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The Weather Forecast: Fair tonight and Tuesday I cooler Tuesday. TF.MPERATTRE Highest yesterday , go Lowest this morning K Were they pleased They wen toon to be married and wanted a cosy little born. They found It In the For Hcnt column of this newspaper. It wan Just what they wanted and were they pleased 1 Teibune EDFORD Full Associated Presj Full United Press Thirty-Third Year MEDFORD, OREGON, MONDAY, JUNE (5, 1938 No. 65. AIT 15) M U Ai M RANK M(nlwl5 1B a The Capital Parade By Joseph Alsop and Robert Kintner Copyright 1U37, by The North American News paper Alliance, Inc. whf.ei.fr regarded leader senate opposition bloc ONE-TIME LIBERAL NOW CONSERVATIVE SPOKESMAN MONTANA! OFFENDED WHEN FOE GOT PATRONAGE FIRST BROKE WITH F. OVER rnt'HT.BILIi WASHINGTON, June 6. There was a strange spectacle In the senate last week. A tall, gaunt, untidy man, with a high, aquallne nose and sharp tJlue eyes, stood waving his arms, al ternately hissing and roaring threats at absent enemies. And, clustered around him, like hens around a barnyard cock when a hawk appears In the sky, sat most of the Demo cratic senators who have fought the Hew Deal. The man was Burton Kendall Wheeler of Montana. The absent enemies whom he so loudly threat ened were the members of the White Bouse general staff, the group of left wing advisers who are assisting the President In his purge of Democracy. And the anti-New Deal Democrats were gathered around Wheeler be cause Harry I. Hopkins' endorsement of Representative Wearln, In his Iowa campaign against Senator Gillette, had suddenly aroused them to their peril. If any proof were needed, the scene proved that Burt Wheeler Is the leader of the senate opposition to the White House. , No better leader could b found. All the tricks of the legislative game, from the subtlest to the most brutal, are known to Wheeler. His oratory Is peculiar, being compound ad largely of repetitions and sibilant warnings, but he has a way of shak ing his bony finger that recalls the recording angel In an Irritable mood He Is effective on the floor. And, best of all, his liberal record in some sense clears his followers of the Im putation or reaction. No wonder the Byrds and Baileys, the Oerrys, Burkes and Georges run to him In every emergency. The scene In the senate represent ed such a reversal of roles. Only a year or so ago, the men who now follow him would have named the Montana senator as one of the moat dangerous members of their party, while Thomas C, Corcoran and Ben jamin N. Cohen, the chief target of hla attack, were hts closest friends In the government. With Corcoran and Cohen, he put over the utilities holding company act, when the President and his of ficial leaders were weakening. To him, Corcoran and Cohen went when they were first disturbed by the su preme court's reaction. And, while . he may denounce them now, he sttLl likes and admires both members of the celebrated team. The point of transition from the first attitude to the second Is difficult to find. Until the court fight, his friends (Continued on Page Four.) WASHINGTON . June 6. AP) The house passed Representative Nan Wood Honeyman's meosure today au thorizing $25,000 to berth the his oric battleship Oregon at a new lo cation In the Portland harbor. The funds will be combined with public subscription. SIDE GLANCES by TRIBUNE REPORTERS Fred Heath. Jr., saying to Fred to Fred Heath. Jr.. How In hades Pop? and Fred' Heath. Sr., eaylng to Fred Heath. Pr., How tn hades do you expect a man to feel when he hasn't eaten all day? Mary Parsons Dsy being fascinated by the Incessant ringing of MT tel ephones, she chasing out to a fire when an alarm came in. Larry Sehadc getting stuck for three mugs of coffee after being Invited by the two winners to par take, at their expanse. Bute Copper Tuny Bullls looking very splffy In his new uniform while directing traffic at a big fire. Bessie Reames being surprise per sonified when she opened party re freshments and found them not to y be what she had ordered. Pappa and Mama Frank Farrell being Interested spectators while the little; Far rail a enjoyed afternoon PREMIER VISITS E NEAR FRONTIER War Planes From Spain Cross Line For Second Time 'Unpleasant Sur prise' For Next Invaders. PARIS, June 8. (AP) Premier Edouard Daladler today left by plane for the French -Spanish frontier, ac companied by General Jules Decamp, chief of his military staff, immediate ly after he received word warplanes from Spain had crossed the frontier for the second successive day. A fast army plane landed the pre mier at Toulouse at 3:30 p. m. He was met by local military and civilian authorities and left by automobile for a tour of the frontier region. His aides said he would go first to Ax-Les-Thermes by automobile from Toulouse to make a personal Investi gation at the scene of yesterday's bombing; To Plan Protection Daladler ptanned to discuss with commanders of anti-aircraft, aviation and army units In the Toulouse bor .der region all means of protecting the district against further bombard-' ments, "The next bombing error Spanish planes make over French territory will bring them an unpleasant sur prise," one French official comment ed. Today's air raiders from Spain, like those of yesterday, were nine un marked planes flying In three V for mations. They dropped two bombs end turned back after a 10-mlnute flight over French territory. They wero greeted by warning shots from at least two French antlaircrs'ft bat teries. French Patrol Sky Squadrons of French wnrplanes patrolled near the Spanish frontier today under orders to shoot down any air raiders attempting such an attack on French soil as that made by nine bombers "of unknown nationality" yesterday. The planes roared over the Pyrenees from the direction of Spain and dropped bombs 15 miles Inside the French border. Witnesses told government Investi gators the planes flew for two hours along the main Trans-Pyrenees rail road from Toulouse to Barcelona and penetrated 50 miles into France be fore retracing their course and bomb ing in the vicinity of Orlu. MADRID. June 0 (AP) Insurgent warplanes left 21 persons dead. 100 wounded and another British ship ablaze In a fierce foray today over Alicante, 75 miles south of Valencia on the eastern Mediterranean coast. The dead Included three British members of the crew of the 5.775-ton British freighter St. Winifred, which was damaged In an earlier bombing of Alicante May 21. Others killed were nine women, a child and Ali cante stevedores. After setting the St. Winifred afire, the planes bombed sections of the city near the harbor and la buildings were wrecked. This and other new raid ninnr iha coast followed a week in which more than 400 persons died in aerial bom bardments ana in which new protests came from neutral nations. Five German-made Junker plftnes carried out the assault on Alicante. Several houses In the center of the city were shattered. The bodies of the nine women and the child were taken from those ruins. REAL ESTATERS T Pertinent real estate subjects will be dlsctused at the regional dinner meeting to be held at 6:30 this even ing In the Hotel Medford undei sponsorship of the Medford Reait) board and the state real estate de partment. William L. Oraham. state deputy real estate commissioner who as sisted In arranging the program, will preside. Real estate and Insurance men of southern Oregon, Portland and Eugene will attend. Bight or ten talks will be given, the speakers Including tinders In the real estate business of the state. George Codding. Medford attorney, will discuss real estate law. Hugh H. Earle, state Insurance commis sioner, listed originally as a speaker, will not be able to attend. It was announced today. Mine Moratorium Receives Backing GRANTS PASS. June 8.(AP senate mines committee ha report ed favorably another year's morato rium on mining claims j5v.-meni work. Senator A. t. Reames has ad vised local resident. Fate Plays Queer Tricks ESf5eH . jam, FsrrtCAJftw - Here are two xt range arts of Fate In connection with outos on high ways near Grants Pa, George A. Truax's truck overturned, pinning him In a shallow ditch. He drowned In four Inches of water. The other ma chine dropped 200 feet down Smith River canyon, coming to rest tn 15 fert of water. The two occupants of the car swam ashore, unhurt. START INSTALLING L Work was started today at Main street arid Central avenue on Med ford's $2000 electric stop-and-go traffic control system and ornamen tal lighting standards, with city employes putting In four concrete bases four feet deep, one on each corner. The system and standards are expected to be In place by the end of the week. Inspector Frank Rogers said. When Installed, the lighting stan dards of leaf -green enamel covered steel, will be 19 feet high set In a one and one-half foot Iron base, with a six-foot arm extending out oer the curb for a distance of four and a half feet. Each stan dard will be equipped with a beau tiful and modern 2500-lumen lamp. The traffic control system, adopt ed by the state highway commission as the standard for Oregon, will consist of three lights, for stop, go and caution. The automatic signals on Main street will be placed on the lighting standards in front of the Medford branch of the United States National bank of Portland and the Fluhrer building, while the two signals on Central avenue will be Installed on separate four-Inch poles set In the sidewalk. All bot tom lights of the signals, wtll be eight and a half feet above the sidewalk. Work on the traffic control ' sys tem at Main street and Riverside avenue is expected to start In the near future. The state will Install thin system. About 400 feet of pavement next to the curb will be torn up at night this week, cables for the lights and traffic system being laid under, ground. All lighting and traffic control equipment arrived in Medford last week, and is being painted at the city shop. It was purchased through the Graybar Electric company of Portland. Umatilla Starts Canning Of Peas PENDLETON. June 8 (AP) The first canning of Umatilla county's 193S pea crop began hero at noon today at the Smith Canning Co. with carloads of Alaska variety peas arriv ing from fields In the vicinity of Adams and Helix. Blx hundred acres of peaa are now being cut and the cannery, with ap proximately 350 employes, la to run on a 24-hour basis. Orvllle Ramsay, cannery manager, staled that It would take about five days to complete canning of the Aiaa kas and that the Surprise variety would then be canned. Quality of the crop la high, he said. 20 WEDDING GUESTS . LIGHTNING VICTIMS MANILA. Juna 8 (API More than twenty persons wens burned to death today when lightning struck two houses In which a wedding psrty waa In progress In the village of Malamec, La Union province. .V. '. i-V-V-ire Wt a I MAJOR FIRES. IN. OREGON FORESTS PUT IN CONTROL By the Associated Press Oregon forest fires claimed their season's first fatality during the week-end when Hogari Erlckson, 26, logger for Crossott -Western Lumber company at Camp Big Creek, was killed by a flying cable while at tempting to save a donkey engine in an area southeast of Astoria where flames have swept 2000 acres. Major fires were believed under control today. More than 300 men had battled the Big Creek blaze since Thursday when It started, war dens believe, from a gasoline water pump backfire. A crew of 90 men, aided by heavy fog, today held In check a brush fire on Elk river. The flames, which Saturday threatened to Bweep out of hounds, were confined to 200 acres of logged-off lands. A department of forestry official entered the picture Sunday to In vestigate the origins of 15 forest fires In the Clatsop area since the season opened May 15. He said that In cases' of fires near Grande Aonde and Toledo there was evidence of Incendiarism. An 18-year old Indian. James Chan tell, was convicted In McMlnn vtlle Justice court and meted a Jail term for setting a fire that burned 300 acres. GRANTS PASS. June 6. (API L. L. Colvlll, osslstant super v'r , of the Siskiyou national forest, said to day the Mt. tEmlly blaze near the Chetoo river of Curry county was of Incendiary origin. Brought under control late Saturday night, It was still closely checked today. A second fire in the Port Orford district was confined to seven acres. It was controlled by loggers and a CCC crew from China Flats camp. State district fire warden's office was today investigating the origin of a blaze that burned over slightly less than an acre of timber land on Jenny creek four miles south of Plnehurst. The fire was put out yes terday by a state patrol. The warden's office said a fishing party was evidently responsible for the fire. The Investigation centered about the Identity of the party. VANCOUVER. B. C June 8. ( AP Between seven and eight million feet of plied cut timber at the Mer rill Ring Wilson, Ltd., operations at Chekeye creek, near 8quamlsh, B. C, waa destroyed by forest fire over the week-end. according to reports reaching the British Columbia for est branch here today. Several donkey engines and other equipment were reported destroyed by the blaze. Reames Resumes Labors Tomorrow WASHINGTON. June 8. (AP) Senator A. Evan Reames, who ar rived last night by clipper from Bermuda, will resume hla seat to morrow. The Oregon senator has been ill of pneumonia. JAPANESE PLANES Dead Or Wounded Esti mated At 1,500-1,000 ' Buildings Destroyed One Bomb On French Hospital TOKYO. June 6. (AP) Chas. Arsene Henry, French ambassa dor to Tokyo, ton lg lit tod Red with the -J apt. new government a protest against Japanese war planes' homtiimlmeiit of ('niitou, x China, where the French-owned Doiimer hospital was badly dam aged. CANTON. China. June 0. (AP) Japanese warplanes rained bombs on this terrorized city in two punish ing raids today and Chinese officials estimated the toll of dead or wound ed at 1.500. Over 100 bombs were dropped In two raids, at 8:30 and 10:30 a. Bl and according to official estimates at least 1,000 buildings were de stroyed. One bomb scored a direct hit on the French-owned Doumer hospital. killing two Chinese patients and wounding a French surgeon and many Chinese. One side of the building was blown out. (The French ambassador at Tokyo protested the bombing). 8,000 Dead Listed The new raids lifted to 6,000 au thoritative estimates of dead and wounded since May 28, when Japan began a crushing series of raids on this south China metropolis, through which a large part of China s war supplies from abroad enter. It was the tenth successive day canton or ltB' tin v Irons had been bombed. Heavy toll was taken today by bombs which plunged into the house-boat community on the Pearl River bridge. French authorities rushed French colonial lnfrantry from their con cession on Shameen island to Dou mer hospital, around f which barri cades were erected. Corpses In Road Corpses were strewn over the wide macadam road In front of the hos pital as buildings nearby were hit. Forty-five bodies wero laid In the street outside a Red Cross unit next door to the hospital. Others were placed outside the nearby Y.M.O.A. butldlng where Ed ward H. Lockwood of Indiana, sec retary, narrowly escaped Injury. Other bombs fell among the tight ly-packed sampans In the river, cre ating terrible havoc. British Consul A. P. Blunt' tele phoned a protest to the Japanese consul general In Hongkong against the raiders flying over the foreign quarter on Shameen island. No bombs were dropped In the foreign settlement, but the planes were said to have released numerous bombs over the settlement In order to hit nearby buildings. SHANGHAI, June 6, ( AP) Jap anese shock troops began today the envelopment of Chengchow, key to Hankow, after having captured Kal feng. one-time capital of China. One column, driving westward from Kalfeng In pursuit of retreat ing Chinese forces, advanced to Ohungmow. 23 miles east of the Im portant Junction of the Pclplng Hankow and Lunghal railways, while other columns closed In from the south and southeast. Japanese aerial observers reported large-scale Chinese withdrawal was underway at Changchow. STAGES ERUPTION MANILA. June 6. f AP) The Ma- yon volcano rumbled like thunder today, sending sheets of flame and smoke spouting from Its crater and terrorizing the people of Albsy pro vince as ashes began falling through out the region. The volcano, 200 miles southeast of Manila, continued to throw rock, skyward which was begun Friday night. Rivera of lava poured down the mountain's sheer sides. People of nearby towns are fleeing, seeking places of safety. The crater was active every three hours. In 1814 an eruption of the vol cano burled a village, killing 1.200 people. It has erupted a score of times In the past 137 years. FRUIT SHIPPERS WILL CONFER IN SEATTLE SEATTLE. June 8. (API North west shippers of apples, pears and lumber will meet here Wednesday and Thursday with representatives of the Pacific coast European con ference for discussion of trade and shipping problems. The conference Is composed of 18 lines operating from this coast to the United King dom and continent. SUPPORT FOR F. R. SEEN MAIN ISSUE Gillette Says He's Marked For Defeat Because 0( Opposition To Court Bill Wearin Claims Backing (By the Associated Press) Unqualified support of Roosevelt policies was a major Issue- In Iowa's Democratic senatorial primary today. Senator Guy Gillette contended ad ministration forces had marked htm for defeat because he opposed the president's court bill. In his final ap peal for renomlnotlon ho declared he would not be a "rubber stamp mem ber of congress." Representative Otha Wearln, his principal challenger, claimed admin lstratlon backing because of his- en dorsement by WPA Administrator Harry Hopkins and James Roosevelt's reference to him as "my friend." ."The fate of the New Deal Is In the hands of the people of Iowa," Wearln said. Only a comparatively light vote had been cast at noon today In Iowa's pri mary election despite the last-minute rapid tire campaign contest for the Democratic senatorial nomination. Twenty of 22 representative cities and counties throughout the state re ported exceptionally light voting up to mid-day. Threatening weather over much of the state and the rush of farm work kept most rural voters from the poll during the morning. The contest not only split the party leadership In the state but divided organized labor. William Green, pres ident of the American Federation of Labor, endorsed Gillette last nighty wtu in viuiuuo viu irnuuro iinvo nil nounced support of Wearln. Thousands of Rogue valley resi dents and visiting travelers found relief from the Intense heat of the week-end at pleasure resorts through out southern Oregon. At Crater Lake national park 217 first -entry cars were registered, bringing more than 700 persons to the resort. Diamond Lake was also visited by many with a large number of fish taken. More than 100 cars en route to Lake o' the Woods wero checked at the lake forest ranger station. A large crowd also visited Fish lake. In the Applegato sector many pic nickers enjoyed the day at the Mc Kee Bridge and Beaver Sulphur campgrounds in the Roguo River na tional forest. : The Union Creek for est campground also was a popu lar rendezvous. Angling in Fish lake, Lako o' the Woods and the streams In the Union Creek area was described by the for est service as poor, the water being too high. The road to Lake o' the Woods la In fairly good condtlon but rough, while the south end of the west side rood Is unsafe, the fores: service said. E. P. Leavltt, superintendent of Crater Lake nalonal park, and bis executive staff will move to the park from Medford winter headquarters next Monday, It was announced to day. John E. Doerr, park naturalist. and his family have already moved to the park for the summer. Ambassador Dacies Silent After Confab With Stalin MOSCOW, June 6. (AP) United States Ambassador Joseph I. Davie, kept diplomatic silence today 1'tcr hla two-hour talk on world affairs with Joseph Stalin. Stalin, secretary general of the communist party but with ao of ficial title In Soviet Russia's gov ernment, disclosed the Interview In a rare communique. But he, too, waa careful to avoid making jubllc any details. Pravda. the communist party pa per, however, prominently publlahed on Its first page Btalln'a brief an nouncement of his meeting yesterday with Davlea, the first occasion for such a communique is far u dlplo mata could remember. Davles, who Is to leave Friday to take his new post as ambassador to Belgium, had gone to the Kremlin alone to say the customary farewell to Vyacheslaff Molotoff, president of "Flying" Salmon Forms Mystery For K.F Autoist KLAMATH FALLS, June . (PI Something that dropped out of the sky like a bomb struck the car f Francis. McNeal as ot was park ed on the edge of the business district here yesterday morning. Investigating. McNeal found (t&h scales splattered over the machine, a two-Inch dent In the trunk and. mashed to a Jolly, the remains of what appeared once to have been a 10-pound salmon. Because he heard a plane far over head at about the time of the "bombing," McNeal, a bit miffed, carried his Investigation to the lo cal airport. There he was permit ted to peer Into, under and around every plane on the premises, but he failed to uncover any sign of fish or even a fishy odor. Today the source of McNeal's sal mon is Rtlll a mystery. OF TO BE INVESTIGATED NEWARK, N. J., June 6. OF) Es sex County Prosecutor William A. Waohenfeld today ordered an Inves tigation -by three members of his de tective staff of the routing of social leader Norman Thomas from mid-city Military park Saturday. He said his inquiry would be Inde pendent of that ordered by Newark's public safety director. Thomas was bombarded with eggs and vegetables, and a wooden plat form was smashed from under him as a contingent of about 100 men, led by a band, disrupted the Socialist rally. ' r The reactions of Newark's city com' mlssloners were varied. While Public Safety Director Mich ael P.. Duffy ordered a "thorough in vestigation to ascertain whether there was any laxity on the part of po lice," a fellow commissioner, Joseph Byrne, Jr., announced he would not again grant a permit for an outdoor meeting at which Thomas would speak. Mayor Meyer C. El lens tern replied to Thomas' demand for "guaranteed pro tection" for another meeting that as "nominal chairman" of the commis sion, VI have nothing to do with the Issuance of permits and I have no control over the police." Demanding an apology for his treat ment the former Socialist presidential candidate charged' Ellensteln was "In cahoots" with Mayor Frank Hague of Jersey City. Jersey City police put Thomas on a New York ferry boat when he tried to speak there several weeks ago. TWO RELEASED IN PRINCETON, Fla., June 8. (AP) M. F. Braxton and his son James, held by federal agents since last Wednesday in connection with the kidnaping of James Bally Cash, Jr., were released today after their wives called at the federal bureau of In vestigation to plead for their free dom. The women, almost hysterical, emerged from the F.B.I, office re porting the agents refused to let them see their husbanda or give them any word, but the unemploy ed carpenter and his fisherman son turned up here a short time later. Both declined to make any state ments about the case. As far as was known, no witnesses or suspects were held at the Miami headquar ter after their release. the council of people' commissars: "During my visit to Molotoff'a of fice." he said later, "Mr. Stalin Joined our discussion which lasted two hours. "I am very glad to have had the opportunity of meeting him . . . had a moat interesting talk covering the broad field of general' world ar fairs." It was understood that capitalism was mentioned In the conversation. Davlea pointing out that be was confirmed capitalist a remark which brought a chuckle from the communist chief. Davlea and hU predecessor In Moscow, William C. Bullitt, now em bassador to Paris, are the only dip lomata known to have seen Stalin without being accompanied by visit ing foreign mlnlstere. Davlea waa the only foreigner known to nave talked with the communlat leader In more than year. WINS IN HARVARD COLLEGE CONTEST Medford High School Grad uate Awarded Full-course Scholarship Is One Of 34 Winners In 13 States. Roger O. Henselman, son of Mr. and Mrs, George B. Henselman ot 1310 West Main street, has been awarded a national scholarship to Harvard college, the Mall Tribune was Informed today by a press re lease from James B. Conant, uni versity president. Henselman was one of two Ore- gon boys to receive the award. In all 34 scholarships were awarded to high school seniors In 13 states. The scholarships are the highest award made to entering freshmen at Har vard and carry maximum utlpenda of $1000 for the first year and 91200 each year thereafter. The winners were selected from 376 candidates In the 15 states com prising the national scholarship area. They were granted on a basle of outstanding ability and character, regardless of financial need. The stipend varies In each case, being sufficiently large, when necessary, to meet all of a student's expenses, the press release explained. To Study For Law If the recipient does satisfactory work In his first year, the scholar ship la renewed for the remaining years at college. Mr. and Mrs. Henselman heard ot the award first from the Mall Tri bune. Roger was at Diamond lake (Continued on Page Bight.) -T- SHE CHEERS AT PORTLAND, Ore., June fl. (AP) ' Dr. Francis E. Townsond, pension plan advocate, said today that his organization would form a "Town- send party" within Oregon to back candidates at the November general election. PORTLAND, June 6, (AP) Dr. F. B. To i send welcomed Mayor Jos- - eph K. Carson before an audience of 2300 Townsendites, heard tne oldsters cheer the mayor when he declared There is not any way of sharing wealth except through the production of new wealth through the Industry of our people. They appeared to take hla remarks as Indorsement of the Townsend theory expressed by the doctor a few minutes later. The doctor amended Carson 'a statement by saying, "There Isn't anything which creates new wealth except the expenditure of money. He further declared that "saving la the wrong concept. We will have to spend ourselves Into prosperity, . not save ourselves Into prosperity. He told his audience he saw no reason why monthly pensions, under his plan, could not be raised ulti mately to 1600 or more. It was the doctor's second Oregon, talk during the week-end. On Sat urday he told 8000 listeners at the Lebanon strawberry festival to be prepared to organize their own party In the general election campaign If they find existing congressional can-. dtdates unsympathetie to Townsend Ism. BASEBALL National It. H. . . 19 0 . 4 10 1 Brooklyn Pittsburgh Butcher and Phelps; Lucas, Brown, Swift and Todd. rt. it. i. -U it e - l New York Cincinnati Schumacher and Dannlng; Hol llngaworth. R. Davis, Orissom and Lombard!. B. H. 1. . S II 1 Philadelphia Chicago 10 12. S Waiter fllvesa. Clark. Johnson and A wood; Epperly, Root, Russell, Lo gan and Odea. American R. H. I. .50 . S T 1 St. Louis New York Knott, Links and Heath: Beggt, Andrews, Murphy and Olenn, " " " R. H. . Detroit Boston -- 7 10 1 8 IB t Poffenberger, Coffman and York; Wagner, Wilson and. De Saute la.' ,
