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The Weather Forecast: Rain tonight and Saturday; not much change In . temperature. Highest yesterday 50 Lowest this morning ... 43 Precipitation last 21 hrs- 61 Make You Happy Don't mlH having your Adv. tn the Sunday morning edt tlon. Most ever one haa more time to read then than any other time. Results will sur prise you and make you happy. Tribune EDFORD Full Auoclated Presi Fu? J".ed Presi Thirty-Second Year Eighteen Pages Two Sections MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 1937. No. 208. MAM Mm mm mm FAiks Behind Washington Headlines By H. R. Baukhage Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. CONGRESSIONAL RKPORT TO OPrOSE HAWAII STATEHOOD MAJORITY OF IIKI.EC.ATION HOLMS TIME NOT HII'E INVESTIGATION BELIEVED TO HAVE BEEN THOROUGH A. FX. BOOMS HYATT FOR McGRAUY'S TOST WASHINGTON, Nov. 19. There ha fcpen much comment In the public print over the alleged fact that con gress wasn't officially notified con cerning the special session, that the members Just sort of accidently heard about It and turned up. They were, on the contrary, offic ially, notified, whether they know It .or not. Each member receives every day two .couples of a publication whose existence congress made possible and the content of which, according to the law. constltutea notlve to every one concerned." It la the Federal Register, published by the national archives. It carried n Its Issue of October 14, page one, column one, the text of the presidential proclam ation convening the extra session. Hawaii, despite the royal hospital ity she gave to the members of the congressional delegation which Just visited her shores, has given up the Idea that she'll be granted statehood at least in the near future. Of course you won't get the Ha waiian to admit this especially the "Big Five," who control the Indus trial and other destinies of the Island but they probably know how the delegation's report, when It Is made. Is going to read. That doesn't mean that all of the congressional investigators would vote against statehood for the Islands to day. But the majority would. Aa foreshadowed In this column and reprinted In Honolulu, aome of the senators went over prepared to look behind all the doors and under all the beds. "O'Mahoney more than made good en the forecast," reports one seasoned Islander who has watched more than one Investigating . committee start out with a scalpel and end up with a whitewash brush. "Congresa has the first real bunch of facts ever gathered here," con tinues the man who saw the com mittee at work and .play while It was in the Islands. "O'Mahoney's lead was well followed by others, and they all have done a creditable Job of fsct -finding." Senator Burke is one of those who think Hawaii ought to be granted statehood. Auswerlng the charge that the Islands are dominated by an Indus trial group, the petitioners for state hood say that equally bad conditions obtain in certain states on the main land. Some of the Investigators thought, logically, ir not altogether mercifully. "Well, all the more reason to keep from adding another." The congressmen managed to keep the Hawaiian moonlight and roses out of their eye to an extent that few predecessors have, held more hearings eome 13 or 14. running through one evening and one Sun day session but they did miss a few hots. At leant that U ths low-down that you can't whisper out loud In the shadow of Kllauea. According to these grapevine advices, It seems that, when the friends of the Island mag nates saw they were licked as far as statehood went, they pushed the Japanese question so far to the front vthat some of their own fallings were (Continued 3D Page Pweive) SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Irvft Fewell Edwards noting sun dry sea-sickness preventives in prep aration for her voyage to Honolulu with friend hubby. Jack Spalding telling how a friend of hi doesn't like h. a bit when his son out-shoot him. Mrgsret Bunm. demon publicity agent of the ielon Auxiliary, cur tailing lunch to write a "scoop"' Jaque Matlaque bursting with ex citement over an auto accident in which the extent of the damage was a pair of scratched fenders. Fuji pulling his long strand of hair when electricity failed to come hwiFi to perc his coifee sbop per tSVorfc ,63, KILLED INSTANTLY IN R0CK1ASTING Accident Occurs When Hole Reloaded After Failure to Explode Men Working On Logging Railroad William . Chambers, 63, a timber fallcr and bucker employed by the Med ford Corporation (Owen-Oregon), was Instantly killed at 10:60 a. m. today by a dynamite explosion seven miles northeast of Butte Falls where : company employes were blasting rocks for a logging railroad right-of-way. j Witnesses to the tragedy told Dep t uty Coroner Herb Brown that Cham bers waa re-loadlng a. dynamite hole when the explosion occurred; throw ing him 30 feet In the air and 33 feet distant. He was horribly mangled, and the deputy coroner said there was no doubt but that ho died In stantly. Charge Failed Explode According to members of the blast ing gang, they had shot off several charges before the accident. One charge, they told Brown, failed to ex plode, and Chambers walked over to re-load the hole. He took out the apparently Impotent dynamite and re-loaded the hole with new fuse, cap and dynamite, they explained. Then, as he was tamping down the dirt covering the new charge, It ex ploded, they dald. A possible explanation of the pre mature explosion advanced by wit nesses, who were about 55 feet dis tant, wa that Chambers, believing the cap on the first dynamite charge waa dead,-threw it back down , the hole before he re-loaded with new explosives. Witnesses were Roy Lock ard, Harry Herrlford, George Trefren and Pete Laugh! In. All were members of the blasting gang with Chambers. Exact location of the accident was on spur 8 of the Medford corpora tion railroad, three-fourtha of a mile from the Rancherla road. Office Notified Immediately following the explos ion. Jack Lorton, timekeeper at the corporation's Butte Falla camp, tele phone the Medford office, who noti fied the coroner's or flee. Chambers, with hie family, had lived in Butt Falla for many years and had been employed by the Med ford corporation for the past three years. He was married and the father of several children. He was- born in Medford In 1874. The body Is at Perl's funeral par lors. A complete obituary and funeral arrangements will be announced to- GRIFFITH TO TALK AT F E. J. Griffith of Portland, regional WPA administrator, will be guest speaker at a forum-luncheon to be given Jointly by the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce and the Rot nry club In the Hotel Medford at noon Tuesday, November 30. Mr Griffith confirmed acceptance of the Invitation to speak here In a tele gram today. It will be Mr. Griffith's first pub lic appearance In Medford and a large attendance Is anticipated. Those attending the luncheon will Include Mayor C. C. Furnas and other city and chamber of commerce officials who have regularly conferred with Mr. Griffith on WPA project here. The public la Invited to attend. The Rev. E. 8. Bartlam, president of the Rotary club, will conduct the regular weekly Rotary session Fred Heath. Jr- chairman of the chamber's committee on aviation and military affairs, will Introduce Mr. Griffith. Rubber Lung For Paralysis Victim NEW YORK. Not. 10. pw A "rub or Hint? to replace the "Iron lung" In which Fred Snlte. Jr., Infantile purs lysis victim, has lived for IB months, will be air-expressed to him in Miami tomorrow, a representative of Oeneral Rubber company said to day. Snlte. fttrlrkrn in China, traveled J to his father' home In Miami, en jraed in Hie irn lung, a device to force his breathing mechanically. '3rd fatality PORTLAND. Ore.. Nov. 10. IAP The 73rd traffic fatal l ty of trie rear, exceed in the 1038 mark oy one, claimed the life of Charlea H. Day. about 55. last night. He was struck flown at an Intersection. The victim ftn not a nromlnent Portland b.i.f inM nwn of the aame name. He Uta ouuida Uis cltj luxU., Eyston Boston Blue Law Bobs Up To Halt Sunday Pleasure BOSTON, Nov. 19. (AP) An old Massachusetts "blue law" bob bed up today to forbid all forms of entertainment other than sacred concerts on Sundays. The . Boston licensing board notified 350 : hotels, restaurants and clubs Attorney General Paul A. Dever had Interpreted the mea sure to bar orchestral or mechan ical music, floor ahows, singing and even radio programs. Audi ences aa well as performers were subject to fines. It said. L The JaekSon county budget for 1938. calling for a total on the levy of 382.655.15. was approved as print ed, at the public hearing held today tn the courthouse. The budget will be certified and turned over to the assessor the first of the week for extension on the tax rolls. The above amount Includes Interest on highway bonds, a sum not within the six per cent limitation. The total represents approximately a five per cent Increase over last year. For elementary schools, $55,000 Is allotted, and this is a mandatory appropriation. ' Ohief increases over last year are $11,000 for old age assistance, ft $2,000 increase for clerical help em ployed in the courthouse, and for general roads, which Includes the continuation of the oiling program, and road and bridge Improvements. The matter of whether the county would '. employ government hunters for the eradication of predatory ani mals as provided In the budget, or continue the bounty payment system was ordered left to the discretion of the county court. That body will made a decision soon, probably at the next regular session. The budget calls for $3000 for hunters, a saving of $1000 over the bounty system. A. W. Pipes, Medford, appeared at the hearing, and made a motion that all budget Items not mandatory, be cut ten per cent. The motion was defeated. In the neighborhood of 60 taxpay ers and others attended. A number of questions were ssked, but few protests were made. There were numerous expressions of commenda tion for the work of the county court imd the budget committee for their labora In preparing the document The budget committee was com posed of H. A. Thierolf. Medford, chairmsn. E. W. Carlton, Table Rock, secretary, and Fred Wagner, Ash land, and County Judge Earl B. Day, and Commissioners Ralph Billings. Ashlsnd, and Otto Caster, Phoenix. AUTO INVADES YARD; DRIVER FINED $25 Charged with reckless driving Ken neth Lee Conley. 3S. of M8 Pearl street, was fined 125 la city- oourt yesterday afternoon. City police. Mid tht Conley. erly yesterday morning, drove hl car Into the front yard of a home at 010 Eat Main street, knocked over a concrete bird bath and crashed through a lattice fence. Conley wns arrested by city police after he had driven his car off the lawn and parked It about a block away. Makes Greatest Land Speed Ever Attained by Man faplaln ficorjr rt(on, BrlMh lloitnriille ialt flat lodsi at the fUisitt, stlaijira 8 speed of 217.71 Thunders to New Worlds Speed FRANCE SMASHES 'HOODED ONES' AS CIVIL WAR THREAT Organization Capable of Na-tion-Wide Warfare Is Be .lief Raids Disclose Big Stocks of War Munitions PARIS. Nov. 13. (AP) Premier Camllte rhnii temps' Government won n sn.attih.jr vote of ronfl ' deuce from the chamber nf depu ties tnntsht on pledges to rrush arnird enemies with In France and to attempt to "limit" war abroad. The vote, 'unofficial, waa 380 to 110 In favor of "the cabinet. PARIS. Nov. 10. (AP) Premier Camllle Chautemps told parliament tonight Investigation of the secret gagoulard, hooded ones, organization had Implications of "terrible gravity." as the government smashed at what It believed to be one section of a powerful revolutionary organization capable of conducting nation-wide warfare. The premier said the government would ask parliament for special legislation authorizing vlgorom ac tion against the "hooded ones." Police moved quickly, cooperating with all ministries in an effort, to crush the armed, secret organization before it had opportunity to take action, . Disclosure of the existence of one secret group lost September led the government secret police to trsll the parent organization. Thla finally resulted In a raid on "armories" where large stores of am munition and arms, including bombs and anti-aircraft, anti-tank and even field guns, were seized. The main thing worrying the gov ernment was who were the financial and political backers of the organi zation. ... , The seriousness with which the government took the Investigation was shown by reinforcement of the guard around the various ministries. Armed 'mobile guardsmen atood at the doors tonight and watched care fully over all those who entered the offices." 4 The nation's voluntary unemploy ment census will be concluded to morrow, all returns to be in not later than midnight. Postal clerks who have been as sisting In filling out the question naires will remain on duty in the pew tof flee lobby tomorrow afternoon until 6 o'clock. It was announced by Postmaster Frank DeSouza. The youngest person seeking help In answering the questionnaire has been a boy 1 yeara old, Mr. DeSousa said. The oldeet person has been a man 90 yenrs old and the oldest wo man 85. he stated. The census here has been progres sing satisfactorily, with returns being made promptly, the postmaster stated. , Ratn In linker BAKER, Ore., Nov.- 19. fAPj A steady, driving rein continued to fall In Baker this afternoon with the possibility of a let-up remote. Weath er bureau offlcleJs stated that more than half an Inch of rein had fallen In the 12 hnnrs prior to I p. m. p-'trttnnn, ninn nhovf ultM It I fiittent unftd eier nllnlnnl n land miles (ret tiyyr. t4 F. I'lwtaj. Average Turkey Big Enough For Over Ten Diners WASHINGTON. Nov. 19. (AP) The average Thanksgiving tur key la big enongh to serve ten persons and give them all second helpings, the agriculture depart ment said today. The department added apologet ically it has not yet attained Its goal of producing a strain of smaller-bodted turkeys. Just large enough to feed the average Ameri can family of four. A more plentiful supply of grain was held responsible for a slight Increase In the size as compared with last year. ' ON DEATH LIST IS INT MINNEAPOLIS. Minn., Nov. 10. (AP) Spurred by rewards of $11,000 and aroused by reports that four other labor leaders were marked for death, Investigators delved Into union activities today for a solution to the ambush slaying of Patrick J. Corco ran. Police questioned two Chicago men at an undisclosed place In North Minneapolis. The men were describ ed as the two with whom Patrick Corcoran, Jr., said hla father fought at union headquarters early Sunday; Mayor .George E, Leach tnrftv all, the facilities of the police depart ment Into the search for the slayers who felled the 45-yeer-oId A. P of L. unionist with a pistol bullet near hla home Wednesday night. Corcoran was chairman of the North Central Drivers'' coUnMI. cov ering five atates, and waa active In A. F. of L, unions here. Alderman A. O. Best Is aatd he had heard reports that an official and three organizers of the' General Driv ers' union were on the death list headed by Corcoran. He said they were Bill Brown, and the three Dunn brothers. Miles, Vincent and Grant. Hllllard and William Smith, two organizers for the United Electrical, Radio and Machine Workers, a C. I. O. affiliate, charged in a letter to Mayor Leach that gangsters and racketeers had pentrsted city labor organizations. They an Id they had Informed Mayor Leach last July that a "dangerous situation" existed. Mayor Leach declined to comment on the letter but said "we Intend to re move this blot and bring ths crimi nals to speedy Justice." He lnvltrd "every citizen to bring any rumors or any clues, no matter how seem ingly small, to the police department or myself." 123 Known Dead In Manila Storm MANILA, Nov. 19. (AP) The Phil ippines worst typhoon in a quarter century continued to ravage the cen tral Hlnoda tonight, - with Incom plete reports from devastated regions fhowing 133 known dead and $4,000, 000 damage. Many centers were at 111 unheard from because of disrupted communi cations. The greatest loss of life was by drowning at sea. Small boats caught in the hundred-mile hurricane last 05 crew members and passengers, in cluding 2.1 Jnpsnese fishermen. Beaver-Cougar Tilt On Radio Saturday The Oregon State College-Washing, ton State football game at Corvallls will be broadcast Saturday by KMED Mnrting at 1 :45 p. m. "ThumVrlmlt. 1M-rlindr racing Riant, fn whltJi he p1 vut the hy man. The 8,100 horsepower machine, belching firs front, four ' SPURN UNION PLEA TO QUIHIT-DOWN Head of Local Points Out Strike Is Unauthorized Refuses to Turn Over Strike Fund to Members PONTIAC. Mich.. Nov. 10. (A1) The Ponttac local of the United Auto mobile Workers of America thunder ed Its rejection of a plea from the International union to abandon It sit- down strike, which left 14.721 men Idle In the plant of the Fisher Body corporation here early today. ' In a tumultuous meeting which began last night and continued near ly six hours, the auto workers voted by acclamation to proceed with the strike after Fred Pleper, a member of the International executive board. urged them to return to work. Dorr V. Mitchell, president of the local, Joined with Pleper in asking the men to discontinue the strike. which bepnn Wednesday night. Mitchell said the sit-down was "un authorized" and declined to turn over to the members the local's strike fund, which Is controlled by local union offlcera. The 2,000 members at the meeting had voted to use the fund for the men who have held the body plant two daya and nights. Pteper. sent here by the Interna tional union to ask the men to call off the strike, laid ha would return to the, DetroUsheadquftrters and. that International oft Jeer would Issue statement later. Both the U.A.W.A. and General Mo tors professed Ignorance of plans to negotiate a aettlerrient. WAS H I N G TON. Nov. 19. (AP) President Roocevelt asked the fed eral trade commission today to In vestigate and report as soon as pos sible on reports of ft "marked In crease" in living coats attributable In part to "monopolistic practices acd other unwholesome methods of competition." The president addressed a letter to Chairman Ayres of the commission, saying hla attention had been di rected to reports of ft large Increase in living coata thla year as compared with recent yeara. The president said the Increases were attributable In part, according to the reports reaching him, to monopolistic practteea and other methods Interfering with free com petition. He asked the commission for the facts after an Investigation Into such alleged practices and methods. He requested the report be made to him as early as practicable. PHILLIPS FREE TO WAIT ACTION OF GRAND JURY Lester Phillip, of Phoenli, chareed In a complaint alaned by his wife "with threatening the commission of a felony." waived preliminary hear ing In Justice court yesterday after noon to await grend Jury action. Phillips mis allowed to go on his own recognizance to appenr when called. The complaint allege Phillips last Monday threatened hla wife with borfllv harm. Mistaken Hunters Riddle Automobile During Deer Hunt SALEM. Nov. 19. (AP) Ernest Neal pleaded guilty In a Stay ton Justice court to a charge of de struction of property and cleared the mystery of a bullet-riddled car found on the Elkhorn road October 4. Clifford Kelly pleaded similarly. Hla $350 fine waa suspended when he paid coats and a portion of the damage. The men, both of Sllverton, were quoted as explaining they mistook the car for a deer when Its lamps reflected their own automobile lighta. - REQUIRED DESPITE LABOR PICKETING SALEM, Nov. t9. (API Truck operators under state permits must make deliveries to all places of busi ness regardless of whether they are picketed, Public Utilities Commis sioner N. G. Wallace ruled today. He ordered the Bllver Wheel Motor Freight, Inc., to make deliveries to F. H. Chatas and R. J. Nlcol, opera tors of a picketed Salem restaurant. Drivers of the freight company had re fused to make deliveries because of fear of reprisals from their union. Wallace held refusal of a common carrier to carry out Its contracts "cannot be excused for the reason trrata strike would extend to Its operations. f "The praoUces and services of the freight company In refusing to com plete deliveries to the restaurant firm are unreasonable, unfair, unduly dis criminate, preferential and prejudi cial to the restaurant firm, "It Is found that no riot or strike existed 'at the restaurant, no threats of violence, nor Intimidation offered by the ssld picket to the drivers and helpers, of the freight company, and such picketing does not relieve the freight company of Its duty to the restaurant and the general public under the conditions of Its permit and Its tariff." Wallace did not rule on the ques tion of whether a truck driver would have to make delivery If a strike or riot existed, but he Implied that the driver would not. EARLY YULE TRADE UPS RETAIL SALES NEW YORK, Nov. 10. (AP) He tall trade for the country as a whole this week edged one to three per cent above last week, but clearance sales and early Christmas shoppers were responsible for the betterment, Dun & Brad street reported today. In many centers, volume dipped. "Rising unemployment and re stricted consumer buying," coupled with "spread of uncertainty" regard ing the Industrial outlook, crowded briskness from most trade channeia, the credit agency said. Despite a duller pace, retail sslea for the country held 8 to 13 per cent sbovs the corresponding period a year ago. Fear Moving Bluff Will Drop On Road LOS ANGELES, Nov. 10. -(AP) Fear that an overdue rain might cause the "moving bluff" of .Elysian park to come crashing down Into nearby Riverside drive, caused city officials to keep half the drive roped off from traffic today. Warning was given that neighbor hood residences and business bouses remain occupied at "great risk Salem Burglaries Cleared By Arrest SALEM, Nov. 10. (AP) Recent burglsry of Salem high school, two grade schools, several residences, an apartment house and several auto mobile prowls were cleared up last night when Sslem police took into custody two yeu tha, one of them deaf and dumb. For the reason that both are juveniles their names were with held from publication, 500,000. POUNDS TURKS IN THANKSGIVING DEAL SALEM, Not. 10. (AP) Close of th. Thanksgiving season will see mors than half a million pounds of turkeys shipped to California and eastern markets, dealers estimated. A Christmas trade of doubls th Record GIGANTIC MACHINE GOES 317.74 M.P.H. OVER SALT PLATS Sir Malcolm Campbell's Mark Exceeded by Wide Margin Seven-Ton Automobile Performs Without Hitch BONNEVILLE SALT FLATS. TJtAh, Nov. 10. (AP) Copt. George Eyston of England today set a new world's land speed record of 311.4a miles per hour. "The genial captain from London flashed through the mile and back again In "Thunderbolt," a 34-syllnder racing giant, for an average of 11. M seconda. Eystorfs speed, the fastest man has evet traveled In an automobile, ex ceeded Sir Malcolm Campbell's rec ord of 801.1303 miles per hour by a wide margin. Campbell's mark, which withstood two previous assaults .by Eyston. was achieved here In September, 193S. Goea 317.74 M. P. H. Eyston, a thin, scholarly man of 40 who retired from ths British' army aeveral yeara ago, slipped the north ' ward mile In 11.70 seconds for aa average speed of 306.34 miles per hour and then sped back in 11.33 seconds for an almost unbelievable mark of 317.74 miles per hour. Campbell, on the outward run. was clocked at 11 83 seconds for 3 04 .ail miles per hour and at 13.48 seconds for 398.018 miles per hour on the return- trip. T.v ,-- .. ;-v t Eyston also shattered the kilometer record of 370.18 miles per hour es tablished at Dayton a Beach, Pla. (Continued on page eight.) MOlMiERI TO 18 10 MEDFORDITE SALEM, Kot. IB. im H. L. Me Cabs,' Portland, received lS3o auto mobile license plates No. 1 to tha drawing In the secretary of state's office todny. More than 18.000 per sons sought the first 100 preferred numoers. No. 3 went to A. F. Johnson, Wamle, Waaco county, while Joe Deetafano and Mrs. Charles Poole, both of Port land, received 3 and 4, respectively. Irene Ritchie and R. H. Heustls, both of Eugene, won S and 6. re spectively, while lucky 7 went to Frank H. Smith of Corvsllts. Unlucky 13 went to P. M. Chalmor, Portland, while 33. considered equally unlucky, went to Francis D. uant of Portland. Others receiving low numbers In cluded: Merrill M. and Mai B. Ove- son, Moro, S; Alvln F. Nlcholeen, As toria, 9; Reuben Scouton. Oregon City. 10; M. J. Abbott, Forest Drove, t; Roy Wheeler. Klamath Falls, 18; w. D. Hails. Medford, 18: R. E. Qreen, Pendleton, 10; Daphne 0. Bsum, Sa lem, 30: Sidney L. Adams, Baker, 31; 0. O. Bock. Portland, 33: Mrs. Roy E. Nelson. Portland, 35: J. W. Markham. Eugene, 80; Warren Oalre, Prlnevtlle, 78: A. T. Hawklnson, Portland, too. Governor Martin again will will re ceive his favorite number, 111-111. Damage By Wind Reported Slight Heavy winds last night snd this morning did only minor dsmsge, so- cording to reports available here this afternoon. A telephone pole on Pesch street and another In the country were blown over, It was reported. A guy pole supporting an elsctrla light pole on West Msln street also wss blown down. There was no Interruption In either telephone or electric service, the companies ssld. WOMAN ACHIEVES WISH FOR CENTURY OF LIFE PORTLAND, NOT. 10. (P) Mrs. Lydla Pate, who hoped to live 100 years, died today, her wish fulfilled. She waa 103. She was bora In Flngal, Canada, and came to Oregon In 1001. Until shortly before her death, she attend ed a garden and did much of her own housekeeping. Until she was SO. she lived alone, her husband bar ing died In 1000. " Albany Clerlo Leaving ALBANY, Ore., Not. 10. (AP) The Rev. J. B. Patterson, for seven years psstor of th United Presbyterian ehiirch. resigned today to occupy th UJlt llr Diego cburcJjk f
