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The Weather
Forecast: Partly cloudy to
night and Tuesday; not much
change In temperature.
TEMPERATURE
Highest yesterday . .... .12
Lowest this morning 86
Precipitation last 24 hours.. .17
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need to Interview 7.000 proa
nectar It wonld take plenty.
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column, of this newspaper will
do the Job for ft efficiently
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MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, MAY 2, 1938.
No. 35.
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Capital
Parade
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and
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Flying Priest Is Victim of Crash
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AS CAR HITS RAIL
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Copyright 1937, by The
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paper Alliance, Inc.
ROOSEVELT, FORD LUNCH
SEEN AS FAKCE, COMEDY
BIRD OF PEACE FLED
FESTIVE BOARD EAR1.V
AUTO MAKER AND BCCI.ES
FURNISHED REAL CLASH
FRB CHAIRMAN'S NEW
DEAL SERMONS RESENTED
WASHINGTON. May 2. Henry
Ford's lunch with the president was
the best piece ot pure farce comedy
played in these parts lor many a
long year. Unfortunately, it took
place behind closed doora, so that It's
a little difficult to get the dialogue
straight.
Emissaries of the White House, for
y example, are busily putting It about
' that Mr. Ford was really tongue-tied
throughout the Interview, that all
the stories of what Mr. Ford said to
the president are specimens of Mr.
' Ford's- staircase wit. In view of Mr.
Ford's natural loquacity, this scarce
ly seems possible. However, some in
cidents of the luncheon are impar
tially vouched for. They are therefore
here presented for what they mas be
worth In entertainment.
The meal began happily enough.
The president Is understood to have
remarked that he had a letter from
his mother calling Mr. Ford a "fine
American." and Just the sort who
ought to lunch at the White House
That apparently started the flow of
reminiscence, for the president talked
of old days at Hyde Park, and Mr.
Ford recalled his early years In the
motor Industry for some time.
The bird of peace which had hover
ed briefly over the luncheon table
took flight, however, when .economic
subjects entered the conversation.
The best authenticated morsel of Ford.
Roosevelt dialogue in this connection,
which Is also the most amusing, be
gan with a question by the president
as to whether Mr. Ford had any plnns
to bring about recovery.
"No." replied Mr. Ford drily. "I
haven't any and I don't think you
have either."
In natural deference to Mr. Ford's
position, some of the talk concerned
the automobile business. The ptcsl-
( Continued on Page Four.)
4
TO
Demand for tickets to the Rotary
club luncheon tomorrow increased
substantially today and It was pre
dicted that all available accommoda
tions would be utilized.
The luncheon, scheduled for 12
noon In the main dining room of
' the Hotel Medford. will be addressed
by Gov. Charles H. Martin. Attend
ance is being limited to 200. Those
who are not members of the Rotary
club may obtain tickets at the Jack
son County Chamber of Commerce.
K F. Stores Fight
Parking Meters
KLAMATH FALLS, May 2. (AP)
Organized opposition to the city's
parking meter Installation plan devel
oped vigorously today when Klamath
Fallsh merchants returned an 81-2
unfavorable vote on the meter ques
tion In a poll conducted by the retail
trade bureau.
Real estate men expressed similar
sentiment at a noon meeting today
but took no formal action.'
The city last week mgned a con
tract with a Chicago company for 450
of the nickel machines, to be In
stalled on principal downtown thor
oughfares. 4
SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Harvle Young corralling a swarm of
bees and getting off with only four
stings and a lot of advice.
Jacque Matlaque advising an MT
reporter to note the favorable cum
ment patrons were making about the
MacDonald-Eddy opw as they left
the Crate.
Ous Newbury enjoying a quiet
Sunday afternoon at the cinema.
Little .on Hulen wondering
whether she would turn Into a pea
nut If she ate a peanut shell.
BUI Meyers checking up on the
Associated Press to see If the DeMolay
convention win adequately reported.
Baseball L'.r.p Lew M'.'.-m being pop
ular with at leat one sec tat or. his
one-vear-old son, Lloyd, yelling ;
lustily or papa, j
Scores Forced to Flee Mc-
Kenzie Banks When Water
at Leaburg Lowered to
Search for Dead Autoist
EUGENE. May 2. (AP) Scores of
Urea were endangered and property
d (image estimated at several hundred
dollars caused when the gates of the
Leaburg power dam were opened late
Sunday evening after a car had
plunged Into the lake back of the
dam.
Countless fishermen on the river
below the dam were caught by the
sudden rising of the stream and had
to flee the river for their lives. Some
said the water raised six feet in less
than five minutes. Boats were broken
from their moorings, at least one ferry
was lodged high on the bank and live
stock swept from Island pastures,
Eugene water board officials said
today the gates were opened without
official authorization, J. W. Mc Arthur,
superintendent, declaring that under
no circumstances should the gates
have been opened suddenly.
The water level of the lake was
lowered by seven feet before the gates
were closed, releasing millions of gal
lons of water to ourge the river bed.
Caretakers at the dam opened the
gates after a car. swerving to avoid a
flock of geese walking across the
McKenzle highway, plunged into the
lake and landed In 20 feet of water.
Roy Nichols, 15, Vida. was drowned
when he was unable to escape from
the submerged machine.
In the confusion attending the
tragedy, the gates of the dam were
opened In the hope of lowering the
water level sufficiently to speed res
cue of the trapped youth. But Eu
geneans were wrathful today In their
denunclotion of what was termed the
"prize bonehead trick." of the season,
as the sudden flood periled fishermen,
children who might have been play
ing at the water's edge, property and
livestock.
INSURGENTS BREAK
WEEK'S DEADLOCK
HENDAYE, France, (at the Spanish
Frontier). May 2, (ipf An Insurgent
attack on government lines south of
Allaga In the Teruel sector today
broke a week-long, weather-enforced
stalemate In the Spanish civil war.
Government dispatches said the In
surgents failed to gain appreciably.
Successive waves of tanks and Inian
try rolled up the slopes of a government-held
peak only to be met with
gusts of machine-gun fire.
The government leported the insur
gents fell back, leaving the sloping
no-man's land dotted with dead. All
aga la 30 miles northeast of Teruel.
Earlier, Insurgent troops eloshed
through the mud northeast of Allaga
to consolidate their lines.
DO PONT GIVES VIEW
ON DEPRESSION CAUSE
WASHINGTON, May 2. (AP)
Lammot Du Pont, president of E. I.
Du Pont de Nemours and company,
said today that business and re-employment
was being held back by
lack of "enterprise capital."
Du Pont, addressing the annual
meeting of the United States Cham
ber of Commerce, defined this as
capital for long-time Investment and
said three things were making It
scarce:
A "spirit of spending." a "reflec
tion" on profits and regulation of
management by government.
No profit, he said, could be con
sidered unreasonable If the risk of
capital was great enough to Justify
It
Mass Recall Late
For May Election
OREGON CITY, May 2. (AP
Sponsors of a move for the recall of
Sheriff E. T. Mass failed to file their
petitions Saturday, the last date for
flllig to bring the Issue to a vote at
the May 20 election.
Stanley Mitchell, employed to draw
the petitions, said Saturday the num
ber of signers so far was short of the
necessary 3697. Mitchell said he had
been Informed the recall movement
would be continued and a special
election sought within 90 days of
the filing of the original petition
April 15.
High Court Delays
Labor Act Decision
WASHINGTON. May 3. The
supreme court postponed action for
at least two veeka today on legisla
tion involving the question of wheth
er employes who strike are entitled
to thfl protection of the national la
bor relations act.
Only a few minor opinions we.c de
livered before the court arranged to
recess until May 14 after hearing
gumeiitt in two cue,
1 This wrrekugc Is nil which remained of the light monoplane In which the Rev. Tolm FukIii. (at hullo
priest and student filer, crashed to his death at Floyd Bennett, N. V., field. It wns neeessary to rip Into
the wreckage before his body could be extrlrated.
FOR YEAR'S SERVICE
OF
Jackson County Chamber of Com
merce today announced the chairmen
of all standing committees for the
ensuing year. The complete personnel
of two additional committees' also
was announced, membership of the
finance committee having been an
nounced previously.
, standing committees for 1938-39
and their chairmen are: military and
aviation. Fred Heath. Jr.; publicity.
Herb Grey; roads and highways. A. 6.
V. Carpenter: industrial, Seth Bullls;
taxation. Carl Bowman; membership.
Morris Leonard; inter-clty visitation,
George Henselman; fish and game. Dr.
C. W. Lemery; transportation, W. A.
Gates; legislation; Judge E. B. Day;
xetall merchants, Elmer Wilson; fin
ance, V. E. Rolfe; Junior activities,
George Hunt; agricultural. Tom
Wray; tourist. O. L. Jackson; con
vention. Cole Holmes; federal build
ing. Col. E. E. Kelly; and Medford
traffic safety council, MaTk Goldy. y
Military and aviation committee;
Fred Heath, Jr.; chairman: L D.
Jones, B, E. Harder, Floyd Hart, A. 6.
V. Carpenter. T. A Culbertaon, Jr.,
and Ralph Billings, '
Fish and game committee: Dr. O.
W. Lemery, chairman: Evereett Trow
bridge, L, G. Morthland, Al Piche.
Kenneth G. Denman, Karl L. Jan
ouch. E. P. Leavitt. Justin Smith.
Frank DeSouza, Allen Perry. W F.
Isaacs, H. L. Nobllt. T. E. Dantek.
Charles Reames, MaJ. George R. Ow
ens, and Carl Bowman,
FUSON ACCEPTED FOR
MEDICAL EDUCATION
EUGENE. May 2. AP) Pre -medical
students at the University of
Oregon accepted for entrance In
medical schools included Grover Bel
linger, Salem, U. of O. medical school.
and Thomas Fuson. Medford, West
ern Reserve University, Cleveland.
Mr. Fuson Is the son of Mr. and
Mrs. Thomas J. Fuson of Medford.
He was one of five prc-medlcal stu
dents on the coast accepted for
Western Reserve University. Graduat
ing from the University of Oregon
June 1, he will leave shortly after
for Cleveland. He Is a member at
Chi Pal, social fraternity and presi
dent of the campus pre-medlcal fra
ternity.
BRITAIN AND ITALY
AGREE ON PALESTINE
LONDON, May 2. ( AP) An oral
agreement between Britain' and Italy
over the delicate issue of Palestine
was disclosed by Prime Minister Ne
ville Chamberlain in the house of
commons today as he faced an op
position onslaught on the Anglo
Italian pact signed at Rome April 14
The two powers had exchanged as
surances that Interests of the other
In Palestine would be respected,
Chamberlain announced.
Vigorously defending his policy of
realistic dealing with Europe's dic
tators, the prime minister said the
Rome agreement was the first great
sfp toward a "saner at ate In Eu
rope." Governor Blasts
Labor Racketeers
ROSEBURO. Ore. May 2. tjfi
Blasting In his usual vigorous style
at labor racketeers, who he described
as "vulture riding on the backs of
the laboring man.' Oovernor Chatles
H. Martin addreraed a large audience
at a luncheon meeting here today His
brief address pi Meed continuance A
prosecution of tabor terrorist and tf
Xoxt to "raacA U ai&bar-upt.'
BASEBALL
American
Philadelphia 17 0
Boston 13 16 4
Kelley. Smith, Williams, Brucker,
and Hayes; Marcum and Desautels.
New York a 10 . 2
Washington 3 9 3
Pearson, Murphy, and Dickey; De
ahong, Amlma n , Weaver, and R.
Ferrell. -
Detroit 3 7 I
Cleveland 11 13 0
Wade, Elsenstat Benton, Davis, and
York; Allen and Pytlak.
-"'' National
Brooklyn '...'.I ........ 4 6" 0
New York s 7 12 2
Fltr-slmmons Potter, Marrow and
Spencer, Cbervlnko; Melton and Dan
nlng. Pittsburgh 6 10 1
Cincinnati .! 8 .12. ...1
Blanton, ' Brown, v Koihger, and
Berres; Vandermeer, Benge and Lorn-
APRIL BUILDING
TOTALS $16,020
. Value of building permits Issued
In Medford last month totaled 16.
020, less than half the value or per
mits Issued in April of last year,
according to records released from
the city building inspector's office
today. Permits valued at 934.010
were Issued In April of 1937.
. April, of this year also showed a
sharp decrease under the preceding
month, when the total was $00,000.
New recldences called for permits
valued at 911.400 last month, 91440
was for repairing residences, 91100
was for new business buildings, 9130
was to repair business buildings,
1700 was for the construction of
private garages, and 9250 was for the
installation of a gasoline storage
tank. There were 30 permits issued.
Frank Howell applied for the first
May permit today, for the construc
tion of a residence and garage at
400 North Ivy street at a stated cost
of 92000.
Former Machine Gunner
For Chinese Visits Here
A man who says he was an aerial
machine-gunner In the Chinew army
and was wounded In a dog-fight with
a Japanese plane was In Medford to
day, thinking seriously of settling In
the tranquil Rogue River valley.
The adventurer la handsome, flu
ent, polished 29-year-old John Zwlck.
a native of Long Beach, Calif., who
said he Joined the Chinese army for
the sport of It and now doubts the
wisdom of his Impulse. After engag
ing in half a dozen aerial combats,
his plane was finally forced down nd
he was machine-gunned In the right
leg.
"We got down safely and my injury
proved to be only a flesh wound "
the debonair Zwlck told the Mall
Tribune. "I was In a Nanking hospi
tal for a while and then I received
my discharge from the army."
Zwlck said he went from Burma
last August 1 to Nanking where the
Chinese government was then estab
lished. He volunteered hi services
as an adventure to the Chinese gov
ernment and was put in training as
an aerial machine-gunner.
Moet of the time he flew with Rus
sian pilots but occasionally with a
Chinese bird man, he said, adding
that most of the Chinese planet come
from the Soviet.
"The Chinese make very good
pilots, much better. I believe, than
the Japanese," Zwlck ftld.'"The Chi
nese are more individualistic than
the Japanese. The Japanese are all
right so long aa everything goet ac
cording to blueprints but when the
fighting 2uea not turn out as planned
14 DIE IN CRASH
ROME, May 2. (AP) The worst
disaster In the htstordy of Italian civil
aviation, coating the lives of 14 air
plane passengers and five aviators was
Investigated today by the Italian gov
ernment. General Aldo Pellegrini, chief of ,
Italy 'ah commercial aviation, went to i
Form la to conduct the inquiry.
The giant airliner of the Ala Lit- '
torla company, en route from Trlana. j
Albania, to Rome, ran into dense
clouds Saturday afternoon and hit a
mountainside near Form la, 70 miles
southeast of Rome on the Tyrrhe
nian coast.
The United States consulato at
Rome said one of the victims was an
American woman. Heldn LI nd helm,
born in 1909. It said she carried a
passport Issued In Jerusalem and was
on her way to Homo from Palestine,
having boarded the plane at Brindtsi.
Albanian authorities at Tirana said
Jewelry valued at 12.000,000 French
francs (about 9370,000) was aboard
the plane.
OF
All memhcni of Mrdford American
Legion Post are urged by Commander
Don Newbury to atumd the regular
meeting Tueadny night at 8 o'clock
In the armory, at which time plans
for Memorial Day observance will
be discussed. Out-of-town Legion
members are also cordially Invited to
attend.
A special program will be held. It
Includes a skit by the Legion Auxil
iary and several aolo perfol inances
by Medford senior high schco' inu
dclans. The committee In chprge of
the program ll Dr. Walter Kresse
chairman: Dr. C. E. Hunt. Dr. Oeorge
8. Jennings. Dr. E. W. Winkle, Dr
C N. Johnson and Dr. F. O. Bunch
PORTLAND, Moy a. (Pi Oliver
Peterson. 58. drowned in the Willam
ette river when he fell from the rail
road deck of the ateel bridge.
they are at a loss to know what to
do. The Chinese, however, are re
sourceful and are quick to change
their plans to meet changing condi
tions." There are probably 200 Americans
serving the Chinese army In various
capacities, such as pilots, engineers
.and strategists, Zwlck said. Pay for
foreign pilots and aerial gunners runs
about 9450 a month, he stated.
The adventurer said he served as
an aerial gunner for about a month
before he was shot down 80 miles
southwest of Nankinq last fall.
"The war hit China overnight,"
Zwlck emphasized. "The Chinese were
not organized or prepared for war.
Now, however, they are better organ
ized and more adequately equipped
and from now on Japan will know
she la in a war."
Experienced In logging operations
here and tn Canada, Zwlck said he
went to Burma where he had a teak
wood logging contract. He has nan
died similar enterprises in Anglo
Egvptlan Sudan and Rhodesia and
two yeara ago spent the summer In
Siberia on a pulp and paper project
for the Soviet he related.
After getting out of the Chinese
army he travelled for a time in Aus
tralia and New Zealand and then
sailed for Vancouver, B. C. Since
then he has been looking over the
northwest and arrived here two weeks
ago, He like the Rogue River valle)
and has been looking over pear orch
ard properties for a possible Invest
ment, he said. Ha la registered at
Hotel Jaduon.
Crescent City Man Takes
Curving Approach to
Bridge Near Wilderville at
Too High Rate of Speed
GRANTS PASS, May 3. VT Cne
sar Lesina, 25. of Crescent City. Cal.,
died In the county hospital last night
as the result of an accident In which
the coupe he had been driving smash
ed into the railing of the Applegate
bridge near Wilderville on the Red
wood highway at about 4:30 yester
day afternoon.
Ted Delfonto, his companion, was
still In the hospital this morning
with an Injured left arm.
Heading for Grants Pass, the driver
apparently attempted to take the
curve approaching the bridge at too
high speed. Coroner Virgil Hull said.
The car sldeswlped the left railing,
then careened off to ram the right
rail. The car remained on the brtdge
but was badly damaged.
Lesina was employed by the Hobbs
Wall company and Delfonte by the
Gil more Oil company, both at Cres
cent City. .
By The Associated Pres.
Two drivers died at their wheels
from heart attacks and three persons
were killed In traffic accldenta last
week-end to bring the total automo
bile deaths In Oregon to five.
Roy Nichols, 1A, of Vlda, drowned
late Sunday when the machine he
was riding in plunged from the Mc-Kenr-le
highway Into the lake formed
by the Eugene power dam near Lea
burg. Robert Russell, about 40. a farm
worker, waa Instantly killed when
struck by an automobile on Mo
Loughlln boulevard at Gladstone
Sunday.
J. E. Dcaust. 4S, of Portland, dlod
at the wheel of his machine between
Scappoose and St. Helena Sunday
night while returning from Seaside.
His wife and daughter stopped the
vehicle. Death was attributed to
a heart attack.
: Dale Young, 51, stricken while driv
ing In .downtown Portland, Saturday
brought his car to the curb, turned
off the Ignition and collapsed it the
wheel. Rushed to a hospital, he was
pronounced dead m arrival.
Mrs. Sam Wilson. 57, died Saturday
In a Portland hospital of Injurle. re
ceived In an accident near Vernonll
earlier tn the day,
MAR8HFIELD. May 3 (AP) Shir
ley Rnnadell, IS, daughter of Mrs.
C. C. Ransdell, Corvallls, died In a
North Bend hospital last night from
Injuries suffered Sunday afternoon
when- the automobile In which she
and five othera were riding plunged
off the highway between Scottaburg
and Elkton..
Mrs. Ransdell received Injuries to
her neck and back and Mrs. Orade
Pardl, Denver, Colo., was believed to
be suffering from a broken back.
Tile others were not hurt.
SALEM, Ore., May a, (AP) With
Thomas A. Plncllay of Roseburg dead
of injuries received In an accident In
which an automobile In which he
Was a passenger was forced from the
Pacific highway and turned over la
miles south of here about 10:30
o'clock Sunday evening, state police
were today conducting a search for
the car reported to have sldeswlped
the wrecked car and sped on Its way.
The car In which Plndlay waa rid
ing waa driven by his son-in-law, V.
T. Jaokson, former sheriff of Douglas
county, who escaped without Injury.
SHANGHAiTEARS '
E
SHANGHAI, May 2. (AP) The
danger of widespread terrorism reviv
ed war tension In Shanghai today as
reports circulated that thousands of
Chinese guerrillas had slipped Into the
city to harass the Japanese.
International settlement police dou
bled their patrols and searched refu
age camps for guerrillas, equipped
with firearms and explosives, hiding
there.
The arrest of two bomb throwers,
after an attempt to blast a truck
loaded with Japanese soldiers, and In
formation that more than 2.000 ter
rorists had infiltrated the city aroused
police apprehensions.
Meanwhile, fierce fighting contin
ued on the Shantung front, where
Japan haa been struggling to gain
control of central China.
Latest dispatches Indicated the new
Japanese offensive against Suchow
and the Lunghal railway haa been
blocked, but neither side claimed Im
portant successes.
DRUNKEN DRIVER FREED
ON POSTING $150 BAIL
Kenneth M. tavls. 48. of Grants
Pass, charged with drunken drlvln.
was released from the county Jail last
night on payment of 1180 ball, fol
lowing his a.Tr.t by state police on
the Pacific highway between Rogue
River and Savage Raplda dam. He waa
scheduled to appear later.
State police said he was driving in
u Irregular and reckless manner.
iff
Elohte Spann (above), 21 -year-old
tinging nctrrss filed suit In Los
Angeles for S.VOOO.000 damages for
an asserted -assault against Milton
lleerher, musical director, M-G-M
studios and others. In her complaint
Miss Npnnn alleged she was attacked
AllgUHt 26, 18.16.
ROME TO PARADE
EF
ROME. May 2. (AP) Troop trains
rolled Into Rome hour upon hour to
day bringing 100,000 soldiers to be
on -hand for the visit of Germany s
Relchsfuehrer Hitler.
There waa everywhere the turmoil
of last-minute preparation to make
the welcome to the nazl chieftain
tomorrow night the greatest pageant
In the ancient city's history.
Parka were closed to the publie and
converted Into military camps.
Merchants refused deliveries be
cause .their trucks could not move
through downtown streets. choked by
soldiers, detectives and tourists.
Persons of questionable record were
Jailed or ordered from Rome, Florence
and Naples during Hitler's ' six-day
stay, and unofficial estimates fixed
the number Involved at between 6.000
and 7 000.
Soldiers stopped automobiles enter
ing or leaving Rome and checked
Identification papers. Police doubled
their regular guard along the railway
from Brenner Pass to Rome, the route ;
of the Hitler train.
BERLIN, May 2 . ( A P j Relihs -fuehrer
Hitler and his numerous
retinue of Germany's leaders left to
day for hla state visit to Italy. His
special train pulled out for Rome at
4:45 p. m. .
Berlin's population gave the fuehr
er a tremendous send-off. Thousands
Jammed the Anhalter railway station,
which waa decked with bunting and
greenery.
ZENAS A. MOODY
PASSES, AGED 81
SALEM. May 3. ( AP) Funeral
services will b. held here tomorrow
for Zcnaa A. Moody, 81, longtime Ore
gon resident and early-day steamboat
captain., who died Sunday In Rich
mond, Calif,
He waa a son of Zenas T. Moody
who was governor o Oregon from
1883 to 1887, and a brother of Ralph
E. Moody, assistant state attorney
general.
Mr. Moody died at the home of his
daughter. Edith Moody, In Rich
mond. He was a resident of Ashlsnd
for over 36 years, where he lived In
retirement after moving there In
1900. Following the death of his
wife several years ago, he went to
Richmond, where he remained until
his death. He was born at Jackson
ville. 111.. In 1888. He la survived by
three children, C. F. Moody of Port
land, Eugene D. Moody of RoscvlUe,
Cel., and Edith Moody of Richmond.
CELEBRATE FOUNDING
CHAMPOEG, May 2. (AP) Three
generations of Oregon' pioneer dans,
numbering nearly 1600, commemo
rated the 95th anniversary of the
founding of Oregon's provisional
government on the site of that his
torical event at Champoeg . park
Sunday.
Dr. D, J. Ferguson, pastor of the
rirst Presbyterian church of Albany,
citing a threat by modem dictator
ships, urged descendants of Oregon's
original settlers to preserve the char
acteristics of the pioneers who "stood
ready to battle anything that came
up on the horlKm."
Mrs. Cella Proebatel. 81. a native
of Oregon, waa crowned a queen
mother of the Founders' Day osle-bratloa
Final Figures for All Coun
ties Set New Record
Demos Make Gains In
All Except Two Counties
SALEM, Ore., May J. (AP) Ret
istratlon figures In all J . Oregon
counties gave Republicans a ia,9?j
margin over the Democrats, the O. O
P. leading 265,132 to 348,109 on the
basis of figures compiled by the As- i
soclated Press.
The total registration of S2i.nvr
for the May primary set an all-time
primary mars, exceeding the 1338
primary total of 478.188 by 43.031.
The primary total indir.t.u .h..
the general election figures this year
iu wouio set a new record, exceed
ing the previous record of 848,034
established In 1038. This year's prl.
mary figure Is only 34.837 short of
the high general election registration..
Eleven Democratic
Eleven counties are listed In the
Democratic column for the primary
election May 30. , Baker. Klamath.
Harney and Union counties, the only
ones Hated as Democrat!, In h iq
primary, stayed on the Bourbon aid.
wnue Columbia, Crook, Deschutes,
Ollllam. Jefferson, Multnomah and
Wallowa counties shift fmm t.
Republlcsn to the Democratic aide.
uemocrats made gslns In all but
two counties. Crook and Harney. Re
publicans Rained In cum n.
Deschutes, Douglas, Grant. Hood
niM. . i.i . .. . .
uouijiiiub, mdb, ijincoin. Mal
heur. Polk and Washington counties.
All counties showed l.w.r m.ii.
tratlon totals than for the 1038 pri
mary except crook, Hamey, Jackson,
Jefferson, Klamath, Linn, Wasco and
Yamhill counties.
nemos Threaten Lead
The Democrats gave Republican, a
scare, threatening to take the lead
for the first time since esrly days,
of statehood.' r
The high registration figure waa,
i attributed to Intense Interest In the
Democratic gubernatorial primary.
In Which Oovernor Martin, warrior,
on labor terrorism.' Is opposed by
Henry L. Hess of La Orande, labor
candidate.. , , '
The following table shows how
Democrats hsve steadily hacked
awsy at a heavy Republlcacn major
ity since the early days of the
Roosevelt administration:
Primary a. O. P. Democrat.
1933 308,004 133.300 :
10.14 N,M1 188 504
1038 371.149 108.333
1938 (Oen'l) 388,791 347,141
1938 388.133 348.189
On February 1. the Renuhlleana hui
a 33.000 margin over the Democrats,
but by April 19, when the registration
books closed, this was cut In half, In-' ,
dlcating that many Republicans
changed their party affiliation so
they could vote In the Democratic
gubernatorial race.
Baker county, which renorted tmlav.
had 6,788 Democrats, an. increase of
abOUt 1.300 sfnee the 10.1 nrtmin
and 4,840 Republicans, a gain of about
300. The total waa 11373, compared
with 9.714 In 1936.
Umatilla eountv renortad 411
Democrats, a gain of 800, and 3.636
Republicans, a loss of 300. The total
of 8.347 was about 180 more than In
1038.
Orant county Renubllcana I and
DemnciiAta each vftlneri .hntit QrMY Re
publicans leading 3.317 to 1,363. Th.
total county registration was s.iso,
almost 400 above 1936.
T
PARK BEER CASE
PORTLAND, May 3. (AP) A
three-Judge federal court declined
Jurisdiction today In the Crater Lake
Park company's suit to avoid re
sponsibility to the state liquor con
trol commission.
Judges Claude McCollooh, Jams
A. Fee and Bert Honey said th com
pany failed to show a controversy
equal to the 13000 required for
federal court eligibility. The pare
concession asserted tt did not coma
under the liquor control board's
regulatlona because It operated OA
federal land. .
The court held the company's only
Jurisdictional claim was that bear
purchased for resale would amount
to more than 13000. This waa re
garded as Insufficient to warrant
consideration.
Three Of Family
Killed In Tornado
PRATT, Kas.. May 3. (AP) A tor
nado ripped through south eastern
Pratt county laat night, killing three
members of one family near Cun
nlngrfam and Injuring II other per
sons severely.
The dead were:
Mrs. John Miller 84. and her twe
sons, Vlrgtl, I, and Oeorge, 6.
The Miller family ' had retired for
the night when the storm struck,
demolishing ' their 6-room home.
Every building on the farm, north-'
west of Cunningham, was destroyed.
Their car was blown too jenl tnts
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