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Mr The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Thursday; not murh change In tern pern til re. ' Temperature: Highest yesterday 65 Lowest this morning 33 Realize Cash When you want to realise cash from something you bin to ell In a hurry, you will find no quicker, bettor or lew ex pensive nay than to use the (MaulMed pais of Ihli news paper. Medford Tribune Fall Associated Press Jnited Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OKKGOX. WEDNESDAY, MAY 18, 1938. No. 49. mm w Ml- SM lvL lb The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright 1U37, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. MORGAN FIRM FACES FIGHT TO KEEP POWER ANTI-MONOPOLY PICO BE SEEN AIMF.O AT CONCERN COMPANY BLAMED FOR RESISTANCE TO NEW DEAL - RIVAL INTERESTS HOPE TO PROFIT KKOM COMBAT WASHINGTON. May 18. J. P. Mor gan and Co. must be ready for a bit ter struggle to retain its Immense power In the American business world. The statement Is sensational, yet the conclusion Is Inescapable. The great house at the corner of Wall and Broad Is all but certain to have to fight, and. If It does, Its antagonist mil be the New Deal. In the past, of course, Morgan's has participated In the long civil warfare between business and gov ernment. But now a single com oat between Morgan's and the adminis tration la fast preparing. The stage Is set. In the Inner circles of Wash ington and Wall Street, there Is ex cited and anxious anticipation. The struggle should soon begin. Of the events which set the- stage, the president's anti-monopoly mes sage was by far the most important. Its mild tone and confusing name have misled many as to the true meaning of the message. The investi gation demanded by .the president Is not Intended to be a mere Investiga tion of "monopolistic practices." It Is intended, by those White House ad visers who conceived and will direct It, to be a dramatization of the con centration of economic power In the United States. . That Morgan's will be cast as the chief villain of the play cannot be doubted. That the Morgan partners will be called to the stand at the most significant moments of the In vestigation Is frankly admitted by those who arc. planningv.it. It Is, to be sure, energetically denied that the New Deal ls "out to get Morgans," yet the very nature of the Investiga tion and the results that are hoped from It make It Inevitable that Mor gan's will be the principal sufferer. Moreover, If the administration doesn't succumb to the temptation to try "to get' Morgan's." it will be (Continued on Page Two.) SUIT AGAINST OPP NEARS COMPLETION The civil suit of A. Bronqulst aainst John A. Opp and Rose Opp. owners of the pioneer Opp mine near Jacksonville, for 86900 for serv ices allegedly performed over a 20 year period was expected to be In the hands of the Jury by tomorrow noon. Opp was on the stand today. In a long cross-examination. ' TOPPLED TREE BLOCKS KLAMATH FALLS STREET KLAMATH FALLS, May 18. (AP) Toppled by a strong north wind, a giant maple, late yesterday tell across Pine street; Important busi ness thoroughfare here, crushed one parked car. dented another and com pletely blocked the street for the rest of the night. One moving car missed disaster by inches. 4 SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REP0RTER8 Floyd Jenkins. Carl Bowman. Lowell Zundel and Edward Lewis telling fish yarns on Bartlett street, each trying to outshine the others. BUI Allen hobbling around tom-n on a funny-looking gadget the doc cemented to hit cast-Inclosed ankle. Larry Schade asking Mayor Furnas It he was going to observe Straw Hat Day by buying each of his round1. -men a new lid. the mayor thereupon quickly adjourning the meeting. Mel Hoean plotting against thrcs fallow councilman durlntr their ab sence. A Beta Theta Pi pin looming prom inently on AJ Stoehr'a ample vest as he plaord an MT ad to sell a pick-up car. , Mae Bogner arriving home without sn escort for once. Jesn Garman sampling food prior to the U-U W. banquti JONES AND EARLE L' Democratic State" Commit tee Selections Win Re publicans Hail Landslide for James Over Pinchot PHILADELPHIA, May 18. (API Candidates endorsed by CIO chief John L. Lewis and Senator Joseph F. Guffey were routed in Pennsyl vania primary balloting that gave a Bwecplng triumph to the Demo erotic state committee and brought Republican predictions today of vic tory in November. The primary-eve blessing of Demo cratic National Chairman James A. Parley did not save Thomas Kennedy. Lewls-Gnffny gubernatorial candi date, from trailing Charles Alvln Jones of Pittsburgh, state commit tee choice, by more than 95.000 voteR with less than 1000 of the state's 8075 precincts unreported. Vastly more crushing was the vic tory margin of. Governor George H. Earle. the state committee-endorsed U. 8. senate candidate, over Mayor S. Davis Wilson, who turned non partisan, then Democrat, after hav ing been elected mayor as a Re publican. Hall Plm-hot Defeat , Republicans, hailing a landslide triumph by Judge Arthur H. James over former Governor Clifford Pin chot. whom James had assailed as a "half new dealer," echoed the cry of Representative Martin (R., Mass.) who said at Washington: "The November parade started yes terday . . . Pennsylvania Is back In the Republican fold I" The 72-year-old Pinchot. replying wearily to queries, reiterated: ."I have said forty times at loast I would support whomever won the Republican nomination." The beaten Kennedy Insisted that "all things considered, the labor and liberal forces have won a moral victory." He did not elaborate as he telegraphed Jones: "Congratulations on your victory." Jones had promised to support "the winner." Kennedy never had committed himself. He made no comment beyond his terse message. Some political observers comment ed that the drubbing taken by Guf fey and Lewis had greatly strength ened the hand of State Democratic Chairman Davis L. Lawrence and of Matthew H. McCloskey, Philadelphia contractor tand party power. In the state party leadership. Ouffey Completes Break. Guffey broke with the state com mittee over the slating of Jones for the governorship. He made the break complete when, after having an nounced for Kennedy, he then also turned agalnBt Earle and came out for Mayor Wilson. Senator Pepper (D.. Fla.) said at Washington: "I. Just hope for the sake of the party that no breach has occurred which will make us stand a chance of losing the state from the progres sive column In November. Latest returns gave: Democratic tj. S. Senator (8860 of 8075 districts) Earle, 670.337; Wil son. 278.956. Democratic, governor (6941 dis tricts) Jones. 525.081: Kennedy, 432.617; Marglottl, 150.250. Republican D. S. senator (6695 districts) Davis. 673.904; Owlett 400.022. Republican governor(6833 districts) James. 834.581; Pinchot, 378.926. IPIIflFT INKOM. Idaho. May 18 The ; traditional posses of the west set out in a snowstorm today to track down i twentieth century bandits who stole and cracked up an airplane. The crime Is rare in aviation an nals but the methods used In the manhunt are the same peace officers of the psst century employed against frontier lawbreakers. The craft, a 9 6.000 (Waco) biplane, was stolen from its hangar at Ogden. Utah, and was found badly damaged In a field near here yesterday after noon. The footprints of two men led from the wreckage into a canyon. At Ogden. Deputy 8heriff James A. Larson announced he wanted to question Earl Gilbert. 22. former Og den aviation student who served a prison term In Idaho for cattle theft, and Roland (Rdi Hall. 19. raiv-i hand. Gilbert Is from Preston ana Hall from Fsirview. southeastern Ida ho towns. Rlr Apparatus Crop PORTLAND. May 18. (API Cold, wet weather haa delayed the Oregon aipsrsgiis crop but nonetheless It will be almost double the 1927-M arer in areee at 1 0O0 acres, the C 8. department of agriculture said today All Found Dead in Debris of Fire II HI .HIIIIIM Ml I Many Guests Cremated in P So a L$ 41T STRATEGIC SUCHOW SHANGHAI. May 18. Desper ate Chinese resistance held Japanese assault units away from the walls of battered, strategic Suchow tonight while Chinese reported other Japanese forces In the Tangnhan sector, 60 miles west of Suchow, had been thrown back In a significant action. A Chinese communique aid the defenders of the vital Lunghat rail way had launched a counter offensive south of Tangshan and driven a Jap anese column there almost back to Tungcheng, In Honan province. In Hankow a Chinese army spokes man declared this drive had "broken the rpearhead of the Japanese rd vance toward the Lunghal railway from the south." He asserted Chinese Un still were "fundamentally un broken" and Chinese "morale re mains excellent.") Jspaneae srtlllnry continued to shell Suchow's west wall and gates, but Indications Increased that capture of the city, nerve center of the far-flung central China battlefront, waa prov ing more difficult than previous Jub ilant Japanese reports had predicted. Austrian Children Drop Old Custom VIENNA. Mar 18 (API Loyal Austrian schoolchildren were forbid den by decree today to continue greeting their tesrhera with the pro verbial Austrian "klea your hand." It was explained such servility was detested In ft national socialist state Other old Austrian habits rapidly sre dlftappearlng. A decree empow ered Arthur Seyss-Inquart. jiovernot of Austria, to dissolve 22 000 Austrian societies of purely social character. I ajaai mi ' Wl ill ill lllllll Hre which sialic In a basement i MW mm Y K KJf',laI kitchen of the Terminal hotel In I MflW ' '.f4 ifrtfSd Mlanln. Cia.. killed at leaM 25 per- I MfBrV if B I . S. l-i.c-f. -on., left 13 Injured. Aim e Is a lew ' . jjja W fjf I :.J( . at Ihe MMlnc hotel with slreams of ? ' i I Xf" I jr- 12 water being plined upon II. Ihe ImhIi S V'f.t ,f It 3 I j or one nf the thtlins l shown lieliiw 5 '1 &llfiM 3 : 1 . t;5". sV. being lowered In a net to firemen on . s? MM I L' fea ,hr ground as rescue work went for- W ' f H FOR DEEP PROBE fY ftt )M RY nnVFRNMFNT W M1 1 mi DI mtm I i i -m Mill 1 1)1 Ml I I I I J I.I II HUM K.SFass.' v ., (': iaaawniT r . '.- m i Va. DANIELS AUTO STOLEN IS FOUND WREI G,l State police are searching today for an automobile thief who sometime last night stole the 1937 Lincoln Zephyr de luxe sedan owned by T. E. Daniels, Medford Insurance man. and wrecked It on the Murphy Grants Pass highway. The machine, according to state police, waa stolen from the service shop of William A. Young at 116-118 j North Front street. It was descover- ed by California Oregon power com pany employes where It had left the road and turned over. - Mr. Daniels waa notified and was told that the machine, fully Insured, was not bad ly damaged. The car la being brought back to Medford by Mr. Youn-; this afternoon. 8tate polio said Ihe thief drove the car out the ba-k door of the service shop. A hasty Investigation of the shop revealed nothing else was stolen, state police said. It Is believed the thief hid in the shop during the day and drove the machine out af ter closing hours, police said. ERA Crew Sent To Fight Crystal Fire An FRA crew working In the area was dispatched tndsy to fiht a re ported ten-are fire in the Rogue River national forest nesr crvstsl on the road between Rocky Point anfl Fort Klamath. The blare was reported to the for est service office In Klamath Falls by a state Inspector, Slmerl Jarvl. as sistant forester, and Owen Avdeiott, assistant district ranger, Ift head quarters here to make an Investiga tion of the fire The ERA crew was la charge of Elmer Rowden. , M , . Ill Hotel Fire WASHINGTON. May 18. (API Attorney General Gumming said todav he had ordered a "thorough Investigation" of the general sltua-. tlon In Jerney City where complaints charge that free speech has been denied. Shortly thereafter. Representative O'Conncll (D Mont.) tcfld reporters he would ask the treasury depart ment to Investigate the Income tax returns of Jersey City's mayor, Frank Hague. The Justice department Investiga tion Is In charge of Assistant At torney General Brlen McMahon, chief of the criminal division, Cummlngs said. At hla press conference, the at torney general asserted that he con sidered it would be "Improper" to Investigate Norman Thomas' charge that he had been kidnaped by Jeraey City policemen because Thomas al ready had begun legsl action. Cummlngs added, however, that the department would seek to de termine If any persons in Jersey City were being deprived of civil rights guaranteed by federal law. The attorney general said the In quiry was being made at the request of many persons who had sent com plaints to the White House and the Justice department. He said neither President Roosevelt nor- Postmaster General Farley were among those suggesting the Investigation. E IS FIRS! OF YEAR First general orchard smudging of I the reason occurred In the upper I and centra) Rogue River valley early this morning when the. mercury dropped to 33 degrees, snd as low as 27 snd 28 degrees In some spots. Frot Observer 'loy J. Rogers pre dicted a minimum of 30 degrees. Smudge-pots were lighted about 8:30 a.m. and continued for two hours. Some damage waa suststned by early garden truck but the pears, now thumb-ilre, suffered no dam age, an early survey showed. Rogers said continued cold might cause a heavy drop In pears. No severe dsm nge to rryill fruits r as caused. Hngfrt said. The cold was aw-pt In from the northwest on a wind that esme up Wdneeday afternoon. There were two previous smudg ing, both light. Rockefeller Tains. NEW YORK. May 18, (AP) Mrs. Nelson A. Rockefeller, daughter-in-law of John D. Rockefeller, Jr.. gave birth to twins today, a hoy and a girl. Kach baby weighed Just under iU pound' 1 jTOJ FARLEY PROMISE OF 'HANDS OFF' Governor Lashes at Ickes and Norris in Radio Ad dress Says Opponent Hess Has Lewis' Support SAU5M. Ore., May 18. (Tj A ipromlso of no official interference In the Oregon primary election Friday was claimed lost night by Governor Charles H. Martin from James A. Far ley, chairman of the Democratic na tional committee. Jn a radio address lashing at Har old Ickes, termed "Washington's No. 1 thundcrbug," and Senator Norris of Nebraska, "a former Republican and now Independent," for their criticism and Norris support of his Democrat lo gubernatorial primary opponent, Henry Hess, Martin said Farley had renewed a previous promise within the hour. statement conflrmrd "In a telephone message an hour ago, Farley confirmed his previous statement to the j Oregon) Journal, mm. netiner me naminisiroi.ion nor the national committee would take any hand In the Oregon primary," the 7-year-old retired major gen eral declared. Ickes, who wrote Hess that the gov ernor "was at heart no New Dealer," was attacked by Martin, ajpd Norris, who telegraphed Hess that he was "disappointed"- in Martin,- waa ans wered. , "We are witnessing today a spec taclo unparalleled In the history of American politics," Martin declared. "A Tormer Republican and now In dependent Senator from Nebraska. In benevolent solicitude for the farm ers of Oregon, seeks to write their ballots for them. "Another Republican cabinet mem ber from Chicago thunders his dic tation to the Democratic voters of this state." Hays Mess Is Lewis Man Martin, whose campaign against labor terrorism resulted in 101 ar rests,' declared that Hess, was sup ported by John L. Lewis, CIO leader, and that "further barrages are to be expected from other sources." "Barrage attack Is not a new ex perience for me," he added. "Senator Norris." the governor said, "is the favorite protege of Ore gon's No. 1 young radical, Richard L. Neuberger. A history of the life of Senator Norris. written by Neuberger, Is Just off the press. So, the words of Senator Norris find their own or igin." Free power 'for nothing" Is the battle flag of Norris and Neuberger, the governor declared. "He (Norris) la the father of the TV A to say nothing of a number of other projects In hla own state of Nebraska that have not turned out so well." Martin said. "Bonneville power ratea have Juat been published. They find Oregon power consumers as disappointed as Senator Norris professes to be In me. Irkes "Thiindernug" "Next we have Secretary of the In tcrlor Ickes, Wasington's No. 1 thun derbug. Woe be to all who oppose his wishes and add to his well-known chronic state of Irritation, When I was congressman representing Ore gon. the Bonneville dam proposal had Its origin. Ickes violently opposed this project and used every force at his command to block It. In spite of his strenuous opposition, Senator Mc- Nary and I were able to put It over with the president. Icke. has never forgiven me for this. (Continued on Page Five.) lltatlstlca on automobile traffic. accldenu and -fatalltlea vera present ed to the weekly luncneon-meeima of the Klwanla club In the Hotel MMlfnM this afternoon br Hllfth B. Roason. state traffic safety director. Mr. RoMon told of the work being done in Oregon to rednca traffic accident. Being utllired In the etm palgn, he point! out. Is a three- barrelled program embracing educa tion, engineering and law enforce ment. Harvey R. Ling. Klwanlan from Rurbank. Calif., waa a aueat. Other eneata acre W. Bernard Roberta. James A. Mullln, and Prank Hull, all uuoclsted with the Medford Traffic safety Council, and Seta M. Bullla, SAFFTV DIRECTOR KIWANIS SPEAKER - Charred Plane BASEBALL National. (14 Innings.) R. H. E. Pittsburgh 1 5 1 Boston - - 3 6 0 Ktlnger, Brown and Todd; Turner and Loper., Mueller. R. H. E. Chicago 4 10 0 New York 3 4 1 French, Root and Hartnett; Hubbel and Dannlng. R. H. E. St. Louis 13 13 1 Brooklyn - 4 8 3 Wetland and Owen: Preasnell, Mir row. Butcher, Frankhouso and Phelps. Cincinnati at Philadelphia, post poned; rain. American. R. H. E. Philadelphia 3 8 1 Cleveland 7 8 0 Williams. Smith and Hayes; Feller and Hemrley. R. H. E. Washington . . 8 10 1 Detroit .... 16 1 W. Fcrrell and R. Ferrell; Poffen- berger, Elsenstat and York. Boston at Chicago, postponed: wet grounds. IN ATWATER, CAL; RITES j Word was received here today of the sudden death Sunday In At water, Cal of Ben Mohler, a past exalted ruler of the Medford Elks lodge and well-known farmer and fruit man. He waa oi years oio. Funeral services wore to be held today In Fresno, Cal., where Mr. Mohler had resided after leaving Medford about four years ago. His death, according to Ernest Scott, secretary of the Elks lodge, was un expected although he was known to have been slightly 111 for several months. Mr. Mohler was born In Fresno, April 9, 1877. He became a member of the local Elks lodge June 30, 1910, and In 1930 waa elected exalted ruler. While In Medford he followed the fruit business and waa foreman of the 401 orchards for many years. He also operated the Williams creek store for a time. After leaving Medford In 1934. Mr. Mohler obtained a position selling farm accounting systems, an occu pation he followed until his death. About a year and a half ago he made a short visit to Medford. re newing acquaintances and greeting hla many old friends, all of whom will be saddened to learn of his passing. He was a fine citizen, espec ially Interested In state affairs, and was extremely well-liked by all who knew him. Bown Will Speak At Elks Meeting Captain Lee M. Bown of the state polloo will be the principal speaker In a special program dealing with the nation-wide "Drive Safely" campaign. at the regular weekly meeting of the Medford Elks lodge Thursday night In the temple. The campaign Is being sponsored by the Grand lodge. Surprises are in store for every member attending, according to Sec retary Ernest Scott, and a largo turn out is requested. Green Sees 'Kiss of Death' In Endorsement From C.I. 0. WASHINGTON. Mar 18. (P) Wil liam Oren, bitter labor rlral of Jobn L. Lawla, aald today the Pennsylvania primary "proves the CIO Is polit ical liability, not a political power." "It has now become abundantly clrar that no candidate who bears tbe CIO brand can be elected to high public office In this country." th. American Federation of Labor pres ident aald In statement. oreen said Thomas Kennedy and Olfford pinchot, whom he termed "CIO puppets." bad "lost In the Democratic and Republican primaries for governor," snd added: 'The rote muat be Interpreted as an expression of resentment by the rltlrena of Pennsylvania against the attempt of th. CIO dictator. John L. Lewis, to aelre political control of th. state. "Even the mlnlnf sections of th. sut. showed In th. returns thst the mine workers snd their friends as serted their Independence when they were accorded an opportunity to vote by secret ballot. They repudiated the CIO leadership. "tbm CmocnUo votw. also raou LOCATES EINER IN Ill-Fated Lockheed Crashed 20 Miles North of Saugus Is Word to Los Angeles Sheriff in Phone Message LOS ANGELES. May 18. (AP) Ambulance crews today reached the, wreckage of a big airliner that car ried nine persons to death Monday when It crashed Into Mount Saroh, 19 miles northeast of Saugus. Five bodies were taken from the blackened and twisted wreckage, some of them burned beyond recognition.. Four bodies were thrown clear as the plane, lost in a dense fog. dashed against the mountainside. Its motors roaring. That the pilot. Bid Wllley. waa un aware of Impending disaster was seen In his failure to cut off the motor switches. The gasoline tanka had exploded and the transport was ds mollshed by flames. LOS ANCIEI-Efl Mtv 1RfAp The sheriff's office received a report from Mint Canyon rancher today mat ne naa signtea tne charred wrAcVnon nf t.ti mlulno T yvrhniul air liner and all nine persons aboard were aeaa. The discovery was mada by Walter Peterson 30 miles north of Saugus and Vt miles off the Mint Canyon, mgnway in uie rugged area wnere a two-day search, hampered by fog," boa been, underway.. -Union air terminal, headquarters of officials, and newamen hurrying to the scene, Take Hours to Reach. ' Official entlrtiAtJirl If wniil r.W several hours to reach the wreck age and that difficulty would be ex perienced in brino-lntr ih hnHUa Of the rUBfffld Hlrr Pitinnat MnM Peterson described as the scene of tne tragic end to a short-cut taken by the liner that had yet to be delivered Into transport service. ' Air search yesterday was balked by a fog that continued to wreath the mountain peaks of f the region this morning as Peterson came In witn me report. Peterson said the plane "was all burned up." He nnered inmiH. th. cabin, he said, and counted seven bodies. The two child passengers es caped his notice. Found Karly Today. He reached the rmh n . brush-COVered. 1nw.lnnin hni. .a.... 6:30 a. m having decided to make a search after a neighbor woman j.u who mm last night of hearing the sound of an airplane Monday afternoon. The fotc Mondav w n fMrv said, that it was probable the burn ing craft could not have been seen 100 yards, , The lost craft: a re-dMio-nri rw ' heed "14," had been purchased by Northwest Airlines for 880.000. It left union air terminal at Burbank at 1:40 p, m. Monday and was schod uled to atop at Us Vegos, Nev.. lit tle more than an hour later, on the rirst leg of a delivery flight to St. Paul, Minn. - - , a- San Francisco Butter SAN .FRANCISCO, May 18. (AP-. UflDAl Bilttnr. amra. D9.'JA Ol-os SACRAMENTO, May 18. Churn cream butterfat: First grade 1 384; second grade 36 K. dlsted the eleventh hour attempt of Chairman Parley of th. Democratic national committee to deliver polit ical control of the state to Lewis, life-long Republican, who supported Presidents Harding, Coolldge and Hoover and never voted a straight Democralle ticket In his life. Oreen added that th. results eon firmed th. wisdom of th. API. non partisan political policy of support ing labor's friends and opposing It. enemies. Every candidate endorsed by th. Pennsylvania federation of labor, he said, waa victorious while ".very CIO candidate waa defeated." Iiewls, who had remained In his of fice receiving the Pennsylvania re turns until 8:20 a. m. had no Im mediate comment on the outcom.. Nor did Postmaster Oeneral Parley who appealed. In the Interest of party harmony, for the nomination of Ken nedy and the victorious George R. tarle, state organization candidate for senator, Ptret Republican leaders to com ment contended the primary result pointed toward Pennsylvania's return to las Republican fold. J,
