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The Weather Korciast: Partly cloudy to nlgbt and Wednesday; little change In temperature. Temperature IliRliffct etrrday 82 Lou rst this morning 52 Medford Be Happy Try to rind a more economical way to reach the publlo than through the classified columns of thla newspaper. It Just rant be done. Why waste time? L'se the Classified and be happy. Full Associated Press Full United Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON. TUESDAY, MAY 24, 1938. No. 54. ecu M Ul Tribune m i The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright 1UU7. by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. HIDDEN DYNAM1TF. SEEN IN ANTI-MONOPOLY MESSAGE PLAN WIDE INQUIRY IN NATION'S ECONOMIC POWER PROFITS TAX REVIVAL INCLUDED IN SCHEME BILL WOULD PROVIDE FOR JOINT PHOI11NC. COMMITTEE WASHINGTON, May 24. The res olution lor an Investigation of mon opolies may go before the senate this week, yet even now the remarkable significance of the president's de mand for It has not been grasped either In congress or the country. As the president usually makes political statements at the top of his voice, his milder words always seem conciliatory. While eloquent the language of his message on mon opolies was mild, and it has been accepted as a peaceable document. Bead It, however, In the light of the Intentions of Its real sponsors the White House's left-wing advisers and you will find It fuller of dyna mite than any other state paper of the new deal. Take the undistributed corporate profits tax, for example. It seems to be dead and burled. It was the cock robin that sparrows Pat Harrison and Bernard M. Baruch killed with their little bows end arrows. Yet one of the subsidiary purposes-of the anti monopoly Inquiry, as now planned. Is to breathe new life Into the dead tax, and supplement It with an In tercorporate dividend tax as well. And that's Just an example. If It stopped howling about the labor relation board long enough to find out the proposed anti-monopoly Inquiry's true Import, the Chamber of Commerce of the United States would be rendered voiceless with hor ror. The Inquiry Is plsnned as a fron tal attack on concentrated economic power. It Is Intended to spread Jus tice Brandels' old gospel of the dan gers of business bigness so much more revolutionary, In these days of great corporations, than any mere Marxian collectivism. And it is timed to provide the issue for the 1940 cam paign. If It's successful, It won't only en tall dragging the partners In J. P Morgan snd company and men like them to Washington, for an uncom fortable spell on the witness stand It will do what has never before been (Continued on Page Four.) White House Clerk Arrested In Theft WASHINGTON, May 24. AP) William Buckley, a file clerk In the White House mall room, was arrested today on a charge of stealing 3 from a White House letter. District Attorney David Pine said Buckley was caught In the act of taking three dollar bills out of an envelope and that the Investigation was proceeding further. The case, a charge of petty lar ceny, wan set for trial tomorrow. .4 SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Dorothy Perl letting out a loud "whoops" as the mnsked Black Secret suddenly emerged from an elevator she and hubby rrsnk we about to enter. T S. Daniels bursting In with a gun club new. story and a little later snatching It almoet off the press with the explanation that there were new developments. Sam colton giving a rapld-flre sales talk on pencils to George Henselman, George restraining himself admirably In view of the fact he was Itching to give a sales talk on Insurance. Owney Patton congratulating an unwilling victor in the primary elec tion. Firmer Gladys Young wearing a fmiig smile after comparing the gronth of her vegetables with those of a rival agriculturally. Margaret Burton oaring for the various activities In the district at torney's office, she averlng that time dcfn't lug for something to do. B?rnl.K- Co:ksev attrmptirtf .o Tarm o it some kittens r.nd not having much luck In doing so. FRANCE REVEALS I WASHI No Reply Received Reports of New Troop Movements and Break-off of Peace Parley Cause Anxiety PARIS. May 34. (API A foreign office spokesman tonight announced France had asked the United Statns to "support" French and British ei forta to prevent war arising from the German-Czech tension. The spokesman said the request bad been made twice through Unit ed States Ambassador William O. Bullitt In Paris and Bene Doynet de St. Quentln, the French envoy in Washington. No reply has been received from the American government, the In formant Indicated, though Bullitt had a long conference today with Foreign Minister Georges Bonnet. PRAHA. May 24. ( AP) Reports of new troop movements on the Ger man side of Czechoslovakia's 'south ern frontier combined with Inter ruption of the Hodza-Henleln peace talks hero today to discourage such optimism as had developed after central Europe's critical week-end In official quarters reports circu lated that yesterday's withdrawal of German troops from the border took place only In Saxony and that they fell back only about 30 miles. On Czechoslovakia's frontier with Austria It was said the concentration of German troops actually had in' creased. The sudden departure from Praha of Konrad Henlein caused suspen sion of his negotiations with Pre mier Milan Hodza on the dangerous issues between his Sudeten German party and the Czechoslovak govern ment This coincided with reports the Sudeten Germans were demanding withdrawal of Czechoslovak troops mobilized over the week-end In the Sudeten districts as a condition to continuation of peace talks a con dition Praha officials indicated it would be difficult to meet. The Austro-Czech border Is by far the most vulnerable section of Czechoslovakia's long frontier, for there Is a wide gap in the mountain chains which form the republic's natural defense against invasion. ANTI-JEW EDICTS SET FOR AUSTRIA BERLIN. May 24. ( AP) The of ficial Relchsgesetzbl&tt today pub lished a decree dated May 30 enforc Ing the so-called Nurnberg racla: laws In former Austria. These laws which Hitler proclaim ed at the Nazi party convention at Numbers In September, 1935, denied Jews full citizenship rights under "protection of German blood and honor." They forbid marriage between Jews and Germans or persons of similar blood, and, in case such marriages were contracted abroad, rendered them void, prohibited the engaging by Jews of Aryan domestics under 45 years of age, and made it unlawful for Jews to fly the nazl flag. Severe penalties were provided for violations. Japs Plan to Stay in China Warfront Journey Reveals B Elmer W. Peterson SHANGHAI, May 34. On a 600-mile penetration of south central China by airplane, truck, and rail road and on foot I nave found good evidence that the Japanese are seri ous when they say "we intend to stay In China. The extent of military operation. In aviation especially, the amount of supplies being hauled Into the in terior, and the rehabilitation work under way are proof the Japanese are not Joking when they say "we In tend to push on to Hankow." From Nanking I returned to Shang hai by a gasoline railway suburban coach an eight hour Journey over 200 miles of railroad guarded vtr tuaily every m:le by Japanese sol dier. ft was a Journey ending at North station through an area where guer rillas and bandits still threaten, but where Chinese again are working in the rice fields; where uniformed Jap anese station masters stand at the front of broken stations and Hag trains onward. Japanese military operation now .:e progressing to cover finest details. Supply trains are pouiog Into tin Scalds Child to Death J 1 ft I A 42 -year old mother, Mrs. C lei la Winn (renter), was ordered con fined to the state asylum at Provo, t'tah. after the fntnl bathtub scald ing of her 2t-months old daughter. Shirley llnniiah. She was given a winlty hearing In Salt Lake City, following her admission to Deputy Sheriff R. C. Jackson that she scalded the child, one of seven children. OWNER OF SEABISCUiT CALLS OFF RAGE WHEN COLT'S LEGS TROUBLE NEW YORK, May 34. (ff Tae $100,000 match race scheduled for next Monday at Belmont Park, oe tween War Admiral and Seabiscult. rivals for horse racing honors, was called off today after Charles S. How ard, Seablscuit's owner, reported that his colt was not In fit condition Howard issued the following state ment through representatives of C. V. Whitney, vice-president of the Westchester Racing association. 'We deeply regret that Seabtscuit has not trained as we felt he should and Indications that his legs were bothering him became apparent the last few days. "Recognizing our obligation o the public, we planned to work him to day to determine his condition. Thla morning, however, it was plain Mat the workout might endanger him per manently, and with the consent of the Westchester Racing commission and the New York state racing com mission, we decided not to work him and to withdraw him from the special race." NAB BROOKINGS PAIR FOR BLAZE IN FOREST GRANTS PASS. May 34. ( AP) The first forest fire in Josephine county this year brought the arrest of two men from Brookings. Warren Russel and D. B. Gllmore. Lookout C. F. Polndexter confined the blaze to a single snag seven miles west of Wonder and put It out with snow. Lucius Robinson, Kerby Justice of peace, reprimanded the pair and re leased them. Interior st-NMllly with. heavy timbers for new bridges; food, munitions and clothing. Field hospitals are being provided with the latest equipment and there are medical supplies for an amazing variety of purpose. On the Japanese side It la apparent the war has settled down to a meth odical campaign. It Is not on a wlrid war scale, but tt reveals post-war de velopments as far as the soldiers are concerned. The Japanese fighter swallows "en ergy tablets" when weakened by long fighting or lack of sieep; if necessary he Inhales oxygen provided in small tubes and released Into a rubber silk bag these are some of the ultra modern touches of war. The morale of troops appears good. To demonstrate thlr work of re habilitation the Japanese offered detailed Inspection of Nanking, cap tured aftr bitter fighting last De cember 13. The Japanese said 400.000 Chinese , had resumed life there. It was impos- ! slble to verify the number, but I saw j streets crowded, tremendous open air markets functioning in front of ruin ed shops, and some construction wa, under way FOUR IN FAMILY HURT WHEN AUTOS COLLIDE AT FOURTH IVY STREETS Four persons, including a four-months-old baby, were taken to Com munity hospital early last night fol lowing an accident at the Fourth and North Ivy street Intersection between automobiles driven by Ernest Dukc shire of 010 North Fir and J. E. Shackelford of 440 Benson street. Shackelford sustained a cut Up and had three teeth broken off, Mrs. Shackelford suffered an Injured left shoulder, James Shackelford, Jr., 4, received a cut over the eye end a bruised right knee, and Vivian Shack elford, four months old, suffered a bump on the head. They were not seriously injured and were released from the hospital after receiving treatment. Dukeshlre, uninjured, was arrested by city police and charged with driv ing a car without an operator's per mit. Ha was fined $5 In city court this afternoon. A city police report of the wreck stated that Dukeshlre, driving a 1920 Ford coach north on Ivy atreet. struck the 1932 Ford sedan driven by Shackel ford a nd travel 1 ng west on Fourth street, on tho left front fend er. Following the impact, the Shack elford machine crashed Into a small walnut tree in the parking on tho northwest corner of the Intersection, accord I ng to the report. Both ma chines were badly damaged. AS AT C. P. WASHINGTON, May 34. President Roosevelt sent to the sen ate today the nominations of the following to be postmasters: Oregon: Boring, Mae M. Humphrey; Central Point. Hampton T. Pankey; Estacada. Albert H. Fasel; ""orest Grove. Edwin Allen: Onston. Thomas R. Roe: Oranta Pass, Carl H. Mas1e: Harrlaburg, Harold C. Klfser; Me Mlnnvllle. Winifred O. Wlseca.ver: Monmouth, Oacar L. Grows. North Portland. Harvey C. Knapp: Oskriiige. Sadie B. Jones: Salem, Henry R. Craw ford; Sandy. Ruby I. Loundree; verton, Henry Aim: Willamlna. Fra'.ik H. Fawk, and Wood burn. Howard F. Butterfleld. FULL COURT. TO HEAR KELLY-FEHL ARGUMENT 9ALEM. May 34. AP The fol lowing opinion was hsndM down by the stat supreme court today: Jsmes r. Fulton vs. Mlnnl A Kuck. executrix of the estate of Henry L. Kuck. appellant. Appeal from Wasco county. Controversy over property boundary line. Oplnlsn by Justics Bett. Judge Fred W. Wilson affirmed. A hearing before the full court was ordered la Kelly vs. FebX LOYAL SPANIARDS COALIT'; HALTS 1 OPEN E DRIVE ON SUBSTiTUfE PLAN ; CATALONIA FRONT ON WAGES, HOURS Heaviest Fighting in Two Year Struggle Rages As Government Attempts to Shake Hold of Rebels HEN DA YE, France (at the Spanish Frontier) May 24. (AP) Some of the heaviest fighting in Spain's nearly two-year-old civil war de veloped all along the 60-mlle front from Lorlda to Sort today as the government sought to loosen the In surgent foothold in Catalonia. The main government assault, made by militiamen well equipped and supported, was directed at Balaguer. 80 miles northwest of Barcelona where the Insurgents established a formidable bridgehead In their spring drive to the sea to protect their crossing of the river Segre. The little village of La Replta, eastern point of the bridgehead, was reported to have changed hands eight times since the government attacks . in force began Sunday morning. Insurgent dispatches admitted se riousness of tho government offen sive, but said many government militiamen were killed in fruitless attacks on strong positions. On the other hand, government reports said the Balaguer bridge head was being forced in slowly by repeated poundings. The mllltla was said to have Increased its pressure on the northern end of the line near Sort where the capture of several mountain positions threatened the Insurgents' flank. , , DUBLIN, May 24. (AP) Secretary Harold L. Ickes and Miss Jane Dnht man of Milwaukee, Wis., were married in a secret morning ceremony In a Dublin church today and vanished before hardly anyone In Ireland knew he waa In tho country. John Cudahy. United States min ister to Ireland and uncle of the bride, said the wedding took place at 9 a. m. and that the couple left Immediately thereafter. Asked aboul the ceremony and other details, he replied simply, "I waa not there: 1 can't tell you a thing." It was believed the secretary of the Interior, 64 years old, and his 25-year old bride may have taken an airplane for London. But United States embassy offic ials In London said they were as much surprised as anyone by the announcement of tho marriage. E A contest for youthful builders of model planes will come to an end with the Judging of the entries at Medford municipal airport at 9:30 a. m. Thursday. Models may be ent ered up to 9 a. m. Judges will be John Ncgley, Max O. Henno and George Harrington. If any of the winning planes are deem ed worthy, they will be entered in a state contest. The contest Is sponsored by Med ford chapter of the National Aero nautic association and Is open t any member of the Junior chapter. It is In charge of Chet Hubbard chairman of the Junior activities committee. ART GALLERY SEATS VANCOUVER, B. C. May 24 (APt The "sit down demonstration" of 700 unemployed occupying the civic art gallery and central post of rice for the fourth day continued In stalemate today. Mayor George C. Miller refused tc negotiate with the men until they evacuated the quarters they alsed Friday. The nvn refused to move until asmrM of work Mavor Miliar promised "action " but declined to disclose what step the city would take to force removal of the mn. Motorrirle Racer Dies. PORTLAND. May 24. ;p Donald Weaterrard. 27, Portland motveycle racer, died In a hospital yeate-rtiy of Injuries suffered In a Portland speed way mishap Sunday. Republicans Join Northern Democrats to Crush At tempt to Inject Greater Flexibility Into Measure WASH INGTON , May 24 .A) A coalition of Republicans and north ern Democrats crushed today a de termined southern attempt to injeot greater flexibility Into the revamped wage-hour bill. By an overwhelming majority, the coalition rejected a substitute offered by Representative Ramspeck (D.-Ga.) which would have permitted estab lishment of wage differentials be tween Industries or geographical arras. The alternative would have estab lished graduated minimum wages based on the "weighted average" for Individual occupations. It also would have created an administrative board with power to grant exemptions, thus, in effect, making variations in wages possible between the north and south or between Industries. The Ramspeck amendment lost by a 139 to 70 standing vote. Shortly after defeat of the Rams peok substitute, Representative Tay lor (R.-Tenn.) offered another which would establish a flat minimum wage of 36 cents an hour with no' provis ions for increases, contrasting with the bill's present provision for In creasing the scale gradually from 35c to 40 cents. "The graduated scale is fraught with great danger,' Taylor Bald. The Tenncsseean challenged state ments Uiat tho bill before the house wis "tlfe A. F. of b. bill" and assert ed It did not comply with President Roosevelt's recommendation "In any respect." EYES CRIME LIST At tho opening of the May term of the circuit court Monday, a. now grand Jury was drawn, and Robert K. Norrls, named as foreman. Other members drawn were H. C. William son, Centrol Point: Fred Kelly, Med ford; Mrs. Elizabeth Skyrman, Med ford; E, H. Lamport, Medford;' Frank W. Houston, Talent; and Don Run yard, Medford. The grand Jury started delibera tions yesterday, and considered two or three minor criminal matters. It Is expected to report late today. The petit Jury was ordered to re port Wednesday, when the case of the state against William Hod son. Jacksonville resident, charged with contributing to the delinquency of a minor girl, Is scheduled to bo called. MONDAY WAS HOTTEST DAY OF CURRENT YEAR Yesterday in Medford and vicinity was recorded by the United States weather bureau as the hottest of the year when the mercifry soared to 92 degrees. At 1:20 this afternoon the tem perature read 86 degrees, the same as at the corresponding hour yester day. A year ago today Medford waa still practically In the throes of win ter with 71 degrees being recorded as the maximum. Boy Escapes In Shooting Br Mitrr r.llraheth rinnimer NEW YORK, May a. ( AP) Pale and solemn. 18-year-old Donald Car roll today escaped possible death In the electric chair when the state called for a "fair and Just verdict without meaning the death penalty." in connection with the slaying of his stenographer sweetheart. Charlott Mathlesen. 18. ' Prosecutor Joseph V. toeeslao. In a 12-mlnute opening address, told the all-male Jury: I reallee tou men are weighed down by sympathy, and frankly I say to yotl I am of the same feeling." The mother of the sisin gin, sit ting with Donald's parents In the courtroom, wept ar Loacalao reviewed the event of the night of March 34. when he aald Donald shot his sweet heart with his father', army revolver In an unfulfilled suicide pact "be cause we decided death was tha only way out for us both." They decided on the death pact. Uwalto said, when they discovered Oldest Pa T. A. J? 5 H 4- .VM?' sss v i X s i S ' " ' -gf I Oldest of the delegates to the Na tional Parent-Teachers association convention In Salt Lake City was 84 year old .Mrs. 1'red Dick of Denver, who ha Id she thought the little red school ho use Is vastly overrated. mm lifer SLAIN AS THREE T ESCAPE SAN FRANCISCO, May 34. P)A Ufa term convict was fatally shot, another wounded and a prison guard viciously beaten In tho second at tempt within alx months to escape from tho grim Alcatras Island federal penitentiary. - ' Marino hospital attendants aald there was but little hope for recovery of the cruelly beaten guard. A third convict, who fled when a guard opened flro with his rifle yes terday, was locked In solitary con finement today, Thomas R. Limerick, a midwest bank robber, died late last night from a bullet wound In his head. Another bullet fired by an alert, unnamed guard, cut down Rufus Franklin, Alabama robber and killer, with a bullet wound In the shoulder. In their daring bid for freedom the three prisoners had brutally beaten R. C. Cllnes, unarmed senior custod ial officer. He was unconscious In the Marine hospital In San Francisco to day In an "extremely critical condi tion" from head and shoulder wounds. The third prisoner, Jamea C. Lu cas, who stabbed "Scarface" At Ca pone In the back with a pair of shears two years ago, fled before tho guard's fire, was captured and placed In dreaded solitary. The convict trio made their desper ate try for freedom shortly after 2 p. m. yesterday. Warden James A. Johnston reported. Encountering Cllne. they slugged him with a hammer, then Ted to the roof or the building. There they met the guard, who responded with rifle fire to tho barrage of iron weights they threw at him. MEDFORD COUPLE GET GRANTS PASS LICENSE nnANTfl pass. Mrv 24. CAP1 George Renger and Clemlnteno Mnn well, both of Medford, were Is&ued ft marriage license hero yesterday. ftrhiiftcltnlgK HI. VtKNNA Mnv 24. OP A OlOSC- friend of Kurt Schuschnlgg .iald ta day the former Austrian chancellor suffered a nervous breakdown two rtavm nan In the Belvedere nalnce. where he has been detained Mnoe the German annexation. Death Penalty of Sweetheart that Charlott was pregnant and they were caught up In despair at their poverty and youth. Donald drooped In hla chair, lean ing his head against his hands and staring at the floor aa the prose cutor, after expressing sympathy, continued In a sterner voice: "The people expect to prova that the defendant willfully, feloniously snd with forethought shot his sweet hesrt." Defense Attorney Rosenthal. In his opening address, accused the prose cutor of "carefully withholding" facts about the ttagedy and accused the dead girl of a "suicide com plex." "We are going to ahow you that this girls mind was continually on suicide." he said. "Her favorite opera was the tragic Tristan and Isolde', her favorite play was the sulctde-cllmaxed 'Romeo and Juliet.' and she often remarked what a beautiful thing It waa for lovers to dla together." - 951 IN OFFICIAL COUNTHANVASS Sprague Outdistanced Field Brown Nearest Rival Mahoney Given 558 Mar gin Over Carl Donaugh Official count for governor on tha democratlo and republican tickets waa completed late Monday by the official canvassing board, giving Gov ernor Martin a majority of 951 over Henry L. Hess in Jackson county. The official count also gave Governor Martin Boa republican write-in votes. The count, with 10 precincts com plete was: Martin 1.068 Hess 1.017 Oleen . 308 The governor carried Medford an Ashland and a majority of the rural precincts with the margin close In many. There was a tie vote In East Central Ashland precinct and Roxy Ann precinct. Medford. On the Republican ticket for gov ernor. Charlea A. Sprague of Salem out-distanced the field with 1981 votes. His nearest rival was Sam H. Drown with 408 votes. Sprague ran strong in both city and rural pre cincts. The official republican count. 10 precincts complete, was: Sprague 1,981 Brown 408 Wagoner ........: 877 Paine ,. sag Morton .............., 193 Hansen ..., lis Schrock ............ 68 Hendricks . . 86 Tor other state offices on tha democratlo ticket, the complete, un official count Is: United States senator (long term)f , Mahoney .-, , r , , 1,764 ... Donaugh 1...,,... 1,108 5 Mahoney'a lead .... 868 ' Representative Congress, 1st dis trict: Miller .'. 1,388 Burk ...w........ 947 ' Nott ........ . 869 ' Miller was a Josephine county entry in the race and ran strong among local Democrats, with a ma jority of 839 over Burk. Superintendent public Instruction! Putnam .., 1,660 Leonhardt . 939 Putnam's lead 731 (Continued on Pagt Three.) IN PARKED AUTO TWIN PALLS. Idaho. May 94 (AP) The decomposed body of a man tentatively Identified as that of Qeorge L. Olson. Salt Lake City Jewelry aalesmsn, waa discovered In a parked automobile here today. Chief of Police Ward Gillette said tha man apparently had been "shot or stabbed" and thrown Into tha back sest. ' - The body, fully clad, was under a blenket. The car floor waa covered with blood. The sedan had been narked at the (Park) hotel since Saturday, Clerk Earl Lowry, who discovered the body, reported. Gillette said the "pockets of the man's suit were pulled out lndlcst Ing robbery might have been the motive. Olson checked out of another Twin Palls hotel Saturday morning. BASEBALL National St. Louis . New York . Wetland, Harrel, Macon, and Owen; Castleman, and Dannlng. Cincinnati . 9 11 Boston ... .10 18 Vandermeer, R. Davis, Holllngs worth, Caecarella, and Lombardl; Tur ner, Lannlng, Hutchinson, Weir and Erlckson and Muller, Riddle. Pittsburgh at Philadelphia, post poned, wet grounds. Chicago 10 18 Brooklyn 4 8 a Carleton, and Hartnett, Odea: Mungo, Butcher, Marrow, and Phelpa. American Boaton - fvtmlt .15 3 .480 drove and Desautels; Auker, Coff- man, and Tebbette. New York 81 . IS 0 Cleveland Oomea, Bund re. and Dickey; Allen. and Pytlak. Washington 8 10 1 10 16 9 Chicago Leonard. Annleton. Hogsett. and ft. Perrell; Btratton, and Bewail.
