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The Weather Forecast : Occasional rain tonight and Thursday; moder ate temperature. Temperature: Highest yesterday - 68 Lowest tills morn I ns - 41 precipitation laat SI lire... .03 y Your Message Too Kill save lot of tin la getting what you want If 700 mil depend on the classified pace of this newspaper. Yonr message will ro Into approxi mately 7,000 hosnes. Trtbune FORD Full Associated Press -r United J?res Thirty-Second Year MEDPORD; OREGON, WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 24, 1937. No. 212. 1C Nl v ul Med rnn ?w Fd EL S mm la IUILUU U IS) The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kinter Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. Bl'SISESS DROP VI1ITPALLY CANCELS 2 YEARS GAINS FEDERAL RESERVE NUVK.MIIKK INDEX ESTIMATED IIEI.OtV lull FEDERAL DEFICIT SEEN OYER BILLION DOLLARS INCREASED RELIEF SI'ENIIINU DECLARED IIKIIII.V POSSIBLE WASHINGTON. Nov. 24 The No vember business Index, which the fed eral reserve board Is now compiling for December release, will show that, In the last twelve weeks, business has lost virtually Its entire gain since September, 1935. Unofficial but ex cellent estimates are that the Index will be several points below 100, and possibly below 05. Those unpleasant facts bring more sharply Into focus the depressing pic ture of the future which everyone has already vaguely but foreboding ly discerned. And they make It al most certain that one of the darkest areas In the whole cheerless pano rama Is the future of federal finance. The unpleasant truth Is that, unless the Almighty Interposes a special act of providence In favor of his own country, the net deficit, Instead of being Just under e.70,000,000, as It was last predicted by the White House, will go well over 1,000,000,000. Already, at . the treasury deport ment, the somewhat chastened ex perts are privately facing the unpal atable facta. They realize that, li the budget to be presented In January is to give a truthful resume of the actual state of affairs, the estimates of prospective revenues will have to be pared, and the estimates of pros pective expenditures handsomely In creased. Being budget-balancers al most to a man. the treasury financ ial experts are about as happy at the moment as so many cats on a grid dle, getting hotter every day. The chief threat of Increased ex penditures Is the obvious one. In creased unemployment. Complete Ilg ures are not yet available, but from all sections of the country comes word of plants closed or closing, bus iness evaporating. 10 and 20 and even 30 per cent below the level of last year, and order books blank for the future. The most optimistic proph ets In the WPA and other agencies which have to do with the problem believe that the winter recruitment to the rank of the Jobless will be 1.000.000 above seasonal. m Obviously, someone Is going to have r to feed the extra Americans who will be left without ordinary means of support. The ouly candidate for the Job appears to bo the WPA, for the states and cities are up to their necks in relief already and unable to do moru than they are doing now. The WPA'a present funds are en tirely Inadequate to take care of a depression total of unemployed. The 1.500,000.000 which congress i?ave Administrator Harry L. Hopkins last spring can last to June 30. as It Is supposed by law' to do, only If no more than ordinary seasonal Increase is made In the toad. ' The pressure for additional appro priations should become almost lr- (Continued on Page S'j ) Land llo! MIAMI. Pla., Nov. 24. iVP- Trop ical Radio reported todny it had lyen Informed by the S. S. Charges that the leaking British freighter Nolling ton Court had messaged she was in V.lght of Tortuga island off Haiti. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Vnraiur Murlnn Nnnee DasAlll2 out candy to the forest service gentlemen and cigars to the ladies, bo excited aa he over arrival of the first Nance offspring, a boy that bounced well over ten pounds on the doc's vales. And Dv Hmn OMieroff remain ing more collated at the arrival or his tlrst. keeping the distribution of mokes and sweets for the little girl straight. Numerous frlrtids wondering how Pov Craft could ! tn two fl-irr ' enoe, not inowli T'in Brother Ray as stalking the Mrdford countryside D'.ck Calder m-attlng patiently for the lady he hopes) who left some natty titwrt !n the pa t of flee lob by to claim miiie. EDISON COMPANY CHIEF ANNOUNCES EXPANSION PLANS I e Company to Expend $100,- 000,000 Within Next Two rears, Announced After White House Conference WASHINGTON, Nov. 34. (AP Floyd L. Carlisle, chairman of the Consolidated Edison congpany, report ed after a White House conference to day he was In substantial agreement . with President Roosevelt's power views and his company expected to cooperate In the new construction program by spending 9100.000,000 In the next two years. Carlisle gave added Indications of progress in the president's efforts to get private power utilities to meet what Mr. Roosevelt calls a crying need for expansion of that Industry to help the general business situa tion. Fears Lessened. "I think the fears of government competition are very much lessened by the discussions that have taken place," Carlisle told newsmen as he left a conference with the president. "I am not In dissent from the presi dent's general views In reference to the bals of rate-making. I am go ing back to New York with a study of the possibilities of Increased expan sion we can make In connection with the new national housing program. I expect this will be very substantial In nature. "Wo are going ahead with expan sion of generation and distribution and I am confident there will be mar kets for power to absorb that ex pansion,." Progress Seen. Mr. Roosevelt said late yesterday that his conversation with President Wendell L. Winkle of the Common wealth and Southern corporation had resulted In distinct progress toward settling differences between the gov ernment and private power Interests. Wlllklc's firm had split earlier this year with the Tennessee Valley Au thority over a contract arranging for private and public power agencies to operate side by aide. Yesterday's conversation, as outlin ed by the president to reporters, gave assurance to private Interests that federal power output In he future would hold to about the same pro portion some 10 percent which It now has to total production. Tills assurance was Interpreted In some quarters as a bid for the pri vate utilities to proceed with a huge const met I on program. Some officials have said more than $2,000,000,000 expansion work has been delayed by fear of further government competi tion. SLATED DECEMBER 1 The sawmill of the Medford Cor poration (Owen-Oregon Lumber com pany) will shut down December 1 and logging operations of the con cern In the Butte Falls district will ceaf-e about December 15. it was an nounced today by the mill superin tendent. The official said the period of the shutdown was Indefinite and depend ent on lumber market conditions, now sagging. Approximately 250 workers are concerned. Compulsory Crop Control Bill Completed for House WASHINGTON, Nov. 24. (AP) Chairman Smith I., S.C.) of the' senate ngrlrulture commit tee I n trod nerd today a bill pro viding for loan to farmers for planting lf38 crop. The loans would be limited to $400. WASHINGTON. No?. 24. (AP) The house agriculture committee completed today the draft of a com pulsory crop control bill for wheat, cotton, corn, tobacco and rice. Chairman Jones (D., Tex.) said he would Introduce ihe measure in the hcMiM this afternoon, adding. "I hop tl'at debute on the bill in te hour? may stsrt Monday." The final draft as agreed upon hy the committee Includes provis ions for continuation of present soil coiwrrvatlon practices and payments, with compulsory control obtained through' marketing quotas. And pn .ilty taxes for sale of production ibnve an individual quota. Asked to compare bis committee's vession of crop . control with that ! being debated In the senate, Jones ijnii;(l hit shoulders and a.d: r t mich better bill .hen Ui svote biU." "Kid" of Film Fame Weds u f " " Jackie Coogan. "The Rid" of Charlie Chaplin's famous film of the twenties, and his bride, Betty arable, movie starlet, leaving a Los An geles church under shower pi rtoe 'after, their marriage there. ' V . 3 TONS" OF TURKEYS NEED OF CCC CAMPS ON THANKSGIVING DAY More than three tons of Thanks giving turkeys, most of them from the Rogue River valley, will be con sumed ip CCO camps of the Medford district tomorrow. All camps will be on a special "turkey ration" for Thanksgiving, and about 6300 pounds of turkey have been ordered for the 34 camps of the district. With the turkey will be nerved 3500 pounds of sweet po tatoes, gallons of cranberry sauce, more gallons of olives, pickles, gib let gravy and other trimmings. Typical of menus being prepared In the camps Is the following selected at random from Co. 3878, Camp Sil ver Lake. In eastern Oregon: Cream of celery soup, olives, mixed pickles, roast young turkey with walnut and oyster dressing, cranberry sauce, glblet gravy, candled yams, green beans, buttered corn, fruit salad, hot rolls, butter, fruit je"y. cocoanut cream cake, drip cotfee. pumpkin pie, elder, cigars, cigar ettes, nuts and candy. Oregon Educator Pie. MILWAUKEE. Nov. 24. Pt Emory D. Roberts, 47, professor and head of the department of civil engineering at Marquette university, died last night. He was a native of Oresham, Ore., and a graduate of Oregon State college at Cor vail Is. On the senate floor Senator Pone (D., Idaho) traced through details of supreme court decisions to sup port his conclusion that the farm meanure pending In the senate Is constitutional. Senator Cope land (D., If, T.) and minority leader McNary (R., Ore.) Interrupted Pope to urge that the bill be amended to prevent ratmers from diverting wheat and corn acre age to dairy production. Because dairying was mentioned as one use for acreage taken out of corn and wheat production, ther contended, the measure threatened "new competition' for existing dairy Interests. Under the bill. MeNary said, the secretary of agriculture would have power to exand, or limit, ihe dairy industry. "I don't want anybody to hare that power." ha told the re n ate. McNary charged that the diversi fied farming lntert., of Oregon and California had not h'i a hetrlng in connection with the legislation. No effort was made by the agriculture committee, he asserted. ' to obtain the views of poultry producers, fruit end rritT-,hle farm!?, or ot'-er agri culture Interests Ln lb two stales. ERECTION STARTS ON CENTRAL AVE. Another unit in the growing sky line of Med ford ' business district was started yesterday when ground was broken for a modern, one-story market building to be erected on North Central avenue adjoining the City Mc3t market by J. E. TrcvorTOW, San Francisco real estate man and financier. Walter H. Leverette. Medford busi ness associate of Mr. Trevorrow, said the building would cost 15,000. It will be completed In about two months, Mr. Leverette said, and will be constructed of brick and concrete. It will be strictly modern in every re spect. Elmer Chlldcrs Is, the con tractor. Mr. Trevorrow. who has many holdings la Medford and southern Oregon, Is building the market as an investment, Mr. Leverette stated. Although space In the market has not yet been rented, Mr. Leverette said that several tenants were nego tiating for leases. The building will be 100 by 50 feet In dimension, with Its front entrances on North Central avenue and a rear entrance for delivery of merchandise facing the alley which runs north and south between Fifth and Sixth streets. The lot is at pres ent being used as a parking space. Mr. Leverette said that he and Mr. Trevorrow also planned to erect a buslnesa building on the 100 by 75? foot lot directly across the street in the near future- This lot is now being used as a parking space for the Economy (Jroceterla. MOTORIST HOST R03EBURO, Nov. 24. (AP) State poll'je today were seeking an uniden tified hitch hiker, about 25 years old. who was reported to have assaulted Sam Bolt, motorist of Sacramento, rear Canyon vllte last night. Bolt, who was knocked unconscious, when struck on the head with a whlakey bottle, was reported to be suffering fiom a gash in the scalp hut a not seriously hurt. 8 want Paul Par sons, stale police supervisor for the Roaeburg district, said. Boit, en route to Eugene, picked up the hitch hiker near Merced. Calif.. Parsons said he was Informed. Near the Alpine lodge, two mil's south of CanyonrtHe, last night the hitch hiker was reported to have suddenly selred a whiskey bottle and struck Bait on the head. Parsons said. The hiker, mho was driving. lost control Of ti enr, v.f nt tr.io th JIt'h rben be fJcd. fioit was not robbed. SAYS Y FORD Motor Magnate Insists Pres ent Recession Merely Pause Before Another CHmb; Recovery in 1938 Br DAVID J. WILKIK. DETROIT, IWrv. 24. (AP) Henry Ford, in an interview today, said that the present business recession Is "temporary and artificial." "No one," he said, "need look at next year with any uncertainty. The present slow-down Is not a set-back; It's the pause before another climb. Two things helped to bring It on Just now and one of them was tne uncertainty of business regarding po litical Interference, but congress is taking care of that. The other was the stock market fluctuation. Discounts Market. "Everybody knows the stock mar ket has no permanent effect on busi ness, but It does have an effect on tho state of mind of the American business man who plays the market. He often mistakes his personal de pression for a business depression. The stock market has no more real effect on American business than the results of a dog race In Cali fornia." A contributing factor to the pres ent "pause," Ford said , has been the fact that money too long has been a "principal commodity ot commerce." "Money," he said, "has become a business In Itself Instead of an ad junct to business. Money Is not wealth; wealth la what money buys. But that has been turned upside down. The present system has got ua twisted Into producing things to buy dollars " with, when what we need Is a money system that will produce dollars to buy goods with. Under the present system the tail wags the dog. Money Is Just part of sooiety's transportation system for moving goods from man to man; it breaks down so often that It la time our financial engineers developed a, better model." System Out of Date, The present money system as ex- j empllfled by those "who manipulate, It for profit," Ford said. Is entirely out of date, and Is In large meas ure responsible for recurring busi ness recessions. "It Is a system that seeks to control labor; wants to con trol government, finance, food, in dustry and even the schools. It mani fests an avarlclousness that would control everything." Ford explained that he had no overnight panacea for what ho term ed the out-moded money system. "But any system," be added, "that (Continued on Page Fire ) I FACES LIFE IN PEN FOR SLAYING WOMAN PITTS FIELD, III., Nov. 24. I AP) The Rev. C. E. Newton was con victed today of slaying a loyal church worker and the Jury fixea his punishment at life imprisonment. A verdict was reached in 6 hours and 52 minutes. Tho Missouri country preacher had pleaded he was the victim of cir cumstances In the brutal hammer- slaying last July of Mrs. Dennis Kelly, 45-year-old mother of Paris. Mo. "I'm not surprised at the verdict because of prejudice In this case," said the sleepy-eyed pastor calmly when his fate was declared long be fore dawn. "I Intend to ask for a new trial. I will carry thl to a higher court If necessary. The mlnlater admitted helping Mrs Kelly flee from her husband, a rural mail carrier, but declared she was alaln after he was abducted tno beaten on a lonely road by captors, among them Miss Hanan. Later h testified Miss Hanan told him "May Belle (Mrs. Kelly Is dead." Talent Cyclist Injured By Auto Junior Olah, 12-year-old TalenH youth, was struck while riding a bi cycle, by an automobile driven by Russell K. CrandMI of Medford, (short ly after noon today, etty police re port stated. The mlahap oeeu.Tfd In Talent, on the Pacific highway. The youngster was taken to hie home by Crandall where a physician was unable to Immediately determine the extent of Injuries, city police said However, It was believed the hoy was not badly Injured. EUOENE. Nov. 24.-VPf Emit F. Bender, 52. died yesterday from In juries suffered Sunday when the wairon he was driving was struck by so automobile oa toe 11 mire road. T Two Proposals Reported Discussed by Administra tion and Congress Heads Say Action Up to House WASHINGTON. Nov. 34. (AP) Administration offclals talked with congressional leaders today on the possibility of some quick, action to assure business of an eased tax bur den. Chairman Harrison, of the senate finance committee, who up to this morning was insistent that nothing could be done Immediately on the tax question, conferred with Marrlnei S. Eccles, chairman of the federal re serve board, and later with treasury officials. There were reports that two pro posals were discussed: One A simultaneous announce ment from President Roosevelt and congressonal leaders that business taxes would be revised. Second Quick action this session on the bill being framed by a house tax subcommittee to modify the cor porate surpua tax. Harrison said that the poaslbllty of action at the present special con gressional session, depended upon the house. Asserting that he favored quick re vision of the corporate taxes, he said his senate committee would work speedily once a measure was approv ed at the other end of the capltol. In some congressional quarters there was discussion of the possibil ity of speeding action on that part of the tax revision tentatively ap proved by the houso tubcommlttee, without waiting for completion of the bill on which the subcommittee Is working, dealing with other phases of taxation. The tax subcommittee yesterday approved tentatively a substitute for the bitterly criticized corporate sur plus tax law, which would leave only a trace of the theory of taxing undis tributed profits. The same subcommittee already has worked out a tentative proposal to ease the capital gains and losses tax, also the object of business criti cism. The house subcommittee, however, worked this morning on levies other than on corporations. While the tax subcommittee sur veyed "nuisance taxes" (hose on movies, cosmetics and the like tho senate heard an agriculture com mitteeman say the ponding farm bill waa constitutional. CHRYSLER CUTS DETROIT. Not. 24. ( AP) The Chrysler corporation notified Its em ployes today of a curtailment In em ployment, effective at once. All plants will be affected. A downward revision of produc tion schedules necessitated the re duction. There were reports that lay-oft notices were given to 25 percent of the employes but one corporation representative said the actual per centage was much smaller than that. No figure were made public The company has been employing be tween 50,000 and 00,000. Richard T. Frankensteen, assistant president of the b.A.TV.A., said that 0.000 Dodge Bros, employee were to be laid off. He said union members In the Dodge plant bad voted to ask the company to reduce the working week below 33 hours rather then lay off men. Brussels Parley Through, Admit Failure of Effort BtlUSSEIA. Nov. 34. (Pj The Brussels conference Indefinitely sus pended sessions today after adopting a report admitting failure to settle the C'hlneac-Japancso warfare. Italy vofd against the report, which provides fur efforts among the 10 participating government to find some new means of desllng with the problem. An Italian spokesmen reminded that Italy always contended the con ference could achieve no userul re sults. (Linked by an entl-comlntern acenrd with Japan, Italy opposed the report, which crltlclrea Japan's activ ity In China.) The government, participating In the conference were expected, howev er, lo continue con.uitstlotis atipng Uioouelve oa possible sjs of First Thanksgiving For Roosevelts In Executive M ansion WASHINOTON. Nov. 34. (A) Although President Roosevelt has been In office nearly five years, ho and Mrs. Roosevelt wtll eat their first Thanksgiving turkey In the White House tomorrow. Their customary holiday visit to the Warm Springs (Oa.) foun dation was postponed until the president recovers fully from a tooth infection. He missed Thanksgiving dinner at Warm Springs last year also, because he was en route to the Buenos Aires peace conference. The last minute change tn ar rangements found most of the Roosevelt children already engaged for the holiday, so there will be no family reunion at the White House. FEHL SUFFERING la a physician's oertlflcato filed today In circuit court, and signed by Dr. D. O. Berks., Dr. O. O. Sturdevant, and Henry H. Dixon, alienists, all of Portland, Earl H. Fehl, former county Judge of Jack son county, held In the county Jail on an Insanity complaint, ) alleged to be Insane and suffering -from paranoia. The certificate In a brief ium mnry and conclusions reads: "In our opinion Earl H. Fehl la suffering from paranoia and for this reason, as set forth In the physician's certificate, la Insane and In need of Institutional care for his .own protection and the protection 01 others." The physician's certificate and re port, signed by the throe alienists, was opened at noon by Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, in the presence of Attorneys for Fehi and Fred Kelly. The latter filed the Insanity com plaint. Tile court aet Wednosday, De cember 1, as data for the hearing. Tho alienist, hold a four-hour ex amination of Fehl In the county Jail last Saturday afternoon. The report further asserts, Fenl "has fixed Ideas relative to prose outory activities of former associates, which aro apparently definitely sys tematized." It la also alleged Fehl'i "Judg ment Is definitely Influenced by paranoid type of thinking." In a summary of n.e examination. It la recited that Fehl greeted the examiners cordially, exhibited no apprehension, auswored all questions readily, but with evasiveness In dis cussion of "a vast scheme In opera tion to destroy him." The complaint, signed by Kelly, alleges Fehl "to be an Insane per son and dangerous to be at large." WILL PLAY AT BALL Roberta Hamilton, plano-accordlon 1st, will be an added feature at the firemen's charity ball In Oriental gar dens tomorrow night, lt waa an nounced late this afternoon by Chief Roy Elliott. Miss Hamilton has Just arrived here from Denver. Colo., where she was as sociated with the Knight Campbell Muslo company. She Is now teaching at the Baldwin Piano Shoppe here. Miss Campbell will play a group of numbers at the ball about 10:30, the chief eald, adding he was sure she would scoro a hit. To aid the dance she will play over KMBD at 7:35 to night. EUOENE, Nov. 34. yp) A logging aocldent killed Archie Mornings tar, timber fader, near Vaughn yesterday. bringing peace to the far east. The conference remslned In session after the vote on the report to hear a special declaration by Dr. V. K. Wellington Koo, head of the Chinese delegation. Meanwhile, a spokesman for the United States delegation said Nor man H- Davis, hesd of the delegation, had not yet received a reported In vitation to be In London during the forthcoming visit of Camlle Chau temps, French premier. The spokesman said that even U the Invitation were received, Davis probably would decline It aa he waa planning to return directly to the United Btatee after the conference. Dr. Koo said he approved the eon frrur report In "the spirit of sol-laarlty." TO BE OBSERVED Church Services to Be Held in Morning, Families to Unite for Pious Holiday - Ball Set for Nigh! All business activities will coma to a complete halt tomorrow while Medford and other Rogue valley communities will observe Thanks giving day In the traditional Pllgrlraj manner. All stores, banks and government offices will be closed for the day. union 'inanxsgtvlng services fee? Protestants will be held at 10 a, m. In the First Christian church, the) sermon to be preached by Dr. Sher man I Divine, pastor of the Firs Presbyterian church. Mass will be celebrated at 8:19 In Sacred Heart Cethollo ehurch. Many Medford college student will be home for the holiday and e, number of family co-unions will bej held, out-of-town relatlvea returning ra me city ror tne Thanksgtving festivities. Other families wtll cele brate the holiday away from home. prospect for a auxaw day were: slim, the weather bureau forecasting occasional; rain. Ball In Kvening Outstanding social event on the Thsnksglvlng calendar la the annuel firemen's charity ball In Oriental gardens. The dance will begin at a and continue until 1:30 or 3, stev Whipple and his eight-piece orches tra will provide tho muslo. The firemen's ball attracts a large) attendance every year, many taking advantge of the opportunity to have an enjoyable evening while they alC a worthy cause. Proceeds of the baA are used In rebuilding and repaint ing old and discarded toys for dis tribution among under-prlvllegeei children at Christmas. The flremeni project has the active support of ttm Lady Lions who assist In collecting and distributing the playthings. Medford senior high school varsity football players and their partners are to be Invited to the ball guests of the firemen, It was an nounced by Chief Boy Ullott. The Oriental gardens stage wig) be especially decorated for the dance. a surprise exhibit to form tbe cen tral motif of the decorative scheme, the chief said. Lake Scene Gorgeon, It Is expected that Crater Lake) natloal park and the Oregon Caves) will attract many visitors during the) day. The park Is now in Its winter ap-N parol and presents a gorgeous sigh. park rangers reported. Snow this morning was three feet deep at park headquarters and skiing conditions were described as excellent. Crater Lake highway to the peril was open end only the rim road within the park was closed, rangers stated. It waa expected that the nra . road would be plowed for travel by this noon. It was anticipated that (Continued on Page Five.) FORffPiAL F AUSTIN, Tex, Not. 34. OPy-Alber Sidney Burleson, postmaster general In the cabinet of President Wood row Wilson, died hero today. Death occurred at his home. He la survived by bis widow, Mr Adele Stelner Burleson, three da ugh ters. Mrs. E. D. W. Negley of 8an An tonto, Mrs. Charles Grime of Dayton, Ohio, and Mrs. Bryant Smith of Aus tin; two sisters, and six grand chal dren. Burleson withdrew from public liny when hie second term aa poatmaatef general ended. Ho was cabinet mem ber from 1013 to 1021. Previously he had' served eight terms as a represent tative tn congress. In recent years hie Interest center ed In farming and ranching. Burleson waa the first Texan t serve in the cabinet. GRANTS PASS MILLAGE REDUCED NEXT YEAR GRANTS PASS, Nov. 94. (AP) The Grant Pass municipal mlllag rate next year wtll drop tor the first time In five years, despite budget Increases. County Assessor James J McFadden today announced a de crease from 38 to 38 7 mills. School District No.'T. Including Grant Pass, will levy at an all-time high rate, Ml mills. No Paper Thursday, There will be no Issue of The Mall Tribune Thursday, In accord, anoe with long established cus tom, permitting rmplovee to en Jr.. the Thank.glvlng holldsT.
