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Thirty-Third Year
MEDFORD, OREGON. FRIDAY. MAY 6, 193S.
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By Joseph Alsop
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Copyright 1037, by The
North American News
paper Allinnce, Inc.
DECENTRALIZATION OF
REVENUE SYSTEM AIM
MOKIiKNTHAU TO SET IT
It REGIONAL OITICKS
VTOL'LD SETTLE TAX ROWS
IN HOME LOCALITIES
LOS ANfiEI.KS EXPERIMENT
HM1.FI AS SUCCESS
WASHINGTON, May 6. Painless
tax collection (which will probably
be about as free of pain as painless
dentistry) la aoon to be offered to
the citizens by the considerate secre
tary of the treasury. Mr. Morgenthau
plana to decentralize the entire reve
nue system before the year Is out.
In future. Instead of heartless and
occasionally rapacious emissaries of
a distant Washington, the tax collec
tors will be Just home folks.
Seriously, the new plan will oniy
be regretted by the leeching swarm of
Washington lawyers and lobbyists
now battening on innocents who
hare disagreed with the bureau o
Internal revenue. The plan Is so
simple, so sensible that one wonders
why no one ever thought of it b-fore
Henry Morgenthau.
At present, the power to decide tax
disputes la lodged In the Washington
bureau of Internal revenue. To Its
chilly marble halls, unhappy pleaders
must come hat In hand, from Maine
or Oregon, New Orleans or Chicago.
The technical staff at the bureau, be
ing perfectly unacquainted with local
conditions, in chilly and more than
Impersonal. Collisions with the bu
reau are said to be worse for the
blood pressure than any other form
of contact with an often irritating
government.
How Mr. Morgenthau expects to
delegate the bureau's powers to
eleven regional offices. Whenever a
revenuer and a citizen quarrel, the
regional offices will Judge the row on
the spot and in the field, without
long litigation or costly Washington
expeditions. Each regional office will
even ,hnve circuit riders attached to
It. who will travel to smaller cities
where disputes arise. Appeal will be
taken direct from the regional offices
to the board of tax appeals. And the
Washington bureau will survive mere
ly as a standard-setting and super
visory agency. . . .
The new plan is, in fact, an ex
ample of the sort of thing the gov-
i Continued an Pajte Pwelve,
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SIDE GLANCES
by
TRIBUNE REPORTERS
Dayl Burrea putting out a big wash
to dry at hi service station.
Ray Lapp averring he was such t
good angler he would give all comers
a handicap at the catfish derby.
Theodore Mesch talking glowingly
about the prospects of tho picklo In
dustry here.
Jo Rostel thinking the new candy
dresses are cute.
Teller Gordon Ringoen converting
Into stiver 200 pennies assertedly
tolen from the homo of bis boss,
pan Thamnlsa.
PROWLING DOZEN
RESIDENCES HERE
Man Who Claimed to Have
Been With Chinese Forces
Recently, Found in Pos
session of Assorted Loot
Readily confessing, according to
Chief of Police Clatous McCredle. to
the robbery of 12 Medford homes
In the past two and a half weeks
and to the attempt to enter another
Ronald Rollo. 29, alias John Zwlck.
was scheduled to appear In Justice
of the peace court this afternoon
for preliminary hearing on a charge
of larceny from a dwelling.
City Policemen Clyde Fichtner and
Ray Sloneker arrested Rollo at 9:30
last nteht on West Main street be
tween Orange and Sixth streets a
short time after he had allegedly
burglarized the home of D. D. Rob
erts at 32 Rose avenue. From that
house he allegedly stole a Schick
electric razor, a gold ring and an
agate lavaller. Chief McCredle said
the articles were in Rollo's posses
sion when ho was arrested and the
owner Identified them this morning
Huge Pile of Loot
Huf,e piles of loot, men's shirts
neckties, socks, handkerchiefs, three
suitcases, watches, rings and miscel
laneous articles, were discovered' In
a room Rollo had occupied In the
Hotel Jackson, where he had regis
tered under the name of John Zwlck.
end in a room In the Hotel Holland,
where he had moved May 4, Chief
McCredle said. Police were today
checking local Jewelry stores after
Rollo allegedly told them ho sold
several gold rings after taking out
the settings.
Suave, polished, well-dressed and
a brilliant conversationalist, Rollo
came to Medford by stage rrom
Klamath Palls April 18. according
to Chief McCredle. In ad Interview
with the Mall Tribune last Monday
Rollo. then using the name of
Zwlclt. said he had been an aerial
machine-gunner in the Chinese j
Brmy, and had been wounded In a
battle with a Japanese plane. He
claimed he was a native of Long
Deach, Cat., and was in Medford
looking over pear orchards for a pos
sible investment. Severat local busi
ness men, Impressed with his ap
pearance, extended him their friend
ship. Rollo still maintained to police
that he was a machine-gunner for
th Chinese, and engaged In half a
dozen aerial battles before being Bhot
in the leg after his plane was forced
down. He showed police scars on his
leg where he said the machine-gun
bullets entered. Chief McCredle and
other city policemen said they were'
Inclined to believe his story.
Armed With Pistol
Rollo was armed with a Colt auto
matic pistol when arrested by Offi
cers Sloneker and Plchtner, they re
ported. Driving in the patrol car
tho two policemen first saw Rollo
loitering on Rose avenue. They stop
ped, and when asked what he was
doing, Rollo reported he was Just
"out to get some air." Tha police
men drove on and when they re
turned In about a half hour. Rollo
was lingering along the sidewalk on
the north side of West Main street,
they sold.
Suspicious of him because ho had
been In the neighborhood an undue
length of time, the two officers
placed him In the patrol car and
took him to the atatlon for question
ing. He surrendered willingly. There
according to Chief McCredle, he vol
ubly confessed to the amazing series
of house robberies, many of which
were not even known to the vtctlm
until several days afterwards or un
til police told them today.
Rollo told police. Chief McCredle
said, that ho' would ring the door
bell and If he received no answer
would then enter the house. He got
In all the homes by us of a passkey
mostly through the back door, he
was quoted as saying.
Denies rrltrhett Robbery
Although readily confessing, ac
cording to Chief McCredle, to the
long list of robberies, Rollo claimed
(Continued on Pag Thirteen)
Light Smudging
Table Rock Area
Light smudging occurred In the
Table Rock district orchards this
morning when the mercury approach
ed the 31-degree mark. There was
no genera! smudging and It was re
ported as more of a precaution than
a necessity. There was no damage.
County HortlculUlrlat A. B. Cordy
reported.
It was the second time this season
there has been a light firing of
smudge-pot.
CHARLESTON. S. C May 6. (AP)
The cruiser Philadelphia arrived off
West Calcos Island in tho Bahamas
today and President Roosevelt and
his party organ the third and last
fishing expedition of a nlns-day va
cation crulsa.
Wage-Hour Bill
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lew Brlce (left) brother of Fanny Brlce, screen comedienne, Isn't
going to collect the $1150,000 which lie won from Harry T. Clifton (right),
wealthy Englishman, In a recent Los Angeles poker game. Krlre re
turned the Englishman's checks yesterday and a superior court has dis
missed an Injunction against their payment.
$150,000 POKER GAME I
WASHED UP BY COURT;
CHECKS ARE RETURNED
LOB ANGEIiES. May . fAP)
That celebrated $160,000 poker game,
which didn't end according to Hoyle.
was officially washed up today.
A superior court dismissed the in
junction against payment of Squire
Harry Clifton's checks and dissolved
a restraining order directing a bank
not to pay them.
Lew Brlce, brother of Comedian
Fanny Brlce. who won the money
from the Englishman, returned the
checks yesterday.,
'This Is tough, said Brlce. "Here
I've taken ohances on the Irish
sweepstakes for years and never won
a cent. Now. I win the equivalent
of the capital prize of $150,000 at
poker and I can't collect I
"It's like getting edged out In &
photo finish. I always play 'em on.
the nose, you know."
Equally Insignificant has become
the writ of attachment obtained by
Miss Marchen Jorgensen, pianist, to
hold the checks should Brlce have
tried to cash them.
Miss Jorgensen wop a $1000 Judg
ment against Brlce three years ago.
charging him with attacking and be
traying her. Court records do not
show that It was ever paid.
GRANGE VOTE RESULT
READY THIS EVENING
PORTLAND, May 6. (AP) A spec
ial counting committee will alft the
returns from approximately 300
grange units today to determine the
result of the election contest for
stat grange master between Ray
Olll. Incumbent, and Ralph Perry
of Hood River. '
The board will begin tabulating
the returns for about 16 state of
fices at 1:00 p.m. The grange head
quarters said that totals probably
would not be announced until 0:00
or 6:00 pjm. ... -
Hoover Has Ill-Point Plan
For Banishing Recession
OKLAHOMA CITY. May 8. ( AP)
Herbert Hoover presented to the na
tion today an 11 -point attack upon
depression and called upon the
Roosevelt administration to abandon
what he termed "a dangerous road
for democracy."
The former president was en route
to New York by train after deliver
ing one of a series of major ad
dresses here last night at a "grass
roots" convention of Oklahoma- Re
publicans, attended by more than
7500 persons.
In tha speech, which was broad
cast nationally. Hoover again as
sailed New Deal policies and warned:
"We have been following that dan
gerous road for democracy that led
to disaster In Europe."
Declaring that "despite every alibi,
this depression is the direct result
of governmental actions, Hoover as
serted Uie New Deal "proposes to
Are Off
TOTALITARIAN WARFARE
FOR HITLER'S BENEFIT
ROME, May . (AP) The next
European war if It comes will be
largely a struggle with chemicals,
flames and artillery If Premier Mus
solini's lineup of armed forces to
day In honor of Relchsfuehrer Hitler
was an Indication.
Also. It will be the "totalitarian
war" of whloh the lata master strate-.
gist. Oerieral Erich Ludendorff, wrote.
meaning that women and children
would bo quite as much drafted into
service as men.
Mussolini showed his guest a whole
"chemical regiment" that sent
shudder through the mass of spec
tators. The soldiers looked like beings
from another planet In their gas
masks.
A further feature of the Impres
sive two-hour parade was the promi
nence given to artillery, from ma
chine guns and anti-aircraft pieces,
to heavy cannon. II Duce seemed de
termined to show his German guests
he was not lacking in the gruesome
Implements of war.
Besides Hitler and his entourage
of high nazls, Mussolini's guests in
eluded two former kings, Alfonso of
Spain and Amanullah of Afghanis
tan.
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HOLLYWOOD. Msy fl. (AP) Joan
Crawford has signed a straight five-
year contract with Metro-Ooldwyn
Mayer Studio, M. C. Levee, her repre
sentative, said today.
Terms were not revealed, but it la
understood the deal Involves $1,500,-
000.
The agreement permits the star to
take off at least two years to appear
on the stage.
travel further down this dangerous
road ..."
"And." he said firmly, "we are
not going down that road without
more fighting free speech."
The former chief executive aatd
constructive action to allay fear and
re-establish confidence in the fu
ture "would release the enormous re
serves of private enterprise in place
of a trickle of government money'
and would "take men back to their
Jobs tomorrow and permanently."
A snub by Oklahoma's Democratic
governor. E. W. Msrland, who ssld
he "never liked Hoover." and
don't like hire now," left the former
president unruffled, Marland refused
to welcome him.
"I'm glad Oovemor Marland doesn't
set the standard of politeness for
the whole state of Oklahoma." Hoo
ver smiled. -From what I have seen
in Oklahoma, I'm sure he doesn't,
t have had ft very beautiful reoep-Uon."
Assured Consideration in
OF C.
TO
Improvement Program Is
Based On Less Federal
Regulation. Better Employer-Labor
Feeling, Aim
WASHINGTON, May 8. (API
Tho United States chamber of com
mercfl began a nation-wide campaign
today to win support for a business
Improvement program based on a
minimum of government regulation
and on new employer relations with
labor. '
President George H. Davis of Kan
sas City, Mo., said Just berore we
chamber's annual convention closed;
The real benefit of thla meeting
will come in how well you apply It
locally."
He spoke after the delegates adopt
. resolutions asking a re-examina
tion of all federal measures for In
dustrial aid, "because efforts of gov
ernment and business for recovery
from the disastrous depression of the
last eight years have fallen short In
their objectives."
The resolutions proposed congres
sional Investigations of the Wagner
labor act, under which the national
labor relations board functions, and
of the railroad problem.
The labor resolution advocated out
right repeal- of the Waguer act or,
falling that, extensive., amendments..
"We believe the prime considera
tion of the federal government," it
said, "should always be to maintain
impartiality aa between employer and
employees, and as between different
types of labor organisations."
ELKS RULER WILL
E
Charles B. Hart, grand exalted ruler
of B. P. O. Elks, on a national tour,
will spend Sunday fishing In Rogue
river and will be an overnight guest
at the summer home of W. F. Isaacs
on the fishing stream. Harry Ruth
of Eugene, district deputy for south
ern Oregon of the Elks, will accom
pany the' grand exalted ruler, who
will leave by plane Monday morning
for San Francisco.
Hart will arrive in Medford, Sntur
day at 11 a. m., by plane, special
arrangements being made to permit
the southbound Malnllner to land
here. After an auto trip to tho top
of Roxy Ann, for a view of the valley,
Hart will be a luncheon guest at the
Elks' temple, attended by the present
officers and past exalted rulers of the
local lodge.
Following the luncheon. Hart will
fly by plane to Klamath Falls where
he will address a ceremonial Satur
day night of southern Oregon and
northern California lodges.
Sunday morning Hart will return
for the day's fishing In the Rogue,
with Isaacs as-host, and K. W. Winkle
as fishing tutor. Exalted Ruler W, E.
Lantls and Secretary Ernest Scott will
also 'be present. The party will spend
the night at. the Isaacs home.
A large number of Medford Elks,
traveling In ft chartered bus and pri
vate cars, and the Elks band, will
attend the Klamath Falls meeting.
LOWER ROGUEITES
URGED 10 BE FAIR
PORTLAND. May . (API Eajl
Nixon, director of the state depart
ment of geology and mineral Indus
tries, made tha following comment
on a report that Curry county would
not be satisfied with weekend cessa
tion of mining operations In Jackson
and Josephine counties:
"With respect to tha concession
which Jackson and Josephine county
miners are msklng in fairness and in
deference to fishing Interest, I teel
that the lower rlter iRogus river)
people will be fair enough to reserve
any comment until tha effect of the
weekend closing of the mines can be
studied.
"As 1 stated before, the present ar
rangement should partlcu'trly favor
.fishing for salmon during Mf."
At Nazarene
I II 1 ENOUGH SIGNERS
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Dr. J. O. Morrison, (left) general superintendent, who la acting as
presiding offlrer at the North Pacific assembly of the Naiarene church,
in progress here. Mr. Henry R. tvallln. (right) psstor of the First Church
or the Nninrene. In Los Angeles, Is guest evangelist fnr the assembly.
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No 'Rubber Hose' Reception
For Congressmen in Jersey
JERSEY CITY. N. May 6. (AP) Public Safety Director Daniel J.
Casey asserted today police vrould not permit two congressmen who pro
pose to spealt here tomorrow night "to infringe upon tne ngnia 01 our
cltltens." but said he was assured thert would ba no disorder by war
veteran,-"- '- "-------' - .; ;y- ;
Casey said he had Investigated a
reported statement that war veterans
would be at Journal Square, equipped
with rubber hose, prepared for resis
tance. '
"There is nothing to it," Casey said.
"The statement was merely made by
an over-enthualastic veteran who was
Imbued with an ardent desire to pre
vent the congressmen from speak
ing." Addressing various veterans' groups
and Gold Star mothers last night,
Charlea Brophy, senior vice comman
der of Catholic war veterans, ssld
that "if necessary, wa will have 800
uniformed men there, each with two
feet of rubber hose."
Rep. Jerry O'Connell (D-Mont) said
in Washington he had ""heard the
same kind of threats before" but
would speak nevertheless. Rep. Jahn
T. Bernard (PL-Minn) was to accom
pany him. They planned to apeak
In the same mid-town square where
police last week prevented a speech
by Norman Thoma. soclsllst leader,
who was ejected from the city for
attempting to speak without a per
mit. "What Congressmen O'Connell and
Bernard and their Imported reds may
do toward creating a disturbance
csnnot be foretold at this time,"
Oasey said.
WASHINGTON. -May 6. (AP)
Representative O'Connell (D-Mont)
said today he would ask Attorney
Ocneral cummlngs for tho protection
of federal agents In Jersey City, N J.,
tomorrow night when he and Repre
sentative Bernard (PL-Minn) plan to
address a mssa meeting,
O'Connell said he wanted the fed
eral agent "to protect me against
Mayor Prank Hague' hoodlums."
O'Connell said he and Bernard
would go to Jersey City by train to
morrow afternoon.
CHINESTlfBACK
HALF OF TERRITORY
CAPTURED BY JAPS
SHANGHAI, Msy (AP) Chinese
claimed the recspture of approxi
mately half the territory In south
Shantung province won by Japanese
In a three-weeks offensive from Unl
a the undeclared war ended Its tenth
month today.
And while the two armies battled
doggedly about Tancheng and Talerh-
chwang, there were slgnlflcsnt devel
opment on several other front.
Pelplng'a gate were closed and
barred and that ancient city of Chi
nese culture, occupied by Jspaneae
troops soon alter tha war broke out.
spent one of Ita most anxious daya
. Japanese plsnes yesterday busily
bombed objective but a few mile
west of the city walls, and thore
were persistent reports Chinese guer-
rllls snd communists were epproacn
Inc the city. Pollc searched houses
for Irregular believed to have slipped
within th gate
Pelplng'a Japanese gtrrlson was
greatly reduced by dispatching of re
inforcement to Shin tun g.
Conference
ALL SCHOOL FAIR
GIVES INSIGHT ON
WORK OF PUPILS
Work of the Medford aohool In art
I being displayed In room i In the
high school, thla afternoon and even
ing during the All-School Pair. TH
exhibit Illustrate tha quality of work
that ha won recognition for Med
ford schools and brought prizes for
Medford children In state poppy eon.
test and other state art exhibits to
which the work of tha city school Is
frequently sent. ,
Another interesting' display Is th
work of penmsnshlp department, un
der direction of Miss Florence Most
haf, supervisor. Th exhibit fea
ture th level and growth of pen
manship In the Mcdfdrd schools. In
a recent aurvey. It waa found that
70 percent of sixth grade pupil grad
uating from the elementary schools,
have won their eighth grade Rice
penmanship certificate and write
with eighth grade ability before they
enter Junior high. Of those sixth
grade pupil who have been In Med
ford schools for three yeara or more,
77 percent have won their eighth
grade certificates.
Many Win Certificates.
Of the 6A'a who have been In Med
ford school two yeara. 67 percent
have their eighth grade certificate,
and of thoss who have been in Med
ford one year, 40 percent have their
certificates. The Rice system of pen
manship which wa recently Adopted
a th writing yatem of the state,
ha been in use In Medford for th
paat ten yeara. All adult are cor
dially Invited to try their skill In the
Contest to determine Medford' best
dult writer. A prise will be given
the winner.
. On of th new department ex
hibiting outstanding work I the lei
sure art course In the elementary
school. In this course, pupils are
given Instruction In such arte a ba
ketry, pottery, coping hw construc
tion, knitting, weaving, toymaklng,
raffia work and the like,
in order to earn time to pursue-
these interesting hobbles, pupils sre
encouraged to concentrate on their
work end get It done promptly wltb
little time wast as possible. In
soma skill subjects a spelling and
penmanship, where th object ts
training the pupil to a high decree
of automatic skill, the pupil is al
lowed to work ahead, and If he can
pas a pretest before regular class
Instruction with a high a grade a
he would be expected to mka st
th end of regular class work f )r
the period, he I excused from fur
ther work In th ubjct for th peri
od. He may than use the time so
Rsln.d for ny of the arts and craft
that ha msy be Interested In. The
purpose of the course in activities I
to provide Intra motivation (or MM
House
IPETITION GAINS
TO FOKIION
Move Relieves Rules Com
mittee of Further Action;
May 23 Earliest for Con:.
sideration; Passage Seen
WASHINGTON, May . (AP)
Houae members completed a petition
today to force house consideration
of the revised wsgo-hour bill.
The 318th signature wa affixed
leas than three hours after the peti
tion waa filed.
Representative Mouton (D., La.)
was the 318Ut signer.
Signatures of 'a majority of the
435 members of th bouse are ncoss
ssry to petitions discharging house
committees from consideration of
bills.
Completion of the wage-hour peti
tion rellevea the rules committee
from further aatlon on the measure,
and has tha effect of bringing the
revised wage-hour bill to the house
floor for consideration this month.
A moment before Mouton signed,
the 4en tire Louisiana delegation
marched into the well In a body to
sign.
Under the rules, th earliest data
at which the house can consider the
legislation la May as and proponent
I declared passage of the bill waa
"certain." '
Shortly after the aoothvnama waa
signed; Majority Leader Rayburn of
Texas advanced to the well and af
fixed his name. Thla apparently wa
a signal for a last-minute rush and
members of the Louisiana delegation
came forward.
The signing progressed during . a
desultory debate on the $476,000,000
federal aid highway appropriation for
1840 and 1841. A dozen time th
hous virtually suspended It work
because of the signing activity,
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NAMED FOR CITY
Selection of polling place for 11
Medford precinct, In the My 30
primary was completed today by tti
sheriff's office. They are:
North Main. Holland Hotel. .
South Main, 134 South Ivy.
North Central, city hall..
South Central, Jackson hotel.
North Riverside, Lincoln school.
South Riverside, Parker's Chip
House.
North, Camp Wlthus.
Onkdal. Senior high school.
Newtown, Courthouse (basement
floor).
King. 811 West 11th (porncrooa
borne).
Northeast. Woods Lumber company.
Cottage. Boy Scout h'dq'trs.
Southeast. German Lutheran ch.
Queen Ann. Roosevelt school.
Esst. Hermsn Powell resldene.
Southwest. Washington school.
South, 1215 West Tenth.
West, 137 North Oakdal.
Kenwood, 33 Rose.
Northwest, Jackson school.
' Haven, Junior high chool.
MEDFORD CORPORATION
PRESIDENT VISITS CITY
H. P. Chney. president of th
Medford Corporation (Owen-Oregon
Lumber company) has been In th
city the past two day inspecting the
sawmill, and holdings of the con
cern, and conferring with Jam If,
Owen, general manager.
work of th regular class, to de
velop concentration and good habit
of work. Instead of dawdling. well
to stimulate Interest In th crafts
sa means of occupying leisure tlm.
Band Concert Tonight.
An outstanding feature of th All-
School Fair, for this evening, will be
th iDDearanee of th Medford high
school championship band in a short
concert which will begin at 7:80 In
th high school gymnasium. Thl
band, which has been developed under
the leadership of Wilson Walt, recent
ly won the state championship for
band of It class. In th contest
held last month at CorvaUl. Several
member of thl band won individual
a ward a: Wayne Keeeee on the tuba;
Ted Marshsll. cornet; Burton Isaacs
on th drum: Wllraa Fleming on th
saxophone. Four out of five of those
Medford pupil who tried out won
first award. Th bead, a itat
champion, will compete In th con
test to ba held In Seattle. If fund
can b secured to end them to th
northwest oont.