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The Weather Happens Often "It walked right out of the Want Art the very thing 1 wanted.' This happen! nften and to many people. It It for this reason so many use the Want Page regularly. MEDFORD Trtbune Forerat: Friday: Cloudy tonight and moderate tempera- litre. Temperature: Highest yesterday gn Lowest this morning 47 Precipitation last 24 hrs,.-... X- Full Associated Press Jniti Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD. OREGON, THURSDAY, MAY 12, 1938. No. 44. an Iff-NKflRAL JU K The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright 1037, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. PENNSYLVANIA EXAMPLE OF RELIEF VOTE CONTROL WPA OFFICIALS NEF.I) MACHINE 1NDOKSEMENT CiLI FEV HENCHMEN TO HEPLACF, DISLOYAL WILL ADI THOI'SANnS IlKKOIIE PKIMAHY WASHINGTON, May 12. Just how Is the taxpayers' money used tc ouy votes for administration candidates? It's time to answer that question, w'th primaries Involving the new deal's prestige fast coming on, with an election which will make or break the president only a few months off; above all. with a new blank check spending bill before congress. The unswer. In all Its rather ludi crous sordldness. Is to be found in Pennsylvania. There the forces of the great alllee, John L. Lewis and I Senator Joseph F. Guffey. are con ducting a fantastic primary contest against the rebellious Guffey crea tures. State Chairman David Law rence, the Philadelphia bosses. Kelly and McCloskey, and the paunchy loquacious governer, George H. Earle 3rd. From tho start, the works progress administration In Senator Guffey's slate might well have been renamed tho Gulfoy progress administration. When It was established In 1935, It was turned over to him, lock, stock 4 i and barrel. He was permitted to ap point Edward N. Jones, a faintly mal odorous ex-Republlean publicity man, as state administrator. And Mr. Jones was allowed to put In practice the old Guffey maxim, "A Democratic (Contluned on Page Seven.) T Thomas Kenton, Talent district farmhand, was today sentenced to an Indeterminate state prison term not to exceed two years for uttering a spurious check for S18 while under a six months suspended sentence for the same offense. Kenton was grouted probation March 4 In circuit court and the second offense occurred April 18 lost. The defendant claimed he fell from grace the second time because "I was unable to procure work and my family needed groceries." He Is married and has three children. Circuit Judge H. D. Norton, In passing sentence, said: "You have had ample warning and no further leniency can be extended. It Is un fortunate for your family they must become public charges, but the rellel authorities will take care of them I will extend leniency to you to the extent thst I will Impose the lowest sentence possible under the law." Kenton, a resident of this county for 15 years, wept softly when the penalty was Imposed. JOSEPHINE COUNTY FAIR SLATED FOR SEPT. U-17 GRANTS PASS. May 12. (API Manaerr Fred Roper today sched uled the Josephine county fair for September 14 to 17 Inclusive. . SIDE GLANCES by THIBUNE REPORTERS Little Johnny Coleman promisins to pull grass and clover to feed an elephant provided he could keep one for a pet. Mater and Pater Edwin Durno and the three little Durnos all turning heads In unison trying to take In the whole circus performance at once. Carolyn Shsne persuading Pupa Verne to lootn up and buy her a toy animal. Glenn Fabrlrk belne taken to the r;rnj by hi little nephew. Doc William P. Holt looking around for the circus box office, leisurely taking in the tent alghta the while. Htrzoner the Mayor Charley Fur nas being exoected To officiate at the ratfih rfprbv nr;I th Mecrtord Grunts Pass bb game at the same time. G. 0. P. PLAN FOR STATE BEATEN, 106-39 Amendment to Increase Pro posed WPA Fund Also Turned Down in Conside ration Spend-Lend Bill WASHINGTON, May 13. ) The house beat down today a Republican attempt to turn the administration of relief over to the states. Tho stand ing vote wa 106 to 39. Another amendment, to increases from $1,250,000,000 to $1,600,000,000 the proposed WPA fund for the seven months ending next January 31. was rejected by a standing rote, 61 to 23 It was proposed by the house liberal group. The first amendment to the $3.054. r 000.000 lendlng-spendlng bill, offered by Representative Bacon (R.-N.Y.) i was the minority proposal for decen- i trnllzatlon of relief. It proposed to set up bi-partisan boards to handle ; relief funds and to require states to put up 25 cents for every $1 con tributed by the federal government. More for Actual Needy. Under that arrangement. Bacon said, "more and more relief money would reach the people In actual need." "By this plan." he said, "we oe Ueve we will go a long way toward eliminating politics in relief and re lief in politics." While conceding that perhaps states should have more control over re lief. Representative Wood mm (D. Va.) said it would be Inadvisable "to change the machinery" In this fash ion during a time of "emergency." . Republicans said they would make another attempt, Just before a vote on passage of the bill, to put their program Into the measure. Representative Taber (R.-N.Y.) Im mediately offered an amendment to cut the fund for the National Youth Administration from $75,000,000 to $20,000,000. "Waste" Condemned. Condemning "waste" by the NYA, the New Yorker said that organiza tion conducted an Investigation to determine at what ago children cease to enjoy riding on merry-go-rounds. Representative, Murdock (D.-Utah) declared that Taber. In selecting the "most extreme case," had ignored the help NYA had given millions of high school and college students. Taber amendment was shouted down. The next amendment to be bowled over would have made it the policy of congress to: Provide WPA Jobs for all persons unable to find private employment and prevent discharge of WPA work ers who are unable to obtain private Jobs. Encourage Chlslers. "If WPA discharges workers," said Rep. Lanzetta (D.-N.Y.). author of the amendment, "It will encourage chlslers to cut wages." Representative Woodrum (D Va,). who raised the parliamentary objec tion that blocked the amendment, said it would add to WPA rolls more persons than could be taken care ot by available funds "and freeze them there." Without opposition. Representative Bolleau (P., Wis.) put In an amend ment the first to be accepted which would let all farmers obtain fertlll7r produced by WPA projects The bill in Its original language would have let only needy farmers obtain fertilizer. Immediately afterward. Democrat tossed aside on a voice vote a pro posal by Representative Wiggles worth R.. Mass.) to slam $20.000 000 from the $175.000 000 carried lo the bill for the farm security adminis tration's program of rural rehabili tation. Secretary Ickei, meanwhile, called on private Industry to backstop his efforts to revive business through public works spending and lending. Prhate lnilutry Needed "I 'don't see why PWA can't start a new spurt in prosperity." Ickes to'd his press conference, "but pri vate Industry must come in and carry on from there." His assertion was in reply to ques tions as to whether he considered the recent recession and the new lendlng-spendlng program an indi cation that the original public works program had failed. "PWA did not fall." he asserted, adding "everyone admits there was a resurgence of prosperity to which PWA contributed considerably. "The trouble was. private enter prise failed to apply the stimulus to carry on." Although congress still U at work on the lendlnn-spendlntr legislation. Ickes has opened his office to new PWA appllctaiont In expectation ttat the bill will pass. One of the sharpest controversies developed by the legislation con cerned whether federal expenditures for pub!)' po-T and electrification pn-jeru should bt expanded or curtailed. I Youths Held in Abduction Probe " !M WSStW . t ' . '".' Four of five Pecos. N. M., nuth held'umler $10,000 bond on rhnrges of abduction, kidnaping and at tempted rape in connection with the attack on .Mrs. Luis f. de Ifctrn of Simla Fe tioelnllv-promlncnt daUch-ler-ln-linv of the former lieutenant governor of New .Mexico, tire shounln jail In Pero. They nre, left to right: Alfonso F.tpluosa, Baudello Bowles. Chris Rivera, and Fidel Koybal, Mrs, dc Baca was releosed un harmed after being seized at Santa Fe and held several hours. GOLD STAR MOTHERS SEE VAIN SACRIFICE; PEACE HOPE D! PHILADELPHIA, May 12. (UP) Gold star mothers, whose sons wore killed, 20 years ago In a "war to end, wars" agreed tonight that their sac rifice was in vain. - Nearly all of tho 150 mothers at tending the biennial convention of Gold Star Mothers, Inc., were bit ter In their condemnation of war, but each admitted that prospects of permanent peace arc dreary. Keynote of today's meeting of mothers 20 years and six months after the end of the world war which returned to them small, gold stars lnstesd of the sons they sent to Prance was "let there be peace and fewer gold star mothers." Mrs. Bess Duncan Wells, who trav eled from Portland, Ore., to attend the meeting, said her philosophy and that of nearly all members of the organization was expressed In a let ter she received from her son before he died in France. "He wrote that 'It Is better to live for your country than to die for it'," Mrs. Wells said. INSURGENTS TRAP LOYALIST FORCES HENDAYE. France (at the Spanish frontier), May 12. p) Spanish in surgents reported today that thou sands of government militiamen had been trapped In the mountains west of Castellctte by the rapid advance of two Insurgent columns on the eastern front. The columns, starting simultane ously from Morel la on the east and Allaga on the west, were reported to have formed a rectangle In the north ern foothills of the Altos de la Can ada, closing the last means of escape for government forces In that area. The Altos de la Canada are about forty miles northeast of Teruel. The pocket In which the government troops were said to have been trapped was about 25 miles long and 15 miles wide. Among the town reported captur ed by the advancing insurgents were Mlrambel, Lalglesuala del Ctd and Vtllarluengo. The advance cut the network of secondary roads linking the government's eastern flank at Albocacer with the western flank be fore Teruel. BAR GERMAN LOTTERY U. S. MAIL WASHINGTON, May 12. (API Postmaster General Parley barred Oerman lottery tickets from the U. 8. mails today. Accepting the recommendation of Acting Solicitor Walter E. Kelly. Par ley ordered postmasters to return to senders mall addressed to the Saxon State Lottery iSaechlsche Landerslot terle) or August Btrelt In Leipzig Germany. Letters mailed to thla country. Kelly said urged Americans In the name of "the third releh and IU leader. Adolf Hitler." to Invest In the Saxon lotterr- Strett raid the German !o:trry tickets would pay prize money to 45 per cent of It ticket holders. Bible Continues Most Popular In World's Reading &EW YORK. May 12. (AP) The Bible Is still tho world's mot widely read book. The American Bible society said today that 7,326.550 copies of . the scriptures were circulated Inst year throughout the world, In 107 lan guages and dialects. v It was said- that China, reported more Bibles wore distributed than ever before, despite the war. APPEARANCE IN COURT Ronoald Roll, 29, alias John Zwick. self-styled Chinese war aerial ma chine gunner and confessor, the dis trict attorney alleges, of seven recent, burglaries In this city, appeared for arraignment In circuit court Oils morning in borrowed outer raiment. A. E. Whitman of Klamath Falls appeared at the county Jail Wednes day and Identified the suit Rollo was wearing as one Btolen from his home and under orders of the sl eriff repossessed same. Gene Thorndlke, manager of ;hc First National bank of Med ford, had previously claimed Rollo's shoes as a pair stolen from the Thorndlko resi dence. The - shirt on Rollo's back was removed when another man laid claim. This left Rollo with nothing but his socks and under garments. In the emergency, Rollo borrowed a pair of white pants from the Jailer. A shirt was provided from the Jail wash-line and a fellow prisoner loaned him his shoes. He was completely outfitted except for a coat. Due to a technical defect In the complaint, the arraignment was deferred- A welfare agency has prom ised to provide Rollo with a discarded suit. Rollo plans to enter, a plea guilty, according to Deputy District Attorney O. W. Neil son, who says Rollo has admitted the commission of burglaries In thla city. Klamath Palls and Poland. CIO PLANSlRlVE . ATLANTIC CITY, N. J., May 12 (fP) John L. Lewis, chairman of the CIO, told the Amalgamated Clothing Workers of America today, "the day recovery begins" hi organization would "aprlng Into action with a membership drive such as this coun try never saw before." "We struck three year ago." he said.' "because we knew we hod to strike when Jobs were not at such high premium. We had only one million workers to back us up then, but next time we will have four mil lion backer, and by the time the next depression roll around the working people will do something about It." Lewis asserted every recovery from depression carried "the germ of the depression' within It, because "as soon a industrial concerns get out of the red and Into the black they begin buying new machinery to sup plant labor." E LEAVES PEN TO JOIN WHITE HIBISCUS FOR NEW LIFE START SAN QUENTIN, Calif., May 12. (AP) Smiling and in apparent high spirits, Judson Doke. the man of the "White Hibiscus' case, stepped from, tho gate of Ban Qucntin prison today Into the embrace of his father. Doke plans to tako his wife, Helen Louise, the "woman In the case," to a ranch In Washington. Doke was tried twice and acquitted of slaying Lamar Holllngshead, col lege student poet, who had written love lyrics addressed to Mrs. Doke In which he referred to her as his "White Hibiscus." After acquittal In the murder trial. Doke was convicted of em bezzling funds in his capacity as milk Inspector for the city of San Leandro, and was sentenced to six years In Sun Quentln prison. A pa role, effective today, was granted af ter he had served three years and two months. A condition of the pa role was that he accept a Job on ) Washington ranch. At Lodl, the comely "White Hi biscus" said she would go to him In Washington. She obtained an Inter locutory divorce decrco' more than a year ago, but decided against get ting her final decree. "Ho knows I really lovo him, and he really loves me," she said. "J want to bo wjth him and try to find happiness again." E POSTER WINNER PENDLETON, May 12 ( AP) Win ners of tho American Legion auxil iary's annual poppy day poster con test were announced here today as follows: ' High school winner, Marjorle Mahr. Corvallis, Junior high, Donald Stroud -enmeyer, Salem: grade school, War ner Stewart. Medford. Approximately 176 posters sub mitted by public school students throughout the state were Judged by a state committee of three Pendle ton Legion auxiliary members, head ed by Mrs. William Claterbos. The three winning posters will be sent to Los Angeles to compete against other state winners In the national contest. The poppy sale this year Is set for May 27 and 21). EX-MENTAL PATIENT HELD ON F.R. THREAT LOS .ANGELES, May 12. (UP) Keith H. Rapp, 20-year-old window trimmer, today was Indicted by the federal grand Jury on a charge of threatening the life of President Roosevelt. The true-bill was voted Immedi ately after secret service agents told the grand Jury that Rapp had writ ten a letter to the president, con fessing an "overwhelming urge" to kill him. He wa captured In Mem phis. Tenn., white en route to Washington. He was remanded to the county Jail In lieu of $10,000 ball. Authori ties Intimated he would be exam Ir.rd by 2 !s !rtt. He was once committed to a state anylum, but re leased a cured $ year ago. Hughes Urges Vigilance in Selecting Good Judges to Conduct Courts of Nation WASHINGTON, May 12. ( AP) Chief Justice Charles Evens Hughes urged today that American lawyers be "vigilant" In seeking the elec tion of "good Judges" to preside over the nation's court. The chief Justice addressed the i American Law Institute. President Roosevelt, In a tetter read at the same meeting, said this country was "reshaping our legal philosophy to keep pace with the needs of our people and the spirit of our institutions." Tho president also asserted that "the seriousness of our crime prob lem in this country and the defi ciencies of our administration of the criminal law rightly cause laymen to look to such an organisation as yours to give direction and leader ship." Greatest Need of Time Hughes declared: "I question If there Is any greator need at this time than continued re spect for the Judicial tradition of In dependence and Impartiality, "The prime necessity In making the Judicial machinery work to the betit advantage Is the able and In dustrious Judge, qualified by train ing, experience and temperament for his office." Without mentioning any names, the chief Justice continued: "It Is the exceptions among the Judges, who, with their conspicuous lneptness, do the harm, and they need such admonition aa It may be practical to give tinder our system. Responsibility Stressed "But the maintenance of the standards of Judicial office rest chiefly with the electorate, where Judges are elected, apd with the ap pointing power, where they are ap pointed, and In both relations, a vigi lant bar through Its organized ef forts to securo good Judges should exercise, and should constantly seek to exorcise, a potent influence, v. Declaring that "tho multiplication of administrative agencies Is the out standing characteristic of our time " the chief Justice added: "I notice that thero Is a tendency, In the desire to emphasize the im portance of chaining stability and expertnes in particular classes of cases, to depreciate the work of the courts and by comparison to exalt administrative boards and commis sions. "Such effort are short-sighted and aro not In the interest of the suit able development of admlnLetratlv. agencies. t ; ' Courts Set Standard "It must be remembered that to the courts the community still look for the standards of Judicial con duct. "Whatever the shortcomings ot court, and whatever the need of ad ministrative bodies, It is still the court which stand out a exemplars of the tradition of Independence and Impartiality. "This Is because Judicial Institu tions, as we understand and support them, have won their place and es tablished their standards through the historic contests against the abuses of power. "So far oa it 1 humanly possible under conditions of democratic or ganization, Judges are a a class sup posed to be removed from political Influence, to be guided by principle and not by sentiment or passion, and habitually to adhere to the re quirements of the law In a consci entious endeavor to ascertain and apply them. hhould Cherish Standard "This tradition should be cherished and not weakened by disparaging the Institution which embody it." Farmer Fined For Fishing With Net ROSEBURO. ' Ore., May 12 P James Morten sen, farmer at Ump qua, was fined $100 In Justice court here today when he pleaded guilty to a charge of Illegal fishing. Morten sen was accused, Judge R. W. Mare ters reported, with fishing with a net In closed waters. Sergeant Paul Par son of the state police, reported that Patrolman Fred Perry of the game law enforcement spent the night on tho river bank to capture Morten sen, whose net, the officer, reported, contained a large steel head. The net was ordered confiscated. Champion Catfish Team Refuses to Defend Title ORANTS PASS, May 12. -J7 Hlgglnnotham, captain of the Qranl Pass catflshlng team which last year won Jackson county's Nations! cat fish Derby association contest, today definitely rejected an Initiation to enter the meet Sunday at Emigrant dam near Ashland. x A telephone Inrttetlon was relayed from L. C. PbK at Medford. "Not while the salmon are run ning In the Rogue river." tha captain exploded. ThUtj-Ilva cblnookj weraj EAST SEABOARD BY NEW YORK, May 12. (AP) Thou sands of theoretical enemy Infantry men landed by par acinic between midnight and dawn today at two points on the Atlantic seaboard a) the war game of the general head quarters air force, assigned to guard the United States from Invasion, got under way. MaJ. Qeu. Frank M. Andrews, com mandant of the force and head urn pi re of the great tactical maneuvers. Informed the commanders of hit three "wings" that the "blacks" a mythical coalition of European and Astatto powers had gained footholds at Kitty Hawk, N. C, and on an Island off Maine, five miles south west of Bootbay harbor. There, he Informed his men, the Imaginary Infantrymen were hard at work, establishing landing fields for the hundreds of planes expected to be launched from black aircraft car riers with more troops. Btmulaneously, tho fast - striking enemy theoretically bombed the air ports at Providence, R. I. ,and Bos ton. Tho Providence airport wab supposedly, badly damaged, not only by the bombs but by the destruction In midair of an enemy bomber which. General Andrews' assorted, had been shot down by the "blue defenders directly over the fort, crashing In flames among the hangars. . Another black bomber was "shot down" at New London, Conn., but the fleet of six make-believe bombers which attacked Boston escaped un scathed. L TO Member of the Medford High school band and their director, F. Wilson Walt, left thl morning for Seattle to participate In the North west Regional band contest sponsor ed by the University of Washington Twelve band members left on the Greyhound stage at 1:30 a. m. and the remainder on a special charterea bu at A a. m. The band raised $470 to defray ex penses and local merchant and bus iness men rallied to the occasion and by subscription gathered $570 to com plete the amount needed. Mother Leaps To Death With Child NEW CASTLE, Pa,, May 12. (yp Mr. Charlotte May McDevltt, 26, walked out on a railroad trestle last night with her six-year-old daugh ter, clasped the girl In her arms and leaped 100 feet to death, Coroner Charles P. Byers reported today. The coroner gave a verdict of sui cide, concluding the mother was "out of her mind." She was the wife of a WPA worker. BOBBY JONES FILMS AT UNIVERSITY CLUB Slow motion pictures of Bobby Jones, former golf champion, play ing golf and deep sea fishing In the Oulf of California, will be presented at a smoker to be given at the Uni versity club thl evening, starting at 8:30 o'clock. A light lunch will j be served. All University club mem- j bera and friends are Invited to at tend. caught at one set ot piers alone be low town yesterday. J. R. Harvey, secretary of the local chamber of commerce, agreed to help find a oranU Pass team. "One team should be enough." ha said, "alnca all wa want la tha championship again." "Olva us a break. You swiped all tha publicity last year," Pox pleaded In Ms call. Harrey smiled at tha request. "Wait until Medford aeea tha news reels of the Jackson county house of mratery datellned from Oraota Paaa," ht snickered. LEAGUE BLASTS NEGUS' HOPE OF SAVINGENIPIRE Majority of Delegates De clare in Favor of Recog nizing Italian Conquest Haile Sad, Silent WASHINGTON, May 12. (AP) The Washington government adheres to It policy or non rerognitlun of conquered terri tory despite the position of (J rent Urltnln anil France at Ge neva In favor of recount lug Kthlopla. Secretary of State Hull said today. "Our policy remains absolutely unchanged,' the secretary en hi nt his press conference. He took the unusual step of authorizing direct quotation. GENEVA, May 12. UP) The last hope of Hallo Selassie of blocking an. . Anglo-French move to recognize Italy's conquest of bis Ethiopian em pire vanished today as a majority of the delegates of the League of Na tions council declared In favor of recognition. The council members' Judgment late today came after a morning ses sion In which the fallen Ethiopian ruler made a despairing appeal against . recognition and demanded that the Issue be taken to the whole assembly. Selassie Silent The black-garbed negus sat silent at the council table as the president. Wllhelm Munters, Latvian foreign minister, summed up: "The great majority of members; feel that despite regret It is for In dividual membersto decide as they , choose,' ' ' '' ; r 1 Proponent of recognition, chief among them Britain and France, con sidered thla summation and the pre ceding declarations left league states free to recogrtlxe Italy's king aa em peror of Ethiopia. Ten nations declared In favor ot recognition. New Zealand and China were flatly opposed. Soviet Russia and Bolivia took neutral positions al though opposed In principle. "The council has not been asked to pronounce on principle nor to re tract in any way the past Judgments of Itself or the assembly," Munters said. We have been asked whether w agree to let each member decide for himself." Dignity Marks End The nee us took Munters' summary, the legal knell of Ethiopia as far as the council was concerned, with ths same dignity that marked his bear ing through morning and afternoon, sessions. He sat motionless through the French translation of the summary, with head bowed and eyes closed, and when the session adjourned he rose and left the council chamber ahead of the delegates, speaking to no one and apparently seeing no one, His aide surrounded him. The summary simply passed over without comment Halle Selassie's plea that the question be carried to ths assembly. TIME MAGAZINE BUYS DOWNFALLEN DIGEST NEW VOIIK. May 12. (UP) Time magazine haa purchased tha Literary Dllteat, Ralph McAllister Ingeraoll, publlaher of Time, announced today. Beginning with the May 33 Issue, Time will fulfill the 350.000 sub scriptions now on tha Digest's books, ha said. TILLAMOOK. May 13. (in Mrs. Florence Amelia Hardman Phelps, born 80 years ago on the present site of Dallas, died here Tuesday. In 1873 her father. Louie Bocley. was on, of the first Tillamook county set tlers. 4 BASEBALL National New York at St. Louis: Philadel phia at Pittsburgh, postponed, cold. R. R. W. Boston . 0 0 Cincinnati Sholfner and Mueller, Lopes: Tr rtnger and Herahberger. R. H. . 5 8 1 9 13 Prankhouae. Preaimell, Brooklyn Chicago . Butcher. Hoyt and Phelpa: Epperly. Bryant and Hartnett. American Chicago at Boston postponed: rain. St. Louis at Philadelphia, postponed, cold weather. Cleveland . New York 3 5 Feller and Hemsley; Oornea and Dlcksy.
