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y Election Returns on Mail Tribune Loud The Weather Forecast: Filr tonight and Saturday, temperature above Highest yesterday Lowest this morning Thirty-Third Year The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. PENNSYLVANIA ItESn.T NO VICTORY FOR VIRTUE SUCCESSFUL CANDIDATES . TERMED WINDY STOOIiES McCI.OSKBY, KEI.LV AND LAWRENCE HELD BOSSES AOK PEW. CiRUNDV EMERUE -AS C. O. P. POWERS THAT lE WASHINGTON. May 20. In case anyone believes that politics are growing purer In God's country, it must be recorded that virtue is still Its own reward. At any rate. It takes no prizes In Pennsylvania primaries, to Judge by the recent one. The people of the second largest state In the union may now choose their rulers among the following worthies, for whom the triumphant candidates are mere loquacious stooges. Democrats: Matt McCloskey, the contractor-boss of Philadelphia. A converted Republican and a philan thropist, he lent 928,600 to Governor George Earle; invented the novel system of "macing" campaign con tributions by $100 dinners, and help ed the new deal to victory In 1930. Unkind persons have suspected that his firm's huge state and federal government building business was bread upon the waters for his noble works. Jack Kelly, a debonair former Olympic athlete who Is McCloskey s sidekick and front man. He Is In the building materials tmde, and hat also dona nicely. Dave Lawrences a slightly sinister fellow whom Senator Joe Guffey summoned from the purlieus of Pittsburgh politics to become Demo cratic state 'Chairman. He used the power over PAP and patronage thus conferred on him to turn the un happy Guffey out of his Pennsyl vania satrapy. Republicans: Joe Pew, the Sun OH company millionaire. He has lavished his millions on the Republican party In the manner of a butter and egg man plastering a chorus girl with diamonds. He Is the personification of big business influence in the party, and his lavlshness Is about as good for the reputation of the Republicans as the diamonds of but ter and egg men are for the repu tations or chorus girls. Joe Grundy, the former senator, whose notion of progress Is a return to the golden age of William Mc- Kinley and Mark Hanna. Grundy failed to get all he wanted his sen- icontinuea on Page rive I BUSBY BERKELEY SUED BY DANCER'S HUSBAND HOLLYWOOD. May 20. 1VP) - Film Dance Director Busby Berkeley. wo professionally handles .lundreds of girls, tonight was charged with taking more than a professional in tereat In blonde Carol Land is, one of his proteges. The charge was made by MLss'um dis' husband, Irving Wheeler, vho said the loss of his wife's affections was worth 250.000 to him. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Tom ruson searching vainly through every magazine In the house for an article to settle an argument with George Merksbury. Roland Beach talking about mak ing cold storage arrangements for the fish he expects t: catch on a dep sea expedition. Vera Humphrey wrong person for a quet corsage. thanking the beautiful ban Viola Templeton forcefully pounding her philosophies. Loot. Alonro "Hap" Dunn hurrytn? away from his office to be a Rood American cltlren and cast his ballot. Linn Mills being awakened from a pTTful slumber for no good reason at all. he taking It like a gentleman. Louis Richardson resting today after making a round trip from Cres cent City to procure iter to his car te havinc lost t:ie key after locktna tht machine on the beach. MEDFORDjitTRLklNE Fall Associated Press BOTTLEil IN Japanese Commander Says No Avenue of Escape Re mains for Foe Suchow Now Completely Occupied By Elmer W. Peterson JAPANESE ARMY HEADQUAR TERS SOUTH OP SUCHOW, Some where In Anhwei Province, May 20. (AP) The general commanding the Japanese armies which advanced from the south to the capture ol strategic Suchow told this writer to night that 40 Chinese divisions were surrounded In the Suchow area without a chance of escape. , He said most of these troops were provincial levies (which average roughly 4,000 men to a division) and were Inside Japanese lines enclosing an area roughly 25 miles by IS. Suchow Occupied Immediately after greeting a small party of correspondents who had Xlown Dy Japanese army plane 350 miles from Shanghai, the general declared the magnitude of Japan's victory at Suchow, nerve center of China's central front resistance, wa-j not yet generally apparent. He would not permit his name to be disclosed The Japanese army announced complete occupation of Suchow early today. The Japanese commander said the huge Chinese forces around Suchow were breaking up into leaderless dis order and Buffering terrible casual ties under the steady, merciless at tacks of the Japanese air corps. Other officers of the Japanese command said the fall of Suchow by no means marked the final phase ot the ten-months old war. They declared emphatically that a new campaign destined to carry Japan's armies westward through the heart of China south of the Yellow river already was under way. Details Undisclosed They would not disclose details, but one high officer said Japan's legions now stretching from the Yantgze river through the coastal provinces above Shanghai and along a front bending westward above the Yellow river were girding them selves for still more formidable on slau grits. These, he said, would be pointed toward the obliteration of General issimo Chiang Kai-Shek and his armies from China forever. The writer was the first American correspondent to reach the war zone behind the Japanese line since the fall of Nanking December 1 3 He was accompanied by 8. S. Moosa of Reuters British new agency) and representatives of Domel (Japanese news agency) and Le Journal dc Shanghai. . (Japanese correspondents reported that General Shunroku Hata. com mander of Japan's armies south of Suchow, Interviewed at . "an undis closed base," said the capture ol Suchow was "only the hop" in a "hop, step and Jump" in which "we may stop at Hankow or make the Jump to Chungking." (Hankow Is temporary capital of China. Chungking, another tempor ary government seat, Is 500 mile further up the Yangtze river Th hop, stop and jump is Japan's fav orlte track and field event, her champions having won It at the Inst three Olympic games). PORTLAND. May 20. (AP( Fed era! Judge James A. Pee, reserving Judgment In the case of Charles J Hess, Jr.. 24, Klamath Falls potsto farmer.. criticized the federal govern ment for putting loan money Into the hands of applicants and then prosecuting them for spending It for other purposes t::an originally In tended. "The government ought not to tempt people that way and then In dict them because they don't spend the money as they are told to." Judge Pee declared. Hess was charged with using a $400 farm credit loan for other purposes than the purchase of seed potatoes and fertilizer. j'.O.O.F. Concludes I State Convention PENDLETON May 20 (API The grand bodies of Oregon. I.O.U.F.. concluded their B3rd state conven tion here last night by selecilng Klamath Fall; as the 1939 convention city and electing officers of the Re-Jbeksha rami u u Plane Bandit A couple of 20th century bandits hangar In Ogden. rtah, cracked It wreckage Is shown with wine of the far It. The bandits fled on foot. FRENCH DUELISTS FAIL TO KISS AND MAKE UP AFTER ONE IS 'PINKED ' PARrs.'May 30; UP) Edouard BouTdrt, director oT'La. Comedle PrrnY calse. was wounded in the right arm today by Henry Bernstein, veteran playwright and ' duelist. In an "affair of honor' 'that failed to settle their quarrel. . The principals left the dm ling field without reconciliation. The attending physician said the wound was not serious. The duel, with (full-edged but needle-pointed epees, took place on an ' estate at suburban Neilly and consisted of two two-minute periods of fighting for which Bernstein. ad Judged the Injured party, chose the weapons. It was Bourdet's first duel. Bern stein's ninth. At the end of the second two-mtn-uto period the referee -sighted -blood oozing from Bourdet's right ftrm and. upon examination, declared the con test ended. MORNING VOTING T Primary election voting was light this morning In Medford precincts, but heavy afternoon polling " Ls ex pected. Heavier voting was reported from sc-ernl country precincts. In the North Main precinct, at 11 o'lock. with one of the largest regis trations In the city, only 34 ballots had been cast, .In the North Central precinct, shortly before noon, eleven votes had been cast. In the Oakdale precinct at tn o'clock, ten votes had been cast. It was expected the afternoon and evening vote would be heavier. PORTLAND, May 20. (p) Warm weather as well as campaign Issued resulted In brisk voting today at the primary election. Virtually every sec tion of the state reported heavier balloting by mid-day than usual. In most instances the bulk of the half-million persons eligible .o cast ballots was expected to go to the polls between 5 p. m. and 8 p. m. Grants Pass Will Clear Main Street GRANTS PASS. May 20. (AP) The city's Pacific highway thorough fare. Btxttf street, was voted clear for traffi and parking by the city council Jast night in three orders. The council approved parallel park ing to replace diagonal In line with state highway commission recom mendations, requested preparation of an ordinance to limit the width of drive-in spaces, and notified a bus j company that it was revoking its j parking permits after two years of ' fruitier negotiation. I TEN PENNSYLVANIA WPA WORKERS DISCHARGED WASHINGTON. May 20. (AP) Harry U Hopkins, works proere ad ministrator, announced today that 10 Pennsylvania WPA workers bad been discharged and eight others penalized for political activities. No names or specific activities mere mad public w if : MEDFORD, OREGON, FRIDAY, MAY 20, 1938. Wrecks Ship who stole an nfrplnne from Its up near Inkom. Idaho, where the men who participated In the search WEARY PLANE THIEF TURNS UP AT OF PRESTON . Idah.0, .May 20..,- JJP) 'Roland (Red) Hall. IP. of Preston. sought throughout southeastern Ida ho's rugged, hills' since the Tuesday morning theft of an airplane at Op den. Utah, surrendered to officers today. - Suffering from badly frozen feet and weary from three days of hiking through rugged terrain, young Hall wobbled Into McCammon, Idaho, last night. He went to the home of a relative, who notified the youth's father In Preston. The father, accompanied by State Officer Mose Oeddes and Sher iff William D. Head of Preston, drove to McCammon and returned the fugi tive here. Officer Geddcs said young Hall ad mitted he and Earl Gilbert. 23-year-, old Idaho cx-conviet, stole the olatie from an Ogdcn hangar and later crashed Into a grove of trees near Inkom, Idaho. Both escaped injury, however, and fled into the hills. Days and nights of walking follow ed. The pair eluded posses, who en circled the mountainous sections be tween Inkom. Preston and Bancroft. CIO-AFTFORCES IN FREEFOR ALL OAKLAND. Cnllf., May 20 (API Police broke up a free-for-all fist-. flKht between CIO and AFL affiliates at the Santa Cruz Packing company plant here this noon. Police estimated more than 300 men engaged in the fight. Rufus Hughes, the only man Injured seri ously enough to need medical atten tion, was taken to Alameda hospital. Oeorge Vldal. of Ban Francisco, wns taken into custody for questioning. The trouble had Its Inception In reinstatement a week ago of the firnt cf ten CIO warehousemen whom the national labor relations board had ordered returned to their Jobs. Paul Heidc. business scent for the CIO warehousemen, said AFL men had heckled and bothered the CIO men ever since and that during the lunch hour today the CIO men en listed the aid of about a hundred of their fellow unionists from near by warehouses for a march upon the AFL cannery workers. Portland Sizzles In Record Heat PORTLAND. May 30. IAP) Th mrrrary Uraled up to a 1838 hl?h of 79 drgrcts yesterday and Duncan McRae collapsed on a downtown street. He was tak'n home after receiving first aid at th? emergency hospital ror heat prostration. The blKhest previous temperature was 75. recorded April 30. Mexico City Ford Strthe Is Settled MEXICO CITY. May 20 (UP 1 The 10-day strike at the Ford Mo tor company's assembly plant here. involving 350 full-time and 200 part time workers, mice today wnrn the .'ed'.nl labor !:oard ruled the walk out as Illegal. OB THREATEN STRIKE IF WAGES SLICED Labor Leaders Charge Rail roads 'Double Crossed' Employes; House to Delay Consideration Loan Bill WASHINGTON, ijay SO. (AP) Railroad labor unions added a threat of a nation-wide strike today to efforts of administration senators to prevent rail lines from putting a 15 percent wage cut Into effect July 1. The railway labor executives asso ciation, charging In a statement that the roads had "double-crossed" thelt employes, asserted a strike would be th "only ultimate result" If the railroads pressed their 2SO.000.000 wage reduction progiam. Senate opposition to the cut crys tallized In withdrawal yesterday of committee-approved bill to make more liberal RFC loans available to the carriers. The bill was on the house calendar for debate this afternoon, but house leaders changed their plana. Democratic leader Rayburn said the bill would not be considered at this time because of the senate dis pute about pay cuts. Other leaders nald they saw no point In house action on the legislation until after the senate situation Is clarified. The senate returned the measure to Its banking committee as the re quetit of (Jhalrman vVagnerr fB,,-W Y.), who 'said tbere had been "no discussion" of the wage cut proposal at the time the bill had been con sidered. Wogner told reporters that several committee members wanted to In clude a no-wage-cut stipulation In the legislation. Both labor and man. agement will be called to discuss the Issue, he said. REAMES LEAVING - L WASHINGTON. May 20. 4J? Sen ator fleames (D.. Ore.) will leave the Navy hospital tomorrow, his doctor said today. Reamcs, suffering with a severe cose of pneumonia, entered the hos pital a month ago. The senator has been ordered to take a two-week rest at his home before returning to work. With prea ent talk of congressional adjourn ment early in June, his son, Edward, said it was "very doubtful" the sena tor would return to Capitol hill. Thus, the senator's shortlived ca reer as a national legislator would come to an end. He was appointed February 1 by Gov. Charles Martin to serve the remaining 11 months of the unexpired term of Frederick Btei wer, who resigned to enter private law practice. ... . . Reamcs did not seek a return to office In today's Oregon primary. zr,C, To Graduate In K. F. KLAMATH FALLS, .May 20. AP Grade schools of the Klamath county unit system will graduate 3ft6 students this week-end. Cbunty high schools will graduate 96. Quintuplets to Join Family When New Home Is Ready NORTH BAY, Ont., May 20 (Ca nadian Press) Papa Oliva and Mamma, the quints and the seven other little Dlonnes at last are to llva under one roof as one family. Thus will be ended the cause of much resentment by the senior Dlonnes, who hsve wanted their famous five at home with their other children since the quints be came wards of the king and set up house In their own nursery. The qulntf will be four years old May 28. There now has begun "a spirit of co-operation." said Father Dlonne'a attorney who with Judge J. A. Valtn. chairman of the quintuplet board of guardians, announced the projected set-up. Plans are to be drafted at once for a new home at Corbie, five miles north of the present house and the nursery at Callander. It will house all the Dlonnes and should be ready by September. Ncnr millionaires with earnings from their movie tnd aci ertlnj conuacta, the quints are to pay Speaker aitd E T Interference by Ickes and Norris Lends Unusual In terest to Vote Martin Hess Contest Highlight Taking No Part WASHINGTON. May 20. OP) President Roosevelt said today he was taking no part In the Oregon Democratic primary election. The president made the state ment while explaining to newsmen that he would not comment upon the outcome of Tuesday's primary In Pennsylvania. Lieutenant-Governor Thomas Kennedy went down In defeat there, despite his en dorsement by Postmaster-General James A. Farley. Mr. Roosevelt said he would not comment on the Pennsylvania election because he took no part In It and that he was taking no part In the Oregon election either. PORTLAND, Ore., May 20. (AP) Oregon supplanted Pennsylvania as the nation's political sounding board today as 248,000 Democrats went to the polls In a. test of strength for Interior Secretary Harold Ickes, Sen ator Norris .(Tnd... Neb.) and John L. Lewis' C I.O. as state , primary election factors. H Rivaling Pennsylvania's . "little steel" struggle, Oregon has been the scene of a bitter A.F.L.-C.I.O. battle for supremacy In the sawmill Indus try. Scarcely milder has been the struggle between Gov.' Charles H. Martin, militant spear-head against labor terrorism, and his Norrls-spon-soreT opponent, ' Henry L.' Hess of La Grande. This Democratic contest has eclipsed all other races, although more than half a million Republicans and Democrats will select candidates for governor, senator and three con gressmen. as well as candidates for the state, county and municipal of fices. Martin In Hot Wind-up Censured by Ickes and Norris. Martin, out-spoken critic of certain governmental agencies, closed his campaign last night with a sweeping denunciation of labor racketeers in which he asserted they hsd "brutally victim 1 7,ed their fellow workers m such a manner as to parallel the first steps taken by many European nations In their march toward dic tatorship." The stocky, 74-year old former con gressman and retired major general reasserted his loyalty to the admin istration and attacked bitterly Ickes' letter to Heu asserting that Martin was at heart "no new dealer." Equally resentful of Norris' re mark that he was "disappointed" in the governor, Martin declared both had differed with him over use of electrical energy from the huge Bon neville dam project on the. Columbia river. i Can Nulve Own Problems 'We will demonstrate to the world at large that we can solve our own problems in our own way . . ., Mar tin declared. Endorsement of Hess, former state senator, by- the Oregon Common wealth Federation was described by Martin as proof he was a Lewis oan- (Con tin tied on Page Sis ) for their new abode, which will be so constructed that It can be halved, to Isolate them In the event of Ill ness. Dr. A. R. DaPoerwho helped bring the quintuplets into the world, will continue as their doctor and will hire their nurses. Duncan McArthur, deputy minister of educatton for Ontario, will supervise the addition of any teachers. Father Dlonne twice may force discharge of a nurse or teacher, but after that may only recommend dis missals to be acted upon by the other guardians. Dlonne withdraws profit he has made against employment of Louise Corrlveau as nurse for the quints, but may bring up the matter again one month hence. Teacher Nora Rou selle la. to be released when a planned motion picture Is completed Dlonne has been opposed to pub lic exhibition of his children, but showings will be held this summer and the decision for next year will be reached later. The Rgrftment between guardians and parent was reached yesterday. 8:30 Tonight Press Career Ends Mf S Judge Charles M. Thomas (nhove) former circuit Judge here, who passed away suddenly In 'Portland today as the result of a heart attack. OBJECT OF HUNT AT An aged Jacksonville prospector, despondent and grieving over the death of his wife, is the object ot an intensive search by state poltoe. sheriff's deputies, Eagle scouts and neighbors, , , - ;,; He Is John H. Heoknor, 62, a lover of nature, whose beautiful garden of wild flowers has attracted much at tention In Jacksonville. His wife, Madeline Heckncr, 74, died May 10. Heckner was last seen by neighbors Tuesday evening, after he had vis ited the grave of his wife In Jack sonville cemetery. . Wednesday, his personal belongings, knife, : tobacco pouch, pipe, handkerchief and other effects, were found plied on a little table In his home. A revolver he was known to possess hasn't been found, and state police say all Indications' point to his having taken bis own life. Also on the table was an empty envelope addressed to his step-son, Raymond A. Jackson of Redding. Oal. He left no message of any kind before he disappeared. Mr. Jackson. In a long-dlstsnee telephone conver sation ' with Sherl" Byd I. Brown yesterday, said his step-father had mentioned suicide at the time of his wife's death, but that he (Jackson) believed he had talked Mm out of the Idea, Mr. Jackson was In Jack sonville for ; the funeral of his mother, and told Sheriff Brown ho would arrive here tomorrow to aid in the search. Deputy Sheriff Bill Grenbemer said today that all old mine shafts In the vicinity had been thoroughly searched, as had almost ovcry square foot of territory In the surrounlng hills and countryside. Ray Wilson Jacksonville fire chief who Is aiding In the search, said friends of Mr. Heckner quoted him as saying, after the death of his wife, that he "didn't want to cause anybody any trouble." Chief Wilson said It was the general sentiment among Jacksonville resi dents that the old man had walked quietly Into the hills and killed him self. Mr. and Mrs. Heckner had lived In Jacksonville for the past two years. Formerly they resided In the Lake Creek district. Although not ex tremely active, Mr. Heckner spent some of his time prospecting, but was far more Interested In his lovely garden of wild flowers, of which he raised 25 different varieties. BASEBALL National. Cincinnati New York v.nitrrmecr and Lombardl: Schu macher. Castleman and Danntng Pittsburgh . Brooklyn 13 Lucas. Brown, Blanton. Sewell and Todd; Mungo, Preasnell and Phelps. Chicago - 1" 3 0! Philadelphia 1 11 Carleton, Russell and Hartnett. . Oarbark: Walters, Hallahan, Rels and ; Atwood, Clark. American. R. H. C. Washington 10 I Cleveland 10 0 Leonard. Hoggsett and R. Pcrrell, Olullanl; Allen and Pytlak. Philadelphia - S 8 1 Detroit 3 S 1 Thomas. Potter and Brurner: Roue, Cotfman, Lawson and Tebbatis. I Most People Do When do jou spend mut of your time reading? Sunday. Most people do. Then would It not he wise to hare that Classified Adv. In the Sunday morning edition? Time to get busy No. 51. PASSES SUDDENLY OF HEARATTACK Former Circuit Judge Here Had Stormy Political Life Practiced Law in Port land Since 1934. PORTLAND, May 30. fPi Judga Charlea M. Thomaa. 81, state utllltlea commissioner In the admlnlstratloi of the lata Gov. Jullua Meier, died of a heart attack at his home today. Judge Thomaa. a proponent of pub lic ownership, waa commlaaloner from fob. 38. 1031, until 1934. His actlvl. tlea In office led to inveatlgatlone of rata structures of major private ut!l ules and resulted la litigations which are atlll pending In ferteral court,. to uregun in 1918 The ludca eame to oiwnn In tais from Iowa and opened a law nfflea at Medford. He waa elected aae rep resentative In 1918 and state senator in 1918. He waa circuit Ji-dge In the nrst judicial district from 19JS to Jltdize Thomaa. RumihltMn - one ot four senators who sponsored the 1919 legislation liberating state highway constructioL from wbat waa anuwii as me paving comome. 'Hie Judge retired from political Ufa In 1034 and entered law practice here. Born In Iowa He waa born in Jaokaon county. Iowa, nnd graduated front the mil-' ; verslty of Iowa In 1807. He practiced law with hla fathor at Maquuketa. Iowa, aruf aerved a term n. nmunif- ing attorney. In 1013 he waa elected temporary chairman of the Iowa .Re publican convention. He is survived By his widow, draco E. Thomas, and three sons. Ralph 8.. Benjamin P., and Charles M. Thomaa, Jr. The news of Judge Thomaa" sudden death came as a great ehock to hla many friends In Medford and South ern Oregon. No one here had even heard of any Illness, although It waa known, among hla Intimate friend,, that for many year, he had been suffering from high blood pressure. Probably no local resident In publlo life ever waa the center of more bit terness ond controversy than Charier Thomaa. While a member of the state senate, he took a leading part In the fight against the so-called "paving trust." and waa vigorously supported In that by hla close friend Henry Hansen, who waa then political editor of the Portland Telegram and la one of the candidates for governor In today's primary. Lines were cloself drawn Ih southern Oregon, and the) community pretty well divided be tween pro- and anti-Thomas factions. Later when elected circuit Judge. In a contest with Col. B. K. Kelly, ot Medford, the same factionalism con tinued, a large group being strongly pro-Thomas and an equally large group being violently against . him. Thla feeling for' and against Judge Thomas did not die down until he left Medford. upon his appointment as state utllltlea director, under oov ernor Meier, who for many years had. been his personal and close political friend, previous to this Judge Thomas had been defeated for re-election In bitterly fought contest, by the pres ent Incumbent, Judge H. D. Norton.- Estranged Husband Kills Wife and Self CHEWBLAH. Wn.. May 30. (API Two persons were killed and a third wounded here shortly before noon today In what the Stevens county sheriff said was slaying and sui cide, after family estrangement. The sherirf said John Renoud. 34. killed his 19-year old wife and wounded her mother. Mrs. Josle Benscotter, critically, before killing himself. He said no Inquest would be held. Primary Returns Offered Tonight By Mail Tribune State and county election re turns will be announced over The Mall Tribune public address system beginning at 8:30 tonight. The publlo Is Invited to listen to the returns In front of The Mall Tribune, office, 37 North Fir street. The poU c, 8 'cloc,t and returns will start coming In shortly thereafter. The Mall Trib une staff and county correspond nta will gather and tabulate local returns, mil Associated Preas and United Press wire servlcea will irorlrte state returns
