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ITT The Weather Inexpensive Just how could yon rurh 7,non home for S5o If It were not for the clarified paga In thlt newspaper? A 12-word Adv. one Issue It 25c, Effec tive yet Inexpensive, Forecast: Showers tonight and Wednesday) moderate tem perature. Temperaturet . Highest jesterday .. 66 Lowest this morning.......... 45 Precipitation la.-t St lirit .16 Tribune EDFORD Full Associated Prest Fu' .ted Press Thirty-Second Year MEDFOKD, OREGON, TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 23, 1937. No. 211. B AffMnnn raiGAip mm vuuilil m M an w V llfuli The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kinter Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. ADVISERS SCRIMMAGING OVER VTIMTIES POLICY LEFT-WINGERS DOI'tlT tX'RTHER COMPROMISE MOVE MODERATES OFFER PLAN FOB PERMANENT PEACE DEATH SENTENCE ti.ALSE HELD 1CE TO RE MOIIIFIKD WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. A Wild acrlramage for access to the presi dent's ear In the matter of ultilltles policy la now In progress at the White House a scrimmage which is likely to prove one of the most im portant In all the troubled history of New Deal palace politics, for the whole administration approach to the present depression Is likely to depend on Its Issue. The very ark of the covenant ot the New Deal, the president's ag gressive attitude toward the utilities, li Involved In the scrimmage. The question Is whether or not to coun teract the panic terror now pervad ing American business by making concessions to the utilities. If the president's moderate advisers are suc cessful In obtaining concessions on this point, conservatism and the conciliation of business wilt be the keynotes of the vital next months. If the left-wingers In his circle con tinue as triumphantly persuasive as they have been hitherto, little notice will be taken of the, depression's ad vance unless It grows so bad that a vast spending program Is Inevit able. Entertainingly enough, if the left wingers are victorious, they will have to thank for their victory the same nine elderly gentlemen In whose elf -reversal last spring they aaw such calculated wickedness. Their leading argument la that, since the supreme court Is now friendly to the New Deal, concessions must not be made to the utilities until the justices have dealt the administra tion three aces by sustaining the holding -company law and the TV A and PWA programs. The left-wingers around the presi dent do not subscribe very heartily to the theory that changes In public psychology are effective in lighting depressions. They do not believe that, even if concessions are made to them and their future Is assured, the utilities will respond by pouring much more money Into construction work than the $400,000,000 odd they pent on It In the past year. More over, the elaborate regulative cornet which the federal government nas built around the utility business Is almost entirely the handiwork of tne president's left-wing advisers. These three factors account for their ener getic opposition to concessions on the utility front, and for the vio lence of the White House scrimmage. According to the left-wingers, the president's recent offer to make peace with the utilities. In return for their voluntary acceptance of new rates based on the prudent Investment value of their properties, is a cheer ful sham. They will tell you that most of the utilities systems are top-heavily organized, that they could not get along with rates recalculated (Continued on Page Bight ) PORTLAND, Nov. 21. (API The Monday corn cert of the . Portland symphony orchestra will be high lighted by the appearance of Rudolf Serkln, noted European and New York philharmonic symphony pianist. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERB Al Stewart smiling benevolently on account of his marketed turkeys bringing a good price end reducing the cost of feeding his remaining 3500 birds to $65 a day. Francis Byrne mtkinff a strenuous search for an old college mste he heard was In town somewhere. Publicity Aeent Arrow Richie seek ing a news tlem on an as'.rolccrr't lecture, se having the touch as aliment of trying to convince cyni cal newsmen. J. E. Crawford naving a gcod time cheering the raslln meanies when everyone else was agin m. John Sosa. contract brlrise expert, explaining that while his list nome was Spanish nil firat n;ur was American because fce was bora in Vcv York, v BOARD OFFICIALS TOLD 10 ACT IN Executive Points Out Lum ber Industry Paralyzed by Union Dispute Em ployers Eager to Operate SALEM. Nov. 33. (AP) Governor Martin demanded today that the na tional labor relations board to take "immediate action" in settling the Portland sawmill dispute. At a three-hour conference behind closed doors with Charles W. Hope, regional director of the board, and E. J. Eagen. board attorney, the gov ernor said he expected the board to take "Immediate action In settling the dispute between opposing labor factions." Hue to Union Row The Portland sawmills have been closed by a Jurisdictional dispute be tween the American Federation of La bor and the Committee for Indus trial Organization. Today's conference virtually ended Hope's resurvey of the dispute, or dered by the labor board after Mayor Joseph K. Carson of Portland told the board to "take action or get out of the picture, so municipal authori ties can settle It." Neither Hope nor the governor would comment on the success of today's conference. The governor. In a prepared state ment, said he pointed out to Hope that since August 14 "the lumber In dustry of Oregon, centered In Port land, which produces 65 per cent of our payroll haa been completely par alyzed. Employers Hamstrung "The employe have at any and all times stood ready to operate their plants during this long period. On the other hand, opposing labor fac tions Involved show no disposition to settle these Jurisdictional disputes between themselves. "The present crisis is bringing about the ruin of the economic struc ture of the state and the threat ened relief burdens, which the tax payers might be unable to meet, are such that there must be no further delay." Hope, also In a prepared state ment, said he had "Impressed upon the board the seriousness of the sit uation and expects to receive Imme diate Instructions." Others attending the conference were Wallace Wharton, state budget director; C. H. Gram, atate labor commissioner, and Ralph E. Moody, assistant state attorney general. FA IS TRAGEDY CAUSE LONDON. Nov. 23. (AP) A for mer army officer, maddened by the gathering darkness of total blindness, shot his sleeping sister dead wito bullets through her ''beautiful eyes" today, then ended his own lire by slashing his throat with a razor. Dr. John Horace Dancy, husbana of the victim of the shooting, Dr. Naomi Dancy, 49, baby specialist rushed to the bedroom scene of the tragedy and barely missed bullets fired from a pistol In the hands ot Maurice Tribe, 43, an Invalid former officer. The husband's 70-year-old mother, also a physician, said Tribe, embit tered by railing sight In his one I pood eye. shouted- to his sister. 'you've beautiful eyes," then slew ' her. J The double killing occurred in the j Dancy austere red and white brick mansion in the sylvan suburb ot j Richmond on the Thames. t Dr. Naomi Dancy had dressed ner j brother's injured knee and had lain ' down for a nap when he entered her ! room. Her husband escaped bullets aimed at him by switching off the : lights when he ran Into the room. ED FOR GRAND JURY IN CAR LARCENY CASE H. P. Bailey. Medford. charged with larceny by bailee In a complaint signed by O. V. Myers, waived a pre liminary hearing In Justice court this morning and was ordered held to await a--tion of the grand Jury Bonds were set at 11000. Bail-y tlleMly took an auto from Skinner s carare for a trial and drove it extensively before being arrested by city -police last night. Chester Brown, charged with driv ing an auto while under the Influ ence of Intoxicating liquor, in s complaint signed oy the city pollc! i enu red a plea of not guilty. He aa ivn until tomorrow morn In to j ;rocura an aikoxjM. Heavy Early Ritord snowfalls lor the farly Srason threw a heavy blanket over Washington and portions of oilier northwest slates, tied up traffic ana raused at least three deaths. This snow plow Is shown clearing otf the Mt. Baker highway on which some 14 Inches of snow fell. Roosevelt Calls Advisers To Help in Finding Cure For Business Depression . . - ' - ' 'J WASHINGTON, Nov. 98. (AP) President Roosevelt called 1n some of his . political advisers today to dlseuss ways the government can aid business. Secretary Morgenthau and Undersecretary Maglll, treasury tax expert, were summoned first for a conference on latest treasury studies of taxes. Chairman w. Averell Harrlman of Secretary Roper'a buslneas advisory council, followed the treasury offl ctals to the White House. A third conference was with Ed ward P. McGrady. director of labor relations for the Radio Corporation of America and former assistant la bor secretary. The afternoon was allotted to con ferences looking to a settlement of a long-standing controversy between the administration and private pow er. Wendell L. Wlllkle, president of the Commonwealth and Southern Cor poration, a private utility operating largely In the south, was the first of several utility managers called to the president's study. Ftank R. McNinch, former chairman of the federal power commission, was down for a conference before the Wlllkle Interview, but waa expected to remain for It. The president received all his call ers In his study, where he Is recup erating from the effects of an In fected tooth, extracted last week. His physicians said his tempera ture waa norma, but there was still some drainage from the Jaw socket. Speculation developed In some ad ministration quarters that Joseph P. Kennedy, chairman of the maritime commission and former head of the securities commission, eventually might be asked to arrange a peace agreement between the utilities and the administration. Senator Vandenberg of Michigan, who has been mentioned as a pos sible Republican presidential candi date In 1940, haa suggested a ten point economic program which he aald would "give honest business a chance to create stable prosperity." The proposals, made In a nation wide radio broadcast last night, were: End buslneas distrust of govern ment, speed up balancing of the budget, substitute "incentive taxa tion" for the "punitive brand," amend the social security set and the Wag ner labor relations art, abandon the wage-hour bill, curtail the president's "executive despotism," give relief to farmers "without bureaucratic con trols." adopt on "Insulating neutral ity, and abandon "all autl consti tutional activities and intrigues.'' Santiam Crossing Closed for Winter 6ALEM, Nov. 93 (API The' coun ty court ordered the north Santiam highway over the Cascades cloeo for the winter today because of snow. Te route over M-nri Pass, from Eugene to Bnd. remained the only open trans-mountain route. NEW YORK. Nov. 23-1 API Hoi come Ward of New York virtually was asured a second term as presi dent of the United States Lawn Tennis association when he and his fellow officers wrc screed upon by the nonitnstlny ro:rmHee today lor Snows Blanket Northwest OF STANDARD OIL CO. COLON, Csnal Zone, Nor 33. (AP) Kenneth R. Kingsbury, presl dent of the Standard Oil Company of California, is dead, Kingsbury, who was on a vacation cruise to Havana, died suddenly last night aboard the Grace liner Santa Pauls as the ship passed through the Panama csnal. He waa 61 years old. The ship's doctor aald Klngebury's death probably wa due to heart fall ure. The oil company executive was ac companied on his trip by A. B Swln. nerton. San Francisco contractor. They left San Francisco a week ago and planned to spend three dsys In Havana -before starting back to Cali fornia, Arrangements were being completed today to have the body of the San Francisco buslneas and civic leader flown back to the California city. Kingsbury la survived by his widow, Mary Bell. Kingsbury started his career with re Standard Oil company In Penn sylvania as a pipe checker and fire-, man December 37, 1897. In 1B1B he became the youngest president In the group of the world's large oil corporations. He waa born In Columbus. Ohio, In 1878, and waa graduated from Princeton In 1896 and took year's post graduate work In mining en gineering at Columbia unlverrlty. KANKAKEE, til., Nov. 31 . IIP, While his dance band continued Its one-night stands, Don Bestor's en gsgement at the county Jail was ex tended another day aa he soueht the 15.000 bond needed to effect his re lease. HI divorced wife. Mrs. H.ttle B-s-tor Catton. had htm arrested Sunday becauae, ahe aald, he was In arrears on support for their son. A court order required Beater to pay toOO by December 13 and ll.aoo more by December, 1PS8. for 16-year-old Bartley Beetor. PORTLAND. Nov. 33. (API Yeah. you can hunt paeons In Portland. 1 and without breaking a law. I Police lnveettgated a man stalking j ihe birds In a residential district. He ! paid hi family t,a hungry. o titey wiM ed htm !u k after Inr-r,- !lu 1V , f U wa beta sillV. j y " H HH Kf CATTLE SAVED FROM OOLD BEACH, Not. 33. (AP) Mrs. Dorothy Knox, wife of County Agent Ft. M. Knox, literally saved the family bacon, only the bacon, this time, was beef. Torrential rains, bringing the Rogue river up more than a foot an hcur. Isolated 33 head of white faced. ex-Montana drought cattle which Knox brought from their parched ranges to prime for market on bot-' torn lands. Knox, not dreaming of their pre dicament, waa away on business. Mrs. Knox had an anxious eye on the river and finally In the down pour, set out with George Thornton, an experienced river boatman, and a crew of men to rescue the herd. After about five hours of wallowing In the muddy and rapidly flowing torrent, they succeeded In heading the herd across one of the swift deep channels to higher ground. Just aa darkness and the lowering clouds obscured the scene, all 33 of the prime stock could be seen hud dled, dripping and panting, on high ground and Mrs. Knox returned home, elated. The bottom from which the animals were saved soon became a flood swiftly bearing tree trunks and flotaam toward the angry break ers on the Rogue bar. POLICE EXPLORE COTY'S CHATEAU PARIS. Nov. 23 (ypi Secret pas sageways and subterranean rooms In a chateau owned by the late Francois Coty, perfume manufacturer, were ex plored today by Burete Natlonale agents Investigating a suspected revo lutionary plot against Prance. The Burete began 1U investigation of the chateau, on the outskirts of perls, Just before Marx Dormoy, min ister of the Interior, told the cabinet Important document had been selred In another raid by Sure to agents. After Inspecting the mane of secret passages and underground room constructed by Coty a few years be fore his death In 1034, Inspector Mar cel Slcot said no arms had been found. The chateau la still owned by the City ramlly, but there waa no one on the premises except three care takers. Pear Markets CHICAOO. Nov. 93. (AP-UPDA) Pear auction: No csrlot arrivals. Six on track, two sold. Oregon Rose, 719 boxes extra fai.cy 10 -1.8V average 169. NEW YORK. Nov. 23. (AP-UBDAI Pear -auction: Eleven cars arrived; one California, one New York. 14 Oregon, three Washington unloaded: 17 on track. , Oregon Rose, 5,760 boxes No, 1, 131-3 34. rverae 2 14. Anjouit. 720 boxes unclawUlcd 1.76- IS HELD IN MURDER OF SERVANT GIRL Horribly Mutilated Body of 19-Year-old Maid Found by Officers in Sand Grave Near Socorro, New Mexico SOCORRO. N. M., Nov. 33. (API ! W. B. Cassldy, 43-yee.r-old Socorro business man, was charged with first degree murder today and spirited out of town less than 13 hours after the discovery of the horribly mutilated body of Rose Garcia. 19, an employe. In a sand grave north of here. A crowd estimated by sheriff's dep uties at 350 massed grimly In front of the court house this morning as word of the case leaked out The crowd dispersed after hearing Cassldy was no longer In Socorro. The body of the Cassldy girl, who had been a servant In the Cassldy home for five months, was found in a shallow grnve near the Rio Salado. 17 miles north of here. She had been shot and horribly mutilated with a penknife, Sheriff Prank Noblock an nounced. (J rilled All Night Cassldy, after an all-night grilling, was taken unannounced to the coun ty seat of Los Lunas, In Valencia county, shortly after a coroner's Jury In Socorro county returned verdict of death at the handa of an unknown person, A warrant charging flrat degree murder was signed later, however, by Sergeant Joe T. Roach of the Now Mexico atate police, and CesMdy was taken to the neighboring county. A preliminary hearing on the charge was arranged Immediately4 In Los Lunaa. The removal from Socorro to Va lencia counties, sheriff's deputies mid, was made because the body of (Continued on Page Nine.) ANTKPiCKET SIGNERS RtJOENE, Not. 33. (AP) The Eu gene -central labor council Monday night decided against boycott action of antl-plcketing petition signers, heard teamster union officials de clare they will oppose attempts to force them to pass picket lines and declared unions would abide by law only so lonjt as their opponents would allow them to. Meeting in their regular session, the council turned thumbs down on an, anticipated boycott action against fl0 Eugene merchants and businessmen who signed a petition urging the city council to paas an antl-plcketlng ordinance. Instead. 'tne council voted to print and distribute to rank and file A PL union mem bers copies of the petition, signatures and all. "No boycott has been placed on anyone because they signed the peti tion," said Hugh Reynolds, secre tary of the council. "Wo will print copies of the document, give them out and leave It up to the Indi vidual members," RENO, Nev., Nov, 33. (AP) Cap taln Tfayard Taylor Bulmor, 80, re ttred United States naval oflcr nnd formerly manager of the Mare Island, Calif., and Portsmouth, N, H., navy yards, died suddenly of a heart sllment here last night, following a brief Illness. Captain Bulmer retired from the service about two years ago. Stability of Agriculture Is Major Need- Wallace WICHITA. Kas., Nov, 33. (AP) American sgrlculture must establish Its stability, Secretary Wallace de clared today, or again become the nation's "forgotten Industry" and carry the country back to another depression. Addressing a group of Kansas wr.cat producers, he proposed a six point farm program. In Washington the senate was beginning delibera tions on a crop control bill. The present campaign for farm relief la a renewal of the old battle of "equality for agriculture," Wal lace said. "Temporarily, perhaps, the nation can get along with farmers Ilka serfs or peons supplying cheap food and cheap fiber for cheaply-paid labot in the cities." Wallace said. 'But such a policy never has led and in the end never will lead to any tin nr. except disaster. To adopt such a policy now would be to invite an other emaxhtip." Roosevelt Chided On Poor Grammar Blames Newsmen WASHINGTON. Nov. 33. (AP) President Roosevelt refused to day to concede he used bad gram mar. Shown an open 'etter by Prof. Janet R. Aiken of Columbia university questioning his gram mar in recent speeches, the presi dent smilingly blamed newsmen who reported his extemporaneous remarks. Professor Aiken quoted the president aa saying at Cheyenne, Wyd.s "Engineers are human Just like I am." At Boise, Idaho, she said Mr. Roosevelt let go this one: "Just like the plain folks, like all of us are." A check of the official steno graph' transcripts of those speeches (carried textually In the press) showed Professor Aiken quoted the president correctly at Cheyenne, but had one too many "likes" for Boise. The transcript noted the presi dent said "Just like the plain folks we, all of us. are. In her letter, Dr. Aiken wanted to know: "Did you learn how to use 'like' that way at Groton or Harvard or s-liere?" MOVES TO AVOID FEDERAL CONTROL NEW YORK, Nov. 23. (yp) Stone & Webster, Inc., a leading public uttlly combination, moved today to divest Itself of direct holdings In power operating units to avoid des Urnatlon as a holding company sub ject to federal control, Directors voted for distribution to abareholders of the top company Its major holdings In the Englneera Pub lic Service Co., a large Intermediate holding company controlling operat ing properties In 12 states, principal ly In the south, the middle-west and northwest. They also proposed dis tribution of holdings In the Sierra Pacific Power Co. First Major More. In utility circles the stone A Web ster plan was described as the flrat by a major power combine for sepa ration of operating properties alnce federal control became effective two years ago. A meeting of Stone 4t Webster stockholders was called for December 16 to consider recommendations of the board. Officials said the move was aimed to free Stone .te Webster from finan cial control of Its utility interests which would have brought it under regulations of the 1939 utility hold ing company act. Lawyers for the company. It waa paid, had exprcised opinion the dis tribution would take Stone Ac Web ster out of the power holding com pany claaa and permit It to concen trate on allied activities In engineer ing and construction. Investment banking and servicing fields, Includ ing development of new enterprise. Organized In 1939.. Stone U Webster waa organized In 1939 as an outcome of the Stone & Webster engineering and other enter prises, started aa partnership In 1689. The plan calls for a pro rate dis tribution of four-fifths of a share of Englneera Public Service common stock and one-tenth of a share of Sierra Pacific Power for each share of Stone it Webster held aa of De cember 3. PORTLAND, NOV. 33. (AP) A. 0. Oago. 87, editor of the Spectator and for 32 years publisher of the Angora Goat Journal, died from a heart at tack today. His widow and two daughters survive. Wallace was simitar In many respects to the bill submitted yesterday by th4 senate agriculture committee. 1. Planning a wheat crop whlco would allow for an exportable sur plus to gtve fsrmers their share of the world market, 9. Establishing "acreage goals" in line with sound soil conservation and the needs of the domestic and for eign markets. 8. Establishing "acreage goals" in Hue with sound soli conservation and the needs of the domeatle and foreign markets. S. Establishing the "ever-normal" granary to store reserve supplies against drought years. 4. Crop Insurance. ft. Retiring sub-marginal farm land now contributing to surpluses. 8. Price sdjustment psymenta to farmers financed by ' tariff -equal If ing." or processing tsxes. These principles were described by farm leaders as similar to the first agriculture adjustment act. witfl wnsioflj aba nnqinrtUftfltj . FILIBUSTER ENDED FOR SENATE WORK E Administration Leaders Abandon Hope of Getting Wage, Hour Bill Out of House Rules Committer WASHINGTON, Nov. 23. (AP) A resolution demanding Im mediate repeal of the tax on un distributed corporate earnings received a unanimous rote of ap proval today at a conference of 62 house Republicans. They acted a few hours ate a house tax subcommittee had decided tentatively on broad re vision of the levy. WASHINGTON. Nov. 23-(AP)- The senate went to work on long range farm legislation today afte sidetracking the antl-lynchlng bllL as it did so, administration leadens trying to push forward with thai president's program on another front abandoned hope of getting the wages and hours bill from the house rules committee. The committee hatf refused since last summer to let thd house consider the labor measure. During the day a house aub corn ml t tee agreed tentatively to a com plete revision of the corporate tax system. It would Increase abandon ment of undistributed profit levteel on corporations with Incomes of 2ft 000 or less, and modifications on in comes greater than that. Call Vp Farm Rill The farm bill, providing surplus crop control, waa called up In thai senate aa soon aa Senator Wagner (D., N. T.) withdraw his motion Vflj take up the antt-lynohing legislation, The latter measure has had the sen ate tied up In a filibuster. The action, however, merely de ferred the antl-lynchlng controversy to later date. VI oo President Game (Contluned on Page Seven.) D.A.1SSUES1N Operation of punchboards In Jack. son county will coma under an offl. clal nan and the operators will ba subject to prosecution under tha anti-lottery law, the district attor ney's office announced today. Deputy- District Attorney Oeom W. Nellson aald he had received nu mcroua complaints, along with que rlea, the past week, relative to legal, ty ot the punchboards. Nellson said they come under the provisions of the anti-lottery law. The sheriff's oh ' flee waa Instructed to notify estab tlsbmenta to remove the boards. Offtctsla state tha approach ot tbv holiday season had caused a num. ber of places to Install tha punch, boards, with prlzea running from cakes to high-powered rifles, and In. eluded candy and other merchandise. The punchboards staged a mild comeback locally with abolishment last August of plnbsll machines, bus until now did not come under offl. olal cognizance. The weather forecast was a familiar story today: showers tonight and to morrow. For IT successive days now thera has been some precipitation. On only four days this month so far has thera been no precipitation, weather bur eau records show. Total rainfall for tha month waa 5.47 Inches st 5 a. m, today, not tar short ot the record of 8 88 Inches for any full November established la 1936. The monthly rainfall so tar la 4.07 Inches above average. The rain in general la beneficial for farm lands, 0. B. Oordy, county horticulturallst, said. Ha sdded that there might be some erosion and fall seeding might ba delsyed somewhat but generally the rslns have been nelptul. A year ago fall seeding wsa delsyed by lack ot rain, Mr. Cordy recalled. Reroute Traffic On Coast Highway OOLD BEACH, Nov. S3. (API Reports here today said highway t rat tle had come to a standstill over tha Coqullle dike section of tha coast highway, necessitating a temporary routing of light vehicles via ths Ban- don terry because ot a storm which con II nurd today to pour heavy rslns on tha cosstk8eas were running high
