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It Will Pay You There 1i a world of Informmtlon on the Classified pace today. K you are Interested In the least do not fall to read this pane. You'll find tt will pay you. Medford Full Associated Press Thirty-Third Year ilEDFORD, OREGON, THURSDAY, JUNE 2, 1938 No. 62. Nl in The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Friday; warmer Friday. Tl'MPERATL'RE Highest yesterday .. 81 Lowest this morning HMHW. t8 Full Oi Press . . 1 .... ABEES The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright 1937, by The North American News paper Alliance. Inc. REPORTS OF POLITICS IN PENNSYLVANIA SUPPRESSED HOPKINS DENIES 1'IIAKGES AFTER CLEANUP DECISION WTA CHIEF'S REVERSAL LAID TO HIOH INFLUENCE SELF-EXCULPATION 18 BEfll'N IN KENTUCKY WASHINGTON. June 3. An hon est admission of the disgustingly po litical quality of Pennsylvania relief was suppressed, and an effort to cor rect the situation was prevented a few days before the Pennsylvania pri mary. Works Progress Administrator Harry L. Hopkins was personally de termined to make a clean breast of it, but some higher Influence pre ralled. . The charge la ugly. Unfortunately, the facte cannot be wished away, or Ignored. They will be loudly denied, of course, both at the White Houce and the WPA, but the facts are: Some time before the Pennsylvania to ting, the an ti-Guffey! te boss of Philadelphia, John B. Kelly, wired Hopkins protesting against political activity in the WPA. The WPA ind Pennsylvania was and still Is owned by Senator Joe Guffey, but. before they quarreled with their satrap, the anti-Guffeyites had got a foothold In It. Guffey was therefore conduct ing a purge of the relief army. ,, Administrator Hopkins promised that he would investigate. The WPA's usual solemn flummery of self - Inquisition was started. But, this tune, it produced a new result. Klther conditions previously unknown to Hopkins were discovered, or Hop kins simply decided to seize the op- ( Continued on Page Six.) SEAM FACES LOSS OF LINE 10 SEATTLE. June 2. (UP) Busi ness and civic leaders will meet late tomorrow In an attempt to keep Seattle, closest port In the United States to "the Orient, from losing Its only American shipping service to China and Japan. The American mall line, a sub sidiary of the Dollar Steamship com pany of San Francisco, has an nounced It will take its boats off the Oriental run the end of this month because the federal govern ment has refused to extend the line's subsidy. If the Oriental service is lost to the port, a payroll of a million dol lars annually will be dissolved. To rhoow Union WASHINGTON. June 3. ( AP 1 The national labor relations board tonight ordered a collective bargain lag election within 45 days among lumber Inspectors employed by the Pacific Lumber Inspection Bureau. Ine- In Oregon and Washington. SIDE GLANuES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Kit Huntress celebrating her natal day by paying her Initial visit to the House of Mystery and picnicking in a sylvan dell of Sardine Creek, she being delightfully surprised to find a beautiful birthday cake In her lunch basket, she trying later to keep the glad tidings from this pillar of play fulness by bribing the editors thereof with slices therefrom. Charlie Wing recalling r.U start In the real estate business with a desk lent by Tom Puson and a filing oablnet lent by John Mann. Helen Eblnger glamorous In a black hat. Fred Lennard and Ed Kirtley en thusiastically discussing big Softball business and deciding that next week's gala opening would be some thing nobody should miss. Ed Harriott nearly fa'.llng ovr with surprise this morning when a traveler Jumped from the top step of the a. p. train and landed In hi arms. Bob Conroy breathing a sigh of relief or disappointment when femi nine admirers heeded his entreaties and failed to send him graduation bouquet. J PERMISSION GIVENll First Lady Tries Truckin' FOR TO POSTS Baptist Mission School In Chapei Returned Owners . Jap Committee Going To China For Study. WASHINGTON. June 3. (yp Japan agreed today to meet almost all de mands for restitution of American property In China and for the right or unhindered return of Americans to their posts there. The state department, on the basis of telegrams from the American con sul general at- Shanghai, announced that: The Japanese restored to the Amer ican Southern Baptist mission yes terday their high school properties In the Chapel district of Shanghai. The Japanese military authorities have agreed to the return of Amer ican missionaries to Nanking and have Issued ten passea for this pur pose. Meanwhile Ambassador, Grew at Tokyo was Informed today by the Japanese foreign ofilce that Japan was sending an "Interdepartmental committee to visit the Japanese con trolled area In central China not only to Investigate the situation relating to the occupancy of American prop erty but also to formulate means for satisfactory adjustment of the situ ation." This announcement, said the state department, concerned the demand for restitution to the American own ers of the University of Shanghai and of other American properties. By STEP BROTHER THREE FORKS, Mont.. June 3. (UP) The temporarily deranged stop-brother of Mayor H. F. Kunze last night surrendered tor the fatal shooting of the mayor and his wife. He was driven from -his barricade home by an hour long barrage of tear gas. The step-brother. John Kunzc, about BO. shot the mayor and his wife with a .306 caliber army rifle last night a they stood In the front yard talking to a neighbor. Ed Grose, the neighbor, said John Kunzc walked by the mayor's home with the rifle and fired at Mrs. Kunze when the mayor asked him where he was going with the gun. The bullet pierced Mrs. Kunze's heart and she fell. Meanwhile.. Mayor Kunze had ducked behind a tree, and the step-brother's next shot pierced his back, killing him In stantly. HITLER'S GIRL FRIEND EXAMINED BY CZECHS PRAHA. Czechoslovakia, June 3. (AP) Czechoslovakia authorities ex plained today the five-hour deten tion of Miss Unity Freeman-Mltford. daughter of Lord Bedesdale of Eng land and a friend of Chancellor Adolf Hitler, was but a part of the routine inspection of all travelers passing through military defense zones. Miss Freeman-Mltford was stop pod yesterday when she" drove through a military protection area en route to Karlsbad. Her companions were an Ameri can whose name was given as WU Ham F. Ruiff. of Chicago, a Sudeten German deputy In the Czechoslo vak parliament named Wollner and an unnamed British Journalist. MEDIATION IN SPAIN IS SEEN POSSIBILITY PARIS. June 3. (AP) The possU, blHty of medlstton by outside pow ers In the Spanish civil war was admitted today by Jose Agulrre, former president of the Basque re public, who arrived at Paris from Barcelona. Agulrre. driven from his Basque homeland when the Insurgents cap tured Bilbao and Santsnder last June and July, said he expected to have a statement on the matter "within five or six days." lines !ay DALLAS. Tex.. June 3. (UP. City polloe court went to the dog today. Of 346 cases called for trial before Judge King 6. Williamson. 101 were for violations of the city dog license law. KOLBKRO. Oermany. June 2 (API Major-general Eugene Von KutwcVirnbarh, oldest surviving of ficer of the imperial German army, Ip ' the finest of honor at the senior prom of the grnduathic of the Artliurdale, W. V New-Deal homestead project was none other than .Miv. Franklin D. Roosevelt, obviously enjoying herself thoroughly when thl. picture was made, showing her following her agile pnrtner In the fast steps of a' square dance. ' - SPREAD DESTRUCTION SHANGHAI, June a. (AT) War plsnes of the army of Nippon again spread a trail of destruction today through towns and villages about the Lalghel railway, and Japanes said this enabled their columns to make Important gains. The Japanese announced they had occupied a corner of Klhslen, 20 miles south of Lanfrog, after an hour's fight. Chinese field gun po sitions north of Klhslen were dam aged heavily. For two weeks the Japanese have been fighting for staunchly defend ed villages about Lanfeng. railway station on the Lunghal on the west ward route to Chengchow. whence they hope to turn southward In a mass offensive against Hankow, Chi na's provisional capital. One Japanese detachment claimed occupation of Luyl. 15 miles west of Pohslen. thereby helping to straight en the 75-mlle crescent-shaped front running south from Lanfeng. Supporting the land forces on this central China front. Japanese planes concentrated on towns back from the railway right of way about Lan feng, where Chinese said they still were holding firm. Capture by Chinese of three Til leges north and east of Lanfeng kept Japsnese from lifting the siege of the division commanded by Lieuten ant General KenJI Dolhara, the de fenders said. Klamath To Build New Grade School KLAMATH FALLS. June S. CP) The Klamath Falls city tirade school board today completed negotiation for purchase of 13 acres of land at the southeast city limit with view to eventual construction of a new school building on the site. ' Only school now serving the thick ly populated residential district which the new property adjoin la the al ready crowded Mills school. Purchase was made from Alfred Collier at a price of 5O00. Heart Attack Fatal For L. A. Liljeqvist MAP.SHFIELD. June 5 (API L. A. Liljeqvist. M. well-known Manih fl.ld attorney, died of a hrt attack today at a Palo Alto. Cal.. hospital He wss a member of the Asso ciated Employers of Oregon and directed a Portland antl-vlce cam paign as ft special prosecutor three years ago. Liljeqvist, former member of the Cske at Cake law firm at Portland, was legal advisor to Gov. Charles H. Martin at the 1938 session of the legislature. BASEBALL American (First game) R. H E. Detroit 4 3 New York I II 1 Poffenberger and Tejjbetts. Hay worth; Chandler and Dickey. Second game:' - R. H. E. Detroit a S 0 New York 5 10 1 Auker and Hayworth; Pearson and Dickey. R. H. E. Cleveland 10 18 4 Philadelphia 5 10 1 Whitehlll, Zuber and Pytlak: Smith, Potter and Brucker. R. H. E. Chicago 1 e a Washington 7 11 0 Gabler, Rlgney and Schleuter; Leonard and R. Barrel). R. H. E. St. Louis 1 1 Boston IS 0 Hlldebrand, Bonettl, Cole and Heath: Bngby and DeSautels. National New York at Pittsburgh, postponed, rain. R. H. E. Bex ' on .. 6 18 1 Chlcso - 3 10 0 8hoIIner. Lannlng and Mueller: Bryant, Russell. Root and Hartnett. R. H. E Brooklyn 11 1 8 Cincinnati 8 8a Butcher and Phelps: Cascarella. Hollingsworth. Benge and Lombardl. Grlssom. , Schoolboy Rowe To Texas League NEW YORK, June a. ilF kyn wood (Schoolboy) Rowe, once the ace righthander of the Detroit Tigers, was released today to Beaumont of the Teias league on option. Rowe has been nursing a sore arm since early In the 1837 campaign. The Tigers returned him to the min ors under th. usual 24-hour notice of recall. The Tigers announcement said the club hope the warm climate In '.he Texas loop will bring back his former effectiveness. CHERRY GROWERS FAIL TO FORCE PRICE ASKED STOCKTON. Cal- June 3. (UP) ! Two hundred Royal Anne cherry growers last night abandoned effort to force canneries to pay more than 3',-t centa a( pound for the IBM crop. frtsw mnAmA thstlf max-tlnff hHT when D. B. French, secretary -treasurer th ftiimiuK commodity cor poration, refused them aid In fi nancing cooperative barreling and processing because they wers not I organised- BARKLEY STATES F. R. ATTITUDE ON Does Not Want To Con struct Competing Plants Until Private Companies Given Sale Opportunity. WASHINGTON. June i.lP) The senate killed toitnv a proposal to prohibit PWA flnunrlng of municipal power systems which would compete with prUntely owneil iilunt. The nrtlnn rnme shortly after the chamber had heard that President llonsevrll opposed writing the restriction Into Ian. The provision offered by the sennte appropriations rommlttee as an timcmlmcnt to the three-hllllnn-dnllar relief hill, had been Indorsed hy spokesmen for pri vate utilities.. NEW YORK, June 2. (PI While they expressed a desire for clarifica tion, utility circles generally looked with favor today on the declaration In the senate by Majority Leader Berkley that PWA power grants would not be made until municipalities had offered to b.uy existing private power facilities at a "fair and reasonable price." WASHINGTON. June 1 lim Mejorlty Leader Barkley told tho sen ate today President Roosevelt does not want to use government funds for building publlo utility plants com peting with nrlvatelv-nwnert .vxl.m. until private utilities havo been given an opportunity to sell their holdings a rensonaDie price, - Berkley's statement came during senate debate on a proposal to forbid the use of PWA funds for construct ing plants which would compete with privately-owned systems. The restriction was recommended by the sennte aDDmnrintlnn. mmmi.. tee as an amendment to the admin istrations tnrce-biiiion-dollar lend-ing-spendlng measure. If the restriction on PWA allots ments Is eliminated. Barkley asserted he was "authorized to say" that the president would not allocate funds for building publlo systems unless municipalities have "in good faith made an offer to nurchase the it.. Ing private plant." Replying to a question by Senator Borah (R.-Idaho). Bnrklev rnnri. It plain that the president would be tho nnai juage or whether a municipal ity's Offer tO mirchRfl a nrlvnt nla., was made In good faith and whether a reasonable price .had been set. CDLUMBTFLlDEBB PORTLAND. Ore., June 3. (AP) Sfnivles Island dairymen, seeking to ate 31 the tide of the flood-swollen Columbia and Willamette rivers, la bored into the morning today plac ing sandbag and hay bale barricades to protect their sand dike. Max M. Lyons, operator of a farm on the narrow 3S-mlte-Iong island said two sections of the dike front ing his place had been washed away until little more than six feet of soft sand held back the river. Farmers found hope today In the government weather bureau's report tne Columbia river at Vancouver and the Willamette river here would re cede slowly during the next three days. Cardozo Will Quit In Autumn Is Claim NEW YORK, June 3. f The New York Post says In a special dispatch from Washington that Supreme Court Justice cardooo because of illness will not return to the court when tt re convenes In October after the .rum mer recess. Reached by telephone In Port Chester. N. 7 Justice Cardoso's sec. retary declined in his behalf to com ment upon the report, explaining that this silence was Mr. Cardoso's unfailing custom. Lily Pons Marries Orchestra Leader . NORWALK, Conn., June 3. (API Lily Pons, French opera, star, and Andre Kostelanets, orchestra loader, were married at her Sllvermlne home here today shortly after getting their wadding license. Th" opra star gave her age as AH, and Ksstelanetc said he was three years older. The singer was dressed In a blue suit and wore a Jaunty straw hat. 4 Bom Born at Sacred Heart hospital Wednesday night to Mr. and Mrs. W. J. Williams of 207 South Ivy street, a baby girl weighing 7 pounds 14 ounces. Mother and child aro reported 4pUif Alcelf, FRUIT INTERESTS FOOD, DRUG BILL Section Permitting Pro ducers To Seek Injunc tions Against 'Unreason able' Orders Is Retained. WASHINGTON, June 3. (fP) A section of the food and drug bill per mitting producers to seek Injunctions against "unreasonable" orders of ad ministrative offlcem was successfully defended yesterday by representatives of fruit growing areas, particularly apple districts. The men sure waa passed by the house and returned to the senate for further action. An amendment of Representative Mapes (R.-Mlch.) forcing relief through federal circuit court of ap peal Instead of federal district court was rejected. Representative Leavy (D.-Wash.) asserted such action would prevent a determination of facts, which would bo possible In district courts. He said apple producers In Washington con sidered the present amount of arsen ate of lead permitted to remain on fruit, .018 grain for each pound of apple, arbitrary and unreasonably low. "Our contention," he declared, Mls that nobody could possibly be Injured by eating apples with oven 10 to 15 times as much lead as that on them." Leavy reiterated a previous asser tion that administration of food and drug legislation should be transfer red from the department of agricul ture to the public health service "where - they have a great staff of scientifically trained men." WASHINGTON, June 3, (AP) Flfty-stx CCO camps will operate In Oregon for the six months ending September 30. The assignments In cluded: National Forests Detroit, Oak- rid gc. Ruch, Blaine, Butte Falls, Pow ers, Diamond Lake, Baker, Canyon City, Tiller, Bly, Roseburg and Sher win. Private Forests Rogue River, Sub limity, La Grande, Blachly, Foss, Timber. Reclamation Laplne, Merrill, On tario, Vale, Nyssa. Grazing Division Bonanza, Sliver Lake, Brother, Jordan Valley, Gwlnn, Paisley, Keating. Two camps will be locn.ua in Cra ter Lake park at Union Creek, and state park camps at Sliver ton, Glen ad a and Seaside. Ex-Mayor Held In Jeweler's Murder TWIN FALLS, Idaho, June 3, (P) Polios Chief Howard Gillette said to day that former Twin Falls Mayor Duncan M. Johnston was taken Into custody for questioning In the slay ing of George Olson, 30, Salt Lake City Jewelry salesman. Olson's body was found under a canvaa In the rear seat of bis auto mobile outside an exclusive Twin Falls hotel May 34. "We arrested Former Mayor John ston this morning and are holding him for questioning In connection with the slaying of Olson." Chief Olllette said. F. R. Advises Midshipmen To Know Their Country ANNAPOLIS, Md June 3. (AP) President Roosevelt, after causing waves of laughter to ripple through ranks of midshipmen, advised mem bers of the 1938 naval academy graduating class today to know their country and lta problems. The president, speaking from the rostroum In Dahlgren hall, the acad emy armory, told the white-uniformed, brass-buttoned young offi cers that regardless of how they planned to spend their Uvea they should be "well rounded In your knowledge." The president suggested this knowledge would come "by exper iences of your dally life" and by "the opportunity constantly to widen your knowledge by your own Indl vldusl effort." In telling a story about a diffi culty President Theodore Roosevelt had with congress, the president quoted his predecessor as saying: "As every president has said at least once first or last X wish I could be for Just five minute both lreaideat and ooc4rtaa, too" Infant Turkeys Learn To Eat By Pecking Marbles SALEM. Ore., June 3. (AP) Use of bright-colored marbles. In teaching baby turkeys to eat. Is one of the latest successful experi ments at Oregon State college, Dan J. Fry, state purchasing agent, announced here today. Fry said the experiment haa been tried at the Oregon State hospital here with satisfactory re sults. The original marble pur chase for the hospital cost the state 10 ceuts. The turkeys sight the marble. Fry aald, their bill slips off the highly polished surface and they unconsciously pick up and swal low a small quantity of grain. The grain, with a few of tho highly colored marbles, is placed In a trough. Prior to purchasing the mar bles. Fry said a large number of baby turkeys died for want of food. SEVEN COUPLES Seven husbands and wives have been named as democratlo precltiot committeemen, acoordlng to the of ficial count for the last primary. They are Mr. and Mrs. W. H, Mc- Nalr of Ashland, Mr. and Mrs. o. H. Rose of Ashland, Mr. and Mrs. Oust Avergcrls of Colestln, Mr. and Mrs. Prank Kllngle of Lake Crook, Mr. and Mrs. A. P. Btonnott. Mr. and Mrs. Verne Canon of Medford, and Mr. and Mrs. Paul M. Hnnlln of Medford, Wherever possible a man and wo man - were named, in order to give women a voice In party afairs. ' A number of precincts made no selections. Following Is the list of democratic precinct committeemen: Ashland: East Central, O. H. Rose and Mrs, O. H. Rose: West Central. Ouy Applewhite and Mrs. Dorothy Specht: Oak, W. H. McNalr and Mrs. W. H. McNalr: North, H. R. Brower: East, D. L. Patterson; North west. J. A. Miller; South, V. D. Miller. Barron, A. R. Klncsld; Bellvlew, Herb Moore; Central Point, North, Scott Hamilton and Mrs. I. B. Scott; Central Point, South, Ray W. Anders; Colestln, Quest Avergerls and Grace Avergerls; Eagle Point, Lester Throckmorton; Flounce Rock (Prospect), Thomas A. Carlton and Mrs. Nellie Goods; Foots Creek, (Continued on Page Two.) Shrine Vanguard Appears In Los A. LOS ANGELES. June S. (P) The vanguard of the rod fezzed nobles of the Mystic Shrine, headed by Imperial Potentate Walter 6. Sugden of dlster vllle, W. Va began arriving today for the national convention which opens Monday. Accompanying Sugden were A. A. D. Rahn, deputy imperial potentate of Zuhrab temple, Minneapolis, slat ed to be elected lmperfal potentate. Lininger Low Bidder On Highway Project PORTLAND, June 3. (AP) The highway commission opened low bid of nearly 300.000 today on ten road projects. Awards will be made late today. The list of pro jects Include Improvement of .41 miles of Besr creek-Ashland section of the P self lo highway In Jackson county. M. C. Lininger, of Ashland. was low bidder with an offer of S36S5. . He brought laughter by telling how he went to sleep at another naval academ- graduation when he was assistant secretary of the navy. After the president had told the graduates that "Your commander-in-chief Is proud of yoti," he was presented with a quadrant a naut leal Instrument once owned by Commodore John Paul Jones, hero of the Revolutionary war. The presentation was made by L. D. MacLaren, mayor of Bt. jonns, New Brunswick, who said the quad rant wss a proud posseaslon of his father. The navy greeted lta commander- in-chief with traditional military flourishes on his arrival to present diplomas to 43A graduating midship men. Of the graduates, 985 became en signs of the navy and 96 second lieutenants of the marine corps. The class, which consisted of 606 midshipmen when It entered the academy In 1834. is the largest to graduate since 443 received their djnlouM us I We. M ON RECORD E Board Of Directors Adopt Motion Stating Stand Against All Forms Of Pollution Scenic Stream. Jackson County Chamber of Com merce was today definitely on reo ord in favor of the protection of Rogue river from any form of pol lution or discoloration as a means of conserving the area through which the stream flows, for Its health, recreational and scenla values. At a special meeting yesterday afternoon the board of directors. meeting with the fish and game committee, unanimously adopted a motion clearly stating Its stand, on conservation of the Rogue river ter ritory. It was Indicated that the action was taken because of an assortedly proposed placer mining operation on the Rogue river In the Prospect Woodruff Meadows area. Destruction Heen A statement from the chamber of commerce today said such a mining? . venture "would destroy timber along the Crater Lake highway for which the United States forest service a short time ago paid more than S300,- 000 in order to preserve scenla val ues," The chamber of commerce also foresaw possibility of the destruc tion of the upper Rogue river as a recreational asset because of stream pollution from mud.' At Its meeting yesterday the board of directors, after thorough discus sion and without dissent, adopted the following motion: 'That the Jackson County Cham ber of Commerce cooperate with th communities In Curry county and, with Gold Beach and other com munities Interested In the protec tion of Rogue -river from any form of pollution or stream discoloration to the end that the stream may be conserved In Its natural and orig inal condition of purity and clarity for the resulting recreational, acenlo and healthful advantages to be so obtained; and that the Jackson County Chamber of Commerce so declare Itself to other said Interested communities, organizations and the press." Motloa Endorsed The motion was endorsed last night by the Jackson county plan ning commission. The chamber of commerce did not elaborate on any knowledge t might nave oi proposed mining operations. The fish and game committee re ported to the board the results of two meetings held within the past fortnight, the first having been held at the request of mining interest to hear an address by J. B. Morri son, geol-olst of the state board of geology and mineral Industry, on placer mining and lta economlo value on Rogue river and Its tri butaries. The committee meeting, open to the public, was attended by mining operators and a delegation from Gold Beach, each group describing its problems. The Gold Beach group said that Its city's principal asset. tourist trsde. was being completely destroyed by a continual flow of mud from placer mines on the upper Rogue and lta tributaries, ac cording to the committee's report. Arguments considered The aecond meeting reported by the committee yesterday was held to dlacuas the various arguments presented by the conflicting Inter ests and to frame the committee's report to the directors. The chamber's statement today aald that "reports from health au thorities that water in sections of Rogue river and other southern Ore gon streams was unsafe, either" for domestle use or for bathing, were stressed by the fish and game com mltfrvo in Its recommendation for a broad policy by the chamber of commerce for the future protection of the river from all detrimental causes," YOUTH ORDERED HELD ON ROBBERY CHARGE Wallace A. Dunham, Ashland youth, charged with assault with In tent to rob. waived a preliminary hearing In Justice court yesterday, and was ordered held under 1000 bonds to await grand Jury action. Deputy District Attorney O. W. Nell son said Dunham had Indicated h wanted to enter a plea of guilty In circuit court. Dunham Is alleged to hava held up and robbed Mrs. Bl'.lle Kennedy, rooming house landlady, with a pis tol and took 3 belonging to hex. BERLIN, Oermany, June 1. (AP) A girl was born today to Frau Hermann Wllhelm Ooerlng, wife of Field Marshal Ooerlng, No. a Na lesder, Frau Ooerlng la the former Emma sonnemann, German actress. BUDAPEST. June J. (AP) For mer Major Ferene Szalasl, the Hun gsrlan Hitler," was sentenced to two months' Imprisonment today for ac tivities allegedly Intended to upset the present socUJ ortat. died today at U age o 100t
