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The Weather Forecast: Fair and mild to day and tomorrow. Temperature Highest yesterday 81 Lowest yesterday 53 Check Up The house you are looking for may be advertised on the Classified page today. If so, what a lot of time It ulll save you In looking around. Why not check up? MEDFORD 1IBUNE Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, SUNDAY, MAY 35, 1938 No. 46. io) a winTi wwnin Ul I M I I I I I I I III 12) mi mm mm i i The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and . Robert Kintner Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance. Inc. INFLUENCE OF WEI.I.ER IS VIEWED AS POTKNT HILL'S CHIEF AIDE IS WASHINGTON ENKi.MA SEEN AS PRACTICAL AND ABLE DIPLOMAT OPPOSED TO FASCISM ih't shi ns rill s ih:s WASHINGTON, Mi-.y H. The wise acre's gossip about t..o president's Indorsement of the Anglo-Italian ac cord has been both lurid and ludi crously contradictory. One school has cast Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles as the devil ot the piece. going behind Cordell Hull's back to persuade the president. Another pic tures Welles and his chief as work ing hand In glove to queer the game of a whole creav of devils, the state department's Isolationist career of ficers. Everyone agrees, however, that Sumner Welles now wields a major influence In the foreign policy of the United States. This tall, power fully built, beautifully tailored man, with the glacial manner and an ex pression which suggests that a morsel of bad fish has somehow or other lodged Itself In his mustache. Is n shaper of America's course. At first glance, the power of Mr Welles Is surprising, for his exterior is not. in the tradition of American 'diplomacy. The"' congress -'gaitered homeliness of the Bryan school Is only slightly more foreign to him than the gentle Anglo Phllta which afflicts so many of the more pol ished employes of the state depart ment. His exterior Is glacial, but It also has a considerable force. In Welles there Is even a trace of the Curzon grand manner, purged, of course, of its wilder ornaments. Look beneath the exterior and you find an able pragmatist, a man who holds Hull's doctrine of the need to keep the light of International law still shining In a darkening world, but one who insists on meeting each situation as It arises, in the most practical manner possible. Such a man, it may be, will be rather useful in these troubled times. Lnbendtng and Bending Because of his forbidding manner, because he keeps his own counsel, and because he frightens people a little, Sumner Welles is one of the most discussed human enigmas in Washington. And even when one has forgotten his manner and all the rest, he is still a puzzling fellow. There can be no doubt that his abilities are great. Either in con versation or at his desk, he is able to grasp and hold the most com plicated set of facts with great rapidity. When he speaks, his precise and formal language invariably ex presses thorough knowledge. He works hard, and easily, rnrely unbending. He knows how to impress people with what he Is saying, and. for all hla stitfness, he also knows how to conciliate them. At the White House diplomatic dinner this winter, for example, there was an unpleasant incident. A rathei foolish European minister, bubbling with pride and color prejudice, re fused to give his arm to his dinner partner, the Haitian minister's wife. Mine. Lescaut. There was some feel ing about the matter. It might have gone further had not Welles, at the secretary of state's dinner a little later, soothed the bad feelings by offering his arm to Mme. Lescaut In the most marked end complimentary manner possible. lp From (iroton Probably ambition is as strong at any other trait in Welles. He was born In the same small, prosperous New York world of which the presi dent Is a somewhat rebellious mem ber. He went to Groton and Harvard. He entered the state department with k brilliant scholastic record behind htm and the reputation of being a fellow who kept very much to himself. In the department, he concen trated in South American affairs, working up to be chief of the Latin American division. In 1S25. after a persona! row with the powers that were, he left the state department. In his years of leisure, he occupied himself more energoticnllv t'ran most vrry well-to-do men mlcht. He and lit ciiermtna wife built their big p . a.? in M a nrl nd . He wrot an Authoritative history of the Domin ican republic, snd kept In careful touch with South American affairs. He also kept in touch with his old friend. Frsnklln Delano Roosevelt, and. when the 1932 campaign came on. Offered his t.-'v:!:! t; :,;-pp?rt lOununueH on Paga fcat.j NO. 2 RATING FOR ACCORDEDLOCALS Lebanon Wins Same Honor For Class 'B' Bands At Northwest Music Festival At Seattle. KWATTT.E. Mav 14. (JP High school bands from LaQrandc, Ore Lincoln (Tacoma) and Aberdeen were awarded No. 1 (best conceivable per formance) ratings In the Pacific northwest Interscholastlc mvislo fes tival class A division at the University of Washington today. SEATTLE, May 14. P) The Ever ett high school string quartet receiv ed a No. 1 rating ("best conceivable performance") In class A competition of the regional school music competi tion festival here today. It played Beethoven's "Fugue In P-Major." The same rating went to Edmonds' class B string ensemble playing Mo zart's "Serenade." No. 2 ratings ("unusual perform ances") went to class B bands of Lebanon and Medford. Ore., and to Howard Hand, Corvallls. in the bra. tuba contest. Jn the senior division. No. 2 rat ings went both boy high voice con testants Richard Melum, Canby. Ore., singing Rogers' "The Star." and .Kenneth Sparrow, Renton, singing "The Blind Postman." by Re Rose. Margaret Mtckelson. Eugene. Ore., won a No. 2 In the Junior saxophon ists' division. Performers receiving No. 1 ratings Included: Baritone horn solo Marjorie Lar son, West Linn: Stanley Compton, Canby. Ore. Piute solo, senior 'division..--Marjorie Broer, Salem. Clarinet solo. Junior division Shirley Baldwin. Eugene; senior di vision: John McManus, LaGrande, Ore., and Julia. Bnlzhiser, Eugene. Cornet solo. Junior division Well ington Bond, Halsey, Ore. Soprano solo Joyce Hendrickson, LaOrande, Ore. Viola Vern Sellln. Everett: Betty Booth, Ellensburg; Emma Grosser, Renton. Cello Betty Jean Jory, Everett: Doris Oison. Snohomish. Violin. Junior division Allwyn Erlckson, Bremerton: Marilyn Olson, Everett. Senior division Barbara Stronach, Cheney. Cornet. Junior division Miles Blankenshlp, Bremerton: Wellington Bond, Halsey, Ore. Senior division Betty Sexton, Shelton; Roberz Carl son, Grant high. Portland. French horn Roger James, Frank lin high, Portland; Harold Myers, Edmonds. Clarinet, senior division John McManus, LaGrande, Ore.; Julia Balz hlser, Eugene, Ore. Piano, senior division Wniir Stabbert, Stadium high, Tacoma: John Flower. Aberdeen; Honey Lewis, Renton. Eugene. Ore., and Stadium hleh schools were -given No. 2 (unusual performance) ratings in class A di visions. Lincoln and Olympia won No. 2 rat ing in class A orchestral numbers, with Everett the only school orches tra rated No. 1. The bands were required to play Berlioz' "Beatrice and Benedict" over ture and two optional selections. The orchestras played Svendson's "Zora hayda" as the required number, plus an optional selection. f BULLETIN CORVALLIS. May 14. (TP) Jim Klsselburgh, Junior college transfer fullback, saved the Oregon State col lege vanity football team Irom de feat at the hands of an alumni all star team in a spring practice game today and assumed a major share of the Beavers' hopes for next fall's campaign. The varsity won, 14-0, Kissel urgh scoring both touchdowns. The first, after five minute of play, came on a 20-yard run after Red Franklin of the all-stars fumbled. In the last quarter, with the alumnls leading 9-7. Klsselburgh Intercepted Frank lin's pass on his own 20 and ran It back to the opposition's 7-yard stripe, scoring on the next play. PORTLAND, Ore., May M. fVPr-8. O. Mendenhall. of Grants Pass, broke 99 out of 100 birds to lead the field today in the first half of a registered trapshoot at the Portland Gun club. SACRAMENTO. May 14. (AP Coming from behind with a four-run splurge in te ninth. San Francisco defeated Sacramento here tonight. 6 to 3. Night game score: R. H. K. ftin Francisco 6 8 1 v-ra "pert"! 3 11 fl Oil: on. r.j7r 8i Sprinz; J Seuts, Hujes (9) and Franl. I 'Racketeers' Seek Revenge At Polls, Martin Says 'S TALK Vast Throng Told Italy Wants Peace "But Will Arm To Preserve It In Face of Speeches." GENOA, Italy., May 14. (AP) Premier Benito Mussolini took per sonal note for the first time today of American criticism of fascism warning that totalitarian states "im mediately would become a bloc and march together" should the democ racies start a "doctrinal war." Fascists regard II Duce's words. delivered before 100,000 cheering blackshlrts in this Mediterranean port, as aimed directly at United States Secretary of War Harry H. Wood ring. Woodrlng. in a speech May 5, warned that provocations of dicta tor-controlled states some day rniglit force democratic nations to war. II Duce declared Italy sought to preserve peace but Intended to arm herself to safeguard It In the face of "speeches from across the ocean." Mussolini reaffirmed Italy's "loyal friendship" with Germany and his intention to "respect" the April 16 friendship pact with Great Britain. But he also threw a generous quantity of cold water on negotia tions now going on between Italy and Prance if he did not com pletely drown them. American antipathy towards fas-clam- unmlstakeably hinted at" by Mussolini, was seen in a congres sional move to have Italy named among violators of the Kellogg Briand pact and in statements by Harold Ickes, Interior secretary. The U. S. state department, fas- cists noted also, has not recognized itaiy s conquest of Ethiopia and that Issue has delayed for several months the conclusion of a new commercial agreement between the United States and Italy. We want peace, but we must be ready to defend it, especially when we hear speeches even from across the ocean on which we must re flect," Mussolini said. VOICE FAILS, SO TO CANCEL ADDRESS SALEM. May M. P) Henry Hess' voice has failed him right at the cli max of the most heated Democratic gubernatorial campaign in Oregon's history, it was announced to a dis appointed crowd of 500 which gather ed here tonight to hear him talk on behalf of his candidacy. The m nouncoment was made by Wayno Williams, vice-president of the Ma rion coynty Hess-for-Governor club. How serious Hess voice trouble might be was not learned here, nor whether there was a possibility he might be able to make any more speeches In the closing days of the campaign. The crowd listened to an address by Robert O. Smith of Portland, who said he had supported Governor Mar tin four years ago.i Smith devoted most of his talk to praise of the New Deal and said it was Imperative that each state march In harmony with the federal regime, which could be accomplished here only through nom ination and election of Hess. The satirical skit "I'd Rather B- Wrong, or Charlie Iron Pant Ooes to Town." waa presented by a Portland cast. ON LABOR READY WASHINGTON, May 14. (UP) The supreme court tonight waa believed to have prepared the most Important series of decisions of the term In cluding a vital national labor rela tions board appeal for presentation at noon Monday. An additional ruling of national Interest expected Monday Is the court's action on the plea of attor neys for Thomas J. Mooney that the tribunal review California court decisions refusing to free Mooney from life Imprisonment sentence Im posed as a result of his conviction in connexion with San Francisco's fa tal 1916 "preparedness day" bomb-In;. Reunion With "White Hibiscus" h oi . n " " vA'a vh""- i v i Judson Duke, paroled from Han (Jucntln, Calif., prison where he served a sentence for embezzlement, tvnfl reunited with his wife, ltoten, over whom he killed a college boy poet ivlio railed her "White Hibiscus." In Lodl. Calif, They nre shown as tliey met, ready to slnrt life nncw on a dairy farm In the stnto of Washington. ON SUGHOW LINE By LLOYD I F.IIKBAS. SHANGHAI, May 15. (Sunday. fP) Chinese today pressed desperate coun ter attacks to break the lines of Jap. anese columns steadily tightening a noose on China's central front for anJ assault on the key city of Suchow Concerted Chinese attacks south of the vital east-west Lunghal railroad, which a Japanese communique said had been cut, were directed particu larly against Yungcheng and Meng cheng In northern Anhwel province The Lunghat was severed, Japanese said, by heavy aerial bombardments that prevented movements of supplies to China's huge central army. Jap anese army spokesmen declared 400. 000 Chlnlse troopa had been blocked off from retreat and faced surrender or annihilation. Two hundred Japanese war-planes supported the forces aimed from north and south at several points along the Lunghal. Repeated raids were made on Su chow, causing heavy casualties and serious damages to (Chinese defenses and war stores In the Junction city. Chinese press reports raid General Iwane Matsul, who was replaced as commander-in-chief of Japanese forces In the Shanghai area, hd landed on Quemoy Island, off Amoy, and was directing the Fuklen opera tions. Dispatches from Hankow, tem porary seat of the Chinese govern ment, said transports from Formosi, a Japanese colony Island, were land ing troops at Amoy. Despite the critical war situation, the Chinese high command was said still to be optimistic. NEW YORK. May 14. Friend ly bombing planes reported the "de struction" of half of a theoretical enemy air strength tonight as a 24 hour armistice halted the mock war tvtween the general headquarters air force and "a coalition of European and Asiatic powers." Umplra of the war games along the eastern seaboard said the "blue' (defending) forces had destroyed an "enemy battleship," an "aircraft car rier" and a "tanker" In a p-actlce series of bombing nlds, arid dl -abled a second "invading carTier." IN. OIL DISPUTE MEXICO CITY, May 14. (P) Owen St. Clair O'Malley, Great Brit ain's minister to Mexico, announced tonight he had been recalled by his government, completing the dlplo matlc break between Britain and Mexico. Britain's action was in response to that of Mexico last night in with drawing Prlmo Villa Michel, Mexi can minister to London, because of Britain's "unfriendly attitude" toward Mexico. Mexico's diplomatic break with Great Britain apparently strengthen ed popular support of the Pres. La- zaro M. Cardenas today In his pro gram of nationalization of foreign owned oil properties. Mexico's grave oil problem, which led to the recall of the Mexican min ister to London, remained unchanged, however. The press, workers' groups and others r,poke in patriotic phranrs en dorsing the president's action, out the country's moat pressing problem one on which many observers be lieved the fate of the Cardenas ad ministration reatA remains unaolved Today the peso slumped from five to ten points, although supporters of the president believed the eco nomic turn to have been counter balanced by a revival of nationalistic ferver In the country after the ex propriation. Until she disposes of her surplus oil Mexico has exported roughly 60 percent of the last three years' pro ductionMexicans must restrict their operations 'o domestic needs. This means a loas of 17 percent of federal and atatc revenues which oil used to pay, a lack of foreign credlta to bolster a falling currency, the end of present moratorium payments abroad and a general disruption of commerce. f Pars Kttreme Penalty MOUND8VILLE, W, Va., May 14. (API Raymond Styers, 74th person to die on West Virginia's gallows plunged through the trap last night in a strait-Jncket aftr claiming he waa Innorent. IVholeMle Vandalism PORTLAND, May 14. (p) Tires on more than 100 automobiles parked In the vicinity of Southeast Sixth ave nue and Hawthorne street were punc tured early yesterday by vandals, De tective captain J. J. K-eyan, said No arrests have been mada. T AS FMWISHED Eugene Register-Guard Says Radio Speech Ar ranged By Phone Hint Doubls Cross. EUGENE. May 14. ( AP) The Eu gene Reglater Guard will say in Sun day's issue: "When Gov. Charles H. Martin made his recent radio speech in i support of President Roosevelt n i spendiug and lending program he did this at the request of the radio director of the Democratic national committee and with the undemand ing It was "tho president's wish." This fact is verified by men who helped to make tho arrangements but It Is one where White House confirmation is difficult because "the president Is never quoted end where Governor Martin himself Is mum on the ground that you cannot have arguments with the president. It has been established however that the arrangements were made by a aeries of direct telephone talka with Washington and over tho ob jection of some of Martin's friends who thought he should not bo drawn Into that Issue. It is cited by them now In rebuttal of the White House statement Saturday indicating that the president had disclaimed friendly Inclinations toward the Oregon gov ernor on his visit to Bonnovine." COL. KNOX URGES PEOPLE TO QUIT OSHKOSH, Wis., May 14. (P) Col. Frank Knox, Chicago publisher and Republican vice -presidential candi date in 1938, told the state conven tion of Young Republicans of Wis consin tonight that "the uncompro mising knife of economic law has whittled down the New Dealers to their natural size.' ' Knox, who asserted he waa not a candidate "for anything in the world." said a great opportunity "ts fairly begging our party to take it by the hand." 1 Knox termed the New Dealers "a noisy, spending crowd of adventur ers" who have ' brought breadlines heavy taxes, Idle farms, empty fac tories and 12.000,000 idle men and women. "The plain truth," he said, "Is that we are not going to get out of the mess we are In until we quit worshipping political novelties and get back to economic realities." Reviewing tho New Deal, Knox de clared that "from high lips we heard this mathematical miracle: 'The ref iclts of today make the surpluses of tomorrow.' Which waa Just another way of saying that to get prosperity, thrift is a symptom that has to be fumigated, and work a disease that haa to be quarantined," "Well, on the surface the theory seemed to work for a while," Knox added, "A loud boast of 'we plan ned It that way echoed across the land. But, here we are again back on the same old dreary street." Knox said President Roosevelt orig inally saw that there were two ma chines In the nation, one calld gor ernment, supported by the people, and the other called business, which supports the people. BUTTE CHINATOWN EIRE T BUTTI. Mont., May 14. (UP) Wind-fanned fire tonight threatened to wipe out Butte's colorful China town and waa Drought under control only after all but one city truck had been called. Three wooden structures were de stroyed and a fourth gutted as leap ing flames swept through the tightly packed buildings. A Jons house built before the turn of tho century was destroyed but the revered Idol of Bud ha gracing a tiny upstairs "chapel" was saved. Hundreds ot persons Jammed streets as orientals swarmed from seemingly untenanted homes dragging cherished possessions behind. With danger passed, Chinese and their belongings again dissolved Into ramshackle home Would-Be Suicide Foiled When Shot Bounces Off Jaw PHILADELPHIA, May 14. A pistol bullet which. Detective William Arthur said, Mrs. Anna Rodler, 50. fired Into her mouth caused only minor Injury. Jewish lospltal physicians said the bul let struck her Jawbone and bounced off. Mrs. Rodler spat it mt. INJURED IN EUSS JAIL TRANSIENT Two Injured In Wild Brawl In Bear Creek 'Jungles' Last Night With Ax And Pipe. A wild brawl In tlw hobo cavp on the southern outskirts of Med ford late yesterday afternoon, In which two Iron plpca, a four-foot length of galvanized Iron drain pipe, and an ax were allegedly brought Into play, sent Jack Barncs 82, "mayor of the Jungle" to Sacred Heart hospital with a possible frac tured skull and Anton Szcuka, 02, of Seattle, to city Jail with a deep gash across hTa left cheek and nose, a largo lump on the head and an injured left hand. Szcuka, who claims be Is a cook looking for work, Is being held In Jail on an open charge pending the outcome of Barnes Injuries. Hospi tal attendants reported last night that Barnes was conscious and ap parently not critically Injured, In a statement to Deputy District Attorney George Nell son, Szcuka al legedly admitted striking Barnes over tho head with the four-foot lqngth of drain-pipe after Barnes had slashed hla (Szcuka's) face with a double-bitted ax, Szcuka was ar rested by city police about 5 p. m. near the Southern ' Pacific freight yards, walking to town. Barnes was found in his "jungle" cabin and rushed to the hospital. Under questioning of Deputy Dis trict Attorney Nell son, Szcuka said he arrived in Medford last Wednes day on his way from Los Angeles to Seattle. He said that he hadn't slept in the "Jungle" camp since arriving here and that he had never seen Barnes before they fought. In his statement, Szcuka explain ed that he waa walking past the row of "Jungle" shacks to got a drink of water when he allegedly saw Barnes threatening another (Continued on Page Six.) 4 T Fair and mild weather was pre dicted by the weather bureau for the Rogue valley today. Thunder storms, however, were forecast for the higher elevations. Weather forecast for Sunday, May 15. Northern California: Fair Sunday but fog on the coast; high temper atures In Interior; gentle variable wind off coast. Oregon: Fair Bunday; warmer In Interior Sunday and in east portion tonight; fogs on the coast Sunday; gentle north to east wind off coast. Weekly outlook. May 10-21, in clusive, far western Btatea: Fair weather with temperatures above normal In interior and fogs on coast. 1 OF ROSEBURG FINED ROSE BURG, Ore., May 14. (AP) Morrel Melvln, 44, of Gardiner, who, accord I ng to Sherl ft Percy Webb, secreted himself in the home ot the un reciprocating "object of his af fections," while she entertained her boy friend, waa fined (50 In justice court here today, The fine, however. was suspended, when Melvln told Judge R. W, Maratera he would leave Douglas county. The grand Jury returned a not true bill In the case of Melvln. bound over by the Reedsp?rt Justice court on a burglary charge. He pleaded guilty In the local court to a charge of disorderly conduct. GOVERNORJSTATES Forces Of Greed Flayed In Speech A.F.L Organ izer Backs Executive Triviality Appears. PORTLAND, Ore., May 14.-(UP) Gov. Charles H. Martin told the Italian-American New Deal club tonight that a bitter campaign is being waged against him by outraged "racketeers" who were ousted from lucrative in comes by the governor's drive on la bor terrorists. - "You now seo the forces of greed that actuated these racketeers and gangsters mobilized against me. They have sworn the oath of vengeance upon me because I had the courage and the vigor to step in and spoil their game. I suspect 1t f the loss of income through extortion and prey ing upon the working man and hla family that haa caused this vengeanco to be so forcefully implemented," he sald He said the campaign had already produced a "circulation of lies and half-truths designed to mislead you in to the belief that I am not for tho common man. I have confidence in you ability to detect these canards and to nail ttiem with your ballots this next Friday." Unionist Unnolds PORTLAND, ' May 14. fl) Oregon labor "ia too smart to repudiate Gov ernor Martin for fantastic promises.' Joseph Hennessy of Marshfleld, A PL sawmill union ownanlzer for the Coos Bay district, said In a ad4o address. "We can chart the future by the past and from his past record we know that Governor Martin will be with ue wholeheartedly when he is ree looted," Hennessy said, He described the rank and file of labor as "good citizens," who make "no Impossible demands on Oregon." "Every thinking labor man and wo man knows that Governor Martin is his friend," the labor official de clared. Henry Hess, Martin's opponent for the Democratic nomination, haa been favored by the advisory board of the state federation of labor. MARSHFIBLD, May 14. (p) The radio speech Friday night (KOEN) by Joseph Hennessy, Coos Bay AFL or ganizer, in which he urged labor to support Gov. Charles Martin at next Friday's primary election drew an In dignant reply today from H. O. Tripp, chairman of the Southwestern Ore gon Labor Trades council. Asserting that Hennesy had declar ed that the council solidly endorsed Martin, Tripp said that no one waa authorized to express the political views of the council and that the speech had greatly wronged the labor movement of this section. SALEM, Ore., May 14. 7P) A de nial came today from the White House that President Roosevelt last September told white-crested Char les H, Martin, who seeks renoml na tion next Friday as Oregon's Demo cratic governor, that " 'you and I made a good pair'." It was a potent shot suddenly fired Into what haa been a comparatively dull campaign with the 74-year-old retired major general seeking renoro- tnatlon largely on the Isue of wheth er he was a white knight fighting la bor's cause against alleged terrorists, 73 of whom have been Indicted sinco January, For 348,169 registered Democratic voters, the Issue of whether "old iron pants," as friends and enemies know him, was a self styled champion of labor was significantly broadened to Include whether the administration was a friend of his. The spike upon which the White House Impaled, reports that tt would ing the praises of Martin, who has been a sharp critic of such Roosevelt function and functionaries as the national labor relations board and Madame Secretary Perkins, was fashioned out of President Roose velt's dedicatory trip to Bonneville dam last fall. President Roosevelt had Just fin ished September 28 speaking at Bon neville dam, riding to Mt Hood with the ffovernor and was about to de part from Vancouver. Wash ., for Frand Coulee dam. when, so the pres ident told the Willamette Democratic society, western Oregon political group, only last May 5, the president exclaimed to him: 'v,, anri T made a ffood ptr.M In a press statement, Stephen Ear ly, the president's secretary, said to day that to the best of hla knowl edge Mr. Roosevelt "never made any jOontinusd on Page U.)
