, tribute was paid to "Stubby." female Australian shepherd dog. be longing to A. R Mansfield, Butte palls homesteader, who saved Shir ley Mansfield, 34 -year-old girl, from deth in the flames that destroyed the mountAln borne on October 4. Wearing church vestments, the Rv. W. H. Hamilton of Vreka. Calif, for mer Medford resident, and retired Episcopalian minister, paid tribute in s brief talk to the devotion and sac rifice of the pal and pet of the little girl. "I like to believe there Is Immor tality for ereMuree sum as'Stubby,' Rev. Hamilton said at one point. VUrley. a timid little tnlas, a doll Unidentified Plane Bombs French Sub Widow Sobs at Trial ' v S7" Mr. Paul Reeves (above In two poses), widow of the man for whose Maying 20-year old Margaret Ureniian was acquitted after a trial in New Brunswick, N. J., sobbed out Hide the courtroom while. Miss Dren- an. also weeping, told a jury the asuUlnglier a gcnd tlm ll'll!)' 6 " JUGGERNAUT HALTED BY CHINESE IN SIX DAYS OF F! SHANGHAI, Oct. 25. (AP) Gen eralissimo Chiang Kai-Shek's embat tled Chinese armies stopped the Jap anese Juggernaut today after six days and nights of -heavy fighting on the Shanghai front. The Japanese army spokesman ad mitted that the general Japanese ad vance of "more than 100.000 men," aided by tanks, planes and continued bombardments, was "slowed down.' Destruction of bridges, mining of highways, and acres of barbed wire entanglements baited the Japanese assault. British authorities, as an aftermath of the slaying of a British soldier by a Japanese war plane yesterday. Issued orders to all their aerensc posts to fire without hesitation In self defense against any airplanes. Simultaneously, British officials lodged two protests on the incident. Seven Americans and about a score of other foreigners were endangered yesterday when a Japanese plane sprayed machine gun bullets near the western edge of the international settlement. EDUCAll PORTLAND. Oct. 35. (IP) The ytate board of higher education sched uled a meeting here for 3 o'clock to. day and reports were circulated that tome action might be taken on choc lng a successor to President C. Valen tine Boyer, of the University of Ore gon, who has asked to be relieved be cause of ill health. All members of the board had not arrived this morning and there was some doubt whether the formal meet ing might be called If all were not In attendance at 3 p. m. This lent added weight to a belief that the board might be ready to act on the univer sity presidency since It was unlikely any step would be taken without a full board. If the meeting Is not held today. It may be called tomorrow when, reports ald. a full attendance probably would be obtained. In her arms, listened wide-eyed to the ceremony. The marble marker, set in a green space, reads: 'Journey's end for Stubby. Austra lian shepherd dog hero, who saved the life of her playmate and pal from death by fire. October 4. 1037, Shirley was taking her afternoon nap and her parents were working in a garden when the barks of "Stubby" apprised them their home was ablaze. Mrs. Mannfleld attempt ed to rush to the crtb of her child but waa repelled by the flames. At the command "Go get Shirley,' the dog hero pluged Into the burn ing house and dragged the ttt from her flame menaced crib to a window within reach of her mother, "Stubby," psln crawl from her burning fur. leaped back into the hrrir. The window fU, trapping the dof, and aha parish ed shot Reeves to prevent mm from T COURT FOR OCTOBER SESSION, E October term of the circuit court opened this morning with selection of & new grand Jury as follows: Axel Benson, Medford; Charles Avery, Ashland; Walter Grant, Cen tral Point; Edward B. Baer, Anftlflnd; Marshall MInter, Eagle Point; Stella Haley, Central Point, and Horace Thompson, Prospect. The court was lnformod by the district attorney no pressing matters were due to appear before the cur rent session. The court then de livered Instructions to the newly- formed body on their duties. Trial of Eldon Miller, Chlloquln. charged with a statutory offense, was slated to be heard today, the first case on the new petit Jury docket. In a previous trial of Miller, the court ordered a mistrial. SHERIFF LISTER DIES IN G. PASS GRANTS PASS, Oct. 35. (API Sheriff E. H. Lister. 58, for 33 years Josephine county peace officer, died In Josephine General hospital this morning where he was taken Satur day after a week's Illness. He was first elected sheriff In 1938 on the Republican ticket, prev iously serving as deputy three terms each under his father. Ed Lister, and under George Lewis. He was born February 13, 1878. near the present site of Grant Pass. He la survived by his widow and two children. Mrs. Nell Kaser and HI Lister, Grants Pass. . CRATER LAKE HIGHWAY L BE KEPT SALEM. Oct. 35 (API The Crater Lake highway will remain open all winter, R. H. Baldock, state highway engineer, said today. The department of the Interior will keep part of the road open In side the park. Much of the road around the lake already haa been Hosed because of enow. Klamath To Greet Crosby At Station KLAMATH PALLS. Oct. 38. (AP) A station reception for Sing Crosby, radio and movie crooner, and his party, which It Is understood Includes Actors Bob Burns snd Edmund Lowe and Singer Connie Boewell, has been arranged for tonight when Crosby's pedal car will pause here briefly en route south from Spoksne, Wssh. Arrangements for the affair were mad. by Willis E. Mahoney. a long time friend of the Crosby family and a classmate of Crosby'a brotMer, Ev. erett, at Oonaaga university. SCHOOL DANGERED BY OIL WELL EXPLOSION OKLAHOMA CITY, Oct. 36, (AP) rive hundred studenta fled from northeast high school today when an explosion and fire swept an oil well on the sr hoot grounds, burning two workmen. Two firemen also were burned as they brought the flames under eon trol. No student wan hurt. BORROWED Til' George Bruneman, Los An geles Night Club Operator Put On Spot Bystander Also Killed, Girl Wounded LOS ANGELES, Oct. 35. (AP) Gangster guns abruptly ended early today the "borrowed time" on which George (Lea) Bruneman, night club operator and gambler, had been liv ing. They fired eleven shots Into his body In a shanty beer parlor shortly after midnight and then killed Prank Greuzard, an Innocent bystander, who followed them to the door. Alice Ingram, 34, pretty blonde nurse who sat at his bedside and aided In hla recovery from ft similar fusllade of bullets In July, was wounded twice In the legs by bullets that passed through Bruneman. Her condition was not critical. Four In "Mob" Witnesses told police there were four In the party that made success' ful the second attempt In four months on the mild - mannered B rune man's life, but only one shot him as be sat with Miss Ingram, her 31 -year-old sister Mary, and Bob Pelden, 27. , It was only a. few weeks ago that Bruneman, after, hla recovery from the shooting on the boardwalk: in Redondo Beach July 30, told Deteo tlve Lieut. Warren Hudson, "I'm liv ing on borrowed time. I've got about six weeks more. They'll get me the next time. They won't send the (Continued on Page Eight.) GIRL SLAYS FATHER E TO SAVE HER MOTHER NEW YORK, Oct. 35 (AP) A slight, blonde 15-year-old school -girl explained she had stabbed her father to death today because "I thought he waa going to kill mother," Queena County District Attorney Charles P. Sullivan said. Sobbing, she waa com mitted to the children's society shel ter In Jamaica under charge of Juvenile delinquency. Charles Breltfeller, 36, an automo bile salesman, died shortly after the daughter, Gladys, twice plunged a 7-Inch carving knife Into him at their home in.Hollls, Long Island, to defend her mother from attack, Sul livan reported. Detective Lieutenant Thomas Keeney said the mother, Minnie, told him "It waa a case of our Uvea or hla. It was all we could do." Mrs. Breltfeller aald her husband had been drinking, that he came home early thla morning and quar reled with her and, after a abort sleep, resumed the quarrel and threatened to kill her. She said her daughter wrenched the knife from the father's hands when he cornered them In the living room of their Hollls, Long Island, home and stab bed him. HOSPITAL HERE HAS PORTLAND, Oct. 35. (AP) Tne American College of Surgeons 'In cluded 31 hospitals In Oregon on Its approved list today. Among them were the Sacred Heart general hos pital, Eugene; the Hillside and Klamath Valley hospiuis, Klsmatn Falls; Bt. Elisabeth hoeplta. Baker: Sacred Heart hospital, Medford: St. Anthony's hospital, Pendleton: Vet erans' Administration hospital, Rose burg: Oeneral hospital, Salem; Ore gon Bute hospital, Balem. DR. KING OF T. B. STAFF WILL STUDY IN ITALY SALEM. Oct. 35. (ffV Dr. A. T. King, for two and one half years on the medical staff of the Oregon state tuberculosis school, today was (rant ed a yeara leave of absence by the tate board of control. Dr. King recently received a fellow, ship at the University of Rome, Hal; , and will leave for there November 10 This waa the only fellowship to thl. Institution Issued In the United State. E COURT ENDS LAST HOPE Justice Black Takes No Part In Consideration Of Scottsboro Case Take Two Weeks Adjournment. WASHINGTON, Oct. 35. ( AP) Haywood Patterson, one of the nine negroes Involved in the famous Scottsboro case, lost In the supreme court today In an effort to escape a 75 -year prison sentence Imposed by Alabama courts for an alleged attack on a white woman. The high tribunal twice had saved the negro from the death penalty. In announcing denial of Patter son's petition, the court said Justice Black "took no part In the consider ation and decision of this applica tion." That removed any possibility of a challenge of Black's position on the bench on the ground that he waa a former member of the Ku Klux Klan. (Before adjourning for two weeks the court agreed to review an appeal by the Duke Power company attack ing constitutionality of public works administration loans and grants for publicly owned hydro-electric pro' Jecta. . Arguments on this case were set for Monday, December 6, along with debate on similar litigation previous ly .filed by the, Alabama power com- pany. which the court consented laat spring to review. In the Duke esse, the fourth cir cuit court of appeals sustained a 3,853,000 PWA loan and grant to Greenwood county, South Carolina, ror an electric plant at Buzzard Roost. Secretary Ickea, the public works administrator, has said the litigation will affect mora than fifty public power projects for which the govern- j ment haa provided $51,000,000. CRATER WORKMAN KILLED BY SLIDE KLAMATH PALLS, Oct. 35. (API- Clyde Howe, 31, whose left leg wsa sheared off and right leg badly man glod when he wsa caught In a land allde at Crater Lake late Saturday, died at 13:30 today. A dynamite blast 1500 feet away la believed to have set off the slide which trapped Rowe. He was work ing on a road conatructlon Job on the east side of the lake. COUNT OF COVADONGA IS SUED SECOND TIME HAVANA, Oct. 36. 0P Tho former Marts Rocafort today filed a new di vorce action against the Count of Covadonga, once heir to the throne of Spain, charging lncomptatlblllty. She filed a similar suit early In September, two months after their marriage, but the action waa declared void October 16 because the count failed to appear In court. They were married July 3 EUOENB, Oct. 26. ( AP) Keater Kinsley, IS, received critical wound yesterday wlren his rifle accidentally rflaoharoewt mm h lit It nil ttlS ground. The bullet entered at tne hip and came out near tne anouiaer. Politicians Eye Ranks For Successor to Steiwer KLAMATH PALLS, Oet, 38. (AP) Judge Edward B. Ashurst of the Klamath county circuit court today announced he would be a candidate for the post of Junior V. S. senator from Oregon to be relinquished by Frederick Btelwer at the end of bis current term. PORTLAND, Oct. 36. (AP) gon'a political chieftains, looked thru the rank, of candidate today for a eucceseor to Senstor Frederick Btel wer, member of the state's congres sional delegation for ten yeara. The senator, temporary chairman and keynote speaker at the laat Re publican national convention, an nounced late Saturday he would not be a candidal at the ! elections "It ta me desire, after msnv years of publie tsrvK. to return to the Pear Markets CHICAGO. Oct. 35. (AP-USDA) Peara: One car California, S Idaho. 9 Oregon, 6 Washington arrived: S3 on track; 13 sold. Oregon Bartletts: 730 boxes extra fancy ai.763.40. average 337; 744 boxes No. 1, $1.60al.00, average $1.84. Anjous. 730 boxes unclaastfied. 1.35 Up 1.70. average 11.58. Bose, 730 boxes fancy II. 65 QIAO, average $1.84; 14S4 boxes No. 1, 11.60 93.16, average $3.07. NEW YORK, Oct. 35. (AP-USDA) Pears: 41 cars arrived; 5 Califor nia, 1 New York, 13 Oregon, 11 Wash ington unloaded; 37 on track. Oregon Bartletts, 3510 boxes extra fancy $3.003.70, average $3.60; 1065 boxea fanoy 103.65, average $3.34. Boso, 435 boxes extra .fancy $1.90 3.30, average $3.00; 3685 boxea No. t, $1.65(93.75, average $3.39. Howelis, 670 boxes extra fancy $1.30rt1.70. average $1.51, 1'VILLE COUPLE OF Clara, MUkouakl of Jacksonville waa released from Community hospi tal yesterday afternoon to return to her home following an auto accident on the Jacksonvllle-Applegata high way early Sunday morning In which ahe received severe head lacerations. Although she was not seriously in jured, 11 stitches were necessary to close a, scalp wqund, sustained when her head struct; the windshield . of the car In which she was a passenger. Lewis Applebsker of Jacksonville, driver of - the machine, reported to state police that he had - been the victim of a hit-run motorist and would file a John-Doe complaint to day against the unidentified driver of the other automobile. Applebaker told state police tMat ha and Miss MUkouskl were return ing from a dance at Applegate early Sunday morning, and that the other machine, traveling toward Applegate on the wrong side of the highway, struck his 1031 Chevrolet coupe, breaking the windshield and a front wheel and knocking It Into a ditch. The other machine, which Apple- baker believed waa an old Oardner, then drove off after stopping only a few moments, ha told state police. The accident happened about two miles the other side of Jacksonville. A passing motorist took Miss Mil kouskl to Community hospital. The Applebaker auto waa later towed into Jacksonville In a battered condltton. BECOMES MAN TODAY BUCHAREST, Rumania, Oct. 35. (API Crown Prince Mlhal got firm but kindly leoture from his royal father, King Carol, today aa he celebrated hla alxteenth birthday by becoming an army officer. "This moment," aald th, king, aa Mlhal stood at attention during cere monies at Slnala, "you are turning your back on the carefree daya of' youth. Henceforth, you are to be a man. You will hava mora duties than rights. "I give you to the army, but don't think that thereby I am honoring the army. Rather the army la hon ortng you. Be worthy of your new uniform. practice of my profession." th Sana- tori said. The senator' withdrawal left th Republican without a candidate for the time Ming. Political observers. however, Immediately saw th possl bllltary tht SscreUry of State larl Snsl) and State Senator Homer An- gell of Portland, might run. Democrat are giving serious eon slderatlon to Willis Mahoney of Kla math Falls. Carl Donough. United State attorney, C. J. Orttflth, WPA administrator, and tlton Watkln. former congressman. Mahoney won th Democratic pri mary race laat year and gave Senator Charles McNary, th minority leader, difficult opposition at th fall cam palgn. Otelwer, 54. It a native of th WU lamette valley. He attended both th University of Oregon and Oregon Stat college. H began practicing ' law at Pendlsto Chaser i MALTESE CROSS SEEN ON WINGS OF ATTACK SHIP tanco Starts Massing Of Troops For Effort To Cut Catalonia From Part Of Government-Held Spain. PBRPIGNAN, Prance.' Oct. 38. (AP) French authorities, seeking to determine the nationality of the tea plane which yesterday attacked and sank the French, freighter Oued Mellah In the Mediterranean, were told today by the ship's captain the plana waa marked with a black cross. The government Immediately start ed an Investigation to find out what nation uses such Insignia on Its planes, stating It would "act when' the nationality of the plana la learned. PARIS, Oct. 35. (API A seaplane of unidentified nationality today bombed a French submarine chaser off the Spanish Island of Minorca In the Mediterranean, setting the vessel afire. The craft also waa machine . gunned. Officials of Alrfrance, commercial aviation company which had had , use of the boat, said It hastened at, once to its regular station In the Port of Fornells, permitting the crew to land. The fire, however, they re-t ported, waa uncontrollable, The attacking plane, Alrfrance of ficials said, was marked with a Mal tese cross. . First reports aald all members of the crew were safe although the Tea sel, known aa number 01, waa struck squarely by a bomb. The submarine chaar bad been put at the disposal of Ahtranca, a com-' msrcdal aviation concern, by the navy ministry. The attack occurred thla morning, the dispatch aald. In the Port of Fornells on the northern coast ef the Island. HENDATE, Franco-Spanish tier, Oct. 35. (AP) Insurgent Gen eralissimo Francisco Franco today began massing troops at Zaragou for an offensive to out Catalonia from the part of Spain still bald by the government. Frontier reports said hsavy forose of Italian soldiers from Morocco vera moving Into Zaragoaa. The Italian "Black Arrow" division also waa reported moving to that sector. Insurgent headquarters at Sala manca published a telegram from Premier Mussolini to Franco express ing II Duco's "personal felicitations" for his conquest of northern Spain.. TRIP AFTER TRIAL IS ELM, N. J Oct. 35. (AP) Margaret Drennan, acquitted of a charge of slaying a man ah said aba shot when he attempted to attack her again after having made her pregnant, we reported by her family today to be "somewhere In New York state," resting up after th ordeal of ber trial. Her father, John Drennan, said hi pretty 30-year-old daughter left with a distant relative and would be away at least three weeks. A Jury of 11 men and on woman acquitted Margaret Friday on a oherg of shooting 35-year-old Pan) Reeve to death In hi horn hsr while hi attractive wife, Myr. a at a motion picture show. Angered by tne widow's attempt to gain admittance to th Drennan homo to talk to Margaret, Drennan said: If that widow come ber again ru hav her arrested." Repulsed by Margaret and her family, Thorns McOovern. a railroad brakeman, 1 reported to have with drawn hla offer of marriage to th girt. Lorimer la Buried At Private Service PHILADELPHIA, Pa, Oct. (AF) Th man under whoa gulden th Saturday rvenlnf Post became prominent msganls was burled to day. Oeorg Horace Lorimer, M, who died Friday night from pneumonia, waa burled at a private service at "Belgraeme," hi bom In suburban VYyncot. He was editor of th Post tor at year, before hi retirement laat January
