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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